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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-07
DEATHS AND FUNERALS,

Mrs. Maggie Fisher, aged "a years,
died July 6 at her home, 2114 East
Sixth avenue. The funeral will be held
Wednesday afternoon from the Third
Baptist church.
Mrs. Eva McClelland, % years of age,
wife of Bert McClelland of 1919 Polk
street, died at Keith's hospital last
night of peritonitis. The funeral an
nouncement will be made later.
Esther Hord, the 15-year-old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. William Hord, for
mer residents of Topeka. died at the
home of her parents in Denver this
week of typhoid fever
Clara, wife Of Gilbert Stewart, died
at the family residence, 1888 Morris
avenue, at 2:55 O'Clock this morning.
Friends Of the family may view the re-
mains from 10 a. m. to IL a. m. We'd
nesday. The funeral service will be
held in Lowman chapel at p. m. We'd
nesday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-07
HOME FROM HONOLULU.
Secretary Garfield Impressed With the
American Spirit Shown.

San Francisco. July S.-The armor-
ed cruiser St. Louis steamed in
through the gate last evening and
dropped anchor in the bay after a
pleasant voyage from Honolulu with
Secretary of the Interior Garfield as
her principal passenger. The secretary
remained aboard the vessel last night
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-07

and came ashore this morning. He
has not concluded just when he will
start east. He said that he was inn
pressed with the American spirit that
is the rule in the Hawaiian Islands
and also with the great resources of
the group.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-07

The little girls dress pictured was
simple and very effective in the model
Blue chambray was used for the
frock, the trimming consisting of
bands of the same. hand embroider-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-07
Bell Arrives in Time.

Denver, July Temporary Chair
man Theodore Bell of the Democratic
national convention arrived in Denver
at a. m. today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-07

The Stormont hospital material came
from J. Thomas Lumber Co.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-12-17
Asense Of Proprieiy.

$50 you stole this mans axP"
said the judge.
"Yessah. l reckons dar ain no
use tryin' ter spute de facts"
"What did you do that for? He
said he would have been perfectly
willing to lend you the ak"
Eyes; but you see. ]edge, dat
mans on'y jes moved in de neigh
borhood. I doesn' know him we'll
enough ter go 'roun' ter his house
borryin'." Washington Star.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-12-17
The Mule ship.

ing the ship was under way, and
had been for the last four or five
hours, and at this time was about
so miles away from New Orleans.
The ship was named the Corinth.
la and the captains name was
Pritchard, now captain of one of
the fastest boats on the ocean
the Lusitania. This captain is
known to most sailors who have
ever sailed on Cunard liner. The
Corinthla, if l remember right,
was 500 feet long with sixty-foot
beam-72O horse power engines
and having twin screws. 1t also
had on board refrigerator for the
purpose of making it's own ice and
water. and best of all she had a
good cook aboard. 1t never would
do to call him a lime juicer, as
most of the sea cooks ,.re. We
had fresh bread every day, butter
and all kinds of meat and vege-
tables and no one ever complained
of the food.
The mules were loaded on three
decks. They were placed side by
side the whole length Of the ship
and SO close together they could
not lie down-poor brutes, they
had a hard time of it, especially
those near the boiler room. Large
canvas air drafts were placed all
over the ship to shoot the air down
to the mules, and all was done
that could be done for their COM
fort. A long trough was placed
before the mules into which to
place the feed, but all had to be
watered by hand, as the ship was
not a regular cattle boat and was
only fixed for the occasion.
A young fellow by the name of
Daley was to be my helper and we
were to take care Of 90 mules.
Now to lug water and feed to 80
mules three times a day was no
fun, especially when every mule
tried his best to bite chunk off
of one of us every time we came
near. Daley suggested that I car
ry a ball bat to protect him while
he fed, but that seemed to me a
little rough on the mules, so we
decided to find some other way.
Our bunch was composed ofsome of
the most onerous mules it has ever
been my luck to be- among. They
were all colors and all sizes, and
every one tried to be meaner than
the one next to him. The motion
of the ship didn't improve their
temper any or ours either. If one
mule tried to lie down the others
would stop all over him or start to
kicking, so we were kept busy all
the time seeing that they didn't
get hurt or killed. One evening
just ABOUT feeding time Daley had
gone down to start at his end with
the feeding, when all of a sudden
he gave scream that would make
an Apache envious, and came run
ming up to me and said all in one
breath: 1.-TWO of my mules are
crazy; one broke his halter and
jumped over the Manager at me and
his mouth wide open-he's crazy
sure"
I couldn't help but laugh, for
Jack never worked around mules
much. Crazy" said 1, "why the
whole bunch is iocoed."
Il don't know what you mean
by locoed, but if it is worse than
crazy you are right"
1 finally went down and found
the mule calmly eating away at a
bale of hay; the poor fellow was
hungry-that was all. When he
saw Jack coming with the feed he
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-12-17

on account Of the clouds that hang
over it, making it look like great
table covered with white spread.
It is a grand sight and one long to
be remembered. The trip across
was also grand, as at that time OF
the year the ocean is very calm.
l saw many schools of porpoises
playfully jumping ahead of the
ship, also many flying fish. These
greatly interested me, as up to
that time / was in doubts as to
whether there was such fish or
not. Mother Casey's chickens
were also good companions, as
was also the sight of the Portu-
gese man of. war. think this is
a sort of jelly fish that initiates a
sort of bladder which remains
above water. They are also called
stingarees, as when one is taken
in the hand you feel a severe
smarting. The sailors used to
set lights on the after deck at
night claiming the flying fish
would fly on deck. [ believe that
many are caught this way. No
doubt Sinbad could verify this.
They had a crows nest on the
ship where a quartermaster was
stationed at night. A red light
and green light are placed on
the bow of the ship, one on the
starboard and one on the port side
thus showing why the call is
made.
We had one Irishman on board
and his yarns were always treat,
and the way he spoke of the Eng
lish reminds me of story. An
Irishman one day in New York
noticed man with placard on
his breast with the following
words: "Please help a poor Grip
pie who lost both his legs and
arms, his ears and nose in the
Boer war;" The Irishman dropped
a $500 gold piece in his cup and
was moving away when the Eng
lisbman said: "My good man,
$500 is too much for you to give"
ooh, close your trap" said Pat;
you're the first Englishman I ev-
er saw who was trimmed up to
suit me, and it's worth S. co."
We used to call him Scotty and
he was always ready to spin yarn
or help shipmate. The last time
I saw Scotty he was tangled up
with a Kaffir on Sea street, and
when the encounter was over it
was hard to tell what he was, for
his face was all cut up by: the
Kafir. These Kafirs when fight
ing use two sticks and they are
.zery dexterous with them. In
most all cases unless a person
closes with them, they manage TO
cut one up in pretty bad shape.
We were now in the bay at
Cape Town and waiting for a
chance to get to the docks and un-
load. We had fine trip, losing
only twenty mules. When we
struck the Equator the heat was
intense, boiling the pitch almost
in the cracks on deck. Just be-
fore reaching the Equator are
what are called the "doldrums,"
the ship lying in the trough of
the sea. No air Is here at all, hard
ly, that is to say, no breeze. The
captain went out of his course at
this point 10 try and get air for
the mules. 1t is also squally close
around the Equator, they coming
and going all of sudden. l will
leave you here at Cape Town for
the present, after which [ will
describe the city as I saw it.
r r
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-12-17
SIDE LIGHTS n. :: :5:5:
BY AvIso.

gently sang a selection from the
Prince Of Pilsen at the minstrel
show will leave in about two
W, eks. He says. "may the good
Lord pickle me from getting into
a snap like this again. preserve"
not "pickle," deah chawppie.
Said one of the colored chaps:
"When [ get out of here am 60
ing South. In the North when
they catch us colored fellows steal
ing they send US to the pen for q
long term of years. Down South
they give us a GUESSING and per.
haps beating and let us go. Me
for Dixie land"
A .Southerner temporarily re-
siding here said recently: "After
I get thru with my bit here 1 am
going back South to the land of
the stockade where we sleep under
the broad canopy of the starlit sky.
[ never did like steam heated
apartments anyway, Mississippi
or Alabama for me-"
The radiator in the print shop
blew up few days ago. The To-
cal electrician, the plumber and
his assistant came over to inspect
the catastrophe. Said the cleo
trician: "They who blow up 9TH
ers even tho it be in print shall
themselves be blown up" Looks
that way. Investigation may es-
tablish conspiracy.
Wise sayings of Solomon re-
corded in the Bible: "A wise man
will hear and will increase learn
ing; and man of understanding
shall attain unto wise counsels."
"Fools despise wisdom and in.
struction." Wisdom crieth with
out; she uttereth her voice in the
streets" "Scorners delight in
their scorning and fools hate
knowledge" incline thine ear
unto wisdom" "Discretion shall
preserve thee"
Said one of the wise ones: II
waited, watched and worked six
months to crack a safe and when I
got into it found six two.cent
postage stamps. The next trick
[ turned [ found the safe unlocked
when [ got at it and plugged $3.50
in good coin of the realm. [ was
16 years old when 1 pinched the
seven fifty. [ did the job in broad
day light when the boss was out
on the sidewalk. No, 1 never was
suspected-not even after [ be-
gan playing the 'Coal-Oil Johnny
racket"
NJ. Georges Clemenceau, the
present premier of France, is an
ex- convict and an ex-fugitive from
justice. He was imprisoned for
being revolutionist and also for
debt. He lived in this country
for several years, teaching French,
fencing and dancing in Connecti-
cut about 80 years ago and mar
ried an American lady-one of his
Lupils whom he afterward di-
vorced. M. Clemenceau is con-
ceded on all sides to be the ablest
prime minister France has had
since the days of Talleyrand.
The reformation of convicts and
ex convicts seems to be attracting
more attention at the present writ
ing than any other one subject
not excluding tariff revision. What
these unfortunates need more than
anything else is a fair opportunity
to getalong, nothing more. A small
percentage belong to the confirm
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-12-17

wafer to one about dozen would
get their noses i'll at the same
time, and the result was always the
splitting of water, then they would
start to biting one another. A few
hard raps on the nose soon broke
them of this, and we got along
nicely. Every morning the doc
tor made his rounds and any mule
that was sick was taken care of at
once. They were fed on sort OF
bran mash mixed with oats, and
always got plenty also good, pure
hay.
Before the trip was over [ made
many a friend with my dumb
charges. One little mule was
perfect clown. He would tread
the same as wild beast in his
cage from morning until night,
and whenever he saw me coming
toward him he would reach out as
if to bite, then back up quickly
and open his mouth-which was
always sure to bring him an extra
feed. No one ever taught him to
do this, as he had never been
broke. Any way he was the pet
of the ship and one of the best
looking as we'll. When we arrived
at Cape Town we sailors dressed
our little clown up, putting pair
of trousers on his legs and wrap
ping an American flag around
him, he went TO shore, where in
stead Of being chased to the seat
of war he was picked out and kept
by an officer who was pleased with
the manner in which we had dec
Grated him. He said he was too
nice a mule to be dragging load
and that he would be better to
ride.
It took us whole day before we
struck the Gulf. From the Gulf
to New Orleans the Mississippi
is lust about 100 miles long.
There is nothing to be seen dur
ing these 100 miles excepting rice
swamps, and the southern hum.
ming bird, the coast artillery's
fortress and the quarantine sta
ton. The water in the Gulf was
rough for while but it soon be-
came calmer, and in fact for the
whole trip which took % days and
5 hours the weather was fine and
hardly a motion to the ship.
After leaving the Gulf we steam
ed away toward the West Indies.
passing very close to the islands.
When we arrived about three miles
off Saint Lucia we saw several
coolies swimming to US, begging
for food. Those fellows are the
best swimmers I ever read of or
saw. If you throw piece of
money in the water they dive
down and catch it in their mouths.
They carry large knife with
them to fight the sharks with, and
it doesn't take them long to kill
one either. We threw over many
loaves of bread and lots of meat
for the daring fellows who swan
so far for it, and we watched them
swimming back to land as long as
we could see them. Surely they
earned the food thrown to them.
The captain was one Of the first
to pitch over basketful of hard
tack. They carried a sort of wa
terproof bag and into this the food
was placed. Saint Lucia was the
last land we saw until we were
about five days off from Cape
Town, S. A., when we sighted the
island of St. Helena. Most of you
know the history of this island,
and why it will ever remain fa-
nous. It was here that Napoleon
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-12-17

morrow.
Feeling hippicanarious or i'm
prosimonious-eyther one-seems
to make "Home, Sweet Home"
hit.
The German Emperor Wilhelm
II-has been muzzled. No more
newspaper interviews without the
Chancellor's consent and o. k.
The slim printer-our Christian
Science fIiend-leayes these dig
gings on January 30. His excuse
is, "the winter weather is too Sc
we're, sub"
The golden haired plumber by
rights ought to be the best poker
player in the place. He under
stands the game of freezeout "ac-
cording to Hoyle.'
The colored boy who plays the
snare drum in the local band with
verve and chic is polite chap.
He never fails to address his
neighbors as mister.
A report is gaining currency to
the effect that the laddiebuck who
eats pebbles by the peck is ossify-
ing. They Say he can crack
walnut on his "chist."
"After you, my dear CASTOR"
said one jolly neighbor to another
while waiting to b. shaved. mo
hurry" he replied. "I'vc got
plenty of 'time'-five years"
The printer who can lift Is
pounds with his little finger has
joined the gang in gray and &C.
cordlng to actual measurement
is ffteen-sixteenths Of an inch
taller than he was-by the tailor's
tape line.
AngIicus hasn't started any
thing as yet. His Nominations
and ebullitions are far and away
too classical to be punctured by a
commonplace Photographer. Come
again, but do not use a business
card for "weepun."
Mr.. Andrew Carnegie has very
interesting article in the Worlds
Work for December. He says
that with very few exceptions it is
a case of "three generations from
shir. sleeves to shirt sleeves" He
also says millionaires never laugh.
An inmate said recently: 81
have never missed meal since l
have been here-about two years."
He fell asleep the other night just
before supper time-and nearly
missed. He belongs in the near
miss-but missed'er class-be-
cause he is single.
Next Sunday the local Chautau-
qua will be on dress parade-as it
will be the first quarterly meeting
under it's present presiding genius,
who gets along first rate despite
the fact that he does not carry
copy of Roberts Rules of Order
in his vest pocket.
A Teller going out the other day
said: II am going over to Mime
apolis. There is some chance of
breaking out of the Hennepin
county jail-but the bastiIe of
Ramsey county is too securely
built" One reason why Minneap-
oils is shooting ahead of St. Paul
on population.
Said one of the inmates: "When
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-12-17

The slim printer-our Christian
Science fIiend-leayes these dig
gings on January 30. His excuse
is. "the winter weather is too Sc
we're, sub"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-12-17

The golden haired plumber by
rights ought to be the best poker
player in the place. He under
stands the game Of freezeout "ac-
cording to Hoyle'
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-12-17

The German Emperor Wilhelm
II-has been muzzled. No more
newspaper interviews without the
Chancellor's consent and o. k.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-12-17

The colored boy who plays the
snare drum in the local band with
verve and chic is polite chap.
He never fails to address his
neighbors as mister.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-12-17

A report is gaining currency to
the effect that the laddiebuck who
eats pebbles by the peck is ossify-
ing. They Say he can crack a
walnut on his "chist."
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-13

grand jury, charged with the assault.
Last Monday these men were sent back
to Magistrate Charles Jones, Of Crozet.
who fined Key and Mansfield SIN each,
and dismissed the case against Stuart.
The Bond woman, as she appears at
the hospital, seems partly imbecilic,
and the hospitalt authorities say she
has Deen incoherent at intervals ever
since her arrival there, and while her
mind may have been effected by the
terrible experience, they are Of the
opinion that she is mentally unbalanced
and irresponsible. Her stories have
never agreed in any single particular,
and Commonwealths Attorney Woods,
in view of the conflicting evidence.
permitted the case to go back to the
magistrates court for settlement.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-13
Manufacturing Chemists

she walked right up against the Spid-
ers and made them bite the dust to
the tune Of IA to 10. When that foot
ball team. with Coach Warren, arrived
in Ashland, record breaking cali
thump" was proposed, and every store
box anu piece of timber available was
used In one huge bonfire, while
speeches We're made by the team, coach
and professors. Just double this dem
onstration Of last fall, and 1t will be
possible to have an idea Of the kind Of
"calithump" the Randolph Macon boys
pulled off last night. Yesterdays game
was no doubt the worst defeat that
Randolpll-Nac ever gave Richmond
College, for the Spiders We're so sure
of winning that they forced the yellow
Jackets to play tho game as one de-
Gliding the championship between them.
Randolph\Macon has challenged Will
liam and Mary College toNa final COM
bat to decide the championship for the
Eastern division If she refuses to
play, the coveted cup belongs to the
Jackets from Ashland.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-13
A LADY, a TACK, A DIPLOMAT.
Mrs. LonEvortl, Drops BIT OF Mctnl in
Sent and Laughs mt What Follows.

WASHINGTON, May 12.-Mrs. Long
worth desired her husband to accom-
pany her to the dedication exercises of
the Bureau Of American Repub hes
Building and drove up to the Capitol
for him in her new automobile to-day.
She had to walt for some time before
Nick thought it safe to leave the House
to Uncle Joe and the Democrats. so
she sat alone in the executive galley,
the observed of all observers.
Not being greatly interested in a
colloquy between John Wesley Gaines
and James Mann, she cast her eyes
about the gallery and beheld a tack.
She picked it up and started to throw
1t over the railing. but her raised arm
dropped. Instead, she thrust her hand
through the iron railing separating the
diplomatic and executive galleries and
dropped it in seat.
Presently a tall. Russianesque- look
ing person. with long Van Dyke beard,
frock coat, silk hat and spats. appeared.
After surveying the vacant seat for
a few seconds Mr.. Diplomat walked
over and dropped into the one where
the tack reposed.
"Wow! Mon Dieu! Wow! Vow he
shrieked. as he sprang and paved the
air. Then he alighted astride a seat
in front of him. his silk hat flying to
the rear He picked himself up. ut
tered invectives which only he could
understand, and started for the door.
AS he did SO he glanced hastily over
at the lone lady in the executive gall
lery, and his anger was not appeased
on seeing that she was almost doubled
In At of laughter.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-13
CANVASS PROGRESSING WELL.
Worker. Confident of Getting Y. NJ. I
a. Fund in Good Time.
Especial to The mes-Dispatch. ]

Especial to Tho Times -Dispatch.1
NORFOLK, VA, May 12.-The can
vass for funds for the erection Of a
new Y. M c. A. building in Norfolk is
progressing rapidly, and the leaders
are now confident that the entire
amount will be raised by the close Of
the campaign, May 25th.
To-day at noon the reports of the
teams carried the total amount Of SUBJ
scriptions to s56s65, and there is every
indication that the close of the week
will see the 100000 mark reached. The
teams are enthusiastically working,
and report that they are being met
with generous responses.
Several Of the moneyed men Of the
city are yet to indicate the amount
they are going to give to the institu-
ton, and 1t is believed that when these
subscriptions are ready to be announced
that the total will leap forward "a an
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-13
PLENTY OF PROOF.
From People You Know-From Rich
mond Citizens.

. II E .
The greatest skeptic can hardly fail
to be convinced In the face of evidence
like this. 1t is mpossible to produce
better proof Of merit than the testl-
mony OF residents Of Richmond, OF
people who can be seen at any time.
Read the following case Of At:
chastien T. Hill. Ala South Pine
Street Richmond, Va. says:y"I am per-
fectly satisfied with the results OBJ
tanned from the use OF Doan's Kidney
Pills some years ago. For some time
/ was troubled with dull pain In
the small OF my back, at times SO
severe that could not attend to my
work The remedies I used did not
help me, and thought nothing would
help me until got Doan's Kidney
Pills at Owens & Minors drug store.
The trst box proved very. beneficial
and improved as continued to use
the medicine. That was about four
years ago, and since then ] have felt
quite we'll. stll indorse poans KID
ney Pills, and advise people troubled
with their kidneys to use Them"
For sale by all dealers. Price, so
cents, Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, n.
Y. sole agents for the United States
Remember the name - Doan's - and
take no other
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-13

Fl - I . T. r
cancer. She took morbid view of
life, but she lived as saint. She was
second only to an angel in sweetness,
amiability and goodness. She often
told me she wanted to die because Of
the iniquity and perhdy of the world.
I knew everything that went on In her
mind, at least, l believed I did, but
she kept this one single thought on
cancer from me, and now she has been
taken away. In all my philosophy I
cannot find any good that has been
done by her DEATH"
For eighteen months Bishop sabin
was identified with the followers Of
Mrs. Eddy, but ten years ago he es-
tablished the church over which he
now presides. Said Bishop Sabin:
"We believe God cures. We are con-
WINGED that ills can be healed through
the efficacy of prayer, buttwe alAo be-
lieve in medicine and surgery"