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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-20

Leavenworth, Kas., April 2O.-Pe-
titions are being circulated in the
business district of the city and sign
ed by practically all the merchants.
requesting the city officials to increase
the joint fines" to $50 a month in
the business and S35 in the outlying
districts. Members of the CONNER
cial club circulated the petitions and
all except a few business men signed
readily. Some wanted the monthly
fines higher, 500 a month. The pc
tftions probably will be presented to
the councilmen before the meeting to-
night. The present fine" is SIS
month.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-20

New York. April 2U.-An OrganlzatIO1
of employers to be known as the En-
pIoyers' League has been formed at a
meeting of representatives from the
Building Trades Employers associa-
ton and the associations in the metal,
printing, lithographing, ship building
and clothing trades union. Its objects
are understood to include plans by
which employers associations in all
branches of industry can keep in touch
with labor troubles of any kind so that
there can be cooperation in a general
way if it is considered necessary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-20
A California Farm Cor You.

Are you satisfied at homer Or do you
v.yieI7 To better yourseif2 You should in
vestigate What the San Joaquin vaIleS
of California has to offer hustlers. IN
that great valley IS grown niue-tenths
Of the L. s. raisin crop. and millions OF
Gallons Of wine are made yearly. You
can Droftably raise almost everything
there. Good farms at cheap prices Low
rate colonist excursions n March and
April on the Santa Fe. Write for
pamphlets to T. L. KING, A T. & S.
+. Ry., Topeka, Kansas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-20
OIL IN ARIZONA.
Important Discoveries Reported on
the international Line.

Douglas. Ariz.. April 2O.-Important
oil discoveries have been made here on
the international line. Hundreds of
people have visited the new field. Ex-
perts who have been on the ground say
the strike bids fair to be one of the
important ones of the west. Already
arrangements have been made to erect
derricks on the fields and work will be
pushed extensively until the country
is thoroughly prospected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-20
Health Is Youth.

Disease and sickness bring old age. Her
bine taken every morning before break
fast will keep you in robust health. fit
Won to ward of disease. It cures constf-
nation biliousness, dyspepsia, fever. skin
liver and kidney complaints 1t purifies
the blood and clears the complexion. Mrs.
d w Smith, Whitney, Tex writes April
q 1902. Il have used HerDine and find it
the best medicine for constipation and
liver troubles. It does all you claim for
it, I can highly recommend II. soc a
8 ATiller-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-20
SINGLES.

Manager Alberts of the Topeka team
unpired. D. NJ. Shiveley, president of
the Missouri Valley league, helped
take tickets at the gate.
The grandstand will be finished by
the end of this week. Carpenters are
busy putting up the seats.
In the first half of the fifth inning,
Bandelin threw but five balls. He
famed one man,and the two others few
out on the first one thrown them.
Butte has two famous college ath-
letes in its squad. Bandelin, the
pitcher is from Wisconsin university.
Swinden, the catcher, is from Leland
Stanford. The latter is but nineteen
years of age. He is a big husky lad
weighing 100 pounds
The Washburn band turned out dur
ing the game This Organization would
be engaged for the entire season if
school were in session during summer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-20
Porto Ricans May Become Citizens.

Washington April 20.-The house
committee on insular affairs has autn-
orized a favorable report on the SEN
ate bill providing. for the naturalization
of Porto Ricans as citizens Of the Uni
ted States. The committee eliminated
from the bill the naturalization provis-
ion on the ground that the supreme
court of the United States had decided
in the Gonzales case that Porto Ricans
are not aliens.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-20
CAPTAIN p. H. CONEY,
Who Is Receiving Many Endorsements
for Department Commander
of Kansas @. A. II.

In addition to getting votes" daily.
Captain Coney is receiving letters from
all over the country, from his friends
and from Grand Army men who wish
to see him placed at the head CT TIE
Kansas department. His association
with matters pertaining to the welfare Of
old soldiers, has brought Captain Co.
ney into close relationship with the
G. A r. all over the United States,
and they are endorsing his candidacy
in every WAY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-20
Dandy for Burns.

DR.. Bergin, Pana, ILL.,, writes 7 have
used Rallard's Snow I.if1iment; always
recommended it to my friends as am
confident there is no better maze 1t IS
a dandy for burns. Those VINO live on
farms are especially liz be 10 many ..cci-
dental cuts burns, bruises, which heal
ranialv when Ea14ard's Snow I-inime.it
is applied It should always be KEPT IN
the house for cases. of emergency sc.
SOC S1.0O bottle Sold by RoWley & Snow
and w. 5 Miller
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-20

Every man for himself is
sound doctrine, provided he
knows how to get it. One
way is to take it and look
respectable; that's the pick
pockets way. Another way
is to give so much more than
you get that every one wants
to swap.
FRANK HOBART,
500 West Tenth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-20

inch and a half of rain has fallen in
Nebraska in the last IS hours. The
rain turned to sleet, but there has not
been freezing temperature and it is
believed the fruit was not damaged.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-20
IN LINE FOR COMFY.
@. A. II. Posts Still Endorsing Hi:
Candidacy for Commander

From all over the state Captain P.
H. Coney. more Familiarity known as
Pat Coney. is receiving endorse
ments for his candidacy for depart
ment commander of Kansas to be
elected at the encampment at Emporia
during the days of May II, IS, 10, 20.
From among the endorsements re-
ceived today were ones from the Nc
Pherson post No. of independence;
from Nathan Price post Of Wathena.
from John A Dix post, Columbus from
Selden post No. At, and from Black
Eagle post No. 453 Of Horton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-20

This virtually ended the game. Butte
went to bat at it's next half of the
seventh but made no serious attempt
to score. When with opening of the
eighth it began to rain, then both
teams left the field to seek shelter in
the half completed grand stand.
The 1inp11n and scnr.e.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-20
The Shell Exploded.

Industry, Kan, April 20.-Aubrey
Hoffman, It years. old. who resides
with his parents near here, had his
left leg so badly shattered by a shell
at Junction City that amputation was
necessary. He dropped the shell. which
exploded.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-20
Church Clubs Meet.

St. Paul April 2O.-The annual
meeting of the national conference of
church clubs, composed of thirty
clubs of laymen Of Episcopal dioceses
in the United States, began here today
with a devotional service at which
Bishop Edsau delivered an address.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-20

Chicago. April 2O-The jury in the
case of Emil Roesky, the last of the
car barn bandits. returned a verdict of
guilty today. The penalty fixed = i'm
prisonment for life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-20

Bases on balls-Of Moore 2. off Carter
1, off Sporer 2. Struck out-By Sporer 8
by Moore 3, by Carter 2 Hit by pitched
balI-Clark. TWo-base hits-Honmeister
Swindell WorraH Tnree-baSe hits-Car-
ter Attendance $50
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-20

New York, April 20.-Lazard Freres
have engaged 81, 500, 900 in gold at the
assay Office for shipment to Paris to-
morrow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-20

Everybody cd the SAC Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-20

London, April 50-King Edward and
Queen Alexandra. arrived in London from
Copenhagen last night and drove to Buck
ingham palace.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-20

Ciudadela. NIinorca. April 2o.-The royal
yacht Giralda, v it'll King Alfonso on
board, arrived here last night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-20

But. all! the dream is broken. I wake
if in fright!
To find myself a-groaning right in the
dead of night.
No longer then En- Rapport, the Astral
one took flight
I've got a touch of collie from the pie
-Ananias Fisher.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-20

London, April 2O.-The Russian bark
Behring. Captain Spade, from Yokohama
January 30 for San Francisco, was
wrecked on February % at Niyalxe island,
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-04-01
WORLDS FAIR TOPICS.

Saturday, July 2, will be Amateur
Journalists Day at the Worlds Fair.
The st. Louis Exposition authorities
have been notified that the war would
not affect Japans exhibits.
General Ben Viljoen, Boer leader,
Will have charge of the Boer exhibit at
the st. Louis Exposition.
The perfume woods and plants of the
Philippine Islands will be shown at the
Worlds Fair in special collection.
The Worlds Fair Committee on Ger
emonies has assigned October 3 for
New York Day and October II for
Michigan Day at the Fair.
Idaho will make big exhibit of tin
ore. Important discoveries or this
metal so rare in America, were made
recently near Salmon City, Idaho.
Korea has withdrawn from partici-
patton in the Louisiana Purchase Ex-
position, and has officially notified the
management Of the Exposition to that
effect.
California will install an olive fac
tory i'll the California space in the
Agriculture Building. The process of
extracting the oil will be shown in all
detail
The Kentucky Legislature at ses-
sion voted Worlds Fair appropria-
ton of $4,000. This is in addition TO
Il fund Of 100000 raised by the Ken
lucky Exhibit Association.
CALIFORNIA; principal exhibits will be
massed in the Agricultural Building.
Eleven counties of the Sacramento VAL
ley will combine their exhibits in
large parallelogram, and will display
every product Of the American Cont
nent.
In making her general mining ex-
hibit at the Worlds Fair Virginia will
erect house entirely from the stone
quarried within the States borders.
The cost of the materials and construc-
ton of the building is estimated at
100000,
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-04-01
NEWST CLEANlNCS.

Fifteen per cent. OF the South Da-
kOta range cattle have died of exposure
this winter.
/. The Metropolitan Company made a
proposition to build a new subway that
will cost $40.000,0GO.
Over 1000 900 independent telephones
are reported in use in the United States
at the present time.
A stubborn blaze in the American
Tract Society Building in New York
City did $4,000 damage
A Baltimore insurance paper esti-
mates the net losses to insurance COM
panies by the great fire at $31 095.132.
One German city, Chemnitz, sold in
The United States during the year 1908
$4,019O11 worth Of stockings and 81,
$50, COO of gloves.
Striking Western Union messenger
boys in Chicago, H.. we're enjoined
from interfering with the receipt or de-
livery Of messages by The company.
An explosion of fashlight photograph
chemicals caused a fire and panic at
the entertainment of the Strolers Club
and a disastrous crush was barely
The report of the Pennsylvania Rail-
way for 1908 showed gross earnings of
$122, GIG, 419, with net income from all
sources of ST. .50G,5 07 above fixed
charges.
State Banking Superintendent Kill
burn, of New York, recently made pub
lie a report on building loan associa-
TONS showing that the assets had de-
creased $10,500,000.
The English House of Commons re-
Gently rejected resolution to sound
the other Powers on the subject of re-
ducing armies and navies in the inter
est OF international peace.
Mayor Mcclellan, Of Greater New
York, has invited representatives of in
Surance companies to confer with him
on the proposed new salt water fire
mains in the business district.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-04-01
ON the Plain.

Henry CLAY Trumbull, speaking of the
mission of the lowly road in the Christians
life and its relative Importance IN eomparl-
SON to the mountain road, says: There are
times in every life when the soul stands on
the clear heights, and no task seems to be
too difficult to the boundless enthusiasm
of the moment. But what IS to be done
when the soul has descended into the
plains, and the enthusiasm is gone and the
task remains? Only to go on bravery,
trusting to the clearer vision on the noun
tain top, and making faithful performance
fill the place of enthusiasm. The noun
tain and the plain has each its place in
Christian hfe--the mountain for the clear
vision ahead, the lowly road along the
plain for the actual performance OF the
journey"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-04-01

The Milwaukee Sentinel notes that
foreign observer has commented
upon the revival in this country of the
practice of cartooning the President,
and the lack of public resentment.
The Sentinel explains that there are
cartoons and cartoons-the abomin'
able and intolerable type which may
amount to indictments to murder, and
the merely satiTic and comic variety
which, while usually disrespectful and
sometimes offensive, is not what may
be called pictorial anarchism. OF the
former type there does not appear to
be a revival"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-04-01
PIE.
o one ever tries

Why is il no one ever tries
40 learn who twas Invented piesg
What woman, beautiful and Just,
IFrst rolled, and pinched, and cut the
crust.
And to alleviate distress,
fllled II with pungent happinessl
First, there is juicy apple pie
For this did Father Adam sigh.
IL was no apple, red and sweet,
That led astray his hating feet
IL must have been IN apple pie
That l0omed before his longing eye.
such pie-such apple pie, foTsooth,
AS folks remember from their youth
a pie with prinked and crumpled edge,
Each slice of which would make wedge
70 fetch ones good intent apart
From any clutch on mind or heart;
lt is no wonder, after all,
NThat Adam was inclined to fall.
Then, there are chicken pie. and lamb,
And oyster, mutton, yeal-and-ham,
And currant and gooseberry pie,
blackberry; prune, and cherry pie,
Peach, plum, and sweet potato pie
say, ever eat tomato pie?
Tomato pie. almost unknown,
Yet il deserves pastry throne,
For when il CLOVIS Alright we see
The purple robe of royalty;
And oh, the taste and tang of it
When by hungry human bit!
&llch stuff as dreams Aye, dreams like
these;
That comets are the bits of cheese
And all the planets in the sky,
And little stars, are luscious pie!
Our hearts i'll gladness to immerso
by eating through the universe!
Oh, one should never criticise
The sober souls who scoff at pies,
Whose views of pies are dark and grim,
For they leave so much pie for him!
Come, build tablet, set it high;
ITO Him or Her Who First Made Pie"
Oh, Pie! oh, my
Chicago Tribune.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-04-01
He Was an Emperor.

An incident which King Christian of
Denmark never tires of telling as a
good joke against royalty occurred
when he and his oldest son, the Crown
Prince Frederik. accompanied the late
Tsar Alexander the Third on a pedes-
trian tour in Denmark. Weary OF
walking, they asked a peasant to give
them a ride home, to which he as
sented 1t was evident from the peas
ants manner that he had no knowl-
edge of the identity OF his august pas
sengers. The king made up his mind
to play practical joke on the man,
but as it happened the man turned the
joke on the king. Nudging the Tsar
with his elbow, the king said to the
peasant:
Good man, tell me-have you ever
seen the Crown Prince of Denmark
Grown Pete? No." responded the
man, his answer being vernacular
pun on the crown princes title, "but |
know he lives up there in the castle"
We'll, / am the Crown Prince of
Denmark" announced the holder of
that title. restraining himself from
laugter with great difficulty.
And l am the King of Denmark"
supplemented King Christian, i'm
pressively.
And l am the Tsar of Russia"
broke in the late Tsar. with his bar
barous pronunciation of Danish.
The peasant looked them over slow
ly, one by one, with mischievous eye,
and, barely removing the pipe stem, he
said, in a slow, croning voice:
"Weel-a-weel! II you're the Crown
Pete, and you're the King Bee, and
that is the Tsarri Of Russiaiand, then
i am the Emperor o. Chinah!"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-04-01
"THE TALE OF A TALE"


alcove beside the reading lamp, and
there we're. only two people in the
room. One of them stood on the hearth
rug, with his back to the fire, looking
down on the other as she sat, lingering
fthe MS. on her lap.
why do you want to read it?" she
asked.
Because you wrote it" he answered,
with great simplicity.
She frowned you ought to say,
it's because my other stories have been
SO successful, and | get such nice puffs
in the papers"
Those reasons may suffice for the
rest of the world, but they don't for
;, me-"
Perhaps you expect too much" she
said, and studied her MS. deeply.
YDo II" he asked, and studied her
profoundly. The clock licked loudly
and the fire cracked.
BY the way" she remarked. You'll
be the first person to read this story Of
mine, so that l shall be impatient for
your verdict"
I'm read it tonight and report to-
morrow" he assured her promptly.
Does the first necessitate the Sec
spnd?" she asked, raising her eyebrows.
"As ia, Jas I'm concerned he an
swered, lowering his, whereupon she
held out her story with a heavenly
smile; but he, being of grasping dis
position, took first the MS. and then
the hand that held it, and-oh-well!
The clock licked loudly and the fire
cracked.
Two hours later he stood in his own
ffront hall, turning his pockets inside
out by the light of the midnight oil,
then he searched the front steps and
examined the pavement outside, and
finally patrolled a certain street to
certain house till certain small hour
of the morning, when he returned to
his abode uttering unholy words.
What are you looking for?" she de-
manded on entering the drawing room
the next morning.
Nothing" he answered, rising has
lilly from an evident inspection of the
carpet. His face was pale, and his
searching eye roamed uneasily over
the furniture.
Il thought you might have dropped
something" she suggested, casually.
''Oh, no." he responded defiantly.
So she sat down On the sofa, her face
very grave, but the corner of her mouth
slightly twitching.
( We'll what did you think of it,"
Che inquired.
Obj he said with a start. THAT
story of yours? 1t was great-really
absorbing. assure you it kept me
awake until o'clock this morning"
"And yet it is comparatively short.
You must read very slowly. Do tell
me what you like best about it"
'Oh, WE'LL" he fioundered; Il like 1t
all immensely, but what appealed to
4ne especially was that-er-scene
where the heroine-er-gets the best
of it,"
And paying no heed to her blank
looks, he fastened on into the safe wa
tiers of abstract literary criticism, say
ing: I'm those few passages you show
a breadth of view, right appreciation |
sof value, a sense of the tonal signifi- |
canoe which, If l may be permitted to
say so, is quite above the average"
He felt that he was doing well. but |
at this point she brought him back to
earth.
do you think" she asked him, ear
nest and wide eyed, that Gregory |
nv, obt IN have done it?"
."Who?" he asked. staggered for the
moment. "What?" And then recol-
lecting himself-''Yes." This stoutly. |
II think Gregory was perfectly justi-
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-04-01

| UBu, uOu L see now, uUuef the cir
cumstances, he could have done other
wise. / am quite certain that In his
place should have done just the same
thing"
What thing?" she asked as she
poked the fire with her back turned.
Then. as he did not answer immedi-
ately, she said gently: Il don't think
that you quite understand what scene
| referred to, but I'll show you in a
moment, If you'll just hand me the
MS"
THE MS.?" he queried blankly.
THE MS" she repeated determin-
eddy
He took two turns up and down the
room, then faced her, crimson and
crestfallen.
I'm extremely sorry to tell YOU" he
said, hoarsely, that your MS is
(the arctic blue of her eyes froze the
truth upon his lips)-is left behind"
Hhe finished. Il hope you don't need
it immediately"
Mo-" she admitted mot today,
but | really must dispatch it to the
publishers tomorrow"
"All right" he said. "Ill call in
the morning"
with the MS?" she asked him,
smilingly
with the MS he echoed, despair
ingly.
And as he went out of the house he
held a brief Intellectual conversation
with the butler, punctuated with a S.
bill, and then paced the street for
many hours-a prey to thoughts of
forgery and flight
1t was the next morning and he had
been talking volubly and long on diff
ferent subjects when she at length
managed to get in word.
Well" she asked; "have you got
it?"
"What?" he answered quickly. 1.-THE
measles? No! Although you seemed
to think so, judging from the way in
which you avoided me at the reception
last night and again at the opera af-
terward You wouldn't give me so
much as bow"
Il didn't see you," she told him.
"Where-where was II" he inter-
rupted to explain. I'm the dress cir
Gle, on the opposite side, with my
glasses leveled on your box"
That was waste of time,' she said
impatiently,' and so is this. What is
the use hiding the truth any longer?
Why will you not acknowledge that
you've lost my MS.?"
Because haven't" he answered
doggedly. "No!" CAS- she stared at
him in amazement) eff that MS. has
disappeared, vanished irreparably, you
are responsible, and you alone"
He strobe to the door, then wheeling
round, faced her
IF | forgot your story" he said
harshly, lit was because l was think
ing only of you. If was absent-mind
ed, it was because you were present.
If I-er-lost that MS, it was because,
well, suppose you know it had al
ready lost my heart. That's all. Good
by"
And he turned to go. But she was
already at his elbow, and there was
something in her hand-a typewriter
parcel-a MS.
ut has been pretty bad quarter of
an hour, hasn't it," she asked him,
and her eyes were twinkling-"thanks
to your stories and mine But you're
not going YETI" (For he was turning
the door knob 1T isn't late, and be-
sides
Here she looked up at him, and-ah,
we'll The clock licked loudly and
the fire crackled.-Edith Willette, in
the Valley Weekly.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-04-01

than once. Even the seventy tunes seven
recommended by the Master IN the o,acn
times Let God override your preJudices
md flood your heart with His grace.
Then 90 in the spirit Of a little child and
ask admittance Of the nearest Christian
church. Let nothing .acand between YOU
and that important obligation. that divine
privilege. that necessary discipline. that
nricelrss low
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-04-01

Philadelphia now leads the world in
the number of Christian Endeavor mis-
sion study classes. 1t has fifty-six,
twenty of which have been organized
in the last year
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-04-01
A Little Thorn.

A little thorn may rend the finest fabric;
SO may a little sin mar the fairest SOUL
United Presbyterian.