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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 19, 1900.
V7ARREN M.GR0S3YG.C?
v3a 613-615 HANS. AVE.
OUR TENTH YEARLY SALE
OF HOUSEHOLD LINE?
THIS WEEK.
'arlor Organs
Our Special Sale of Second
hand Organs reduced the
stock one-half, and we now
have left the following bar
gains, to be sold at bargain
prices:
1 Slioninger Organ,
Walnut PI4
Case,
1 Mason & Hamlin Organ,
1 George Woods Organ.
1 Wilcox & White Organ,
" $16
$20
$20
Large Stock of New Organs at
Prices of $38 to $85.
E. B. GUILD MUSIC CO.
JEW CI?AWFOIU)opheoruA3e.
1 WEDNESDAY EVENING.
" The Laughiest Yet,"
THE GIRL
FROM CHILI
A Bright. Merry, Musical Farce Comedy
-Sons, Dances, Specialties, Pretty Girls
find Music Galore Everything New and
Up-to-date. 9
Prices : 25c, 35c, 60c, 75c.
Thursday, Feb. 22d.
TSS EVENT OP A LIFETIME.
CITE CLCHIOTJS NIGHT.
Kea&lclE's Stupendous Spectacular
tck Crook Jr.
35 Prominent Artists, including Miss
Maud Shepard, formerly of Topeka.
Prices 25c, 35c, 50c, 75c.
H. C. BOWMAN,
Fire and Tornado Insurance,
Room 38, Columbian Building,
TOPEKA, KANSAS.
NORTH TOPEKA.
Items intended for this column should
be left with the Kimball Printing com
pany, 835 Kansas avenue.
Miss Bertha Adams of Jackson street,
went to Tonganoxie today to visit rel
atives. Miss Hattie Holman will leave tomor
row for Ottawa where she will be the
guest of friends.
See our South Window for Ladies'
Fancy Skirts, worth $l.0O.Sale price 48e.
COSTLEY & POST.
Mrs. Charles Lukens of Rochester is
entertaining her mother and brother.
Mrs. S. Luce and Mr. George Luce of
Roann, Ind.
The ladies of Kan. Ave. church will
give a tacky party social Feb. 20th at
Stansfield's. A prize to the takiest cou
ple. Admission 10 cents.
Mr. and Mrs. George Klussman of 319
West Gordon street left yesterday for
Los Angeles, Cal., where they will be
the guests for the next 30 days of Airs.
Klussman's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
Stoker.
A meeting on the line of the full gos
pel will be held at Mrs. Stanton's. 1305
North. Monroe street every Thursday
from 3 p. m until 4:30 prompt. Mrs.Mor
rison will lead. Believers and inquirers
welcome.
The meeting of the Young Ladies'
Foreign Missionary society of the Kan
ea3 Avenue M. E. church which was to
have been held at the home of the
Misses Holman this evening has been
postponed one week.
Mrs. George Harris and children have
returned from Little Hock, Ark., where
they went about a year ago. Mr. Har
ris will return later. The family form
erly lived in Northern Shawnee but left
here last spring to make their home in
the south but the climate there did not
agree with them.
BLAME CHIEF ARTHUR.
Dissolution of Railway Employes Fed
eration Laid at His Door.
St. Louis, Mo.. Feb.. 19. The next ls
Bue of the Railway Telegrapher will
contain the announcement of the disso
lution of the Railway Employes' fed
eration, composed of the Order of Rail
way Conductors, Brotherhood of Rail
road Trainmen, Brotherhood of Loco
motive Firemen, and Order of Railway
Telegraphers, with a membership of
100,000 men, and embracing the United
States and Canada.
The reason assigned will be the im
possibility to secure the fuil co-operation
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers, which order, through Chief
Arthur, Is said to have held out against
all overtures in that direction, thus
rendering futile every attempt to make
the federation a protection to employes.
OASTORIA.
Esan th Von Have Always BcugW
fO JS- JSI T O rixA.
Bean the The Kind You Have Always Bought
ROGERS IX QUARANTINE.
County Surveyor Had Difficulty In
Getting Out of Oklahoma
Territory.
John Rogers, the rounty surveyor, Is
back at his office in the court house
once more after an absence of several
weeks. For the past two weeks his
absence has been enforced, by reason
of the smallpox quarantine which the
Kansas state board of health 13 en
forcing against certain towns in the In
dian Territory.
Mr. Rogers went down to the Creek
and Choctaw countries during the early
part of January to do some surveying.
While he was at work near Muscogee
the smallpox broke out and Kansas
quarantined against Muscogee. But
that was not all. The disease broke
out in Mr. Roger's party, and the tovn
of Muskogee quarantined against the
surveyors' camp. Mr. Rogers could
have completed his work by February 1
and come home had It not been for this
quarantine. The Muscogee quarantine
was raised on February 15 so that he
could get into town, but he could buy
no ticket to Kansas points. But Mis
souri had not quarantined against Mus
cogee, so Mr. Rogers bought a ticket
through to Kansas City and got home
in that way.
"The disease is not as bad down there
as it is here," said Mr. Rogers, "but
they are more strict about it. Nobody
tries to run by those Indian police, be
cause they would shoot in a minute.
The reason such a fuss was made about
the disease down there is because the
officials were trying to get a $50,000 ap
propriation from congress to tight it
with.
"I had eleven men in my party and
five of them had the disease, but none
of them lost any time. One man got
vaccinated and he was pretty sick from
the effects of his vaccination, and af
ter that the men were more afraid of
the remedy than they were of the dis
ease. The weather was quite warm,
and I think that was one reason the
disease was so mild. The Indians are
not having the disease, but it is con
fined largely to the colored people. I
think it was brought into our camp by
our cook."
JOKES OF THE DAY.
"Great idea, that of Mike's," said the
enthusiastic heeler of the better sort.
"He isn't satisfied with shaking hands
with his constituents In the ordinary
way. When he meets one of 'em be
grabs both his hands."
"Ain't that rather overdoing it?" said
the cautious person.
"It might look that way to you, but
Mike knows his business. As long as
he holds the fellow's hands his watch
is safe." Indianapolis Journal.
"I have called to notify you that you
must report any contagious diseases at
once," said the sanitary policeman.
"But," said the Christian Scientist,
"all contagious diseases are imaginary."
"Never mind," replied the officer;
"you just imagine that you report 'em,
and, if you'll take my advice, you'll
see that the imagination is vivid, very
vivid." Cleveland Leader.
Said the teacher to the grammar class
To which our boys belong:
"The horse and cow is in the field,
Now, what in that is wrong?"
"The cow and horse is in the field,"
Spake. one, in manners versed;
"Because, you know, 'tis more polite
To mention ladies first."
Life.
"You charge me $2 for a supper con
sisting only of 'possum?" said the guest
at the backwoods hotel.
"Well." replied the landlord, "as fur
as market prices go, it ain't wuth it,
but that wuz a mighty fat 'possum,
stranger, an' he w uz so blamed hard to
ketch!" Atlanta Constitution.
Mrs... Readam Oom Paul is a man
of high principles, anyway. I see that
he got up and left the theater in Paris
when the ballet came on.
Mr. Readem Bet he went out to find
where the stage door was located. Bal
timore American.
Country doctor (catechisingly) Now,
little boy, what must we all do in or
der to enter heaven?
Boy Die.
Country doctor Quite right; but
what must we all do before we die?
Boy Get sick and send for you!
Judge.
Captain of football team That man
Subbs is the best tackier on the team.
We discovered him in Lonesomehurst
only a week ago.
Friend (astoumled) Why, how did he
get his training?
Captain Catching trains TheFresb
man. Mrs. Dolan (as her husband returns
at an unusual hour) An' yez bees on
anither stroike, eh? Phat's th' cause
this toime?
Mr. Dolan (grimly) Oh! Oi guess th'
walkin' dilegate's behoind in his rict
agin. Puck.
"Pen'orth o' Dutch cheese, and please
will you lend me a 'atchet?"
"What do you want the hatchet for?"
"To 'ack at the cheese and show me
bloomin' contempt for the boers." Ally
Sloper.
"Pauline, what made you cut young
Noodleton Just now?"
"Oh, his face looked so vacuous; I
thought I'd give him something to
think about." Detroit Free Press.
"It must be awful to be crippled."
"No doubt. Still I have thought of
lots of mean things I wouldn't be afraid
to say if I were only crippled" Indian
apolis Journal.
Nell Has Maude told you about her
family tree?
Belle Yes, till it's a chestnut. Phil
adelphia Record.
Husband It costs us more to live
than it does Stox, the millionaire.
Wife Oh, well, he can afford to be
economical. San Francisco Examiner.
Currency Conferees Meet.
Washington, Feb. 19. The conferees
on the financial bill met again today
and made some progress. Assistant
Treasurer Jordan, of New York, was
with the conferees some time, giving
nis views upon the administrative iea
tures of the bill.
Diphtheria relieved in twenty min
utes. Almost miraculous. Dr. Thomas'
Eclectiic Oil. At any drug store.
BIG MASONS HERE.
Grand Council Royal and Select Mas
ters In Session.
The Grand Council R. & S. M. con
vened the 32nd annual assembly this
morning at nine o'clock in Masonic hall.
Owing to the death of Charles M.
Jones, deputy grand master, Ed W.
Wellington, grand principal conductor
of the work, is the next in line for pro
motion to rill the chair as grand mas
ter. The followingg are the officers
whose terms expire and who are in line
for promotion, Grand Master Jennings
becoming past grand master:
M. 111., Thorp B. Jennnings, grand
master.
111., Edward W. Wellington, grand
principal conductor of the work.
Peter J. Freling, grand treasurer.
WTilliam M. Shaver, grand recorder.
Samuel E. Busser, grand chaplain.
Thomas G. Fitch, grand captain of
the guard.
W. C. F. Reiehenbach, grand con-
auctor or the council.
Alex. M. Switzer, grand marshal.
John C. Postlethwaite, grand cus
todian of the work. ,
William H. Voeth, grand steward
Spencer P. Wade, grand sentinel.
The following are the chairmen of
the standing committee:
On credentials, Albert Sarbach, Hol
ton. On doings of grand officers, Charles
J. Webb, Topeka.
On new councils, Frank E. Davis,
Atchison.
On chartered councils, Harry F.
White, Topeka.
On jurisprudence, John C. Postleth
waite, Jewell City.
On appeals and grievances, William
D. Thompson, Minnneapolis.
On finance and accounts, Bestor G.
Brown, Topeka.
On correspondence, William M.
Shaver, Topeka.
The Grand Chapter R. A. M. will
hold the 3oth annual convocation in
Masonic hall this afternoon and Tues
day. The following are the present
officers:
M. E., Alex. A. Sharp, grand toigb
high priest, Lamed.
R. E., Joseph W. Smith, deputy grand
high priest, Minnneapolis.
R. E., Charles J. Webb, grand king,
Topeka.
R. E., Henry C. Loomis, grand scribe,
Winfield.
R. E., Peter J. Freling, grand treas
urer, Leavenworth.
E., E. W. Wellington, grand captain
of the host, Ellsworth.
E., Frank E. Davis, grand royal arch
captain, Atchison.
E., Andrew J. Bixler, grand chaplain,
Great Bend.
EM P. M. Hoisington, grand marshal,
Newton.
E., William M. ShaVer, grand lecturer,
Topeka.
E., Delos ,W. Acker, grand sentinel,
Seneca.
The following are the chairmen of the
standing committees:
On credentials, Thomas G. Fitch,
Wichita.
On reports of grand officers, A. A.
Carnahan, Concordia,
On jurisprudence, John C. Postleth
waite, Jewell City.
On appeals and grievances, Edward
W. Waynant, Leavenworth.
On chartered chapters, James S. May,
Hutchinson.
On chapters H. D., H. L. Millard,
Sterling.
On finance and accounts, John C.
Fry, Lamed. '
On ritual (special), Bestor G. Brown,
Topeka.
W. M. Shaver was apppointed grand
secretary of the Grand Chapter in the
place of the late Jacob DeWitt and will
probably be elected to fill the unexpired
term. C. H. Briggs, grand master of
Missouri, and other grand officers of
that state, will be guests of the grand
lodge here. The 44th annual communica
tion of the grand lodge will convene in
Representative hall at nine o'clock
Wednesday morning. Deputy Grand
Master Charles J. Webb, of Topeka, is
in line to be elected grand master.
On Monday evening Zabud Council
No. 4, R. & S. M., of Topeka under in
vitation of the grand master, will hold
a special assembly in Masonic Temple,
to confer the degrees of Royal, Select
and Super Excellent Masters, in ac
cordance with traditions and its estab
lished reputation.
On Tuesday evening the Order of
High Priesthood will be conferred upon
all companions who have been elected
and installed as high priests.
On Tuesday evening Orient lodge No.
51. at the request of the grand master,
will confer the third degree in Masonic
hall. The work will be done in tradi
tional costume.
On Wednesday evening, February 21,
the Custodians will exemplify the work
of one or more degrees.
M'KIBBEN HAS THE KET.
Says There "Will Be No More Trouble
at Ft. Bliss.
Washington, Feb. 19. General Mc-
Kibben, commanding the department of
Texas, has forwarded to the adjutant
general of the army a copy of the fol
lowing telegram received from Capt.
Loughborough, commanding the troops
at Fort Bliss, Tex., in regard to the
trouble with the local authorities at
El Paso on the 16th instant.
"Through negligence or connivance of
non-commissioned officers in charge of
the barracks arm racks were opened
last night and a number of rifles taken
out. One soldier was killed and I learn
one guard at city jail, where two sol
diers were held for drunk and disor
derly. Arm racks are now locked, and
keys in my possession. All ammuni
tion has been place dunder lock and
key. Have not permitted any one to
leave garrison. Am co-operating with
civil authorities and will do everything
in my power to bring the guilty par
ties to justice."
Gen. McKibben adds that he has or
dered an additional officer to Fort Bliss
and that he will make a thorough in
vestigation. He says no further trouble
is apprehended.
FEARS FOR ORANGE CROP.
Unusual Cold Weather Has Prevailed
in Florida.
Jacksonville, Fla.. Feb. 19. Fruit men
are apprehensive that Saturday and
Sunday's cold weather has hurt orange
and other fruit trees. At Hilton, Fla.,
on Saturday there was a fall of snow
with the thermometer at 25.
Saturday morning in Jacksonville the
thermometer was 16 above.thousands of
fires were kept burning Saturday night
all day Sunday and last night in groves
all over Florida in efforts to save trees.
The effect of the cold cannot be ascer
tained till spring.
Subway Company Incorporated.
Albany, N. Y., Feb. 19. A certificate
of incorpation of the Rapid Transit
Subway Construction company of New
York city was filed today. The com
pany is organized with a capital stock
of $6,000,000. The certificate states that
August Belmont, Charles T. Barney,
John B. McDonald, Walter G. Oakman
and Wm. A. Reed each own 100 shares
of the capital stock. Their holdings are
the only ones specified. This is the cor
poration organized to carry out the
contract awarded to John B. McDonald
for the construction of the Rapid
Transit railway la New York city.
BAN CULP'S PRAIRIE DOGS.
Texas (Cor.) New York Sun.
Daniel Culp, our well known citizen,
was seen two weeks ago trundling a
wheelbarrow on which rested a keg
and a shovel. Mr. Culp is not often seen
at manual labor and Old Man Clifford,
standing in the door of the Clifford
House, watched Dan curiously.
"What in thunder are you up to now,
Dan?" he yelled at last, curiosity over
coining constitutional inertia. Mr. Culp
paused and then wheeled his keg very
close to the door of the Clifford House
before saying impressively:
"Clifford, I calculate I've got about
the greatest scheme that even Texas
ever produced. Gold mining and cattle
punching is mere grovelling toil side it.
You're a tolerable square man, Clifford,
and I reckon I'll confide some in you.
The new telegraph operator, who's no
fool, if he is from back east, has up and
offered me a dollar apiece if I ketch him
a couple of prairie dogs;says there ain't
a blamed prairie dog m all New York
state, and they want 'em bad. Now. I
figger it this way: if prairie dogs is
worth a dollar apiece to a man what
makes no bigger time than that opera
tor, why ain't it worth just as much
and more, mebbe, to the whole bunch
of gold bugs back east? From what I
read in that St. Louey paper that Doc
takes, what one of them gold bugs gits,
the rest has to go and have, too. Sup
pose I gits a feller like this here Mark
Hanna to buy a prairie dog, I start a
fashion that all the prairie dogs in Tex
as ain't going to supply, though Texas
is all crowded up with prairie dogs. It
ought to be just as easy as drinking
licker for me to sell a 100.000 of dogs,
and then I'll be decent about it and
turn the business over to some one else
who needs money bad."
"I likes your enthusiasm, Dan," said
Old Man Clifford, "and your figures is
certainly alluring.but how do you ketch
them dogs, being that they are un
common shy and spry?"
"That's the thing I don't tell just
yet," said Mr. Culp, his eye kindling. "I
swear, Clifford, it ain't often that you
find an inventor with business ability."
"That's so," admitted Old Man Clif
ford, as he went into the bar to sell the
Galvestor drummer a cigar. People here
in Hartley have ceased to get excited
over Daniel Culp's schemes for getting
rich in a jump, and have come to place
their bets on Mrs. Culp, who takes in
washing while Dan invents bottles that
not only cannot be lefllled but that
cannot be filled in the first place.
The prairie dog vllage- was a couple
of miles from the village and Dan toil
ed hard to get his wheelbarrow there
through the sand. The little animals
chattered in alarm ana darted into their
holes when they saw "Dan approaching.
He knocked the head and bottom out of
his empty keg and placed it over one of
the holes; then he pushed his wheelbar
row to an arroyo where a dry river-bed
was filled with fine, white sand. Soon
he was plodding back with a load of
sand, which he shovelled into his bot
tomless keg, chuckling delightedly as he
watched the sand slide rapidly into the
hole of the prairie dog, dug straight in
to the ground. He believed that when
a prairie dog found himself being buried
alive he would dig, scratching the sand
behind him and so blocking his retreat.
For once Dan had scored a success. The
hole soon ceased to swallow sand, and
Dan, waiting very quietly saw a prairie
dog appear in the bottom of his cask,
to be promptly captured. Mr. Culp held
the little animal by the slack of the
neck and let out a jubilant whoop. In
tellect matched against animal cunning
had triumphed. Riches and fame were
to be the portion of Daniel Culp of
Hartley, Texas. One hundred thousand
prairie dogs at a dollar apiece!
Mr Culp drowned out prairie dogs
with sand until the sun was sinking low
and old man Clifford, coming out on the
sidewalk to ring the supper bell of the
Clifford House, was amazed to see Dan
iel Culp wheeling by a load of squeal
ing prairie dogs with iho.r little legs
tied tightly. Dan demoted the whole of
the next day to depopulating the dog
village, and his house became a big
cage. Having reached the place where
he could begin to sell a few sample gold
bug pets, Mr. Culp took his pen in hand
and set about notifying gentlemen with
names prominent in the papers of the
treat in store for them at $1 a treat.
He wrote first to Mr. Mark Hanna.
thrusting his tongus in ijia :hcek and
bearing down hard.
"Dear sir: I have cot a fine line of
peerraie dogs which i am going to sell
to yau at a low figger to introduce the
goods. The telegraf man says there
ain't no peerarie dogs much in the east
so I thot you would appreciate being
the first feller to git one. I am fixed
to ship you a nice dog for $1 and a ain't
got no foolish prejudice agin gold. This
is dirt cheap and let me no rite away.
"Your true friend,
"DAN CULP."
By the sweat of his brow he duplica
ted this letter several tirres and sent
the glad tidings to Mr. Vanderbilt, Mr.
Gould, Mr. Astor, and would have sent
it to Mr. Rockefeller, only he could not
spell his name.
Mr. Culp dreamed great, ever-expanding
dreams for five days, and then he
began to wear a puzzled look and stop
ped talking to Ed Weeks, the postmas
ter, about renting a box. Mr. Culp was
utterly at a loss to understand Mr.Han
na's silence. In the meantime his wife,
being only a woman after all, took to
sleeping at a neighbor's, prairie dogs
suggesting large rats to the feminine
mind. The dogs chattered all day and
they yelped all night, and even Dan's
nerves felt the need of a larger credit at
the Clifford House Exchange. Confine
ment did not seem to agree with the
captives, and they took to curling up
stiff to death. Still no letter came from
the goldbugs. Then the iast vestige of
Mr. Culp s wealth was fit to be buried,
and Mrs. Culp returned to scrub out the
house. After the house was again fit
for humans, Mrs. Culp turned like the
worm.
"Daniel," said she, gazing upon him
coldly, "fer 20 odd years I've washed
and let you invent, but this prairie dog
invention is the last straw. Tomorrow
morning early you gits that job wheel
ing dirt on the new railroad or I quit
you cold tomorrow night at 6 p. m.,
Denver time."
THIS YEAR'S PASSION PLAY
rFrom the London News.
The dress rehearsal of the Passion
Play at Oberammergrau is to take place
on May 20. The dates of performances are
fixed for May 24. and 27: June 4, 10, 16,
17, 24 and 29; July 1, 8, 15, 18, 22 and 29;
August 5, 8, 12, 15. 19, 25 and 2fi; and Sep
tember 2, 8. 9. 23 and PX In the event of
a greater number of visitors arriving' than
can be seated on the day of performance,
the play will be repeated in precisely the
same manner on the following1 day. The
play is to commence each day at 8 a, in.
and last until 5:30 p. m.. with an inter
val of an hour and a half for refreshment.
In order to protect the audience from the
inclemency of the weather the commun
ity of Oberammersrau has (at a cost of
10.000) had a hall built to hold four
thousand people comfortably. While the
audience is completely under shelter, the
sta-jfe and proscenium remain as before,
quite open and valley, mountains and sky
still form the bak ground to the solemn
drama, A Wohnungrs Bureau has been
formed by the Passion Play committee to
look after lodging- accommodation for vis
itors. The coc.mittee boast of the im
proved arrangements for the reception of
the public and of their new water supply.
"I had dyspepsia for years. No medicine
was eo effective as Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure, It gave immediate relief. Two bot
tles produced marvelous results." writes
I. H. Warren, Albany, Wis. It digests
what you eat and can not fail to cure. At
ail drug stores.
LIFE IN EAST LONDON.
Walter Besant in the Century!
The dominant note of East London is
that it is a hive of working bees. There
are, It is true, a few drones in it. They
are not the fat and luxurious drone of
the other London, those who live in lux
ury without labor, and are down-'.aden
with the curse of idleness. Our drones,
the East London drones, are the residum,
the lees of humanity, who can not and
will not work: they are miserable, half
starved, skulking drones. Thev beg, they
thieve, they do anything with a willing
mind so long as it is not work. They
dwell In the slums; they are, in the. Ian-,
guage of the day, the "submerged," but
all the king's horses and all the king's
men can not drag them out of the slough,
nor can any river not Abana or Pharpar.
or even the Jordan itself cleanse the Au
gean stable of their mind. The helping
hand grows tired of pulling and tugging
at them: they will not come; they sink
back into their Male-bolge: the black mud
closes over their heads. Let them be.
It is a city of working bees. As we
linger and loiter among the streets mul
titudinous, we hear, as from a hive, the
low. contented murmur of continuous and
patient work. There are two millions of
working people in this city. The children
work at school: the girls and boys, the
men and women, work in factory, in shop
and at home: in dock and in wharf and
in warehouse, all day long and ail the
year round, these millions work. Thev are
clerks, accountants, managers, foremen,
engineers, stokers, porters, stevedores,
dockers, smiths, craftsmen of oil kinds.
They are girls who make things, twirls
who sew things, girls who sell Things.
There are among them manv poor, driven,
sweated creatures, and the sweaters them
selves are poor, driven, sweated crea
tues: for sweating once begun is handed
on from one to the other as carefully and
as religiously as any holy lamp of learn
ing. They work from early morning till
welcome -everting.
How a Boer Signs His Name.
From the London Mail.
The Boer may be fairly good at hand
ling a rifle, but he is sadly deficient in
his ability to handle a pen.
When the average Boer has to at
tach his name to a document an air of
importance pervades his dwelling for
several hours. The children are con
stantly chided, the patient "vrouw" has
a preoccupied look, and the husband
himself puffs even more vigorously
than usual at his pipe.
Eventually a corner of the table is
cleared and carefully wiped. The fam
ily Bible is placed in position, and the
sheet of paper requiring the signature
placed upon it. An expectant silence
falls upon the company.
"Stilte!" cries the wife. "Stilte, kin
detjes, papa gaat sein naam tekin."
("Hush, children, father is about to sign
his name.")
The family stands round open-mouthed,
and all eyes gaze expectantly upon
the paper. With arms bared for the
fray, and with pen carefully poised, the
Boer bends to his task. The pen is
grippled firmly between his horny fing
ers. In thick, ungainly scratches, and with
slow and painful motion, the pen begins
to work, and at the end of, it may be
four minutes, the deed is accomplished.
Presidential Appointments.
Washington, Feb. 19. The president
today sent the following nominations to
the senate: John A. Mulkey, of Ala
bama, to be consul at Tuxpan, Mexico.
Navy Commander Wm. C. Gibson to
be captain; Lieut. Commander R. G.
Davenport to be commander; Medical
Inspector C. J. Wise to be medical di
rector; Surgeon E. Z. Derr to be med
ical inspector. To be second lieutenants
in the marine corps: Wm. C. Harlee,
of Florida; Richard C. Hooker, of Ne
vada: Hugh L. Matthews, of Tennessee.
Postmaster,, Indian Territory: Wm.
Noble, South McAlester.
Sugar Refineries Resume.
Philadelphia, Feb. 19. The Spreckels
sugar refinery, owned by the American
Sugar Refining company, which was
closed since last Monday started up
today on full time. One thousand men
returned to work. The McMahan re
finery, not controlled by the American
Sugar Refining company, which has
also been closed, will resume operations
next week. The shut down was occa
sioned by the regular annual stock
taking. i
1D MISCELLANEOUS ADS.
ANN OUNCEMENT&
I AM A CANDIDATE FOR COUNTY
superintendent, subject to the Repub
lican primary election, to be held on April
H, 1900. S. F. WRIGHT.
I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF A3 A
candidate for the office of county super
intendent of public instruction, subject to
the Republican primaries, Saturday, April
14. . F. E. KL'TZ.
I AM A CANDIDATE FOR COUNTY
superintendent of public instruction,
subject to the Republican primaries, to
be held April 14, 1900.
WILL VANORSDOL.
I AM A CANDIDATE FOR THE OF
fice of county attorney of Shawnee
county, subject to the Republican pri
maries, to be held April 14, 1900.
CHA8. F. SPENCER.
I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF AS A
candidate for representative for the Stth
district, comprising the Sixth ward of
Topeka, and ail the townships in the
county, exclusive of Tecumseh and Oak
land precinct. JOHN B. SIMS.
I AM A CANDIDATE FOR REPRESEN
tative in the 3bth district, comprising the
First and Second wards, Oakland and Te
cumseh townships, subject to the Repub
lican primaries to be held April 14.
H. C. SAFFORD.
M. SNATT1NGER IS A CANDIDATE
for councilman from the Third ward,
subject to the Republican city primaries,
February 24, 1500.
I AM A CANDIDATE FOR BOARD OF
education, subject to nomination at E-j-publican
primaries in the Fourth ward.
A. A. RODGERS.
JOHN C. TULLOCH IS A CANDIDATE
for councilman from the Sixth ward,
subject to the Republican city primaries,
February 24, 19o0.
C. H. SAMPSON IS A CANDIDATE FOR
councilman from the Fourth ward, sub
ject to the Republican city primaries,
February 24, 1900.
I AM A CANDIDATE FOR THE OF
flce of county attorney of Shawnee
county, subject to the Republican pri
mary, April 14th. GALEN NICHOLS.
I ANNOUNCE MYSELF AS A CANDI
date for county commissioner of the citv
district, composed of the Second. Third
and Fourth wards, subject to Republican
primaries. C. V. WOLF.
I AM A CANDIDATE FOR PROBATE
judge, subject to the Republican pri
mary election, to be held on April 14. 1H00.
W. E. FAGAN.
I AM A CANDIDATE FORTHE OF
fice of state senator, subject to the Re
publican primaries, to be held Anril 14,
1900. JNO. T. CHANET.
I ANNOUNCE MYSELF AS A CANDI
date for the office of probate judge of
Shawnee county, Kansas, subject to the
Republican primaries.
L. 3. DOLMAN.
THOMAS F. DO RAN IS A CANDIDATE
for county attorney, subject to the Ke
publicaa primaries.
I ANNOUNCE MYSELF A3 A CANDI-
date for the office of representative of
the Thirty-eighth district, comprising the
First and Second wards of Topeka. the
town of Oakland and the township of Te
cumseh, Shawnee county, Kansas, sub
ject to the Republican primaries.
ALVIN J. DODGE.
I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF AS A
candidate for county commissioner of
the city district, composed of the Second,
Third and Fourth wards, subject to Re
publican primaries. J. M. MILLER
SILAS RAIN, candidate for office of
county commissioner for the city district
(Second. Third and Fourth wards). Sub
ject to nomination by the Republican pri
mary election.
I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF A
candidate for ' the office of probate
judge of Shawnee county, Kansas, subject
to the Republican primary, when held
this spring. H. J. BEVELLE.
WANTED FEMALE HELP.
WANTED Competent girl for housework.
422 Greenwood eve., Potwin.
WANTED Ladies or gentlemen to assist
in selling the Perfected Oxvgener King.
Call at room 2, Columbian building, from
2 to 4 p. m., or write to Oxygener Co., To
peka, Kan.
WANTED A good woman, white or col
ored, for general house work in family
of three, must be good cook, not under
30 years of age. Address Box 237, giving
address and references.
WANTED MALE HELP.
WANTED Bright. strong schoolboy
coal ten minutes daily. Hyatt, 1200 Har
rison. WANTED Men to learn barber trade.
Only eight weeks required. Special of
fer now for graduates to work for us. 500
positions open; new field: can earn tuition
by bringing four students. Our catalogue
explaining special offer mailed free. Moler
college, St. Louis, Mo.
WANTED MISCELLANEOUS.
WANTED TO RENT Furnished house or
partly furnished, "by 1st March: gentle
man, wife and two grown sons; 6 or 7
rooms in good location. P. L., care Jour
nal. WANTED To lease or purchase newspa
per outfit. N. Bros., Meriden, Kan.
WANTED Oak roll top desk. Call or
address A. W. Co., 123 West Seventh St.
WANTED To buy or rent blacksmith
shop doing fair business in good rail
road town. Blacksmith, care Journal.
WANTED For cash, 100 delivery wagons,
buggies, harness. - Newell, 922 Kan. ave.
WANTED Horses to winter, best of stab
ling and care. H. W. McAfee. 616 Kan.
avenue.
FOR SALE MISCELLANEOUS;
FOR SALE OR WILL TRADE For driv
ing horse, one Ladies' high grade wheel;
almost new. 114 Madison st.
FOR SALE Almost new 2-seated Colum
bus surrey, $75. 396 Poplar St., Oakland.
FOR SALE Rubber-tired buggy, good as
new; also driving horses cheap. 732
Kansas ave.
FOR SALE One fine piano, $60. part cash,
balance time: also household furniture,
carpets, etc., at snap prices; must be sold
quick. 39G Poplar St., Oakland.
FOR SALE Telegraph instrument and
battery; cheap for cash. "G," care Jour
nal. FOR SALE G-ood 8-horse power upright
engine a.nd boiler. F. P. Rude, 2 miles
northwest of North Topeka.
foe SEjrr-Eooita
FOR RENT Two unfurnished or furnish
ed rooms; board if desired. 518 Quincy
street.
FOR RENT Furnished room, near to
hotels, restaurants and best boarding
house in. town. 119 East Eighth ave.
FOR RENT Furnished rooms, modern
conveniences. 207 East Tenth st.
FOR RENT Two partlv furnished rooms
for $5.00. Call at 109 East Twelfth rt.
FOR RENT HOUSES
FOR RENT 70S Madison St., house and
barn. F. E. Watson, Thompson block.
for rent
Two modern new houses, new just
completed: good location.
W. M. FORBES. 116 W. 6th st.
FOR RENT Six room cottage, barn, cis
tern, well. 924 North Van Buren key
at 1302 Logan street.
FOR RENT
House No. 234 Greenwood avenue. Pot
win Place.
W. M. FORBES. 116 W. 6th St.
FOR SALE REAL ESTATE.
FOR SALE That two-story, east front. 9
room house and two lots, 1205 Fillmore
st. A bargain. Also, 4 room cottage, 826
Clay St., payments. Also three acres of
land on car line. F. J. Brown, 17 Colum
bian building.
FOR SALE
3 lots with cottage house. No. 110 E. 1st
avenue, alley on two sides, a good loca
tion for coal or lumber yard, for $1,200.
W. M. FORBES, 116 W. 6th st
FOR SALE
A centrally located residence property.
Renting at $25.00. For $1J0.
W. M. FORBES. 116 W. 6th St.
FOJRJEXCHANGE
FOR TRADE 2 good piecees of property,
well located, for good nine or ten room
property, modern and located west of
Kansas ave. Address "Trade Property,"
care of Journal.
FOR EXCHANGE
One section of Nebraska school land to
exchange for Topeka city or suburban
property.
W. M. FORBES, 116 W. 6th St.
FOR SALE OR TRADE Good 7-year-old
Jack. 23 Western ave.
MISCELLANEOUS.
STALLS IN GOOD BARN FOR RENT
at 421 Quincy street..
DOCTORS, HEALERS, OSTEOPATHS
persecuted for curing. Graduates pro
tected. People's Institute, Chicago.
R-I-P-A-N-S, 10 for 5 cents at druggists.
They banish pain and prolong life. One
gives relief. No matter what's the matter
one will do you good.
JSTORAGE
TOPEKA STORAGE AND WAREHOUSE
Co. Packs and ships household goods.
Tel. 1S6. C. D. Skinner, 123 East Sixth at.
ATTORN EYS-AT-LAW.
MILTON BROWN. lawyer, Practice In all
state and federal courts. Suite 41, Craw
ford bide Topeka, Kan.
STAMPS, SEALS AND STENCILS.
TIEXcT'DARLrNGO
High Grade Rubber Stamps :prompt work,
low price. Catalogue free. Phone 292.
PAVING.
THE OFFICE of the Capital City Vitrified
Brick and Paving Co., has been removed
to 118 West Eightb street. -
Call For the Republican Primaries,
Saturday, February 24, 1000.
A Republican primary election is hereby
called to be held Saturday, February 24th,
lSfOO, from 11 o'clock a. m., until 6 o'clock
p. m., for the purpose of nominating the
following officers, viz: One councilman
from each ward, except in the Sixth
ward, in which ward there will be two
eouncllmennomlnatet,oneforthe long and
one for the short term, and one member
of the board of education from each ward,
except in the Sixth ward, in which ward
there will be two members of the board f
education nominated, one for the long and
one for the short terra, and in the Fourth
ward, in which ward there will be two
members of the board of education nom
inated, one for the long and one for the
short term: also one city central commit-teeman-ut-large
from each ward, and
one committeeman from each voting pre
cinct to be elected.
The following places are designated as
the polling places, and the supervisors are
appointed as follows, to-wit:
FIRST WARD.
First Precinct All thiit territory east of
the center of Jackson street; polling place,
1012 North Kansas avenue. Supervisor, H.
C. Bo wen.
Second Precinct All west of the center
of Jackson street: polling place. Mar
shall's shop. Supervisor. V. E. Stewart.
SECOND WARD.
First Precinct All territory west of the
Santa Fe tracks; pollini? place, . corner
Fourth and Monroe. Supervisor, Joseph
Jones.
Second Precinct All east of the Santa
Fe tracks: polling place, corner Fourtli
a nd Branner streets. Supervisor, V. li.
Fisher.
THIRD WARD.
First Precinct All territory east of
Tyler street; polling place, the old Nata
torium. Supervisor, O. K. Swayze.
Second - Precinct Ail west of Tyler
street; polling place, corner King and
Clay streets. Supersisor. W. T. McKnight.
FOURTH WARD.
First Precinct All territory east of
Tyler street: polling place, Rain's barn.
Supervisor, J. A. Van Vechten.
Second Precinct All west of Tyler
street ; polling place, No. 52S Western Ave.
Supervisor, A. A. Rogers.
FIFTH WARD.
First PrecinolAll territory west of
Kansas avenue; polling place, corner Sev
enteenth and Buchanan streets. Supervi
sor. W. S. Fulton.
Second Precinct All east of Kansas
avenue; polling place. No. 6u5' East Tenth
street. Supervisor. C D. Moss.
SIXTH WARD.
First Precinct All territory north of
Sixth street : polling place, Allen's barn.
Supervisor. L. C. Bailey.
. Second Precinct All south of Sixth
street; polling place, No. S33 Vail avenue.
Supervisor, Thomas Lloyd.
The primary election will be held under
the Crawford county ballot system. The
qualifications of voters are known Renub
licans. over twenty-one years of ago, mala
and female.
A. A. RODGERS, Chairman.
R. W. SQUIRES, Secretary.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
NOTICE To Whom It May Concern Be'
it known that my petition is on file in
the office of the probate court of Shaw
nee county, Kansas, asking for a permit
to sell intoxicating liquors at 226 Kansas
avenue, in the Second ward, in the citv
of Topeka. Kansas, and the hearing of
the same is set for Thursday, March 15,
1900, at 9:00 a. m.
CHAS. W. KOHL. .
Topeka, Kansas, February 15, 1900.
JIONEZ
MONEY per cent loans on real estate,
cash on hand. Can renew your loan on
short notice. Manspeaker & Henderson,
704 Kansas avenue, Topeka-
W ANTED Farm loans in eastern Kan
sas and western Missouri, $500 and up
wards. GEO. M. NOBLE & CO..
Crawford building, Topeka, Kan.
LOANS on pianos, typewriters, bicycles,
guns, watches, diamonds and any per
sonal property. L. Biscoe. 522 Kansas ave.
CLAIRVOYANT.
MRS. WILLETT. 120 W. 6th St., the won
derful trance medium, can be consulted
on all affairs of Hfe. She gives advice on
business changes, travels, lawsuits, in
vestments, love, marriage, divorces, ab
sent friends, wills, deeds, family or mont-y
matters, reunites the separated, causes
speedy marriages. Rea-dings 50 cents and
up. Hours 10 a. m. to 8 p. m.
LIFE INSURANCE.
LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES BOUGHT
for cash or loaned on. A. F. Sherman,
Crawford building.
EDUCATIONAL.
FRENCH AND GERMAN Taught either
in class or private, terms reasonable.
Mrs. Hannah Kihlberg, 316 Harrison st.
SPECIALISTS.
DR. C. H. GUIBOR, Diseases of the Nosa.
Throat and Lungs. I'M Kansas avenue.
OSTEOPATHIST.
STEPHEN C. WOODHULL, Osteopath
ist. Hours: 9-12; 2-4; Thurs., 9-12. 627 Ks.
Av.
NURSES.
MRS. EMILY Tt'RNER, Ladles' Certifi
cated Nurse. 102S Quincy st. N. Topeka,
HAIR GOODS.
SWITCHES, CHAINS. Face treatments.
Shampooing and hair dryed by hot air.
Mrs. Hat(ie Van Vleck, 22o East Fifth st.
FLORISTS.
MRS. J. R. HAGUE, Florist, successor to
R. J. Groves. 817 Kansas ave. Phone 602.
CUT FLOWERS and florai designs at
Hayes'. 107 West Eighth st. 'Phone 589.
JEWELERS.
JAMES B. HATDEN. Jeweler and Opti
cian. Complete stock of watches, dia
monds, silverware, etc., Eyes examined
and spectacles properly fitted.
BICYCLES.
U. 8. CYCLE CO., 118 E. Sth st. National
and Union bicycles. Sundries, repairs.
TOPEKA CYCLE CO.. 112 W. 8th St.
Bicycles and sundries: bicycles and tan
dems for rent; repairing of all kinds.
WATCHMAKER.
WATCHES cleaned, 75c; clocks, 50c; main
springs, 75e: crystals, 10c. Cash paid for
old gold or silver. All work guaranteed.
Old jewelry exchanged for new. If hard
up, see Uncle Sam, 612 Kansas avenue.
PHYSICIAN AND SURQEONS.
L. A. RYDER, M. D.
OFFICE and residence corner Gordon st.
and Central ave.. North Topeka. 'Phone
214. Uses the Brinkerhoff system of rectal
treatment, a successful and painless treat
ment for piles, fistula, fishure, ulceration,
etc
IDA C. BARNES, M. D.
Office 732 Kansas ave. Residence Thir
teenth and Clay. Office hours: 9 a. m., to
11 a m., and 3 p. m., to 5 p. m. Telephone
698 residence and 16 office.
i U. MARTIN. M. D., 404 KANSAS
avenue, over Wallace's drug store.
PhoneB: 476. residence, 635 office.
DR. EVA HARDING. Homeopathist, 629
Kansas ave. Telephone 402.
B. E. SHELDON. M. D.
Surgery and diseases of women, wita.
private hospital. Office No. 720 Kan, ave.