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STATE JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 8, 1896.
The State Journal
TWENTY-THIRD YEAR.
By Fbank P. MacLknnan.
Official Paper of the City of Topeka.
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tuburbs, or at the same price in any
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Boailifr Indications.
Chicago. Jan. 8. For Kansas:
Fair tonight; with warmer in southeast
portion; Thursday fair and colder; south
west winds.
Not many people expected that the
new bridge would be built without a
rake off somewhere. Let us be thankful
that so far it is no worse.
The organization of the Commercial
club is an important step in the right
direction and may be made to mean much
for the future progress of the capital
city of Kansas.
One of the beauties of the system of
having the courts make the laws is
shown in the fuct that the reciprocal in
surance tax has been declared good law
in one state and no law at all in another.
While members of congress are
spending so much time in the further
ance of pension legislation it might be
well to do something toward securing
means for paying the pensions already
provided for.
J. Piebpost Morgan say3 his people
must have the entire bond issue or none.
Mr. Cleveland should "call" this bluff by
saying: Very well, Mr. Morgan, we'll
just pay silver for greenbacks and treas
ury notes until you come down frdm
your pedestal. The treasury looters
would come down. There need be no
fear about that.
A new scheme for raising revenue is
embodied in a resolution introduced in
the bouse by Mr. Tracey of Missouri to
empower congress to levy an inheritance
tax. Congress levied an income tax re
cently, but the supreme court oligarchy
wouldn't allow it to be collected. It
would be a probable saving of unneces
sary expense to find out from that august
body in advance whether or not it will
permit the representatives elected by
the people to collect an inheritance tax
before proceeding further in the matter.
Congressman "Riley" Hall of Mis
souri seems to have a different idea of
the duties and obligations of a represent
ative of the peopla from that entertained
by our Mr. Calderhoad. Mr. Hall says
that when the senate free silver bill
reaches the house he will vote for it, al
though he is personally opposed to it
and spoke all over his district iu opposi
tion to such a measure. He says, how
ever, that he knows his constituents are
in favor of it. Mr. Calderhoad must
necessarily know also that the people of
the Fifth Kansas district would wish him
to vote for the senate bill, but he has as
yet shown no disposition to make his
personal opinions subservient to the will
of the people. Hall says he will vote for
the bill and then go home and tell hia
people that it is the wrong principle.
The real trouble with the United
States treasury has nowhere been more
truly or simply depicted than in the fol
lowing from the American of Philadel
phia. It says:
The government is certainly in need of
additional revenue, but deficiency in
revenue is not the cause of the export of
gold which results in the drain on the
treasury gold. The demand for gold for
export arises simply because we are un
able at the present low prices of our ex
ports, prices made low by the apprecia
tion of gold caused by discarding silver,
to export enough cotton, wheat, pork,
corn and other produce to pay for our
imports and meet the charges on our for
eign debt, freights due foreign shippers
for carrying the American trade and ex
penses of Americans aboard, that have
been made doubly burdensome by the
appreciation of gold as represented
by the decline in the gold
value of the produce which we
vainly try to export in large enough
quantity to meet our indebtedness abroad.
Bo long as we are unable, because of
the low prices at which we are obliged
to dispose of our produce, to meet our
foreign indebtedness iu full on account
of interest and freight charges and ex
penses of Americans abroad, as well as
to pay for our Imports, by exports of
merchandise we must export gold. The
demand for gold for export falls on the
treasury, and the consequent drain is due
directly to the low prices we receive for
our products, not to an insufficiency of
revenue, as Mr. Dingley declares. Nor
is it due to the expansion of our paper
currency as Mr. Cleveland and hia secre
tary declare, but on the contrary to the
unwarranted contraction of the metallic
basis on which this rests, which has led
to a fall in prices unparalleled in rapidity.
THE WAT OUT.
The senate finance committee has
offered a solution of all the treasury
difficulties in the bill which it has re
ported to that body. It is the only satis
factory solution possible and as it will
doubtless pass, it will then rest with the
house and the president to adopt this
offered measure of relief at once and
bring peace and prosperity in financial
circles, or refuse it, which they probably
will do, and see the situation grow con
tinuously worse, as it must do, as long as
the maintenance of the single gold
standard is attempted.
The senate bill provides first of all for
the free and unlimited coinage of silver.
This, of course, is the most important
feature of the measure, because it would
at once start prices upward and would
result in a sufficient advance to turn the
balance of trade in our favor, thus caus
ing a cessation of gold exports.
The second section of the bill provides
for coining the seigniorage accruing from
the bullion purchased under tha Sher
man law, the proceeds of such coinage
to be used in defraying current expenses
of the government. This would afford a
sufficient sum to last uatil the revenues
which would be rapidly increased
under the resultant impetus to trade
should be sufficient to meet the treasury
requirements.
To do away with the complaint hither
to made that silver dollars will not circu
late the third section provides for the
retirement of all national bank notes be
low the denomination of $10 and that
they shall be replaced by bills of a
larger denomination.
The fourth and last section of the bill
provides for stopping the drain of gold
from the treasury, and reads as follows:
That the secretary of the treasury
shall redeem the United States notes,
commonly called greenbacks, and also
treasury notes issued under the provi
sions of the act of July 14, 1891), when
presented for redemption, iu standard
silver dollars, or in gold coin, using for
redemption of said notes either gold or
silver coins, or both, not at the option of
the holder, but exclusively at the option
of the government, and said notes, oom
monly called greenbacks, when so re
deemed, shall be reissued as provided by
the act of May 81, 1S78.
Here is a plain, simple, practical, just
and honorable way out. It will meet
with no opposition from any one who
has a thorough understanding of the
situation, except a few bankers, brokers,
bondholders, politicians and people who
live on fixed incomes, and are too selfish
to be willing to allow the toiling masses
a chance to live.
This is the sort of legislation that the
people demand, and it is what the house
should give them without hesitation
before the pending bond sale can be con
summated. Mr. Cleveland would of
course veto it, but it could be passed over
his veto as a Democratic house passed
the Bland law over President Hayes'
veto. There can be little doubt of the
measure's being able to command two
thirds of the votes in the senate, unless
the sentiment of that body has under
gone a great change from what it has
been for a number of years past.
FELT HONORED.
Because He Had Met a Bigger Man
Than Uncle Sam.
An hour after midnight the other
night a patrolman found a man seated
on the steps of the postoffice with his
elbows on his knees and his head in his
hands, says the Detroit Free Press, and
giving him a shake the officer said:
"Come, old man, this is no lodging
house!"
"No, sir," replied the man, as he
roused up, ".this is the postoffice. I
knew it when I sat down here. It is
seldom I mistake a postoffice for a lodg
ing house. Did you suppose I was labor
ing under the impression that I had
turned into a cheap room on the fourth
floor back and left orders to be called
at 7 o'clock in the morning?"
"You'll hare to move on," replied the
officer.
"Isn't this a government building?"
"Yes, sir."
"Owned and run by the government
of the United States?"
"Yes, sir."
"And has Uncle Sam ordered me to
move on?"
"No, sir, but I have, and you don't
want to linger over an hour."
"My dear sir," said the night hawk,
as he looked up, "are you a bigger man
than Uncle Sam?"
"I am, sir!" replied the officer, as he
dallied with his club.
"Then I bow to circumstances and
will move on. Could you spare me a
photograph?"
"No, sir!"
"Will you give me your autograph?"
"No, sir!"
"Then let me gaze at you for half a
minute to indelibly impress your feat
ures upon the tablets of my memory.
That will do, and I thank you. I have
met a bigger man than Uncle Sam, and
I shall be able to describe him to the
children gathered at my knee. Officer,
tap me over the head with your club."
"There it is!" said the oflicer as he
fetched him one on his battered old hat,
"Thanks thanks awfully! I have not
only seen a bigger man than Uncle Sam,
but (?) ! ! zx boom! !"
THE BRIDGE BONDS.
Examination as ta Their X,saralllw Being
Made by Delta, DenuUon and Pryor.
The firm of Deitz, Dsnnison & Pryor,
who agreed to take the bridge bonds at
a premium, deposited a certified check
for $1,000 with the county treasurer con
ditioned upon the legality of the bonds.
The check was deposited in a bank and
sent to Cleveland for collection. The
firm re' -3ed to par it until the legality
of the ids could be established.
The commissioners have agreed to ac
cept the certified check pending the ex
amination of the bonds as to their legal-It
NEW MEN IN CONGRESS.
Thirty -four Republicans From Sixteen
Southern States.
CAREER OF CONGRESSMAN SETTLE
or orth Carollna-Tbe New Member
and the Speaker.
Washington, January 6. Taken, by
classes, the southern Republicans in con
gress are by far the most interesting
class, being so very new and, as it were,
so very unexpected. In fact, the sontb
has been Democratic so long that many
have forgotten their history. Hon.
George H. Noonan has been referred to
as "the first Republican congressman
from Texas. " He is an able man and a
very solid one, but not the first of his
party from that state. In tbe first years
of reconstruction the cotton states, from
Roanoke to tbe Rio Grande, were al
most solidly Republican, and when the
first Democrat from Texas, Captain Con
nor, entered the house in 1870 Ben But
ler made such a furious fight against
him that he would certainly have been
ousted if he had not been a Federal vet
eran. Indeed it was not till 1875 that
the Democrats had a majority from the
old south. But this is only a reminis
cence. New Men From the South.
From the 16 states once called the
south there are in this congress 34 Re
publicans, but 23 are from the five border
states and 3 from the old Republican
stronghold of east Tennessee. In the
Fifty-third congress there were 7, of
whom 3 were from the border states and
2 from east Tennessee, leaving from the
real south only the colored Murray of
South Carolina and Hon. Thomas Settle
of North Carolina. As the hitter gentle
man is the sole Republican survivor of
the Fifty-third congress from the south
and is credited with having engineered
the fusion which captured North Caro
lina he has attained a rather dizzy promi
nence, but he bears it well. He has had
a phenomenal career, indeed, as a pre
cocious youth. He was admitted to the
bar at 20, elected district solicitor at 21,
elected to congress at 27, and now, at
tbe age of 30, is in his second term and
the recognized leader of his section.
The new men from the south have
borne their honors most becomingly,
but some of the gangs which followed
them here have amused old spectators
by their refreshing innocence.
Hon. Alonzo Craig Shuford of the
Seventh North Carolina district is a
trifle aggravated by the fact that the
newspapers and the first official list of
this congress set him down as a Repub-
HON. A. C. SHUFORD. HON. W. F. STROUD.
lican, whereas he is a Populist of the
most pronounced sort, believes in the
whole Omaha platform and is half sorry
there isn't more of it to believe. North
Carolina has indeed been badly misrep
resented in tV voapers. The Democrats
declared from rue start that the so called
Populists were Republicans in disguise
and, when tbe terms of the fusion were
carried out in the election of senators,
that there were "virtually two Repub
lican senators, as Marion Butler was
one. " In truth, the boot is on the other
leg, as we say in Paris. It would be
much nearer correct to say that thero
are two Populist senators, for, though
Mr. Pritchard is ranked as a Republic
an, he is certainly the mildest one on
finance that I have run against since
greenback days out west.
An Independent Protectionist.
Hon. Richmond Pearson of the Ninth
North Carolina district ran as an "In
dependent Protectionist, " and so records
himself in the directory, but aside from
tariff tenets I doubt if he could be
classed. Still more paradoxical is the
position of Hon. Romulus V. Linney,
who was elected as a Republican, and
so classes himself, but has already in
troduced a bill for coining all the silver
bullion produced in the United States
and expects to make tbe fight of his con
gressional life on that line. He also
wants all the silver bullion now owned
by the government coined into dollars
at the old ratio, and all the national
debts paid half in these dollars and half
in gold. He is a very ruddy and stocky
gentleman of 54 and looks exactly like
a successful farmer, but is a lawyer.
He is also a very pleasant talker, and
his war reminiscences would make a
very readable article. "I joined the
Confederate army at 17, " he says, "and
got my disabling wound at Chancellors
ville. I well remember that as I lay
wounded Lieutenant Colonel Hill, Lieu
tenant Mansfield Campbell and Lieuten
ant Robert A. Bullock, all of my com
pany, lay dead just in front of me. As
to politics, I was always a Democrat
till I read Cleveland's first message and
saw that there was to be war on silver.
Then I left the party and have fought
it ever since. ' '
Now, isn't that a rather queer sort of
Republican, who left the Democratic
party because it was opposed to silver?
Hon. Harry Skinner and Hon. William
F. Stroud of the First and Fourth North
Carolina are, like Mr. Shuford, Populist
from the start, the former a lawyer, the
latter a farmer. With very rare excep
tions, members go into caucus with tbe
party by which they were elected and
support its measures, but wore it not so
I should set down the whole North Car
olina delegation in both houses as si lver
ite and Populist. Perhaps the busiest
man among the southern Republicans is
Hon. Walter Evans of the Louisville
district. Ho is a spars, wiry sort of man,
and as bis life has been put in at hard
work hits constituents and a very large
section of the south outside of his dis
trict seem to have taken it for granted
that he can stand anything. Another
bard worker apparently is Hon. George
H. Noonan of San Antonio, Tex., who
represents 37 counties of the most di
verse climate, people and productions.
He was judge of the district court for
83 years, and his Democratic friends at
tribute his election entirely to the high
character he sustained in that office and
his resulting popularity. Judge Noonan,
however, will not listen to such an ex
planation, but thinks it was all qp ac
count of tbe Wilson bill putting wool on
the free list. His big fight will be for
restoring the McKinley rates on that sta
ple. Gains For Silver.
Among the very distinguished new
men from the south is General James A.
Walker, the only Republican from Vir
ginia, and it adds not a little to his rank
that he carried hia district by some 3,000
against Cyclone Jim Marshall, who car
ried it by some 5,000 in 1802. It is
worth noting that General Walker is also
a radical silver man, and it may be said
in general that the big percentage of ex
treme silver men among the new Repub
licans is one of the surprises of this
congress. He talks it, too, with more
than the average freedom, and is very
confident that an overwhelming majori
ty of the Republicans of the south would
vote for the free coinage of silver at once
if it were put to a popular vote. The
general, as everybody knows for ho is
a man of national reputation was one
of the most brilliant soldiers in the Con
federate army, having commanded the
famous "Stonewall brigade" and Early's
division inhe latter part of the war.
I have been much interested in the
reasons given by those southern Repub
licans for their being here and for the
general political revolution of 1894,
but, after all, it seems that the enthusi
asm of the politician nearly always over
comes the judgment of the man, for
each is confident it was due entirely to
the particular feature in which he takes
most interest. Hon. J. H. Huling of
West Virginia, for instance, attributes
it altogether to the tariff and the slight
which the Democrats put on the indus
tries of his state, while the North Caro
lina men think "treason to silver" bad
a good deal to do with it. "The man
who beat Billy Wilson" is the popular
title for Hon. Alston Gordon Dayton,
who has been a great success as a law
yer, but admits to some surprise at his
sudden promotion to a congressman. Of
course he thinks the tariff did it all,
and that West Virginia is to remain Re
publican. J. H. Beadlk.
SUMMER FRUITS IN WINTER.
How Their Freshness Can Be Kept Unim
paired For Months.
Special Correspondence.
Paris, Dec. 23. Whose mouth does
not water at the thought of a dish of
strawberries for New Year's? Not the
expensive and tasteless hothouse kind,
but tbe natural berry, just as it is picked
from the fields. Again, who would not
be glad to have real muskmelons, water
melons, peaches, grapes and other fall
and summer fruits in the dead of win
ter? These questions of course answer
themselves.
Most persons, however, will be in
clined to look at this style of turning
winter into summer as something likely
to happen when the moon turns to green
cheese, and not before. Yet one of tbe
noteworthy achievements of this won
derful age of exploration of the secrets
of nature seems to be the discovery of a
cheap and effective process whereby
fresh fruit can be kept just as it was
originally picked for a term of several
months. This good news has just been
made pnblio in this country, where sci
entific horticulture has reached a high
degree of proficiency. The joyous tidings
will be welcome to the multitude of
fruit growers throughout the United
States and the still larger multitude of
private consumers. Tho fruit growers
can get materially better prices for their
enormous crop, and the private consum
ers can enjoy table luxuries, oftentimes
of great value for the preservation of
health, such as are now denied them.
The process by which these beneficial
results are to be achieved is a simple
one. It was first put in practice by A.
Petit, chief of the laboratory of horti
cultural research at the National Horti
cultural school of Versailles. He observ
ed that pears and apples kept for several
months, even when rotting had begun,
in an atmosphere saturated with vapors
of alcohol and water, without showing
the slightest sign of mold. Convinced
that he was on the track of important
results, he embarked on a course of sys
tematic experiment, choosing grapes as
the fruit to be treated because of their
great tenderness and liability to decay.
Bunches of grapes cut fresh from the
vines Were placed upon beds of wood
shavings in a receptacle that was for all
practical purposes a cemented brick box
closed as nearly hermetically as possible
by a common wooden door. A partly
open bottle containing 61 cubic inches
of alcohol was also placed in the brick
box. To make the experiment complete
equal quantities of grapes were placed
in two similar brick boxes without any
alcohol, the wooden cover of one being
kept open and that of the other kept
closed. The boxes were all located in a
cool place.
The result of the experiment showed
that at the end of nearly two months
the grapes subjected to the alcoholic vap
orization remained full, firm and of un
impaired flavor. Seventeen cubic inches
of alcohol more than one-fourth of its
entire contents remained in the bottle.
On the other hand, the grapes in the
brick boxes which were destitute of al
cohol became hopelessly moldy and rot
ten in less than three weeks.
E. W. Potter.
Y Beats Nellie BIT'S Record.
A post card message has traveled
around the world in 70 days the quick
est tipe on record. v - y -v-
The Horse and the Ass.
A horse, proud of his fine trappings,
met an ass on the highway. The ass,
being heavily laden with a cane and a
large chrysanthemum, moved slowly out
of the way. "Hardly, " said the horse,
"can I resist kicking you with my
heels." The ass grew real angry and
dashed his cigarette at the horse, say
ing: "You howwid cweatuh, if yon
dare to kick me I shawn't evah go to
anothah of youah beastly old shows in
the gahden, so thaiah I"
Moral. The horse should have kicked
him instead of talking through his
hames. Truth.
Nowadays.
"My dear Susan, I wish you would
keep your trousers on your own side of
the closet. " Life.
Inexcusable.
"I never felt so provoked in my life,"
said the girl in blue when telling of her
experience the next day.
"What was the matter?" asked the
girl in gray. "Your new gown was all
right, wasn't it?"
"Oh, yes."
"And your new hat is certainly &
beauty. "
"I realize it. "
"Then what was the matter?"
"Why, I wore them both for the first
time last night, and George hurried me
so that we reached the theater before
the curtain had gone up for the first
act. " Chicago Post.
Critical.
It was a new map of South America
done in colors that caught the passing
glance of the artistio girl.
"That's a good thing," said the
young man who is interested in current
events.
"Yes," she replied, "that one is very
nice. But I do think some of these post
ers they are getting out are perfectly
horrid. " Washington Star.
Ho Aim but to Please.
"You can let them out and make them
a little larger, can't you?" asked the
young woman, turning herself aronnd
in front of the mirror and ascertaining
the effect from all possible points of
view.
"Yes'in," replied the dressmaker.
"Just as sleeves do it as not. "Chicago
Tribune.
Explained.
Dealer In Antiques Here are two
very rare revolvers.
Customer What is their history?
"They were carried by Columbus. "
"What! Revolvers weren't invented
in Columbus' time."
"I know. That's what makes them so
rare." Philadelphia Record.
An Objection.
"Mr. Welloph wants to take me to
the gallery to see the paintings, ma, "
said the daughter.
"To the gallery I" exclaimed Mrs.
Oddyshay. "Ef you ain't good enough
to be took on the first floor, you ain't
good enough to go at all. " Indianapo
lis Journal.
The Worst.
p Magistrate You must be subjected
to a great many temptations, you are np
before me so often.
Prisoner Dat's de fac', boss. Dis here
am de world of temptations and trials.
But de trials hit me the hardest, boss.
-Hartford Times.
Specified.
Bobby Popper, what does the paper
mean by the woman of the hour?
Mr. Ferry I guess it means the
woman who says she will be ready to
start in 15 minutes. An hour is about as
near as she comes to it usually. Cin
cinnati Enquirer.
All Bight.
Coal Dealer (anxiously) Hold on!
That load hasn't been weighed. It looks
to me rather large for a ton.
Driver 'Tain't intended for a ton.
It's two tons.
Dealer Beg pardon.' Go ahead.
London Tit-Bits.
Too Late.
"In case of war with England, colo
nel, will you enlist?"
"No," replied the colonel sadly. "I
fear my day is over. Only yesterday I
fired at a man and missed him and at
ten paces too. ' ' Atlanta Constitution.
No Comparison.
Mrs. Brecarbrick This dinner serv
ice has been in the family for more than
100 years.
Mrs. Homespun Mercy 1 Well, I
thought I was saving, but you beat me
all to nothing. Boston Transcript.
A Weight Off His Mind.
She And if I should refuse to marry
you, then what?
He Then all tbe doubt and fear that
has been in my mind for months would
be removed, and I should be happy.
Boston Courier.
Malicious.
A. Tom must have had an awful
cold when he became engaged.
B. Why?
A. Because when one has a cold one
has no taste. Fliegende Blatter.
Good Goods for the Money.
FRESH MEATS GROCERIES
:FOR
6 lbs Lima Beans 25c
7 lbs Native Lima Beans ... 25c
9 lbs Navy Beans 25c
1 lb Rice 5c
15 lbs Cracked Hominy 25c
12 lbs Oat Flake 25c
1 pkg Oat Flake 5c
1 can Peas, corn or Pumpkin 5c
4 lbs Cal. Evap. Peaches.,.. 25c
1 lb Good Raisins 5c
1 lb Baking Powder 10c
1 lb Lard Compound good, 5c
1 lb Lard Compound poor, 3c
Dry Salt Pork, per )b 5c
Breakfast Bacon, per lb 9c
Good Mince Meat, per lb 5c
Home-made Mince Meat, extra
per lb 10c
2 sacks Corn Meal 15c
All High Pat. Flour, per sack 90c
Shawnee Fancy, Hackney pat.
and similar grades, a sack.. 8 'c
Pop Corn, per lb 2c
1 25-oz can K. C. Bak, Powder, 15c
Only Grocery and Meat
Market on south sideof ttth
between tbe Avenue and
tuiney.
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THE WESTERN.
Foundry $ Machine Works,
ESTABLISHED 187S. FORMERLY .
TOPEEA FOUNDRY AND MACHINE W01EB,
ESTABLISHED 1868.
Tik only place in the city whore you can get a complete powci
plant from a steam engine to a set collar from stock.
Get Prices Before Purchasing Elsewhere.
TOPEKA, KANSAS.
EL 0, DE MOSS.
ODD FELLOWS BUILDING,
We buy our goods from the best factories
on earth.
UNDERTAKERS.
Our prices are 25 per cent lower than any
combine or anti-combine.
Hrrii 'Phone 7. Bell 'Phon. 103.
E MOSS Sc PENWELL.
V II. K.BROOKS.
(Established 187S.)
Capital Iron Works
(Two blcc.ts south of Santa Fe depot on Seventh st)
Builders' Iron work of all rlr-rrirri-n-
Machinists, Iron and Brass Pounders.
Engines and machinery repaired. Pattern work and difficult repairs a specially.
ihaftfn. mi t-vs. nanirers ana urass uiuuiiN in uu nscrj 1:10ns in siock.
gas or electric powers furnished. MUlwrighting and gas engine repairs
ctaity.
"HE THAT WORKS E A S IX. Y, WORKS
SUCCESSFULLY." CLEAN HOUSE WI"fr
SAPOLIO
SUCCESS OF 1BKIGATION.
Splendid Showing iu Jfebrasfca Under
the Recent Water-Rights Law-
Lincoln, Neb. Jan. 8. The records of
the office of the secretary of the state
board of irrigation show that the claims
for water rights are coming in at a rate
which had not been anticipated by the
most ardent enthusiast among irrigation
ists It i8 shown that there have been
claims filed covering 2,600,000 acres of
land, and it is expected that this will be
increased bv May 1, the end of the first
yen o the board's; work under the new
law, to fully 3,uOU,oGU. If a mall frac
tion'of this amount of land is actually
watered during the coming season there
will be a splendid showing made for irri
gation in Nebraska.
Mineral Water.
The finest is the west. Come and try it
J. W. Phillips, 612 W. Eighth ave.
1896i
1 lb can Manhattan Bak Powd 15c
1 lb can Columbus Bak. Powd, 1 0c
'b can Columbus Bak. Powd 6c
Evaporated (Uetland) Cream,
20c can 10c
1 lb pkg Silver Shield pow
dered Starch, good 6c
2 pkgs 9 o'clock Washing Tea 5c
Good Teas from 25c per lb up.
A good roasted Rio Coffee, best
in the city at the price, per
lb 20c
1 lb beat Rio. 25c
Call in and see our line of high
grade coffee.
1 lb ouog HyBon Tea 25c
1 lb Sun Cured Jap 25c
1 lb Gun Powder. 20c
And good Teas for 25c up.
1 gal pure N. O. Molasses.... 50c
We call special attention to our
line of Syrups and our country
Sorghums as cheap aa anyone can
sell the same quality of goods.
R. I. JONES.
OSS! Them People
Won't Take This
oap They Want
CLAIREH
SOAF'
Everybody wants Clairette
Soap who knows the good
ness of it. Try it once and
you will refuse all other
kinds, too. Sold everywhere.
Made only by
THE N. K. FA'RBANK COMPANY,
ST. LOUIS.
L. M. FENWELL.
523 QUINCY STREET.
O. W. BROOKS.
Steam.
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II EN 11 Y ntVING'S SUCCESS.
Fortnight's Philadelphia Engage
ment Yields Enormous Profits.
Philadelphia, Jan, 8. Sir Henry
Irving closed last night at the Chestnut
street opera house, the most successful
fortnight's engagement he has ererV
played in this city, and it is probable
that the success has never been exceeded
in this country. The receipt! tor eight
performances last week were nearly
$S5,000. Yesterday's matinee, when
"King Arthur" was the attraction, yield
$5,200. It was necessary to lock the
doors before the performance began,
and at least 1.U00 people were turned
away. During the two weeks of hia en
gagement, Sir Henry has been the recip
ient of much social attention, several1
dinners and receptions having been giv-
j in his honor.
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