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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-02

LET us skin over a period of fifteen
minutes. The cat, who has lost her tail
from blow of the axe, is looking
around and wondering where it went
to. Satan has seen his work completed
there and has passed on to repeat it
at Farmer Jones's. The father lies
here. the mother over there. the son
against the front door. Are all dead.
It is needless to say that none of them
died of consumption or typhoid fever.
Upstairs there is a spectacle to make
rhinoceros shed tears; down cellar that
barrel of hard cider is still gurgling
and chuckling and waiting for fresh
victims. 1t is not satisfied with the
three deaths. but is laying low for the
hired man when he comes home from
sparkling his Sarah Jane.
81 have presented you with terrible
picture. but it is one drawn from life,
and can be depended on. Barrels of
hard cider are snugged away in hun
dreds Of thousands of cellars, and each
and every one of them is awaiting it's
victims.
Satan is going around the country
disguised as Uncle Reube. and calling
at every house as he goes. You need
not go to the saloons and breweries
of the towns to plant murder in your
hearts and bring tragedy into the fam
lily circle. You have simply to go down
cellar and turn the spigot of that cider
barrel. The insidious beverage will do
the rest
There is sorrow in lager beer, grief
IN claret, misfortune in Old Grow, and
tragedy in cognac. but when the hard
cider rurgles look out for Satan and
nurdar
+ IF you feel that you must have some
thing beside good well water and root
beer fails to relieve that tired feeling,
then turn to buttermi1k It never
changes. AS it was In the days of the
prophets, so it is now It soothes in
the morning. comforts in the afternoon
and lies down like lamb at night
1t may not increase the yield of buck
wheat on the farm, but it will keep
peace in the family and leave the cat
to carry her full length of tail until old
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-02

Quaffed with chuckles of satisfaction
between every swallow.
'sTempted by the sight and smell, the
farmers wife gradually yields. and at
length Gowns a glass and asks f1r two
or zee more The son with the f1ddie
has an intuition that there is his&rity
g0inc on 6ow-tstairss and he ..eases to
scrape the wailing strings and descends
TO claim his share
s"Th1tS ouiet, peaceful picture of half
an hour ago. is turned into a wild reveI.
Youth forgets itself--old age becomes
reckless The pitcher is emptied only
to be promptly refilled,f and when
eight or ten quarts have been disposed
Of Satan himself enters the room to
make the fourth person present.
HE tempts the old farmer to charge
his wife with wearing cut two pairs of
shoes in the last three years, and to
twit her of a fiendish desire to SEND
him to the pooThouse. She retorts BY
charging him with stinginess and par
simony, and they are soon calling each
other liars and horse thieves.
Then the son takes a hand in. He
has never been to circus or a Fourth
of July celebration. He has simply
been kept hoeing corn from January to
December without break to go fishing
or see a balloon ascension. He was per-
mitted to buy fiddle and serape on it
solely in hopes that he might drive the
mice and rats out of the house. Under
the excitement of drink he now demands
$14 per month and board and washing
as a hired man, and. failing TO get it.
he will run away and become cowboy
or a pirate. Even if he gets it, he wants
a Saturday holiday and every Sunday
evening to go and spark his girl.
my dear friends, must l tell you
what follows? I feel that 1 must. but
it is with an aching heart. and such of
you as are overcome by your feelings
and are obliged to go out doors to get
your breath back. will be excused for
the same
THAT hard cider has got in its fiend-
ish work. The son forgets that he is a
son-the father and mother that they
are parents and husband and wife They
jaw; they wrangle; they call names,
they shake their fists under each others
noses. and Satan stands there and
smiles and urges them on.
Suddenly the wife and mother makes
a grab for her husbands gray locks,
and the scrap is on. There is kicking
and biting and hair pulling between the
| three for a few minutes and then they
separate for more .murderous work. The
wife remembers that the butcher knife
| is lying on the kitchen table where she
| left it after slicing the pork for break
fast The father remembers that the
newly sharpened axe is at the door, and
the son brought the family crowbar
down stairs with him when he came
/ thinking it might be irequiIed to poke
1.-THE fire Two minutes later all arc
armed and dashing into the conflict, and
there is a ha, ha, hal from Satan as the
sharp steel cuts and the crowbaT
bruises.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-02

of the old art student days whom he
had not seen for years, came up and
greeted him. Jacques was in evening
dress and .'desolated'' that he could not
spend what was left of the evening
with ce cher vieux Graham, but he had
an engagement to take tea with old
friends of his family, la Comtesse de
Challemel and her so charming niece,
who had just returned from SwitZer-
land. There was no need for de Brimaud
to tell Graham Fortescue that last piece
of news. and it was with quite unusual
bashfulness and color reddening his al
ready sunburned face he suggested
that perhaps his friend. Brimaud.
might take him with him and present
him to the countess and her niece.
And an hour later Graham Fortescue
was being introduced to Nine. la Comtesse
de Challemel and to maGemoiselle her
niece: but as he bowed over the dimpled
hand of Mile. Lucie de Reol Graham grew
pale and his heart hurt him. Those were
not the feet which had been cased in the
brown bootlets of his dream, for Mile de
Reol charming though she was, wore
what the trade would call smart sizes.
And peeping out on to the footstool in
front of the countess armchair was
dainty red morocco slipper.
boots of green shagreen-upon which era
ham had built up a whole romance, be
longed to the aunt. not to the niece ana
the Objectionable hobnailed ones NUS
have been Lucie de ReoIs.
He DID not tell the aunt and niece the
story of his chase of them until some time
afterWard. for Graham SIS holiday gTeN
longer than he had intended and he spent
many pleasant evenings at the pretty
house looking out upon the Pare Monceau
When his tale was told another story nad
been told as we'll a question asked and
answered. and after all. the wiso OF timex
brown hair with golden glints in it was
and it is now the property of Mrs. Ora
ham Fortescue.-London Tattler.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-02
Liberal Statesmen

English Liberals, having. for the first
time in years the prospect of success,
examine afresh their leaders. Sir Viii
liam Vernon Harcourt, brilliant though
he be. may be looked upon as obsolete.
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman de-
corous weakness would hardly orna-
ment an actual struggle Mr.. John Nor
ley, high in party councils, is not made
for prime minister. Lord Rosebery. so
long an attractive experimental, might
be taken in the absence of ANYBODY
more positively fitting. Mr.. Asquith
has never added magnetism to logical
ability. Sir Edward Grey, after years
of promise is promising still Mr.. Hal
dane lacks size. Mr. Rowles is di-
verting free. lance. Sir Charles Dixie
can never again have position suited
to his ability. Nobody, since Lord
Rosebery'S efforts to follow Gladstone,
has given even an Indication of mar
shalling Liberal opinion. Formerly
there was no issue. and England, being
satisfied, was nationally Conservative
The Chamberlain explosion giving the
Liberals theirs issue. finds them lacking
the man. If the tariff situation should
fail to produce a Liberal leader, or Lib
eral conference and aggression a com
promise, under Mr.. Balfour or Mr.
Wyndham. not conceivable, until Mr..
Chamberlain has carried to victory or
defeat his energetic fight with British
faith. Financial genius, popularity ex-
pressed is needed in the Liberal leader
ilOW OHe Win NlduSlOneS CcDdttDS
power and mastery of figures would
eagerly combat the doughty Chamber
lain and probably unhorse him. The
king, Conservative in his sympathies,
win have much influence as long as
statesmen wander exDectantly. waiting
for Moses. The Boer war called forth
no one worthy to do battle with Mr..
Chamberlain. and the present ISSUE may
end in victory for his cause through
Cearth of strong opposing warriors Be
f
tedly against him, he would have hard
work AGAINST a fighter of his class. A
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-02

fighter of his class. however. is what
it is apparently just now impossible for
the British empire to disclose.-Collier' s
Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-02

to you if there was.-Life.
my wife at all
Artist know it doesn't, but it looks
as she thinks she looks.-Judge-
Have they been. long in society,""
Dear me- no: heard her husband say
the other day that he had never seen a
lady smoking cigarettes. Chicago Rec
ord Herald.
Dorothy-so the angels brought your
new baby from heaven2
Ethel-Yeth: but ma theems to think
iuth ath much of him ath if they had
brought him from London or Paris.-Puck
ct can't imagine what made the bride
groom so nervous.
Il can
ttWhat?''
ssFIe didn't have time to get his prospec-
tive father-iIl-laws check certified to be-
fore the ceremony-"-Chicago Evening
Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-02
JEWELER AND oPr1cIAN.

uate optician. We guarantee every pair
of glasses to fit and every watch we re-
pair. We carry the largest line of
watches, clocks, diamonds, cut glass, ETC..
in the city. Watch inspector U. p. r. r..
ia Kansas ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-02
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

Editor-There isn't any idea in this
story of yours.
Great Author-I couldn't afford to sell i
to you if there waS.-Life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-02
Union Pacific.
WESTROIINn
EASTBOUND.
Missouri Paoifo.

Objective July s. 1909
No. e01, passenger. leave Topeka. .S:lS a.
No 315, LEGAL, leave Topeka .......... Zoo q
No BOZ, passenger. arrive Topeka g. 80 p
No. IA local. arrive Topeka. $50 81
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-02

WANTED-To winter your horses and
cattle, ~ miles east Santa Fe shops.
Seward ave. Phone e2o-2- w. T. Dawson,
Topeka.
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age and natural death overtakes

age and a natural death overtakes
her.
My friends. am done. I have given
you so cents worth of lecture for half
that sum. and as the distance to my
next town is thirteen miles 1 have got
to get an early start to be there in
time for breakfast and to post my
bills.
IF I have given. you newer and high
er ideas rejoice; if I have failed to
convince you that it is your duty on
going home tonight to roll your barrels
of hard cider out where the cows and
calves can have a fair show at Them
then 1 am sorry. and tender my humble
apologies for taking up an evening
which might have been spent in sorting
over potatoes or playing checkers. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-02

WANTED-Extra good gentle OF 5-vear
old half Jersey and Durham or Holstein
COW; give 4 gallons more; butter test 4
lbs. or more. Wehe, 70T Kansas ave
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WANTED-To rent unfurnished rooms
close in, for winter Address J. d. s.,
care Journal.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

WANTED-Carpet weaving, work guaran-
teed. prices 10 to 4Oc yard. 81 e. 30 st
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-02

WANTED Good arm waiter at Cremeri.
restaurant
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RUG FACTORY.


WANTED-You to let us make your old
carpets into rugs Call phones 421 Oh
address Mccormick & Peake, 527 Jackson
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wANrED-MALE HELP

RELIABLE man in every county to rep
resent eastern corporation as general
manager; exclusive; very profitable; per-
manent. Address International 231 Broad
way, New York.
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~ every traction
a. aksD
DESTINATIONS.
WANTED-Situation in doctors office by
lady. Call or address 2Se n. Chandler ST.
wANTED-A place as housekeeper. by
widow with one child 230 Madison st. :
WANTED-Position by competent male
stenographer and bookkeeper. Address
r. H. p, care Journal.
WANTED-Position as professional nurse.
Inquire at 2l5 E. 7th st.
WANTED Sewing by the day. Address
A. b. c., care Journal
WHEN YOU want to hire a man or boy.
] have list of men and confidential ref
erences concerning them T. M. Z. A.
Employment Bureau III. E. sth 81.
FEMALE HELP
maids, teamsters. Capital Employment
Agency. 81 Kansas ave.
WANTED-Dining room girl at Holiday
hotel, corner 4th and Holiday SITS.
l
WANTED-Ironers at Gem laundry.
WANTED-White girl for general house
work, family of 2. lib Fillmore st.
WANTED-Yo white girl to wash
dishes and help take care of baby. In
quire 9Th and Topeka ave-, over Miller's
drug store
| -
WANTED-Girl for, homework. 200 Clay
St
|
WANTED-Good white girl for general
Homework. IA Cedar st.
housework. 429 Harrison st.
wANTED-MALE HELP
~~~--~--~----~~-~-~~~-~
RELIABLE man in every county to rep
resent eastern corporation as general
manent. Address International 23l Broad
way, New York.
WANTED Good arm waiter at Cremerie
/ restaurant
| WANTED-Bell boys at Copeland hotel
YOUNG man. bright. over Is, to prepare
Tor GOVT position; good salary; perma-
nent; gradual promotion. Box SO. Cedar
Rapids, Ia
WANTED-Men to learn barber trade; our
| special offer to distant applicants IN
cludes board and tools; no limit to term;
| free work, careful instructions: graduates
earn top wages; write today. Moler Bar
Der college. st. Louis, Mo
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
WANTED Carpet weaving. work guaran-
ecu, pies ~ 20 NV yaIo. 9lI \. 90 81.
WANTED-To rent unfurnished rooms.
close in, for winter. Address J. D. s.,
care Journal.
WANTED-To winter your horses and
cattle IL ni1ae Santa
Seward ave. Phone e2o-2. w. T. Dawson,
Topeka
WANTED-E Extra good gentle or 5~vear
old half Jersey and Durham or Hostein
cow; give gallons or more butter test 4
lbs or more. Wehe, 7o7 Kansas ave
WANTED-A small children's pony and
buggy; must be gentle and cheap. Ad-
dress 800 Garfield ave.
WANTED-cattl to winter. Inquire one
mile north of Rochester school. Frank
Roller.
WANTED-To buy good I'd hand gasoline
engine, II or IA H. p 10 Chestnut st.
WANTED Roomers and boarders at 7os
w 9Th st.
----------------
WANTED-Names OF sufferers from kid
ney trouble. Address E. s. A. care
Journal.
! .wANTED-To buy several houses to move
from present locations. Is Crawford bldg.
WANTED-Wji pay a fair price for a
complete file of the Agora. unbound pre-
ferret S'ste price. Address K. l. Z,
care .!ossT1ai
FOR RENT-RooMS.
\ FOR RENT-6 unfinished rooms 1O14
Van Buren, st.
/ FOR RENT rooms for light bousekeep-
/ ing, water. bath, gas, crate IN parlor,
newly painted and papered. 122 w. 9Th st
|
age and a natural death overtakes
her
My friends, am done. I have given
you so cents worth of lecture for half
| that sum. and as the distance to my
next town is thirteen miles I have got
| to get an early start to be there in
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WANTED-Men to learn barber trade; our
special offer to distant applicants IN
ciudes board and tools; no limit to term
free work. careful instructions: graduates
earn top wages write today. Moler Bar
Der college, St. Louis, Mo.
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WANTED-A small children's pony anJ
buggy; must be gentle and cheap. AID
dress 900 Garfield ave
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YOUNG man. bright, over 49, to prepare
for Govt position: good salary; perma,
nent; gradual promotion. Box $40 Cedar
Rapids, Ia
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WANTEDLYou to have your carpets
cleaned. Mccormick & Peeake. Tele-
phones Al.
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WANTED-Ben boys at Copeland hotel
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CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS.
-~--~-~---~>~-~~~~~
M. w. NULL Carpenter and Builder.
Shop 1121z West Eighth st. Phone 1853.
Job work promptly done Topeka, Kan.
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JAMES B. HAYDEN, Jeweler anc Opti.
clan. Complete stock of watches, dia.
rnoEds, silverware, etc. Eyes examined
and spectacles properly fitted.
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HAIR DRESSING.
CARPEr CLEANINo.

SWITCHES, pompadours. all kinds 03
hair work Mrs. Van Week. "a II 5th-
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MONEY.

MONEY TO LOAN on live stock, pianos,
organs, typewriters. household goods and
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-05-13

The following is an extract from
recent speech made by Hon. w.
j. Bryan on good roads,"
"The expenditure of money for
the permanent Improvement of the
common roads can be defended,
first. as matter of justice to the
people who live in the country;
second, as a matter of advantage
to the people who do not live in
the country; and third, on the
ground that the welfare OF
the nation demands that the
comforts of country life shall,
as far as possible, pace with the
comforts of city life.
at is q well-known fact, or a
fact easily ascertained. that the
people of the country, while pay
ing their full share of county,
State and Federal taxes, receive as
a rule, only the general benefits of
government, while the people in
the cities have, in addition to the
protection afforded by the govern
ment, the advantage arising from
the expenditure of public moneys
in their midst"
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Venus.


The beautiful star now seen
in the evening in the western
heavens is Venus, and she is now
in the glory of her splendor. Well
is it to gaze upon her these beau
tiful clear nights and catch some
of the inspiration that is found in
such communion as expressed by
a great writer in his advice to
young men:
I'm the first place, the mere fact
of your having thought enough to
spend the time to do this will aid
your mental development. In the
second place, you will have to lift
your eyes and chin from the mire
of the street about you to the clean
glory of onnipotenoe. In the
third place. you cannot look for
five minutes at Venus or any other
planet or star without absorbing
into yourself some of the calm,
silent power which wheels this I'M
iverse along it's unbroken track
with never slip of the tire or
jostling of the axle"
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OASTo1EA.
Bear, The II The Kind You HaVs Always Bought
's, q NMAzzzS9
A MOpper.,

The perfection of the modern
reaper and binder is illustrated by
an incident which is said to have
occurred this year in Illinois. A
farmer had driven his reaper into
the edge of field ready for out
ting and dismounted from his seat
to get a drink of cider. While
thus occupied the horses took
fright and ran away. They tore
round and round the field, cut
ting full swath with every jump,
gathering up the grain, binding it
with Irvine, and tossing the bun
dies to one side. Before the team
was caught it had covered six and
a half acres, leaving only patches
here and there to be gone over.
This was accomplished in some
thing less than twenty-four min
utes.
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a Wise Regulation.

The postoffice department has
issued a bulletin to all postmasters,
warning them not to rent boxes to
minors without the consent of pa
rent or guardian. The department
took this step with a view to break
ing up the habit of yonng girls
renting boxes for the purpose of re-
ceiving mail from friends. to whom
careful parents might find serious
objection. The action of the de-
partment in this matter will be
commended by all parents. 1t
will save many a household from
the sorrows that usually result
from clandestine correspondence.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-05-13

A number of valuable islands
have recently been discovered in
the southern part of the Philip
pine archipelago of which there
are no charts or other appearance
of their having been known before.
But this may be considered only
another incident in the American
invasion, which is reaching out
into the unknown seas.
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Principal Conventions to be Held
in Various Portions of the Unit
ed States for Which Special
Rates Will be in Effect via
Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad.

Railroad.
atlantic City, N. Especial
Low Rate Excursions. Dates to
be announced later.
Baltimore, Md.-20th Trien.
nial National Saengerfest of the
Northeastern Saengerbund, June
1920. Tickets on sale June 18th
to 18th, good returning until June
22nd, inclusive.
Baltimore. Md.-BenevoIent and
Protective, Order OF Elks, July 81
% Tickets on sale July 18th
and 10th. good returning until
July 25th, inclusive.
Baltimore, Seventy Ninth
Annual Session of the Sovereign
Grand Lodge. 1. o. o. F, Septem-
Der 21-26. Tickets on sale Sep.
TENDER 10Th, Goth, and 21st, good
returning until September 2Sth,
inclusive.
Boston, Mass.-National Edu.
cational Association, July 6.10.
Tickets on sale July Bird to 9th,
good returning until July 18th, in
elusive.
Denver, Christian En-.
deavor Society, July 9-13. Dates
of sale announced later.
Detroit Mich Epworth League
International Convention, July 16-
10. Tickets on sale July IA. and
10, good returning until Ju.y 20,
inclusive.
Los Angeles, Cal.-General AS
sembly, Presbyterian church in the
U. S. A. May 21-June 2. Tickets
on sale May End and 18th to 18th,
good returning until July 18th, in
elusive.
San Francisco, educational
Association Master Plumbers of u.
S A, May 1922. Tickets on sale
May End and IL to II. good return
ing until July Is, inclusive.
San Francisco, CaI-Grand
Army of the Republic, Aug. 1922.
Tickets on sale Aug. 4 to Is, good
returning until Oct. Is.
Saratoga, n Y-Imperial Coun.
oil, Ancient Arabic Order Mystic
Shrine. July ITO. Tickets on sale
July 6 and Z. good returning until
July 20, inclusive.
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The Stanley air-ship building at
San Francisco will be raised by
hydrogen gas held in an aluminium
tube so feet in diameter and twice
as long. 1t is to carry 80 passen-
gers, will have three engines of so
horsepower each, and will cost
S2OO,0OO-the amount it is expect
to win in the aerial race at the
st. Louis Exposition.
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A man up in Braxton county
got married. His name is Moon,
and that was a change in the moon.
In due time his wife presented
him with daughter and that was
a new moon. Then he went to town
and got drunk for joy and that was
a full moon. When he started
home he had % cents in his pock
ct and that was the last quarter
His mother-in-law met him at the
door with rolling pin and there
was a total eclipse but he saw
stars.
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Il. ~ o. Railroad, One-way Col
onist Rates TO the West.

Tickets on sale daily until June
4th. 1903, inclusive. at all ticket
Offices of the B. & o. r. R to
points in Arizona. California, Col.
orado, Idaho, Mexico, Montana,
Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, S.
Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington,
Wyoming and British Columbia,
at greatly reduced rates.
For full information call at tick
ct Offices, B. & o. Railroad.