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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-03

minute.
Then he opened them.
Then he glared across the room at
the family cat who was trying TO look
homeless and mournful.
Then his lip trembled as he thought
Of being buried under a willow tree
and the snow lying heaped on his
grave and. Mrs Bowser being at a va
riety show in her widows weeds.
Are you better, dear" she asked
in a whisper as she snoothed his mar
bic brow.
Better. Can dying man be bet
ter? Can't you see that 1 haven't half
an hour to live?"
The cat deliberately wfnked at Mrs.
Bowser and then turned his head
away, and he will never know wheth-
er the wink was returned or not.
Then Mr.. Bowser found the poultice
toe hot.
Then he found it too cold.
Then he sat up and groaned.
Then he lay down and groaned.
Il think I will heat some whisky
and have you hold it in your mouth"
suggested Mrs. Bowser, and she de-
parted to fulfill her errand. She hur-
ried as fast as she could, but 1t took
her seven minutes by the clock.
During this interval Mr.. Bowser
kicked with his right leg ten times.
Then with his left leg eight times
He groaned five distinct and awful
groans.
He sighed six signs that could have
been heard at the front door by any
one looking for umbrellas TO mend
This ought to stop the ache in a
/ minute or two" said Mrs. Bowser as
| she returned with the steaming whisk.
and held it to his lips
MI Bowser got a mcuthful and la.
/ down and closed his eyes. He KEEP
/ them closed so long that she began to
wonder If his soul had taken it's flight.
but there was no occasion for a scare.
AIr. Bowser was only thinking.
He was thinking Of how he had de-
liberately sat in draught for half an
hour the day previous. but how he
would lay all his pain and suffering to
Mrs. BowseT.
He would say that it was his getting
up in the night at her instance to see
If burglars were in the house.
He would charge her with DELHI
crate intent to wipe him of the face
OF the earth and beneflt By his life in
surance.
She hadn't exactly tried to poison
him, but from thence on he would ad-
dress her as Lucretia, Borgia-
He was thinking up other schemes
to get even when some of the whisky
treacherously trickled down his throat
and choked him and brought a cough
and a spiutter. Then he sat up and
choked ana gasped and gurEied and
got red in the face, and all that Mrs.
Bowser could gay to soothe him was
Dear, I am really afraid that you
will have to have that tooth out
The doctor he shouted as he mo-
toned to the telephone"
But the doctor can't help you"
He rolled of the lounge on the floor
and scrambled up and went to the teIe-
phone and called up the central. The
central replied that he must wait 3
minute.
mot a second" he replied. 'sThis Ia
case Of life or death
AT the end Of two minutes ne got
the doctors ONCE to md that the doc
tor was out.
what IN thunder Is he out for" he
demanded Of the doctors wife"
He has gone to see q sick lady
He had no business to. The woman
had no business to be sick, You tell
him that there IL a dying man here.
and that he wants 70 get around with
cut the loss Of another minute"
Bns its only the toothaches" nTo-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-03

Miss Mary AIears. whose novel, THE
Breath Of the Runners. is shortly to
appear with the imprint of Frederick A.
Stokes company. is young writer of
very unusual promise. Miss Mearss book
represents a distinctly new departure
in American literature. She discloses to
readers of fiction a phase of American
life little known outside its own limits.
The art world of America has never be-
fore been made the environment of q
thoughtful and significant novel. Miss
Mears is herself an American artist.
and has secured great facility as we'll
as reputation as a writer by frequent
contributions to some of our leading
magazines. One need read few pages
only OF this strong book to realize that
Miss Mears' apprenticeship both as ar
fist and writer has peculiarly fitted her
to depict graphically her world"
While Winston Churchill has been
engaged in his political campaign he
has also been giving much thought to
a new book which he had in mind even
before "COnistOn' was completed. 1t
is said that his next novel will be quite
different from anything he has hither-
to done, and that it viii involve his
experience as naval cadet at Annap-
oils.
A new volume of the incompara bic
Harpers. It is called Dissertations;
but titles may come and titles may go.
while his humOr flows on forever. And
always the humor is delightfully."- I'M
expected and new.
Jack London's new book is out fresh
from the press of the Macmillan COM
pany. In white Fang Jack London
has given his admirers the kind of
story for which they have been clam
cring ever since THE Call of the Wild
was published. The scene of the new
book is again the frozen wilds OF the
north, the characters include the ami
NAL as well a s the human world and
the incidents are those of the continu-
Gus struggle for existence that goes in
the desOlate northern country. white
Fang is considerably longer story
than The Call of the Wild and its
plot IS perhaps developed somewhat
more dramatically. While its theme is
the reverse OF that of the earlier book.
There we had the dog gradually Yield
ing to the influences of the savage life
by which it was surrounded, while in
White Fang" we have the wolf cub
tanned by the inevitable mastery of
man.
Mr.. Ernest Peixotto whose new vol
ume by Italian Seas" the result OF
much leisurely travel is announced
for early publication by the Scribners,
is perhaps best known as an arti.e and
illustrator. Indeed in this WORK. he
has had the cooperation of his wife
in the preparation of the text and to-
gether they have made it quite as at
tractive as his pictures-sO charming
for their delicacy and charm. Mr.
Peixotto. who is q Californian by birth,
is thirty-six and his first illustrations
appeared in the eastern magazines
only about nine years ago His Con-
Eressional Library drawings won him
recognition first. Most of his work is
done in pen and ink though he some
times combines wash and pen and ink
in a way of his won
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-03

A senator from q central western
state gought an interview with the pres
ident asking him to appoint to a for
eign consulate an applicant TO whom the
senator was IN some way bound, but
who was heartily dishked By reason Of
his offensiye Persistence IN seeking IA
vOxs.
.sWhere do you want him sent7" the
senator was asked.
At this the senator took a step or
two to the center OF the room. where
stood q large globe. Putting one arm
around Il as far as he could reach,
the senator said.
II don't know what locality my Gng-
e. touches. but pleaas send him there!''
arpar'a Weakly,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-03

Mrs. Bowser was about to prepare
the bag of hot ashes, whether or no,
when the family doctor came driving
up on the gallop. The door was no
sooner opened TO him that he rushed
in and up to Mr. Bowser and asked
what was the matter.
Mr. Bower opened his mouth and
pointed and groaned. The doctor bent
down, inserted his finger and thumb,
and three seconds later held up q tooth
and exclaimed:
you could have pulled It out your
self Bowser. you are the biggest jack
ass In America ''-( Copyright. 1906,
by Mcclure Newspaper Syndieate.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-03

VIII Payne, the author Of ssOu For
tunes Road" and MI Salt has com
pIeted a new novel which Will be pub
lished shortly by The Macmillan com
panv under the title when Love
Speaks The new book is described
as incidentally political story dealing
with problems OF civic virtue and DO
litical corruption. but as essentially a
strong study of character developed
through a plot of striking originality
and dramatic force. No one will doubt
that Mr. Payne. who knows thorough
" the ins-and-Outs Of business and po-a
litical life, has made this side of his
story convincingly real, and he has
also shown an insight into character
that justihes high hopes for his forth
coming book.
Mr.. John Fox. Jr., the author of
'fThe Little Shepherd OF Kingdom
Come whose new story of the Ken
lucky mountains entitled "A Knight
OF the Cumberland" is about to appear
in book form, was born in Bourbon
county, Kentucky, the very heart OF
the Bluegrass region. Mr.. Fox's ear
~ days were spent there=the average
life OF Kentucky boy. At fifteen he
went to Lexington and entered Ken
lucky (Transyivania) University,
where he spent two years. From there
he went to Harvard and graduated the
youngest IN his class. Tt is interesting
~ AlONE that Ills COAlEE4atE he Was uI-
signaltzed by any literary contributions
to college papers. After graduation
he spent some time on the New York
Sun and later entered the Coium bia
Law school, But he abandoned law
after a short time and Joined the staff
manned several months until illness
compelled him to go south. where he
established himself in business. It was
there that he became interested in the
- tr.sr,
responsible for his first book, "A Noun
tain Europa" The success of this
story led him othe writing of others.
Then followed "A Cum berland Ven
delta" and stHeu fer Sartain.'' the lat
ter written in a day and half yet on
It he made his reputation. The Ken
tuckians followed. At the outbreak of
/ the Spanish-Ame rican war Mr. Fox
Joined the Rough Riders, but left that
organization to act as correspondent of
Harper's Weekly at the front. His ex-
perience there furnished the material
for his next novel, tCrittenden.' AZ
ter the war, Mr.. Fox returned to the
south and his next stories. Bluegrass
and "Rhoodendron." embody his own
| personal experiences as a member of
/ the police guard in Kentucky and Vir-
ginia. In The Little Shepherd of
! Kingdom Come" Mr.. Fox traced the
! development of a native from its birth
in a log cabin TO its highest point of
culture
Such IS the record OF Mr.. Foxs out
put. But no man is measured by the
quantity of his production Mr.. Fox s
stories are real stories in the best sense
OF the word They throb and pulsate
with the life of region he knows SO
well--a region that unfolds much to
the writer with q clear vision and a
faculty of adjoining his tales with lit
/ erary grace and charm. That Mr.. Fox
I is endowed with these attributes no
one who has read his stories can deny.
He has caught the life Of the. south
and his books are worthily represea-
| tatiYes Of the glory of that region.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-03

the next ten minutes and during this
interval
groans, being ten groans to the min
ute or one every six seconds.
He calculated "0h, my soult' tWen-
ty times. being one every thirty sec
onds.
He called to Mrs. Bowser five times,
being one call for every two minutes.
Now then" said Mrs. Bowser as
She returned with the pouItice and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-03

tied 1t fast to his cheek. this ought to
draw the pain out in a. few minutes.
Why didn't you come home sooner
can a man in the asonies of death
and squirming around on the floor stop
the performance and come home ?" he
demanded.
You poor, poor man, but was it as
bad as that? How I pity youi The pain
viii soor be gone. however. Smut your
eyes and try to go to sleep"
Mr.. Bowser shut his eyes for one
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-03

Cali the Year in the Garden is
nature calendar just published by the
Thomas Y. Crowell company Of New
York 1t is nothing more nor less
than yearbook with happy out
door thought devoted to each day; but
the total result is q series of refresh
ing pages packed with enough ozone
to sWeeten even the mustiest city
apartment. January starts off brisk
" with an invocation from Austin
Dobson s fAdasque of the Months
Firstly thou churl son Of janus;
followed bya strain from SWinburne's
a Years Carols Then come Long
fellow, Cowper. Burroughs, Lowell,
Thompson, Keats, Shakespeare, Spen-
ser. Stevenson. Emerson, Tennyson.
JefTeries, and many another lover of
the outdoors. all joining with hearty
accord in the praise Of gardens. Nat
urally. each month and each season
has its own especial devotees, and the
compiler has given due regard to this
fact, thus rounding out a most inter
esting volume from a literary as well
as rural point of view. The work is
done in special decorative type, with
full-page illustrations. The great
vogue of nature books, and the special
ctiveness of this one. make it a
thoroughly acceptable gift.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-03
TRET DaNaK ARsUcRlEs
DEEP An 0FTEH. AHbn
nADE TREn GREAT

maksu he gsindins ealy. cosss loss ID i5ea6gy -
cosss afeE bens ground Or whsa exposed to As sar.
Never buy loose coffee out Of a bag,
BIN OF On. II it were good the roaseeg
would not be ashamed TO sen L IN 8
package with his name an II.
The salss e AsbueElss' ARIosA e1csea ihsss E "a
tie oIer packas.d eoGuss euzaknsd Il b he h eass
fer goa, sad oass you iea.
# yosw grocer won't supply, wEile 70
ARBUcKIE BROS.
New Yst O.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-03

The Century company has just pub
lfsiled a new book by Frances Hodg-
son Burnett. It is published under the
strange title. Queen Silver-Beil, Rack
etty-Packetty House" There is per-
haps no author living Who writes for
children with SO magic a, pen as Mrs.
Frances Hodgson Burnett, whose Lit
tie Lord Fauntleroy'' and Sara Crewe''
and .Editha S Burglar have endeared
her to countless thousands Of young
hearts. Now, in an altogether new
vein, come the first two books in a
series of fairy tales, conceived and told
with much quaint cleverness and fun.
Stlver-Bell, queen of the fairies, is dis
tressed because there is a growing dis
belief in her people. and even a falling
off in fairy skill She is so disturbed
that she loses her nice little temper
which she carries about in a silver
cage. She turns to the Dormouse for
advice, and is told to encourage the
writer's of books about fairies. So
Queen Silver-Bell goes to a person.
apprenticed to her as amanuensis for
life, and into her ear she whispers
these stories of the fairies. AS Queen
Silver-Beu herself explains: Though
you may have heard of fairies. you have
never read stories written by a real one.
And that is what is going to happen to
you. Here are three Of the stories.
THE Troubles of Queen Silver-BeIl,' -
How Winnie Hatched the Little
Rocks" in one volume; in the second,
"Raeketty-P acketty House''-and there
are others to folloW-stories rich in the
interest. charm and humor one would
expect from Mrs. Burnett. Binding and
Illustrations are in keeping with the
spirit of the text.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-03

Talk about e roasted fresh daily the
way to get a cup Of coffee that tastes
Ike coffee. with al the delicious favor
and aroma intact, IS to buy ArbuckIes'
ARIOsA and grind It as You want to
use T. Wvuaus il hls asasleas .5s asvN I'D
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-03

Magazine readers Will recall the
"hit' that was made by The Reader a
little over a year ago with the serial
publication of THE House of a Thou
sand Candles" Meredith Nicholson
has now written a new story, which
begins in The Readers November
number under the title of The Port of
Missing Men,. The first installment
contains the elements that should
make up a charming story
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-03

Gun 1000 was good = Eear -
steak, aapiacks. fresh bread. ETC..
but nothing seemed to warm and
strengthen Us as much as a cup Of
ARIOSA Coffee. which we kept in
the original package and ground as
needed. Fran s-ail=nnn now n Beshlsh.ia.
Arbuckles' ARlOsA was the hra roasted
paekased coffee, - packsged for the consumers
pIoiselien and tie pores Of each berry sealed
sta ths roasting with freah ssss and suaor to
kesp she soQdnaz n and make the coffee saitIe
clear and qlrkiy.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-22

John Franklin Calhoun, Minneapolis,
broker and real estate, Beau Brummel
Of the state senate by virtue Of repre-.
sentation. of. the rFortieth district, and
member Of the Senate .Oratorical Sign
Painters and Bridge Whist aggrega-
4tions. .,s :r4 ~ s,,.- - ~, r
Born, Licking county, Ohio, April, 90,
1854. Family of Scotch descent, and
ancestors on both sides mixed with the
English during the revolutions Went
to Illinois when small, attended county
school, Mercer county. At the age Of
IS did the Benjamin Franklin stunt,
walking to eKithsburgh barefoot, straw
hat, broke, ETC., and became printer s
devil at $3.50 per week. Turned grind
stone in carpenter shop eight: months,
then got into clothing store, then dry
goods for eight years, till went. into
business.
Came to Minneapolis in 1881, enter:
ing real estate and brokerage business
Member of the first chamber Of com
merce, Mason SD degree, clubs and So
cial organizations Republican. Elected
state senate 1902. @
!
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-22
BLIND PIGS AN ISSUE
s. IN ST. PAUL CAMPAIGN
Midway District Up in Arms Against
{ Illicit Saloons Of Council
Shown to Run Unlicensed Place.

In the midway district of st. Paul,
namely the tenth and eleventh wards,
there: is no issue SO marked in the city
campaign as that relative to, the blind
pigs, = which for years have hourished
in that prohibition territory under
democratic administration. Private cit
liens Of Merriam Park have made raid
after raid, and had dozens of fines i'm
posed, but the apiggerso have always
returned to thei rold hauntes and have
come to look upon the intermittent fines
as an expense of their business, the
same as downtown .saloonkeepers look
upon the cost of their licenses. The
residents Of Merriam Park are espec
tally worked up. III their desire for the
suppression Of the illegal liquor stalls.
Franklin III. Griggs, chairman of the
st. Paul republican campaign commit
| tee, In support Of the claim that the
present democratic administration is
fostering many unlicensed saloons, last
evening gave out some compilations of
| figures from United States government
records by which he proves that there
are within the limits of st. Paul six
| ty-nine places licenses to sell liquor
| by the federal government, which are
| not licensed by The city administration
/ Mr.. Griggs. statement concludes:
1T is interesting to note that the
president Of the democratic. board Of
f aldermen, Mr.. Huber, had never up to
l this year taken out a license from the
1scity since he took his seat as an alder,
man. y .ssssgss -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-22
DEMAND FOR LABORERS
f. EXCEEDS THE SUPPLY
State Free Employment Bureau Has
Orders for All Grades Of Toilers at
Good Wages for Long Jobs. ::

Men are wanted for all sorts of work
by the State Free Employment, bureau
in the city hall. Superintendent Louis
Levy has orders in for men for all
grades Of work and is badly in need Of
men to send out at once,
I. wages are. as good. if not better,
than at any time last year, said Mr..
Levy. yesterday. AS high as So a day
is offered for common laborers, and for
special and skilled men there is plenty
Of work at good wages. We. have lots
take care Of small army of men and
place them in good places for the sum
mer.
1.-THE calls on the state labor office are
not confined to the city or even to the
state, but come in from all over the
northwest. Some orders are for one or
two men and some run into hundreds,
large crews being needed for new rail
road construction work.
With the large amount Of work in
the office and the good wages offered,
the spring and summer months will be
busy in the labor office and hundreds
of laborers and skilled men will be
placed in good positions at mo expense
to themselves or their employers
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-22
NORWEGIAN CONSULATE h
LOCATED TN ST. PAUL
Col. E, n. Hobe, Long Representative
Of Sweden and Norway, Becomes Con
sui with Wide Jurisdiction. tt

J: Colonel E. H. Hobe has been APP
pointed consul for Norway for Mime
sofa, Iowa, South Dakota, North Da-
kota, Wyoming, Montana and Idaho.
This is now one of the most Important
consular stations west Of New Y ork.
Formerly it was only a vice-consulate.
Mr.. Hobe will recommend the appoint
ment of vice-consuls in most Of the
various states under the ST. Paul con.
sulate. 3. q. VI e
H Colonel Hobe is not new in the con
su1ar service, having been yice-consu]
for Norway and Sweden for fifteen
years, a position he filed to the entire
satisfaction of the two governments
but On account Of the dissolution Of the
union between Norway and Sweden
and being a Norwegian by birth, he
could not continue to serve as Swedish
consul. AAg LIN !: ~
Owing to the fact that in Mime
sofa, the Dakotas, Iowa and Wisconsin
there are more ,5Norwegians than any
other nationality, this IS a busy post
as all inheritance cases and matters OF
trade from either country 90 thru thu
| consulate: Trade between Norway ant
America increases yearly, AND it is thu
aim Of the Norwegian. government tx
have it's consuls do all in their powe
still further toYimprove: trade relations
l
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-22
JOURNAL TOURS Will
Be BETTER THAN EVER
SEEING MINNEAPOLIS" AUTOS
WILL START NEXT WEEK.
Finest and Most Comfortable Cars OBJ
itainable, Will Be Used and Every
s Effort Made to Give Strangers Views
d of All that Makes Twin Cities Fa-
nous.

The popular Journal automobile tours
will begin a week from tomorrow,
|" better and bigger than ever The
best up-totdates. touring cars of the
latest pattern, each holding six passen-.
gers. will be used exclusively. Each
ear will have a canopy top and every
comfort will be provided for sight,
I.seers. ,.9:-y b
{, { The Journals automobile tours,
Is Seeing Minneapolis = and Seeing the
Twin Cities = have become famous
1.-THE Great N orthwest, = and this sea-
son the tours are to be conducted on a
more elaborate plan than ever before.
The tours will occupy not less than
| two hours time and will cover twenty
miles. The points Of interest include
Minnehaha Falls, the Soldiers home,
Fort Smelling, ST. Anthony Falls, the
great -four milling district, the boule.
Yards and residence districts and the
The: Seeing the Twin Cities tour,
FIVE hours: in length, touches the pr1n,
cipa points of interest in both Mime
Eapolis and st. Paul.
& The s City Beautiful. =
f There IS nc city in the country Sc
wei adapted to the JOYS Of a Ut, mob d
ling IhAAhSdtOllo. ASlS cstC lA1lC'
f.andzmiles of3tboulevards that open up
beautiful vistas to the automobiles
Every few minutes you get a glimpse
of or come to the shores of beautiful
lakes that add much to the enjoyment
Of these tours. Fort Smelling, that
played such an important part during
the Indian wars, the Soldiers home, the
most attractive institution of its kind
and ..Minnehaha Falls. Laughing
Waters famous in verse and as ma
lturaI and picturesque as ever are with
in a short half-hour run of the Jour
nal office, from which the automobil
tours start.
Other interesting points TO be visite,
on the, "Seeing Minneapolis - an
i "'Seeing the Twin Cities"S tours ar
Lake Harriet, Lake Calhoun. the I'm
, versity of Minnesota, the Agriculture
college, Lake Of the Isles, Loring park
: Lowry hill, Como park, Minnesota:
, capitol, and Knob hill. Eel w.
A nominal fee Of 81 is charged for til
"Seeing Minneapolis tour and So 70
the long trip "Seeing the Twin Cities.