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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-18
WIN It spoiI His Angelic Disposition?

Do you think that he will get up on
stills and look over the rest of us?
Sure not. Will the worries and cares of
the position ruin his angelic disposition
and cause him to say, when approach
ed, "Gwan, Roughneck, can't you see
LIN busy?" No. There will be no
nerve wracking worries connected with
T. A. McNeal as long as the health of
his family is good. At any time you
may approach him with safety, and he
Will lay down the printers stick for
get the intricate brief he is setting,
and tell you a funny story. Incidentally,
if there are any other bundles of care
in the way of good jobs laying around,
he will cheerfully assume the burden
and add them to his collection. Mr.. Nc
Neal has waited long and patiently,
and now he is Getting His.
Among the new members OF the
house there is not one who can beat J.
w. Creech of Dickinson for disting
uished appearance. This wealthy and
prominent representative has the air of
one accustomed to the grandeur Of
European courts. His attire and de-
pertinent are faultless. Dignity and
honor are suggested even by the set
of his broad shoulders. At home he is
a contractor, but for the present he is
dignified member of the legislative
body He has a seat next to Mr.. Far
ris of Sumner, and the pair may often
be seen in dignified discussion of a bill.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-18

st. Paul. Jan. 1S.-Both houses of
the legislature voted separately today
for Moses Clapp for United States SEN
ator to succeed himself. In the senate
ocratic votes for Mayor Smith of ST.
Paul In the house Clapp received
II votes, Smith and Speaker
Clague1.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-18

time to look one up. to just slap Old
Glory on the package Of whatever it
is, and let it go at that.
Senator Stewart can get all the lobby
lists he wants on the flag proposition.
Representative Davidson desires to
limit the hunting stories told by the
noisy nimrods who go out with guns
and come back with large yarns. His
bill provides that no hunter shall Kill
more than Is prairie chickens or 20
quail in one day. If he can secure the
passage of this bill it viii not have any
serious tendency to stop the slaughter
of birds, but it will put the kibosh on
the ''whopper'' habit so universal with
hunters After the publishing of the
bill he will be relieved from the neces-
sity of hearing some amateur declare
that he killed "a quail at one shot.
Senator smith, of Edwards, has intro
duced bill which provides for an in
crease of salary for the supreme coul [
Judges. This is taken by some to mean
that, perchance the honor is ever thrust
upon him, the gentleman from Edwards
and IL other counties would like to have
it amount to something.
A few state employees flew in last ev-
ening, Notwithstanding the orders is
sued by Car Hoch, who told them that
they must not monkey with the legisla-
ture It seems that some employees
came who hadn't thought of it before
receiving the royal ukase. It is feared
that the advertisements issued in the
Hoch campaign are liable to fall short.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-18

Harrisburg, Pa, Jan. 1S.-The two
branches of the Pennsylvania legis-
lature ballotted separately for United
States senator. Philander c. Knox
who was appointed by Governor Pen
nypacker to succeed the late NJ. S.
Quay received the unanimous vote of
the Republicans. The Democratic
minority cast their ballots for State
Senator Hall.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-18

Lansing. Mich, Jan. 1s.-The two
houses of the state legislature in
Joint session cast their unanimous bal
lots for julius Caesar Burrows to a
third term in the United States senate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-18

DR.. Farris is a second timer. and is
considered a prime factor
Aside from being a representative he
is a physician and an owner of good
horses. Down at his home in Conway
Springs he keeps a string of horse
meat which he and other consider
first class.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-18
SUTHERLAND SUCCEEDS KERNs.
Other Senators Selected in Various
States Of the Union.

Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan. 1s.=For-
mer Congressman George Sutherland
has been elected United States Senator
to succeed Thomas Kerns, receiving
the full Republican vote in both
houses of the legislature, voting sep
arately. William H. King, former
congressman, received the six Dem
ocratic votes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-18
ALL CLASSES
ARE SUBJECT
TO CATARRH.

The soldier as wei as the civilian
finds 1t frequently necessary to use
Peruna on account of coughs and
colds.
No ono is exempt The strong and
healthy are less liable than the weak
ard i'll. but none entirely escape.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-18

If taken this month. keeps you well all
summer Tt makes the little ones eat
sleep and grow. A spring tonic for the
whole family. HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain
Iea $ cents Tea or Tablets. Ga.tIin
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-18

ton of this judge attempting to control
this, the grand Inquest OF the nation, in
dealing with a member of that judi
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-18
IN FIELD OR BARRACKS
PE-RU-NA IS EFFlCACIOUS.

The constant exposure to the ele-
nents experienced in an outdoor life
is not so apt to cause coughs and
colds as sedentary habits.
Those who are brought face to face
with the weather every day in active
life are much less liable to catarrhal
diseases than those who are housed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-18

up in lily venti-
lated rooms. And
yet both of these
classes are more
or less subject to
catarrh and ca
tarrhal diseases.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-18

Cure the cough and save the life''
Dr. Woods Norway Pine Syrup cures
coughs and colds, down to the very verge
Of Consumption.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-11-23
Makart the silent.

A good story is told by the writer Of
some "Recollections Of Hans Makart,"
the distinguished Viennese painter,
whose remarkable picture Charles V.
Entering Antwerp In Triumph" OBJ
tanned the first prize at the Paris In
ternatiOnal exhibition of 1878.
Makart was even more taciturn than
Won Moltke and had passion for
chess. An Englishman who desired to
get on friendly terms with the artist
was told that the best way to do so
would be 10 play chess with him at
the cafe to which he resorted nightly.
Watching his opportunity, the English
man. when Makart's opponent rose,
slipped into his chair
The painter signed to him to play,
and the game began and went on, with
no other sound than the moving OF the
pieces. At last the Engllshman made
the winning move and exclaimed:
Mate"
Up rose Makart in disgust and stalked
out saying ansrily TO a friend who
asked why he left so early:
~"Oh, l can't stand playing with a
chatterbox"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-11-23
AN EFFECTIVE BAIT.


A registered letter is mighty effective
bait. The Seyenty-cighth street wO-
man nibbled at the first throw.
"Of course it is for me-" she said
THAT is my name ami that was my
address before / moved here"
Yes, that part Of It's all right" the
postman admitted, but it says 'es-
quire.' You're not esquire"
NO" sighed the woman, but I'm
sure
"Of course YOU are sure" he put In,
but ] can't leave the letter. This Is a
registered letter, and we have to be
very careful Of registered mail The
best can do is TO give you the name
and address of the writer Then you
can make inquiry and ask to have the
letter addressed properly"
The woman eyed the prosperous look
ing missiye yearungiy, but since the
compromise offered was the best bar
gain obtainab!e she accepted 1t. The
situation was pu"Zlug The name Of
her bcu2factOr was totally unknown.
Fortunately he was situated In a down
town Office building so Immediately
after luncheon she attempted to eluci-
date the mystery Of the registered let
ter once inside the office she recog.
ntzed her cores oI3cnt as the man
agcr Of Il concern to which she had
owed 50 for typowriting supplies for
the last six months she mentioned
the letter; the man produced a bill.
ut was a copy Of this" he said.
You had moyed-we could not find
you-mere oversight on your part of
course-still. in c.Ir. t. keep our &C.
counts square-you Undc~stand"-
The woman was 50 mad she wasn't
sure whether she understood or not,
| but she paid the bill. When she had
gone the manager treated himself to a
| fresh cigar
"Rcgisterel letters" he said. are
the best detectives going when the
person you are after moves frequently
and is guilty of no greater crime than
| shirking little bill. An ordinary let
ter, even though forwarded to tbs
! proper address, may elicit no reply,
but very few people can withstand
the appeal Of a registered letter. To
bring results 1t must, of course, be
improperly directed, SO that the ad-
dressee cannot receive it. In that case
It either arouses sufficient curiosity
to bring the delinquent down here to
Investigate or IS returned with the
proper address marked on the envel-
ope. In either event we get on the
track of the debtor and are pretty sure
to collect the money"--New York
Press.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-11-23
A Fetching Echo.

Tact often goes a great way In
case" said a lawyer. Il know man
who defended an old fellow charged
with stealing an armful of wood.
The judge was very deaf and had a
habit Of talking to himself Sometimes
unconsciously he talked TO. himself in a
pretty loud tone.
Now, in this case when the prosecu-
tor took the stand and identified his
stolen wood with great positiveness the
judge asked himself in a louder key
than he was aware OF:
How can he identify this wood
when one sticks as much like another
stick as one egg like anotherT
The tactful lawyer for the defense
rose Immediately.
"'Your honor, be exclaimed passion
ately, how can this witness identify
his wood so positively when one stick
is as much like another stick as one
egg IS like another
The judge turned to the jury, with
great start
Gentlemen he said, you will ac-
quit the prisoner. That very thought
dashed through my head not a moment
before the words were spoken by the
learned counsel for the defense. Yes,
you will acquit the prisoner, gentle
men. | consider this Il direct interposi-
ton OF Providence " - Minneapolis
Journal
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-11-23
A PuazIcr For the Congregation

Perhaps one of the best stories told
concerning the unconscious humor OF
parish clerks is the following, which Is
taken from Dean Pigou's reminis-
cences, entitled, Phases of My Life"
certain clergyman served two
churches, and the following notices
were given ont one Sunday by the
parish clerk in broad Yorkshire:
81 bag to give notice that there will
be no sarvice in this ere church on
Soonday next, as oor vicar will be
preaching to all eternity alternately
in toother church. The second notice
| have to give is that there will be no
Sarvice in t'other church Soonday next.
as oor vicar will be a-hshing (Officiat-
ing, IN this ere church. And the third
and last notice | have to give Is that
there win be a meeting of the parish
iorcrs tomorrow evening TO take into
serious .d"Tation what color we
shall whitcwash the national schools"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-11-23

Visiting Stratford- recently,
writes a correspondent, | met with the
following legend, which may or may
not be based ON fact. 1t was told to
me by a man whose father had lived
ninety years, having had the story
handed down from his great-grandfa-
ther, who had lived 104 years. The
story was as follows: AT the grammar
school at Stratford-on-Avon, which
Shakespeare attended, a dog named
Fidler was a great favorite with the
boys. But in the course of time the
dog grew so old and decrepit that the
head master, who was a clergyman, Or
dered his clerk to hang the dog.
Upon this becoming known in the
school one of the boys chalked on one
Of the outer office doors the following
lines:
Now that poor Fidler has grown so old
He can no longer bark
He IS condemned by the parson
To be hung by the clerk.
demanded that the boy who had writ
ten them should hold up his hand, and
William Shakespeare did SO. The 9th
er boys were dismissed and left
Shakespeare, as they thought, to have
a good "whacking." But instead Of
this the head master gave him shil-
lingS and promised him that Fidler
should die Il natural death-London
Chronicle.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-11-23

would take the place in the bank. He
would work, slave, force success. And
he would tell dad-dear old dad-that
to be a plain, everyday American citi-
zen was good enough for him. And
then perhaps some day His face
fairly glorifed by its new radiance; he
turned to the girl beside him.
How good you have beenY he ex-
claimed ardently. How can | ever
thank you? ! shall start at once.
There is 4 steamer leaving Cherbourg
tomorrow And-and if you see Ruth
faltering
Il shall tell her that she will see you
In New York promised the girl.
"Goodby, then" as their hands met in
a farewell clasp. "Goodby. And-I am
glad"
But as she watched the tall figure
cross the wide room, the bored look
now quite gone from face and bearing,
the girls smile faded, a sudden wist-
fulness shadowed her sweet eyes,
while her lips quivered.
"And- and | thought that he really
cared for me-" she grieved. All"
with sudden expectancy, lis he going
to turn? No? VIII he not even wave
a goodby?"
But Leighton was already headed
for the steamship office.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-11-23
Candid CrftictrY2-

Scribe (to professorD-Do yoG mean
TO say that you can infer a mans char
acter from his handwriting? Well.
then, what do you think of this?
QIands him a specimen)
PrOfessor-The writer Is a man Of
some ability, but altogether destitute
of moral sense. If not a downright
villain he must be a very INSCRIPTIONS
fellow and not to be trusted on any
account whatever. | can read his
character at glance, though not his
characters.
Scribe-How 50?
Professor-His writing is so illegible
that ! can't decipher it. A man who
won't take the trouble to write legl
bic hand must be so utterly regardless
Of the trouble he gives to every body
who has to make his scrawl out, so
viciOusly inconsiderate that he would
not stick at committing any atrocity
which it would cost him the slightest
eXertiOn to refrain from. | judge him
to be a rogue. a swindler and a thief,
capable of anything but forgery.
Whose is this disgraceful scribble?
SCribe-W Well-a-t to tell you the truth,
q fact, It's mine!
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-11-23
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Be a gentleman, and some people
will not appreciate you.
Defeat is often n good thing, as 1t
shows a man how little he amounts to-,
If you want to enjoy the society Of
people never become intimate with
them.
Rich men are hated and this Is the
reason: We poor people are In the
majority.
The house is too noisy for comfort
with child in 1t and too lonesome
for comfort when the child leaves. And
there yOu are.
Every house owner should ask him
self this question tomorrow, "Is my
house nuisance in the nelghborhoodf =
Look yourself over.
AS man gets older he finds that
the path from the cradle to the grave
Is not near so long as 1t was from
soup to dessert when he was child
Atchison Globe.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-11-23
THE COUNTY FAIR.
Were You Ever Il Principal In nj
Incident Like This.

Incident Like This:
\ face in the crowd will, as it were
sting your memory II ought to know
Uiat man" says you to yourself "Now,
who the mischief is he? Barker? No,
'usn't Barker. Barkdull? No. Funny
| can't think Of his name Begins with
'B,' I'm pretty certain" And you trail
along after him, as if you were a de-
tectiyc, sort of keeping out of sight,
Ind yet every once in awhile getting a
TDOd look at him. "Mmmmmm" says
YOU. what is that fellows name?
Why, sure, McConica,' and you walk
up to him ana stick out your hand
while he's gassing with somebody and
there's that smile on your face that
says, Il know you, but you don't know
me- and he takes il in a limp sort Of
fashion and starts to say, You have
the advantage Of when, all OF a
sudden, he grabs your hand as If he
were going ID jerk your arm out Of its
sor.."t ANA beat You over the head with
The bloody end and shouts out: WHY,
hello, Billy. Well. suffering Cyrus, and
I'll hands around. Hold still a second
and let me look at you. Gosh darn
your hide where you been for so longf
| thought you'd clean evaporated off
tie face Of the earth. Why, how air
you? IIow's everything? That's good.
Let Inc make you acquainted with my
wife. Molly, this is Mr."-but she says:
"NoW don't you tell me what his name
IS. Let NO think. Why, Willie Smith!
Wen, Of all things. Why, how you've
changed "'-EUg"ne Wood in McClure's.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-11-23
A Wonderful Mefhory.

Magliabecci had a memory so ex-
traordinary that It seemed to dwarf all
his other mental faculties. He read all
ancient and modern languages that
had a literature and was familiar with
the title and contents of every known
book. He once said that he could re-
peat the titles of over 100000 books
written in many languages on a diver
slty of subjects. His whole life was
given to study. He commonly remain
ed at work all night. and when nature
could endure no more he lay down
wherever be CHANGED to be, and with
the floor for couch, book for a Pill
low and covered with an old tattered
cloak he would sleep for Il few hours,
then rise and 80 to work again. He
literally knew everything that was
worth knowing in his time but pro-
duced nothing OF his own
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-11-23
THE MORNING BATH.
Conditions Under Which 1t Should
Not he Taken Cold.

Cold baths in the morning are un
doubtedly beneficial, but only to those
persons who have sufficient vital ener-
gy and nervous force to insure good
reaction ;-!th no subsequent languor or
ias1itU q. Many persons who are great
~ refrc he'd hy their morning bath feel
tired CT languid two or three hours al
e. it, When this occurs it Is concfusis.
evidence that the practice is harmf
Persons who have an abundance of
blood and flesh, who are lymphatic or
sluggish in temperament and whose
nervous force is not depleted, can take
cJid morning bath to advantage.
Others who are inclined to be thin,
whose EIE.,s ana feet become cold and
clammy on slight provocation, who di-
gcst food slowly and assimilate 1t with
difficulty, who are nervous and who
early morning cold bathing For such
the bath before retiring at night Is rec
Omhended, as It should be followed by
rest Of brain and body till equable con-
ditionS of circulation are re-esta ablished.
Some persons who are weak In nerve
power have such eXCitable nerves that
they get at once a perfect reaction
from cold bathing, but lose In after eff
fects more than the value of the bath.
This class of individuals should not
battle too often and should always use
tepid water, choosing the time prefer
ably before retiring
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-11-23
MASTERS OF CARVING.
Our Ancestors Had n Vocabulary We
Have Quite Forgotten.


Have Quite Forgotten.
What do we moderus know about
carving? say that carve pheasant
when | divide it into two more or less
equal portions. Not so our ancestors.
Carving is an art. Let me quote from
an old book on carving some Of the
terms of that art:
Remember that there were carving
masters in those days, professors Of
the art. They were itinerants. They
did not keep school. They went from
house to house and taught the ladies'.
AS for their social position, l have
not ascertained 1t. Probably they
were classed with the itinerant por-
trait painter. Certainly they did not
sit at table with the gentlefolk.
fear that their place was the kitchen
and that Lady Mary took her lessons
In that room surrounded by the admir-
Ing maids.
But the only thing she Carved" was
mutton or beef. You had to break a
deer, rear a goose, lift a swan, sauce
capon, spoil hen, frush a chicken,
unbrace mallard, unlace a cony, dis
mount a heron, display crane, dis
figure peacock, unjoint a bittern, un-
tack a curlew, alaye a pheasant, wing
a partridge or a quail, mince plover,
thigh pigeon or any other small bird
and border game pie"
And the acquisition Of these terms
was only the beginning Of knowledge.
London Queen.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-11-23
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An IIeI,i,Hnf story.

A queer elephant yarn is told in the
Japan Chronicle by the captain of a
trading steamer. On one occasion he
had on board cargo of forty ele-
plants The ship was at ANCHOR in a
calm sea, but began to roll violently.
The captain investigated and learned
that the elephants had in some way
found that by swaying to and fro all
together rocking motion was produc
ed that seemed to please them i'm
mensely. SO the great heads and bodies
rolled and swung in unison until the
steamer, which had no other cargo and
rode light, was in imminent danger
Of rolling clean over. The attendants
were hurried down into the hold and,
after a great deal of shouting and
humping. managed to stop their dan
gerous amusement. Jules Verne tells
as a fiction Of the sinking Of a ship
in that way, and the question Is, Has
some one in Japan been reading Verne
or was the noveliSt's fancy justified by
a real experienced
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-11-23
OLD INDIAN PIPES.
Each Feather In Stem Represented
Enemy sIain.

1t need scarcely be told that in the
pipes of long ago each feather append
ed TO the stem represented an enemy
slain. If one doubted the record Of
| the war eagle feathers, the warrior
then showed the scalps of the enemy,
which We're kept as sort Of a sacred
proof of his word. Such pipes were
used only on occasions Of peace and
| war. Speaking roughly, the best pipes
| Of eastern tribes were in nodded clay,
the best of the western tribes in slate
pipe stone taken from the famous quar-
ry west of the Mississippi. Before the
| great buffalo and antelope hunts, when
herds Of game were driven into pound
| or an iuclOSed area of snares, it was
customary for the Indians to whiff the
| incense of Precipitation to the spirits of
the animals about to be slain, explain
| ing that only the desire for food com
| PEELED the Indian to kill and that the
hunt was the will of the Master of Life,
or Master of the Roaring Winds" who
would compensate the animals in the
next world. The pipes used for this
ceremony usually show the figure of a
man in conference with the figure Of
an animal Others show the figures Of
Indians with locked hands. This typi-
| fies q vow of friendship TO be termi-
mated only by death. 1t was usually
| between men, but sometimes between
a man and a woman, In which case the
| platonic bond not only precluded, but
| forbade, the very possibility of mar
riage. After that who shall say that
the stolid Indian has no vein of senti-
ment in his nature?
One Of the most curious pipes | have
seen | bought from a Cree on a reser-
vation east of the refugee Sioux. 1t Is
| In the shape of war hatchet, OF a
! metal which | do not know, though |
suspect It is galena mixed with clay,
| the edge being sharp enough, but the
back Of the ak being bowl and the
| handle a pipe stem. The odd lines In
| Indian carvings and woven work are
not without meaning. Fighting Mistah
| could read q legend where we saw
nothing but bizarre markings. There
were the circular lines, hollow down,
meaning clouds; the cross, meaning the
coming Of the priest; the tree, a type
of peace with its branches overshad-
owing the nations; the wavy line, sig
nifying water; the arrow, war. The
ordinary Indian can read a tribal song
or chronicle from obscure drawings on
the face of rock or crazy cOlored
work on a scraped buffalo skin.-Out'
| ing