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t STATE JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 29 lSOfT THE STATE JOURNAL. crnciiL pap! o? rnz city or tcpexa Br Frask P. MacLennan. TI.KM ' Kl'DHCUIFTlOX. DAIIV. PFUTKBED BT CARRIER. ..10 CRXTI A Wilt TO AXV PA!T Olf TUPF.KA O rl 81 BURBJ, OR AT THIS SAMS FRCCK X.V A.VT KANSAS TOWN WHKRE THIS PAPEB HAS A CARKIKU SVSTBM. J'.Y MAIL, TURKS MONTHS $ -W HV MAIL. ONE YEAR 8 J() 4Kji.I.V EDIllUX, rR YKAK Addreti, STATU JorRXAL. rpHE FIRST PAPER IN" KANSAS TO SE A cure the leased wire servi-'e t cat Associated I'ress: eoutro.s exiiuivt.y tor iopeica tlia full Lay Sorvico of this gre:it o':iiii.i itioa f-r the collection of iwir. A w.eifiiU.i operator in ttia bTAi'E Jouusai, o'Tiee is eu.pioe t for the so.e purpose of ta.i.114 ta.s reujrt. n:Cii eoiiiijs C)!l uijoiisly fro:n 7:;.' a. ni. til 4 J p. m. (wicu Luiieliiis of importune na up to i p. in. I over a wire ruiiiuui; iric j mis oiik-e aj 1 used only for tho a ay A; a.e i Press Luia js bjtA'ueu tlio La'irs ai).v- n.t:n?d. i ? i lie sr i k J in: val Is the only paper la Kansas receiving t.iu 1'Uii Lay Assoc la tea Press lwep-rc. tfThe Statu Jockxal has a regular arar aie U i.ly Loua! circumU.vi in i'opek i of more tlL.iii all otner Ctpiisl City ll.tille Com binetl. anil liiln I ii t of it principal com petltor a very creditat '.a murmu newi- M(m!er of th-j American Newspaper I'ut ill shirs' Assoc tat ion. ItfTtte State Joe it At. Press Itoom is ep ;-p" 1 wuh a 1-iKhin riij W;. Ferfctins l'riuiiiij Press Ute nan lst-mest and fastest piece of printing machinery ia tne slate. Wfither indication. Washington', Au. 2'.). Forecast for 8'J hours until 8 . m. : For Kansas Fair; cooler; southerly winds, becoming northerly. Chancellor bsow will soon be telling- us of the "hottest Aiust In all his twentv-ae van yeirs record.'' There are soma men in tho statehouse who are a3 clean, decent and respectable as John W. Breiienthal, but not many. IJere and there one. Capt. Joe Waters aiks if there ia anyone who will take up the cudgel in defense of the practice of pass taking by judes. lie is referred to the nioming paper. Lots WAisBRooKiiR's case should be dismissed at once, iler free love paper is positively clean, pure as the driven buow, alongside of the Suaduy morning Capital. The Populists have killed the goose that laid the g ldoa ejg. Kansas put them iuto jx-wer, hoping much from them; but thy only got jobs for their -wives, sisters, cousins, ati its and uncles. "The Ravi J. I). Bjtkiu" who has flopped to the Populist), was called by certain papers last week "Jerry Botkin." This week they are calling' him '"Old Cranky Botkin." Keep your eye on them next week. The people it is said are all weady and Governor Lewelling when he pokes his head into view and says "I am he," is astonished to think that the people don't believe it. Many people do not know what the phrase 1 ti to 1 means. Ic is used when a careful observer notes that there are 16 chances to 1 that Morrill will have 23.00J majority. Einporii Gazette. It also means that Major Morrill ia now for free coinage of American silver 16 to 1. Those who can't agree with David Overmyer's views on tie issues of the day, can not help respecting' him for re fusing railroad passes ovur the state. He Btanda in brilliant contrast to Gov. Lewel ling, who rocs everywhere on a pass. If David Overmyer would cnly change his mind get in touch with "the spirit of Kansas," which he can never hope to change, there might be political honors for him yet, in Kansas. Hamlin Garland is a grand writer, an entertaining speaker and one of the brilliant literary stars of the fin de eiecle; he believes that tie world is go ing to take a great step forward in re form; how it must pain and dishearten him to look on Kansas, and feel that the Populist administration here is the only Instrument there is to bring about the hoped for change in this state. We were all reformers, more or leas, until the Leweiling crowd showed ua what they understood by "reform." We once heard of a wonderfully shrewd state central committee chair man who was so remarkably clever that he never let a newspaper man interview him on any subject; not even crops. Everybody said all throagh the cam paign, "How wise and politic is Chair man Blank; he never allows himself to be interviewed." Wlm the election came on this wonderful political general lost the state by 6,000 plurality. It is the man who knowa how to talk to newspa per reporters, and doesn't regard them as his natural enemies who geta through all right. There is a college professor in Tope ka; also a noted preacher; also a well known lady author; also one of the lead lag lawyers at the bar, ad Republicans, and all of them quietly in favor of gov ernment ownership of public utilities. All four of them were abcut to give their warm support to the Populists. But they found out by personal cantact with the representatives of the party that came up to Topeka to held otEce here, and by their subsequent action, that they were a common, office-grabbing, uncultured eat of people, without the faintest con ception of the "advanced thought move ment," as it Is known in Boston and other eastern centers, and thi-y have turned from these bogus reformers with feelings eilt to imagine than tj dascribo. THE POWER OF THE PAS 3. SC. Louis Globe-Democrat. 1 The fact ia confessed by Labor Com missioner Wright that h holds and uses a Pullman pass, and has been doing 8i for several years, or ever since he first had official dealings with Mr. Pullman. He rode on it from Washington to Chi cago in his capacity as chairman cf the commission appoiuted by President Cleveland to investigate the Pallmaa strike, and carried it in his pocket while conducting the investigation. It would insult him to suggest that he has taken a bribe. Nobody believes for a moment that he would accept money in any cor rupt or questionable way; but the fact remains that the possession of a pass will tend to discredit anything that he may find it his duty to say in favor of the man from whom he received it. He believes himself to be entirely impartial, of course, but it is possible for an honest man to be un consciously influenced ia this way. A railroad pass is a mere courtesy, we are told Mr. Wright likens it to "a ma in viting another to rile in his privata car riage"' but it creates a certain sense of obligation, nevertheless, and tha pass holder can hardly avoid the inclination to reciprocate when a chance is pre sented. The conscience accommodates itself to such a view with very little strain, and the man does not really know that he ia prejudiced, but the cor poration geta what it wanta from him all the same. This is what makes the pass business so much of an evil. It ailects the actions of honest men who would indignantly spurn an ordinary bribe, and enables interested partiea to secure official favors that would otherwise be denied. The corporations having passos to bestow understand this very well, and profit by it to many times the value of what they furnish. They never grant a man a pass out of common kindness and with no expectation of gain. There ia always method in their generosity, and they are not apt to give something for nothing in this relation. They distribute their so-called courtesies with a strict view to promoting their own interests. Avery large proportion of the friendly legislation that railroad companies ob tain is due to the power of the pass in molding the opinions and aajusting the vote3 of law-makers who flatter them selves that they are thoroughly incor ruptible. The most valuable man whom such a corporation cin have ia its serv ice is one who knows how to put passes where they will do the most good. It is a notorious fact that all classes of public officials habitu illy accept and frequently solicit these favors which imply an ade quate return on thoir part. Thuy are mostly innocent of any dishonest motive, but the effect is demoralizing, and the corporations thus derive all the advan tages of bribery at a comparatively slight expense and by means which have an appearance of unseltishness and general propriety. Locd cry of the old original Popu lists. "Oh, why did we ever allow the butter and egg man of Wichita to be our standard bearer; why didu't we nomi nate some of the old, true and tried lead ers of reform?" Blowholes Carnsgie ia still junket ing about in foreign lauds. Perhaps he thinks it isn't safe to come home. ICA2iSAS PARAGRAPHS. A peach orchard near Corwin, Harper county, will average live bushels to the tree. The Pedestrian Whist club of Newton ia so called because all of its contests are walk-overa. The man who has the biggest patch of melons at Attica ia called the water melon king. Grieser ia the name of a tailor at An thony who ought to be able to give a smooth fit. The hack drivers at Wichita are held responsible for the drouth because they manage the reins. A Newton man has a real red bat on exhibition. So mny people have been on bats that few go to see it. An Ottawa firm advertises "men's sin gle pants." Tney are supposed to bo for veterans who lost a leg in the war. Abilene people try to show that they belong to the real conservative, exclu sive set In literature by taking the At lantic. The elopement of a Hartford young woman with a man of African descent ought to make a romance with lots of local color. There is an insane woman at Wichita who imagines she has a snake in her head. In Wichita snakes usually appear at the other extremity. Pefferian Populism, is the way the Emporia Republican designates the con dition of those untamed sons of Adam who have eluded the civilizing touch of the razor. The police commissioners of Fort Scott, have closed the policy shop there, but the crap games are still ruantag, be cause it would be too much trouble to go around to ail of them. Emporia papers are usually very cor rect in their grammar, but the following item crept in: "A street car collided with a buggy on Commercial street." It should, of course, have read "the street car." A Fort Scott bachelor who has been away for some time, returned home un married, and the old women who had been mysteriously intimating that they knew what he went away for, are so mad they won't speak to hinx An Arkansas City reporter who had the proceedings and appointments of the conference of the .ethodist church south, which is ia session, in his pocket, took a notion to go to the strip, and that is why his paper didn't have a report. A bicycle road race of tea miles took place yesterday at Arkansas City, In which the contestants were under 16 years of age. Arkansas City believes you should begin early if you want a raca of people 't with big 1jjs and small, hollow heads. IN THE BERRY PATCH THOSE WHO PASS IT3 BOUNDARIES MUST "DRESS ACCORDIN." Ia Sm Localities Ik I Nscaosary to Watcki Oak For Snake It Is Not Always th I Jest Looklmjr Barriers Who Gather UhI fruit. Ever go blackberrying? No? Then you have missed ona of th most enlivening experiences of life. Every body who lived in the village called "Tne Hook" or anywhere in its neigh borhood 80 years ago used to go black berrying at this season of the year, and the descendants of those who lived there then are probably, many of them, pick- J?;vv kl i - A PARTY OT BERRY PICKER. ing blackberries at this moment that is, if you are reading in the daytime and on a weekday from the thorny bushes that gTow in the half cleared, uncultivated tracts to be found on the slopes of the bills east and west of the village and in the narrow shallow val leys beyond tho brows of those hills and a mile or two away. "The Hookers, " as the inhabitants cf that blessed villago used to be called, were wont to go to the berry fields in parties, sometimes by families, but oft ener in groups of friends. They always used to "dress aocordin" when thoir mission was tho gathering of blackber ries, and any one who was foolish enough to join a berrying party without being properly attired was certain to be laughed out of court, so to epoak. The code of dress for a berrying party was quite as rigid as is that for a social function at Newport or Narragansett. Not that it was necessary for tho men to wear coats and trousers of any par ticular cut or for tho women and girls to study the latest Paris modes. Bless you, no! A party of berry pickers prop erly dressed for their work would afford the student of extraordinary human at tire an opportunity for interesting and profitable contemplation. First of alL ever one, men and women alike, wore high cowhide boots. Naturally in most cases tho women borrowed their boots from their husbands, from their fathers or their brothers. Why did they all wear boots? Snakes, for tho berry fields in the vicinity of "The Hook" were rocky, and in the interstices between the rocks rattlesnakes and copperheads and per haps somo other varieties of venomous reptiles had their homes. The snakes were not very numerous, according to a "Hooker's" idea of things, but they were highly disagreeable at close quar ters. Still a right watchful berry pick er need have no reasonable fear, provid ing he or she wore high boots. The rule for the remainder of the ber ry pickers costume was exceedingly simple. It was to wear your oldest, most worthless, raggedest garments. Accordingly a group cf berry pickers presented about as comely an appear ance as would a detachment of Coxey's celebrated commonwealers, then un known to history. Where some of the men and boys got their outlandish old coats and jackets and to what forgotten era of the evolution of dress the gar ments of the women belonged it would be hard to tell. It goes without eaying that some of the masculine berry pickers who, when attired in their Sunday go to meetings, looked spruce and manly enough pre sented a very disappointing appearance when rigged out for "berryin. " On the other hand, there were stalwart young fellows who seemed to need the uncouth garments that were suited to the berry patch to bring opt all their good points. It is perhaps unnecessary to say that not often did any of the old er men join tho berrying parties. As to the women, they declared them selves that they looked like "perfect frights" as far as dress went. But who ever knew a pair of bright eyes to be OLD BOLOMOS SYKES. essentially dimmed because they were shaded by & flapping old fashioned gingham sunbonnet, or a lithe, well rounded figure to lose its grace because the feet were incased in boots, the skirts Were short and the waist ill fitting? Certainly none of these things happened to "The Hook" beauties when they were dressed out for berrying that is, if the pinions held by "The Hook" beaux were correct, and they probably were. Berrying parties from "The Hook" used to leave the village by daybreak, if they could, and get to the brow cf th bill in time to see the sun rise, not that very many "Hookers" cared much about seeing the god of day when he first peeped over th edge of the beautiful rolling landscape that lay spread out about the little village, though there were a few whose eyes used to light up at sight of the beautiful colors used by Sol used in painting the clouds. But it had grown to b a sort of superstition there that whoso going berrying was not enterprisiag enough to be well on he way to the fields by sunrise was not fikely tw h rewarded by a good day's picking, and it did not matter one whit to those who held to this idea that occa sionally those who reached the field last filled their pails first. There wers several kinda of berry pickers among the "Hookers" of other days. Bora there were who picked ber ries as they perf armed their regular work, for the sake of getting everything in sight. These individuals were not all of them stalwart among the young men nor star eyed and cherry lipped among the young women. Indeed truth compels me to say that the best berriers were usually the plainest looking ones. They seemed to have a sort of Instinctive knowledge of just where the biggest clumps of tho most productive bushes were to be found, and their fingers seemed to be so constructed that they could pick berries with at least fivs times the speed attainable by their com panions. It was not at all uncommon, for instance, for ugly old Solomon Bykea, about the only gray headed man Who used to go berrying, to fill all the pails and baskets he had brought with him and all he could borrrow from lazier, less enthtrsiastio pickers before noon. Then he would lie around on the rocks in the sun, chewing tobacco and guying those who had frittered away the early part of the day and whose pails and baskets were only partly filled. There was another expert at picking berries whose fame had been spread abroad through all the neighboring towns. If the good old soul she was a good old soul, despite her acrid words and her vinegar visage is still alive, she ia no doubt today filling a 16 quart tin pail while the pretty young girls of the same party are bothered to find enough berries to cover the bottoms of their little baskets. She was Matilda Ann Stoughton, a single woman of 50 when I knew her "single by the mercy of heaven, " she used to say; "a sour old maid," some of her neighbors said. They changed their opinions of her the year that diphtheria visited the village, and "Tildy Ann" developed into the kindest, most untiring, most efficient nurse in the entire settlement. After VS. . ..' Vw""-, .n "tA-i it 4 -Aw J. u THE PRETTIEST GIRL IN THE VILLAGE. that she gradually became to be known as "Aunt Matilda" by everybody in "The Eook, " and to be treated by every one, too, with a consideration and a homely courtesy that were almost ten der. After that, too, she was herself far less angular in her manners, less bit ter in her conversation and less exact ing in her judgment of her neighbors. But I am straying from the subject. The reader should not imagine for a mo ment that the two of whom I have spoken were the only expert berriers. There were many such, and one of them was the prettiest girl in the village. Whoever would pay court to her at ber rying time must pick berries, too, and pick them fast, and it thus fell out that several of the village beaux became ex ceedingly nimble fingered. There were those who said that her pail was filled more times than those of the other girls because of the help she had from these young men. This coming to her ears one year she became extremely indig nant and insisted on being accompanied only by a number of her female friends, leaving her male admirerB disconsolate. Right well did she then exemplify her right to the title of "champion berry picker of The Hook. " There was a ro mance in the berry field that year. I have forgotten the details, but she was its heroine, and two of the village young men figured prominently therein. A berry picking contest between these boys was also a feature, but whether she was the prize won by the victor I have for gotten. I remember clearly that the match was carried on with great for mality and in the presence of a number of judges. While those who went out to pick berries were diligently filling the re ceptacles with the luscious sloo black fruit of the bushes the housewives of the village were enveloped in the cares of preserving and pickling and canning and "doing up" berries generally, and great was the excitement thereof and heavy were the village grocers' sales of sugar. Nor were blackberries the only ones gathered near "The Hook." When I began to write I intended to say some thing about huckleberries and raspber ries and a great variety of other ber ries; but, see, I have not half finished with blackberrying yet, and the space i3 all used. L D. Marshall Beat Ten Miles Above Ground. Additional evidence on the subject of the supposed heat from the sun's rays is furnished by an experiment recently reported in France. A balloon with reg istering instruments was sent up a dis tance of 10 miles above the earth's sur face, where the temperature registered waa fouad co be 104 degree F. j!(H)P -. ,w f i) H IT FLOATS IS NOT L05T Hi THE TCJB. Twa wooikw a qambu co oura. J. 0. BRQ17NFIELD. Tiio "Wonder "W orlicr and Illation's Hcalor, Has located ia TOPEKA, and will give a series of OPEN AIK CONCERTS 0 LECTURES, On his OWN BLOCK, corner of West Gth and West street, for 2 WEEKS Commencing Tuesday, 28th. Concerts conaint of Brass Band, Orchestral Music, Vocal Music, Quartettes, Songs, Irish, Dutch and Negro Delinea tions, Camp-meeting Melodies, Farces, Burlesques, &c. The Doctor carriea a company of 2J people, all artists and all gentlemen. GOOD SEATS for all. NO CHARGE FDR SEATS. Especial pro vision made for the comfort of the ladies and little ones, grandmas and grandpas. Come out, everybody, and I will promise you a good time. Especial invitation entended to PHYSICIANS, MINISTERS and NEWSPAPER MEN. Place: Corner West 6th and West St. E-TOrJlOBROW TXDI AND EVEEY NIGHT Your Friesd for Health, T. C. BBOWNFIELD , U. IX, (THE NATION'S HEALER.) MALICIOUS AND IDIOTIC Mr. Huntington Characterize Superln- tendeut iilmore's t'tterauceu as (such. San Fkancisco, Aug. 28. Superinten dent Filmore of the Southern t acme company has modified his attitude towards those engaged in the recent strike. Just after the strike he was quoted aa saying that none of the lead ing strikers should ever obtain work in California if he could help it, and if any secured positions he would try to have them dis charged. These threats caused much indignation and President C. P. Hunting ton wrote a sharo reprimand to him from ISew York. This letter caused Mr. Fil more to make a supplementary ttaie nient in which he denies he said he would hunt down the ex-strikers and drive them out of their positions. "I am not interfering with anybody," explained Mr. Filmore. "The men who destroyed our property, stole our trains aud kilied our employes are on the black list. This list goes to other roads. It is a custom which has been in vogue for years." "If an ex-striker can get work, you do not propose to interfere then?" Mr. Fill more was usked. "Certainly not," he replied, "except so far as the blacklist may come against him. There are strikers now scattered all over the state picking fruit or hops." A second letter has been received from Mr. Huntington, in which he ugain re ferred to Mr. Fillmore's threats, saying: "1 cannot believe any one would say things so malicious and idiotic." Army (Jfllctr XrieU or Drunkpnnem. Vancocvkr, Wash., Aug. 29. A gen eral court-marshal to convene at Van Stor. 5. for the trial of Capt. W. H. Goodwin, company G, Fourtu regi- i ment infantry, U. S. A., on several accu sations of arunisenueos wnno ou uuiy. There are several counts in the charge, among others that while on duty at Spo kane, during the late strike on July 22, 23 and 24, Capt. Goodwin was guilty of drunkenness. Desperate .Fight Among; Tramps. South Bend, Ind., Aug. 29. A des perate fight occurred last night among tramps on a Lake Shore & Michigan Southern freight train between here and La Porte, Ind. Three men armed with revolvers attacked the others, throwing one from the train seven miles west. An other was robbed, thrown oil and badly hurt, aud a third was shot. The Fixlit In Loxta County. There ia a big fight on among th Re publicans of Logan county over the se lection of a candidate for representative. J. F. Coulter, editor of the Logan County Republican, published at Russell Springs, who was .a member of the last house is a candidate for re-election, but a fight is being made ou him on account of his friendship to George V. Crane, one of the candidates for state printer. The fight is getting so bitter that a split in the party is feared. Clean ins Paved Alleys. , A part of the street commissioner's ' force is now engaged in cleaning tha ., paved alleys. The street commisoiouer ; says that they are in a very bad condi- j tion. People have thrown ull sorts of j refuse into the alleys, until ia many j places they present the appearance of a j eitv dumo. The men will be kept at this work until all the paved alleys are in a heailhy condition. Planter of taeen" Household Dead. Co wes, Isle of Wight, Aug. 29. Right Hon. Sir John Claytou Cowell, master of the queen's household, died suddenly here today. Will get you a good business suit, made to fit, at Oiof Eitberg's, merchant tailor. 716 Kansas avenue. Mistake! Y'ou can cure that cold or cough by taking Snows' Pine Expectorant. For sale by all druggist. Price 25 and 50c bottle. A. Xobby Salt Made to your order at Olof Ekberg's 716 Kansas ave. Topeka Drug Co. is ready for buainesi Ehirts mended by the Peerless, V FOR TWO WEEKS. PI T LIGHT IX LIBEUTi". Klectric Idg-litis tiie Placed lu the Cloddesi on Capitoi iiojiie. Washington, Aug. 2'J. Tho work oi fitting the figure of the God less of Lib erty on the s ii ii m it of tho capitol 1 j:iio with electric lights which was pronounc ed impossible, has at lnt t een irc ii:i plished. An etrort to do it wa ; ma II duriiiir tho Knights Templar concl. tv- i and Grand Army encampment of ltn)', but it was abandoned us being too h:..- ardutis. I Albert Ports an assistant to the chief ! electrician of the capitol, accomplished ! the feat today by menus of a ladii-r in i 1 by four men on tne top lauding of Hi dome. Tonight and Thursday arid Frid.iy nights the figure will be illua.inaU- i j:i honor of tho visiting Pytliians for wh').-.-benefit the lights were put in jio-iti'-u. It 1 iei i'J ait Wetlilhij At Hamilton hall Wednesday n1.. . Don't lorget. Tickets and 10 1 een;:. Small in size, great in results; Witt' Little Early Risers. Best pip Constipation, best for Sick ileada: best for Sour Stomach. J. K. Jones. 1),; The finest fruit Pies and nudlin; be had in this city is at hitueys 7oU Kansas avenue. rs to onl v, Our line of $lti.o'J eui's made to you" order is one way of saving money. Duii'i miss your chance at Al.THKN & McMANUS, ''ailors, 010 Kansas ave. We put ou new neckband on HhirU. Peerless Steam Lauudry, Hi aud 111 West Eighth street. Ilallcli! Jail Medilin: At Hamilton hall Wednesday in','h:. Don't forget. Tickets 2o and 10 cents. The Topeku Drug Co., in opera house. Boston Shoe Co. 511 KAH3A3 AVE. Will have for one week one of tho greatest clearing shoe eales ever heard of. Our large Shoe Emporium, one of the largest shoe houses in the state, is full of the latest styles of line Footwear, bought at hard time prices, which will be sold at the purchaser's price. We quote you a few 01 the many bargains: Ladies' $3.00 Nulliliera and Juliette. $.')0. Ladles' $:3.00 aud $4.00 Iiussett Ox fords, 1.8."). Ladies' finest hand-sewed $2.00 Slip pers. 9oc. Ladies' fine Dong. Kid Op. Toe Slip pers. Sue. Ladies' fine hand-sewed Foot form, hand-sewe 1 Cloth Top, and all Kid But ton and Lace $5 and $5.00 Shoes, $.7"). Ladies' hand-sewed and projecting welt 1 1 Shoes, $2.45. Ladies' Dollar. Kid. Pat. Tip $2 Light Dress Shoes, 9oc. We have als just received from BioTi Reynolds. Jay R -ym lds and I M. Reyn olds a half car load of fine Dress Shoe, on which we savj you from $ 1 to fl.DO on a pair, in any latest style and any kind of leather. Men's Welt f 2.50 Calf Shoes, $1.43. Men's Low Cut Shoes at your own j price. Children a tonoes Jrorn .'jo to 50c. w w sr ,: ! i 4, Os."- ' Call early and see these immense bargains in honest good Footwear, as this im mense stock must be sold. Boston Shoe Co. 511 EAIISAS AVE.