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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-08

the hang of it. would like to know
why you took me in and nussed me this
way?'
hope Alb replied, that you amt
got no notion that 1 done it for love p
Hardly Joe answered. But that
is What makes it harder to understand
Then. I'll explain Alb said First,
wouldn't be brute enough to let a
SICK dog suffer for attention if 1 could
help 1t, and. second. l didn't want you
to die natural death and cheat me out
OF the pleasure of shootin' YOU
"Joes face broke into a smile, and he
reached out and took Abs hand and
pressed it warmly.
Your words are a great relief to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-08

me- he said. Z was afraid you was
goin' to rlace me under obligations
not to kill you, and it worried me. But
now I understand, and it's all right
AS soon as 1 get out of this we'll take
up the fight, and We'll keep it up till
git you
""Till I git you, you mean Alb cor
rected.
"Do I? Well, you'll see.' s.l.
"It went on till at last Joe was able
to be up and around; then I'm blamed
if Alb didn't turn in and take down with
the smallpox. Then them two jest re-
versed things. Alb took the bed, anc
Joe nussed him and slept on the floor
Alb was mighty bad off for awhile, bu
finally he begun to git better.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-08

right. The very first time they met
after their recovery they took another
round of shootin at each other.
"The result this time was similar to
what it had been before. Both were
badly used up. but neither injured
fatally.
"And so for two years it continued.
Every time Joe came up to town there
was a shootin'.. bout. They fought to
kill. too. and. both of 'em bein' good
shots, we reckoned every time one of
'em would be shore to git it.. But,
strange to say, neither of 'em ever did.
They riddled each other all up, but
they was never able to git in a finishin'
shot.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-08

when we come to examine we found
'em pretty badly riddled up, but with
no wounds that promised to be fatal.
We carried them off, and the doctors
patched 'em up. and for a long time
they remained quiet in bed.
Some of us reckoned the matter
would end there, as they had both
shorely had enough. but the older men
thought different. One of 'em said:
1T won't ever end while they both
live. Kern will never give up, and it's
pretty evident Case won't either. When
they get out they'll be at it again, and
they'll keep at it till one of 'em is done
for
"And it proved that he was partly
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-08
THE DWARF,

This is a peculiar looking dwarf that
stands OH the table, is it not? You
could with the assistance of friend
and some of mothers wardrobe, make
the dwarf and so delight your play
mates at an afternoon or evening COM
pany. 1t is done in this way:
Your hands are placed in child
shoes, after which you must rest your
hands on the table. They will have
the appearance of real feet. Put a
bonnet on your head, shawl over your
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-08
is fatal to men and animals, to the gad-

is fatal to men and animals, to the CAD
flies that annoy cattle.
If there are no stables in your neigh :
borhood and the windows of the house
are protected by screens you are not
likely to be annoyed by insects unless
the housekeeping is done in careless
manner. One thing that flies particu-
larly detest is sassafras. Put some of
the oil around, and flies will shun the
place. When a pest must be disposed
of, it should be killed instantly and as
painlessly as possible. Traps and sticky
fly paper are torturing devices worthy
of the dark ages and its inhuman
methods.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-08
ON THE NieHTeowM trolley

Bedtime Town Is almost here,
Still the horn and still the irumm,r~
Nightgown trolley car il near.
With the funny sandman coming.
Upside down and inside out.
Presto. change! Into your niehtie.
Goodness me. you're just about
Half asleep. my little Brightia.
Hark. the whistles footing low.
Car is almost at the crossing
You're not ready yet to 20,
And you want another tossin~>
Whoop. la. Way up to the NV
Laughing-ain't afraid of dropnina.
Got you that time on the Nv
What. another without stoppi1ae
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-08
rbaps This Is lust tg,baf vou'xe t,anfed Knoso

ing careful to bring the magnet bach
without touching the needle to the end
from which you started-in otheJ
words, the rubbing must be in one di.
rection only. If a horseshoe magnet
be employed, start from the middle OF
the knitting needle, pass the magne'
along to either end, and then bring Il
through the air to the other end and
stroke the needle several times, finish.
ing in the middle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-08
The Wonderful House FIy
BY Aide RITA PLATT
My a fly, Possibly you

My fly! Possibly you have
H made the remark a hundred
times without considering
what it means A fly is
very useful and important insect, al
though many persons are too ignorant
to realize it. 1t cleans our streets and
swoops down into dark corners and
does away with the disease breeding
filth that in spite of every precaution
Will sometimes lodge there. 1t follows
upon the heels of neglect and untidiness
everywhere striving to make the world
clean and habitable. Some flies visit
flowers Cor their honey and thus carry
the pollen from plant to plant, making
II possible for them to store up seed
for the next years growth. Flies serve
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-08
70 MAKE A MAGNET.

Borrow or buy an ordinary bar mag
NET or a horseshoe magnet, the first
named being the preferable shape
rake a knitting needle or any piece of
tolerably hard steel and with one pole
of the magnet rub it from end to END.
Repeat this process several times De-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-08

The noise is due to the motion of the
wings in flying. The wings of the fly
are of gauzy material, yet they are
quite strong because of being stretched
over a network of veins. Both wings
Of the fly work together. They cannot
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-08

weather. The eggs hatch out into
white grubs. which finally incase them
selves in a tough, hard skin, from which
they emerge as flies. Most flies live
only a few weeks, but they may last
until cold weather. The frost kills all
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-09-05
A Cancer Serum.

The report comes from st. Louis that
a serum for the cure Of cancer dls-
covered by a New York physician mas
beer. successfully tried on two patients
in a st. Louis hospital and they have
been discharged as cured. When re-
ceived at the hospital the patients were
suffering from cancerous growths IN
-advanced stages, but when discharged
every symptom of the malady had dis
appeared. Bacteriologists have long
been searching for the cancer germ
and an antitoxin for its destructlon'
perhaps. with the exception OF re-
eoarcbes in the disease of consumption
no other form of illness has been given
the attention of scientists that CaiicG =.
Is q terror to humanity because OF us
Glow vet deadly growth. Attacking
the vital tissues, the germs l. % des1
troyed Surgeons have been known TO
r rlg5 the stricken tissues when tlIst
q ttaclxed. and thus prevented SUISSE
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-09-05
HEIMW Ell.

wv. G. Tinckom- Fernandez in August
Ainslee's)
Far horizons lift untravslnd, but my
feet are sore.
Never down the ribbon road shall they
tarry more;
Other feet shall journey snnward, ether
hands shall Irvine
Posies from the dropping bough, trdIh-
pets from the vine.
From a window, rose embowered, often
Fancy leads
Down along the ribbon road, dreaming
by the meads;
Fairy voices in the twilight sins the
songs 1 knew,
Hidden fingers touch my eyelids, charm
away the dew.
When the winds upbraid the shutters,
and the leaves are deaf,
When the ice has stilled the brook, anc
snow is on my head,
Gladly by the whimpering flames with
book upon my knee
I'll sit alone, in dreams explore the
lands I'll never see
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-09-05
THE LILY.

- Lib
In the white ranks of all her lily sis
ters,
Here in the garden close,
Where driven rain beats and the moon
sun glisterS,
Her fragile beauty blows.
Of much, ah! much the tempest has
bereft her
No flower can reclaim:
Only a tear-drop has the spent storm
left her
To cool her heart of flame.
Yet is she lily-fair and lily-tender.
Hers not the noon-fiower's SHOWS
Nor that which lends magnolia buds
their splendor;
But the red coquelieots.
Which fleck the rank fields of the aft
er-harvest
She studied to acquire
A life-drop where thou, fainting corn
ear, starvest,
And, 10! she found Desire.
There in her calyxed heart has love
transmitted
The desperate drop to gold;
And which shames which? The petals,
silver-suited,
Or that which they enfold?
Still is she one with all ner sister flow
ers;
Let wisdom's self declare
Is it no frailty, sought of sun and
showers,
Which makes the lily fair?
Charles j. Bayne in Uncle Remus's
for Augusta
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-09-05
Ink on Marble.

If ink has been spilled on marble
topped table, cover well with equal
parts of lemon juice and vitriol, tax
ing care to keep the children away
Let il remain a few moments and then
rub off with a cloth Finally wash
with soapy water
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-09-05
Methodists on FASTING.

Fasting is conducive to seriousness -
1t is temporary subordination of the
flesh to the spirit; if rightly understood
it is withdrawal from the sensusous
to the spiritual. There was a time in
the history of the Methodist church
when the Friday preceding the quarter
ly meeting was observed as a day of
fasting. 1t gave the people a serious
ness of mind. The quarterly meeting
was not only business meeting but a
spiritual feast. Business was none t1S
less prominent, but the spiritual mat
ters of the charge were more effectual-
ly emphasized. The result was a deep
ening of the Christian faith.-California
Christian Advocate on. E.).
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-09-05
The Boy to the schoolmaster.

You've quizzed me often and puzzled
me long,
You've asked me to cipher and spell
You've called me Ounce if 1 an
nwered wrong,
Or dolt If l failed to tell
Just when to say lie and when to say
lay,
Or what nine-sevenths may make,
Or the longitude Of Kamchatka Bay.
Or the I-forget-whats-its- name
So 1 think it's about my turn, I do,
To ask question or so of you
The schoolmaster grim-he opened his
But said not word for sheer sur
prise.
Can you tell where the nest of the
oriole swings,
Or the color its eggs may be!
Do YOU know the time when the squir-
rel brings
It's young from their nest in the
tree?
Can you tell when the chestnuts are
ready to drop,
Can you climb a high tree to the Very
Then gaze without trembling below?
Can YOU swim and dive, can you jump
and run,
Or do anything else we boys call
fun?
The masters voice trembled as he re-
you are right, my lad; I'm the
Ounce" he sighed.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-09-05
quent visitation. Yet these instances
have been few.

ONLY A SMILE.
Crank Leon Beeby, in Kansas City
Times.)
only a smile in a passing throng,
A glance from a child-like face;
only a smile as 1 passed along,
smile like a fragrance sweet and
strong,
That time can ne'er efface.
only smile, but I see it yet
In dreams, as I saw it then;
bright, sweet smile L can ne'er for
get,
And, daily L feel my fond heart fret
For that smiling face again,
The face was lost in the hast'ning
crowd,
Submerged in the whirling stream;
The form was hid by dark ming cloud,
l sigh for the face and l cry aloud
For the smile of which L dream.
Only smile on maiden's face,
An innocent face, and pure;
only the smile of an artless grace,
But here in its heart-found resting
place
Its memory will endure.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-09-05
False Hair Injurious.

The present fashion of massing the
head with puffs and braids is injuri-
GUS.
Some girls not only have a rat-made
Of only the factories know what-ta
keep the hair standing out around the
head. but on this they mass a half
dozen puffs or a large false braid.
This is worse than marching the
hair Il heats the scalp, causes excess
respiration and makes the hair become
thin and lusterless.
Shit who wears false hair should be
careful 10 give the scalp and hair ten
minutes treatment every night; the
hair being allowed to hang loose around
head or TO be put into loose plaits.
Only one comb is in fashion. for
tuaately, as side combs are out. So
keep the fashion and wear only this
one. Three are two too many.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-09-05
SUMMER BY THE SEA.

CClinton Scotland in August Metropoli-
tan MagaZine)
This is a song of summer by the sea,
OF surge-profundos chanted Ger and
Ger;
OF ancient wrath and immemorial Slee
And of the ships that sailed and come
no more.
This is a song of summer by the sea,
OF half-forgotten runes made LONG
ago,
OF moon-wrought marvel and of mys-
stery,
OF glamour-of the glow and after
glow.
This is a song of summer by the sea-
Of subtleties of change, of strange
unrest;
Of dreams unfathomable that form and
flee
Like drifts of mist above the ocean S
breast.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-09-05
Remedy for Hanqnails.

Hangnails are due to excessive dry
ness of the skin surrounding the nails.
Try rubbing the base of the nail every
night with q little good cold cream.
That should help to cure them.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-09-05
Pray for NV Soul.

Pray for my soul. More things are
wrought by prayer
Than this world dreams Of. Where
fore, let thy voice
Rise like a fountain for me night and
day.
For what are men better than sheep
or goats
That nourish a blind life within the
brain,
If knowing God, they lift not hands of
prayer.
Both for themselves and those who call
them friends?
For so the whole round earth is every
way
Bound by golden chains about the feet
of God.
-Tennyson.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-09-05
The Woman Who Is Boss.

Are you a dictatorial wife? Do you
insist that your husband and children
do things in the way you wish them
done? Must your family and friends
see life through your eyes, and reason
along with you?
II 50. it is high time for you to mend
your ways If you want to keep the re-
spect and love Of those who are dear
70 you.
For instance, are your methods as
follows:
Eddie sit here"'
But mother, want to sit near the
window"
no; sit here, Eddie"
"Ah, mother, it's so hot here.
Edward
And Eddie seats himself beside his
mother who gives him one glazing
look and turns her attention to his sis
ter Ruth.
Put the bag on the floor, Ruth, and
don't twist about in your seat. You
viii muss your dress dreadfully."
Ruth frowns, folding her hands
neeky I'm her lap, while the color
foods her cheeks at the loud-spoken
rebuke. which causes several people
% turn TO see what is going on.
They were in the elevated, on their
way 10 spend the week with friends in
the country.
Mother father, Eddie who was "A,
and Ruth. Is.
One might naturally suppose that
EDDIE was old enough to take care Of
himself and be allowed to sit at the
window. where he could get the full
benefit Of what air there was on such
hot day
Edward, wish you would put on
your hat"
This to her husband, who had re-
moved his head covering to mop his
perspirlng brow, and sat tanning him
self with It,
My dear it is very warm"
True. but you must remember how
easily you take cold"
Very WELL" and, like his son, ia
uer obeys without further protest.
want YOU children TO do as / say
while We are at Cousin Emma's, and
Aot make me keep after you all the
-l-e trying to get you TO behave. Re
member. ] want you TO be a good ex-
ample to your consins."
BOTH young people frown, and
mother settles back in her seat to en-
'et lle ElIe.
They reach their destination. The
gNldren are about to join their cousins
y game Of tennis when their mother
1a4s Ruth TO her to warn her not TO
~ Oh the grass where she may stain
5sf mock, and Ruth you must not run
~ the hot sun"
Mother, I shall have to run to play
tennis"
i. Wen. don't play tennis; play some
0Llg that viii keep you in the shade. y
Us not so very hot here, mother.
10 as tell you, Ruth. No. Eddie,
.eu cannot take off your shoes and
e.ocklhgs. Emma" turning to her
Ccl1sin Tn surprised that you allow
gorge 70 run in his bare feet. 1 think
"e s entirely too big a boy to do So
81, @y dear, George is only II. and
.--hk il does him good to be without
~ am sometimes in the grass and in
- hen follows an argument about
@I.ether boys should be allowed to
'iSJ9y these delights in summer.
madam Dictator" cannot under
{, ''Na how her cousin can approve of
i Neither can she understand why
l. allows her daughter to play tennis
81 ule sun, or go out rowing alone,
~. am or do any Of the things which
Con-. perfectly natural for a healthy
11Inlry girl to do.
~ elmer she asks her cousin how
~ COOK makes the apple sauce.
fb,a never allow Nora to make it like
4 always have her mash the ap-
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-09-05
The Return.

Tourist-My physician advises me to
locate where may have the benefit Of
the south wind. Does it blow here?
Landlord-My but you're fortunate l.
coming to just the right place. Why,
the south wind always blows here,
Tourist-Always? Why, it seems to
be blowing from the north now.
Landlord-O, it may be coming from
that direction, but it's the south wind.
It's just coming back, you Knoxville.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-09-05
Scrambled Philadelphia.

An Englishman, newly returned from
America, was asked if he had visited
Philadelphia.
'Oh, ya-as," he replied. "Awfully odd
place. Nearly all the people are named
Scrappie, and they have a dish they call
biddle' every morning for breakfast -
Saturday Evening Post.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-09-05
-.nrrrE VALEAU,s ANSWERS.

- valeau will reply to all ques-
asked by the feminine readers of
tlON' rStarrnoLntair Catholic. The well
M character and authority of her
Aga need no Introduction to those
.Iap..a5,- familiar with her ability. Miss
asllL1aoII will take kindly and personal
'a.-.et in those who write to her, and
I'M pm snare no pains in seeing that their
WI. -ri~ies are answered fully and care
KIN. Write only OH one side of the
ne Address letters to Miss Helene
Eg.@aiIssu. Intermountain Catholic.
-
A effective lotion for tan and freck-
-. is saturated solution of borax in
l,se water AS much of the powder
y MT into the perfumed water as the
,,tter will dissolve. and this is fire.
'osrtIv applied to the skin and allowed
y drv on This mixture is beneficial
y way in which the plain saturated
.,,urion seem to have no effect. and
.bough the rose water is a substitute
sor the plain saturated mixture, the
liter does not bring the same results
i rose water.
Heroic measures to eradicate tan and
tra,kles only make a bad matter worse.
me blotches or brown may be removed,
INIT only temporarily, because the cpl
5arris has been made sensitive by the
action of powerful application, and
therefore becomes more than ever sus-
,aptible to influence by sun or heat.
x X
Don't rinse laces in blued water. m
der mistaken notion that it, will I'M
rr9ve the color. If it won't rinse in
Skinned milk which will give a soft.
creamy tint.
Don't fill an oil or any other kind OF
Stove or lamp, when it is lighted. This
seems superhuous advice, but with the
coming Of hot weather, cannot be too
often repeated.
Don't leave a gas stove with any,
thing which may boil over-miIk or
soup-and eXtinguish the fame. Be-
sides the loss Of gas, there is danger of
an explosion. Don't turn the gas off
at the main, unless the taps are all off
as we'll
Don't light the kitchen fire unless
there is water in the boiler If not. the
rush of cold water is liable to crack
the boiler.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-09-05

Mr.. Buggins Cwhose better half is not
renowned for her beauty: i've just
bought a hundred-dollar bulldog for my
wife to take along for her protection
when she goes out walking
Mr. Blunt: Huh! Why not let her
go without a veil and save all that
expense ?''-The Picayune.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-07-07

ner of Rutherford 3. Hayes, and her
acquaintance with the White House
dates from the time of visit she made
there during President Hayes admin
istration. She married the present can
Gidate for president twenty-one years
ago, and their family consists Of Rob
ert. who is nineteen and is now making
O fine record at Yale; Helen, who is at
Bryn Mawr and who recently won q
scholarship there, and Charles. Charlie
Taft. the eleyen-year-old son Of the
distinguished pair, is the liveliest and
most irrepressible member of the fam
lily. He went with his father and moth
er on their trip around the world last
year and was up to all kinds of pranks,
on one occasion in the Rockies playing
a joke on the secretary by signaling
the train to start before the present
candidate for president got on board
and thereby causing his father hasty
half mile walk to get to the place
where the train had stopped and from
which it could not back up on account
of the grade.
Charlie is democratic in his tastes and
has horror of seeing his picture in
the paper. Neighbors of Mr.. Taft day
or two after the nomination were star
tied by hearing noise coming from
the Taft home that sounded as though
some one We're putting in coal. They
knew that Mrs. Taft had been packing
and were surprised An intimate friend
investigated and came away laughing.
The rugs had been taken up. leaving
a shining AID broad eXpanse of hard
wood floor. 1t was too tempting for
Charlie. and he donned his roller
skates. He cut a few fancy figures in
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-07-07
Value of Newspaper Ads,

The relative merit of various
forms of advertising was put in
a curious test at EMBELLISHMENTS
Harlem Music Hall recently, | am
informed by Mr.. G. P. Greneker
the manager. Mr.. Greneker had
5000 slips printed and passed
them around in the audience at
each performance. On these slips
six questions were asked, all bear
ing upon the manner in which a
patrons attention was called to
the McAllister engagement in Har-
lem. The questions were
Did you read it in newspaper?
Did you see sign! (Billboard)
Did you see it on moving
wagon?
Or man earring sign!
Was it by means of a postal card9
Was it by hearsay?
The patron was asked to place
a cross opposite the line which
indicated the method of publicity
that reached him. ''More than
70 per cent" said Mr.. Greneger,
in commenting upon the result to
me, "named newspapers. The
next preference was given to NOV