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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-04
FOR SALE.

Two lots. 21z blocks south of State
House, six room house, good barn, fruit,
shade, well, cistern, gas, electric lights
in house and barn. Would sell lots with.
out buildings Cash or easy terms. 1858
Harrison st. Ind 1928. Bell ST.
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FOR RENT-10 acres. rich river bottom
land. close to city, good house and barn:
acres alfalfa. Globe Realty Co., S24
Kansas ave. Ind. Tel 1895.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-04
FOR SALE

On account OF leaving the city and en-
gaging in other business 1 will sell nv
residence at 1921 Topeka av. at a bargain
for cash. 1t has rooms. bath. gas and
electric lights. cistern and city water, and
all modern conveniences. barn with drive
and cement walks. 1 will sell also one
room house at 1914 N. Harrison st., els
tern and well water. gas heat and light,
barn. VIII arrange terms to suit purchaser
on this property
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-04

A HOME FOR you.
Owner says sell. new room house.
barn, located near washburn college.
s., 100; 500 cash, balance like rent.
THOMPSON & PAXTON.
1861 W. 9Th st. Ind. phone ma.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-04

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.
The State of Kansas, Shawnee County, S.
In the Probate Court of said County.
In the matter of the estate of Thomas
Mum. deceased, creditors and all other
persons interested in the aforesaid estate,
are hereby notified. that shall apply to
the probate court in and for said county,
sitting at the court house in the city OF
Topeka. Shawnee county. Kansas. on the
4th day of May. A. D. 1908, for a full and
final settlement of said estate
Dated March 18th. A. D. 1908
C. p BOLIVAR, Executor Of the last win
Of THOMAS MUM, Deceased
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-04

RENTAL LIST
Two 5-room houses. gas. East Side.
One Groom house. modern, West Side.
One 3-room house. gas. East Side.
Two living rooms between Sth and 9Th
on Kansas ave-. 5000.
Store room in basement between 18th and
9Th, on Kansas ave-. $780,
Two modern 7-room houses, West Side.
Several modern office rooms, for rent.
Between 9Th and Sth on Kansas ave.
One Broom house, gas, West Side
Three modern living rooms. close in.
East Side.
Flats 3 rooms en- suite. s. and $3.50.
Two large store rooms. S11.50 each.
Two modern offices between sth and 9th
on ansas ave-, SIG.
Two modern S-room houses West Side
Moliey TO loan on Real Estate: Collect
Rents. Fire and Tornado and Automobile
Insurance written lowest rates.
Call or inquire OF
w. c. STEPHENSON & CO.
Cos KANSAS AVENUE
COVER RIGBY's.)
Ind. Phone ga. Sell Phone 1A5o.
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PICTURE FRAMING.
FRAMING, regilding, mat making, mount
ing done by J. D. Sullivan, 122 w. Eighth
street Packing, shipping, etc.
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BUSINESS CHANCEA

FOR SALE.
An opportunity for some man to make
some good money and chance to build
up a large income with a small invest
ment. Call and see Dunlap Immediate
ly for particulars at 1o6 East 9Th.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-04

FOR SALE+Up-to-date new modern cot
tage; fine location. Phone 4043.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-04

MISCELLANEOUS
WILL M. RANDALL
FOR WINDOW SCREENS.
Ind. 1861. 1133 Kans. Ave- Bell 1866.
CARPET VIEWING: Rugs and carpets
SOCIALIST MEETING Sunday at .. m.
at Socialist headquarters, 40 Kansas ave.
FREE for week. can of res-O-Lac with
each $3.50 cash order of wall paper. G. E.
Lawson. 20S w. 7th st. Both ohones.
WALL PAPER 5 CENTS UP
WE CARRY A FULL STOCK. LET US
rH IA MAF BEII is IND. IA sf REb.
TRY our hot cocoa and chocolate, &c Der
cup. Delicious. refreshing Apex cafe.
rs e. sth St
BEFORE you build that new house, It
win pay yoa to see O. A. Bowersfield.
ty. Call ia E. lth st. Ind. phone 1855.
GENUINE American main .nr,ne. -,
American watches. 8. Freidberg. 5M K.A
r Your watch need. -ena,-;c- e,.;,,.- :.
to s. Freidburg. 5M Kansas s ave- Ue'ns Ana =
have It done right.
CLEANING AND REPAIRING WORKS
LADIES AND NPo aENrLEMEN.
This is the only dry cleaning house
in this city Ladies' and gentle
mems clothing cleaned like new.
Give us call.
PHONE 967.
500 Kansas Ave.
RoEDIGER & SON.
ROEDIGER & SON.
A. W. vOGEL, Successor
vyv~
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LOST AND FOUND.
LOST-Lady's watch and brooch. Reward
return City Hand laundry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-04
FOR SALE

FOR SALE
Lots on Bolles ave. and West, near 18th.
sidewalk, gas, city water. Very cheap.
8 choice lots 1O11 Morris ave.
2 shaded lots College ave. and 18th.
N lots Polk, near 9Th, good shade.
j. e. ToRRiNGToN, 100 w. Sixth st.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-04
NOTICE.

Thirst published in The Topeka State
Journal March IA, 1861
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-04

TRANSFER AND STORAGE
MERCHANTS TRANSFER & STORAGE
Co. packs, ships and stores household
goods. Tel 1856. Clarence Skinner, GIL
Quincy st.
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Published in The Topeka State Journal
April 4, 1851
OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF THE FL
NANCIAL CONDITION
of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-04

WANTED-Man, must be willing to learn
and capable of acting as our local rep
resentative. No canvassing or soliciting,
good income assured. Add National Co
Operative Realty Co.. dept. 726 c, Wash
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-04

81 invested in our coal mine today will
shortly be worth s.. Safety, immense
profits. Tunneled 15O0 feet through cox
ing COAL Only need tipple and washer,
$4,000 expended. Market for ten times
output, railroads. low capitalization. no
debts best bank references. Western
Coal & Coke Co, Minneapolis. Mimi
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-04

AGENT to handle Topeka Sell stock in
company now forming with fine pros
pects of 80 per cent dividends annually.
Entire control office and collections Ref
erences required. A. M. Moses, 109 Broyles
a.. Atlanta. Ga
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-04

FOR SALE-Rental property bringing
$3.50 month, good location, $1,000 If taken
soon, account leaving state. Call OF drop
card 800 Fillmore, and owner will call and
show property. or home phone 1748.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-04

FOR SALES room cottage, 8, 800; terms.
well coated lots, $780, well located
lots, $3.50. F. M. L.aycock, COS Kan. ave-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-04

TO WHOM TT MAY CONCERN.
I HEREBY refuse to stand good for the
payment of any bills contracted by my
wife, Angelina Beeson, from on and after
this date John Thornberg.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-04

WANTED-Young married man for SO
airy and commission; good opportunity;
promotion: for Atchison, Kan: Address
H. o. Maddox, Room 40. Columbian blos.'
Topeka, Kan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-04

BICYCLES-We have the best line OF
new and secondhand wheels in the city.
Call and zee them.
H NJ CROSS CYCLE CO., $40 Kan. Ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-04

MEN wanted to learn the barber trade
and the latest method used. tools fur
nished. positions secured. commission PAID
while learning. Call or write Topeka Bar
her college. so Kansas ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-04

CIVIL service employees are paid well for
easy work: examinations of all kinds
soon, expert advice, sample questions.
and booklet 213, describing positions
and telling easiest and quickest way to Sc
cure then free. Write now. Washing
ton Civil Service school. Washington. DC
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beauty and value of the gift which had been bestowed upon him." Many extracts of letters. from Colonel Burr and his wife and his daughter Theo- dosia, follow.
 TheOdosia was born June 23, 17S3, anad was the only living child of Col onel Burr and Mrs. Theodosia Pre- yost Burr. and to her education and the molding of her character Colonel Burr devoted his best efforts. The most graphic and interesting account of Theodosia's education from early childhood to young womanhood. even to within a year of her marriage, is found in her fathers letters. from which many extracts are given. These letters moreover reveal the better and tender side of Burr.
 The beautiful character of Theo- dosia. her wonderful charms, both in personal beauty and beauty of dis position, her winning manners. her fine education-at the tender age of ten she read Horace and Terence in the original, besides having consider able proficiency in Greek and French her mental gifts, are admirably set for by the author, whose work throughout in this interesting volume gives evidence of most painstaking, thorough and capable research, and a
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few people in the country to-day who can write better stories than MT Wood, and to have them thus collect ed together in book form and saved from the fugitism of periodical pub lication, will be regarded as a pub lie benefaction.
 Speaking of one of the tales in this book, the gruesome one, MT. Wood tells the following story which will strike a sympathetic thud in the hearts of most story writers.
 One of the stories in Folks Back Home is tragedy, the story called The Seventh Trumpet" When it first appeared a friend said to me: For Heavens sake, whatever pos sessed you to go and write a story like that l started to read it on my way to business, thinking I'd have some fun, such as you usually give one. and instead of that you just tore my heart in two. What did you go and kill those two little innocent children that way for? It just united me for bus mess all that day. Take it from me; it's great mistake to write a story like that. Always have it end up cheerful, old man. Don't ever make a break like that again
 l didn't see him for three years or so. Then, after the usual greetings, he broke out with: Say. When are you going to write another story like The Seventh Trumpet?' I'll never forget that story But he had for gotten all the ones that ended hap oily.
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place under his patronage, and Charles Henry Meltzer. the translator of the work, introduced if with a few remarks In Austria the author was awarded coveted prize for his "Hannele" and at a great reception at which one of the members of the inn perial family was present. Hauptmann was proclaimed "our next classic" lHauptmann himself in conversation with the translator made it clear that while he had no deliberately religious intention in writing his Dream Poem" he was sincerely prompted by the most reFerent motives. Though he did not say so, it is more than probable that in his subject he saw first above all, an opportunity for the creation of an unusual and impressive drama. affording scope for his mar vellous power of psychology and phy- siological analysis. The realism of the play is no less extraordinary than the apparent mysticism: and by scientific men with no pretention to piety, it has been proclaimed mas terpiece of scientific observation and analysis-granting the existence of such a girl, in such position in life. The general effect which the book and the play nave upon one, is to pro duce a deep pity for the suffering and the weak. and especially of such poor little souls as Hannele. waif
 suffer little children to come unto me. and forbid them not for of such is the kingdom of heaven"
 So says the Stranger Ca child's vis- ion of the Schoolmaster), in the sec ond part of the play. in whom some have professed to see the suggestion of the Savior.
 Hauptmann has always lived very close to nature His home was long in the Silesian woods and mountains where most of his few neighbors were simple. primitive folk, to whom
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man of affairs. a man who has held high official position at Washington. man of bri .ant gifts and fine record. The society life pictures are mirrored to life though two profuse and the author shows keen knowledge of the springs and motives of the hu- man heart in love affairs as the var ious characters act atd move upon the scenes.
 Politics, of course, has much to do with the development of the romance. since the chief hero of the latter is caught in the dilemma between doing his duty, which will ruin his public life. and the pursuit of his love and his political ambitions. which win brand him as man without honor.
 The cabinet minister's wife does not survive her divorce long enough for her to marry her old lover. and he is free to marry Rose-just in time. too. to prevent her from becoming an op-
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THE BARRIER" By Rex Beach
 Harper X Bros, New York. st.50, at
 Judds.
 A book of thrilling interest. worthy of the author of The Spoilers" One feels the breath of the far northwest. the spirit of the times in Alaska when lawlessness in the mining regions of that section had begun to sit up and take notice that law in the shape of T.. S army men had begun to take a hand in affairs there. Picturesaue. pathetic, powerfully drawn, is the typical grizzlcd trader who treats all with even handed justice, but who has past. Buried in his heart is the picture of the woman he loved in his youth, whom he staked all for and lost a beautiful, lovable, innocent. trustful girl from the north. whom fate had called to tho mining regions in the states and who was won hy a scoundrel, gambler. gilded saloon keeper, and desperado. who toyed with her and tired of her and broke her heart. She died a tragic death leaving a child who grew up to be the heroine of this story, brought up and tenderly reared by the grim, moody trader. who loved and lost her mother Necia. the daughter grew Hp believing herself to be the daughter of the grim trader and the faithful Indian woman Alluna. whom the trader had bought from her parents when she was young, 1.-the and hand some, and who had borne him several children Necia meets and is pas sionately loved at once by Lieutenant Burren. |. S A, stalwart, fear le-s kentuckian, high bred, and Necia
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visions and miracles were as real as they are to this day to the peasants of Brittany MT. Meltzer tells of a visit to Madame Sarah Bernhardt in Brit tany, near the sea coast. where they met one of the inhabitants, an old landowner. He was one of the good old type with whom it does one good to come in contact Accordingly Mad
 anne Bernhardt greeted him and asked him What progress?'' In reply, he tread as one would in mounting stairs, saying, "It is long journey; there are many stops more" It was the vision of a Jacobs ladder, which proved so realistic to the back coun- tryman, that he believed others saw it as he did. It was among such peo-
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era singer in order to reeoup her fathers fortunes. Miss Taylor gives us vivid glimpses of the inner politi- cal circles. of the wheels within wheels, and the bitter personal rival rics that frequently have an altogether disproportionate effect upon vital po- litical issues.
 As we have already said this book strikes a deeper note than the author achieved in her former books, excel lent as they are. and she gives evil dence that in her chosen field she has richer success in store for her Let us expect that in her future work her touch will be more sure. more real. Her new book is alive with charac- teristic types, but needs just the quickening that will make them ap- pear as vivid realities less than as fig ures in a play. Many will experience disappointment at the sad luck of the noble young artist, brilliant. chivalric, worthy of being a winner instead of a loser in love-
 Mary lluidH 1dAlOT NdS DOiH III Washington. D. C.. where she was cd ucated entirely at home under pri- Vate tutors, and at an early age be- gan writing both poetry and prose to the entertainment of her family. Her special studies were always his tory and literature, so it was natural that her first writings to appear in print should be colored with historical romance. Her first novel. "On the Red Staircase" was followed by other romances, including >"The Cardinals Musketeer," "The Cobbler of Mines, Anne Scarlctt," Little Mistress of Good Hope The Rebellion of the Princess, and My Lady Clancarty, and The Impersonator" The latter attracted widespread attention, Lillian Whiting pronouncing it not only a most absorbing story, but the rank ing novel of those whose scenes are laid in Washington.
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FOLKS BACK AT HOME" By Eugene
 Wood. The Mcclure company, New
 York city. sl.5o, at Judds
 series or chain rather of stories about everyday village folk. out in an Ohio region whose joys, woes sen- sations, gossip and domestic life gen erally are brought out in very read able fashion and will strike the read er az being pictures true to life, so well are they drawn. At the books opening enc is rccaled with charm ins love story wherein the pretty vil- lage school teacher. after weary and vain waiting for a letter from the man she loved and had loved even from the days of their boy and girl the high school master, worthy, genteel dry-at-dust, only to run up against the next day go ahead, mas terful, prosperous railroad builder who has come to push ahead the work of building the new railroad to Minuea, and whom she with faint heart recognizes as the man she really loved and hadn't heard from. She hears from him in an energetic and most satisfactory manner the next ev- ening and the mother, who steps into the room bringing the pumpkin pie that the contractors mouth was watering for, nearly drops the pie at heholding her pradish but very winsome daugh- ter in the very act of being kissed by the bold. prcsumptuous but masterful lover who has already with his usual absence of dillv-dallying, won the maiden and captured her, there being no doubt in her mind this time,
 Then there is tho story of the rich but fickle village beauty's elopement with a prize young man of the place after she had just shortly before promised to wed the elderly bank cashier, but he had found on her go- ing to a dance at a nearby village festival deeming dancing improper; and how the village magnate, father of the girl. wired to her all forgiven return and have wedding at home. and how the fickle judge changed her mind when she got back and resumed her engagement with the prosperous bank cashier all in one short but eventful day.
 How the matured forty year old bachelor Augustus, tied all his life to his mothers apron strings. breaks loose like a young colt when his mother goes away on a visit and is cleverly trapped by a blooming widow into we1lock, though he had started out in his buggy with a marriage li- cense in his pocket to wed her daugh- ter Carrie, is another of the amusing and very cleverly told yarns in this collection Get the book It will fill in the leisure moments very satis- factorilv. Mir. Woods new book re- veals in him, not only qualities of hu- nor with which we are already fa- miliar in his work but admirable qualities of the storytelling art. It may be said. in fact. that there are
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"HAIPTMANS IANNEIE, English
 version. By Charles Henry Meltzer.
 Published by Doubleday. Page X O..
 New York.
 Although nothing perhaps ever written within the last three hundred years with a view to the stage has touched more reverently on the mys- teries of life and death, "Hannele,' at the time of its first appearance in Europe, aroused much heated eontro- versy, anticipating our own Commo- dore Elbridge Gerry by denouncing 1t as blasphemous. How erroneous the "blasphemy" charge was may be seen from the fact that in Catholic Austria the play was produced with the approval of the kaiser himself a devoted Catholic, and of the Catholic hierarchy without whose consent 1t would have been impossible to put on the boards. In Protestant Germany after Kaiser Wilhelm had ordered a special report made to him privately "Hennele" was welcomed as the be- ginning of a school of Christian drama" Nor was it until 1895, (dur- ing Hauptmann's visit to Americal, that an open and violent effort was made to suppress the work before its production on the stage in free America" Battles were fought at the time for and against, in the New York papers, and Hauptmann, the great author was dragged before the Tammany mayor at the New York city hall, with the managers who were 1 to produce the play at the Fifth Ave nue theater, to defend the work
 Through the influence of Mir. Gerry the little actress, Miss Pierce, who wste to have appeared in the title rols.. was forbidden on the technical plea that she was under sixteen years of age, She was shortly afterward re- placed, however by Anna Blancke. who did admirably, and not only 1 Hauptmann. but also Mir MeltZer | Translator of the work and the man gers of the Fifth Avenue theater were threatened with imprisonment Orders were given by the district attorney to Inspector Byrnes to arrest the four if ] 1 difficult was turned by complete per i formance on the eve of the first night to which all prominent literary eccle- siastical people, etc, were invited, and | the result--a complete artistic tri- 1 umph. Next morning most of the New York papers ridiculed the bias | phemy" suggestion, and the regular | performances of "Hannele' were per mitted to take place. If any other evidence of the reverent character of the work had been needed, it would have been supplied.
 Some years after the tumult had died away, no less a parsonage than Cardinal Gibbons confused the Ire | formers" hy not only authorizing a reading of the work for the benefit of Catholic institution in Baltimore, but hy also promising to attend the reading himself A domestic hereave- ment at the last moment prevented his attending, but the reading took
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pie as this visionary that Gerhart Hauptmann, the author of "Hannele," lived. Since the appearance of his "Sunken Bell" Hauptmann seems to nave been passing through strange in- tellectual phases. Always an intro- spective man, he has in some of his recent works been so subjective" that he has at times lost his popular appeal. From time to time, however. he has put aside sclf-analysis in his dramas and produced plays with the wonderful strength and objective in- terest of his earlier works among which are Der Arme Heinrick," his Rosa Bernd,' and his "Elga" Those who has been admitted to his inti- macy know him as a man careless, to an almost humorous extent, of the material facts of life, with a perfect horror of the everyday commonplaces. Once in speaking to Mir. Metzer as he strayed trather than walked) down Broadway, he sad In many ways I am not unlike child. If I saw cake in a bakers window, which was denied to me, in some moods I might be capable of doing an injury to my self" This childlke nature made him, of all men, best fitted to deal with the mysteries of child nature. How beautiful he has shown his sym pathy for an understanding of a childs soul, may be seen from Han nele.'
 The first adequate English version of "Hannele" rendered by Charles Henry Meltzer has just been publish ed by Doubleday, Page & Company