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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-18

John P. Peters. Episcopalian, New York.
GODS SUPREME MESSENGER.
God speaks through nature, through
history, through every form of art ana
culture. He has many messages and
many voices. But he makes his SUI
preme appeal to the world today
Christ-Rey. A. K. Du Blois, Baptist.
Chicago.
REAP1NG AS ONE sows.
In spiritual affairs, as in material, no
one need expect or hope to SOW one
thing and reap another. Those who
recklesslv SOW to the flesh must reap
their harvest of blighted fortune, shat
tered health, disappointed hopes, soured
Duncan ]. Mcmillan, Presbyterian, New
York.
CHRISTIAN DUTY. AND JOY.
When we conceive the tasks of the
workday life as so many appointments
by which we bring the kingdom or
heaven to pass. we find the most com
monplace things radiant with the light
of God. To do his will, to develop high
manhood and womanhoOd. to be fit to
live and work and so to live and work
worthily. this is our duty and our joy.
Rev. B. L. Whiteman, Baptist, Phila-
delDhia.
THE CHURCH AND THE MASSES
Too much money is spent in building
churches in respectable communities
and too little among the people with
whom the Nazarene lived and died. Too
much energy is spent in teaching doc
trines that have no relation to life and
conduct and in making laws that have
no relation to morals We must bring
the churches into VITAL living. helpful
relations with busy, suffering men in
their doubts and disappointments--
Rev Bruce Brown. Christian, Chicago.
THE ONE BOOK.
Hand me the book said the dying
Walter Scott. What book2" replied
his secretary. There is only one book, .
he answered as he pointed to the Bible
on the table There are times in life
when there is only one book in the
world. This book gives light in dark
ness. guidance in perplexity. strength
in weakness. wisdom in ignorance and
hope in despair. Study and cherish it as
the richest literary heritage of God to
man-Rev. DR.. A. c. Dixon. Baptist,
Boston
TWO WAYS OF SUCCEEDING
There are people who push and crowd
and iostle and who show plainly that
they see no other way of getting what
they call their rights" And there are
others who do none of these things
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william RozEsers FWl1o commanded the
patriot troops at*Lexington Was O
yvheel-horse in politics for thirty years
Wrote many poems and essays, and de-
livered many speeches that attracted
widespread attention. Might have peen
vice president. but declined the honor
Had the respect. love and esteem OF All
who came in contact with him. In ms
unfiinching integrity of character, ne
was often compared to Nero. The world
VIII know fewer men deserving OF a
niche in the temple of fame
That was ALL but it was enough to
all through him.
UNDERSTAND said the agent. ''ws
make no charge for this-none what
ever IF you feel that you would like
viii cost you IS a volume No one is
obliged TO buy. The notices viii go in
Just the same. Have got the facts
right2"
and do you wish to. elaborate on
Mo"
Very well viii bid you good even
Ing, and I thank you for your cour-
Hold on a minute" said Mr.. sowser.
as the agent arose to depart 7 think
= think I will want about eight OF
Yes? I will put you down for five
Our rules are cash in advance. I will
write you receipt for the money. and
hope you will get a special photo-
Erapa for us If you desire to ira Ike
any changes, please communicate with
Chicago"
Mr.. Bowser returned TO the sitting
room with a. pleased smile on his face,
and the receipt in his hand, and after
strutting up and down for five minutes,
he communicated the affair to Mrs.
Bowser.
Yes. I thought so" she quietly re-
Piled. You'd better go over and see our
butcher
What has our butcher go to do with
wei, when was in there the other
day this same agent was trying to in
duce him to have his biography pub
lished, but he only asked him a dollar a
volume for the books. "
Mr.. Bowser looked at her for min
ute, and then his face began TO pale
and his hair to curl. Without a word
he put on his overcoat and hat and left
the house.
The butcher was in his shop. There
was a private and confidential confab
lasting ten minutes, and then Mr.. Bow
ser disappeared A few minutes later
the butcher himself appeared at the
Bowser residence and smilingly said &c
Mrs. Bowser:
i am requested to tell you that your
husband is on the trail of the fakir. and
at last reports both We're going for the
country at a gait of eight miles ar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-18
Philadelphia's Filtration p1ant.

The original thought in hltering public
water supply was only to clarity II. Its
sanitary publication in the process by the
removal of deleterious germs was a subse-
quent discovery Of development that has
become of essential Importance. Water is
tested not only for the turbidity' but for
bacteria it must be not only clear to the
sight, but must be free from invisible con-
tamination- In the new Philadelphia sys-
tenn the water will be passed first through
coarse, rapid filters that remove the
greater part of the suspended mud and
dirt, and then through the finer sand hl-
ters, where the actual publication is ef-
fected. We shall have here. in a very
short time, the most extensive application
of filtration to a general water supply that
ever has been made and on the most ad-
vanced scientific lines, and the results OBJ
tanned in the small plant already in opera
ton show a standard of cleanness and pur-
ity not before attained. The truth is that
we undertook this great improvement at
exactly the right period Of engineering de-
velopment, and the completion of the work
now in hand will mark an advance that
will put Philadelphia once more in the
lead of American cities in the purity and
abundance of its water supply.-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
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But you called me an easy mark .
And so you are. have no doubt
that you have been swindled a hundred
times and said nothing to me about t.
Go ahead, however, and support your
charges against me-
But Mrs. Bowser didn't have to- The
door bell rang just then, and a
stranger who had called to see Mr.
Bowser was admitted. He was sleek,
slick man, and there was molasses IN
his mouth as he began.
Mr. Bowser, I am from the ilrm OF
Ink & Roller. the Chicago publishers
We are getting out a book of biograph-
fcaI sketches of $50 great men Of Amer
lea. beginning with Washington. l nave
been instructed to call on you We feel
that the book would not be complete
without a sketch of your life.
HIN. I don't think ] care for 1t, re-
piled Mr. Bowser, though at the same
time secretly pleased with the idea.
But you must sacrifice your modesty
for the sake of future generations You
are like all great men-over modest
but I trust you viii not carry it too far
in this case Let me show you what
have written I'D from such facts as I
could gather, and I want you to correct
any mistakes and elaborate on the
whole"
The caller thereupon produced a type
written paper and read:
Benjamin Bowser, descendant Of
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but who, by a gentle word at one mo-
ment, slight touch at another. a po-
lite May I trouble your or BY your
leave" or some such phrase, steer their
way gently and quite as successfully
through life and leave no trail Of just
resentment or indignation behind them.
Bishop Henry c. Potter, Episcopalian,
New York
CHRIST SAVES THROUGH MEN.
How long do Christians think it
would take to convert the world if all
the effort put forth was spent in the
missionary meetings at home and in
prayer for their salvation2 All the yes
sells going from this country might be
loaded down to the guards with Bibles,
but these would do no good unless the
missionary went along with them to
show what the gospel would do for d
man. When the Lord saves men. he
saves them through men.-Bishop Chas.
B. Galloway Methodist. New Orleans.
PARENTS DUTY TO CHILDREN.
If it is fiendlike for the wilful debtor
to steal from his butcher and baker, how
much more criminal is it for. him to de-
strOy the spiritual and moral life OF ms
own children! There is many man who
is rearing his children after the exalted
style of millionaire's children, who, when
he dies, will leave to them not one cent
In other words, he is instilling into the
hearts OF his boys and girls unnatural de-
sires, and then. when he is gone. those
boys and girls. in order to crafty those DC
sireS, may be led to plunge into a lite OF
dissoluteness and crinne.-Rev. Dr. Frank
De Witt Talmage. Presbyterian. Chlcago-
POWER OF THE HOLY GHOST.
If we are going to be faithful witnesses
to Christ we may be sure to have the
worlds hostility. Autipas was dalin-
ful witness and was murdered for Christ:
The blood of the martyrs is the seed 81
the church. The church prosecuted is IN
less danger than the church PATRONAGE.
For the church to mix with the world
with its pleasures, is to go into a danger
oue Mace The devil as a roaring lion Is
a failure; as an insidious deceiver he IS =
success If the church can be lulled into
The Ian of some Delilah and Losses her locks
Of separation. she loses her power. There
is only enc thing to bring men to God 1 L IS
the power of the Holy Ghost.-FeN'
Charles L. Jackson. Baptist. Boston.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-18
BOWSER,S BIOGRAPHY.
Only $40 to Go Down to Fame Along
With Washington.

by the way" began Mr.. Bowser, as
he looked up from his paper. vFeren't
you saying something the other day
about your watch being out of order p
Yes, 1t was out of order replied
Mrs. Bowser. but I had it fixed. A
man came along yesterday morning and
I gave it to him. and he had it back
before O clock
DO you mean that a stranger came
aIong?s
Yes. he said he was from a jewelry
And you handed him your watch
without knowing who he wasp
Yes"
wen. if you don't deserve to be rob-
bed of your shoes! BY thunder, but I
wouldn't believe it."
Why, what's wrong?" innoeently
asked Mrs Bowser.
Wrong? Wrong? You have watch
worth S1O0. You hand it out to a
stranger to carry Oft without one
chance in a hundred that you viii ever
see him again. If any one had told me
that you were as big an idiot as that I
couldn't have believed it."
But the man brought it back"
Are you sure it is the same watch?"
Yes
And he didn't steal half the wheels p
No"
well, you have had a narrow escape.
and I hope it viii be a great moral
lesson to you. You are what is called
an easy mark
Il don't see that did anything very
silly" protested Mrs. Bowser. II have
known of your being swindled fifty diff
ferent times. and you can't point to
one single instance where -
''What-Whati" he shouted, as he
sprang up. Woman. be careful how
you talk. When have ever been swim
dled?"
"On hair dyes and tonics and fire.
escapes and patent fuels and such
things"
Never in this world, and you know
it. No human man has ever played me
for a fat. and none ever will, while you
would give UP the dress off your back
if asked for it,
Don't you remember that you once
bought a new mich COW for $50, and
that it turned out that she hadn't had
a calf for four years and was a swim
dep
'sNever-never''
Didn't you buy twelve Leghorn
hens. warranted to lay every day in the
year. and did we get one single egg in
over four months2''
I never bought a hen in my life
never. Woman, what's got into your
head2"
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But you bought a fire-eseape war
ranted to ease you down to the ground
as gently"
stop right there. If it is your pur-
pose to drive me from the house this
evening, why don't you say so and be
such stuff"
well, the man was honest and
brought my watch back, and let's say
no more about it. see there is to be
an exhibition of pictures this evening,
and if you are agreeable"
Exhibition be hanged. You have
charged me with being a fool-a suck
era victim of swindlers. I want you
to make that charge good or render an
apology.
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tree. and although he appears to have
some idea that it is not good for him
he will go on eating when he has once
begun until he is wildly excited and 50
Intoxicated that he will stagger from
side to side Every now and then he
VIII put himself up, shape his huge head
and tear madly through the forest
trumpeting at the top Of his voice and
terrifying every living creature. 1t is
said that he will even dare and defy
his most dreaded enemy, the tiger, When
in this condition. but we have no means
of verifying this. 1t is well known,
however. that an elephant is in most
dangerous condition when suffering
from the effects Of eating this beautiful
fruit. and all who can take care to keep
out Of his way as much as possible
The sloth bear is another animal given
to this falling The natives of India are
in the habit OF hanging little vessels on
the palm trees for the purpose of catch
ing the Juice This juice is SO attra ctive
to the sloth bear that although such
poor climber, he viii scramble up, and
go on drinking the juice until ne IS St
drunk that he can only slip helDlessiy
( to the ground and lie there in drunken
stupor until the effects have passed Off.
But the sloth bear is not the only an
4 imal who is so partial to this Juice ct
the palm tree. The curious fruit. or
fox bats (family Pteropodidae) ane
particularly fond of it. This peculiar
little combination of beast and bird.
with its foxlile face, reddish furry body
and black. uncanny-looking wings, the
delicate membrane of which is always
auivering down to the very TIPS. viii
4 fly to these vessels in company with
some hundreds of his companions and
they win suck the juice until the ground
below the tree viii be dark with the
bodies of these bats. who viii lie there
too helplessly intoxicated to move or de-
fend themselves no matter what may
turn
The biggest drunkard of all is perhaps
the palm ciyet. So addicted is this an
imal to the drinking habit that he has
been termed the toddy cat And a moro
helpless, foolish looking creature than
he is when he is thoroughly intoxicateu
with the palm juice it would be difficult
to find There are many other animals
given to this failing. but all those I have
spoken of live in India. and it may b.
/ that the heat which induces extreme
thirst-a frequent excuse among men
Weekly.
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RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned from the Teachings of
All Denominations.

Time is an essential element in the de-
velopment Of individual and national
character.=Rev. A. J. Henry, Congre-
gationalist, Brooklyn.
DWELLING IN GODS PRESENCE.
Let no one persuade you that to dwell
in the presence Of God is to be merely
always solemn. Gods presence is the
gladdest place in the universe.-Rev- }.
Twynan Boyer, Presbyterian, St Louis.
HAS ITS SOURCE IN GOD.
Philanthropy and humanity of them
selves are mere natural virtues and
have their source in the things of ma
ture: charity is a Christian virtue and
has its source in God--Bishop Conaty,
Catholic. washington
THE LAW OF VIRTUE.
God is love; God is truth. The law OF
virtue and integrity and loving kind
ness is his will, and unless man set
his heart to do that will he cannot
know God and the eternal life which Is
in the presence of God.-Rev. DR..
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hour. I think Mr.. Bowser intends to
pursue him for at least ten thousand
miles. if necessary and If. he isn't home
for a month or two. You needn't worry. 3"
And while Mrs Bowser and the cat
turned out the lights and went to bed,
the villain was still pursued.-(C Copy
right, 1903, by c. B. Lewis.)
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BRUTEs Given TO DRINK.
MANY Animals Become Intoxicated
on Natures Beverages.

Although it has often been said. when
speaking of drunkenness, that even the
beasts Of the field do not get drunk, it IS
nevertheless a fact that a great many
animals do get intoxicated. Take the
elephant, for instance. He is particu
lariy fond of the fruit of the Unganu
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Visitor-you don't mean to say that
these luxuriously fitted up apartments
are cells2 Warden-Yes; they are re-
served exclusively for our wealthy au.
tomobile prisoners.-Judge.
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Seuse Medical Adviser, . by +. Y. Pierce,
NJ. D., which can readily be procured by
sending twenty-one cents in one-cent
stamps for paper bound volume, or
thirty-one cents for cloth-bound copy,
addressing Or. Pierce, at Buffalo, N Y.
The Womanly system is a delicate ma
chine which can only be compared to
the intricate mechanism of a beautiful
watch which will keep in good running
order only with good care and the proper
oiliug at the right time, so that the deli
cate mechanism may not be ztOyJE out.
Very many times young women get old
or sas1 dam before their time through
ignorance and the improper handling of
this human mechanism. Mental de-
precision, a confused head, backache,
headache, and many symptoms of de-
raugement of the woman1y system can
be avoided by a proper understanding
Of what to do, in those trying times that
come to all women.
cUFID's PLACE.
Cupid has no place in a girls heart
If she is nervous and irritable, feels
dragged down, worn out for no reason
that She can think Of In such cases the
body is not sound. The nervousness and
other symptoms are telegraphed all over
the body by the nerves, which is the
"
because the weak spot demands atten-
ton. The weak back, dizzy spells and
black circles about the eyes are only
symptoms. co to the source of the
trouble and correct the irregularity
The drains on the Womanly system and
the other symptoms disappear This
can be done easily and intelligently.
The correctness of this advice is amply
proven by the experience of many thou
sands of women Ia large number of
whom have written of their experiences.
So sure of it is the Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association, the proprietors of
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, that
they offer $500 reward for women who
cannot be cured of Leucorrhea, Female
Weakness, Prolapsus or Falling of the
Womb. All they ask IS a fair and rea-
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Their financial responsibility is well
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in the utmost good faith It is medi-
cine which has stood
rHH rEsr OF A THIRD or a CENTURY,
and numbers its cures by the thousands.
II is a perfectly safe tonic in any con-
dition Of the system, being entirely
vegetable.
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"a SECRET"
u . Pr..srzs Yaa.h "a Bsauty.

sUec wen the forces Of to-days
To-u0rFoW they depart
70 join a fGetra Invisible.
Want no la Natures heart.
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The HARM ALCOHOL DOES.

An other compounds intended for
women only are made with alcohol, or
alcohol is a large component - this al
cOhol Injuries the nerves The little red
blood cOrPuscles are shrunken by alco-
hol. Therefore they do harm
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription was
the first exclusively woman's tonic on
the n1arket-it has sold more largely in
the past third of a century than any
other medicine for women. Do not let
the druggist persuade you to try some
compound that has not had the test Of
so many years success. Every woman
should be careful that the liver is active
and the poisons are not allowed to clog
up the system-get rid of these poisons
by taking a vegetable laxative coca
sionally-such as DR.. Pierce's Pleasant
Pellets. They do not grippe and will not
harm the most delicate system
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vThe change from maidenhood to
womanhood is one that Involves the
whole body-it manifests itself IN the
voice and the nervous condition. says
DR.. Pierce. & It should be natural and
like gradually falling asleep. Owing
to present modes of living, however, the
nervous brain energy of young girls is
forced-the necessary nutrition for It's
saes, blood and nerves IS wanting, and
consequently the young girl fades like
flower IN some bad atmosphere. Tight
1acing is another cause for this co1di-
ton. The strain at this time upon the
blood forming structures may be too
great Disorders of the functions pecu-
liarly feminine are nearly always de-
pendent upon the defective nutrition.
Hygenic measures are most important.
Fresh air and sunshine are more than
ever necessary I have found in all
such cases that my Favorite Presc-ip-
ton is Just the vegetable tonic for the
female system at this time"
81 cannot express my thanks for the
benefit have received from DR.. Pierce's
medicines" writes Mrs. Julius Wehr1y,
of Cambridge, Dorchester County, Md.
cTook your medicines as directed and
they did me a world of good. I took
Favorite Prescription and feel that a
perfect cure has been effected. Your
medicine did all for me that I could
wish. I feel like thanking you a thou
sand times for the good you have done
me, and for the kind and fatherly letters
which you wrote. I shall always speak
a good word for your medicines when
ever I can"
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Ne great secret Of youth and
beauty for the young wom-
an or the mother is the
proper understanding Of
her wOmanly system and
weil-being. Every woman,
young or old, should knox
herself and her physical
make up. A good way to
arrive at this knowledge
is to get a good doctor
book, such for instance, as
q IL 1919 On..n..-ns-
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Of Birthday Ale
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