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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-19

cisive when the lost boy looked around
for something more to devour, and not
finding it he picked up his plate and
slammed it down and the floor and be-
gan to kick and yell.
Here, what the devil is this?"
shouted Mr.. Bowser, as he rose up.
young man. what do you want?'
"Sunthin' 'teat,' replied the boy.
Something to eatl Good lands, but
you have eaten more than three hired
men could already You may get
something more by and by. but not
now Wen go up to the sitting room.
him and speak a few moth erly
words?"
Mrs. Bowser took the boy by the
hand and led him upstairs. On the
way they passed the cat and he gave
her vicious kick. AS he reached the
sitting room he walked over to the
piano and began kicking that and
snuffling. Mr.. Bowser seized his arm
and hauled him away and twisted him
around and said:
I'VE mustn't Judge him too harshfy.
He is hardly old enough yet to know
whether we are his friends or enemies
Isn't It sad case that child of his
age is without a home-perhaps with
out father or mother ~
Very sad. indeed. but still he ought
to behave himself" answered Mrs
Bowser, as the boy kicked at Mr..
Bowser and just missed one of his
shins.
He will be all right as soon as he
knows we are his friends. He may
have father who came home and
| beat him. and he has got in the habit
| of fighting back. Bubby, come here.
Now look at me. I am your friend.
am going to give you more to eat and
a warm bed to sleep in tonight. 1 like
boys Perhaps I shall adopt you and
send you to school and let you live
with me all the time. What is your
name?"
Cheese it!' impudently exclaimed
the lad after a moment.
What What's thatr'
He said, cheese it'll " explained
her hand.
and you are giggling over it, of
course! You can't understand the pow
erty and the want of human sympathy
has made him what he is. Where do
you live, sonny? Pr
"Ratsr'
Hey. what do you mean by that ?
Don't you understand what I mean ?
w nat street do you live on?'
on, come Off" answered the boy,
as he turned away to chase the cat
/ PACK down in the basement.
Mrs. Bowser had to giggle. No wo-
man could have helped it, The first
glggle set Mr. Bowser's ears to work
ing back and forth. and at the SECOND
/ ne rose up and shouted:
Yes, giggle and giggie and giggle
and be hanged to you! You can't see
mat you are encouraging the child
IN his impudence. You are disappoint-
ca because he wasn't found dead of
colo and hunger at the gate The boy
Is all right. only he is afraid of you
Ihen I'll go up stairs and you NAV
question him some more''
sonny, said Mr.. Bowser, after she
Lau disappeared, Il want you to un-
qerstand that I am your friend
nave some pennies in my pocket. and
II you will tell me where you live I will
gay. .s,r them to you. What is the street %
Iaffy!" grinned the boy
- Look here. you young cub. but vo,,
ere inclined to be impudent. want
you 10 answer me straight or out Won
go. What is your name ?"
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ST.

]. B. Lippincott Co., publishers, of
Philadelphia, with which house he had
been connected for fifty-six years.
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Poor child 1 suppose this is the
first meal he has sat down to for many
weeks This place must seem like
heaven to him.
What are you going to do with
him % was asked.
~ don't know yet. He should be re-
turned to his parents tomorrow, if
they can be found. If not NAV
adopt him. One has only to glance at
his face to see intelligence far beyond
his years"
AS the kid was cross-eyed and snub-
posed and flat-faced, Mrs. Bowser
Gesihan't see the intelligence part. but
che made no comment and directly Mr..
Bowser- continued:
IF this child is adopted and reared
as he should be. who knows the goal
he ultimately might reach ?''
That's true. He has begun well by
reaching for about everything on the
table"
Never mind that. OF course. he
hasn't been brought up to have table
manners. wish you were more hui
name, Mrs. Bowser."
"I could pick up a dozen lost chill
dred day, but 1 have no clothes or
food for Them
IF you were a millionaire. the poor
would be no better off for it, You
are selfish and hard-hearted. You
have no sympathy for those in mis-
fortune. Any evening / may come
home and find man. woman or child
frozen to death in the vestibule.''
We might put a kerosene stove out
there" she suggested.
Mr.. Bowser turned red in the face
Ind was about to say something de-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-19
BowsER's HUMANITY.
He Finds an Asylum for a Child Which
Is Lost

l.'well. what is it this timer" asked
Mrs. Bowser,T as Mr.. Bowser came
home the other evening to dinner
holding the hand of a very dirty and
very ragged boy about six years old.
Didn't you hear this child crying
ard wailing on the street?" he queried
in reply.
noise all the time that 1 pay no atten-
ton to anything"
'Of course not. Half the popula-
ton of the city can freeze and starve
TO death in front of the house and you
wouldn't concern yourself at all Thank
heaven that 1 was born with a heart.
"And what do you call this ~
This is either a lost or an aban-
doned boy. 1 found him crouched
against the fence and hungry and cold,
and I have brought him in to succor
that he can't talk, but after dinner we
will question him He may have been
sent out by his mother to beg a few
pennies to keep his brothers and Sis.
tiers from starving CT his discouraged
and desperate father may have aban-
d6f1ed- him to the tender .fnercies of the
world See that he has a plate at the
table,
Mrs. Bowser took a closer look at
the boy and smiled. The boy returned
her look and seemed to be confused
and uneasy.
Are you trying to scare him to
death ?" demanded Mr.. Bowser.
Mrs. Bowser did not answer, but led
the way down to dinner and gave the
boy a seat at. the table and heaped his
plate, high with dinner He was as raw
watching him for awhile, Mr.. Bowser
said
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Those who have followed closely the
novels of E. Phillips Oppenheim as
they come from the press. marvel at
the. ability of this Englishman to main
tain the pace which he has set for him
self without lowering the quality of his
work MF. Oppenheim is under con-
tract to produce two novels year
These first appear serially, and his
English publishers are several months
ahead of his American publishers in
book form. THE Malefactor,"' which
has just been issued in this country,
was published in London early last
fall under the title of Mr.. Wingrave,
sole American publishers, who now
have thirteen of Mr.. Oppenheim
books on their list, report steady de-
mand for his older stories.
Stewart Edward White, author of
THE Blazed Trail" 21st edition, and
Samuel Hopkins Adams, the noted spe-
cial and story writer. have elaborated
in one of the most interesting mystery
stories of the sea that have appeared
since Treasure Island" 1t is entitled
THE Mystery" (McClure, Phillips &
Cob. and is tale of the Pacific ocean
instead of the Spanish main Inc IN
terest of the piece first settles upon the
mysterious disappearance of the crew
Of sailing vessel. the Laughing Lass.
which is picked up empty at sea by
United States cruiser. The naval men
place a prize crew on board and decide
to proceed to the nearest land, Homo
lulu Then comes the second mystery.
The prize crew disappears abso-
Iutely, and in turn third vanishes
from the earth in the same strange
manner. Finally an open boat is pick
ed up and in it is one live man and
one dead. The former is able to dis
sipate the mystery partially. His tale
Is one of thrilling interest, telling of
scientist. a rascally mutinous crew.
strange captain, and, strangest of all, a
search for a valuable chemical product
on an amazing volcanic island. The
story reaches a thrilling climax, but all
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-19
DER GERMAN coBBLER.
He Turns to PalmIstry and Makes a
Hit.

Dot leetle German tailor comes into
my shop der onder day When don't
hat much to do und looks around und
says to me:
Hans, gif her oop."
What vhaS it?'h says.
''Gif oop der cobbler peesness und
go back to Germany. You don't I'M
derstands der American peoples und
can neffer get along here
But can make u man come to my
shop if he don't want to-"
r "Of course you CAM Dot vhas der
I make all my money und vhas now a
big man in my ward. begin PEGS
ness by cleaning one pair of pants for
a customers. When some other don't
come in I make 'em come. L hold out
Inducements 1 learn der tricks of der
trade No. Hans, you svhas too. old
You don hat der brains in your head
I vlas sorryIfor yous but you had bet
ter go back to der cid country und
say dot you vhas a failure" sss- s.'.s-
II "a Dot tailor he swells out his chest
-und puts his hat on his ear und goes
away, und do some thinking. Maybe,
1 vhas a failure, -und maybe I hat a
trick oop my sleeve. Dot evenings
before i go to bed I make a sign und
hang her ooD in der window. She
readss s-o
q t-PaImistry! Palmistry! Palmistry.
She Was Free to All Customers
Come In!'
Vhell, I get oop early und shust hat
my breakfast eaten When in comes a
man nit pair of shoes in his hand.
He Ifs two blocks AWAY und vhas
neffer in my shop before. He laughs
leetle und says:
"Cobbler, dose shoes need fixing oop
ind / brings 'em to you. What fool
ishness vhas dis about palmistry? %
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He PnIIed Thronch

When the doctor came to see him
and felt of his pulse and looked at his
tongue and learned that he was over
sixty years old, he shook his head and
said there was no hope.
But I can't die for several years to
come" protested the old man.
"Sorry, but I can't give you over a
month to live
but. doctor, you must. have some
thing on my mind, and can't possibly
die now"
You can confess it to me-" said the
man of medicine.
well. then, forty-five years ago 1
attended a circus and menagerie.
took aversion to the elephant at once,
and determined to make it hot for him.
scooped out an apple, filed the hol-
low with red pepper and gave it to
him. His antics for the next half hour
beat the circus in the other tent"
well - asked the doctor as the old
man gurgled in his throat.
well, they say that an elephant re-
members such things for fifty years
Eyes, / have heard So"
And the fifty years won't be up for
five years more. and during that time
old Behemoth is sure to come around.
I want to be there. 1 want to see If
he remembers me. I want to settle
this question of an elephants memory
for good and ALL"
Then that's different" answered
the doctor1 and he took off his coat
and pulled the old man back from the
grave.-M- Quad.
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"Bue-housel''

SBug-houSe!
Mr.. Bowser reached for him and
about adoption and human sympathy!
He was about to perform the old
fashioned spanking act, when two
things happened at once. The kid
fastened his teeth in the humanitar-
ian's leg with a grip like that of an al
ligator, and the front door bell rang
and somebody drummed on the glass
panel of the door outside. The boy
was twisted down ON the floor and the
bell answered. The callers were man
and woman-man and wife. They
were not yet inside the hall when the
man brandished his fists and shouted:
You old child-stealer, put where is
my BOY"
eri" added the woman.
'W-what- does all this mean 20 ask
ed Mr.. Bowser, as he stared at them.
ct means that we live five doors
above here, and that tonight you en-
ticed our little son into your house.
What have you done with him Where
is he? Bring him out at once or I'll
knock that bald head off your Shout
ders!"
"And if he can't I'm the woman who
cant" added the wife as she clawed the
air.
Before Mr.. Bowser could get things
straight the boy came running past
him into his mothers arms and gave
him a kick to be remembered by, and
then the three fled down the steps.
turned round Mrs. Bowser was on the
stairs. A smile of human sympathy
was on her face and as he fourished
his arms around and tried to utter
words she softly said:
Yes, think it would be a good
plan to adopt him. and I promise to
try and be a mother to him!'-(Copy-
right, 1907, by p c. Eastment.)
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About New Books and Authors


subject for an historical picture it
would make-these two lords of crea-
ton at the card@table, one teaching
and the other taught, all cares of state
laid aside for the moment, in the en-
crossing mysteries of ''tournees,''
Solos, open grands'' and .'nullos!"
John W. Munson, whose "Reminis-
cences of Mosby Guerrilla publish
ed by Moffatt, Yard & Co., shows him
one of the most daring and energetic
in one of the bloodiest warfares of
modern times, is today the calmest,
mildest, most gentle-mannered man
one is likely to meet in winter. The
other day, on his way from town to
his Long Island stock farm, he met a
neighbor whom he has known fairly
intimately for several years, who said
to him:
"Munson, they tell me you were a
Confederate soldier didn't believe
1t. Is it true?''
Yes said Mr. Munson, at is true
us that SOP" replied his friend.
well, now let me advise you to get a
book I've been reading lately. 1t is
simply ripping. I'm starting it over
again. Now if you were in the war.
and on the rebel side. it would interest
Whats the title of it % asked Mr..
Munson.
"Reminiscences of Mosby Guer-
rilla.'' replied his friend.
who's the author?"
"Why, let me see. Munsey, I think
it was. Or Munson, may be. It's a
name mighty like yours. But it don't
matter who wrote it; you read it,
1t Is characteristic of Mr.. Munson
that he let it go at that.
J. C. Leyendecker has made two
paintings of Cuchulain in battle and
of Queen Meave, which are reproduced
and accompany Theodore Roosevelt's
ff11a lof4 T-s- Co. o,Sy
in the January Century. These paint
ings are said to be notable, even for
Mr.. Leyendecker, in expression of
charm, heroism and action, and to lose
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~-{EES
f e - -

is not explained until a survivor of the
disaster is rescued from a hidden cave
in the very shadow of the volcano His
tale solves the mystery, which will be
waited with anxiety and deep interest
bv the reader to the very conclusion.
Messrs. Duffeld & Company an
nounce for publication in February a
new novel by Charles Egbert Grad
dock. entitled 1.-The Windfall." Other
novels for early publication on the
same publishers spring list are, THE
Dover Woods by Emma Brooke,
"a Winged Victory" by Professor
Robert Morse Lovett, of the University
of Chicago, author of Richard Ores
ham,"
On almost the same day that news
came from Paris of the death of Fer
dinand Brunetiere, the French critic.
announcement was made by ]. B. Lip
pincott Co. of the publication of his
'Honore de BalZac" in their French
Men of Letters Series This last work
to come from the hands of the dead
author has been proclaimed by sew
eraI of our foremost critics as his best.
and a fit volume to stand on the shelf
beside the novels of it's subjects Com
edie Humane.
The January, 1907, issue of 'Lippin-
colts Magazine inaugurates its for
tieth year of publication. the first num-
Der having appeared in January,
1868. 1t was the first monthly to pub
fish a complete novel in each issue,
which plan 1t adheres to today. Dur
ing this long period many -well-known
novels have made their first appear
ance in its pages.
In the death of Robert PearSall Nor
ton on December 1st, the American
book and publishing business loses
figure that has been prominent in it
for half century. Mr. Morton was
born in 1881, and was an intimate
friend of the late George w. Childs.
He was secretary and treasurer of the
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little in the reproduction. Among other
interesting pictorial features Of the
number will be portrait. printed in
tint, of William Vaughn Moody, the
poet, and author of The Great Di-
vide" There are also in the Century
series of pictures of American work
ingmen, scenes in railroad yards from
pictures by Thornton Oakley, and, in
Freer Collection of Art reproductions
of a number ofsthe canvases in this
fine collection, including several valu-
able Ministers.
Mcclure, Phillips & Co. announce
the following reprints from their list:
An eighth edition of Stewart Edward
Whites story of a man-hunt, THE ST.
lent Places a second and revised edi-
ton of DIR. Howard A. Kelly's widely
discussed walter Reed and yellow
Fever" a sixth edition of Ida Tarbell's
famous Life of Lincoln, in two vol
umes; a third edition of G. Loves
Dickinson's fine essay, "A Modern
Eleanor Gates story of the West, 1.-The
PIcw-WOman," and a fifth edition of
A. Conan Doyle's 'tSir Nigel" the new
companion story to THE White Com
pany."
It would seem that sometimes fiction
anticipates fact. In Arthur Stringer's
novel, THE Wire Tappers,' published
in the spring of 1906, the hero, Jim
Durkin. an electrical inventor plans
transmitting camera which enables
one to telegraph photograph from
San Francisco to New York Now
comes the news by cable from Munich
that Prof. Korn has succeeded in send
ing a series of pictures, including a
perfect reproductions of the photo
graph of the Crown Prince of Ger
many, over his photo telegraphic in
strument a distance of 1125 miles, in
01x-@- tn
hero. Jim Durkin. by the way, will re-
appear in his new novel, Phantom
Wires" announced for spring publica-
ton by Little, Brown & Co., Boston.
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Philadelphia, with which house he had
been connected for ffty-six years
Moffat, Yard & Company announce
the publication on January 10, OF Eliz-
abeth Luther Cary's long expected vol
ume on Whistler. This deliberately pre-
sented work will contain number OF
exquisite Whistlers never before re-
produced in any way.
wireless Telegraphy.' by Profess
sor A. E. Kennedy of Harvard, Is
promised by Moffat. Yard & Company
sums up to date the whole accomplish
ment of the worlds latest scientific
wonder. 1t is written for the man in
the street as well as for the student.
The head of one of the largest pro-
prietary medicine concerns in the
country has written as follows to FL
lis Parker Butler: Permit me to
thank you for the pleasure derived
from reading your unique little book,
Pigs Is Pigs. 1 was so much i'm
pressed with it that ] sent copy to
each one of our sixty statesmen" Twen-
ty-two thousand copies of Pigs Is
Pigs" Mcclure, Phillips &c Coz were
sold during the month of December
alone, the publishers report. The phe-
nomenal popularity of this short story
is one of the events of a notable pub
fishing season.
r. F. Foster, author of the new
Fosters Skat Manual and the inter-
national authority on all card games,
is responsible for the truth of the
statement that the German game
Skat. which has recently been intro
duced into England and America. has
won royal recognition and approval.
King Edward has pronounced Skat a
better game than bridge, and no doubt
society will take the hint and, as it
were, follow suit" America wonders
whether this may not be the result of
Edwards recent visit to his imperial
nephew, the German Kaiser. What a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-19

Little Fred-"Say. nav. ain't paw got
a queer idea of what heaven is like7'
Maw-'T don't know, dear. never heard
him say anything about IT." Little Fred
well. did. He told the groceryman
was like heaven to him."-Chicaso Daily
News.
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Say. old man. how do you like me in
my new dress suit?" Zine. Now If Won
only had a little dignity you'd look like a
head ter.'-Mllwaukee Sentinel. - !
The Tupelo journal., 1907-08-02
Had to Hear It First.

Mrs. Skandell was telling me
a story today about that odious
Mrs. Galley began Mrs. Jigley.
See here" interrupted her
husband, I thought you hated
gossip"
'Why-er-so / do, but of
course ! can't hate it thoroughly
until / know exactly what it is. "
The Tupelo journal., 1907-08-02
Hot Weather Notes.

Down at Camden. Tenn, they
are serving tomato bullion hot
from the vines.
At Coosala, Ala, the sun set
fire to a celluloid collar that a
farmer was wearing and severe
~ burned him.
! At Hushpuckena, Miss, they
are boiling snap beans, potatoes
and the like in the creek.
The hens in Fulton, KY, have
been laying hardboiled eggs all
the week.
Grapes and cherries, the arti-
fetal kind, melted on a woman's
hat at Fair Oaks, Ark, and a
big damage suit is the result.
Wax candles made by the Stan
dard Oil Co., and used extensive
ly for purposes of decoration
have been melting right here in
Chattanooga without any fire.
The people of Atlanta boil their
drinking water on the sidewalk.
No fire is needed.
And yet no weather man has
been lynched. Chattanooga
News.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-08-02
Notice to Contractors.

Notice is hereby given that the
Board of Supervisors of Lee county,
Miss, will on Monday, the 9Th day of
August, AID. 1907, at two O'Clock p. m.
at the court house door in the city of
Tupelo, Miss, at public outcry award
the following contracts for doing the
following public work to the lowest re-
sponsible bidder or bidders, the con-
tractor to give bond in double the
amount On contract price and the Board
reserving the right to reject any and all
bids readvertise, to-wit:
For new levee on Guntown and Bald
wyn road nea Dalrymple.
For two bridges on Baldwin and
Marietta road west of Baldwin IN 20
mile bottom.
For two bridges on Baldwin and Full
ton road in Okalate bottom.
For one bridge on Guntown and Ellis
town road at Henry Green's place on
Flat creek.
For n bridge on Birmingham and
Chesterville road over Camp creek.
For levee on Blackland and Fulton
road neal Bill Gregory residence.
For levee in Tupelo and Fulton road
near Sam Wheeler's.
For two fills in Town creek levee on
Tupelo and Fulton road.
For causWaylng and sanding Town
creek levee on Tupelo and Ellistown
road.
For building bridge in Town creek on
Tupelo and Ellistown road.
By order of the Board of Supervisors
this July 9Th, 1867.
G. w. LONG. Clerk.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-08-02
A Southern Democrat
Charleston Post


A Southern Democrat is a per-
fectly natural and entirely ac-
ceptable figure in the North. It
is understood that the best peo-
pie of the South are affiliated
with the Democratic party. But
certainly, since the great Bryan
schism of 1896, a Northern Dem
ocrat must be explained. He
justify himself before he
can claim any serious regard.
Not that he may rot explain sat.
isfactorially and fully justify his
position nor that there are not
men of the highest character
and ability in the North, but
their affiliations with the party
are for the most part due to spe-
cial causes, which have to be CT
ted before they can get atten-
ton. This is a great handicap,
and it is one of which a South
ern man would be entirely free.
This is a matter of no small con-
sideration in estimating the
practical availability of a candi-
date for the presidency. It is a
point that a great many people
in the South overlook. If there
is prejudice in some sections of
the North against a Southern
Democrat because he is a South
erner, there is just as stiff pref
udice in other and more impor-
tant sections against a Northern
Democrat because he is a Dem
Ocrat
The Tupelo journal., 1907-08-02

Can't beat a man who whis-
ties while he works. but most of
US would like to.