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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-08
DaiIYSborfSforY
VENUS AND ADoNIs
BY stuart B. Stone.

I NO advertisements there
were. one above the other, in
"The Hymeneal Messenger and
Matrimonial Guide"--snug, en-
ticing. suggestive of bliss:
"Come1y. amiable, fntelli-
gent widow. owning large,
wei-stocked. fertile farm, de-
sires to marry eligible bache-
Tor. Must have means of his
own, be reasonably good
looking and competent to
assume the responsibilities
OF managing large estate.
Address Venus. care this
paper"
Handsome, study bachelor
Of rare attachments and
good income would wed with
refined lady Of middle age.
Address Adonis."
Iueu venus WrOte 10 AdoniE
and thus the kindly Messenger
and Guide set two lonely souls
upon the rose-lined pathway. The
letters of Adonis were ponder
Gus epistles filled with unutter-
able learning. The letters OF
Venus were gentler. beautifully
worded nnissives. breathing deli
cate sentiment and wondrous pos
abilities OF loving. II you should
read through the pages OF THE
Standard Letter Writer and
Ladies' Book of Etfquet." It fl
possible you might find letter aft
" lsttar word for word like We
nus wrote TO Adonis because -sha
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-08
TELL NE A @
irSTORY:M
RcHlLDREn,y
~ PlAYTlNE

Almost a hundred years ago
the city of Hamburg in Germany
was besieged by the French. The
siege had lasted so long that
there was great danger of death
from thirst for the enemy and
for the inhabitants of the
city who were so valiantly de-
Tending its walls.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-08
SAYS CYNTHIA GREY.

The hair of the eyebrow should
be trained to lie close and smooth
to the skin by the aid of tiny
brush. Dip the brush OCCASIONAL
.ly in olive oil, il you wish to slim
ulate the growth.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-08

A telegram from Scran-
ton, Pa, the other day told
how some 100000 damage
was done in that city by the
caving in of the galleries of
great coal mine that had been
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-08
THE GLORY !.
OF AUTUMN.

exclamng,
all
Soon the frost will the ground Yes and how fast has
the summer slipped awayl
Autumn has its glory. Some of love It better than
spring Certainly splendid appeal to the
thing possible. fine 10000
miles the autumn of
North America? a
us-it would look like giant diamond.
On the Pacific there would be the brown tones Of the
the rich the rank
this semropcal country In the northwest the snowcapped
mountains would sparkle like crystal points, fields gen brightly
for facet to diamond.
The blacks of the Rocky yell
lows of the countries would
wonderful but in heart
glorious colors of alrch softygleamng
gold; and dull pitch black The gold
stubble fields the havests;
impatient hopeful pillow. doing years work.
a parade
through the the forests
hind them.
Eastward there would be the the
yard southwark the white of the mngng with the black
of the newly turned earth would
beautiful
The dull OF cities the would
to the intense blues the Atlantic
Such would be the of glory.
tue setting the example, bids be bright hope
full
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-08

Your busy day will be lot
more comfortable IL begun with
cold bath and several glasses of
water. The former will be tonic
and the latter keep your organs in
good working order.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-08
IN SH WISE SAYS:

"When We drink to fergit yer
troubles We remember 'em long
after we've forgotten how many
drinks we've had"
Must be a jealous hen that will
scratch up egg plants.
Have you heard that slogan.
"F'ifty-cent butter for Christ
mas?
with Hartman getting better,
there promises to be a lot of sick
men in Wall street.
No wise wife will crow over a
chicken-hearted husband.
Many a man will have money
to burn-if he takes 1t with him
when he dies.
The joke was on Wellman-he
started for the pole long after
someone else found 1t.
Anyway, there's the south pole
left.
John. d. can send q thermos
bottle to Santa Claus.
II all worms were early,
there wouldn't be any worms.
Fast life and fast vengeance
often go together.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-08

loved him SO.
The outcome of 1t all, Of course,
was that the Golden Gate express
pulled into Gunnison Junction I'm
the heat of a summers after
noon. while Venus stood open
mouthed, wide-eyed. fearfully yet
deiiciously expectant upon the
platform Men alight at Gunni-
son Junction only when they
must. The only one was a with
cred, sun-dried, sandy-haired
man OF so, who. wore linen
buster and stopped like a badly
made interrogation mark One
eye looked to the east. while the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-08

Str Flyer VIII make special ex-
position trips DAILY. leaving Be-
attic $50 D. m, Tacoma 11:1B. >
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-08

Short coats will not have many
buttons. One, two and three but
tons are considered enough.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-08

Button shoes are more popular
than laced ones, and kid is pre-
ferred to suede.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-08

Guns and ammunition at z. e.
Peterson, 924 Tacoma Ave. 49,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-08
FASHIONS

1t is now great fad to have all
gowns made of ones favorite and
most becoming color.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-08

"Rastus what
chants an de poppn' OBJ cham cork?"
Doan max nah mouf h, Eph What diffrenee?"
why, boys. odder noise,
eyah eyah!"
DE mex song will be: Elza Crossed
Cheaper Den.'"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-08

Visits
Observations n Notebook.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-08

Miss Nelsie Bennett is to en-
terrain this evening at a bridge
party at her home on South c
street in honor of Miss McNabb
who is her guest. The invita-
lions are limited to a smalal
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-08

with Hartman getting better,
there promises to be a lot of sick
men in Wall street.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-08

A new way to make cheese and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-08

II all worms were early,
there wouldn't be any worms.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-08

Fast life and fast vengeance
often go together.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-08

Many a man will have money
to burn-if he takes 1t with him
when he dies.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-08

Have you heard that slogan
"Fifty-cent butter for Christ.
mas?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-08

To the children the blessed
and now fast winning summer
has seemed long. To them
every day in the great out-of-
doors has been a lifetime. The
more years they live the short
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-08

No wise wife will crow over a
authenticated husband.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-08

The joke was on Wellman-he
started for the pole long after
someone else found It.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-08

Must be Jealous hen that will
scratch up egg plants.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-08

John. d. can send q thermos
bottle to Santa Claus.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-28
RAILROAD NEWS.
B. F. YOakum of Rock Island
Talks of Prosperity.
Considers Farmers Best Bust
ness Men of Today.
MT1STW0RK TOGETHER
MUST WORK TOGETHER
Farmer, Financial and Business
Interests Cooperate.
Other Items of Interest i'm Rail.
way Circles.

Dallas, Texas, Oct 28.-Speaking OF
the general prosperity of the country
and its connection with the railroads,
B. F. Yoakum, chairman of the board
of directors of the Rock Island-Frisco
railway system, said:
What we should have is increased
productiveness of the farms and fur
Their development of our agricultural
resources. To accomplish this we must
invite money to develop our country.
ANY other policy will retard progress.
THE best business men come from
the rural districts. They are as capable,
can express their views as freely, as
plainly and as concretely as men en-
gagged in other lines of business. II
the representative men of the farmers
organization would come more in con-
tact with men in other lines of bust
ness, getting the views and suggestions
of others, and giving others the benefit
of their own views, the intercommuni-
cation would have the effect of bring
ing about closer cooperative relations
and a better understanding.
can organization of the farming in
terests cannot be made as effective in
any other way as through cooperation
with it's next door neighbor, the rail-
road. The two interests by working to-
gether create for both the railroad and
the farmer a beneficial business condi-
ton that brings the farmers organiza-
ton in closer touch with the financial
and business interests of the country.
The cooperation of the three classes,
without political interference, is eo-
sential to a full measure of success. If
the farmers organization will cooper
ate we will place man in each state
70 help work out plans of cooperation
with the agricultural interests. 1t will
be his duty to attend meetings in every
county or district in the state to discuss
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-28
Very Much Depends Upon How
1t Is Done, However.
Costs University Students Club
S1.5O a Week Per Student.
THE MENU is AMPLE
BOYS Grow Fat on Diet Provided
at Reduced Rates.
Members Take Their Turns at
Cooking and Dishwashing.

Lawrence, Kan. Oct. 2S-The cost of
board in the privately conducted board
ing houses for university students in
Lawrence is 81 week, but eight stud
ents have formed cooperative board
ing club and have been living for an
average of $150 a week. As evidence
that they have not suffered for want of
sufficient food the average weight of
the members of the club has increased
two pounds on the $1.50aweek menu
since the opening of school.
The members of the club are: F. E.
Wells, WoodSton, Kan: e. c. O'Roke,
Sabetha, Kan; L. A. Baldwin and E. L.
Bray, Kansas City Mo-: L. H. Mosser.
Kan; James Balm, Linwood, Kan; John
Shive. Burton, Kan. Here is sample
of the average meal at the cooperative
boarding club:
Menu Card for One Day.
Brcakfast-Oatmea1. shredded wheat
or cream of wheat, eggs on toast, milk
toast and hot cakes with butter and
syrup.
Dinner-Steak. roast or boiled meat,
potatoes and gravy, apple sauce, bread
and butter and rice pudding.
/ Supper-Fried potatoes and gravy,
sweet corn tomatoes. fruit sauce.
Coffee and tea are not served. as the
n. enbers think they are not conducive
to scholastic pursuits. The work of the
club is done in turns by the members,
all of whom know something of cook
ling All the members of the club were
formerly members of what is known as
the *. K.' club, where sixty university
students board. The cost of board there
is 81 a week.
Students Do Their Own Work.
These eight members decided they
were paying too much and rented q
house next door and started club OF
their own. Nearly ali the rent of the
house is paid by renting out rooms to
other students. The rent of the dining
room and kitchen in which the club
members Go their cooking and eating
is included in the 1.50 a week board
which each member pays.
One week the members of the club be-
came extravagant and the cost of board
ran to 81. They then lived for $1.25 for
two weeks to make UP the deficit in the
treasury.
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ways and means of advancing the in
terest of both. working in harmony in
every way with that one object IN
view.
Help From Farmers.
ut is better for the farmers and the
railroads to work together, the rail-
roads aiding them in every way that is
fair in building up their business and
marketing their products, rather than
to urge reductions before they have
thoroughly considered the matter from
every standpoint and weighed the adj
vantages against the disadvantages.
The work of pushing forward the de-
velopment of a state should not be con-
fined to its private citizens alone. There
is a broadening, constructive and CO.
operative spirit creeping into our social
system. Governor Hadley of Missouri
is setting a pace which men will fol-
low. He has adopted modern business
methods which will prove of much
benefit to his state. With other officers
of Missouri, he has completed a tour Of
the state for the encoura cement of inn
migration and in the interests of its de-
velopment. Administrative officers of
a state can command attention, and if
they devote some of their time to up
building and cooperation with other
agencies, they can accomplish mora
than hundreds of us can in the encour-
agement and growth of their respective
states.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-28
FREE DELIVERY FOR ANTHONY.
City Is Placing Signs on Street Corners
Preparatory.

Anthony, Kan. Oct 2s.-The estab-
.;shment of free delivery of mail in
Anthony may snowzpe' looked forward
to with some degree of certainty. AS
was announced some months ago the
volume of business done at the An
thony postoffice under the rules of the
postoffice department now entities the
city to a force of mail carriers.
The government, however, requires
that the city must properly mark or
name the intersections of all streets
and number the houses. For some
reason these matters have been delay
ed until this week when we have no
ticed a city employee at the work of
utting up the street signs.
Sixty days is required to advertise
and arrange for a civil service examin-
alton after the city is ready. so 1t is
reasonable to look for the free deliv-
cry of mail in Anthony about the first
of next February
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-28
HAZING NOT TO BE PERMITTED
Suspension of Two University of Kan
sas Students to Stand.

Lawrence. Kan, Oct. 2S.-The Kan
sas university board of regents has
adopted resolution which strongly
condemned hazing. The board at the
same time ordered the suspension of
Herbert Soelter and H. C. Berger, to
be in effect until after the Thanksgiv-
ing vacation.
The resolution reads:
TT is the sense of this board that
hazing, destruction of property or in
reference with the property or rights
of others, cannot be allowed in the
University of Kansas. Inasmuch, how
ever, as this is the first case of haz-
ing to come before the board, it is
directed that the punishment of H. C.
Berger and H. F. Soelter be extended
only to November "a. the beginning
of the Thanksgiving vacations
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-28
MERCHANT HANDLED BAD EGGS
As Result Was Fined 500 and Costs
of Conviction.

Emporia, Kan. Oct 2s.-In the
city court here complaint was made
by State Food Inspector John
kle1nhans of Topeka, charging H l..
Burke, an egg buyer of Allen, Kan,
with selling 204 dozen rotten eggs
Mr. Burke was fined 500 AMI costs.
The state board first received notifica-
ton of this shipment of eggs from R.
r. Rollman of Topeka, who purchased
for a Topeka commission house forty
crates of eggs that had been packed
by the Allen merchant Of the twelve
hundred dozen eggs only three dozen
were fresh. Two hundred and four
dozen were spoiled and nine hun
dred and fifty-eight dozen We're sec
onds and forty-five dozen checked
Rollman stood to lose several hundred
dollars on the transaction.
Kleinhans investigated the case and
found that Burke had held the eggs
ten days after buying them from the
dealers, who likewise had probably
held them, thinking that the price
would advance. This will be the first
case of it's kind to reach the courts
and the state board is trying to push
it hard. Farmers and dealers al
over Kansas are holding eggs for bet
ter prices and unless they are careful
to candle them before shipping there
will be trouble for them If complaint
is made.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-28

THE railroads can not run the gov
eminent, but the government can af-
ford to adopt railroad business meth
eds, and put it's administrative forces
end Departments under the same bust
ness rules that govern the railroads
operations.
Under existing laws and regulations
each item of expense of interstate rail-
roads is subjected to closest inspection
Ky the federal authorities through the
interstate commerce commission. If
the same business methods were ap-
piled to the government, cutting off
useless and constantly increasing ex-
penses, this government could be run
as cheaply as it was at the commence
nent of the Spanish war, since which
time the annual operating expenses of
the government have increased 800
million dollars. The public treasury is
being drained until the government is
now Issuing bonds to pay expenses and
devising new methods of taxation.
I believe in fair and equitable taxa
ton, be it inheritance income or
otherwise, but I believe in keeping our
tax money at home for good roads and
Etate purposes, rather than sending it
70 Washington to add to the extrava-
eance fund of the federal government,
the necessity for which is increasing
with alarming rapidity.
The necessity of the Improvement
of our public highways is beginning to
receive serious consideration and ac-
tion.
/ Need Good Roads.
The highways from the farm to the
railroad station perform for the pub
lie the same function as the railroad
from shipping points to the markets.
The public highways. both state and
interstate. should be planned sys-
Iematically both as to construction and
maintenance. They should be laid out
with lateral lines from the main high
ways to the farming districts to serve
the greatest number of people,
without national political COMPETE
ton to occupy the attention of public
men in our solid Democratic states
(and 1 am of that political faith).
where they are under the DISADVANTAGE
of a minority in congress. their atten-
ton and energy have been too often
directed against railroads and CORPORA
lions. Under different political condi-
tons, and with both national political
influence and closer financial relations
with the investing world, the many
millions of public money expended in
the northwest would have been more
equitably distributed, giving the south
and southwest a more substantial
recognition.
I'VE have, however, passed from the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-28
MUST HAVE MORE EQUIPMENT.
Y. Y. Central Orders $25, 600, 900 Worth
of Locomotives and Cars.

New York. Oct. 2S.-President w.
c. Brown of the New York Central
and Hudson river railroad has an
nounced that the management entered
upon a campaign of extraordinary
expenditure to meet extraordinary
traffic demands. The company had
placed contracts in the last few days,
he said. for $25,0O0.000 worth of new
locomotives, passenger and freight
cars, and intends to spend $60,0OO,000
more-$85,000, in all-in reduc-
ing grades. strengthening curves and
laying new rails, exclusive of $50
100000 terminal improvements in
New York city.
''These expenditures he says, care
absolutely necessary to meet the de-
mands of business. The traffic records
for the month of September and
October up to date have exceeded any,
thing in the company history.
Every available car and engine on
the entire system is in service. These
figures are unprecedented. We could do
greater business today if we had the
equipment to handle it."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-28
CHARGED WITH BURNING WHEAT
Clay County Man in Jail on a Serious
Charge.

Clay Center, Kan, Oct 2S.-Charles
Williams was arrested at Longford
and brought here by Sheriff o. E. Kin
oaid to stand trial on the charge of
having set fire to three wheat stacks
belonging to F. D. Balliett, a farmer
near Longford. The stacks were burn
ed between 1920 and IL o'clock Sun
uay night and tracks were noticed
about the place, which bloodhounds be-
,o nging to Sheriff Carl Moore of Con-
cordia followed Monday morning to the
home of the man arrested.
Williams once made his home wit.
Mr.. Balliett, but left some time ago
and has not been on the best of terms
with him of late. He is about % years
OF age. The three stacks burned were
headed wheat and it is estimated that
there were about six hundred bushels
in them. worth about that many dol
lars.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-28
JUMPED THROUGH CAR WINDOW
Has Returned to Consciousness But
Can Not EXPLAIN Act.

Concordia, Kan. Oct. 28.-Emily Mes
tor. girl probably 20 years old, whose
home is with her parents, John Nestor
and wife, on a farm five miles south of
Hanover, jumped from the Burlington
passenger train as it was coming into
Washington and was seriously hurt.
She was picked up about thirty yards
east of the depot in an unconscious state
and carried to the depot, where she
was cared for by a physician. She re-
gained consciousness but could not ex-
plain her act. tell her name or her home
and seems dazed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-28
ANTHONY TO HAVE NEW HOTEL.
Will Be Constructed of Cement Blocks
and Contain Seventy Rooms.

Anthony, Kan. Oct. ga new seven
ty room hotel on the present site of the
Burchfield hosiery is the big and sub
stantial improvement that will appear
in the center of Anthony's business
blocks. The present building is to be
moved eighty feet to the rear of it's pres
ent location and a new building. % by so
feet. four stories high, constructed of
concrete blocks is to be erected in its
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-28
COAL FAMINE is THREATENED.
Gas Company Compelled to Shut OFF
Factory Customers.

Missouri Kansas mining district and
nearly all of eastern Kansas in coal
famine, the Kansas Natural Gas COM
pany will notify all customers that
where gas is used to make steam, the
supply vii be shut off, be- ause of their
;rability to secure enough from the
wells.
The actor. will probably mean the
closing down of hundreds of mines and
many manufacturing plants of Kansas
and Missouri
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-28
FALL MAY PROVE FATAL.
w. G. Armstrong of Manhattan Fell
Into an Open Stairway.

Manhattan, Kan. Oct. 2S.-W. G.
Armstrong fell through an opening
left for a cellar stairway in a house he
was helping build He became uncon-
scious shortly after he was picked UP
and has been so since. 1t is feared
that his back is broken and that he
can not recover. In addition to the in
jury to his back he sustained several
deep cuts about his head.
Although no one was looking at Mr.
Armstrong when he fell, it is thought
he backed into the opening. He fell
about fifteen feet to the floor of the
cellar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-28

place. The new building will be known
as the Burchf1e1d hotel and the old build
ing VIII serve as an annex.
The combined structure will have sew
enty rooms, FORTY of which will be in
the new building. The building will be
modern throughout. with fire escapes,
steam heat. city water and electric light
III every room. Work and operations
VIII begin about the 25th of October.
and the work is to be done nv February
1, 1910.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-28
TO BE GONE FIVE WEEKS
Colonel Roosevelt Is Of on Another
Hunting Expedition.

Nairobi, British East Africa, Oct. g.
Col Roosevelt and the others of the
hunting expedition, who left Londiani
yesterday, arrived at Eldama ravine to-
day and will proceed to Guas in Gishu
plateau. They will return to Londiani
in about five weeks.