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The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30

N H. Loonis was this noon appoint
ed trustee Of the estate Of L. M. Craw-
ford vice D. 7. Gregg, resigned. The
appointment was made upon the request
of the attorneys for L. NJ Crawford.
This is in connection with the foreclos-
ure proceedings which were brought
against the Grand opera house property.
The different interests which conflict are
about to be untans1ed and the trnstes-
ship is continued with this expectation
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30

years old.
am tryin' my best to get a pIctur'
of John D. Rockefeller to represent the
march of Integrity, Liberality and
Philanthropy in America, but as he has
kept ahead Of all my agents thus far,
and had got his second wind at last
counts, he may not be numbered
among the collection. If he isn't the
audience can take 1t out on Nero I'D
din while Rome is burnin'
I ask for the sympathies and the pa
tience of my public until I can once
more resume my profession of relievin,
cheerin' and yankin' the hopeless
downtrodden out of the slough Of de-
spondency. Watch and wait for Pill
grim Joe and take no other. You viii
know me by my beamin' countenance
and the f1ghtin' dog under the wagon.
Copyright, 1906, by Homer
Sprague.)
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30
LongwOrtIls at House Party.

London, June O.-Ambassador and
Mrs. Reid and Mr.. and Mrs. Long
worth are spending the weekend at
West Park. the ambassadors country
seat, where Mr.. and Mrs. Reid have
another of their house parties.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30
A SMALL TORNADO.
Storm in Marshall County Does Severe
Damage-No Lives Lost.

MarysvilIe, Kan, June 30.-The storm
last night did severe damage in north
eastern Marshall county. A small tor
nado struck near Summerf1eld. No
deaths are reported
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30
Excursion to beatrice Cllautauoua.

Sunday, July 1. via Rock Island,
$50 for the round trip. Special train
will leave Rock Island depot Sunday
morning. 7:45 o'clock, arriving at
Beatrice 1890 noon. Returning will
leave Beatrice 5:15 p. m.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30
roo LATE TO CLAssIFY.

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A RED, coarse, unsightly skin made fair
by Satin skin cream and powder. &c.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30

The funeral Of ELIAS Stoekner, who
died Thursday evening, was held yes
terday afternoon at 4 p. m. Through
a mistake on the part of those having
the funeral in charge the name Of the
deceased was given to the State Journal
as James Stauffer, his son-in-law.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30

The funeral of Edgar Warren, the boy
who was injured in the elevator ac-
cident at the Crawford building, was
held from the house at 2:30 this after
noon. The interment was in the Topeka
ceneterS
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Isabelle, the youngest daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Walter NJ. Thompson, died
last night at her home at Sixth avenue
and Clay street, Of cholera infantum.
The funeral will be held from the house
this afternoon at 4 O'Clock and viii be
private. She was one year and ten
months old.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30

anyhow-at least hundred and fifty
years old.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30

The reports Of both Prof. Bailey
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-12-20

I went through the village. The little
shops had fresh names over them.
The old rector who had baptized me
was dead. The old school was gone.
The ancient church had been reno
waited. The village inn was in new
hands. The old Christmas was no
more. No frost, no snow, no icicles;
only sludge and drizzling rain.
l returned from my visit to the vii
lage in deep depression. 1 would
haste to the rooms l had taken in a
house in the town, and spend my
Christmas Eve with my pipe and glass
alone, with not even an old dog to
lie at my feet and look up with speak
ing eyes into my face and sympathize
with me in my solitude. would pass
the evening before the fire, looking
into the red Goals, not building castles
among them, but watching the tum-
bling down Of old cottages, old farms,
old "reminiscences, into ash.
had done well in the other land,
and had returned, not a rich man, but
with competence.
1t had been my wish, my ambition,
60 settle in the village about which
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a New American Industry.

The infant industry Of raw silk
production gives promise of develop
ing into sturdy and vigorous manhood,
even though protective duties and
the aid of state or national bounties
be denied it, says the Technical World.
The father Of the present movement
to establish sericulture as perma-
nent and profitable branch of Amer.
lean industry is Louis Boris Magid,
a German by birth, an Italian by de-
scent, and an American by choice ard
adoption. At Tallulah Falls, Ca, he
owns $500 acres of land, on which he
has planted more than 100000 null
berry trees, which are now from three
to five years old, and which are de-
signed for the feeding Of millions Of
silk worms. The land will be subdi-
vided into many smaller farms. and
leased or sold 70 persons willing to
engage in silk culture. Mr.. Magid
has proven that silk can be produced
as cheap1y in America as in any
other country, and that the 100000
900 or more expended annually for
foreign silks might just as well ba
kept at home for the benefit of
American farmers, workmen and man.
ufacturers.
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1 Saw the Tall Girl.

woolly lamb, small cart, cannon,
doll-the father over pair of warm
stockings of Annie's knitting, the
mother over shawl, also of her
work; and stood smiling and happy,
when up sprang one of the children
and plucked from the tree the silver
match box.
"This," said the child, sis for Mr..
what's-his-name. Sister Annie said
it was for him."
1 was moved more than can say.
So-some had been thinking of me,
though I was only a ledger.
Look here, sir!" said the father,
you're a stranger in the country, and
at such a time as this there must be
no strangers. You must really sup
with us, and dine also with us to-
morrow. / can promise you a good
dinner, for it is of Armies making"
All was changed. was stranger
and they took me in; / was lonely
and they made of me a friend.
Christmas day, 10:30 p. M.
I returned to my room upstairs,
made up the fire. and seated myself
before it. had spent very pleasant
day. and a pleasant evening before
that. / did not now feel so discour-
aged. SO hopeless. That was a nice
family, very friendly and considerate.
And began to build in the fire.
no longer saw only ruins. saw, as
it were, a pleasant home rise out OF
the Goals, and a pleasing face looked
up at me out of them-very much like
that of Annie All! If the old home
was gone, might not build one that
would be new. need no longer live
in the past, but look to the future. and
next Christmas, please God-I would
not be alone, that is If Annie-but !
cannot say-will consent to put an
end to my loneliness and help In
| building up future.
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him, TIL captin wants We fr to
shtep r-round to tn station FIR to
ha-ave a bit iv chat, or something
like that, an he takes it all in, an
goes with me, that's day-plomacy. Ye
see how it is, don't We, Terry? IT is
tn art iv havin' ye-er own wa-ay with
out maxim throuble FIR ye-ersilf."
"Who was the greatest diplomat you
ever heard of" inquired Terry.
''M-m-m, well, t is hazard to sa-ay,"
returned Policeman Flynn. Some
times think t is Ii Hung Chang, even
if he do be Chinyman; but there was
another felly who c'u'd have beat
thin all, if he'd liver gone in FIR to use
his talints tn fright wa-ay. He had
tn idee Nv it, but t was only sport
an, not july with him."
"Who was it?"
"a felly be tn na-ame Nv Baron
Moonchowsen."
Terry was duly impressed, and for a
time he sat silent, watching his moth
er's preparations for feast OF PAN
cakes.
"Ye-er father likes thim," she said
as she noted his attention.
"He does," he replied, and then sud-
denly he bestirred himself and began
to help her in various little ways.
sI1l give We an exthra wan FIR that"
she said
''I'll get that shawl you left at Mrs.
Casey's after dinner" suggested the
boy, casually.
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SsG[sSS.1 alssNsssA GNsrNEs1 s. slaassssa
@ Sy3ssSSog sak .
ALONE AT CHRISTMASTIME
By S. BARING-GOULD

Is there-can there be-a man more
lonely than one returned from far
country, who has been out Of his home
land for 20 years, and comes back
when his parents are dead, his old
friends dispersed, and the old nest
has passed to other occupants? And
can his loneliness be more emphasized
than when his return syncronizes with
Christmas?
That was my condition when I re-
visited the mother country. With a
beating heart and straining eyes l had
looked for the first sight of dear old
America after having left it as lad,
hardly a man, some 20 years ago.
was back-not to home-I had no
home now. My heart began to fail
me, my spirits decline, when reached
the little country town near which
had been born, and where l had fleet
ed the golden hours Of childhood. No
one knew me. In the churchyard
laid wreath on the graves where
lay dear old father and mother.
looked at our house. 1t had been re-
built and was occupied by strangers.
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"shall you be dining ont to-nor


"Shall you be dining ont to-rnor
row." asked the girl.
"I-oh, no! / have none to die
with. 1 know no one here"
"And this evening. Shall you be
going anywhere?"
sI-oh, no! l have nowhere With
er to CO."
So we parted, and assembled to my
room. I made up the fire, and sat
down and reread the newspaper
There was much in It about the APP
preaching feast. had the illustrated
papers. They had issued Christmas
supplements, with pictures of happy
family gatherings, Of Old Father
Christmas. of waits and carol singers
might perhaps hear the waits and
singers. should certainly hear the
Christmas bells. That would be all.
I had done. with my papers. I sat
before the fire in brown study, and
my spirits sank lower and ever low
er. 1 recalled the old Christmases
I remembered how I had looked into
my stockings on the morning to see
if Old Father Christmas had visited
me in the night and had left there
some presents for the Good Boy.
Alasi No Father Christmas would
visit me now. All that was Of the
past-the utterly and irrevocably
past.
did not light my candles. I could
read no more. / needed no light for
my thoughts, they were too dark to
be illumined thus.
AS I stood thus musing, I heard a
tap at my door, and shouted: Come
I'M" There ensued delay. and called
again: "Come in!"
Then the door opened and I saw
some little heads outside, with golden
curls and flushed cheeks, and child's
voice said: Please, Mr.. What's-your-
name, will you come to our tree down
stairs?"
'T!-I"
AS I hesitated, the child said:
"Please-Annie told us to ask YOU"
And then I saw the tall girl whom
had assisted draw back into the
dark Dehlnd them.
Most certainly I will. rs you are
so kind as to invite me-"
So descended, and there were my
landlord and landlady, radiant with
happiness, and the five children
danced before me and said: HE is
come; is it not NIGEL" Behind, pres
emily, entered Annie, somewhat shy
ly, and pretending she had come from
the kitchen.
I was witness of the delight of the
little ones over their presents-the
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chung all my sweetest and hottest
thoughts; to buy there little land,
to tread the old paths, ramble in the
same woods, look upon the same
scenes, dwell among the same people.
re-make a home in the same place.
But now? Could it be?
AS l walked back to my lodgings,
through the street and by the market
place, folk were hurrying in all direc-
tions, some with punches of holly in
their hands. girl or two with a sprig
of mistletoe slyly hid in her mHff. a
man wheeling Christmas tree on a
barrow, butchers boys carrying joints
for the morrow's dinner. Plum pud-
dings and mince pies were displayed
in the confectioners' shops. The
chemist, the hairdresser, the seeds
man, the draper had stuffed their win
dows with toys, toys, toys. He who
had come to earth as little child
had filled every heart with thought
of the little ones, and desire to make
Christmas day of joy to them. I
had no tiny ones of my own, no little
nieces and nephews, no small cousins
for whom to provide anything. was
alone-utterly, desolately alone.
AS I pursued my way / saw tall,
slim girl walking before me with
basket on her arm, and I noticed that
the bottom had come out, and that
the contents fell on the pavement.
OF this she was unaware l stopped
and picked up a little woolly lamb,
then-a something wrapped in paper
then a silver match box breaking
out of its covering.
Gathering them together, ran after
the girl and stopped her.
Excuse me-" said I. care you
female Hop o. my Thumb, dropping
tokens whereby your track my be
known%
showed her what I had collected.
She colored and thanked me. Then
recognized her as the daughter of
my landlady.
"You must allow me-" said I, ito tie
my handkerchief round the basket
and to carry it for you. believe
that we go the same way"
"You are very good" she replied.
eve are about to have Christmas
tree for the children this evening.
"and have been making some trifiing
purchases as presents for my brothers
and sisters, and for papa and mamma.
who must not be forgotten"
"There go the candles!" I ex-
claimed, as a cataract of red, yellow
and green tapers shot out of the bas-
ket
"And there's an orange!" said she,
as one of these fruit bounced forth
and fell, and rolled away into the
gutter.
We were forced to stoop and col
lect the scattered wax lights, and
then to tie my large handkerchief
about the basket.
''What fortunate thing" said I,
chat / have got good sized 'kerchief
in place of one of the miserable little
rags that do service nowadays That
is, because I cling to old customs,
and when l was boy my mother al
ways gave me something like a dish
cloth in my pocket"
Then we proceeded on our way, and
when we went into the house, she re-
ceived the basket from me, and again
thanked me. "You must not remove
the 'kerchief till all is unpacked," I
said, cor there will be another dis
charge of the contents, and then the
children will see what you have pro-
vided for them"
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George Ely Ran Forward.

paws and drew him to his breast. The
bear was becoming angry, and he
would soon have crushed every rib in
Georges body if the youths sweet
heart had not come to his rescue.
Mary Goodwin had been dancing
with George Ely and when the bear
entered the room the thoughtful girl
ran to the fireplace and seized an iron
poker 1t proved a good weapon. 1t
was an iron bar about four feet in
length, and it had been in use so long
that one end had worn to sharp
point. It's effectiveness had been i'm
proved by young man who had stuck
the sharp end in the fire for the pur-
pose of using it to take the chill from
a pitcher of hard cider
When Mary Goodwin saw her low
er's face distorted with pain as he
struggled to get loose from the mad
bears powerful arms she ran to his
assistance, Help! For Gods sake,
help me, boys!" shouted George. The
bear was trying to fasten his teeth In
his victims throat, when the brave
girl thrust the red-hot point of the
iron bar behind the monsters fore
shoulder and threw her whole weight
upon it. The sharp point slipped be-
tween the bears ribs and entered his
heart.
With an angry growl Bolivar sank
in a heap upon the ballroom floor. and
George Ely staggered away. to fall.
gasping for breath, in the arms OF his
quick.witted, fearless sweetheart.
Bolivar was barbecued on Christ
mas day, 1854. During those same
holidays George and Mary were mar
I'll cd
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'T1l give We two exthra vans FIR
thinkin' iv goin' FIR it" said Mrs.
Flynn.
"Luk at tn day-plomacy iv tn
la-ad," commented Policeman Flynn.
"Did you see tn man waitin for you
at the corner as you came in?" asked
Terry.
"Who was he?" asked Policeman
Flynn.
"Give it up" replied Terry.
''Why didn't We tell me Nv 1t befoor?"
demanded Policeman Flynn. 81 hear-rd
Cassidy wa-anted FIR to see me-"
Maybe it was Cassidy" returned
the boy, IAN maybe he's waitin' there
yet"
Policeman Flynn caught up his hat
and bolted out of the door. He was
back in about 20 minutes. sadly out of
temper.
"Divil soul was there" he ex-
claimed, IAN so | whit on to Kelly's
pla-ace to see if he was waitin'. Whin
did we see him there. 1erry?"
Il didn't see him at ALL" answered
the boy. II only asked If you saw
him"
eye sh'u'dn't be playin' jokes on tn
OF ma-an, Terry" he said. Where's
tn cakes?"
Il thought from the way you hurried
out that maybe you would mt be back"
Terry calmly replied, as he disposed of
fha last nancake
'Luk at tn day-plomacy iv tn
la-ad," commented Mrs. Flynn,
proudly.
Copyright, 1906, by Joseph b. Bowles.)
Copyright, by the Century Coz
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tie alarm among theose who realize
what the loss of Colorado's timber sup
ply viii mean to her future. In Mich
igan there are companies which make
a business of raising trees especially
for Christmas and who ship to New
York, Boston and other eastern points.
Christmas trees vary In height from
three to 20 feet ar d in price on the
markets from so cents to four dollars.
Dealers in the large cities buy CHRIST
mas trees by the acre or tract as they
stand IN the spruce thickets or in the
swamps, after which trees are cut
down and shipped both by water and
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by rail. An average car load COM
prises 1000 to 1,50O trees. The de-
mand for them is increasing with each
year. A city like Cleveland, O.. for
example, uses about $4,000 Christmas
trees in a season. Many tons OF pine
for decorations are also shipped from
the forests to the cities.
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Effect of College Education.

It would be interesting to trace IN
detail, and after careful study OF facts,
TO Just how great degree the varsity
bred man influences US in respect OF
dress, says Mems Wear. For instance.
the knee drawer, which retailers could
not get enough of during summer, IS
notbing more or less than the running
pant" of track athletics, as the jersey
that is coming to be worn with them Is
the Jersey of the gym The turning
up Of the trousers to show fancy hose
q an outcome Of turned up tennis trou-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-12-20

Mildred-Oh, dear! ! wish I knew
what to give Mr.. SloWboy for a Christ
mas present.
HeIen-Why don't you give him
your heart, dear?
Mildred-The big goose has it al
ready. but he doesn't know it.
The Sum.
Knicker - Christmas mathematics
are puzzling.
Bocker-Yes. you put down tens
and carry everything.
An Explanation.
women are naturally more artistic
than men"
yes" answered the matter of fact
person, that's why so many OF us
look funny when we wear our Christ
mas neckties and smoking jackets.
Our wives want us to look artistic
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MILLIONS OF CHRISTMAS TREES.
American Forests Being Stripped Of
Evergreen Saplings for the
Holidays.

American forests are being stripped
all too rapidly of timbers suitable for
Christmas trees. Maine sends out
nearly 1000 900 year. Vermont has
shipped 1000, 900 more saplings for
single holiday season. In Colorado
100000 evergreen trees are sacrificed
every year for the needs of that state
alone-a fact which is causing no lit
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of lnterest 70 stockhoIders.

Jaspar-I hear that Santa Claus has
given up his yearly rounds.
Jumpuppe-You don't tell me!
Jaspar-Yes. He has accepted q
regular position on the Salaries Com
mittees'' of various big corporations.
Town Topics.
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a Holiday Reflection,

"a Christmas tree is good deal like
a WIFE"
"How's that?"
sIt's the trimmings that cost CHI
cago Record-Herald
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EI~vase~sssJ1 sersssela S~~ss.V y~Es1
s Bits from the Trees s
f3s1Nese.~st3N eea.asta Neea-assa ~ 81

Hence the Mistletoe.
Florence-Don't you remember that
last Christmas you broke your en-.
gagement?
Geraldine-Yes; but I'm year
older now.
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did Brown smoke the cigars his
wife gave him Christmas"
mo, I guess not; | saw him this
morning and he is a perfect picture
of health.
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sers. not for 'varsity's sake hut for ex-
pediency and comfort.
So, the list of what we owe to col
lege men in matters Of dress might be
heightened. The collegian is certainly
a force to be reckoned with by makers
and sellers of mems wear.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-12-20

HE times were flush; there
had been good crops, and
an abundant harvest had
been gathered and stored
away. The people on old
Lick creek, in Rails coun-
tv. Mo. were hannY and
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-14
PLANTS HAVE EYES
SAYS bOTAN|sT

Plants are by no means so stupid or
so helpless as they commonly get
credit for being. No matter how a
beech happens to be placed in the
ground, the root will turn down and
the stem grow up into the air and
there manage somehow or other to find
its way to the nearest support.
Especially remarkable is the be-
havior OF vegetables toward light.
House plants, as every one knows,
grow in the direction of the window,
but If the pot be turned half way
round the leaves will nevertheless
manage to screw themselves back into
their old position, and the sunfower
will rubber round all day long so as
to stare at the sun. In temperate coun-
tries leaves grow at right angles to
the rays of light to get as much of it
as possible; in the tropics they set
themselves edgewise to get as little.
Evidently, then, plants come at least
as near seeing as do some animals.
Pretty much all that has been known
about the matter, however, is that they
attend only to the blue rays of the
sun; for though they will grow per-
fectly well in red or yellow light they
show not the slightest inclination to
turn toward Ii.
A German botanist, Haberlandt who
for many years has been studying these
problems, has concluded that the whole
upper surface of each leaf is a sort of
compound eye. The thin, translucent
skin which in most plants covers the
green, succulent tissue of the leaf, is
itself, in certain cases, composed of
innumerable rounded cells. These.
thinks Professor Haberlandt, are so
many minute lenses which concentrate
the light upon the living substance be-
low and enable the plant to distinguish
between light and darkness, or be-
tween weak light and strong, though
not, of course, to see objects Such
primitive lenses he finds in the fig. ivy.
magnolia, wood-sorre1 and other
plants.
At any rate, plants do act as il they
could see and Professor Haberlandt has
found that each of these supposed
sense organs can be made to print a
bright spot on Photographic plate
Golfers.