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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-10

New York, April 1O.-There was a
riot today at Mamorneck, West Chester
county, between striking labo-ers and
men hired to take their places on local
improvements. One striker, an Italian,
was shot in the thigh and probably
fatally wounded; another was shot in
the knee, and several others received
lesser injuries. Several of the rioters
were arrested.
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Houston, Texas, and Return $23.e5
Via the Santa Fe,

Account Trans Mississippi Commercial
Congress. Tickets on sale April 13 and
IA Final limit p days from date of
sale. Excellent service Both chair cars
and sleepers. For particulars see agent
A T. & S. F. r. r.
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NOTICE.

At meeting of the city council Of To-
pekas held April 2, 1900 the following was
the city of Topeka
Resolved, That the mayor and council
OF the city OF Topeka deem il necessary
for the best interests of said city that
Woodlawn avenue from the north line OF
Willow avenue to south line of Park
street be graded and paved 80 feet wide
with vitrttied brick on sand foundation
and curbed with Fort Scott sand stone
J. w F. HUGHES.
! hereby certify that the above is a true
copy Of the original resolution now on file
in my office.
1t Witness Whereof. have hereunto set
my hand and official seal this 5th day
Of April, 1900, at Topeka, Kansas.
J. H SQUIRES,
(SealD City Clerk
1rrir.st -.,.l.,is1,a a. -. -. -. -
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J. I. Carson, Prothonotary. Washington.
Pa SAYS. Il have found KodoI Dyspep-
STA. Cure an excellent remedy in case of
stomach trouble, and have derived great
benefit from its use" It digests what you
eat and can not fail to cure. At all drug
stores,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-10

H Clark Chauncey. Ga. says De Wits
Witch Hazel Salve cured him of piles that
had afflicted him for twenty years. It is
also a speedy cure for skin diseases. Be-
ware of dangerous counterfeits. AT all
drug stores.
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LEGAL


(First published in the Topeka State Jour
nal April g. 1900
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SPEAR-RICE.
Rev. ZIG. Frazer Here.

Rev. H. G. Frazer, of Ottawa, one of
the county organizers for the
State Temperance union, is in
the city today comforting with the
officers of the union regarding field
work Mr.. Frazer is the man who orga-
nized Allen county last year. where ever
since nearly every jointist who has been
tried has been convicted and heavily
sentenced. The officers of the union ex-
pect 10 have Mr. Frazer spend a week in
Shawnee county during the spring or
summer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-10

Half the ills that man is heir to come
from indigestion. Burdock Blood Bitters
strengthens and tones the stomach;
makes indigestion impossible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-10

mo family can afford to be without One
Minute Cough Cure. It will stop cough
and cure a cold quicker than any other
medicine writes c. w. Williams. Ster-
ling Run. Pa 1t cures Group bronchitis
and all throat and lung troubles and pre-
vents consumption. Pleasant and harm
less. At all drug stores.
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(First published in the Topeka State Jour-
mai April g. 1900
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-10

(First published in the Topeka State Jour-
nal April 6, 1900
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MONEY,

LOANS on pianos, typewriters. bicycles.
guns. watches, diamonds and any per-
sonal property. L Biscoe. SO Kansas ave
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First published in the Topeka State Jour-
nal April 8, 1907
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ANNOUNCE MYSELF AS A CANDI-
date for the office of representative of
the Thirty-eighth district comprising the
First and Second wards of Topeka the
town of Oakland and the township of Te-
cumSeh. Shawnee county, Kansas. sub
ject to the Republican primaries.
ALVIN J. DODGE.
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MATTRESSES AND SPRINGS.

~~--~-~-~-~-~S~--~~-~-~~
MATTRESSES AND SPRINGS in stock or
made to order for Wooden or Iron Beds,
Cots or Cribs Excelsior. Husk. Cellulose.
Cotton. Wool or Hair Mattresses. We rem
ovate feathers and warrant satisfaction
in every particular. We also buy feath-
ers and make beds and pillows to order.
Write for prices and description. Call or
send your order to D. O. OWEN, Furni-
ture Dealer. 313 Kansas ave.
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WANTS
And MISCELLANEOUS ADS.
kEtM A212ED
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

~----~-~~~>~-~-~-~-~----~-
AM A CANDIDATE FOR MEMBER
Of the legislature from the city district
Consisting Of the Third, Fourth and
Fifth wards), subject to the Republican
primaries, April 14th 1900
A. K WILSON.
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TOPEKA STORAGE AND WAREHOUSE
Tel. 1s6. c. D. Skinner. 123 East Sixth st.
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MUSIC.
STAMPS, SEALS AND STENCILS
GOWNS.

MRS. MERCER, Crosby Bros. only es-
adjustment in the state where tailor
costumes are made by men, Dress
making in ali its branches. Plating and
pinking made to order
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BOILER REPAIRS.


THOS. RILEY. STEAM BOILERS OF
ali kinds repaired. 219 Madison St Tel.
1e4.
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RICYCIEa

u. s. CYCLE CO., 118 E. sth St National
and Union bicycles Sundries, repairs
TOPEKA CYCLE CO.. 112 ". Sth St.
Bicycles and sundries: bicycles and tan.
denis for rent: repairing of all kinds
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FLoRIsTA

MRS. J. r. HAGUE, Florist. successor to
r J. Groves, e17 Kansas ave Phone 60z.
CIT FLOWERS and floral designs at
Hayes. 157 West Eighth st. Phone $50.
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LOST AND FOUND.

LOST-In North Topeka, a red-leathe
to SIS Morse st, and receive reward.
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MISREPRESENTATION by middle-aged wo-
man as housekeeper. to take entire
charge of house. Address, Call Box 1S2,
Wamego, Kan.
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WANTED-Agents to sell natural body
brace. Sells quick. $50 Lawrence st.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-07-18
SaWyer,s Charity Limit.

The death of former-Senator Sawyer
brings to mind story told of him by
friend of his in Washington. Saw
yer was very generous giver of char
ity, and of presents which neither he
nor the beneficiary would have cared
to denominate as charity, though the
gifts amounted to much the same.
says the Philadelphia Bulletin. He
told his friend one day that he was
going to turn over n new leaf and try
to keep his donations down to a limit
that would not exceed $1,000 Il month.
Three months after he had announced
this resolution. his friend asked how
he had made out.
Il started out pretty WELL" he re-
piled, "and If / hadn't given an old
friend of mine in Wisconsin who had
struck hard luck $4,000 last month
l think l should have kept within the
limt!'
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-07-18
(Ground Brake.)

better to engage with the ground or
pavement, as the case may be. 1t is
claimed that when wheels are locked
with the ordinary tire applied brake
shoe they slide along the ground or
rail, thereby wearing out the tire in
spots, producing rapid deterioration,
and, therefore, requiring repeated re-
newal. In the ground applied brake
the braking shoe is the only part on
which the wear and tear comes, aside
from the roadway, but it is doubtful
If the disadvantages of the device do
not outweigh its slight advantages.
In the design here shown 1t is thrown
into and ont of operation by lever,
which is maintained in an imperative
position by means of a spring. The
instant the pressure on the handle Is
removed the drag springs back out Of
contact with the ground.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-07-18
Evils of Good Advice.

Say" said the man with the wor-
ried look, do you remember giving
me lot of advice on how to conduct
my love affairs about two months
ago?"
"Yes," replied the man with the
wise expression.
Told me if | wanted to win the
girl l should make love to her moth
er!"
"Uh-huh."
"Said if 1 could get the old lady on
my side all 1 had to do was to toddle
around with ring and say, when?
to the girl"
The wise man nodded
Said for me to compliment the
mother on her youthful appearance"
continued the worried man, "and give
her jolly about how sad it was that
the young ladies of the present day
were not to be compared with those
of the past?"
Eyes. Yes. You won the girl, I
suppose?"
Eyes, did-not. The old lady has
sued her husband for divorce, and me
for breach of promise. Baltimore
American.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-07-18
Continuous Warfare In Corsica.

No one knows when the first blood
feud began in Corsica, or when the
first brigand set up shop. Nor can
any one tell when the last will put up
his shutters. Even in the time of the
Romans the inhabitants were too busy
fighting one another to care whether
foreign garrison was left on the
island or not. But not a day goes by
without several lives being sacrificed
in the cause of some vendetta, and as
each life means the sacrifice in atone
ment for at least two more, there Is
to-day hardly one Corsican whose life
is not wanted by a fellow countryman.
New York Telegram.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-07-18
MORNING GOSSIP.

If you were Gibson girl
And l were Davis man,
And the world were made for our
special use,
And run on our special plan;
If the dangers were only to show us
off,
To give us chance to pose
We would stalk through life like a
king and queen,
And tread on the necks of our foes.
If you were Gibson girl
And l were a Davis man,
And you uttered wish for the pleas
ure dome
In the kingdom of Kubla Khan
L would sail away to that distant
realm,
And stir up war or two,
But I'm bring you the dome on the
top of my head,
And I'd cut up its ice for you.
If you were a Gibson girl
And I were Davis man,
You'd sit with a far away, pensiye
look
While the course of our serial ran.
Disdainful of all but my glorious self,
For / should be seven feet tall
But I'd marry your little kid sister
last,
Who was not to come out at the fall.
William Wallace Whitlock.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-07-18
THE sPELLING-sEE AT ANGELS.


For instance, take some simple
word" sez he, like separate;
Now, who can spell it?" Dog my skin
eff thar was one in eight!
This set the boys all wild at once. The
chairs was put in row,
And at the head was Lanky Jim, and
at the foot was Joe.
ana high upon the bar itself the
schoolmaster was raised,
And the barkeep put his glasses down
and sat and silent gazed.
on little kids, my pretty kids, twas
touchin' to survey
These bearded men, with weppings
on, like schoolboys at their play
Ihey'd laugh with glee and shout to
see each other lead the van,
ana Bob sat up as monitor with cue
for a rattan,
iii the chair gave out 'fncinerate,"
and Brown said he'd be burned
Ii any such blamed word as that in
school was ever learned.
When ''phthisis" came they all sprang
up and vowed the man who rung
Another blamed Greek word on them
be taken out and hung.
AS they sat down again 1 saw in Bill
sons eye flash,
ana Brown of Calaveras was a-twist-
in his mustache.
And when at last Brown slipped on
"gneiss," and Bilson took his chair,
He dropped some casual words about
some folks who died their hair.
And then the chair grew very white,
and the chair said he'd adjourn,
But Poker Dick remarked that he
would wait and get his turn;
Then with a tremblin' voice and hand,
and with a wanderin' eye,
The chair next offered "eider-duck,
and Dick began with a."
And Bilson smiled-then Bilson
shrieked! Just how the fight
begun
never knowed, for Bilson dropped,
and Dick, he moved up one.
Bret Harte.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-07-18
A PLAGUE OF RATS.
Where Cats Are Unable to Keep the
Rodents Within Bounds.

In Paris there are low streets near
the river, where the inhabitants are
afraid to allow their children to cross
the garden or the courtyard after
dark, says the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The central markets are infested to
such an extent that rat hunting has
been abandoned in despair. As soon
as dark sets in armies of rats attack
the reserve provisions, to which they
have burrowed their way beneath the
masonry.
a singular detail is that the cats,
which are very numerous at the mar
ket, live on the best terms with the
rats. They can be seen trotting about
together. The city cat has lost its
reputation in Paris. He or she still
enjoys killing the mouse, but with
other food to hand a rat has become
rather large game from the feline
point of view. For this reason the
Budget Commission suppressed this
year the credits for the cats kept in
the store houses of the Ministry of
War.
The cat as an official Is now only
to be found at the Ministry of FL
nance and the Council of State. No
decision has yet been come to by the
authorities as to how the rat plague
is to be got rid of, though poisons with
instantaneous effects, which have the
additional advantage of mummifying
the body, are fayorably regarded. The
system, however, has the disadvant-
age of making poison too readily OBJ
tainable.
DIR. Thiery mentions four terriers
belonging to M. Girard, Chief of the
Municipal Laboratory, which are ex-
cellent rat catchers. They have
cleared the cellars of the Prefecture
of Police from the vermin, and have
strayed along the sewers as far as
Bercy, two miles from home, killing
large numbers of rats on the way.
M. Girard's favorite terrier can break
instantaneously the back of a rat
weighing one and one-half pounds.
On Acheres Plain rats estimated to
be 10000 in number have been seen
at once on two acres of ground plant
ed with beet root.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-07-18
OLD-TIME LOVE SONG.

If all the laurel wreaths of fame
Were twined for my unworthy head.
What were they worth unless YOU
came
To see your lover garlanded?
If all the sovereignty of earth
In one sole scepter wooed my grasp.
What would its heavy gold be worth
Unless your hand were mine to
clasp?
If all the roses summer knows
By pleasures hand were plucked and
strown,
Should raise up one single rose
If / must drink it's scent alone?
There Is no kingdom but your heart.
There is no laurel but your praise.
The rose is but your counterpart,
You dear delight of all my days.
Yet would I had the scepter gold.
The laurel fine, the roses rare;
The scepter for your hands to hold.
The rose and laurel for your hairt
=. J.. Pail Mall Gazette.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-07-18
BOYS.

Now, If any one has an easy time
In this world of push and pull,
1t is not the boy of the family,
For his hands are always full.
I'd like to ask, who fills the stove?
Where is the girl that could?
Who brings in water, who lights the
fire,
And splits the kindling wood?
And who is 1t that cleans the walks
After hours of showing?
In summer who keeps down the weeds
BY diligent hoeing?
And who must harness the faithful
horse
When the girls would ride about?
And VINO must clean the carriage, off?
The boy, you'll own, no doubt.
And who does the many other things
Too numerous to mention?
The boy is the general utility man."
And really deserves a pension!
Friends, just praise the boy sometimes,
When he does his very best
And don't always want the easy chair
When he's taking little rest.
Don't let him always be the last
To see the new magazine;
And sometimes let the boy be heard,
AS well as to be seen.
That boys are far from perfect
Is understood by ALL
But they have hearts, remember.
For men are boys grown tall"
And when a boy has been working
His level best for days,
1t does him good, I tell you,
To have some hearty praise!
He Is not merely combination
OF muddy boots and noise,
And he likes to be looked upon
AS one of the family joys.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-07-18
THE IMPOSSIBLE
The Controversy Stopped Because the
Other Man Was Speechless.

"Just imagine! If you were flea
you could jump 200 miles at single
jump"
"But 1 am not fea."
II didn't say you were, said if you
WERE"
But you implied that might be-"
'Not at all. In estimating the rela-
tive strength of flea as compared to
man, L said that one of your size
could jump 200 miles,"
Nothing of the sort, sir. You dis
tinctly spoke of me as a flea"
How absurd 1 merely inferred that
suppose you We're fiea."
"Do look like a fea?'
"Why, no, sir, certainly not"
. "Have l the arms, legs, proboscis,
anatomy of fea?"
"Who said you did?"
"You did, sir!"
81 didn'tp'
"You didw
"Well, sir, am sorry, l apologize"
"You admit, then, that you did refer
to me as a fiea?"
"Why, no, don't"
"But you have just apologized"
"Well, well, let it go. l said you
were flea. apologize. l am sorry.
l was wrong"
Good! You were wise. 1 am no flea,
SIR"
"Of course not. Utterly removed
from flea. You couldn't be one if
you tried. Impossibler'
Impossible, sir! For me, sir? How
impossibleY"
"Yes, sir, exactly, sir. How could
an ass be flea, sir."-Life.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-07-18
British Colonies.

Great Britain has three general
classes of colonies. Those controlled
entirely by the home government are
crown colonies, and their funds and
laws are managed by the administra-
tion, which does as it pleases. A sec
ond class has what is called represen-
tative government. In such the crown
retains the veto power and controls
the public officers. Those of the third
class have responsible government. In
such colonies the crown has no con.
troll over any public officer except that
it appoints the governor and retains
is veto on legislation.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-07-18
Caught,

Rich Widow-Despite our short ac-
quaintance and the fact that my youth
has flown you still make this proposal
of marriage to me, doctor?
Doctor-You have made on my heart
an impression that time can never
Widow (coldly)-H-rn, and l had al
ways believed you were able to live by
your practice.-New York World.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-07-18
Discovered a Prize.

First Business Mani have a gem
of an office boy
Second Business Man-Why, I
thought you said he was so stupid?
First Business Man-So he is, but
now that the baseball season has open
ed, I've discovered that he has no
living relatives, SO he can't ask to get
Off for funerals. als.-Philadelphia Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-07-18
A NEW BRAKE,
It Strikes the Ground Instead of the
Wagon Rim.

A novel idea in braking that is at
tracing great deal of attention re-
Gently at least among inventors, is the
application of the braking power in
railway service to the rails, instead of
to the Wheels, and now an Ohio man
has patented scheme for applying
the same principle to ordinary ve-
hicles. In his arrangement the bral-
ing power, or friction, is applied di-
rectly to the ground, through the
medium of a braking shoe, the under
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-07-18
Civilization.

you are scarcely half civilizedp we
said reproachfully.
Tile natives burst into tears.
"Pity our mlsfortunew they cried.
For our gold mines yield only low
grade orer'
Then they turned their streaming
eyes toward the hills, whence mere
handful of Anglo-Saxons were shelling
them perfunctorily.-Detroit Journal
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-07-18
THE ROMANCE OF AN EGG.
Report Says 1t Will End In an
Iowa Wedding.
A GIRLS DAY DREAMING.
An Egg With Young Lady's Name
on it Sent to Cuba-The Reply
Letters Followed Fast and Furious
"A Furlough.


A unique romance, involving the CO.
lonial policy Of the United States, the
Iowa hen and romantic and pretty
girl has just developed in Fort Dodge,
Ia, says the Philadelphia Press.
The incident also tells the story of
how trade follows the flag and how
closely recent events have served to
link the commerce and human interest
of the Far West with the same lines
in the Far East
Fort Dodge has become the acknowl-
edged headquarters of the egg and
poultry business for the West, many
train loads of live and dressed poultry
and hundreds of thousands of dozens
of eggs being shipped annually to the
Eastern markets.
During the shipping season in the
summer months large forces of girls
are employed handling eggs taken
from picking watts in the A. II. Loomis
egg house preparatory to shipment.
One of the girls selected large,
smooth egg, and in a moment of ro-
nance and day dreaming wrote her
name and address upon it with an in
delible pencil.
1t was placed in case with 277
others and shipped to New York,
where it found its way to the ware
house of an exporter and was one of
the first shipments Of American eggs
made to Cuba. Weeks slipped into
months, and the young lady forgot
her romantic dreams of summer days
and egg shells, but the maiden's mes
sage was working out her destiny.
Early in December she received a
Ghines, Cuba. On the upper right
hand corner of the envelope were the
words, "Oflicial business These
We're carefully cancelled, and in the
regulation place was a maroon -colored
stamp. On opening it she found the
following letter enclosed:
United States Signal Corps-Tele-
graph Office, Guines, Cuba, December
IA, 1890. Miss Lizzie CLAY, Fort
Dodge, Ia: l am sure you had no idea
into whose hands and to what distant
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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-07-18
The Excavation of Ur.

An expedition is now being formed
to excavate Ur, and it will be under
the direction of DIR. Il. ]. Banks, who
was recently United States consul at
Bagdad. The work will be undertak-
en- for the benefit of the Smithsonian
Institution. Ur is half way between
the ruins of Babylon and the Persian
Gulf, says the Outlook, and is six
miles south of the River Euphrates.-
Chicago Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-07-18
Riqht In Their Line.

Hoax-These messenger boys are
the lowest creatures on earth. Won
der what becomes of them when they
grow up.
Joax-Maybe they become chess
players.-P Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-07-18
The Work Cure,

"The healthy brother supported the
invalid brother for years and years
and years, and then the healthy broth
er died"
What became Of the poor invalid
brother?"
"Oh, he had to get we'll and go to
work.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-07-18

Pa My son we must never put
off till tomorrow what We can do TO-
day.
Willie-Well, then, Pa, let's finish
up that mince pie.-Philadelphia Re.
cord.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-07-18
Their Relation.

Askington-Do you know Gabbleby?
Teller-Well, have listening ac-
quaintance with him.