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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-13
DER GERMAN CoBBLER.
He Thinks Out Another Plan All by
Himself.

1t vhas dot leetle tailor who comes in
my place a few days ago When don't
hat a single job on hand und vhas hard
oop. und ne looks around ind swel1s out
his chest und says:
Hans. you can't do it. You vhas too
old a Dutohman to catch on TO der ways
of America 1t vhas better dot you go
back to Germany und raise cabbages-"
But you yhas some Dutchmans too,
I says.
..Ah, but dere vhas Dutchmans und
Dutchmans- I vhas one OF der hustlers,
while you vhas one Of der mossbacks.
I begin baesnesS On an old pair of pants
und two patches. und now vhas worth
ten thousand dollars study der peo-
pies I know What dsy want l keep
COP nit der times. yhas sorry for you,
Hans, but IL vhas no use You vhaS one
thousand years behind der age und you
can't catch COP. 1 vhas VERY busy
man, but sometimes When you vhas in
der poor house call uf1d see you for old
times sake
When he vhas gone 1 feels bad for
awhile, und der I fill my pipe ind sit
down to drink Dot eafnings 1 go by
trend und borrow a hen She vhas small
und speckled ind like bird Den
make a wire cage in my shop window
ind get two chains und lie 'em to dot
hens legs When she vhas a prisoner
make sign dot reads:
Don't be afraid Come in for re-
pairs. Der hen vhas securely chained
/ don't know how she Will work. but
I hat to wait until morning to see.- I
get my breakfast half an hour ahead of
time, und I only hat my shop door open
When a man NIT q pair Of shoes comes
in He likes two cement patches und
lift on der heels. und den he says:
''Cobbler, like you to explain about
dot hen in der window I neffer before
saw a hen chained oop like dot"
IND neffer before do you see such
a ferocfous hen" I says. ''She vhas
smaH und she looks humble, but IL she
vhas loose you vhas torn to pieces in
tfger-heu of Honduras Before she
can be captured she kills eleven men"
'fvhelI. xheHi I hat known about
hens all my life. but neffer hear on
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all doors and windows. and then pro-
ceeded to the kitchen to finish. Mrs.
Boxser slipped out and into a neigh
bor's, while the cook leaned out of the
window Of her room and scanned the
landscape Of the back yard and wished
the cavalier who was going to marry
her would come along. s go
When quarter OF an hour had pass
ed a pedestrian passing the Bowser
house halted to sniff suspiciOusIy. He
was soon Joined by second. third and
fourth. Then smoke was seen issuing
from around the windows and more
sniFers and shutters Joined the crowd.
Then there. poured forth such a smell
as wholesale drug store might make
if on fire from top to bottom, and
amidst It Mr.. Bcwser staggered from
the basement door and fell on the grass
and rolled about and wheezed and
coughed like an old horse with the
collie Then 1t was that an ambulance
was rung for by one man. the fire en-
gines by another, and policeman came
running up and headed forlorn hope
into the house and brought out a smok-
ing shovel and demanded explanations.
In demanding them he slung Mr. Bow
ser around on the grass. stood him up
against the fence and called him names
and threatened him with his club, and
there was an excitement lasting a good
half hour When the Bowsers were
finally. left alone and he had quit
wheeling and coughing he pointed his
finger at Mrs. Bowser and was going to
tell her that their respective lawyers
would settle the divorce business, but
she stopped him by saying:
Now. then, you and your Persian and
house flies and mosquitoes and cock
roaates had better walk right up stairs
and go to bed. This house has been up
set enough for one night
And she threw the rest of the pow
der cut Of 4 back window and Mr. Bow
ser went-(Cooyright 1907. by Nc
Clure Newspaper Syndicate-)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-13
MIR. BOwsER's EXPERIMENTS.
He solves the Problem of Flies and
Mosquitoes

There is one thing that Mr. Bowser
can't do. although he has been trying
his best for the last thirty years. He
can't dissemble for shucks. When he
has anything out Of the ordinary on
his mind he gives himself away 10 Mrs
BOwser within five minutes OF his en-
tering the house. It was SO the other
evening when he sauntered in with
what he thought was careless air. She
knew that he had an experiment of
some sort on hand and began TO puzzle
as to what it was All through the din
ner hour she invited his confidence and
tried to draw him out. but he simply
smiled at her III a Superior way. and
IL was not until they were seated in the
family room that he unburdened himself
by saying:
Mrs Bowser have you ever happened
to come across any statistics regarding
the house fy2"
Il don't know that I have" she re-
piled, but 1 know that he or she is
with US by the million for about four
months out of the twelve"
The house fly. my dear, infests every
country on the face of the earth. II re-
Quires only twenty-four hours after
Matching to bring him TO the full-grown
state. His average Of life is thirty-five
days. During June. July, August and
September he manages to infiict mon
etary damage on the world al large that
mounts up into tens of millions. He
spreads disease He makes a nuisance
of himself. The deaths OF fifty thou
sand infants per year can be traced d.
rectly to the house fly
Il didn't know that you were such a
hand for statistics" observed Mrs Bow
ser
Il presume not, but nothing escapes
me-nothfng. What don't know about
the house fly you needn't expect to get
from any one else. Suppose he could
he wiped Off the face of the earth-erad-
icated-banished? Suppose that future
generations were not to know him ex-
cent through history
Tt would be a great thing to get rid
of him. but how could it be done?
And there is the mosquito" contin-
ned Mr. Bowser without needing her
question The injury inflicted on our
feelings by the mosquitoes Of the world
Is fucaIculabIe while he is responsible
for one-half the deaths occurring dur
ing the four months mentioned He is
with US In the city as well as the coun-
trv He fs with US on the hills as well
as in the valleys He IS the direct cause
OF more profanity-more family quar-
things combined He drives men TO
drink and TO murder. He has farmers
wives 10 the insane asylum and farm
ers themselves to the ga1ows- Many
and many night when their bites
have aroused me from sleep have been
minded to chop you up with the ak
And what do you propose to do
with them?"
s-Suppose the mosquito. like the
house nv. was to be wiped of the face
OF the earth and seen no more? sup
nose the huckIeberry swamps OF the
world were cleared of them-that
when evening fell the farmer could
-oost on the fence and smoke his pipe
IN peace-that men. women and chill
aren could sleep the night through
Without that devilishing buzzing in
heir ears?.'
well. suppose 50 ?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-13
C. C. SMITH
Merchant Police
ell Phone 1910. 719 Chestnut Street

dies are cordially invited irrespective
of church or creed
Mrs. Myers got a letter from her son
Fred yesterday, she hadn't heard from
him for two years He is On the is
thrnus of Panama. expects tc buy land
and not be nome for two years more
Mr.. Orvflle Taylor of the Blanch-
ard Construction company returned
home last night from Pratt. Kan.
where he has a large depot and other
railroad buildings under construction
Some Of our religious workers are
planning an institutional work for the
young people which ought TO help
greatly along the line Of social and
religious progress in Oakland We hope
TO furnish an outline
At the Christian church. Rev. Mr..
FuItz Will take for his morning subject,
and Workers" In the evening. he will
speak by requests on The Unpardon-
able Sim Karl HumrneI viii sing
Oakland Presbyterian church, S. B.
ject, The Passing OF Aaron" An in
vitation will be given to any who wish
to join church Sunday school at 10 a
m, installation of the new officers
Endeavor at D. m. led by Mr.. Kari
HumIneI, subject, jacob
The freeze Of lest night played havoc
with some Of the gardens. The ther-
rnometer stood at "a degrees at
o'clock this morning, every peach and
apple bud contained crystals OF ice. 1t
looks as though they were killed. but
owing to the moving atmosphere and
the gradual warming. 1t Is impossible
to tell for a day or two what the dam
age is. The cherries stand consider
able frost under such conditions and
may be all right.
The Fraternal Brotherhood society
of Oakland met at the residence Of
Elmer Starns last night A good time
was enjoyed by all. The occasion was
styled nightcap social. and the par
Elephants were dressed in very unique
headgear- Games were played and
prizes awarded In the game, md
the pig, there was a tie between o.
c. WiIsey and Chas- Cummings In
the chewing gum contest, in which
after the gum was chewed, the one
forming the best shaped object was 10
receive prize, Miss Georgia Nelson
won
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For the past three months every num-
Der of The Century Magazine has gone
out OF print within a few weeks OF is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-13

Mrs. Bowser-other insects that crawl
or fly and bite and make life miSer-
able Suppose that it lies in the pow
er of your husband TO make this world
insectless ?"
you can't mean itg' whispered
Mrs. Bowser.
That is exactly whatsI mean While
other men have been of fishing this
summer I have been engaged IN see
ing what could be done towards i'm
proving the physical state OF the
world we live in While you have
looked for 65-cent stockings reduced
to % cents I have delved into statfs-
tics. Tonight is the GROWING point
Ere another twenty-fOur hours have
passed the name of Samuel Bowser
viii be spoken all around the world"
But what on earth is it? What
have you done?"
Mr. Bowser took from his coat
pocket package he had carefully con-
cealed up to this moment and removed
the string and paper. Mrs Bowser
saw powder-about pound Of
greyish powder. In color it looked like
ashes, but was more wefghty. She
wet her finger and touched the powder
and then her tongue and sDat in dis
gust and exclaimed:
That's skunks' cabbage powdered
up. Mother used to give Ii to US in
molasses when we were children and
it, and what are you going 10 do with
it?'.
Mrs Bowser this is a powder made
from plant grown in Persia. and no
where else on the face of the earth.
1t is a rare plant even there, but
Persian doctor whom l met a few days
ago gave me this and told me the
secret of it. One pinch of this powder
burned on a hot shovel Will rid a
house of every insect in it in five min
utes- Two pfnches burned in the back
yard will clear the neighborhood for
a block around. Half a pound of 1t
Will kill every fly and mosquito in a
whole country If 1 can get hold of a
ton of it and 1 am arranging to do SO,
1 will clear the whole Of America,
beginning next June. After that I will
see to the rest of the world"
IT tell you it's skunks' cabbage pow
dered up, and IL you go to burning
any Of it we shall be driven out of the
house Your Persian is a fake Why
do you let people impose on you this
way?"
THAT Will do. Mrs. Bowser." said
Mr.. Bowser as he rose u2 in his stiff
ness and dignity. Some OF this pow
der will be burned within ten minutes
in this house If you prefer flies. mos
Quitoes and cockroaches to a clean
house you can go elsewhere. I don't
propose that anything you can say
shall prevent me from attempting a
world interested experiment.
1t was useless for her TO say more
The cook had finished with the dinner
dishes and gone upstairs. Mr.. Bowsey
began at the top of the house and closed
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Qtems for thu column may be left n
Heaston's barber shop.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-13

sprinkled around have been time and
money wasted Mankind has been at
war with him ever since the days Of
Adam and Eve, but he is here yet and
gaining on il all the time. Suppose he
could be eliminated of the face of the
earth with the other insects? Sup
pose that future generations would
have to go to the dictionary TO find
picture OF him and to learn what he
was? And there are other insects,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-13

roach. He is ever with us What the
house fly and the mosquito leave I'M
done TO make life a torment he gladly
picks up and carries forward. The
financial damage on his account is mill
lions. He is found in the palace of
the king and in the hovel of the peas
ant At this very instant he is crawI-
ing around our kitchen with devilish
purpose. and all the powders we have
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-13
Books and Authors

The Brass Bowl IS the title of a
new book fresh from the press of the
Boobs Merrill company. 1t IS what
a reviewer calls a story of whirlwlho
action 1t hasn't a dull sentence in II,
and is as exciting as ii is improbable
which is saying considerable.
The hero is a young New yorker
very rich, an fdler, and a good reIloW-
sees a beautiful young woman calmly
emerging from his bachelor apart
ments- His janitor vigorously denies
that a living soul has been in or OUT:
but the hero finds the dainty print OF
girls hand in the dust on his desk
He covers the print with brass ooWI
and the action begins
That night he finds the same girl IN
a broken down motor car in the mld-
die of a brook near his ancestral
estate in the country He rescues ner
and she treacherously deserts MIN
and leaves him 20 trudge Aong tne
highway. Later he finds her trying 10
break into his safe in the old house
She mistakes him for noted burglar,
whom he so closely resembles that al
the critical points in the story every
one gets mixed on their identity OF
course, the hero and the girl fall IN
love And the real burglar, VINO
comes int the story that very night,
also falls in love with the girl. How
the hero saves the girl from the
burglar and how the girl explains her
role Of housebreaker, and how the
wicked are punished and the deserv-
ing are made happy is cleverly told
thrilling situations and scenes that
keep the reader on the alert till the
very last word
Messrs. Herbert B. Turner & Co. of
Boston. promise 10 the American pub
lie a remarkably interesting story with
an undercVrrere of thrlIl-prooucing
mystery IN Arnold Benefits new rom
- T-F7 il nEy
in press. Mr. Bennett has achieved
considerable reputation IN England.
AMI is Savorably known ii America by
his recent successful novel. Anna OF the
Five Towns In the present volume
young medical practitioner attending the
Opaning performance of the gran1 OEeF@
in LONDON meets the priTT1a donna IN
der peculiar circumstances. and be-
cones involved IN a series of startling
events through which the CHEST "a real
ghOsO plays MS part 10 the end Inc
book gives fa@cill.-ting pictures OF sta-e
life both in I.@1Fcn and Paris. and the
underlying 81 -st.On of the occult
with strong .Ove story and an IN
hackneyed plot will lender its appeal
TO jaded fiction readers unusually
strong.
For the past three months every num-
Der of The Century Magazine has gone
out OF print within few weeks OF is
Eue-
DIT. Emil Reich. whose latest book.
Success IN Life has been issued by
DufFfeId & Co. has recently been giving
lectures on Plato that have been all
the rage il London The story is told
that the Duchess Of Portland. unable On
one occasion TO find a seat, sat down /
on the floor and SO listened to the en-
tire discourse
L is maintained by many publishers /
that -rhe title of a book has much TO DO I
with its Success II is certainly true
that many OF The popular books of the /
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-13

Anew volume in the Church Universal
Series. published by The Macmillan
company, deals with The Age OF
Schism.'' and is written by Herbert
Bruce. NJ A. head of the department of
history in the University college, Car
diff. This volume covers the history
Of the church substantially through the
fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. and
forms a part of the continued narrative
of the history OF the church which the
series, when complete, is designed 20
make.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-13

ter was hercely attackC6 Dy several CT
the leading English critical journals for
naming his most successful tale The
Virgfniau, as this was said to be an
enct Oachment upon Thackeray's Viz
ginians- A number OF American jour
mails are new complaining Of the title
OF Meredith Nicholscn's romance, The
Port of Missing Men, Chicago critic
calling il far-fetched. 1t may. how
ever, be said in defense of this title
that the chief incident of the story &C
ours in a place to which the author
gives this name, and that it was duly
led UP to- by ample description The
eaptious were equally displeased with
Mr. Wister's later title. Lady BalC-
more, which, it has been said, is not
lady. and rot Baltimore. but only a
cake: An author whose attention was
called to criticisms of one OF his titles
YEARLY exclaimed that it is the text
of the book and not the title which
should engage The sober thought of
critics. and that a good book by any
name would be just as good
In The Yelled Lady, which has jus.
been published, Mr.. Hopkinson Smith
tells a story the scene of which is laid
in Stamboul. and it is one of the most
vivid and charming tales he has ever
told The atmosphere of that part OF
the world is thoroughly familiar to Mr..
Smith. for he spent five seasons sketch
ing in Constantinople as many Of his
attractive water color sketches bear wit
ness. The plot of this particular story
was founded on fact and the dragoman
who takes an important part in it is
well known character today in that part
OF the world.
No novel of the season has been re-
cefved with more general and hearty
approval than John Oxenham's The
Long Road" Many critics have pro-
nounced il not only the best story Mr.
Oxenham has ever written, but one of
years A distinguished educator. the
head of the school system in a large
city. has written of it as follows: "A
splendid novel. 1t is Soul-cOmpeling
one Of the best have read for years
One of the best characters in tFelici-
ty.' the novel by Clara E Laughlin
which has just been published, is the
''Old Man. a comedian of the old school
type of Jefferson or William Warren.
full of kindly wisdom and clear, keen,
good tempered insight into men and
things she has elected" he said of
Felicity, ito be a child of the road. the
big, open road, where the passport is
sympathy and understanding, not crit
icism of the way the other travellers
limp along on tired feet or dance for
paltry joys" And of that open road"
he said. again. The chances of the
road, it's taking the chances handsome
" that makes men and women of us
It's the brave spirit. unfaltering because
the luck @ the road is rough, that's kept
the old world a good place to live in.
that's made the highway a road of
royal company"
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L is maintained, by many publishers
that -rhe title of a book has much to do
with its Success II is certainly true
that many of The popular books of the
past ten years have had striking titles
These, however, have often been ctiti-
cised for ore reasC n and another Many
critics complained, for instance. that
The Right of Way was not descriptive
OF Sir Gilbert Pal ker's novel Mr.. Wis
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