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81 g.,

Republican, Congressman in
Washington are exceedingly eau
tious about expressing their views
on tie Presidents speech of last
Saturday i'll which he discussed
briefly the propriety of graduated
inheritance and property transfer
tax.
President Roosevelt has decided
to appoint Chas. B. Aycock, for
rner Governor of North Carolina.
md Van Leer Polk, Of Tennessee.
members of the delegation from
he United States to the Pa,.
american Congress. which is to
meet in July al Rio Janeiro.
Senator Tilinan said he expected
10 make some remarks in the Sen.
,te on his resolution, introduced
ONE time ago, directing the Com
nitteopn Privileges and FL ction.
make an investigation of the
charge that national banks contri-
huted to the Republican campaigr
tnnds in 1896. The committee
gave the Senator a hearing on thi:
matter some fine ago, but ha,
made no report OH the subject.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-04-20

THERE are people in Rockcastle
who consult the catalogue of Sears
Roebuck & Co. much oftener than
they do their Bible, and ma Ike it a
rule never to spend cent at home
if they can find it priced in the cat
alogue OF some mail order house.
Some of these same people are de
pendent upon public patronage for
the daily transaction of their bust
ness How can they hope to get it
if they run away to some other
town when they have dime to
spend? We are for home and
home business and enterprises and
have very little patience with the
fellow who does not look at his
town and county from the same
view point.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-04-20

IN these days OF strife between
two great political parties we must
remember that after all we are just
a band of brothers here on earth,
travelling from the cradle to the
grave We live side by side, our
children attend the same school and
after the smoke of battle has clear
ed away, we will still be friends and
neighbors. lie, the bitter things
go unsaid. At best, life is short
and we get out of it a full measure
of sorrow. Let US in our little city
live as one big good natured fami-
ly.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-04-20
POLITICS AND POLITICIANS

Gov. Pattison, of Ohio, contin-
ues 20 improve slowly.
Niue European steamers arrived
in New York, bringing 1889 i'm
migrants.
Republicans will hold a commit
tee meeting in Louisville Friday to
decide on some method Of proceed
sue in testing the validity of the
reGistricting bill passed by the last
General Assembly.
According to advices received
in Toxic. 1909 persons were killed
and twenty-nine injured in the
earthquake in the Southern part of
the Island of Formosa. Later re-
ports are expected"tc@ swell the
death roll.
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districts. Santa Rosa is reported
to have been partly DESTROYED and
heavy damage has been done IN
the building of the Leland StanforI
University at Polo Alto.
Tie rules governing labor organ :
il tions, ard especially those ident-
fled with central organizations, re-
ceived blow in Chicago Wednes-
day, when Judge Julian w. Mack
in the Cook county Circuit Court,
in decision declaring that tie
sympathetic strike is form OF boy
colt and that the bovcott is illegal.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-04-20
HUMAN BLOOD MARKS.

A ,ale Of horror was told by
N al ks of human blood IN the home
Of J w. Williams. a we'll known
merchant of BAG, XIX He writes
Twenty years ago l had severe
hemorrhages of the lungs, and was
near death when I begun taking
DR.. Kings New Discovery. 1t
completely cured me and have re-
manned well ever since" 1t cures
Hemorrhages, Chronic Coughs.
Settled Colds and Bronchitis, and
is the only cure for Weak Lungs
Every bottle guaranteed by All
Druggists. soc and $I.oo. Trial
bottle free.
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Four men have been arrested al
Springfield, Mo, charged with be
ing leaders in the mob that broke
into the comfy Jail last Saturday
night and lynched three negroes.
The arrival of the MALTA has had
the effect of calming the popular
excitement. A special grand jury
will be convened to investigate
the lynching. An Assistant Attor-
General, sent by Gov. Folk, will
aid the Springfield officials in The
prosecution
Several hundred linemen ia the
employ of the SJnthern 3 Il Tcle-
phone and Telegraph Company are
out ON strike in the State of Viz
glnia; West Virginia. North Caro-
lima, Sonth Carolina, Georgia,
Florida and Alabama.
Mount EeSuViuS, the famSue old
volcano near Naples, Italy, has fCr
some lime been in state of erup
ton. Thousands have been killed,
towns and villages have been des-
troyed and whole regions laid waste
Much distress has been caused aud
in various places funds for the relief
of these people are being raised.
1t is announced in Chicago that
all negotiations for arbitration be-
tween Dowie and the Zionists have
been broken off, and that Dowie
will take the case TO the courts for
settlement.
A subcommittee Of the anthracite
coal-carrying railroads and mine
operators at a meeting in New
York Mondav drew Up a reply 10
John Mitchers amended proposition
OF arbitration. They say there is
nothing to arbitrate except the
question of arbitration, and that
they have nothing further to offer.
The State Board of Equal "a
ton Monday raised the assessment
in eight counties and accepted the
work of local Assessors and Boards
in the other ten counties composing
the First Appellate district.
Earthquake shocks followed by
FIRE at San Francisco Wednesday
caused one of the greatest disasters
in the history of the United States.
The loss of life is estimated any
where from 200 to 900 ard prob
ably thousand people have sus-
tanned injuries. Thousands Of
people are left homeless and many
of them are in the parks and pub
lie squares. The water supply be-
ing cut off by the earthquake
left the fire department
helpless and the flames are spread
ing in ever direction with the fear
full possibility that the entire city
will be destroyed. There has been
heavy loss of life in the outlying
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-04-20

Mr.. ROCKEFELLER says that
money does not bring happiness
and promptly starts out 10 embitter
the future OF John D. III. with a
check for several millions.
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FOR CONGRESS-.
authorized to announce

We are authorized to announce
JUDGE JOHN w. HUGHES,
of Mercer County, as a candidate to rep
resent the Eighth Congressional Distric
in Congress, to succeed Hon. G. G. Gil
bert, subject to the action of the Demo
cratic party.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-04-20

An iuiuriated Norwegian living
in Iowa, has deuaturalized himself
for the reason as he claims, that
this is 20 longer a free country.
However, he will still have the
privilege Of pay ing taxes and COM
planning about taxation without
representation. -
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carry grasshopper In a bottle.
round him on the plains of Dakota
three years ago. He was an orphan,
and about to perish. I lifted him from
the grass with tender hands, restored
his spirits. and he has been with me
ever since, making his home in
quart bottle, and feeling secure from
the worlds rough hand. In order that
he might work off his surplus enthu-
slasm have occasionally pitted him
against beetles, bugs and other hop
pers- In mortal combat. I was bluffed
into do so on this occasion. The
county treasurer had q beetle that had
moved down a score of insects, and he
had $50 to put up on him. I showed
my confidence in my principles and my
hopper by covering his money. At no
time after the struggle began was VIC
tory in doubt. Ten minutes did for
the beetle, and the heather had an ad-
dtbional credit IN my books.
TIL ere was something more to come.
The mayor came to me and confiden-
tally informed me that a little poker
game was afoot for the evening, and
that he hoped I would Join I replied
that while I did not believe that poker
always led to murder. I was ever so
lucky at the game that it seem Cd like
robbing others. I warned him that
hands of thFees, stradghts, Pushes and
full houses were ordinary things to me.
and that I had been known to hold
tours as often as five times IN one even
ing.
There was a crafty smile on his phiz
as he said I was the man he long had
sought. and so an hour later I allowed
myself to be drawn into the game.
There were five Of us. It may be
that the others also depended upon
Integrity and lucky draws to help them
scoop me, but If SO she gave them the
throw-down. At the end OF two hours
I rose up with 500 extra in my peck
ct for missionary work. The other
players pretended to be satisfied. but
knowing human nature IS I do, lost
no time in slipping around to the hotel
barn and hitching UP my rig and driv-
ing away on the gallop. They missed
me half an hour later and pursued
but the rope they carried was not to be
used I had too much start Of them,
and virtue was again rewarded.
If the heather will call around Will
make It pleasant for him Copyright
1906, by Homer Sprague-)
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! to the freckl ed-faced inhabitants Of
| the town Of Boomerang, a woman with
an iron jaw appeared. For half an
| hour she sat on an empty soap box and
stared at me. Thinking she had lost
/ home, husband and children and was
! sorrering for a kind word addressed
/ her. No sooner had. done SO than
4 she cried out.
IS It's hint IT'S hint ia know that
/ voice OF his If heard It in China!"
Madame, take Pilgrim Pain Al
! leviator for undue mental excitement, -
/ I replied in soothing tones. 1.-TWO doses
/ never fail to quiet the patient"
| "Oh, Joe, how could you do it-how
/ could youi" she continued, as she burst
/ into tears and sought to embrace me.
demanded explanations and I got
! them. So did the crowd. The woman
/ sWore that I was her long lost h11s-
band. and that I had deserted her in
Texas. She was ready to forgive and
! forget, but I wasn't. I had never seen
! her before, and I didn't propose to be
picked up that way. The crowd was
with her, however. and had offered me
the choice between q coat Of tar and
feathers or taking her back, when IN
tegrity came to my aid. I began to
Question her, and in five minutes I had
her so badly ratified that she was Civ
en- the boot and had to go.
It may not be aniss to state right
here that I carry documents from St.
Louis aldermen, two or three mayors
and the presidents of two trusts that I
never had but one wife, and that five
years after I walked away from her in
Indiana she got her foot caught in
rail fence she was climbing over and
hung head downward until death came
to remove her hence. A few documents
in critters coat tail pocket take up
but very little room, and seldom come
aniss.
When reached the town Of Come
Off few days since I was warned by
a fellow critter who was also follering
in the footsteps of Integrity that JOB
had been put up on me, and that I was
to be laid low and my gray hairs sop
ped in a pool of sorrer. The plot soon
developed. was bluffed to run my old
boss in q. race again a frisky young
steed and offered five lengths the start
in q mile race. I protested that boss
racing was a sinful proceeding, but was
blurred and hooted at until I finally
consented to a race. called on IN
tegrity, gave my boss the CAD, and
won by twelve lengths and scooped in
$25. It is needless to add that two-
thirds Of my winnings have been laid
away for the heather.
The hossrace had hardly been con-
Guided when was blurred into betting
the same amount Of money on my dog.
He was to fight more .hefty canine
than himself, but there was my faith
in Integrity to fall back on. also
managed before the contest began to
sprinkle him pretty thoroughly with
cayenne pepper. The fight lasted only
seven minutes, and was a glorious vic
tory for enduring principles. More
cash for the heather.
It is known to the public that I
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PILGRIM JOE.
The Virtue Of Integrity Scores Further
Triumphs.

1t having come to my notice that a
crttter in the east is putting up and
selling a compound under the name Of
Pilgrim Joe's Pain Alleviator," notice
Is hereby given the public that I shall
proceed at once to prosecute him for
Infringement Of copyright.
am the only and original Pilgrim
Joe. travelling from afar to alleviate
the sufIerings of humanity.
There is but one Pilgrim Pain Al
aeviator, and that is mine. No other
living being has authority to use the
name
Ny Aneviator is compounded from
roots and herbs, and the secret of it
was discovered while I was doctoring
a sick COW
Every bottle has my name blown in
the side and is wrapped in pink paper.
Twenty bottles sitting side by side on
the shelf of q drug store or grocery
nave the same effect on town as a
circus.
You can shake the bottle before Us
ing or afterwards, just as you have
time or Inclination The virtues of
the contents do not depend upon
shakes.
The price is the same in every coun-
try on the globe, and there is no dis
count to clergynen. If you do not find
1t in the drug stores of Persia, 81
IBERIA and Afghanistan, write direct to
me.
See that the cork is sealed in with
blue wax and that there is an artistic
look about the whole thing. NO trad
ing stamps or vacant lots on Long Is
land as an inducement to buy.
A week ago, after had been vel
coined to the twn of Angels Roost
with my outfit and had sold three doz-
en- bottles of the Aneviator, a citizen
spread the news that he had given his
two-year-Old kid a dose of my COM
pound and that it had resulted IN fits.
In ten minutes the entire population
was rising up agin me. In twenty
they had rope around my neck
Things looked squally for me, but
summoning the aid Of Integrity. on
which have ever leaned and shall
continue to do so, I demanded to see
the dying child. The crowd wanted
to hang me first and investigate after
ward, but after some talk 1 prevailed
upon them TO adopt my idea and we
marched to the house in a body. The
child was gasping and choking, but
three minutes after I had stood him
on his head he spat out a thimble two
buttons, a Jaeknife, a buckle, the cork
OF an ink bottle and a penny. His
mother tainted away In her happiness,
his father begged my pardon, and the
crowd carried me back to my wagon
in triumph Give Integrity a fair
chance and she will win ninety-nine
times out OF q. hundred.
While / was taking tin-types at ten
cents a take and selling my AIleviator
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Little Tim Sullivans resourcefulness as
politician is acknowledged by his fellow
members Of the New York board of al
dermen. When q lad on festive occasions
Little Tim knew what o'clock Ii was. He
and Col. Mike Padden, secretary of state
in the Sullivan cabinet, were at an East
Side bali with two of the rosy checked
lassies Of that neighborhood Of peachy
young women.
Little Tim and Col. Mike had between
them exactly 81; no more, no less. Supper
time came. Before taking the girls into
the supper room Little Tim and Col
Mike secretly scanned the bill OF fare and
found that oyster steWs at p cents each
would just fit their pile. Little Tim
blandiy and innocently impressed this con-
clusion upon the young girls.
Anything Little Tim said was accepted
as the top notch of hospitality. The four
stews were before the little party. One
of the girls liked catsup. While admin
istering a dose of the condiment the STOP
per shot out into the stew and with 1t
spurted half the bottles contents.
There, I've spoiled my stew" piped
the beautious one. .Ill have to have an
other"
Little Tim, alert to the size Of the joint
Wad of dollar, reached for the girl S
ruined stew, pumped it before Colonel
Mike. grabbed Colonel Mikes untasted
and unadorned stew, and. placing it be-
fore the girl. soothingly said:
No no, grille; Colonel Mike never eats
an oyster stew without dousing il with
catsup. He likes EN- that way-don't you
Mike said he did-New York Sun.
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borders of the Anna zonian plain to the
state Of Rio Grande do Sui, q distance
of quite 1.500 miles. In the main this
may be described as vast highlands Of
varying altitude traversed by innumer-
able water courses. mostly the aff1uents
of one or the other of the great river
systems, and by irregular mountain
ranges, two of which. converging in the
vicinity of Rio JaneirO. form a high
plateau third longer than Italy, which,
indeed, it resembles, somewhat In con-
figuration.
Politically, Brazil is divided into q
states Including the federal district),
but so unequal is the division that three
Of these embrace practically her entire
lowlands, as well as a portion OF the
western uplands. and exceed in area the
remaining Is. which lie within the high
land region above described, except for
their narrow margins upon the coast.
These latter, however, contain more
than 80 per cent Of the population, so
that we have the amazing spectacle Of
three states,-viz: Matte Crosse. ANA
zonas, and Para-occupying a territory
larger than China proper. with a, popu-
lation considerably less than that Of
Connecticut.-From THE United States
of Brazil, the Great Republic of the
Tropics" by G. NJ. /. Brown and
Franklin Adams, in the American
Monthly Review of Reviews.
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Six houses are being torn down on For
ty-fourth street, between Sixth and Sew
enth avenues. Yesterday gray haired
woman who once had been a beauty stood
before the house at No. III, and ever and
anon she wiped a tear from her eye She
asked the workman for the little knob
from the closet door, and, sobbing, she
told her story.
She was Miss Winifred Cullen Stuart
who is stopping at the Gerard hotel with
Mrs Jefferson Davis. She lived at No. 121
during the civil war with her parents, and
there she secretly met her young confed-
crate lover who had got spy's appoint
ment that he might make a surreptitious
visit to his ante-war sweetheart. One
night she had him IN the parlor. her par
ents. who froWned on the case, being
away. But
They came back unexpectedly. wanted
something in the very closet in which the
young confederate had been hidden, found
him there. put him out and almost decided
to give him up as a spy He went away,
vowing undying love to Miss Winifred.
Soon after that he was shot She never
married.
That was why she wanted the little
knob from the little closet door.-N. Y.
Times.
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Brazil be it known. IS not a lowland
country. quite three-fourths of her ter
ritory having an altitude of more than
500 feet. There is, of course. the vast
woodland plain of the Amazon, aptly
described by a recent writer as her
"terraqueous domain" there are the
pampas bordering upon Paraguay and
Uruguay, in the basin of the Parana.
and there IS the ribbon-lilxe strip run
ming practically the full length of the
coast. the whole aggregating. perhaps.
100000 square miles of which seven
eighths, at least, lie in the Amazon
country. Thus. we find a huge. irregu-
larIy shaped mass extending from the
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LEGAL
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First published in The Topeka state
Journal July Is, 1906
LEGAL.
PUBLICATION NOTICE

In the District Court Of Shawnee County.
Kansas:
Drake Foster, Plaintiff vs. Emily J. Fos-
ter, Defend ant-No. 23945.
State of Kansas to Emily J. Foster
Greeting:
been sued in the Shawnee county district
court Of Kansas by the plaintiff. Drake
Foster, and that you must answer the
petition filed therein by said PLAINTIFF on
or before the 30tn day OF August. 1905. or
the petition will be taken as true and
judgment rendered, divorcing him from
you on the grounds of abandonment and
for costs OF suit.
Attest: JAMES C. SALYER
Attorney for Plaintiff
tSeaIl I. s. CURTIS. CLERK.
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no WHOM In NIAY c,oNcERN


known that my application is now on
file in the office of the probate court of
Shawnee county, Kan, asking for a per-
NIT to sell Intoxicating liquors according
to law at No S03 Kansas ave. IN the
Third ward of the city Of Topeka. Shaw
nee county, state OF Kansas. Hearing Is
set for the 7th day Of September, 1905. at
a m. T. MORRIS, Jr
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.


+. Z. Goodrich and wife to J. c.
Lindland, lots 575 and 5T Harrison
ST., Orchard Place add. g
c. r. Jones to H. Landrus, part N.
w. u Billie; also tract commence
Ing Of n. w. corner of N. w. u
A. o. Beach and wife to P. Seibert,
part OF reservation ............-....... ,50(
J. NJ. Petro and wife to J. n. Stew
art, lots IS 20 and p Strong ave-,
Euclid Park add. Observation-Disclosures. 24
r. w Goodrich and wife to J. NJ.
Petro. lots Is, % and % Strong ave,
Euclid Park add. ............ go. 1si
z. @. Smith and wife to E. Cooney,
lots Z. s. g. 10, II and a. block 4,
supplemental to Arlington Heights 15i
G.. Sawyer to, J. ". Spencer. lots 172
and ia Twiss ave, J. Norton's I'd
add. ..... ..s.-.... &C.,. LUZ
lot IS and part Of Isl Polk St. -. 200,
NJ. A. Talpey to r. NJ. Ward, part
survey 3, township IL range 16,
Kansas Half Breed Indian lands.
J. Z. Wise and husband TO f. Cor
don, lots 20 and q Willow ave,
Elm Grove add. ............ ............
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GROvasof Hancckc al the for Harnlo h
= pAneka narngJo D Ruh learning o king
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IF 1ou WAIT A SNAP


ean be for
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ED-sTTUAYTONs
WANTED-By a young married man en-
plOyment Of any kind. Experienced
salesman. ADD X. b, Is n. Quincy st.
WHEN you want to hire a man or boy.
call up 7. NJ. c. A. Ind. tel sos or Bell
tel. BOT red. We havs g list of men and
confidential references concerning them.
2. NJ, c. A. Employment bureau. 107 4.
eth st.
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BICYCLES AND REPAIRING.


U. S. CYCLE CO., us E. sth St Nation
& 1ver-Johnson bicycles. Supplies, repair
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MONEY
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MONEY to loan for farm and city prop
erty at the lowest rates and easiest terms
Moon. Charles & Co.. 118 E. Fifth st.
MONEY to loan live stock. pianos, per-
sonal security, household goods. typeWrft-
ers. W. &. Seguine, 413 K. A Ind tel. 1179
MONEY to loan on 1--we stock, pianos, or
gans. typeWriters, household goods and
personal security. L. Biscoe SO Kan. ave.
500. 900 to loan on city property and Ok
lahoma farms. Better Realty and Loan
Co.. Room 2 Columbian building.
DRESSaEAKTNG.
WANTED-sewing OF any kind. satisfac-
MISCELLANEOUS
7. x JONES, 525 Van Buren,. trims trees,
hedges etc. Cares Tor cemetery lots-
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MANUFACTURERS

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E. G. kINI-EX,
Manufacturer and dealer in all kinds OF
vehicles See US about that delivery wag-
on. ZIG w. 18th ST.
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MONROE ST. FREE DISPENSARY
1O2 Monroe st. Conducted BY regular
practcing physicians and surgeons. Ned
zeal service free Medicine free IN some
cases Onice hours to p. m. Calls