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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-07
more orders. which are much smaller

more orders, which are much smaller
than in previous years
The steel sheet consolidation with Pres
fdent McAIurty of the Apollo works at the
head. promises great Importance II this.
the tin plate hoop and National Steel
works make alliance with the Carnegie
company, as is reported the whole indus
try viii sooner or later be affected For
the present nc change appears IN prices
of pig and only slightly more yielding IN
tin plates and bars to secure more bust
ness. But many new contracts are re-
ported, including one purchase OF rails Tor
export. and the situation is generally more
hopeful. Changes in minor metals are
not important though copper grows
steadily stronger. with exports OF $50
tons from only three ports this month
The output of coke continues much the
largest ever known
Failure for the week are 15s IN the
United States. against al last year and
% in Canada. against II last year
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-07

dome FOntaine painted the curtain OF
the Casino at Garfield park
As his notes began to come due and
his trap, harness and horse were taken
on account of unpaid bills, Il suit or two
were in hook" and several persons
were wishing for settlements of small
accounts. Rev. Mr.. FOntaine made more
desperate love to one or two Of the girls
He kept the elevator boy busy taking
him up and down when he called upon
her. messenger boys made half a dozen
calls a day and the telephone was con-
stantly ringing, but all to no purpose.
shortcomings. and when he found that
his advances were of no avail he an
nounced that he would organize his
Oriental ODera company and tour the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-07

paIfan and would prefer to give his lee
ture under the patronage of St Thomas
church His fluent talk did not succeed
with DR.. Cornell Rev Dr. Darling
received a call from Fontaine- Being q
dyed in the wool CongTegationalist Of
Puritan stock the traveller lecturer
would dislike to have to ask any but a
CONGREGATIONAL church to share with
him the proceeds Of his lecture on
Through Egypt on Camel Back He
may have talked with other ministers,
but this is not known It was with Rev.
Robert RagneII of the First Methodist
church. that F'ontaine came nearest to
making a deal for his lecture was an
enterprise at that time attractive to the
pastor. Rev BIr. Bagnell, like Rev DR.
Cornell and Rev. DR.. Darling felt a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-07
O'NEIL ON GOOD FRIDAY.
Famous Actor a Catholic and VIII
Not Play on That Day.

James O'NeTl. who will be seen in
The Musketeerss' at the Grand opera
house in this city one week from Sat
urday. never plays on Good Friday
night Consequently he viii rest IN To
peka on Good Friday this year. as it IS
the day preceding his engagement here
O-Nefl is a devout Catholic, ard dur
ing the many years since he first aD-
peared. as a. star. has refused to allow a
booking for Good Friday. In this re-
spect Viola. Allen is ike M O'Neil. as
she declined to allow bookings OF The
Christian to be made for any night
Of Holy week
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-07
FEES COLLECTED.
County Officers File Their Quarterly
Reports

The following statements show the
fees collected by the several county
offices during the first quarter ending
March 81:
Clerk Of the district court, collected
s417.S0: uncouected. s4ss.sO Sheriff
Office. collected ss74s4: uneoIIected.
$500 &C. Register of deeds. collected
$1.353. A County attorney, fees charged
and collected S19. uncolIected- S251- so.
County clerk, collected ST.. 10; uncol-
Iected- 81
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-07
MISUNDERSTANDING.
Topeka, Kas., Sept. 20. 1859.

Topeka, Kas., Sept. 20. 1889.
I did a cash hardware business Of
from So, 600 to $50, coo a year and was
often il my store until ten to twelve
O'Clock at night. From overwork and
exposure. I was taken with infiamnia-
tory rheumatism followed by Muscular
rheumatism I did all I could with
medicine of which 1 took a great
quantity but kept getting stiffened ana
twisted up.
Three months use of the OxygeEor
King has changed the mind of a Doubt
ing Thomas to a growing faith in the
Oxyganor King. I am getting the use
of myself again and believe I will be
entirely restored It has proven a very
pleasant and satisfactory method with
no dropping back. The Oxygenor King
is all right.
Yours,
J. d. PATTISON,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-07

Topeka's sanitary sergeant knows by
experience that the Oxygenor IS all right
Since writing the following letter he
does not wish to retract a word but is
constantly adding words of commenda-
ton on every occasion
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-07
ChamherIain Csc Postnoned.

The case of ". L Chamberlain.
? charged with eTnbezz1ement by J. B.
Furry, was postponed by request of the
prosecution until Monday morning, in
the city court
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-07
Topeka. Kas.. April 1. 1900.

Topeka, kaS-. April 4. 1900.
Kansas Oxygeuor Co, Topeka Kas.
It is now four months since bought
an Oxygenor of you and it has proven
very satisfactory and worth many times
its cost 1t soon cured me of chronic
constipation and stomach trouble and
other ailments and my general health
is better than it has been for years. I
took all kinds of medicine with but
temporary relief put II on any mem
Der of the family for any ailment and
it is always successful, even to DESTROY
a fellon completely and there is no dan
ger Of any ailment running into ser
ious sickness I do not have the least
doubt but what the instrument viii DO
all that is Claimed il viii do, as the more
I understand its use the more can DO
with IT. and would not Ike TO be WITH
out an Oxygenor in my house IS II is al
ways ready to give relief day or night.
and much quicker than with any medi-
cine
One of the men came home sick with
bilious fever and took to bed but in
three days we had him on duty again,
feeling better than he had for some time
We used nothing but the OxygeuOr and
convinced doubter that the Oxygenor
was all right
MRS. R A HENDRICE,
1920 jackson Street
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-07
STILL LATER.

Extracts from a letter from Dr. Chas-
II. ST. John, Dated Kansas City, Dec. 10.
1899:
am getting farther and farther away
from the old way of druggfng. I am
certain the day is coming when these
wonderful laws, little known now, Will
become the curative agencies for life's
ills
Drugs kill more than they cure every
year. because they are not understood
and when they are understood they viii
not be taken.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-07

IL Some Testimonials of Oxygenor King.

DR.. st. John. since writing testimon-
ial. confirms his previously expressed
good opinion and says: My opinion of
the Perfected. Oxygenor King is that it
is a most remarkable instrument Ny
honest opinion was expressed in my
endorsement It requires some time in
Chronic cases, but it is sure; at least,
that has been my experience. would
not be without one for a small mint of
cash.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-03-09
WE MET-'TWAS IN A CROWD

We met-'twas IN crowd-and
thought he wonld shun me:
He camel could not breathe, for his
eye was upon me:
He spoke-his words were cold, and his
smile was uualter'd d.
| wore my bridal robe and | riva!ed It's
Wilderness;
Bright gems were in my hair; how |
hated their brightness!
He called me by name, as the bride of
another
Oh. thou has been the cause of this an
guish, my mother!
And once again we met, and fair girl
was uear him;
He smiled, and whispered low-as |
once used to hear him
She leant upon his arm-once twas
mine, and mine only
| wept, for | deserved to feel wretched
and lonely
And she will be his bride, at the altar
he'll give her
The love that was too pure for heart
less deceiyer.
The world may think me gay, for my
feelings | smother;
Oh, thou hast been the cause of thi:
anguish. my mother!
Thomas Haynes Bayley.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-03-09
"THE TOUCH OF A VANISHED
HAND"

We sigh for the touch of a vanished
hand
The hand of end most dear,
Who has passed from our side to the
shadowy land
But, what of the hand that is near?
To the living's touch is the soul inert
That weeps DER the silent urn?
For the love that lives is our hand alert
TO make some sweet return?
Do we answer back in fretful tone,
When life's duties press us sore?
Is our praise rs full as if they were gone,
And could hear our praise no more?
AS the days go by, are our hands more
swift
For triae beyond their share,
Than to grasp-for a kim ly helpful
lift
The burden some one must beal?
We sigh for the touch of vanished
hand,
And we think ourselves sincere;
But, what of the friends that about us
stand,
And the touch of the hand that's
here? John Troland.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-03-09
4 Pretty Good Sermon.

A story of bright-eyed, barefooted,
shabby little fellow is told by Forward
He was working his way through a
crowded car, offering his papers in every
direction, in a way that showed him
we'll used to the business, and of tenn
permanent not easily daunted.
The train started while he was max
ing change, and the conductor, passing
him. laughed.
Caught this time, Joel" he said.
you'll have to run to Fourteenth
Street,
Don't care" laughed Joe, in return.
81 can sell all the way back again"
A white-haired old gentleman seemed
interested in the boy, and questioned
him concerning his way of living and
his earnings. There was younger
brother to be supported, it appeared.
Jimmy was lame, I'D couldn't earn
much hisse f."
"Ah I see. That makes it hard; you
could do better alone
The shabby little figure was erect in
a moment, and the denial was prompt
and somewhat indignant.
mo, | couldn t! Jim's somebody tC
go home to; he's lots of help. What
would be the good of havin' luck, if no
body was glad? or of gettinI things, il
there was nobody to divide within
Fourteenth Street," called the con
ductor, and as the newsboy plunged GU
into the gathering dusk, the old gentle
man remarked to nobody in particular
1--WE heard many poorer sermon thai
| thatI''
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-03-09
Discharged a Duty.

Many simple people, who OBJ a =
MARI lge licenses of city clerks,
imagine that the clerk in some way
becomes responsible for their mar
riage. and that they are in duty
bound to report to him afterward
and let him keep track of their
affairs.
A Salt Lake City paper reports
that a tall, gaunt woman, with gin.
ger hair and a somewhat fierce ex.
preston of cOuntenlnce. lately came
to the county clerk OF BOXeldel
County in that state.
you're the man that keeps the
marriage books, Amt your" she
asked.
Yes. ma'am," he answered
"What book do you wish to see?r
kin you find out If Jack Peter.
was married?"
Search developed the name o
John Peters, for whose marriage :
license had been issued two year
before.
Il thought So" said the woman
Married Lie Walters, didn't hep
"The licensd is issued for a mar
riage with Miss Eliza Waters"
Yep. We'll, I'm Lie.
thought / ought to come In and tel
you that Jack Peers has escaped =
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-03-09
Materials For Spring.

Next summer is to be what the manu-
facturers describe as a great wash
goods" season All the old favorites,
Bingham, organizes, dotted swisses, etc.,
make their appearance in new color
ings and DIES GINS and there are also
shown a crowd of attractive novelties
that are sure To win popular favor.
Foulardine is new all cotton fabric
that closely initiates foulard silk. The
material is light in weight, silk finished
and is printed IN foulard styles, and the
principal eolorings are black, navy and
heliotrope.
Soft materials both in all wool and
wool and silk will be used bv fashionable
| dressmakers for the new spring gowns
Fancy crepons and figured mousseiin'
de laine, mingled with silk, both stripeC
or figured. are also seen.
The fashionable colors for spring, &C
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-03-09
Advice to a Young Wife.

Never disturb man while read
ing his paper.
Never ASK a fat man for anything
while pulling on his boots.
New ,r speak 20 man until he
has had something good to eat.
Never discuss servants at table.
When you want anything wait
until your husband has had his
breakfast, and then help him ten
deIly luto his coat, and while be-
hind him, smoothing his collar the
right way ask for it.
When he looks Injured and plain
tive, examine his plate, there Is sure
to be a vacancy.
III he lies on the sofa after dinner
and shakes the house witt his SHORES
accuse him not of sleeping, for be Is
merely thinking with his eyes
shut"
If he says he is "going TO the club
for IN hour, dear" bid him adieu
for the evening.
If he Io1se5 his handkerchief
everywhere but at home, let hin
have MS own way about THAT the
washerW oman s dishonest withou
your knowing it.
If you want him tt do any thing
never tell him it is good for him, f"I
he will not be Tied to woman
apron strings. '-McCalls Magazine
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-03-09
WON'T YOU.

Doyou remember when you heard
My lips breathe loave's tirst-faltering
word?
You do, sweet-don't you?
When having wandered all the day,
Linked arm in arm dared to say,
you'll love me-wont your"
And when you biushed, and could not
speak,
l fondly kissed your glowing cheek;
Did that affront you?
Oh, surely not; your eye eXprest
No wrath, but said, perhaps in jest,
You'll love me-won't you?
I'm sure my eyes replied, 81 will"
And you believe that promise still;
You do, sweet don't you?
Yes, yes, when age has made our eyes
Unfit for questions or replies,
You'll love me-won't you?
Thomas Haynes Bayly.
Xxx
"Thy tears o'erprize thy loss! Thy wife
In what was she particular?
Others of comely face and life,
Others as chaste and warm there are,
And when they speak they seem to sing
Beyond her sex she was not wise;
And there is no more common thing
Than kindness in woman's eyes.
Then wherefore weep SO long and fast,
WIZ so exceedingly repine?
Say, how has thy Beloved surpassed
So much all others?" "She was mine.
-PATMoRE.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-03-09
New Skirts.

A decided change is seen in. both
the cut and hang OF the new skirts.
The habit and fl It back skirts have
entirely gone out. The tailor aud
walking skirts are now made to
barely sweep the ground, and the
long trains have entirely passed
away with the habit and close-fit
ting backs. The tullness comes
from the waist in the back, where
the skirt is tucked box plated
shirred or gathered. There are three
distinctly new ways of making the
walking skirts. Some are made
with wide tucks stitched fat to be
Low the knee aud flare from there ;
others are made in groups of rather
smaller tucks, three or four to-
gether, which extend nearly to the
bottom OF tbs skirt, leaving fl ire
of only about half "a yard, which
gives the appearance almost of a
tiounce. A third and very smart
way of having tailor skirt made is
to have it tucked in comparatively
fine tucks all around, and hung from
"a deep yoke.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-03-09
THE Law OF KINDNESS.

If advice we would convey,
There's time we should convey it;
If we've but word to say,
There's tone in which to say it.
Oft, unknowingly, the tongue
Touches on chord so aching,
That word or accent wrong
Pains the heart almost to breaking.
Many tear of wounded pride,
Many fault of human blindness,
Has been soothed or turned aside
By quiet voice of kindness.
Time to me this truth hath taught
IT'S a truth that's worth revealing
More offend from want of thought
Than from any want of feeling.
Charles Swain.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-03-09
Do Not Fear Wind or Rain.

Exercise is absolutely necessary to the
woman who would be beautiful, and the
winds should not keep her indoors a
single day. She should walk from one
to FIVE miles at brisk pace, and she
will feel repaid for the trouble of put
ting on her rainy-day skirt and her stout
boots. A damp or rainy morning is
really refreshing. for the moisture in the
air is like tonic to the skin. Did you
ever notice how clear most compilations
look on a rainy day? 1t must be re-
membered that man is an outdoor ami
NAL, and that in the savage state he
seeks shelter only under stress of severe
storm OF great cold. The customs OF
civilization are responsible for many ills
and for the necessity Of taking extreme
care Of the body. Indian women do moi
bother about baths or about their com
pleNion. but il must be remembered thai
their elc thing is loose, that their diges
tions are u1impaired 10y highly seasoned
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-03-09
"HE CALLED HER IN"

He called her in from me and shut the
door.
After long struggling with my pride
and pain
A weary while 1t seemed, in which the
more
l held myself from her, the greater fai2
Was | to look upon her face again;
At last at ast-half conscious where
my feet
Were faring, | stood waist deep in tie
sweet
Green grasses there, where she
First came to me.
The very blossoms she had plucked that
day,
Around me lay,
Still bright and blooming in these eyes
of mine:
And as ! gathered each one eagerly
pressed it to my lips and drank the
wine
Her kisses left there for the honeybee
Then, after had laid them with the
tress
OF her bright hair, with lingering ten
derness,
l, turning, crept on to the edge tha
bound
Her pleasant seeming home-but al
around
Was never sign of her! The Window
Were blinded; and heard no ripping
fall
OF her glad laugh, nor any harsh voic
call!
But, clutching to the tangled grasses
caught
A sound as though a strong ma
bowed his head
And sobbed alOne-unloyed- uncom
forted!
And then straightway before
My fearless eyes, all wildly was wrough
A vision that is with me ever NOR,
A little girl that lies asleep, nor hears
Nor heeds not any voice, nor fall c
tears,
And | sit singing DER and DER:
God called her in from him and shU
the door"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-03-09
p ROSE, POETRY and AND FASHION.
{ D --n~--~~-~--~~-~-~
FOR WODlEN.
MRS. LOFTY AND I.

Mrs. Lofty keeps n carriage,
so do |;
She has dapple grsys to draw 1t,
None have /;
She's no prouder with her coachman
Than am |
With my blue.eyed laughing baby,
1rundling by:
/ hide his face, lest she should see
The cherub boy, aud envy me.
Her fine husband has white fingers,
Mine has not;
He could give his b,ide a palace.
Mine II cot.
Hers comes home beneath the starlight,
Meier cares sh';
Mine comes home Ia The purple twilight,
Kisses me,
And prays that he who turns lies sands
Will hold his lOved ones in his hands.
Mrs. Lofty has her jewels,
SO nave |;
She wears hers upon her bosom,
Inside |.
She will leave hers at deaths portals
BY and by.
shall bear my treasure with me,
When | die,
For have love, and she has gold
She counts her wealth-mine can't b'
told.
She has those who love her station,
None have |;
But I've one true heart beside me
Glad am i
I'd not change IL for a kingdom,
No, not |;
God will weigh it in his balance,
BY and by.
And then the difference he'll define
'Twixt Mrs. Lofty's wealth ahd mine.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-03-09
lust an Ordinary Angel.

San ALFRED hot day, marin! Coin
fur?" said an old farmer, addressing a
lady who sat at his side in railroad
station waiting for train.
The lady drew away her rich silks I'M
patiently, frownng as if to say, you're
out of your place, SIR" but she made no
audible reply.
IAN ALFRED hot day, say, marm,"
posing that she was little deaf. care
you goin' fur? Why" he continued, as
no reply was youchsafed, "I'm sorry
you're deaf, marin. How long have
you been so?'
Sir" said the lady, rising, ''do you
mean to insult me? | shall complain to
the police" and she swept haughtily
from the room.
"Waal neverr' exclaimed the old
man, as he drew out the red bandanna
and mopped his forehead. Pretty
tired, marm?" he continued. addressing
woman who haG just come in, carrying
baby and lot of bundles, and with
two small children clinging to her dress.
Are you goin' fur?"
ITO Boston, sir" was the pleasant
reply.
Got to wait long?"
"Two hours. Oh, children do be
quiet and don't tease mother any more -
Look a-here. you young shavers, and
see what I've got in my own pocket, y
and soon both children were on his
knees eating peppermint candy, and
listening to wonderful stories about the
sheep and calves at horne. Next he
pulled out a string and taught them how
to play 'cat's-cradle." They were soon
on the floor, happy as kittens.
"Now let me take that youngster.
marin y he said, noticing that the baby
wanted to be tossed all the time; ''you
look clean beat out. guess | can
please him. I'm powerful hand vii b
babies" In his big arms, the chill
crowed with delight until he fell asleep.
"Tain't nothin at all, marin, he said
two hours later, as he helped the woman
and her charges on board
Buying pint of peanuts from a little
| girl, and paying twelve cents instead o.
ten, he munched in hear5y enjoyment
until his train was called.
Lean right on me, marm," he sale
to an old lady, as he took her capetbag
'I'll see you safe through"
"All aboardn' shouted the conductor
and the train started Something
bright has goue out of this depot tha
doesn't come in every day." said OF
who rema ned, ian honest heart"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-03-09
ROBBED THE GRAVE.

A startling incident of which Mr..
John oliver, of Philadelphia, was the
subject, is narrated by him as follows:
wa'in m st dreadful condition.
My skin was almost yellow, eyes sun.
ken, tongue coated, pain continually in
the back and sides, no appetite-gradu-
ally growing weaker day by dav. Three
physicians had given me up. Fortu-
nately, a friend advised trying 'Elec-
surprise, the first bottle made decided
improvement. ! continued their use
for three weeks, and am now we'll
man. know they saved my life, and
robbed the grave of another victim" Nc
one should fail to try them. Only soc
per bottle at Woodbridge & Irvine's drug
store Isl june2 1Y
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-03-09
Dainty Accessories.

There are many pretty knick- knacks
of dress to be found in the shops just
now. Some of the prettiest novelties in
pocket handkerchiefs, are the plain
colored cambrics, light blue, light pink,
and light mauve, beautifully embroid-
cred in white In the Same open pattern
that is introduced on embroidered white
handkarchiefs. They look exceedingly
dainty, and, of course, should match the
rest of the toilette.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-03-09
Paderewski's Opinion.

In my opinion, says Paderewski in
Harper's Bazaar, every child should be
taught the piano. l know that it is con-
sidered an open question nowadays as to
whether it is worth while for child to
study music unless it shows special
aptitude in that direction. 1t is not
now unusual to find young women in
society totally ignorant of the piano; but
to my mind, general culture demands
that every civilized person should be ac-
quainted with all the manifestations OF
culture The only way to comprehend
art is to have some knowledge of art
AS the piano is the best instrument to
show all species of music, every child
should study it.