State Ledger

KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST. Ninety per cent of the real estate in Abilene is now owned by Abilene people. Montgomery county has more money on hand than the law allows to be deposited in banks. George Hussey, of Ottawa county, has brought from Illinois, a $400 Hereford to put in his herd. Pittsburg is to have a corporation which will manufacture paving blocks, hollow brick and pottery. The Leavenworth Congregational church has a band of forty boys hard at work on military tactics. Edward Hinote, a young man, was trying to ford South Fork Creek in Chase county, and was drowned. Horse and mule buyers for both the American and British war departments are just now scouring Kansas for stock. The three Kansas medical societies have for several years held joint annual meetings. This practice is now stopped. The plans for the fine new school house in Lawrence have been changed and it will be built of brick instead of stone. Three colored boys were running ahead of a train at Coffeyville, one of them stumbled and was cut to pieces on the track. The Baptist church at Cherryvale, with its fine carpets, opera chairs and organ, is a total loss by fire; amounting to about $5,000. Mrs. J. T. Goodnow, of Manhattan, is dead, at the age of 88. Every early settler knew her husband and most of them knew her. John and Sarah McMillan, who have lived in Emporia 40 years, recently celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of their marriage. Bismark Grove at Lawrence has been sold to private parties to be used as a shipping and supply station for the horse and mule market at Kansas City. Already over 100,000 pounds of penitentiary binding twine have been sold to the Kansas farmers. The whole output will be taken as fast as it is made. The coal oil inspector has turned into the treasury in the past nine months $15,116.75. Salaries of the inspection department during the same time were $3,050. It is said that during March 2,575 acres of farm land in the vicinity of Mound Ridge, McPherson county, changed hands, the total consideration being nearly $71,000. It is estimated that the loss of live stock in Gray and Finney counties, during the late storm, amounted to perhaps $75,000. When the storm came the cattle had been on fresh grass and were soft. Dickinson county has the largest demand for farms it ever had. New purchasers, who have been renters in Nebraska and farther east, finding it difficult to make satisfactory leases, are buying farms. The Smoky Hill and Solomon rivers were so high the other day as to endanger railroad bridges. The electric light plants at Solomon and Abilene were run by steam, as the water was too high to be used. Valley Falls First M. E. church and parsonage are burned. There was insurance of $2,100. Only the organ and pulpit was saved from the church; the pastor saved most of his household goods. A number of burglaries occurred in Galena, during the early morning of April 24: the Frisco depot was one of the places robbed. The meeting of the Kansas Grand Lodge Knights Templar will convene in Wichita May 8. Five hundred Knights are expected. George P. Dold, who had the control of the Dold packing house in Wichita, died April 25, at Buffalo, N. Y., probably from fatty degeneration of the heart. Mrs. Chrisman, of Topeka, willed $250,000 for the founding of a Methodist university, contingent on the churches raising an equal amount within ten years. She also gave $15,000 to the Ohio Wesleyan university, $5,000 for a new parsonage for the First M. E. church of Topeka and $3,000 to the Women's Missionary Society. Mrs. L. B. Smith, president of the Kansas State W. C. T. U., was quite seriously injured at Quincy, by falling on a broken sidewalk. Rev. Colonel Allen B. Buckner has been given a pension at $50 a month. Dr. W. F. Boyakin, of Marysville, who is 90 years old, is given a pension of $40 a month. There is a fight in Elk county over the building of a county high school, which has resulted in a political feud, splitting all parties because of the one issue. Secretary Barnes predicts a 60 per cent peach crop. Everest people talk of a rock pile; too many tramps. There is but one town lot in Inman advertised for taxes. Burglars robbed the money drawer of a meat market in Abilene. Six young ladies acted as pall bearers at a funeral at Olive Hill, Jackson county. R. H. Rarnes, of Topeka, is conducting an industrial home in Matanzas, Cuba. Primary elections are very slimly attended, the farmers are too busy for politics. Arkansas City has closed the bargain for the purchase of the waterworks there. Only one couple has been married in Peabody by a justice of the peace in 15 years. Washburn's baseball team won over the Kansas University boys by a score of 7 to 5. The Hampson ranch shipped from Burns last week a car of hogs which sold for $5.55. Independence has taken the initial steps to become the owner of the waterworks there. Robert C. Johnston, of Lawrence, a dealer in Angora goats, has now a herd of 1,500 of them. John Allen, a merchant at Ottumwa was shot dead at his own door, in company with his wife. Mrs. Fred Funston has an article in the May Cosmopolitan on "A Soldier's Wife in the Philippines." Fifty-three Poland China hogs from Council Grove, which averaged 354 pounds, brought $8.40 in Kansas City A La Cygne boy went west a couple of years ago and bought an abandoned gold mine. This week he sold it for $30,000. John T. McDaniel, of Attica, celebrated his 87th birthday and the 61st anniversary of his marriage, both on the same day. Sergeant W. Milliken, of Company G, Twentieth Kansas, has been ap pointed to a charge at Bartlett by the Methodist Conference. Captain Daniel E. McCarthy is ordered from New York to Fort Leavenworth to assume charge of the construction of buildings there. There is an epidemic in Topeka of the disease known as "pinkeye." A few years ago only horses had pinkeye, but now people have it. Two hundred union carpenters are on a strike in Kansas City, Kansas; most of them were employed on the new Cudahy packing plant. The body of John Blagg, once a prominent Farmers' Alliance lecturer, was found in the Solomon river near Abilene, having evidently been in the water several days. The Topeka postoffice is allowed extra clerks during pension payment week. The pension business of that week requires the handling of over 100,000 pieces of mail. James Edmonson, of Ottawa, has just received $92.20 from the war department to re-imburse him for money advanced out of his own pocket for railroad fare during the civil war. A Glasco man sold 14 grade Herefords coming two, of his own feeding, at $5.25. They averaged 1,356 pounds; another Glasco man 18 of the same cattle at $5.15, which averaged 1,270 pounds. A Methodist preacher at Madison discovered that the members of his choir played cards, went to Sunday picnics and did other Godless deeds. He asked the whole choir to resign and they resigned. Six cars of breeding cattle from Iowa, billed to Winona, Kansas, were held in quarantine at Kansas City. A picture of an old Kansas farm house, with his mother standing near the door, caused Edward Moon, a young convict in the Kansas penitentiary, to try to escape. The house is of the sort built by the Kansas pioneers, with trees in front and vines climbing the sides. On the back of the picture is written in a trebmling hand: "Eddie, these are vines that you planted by the house." A Presbyterian pastor in Dickinson county, and the officials of his church had a disagreement and the trustees locked up the church. The pastor went at the proper time each Sunday and tried the door. It is said that he will bring suit for his salary. Governor Morris is setting out 12,000 apple trees this spring, on his farm near the Leavenworth and Wyandotte county lines. This completes 500 acres of the 800 acres he intends to have in apple trees in one body. He plants with rows 16 feet apart. M. J. Burke, who died in Johnson county at the age of 90 years, was a fellow of Trinity college, Dublin, and one of the best read men Kansas has ever known. He came to Johnson county in 1858, and engaged in surveying for the Indians. The Armour Packing company has established stations for receiving, dressing and shipping poultry at Eureka, Clay Center, Ottawa, Beloit, Marion and other points. They say they do this in opposition against the combine of local poultry buyers. PUERTO RICO TARIFE IT INJURES SPANISH OPPRES SORS OF LABOR Who Have Been Pilling Up Large Stocks of Products Awaiting Free Trade With This Country—A Clear Statement of Facts. An important point in the Puerto Rican question still seems misunderstood by a large number of people. Three-quarters of the land in Puerto Rico is owned by Spanish grandees and other European aliens, and who live in Europe, where all of the net earnings from the products of their lands are sent. This is a system that has impoverished the islanders, and brought them to their present unfortunate industrial and social condition. From 15 to 20 cents a day is the average pay of laborers in Puerto Rico, and three-quarters of the population—if not more—are laborers who cultivate the lands and harvest the crops for their European owners. Two and a half years ago, when our relations with Spain were becoming acute, these Spanish and European owners of the lands in Puerto Rico foresaw a probable war, the early withdrawal of Spanish authority, and eventual free trade between the United States and Puerto Rico. They therefore have been warehousing their staple crops of sugar and tobacco, so that now vast quantities are in store and accumulating, ready for shipment under free trade with the United States. To some extent American sugar and tobacco trusts have financial interest in, or complete ownership of, these crops. Of this there can be no doubt; the Puerto Rican working people have nothing to lose by the imposition of the duty upon the products of their island entering the United States. Their work has been done and paid for at the prevailing rates of wages for labor—from 15 to 20 cents per day. The protests against the tariff that come from Puerto Ricans were from those who represented the owners of the lands and the warehoused crops. The protests are not coming from the laboring people of the islands who will be the beneficiaries of the act. The imposition of this tariff creates a fund of several million dollars which is drawn almost entirely from aliens or American trusts. This money goes back to Puerto Rico for the employment of Puerto Ricans by our government in the permanent improvement of the island. The wages our government will pay will be higher than those paid by the land owners, and will tend to raise the rates of wages all over Puerto Rico. This would be impossible under immediate free trade, so, it must be plain, free trade would only benefit those whose oppression of Puerto Rican labor would remain undisturbed, and who could thus all the better compete with the products of American labor in the same articles. Immediate free trade could only benefit aliens and trusts. The temporary tariff benefits all Americans and only injures aliens and trusts. A couple of years of this, and the Puerto Ricans will be in receipt of wages approximating to those paid to the laborers on the sugar and tobacco plantations in the United States, from 75 cents to a dollar a day, and at the end of the two years in which the tariff is to remain in force the free admission of Puerto Rican products into the United States will not have a disturbing effect upon those products of the mainland with which they will compete. It is impossible, in view of these facts, which are confirmed by official reports from the officers of the United States stationed in Puerto Rico, for any sincere or informed person to point out where the imposition of the tariff upon the products of Puerto Rico for two years will injure either Puerto Ricans or Americans. On the contrary, it is a distinct benefit to all whom the United States desires to benefit. The more this subject is studied the more this will become apparent. This is a case where expediency is synonymous of justice to our fellow countrymen in Puerto Rico and at home. That is our first duty, and the tariff performs it. FOREIGN TRADE GAINS. March Figures Show Exports More Than Doubled Since 1893. Total exports of American products and manufactures in March, as shown by the figures of the Treasury Bureau of Statistics, were $134,313,348, against $104,559,689 in March of last year, $75,574,185 in March, 1896, and $66-516,571 in March, 1893. Thus last month's exports were more than double those of March, 1893 and 25 per cent greater than those of March of last year, and larger than those of any preceding March in our history. The total exports in the nine months ending with March, 1900, were $1,053-832,675, against $947,919,405 in the corresponding months of last year, $925-905,326 in March, 1897, and $515,499-635 in the same month of 1886, having thus doubled in fifteen years and increased over 53 per cent since 1898. Exports of agricultural products are about the same as last year, the notable increase of more than 100 million dollars in the nine months in question being largely in manufactures. It is apparent that the total exports of the fiscal year 1900 will exceed those of any preceding year in our history. Imports also show a marked increase over last year, the principal gain being in manufacturers' materials, while manufactured articles for use in the mechanic arts also show an increase. Thus the return to a protective tariff system has been followed by enormous gains in our exports, as well as by increased activity in our manufacturing interests at home with a consequent increase of employment and wages. GOVERNOR AS A WITNESS. Democratic Executive of Idaho Testified Against Minna. A petition endorsing the actions of Governor Steunenberg of Idaho and requesting that the federal troops be continued in Shoshone county, where the mining riots occurred, and which was signed by 1,388 reputable business men and citizens of the Coeur d'Alene district, was kept from the records of the investigating committee of the house of representatives by the votes of the Democratic members of the committee. The investigation is supposed to determine whether the troops have been kept there contrary to the constitution, and contrary to the wishes of the people. Nothing could have had more direct bearing upon the subject than this petition, yet the Democrats by their action in keeping it out have demonstrated that it is political capital, and not facts pertinent to the labor trouble, which they are looking for. The motion to admit this evidence was made by Mr. Capron of Rhode Island, seconded by Col. Dick, of Ohio. In the absence of Chairman Hull and one or two others of the Republicans the Democrats were enabled to cause a tie vote and defeat the motion. Witness Henry E. Howes, a merchant of Wallace, was badgered by Representatives Lentz and Sulzer, who endeavored unsuccessfully to compel him to reveal matters which had come to his knowledge as a grand juror, and which he had taken solemn oath never to reveal. Objections were made to these unprofessional questions, which were sustained by all of the committee with the exception of the two members asking them. On one occasion after Col. Dick had interposed an objection to the character of Mr. Sulzer's questions, the latter replied, rather warmly, "You are trying to protect the witness." To this Mr. Capron rejoined: "No, we are trying to save you. You need some one to keep you from asking a witness to divulge something which he has sworn not to divulge. I am trying to save you who profess to be a lawyer." "It is not against organized labor, but against organized crime, that the state of Idaho has been waging war." This was one of the strong statements made by Governor Steuenberg at the hearing in the Coeur d'Alene riots by the military committee of the house of representatives. Marked silence and attention were distinctly notable as the governor told of innumerable cases of anarchy, crime, riot and lawlessness that had sometimes led up to murder and assassination. Earnestly and quietly he stated his facts, and so convincingly that they must even have impressed Representative Lentz, who has been endeavoring, but fruitlessly, to show a misuse of the United States army and of the power of the president. "Covert threats," said the Democratic governor, "are constantly being made by those engaged in the riot of April 29, which resulted in the destruction of some $250,000 worth of property and the assassination of two men, that as soon as the troops were removed they will gratify their revenge upon those citizens who have been induced to assist the state in its attempt to ferret out crime. In the beginning of the present prosecution upon the part of the state a great many good citizens were induced to testify and give evidence upon the representation that they should be protected, and I have no doubt but that each and every one of these would be compelled to leave the country and sacrifice their homes and property should the protection which was assured them be taken away by the removal of the federal troops. "This is not a conflict between labor and capital or a question of wages, but it is a conflict between the state of Idaho and certain criminal organizations which seek to cloak themselves under the cover of labor organizations." Steunsenberg for Governor The ludicrous feature of the Idaho situation is to be found in the fact that the Democrats out there want to renominate Governor Steunenberg in order to take advantage of his popularity and secure the electoral vote for Bryan. It is evident that the political capital sought in the Washington investigation was not for Idaho consumption. Mr. Cleveland's Attitude The announcement that Mr. Cleveland will not support Mr. Bryan was by no means unexpected. However, in case the Democratic party should decide to take up a new candidate, Mr. Cleveland would be prepared to give it the address of a good and large man. Democratic Force Bills. The Democratic party has forever clamored against so-called force bills. Yet it was the Democratic party that innoculated Kentucky with Goebelism and fastened the Nesbit law on Missouri. Democratic Disappointment. The collapse of the Chicago machinist strike was a serious disappointment to the strike department of the Democratic campaign management. Value of Merchant Vessels in War Times When in 1898 the United States became involved in war with Spain, one of the first things the government found it necessary to secure was merchant ships. It was found that the growth of our coastwise trade had brought into existence a considerable number of vessels in many ways adapted to various military and naval uses for which merchant ships are required in time of war, such as for scout work, and the like. In the latter service the ships of the Prairie class were consplucuous. These vessels, of which there were but four, had belonged to the Morgan line, and ran between New York and New Orleans, connecting at the latter point with the Southern Pacific Railway. They were of about 5,000 tons register, each capable of steaming sixteen or seventeen knots an hour. They were furnished with guns, manned by the Naval Militia, and a number of times were under the enemy's fire, from which they emerged with records alike creditable to the ships and to those who manned them. All of these ships were built in the United States, our laws ever having provided that none but American-built vessels may engage in our domestic commerce. Of course, if this trade had been open to the ships of all nations, as has been suggested at times, they would have been of no use to our government in time of war. But the number of these vessels that were capable of being transformed into government use was altogether too few, and so recourse was necessarily had to our ocean-going vessels. Here the lack of American ships was sharply accentuated, much to the people's surprise and humiliation. It was found that the four "crackerjack" ships of the American line, in the transatlantic trade—the St. Paul, the St. Louis, the Paris and the New York—of 11,000 tons register each, and each capable of steaming at the rate of 21 knots an hour, were of incalculable value to the United States. They were immediately impressed, their crews voluntarily entering into the nation's service, they were quickly provided with formidable guns for which they were equipped, and swept the Atlantic from the Grand Banks to the Bahamas. But ships were needed for a great many other purposes, such as carrying troops to Cuba and Puerto Rico, also for supply and hospital needs, for collars, and for a number of other reasons all directly connected with the war. Having practically stripped our coast of all its available ships, and having exhausted everything American that was available in our foreign trade, our government was at last obliged to resort to foreign ships. None could be chartered, as that is contrary to the rules of war. Neutral powers are expected to see to it that their merchant ships are not used for military or naval purposes by either belligerent. After the government had chartered or purchased every available American craft that could be utilized, no less than 70,509 tons of foreign merchant steamships were bought for the war department, and 56,309 tons of foreign merchant ships were bought for the navy department, making a total of 126,818 tons of foreign merchant steamships thus purchased by our government for use in a war that ceased within three months of its inauguration. While it is impossible to charter foreign steamships, it was quite difficult to purchase those of the higher types and of the greatest utility—these could not be purchased at any price from their foreign owners. The consequence was, the government was forced to take the best it could get, and in fact some of the purchases made were of a character that would never have been looked at, had it been possible to secure first-class ships. Had American ships been doing the bulk of our carrying they would have been at the immediate command of the government. Some of the wealthiest and most powerful steamship lines in our foreign trade actually sold some of their vessels to Spain for use against the United States—the very vessels our trade had created were turned against us! Had the enemy been a powerful maritime nation instead of weak Spain not only would our own available supply of merchant steamships have been entirely inadequate, but even the purchase of foreign steamships would have been an impossibility. It is now found that only 8 per cent of our imports and exports are carried in American ships. The foreign ships carrying the balance earn, it is conservatively estimated, $200,000,000 a year, at the expense of the American people. In five years this means a billion dollars, and in a quarter of a century five billions, for our ocean transportation account, sent out of the country to pay foreign shipowners. The magnitude of the subject, from an industrial and economical as well as from a naval and military point of view, is manifest. No wonder, in these circumstances, congress feels the need of legislating at the present session for an American merchant marine. Prosperity Not Sectional The south is participating in the wave of prosperity, and thus is the charge that Republican legislation is on sectional lines tucked away. To the Robbers' Roost. Mr. Croker, who has been in England for the benefit of his health, is coming home for the benefit of his finances. The Millionsires Again. The Chicago university has heard from the millionaires again. This time the institution of learning gets $4,000,000. Australian Millionaire's Home. Sir Rupert Clarke, the millionaire Australian baronet who has just rived in London, has the most nifcent private residence in Bourne. It is called Cliveden, it possesses the most valuable indiscrete collection of pictures in Australia, including several that were crowned the Royal Academy. His country is Rupertwood, fifty miles from Bourne, is one of the show spots the colony for distinguished visitors. British Aristocracy Blamed. Many people attribute their recess reverses to degeneracy. The life luxury does not produce vigor. In gestible suppers, constant nerve stirs and lack of exercise upset the stomach. The blood that makes heroes come from healthy stomachs. Hoster's Stomach Bitters purifies the blood and strengthens the stomach. It constipation, indigestion and dyspepsia. Pretension isn't natural; nature pretends. Consumption is a germ disease. 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ALMOND PISO'S CURE FOR OURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use in time. Bold by druggista. CONSUMPTION Eleven Deaths Now Reported---- Many Hurt----Narrow Escapes. 250,000,000 FEET OF LUMBER. Ottawa, Canada, April 30.—The list of deaths at the big fire is now placed at eleven. There were hundreds of narrow escapes and a number of people were injured. A relief committee has been formed by the citizens and this, together with the Catholic archbishops of Ottawa and Montreal will make an appeal for relief to the country. The most serious problem that confronts Hull is that of work. The majority of householders who were burned out are poor and have large families. It is not expected that there will be employment for a considerable period and the way in which many of the poor are going to live in the meantime is doubtful. Estimated losses reach $17,000,000, of which three million or more was of number. Two thousand buildings were burned in Ottawa and 1,800 in Hull. Over 3,000 families have been rendered homeless. There is no means of arriving at absolutely reliable conclusions in these reports as yet, but the numbers cannot well be below these figures. The major part of Hull, with its immense industrial establishments and the homes of their operatives, was swept clean, as well as Victoria and Dalhousie wards in Ottawa. The Dominion government at a cabinet meeting decided to give $14,000 to relieve the sufferers of the Ottawa and Hull fire. Ten thousand dollars will be given for immediate use. The city council has decided to give $10,000. The mayors of Chicago and Detroit promptly opened subscriptions. In England the London papers commenced at once for a relief fund. Pacific Coast Trade San Francisco, April 28.—Collis P. Huntington and associates have determined to make extensive dock improvements at Guaymas, the terminus of the Sonora branch of the Southern Pacific, with the view of making that port one of the most important on the Pacific coast of Mexico. A large bulk of the freight destined for South American and Central American points now handled exclusively by coast steamers from California ports will be sent via the Southern Pacific and Guaymas when the proposed improvements are completed. Mr. Huntington will also build a railroad from Guaymas to the extensive coal fields of Santa Clara, ninety-five miles east of Ortiz. These coal fields have been acquired by Mr. Huntington. The Queen Returns Dublin, April 27.—Queen Victoria opened her last day in Ireland very quietly. Though she drove out in the afternoon she did not visit any institutions. He majesty left the vice regal lodge at noon yesterday and, after a short train journey to Kingston, embarked on board the royal yacht, and, escorted by the channel fleet, sailed for England an hour later. It is expected the queen will arrive at Windsor this morning. Invited to Camp Out Washington, April 28.—Representative Neelham, of California, sent to the president, members of the cabinet, senators and representatives in congress an invitation from the board of trade of Visalia, Cal., to join in a thirty-day camping party which is to visit Mount Whitney and the Sequoia National park in the Sierra Nevada mountains about July 15. Mining Restriction on Indian Land. Washington, April 30.—Senator Stewart, of Nevada, introduced a bill relating to mining privileges on Indian reservations. It provides that all agreements granting mining privileges shall be approved by the secretary of the interior, and no patents shall be granted to the mines located on Indian reservations until the same shall have been opened to occupation under the land and mining laws of the United States. Lumber Men Alarmed. Minneapolis, April 25.—Log owners are greatly alarmed. Everything is as dry as tinder. A terrible fire is raging south and west of Cass lake. The citizens are making great efforts to protect the town by "back firing." There has been a great deal of property destroyed in the region west of Cass lake and extending back about twenty-five miles to the west and northwest and probably fifteen miles on the south west. The streams have dried up and everything favors a most disastrous forest fire. Berlin. April 30.—The budget committee of the reichstag adopted, by a vote of 20 to 8, a motion of the Centrists granting, in modified form, the battleships asked for by the government. By this action of the budget committee the passage of the naval augmentary bill is virtually assured. The outcome will be that Germany's fighting strength on the sea will be measured by 34 large battleships, 32 large and small cruisers and a score of cold battleships which will be renovated. It is expected that a vote will be reached on a kanan code during the week. The contest will be held on Monday. The bill will be otherwise amended so as to extend the provisions of the mining laws to Alaska. Senator Flatt (CT) has a bill in the Senate directing a preparation of a roll of Osage citizenry in a view of allotting their lands in severally. The house Ways and Means committee reported against the resolution calling upon the agricultural bureau for information about the reasons for the reason that the law forbids the disclosure of officials of private processes of manufactures. May 1 and 2 were set aside for the consideration of the Nicaraguan canal bill. The conference report on the Hawaiian government bill was sent back to conference with instructions to adhere to the house amendments. APRIL TWENTY-FOUR Though there were efforts for delay the house probably passed the Puerto Rican Joint resolution which had passed the Senate. The vote was not taken when the evening dales went to appointment. The Senate received from the president the appointment of Oscar A. Mitscher, of Oklahoma to be Indian agent for the Ogee nation; to be governor of the State to succeed Webster; Davis as assistant secretary of the interior; J. H. Hollander of Maryland to be treasurer of the Island or Puerto Rico; John K. Garrison of the District of Columbia, to be auditor of the Island of Puerto Rico. APRIL, TWENTY-FIVE The Senate reached final vote on the resolution on the case of Mr. Quay of Pennsylvania, a former governor of Pennsylvania, the term commencing March 4, 1999. He was excluded by a vote of 38 to 32; the contest being on whether the governor had legal power to act after the legislature had failed to elect a senator. The military affairs committee reported adversely on the bill providing for employing of women nurses in military hospitals. An amendment was made in the house to the postal appropriation bill authorizing the emigration of women nurses to post offices at 28 cents an hour; another was adopted providing for extra pay to letter carriers when they work more than 48 hours a week on legal holidays to be counted as 8 hours. The judicially committee reported favorably the grant to the federal government the power to grant citizen judges power in their rights in the several states. The house, by a vote of 87 to 50, struck out of the committee the entire amount for pneumatic tube service. APRIL TWENTY-SIX. After a brief debate the senate agreed to the conference report on the Hawaiian government with the assistance of fran chise and imprisonment for debt having been amended to conform to the ideas of the senate. The Alaska civil government bill—the code for state consideration, with slow progress being made. APRIL TWENTY-SEVEN. Senator Mason III (Ill.) introduced a joint resolution to request the president to withdraw the state from the nass island to the Cubas on July Fourth next. Senator Pettus (Ala.) alone of the members of the committee on elections, made a speech opposing the claim of Senator Scott (W. Va.) to a seat. A bill is now before the Senate for retiring General Shafter as Major-General. The house Indian committee made favorable report on the bill allowing Indians in Indian territory to emigrate to Mexico. A subsequent report on the Hawaiian government bill. Mr. Cummings demanded a separate vote on the provision in the post bill giving carriers extra pay for extra hours, saying the amendments made down the 8 hour law and was opposed by the committee made favorable report on the Gardner eight hour bill. The house passed the postoffice appropriation bill after refusing to cut out the amounts for fast mail service. APRIL TWENTY-EIGHT. Senator Stewart (Nev.) asks legislation to regulate mining privileges on Indian reservations. A special order was made for May 19, for appropriate exercises to the reception and training of the Army of the Republic of the state of General U. S. Grant, to be erected in the Capitol. Senator Scott (W. Va.) was voted his seat, 53 to 3. The Indian committee reported favorably on the bill to provide for expenses by Indian department in carrying out treaty stipulations. The Senate in executive session ratified the treaty with Spain extending six months the time in which Spanish residents of the Philippines will be allowed whether they will remain subjects of Spain. It is expected that the Senate will reinsert the pneumatic tube item in the postal appropriation bill, after reducing it about one-half. The agricultural bill was sent to conference. The bill to increase the salary of the director of the census to $7,500 and the salaries of supervisors of census by 2 per cent of the amount received. At the last special pension session the house passed 90 private pension bills. The Indian committee made a favorable report on the bill providing for a commission to declare an international reserve be established in Minnesota. Honolulu's Sugar Fleet. San Francisco. April 27.—Sixten ships and three barks will comprise the fleet to carry the 1900 sugar shipments from Hawaii around the Horn. The vessels will carry about 62,800 tons of sugar from the various island ports to the Atlantic side. Nicholas a Mixer Moscow, April 25.—During the celebration at the Uspenski cathedral of the Good Friday service, the czar and grand Duke and Duchess Serge unexpectedly entered and kneeled among the people. The czar's taper was extinguished twice, but he relit it with the taper of a poor man who was worshipping next to him. An immense impression has been caused at Moscow by this unusual mixing with the crowd. The News at Harrisburg. Harrisburg, Pa., April 26.—Matthew S. Quay's defeat in the senate at Washington fell like a bombshell in the camp of his followers gathered in this city for the state convention. It was entirely unexpected. In anticipation of his triumph the regular organization leaders had come together from all over the state and extensive preparations had been made to celebrate what they expected would be a joyous occasion. A positive declaration was made that Mr. Quay would not again be a candidate for senator. A Texas Tornado. Blum, Texas, April 30.—A tornado passed through the eastern part of this place, destroying several residences and a two-story building. Fortunately, but two persons were seriously hurt, one of whom will die. The storm started about three miles south of town and was nearly 200 yards wide. The grain crop in the path of the storm is badly damaged and fruit trees are broken and stripped of fruit. Nothing has been heard from the country. Plantation Chill Cure is Guaranteed To Cure, or money refunded by your merchant, so why not try it? Price 50 cts. "Peruna Is an Excellent Spring Catarrh Remedy—I am as Well as Ever." Hon. Dan. A. Grosvenor, of the Famous Ohio Family. Hon. Dan. A. Grosvenor, Deputy Auditor for the War Department, in a letter written from Washington, D. C., says: "Allow me to express my gratitude to you for the benefit derived from one bottle of Peruna. One week has brought wonderful changes and I am now as well as ever. Besides being one of the very best spring tonics it is an excellent catarh remedy." Very respectfully, Dan A. Grosvenor. Hal P. Denton, Chief National Export Exposition, Philadelphia, Pa., writes: "I was completely run down from overwork and the responsibility naturally connected with the exploitation of a great international exposition. My physician recommended an extended vacation. When life seemed almost a burden I began taking Peruna, and with the use of the fifth bottle I found myself in a normal condition. I have since enjoyed the best of health." Almost everybody needs a tonic in the spring. Something to brace the nerves, invigorate the brain, and cleanse the blood. That Peruna will do this is beyond all question. Everyone who has tried it has had the same experience as Mrs. D. W. Timberlake, of Lynchburg, Va., who, in a recent letter, made use of the following words: "I always take a dose of Peruna after business hours, as it is a great thing for the nerves. There is no better spring tonic, and I have used about all of them." For a free book on "Summer Catarrh," address The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio. Cauliflower An Gratin. Cauliflower au gratin is a dish not to be despised. To prepare it first boll the cauliflower, then break it into small flowerets. Place them in a pudding dish in alternate layers with white sauce and grated cheese. Cover the top with crumbs moistened with butter and bake until the sauce bubbles through the crumbs. A Chief With Many Wives. The affairs of the Comanche tribe are absolutely controlled by Quanah Parker, who is supreme in everything. He has the white man's keen perception, and the Indian's cunning. He converses well in English and away from the tribe he wears the white man's dress. At home he paints his face and dona a blanket. His residence is a large, two-story house on the southern slope of the Wichita mountains. The rooms are elegantly furnished and carpeted, and his dining table amply supplied with china and silverware. Costly pictures adorn the walls, among them one in oil of his mother. Quanah may as well abandon all hope of a congressional career—he is the husband of seven wives. His last domestic acquisition is a beautiful and charming woman, said to have been purloined from a neighboring Indian, who threatened dire vengeance, but was induced to stifle his anguish upon receiving $1,000 in money and mustangs. Delights in Bad Omens There is a girl in Germantown, Pa., who has defied the fates in an apartment which she calls her "unluck room." Everything which is generally considered as a bad omen she delights in. For instance, superstitious people think it unlucky to walk under a ladder. No one can enter this room without doing that very thing, for suspended directly over the door is a small ladder. The mirror is cracked, and everybody knows how unlucky a broken looking-glass is. Peacock feathers are strewn about in profusion, and what are more unlucky than peacock feathers? To open an umbrella in the house is to invite all manner of ill fortune, and yet directly over this girl's bed is suspended an umbrella which is never closed. There are thirteen articles of furniture in the room, and on the walls are hung thirteen pictures. The girl wears no jewelry except opals, and will only have her room cleaned on Fridays. Nervous Prostration. I had nervous trouble for years, which at times completely prostrated me and made life not worth living. I tried many physicians and no end of nerve and other remedies without relief. Mr. M. J. Crews, merchant, Maloy, Iowa, persuaded me to try Morley's Sarsaparilla and Iron. The very first bottle went to the right spot, for I felt a complete change and now, after using six bottles in all I am perfectly well. MRS. LETTIE FISHER. Sold by agent in every town. The supreme excellence in all things is simplicity. A woman's idea of the real sacrilegious thing is for a pall bearer to chew tobacco at a funeral. In teaching the young, be careful not to deceive them—they will catch you at it. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. See a bottle. Get over your little annoyances by recalling how trivial they would seem to a man away off in Japan. Read the Advertisements. You will enjoy this publication much better if you will get in the habit of reading the advertisements; they will afford a most interesting study and some excellent bargains. Our advertisers are reliable and send what they advertise. A contented mind, like many other blessings, is more easily lost than gained. Mr. J. Richardson had a running sore on his leg for 20 years. Tried doctors and medicines without end or any permanent good. Mr. L. B. Nunnally, druggist, Hartford, Ia., recommended Morley's Sarsaparilla and Iron to cure the cause of the sore and make it heal from the inside. A few bottles cured my leg, and put me in better health than I have been for 20 years. Sold by agent in every town. It causes a smile when a woman says she goes into society to help her husband in a business way. The Maker's of Carter's Ink Say: "We don't know how to. We can make poorer ink, but we won't." Carter's Ink is the best. Feastthirts may not make fine birds, but with the assistance of the milliner they make fine bills. AGENTS MAKE BIG MONEY handling our household articles. They sell on sight. Big prizes given. Write at once. C. H. Marshall & Co., Dept. 10, Chicago. Reference: Any Bank in Chicago. Lots of people never cast their bread upon the waters unless there is a reporter around to make a note of it. 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, 21s. Sample sent FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. Four kittens, all alive and fastened together by skin ar1 cartilge, is a remarkable freak of nature that is attracting considerable attention at the home of John Finnecy, South Oll City. Finnecy did not discover their peculiar formation until he noticed that the mother cat was neglecting them. Then he took what he supposed was the top kitten out of the box, but when the entire family came out, like a bunch of grapes, he dropped them with a gasp of astonishment. The kittens are active, have strong voices, and are apparently well developed, but all are joined together at the abdomen, near the hind quarters, giving their legs free movement. There is no deformity of the heads, bodies, legs or feet. It is practically certain that women will be admitted to practice at the French bar. The senate committee has adopted the law already voted by the chamber. Mile. Chauvin, daughter of the deputy of that name, will be one of the first licensed to practice. She was refused a license some years since by the court of appeals. DR. MOFFETT'S TEETHIN A (Teething Powders) WILL MAKE BABY FAT AS A PIG. Costs only 25 cents at Druggist Or mail 25 cents to O. J. MOFFETT BUY A PACKAGE OF FRIENDS' OAT FETT'S THINA (owders) at Druggists, J. MOFFETT, M. D., ST. LOUIS, MO. Allays Irritation, Alds Digestion, Regulates the Bowels, Strengthens the Child, Makes Teething Easy. TEETHINA Relieves the Bowel Troubles of Children of ANY AGE. DR. MOFFETT'S TEETHINA (Teething Powders) Allays Irritation, Alds Digestion, Regulates the Bowels, Strengthens the Child, Makes Teething Easy. TEETHINA Relieves the Bowel Troubles of Children of ANY AGE. Costs only 25 cents at Druggists, Or mail 25 cents to C, J. MOFFETT, M. D., ST. LOUIS, MO. WILL MAKE BABY FAT AS A PIG. BUY A PACKAGE OF FRIENDS' OATS AND FIND HOW TO OBTAIN Valuable Premiums Free. This only shows a few of the premiums. We have many more. FRENCH JEWELRY. Light Gold Plated Belt Buckle. Gold Plated Brooches. V ure is Guarnt, so why not try it? on Chill Cure refunded by your merchant, so w Gold is now being found in large quantities at Hokkaido, in the province of Kitami, in Japan. A territory embracing 650 square miles, the central point of which is Mount Horo-Noborn, is being worked with such splendid results that old diggers have styled it the Japanese Klondike. Almost all the gold is found in little pools and streams, which have their source in Mount Horo-Noborn. It never hurts the value of gold to call it filthy luce. The Best Prescription for Chills and 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. Ignorant men are a good while in finding out what ails them. FITS Permanently Cured. No fits or nervousness after first day of FREER. Kline G eat Nerve Restorer. No need for FREE. Kline G eat bottle and tincture. Dr. R. H. KLINE. Ltd. 391 Arch St. Philadelphia, Pa. The man who boasts of his honesty will bear watching. 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. If a man is his own worst enemy he has a one-sided fight on his hands. As a dressing and color restorer, PARKER's HAIR BALSAM never fails to satisfy. HINDERCORNS, the best cure for corns, 15cts. Thoughts that disturb men most never enter a woman's head. A. B. Stroud, Grantville, Ga., writer A pricedoon boh has been given the baby world in Dr. Moffett's TEETHINA (Teething Powders) An honest man always keeps his credit a little better than his clothes. Ploe's Cure is the best medicine we ever used for all affections of the throat and lungs. —W.M. O. ENDSLEY, Vanburen, Ind., Feb. 10, 1900. Lots of men get rich by helping other men make fools of themselves. 100,000 AGENTS WANTED. Men and women, boys and girls, all over the United States. Big money, easy work. Valuable prizes in addition. Write C. H. Marshall & Co., Dep't 10, Chicago. Happiness results from being content with what you haven't got. Send for "Choice Recipes," by Walter Baker & Co. Inc., Dorchester, Mass., mailed free. Mention this paper. The bonds of friendship are stronger than the ties of kindred. Double Trouble The complication of SPRAINS and BRUISES is a very sore trouble, but doubly, or separately, as sprain or bruise, there is no remedy known the equal of St. Jacobs Oil for a PROMPT, SURE CURE FRENCH JEWELRY. Light Gold Plated Belt Buckle. Gold Plated Brooches. Sterling Silver Hearts. Sterling Silver Show Horn. Sterling Silver Nail File. Sterling Silver Eraser. Sterling Silver Darning Ball. Sterling Silver Hair Curler. Sterling Silver Button Hook. Read the Advertisements. Chronic Sore Leg. Do Your Feet Ache and Burn? Klttens Fastened Together. French Women as Lawyers FRIENDS FRIENDS WHEN OWLED ROLLED OATS OATS SCISSORS, 5-INCH. Embroidery Scissors. Gent's Stag Handle Knife. Ladies' Pearl Handle Knife. Boys' Jack Knife. Razors. "DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM:—Before I commenced to take your medicine I was in a terrible state, wishing myself dead a good many times. Every part of my body seemed to pain in some way. At time of menstruation my suffering was something terrible. I thought there was no cure for me, but after taking several bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound all my bad feelings were gone. I am now well and enjoying good health. I shall always praise your medicine."—MRS. AMOS FESCHLER, Box 226, Romeo, Mich. Female Troubles Overcome "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM: I had female trouble, painful menses, and kidney complaint, also stomach trouble. About a year ago I happened to pick up a paper that contained an advertisement of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and when I read how it had helped others, I thought it might help me, and decided to give it a trial. I did so, and as a result am now feeling perfectly well. I wish to thank you for the benefit your medicine has been to me."—MRS. CLARA STIEBER, Diller, Neb. No More Pain "Dear Mrs. Pinkham—Your Vegetable Compound has been of much benefit to me. When my menses first appeared they were very irregular. They occurred too often and did not leave for a week or more. I always suffered at these times with terrible pains in my back and abdomen. Would be in bed for several days and would not be exactly rational at times. I took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and menses became regular and pains left me entirely."—Mrs. E. F. CUSTER, Brule, Wis. in 5 lb. paper packages, made ready for use in white and fourteen beautiful tints by mixing with cold water. It is a cement that goes through a process of setting, hardens with age, and can be coated and recounted without washing off its old coats before renewing. ALABASTINE Is entirely different from all the various kalsalines on the market, being durable and not stuck on the wall with glue. Alabastine customers should insist on having the goods in packages properly labeled. They should reject all imitations. There is nothing "just as good." Prevents much sickness, particularly throat and lung difficulties, attributable to unsanitary coatings on walls. It has been recommended in a paper published by the Michigan State Board of Health on account of its sanitary features; which paper strongly condemned kalcomines. Alabastine can be used on either wall or ceiling with edible paint and any one can brush it on. It admits of radical changes from wall paper decorations, thus securing at reasonable expense the latest and best effects. Alabastine is manufactured by the Alabastine Company of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Instructive and interesting booklet mailed free to all applicants. A Sure. Asthma. relief for a Naughty. Sold by a Naughty. STOWELL & CO. Charlestown, Mass. KIDDER'S PASTILLES. Ask your Dealer for Ash Grove Lime The Best on Earth. W. L. DOUGLAS $3 & 3.50 SHOES UNION MADE. Worth $4 to $6 compared with other makes. Included by or on 1,000,000 wearers. The genuine have W. L. Douglas' name and price stamped on bottom. Take no substitute claimed to be a good quality. Your deal should keep them—if not, we will send a pair on receipt of price and go. setter for furniture, size of leather, size and width, plain or car coat. Cat free. W. L. DOUGLAS SHOE CO., Brockton, Mass. W. N. U. WICHITA—NO.—18—1900 When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. BTAIN Valuable Premiums Free. THE ROUND TRADE MARKS ARE VALUABLE. A Complete Premium List sent on application to FRIENDS' OATS, MUSCATINE, IOWA. ALUMINUM CO Aluminum Combs. Silver Napkin Rings. Sterling Silver Coffee Spoons. Sterling Silver Cream Ladle. Sterling Silver Sugar Spoon. Sterling Silver Bon-bon Spoon. Sterling Silver Olive Spoon. and Children. anteed Price 50 cts. State Ledger. THE OFFICIAL ORGAN F. L. JELTZ. SUBSCRIPTION six months 500 One Year 1.00 ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS CASH IN AD- ANCE. Entered et post officeat Topeka, Kansas, at sec udclass-rates. Published every Saturday at 431 Kan. ave 1.00 in advance PHYSICIANS. I. A. SHIELDS M. D. PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. Office and Residence 1331 VanBuren St. all promptly attended. DR.AGNES McKEE WAL- LACE. Office 724 Kan. Ave. Phone 250 H. B. HOGEBGOM PHYSICIAN and SURGEON, 30 Kans Ave. All calls p ommptly attended. DR; C. A. TAYLOR. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office Hours, 9 to 11 a. m. From 2 to 5 p. m. OFFICE 226½ KAS, AVE. (Cver Kohl's Drug Store,) Wm. B. Swan, M. D 725 Kansas Avenue, Topeka 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 626 Filimo St. Telephone 360.! Office 807 Kansas Avenus. S. G. STEWART, M. D. FICE 621 KANSAS AVE. Wm. E. JACKSON, M. D. PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. FREE HOURS; 9 TO 11 A. M. 1 TO 5, and 7 TO 9 P. M. TELEPHONE 553. OFFICE 117 WEST 5th st. DR. J. C. ISERMAN, Office 112 East 6th street Calls Promptly Attended To. Specific Attention Given to Diseases Stomach and Lungs and Fe.nale Troub es. Office Hours: -9 to 12 -2 to 5 -7 to 9 Phone DR, R. O RHODES, OFFICE 600 Kansas ave Topeka, Kansas (Over Hub Clothing Co.) OFFICE HOURS: 9 to 11 A. M. 2 to 5 P. M. Residence, 600 West Sixth street Phone 656. W. P BROCKETT. PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, RESIDENCE in CONNECTION WITH OFFICE and STORE calls answered day or night, A.S.O.-dealer in Drugs, Medicines, and all articles kept in a Drug store. Mayetta, Kansas. 929 GIBRALTAR DRUG CO: 823 KANSAS AVENUE. Topeka, Kansas* HOMEPATHIC REMEDIES. A.K.T MA TERIALS. P. HITTLE HUTCHINSON KANSAS people should remember Mr. Hittle. When in need of Funeral S supplies. Dr, Dutton's Botanic Blood and St0mach Cures INDEGESTION, KIDNEY and LIVER trouble and RHEUMATISM. Sold by W. A. Travis, Shorey, P O. Adjoining Capital of Kansas. Mar, 27. The American School of Magnetic Healing. WELTMER METHOD. every known disease cured without medicine. DOCTOR M. M PENDROY,-614 Marke Street Emporia, Kansas. ISENHART and LEXANDER Attorneys at Law. 517 Kansas Ave. FRED C SLATER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Practices In All Courts. Office 600 Kas,ae A. C. MARKLEY. Attorney at Law. Practices in all courts. Office 116 W. 6th Miller's Pharma cY. 6th & TOPEKA AVL. Drug, s Medicines, Prescriptions Carefully Compounded. Give Us a Trial. ROHRING SHOE 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. GILCHRIST BROTHERS PROPRIETORS NATIONAL STABLES Good Turnouts delivered to any part of the city. Boarding a specialty. tel. 46 706 Jackson st. I. N. PETERSON. LIVERY, FEED and BOARDING STABLES Prices Reasonable. Give us a trial 522 Jackson Street H. A. KLAUER- For the best. Gold-Bug, Silk Edge, and a fine line of Tobbaccos, and Smoking Articles. 526 Kans. ave. a22 JNO. CHELANDR ```markdown ``` RANDOLPH KANS. Henderson paint works. Henderson paint works. J. A. HENDERSON, PROP. Manufacturces of all kinds of PAINTS. Strietly Pure. 609 Mass. Street. LAWRENCE, KANSAS. F. A. BECKSTROM. DEALER IN FINE WALL PAPER, and VARNISHES, Paints and Painters' Supplies. 518 Jackson St. Topeka, Kansas JOHN SHEAHAN, & SON. CONTRACTOR FOR Plumbing, Steam and Hot Water Heating 123 East Seventh St. M·Eletcher CARPENTER & BUILDER FURNITUE AND JOB WORK SOLICI TED. 19 E, 7th. St. M. Hogan. 米 Undertaker And Reliable in His Dealings--Open day and Night--314 Kan. Avenue. GO TO E. W. Griggs for photos, fine pictures. Car--901 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. W. D. Wood, J. Mayon and Cistern builder also wells. Parties needing service leave orders wt LEDGER office Go to J, P, Johnsons for any thing you want in the line of fine cigar's tobacco and confectionery, 409 Kas ave. Get you Harness and saddle goods. Geo, Keins and Co, 701 Kans. Ave. Repairing a specially, all work guaranteed. --- RESTAURANT SHORT ORDER. When in Lawrence stop at their place, 611½ Mase, St, Open day and night. Quick service, Rahrer's Restaurant 615 East Fifth St, Opposite Santa Fe Depot, C, A, RAHKER, Prop, CASINO CAFE T. J. CARSON PROP, Short order Merchants lunch Oysters, lunch, Chili and game in season open day and ight. 110. E. 7th St. PALACE HO TEL E. C. THRALL PROP. Serves first class meals and Lodging Meals and Lodging open day and night 11S W, 6th St. PALACE RESTAURANT. Eskridge, Kans., The Best Place to get a good "Clean, Square Meal" for 25c. From Maine to California. The Proof of the Pudding is the Eating it. Try us and see. M. F. LAWLOR, Prop. THE LANDIS HOME BAKERY. Many years experience. French home B. kery 316 E. 410 St. Home Bakery L. C. BOYCE, Prop. 810 N Kas. Ave. (Successor to Geo. Mayer,) Wholesale and Retail Bakery goods, We Solicit Your Trade, We will Serve You Right, WHERE TO GET YOUR HATS And CLOTHES CLEANED. if you have a first rate looking suit of clothes that you wouldlike to have cleaned and put in shape take them to I. 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 *Houses o W. 5th St. ranging from $8c $1200 cently located at reasonable prices on easy payments. Give him a call. CURRENT MAGAZINE AT 1-4 OFF. ST. LOUIS GLOBE DEMOCRATOR ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC and: CLASS A. LADIES HOME JOURNAL, McCLURES, POPULAR MONTHLY MUNSEY'S AINSLEE, and SELF CULTURE. All For 40 cents per. Month. CLASS B. SCRIBNER'S, HARPER'S MAG IZINE, COSMOPOLITAN, McCLURES, LIPPINCOTTS, and LADIES HOME JOURNAL, All for 50 cents per. Month. CLASS C. THE CENTURY, FORUM, NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW, ATLANTIC MONTHLY, CURRENT LITERATURE and SCRIBNER'S, All for 70 cents per Month. U.S. CYCLE GC. NATIONAL P. 27. 118 East 8th Street. Difficult Bicycle Repairing a Specialty Lock and Key Work, Umbrellas Repaired, Valcanizing, Good WHEELS to rent-and for Sale Second Hand, We Are Experts CALL AND SEE OUR '99 NEW MODELS U. S. CYCLE CO. 118 East 8th Street Smiles and fears. I smile, and ther the sun comes out: He hides away when'er I pout; He seems a very funny sun To do whatever he sees done. And when it rains he disappears; Lil me, he can't see through the tears Now isn't that the reason why I ought to smile and never cry? In more than this he is like me: For every evening after tea. He closes up his eyelids tight, And opens them at moraings light. Ex. SUMMONS of PUBLICATION. In The District Court In and For Shawnee County Kansas. Hannah Ransom, Plaintiff vs. Louis W. Ransom, Deft No, 20289, SUMMONS of PUBLICATION. In The District Court In and For Shawnee County Kansas. Hannah Ransom, Plaintiff vs. Louis W. Ransom, Deft No. 20289. 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, Callaham, r Atty Clerk Dist, court, W, I Jamison First Publication Oct. 14. 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 prayed for in said petition. Jennie Melton by her Atty W. I. Jamison, (Attest) A. M. Callaham, Clerk of Dist Count First pub. Dec. 16. '99. PUBLICATION NOTICE, In the District Court of Shawnee County Kansas. John Rinnen Merchant Tai I keep a full line of goods and samples constantly on hand and guarantee to please my customers. (South of State Bank.) HOLLON, KANS. Bowersock Milling Co. Lawrence Kas. High Grade Flour, ROBT, R, CLARK Mg. Passons de DEAKE Crockery, china, glassv and all kinds of h 739 Mass. St. Pure Θea a assons dep't store, DEAKER IN 7, china, glassware, tinware, notions and all kinds of household goods. 99 Mass. St. Lawrence Kan re Xəa and Spices etc. Passons dep't store. Passons dep't store. DEAKER IN Crockery, china, glassware, tinware, notions and all kinds of household goods. 739 Mass. St. Lawrence Kan Pure Thea and Spices etc. TOPEKA SPICE MILLS 109 E. Sixth Street. GO LOUIS VANDORP, Screen Doors, Ice Cream Freezer these are the things you need G GO TO VANDORP, FCR HARDWALLS and STOVES Open Doors, Ice Cream Freezers, Hammocks and Garden-Tools. e things you need Give hima call. 828 Kansas 776 FCR HARDWELL and STOVES Screen Doors, Ice Cream Freezers, Hammocks and Garden-Tools. These are the things you need Give hima call. 828 Kansas P Kansas Packing House Market SCHMIDT LRO'S, Prop's., 306 E. 2ND STREET Dealers In FRESH AND CURED MEATS. Wholesale and Retail. Give Them Your Trade j152 THE WEAR AND TEAR OF MEN'S NERVES EAR AND TEAR OF MEN'S NERVES THE WEAR AND TEAR OF MEN'S NERVES Results in debility—exhaustion, not only exhaustion of the body, but exhaustion 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 and nerve force that is wanting." Are you approaching this condition of Nervous Debility? Are you growing prematurely old? Do you suffer with headaches (Fig. 1); hollow eyes or dark rings under eyes (Fig. 2); pale, thin face and sunken cheeks (Fig. 3); weakness of limbs (Fig. 4); a poor appetite and impaired indigestion (Fig. 5); torpid liver (Fig. 6), and costimity, a coated tongue (Fig. 7)? Or have you dizzy spells? Do you suffer sleepless nights? Do you have horrid dreams? Do you awake in the morning hollow-eyed and tired out? Are you despondent, melancholy? Do you shun society? Are your knees shaky? Have you pain in the small of the back? These symptoms all tell you that your nerves are failing you; that you will grow old long before your time. HUDYAN will save you; HUDYAN will make a robust, strong, many man of you. HUDYAN revives, restores, rejuvenates. Go to your druggist at once and get HUDYAN. No other remedy; just HUDYAN, for HUDYAN is what you need. Other symptoms of this terrible affliction that visits so many men are cold hands and feet, palpitation of the heart, hot flashes, clouded memory, nausea after eating, twisting of muscles, spots before the eyes, shooting pains, weariness, tremblings, sediment in urine, bleary eyes, swimming in ears, a shaky, all-gone feeling. Remember HUDYAN. Be a vigorous, robust man, a man with nerves of steel, a man with muscles of iron. HUDYAN is wonderful. HUDYAN is arged by our leading medical men to be the greatest nerve and her known to med cal science. HUDYAN will lift you from despondency and discouragement that you are now in, and if you a happy man. Try HUDYAN, you will soon be convinced. tures Women's Kerves. Thousands of women use HUDYAN. HUDYAN from your druggist, 50c a package, six packages $2.50. If your druggist does not keep it, send direct to N REMEDY CO., Cor. Stockton, Ellis and Market Street, San Francisco, Cal. scknowledged by our leading medical men to be the greatest nerve and tissue builder known to med cal science. HUDYAN will lift you from that life of despondency and discouragement that you are now in, and will make of you a happy man. Try HUDYAN, you will soon be convinced. Hudyan Cures Woman's Nerves. Thousands of women use Hudan. knowledged by our leading medical tissue builder known to med cal scien that life of despondency and discount will make of you a happy man. Try H Hudyan Cures Womens Kerves. The GET·HUDYAN from your druggist If your druggist HUDYAN REMEDY CO., Corr GET·HUDYAN from your druggist, 500 a package, six packages $2.50. If your druggist does not keep it, direct send to • HUDYAN REMEDY CO. Cor. Stockton, Ellis and Market Street, San Francisco, Cal. lor. Mif- Men and Women use Hudyan. C. F. Rodiges, Jennie Melton by her Atty W. I. Janison, PUBLICATION NOTICE, To Minnie Wood, you are hereby notified that you have been sued by the plaintiff, John Wood, in the thedistrict Court of Shawnee County Kansas, and that you must answer the petition filed therin against you by her plaintiff, on or before the 22nd day of December 1899, or the petition will be taken as true and judgement divorcing said plaintiff from you will be rendered accordingly. (Attest) John Wood, A. M, Callaham, By Jas, H, Guy Clerk Dist: Court, His Atty M. L. GROSHORN. 1014 Quincy Street. Paper Hanging and inside finishing a specialty. 32 years Experience. 1 el. 71 The Diamond Drug Store, 6th and anon Streets Give them a call. E.H. UPSHAW. Peoples Feed, 537 Kansas Avenue, Topeka. Full weights. Goods pre- delivered. MR. CLARENCE YOUNG Mr. Clarence Young who is long time has been with Sims has open a neat Drug S 6th Buchana st. and want many friends to call. One among our most successful business men is J. G. Lepper proprietor of a grocery and meat market at North Branner street. Foral years he has conducted a business at that place and his business among all c/asses is incing at a rapid rate. A fasting case is puzzling doctors at Ghent. A young tell till the beginning of November with a kind of dyspepsia since that time has not taken nourishment whatever. Although exceedingly weak she retails faculties. Raher a pretty story is to how the preset emperor of Asia proposed to Princess Alesse. He was Czarowitz at time, and thus addressed the lady; her, the Czar, has commanded you my hand and heart. The prince at the queer formal wording of ence, ut immediately) answeed: My mother, the queen of England, handed me to accept the offer of your heart I shall take fo myself. JACKSON COUNTY ANNOUNCEM I am a candidate for Clerk of the Court of Jackson County, subject to cision of the Republican Convention. 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