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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-08

| possibilities in the woods, the water.
| the air, the snow, or even in ones own
yard. 1t tells how to make tents and
boats. sleds and skees, fishing tackle,
| ana wide variety of other things 1t
/ gives directions for camping and pre-
pairing an outfit. for fishing and pre-
pairing tackle-in short, for doing the
many things that boys like to do and
| enjoy doing out of doors.
The practical side of the book lies in
the development of boys abilities and
| skill along lines of high mechanical
and practical Importance
IN all, the book is an admirable
guide based upon the experiences of
those who have done just what they
Adams, and there are also contribu-
| tons by Kirk Munroe, Tappan Adney,
Captain Howard Patterson, Leroy Mil
ton Yale, and others.
The True Patrick Henry" by George
Morgan is no misnomer for this book
on the greatest of American orators,
who gave the first impulse to the
prehensive, it is at the same time as
readable as a spirited romance Patrick
t1enfy is re-cre2ted for us. He is made
to live again, and the great scenes in
real but vivid. His contemporaries
stand out as actual men. We have
throughout the atmosphere of the
Revolution. AS Mr. Morgan had ac-
or hundred years, including many
unused Writ originals, he has awaited
himself of the opportunity to put much
important new historical matter into
the book This volume is the latest one
of the True" Series published by the
Lippincotts.
When Sam Walter Foss, the New
England poet, was editing the Yankee
Blade, he received contributions from a
western writer named John H. Whit
son of Kansas, which he was compell-
ed to return with the apology that the
OF the Yankee Blade. That was nearly
score of years ago. Mr.. Whitson has
since taken up his residence in the
east, and has met for the first time
former editor Foss, now the efficient
librarian of the large public library of
the city of Somerville, Mass. Since
coming east, Mr.. Whitson has blossom
ed out as a full-fiedged novelist. For
a while he wore western stories with
good success, but the popularity of
1.-The Rainbow Chasers" and Justin |
Wingate, Ranchman" is destined to be |
excelled by that of THE Castle of
Doubt" his latest novel. published bv |
Little, Brown & Co. Here is modern |
with so ingenious a denoue-
ment that those novel readers who !
pride themselves in knowing from the ]
beginning how a story is going to turn |
out have a surprise awaiting them.
President Nicholas Murray Buffers |
book on True and False Democracy" |
published by Macmillan, is particular |
ly interesting and instructive in view |
of certain political problems now prom
inentIy before the American people |
carefully abstaining from any
word that could be construed in a par
tisan sense, everything that President
Butler has to say bears directly on the
practical problems to be solved in Amer
lean politics. The book is above all
I'LL ,~Al
spare the evils in present conditions, it
is thoroughly optimistic in tone. The
licidity of President Buffers thought
and the vigor of his style combine to
make this an eminently readable book.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-08
THE BowsER GARDEN.
1t Finally Gives Up the Long Struggle
for Existence.

The first robin had scarcely made its
appearance in the last days of Marcel
when Mr.. Bowser returned home from
the office one evening bringing pack
age under his arm. When questioned a:
to its contents he replied:
II have been investing in garden seeds
Last spring 1 waited too long before
planting anything, but I am not to be
caught that way again.
But our back yard does not get sur
enough" protested Mrs. Bowser. land
you know the soil is full of brickbats
and mortar. 1 don't believe you will
ever make anything grow there"
But I will show you to the contrary.
I met a gardener today who gave me a
few valuable tips. I'll have a garden
this year to delight the heart. 1 not
only need the exercise, but I have got
tired of buying wilted vegetables at the
grocery. 1 want my fresh vegeta bles,
lettuce and tomatoes with the dew still
on them. 1 want things to look home
like around me. We are penned up here
like a lot of savages, with no sentiment
to appeal. and sometimes 1 feel that 1
am returning to barbarism. I want
flowers and vegetables. 1 want to seem
a part of them 1 want my tenderness
and goodness to come back
Mrs. Bowser didn't encourage or dis
courage. She knew that Mr.. Bowser
would be opposed by cats, and boys.
and trampS, and thunder storms and
SnG
hoped that Providence might be on his
side.
As soon as the frost was out of the
ground Mr.. Bowser bought spade and
began work.
HIT struck brickbats He struck cob
Bile stones. H struck clothes-pins and
clothes-props. H struck wire clothes
lines that had mysteriously disappeared
years ago and had never been heard of
since.
Boys cheered him from back windows
and threw old boots at him. Cats walk
ed the fence on all sides of the yard and
made stenographic notes of the proceed
ings. Tramps came along the alley and
stopped at the gate to ask him if he had
murdered his wife and was preparing a
grave.
nd it showed, and it hailed, and it
rained, and there were thunder storms.
He got wet and he was covered with
mud and he blistered his hands, but he
hung to his job. He had set out to
make a garden, and nothing could daunt
him On twenty different occasions
while he was making the flower and
vegetable beds Mrs. Bowser besought
him to give up the work. but he in
~ -iably struck his left palm with his
right fist and replied:
Give up nothing! Mrs. Bowser, you
don't know me yet am determined
man. 1 said I would make garden,
and a garden 1 will make, though the
heavens fall
Mr. Rowser bought a shovel, a rake
and a hoe. He bought a load of rich
soil from a farmer to mingle with his
brick bats. He bought guano from the
florist. He bought compost from the
livery stable. There were two hours
work for him every evening after din
ner. Before the month of April had
ended his back began to hump and his
shoulders to lop, and he grew hollow
eyed and his voice was hoarse, but
when Mrs ROwser begged him 70 give
Il up and go fishing he replied:
mo fishing for fish. I have set out
to accomplish something and I'll ac-
complish it or die in my tracks,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-08

Bargain number seven is corker.
Some seven years ago a bright, smart
clerk in dry goods store in this Ter
ritory conceived the idea of bringing
camels and camels'-hair shawls closer
together. He therefore organized the
Great American Camelo company,
capital fifty million dollars. The idea
was to import half a million camels
and having the shaWl-weaVing done at
home. In that way every girl working
in a factory at four dollars a week
could have a shawl. The young man
lending him twenty dollars in cash and
seven million dollars worth of stock
goods clerk that we could soon buy UP
all the railroads in America. We be-
lieVe he made about a thousand dollars
out of the scheme and then went east
and opened a hen farm. Some one has
resurrected the fake and is to try 1t
again. Before biting. the suckers will
please address US. There are enough
of these shares il our possession to
carpet the floors of -one hundred hog
pens and give an asthetic twist to five
hundred hogs. They can be had for
the asking. If they don't help the hogs
they won't hurt them. We lose twenty
dollars in giving away these bonds, but
in return we get the reputation of be-
ing a good fellow. In writing us, state
the size of your hog-pen, and the age,
sex and color of the hogs to be benefit
ed.-(Copyrighted 1907, by E. c.
PARCELS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-08
insanity Not Increasing.

1t has commonly been said that lu-
macy was increasing in the modern
world. But Mr.. Noel Humphreys in
his paper read before the Statistical
society proclaims the theory that lu-
macy is not increasing at all. Accord
ing to his ingenious statement, the
apparent increase is due not to the
growth of lunacy, but to the growth
of the care of lunacy. To put the mat
ter shortly, he holds that it is not SO
much that there are more madmen
but that there are more mad-doctors.
Nation,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-08
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

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]. A. Lauck to A. F. Lauck, lots rs
to "a inc, Wait ST., Sam Cross
Same to same, lots 99-101-3-5 and
Wait ST., Sam Cross add. ...-......
The Shawnee Building and Loan as
sociation to F. NJ. Snyder, lots 50
and 40 Lime ST., Mulvane and
ChaSe's LIST add ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. gu
Z. c. Pigg and husband to G. NJ. Pigg,
lot 108 and pit. 106 Lawrence ST.,
Metsker's End add and pit n. e. a
s. e. Il 11-16-14. $500
G. W. Hackett and wife to 1. G.
Thompson, lots 100 and Ill Lawrence
ST., Metsker'S End add. ..-.....-...-.. $40
pt m e s61i.I5 ~ =. a. .o.ii.c. $50
r. Nichols to A. w. Bartlett, lots
Kansas ave. and Central ave.,North
topeka NOO
C. Guthrie and wife to ]. Meanx,
lot $50 Adams ST., blk Is, Pierce's
Same to NJ. J. Rodgers, lot s61 Adams
ST., blk IS, Pierce's add. ............. so
c. S. Elliott and wife to M Taylor,
lots 1879 and 81 Strait ave-, Brig
ham and Rices add.................. LOO
c. F. Cole and husband to J. E. Hop
kins, lot 155 Lincoln St, Horne's go
add. -: 4"'
W. H Bond to H. ]. Mccall, lots 81
to BAT inc, washington ave-, and
lots 20 to "a inc, Wayne ave-,
Miller's College Park add. ..-...-..- 440
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-08
Thoughtful Burglars.

A Denver woman, going from home
for the day, locked everything up well
and for the grocer's benefit wrote on
a card: ''All out. Don't leave any
thing" This she stuck on the front
door, On her return home she found
the house ransacked and all her
choicest possessions gone. To the card
on the door was added: Thanks. We
haven't left much. ''-Indianapolis
News
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-08
FOR RENT

1885 Lane, room, gas, SIS.
1410 West 10th, Z rooms. modern. $50.
412 Tyler, 6 rooms, bath, SIS.
1921 West, 6 rooms. gas range, $3.50
18th and Bolles, $500.
1876 Emmett, 5 rooms, $40
1s2 Grafton, rooms. 800.
SOB Leland. rooms. gas. $500
S19 Huntoon. rooms. modern. SIS
WILSON & NEISWANGER,
Phones 94S. 116 w. Sixth st.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-08
ARIZONA KICKLETS.
An Editor With Some Bargain Sales
Great Year for Suckers.

This is going to be the greatest year
for suckers ever known in the history
of the United States. They are going
to bite at any and every sort of bait
held out to them, and they are going
to bite hard.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-08

Wall street is going to shear its
lambs in droves. and the west is pre-
pairing to unload and skin it's tens of
thousands with neatness and dispatch.
It's in the air. You have but to close
your eyes to see a picture of Uncle
Reuben mortgaging his COWS and SELL
ing his hogs to invest in gold mines
and buy out oil wells.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-08

of people looking for a good thing
he Hopped-Scotched out of the coun-
try. The stock is again being offered
to the public. Widows who are now
doing washing for a living are told
that fifty shares will enable them to
buy diamonds by the pailful. Before
investing elsewhere call and see our
stock. We will sell it to good looking
widows at one-half cent on the dollar
and make them a present of a cali
co dress besides.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-08

FOR RENT-LArge brick house corner OF
9Th and Polk Just the location for
nice private boarding house. Inquire n
w. 9Th ct.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-08
RENTAL LIST

2 7-room modern house. west side.
4 S-room modern houses, west side.
S-room modern houses, west side.
1 Groom modern houses, west side.
2 3-room cottages, east side.
1 7-room modern houses, east side.
2 Groom modern house, east side.
2 S-room modern houses. east side.
2 broom houses, east side.
One large store room, modern, between
4th and 9Th, on ave.
8 modern office rooms, good location,
5000.
9 modern living rooms, close in, SIS.
/ modern living room. $500.
1 large store building, very desirable.
s35.
large modern office rooms. Kansas ave.
$40.
Money to loan on easy terms.
Fire and tornado insurance written at
lowest terms.
Collects rents and pay taxes for non
residents.
Call or inquire of
w. c. STEPHENSON & CO.
609 KANSAS AVENUE.
(OvER RIGBYS.)
Ind Phone 654.
FOR RENT. room house. strictly mod
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-08

in the ground. Suckers are going to
be offered this stock at about 80 cents
on the dollar, but we are prepared 70
do better than that. We bought what
we have at two cents on the dollar,
and will sell at one. Don't be bashful
about ordering.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-08

In the ten years that we have been
editing the Kicker and prancing
around the wild and wooIly we have
learned a thing or two and gathered
thing or two to our bosom. We are
not philanthropist, and no more
honest than the average. but we shall
refuse to join in the scheme to catch
suckers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-08
FOR RENr-Roosrs

FOR RENT-Upstairs pleasant furni,
room, large closet. $40 w. 9Th st.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-08

FOR RENT room house. strictly mod
ern. 1131 Tyler st.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-08

FOR RENT-Two rooms, modern, with
or without board. rs w. 7th st.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-08

On the contrary, we are prepared to
offer them rare and unexceptional
bargains and let them down as easily
as possible. If they feel that they
must bite al somebody's hook let them
try ours. They can sleep on our goods
for thirty nights, and if not as repre-
sented return them by express.
Our bargain number one consists of
half a million dollars worth of stock
in the Ben Hummel gold mine of Ne
vada. Nobody has ever been able to
locate this mine. 1t isn't even a hole
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-08
wANrEp-FENfALE HELp.

VANTED-Competent girl for house
FORK at 100 Harrison st.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-08

FOR RENT-Suite furnished rooms wish
porch, fine location. 900 Topeka ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-08

416 Tyler, rooms, gas, bath, etc.
213 Clay ST., rooms, barn.
1913 Lane. rooms, gas. cistern, barn.
1915 Lime, 4 room cottage, stable.
Ills Van Buren,, rooms, bath.
S2S Jackson, room I'd floor.
So N. Quincy, rooms. cistern. well.
10 Lane cottage 6 rooms. modern.
]. E. ToRRINGToN,
100 West Sixth st.
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WANTED-MALE HELP.

WANTED EVERYWHERE t
tack signs, distribute circulars, samples
etc; no canvassing; good pay Sun Ad
VertiSing Bureau, Chicago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-08

FOR RENT unfurnished rooms for
light housekeeping us Madison st.
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WANTED-A man with good horse and
buggy wants work. Address Rig, Journal.
WANTED-A young man of business
ability able to write good letters and at
tend to detail work Address NJ L., care
Journal with references, ETC.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-08

FOR RENT pleasant modern furnished
w. Sth st.
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FOR RENT-Large room in modern house,
privilege of light housekeeping. Ind. 1888.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-19

Sheltered BY Streams o. Flour Aftsp
Revealing Clans Secrets

Riga, Russia ~ Horrible ,s.aish.
ment has just been indicted by
revolutionists upon a former member
of the band OF conspirators against
the government, whose treachery led
to the discovery Of a secret confer.
ence and caused the death Of many
of the revolutionists and arrest OF
others OF the band.
The Central Revolutionary Commit.
tees of Courland, Liyland and Estland
used an old mill just outside of Riga
for their meeting place. A man named
Sproge, who had broken with the rev.
dictionaries, betrayed them to the DO.
lice. Officers went to the old mill.
surrounded the place and called on
the revolutionists to surrender. In
trying to escape, 80 of the conspira-
tors were shot and killed. Many 9th.
ers were captured.
Sproge's treachery was discovered
and other revolutionists decided to
kill him by frightful tortures. He
was captured and taken to the same
mill where the revolutionists had met.
There he was tied to the floor and
a loose sack with a small hole fas-
tened about his head. A stream of
flour was allowed to run through the
hole. Ultimately the sack was com.
pletely filled and Sproge was slowly
smothered. The revolutionaries left
the body there with a note Of warning
to other traitors.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-19
DECRY WAR TALK
DISTINGUISHED JAPANESE DE.
CLARE AGAINST POSSIBILITIES.
THEY SEE NO CAUSE FOR ANXIETY
Ambassador Aoki Says There Exists
No Difficulty or III Feeling OF
Whatever Sort.

New York, N. 1.-TWO distin-
Guished japanese took OCCASION to de-
clare in no uncertain terms that there
were 10 u~nfriendly issues between the
United States and Japan, and to de-
cry the undue Importance attributed
by some to trivial incidents.
The champions of peace and friend
ship between the two countries were
Admiral Baron Yamamoto, a guest Of
the city, and Visco-lnt Aoki, the Jap
anese ambassador, who came over
from Washington Thursday morning
to attend the reception and luncheon
given by the Japan Society of Amer
lea in honor of Admiral Yamamoto.
In the course of a formal statement,
Ambassador Aoki said:
There exists between the two gov.
ernments NJ difficulty or Ill feeling of
whatever sort. There is not the slight
est cause for anxiety in the American
japanese relations; and if there is
any anxiety 1t is not because of the
actual existence of any difficulty be-
tween the two countries, but because
OF the demagogic influence of some
unwarranted press talk, that often
tends to drive even the calmest tenn
per of the public into a whirl of
tempestuous rage"
Speaking at the luncheon at the
Hotel Aston, Admiral Yamamoto spoke
in a similar strain.
Rear Admiral Robley Evans, COM
mander Of the Atlantic feet, said that
when the newspapers Of this country
stopped making war between Japan
and the United States, the people
would come to their senses and a bet
ter feeling would exist all around.
During the day the Japanese ad-
miral and his retlnue visited the navy
yard. They spent some time inspect
ing the different buildings and Admiral
Evans flagship Connecticut.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-19
GAMBLER ESCAPES o M
Explosion Nearly Wrecks House, but
Family Escapes.

Chicago - A dynamite bomb ar.
ranged with a time fuse, exploded
Monday night on the window sill Of
the Napoleon room in the residence
of Blind John" Condor, 1923 Mich
igan avenue 1t had been placed there
with the intent to murder the family.
Contrary to their usual custom, Mr..
and Mrs. Condor and their son, John.
were in the upper part Of the house
when the explosion occurred and thus
escaped.
The explosion shook the house to
Its foundations, tore away the stone
wall under the window, which was de-
molished, and damaged pictures and
furniture In the room.
The race horse owner and gambling
king puts the plot up to his gambling
enemies. He said it was a remark
able coincidence that on the. day this
happened the City of Traverse should
have received its death blow, for he
is credited with being the mind that
engineered the fight on the boat.
The furniture was smashed into
kindling wood. One large mahogany
chair, in which Mr.. Condor usually Is
found at the library window at the
precise hour when the explosion oc-
CURED, was left in snlinters. Chairs
in other rooms were overturned and
covered with a fine dust.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-19
HARAHAN AGAINST HARTMAN
Treatment of W. ]. Harahan Alleged
Cause of Breach.

New York. Wal street hears per-
sistent reports that the fight for the
control Of Illinois Central between the
Hartman faction and ~Stuyyesant Fish
Is 10 be renewed In October.
In October next the terms of Stuy-
vesant Fish, +, II. Hartman and John
Jacob Aston expire. 1t is said that the
Hartman interests will use every
means possible to prevent Mr.. Fish's
reelection as a director, and on the
other hand Mr.. Fish will seek to pre-
vent the recollection of Mr.. Hartman.
There has been u persistent report in
railroad circles for several weeks that
J. 7, Harahan, who was rewarded for
his vote to GUST Mr., Fish with rne pres
idency of the railroad, has found that
his retention Of that Office beyond the
present year is extremely doubtful.
1t is also stated that Mr.. Harahan is
dissatisfied with the treatment which
his son has received from the Hartman
interests, and will join Mr.. Fish in an
effort 10 down Hartman.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-19

SAILS FROM WINTER TO SUMNER
Remarkable Weather Experienced by
Steamship Adriatic.

New York, N. Y.-The great
White Star liner Adriatic, which gos
in Thursday evening from Southamp-
ton, Cherbourg and Queenstown,
found varieties of abnormal summer
weather in her course.
She sailed from Cherbourg on July
3 and while heading for Queenstown
the next day ran into a snowstorm
that lasted about fifteen minutes.
While she was off Sable Island Tues
day night the Adriatic got entangled
in an electrical storm that put her
wireless out Of commission.
A torrential tropical downpour fol-
lowed, the sky being illuminated. At
times the air In the vicinity of the
liner was stabbed by the white stilet-
tos OF the storm, but the ship herself
was immune. Timid passengers went
into their cabins and locked the doors.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-19
WESTERN MEN IN NEW YORK.
Brains Of Mountain and Prairie In De-
mand In the Financial Center.

Ever since the early days, when D..
o. Mills, j. u, Haggin aud James Il.
Keeue "~cnigrated" from California to
New York, the metropolis has been
drawing largely on the west and south
Tor its supply Of men who do things"
theodore p. Shont5, both a southerner
and westcrucr, who has undertaken to
solve New York's great transit prob
lem, is the latest importation In 70
spouse to the call Of the east.
The promptness with which Thos. r.
Ryan, OF Virginia, turned the Equit.
able Life Assurance Society over TO
It's policyhoIders, who now elgct a ma
jorlty Of It's Board Of Directors, and
Invested himself Of the control Of the
stock which be bought from Jas. II.
hyde. and the success Of the q
management OF the Society under the
direction Of President Paul Morton,
have created a demand for the strong
greater than ever before. Under the
Morton management the Equitable has
made a better showing than any other
insurance company In the way Of i'm.
proved methods, economies and In
creased returns 10 policyholdcrs.
i. II, Gary. head OF the greatest cor
poration in the world--the U. s. Steel
Co.--John w. Gates. Henry c. Prick,
Norman y. Ream. Wm II. Moore and
Daniel q. Reid are other w~esterners
who are among the biggest men In
New York.