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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-20
THE JERICHO P. o.
Pap Perkins, Postmaster, Tells About
= Circus.

When the town of Jericho had got
to be Place of fifteen hundred inhabi-
tants a circus was advertised to exhibit
on certain date Among those who
were interested and let il be known
they meant to attend. was Deacon
Spooner. There were those who began
to criticize him at once, and there was
so much talk within the next ten days
that the minister OF his church
preached d sermon intended to hit the
deacon and some others pIumb-cen-
ter. He described the Wiekedness of
the circus as something positively aw-
full and he cited numerous instances
where such exhibitions had been fol-
lowed by cyclones epidemics and
other calamities.
Some of his congregation might feel
a curiosity to visit the menagerie part
Of the circus. Let them beware.
There was wickedness even among the
animals. They were tOted around the
country simply to lure good men and
women from the paths of rectitude.
Every man Who stood with his hands
in his pockets and gazed at the hyeflas
and camelS must come away feeling
less kindly towards his fellowmen.
Circus men were limbs of Satan, and
it was impossible that the elephant,
the rhinoceros, and the Bengal tiger
had not arrived at a state of moral
turpitude from daily association He
wound up by asking every mem Der OF
his congregation to turn his back on
temptation and hoe in the garden
while the exhibition was taking place.
Should any member so far forget him
self as to be seen inside the tent he
would be dealt with according to the
rules made and provided by the
church.
Those who heard the sermon didn't
believe that Deacon Spooner would
dare run the risk of attending. He
didn't say much one way or the other,
but when the daV arrived he was the
first one to buy a ticket and go IN.
After the show was over he boldly an
nounced that it was the best thing Of
the kind he had ever attended. He
even predicted that a few more cir
cuses like that would give Jericho the
long-hoped for boom in real estate.
Nothing was done for a week or so,
and then he got notice that charges
had been preferred against him and
that he was to be put on trial. Tt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-20
THE ANARCHIST.

(By NJ. Quad.)
John Cunningham had been COVER
nor OF Dartmoor Prison for thirteen
years and during that long interval
not d convict had succeeded in max
ing his escape. The governor fat
tered himself on this fact. He fondly
imagined that it ali resulted from
his governOrship. If the truth must
be told, All the credit rested with the
warden. So far as the governor was
concerned, the big prison might nave
emptied itself once a month. he was
always talking discipline and changing
the rules, but every official under him
knew that he was nothing but q
fusSy old man. He lived four miles
from the prison, and the less he visit
ed it the better. things were run.
Governor Cunningham finally de-
cided to write book on crininOlogy-
That was a perfectly natural thing,
since he had so many specimens at
hand He meant that book to be a
standard and. to contain matter TO as
tonish the world. He was enureiy
ignorant of his subject. but he went to
work like man who meant business.
To get his data he had to have prison
ers brought before him to be ques-
toned and to have their heads ex-
amined. The governor had boosted
more than once that he could tell
predisposed criminal ten rods away.
As he was the boss, he, of course, had
his way about things.
One of the prisoners called before
the governor was James BrOughtons
who had received a sentence of five
years for embezzIement. The family
was q respectable one and this was the
first penal offense for a hundred years.
Broughton himself had anything but
criminal tendencies. He was we'll edu-
Gated well appearing and was remark
ed for his intelligence. The governor
found IN Broughton the acme for
which he sought. He put him down as
man who was born with the in
stincts of thief. He did not credit
him with ordinary intelligence. He
! found him victim of homicidal
mania. He warned the keepers that
he was by far the most dangerous
man in the prison and that his con-
duct for two years had been most ex-
emplary went for nothing. Casts were
+ taken of the convicts head to be dis
played and lectured on at the mex
meeting of the Royal Prison society.
Broughton had entered prison de-
termined to make his escape if it wa:
within the possibilities. After a year:
! good conduct he was named for th'
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them explained.
What have you brought it here
for? %
why 1 engaged room and board
here last evening"
You did nothing of the kind. Do
L look like a man that keeps board
ers2'
The two men wanted to argue the
matter. and as they argued they leaned
on the fence. A man leaning on a
freshly-painted fence can always argue
better than a man standing on his head
in the road. They rubbed and argued
and rubbed. They were sure 1t was
the house, and just as sure that Mr..
BOwser was the man who had taken a
weeks room rent in advance. He held
his temper for three minutes, and then
the discovery that his work had been
ruined again precipitated trouble. He
called them liars and they rejoined in
kind and Mrs. Bowser reached a. front
window just as three men and a trunk
and a wheelbarrOW got all mixed up
in the front yard. The mix lasted five
minutes. Then she opened the door
for Mr.. Bowser to shoot into the house
and shut It against those who would
follow.
well, you would paint. you know, -
she said as she turned on him.
He sat down without a word in re-
ply to wipe his bleeding nose and ca
ress his bitten ear. and for almost the
first time in his married life he forgot
to threaten divorce. He had gone out
to paint and had been painted
! Copyright, 1906, by Mcclure, Phil
| lips & Co.
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After scattering up the kitchen floor
until it looked as If it had had a case
OF measles, he went gayly to his work
on the fence. The public let him alone
until he had coated six feet of the
outside of it. Then a man came along
and asked where Jones lived. Jones
had got some goods on the instalIment
plan and could not be found at the ad-
dress given. Ninety-nine men out of
every hundred will lean on fence. if
it IS handy by. when asking where
Jones lives This man did. He rubbed
his back up and down against the
pickets and the fresh paint for a cou-
pie Of minutes before he made any
discoveries Then he jumped away
just as Mr. Bowser sang out to him:
SAY, YOU blamed jackass, what are
you trying to do there?'
The man was hurt in his feelings. Jp
to this point he had had every
confidence in Mr.. Bowser. Now it was
different He had been betrayed and
deceived and he boiled over. He had
even rubbed his chin whiskers against
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agricultural gang-the TRUSTEES who
moved the meadows and raised a
share of the fresh vegetables con-
sumed in the prison. He had friends
outside to aid him in so far as furnish
ing him a suit of citizens clothes and
a small sum of money. He had made
up his mind to go to SouthAmerica and
he must have several hundred dollars
The fact that he knew no where to
raise the money prevented his escape
for months. 1t was not until after the
governor had made him a choice spe-
cimen of eriminology that a brilliant
idea came to him. As the agricultural
gang marched back to prison one even
ing Broughton was missing and the
alarm was given. He had found the
suit. been met by friend with a
horse and buggy and by the time the
guards were securing the country for
him the convict was at the residence
of the governor.
A rather queer thing had happened
to the governor ten years before, and
as the incident had been published it
was common property in prison and
out. He had made a trip to Russia,
aided an anarchist without knowing
what the man was, and after being
shut up in a fortress for a month he
had been given his liberty and escorted
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on his shoulder and bucket OF
paint in his hand came along. He
smelled the gasoline afar OF and be
gan to grin. In his inmost soul he
i5nav- that the paint would not dry in
month of Sundays. He was also a
man who contended that painting
should be left to painters, no matter
how often they left their jobs and went
around the corner to take a drink
You've struck it, ole boss he an
nOunced with objectionable familiar
ity, as he came to halt and began
shifting.
Are YOU addressing me. sir2" asked
MI. Bowser as he Strengthened up
If you'd put in some lard on top
of that gasoline you'd have made
great hiti'' chuckled the painter. Do
ing your own work in order to save
a dollar or two. Ell? Not willing to give
Il poor man a chance TO earn his bread
and butter? Yah on such men as
Mr.. Bowser laid down his brush and
called the painter names. He Went
clear back to the landing of the Pill
grims to prove that the average house
painter was without ambition or honor
or industry. The painter put down his
ladder and bucket and called Mr. Bow
ser a liar. He also backed up against
the fence in his excitement and rubbed
off most of the paint that had been put
on few minutes before He was a
peaceful man. he said. He was not one
of those men who cannot see a canary
bird without wanting to pick UP a
( crOwbar and pound it's brains out, but
vet he would then and there cheerfully
/ fight Nj. Bowser to the death. Bones
might have been broken and blood
shed and not friend of the painter
| come along and informed him that the
president Of the Rapid Working Paint
ers' union had just fallen dead of
/ heart disease, and that there was a
chance for him TO fill the vacancy
Nothing happened for the next ten
minutes. Mr.. BoWser went on with
! his work and recovered his good ma
| ture. and he was WONDERING whether
he ought to have mixed a little kero-
| sene with the gasoline when a fat Wo-
man came along and halted. She had
daughter working as cook in a
wanted to ask Mr.. Bowser if he was
the man. If So she vented to tell
/ her daughter that cooks had become
so scarce that theys could sass their
mistresses without fear of discharge.
In fact she did ask him. and he
1 turned to see that she was rubbing
the paint off his fence.
Haven't you got eyes woman.
Haven't you got q nOse.' he yelled at
her.
She jumped back and saw the state
| of her dress. and then she made a
I little speech. Tt was directed a Mt.
Bowser. She referred to his SQUAT
ness his fatness@to his bald head
TO his being so far below the aver
age jackass in point of intelligence that
/ it was useless to waste English as
taught at School No f. on him. He
sought to break in on her and inter
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cross-eyed when the deacon brought
forward his Witnesses He proved that
Uncle Jim Gray, a pillar of the church,
had walked seven times around the
circus tent with his mouth open, and
had offered circus man dozen eggs
to let him crawl under the canvas.
He proved that old Mrs. Abigail
Johnson. who had wept when she
heard that a circus was coming TO
Jericho, was up at five O'Clock IN the
morning for fear the rl1inoceros would
waddie by her gate without her seeing
him.
He proved that the Rev. John
Drake. a minister from Dobb's Ferry.
sat next to him in the circus and
spoke of the clown as a daisy
He proved that the widow Flint,
who had made the charges against
him. was peeking out of her window
all the time the parade was passing,
and that a grin was seen on her face
when the band played Maggie Muir
ply
He proved that the minister who
was presiding at his trial had walked
across his garden and a hve-acre lot to
see the animal cages, and that Solo
mon Smith, the oldest church member
in town, and one who contributed most
to repainting the meeting house the
year before, had talked with one of the
circus men for an hour.
He showed up no less than six farm
ers. all church members. who had sold
corn, hay and oats to the circus. and
the butcher couldn't deny that he had
sold meat for the animals.
AS a matter Of fact that deacon had
the game in his own hands. When he
1 had made his points, he was asked to
retire and the room was cleared of all
outsiders. Then there was silence that
could have been hit with a crowbar II
was finally broken by the minister
/ who asked:
Brethren. have you thought the
matter over -
I'VE have
rs a circus wicked or not?''
while a circus isn't exactly camp
meeting, it cannot be called wicked
That is, if it is wicked. one may attend
and not bring any of the wfckedness
away with him. About the only diff
ference between attending the per.
Torrance and looking at the street pa
rade and hanging about the tents il
that it costs fifty cents TO get inside
It was limited to the widow Flint tina
she had better withdraw her charge.
and mend her fences, and that wa.
| their way out of it. No calamity fol
lowed the coming Of he circus, anS
when a second arrived q. year later. tn,
bell for evening prayer meeting WASH
even rung. If it had been nobod,
would have Copyright
1906, by Mcclure Newspaper Syndi
cate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-20
A Case Of Toofhache.

Z was in the army during the civil
war from first to last" said the old
veteran, and though I saw a hundred
cases of the toothache never saw a
surgeon have the least bit of mercy
on man. It was get out the forceps
and yank her out, as if pulling a peg
from a hole. Something occurred one.
night to make me think it was 5ssst as
bad on the Confederate side. I have
seen men almost go crazy with pain
rather than have a tooth out, ana 7
remember of two desertiOns that came
about from nothing but toothaohe.
ION this night 1 was standing picket
alone in q bit of woods. In front OF me-.
was open ground, and overhead was a.;
bright moon. The Confederate post
was only about a. quarter of q mile,
away, and I was gazing across an old
tobacco field VIII en- I saw a Johnny Hsa
deliberately leave cover and advances
upon me. He had his gun but some
thing told me he wasn't after me-
When he came within a few rods u
halted him and asked:
g DO you want to como in and sur
render?'
+" That's accordin,.' he answered +
90 According to Ehat2'
c. Wall. I've got an old tooth that's,
been jumpin' for & week past. and 81
don't want it pulled with no p3nceTg.
If your doctor can do the trick snd not
pull my blamed head of I'll come ia
and surrender; II he can {, then III see
you blanked first!'
Il had to inform him that the PIN.
Ger way, with two men holding tho pa
tents head, and two mora sitting On.
his legs. was the only way we had, and
he turned and growled:
% Shoot thought you drafted
Yanks had the bulge on US. Bein' you
hahn t. I'll go back agin; and you Jest
be keerfu1 and don't let that muslxet O
yours 70 off while I'm in sight
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the paint. He called Mr.. Bowser
names. He made threats. He offered
to give him the licking of his life
There would have been a fight but for
a policeman coming around the cor
ner. At sight of him the man who
wanted to see Jones walked slowly
away, but as he did so he Informed
Mr.. Bowser that centuries might come
and 90 before he would forgive him.
The rubbed spot was recoated and
six feet more Of the picketing finished
when painter with step-ladder
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rupt her torrent of words, but he
might as well have tried to stay the
JOhnstown flood. She talked for five
minutes and then went her way to
leave his mind in a whirl He had
to go all over the painted part again.
and he had only got it nicely finished
when two men came along with a
trunk on q wheeIbarrow and started
in at the gate.
'IereZwhere you going?" was de-
manded of them.
I've brought my trunk. one of
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Don't take Il. neither the looks nor he Price
indicate its cup quality. No matter where you
buy AIbuekies ARIOSA. or what you pay
for H. is the same old unifOm Arbuekles'
ARIOSA Coffee.
f yom grocer wll not supply. wTise to
ARBUCKLE BROS,
New xask csz.
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For over thirty years. writes a
gentleman in Los Angeles. 4 have
used Arbuckles' Coffee. Many times
my family has tned other coffee only to
come back to our oldrslabIe, unehanee-
able Arbuckles. No other coffee has
this uniform never failing aroma. ! care
not at what pnce. ! have often wished
IcouId tell you this. Many other
people have the same opinion
Arbuekles' was The FIRST roasted paekseed
coffee. and its sales exeeed all the 0shers put
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-20

Mrs. Rufus Snyder. wife of the boot
and shoe man, went to her back door
the other day to find a humping big
tramp stealing plums from the trees
She hit him one swat with her fist
and broke two of his ribs, and he is in
Jail under the doctors care. When a
Hometown woman gives you her hand
she gives it hard.
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the grocery for five cents apiece. and
We editor is filling up on them and get
ting ready for the fall campaign. He
is no COW, but he never misses any
thing to I'LL up on.
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It has come to be so well understood
in social circles in this village that ye
editor never plays poker that he is
seldom or never asked to take a hand
in a game. We once lost fifteen cents
on a hand and took q solemn vow
never to play again.
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together. That i costs you less is due simply
to our coffee business being 80 much greater
than any competitors. in fact ii Is larger thanshe
next four largest FIRMS in the world combined.
We naturally can and actually do give better
coffee in ARIOSA than anyone else can give
for the price; Being the standard article it Is
sold at the narrowest margin q profit.
Some grocers viii Try to sell
you instead loose coffee which the
rooster IS ashamed to sell IN a
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Il wish, said Mrs Oldcastle. that
had Mrs Waddington's savior-faire.
Yes replied her hostess. carelessly
tossing her $4,000 dog-collar on the dress
ing table It like it, too. I was looxIn
at some downtown at Sellun & Send
um's the other day. but they didn't have
any left that was anything Ike hers ~
Chicago Record-Herald-
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Farmer Johnson brought US in two
magnificent squashes the other day
and renewed his cash subscription to
the Banner. Later on we are prom
ised a bushel of turnips. With a lit
tie help from Providence, we hope to
get through the winter in good shape.
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We regret to announce that Miss
Flora Henderson, daughter Of the pop
ular blacksmith, kicked at a yellow
dog on the street the other day and
hit a telegraph pole instead and broke
three Of her toes. The pole was
knocked six inches out Of plumb by
the kick. Tramps and yellow dogs
should fight clear of Hometown.
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During the month of August. as
near as we can figure it, the people of
Hometown gathered and nTadeinto pies
over forty bushels of huckelberries.
There were smiles of contentment and
huckelbeTry pie from morning to
night, and not one single lawsuit was
instituted.
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Mr. Henry Hemingway. the hard
ware man, keeps money in the house,
and missing the roll the other day he
startled the town by crying out that
he had been robbed. When the excite
ment was at its height he found that
the wife had put the money in another
place Our roll never causes US or any
one else the slightest anxiety.
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We do not wish to appear egotistfcal
in the eyes of our brother editors. but
at the same time we feel like annOunc-
ing that the Banner Office has made ar
engagements by which it is hereafter to
be supplied with two clean towels per
week. Those things must come with
metropolitan journalism.
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Boston stock quotations.

Reported over private wires of Horn blower t& Weeks. members of the New York and Boston Stock Ex- changes, New Haven office, 27 Center street.
 Boston, Oct 2S.
 High. Low. Bid Asked.
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Closing Prices.

The following are the closing prices reported by Prince & Whitely, Bankers and Brokers. 25 Broadway, New York. and 15 Center street, New Haven.
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The Union TrustCo

NEW HAVEN,
 THARTERED by the State of Con. N nectlcut with authority to act as Getyer or Trustee, under win or deed.
 IS legal depository of money paid, Into Court and public Trust Funda Acts as Trustee for Municipalities, Cor- porations and individuals. and admin lsters trusts of all kinds. Empowered to. act as registra. of stocks, bonds or other evidence of indebtedness, manage sinking funds, and do all bus, ness such aS usually done by trust companies.
 It also does a general banking bus mess, collecting checks, notes, coupons, and receives deposits. The principal of each trust Is invested by itself and kept separate And apart from the general asests of the Company.
 This Company is by lev regularly exs amined by the bank examiner of the State of Connections
 HENRY L. HOTCHKIsS, PreHideRt.v
 EUGENE g. BRISTOL. TgeAauEeEs