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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-03

son, Miss Meta Robinson and Miss Bes-
sic Campbell.
Mrs. F. e Holiday has returned to
her home in Indiana polls, after visit
to Topeka friends
Miss Amy Nelson of Ironwood, Mich,
who is the guest of her sister. Mrs. J.
P. de B. Kaye. win go to the Bishop s
House Wednesday to be Miss Elvlra
Millspaugh's guest for the rest OF the
week Miss Millspaugh returned Mon
day evening from visit to Mrs Alfred
Bowie in Kansas City
Senator and Mrs. j. r. Burton or Adj
lene are at the Copeland.
The new dance La-Tow-ka VIII De
introduced at HudsonsS dancing party
Wednesday evening.
Mrs F. N Risteen and Mrs. Alfred
Lowell went to Kansas City Monday
and returned today.
Mrs. John Forsythe of Franklin, mo,
and Mrs. Martha Charlton of Lawrence
are guests of Mrs. E. B. Good
Miss Elizabeth Salisbury OF ST LOUIS
is the guest of Mrs James wilson
Mrs. Rice has returned to her nome
in Manhattan after visit to her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs J. NJ. Simpson
Mrs. August has returned from a
visit to her daughter, Mrs; Behf' IL
New York and is at the Throop.
Mrs. o. J. Badders has returned IRON
visit to Rock Island. ILL.,.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Flrsl
Congregational church will meet Wed
nesdag afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the
church parlors.
The Helping Hand of the First Con
gregational church will meet Wednes
day afternoon with Mrs Alfred A
Scott. 1929 Tenth street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-03
Notes and Personal Mention.

Miss Amelia Garvey has returned from
a visit to Mrs. D. r. Phillips in Leaven-
worth and will visit the family of her
brother, Mr.. Harry O. Garvey until she
MIA.
Mrs. Frederick w Freeman returned
Monday night from visit to her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. L H. Waugh in Cherry
vale.
Mr. Ward Ellis. Of Lawrence, was the
guest of Mr.. Burns Williams Saturday
and Sunday.
Mr.. Albert T. Reid is in Chanute.
Mr.. o. P. Updegraff is in ST. Louis
for the horse show of which he is one
of the judges.
Mr. J. W. Going is in Kansas City for
a few DAYS.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Weaver and Mrs.
Dorr Norton Of Kansas City are in town
for the dance to be given this evening
at Steinberg's by Miss Helen Thomp-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-03

givin me the switch AS they had no
proofs agin me they had to take off the
handouts and femme 60 but tell yo'
it did hurt thar feelins to do it, When
got home with my key the old woman
was waitin' fur me, and as [ opened -he
door she looked up with grin on her
Joe. did YOU ind company on the
mountain 2
:. Fur suah-five revenoo men,.
land yo' didn't try to git away
s. Not a bit
Did they seem to feel powerful bad
about anything in pertickler?
Yes that sulphur water. When did
yo' change them kegs on me?'
when yo' was eatin' yor snack l
Jest felt that suTGthin, was gwine to hap
pen, and I wanted to save yo' Don't
yo go to steppin' high and feelin peart
about it. bekase yo'd have gone to
prison but fur me. The I-awd sent the
fidgets to me. / reckon. and worked the
rest out to save yo'r hide.
THAT was sharp trick of hers, l said.
as the old man came to the end of his
ssCouldnt be beat!e he chuckled, as he
rose up to wind the clock and turn the
cat outdoors mo, it couldn't be beat,
and the next key of whisky all went fur
Shoes caliker and snuff to reward the old
woman. AS fur them revenoo men. they
got the laugh from everybody. and it
was vars befo folks got over aslzin' Them
if they was drinkn' sulphur water fur
what allied them."-(Copyright 1908, by G.
B, IsewiS.1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-03
They Read Scientific Works.

development as to the tastes of the
reading public has been discovered on
the lower East side in this city. At
the opening. in East Broadway, of the
provided for by the fve-million-dollar
gift of Andrew Carnegie, Chairman
Bostwick of the circulating department
of the New York Public Library, read
statistics covering four years. proving
that there are twice as many scientific
books drawn in the Chatham street
section than in any other circulating
library in New York city Unlike the
people in the wealthiest part of the
city, he said. the population about
Chatham Square rejects fiction to a
large extent and chooses solid informa-
ton on science and other serious sub
iects
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-03
CURIOUS COURTSHIP.
How Count Leo Tolstoy Proposed to
His Wife. .

Prof. Edward A Steiner, who has
spent this summer in Russia, contributes
this interesting account of Tolstoy,s
curious courtship:
For him there existed only two classes
of women, 1.-The one which was compos
ed of all the women in the world except
Sofia. and who were heirs to all the
feminine faults. just common human
beings, and the other class just her
alone without a fault and high above
all Others" Although no one knew that
his attentions were centered upon her
land the mother thought that they were
surely intended for her eldest daugh-
teri, Sofia, with that intuition which
belongs to woman. had not only OWNED
his love. but had also awakened in her
the same feeling. Mrs. Baer and her
daughters left Yasnaya Polyana after
three days visit. and there was some
thing in the glance of Tolstoy's eyes and
in the pressure of his hand when he
babe Sofia good bye which made his
riding after them in few days and
his appearance at Ivizy quite natural
and not unexpected to her. He came
with the strong beside to Ssk Sofia TO
be his wife, and while they were alone
under a shading tree. she sitting on a
wooden bench in front of table, he
looking down on her chestnut-broWn
hair and into her grayish-blue eyes, the
desire ripened into determination She
was playing with a piece of chalk, Writ
ing on the table, or rather just maxi
ing marks when he said: 4 have been
wishing to ask you something for long
time" and the grayish-biue eyes looked
into his, frightened but friendly as she
said: please ask He took the piece
of chalk out of her fingers and wrote the
first letters of a. sentence which was
very complicated and which she had to
decipher And what is this. and what
is that?" he asked of one word after
another, and with wrinkled forehead aud
blushing cheek she answered him. And
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-03
PEOPLE DRINK LESS.
That Is What the Druggists
Reports Indicate.

There has been a slump in the consump-
ton of malt ana Tremendous liquors in
the city of Topeka during October, if the
booze thermometer of the probate judges
office can be relied upon. In September
the sales reported to the probate judge
amounted to 5.472, while the sales in Oct
ober numbere but $685. which was 1854
less than for the month previous.
Capt. T. F. Orner, who keeps the liquor
sale record, was surprised at the falling
off He can not account for it. It seems
that there was just as much rheumatism,
stomach trouble, sleeplessness, etc, in
October as the month previous, but the
usual amount of the favorite remedy was
not used The sales reported for the two
months were as follows
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-03

6 Joe, you must have put a heap o.
water in this whisky. fur it don't smell
fur shueks, although it is good huff to
convict and send yo' to prison.
g Who said it was whisky?' / asks
as bold as a sheep.
sMebbe We don't know whisky from
water. but I'm tellin' yo' that the stuff
in this key will send yo' to the Albany
penitentiary for right smart while.
OF cose it's whisky-of co'se-
Then another man smells of the key,
and yet another, and purity soon | seed
they was puzzled One of 'em finally
the head, and when / saw what come
out o. that keg / was so dun knocked
out that couldn't believe my own eyes
If it wasn't water then I'm a possum-
Yes sab, it was clear water, and them
five men stood thar and looked at each
other like so many idiots. The old wo-
mans words about sulphur water and
rheumatics hit me all at once, ana
began to laugh. That set the boss OF
the gang almost wild. He jumped up
and down and yelled at me:
Joe Baker. yo' old reprobate. but
I'm a good mind to throw yo over q
cliff What ar yo' doin' on this noun
tain at this time o. night with key OF
water on yo'r shoulder?
It's fur the old woman's rheuma-
tics 1 answers. She uses about three
kegs a week the var round
But what ar yo dippin' 1t up al
night fur?'
: sBekase it's got to be dipped al
night to have any vartue-'
:. sYo' ar an old liar. Yo' was headed
t'other way from home when | stopped
yo'. How do yo' account fur that?'
- don't account. / says, with q
Singer was simply lookin' around
yere fur bar tracks. | wanted to gil
som bar fur to go with the sulphur
Il never seen five madden men in all
my bon days, and some of them war fu'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-03
Book Sells for $4,000.

New York. Nov. s.-One of the most
coveted volumes in the world, a book col
lectlng the original poetry by Victor and
Gazire. the pen names of Shelly and his
sister. has been sold here for 50 600. cableS
the Heralds London correspondent /.
Charles Phillips The salesroon1s We're
filled to their utmost limits by crowd
which included eager book dealers. CON
noisseurs and sprinkHng of American
agents The book fell to a private col
lector who now owns the only two known
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-03
His Sons Were Incapable.

Philadelphia. Nov 3.-Philip Parten-
heimer, grocer. who died recently, left
an odd will which has just been filed. His
estate amounted TO a few thousand dol
lars; To one. son he bequeathed $25 to be
paid in weekly installmentS of 81. and to
another he gave the sum of si00, to be
paid in groceries or other supplies at the
rate of 81 week. The testator declared
his sons to be incapable of taking care of
money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-03
Disastrous Wrecks.

Carelessness is responsible for many a
railway wreck and the same causes are
making human wrecks of sufferers from
Throat and Lung troubles. But since
the advent of Dr. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, even
the worst cases can be cured, and hope
less resignation is no longer necessary.
Mrs Lois Cragg of Dorchester. Mass. is
one OF many whose life was saved by DR.
Kings New Discovery This great remedy
is guaranteed for all Throat and Lung
diseases by Arnold Drug Co. S21 Mort /
Kansas avenue. Price soc, and S1.o0. Trial
bottles free.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-03
Turf Association ofRcers.

New York, Nov. AIT the annual
meeting of the Metropolitan Turf as
ISOLATION, George Wheeler has been
elected president and Orlando Jones
treasurer. Five memberships were re-
ported sold at $40. 500 each. The as
ISOLATION is composed of leading book
makers of the country
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-03
Cash for Oil Stock

San Francisco, Nov. S.-Between three
and four million shares of the stock Of
Reed Crude Oil and the San Joaquin Oil
companies passed into the hands of the
transaction took place in this city. The
Southern. Pacific company paid cash for
the stock which comprises the entire
holdings of both the Reed Crude Oil and
the San Joaquin Oil company. Out of
the purchase price paid the Reed Crude
Oil company receives 81 $50, 600 and the
San JOAQUIN Oil COMPANY $50 600.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-03

y Miss Whitaker, a prominent ,
club woman of Savannah, Ga,
tells how she was entirely cured
of ovarian troubles by the use
of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
DEAR MRS. PINKHAM Il heartily
recommend Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound as a Uterine
Tonic and Regulator. 1 suffered for
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Uterine troubles. No one but those
who have experienc this dreadful
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who are thus afflicted. Your Vege-
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What blessing it is to be. able to
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PinkhaTn's Vegetable Compound
Is better than any doctor or medicine
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EASY WHITAKER, 604 39th St., W
Savannah, Ga" $4,000 forfeit if original of
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The testimonials which we
are constantly publishing from
grateful women prove beyond o
doubt the power of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
to conquer female diseases.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-03

Rome. Nov. 3.-The new cabinet is
constituted as follows:
Signor 'Ciolitti. premier and minister
of the interior; Signor Tittoni, minister
of foreign affairs; Signor Ronchetti.
minister of justice: Signor Luzzatti.
minister of the treasury; Signor Ro-
sano, minister of finance; General Pc
dotti, minister of war: Admiral Mira
bello, minister of marine; Signor Or
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-03

lando, minister of public instruction;
Signor Tedezco, minister of public
works; Signor Rava, minister of agri-
culture; Signor SteIlutiscalla. minister
of posts and telegraphs
The ministers took the oath today
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-03

this word?'' he asked again, and she
said: 1T means never. but it is not so''
and, taking the crumbling chalk from
him, she wrote four letters which did
not form the words of a complicated
sentence, and he needed no one to ask
him. What is this. or what is that?'
He knew what they meant. for all she
wrote was ever. This declarat ton OF
his love he used in more complicated
form in his Anna Karcina," where Le-
vim thus declares himself to Kitty, his
future wife. While in the story the
mother seemed at first opposed to the
union in reality it was the father DR..
Baer, who bluntly and definitely refus-
ed to give his consent. He wished 10
see his oldest daughter married first,
and not until Tolshss threatened to
shoot himself if the father persisted in
his refusal did he yield.=The Outlook.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-03

Mr.. and Mrs Robert Pierce. Mr.. and
Mrs Frederick w. Freeman, Mr.. and
Mrs Schuyler Nichols. Mr.. and Mrs.
Willard N Hall and Mr.. Horace Hall
will entertain at dinner Tuesday even
ing of next week at the Pierce resi-
dence, zoe Taylor street. Their invita-
tions are limited to the members of the
Evening club.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-03

/ No matter how long you have had
the cough: if it hasn't already developed
/ into consumption, DR.. Woods Norway
Pine Syrup will cure it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-03

Miss Rose Prescott will give a 7
o'clock dinner this evening for Miss
Wilma Ryus of Los Angeles, Cal, in
whose honor she has also extended in
vitations for next Tuesday afternoon.
The Arizona sentinel., 1903-08-26
Wedding Bells Ringing.

The Sentinel office is in receipt of an invitation to the wedding of Miss Lula Garner, daughter of Mrs. Thos. Stfat- ton. to Mir. Hugh Randy, of Yuma Val ley.
 In the valley in especial the young people most vitally interested in this matter are well known to many. The bride-tO-be has been identified with the joyous life of the younger set and the ever present helping hand of her home. The groom elect, although young man, is numbered among the progress i've ranchers of the valley; with deeds accomplished and much to expect.
 Following the chimes of the nuptial bells and the peals of the wedding march the conventional feast of con- graduation will be succeeded by a dance, given by the young people, com panions. chums and friends of the hap py couple, at the valley school house,
 This day, Wednesday, August 26, will be the red letter day of these two, and day of congratulation by their many friends, in which Che Sentinel joins sincerely.
The Arizona sentinel., 1903-08-26
Growth of our Railroads.

From a little wooden track over which the first locomotive had its trial in 1929. the railroad systems of the United States have grown to such an extent that the tracks if placed togeth- CT would extend eight times around the world. There is also a wonderful growth behind the celebrated Hostet- ter's Stomach Bitters. It was first presented over fifty years ago, and during those years has made Such an uneuualled record of cures that today finds it foremost in the class as re- liable family medicine. It will cure sick headache. belching, heartburn, indigestion, constipation and malaria, fever and ague. Hundreds have so testified and we therefore urge you to try it. The genuine must have our Private Stamp over the neck of the bottle
The Arizona sentinel., 1903-08-26
Death of Hrs. KinsIer.

Died, at the home of her mother in Yuma, Monday morning, August 24, 1903, Beatrice, wife of James H. Kinsler. The cause of her death was consump- tion, from which she had long been a patient sufferer.
 Deceased was woman of intelligence and possessed loveahle traits of charac- ter which greatly endeared her to her friends and family. By her death two little children, boy and girl are be- reft of a mothers care. and a husband and many friends and relatives are left to mourn one who was loved and re- spected for her many virtues.
 Funeral services were conducted on Monday afternoon at the Catholic church, and the remains inferred in the church cemetery, followed to their last resting place by scores of sympa- thizing friends and relatives.
The Arizona sentinel., 1903-08-26
Strong Oil Indications at Ouartzsite.

George w. Norton was down from Mohawk Friday last to look after some business matters, and, as usual, handed iii q bunch of news items: He says that s. w. Pease, who has been drilling for artesian water, last week struck oil at depth of 100 feet in we'll he was sinking at the Choyas. an old placer camp six miles from Quartzsite. Whether there is any quantity of the oil has not yet been determined. The capacity of the rig is l,200 feet and the well will be put down to the limit in the hope of getting strong flow of water, or possibly developing an oil gusher.
 Col. Norton is just now engaged in delivering a lot of casing from Mohawk Summit for the new 1000 foot well now being put down at the King of Arizona mine. He reports the Gila river as unfordable, but that the ranchers in the contiguous valleys are not worrying about that. They are having plenty of water for irrigation and all growing crops are in splendid shape.
 Col. Norton returned to Mohawk on Friday evening.
The Arizona sentinel., 1903-08-26
Government Irrigation Meeting.

It is now au assured fact that Cover nor Brodie will be present at the gov ernment irrigation meeting to be held in Yuma on Monday, August 3lst. Mr. Perkins, of the geological survey, will also be present. The committee further has the assurance of Senator Ives that he will be here. if possible, on that date.
 The meeting will be held at one o'clock in the afternoon at Elks' hall, and re ception has been arranged fO. the dis. tinguished guests in the evening, when there will be music and refreshments and general social time for everyone present.
 It is hoped that all sections of the county will be represented at this meet ing as the matters involved are of gen eral importance to all interests.
The Arizona sentinel., 1903-08-26
The PiCacho Windstorm.

Last Thursday afternoon some half dozen or more stray zephyrs of Califor- nia air met in convention somewhere up in the range and formed ''merger'' or "trus:" ,then started to do business without the formality of a charter. The combination had enough force to make a twenty inch electric fan feel frazzled by the time it reached PicachO, and there it played some merry pranks. Some of the ''Picach" men said that it played something else that sounded sulphurOus. The. work of the wind trust was aggravated by the heavy rain that followed in it's wake.
 All told, however, the bulk of the damage was done by San Diego cores pondents of the Los Angeles papers. The tornadoes they created about wip- ed the thriving camp off the map, with mangled inhabitants, wrecked houses and school house ornamenting the land scape, with, of course, the usual bunch of ifs" PicachO is still doing business at the old stand only a trihe disfgured and very much in the ring.
 After caressing PicachO the zephyr combine passed around Yuma bound east. At Gila Bend it took fancy to the roundhouse but could not get away with it. It did, however, secure a sec tiOn of the roof as a souvenir.
The Arizona sentinel., 1903-08-26
Geo. Kennedy Dies Suddenly.

George Kennedy, who has been on the night shift as bar tender at The Old Plantation for over a. year, died suddenly in his room last Thursday day night from a complication of heart affection and Bright's disease of the kidneys. He had long been afflicted with Bright's disease, but his recent condition has not been considered alarming, although he had been off duty for some time on account of an aggravated case of prickly heat. from which he suffered greatly, and was under a doctors care. He was very popular and the news of his death caused sorrow and great surprise &raeng his numerous friends and ac- quin tahces. The body was embalmed and expressed to Los Angeles, where a number of his relatives reside.
 Funeral services were conducted by the order of Eagles at their hall on Friday evening. and the following eX- pressions of sorrow at the loss of their brother member were promulgated:
 "From our midst one more has passed to the Great Beyond. George Kennedy, our brother, genial and kind. patriot citizen and loyal friend, has answered the inevitable call of Time. And now in our memories lives only as he has been known to us in his lifetime, by the good deeds he has done.
 E'As the sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which the human heart refuses to be divorced, we here sincerely insist, on behalf of Yuma lodge of the fraternal order of Eagles, No 398, of which our brother was a worthy and loyal mem be ', our perpet- ual and everlasting grief and sorrow and extend to the bereaved family and relatives our keen and deepest heart felt sympathies. :"
The Arizona sentinel., 1903-08-26
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