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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-22
BowsER's ECONOMY.
He Had just Got to Saving Thousands
When a Calamity Happened.

The Bowser family had finished din
ner and appeared to be in for a pleasant
evening. Mrs. Bowser was reading a
book, Mr.. Bowser had his evening pa
per and cigar, and the cat was rolling
over and over on the hearth-rug and
thanking her stars that she was not a
wanderer upon the face of the earth
such a night as that. Fifteen minutes
had passed when Mr.. Bowser uttered an
ejaculation that disturbed everything.
What is 1t. dear?" he was asked.
He rose up and took two or three
turns up and down the room before an
swering:
IT just saw something in the paper to
remind me. Mrs. Bowser, don't want
to be always finding fault with you. but
there Is q matter I wish to speak about
this evening I have delayed 1t for
months, hoping to see an Improvement.
but as there has been none am at last
forced to speak"
''Well?"
'It is about your reckless waste
around the house."
but there is no reckless waste. I
defy you to find q house in this city
where there is less waste Of any kind"
Don't dispute me, woman. I am not
the one to bring charges without good
foundation. Right down In your kitch-
en- this evening is a garbage pail almost
full Of apple cores, pieces Of bread, po-
tato parings and other things-enough
to last poor family for several days
"Oh, I see. And do you want those
things made up in a hash for your
breakfast"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-22

Women. don't turn to sarcasm to
excuse your extravaganza, don't want
those things made UP in hash, but 1t
Is a sin and q shame to waste them. If
we can't use them they should go to the
poor"
1.-The poor can have them and well
come. Bring on your poor and offer
them potato peelings and see what they
will say to you
Then that proves my point that we
should keep a pig to eat such things.
That's what the paper says You throw
away enough every day to keep a pig
for a week. With a pig in the pen
nothing is wasted. It costs nothing
whatever to feed him, and at the end
of a few months we have 200 pounds OF
Al pork We have spereribs, shoulders.
hams and bacon. In place Of throwing
away q hundred dollars worth Of stun
we have q hundred dollars worth OF
pork. We have kept house 20 years In
that time we have lost at least $4,000
worth Of pork"
ct deny It," she replied. you can't
fatten q pig on table-leavings, and you
ought to know 1t. You've had two or
three pigs since We kept house, and
how did they come out?"
They would have come out all right
had you not gone out to the pen with
clothes-pole and kept them stirred up.
and afraid, in order to spite me. To-
morrow this extravagance ceases. To-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-22

scenes OF Egyptian affairs. Besides
those sources OF information which are
open to all the world, L have had ac-
cess to all the documents In the
archives OF the foreign offices of both
LONDON and Cairo, and have been in
c,ose communication with, I think, al
most every one who has taken a leading
part In Egyptian affairs during the
period the history of which have at
tempted to write. Thus, think, may
Ialrly lay claim to be in q position OF
exceptional advantage in so far as the
attainment Of accuracy is concerned -
The Mcclure company recentlv pub.
Iisned book by Miss Eva Madden,
sister or the famous author of EN-
my LOU, entitled 1.-TWO Royal Foes. -
which IS the history. written in story
FORM Tor children. OF Napoleon and
Queen Louise. Miss Madden, whose
nome is IN Florence, has been writing
since she was fourteen, and. like her
sister, has confined herself to stories
Tor children. three Of her best known
BOOKS being The Little Duke 1.-THE
Little Crusaders" and "The Can
school, She began her literary ca
reer with letter in the Louisville
Courier Journal. doing newspaper
accepted from time to time by many
OF the leading periodicals. In 1901
she left America for the sake of hei
health and settled first in Germany
and then in Italy, which she has now
made her permanent home. Miss
country without being in 1t, and heI
latest book, 1.-TWO Royal Foes (Ths
Mcclure Coz has certainly interpret.
ed in a. remarkable way the romantic
atmosphere of central Germany, a,
it was hundred years ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-22

morrow I build a pig-pen and get a pig.
also give you notice that you will keep
your hands of that pig or things Will
happen around here to make your heart
ache
Every we'll Get your pig and won't
even let the cook go out to the pen to
look at him.
"And If, by your order, she mixes pol
son with the garbage and put an END to
his career!
And Mr.. Bowser folded his arms and
glared at Mrs. Bowser with such
glare that the cat crept softly under
the piano and the cook down stairs
felt a SILVER go up her back and SAID
over her grave. Instead of going to the
office next morning, Mr. Bowser got up
to don an old suit OF clothes and HE
him to lumber yard. He selected what
he wanted for the pen and paid VIA
for 1t. There was no call for the ser
vices of an architect During the pre-
vious night he had figured out Just how
he wanted It He would build two
room pen--a parlor and bed room:
When his mig wanted privacy he would
thus be assured OF 1t.
It was a cold. stormy day, and the
building of the pen was an an-day job.
Mr.. Bowser stuck right to 1t, however,
and Just at dark he had the 'tnetttu-
with clean straw. Mrs. Bowser sus-
sested feather bed and wooden blank
cts. but her words passed unheeded. He
had figured on going out into the coun-
try next day to buy his pig. but a. he
stood surveying the finished pen man
came through the alley and stopped to
say: ,.,.
penT'
"As you see"
But where's your pig9"
''Tll get him Of some farmer-tomor-
row."
see here, neighbor," continued the
man, after looking the pen over more
closely, don't you think of buying a
pig of a farmer. He viii cheat the eye
teeth out Of you. live over on Chest
nut street. Last fall I bought pig,
but as I didn't know nothing about
building pen he hasn't got along as
well as I hoped for. didn't suppose
that a pig wanted any privacy, and I
didn't provide for a bedroom Ny wife
is down with rheumatism and can't
feed him, and IL you want tina zig
I'll give you bargain. 1 can nave MN
over here In ten mintss.
"What's your lowest price?
1T ought to get So for him, but see
ing he will fall into kind ana courteous
hand I'll make it ten"
why, I ought to get a pig out in the
country for two or three doiiars. ex-
claimed Mr.. Bowser.
Man, are you joking?" replied the
other. Don't you know that pigs have
zone mn 400 per cent? That a farmer
will put a common breed on onto you
and charge you s. for bringing him In.
He will be a tenderfoot pig, not used
to the ways OF the city, and it VIII take
YOU three months to put a single pound
of flesh on him. Whatever you do don't
f1.v q fendarfoot pig. The drst time he
heax6 & utfIe German band playing he
may Try 70 commit suicide. wouldn't
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-22

7:45 p. m. Morning sermon: And David
said unto Nathan, have sinned against
Jehoyah"--A Great Repentance. Even
Ing sermon: And Nathan said unto
David, Jehovah also hath put away thy
sin"-A Great Forgiveness.
First Unitarian church, Rev. ]. H.
Jones, pastor. Service II g.. m. Subject.
Judge Not by Appearances Only" Sum
day school at 10 a. m.
First Baptist church, Thos. s. Young.
pastor. Sunday school at $50 Preach
ing at II a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Pastor
morning topic. Spiritual Growth and
Power" Evening topic. Christian
Marriage and Divorce"
East Side M. e. church, ]. Wesley
Johnston. pastor. Sunday school at 9:45
a. m. Preaching by the pastor at II a.
m. Revival service at 1880 p. m.
First Church of Christ, Scientist. Ser
vices II a. m. Subject, Mind" Chill
dren's Sunday school at $3.50 a. m.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-22

sell this pig Of mine to everybody, no
matter what price was offered, but you
seem to be a man with heart in you.
A pig wants talking to now and then.
He wants to be made to realize that
he has at least one friend left in the
world
Mr.. Bowser closed with the offer
and the pig was brought over and
paid for. He was long. lank pig.
There were two knots in his tail and
q CLEAN in his eye. If the man hadn't
insisted that he was a thoroughbred
Leghorn. and II Mr.. Bowser hadn't
seen that he had bristIes. he might
have passed for q greyhound. The
animal made dive for his bedroom
as soon as placed in the pen, and Mr.
Bowser went into elmer with q warm
glow stealing over him. Mrs. Bow
ser had nothing to say, and the sub
Ject OF the pig was not brought up un-
til they had finished and sat down for
the evening Then, as Mr.. Bowser
was getting ready to law down his
was getting ready to say down his
protege. there came q long, wild wall
from the back yard to lift him out
claim;
'.ay JOhnl but what in thunder is
"only that pig of yours" quietly
answered Mrs Bowser.
"Pig7 Ptg7 But what ais the pir?"
The reply was another wall. ending
in a sort of hyendsh chuckle.
TITS the blamed catsl"
TITS your Leehorn pigl"
Mr.. Bowser donned his hat ana
overcoat and went out to the pen. He
had emptied pail of swirl into the
trough, but none of 1t had been
touched. The pig had come out of
the privacy OF his bed room ana
stood slanted up against the side of
his pen. and ne was granting and
barking and waiIing and chuckIinr.
Mr.. Bowser spoke kindly to him.
No go.
Then he was cuffed ON the ear and
made a savage grab at the hand that
old IT, ana sent out such shrielrs as
must soon attract q crowd.
Mr.. Bowser picked up piece Of
board and menaced the Leghorn with
1t, ana the next moment he was
knocked nat on the earth and pig was
out of the gate and streaking it down
the alley. The one-room porker had,
left the two-roou pen forever behind
him.
"weli7" qusried Mrs. Bovser. "a
MI Bowyer came sulking in to sit
down and pick up his paper.
We'll, what7" he demanded as he
glared at her.
What about your pigf"
Il know nothing about pirs. Mrs
Bowser; but do know that you can
catch the 1910 train In the rnoruinc
Tor your mothers, ana you'd bester
ask the cook to help you pack your
trunks!"- (Copyrighted. 1908, bv =.
c. McClure.) y
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-22
hD{}bi7S6ReMgEs "A

charity, before it is laid UP where
thieves cannot break through and STEAL
Il. NJ. Alcott.
AS you grow ready for 1t, somewhere
or other you will find what Is needful
for you in a book or a friend, or, best
of all, In your own thoughts-the eter-
nal Thought speaking to your thought.
Macdonald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-22
SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS.

When we might be swamped by sue
cess God sends the nfe-boat Of trouble,
Anon
IS
No life
Can be pure in its purpose and strong
in it's strife,
And all life not be stronger and sweeter
thereby.
Browning.
=
How many of our lives are feverish
with the perpetual search after new
things, when the things we have now
have not begun to be exhausted.-Phil-
lips Brooks.
-
Every one can have a friend.
Who himself knows how to be friend.
Anon.
Keep faith with all men; keep faith
with myself. This wins all battles,
even the greatest and last.-Cardigan-
=
sweet satisfaction comes to those who
~. no matter how humbly, to be earth
6 DroTfdences to the poor and helpless.
nd 10 gid their mite with the gold Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-22
Bible Study. Xxx.

Third Period of the Galilean Minis
try. Text Mt. 15:21-1s:S5. Nix. 1924
$3.50. Lu. 9:18-50. 10. and 8.
See how long 1t will take to read the
entire text. Read over the answers in
lessons SO. and the drills LIS inclu-
sive, that we may have a good review
day.
Roll call-verse from any gospel.
recited-not read.
L. Title of part VI? Name the
chapter subjects
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-22

A good safe Investment. K.n.a.
nictpal bonds. not subject to fnraf5e-s
for sale BY The Prudential Trust con-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-22

Our International Obligations.
Eerse Comments on the Topic for
FEBRUARY % is, "The Foreign Mission
Work of Our Denomination; A Sur
vsy." ROM 10:S-15-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-22

The North Topeka Baptist church,
Sunday school gao a. m. Public wor-
ship II a. m and 1880 D. m. Morn
ing subject: The Foxes That Spoil
the Church" Evening subject: 1.-THE
Foxes That Spoil the Family" Special
music. T. c. Peterson, pastor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-22
CHURCH NOTICES.

Third Presbyterian church, w. M
cleveland. pastor. Sabbath schoo
si46 a. m: preaching-text Ps. 1879
II g. M; preaching-text Jer 1875
tao p. m.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-22

Walnut Grove NJ. e. church, Rev
Homer 3. Wark, pastor. Rev. ]. Wes-
ley johnson will preach at IL a. m,
at 1880 p. m. The pastor will preach
as usual.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-22

This is the era of expansion in all
departments of life; If the church fails
to expand faster than commerce or
politics, she will be recreant to all
principles OF good strategy and to her
own primary obligation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-22

Kansas avenue NJ. E. church. Geo.
W. Stafford. pastor: Sunday school at
$50 a. m. Preaching at IL a. m. and
1880 p. m Special music at each SER
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-22

Henry J. MCCALL. missionary from
Central Brazil, South America, will
preach at the Third Christian church
w. Cooper, pastor of the Central Park
Christian church, wifi preach at 1890
d. m.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-22

The missionary spirit at home is as
important as the missionary work
abroad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-22
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS.

A world vision is the best cure for
small worries.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-22

The possible success of the mission
airy propaganda has been demonstrated.
Genuine converts have been made in all
mission lands. Many, or most of these
display in their lives the historic Chris
tian virtues. II 1t is possible thus to
Christians in heathendom, it is not i'm
possible to repeat this victory indeh-
nateiy until the world has been won
for Christ.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-04-12
And Then It Was Up to Bobbie.

Well, that is the kind Of compositions
thay handed the teecher, SO she sed TO
me. Well. Robbie. II Is now up 10 YOU
Cut loose and show them how to do r..
Tell me. IN yufe nice litteI way, how you
spent sunday at yure hoam with yure deer
father x mother
& this is how we spent Sunday. In the
morning Pa got up cry Il got tAe Sunday
papers * sat in the front OF the fat reed
Ing them while Ma was Citing breakfast.
He gave me the funny pieters To look at.
SO | wud keep still. d he red the sporting
page & all about the fine cassel witch that
rich CURL Is going 10 live in wen she
reaches her husbands hcam In Hungary.
After had breakfast l lookei at the
funny picterS aggenn \ Pa N Ma looked
at the rest of the paper.
That's feerce dump WHARF poor lite
Gladys is going. sed IA Nhy, thay
haven't got any lites but kerosene lamps
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-04-12
It wit and Hunor by Famous Artists Young
Confessions of an Old
Maid in Leap Year
E. CANFIELD

tongue performances He was deserving OF
a wife whose life would b. spent in study
ing how TO make him forget everything
lie said that he had been thinking Of
that himself. but who would want Scared
UP. SFZZled, cid veteran like him That
was Biil's signal to mobilize her forces
hoist the black flag, draw her sword throw
away the scaehard and advance right into
l screamed into his ear that / thought
any woman who was old enough to know
an eagle rom canary bird would be
proud to get the chance.
Then | told him that / had never mar
rled because had never found my hero
70 whom l could look W. VIII l ever get
forg veness for all the variations on the
truth / had been handing out2
what did l want with such a deaf old
less he'd have to worry about when he got
me on his hands. Besides. it's awfully
convenient to be able TO say out loud what
you think of huoby without rendering the
path to the exchequer too dangerous.
He Actually Believed 1t.
4 The old. sun-baked nuttynoddle actually
believed me. He unbent just as if the
poker he swallowed had suddenly melted
and allowed him to do so-but he failed TO
ask me to stack arms in his tent as yet.
| ordered up all my reserves, maSsed my
whole army and threw 1t into action. +
said that il must be so comforting to have
such protector as him, and If ! had such
! Il
! TO stay at home and would want no better
! amusement than listening to his wonderful
tales of war. If Ananias could near me
now
lie had told me before how be detested
functions and how he liked his fire.
! side best-when he had one. Well, the old
war dog was wary. and from that time on
it was a rum ng fight. lie began to look
uneasy, as If he had a pain in his ideas.
| saw that ii was the forlorn hope to the
rescue so / asked him outright II he didn't
want me as aide-de-camp for life.
Then Along Came Daughter.
| Well. you should have seen re look Of
; terror that spread over the map of booze
and poker that he called face His ma
, room cheeks paled and his buttermilk eyes
looked like the will-o'- the-wisps they
hunted in every direction for help. Just as
he had sounded the retreat who should
come along but his daughter-the spttefu
meow, meow,
, With a why. father. where have yor
been so long? I've been looking for yoJ
, TO take me home. You know we leave towI
I, SO early in the morning and - Well
! didn't hear the rest of ii, for old peglel
d was nlaying a tattoo all the way down tn
hall in his anxiety - escape. $3.50,
Rertf why all he docs is to whistl
! .tans,' and start OF with a limp. lie say
:, that he thinks 1t is time to give up tn
Ghost when | can't even keep up with
), lame man i, ., .
. +be stars Nest ee past
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-04-12
To-day's Best Story.

WV TrNG-FANG is very much of an
w American in his ways and can tell
a story with the best Of the club racon-
,tenrs. Here is one he told about
mother-in-law which is extra funny. be-
cause the Chinese make so mucn Of the
mother that his wife IS her virtual slave
a.,Tbp parlor maid i'm the house of young
married couple" said WI, answered the
door heH one morning and little later
rna'am the Straugest lady is downs tairs
She won't give her name and She has
taken off her coat and hat, aud she opened
the two closets and peeked INTO them. and
then she looked ar the windows and shook
her head and rubbed her hand over the
mantel and the piano and ueId ii up to see
the dust on it. and now she is--
/ Dear me exclaimed the mistress, my
husbands mother wasn't expected back
} from Texas till DeccmberI "
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-04-12
Little Boobies Essay
HON. He and HIS Pa and ia Spent Sunday


r WANT all of nay pupils to rite a little
! composition to-day, my teecher sed. The
- composition win be called How / Spent
Sunday.
l had to Ian to myself wen 1 thought
about all my skool-mates riteing compost
tons, poor litel kids, thay lack that fine
touch wich makes a true ritter. but thay
done the best thay cud, so here is sum of
thare essays:
Well, l spent Sunday like this. Pa went
ny the butcher shop alreddy beelaus he
had to make for three hours work in the
forenoon yet. After that he soon
home and we had ,such a nice dinner win
smeerkase and sopr-crout. enough all Of
US for to eat Then after supper we went
by the bed in. HANS PRETZEI4.
We had for a fine Sunday in the store.
my father shall sell for six dollars goods
and me for two dollars. he tells me [
shall be a fine business man.
ISAAC BERNSTEIN.
Ay ban spend Sunday oD in dis har
Bronx, var Ay live For breakfast We
ban eating coffee and for dinner some of
dis har herring from Sweden. 1t ban fine.
Den We skol going in bed.
SVEN SWENSON.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-04-12
BY ARLETTA

r WONDER what's your private opinion
of Bill, anyway? II 1t agrees with
= mine it is not complimentary To
think that when l held the whole royal
family l didn't have sense enough TO play
the hand 1t gives me a spasm in my cere-
Drum every time l think how | allowed
Bud to run bluff game like that on me.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-04-12

And he with nothing but an ace high
All. mel
The change in temperature so sud-
den that 1 nearly froze my Imagination
trying to understand it.
Will l hibernate during the chilliness?
Not to notice it.
Either Fate IS my side and IS doing
her prettiest to marry me off, or else she
is having gala time laughing at me. for
she flung Major Mattocks right in my
pathway. Did ! tackle every man l met?
Well, pretty nearly, and besides the Major
too good cnance to pass by.
lie was a retired army officer and had
lost his wife long ago that he was al
solved that this campaign should be a
short and merry one. So | deployed skirm-
ishers and advanced by platoon rushes. |
met him at reception given by the
Crumptons and while it might be piping
times of peace for others ii was Bills cue
to dig up her tomahawk and declare war
on the whites
He Was Old and Ugly.
Yes, know that he was old and ugly
and had only the pay of a retired major,
but what did l for that? He could
stay at home and nurse his govt, while l
did the society act for the family. And
besides / had heard that the foxy grandpa
had a snug little bunch of paper in the
bank
Bella and Bert were at the reception. and
as l passed them hanging tight to the arm
of my victim, Bert said, sic him. Bill =
What do you think of that for pure. un
adulterated impertinenee? No wonder you
are shocked. / would have been, too hat
not known that the old party dea
as a doughnut
was relying on this cheerful fact t
keep him in ignorance of the previou
cantos IN my t-married-quick epic Any
body would have to bawl it the fou
winds to make him hear.
Anyway. the bugle had sounded and
was Bill to the ranks. Attention Forward
March l got old Wooden Leg strung on
on the engagements he had been in-Ne
no. not the kind you thinking Of bu
the real things. where the bullets pla
ping pong and tiddleywinks all around you
ears and you try TO lay them fat TO yoll
head Forgetting that the rest of you is o.
posed. At least that's what he said whe
| be told how he felt when he tried I
stop bullets
Got Him Alone in the Study.
I got him alone in the study where fe
sure no one would intrudc and I coul
screech my affection at him. Then I tol
him it seemed sad that after all h
hardshipS and danger he did not have
/ home. He ought TO marry some woTna
of mature age-get onto Bits sleight-o
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-04-12
Now, These Paris Hats, sed Ma.

see Il, sed Ma. How do you like these
Paris hats, copied from thousand dollar
models. for only S.S;s or three "a for
Il hundred dollars Lets go down q look
at them sum afternoon wen you amt work
ing. deerest
| may sum afternoon, sed Pa. motifs
ficm this English cableEram that T. Burns
i stlH getting the money hteiug diibs
,fhay viii stand for anything over in Eng
land sed Pa
aG for sum fine English goods witch ought
ito maik me pritty tailored suit. | must
look into this bargain sed Ma.
4 / Griffith and his Yankees are down
! in Georgia Citing into CRATE shaip. sed
Pa.
( see thay have speshul sale on label
linen x cut glass ut Saltmans sed Ma
Griffith says he is going 10 win the PEN
InaDt. sed Pa II says so here
well known aktress says she can lose
lall her fat by ironing herself with a iron.
Ised Ma. See here is the picter.
That is how ! spent Sunday