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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-12-15
The Best Plaster.

A piece of flannel dampened with
Cham berlain's Pain Balm and bound
to the affected parts is superior to
any plaster. When troubled with
lame back or pains in the side or
chest, give it trial and you are GER
tain to be more than pleased with the
prompt relief which it affords. Pain
Balm also cures rheumatism. One
application gives relief. For sale by
all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-12-15
For Pneumonia.

DR.. c. j. Bishop. Agnew, Mich,
says: II have used Foley's Honey
and Tar in three very severe cases of
pneumonia with good results in every
case" For sale by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-12-15
For HORrBeDeaa.

Benz. Ingerson, of Hutton, Ind,
says he had not spoken above whis
per for months, and one bottle of
Foley's Honey and Tar restored his
voice. Used largely by speakers and
singers. For sale by all druggists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-18
IN HOTEL CORRIDORS.

There is no question but our dreams
generally relate to the subject which is
uppermost in our minds" said one of
a group at the National, ''but OCCASION
ally one will dream something that can
not be accounted for in any way. Every
one has had this experience, just as
they have had horrible dreams after eat
ing hea, . supper late at night. have
heard Of Instances where the person who
dreamed had never once thought of the
subject of the dream, and it is that sort
of thing which knocks out all theories
as to dreams and makes us wonder if
we are really ourselves when asleep. I
recall a dream that had several years
ago which 1 will never forget, for it
made a deep impression upon me and
was very vivid. Part of it will show
that my thoughts during the day eff
fected my dream and part of it was en-
tirely unaccounta BILE. was in the rail-
way mail service at the time and had
been transferred from a run in the east
to another run in the west. The terri
tory was far distant from my old run,
and I knew nothing of the geography
of the states through which my new
route ran. OF course studied hard
learning all the postoffices in the
states for which I would handle mail,
and learning the time cards of the mail
trains on the different roads l studied
night and day in order to be proficient
when 1 should go to take my new place.
When I reached the city which was the
initial point of the run reported to the
chief clerk in the federal building, and
asked if I could not go over the run sew
eral times in order to get the hang of
the letter case and paper rack in the
car. I also wanted to know which side
the stations were on and how far apart
they We're, for the run was one of the
swiftest in the country, and man
would not only have to fast worker,
but he would have to be familiar with
the run in order to perform good service.
The chief clerk told me that a number
of regular men were sick and that all
the extra men were working. and the
sooner I could relieve the man on my
run the better it would please him. He
asked if I thought 1 could take the run
after going over it once, and 1 answered
that 1 would. He added that they had
tried many men on the run, and it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-18
MR.. PENWELL NAMED

l. NJ. Penwell of the firm of DeMoss
& Penwell, undertakes of this city was
last week appointed chairman of the
committee on legislation by President
Percy B. Dixon of the National Funeral
Directors Association of the United
States.
AS yet the committee has not much of
Importance to urge in congress. Per
haps the only bill which will receive
Their attention will be a measure to es-
tablish the custom of checking dead
bodies instead of expressing them. which
has necessitated SO much red tape here
tofore.
The method which has been in vogue
for the shipping Of dead bodies has some
times been responsible for the fact that
boxes bearing the bodies have become
mixed and shipped to the wrong desti-
nation.
The western roads have during the
past few years beenA checking bodies the
same as if the box containing the body
was a trunk and it is hoped to introduce
this regulation with the eastern roads.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-18
GOOD REASON FOR 1T.
The Success and Popularity of the
New Catarrh Cure.

The remarkable success and popularf-
ty of the new catarrh cure, Stuart 5
Catarrh Tablets. is largely because it
not only cures catarrh, but because ca
tarrh sufferers who use these tablets
know what they are taking into their
systems; no secret is made OF what
they contain. They are composed of
Hydrastin, blood root, guaiacol and red
gum, are pleasant to the taste and be-
ing dissolved in the mouth they take
immediate effect upon the mucous lin
ing of the throat, nasal passages and
the whole respiratory tract.
The cures that Starts Catarrh Tab
LET'S have accomplished in old chronic
cases are little short of remarkable, and
the advantage of knowing just what
you are taking into your system is of
paramount Importance when it is re-
membered that the cocaine or morphine
habit has been frequently contracted Is
the result of using secret catarrh rem
edies, as so many of them are well
known to contain these injurious drugs
Stuart's Catarrh Tablets meet with
the approval and cordial support of
physicians because their anteseptic
character renders them perfectly safe
for the general public to use and their
composition makes them a common
sense cure for all forms of catarrhal
trouble.
cures it is a matter of guess work as to
what you are taking into the stomach.
as the proprietOrs, while making all
sorts of claims as to what their medI-
cines will do, are very careful to keep
il a close secret as to what they really
contain.
This is one reason why Stuart's Ca
tarrh Tablets have been sowidely recon-
mended. because they are not only
pleasant and convenient to take, but
the patient also knows he is not putting
into his stomach anything of an in
furious character.
These tablets are sold by druggists
everywhere in the United States and
Canada at so cents for complete treat
ment and probably there is no better
remedy ever devised for the permanent
cure of catarTh whether located in the
head, throat. bronchial tubes or in the
stomach.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-18

that they are both organized and admin
istered for the people and under the
clear eye of the public authOrities-as
the national banks already are, only bet
ter as experience teaches better ways
then with great strides the hostile dis
tinctions between capital and labor will
become stil more meaningless and VIII
still further pass away.
Nor is it certain that the great
wealth of individuals Will arouse, as
many predict, an increasing unfriendli-
ness in the general community This
unfriendliness is due to the sense of the
unfairness and to the overbearing uses
and the useless uses SO often made of
wealth. But these objections are not
permanent in any large contemplation
of the subject. In the first place there
is the prospect that we shall learn how
to protect the community against those
unfair and unrighteous manipulations of
capital that take from the many by
processes of merely shreWd or unscrupu-
lous promotion or combination, to pile
up for a few. 1t would be an easy mat
ter to accomplish. And again there is
growing prospect that our laws and our
government viii soon become satisfied
with what they already have done to
build up excessive or undeserved for
tunes.
And it is evident that more and more
as these recent effective years increase
large amounts Of excessive wealth will
find its way by gift into the public ami
benefcent uses of the nation-and if not
by gift, then by reasonable taxation.
And finally the greed of wealth itself
tho ambition for extreme and unre-
quired wealth-promises to undo itself
as any form Of greed is so liable to do.
More money than man really needs re-
quires distinction to make it desirable.
Formerly wealth was generally distin-
guished. It was mainly associated with
personal distinction and made to sup
port and maintain personal distinction.
1t also was not easy to get-and there
fore it was more to be desired-and
therefore it conferred more honor CT
late it has become so much more easy
and is often so questionable, and it is
frequently associated with commonplace
or Objectionable personal qualities that
one may look forward to the time when
wealth viii not necessarily confer either
distinction or honor. 1t is when public
opinion sets such men apart-as it does
men of other distinctions-tO be honor
ed and envied, as it did Stephen CSirard
for instance. that excessive wealth is
truly worth the while. I only need to
add that the normal disposition to hon
or and envy rich men is being strained
to the breaking point, even at present,
by the disappointing and disheartenirg
quality Of the latest crops of rich men
which seem to be coming with new
effect of impartfality and rotation, from
the lower classes of the business world
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-18

Boston Transcript: Kansas seems to
have had a long series of anti-capital
punishment governors who, like Gov
ernor Andrew. have refused to give Of
fetal sanction to hanging by the neck.
As has been shown by the Anti-Death
Penalty league statistics. the legal exc
cutions in the United States are far less
in number than the lynchings, and in
those states where there are no legal
executions there are no lynchings at all
How many mistakes have been made in
these lynchings no statistician can find
out. but it Is a matter Of common knOwl-
edge that a great number of lynchings
each year have been of innocent per
sons. In that region where the greatest
public brutality is practiced and lynch
ings are most common. as well as legal
executions, we find the greater number
of murders, showing that the effort to
deter crime by more taking of life does
not. in fact. deter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-18
BIG FIGHT AHEAD
On the ReappOrtionment of Con-
gressiOnal Representatives

Washington, Dec. 1S.-There promises
to be a big fight over the Hopkins reap
portionment bill when it is taken up in
the house after the holiday recess. The
Representative of the states which will
loose representatives under the bill are
organizing for the struggle. The men,
bers of the minority of the census COM
mittee are seeking to marshal all the
available strength among the dissatls-
fled members by making a minority re-
port which will recommend a basis for
reappOrtionment that will not reduce the
representation in any state. This can
be accomplished by making $4,000 in
habitants the basis of representation Up
on this basis the house would consist Of
3S7 members.
No state would lose and the following
would gain: Arkansas I; California I;
Colorado l; Connecticut 1; Florida 1 IL
linois 3; Iowa I; Louisiana I; Massachus-
etts Minnesota 2; Mississippi 1; Mis-
souri, l; New Jersey 2; New York 3;
North Carolina !; North Dakota I; Penn
sylvania 2; Texas 8; Washington Invest
Virginia 1 and Wisconsin l.
Mr.. Burleigh of Maine will draw the
minority report recommending this bas-
is. 1t is possible that Mr.. Crumpacker
of Indiana will still further compiled te
the situation by making another minor
ity report in support of his proposition
to reduce the representation from the
south
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-18
rHE cH1CAGo CONFERENCE.

The spirit which prompted the calling
together of the conference which assem-
hled in Chicago yesterday for the pur-
pose of discussing the best means Of
bridging the chasm between capital and
labor, and the sentiment breathed forth
by the distinguished gentlemen present,
must be regarded as one of the encour-
aging signs Of the times. Among the
most optimistic utterances made at yes
terday's meeting were those of Mr..
Franklin Macveagh. Discussing the re-
lation between the workers and the en-
ploying classes Mr.. MacVeagh said:
Much Of the dividing line between
EMPLOYER and employed is fading OUT
even while we think it is so deep and
permanent For instance: the greatest
strikes of the present day are not be-
tween capitalists and laborers at all;
they are between employees and en-
mana gers or superintendents and work
ing men called knler-StTikes with
which capita lists have nothing, tG to tx
cent to take their punishment and loss.
There are still some Industrial disputes
in which the capitalists themselves are
one Of the two parties-aS IN strikes Of
building trades-thOugh even there the
important capital in the case is not that
of the contractor but that of the owner
of the building who usually is a poor
helpless sufferer and hanger-on. entitled
TO the sympathy OF all charitable hearts
But the greater strikes and lockOuts.
such as those on railroads or in coal
mines are the contentious of two sets of
employees. of two sets of wage earneIs,
and the stockholders, the capitalists-in
many cases women and children and
savings banks-are generally even mora
helpless and suffering than the general
public itself
Then as an instance. on the other
hand, of the widening of the capitalist
class into the boundaries OF the work
ing class. take the vast tendency of re-
cent times toward corporate methods in
business-the substitution of the corpor-
alton for the individual business man
the wide Introduction of the share form
of capital and the further tendence to
make the shares small enough for inves-
tors Of every size. This irresistible ten
dency, this capitalistic evolution or rev
olution. is destroying efectually the ex-
ciusiveness Of capital and is making the
world of the capitalist as large as the
nation itself, and when America shall be
wise enough to take the point Of view
that legalized corporations are necessar-
aly for all the peoples and then see to it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-18
LOCAL MENTION.

The street force is grading the parks
on Fillmore street.
Mayor Drew was unable TO be at ais
ONCE today on account Of sickness.
A case OF chiclscn-pox Is reported at
the home Of Frank Snyder. 522 MadiEon
street
A barber shop and shoe shop in the
same room Is one OF the incongruous
combinations on the West Side.
Two men, charged with being drunk.
were fined 50 each in the police court
this morning, and one man, aged s..
was allowed to go because Il was his
first Offense.
Carrier Comstock OF rural delivery
route delivered 727 pieces OF mail TO the
farmers along his route Saturday. There
are l2z farmers on the route who take
daily papers.
The city clerk IS called upon every day
to explain to ave people living on Kist-
Ter street. in North Topeka. that their
taxes were raised on account OF the
opening OF that street.
Marriage license we're granted 10 Lyn-
don A. Coffin and Elsie V. Cooper. both
of Rossville, and to J.. J. Grow and
Marie Peterson OF Topeka Both couples
were married by the probate judge.
The work Of paving the few remaining
blocks Is being delayed by r. p KEEP
ley, who has the contracts for curbing
several blocks If the curbing was kept
up to the other work the paving would
all be done.
Don't forget to hunt Up a toy OF some
v.
Some of them have never had a Christ
mas gift. Mrs. Thorpe will see that they
get them II you Will take them 10 her.
The physicians In the city are not
registering as they should according 10
the city ordinance. The book at the city
PHYSICIANS Office shows that 81 have
registered. If the ordinance Is enforced.
and It viii be, all physicians who fail
10 register before December 20 viii be
fined S25.
l. F. Randolph Of Nortonvine and J.
r. Junl<in Of Sterling met IN this city
last night with william Barnes to ar
range preliminary plans 10 secure the
passage OF an appropriation bill TO help
the Pan-American commission Tor KAN
sas to the extent Of S5O.00O.
John Steele, aged ia years. was arrest
ed yesterday by the police on the charge
OF disturbing tn peace in Crawf0rd's
opera house last night. Steele IS one Of
the boys who got in fight in the gal
lery while the show was going on. The
case viii come uD IN the police court
this afternoon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-18

min was eating. That pious person drew
back Mortified at the living forms he saw
What did he do? Throw away the fruit
Not hel He smashed the microscope
and went on with his meal.
There are people who are suffering
with weak lungs. They have an obsti-
nate cough, are weak, emaciated, hope
less. They have been taught there's no
hope for them. Some one puts into their
hands one of DIR. Pierce's books or ad-
vertisements and through this medium
they see healthy, happy men and women,
who declare that their lungs had been
weak, they had been racked by coughs,
had been euaciated, feeble, hopeless,
and were positively and permanently
cured by DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery. These cures can be num-
bered by scores of thousands
Are you sick? VIII you throw aside
the advertisement, break the microscope,
or will you make one effort for health
Write to DIR. R. V. Pierce, at Buffalo,
n. Y. There is no charge for consulta-
ton by letter. You'll get a prompt
answer, with fatherly Sympathy and
medical skill combined.
There is no alcohol, or other stimulant
in g Golden Medical Discovery"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-18
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Iron the Chicago Newsl
Fri6e is the fog that surrounds IN
significance.
The history Of mankind is an i'm
mense volume Of errors.
A school teacher says he whips his
pupils to make them smart.
To keep a house warm in winter give
it an extra coat of paint.
All the worlds a staircase on which
all men go either up or down.
Friendship is often used as tenn
porary cement for binding mutual in
terests-
Unless the whole mind is given to a
task it cannot be accomplished well.
Honor follows those who precede it,
but it fees from those who pursue it.
Great motives cause great efforts
and great efforts result in great happi
ness
There is beauty in wrinkled face.
providing it is not wrinkIed by selfish
ness
A drunkard's nose j. a lighthouse to
warn others Of the little water passing
beneath.
The true philosopher smiles at his
own misfortunes and tries to relieve the
misfortunes of others.
No matter how important you may
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-18
WANTS GAMBLING TABLES
w. s. Sweeney Replevins Stuff Gap.
tured at sos Kan sas Avenue.

W. S. Sweeney has brought repievin
suit against Chief Stahl for the gam
bling paraphernalia captured So AL
Hayslip's place. SOB Kansas avenue.
Sweeney lives In st. Joseph and claims
to be the owner of the goods. The bill
recites that the chief has in his posses
sion roulette table and wheel valued
at $40, p chairs. check rack contain
ing 500 checks and a poker table The
value is estimated at S275.
Yesterday r. +. Hayden. the attorney
for Hayslip. made application for the
goods, but Chief Stahl refused TO give
them up. so the replevin suit was
brought The hearing was set for jan
uary II.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-18
MUNYON'S
COLD
CURE

When Prof Munyon says what his
COLD CURE will do he only says what
all the world knows. Nearly everybody
seems to be taking this remedy whenever
a cold appears. 1t relieves the head, nose,
throat and lungs so quickly that a cold
need no longer be a forerunner of grippe.
diphtheria or pneumonia
Every one of his remedies Is as sure.
All druggists, mostly 25c vial Guide to
Health free. Write to Broadway and 18th
St, New York, for medical advice free.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-18
SUES THE CITY,
Father of Alice Tucker Wanted SO, 900
For Injuries to Child.

Alice Tucker by her father. James w.
Tucker. has filed suit in the district
damages to the extent of So, 600
Last May Alice Tucker fell by step
ping on a defective sidewalk on West
street between Fifth street and Sixth
avenue. She strained her ankle and dis
located the wrist bones, so the petition
says. and it is for these injuries that
the damages are asked.
The plaintiff in the case made applica-
ton to the city council to settle the
claim, but the council refused to pay
the damages asked.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-18
1T SUITS GROVER.
Cleveland Gives High Praise to
Harrison's Speech.

Princeton, N. J., Dec. 1s.-Former Presl-
dent Grover Cleveland was asked by the
Associated Press correspondent today II
he had seen Mr. HarrisOn's speech at Ann
Arbor. Mr.. Cleveland replied.
I saw a liberal synopsis Of it in some
of the papers. and regard it as the best
deliverance yet made on the subject which
it discusses. It seems to me those who
desire to acquaint themselves with the
precise question involved and what terri
torial expansion means to our republic
and what 1t threatens our people. cannot
possibly be afforded a better means Of
enligi ltenmeut tha-. eS-Prs=is5snt Harrison
Las furnished
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-18

The United States supreme court may
not take the view held by Gen. Benja-
min Harrison regarding the true rela-
tions of the government to Porto Rico
and the Philippines. but there seems to
be little doubt that the people are with
him. The colonial idea is repugnant to
large number of patriotic citizens.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-18
LIQUID Air.

The lecture on liquid air which win
be given in the high school tomorrow
night was given at Emporia last night
under the auspices of the State Normal
Reports from Emporia assure the man
agement Of the lecture course that a
splendid entertainment is In store for all
who are fortunate enough to hear Prof-
Woodland in Topeka. Tickets with re-
served seats are on sale at Rowley &
Shows, at 50 cents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-18
Some Of your Friendg

are probably interested in the territory
through which the Frisco line passes
its resources and possibilities Perhaps
they would like to know just how profit
able farming. fruit growing or mining
is in Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma and
Texas. Send US their names and we
viii forward free a copy of the Illus
trated publication giving reliable and
up-to- date information concerning our
great southwest. Homeseekers' excur-
sions at very low rates, twice month.
Address W. c. Melville, y. ". P. A.,
Frisco line. Kansas City, Mo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-18
Collecting ZOE Expogition.

L G. Beal. secretary of the auxiliary
board of ways and means of the Kan
sas Semi Centennial Exposition assO-
citation this morning began the collec-
tions Of the first assessment to the cap
ita1 stock of the association. The local
shareholders will be visited first, after
which letters viii be sent to those hold
ing stock outside the city, announcing
the assessment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-18

The time appears to be approaching
when there will be no rest for the rich.
The tax collector is everywhere Dick
Croker fled from the assessor in New
York only to fall into the arms
of another in England. William
Waldorf Astor has just been ex-
cused from paying certain assess
ments in New York on the plea that he
is n subject of the queen, but the Brit
ishers win catch him if he doesn't watch