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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-25
Jersey Shirts. Csc

These are regular soc Jersey shirts-and
by the way. this is the only store in town
which regularly sells these jersey shirts as
low as 50c-to clear out what have left
they will be priced for these two Remnant
Days, each 35c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-25
Fancy Sflverware

The heavy Christmas selling has left OF
hands few pomade jars. ash trays. tooth
pickholders. etc. They will be sold al J.
price during these two days of Remnant
selling
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-25
Sweaters. Csc

Mems and boys pineapple weave sweaters
good assortment of colors-a very warm
desirable garment for winter wear-offered
for two days-at each Soc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-25
Corn Feathers
For Filling Sofa Pillows
Per Pound, 15c
= Price On These
Cigar Cases
Perfumes

All the leather cigar cases on hand are to
be closed out at just z price.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-25

Imported perfume in fancy boxes and
baskets-delicate lasting odors all go al z
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-04
QUEER PINK HOUSES

The town is all painted pink. which makes 1t the queerest- looflnS placs YOU ever saw, and on The outside or the pink houses there are pictures drawn, some Of them very solemn ana some very fuany. which makes II We drove through inc street Whtch was crowded with camelS and e!e- nhants and donkCyS, and women Wrapped up like bundles and men chatterIng ike monkeys and mon keys themselves, and naked little children rohIng in the dust i'i q play ing queer Jes sPure games. Al! the hl- tie girls, when they bEt th n" apout vour age, have Jc%o.s i1 tr"tt noaes and the women all have their noses looking beautiful in thi- way nave got d nose jewel for you, Wdich shall put in when l get hpH.t ana also a little button for thr Slde or Susie's nose suCn as the SIhtti"r chlL- dren wear. Think how tire alrls at school will admire you ....+...,
 We'll. we drove out the other side of the queer pink town ard went on toward the oid town, wAiCH they de they built this. The, priest told the raiah, oI king, that they ought not to live more than q thOusaid years in one place. and so. as tne oli town was about thousand years old, the king left it; and there 1t sftnd~ about five miles of, with only few heS- cars and a lot Of monkeys for inhab- itants of its splendid rA aces and temples. As we drove along toward if inc fields were full ol r"acoclls and all sorts of bright vii g 3 birds, and out Of the ponds ard streams tn" crocodiles stuck up the.r lazy hcad4 and looked at us.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-04
AN ELEPHANT RIDE

The hills around are fu! of tigers and hyenas, but they a" not Culne down to the town, though saw l cage of them there Whlcu hlI been captured only about Wonth and were very fierce. Poor thii g. When we came to the entrance "f th" "it town, there was q splcndld great cl, phant waiting for us WHlch tho ralAu had sest Io sent the carritS", too The elephant had his tunh and Erai beautifully painted. ard l"oh'd aI- most as big as Jumro H. hu,!' down, and we climbed up ly . iA.!,"r and sat upon his back and then h. toiled up the hill am afraid no thought Americans u.ust b" Nc.- heavy, and 1 do not know whether te could have earned you. Behind v,, js we went up the hIll, ca.-.c man lea lr,S d little black goat, and WL,u ask J what 1t wa. for. they said was fur sacrifice. It seeus a hon ' old e,1I- dess has q temple on c." hll. lul wears ugo tneY used To ..t"riic,. .,I,.I. 10 her, to make her hdpIy and tj"0 But morcifu rajah ftopged that, a..t made them sacrifice eodt~ iustcI.I .I and now they give this horr'd "id goddess -"#t oEC'N morning. .u.i she likrs IL j;lst as vel
 When We got into tho old tnwn fl
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-04

Oftentimes one side of the face differs from the other. one eye sees better than the other. one ear hears better than the other, just as one hand is more sidlful than the other.
 Even our legs are oftentimes unequal in size. It has been found that 50 per cent of adults have shorter left legs than right.
 Our very hngernails vary in their rate of growth. The thumbnails grow much more slowly than the fingernails; tho nails of the middle fingers grow faster that the other fngernails.
 Take good care of your bodies. boys and girls, and give them a chance to become as perfectly proporuoned as nature intended they should be.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-04

they are grown. if they are well pro- portioned, their bodies and legs to- gether will have increased to seven and a half times the length of their heads.
 So, suppose you measure yourselves carefully today. boys, and see whether from your chin down your body meas ures just seven and a half times the length of your head.
 During the first three years of his life child's legs double their original length. At that rate you can imagine how long your legs would be at 9 or 12 years of age. You would be as tall as that boy on stlts. And your legs would be your stilts! Wouldn't you be an awful sight. though! And imagine how you would look at the age of 20! You would not need any
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-04

so large at birth, your head does not grow as rapidly as the rest of your body, and by the time you are grown IL will be only twice as large as it was al birth.
 In order to make up for lost time. as it were, the body grows much faster than the head. while the legs show an even greater proportional increase than the body.
 Babies bodies. in the early stages of growth, measure three times the length of the head. but by the time
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-04

developed longer trunks and shorter legs than we have.
 Perhaps you have been told that very few people develop equally in their right and left sides. Most people have larger right hand, right hip and right foot than left But in some peoples cases. the left side is larger than the right; while a few people have larger right hand and hip, but their left feet are tho larger.
 If you carefully watch yourselves. boys and girls. standing squarely on both feet. learning to tread with equal frmness on both feet. and to work and write and sew with the left hand as well as the right. you are likely to de- veiop perfectly proportioned bodies.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-04
Queer Wager

N LITTLE boy said to his sister the "A other day: 'I bet l can coax you
 10 set lire to your dress!"
 Well, l just guess you cantr" she cried, scornfully.
 What do you bet?'
 You are silly, of course you cannot; why should l bet anything"
 Well. I'm willing to wager my new Jack-knife."
 ''All right" laughed she. I'll wager my Paris doll you cannot" Then the boy began:
 Please set fire to your dress! Please. please do!' Are you tired?" asked his sister. at Well, I've won my bet all right: l said that I could coax you to do 1t. and I have" said the boy.
 And now that brother and sister are trying to decide the bet And he is won dering if he wants the doll. and she is wondering if she wants the jack-knife. anYhoy
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-04

All children who knew him, dearly loved Bishop Philips Brooks. anu although he nad no little sons and daughters of his own. ne dearly loved children.
 Whenever he went away on his travels he wrote long. lovely letters to some Of his little friends. especially to his N,te n.eces.
 The following letter from India was ad- dressed to his lttle niece. Geltie. It may be found in a recently published book called "Chidren'S Letters.'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-04
Puzzle of Four Cities.

Arrange four lists of geographical places in squares. as indicated in the diagram. Place a large letter s In the centre between them all, and counting letters radiating from 1t. They will spell four different cities in the West ern States.
 IN. B.-Every word in the four squares consists of six letters.] Guess the geographical names from the following descriptions: * QD The capital of Colorado. .'- The chief lake port of Minnesota:
 A famous preparatory school
 town irl Massachusetts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-04

- HEsE bodies of ours-what won-
 derful things they are!
 Has any one ever talked to
 you boys and girls about the re- markable manner of your own growth. gradual but ceaseless. from the big headed, short-legged baby that you were into the correctly proportioned men and women that you expect some day to become? Why. there Is nothing more marvellous under the heavens!
 This growth is constantly changing you; and yet the changes are so grad ual and systematic as to be almost i'm perceptible.
 One odd thing is that while many Of the relative proportions of differe parts of the body vary from tim time as your growth goes on. your never change their relative size. Tn, gre always twice as long as your eye is wide. They were so when you were a baby. and will be so when you are grown
 Your feet and head. on the other hand. vary in their proportionate size all through the period of your growth.
 Look at the picture above and note striking feature about the heads and feet of the three boys The youngest boys foot measures considerably less than the length of his head the foot and head of the 10-year- boy are equal in length: while the foot of the eldest lad is decidedly longer than his head.
 During babyhood the head is out of all proportion to the rest of the body: it occupies, in fact. one quarter of the total length of the body. Being already
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-04
The Picture Puzzle.

TN THE picture puzzle you see dia-
 gram showing the layout of the various shafts and tunnels of one France. Where the dreadful disaster oc- cured some months ago that caused the death of several hundred poor miners.
 The diagram shows where the mouth or entrance to the mine is located.
 Now. some of the miners happened to be at the point marked A at the time the accident occurred, and later sue ceeded in reaching the mouth of the mine safely.
 The puzzle is: How did they do 1t? That is, what route did they take to reach the mouth of the mine?
 The cross-lines barring some of the tunnels show where ruins had fallen and completely obstructed the way. The miners had to avoid all these obstruc- tions.
 See if you can trace with leadpencil the route they followed and escaped by.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-04
Board and Ball Trick

CET the cover of a cigar box or
 n any other thin board about five holes in it. Then arrange the strings and balls as shown In the diagram.
 The trick is how to get the largo ball off the string without untying it or removing any of the smaller balls.
 Push the ball close up to the right
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-04
NtSW WopeS Me sS% >S /IHce efMe gre

seven-league boots. A couple of strides would take you down the en- tire length of any ordinarily short square!
 But nature has provided against such an alarming result by lessening the rate of growth of our limbs in pro- portion as we grow older.
 Between babyhood and grown-up- ness. while the trunk of your body in- creases three times. your legs should increase to five times =. orfgipal length. The legs. howe "inetimes miss the mark-some peoples legs growing longer than they should. and other peoples legs stopping short be- fore they have reached the proper length This is what makes some peo- pie look wrongly proportioned. and not anything about their heads or trunks.
 Boys and girls grow in somewhat diff ferent proportions. Girls. for instance, should, when full grown. measure in body six and half times the length of their heads, instead of seven and half.
 This rule does not apply beyond the Anglo Saxon and Latin races, however. The Japanese. for instance. from their custom of sitting on their feet. have
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-04
JEyPORE. January I. 1882.

KTY Dear Gertie-I wish you had been NA with me here yesterday. We would have had beautiful time. You would have had to g"t up at 3 o'clock, for at 6 the carriage was al the door. and we had already had YOU do eyerything you can very early, so as to escape the not sun IL IS very hot in the middle of the day' but quite cold now at night ana la we drove iuIo the town uor the bunga- low where w nIe staylns IS just out side), the sui use and the streets were H,III of llRh,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-04

was perfect wilderness of beautiful
 thngs-lakes, temples, palaces. DOT 'ticos. all sorts of things in marble and fine stones. with sacred long tailed monkeys running over all But 1
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-04
A Charming Letter From India

the way they cut off the poor goats little black head, and all the rest that l saw, when 1 get home. Don't you wish you had been with me?
 Do not forget your affectionate un- cle, PHILLIPS.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-04

hand hole and pull the right loop of string as far toward the left hand hole aY N will come, then pass the loop thrAgh the hole and over the left bail. as Indicated In the second diagram. This will cause the two loops to separate, and then the ball will come off with ease
 Reversing tn" operation 1ou car easily put the !,al! l-lEA iuLn It. oIisi- nal position.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-04
Answers to October 28 Puzzles
Geographical Puzzle,

Wheeling, Little Rock. Constance. Charlotte. Helena, Canton, Auburn. Cayenne. Tiffin, St. Lawrence. Seine. Chad. Chevlot, Morocco
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-04

DOLITENESS pa $. boys.
 D Here 1. something Polly Evans
 saw with her own eyes the other evening. A lady who had just purchased all ening paper from one of a group of rewsboys accident ally dropI d 1t. Immediately and in, stinctively one Of tAe group stopped and picked It up for the lady. but turned away almo-- before she could say thank you. with the air of being half ashamed of his deed
 The next da. the same lady. walking down the street, was greeted with the usual inquiry, Have paper lady?' and was about to say, No when she recognized the little fellows face. He was her gentleman of the evening before! She smiled changed her no to yes and said she hoped she should see him again.
 On this occasion politeness paid the newsboy to the extent of a cent. But if he cultivates the instincts of a gem tleman which God endowed him with, he will some day find his politenes5 paying him to the Ca ,ent of-who can guess how much? 4erhaps million dollars. --
 A gentleman ta! ing on this very subject of politeness in boys, the other day, said this:
 One would think that pol!teness was not as hard to learn as decimals or history dates but bOyS-l say it sadly boys find the task of being polite to their sisters. their elders and their comrades one of the hardest of les sons to learn.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-04
Conundrums.
When orusty.

| When trusty. . When cut short .. They have to scratch for a living. l. A pillar
 b. One draws fowls; the other cooks them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-04

County seat of Osceola county. Iowa. A city in Illinois. A college town in wisconsin. CD A Michigan lake port named foa President. A shoe town in Massachusetts. The Hub" city. A town in Hillsboro county. New Hampshire.
 President McKinley's home town. A Texas city on the Rio Grande. (3) A city in Washington. The starch city of New York. The country south of the Rio Grande.
 The county seat of Morton coun- ty, North D. iota. A college .o"n of Pennsylvania. A county in northwestern Penn. sylvania. (D A lake port of Ohio The capital of New York. A Mississippi port of Iowa. A penitentiary town of New York.
 A brewery town of Illinois. A city in Texas.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-04
SHAM POLITENEsS

Boys must get rid of tAe notion that politeness mainly consists n lifting your cap when you meet lady or your schoolmates on the street Lots of boys who are not a bit polite d. that with great regularity and distinction. Oh. yes, 1t Is usually easy to rsl-o one'a hat, but it is not al all easy t, L1rry the spirit of thoughtfulress and Kindness and courtesy into the cCmuul acts of schea and home and street. It ls oue
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-04
RoUGHNEss TO SISTERS

I have known girls who were not any too polite to their brothers. and there may Q faults on both sides. But even at home. boys should rememb Der that girls are girls, and are to be treated as such. and not as targets for missiles or as ry-your-strength machines.
 Girls are more delicately framed than boys, and boys ought to consider them selves the girls natural protectors and champions Some boys do Ali honor to them! But I have seen a girls arm upon which every fnger-mark showed where her brother had gripped her in his rough play. Well, that is where play ends and hurt begins. Mind, l am talking about politouess. not about cru city The boy Who treated his sister as though she w'r. another boy did not intend to be cruel he Was only rough But the polite boy, although he may be rough with a big, strong. healthy dog. is never rough with his sisters.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-04
as the great poet Tennyson says. @ TRUE POLITENEsS

But the truly polite boy has a great pull over the rough-mannered boy. His kindness and his thoughtfulness for the comfort and convenience of others gain him friends wherever he goes
 If l see boy run to get d chair for his mother when. at length, she finds time to Sit down for five minutes; If l notice boy shyy stand up that the old man who has just entered the street car may sit down: If see boy lift his cap 10 his own elder sister-a hard thing to do-When he parts from her at the street corner; if l see boy lit his little kiddy brother across the mud paddles inst tead of dragging him roughly through them. or leaving him to wade through alone {; when see lad yield point at marbles or football. even when he has some cause to think he is right. I say to my self:
 That boy will make d MAN!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-04

Of the hardest tasks your teachers and parents have to face in training you up
 ITO teach high thought And amiab ble words and courtliness. And the desire of fame and love of truth And all that makes a man."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-04
Simple Addition.
Similar, But Not the Same.

O. do, old. sold. holds. should. hold ups, Adolphus.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-04
Word Chains.

Word Chains.
 Make a chain of words. each word in the chain beginning with the last syl- liable of the preceding word. The words are all six-letter words and each sylIa ble has three letters.
 IExample-A recluse Cher-mit), a cov- ering for the hand Cnit-ten). a ligament T. Frankness; a small window; a fabled seaman; brave: props for levers; mouth of a volcano: great fear.
 H. The strongest man: little poem; lower; pertaining to herbs; stage danc- ing: an epiStle; great fear. :: Single Acrcstic. Set the following described geograph- fcal names down in a column and read ing the initials downward you will ind the name of city which suffered from an earthquake August 3l, 1886.
 The metropolis or the West.
 The capital of the Keystone State. The metropolis of the new South. An important city of North Carolina. The capital of Nebraska.
 The seat of Lafayette College. The oldest city in the United States. An important city of Washington. The metropolis of Nebra ska The greatest city in the Western Hemisphere.
The Washington times., 1906-05-19
BIG SPLIT EXPECTED
IN CLERKS ASSOCIATION

The officers OF the Treasury branch Of
tho United States Civil Service Retire
ment Association have called a meeting
evening. May 81. when It is expected
that a plan Will be formulated 70 work
independently Of the national organiza-
ton, headed by Jacob W. Starr. as pres
ident.
Considerable comment has been r-ade
upon the action Of the parent associa-
tons followers in ruling out the 2.791
proxies Of the branch associations at
the election on Thursday night. These
comments have gained such headway as
TO bring forth the suggestion that the
branch associations, representing the va
rious departments. should be organized
under a general head. and work inde-
pendently OF the national association
To what extent the scheme can be
carried out no member Of the branch
organization will indicate. They simply
claim that they are disappointed at the
results of the recent election, and mean
TO formulate a plain by which the cause
can expect some definite action on the
work that has been done during the
past year.
T. r. Hin, E. st. Clair Thompson. Ed
ward P. Harrington, Emil Huck. Milton
T. Adkins, A. 7. Thorson. Walter =
Ramsey. and A. 7. EiIl. in connection
with the officers Of the association.
James II. Sample, DR.. Llewellyn Gordon,
Miss z. NJ. Jacobs, and r. Stone Jack
son. constituted the executive committee
of the Treasury branch. The claim was
ton Of the Department of Agricult re,
Postoffice. and Pension Office - Nd
unite with the Treasury branch II brig g.
ing about an independent organization.
The Washington times., 1906-05-19
NEW OFFICE BUILDING
FOR REALTY COMPANY
President Randle, of United States
Corporation, Reports Increased
Stock Subscriptions.

A new Office of the United States
Realty Company VIII be opened in The
company's building on Minnesota aye
nue. on Monday. from which viii be
directed the construction OF a number
of houses on the company's property in
southeast Washington and on Good
Hope Hill. c. a. Barker will have
charge of the Office.
A. z. Randle, president of the realty
company, at a meeting Of the board Of
directors Of the company yesterday aft
ernoon outlined the plans for the i'm
provement Of the property. His ideas
were supported by all members Of the
board. The report of the company
showed that over $4,000 Of stock had
been subscribed for. Since the last
meeting, a month ago, S63, 900 of new
business had been recorded
Mr. Barker, who will have charge Of
the new office of the company, has for
some years been connected with the
contractors who are erecting the new
Union Station.
The Washington times., 1906-05-19
MARSHALL HALL SHAD
WILL DRAW SUNDAY CROWD

The delightful weather which Wash
ington has enjoyed during the past week
and which promises to continue tomor-
row. VIII induce many people to make
the trip to Marshall Hall in search of
the regular Sunday planked shad din
ner which IS served there with all the
early spring vegetables and the famous
Marshall Hall clam chowder. Marshall
Hall has q national reputation for It's
planked shBd- The ladies are especially
invited on these excursions and the best
of attention Will be given them. The
steamer Charles Macalester viii make
two trips tomorrow Sunday, leaving
Seventh street wharf at IL a. m and
2:30 p. m. returning leave the Hall at
and 5-30 .. m The regular excursion
season opens at Marshall Hall, Decora-
ton Day, May go.