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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-23
About New Books and Authors

The new Senator Stewart book is
out fresh from the press of the Neale
Publishing company of Washington.
Senator Stewards "reminiscences at
tracted a great deal of attention when
they appeared serially in one of the
magazines and the book will therefore
be welcomed by those who are inter-
ested in the national events with
which the Nevada senator was for
many years intimately connected.
Senator Stewards life has Deen one
of adventure. of danger and color and
dash; he has lived among frontiers
men, Indians, ranchmen, miners
judges, statesmen; he has helped to
build great western state; he has
made laws, interpreted them enforced
and lost dozen fortunes: he made
100000 in fees in the famous Com
stock litigation; he was offered a place
on the bench of the supreme court of
the United States, an honor that he
declined; he sat in the senate for twen-
ty-nine years; friend of Lincoln-s, d
force in the great war senate, a leader
among his colleagues throughout his
public service, and now, at eighty
three years of age, from the rich and
varied storehouse of his memory, he
writes the story of his life.
He was the last man to call upou
Mr.. Lincoln, and to him the president
addressed. the last lines he ever pen
n6Q, d llll4S HOle written before ne LETT
the White House for Ford's theater
Stewart was one of the three men who
aroused Vice President johnson from
a drunken sleep, and made him fit tc
take the oath of office as president Of
the United States-and all this in the
gray of an April mornin~ while
Abraham Lincoln lay dead a few
blocks away, A devoted friend of the
south. Stewart defeated the Force bill
and he now tells how he did it; hi
wrote the Fifteenth amendment to the
constitution OF the United States, ant
now he tells the story OF its inception
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it?"
"of course, and it will hurt like
blazes.''
"And you won't stay and go with
me?"
"I'd like to see myself!''
"But may I telephone you about
noon?"
mo, ma'am, you mayn't. If the
dentist pulls your head off 1 shall find
it out when I get home, and that will
be time enough. No woman that for
gets her rubbers when it's raining
If you are crying around this evening
don't expect me to put myself out in
cats and dogs deserves any sympathy.
the least. Forgot your rubbers!
Humps!
With that he was gone and I took
my sorrowfu1 way to the dentist. He
found a cavity and had 1t plugged
with cotton batting in ten minutes and
the ache soon disappeared. When Mr..
Bowser came home at night I had
quite recovered my spirits. I started
to tell him all about the cure. but he
waved his hand and interrupted:
81 don't want to hear about it. 1t
won't be over a week before you will
be sitting on chunk of ice or doing
some other silly thing and have to go
through with it again. A man learns
| by experience; a woman must have
her neck broken to get any sense into
| her head"
| Mr.. Bowser's words may look
brutal in cold print, but I knew thai
! he didn't really mean them that way
| I didn't hope for revenge, but it came
| to me just the same, and only a night
or two later. He had been out fussine
with the drain in the back yard and
! got his feet damp. Two hours later
as we sat reading, he gave sudden
start and carried his hand to his jaw
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-23

1.-The Girl and the Game and Other
College Stories" by Jesse Lynch Will
liams, has been published by Charles
Scribner's sons The book consists of
lively. vivid and interesting stories of
college life told by one who has been
an undergraduate himself and has a
sympathetic understanding Of the
students view Of things in general. A
distinctive feature of the book, which
gives it quite a new character among
the fiction of the college. is the "eight
talks with a kid brother'"-genial
elder brotherIy advice and counsel OF
a graduate of ten years standing to
an undergrad. Mr.. Williams Is well
known as the author of princeton
Stories" the best book of college stor-
les ever written, and his new book
will be eagerly awaited by all who
have read his other stories. Some OF
the stories in the Girl and the Game
are 1.-THE Girl and the Game"-"Red-
dy Armstrong; Observation-Disclosures
the Old Graduate Learned"-"Talks
with Kid Brother" etc.
1.-The Book of Fish and Fishing: 9
| complete compendium Of practical ad
vice to guide those who angle for al
fishes in fresh and salt water, by Loui:
Rhead, will be published by Charlie.
| Scribner's Sons early in June.
/ This book is on a different plan from
any previous publication Of a similar
kind. It's size is convenient, 4x7 inches
so that it can be easily carried in tn,
pocket. 1t is abundantly Illustrated
| the authors drawings being Of a yer.
practical kind, showing many of tn,
devices described in the book More
over. the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries ha
| given the first privilege to reproduc,
in this book forty-eight of it's splend.
fish drawings. which represent mos
accurately all the characteristics o
each species mentioned. The text O
tho book is vary compact and arrange,
for easy reference. It II = compIet
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MRS. BOWSER RELATES.
She Tells of Couple of Cases of
Toothache.

had been suffering with tooth
ache for couple of days before Mr..
Bowser became aware of the fact.
Knowing how he would perform
did my best to conceal the matter, but
after having suffered such pain all
night that 7 could not close my eyes
in sleep 1 had to tell him that must
pay q visit to the dentist.
"Oh, you must go to the dentist,
eh ?" he queried. Been out wading
in a mud-puddle in your bare feet!
Well, what did you eXpect?'
"You know I have done nothing
of the kind, Mr.. Bowser. In going
to the butcher shop the other day
forgot my rubbers, and probably got
my feet little damp"
"A little damp! You probably got
'em soaking wet! That's like
woman-to forget her rubbers and go
strolling about in a spring shower
BY thunder, Mrs. Bowser, but how
you have managed to live as long as
you have beats me-"
"But isn't everybody liable to have
toothache?" asked.
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eff you had had your rubbers on, you
see-but you didn't have. You Just
went sloshing out there and never
thought of them. If you live until
morning ann,Ii1.g you will have to go to the
"But I'll live. won't TT he asked in
pitiful voice.
Possibly. but when the toothacne
seizes a man like you that's never had
it before it goes hard with him. Have
you anything On your conscience that
you wish to confess, Mr.. Bowser?
Confession be hanged" he roared,
as he drew UP his legs. MRS. Bowser,
can you stand by and see me suffer the
way I do and not move a nnger?"
you'll have to do as 1 did. dear.
Let me see your TOOTH
''Never! Never in this world!''
well, you'll have to stand It some
way until morning. think it's an old
root and will have to be dug out but
the digging down into your jaw won't
| hurt much. Even IL it hurts ever so
bad you won't bother me about it.
have my own work to do, and can't
| bother with a hus band careless enousi1
| to leave his rubbers behind"
From thence until bedtime Mr.. Bow
ser groaned.
Now and then he cursed
Once I caught him repeating some
thing like the Lords Prayer.
| Once also, the Jumps left him for
1
ming to get chesty when they came
back and almost twisted his face
around to the back of his neck.
| Not wink did either one of us sleep
that night. Nothing could try had
any beneficial effect When morning
| came at last I suggested a call upon
| the dentist without loss Of time, but
+, Mr.. Bowser groaned out: sf7
Never! II am to die twill be right
| hereP' 81 vra1rrsr. ~
| Two hours later he said he would &c
| if would go with him, but 1t was two
more before got him out OF the house
Then he wanted to walk around the
block and to go back home and wait ar
| week. If gang Of boys hadn't follow
ed us. grinning and chuckling, he would
surely have got away from me. He
was finally landed in the dentists
chair. and by my holding both hii
hands and calling him honey and deal
he was induced to open his mouth. Tit
| dentist said 1t was mere nothing, ant
then seized a double-tooth in his for
ceps and yanked it out. Mr.. Bowseri
yells continued for three minutes ant
then died away, and in ten we wer,
homeward bound. He was quiet ant
humble until we entered the house
and then he turned to me with:
4 Mrs. Bowser. let this be an objec
lesson to you.''
What do you mean?"
why. If ever you have the toothach
again don't suffer minute. Walk RICH
to dentist and have 1t out and owe
with and without any fuss. as didr"-
copyrighted, 1903, by T. c. Mcclure.
|
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and of Grants interest in It.

and of Grants interest in It,
He tells, too, how Charles Sumner
was dismissed in disgrace from the
craftsmanship of an important senate
committee, and of the plan proposed to
reconcile the veterans of Lee and
Grant" no less plan than to unite
them in an invasion against Canada, to
be revenged upon Great Britain. IAN
hereditary enemy"
And then, there is the story of how
Mark Twain. then the senator's private
secretary, wrote THE Innocents
good story. the senator's Mark Twain
story, and leaves nothing to be said
unless the author of 1.-THE Innocents
Abroad" desires to say something
The candor with which the senator
writes of Mark Twain is characteristic
of his book. He seems to be entirely
honest. He is telling a story of promi-
nent men, many of whom are dead
now, but he is not inundated One
may be shocked to learn some of these
Things, but one admires man VINO can
discard all traditional-and historical
whitewash, and be honest with himself
and his public
The book is beautifully made, well
bound In buckram and sells at, So
After nearly year in temporary
quarters The Macmillan company has
JuSt iCtulA Su 10 us enlarged and re-
modelled building at $3.50 Fifth avenue
New York. The additions have more
| than doubled the floor space of the ole
building, and the company now occu.
pies what is probably the largest and
most thoroughly equipped building il
America devoted exclusively to gen
| eral book publishing business. n,
American firm has maintained higheI
| standards than The Macmillan Com
pany, and its success has been cIosel,
pound up with the development o
American literature in the last genera
ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-23

mo, ma'am, everybody isn't. For
instance, I never had it in my whole
life. Only people without brains
enough to take care of themselves
have those ailments. Well don't look
for any sympathy from me. On the
contrary. hope the dentist will gouge
and file and probe and hurt as much
as he can. No use crying about it,
but get on your hat and go through
with it.
"Do you think he'll have to pull
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-23

A single motor-driven police patrol
wagon serves Hartford, Conn.,, whereas
four horse-drawn ones were needed be-
fore it was purchased by the city.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-23

anglers cyclopedia as to the methods
of capture Of all kinds Of fresh and
salt water fish that are angled for with
rod and line. It gives full account
Of the best artificial lures. files and
tackle. There are maps showing the
distribution Of the various fish, and
charts showing at a glance how, when
and where to get the fish, with COM
plete list Of places in the United States
and Canada. It is written for the vast
army of both fresh and salt water
anglers; it is interesting to the veteran
who does know and informing to the
tyro who does not know. Mr.. Rhead
is editor of THE Bases and brook
Trout" and author of 'Bait Angling for
Common Fishes"
Little, Brown & Company have just
published an exceptionally strong and
vigorous novel, entitled 1.-The Heart of
the Red Frs by Ada Woodruff An
derson. 1.-THE Red Firs" of the story
is the Puget Sound country, a region
Gently known to civilization. Large
tracts Of wooded ranges are still wild
and trackless, and Mrs. Anderson's
story deals with settlement Of a
homestead claim in one Of the forests
in the ueighborhod of Mt. Rainier.
Meredith Nicholson, the author of
The House of a Thousand Candles, is
announced as a candidate for state
senator in Indiana. Like Booth Tark-
| ington, Winston Churchill and Owen
| wister, Mr.. Nicholson has political
aspirations He is an out-and-out
Democrat and Bryan man.
/; The June Century wifi publish a
novel feature in the text Of the three
great songs of Yale. Harvard and
Princeton In the SOS, set in. eight
pages OF whimsically clever drawings
nv J0hn Volcott Adams.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-23

There are people who watch for the
new E. Phillips Oppenhe1m novels as
anxiously as they do for a popular
serial in the magazines. Therefore
been published by Little Brown & Co.,
has considerable interest.
The theme is based on the efforts OF
a young Englishman to shield mys-
FERROUS girl from suspicion Of a muir
der, in which she is apparently I'M
plicated, and the endeavors OF some
half a dozen individuals who are seek
ing, for various reasons, the solution
of the mystery. Political fntrigues,
private revenges, and personal am
bition, form an intricate tangle or
affairs. which, with exceeding cum
ming, the author gradually straightens
out, giving the reader an abundance
Of entertainment in the process. 1.-THE
Avenger" is worthy successor of
.The Great Secret" "a Lost Leader
.sThe MaIefactor," and the other pop
ular novels that have placed Mr.. OPP
penheim sat the head Of entertaining
writer's to quote one critic.
The author of 1.-THE Post-Girl," re-
Gently published by the Century COM
pany, Edward c. Booth, is native of
Yorkshire where the scenes of his
book are laid; and musician and
composer, as Is the hero of his ro-
nance. The POST GIFTS lover, now
ever, Is a pianist and maker of con-
certos. while Mr.. Booth composes
songs and music for strings, having
been forced to give up his work on
the yioloncello, after years of study,
because of an injury to his right hand.
| The story of how Buffalo Jones OF
kansas lassees mountain lions appears
| in the June number of Everybody S
from the pen OF DR.. Lane Gray. who
was In Topeka with Mr. Jones on his
] way to the Wild OF New Mexico.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-04-23
CATHOLIC CENTENNIAL.

Philadelphia. April 23.-lPhiladel-
phila's Catholic centennial celebra-
ton which has been in progress here
since Sunday and whihc has attract
ed prominent prelates and noted
Catholic laymen in all walks OF I.fe
from every part OF the country, was
marked today by children's faatl-
val. Thousands of parish school pu-
pills participated in the days exer-
cises at the cathedral, at which
Archbishop Ryan presided.
The principal event OF the week
will be tomorrow nights public
meeting at the Academy OF Music
at which addresses will be made by
The Right Rev. Mgr. Loughlln, the
Right Rev Mgr. Turner, Archbishop
Ryan. j. Washington Loguse. Gen
eral Russell Thayer and other well
known speakers
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-04-23

WEDDINGS

Princeton, w. Va. April 2S.-on
"Wednesday morning at 5 o'clock. at
the home OF Mrs. Victoria sutton on
Main street. a quiet but pretty we'd
ding was contaminated. in which
Miss Woodleigh W. Sutton became
the wife OF Mr.. John w. Brown. of
this place. hev. ID. T. Hurley. of the
Methodist church. officiating, only
the immediate families OF the con
tracing parties being present. The
bride wore handsome travelling
suit OF Copenhagen blue broadcloth.
The groom wore the conventional
black. Immediately after the cere-
mony Mr.. and Mrs. Brown left for
Cincinnati and other western cities.
whore they will spend the honey
moon. after which they will return
TO make their home in Princeton.
The attractive bride Is the youngest
daughter OF Mrs. Victoria sutton and
the late Rev. Philip sutton, a sister
OF A. NJ. sutton. prosecuting attor-
ney for this county. and is one OF
Princeton's most charming and pop
ular young ladies. Mr.. Brown Is the
son of MIR. w. A. Brown. and Is one
OF the most successful business men
OF this place. The young couple
have the best wishes OF their many
friends for long and happy life to-
gether.
Mr.. J. G. Snidow left Sunday for
Charleston. where. on "Wednesday.
he was married to Miss Lillian Rob
ertson, Rev. Robinson. OF the NJ. II.
church. South, performing the cere-
mony. After visit to several west
ern cities, they will be at home i'm
Princeton.
MIR. Snidow is the manager of the
Princeton Power company and Is de-
servedly popular among large cir
Gle OF friends.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-04-23
SHOT BROTH
ER-|N-LAW
GEORGE OWENS KILLED BY
THOMAS BLEVINS IN SMITH
COUNTY,

Bristol. Tenn, April 2S.-A spe-
cial from Chilhowie. Va. last night
states that Thomas Blevins shot and
killed George Owens, near the lat
ter's home on st. Clair Creek. I'm
Smyth county. Blevins demanded
thirty-five cents which was due him
from Owens. After Owens had paid
the debt and turned to leave. Blev-
ins, 1t is said. shot him in the back,
and he fell dead on the spot. Blevins
Is under arrest.
The two men were brothers-in-
law.
The origin OF the debt in dispute
could not be ascertained.
Blevins was placed under arrest
Immediately after the shooting. He
will be given a preliminary hearing
today.
II is said that the feud between
the two men is OF long standing.
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Says SCHERR AND
SW|SHER BOTH ARE
TO Be DUMPED
PHYSICAL CLASH BETWEEN
DAWSON AND SECRETARY OF
STATE DESCRIBED. f.

Charleston, April 23.-There was
good deal OF merriment at the
state house yesterday over the story
In Sundays Register which fore
casted big doings among the powers
that be in regard to the guberna-
torial race. According to the polit-
ical prognosticator both Scherr and
Swisher. who are now struggling.
neck and neck. in the race. are TO be
dumped by the bosses, namely Sena-
tors Scott and Elkins and Governor
Dawson. and that third man. built
after their own hearts. is to be NOM
mated and possibly elected. IL is
possible. so the story goes. that the
selection will be made from Hon.
Elliot Northcott. OF Huntington.
Hon. John w. Mason, of Fairmont.
and Judge Hunter Moss, OF Parkers-
burg
Both Swisher and Scherr read the
story. re-read 1t TO be sure they were
not dreaming. and then tainted
not into each others arms, however.
When they came to they read Il
again and decided to call It a Joke
and since that decision there has
been no end to the merriment at the
state house. Swisher said he was
In the race to stay and Scherr ex-
claimed: IF any dark horse beats
me he will have to do some tall run
ming for l am in this race to win
and | am already on the home
stretch"
IL Is probably a good thing that
the governor was not in the city for
one paragraph describes a two-round
affair between the secretary OF state
and the chief executive. in which
Dawson said some plain things to
Swisher. whereupon Swisher I'm his
wrath swung at the governors head
the governor ducking and escaping
into his private office.
1t was said that some enterprising
newspaper man from Charleston
sent the facts to the Register and the
desk man there, In need OF copy.
bundled them together and put all
his head lines over them.
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the date OF the examination.
This examination is open to all
citizens of the United States who
comply with the requirements.
For application form 1871 and
instructions to applicants" address
the secretary OF the board OF ex-
aminers at the place OF examination,
or the undersigned.
This announcement and the
pamphlet instructions to applicants
contain all information which is
communicated to applicants regard
ing the scope OF the examination. the
vacancy or vacancies to be Allied. and
the qualifications required.
No application will be accepted
unless properly executed and filed
with the undersigned prior to the
hour of closing business on May s
1908.
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Choral Society Meeting.

The members of the Bluefield
Choral Society, together with any
other who may be interested in the
musical welfare Of the city. are re-
quested to meet at the Bland street
Methodist church Thursday evening.
April 23rd at O'clock.
The purpose Of this meeting Is to
reorganize the Bluefield Choral So
ciety and to decide upon a suitable
director. BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
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n sszS1aN0itoIkGWeStpIT
MARCH, Do 1One


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Norfolk and all points on the Shen-
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1910 a. m ior Roanoke. Rich
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Leave Blueeld 1920 p. m. for Ken
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leave 1925 a. m. and 2:25 p. m.
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Leave G:15 a. M for Kenova and
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Call on agent Norfolk and West
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additional information
w. p. BEVILL, G. p. A.,
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Every man to his trade" is an
old adage and is familiar TO nsarly
all OF us. 1t Is brief I'm its wording
but conveys a great deal In its mean
ing. IL is merely n terse way of
saying that man who makes n spe-
cialty OF any one thing knows more
about. and is more proficient in his
particular speciality than any one
else could be. 1t is for this reason
that we all seek a specialist when
we have any serious physical all
ment. II Is for the same reason that
The Rydale Remedy Co. went to one
of the best specialists in the United
states on liver and intestinal trou-
bles, professor in a Columbus. O..
Medical College. and secured from
him a prescription from which Ry-
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This specialist knew more about liv-
or troubles than n doctor who treats
all diseases, and that is why Ry-
dale's Liver Tablets relieve and cure
more quickly all liver troubles than
the ordinary liver pills and pow
ders.
so tablets in a metal box. 25
cents. For sale by the White Phar-
macy.
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state OF ohio. City OF Toledo,
Lucas County. Ia,


Frank j. Cheney makes oath that
he is senior partner OF the firm of
f. j. Cheney & Co.. doing business
In the city OF Toledo. county and
state aforesaid, and that said firm
will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS for each and every case OF
Catarrh that cannot be cured by the
use of Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and sub
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OF December, A. ID. 1886.
A. w. GLEASON,
(SeaD Notary Public.
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