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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-18
UNEXPECTED HAPPENS.
Jointist Actually Convicted In the
District Court.

The first city joint trial at this term
of the district court resulted in a con-
viction late yesterday afternoon, after
the jury had been out just ten min
utes.~ Fritz Durein was the victim. The
principal witness against him was Po-
liceman Carpenter, although two other
men who had drank with Carpenter in
Durein's place, also testified.
The place where Durein was con-
victed of keeping a joint was at the
Milwaukee restaurant on the east side
of Kansas avenue between Fourth and
Fifth streets. Policeman Carpenter
testified that he went in there, accom-
panied by two other men, and pur-
chased and drank liquor. The prosecu-
ton was conducted by Judge Carver
and Assistant City Attorney Gregg,
while Durein was defended by w. E.
Pagan.
The city case against sheep" Lytle
was dismissed, as Mr.. Gregg stated
that the city could not get its wit
nesses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-18
ALASKAN EXPLORATIONS.
Reports From Various Geological Ex-
petitions.

Washington. Oct. 1S.-Reports receiv-
ed from the geological survey parties in
Alaska show that they are pushing well
into the country with some results.
Biologists Brooks and Peters already
have progressed from the head of Lynn
Canal to the head of White River in
their efforts to discover the sources of
the Copper, Nebesua. and Tanana riv-
ers. This party will continue on to Ea-
gle City, on the Yukon and thus COM
plete their explorations by working up
to the MynOOk district by a most feast
BILE route. GeolOgist Schrader in charge
of surveys in the KOyukuk district of
Alaska. is probably now at St Michael,
after several months of explorations.
His instructions were to extend the in
vestigatiOns to cover the largest posi-
bile area in that region so far as it may
promise the best returns in geological
and topographic information.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-18
VERY WORST KIND.
A Backache That Caused the
Greatest Suffering.
A Certain Cause Which Also Has a
Certain Cure, as Proven
by Experience!

We ask you to believe what we say
about MorroW's Kid-ne-Oids because
we publish only facts. We are honest
in all our statements and we prove our
claims by respectable people. Mr.. G.
w. Ayers adds his testimony in favor
of MorroW's Kid-ne-oids as follows:
G. W. Ayers, 1920 Kansas Ave, North
Topeka, Kansas, says: Il have been
afflicted with kidney complaint for the
past fifteen years. Backache, rheuma-
tisru, urinary disturbances and nerv-
BUSINESS are some of the systems
which panied, annoyed and disturbed
me the most. used a package Of Nor
rows Kid-ne-oids and it gave me great
relief. I will continue to use Kid-ne-
oids with the assurance of a complete
and permanent cure
MorrOw's Kid-ne-oids are not pills,
but Yellow Tablets and sell at fifty
cents a box at all drug stores and at
Swift & Holidays drug store.
Mailed on receipt of price. Manufac-
tured by John Morrow & Co, Chemists,
Springfield, Ohio.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-18
LARGE HOTEL BURNS.
Two Aged Relatives of the Proprietor
Perish in the Flames.

Milwaukee, Wis, Oct. ia special to
the Evening Wisconsin from Green Lake,
Wisconsin, says: Terrace Beach Casino,
a large hotel, owned by w. A. Meyer,
burned early today: Mr.. and Mrs. jerks
parents of Mrs. Myer, were burned to
death. The loss on the building and the
contents will reach SEC, 900, partially COW
cred by insurance.
a pathetic incident in connection with
the disaster was the burning to death OF
Mr.. and Mrs. jerks. Mr.. jerks was lying
very II in bed and not expected to live
Mrs. jerks made heroic attempt to
save her husband but before she could
rescue him the flames cut of all escape
and the old couple burned to death
Don't be deceived by an offer Of q few
unstable cooking utensils The price
you pay for a Steel Range is what
counts. Call and examine our line and
get our prices. T. J. Coughlin Hard
ware company, 7O2 Kansas avenue.
All our Stoves and Ranges are fully
guaranteed. T. J. Coughlin Hardware
company, successor to Tayman &c ODER
ly, 702 Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-18
TO CALL OUT MILITIA.
England Is Preparing For a Long
Hard Struggle.

London, Oct. 1S-In the house of COM
mons today the first lord of the treas
ury and government leader, Arthur J.
Balfour brought in the following mes
sage from the queen;
THE state of affairs in Africa having
constituted in the opinion of her ma
jesty a case of emergency within the
meaning of the act of parliament her
majesty deems it proper to provide ad
ditional means for military service. She
has therefore thought it right to COM
municate to the house that her majesty
is by proclamation, about to order the
embodiment of the militia and to call
out the militia reserve force, or such
part thereof as her majesty may think
necessary, for permanent service"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-18
ANDRADE MUST ACCEPT
The Rebel Generals UItimatum
Which Has Arrived.

Caracas, Venezuela, Oct. 1S.-Senor
Mateos, the peace envoy bringing an
ultimatum from the insurgent comman-
der, Gen. Cipriano Castro, returned to
Caracas today from Valencia, to meet
President Andrade who is expected to
give an answer in the course of the
day.
President Andrade cannot do other
wise than accept the conditions imposed
by Gen. Castro as he is virtually aban-
dOned by all his supporters. NOtwith-
standing this he still maintains that it
may be possible to transfer the seat of
government to Maricabo and continue
the fight.
The situation here is extremely criti-
cal. A French Warship is expected to-
morrow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-18
INSURANCE WAR.
Commences Between Union and Non
Union Kansas City Companies

Reports from Kansas City indicate that
there is a row on between the union and
non-union insurance companies with every
prospect for some lively competition dur
ing the next few weeks.
The non-uniOn companies have organic
ed for the fight and profess to be able
TO stay in the disturbance as long as the
union companies care to make the issue.
The trouble originated when the union
companies attempted to force the adOp-
ton of their schedule which they pro-
posed to make the governing rule for 10
cal business in that city.
The nOn-bOard companies announce
that they are prepared to fight and will
get their share of the business without
giving heed to the proposed schedule.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-18

We cordially invite the public to call
and have the many excellent features
of the Great Majestic Range shown
them by the manufacturers represen-
tative who will be with US until Satur-
day, Oct. q. A $500 set of utensils will
be given free with every range.
w A /. THOMPSON HIM. q
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-18
Shot bv Their Own Men.

Paris, Oct. 1S.-The minister of the
colonies. NJ. Decrais, has received an
official dispatch announcing that Capt.
Voulet and Capt Chanoine of the out
lawed French expedition in the Soudan
whose members recently massacred
most of the members of the expedition
under Lieut.. Col. KlObb sent to arrest
those officers on charges of cruelty and
INSTRUMENTATION have been shot by their
own men
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-18
Norfolk Neb. Colleee Burns.

Norfolk, Neb., Oct. 1S.-The college
building was totally destroyed by fire
last night. The loss is $14, 900, about half
covered by insurance. The college was
closed about a year ago. 1t was Con-
gregationa1 school.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-18
cnEEEES.

DwineII, Wright & Co.'S high grade
Coffee at prices within the reach of
every customer. One pound of these
COffees will go as far as two pounds of
poor coffee.
lbs choice Santos. ................. 20
10 Java Blend, 20 cents-6 fbs.... 90
I 10 Our Blend, Is cents-41a lbs. 100
l 10 Choice Java and Mocha, 80
cents-31h lbs .....................1 90
ID Tea Room Blend, 35 cents-3 lbs 1. 90
BIB can Special A Blend. LOO
Fresh Roasted African Java Coffee,
per fb..... ................. 20
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-18

We do not throw in any cooking uten-
sis, but we can save you $40 on a Steel
Range. T. J. Coughlin Hardware com
pany, 702 Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-18
SUGAR.

20 lbs Finest California GranuIated
Sugar sI.OO; 10 lbs, SOC; 5 lbs, Csc.
20 lbs c Sugar. 100
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-18
NOTION SPECIALS.

Wyeth's Cement, to introduce-
CSC bottle for ....-.-..s. 1Oc
Tooth Brushes, worth double -. Zoe
Perfume, good quality Special. . Zoe
Soap, 8 cakes in box 1Oc
"Midget" Braid, "a yds, staple
Florida Water, large bottle. ......1Oc
Witch Hazel, large bottle ..--.-.. Zoe
Silk Hose Supporters, worth zoe, Zoe
Perfumed Ammonia, large bottle, Use
Scissors and Shears, worth 25c
and 35c-SpeciaI. .....15
Fancy Frill Side Hose Supporters,
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-18
Meats and Lards.

Wolff's Capital Hams. per d.. u
Sugar Cured Breakfast Bacon, per
ID--.--...... .--.-........ ~
Sugar Cured California Hams, per lb &c
Armour's White Lard, per d.. .06
Dry Salt Bacon, per rb............. .O6
BIB cans White Label Lard....... -23
5-fb can White Label Lard. .38
1O-tb can White Label Lard....... rs
BIB pail Cottolene. 25
We sell all kinds of Fresh Meat and
Oysters in our Meat Department.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-18
Special Sale on Laundry Goods

10 bars Clairette Soap. .25
II bars Diamond c Soap. .25
10 bars White Russian Soap. .25
10 bars Silk Soar. .25
is bars Dandy Soap .... Csc
IL bars White Rose Soap. .25
6 bars Ivory Soap. .25
9 pkgs. Pearline. Observation-Disclosures. .25
9 pkgs. 1776.. .25
Fairbanks Alb pkg Gold Dust. Is
s lbs Best Lump Starch........ Is
Glib wood box Gloss Starch.... 80
20 lbs Best Washing Soda..... .25
2 cakes Morgan SopoliO. Is
z cans good Observation-Disclosures. .25
Lewis Lye, per can............ .05
5 dozen Clothes Pins .O5
Scrub Brushes ..................5 and 10
Large Bottle Ammonia. 10
Quart Bottle Blueing. ...... 10
Galvanized Wash Tub. As
Wood Wash Tub. Observation-Disclosures. As
Willow Clothes Basket. so
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-18

You can save at least 5 cents a sack
on most any brand of Flour by giving
us your order.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-18
New Evaporated Fruits.

Bakers Chocolate. per rb.......... 80
cakes Sweet Chocolate 20
4 lbs fancy Japan Rice. -25
New Maple Syrup, per gallon. go. Csc
Rising Sun Stove Polish. ........ .O5
Mother of Pearl Goldfish, per H.. 10
25-fb sack Billiards. Corn Meal. 20
so Ib sack Straight Patent Flour S5c
Honey Drip Syrup, per gallon. 20
3-fb can fancy New Orleans Mo-
Iasses ................. ........... Is
No. 1 Navy Beans, fbs.. .25
lbs Lima Beans. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .25
Large Kansas Potatoes, per bu. -. Csc
The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-30
DWRYfE Of the CameroOns.

Although reports of a race of small
stature in the interior Of the Came
rooms have been current for some
years, no traveller had until last year
been able to verify the rumor by his
own observation. Quoting from the
Allgemeine Observation-Disclosures Be-
richie, the Deutsche Rundsehau an
nounces that the first accurate infor-
nation respecting such a race was OBJ
tanned last year by the Bulu expedi-
ton of the German military force.
Seven individuals Of the pygmy tribe
were, after much difficulty, brought to
the camp through the instrumentality
of a native chief. Some of them
showed traces OF admixture with other
tribes, but one woman, who seemed to
possess the typical characteristics of
the race, was carefully measured, and
had a height Of almost exactly four
feet. The color was a chocolate brown
to copperish, the palms of the hands
alone being of a yellowish white. The
hair was deep black, thick and frizzlel;
the skull broad and high; the lips ill
and swollen. The mode of LIFE se,sls
toresemble that of other pygmy tribes,
as they are very shy, wandering about
from place to place, and avoiding fire.
quented routes. They are skilled
hunters, and collect much rubber, but
dispose Of it to other tribes for trans
port to the coast. Professor Virchow,
speaking of these people before the
Berlin Anthropological society in No
vember last, said that apart from their
small size they possess ali the charac-
teristics of true negroes, especially in
their hair; and that, like the other
pygmy tribes, they must be regarded
as the remains of a primitive popula-
ton, from which the various negro
have been derived. -Birming-
ham Post.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-30
To Be Cheerful.

The sovereign voluntary path to
cheerfulness, if our spontaneous cheer.
fulness be lost, is to sit up cheerfully,
20 look round c%heerfully, and to act
and speak as if cheerfulness were
already there. If such conduct doesn't
make you soon feel cheerful, nothing
else on that occasion can. So to feel
brave, act as if we were brave, use all
our will to that end, and a courage-tt
will very likely replace the fit of fear.
Again, in order to feel kindly toward
q person to whom we have been mimi
cal, the only way is more or less de-
liberately to smile, to make sympa-
thetic inquiries, and to force ourselves
to say genial things. One hearty
laugh together will bring enemies into
q closer communion of heart than
hours spent on both sides in inward
wrestling with the mental demon OF
uncharitable feeling. To wrestle with
a bad feeling only pins u attention
on it and keeps it still fastened in the
mind, whereas if we act as if from
some better feeling, the old bad feel
ing soon folds its text like an Arab
aud silently steals away.-Professor
William James, in Scribner's.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-30
Royal Dinner Parties.

The Queens dinner hour is nine
o'clock, but royal dinners are served
with commendable rapidity, SO, in
spite Of the lateness of the hour, the
banquet is over by ten. Her Majesty
precedes her family and guests into
the dining room, aud again heads the
procession on leaving the room. This,
by the way, is the arrangement in all
royal households. Even when the
Duke and Duchess of Fife give a din.
ner in their Portman Square estab.
lishment, the Duchess Of Fife goes in.
to dinner alone and before (instead OF
after all her guests.
When the Queen is entertaining, and
the party has reassembled in the draw.
ing room u reception corridor, she
addresses as.few remarks to each guest
in turn. The latter in every case wait
for the sovereign to initiate the con.
versation, and merely respond briefly
to her remarks. By eleven O'Clock the
function is at an end.
At the ''dine and sleep" parties at
Windsor or Osborne, and also at San
dringham, departing guests are ex-
,pected to leave by an early train, not
later than eleven. No formal farewell
is accorded them; in fact, they are sup
posed to disappear as silently as
spirits.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-30
WORLDS WORST PRISON.
Punishment q Man Received in Morocco
for Presenting a Bill.

Punishmant q Man Received in Morocco
for Presenting a Bill.
The prison system and treatment of
prisoners is worse in Morocco than il
any other country in the world.
Men are arrested, often merely
through the spite of someone whom
they have been 10 unfortunate as to
offend, and who some power,
and flung into prison, where they
would be left to starve did not their
relatives and friends bring them food,
for no arrangements whatever are
made by the authorities for the feed
ing of prisoners. All that is provided
is a prison, generally crowded with
prisoners dying of the most loath-
some and infectious diseases, dark
and unventi!ated; and custodians who
are quite as brutal and savage as the
prison system itself.
Prisoners are cast into these hot
beds of disease, generally without
the most farcical pretense of q trial,
TO die and rot if their crimes are light
or their enemies impotent. Other
wise they are probably tortured in
some way or another. Starving mere
ly is too good for them in the opinion
of the authorities.
Not long ago a merchant WHO had
dared to claim payment for goods sup
piled to a friend of one of the court
officials was cast into prison without
trial, and, after suffering torments in
the midst of a mass OF diseased hui
manity for months, was taken out,
showed into a barrel fitted with long
spikes, and rolled down a long steep
hill. The barrel eventually plunged
into the sea with its torn and mangIed
cargo. Imprisonment, torture and
death for daring to present his bill.
The prisons in Turkey are almost
as bad as those in Morocco. only the
the Armenian affairs have so aroused
the European representatives out
there that the Sublime Porte-the
Porte of Sublime Deviltry-cannot
treat its prisoners quite as it used to.
Even now, however, most of the men
and women in Turkish prisons would
starve to death were it not for the
food brought to them by merciful and
daring friends-darins because more
than one has been cast into prison for
bringing food to another.
Disease is the predominant feature
of Turkish prisons, and the most hor-
rible diseases known to modern
science. Should a prisoner be fortu-
nate enough to regain his freedom
an improbable contingency-it is
possible that he Gun escape
for the lodging Of disease in a
Turkish prison is by no means m easy
The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-30
Patriarch Of RaiIroaIers,

The patriarch of railway life has
probably been discovered in the per-
sou Of Samuel Watts, who has just re-
tired from the poA ion Of station mas
ter at the Great Northern railway and
Great Eastern railway joint station at
Godmiaster, England. He says he
has been at railway work for fifty
eight years, which. he claims, is the
longest term of service SO far discov-
cred. He began work under Hudson,
the notorious railway king, in q period
when third class passengers were
only allowed one train up and down a
day, consisting OF a series OF trucks
withoui seats or roofs. Railway ror-
ters at that time wore top hats, like
che early cricketers. They were
sworn in before magistrates as Coz
stables and carried truncheons and
handouts as well as luggage. The
guard had supply OF rockets in case
of emergency. The unfortunate pos
tai clerk who accompanied the mails
had a seat outside the carriage in the
open air
The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-30
The Paradise Fish.

The paradise fish, perhaps the most
beautiful of oil fishes, is o member of
the macropus family. The length is
about ten centimetres, and the back
is brown, changing to greenish gray
on the belly, but marked with change
able yellowish green and blue sndred
:ross-lines. The fms are large in pro-
portion to the body. but are less in
females. They are natives of China,
where they are usually kept as n
mental creatures; but little is known
about them in q wild state. They are
peculiarly adapted for being house
hold pets. as they live in very little
water, and can be kept out of the
water for twenty minutes at q time
without injury. They feed on craw-
fish, insect larvae, worms, mussels,
flies, and SO on. Their nest consists
Of q congeries OF small! air bubbles, in
Which they deposit the sperm.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-30
A Story of Sterility,
SUFFERING AND RELIEF.
LETTER TO MRS. PIaKuAA NO. 60, 1851

DEAR MRS. PINKHAa-Two years
ago l began having such dull, heavy
dragging pains in my back, menses
were p~rofuse and painful, and was
troubled was leucorrhpa. took
patent medicines and consulted n ply
~sician, but received no benefit and
could not become pregnant. Seeing
one of your books, l wrote to you tell
ing you my troubles and asking for
advice. You answered my letter
promptly and I followed the directions
faithfully, and derived SO much benefit
that l cannot praise Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound enough.
l now find myself pregnant and have
begun it's use again. cannot praise
it enough."-MRs. CORA gibson, YATES,
MANIsTEE, Mich.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-30
Labor in madagascar.

In Madagascar there has been a
marked rise in wages since the Fran
co-Malagasy War, b~lacksmiths receiv-
ing one dollar and forty-fYe cents a
day, although carpenters receive only
from nineteen to forty-eight cents a
day. Native creole carpenters receive
O little more, the average ranging from
twenty-eight to seventy-seven cents a
day. Native dressmakers and seam
stresses can be hired from two dollars
and forty-one cents to four dollars and
eightY-three cents o month, although
creole dressmakers and seamstresses
receive from five dollars and seventy
nine cents to fourteen dollars and for.
ty-eight cents q month.
Notwithstanding these comparative
ly high wages in Madagascar, prices,
on the whole, are very low, and of
course living is fairly cheap. Beef
and mutton can be bought in the in
terror from one to four cents q pound.
although beef at Tamatave costs from
ten to eighteen cents . pound
Youths Companion.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-30
SIMPLE FOOD.
Daily suhaoes tho Crowned Heads OF
the Civilized World.

tis Civilized World.
Kings and queens, emperors and en-
presses. being supposed to be the
height of refinement, which is in turn a
word for common sense in a scientific
form, inquiry into just what the
crowned heads Of the civilized world
consume at their daily meals may
prove Of interest to the connoisseur in
gastronomy. l; develops that Victo-
ria, although by reason Of the number
OF retainers she expends upon her lar
der some $500, 600 per year, is in her
private eating n Of the simplest OF
women. Breakfast at 9 Is, as q rule,
composed Of a very fine grade Of Sou
chong tea, rolls, either Viennese or
French, and fruit. She lunches at 2
on fruit, some light baking Of meat
and one slice dish. Dinner at 8 may
or may not be elaborate, according to
the persons entertained. She loves
apples, importing for her W especial
use a fine brand raised in New York
state. Her favorite center dish is a
hllet Of beee a la dauphine, with baked
potatoes. The royal family at Berlin
breakfast like any loving couple, the
empress with her hair done up in a
loose coil, wearing half the time q
Mother Hubbard, the emperor sporting
q smoking jacket. The attendants.
having served a breakfast usually con-
slsting Of eggs, meat, tea and bread,
withdraw to leave their ~highnesses to
their own reflections. No ceremony is
observed. Her majesty serves the vi
ands with her own fair hands, doubt
less thereby pleasing this sturdy de-
scendant o. Frederick the Great, who,
like the heroes of his line for genera
lions, will eat nothing not made in
Germany" The late empress OF Aus
fria, being out at dinner time in
Vienna one day, went unrecognized
Into a restaurant and ate alone. When
she walked satisfied to the paying
place her bill was forty cents. The
queen OF Greece touches nothing but
the simplest foods, and In Lent fasts
like a nun. The king Of Italy Is a
vegetarian. The pope, as all the world
knows, is in his diet simple to insan-
ity. The mikado of Japan, like EN-
peror William, dimes alone with his
wife, partaking of wines and simple
food in truly ascetic moderation. In
short, OF the prominent rulers but
two, and those of rapidly decaying ma
tons, place their stomach on the ped
estal of a god. The late Chinese en-
peror was a gourmand, as would be the
sultan of Turkey could he muster SUI
fcient vitality.