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100 PRESTON sTNtET, smlO ro0m f3r
gentlemen or lady u
MOVING A$D STORAGE r 7 West,
helmet, phouve 1865 81
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OFFICE. especially adapted for dentist or
physician, Inquire az 60Th Main ST. II
ONE handsomely furnished flout ROOM %
No. Butler fats. 1G
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Molly FURNISHED fTopf 7com sJ5 Nc.
Kinney e
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FlNE'ROOM CO1TAGE nt 2l10 Walktl
$50 per month; fuur-rocm cottage W
Fourth ward, Sll per month, Weathersh
g. Co, u
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FOR RBNr--Cbeap, ia ro5m h3uat Apply
AZ il9 Capitol avenue II
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FOR RENT--Februsrv j store 60T Main
street Apply TAYLOR Bros Jewellers ID
FOR REN1--Thrce nicely furnished rooms
for gentlemen only. II Artosiau Place 10
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FOR RENT--A farm, leo acres, sixtecn
miles northwest of Houston, near shell
roads, twenty ave acres w cultiyationi
good house we'll stable, ctc.; rent fire.
\. 7. Scnnnell. SmLthvllle. reNak ~
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CLUB HuuAS, and turuiture for s0le Az
ply 4iO Main street. i6
FOR RENT-one furnished room, 1903 Main
street, 1G
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FURNISHED front room for rent Apph.
Mrs. y. Harris 20s Crawford strcet. q
FURNISHED ROOMS, bath, sas ami
phone close in. 80 tannin. IS
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Gonzales, Texas, January 14-The hrst
annual meeting Of the stockholders Of the
Gonzales National bank was held yesterday
and officers were elected for the ensuing
year as follows: President, J. r. Randle;
first vice president, J. NJ. Murphy second
vice president, ]. y. Anderson Of san An.
tonic. cashier, ]. W Hooper. The directors
are j. =. Raudle and J. NJ. Murphy ot Con.
zales \ r. Wilson and ]. y, Anderson of
San Antonio aud L.. b. Stephenson of ST.
Louis The hauk has done good business
for the first wear
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TRUNKS TKUNkei TRINhS--I hcApeht
In Houston Smith Furniture Co, II I
Congress "
FOR RpNT-First-clas hotel lately re
modelel aud refurnished; situated In good
Town. Address cess, this orfice. 81
FURNISHED ROOMS for rent lo5 Austin
street. l-lVN3
WINS FOR RENT-There IL but one
Williams transfer In Houston; that Is
the old reliable Lone Star. &. c. WI.
lioms, proprietor, ols Texas, phones 5Ss.
II
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FOR RENT WITH ward, near taF linf,
three.room house, 21l5 Le0na street, IS.
six room house, 1909 uill street, SO
per month; key 1913 Leoua; inquire Eagle
hotel; new phone 42I. is
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II YOU want good tNrai wong Uau
10 take care Of tour yarI. LNrsa and
buggy answer this give references ett,8
this office ~
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TEIL THE PEOPLE
Il what you want.
SITUATIONS - MALE.

IN Office or as clerk in grocery
Apply 3ii6 Commerce avenue. Is
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FOR RENT
FIVE.RooM COTTAGE. COS GRAY
JEFFERSON AVE, SIS; SEYEN-ROoM
TWo-sToRl, 81. CHARLES AND
PRAIRIE S35; EIGHT-R0OM TWO
sTORY, San JACINTO ASD JEFFER
SON, s45. TEN.ROOM Two-sToRN,
MAIN AND LAMAR, $50. BlNz q:
sETTEG Asst. u
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A FIRST. GLASS washer and ironer wants
washing 20 do Apply 22l6 Peace avenue,
Cora Moore AZ
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BOY--l6 years old would like 70 work o.
help In house. good dish washer, or would
like to leoru trade Address 5000, this
Of8ca IL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-02
WRECKED WRONG TRAIN
Attempted to Ditch an Express
and Caught a Freight.

Washington. Ind, March 2.-Trainwreck-
ers. in an attempt 10 ditch NO. 70. one Of
the fast express trains on the Baltimore
and Ohio Southwestern. wrecked a fast
freight. No. IS. resulting IN the death of
Fireman Joseph Huey of this city and
Harvey Friend of Odin, H., who was
learning the road so as to work as fireman,
and fatally injuring a brakeman. w. l.
Lucas, of this city, near Lebanon, Ill, last
night
Engineer Welding escaped by jumping.
The wrecked train was running fast near
Bennett's mine. lonely hollow - miles
east of st. Louis, when the engine dashed
into an open switch. The engine plowed
freight cars piled up on the engine and
fire broke out in the debris. The railroad
officials believe the wreck was caused by
persons leaving the switch open with tho
intention of ditching and then rObbng the
fast express. which carried considerable
money. The freight arrived a few minutes
ahead of the express and was wrecked
and the passenger train escaped.
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LOCAL MENTION.

The annual festival and entertainme-
Of St David's society viii be held We'd
nesday evening at 519 Quincy street
J. W Jordan, a pressman employed al
the state printing Office, was operated
upon at the StOrmont hospital this
morning for appendicitis
Tuesday evening the First ward Col
0red Republican club viii hold meet
ing at which all candidates for city
Offices are invited to be present and
speak. The meeting IS to be in the in
terests of no particular candidate, 1t IS
stated, but is a free for all
Mr. l. a. Fisher, of the Continental
Shoe and Clothing company, is in New
York Last week ne attended the sale
Of the Johnson. Spier & CO. bankrupt
clothing stock. ana was the successful
bidder for the entire stock He will re-
turn the latter part of the week.
The damage suit of Edward Thomp-
son viii be tried again. Judge Hazen
this morning granted new trial IN the
case, which had before been decided IN
favor of the city
There will be Republican political
meeting at the hall of the Second Ward
ColOred Republican club at 1903 East
First street toiight All the candidates
have been invited and there is likely to
be large attendance
Miss Susan Delloby Sell of New York
city who is en- route to Silver City. n.
NJ. is stopping for a few days visit at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. E Shaffer
in the Paramount addition
The millinery stock formerly owned
by Mrs Eta Lacey is being sold for the
benefit of the creditors. Several weeks
+ ago Mrs. Lacey went through the United
/ States bankruptcy court and was de-
clared a bankrupt The stock of goods
/ is being sold by an agent of the credit
/ ors at the store SOB Kansas avenue.
A political meeting is to be held this
evening in the Second ward, a the cor
ner of First and Monroe streets. II Is
said to be a free for all meeting. with
/ Hughes Ieanings.
One of the secret Hughes meetings is
! scheduled to take place this evening in
the Fifth ward The place of the meet
/ ing is not made public 1t IS sort of a
still hunt system of private house meet
! ings which is being extensively used by
Hughes.
General superintendent Hurley. Chief
Engineer Storey and Superintendent
Risteen have gone to Oklahoma on an
7 inspection trip.
Edgar J. Huston. stenographer for "
X Etter of the Santa F'e offices, is sick
Look pleasant and have your picture
taken at Lutes', 81 Kansas avenue.
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PoTNTED PARAGRAPHs.

from the Chicago Daily News.l
Marriage is sometimes failure and al
ways an assignment.
Late hours and a spicy breath are bound
to tell on man.
Common sense is almost scarce enough
to be classed as uncommon.
Impulsive eloquence is the kind that
flows from the lannon's mouth
Look not upon the wine when it is red,
nor upon the rum when it is bay.
: Paradoxical though it may seem many
a man who declares his opinion has none.
All men are open to conviction-exc
the ones who really ought to be in Jail.
1t is all wen enough to begin a the be-
ginning-unless you want to so up a river.
Some women have trouble in getting
husbands, and nothing but trouble after
they get them.
1t may be better to be born lucky than
rich, but the man who is born rich is lucky
right from the start
OF course it is cOnsoling to spinster
when she sees a married man loaded to
the guards with corn juice.
Stepping on a squeaky doll in a dark
room is said temporarily to relieve the
worst case OF chronic rheuma tism.
Trace back the history of men who have
accomplished something and you will dis
cover they were once called cranks.
OF course it was a Boston clergyman
who rose to the occasion by declaring that
Lots wife was transformed into d mon
Clith of chloride of sodium
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scale Of salaries. that presidents fam
lily has no corps of assistants at hand to
manage the details of a function to the
extent that it would be done abroad;
that he cannot devOlve upon the faml-
lies of his relatives part Of the social
duties inherent in his position, and that
his salary does not permit him to secure
the services and provide the relaxations
that mitigate the strain on the heads OF
European court His wife has no
waiting women or mistresses of the
robes, or court functionaries TO execute
her commissions. There are no country
castles for her to retire to. There is no
crown princess, no premier's wife, no
royal duchesses. no peeresses of ancient
rank to divert some of the stream that
flows through the White House.
Americans are glad that this is so
But one of its consequences is that the
endurance of feminine human nature in
oficiaI life is sometimes sadly taxed.
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United States TO Porto Rico in 1902 was
81, 1927. against s2,023, Isl in 1887
The principal articles for which Porto
Rico finds a market in the United States
are sugar tobacco. coffee, fruits, manu-
features of straw hides and skins. ana
distilled spirits. The principal articles
for which the United States finds mar
ket in Porto Rico are rice, cotton cloths
manufactures of iron and steel, provis-
ions. breadstuhs. manufactures of wood,
boots and shoes, spirits. tobacco, refined
sugar. cars and carriages. paper, chemi-
Gals, and coal: the articles named ira
each case being in the order Of their
relative value in the commerce passing
in each direction. respectively.
OF sugar and molasses sent from Por-
to Rico to the United States the value
in 1902 was S6.T54 POI, against s5,S31,2 PA
in 1901: of tobacco. in 1902, S2,l92,f90,
against S7S6,259 in 1901 of coffee, S223,-
Ss1 in 1902. against $500 in 1901
Of shipments from the United States
to Porto Rico, rice amounted in value
to s2,022, 497 in 1902. against s1,565.4O2 in
1901 cotton manufactures, $3.50, S2S,
against s2.114212 in 1901; iron and steel
manufactures. s., 642. OS5, against s6S6,593
in 1901: provisions, S1,455, 16o in 1902
against S1.l19.366 in 1901 and breadstuffs
81, 1861 in 1902. against SSs6.046 in 1901.
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soeial Sell a Wasbington.

New York NAH and Express.
1t is to be hoped that Mrs. ROOseVelt's
lndlspOsitiOn is as slight as she believe s
it to be. The burden of official enter
tanning, of which it is doubt less the re-
suit, is, however, no slight thing. Mrs.
Knox, the wife of the attorney general,
has already succumbed to it. With all
the immunities of republican simplicity,
which is stin a binding tradition at the
capital, the social duties incumbent Oh
the families of men high in office, and
particularly on the family of the presi-
dent are exceedingly Onerous If there
were nothing more, there are the sew
eral dinners to the members of the di
plomatic corps and the huge, exhaustins
public receptions prescribed by ancient
usage. These are obligations that can
round of lesser but still important fes-
tivities and the various functions incl
dent to participation in the general So
cial life of Washington.
a president, with the instinct ana
habit of entertaining strong within him.
has tax laid upon the endui ance of
himself and his family only less than
the strain of his purely official duties
This is especially true of the present adj
ministra ton, which has entertained
more than its predecessors. The deli
cate health of Mrs Mckinley imposed
an automatic limit on White House fes-
tivities- Mr.. Cleveland began as bach
elOr the first of his administrations.
erhOOd limited the response bilities OF his
wife through his second administration.
Garfelds administration was too snort
to bear heavily upon his family. Arthur
was widOwer and the simple environ
ment from which the families of Har-
rison and Hayes came seemed to pre-
scribe a simpler fulhllment of their So
cial duties when in the White House.
Not since Grants time has the burden
of entertainment been so heavy as it is
now, and the wider International out
look, with our larger population, makes
the mass of White House entertaining
far larger than it was when Grant was
president.
No man. except his constitution is OF
iron, can be president for four years and
quit the Office in sound health. As mucn
may be said of his helpmeet. The social
side of the vice presidents duties-the
paramount side in that ofice-killed Mr.
Hobart 1t is the misfortune of the
American tradition. and the American
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-02
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

IRON the Phlladeiphla record
Sackcloth and ashes are in demand.
Only the rich man can afford to be
stingy.
Ioew women. can pass mirror without
pausing to reflect
It hatters every man to have some one
follow his advice.
The wolf at the door is seldom disguised
in sleeps clothing.
When an idea suddenly strikes a man it
often catches him off his guard.
When an opportunity meets the right
man the world begins to talk about luck.
No Maude, dear: we should scarcely
call organ grinder an all-round must
elan.
Fools and children tell the truth, which
is more than can be said of tOmbstones.
An observant man may forget lot that
he hears If he only remembers all he sees.
More people brag about what they are
going to do than about what they have
done.
Some people lose what little regulations
they have by trying to acquire larger ones.
Blobbs--tW igwag boasts that he has
never made an enemy. Slobbs-'' Perhaps
enemies are born, not made.
When YOU hear a fellow referred to as a
ladies man you may be sure that none
OF them want to marry him.
s'Osculaticn doesn't always breed affec-
ton says the Manayunk Philosopher
1.-THE presence of many a high ball has
been discovered through the medium Of a
kiss
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GLOBE SIGHTS.


From the AtchisOn Globe.
When a marriage is particularly silly,
it is usually also romantic
After people pass a certain age, they
tire OF being questioned like children
Some of us should be mighty careful
about laughing at others for being ugly.
A family usually gets along peacefully
until there are a few dollars to scrap
over.
Some young men think they are so
sweet that they expect a girl to hold
their hands all the time.
When boy is sent by his mother to
take a cake to a church social, is there
any one who blames him if he steals
It!
The board of Lady Manageresses, or
Women Managers; which should it be?
Quarrel about this instead of the latest
gossip.
If you do not claim in Lent that you
need the rest it is an admission that
you have never been worked to death
with social duties.
When a preacher scolds a woman for
playing cards and wasting time, she al
ways has a suspicion that her husband
put him up to 1t.
Much fun is made Of society slush in
newspapers, but it is no worse than the
rot sporting editors run into interviews
with prize fighters just after a battle.
Rents are going up rapidly in Atchi-
son. 1t is said that every time a woman
hangs a new curtain up and improves
the appearance of the house in doing it,
her landlord decides that he deserves
more rent.
President Roosevelt is this kind of q
man OF courage and conviction: His
physicians told him he must not go
without an oVercoat, and he appeared
next day in a blizzard without one
though he had a bad cold.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-02
TRADE WE PoRro &c.

The development of commercial rela-
uons between Porto Rico and the Uni
ted states since the transfer of that is
land to the control of this country has
been phenomenal The people of Porto
Rico now find market in the United
States for five times as much of their
products as they cid in 1897, the year
preceding that transfer. and the people
of the United States find market in
Porto Rico for more than five times as
much of their products as in 1887
Some figures just compiled by the
treasury bureau OF statistics covering
the commerce between the United States
and Porto Rico in the calendar year
1902 and compared with the figures of
preceding years fully sustain this as
seruon. They show that the value of
merchandise shipped from Porto Rico TO
the United States i'm 1902 was 81. 6s4, 176,
against Sl.e43,251 in 1897: and that the
value Of merchandise shipped from the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-02
POKER FAYORITE GAME.
French Cadets Have Taken to Amer
can Pastime and Must Be Checked.

A difficult task is now confronting the
general staff of the French army-a new
and hitherto unknown trouble with the ca
diets of the Ecole Polytechnique, the
French military school. The trouble is
over the discovery by some vigilant officer
that the young men who are to be the
future officers of the French army have
been introduced into the fascinating mys-
teries Of the great American game OF
poker.
The usual French games lotto and aac-
carat have been almost entirely discarded
by the cadets. it is said. and now if any
cadet wants to be considered up to date
he must know ali about and never refuse
to play upon the slightest proVOcation the
favorite American game of chance.
The matter has been called to the at
tention of the minister of war and by his
order rigid investigation as to the status
of affairs 50 far as poker is concerned.
at the Ecole Polytechnique is now being
made by the officers Of the army. The
minister Of war especially desires 10 know
how far poker playing for high stakes has
advanced among the cadets
Speaking Of the matter the other day. an
officer Of the United States army laughed
and said that he sincerely trusted that the
young F'renchmen would find the game as
diverting as great many American Off
GERS not to mention several thousand OF
enlisted men. had found and still continued
to find it not only at posts In this country.
but in the island possessions as well.-Chi-
capO Chronicle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-02
EpIFoRIAL CoMMENT.
A Dangerous Experimen

a Dangerous Experiment
Oshkosh Northwestern:
How to retain husbands love. is
Question that figures largely in a sen
sational divorce suit new being tried in
one Of the courts at Chicago. 1t seems
that Mrs. Arthur ]. Vaughan. who is
the defendant in the case, determined
to try the experiment of arousing her
husbands jealousy under the belier
that this would teach him to value the
prize he had Won in wife. and fol-
this purpose she inscribed numerous
endearing little passages and references
in her private diary, abiding to myth
zeal friends Of the male gender who
were supposed to be paying her marked
attention and seeking to win her friend
ship and regard. Not only this but
she also included many passages of a
very uncomDlimentary nature regard
ing her husband. such as referring to
him as the old man. "a hog, thu
old whisky bl0at' and the old fool
also abiding to his personal character
istics as "mulish," ''disagreeable' and
''stingy," and finally confiding to the
little booklet that 4 do despise this
creature OF flesh and blood that ] am
tied to, but guess things may come
my way yet
OF course the husband was permit
ted to find this diary and peruse its
contents. which according to Mrs
Vaughan was part of the plan, and the
desired effect of arOusing mis- jealousy
worked to a charm But instead of in
cFeasing his love and esteem for the
wife who was thus apparently unap-
preciative of his own good qualities
and inclined to trihe with others. Mr.
Vaughan promptly commenced an ac-
ton for divorce and brought the tell
tale evidence in the diary into court
where Mrs. Vaughan Is now trying to
explain matters in the manner mem
toned. And even though the woman's
story may be true, the experiment was
a DANGEROUS one and should furnish a
warning to other women who may be
I inclined to follow the same programme
For while jealousy may sometimes play
an important part in catching a hus-
band. it is seldom indeed that it win
help to increase or retain his respect
and love after he has donned the
double harness and agreed to foot the
bills.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-02
TWO SENSIBLE REFusALs

IFrom the Pittsburg Dispatchl
Since the settlement of the anthracite
strike ambitious politicians have been
Fostering John Mitchell and his attor-
ney. Clarence S. Darrow. to run for DO
litical office. Mitchell with the good
sense that was to have been expected
Of him, has quickly rejected an pro-
posals looking to the use of his name to
further the desires of self-seekers. He
has declined the offer of political ap-
pointment made with the purpose OF
prohting by his record among the work
ing people, and there can be no doubt
that he stands equally ready to frown
down any effort TO use him as a stalking
horse in more important contests. Oar
row has been imDortuned to run for
.n'mayor Of Chicago. but it is gratifying
to learn that he has definitely refused
10 consider the proposition.
There is too much of this sort OF
thing. Because a man may have CON
Quoted a successful strike or may have
Won am important naval or military bat
tie OF may have done one of hundred
things which had nothing to do with
politics. is no reason why his name
should be used to start presidential
or other boom Ut is all right to visa
to honor the mon who do things. but
there are mcll rational ways Of doing
it than by riskiug the government of the
country or OF state or city in the
hands Of q man who has no aptitude
for administration Of that kind and
whose sole claim to the Office is the
hair-brained enthusiasm of a few who
are ready TO hurrah for anything that
catches their heeting fancy. Candidates
for public position should be selected
with view to their qualifications for
the place and their ability to perform
the duties, and not because that for the
moment they occupy the most prominent
place in the public eye
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-02
TERRIFIC SEAS.
Fierce Storm Prevails in the
English Channel.

London, March 2.-Terrihc seas are
running in the English channel. The
waves are sweeping the sea fronts of
the south coast towns. and doing much
damage to the piers and adjacent
roads. Several fatalities have resulted
from the collapse of various structures.
The Dover, Calais mail boat passed
out of Calais, with two hundred pas
sengers on board, and is reported from
Dover to be drifting helplessly before
the gale A large bark, believed to be
long to Hamburg has foundered off
Landsend. Her crew, numbering about
20 men. are supposed to have been
drowned.