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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18
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A great many people came to see
Jackson & Co. Texas oil stocks were
booming. Some of them Winked at me
as they asked for the number of the
room and others looked solemn and
anxious It didn't take me over four
or five days to catch on. tenant
may hang out a sign that he is in the
Ohio grindstone business, and he may
have a boy turning a grindstone at his
door, but he can't fool the elevator boy
more than a week.
jackson & Co. rode up and down
with me, but our relations We're
strained. I did not congratulate him
on the scores and scores of people he
was Texas oiling. and he did not men
ton the improvement in my complex
ion nor ask where / was going to take
my summer vacation. On the con-
trary he glared at me and looked
back with curling lip. He thought he
had me under his thumb, and I was
figuring out little plan 1t may be
that he suspected me, for one day
when [ had seemed to scorn him he
said to me:
YES sir
'sThe elevator boy who fools with
me is sooner or later discovered lying
dead with q broken neck.
Eyes. sir
lone of my customers who wanted
million shares in the Gushable
Gusher the other day said that you
dallied on the way up ana carried a
sheer on your face. Don't do it again.
Look out for Jackson & Co. Was the
red headed man in No. 116 asking
questions about me yesterday
HE was asking If ever saw any
oil around your Office
And what did you tell him ?"
THAT you kept it locked up 80 that
the flies couldn't get at it,
Next man who inquiries should be
told that It is none Of his business.
Bear in mind every hour in the day
and every day in the week that Jack
son & CO. are not people to be fooled
with
one day I might have been seen in
consultation with a freckled faced
man. The freckles were painted on
son he wore red wig and had his
ears dyed a terra Gotta shade.
"Ycu don't say so.' he exclaimed
Sure. Mikei'
even to the walls. Boy. Sherlock
Homes isn't in it with you. When you
get a little down on your upper lip
we shall have you on the force"
The pull came on the next after
noon. About hundred people had
gone up to buy oil wells of Jackson &
Co. when I carried Up six men who
wanted to see him for his sake alone.
They busted their way In. to find q
policy shop in full blast. Jackson &
Z Co. tired 10 explain l4dl ne was having
q little rattle of his Texas wells to
keep up the boom, but it didn't go.
He did, however. and SO did the rest of
his crowd was going to exult over
him as he went down in my elevator.
but he touched me on the elbow and
quietly said.
'Sammis. I know that 7 owe this to
you. but I amt blaming you a bit I
| thought Jackson & Co could run their
| business without any Of your help. and
I
am going away. Sammis. and may
Il never. never return and before I 90
| want you to say that you forgive me .
turned and held out my hand. Il
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18
FINNISH NoBnEOrEN LEAVE.
They Enjoyed Their Stay and Expert
ences in Topeka.

Mr.. BJOrn Schauman and Mr.. Allan
ZiIiacus left Topeka last night.
Before they left they called on Mayor
w. H. Davis at his office at the city
hall and following the Introduction
were invited to take a spin about the
city in the mayors auto They were
taken through the residence portion out
on the west side as far as Washburn
college, back through the central por-
ton of the city and were given a brief
glimpse Of the business portion
The wide lawns, and the many trees
thanking the streets called forth the adj
mfration of the visitors. 1T must be
about the homes tnis way. said Mr.
Zilliacus. who is the city chemN5t Of
Helsingfors, the capital Of Finland
You have so much ground here and
the city spreads out so much 1t is not
that way back in our country. You
have no skyscrapers. In New York;
end here came an expressive shrug
which signihed what ne thought of the
architectural beauty Of the cloud filters
II am glad that you have none of those
what you call them, skyscrapers, here. -
The future of the peasant class in
Russia doesn't look particularly bright
was the guess which was ventured
when the conversation was steered
back to the troubled conditions abroad.
The two visitors don't think highly Of
the peasant class of Russia which they
describe as densely ignorant and unable
to realize their true wants and needs
and how to secure their realization.
VERY few Of the lower class can read
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18
A Few SINNERS Around.
(By NJ. Quad.l


Having been notified that some one
was cutting timber on a piece Of land
I owned in Missouri I made quite a
journey to investigate the matter.
found the Information to be correct.
and I found farmer nearby who ap-
peared willing to tell me more.
Yes, l reckon know who stole
your timber" he replied to my Ques-
ton. The first knoWed about Il was
when I saw old Jim Skinner choppfng
in your woods. I asked him what he
was ADDING there and he told me to go
to the devil
put down Jim SINNERS name and
my informant continued.
soon after that saw Tom Skinner
hauling wood and asked him what
he was adding on another mans land.
and he told me to 90 to the devil. Got
that down ?"
Yes
''Then I sees Hank Skinner hauling
out timber to make barn, and l. asked
him who gave him permission to cut
and he told me to 60 to the devil. Hank
Skinner it was.
i've got it So"
Then Pete Skinner comes along and
cuts down about fifty trees and makes
saw logs and has EN- hashed I'D into
boards for q house. He was getting
if he had a permit and he told me to
go to the devil."
II seo."
The last Skinner I saw around was
Walt He went in and cut down trees
to build a mewl shed. He was drawing
out the stuff when I asked him IL ne
wasn't afeared OF a lawsuit, and he
told me to go to the devil"
There seems to be lots of SINNERS
around here observed.
Heaps Of EN-. stranger. The sler-
if IS a Skinner, the justice Of the peace
IS Skinner, the only lawyer around
the diggings is a Skinner, and you can't
run amiss of EN-
IF that's the case 1t doesn't look as
If suit for trespaSs and damages
would hold
You never could make It stick in
this world, sab
But what am I to dor"
"I'H tell you. sab. am old Nose
Skinner, the father of .eTn ALL and I've
stolen mo timber than all the rest. ans
I'm telling you, sab. that you can go -
the devil and be burned to you."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18
HELPS MRS MYERS.
Justice Brewer Demands Fuller In
formation on Her Case.

er of the supreme court of the United
States today declined either to grant or
deny the application for writ of error
presented by Attorneys Fowler and
Rough of Missouri in the case of Mrs.
Aggfe Myers, who is under sentence of
death on the charge of numbering her
husband in Kansas City. in 1904 The
justice said it would be necessary to
have a more complete record of the
case before passing upon 1t. This de-
cision will have the effect of giving the
woman a respite of at least two or
three months. She was to have been
I1a need on the oath instant
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18
SEEK PARDON FOR Hay.
Crawford County Miner Convicted OF
Robbery Has Many Friends.

Petitions containing the names of
LOO people of Crawford county were
received at the Office of Governor Hoch
today, asking for the pardon from the
penitentiary of John Hay, a young
miner who was sent to the penitentiary
two years ago for the robbery of an
Italian laboring man. The robbery was
committed in Frontenac. Hay had lived
for IA years in that locality, and had
always been square up to the time Of
his crime. He is a coal miner. The
county attorney OF Crawford county
recommends a nardOn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18

New York Oct. 1S.-MON EY-8Ioney on
call firm. 1851 per cent. ruling rate ~,
closing bid 4 and offered at ~ per cent
Time loans stronger. Sixty days, 81 per
cent; 80 days, s per cent; months, 5sz per
cent
CLOSE. Prime mercantile paper. $685.
per cent; sterling exchange irregular,
with actual business in bankers, bills at
"a. Spool S4l4 for demand and at 81 1850
$50 for 60 day bills; posted rates. S4-S1n
4Sl1s and $4.S5a4. $50; commercial bills,
S4.977s
SILN ER-Bar silver zoe; Mexican dol
lars, 5ss4c
BONDAC overnment bonds strong.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18

Capt. Sealby. Of the White Star Linz
er Cretic, was explaining to a Cincin-
NATHAN that his company had consid-
cradle difficulty IN finding names for
their new ships.
They all have to end in &c, YOU
know the captain explained.
The C3ncinnatiaa. who was pale and
seedy. said. as he looked dismally az
the rolling ocean
ssFor a suitable name. I would sug-
gest .Seasic. Los angeles Timea
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18
mat STANFORD county Case.

The supreme court justices have
changed dates for the taking Of testi-
mony in the Larrabee flour mill case
from Stafford county. The suit is
brought by the mill to compel the Mis-
souri, Pacific railway to transfer its
cars to the Santa Fe tracks. Under
the new ruling the plaintiff VIII intro
duce its testimony between November
I and 5, and the defendant between
November 8 and 9. The case viii be ar
gued in the supreme court on Noyen-
Der g.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18

Kansas city, No. Oct 1S.-A jury
here today awarded Mrs. Ida May Pier
son $4,000 damages against George F.
Walker. a paper hanger, for breach Of
promise to marry. Walker was mar
ried at the time he courted the plain
tiff. who has since married another
man
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18
ROBBERS SURPRISED.
While Looting a Bank They Were Fired
Upon BY Omcials.

Auxvasse, No, Oct 1s.-Paris Barley.
cashier. and F. c. Stokes. assistant cash
Ter surprised two robbers at work IN
their bank, the Auxyasse State bank, here
early today and opened FIRE on them
with shotguns. BARLEY and Stokes fred
20 shots. The robbers, after firing Is re-
yolver shots in return escaped On horse
back, getting away with 500 in cash. One
of the robbers was wounded. leaving a
trail Of blood behind.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18

Paris Oct lS.-M Sarrein's retirement
from the premiership has been decided
upon and probably will be officially an
nounced. 1t is regarded as certain that
President Fallieres viii ask Interior Min
lister Clemenceau to assume the premier
ship. NJ. Sarriens resignation viii be
rendered purely the ground of ill
Of dissensions in the cabinet
The Priscilla club will meet tomorrow
afternoon with Mrs. F. E. Jordan at los
AFTER avenue
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18

may -besthe way of some folks to jump
on a man when he's down, but that IS
not the way of SAMIIS
The Elevator Boy
Copyright zoos. by e. Q. -ParceiIs.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.


The healing household remedy. Satin
skin cream, should always be handy 25c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18
DEATHs AND FUNERALS.

Mrs. Rebecca Groves Hughes born in
Baltimore. Nd, Jan. 18th 1872. died at her
home. 1247 Clay street this morning. She
was the widow of the late Elijah Hughes,
who. with his family, came to Iseaven-
worth in 1856 They came to Topeka nine
years ago OF the children, eight survive
The services VIII be held at the late res
idence Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
The remains wiz be inferred in the fam
lily lot at Mt. Muncie cemetery, in Ieav-
enWorth
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18
z4Ibs. Sugar, $1.OO
Best cane granulated with
! So. 90 order, sugar included
GROCERIES

Extra Fancy High Patent Flour. So
10 sack $500
Kansas oil. per gal. 100
Mocha and lava CoTee. rb...2 CSC
Dound.)
Large Dill Pickles. doz. .15c
.Women'a Friend Soap. 10 extra large
bars ESQ
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18

Napoleon Menard. an old resident of To-
peia, died at his home this morning. He
as e9 years Of age and was an old set
ller or Topeka, having come here in 1873
He was native OF Canada- being born
in Quebec. His wife Caroline Menard.
ana two children, DE- c. Z. Menard Of
Paxico. Kan. and Mrs A D. Wick Of
Topeka, survive him. The funeral services
viii be held under the auspices of Orient
Lodge No. 81 A F. and A. NJ The fu-
neral announcements will appear later.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18
MEATS

Pure Pork Sausage (our own make)
lbs for. -... ..-..-.--..... 25c
Plate Boiling Meat, lb.s15c
Family Lard. 3 lbs. for. ... use
Fancy Butterine. ID -----......1 Oc
Good steak, lbs. ..-.-.--. $685.. 15o
Fancy California Hams, ID ....... &c
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18

The one-week-old child Of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. A. Miller of Valencia died last night.
The funeral was held from the home of
the parents this afternoon and the burial
took place in Topeka cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18

Mrs. Lillian Myers. aged IS. wife of An
ton Myers Of Chicago. died al $50 at the
nome Of her father Dr. Adam Rl1pfn. az
Van Buren, street. The funeral arrange
ments VIII not be made until relatives
are heard from
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18
ELEVATOR BOY.
The Tenant Who Would Not
ConHde In Him.

TER loving her for ten days l
had asked the little golden
haired photographer on the
tenth floor of our skyscraper
! to be mine In reply she
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-23
FORMS OF LEAVES.
Theory to Explain Outline Criticised
/ by BOtanist.

1t was Inevitable that a theory
should be thought out to account for
the varied forms and outlines of leaves
says the London Spectator. That
which has found favor with many is
as follows: The simple" large, "un-
cut forms are said to be those which
grow at height and lie nearest to the
sun. The elaborately cut leaves and
leaflets (such as those of ferns are de-
clared to belong in the main to plants
of lower growth, which only enjoy the
broken sunlight that struggles through
the simpler foliage of the higher
plants This is ingenious; but it hard
ly corresponds with fact, as the read
er may discover by noting the leaves
growing in any English thicket. Take,
for example, the foliage hanging over
the thickly overgrOwn bed of brook
Above will be the leaves quite smalD
of the whitethorn and Of the maple,
the latter being the larger. Below
these very possibly will be seen grow
ing the large leaved wild guelder rose,
the laurel and the bramble, and below
these again the dock leaf, the broad
butter burr and the arum.
In English woods and thickets it
would be difficult to lay down any rule
which would hold good generally for
the place occupied by plants with
leaves Of different sizes. But the the
ory mentioned above does fit to some
extent the facts in the position Of
grasses in bayfield,. There the small
er leaved pieces certainly do grow at
the bottom, where the tiny meadow
vetchlings and hop clovers and ladies'
fingers, and other minor and sweet
scented plants, of which the best hay
is made, hide their minute and finely
"cut" leaves among the bases of the
taller grasses.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-23

The need of more men in the army
and in the navy is attracting serious
attention. General Mills, the chief of
artillery, reports that, although nearly
$4,000 officers and men are required
to man the coast defenses of the Unit
ed States, only few more than a.
600, of all ranks, are available. The
need of more artillerists is especially
pressing, for modern guns are compll-
Gated machines, knowledge of which
cannot be mastered in a moment. The
same need is felt in the navy. The
present complement-oflicers and men
included-is only about one-half what
1t should be to man the ships properly
in time Of war Seven thousand addl.
tional enlisted men alone are required.
The need in the navy increases, Of
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-23
course, whenever a new war vessel
goes into commission.

Hardly any institution of the nation
al government is of more Importance or
should possess greater interest than the
Census Bureau. Originally a census
was merely a count of the number of
people, but gradually the scope of in
quiry has been enlarged and extended,
until now the bureau undertakes inves-
legations into great variety Of sub
jects to obtain the facts which stu
dents of economical, industrial and So
cial questions can make available in
drawing useful conclusions. One rec
OmmendatiOn of the director in his re-
cent report is of special Importance. He
proposes that authority be given to him
to collect judicial statistics. The facts
to be ascertained are the number and
character of crimes and misdemeanors
that come to the attention of the
courts, and the disposal of the cases.
The Offenses and the offenders would be
classified, and thus valuable informa-
ton would be obtained which would
show the prevalence of crime at certain
periods and in certain regions, and eX-
hibit the progress Of the communities
toward better observance Of the law,
and better enforcement Of the law.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-23

Light from above is for the path be-
low.
He cannot find wisdom who will not
worship.
The flowers Of triumph are watered
by tears.
The shepherds crook does Lot make
the crooked sheep.
No man climbs to the Father by
treading on his brother.
Stealing sorrow is as much a sin as
acquiring stolen joys.
Clothes do not make the man,
though they often mark his mind.
When generosity is surgical opera.
ton it is often fatal to the patient.
No man Is brave until he has over.
come the fear Of being called a COW.
ard.
Many things may keep you from the
other triumphs Of life, but only self
ishness can keep you from the victory
of love.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-23

Is Hetty Green happy? An eastern
paper has devoted a page to a sympo-
stun of views on this question. IN
fortunately, Hetty's own view was not
included. The consensus Of conviction
was that she is an unhappy woman be-
cause she is so rich; that she is to be
pitied because she lives friendless and
alone; that she is mean because she
wrangles with the grocer and washes
ner own clothing, and that she cannot
be happy because she walks in "a vain
shadow" and disquiets herself, heaps
up riches and cannot tell who will
gather them. The value of this decision
depends entirely on the point Of view.
If symposium of multi-millionaires
should tell us that Hetty Green must
be unhappy because she is rich, we
should be bound to believe them, for
from actual experience they would
know whereof they speak. But the
fact Is that we hear precious few rich
people complaining that riches bring
unhappiness. So 1t is quite safe for
us to guess that some people may be
happy, though rich, just as some others
may be unhappy, though poor. Is the
scientist unhappy because he has made
more discoveries than his fellows? Is
the scholar unhappy because he knows
more than the average man? Then why
must the one who devotes his acumen
and zeal to business be unhappy be
cause they have achieved for him more
than is gained by most? The money.
maker finds his joy in his work, just
as any other man does. Simply be-
cause he has emancipated himself from
all reasonable physical want, it does
not fellow that he has got out Of the
game all the joy there is in 1t for him.
1t is unquestionably true that happ!.
ness Is not proportionate to riches. 1t
seems to be law of nature that the
men most endowed with the instincts
through which money is accumulated
are deficient in the higher tastes and
generous impulses through which
wealth may be enjoyed. We look al
wealth from widely different stand
points. The money maker finds his en-
joyment in the making Of it; the misel
finds his In the possession of it, most
of us find ours in the spending of it
Then who shall say that, as the wore
happy" goes, the one who has money
and does not enjoy spending it is any
less happy than we who enjoy spend
ing it, but haven't got It?
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-23
FAMOUS OLD POLISH PALACE.

The old palace shown in the picture
is the former residence of the Polish
sovereigns at Warsaw. On the bal
cony of this historic building the last
Polish king stood and saw the Rus
slams under Suwarrow massacre 10000
of his countrymen. During the riots
in Warsaw the vicinity Of the palace
has been the scene of several bloody
encounters between the revolutionists
and the Russian soldiery and much
blood has been shed within the shadow
of its ancient walls.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-03-23

Almost anything is likely to happen
no us If we just sit around and wait.
The man who kills himself because
he has lost all interest in life should
always give himself six months more
when he seems to be at the very end
of his rope. In those six months it is
within the bounds of possibility that
his mine may begin to pay dividends,
that he will find a $40 gold piece on
the sidewalk, that somebody will
think he is pretty good fellow and
leave him $4,000 in his will, that he
will see good dog fight or get a
chance to beat the coal trust Don't
kill yourself. Wait!