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bowed in grief, he went around sing
ing Maggie M4rphy's Home Was
there ever a more outrageous instance
of the unselhshness of mankind ?'
Our griefs are our own, and we
can't expect strangers to Sympathize. .
But why not? Why shouldn't a
stranger go out of his way to speak
kind words to the diScOnSOlate? Why
must we wrap the mantle of selfish
ness around us and care not what
befalls our fellow man? At lunch
time accidentally logged a mans
elbow and made him spill his coffee.
In explanation I told him of Uncle
Ben being kicked, and that had been
feeling bad for several hours, but he
called me an old rhinoceros and said
1 ought to have ten-acre lot to
tramp in. On the car coming home I
accidentally trod on a fellow pas
sengers foot / excused myself, of
course, and I mentioned that Uncle
Ben might be dead by then but he
IN the cattle cars. Not one grain of
sympathy have had from the cold
and unselfish world today. Hank to
that, will you ?"
In the house Of the neighbor on the
left some one started to Jingle the pi-
ano, and after listening a moment Mr..
Bowser continued:
There they go with Johnny Is a
Cop Does that person in there care
whether my Uncle Ben is living or
dead? Would she care if Uncle Ben's
death killed Aunt Mary, too? Would
she stop that humping and yelling
and screening if I lay here painting
in the agonies of dissolution? OF
course she wouldn't; but why not, Mrs.
Bowser-why not? Has it come to that
pass that not one human being owes
the slightest respect to the feelings of
Rnother?"
But you must remember that the
girl in there has not heard of the ac-
cident to Uncle Ben said Mrs. Bow
ser. IF she had
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man stopped in front of the house and
began to grind out a merry air, and Mr..
BOWSer Sprang to his feet with:
Now, then, this is too much-too much
Here I sit thinking of UIfcIe Ben, and out
there that man"
But how can he know?' protested Mrs.
Bowser. He'll probably play one tune
and then be off. You might as we'll say
that the street cars should be stopped
running"
Il want to get my hands on him once. .
But if you are fu% OF grief over your
Uncle Ben, you shouldn't go out and row
with a hand organ man. Look at things
as they are and not as you would have
them
Mr.. Bowser settled down to sigh and
had also got on to the fact that Uncle
Ben was mule-kieked man, walked
around on tiptoe and purred very softly.
bors ought to have come in by this time =
said Mr.. BOwser after a, While.
any of them been told that your Uncle
Ben has been kicked? Even you can not
say that he is dead yet. We can't expect
any of them to come in
NJ. Bowser Ieared back and closed his
eyes and wondered over the SeIfishness OF
the world, but not for long. At the end
of five minutes the voices of men in song
on the street aroused him, and he got to
his feet to exclaim:
Here come three or four loafers sing
ing at the top of their lungs, and by the
horl spoon if I stand it any longer"
But you must, replied Mrs. BoWSer.
You can't go out and"
sthem respect my grief one way, I win
another. Let go of mel"
She tried to hold him, but as the knot
struck a higher note, and out he went.
He yelled as he struck the steps and he
Mrs. Bowser and the cat saw four or
five men whirling and tossing and disap-
pearing in the darkness. Mr.. Bowser had
started in to reform. Copyright, 1904, by
81. C. MCClure.)
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NORTH TOPEKA.

leave items for this column with Kim
ball Printing Co., 912 North Kansas ave.1
Guy Miller was in Menoken today.
Mrs. Edwin Brazier of Maple Hill is
visiting friends in Topeka.
Mrs. c. Maze of Quincy street will
leave Monday for Indiana to visit her
sister.
w. NJ. Cline is expected nome today
from weeks visit to the st. Louis ex-
position.
George Bell of Glenlock is spending a
few days in Topeka visiting relatives
and friends.
Thomas Brainard and family are
moving today from 1853 Kansas avenue
to the South side.
The North Topeka Taxa HASH club
will meet Monday, June q, at the home
of Mrs. Forbes, 1905 Monroe street.
On Monday J. H. FOUGHT will take his
new Minnie grass Irvine binder to the
VIM. Scotch farm for trial work.
Mrs. Ed. Lindensmith and children
of st. Joseph, Mo, are here visiting her
sister, Mrs. H. J. Beachum, of 318 E.
Laurent street.
c. c. Nicholson is expected home
next Tuesday from Los Angeles, Cal,
where he mas been visiting friends for
the past six weeks.
Mrs. R. P. Updegraff and Mrs. VIII
Small returned today to their home at
Maple Hill after a short visit to Mrs.
E. D. Small of 1928 Jackson street.
Miss May McNoun who has been
with the Topeka Cash for the past year
mas resigned her position and will enter
the Dougherty school of shorthand,
J. A. Fuller who has been the guest
for a few days of Mr.. and Mrs. W. c.
Steele of 919 Van Buren, street, return
ed today to his home in St. Joseph.
The heavy wind last night blew down
a good many branches from the trees
and on West Gordon street near Jack
son street a. small tree was uprooted.
Services at the Central Avenue
Christian church tomorrow as follows
Morning sermon, zeal for Cod Even
ing sermon, How to Get Rich" A
cordial welcome to all.
At the Church of the Good Shepherd
tomorrow there will be morning pray
er with sermon at II o'clock and even
ing prayer and sermon at o'clock.
Canon DeLou Burke, priest in charge
Peter DONNIE, a Santa Fe shop labor
er who has been living on the Santa Fe
leased ground, has purchased two lots
on North Sardou avenue and will build
himself a residence there. This avenue
is experiencing a veritable building
boom.
Mrs. T. NJ James, Jr., and little son,
Allen David, who have been the guests
of Mrs. James grandmother, Ms. David
Haines, of Muncie, Ind, have gone to
their permanent home. Mrs. James
mother, Mrs. Mary E. Smith, is now
making her home in Muncie.
Services at the Baptist church to-
morrow, Rev. A Frank Houser, pastor
will be at IL a. m. and p. m. Morning
subject, THE Immutability of Christ;
evening subject, THE Everlasting
Name" Sunday school at $3.50 a. m
Junior society 3 p. m; B. Y p q. at
o. m. Evening service p. m. whose
ever will may come.
L. G. Smith. a brother of E. G. Smith
of 1920 West Norris street. died sudden
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RUSSIANS LOSING HEART.
Unable to Reform Their Plans Upset
by KurOlIi.

Newchwang, June $50 p. m.-CVia
messenger to Koupantze)-The Rus
slams seem unable to reform their plans
which have been upset by General
KurolSi, and are losing interest and
heart in the struggle. The local censor
is not passing any communications. The
secret police are extra diligent and it
IS extremely hazardous to attempt to
send out uncensored dispatches.
Newchwang is filed with rumors of
more fighting to the southwark. The
reports come from native sources. A
few Russian officers who talk guarded
ly say the rumors are untrue but that
General Kuropatkin intends to make a.
determined stand at Kaicheu, where
many mines have been laid and trench
es constructed.
The field telegraph between Kaichou
and Newchwang which was finished
Wednesday was cut in three places last
night and five miles of wire carried
away. 1t is supposed to have been the
work of Chinese in the pay of the Jap
anese.
This is regarded as evidence that the
Russians can not hope for the friend
ship of the Manchurians.
Large bands of robbers are giving the
Russian outposts much trouble north
east of NewchWang. The Japanese, it
is said, have supplied the robbers with
1000 modern rifles and much ammuni-
ton.
French correspondent from Mukden
report that the Japanese up to last
Monday had made no demonstrations
near Lao Yang. These correspondents
are now with the Russian forces south
of here but American and British CORE
spondents are not permitted to see the
fighting.
Viceroy Alexief has issued a procla-
nation to the effect that all traffic on
the Lao river north of Mukden must
stop and that foodstuffs must be de-
livered to the Russians. According TO
native reports the Russians are losing
thousands of horses from CHAMBERS.
Foreign military attaches who wit
messed the fighting at Feng Wang
Cheng declare that the Japanese artil-
army is equal to the best of European
troops.
The order of the American postal de-
partment, issued early in May. to send
mail for Manchuria to New York and
thence through Europe has caused I'M
easiness among firms and individuals
with American business relations, as
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THE WOES OF BowsER.
He Finds the World Selfish and Seeks
to Reform 1t.

Mr.. Bowser came home the other
evening in what seemed to be a hum
bic mood, and during the dinner hour
he was so unusually quiet and at
times sighed so heavily and put on
such a sad look that Mrs. Bowser
was fairly up a tree to figure out
what had happened. When they had
reached the sitting room she asked
what had gone wrong during the day,
and after looking into vacancy for
awhile and signing again, he replied:
Nothing has gone wrong, so far
as bushes is concerned, but all day
long I have been thinking of the I'M
selhshness of the world around US
and marveling at it. 1t is enough to
make one wonder If we are really
men and women instead of wolves and
5ackals."
YES, the world is selfish" unused
Mrs. Bowser, but not more so than
ever. If you were on your dying bed
tonight there would be dancing and
singing all around us"
There would, and it would be
proof that what we call the higher
cultivation is only a sham. When I
first reached the office this morning
received a letter stating that my
Uncle Ben had been kicked by a
mule and might not live two days.
I sorrowed with him and his family,
and at once wrote that I did, and
I was feeling broken up. but did
Green care two cents whether Uncle
Ben had been kicked by mule or
tossed over fence by a bull? Not a
care. While I had sorrow in my heart,
he was whistling Yankee Doodle !;
while I had tears in my eyes, he was
telling jokes; while my head was
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But there should be an intuition -
he interrupted. If I was out in the
back yard building a pig pen and some
person on this block should die do you
think I wouldn't somehow feel it and
stop my work? And would I keep
whacking away at that pig pen, or
would I go to that house of grief and
speak words of coincidence? BY John,
If there isn't somebody trying to yank
our front doorbell out by the roots!"
III answer it, said Mrs. Bowser, as
she rose up.
III answer it myself, want to see
the person who dares to come here at
such a time as this and pull and yank
the bell as if there was a dance going
on
He saw him. He was a young man
who wanted Mr.. Bowser to sign a pc
tition to the governor for something or
other. and he was whistling when the
door opened. He had opened his mouth
to state his errand when a heavy hand
was laid upon his shoulder and a voice
said in his ear:
Young man, have you no sentiment
an your soul? As you stood here whist
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ly in the mountains of Colorado on the
morning of June Is. ]. NJ. Smith, an
other brother left Immediately for
Laramie City, Wyo., the nearest rail-
road point. but was unable to bring the
remains farther than Laramie, where
he was forced to bury his brother on
Sunday, the 18th, having been four days
getting the remains over the mountains
with wagon Great credit is due Mr..
CaprOn OF Walden, Colo, for his prompt
action in trying to assist the brothers
in their trouble. L. G. Smith was born
81 years ago in Wrightstown, Bucks
county, Pa. He had been connected
with the Metropolitan Life Insurance
company for a number of years. For
five years he was a resident Of this
county and many remember him and
their sympathy goes out to his aged
parents at Trenton, N. J., who have
been fondly awaiting the return of
their son.
Leland Mccarthy, a small boy about
seven years old, who lives on Topeka
avenue, came near losing his life yes
terday afternoon. The little fellow in
company with several playmates was
fishing in the hole on Harrison street
which was caused by the washing away
of the ShonkweiIer house during the
flood of last year where seven members
OF this family were drowned, when he
fell in. The water here is in some
places fifteen feet deep and the boy
would soon have been beyond help but
to the scene a. Mr.. Waite who lives in
that vicinity. Mr.. Waite managed to
reach the child and bring him to the
shore although the water came up near
" to his armpits. This hole which al
ways has more or less water in it is a
menace to the children in this neighbor-
hood. but the city claims that it is too
big place to I'LL up. If nothing else
is done it would be wise to build fence
around it as this is the second child
who has fallen into the hole.
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ling and singing and yanking, did no
feeling come to you that this was a
house of mourning? 1t evidently didn'
but by the living jingO-"
The young man made a dodge and
a break and went gathering down the
steps and out of the gate, and Mr..
BOwser returned to the sitting room to
say:
L can't make it out There is the
cook downstairs wrestling the pots
about and singing in a way to put a
dogs teeth on edge Does she give a
thought to my sorrow? Even If had
a telegram right here in my hand that
Uncle Ben was no more, would that
girl care two cents about it?"
You couldn't expect her to-" an
answered Mrs. Bowser. Her mother
died a month ago, but when I told
you of it you didn't run down to the
kitchen to express your sorrow On
the contrary, you talked that evening
of learning to play the fiddle, and you
a good time"
Il must have misunderstood you. /
don't remember your speaking of it.
If had known that her mother was
dolence at once. VIII you go down and
tell her to stop her noise?'
Il will, but as your Uncle Ben may
not be dead
Mrs. Bowser, I do not believe that
you yourself appreciate the situation
see no signs of grief in your face.
You are looking as if you didn't care
cent whether that kick resulted NOR
tally or not"
But I do care, of course That is.
while don't know your Uncle Ben or
Aunt Mary and never heard you speak of
them before, I am sorry on your account.
Perhaps he ought to nave been more
careful about getting in the way of a
mules hind leg, but no doubt he acted
according to his best judgment"
She went down and broke the news
to Jane, who shut off her song ana
handled the hardware more tenderly, but
just as she came upstairs a hand organ
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the Russian mail route is considered
wholly unsafe. If the Jananese should
cut the line of communication south of
Mukden it would result in the stoppage
of all American mail.
There are 500 wounded at the Russian
camp three miles east Of Newchwang.
A few surgeons and members of the
Red Cross arrived this afternoon. Many
more are needed The local physicians
are Offering assistance, but the Rus
slams decline to receive their aid.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS


A. T. Davis to VIM. D. Davis, part
o. the northwest quarter of section
II, township 10, range 16............S 7OO
same TO same, part of the southwest
quarter of section g. township 10,
~ IL
First National bank to F. r. Baker,
LOT ~ Reno avenue, J. Norton's
SSCOlu dQulllOn ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. zoo
VIM. d. Davies and wife to A. "
Davis, part of the northwest quar-
ter OF section q, township 10, range
-. -. -------....-.--. ], 400
s A. Scott and wife to H c. Lang
lot s65 and part Of 1863 Polk street.. 45O
z. B. Jones and wife to F. r. Baker,
lot 43l Reno avenue, J. Norton's
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shot WhiIe dc sIent.

Butte, Mont, June 25.-Richard J.
Finnegan, who was found nearly dead
from bullet wounds in a house near
Mount Aoriah cemetery last night,
died today. Before he died he made
a statement that Mrs. Elizabeth Nor
rison shot him four times while he
was asleep. Mrs. Morrison has not
yet been found, but it is said she went
to the hills where she committed
suicide.
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OFFTCIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.


! AM a CANDIDATE FOR STATE
senator from the Seventeenth district
t17th), aubJect 10 the decision OF the qua
med electors IN Shawnee county In No
Remoer c. p. BOLIVAR
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WHEN you want 70 hire man or boy,
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Secretary Taft's Speech.

If the republicans are wise, the speech Of
Secretary Taft delivered in New York last
night will be widely circulated. It is the
best as 1t is the most comprehensive. state
ment yet made Of the case of the Philip
pine Islands. All phases of the case, from
our patriotic duty to our selfish interests
are set forth clearly and frankly and most
convincingly Anti-imperialism, it is true,
is not likely to cut much of figure in the
campaign. but at the same time the party
IN power In asking approval at the polls
should present in the matter of one of its
most conspicuous claims upon attention so
vigorous an argument from SO high and
competent source. Judge Taft had dealt
with the subject before. and at length. but
ne was never in better form or more iIlu-
minating than In this address to the lead
ing commercial organization of the United
states The reports of the meeting show
that the speech made fine impression and
was roundly applauded