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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09
BOER PRISONERS LAND.
Kruger's Birthday to Be Celebrated
on St Helena

Island of ST. Helena, Oct 9-The Brit
ish transport Idaho landed about 200
BOer prisoners here yesterday. General
Cronje and the other Boer prisoners are
preparing a big celebration of Paul
Kruger's birthday tomorrow.
London, Oct. "a silk hat box pur-
chased in London about ten years ago
by Paul Kruger was sold at auction to-
day. There was keen competition for
possession of the hat box which finally
realized 325 A pipe at one time used
by Mr.. Kruger fetched 3S 10 ShilliDgs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09

might.
An old hen and farmer both delight
in a full crop.
Girls will be girls-if they can't be
married women
A baby before it is christened is an
anonymous contribution.
The most difficult thing Tor some
artists to draw is a salary.
The most undesirable seats at the the
alter of war are on the front-uer-
Never put off till tomorrow what you
can postpone until the day after.
Water will find its level That is
where water gets the best of some peo-
pie.
There are times when a charitable
heart can do more good than a chart
table hand.
To mistake ones talents or overrate
ones ability is always ridiculous ana
often dangerous.
The purchaser who is unable to dis
tinguish imitation diamonds from the
real thing may get stuck on paste
Every man should know something of
law and If he knows enough to keep
cut of it he is a pretty good lawyer
A baby is like a crop of wheat-it is
first Graded. then thrashed, and finally
it becomes the flower Of the family
Wise is the newly married man who
says nothing about his wife's cooking,
but swallows an occasional dose of
dyspepsia cure in silence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09
TALLEST ODD FELLOW.
Edward Clegg, of Derby, is Six Feet
and Ten Inches.

The tallest odd Fellow in Kansas ar
rived today. He is Edward Clegg, Of
Derby, Sedgwick county. He brought
with him feet 10 inches of Solid
healthy Kansas manhood.
Mr. CIegg towers above the other
delegates like the Presbyterian church
spire above a one-story cottage. He is
a farmer.
With Mr.. Clegg is one of the shortest
members of the order. He is J. F.
Houck, also of Derby, and he is only
feet 3, but ne is full of energy. He
is a Republican, while his giant COM
panion is a fusiOnist
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09
Building Tie-Up at Denver.

Denver. Oct. "a general suspension
of the building trades in Denver is threat
ened, as a result of a strike of union
wood workers at the five largest planning
mills in the city. which was inaugurated
to put a stop to the employment of nom
handle any materials from these mills
while the strike continues. work will soon
have to be stopped on most of the build
ings in course of construction, unless a
settlement of the difficulty at the mills is
raachRd
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09
ON LONG VACATION.
Clerk Starts Out With $4,000 of
Banks Funds.

New York. Oct. 9.-P H Gilholey,
counsel for the Elizabethport. n. J., bank
ing company. announced today that Will
iah Schrieber, a missing clerk of the
bank. was a defaulter to the amount OF
$4,000 and that the bank directors had
made good the amount of the shortage.
Among the directors is United States
Senator John Kean. Schrieber. who had
been in the employ of the banking COM
years ago, started from Eliza bethport on
August 2, and was reported to be on his
vacation. While he was away his ac-
counts were examined and the shortage
was discovered
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09
Death of Ed. Goldberg.

St Louis. Oct. "a Post-Dispatch spe-
cia1 from Seneca, Mo, says: Major Ed
ward Goldberg. United States Indian
agent, died here today of mushroom
poisoning after an illness of little more
than one day. Mrs. Goldberg is also
very i'll from the same cause.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09

New York. oct. 9.-president T. IT,
Gary. OF the Federal Steel company. de-
MED today that there was any friction
between his company and the Carnegie
Steel company regarding steel rail rates
and also said there d. and has been un
disagreement between manufac turera of
nous opinion" said Mr.. Gary. "that SIC
Der ton Is fair and rna.omaLl...
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09

at Leavenworth. Kan. on Wednesday
night and at Omaha on Thursday night
These speeches had been set for Monday
and Tuesday nights respectively. bul
were cancelled. the New Yorker devei-
Oping a very severe sore throat He
rested today at his hotel here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09
TO Dissolve Relieious Societies.

Paris, Oct. e.-At a cabinet council
held at the Elysee palace today, Presi-
dent Loubet presiding. it was decided
on the reassembling of the chambers to
proceed with the discussion of the
budget, but at the same time to ask the
chamber of deputies to devote two ses-
siOns each week to various reform pro-
jects, notably a bill dealing with the dis
solution Of ILLEGAL RELIGIOUS associations.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09
Will Arrange For Fireworks Display
at Irish Meeting.

The Republican Flambeau club will
meet tomorrow evening and every We'd
nesday evening until after the election
Final arrangements viii be made for
the fireworks display for the Irish meet
ing Friday night. The display will be
given on Quincy street from Fourth to
Tenth and will be started at 7:30 sharp
All Republican clubs have been invited
and will assist All transparencies will
be passed upon by the executive com
nittee of the county central committee
and no objectionable feature. will be
permitted The display viii be viewed
by Mr. John P. Irish and the reception
committee from the loggia balcony of
the Auditorium. An effort will be made
to have the motley collection Of old
wagons and broken down buggies that
adorn Quincy street cleared away before
the display.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09
MORE REASSURING.
Paris Hast Encouraging News From
China.

Paris oct. at ia semi-oncially un-
nounced today that The news received here
from China g. more relssuriug than The
English dispatches make out. that nu
agreement between the powers viii be
arrived al on the basis OF NJ DelcaGEe H
note that the reported arrival OF j. Hung
chang al Pekim has been confirmed aud
that Combination has also been received
Of the degradation Of Prince Tuan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

From the Philadelphia Record.1
Dealers say that even soft coal is
hard to get
The wedding ring always fits the hand
of fate
1t doesn't always pay the supercilious
doctor to cut his patients
The corner Italian and the dramatic
critic are both busy roasting chestnuts.
The man who is brOwbeaten by his
employer usually gets square by be-
coming q despot in his own home
siliicus-'The Bible tells US to love
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The coal
trust roads charge three or four times
as much TO haul anthracite as they ex-
act for hauling soft coal. There is
scarcely any limit to prices a monopoly
can put on, and it doesn't have to give
any reasons
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09
More Miners Quit.

Harrisburg. Pa. oct 9.-The indication
are that the Wllllamstown collieues VIII
have 20 shut down for lack nf huud0
Last night there were $50 men out and
today $50 more remained away from
work. The men are marching az Inter
walls. but thus Tar there has been no riot
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09
COCHRAN HIMSELF AGAIN.
Will Speak at Leavenworth and
Omaha Yet.

Kansas City. Oct 9.-Bourke Cochran
Of New York has practically recovered
from his illness and VIII resume his
speech making tour tomorrow. Mr.
Cochran has decided to deliver a speech
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09
Come in Through Mexico.

Fort Worth Tex, oct. e.-Twenty Chin
amen and Italians have been arrested at
Ell Paso. charged with being unlawfully
in the United States. It is said hundreds
of these erligrants have made their way
across the Mexican border and as fast as
captured by the customs officers are being
deported.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09

The striking coal miners demand that
a ton of coal shall not weigh more than
2.240 pounds. The consumer would be
satisfied to be assured a ton that weighs
2. 900 hounds
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09

Senator Pettigrew created so much
disturbance during the last session of
the senate that he has succeeded in
causing the enemy tc point some of
their biggest guns in his direction.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09

The pictures of Mark Twain show that
he has one of the qualifications neces-
sary to an Immediate engagement as a
football player.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09

Now that London has acquired Mr.
Yerkes. it will need the services of Car
ter Harrison to hold him down.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09

We don't spend as much time in vot-
ing as the English do. but we make il
up when it comes to talking and count
Ing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09

The promptness with which Mr. John
son got out his figures, indicates that he
had anticipated those given out by Mr.
Manley.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09

People who have been talking of IN
dian summer can now enjoy a sight of
the real thing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09

Senator Quay has Joined Senator
Hanna in extending to Col. Bryan a tes-
timonial Of good character.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09

The chief business OF campaign mana
gers appears to be to make ridiculou.
election forecasts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09

It should be borne in mind that the
forecaster<a OF election results are enti-
tied to another guess before the voting
begins
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09

The man who backs his election fore
cast with his money. may also be mis-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09

our enemies" Cynicus-"We do. Most
First Cook Lady-"Why did you leave
your last placer Second Cook Lady
The missus went an got a hat ex-
actly like mine"
Life with YOU he wooed fervently.
would be one grand, sweet song Not
much. replied the practical girl; If
it's to be anything of that sort il viii
be a duet"
Tomny-'Pop. what does it mean to
oh. that's just another way Of eX-
pressing the futility of arguing with a
woman
Swipesey-"Sa Chimmie, I'm a stump
speaker" Chimmie-''A wot yer givin
us?" Swipesey-'-Surei Didn't ye hear
me tackle dat Teller fer his cigar
stump2''
Youngpop-''BIy boy seems greatly
interested in the problem of strikes. l
think when he grows up he will make q
great arbitrator Wigwag-"1 dare
say, or a baseball umpire
See here" said the sporting editor.
coming into the office of him who gets
up the answers to correspondence col
umn; who was it said: Let your con-
Tersation be yea and nay2' - I think
it was the fellow who wrote up the
Bryn Mawr horse show replied the
correspondence man unbluShingly.
The modest leaves upon the trees
Turn red with bushes fair
To think that soon the autumn breeze
VIII see their limbs all bare.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09
GLOBE SIGHTS.


LFrom the Atchison Globe.1
They say Dan Creedon, the prize
fighter, is a Has Been. Creedon is
Never Was.
Thirty-six inches of coal at Atchison
is IS good a thing as has been claimed
for Belgian hares
try to boast about, are always particu-
larly boastful of their dogs pedigree.
When a girl holds her head up high
without the assistance of 3 stiff collar,
it is said that she has ''Queenly bear
ing"
A mothers idea of the encourage
ment needed by a child is to tell it it
has the voice Of a Melba, though such
is not the case.
Many people impress you as having
the life worked out of them, while 9th
ers impress you as being in need of
something to do.
After struggling all day to give salts
faction to his employer and the peo-
PIE, a man goes home to struggle to
give satisfaction to his family
It is one OF the griefs of men that
their judges through life are women
who know no greater temptation than
to exaggerate the price of hat.
We suppose that one reason Iney
fold a dead mans hands on his breast
to make him look natural, is that he
was never known to lie with them
that way when alive.
An Atchison man is having very bad
kin luck; he is entertaining the sort
of kin that drives up in front Of your
house in a covered wagon, and IN
bitches the horses indefinitely.
We have never attended a Priests Of
Pallas ball in Kansas City, but we
have an idea that if you want to see
how low a dress can be cut in the neck
s.i still hang on, that is the place to
It is said Of an Atchison man that he
was inconsiderate to the last The
day he suddenly died was the first time
in twenty years his wife didn't have
black dress ready to wear. as she had
ripped it up just the day before
If a man tries to save little, that
he may not be a burden in his old age,
people say he has no soul, and that
money is his god. If he is ShiftlesS,
and a loafer they abuse him. You
can't avoid abuse, any way you fix it
An Atchison man has been refusing
for years to get any new furniture, be
cause the old was not worn out has
wife stopped coaxing, and invited his
three nephews to spend the summer
the day they left.
According to the mothers who won
a debate before the Lancaster Literary
society recently, many child's career
is blighted because the fathers are too
occupied with such gross affairs as the
price of wheat and corn to encourage
the spiritual side of a child's nature.
Let US pause a moment in the con-
sideration of imperialism. free silver
and the like, and consider a few prac-
teal things We have noticed that
when a woman goes around selling
chances" in rattle, in too many
cases she either wins the prize, or some
friend of hers gets it.
Kansas City is still a country town.
When anything goes on there, the grand
marshal and his aides go into the news
paper Offices and say: Here we have
been working for the town night and
day. like slaves, and the papers do not
give US any credit. We are through;
hereafter the town may run down like
St Joe for all we care.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09

The question. Mr. Grimes, is. did you
do it?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News-J
The winning ways of the widow is her
might.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09

Kansas City is still a country town.
When anything goes on there, the grand
marshal and his aides go into the news
paper Offices and say; Here we have
been working for the town night and
day. like slaves, and the papers do not
give US any credit. We are through;
hereafter the town may run down like
ST. Joe, for all we care"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09

Leavenworth and Return $1.67, via
Santa Fe Route,
Account. Apple Carnival. Tickets on
sale Oct 9, 10 II. Final limit Oct 70
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09

Many people impress you as having
the life worked out of them, while 9th
ers impress you as being in need OF
something to do.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09
Fore aE@EegBGGy
EORs@AFrRR4@GE.

~ &@A AAAGGAI
The liability to disease is greatly
1esseaed when the blood is in good con-
dition, and the circulation healthy and
vigorous. For then all refuse matter
is promptly carried out Of the system
otherwise it would rapidly accumulate
- fermentation would take place, the
blood become polluted and the consti-
tuition so weakened that a simple
malady might result seriously.
A healthy, active circulation means
good digestion and strong, healthy
nerves.
AS a blood purifier and tonic S. S. S.
has no equal. It is the safest and best
remedy for old people and children
because it contains no minerals, but is
made exclusively of roots and herbs.
No other remedy so thoroughly and
eIfectually cleanscs the blood Of inn
- - purities. At the
~ So ~ same time it builds
- - - up the weak and de-
A1h bilitated, and reno
- ~ - Yates the entire sys-
TEN. It cures permanently all manner
of blood and skin troubles.
Mr.. Z. Z. KoIly, of Urbana, o., writess
. had Bczema on my hands and face for
i've years. 1t would break out in little
white pustules, crusts would form and
drop of, leaving the akin red ana indan-
ed The doctors did me no good. / used
all the nedicaJed soGpa and salves without
benefit. s. s. S. cured me, and my akin
is as clear and smooth as any ones"
Mrs. Henry SieRfried, Of Cape May, N.
J., says that tWeuty-one bottles of s. B. 3.
cured her. of Cancer of the breast. Doc
tors and friends thought her case hope
less.
Richard T. Gardner, Florence, 8. C.,
suffered for years with BoilH. Two bot
ties Of 8. s. s. put his blood in good COM
dition and the Boils disappeared.
Send for our free book, and write
our physicians about your case.
Medical advice free.
The SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA. ca.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09

A mothers idea of the encourage
ment needed by a child is to tell it i
has the voice Of a Melba, though sucl
is not the case.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09

An old hen and a farmer both delight
in a full crop.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09

When a girl holds her head up higT
without the assistance of 2 stiff collar
it is said that she has a ''Queenly bear
ing"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09

Let US pause a moment in the con-
sideration Of imperialism, free silver
and the like, and consider a few prac-
teal things We have noticed that
when a woman goes around selling
chances in a rattle, in too many
cases she either wins the prize. or some
friend of hers gets it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09

Those who have no particular ances-
try to boast about, are always particu-
larly boastful of their dogs pedigree.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09

First Cook Lady-'eWhy did you leave
your last placer Second Cook Lady
The missus went an got hat ex-
actlY ike mine,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09

After struggling all day to give salts
faction to his employer and the PEG
pie, a man goes home to struggle t.
give satisfaction to his family.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09

Girls will be girls-if they can't be
married women
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09

LFrom the Atchison Globe1
They say Dan Creedon, the prize
fighter, is a Has Been. Creedon is
Never Was.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09

A baby before it is christened is an
anonymous contribution.
The most difficult thing for some
artists to draw is a salary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09

We suppose that one reason they
fold a dead mans hands on his breast
to make him look natural is that ne
was never known to lie with them
that way when alive.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09

The most undesirable seats at the til
alter of war are on the front-tier-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09

An Atchison man is having very bad
kin luck; he is entertaining the sort
of kin that drives up in front Of your
house in a covered wagon, and IN
hitches the horses Indefinitely.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09

our enemies" Cynicus-"We do. Most
OF US are our own worst enemies"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09

It is one OF the griefs of men that
their judges through life are women
who know no greater temptation than
to exaggerate the price of a hat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09

According to the mothers who won
a debate before the Lancaster Literary
society recently, many a child's career
is blghted because the fathers are too
occupied with such gross affairs as the
price of wheat and corn to encourage
the spiritual side Of a child's nature.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09

Thirty-siX inches of coal at Atchison
is as good a thing as has been claimed
for Belgian hares.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09

We have never attended a Priests OF
Pallas ball in Kansas City, but we
have an idea that if you want to see
how low a dress can be cut in the neck
N<e1 still hang on, that is the place tc
90
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09

Never put off till tomorrow what vol
can postpone until the day after
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09

The purchaser who is unable to dis
tinguish imitation diamonds from tn
real thing may get stuck on paste.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09

There are times when a charitable
heart can do more good than a chart
table hand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09

Water will find its level That is
where water gets the best of some peo-
pie.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09

An Atchison man has been refusing
for years to get any new furniture, be
cause the old was not worn out His
wife stopped coaxing, and invited his
three nephews to spend the summer
The new furniture had to be bought
the day they left.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09

Every man should know something OF
law, and IL he knows enough to keep
cut Of it he is a pretty good lawyer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09
FLAMBEAUX TO MEET.

g. D. MEIkLEJOHN
"HON. w. J. BRYAN, Peoria, Ill"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09

was inconsiderate to the last. The
day he suddenly died was the first time
in twenty years his wife didn't have
black dress ready to wear. as she had
ripped it up just the day before
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09

To mistake ones talents or overrate
ones ability is always ridiculous and
often dangerous.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09

A baby is like a crop of wheat-it is
first Graded. then thrashed, and finally
it becomes the flower OF the family