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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-19
wANrED-FENIALE HELP.


WANTED-Competen white girl for gen.
eral homework. Mrs. A. Zahner, 1121
Topeka ave.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

H. F. Steinberg and wife to A. E.
Swanson. lots 4 and Orchard St,
Hartsock sub. .......................$ /
w B. Trowbridge and wife to H. E.
roe St ..... -. - $500
J. A Wiley to o. Bitterlick, lot 80.
pt. 81 and 80 Orchard ST., Hartsock
SUP. s..:..--.-. ....:..-.-'.. LOW
]. J. Ketchum and wife to r. F. Nash,
lots SIS to 5S inc. and e. II 52 st.
John ST., Stanley's sub. ................ 500
w. Cooper and wife to H. L. Heller
and wife, lot 314 Winfield ave, J.
w. Morris add. .....-................. 400
c. K Holiday ct al to +. Rahrer
lots 217-19-21 and 8. E. 9Th St, Holh-
Day IS ada. LOU
NJ E Kutz and husband TO G. NJ
Topeka ........... ..................... 800
H Gades and wife to A. Weigel, lot
3 Van Buren, st. ...............'..... SIS
S. Coven and husband TO G. Hughes,
Edwards sub. ......................... 1000
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

cOnrIIrT9IN-5ss HyS ~ 1T LES
man to represent us in every county in
Kansas. We are sole owners, manufac-
turers and distributors OF a recently
patented invention which fills a want
heretofore unsupplied. Every farmer in
terested- Opportunity for energetic men
with small capital to start a permanent
and profitable business Of their own No
experience necessary. $4,000 to S. OOO. 90
per year. Write today. Little Giant Mfg
Co., I4o6 West 9Th St. Topeka, Kansas
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FOR ONE WEEK ONLY.
We are offering fine location, s room
house with bath room but no tub gas and
water. good barn, lot, for the low price
of $500. Rec. $40.
10 acres miles from ,postoffice, room
stone house in good repair. new barn, 9TH
CT outbuildings. plenty of fruit. some al
falfa. A good truck farm. for only Zoo.
Rec. 10.
Come quick and let US show you these
az they cannot last
GEO. NJ. NOBLE & CO..
ABS Kansas Ave. Topeka. Kansas.
GEO. NJ. NOBLE. At. DANIELS.
J. WILL KELLEY.
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Prospective Tenant should want the
studio for sculpture. Caretaker-Yes, sir
some of these is rented for that. There's a
sculptor Wondering next door, sir.-Har-
neg's Weekly.
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BUSINESS CHANCES.

PILES CURED absolutely sure with win
tergreen and lard. Directions for mix
ing and using % cents. c. Brown, "a
Long St, Columbus, Ohio.
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WANTED-sA1EsNrEN

>~-~~>~~~~N-~N~
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. statesmen; high
class, staple goods; sold on long time
a trade boomer for dull times. Write for
particulars. McAllister-C Conan Co., $50
Dearborn St, Chicago.
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FOR RENT-StOre room next to Novelty
this alter. East Sth. now occupied by res
taurant, $35 per month. A. c. klingaman,
10 East 9Th st.
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why don't you watch the game.
Laura" What's the use? You told me
the umpire was paid to watch it, Let him
look after it. I'm sure I don't want the
job. 'i-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
cagO Tribune.
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WANTED-FEMALE HELP.

WANTED-Colored woman to work al
house and store by the week. Call sos
Kansas ave.
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CITY BARGAINS.
~ lots, east front. fine shade Il block
of car line and paved street. well, fruit,
good ? story house, on Harrison street.
Prici $500.
IL lots. shade. fruit. gas for light and
heat, well. cistern. room cottage. Bos-
well ave. Price S1.750.
IL lots, shade, bath, city water, electric
lights. in fact a complete modern room
cottage, on Lincoln street. Price s., go
1 acre tract. room house in good shape,
large cellar. well. cistern, fruit, outbuild-
ings, all kinds of fruit, near Washburn
college. Price 5000.
THE FOX-COOK AGENCY,
164 West Sth ST
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CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS.
NJ. c. PLANK. gen. contractor, has an
office at 81 Kan. ave. Estimates cheer.
fully given. Ind. phone 1880, Bell 1870,
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A FEW BARGAINS.
WE HAVE MANY OTHERS.

$4,000. Topeka ave. room. new, modern
house. piped for furnace but fur
mace not in. otherwise thoroughly
modern. First floor finished in oak
dandy.
$4,000. Western ave. 2 rooms, furnace and
completely modern in every detail.
A bargain.
$500. Clay street rooms. lots. furnace,
city water. bath. gas. sewer. cellar,
barn. nice shade front and back,
fine location.
c. G. BLAKELY.
1923 Mulvane Bldg.
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SALESMAN WANTED-Ser retail trade
N5 to $40 per month and expenses OIL
commission. Experience unnecessary
Hermingsen Cigar Co.. Toledo, o.
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WANTED-A cook at 1924 College ave
Ind. Phone 1911.
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81 acres. all tillable. good buildings.
slightly location. lots of fruit, convenient
to school and r. R.. Shawnee county. big
gest snap offered at 81. $50.
WESTERFIELD & co.
Central National Bank Building.
Ind. phone c740 Blue.
WESTERFTEIID & co.
Central National Bank Bldg. Ind. 2740 Blue
s rooms desirable location. about blk.
from Central Park. easy terms. A bargain.
rooms. new. 3 lots. cellar. well, near
car. $500 800 cash.
10 acres all richest bottom. rooms.
other buildings possession. crop, stock. all
go cheap. . miles from city.
Q acres, rooms. some fine bottom. $3.50.
10 acres. on West side of city. buildings.
nicely arranged for small farming; trade
for good rentals.
80 acre farm miles out, $500.
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TAILORS.

IF You ARE CONTEMPLATING OF
getting a new suit call on VIM. Klinke
G. Son, tailors. We have all our. fall
goods in, loo brand new styles to select
from. All work done in Topeka; We do
NOT send away to the factory. 10S-l10
w. 5th st. Established 1904
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Statesmen to carry our Souvenir Post
Cards as side line. Good money-maker:
good inducements to right party. State
references Gartner & Bender, Publish
ers, Chicago.
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a ACRES CLOSE IN.

N
One that will rent for SO per acre. most
ly in alfalfa for meadow and blue grass
and white clover for pasture; has living
water in pasture; good well at house; has
a neat cottage. fair barn, young orchard
of all kinds of fruit. Can be had on easy
terms.
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CLEANING AND REPAIRING WORKS
FOR
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
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FOR RENT-RooMs.

~~>~-~~~-
FOR RENT-Modern furnished room, not
water heat. electric light and bath. 4lO
West Sth st.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-10

Once in long while the United States Supreme court
hands down decision the side of humanity. Such
instance when they passed judgment an Oregon
law which limited the hours that might work
to 10 hours day This time the judges did not dwell
upon the sacred right of contract they did insist that
a should be allowed to work long she pleased
in she had to have the money they found musy
clause in old document which put property above
human life Instead they went back to the facts of
ture and backed their argument with human sympathy
part of their decision douby worth repeating 1t is
the supreme law Of the land
differentiated from the other sex, women is prob
ably placed in class by herself and legislation designed
for her protection may be sustained when like leg
islaon is not necessary for men, and could not be
sustained. Even though all restrictions political,
personal and contractua rights taken away, and
she Stood far statutes concerned upon abso
luey equal plane with her brother it would still be true
that she constituted that she will rest upon and look
to him for projections; that her physical structure and
proper discharge of her maternal Notwithstanding in
view not merely her health but the welbeing of the
raceusfy legislation to protect her from the greed
well the passion Of The limitations which this
statute places upon her contractua powers, upon her
right to agree with her employer to the time she shall
labor, not imposed solely for her benefit but also
largely for the benefit of ALL
By deciding they did, the judges overrued recent
decision of the highest court of New York state which
declared that laws regulating labor for
constitutional Not only in New York and Oregon but in
all states the door of hope opened to vast number of
oppressed workers. 1t will not only permit human laws
for the protection Of women, but it will give tremend
Gus impetus the strengthening of child labor laws The
legislator, his retainer from the manufacturer in his
pocket longer plead that such bills unconstitu-
tiona
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Electro Dental Parlors
Cleaning, Dyeing, Repairing

50c pants 15c; suits $780, rips and
buttons sewed free quick Service delays Ladies' and gents
order All
guaranteed Unique Tailoring Co.. f2 Washington
St, Spokane Club H'da Phone 73k
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INTIMATE CORRESPONDENCE
FROM WASHINGTON = BY RATH

WASHINGTON, ID. c., March 10.
If Uncle Joe Cannon is minded,
a lot of interesting things could be
Mnearthed by an investigation of
the house committee on naval af-
fairs. Mr.. Lilly is not the only
member who has emerged from
that committee crying wolf! | re
! member little congressman from
New York state a year or two ago,
let out scream of outraged virtue
that shook the bronze Liberty that
surmounts the dome. Somebody
connected with this same electric
boat concern, he said, had tried to
corrupt his virtue. | always have
done that congressman the in
Justice to suspect that it was be-
cause they had not corrupted him
that he let out that scream. But,
of course, am cynical. Too close
n view of this legislation factory
has made me so
This Holland boat concern
should be looked into. The bare
Tact that they use money as they
do, taken in connection with these
Eepeated outcroppings of scandal
sDus reports of brides and wine and
yacht trips, ought to be enough to
move an honest man to insert the
probe.
And, before the submarine boat
making business warranted wine
Sand paid lobbyists In Washington,
u recall the pathetic experience of
the real inventor of the submarine,
one George w. Baker, | believe 1t
fwas, of Detroit. He had worked
and toiled and sacrificed himself
after the manner Of poor inventors
and at last had worked out sub
marine. 1t was crude, but it was
new, and the best that had been
made up to that time And the
navy department appointed a board
TO look into it; and three officers
went from Washington to Detroit
TO see it dive. They were favorably
disposed. Baker wwas filled with
hope. He came to Washington and
legged about the corridors of con-
gress and worked to get little ap-
pTOpIldliOu Win Which, 10 Dullu
boat--one which would be a real
test and would show the govern.
ment what could be done. And
his work finally was successful
The naval affairs cmmittee Sc,
aside something happened. The
Holland boat concern (no they did
not have boat was given the
award. and intrusted with the task
of constructing the first submarine
And few months later poor Baker
died.
Oh. by all means. have an inves
tigation OF the Holland boat con
Germ.
saw an article the other day by
Billy Couch. on the futile minori
~" In the house Of representatives
et 10 o. K. lie compares them aptly
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CHAPTER v.

AS I CROPPED my way along the
dark deck | thought of Hayling's
warning, and realized how easily
two or three men might spring
upon a man and toss him over.
board. The thought was not pleas.
ant, nor was the more relieved
when | beheld a form fit hurriedly
by the engine room skylight. For
a moment | entertained some sin.
gularly unpleasant thoughts; then
rapidly made my way aft and went
below.
A solitary oil lamp swung dismal
ly in the saloon, and up through
the half open skylight heard the
swish, swish of the water as it fell
back from the vessels sides. An
uncanny, nervous SILVER ran
through me, and with nothing more
than a glance round | slipped into
my cabin and for the first time bolt
ed the door.
There could be no longer any
doubt as to the serious aspect of
things. So, being full of the warn
ing of the second mate. and beset
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Nothing more, suppose?"
mo, nothing much. BY the way,
captain, is there anything wrong
with the engines?"
That's just it," said he. "The
bearings got so mortal hot that the
engineer had to slow down. It's an.
noying-extremely annoying"
But is that really the Scarbor-
ough yonder?"
Maybe" said he dryly. "And
why not the Scarborough as we'll as
anything else?'
Because, if 1t is, we who are
bound for Manila ought to be no
where near it.
80, So" he grinned, that hulk
ing brute has been talking, Ell?
Well, he's very clever, no doubt;
but supposing the Scarborough is a
little bit of the straight line. 1t is
the safe way. and the one l always
| take"
l bowed. What more was there
to be said? A man must sail his
ship in his own way.
Yet shortly after this the en-
gines were set going at full speed
once again, and were kept at a
high pressure all through that
night and we'll On into the next aft
ernoon until VIC sighted land.
AS l walked disconsolately aft,
the captain overlook me.
Upon my SOUL" he whined,
looking at me in way that was
anything but complimentary, "the
very devil himself seems to have
boarded us this voyage! Never in
my life have I encountered such a
run OF bad luck. l doubt much If
we shall reach Manila bay inside
this week."
1.-The engines have broken down,
them" said l, inwardly cursing the
delay.
Badly. May the devil toast the
man who invented engines!"
All the rest OF that day We lay
idly rolling on the sea. ~
have mentioned the forec4stle
on which the gun was mouHted: in
the stern this raised structure,
which formed short poop, from
which the flag trailed on Sundays
when the ship was In port, was
known as the wheel house.
Into this, the front of which had
two large glass windows, I5popped
to light my pipe. Finding Il more
comfortable there than out in the
keen night wind, I settled&mWell
on an old piece Of sailcloth. and sa'
thinking and smoking in the dark
Presently l was aroused by hear
ing the hoarse laugh Of the mate
, as that worthy approached. The
peculiar outburst was followed bl
the captain saying, in a surly tone
"You may laugh, Murrell, but lt
i like to feel as certain OF the JOB al
you do"
pooh, mani" replied the mate
: and | thought his voice sounded ex
ceedingly familiar. You're no
, getting squeamisn. are your
, The captain laughed constrained
ly as he said:
+ Perhaps a bit Anyway, it's
, ticklish job, and wish it was wei
E over. There's an element of un
I certainty about the whole thin!
D that doesn't suit me. Then there
9 the second mate and this numskul
t lof passenger"
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to cohort of dummies on hobby
horses, armed with wooden stick.
| would like to send marked copies
to every democrat in congress. 1t
is pitiful to see a man of the natur.
al ability and wonderful intellect
ual attainments of John Sharp viii.
liams, so dead to the living issues
which are yeasting in the whole
mass of the people. And Bailey nc
longer commands my confidence
He did once; but that was before
the curtain was rung up on his re
lations with Standard Oil. No
There is no salvation for the people
in the shibboleth of parties. There
are as many reactiOnary democrats
there are reactionary republicans
The line of cleavage runs trans
versely through both parties. Keer
your eye on the man who moves
on principle, and boost him. THAI
is the only politics of the present
day.
Congress is planning to gel
through in April. No, they will pay
no heed to Roosevelt's message
And will he call them back in extra
session? l hope so. Sincerely
yours, Rath.
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with vague suspicion, l f1shed out a
revolver from the bottom of my big
trunk, carefully loaded it and then
placed the weapon beneath my
pillow.
1t was a long time before l got
to sleep, but when l did | slept
soundly enough. never waking I'M
til the steward knocked at my door
to tell me it was time to get up
Then, jumping out and looking
through the port, / saw that the
sun was already high and that the
ship had been slowed down again.
I dressed hurriedly and scram-
bled up on deck, but no one was in
sight. A good 10 minutes of angry
pacing up and down followed, dur
ing which time l saw the captain
and the mate perched up in the
starboard corner of the bridge, in
tently sweeping the sea with their
glasses. At the same moment be-
held Hayling coming aft, and being
sure that he had seen me l slipped
behind the deckhouse, a position
which hid me from the men for
ward.
Presently he swung round the
corner and came towards me, smil-
ing somewhat recklessly, l thought.
WELL" said he, "had a good
night"
Il suppose So"
He laughed; but this time the
white teeth shone out from behind
his dark mustach.
You're mysterious beggar
Hayling"
mot in the least"
Can you tell me why we have
slowed DOWN."
Il cannot"
Nothing wrong with the en-
gines?"
81 should say not, since they are
kept going"
But the engineer may be afraid
to send them along at full speed.
HE may"
"But you doubt it,"
II do"
He was horribly laconic.
"Tell me, are we still steering
from Manila?"
Eyes. Just go to the side ant
take a peep over the starboart
bow"
Doing as was hidden, | though
I saw an unusual swirling of water
some distance ahead. Returning t.
him. put the question:
What Is that yonder?"
"The Scarborough shoal." SALE
he.
"And we ough to be nowher
near it,"
Nowhere"
"Are you sure?"
quite; even though the old ma
has locked me out of the char
room"
"But do ships ever come this wa
to go to Manila?
mot so far to the westward. w
are In the track of the Australia
ships-of one coming from Poi
Darwin to HongkOng. If her shil
per knows his road he will come u
the Molucca passage, through tn
Celebes and Sulu seas, and so o
into the China sea by the Mindor
strait. We have no right where W
are, and il Captain Macshiel is NJ
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VOYAGE OF THE PULO WA
RECORD OF SOME sTRANoE DoNes AT SEA. N
BY CARLTON DAVE Copyright by RI Fennox

a fool, he has come for ertk jim
purpose" #FE
What purpose" l querie4
He looked very serious. M q
THAT l don't know, but Isbelfeve
we are afloat in very strange COM
pany."
Just then the captain appeared
around the corner of the deck
house and when he saw Hayling,
his ragged brows instantly con-
tracted. A look of intense annoy
ance swept his face; but the next
moment he greeted me with one of
his pleasantest smiles. Hayling
touched his cap and moved away.
The captain watched him with
out speaking: then turning to me,
said
"Yonder fellow might make him.
self a bit more agreeable, consid-
ering how he loves gossip"
81 merely asked him why we
were going slow, and what shoal
that was out yonder."
"And he told you?"
"He couldn't tell me why we
were going slow; but he said the
shOal was the Scarborough"
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his return from a visit to the Is
land.
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"He that is not for me is against
me-" quoted the mate mockingly.
Leave them to me-"
Here the mate poked his head
into the wheel house to light his
pipe, while | shrank further back
into the shadow, uneasy to a de-
gree. | drew my breath in and
held 1t fast; but the light in the
mans eyes dazzled him so that he
could not look beyond. After a few
vigorous draws he turned again to
his companion.
81 do not deny that what you call
the element of uncertainty exists"
he said. But Gupp and l have
gone so carefully into this that
there can be little doubt. of our
success. 1t is a thousand to one
she will pass through the Mindoro
strait. From there to Hongkong is
straight line and as we are on
that line she must pass us.
but what if she passes us at
night?"
I'VE shall see her just the
same"
| Then the men moved off to-
gether
Needless to say this conversation
caused me considerable apprehen-
sion. That we had purposely come
out of our way, and for no
righteous cause, | feared, was now
evident. Certain it was that the
captain expected to meet ship in
this neighborhood, but for a good
or an evil purpose who should say?
What that purpose really was l did
not even dream of then, it being
one of those awful things which
would never enter into the calcula.
lions of an ordinary person.
But what had easily grasped,
and what, indeed, l had long since
known, was the fact that my pres
ence on board the Pulo Way did
not meet with the approval of the
captain or his mate; and If my
imaginings were not wholly vain |
expected some personal assurance
Of it before long.
Another thing that rather puz-
Tiled me was the mention Of the
name Gupp. Who and what was
Gupp? and what had he to do with
this enterprise? Here l was entire
ly nonplussed, for | knew that from
officers to engineers no one on
board had such a name.
But the next morning as I sat
reading Hayling came aft and when
opposite me he stopped.
Morning" he said. Have you
seen our new third"
New third" | echoed.
Eyes; a most tremendous sur
prise. A gentleman by the name
of Gupp?"
This was too much for me. l
sprang excitedly from my chair.
who is this man."
Hanged If | know. The captain
brought him forward this morning
and introduced him as Mr.. Gupp,
our new third officer 1t was not
my business to ask who Mr.. Gupp
was, or where the deuce he sprang
| from"
But you guess who he is?"
Eyes; if am not mistaken he is
the big coolie who mounted the gun
forward" and with that he slipped
from my side and passed aft to the
| wheel house, but SO suddenly that
looked round to see the cause.
The captain had just come w
from below.
| Ito be continued)
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N. j. MuNTosH's VERSION.

N. J. Mcintosh says that the
story that he says he saw Ben Ar
mold shoot his wife is untrue. What
he says he told the police is that he
saw Arnold holding the gun and
after the shot fall out of the win
dow instead of the woman falling
out, as the parties implicated claim.
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saw an article the other day by
Billy Couch. on the futile minori-
~" In the house Of representatives.
gt 10 O. K. lie compares them aptly
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Had one term as lieutenant-gov-
ernor and one as governor.
United States secretary of war,
1889-91.
Senator Proctor attracted much
attention In March, 1898, by a
speech he made in congress upon
the reconcentrados Of Cuba after
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WATER WAGONS BLOSSOM

Yesterday The Press kicked on
dust in streetcars. Today the
Traction Co. put on the sprinklers.
The w. w. P. Co. may be expected
to trail along In due time. City
carts are now in commission. 1t
is almost time for the ice cream
suit and straw-but don't rush the
season or the grip will get you.
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Proctor Was of
the Old School

The death of Senator Redfield
Proctor of Vermont records the
passing Of another Of the old school
statesmen.
He had been senator since 1891.