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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-23
.3rd and Jackson

tically in place for hosting and moving
All of the necessary material for the
and these are arriving daily by consign-
mentS.
At the outside calculation the compile
ton of the auditorium will beat the date
of the Democratic convention by at least
twenty DAYS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-23
The Worlds Best Climate

is not entirely free from disease on the
high elevations fevers prevail, while on
the lower levels malaria is encountered
to a greater less extent according to
altitude. To overcome climate affections
lassitude, malaria. jaundice, biliousness,
most effective remedy is Electric Bitters,
the great alternative and blood purifier;
the antidote for every form of bodily
weakness, nervousness, and insomnia.
Sold under guarantee at all druggists
Price 50c
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-23
Sailor Killed by a Car.

Be11inghann, Wash. May 23.-Fred
Lutinski, the sailor who was run over
by street car yesterday, died at ST
Lukes hospital at 9 o'clock last night
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-23
start Investigation Now.

Don't wait until the next dividend of
the III. H. club has been declared
and then spend your time regretting
that you did not get the $50 in cash
or one of the 95' other dividends Find
out about it now. Ask your grocer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-23
Shonts Is Coming Home.

Paris, May 23.-Theodore P. Shonts of
New York will leave here for home May
q. Mrs. Shonts will remain with her
daughter the Duchess de Chaulnes, until
after the birth of the latter's child. The
Duke de Chaulnes died suddenly in Paris
April 23
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-23
lust 4
MINUTE
Please!

The average person builds but one house in life
time and builds that house for home In building your
home, the quality of the material used should receive
first consideration You hear great deal about the
price building material being cut but very little
about the quality In building your home you must have
quality. We offer you quality first but, at price that
you will find to meet the approval of the most exacting
contractor
Just offering special inducements
Tile Monarch Plaster and Lola Portland Cement which
will prove a real saving to you.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-23
Beggars Who Deserve Nothing

Onicers of the Provfdent Association re-
port that family camped out at the edge
OF the city are going about town appeal
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-26
His Hobby.

One man with an odd hobby isn't a
person who gets much mail, and what
he has or expects to have he can keep
in mind very easily. Probably he
never had letter which went astray.
Yet every time he sees in the news
papers the list of advertised mail sent
out from time to time by the general
postoffice In New York he turns at
once to the initial letter under which
his name comes and runs carefully
through the list. He never yet has
found any letter that might be sup
posed to be for him and, furthermore,
hasn't found any that might be for any
of his relatives.
He takes an odd pleasure In doing 1t.
however, something with that eager
ness which impels man to grub
through a packet of old letters in
hopes that he may come upon some
rare variety Of stamp. Really. II ever
he found his name in the list 1t proba-
bly, would kill his enjoyment Of the
hunt forever thereafter.-New York
Sun.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-26
GRAFT IN RUSSIA.
Removing the Difficulties In an Army
Officers Transfer.

Removing the Difficulties In an Army
Officers Transfer.
A Young Russian officer wished to be
transferred to another regiment and
took his request in person to one. of
the lights Of the Russian general staff.
That powerful officer shook his head
and declared the matter very difficult
to arrange-almost impossible. Then
his glance fell suddenly upon the shoes
Of the lieutenant To the amazement
Of his visitor, the senior officer said
that the lieutenant's shoes were not
nearly good enough for an officer and
that he would strongly advise him to
buy new shoes Of a shoemaker whose
address he gave. Then, telling his VS.
ltor to return In eight days, he dis
missed him. The latter was clever
enough to realize that he could not re-
turn without the new shoes, 80 he hur-
ried to the shoemaker. On hearing
who had sent him the shoemaker said
that the lieutenant could have the
shoes in Eve days for the sum Of $3.50.
Much astonished, the officer went to
comrade for advice. He was told to
pay half Of this sum at once and the
rest when his shoes were finished
This the officer did, and, wearing bis
new boots, he duly kept his appoint
ment with the general staff officer and
learned to his Joy that all the grave
difficulties" in the way Of his transfer
had been successfully removed.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-26
outwittina a Rushranaer.

In Mr.. George Il. Bozalrs STORY Of
the Australian Bushrangers" the fol
lowing little episode is related: A man
named Michael, who went to an inn
for food, found the place in the hands
of the bushrangers. Fourteen guests
were already disarmed and were being
searched In order. Michael was COM
PEELED to take his place in line. The
bushrangers handed him pannikin Of
tea before they took his money. Know
ing what was coming, he held the pan
nikin as II the tea were too hot to
drink, and when the leader Of the
highwaymen was looking away drop
ped his roll Of bank notes into It. He
stood quite quiet, and when the bush
rangers came to feel his pockets there
were only a few shillings In them.
The robbers appeared satisfied and al
lowed him to &C. He carried his pan
nikin out with him, took his money
and put IT in his pocket without being
observed. Then he mounted his horse,
rode to the nearest police station and
gave information.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-26
CHARLES P. TAFT LEADS
Gave $4,000 to Republican
Campaign Fund.

Albany, N. Y, Nov. 23.-George r.
Sheldon, treasurer of the Republican
national committee, filed the list Of
contributions for the recent national
campaign. 1t shows 1880 contributors,
many of them covering number Of
lesser contributions. The total amount
contributed was $1,579,57S.27. The
contributions of $4,000 and over fol
low:
c. p. Taft. Cincinnati, $4,000;
United league, New York, $34,777;
Union league. Philadelphia. $22,500;
Andrew Carnegie. New York city, $780,
600; ]. p. Morgan, New York, $40,
Alexander Smith Cochran, New York,
$4,000; ]. N. Bagley, chairman, Mich.
igan, $4,000; William Nelson Crom-
well, New York, $4,000; M. C. D.
Borden, New York, $4,000; Whitelaw
Reid, New York, $4,000; Frank A.
Munsey, New York, $4,000; Jacob H.
Schiff, New York, 100000; Fred p.
Smith, Michigan, 10000; Edith Ag-
mes Corbin, Washington, 10000; w.
J. Behan, treasurer, Washington, Sl0,-
900,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-26
CARNEGIE ON THE TARIFF
Would Abolish Duty on Oil, Sugar,
Thread and Steel.

New York, Nov. 23.-Calling specif-
ically for immediate abolition of the
tariff on oil, sugar, thread and steel
Andrew Carnegie. in a signed article
in the December Century magazine,
delivers hard blows at his one time
business associates and fellow money
dictators.
Mr.. Carnegie's contribution is en-
titled "My Experience With and View
Upon the Tariff"
He pays much attention to the pro-
hibitive tariff on steel, under which
the $1,000,000,O00 trust is enabled to
pay fabulous profits. He says in part:
''The day has passed away when
any foreign country can seriously af.
feet our steel manufacturers, tariff or
no tariff The republic has become
the home of steel and this is the age
of STEEL"
Mr.. Carnegie advocates a reduction
OF duties all along the line on every
thing except wines, whisky, beer and
tobacco, which he calls "luxuries of
the rich"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-26
THE PIGEONS WON.
In Spite Of Clipped Wings They Got
Back on Time.

In Spite Of Clipped Wings They Got
Back on Time.
The colonel was something Of a
pigeon fancier and had so much con-
fidence in certain strain Of homers
he was making hobby Of that when
his friend the major proposed wager
the colonel removed the limit.
Wen make 1t suppuh," said the
major. "Yo' black boy will tote paiah
ovah to the cyahs an ship them to st.
Louay, whaah they ali to be libahrated
on arrival. / wagah they ah not back
In two days. sah."
The colonel accepted, Grated his fin
est pair and included note to the ex-
press agent with the charges. Mean
while the major communed with Joe,
the colored boy, and after the tender
Ing Of certain half dollar and prom
ises Of immunity from the conse-
Quences of the coloneps wrath later
Joe agreed to clip the pigeons wings
sub rosa
Two days passed, and the major pre-
sented himself duly at the colonel's.
The colonel eyed him with suspicious
narrowness.
Have they ahrivedT asked the ma
1or gayly.
They hev. sah," said the colonel,
with dignity; they hev, but those two
pidgins, sab, hev the so'est feet | evan
saw on bird, ah."-Browning's Mag
aZine
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-26
BE SURE YOU'RE RIGHT.
Then Take a Long Think and Mind
Your Own Business.

fOdI SwH ooSiHSSSs
The other day a man travelling on a
shore line train noticed, protruding
from an overhead rack, dress suit
case which he recognized as belonging
to a friend. He knew that his friend
always got off at the station which
they bad just passed, and as he was
not In the seat the conclusion was In
evitable that he had jumped off the
train and forgotten it.
The man called the conductor and
explained the case to him. After some
discussion and a mild protest on the
part of the conductor that it wasn't a
part of his duty, the suit case was put
of at the next station, with instruc-
lions to send 1t back on the first train
the other way.
The man, feeling that he had done
an able and friendly act, settled down
for the rest Of his journey.
But not for long. The face Of his
friend, who had been In the smoker
and who happened on that particular
afternoon to be going on to New Lon
don to attend dinner party-loomed
before him.
The moral of this is. of course, quite
evident.
Be sure you're right and then mind
your own business.-Life.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-26
Overheard.

"Overboard" is engraved on a metal
label fastened to many articles of para
phernalia seen about the decks of a
modern war vessel. 1t means that the
article so marked should be thrown
overheard whenever action with an
enemy's ship becomes imminent. AL
cohol chests, turpentine tanks, paints.
spare spars, unnecessary matches and
other articles easily destroyed or splin-
tered by shell fire are thus labeled.
The president of Occident college, Cal
ifornia, is said to have given the word
new meaning In civil life when he
used It TO indicate those who are unfit,
useless or inapt in the struggle of life.
1t is a strong word and as such can be
appropriately applied to men and
things which when ship must go to
battle are not necessary or material to
the end desired.-Army and Navy Life.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-26
Her Own Doctor.

A Washington woman recently hired
a negress. Going to the kitchen one
day, she was amazed to find the ne
gress sitting on the floor. with her
hair standing out from her head like
black nimbus. The girl was pull
ing one curly lock and then another in
such way as to suggest that she had
suddenly lost her reason.
What on earth are you doing,
Mary2" gasped the lady Of the house.
"Nawthin'. .ma'am; only | has got a
sore throat an was jest tryin' to find
de lock dat would pull nah palate up
an relieve de tickle."-New York Her
aid
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-26
BEETHOVEN.
The Composers Own Story Of How He
Became Deaf.

The Composers Own Story Of How He
Became Deaf.
Charles Neate, on a visit to Vienna,
was either commissioned by certain
English authorities to induce Beethoven
to visit England or was persuading
him to do so on his own account, and
as an allurement he spoke of the su-
periority Of the English aurists In their
treatment Of ear disease and held out
hopes that were Beethoven to consult
them he might at least find some sort
Of relief. Beethoven shook his head.
NO" he said, II have consulted all
kinds Of doctors and followed their
prescriptions. shall never be cured.
I will tell you how the thing happened.
IL was writing an opera. l had to
Zeal with very tiresome and capri
cious tenor. had already written two
great arias to the same words, neither
Of which pleased him, and also third,
which he did not care Cor the first time
be tried 1t, although he took 1t away
with him. l was thanking heaven
had done with him and had begun to
settle myself to something else which
I had laid aside. had hardly worked
at it half an hour before l heard a
knock at the door, which ! recognized
as that of my tenor.
II sprang up from my table in such
. rage that as the man came into the
room | flung myself upon the floor, as
they do on the stage" here he threw
up his arms and gestlculated in Illus
tration), "but | fell upon my hands
When l got up l found | was deaf
and from that moment l have remain.
ed So The doctor said l injured the
nerve."-Diehl's Life of Beethoven"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-26
Antieipated Cause For sorrow.

Ina came In from the country on her
fifth birthday to visit her cousin May.
At night they were put to bed early.
An hour passed. when heartbreaking
sobs were heard from the children's
bedroom.
What is the matter, Children ask
ed Mays mother, entering the dark
room.
From under the bedclothes Ina sob
bed out. MAY won't give me any Of
her peanuts"
"But May has no peanuts" replied
her aunt.
"T know that" sobbed Ina, "but she
said If she did have peanuts she
wouldn't give me y."-Delineator.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-26
The Secret Of Success.

The motto OF success was given In
this tale, told at banquet:
A Swede among the miners In the
dirt. His fellows thought that there
must be some secret to the unusual
success Of the Swede and questioned
him as to how he always succeeded In
finding the spot where the gold cropped
out.
"yell, Ay don't know eff Ay can tell
anytang bout dat" answered Ole. "Ay
only know dat Ay yust keep on dig
GIN. "-Milwaukee Free Press.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-26
A Golfers Tools.

One of the most striking features Of
modern golf is the variety Of clubs
used to persuade the ball into the hole.
AS a matter of curiosity | kept count
Of the different putters used by my
partners and opponents in the course
of fortnight's play. The total num-
Der Of species observed is over twenty.
London Post.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-26
No Cabinet Selections Made.

Hot Springs, Va, Nov. 20.-'I wish
you would just say that my cabinet is
not made up nor slated. No one has
been decided upon for any place In 1t
and no offers Of any cabinet positions
have been made to any one" This
was the response OF President-Elect
Taft to the statement from Minneap-
oils that Frank B. Kellogg had been
invited to become attorney general In
the Taft cabinet.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-26
Sufficiently Occupied.

A story is told Of colonel In Gen.
eral Lees division In the late civil war
who sometimes INDUCED in more apple.
jack than was good for him. Passing
him one evening leaning against tree,
the general said:
Good evening, colonel. Come over
to my tent for a moment please"
"S-s-cuse me, g-g-en'ral, s-s-cuse
me-" replied the colonel. Its bout all
I can do to stay where I am."-Phila.
delphia Ledger.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-26
RiDDER FILES HIS REPORT
Democrats Discussed $619,11o During
the Campaign.

Albany, N. Y, Nov. 23.-Herman
Ridder, treasurer of the Democratic
national committee, filed with the
secretary of state his report of the
contributions to the Democratic ma
tional campaign, which total $780,
64477. The disbursements were
$619,110.06, leaving a balance in the
treasurer's hands of $1,534.71.
The names of those who contributed
800 and over were made public dur
ing the progress of the campaign.
There were over $4,000 contributors
to the fund
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-26
FIRE ON GERMAN BALLOON
Russian Frontier Guards Make Target
of Alrshlp.

Breslau, Nov. ga German bal
loon that passed over Russian terri.
tory was fred on by Russian frontier
guards. No less than fifteen shots
were fred and this In spite OF the fact
that the balloon was flying the Ger.
man flag. The bullets Kissed all
around the airship and one of them
pierced a sack of ballast and was I'M
bedded In the sand. The aeronauts
made hurried descent and succeed.
ed in landing on German territory.
They were not hurt.
The balloon belonged to the Silesian
Aero club. The ascent was made from
here.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-26
The RIGHT Foot Foremost.

Putting the right foot foremost was
an old Roman ordination originally
regulating the entry Of persons into
house or other building and based upon
the supposition that the left was un-
lucky. A boy was kept at the door to
see that no one entered the house cleft
foot first" The phrase quoted is thus
seen to be very antique.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-26
Probably Not,

81 hate to be poor. Now, million
aire can walk right in and order what
be wants without bothering about the
price"
HE can" stated the weary sales
man, but he seldom does."-Kansas
City Journal
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-26
The Tickle Shopper,

'"That woman always keeps me
guessing" said the grocery clerk as
she went out. II never can tell till
the last minute what she is going to
buy. Just now she priced the coffee.
I gave her the prices-25 cents. %, 30,
80, 40.
lis your twenty-five cent coffee any
goodT she asked me-
"'Yes.' said /; bang up
Then, said she. give me pound
of your forty cent, ground fine -
New York Press.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-26
Wrong.

A man recently entered restaurant
and ordered a steak. When the waiter
served him with 1t the customer said.
"I'm afraid you'll have to take it back,
for find I've come out without my
Purse" of course interrupted the
waiter.
NO" replied the man, my false
tao4bus
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-26
TOM JOHNSON IS BROKE
Mayor of Cleveland Announces Loss
of Fortune.

Cleveland, Nov. 19.-Mayor Tom l..
johnson, for years reputed to be a
millionaire several times over, has
announced that his entire fortune had
been lost. He said that he would be
compelled to dispose of his home on
Euclid avenue and also to dispose OF
his automobiles. He added that a
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-26
Every Mornin0.

Paul, at the age Of four, was asked
one morning by his papa. What Is the
name Of the first meal of the dayT
Oatmeal" responded little Paul
promptly.-Exchange.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-26
Diplomacy.

"Do you expect people to believe ev-
erything you tell them?" asked the
constituent.
Certainly" answered Senator Sor-
ghum, 80 long as am careful not to
tell them everything believe."-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-26
An Enigma.

Tommy-Say, papa, wish you would
tell me something. Papa-Well, what
Is It? Tommy-When you were little
boy. who was my papa ?--Chicago
News
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-26

large part of his fortune had been
spent in an effort to save the proper
ties left by the late Albert Johnson,
his brother.
The Deposits Savings and Trust
oompany, Of which Mayor Johnson was
president. passed into the hands Of
t9o local banking concerns on Mon
Gny last.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-26

Some men are rich enough to afford
every luxury except a clear conscience.
philadelphia Record.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-26
III, TnSinrst.

" MS thirst.
my poor man, how did you acquire
lch a thirstf''
Fit was dis away, mister: When de
ctor operated on me for appender-
Is he forgot an left a sponge inside
me. Boston Traveller.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-26
A Man "a Let Alone.

what kind Of a man Is your new
bookkeeperT
MILES this kind: II you say two
lords to him, he'll say 200."-Detroit
ree Press.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-26

It Is the wise head that makes the
still tongue.--Lucas.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-04-19
COURT SAYS WIFE
WAS FIRST TO DIE
Judge Coffey Sustained in De.
cision Involving A. 0. U. w.
Death Benefit
Lives Lost in Earthquake and
Husband Is Presumed to
Have Lived Longest

When husband and wife perish in the
same calamity and there is nothing to
show which died first, the law presumes
that the husband survived the wife.
This point, which is occasionally Of
great Importance in determining the
succession of property, was thus de-
cided by Judge Coffey in the case Of
the Order OF United Workmen of Wash
ington against Ida Miller and others,
and his decision has been confirmed by
the district court Of appeals.
William Peacock and his wife, Ma
tilda. were killed at Santa Rosa on
April IS, 1906. in the earthquake dis
aster. Peacock had a beneficial GER
tificate in the workmen of Washington
by which the order agreed to pay his
wife $4,000 on his death. By the by
laws and constitution of the order, In
case of the death Of Mrs. Peacock. and
the failure of Peacock to designate a
new benefic airy before his death, the
money would go to the children of Mrs
Peacock. share and share alike.
The Peacocks had one child; Ada
Baptist, and Peacock also left surviv-
ing him a daughter by former mar
riage Ida Miller. Ada Baptist cllimed
the $4,000 on the theory that her
mother survived her father, and hence
that Immediately upon the death OF
her father the amount became due by
the order to her mother. But the court
found that Peacock lived longer than
his wife. and therefore that Ida Mil
Ter, being his daughter. although not
the daughter of Matilda Peacock, is en-
titled to share in his estate Under
the decision Ida Miller and Ada Bap-
tist each receive $1,000.