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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-21

went rather snabhy in order that he
might have more money for expert
ments. Yet there is one record of his
having spent $50 for a new suit. The
next day he was experimenting in the
workshop with Il bottle of sulphuric
acid. Suddenly it exploded, and acid
covered him from head to foot That
new suit was ruined. What 1 get for
putting so much money In suit" was
EdiSon's only comment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-21

ants of the east end of London Every
n mst m bp Gs He t eRsns button ea
brooch with her photograph in his but
tonhoIe for as long as the engagement
lasts. and she in turn wears his photo
graph on her breast near herS heart.
These are called love buttons" andNif
discarded any day by either of the par
ties it is a sign that the engagement Ia
at an end
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-21

some mechanical experiments III MS
smoking car ONCE, and as result he
had disastrous fire that burned up
his newspaper outfit He then studied
telegraphy, became an expert operator
and worked on the key in various
places in the United States and Can
ada. In these days he was called
Crazy Tom" Almost every great mar
Is called crazy by people who do not
understand him because he is so differ.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-21

OF all the names that have been sug-
gested for the bobtailed spelling per-
haps the best is Joshbillingsgate.
says the New York Tribune. The Bos-
ton Transcript perhaps deserves the
credit for the invention. We cannot
trace the origin back farther, though
the Transcript modestly says the $50
called joshbillin2sgatan
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-21
POISON SQUAD" PROBLEM.
Tests of Eject of saItpeter to Begin
In October.

Tests of Eject of SaItpeter to Begin
In October.
The poison squad of the bureau of
chemistry at Washington is to reas-
semble on Oct. 10 and win experiment
on entirely new lines. says the New
York Tribunes Washington CORE
spondent. DR.. Wiley IS anxious to dis
cover whether saltpeter, q rreservative
commonly used in meats and hereto
fore regarded as harmless. is deleteri-
Gus in its effects. In order to get the
information in the best possible way
he will set his poison eaters to work,
and By noting the general effect unon
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-21
Afenngerie at Home.

Jones declined to visit the zoo with
his friend, sa-s London Health. Il
don't have to go to the Zoo" he said,
because my eldest daughter does the
kangaroo walk. my second daughter
talks like q parrot. my son laughs like
hyena, my cook is as cross as a bear
and my mother-in-law says I'm an old
gorilla"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-21
Bride Must he CooL

Under a new law in Norway every
would be bride must exhibit a certif.
cate that she knows how to cook In
Norway a dyspeptic is regarded as 9
natural curiosity.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-21

New Way to Reveal Engaged.
A pretty way Of sealing an engage
ment has been invented By the inhabit-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-21
Trainer of Electri

Thomas A. Edison has not. only
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-01

say. when I stand facing temptation
it is not as if my ancestors had not
done it for me before / was born. My
feeling toward it and my resolve to
deal with it start from the point where
my own past life has left me, and my
freedom to deal with it is limited by
my attachment behind to old habits
and to my entire nature. I am not en-
tirely governed by them. do have
this free and sensitive tip to my char
acter, but I cannot ignore the past or
the limitations which it has imposed
upon me The law of the Lord is per-
feet. Whatever I have sowed in my
soul has grown. thongh have f7T-
gotten I ever did it. My cha racter has
grown on one side Or the other BY a
law which is une-r'nc and unsleepsng.
Rev. Dr. William H Lyon, Jnitar-
ian, Brookline. Mss.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-01
DIRECTORY.
Location and Time of Service
OF the Churches.


First Baptisr-Corner Ninth and Jack
son streets. Rev. Thomas s. Young, pas
North Topeka BaptIst-Corner Harrison
and Laurent streets, North Topeka. Rev.
Waiter E. Tanner. pastor: residence S76
West Laurent street
between Second and Third streets. kew.
Jacob Albert PASTOR residence 70 Mon
Swedish Baptist-corner Fourth and
pastor; residence 222 Fillmore street.
Second Baptist (Afriean)-Corner Third
pastor; residence 712 Western avenue.
Third Missionary Baptist church (Afri-
sfreets~Rev B. J. Bel, pastor. Residences
612 East Twelfth street.
'tB'' Street Baptist (Africanl-Corner
Railroad and Western avenues. North To-
peka- Rev: W. H: Hart pastor; residence
Central Baptist CAfrican)-4ze West ca
don street, North Topeka Rev. H. ".
White, PASTOR residence so Topeka eEs-
Shiloh Baptist (African)-1zu Buchanan
street Rev. c. G. Fishback. pastor; res
idence 1901 Buchanan street
Mount Olive Baptist (African)- Cor1er
Kious and Madison streets, North Tore
kf Primitive nST = Bsptisf e1ofsa DaSsssE
King and Buchanan streets No regular
Mount Hope Baptist tAfrican)-ropeka
avenue. Rev. A. B. Stoner, pastor: regi-
dence Sixth avenue and Locust street
CATHOLIC
Church of the Assumption-Elghth ave.
nue., near corner of Jackson street verv
Rev. F. N. Hayden dean. rector; Rev.
HippoIyte TopeC, o. g. B., assistant: res
idence 20S West Eighth street
St. JoSeph's German CathoIic-Corner
Third and Van Buren, streets. Rev. Fran
els Henry. pastor; residence 22s Harrison
street
CHRISTIAN.
First Christian-Topeka avenue, between
Sixth avenue ana Seventh street. Rev,
Charles A. Finch. pastor; residence 1109
West Eighth street.
North Topeka Christian church-Corner
Kious street and Central avenue. Rev. F.
H Bentley. PASTOR residence. 1872 North
Second Christian (Africanl-Foursh
street, between Polk and Taylor streeta-
Rev. B. c. Duke PASTOR residence. 121d
West Twelfth street
Third Christian-Corner Third and Lake
streets. Rev. F. E. Mallory. pastor; resi-
dence, 1907 East Sixth avenue.
Oakland Christian Rev. Homer F'oitz.
pastor; residence, 21S Winfield street
Central Park Christian church-Corner
Sixteenth and Central Park avenue. Rev
c. A Poison pastors residence. 1924 Lin
coin street
LUTHERAN.
First Lutheran-COrner Fifth and Har-
rison streets. Rev. H. A. OFT, pastor:
residence, 1888 Tyler street.
swedish Lutheran-Corner Fourth ami
Tyler streets. David NordIing pastor:
residence. BIG West Fourth street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-01
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings {
All Denominations.

Gems Cleaned From the Teachings of
All Denominations.
There are many crimes on earth, but
only one in heaven, and that is not to
love.-Rev. Frank Crane, Congregation
alist, Worcester, Mass.
LIFE'S BEST.
He who co-operates with or surren-
ders to the higher ethical and spiritual
laws of God comes nearest to attaining
lifes best.-Rev. G. r. Minard, Baptist,
Denver.
SINCERITY.
The man for the age can never be
omniscient or infalnble, yet he must
carry with him always an atmosphere
Of absolute sincerity.-Rev. NJ. c. Hart
zeu, Methodist, Chicago.
CONSCIENCE.
Mans noblest faculty is undoubtedly
his conscience, and his dearest posses
sion the joy Of a good conscience. But
conscience means nothing If it does not
point to something immeasurably above
itself, for such terms as conscience,
duty, morality, are but airy nothings
unless they are taken to imply that
which gives them their warrant And
here we may surely say lies the solu-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-01

to 1ortify US for the commonplace du-
ties. The vision does not fulfill its mis-
sion to US unless 1t makes US filter FOR
the ordinary work of every day.
X
Many of the deeds and professions Of
q Christians life must seem as folly to
the wording; the simple reason is. of
course. his own spiritual blindness. The
deep things of religion are altogether
incomprehensible to the unregenerate
Therefore a Christian must live his life
regardless Of the world and its opinions.
seeking his wisdom and his comfort
from above.
Where there is no vision the people
perish says the word of God The
truth is one Of wide meaning. It applies
to a nation, to a church. and to an in
dividuaL The power and peace of a
Christians life wiz be exactly in pro-
portion to his vision Of spiritual things.
If the heavens are closed to him: If he
can see only the enemies in front of
him and not the heavenly helpers above
and about him; If his eyes are open to
material things but shut to the beau
ties of Gods word and of Gods worship
then his religious life will inevitably
be weak, declining and joyless thing.
Power to live below depends on ability
to look above.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-01

representative reside in Holland to set
tie Catholic matters and will therefore
oppose no objection to the appointment
Of such a representative to the peace
conference.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-01

One thousand converts a year from
Romanism to Lutheranism is the esti-
mate of a recent traveller in Vienna,
who reports that the LOS Won Rom
movement is making itself felt both in
universities and among the working
men
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-01
Going Back on the Best.

N9OIIIg DtlCIA UII TIC besL.
Terse Comments upon the Uniform
Prayer-meeting Topic of the Young
Peoples Societies. Christian Endeavor.
Baptist Young Peoples Union, Ep-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-01

A Beggar and q Rich Man as Sup
plants.
The International Sunday School Les
son for. September is. "Bartimeuls
and Zaccheus.'' Luke 1925; 1910
The Golden Text is. THE Son Of man
Is come to seek and to save thal
which was lost" Luke 1910
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-01

worth League. etc. For Sept 2. Spirit
ual blindness" John 1851; Acts &c:
1918.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-01

The viceroy who is most influential
in all China=Yuan Shih Kai-has re-
quested the throne to give Instructions
to viceroys and governors to put a stop
to opium smoking amongst the of1cial
classes in the literati
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-01

Temperance reform in England will
not anguish for need of funds at pres
ent if the report be true that the will
Of a Wesleyan layman leaves a fund
Of $4,000 for this cause, provided
that the Wesleyans raise an equal sum
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-01

New York city are unattached to any
church.
The viceroy who is most influential
in all China-Yuan Shih Kai-has re-
quested the throne to give Instructions
to viceroys and governors to put a stop
to opium smoking amongst the of1cial
classes in the lfterati.
Temperance reform in England will
not languish for need of funds at pres
ent if the report be true that the will
of Wesleyan layman leaves a fund
of $1,250,000 for this cause, provided
that the Wesleyans raise an equal sum.
Rev. F. B. Meyer of London. and
Rev. J. H. Shakespeare have under
taken novel philanthropy this sum-
mer. With a motor car they are visit
ing remote towns and villages, fire.
quently holding eight or ten meetings
day.
Congregational churches are to be
found in every state and territory in
the Union with the exception of Della
ware. The leading Congregational city
in the United States in number of
churches is Chicago, which has eighty
four. or more than twice as many as
Boston.
A novel combination was that at a
meeting held in London recently to
protest against the dissertation of the
Sabbath, when the archbishop Of Can
terbury presided. supported by the
Roman Catholic Duke of Norfolk and
the Congregationalist DR.. Horton. A
letter was read from a prominent jew
ish rabbi and expressions OF interest
from the Prince and Princess OF wales.
One hundred thousand adult Bible
classes is the number estimated to be
actually enrolled in the religious bodies
included in the international Sunday
School association. The employment
Of a field secretary to work specifically
among these classes is now under con-
sideration. 1t is also proposed by the
executive committee to petition con-
gress for an act of incorporation OF the
International Sunday School associa-
ton
Two thousand college students have
attended the five conventions held by
the Student Y. NJ G. A. this summer
in different sections of the country
The eastern students met at Mortified.
Cornell Columbia and Pennsylvania
universities. The unwilling Of tab
let to commemorate the organization
Of the student volunteer movement for
foreign missions at Mortified twenty
years ago was a feature Of the con-
vention.
A representative of the pope will at.
tend the sessions of the coming peace
conference at The Hague as an ac-
credited member of that body. The
late pope, failing to obtain such repre-
sentation at the first conference.
caused the withdraal of the papal
nuncio IN Holland and none has since
been appointed. The Dutch govern
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-01

Rev. F. B. Meyer Of London, and
Rev. J. H. Shakespeare have under
taken a novel philanthropy this sum-
ing remote towns and villages, fire.
quently holding eight or ten meetings
a day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-01
NEWS AND NOTES.

Fifty per cent of the Professionals OF
New York city are unattached to any
church.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-01

CONGREGATIONAL churches are to be
found in every state and territory in
the Union with the exception of Della
ware. The leading Congregational city
in the United states in number Of
churches is Chicago. which has eighty
four. or more than twice as many as
Boston.
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CONTINUED on Next Page.l
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After the vision must come the SER
vice. God does not give US special priv
ileges without reason They are meant
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First Lutheran-Corner Fifth and Hzr
rison streets Rev. n. A. OFT. pastor
swedish Lutheran-Corner Fourth ant
Tyler streets David Nordling, pastor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-01

Even this worlds vineyard is never
won by spurning its true Lord
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-01

If we saw Christ better we would
serve men more.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-01

Think for an instant of the things we
accept instead of Jesus. The room that
belongs to him we give to foolish
pride, to vain pleasures, to worldly
ambitions and to petty seldshness=al
trihes of a day. The insignificance and
unimportance OF the interests for the
sake of which We reject Christ should
startle US
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-01

HERE are two kinds Of peo-
Die in the world: those who
do things and those who talA
about the ones who do things
the observed and the observers
- Most of mankind is in the sec
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-12-27
DEN MARK.
Copenhagen.

Denmark seems by no to
have settled the 'Icelandic question
saws an editorial writer for the Min
neapolis Journal, by its recent onces-
sions to the isle Of snow and fire.
The island seems determined upon
eventually obtaining practical indie
7 pndence. with the common kingship
of Frederick as the only bond to Den
mark. The latest movement is for an
Icelandic Gag, thus paralleling Nor
ways demand for a ''clean flag" In
the days before the crisis, when ultra
ratriots flew a flag from which the
Swedish cross had been removed. The
flag proposed for Iceland is a white
cross on a blue field. II this were a
local flag and bore upon 1t evidence
of Denmark's sovereignty, the point
would doubtless be yielded at Copen-
hagen. But as IL is supposed to be
the intention to use the flag as a ma
tional symbol in all waters, the
nroject may be vetoed. Another
symptom of insular independence Is
the dropping Of the movement to erect
a statue to the late King Christian at
Reykjavik on the ground that the
first monument to be erected I'm Ice
lands territory should not be in honor
of a Danish king, but rather to some
national character of the golden days
when Iceland was free and indie
pendent. a more serious matter, be-
cause II affects an important industry.
is the movement to treat Danes as
s~outlanders' as regards fishing in Ice
iandic waters. This Is resented at
Copenhagen, in view of the fact that
a Danish cruiser has been maintained
ia Icelandic waters to protect the
native fishermen from en~croachment
of foreigners. Altogether, 1t IL evil
dent that II Iceland Is to be retained
as "an inseparable part Of the Danash
monarchy" questions such ~ these
must be handled with deftness.
MARION 3. NORELIUS.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-12-27
PATRICK'S LIFE
GOVERNOR HIGGINS COMMITTEES
DEATH SENTENCE TO LIFE
IMPRISONMENT.

Albany. N. Y, Dec. 21.-Albert T.
Patrick has been saved by Governor
Higgins from the death chair, In the
shadow of which he has stood for near
ly five years. He was convicted In
March, 1902, of the murder OF Will
lam Marsh Rice, an aged New York
city millionaire. In a brief
dunn laying stress upon the dissenting
opinions of the judges OF the court of
appeals, which affirmed Patrick's con-
viction by a vote Of four to three, the
governor announced that he had COM
muted the death sentence to impris-
onment for life. Later in the day the
governor strongly intimated a doubt
of Patrick's entire sanity, attributing
his mental state to the strain under
which the condemned lawyer has la
bored all these years in the death cell
at Sing Sing.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-12-27
ON JAPANESE QUESTION.
President Will Send Third Message to
Congress.

Washington, Dec. 26.-There Is to
be a new end independent report on
the Japanese immigration question
and when Il is completed the presi
dent will transmit II L congress with
another message, making the third on
this subject.
Frank Sargent, commissioner gen.
eral of immigration. was at the White
House during the day and gave Pres
ident Roosevelt a summary Of his In.
vestigation of the Japanese tide OF
immigration into California through
Hawaii. AS he has but just arrived
here and has not even begun prepare
tion of his official report the commits.
sioner general was unwilling to give
an outline Of his conclusions.
His report will have great bearing
upon the settlement OF the Japanese
difficulty on the Pacific coast. how
ever, because all Of this Oriental i'm.
migration now comes from the Ha.
waiian islands and IL the flow from
Japan to Honolulu can be stopped the
fear of Californians of an ~inundation
az Japanese will disappear. violation
CT law and order will cease and nor
NAL labor conditions on the Pacific
slope will be restored.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-12-27
o0,crSky FOR OIL rausr.
Recent Verdict Of Guilty at FindIsy, o.
Thrown Out by Higher Court.

Findlay. o., Dec. 25.-The Standard
OIL company won a victory in common
pleas court here during the day when
Judge W, s. Duncan decided that the
probate court had no jurisdiction In
the case brought against 1t in the pro-
bate court and threw out the recent
verdict Of guilty against the company.
Prosecutor David some time ago
filed an information in the probate
court against the Standard, charging
1t with violating the antitrust laws OF
the state. He maintained that he
could get action quicker against the
company by this proceeding than
through indictments in the common
pleas court.
The Standard attorneys contend
that the probate court had no juris-
diction in the matter, that ii there
had been violation of the law the
prosecutor should have proceeded
against the company through indict-
ments, This point vas upheld by
Judge Duncan and the case is thus
thrown out of the probate court.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-12-27
BY DROPPING OF CAGE
SIX MINERS MEET DEATH IN AC-
CIDENT AT COLLlERY NEAR
CARLYLE, ILL.

st. Louis, Dec. 22.-One miner is
known to have been killed. five others
are believed to be dead and another
was seriously injured by the dropping
of the cage in the shaft of the Breese-
Trenton Coal Mining company about
ten miles west OF Carlyle. Ill. Carlyle
is forty-eight miles east Of st. Louis.
The accident occurred as the second
cage full of day shift miners was
descending into the mine. The cage
containing six men had descended 300
feet down the 400-foot shaft when II
stuck momentarily and then went
crashing to the bottom with a noise
similar to an explosion.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-12-27
CAPTAIN MAcKLIN MAY RECOVER
WouId-Be Assassin Believed to Be
Former Negro Soldier.

Ell Reno, Okla. Dec. 22.-Captain
Edgar b. Macklin OF Company C.
Twenty-ffth infantry. who was shot
a this home here late at night, is con
scious and physicians at the hospital
expressed the belief that he would re-
cover.
No trace of the would-be assassin.
who Is believed to be one of the negro
soldiers recently discharged on order
of President Roosevelt, has been
found. Samuel Bartell, a detective,
has arrived here early from Okla
homa City with bloodhounds, which
he placed upon the trail of the negro.
Captain Macklin says positively that
the man who shot him was a negro.
He says he knows of no cause for
the assault.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-12-27
Fruitful Of Traqedies.

Birmingham. Ala. Dec. 26.-The
hours preceding Christ
mas were unusually fruitful of TRACE
dies In Birmingham and vicinity. The
list includes seven murders. two sui
cides. n assault. which may result
fatally. n death by train and ole &C
cidental shooting, which viii be fatal.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-12-27
NORWAY.
Christians.

Says a Christiania correspondent:
sThe Norwegian parliament has con-
ferred the Nobel peace prize upon
President Roosevelt. The Nobel peace
prize Is awarded to President Roose-
welt In recognition Of his services In
ending the Russo-Japanese war.
Candidates for this distinction must
be proposed by legislative bodies,
peace organizations or universities. II
Is understood that the presidents
sponsors were Professor n. p. Judson,
acting president Of Chicago university
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-12-27
Three Persons sutfocated.

Steubenville, O., Dec. PA Are
that started from an overheated stove
In the rear of Ira Hillman's bakery
partly burned the upstairs sleeping
apartments. Three persons were suf.
focated-Mrs. Ira Hillman. aged TWEEN
Katherine Hillman. aged two
years. and Elizabeth Mccoy, aged
eighteen years.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-12-27
Chicago Union Stock Yards.

Chicago, Dec. 24.--Cattle-Beeves.
$4.10Q700: cows and heifers. $3.50
$40: stockers and feeders. $2.40@
$50; Texans. $3.75@4.60; Westerns.
$3.9005.75: calves. $5.750750. Hogs
Mixed and butchers, $6.0506.36;
good heavy. $6-2006.37k; rough
heavy. S5.9006.10; light. s5.9006.3O;
pigs. $6.50@6.20. Sheep. $3.60@5.7o;
lambs. t4.6007.65.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-12-27
St. Paul Union Stock Yards.

st. Paul, Dec. 24.-Cattle-Good to
choice steers. $5.50Q6.25: common to
good. $3.2594.00; good to choice cows
and heifers. s3.50@4.50; veals. $4,000
$50. Hogs-$595Q6.10. Sheep-Weth-
ers. s4.50@5.25; good TO prime spring
lambs, $6.50@7.25.