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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-25
NONE so POPULAR.
1t is Daily Gaining Favor
in Topeka.
Results Reported From People Who
Have Given a Fair Trial to
The Remedy.

MOrrow's Kid-ne-oids. the scientific
kidney remedy. and backache cure, is
daily gaining favor in this city. No
medicine has ever been sold in Topeka
for kidney ailments. backache, nervous
ness. sleeplessness and general debility
that has gained such popular favor as
MorrOw's kid-ne-Oids.
We give you the experience of J. NJ.
Holt, 122 East Sth street. Topeka, Kan
sas, who says. "A great many people
in Topeka and elsewhere are talking
about AIorrow's Kid-ne-Oids, telling
about a number of people who have
been cured of kidney complaint by their
use. Having been afflicted with kidney
trouble for some time. I concluded to
give kid-ne-oids a trial. A trial was
sufficient to convince me of their Won
derful curative powers. and I cOntin-
ued the use of Kid-ne-oids until a
complete cure was effected. I am sat
1sned that MorTOw's Kid-ne-Oids is the
only specific for kidney troubles
MOrrOw's Kid-ne-Oids are not pills
but Yellow Tablets and sell at fifty
cents a box at all drug stores and at
Swift & Holidays drug store
Mailed on receipt Of price. Manufac-
3ured by John MORROW & Co. Chemists,
Springfield. Ohio.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-25
DAY OF JOY.
Continued from First Page.)

Continued from First Page)
fund, and many other friends of the
institution.
Great numbers of boxes and bundles
of useful presents came during the
week previous from all over the state,
amounting to several hundred dollars.
Before distributing the presents an
interesting programme was carried out
The music was conducted by Mr.. Shum-
way of Topeka who had been drilling
the boys for a few days and found them
apt pupils in that accomplishment. Mrs
j. K. Madison gave a short and pleas
irg address on the comm emoration of
Christmas day. After the distribution
of presents, Mrs. Huron closed t<ae ex-
with the school. Everything was done
to make the occasion appear home
like" and cheerful to the boys.
Police Matron Thorpe today sent the
following card, thanking the children
of Topeka for their donations, to the
State Journal:
MY Dear Little Friends-I wish sin
Spouse to my request for toys for the
poor children. I asked only for a few
of your old tOyS-that we might have
a quiet Christmas with those who could
have none at hOme-but an abundance
of the finest toys were sent together in
with candy and apples, nuts and pop
corn. About 400 little people We're
made happy. The sick children were
not forgotten. Your grateful friend.
MRS. THORPE"
Among the other donations received
by Mrs. Thorpe was 81 in cash from the
primary department of the Richland
school It was forwarded by the teach
a note stating each child in the depart
ment had contributed something
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-25
FOUND MURDERED.
Body of a Man Discovered In a De-
serted House.

San Francisco, Dec. 25.-John Lennon,
a teamSter was found dead last night
in a house on the San Jose road. He
was lying in pool of blood that flowed
from a bullet wound in his breast. E1v-
cry indication pointed to his having
been murdered.
In one corner of the same room was
found rife which was identified as
the property of John Fitzgerald, one Of
the men who occupied the apartments
with Lennon. One of the cartridges
was empty and Fitzgerald was reported
missing from the place. A loaded shell
was found on the road near the house.
The shooting from the appearance Of
the house must have been done in The
dining room. There We're evidences of
a desperate struggle having taken
place, the table and chairs lying over
turned.
After being shot, it is thought that
Lennon staggered into the kitchen and
fell dying on the floor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-25
BOYCOTT ON BREAD.
Union Labor In Chicago Will Fight
the Non-Union Article.

Chicago, Dec. 25.-A unique boycott
of non-union bread is to be fnaugurated
January by the Union bakers of Chi
cago. The organizations have formed
a plan to get their wives, daughters,
sisters and relatives to refuse to pur-
chase all bread except such as bears
the label of trades union bakeries.
More than 1000 of the organized jour
neymen bakers are in this scheme and
they are to have the active support of
the 1000 900 members of Chicago's other
unions. It is to be a fight upon an al
legged combination or trust of local bak-
cries, which are asserted to be agrees
siveIy opposed to organized labor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-25
rance Rents PhiladeIphia's House.

Paris. Dec 25.-The government has
completed arrangements to rent, for
use as a residence by the princely
guests of the nation at the time of the
exposition. the mansion on the avenue
Bois de Boulogle, formerly occupied by
the late DIT Evans. the wealthy Amer
lean dentist. which the deceased be
Queathed to the city Of Philadelphia
The government pays SO. 900 francs rent
and furnishes the house with state fur
niture.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-25
A Corporation as Santa claus

Cleveland. o.. Dec. 25.-Every emplOye
of the American Express company
throughout the country today received
a check for IS as a Christmas gift from
the company. A circular accompanying
these checks states that the gift IS
made for faithfulness in the perform
ance of duty. As the company operates
between Maine and Oregon there are
several thousand employees. It is SAID
the aggregate sum OF TIE gift viii reach
$50. 900 or $4,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-25

while the other was a profound believer.
'.Ingerson died. His wife and fam
lily wept, and resolved his body to
ashes. They never think of him as ex-
listing anywhere in the universe. Moody
died as a man with eternal joys open
ing before him.
Bishop Vincent then read the Asso-
ciated Press account of Mr.. MOody's
death, and then quoted, Let me die the
death of the righteous: let my end be
like his"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-25
Fire at DR.. Menninger'a

The fire department was called at II 10
this morning to Dr. C F Mennlnger 5
residence. 1251 Topeka avenue. A chimney
was burning out The house was not
damaged At -55 this morning the chem
fcaI engine was called to the coal sheds
at the foot Of Topeka avenue to put out
a small IRE caused by spontaneous com
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-25
GIFT FOR Treason"
Men Who Would Play Such a Joke on
q Young Lady.

There is one Topeka girl who does
not think that Santa Claus is at all
nice today. He has been fooling her.
Some time ago she told some Of her
friends that she wanted just two pres
ents for Christmas piano, and a set
of diamonds.
This is an ambition any young wo-
man might reasonably have, and some
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-25
MUSHROOMS AS FOOD.


IFrom the London Family Doctor-l
A great deal has been said concerning
the immense amount OF valuable food
shape of edible fungi. We are told that
in many parts of the world these articles
form the staple articles or d1et OF the IN
habitantS. Our attention has been called
to the native of Patagonia and TERRA del
FuegO who are said to be Of gigantic stat
table fungi and TO certain African tribes
who value mushrooms so highly that one
of them, the polyporus sacer is Worship
ed as a god. Chemists have assured Us
that mushrooms belong to the animal
rather than the vegetable kingdom. see
ing that they possess a larger percen-
vegetable life. They are. told
essentially protein in composition.
much SO, pound for pound, as butchers
Two German chemists. -Rolbrausch and
Z1egel. stated some years ago as a re-
suit of chemical investigation, that mush-
rooms deserve to be placed with meat al
sources of heterogeneous. nutriment- One
man in Thuringfa Is said to have lived
years, and to have died q ceutenarian-
Comparison has even been made between
the detrlment of the latter Thus chem
ical analysis has shown mushrooms to
contain from 20 to % per cent of protein.
while bread only contains per cent. oat-
barley meat per cent of protein Against
this, however. We have the opinion OF
publication called Cooks Oracle that
he did not believe that mushrooms were
nutritious DR.. Jonathan Periera in his
treatise on Food and Diet, published
in 1913. said: Mushrooms are difficult OF
digestion and certain constitutions act
injuriously- Invalids, Gyspepucs and those
in avoiding the use of this doubtful order
of foods. Other writers have expressed
experimental work, and therefore not alb
SOlutely reliable
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-25

ance behind some rocky eminence only
accentuates the utter dreariuess Of the
whole region.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-25
Owner of Youth's Companion Dead.

Boston, Mass, Dec. 25.-DanieI s. Ford.
owner of the Youths Companion, died
yesterday. aged n years The name of
Mr.. Ford was never printed in the Com
panion The name Perry Mason & COM
pany" by whom the magazine purported
to be published. was wholly fictitious,
Mr.. Ford looking after both editorial and
business Departments
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-25
Born.

Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Jones are the
parents Of a daughter, born Sunday
An entertainment viii be given We'd
nesday evening, Dec. p, in the hall Of
the Church of the Assumption for the
benefit of the Spalding Reading circle.
1RoNQUILL 10 cent cigars.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-25
LAYTON FUND $4,000.
It Will Probably Reach $4,000 In
Shert Time.

New York. Dec Pa special to the
Herald from Washington says Adjutant
General Corbin estimates that the Lawton
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-25

It's the little colds that grow into big
colds the big colds that end in con
sumption and death. Watch the little
colds. DR.. Woods Norway Pine Syrup.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-25

''Some people said the man with the
large Adams apple, seem just natur-
ally to have the hardest kind of luck
Here's an account of a man who put
out his eye with his own umbrella"
Say" observed the man with the
celluloid dickey, that's so. Now, there
my friend Quackenboss. He put. his
false teeth in his cOattail pocket. for
got they were there. sat down on them
and bit himself SO severely that he died
in three days from hydrOphObia-
But the man with the large Adams
apple was gone.-NeW York Press.
Look out for the live wire" shout
ed the workman on the roof
His assistant looked at him calmly
and said:
Don't you worry. I've been to see
every French farce that came to town
A little thing like a live wire couldn't
shock MISREPRESENTATION Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-25

But the man with the large Adams
apple was gone.-New York Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-25

1RONQUILL 10 cent Cigars.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-06

manned necessary for him. nevertheless. as for
the most modern of realists. TO write with his
eye on the object Perhaps il was for this rea-
son that ne had 50 little to say about the spr-
itual experiences TO which in the last resort,
his poems must De ascribed. If his soul was in
travail he preferred not 10 mention the fact at
least in so far as II related 10 his poeucal
achievements As We trace in these letters his
literary adventures. We encounter chiefly few
interesting opinions. and some amusing notes
on external matters. Among the former is this
passage in letter 10 Murray: If ever l did
anything original it in Childe Harold
which prefer to the other things always after
the first week. Yesterday ! rrrcad L tnglish)
u carr ds dating the malice) ii is the best"
His dealings with the press were always rather
free handed. but his genial reliance upon Muir
rays solictude for his fame and upon the edi-
torial services Of Dallas or Clifford was not in
compatible with a burning anxiety lest the in
tecrity of his text should suffer From Mr.
Clifford every comma is obligation for which
thank him in my name and behalf" he writes
but when he had once made up his mind that a
line should stand as he had written il. nothing
could move him from his determination Muir
ray had objected TO certain phrases in the dedi-
cation of The Corsair" to Moore but, having
canyassed the matter with his friend. Byron de-
clares: MIR. Moore has seen, and decidedly pre-
ferred the first part your Tory bile sickens at
II every syllable were a rattlesnake. or every
letter n pcstence. they should not be ex-
plunged"
lie is invariably magnificent where his pub
Usher is concerned. For Murray he had a real
and constant affection; many OF his best letters
were written to that individual; and the repro
duction Of the publishers portrait in this vol
ume is 4 fitting tribute to a business connec-
ton that was also dignlficd and oven loftv
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daughter Ada. his separation from Lady Byron
and his departure from England for SWiiZer-
land and Italy Touching he poems, Il may De
said that at tbs tine. as at all others, Byron
was singularly chary OF really luminous reveal
lions OF their genesis. All through MS CORE
spondeuce there are illusions TO his verse, bat
the light that he throws on it Is never very
searching The Corsair" is announced IN
letter to Moore as follows: Il have got devil
Of a long story IN the press. II is
pirate's isle. peopled with my own creatures
and you may easily suppose they do a world oil
mischief through the three cantus" Beyond
inlpersonaI communications OF this sort there
rarely occur in Byron's letters any literary con-
LESSONS. any interpretive comments on his
work The most Interesting fragment in the
present volume is his reply 10 Moore's request
for a dirge on q poor girl mentioned by the lat
ter How can | write" ne asks, "on one
have never seen or known: ] could not
write upon anything. without some personal eX-
pcrience and foundation" Here Ne may note
in passing is confirmation Of his good faith In
declaring that the great object OF life is SEN
sation~ lie could not write contempatiVe
songs with his imagination suspended In md
air: he could not weave lyrics out OF metaphysi-
cal noonbcams. Romsntcist as he Mas, II re
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-06

Of lie was rot unrelated to the theatrical in
siinci which lid him to pose" in moro ways
than one. But he would Ice bold judge who
cssayed to identity the point at which Byron's
splendid sincerity" deyiatcd into pose. His
worst ancciatiors are obscurcd by the force
and viVacIty with which he lived up 10 them
by the honest enthusiasm with which they were
iutcrtwiu"d Thus We may scrutiniz". with Re
suits entirely favorable 10 a friendly view Of his
character his conduct while connected with the
management Of Drury Lane" In a ST OF verses
ON IN" famous Committee OF F.,c" his wife
says.
Then there's Byron. ASHAMED 20 appear Ike a
Poet
IT, talks " Finances for fear be- should show it
And makes all thr cnti,ls Paudys despair.
~ thu cut of his shirt and the curl Of his hair.
Tho satire in thos. lines was sIpericially
justified but to st against them We have the
record of Eyrou's ino,ssart activity IN the s-r-
vice of the play hous- a. read manuscripts.
mt.rccded for authors with dramas To submit.
gave costumes 10 the manager and worked. in
short, as numerous letters show. To- secure al
Drury Lane artistic and financial Successes We
touch upon this episode iu his career because
il affords an apt illustration of The blending of
sterling and sproiors elements IN his nature.
H. might 10" nIsrantly foolish in some of the
relations OF life. but at bottom hts forces we're
uuiinctur"d Icy artiiicc.
Mr. Prothcro's latest volume embraces some
Of In" critical years OF Byron's life. Covering
tho time from January. 1914. to November
1916. IT records The composition of The Cor
sar." the code to Napoleon Buonaparte."
Lara" Tho Sirs" of Coriuth." "Parisina" the
third canto of "ChIc Harold" The Prisoner
Of Chilon" and Manfred" The period Of these
poems is also the period Of Ryrons engagement
to Miss Miibanke. his marri-S.s- the birth OF his
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-06
RON.
ANOTHER VOLUME IN THE NEW Ed
TON OF HIS WORKS.

THE WORKS or LORD BYRON; NV R'Iis d
ana Enlarged Edition. with illustrations. i''-
ters and Journals. NOl. III. iIduod 10y 10" an
D. Prothero NJ A. Formerly Fellow 81 -
MS College. oxford. octave. pp. XVI Hoo
Charles ScribE'f's Sons.
In one OF his letters 10 Mss Milbanke. printed
In this volume for The first time. Byron says
The great object OF life is sensatlon-to 1eel
that we eN.s:. even though in pain. 1t is TINS
craving VOID which drives us to gaming, to
hattie. 10 travel. TO incorporate but keehIg
cat pursuits Of any description whose principal
attraction is the agitation inseparable from
their acronTli shment." Three weeks later ne
resumes his dis4U.sition to his lady love in the
same key. observing: You don't like my resi-
less doctrincs-I should be very sorry If YOU
did. but ] can't stagnatc, neyer1heiess. II !
must sail Jet il he on the ocean, no matter no"
stormy anything hut dun cruise on land
lake. without ever losing sight Of the same IN
sipid shores 10y which ii is surrounded There Is
evidence offered by some II the poets contem-
I,orafirs and little may be Cleaned from MS
own correspondence, suggesting that this View
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-06

friendship But il never occurred TO Byron .
abate one jot Of his imperious pride in his pub
fishing trarsa ctiors. These were. after all sub
seryient to his rights as man OF genius and
gentleman. For . long time be would take no
money for his writings, giving the copyrights 70
Murray or to Some friend. and there is a de-
lightful outburst TO Dallas, Of his benei-
Charles when early in 1914, this disinteresied-
ness Of his was called in question. The Cour-
ier' Of this evening" he announces. accuses
me Of having received and pocketed large gums
for my works. / have never yet received, nor
wish to receive, a farthng for any. Mr.. Mur-
ray offered a thousand for The GiaoUr ana
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-06

Mr. Georc, Bernard Shaw is up IN arms. In
"Tho North American Review" h. tells US all
about IT, They have an Examiner Of Plays
in England. and thereby hangs the imiIaSso ncd
tale. THIS person. are 1Old. makes and I'M
makes The drama Of England. ard has potent
iulirrn,' upon our own playwriglis. if we ar"
u b,lirv" Mr. Shaw. for says thai Indignant
Individual. no American dramatic author can
afford ia defy 4 de~pot who can by nod cut
chin oN from an ENGLISH staEcriGhi worth pos
g. bly, S2oopo in London alone This solicitudc
j. certainly touching. Ii carries our anxious
fri'rl indeed to q positive wall Of distress. a.
hc ntrmplatcs the awful fact hat the Prcsi-
"l,uj of The niicd StstcS himself practically
",aunot src q new play without first getting the
"ENJm'ncrS leave" We suppose ought 10
hr in tears for the President. in tears for our
selves. but somehow Mr.. Shaw's hySteric"'
cu,tiun leaves us cold. and even lit
amused The Examiners functions are 10
duuht sometimes fooliShly exercised. hut as Mr..
Shaw grows pathetic over the official oppusi
t..u to public performances Of Shclcy's Gene"
and lh~ru', Ghosts We begin TO see whore
the dramatic shoe more particularly pinches.
arg our frclin. Of wrath subsidies In fact.
These items in The Indictment of the Examiner
,hrI" new light on the subject and set Us
% l1u-in. fIr even a moro definite extension
Of thr control over the American stag" which
H. ~ present enjoys Ills most drastic min
i>'ritiuu> would be- welcomed here with JOY.
Ia, publ ,hnc sc4~on would seem 70 have
reached tho very depths of quicjudc. Compara
lively few books are issued. and those few are
uot very important We have no complaint TO
make of the general sIa=uation. hut there is
ore point on which the reader may be justified
i'm taking objection 10 the laws Of The pub
i~uyr-. There is "A dcarth OF good novels
Though We have always maintained that there
j., no time Ike the summer when quiet orcu
ra'ions are so beneficial. for the pcru>ll Of solid
literature there can bc ~ doubt that fiction
t. the first necessity Of intelligent idlcnceS We
get it in abundance. il is true. but not enough
e. 10 is Of the r.cht sort one good book after
another which would 1T perfectly into the sea
son of iassitudc and leisure j. announced II hc
"hcld over until the fall" The philosophy OF
this COURSE j. not easy 10 perceive. In tie fall
life j. full Of preparations for the winter book
buyers ARE bent OH Christmas publications.. and
the best OF novels are apt 10 be put away FOR
Use in the following summer. Since the pub I
fishing of books Is governed 10y 50 many ~trin.
gent rules, the different portions Of IA" years
work being ss-n"d with rigid regularity to
specific months q ought not to b" d.ili nit to
concentrate the novels in the period between
April and October. This might have also
good effect in obligng a good many mediocre
books TO keep of the presses.
Tn" poctiral festivals Of the Provcncal troll- !
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p''""'> "h'' lonT '"'" '"'III'' To S'uu'h's "'
reno "'''lN' p"' '"'! nave ''""HH "''h' on
the Whoie' "I strictly local SiShlh'"hrr. Al
th'u@h M.Suhl ana ms ''i'Htu'N may nave
sue ''''" III 'u'"'i'! INK nv" '''"' anu ~
J'l''"sH VII" 'i' H"'''H ''"''Ih'"' ~ MIS-
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nave h"' greatly Ih''''>"'d Inc N"fIh ~ l'rI'
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poets Is - d. h'id III i''|i'rS' ana northern
P'''9 nav "'" 'n'"'" 10 "'" III ]" 'I' -" "
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-30

the Stars and Stripes yesterday entered into
the makeup OF millinery. adorned shirt fronts
and dress fronts and huttered I'm The hands Of
innumerable little boys and girls. who were on
Land to SEE the Admiral From Grants tomb
the hillock soping TO the shore massed With
men and women. looked Ike great flag COW
ering tie grass.
The crowd commented on the perfect day
The air was slightly cool. and there was just
enough sun 10 take off its chilly edge The
river took on dull blue tone about midday. and
hardly ripple could be seen. Tugs. catboats
and launches darted about ana made lively
n,cture for those on shore The boats showed
long strings Of signal flags. and their decks, HE
every other point in the range Of vision. were
tbron0ed with people On the opposite shore
many stands had been built. and the BLUFFS
uare lined A line OF carriages, hansoms
broughams and cabs was strung out from
ssysnu.seconi-st to Clareniont and sheh was