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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-22
MACHINE SHOPS



wANTED-Every one to order their cider
frora Tyashb1lrn's cider works. delivered
frsah Non. We'd, Fri. and Sat at zoe per
gallon. Ind. tel, co.
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srNpEgSTAKrIs~

srNnEssST NKEcIS~
GEO. 3. PALMER, funeral director & eu-
balmer, estab. 1871 first class services req
sonabIe prices. 81 Jackson. Both phones 49,
L II PEEWELLs. funeral director AMI
eFnbalgner. First class service. reasoua
bic prices. 51l Quincy St Both phones ID
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ELIAS WHITEHEAD ESTATE FOR
SALE.

SALE.
Farms, city property and small tracts
Is acres. S room house. 1 block of car
line one of the incest places in the city
$500.
10 acres, room house, 1 block of car
line, all tillable, minutes ride to town,
$3.50.
All kinds of farms for sale or trade.
Can get you a tract for anything you
have. Small tracts from 1 acre up,
H. acres, 4 room house.
room house, ~ acres.
6 room house, 9 lots
room house, lots. 81, 100.
room house, lots, $1,000
Farm to trade for city property; grocery
stock to trade.
Jefferson county farms for sale or trade.
Eighty acres, 40 acres, 100 acres, 165 acres,
go acres. About 100 Of such farms as these
-6 sections in kearney county, Kansas;
81. 70 per acre; :, 200 acres Stevens CO., we'll
improved. The above farms range from
500 up.
good alfalfa farm, large barn; wants to
sell.
16os and SOS close to Topeka. Properties
of all kinds. hotels. See business building
on ave, $4,000.
Come. and see me. I will help you and
Ind Tel 1884.
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FREE IslsPRNsAhY.

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TOPEKA FREE D1sPENsARY. soutn-
east corner 18th and Tyler sts.s from
to 2 D. m. except Sondays- Conducted ~
regular practicing physicians for the
benefit o. persons without means Wn0
tents are assured Of careful and censte~
crate treatment. Medicine furnishes In
most cases.
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DR.. EAST iats stzG state insane
Asylum. Aental and nervous 9laaase1. e1
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ao tvHoAg ID aEAY coNcERN

10 WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN-Be it
known that my application is now on file
in the office Of the probate court Of Shaw
nee county. Kansas, asking for a permit to
sell intoxicating liquors according to law,
ate 388 Kansas ave, in the Second ward of
the citv 81 Topeka, Shawnee county, state
Of Kansas. Hearing is set for the 18th
day Of Nov, 1905, at 9 a. N.
MARTIN O'DONNELL.
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ron SALE:

VERY SPECIAL: 2 east front lots, very
neat room cottage. with reception hall,
new. front and back yard, well shaded on
the west side. Reduced from s.. 400 to 81
600 for the coming week.
RODGERS, DAVIS & Co.
10 West Sixth St.
FOR sALE-Best property for the money,
1920 N. Monroe st, Topeka. Make an
offer soon. while am in city. H. G. Gil
man, g27 n. Harrison St
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MORPHINE, opium .laudinurn. cocaine
habit; myself cured: win inform you Of
harmless. permanent home cure. Mrs.
Baldwin, box 1872 Chicago.
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ID 9. RARNEa q. q.

ONCE rs Kansas ave. Resezsnes 1Aira
seenGh and Clay. Ontcs hourB; a. q. e.
IL a N. and p n to p. n @pe8
phoDss 1s residence. and Ind 1s1e cfEicA-
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PAVING

CAPITAL CITY VfTRIrIED sEslGk q
building. paviae aud slievalk DFIsk
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PARTNERSHIP
PARTNERSHIP ESTATE
81. W.
500 Don4
ocottag
rent
sick an out
ment$2
anew
ern xcept heatb n
residence Central Park lots Price $780,
NEv4 room on carn ives side, Owner sick
on5 room o Rem
70
Il handHa
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MISSOURI P1cIT7a
soUTHBoUND

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IA ssssza Sss -. = s 80. sss 90
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BICYCLES AND REPA1Rlrss.

TOPEKA AUTOMOBILE AND cXCIsR
Co. Tel. Z8s. Bicycles and Eundriess ~
cycles and fandems for rents rseatr1na ct
all kinda
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u. 8. CYCLE Co, us E. sth ct National
& Iyer-Johnson bicycles. Supplies repatra.
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WESTERN WHEAT LANDS.
WESTERN WHEAT LANDS.

in
as you a 8 and
frs
n
to sui
Hamilton
n
POsTOFFICE)
BARGAIN BARGAIN FARM
in
u nfornaf ton and no less
vINdETT REALTY
TOPEKA KAN
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FOR RENT-Furnished rooms, strictly
modern, hot water heat. 1929 jackson st
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WHOLE AnER&

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THE COUGHLIN HARDWARE Co
Hardware. stoves. 6ns tools. 5ca Kans
sas ave. Tel. So6.
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WE finish and reset your broken window
glass J.. K. Jones, sos Kansas ave.
THE best American handspring roE Amer
Kan watches DIX In your watch EeE 76G
and guaranteed for year. sam EFeld-
berg. sl2 Kansas ava
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no. 7g07.

first published in the Topeka state jour
nal Sept. 16. 1851
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-03

nearby towns All had dropped out OF sight as
strangely as if the earth had swallowed llefh up
\or\71nril 2 woman who arrested with
"AIrich" and who gave her name as Daisy
Dean" had a chance TO talk were the iile'llo9
by which the trunks were lost reVeaied AZ
cording to the woman, she and Alrlch "ouIu
take = trunk. satchel or suitcase containing a
hat and some worthless material ana CHECK II
10 a nearby point. After the trunk was placed
IN the baggage car the woman would go 10 the
baggage agent hand him half dollar, ana say;
"Oh dear me: I forgot TO take that hat out
before we started. I just must have IT. Now
can't YOU let me open my trunk moment and
get it,"
As rule the fifty cent tip guaranteed that the
-e7r1est would be granted. The woman showed
her check got her trunk. took out the hat. and
then. while the agent was looking somewhere
else she would attach the check on the worth
less trunk TO the best appearing trunk or vaIise
! IN tho car When the train reached Its desttna-
zion. Roy" she said, would present the check
90 soon as possible. get possession Of the rich
looking baggage and hurry 1t away. When the
real owner came he would get the dummy trunk
When the rush OF travellers through this city
T.. 81 t+s height in September or before and after
- halliday ike the Fourth OF July, crooks get
- Of the baggage by methods that some
ti,,es even more ingenious than that Of Roy
aIricb" one baggage agent at the Grand Cen
- c,a+ion tells q story Of how trunk con-
aiming property equal TO a small estate was
stolan bv a thief who posed as a Grand Army
man
III was the day before Good Friday just year
s~o" ne said in telling Of the robbery. Inc
60. ,,era rushing in on US in such confusion.
-, tro,,ic n get the best seats in the train,
- ,bouebt bless me, did, that the whole
-, ,orld he like desert the next morning.
r., more used TO it now, for was only green
hand then
wei sir. they were tunbling the trunks and
a. fast as could move them when
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-03

II the rush OF the vacation crowds back from
the country TO the city. before the frosts can
nip them" the baggage thief reaps his harvest
Akin 10 the pickpocket, who finds his easiest
victims among the jostling. nervous crowd the
robber OF trunks and grips works best where
there is most confusion. He takes advantage oil
the excitement in which most passengers hilu
themselves and the distraction that character
ICES the baggage men, when, in spite Of the noun
tains upon mountains of luggage which come
piling in on them, they are expected just the
sane TO keep things moving
The baggage thief is especially successful An
Illustration Of how he can frequently accumulate
small fortune before he is detected is furnished
IN the arrest Of Roy AIrieh," recently in chi
cego Roy was caught by the police ana
Charged with stealing furs from store IN the
Masonic Temple. His rooms were searched ana
not only were furs found there, bat piles on piles
CO trunks. many of them bearing the names Of
fashionable European hotels and great ocean
liners. At first the detectives who had knocked
down the nest" as the discovery OF an alleged
thiefs quarters is expressed in police parlance.
could hardly believe their eyes.
One authenticated sleuth was nonplussed
tat he exclaimed. as he glanced from one hotel
label 10 another: Gee whiz! but look at the
way he's travelled Been 10 ell the tony joints
L Europe. F1oated or all the biggest barrels
IN the Atlantic. Gee, whiz, but We've bagged
big game"
Yer after while IL became apparent. even TO
lne slowest thinking detective In the posse, that
Roy had not visited all the various parts Of
me world which the trunks would seem 10 indi-
cate. The problem Of how so much baggage could
AaFe gone astray" remained just as much a
mystery The man under arrest would not offer
#oTd Of explanation Neither would the con-
'ehis OF the trunks give any ciew, bat valuable
property discovered. the mysterious disap-
se1sanee OF which had been battling the police
'f Weeks and in some instances for years
-s4e trunks hailed from abroad. others from
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-03
Tago Little TrGr1SgreSsors-
A SPECIAL PRIZE STORY.


throat Oh, why didn't the driver come! Then 1t
started toward them and Frances ran shrieking
to Teddie. Come on he cried, Selling her hsno'
get in the old barn" They fairly few. but 1t
seemed to them as If they were crawling. Oh.
why had they come up there alone? Ted pulled the
wooden peg that held the rickety door and they
threw themselves inside just the bull crashed
through the fence. Oh, horrorsI The door had
no latch on the inside! Where could they hide?
fight Of steps led to a room above. Ger up-
stairs" painted Ted and they tuuabled up the
rfckety steps. only to find escape off by a
trap door at the top. They pushed against It with
all their might, but 1T would not yield. crouch
1 @s In terrified little heap on the top step they
They could hear the . angry creature re moving moving
looking horns appeared. oh. Teddie! Tedder
sterI,y, maybe it won't see II we keep quiet
He thEs. <s arm around her and tried to seem
wildly: GS.,1 last week the big bull had almost
Now it stood paving the ground uncertainty,
If unable TO see clearly into the shadowy cor
Shrinking little figures on the steps, and with an
angry below 1t rushed toward them. They ciung
another minute he would have them Oh # they
Of had folks when they died. What would mother
think. oh. mother! motheri mother!
R Ta sGnf ofn efes
s saye sn backed hastily out OF the door rheS were
Teddie, still frightened and trembling, peeped
going down the road at a run with the hired man
close behind
IT'S gone; we're all right now, Frances" he
called trying TO speak cheerfully, but his voice
shook in spite OF himself. and Frances was sobbing
with fright
When the man and the bull were no longer In
sight they started out, and it was a very sober
little coqpIe that finally reached home
Two hours later, when supper was over and the
grown folks sitting the front porch, the
little folks came out and walked slowly I'D and
down the path that led to the woods.
A great deal had happened in those two hours
Mothers face had been very white when she heard
about the bull, and father had held them close in
his arms and didn't say a word. After 8 while he
talked about obey your parents in the LORD" and
thew had felt big Jumps in their threats. II was
ali over now, and they never going TO be bad
any
They held each others hands. and wandered on
in silence They could hear the frogs and peppers
down by the woods and away across the field dog
bsrked now and then. How still and safe II was!
All around them the shadows slowly darkened and
deepened, and then. far above them a single star
tv-nkled They were very tired, and some one was
calling and. hand in hand. they slipped through the
back gate up under the apple trees TO the house
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-03

~ -he dusty road went two harefooted htt4e
- They didn't know just where they We're
eons but somewhere ad w5h0ua o m9'n ears
p.b Resides she was in the paror with
fe-. ,.rv 50 they couldn't have asked her any
way. - - -r-e-+ -, down mas the
-rs, bevond was the crossroad, not much
wo0US lane that led 10 old de-
nor. NOR, hsrn and apple orchard And now they
serleO 80 they would so. They would walk
hne - the orchard and get apples Mother never
siIowed them to 60 up there a4one' Sne $40 -
-. s.fe hut; goodness. weren't they big enough
- take care OF themselves?
.r@on,e along" said Ted, and they started ooioly
Up the road. .,,,,,,svs
r-or7 the old harm they could see the chin1aess
- +h.,- own house through the trees out lheS
U .-e,- hacks on it as IL possessed with 'he
- shirt Of disobedlence, They chased each
- tt-o,rb the orchard. shook down the
snnIes. threw stones down the well and pounoeo
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-03
A DELIGHTFUL PICNIC.

Dear Little Men and Little Women: Although I
have already written letter to this department..
thought perhaps this experience might be INTEREST,"
ing to you.
school which I attend. with few pupils from his
department, went a picnic to old paper mill
about two miles from our village The party Of
boys and girls having met at the appointed hour,
started away carrying lunch baskets and
singing went.
A few minutes later we came a place where
there had been dam over the creek This
partially burned but the beams still above the
We crossed the creek in this way, and by
a shady path through the woods arrived the
paper mill. There was bridge. and wished
get the opposite side, the boys carried great
log and placed 1t the creek which fortunately.
was very shallow. The girls crossed by means Of
this log, using a long stick 10 steady themselves.
We short distance below the falls and the
water at that point was overhung by tall, stately
trees which gave an air of solitude 10 the place.
Here had luncheon. and while we were still
seated in a circle on the ground. Mr.. NJ, prin-
R s beautiful RG3h poem ms Forest a aym The
beauty of the poem and of the place made such
party ever forgets that incident Of the, trip
ing with some dif1cuitv over the rocks above the
falls and stepping streams of swiftly running
IN the rock iii filed with water stopped and upon
reaching into H. found II to be about two feet
MI. NJ. explained that the action of the water in
washing q few stones around In a small hollow OF
the rock would, in time. wear deep hole In the
rock itself. Each of the party carried home
one Of the pebbles a souvenir Of the occasion.
We returned home by a different route and after
walking along the railroad track for distance
an engine came putting along. As we were well &C
quanted with the engineer; he offered to let US
ride We accordingly climbed up the steps and
seated ourselves on the narrow leather cushions
We rode the engine for mile being III con-
slant fear. however, that our hats would blow of,
or that we would lose some of our cherished pos
sessions which we had gathered on our rambe
When the engine stopped to let US off we repaired
At once to the home of our principal, where his
wife mad prepared supper for In the evening
we returned To our several homes. thanking Mr.. NJ.
for most enjoya bic outing
FRANCES j. TOMPKINS age ID
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company messenger. cap and all, and then with
a fake receipt book he will go TO a house ana
say, for example:
There's q particularly large package down al
the Office with 50 10 due.
He will then show his book, in which are
scratched down other names, and which seem 10
guarantee the mans integrity As a usual thing
ne gets the money. HIS victim waits and waits
for the particularly large package, ana at IFtst
makes an inquiry at the express office, only 10
learn he has been duped.
A dodge which the express companies, now
ever fear much more than such a trlch, anu
which causes them pecuniary loss as Wen Is
worked by crooks who represent themselves as
the owners of houses where parcels are oe44F-
cred The lob" is worked generally through
the connivance of some one inside the company.
The thief on the outside is informed OF the al
dress of some person 10 whon 4 paCAS,s7 %
especial value is consigned WITH TINS UP, he
lies in wait AS soon he sees wagon OF
the company anywhere in the street, ne enters
the inner door OF the house and waits. II may
be the wagon has come on a different MISSION
and soon drives away. In such case ne oiaes
his time still longer. It may be. also, IhaI IHV
tenants Of the house see him ana, opening the
inner door, inquire his reason for being there
This predicament. however, is usualy overcome
easily by some such excuse as;
Pardon me I was trying to see what was the
number of the house. I couidnt see IL IRON
the street
ever the thief steps out barehe2ded, and, ap-
parently just emerging from the butter paiI-
try complains that the master mas oeSh Wait
ing for DAYS 10 get the parcel, ana by oHerlus
a Nv, 70 the messenger, with the words. yet
saw the boss is all right He wants TO give you
sonnet hing he gets possession OF the package
and signs the receipt book II case tne e'ot - -
onened pr this critical tuncture the thief sim
piv hands the parcel over, as Il he: TOO vas an
employe OF the company. As ne Amos, am. 1o1
chooses the night 10 work the gaI.le ~ ts 30
" makes his escape unnotced. me trlch - iil
attanpted however. unless the messenger oh
the route is known TO be a green manu-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-03

in its history That farmers Will make s3O0O0OOP this
year is a result OF needing the advice of little
black whiskered who receives $500 year foE
ching agronorny in the Iowa State College Is the
prediction of Northwestern and Illinois Central
railroad officials who have obtained weekly reports
of the corn crop in Iowa throughout the season
This apparently magical achievement must De
credited largely Professor P. G. Holden. OF
Ames who came forward three years ago with the
surprisingly simple statement that Iowa farmers
were not getting more than two-thirds Of the pos
sibe corn crop for the reason that they did nos
mt more than two-thirds enough in the
ground to grow. Farmers ignored his advice put
railroads did Last spring the Burlington. ROCK
Island. Northwestern, Milwaukee and 81; PauI ana
Illinois Central railroads spent about sl00n each on
special trains. from which Professor Holden de-
IivereI platform talks at over half the towns OF
the state. This time the farmers listened Ihey
adjusted their planters. classified their seed corn
according size. that three or four grains would
20 into each hill, then tested their ears OF corn
10 find If tie seed alive. and awaited results
Il have made a personal inspection OF the Iowa
cornfelds and consequently am able to state posi-
lively that the stand IS much better than ever be-
fore said Professor Holden. My estimate is that
the Iowa corn yield this year viii be 100000
bushels
about 20 per cent OF the gain in the prospective
corn Weld is due 10 the work Of the Arnes en-
thusiast.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-03

an old man with blue clothes and G. A. r.
button came 70 the railing, and, with a sort OF
agonized look his face, said:
Here, my man, please get me that trunk over
there" pointing 10 fine Saratoga I've got TO
get It back"
IF hadn't marched under Old Glory myself
down in Cuba, I would have blowed him up for
bothering me, but instead l SAID: snow me
your check, and I'll stop il
- But I haven't any check he said plaintively
My wfes got that and she's down 70 the Penn
Washington, where my daughters dying II
we're late an hour she may die before we see
her This trunk ought TO have gone to the
pennsylvania. but the idiot butler had it sent
here.
= told him it was impossible to give up bag
gage without q check. when ne pulled out an
envelope on which w-s written 'General Roy
Stone Mendharn. n. j., and said: Now you
know who I am. At the same uIae ne Poii'sa
TO the trunk, and. sure enough, the Initials on
II were p S Before I realized what 1 was
doing. I grabbed that trunk and turned it over
to him. The old yamp didn't give me cent LOT
NV trouble but just sort OF smiled.
"IVeu sir / had been duped worse than the
preenegt Rube who ever landed here from up
State An hour later Robert SteVe sSoLt ~ItO
said he was cousin Of the noVenst snoWed up
and wanted that trunk. And he had the checK
for it. too He said it was worth 5000 70
him made q clean breast or the Whoie blsl-
nass and for that I wasn't fired. The police
were put wise and at last they got the trunk IN
a Houston-st hotel But theS Aefei SusiiN
From the police learned how 9",, I had been
fooled The general had got hGlo OF an en-,
+,aIona which had gone through the mails ard
v'hicb had been addressed in pencil. He then
erased the pencil marks At the Grand Central raj
Ste+ion ne watched the wagons unload the
, ia he nicked out one the initials of
" fitted the name OF some army man. Tee
police found long lists OF generals. captains.
anu VI -, baart Accordingly. he
saw the trunk that would 90 the trick he took
out fountain pen. scrubbed dow" ma correspond
ing name hlotted 1t QUICK anu Inc" "oIAeu NM
game" 81 ,,.,saixs. q. ,,,r,,,,,es
% axoress comnanles are able to do a thriving
u. .Apss =, ,Lie season OF the year. Such
nrooI, gets hold OF the uniform OF an express
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-03

their against the sides OF the barn, shouting
defiance TO any tramps who might be therein.
They weren't afraid They perched themselves
the rail fence and ate apples. Never had apples
before tasted good They kicked their bare heels
against the lower rail- and threw appls cores at
Tire opposite fence
Up the road they heard Andersous COWS moo
ing they came from pasture. let's throw
apples az EN-" suggested Ted and they hastily
coiiscted their weapons They felt that they were
being desperately wicked and II fun!
They crouched behind the fence ike Indians in
ambush and the foremost COWS aunbled by,
sprang up and made attack Whack! Whack!
Two HIT Shouting and laughing. they seized more
apples and sent them flying. Suddenly they stopped
IN disr1av There stood Andersons big red bull
glazing at them and believing deep down in its