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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-05
LOCAL MENTION.

For cement sidewalks see Haskins
& Ramsey. Estimates furnished
MuIvane building.
DR.. S. Temple, Osteopath, 7S5 Kansas
ave. Ind 1912. Res. STA Bell 1886
Three marriage licenses were issued
by the probate court today: Alva NJ.
Polk OF Wallace, Kan, aged %, and
Carrie Trezise of Topeka, aged %;
Frank Redenbaugh, aged FL, Topeka.
and Media Lane, Brammery, Mo, aged
Is; Ed May of Little Rock, Ark, aged
40. and Elnora Ruth Hood of White
Cloud, Kan, aged 25.
1t is useless to experiment with
telephone and you have secured the
best. This company offers its sub
ScrtberS a superior service, has over
5000 subscribers in Topeka and
Shawnee county besides hundreds of
foreign connections.
A city football league was formally
launched at a meeting held at How
ards sporting goods store last night
which will be known as the Topeka
Football league. The league will be
composed of six teams representing
different sections of the city.
The new premier shape in which
Eagles Silver Statue is now offered is
the most popular cigar sold in Topeka
You can secure them of all first-class
dealers at 10 cents each.
The suit that is being heard in the
United States circuit court over tbs
fire insurance of the Crawford theatel
which burned in 1906 was adjourned a.
noon today by Judge J. s. West, spec
ial master, to o'clock Wednesday af.
ternoon.
1t has no equal. The Big Trcmp
cent cigar.
The city food inspector reported col
lections of $127.66 for the month o.
August.
The headquarters of the county Dem.
ocrats at 514-516 Kansas avenue will
be thrown open formally on Monday
night to the public. ]. D. Botkin, can.
didate for governor, will speak, some
Bryan speeches canned" will be turn.
ed loose and music will be added to the
evenings entertainment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-05
LYLE TO BUILD.
$780, 900 Worth of Building Permits
Issued Friday

Thirty thousand nine hundred dollars
have been let in building permits from the
city hall Friday afternoon and Saturday.
G. D. Lyle will build three houses on
West street and one on Horne street, the
houses on West being located al 700, I'll
and 800 and costing 81, 200 each with the
exception of the last one which will cost
$500 The house on Horne street will be
built at us and cost 81, 200.
Fred Kern will be granted a building
permit for the erection of a dwelling to
cost 5000 on lots 445-446 Underwood ave
nue.. The Central Congregational church
was granted a permit for ST, 800. This
represents the largest individual permit
VIM. G. Hunt will erect dwelling to cost
$500 at 219 Tyler street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-05
BEER POSTERS.
The B1uid-Snn Flows Freely on Red
Bill Boards.

Lest vzssfOrget,' that Crawford can
DESPITE public sentiment which is
against beer selling and beer adver-
Eadsing, the bfllboards on the Topeka
Street Railway company's property
are ablaze with new beer announce
menfS.
Does the Topeka Capital, in con-
sgtantiy belfttEng the State Journals
criticisms Of the Crawford manage
Knent, desire to have its own read
-ers understand that it approves
sCrawfords posters?
Among many comments here is q
livery good one from the Wichita Bea-
CON:
'"The Topeka. State Journal made some
remarks few days ago about the beer
advertisements which appear upon the
bill boards Of Topeka. The theater man
ager who owns the bill boards sent word
to the Journal that unless it ceased its
remarks about the beer posters all future
sstheater advertising would be cut out of
mans bluff in language so strong it
makes the readers head swim. 1t is only
occasionally that an advertiser claims the
right to run the editorial policy Of
newspaper in which he spends the lofty
sum of S2945 Der month"
The State Journal alone may not be
able to compel Crawford to remove
the obnoxious beer signs, but with the
Capitals aid decency would probably
prevail-for Crawford has a way of
playing one paper against another in
the numerous towns of his circuit
He does not believe in having a row
with both papers in a town at one
and the same time. It is up to the
Capital.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-05
MAKE A PLEA OF GUILTY.

Sedan, Kan, Sept. Bill Tenant
and Harry Coleman, the young bandits
who robbed the Chautauqua State
bank at Chautauqua Springs, this
county, in daylight on the morning of
April II last, locking Cashier Water
house and Del Easley a customer, in
the vault. entered a plea of guilty here
today and each was sentenced to serve
an indeterminate sentence of from 10
to Fl years in the state reformatory.
The men secured $4,000 and escaped
on horseback. Tenant was captured
in Denver and Coleman. was arrested
in the state of Washington.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-05
Woo1man Nav Come.

The uniformed rank of the Wood
men of the World, now encamped at
Algonac, Mich, will decide today on
the next annual encampmenr. J. w.
Kizer, state manager for Kansas, and
N H Wolff, head clerk, have been
making strenuous effort to induce
the Woodmen to hold their next en-
campment in Topeka. Ten thousand
uniformed Woodmen in town at ono
time would be the result, should the
efforts Of the Kansas men prevail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-05
JUSTICE Observation-Disclosures

Expected Back From His Outing at
Ludington Today.
Chief Justice w. A Johnston of the
Kansas supreme court is expected to
arrive in Topeka this evening from
Ludington, Mich.
Judge johnson is a very sick man,
and is said to have obtained very lit
tie benefit from his summer trip to
the north. The climate has not agreed
with him very we'll and it may be
necessary for him tic go to the hos
pital and have an operation per-
formed. He is troubled with gravel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-05

paralyzed from his arms down since
the accident and though he was hope
full that he would recover, the physi-
clan in charge of the case knew that
his death was a question of but a
short time. Wednesday he seemed
much improved and asked the doctors
to promise him that he could sit on
the hospital porch Sunday afternoon
in an inYalid's chair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-05

A rally of the Kansas Democratic
F'lambeau club will be held at the
club rooms, 232 Kansas avenue,
Thursday night, September 10. The
speakers of the occasion are r. w.
Blair, John F. Switzer, Frank Simms
and John J. Schenck. This is an open
meeting, and both Democrats and Re
publicanS are invited
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-05

smokes only in the society of his init
mate friends. The only European
like the same extent as King Edward,
is he of Belgium; but the late King
Carlos smoked more cigars than either
of them, and his were of Portuguese
make,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-05
CIGARS AT 81 EACH.
King Edward Has Placed a Fresh Or
der in New York.

New York, Sept. 5.-King Edward
has recently ordered a fresh supply of
500 cigars from a New York firm, the
price for which will be $1,000. This is
a shilling higher than he paid for each
of the 1000 cigars ordered from the
which took three months in the MAX
ing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-05

The Woman's Kansas Day club will
have a rest room at the fair grounds
and the tent which will be used for
that purpose was raised today as was
the press tent and tent to pc used
by the Red Cross aggregation. The
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-05
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

The funeral of Mrs. Mary r. Nc
Caslin will be held Sunday afternoon
at 3 O'Clock, from the home OF her
daughter, Mrs. ]. O'Connor, 1855 van
Buren, street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-05

James Miller, the Santa Fe engineer
who was killed by an explosion near
Trinidad Thursday, formerly lived in
Topeka, but left here about eight
years ago. He was a brother of Mrs.
H H St. John, 1858 Polk street, who
was in Colorado at the time Of his
death. Mr. st. John has gone to Col
orado to join her at the funeral whlcn
will probably be held in Ration, where
the body of Mr.. Miller's wife, whose
death occurred about three years ago,
is buried Besides Mrs. st. John, Mr..
Miller left two other sisters. Mrs. II.
II. Stillman and Mrs. Bruce Rogers
of Argentine. He was 80 years old
and lived in Topeka for 81 years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-05

Mrs. Annie Mellinger, SO years of
age died at her home 1910 Seward
avenue last night of cancer. The fu-
neral will be held from the family
home at 10 O'Clock Sunday morning
and the body will be shipped to En-
poria for interment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-05

Berne Miller, the IA year old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Milburn, LOG
Fillmore street, who was accidentally
shot last Sunday by playmate, Harry
Carlson, died early this morning at
Stormont hospital. where he has been
since he was injured. The shooting
occurred in Robert Pierce's barn,
where the boys found revolver with
which they were playing when it was
discharged, the ball taking effect in
the neck of the Milburn boy, severing
the spinal cord The boy has been
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-05

United States recruiting department
will be represented by two soldiers
who will have a government tent near
the grand stand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-05

The dairy exhibit will be in charge
of A. Z. Jones, who has made elaborate
arrangements for the care of exhibits
in this department. A refrigerator
show case will be used for this purpose
and those who are intending to make
an exhibit are asked to call on Mr.
Kreipe for entry blanks and urged to
have their butter on hand at the fair
ground Tuesday morning. 1T will be
possible for one winner to
capture $13 in prizes,' said Mr.. Jones.
besides sharing in the pro rata premi-
NUNS which will be given"
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-02-14
Hooded Snakes.

The hoods of snakes were unques
tionably intended by nature to act as
weapons of intimidation. for when sud
denly opened. as they are during the
excitement Of contest, these give
their owners an apparent and formida-
BILE enlargement But the hoods which
have been so useful at some period In
snake history have now become so en-
iarged as to tend toward the extinction
of their owners. just as the override
veiopment in the tusks Of prehistoric
animals led straight to their destruc-
ton. During fight the hooded snake
in the act OF striking his foe suffers
from the outstretched and weighty
hood-he overbalances himself and top
pies forward. His assailant. the mon
goose and some birds specially. seizes
him when PROSTATE and, ripping up
the back of the neck. speedily dis
patches him.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-02-14
Wasp's Jaws Make CoIonys Nest

WaSpS readily sucCumb before the
increasing cold of autumn. The few
that escape the merciless scourge of
mortality are the queens of next sea-
son. They pass the winter in some
warm Granny and when the spring
arrives each comes forth from its hid
ing place and seeks suitable place
for the nest that is to be. This found.
the queer repairs to Il fence or tree
trunk and with her jaw rasps off a
bundle of wood fiber which when
moistened with saliva and kneaded
forms the paperlike substance of which
the nest is entirely constructed.
Just as bees have invented peculiar
nest building material in wax. SO
wasps have prepared u special durable
paper for the same purpose. The queen
mother lays the foundations of the
city with her own jaws. She attaches
z sort of stalk of wood paper to a
chosen support. This may be the
branch of a tree. root In a cavity
below ground or n beam in @ garden
shed. The stalk prepared, the queen
builds few shallow cells. in each Of
which she lays an egg. AS these ma
ture, hatch and develop into worker
wasps the la Dor of the little colony is
turned over to them, and thus vast
nest with thousands of cells is evolved.
Chicago Tribune.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-02-14
"How's that|
A Ghost Under the Sea.

The story is told of diver who saw
two ghosts full fathom five" under
the surface. He had gone down to the
wreck Of large steamer and was
crossing the main saloon when two
gray shapes of enormous size came
shambling toward him. He did not
wait to make notes for the Psychical
society, but gave the danger signal and
was at once pulled up. Told in the
cheerful light of day. it seemed rather
lame story and another diver went
down to see what he could make of it.
Toward him also came the stumbling
gray shapes. He stood irresolute for a
moment and then, going boldly for
ward. struck his Ratchet through--a
mirror. The ghosts were only dim
reflection of his own legs. much en-
larged. of course. as everything is that
a diver sees through the great frontal
eye of his helmet
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-02-14
Some of the Trials of Writers.


Professor Lounsbury of Yale calls at
tention to some of the difficulties Of
English grammar with which writer's
have constantly to struggle In their de-
sire to avoid obscurity and be correct
at the same time. In Harper's Maya
zine Professor Lounsbury takes up the
use of whose as a relative pronoun
referring to inAn1mate objects and JUS
tifies its use since nothing better can
be devised. He discusses the use Of
the singular prenoun with the word
every body as in There everybody
met hts friends This Is manifestiy
Inadequate, and his or her friends" Is
clumsy. Jane Austen, writes the pro-
fessor, avoided the difficulty by using
the plural pronoun, as In her sentence,
They say everybody is in love once
In their lives He thinks no satisfac-
tory solution Of this problem can. In
the nature Of the case, ever be reached
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-02-14
A Feast Of Kisses.

Il once visited the little town of Hal
magen, In Roumania" said strolling
player who used to wander into the
odd corners OF the world, but even l.
and my hair Is getting little thin, and
wouldn't take first prize In beauty
contest-got enough kisses In one Cay
to last an average lifetime. 1t seems
has had an annual festival. and on this
day the population OF about eighty VII
lagos come swarming In. Every young
woman of the town, married or single.
goes out on this day carrying vessel
of wine and small garland of flowers.
To every visitor they offer sup OF
wine and a kiss"-St Louis Republic
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-02-14
Badly Joined.

Mr.. Russell in his COLLECTIONS and
Recoliections" tells this story OF an in
appropriate quotation: The leading cit
izen OF seaside town erected some
iron benches on the sea front and. with
a view to combine the commemoration
of his own benefcence with the giving
a profitable turn to the thoughts Of the
public. inscribed on the backs, THESE
seats were presented to the town OF
.Shingleton by Joseph Buggins. Esq,
J. P. for this borough-'The sea is his.
and he made it."
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-02-14
ENTRIES FOR GRAND pRIx.
The Entries This Year Are More
Numerous than Ever Before.

Numerous than Ever Before.
Paris, Feb. 14.-Entries for the
Grand Prix of the Automobile club
of France close tomorrow at the
regular fee of $1,000 for the first
car, 1900 for two and $4,000 for
the full team of three. Entries re-
ceived up to June / will take a
double fee The sporting commission
has decided that if the nominations
are SO numerous that an elimination
is needed it will be over a distance
of less than half that of the real
race.
The entries this year are more
numerous than ever before and the
Grand Prix will undoubtedly again
take it's place as the worlds great
est automobile event.
The day before the Grand Prix
of 1908 the Automobile club of
France will hold a race for light
cars (voiturettes). The course is to
be from $50 to $50 miles. This is
the first time the French club has
in recent years paid attention to the
light car.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-02-14
MAKE THE STOMACH WORK
Can Never BE Cured by
MollycOddling.


Don't try to cure your stomach
trouble by coaxing, fussing, dieting
and mollycoddling Make the organ
work. II it cannot take care Of the
food you eat without complaints
such as flatulence, indigestion, head
aches, and the feeling of fullness or
distress, make its muscles work by
using Mi-o-na stomach tablets.
The time to treat disordered or
weakened stomach is when you be-
gin to suspect that you have indiges-
ton, or the suspicion will turn to a
certainty very soon. The heartburn,
the datuence, the coated tongue and
heavy and dull feeling after eating
that come occasionally after you eat
too much of something that does not
agree with you, can all be cured by
Mi-o-na.
Try a 5O-cent box of Mi-o-na, on
Hood & Curlin's guarantee of money
back II 1t does not do all that is
claimed for it. 270
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-02-14
All in the Wash,

Al H. Wilson, the popular singing
dialect comedian is a great story
teller, and his anecdotes are sought
after by many magazines of the
county. Those who have seen this
charming gentleman and listened to
his powerful sweet, singing voice
recall many funnyisms that easily
spring spontaneously and unrehear-
sed during the action of his perform
ance. Especially is this observed in
his present play, entitled, THE New
Metz in the Alps" which will be
seen here very shortly. One particu
lar point that happened a few weeks
ago was indeed laughable In the
play, Metz in the Alps" Mr.. Will
son represents man newly mar
ried, and in the scene in the first
act, the lady playing Hilda, suppos-
ed to be his wife, forgetting her real
lines happened to say to him:
What in the world were you doing
in the laundry all morning." Mr..
Wilson Immediately approaching
the slip promptly replied, well,
you see, I've been writing poetry
lately and not having any paper
handy, I penciled my ideas upon my
cuffs, and | have been down in the
laundry digging in the wash boiler
for the fourth verse of my latest
song"
By this impromptu scene a hit
was made with the actors as we'll
as with the audience in front.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-02-14
NATIVE ESKIMO CLOTHES.
Light In Weight. Soft In Texture and
Absolutely Cold Proof.

When winter set in and EskimuS he
gan to visit the ship. it soon hccalup
apparent that they were much better
clothed to meet the cold than were the
white explorers, though the latter had
everything thatEmoney could command
III the way OF AN approved arctic out
fit" The Finnish boots. or "Finnskor +"
used by Nansen ana other arctic ey-
plorers. We're excelled both in light
ness and warmth by the native boots.
A single fur coat of deerskin made in
Norway weighed as much as an entire
Eskimo suit of outer and inner gar
ments. with boots and mittens includ-
ed, and was stin as wet sSiicloth
while the native garments were soft
as q kid glove A well made Eskimo
suit-socks and boots. underwear.
trousers and coat with hood-weighs
ten or eleven pounds. about as much
as your spring suit and in 1t you
could sit comfortably on a block of
snow, with your back to the wind.
fishing through a hole in the ice. with
a temperature Of 80 degrees F.. as the
writer has repeatedly done, feeling
cold nowhere but on the face, the
only part of the body that must be
left uncovered. We found a deerskin
shirt with the hair turned In warmer.
lighter and more comfortable than a
wooden, and a cap unnecessary when
the hooded coat is worn. There was
not an item Of the arctic clothing that
was not advantageously replaced by
garments bought from the Eskimos.
No one wore garments Of European
on the Eskimo equivalent.-V. Stefans-
son In Harper's Magazine.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-02-14
W. Il, Patton.

Mr.. w. B. Patton is a well-known
metropolitan actor OF more than or
binary ability, and is exceptionally
clever i'll the character of Barry
Ware, the Slow Poke. The play is
high-class play OF western life, full
of heart interest. This, together with
the beautiful scenery and electrical
effects, make the Slow Poke an at
traction that local theatregoers can
not afford to miss. Mr.. Patton will
be seen in the role of Barry Ware,
the Slow Poke, a comedy creation
that is both attractive and original
and the leading critics. have pro-
nounced this one of the season s
best attractions. The Slow Poke
will be the offering at the opera
house Monday night, Feb. II.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-02-14
SPEAKING PLAINLY.
The Judges Request and tho Counssi'e
Prompt Response.

F'0'"PN H0SPo"Se.
A young and afterward distinguished
attorney from an up country district of
New York state was arguing his first
appeal In the old general term OF the
supreme court He had been In many
legal scrimmages in justices courts
at home, but had never stood in the
awesome presence of FIVE sedate and
learned judges of the supreme court
in general term assembled. His en-
barrassment was great He repeated
himself and misplaced his words SO
often that 1t was quite evident that he
must soon he routed by his own con-
fusion unless something should occur
to break the spell. Finally and just
AS he was tioundering the deepest in a
chaotic tumble of language and ideas
the presiding judge interrupted with
the following remark:
MIR. Smithers | believe it will be a
great relief to yourself and to the court
if you will address us in the same free
and informal way that you doubtless
use in addressing your local justice Of
the peace"
well. then" replied Smithers, II
wish that while l am busy alleviating
your honor's dense ignorance of the
law you would keep your COMPOUNDED
mouth Shut The court laughed
heartily and waved for him to proceed.
He grew eloquent and won his case in
the midst of hearty applause.-Bohe-
milan Magazine
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-02-14
Gard Of Thanks.

We wish to take this method OF
returning our sincere thanks to the
good people of Waxahachie for their
kind attention to our mother, Mrs.
Rebecca c. Butler, during her last
illness and death. Willing hands did
everything possible to alleviate her
suffering. All who contributed In
any way toward her comfort have
our HEARTFELT appreciation.
w. L. BUTLER and Bros.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-02-14
BRYAN IN MICHIGAN.
The Nebraskan Will Deliver Ad.
dresses at Hope College,

Detroit, Mich, Feb. 14.-Williani
Jennings Bryan will deliver an ad-
dress at Holland tonight and will
be the fourth presidential aspirant
to visit Michigan during the present
week. Leslie M. Shaw, Senator Phil
ander C. Knox and Secretary Taft
have preceded the Nebraskan in ap-
pealing to the voters of the state
Mr.. Bryan comes to Holland In
the Hope college lecture course, but
western Michigan democrats got to-
gether and arranged for big ban
quet, at which all the state powers
of the democracy will be assembled.
Daniel j. Campau, national commit
teeman from Michigan, will be
present and also Charles H. KIM
merle, candidate for governor in
1906.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-02-14
The Secret Of Content.

II men today actually possessed the
acres on which they toll. they would
be In no hurry to leave them: they
soil by the sense OF independence and
proprietorship. as Is the case among
the rural population Of France. who do
not rent but own the land.-W. J.
Dawson