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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-03

One soft rainy morning the Nasturtium
vine pushed a tiny bud into the open
ing. Barely could she squeeze it
through.
But next morning there was a bit of
a green leaf fluttering in the wind and
waving its pale hand to the jolly sun.
Wait d little!'' sang the little Mas
turtium vines as it thrilled under the
warm kiss OF the first sunbeam that
had ever greeted it. Walt"
The sap pulsed away down through
the long, struggling stem clear to the
hungry roots OF it, and it began to
grow and grow, faster and faster.
And then came the wonder. Oh,
never doubt it, for it is true, quite trues
In the sweet summer light the little
Nasturtium vine pushed at the tiny
crack. and out came the little leaves
at the end of the long yellow stem.
Thicker and larger they grew, and
the stalk gained in sturdiness, till the
growth of it actually forced the board
and the crack grew larger.
Then how the little Nasturtium vine
sang to itself! No longer was it tiny
and frail, but with great broad leaves
in thick clusters. Then came the
swelling buds with their small horns
and a hint of orange.
One September morning, the lady
who lived in the house came out to
smell the sweet air. High above the
coIeaS she saw bursting through a
crack under the flooring a thick rich
crown of blossoms that seemed the col
or of a hundred suns.
The lady caught the little Nastur-
tium vine in her two caressing hands:
then, smiling, she plucked one radiant
blossom and fastened it in her dark
hair; and the heart Of the little Mas
turtium vine throbhed with joy, for it
had rendered a service.
But the old Hop Toad shrugged his
shoulders as he squatted down in the
shadow.
you get for being seen. You get your
head cut off. Nasturtiums are best,
anyway, close to the ground. Gray,
with fine large warts is my idea OF
beauty"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-03

had become hungry and thirsty and
the people decided that something
would have to be done Immediately.
So they all hurried home and got
spades and began to throw dirt into
the well, shouting to the Burgomaster
to keep climbing on it as it piled up.
This kept the Burgomaster pretty
busy and it was uncomfortable IN other
ways, because every little while some
body would drop a whole shovelful of
dirt on his head. But at last the dirt
had so nearly filled the well that the
Bureomaster was able to scramble out.
thing happened to me in PennyviIle.
If it had happened in some other towns
might have been left down there for
ever"
yes. indeed" said all the. people
"WiSe things come so naturally TO US
that we do not appreciate our Won
derfuI cleverness half enough
So when a man from Nickletown ar
rived the next day. they took him
proudly to the place and showed him
But said the man from MCKEE
town. you have ruined your well
now"
esThat is so. said the people.
scratching their heads. But that is
better than losing our Burgonaster,
and we could not get him out any other
way because the rope had fallen into
the well.
yes" said the man from MCKEE
town, "but you could have sent to an
other town for another rope"
well, well,'' said all the people.
ffThat is true enough. The reason we
did not think of it is because we are
too clever to do anything except in a
very clever way
SO they put up a stone wall around
the well, with a tablet on it saying:
'eWarningl If We Had Not Been
Clever Enough to Fill Up This Well It
Would Be Very Dangerous
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-03
WonId Rar tIle women

There ought to be a law compelling
women to pass examination before
they ride on cars" growled the con-
ductor as he gave the three-bell en1er-
gency signal just in time to save wo-
man from being thrown from the car
That's the fourth time this morning
that a woman has suddenly made up
her mind that she wants to get Off
after I've given the go-ahead signal.
Now, if women had to pass some sort
Of examination to prove their common
sense in such things it WOULD be fine
for. us conductors.
HUH snOrted the man on the rear
seat "If they had a fool law like that
there wouldn't be any women on the
cars at aII."-New York Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-03

They would have to camp one night
in the woods, but the settlers wife
furnished them with provisions and
they would suffer no hardship. They
days later they walked into their
fathers cabin, to be received as if
drawn back from the dead. Men were
still searching for them, but it was
generally believed that they had met
their fate in the forest.
I have but a word or two more to
add. The boy whom have called Joe
has been governor Of the state in
which he was lost, and is today fill
ing an office fun of honor, While Dan
is one of the most successful mer-
chants ia a thriving western city.
What / have told you I heard from
the governor himself.
(The End.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-03

The traveller asked the Shaman If
he, being SO good a flyer, would fly =
little so that he could see how It was
done: but the Shaman said that he WAS
very busy that day. Some other day,
he said. he would be pleased to take
the traveller on a trip to the moon.
The next day when the traveller
asked for the Sbaman he was told bv
the Eskimo that ne had gone with an
other Shaman on a visit to the Man
fn-the- Moon to arrange about a plen-
tffui supply of game Tor next season.
The traveller felt very much hurt
that he had not been invited to ac-
company the Shamans on their visit TO
the Moon, but both medi-
cine men took care not to return from
the village
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-03
me Came Of the wicked Thine.

Une OF Inc players EepIes6UIs me
wicked Thing" He hides somewhere
and the other players walk around eau
tfously, singing.
"Iow joyfully we'd play and sing
II there were not a Wicked Thing!
The clock strikes 0nei The clock
strikes tWoi
The Wicked Thing IS watching you.
The clock strikes Three! The clock
strikes Fouri
The Wicked Thing is at the doori"
The Wicked Thing Jumps from its
hiding place the moment the last word
is sung. and II it succeeds in catching
another player, the captured one must
take the part.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-03
THE LITTLE NAsTURTrUol VINE

1t was a little Nasturtium vine that
had come up behind the lattice of the
porch, in the shadow of a bed OF CO
leas. Nobody ever saw it but an old
Hop Toad who came out there of an
evening to catch flies
The Nasturtium vine was small, and
it grew slowly, oh, very slowly, because
the sun could not reach it. and the
old Hop Toad felt sorry for it, and he
used to stop for a friendly chat now
and then
4You'n never amount to anything
he said with the kindest intention in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-03
Easy Games Of Magic.

Take a coin in each hand and then
hold both arms out straight to left and
tight. Now say that you will get both
coins into one hand without changing
the position of your arms in the least.
After everybody is wildly curious to
know how YOU are going to do it, walk
90 a mantelpiece. lay the coin from one
outstretched hand on it. and turn
around and take it up in the other.
Then tell another person that you
have hypnotized him so that he is IN
able to take off his coat alone. He will
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-03

clean, Charming Stories for Youths
and 'sGroWn- Ups. ,

take it off Immediately. OF course. to
prove that you are wrong. but the mos
ment he starts You take off your coat
also. and thus you prove to him that
he couldn't take off his coat alone.
Then you announce that you will
show the guests something that no hu-
man being ever saw before, and that
no human eye will ever see again. You
crack a nut, show the kernel, and say,
mo human being ever saw that be-
fore" Then you pop it into your
mouth and say. And no human being
VIII ever see it again.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-03

told him that they could not do this,
because he had the rope with him at
the bottom of the we'll. The school
master said that he would run home
and consult his books to see what could
be done to get the Burgomaster up.
but after he had spent the greater
part of the day over it he reported
sadly that there was nothing in any
book about what to do with a Burgo-
master at the bottom of a well.
In the meantime the Burgomaster
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-03

st took out life insurance in order to
put something by for rainy day"
eyes" answered the cynical citizen who
has been following the life insurance in
vestigation, "but you know how little
conscience some people have about an
other mans umbrella" - Washington
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-03
THE ESKIMO MooN-TRAvE1Ess.

The Malemut Eskimo who live far
in the north on the bleak shores of
Kotzebue Sound, talk a great deal
about the Man-in-t fe-Moon, with
Whom the1rShanans, or medicine m en-,
pretend to be on very. good terms.
In thef1aoou, say the Shamans there
are all kinds of animals. When game
is scarce the Shamans disappear over
the hills for a while, and when they
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-03
VTOLTNS

BY italian and German makers, $5.00.
to $500. Bows, cases, strings, and
all violin accessories, newly imported.
Artistic repairing.
WILLEBALD c. STENGER.
Maker OF Fine ViOiins.
3rd Floor. 706 Kan. ave-, Topeka, Kass
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-03

dry was that there was no water in it.
II do not suppose that we can do
anything about it except to pour some
water into it, said he. $50 you would
better haul me up again
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-03

The silver lining theory has kent
many a fellow under & cloud.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-12

/ remember right they found fresh
pork in yo'r clients house,
They found meat there. of co'se but
was 1t the meat of that yere nawg or
some other? They never stopped to
consider. kurnel-never stopped to On
sider-but throwed the verdict agfn
me in order to crush me out. Same
way In the second case and the third
and 10th. No matter how many wit
nesses I had or how plain | made my
case, no Pike county jury would find
for me. How many times have 20
got to flop q young man. Kurnei Har-
per. to kill OF his ambition and take
the fight out Of him.
Bout TO times, / reckon"
"Jest about TO times. kurnel. After
that fo.th flop / realized that Pike coun-
ty was agin me as a lawyer, and l
went into politics. There I was topped
agin- / took to the lecture platform,
and how many times did I lecture?
Jest once. kurnel. Then came the flop.
1t has been flop. flop. Top right along,
no matter what I've turned to, and
how much longer do yo' think I can
stand it?'
But yo' won't have to go to work,
will yo', AbeT' queried the colonel,
with q tinge of sarcasm In his voice.
Never in this world, kurnel: never
In this world. That's what Pike DUN
ty wants to drive me into, but she shall
neve succeed. I've got ideas, sub;
ideas. I've a scheme for putting mo-
water in whisky and thus doubling pro-
duction. I've invented a BARI with
fo' bungholes instead of two. I've got
a horseshoe with a spring to it to help
start the horse off. I've got a scheme
to do away with all doorknobs and
ave $30,OOO,OOO a year. I've got q
scheme to make all forks with two
tines only and thus save every house
hold $40 a year. I've got fo'ty different
good things to- work On, Kurnel Harper,
and I'm telling yo' I'll yet see the day
| can buy and sell this crowd that's
trying to keep me down. I'll do it for
shore, kurnel; do it for shore"
II reckon yo' win, A~be-leastwise
l never saw yo' sc stirred up befo'.
What yo' got in yo'r throat to make
yo' gasp and gurgle that wayy
"Can't you Understand, kurnel?'
mot skassly. Haven't swallowed
one of these pesky boss flies, have yo'"
mo, it's not boss flies. It's half an
hour over my regular time, kurnel, and
I've got a thirst to ne. No, / don't
mind stepping around with yo' for a.
nip, being yo' are a man who don't like
to nip alone and have had hes goodness
to ask me. Jest lead the way, kurnel,
as If I sort Of overlook yo' by aecident,
yoF know" NJ. QUAD.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-12
Some Pike
County Doings
Abe Shorter Tells Colonel Harper
About His Many Chances to Climb
the Ladder Of Fame.

UT was a hot day, and Abe Shorter
sat on a chair under the awning
of SINNERS grocery, with his feet
on the head of q barrel and his
head nodding with drowsiness. Colonel
Harper, who had come into town and
left his mule hitched In front of the
postoffice, came along on his way to
the drug store and halted to say:
THAT yo', Abe? 1 declar' to good
ness but / didn't know yo' at first
sight. Powerful hot day in town."
BLESS me-, kurnel; bless me" ex-
claimed Abe In reply as he slowly low
cred his legs to give the colonel the
benefit of the barrel. 81 was jest
a-thinking about yo', kurnei jest
a-thinking and a-pondering. How's
con a-gitting on this weather.
Ought to be a little mo- rain meb-
be, but con isn't looking tall bad"
"And nevis hold their own. I reckon
to consider?"
"Jest about hold their own, Abe; jest
about"
That's good, kurnel. If l can't hold
my own I'm still glad to see other
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-12
Mark Tveain's Views on the Peace

Mark Twain's Views on the Peace.
Russia was on the high road TO
emancipation from an insane and in
tolerable slavery. I was hoping there
would be no peace until Russian lib
erty was safe. I think that this was
"a holy wal in the best and noblest
sense of that abused term and that no
war was ever charged with a higher
mission. | think there a. be nc doubt
that that mission is now defeated and
Russia's chains rivited. this time to
stay. I think the car will now with
draw the small humanities that lave
been forced from him and resume his
uaodiaeval barbarisms with a relieved
spirit and an Unreasonable joy. l
think Russian liberty has had its last
chance, and has lost it. | think moth
ing has been gained by the peace shat
is remotely comparable to what has
been sacrificed by it. One more bat
tie would have abolished the waiting
claims of billions upon billions of IN
born Russians and I wish it could have
been fought. I hope I am mistaken,
yet in all sincerity I believe that this
peace is entitled to rank as the most
conspicuous disaster in political his
tory"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-12

"A cold or cough nearly always pro-
duces constipation-the water all runs
% the eyes, nos and throat instead
of passing out of the system through
the liver and kidney. For the want
of moisture the bowels become dry AID
hard. Kennedy's Laxative Honey
and Tar is the original Laxative Cough
Syrup. It meets and corrects the above
conditions, by acting as a pleasant ca
thartie on the bcwels-expels all colds
from the system and cures all coughs,
Group, whooping cough, LaGrippe,
bronchitis. etc. r. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-12
FAYETTEVILLE NEWS LETTER
The City's Passenger Train Service.
New Industry observation-disclosures
Creek Building ard Loan Associa-
tien.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Especial to The Messenger.)
Fayetteville, September 5.-There
are four night trains arriving at a1d
departing from the passenger station
in this city in the space of 3:15 ain
utes-al. fast trains, and they come
whizzing. The first is the northboLnd
Fayetteville and Sumter Shoe Fly
arriving at $40 o'clock p. M; the Sec
ond the northbound Atlantic Coast
Line fast passenger at 1910; the third
the southbound Richmond and Fay
~etteville "Shoo Fly" at 11:00; The
fourth the ~southbound Atlantic Coast
Line fast passenger at 100 o'clock. a.
m.
There are twelve strictly mail, *
press, and passenger trains arriving
and leaving here in 20 hours ami 80
minutes: First the southbound Fay
etteyille and Sumter "Shoo Fly" leav-
ing at 4:30 o'clock, a. M; the north
bound Richmond and Fayettev: le
"Shoo Fly" at 600 a. m, the Bennetts-
vile and Maxton at 11:20 a. m, The
w~estbound Atlantic and Yadkin Valley
at 1920 D. M; the northbound At1an-
tic Coast Line at 4:50; the ~eastbouui
Atlantic and Yadkin at 4:55; the Ben
nettsville and Maxton at 500; then
the four night trains already mention
ed. Besides those connection is made
at Hope Mills with the double daily
passenger service over the Aberdeen
and Rockfsh railroad This is a very
good showing for F~ayetteville's in
coming and outgoing travel daily, and
in six months will be added to it the
trains we the Raleigh and Southport.
destined to be of Importance to the
business of this city.
Mr.. II. r. Horne, a prominent bus
mess man, and chairman of the board
of public works, has been spending a
few days in Tarboro, looking over It's
municipal utilities, with a view 20
giving some practical suggestions in
street lighting electric plant, etc.
The first series of the stock of the
new Cross Creek Buildin and Loan
association closed Saturday evening,
with gratifying results, there having
been about 1000 shares taken.
The report of the grand jury, Mr.
H. J. McBine. foreman. at last weeks
superior court, presents a very. good
showing of the competency of the Off
GERS of the county and their care Of
public property.
The outlook seems to be excellent
for the Kelly ~Suspender Company,
which has been operating at Carthage,
Moore county, but which has been in
duced to move it's plant to this city,
where it will have enlarged capacity.
Some Of the prominent Fayetteville
business men have become stockhold-
ers. and the reorganization of the COM
Dany resulted in the election Of The
following officers: F. Fl. Cotton, pres
ident; G. J. Cooper, vice president; j.
H. Judd, secretary and treasurer; E.
V. Kelly, general manager.
Two sections, drawing "a cars, arriv-
ed at noon yesterday from Whining
ton, bringing 1,2O0 or 1,4O0 labor day
excursionists, the great majority Of
whom were colored. The sections did
not leave for Wilmington until mid
night, and a large meeting Of colored
people was held in the armory.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-12

1t is easy 10 relieve a cough or cure
a cold after a copius evacuation or
the bowels. kennedy's Laxative Honey
and Tar is the Original Laxative
Cough Syrup. 1t acts on the bowels
-expels all Geld from the system.
and cures coughs by removing the
u This remedy clears the phiegm
and strengthens the mem
branes of the throat, chest, lungs AMI
bronchial tubes. The honey bee and
the red clover blossom is on every bot
tie of Kennedy's Laxative Honey and
Tar. the Original Laxative Cough
Syrup. r. r.. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-12
Like Finding MOm,r

Finding health is like finding money
think those who are sick. When
you have a cough, cold, sore throat, or
chest irritation, better act promptly
like W. C. Barber, of Sandy Level, Va.
He says: II had a terrible chest
trouble, caused by smoke and coal dust
on my lungs: but, after finding no re-
lief i'm other remedies. | was cured by
DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption, Coughs and Colds Great
est sale of any cough or lung medicine
i'm the world. At r. r. Bellamy's drug
store: SOC and S1.O0: guaranteed. Trial
bottle free.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-12
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
s' sssss sss Of ZH&zzM

Our Rock Hill correspondent speak
ing Of the administering CT the oath OIL
office TO Mayor Roddev mentions That
he swcre TO not having III a
duel since 1891 and would not while
mavor of the CITY," That appears to
he a strange clause to insert in the
oath of a m:Lvor and we doubt IL it is
REQUIRED of mayor in n other state.
It may have been needed at some pre-
yious time in The history of South Car
DINA. but it is not needed now. for
times have changed in the history OF
that state. 1t is not the style these
DAYS to give the other man a chance
Charlotte Chronicle.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-12
Are You Eeraecd1

Engaged people should remember.
that. after marriage. many quarrels
can be avoided, By keeping their diges-
lions in good condition with Electric
BItters- s. l. Brown. Of Bennettsyille,
s. C., says: For years. my wife suffer
ed intensely from dyspepsia, compli-
Gated with n torpid liver. until she lost
her strength and yigor. and became a
mere wreck of her former self. Then
she tried Electric Bitters, which help
ed he at ono and finally made her en-
tirely well. She Is now strong and
healthy" r.. r. Bellamy, druggist,
sells them, at soc a bottle.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-12

If you ever took DeWitt's Little
Early Risers for biliousness or cousti-
patton you Know what pill pleasure is
These famous little pills cleanse the
liver and rid the system Of all bile
without producing unpleasant efee+s
Sold by r. R. Bellamy.