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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-27
RECLAIMINC LAND
Governments Irrigation Work
at Garden City Is On.
The Experimental Application
Will Prove Successful.

Garden City, Kan, Jan. 27.-The ex-
perimental application of an irrigation
project of the government reclamation
service-one which, should it prove its
worth in the one instance, will be OF
Importance to the rich but as yet I'M
fertile valleys Of the great plains-wi1l
be possible near Garden City. next
spring, according to the estimates OF
the engineers in charge Of the work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-27
To Deliver a X. q. Address.

Lawrence, Kan. Jan. 27.-The Uni
versity of Kansas. through its COM
mittee on public speakers, has an
nounced the enga cement Of Governor
John A. Johnson Of Minnesota to de-
liver the commencement address here
on June 10. next
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-27
The Double Track

OF the Union Pacific R. R. between
Topeka and Kansas City is a model in
its way and operated over 1t are eight
trains daily that are models OF con-
venience.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-27
q q q HEALS
o.0.o.OLD SORES

Deep old bad condition OF
with
This infection the result
throwing through
hereditary taints, the effects Of long spell
heal because the impurities with which the crcula
discharged the
nHame the and further disease the surrounding flesh The only
It at head of the trouble
impurities
supplied with rich blood heals naturally and Local
through publication of the blood and
medical advice free THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.. ATLANTA
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-27
To Cure a Cold in One Day.

Take LAXATIVEBROMO Quinine tablets
Druggists refund money IL it fails to cure
E. W.GROvE'S signature on each box. Csc
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-27
Emporia Defeats Highland Park.

Emporia. Kan, Jan. 27.-The Kansas
State Normal Saturday evening defeat
ed the Highland Park college team o.
Des Moines, Ia, by a score of 30 to %
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-27

Jobber Kelly Joins the Outlaws.
Wichita, Kan, Jan. N.-DisQuietude
reigns in the camp of the Jobbers.
brought about through a well confirm
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-27

ed rumor that Bill Kelly, last years
second sacker for the locals, has jump
ed his contract and will appear no
more in the blue book. According to
the dope" he has become a full fedg-
ed outlaw and will play next season
with Portland or Seattle in the Pacific
Coast league, or he may go to Los
Angeles. Difference in the salary ques-
ton is said to be the trouble.
To Prevent the Grip.
LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine removes the
cause. There's only ] BROMO QUININE.
Look for signature of E. w. GROVE. sc
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-27

An inspection tax on concentrated
feeding stuffs is further provided for
in a bill, by Ham of Rocks. drawn by
the attorney general at the suggestion
college, and amending of sections 1,
5, and II of chapter 407 Of the
laws of Kansas. 1907. which is recon-
mended for passage. The tax SO col
Iected, together with all registration
fees, goes into the general funds Of the
experiment station. but employees of
the state upon salaries will not re-
ceive any additional compensation for
making the inspection and analyses
required. One Of the chief objects of
this bill is said to- be to protect the
small mills from suffering a hardship
by reason Of the requirements of the
inspection tax law.
Antelope and deer win come into
the list of protected game under the
provisions of a bill by Hart of
Kearney, unanimously recommended
for passage. This bill makes 1t unlaw-
full for any person or persons at any
time within the state to hunt, catch.
kill, shoot, pursue, entrap or ensnare
any antelope or deer for a period of
ten years from March 10. 1908. For
the first violation Of this act a fine of
not less than $25 nor more than 500
will beimposed; for the second offense,
a fine of not less than $50 nor more
than 5000; for the third and each
subsequent offense. a fine of not less
than 500 or more than $500. A re-
ward of $25 will be paid to the per-
son or persons giving information
leading to the arrest and conviction
of any person or persons violating this
law.
The List OF bills omnibused included.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-27

The list of bills omnibused included. !
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-14
Changes Likely by Coming New Mistress

on the walls of that apartment during
the Mckinley administration. She also
selected furniture less ornate than the
Louis XVI OF the Mckinley regime.
Col Cromwell in submitting his es-
innate this year for the probable cost
of maintenance and renewals at the
White House during the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1910, set the figure at
$50. 900, or $4,000 more than the cur
rent fiscal year.
That means that $4,000 will be at
the disposal of the new mistress next
summer. lnasmuch as the appropria-
ton bills for the year beginning on
March 4, a mere nod from the new
first lady of the land, if she has any
particular idea of how things should
be done, will be sufficient to get more
money for her, even il her husband
has not been indicted into Office.
With $4,000 to start with, the new
first lady will be able to get new
dishes if she does not like the kind
used by the Roosevelt family, and
probably have the wall coverings in
several of the rooms changed. In
pinch it might be made to cover the
cost of a few bits of furniture to take
the place of the ugly stuff in the east
room.
During the first year of a new fam
lily in the White House the cost of
new furniture and maintenance runs
up to about $1,000 a week
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-14
Capital Laundry War Is Taken to Court

ness of the Model Laundry Company
they have attempted. and in some in
stances have succeeded, in employing
drivers of the Model Laundry Com
pany, through whom a greater part of
the laundry business is controlled, and
have made threats to establishments
selling laundry supplies that they
would be boycotted in the future by
members of the exchange il they con-
tinued to sell their goods to the COM
plainant.
For many months the laundries of
the national capital have attracted the
attention of the official element in the
city. Dinners seven nights a week
have made a great demand on immac-
ulate dress shirts, not to speak of the
other accessories of a statesman's
wardrobe. Last winter a Pennsyl-
vania congressman introduced a bill
making it penal offense or some
thing of that kind to tear shirts, ETC.,
in the wash. This is the first time
the laundrymen have sought the fame
of the railroads. and the Standard Oil
Company in joining the trust magnate
class
The Chinese washywashees are
watching the affair with smiling coun-
tenanceS.
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-14
ROUND THE CAPITAL.
Information and Gossip Picked Up Here
and There = Washinfon.
No New Furnishings in the White Hous

like that which it replaced Where
ivory white greeted her eyes last win
ter it will do SO again this season
Where the tint was cream or bun ii
will still be cream or buff at the time
when she gives it up to Mrs. William
on March 4, 1909.
Now wouldn't it get on your nerves,
careful housekeeper. to know that you
could not do anything to change the
look of things: that you couldn't move
the chiffonier over into another cor
ner, or get rid of the curtain in the
dining-room that looked SO good when
1t first came 20 your view. but now
has grown almost hideous?
But that is Mrs Roosevelt's FIX pre-
cisely Congress last winter did not
make any allowance for new furniture,
carpets, rugs or hangings Of any kind.
The allowance was merely for mainte.
nance. That, of course, covers any
repairs that may be needed to furni-
ture. hangings or draperies, but 1t
does not permit the introduction of
new things.
Every vase, every chair, every side
table and every picture is in exactly
the place it occupied when Mrs. Roose-
welt went away. The same old
throw covers the piano, and the
F1orentine mirror hangs at the very
angle it described when the family
went to Oyster Bay.
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-14

AN, mere man, rules the furniture
Av4 and the arrangement of things in
the White House. In this instance, the
mere man is Col. Charles S. Bromwell.
He is young engineer SO youthful in
appearance that the silver eagle on
his shoulder straps. indicating the
rank of colonel, certainly looks like a
stray bird. He is colonel only while
he is in charge of the White House.
Being an engineer, 1t would be i'm
possible for Bromwell to have the
Japanese vases in the wide entrance
hall of the White House set more than
a sixteenth of an inch out of line. II
would also be impossible for him to
have a mirror hung at an angle never
before known in the White House.
Congress in failing to provide for
any new furniture or anything else
new this year remembered that it is
the custom when there is a new first
lady of the land in the White House
for all the authorities to bow low and
ask her pleasure in regard to things.
Mrs. Roosevelt chose the present I'M
pleasing blue of the blue room to re-
place the delicate baby blue brocade
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-14

THERE is war among the washers Of
the American statesmen's shirts
and collars and cuffs. Alleging that
combination has been formed among
the local laundry concerns of Washing
ton, the purpose of which is to drive
out of business all competing estab-
lishments, in violation Of the Sherman
antitrust act, the Model Laundry Com
pany of this city. through its attorney,
has filed a request in the form of an
injunction, i'm the supreme court of the
district, praying the court to restrain
the association, the Washington Laun-
drymen's exchange, from interfering
with its business.
Eleven other laundries of the city
are named as defendants. 1t is asked
additionally that the injunction be
made permanent.
The complainant alleges that in the
defendants efforts to ruin the bust
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-14
in q slight niche in the walls. he

In q slight niche in the walls. he
waited.
He had been placed there to mis-
erably erish, he knew. He had heard
Of the noisOme place and had known
of many desperate criminals who had
passed days in the depths Of the great
pit. But none had ever been cast
into the pit as he had been without q
sustaining rope to hold upon and pre-
vent slipping down. down, into the
miry depths and to death. He looked
up to see II he could discover any
glimmer of light that told Of sunlight
above, but could see only the same
black darkness above as pressed In
about him. He listened for some
sound. but only the loud beating Of
his heart could be heard in the death
like stiffness.
Il shall die here" he thought. And
then shall be with God" he added.
The thought seemed to cheer him.
and he began to chant one Of the
Psalms he had learned to love so
well.
Out Of the depths have I cried unto
thee, o Lord"
He paused Had the Psalmist, too.
been cast into the depths of some hor-
rible pit to die? And he wondered:
Did God hear and Snswer?"
AS though by way Of answer there
floated In around him a light whose
refulgence transformed the noisome
pit into a place Of heavenly glory.
and he heard his own name spoken.
and he knew that God was with him.
All, the blessed Joy of that moment.
For ten times the suffering and dis
tress which he was enduring he would
not have missed that blessed expe-
rience. There was a new Joy and
sweetness to him in the thought that
he belonged to God and that no harm
could come to him save that which
God was willing to permit. and which
would be for his honor and glory.
And while God was visiting and
cheering jeremiah in the foul dun
geon, he was sending his messengers
to the rescue of the prophet.
While jeremiah was still lost in the
contemplation of the vision God had
given him he heard his name called.
and instantly recognized the voice Of
Ebed-melech, the Ethiopian eunuch
who served in the kings house, and
who was his faithful friend.
Put now these old cast clouts and
rotten rags under thine armholes
under the cords"
Quickly the prophet obeyed, and
soon felt himself being drawn from
the depths of the mire and on up, up,
up, until the binding light OF day
burst in upon his vision.
Never could he forget that expert
ence in the dungeon, and later as the
spirit Of God moved upon him, he
wrote: Mine enemies chased me sore,
like bird, without cause. They have
cut of my life in the dungeon. and
cast a stone upon me. Waters flowed
over mine head; then l said am cut
of. l called upon thy name. o Lord.
out of the low dungeon. Thou hast
heard my voice; hide not thine ear at
my breathing, at my cry. Thou drew
est near in the day that 1 called upon
thee. Thou saidst, Fear not. o Lord.
thou hast pleaded the cause OF my
soul; thou hast redeemed my life."
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-14
PRAYED TO STATUE OF LIBERTY.
Chinese Crew, Amazed by Size Of
Deity" Burn Incense and Chant.

When the 81 members of the Chi
nese crew of the Braemer, tramp
steamship, found themselves under the
shadow of the Statue of Liberty the
other day at sunrise they rushed pell-
nell below decks, returned presently
in solemn state and while their braids
wiggled in the wind kowtowed and
burned incense before the giant figure.
1t was the biggest idol they had ever
seen, they declared afterward, and
they felt they owed it reverence de-
spite the fact that it was some thou
sands of miles from home and was
somewhat different from the deities
they had been accustomed to see-
ing.
Capt. L. s. Saxby and the first Off
Ger, w. w. Clark. of the Braemar,
which left Hongkong on July 3. were
surprised, says the New York Herald,
on looking for their crew to find that
not one Of the Chinese sailors re-
NAMED on deck. The haze had just
lifted from the bay and the great
statue stood revealed in all its grand
eur. Hi Wen, interpreter for the
crew, explained to the captain that a
few minutes previously the celestials
had dropped everything and rushed
below deck as il all the devils of
northern China were after them. They
cast back glances at the towering fig
ure of Liberty.
While Hi Wen was explaining this
hysterical disappearance to the cap
tain the 81 Cinnamon passed through
the forecastle gangway like a funeral
procession, each carrying joss sticks
and turning his eyes toward heaven.
All ranged themselves along the deck
under the shadow of the Goddess of
Liberty. There they stood for five
minutes, chanting a celestial prLyer
and bowling with true oriental dignity.
Cinnamon no sabe Clist," said Hi
Wen. Him man alice same you and
We; walkee round. Him big American
joss. Him good"
When the sailors had paid their re-
spects to the statue they returned to
their work, but at intervals during the
day they looked with awe at the g.
gantic figure. They had never come
to America before. and they marveled.
Hi Wen said. what they would find in
land when they encountered such .
wonder at the mere threshold Of the
country.
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-14
GIRL WAS DElIRloUS
With Fearful Eezema-Pain, Heat.
and TingIing Were Excrueiatins-
Cuticura Acted Like Magic.

IAN eruption broke out on my
daughters chest. l took her to q
doctor. and he pronounced 1t to be
eczema of a very bad form. He treated
her, but the disease spread to her back.
and then the whole of her head was
affected, and all her hair had to be cut
OH. The pain she suffered was excru-
ciating, and with that and the heat
and tingling her life was almost I'M
bearable. Occasionally she was deliri-
Gus and she did not have a properhou
sleep for many nights. The second
doctor we tried afforded her just as
little relief as the first. Then I pur-
chased Cuticura Soap. Ointment, and
Pills, and before the Ointment was
three-quarters finished every trace of
the disease was gone. 1t really seemed
like magic. Mrs. T. w. Hyde, Brent
wood, Essex, England, Mar. 8. 1907"
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-14

A CCIDENTS in coal mines of the
"A United States during the last cal
endar year resulted in the death Of
3,125 men and injury to 5.314 more.
according to statistics made public
by the geological survey.
The death record among the coal
miners during the year was greater
by 1888 than in 1906. and Is said to
have been the worst year in the his
tory Of the coal-mining industry.
The figures do not represent the
full extent Of the disasters, as reports
were not received from some states
having no mine inspectors.
West Virginia reported the heaviest
death rate In 1907-12.35 per 1000 en-
ployes, and this state also showed the
lowest production for each life lost
-65, 500 tons. New Mexico stood next
on the list with death rate Of HAS
and a production Of 1882 tons for
each life lost. Alabama was third
with q death rate of II per 1000 and
a production of 92.535 tons for each
life lost. Missouri had the lowest
death rate. heading the roll OF honor
with .95 and 4S9.742 tons of coal
mined for each life lost.
Statistics do not bear out the popu-
lar idea that most mine disasters re-
suit from explosions. OF the total
number reported during the last year
947 deaths and 343 injuries resulted
from gas and dust explosions and POL
deaths and 416 injuries were caused by
powder explosions.
The chief cause Of death among
the miners. the report explains. was
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-14

" ASHINGTON. Have sympathy
W for Mrs. Roosevelt, wife of the
president. She. Of all beloved wives
in the land whose husbands have an
income more than sufficient to afford
bare living. is most to be pitied
Every other such wife in the land has
added something to the house since
returning from her summer spent
away from home. There Is probably
not another woman in the land who
has not added at least one piece Of
furniture. had a room papered. bought
new curtains for at least one room,
added a rug to the children's bedroom
or has done something of that kind
But Mrs. Roosevelt has no addition to
boast Of
When she got back to the White
House not long ago she found every
thing just as it was when she went
away. Some painting had been done
inside and out, but that is all. 1t
might just as well not have been
done, because the new paint is just
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-14
A Dungeon Made
Glorious
jeremiah. the Prophet. Cheered by
Heavenly Visitant.
BY THE HIGHWAY AND BYWAY-.
PREACHER


No prison has ever yet been
built strong enough and tight
enough to keep the Divine pres
enee from penetrating It's inner
most reeesses and holding COM
munion and fellowship with the
one whose devotion to the cause
OF riehteousness has cast him
therein.
jeremiah 10 only one Of
myriads who through the ages
have found the dungeon made
glorious with the Divine pres
enee.
Joseph's prison became Gods
sehooIroom, where daily he
drilled the young Hebrew for
the great place he was to fill.
The lions den becomes for DAN
lei the Divine reception hall,
the fiery furnace proves the
trysting place where the faithful
three meet and talk and walk
with their God. Paul found in
the inner prison at PhiIippi the
Joy and harmony Of heavenly
songs whose vibrations shook
the prison walls, and brought
the jailer to his knees a peni-
tent. From Paul's prison there
came. the richest and best Of his
writings. It was a eunyan in
prison who gave to the world
that classic, "PiIgrim's Prog
ress."
The darkest, most foul place
on earth may become the bright
est and sweetest place If faith
reaches up and claims that
heavenly companionship which
It is the privilege Of every one to
enjoy.
The soul can always rise above
the physical condition. "Fear
not them which kill the body, but
are not able to kill the soul; but
rather fear him which is able
to destroy both soul and body In
heil."-The words Of Jesus.
How subIin.eiy he exempIified
this teaching, and how ready he
10 to help his disciples to live
above the mere physical and to
fear not man, but God.
Truth always has and always
will thrive on persecution. The
effort to suppress the prophet
jeremiah and to discredit his
message served but to advertise
him to the nation and to give
added force to his message. In
the dungeon jeremiah obtained
new revelation from God so that
not only was his personal ex-
perienee enriched, but his min
istry to the nation was strength
ened. Surely the wrath Of man
does work to the praise Of God.
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-14
Tullp 9oup.

What makes this vegetable soup
taste 30 different" asked the young
husband.
only the leeks you sent home" re-
piled the bride. You remember you
said you were going to order leeks."
Il didn't order any leeks." growled
the husband, but he finished his bowl
of soup rather than disappoint her.
That Afternoon he stopped at the
grocery store.
How did you come to send leeks up
to my house this morning?" he de-
manded. Il didn't order them"
Great Scott! Did you eat them?"
exclaimed the grocer.
"Sure, we ate them"
%, for lands sake. They were Mrs..
Jackson's tulip bulbs. Shs left them
on the counter and they got into your
basket BY mistake. Detroit Free
Press.
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-14
PUTTING IT UP TO BILLIE.


The wagons Of the greatest show
on earth" passed up the avenue 1t
daybreak. Their incessant rumble
soon awakened ten-year-old Billie and
his five-year-old brother, Robert Their
mother feigned sleep as the two white
robed figures crept past her bed into
the hall. on the way to Investigate.
Robert struggled manfully with the
unaccustomed task OF putting on his
clothes. Wait for me. Billie" his
mother heard him beg. you'll get
ahead Of me-"
Get mother to help you" counseled
Billie. who was having troubles Of his
own.
Mother started to the rescue. and
then paused as she heard the voice
Of her younger. guarded but anxious
and insistent:
You ask her. Billie. You've known
her longer than have."-Everybody's
Magazine.
The Columbus journal., 1908-10-14
MANY Disasters in Coal Mining Industry

due to the falling of mine roofs and
coal! Such disasters caused 1922
deaths and 2,141 injuries.
e. w. Parker, chief statistician of
the survey, asserts that much benefit
will result from the action of congress
in appropriating $4,000 to investi-
gate mine disasters. He says one Of
the greatest needs of the coal-mining
industry is the enforcement of mill
tary discipline in the operation of the
mines,