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The Bee That Never HiVed.

But you'll have to hive some day."
said the man.
The girl shook her head.
1T is the bee who escapes that alb
ieet warIning-gathers honey for itself.
and eats it-who sees life she said.
.-and like the spirit of the great Ho-
kusai. comes and goes at will across
the summer fields"
And when night falls-what them"
said the man.
'.The night and the night perfumes
are even more glorious to it than those
of the da=-:"
And autumn and winter-how then.
when all the other bees are warm. and
hived and eed?"
Warmth is not everything-nor
comfort-nor food But travel, says one
perish in an early frost, or blunder into
a sr:5a~ web: but even bees know that
the gods die young: they don't want to
grow old-nor do l. And just think
the long. long days and nights. He is
certain to happen upon other truant
bees who have thought for themselves
and declined to be uncoucted units of
those bronzed, convoluted masses,
swarming over each other into
You mean the hive of marriage he
said. frowning. as she paused.
Have you eyer ", read your III Line uDon
no one to square the Press then. men
were written down Just as they were
and are. The East set the West the
pattern of manhood then and through
the centuries East and West have al
tered very little up to the present
time
You know too much" he said. with
a strong distaste. The women of the
last generation did not talk thus
mo, they were first chloroformed by
love. then scundly cudgeled into sub
mission when they came to their
senses" said the girl. ''Nowadavs if a
man wins a woman's respect it is
worth having-because it is purely vol
untarv'
And how can he win it?"
by curbing the lust of the eye
looking deener than a dazzle of pink
and white skin-marking the meaning
of a glance. not the color of it-study-
ing the expression of mouth, not it's
shape-and searching a heart not for
his own hattered image in it. but ideals
pure as those he once had, and lost. and
now may find again-if he will"
But ] thought we men were bad
eggs from the beginning"
mo, it is your bringing up, the
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A GAME OF DIAMONDS.
BY NJ OuAn


Mr.. John F. Saunders, just from Eng
land, and a very ingratiating sort of ma n
had patronized Maiden Lane jewelry
house to the extent of 81 900 in cash, and
had met and dined the leading traveller
OF the house, whose name was Taylor
Their acquaintanceship was only
about two weeks old when Mr.. Taylor
started out over his western route. car
rylng $4,000 worth of diamonds with
him. He reached Chicago to find the
Englishman there a day ahead OF him.
Mr.. Saunders was looking for long
lost cousin. and while he looked for the
cousin with one hand he dispensed hos
pitality very literally with the other
He wined and dined the traveller so often
that they became chummy. He took
MIR. Taylor into his confidence and IN
bosomed himself and asked him to be
brother to him. The American be
came Brother Jonathan to John Bull
and 1t did his heart good to discover
such a relative
When the pair had been in Chicago
week and the traveller was about ready
TO move to Milwaukee, Mr.. saunders
announced in a laughing way tndt ne
had turned drummer for a day to help
his friend out. A man who ran Ger
tain factory wanted to get his VIE
something unique in the way OF birth
day present Mr. Saunders had hap
pened to meet him, and happened to
suggest his friend. and If Mr. Taylor
would accompany him to the house that
evening he would be sure of sale
amounting to at least $1,000 The trav-
eler would be only too glad to do So OF
course. He couldn't expect a rich man
and a busy man to come to his hotel to
look at samples.
1t was about 8 o'clock of an autumn
evening when the pair set forth from
the hotel in a carriage. A light rain
was falling, end this was an excuse for
putting up the windows. Taylor was
fairly well acquainted with Chicago, but
IN that drive, which lasted an hour. he
was all turned around.
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boundless license you are permitted
from birth that makes you what you
are. And how You physically deterlo-
rate. Look at our girls-straight,
brothers who start under the same
conditions of health: it is the difference
of the life they lead that stunts the one
and perfects the other"
Then you demand a mun-an abso-
lutely good man."
ION the contrary we demand man
half bad and half good, who, aware
that If he is wholly bad no one VII
ter self, and the woman who loves
him. Then you get self-control, loyalty;
and. trust me. we women know how to
reward him. For one human soul to
| help another up, not down, o. there's
a fascina ton in it that all the excite
ment of tobagganing down precipices
can never beat!'
You might lead a man anywhere
you like said the man, looking at her
with eyes gloomy and thwarted in his
handsome face.
strip off my white and silver gown"
she said, contemptuously; strip off my
wretched pink and white body. and
what do you find worth the having?
! Nothing. For few brief years, just
SO long as my bloom. my youth lasts.
perha Is: but my heart. my intelligence
viii ripen, not fade, and when find the
man who will love me for those"
L
will grow upon youths restlessness,
this incapacity to submit yourself to
love-you will become a moral vaga-
bond, your inclination your only law,
till at last you will find it impossible to
tether yourself to one place.
only a heart could do that. A man
offers it to woman. and gives her
home; his heart. his inelinations, walk
out at the door, to conquer fresh fields"
He moved impatiently.
Il don't see why Have you so little
faith in your power to bind your lover
to your
20! could bind woman, or child.
or any other human thing, but not q
man. If were,'' she hesitated. "a plain
woman-forgive my frankness-I might
risk it. The mans eyes would be blind
to my envelope. if the soul, the spirit of
me, contented him. The only happy
marriages I ever knew were made by re-
markedly ordinary women
You think
THAT the best looking, brightest wo-
men attract the worst order of men.
They go on pursuing the type-nol the
woman: the man who will go on loving
a woman in spite of. and not because of,
her beauty, is worthy of her love in
deed. But he is incredibly rare
'Hermione," urged sthe man, you
have verything-beauty, and brains,
and heart; and if no man could ever be
worthy of you. don't you know he would
have sense to realize the treasure he
possessed?'
Till he possessed it. Yes she said,
and rose. laughing. from her seat in the
winter garden; and the man rose, too,
an ugly look deforming his handsome
features. se-s II
Some day you will be tired of wan
dering. and there will be no hive open
to you" he said to himself, savageiy:
but that time seemed far enough away
as they entered the ballroom, and she
was at once surrounded and besieged
/ by lovers
What beautiful voice that woman
had" said a man who sitting at dis
lance, had been able to catch the
sound. but not the sense of her con-
versation, though a phrase or two,
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uttered by her companion. had reached

uttered by her companion, had reached
A cessation of the music. Quicken
ing, a hurrying of sound in the dis
lance. drew the stout man alertly out
of his chair. and he offered his arm
to the other.
Supper he said.
None for me. If not too much
trouble. you'll come to me later or
send my -,an?" s
"Of course
The man who was left listened to the
greedy footsteps retreating, then lay
back with closed eyes. thinking.
His was a strong lean face SQUARE
for the melancholy, hard-fought, but
finally submitted to as a habit, that
softened it. There is many tough
lesson learned in silent endurance, but
lit is mostly physical not mental suf-
fering. that teaches it,
A girl came softly, Swiftly in, taking
the vacant chair before she realized
that the one next it was occupied She
suddenly opened ana the sadness in
them, or perhaps their very indifference,
so unlike the quickening of most mems
gaze at sight of her, stayed her steps.
Il thought everyone was at supper"
she said, and sat down again.
He knew her voice at once, and leaned
forward eagerly. They talked of triffes
at first, and each moment his pleasure
far apart in the dusty desert of life, that
nightly refresh thirsty souls and
bodies, giving them strength to con-
tue their long caravan march; and in
the long hour that followed, the blind
man and Hermione came to an unde>-
standing of each other got a grip or one
another's characters. that with her
beauty made visible and mentally OBJ
securing his judgment, they never could
have done.
T The only interruption came when Z.
long-nosed. reproachful young man APP
pesred round the corner. murmuring.
I've been waiting outside that Goor all
this time, Lady Hermione-you said you
were having your dress mended-and'-
his glance added, "meanly gave me the
slip"
Go to supper. dear boy" she said. I'm
busy and he went and she breathed
freely For it quickened her pulses to
know that at last, all to herself, she had
the man whose eyes showed no race of
blindness, yet who had been struck down
crowded worldly and Intellectual life; and
now the strenuous the worldly. the am
bilious side of it was over. and only the
Intellectual, the inner one remained, and
into it he had drawn her for this one full,
hour.
A mans voice sounded on the other side
wine, and Humphrey Fletcher thought
that is the man who wanted to hive
II wonder where thai, poor devil, Fletch-
err, has hidden himself went on the ma n
on the OLner size OIL the orange trees, 't1S
best judge in the world of womens looks.
and suddenly smitten-blind! Even Lady
Hermione would be no better to him now
than an ill-favored serving-wench."
"Ol he must know 1.-THE must feel 1t, if
she were. anywhere near him, said wo-
opals milky. with a heart of f1re-and
has but to show herself. rainbow-like, in
room. and the rest of us are not even
Wis. ble.''
And yet said Humphrey. almost I'M
der his breath, but She heard, when you
del no
got"
She trembled, loving him for his miss
fortune. And in that moment. though she
knew it not till later. the bee was safely
hived at last.-Black and White.
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opened the belt before making skip.
and they may or may not have sent a
man the next evening to set their pris-
oner free. The story did not go to the
police in any shape, and the reporters
did not get hold of any part of it. Mr..
Taylor simply winked at himself and
laughed at his reflection in the glass.
and the adventure was saved up to re-
late when he got home.
AS to the men, he met Mr.. Saunders
in Milwaukee two years later. 1t was
on the street, and the sharper looked
seedy and was evidently in hard luck
Mr. Taylor halted and smiled and
winked. Mr. Saunders drew himself
stiffly up and said:
Sir, I don't know you and don't
want to. You go to, sir-you go tot"
And Mr.. Taylor smiled some more
and went.-(Copyright 1903, by G. R.
Lewis)
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Notice to Contractors.

Sealed bids will be received by the board
of education of the city of topeka. kan.s
for the erection of high school building
according. to plans and specifications
land and Squires. architects, 734 Kansas
avenue, Topeka, Kan, and at the OFFICES
of the clerk of the board of education
after November 2, 1903. p W. SO
A certified check for 8 per cent of the
amount of the bid must accompany each
bid as a guarantee, that the successful
bidder will enter into contract for the
same if awarded to him and give a surety
bond in a sum equal to the amount Of the
same, and for the payment of all bills ac-s
cruing against the work which might be-
come liens against the building according
to law, said check to be made payable to
the treasurer of the board of education OF
the city of Topeka. Kan, in case said sue
cessful bidder fails to enter into contract
and give bond within five days after the
award is made.
Bids must be in the hands of the clerk
of the board by 7:30 o'clock p. m. Tuesday,
November "a, 1908.
The board reserves the right to reject
any or all bids.
J. z. STEWART, Clerk
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his trousers with waffle iron ''-Balti-
more e-ews.
Actor-"Hurry, or We'll miss the
train" Actress-'I can't find my dia-
monds or my purse, "Oh, well newer
mind YES but the purse had SO in
it-"-New York Weekly.
Stella-Why did she refuse Jack?
Bella-Because he couldn't support her
in the style she was unaccustomed to-
Puck.
''Oh. we've got an easy thing this
time" said the confidence man who
had been prospecting for a victim.
''Sure?' ooh. positive Why. I've
rounded up a fellow who thinks he's
too smart to be done by ar-one."-
Chicago Evening Post.
why don't you try to earn an honest
Twin % Me fren',' replied Meandering
Mike. I'm afraid dat if 1 went to work
liar, I'd save up me money an git
to be a Trust promoter. As it is now,
[ goes along peaceable, talin' only what
folks wants to give me- Std O. standin'
'em IN an takin' it away from 'eIsl."-
Washington Star.
"Dey say de- devil runs fun de right
eous?'
Yes he got SO many er 'em he amt
got room fer more"-Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
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HUMOR OF TIE DAY.

Charlie is so unpracticalr' whats
he done now2" why. the poor fellow
was down in the kitchen trying to press
his trousers with a waffle iron '-Balti-
more Jews.
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JEWELER AND oPrIoIAN.

F. w. sWEARINGEN. Ieweler and grad
uate opician. 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 Z. P. r. r..
724 Kansas ave.
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Missouri Pacific

Missouri Pacific.
effective July 8, 1s0a.1
No. 3o1, passenger. leave Topeka.....s am
No. s15 local, leave Topeka .-.....s.7: 20 am
Nc. 302. passenger. arrive Topeka -. ESQ pm
Nc a1L local. arrive ToDeka.........e 500 I'm
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LEGAL.


(First published in the Topeka State Jour.
nal October 26. 1902
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Stella-Why did she refuse Jack?
Bella-Because he couldn't support her
in the style she was unaccustomed to-
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WANTED-Young man handy with tool:
to learn picture framing business. IL
w. 9Th st. Jas. D.. Sullivan.
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MEN wanted to learn barber trade, thor.
oughly practical course free work, care
full instructions, few weeks completes.
years of apprenticeship saved wages earn
ed before compietng; positions waiting.
Write for particulars at once. Moler Bar
Der college, St. Louis. Mo.
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WANTED-A man or large boy to work
on place in country. Apply to c. Chiv-
ers. 11S E. 7th st.
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WANTED-2 boys IA years old for cas-,
work; can go to school at nights. Cal
at once 322 E. 9Th st
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FOR EXCHANGE.

FOR TRADE-Lady's Sterling bicycle. /:
good shape, for a gents Address j. M
T. care Journal.
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WANTED-l5 or 20 good carpenters to g,
to Fort Riley. about 60 days work. Ap
ply at 1923 N Quincy St, North Topeka
j. B. Belts
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PERSONAL


LADIES. Magnolia Blossom is a home
diseases: write for full information. tes-
timonials, etc. with ten days treatment
free Mrs NJ. Greene, agent, Woodward
ave. Topeka
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YOUNG man, bright, over is. to prepare
for Govt position: good salary; perma-
nent; gradual promotion. Box $40. Cedar
Rapids, Ia
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RUG FACTORY.

WANTED-You to let US make your old
carpets into rugs. Call phones 421 Oh
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WANTED-2 energetic young men 20 trav-
ei, salary SO to SIS weekly; expenses ad
vanced. Address D., care Journal
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with a wheel to delive
packages. Warren NJ. Crosby & Co.
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LOST AND FOUND.

LOST-Lap robe, blue on one side and
black on other. Finder please call at 81
Jackson st. and receive reward.
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STORAGE
MERCHANTS TRANSFER & STORAGE
Co. packs, ships and stores household
goods. Tel. l66- Clarence Skinner, oil
Quincy st.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
TOPEKA TRUNK FACTORY.

TOPEKA TKU 4 FACIOR1.
TOPEKA TRUNK MANUFACTORY,
manufacturers and jobbers of trunks,
travelling bags, telescope cases, leather
goods etc. $40 Kansas ave. George v.
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IRENE F. HORNER, soprano. Reception
heur. p m Studio. s32 Tyler ST.
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CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS.
-~~~~cS~~~~~~~~~~~~-~~~~
Nj. w. NULL, Carpenter and Builder.
Shop 1l215 West Eighth st. Phone 1853.
Job work promptly done Topeka, Kan.
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WANTED Good arm waiter at Cremeri
restaurant
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JAMES B. HAYDEN, Jeweler and Opti-
clan. Complete stock of watches. dia-
Inonds, silverware, etc. Eyes examined
and spectacles properly fitted.
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MISCELLANEOUS

-~-~-~~---~~-~~-~-~---~-
I. w. NEWBERRY has moved to 100
Clay St Send in orders for pure alfalfa
honey.
FELLOW Traveller, to the par of God.
who drinks. Do you wish to get on
with the sober world2 If SO, call or write
De Voc Liquor Cure Co, 534 Kansas ave.
and 1o2 E Sixth st. Topeka. Kan
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OIL JUMPS In PRICE
QUOTATIONS. THREE CENTS HIGHER THAN NOTES OF
NEIGHBoRHoOD FIELDS

Completed and -hot and is good for %
barrels day in The Gordon. At first
this wen looked Ike a buster.
The same compaHys No. on the Cath
crime Baker farm i holding up at 100
barrels 4 day
In the Fair,icw district, Marion coun.
ty, the South Penn oil company's No.
. on the P. +. Amos farm it'll ash
producer, Is holding up at 1870 barrels a
day.
The south Penn oil company's Nos
on the Fairfield Peterson. Elias Norris.
5. P. Starkcy and Pctersou-Priee farms
are holding up At 100. is. 100 and los
barrels. respectively. The same company
has completed No. on the Mcintyre &
Peterson farm and Las an 50 barrel pro-
Queer.
In tile Petroleum district. Rithi,
county, the Fargo Oh company has com.
plctcd 10. Il On The West Virginia OF
tnct ami has a 5.bauel pumper in til,
Salt sand.
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Rival RAILROAD
TO WABASH SYSTEM
WILL BE BUILT BY THE TOWN OF eLENvnIE WITH POPULATION OF
ONLY EIGHT HUNDRED-MovEmENr HAS STARTED

dinance to stop at the great city Of
Chenille. with is 500 population.
The Wabash raiIroad declined to nc
eept any such terms and the city Of 500
people refused to allow the road 70 pass
through its confines. Then the ailroad
began to survey a new route, passing
around the city Of 500 people, and its
representatives, ceased to take up the
rights Of way over the route originally
intended.
Then IT occurred to the people Of Glen
vile that they might brighten the Wa
bash railroad into accepting their terms
ana they began the organization Of a
rival railroad company. Stock sub
scription books we're opened and at last
reports Sl7.l3 had been subscribed to-
wards the capital stock of the -GIenville
and Tfdewater" railroad, which will be
built on the map Of elmer county 50 As
to reach every chicken coop in the coun-
ty with a stopping place for fast trains
nj every cross roads. The Gleuville
Stranger gives a thrilling account OF
what i proposed by the new railroad,
which win take out a charter soon and
agree. If a right Of way through Glen
vile i granted TO 1t, TO stop all its
1nn ....-s,.-
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Robbed the crave.

A startling incident Is narrated B.
John Oliver OF Philadelphia, as follows;
I vas IA N awful condition. Ny Skin
was almost yellow, eyes sunken, tongue
coated, pain continually in back am
sides, no appetite, growing weaker day
by day. Three physicians had given me
up. Then l was advised to use Electric
Bitters; to my great joy, the first bot
lie made a decided improvement. / con
tinued their use for three weeks, AMI
am now a wen man. know they rob
bed the grave Of another victim" u
one should fail 10 Try them. Only 8
cent, guaranteed, at Frank c. Bland'
drug store.
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NOTICE.

The Mountain State Gas Company has
moved their offices from Traders build
ing. Third street. to permanent quarters
in the new Gof building, Oak haIl, West
Main street. apr2l.3t
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NOTICE.
Notiee 70 Contractors and Nd Genera

Notice to Contractors aud the General
Public:
We desire to announce tie organization
OF the Eureka Plumbing company, which
has already opened for business in the
Stotler building, Fifth stcet, Glen Elk.
with 4. s. Gould, president and Charles
NJ. johnson, manager.
We are ready FOR business and are pre-
pared to do everything along the line Of
plumbing and gas and steam fitting. sat.
isfatciOn guaranteed. Both phones.
EUREKA PLUMBING Co.
apr22tf Clarlsburg. ". Va.
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HOUSE CLEANING By MACHINERY

Have your carpets, rugs and draperics
cleaned BY the Clarksburg Carpet and
Feather Renovating company. Work
called for, cleaned thoroughly. and de-
liyered promptly Prices reasonable.
Telephone No. sos apr22dwtf
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Real Estate
Bargains.

One lot on Clay ST., 45xl5i, within
400 feet Of Main ST.
One business building on W. Main
St, opposite Fourth. Lot extends 70
Mechanic St.
Houses of different size and price in
Adamston, Broad Oaks, Alta Vista,
and 10 all parts Of ClarkSburg.
Lots in the Industrial Addition,
East Clarksburg.l
Ifyou are looking for n home or in
yestment, come up 70 the otlice and
let's talk the matter over aud II We
haven't got what you want no harm
done.