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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-18

Citiman-What's the matter. with all
you Swamphurst fellows? You don't seem
to like my friend Bucklotz.
Subbubs-No, he's selfish.
Citiman-Oh come now.
Subbubs-That's what he is. A. barn
near him caught fire the other night, and
he put it out without waiting for the rest
of us members of the SwamDhurst Hose
TO reach the scene.-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-18
nAm-a)YANT.

NINE, zEIM1. cI21RT0TFGNT'- reads
your past, present and future, truthful
predictions, reiia BILE information an all af-
lars OF life Special hand reading 10c.
~ Kansas ave. - eaeA -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-18
JEWELLERS.


JAMES B. HAYDEN. Jeweler and Opti4
omnds, sflverwaIe. etc. Eyes examined
and spectacies properly fitted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-18

We are glad to learn that Mrs.
Charles Shaw, who knocked a horse
down with a blow of her fist the other
week, is getting better of the injuries
to her hand. The ladies of Hometown
have muscle as we'll as sentiment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-18
HACK BARN.
raANsFEI, AND STORAGE.

MI3RCHA MIS- TRAN SFEK II STORAGh ii:
Co. packs. ships and stores household
goods. Tel 1S6. Clarence Skinner, eli
Quincy ct.
ATHERTON BROS.-Onice 21s East sth.
Both phones 99S. Moving and storage
All kinds goods packed. stored and for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-18
HOMETOWN HAPPENINGS.

Three different lawn parties were
given in Hometown last week, and
some folks think our town will become
as fashionable as Newport in year
or two more.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-18

Mrs. Frank Smith, whose husband,
the enterprising grocer, sells kerosene
at nine cents quart, has gone on a
visit to her sister in Wisconsin. We
trust that the change will do her good,
and that Heaven will bring her safely
back,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-18

Our thanks are rendered Mr. John
Denton, the progressive and enterpris-
ing farmer, for two quarts of new po-
tatoes laid on our editorial table, IT
is such little gifts that keep an edi-'
tors ambition up to the top notch. 5s1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-18

While We editor was out with a par
ty after huckleberries last Saturday he
killed a blacksnake five feet long. The
town insists that we are a hero, but
the fact is we do such things unoon-
sciously and deserve no credit. It's
way that editors have.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-18
FRFF nrsPENsARY.

MONROE ST. FREE DisPENsARY.
202 Monroe st. Conducted by regular
practicing physicians and surgeons Med
ical service free. Medicine free In SONS
cases Office hours to D. m Calls
answered niEht or day. Ind tel. 341s.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-18

One night last week a hired girl in
the family of Mr.. Ben Goodhue saw a
ghost as she was retiring for the night
and jumped out of the window and
broke her ankle. We have been asked
by several subscribers to state our dis
belief in ghosts, but we must respect
fully decline.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-18

Until March 12 bids will be received for
the building of the Assumption convent at
and information at the office OF Joseph
Marshall, architect. lis W. 18th st.
JOSEPH MARSHALL.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-18

The Banner was in error last week
in saying that Mr.. Henry Devons was
about to we'd the Widow Tompkius.
The facts in the case are that she is to
sue him for breach of promise be-
cause they are not going to wed, which
is somewhat different.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-18

Some unhung villain has again start
ed the story that we lock our wife up
and keep her without food for two
days at a time. We have not the
means to offer a reward for his name,
but we feel sure that Providence will
punish him sooner or later.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-18
vErERINARY sURCEoNs.

DIR. J. o. YOUNG. Veterinary Surgeon
<26 Quincy street Both Ohones-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-18

Riley, of this town, who sometimes
does laundress work and cleans VIM
dows, but who is respected by all for
being able to repeat two hundred
verses of the New Testament without
a mistake. The two are sisters and
both widows.--M. Quad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-18
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.

fThe Republican city primaries wall pc
held On the 18th day of March, 1907. Pons
open at 10 O'Clock a. M and close al
o'clock .. nl.) f-r.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-19
HERE'S On y ON THE m okEY..
Gets Sentry Call Twisted When Da1'
ESsssss5 lied by Commander.

A drummer sometimes gets his or
ders twisted, but never quite so badly
as the "rookey' l saw down at Chick
amauga when the troops were being
mustered in for the Spanish-American
war, says travelling man in the st.
Louis Post-Djspatch.
THIS boy, fresh from st. Louis, was
on the way to the front and proud of
It, He had his first assignment to
guard duty and he had been carefully
instructed as to calling who goes
there?"
The officer in command of the d.
vision was dignified martinez. The
"rookey' had never seen him. About
midnight the general came home from
q reception in town. He was all fixed
up in his dress toys and he was the
SWEETEST thing the new guard ever
saw. AS the general passed his post
the boy gazed at him open-mouthed
Just in time he remembered he was
expected to say something. So he
gasped:
There goes who?"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-19
ELEVEN YEARS OF ECZEMA.
Hands Cracked and BIeeding-Nail
Came of Of Finger-cuticura REM
edies Brought Prompt Relief.

II had eczema on my hands for
about eleven years. The hands crack
ed open in many places and bled. One
of my fingers was so bad that the nail
came off. I had tried so many rem
edies, and they all had failed to cure
me. I had seen three doctors, but got
no relief. Finally got a cake of Cuti-
cura Soap, box of Cuticura Ointment
and two bottles of Cuticura Resolvent
Pills. OF course keep Cuticura Soap
all the time for my hands, but the one
cake Of Soap and half a box of Cuti.
cura Ointment cured them. I recon-
mend the Cuticura Remedies to all
suffering with eczema. Mrs. Eliza A.
Wiley, R. F. D. No. 2, Liscomb, a.,
Oct. 10, 1906"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-19
Nagasaki Japan.-Of all the stir

Nagasaki Japan.-Of all the stir
ling stories that an investigator of
religious conditions uncovers in jap
an, no other is quite so dramatic or
important as that of the rise, sub
mergence, and, after centuries, the
emergence of the Roman Catholic
church here. 1t is one of the TO-
mances of religion.
Any narrative of Roman Catholic
mission work in Japan must go back
to the year 1549, when Francis
Xavier, now canonized. with the fam
ing zeal that has made his name
a synonym for aggressive piety, land
ed on these shores and planted the
cross here Xavier was led to Japan
by Japanese fugitive whom he had
baptized in India. Phenomenal sue
cess attended his labOrs, and those of
the other priests who followed him,
his own term of residence lasting
two and a half years. Ere long con-
verts began to enter the church at
the rate Of 10000 year, coming
from all classes of society, noblemen,
Buddhist priests, scholars and peas
ants. BY the year 1882 there were
1873 Jesuit missionaries in Japan, a
larger number than are here at the
present time, and the Christians num-
bered more than 10000. Twenty
years later the number had passed
the million mark. despite the begin
nings Of persecution. At this period
splendid embassies were sent by
Christian princes of Japan to the
pope at Rome.
Martyrdom by Fire and Sword.
Japanese politics, the enmity OF
Buddhists, the factional Quarrels
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-19

silver, or according to the 1nforma-
ton he furnishes If any one con-
ceals an offender, and the fact is
detected, then the head man of the
village in which the concealer lives,
and the five men company to which
he belongs, and his family and rela-
tives, will all be punished together"
Such edicts as these continued be-
fore the eyes of the people until
within the past 40 years. They ap-
parently achieved their end, for by
the close of the seventeenth century
the church which the Roman Catho-
lie missionaries had reared through
out the islands, at the expense OF
unreasonable devotion and sacrifice.
had disappeared. It's buildings had
been destroyed and it's outward
signs obliterated. So far as men
could see, Christianity had persisted
utterly from Japan.
The Finding of the Christians.
Before Japan was opened to COM
MERGE with the world, by Commo-
dore Perry's mission the pope sent
band of missionaries to the Loo
Choo islands, to await and prepare
for the day when the church could re-
enter Japan. With the signing of
the treaties in 1853, these men took
up their residence in the port cit
les of Yokohama and Nagasaki, a
church being built in the former city
in 1862. Three years later church
was dedicated in Nagasaki, which
had been a Christian stronghold be.
fore the persecution, to the memory
of the 26 martyrs who had suffered
death in that city in 1897.
| Within a month occurred q dra.
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among the religionists, created an an
tagonism to the church which was
first manifested in 1857. The Do
minicans and Franciscans, who were
Spanish, are said to nave circulated
stories about the Jesuits, who we're
mostly Portuguese, to the effect that
they plotted the overthrow of the
Japanese government. The fires of
persecution smouldered until 1896,
when they broke out fiercely. All
the authority of the government was
exercised to blot out Christianity
The most ingenious methods were de-
vised to discover Christians and to
cause them to recant. Thousands
were imprisoned, slain by the sword
and crucified.
Two hundred priests thus met
death, refusing to desert their flocks
by seeking refuge in their own coun-
tries. The converts vainly attempted
to conceal a few priests, that the
sacraments might be preserved. But
the system of government spies, and
of rewards for informers. and the
terrible tests of the inquisitiOn could
not be overcome. Persons suspect
ed of being believers in what the
great Shotgun Iyeyas (since deifed),
calls in the code which for 200 years
governed Japan, "the false and cor
rupt school," were obliged to tram
pie upon the cross.
Suppression by Edict.
During this time the highways of
Japan blossomed with edict boards,
of which this is a sample: $50 long
as the sun shall warm the earth, let
no Christian be so bold as to come to
Japan, and let all know that the king
of Spain himself, or the Christians
God, Or the great God of all, if he
violate this command, shall pay for it
with his head"
The poverty and the cupidity of the
people were alike appealed to by
such edicts as the following, which
shows how the enmity was especial]v
directed against the priests: "The
christian religion has been prohibited
tor many years. If any one is sus-
pected report must be made at
once. Rewards: To the informer of
a father, 500 pieces of silver; to the
informer of a brother, 800 pieces of
silver; to the informer of a Chris
ton who has once recanted. 800
pieces of silver; to the informer of a
Christiap or a catechist, 300 pieces of
silver; TO the informer of a family
which shelters any of the above, 300
pieces of silver; the above rewards
will be given. II any one will in
form concerning his own family, he
will be rewarded with 500 pieces. 81
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matte event, for which Pope Plus TX.
proclaimed a special double feast, to
be celebrated perpetually in Japan,
under the title of The Finding of the
Christians. On that occasion, to
the amazement and JOY of the officiat-
ing priest, thousands of Christians
came forward to welcome the mis-.
sionary and to acknowledge them
selves to be Christians.
AS one writer expresses it: Thus,
in spite of the absence of all exte-
rlor help, without any sacraments-
except baptism-by the action of God
in the first place, and in the next by
the faithful transmission in families
OF the teaching and example of the
Japanese Christians and martyrs of
the sixteenth centuries, the sacred
fire of the true faith, or at least a
still burning spark of this fire, had
remained concealed in a country tyr
ranized over by government the
most despotic and the most hostile
to the Christian religion. All that
was required was to blow upon the
spark and to rekindle it's fame"
The persistence of the faith, de-
spite these two centuries of persecu-
ton, is little short of miraculous.
1t was found that families had pre-
served certain prayers and the rite OF
baptism, and few Christian books
and emblems. The ways in which
Sometimes crosses and pictures Of
the Virgin we're placed in shrines, and
then locked. Over the door of the
shrine was placed warning that
it must never be opened Here for
two centuries Christian and heather
Worshiped, the latter of course, all
lgnorantly. Certain of these shrines
became, with the passage of time, ia
vorite places of worship, and as clear
belief passed into dim tradition, no.
body knew definitely to whom these
shrlnes were erected, or why. Some
OF the favorite Japanese deities have
since proved to be Christian personal
tiles! Only with the opening of
many shrines in recent years has
the real nature of their contents been
discovered.
This momentous chapter of reli.
glous history has several bearings,
put at the present critical period in
''apan's religious life it is an impor.
tant evidence to the fidelity of the
Japanese character. Those who ques-
ton whether the native Christians
will hold out, should missionaries de-
part, have only to read this unparal-
lelled page of the church's annals to
learn lesson in heroism and stead
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-19
For HARDENING Drill.

Hardening an ordinary drill in sui.
phuric acid, states the English Me-
chanic, makes an edge that will cut
tempered steel or facilitate cutting
hard rock. The acid should be poured
into a flat-bottomed vessel to a depth
of about one-eighth of an inch. The
point of the drill is heated to dull
cherry red, and dipped in the acid to
that depth. This makes the point
extremely hard, while the remainder
remains soft. If the point breaks, re-
harden, but with a little less acid in
the vessel.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-19
The Same Kind,

Good heavens, Mary!" exclaimed
the pampered husband, where did
you get these cigars? They are hor-
rible!"
why, my dear, I'm sure they're
quite good" tearfully replied his wife,
II was very careful to call for the
brand you always smoke. They're
Colorado Maduro. "-Lippincott
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-19
ONE MANS EXPERIENCE '" =
IN WESTERN CANADA.
There Are Thousands of Opportunities
ia the Land Of Opportunity.

To thc Editor.
Dear Sir:
The following experience of an I'LL.
nois man who went to Western Can
ada six years ago is but one of the
thousands of letters that could be re-
produced showing how prosperity fol-
lows the settler on the fertile lands Of
Western Canada. This letter was
written to the Chicago agent Of the
Government of the Dominion of Can
ada and is dated at Evarts, Alberta.
April Sth, 1907:
1T is six years the 5th of this month
since and family landed in Red Deer
family sick and only SIS in my pocket.
Bought $12 lot, built a 12x14 shack
and went to work as carpenter,
Next May sold for $500 chad added
l6X1S building to shack. Purchased
two lots at $40 each and built a 23x2S
two story building and sold for $3.50
Filed on quarter section 33 miles
n. w. of Red Deer and have spent
three years on it and am we'll pleased.
quarter all fenced and cross fenced,
wire and rail, 2H miles of fence.
House 29x31 feet on stone foundation.
Last year was my first attempt to
raise grain, e acres of fall wheat,
yield grand, but was frosted August
End. was cut August 10th and made
good pig feed. Had u acres fall rye
that | think could not be beat. A
farmer from Dakota cut it for me: he
SAID he never saw such heavy grain
anywhere. Straw was feet high. I
had 4 acres Of rowed barley on fall
breaking that did not do so well, yet
it ripened and gave me all the feed l
need for stock and seed for this
spring. l did not have grain threshed,
so can't give yield, but the wheat
would have gone at least rs bu. to the
acre. Have a log stable 31x35 feet,
broad roof and two smaller buildings
for pigs and chickens.
Il have lived in Harvey, Ills, and
know something about it. l have been
hungry there and though able and
willing to work could get none to do.
One Saturday evening found me with
out any supper or cent to get it with.
A friend, surmising my situation, gave
me dollar, which was thankfully &C.
cepted and later paid back Wife and
| are thankful we came here We
were living near Mt Vernon, Ills, as
perhaps you remember visiting me
there and getting me headed for the
Canadian Northwest, and happy day
1t has proved for me. I have not
grown rich, but I am prospecting.
would not take $4,000 for my quarter
now. The past winter has been
hard one, but worked outside the
coolest day (52 below all day and did
not suffer. We are getting school
started now that is badly needed.
Our F. O., Evarts, is about IS
miles; there is another office miles,
but it is not convenient to us. Wife
and | would not exchange our home
here for anything Illinois has to offer.
Yours truly,
"(Sd) E. KIMBERLEY"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-19
Young Men in Control.

interviews with old business men
IN New York city and careful compar-
lson OF statistics show that the affairs
OF the metropolis are now in the hands
OF younger men than ever before In
most OF the thousands of Offices in the
lo"er part of the Manhattan Island
the elderly men are clerks, while the
managers are under 40 years old. >
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-19
Defined Status of Water.

At one time the bailiff in charge of
an English jury. was sworn to keep
tnem without meat, drink y or ire,
Justice Maule once gave the classic
reply to the bailiff who inquired
whether he might grant a. juryman's
request for a. glass Of water: well,
tits not meat, and should mot cal,
1t drink. Yes, you may" %
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-19
Enala nd's Debt 10 France.

One Of the chief debts to France 10
that she .,ourishes or ideas, trans
forms them, makes them her own,
just as she transplanted and trans
mitted the flower of the Renaissance
in an earlier day. With all our ma
tional vanity we never dispute the
parentage. 1t is only territory and
diplomatic prestige and commerce
about which we quarrel with cur
sweet enemy" Academy.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-19
New Name for Elvinu.

My little neighbor, Ruth, came into
my room one day with her hands
ciosed carefully over some object
l was curious to know what she was
nr1nglng to me. What have you,
Ruth?'' I asked. "A little BIRDIE" she
replied. But why do you hold it so
tight? 49," said she, IF I don't it
Will wink its wings and fly away"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-19
Riddle.

ttIOOICs
What is the difference between a
chauffeur and a surgeon?" asked the
every ready joker.
Give it up" answered the man who
was bored
'%sThe chauffeur runs people down
and tb" surgeon cuts them up
= HaseA boarding a passing street
car, made, safe getaway.-De-
troit Nee Press.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-19

Many Measures Looked After.
AS many as 1910 metric weights
and measures were submitted for
veriflcation in the city Of London
during last year.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-19
Conclusive.

do you regard this prevalence Of
high prices as a sign of prosperity?'
Certainly" answered Mr.. Dustin
Stax; the fact that people can afford
to pay them is a conclusive sign of
prosperity. "-Washington Star.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-19
The MAGNETIC Sort.

HE is "a wonderfully impressive
man. yes. He is one of these peo-
pie who will say 1t is a beautiful day
in such an impressive manner that
you like giving him personal credit for
the weather."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-19

there seemed no hope. Doan's Kid
ney Pills brought my first relief and
six boxes have so thoroughly cured
and regulated my kidneys that there
has been no return of my old trouble. -
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-19

using DOan's Kid
ney Pills l, was so
run down and mis-
cradle that I could
hardly endure it.
Terrible pains in
the back attacked
me frequently and
the kidney secre.
tiOns were much
disOrdered. I was a
:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-19
To Tell of Royal Scandal.

TO CT OF NUydT oCdnuaT.
A book is soon to appear in ORES.
den. entitled "A Fight for a Royal
Child The author is Ida Kremer.
She tells of her experiences as gov
erness in the house of the Countess
Montignoso until she was obliged to
depart by order Of the court marshal
Of the king of Saxony.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-19

To watch the corn grow or the bios
ploughshare or spade; to read, to
think, to love-these are the things to
make men happy.-John Ruskin.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-19

There are times when the still,
small voice of conscience seems to
come from the big end of a mega.
phone.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-19

Success is merely a matter of doing
the right thing at the right time.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-19

1t is just as we'll to look out for tho
man who is always looking out for
himself.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-19

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teethng softens the gums reduces In
nammation allays pain cures wind collie Csc bottle
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-19

Reforms in Chinese Currency.
The Chinese minister of finance is
planning reforms in the silver and
copper currency of the empire.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-19

Ship Your Cream to Us.
We always pay the highest market price.
Samels Bros, Minneapolis, MINI.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-19

We Pay Top Price for Cream.
Cash every day. Write for prices and
tags. Miller & Holmes, St. Paul, MINI.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-19
Bio Money for Cream.

Big Money for Cream.
Will pay more than you ever received
for cream in summer. GET OUR OFFER.
R. E. COBB, St. Paul. MINI.