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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-10
Si~n of the Cross

The Russian is crossing himself all
day long. When he first comes forth
in the open air in the morning, if no
church be in sight from his own door,
he listens for the first sound of some
bell, then, turning toward it, crosses
himself with great fervro, to insure
blessing on the undertakings of the
day. He crosses himself before and
after each meal. When you make a
bargain with him he crosses himself
that it may prosper. When the peas
ant who is to drive you takes the reins
in his hands, he crosses himself to
keep away from accidents, and every
Steeple he passes gets the same mark
of respect Sometimes the edifice thus
saluted is so far off that the stranger
wonders at the QuickneSS shown in dis
covering it, and is often at loss to
discern the distant hamlet where it
stands.
In like manner the person sitting
beside you in any public conveyance
crosses himself every time you start
with new horses. If you give child
a piece of money. its little hand is up
in a moment to make the sign of the
cross, by way of blessing and thanking
you. No Russian ever passes church
without pausing when he comes OppO-
site the center to make the sign of the
cross. 1t is not alone the grave and
aged who pause at these places, but
also the giddy and young. You have
just seen some grayhaired general do
it; but wait one minute-a laughing
band of youngsters are coming up.
Now they are opposite the church or
the shrine-their mirth and their talk
have ceased-each crosses himself de-
voutiy-utters a prayer or two-you
see the lips moving-and then they
pass on, the laugh and jest being re-
sumed only when they are some way
off.
So far is this crossing custom car
ried that when a Russian enters your
room he cannot say "~ood morning
till he has crossed himself at the Sa-
vior's picture. A man in any public
way. such as an innkeeper. must al
ways have a picture hung in his own
apartment in addition to that in the
public room, to which each Russian
turns Before he sits down to eat
From Excursions in the Interior of
Russia
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-10
GROWS COTTON IN YARD.
ID. Ill. Mosbarger Has Stalks Six Feet
High at 222 Polk.

d. H. Mosbarger brought three stalks
of cotton to the State Journal office which
indicates that the plant will not only
grow in this part of the country but will
mature before the frost kills it, The plants
were from seed planted in the back yard
of the Mosbarger home, Do Polk street
by Mrs. Mosbarger on the Goth day of
June.
The plants were six feet in height and
each of them bore about % cotton balls, a
number of which had matured although
the seed was planted late in the season.
The stalks of the plants were almost an
inch in diameter and the cotton balls
of unusual size and almost ripe, several
of them having broken open exposing the
soft white cotton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-10

Having been knocked on load OF
hay by a collision with passing au-
tomobile Samuel Griner, a Ewing
township farmer, refused to allow
himself to be taken to a hospital in
the new automobile ambulance with
which the Trenton police department
has recently been equipped Griner' S
fall brought on a hemorrhage OF the
lungs, but when the auto ambulance
arrived on the scene he refused to
get into It, saying he had had enough
experience with such pesky things and
preferred to ride in a horse-drawn We
hicle. He was dated--Tren-
ton dispatch to Philadelphia Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-10
DEATHS AND.FUNERALS

Charles Volkert died Friday after
noon at 5 o'clock at his home in Sea-
brook. Rev. P. b. Lee will deliver the
funeral sermon at the Seabrook church
Sunday afternoon at 2 O'Clock. Inter
ment in the Topeka cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-10

Agricultural Implements.
Warner & Potter. O. c,n,y 70
The Western Vehicle & supply IT,
Art Goods, Etc.
]. D. Sullivan.
Artists Materials, Etc.
The X Jones Paint Co.
The 4 B. Whiting Paint & Glass Co.
p;.vc,es Motor Cycles, Supplies. Etc.
THE Central Cycle & Supply co.
Blank Books, Supplies, Etc.
Crane & Co.
Books. Stationery, Etc.
The Fair.
Crane & co.
Brick.
<lemly Lumber Co.
The Star Lumber Co.
Carpets, Rugs. Etc.
Cash Mercantile Co
The Crosby Bros. Co.
The Emahizer-s pielman Furniture Co.
E w Hughes.
The Mills Dry Goods. co.
w H. Rutter.
The Zanditon Co.
Carriages. Wagons, Etc.
Warner & Potter.
The Western Vehicle & Supply Co.
China, Glassware, Etc.
The Crockett Mercantile Co.
The Crosby Bros. Co.
The Warren NJ. Crosby Co.
The EN- ahizer-Spielman Furniture Co.
Charles Mcclintock.
The New Era department store.
Paxton & Paxton.
The Zanditon Co.
Clothing, Furnishings. Etc. (Exclu-
sively.)
August Clothing Co.
Felix & Sons.
Globe Clothing Co.
Heron & Middaugh.
The Palace Clothing Co.
| Robinson, Marshall & Co.
| A Samuel.
Clothing. Furnishings, Etc. Qn Stock)
The New Era Department Store.
| Paxton & Paxton
The Zanditon Co
| Coffees, Teas, Etc.
| Charles McClintock.
| Morns & Myers.
Dentistry
| Lux & Lux.
Drugs and Sundries.
| Campbell Drug Co.
| C. W. Stansfield.
L; t. Price Successor to L. s. woolver-
toni.
Dry Goods. Silks. Etc.
| Cash Mercantile Co.
| The Crockett Mercantile Co.
| Tne Crosby Bros Co.
| The Warren M. Crosby Co.
4 The Mills Dry Goods Co.
| The New Era Department Store.
| paxton & Paxton
| The Zandition Co.
Dynamos and Motors.
| Machinists Electric Co.
| Electric Lamps.
| The Eagle Electric Co.
| James B. Hayden.
Electrical Supplies.
| The Eagle Electric Co.
Findings and Shoe Store Supplies.
| o. Krauss & Sons.
Flowers, Floral Decorations, Etc.
| Hollcraft, Florist.
| Mrs Lords Flower Room.
Furniture. House Furnishings, Etc
| THE Crosby Bros. Co.
| The neutrality-suspicious. Furniture Co.
| F. w Hughes
/ w H. Rutter.
Gas Fixtures and Supplies.
| d. H. Forbes.
! Gasoline Lamps.
| Topeka Supply House.
| Glass. Window and Plate
The A. 3. Whiting Paint & Glass Co.
Groceries and Pure Foods.
| Fraser Bros.
| Morns G. Myers.
Hardware. Tinware, Etc.
The Coughlin Hardware Co.
| w E. Culver
| D. II. Forbes.
| The western Vehicle Supply Co.
Harness and Saddlery.
! Warner & Potter
The western Vehicle & Supply Co.
! oscar C. Woolverton.
O. F. worley.
G. A. Wolf
Jewelry, Diamonds, Watches, Etc.
| l. M Blitz
S. Freidenberg.
4 James B. HAYDEN.
/ F. w. Swear.ngen.
Charles E. Wardin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-10
HAS A BEECHER'S BIBLE.
Secures 1t From Elias Snyder at Osa.
WatOmic.

w. E. Connelley, who knows as
much as any man living of the life
and achievements Of old John Brown,
brought with him from Osawatomie
one of "Beecher's Bibles" (the name
given the Sharps' rifles furnished free
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-10
CHICAGO FOUR IN THIRD.

Detroit, Oct. 10-Beginning with the
third inning of the Detroit Chicago ball
game when each side had scored one
run Chicago scored four runs in the
third.
Neither team scored in fourth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-10
in United States Navy

the building of the receiver of the
freight. Outgoing freight would be
loaded into the ten ton cars in the
buildings of the shippers and would
go to the classification yard for trans
fer to it's destination throughout the
country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-10
HOW Is THIS?
n Good Example of the Increase In
Value of "Poor'' Kansas Land.

Mr.. G. H. Sayler real estate
dealer at 602 East Firth street, has
this week completed, what is said to
have been the largest transaction of
its kind in Shawnee county, having
sold the E. Linton farm, one mile
south of Pauline for a consideration
of $3.50 cash.
This property belonged to Mr..
Sayler himself and during the time it
was in his possession the increase in
value was $14,5O0, an average of
$500 a year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-10

Society, in the real sense. is something
to keep somebody out of, in such a way
that nobody will doubt it is really worth
getting into.-Puck-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-10
MEMBERS OF THE TOPEKA REBATE ASSOCIATION

Ladies' Ready-to-Wear Garments.
BerkSon Bros.
Cash Mercantile Co.
The Crockett Mercantile Co.
The Crosby Bros. Co.
The Warren M. Crosby Co.
The New Era Department Store.
Paxton Paxton.
The Zanditon Co.
Law Books. Legal Forms, Etc.
Crane & Co.
Leather, saddIery and saddlery Hard
ware.
o. Krauss & Sons.
Lumber, Building Material, Etc.
Remly Lumber Co.
The Star Lumber Co.
Machinists.
Machinists Electric Co.
Meat and Meat Products.
Fraser Bros.
Morns & Myers.
Mirrors, Manufacturing and Repairing
The Fair Mercantile Co.
Millinery
The Crockett Mercantile Co.
The Crosby Bros. Co.
The Mills Dry Goods Co.
The New Era Department Store
Paxton & Paxton.
Topeka Millinery Co.
The Zanditon Co.
Onice Supplies, Etc.
Crane & Co.
Opticians and Optical Goods.
L. VI.
S. Friedbberg.
James 3. Hayden.
T: w. Swearingen.
Chas. E. Wardin.
Paints, Oils, Brushes, Etc.
Campbell Drug Co.
The J. K. Jones Paint Co.
r rne a; 3 Whiting Paint & Glass Co.
PAINT n,I Manufacturing, Wholesale and
The J. K. Jones Paint Co.
Photo Supplies.
G. w Stansfield.
j. e. Wolcott.
Pianos and Musical Merchandise.
Bell Bros Piano Co.
The Emahizer-Spielman Furniture Co
Pictures, Framing, Etc.
The Fair Mercantile Co. -
j. d. Sullivan.
Portraits.
]. D. Sullivan.
Printing, Engraving, Etc.
Crane & Co.
Pumps and Wind Mills
Warner & Potter.
The Western Vehicle & Supply Co.
Repairing Bicycles, Motor Cycle.
The Central Cycle & Supply Co.
Rugs Manufactured to Order.
o. Mccormick Rug Factory.
Sewing Machines, Supplies. Etc.
The Emahizer-Spielman Furniture Co.
Shoes and Footwear Exclusively,
Drech7r' Shoe Co.
Elicit Shoe Co. Successor. Fitwen COP
c. A. Fernstrom.
Matthews Shoe Co.
Payne's Shoe Co.
Shoes and Footwear in Stock.
August Clothing Co. (Men Only,
Boston Shoe Store
Crosby Bros. Co.(Women, children only)
Warren M. Crosby Co.. (Women and
IIorro,, &. Midda,1h
The New Era Department Store
The Palace Clothing Co. (Men Only)
Paxton & Paxton
A Samuel
Sporting Goods. Etc.
The Coughlin Hardware Co.
The Fair Mercantile Co.
D. H. Forbes
Stoves and Ranges.
The Coughlin Hardware Co.
w. E. Culver.
The Emahizer-Spielman Furniture Co.
d. H. Forbes.
The Western Vehicle & Supply Co.
Surgical instruments, Etc.
G. w. Stansfield.
| Trunks. Vaiises, Leather Goods, Etc.
The Crosby Bros Co.
The Palace Clothing Co.
The Topeka Trunk Mandatory.
Tailors
Violin, the Tailor.
Wall Paper, Decorating, Etc.
| The j. K Jones Paint Co.
H l.. Lash & Co.
! George A Wood.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-10
EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR
FREE RAILROAD FARE
TO and FROM Topeka

BY Trading With Members of the
Topeka Rebate Association Under Following Rules
Any who buys goods the Topeka Rebate
Association
subject
Club. Kana fro o m. to m
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-01
BY J. c. DRAKE

6sTy Senator Bailey quoted the press
days the effect that did not understand the
currency question: probably true of others of AS the
Adch BILL originally introduced almost every financial
able puncture it. appears that the ideas of the
of the American Bankers association, which
Gently Chicago and drafted proposed
filling the necessities of legislation than which
/ have read
NECESSITY KNOWS NO LAW
n framing needu legislation much be laid
which banks hold the business
the country large well the local community The bank
nothing than credit making institution designed
carry the needu business of the with the
of cash. hence clearing house associations throughout the
manufactured socaed during the financial be-
business demanded and necessity knew no law.
Should egaize clearing house associations and
define their power? So the business of the
try that local conditions demand local authority for bank exby
whether it be local panic crop moving.
BANKS ARE SHEET ANCHORS
Los Angeles and vicinity will advocate the of municpas
emergency currency because will furnish market
Owens river bonds
do overlook the fact that the bank the sheet anchor
business and that the banks provide them
sheet anchor heave overheard when the suddenly
arises as it did last October
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-01

GIN HE army is revenged on Presi-
dent Roosevelt for the fat
colonel's hike The president
has been given the 'Muldoon hike
by Gen. Franklin Bell, chief of
staff, and the president has not
quite measured up to the Null
doom standard. The Muldoon hike is a
fcteen-mile f cross-country run, hop,
step and a jump. 1t is prescribed for
careworn cabinet members. fat states
men and corpulent army officers anX-
ious to fulfill rough-riding require
ments. But it was never tried on a
strenuous president until Tuesday,
when Gen. Bell broke the president in.
They went the course previous to a
dinner at Postmaster General Meyers
residence-eight miles at a walk and
seven miles at a trot in the heaviest
kind of going. When President Roose-
welt finished, it is reported, he did not
look like the fat colonels after their
horsemanship test of Eve miles at a
walk, five miles at trot and five miles
at a gallop. He looked worse. And
now there's a smile on the Army and
Navy club that won't come off,
+
"The late Lord Kelvin" said Har-
ward scientist, had a wonderfully or
iginal mind from his childhood.
"As a little boy, as little Willie
-homson, they tell quaint story about
his in Glasgow.
'It seems that once he suffered hor-
ribly a week with toothache. Finally
he had the tooth out. After it was
drawn he rose from the chair, held out
his little hand to the surgeon and said:
"fGive it to me-
"The surgeon, with an accommodate
ing smile, wrapped the tooth in paper
and extended 1t to the lad.
"'But what are you going to do with
it, Willie? he asked.
"Tm going to take it home, was the
reply, and cram sugar in it and see it
acne"
Col. George Harvey, editor of Har-
per's Weekly, tells this story of green
cook: "She lived with one of the lead
ing families of my native Peacham.
On Christmas day, as soon as the burn
ing Christmas pudding had been por-
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-01
ARMY OFFICERS ARE
RlEVIENGED FOR THEIR
HORSEBACK RIDE TEST
President Roosevelt Given Jaun of His Life When Gen.
Bell Takes Him on Cross Country Hike.
Other Interesting Personal
Anecdotes

toned out, a general cry of horror rose
from the Christmas feasters and the
cook was summoned from the kitchen.
Martha, said the mistress, sternly.
What on earth have you done to this
pudding? Martha shook her head in
bewildered and hurt innocence. Why,
nothin' mum, said she, only I split
the brandy ye give me, an so poured
kerosene over it instead. Won't it
burn right?"
Chauncey Olcott, whose long expert
ence in Irish plays has made him
keen student of Hibernian character,
tells of two Irishmen who had not met
for many years and then came together
one day. After much slapping of backs
and rejoicing, one said;
Long time since we met, Clancy,
isn't it? Lots of things happened since
then"
"'Tis, indeed. Look at myself. Shrue,
it's married L am" replied the other
You don't tell mel Have you any
family?" asked the first speaker.
Faith, and / have that I've a fine,
healthy boy and the neighbors say he's
the picture of me-"
The first speaker looked at Clancy,
who was not built on the lines of a
prize beauty, and said: "Ah well.
Niictl lliC lictl blllp 81 lOll6 do lhC
child's healthy?"
The kaiser's famous fondness for
jokes, especially when they are sprung
by his subjects with something border
ing on courage, was illustrated afresh
when delegation of Bavarians visited
Berlin in connection with the dedica-
ton of the new National museum.
The kaiser remarked to the delega-
tion:
Il hope you south Germans will en-
brace this opportunity to study Berlin
thoroughly"
"Your majesty" was the reply, 'T
know Berlin with all it's advantages
and disadvantages"
Disadvantages? quoth the kaiser
with astonishment.
Your majesty" responded the in
trepid Bavarian, bowling humbly, II
have a Berlin woman for wife,
The kaiser, hugely amused, retold The
story to the members of his suite with
great gusto.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-01

During the recent stringency in the local
money market resulting from the national
financial furry. the banks of Los Angeles,
represented in the Clearing House associa-
tion deputed representatives to form a
mittee whose duty 1t should be to devise and
put in action ways and means to meet the
unusual and pressing demand. That the work
was thoroughly done Is proved BY the fsct
that Los Angeles financial and business in
terests were not affected by the general
furry, and that all the banks early resumed
money payments
solvent of the situation was found in an
Immediate issue of clearing house scrip,
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-01

backed by the assets Of all the banks con-
cerned in the issue, and the people OF Los
Angeles accepted and used the scrip with
readiness, deeply appreciating the need which
brought 1t into life.
Chief of the fnanciers who conducted the
affairs of the united clearing house banks
was Mr. ]. C. Drake. president OF the Los
Angeles Trust company. and The Herald in
vited him to give his opinions on the pend
Ing Aldrich and other currency measures.
proposed, In occasion should again arise
calling for a less rigid currency law. The
manifold cares Of trying business
set aside to give the following terse sum-
mary of professional opinion:
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-01

A Norwegian inventor has patented
suit of clothes which will protect its
wearer against drowning. The clothes
are lined with non absorbent material
made of specially prepared vegetable
fibre which without being too heavy
will effectually hold up the weight OF
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-01
Precautionary MEASURE

Yeast-what did you buy that recipe for hot
tsmales for? You didn't like them. you told
mt.
. Crimsonbeak- don't like them, but l
was afraid my wife, some time. might make a
mistake and get those ingredients into her
hash Yonkers Statesman
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-01

ME army is revenged on Presi-
dent Roosevelt for the fat
colonels hike The president
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-01
Worldwide REVIEW OF ACHIEVEMENTS OF MEN AND WOMEN
SAYS CONGRESS-
SHIOULD LEGALIZE
CLEARING HOUSE

Los Angeles Financicr Declares Vast Complex CONNER
cal System Demands Flexible Currency Under
Local Supervision to Enable People TO Cope
with Emergencies in Future
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-01

Rear Admiral Evans. in dispatch to
the navy department February Z, an
nounced that the Yankton had sailed
from Punta Arenas for Valparaiso.
The run to Callao was considered too
long for her. She will coal at Valpa-
raiso by the time the fleet gets there.
February Z was the last day that mail
for the battleship fleet could reach it
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15

Country club offered is also a good
one, but there has been no dispo.
sition to close the deal and the
city is not particularly anxious to
dispose of its site, anyhow"
1t is understood that the Coun.
try club prooffer was not really
made by the Country club, but that
1t was deal which H. D. Merritt
tried to put through in the inter-
est of the Traction company. The
Traction company, it is said, was
will to make the trade so as to
secure the grounds on which the
isolation hospital has been started,
park it and give the Country club
enough Of he site for clubhouse
and grounds and the Traction COM
pany some additional streetcar
service.
That the deal was checkmated
seems certain in light of negotia-
tons between the club and the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15

Italy may do him honor. A few
days ago this mans name had been
almost forgotten.
He is Conte Camille de Rudio,
who. by telling the details of the
historic attempt to assassinate EN-
peror Louis Napoleon and the en-
press in Paris in 1858. when 10 per-
sons were killed and $50 wounded,
threw new light recently on one of
the most remarkable events in Eu.
ropean history.
Through the efforts of an Italian
newspaper, which had received the
political story back of the at.
tempted assassination. Rudio was
traced to Los Angeles. where he
told his story.
He told how he threw the bomb
which destroyed the royal carriage
and described In detail how the
plot was arranged. He was ar
rested, condemned to death. re-
proved through the efforts of the
English woman whom he married,
was sent to Devils island escaped
and came to America. He fought
under Generals Grant and Sherman
in the civil war and knew both
generals personally. He left the
army with the rank Of major and
gradually drifted westward until he
arrived here. where he has lived
quietly In retirement. with the wife
who shared the excitement of his
most thrilling days.
Born OF noble family. de Rudio
became patriot" In his early
youth and was associated with
Felice Orsini. the Italian leader of
that day, who was executed for his
part In the plot against Louis
Napoleon.
To a Press representative today,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15

against Napoleon that he would
eventually crush our native land in
his iron grasp. You, who live in a
free country, cannot understand
our feelings. We risked our lives.
We struck. We were successful.
Suppose. in this country, your
mother went to the theater one
night and wore a hat with green
trimmings and a red and white
rose. When she cot to the entrance
of the theater she was seized by
gendarmes and dragged to prison
Here she was given 80 lashes, be-
cause she was wearing red, white
and green--the colors of Italy!
What woul dyou do? Would you
sleep until you had killed the man
or men who had perpetrated such a
deed?
This is what was happening to
our mothers and sisters in Italy
We killed." and the old warrior
rose from his chair and clenched
his fist at the bitter memories.
THE republican party has been
quiet since It gave Italy her free
dom. The monarchists are trying
to take all the credit for ltalys
present condition. Consequently.
when there was republican move
ment which took the form of the
erection of n statue to Orsini, who
died for the cause, the monarchists
began to malign us. When | wrote
a letter 10 be read at the dedication
of the monument. letter which
expressed my admiration for MAJ.
zini aud his fellow patriots, the
Corritere Della Sera of Milan
scored me. They searched for me
that they might score me further"
Whether he will return to Italy
do Redio will not say.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15

Moore people, who own ground
on the west side of the river be-
yond Fort George Wright. The
government owns several acres
connecting with this ground which
it does not use and in the opinion
of Country club members the
club could secure the use of this
unused ground for it's golf links
On the east side of the river at
that point the park commission is
contemplating extensive parking
Improvements.
The grounds could be reached
by the w. w. p. Natatorium park
carline or By extending the Trac.
ton line to point this side of
the river.
In the near future the club
could dam the river at the place
known as the bowl and pitcher"
and back the water up, making
lake of comparatively still water