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The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-11-20

young man." said a rich and pomp-
nus old gentleman. II was not always
thus. did not always ride In a motor
car OF my own. When l first started
In life ] had to walk"
You were lucky" rejoined the young
man. when | first started I had to
raw. II took INT a long time to learn
to alk.-Dcmocratic Telegram.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-11-20
won't Marry he Unat.

Rev. Herbert s. Johnson OF the Warren
Avenue Baptist church OF Boston. Mass.
has announced publicly that be will re-
fuse hcnceforth to marry persons afflicted
with consumption or with n hereditary
or communicable disease IL he has per.
sonal knowledge OF the facts. and that h.
will not marry divorced persons, exce,.
the innocent party. He also il opposed
to marrying persons in poor circum.
stances. believing that a man should b>
able to earn at least SIS a week before
undertaking the responsibility Of . fam,
NJ.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-11-20

In q conversation about books which
the author OF 'The Long Day" had with
two Of her workmates at q box factory.
she spoke enthusiastically OF Little
Women" and told them how she had
read 1t four times. and that she meant
to read 1t again some day.
Little W0nen" was unknown -
them. but their curiosity was reused
over the unheard-of thing OF anybody
ever wanting to read q book more than
once, and they pressed her b repeat
the story for them. This she did with
great accuracy OF statement, and with
genuine pleasure to herself ut being
given an opportunity to introduce any
body to Meg and Jo and all the rest
Of that delightful March family.
When she tnixlied. PhEbc stopped
work and Mrs. smith looked up from
her label FASTING, saying. why. that's
TO story AT ALL
why, no. echoed Phoebe, that's
no stDry--that's jrsf everyday happen
Inss. / don't see " hats the use putting
thiags like that In books. I'll bet any
money that lady what wrote IL knew
all them boys and girls. They just
sound like real. live people; and when
you wns telling about them | could zee
them as plain ~ plain could be-
couldn't you, Gwen dolynY"
Yep yawned Gsrendolyn. ~unuisguis-
eddy bored.
But I suppose farmer folks like them
Kind II stories" PhHbc generously
suggested. "They ain't used to tia
SAM styles Of anything that u ciV
tn'ks are"
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-11-20
Declared ON.

Said He-Darling. we have been en-.
gcged for six months. Don't you think
it is about time we were getting mar
ried?
Said She-Well, I'm willing to be
married just as soon as you can pro-
vide me with a home.
Said He-That being the case, l sup
pose I am to consider the engagement
broken.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-11-20

My back hurt me
terribly, and the
urine was badly
d~isordered. Doctors
said my right kid
iiey was practically
dead. They said l
could never walk
again.. l read Of
Doan's Kid
Pills and began
using them. One
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-11-20

box made me stronger and freer from
pain. l kept on using them and in
three months was able to get out on
clutches, and the kidneys were acting
better. 1 improved rapidly, discarded
tue clutches and to the wonder of my
friends was soon completely cured"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents q box.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. X. :
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-11-20
Wouldn't Her

Somehow" said the political manager,
Il can't help wishing could get acauaint-
ed with the chap that held up those l25
travellers in Yellowstone park n few days
ago. Wouldn't he be n dandy collector
OF campaign contributions .'-~Chicago
Tribune.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-11-20
No Iegislation Needed.

Foreign visitor-Mrs. vidders. can a
woman marry her deceased husbands
brother in this country?
Mrs. vidders-Yes: she can il she
chooses, but she seldom does. She gen.
orally knows him too well.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-11-20
The Careless Nephew

She forgot to mention him in her will.
Did his unforgivins elderly aunt,
He had kept her house while she went
abroad.
And forgot 10 water the rubber plant.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-11-20
M KIDNEY GONE,

Nut Cared After Doctors Said There
was No Hope.
Sylvanus O. verrill, Milford, Me-.
says. "Five years & a bad injury
paralyzed me and affected my kidneys.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-11-20

The Transvaai produces lo00oo
0oncso q gsid Syery mont.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-11-20

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets
Druggists refund money IL 1t falls to cure.
e. W. GROVES signature is on each box. 25c.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-11-20

tAan 10 allow nm acquaintance Of % am
bi@uous q character. But | am very glae
IN. | have spoken. and that you have
replied plainly. From today your visit,
mssss crase. We shall 20 to the south ol
ifaiy la q few days. Let me bog thai
sou viii not happen TO b. travelling In thu
same direction
Mildred WIS deeply indignant. SD.
bad cheaysnsd her husbands niece-Ranr
dolyA isansome's co-hriress-a girl WHOM
half the youny nssn In London would have
considered a prize in the matrimonial maj
kst and this fiaan, whD had haunted bel
at nomse and abroad for the last sever
ar eight aeeks. dared now to tell her thal
her ns~ee wss concerned.
"Oh. Mildred. do Esot banish me :" b
cried passjonstely. "fou must have M
slssstosa foa must know that h In you
ard yoa only. for whom care. you
sbose prrsrnee makes life lovely for me.
In 3siox. a~issrfas. | am lost and wre,rhed
You have wruns my secret from me. |
lid not mean 80 offend. I would have re-
spestei yp,r strange widowhcod. I would
bare waited haif a lifetime. Only to So
t0u. 10 lie scar you-yoar slave, your
proia. tee happy slave. That was all |
would have asked. Why may thar no,
be- Why faay | NOT come and 70, like fhs
snassp@r wind that breathes round you
Ike the flowers that look il Ct your win
siow patis.t ~ old Timef why may II
not he. Mildrrd7"
She stood up suddenly before him
white 10 tfe lips. and with cold contempt
In those eyes which be had seen 20 lovely
with the light Of affection when they had
looked .. Der husband. She looked =
him unfalferingly. Anger Nd 0le heI
pale. but that was al
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-29
DEBS'S ANTlDOTE.
Remedy for Existing Conditions Is
Socialism, He Declares.

Terre Haute, Ind, Aug. 29.-None of
the presidential candidates in the pres
ent campaign has more pronounced or
advanced views on current affairs than
Eugene V. Debs, who heads the Social
list ticket. Speaking of socialism as an
antidote for prevailing public problems,
Mr.. Debs offers what he considers a
constructive socialistic policy.
ut is generally admitted that some
thing is wrong" said Mr.. Debs.
1.-THE depression in industry, the mil
Inns Of unemployed, the unequal dis
tribution of wealth, the discomfort that
prevails and the frequent labor trou-
bles are a few evidences of this fact,
which will hardly be denied by any,
one.
Socialism holds that these troubles
are inherent in the very system under
which industry is now conducted, and
can never be eradicated until that sys-
tenn is overthrown and another sub
stituted in it's place. Even Mr.. Bryan
admits that there can be no real rem
edy under the present order, for he
said in Everybody's for July: The
government isn't strong enough to gov
ern trusts. -. -. E. The remedy must
be found in an approach to equity.
Even Mr.. Taft admits that there can
be no real and effective remedy under
the present order, for he recently said
in an interview at Hot Springs, Va:
There is no absolute remedy
There can be no real remedy under
the present order, because:
81. Industry is monarchial in nature,
being ruled by the owners of the ma
chine, and the workers are dependents
on others for their jobs, and the means
of livelihood.
So Industry is now run for profits,
and the captains of industry are inter-
ested in getting out of it all they can,
while the interest of the workers is
opposed to this, in cutting down profits
and increasing wages Ont of this con-
dition grows inevitably a class strug-
gle which is inherent in the system
and can never be ended until the sys-
tenn is ended.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-29

bosses. If they owned the tools of pro-
duction and distribution, which now in
clude immense and costly machinery,
they would get their full product, which
would give all workers abundance, and
there would be no 'over-production,' be-
cause the workers, getting all they pro-
duced, would be able to use all they
produced; hence, panics would be at an
end
There is abundant raw material,
there are plenty of men able and will
ing to work. there are millions who
would like to have all the good things
that could be produced. The trouble
is that individual control of industry,
through the ownership of the tools of
production and distribution, separates
the many from the opportunity to pro-
duce what they desire and need.
Socialism is industrial democracy.
1t is a continuation of the movement
begun by the revolutionary fathers for
political democracy, and is necessary
in order to complete and render that
movement effective for real freedom.
1.-The remedy for democracy is more
democracy"
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"3. In order to keep wages to the
point where profit taking will be pos
sible, it is necessary TO have an army
of unemployed at all times.
"a Because of the power of machin-
cry to produce in quantities, and the
inability of the people who pay a profit
to buy all that can be produced, there
come times when so-called 'over-pro-
duction', really under consumption,
compels an easing up Of production and
a period of depression. 1t is for this
reason that the periodical panic is in
evitable under capitalist production.
But socialism has a full, complete
and definite remedy for prevailing pub
lie troubles. 1t consists in overthrow
ing the capitalist system of produc-
ton for profit, and substituting COOP
erative production for use. 1t means
to overthrow monarchy in industry and
establish instead democracy in indus
try.
This would at once eliminate the en-
tire profit system and the enormous
amount of waste that prevails under
Industrial monarchy and tyranny. 1t
would make the people owners of the
machinery of production and distrihu-
ton, and thus make them industrially
free, because if the workers owned the
tools of production and had access to
the resources of nature, they could
employ themselves and be their own
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-29

mo mistake about the current I feel
a soothing creeping over me, and my
liver is placid for the first time in years.
1t would be a wonderful thing if l was
completely cured. / would give the Pro-
fessor testimonial over my own name.
The current IS twitching around
somewhat. Has probably hit against the
Standard Oil company. and neither of
them will give way.
STEADY again and all o. K Heart
burn gone; dyspepsia gone; asthma a heap
better. It's lulling me to sleep"
And to sleep he went. Mrs. BOwser
looked out occasionally to see that all was
well. and there was no alarm till mid
night. Then, after interval of half
an hour she peered forth and uttered an
exclamation. Three tramps had come
through the alley gate and folded up the
tent and Mr.. Bowser with it and were
passing out again. She called and called.
i put 1ney paId 10 9ee1; Iney were NO nor
electric currents of earth.-(Copyrighte
1908, by T. c. McClure)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-29

6OO-foot pull. These bullets kill at 1000
feet.
William Patten lives at go West
One Hundred Thirty-sixth street, New
York city. He got his idea for his new
gun from seeing a fly wheel burst
That was five years ago, in the place
where Mr.. Patten was born. He came
here IS months ago and began on the
model Of his gun, which he had in his
mind ever since leaving England. One
advantage of this gun is that there is
no smoke and the firing is absolutely
noiseless. Another great advantage is
its economy, for there is no expense
connected with 1t except the original
apparatus and the cost of the steel bull
lets. No shells, powder or workman
ship is required. The model shown
above is of brass and looks like a meat
chopper and is on the order of
cylindrical pencil sharpener. Mr.. Pat
ten has been in communication with
the council in New York and also in
South America with a view to having
his gun adapted for use against Snug
glers. 1t is said the United States will
have first chance at his gun for use in
the army or navy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-29
Led a Strenuous life.

The late Marquis di Rudini, the It
allan statesman, led the strenuous life
At he was one of Garibaldfs lieu
tenants in wrestling Sicily from the
Bourbons, having in the meantime
succeeded in evading capital sen
tence which the Neapo1itan monarch
had launched against him. Before
he was 80, as mayor of Palermo he
put down brigandage, suppressed the
Malta, and impressed the Sicilians with
the conviction that killing policemen
was the same thing as murder.
Throughout his life, which has just
ended at threescore and ten, he was
an examplar of that tireless energy
which we are too apt to think is mon
opolized by the Teutontc stock.-Bos-
ton TRANSCRIPT
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menyg
nstrnbug
o The ~ arr Il
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william Patten and His Wonderful Nonexplosive Gun.

altogether too early to definitely state
as to whether this invention is to take
ehe place of rifles in warfare, but it is
claimed by the inventor, and his
demonstrations have given strong
proof, that this will be the case. With
this simple gun, less than six feet
long, it is possible to fire $4,000 shots a
minute. 1t would do more deadly ex-
ecution in a few minutes than the
Unoin and Confederate armies did at
Gettysburg. 1t would weigh 500
pounds and could be carried in an au-
tomobile very handily. Patterns gun
uses no powder. the steel bullets being
fired from the turning of a crank. The
bullets are drawn in by a vacuum and
carried with tremendous force around
the cylinder and then expelled with
such force that a half ounce ball has a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-29

DR.. Alexander Smith, of the Univer-
sity Of Chicago. has rewritten and
condensed his Introduction to General
Inorganic Chemistry" which had
sale Of over fifteen thousand copies in
the first two years; and the next text
book, General Chemistry for Col
leges," Will be published in time for
college use this winter.
In September The Century Co. will
publish the book which Harvey j.
O'Higgins has made of David War
fields impersonation of "a Grand
Army Man" with sixty pictures by
Martin Justice.
Gelett Burgess is in Paris. where
he spent his student days. He is sup
posed to be at work on a lively ro-
nance of the American colony in the
French capital a distinct departure
from The Heart Line and The White
Cat.
Eugene W. Presbrey. the we'll
known playwright Ia at work on a
dramatization of The Coast of Chance,
the Chamberlains' popular story. Mr..
Presbrey has established himself as
the most successful adapter Of novels
for the stage He is the author of the
stage versions of, among other books,
Trilby, Raffles, A Gentleman of
France and The Right of Way. 1t is
Mr.. Presbrey's habit to work with
free hand. recasting his material from
the ground up, and using it as basis
Of suggestion rather than as pat
tern to be slavishly followed. At the
same time he manages to transfer to
the boards the essential spirit, If not
the precise form, of the original. 1t
is understood that the dialogue in his
dramatization of The Coast of Chance
will be almost entirely his own. In
the play as in the book, Flora will be
the central character, though the part
of Kerr, the mysterious Englishman,
will rank of almost equal Importance.
The Coast of Chance continues to be
one of the six best sellers"
An important article in the Septem-
Der Century will be a discussion of
THE Future Wheat Supply of the
United States" by Edward c. Parker,
assistant in agriculture at the agricul-
turaI experiment station, University OF
Minnesota He urges that the United
States has much unoccupied land avail
able for wheat production, that large
Yields of wheat may be maintained on
old soils by means of systematic crop
rotation. anG that, most important of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-29

Harold MacGrath's favorite pastime
is riding horseback. He and his brown
mare are the best of comrades. They
go off together for a week at a time.
There is much about this fine sport in
all of MacGraths popular novels.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-29

all, the limit of agriculture's present
possibilities will be set aside by a new
limit set by each succeeding genera
tion-therefore, the possibilities in in
creasing the worlds supply of wheat,
as well as that of the United States,
are manifold and impossible of estima-
ton.
Harold MacGrath's favorite pastime
is riding horseback. He and his brown
mare are the best of comrades. They
go off together for a week at a time.
There is much about this fine sport in
all of MacGrath's popular novels.
Halle Arminie Rives is writing a
novel, the scene of which is laid in
Japan. Her husband, Post Wheeler, is
the second secretary of the American
embassy at Toxic. The author and the
diplomat were married shortly before
the publication of Satan Sanderson.
Among women who write there is
some diversity of opinion about wo-
mems clubs. Many of the best known
writer's are identified with club life,
Gertrude Atherton. of course, being
the great exception, and the newer
ones are also divided among them
selves. II am very fond of clubs con-
fesses Maude Radford Warren, who is
being noticed as the author of the new
Harper novel, The Land of the Living.
Il belong to half dozen or SO of all
sorts-merely social. purely fashion
able. really intellectual. and solely phi
lanthropic. In short, belong to all the
nice clubs 1 can find"
Reprints are announced by the Har-
pers of Two on a Tower, by Thomas
Hardy, and ST. Katherine's by the
Tower, by Walter Besant.
General Kuropatkin's Memoirs of the
Russo-Japanese War which were sup
pressed by the Russian authorities,
furnish the leading article in the Sep
TENDER McClure's. General Kuropat-
kin makes striking charges concerning
the causes of the war, and remarkable
revelations concerning the great poll
cies of the Russian empire.
Another writer to spend the summer
in maine is Norman Duncan. author of
The Cruise of the Shining Light and
other stories of the seacoast familiar
to readers of Harper's Magazine. Mr.
Duncan is in camp at a place whose
very name is suggestive of things cool
and remote-Indian Pond, al Moose
head Lake.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-29
Bride Sold by Weight.

By the decision Of the mayor, brides
may be bought by weight at Kolked.
Hungary. The local custom is that a
bridegroom must pay the brides par
ents a certain sum for the privilege of
marrying their daughter. Jan Koetvoes
was engaged in a dispute with his
fiancee's parents as to the amount
he should pay them, and the mayor
was called upon to arbitrate. Being
an expert in cattle, but not in women,
the mayor decided the value of the girl
should be estimated by weight, and
thought that 60 cents a pound would
be a fair price. After the girls weight
had been ascertained, Koetvoes handed
over the money and was soon married.
-Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegrap
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-29

Reprints are announced by the Har-
pers Of Two on Tower, by Thomas
Hardy, and st. Katherine's by the
Tower, by Walter Besant.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-29

exactly ten O'Clock The direction is
from north to south. sustaining the Pro-
fessor's theory. l can feel it crinkling my
hair and doing my flatulency a world of
good.
'I seem to hear about two hundred
cats on the fence. must write the Pro-
fessor and ask If cats and ground cur
rents go together.
IT seem to hear footsteps and whispers
in the alley. That may be caused by
the current meeting in an obstruction in
its passage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-29
A WONDERFUL GRIP.
Something of William Patterns Re-
marI1abIe Invention.

The modern rifle is so far in advance
of the ancient bow and arrow that we
sometimes think perfection has been
attained. Never was the fallacy of this
more clearly demonstrated than during
the past month, when William Patterns
demonstrations with his new powder
less. nonexplosive gun proved that
powder was no longer necessary. 1t is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-29

''That female campaigner is holding
the women Of the district spellbound."
with her oratory?" mo, with her
gowns."-Louisville Courier-Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-29

''They tell me you're working hard
night and day since you were up be-
fore the magistrate for pushin' your
husband about, Mrs. Robinson"
Yes. The magistrate said if 1 came
before him again he'd. fine me forty
shillings." and so you're workin'
hard to keep out OF mischief -
What? Pm workin' hard to save up
the fine."-Punch.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1908-02-07
OUGHT NOT no BE ooNrrRMED.

At the time OF Mr.. Hundley's APP
pointment to the position OF United
States District Judge The Advertiser
Enthusiastically stated its reasons for op-
position to his confirmation. We have
seen nothing since then to cause a
change OF opinion. On the contrary
there have been several causes for
Strengthening the feeling of opposition
and we are heartily in sympathy with
the members of the Alabama Congress
sronal delegation who are opposing his
confirmation.
In all sincerity we can say that this
opposition is not due to political rsa-
sons, for when he was a Democrat
there were times when we dissented
from some Of his positions and espe-
cialIy his action in the State Senate in
proposing an amendment to the State
Constitution to divide the money for
schools between the races in proper
ton TO the amount of tax paid by each
race. we regarded the proposition as
unconstitutional and chimerlcal. There
were other times when he took posi-
tions which we could not approve.
In our view Mr.. Hundley is not judi
| cial minded nor possessed Of the legal
training necessary to properly I'LL the
high position for which he is seeking
confirmation. Az to the attacks on his
moral character we have nothing to do
and take no part in them. 1t is only
as to his qualifications for the position
with which we are concerned. His rec
| ord in the matter of appointments and
notably the receivers for the s25.ooo.-
600 steel plant at Gadsden. certainly
cannot be commended. They bear more
the appearance Of political favoritism
than Of real desire to benefit the stock
holders and creditors OF the institution.
This one act is enough to warrant his
defeat, not to mention any others.