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To Protect Birds and Trees.

Among the bills to be introduced at
the coming session of the Legislature
none Will interest lovers of true sport
as much rs Representative l.. w.
daskelrs act to protect non-game
birds. Mr. Haskell contemplates ask-
ing the general assembly to make it Il
misdemeanor to kill or injure the hun
dreds of harmless birds which, while
not edible, are still ruthlessly slain
every day. In this category are in
cluded the doves, hawks, mocking
birds, red birds, thrushes, sparrows,
etc. Many of these birds are song
sters and all are active in ridding the
country OF the insect pests 80 destrnc-
1--WE TO the crops. 1t is said that the
blight of Texas-tho boil weevilN
thrives in country where the birds
have been indiscgiminately trapped
and killed.
Along. this line it is said that bill
may be introduced to better protect
the forests of the State. They are now
being 'wantonly cut without regard to
the science of forestry and as q result
IN many sections 1T will be years before
the country is ever wooded again. In
the cities the telegraph and telephone
companies have destroyed many of the
said In Columbia. Recently the hordes
OF small negro urchins who have been
collecting mistletoe have broken the
trees IN their ravages. The country
around the city is pientifully supplied
with mistletoe which might be ehsiiy
obtained without breaking tho trees
within the limits.-The State.
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Boil WeeyiI Permanent.

Washington, Dec. 17.-Prof. L.O.
Howard, chief entomologis5 of the
department. Of agriculture, in his an
nual report for 1908 Gays that there is
no probability that the cotton boil
weevi! will ever be prevented by either
artificial or natural checks from reach
ing ALI parts of the cotton belt, but that
1t le possible to make cotton growing
profitable in spite of the weevil, and
by no other means than q few simple
expedients in planting and managing
These expedients, he Gays, consist Of
q careful selection of seed, early plant
ing and thorough cultivation Of the
crop, and enabled the department. to
produce, at Calvert, Texas, without
any appreciable extra expense. a crop
OF one bale to 1.6 acres. The average
production in the United States ia
adds:
"The work against the Mexican cot.
ton boil weevil in Texas will he car
ried on during the whole of the fiscal
year: An additional field assistant
has been appointed and $4,000 will
&c Expended IN this work on the cotton
insects.
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Dog Has $500 Funeral.

The body Of Dane, an Irish setter
dog, which had been embalmed, lay
in q satin lined coffin this morning in
the home Of Mrs. William G.. Larson,
in West One Hundred and Fourteenth
street. From far and near came
monrners to see the animal before the
anal removal and interment in the dog
cemetery near White plains.
The casket in which Dane was bur-
ried cost S76. The entire expense of
the funeral will cost $500. Standing
in front Of the house on 114th street
Mr. Larson stopped passaraby to tell
them of the sad death of his pet. 1t
did not take long. for q crowd to collect
and eince the embalming on Tuesday
dis rooms were crowded with curious
sight-seers:. So great was the throng
that the police reserves had to be calf
ed to keep order and allow the funeral
to be conducted. There was no formal
ceremony. New York telegram to
Baltimore Sun.
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Col. Mccullough Stricken.

Honea Path, Dec. 19.--Col. John w.
Mccullough. OF the lower section Of
Greenville county and we'll known
throughout the State was stricken with
paralysis at this place today. He is
being cared for at the home of his
brOther-in-law, p. w. Sullivan. At
0 o'clock tonight there was no change
in his condition, and while his friends
are hopef9ls it is not possible to cay
the time he was attacked Col. Mctuio
Tough wae apparently in the best Of
health and tho news was shock to his
friendB here. He has q splendid con-
Gtitution. which may ssvve him well
In his atflicti0n.-GreenviIio Ne1s.
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Millions 6 Day In Cotton.

Two millions OF dollars day is o
snug sum for the total receipts from
the sale Of single agricultural pro-
duct in o single country, even such a
country aB the United States. That
is the figure shown by statistics TO be
the value OF the cotton exported from
the United States in the month Of
October, 1903. The value Of cotton
exported IN the month Of October was
$50, ,2S3, ,412, against az, ,000, 900 in
October, 1902 $46, 600, 900 in Octo-
Der, 1901, and $50, ,474, ,437 in October,
1900. The total quantity exported in
October, 1903, was b94 $40, ,872 pounds,
being an average price OF 1O.1 cents
Per pound.
This figure Of ESQ. 900, 900 -eceipts
for cotton in single month 10 not
equslled in the history Of cotton ex-
ports except in the month of October,
1900, when the total vaius OF cotton
exported wss ESQ, ,474, ,4S7. Even the
fgurss Of O60, 1856, ,4l2 for the mersh
OF October, 1903, are subject to .
slight prospective increase, a. this
preliminary statement Of the bureau
OF statistics does not inclUde the fig.
ures Of certain distant ports through
which small quantities Of cotton are
exported.
It should not be understood from
the above statement that the value Of
cotton exports Of the United States
averages $4,000, 600 per day the year
round, although it has averaged $2,-
600, 900 per day during the }month Of
October. Taking the entire year, it
may be said, however, that the value
of cotton exports now averages 81 ,O00.-
600 per day for each business day Of
the year. -Harper's Weekly.
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Eos the eleven months of 1903 sales have mounted
TO height before attained This may
Of yen who have trading with year after year.
human nature to hsye pride tho Store where you
Now, there must be good for this increase
business People don't here to trade because they
like they could buy the oodsat prices
credit they wouldn't here
No. the only they pay tho Cash is
them money They have found that pays
trade here, and it'll pay YOU too.
We selling GOOD CLOTHING at smalles margin Of
profit than any Credit Cothess afford NO doubt about
We have told you this before. and we everS word
OF fit-eveEy word. we weren't doing this very thing
large and Clothing Store you would
here simply empty space.
Every Credit Clothier has certain Of losses by
had debts Then theres bookkeeper to pay
Hero have no losses. No bookkeeper pay. Every
Cash. We don't hsVe add certain per cent to
Goods to losses by bad debts and pay
gzeepers.
IF we can't you money don't want your trade
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Notes and Personal Mention.

Mrs Charles Kleinhans was called to
New York Monday by the sudden death
of her father, Mr.. G. w. Lawson. Her
guest, Miss Nan Tuck of New York,
accompanied hes. Mrs. Kleinhans had
been planning to visit her father in a
few weeks
Mrs. Abram Bergen left today for
Asbury Park, New Jersey. for the rest
of the summer.
Mrs Albert NJ. Patten and Mrs.
Frank Scott Davis expect to leave for
Colorado the first of next week. Mr..
Davis will join them later.
Mrs. c. j. Devlin and her guest. Miss
Porterfield of Toluca, Illinois, will go to
Chicago next Sunday for several days.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wilder and
Mrs. Evelyn Lewis have returned from
Eureka Lake where they have been
stopping for several weeks.
Miss Curtis and Miss Permelia Curtis
go to Burlingame Wednesday for a
few days and Miss Curtis goes to Kan
sas City next Saturday for snort stay
DR.. Hal Hazlett has returned from a
visit to Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Klein
hans at Granville.
Mrs. Charles L. Short of Chanute is
Mrs. David w. Norton's guest today.
Mr. Merrill Mills has returned from
Eureka Lake where he has been for
week.
with her daughter, Mrs. William l..
Drechsel.
Miss Porterfield of Toluca, Illinois,
and Miss Woodward Of Trinidad, Colo
RADIO, are guests of Mrs. C. j. Devlin-
Miss Mary Colby who is the guest OF
Miss Katneryn Mills will return to her
home in st. Louis the first of next week
Mrs Rebecca Rodgers returned to
Kansas City this morning after visit
to her mother. Mrs John f. Lord
Mr.. George Freshman will return sat
urdav from Harbor Springs, Michigan,
where he spent the past fortnight
Mr. and Mrs. A. A GODDARD and their
son Valentine will go to Manitou, Colo
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one-haif of Gage park should be laid
out and graded, and the places which
are to be planted prepared by blowing
and manurinS. ff
"Second-An adequate water supply
is badly needed as the present system
is a severe drain on the lake in dry
seasons.
"Third-Additions should be made to
the greenhouse, which is entirely too
small for the present and future de-
mand for plants.
"Fourth-All the buildings are in need
of painting.
''Fifth-The City park had TO be
cleaned up after the flood, regarded and
the fence rebuilt All the grass and
nearly all the shrubs killed out will
have to be re-established the coming
season.
'Sixth-The work begun at Central
park should be continued. The half
block now laid out and planted shows
what can be made out of the tract in
a short time and the people of that
start the work seem entitled to its fur
Their Improvement without delay.
'Seventh-Chesney park will have to
be fenced before it can be made an at
tractive place. At present it is impos-
sible to keep out loose stock.
'Eighth-Chesney and Central parks
need an efficient system of water sup
ply. In the city park the water supply
should be extended over the west one
third. The eastern part. from the ave-
nue. to Van Buren, street, has thirteen
! hydrants and one drinking fountain
Yours most respectfully,
IA. REINISCH,
superintendent of Parks.
! Topeka August 1, 1907
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Will Not Be Banner Wheat County
This Year

Threshing returns from the southern
and eastern parts of the wheat belt
indicate that the former big wheat coun-
ties will not even come up to the yields
which were expected of them two weeks
ago. CowIey. Sumner. Mcpherson, Har-
vey and Marion will fall down consider
ably below what was anticipated of
them.
The shortage is especially noticeable
in Sumner county, which may fall even
below the four million mark. 1t is pref
ty sure that Sumner will lose the first
place in the list of wheat counties to
Parton, and Rocks or Rush will come
second. The Barton county papers al
lege that the assessors returns show an
acreage considerably in excess of the es-
timated acreage. which may put Bar
ton well up to. or possibly over, the
five million mark. In an interview in
the State Journal few days ago Sen
ator Simons, of Caldwell. estimated the
average yield in Sumner county at not
more than twelve bushels per acre, and
it is probable that this estimate is about
correct
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FIND WARDEN CRUEL.
Mob May Attack the Head of the
Prison at MllledgeviIle, Ga.

Milledgeville. Ga, Aug. 1.-THE inves-
ugation of the whipping of Maurie De
Crist, the Diamond Queen" by War
den Alagood of the state prison camp
has revealed cruelties of the most
shocking character. The people of the
neighborhood are so aroused over the
testimony that there is talk of mobbing
the warden should he appear in town.
According to the evidence Mrs. Ala
good. the wife of the warden, gave the
position of hospital stewardess to a
negro woman and ordered Miss De
Crist. who was not physically strong to
be sent to work in the field Miss De
Crist protested and Mrs. Alagood flew
into a passion and told her husband
Miss De Crist must be whipped.
Warden Alagood obeyed his wife, and
calling two guards to assist, took Miss
De Crist into a room. where she was
stripped to the waist by the guards,
who then held her while the warden
piled a cowhide on her bare back. Ala
good, it is said. continued to use the
cowhide until he had given her forty
lashes just thirty more than has ever
been administered even to hardened
criminal of stout physique.
The day after the whipping Miss De
Crist although i'll. was driven to the
field to work with the negroes. She
tainted and Supt Foster had her re-
nounced Alagood for his brutality it is
said.
The woman has been in a hysterica'
condition ever since and there are fears
that she may die.
Atlanta. Ga, Aug. 11.-Governor Ter
rell has declared that he would order the
/ prison commission to go to the bottom
of the whipping of Miss De Crist anc
that those responsible should not es-
/ cape.
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Ronnnet From a Neiehbor.

If the editor of the State Journal were
at home the following bouquet from the
Lawrence Gazette would not be ac-
knowledged in this public manner:
Frank P MacLennan, of the To-
peka Journal has gone with his wife
for trip to Europe When Frank
MacIennan finished his course in the
university at Lawrence, he was away in
debt for board and room. He started
out Handicapped by this debt he had
Incurred in securing an education. The
first thing he did was to pay that debt,
and after that he began climbing up
He has now probably the most valuable
newspaper plant in Kansas, and is
making more money than any Other
newspaper in the state He can afford
to take a trip to Europe every month
if he wants to. He has won by indus
try. economy, independence, and By
keeping everlastingly at it."
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into the river. This petition may serve
10 solve the question of who is RESPONSE
BILE for the great bodies of water which
have collected west of town. The city
has so far refused to take care of the
water because it is outside of the city
limits
Assistant City Engineer King, togeth-
er with several of the employees of the
city engineers force, has made a care
ful inspection of the course of these
lakes By travelling on horseback and
afOot, he went over the whole territory,
and prepared a map showing exactly
the location of the lakes and their
source. He found that the lakes are fed
wholly by storm water. and that they
have no connection with the river or
Soldier creek.
one chain of lakes starts Just west
of Menoken in what have been known
as Menoken lakes. These lakes have for
many years been dry. The farmers have
filled them up, and used them for til
lage. When she flood came. sweeping
across the Onion Pacific tracks, it
washed out the old basin where the NJ
noken lakes had been. and they ore
now larger than ever. They are filled
with fish, some very large ones being
imprisoned there. The water is so deep
that men find difficulty in working their
seins. The fish will not last long, for
several seiners are at work all the time,
sweeping the basins clean
Extending eastward toward Topeka,
and between the Union Pacific tracks
and the river. there is a continuous
chain Of lakes, connected by more or
less rapid currents. There seems to be
still plenty of water flowing through the
chain. This chain of lakes crosses to
the north side of the Union Pacific
tracks mile west of town. where the
railway company has built pile bridge.
Thence it extends right down into the
northwest corner of North Topeka
where it has been making so much trou-
bic of late.
1t was discovered by the exploring
party from the city engineers office
that there is another similar chain of
lakes which begins a short distance west
of the brick plant bridge, between the
Menoken chain and the river. The lakes
in this chain are not quite so large,
and they simply terminate in ravine.
They are fed by drainage water which
runs down from the saddle" which
rises between the chain and the river.
BY cutting a channel or laying a
large drain for half a mile along the
road leading to the brick plant bridge,
the two chains of lakes could be drain
ed entirely. So far, the two chains have
not connected but they are close to-
gether Mt this road, and small addi-
tional rise. probably one foot would be
sufficient to send the two together.
The farmers are very anxious to have
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the water drained off because 1t has
submerged hundreds of acres of valua-
BILE farm land. They also want 1t fixed
so that there will be no more trouble
like this in the future. They will de-
mand that the county take some action
Immediately to rid them of the accumu-
lated water.
The city seems to be struggling with
its water problem by allowing the wa
ter to drain through town and flow in
to Soldier creek. This flow will con-
tinue for a long time, because all the
water as far west as Menoken Will nave
to run down through North Topeka.
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LOST MUCH TWINE.
Warden Jewett Helping Farmers to
Adjust Losses.

Warden Jewett, of the state peniten-
tiary, is trying to adjust with the rail-
roads the losses on binding Irvine from
the penitentiary Irvine plant, that was
lost during the shipment at the time of
the floods. The floods came just at
time when there was a great deal of
Irvine en- route. Farmers and dealers
who order Irvine from the penitentiary
are required to pay cash and the price is
for the Irvine delivered on board the
cars at Lansing. Then it belongs to
the man who has ordered and paid for
it, and if it is lost the loss falls on him
Many farmers lost their Irvine in this
way during the floods and were COM
PEELED to order again. Now the state
authorities are taking the matter up
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RADIO. this week to join Miss Guenn
GODDARD who has been there for several
weeks.
Miss Halle Elliston. who has i~cn
stopping with Miss Anna Marie Walsh,
returned to her home in Atchison to-
6av.
Mrs. Mary Hagar has returned from
a visit to her son, Mr.. G. A. Hagar. in
Chicago.
Mrs. NJ. Council and Miss Lucy
Council, 32s Van Buren, street. left to-
day for Las Vegas. n. NJ.
Mrs. Kate Crawford and her daugh-
ter, Helen. have returned from an out
ing in Minnesota.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Lovewell and their
little daughter go to Canon City. Colo,
the last of the week to visit Mrs. Love
wells parents, Mr.. and Mrs. o. +.
Sawyer. and from there to Gunnison,
Colo for a fishing trip.
Miss Roberta WATSON will leave the
last of the week for Denver and Colo
RADIO Springs.
Mrs. Butcher, her daughter Ruth and
son Francis. of Omaha, are guests of
Mrs. Frank Lagerstrom, and will re-
turn to their home this evening.
Mrs. Eli @. Foster and her daughters,
Miriam and Ruth. go to Chicago Thurs
in Indiana this summer. From Chicago
they go to Lake Winona, Wis, for an
outing
Mr. r. Bruce Wallace returned Sun
DAY from chicago ana 81. Joseph, a1tcn-s
where he has been for the past three
weeks
Mrs. Lottie Z. Chapman is i'll at her
home. 1913 West Sixth street.
Mrs. T. d. Nichols returned yesterday
from a visit to her sister. Mrs. Fred
MANI. of Wichita.
Mrs w. w Burt, of Kansas City. is
visiting Mr.. Lottie Chapman.
Mrs. B. Westcott Rogers, of Mill
waukee. who is on her way to Los
Angeles, is visiting at the home of the
B. d. Mize family.
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with the railroads and trying to secure
settlements from the roads for the loss
of the Irvine. When they collect the
money it will be turned over to the
farmers whose Irvine was thus destroy
ed.
The penitentiary binding Irvine plant
is still in operation and the Irvine is be-
ing sold to farmers and dealers for bind
ing fodder. Since the invention of corn
binding machinery and since it has
come into general use by the farmers
the demand for binding Irvine has con-
siderably increased for this purpose.
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CHIEF OF B. OF |. E.
The Executive Committee Sc
lects w. s. Stone of EIdon, Ia.

Clevland, o., Aug. 11.-W. S. Stone, OF
Eldon, Iowa, division No. Isl, has been
elected to fill the unexpired term as
grand chief engineer of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers, made vacant
by the deaths of P. NJ. Arthur and A. r.
Youngson. After the election the execu-
tive committee of the brotherhood said
that no fear need be felt of any radical
change in the policy of the brotherhood
that the new grand chief will carry out
the conservative principles advocated by
the late Chief Arthur
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Cooperative Laundry Fails.

Chicago, Aug. 1.-THE Co-operative
Union laundry. which was esta blished
by union laundry workers during the
big strike in Chicago's wash houses
last June. has been declared a failure.
For six weeks representatives of the
union who have been running the laun-
dry and endeavoring to place 1t on a
paying basis have been forwarding dis
couraging reports to the members of the
organization. The end came yesterday
when the place was closed.
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IS A GOOD THING.
Council Shows a Disposition
to Encourage Parks.
Small Increase in Levy Will
Give 1000.
is AT TURNING POINT.
The Park Commissioners to Be
Shown Encouragement.
Money.
is AT TURNING POINT.

People are generally well pleased at
the action of the city council in adding
to the facilities of the park commission
ers by increasing the park improvement
tax levy by half a MILL This half mill
increase will give the park commission
ers $4,000 more for park improvements
than they had last year. and It is ex-
pected that by the end of 1904. the adj
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DRUNK OR CRAZY.
Robert Rawsen Took Wages in Whis-
ky and Is Adiudged Insane.

Robert Rawsen, colored, was adjudged
insane by jury in the probate court
this morning.
Rawsen commended that he was not in
sane. He stated on the witness stand
that he work for local drug company
and received $3.50 and that he took his
wages in whisky. He said he had been
drunk three months. The jury disagreed
with him and decided that if he had
been drunk he was also insane
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A ROW OF LAKES.
Extend From Village of Memo
ken Eastward.
Still Another Chain Forms to
the South.
HOW TO DRAIN THEM.
County Commissioners Will Be
Appealed To.
May Be Solution of Trouble in
Topeka.
HOW TO DRAIN THEM.

Farmers living between Topeka and
Silver Lake are preparing a petition to
the county commissioners asking that
the commissioners cut a drain for half
a mile along the road leading to the
north approach of the brick plant
bridge, to enable the chain of lakes ex-
tending to Menoken and west to drain
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Margaret Gilfillan. Miss Isabel VanSant,
Miss Rose Davis, Miss Berenice OFT, Miss
Effie Hazen.
Mrs. A. o. Rosser. 1413 Topeka avenue,
gives a children's party Thursday after
noon for her little daughter Doris.
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Toni had my fortune told the other
day and my fancee broke off the en-
gagement." Jack-"Why, is she be-
lever in such nonsense2" Tom-"Non-
sense nothingl 1t was told her by a
mercantile agency. Chicago Daily
News.