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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-27

David B. Hills friends insist that
there is nothing Objectionable in the
New York Democratic platform. That
is what Bryan complains Of He in
sists that the platform should contain
something displeasing to RepubIieans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-27
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

William Fisher, aged as. died Tuesday
on his farm two miles east of the city Of
consumption The funeral will take place
Thursday afternoon at o'clock in Bethel
cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-27

It seems now that the way to close
the joints is to close them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-27

Mary Waddlington died Tuesday at
Keith's hospital of blood poisoning, con-
tracted some time ago. The funeral will
take place Wednesday afternoon from the
G. NJ. E. church at O'Clock. 1ntermeut
in Topeka cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-27

Lorraine Keele, the 2-year-old daughter
of H. r. Keele, of BIT Locust street, died
Tuesday night of pneumonia She will be
buried Thursday afternoon at p. m. in
the Topeka cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-27

Z vEL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF TEE ASSOCIATED FREss.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-01

The first dolspSof (which we have any
knowledge were found among the treasures
unearthed from the ruins of Babylon They
are small figures !sof terra Gotta and ivory
beautifully carved and must have been
fascinating playthings for the little Assyr-
ian children IL ;
The little girls of Syria had mechanical
dolls. You are surprised, are you not?
Eut they had, and the arms and legs were
moved by pulling, strings very much after
the fashion of Jumping Jacks.
The dolls thee classic Greek children
played with were made of wax and clay
decorated with bright colors. One kind
had movable limbs, and it's clothes were
made to take offIand put on. Every doll
had bed of its own. These dolls repre-
sented gods and heroes, but whatever they
were mea ntto represent, they were dressed
with loving care blythe little Greeks AS
these children married when they were very
young. they played, with their dolls until
just before their wedding day. Then they
made a sacrifice OF all their toys, dolls and
clothes included. They; dedicated them as
pious offering to some deity. If the little
girl died before she was grown up, her
dolls were buried with her, Thus it hap
pens that we haves been able to learn the
kind and fashion of dolls which comforted
these ancient children. All that we now
possess. and which are kept with SO great
care behind glass doors in various mu-
seums, were taken from some tiny tomb
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-01
Measuring the Tree,

From the Chicago Record-Herald.
At one end of the croquet ground stood a
big horse chestnut, and at the other was a
small boy, who even at that distance had
to tilt his heel backward in order to see the
tall trees feathery top. Many and many a
time Teddy had gazed thus wondering at
it's towering height. and wishing he could
measure II with the splendid two-foot rule
that had come In his really" tool chest on
Christmas He had measured nearly every
thing else in and about the house-windows
tables, chairs, sidewalk-and filled several
pages of little red note book with lopsided
figures. But the grea. tree-ah, how could
he measure that?
He noticed that the shadow of the tree
which had barely touched the first stake
when he came out to play, now reached the
middle wicket. Then came wonderful
tt ought. AS the shadow kept on growing
longer, it would some time be equal to the
height of the tree! And the shadow lay on
the ground, where he could measure it!
But how to tell the right time? He puz-
lied over this question for several minutes
Then his face lighted up, and pulling the
precious rule from his pocket, he dropped
on his knees and measured the second GRO
quet stake, and afterward it's shadow which
was still several inches short For nearly
half an hour he waited impatientiy, meas
ur1ng the shadow every few minutes until
at last 1T was exactly the same length as
the stake. Then how the shiny rule leaned
over the grass!
When he reached the horse chestnut.s
MASSIVE trunk Teddy Strengthened up with
a crow of triumph, AMI with trembling fin
gers printed all by itself. on a clean page of
the notebook:
Our Tree. 81 Feat 5 INTcHes."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-01
The Bugaboo.
BY. W. s, 8.

Brave Billy one day, with a whoop and hooray,
Marched yalantly forth in his search for a fray;
All armed with a stick which he fOurished and
waved
In threatening style. while he shouted and raved.
Small children were nearly scared out Of their
clothes;
The cats hid away at the din that arose;
The hens loudly cackled. they and they few,
While bold chanticleer showed his tail feathers
The geese from their puddle with startled cry ram
This terrible monsteri What was tia manf
No, never! No peaceable man ever yet,
So hideous, came with such a noisy threat.
'Ha ha and no, hot" Billy cried with delight
1.-The enemy runs 1 have put him to fight!'
Just then. with slip, Billy stumbled and fell
The geese understood, for they turned short
And saw heir assailant sprawled fat on the
ground.
This changed circumstances The vicious old drake
Now charged with vim that made Billy's heart
quake.
He scrambled upright and he took to his heels.
The drake seemed to hiss. NOW you know how it
feels
With bugaboos after you. Ha, ha, no, no.
1t does our hearts good just to how you CO."
At last Billy said to himself whats the use
To be a poltrcon at the hiss of a goose?"
He stopped; the drake stopped, and then each
went his way
Which curious thing leads the poet to say
It isn't worth while to retreat till you know
Inc cause OF alarm OF the strength OF your foe.
As long as you run from the old bugaboO
The bugaboo surely viii run after you.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-01

south: right hand, east: left hand. west
We learn that in school. DID Won ever On,
to school, turkey buzzardy"
No. never went to school, but should
ike to know what you mean by top. north;
bottom. south Is Ii the top of the nav.
stack you are talking aboutY'
It's the top of the map, of course"
answered Archibald. feeling wise The
bird looked much perplexed. and replied
that IT didn't see where the map came in.
Archibald felt a little less confident. hut
with an attempt to defend his learning. de-
ciared that the map was in the geographv.
and that the way he had said II was right
AT the risk of sliding OF the haystack
the oird hfted one claw sufficiently to
scratch its head, and then slowly re
marked that il had no doubt of arcbf-
baIds learning, but that the directions
didn't seem to fit
See here. turkey buzzard" shouted
Archibald. suddenly. You see that sun.
getting low? Now, that way is west sure
and the other way is east
The bird drew his wing more closely
about Archibald, as If afraid of losing him.
and looked around with wonder at the head
that seemed to hold so much knowledge
Archibald went on:
Now you know which two WAYS not IN
fly. There are only two other ways left
north and south. You try one way awhile.
III IL gets colder that way is north End You
are wrong. Then turn around and fly the
otner way. If 1t gets warmer you are
going south and will soon be home
My friend you are an oracle of wis
dom, said the bird gravely II an,
saved When l get back home I shall GER
tainly return and help you recover your
lost way"
With that the turkey buzzard tapped off
At first Archibald spent his time wonder
ing If the bird had guessed north or
south, and If he should ever see il again
In Few minutes it was lost to view. 50
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-01

insurance decided to give his entire at
ter ton to his sawmill, hoping in this way
to rebuild his broken fortune.
The building of a rude shanty near the
mill was but the work of a few days.
Tables for the cows and oxen, and a house
for the fowls went up with equal rapidity
and roughness. Within two weeks the
family had been transferred from a COM
Portable cottage to mere bungalow. This
last might not have been necessary at all
had not Mr.. Mason-a man of high honor
chosen to surrender his home to his credi-
tors.
The loneliness of the forest weighed so
heavily upon the lad Harry that he re-
manned much in the house with his mother
unwilling to leave her even to go with
jed, the hired man, after logs or to try
the fishing in the Cape Fear He thought
ne would never become accustomed to the
solitude of the wilderness unbroken save
by the occasional buzz of the saw and the
rusty songs of the busy Transfers He
sighed for his former playmates in the
village and fairly hated the forest
Mr Mason loved his son devotedly and
70 MIN this dissatisfaction was more pain
ful than he would ever confess The
mother, too, observed it with sorrow; for
the boy was delicate, and they hoped to
woods
Il despise this lonesome old woods ma
ma, Hairy burst out one June morning.
1 wish every pine in it was burned to the
ground"
er. You should never speak that way
about anything, much less about something
that gives you your daily bread You
should have more appreciation for your
fathers honesty and nobility. He gave I'D
his-our-home to come here because he
owed money Tor the goods that were de-
stroyed by fire. You should be thankful
that you have such a father"
well. don't see why he has to pay for
goods that he never Sold" said Harry,
casting disdainful glance through the
rude paneless window toward the mill "to
work himself to death in that old mill be-
cause the store was accidentally burnt up"
Its his point of honor, my son." the
mother answered calmly. Before 1 mar
ried Jerry Mason people always said he
would do to trust; that he would do the
right thing. If ne died for it. And I'm
proud of MIN, Harry" she ran on, after
a little pause, 'prouder of your father than
I'd be il he hadn't left town 20 come to
the woods"
Harry loved his father, but he couldn't
see things exactly in that light. The lone
illness of his heart had eclipsed its love
ness is an exacting master.
Il hope something will happen 50 we re-
turn to town." he murmured to himself as
he left his mothers presence and went out
toward the mill.
And something did happen-something So
the bitter fruit of his bitter wish. AS his
father was feeding the MILL his hand in
some unaccountable manner came in con-
tact with the saw, and in twinkliny three
fingers were severed.
Harry Witnessed the whole scene and
with scream summoned his mother
The wounded man, with the courage
which had always distinguished his Ifa
and labor, suppressed the groans rushing
to his lips. Pale, but with firm set bps,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-01

piled Archibald. "Come over to my stack.
What kind of bird are you. and how did
you get lost? l never saw so large a bird
as you are
Pm Turkey Buzzard," said the bird.
And with two easy flaps of it's enormous
wings it landed on the top of Archibald S
stack.
Archibald had been taught polite man.
ners, so he bowed, sideways, as well as he
could. considering their crowded position
on the stack, and remarked, I'm delighted
to make your acquaintance"
Just then he came near slipping off the
edge of the stack, but the bird renched out
its wing in time and thus held him on. At
the same time Archibald put one arm as
far as he could reach, about the bird, lest
it might fall off.
Yes. I'm turkey buzzard," the bird
continued, land I lost my way by flying
too far north
why don't you turn around and fly
south?" at once asked Archibald. The
bird answered as quickly:
That's easier said than done. How
would you fly south if you didn't know
which way was south? I'm not going to
make matters worse by flying another flap
until know 1 am headed the right way"
This appeared very good reasoning to
Archibald, who exclaimed: How very for
tunate you are to have met me. 1 know
all the directions. Top. north; bottom,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-01

fast it flew Then Archibald left aIon
began to think of his own plight. Should
he cry again IS he had before or should he
shout for help, or wait patiently with a
nope that the bird really would return.
For long time he could not make up
his mind, but at last he saw a dark speck
in the sky that seemed to move He
watched 1t grow larger, and S On concluded
that 1t was the turkey buzzard returning
His heart bounded with joy.
But the bird seemed changed 1t was as
II an enormous hump had grown upon its
back 1t made Archibald thii.k of a living
snail wits its house upon it's back Imag-
Inc the boys joy to find that the hump
was nothing more than the box kite he
had lost that morning The bird had found
II tangled in the top limbs of a tall tam
arack tree.
guessed wrong" said the turkey buzz
card. The farther 1 went the colder il
grew, so know 1 was going north At
last have found whic- way is south. and
L shall be home in three days. Goodbye"
Goodbye" responded Archibald but
his hopes sank as he saw the bird depart.
Now he had but two things to choose from
to cry or to shout.
Archibald. Oh, Archibald! A-r-chibaldr'
He listened, and the shouting was re-
peated. He knew Inc voice and standing
up he replied with his loudest shout.
Here, papa!'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-01

ne entered the house, and had the bleed
ing member firmly bound up and corded
at the wrist. Then, despite the protest of his
wife, he returned to his post, saying simply
that he had promised to have a certain
bill of lumber sawed by o'clock.
1t was revelation to the boy. Never
before had he seen his fathers superior
mettle SO supremacy tested, and never be-
fore had he seen victory so splendidly won.
There was something heroic in 1t; some-
thing that somehow recalled the Pass at
Thermopylae. and the charge of the Light
Brigade at Balaklava. Harry was almost
won to the wilderness The forest that
held such a man his father began to
occupy a new position in his estimation.
Yet the strong yearning for the old ball
ground and the playmates of the village
claimed still it's high seat in his soul.
When the reaction set in Mr.. Mason
found himself very weak He almost stag
gered home to supper. The meal ended. he
went to bed Next morning he was in a
high fever His condition suddenly became
so serious that the village doctor was sum-
moned. He soon pronounced the trouble
blood poisoning, resulting from the severed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-01
The Master Of the Mill.
BY JOHN ]. DOUGLAS.

A bit of buzzing industry in the heart
of the big woods bordering the yellow
Cape Fear. the mill sawed its way to civ
ilization. The fragrant lumber found pas
sage by RATS down the wide river, thence
by ships to northern and foreign ports.
The mill and he river were like heart and
artery.
Like every other similar industry, the
sawmill became the rendezvous of a varied
and typical life-rough teamsters, shouting
negroes, straining oxen, unkempt children,
wild and free as the forest in which they
lived.
1t was to one of these mills about a
mile from the Cape Fear river, that Jerry
Mason brought his wife and his son Harry,
a bright-eyed. busy-brained youth of four
teen Mr.. Mason had lost his store in the
village by disastrous fire, and having no
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-01
William Learns Something New About
Cats

On the closing day of the fair there were
Angora cats, Belgian hares, canary birds
parrots. white mice and other fancy ami
mails for sale. William was there with his
rather and his grown sister. but he had
cut loose from them and was doing" the
fair in his own way
Among the cats there was one Angora
kitten that took his fancy. He thought of
little Alice at home who had wanted to
come along to the fair, and decided to buy
this kitty for her. 1t was marked 30. so
away he ran to find his father and ask for
the money. All he told father was that he
wanted a half-dollar to buy a surprise
present for Alice.
When he asked for the kitten and held
out the money, the man said:
Why, my boy, that kitten is an Angora
the price is not fifty cents. but fifty dol
lars
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-01
The Pony That Knew Best.

From the Minneapolis Times.
"Jim, dear, think that the pony knows
better than you what to do in this case
said Jimmy's mother.
Jimmy sat on his little Shetland pony
and was kicking his heels into its sides,
trying to force the pony to wade the brook.
But the pony only shook its rough head
and tried to go. across the little rustic
bridge.
"Get up, your said Jimmy, forcing the
pony into the brook The pony snorted
and plunged. The water came up to his
TANKS and then up to it's shoulder The
next minute Jimmy was shouting, 'Ho!
Ho!" with all his might, for the water was
over the pony's back and Jimmy was get
ting very wet with ice-cold fluid.
But the pony would not ''Hov' It
spiashed through the brook. and it was
wet and shivering Jimmy who admitted to
his mother with sobs that she was right
when she said that the pony knew better
than he what to do.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-01
Catching Fish With Telephones.

From the Boston Globe.
A Norwegian has invented a queer way of
finding out where the fish are. A micro
phone, which is can instrument that will
catch and transmit the least little bit of
sound, is lowered into the water from
fishing smack, and a wire from it leads to
a telephone aboard the boat Now. as the
herring. Goldfish and mackerel schools num-
Der thousands and tens of thousands of
fish, their passage through the water nat
urally causes rushing sound, which can be
heard by the fishermen at the telephone,
and thus they are enabled to lower their
nets at the right time and in the right
place
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-01
Archibald and the Turksy Buzzard.
BY PAUL crRARp.


One day Archibald went to the top of the
high hill back of his home to fly his great,
new. box kite. And It flew beautifully. In
deed, it flew with such spirit that after
Archibald had hung on for ten miutes the
string actually drew him along the ground.
He had to run or lose his kite What steps
he could take with the string to help him
an extra hop took him right over it.
How long or how far he ran he could not
tell Nor could he tell where he was when
he at last stumbled trying to jump over "A
haystack. The cord slipped out of his
hand and poor Archibald was left sitting
squarely on top of the haystack. Every
thing around. far as he could see, was
strange. His fine kite was fading speck
In the distance. AS there was nothing else
for him to do he thought he would better
cry:
Oh. me. Oh. my! Boo. hoo,
What shall l ever do?
l Know must be lost because
L do not know the way
When he thought he had cried long
enough he dried his eyes and looked about
him On the next stack sat a great big
Dlrd, larger than any bird Archibald had
ever seen. but it looked very melancholy
archibald thought 1t must feel much worse
IMAM he did himself; so he pitied the bird
ana presently called out to know what was
the matter. The bird answered
Oh me! Oh. my! Boo hoo,
What shall ever dor
l know l must be lost. because
L do not know the way
Just what's the matter with me-" re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-01
1uus1Ne AND MYsr1rY1no.
Games and Tricks Suitable for Boys
and Girls.
From the Boston Herald

N
from the Boston Herald.
An amusing little game for boys and girls,
one which will produce much laughter and
fun. is explained here Let some boy of
the party pretend TO De magician. eiaiH-
ing 10 De able to SHOW each guest any AMI
maj ne or she wisnes TO see. Ihe guests
al save the boy acting the part OF the ma
sciah' are InVited 10 ieave the parior' en-
lerihs an ADJOINING ROOM giri assis.ah'
''"hu' d. the ooor cohhec'ihs the ."o
apartments and calls one person at time
into the parlor, closing the door securely
again. so that the as vet uninitiated may
not see the fate of their fellows
On entering the parlor the bow or girl is
asked by the magician.
What animal do YOU wish most to seee"
The person questioned names some ami
NAL maybe monkey. whereupon the ma
gician says: CLOSE your ewes tightly
please" Then he quickly removes a small
mirror from the inside of his coat and
holding it in front of the subjects closed
eyes, he commands: Behold the monkey"
| or naming the animal of course asked for
| The boy or girl opens his or her eyes to
| gaze at his or her own image, and the laugh
| is INDUCED in at the sold ones expense
Then victim No is allowed to sit down
| and enjoy seeing each guest in turn sold in
| the same ridiculous manner. and as the
crowd of spectators becomes larger the
merriment becomes greater for all the boys
and girls present enjoy most keenly seeing
! their friends turned into animals at the
| pressure Oh the magician.
Ir1ck With Dom1noes.
Put set of dominoes on the table, the
pits up. Mix up the pieces and stand some
| distance away. Then let companion take
| a domino at random Then announce you
| can tell the piece he has taken without see
| ing it. Tell him to mentally double the
| number of spots on the domino's greater
| half. That Is, if he has taken the six-three
| let him double the six. which is -. To
| the total of the greater half of the piece he
| has chosen (known to him aIonel let him
add figure that YOU have taken from one
| to nine at random. Let rs saw Won choose
nine He then adds it to the former sum
six and six are 10 and nine makes 81 Tell
him to multinIv tbe total he has made IN
by :. He Thus obtains 1O6 He alone knows
this sum. he does Ali the onerat tons in his
Now LET him add the smaller half of tho
domino he has drawn. In orr examnIe he
drew the six-three Hence he adds 3, MAX
Now II 10 ,,o,,r 49,, W., ra,,,er,ater 49,.
number YOU gave him to add. 1t was nine,
Multiply by five-five times nine are 49,
Deducting this 10 from lOs you have 63;
a. ~ S9 9 useu ~ ~ uo tneh Is 10 annouhce ,nat
six-three domino
BY this rule YOU will be able to find out
the answer.
Lie "iIcA anu the Saho.
The table being cleared by her assistant
the witch has brought in a basin and A.
c., -.
small oag OF sand. she invites members OF
the audience TO advance TO the table ana
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-01
Doll Land.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.

From the P1ttsburg Dispatch.
Most dolls are born in Thuringia, a prov
ince of Germany. Thuringia is sometimes
called puppet land on this account. Almost
the entire population is employed making
some parts of the dolls, which are sent to
every country in the world except India
The little Hindoos are said to be the only
doll-less children in the world, all coun-
tries having something which the little girl
can rock to sleep and love. That the Amer
lean girls love dolls one has only to read
that last year over sS,0O0, coo worth of doll
les came into this country, and nearly all
of them from Thuringia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-01
WORD PARAILELOGRAM.

In the diagram 2, 3. 4 and 2. g. 10 spell the
same word: also 1, 3, Z. H. Is and 5, 6, Z, 8, O.:
also 4. g. II, 16. 20 and 10. IL, ~. b. 4. etc
A consonant In neigh q Used in fishing
3. Listened. Large plants S. Mortality &
long. narrow piece. Z. Uneven ground 8
Worked. O. To long. 10. Thirsty. II. A conso-
nant in neigh
PRIMAL ACROSTIC.
The first letters of the words defined below speH
the name of a month
l. A fruit. 2 three-leaf plant. 3. To jour.
ney: 4. TIC withstand. 5. To mislead. 8. Whole.
Z. To make resistance.