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STATE 7TOTTRf "SlriJj D '"3ViEJ,NCiCXBHIQB"E Si 26,?sl 895.
8
IS HAIL 110 AD CIRCLES.
Effect of Changes in Time Cards
on the Santa ITe.
GENERAL ITEMS ABOUT rUILROADS.
Alone tne Knji
Personal 3etea Abjat
Lines
Shop
and
and
, Office.
The report that tha Union Pacific
would make a change in time to go in
effect November 1, which with a corres
ponding change on the Northwestern
railway would lessen the time between
Chicago and Ogden eight hours, and the
Central Pacific schedule being also ma
terially shortened, would allow their
train to reach the Pacilic coaat two hours
ahead cf the new Santa Fe limited train
No. 3, appears to be unfoundad.
J. B. Frawley, general agent of the
Unton Pacific system with headquarters
at Kansas Citv, who was in the city on
business yesterday, stated that while it
would be possible tor tne L oionl acinc
to reach the coast several hours ahead of
the Santa Fe, he did not think it was the
nreaent intention of the read to make a
chmge of time in that regard, and that
all that had been done so far was to dis
cuss tha advisability of such a move.
If such a change was made in the
Union Pacific time it would be necessary
for that company to re-establish their
"plug" train between Topeka and Kan
sas City, which was taken off about a
year ago, the through trains running on
a schedule which would make it impossi
ble for them to handle local business.
AMONG SAU.EO.tD MEN" .
Eaglnoer Freeman and Othors, and What
They are Doing.
Work is being pushed on Hinckley
eryjine No. 76, which is undergoing re
pairs at the Santa Fe shops iu this
city, and as soon as completed
will be sent to take a fast freight run,
from Wellington, Kan., to Panhaudle,
Texas.
The Santa Fe has givan an order for
one thousand stock cars from several of
the large stuck car companies, and as
soon a3 received will forward to the
Mexican border, where 83,(J0J cattle are
now waiting to be shipped.
Santa Fe engineers Charles Leat and
Thomas Nelson are laying off on account
of illnes?.
Santa Fe fireman O. Hollisier is taking
the required examination before Master
Mechan-c Smith, preparatory to his pro
motion to the position of engineer.
H Hutchinson ha3 been appointed
yardmaster at the Santa Fe shops in Fort
Madison, la., to succeed I. O. Wilkerson,
who resigned.
Engineer Amos Beeler of the Santa Fe
took Baldwin engine No. 348 to Meriden
yos'.erday on a trial trip. This engine
will be assigned to passenger service ou
this division.
W. C. Ells of Champagne, Ills., former
ly bridge enciueer of the Santa Fe iu To
peka, visited the general offices yester
day afternoon. Mr. Ells superintended
the construction ef the Santa Fe bridge
across the Kansas river at this point.
Frank Marsh of the general freightde
partment of tha Santa Fe, returned yes
terday from a two weeks' vacation in Chi
cago. 'EW WEIOillXli DEVICE
To
be Put in
the Stockyards at Kansas
City.
The Trans-Missouri Freight associa
tion has set January 1, 189l, as tha date
on which the change in the method of
charging for live stock takes effect, aud
after that date all live stock will be
charged for by the one hundred pounds.
Thi3 change will necessitate the putting
in of a Streatbr-Aniett weighing device
at Kansas City, and a suitable aud con
venient location has been decided upon
in the yards at that point.
This device is owned and controlled by
the Railroad Weiguing company, and is
at present in use ut St. Couis and Chica
go, proving highly satisfactory, the
weight of the cars being registered by
an electric appsratus as they pass over
the platform of the scale.
As the exact wvight of each car will
be ascertained ia this manner by the
train passing over the scale platform at a
moderate speed, no time will be lost or
extra labor incurred, as was the case in
the old manner of weighing cars.
C R. Hudson, assistant general freight
agent of tha Santa Fe, stated that tha
proposed method would prove much
more satisfactory to all concerned, as at
present a consignor pays for an entire
car if only partially used, whereas if
charged by the one hundred pounds he
paya only for what ha ships.
SANTA FE NOTES.
Psrsonal auil Gsneral Notes Aloes tho
Line and Local.
E. Nickeiaon of Boston, a nephew cf
ex-President Thomas Nickerson of the
Santa Fe, who was formerly employed in
the engineering department of the Santa
Fe in this city, visited the general offices.
Santa Fe Conductor J. W. K. Lemon of
Kansas City, accompanied by his wife
and daughter, is visiting friends in this
city.
The DeWolf Hopper opera company
of sixty-five people passed through To
peka yesterday over the Union Pacific,
in a special train of six cars, oa their way
to Lincoln, Neb. The train consisted of
two Pullman coaches, ".two reclining chair
cars and two baggage cars.
F. D. Norton, superintendent of the
railroad mail service, and H. M. Stone,
chief clerk of the mail tervics, at Kan
sas City, visited General Superintendent
iludge of the Santa Fa yesterday after-
Awarded
iliighest" Honors World's Fair,
MOST PERFECT MADE.
A pure Grape Cream of Tartar Powder. Free
feom Ammonia, Alum or any other adulterant,
40 YEARS THE STANDARD.
PilffMH
noon in reference to tha changes in the
Santa Fe mail service, which will be
made necessary by the new time card. '
W. H. CanniS. secratary and treasurer
of the Santa Fe Mercantile and Hard
ware company at Toluca, Ills., accom
panied by his wife, is visiting relatives
in this city. Mr. Canniff was formerly
employed iu the treasurer's office of the
Santa Fe in thi3 city. ,
KOCK ISLAND NOTES.
Something About the Lines in Kanian
FtraoDal and Otherwise,
H. M. Morris, assistant auditor of the
Rock Island, returned yesterday from a
week's vacation in Denver.
A party composed of M. H. Maier, Will
Slaier, F. J. Shubert and John Dial from
the Rock Island offices, leave today for
the southwestern part of the state for a
few days duck hunr.
A Raymond & Whitcomb excursion
train passed through Topeka yesterday
afternoon over the Santa Fe enroute to
California, running as a second section of
No. 3.
Four cars of tourists bound for Cali
fornia, passed through Topeka yesterday
afternoon over the Hock Island.
A. R. Lingfelr, ' assistant superinten
dent of telegraph of the Rock Island, re
turned yesterday from Texas and Indian
Territory, where he has been inspecting
the telegraph department of the road
for the past week.
The Rock Island railway has increased
the train dispatching force at Horton,
Kansas.
W. E. Dauchy, superintendent of
maintenance and construction of tha
Rock Island, left Thursday for Eismere,
Colorado, where he will superintend the
arrangements for the construction of the
branch track from Eismere to the Mae
farran mines.
SANTA FE BRIDGE Dl'RNS.
File Brldtre Near St. Job Destroyed
by
Fire Lust Evening.
Pile bridge No. 9, on the Atchison and
St. Joseph branch of the Santa Fe, four
miles this side of St. Joe was completely
destroyed by fire at five o'clock last even
ing. All traffic was stopped over that branch
and trains were run to St. Joe 'via the
Kansas City, St. Josoph & Council Bluffs
line.
A pile driver and car of necessary ma
terial was sent to that point last night,
and this morning a large force of men
were put to work rebuilding the bridge,
which is expected to be completed this
evening.
vI"he origin of the fire is unknown.
CUKIOIS ACCIDENT.
A Alan Catches His Foot and Breaks a
Blood Vessel.
Alex Wiley, an employe at the Santa
Fe storehouse in this city, while stepping
out of a freight car yesterday afternoon,
caught his foot in the door track of the
car and fell to the platform, severely
spraining his ankle and bursting a blood
vessel in his leir.
The injured man was taken to his
home, and his leg dressed, and his phy
sician reports today that he will be able
to resume his work in a few days.
Changes the L. T. & S. Tlmn Card.
The new Santa Fe tim9 card, which
goes into effect October 29, changes the
time of the trains on the Leavenworth,
Topeka & Southwestern railway.
The Leavenworth train will leave To
peka at 5:30 a. m instead of 7:30 a. m.,
and returning will arrive in Topeka at
3:45 p. m., instead of 8:20 p. m., connect
ing with Santa Fe train Na 6 for the east
aud train No. 1 for the west,
SORT II TOPEKA.
Items of Interest Fnun tile North Side of
tike ltlver. x
Dr. C. B. Lyon is in Ro3svilla visiting
for a few days.
Mr. and Mr. C. C. Nicholson left yes
terday for Ohio, whore they will spend
several weeks visiting friends and rela
tives.
Mrs. Thomas Ragland of St. Louis and
Mrs. William Loomis of De Soto, Mo.,
are Here visiting the family of John
French on Monroe street.
A. C. Geary, for many years a barber
n North Topeka, but who is now farm
ing in vvaubaunsee county, spent a
couple of day3 thia week with friends on
the north side.
Word has been received from Jim
Smith, formerly trombone player in Mar
shall's band, who is now living in Man
cie, Ind., that while running to catch a
train recently, he fell and had his left
hand crushed under tha car wheels so
badly that it was necessary to amputate
it
Orris McNarv, who has been doing
editarial work for the past year at Tahle
quah and Winnewood, I, T., arrived home
last night and will remain in Topek. He
andtord JVletzger, a former iSorth lo
peka boy, were at Wagner during the re
cent killing there aud witnessed the
shooting of the Crittenden brothers.
J. II. Heller, 1002 N. Kansas avenue.
grocery and meat marker. Good treat
ment and fine meats and groceries; you
can do better here than elsewhere.
The Magnet Restaurant and Short Or
der house, A. J. Prudfit, 850 N. Kansas
aye. Wholesale fruits and confectionery.
Geo. J. Graves & Sons, 115 and 117
West Laurent street, North Topeka, for
buggy tops, cushions, wagons and bug
gies, built to order. Bell Phone 533.
CHARTERS FILED.
The following charters have been
filed with the secretary of state:
the John B. Leinman Camo -No. 234,
Sons of Veterans, of Sunny Dale Sedg
wick county. Capital stock $400. Di
rectors. C. E. Atwood, D. J. Baxter and
W. G. Noble.
The Mid-Continent Realty company
of Kansas City, Kansas. Capital stock,
150,000. Directors, E. R. Ridgely, Geo.
H. Playton of Pittsburg, Kan., Frank
Playton and Frank W. Johnson, of Kan
sas City, Mo.
Fresh Tilings Every Day.
Fruit Cake, Cream Puffs, Brandy
Snaps. Home-made Mince Meat and
Pies.
Specialties for Wednesday and Satur
day. Boston Brown Bread and Baked Beans.
Leave your orders with the
French Bakery, 815 Kansas aye.
" Musin, the great Belgian violinist, is a
great favorite in Topeka. Hear him at
Library hall, October 28.
" If you have headache, or have had
trouble in getting glasses to please you,
call and see Charles Bennett, opthalmic
optician, 713 Kansas avenue.
Collars and cuffs made to look like new
, at Peerless Steam Laundry,
SUNDAY ATTHS CHURCHES-
Preaching at the C. M. K church, cor
ner Fourteenth and Van Buren, Snnday
at 11 a. m. Subject, "Liffht;" again at
7:30 p. 111.. subjoct, "God's Wonderful
Providence." J. M. Brown, P. C.
Rev. E. S. Farrand will preach at the
Westminster Presbyterian church at 11
a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Morning subject,
"How to Enjoy Our Religion:" evening
subject, "Open fioors."
Mr. Sidwell will speak at Liberty
United Presbyterian church tomorrow
evening.
First Presbyterian church. Rev. S. B.
Alderson, D. D, pastor. Preaching at 11
a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Morning subject.
"The Lesson of the Falliug Leaves;"
evening subject, "Boaz, the Courteous
Capitalist." Prayer meeting Thursday,
7:30 p. m. The Topeka Buys' Chorus
club will ping at the First Presbyterian
church tomorrow evening.
Evangelist C. E. Young will address
the men at the Railroad Y. M. C. A. roomi,
Fourth and Adams streets, Sunday, Oc
tober 27, at 3 p.m. 1 Singing by the San
ta Fe quartet.
Seabrook Congregational church Ser
vices at 11:15 a. m. Subject, "Overflow
ing Treasuries." At 7:30 p. m., "An Or
dinary Man and His Work." J. F. Kirk
patrick, pastor.
Sunnyside Congregational church Mr.
W. H. Holmes will conduct services at 4
p. m.
First Society Spiritualists Lincoln
post hall, East Sixth street. Conference
meeting 3 p. m. At 7:30 lecture by Mrs.
Etta L. Seaman, inspirational speaker.
. North Topeka Baptist church Rev.
W. B. Hutchinson pastor. Services
at 11 s. m. and 7:30 p. m. Morning sub
ject, "Sword and Trowel;" evening sub
ject, "Brains"
Brethred (Dnnkard) church, Oakland
Preaching tomorrow at 11 a. m. and 7:30
p. m, by Evangelist Young. Revival
services during the week.
United Brethren church Services are
held in Ladies' Library hall on Kansas
avenue. 11 a. in., preaching t yliav. D.
Miller; 8 p. m., preaching by tha pastor,
S. C. Coblentz.
Third Christian church, corner of Lake
and Third streets, the pastor, T. E. Mal
lory, will preach both morning and eve
ning. Morning subject, "Echoes From
the National Convention."
W. U. Boles, the noted evangelist and
former pastor of the First Christian
church of this city, will begin a series of
meetings iu the 1 bird Christian church
about Nov. 15.
There will bo preaching service at the
Cumberland church, corner 11 an toon and
Polk streets, tomorrow by Rev. J. A.
Dodds at 11 o'clock. Sabbath Bchool af
ter the service.
First African Baptist church. First
street. Rev. G. D. Olden, pastor. Preach
11 and 8 p. m. Rev. C. C. Bates of the
Samp'on S.reet Baptist church, Louis
ville, Ky.. will occupy the pulpit.
First English Lutheran, preaching
morning and evening by the pastor, Iiev.
A. E. Wagner. Morning subject. "A
Hopeful Suuset;" evening subject,
"Could Christ Do More?" Mr. Vincent
Graham will sing at the morning ser
vice. United Presbyterian, corner of Eighth
and Topeka avenues, Itev. M. F. McKira
han, pastor. Preaching tomorrow at 11
o'clock on "Looking Forward." In the
evening a blackboard lecture on "The
Mosaic Covenant."
Germau Lutheran church, corner of
Van Buren and Second streets; C. F.
Graebner, pastor. Services tomorrow at
10:30 a. m.
Cnurch of Christ, (scientist,) 210 West
Sixth street. Services at 11 a. m., sub
ject "Samuel Called of God." Sunday
school at 12 o'clock
First Unitarian Society. Preaching at
11 a. m. by the pastor. Rev. A. Wvman.
Subject: "That Which We Would Be
and Are Not."
First Congregational church; Preach
ing it 11 i!. m. and 7.30 p. m. by the pas
tor L. Blakesley. Morning subject
"spiritual Bankruptcy" Evening "Lis
tening for God's voice". Sunday school at
9 45 a. m. Christian Endeavor at 6.15 p.
m.
Grace Cathedral Corner Polk and
Eighth sttee's. Holy communion at 8 a.
ui. Morning praver, litanv and sermon
by the Rev. C. Rowland, Hill. B. D., at 11
a. in. Evening prayer at 4:30 p. m.
Church of the Good Shepherd Corner
Quincy and Laurent streets North Tope-
Ka. itoly communion ana sermon by
Rev. Canon Miner at 11 k. in. Evening
prayer with sermon before the order cf
"The Daughters of the King" at 7:30 p.
m , by Rev. Chaplaiu Hill.
Church of St. Simon the Cyrenian
Evening prayer with sermon by Rev.
Prof. Lee at 4:30 p. m.
Calvary Mission 032i East Fourth
street. Evening prayer with sermon by
Rev. Irving Todd at 4 p. m. Sunday
sohool at 3 p. m.
German Evangelical Association, cor
ner Fourth and .Monroe streets Preach
ing at 11 a. m. and 8 o'clock p. m. Sun
day school at 10 o'clock a. m.
St. John A M. E. church. Seventh and
Topeka avenue Preaching morning at
11 a. m., and evening 7:30, by the pastor.
Morning subject: "A Model Repentance."
Evening subject: "Moral Courage, the
Prerequisite of Strength, and the Foun
dation of Good Government "
Spiritual interpretation of the Scrip
ture?, with quotations from Sweuenborg,
tomorrow evening at eight o'clock. Free
to all. 1200 Harrison street.
New Church (Swedenborgian), south
east corner of Sixth and Harrison streets,
will resume regular services Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock. An invitation is
extended to all interested.
Jodie dlathrie' Trip.
Judge Guthrie left yesterday after
noon for Yellville, Arkansas, to be gone
several days. Judge Guthrie carried
with him a little old fashioned grip sack
and said he was going out to raise money
and provisions for tho Cuban patriots.
Fonr Clss Siaceeasea.
Having the needed merit to more than
make good all the advertising claimed
for them, the following four remedies
have reached a phenomenal sale. Dr.
King's New Discovery, for consumption,
Coughs and Colds, each bottle guaran
teed Electric Bitters, the greatest rem
edy for Liver, Stomach and Kidneys.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve, the best in the
world, and Dr. King's New Life Pills,
which are a perfect pill. All these rem
edies are guaranteed to do just what is
claimed for them and the dealer whose
name is attached herewith will be glad
to tell you more of them. Sold at J. K.
Jones' Drug Store.
Topeka composers at First Methodist
church tonight. Admission ten cents.
Musin says he has never done as fine
work as he is doing at prase-t
ATLANTA'S BIG FAIR.
Intellectual Peregrinations , of a
Peripatetic Correspondent. .
OUR TEADE WITH SCD1H AMRRICAH
Coaatrics Rsaonrces of tie South
Personal Xotcs ObservationsAbout
the 1'alr Tlie Growth of flacoa At
tendance, Etc.
Atlanta. Oct. 3 Among the high
ly honored citizens of Atlaiit: is Hon.
William Lindsay Scruggs, lawyer, jour
nalist and diplomat, who has had 5 re
markably checkered career for nearly 50
years, has been on the top wave of pop
ularity and again very near the bottom
of the pit of adveisity and sectional dis
like, but has ridden over all the waves
cf misfortune aud compelled the re
spect of those who were once his bitter
est political enemies. I sought him for
the special purpose of getting his views
on the results of the exposition and the
future of our trade with those South
American countries in which he has re
sided as American minister, but once
the talk was started it ranged over all
live subjects, from the first shot at Sum
ter to the future of the negro and from
the Spanish conqtiistadores in South
America to the peuding dispute between
Great Britain and Venezuela, for which
last nation Jlr. Scruggs is now counsel.
South American T ratio.
"I entered the diplomatic service,"
Paid he, "iu 1873, when President Grant
named me as United States minister to
Colombia, or New Granada, as it was
still called, succeeding General Stephen
A. Hurlbut, and in 1882, after a few
years in China, I was again sent to Bo
gota and remained till 1880. Under
President Harrison I was envoy, etc., to
Venezuela, and this of course led me to
a caref ul study of the boundary question
and the self evident truth that England
has no more claim to that disputed ter-
HON. W. L. SCRUGGS.
ritory than yon have. Now, as to trr.de,
hero is the important truth : Venezuela
has not yet 4,000,000 people, but the
whole nation is virgin soil for ns and
especially for the manufacturers of tho
central south. In what lines? Why,
first in everything that wo can mako
out of wood furniture of all kinds,
agricultural implements, all sorts of
household conveniences and many other
article?. She also needs and will soon
earnestly desire many of our manufac
tures in metal. The point to be noted is
that the northern states cf South Amer
ica are not manufacturing countries, and
will not be for a long time, and yot
they have advanced far enough to know
their need for our products. And Vene
zuela in particular is eager to trade
with us. Herpeople buy of1 Europe with
a sort of rwluctance. Now is our golden
opportunity. I am afraid to say how
big a trade we could get in time. It
should run far into the hundreds cf
millions."
"Is your supply of hard wood timber
sufficient?"
"Oh, yes. The native forests of tho
south are not depleted as are those of
the north. East Tennessee has an im
mense resource of good timber, includ
ing the finest oaks in the world. We call
them English caks, aud they now havo
a process of turning the oak dark so iS
is an exact likeness of the famous bog
oak. But great as our resources are in
that line they cannot last always, and
as rapidly as possible we must deviso
substitutes. Our southern manufactur
ers have great advantages in suiting the
demands of South America. There is a
great deal of wealth in Venezuela
some very wealthy men yet it is a very
new and sparsely settled country, its
vast resources barely touched as yet.
Why, there is one region very rich in
gold which has been totally neglected
because it is so far from the coast and
transportation was expensive. Now they
are opening it. Thero is such a variety
in the climate, due to elevation, that
no one of those countries can be de
scribed as a whole. At Bogota, for in
stance, it is seldom uncomfortably warm
and never very cold.
The Colored Knee.
"I noticed one curious fact, which at
first misled me as to the futuro of our
colored people. Ou the coast lowlands
and iu the low river valleys down there
Spaniards, Indians and negroes havo
mixed indiscriminately, and tha result
is a population well, I hope little for
their future. On the interior highlands,
however, the no.gro disappears, and there
the union of Spaniard and Indian has
produced a fine race. Some of.- the best
men I know are of that race'. - Now, I
once concluded that some such mixture
as in those lowlands would take place
in our bayou and low coast region,
where the negroes are so numerous, but
it will not. The Anglo-Saxon is not
like the Spaniard or even the French
man. Ho will not mix with any dark
race, and he will rule. Whatever they
may say to the contrary, I am certain
that miscegenation has ceased, though
the Anglo-Saxon blood already infused
will be distributed through the whole
race that is, these mixed bloods will
be absorbed by the negroes. And, what's
more, all the south will be ruled abso
t - 1
lutely by the whites. The ' blacks' V7ill
have no share in the political power for
a long, long time to come, if ever. It
was a great mistake on the part of the
north to think otherwise a great blun
der." A Glance Backward.
At this point the conversation took a
biographical and personal turn, with
some amusing reminiscences of war and
reconstruction. Mr. Scrnggs wrs bom
near Knoxville, Tenn., in 1834, entered
college at 15, was admitted to the bar
at 21, was the principal of an academy
at 22 and in 1S61 took editorial charge
of the Columbus (Ga. ) Sun just before
the war began. His wife was a Miss
Potts of Virginia, and both lay some
stress upon the fact that in the bitterest
period of the war they wore never mo
lested or insulted and not even subject
ed to social ostracism during the recon
struction era. The Scruggs family were
"original abolitionists" nearly 100 years
ago. "It is strange, but a fact, " Eaid
Mr. S., "that all over the south were
natives who were never ostracized for
their Union sentiments. I never denied
my views when asked, and although I
disapproved of the reconstruction laws
in many details I advocated acceptance
as the best we could do. Bob Toombs
said to mei 'You being a good old
southerner saved you. If you had been
a Yankee, we'd have hanged you, sure.'
But the southerners respect a man who
is consistent and firm. I've seen the
time when Governor Joe Brown couldn't
go along the sidewalks for fear of in
sult and stuck to his carriage, but when
it was over the men who had been ready
to shoot him joined iu sending him to
the United States senate. But there
was never a day that I was molested or'
insulted. Oh, Atlanta is tho most liber
al placo iu the south, or in the nation,
for that matter, and tho most progress
ive. So this exposition is bound to bo
a great success, but I'm sorry they did
not get it ready sooner."
And so am I very sorry, tt in far
from pleasant to go from a building
where all is complete and attractive
and find the next ono in disorder, and
it is quite unpleasant to get absorbed in
some work and be jabbed in the back
by a scantling in the hands of a negro
who is exercising the habit of his race
in walking one way and looking another.
Tho Attendance.
Tho irregular attendance is surprising.
One day there is a grand turnout,
speeches at the Auditorium, electric il
lumination at night, rendition of clas
sical chimes on the bells, and all that
sort of thing, because of the arrival of
some state's editorial association or
some other gang. The next the paid ad
missions aro less than 500. On the first
cool evening I made the rounds, and
though the park was handsomely light
ed I'll take my oath there were not iiOO
persons in it, and in one hour on the
Midway I saw but five visitors. It was
cold enough for an overcoat, and the
view of the orientals was both painful
and amusing, especially at the Chinese
theater, where the melancholy "Johns"
sat in their tragedy costumes in chilly
fixedness while the shouter proclaimed
from time to time that the performance
would begin in a few minutes. One
could have bought concessions dog cheap.
One interesting fact I have noted on
tho Midway is that travel and educa
tion are fast destroying the local pecul
iarities of Americans. There is, of
course, a difference in accent between
north and south, but our great middlo
class dress and act very much alike in
all the states, and the "Hoosier" and
"Sucker, " the "Pike," the "Yahoo"
and the "Cracker" seem hastening to
extinction. Even the negro dialect is
fast dying out. It seems to me that the
colored folks of 25 years or thereabout
talk just like their white fellow citi
zens. Old residents insist that I am
mistaken in this, but just the same I
believe that if they could hear a white
man and a black man of the recent
school era talk without seeing them it
would puzzle them to distinguish. In
many other respects, however, the in
nato characteristics of the two races
seem jufit as distinct as they did a cen
tury ago. Mrs. Scruggs, wife of the emi
nent diplomat above reported, guvo mo
a very curious and instructive account
of two colored girls and two white girls
of good family brought up together and
taught the siuae Bible lessons from in
fancy. The latter are now among the
most estimable ladies in the state, while
the former at maturity had somehow
developed every one of the old African
superstitions and followed the way of
their ancestors without having been
taught it. All of which gees to prove
Herbert Spencer's theory that the growth
of a race is 20 or 30 times as slnv as
that of an individual.
President Cleveland's Day.
Speaking of big days, cno of the big
gest was that on which the Minnesota
editors were received. There were some
200 of them, with a goodly array of la
dies. They were out for fun and rather
took the exposition by storm. On the
same day the Georgia Bar association
convened, and Jim Corbett and his gang
arrived for a night's exhibition, so ev
ery class of Atlautans was made happy.
Another grayd occasion was the dedica
tion of the Woman's building, and now
all are looking forward to the 21st as
President Cleveland's day and probably
tho grandest of the season. The mana
gers concede that there have been exas
perating delays, but swear by all that's
good and great that everything shall be
in -perfect finish by the time G rover
arrives. The railroads expect their big
gest traffic in the month succeeding that
event. Aud finally, as to the many in
quiries aboat "extortion," all I can say
is that I can hear of none. I get first
rate board and room for $6 per week,
and my friends are doing equally well,
and as that is considerably less than it
cost ns at Chicago we feel no inclina
tion to kick. J. H. Beadle.
Tiie ILtcht of Civilization.
Civilization is extending to remote
parts of the earth. Tahiti, in the south
seas, is now lighted at uirht by electric
liUilDs.
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" ESTABLISHED 187K. FORMERLY
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ESTABLISHED 1868.
Th only place in the city where yoa can gat a eomplste powct
plant from a steam engine to a set collar from stock.
Get Prices Before Purchasing Elsewhere.
TOPEKA,
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UNDERTAKERS
Odd Fellows' Building,
523 Quincy Street.
We buy cur coeds from the best factories 01
earth. :ir.U our prices lire 2b percent lower than
auy combine or auti-combino 111 tne state.
Hirrissa Thoas 77. Ball 'Fhoas 192.
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V .. All work Kuarantc-ea
q t .. a trial wu convince you.
PRKES ALWAYS SATiSFMCTORY. &
IF YOU WILL CALL UPON THE
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110 West Sixth. Strest,
You can let their Typewriters Nos. 1. 2. 3 and 4 They will plea3
yon. The Smith-Premier ia at the head. Bjt Stenographer' Tablets
00c per dozen. Will save you money on all supplies. ' .
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A IIAND SAW IS A GOOD THING, BUT fiOT TO
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