davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06
Mems Furnishings
AT Greatly Reduced Prices

BOYS Outing Night shirts. that
were soc. now sec.
Mems and BOYS Pajainas. % madras
and outing. that We're $ 90. now eso-
Do l-zc Mems and Boys Linen COL
lars. an the new shapes. now SC.
15c Linen CuTs now tic.
pc linen CuFs now fsc.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06
Skirts

A. s9c-Five styles ot skirts, made
OF cambria. with deep hounce Of mus
lin. hemstitched and trimmed in lace
and embroidery.
At S1OO-Five styles q Muslin
Skirts. deep hounce o. embroidery.
also tucked nounce. with feather
stitching.
Al Sf.5o-Tcn styles Of skirts. made
~ cambric and nsinsook, deep founce
OF embroidery and also knee founce
tucked and trimmed with lace and 'n-
sertion.
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Protecting the Lawmakers.

The lobbyist should be require 90 wear IVA
numbors-one IN front and one behind-so that
he can neither approach back Up on tne
uEFllspoctinE legislator The wav 20 refet "a
IS 90 reform. -HoltOn fkan) Signal
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Although John y. Rockefeller has been re--
orally considered the richest en- the I -nifad
states. that Is disputed by certain peop .
who claim 70 know. and give that credit %
Frederick Weyerhaeuaer. Of 81. Paul b 70
cluse. who owns. they claim timber tracts n
the Northwest worth least 81 0Os 000 00si
Weyerhaeuser wa born in Germany On 1894
snd came TO this country A an inmierant
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Hosiery

odds and ends from our regular
stock. plains and fancies. were soc.
coo and 15c, now $50 pair.
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Table Linens
With January Clearance Prices

I5c Table Damask. Sc.
800 Table Damask. 6ec.
Remnants ot DamasKs. in good
useful lengths. ~ greatly reduced
prices
Damask Cloths and Napkins
slightly soiled from handling. al
grealy redloed prlces-
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Japan's Good Faith.
1t is not too much to say that Japan
has kept faith with the world I'm a way
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06

'1.v f.tru ~ Shakespeare plays ac.o~.,ns
f. iil" ,hlne. arc worth saving caino maj,
49, " rilen seven words Vprths 90 being pra.
ealing them.-Iuck AZ 47'
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High-Grade Laces
At Cleaning-Up Prices

Plauen. Veaise and 81. Gall straight
and wire bands az one-third ~ former
prices.
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II conscience makes towards o. US all COW
ardice on tho other hand gives some OF ~
about all the conscience We ever know Puclr
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06
Black Long Coats at Reduced Prices

would consider possibly
slight reductions This
be
uniform half
last hesep prices:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-11
He Knexv LINCOLN.

OF all the stories of Abraham Lin
coin none is more humanity interesting
than that now told for the first time
by Ida NJ. Tarbell in The American
Magazine for February.
1t seems that among the many old
associates of Lincoln from whom Miss
Tarbell got material for her Life of
Lincoln" was a man who was. a towns
man and a friend of the president from
the first days of his appearance as a
lawyer in Springfield to the end of his
life. In the long and intimate CONVEX
sations which Miss Tarbell had with
this man he reviewed his whole ac-
ouaintance with r. Lincoln. and gave
in a quaint and original way his i'm
pressions of him. These impressions
are recorded b. Miss Tarbell in the
mans own language.
Did know Lincoln2 Well, I should
say. See that chair there2 Take it, set
down. That's right. Comfortable amt
it? Well. sir, Abraham Lincoln has set
in that chair hours. and little Doug
and Logan and Judge Davis, all Of 'em,
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Determined not to stop until had
all possible information, figured
on the coal. 1 figured it down to a dead
certainly that it would take ten tons
of coal to run it through the season.
That would be placing ourselves in the
grip. of the coal barons and we will
class that as exhibit c. -
at would take two months to in
stall the furnace and during that time
the workmen would have possession of
the house. Exhibit d. my DEAR
''Then I consulted all medical and
scientific authorities available and /
Uncovered some interesting facts. Hot
air from a furnace will cause numer-
Gus ailments and is particularly pro-
ductive of pneumonia. It also causes
all the furniture to shrink and warp.
Warranted to draw three legs off a
sofa inside of a month. That is 'ex-
hibit E. >"
I'm one year the hot air furnaces of
America caused the destruction of 49,
600 homes. Coal stoves caused only
loss of only about $50. We class that
as exhibit F.
st'If we had a furnace and it con-
sumed ten tons of coal during the sea-
son. there would be the ten tons to
feed in and the ashes from the ten
tons to take out and dump into the
alley. Owing to my lame back. I
could not do the work, and conse-
uuently it would fall on you. Would
II be right for a husband to put such
a burden on his second wife? 1t GER
tainly would not. We put that down
as exhibit G. -
st knew you would answer me with
Just such nonsensel" exclaimed Mrs.
Perkins. after standing it as long as
she could
For five years, my dear, people
poked fun at Diogenes and said that
he talked nonsense Today it is uni
versally conceded that he was the
Kreatest philosopher the world ever
saw DR. Bombs. who is the greatest
medical authority in Europe, says of
md all sorts of germs and microbes
In face of that, my dear. what was 1
10 do? That is exhibit H
FOnce more. Gases are liable to ac-
simulate in hot air furnaces. You sit
here sewing and am downtown trying
10 raise the money to buy ton of
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coal All is peaceful and serene. You
are totally unsuspicious of danger. All
or sudden. without the slightest
warning and like bolt from the blue
those accumulated gases explode with
a roar that is heard for half a mile
around. We mark that as exhibit T. -
A great cloud of smoke is seen in
the air, with debris flying in every
erection The fire engines arrive.
The ambulance is rung for. A great
crowd gathers. Fragments of your
arms and legs are gathered from the
surrounding roofs. Exhibit j.
have failed to raise the plunks
for the ton of coal and am on my way
home when I see the cloud of smoke
near the confusion and have a feeling
that disaster has overtaken YOU.
start on run. Exhibit X"
arrive on the scene. learn what
has happened. 1 look upon the black
ened fragments. I know that you are
no more on earth and that the chances
OF my getting a third wife are nil.
The crowd sympathizes with me and
ADVISES me to brace up. Exhibit L. -
But cannot do so. I feel that all
is lost, and I fling myself into the
blazing ruins and am roasted alive
and join you in that other land and
the Perkins family is wiped off the
face of the earth That is exhibit M -
Mrs Perkins, I have called your
attention to thirteen different exhibits,
beginning with A and ending with M
Have you anything further to say %
Yes, sir, I have she replied "Of
all the mean husbands in this state I
think you are the capsheaf!"
MY dear second
stop right there, sirl''
MY second without the dear"
Enough, sir! The last bit of coal
we have in the house is in the stove
and 1 shall leave you to keep warm
on your philosophy. I am going to
Mr.. Pekins sat for three or four
minutes after her disappearance and
pushed off his slippers and cracked his
toes and then musingly exclaimed:
What womani I wanted to save
her life, but she wouldn't have 1t that
way! Copyright, 1907, by NJ NJ
Cunningham.)
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THE PERKINS FAMILY.
Why Mr.. Perkins Didn't Put In
Furnace.

Mr.. and Mrs. Perkins had been
seated around the family hearthstohe
for half an hour or SO, and ne was
reading the evening paper. whi4e siis
was darning a stocking. when sac
looked up and quietly asked;
Mr. Perkins what would pc tue
consequence of that coal stove 1alllils
down ?''
ssYou mean with a fire in it, OF
course? %
Yes" -.
He regarded the stove from his
rocking chair for a moment, and tnen
rose up and regarded it from stan ,
ing position. He then gave II a $50 $50
and looked at the stove pipe anu sAo"
ly answered.:
Mrs. Perkins, have no wish to ex &
aggerate, but I may tell you lna a,,, :.
that stove fell down with a reasonaDlS
hot fire in it at the time the cons. ne
quennes would be nine out OF Ten l t,o
the horse would be burned to the
ground Why do you ask?
Because, about an hour oe1ore you
came home, I went to put IN a scut -
of coal and I found one OF me legs lar
would have sent the stove stumbling.
was so startled that I haven't got
over it yet
'It was a wifely thing on your part
Mrs Perkins, to look at the legs OF
that stove. Not one wife in nun
dred knows or cares whether a stove
has two legs or four, or any legs at
all. I compliment you -,
Thanks. There is another niue
matter I want to refer to. About the
middle of last July as we sat on tne
veranda one evening, we somehow
touched upon the subject or Wlnte5
heating. You then and there declaTeo
with a good deal of emphasis that TINS
house should be heated this winter py
a furnace. I called your attention 70
the fact that we have the same oI9
coal stove before us with It's art anu ~,
dust Have you any remarks to make
LET us see-let us See? he mused
as he felt for his memorandum book.
NAV. June, July. All, here it is. IN
der the date of July 10 nave writ
ten:
sat on the veranda with Mrs. p
after supper She was in her usual
complaining mood. Weather hotler
than blank. Mrs. P. said that she was
debarred from society because we
didn't have a furnace in the house.
promised one for the winter ana she
quit kicking"
yes, Mrs. Perkins, you are right
Ny diary proves that you are rlgh u;
'T can't truthfully say that we
have"
"And why not. if you please ?"
Mr. Perkins got up and walked the
length of the room three or four times
and pondered over the matter and then
sat down and said
MY dear second wife"
There you go!' she interrupted
'You never miss an occasion to throw
that fact at me-"
"Softly, dearest. 1 sometimes speak
of you as my second wife so as not
to get you mixed up with my first
One should keep his wives separate.
What I was going to say when you
INTERRUPTED me with what seemed I'M
due heat was that the husband who
won't promise his wife furnace for
winter on one of the hottest days OF
midsummer has no philosophy about
him. We will mark that exhibit A
Again within two days after making
the promise I ran across Johnston
He is in the furnace business. / spoke |
to him regarding the furnace and he'
said 1t would cost more to put 1t in
than the house is worth. We will class
that as exhibit b.
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all the big men in this State. set in

all the big men in this State. set in
that chair
This is the way Billy Brown began
to tell his story to Miss Tarbell. and
Miss TarbelI passes it on just as Billy
told it.
MIR. Lincoln was always here. Come
and set by the stove by the hour and
tell stories and talk and argue. He
traded here, I've got his accounts now.
See here, 'Quinine, quinine, quinine.'
Greatest hand to buy quinine you ever
seen. Give it to his constituents"
Then follows the story of Lincoln s
life-just as it appeared to a plain
man. I. pictures the surprise of Lin
coins fellows at his growing greatness,
and their bewilderment at his election
to the presidency, their pride in having
a presidential candidate among them,
their grief at his going away, their
broken hearts when he returned
One of the most interesting parts of
the story is the account of the trip Billy
made to Washington to see the spresi-
dent. "I come to see you. Mr.. Lincoln
just to see you-felt kind "a lone
some-been SO long since I'd seen you -
Then Billy goes on and tells all that
happened on that memorable trip.
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EI6EI .IaAsC
fsrs--s.
REAL, ESTATE TRANSFERS.

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Geo. d. LytIe and wife to NJ. E.
Patee, lots 274 and 276 Lane st. ooo
Westlawn add. ........::. 1870. $o'ooo
E Etarbuck to A. W. Callahan, lots
1884, 1876 and 72S Bolles ave, block T.
Steele add. ;f - w NJ Sv l. iOV
der lots II, Is and 10 Marshall ave-,
block l. Glendale add; NJ vv,,,att fVo
1%1 poe 81 9Th add. ................. 900
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Customer-So you sell these watches at
IS each? 1t must cost that to make them
Jeweler-It does. S-
Customer-Then how do you make any
money?
.Jewelry-Repairing them.-stray sto-
ries.
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HACK BARN.

BEST AND MOST UP-TO-DATE HACKS
in town for funeral work One hack 81:
two. $3.50; three, So to Topeka cemetery:
other cemeteries extra. Party and recep-
ton work at reasonable rates. Phone 296.
SIT W. 10th. Stamey's Barn.
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CAPT J T. WINTRODE is a candidate
for reelection as marshal of the court
of Topeka, subject to the Republican prl-
mary election.
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CLATRvOYANT.

>---r---r~~-~>~-~>-~>~|N->
ZELMA, clairvoyant, reads your life, past.
present and future. Tells names, dates,
facts and figures. She actually does ali
that others claim to do. Special hand
reading 1Oc. go Kansas ave.
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M. M. HALE announces his candidacy
for reelection to the office of city
treasurer. subject to the action of the
Republican primary.
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SANTTARHTNfS

CHRISTS HOSPITAL COTTAGES for
the care and treatment of nervous In
Val1dS. alcohol and drug habttues and
mild cases. of mental arrangement. W. s.
Lindsay. NJ. D.. 500 Kan. Topeka Kan
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q b. RURGE is A CANDIDATE FOR
citv clerk, subject to the Republican prt-
maries.
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WHEN you want to hire man or boy.
call up Y. NJ. c. A. Ind. tel sos or Bell
tel 9W. We have a list of men and
confidential references concerning them.
M. G. A. Employment bureau. 9Th and
Quincy SITS.
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TAILORING COLLEGE.

self-ca1eulating system
taught. Miss Marstons sos Kansas ave.
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the Republican nomination for council
man of the Fifth ward of the city of To-
pel<a, subject to the Republican primaries
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FoR RENT-HoUsEs.

FOR RENT-l6l5 Central Park ave, new
5-room partially modern cottage. Shaw
nee Agency.
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BOB Miller ANNOUNCES HIMSELF
as a candidate for Marshall OF Court of
Topeka, subject to Republican primary,
March Is, 1906.
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FRrE nTepENsARv

MONROE ST. FREE DISPENSARY.
202 Monroe st. Conducted by regular
practicing physicians and surgeons. Med
jcal service free. Medicine free in some
cases office hours to D. m. Calls
answered night or day. Ind. tel 3413.
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ABSTRACTS.


WILLIAM HALL JENKINS
Expert examiner of abstracts. Legal pa
of 81, 500. Must be city property 423 Kan
ave. Phone 1877.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

WANTED-Position by a young lady Who
Is competent stenographer;, also ex-
perienced in office work. Call Bell COZ, or
Ind. tel. 1888
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-11

CAPTAIN J. r. McNARY ANNOUNCES
himself as a candidate for Judge OF the
Court of Topeka, subject to the RepuDn-s
can primaries March 49, 1SO-
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TRANSFER AND STORAGE.

-->~-~->~>~~~~~~~~-~-~~~~-
MERCHA MIS- TRANSFER & STORAGE
Co. packs. ships and stores household
goods. Tel 1S6. Clarence Skinner. en-
Quincy st.
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FOUNDERS AND MACHINE SHOPS
FOUNDERS. machinists and pattern
makers. Topeka Foundry, 31S 800 AGA
Jackson st. Phones 499 Ind. and Bell
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ATHERTON BROS.-Office PIG East 9Th.
Both phones 90S. Moving and storaRe
All kinds goods packed Stored and for
warded to anv pGint in United States
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PATENTS.


j. A. ROSEN, patent attorney, 433 Nan
sas ave. Topeka.
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J. H. SQUIRES ANNOUNCES HIMSELF
for reelection for the office of city clerk
subject to the Republican primaries to be
held on the 18th day of March. 1907. Polls
open at 10 O'Clock a. m and close at 8
O'clock D. m.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-11

8 YEARS experience. Advice free. E. A
Wagner. solicitor of patents. 500 K. ave.
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OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.

held on the 18th day Of March. 1907. Polls
open at 10 o'clock a. m. and close &c
o'clock D. ND
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AM A CANDIDATE FOR THE OF
fice of Judge of the Court of Topeka.
subject to the Republican city primary
election. ERNEST r. SIMON
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CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS.
= -yU11
Job work promptly done. 30 E. Eighth
ST. Ind. tel 1874.
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AM A CANDIDATE FOR COUNCIL
man from the Third ward, subject TO
the Republican primaries. Yours Tor
Clean greater Topeka,
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1907-07-10

self does not know, some one of tho
passengers will volunteer the infor.
nation. This, at least. has been nv
experience; and in all the citations in
this article l am combining myself
carefully to my own personal expert
ences and observations. Arrived at
the church, you find an ordinary con
gregation OF 700 persons. four-fifths
OF whom are students, listening intent
~ TO a sermon nearly an hour long.
Creek and Roman Catholic Churc hes.
In all Toxic there is no more con
spicuous building than the Russian
Orthodox Christian church building.
with its great dome. There are 80 1000
members of this body. all of them q
monument to the work of one man.
Bishop Nicolai, who has laborcd here
alone, or with only one other Euro.
pean helper, for 80 years. His char
acter has been equally effectual with
his intellectual ability and his dill
gence in spreading his church.
During the war he had To go into
retirement, being Russian, and the
cathedral was guarded constantly by
the Japanese authorities, lest mis-
guided patriots burn or sack it,
Bishop Nicolai gave himself largely to
literary work, but his priests did most
acceptable service in ministering to
the Russian prisoners, who were of
their own creed.
The romance of the Roman Catholic
Church in Japan-one Of the fine
stories of all religious history-must
be told in another connection, but
here in Toxic the church Is repre-
sented by cathedral. which, next to
the Greek church building, is the
most imposing ecclesiastical edifice in
the CITY. The total Roman Catholic
membership in Japan is $4,000. and
the missionaries are nearly all
French. There are schools conducted
by nuns and by the teaching orders.
and notable amount of philanthropic
work is done, including the main
tenance of two leper hospitals, one in
Gotemba and one in Kumamoto.
In Toxic there is leper asylum.
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started by Miss Youngman. a Presbv.
Ierlah missionary, but maintained by
an American and European religious
organization which works for the
lepers of the east. Under this same
auspices is Miss Riddell's leper asy.
lum at Kumamoto. Miss Riddel1. who
Is a Church of England missionary
is the only foreign lady in Japan ever
decorated by the emperor.
The Toxic leper home Is managed
by two native Presbyterians. Mr.. and
MIS-. Seishin Otsuka. whose refine
ment and Christian character is writ.
ten on their faces. They have been
I'm charge of the home since its onion.
ing, ~ years ago. and the devotion
OF the 90 inmates TO them is apparent
even TO visitor. There are constant
experiments being made for the cure
OF these unfortunates, but thus far
all seem TO be in vain. The most that
can be done appears to he TO make
the Iepers as comfortable as possible
and to keep their bodies in the hest
possible condition by frequent medici.
nal baths. They suffer no main al.
though they are I'm all stages of lon.
rosy. from the little children and
sturdy young men who show no o1t.
ward faint Of the disease. to the blind
and helpless victims whose members
have been entirely eaten away.
After the Men Who Run Tbinos
Mention Of one form of specia1
work suggests many others. There
is here rescue home for girls from
the Yoshiwara. an asylum for the in.
sane (although this. the only one in
Japan. is not under distinctiveIv
Christian auspiccsJ. prison-pate
home, free kindergartens. and rescue
missions after the type familiar TO
all large American cities. There arc
also special missions to railroad men
20 policemen and to postonfce work.
ers. These last. now separate mis-.
sions arc the outgrowth OF Bible.
reading league for japanese. at pres.
ent numbering 10000 members. started
and long maintained by one Of fbe
foreign physicians Of Toxic. who ONT
NJ his lucrative practice. personally
supports numerous missionary enter.
prises
In Toxic there are several indenend.
cnt missionaries, who are not con.
nected with any denomination or mis-.
sionary board. The wiefuIness OF tbeee
is a mooted question among Amer.
ican churches. Ny own observation
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None Lost.

Sand Bar ferry, near Augusta. Ca.
is a fiatboat affair. frail and rickety.
Two timid ladies, hesitating 10 cross.
piled the negro boatman with cues.
tions about it, says Youths Compan.
ion.
And arc you perfectly sure no one
has ever been lost here?' they de.
handed
No, missus," replied the ferryman.
NO one amt ever been los here.
Marse Jake Bristow done got spilled
out and drowned last week. but dey
found i'm again mex day. We amt
never los nobody. no, ma'am."