State Ledger

We have no trouble to get ads. No tron- ble with subscribers We have the exper- ence, and you wie money — pass the hask this way. By F. L. JELTZ. ROSTER OF YOUNG MEN'S POLITICAL CLUB Pres. Captain Reynolds, Vice Pres. Wm. Gough, Secty. A. W. Harris. J. H. North, Ass't, Sect'y. L. Lacey, Sgt. at arms. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Jno. Patteron, B. F. Adan,s. Cs. Saunders, F. L. Jeltz, John Kelly, W. M. Hall. FOR CONGRESSMAN 1ST DIST. 1900. Hon. Chas, Curtis, ANNOUNCMENTS. FOR LEGISLATURE CITY DISTRICT, I am a Candidate for member of the Leg- islature from the city District consisting of the third fourth and 5th waras. Subject to the Republican primaries April 14th 1900, A. K. Wilson. FOR REPRESENTATIVE, I thereby announce to the many readers of the STATE LEGGER that I am a candidate for the Leg slature from the 38th Dist. Subnet to the Republican Primaries April 14th 900, Alvin J. Dodge. I am a candidate for REPRESENTATIVE from the 37th District, subject to the Republican primaries, April 14th. John B. Sims. FOR COUNTY ATTORNEY. Thomas F. Doran is a candidate for the office of County Attorney. Subject to the Republican Primaries April 14th 1900, I AM A CANDIDATE FOR THE OFFICE OF County Attorney of Shawnee county , subject to the Republican primary election to be held April 14 1900. Chas. F. Speneer. FOR STATE SENATOR, I AM A CANDIDATE FOR STATE SENATOR at the coming Republican Primaries April 14th 1900. I AM A CANDIDATE FOR STATE Senator subject to Republican primaries to be held April 14, 1900, Jno, T, Chaney, FOR COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT We are authorized to announce Will Vandol candidate for the office of County Superintendent of Public Instruction subject to the Republican Primary Election held April 14th 1900. I AM A CANDIDATE FOR SUPERINTENDENT of Public Instruction, subject to the Republican primary election to be held on Saturday, April 14, 1900. S. F. Wright. FOR PROBATE JUDGE, I hereby announce my candidacy for the office of Probate Judge subject to the Republican Primaries held this spring. W. E, Fagan. H. J. Bevelle has authorized us to announce that he is a candidate for Probate Judge of Shawnee County subject to the primary election this spring. FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER, W. C. Stephenson hereby announces his candidacy for County Commissioner for the district containing he 2nd, 3rd and 4th wards subject to the Republican primaries. Stick in line and hang together There are still on earth a few colored poets. What is misery candidates? Well we'll tell you after April 14 A government is like a house when it divides against its self it cannot stand. When a man has been abused, a killed, and has been treated unfairly, then he thinks what is home without a mother-in-law(?) We do not seek to pose as a boss now nor, never, I we want is for our race to take due notice to what is right and what is wrong. In a speech before the Young Men's Club the other evening the young men was advised to stick together and if they didn't they would all be hung separately." We oppose white men who specially urge the claims for coloured suffrage, and at the same time never have shown a friendly hand towards them be'ore. The State Ledger. DO RIGHT--KNOW THAT YOU ARE RIGHT; FEAR NOMAN; BUT KENDER JUSTICE TO ALL Of course the people will not forget to vote for Col. Harrison at the coming primaries April 14th. Next week we are going to "raise Cain," and the next week it will be "Abel." Why do the Heathen rage and the people imagine vain things and now there is an uproar about the "Topeka Industrial Institute." At the regular business meeting of the Young Men's Political Club last Thursday evening Judge Jamison was made an honorary member by common consent and he will also act as legal advisor for the club during the year. Thomas Doran, Gale Nichols, and Spencer have to fight it out among themselves—there seems be a difference of opinion. Of cource the people will support Albert K. Wilson for Representative from this district for he is an old resident and is running for a first term, while his opponent, McKeever is out for third term. It takes the intelligent people all their time to attend to their own business. A waste of words to accomplish some wrong, through spite, is like a flower that has lost its sweetness on the desert air. C. V. Wolf, the man who savs his nomination is assured, will be as much wiset victim of political influence when the fight is over. It is amusing the hear of such blowhardism. The time is short for our county primaries those persons who have not made up their minds will take in consideration the time is near at hand, do not wait till the day comes and then decide. Now is the time to decide. Charley Fellows has always been regarded as a good racer but like John L. Sullivan, he will get knocked out some day, and the consolation is that day is not for hence when he will get licked so everlastingly, till like the "bark" that held a prince went down, the sweeping waves rolled on, and it was England's glorious Crown to him that sept—a son." WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH THOSE WHOM YOU CLAIM ARE RECEIVING THE GREATER PART OF THE COLORED SCHOOL (FUND) APPROPRIATION. The editors of the Industrial League Phamplet in last months series Lave stated that there will and must be some immediate modifications in the dispensing of public monies, provided for colored youth. They have investigated the matter and find that there are eight persons out of three families teaching in the colored schools which it is claimed averages ever hundred dollars per month, or many thousand dollars per annum. The object of the enlightment on this subject as we understand is simply to c envy the facts. They say they have no daughters capable of taking a position first, they have not completed their studies, secondly: that they are not immediate applicants. Hence according to these statements, parents of graduates we are informed have tried to effect an entrance to a position in the colored schools. We have talked with some of the leading teachers in the schools and they tell us those who graduate from the High School are generally submitted to an examination on all the common branches for the re- TOPEKA, KANSAS, APRIL. 5, 1900. spective grades and they invariably fail. It this be true, which we don't know, places the High School of this city in a pretty flimsy light. Now the fault is some where, for we have known a number colored applicants to fail since our residence in this city but seldom we hear of any of the opposite race applicants failing who claim to have graduated from the Topek, High School. JUDGE NO. FOR JUDGE I COURT—3rd JUDI TRICT CONTEST WILL Indictations have nated in the judicial Judge Hazen will ha We do not wish to find fault or become contentious about this aggravated subject, but it is the wish of this journal to know why this discrepancy in ability? Surely it is not a step to keep some good girl out of a job for a more favorite married or unmarried teachers? Why we mention a few things here, it is not for the purpose of endorsing any one nor aiding Mr. Stephens, Foster et al in their scathing remarks about the teachers, but we thought it advisable since the gentlemen are in the query business, we take pleasure in asking a few ourselves. BLACK CAT ON GALEN NICHOLS TRAIL. We are a superstitious race, and for that cause we notice most any non-common occurrence. On Saturday last, a bright sunny afternoon, Mr. Nichols, candidate for county attorney, was navigating on last Sixth street where he was meeting nearly every man from the country, those whom he knew and those whom he didn't. When near the Clipper Restaurant, Mr. Nichols braced himself against the walls of the building cornered by a few dozen country and city politicians when all at once a huge motley face black burley cat appeared on the scene and politely took a glance at the would-be politician and the fellows who have "fluence," all at once as quick as a flash he darted under Mr. Nichols or rather between his long legs, and then looked all around, and calmly dropped into a doze. Of course the assistant county attorney talked on not noticing his visitor, though many bystanders not actually engaged, noticed and whispered, "say Nick, thats bad luck," Mr. Nichols never looked, he talked on; and the writer liked to burst into a loud voice, but for fear of being arrested for disturbing the peace we kept still, It would not have seemed so funny, but this old cat seemed to be a most ugly varmint, his head appeared as though he had been baptised by the introduction of a well directed kettle of hot water poured on his fore-top or cranium and as the boys all nodded, winked, laughed and walked away, the old black cat still stuck. And the only moral that can be drawn for the benefit of our readers is: "do not let a black cat cross your path as it is generally a bad omen." Yet we do not remember whether the cat crossed Mr. Nichols or he crossed the cat. But we'll be hanged if we would let a black cat hang around ourselves were we a candidate for an office. If anyone doubts this statement, on the first fine sunny day, just walk leisurely along east 6tn street, and we think you will be able to locate that motley face black cat that hung around Galen Nichols last Saturday, although we do not think he noticed "his visitor. The neatly appointed residence of Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Maux of this city, located on Madison st. near 5th, is a nodel edifice and speaks in very praise worthy terms for the colored race. It is only a question of not how much, but how well, JUDGE NO. MARTIN FOR JUDGE DISTRICT COURT—3rd JUDICIAL DIS TRICT. CONTEST WILL BE HOT Indictations have at last culminated in the judicial fight. Hence Judge Hazen will have to fight in politics this fall to retain his position as judge of the Shawnee county District Court. While it is a little early to save anything about Judge Martin's strength, we will assure our readers that he is going to be a formidable candidate for juigue. Judge Martin has been interviewed by all classes of newspaper men on the judicial subject, and he has said all along that it is not and it will not be a question of politics with him, for the fight will be strictly nonpartisan. He will not be a member of any party in this fight. He will make the race as an independent candidate, and we know the character of many of the successful Independent candidates, for that means without fear or favor, color or sex-justice to all. It any one can show why these kind of judges are not needed everywhere in Kansas as well. Then its up to the opposition to show We have heard old settlers express themselves, their candid opinion pertaining to the ability of Judge Martin. When he was on the bench they all say he is there with no feeling at all Its a question of right and wrong, its a question of guilt or innocence, for every man looks alike to John Martin. We have been noticing lately a budget of exchanges from neighboring cities and towns commenting on him and particular stating that he is a just judge, that no clever hearted man ever graced in judicial ermine than Martin. He carries no prejudice with him into the chair where justice is to eminate from, and where clemency is to take a hand in the good traits of a beggar who stole because he was hungry, fair minded and honest John Martin can always find a warm place we assure you in the newspapers of this city and county should he continue in the race. We are for justice. There is a sign in Lawrence on one of the streets that reads without the man's name properly spelled and punctated. Surely some painter must have had on a jag of "old rye and barley corn." Mr, L. King, a widower of considerable real estate has been a resident of Lawrence for over a quarter of a century. He lost his wife a few years ago, while he is quite aged he is improving his property, and in connection with his already buildings he is erecting two business houses at 329 Vermont St. Capt. Adna Clark, of the famous fighting 20th Kansas U. S. V., is now Assistani clerk of the District court Douglas county. He was appointed by Mr. Chas. Tuckier, the dhiefstain of that office, and as Mr. Tuckers time expires thus fall, Capt. Clark has thus far announced that he will make the race for clerk of the court. He will be opposed by Capt S. A: Harvey, a member of our race, who was the former District clerk several years ago, and who at the President and Governor's call of our state, commanded a company and sailed for Cuba. He was in that county 9 months. He gained respect everywhere. Col. Harrison, who asks the nomination of State Senator, was a Union Veteran, many of them will vote for him. He was exmayor of this city and we defy any statement of dissatisfaction. He is not a man who always wants a political office. he is not against the interest of the laboring people, he stands up for squareness. At the polls on April 14th will you nominate him? Cowardice is one of the worst things we have to deal with among colored people. This way of selling out to merely reach the point is of little force the people are always on to such stuff and will support nothing but a pure and undivided principle. Since the organization of colorful clubs few are able to state correctly their political faith. Hence a great change has taken place. Charley Fellows, well you all know him. One paper says he has employed thousands of laborers—well you all know him, who would believe that he is not a candidate of the Leland gang. Is he? Find out please. The colored people should vote for a man who will accept the endorsements of a Negro for a political office which he is able to fill "Our flag is still there." is the title of a patriotic song. But too stick shows that we are still here Neither dead while many has dammed us, yet through all those sleepless nights, the editor loses none. This shows on its face that we must have a few friendly advisors There are some good colored people in the ranks of the colored population. But there are a string of deceitful ones, who, like a cow that has given a bucket of milk and kicks it over. So you see that many good colored people are to be blamed for what the cheap class of them do. Whose interest is Councilman Morgan running in(?) What does he hope for(?) We ask that you read up on the issues, and always call for your papers as well as letters when at the Post-office. If some teachers would remain at their jobs and not attend to politics when they were not infringing upon the rights of their pupils there would be less discussion(?) There is a growing feeling it seems in the campaign for different candidates for county offices yet there will be nothing definite until a few more meetings are held. We have received a fine supply of new type from Kansas City, and that is an indication of prosperity. We are sure an omen of good times is not far hence. J. W. Mergan whose candidacy meets with little or no approval for Probate Judge. Why will he not get out of the way and leave the race to some one who may be elected(?) We are laying down boys, the gig is about up-that shows that we are men. There will be a grand entertainment at St. John's A. M, E-Church, April 11-12 13th, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights. Admission 10c for all this is for the benefit of the church, and somethng grand and new, it will not pay to miss it. Mrs. Jarley will display her beautifu: "wax work" on the 12-13th We guarantee the people who advertise,quick returns most reliable newspaper a mong all classes. VOL. 8, NO 29. We have never lost any support on account of what some say of us, Do not be discouraged for the Republican party is your friend. Not withstanding what is said. Since our experience has taugh us that the less said is the easily mended, but we have said many things that may never be mended. The faces in the case are thus; we must either sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, go down or up—we are there with the big mit. Notwithstanding the whims and notions of some candidates for office they have become convinced that we are a little disfigured but still in the ring and above all, here to stay. The importance of a man's record is always up to date when he is a candidate for office. Some men who aspire fot office in the meantime get uneasy and know they will be defeated and hence they talk doubtful. There is a certain man telling that all the colored people are in favor of him except the editor of this paper. Of corrse any fool can see that we must be it from the simple fact that we have several thousand readers. The "Smokey Row" individ uals will find no space in the newspapers for notoriety this is election time. To tell it about town that this and that paper has no influence that man had better not been born for the good they now are doing. There is a certain official trying to predominate the politics in this county. He is greatly in favor of Charley Fellows for County Commissioner. To show him we are dead on, will he tell us a secret about the withdrawel of a certain man? Col. H. J Bevelle whose name is well known as a candidate for Probate Judge is still making votes for that office. There is no man who has a better record seeking this office and, the voters of Shawnee County may rest assured that they will recieve a fair recognition at his hands. If nominated and elected Probate Judge of this county. PROBATE JUDGE There is a growing interest in the Candidacy of Mr. Fagan for Probate Judge he has always been a true and tried friend to our people and is not out of place to insist that he be revaired on April 14th. It will be remembered that Mr. Fagan has never held any office in this County during his residence here and for that reason the voters of the various wards will not hesitate to get cut, and ralley to his support. JACKSON COUNTY COUNTY ANNOUNCEMTS I am a candidate for Clerk of the District Court of Jackson County, subject to the decision of the Repblican Convention, Arthur Woolverton A. T. WAGGONER. DRUGGIST. Rubber Corks Especially. YOUR TRAFE SOLICITFD. THE STATE LEDGER. KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST. Alton has a new creamery just completed and at work. Burning of brick begins at the penitentiary at Lansing on April 1. No new cases of smallpox have been reported to the state board of health for two or three weeks. Several hundred men will be put to work on April 1, on improvements of Santa Fe tracks and bridges. A private subscription is being raised in Lawrence to buy the old Dutch windmill and preserve it as a relic. Clarence Rarik, of Osborne county, has passed the required examinations and will enter West Point in June. J. J. Flinn, of Osage county, shipped a lot of cattle that averaged 1.554 pounds. One of them brought $107.06. On Bachelor Creek in Greenwood county crows are so numerous that they attack fat hogs and dig holes in their flesh. According to the report of the state University Geological Survey, the river at Blue Rapids, at low water, is good for 1,500 horse power. Frank Garmont, a wealthy farmer near Media, killed his wife with a neck voke. He owns several farms in Osage and Douglas counties. Ten orators were selected from among the pupils of the Wichita high school for commencement exercises and seven of the ten are girls. Frank Barnes, Rome Conley and A. L. Kuntz, three Hutchinson boys, are held for trial for burglary. They are all under 15 years of age. The six-year-old son of H. Miller, of Caldwell, was flying a kite and fell into a well forty feet deep. He was rescued with only a broken leg. Barton county raises two or three million bushels of wheat every year. Ellinwood, one of the wheat centers of the county, wants to have a m in operation. More young men and women will be sent from the schools to seminaries and colleges from Kansas this year than in any previous year in the history of the state. Lieut. Commander C. E. Vreelands, who was executive officer of Admiral Dewey's flagship, is visiting his mother in Burlingame. He has served thirty years in the navy. It is said that General Fred Funston will ask for his discharge, because he is tired of doing purely administrative work, and now that fighting is over he wants to come home. Officials of the Missouri Pacific have examined the terminal properties of the Hutchinson and Southern at Hutchinson and it is intimated that they closed a purchase of them. Prairie dogs have increased to such an extent in the upper valley of the Solomon as to injure the range and damage crops. Logan county has a prairie dog town covering townships. "I can take twenty brood sows and five old cows," said Dan Jones of Mound Ridge to Editor Phillips of the Journal, "and in five years buy the best quarter section of land in McPherson county." Cyrus K. Holliday died at his home in Topeka, March 28. He was the first promoter, really the founder of the Santa Fe railway and has been a director of that company from its organization. Residents of European countries eat Kansas apples, Kansas beef and bread made from Kansas flour; and the polished walnut furniture in many of the homes of the wealthy in the Old World was made from walnut logs that got their growth in Kansas. The labor unions of Wichita have declared a boycott against the new street railway on the alleged ground that the company is employing laborers from outside the city, paying them $1.25 cents a day while the union scale is $1.50. The Chicago Times-Herald says that George L. Bradbury will assume on May 1 the place of president of the Kansas City and Southern railway. He leaves the Lake Erie and Western on that date. Twenty-seven railroad pay checks were cashed in a Fort Scott crap dive. When the dive keeper turned them into the bank a list was made of the parties to whom the checks were issued and they were notified that if it is found that they gamble again they will be discharged. A boy was playing with matches at Frank Diffenberger's place near Maize, and set fire to a hay stack. The fire spread and burned quite a distance down the Arkansas valley before it was checked. Several farmers lost heavily; the hay alone which was destroyed was worth $800. Wichita is to have sixteen electric floats for the next street fair, to be held October 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. These floats were built for the Mardi Gras parades in Mew Orleans at the enormous cost of $12,000. Plevna, Reno county, is to have a bank. Chapman has organized a wide awake commercial club. Dickinson county people hope to secure two rural delivery routes. Colonel Holliday paid taxes for a number of years amounting to $10,000. Plans are accepted for the erection of a $50,000 court house in Reno county. The Santa Fe tracks between Florence and Winfield will be ballasted in April. The Mail and Breeze is named as the official state paper, by the executive council. The Odd Fellows at Tonganoxie will erect a building of their own this spring. Wellington is to have more side tracks on account of increase of business there. Secretary Coburn says that a great many Kansas farmers are raising Angora goats. All over Kansas the girl graduates this year are poor than twice the number of boy graduates. The state military board has ordered new companies of militia mustered at Sabetha and Sterling. John C. Karr, the man who built the first hotel in Parsons in 1871, died at Kansas City last week. Martin M. Jones, who lives near Canton, is said to be the oldest pensioner in Kansas. He is past 94. The Leavenworth Coal company has sold its mine to the Home-Riverside Mining company for $100,000. At the Presbyterian church in Iola a collection was taken up for the starving in India. It amounted to $139. The railroads have granted a rate of one fare for the round trip for the Republican state convention in Topeka May 16. The Rock Island has a new map which shows by the shading of the line the part of the country passed through in the day and in the night. Kansas corn went up in price last week and the Kansas railroads were smothered in shipments of corn. The state has a big supply of corn on hand still. Governor Stanley urges all county and state officials to attend the meeting of the national conference of Charities which will be held in Topeka May 18-24. R. E. Jones and D. J. Davis, two farmers of Harvey county, have gone with their families to tour Europe and visit the Paris exposition. Every dollar of it was shucked out of a Kansas cornfield. Some wealthy sportsmen of Bridgeport, Conn., have sent to Kansas for sixty dozen quail. As soon as the birds arrive they will be taken out in batches and liberated at various points in the surrounding country. The Mulvane post office has been robbed. Dynamite was used on the safe. There was taken $200 in money. $100 in stamps and registered packages in transit from the south waiting to go north on the Florence branch. That special train which took a man from Los Angeles to Pittsburg Pa., made the run from La Junta to Dodge City, 203 miles, in 192 minutes. Another spurt was from Dodge City to Newton, 167 miles in 163 minutes. The town of Beattie in Marshall county has had a city government composed of women. They are all candidates for reelection but there is an opposition ticket this year composed of men, named by friends of saloons. Fire did $20,000 damage to the Barteldes seed store in Lawrance. The stock was heavy, put in for spring business. Job F. Gift, near Wellington, has a pig with one eye, one head, one mouth and snout, eight complete legs and feet, four ears, and two bodies from the shoulders back. The Grand Island road has bought land and will establish stockyards and switches at a point east of Marysville. The new yards are to have telephone connection for convenience of shippers. Jack Conarty, of Norton county, marketed 58 hogs, averaging less than 300 pounds, for which he received $744.98. Warden Tomlinson expects that demands for twine will be far in excess of the capacity of the penitentiary plant this year. Orders are pouring in from all sides. Professor Dyche, of Kansas University, has been inside the Arctic circle the past six summers. This year he proposes to stay at home so as to once more see a watermelon. The colored porter of a Larned hotel who was making a little money on the side by selling liquor, is in jail now and has a fine of $100 to pay. Lawrence registered 2,814 voters; a fair average; Parsons' figure is 2,422; at Pittsburg 2,877; Newton broke her record with 1,903; Wellington reports 1,285; Salina 1,057, not all out; Independence has 1,314, an increase; Columbus gained over 100 and has 913; Galena almost doubled old figures with 3,179; taking in several additions helped to do this. COMPLETE MARKET REPORTS Kansas City. CATTLE—Common to heavy... 3 90 @ 5 45 HOGS Choice to heavy... 5 00 @ 5 15 WHEAT—No. 2 red... 3 60 @ 5 05 CORN—No. 2... 36 @ 2 60 OATS—No. 2... 51% @ 2 60 RYE—No. 2... 10 00 @ 10 50 HAY Crimson timothy... 6 75 @ 7 25 Choice prairie... 20 @ 2 45 BUTTER... 20 @ 2 45 EGGS... 8% Chicago. WHEAT—No. 2 red... 66 @ 68 CORN—No. 2... @ 38% OATS—No. 2... @ 24% St. Louis Live Stock. BEEVES... 3 90 @ 5 65 STOCKERS & FEEDERS... 3 20 @ 4 65 SOUTHERN STEERS... 3 45 @ 4 75 Cotton. Uplands. Gulf. Liverpool... 5% d New York... 9% c Galveston... 9% c Wichita Grain. Open. High. Low. Today Yday WHEAT— May... 67% 67% 66% 66% 67% 67% July... 68% 68% 67% 67% 68% 68% CORN— May... 38% 30 38% 38% 38% 38% Corn— May... 39% 40 39% 39% 39% 39% OATS— July... 24% 24% 24% 24% 24% Corn— July... 24% 24% 24% 24% 24 Calls. Puts. Wheat: May... 67% 67% 67% Corn: May... 39 38% Live Stock. HOGS... 4 00 @ 5 00 CATTLE... @ Chicago Live Stock. BEEVES... $4 00 @ 5 75 COWS AND HEIFERS... 3 60 @ 4 80 CANNERS... 3 60 @ 2 75 STOCKERS & FEEDERS... 3 40 @ 4 75 TEXAS FED BEEVES... 3 90 @ 5 10 HOGS... 5 25 @ 5 37% SHEEP—Fair to choice... 4 85 @ 6 25 THE LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF. Governor General Wood is the father of a 10-pound girl, born in Havana. The Belgian state railways have or dered 15 locomotives from Philadelphia. C. H. Grosvenor, of Ohio, has been nominated for a sixth term in Congress. The Iowa senate has passed a bill to tax the capital stock and surplus of express companies. War is brewing between Nicaragua on the one hand and Costa Rica and Salvador on the other. The Merchant's National Bank of Rutland, Vt., has closed its doors. The cashier is short $145,000. Forty-eight young women have just graduated from the Women's law course of the University of New York. The bill in the Iowa legislature to prohibit the railroads from issuing passes to public officials was defeated. Two banks at Keene N. H., have petitioned for an assignee. Both owe more than the amount of their assets. In congress the policy of rushing officers through grades of the army just prior to retirement is being criticised. The Italian chamber of deputies forced their president to adjourn without a session, by raising a tumult and pelting him with paper balls. The hearing by the Texas Railroad Commission at Austin brought together the general officers of the railroads interested and the chiefs of the various orders of railroad men. Paul Kruger's last proclamation warns women and children to leave Bloemfontein as he intends to bombard and destroy the city and to shoot the burghers he may capture there. Word comes from Copenhagen that the negotiations going on anent the sale of the Danish West Indies, are blocked by the question of who shall bear the expense of the transfer. The industrial commission heard complaints in Chicago against department stores. The small traders say they are forced out of business and the clerks complain that their wages are cut to an average of $4.50 a week. 80 per cent of the places being given to women. All the accused men, in custody at Frankfort, charged with conspiracy in the Goebel assassination, waived examination. Rumors are current that the Illinois Central contemplates purchasing the Gulf & Ship Island railroad, now building, and changing its Gulf terminus from Gulfport to Blioxi. The plant of the Mountville, Pa., manufacturing company, makers of agricultural implements, is destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at $100,000; insurance $32,000. The new order allowing postoffice money orders to be cashed at any first or second class post office, no matter on what office they are drawn. Governor Taylor of Kentucky says he will continue to act under the agreement which provided that there should be no change until action of the supreme court. A correspondent cables that the Boer forces have been reequipped and he says he is fully convinced that 15,000 foreign troops have been landed to aid the republics. A rate of one fare plus $2 has been made for the Trans-Mississippi congress to be held at Houston, Tex., on April 17 to 20. The duke of York has accepted from a resident of Cork a thousand packets of shamrock seed, which will be sown upon the graves of Irish soldiers in South Africa. About 300 men, one-half the force employed by the Knoxville Woolen Mills, have quit work because the company opposes their joining labor unions. GENERAL WHEELER'S REPORT. Guam; Its Area; Its Population and Its Productions. TOWNS NEAT AND COMPLETE. Washington. April 2.—General Wheeler has submitted to the navy department a report upon his observations and impressions of the island of Guam. He says the area of the island is about 150 square miles, of which one-half is susceptible to cultivation, although only one per cent is now under cultivation. The population is fixed at about 90,000 souls, nearly all of whom reside in the towns. The soil is very fertile, and fruits and staples are produced in quantity, the coconut trees especially having an appearance of thrift and bearing power superior to any seen before in the tropics. The dug dug and other bread fruit trees grow to an enormous size on the islands. Deer and wild goats are found in abundance. Flying foxes are numerous and form one of the principal staples of food. Centipedes, wasps, large spiders and a species of small scorpion are common, but their bite or sting is not dangerous. There are no tarantulas and no snakes. The principal and in fact the only industry of any consequence in Guam is the production and exportation of copra, the product in England selling for $75 a toh. The towns of the island are very neat and complete, a good portion of them being built of stone, and the rest of nipa and bamboo. The roads, with a few exceptions, become very bad in the wet season, but as all the towns are on the coast, sea travel is always available. There is very little money on the island and wages are low. The temperature is mild, and much cooler than that of the Philippines, although the inhabitants declare the heat in August and September is almost suffocating. The rainfall is very heavy, and dry days are few. The people are very friendly and as a whole have regular features and erect forms. To the drinking water on the island is attributed a great amount of sickness among others than natives, and a plant for distilling water has been erected at Agana, the principal town. Agana has abort 6,400 inhabitants, and is described as being a clean well built little city. Battle With Cattle Rustlers. Gallup, N. M., March 31.—A bloody battle between a sheriff's posse and a gang of desperadoes occurred near Navajo Springs, sixty miles west of Gallup, in which two of the posse, Gus Gibbons and Frank Lesuere, were killed. Five of the outlaws were captured, two badly wounded. Three escaped and are being followed. The gang had been stealing cattle in various parts of the country. The Russia and Japan Trouble. London. March 31.—Renewed trouble between Russia and Japan in Korea is imminent. The movements of the Russian fleet indicate the probability of the seizure of a Korean port. The war office officials at Tokyo are holding conferences and there has been considerable military and naval activity in Japan. Farming Implements Distributed Santiago de Cuba, March 30. - A large quantity of plows, hoes and other farm implements was received here for free distribution throughout the province and hundreds of applicants have already been supplied. They say they can soon raise enough to support their families. Immigrants Pour Into Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba, March 31. There are twenty-six immigrant trains enroute on the Canadian Pacific to this point, loaded with settlers and their effects. To Open the Big Horn Country. Cheyenne, Wyo., March 31. The Burlington railroad company at a meeting of its directors held in Boston recently, voted to build a branch of its Billings line, formerly the Big Horn Southern railway, commencing at Toluca station in Yellowstone county, Mont., and extending through the Crow Indian reservation to the southern line of the state, and from there in a general southwesterly direction seventy miles in Wyoming through Big Horn county. The road-will go to Cody City in Big fltorn basin and its entire length will be about 250-miles. The directors of the Burlington have appropriated $2,000,000 for the work. Construction will begin at once and it is stated that Kilpatrick brothers have been awarded the contract for the work. Forcible Measures Against Turkey. London, Agril 2.—The Sebastapol correspondent of the Daily Graphic says: "War alarms fill the naval headquarters here. The whole Euxine squadron is fully equipped for instant service. Troops with full war kits are daily arriving from the interior. The garrison will soon be a powerful army corps. There is much excitement among the staffs of both services, and all the talk is of bringing Turkey to her senses by some forcible measures. MARCH TWENTY-SEVEN Senator Foraker introduced amendments to the Puerto Rican government bill, which practically made a new bill of it. The bill was made by resolution, for copies of all papers or charges relating to Governor C. M. Barnes, of Oklahoma. The resolution was agreed to. The Judicialty committee reported a bill fixing the number of the Chief Justice at 15,500. Associate Justices 15,100, circuit judges, 8,000, district judges, 7,000, without allowance for expenses. Mr. Burkett (Neb.) introduced a bill to pay a constituent of his $10,000 for the scalp the Klowa Indians took from him 40 years ago while he was driving a wagon across the plains for the government. The public lands committee reported favorable bill issue patent to the city of El Reno, O. T., for 80 acres for cemetery purposes. MARCH TWENTY EIGHT. The house committee on military affairs recommends that the military reappointment of the present president be extended to offer an amendment to the military apprehension with giving travel pay 4 cents per mile, and to extend the payment based on the theory that 20 miles is a day's march. The Indian committee reported favorably the Indian relations in Indian Territory and to establish new taxes on non citizens for educational purposes. There is a bill before congress to establish a civil service college. The commerce committee reported favorably on the bill on false branding of food and dairy products. MARCH TWENTY-NINE. The senate spent much of the day on the Puerto Rican bill, and finally decided to vote upon it on April 11. Senator Berry introduced a bill requiring the quartermaster's department to give preference in purchasing supplies to parties not connected with any trust or combine. The pension committee asked for more clerks. There are 1,750 bills before the committee and hundreds of house bills still to come. The committee is providing for testimony in behalf of the defendant in preliminary hearing of criminal cases. After some time business the house resumed consideration of the army appropriation bill. The bill to approve a revision and adjustment of sales of houses and Missouri Indian lands in Kansas and Nebraska was passed. The public lands committee reported favorably the bill for a "Buffalo Reserve" in New Mexico, limited to 12,000 acres. MARCH THIRTY. The Senate passed the bill for the University at Langton, O. T., for colored students. Also the El Reno cemetery bill. Senator Jones (Ark.) introduced a bill authored by court of claims to settle the question of the citizenship of freedmen in the Chickasaw nation. A bill was introduced providing $40,000 for Indians, representing tribes in attendance on the Buffalo Pan-American exposition. Mr. Curtis of Kansas introduced a bill to create a division of criminal information in the department of justice. The post-office appropriation bill carries a $175,000 for rural delivery and a $25,000 for pneumatic tube service. The bill offered a joint resolution directing that families of wounded soldiers be kept reasonably advised of the condition of the men. MARCH THIRTY-ONE The Senate by resolution asked what surveys had been made in recently acquired islands. The house before passing the army appropriation bill amended it somewhat, by opening soldiers' homes to volunteer and regular soldiers. The bill also extended volunteers one month's extra pay if they served within the United States, and two months' extra pay if they served overseas. The Loud bill relating to second-class matter was again reported to the house, amended to meet objections, and expended on Southern claims. Several claims for cotton burned by concretes were referred to the court of claims, Mr. Cox of Tennessee, who commanded the forces who burned the cotton occupied a seat in the court. A bill to pay damages for the cutting of a cable by Dewey, at Manila was tabled. American Park In Turkey. Constantinople, March 31.—The porte has informed the United States legation that in future the importation of American pork will be prohibited, giving as a reason for the prohibition that the meat is injurious to the public health. Mr. Lloyd C. Griscom, United States charge d'affairs, protested energetically, demanding the annulling of the measure. Ohio Recognizes Nelther: Columbus, O.. April 2.—Governor Nash refused to honor a requisition by Governor Taylor of Kentucky. Governor Nash says he will not honor requisition from either Beckham or Taylor, but if each issues a requisition for the same man on like grounds, he will sign the necessary papers. Lamy Land Grant Decision Reversed. Washington, March 28.—The supreme court reversed the decision of the court of private land claims in the case of the Lamy land grant in Taos county, N. M. The land court affirmed the grant, but the supreme court held that the grant was not valid. Long Electric Line. Kansas City, April 2.—The work of laying the track for the Kansas City, Lawrence and Topeka Electric line will begin in a short while. The grading of the roadbeds has been in progress for the past two months. It was feared that this proposed electric railway would have its grants transferred to the Stilwell line, but all such fears were laid aside, when it was announced by the road's officials that there would be no such interference, whatever. Illegal Combination Charged. Los Angeles, Cal., April 2.—Two petitions to the interstate commerce commission were filed here. Both allege an illegal combination, between the Southern California, Southern Pacific and Santa Fe railway companies. The complainants are the Consolidated Forwarding company and the South California Fruit exchange. The three railroads are alleged to be in combination in routing and handling refrigerator cars, carrying California fruits to eastern points. Negro Politicians in Cuba. Santiago de Cuba, April 2.—A meeting convened by the various political factions with a view of effecting an agreement on candidates for the approaching elections broke up in a riot. When the time came for nominating candidates it became apparent that the colored element was largely predominant and would absolutely control the meeting. The whites then became personal and a fight was started which the police had difficulty in suppressing. Ultimately the meeting broke up. Many Millions for Peanuts. The people of the United States sume 4,000,000 bushels of peanuts nually, at a cost of about $10,000. The growing of the peanut in country is gradually increasing, much of the product consumed is brought from abroad, notably the Spain, Egypt and Japan. Yet the Atlantic seaboard and the lower sissippi valley, as well as other parts of the United States have been sho to be abundantly responsive to the tivation of this ground nut, the age yield being about sixty bushels acre. About the Sahara Desert. The Sahara is not a barren was as is popularly supposed. Not ago there were 9,000,000 sheep, 200 goats, and 260,000 camels in Algerian Sahara alone; and the o furnish a million and a half of palms. A Woman's Weariness Women's sensitiveness makes the subject to more intense wear than men. The melancholy, deposition and exhaustion they suffer are to sluggish action of their organ which loads the system with impurities, poisons the blood and sham their nerves. Morley's Morsarsap and Iron will cleanse the system, vitalize the nerves and give strength and energy. Sold by agent in eentown. When a small boy is quiet he'll asleep or planning some new mischief. Spring Annually Says Take Hood's Sarsaparilla In the spring those Pimples, Bolts, Eruptions and General Bad Feelings indicate that there are cobwebs in the system. It needs a thorough brushing, and the best brush is Hood's Sarsaparilla, which sweeps all humors before it. This great medicine eradicates Scrofula, subdues Salt Rheum, neutralizes the acidity which causes Rheumatism - in short, purifies the blood and thoroughly renovates the whole physical system. "We have used Hood's Sarsaparilla and it has given the best of satisfaction, especially as a spring medicine. It builds up the general system and gives new life." Dwuon C. PARK, Whiteland, Indiana. --- LABASTINE is the origin and only durable wall coat entirely different from all its somines. Ready for use white or fourteen beams tints by adding cold water A ADIEDES naturally prefer AL BASTINE for walls and o cings, because it is pure, e duable. Put up in dry p oedered form, in five-pound pa ges, with full directions. AB LKALSOMINES are cheap, loray preparations made for whiting, chalks, clays, aids and animal glue. Animal glue. ALABA TINE is not a kalsomine. FIARB of the dealer says he can tell you the "thing" as ALABASTINE "something just as good." is either not posted or is "going to deceive you." ND IN OFFERING sometime he has bought chew cheese mands, he may not realize damage you will suffer by kalsomine on your walls. A ENSIBLE dealers will not a lawsuit. Dealers risk on selling and consumers by an infringement. Alabastine own right to make walling to mix with cold water. S HE INTERIOR WALLS every church and school shall be coated with BASTINE. It sighs guards health. Hundreds tons used yearly for this wain N BUYING ALABASTINE customers should avoid ging cheap kakosimines un different names. Justs having our goods in buckets and properly labeled. UISANCE of wall paper is viated by alabastine. It should be on plastered wood ceilings, brick or cas. A child can brush it it does not rub or scalf on. NE STABILISHED in favor of a drug or drugist for tint Write us for Interactive TIME Grand Rapids, Mich. VALUABLE PREMIUM BRAZIL OCEAN THREE EX FRIENDS OATS TRACE MAJOR The Round Trade-Mark On every two pound pack of FRIENDS' OATS entitles to OATES valuable premiums. In treated mail marked upon agreement to mills. FRIENDS' OATS MUSCANST.100 One eminent authority on cooking, who has issued several books upon the subject, calls for a crusade against the potato. It is, she holds, an overestimated vegetable. Certainly there is something odd in the place it has taken in the domestic economy. There are other vegetables quite as cheap and quite as palatable, that might at least occasionally be offered in its place. But still the potato triumphs. It has become a sort of superstition. How many times have children who did not like potatoes been made to eat them? And they are not a particularly valuable article of food either. The haulage of boats by automobiles along the canal between Brussels and Charleroi has demonstrated, after a long trial, that the new method of towing is three times quicker than horse traction. The automobile derives its energy from a railway composed of six lines, three of high tension (6,000 volts), and three of low tension, on which the trolleys run. The electricity is furnished by three dynamos, each of 120 horse power.-Philadelphia Record. Some extraordinary shooting by the British gunners is recorded. The conditions of firing were that each gun's crew should score what it could in three minutes, beginning at 2,200 yards, diminishing to 1,000 yards and then increasing to 2,200 yards again. It is asserted that the Blake fired 149 shots from ten guns, hitting the target 110 times. The best crew fired eighteen shots and made fifteen hits. The Royal Arthur's best gun crew hit the target fourteen times out of eighteen shots. EDUCATE YOUR BOWELS. EDUCATE YOUR BOWELS. Thousands of Premature Deaths Caused by Neglect. Every Person Can Prolong Life and Enjoy Health and Happiness Who Will Listen to the Voice of Progress. If you want to open a door, you don't touch it with a crowbar, but open it with a key. It's easier and less destructive. When you are costive, or bourish, or consider taking care of your body, dose of physic, throw your bowels into spasms and turn your liver inside out, as long as everything can be right in a nice, quiet, quiet, positive natural way by Cascarets, the ideal laxative. We have all found out that persuasion takes time. Instead of trying to force your disordered organs to do their duty. Educate Your Bowels and make them act naturally by using Cascarets, Candy Cathartic, and other supportive devices. They are guaranteed to cure any case of constipation or money refunded. Buy and try Cascarets to-day. What if that proves to be true? That proves their merit. All drugstores, 10c, 25c, 50c, or by mail for price. Send for booklet and free sample. Address: St. Mary's Church, Chicago; Montreal, Ontario; or New York. It is a curious fact, brought out in Prof. McKim's new book on heredity, that 268 people to the thousand are morbidly afraid of cows. There was an English dog fancier who had a setter, which "set" a passing ship. Investigation showed that the captain of the merchantman had shot a brace of ducks as he sailed into the harbor. The setter smelled those ducks across a mile of water and through a wall of oak. But we can beat that record. We can produce an example of smelling "errancy" across 700 miles of land where there is none. McKim says there are 203 people to the thousand who are morbidly afraid of ghosts. We will drop a line to the professor, and tell him in his next edition to make it 204—The Interlor. My little 4-year-old girl's eyes were so weak from birth that she could not stand any light at all. Was treated by several physicians without benefit. My neighbors induced me to buy Morley's Sarsaparilla and Iron from Mr. O. Daugherty, Banock, Ky. Three bottles not only restored her sight, but made her stronger and healthier than she ever was in her life. Lead Mines on the Isle of Man. Laxey, in the Isle of Man, is the headquarters of the lead mines in the islands, more than one half of the ore being obtained there. It is celebrated also for its great wheel, which was erected in 1854. Its diameter is seventy-two feet, and so splendidly is it set up that there is no oscillation, and it has been going practically ever since its erection. Do Your Feet Ache and Burn? Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-East, a powder for the feet. It makes tight or New shoes feel Easy. Cures Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Hot and Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Address Allen S. Omlsted, LeRoy, N. Y. The bigger the gun the shorter its life. Those monsters, the 110-ton guns, cannot be reckoned upon to fire more than eighty fullcharge rounds without becoming quite useless. The 67-ton gun can fire 105 rounds, while the sixinch breech-loader is good for 400 or 500 full-charge rounds. The Largest Vineyard. Sunny Slope, Cal., enjoys the distinction of being the largest vineyard in the world. It is situated amid the most beautiful scenery of that favored land, two miles from San Gabriol. Of a total of 1,900 acres, 735 are devoted to grape vine, the remainder being distributed among orange trees (of which there are 12,000), lemon and olive trees. Cincinnati Enquirer. Sure as taxes is the cure of them by At 16 a girl declares she will marry only for love, and at 26 she proceeds to call in love with a rich man. You have heard of Swanson's 5 DROPS Rheumatic Cure, still you are suffering from Rheumatism and other diseases that this remedy so surelyures. Many of your friends have advised you to use it, and yet you hesitate before giving it a trial. Why delay any longer, and why waste any more money and time? You will certainly find what you have sought in pain for, and we are confident it will do for you what it has done for others similarly afflicted. If all knew what thousands know of the efficacy of 5 drops as a curative as well as preventive of any ache or pain known to the human body, there would not be a family in all America without a bottle of Swanson's 5 DROPS Rheumatic cure. You can try it for the small amount of 25c, on receipt of same will send you a sample bottle; or, send as a Dollar and we will send you a large bottle prepaid by express, containing 300 doses, 5 DROPS is the same and dose. Free from oplates in my form. Absolutely harmless, a child can use it as well as an adult, or further particulars write Swanson rheumatic Cure Co., 160 Lake St., Chicago. The man of moderate means is more desirable as an acquaintance than the man of immoderate meanness. Any cough is serious enough to warrant prompt attention. It is what may result in that makes a cough dangerous. For all slight or stubborn coughs, for grippe, lung fever, bronchitis, asthma and other throat and lung affections you can find no other remedy so agreeable and harmless or so promptly effective, as Morrys Honey Pectoral. Price, 25 cents. od by agent in every town. An Emblem of Sorrow and Rejoicing. The cypress, which is regarded by us an emblem of mourning and death, has been from ancient times associated with birth, marriages and rejoicing in the east. In the Grecian Archipelago then a daughter was born a grove of pine trees was planted by her father as her future portion, a dowry which increased with her years. Happy Women who have been relieved of painful menstruation by ydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, are constantly writing grateful letters to Mrs. Pinkham. ydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound ured them. It always believes painful periods and no woman who suffers should be without his knowledge. Nearly all the ills of women result from some erangement of the female organism. Mrs.inkham's great medicine makes women healthy; of this there is overwhelming proof. Don't experiment. If you suffer get this medicine and get Mrs. Pinkham's free advice. Her address is Lynn, Mass. TOWER'S FISH BRAND POMMEL The Best Little Coat. SLICKER Keeps both rider and saddle per- fectly dry in the hardest storms. Substitute willdisappear. Ask for 189 Fish Brand Pommel Slicker- If entirely new. If not for sale in your town, write for catalogue to A. J. TOWER, Boston, Mass. Is the Potato Overdone? Automobiles Used for Towing Good Gunnery. This is the CASCARET table. Every tablet of the only genuine Cascarets bears the magic image. Look at the tablet before you buy, and beware of frauds, imitations and substitutes. CCC Some Curious Facts Almost Blind. DAVID KESSING. Sold by agent in every town. Do Your Feet Ache and Bura? The Life of a Gun The Largest Vineyard LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE TABLETS WILL CURE A GOLD IN ONE DAY A STATE STREET SCENE ON A STORMY DAY. NOTE—Laxative Bromo-Quinine which is advertised on the large banner over State Street, Chicago, as represented above, is the only exclusive cold prescription sold by every druggist in the United States, Canada and in England. This is the signature of the inventor and plainly appears on every box of the genuine article. It is sold for 25c a box, and all druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. "A Paradise for Washerwomen." Sergt. Wilson, of the Howitzer Battery, writes from Modder river to his parents at Northampton: "We bathe now every day and wash our own clothes. Like the poor lodger Dickens wrote about, we go half naked while we swill our shirts. This would be a paradise for washerwomen with the sun shining and wind blowing nearly every day. Our things are dry to put on a few minutes after they are washed. That is the one remarkable thing about the climate. You may get soaked to the skin and go to sleep in the open air all night, but in the morning you wake up as fresh as a daisy." The Ideal Man. There is much rivalry between colleges as to which will produce the ideal man. By this they mean a strong and intellectual man. Health will demand first consideration, for upon that depends all. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters will keep the bowels regular and the stomach healthy by curing stomach disorders. It also prevents malaria, fever and ague. A little man always tries to talk as hoarse as possible. $18 PER WEEK A salary of $18 per week and expenses will be paid to man with one or two horse rig to introduce our Poultry Compound and Lice Killer among Farmers. Address with stamp, Acme Mfg. Co., Des Moines, Iowa. Don't be too keenly critical. The worm has a peculiar habit of turning when you least expect it. The Best Prescription for Chills End Fever is a bottle of GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC. It is simply iron and quinine in a tasteless form. No cure—no pay. Price, 50c. Forgetfulness is the result of the brain's giving the mind a vacation. $100 Reward $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that causes catarrh, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical community, taking a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, however directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the disease, and giving the patient foundation of the disease, and giving the patient assistance in doing its work, and assisting nature in doing its work. Prelators have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of Address F. J. CHENFEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by druggists. Hall's Family Pills are the best. The pay of honesty is always sure but it’s often slow. The Shopping of Royalty The Princess of Wales does all of her shopping by proxy. When she desires to purchase she sends for the forewoman of the department of the store selected, who comes to Marlborough house with a sample of the goods. Send for "Choice Recipes," by Walter Baker & Co. Ltd, Dorchester, Mass., mailed free. Mention this paper. Lovers often keep the parlor dark while trying to strike a match. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces fumination, illows pain, cures wind pain. 25c a bottle. The iron will of a selfish man is unloudedly made from common pig iron. Piso's Cure for Consumption has been a family medicine with us since 1865. —J. R. Madison, 2409 42d Ave , Chicago, Ill. Pride keeps more people down than actual want. To neglect the hair is to lose youth and comeliness. Save it with PARKER BALL BASALM. HINDERCOURS, the best cure for corn. 15cts. If a man deserves success he seldom fails to achieve it. Are You Using Allen's Foot-Ease? It is the only cure for Swollen, Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet, Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. Some men are pensive because they find life so expensive. FITS Permanently Nourishes. Notifies or norcomes after first day a nurse of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. Send for FREE $2.00 trial bottle and treatise. R. E. H. KINE, Ltd. 631 Arch St. Philadelphia, Pa. Originality is simply a new way of expressing an old thought. PERUNA PROTECTS OUR HOMES. D. The Roberts Family, of Falls City, Neb., Are Healthy and Happy—A Rare Sight in These Days. They Say, "We Think Peruna Is The Greatest Medicine On Earth." 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Your remedy, Peruna, cured my boys entirely, and now I have three of the healthiest boys in the State of Nebraska, which I attribute to your medicine. My wife had a stomach trouble which Peruna also cured. Altogether for my whole family we have used nineteen bottles of Peruna, and have thus saved $500 in doctors' bills. I am a contractor and mason by trade, and am known all over Nebraska. I have had a stomach trouble which has been greatly relieved by your remedy, MADE TO IN THE PAINSTAN of M. SUIT PAN With all the and extra stit of our for EVERY GAI FREE SEND STAMP FOR BOOKLET WITH 6 HOWL OF DRESS If we are not represented in chant to send for sample FRED KAU THE AMERICAN TAILOR D $20 WEEK SURE We pay $20 week with rig to introduce our Poultry tricyly in country. EXCELSIOR MFG. CO. Dept. "W". Persons, Kas. Ask your Dealer for Ash Grove Lime The Best on Earth. DROPSY NEW DISCOVERY; gives quick relief and cures worst cases. Book of testimonial aid and to MAIN treatment FREE. DR. H. H. GREEN'S SONS, Box 5, Atlanta, Ga. Peruna, for which I am still taking it. We think it is the greatest medicine on earth."—C. T. Roberts, Denison, Ia. Hon. William Youngblood, Auditor for the Interior, writes from Washington, D. C., to Dr. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio, as follows: "I've often heard of your great medicine and have persuaded my wife, who has been much of a sufferer from catarrh, to try Peruna, and after using one bottle she has wonderfully improved. It has proved all you have claimed for it, and I take Hon. William Youngblood. PRESIDENT pleasure in recommending it to anyone who is afflicted with catarrh." Peruna has become, in a multitude of households, absolutely indispensable. Mr. T. G. Walker Carneiro Kansas NO ORDER BING MANNER the Olden Tyme TS ~ $12 50 UP TS ~ $3 50 UP nose stays, reinforcements ches which made the clothes fathers so servicable ARMENT GUARANTEED your town ask your mer- album 400 New fabrics. UFFMANN SEPT.A~CHICAGO. ARTICHOKES! 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As soon as the value of Peruna is fully appreciated by every household, both as a preventive and cure of these affections, tens of thousands of Bives will be saved, and hundreds of thousands of chronic, lingering cases of disease prevented. Peruna is the house-hold safeguard. A complete work on chronite catarrh sent free to any address by The Peiruna Medicine Company, Columbus, Ohio. FOR 14 CENTS We wish to gain this year $20,000 new customers, and hence offer 1 Pkg. City Garden Beat, 100 1 Pkg. Sailor's Amusement Quarterly, 100 1 Pkg. Raisin Market Lotuce, 100 1 " Strawberry Melon, 150 1 " I Pkg. Raisin Cabbage, 150 1 " Early Dinner Onion, 100 1 " Brilliant Wedges, 100 Worth $1.00, for 14 cents. $1.00 Above 10 Pkg. worth $1.00, we will mail you free, together with our greatest offer. SALEER'S MILLION DOLLAR POTATO upon receipt of this notice & 14c. We will send you a letter, and know when you once try Saizer's seeds you will never do without. Get earliest Tomato Giant on earth. we JOHN A. SAZER SEED CO., LA CROSE, WIS. WINCHESTER GUN CATALOGUE FREE Send your name and address on a postal, and we will send you our 156-page illustrated catalogue free. When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. State Ledger. THE OFFICIAL ORGAN .. BY . F. L. JELTZ. SUBSCRIPTION six months 500 One Year . 1.00 ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS CASH IN AD ANCE. Entered at post office at Topeka, Kansas, at sec adclass-rates. Published every Saturday at 431 Kan. ave $1.00 in advance. PHYSICIANS. H. A. SHIELDS M. PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. Office and Residence 1331 VanBuren St all promptly attended. DR. AGNES McKEE WAL- LACE. Office 724 Kan. Ave, Phone 256 H. B. HOGEBOM Physician and SURGEON, 30' Kans Ave. All calls promptly attended: DR; C. A. TAYLOR. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office Hours, 9 to 11 a. m. From 2 to 5 p. m. OFFICE 2261½ KAS, AVF. (Cver Kohl's Drug Store.) Wm. B, Swan. M. D 725 Kansas Avenue, Topek Kansas. office hours, 11:00 to 12 m, 2:00 to 4:30 pm. Residence 624 Buchanan St. Bell Telephone, 660 GEORGE DICK, M. D. Homoeopathist Residence 625 Filmo St. Telephone 860.1 Office 807 Kansas Avenue. S. G. STEWART, M. D. OFFICE 621 KANSAS AVE. TELEPHONE 541. RSIDENCE 511 W. 57TH ST. TELEPHONE 442. Wm. E. JACKSON, M. D. PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. OFFICE HOURS; 9 TO 11 A. M. 1 TO 5, and 7 TO 9 P. M. TELEPHONE 558. OFFICE 117 WEST 5th st. DR J.C. ISERMAN Office 112 East 6th street Calls Promptly Attended Special Attention Given to Diseases Stomach and Lungs and Female Troub ocs. Office Hours: 9 to 17-2 to 5-7 to 9 Phone e DR, R. O RHODES, OFFICE 600 Kansas ave. Topeka, Kansas (Over Hub Clothing C.) OFFICE HOURS: 9 to 11 A. M. 2 to 5 P. M. Residence, 9.00 West Sixth street, Phone 656. W. P BROCKETT. PHYSICIAN & SURGEON. RESIDENCE in CONNECTION WITH OFFICE and STORE. calls answered day or night. ALSO--dealer in Drugs, Medicines, and al articles kept in a Drug store, Mayette, Kansas. 829 The American School of Magnetic The American School of Magnetic WELTMER METHOD. Every knew, disease cured! without medi- care PUCTOR M. M. FENDNCY, 614 Marke Street, Emporia, Fayres. GIBRALTAR DRUG CO: 823 KANSAS AVENUE. Torpeka, Kansas' HOMEPATHICREMELIES. AKTMA TERIALS.5 A. C. MARKLEY. Attorney at Law. Practices n all courts, Office 116 W. 6th FRED C. SLATER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Precinct In AllCourts. Office 600 Kas,ae JSENHAKT and LEXANDER Attorneys at Law. 517 Kansa Ave. P. HITTLE VEHICLES & UNDERTAKING GOODS. 336, North Main Street. HUTCHINSON KANSAS Our people should remember Mr. Hielt. When in need of Funeral Supplies. G. O. KING! LIVERY & BOARDING STABLE. Ladies saddle horses. Good turn out—100 E 2nd street. BOOK EXCHANGE Stationery and all kinds of writ ng material—832 Kansas avenue ROHRING SHCE SHOP, 527 Quincy Street repairs BOOTS and SHOES. Neatly done while you wait. Rubber Heels 40 and 50 cents The Best On The Market ROHRING —THE SHOE MAKER. GULCHRIST BROTHERS PROPRIETOR'S NATIONAL STABLES Good Turnouts delivered to any part of the city. Boarding a specialty. tel. 46 706 Jackson st. H A. KLAUER For the best Gold-Bug, Silk Edge, and a fine line of Tobbaccos, and Smoking Articles, 526 Kans. ave. a22 I. N. PETERSON, LIVERY, FEED and BOARDING STABLES Prices Reasonable. Give us a trial 522 Jackson Street JNO. CHELANDR RANDOLPH KANS. THE LANDIS HOME BAKERY, Many years experience. French home Bakery 316 E. 41n St. Pure Tea and Spices etc. TOPEKA SPICE MILLS 109 E. Sixth Street. Tel. 71. W. D. Woodall Macon and Cistern builder also wells. Parties needing service Leave orders at LEDGER office F. A: BECKSTROM. FINE WALL PAPER, and VARNISHES, Paints and Painters' Supplies. 18 Jackson St. Topeka, Kansas GO TO Emerson's fine meat market at Havensville is the place to patronize. If you want good medicine to do the work quick all kinks diseases it will pay you to consult Mr. Chas Hamilton office main st. Sterling Kans. Mis M. E. Fair gives meals 15cts your tr de olicited Ablene Kans. Martin and Hutchison 15 East Sherman st. Hutchison Kans. New and second hand goeds bought and sold. Give him a call. E. W. Griggs for pnotos, fine pictures. Car--901 Kas. ave. GO TO--W. B. Warrens for anything you want in the line of HOT TAMALES, and CHILLI SOUP, he makes the best. 4 His parlors are UP-TO-DATE. Give him a call 504 East 4th street. When in Lawrence stop at Bush's Restaurant 611½ Mass. St. will serve you right Don't forget the Candy Kitchen 115 south main st, Ottawa Kan Mr. H. L Hendrix Propure Cand.es Home.md.e Don't forget the Sth & Trowbridge car everything in the line of groceries at the store 5 3 505 W, toth st. Go to J, P, Johnsons for anything you want in the line of fine cigar's tobbacco and confectionery, 409 Kas Ave. A, L, Wilson the painter, and decorator 701 Vermont st. is the one to see if you want good work done in his line. --- PUBLICATION NOTICE. In the District In and for Shawnee County Kansas. The above named defendant will take notice that he has been sued by plaintiff here in the District Court of Shawnee County Kansas for divorce and that unless he answers the petition filed by said plaintiff on or before the 26 of January 1900 the same will be taken as true and judgement rendered as pruyed for in said petition. Jennie Melton, by her Atty W. I. Jamison, (Attest) A.M. Callaham, Clerk of Dist, Court First pub. Dec. 16. '99. PUBLICATION NOTICE, In the District Court of Shawnee County Kansas. John Wood, Pltff. vs. Minnie Wood, Deft: To Minnie Wood, you are hereby notified that you have been sued by the plaintiff, John Wood, in the district Court of Shawnee County Kansas, and that you must answer the petition filed therein against you by her plaintiff, on or before the 22nd day of December 1899, or the petition will be taken as true and jungement divorcing said plaintiff from you will be rendered accordingly (Attest) John Wood, SUMMONS OF PUBLICATION. In The District Court In and For Shawnee County Kansas. Hannah Ransom, Plaintiff vs. Louis W. Ransom, Deft The above named defendant is hereby notified that he has been sued in the District Court of Shawnee County Kansas by the above name plaintiff for divorce and that unless he answers the petition filed by said plaintiff on or before the 24th day Nov. 1899 the same will be taken as true and judgement rendered as prayed for in said petition, (Attest) Hannah Ransom A, M, Callah, m, Clerk Dist, con., W, I. Janison First Publication Oct. 14. GO TO LOUIS VANDORP. FOR HARDWARE and STOVES Screen Doors, Ice Cream Freezers, Hammocks and Garden-Tools. These are the things you need. Give him a call. 828 Kansas Ave WHERE TO GET YOUR HATS And CLOTHES CLEANER. if you have a first rate looking suit of clothes that you would like to have cleaned and put in shape take them to L. S. Harding's as you go to the State 108 W 9th street. If you have straw goods or silks, don't forget that he does this kind of work. Try him. For Sale-By John L. Howard 415 Kansas Avenue *Furnaces on W. 5th St. ranging from $5:* *$1200 centrally located at reasonable prices on easy payments. Give him a call.* CURRENT MAGAZINE AT 1-4 OFF. ST. LOUIS GLOBE DEMOCRAT or ST LOUIS REPUBLIC and: CLASS A. LADIES HOME JOURNAL, McCLURES, POPULAR MONTHLY, MUNSEY'S AIN-LEE, and SELF CULTURE. All For 40 cents per. Month. CLASS B. 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SMILEY'S-502 Quincy Street. SHAKE THE BOTTLE WELL SHAKE THE BOTTLE WELL BEFORE USING. Give this remedy a fair trial and you use no other.-Mrs Banks, 330 Madison Street. TOPEKA KANS. Kansas Packing House Market SCHMIDT 1ROWS, PROPS', 306 E. OND STREE Deserts In FRESH AND CURED MEATS. Wholesale and Retail. Give Them Your Trade. FRESH AND CURED MEATS. Wholesale and Retail. Give Them Your Trade. Kansas Packing House Market 'SCHMIDT IROWS, PROWS', 30G MIDT 2ND STREET4 A GoToOurAdvertisers and trade E C. THRALL PROP. Serves first class meals and Lodging Meals and Lodging open day and night 11S W, 6th St. T. J. CARSON PROP, Short order Merchants' lunch Oysters, lunch, Chili and game in season open day and night. 1e. 7th St. JOHN SHEAHAN & SON. GO W. M. H. For all kinds of Feed; Floor, H 120 E st THE WEAR AND TEA Men and Women GO TO M. H. HEBB. Flour, Hay Straw and Poultry Supplies East 8 Ave. O TEAR OF MEN'S NERVES W.M.H.HEBB. For all kinds of Feed; Floor, Hay Straw and Poultry Supplies 120 East 8 Ave. THE WEAR AND TEAR OF MEN'S NERVES Results in debility—exhaustion, not only haustion of the body, but exhazion of the mental faculties as well. The nerve cells of the body have been robbed of their vital forces. The nerves have no life in them; therefore all the organs of the body suffer from lack of nerve control, and the blood vessels that supply these organs are not in proper tone. "HUDYAN corrects the evil. HUDYAN provides this vitality of nerve force that is wanting." Are you proaching this condition of Nervous Debilitation? Are you growing prematurely old? Do you suffer with headaches (Fig. 1); hollow eyes; dark rings under eyes (Fig. 2); pale, thin skin and sunken cheeks (Fig. 3); weakness of eyes (Fig. 4); a poor appetite and impaired indication (Fig. 5); torpid liver (Fig. 6), and costiness, a coated tongue (Fig. 7)? Or have dizzy spells? Do you suffer sleepless night? Do you have horrid dreams? 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HUDYAN will lift you foe and discouragement that you are now in. In man. Try HUDYAN, you will soon be convien- kerves. Thousands of women use HUc. n. your druggist, 50c a package, six packages $1 our druggist does not keep it, send direct to CO., Cor. Stockton, Ellis and Market Stu- San Francisco, Cal. acknowledged by our leading medical men to be the greatest nerve tissue builder known to med cal science. HUDYAN will lift you for that life of despondency and discouragement that you are now in. will make of you a happy man. Try HUDYAN, you will soon be convinced Hudyan Cures Women. Kerves. Thousands of women use HU. n. GET HUDYAN from your druggist, 50c a package, six packages g If your druggist does not keep it, send direct to HUDYAN REMEDY CO., Cor. Stockton, Ellis and Market St. San Francisco, Cal. acknowledged by our leading medi tissue builder known to med cal so that life of despondency and disco will make of you a happy man. Try Hudyan Cures Womens Kerves. GET•HUDYAN from your drugi If your druggi HUDYAN REMEDY CO., --- PALACE HO TEL CASINO CAFE I. T. OWENS Short order and meals, Lodging 25 cents, Solicits your trade, F. M. Fletcher. CARPENTER & BUILDER FURNITUE AND JOB WORK SOLICI- TED. 119 E, 7th, St. FOR SALE Will you buy Will you sell Will you rent Real Estate Try us. Barnes Real Estate Co.Tel. 202. 113 West 5th st. Fine engraving aspecialty FRED C. FAGERCRANS. 720 KAS. AVE. Sells watches, Clock's and Fine Jewelry. Notches cleaned, $1,000, mainsprings $1,000. All work first class, and warranted one year. Money to loan at 8 per cent on valuables. CONTREATOR FOR Plumbing, Steam and Ho Water Heating 123 East Seventh St. Miller's Pharma- 6th & TOPEKA AVL. Drug, Medicines, Prescriptions Carefully Compounded. Give Us a Trial. WE ARE HERETO STAY Your Trade you please. DESOIQ TUXEDO MAN T. A BROWN Mgr Get you Hurtness and saddlerly good; Geo, Kreins and Co, 7 8 Kans. Ave. Re- pairing a specially, all work guaranteed use Hudyan. Mrs. J. R. Lytle and daughter Nannie left Sunday for Pittsboro to spend the Spring and Summer with her daughter and son. Paul Shirk a sneak thief is being he/d for robbing the residence of Judge Jamison, he is tried to sell his horse and plead insanity. Prof. Geo. W. Jackson has the far succeeded in organizing "pride," Jackson's 23rd Kegim Band, and 33 members are in though not complete it will one of the finest and best color organizations in the west. The will give their initial concert in May 30th afternoon! The Ex-slate Pension Association held a general meeting of the auxiliaries and officers at Old Court House last Monday, March, 26th, all Ex-slate and their friends were present. C.W. Clay "From Far Awar There is on file in this office copy of the "PEOPLES JOURNAL from far away Bermuda, a province of Great Briti in edited former Topoka young man H. Hey, who is residing there. He been fortunate enough to see for himself a good theological education, and a wife in far off No Scotia, he leaves in a few days those climes. FOR SALE. 5 room cottage on Chesnut st 1 lct five location, price $400 cash payments. 2 room house nice and neat, lots, on Lime street 325- $500 balance payment. 2 room house nice and neat price, $150, cash, 25. See us bargains. Scott & Co.—615 Kans. ave. Dr, Dutton's B tanic Blood an StOmach Regulate Cures INDEGESTION. KIDNEY LIVER trouble and RHEUMATISM. Sold by W. A. Travis, Shorey, P. Adjoining Capital of Kansas. Mura John Rinnen. Merchant Co I keep a full line of goods and samples stantly on hand and guarantee to please customers. (casewith6State Bank) HQOL ONE