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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-19

derful new Arkansas oil field; fortunes
in future sale of leases. Write Bailey, Mo.
Pac. immigration agent, Little Rock, Ark.
HAVE you 800 or 81. 900 lying idle that you
would like to invest in a high grade
commercial business enterprise, guaran-
teeing at least 8 per cent. payable semi
annually, and backed by $4,000 worth of
assets! Successful business men, whether
professional men or merchants or farm
ers. OftimeS are seeking a field where they
can place a reasonable sum of money and
know it is safe and bringing sure results
with big prospects. 1 want to meet just
such men to present the opportunities of
an already established and paying bust
ness. 1t makes no difference where you
live, this enterprise will bear the strictest
investigation. 1t is speculative, but capa-
BILE of the most thorough proof and in
vites the strictest Investigation. Address
L. W. DUNN, Kansas City Life bldg,
Kansas City, Mo.
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WANTED-Men every where, good pay, to
distribute circulars, adv. matter, tack
signs, etc No canvassing. National Adv.
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YOUNG men everywhere copy letters at
home evenings, $3.50 week. Send address
ed envelope for particulars. Manager,
Dept. S. 50, Box 1411, Philadelphia, Pa
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SEVEN Free Masons in each state given
pleasant, permanent, profitable employ
ment neal home; whole or part time; good
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wANTED-sALEsMEN.

EXPERIENCED calendar statesmen fol
1895 to carry best combined line calen-
dars and novelties before public; akin
contracts now; only successful men need
apply with full particulars about them
selves. Spotswood Speciality Co., Lexing-
ton, Ky.
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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-12-10
Draft DetectoF.

How many times In the week do you
hear your parents say. Il believe
feel a draft?' Doubtless a great
many, and then there Is always an ar
gumeut as to whore the draft comes
from. is there not7 And sometimes II
is not a draft at all but Just imagine
ton, Still, II is a very simple mat
ter TO make a little instrument which
will find the draft il there Is one and
besides show you pretty nearly where
it comes from.
Get a knitting needle, three Iarge
ccrks and four small ones. eight hair
pins, four bits Of cardboard. and an
ordinary button The diagram shows
YOU so plainly how to put them to-
gether that there is no use describing
how II Is done The top cork is the
only thing which is not perfectly sim
pie
Make hole all the way through
the top cork from top 10 bottom A
hairpin viii answer 30 dFill this hole
with Now make two ur three more
holes beside this first one and very
near IT, Run your hairpin Urjskly
through these holes until their sides
are worn away and they form one
hole New run a small tube Of mac7-
roui or Quill toathpick through the
hole This is so that the knitting
needle which piorccs The top cork and
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-12-10
Our eath sponues.

Your bath sponges do not look much
like the fingers-and the vase We have
been learning about
Bath sponges, you know, are soft
and silky, yet they are skeletons, too.
The sponge animals that lived in
them were soft, jellylike and Shiny.
like those that lived in the fingers and
the vases.
There are many kinds of sponges,
you see.
Your bath sponges are full Of holes.
there are large holes and small holes.
All these openings run down deep
into the sponge, and are connected
with each other.
The fine holes are like little mouths
that take in the sea water.
They are SO fine that they may serve
for little sleeves and keep harmful sub
stances from entering
Floating in the sea water are very
tiny animals upon which the sponge
feeds
The water that flows through every
channel OF the sponge carries these
little animals with IT,
II also uses fine particles OF lime.
which the sponge animal uses in max
ing its skeleton
After the water has gone through all
the little channels in the sponge 1t
passes out through the larger holes
and back into the sea.
Your bath sponge is made ont ot
the skeleton of several sponge animals
that grew close together.
You may know how many sponge
animals live In the piece you have by
counting the largest holes that are In
It, as each large hole with the small
ones clustering about II makes Que
sponge animal.
SpouHes come from tins egg
Baby sponscs at first swim about
In TIE water
They live their free life only a little
while Then all that escape The hen.
CRY mouths Of their enemies faatan
themselves to something and are SOON
gpouges themselves
Another way IN which sponge gar
dcus are started Is 10 cut the living
sponge TO pieces and plant the pieces
in other places ON the sea bottom
When spongcs are gathered Tor ma
Egt they are treated much ae oar
bunch Of fingers are treated TIE
animal matter As ailoaoa % dncay
then they are beaten and post IL pent
10 be washed by the waves uuftl theY
are clean - From Sea Stories for
Wonder Eyes by Nrs Harie
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-12-10

How Boys Rotanized Teachers Hat.
Miss Johnson was an excellent
teacher. but her taste in dress, espe-
cially headdress, was so peculiar that
even her adoring pupils could not fail
to notice it. The verdure which ap-
peared upon Miss Johnson's hat one
season was so gaudy that several
wondering comments were made by
the boys
I'm going to ask her what that
green stuff is, said one boy. valiant
ly in spite of the vigorous objections
of his companions She won't mind,
and next nature study class I'm going
TO ask her, and see who's right"
So, red in the face, but stubborn he
rose at the end of a lesson on way.
side flowers, in response 10 Miss
Johnsons general request for any
questions which might have come up
since the last lesson
I'D like to know about that green
stuff on your hat he said. bluntly.
John AIKEN, he says it's beach grass.
but l say it's onion sprouts Youth 5
Companion.
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Star-pust.

Mr. Pettus. the "Nestor" Of the SEN
ate, is fond of telling stories Of darky
humOr, and among the best he re-
lates is the following.
There's an odd little negro of eight
years living in Alababma who Is given
to the putting Of funny questions to
his parents One night he suddenly
awakened from sound sleep. Turn.
ing TO his father. who CHANGED to be
awake. the little fellow asked
Is it night pappy?
Yes. my chile. responded the
father, kindly. look auter de winder
and yo' viii see de stars. Better go
TO sleep agiu, honey. it's twelve
o'clock
The little darby gazed reGectively
through the window Twelve O'CLOCK.
pappy2 Den de stars IS changin from
yesterday 70 termorror. amt dey q "--
IipWuCous
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Two clever sisters ~ recent partY
gave an entertainment that was weli
worth the labor and pains u took 10
prepare for a. one 81 The girls dressed
in IA fuil blue cheese cloth gown that
came down jgst "a her wrists on
her hands were shoes and stockings
and on her head was very wide far
.re hat She then stood behind
table which had a cloth over O. ~
tending to the loor and so concealed
tho loser par, of her body STANDING
thus she Was a funny htte soman.
with big head and Hg,e feet watch
rested on the table bul WITH no arms
The sister. however supplied Jhe
arms This sister stood l8st behind
entirely covered vlth dark cloak tAs
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have spaken Of II. but ycu see, was
so taken BY surprise. Pray we4r the
dress; 1t is so charmingly becoming 60
you, said the lady.
Leo did not stay long. She felt Sc
IL every one In the room must know
that she was wearing a secondhand
dress, stolen from its owner! And the
fact. now for the first time ascertained,
that Mr. Maurice was a married man
seemed to take all the sparkle out OF
her life. She went home early and
cried herself to sleep. The next morn
ing she sent back the dress to Mrs.
Maurice with a note of apology, and
she has been a wiser girl ever since.
IF my fortune comes to me, well
and good, she said. but shall not go
a step out of my way to seek it.
Chicago Journal.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-12-10

DR.. J. c. Ewart, in discussing the
problem OF the origin of horses, de-
scribes as one of the most distinct
kinds now living the Celtic ponies,
which are found in the most northern
PARTS of Ireland. They reach a height
Of only four feet, and are so abundant.
ly furnished with hair that in winter
storms they are practically snow
proof DR.. Ewart observed the con-
duct of one Of these ponies during a
snowstorm. As soon as the storm be.
gan she turned her hind quarters to
1t. and in short time the snow had
formed a kind OF shield or disk upon
the long hair growing about the root
of the tail Thus protected, the pony
did not shift her position while the
storm lasted, except 10 turn with "a
change Of the wind Boston Globe
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OF the daw with borrowed plumes, -
warned Aunt Josepha. If this man
is really man Of sense he will think
as much of you in your cashmere
dress as if YOU wore the queens dia-
monds.'
But Leo, believing that her aunt was
hopelessly behind the age. persisted
Il will go to the number aud ad-
dress. | will just look at the silks; OF
course l needn't buy unless | like
them
The house was a magnificent brown
stone establishment whose splendOr
rather abashed our little school teach
er. H. c." proved to be Mile. Hor
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Lef, ard Rsaht Hands.

Yoa boys and girls have atraaas
learn n that your eye soes objects SIS
side down. he head beiha ao~a@srd.
an ii were and the impression beins
reversed In tie brain Tits sppeafs
strange 10 sou, doesn't it, Bur = b
NOT more 40 than that about shieb I
am COINS to teli you,
Take a sof, pencil To your riEht
hand and writc a word upon youF fora
bead then look in a mirror 10 sea
shat youf have produced fon knoH
that vheu Nr3tEg "a reflected tg q
mirror the characters read hach~ar
Ia tie reflection
II yau wonder why yottr plaY matee
laugh when they sea what Ynu haYe
written loot at yourseif lg fle mirror
Voc aili end tbe surd reflected SO thai
tha letters are produced s0wars7
the riKlYt when they should read 90
the 1afi 80 q. ~iH be backwards apea
fonr forehead
Now ar}te upon a piece af paper an6
place thia 0u your forehead this fsats
hs writing whan reflected. all apBear
io ise produced FROM night 20 iefJ
Another amusing experiment e~r~
l-tz ia taking a reucti Ia each bar
aud u irving 90 write Or draw ae
sign Rlth hoth az the same time Tie
movements 81 the tw0 hands mint So
simultaneous
Tht Jeff hand &ill maFc esact}F $50
-ame movements IS the right bni r.
fbr opposite directions You AH
them have tao words oT designs hm
uHs wai Beg just the reverse 81 fa@
other
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-12-10

The JOY OF Living,
OH am happy In the morning when the
sun begins to peep.
And the golden colors shoot up in the
sky;
And the little birds are singing that
they're thankful for their sleep,
And are telling how they'll breakfast
by and by.
OH / am happy at the noontime when
the sun IL getting hot,
And the poplar leaves are rustling IN
the heat.
The old dog is getting lazy and the din
ners in the pot.
And the longing and the stretching
awful sweet.
Oh, l am happy in the evening when the
sun hangs red and low,
And promise for the mornings bright
and clear;
And the supper bell Is ringing In a way
that's mighty slow.
And I'm awful glad that bedtimes
drawing near.
Weekly
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rne GAME Of q Arm DOOR ooLr.

White fes OF our boys arr golfers
"a great many 90 them are very expert
al the game Of cat or tsoold cat
as 10 is sometimes called. % takes a.
least tvo boys Ga play cat wtb ans
sort II fun. bat a player esn have a
lol OF sport going around the soft llnka
BY himself. Tor be can aiwass tey 90
beat bis oWu score
There ia splendid combination 81
these two games eh lch une feiloW can
play al alone and enlog 81 a l8t. Al
though tvo players make 81 even
more fun
Al sou ncci ior the same s seBf
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Glamour.


have read 90 long in the Book OF the
Brave.
/ hear the tramp of their feet
In the quiet village street.
I catch the sound of an echoiug cheer
Blown down the night wind. family clear,
And the drums pufalteftng beat.
1 have read so long in the Book Of the
Brave
Their flags go streaming by
sharp comes the sentry $ cry.
The shaded light Of my study lamp
Seems low gimmer from some stu
camp
Where the sleeping soldiers lie
l have read SO long In the Book Of the
Brave,
! march where the heroes are.
on my breast l feel scar
! turn to gaze on the rayleSs night.
The gloom is cleft by "a beacon light.
And behold-the bivouaC star
Lulu Whedon Mitchell IN the Century
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-12-10

Leoline Harper vas Just Fl a brisnC
ambitious. high-spirited girl, " o
earned her livelihood by teaching i'm
grammar school But her prosy pro
fession left her plenty of time 20
dream of larger and brighter future,
and she erected some very stately edi
fees in Spain
For | don't want to drudge all my
life So" said Leoiine Il am pretty
enough, with a conscious Laughing
glance at the mirror. and clever
enough, l hope, to make my own iu-
ture."
Yes, dear, said Aunt Josepha. who
admired her niece exceedingly. you
are pretty enough, and | believe you
are smart enough, but still l don't m
derstand how you are going to DO f."
You'll see" said Leoline, with a
bright smile and a nod
And when Kitty ToppleGeld VINO
taught in the primary department Of
the same school told Aunt Josey about
Mr. Maurice, the new trustee, who was
so handsome. and wore such superb
diamond studs and admired Leoliue )
method Of imparting instruction SO en-
Enthusiastically she began to compre-
bend what her niece meant
Leo" said she, when she had the
rare chance of being alone with aer
niece, do you like this Mr.. Maurice?
The blood flushed into Leolines
face.
"Of course / like him. Aunt Josey."
said she.
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land, while the girl behind did The
gesturlng. which, OF course, looked Nv
ii Ii were all done by the arms Of The
funny little woman. Hands, feet ana
head we're kept constantly in motion.
the hand of the second girl going To
the ear Of the girl in front as though
listening. aud performing other appro
pirate and graceful gestures all the
time As an encore The funny littl"
woman" danced a skirt dance to The
music OF the plano. This. OF course
vas more dificuh and took lot %
practice beforehand. bat the surprise
and delight occasioned by this unique
entertainment were well worth the
time spent in bringing il to pertee
ton
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cas- fsis vithsu tac estcIe or lands IN
laf ho3e
II lhe cai falls in the hole yoa
score ten. I'd only ln the circle yoa
seaTe nvo out yea subtract from 'hsa~
sums the number 81 drives you had e.
make before you succeeded Per ia
stance if vour ca1 should Land Ia the
circle tbe nrsi drive Won make yaa
scots hYe bui u sou should maks
lire. drives before the oue uhlob
tsnds the cat to she circle thea yoa
subtract three from The ore and scssre
anlF teo points
when twe are BiaYimm eaeh ona bas
aB tanning fast an Ia baseball a
player ma8 have Hge TRIES af wing
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acts az "a pivot for it Go turn upon wiii
have loose socket and vail permit
tha eork 90 move easily
When huy one says draft get out
this little draft Hnder and put near
the place the draft il supposed -
come from rhe slightest breath ~
air wiu SEQ the sasls lea motion aud
the direction .u which they move wtit
indicate pretty clearly ~hefe THE eur
rent af air comes frum
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same color. almost, as the wall paper.
so that she was not at all noticeable.
and thrust her arms from behind
through the sleeves OF the first girls
gown. the sleeves being made open
behind for that purpose.
The first girl then recited The lab.
berwock." from Alice in Wonder
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-05-03
SEEK LESSONS FROM THE WAR
Senator Hale Thinks 1t Unwise Contract for More Costly
te-Ships For Some Time.

WASHINGTON April 2-Whethe the President shall order the
construction OF the baeshp provided for in the naval appropriation
bill until the the Far East demonstrates the comparative
utility the big fighter and the torpedoboat submarine craft
question raised today the Senate by Hale OF Name on the
adoption report developed that the language
and the President and the Secretary OF the
NAVY could advisable Hale declared that
Secretary Navy would dare and COM
the building immense battesp for 1t
would surprise OF the Russian Japanese demon
$I5oOooOoo paid for big baeshp bad invest
Several other Senators couneed delay
The military academy BILL the last OF the general appropriation bills
taken up
today passed bill provide for Associate Justice OF
the Supreme Court of New Mexico.
report the naval appropriation bill eliminating
the houses called by Hale lie Cr-
modern baesp Il that were Secretary OF
Navy present condition. should dare and commit
the Government the building of another immense balesp Inc
lessons between Russia and apan thus far go to show the Vu
nerabiy unsaey these immense and lofty bateps and
undesab present committing ourselves to the further con-
them The great and salient evils OF the how ncon
engine of these hghturreed batess II
the line and the of gravity disturbed
she turns over a and everybody is drowned
explosion takes place through hurried firing in the turret 1t IS
than likely ignite the and the whole ship blown
everybody board killed Aside from the occurrences
the batesps have been disabled and put
have had three explosions on our own DatpS
within year
expressed opinion that the batehp will be
thing the past and that submarine craft will take their place
Continuing Hale said he thought Congress should eglsae on the
character OF baehp for the Navy and not leave to the depart
Allison said the discretion given President defer action for
year wise because of the fact that test OF batps was
going in pretty lively way in the Far East
The conference report agreed to.
McCumber called up his resolution for the revision OF the pension
laws Ganger said that revision under by comms-
The resolution the calendar without action
The general deficiency appropriation bill sent to conference
with Hale Allison and Teller conferees
The Military Academy appropriation bill taken and Hale
point order against the amendment for the reorganization OF
the medical and ordnance departments OF the Army
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-05-03

Pursuant to a Decree made by the
Honorable ]. T. De Bolt, First Judge
of the Circuit Court of the First Judi
cial Circuit, Territory of Hawaii, filed
on the 9TH day of April, A. D. 1904, in
a cause entitled H. Hackfeld & Com
pany Limited, VS.. ]. M. McChesney and
The First National Bank of Hawaii
at Honolulu. Bill to foreclose a mort
gage, Equity Division No. 1895, the
undersigned, as Commissioner duly APP
pointed will expose for sale at Public
Auction, to the highest bidder, subject
to confirmation by the court
ON SATURDAY, MAY 14TH A. D. 1904
at - o'clock noon of sail day at the
mauka (front) entrance to the Judi
ciary Building, in Honolulu, Island of
Oahu, Territory of Hawaii all the right
title and interest of the Mortgagor in
and to the following described property
TO wit:
First. III that certain piece or par
eel of land situate at Kalia, Waikiki,
Honolulu aforesaid, and more parti-
cularly described as follows;
Beginning at a point On maikai side
of Wailyild road, $50 feet on S. 27-40 e.
True from the last corner of Waikiki
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-05-03

How To Avoid Trouble.-Now is the
time to provide yourself and family
with a bottle of Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. 1t is
almost certain to be needed before the
summer is over, and if procured now
may save you trip to town in the
night or in your busiest season. 1t is
everywhere admitted to be the most
successful medicine in use for bowel
complaints, both for children and
adults. No family can afford to be with
out it. For sale by all Dealers, Benson
Smith & Co., agents for Hawaii.
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MR. cAssATT's OMITTED ITEM

"a. ]. Cassatt, the president of the
Pennsylvania railroad, has a stock
farm on the outskirts of Philadelphia,
and at recent dinner of the Philadel-
phia Glover club a friend of the eminent
railroader said:
Mr.. Cassat has a fine stock farm,
and runs it on a businesslike basis,
Sometimes he makes money out of it.
Last year he bought a pig for $27,
fed it forty bushels of corn at 81 a
bushel, and then sold it for S31.5O
" 1 made $3.50 out of the pig, he said to
me the day after the animal was taken
away.
But said 1, how about the forty bush
els of corn at 81 bushel that you fed
him?'
"Oh, said Mr.. Cassat, L didn't ex-
pect to make anything on the corn
Golfers Weekly.
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THE HAWAIIAN REALTY
AND MATURITY co. Ltd.

Real Estate, Mortgages, Loans and
Investment Securities. Homes built on
the installment plan.
Home Office: Mcintyre Building, 7. H.
L. *. KENTWELL, General Manager.
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COMMISSIONER SSALEOFREALESTATE

OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE SIT
UATE AT KALIA, WAIKIKI, DIS
TRICT OF HONOLULU, ISLAND
OF OAHU, AND AT PUUEO, DIS
TRICT OF HILO, ISLAND OF
HAWAII, TERRITORY OF HA-
WAII.
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DON'T LIKE THE NAME:

Mr. Beckey resident of Hlo, and far this paper
has interest here and consequently has claim upon the
people honor his aneCeen the of naming the park after
one them The adopted by the legislature Moohau Park
will never become popular and is likely that the place will
hear the upon by the egislatureHawai Herald
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