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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-10
lib BACKED UP.


''AIerlinda." drawled Capt. Eph Biggs
as he gave his back-tilted chair another
itch toward the wall 'jes' We stir yer
self AM fetch yer dotin' daddy thet air
plug er terbacker he left on the
counter.
.Wellr' calculated the captain. -Thet
lazy gals snoozin' like sixty an lettin
trade git over inter the next county.
AI-e-r-Dnda.
SIN Merlinda did not respond in per
b OF by voice The captain looked
bund fra a helpless way. over TO the
st he could see murky stretch on tne
Suwauee river bending through the
trees. There was a dusty uIeiess ROAD
I'm front of the store. The captain re-
clned and reflected. 1t was hot, ana
he hated to move. but he wanted MS
tobacco. and, being widower with Dut
one child. his comfort certainly was ae-
pendent largely upon her If she was
too lazy to wait on her poor old da'A
he thought. it only served TO prove that
he had wasted money when he bought
her q melodeon.
While bordering ON her ingratitude
and shiftlessness he nearly iapsed again
into slumber but an awful thought IN
tervened II made him sit upright.
bringing his chair down upon its four
legs with a bang.
Sam Womperr exclaimed the cap
tain. "Tu bet thet dOdgasted razor>
back critter hez he'd the effront'ry ter
cum gallivanuug round hyar agin.
He went through the store and irtt'
the house that formed the rear of il.
Asleep i'm the little porch which framed
the kitchen door was a small negro boy
Captain 1ph kicked him.
Rouse up. Nose" said the captain,
"an tell me whars Merlinda-'
II dunno. boss. said Nose, edging to
get out of range. Il hain't seen her fer
more'n er hour"
Look hyar, little niger brat am We
goin ter ten whar my darter is?"
Don't 80 stomp capn. Fer de Lawd' s
sake, don't stOmpi" shrieked Nose,
drawing his knees UP to his abdomen
in the agony Of expectation. lie gwine
ter tell an I knows.
Jes We telll' was the captains grim
admonition
IT seed Mis- Merlinda cum outer de
doah am wave her han. Den I looked
over yander." and Nose pointed to the
north, an 7 seed Sam W0mDer up daf
at de edge us de crarin- Den she done
went inter de house an got her honnit
seed her go out to whar sam WIZ
l0afn round. an bimeby I seen 'em
git inter er dugout an done go long
Maybe maybe 'soliloquized the cap
tain. II kin head 'em off at the bend
The rivers mighty low. an thar ain t
much current Sides, tibet good for
nOthin clay eater am too lazy ter hit
the water hard with er paddle
The captain ran through the house
and the store, Selling his shotgun on
the way. and made over the counir 3
toward che woods which bordered thu
bend When he poked his head through
the underbrush up the bank he saw TIM
dugout with Sam and Merlinda aboard
and Jess than fifty yards away. The
stream was very narrow there. ano
sam kept the boat near the shore tc
enjoy the cooluess of the shade
Il wisht / he'd er gun Did We hear
tibet deer a-tearin' through the brush p
he heard sam ask.
II got the gun" shouted the captain
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-10

Next evening.) Miss NICOLA NICOLA
oh, Arthur, how dare you disobey
papa
Arthur-Why, darling, I'm not touch
ing his old doorsteps. I'm sitting on
my pct charnar.
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Called Meetin 2.

Woodlawn camp NO. So will meet Thurs
day afternoon at , o'clock at 1913. head
quarters, over Crawford's opera house
NJ A. FINK, Oracle
A j. GRAFT. Recorder.
Y. c. HUNTER
w. r. CONW ELL
C. O. SMITH.
S. 0. SMITH.
ALICE WILCOX.
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FOR REAL ESTATE.
For Sale by I. J. NICHOLS, 500
Kansas Ave-, Topeka Kansas.

100 acres rolling upland AZ miles from
fruit. big new barn, cottage house, plenty
timber. for $1,000
$40 acres upland, extra soil, fair improve
ments, 13 miles from Kansas ave, 70 acres
of fine orchard. for $50 per acre. 1t is
bargain.
SO acres 6 miles out new house Of c
rooms. big barn. cattle sheds plenty tim
Der, orchard and water, for - COO.
50 acres s miles, only fair improvements
81 500.
If you want suburban property go 70
Oakland addition good soil, dry cellars
good water. good church and school The
water would have had to rise about four
feet to get in to most any house in J. ".
Morris addition. I have several good
houses there for sale at a bargain. Come
and see what I have.
KANSAS FARMS FOR SALE BY SHIL-
TINCI4AV NOT AFFECTED BY
FLOOD OR DROUTH-
so acres miles from capitol square, i'm
proved Ss,30O-
10 acres, highly improved, near valencia
station on Rock Island railroad. Cheap.
S55 per acre
800 acres on Fancy creek. Riley county.
IL miles to station, all in cultivation most
" first bottom large buildings, modern A
model farm, Si5,5oV.
20 acres. improved. near city, $500.
5 acres on car line, buildings, $3.50
% acres on car line 5000
or investments in reality, call or write
THOS. G. SHILLINfsLAW.
1862 West Fifth St.
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Mr. NICOLA Moola-Now. then, you
rascal I've caught you coming up to
make love to my daughter! You clear
off my house and never ascend my
5oorsteps again. Do you hear7"
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Three spectres that threaten baby's
life. Cholera fnfantun. dysenteTy. diar-
rhoea. DR.. Fowler's Extract OF Wild
Strawberry never falls to conquer them.
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HIaH-BRFp STALLION.

JACKDAW, the most successful sire IN
the Missouri valley. and The Shamrock,
the handsomest and best bred stallion in
Kansas are at 326 Jackson ST. r. I. Lea
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sTRAYED Or STOLEN.

STRAy During the flood, a brown
mare. blind in right eye, also scar above
right knee. Any information leading 10
her recovery will be liberanr rewarded. ~.
4. Gardner, Fifth avenue hotel
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city Ticket once. Union Pacific
Railroad. b25 Kansas avenue.
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Union Pacific
WESTBOUND.

Missouri Pacific.
Arrive. Leave.
Topeka-Ft. Scott Accom-
modatio No. zS5......... 500 pm 100 ana
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z. T. FISHER.
Real Estate, Loans and Insurance.

room house. 1ik lots. West ST., s1.10o. A
fine modern home on Taylor St, between
9Th and Sth sts., at a bargain, rooms,
lots Harrison, $500. part payments . rooms,
house Fillmore, 2 lots 81 100 Bargains IN
aIl PARTS Of city. If you want quick returns
list your property with Fisher, AIS Kansas
ave.
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JEWELER AND oPTIoIAN.

F. ". sWEARINGEN, jewele~ and grad
uate optcian. We guarantee every pair
of glasses to fit and every watch we re-
paI- We carry the largest line OF
watches, clocks, diamonds, cut glass, etc.
in The city Watch inspector L. P. r. T..
IA Kansas ave
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LOST AND FOUND.

@~~-~~~~-~-~-y7--1-~-~--- ~
LOST-Iiver colored pointer dog white Gu
breast; reward if returned to L. Biscoe,
523 Kansas ave.
STRAYED-2 gray horses. weight about L.
100. one bay horse weight about /. 200 lbs
Information leading to their recovery will
be literally rewarded. Otto Kuehne & Co.
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MUSICAL
CARPET CLEANING.
FOR sALE-REAL ESTATE.

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FOR SALE-Nice home in oakland, leav-
ing city. p. c. Moore. 40 Kansas ave
HOMESEEKERS send &C for price list
and pamphlet of California bargains.
Shepheld-Tea gue Co, Fresno, Cal
FOR SALE modern houses on high
ground. Thos S. Lyon Ind SIS rings
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PHYSICIANS AND sURGsoNa

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IDA c. BARNES. NJ. D.
Office 72s Kansas ave. Residence Thir-
tenth and Clay. Office hours: a. to
II a. N. and ) p. m TO p. IL Telephone
59S residence. and 16 office.
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MASSAGE.
FREE DIsPENsARY


TOPEKA FREE DISPENSARY, south
east corner 18th and Tyler SITS. from 1
10 p. H.. except Sundays Conducted ~
regular pracucing physicians Tor he
benefit of persons without means VINO
need medical attention and treatment Pa
tents are assured OF careful and consid-
crate treatnent. Medicine furnished in
most cases.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
EXPRESS DELIvEaY,


FOR BAGGAGE and moving call up
phone 9sS. Anterior Bros. Office ID
East 9Th st.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

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WANTED-Sa1 esmen for full line 81
fruit and ornamental trees; pay weekly
outfit free: steady work Lawrence Nur-
sery Co. LaWrence. Kan.
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COAL DEALERS.
BICYCLES AND REPAIRING.

TOPEKA AUTO MOBILE AND CYCLE
co. Tel go Bicycles and suncries. b.
cycles and tandems Tor rent; repairing Of
al kinds
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CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS.

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MERCHANTS TRANSFER & STORAGE
Co. packs, ships and stores householt
goods. Tel 1o6. Clarence Skinner, IL Z
9Th st
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WANTEp-sITUArIoNs

WANTED-si by young lady as
housekeeper Miss NJ. Buns, Usage City.
Kan. R. D. No. g.
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WANTED-Gir for general housework
small family. German or Swede prefer
red. 501 Tyler St
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WANTED dining room girls at Chester
field hotel at once.
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WANTED-By a young lady. office work
or position as clerk. Address M. NJ, care
Journal
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JEWELLERS

JAMES b. HAYDEN, JeweIer and Optl.
clan. Complete stock OF watches, dia-
monds. siIverware, etc Eyes examined
and speetacles properly fitted.
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STAMPS. SEALS AND STENCILS

THE ]. c. DARLING CO., 1874 Kan. Ave.
Rubber stamps. brass and aluminium trade
checks. Prices low. Catalogue free. Tel. ~.
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Z. S. CYCLE CO. us e 18th St National
& 1ver-Johnson bicycles Supplies. repalrs
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o. MCGEE, wall paper. paints and brushes
House painting and paper hanging. Call
and get prices before buying elsewhere
610 jackson st. Bell tele phone so; Inde-
pendent telephone 557.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-22

expensive liqueurs have such a distin-
gu1shed ring about them that 1t never oc-
ours to the lady who Is consuming them
that she drinks Some women delude
themselves still further by drinking eau
de cologne or some other perfume on the
assumption that a pick-me-up Of this
kind is quite harmless, whereas, If any
thing, 1t is more deadly than the other.
= OF course 1t is not suggested for mo-
ment that all women who have recourse
to this kind Of thing go the length Of
making. themselves intoxicated. But they
do often get as far as acquiring a color
and sparkle in the eye and a style OF
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- When Women Should D,ink---If She Eber INDUCES

fee after luncheon and maybe a cocktail
to give her an appetite for dinner. This
all counts up at the end of the day, and
after a While madam feels the need Of
her little fiillips and encouragers in order
to enable her to carry out the exacting
routine OF her busy social life. She doesn'
realize that she drinks. But stimulate
she certainly does
Living as she does In an electric atInos-
phere and under highly unwholesome
and artificial conditions with nerves al
ways strung to the highest state of ten
sion and ever looking out for some new
form of excitement, 1t is almost ineyita-
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bic that artificial stimulants should be
resorted to in order to enable the faded
human organization to meet the excess
i've demands that are made upon 1t. From
morning TIL night as we'll there is one
long round of worry and excitement.
The demands of fashionable society are
SO exactng that even the simplest things
become either fatiguing or exciting sThe
mere act of dressing, for instance, which
has TO be repeated several times in the
day, makes q severe call upon the
strength of a delicate woman, even if she
has a clever maid to assist her, and after
having been laced into her armor of
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dnlges There lire Special Occasions for the P,acnce

satin and lace and had her head coiffed
deliberately she Is too tired to go out
without having recourse to a nip of cog
nae or cordial to brace her up and give
her courage to face the world with the
sterotyped smile of amiabilitiy expected
from her.
Then there are the ordeals of shopping
and in a tightly laced corset-straight
front hygienists notwithstanding-to have
a heavy velvet gown fitted in a supper
heated room is an ordeal that would
cause most men to topple over and faint.
But the poor fashionable lady has to
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stand it and perhaps drive off to pay
half-dozen calls after she has been dis
missed by the dressmaker. But the
dressmaker knows the psychological mo-
merit when the customer Is just on the
verge Of fainting or mysteries and comes
forward with an offer of glass of Bene-
dtctine or the "tiniest drop of green
Chartreuse. and her fair customer f1nos
it so grateful and comforting that on her
next visit she looks out for it as a matter
of course and in a short time starts a
bottle in her own room, II she has not
already done So.
The high-sounding names Of the various
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-22

That many society women drink ardent
spirits and sometimes to excess is we'll
known fact. They have many opportuni-
ties for indulgence in this form of dissi
patton that the men do not imagine ex-
list. OF course the society woman does
not drink" in the sense In which the
bag in the Stun and the bibulous cook do.
She is too careful of her sylplike figure
and of her porcelain skin 10 Indulge in
much champagne and she has enough
to make her nervous without whisky
but what she does take Is sip of LIQUOR
here and a thimbleful OF Madeira there
and O dron or two OF cognac in her cof-
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conversation. all OF which are quite for
slsn to their real nature, and the effect
an me long run is bound to be unman-
aseaple nerves If nothing worse
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The EnterarlsIna Drummer.

Shopkeeper (whose patience IS com
pletely Shippers, call the
porter to kick this fellow OUT
1mportunate Commercial Traveller Gun
daunted(-" Now, while were waiting for
the porter I'll show you an entirely new
hne-best thing you ever laid eyes on
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-22

pointed toward the floor Gig p. Count two.
extend the leg, 1. e., lower to starting position
Let count two be executed sharply.
\ 4
EXERCISE II.-Count one, raise knee as
above. Count two extend foot forward.
Strengthening the leg, and holding 1t momentar-
lily in horizontal position Gig. 81. Count
three. drop the leg to starting position.
+ \
EXERCISE III.-Count one and two same as
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b. Count three draw the knee back again to
the chest Gig. -, instead of lowering 1t as in
b. Count four. lower to starting position.
\ =
EXERCISE IV.-Count one; without bending
knee raise foot until leg is in horizontal posi-
uon Gig 3D. Count two lower leg slowly az
possible to starting position.
NOTE-In the above four exercises execute
the movements first with the left leg, then
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II
These light quick exercises Will
prepare the system for the heav-
/ Ter work on the bar. This is ac-
- complished by having the Joints
nmbered up by the quickened
breathing which will supply more air by the
rapid action of the heart which will pump the
air and extra blood to all the muscles: thus
the muscles are heated and charged with fuel
and made ready for the vigorous work to he
done on the bar AS the steam engine which
is about to pull a heavy train of muslin
the language of the engineer-"first have a full
head of steam" so the pipes which supply the
muscles should be pulsating with pure, warm
blood before beginning heavy work The mus
cles cannot respond quickly to the message
they receive from the brain over the electric
wires the nerves., nor can they act with all
their strength until they have been warmed to
a certain temperature.
We hear a great deal about the wonderful
advances made in the medical profession Few
people, perhaps. are aware that much that ha.
been accomplished by medical science in recen,
years for the benefit of humanity has been
along the line of what medical men can
prophylaxis. This is a word which means
guard against
Cholera, yellow fever and manv other dis
eases are no longer such terror to the race
as they were hundred years ago This is nor
because the doctor has learned how to treal
diseases more successfully but because ne
knows how to guard against" them. The same
Idea Of prevention is at the foundation Of all
the brilliant achievements of surgery The
wonderful operations of which we hear ana
which few years ago were thought impossi-
pie' are not now performed simply because the
surgeon is more skful with his knife but he
cause OF mis- knowledge of the fact that death
80 often results from blood poison. The sur
geon now knows that the most essential thing
necessary to success Is to thoroughly cleanse
his instruments. his hands. the dressing the
very air of the ,operating-room, and thus
guard against the dangers of infection This
Idea OF prevention is one secret of the great
value Of physical training
:. The person who learns to play ball, 70 skate,
TO sNiln run, jump and who VIII practice such
exercises as are given herewith will not on.,
build large muscles, grow strong become expert
as an athlete, but he will be guarding against"
sickness, he will increase his powers of re-
distance, and train himself to endure the work
Of his future life without suffering fati-ue
discomfort disease.
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HORIZONTAL BAR EXERCISES
EXERCISE L-Hanging from bar with ordi-
nary grasp Gig. u. (See definition l. Count
one, draw the knee up to the chest as cIoseIS
possible, the heel close to the thigh the toe
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-22

the po-
: n rip open
the t the name O host o card
o woman has
coat who but
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HORIZONTAL BAR EXERCISES.
EXERCISE L-Hanging from bar with ordi-
nary grasp Gig. u. (See definition l. Count
one draw the knee up to the chest as cIoseIN
as possible the heel close to the thigh, the toe
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-22
Photos by F. E. Quick

with the right, then with both After these
movements have been practiced some time. or,
IL they can be done at once with ease, It
will be well to do the movement number Of
times with the right leg, and lastly. with both
legs together, Especial care must be taken in
all the above exercises not to raise the body,
the object being to keep arms straight, In
Illustration.
Hanging from bar with the fingers locked
EXERCISE V.-Count one pull up until chin
is above the bar. Count two. lower to stand
ing position.
EXERCISE VI.-Count one; without chang
ing the position Of the knees raise the heels
until they touch the back of the thighs, or as
close to thighs as possible Gig. d. Count two,
pull up same as count one a. Count three,
lower body, heels still drawn up Count four.
lower feet to starting position.
\ \
EXERCISE Vu.-Count one draw up heels
and knees in front of body (See Fig 81
Count two pull up. Count three, lower body.
Count four, lower knees and feet to starting
position.
\ \
EXERCISE VIIL-Count one, spread the feet
sidewise as far possible, toes pointed down.
knees stiff. Count two, pull up Gig. 81 Count
three lower the body. Count four. bring feet
together
DEFINITIONS
1. Ordinary Grasp-If hanging below the bar
with thumbs toward each other and back Of
the hands toward the body they may be
seen, you have the Ordinary grasp
There Is difference in opinion AMONG e,vn,-
nasts as to whether in the ordinary grasp the
thumb should be above or below the bar This
little point while Of not much Importance, In
sucn euerclses as here given is a matter Of
much slgn1hcance In more advanced edercises
early learned to grasp the bar with thumbs
under and defended this method until re-
Gently, when was persuaded by a nrofessional
ACROBAT 10 learn the other method or monkey
grip, as 1t Is called. am now convinced that
the latter method, thumbs top is the best,
and would urge all beginners to 1,se that orin
q. reverse Grasp.-In hanging below the bar.
with little fingers toward each other and back
OF the hands turned from the body-not in
WeW-you have the reverse graspr
In the reverse grasp thumbs sborld o1ro,,s
finger. A 'iiueA
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N taking these exercises on the bar
1t will be well to precede them
with a few light calisthenics.
THESE light, quick exercises Will
prepare the system for the heav-
Ter work on the bar. This is ac-
complished by having the joints