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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-12-17

A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES.
Itching, Blind. Bleeding or Protruding Piles
Your druggist win refund moneyfPAZO ONT
MENT fails TO cure you in Q to IL days. Soc
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-12-17
A Suggestion.

The youth who sows wild oats, lis true
Must reap as he has sOwn;
Bat then his father ought to do
some threshing OF his own.
Philadelphia Press.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-12-17
That Maine Hunter.

He wandered all day
Round the edge of the bay
And never kncN what he was chayson
baltimore American
Waggsby- was once an honest
man in politics
Naggsby-Well, 90 on with the story.
Waggsby-That's all there is of il.
Naggsby-lt's a mighty short one
Waggsby Yes, but it's as long as the
mans stay in politics.-Baltimore Ameri-
can.
Holden Both of your children are get.
ting along. They'll soon have to decide
upon their life careers
Tom has made up his mind to ne re-
tired millionaire and Henrietta thinks
she is cut out for rich widow Boston
Iranscript.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-12-17

Robin their victims sooner or later.-
Town Topics.
Nillie-I met our new minister on my
way 10 Sunday school, mamma, and he
asked me if | ever played marbles on
Sunday.
Mother-H'm! And what did you say
to that?
Willie-I said, Get thee behind me-
SATAN and walked right off and left
him.-London Tit-Bits.
Il want one stall. said the man who
was not quite himself that evening, very
slowly AMI distinctly Il regret. sir
repiel the box Office manager with colo
severity, that | cannot let you have one.
You are rot sober. sober" said the
man Indignantly sOf course I'm not
sober. Why should l want TO see youl
silly piece if | wasE' London Globe
Mrs. CaSey-So. poor Mary Flannery 5
mar was kilt at the quarry.
Mrs. CasSidy-Ay. Shure she never
WAS as lucky as her cousin. Mag Gal.
,agber.
Mrs. Casey What are We Sayin'? Gal
iagher was bowed up in quarry, too.
Mrs, Cassidy for ye. But he
was bowed into sich small bits his wife
was spared the iNpinse of Il funeral
Hhlladplphia Press
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-12-17
FACTS AND FANCTES.

Lets hide in the work basket" SAID
the mischievous garter TO the fun-loving
stocking.
Not by long shot" replied the Isle
thread. IN be darned if l o,'-Town
Topics.
Aunt Prudence-Do Mary and James
set as if they thought their married life
was n blessing?
Uncle Blackwell, ne. not exactly a
blessing. unless it might be blessing in
Disguise -Woman'S Home Companion.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-12-17

Mrs. Chubby What is your opinion
Of the Monroe doctrine?
Mrs. Shoddie-I don't know nothing
bout these new medical fads. The old
allerpatllic style o d0ctorin' is good
enough for me.-Woman's Home Com
panion.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-12-17

These" said the epicure to the bright
Philadelphia girl, ARE snaiIs | suppose
Philadelphia people don't eat them for
fear of cannibalism."
oh. no." was the answer: 1T isn't
that. We couldn't catch them. Wash
ngton Star.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-12-17

Robin their victims sooner or later.-
Town Topics.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-12-17
why Old People are Especially Liable
to Systemic Catarrh.

ASK YOUR DRUGGIST FOR FREE PERUNA ALMANAC 1905
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-10

ST The child with marble in its throat does
IVY snotsatthe time feel kindly toward the rude.
man 5who takes him BY the heels and shakes IS.
1T out Of him; yetafterwards he usually becomes
reconciled and sometimes even grateful.
In $50 Japan was in the position Of such cha; il
child. For centuries the development Of that
nation had been stunted By feudalism and policy
Of obstinate isolation. Furthermore, she did not
want to be helped. .
The United States, not through a spirit Of
philanthropy. perhaps, but for the purpose OF
creating new markets for herself, determined at
that time to break down the wall that separated
Japan from the other nations.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-10

Modern Japan, agrees
siye, quick-witted and re-
sourceful, battling with the
Gear, is as surely a Develop
ment Of American enterprise
as America itself.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-10

-g f. I 4 z J ~
tons. Of centuries. What would become Of Nip
Don when once the foot. Of foreigner touched her
sacred soil? Japan, wrapped in silken robes shy
cred ut the thought. ,{ 9s8
But the Shoglnate was not a blessing to the
people, and already able-bodied agitation 1or the
Mikado was begun. The Shotgun himselfno longer
IAPANaknew she could not presenta solid front:to
y . the invader, for t,came, TO- be understood that
n,,o,.,o 4 ~ ,nd Commodore Perry must be a,
Allowed 10 Lana garded in such a light, The
diamos and the feudsi lords We're then called by the
Grand Council and catechised To a man they re-
turn Commodore Perry found that the preparations
for defense were well under way Nevertheless, he
anchored his squadron off Yokohama and sat down
to wait His patience, however. was not without
effect,
Itturned tho wind another way and the weather
cock OF Japanese resolution shifted Perry was
again allowed to- land.
Delay followed delay, hut inch by inch the Com
modore gained ground, at last a commission =, was
appointed by the Japanese to meet him III Yoke.
hama. At the conference addresses were made and
gifts delivered. The Imperial comm ISIS oners. even
deignee to attend reception given in their honor
on the flagship Manhattan. The commodore inturn
was feted OF the Imperial Castle Of Shu,
Out of it all came q treaty providing for the
opening of Hakodate and Shimoda, the United
States being permitted to establish a consulate at
the latter port
IS In5the wake Of concessions to tho United States
the first ever granted By the nation, came Others to
England and to Russia, and the opening OF the
country was complete.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-10

tn RTOR to 1852 Japan was the riddle of the
FAT Holding as outside sas
80 nous of the other races as though 1t were IN
another world. No foreigner could place. foot upon
its sacred sell. Japan was ruled by and for8the
Japanese.
Nations knocking at the door for admlttance
we're invariably sent away without even a peep.
Even Russia, the most persistent OF all was Obliged
to turn back.
Uncle sam, his pockets filled with the gold OF
1s49 stirred uneasily China had been shaken INTO
withdrawing lis embargo from many ports New
markets,were established in the Far East, and Yam
kee merchantmen strained at the leash for more
Japan presented the most natural field, but re,
~ fused to permit ito be opened. u The United
States government however,
& TRSIH FOlei9Hef5 determined to possess that
+ field, whether Japan wishedit to or not
With view Of opening the ports Of Japan, BY
mcablepersuasoni i possible, BY force i need be,
d SINAI squadron, under hecommand OF Commodore
Perry sailed from Norfolk, Va, on November a,
1s52.bearing letters and costly presents from Pres-
dent Fillmore.
This was the first squadron Of foreign re fighting
ships TO approach the shores OF old Japan ana
the Japanese We're impressed.
Nevertheless, it was absurd, the native officials
reasoned, for forei gner to think OF coming within
speaking distance OF the dvinely, descended FulerS
Of the land, but there the squadron my, cannon
mouths neatly covered with tacpaulins and small
arms resting peacefully in racks.
The officials considered, and Commodore Perry
was permitted land and to deliver the letter from
President Fillmore to the Shotgun, the Emperor OF
Japan through an official Of exalted rank
T1IPLOAIATIC consideration in Japan at that
- time was not matter of days; weeks and
& Japan ShIvered termination Of tho country
ripened Commodore Perry, too impatient, to, lay
idle, set sail for Chinese waters and cruised about
until the communication from Uncle Sam could
take root,
Great was the perplexity of the Yeddo govern
ment. To open one port was to destroy the tradl-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-06
COLLARS AND HEADACHE.

You NAV not know it. old fellow,
but there is a very intimate connection
between the high collar and the head
ACHE" said an observant man, land 1
have proved my faith in the statement
by refusing to wear collars of the high
sort. 1t is a bad business, my boy. High
collars choke up the veins and arteries
and interfere to some extent with the
circulation of the blood in the neck and
head. Do not understand me to be
knocking any particular brand of high
collars. So far as the appearance of
the high collars is concerned. confess
that like it.
TN my own case 1t has been a great
blessing in at least one way, for fellows
with long necks, you know, do not look
so we'll when YOU harness them up in
low collars. My neck is long, long as
cranes, and the high collar has kept
me from leaving too much Of it exposed.
Why, I've got so much neck that when
I first began to wear low collars was
almost ashamed to venture out into the
street I felt like I was but half
dressed, and the feeling was not 50 far
wrong at that. for the low collar does
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-06

told him of the mothers fretting for
the boys all over the land. He looked
up quickly at Adjutant General Corbin,
who sat right opposite. It was what I
wanted. He knew.
General said Mr.. Roosevelt. sis
there such an order?"
Yes, Mr.. President" said he. there
"Why?" President Roosevelt wastes
few words when in earnest about any
thing.
General Corbin explained that it was
measure Of economy. The telegraph
tolls were heavy. An officer had a code
word, just one, to pay for, whereas to
send the whole name and place of a pri-
waite soldier under the Pacific ocean
might easily cost. perhaps, $25. The
president heard him out.
"Corbin," he said, can you telegraph
from here to the Philippines?"
The general thought he might wait
till he got to Washington; he was going
in an hour.
mo-" said the president; no. we will
not wait. Send the order to have the
names telegraphed, now. Those moth
ers gave the best they had to their
country. We will not have them break
ing their hearts for twenty-five dollars
or for fifty. Save the money some
hero aICo
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-06
CoNRAD's CLOSE GALL.
Nearly Became Writer of French In
stead of English.

Though Joseph Conrad. author of
"Falk' and Youth" Mcclure, Phillips
& Co.. has become one of the leading
writer's of descriptive fiction, it is only
by the merest chance that he writes
in English instead of Polish or French.
1t is only ten years since he first began
to write in our language at all.
Though a Pole he never considered
writing in his native tongue and for a
long time heSitated between French
and English. When a school boy he
ran away and joined a French naval
vessel and probably would have ADOPT
ed French as his language had not
law prohibiting aliens from serving in
the French navy come into force and
obliged him to leave the French naval
vessel he had first Joined. By chance
he obtained a berth in an English
merchant ship sailing to English ports
in the North sea and it was during the
picked up his first knowledge of Eng
lish. He learned much from the Eng
lish sailors. but more. he affirms, from
his study of the English Bible. The re-
ligious societies look carefully to the
welfare of the English sailors. chiefly
by giving them Testaments whenever
the opportunity offers. Sailor Conrad
always accepted these gifts, though, as
he says now. not for any religious rea-
sons. but because the thin Bible leaves
made excellent cigarette paper. How
ever, before he tore the leaves from the
book he always read the page and thus
succeeded in learning the English Ian
guage at that same inspiring source
from which the greatest of our English
writer's in times past have learned it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-06

leave a good part of my anatomy opeI
and aboveboard. as it were But thit
fact does not bother me now. simply
don't care at all. Exposed neck is q
whole lot better than headache, you
know, old chappy. I was speaking OF
headache just now. That's what
wanted to tell you about. The high
collar does something more than inter-
fere with ones circulation. It scratches
and irritates the skin, keeps ones chin
at an unreasonable, uncomfortable and
unnatural angle, and causes one to ac-
quire nervous frigidity of habit.
when YOU meet your friend who IL
in the habit of wearing a high collar
pay particular attention to the way he
moves and holds his head. It isn't at
all natural It is all due to the high
collar. Mark you, there are high col
lars and high collars. Some of them
approach rationalism in neck dress.
Others are about as far from 1t as 1t il
possible to get without engulfng the
whole head. But. of course, every fell
low to his own liking in these matters.
I wear low collars because they are
comfortable, and because I believe the
high collar is producer of headaches
and a bad thing for ones nerves gem
orally. dallas News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-06
NEW ROOSEVELT STORY.
nIr. Riis Tells of His Concern for
Private Soldiers.

Here is a new story of the president,
told by Jacob A. Riis in his Theodore
Roosevelt. the Citizen" now running
serially in the Outlook:
There was news of fighting every day.
but only the names of the killed or
wounded officers came by cable There
was a war department order against
sending those Of the privates who fell
or who died of cholera; and it resulted
that when, say, Company H of the Fiji
teenth regiment had been in & battle
every mother who had a boy serving in
that command went shivering with fear
for six long weeks before the mails
brought word whether her boy was
among the thirteen private soldiers
who fell, or not. I had been asked to
put the case to the president, and get
him to cut the red tape, If possible; but,
against expectation. I found a tableful
of soldiers and statesmen at lunch, and
1 saw clearly enough that it would be
hard to get the presidents ear long
enough.
But, as luck would have it, was put
beside General Young, fine old warrior
whom I had met before, and told him
of what was on my heart. He knew
of no such order when he was in the
Philippines, and we got into quite a lit
tie argument about it, which I purpose
ly dragged out till there was a luu in
the talk at the presidents end of the
table, and saw him looking my way
asked him II he knew of the order.
What order7" said he; and told him
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-06

airy general will be published this month
by Houghton, Mifflin & Co. with intro
auctions BY senator Hoar Of Massaehu-
The artistic work of Mr.. e. Boyd Smith
has added much to the attraction and
ing THE Land of Little Rain" His IA
miliarity with the region has given his
sketches remarkable accuracy-his coy
otes are perfect, his plans of desert and
mountain-meadows are good enough to
classify, and his Indians, gold hunters,
and cowboys suggest the very atmosphere
of this Land of Lost Borders. 1t is a part
of California which Bret Harte knew, but
from the point of view of a nature
The life just published of Margaret
J. Preston, the Virginia poet, has excep-
tionaI interest and value in the gIimpses
which it gives of experiences within the
confederacy during the civil war. Mrs
Preston, who was a Sister-in-law of Stone
wall Jackson, kept journal in which she
recorded the exciting experiences of her
self and family before and after Lexing-
ton, where she lived. came into possession
of the federal army. All that she writes
of her famous brother-in-law and of Gen
and Lee university at Lexington, became
her fellow-townsman after the war, will
be read with deep interest There is fur
thermore a remarkably graphic descrip-
ton of the execution of John Brown as
given in a letter to Mrs Preston from
her husband, who was officer of the
troops called out by Gov. Wise on the day
of execution to prevent possible attempt
at rescue
OF hundred readers of American his
tory there are probably scarcely five
readers of our geography. Yet geography
is a large part of American as of all 9TH
er history and when put with the graphic
power of a true writer it is hardly less
fascinating. There are chapters in
American History and its Geographic
Conditions" by Ellen c. Semple, which
draw a keen interest from their interpre-
tation in geographic terms of familiar
historic events.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-06

Mrs. Virgins ..Rebecca- of sunnybrook
Farm is reported as the best selling book
in New York. Mr. T. B. Aldrich, author
of THE Story of a Bad Boy" does not
profess to be an authority on girls, but
he considers that Rebecca lis just the
very incest child in American literature.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-06
WHOM You Have q Cold.

The first action when you have a cold
should be to relieve the lungs. This Is
best accomplished by the free use of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy This rem
edy liquefies the tough mucus and causes
lungs, produces a free expectoration. and
opens the secretions. A complete cure
soon follows. This remedy will cure a
severe cold In less time than any other
treatment and 1t leaves the system In a
natural and healthy condition. It coun-
teracts any tendency toward pneumonta.
For sale by all druggists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-06

Courtesy of Leslie's Monthly Maya
Zlne. Copyright, 1904 Frank Leslie
| Publishing House, New York
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-06

George Ad who might rightly called Prince
n in English and
has
o volun
of
literature
The of
o
Morning
AIDE has
OF
gonen soil
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-06

The town of Sutton, Mass, has Just
voted to create q monument to General
Rufus Putnam who was a native of that
place. The Memoirs of this Revolution
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-06
BOOK NOTES.
Various Items About Books That Are
Attracting Attention.

Harpers send out the following bio
raphical notice about Sam Gardenhire:
samuel NJ Gardenhire, author of Lux
Crucis 4 Tale of the Great Apostle.
which the Harpers have just published,
was born in Fayette, Missouri in 1858.
He was educated at the public schools
of St. Louis and at Central college.
Missouri and in 1876 began the practice
of law. Four years later he went to
Kansas and became secretary to the
governor of the state. After several
years of active political and journalistic
life. during which he established and
conducted an afternoon newspaper. and
later became a member for a term in
the Kansas legislature, Mr.. Gardenhire
went abroad and devoted two years to
extensive travel. For the past ten
years he has Dracticed law in New
York, and in the intervals of that work
has contributed frequently to the mag
azines."
1t is seldom that a novel has begun
its serial appearance with such bril-
liancy as that which attends Mr.. Rob-
ert Herrick's The Common Lot now
running in the Atlantic Monthly. Many
of the periodicals and reviews have al
ready taken occasion to comment upon
the significant fact that all the four
important serials now beginning in
American magazines are serious and
telling studies of American life as it is;
and they agree in finding Mr.. Herriek $
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-08-25
locations In Kansas Wanted.

The FRISCO System Land and I'M
migration Association is already
turning its share of the Southwest
ern tide of immigration to kansas.
Three hundred and fifty agents OF
this association from the East ana
North have just completed a tour
of Kansas and viewed it's resources
and interviewed its land owners
and local association agents. Tor
the sole purpose of better present
ing Kansas opportunities to the
homeseeker and investor in the OLD
er states.
This association is the most EN-
Gent of it's kind in existence, ana
has agents everywhere in the Unit
States. If you wish to cell your
farm, town or other property or II
you desire capital for factories, mer.
camille esta blishments, or any OF
the industries, please address K. 5.
Lemon, Secretary Immigration Blu
reau, Dept. A, Frisco Building. ST.
Louis, Mo. ;. "A. hoehhe'
General Immigration Agent.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-08-25
Physician Healed

DR.. George Ewing, practicing
ohvsician of Smiths Grove, Ky. Tor
over thirty years, writes his per
sonai experience with Foley's Kid
ney Cure: "For years l had oeen
greatly bothered with kidney ana
Bladder trouble and enlarged pros
trate gland. I used everything
Known 10 the profession without
relief, until 1 commenced to use
Foley's Kidney Cure, After taking
three bottles I was entirely relieved
and cured. Iprescibe 1t now daily
in my practicy and heartily recon
mend it's use to all physicians Tor
such troubles. have prescribed
II in hundreds of cases with perfect
success. Sold by A. r. Kane.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-08-25
Suicide Prevented.

The startling announcement that
a preventative of suicide had been
discovered will interest many. A
run down system, or dependency
Invariably preced suicide and
something has been found that will
prevent that condition which
makes suicide likely. At the fret
thought of self destruction take
Electric Bitters. It being a great
tonia and nervine will strengthen
the nerves and build up the sys-
tenn. tie also a great Stomach,
Liver and Kidney regulator. Only
SOC Satisfaction guaranteed by A.
r. Kane, Druggist.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-08-25
A FARM JOURNAL.

Dhat's what 1.-THE Earth" 10. A pa
per of interest to every man whose
livelyhood comes from Mother
Earth. Farmers and fruit growers
as we'll as stock raisers and dairy
men-all interested, Sample copy
on request. Subscription price 25c
per year, coin or stamps. Address
The Earth, Ills Railway Exchange,
Chicago.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-08-25
End of Bitter Fight.

1.-TWO physicians had long and
stubborn fight with an abcess on
my right lung" writes ]. F. Hughes
of DUPONT, Ga. land gave me up
Every body thought my time had
come. AZ last resort tried DR.
Kings New Discovery for con.
sumption. The benefit / received
was striking and I was on my feet
in a few days. Now I've entirely
regained my health" II conquers
ali Coughs, Colds and Throat and
Lung troubles. Guaranteed by A
II. Kane. Price Soc, and $l.00. Trial
bottles free.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-08-25
A FARM FOR YOU.

Are you satisfied at homer Or DO
YOU wish to better YOURSELF You
should investigate what the San
Joaquin Valley of California has to
offer hustlers. In that great valley
ia grown nine-tenths of the U. 5. ra.
sin crop. and millions of GALLONS OF
wine are made yearly. You can
profitably raise almost everything
there. Good farms at cheap prices
Low rate colonist excursions In
March and April on the Santa Fe'
Write for pamphlets to W. J. Jan
ney, A.T.&S.F. Ry, Kansas City, NO
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-08-25
Taken with Cramps

VIM. Kirmse, a member of the
bridge gang working near Little'
port was taken suddenly i'll Thurs.
day with cramps and a kind OF
cholera. His case was so severe
that he had to have the members OF
the crew wait upon him and Mr..
Clifford was called and consulted.
He told them he had medicine In
the form of Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
that he thought would help him
out and accordingly several doses
we're administed with the result
that the fellow was able to be
aroand next day. The incident
speaks quite highly of Mr.. Giffords
medicines.-Elkader, Iowa, Argus.
This remedy never fails. Keep 1t
in your home, 1t may save life
For sale by A. r. Kane.