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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-18

be well paid for their work, but an
eccentr1eity cropped out in a codicil
that each one of the executors
should put 500 into the coffin to
was over the executors met and the
conversation turned to that peculiar
provision. Il put my 500 into the
coffin in gold coin" said the German.
I placed my money in the coffin in
silver said the Frenchman. q put
in good English bank notes. said the
Engilshman. They glanced at the
Yankee, who quietly remarked: Il
put in my personal check for $500
and took out the change.
There are FIVE hundred people in the
first cabin, including Julia Marlowe-
Julia is our star passenger and there is
considerable complaint because she
does not come out and mix with the
best of us. On the last voyage John
D. Rockefeller was 1T John made
quite reputation as a mixer" and
once 'set up" a small bottle of APP
polinaris water to a friend. But Julia
sticks to her state room and is being
talked about. She probably doesn't
mind it. 1 really suppose she is lying
around in wrapper or a kimOna en-
joying the trip better than coming out
and being stared at. The only person
on board who is considered properly
stuck up, is the man who wins the
pool. There are two kinds of pools,
the hat pool and the auction pool. In
the hat pool ten men put in four dol
lars apiece and they draw for the
numbers from to 9. At noon the
captain announces the run for the "a
hours and if the number is 551, the
man who drew the 1 gets the pot. In
auction pool twenty numbers, say
from $50 to $40, are put up and auc-
toned. and then low field, below $50
and high field above $40. Last night
the numbers sold for from $14 to $50
and the field for SS5 and $101. There
was a fog and a head wind. so the run
was low. but the gent who paid SIS
for No. 533 got 1851 to spend in
Europe. Not many people really put
money into the pools but every body
gets interested and the announcement
of the result is like the finish of a
horse race, and a man or woman who
wouldn't bet a cent is $50 glad that
somebody won.
Two Irishmen were crossing in some
other ship than the Deutschland Mike
got seasick and leaned over the rail in
his endeavor to tighten the cargo He
was awful sick and knew he would
die. Pat stood beside him with vain
words of comfort. Its no use Pat
said Mike. 81 am a doomed man. Tell
Biddy and the childer I thought of
them to the last. Sure said Pat
IAN PLAT shall I do with the remains?~
Never mind" said Mike as he trem-
bled with a paroxysm of pain and felt
the soles of his feet start upward.
Never MIND. there amt goin' to be
any remains
w Y. MORGAN.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-18

The passenger list contains the
names of number OF swell New York
ers, a lot of Germans returning to the
fatherland. rich Jews going to Europe
on business or to travel and a good
sprinkling of ordinary citizens on foot
like those from Kansas. After a day
or two the edges wore off and all mixed
like good Americans. As L have fire.
quently remarked before, there is
nothing like leaving the United States
to develop patriotism Men who at
home would turn up their noses at SEN
timental demonstration and women
who wouldn't think it at all proper to
enthuse over their own country, will
wear American flags on their breasts
and chips on their shoulders when they
strike a foreign atmosphere 1t is the
old American trait. to differ a good
deal among ourselves, but the foreign
nation which thinks the fussing would
continue in case it butted in, viii find
out differently when it picks itself out
of the scrap heap after the row is
over. Just as the son CT the New York
millionaire and the western cowboy
died on San Juan hill. the Wall street
broker and the Kansas tourist Will
whoop it up for Uncle Sam q { against
any other power on earth. That :
why / don't take SO much stock in the
fear of the Octopus as some people do.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-18
The Rhode Island in Collision.

Norfolk. July 1s.-During a severe
storm that swept the coast the battle
ship Rhode Island was in collision with
the Norwegian steamer Guernsey. Both
vessels are said TO be badly damaged
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-18

Ladies' Summer Corsets. .. 90
Mostly small sizes.
Mems Rubber Collars .. &c
Mems soc Underwear $50
Boys 35c Overalls 19c
Baby Elite Shoe Polish, for. &c
Buttermil< Soap-box of B.. Sc
Children's Muslin Pants. Sc
India Linen, worth zIzc, 2 yds. &c
Chiidren's 25c Straw Sailors. go
Mems SI.5O Felt Hats......69c
Mems $3.50 House Slippers $50
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-18

Mems 75c Work Gloves. ...... 30c
Baby soc Soft Sole Shoes ...10c
Mems soc and 25c Straw Hats 90
9 Palm Leaf Fans .. %
Ladies' soc and 25c Belts
Assorted kinds .. o.
6 spOols Machine Thread -. DC
Turkish Towels. 2 for. Or
Large size Fluck Towels. $3.50. go
sos Net Door Panels .30c
Ioc Gas Nantes, B for. .... &c
Ladies' bingham Shirt Waists Or
SAFE ni1.iE %Sst4G.AlyGoo4sG
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-18

The Second Presbyterian Sunday
school is holding a picnic at Vinewood
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-09
BUBBLES.

travagance OF living and vulgar ostentation are
not the sole prerogatiyes Of the modern smart
set" IN spite Of all that has recently been said
10 the contrary
For the instance is not an isolated one. On
the contrary. the history Of court life In Russia
as well as in other countries. abOunds with SINH
lar incidents all well authenticated.
There is. for example the famous case OF the
Coute d'Artois. who spent l2OooODo francs zap
proNimately i4SOW,p ia entertaining the Queen
for week al his chateau Of Bagatelle. More
than half OF this immense sum. however IL
should be explained otherwise the incident
would be incredibly. was expended In reno
waiting and rofurnishing the chateau IN anttci-
patton Of the visit
The eccentric Charles lie Roman. tired Of Law
ishing money on royalties and titled Danes COL
lected ten beggars from the highways and lanes
adjacent 20 h!s estate. and entertained than for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-09
THE BRITISH eUNco srssRgR.

to the letter OF his pledge broke 10 In spirit for
he caused TO be mounted IN the ring a mtn!ature
portrait OF himself. over which. IN place Of or
binary glass. was a large diamond ground very
thin. This the lady promptly returned; where
upon the prince had IL ground 10 powder. which
he used 10 dry the Ink OF the note he wrote her
on the subject.
tousness In extravagance was unknown IN
Britain during these same periods. The great
Duke Of Buckingham. Is well known. de-
lighted In smOthering himself from head 20 foot
In diamonds and other precious gems and these
he wore so loosely attached 20 his clothing that
In dancing they frequently many OF them. De-
cams detached ana rolled upon the noor. To DO
there scrambled for by the gay ladies VINO
thronged the court OF the Merry Monarch.
AT a later date the immensely wealthy Will
lam Bedford famed as the author OF "Vathek
made the smart set OF his day and generation
mad with envy by piling extravasance upon eS-
travagance and Ostentation upon ostentation.
The stories told OF him in this respect are In
pumssablA and many oS thSm ayo psoeAhU
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-09

Thus. that king OF spendthrifts. the Prince de
SOubise. consistently declined TO have so vulgar
a thing even mentioned IN his presence. and
quarrelled for life with Of his most intimate
friends for disregarding his wishes in this re-
spect Yet no once lavished no less than o.Vco.-
600 francs on a single fate; and another time ne
laid out $4,000 entertaining Louis XIV one
day and over night In his country house near
Versailles on this latter occasion II was tns
King himself who was the offender. i near.
said his majesty 10 his host who owed miillons
that you are In debt
The prince frowned. then ya,vned Ostentatious-
~ and IL was only after lapse OF several sec
onds that he deigned 20 reply. IT shall inquire
OF my steward and inform your majesty. was
what he said.
Al another fate. given about the same time by
the pleasure loving Prince dc Cont. lazy Won
a ring in "A "danse des danes" knowing her
hosts reputation as a nbertine, and fearful or
raising the whisper of scandal against her faiF
fame. she stipulated that II should not 90 Jew
slad The prince promised. but while ksspioS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-09

apocryphaL But one at least Is true-thae
namely. which relates 10 his bizarre attempt TO
build upon his FOnthin estates a duplicate OF
what he imagined Aladdin's palace-as described
IN THE Arabian Nishts'-to have looked like
Marble porphyry. Jade. lapus lazuli gold. sill
yer. ivory. ebony-everythins. IN fact. that Is
most costly IN building and decorative material
went 20 the erection OF this gorgeous specimen
Of freak architecture Wild tales told OF
the baroaric splendOr OF It's interior furnishing
and fittings: but BeckfOrd kept curiosity keenly
alive by denying admission 20 everybody.
Then when at last the public grew weary OF
the subject Its owner set all the fashionable
world agog again by announcing It's sale by auc-
ton Never before or since was excitsmanc
keen IN such connection Eight thousand cata-
iOgues al a guinea apiece We're disposed OF The
sale. which lasted thirty days. was at
tended by over one hundred thousand people.
most OF whom had % camp out In tents. there
was accommodation anywhere near for any
thing like that number. The gross slTn realized
for the building and Its contents was f330.oNA
AhoNs ouA-t third Of What is eoat,-rtA ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-09

ten days IN his castle Of Rohitsch During the
whole of this time they Jared sumptuously and
were clothed every morning in different and
costly habiliments while series OF magnificent
masques, tournaments and other similar reyels
followed one another in quick succession day by
day
Al the end OF their visit his guests were dis
missed with a money gift equivalent to about
$3.50 reckoning in our currency and allowing
for the difference I'm the value or money then and
now They also bore away with them tho whole
az the beautiful costumes they had been wearing,
together with the jewelled buckles. buttons etc
that adorned them Inc cost OF thls exhibition
OF freak hospitallty was colossal but it's effect
was TO make De Rohan the most talked-about
man IN Europe for the time being; and this ne
is zaid 10 have declared. more than repaid him
for his outlay.
one unwritteu law the smart sets OF DAVIS
gone by adhered 10 strictly. which was thar.
while IL was good form to Haua. oues wealth in
the faces az ones felloWmen. II was unpardon-
able not 10 AFFECT q profound Indifference about
naanAy - malay.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-09
FREAKS OF THE RICH.
'p'ndthrfts in al Ages Haze
Done Queer Stunts

he ~. '''-,' Poteinane was travelling with
he os,...., 'a'her.ne ~ Russia 81 the c-.-,es
,un =, - 20 De- PASSED round for dess.r, o. asa,
which -. -. Booked like small yellow plums ,.,',
hsaoss s'ea 10 be pearls. Each guest a, !, 90
bnd -. nm helped himself with q s,oo,,.
H. .l "S hol teaspoon either. '''''
which 4 ~ = 30 oanard hut an his-or-,,l Co.,
rrag.rs -. i'4nc cnr9uicled In Mn.
seyersI 80, t-a s'lo-es n Russia" as rsn 81 =,
ss-s.e.sr !. standard works II a similar bi,,t,
- N'V'eA. If proof VA needed H., :.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30
HALL0WE ZEN.

Tomorrow night is Halloween and
no doubt will be enthusiastically cele-
brated in the usual way by children,
both small and full grown, throughout
the city. 1t is the ones entering man
hood and womanhOod who are the worst
examples. They no doubt will enjoy
themselves, but all the same this kind of
sport is rowdyism of the worst descrip-
ton. No young man or young woman
with particle of good breeding, decen-
cy or self respect will engage in soap
ing windows, carrying away or destroy
ing property. No parent with respect
for their neighbors will tolerate such
actions in son or daughter. 1t betrays
disregard for the rights and feelings
of others, which can only be character
lied as hoodlumism of the most pro-
nounced sort Every morning for
week past merchants have found their
windows soaped. They could of course
catch the perpetrators and have an eX-
ample made of them, but they dare not
do so, or at least they think that way,
for fear of arousing the enmity of par
ents and thereby losing customers. But
the soaping of windows is minor affair
compared with carrying away gates,
wagons, etc., pushing over wood piles,
tearing down fences, etc.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30
INJUNCTION PERMAN ENT.

On Nov 10, 1905, resolution was
passed by the county board, which gave
permission to the municipal judge to
use the circuit court room at stated
times in the year, for holding court. On
Aug 7th of the present year the judges
of both courts desired the use of the
room, which caused some friction and
resulted in Judge SiIverthorn issuing
an injunctional order upon the chair
man of the county board and the county
clerk, citing them to appear at the next
term of court and show cause why such
county board order should not be an
nulled. The county board never con-
tested the order but, by its public
property committee, made provision for
a court room for the municipal court
by giving that court the use of the
supervisors room. Judge Silverthorn
last week made permanent the
injunctional order, which restraints
the county board from giving to any
other court the use of the circuit court
room. AS a substantiation of his stand
we take the following from his opinion,
filed with the clerk of the court:
Cox and by the laws and consti-
tuition of Wisconsin the circuit courts
of this state are given supervisory juris-
diction and control over all inferior
courts, tribunals and Jurisdictions, and
section 2421 provides the manner and
form of service to be made for review
of any action of the county board of
supervisors. And by section 1922 of the
revised statutes of Wisconsin it is pro-
vided and required that the circuit
courts of this state shall always be
open for business, in addition to the
general and special terms of said court
The same provisions of law, it would
clearly seem, requires at least that the
circuit court room shall allOays be in
readiness and subject, without restraint
or hinderance, to the use of the circuit
court at all times"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30
CLERKS WANTED.
Ten lady clerks in Heinemann store;
good wages and permanent position for
experienced clerks.
LETTER WAS FROM SISTER.
Husbands Wife Did Not Know This
and Jealousy Cost Life.

Charles Hepburn, of Newcastle-on-
Tyne hadn't the slightest reason for
thinking his wife was jealous of him.
Therefore when he received a letter
from another woman asking him to
meet her at certain hour he carried
the letter home in his pocket instead
of destroying it. In going through his
pockets at night the wife found the
letter. She made no remarks, except
to herself, but started to be at the
place appointed and face the guilty
pair.
Everything was all right up to this
point, but in walking to the corner
mentioned in the letter the wife was
run down and killed by an omnibus
and the husband came along just in
time to identify the body. She had
the letter on her person and the hus-
band speedily proved that it was his
own sister he was going to meet.
1t is useless to point out the moral
in this. Wives have been going
through their husbands pockets ever
since pockets were a feature, and
they have also been finding letters
from other women, and this sad trag-
edy will have no general effect. There
is always hope in the womanly breast
of catching the husband dead to
rights, and if she keeps on long
enough she will probably accomplish
her fell design.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30
USED KNIFE.

There came near being a serious
stabbiug affray at the Northern hotel
last evening. During the afternoon
three fellows engaged in feather
renovating arrived in the city from
Clintonville and engaged double
room in the above hotel. They went in
to supper together and at the supper
table two of them got into an argu-
ment, although they did not create
enough disturbance to attract the at
tention of other guests. Upon coming
out from the dining room they pro-
ceeded to the front door and went out
side to settle their trouble and soon
came to blows. One of them pulled
knife and endeavored to carve his COM
panion. He succeeded fairly well
before they were separated. They
were both covered with blood after the
fracas and one of them, w. FL. Pone-
rick, received several knife slashes and
had his coat cut into pieces. The one
who used the knife disappeared after
the affair and could not be located last
evening. The other two were told to
seek other quarters.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30
Practical Premonition.

A well-known Free church minister,
still living, had undertaken to preach
in one Of the Channel islands He ar
rived at Waterloo station, possessed
with a strong reluctance to go farther.
He took his ticket and compelled him
self to go on the platform; but the
warning influence grew more strong.
After selecting compartment he
abandoned his resolve and left the
station Next morning the loss Of
the channel steamer was placarded
through London. His sister-in-law,
living in the west of England, wrote
a day or two later to tell him that she
had a sudden impression that he was
going into great danger, and she was
conscious of a strong effort on her
part to save him. This premcrition
had a practical issue. Most stories Of
apparitions are trivial in detail and
purposeless in result.-LOndon Mail
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30
LINCOLN SCHOOL NOTES.

Lawrence Bernhart and Veneta
Beck were the pianists last week
Elsie Wolfgram, of room A, who has
been absent several days on account of
illness, was welcomed back to school
Monday morning.
Rooms A and are delighted. The
record shows that these rooms are the
only ones that have had no tardy cases
since school began.
The pupils of the fifth grade who
have not had manual training nor do
mestic science for some time, are again
enjoying that privilege.
Mr.. Hess is busily engaged in cover
ing the outdoor plants to protect them
from the cold AS a result most of
them have a forlorn and ghostly APP
pearance.
Mr.. Johnson called a meeting of
rooms A, B, @ and the ungraded room
last Wednesday to talk with them about
the sling-shot disease. AS a conse-
quence few sling-shots have been seen
on the grounds since then.
The snow storm yesterday was
hailed with delight by both boys and
girls of our school. The pupils followed
Mr.. Johnson's suggestion and spent the
recess in having a SNOWFALL battle on
the grounds back of the alley.
At present, the children are very
much interested in new game of ball
recently organized and in which the
boys and girls are ranged on opposite
sides The object in this game is to see
which side can retain the ball longest
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30
Y. M. C. A. NOTES.

The senior basket ball league will be
organized this week.
Gymnasium classes continue to in
crease in interest and attendance.
Glasses in electricity and architec-
tural drawing viii be organized next
week.
Prof s. B. Tobey will address the
mems meeting next Sunday The male
quartette will sing.
Two bible classes meet Sunday. The
Does it Pay class at 800 p. M; the Drop
in class at 5:15 p. m. Life problems
taken from the bible, are the subjects
studied.
The social promised for Wednesday,
31st, has been postponed until Friday,
Nov. I'd. The program consists of
music, readings, etc. A match game of
base ball win be played between the
Business Men and Seniors During the
evening refreshments win be served.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30
Bees in Store.

A swarm OF bees on Water street
took possession of a store in Auburn
and furnished amusement to a large
crowd of spectators that gathered on
the opposite side of the street, says
the Utica Observer.
The bees resented any intrusion,
and anybody who came within ten
feet of the window and awning where
they swarmed received a sting or two.
Victims we're plentiful, and the cruel
spectators, out of harms way, took
fiendish glee at the victims antics as
one after another was driven up the
street followed by a part of the swarm.
One man strolling leisurely along
came into contact with one of the
sharp points on the end of bee, and
his surprise was so vigorously evil
denced that he attracted the atten-
ton of the entire swarm, and, thrust
ing his umbrella right and left, he beat
an ignominious retreat, accompanied
by delegation of the insects. The
sidewalk was covered with dead bees.
The arrival of a thunderstorm effectu-
ally drove the bees to cover.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30
Rsrfumsd Ink. Oh. LiIacs!

When the thoroughly equipped soci-
ETY. girl answers the notes of her new
est recruit she must use stationery of
the palest heliotrope. Her seal must
be Of the same hue and the latest fiat
is that her ink must be scented with
the same flower. Count Boni, husband
of Anna Gould, is credited with intro
ducing this novelty into the land Of
the free. He once shocked the pro-
prietors of that famous hosiery, the
Ponce de Leon, in St. Augustine. by
sending for ink perfumed with violets.
Common ink, with its plebeian odor,
Count B0ni asserted, was impossible.
So perfumed ink is going the rounds,
and it is essential as sachet bags for
the chiffonier or essence for the hand
kerchiefs Hyacinth is a favOrite
scent for ink, for, being rather strong,
it retains its odor much longer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30
AN OUTRAGE.

Last Saturday night little boy, elev-
en- years of age, was put out of his
home by an enraged parent, and since
then nothing has been heard of the lit
tie fellow. 1t became noised about and
came to ears of the humane society
and an attempt is being made to locate
the boy. The fathers name is Mime
brugger, and lives opposite the county
Jail. Neither the father or mother have
made any attempt to find the child and
seem to be perfectly unconcerned about
him. The chief of police now has his
force constantly on the watch. Should
this article be read by anyone who can
give any information as to the boys
whereabouts, word should be at once
telephoned to the chief of police.