State Ledger

THE STATE LEDGER. An 80 acre farm near Inman was sold last week for $3,400. 3A Topeka lawyer milks a dozen cows and then walks two miles to his office every morning. The South Eastern Kansas gun clubs contested at St. Paul, which town's club led on the score. Council Grove citizens will erect a $200 band stand for their band, of whom they are proud. Captain Adana G. Clark, of the Twentieth Kansas, is seeking an appointment in the regular army. One of the three prohibition parties of Kansas is to hold a state nominating convention in Topeka June 20. Thomas Roney, a Boston man who came to work in Kansas harvest fields, was killed by a train at Abilene. The new Catholic church at Parsons when finished, will be almost 200 feet from foundation to top of spire. A Lutheran Sunday school excursion from Abilene to Fort Riley was participated in by about 800 people. The state board of charities has just awarded contracts for $120,000 worth of supplies for the state institutions. T. N. Hancock, of Olathe, has been re-appointed as a member of the board of managers of the Dodge City Soldiers' home. The first car of new wheat to reach the Kansas City market went from Chautauqua county. The wheat was sold at 70 cents. A Missouri Pacific freight was wrecked east of Eureka. In the wreck were two carloads of hogs and half of them were killed. The probate judge of Sherman county was called up at two o'clock in the morning to marry a couple who couldn't wait any longer. Miss Lilly Stolz was married 45 minutes after delivering the graduating oration of her class at the Kansas Wesleyan university. All but six of the 304 votes cast at Highland on the proposition to improve the school house at a cost of $4,000 were for the proposition. Lawrence has 43 pupils in the high school for every thousand of population. Iola is next with thirty-six, Emporia and Hutchinson have twenty, Newton and Wichita nineteen. The Santa Fe has 1,280 acres planted with catalpa which are now 15 years old. Their cost has been $100 an acre. It is estimated that in ten years more the tract will have produced $2,560,000 worth of poles, ties and posts. Experiments made in different sections of the state go to show that salt sown with wheat, at about 200 pounds to the acre, brings better crops, in quality and quantity, on poor soils. than the best bottom lands produce without it. The Smith Center ladies had a reading club and wanted a library and went after it. After three years they now own a two story brick building on the main street of the town, of which the lower story is fitted up for the library and reading room and the second story is rented. They have a large library. One side of the room has cases filled with minerals, shells, relics and curiosities. The association is out of debt and has funds on hand. During the storm on June 13 much damage resulted from lightning which entered the Sterling telephone exchange and caused a fire. Harper county proposed to give the Orient railroad $45,000 in bonds as soon as the road is completed to the Texas line, and also pay the expenses of the election. A Rock Island freight train ran into an open swich at Mayetta, demolishing three car loads of threshing machines and engines. Oh yes, all receipts of the railroads are profit. Nit. A Blue Rapids calf did not have a hair on it until it was two weeks old. The Rev. Linus Blakesley, who for thirty years was pastor of the First Congregational church of Topeka, will remove with his wife to El Paso, Texas, thinking the change will benefit their health. The roadmasters of the Western and southern divisions of the Rock Island, also Superintendent Bishop, use gasoline motors for their inspection trips. A rate of 30 miles an hour can be made with these motors. J. M. Anthony, a brother of Susan B. and Daniel R., dropped dead in Fort Scott. He had lived in Fort Scott thirty years. The Peavy elevator company has captured control of the grain trade along the Union Pacific in Kansas under the name of the Midland Elevator company. : Fifty Kansas counties must pay the state about $100,000, as a result of the decision of the supreme court in the Harper county case which makes counties liable for uncollected state taxes. Justice Fellows of Fredonia is dead. He was 90 years old. The Williamsburg cheese factory force has been doubled. The city of Peabody pays one-fourth of the cost of all sidewalks. A new Catholic cathedral is to be erected in Salina this season. A London merchant has visited Wellington to contract for flour. The Johnson county normal institute opened with an enrollment of 133. Leavenworth census takers have found a negro woman 114 years old. College students have turned out in large numbers to assist in the harvest. Three young men of Chanute have gone to the Transvaal to make some money. Kansas commercial clubs are to meet in Topeka July 16 to perfect an organization. The salary of the postmaster at Wichita has been increased from $3,000 to $3,200. A farm in Washington county, of 569 acres, was recently sold for $10,000 spot cash. A fire at Leroy destroyed all of the city records except some of the treasurers books. The Kansas Sportsmans' association will hold their next meet in Wichita, September 4-6. The local banks of Wellington took the $14,000 worth of bonds voted for electric light service. Mail service has been re-established on the B. & M. branch between Atwood and St. Francis. Ladies of Garden City gave a coon show and made $20 for the improvement of the cemetery. Ex-Congressman Otis has quit Kansas and will join a co-operative colony in Equality, Washington. Wellington proposes to hold a week of carnival and an agricultural fair in the middle of September. The second twenty years of Kansas corn for starving India leaves Topeka via the Santa Fe on June 20. William Gorham, near Russel, has 4,000 acres of wheat. from which he expects to harvest 120,000 bushels. Half an hour before a $50,000 fire occurred at Thayer the city council had voted to purchase a fire engine. A Pawnee county man who has three thousand acres of wheat has recently bought a suburban residence in Chicago. Two whisky sellers whose places are near the Soldiers' home at Leavenworth, have been jailed and fined—at last. A special train of 26 cars arrived in Wichita June 18, from Port Huron, Michigan, loaded with threshers and traction engines. Three daughters of E. A. Bird, of Dickinson county, were married at the same ceremony with three thrifty young farmers. The managers of the baby incubator side show at the Topeka street fair abandoned the baby and it is now in the Orphans' home. Wichita is debating the subject of an underground system for its telephones along the principal business streets, and will likely open the matter for bids. F. W. Jacobs, a Seneca lawyer, has brought suit for $10,000 against several citizens of Sabetha for damages by mob violence during a whisky trial in that town. Pratt county has been sued for defaulted interest on $7,500 of bonds. Pratt county had its indebtedness so adjusted as to be able to pay out if treated reasonably. Rev. F. D. Bergstresser, from Allegheny City, Pa., has been chosen as pastor of the Lutheran church in Abilene. The Farmers' Mutual Hail association has 23 losses in the neighborhood of Caldwell, fifteen of which aggregate $5,000. The M. E. church at Junction City was in debt $4,500. The pastor announced an effort to pay or reduce the debt, and in thirty-one minutes by the clock, pledges to the amount of $5,083.95 were made. State Auditor Cole will try and compel rich men with relatives in the insane asylum, to pay the state for the care of them. The officials of the state reform school have created a great interest among the boys in the study of the birds of Kansas. Mrs. Nation went to all the saloons in Kiowa early one morning and broke everything breakable in them, first the windows and with stones what was inside, plate glass mirrors, bottles, etc. The damage done amounted to $500. It is said that a Mulvane dressmaker was building at one time, quite recently, three silk dresses and one satin dress. Miss Anna Murphy, a school teacher of Topeka, goes to Sault Ste Marie, Mich., as pastor of a Congregational church. Thirty years ago Texas cattle drovers found considerable difficulty in getting their cattle through the herds of buffaloes along the Arkansas valley, in Kansas. An examination of newspaper files of that time show this AMAZING FIGURES PROPORTION OF OUR IMPORTS AND EXPORTS From and To Europe Carried in American Ships—Foreign Attack Centered On Only American Line in That Trade. In an open letter addressed to Gen. Charles H. Grosvenor, Chairman of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, Alexander R. Smith of New York, a former member of the New York Commerce Commission, answers an attack on the Ship Subsidy Bill, which has been favorably reported to each branch of Congress. Mr. Smith openly charges that the foreign shipping interests aided by the free traders and other enemies of American shipping, are striving with might and main to destroy the one American line now engaging in our trade with Eu- in his letter, Mr. Smith says in part: "Mr. Peabody's assertion that 'the cream of the subsidy is designed to fall to those vessels of the International Steamship Company,' is not only erroneous, but seems purposely designed to prejudice the public against that line—the only line, by the way, engaged in our trade with Europe under the American flag. This line has been singled out for the most virulent, malignant and frequent attacks ever since the shipping bill has been before the public. It has been asserted, but without a word of truth, that it is controlled by the Standard Oil and the Pennsylvania Railroad companies. "That line has been pictured as part of a monopolistic trust, whereas it is battling, single handed and alone, against the most powerful steamship lines in the world. These other lines—all under foreign flags—are backed up with unlimited wealth and the support of their several governments to whatever extent may be necessary to enable them to successfully compete for the transatlantic trade. "The American line in question is struggling at considerable pecuniary loss to succeed and to still further increase its tonnage under the Stars and Stripes in the face of this concentrated and united opposition. In doing so it has been subjected to the unbridled abuse of every free trader, every free trade newspaper, every enemy of American shipping, and every defender of foreign shipping, in the United States. "If the stockholders of this line are ready to invest still further in American ships, in the hope of ultimately earning a profit, and are ready to subject themselves to the fiercest and most concentrated competition of the most wealthy and powerful ships in all the world under foreign flags, the American people will applaud and commend them. "The deadly purpose of this opposition is manifest, when we study the statistics of the United States for the last fiscal year. Of the total foreign trade of the United States, 67.07 per cent is with Europe—more than two-thirds of our total foreign trade is with Europe. Of our imports from Europe, valued at $253,884,534, only $15,430,242, or 4.35 per cent, was carried in American vessels. Of this, the ships of the American line carried imports valued at $14,813,023. Of our exports to Europe, valued at $336,602,093, but $27,-558,076, or 1.30 per cent, was carried in American vessels, the ships of the American line carrying exports to Europe valued at $25,077,749. "The value of the imports and exports carried in the ships of this line was $39,890,782, out of a total of $160,612,206 carried in all of the American ships engaging in our entire foreign trade. The ships of this American line carried within a fraction of 25 per cent of all of the imports and exports of the United States that were carried in American ships. If, therefore, the four steamships of the American line—which rendered such exceptional and invaluable auxiliary naval service to our government during the war with Spain—can be driven out of our trade with Europe, the proportion of our carrying under the American flag in our trade with Europe will drop from the present 2.15 per cent of the total to 0.2 (two tenths of one) per cent. That is to say, the foreign ships now monopolize 97.85 per cent of our carrying with Europe, and are striving with all the power and influence at their command to increase their proportion of our carrying to 99.8, leaving for the stray American vessel that will dare to venture into that trade, the carrying of 0.2 of our imports and exports! By driving these ships out of our foreign trade, the proportion of the entire foreign trade of the United States carried in American vessels, would be reduced from 8.9 to just 7 per cent, leaving for foreign ships the carrying of 93 per cent of our imports and exports, and the estimated $200,000,000 in freight earnings that are taken from the United States each year. "No wonder," concluded Mr. Smith in discussing this portion of his reply, "the foreign steamship lines, and all other friends of foreign shipping, and every enemy of American shipping, concentrates his opposition on the American line—the single heroic carrier of the American flag in our transatlantic trade." Fewer Porto Rican Taxes. Under the American administration of Porto Rico the old Spanish taxes are being gradually abolished. The consumption tax, landing and transportation charges are now done away with on petroleum, charcoal, firewood, fresh beef, veal, pork, and mutton, fowls and eggs, fruits, vegetables, flour, cornmeal, bread, rice beans, salt pork, ham, bacon, fresh fish, codfish, herring, soup paste, dried beef, sugar, mo- lasses and coffee. The Porto Ricans will now be able to take a bite without being taxed for it, and they will soon be able to enjoy the privilege of a free square meal, paying less in taxes and having more money for food. CUBAN TARIFF CHANGES. Reduced Rate for Railroad Material if Imported Within a Year. The War Department has again revised the schedules of the Cuban tariff, to go into effect June 15th. It is hoped that this will increase the imports from the United States, as we now have less than half the trade of the island. A previous reduction of the duty on food stuffs and live stock has not lessened the cost of food by the consumer, so that no changes are made in the revision in the food duties except to reduce the duty on flour from $1.30 to a dollar a barrel, and on salt cod and stock fish from $2 to $1. In view of the necessity for the construction and reconstruction of railroads in Cuba, and upon the assurance given by the various companies that if material for the construction and equipment could be imported at a reduced rate they will at once begin to import large quantities, a special provision has been inserted in the tariff which allows railroad companies to import these supplies into the island for a period of twelve months from the date of promulgation at a rate of 10 per cent ad valorem. Some few changes have been made in the free list, one or two fresh additions being made and one or two articles being taken out and put on the dutiful list. Crude petroleum is taken from the free list and the original duty of $1.40 per 100 pounds restored. Petroleum and other mineral oils, rectified or refined, intended for illumination or lubrication, per 100 pounds, $2.80. Business Good Everywhere. Business continues to be good all over the western and southern sections of the country, as shown by Brad-street's returns of bank clearings: Four Months. Section. 1900. 1899. Western ..... $985,023,011 $867,416,591 Northwestern ..... 2,781,986,862 2,615,938,607 Southwestern ..... 883,289,229 796,782,963 Southern ..... 954,741,350 900,408,426 Far Western ..... 565,959,643 486,436,337 In every one of these sections the bank clearings have been larger this year, up to the end of April, than in the corresponding months of 1899, when the volume of business transacted in the country broke all previous records. Prosperity is still with us. Farm Product's Higher. Comparing prices on May 1, 1900, with May 1, 1899, there has been an increase in the following products of the farm: Corn, sheep, hogs, prime, horses, hogs, carcasses, muttons, carcasses, milk, beef, pork, bacon, hams, lard, butter, coffee, beans, lemons, raisins, hides, cotton, wool, hemp, jute, flax, tobacco, hay, cottonseed. Cowboys for McKinley Geo. B. Hendricks, of the San Angelo country, Texas, says that the cattlemen in his section are almost a unit for the re-election of President McKinley. He says the cowmen are satisfied with their present prosperity and do not care to see the existing confidence among the people disturbed by the election of any other man as president. Party of Destruction. One Southern editor has made so bold as to suggest that David B. Hill would add strength to the Kansas City ticket as a vice presidential candidate. The Kansas City ticket will be made by the subtraction system rather than by the process of addition. The policy of the present Democratic leaders is to tear down, not to build up. Packed and Pledged. The Declaration of Independence was signed on the Fourth of July, 1776, but the chances are that the Democratic party will not have the courage to sign a Declaration of Independence on the Fourth of July, 1900, as the convention is already packed and pledged to by-gone issues. Receipts at Manila. Manila's customs receipts last March amounted to $515,575,as compared with $243,468 in March, 1899. Under Spanish rule the largest March receipts were $299,442, in 1897; so that their record has been beaten by $216,000 for that month under American administration. A Mix-Up It is quite likely that the Sioux Falls convention named a stalking horse for the Vice Presidency. The second place on the Kansas City ticket will eventually go to a Democrat, thus giving that party representation. Which Was Which? If the present Popocratic party were to undergo an operation for appendicitis, it would take a skilled political anatomist to tell after the operation which was the appendix and which was the the, the, corpus delicii. Our Enemies and Their Allies. All of the foreign enemies of the United States are hoping for Democratic success in November. The Democratic party always was unfortunate in its away-from-home sympathy. COLORADO SHEEP. Senator Wolcott Tells of Their Greatest Value. Washington.-"Colorado has just been through a remarkable experience in regard to its flocks of sheep and its wool," said United States Senator Edward O. Wolcott of that state today, when discussing the general prosperity of the country. "Farmers out there have had their object lesson, and a very strong one, on the evil effects of free trade and the advantages of protection. I have prepared some figures on the subject which are interesting. Year. Number. Value. Per head. 1891 1,819,569 $4,396,555 $2.97 1892 1,710,283 4,223,673 2.87 1893 1,231,481 3,190,806 2.52 1894 1,281,968 2,926,058 1.85 1895 1,965,989 1,894,058 1.52 1896 1,219,049 2,251,881 1.71 1897 1,411,382 2,456,250 1.76 1898 1,623,089 3,869,445 2.38 1899 1,655,581 4,486,543 2.71 1900 2,185,327 6,250,036 2.56 "You will see from this table that the value of sheep in Colorado on the 1st of January, 1891 and 1892, was nearly $4,300,000 each year. At the end of 1892, just as soon as it was known that there would be a complete Democratic administration during the next four years, the farmers began to sell their sheep, the total number of the flocks decreasing by nearly 500,000 within a year. The value of each sheep also decreasing by $1 a head between the years 1893 and 1895. "I immediately after the election in the fall of '96, when Republican control of the Government was assured, the farmers began to increase their flocks, knowing that protection would again be given to wool. They had suffered under the disastrous effects of free trade in wool, and immediately set about to recover their losses. Between the first day of January, 1897, and the first day of the present year, the sheep flocks of Colorado have increased by 774,000 and their value by upwards of $3,750,000, each sheep in the state being worth $1.10 more this year than it was just before President McKinley's inauguration. "But the value of the sheep alone does not tell all the story. Look at this next statement giving the prices per pound of Colorado wool as sold in that state. PRICE PER POUND IN CENTS." Year. Fine. Clothing. Mexican. Greasy. 1819. 16 14 15 6#8 1828. 15½ 13½ 14½ 6#8 1838. 10 9 10 5#7 1848. 8 7 8 4#5 1858. 7 6 7 3#4 1868. 6 5 7 3#4 1878. 7 6 5 7 6#8 1888. 10 6 10½ 6#8 1890. 12 10 12 7#9 1900. 14 11½ 15* 7#10 "You will see that all grades of wool began to drop in '83. Between the time of President Harrison's administration when wool was protected under the McKinley tariff, and the free trade period of President Cleveland, there was a difference of 10 cents per pound to the farmer on the best wool that he had to sell. His loss per pound on medium wool was 9 cents, on Mexican wool 8 cents, and on greasy wool 3 to 4 cents per pound. "Wool values began to increase again just as soon as protection was assured by the election of President McKinley and a Republican Congress. Prices had already advanced early in '97, and they have kept on advancing ever since. "Now, I have taken the quantity of wool produced in Colorado in the years 1891 to 1895 and 1900, with the average value per pound at which it was sold, and it shows the following result: Year. Pounds. Value 1891 11,827,198 $1,655,908 1895 8,488,878 509,233 1900 14,204,625 1,633,532 "Besides a loss of $2,320 in the value of their sheep between '91 and '95, the farmers of Colorado lost $1,150,000 through the smaller prices at which they sold their wool. For one year their experience with free trade cost them almost $3,500,000. "Comparing this year with 1895, there has been an improvement of $4,266,000 in the value of Colorado sheep, and of $1,124,000 in the value of the wool grown in that state, making a benefit to the farmers under protection, in one year almost $5,400,000. Put this against the loss of $3,470,000, and we have a total of $8,860,000 as the gross difference to sheep farmers in Colorado between free trade and protection in one single year." Not Jerry's Work. Jerry Simpson is suspected of the authorship of the Sioux Falls platform. Jerry has had some newspaper experience and, had he been entrusted with the composition of the document, would undoubtedly have provided it with a "Going Backward" scare head. This lack of editing ought to enable Jerry to prove an alibi. Experience with Jones. The Cincinnati Enquirer wants the Ohio Democrats that they cannot secure the votes of the men who supported the Hon. Sam Jones for governor or last year. The owner of the Enquirer had one experience with Jones and knows what he is talking about. A Side Show. "What sort of a show will the Democratic party have this year," inquires an esteemed contemporary. According to the proceedings at Sioux Falls and Cincinnati we should say a side show would be about its size. Must Hide His Head The gallant Colonel who was going around the country a short time ago looking for General Prosperity will have to hide from that enemy to his ambitious plans. HALL SAY Miss Susan Wymar. Miss Susan Wymar, teacher in the Richmond school, Chicago, Ill., writes the following letter to Dr. Hartman regarding Pe-ru-na. She says. Only those who have suffered as I have can know what a blessing it is to be able to find relief in Pe-ru-na. This has been my experience. A friend in need is a friend indeed, and every bottle of Pe-ru-na I ever bought proved a good friend to me."—Susan Wymar. Margaretha Dauben, 1214 North Superior St., Recine City, Wis., writes "I feel so well and good and happy now that pen cannot describe it. Pe-ru-na is everything to me. I have taken several bottles of Pe-ru-na for female complaint. I am in the charge of life and it does me good." Pe-ru-na has no equal in all of the irregularities and emergencies peculiar to women caused by pelvic catarrh. Address Dr. Hartman, Columbus, O. for a free book for women only. New styles are usually old ones the people have forgotten. S. R. Baldwin, Columbus, Ga., writes occasionally give a TEERTHA Powder to be my teething child's gums softened. Probably the biggest thing about jealous woman is her suspicion. The best Ball Blue is Red Cross brand. Large 2-oz. package 5 cents. He whose liking for all men is the same has no love for any individual. Save money—Buy Red Cross Blue. Large 2-oz. package 5 cents. Fishing is very often but another name for loafing. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wounds. If the allegations made in divorce petitions are all true, the jails and penitentiaries are not half large enough. Gold Medal Prize Treatise, 25 Cts. The Science of Life, or Self-Preservation, 265 pages, with engravings, 25 cts, paper cover; cloth, full gilt, $1, by mail. A tool for every man, young, middle-aged or of a million copies sold. 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The Turn of Life This is a critical period in the life of every woman and no mistakes should be made. The one recognized and reliable help for women who are approaching and passing through this wonderful change is Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound That the utmost reliance can be placed upon this great medicine is testified to by an army or grateful women who have been helped by it. Mrs. Pinkham, who has the greatest and most successful experience in the world to qualify her will advise you free of charge. Her address is Lynn, Mass. Write to her PISOIS CURE FOR BURNS WHEN ALL FAILS Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use in time. Soil by drummers. CONSUMPTION Boycott Every Man And Every Industry. Mr. Louis, June 19.—"War to the war was the slogan adopted by the late employees of the street car company. The extreme action was dead upon when the proposition urged by the striking street car men to a settlement of the strike turned down by the Transit commer. Samuel Gompers, president of American Federation of Labor, announced that the terms proposed by union had been refused. This announcement was made at the conclusion of a conference by Mr. Gompers, presenting the union, and President David Whitaker and Director C. D. Dure, representing the Transit company. Mr. Whitaker said at the conclusion of the conference that he no statement to make. The union agrees propose to fight the battle to a chase and their trusted weapon will be boycott. Their leaders are dealing that every person, every businessman, every corporation that organizes or favors the Transit company in any way will be boycotted. President Gompers calls for all labor unions of the country to send financial to St. Louis. Australian Drouth And Freshet. gdney, N. S. W., June 19.—A primary commission sent to investigate conditions in the drouth stricken trief of Australia has found a durable condition of affairs. As a alt of a long dry season, there has in a tremendous destruction of ep, twenty thousand perishing. An osite condition has prevailed in island, where the Buchan river is dred, the water being higher than any time for twelve years causing at damage. The Tambo Flats have in flooded, crops washed away, catdrowned and roads and bridges troyed. More Men From Manila Washington, June 18.—Owing to our natural reluctance to employ ops save as a last resort, and the elimination of the war department supply such troops except under issue, the officials were considering putting out of commission of seven of the big ships attached tomiral Remey's fleet, notably the legon, and the addition of the sailors marines so released to Admiral mpff's landing force. The big ships rely, on an average, more than 200 o each. Russia and France. london, June 16.—A dispatch fromanghai says: "A report has reachede that the British, American andanese ministers in Pekin favor theoration of Emperor Kwang Su, butt the French and Russian ministersist upon the powers taking chargeChina. The belief is that the with-val of the British ships from theg Tse Tse Kiang is an indication ofat Britain's disclaimer of thehere" theory. Oppose Union Labels Kansas City, June 16.—The Printers' selective association closed its sesas at the Midland hotel. Before couring it was decided to declare an 8-hour day and to demand the seal of all union label laws and ornances. The members of the frater- are opposed to a city ordinance seribing the union label on all city citing and contend that the city's fitness should be open to all bidders. An Appeal to The President. an Francisco, June 19.—An appeal had been forwarded to President McLeay to cause the quarantine order insist this state to be withdrawn. The order was made in defiance of the central court which had decided that there never has been a case of the argue in this state. The indignation the people is beyond explanation. They protest in the strongest terms insist this most unjust and unwarranted order and ask for its immediate revocation. Santiago Bounty Money Washington, June 16.—The United States Court of Claims has passed upon suit of Admiral W. T. Sampson and others under his command at Santiago prize money on account of the destruction of the Spanish fleet. The total amount of bounty money allowed $606,700, of which Admiral Sampson will receive $8,335, Admiral Schley 600. Besides finding that Admiral Sampson was in command during the battle, the court declares that the New York was among the vessels engaged. Children's Home Burned. Lesville: Colo., June 19.—Fire destroyed the Home for Friendless Children, a charitable institution maintained by the churches. The building burned like tinder. There were forty children in the building and most of them with scarcely a stitch of clothing. The four little ones were found one of the upstairs rooms and turned to an unrecognizable condition. Thus far the management of the home has been unable to identify the land. CHINESE MINISTER ARGUES. Must Have Education and Railroads to Dispel Superstition. Washington, June 19.—A lengthy interview has been given out by Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese minister, of which the following is a fair sample: "The Chinese cannot understand the eagerness of the Christians to make proselytes. The missionaries come and say, 'Oh, you Chinese! You are all wrong. Tear down your temples. Destroy your idols. Do as we do.' The Chinese resent this attitude, and when to their resentment is added superstition fear, trouble follows. "I imagine, indeed, how you Americans would feel if the Chinese were to come to this country and not merely try to inculcate the teachings of Confucius and Buddah, but even decry the Gospel of Christ. Don't you suppose they would be mobbed?" "Two things, in my judgment, are necessary in China before the people of my country will be on a proper footing toward the rest of the world. They are education and railroads. The dark clouds of ignorance must be dispelled by the bright light of knowledge. Superstition must go. Education alone is not enough, however, for it is largely a matter of theories. The people must be brought into actual contact with other nations. I rejoice over every mile of track that is laid, and I hope that many will be the American investors in future who see fit to put their money into Chinese railroads." Faith In Uncle Sam's Promises. Washington, June 19.—General Otis is reported as saying: "I have read a great deal about the Philippines since my return. I know as a fact, however, in spite of all that has been said, that the Philippine islands are in possession of the United States and the United States cannot get rid of them and can not withdraw. Intelligent men of the Filipinos want United States protection and government, and to them I have promised protection from all loss of life and property, and I know that this country will fulfill that promise." Want a National Battle. St. Louis, June 19.—To develop the local controversy into a gigantic national battle between capital and labor is now the aim of the union leaders. The American Federation of Labor will be asked to throw the full weight of its power into the contest and declare a national boycott on the St. Louis Transit Company and on all firms and individuals patronizing it. The supplies of the Transit company will be cut off by boycotting the manufacturers of street railway rolling stock and equipment, and by ordering strikes of the employees of such firms. Glick Farm Sold Again. Aitchison, Kan., June 16.—The noted Glick stock farm at Shannon, west of here, was sold by John Murray, representing several owners, to J. D. Hinds, of Winchester, Kan., one of the noted cattle breeders of Kansas. This farm has been the home of the finest short horn cattle of the west for many years. It is one of the finest farms in the state. Mr. Hinds will again stock the farm with fine cattle. The parties who bought the farm from Governor Glick made several thousand dollars out of the deal. Electric Line Wreck Leavenworth, Kans., June 18.—A coach on the Kansas City-Leavenworth electric line crashed into a work train at a curve. The coach was splintered to kindling wood and five railroad men on it injured, one of them fatally. H. S. Tubbs, Kansas City extra motorman, will die. The car carried no passengers. The crew on the work train escaped unhurt. K. C. Elevator Burned. Kansas City, June 19.—The large Union elevator, at Ninth and Mill streets, in the West bottoms is burned to the ground and the loss is estimated at $100,000. At the same time the contents of C. A. Brockett's cement plant were ruined by the fire and water, the stock being of such a character that to have water thrown upon it is to completely ruin it. C. A. Brockett's loss is placed at $15,000. Both buildings and their contents were covered by insurance. A. O. U. W. Officers. Sioux City, S. D., June 16.—The earlier sessions of the supreme lodge United Workmen, holding its twenty-eighth annual meeting in this city, was taken up with routine matters. The following officers were elected: Supreme master workman, William A. Walker, of Wisconsin; supreme foreman, A. C. Hardwick, of New York; supreme overseer, Webb McNall, of Kansas; supreme recorder, M. W. Sacket, of Pennsylvania; supreme receiver, John J. Acker, of New York. A. Deplorable Situation. St. Louis, June 19.—The police are tattered, and grimy, and unkempt from their constant conflict with the mobs. The employees on the cars are in a similar condition for the same reason. The cars are windowless, warped, and caked with mud. Starvation is closing in upon the ranks of the strikers, and to this the police trace the increase of footpads and burglar. Scarcely a citizen ventures out after dark unarmed, and the hardware dealers report that women are buying revolvers. "La Creole" Will Restore those Gray Hairs La Creole Hair Restorer is a Perfect Dressing and Restorer Price $1.00 Indian as College Orator. Indian as College Orator. One of the eight men selected by the Princeton literary societies to participate in the junior oratorical contest to be held commencement week is Howard Edwards Gansworth, a full-blooded Indian. Howard is a son of John Gansworth of Sannebor, N. Y. His father's Indian name is Rho-Whas-Neab. He is a member of the Tuscora tribe. On his mother's side Howard Gansworth is descended from Red Jacket, chief of the Senecas, who was famous for his oratory and statesmanship. Dewey Arch Fund Contributions: Dewey Arch Fund Contributions. Records by months of contributions to the Dewey arch fund are curious. The contributions for the month of November last footed up $80,000. For December, when the admiral's engagement to marry was announced, the amount was $10,000. For January, when the Dewey house was deeded to Mrs. Dewey, it was $11,000. For February it was $20,000; for March it was $24,300, and for April, when the admiral's candidacy for a presidential nomination was announced, the sum was $1,380.-Philadelphia Times. Point of Puncture. A scheme for infallibly detecting the point of puncture in deflated automobile and bicycle tires has been devised. An ammoniacal solution is forced through the valve, and a chemically-prepared white cloth is passed over the outer surface of the tire. When the cloth passes over the puncture the escaping ether of the ammonia causes the cloth to turn blue at that point—and there you are. Lords in African War An official list of the peers and members of parliament serving in South Africa has been presented to the house of commons. The house of lords has twenty-nine representatives, including four dukes, thirten earls and twelve barons, while the house of commons has twenty-five, of whom eleven bear courtesy titles and three are baronets. Chinese Etiquette. When a Chinman issues invitations to dinner he sends out one or two days beforehand a tiny card of invitation contained in a huge envelope. If you accept the invitation you are supposed to keep the card; if you have not time—that is, if you decline—you are expected to send it back. If the banquet is appointed for 12 o'clock you need not go before 2 p. m. Electric Cars Sag Bridge As measured by C. C. Martin, the engineer of the Brooklyn bridge, the center is 135 feet above mean high water; as measured by the war department for the passage beneath the structure of the training ship Buffalo this distance is 132 feet. Mr. Martin claims that the bridge has been made to sag three feet by the extra weight of the trolley cars. Checklist Life Insurance Man A man who has been pursued by a life insurance agent says he is at last thoroughly convinced that he is going to die tomorrow. "To make it a good investment," he added, "I have insisted that the agent, who admits knowing everything, inform me when tomorrow is or will be. This he has promised to do."—Indianapolis News. Building Limitations in Rome Lanciani has shown that a law was passed in Rome at the time of the Caesars restricting the height of the fronts of buildings to sixty feet. Augustus, Trajan and Nero regulated the heights of buildings. Augusta fixed the height at seventy feet, Trajan at sixty feet and Nero at the same height. Infinenza in New York. Statistics being gathered by the board of health of New York indicate that 3,000 more deaths from influenza have occurred during the grip epidemic prevalent since February than during the corresponding period of last year from the same cause. There are too many ladies and gentlemen in the world and not enough women and men. Love is one of the few things that is never displayed in a bargain counter. Laundry Work Made Easy by using "Faultless Starch." All grocers sell it—large package 10c. His satanical majesty always smiles when a boy is whipped to make him attend church. $30.30. N. E. A. Convention at Charleston, S. C., in July. Tickets good going via Chattanooga, Knoxville, Asheville and Spartansburg, and returning via Norfolk, Old Point Comfort, Richmond and White Sulphur Springs, Va. For maps, time cards, etc., address J. C. Tucker, 234 Clark street, Chicago. The squirrel on the other side of the tree never comes to the hunter who waits. 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. When love fails a girl begins to boast of her indifference for the other sex. DR. MOFFETT'S TEETHINA (Teething Powders) Allays Irritation, Aids 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. BABY'S BAWLS benefit. Try it! Send for a 10c box of CASCARETS to-day and you will find that, as we guarantee, all irregularities of the little and big childrens insides are CURED BY Cascarets CANDY CATHARTIC BEST FOR THE BOWELS 10c. 25c. 50c. ALL DRUGGISTS To any needy mortal suffering from bowel troubles and too poor to buy CASCARETS we will send a box free. Address Sterling Remedy Company, Chicago or New York, mentioning advertisement and paper. Vegetable Growth in Reservoirs. The disagreeable odor often acquired by water in open reservoirs has been lately shown to be due in many cases to vegetable growths, and not always, as has been supposed, to decomposing organic matter. Various minute plants are now known to impart both unpleasant odor and taste to such water. The Typewriter Invention. A statistician has proven that the invention of the typewriter has given employment to 500,000 people, but he fails to state how many cases of weak stomachs it has induced. All people of sedentary occupation need Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. It helps nature to bear the strain which ensues from confinement. Gratitude is the fond recollection of the heart. Diseases of the Scalp should not be neglected. Coke Dandruff Cure will clear the head and cure the disease. If a row of columns is a colonnade a row of lemons must be a lemonade. Is a constitutional cure. Price, 75c. A man of many callings—the huck ster. Ladies Cap Wear Shoes. One size smaller after using Allen's Foot-ace, a powder. It makes tight or new shoes easy. Cures swollen, hot, sweating, aching feet, ingrowing nails, corn and bunions. All drugstores and shoe stores, 25c. Trial package FREE by mail. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N.Y. After all a prohibitionist is merely an individual bottle stopper. He is a poor actor who can't get any one to take his part. Age tends to kill the hair and turn it gray. PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM renews color and life. HINDERCORNS, the best cure for coarsens, 15cta. Success comes to those who make up their minds to do a thing—then do it. A Book of Choice Recipes Sent free by Water Isaker & Co. Ltd., Dorchester, Mass. Mention this paper. Many people get tired of being good and experiment in vice from curiosity. Baseball players; Golf players; all players chew White's Yucatan whilst playing. A man resembles a wolf; he can change his coat but not his disposition. I do not believe Piso's Cure for Consumption has an equal for coughs and colds—JOHN F BOYER, Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. 15, 1900. Some men are unable to understand why they can't understand things. DR. MOFFE TEETHING (Teething Power Costs only 25 cents a Or mail 25 cents to C. J. H. BABY A woman is holding a baby in her arms. The baby is crying. The woman is holding the baby with her hands. benefit. Try it! Send for a guarantee, all irregularities of the CAN BEST 10c. 25c. 50c. To any needy mortal suffering from bow Sterling Remedy Company The average man seems to join a lodge for no other reason than to furnish a good excuse when he wants to be out nights. e' Will Restor eole Hair Restorer is a Perfect DON'T YOU HEAR BABY CRY? Do you forget that summer's coming with all its dangers to the little ones—all troubles bred in the bowels. The summer's heat kills babies and little children because their little insides are not in good, clean, strong condition. Winter has filled the system with bile. Belching, vomiting up of sour food, rash, flushed skin, colic, restlessness, diarrhoea or constipation, all testify that the bowels are out of order. If you want the little ones to face the coming dangers without anxious fear for their lives, see that the baby's bowels are gently, soothingly, but positively cleaned out in the spring time, and made strong and healthy before hot weather sets in. The only safe laxative for children, pleasant to take (they ask for more) is CASCARET'S. Nursing mothers make their milk mildly purgative for the baby by eating a CASCARET now and then. Mama eats a CASCARET, baby gets the 900 DROPS CASTORIA A Vegetable Preparation for Assimilating the Food and Regulating the Stomachs and Bowels of INFANTS & CHILDREN Promotes Digestion, Cheerfulness and Rest. Contains neither Opium, Morphine nor Mineral. NOT NARCOTIC. Juice of Old Dr. SAMUEL PITCHER Pumpkin Seed Almond Rockwell Salve Lavender Seed Peppermint Bicarbonate Soda Witch Hazel Caviar Sugar Wintergreen Plum. Aperfect Remedy for Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea Worms, Convulsions, Feverishness and LOSS OF SLEEP. Fac Simile Signature of Gail Fittcher. NEW YORK. At 6 months old 35 Doses = 35 CENTS EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. LOOK OUT! For your family's comfort and your own. HIRES Rootbeer will contribute more to it than tons of ice and a proof of fans. 5 gallons for 25 cents. Write for list of premiums offered free of labels. CHARLES E. HIRES CO. Malvern, Pa. EITT'S INA Allays Irritation, Aids Digestion, Regulates the Bowels, Strengthens the Child, Makes Teething Easy. TEETHINA Relieves the Bowel Troubles of Children of ANY AGE. MOFFETT, M. D., ST. LOUIS, MO. Y'S BA MAM-M-MA!! DON'T YOU HE Do you forget that all its dangers to the bred in the bowels. The summer's heat children because their good, clean, strong cond Winter has filled Belching, vomiting up The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Chat. H. Hitchcock. In Use For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA If afflicted with sore eyes, use Thompson's Eye Water USE FAULTLESS THE BEST STARCH FOR LAUNDRY WORK FOR SHIRTS, COILARS, CUFFS, AND FINE LINEN International Type-High Plates Sawed to LABOR-SAVING LENGTHS. They will save time in your composing room as they can be handled even quicker than type. No extra charge is made for sawing plates to short lengths. Send a trial order to this office and be convinced. WESTERN NEWSPAPER UNION, WICHITA, KANSAS. AWLS CAR BABY CRY? summer's coming with little ones—all troubles it kills babies and little little insides are not in condition. the system with bile. of sour food, rash, stlessness, diarrhoea or that the bowels are out o face the coming dangers with- see that the baby's bowels are cleaned out in the spring time, before hot weather sets in. children, pleasant to take (they Nursing mothers make their baby by eating a CASCARET a CASCARET, baby gets the and you will find that, as we MY METS ATIC OWELS ALL DRUGGISTS ETS we will send a box free. Address artisement and paper. 425 W.N.U. WICHITA--NO.--25-1900 When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. ray Hairs Price $1.00 J. M JAMISON, M. D., Office 506 East 4th Street. Office Hours: From 8 to 10 A. M. 12 M to 3 P. M. 7 P. M, to 9 P. Mf Special attention to dieases of woman and private diseases. Henderson' paint works. J. A. HENDERSON, PROP. Manufactureres of all kinds of PAINTS Strietly Pure. 609 Mass. Street. LAWRENCE, KANSAS. F. M. Fletcher. CARPENTER & BUILDER FURNITUE AND JOB WORK SOLIC TED. 119 E, 7th St. Undertaker And Reliable in His Dealings--Open day and Night.--314 Kan. Avenue. Jr., For Sale--By John L. Howard 415 Kansas Houses o W. 5th St. ranging from $80f $1200 centrally located at reasonable pric es on easy payments. Give him a call. Home Bakery, L. C. BOYCE, Prop. 810 N Kas. Ave. (Successor to Geo. Mayer.) Wholesale and Retail Bakery goods, We Sohot Your Trade, We will Serve You Right. THE LANDIS HOME BAKERY, Many years experience. French home Rak ery 316 E. 4tn St. 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. Open day and night. Quick service, Rahrer's Restaurant 615 East Fifth St. Opposite Santa Fe Depot, C, A, RAHRER, Prop. U S 118 East 8th Street Difficult Bicycle Reparing 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. --- --- State Ledger. THE OFFICIAL ORGAN SUBSCRIPTION six months 50c One Year 1.00 ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS CASH IN AD- ANCE. Entered at post office Topeka, Kansas, at see addclass-rates. Published every Saturday at 431 Kan. ave 1.00 in advancer PHYSICIANS. I. A. SHIELDS M. D. PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. Office and Residence 1331 VanBuren St all proximity attended. DR.AGNES McKEE WAL- LACE. Office 724 Kan. Ave, Phone 250 H. B. HOGEBOOM PHYSICIAN and SURGEON, 330 Kans Ave. All calls romptly attended. Tel 14. DR; O. A. TAYLOR. PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. Office Hours, 9 to 11 a. m.] From 2 to 5 p. m. OFFICE 226½ KAS, AVE. (Over 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 860. Office 807 Kansas Avenus. S. G. STEWART, M. D. FICE 621 KANSAS AVK. TELPHONE 541. RSIDENCE 511 W. 5TH ST ELEPHONE 442. 814 Wm. E. JACKSON, M. D. PHYSICIAN and SUKGEON. JEFFE R HOURS; 9 TO 11 A. M. 9 TO 5, and 7 TO 9 P. M. ELEPHONE 558. OFFICE 117 WEST 5th st. DR. J. C. ISERMAN, Office 112 East 6th street Calls Promptly Attended To. Special Attention Given to Diseases * Stomach and Lungs and Female Troub ces. Office Hours: -9 to 12 -2 to 5--7 to 9 Phon e DR, R. O, RHODES, OFFICE 600 Kansas ave. Topeka, Kansas (Over Hub Clothing C,) OFFICE HOURS: 91011 A, M. 2105 P M. Residence, 600 West Sixth street Phonc 656. GIBRALTAR DRUG CO 823 KANSAS AVENUE. Topeka, Kansas? HOMEPATHIC REMEDIES. A&T MA- TERIALS. Dr, Dutton's Botanic Blood and St0mach Cures INDEGESTION, KIDNEY and LIVER trouble and RHEUMATISM. Sold by W. A. Travis, Shorey, P O., Adjining Capital of Kansas. M1r, 27, GOTO E. W. Griggs for photos, fine pictures. Car-901 Kas. ave. W. D. Woodall Mason and Cistern buider also wells. Parties needing service leave orders at LEDGER office. Go to J, P, Johnsons for any thing you want in the line of fine cigar's tobbacco and confectionery, 400 Kas Ave. The American School of Magnetic Healing. WELTMER METHOD. Every known disease cured without medicine. DOCTOR M. M PENDROY, 614 Marke Steet Emporia, Kansas. M. Hogan. Undertaker Avenue CYCLE GO. BAUGHMAN BROS THE LEADERS IN ICE CREAM THEIR FLAVORS ARE DELICIOUS GIVE THEM AN ORDER TEL.253.23rd LINCOLN ST. JEWELER & OPTICIAN Tele. 602 Kas. Ave. All work promptly attended to and Guaranteed. We Solicit your Patronage. SEE UNCLE SAM AT 512 KAS. AVE., For a new Clock or fine Watch eparing The best up-to-date and most polite jeweler in the city. See Uncle Sam, 512 Kas. ave. JOHN MILLER, Dealer In Flour, Feed, Graih, Hay, And all kinds of Coal. BOOK EXCHANGE Stationery and all kinds of writing material—832 Kansas avenue M. L. GOSHORN. 1014 Quincy Street. Paper Hanging and inside finishing a speciality. 32 years Experience. HARRIS BROS DEALERS IN STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES. Smoked Meats, A Specialty' Cigars Tobacco, and confectionery. Give Them an order goods delivered. 1300 QUNCY ST. L A. FISHER. Dealer In CLOTHING, GFNTS' FURNISHING GOODS, BCOTS, SHOES, HATS, CAPS ETC. 118 EastSixth Street, Topeka Kan FOR SALE - Will you buy Will you sell Will you rent Real Estate Try us. Barnes Real Estate Co. Tel 62. 113 West 5th st. G. R. Rodiges, Dye and Cleaning Works. 820 Kans. Ave. Misfit and Tailor Work a Specialty. Satisfaction guarant-ed. Dyeing Cleaning and epairing on Short Notice. Carter & Johnson RESTAURANT SHORT ORDER. When in Lawrence stop at their place, 611½ Mass. St. PALACE HOTEL E. C, THRALL PROP. Serves first class meals and Lodging Meals and Lodging open day and night 118 W, 6th St. Milling Co. ROBT, R, CLARK Mgr. F. A. BECKSTROM. DEALER IN FINE WALL PAPER, and VARNISHES, Paints and Painters' Supplies. 518 Jackson St. Topeka, K.ansas JOHN. SHEAHAN, & SON. CONTRACTOR FOR Plumbing, Steam and Ho' W ter Heating 123 East Seventhst. R. E. KNOX. UNDERTAKER. FUNERAL CARS BUILT TO ORDER BALDWIN KANS. J. C. JUSTICE, 220 West 6th Street. Dealer in staple and fancy groceries, fresh and cared meats, plenty country produce always on hand. Give him a trial. HOLE IN WALL When in LAWRENCE stop at WEYER-MULLER'S RESTAURANT—SHORT ORDER. Open Dry and Night 720 Mass., Stroet. MRS, ANNIE DUKE, FASHIONABLE DRESSMAKING, Cutting, Sewing-Give her a trial. 826 Com'l street Emporia, Kas TOPEKA SPICE MILLS 109 E. Sixth Street. Tel. 71 Passon's dep't store, DEALER IN Crockery, china, glassware, tinware, notions and all kinds of household goods. 739 Mass. St. Lawrence Kan DR. ADAM RUPIN, THE NOTED GERMAN PHYSICIAN, has a professional record of forty years treating ACCUTE AND CHRONIC DISEASES. He is especially well prepared and eminently successful in the treatment of Vernal diseases, Nasal and Throat Catarrh, Scrofa. la Cancer, Rheumatism, Granulated Sore Eyes, Epilepsy, (Fit. ) Dypepsia, Fema'e Weakness, Piles, Dropsy and all Chronic Diseases. CONSULTATION IN GERMAN OR ENGLISH FREE. Office 106 East Sixth Street, Topeka, Kansas CALL AND SEE CERTIFICATES OF WONDERFUL SURES. la Cancer, Rheumatism, Granulated Sore Eyes, Epilepsy, (Fit, ) Dypepsia, Female Weakness, Piles, Dropsy and all Chronic Disease es. CONSULTATION IN GERMAN OR ENGLISH FREE. Office 106 East Sixth Street, Topeka, Kansas CALL AND SEE CERTIFICATES OF WONDFRFUL CURES. ansas Packing House Market SCHMIDT I RO'S, Proof's, 306 E. 2ND STREET Dealers In FRESH AND CURED MEATS. LOUIS VANDORP, FOR HARDWARE and STOVES Screen Doors, Ice Cream Freezers, Hammocks and Garden-Tools. These are the things you need Give hima call. 828 Kansas Ave THE WEAR AND TEAR OF MEN'S NERVES Screen Doors, Ice Cream Freezers, Hammocks and Garden-Tools. These are the things you need Give hima call. 828 Kansas Ave 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 or 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 lumps (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, manly 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, twitching 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 gled 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. mures Woman's Kerves. Thousands of women use HUDYAN. from your druggist, 50c a package, six packages $3.50. If your druggist does not keep it, send direct to N REMEDY CO., Cor. Stockton, Ellis and Market Street, San Francisco, Cal. acknowledged 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 Women & Kerven. Thousands of women use Hudan. GET • HUDYAN from your druggist, 500 a package, six packages $8.50. If your druggist does not keep it, send direct to HUDYAN REMEDY CO., Cor. Stockton, ELKS and Market Street, San Francisco. Pure Tea and Spices etc. TOPEKA SPICE MILLS 109 E. Sixth Street. Tel. 71 Men and Women use Hudyan. Notice of final Settlement. THE STATE OF KANSAS, Shawnee County, S. S In the Probate Court in and for said County. In the matter of the Estate of James Cook Deceased. Creditors and all other persons interested in the aforesaid Estate are hereby notified that I shall apply to the Probate Court, in and for said County, sitting at the Court House, In Topeka County of Shawnee State of Ransas, on the 2nd day of July A. D. 1900. for a tull and final settlement of said Estate. W. I. Jamison, Administrator of the Estate of James Cook deceased. 6-9 A. D, 19 o. E.H. UPSHAW. Peoples Feed, 537 Kansas Avenue, North Topeka. Full weights. Goods promptly delivered. Crockery, china, glassware, tinware, notions and all kinds of household goods. 739 Mass. St. Lawrence $ \mathrm{K}^{a n} $ Passon's dep't store, DEALER IN Your Truth D. A. Pappin GO TO What time you have this summer don't loaf too much or you will have to freeze this winter. We would be pleased to have our friends under stand that we do not dun them for money but there is a great deal of it past due. Remember that the Davis Mercantile Co. 601 Topea Ave is the place to patronize. You will get your money's worth by trying the Davis Mercantile Co. Dr. Shaffer is up again and filled the pulpit at St. John last Sunday, There has been no formal report at this writing the amount of money raised June 17th. Dr. Olden has begun the publication of a church directory the first issue made its appearance last week. The Golden Rod club spent a very pleasant evening Friday at residence of Miss Lizzie Cooper, in highland Park. The Diamond Drug Store, 6th and Buckman Streets Give them a call. The Twenty-Third Regimental band went to Osage City July 4th they reported a delightful time. Miss Eliza Hunter of Pomona Kansas is visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mr. Jno. L. Buckner Miss Bee and Miss Lemon of Texas, who have been taking Kindergarten training in this city returned to their home last Sunday. Miss Vivian Williams, of Indian Territory is in the city the guest of Miss Katherine Harris on Tayler street. Clara Daniels, who has been ill for the post month or two is slowly improving. Rev. Moppins wife has arrived from Tennessee, and they have taken up their residence in Lowman Hill, The ladies sewing circle of St. John's A. M. E. church met at the residence of Mrs. Jackson on Fillmore street, last Wednesday evening. Miss Minta Beck of Wamiego was in the city last Thursday, the guest of Miss Maude Rat'ey on Taylor street. Miss Sarah Long, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Geo. Long det about three weeks ago at the residence of her parents in North after an illness of two weeks Mrs. J. Smiley, who has been ill for the past two weeks at this writing is much improved. Mrs. Love died Tuesday at her home on Tyler street, she was buried Thursday afternoon from St. John's A, M. E, church. DR.WINSLOW 704 Mass., Lawrence, Kansas. Dr. W. H. Winslow, does a general practice. Special attention given the eye and ear. Spectacles fitted, furnished to patients at wholesale rates; Office 704 Mass., Street Tele. 260-5, Residence, 1901 New Hampshire Street. Tele. 191-2. DO NOT COOK WILTED VEGETABLES. Whether vegetables from the home garden or the market, they are better for standing in fresh cold water until they are crispy plump. Wilted tissues always cook tough and stringy, to say nothing of lacking on-half the proper flavor. Another thing worth knowing is the difference it makes to have the water boiling briskly when the green stuff goes into the Still onother is the importance of skiming. No matter how carefuly things have been prepared, in boiling they will throw off waste and effese particle which rise as froth, and until removed in time either cake upon the edges of the new pan or incrust what is cooking within it. The skinming needs to be done within the first ten minutes after puttin things over the fire. Do not put on the lid unless there is extreme need of haste. This applies even to Irish potatoes, which are, however, very much better steamed than boiled.