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Washington, N. c., Sept. IA, 1908.
The Eastern Life Insurance Co.,
Washington NJ n

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Armtea Burwen, Charlotte, who
veil with the Aetna
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NEW ORLEANS, Sept 29-Cotton future
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LIVERPOOL.

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dull prices ......G4 points lower;
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652: middling, 6.02: low middllng, $40; gooa
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day were 1900 bales, of which 800 were for
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-24
COUSIN OF CLEVELAND.
Woman of Notable Connections Dies
in San Francisco.

San Francisco. Cal. Nov. 24.-An-
toinette Cleveland Aiken, a pioneer of
Cleveland, Ohio. and resident of Napa
county and Los Angeles, Cal, died
here today, aged 49, She was a grand
daughter of Gen. Erastus Cleveland.
of Madison. N Y; cousin of Bishop
Arthur Cleveland Cox, of ex-President
Cleveland and of Gen. John Sadgewjck
Her kin also included the Wadsworth.
Gould, Longfellow Douglas, Rogers
and Sedgewick families OF New Eng
land.
She was prominent worker in the
United States sanitary commission
during the civil war; was the author
of several volumes of verse and prose,
and one poem, Save the Old Ship"
was widely quoted patriotic appeal,
helping to prevent the breaking up of
the Hartford, Farragut's old flagship
She was a sister of the late Judge D.
Cleveland. of Cleveland. Ohio, and of
Edward r. Cleveland of Spokane,
Wash. She leaves three children res
fdents here.
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AGAIN BARS BIBLE.
Nebraska Supreme Court Issues Writ
of Mandamus to Enforce Decision.

Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 24.-Bible reading
and hymn singing are again forgidden in
the public schools of Nebraska by the
state supreme court, which has issued
peremptory write of mandamus against
the directors of school district No. q,
IN Gage county, ordering them to COM
ply with the decision more than a year
ago, that no further religious exercises
be held in the school
The relator in the petition for man.
damus is Daniel Freeman. known as
original plaintiff in a suit begun in
1899 against the district, winning twice
in the lower courts. The district direc-
tors appeal and the supreme court
upheld Mr.. Freeman, but Chief Justice
Sullivan, in a later supplemental opin-
ion, so encouraged the school districts
side of the case that the first order was
practically ignored. Freeman COM
planned that the directors and teacher,
Miss Martha Beecher, were violating the
court order. and today's writ followed.
Much litigation will ensue, since there
are as many varying interpretations of
the decree last written as there are diff
ferent views on the subject of Bible
reading in the public schools. The tenor
Of the decision was that the Bible might
be read as a. work of literature but not
as a religious work.
1t is said that the school directors will
persist in the use of the Bible. Should
they do so contempt proceedings will
bring the whole question before the
court again for review.
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RILEY HERE MONDAY.
Coming of Hoosier Poet Anticipated
With Pleasure.

The coming of James Whitcomb Riley
to Topeka next Monday is attracting
the lovers Of his poetry and there are
few who do not enjoy his work.
AS everybody knows Mr.. Riley is a
native of Indiana and was for a long
time connected with the Indianapolis
Daily Journal His first book was a
little parchment volume called THE Old
Swimmin Hole, and 'Leven More
Poems" 1t was OStenSibly written nv
a plain Indiana farmer, Benjamin F.
Johnson of Boone. This volume, hum
bic as it was, had the effect of making
friends for its author wherever it found
its way. It is not too much to say that
previous to that little volume the west
ern farmer and the man of the shop, as
well, had not found a poet. What man
could read the lyric
when the frost is on the punkin.
And the folders in the shock
and not feel a thrill of exquisite pleas
ure. So far as the masses are concern
ed such verse means more than all that
was otherwise written of the author. It
is plain, concrete and tangible. It sets
the heart vibrating just as Whittier s
'Snow-Bound" does and THE Barefoot
Boy"
hefollowing by a well-known Chicago
poet voices the sentiment of the major
ity of readers:
RILEY'S FOLKS
Sometimes, when things don't seem to go
jes' right about the place.
When bein' pore seems jes' as bad as bein'
in disgrace,
When everything goes wrong. you know,
sometimes they will do,
And the blue that should be in the sky is
all penned up in you
It's then like to jes' set down all by my
self sonewheres,
With one O Riley'S books, to sort o
brighten up affairs.
Them people Riley writes about has red
blood in their veins.
They're folks that lives and breatk4s.
they've got their joys and aches ard
pains;
Each one of EN- has got a heart-you al
most feel it beat;
They're not imaginary folks, they're peo-
pie that you meet,
And when they stand before me as he
paints 'em I'm inclined
To feel a sort Of proudness that I'm one O.
Riley's kind.
I mind how kind O. choked was when my
boy went away,
Tears wouldn't come and seemed as if the
load grew ev'ry day:
couldn't bear to hear folks tell how bad
they felt fer me.
Until, one day, got a book that Riley
wrote, and see
That pome on Little Wesley Well the
tears come freely then,
And so I took the burden up and pushed
ahead agen-
Some people want to live in towns and put
on lots o. style,
They like to roll in money and do moth
in all the while,
But I'm not one O. them, they amt the
sort O. stuff. you bet
That made this land the gloriousest the
sun has shone on yet,
want to stay where Nature planned it
best fer me to be
To love and live with Riley's folks, that S
good enough fer me-
S. E. Kiser in Cleveland Leader.
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AT THE ORATORICALS.
How a Young Lady Kept Her
Engagement.

Dr. w. 2. Caldwell relates several in
teresting incidents in connection with
the early work and formation of Dr.
CaIdwelI's Syrup Pepsin. which has be-
come famous throughout the country
as a cure for stomach and bowel
troubles.
Il was riding on the train" said he,
between Des Moines, Ia, and Gales
burg, Ill, when my attention was at
tracted to a very intelligent young lazy
who / noticed was suffering intense
pain and anxiety. Physicians as rule
do not intrude upon people on trains
or in hotels. it being in bad form 10
volunteer advice or service. but the
lady seemed so thoroughly discouraged
and at the same time anxious, along
with her suffering, that L decided 10
see if 1 could do anything for her, ana
thereupon learned from her that she
was on her way to GaleSburg, where
! she was to take part in an oratorlcal
contest and the jostle and motion OF
the train had brought on a state of
distress that almost Frustrated her.
Added to her sickness was her fear
lest she should be unable to take part
in the exercises which she had looked
forward to so hopefully and for which
she had made such thorough prepare
ton.
4 discovered that she suffered from
an acute attack of indigestion, and L
informed her that if she would take
the medicine which l would give her, L
would be only too glad to furnish it.
| She consented and l took from the bot
tie l carried in my valise a good-sized
dose of DR.. Caldwells Syrup PepSin,
and the occupants of the car having
taken such interest in the lady's case
after I approached her, all watched
with considerable anxiety for the re-
suits. She got relief in a short t1me
and before We reached Galesburg told
US that she felt perfectly able to go on
with her work in the oratorical contest
and invited me, if I were in the city
1 to attend the entertainment. Curiosity
or vanity or something or other
prompted me to attend the contest and
I was pleased to see her go through
| her part as ably and with as much
ease as though she had not been suf-
/ 1 approached her. She won the prize
and wrote me a letter which 1 now
have framed, hanging in my office,
thanking me with all her heart for the
assistance my medicine had proved to
her.
DR.. CdldwelPs Syrup Pepsin in the i'm
mediate vicinity of our home town. but
a few such incidents as have related
bore SO heavily upon us as evidence of
its merit. that we finally began to
reach out and you know the rest
There is scarcely a town in any state
where Dr. Ca1dwelPs Syrup Pepsin is
been very gratifying to me. not so
much from financial standpoint as
from a knowledge that I am doing the
world at large a great amount of good
for q small amount of money, as so
cents worth of this medicine generally
does as much good as many dollars
spent in doctor bills The Gatlin
Drug Co., of 702 Kansas avenue. To-
peka, is the wholesale distributor of
Syrup Pepsin.
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TRAMP STEALS A BOY.
Uses Him to Work a Sympathy
Racket on the Public.

About three weeks ago a hobo came
to the farm of Grant Midcap. four
miles west of town, and wanted to
work. Grant was in need of a hand,
and while he didn't like the looks of
this customer finally hired him. The
fellow worked until Wednesday of last
week, when he became SO good for
nothing that Grant paid him off and
told him to go. This the fellow did.
but took along with him Grants 10
year-old boy
It was learned afterward that the
tramp had been making friends with
the boy and coaxing him to run off
with him for several days. even get
ting the boy to sleep with him at
night and thus talking over their plans
to run away. The folks did not know
until evening that the boy was gone
They supposed he was at school all
the time. That evening as soon as
they missed him Grant and Bert Gale
started out on the trail of the run
aWays and caught them the next
morning four miles this side of Cherry
vale They brought the boy back and
told the tramp TO hike out.
1t IS not known what the tramp's
motive was. unless it was to work on
the sympathies of the people through
the boy and make begging easier. He
put up the story where he stayed all
night that the boy was his little
brother; that their parents were dead,
and he was trying to get the boy to
MS sister IN TeXaS.-Thayer News
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COMPULSORY ARBITRATION
Advocated by Members of Credit
Mems Association.

Chicago. Nov. 24-In an address be-
fore the Chicago Credit Mems associa-
ton last night Charles D. Griffith OF
Denver. Col, urged the business men to
take a more lively interest in state and
national politics. The wide differences
IN the commercial laws of the various
states, he said, could be regulated only
through the efforts of such organizations
as the one he was addressing. ME-
Griffith also declared in favor OF a conn
pusOry law for arbitration
Beside SGr. Griffith the guests were J.
Harry TregOe, president of the Natloha4
Association of Baltimore; Wllhan \;
Prendergast, the national secretary ana
treasurer of BROOKLYN; Charles l. Meek
president of the organization in New
York city, and A. H FOote OF 81, LOUIS
At the banquet which preceded the
toasts, and which was served al the
Auditorium, there were 100 members oi
the Chicago association.
The subject of Mr.. Griffith's toast was
Commercial Legislation; or, the Busl-
ness Man in Politics.
. Mr. Foote spoke of The Credit Stand
ing of Credit Men" The SUBJECT Oh
President TregOe's address was THE
Position Of the Credit Mems Assoeia-
tfon in the Present Business Economy "
Mr. Prendergast spoke on Exemption
Laws and the Demand for Their Modifi-
cation by Credit Interests"
Mr. Foote said the credit man was
not without credit, save among credit
men. He read from a table which
showed that the credit men of Denver
had a higher rating in commercial re-
ports than those Of Pittsburg, Cleve-
land OF Chicago. the only cities where
he had made comparisons. The rating
of credit men as compared with that of
men in other professions was greatly
in favor of the credit man.
The national convention of the credit
men will be held in New York next
Iune.
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STATE BONDS TO COME DUE
The Date of Maturity for 1000
Is January

State bonds amounting to $4,000 will
fall due on January l next, but they
win all be refunded to run twelve years
longer, which will make them come due
in 1916. The state owns all of it's own
bonds-that is they are held by the per-
manent school funds of the state. The
bonded indebtedness of the state is only
S632, O00 and Of this 1929, 900 is held by
the permanent school fund and the 9TH
er SO, 600 by the State university fund.
The interest on these bonds is simply
paid over by the state to these various
funds.
Beginning with the coming year
sinking fund will be set aside to take
up these bonds as they mature. Ten
thousand dollars year will be set
aside in the sinking fund during each
Of the next four years, and after that
larger amounts. On December l, 1908,
SIS 900 will fall due; on July 1, 1909, 1885,
600; on July 1, 1911, $150,000; on July 1,
1914. 100000 and on January l. 1915,
S159 O0O
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HAD LARGE CROWD.
Washburn Football Benefit a Pro-
nounced Success.


There should be no lack of something
to eat at the football banquet to be
rendered to the Washburn team at the
close of the season. Last night 700 peo-
pie crowded into Washburn chapel for
the purpose of hearing and seeing S5
members of the Washburn Dramatic
club give the old @Destrick Skule," and
the 700 people paid "I57 cents apiece,
two for a quarter for the privilege.
This will raise a fund of from SIS to
500 for the football banquet, which
means that each member of the team,
the substitutes, the coach and the man
ayers can eat about IS worth Of provis--
ions after the last game is played and
the training of the season is over.
If there is any caterer in Topeka who
wants to take the job of supplying the
banqueters at the rate of So apiece, now
is the time to get in the application.
The "Deestrict Skule" was very well
presented. There were a lot of new
jokes and local hits which caught the
college crowd. The farce was gotten up
by Prof. Tpwne, of the department of
about the costuning. Some of the girls
and boys in the collegiate classes pass
ed off very successfully as kids of 8 or
10 years. Mr.. Hale, a young man about
71z feet tall, acted as school teacher,
and did the job we'll. 1t won't do to
pick out favorites among the pupils,
because there were so many favorites
this column would look like a hotel reg
lister.
What is the most important town in
the United States?" asked the teacher
of his geography class.
PROF. Towne thinks he isl ripped
out one of the youngsters.
Members of the Washburn football
team acted as ushers last night. Cap
tain Dadisman sold tickets at the door,
and Half Back Caldwell was the ticket
taker
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BOTH FEEL
What Proper Food Does for Both
Mind and Body.

Physical health. mental health, in
deed almost everything good on this
earth depend in great measure upon
proper food.
Without health nothing is worth
while and health can be won almost
every time by proper feeding on the
scientific food Grape-Nuts.
A California trained nurse proved
this: Three years ago l was taken
very sick. my work as a trained nurse
having worn me out both in body and
mind and medicine failed to relieve
me at all After seeing a number OF
physicians and specialists and getting
70 relief I was very much discouraged
and felt that 1 would die or general
nervous and physical collaDse-
My condition was so bad I never
imagined food would help me, but on
the advice of friend 1 tried Grape
Nuts The first package brought me
so much relief that 1 quit the med
icines and used Grape-Nuts steadily
that within six months I had so COM
pletely regained my strength and
health that I was back nursing again,
and I feel the improvement in my
brain power just as plainly as I do in
physical strength
After my own wonderful expert
ence with Grape Nuts have recon-
success and it has worked wonders in
the cases of many invaiids whom I
have attended professionally" Name
given by Postum Co. Battle Creek,
Mich
Look in each package for a copy Of
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SAY IT is ABSURD.
Russians Scout the Report That
Lamsdorff Is to Be Displaced.

New York, Nov 24.-Several Russians
of prominence lately passing through
Berlin on their way north, have all
been emphatic in denying the probable
ity of Count Lamsdorff being replaced,
says a Berlin dispatch to the Herald.
They one and all pointed out that
Count Lamsdorff's long experience, his
thorough knowledge of the far eastern
question, was more than ever valuable
now.
One of them noted the well-known
fact that even during the days of Count
Mouravieff, Count Lamsdorff was the
man who knew everything and did ev-
erything. Another said:
THE idea is absurd in view of the
prodigious success of the Russian policy
as carried out by Count Lamsdorff, who,
most markedly of all the ministers,
holds the confidence Of the emperor. A
man in the position of Count Lams-
dorff in country of intrigue like Rus
STA is bound to have such reports
spread about him.
The position of the minister of war
is much shaken and there is a prob
ability of his being given an appoint
melt in the Caucasus. NJ. Whites pow
er is gone owing to his contention about
mining property with the Grand Duke
Alexander