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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-06
LosT AND FouNn.


LOST-A pair Of gold bowed nose glasses.
near 10th and Topeka ave The finder
win please notify l. S Sprague. S02 W.
18th ST.
LOST-A bunch of keys. between the city
and Oakland. Please return to AhlstrOm
grocery, 4th and Klein. and get reward
LOST-Two pug puppies. Reward for re-
turn, sol Fillmore street.
LOST-2 mares and a yearling colt. Motif
fy Mrs. d. L. Lakin at 1st and Western
ave- The mares are 81 and years old
TAKEN UP-Sunday night, bay horse.
white left hind foot white face, name
clipped. Now at SIS Adams st
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sTRAYEp o. sroLEN.

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STRAY ED-A pony. rough NAME left hind
foot white Return TO $50 Jefferson and
receive reward; weight $50.
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FREE DIsPENsARY.

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FREE DIsPENsARY. 119 w Fifth ST.
under mana cement of seven Topeka ply
sicians where those who are unable to
paw for medical treatment may have the
same free of charge.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

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WANTED-Carpets. lace and chenille cur
tains to clean: carpets secured. ingrains
washed lace curtains a specially J. H.
Fosdick, sos Kansas ave. Phone $50.
HIGHEST CASH price paid for mems
secondhand clothing. overcOats and
shoes. Drop me card. Abe. jacobson.
seq Kansas avenue
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JEWELLERS.
MATCHMAKER.


WATCHES cleaned, 75c; clocks. SOC. main
springs, 75c: crystals. Zoe. Cash paid Tor
old geld or silver. All work guaranteed
Old jeWelry exchanged for new. II hard
up. see Uncle Sam. 512 kan-as ave.
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WANTEp-eALEsMEN
PERSONAL.

SCIENTIFIC investigation has proved that
those Of our fellow men who are afflicted
with the drink or liquor habit can be
cured You will thank us for calling your
attention to the fact if you investigate our
mode of treatment. prices. etc. Call or
write DeVoe Liquor Cure Co, 935 Kansas
ave. Topeka Kan. J. L Winchell, man.
ager-
O. x. TOBACCO CURE Guaranteed. ss5
Kansas avenue.
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MONEY.


MONEY TO LOAN on live stock. pianos,
organs, typeWriters, household goods and
personal security. L. l3iscoe. SO Kan Ave
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FREE MESSENGERS FOR WANTS.

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FULL a Postal Teleeraph-Cab1e box or
your Want Ads brought to the State Jour
nal office by free messenger. No chsfge 70
you Tor messenger service. Cost o. elassa-
ned ads cents per line Of words to the
line and every traction thereof
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10 WHOM m NAY CONCERN

NOTICEEThis is to inform the public
that the firm of Bishop & Rathburn has
this day dissolved by mutual consent, Mr..
Rathburn retiring. with the Capital En-
ployment office. 81 Kansas ave. and H. A.
Bishop remains at the old stand with the
Star Employment office. II. A. Bishop. g.
n. Rathburn- Topeka. KAN May 8, 1902.
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q. S. CYCLE CO.. 51s E. sth st National
and 1ver-Johnson bicycles; supplies. repairs.
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,9~7>@-rs~
K. 0. T. N. Capital City tent No ~ meet
in review every Wednesday night at 10
". 9th St All Sir Knights are invited. E.
D. Coons. secretary.
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HAIR DRESSING.

SWITCHES, shampooing. wigs, etc. Mrs
Van Week. 222 E. 9Th St Tel S7S
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FLORISTS.

CUT FLOWERS, floral designs. palm dec
orations and plants, at Sachs, 119 w. 6tl1
st. phone Ga. and greenhouse W. 10th St
CUT FLOWERS and floral designes &C
Hayes. 107 W. eth St Phone 5Ss
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BICYCLES

TOPEKA AUTOMOBILE AND CYCLE
Co. Tel. 706. Bicycles and sundries; hi
cycles and tandenls for rents repairing of
al kinds.
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sATIN-sKIN sPECIALTIEs.

APPLY Satin-SlSia Cream. then use Satin
Skin Powder. Note satin texture, re-
aned exquisite softEess gestowed. 25c.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-09
CARES FOR FTREMEN'S WIDOWS.
New York's Prosperous benevolent Fund
-yOs Names on It's Pension List.

The annual report OF the trustees OF
the Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Fund
which for more than a century has been,
drawn upon to aid the widows and orphans
Of exempt fremen, was issued last week
and shows that there are still 7o7 names
on the pension list. The income Of the
fund ia derived. among other sources.
from a 2 per cent. tax collected from the
agents Of foreign fire insurance companies
doing business in The borough Of Manhattan.
More than 100 companies pay this tax.
Thirty-four new pensions were granted
last year to widows Of members and six
teen pensions restored. The list was les
sened by ffty-three names on account Of
death. suspension, removal OF the bene-
nciaries TO charitable Institutions and other
causes, The number OF quarterly pensions
paid last year was S,04l and the o
$50, 40. This was increased TO s55, 81 90
by disbursements for aged, sick and dis
abled firemen, funeral expenses where
members died poor and allowances TO the
widows Of fremen left destitute.
In compliance with she law S4s ,663 o.
has been paid 10 the city Fire Depart ment
and sl0.si4l4 to the Hremen's Association
of the State for the support OF the Volunteer
Fire mems Home. being As per cent. and
10 per cent respectively of the 2 per cent.
tax collected from the agents Of foreign
companies. The Firemen's plot in Green
wood Cemetery has also been kept in order,
the EXPENSES being met by a special APP
preparation from the fund.
There is still a balance on hand OF
si,i72.70 after disbursements amounting
10 tii9,s 7i 80 have been made.
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the condition that Paderewski made before
he consented to allow the opera 70 be sung
here. Nine. Sembrich is not the only
soprano in the company who has learned
studied it and will certainly be- heard on
the road, II not in this city. The second
performances OF the opera will be given,
outside Of the subscription series one week
from next Thursday night. The other
singers in the company are TO be Mines.
Homer and Scheh and NM. Blnss. Bspham
and Muhlmann.
The has given his impression
as 10 the significance Of the work and OF
his methods In these words:
Il cannot deny that / have written under
the inspiration OF Wagner. He changed
the standards Of opera and imitation was
absolutely necessary. Because OF the sub
ject / chose, however, IL was possible TO In
troduce much of a lyric nature into the
score, and in this perhaps l have followed
what Is called the Italian method.
in one respect, | believe, 'Manru viii
be new-that is, the subordination OF the
love theme to the racial theme. The Sla-
vonic and gypsy peoples are placed In con-.
trast, and in the soul OF the character OF
Mdnru is waged the battle OF the races.
IL is not love for the gypsy woman that
causes him TO leave his home and wife. but
love for his people.
sIn carrying out this idea I think have
introduced something. new into greho
opera, in the form of what we might call a
concert on the stage Il II an air OF the
gypsy people that draws Manrv out TO
meet the gypsy woman who wishes to take
him away from his wife. This air Ia carried
on the violin in the first act by the woman
alone. In the third act the Same air Is
carried TO a grand finale, in which the chorus
and orchestra unite. and, as it reaches It's
highest pitch, Mdnru, drawn TO his people
NV the music tina expresses their deepest
feeling, casts his lot with the gypsies.
The music will be at first Slavonio, In
accord with the surroundings OF Mdnra.
A~fterward il will be more and more OF q
gypsy nature, until that p~redominatce.
The lyrics were largely inspired Y gypsy
songs. though none has been copied
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TRICKS or THE SHOE STORE.
II. VI. shoes and Traps OF the Statesmen
Into which Customers Fall.

THAT was an easy p. NJ said the shoe
clerk, elation in voice and manner.
Meanwhile the customer, a woman. was
tripping toward the door, her package In
her hand. She stopped short just before
She reached the door and pressed a gloved
finger against one end OF the package
Seeing her hesitation the clerk advanced
and asked what she had forgotten.
Nothing at all. Only she would really
like 70 know why one end was missing
from that shoe box. Once before she had
purchased shoes. and the same thing had
Happened. Couldn't she have a box with
two ends in it,
Assuredly she could. The clerk made
the change with lightning-like rapidity.
Then he walked back TO a sun reporter.
drew the end of a shoe box from his pocket.
wrote his name upon the reverse side and
sent il 10 the cashier.
That's my 7. M explained the clerk
in answer to a question Don't know
what a p. VI. IL? Well, in the shoe business
il stands for everything that the customer
doesn't want TO buy and the proprietor -
anxious to sell.
The two letters are eviatlons for
prize mark. Now. | sold that last customer
q =. VI. ] get the prize. Shell feel Like
The mark II she ind have palmed on an
ancient style Of toe ON her.
A. il is, I'm 81 cents better on. She's
got IA good pair Of shoes. and perhaps she
viii never find out about their being a
Little of on the style.
In the shoe business the greatest loss
comes from changing styles and broken
silcs. The foreman finds that certain shoes
are slow in selling. Perhaps there are only
n few pairs left ia a line. Others are shady
on style. lie finds more that are nearly
out of season. All these he adds to the
L. NJ. stock. Sell a pair and a half dollar
il added TO your pay at the end OF the week
Elm order to sell p Ms YOU must com
hine observation with memory. Generally
YOU can handle most people In this way:
Sizo up the foot o. tho customer and then
make a mental recount of the =. NJ. stock
Paw no attention whatever 20 h the
customer says he wears because In nine
cases out of ton he doesn't know. Find
out what particular shoe the customer
has a fancy for and then iii IL small.
"Bv that | mean keep trying on shoes
entirely too little until the foot gets tired
If the squeezing process. BY the expires
sion OF tho coun'cnance OF your victim
You can always tell when 20 let up. When
that time comes, do your fine work.
simply turn To the shelves AFTER re-
marking that there il just one shoe in all
the wide world for that foot Get the
STYLE you want 10 sell ia the correct sire,
slip il ON the foot as quickly a. you can
and nine times out OF ten the customer
will buy il.
The foot has been thoroughly wearied
by The tight shoes. hat grateful feeling
that comes from the correct nj makes tho
sale for you. Besides, there Is the dramatio
element.
"Rv one final diplomatic stroke you get
tho customer 20 wear the shoes out OF the
store. Thea they cannot DO changed and
your 7, VI. j. safe
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Debating RI PHONOGRtPH.
Method I sed Now ada,s by the Jp-to-IDate
Husiness Man.

Another uae for the phonograph is making
more progress among business men now
than it did when it was first proposed some
years age
The up-to-date busy man docs not call
in his stenographcr to TAX dic,ation nov-a-
days. Instead he :urns TO the photograph
at his elbow sets ii going and dictates
his letter into IL
Then the typewriter takes the record.
nuts II in another machine, places the ear
tubes in her ears and punches the keys
Of her typewriter a. the voice Of her EN-
Tie system II a great saver of time, but
the shorthand experts view Il will ALARM
fearing tina in the near future the phone,
graph may do away Altogether with pot
can run a typewriter TO do the swork for
which an expert 10 needed at present.
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MAY FIGHT EXPLOSION CLAIMS.
Question II Whether Tunnel Explosion or
Fire In shaniy Caused Damage.

II IL said that there are likely 10 be some
Interesting lawsuits before the claims Of
the proprietors OF the hotels injured Ivy
the recent tunnel explosion against fire
insurance companies are settled. Tie
hotels will contend that the damage was
caused by fire. This contention will I've
based on the presumption that n fire in the
powder house caused the explosion. II ia
thought that II the point can Toe made that
the little fire IN the shanty was the real
cause Of all the subsequent damage the
insurance companies win be- liable.
In case Of damage by water TO buildings
not touched 10y fire, the insurance COM
panies, Il is said, settle as a matter OF course.
The time for filing claims based on the Park
VENUE explosion has not yet expired
The hotel proprietors were not ready yes-
terday 10 discuss the matter
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COLLEGE DEBATE on EXCISE.
Harvard and Princeton VIII Discuss Mayor
Laws but, In This city.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Feb. Harvard
has chosen the following question for
the Harvard-Prnceto debate: .Resoiped,
That Mayor Low should strictly enforce
the Excise law in New York city
Princeton will announce Its choice OF
sides before Feb. 20. The debate will be
In Cambridge on March "a
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Among tho plays that are stationary
only u has a time limit set upon II, al
though several are known 10 be nearing the
The Washington bee., 1902-01-04

EZs years imprisonment, but viii ~
parolsd- after six months if her con.
duct is good.
81 suppose your loyalty to your hus-
band will never permit you to regret
what you did for him?" she was asked,
after she bad explained that after her
release she expected to secure a posi-
tion as a Stenographer, and, with her
husband, lead an upright life.
"No. Of course it was wrong" and
she looked up with a smile. "But it
was just like my training. I was
brought up to do things that wav.
My mamma died when l was five years
old, an d my papa told me he wanted
me to be able to take care of myself.
His name was John Taylor, and he
was civil engineer He took me all
through northern Minnesota and Wis
consin. You see. he was working for
railways and lumber camps. / tramped
with him and rode horseback.
"Oh, yes, when I was ten years old
I could draw a bow and arrow as well
as any papoOse," and she showed her
white teeth in a proud smile. when
was ten I shot my first deer, but 1t
was my last, as I cried so / couldn't do
It again. Then, too, could use a re-
Yolver
II carried chain for papa from the
time I was IA until was 16, when nv
papa died, six years ago. I married
two years ago.
II am not in the least sorry / am
to be in prison. Ny husband plays in
the band at least twice a week. and also
sings in the quartette. Wen have a
pleasant time, I know"
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place at noon. Only half a dozen
relatives were present. Two little
girls acted as bridesmaids. No re-
"eption followed the wedding and
here was an entire absence of the
elaborate ceremonies usually attend
ing ducal weddings.
Alfred Douglas Hamilton, duke Of
Hamilton, marquis of Douglas and
Clydesdale, earl of Angus, Lanark
and Selkrk, lord of ten manors in
Scotland and duke of Brandon of
England, is 80 years old and the thir-
teenth in line of the duchy. This
noble is one of the few who retain
the medieval ducal privileges of a
private army and private chaplain.
He owns $4,000 acres and lives in
one of the finest palaces in Europe.
Outside of his lofty place in the peer
age the present duke has done moth
ing to gain fame. Miss Poore, his
bride, is a relative of Mai. Poore,
who married Lady Flora Hamilton in
1898.
The Washington bee., 1902-01-04
HAD QUEER WEDDING
Pennsylvania Romeo Weds His Ju-
liet Up a Tree.
BacIVOOds Belle Is Not at All Back
Vgard-Bride ON One Tree, Groom
on Another and ParsOn on
Third.

A Pennsylvania correspondent OF the
Chicago Inter Ocean says that odd
stories of the doings of Susquehanna
county women occasionally become
matter of public gossip, and frequent
" the experiences and actions of these
backwoods bellies, which are as wild
in their way as the country in which
the women live, make them matter
of more than passing interest. Take
the case of Miss Emma SwanZer, for
instance:
Miss Swanzer lived near SpriugVille,
and with her steady company" ,"
Charles Bangs, went to Brooksdale one
mutual friends. During the evening
Miss Emma became jealous of Bangs
attentions to another girl and refused
to speak to him. When they started
home they both felt relieved when
Rev. Mr.. Hunter, the village preacher,
joined them.
In a field adjoining the road was a
Texas steer, recent acquisition TO the
place, and DO lover of the human race.
The party had to go through the field
in which the steer was and he pursued
them. Bangs gave a cry of alarm, and
ran for some trees a few feet ahead,
closely followed by Miss Swanzer and
the preacher. Bangs Skinned up one,
and Miss Swanzer proved her agility
by climbing another, assisted by the
preacher, who gave her lift before
be sought safety in still another tree.
The infuriated animal ran around and
around the trees. \ half-hour passed
and the steer still stood guard.
Thinking this an excellent time to
reconcile the couple, the minister be-
gan. The work was done, however.
almost before he had begun, The cOu-
pie desired to be married at once.
They could just join hands from where
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SURPRISE FOR WILL.
Young Married Woman Wears
Stripes to See Husband.
Goes JOyOusIy to Prison to BE Near
the Man She LOVes-Expects 40
Have a Pleasant and Enjoy
able Time.

Mrs. Margaret Plummer, fair and
%, her face aglow with JOY, stepped
into the grim peniteE tiary at Ana
mosa, Ia, the other day as prisoner
sentenced to 2h years confinement.
Il am going to surprise WILL" she
said to a New York World CORE
spondent. u am going where l can
see my husband now and then"
Her husband preceded her by sew
eral weeks to serve a sentence for
robbery. Her opportunities for see
ing him may not be frequent, but
she declares that even a glimpse of
him and a word or two at occasional
intervals will mean greater happiness
than liberty. She has been studying
stenography and expects to become
proficient by the time she is released.
Mrs. P4ummer's devotion to her
husband gave occasion for one of the
most dramatic Jail deliveries on rec
ord. Plummer pleaded guilty to a
desperate hold-up of a West side
grocery in Sioux City, and while in
jail awaiting transportation to Ana
mosa last spring, his wife planned
the escape. She arranged for a horse
and buggy which she hitched near the
jail She secreted in the buggy a suit
Of mems clothing in which she ex-
pected TO disguise herself, bought 3
revolver, called at the jail one even
ing and saw him alone for few min
utes in the prison bathrooms. Later
Plummer came out with the revolver
concealed in a roll of clothing,
leapsd upon the jailer, felled him
with a powerful blow and got out
through an open corridor into the
street, firing a shot or two as he
went. He joined his wife and the
pair got away, but they were un-
familiar with the road and their bug
gy was abandoned after an accident.
Another vehicle was secured, the
young wife coming back to Sioux City
disguished in mems clothing to get
it, They drove into Minnesota, TAX
The Washington bee., 1902-01-04
STORIES OF COCHRAN.
Famous New York Lawyer and Orator
Has "A Personal Charm That Is
Irresistible.

Like several other famous New
York men, w. Bourke Cochran was
employed as a boy in the great dry
goods store of the late Alexander T.
Stewart. The strict ideas of thrift and
economy that were insisted upon by
the famous merchant were well
known to young Cochran, as they
were to every other employe in the
establishment. But, like most boys.
be became careless at times. One day
Mr.. Stewart caught him wasting
string in tying up a package and dis
charged him.
Young Cochran never forgot the
lesson and never forgave Mr.. Stewart.
The Washington bee., 1902-01-04

they clung, but they got a grip and
held while Rev. Mr.. Hunter performed
the marriage ceremony from his place
in the third tree. The Texas steer
beloved the wedding march.
When the good man had concluded
Farmer Stone and his two sons hap
pened along and the steer was driven
awav. The bride. bridegroom aud min
lister were transferred to wagon and
taken to the brides home, where there
was an evening of rejoicing and gen.
eraI merry-making.
At Ararat two aged sisters have
lived alone IN a small hut for years.
All of the windows. except one. were
The Washington bee., 1902-01-04

al Charm, for he is as compelling in
his conversation as in his Oratory.
And no one has ever spoken more
appreciatively of him than Mrs. Will
liam AstOr, who, after he had won re-
latiOns with the metropolitan four
hundred, invited him to dine at the
Astor board. Meeting a friend a day
or two subsequent TO the dinner, she
said:
Il have dined with very large pro-
portion of the men now in public and
social life on both sides of the At
lanic; Mr.. Cochran is decidedly the
most interesting character I have
ever met
The Washington bee., 1902-01-04

kept barred. How these two women,
now in the sunset of life, lived no one
knew. They rarely asked aid of any
sort. and they chopped their wood and
dragged il home from the forest.
Their dresses seemed 10 be made of old
meal sacks.
The other day the women applied to
the poor authorities for help. The
poormaster, before granting aid, de-
cided TO call and see what their circum-
stances were. They found the room
piled full of boxes, and proceeded to
investigate. The boxes were found TO
contain silverware, silks, satins,
shawIs, bolts of calico and sheeting,
boots, shoes, crockery, sacks of sugar
and salt, etc. Under the stove was
found a wallet containing $3.50 and the
lining of an old dress yielded $3.50.
The entire find is valued at $1,000.
The Widow Hammond, who lives
down on her little farm near Cochec-
ton, had a lively experience with a. big
black bear the other night. Mrs. Ham
mond was awakened by the shrieking
of her porkeT. Lighting a lantern,
Mrs. Hammond seized a hatchet and
hurried to the barn, where she found a
bear trying TO carry away the hog.
The widow at once attacked the bear
and struck him several times with the
hatchet, but it seemed only to in
uriate the brute, which, with a blow
with one of its paws, felled the widow
to the ground.
Mrs. Hammond gotIp and rushed to
the house, secured rife and returned
to the barn. The bear had lifted the
hog out of the pen, when the widow
raised her gun and sent bullet into
its brain. The bear fell over dead.
The report of the gun aroused the
neighbOrs, and, when they arrived
upon the scene the widow was in a
dead faint in the barn. The bear
weighed 272 pounds.
The Washington bee., 1902-01-04
nnnnsd nerself An Public.

A strange story comes from China
of the public suicide of Chinese wom-
an at Foo Chow. S5he resolved on the
deed after the death of her husband,
and informed the public of her inten-
ton. The taotai endeavored TO pre-
vent her, and on account Of typhoon
and floods the suicide was twice post
poned, but all efforts failed to divert
the woman from her purpose, and, be-
decked in her finest clothes, she pub
liely hanged herself on a platform be-
fore which stood several hundred spsc-
tatoPR