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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-22
At the Novelty.

The North Brothers Stock company
is seen this week in the famous Dau-
Diet drama "Sapho.'' and in this pro-
duction the company is exerting its
strongest efforts. The production is
proving popular as is shown by the full
houses every evening. The Chicago
Ladies' orchestra is one of the strong
features.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-22
ADJUSTMENTS.
At the Grand.

81 Plunkard will be the next attrac-
ton at the Grand. the date being next
Monday night. April 26.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-29
PRIZE PlcTURE-RDLEY B. SANTA ANA HIGH
Two prizes will be given in this contest this week.

Two prizes will be given in this contest this week.
For the best original submitted by Los Angeles girl
boy the prize will be round trip ticket for winner and
juvenile companion with admission to plunge Human Roulette
other attractions For the best paper submitted by
boy girl living outside the city limits of Los Angeles the
prize will be the the ST check the winner may select
Papers be from $50 800 words in length, written
side of the paper only and with margins at top and side of
each paper
All contributions be signed with and address and
of school and grade.
Papers for this competition must be addressed Aunt Laurie
Herald Junior care The Herald, Los Angeles, Cal.
Topic: Ride in the -" The ride be in any sort of
vehicle from wheebarrow automobile The writer may
describe any peculiar thing in which he his friends have
ridden Letters this contest must be received at this office not
later than Thursday afternoon September for publication Sep
tember H.
Topic Have Earned Money During the Vacation"
All girls invited write this contest and tell
fellow Juniors of their schemes and how they
All for this must be received at this
office later than Thursday September for publication Sep
tember 49,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-29
Scissors Regret Use

Dear Aunt Laurie:
AS was taking out my workbox one
day to do some sewing 1 stopped sud
denly as ! threw back the lid, for l
distinctly heard voices which seemed
to come from the inside of the box.
"Oh, very WELL" said Miss Thread
"But I don't think you have much
cause for complaint, Mr.. Needle. You
are used a great deal, will admit, but
every time that girl sits down to sew
she breaks a piece from me, without
asking anyone's permission, either"
We'll" said Mrs. Cloth, who had
been left partly sewed in the box. II
think am most abused of anyone here.
Most certainly do" she added, shak-
ing her little head decidedly. Here 1
have been in this box for nearly a
month with one of your hateful chill
dren sticking into me, Mr.. Needle, and
a piece Of you, Miss Thread, in the
needle. l wish neither of you had ever
been taken from your proper places.
I'm sure 1t has done no one any good.
and L have been in perfect torture for
the past month"
"Well, children ALL" said a pair of
scissors. you all have a pretty hard
time, II is true. But did any of you
ever stop to think what it would mean
to you to have to go through life cut
ting, cutting, cutting everything you
came in contact with? Now, don't you
all think that I am the worst off, after
all?"
No one answered. Everyone looked
thoughtfully at everyone else. I leave
it to the reader to decide which was
worst off-the needle, the thread, the
cloth or the scissors.
GRACE M. WALKER.
Cornwell Street school, eighth grade.
519 Ganahl street.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-29
Dolls Reproach Alice

Dear Aunt Laurie:
Alice loved to play house and be
mother. She liked lots of children.
Her dolls were all old. The two that
Alice liked she kept in her doll box.
One day Alice went to get her dolls
when she heard two tiny voices.
II don't think 1t is fair at ALL" cried
one.
"Of course it is not. It's a shame
the way she treats poor Mable." Mable
was one of Alice's old dolls.
1.-The other day she hit her awfully
hard" said the first voice.
Alice peeped through a small hole
and saw her two best dolls, Mary and
Jane, talking animatedly
"She tore off Sallie's hair, too, and
poked out AIMS eyes"
rShe's a very cruel thing" said
Jane
II think If I were she I'd treat them
all alike" said Mary. "She let's US
live in the doll house and makes Sallie,
Ann, Mable and Jack live. under the
bed" Mary said, Indignantly.
"Oh yes, she treats us well enough,
but the Others" responded Jane. ITS
the same as cruelty to animals. Per-
haps she thinks that we are not alive"
Most people do" said Mary. with a
toss of her head.
"And She"
Here Alice ran away; she could bear
no more.
The next day she gathered all her
dolls together and put them in the
doll house. BESSIE CHAPMAN.
1912 East Eighth street; Ninth street
school; AT.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-29

states as we'll as the west" said the
Junior.
"Uncle Sam has done great wonders,
but tell me what the Herald Junior has
done,'' said the letter.
"Then L shall tell you my story" said
the Herald Junior. "Well, to begin
with, l shall tell what was done with
some of my brothers and sisters q
mean some of the other Herald Juniors,
of course). First, a little girl was do
ing great deal of good in cutting out
pictures and taking them to the chill
drens hospital. When she heard about
the Herald Junior she strived to get 1t
every Sunday. She found the children
ate the hospital were as we'll pleased
with it as they would be with a new
doll. 1t cheered them up great deal
That is only one place where we are
used to make smiles where they are
needed
Herald Juniors not only give healthy
and lively people a good time, but they
cheer sick children as well, continued
the paper.
We'll" said the letter, "that is bet
ter than being an invitation any day,
but here is the mail carrier. So good
by, little paper"
MAUD JENNINGS,
1929 Pinelly street; Belvedere school,
grade 6; age 12.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-29

warmer and the sun shone and made
the earth warm. l began to feel big
and wanted to expand and see the
world, and 1 did. l began stretching,
and soon got up above the ground,
where everything was warm and
bright.
81 was soon big enough to talk with
the grass that grew all around me.
1 kept on growing larger and larger,
until it became winter again and
this way the seasons rolled past until
l was quite a good-sized tree, though
not half so large as my mother
Then one day while we were all
doing in the sun we heard something
go thud thud, thud, and presently one
of the finest trees in the forest came
crashing down. Every day the wood
choppers came nearer and nearer and
winter approached.
About the middle of winter l was
awakened from a nice nap by hearing
one of the men say, 'Howly Biddy,
but that would make a foine Christmas
tree, now wouldn't it, Ole| 'Ay sure
tank it bane fine,' said the other, and
they began to cut me down. After
awhile l was put up in house and
trimmed with candles and other pretty
things to please the children.
After this a boy cut part of me up
into boards and made a bird house of
me. and today the wind blew it down
and broke it,, and l was cut up for
kindling wood"
MARIE DUNLAP.
Grade 9, Beaumont, age II.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-29

and left out in the rain and sun until
thought 1 would surely die. After we
had been out in the weather for about
two months an old man and young
boy came along and threw us into
large wagon. They bumped my head
against something and 1 lay uncon-
scious for quite a while.
was brought to by the jolting of
the wagon When we had Travelled
over that bumpy road about half the
day we stopped at house which took
to be a farm house. There the men
threw us off of the wagon and we were
then thrown into shed by another
man, who stood ready to take us as
soon as we landed on the ground.
In the morning they put us in sacks
and fastened them so that we could
not get out. Then we were taken to
fuel store, where they sold us to the
customers, and it happened I came to
this place."
"Well, I'm right glad to see you.
friend" said stick No. /, "but don't
suppose I'll see you long, as I expect
to be thrown into that fire any time
now"
"I don't much care IL am" re-
marked stick No. 2; "and hope l don't
have to stay in this wood box very
long"
II don't either, but I'm nearly used to
1t now, for I've lain here over a week."
Just then the lady of the house said:
"Get me a dry stick of wood. Charlie,
as this one is green"
"Oh! Goodby, friend!" called out the
surprised stick as he was lifted out or
the box HELEN G. MACE.
r. F. d. No. l. Box BOSE; B9 grade,
Long Beach high school.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-29
HANDSOME PENCIL is
SORRY FOR BAD USAGE
Honorable Mention)

My Dear Aunt Laurie:
I. M just an old stub of pencil now
taking a we'll earned rest in a
Il school boys pencil box. / was
once a pretty handsome fellow with a
beautiful piece of colored glass in one
end and all covered with red enamel,
but I've been shorn of all my beauties
and also my length long ago and my
DAYS of use will soon be Ger.
NV first owner was a newspaper re-
porter He used me to report public
addresses in shorthand. His pockets
always bulged with newspapers and
note books and he always had very
hard time to find me.
Since another man on the same news
paper borrowed me to write editorials
with and very fierce ones they were.
Somehow or other a clerk got me.
This fellow stood all day behind
counter and used me to mark down the
sales he made.
One day / was lost on the floor and
the bookkeeper of that same estab-
lishment picked me up. He tried to
erase something with my colored
stone and tore a big hole in the paper
instead. He used some strange words
and threw me out of the window.
Here 1 was picked up i'll the street
by a small boy who was dragged along
by a nurse. After being used with
considerable roughness by the children
in a nursery, I fell into the hands of
school boy. He used to do problems
with me. Every time he came to
hard problem he would look out of the
window for some time chewing away
on me until I was covered with teeth
marks.
At the end of the term he put me
away with some other pens and pencils
in box and here 1 am now in the
same place, very short and shabby.
Now l must stop because the others
here with me tell me to be still so
they can take their afternoon maps.
DAVID BAILLIE.
R. F. D. No. 1, Box 2S3 A. Graduate
eighth grade.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-29
Disagreement in the Tool Box

Dear Aunt Laurie:
"Ohi Frankie!" cried Mable, as she
ran from the barn to the house. Come
in the barn with me, the tools are talk
ing. Don't make any noise now"
"All right" whispered Frank as
they entered the barn.
Listen, now" she whispered. And
in a little while the conversation be-
gan. The tools We're fussing with each
other. The saw wanted more room,
for the file and foot measure were
crowding him. This is what the ex
cited children heard:
"Mr. File!" exclaimed Mr.. Saw, will
you kindly get off of me?"
81 can't!" exclaimed Mr. File. Mr..
Hammer is asleep and if 1 disturb him
he will hit me, and the wall is on the
other side. so | can't move"
You will have to do something" put
in Mr.. Saw, "'cause you can't lie on
me-"
BY this time Mr.. Hammer woke up.
whats the trouble here?" he asked.
"Why, Mr.. Ruler and Mr.. File are
lying on me and I can't or won't
stand for it," exclaimed Mr.. Saw, an
grily. ''Wfu you please move over a
little and let Mr.. File lie there?"
Il can't" replied Mr. Hammer, "be-
cause I am against the Wall"
Frankie could not keep still any
longer; he opened the lid TO see if the
tools really were talking and moving.
But when he opened the lid the con-
versation ended.
WALTER GRAHAM,
412 East Sixth st. Age 13 years, Boyd
street school, B7 grade.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-29
Needles Claim Usefulness

Dear Aunt Laurie:
The thimble said to some needles,
What do you dor"
"Oh, we have thread put through our
eyes and sew stitches. And pray,
what do you do?"
"Oh, I am put on the finger and
help push the needle through the
cloth. Mr.. Scissors will you tell us
your history?"
"Well," said the scissors, 'T was
made in a factory, then was put in a
store and sold to a lady who took me
home and kept me in a drawer in a
sewing machine. Then one day
little girl took me outside of the house
and at night forgot to bring me in
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-29
The Pines Adventure

Dear Aunt Laurie:
The woodbox was filed with wood
and kindlng which Bob had brought
in before he went to bed. 1t was about
midnight when 1 heard the following
conversation, or, rather, monologue:
"Wel, since you ask for it, I will tell
the story of my life" said a squeaky
voice which came from a small stick
of kindling wood. "The first thing I
remember was when I got a great fall.
I afterwards found out that 1 was
what people call pine cone and had
become ripe and fallen.
after that the wind blew and the
snow fell, and then it began to get
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-29

Then the eraser butted in and said,
please children. do not fuss so much"
Pretty soon the box was opened; this
stopped the fuss right away. There the
first thing the owner picked up was
the pencil. The pencil was very glad
for this.
Alter it came back from about a
half hours writing, the pen said: AZ
believe that the eraser is loved better
than both of u.s." So in this way they
quit quarreling.
KATIE GAMSJAGER.
116 Delmar street, Pasadena, 9Th
grade. Grant school.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-29
Conquered by Study

Dear Aunt Laurie:
NV tasks are none of them very
hard The hardest one is arithmetic.
I hardly ever pass examinations well
enough to get excellent.
One day we were to have oral exam
ination. That was to be trial for the
real examinations. 1 failed in most of
them.
That night I resolved to learn 1t from
one of the older girls.
1 took my book that evening, went
to my room. Once there, l locked the
door and drew out my table.
/ spread out the book and papers and
prepared for a long evening. I do not
know how much paper l wasted, nor
how long I stayed there. 1t must have
been very late, for the streets were
deserted and the lights were all out.
The next morning when 1 went to
school I passed the examination, miss
ing only one example.
The best way to conquer anything is
to keep at it until it is done Your
niece BESSIE CHAPMAN.
Ninth street school, AT; age 10.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-29
Eraser Is Popular

Dear Aunt Laurie:
The pen and pencil are very bad
friends The pen does the best work
for any one you know. And so the
pen said to the pencil one day, while
the eraser was around, "I bet I shall
get used before you WILL Mr.. Pencil. ="
The pencil said, Il shall wait and
find out if you or 1 get used first
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-29
Downfall of Trees

Dear Aunt Laurie:
Hello, therei" called out stick of
wood as another was thrown into the
box. How'd you get here?'
well" said stick No. 2, after you
were taken away / was CHOPPED down
The Newtown bee., 1909-07-02
Stepney
BAPTIST CHURCH NOTES.

Next Sunday promises 10 be a mes mcFable one for the Baptist church. All the services will be in keeping with the day. At the evening sery- ice souvenir pictures will be given out, The sermon and music will partake of q patriotic nature, The candidates for membership will come before the church at the Covenant meeting beginning at l0,S0. The sub- feet of the sermon will be "The Child, the Hope of the Nation and the Church" The ordinance of the Lords Supper kill be observed.
 The birthday social was splendid success, "the greatest financial suc- cess in years" said one. The enter tainment was very pleasing. Miss Burr, with her recitation, and MT Powell, with his violin, contributed largely to the enjoyment. And the supper. The men denied with ear nestness that their wives had done any of the cooking, but however that may be, the supper was both edible and bountiful. The ladies are now persuaded that the men can do things.
 The annual election of the Sum day school tooK place last Sunday. The officers who have served during the past year have been so efficient that all of them have been reelected. The secretary's report brought out the interesting fact that the average attendance for this year was nine more than that of last year.
 The Ladies' Aid society meets Thursday afternoon atthe parsonage.
 The Portal Class meets on Satur- day afternoon.
The Newtown bee., 1909-07-02
Long Hin.
NEWS HEREABOUTS.

.| The ball game, last Saturday aft ernoon, between the Long Hill ana the Nichols teams resulted in a score of 5 to 0 in favor of the home team. There will be a good game, Monday afternoon, between the Long Hill 7, boys and some out of town team on the home grounds.
 Mrs F. M. Canfield of Easton was guest, last Friday, of Mrs Mary A. Peet.
 Mrs William L. Olsen of Philadel- phia, Pa., who has been spending a few days here with her grandmother. Mrs Mary A. Peet, is now at the St Vincent hospital for treatment and she is doing nicely.
 Mrs David s. Leavitt, who has been i'll for a few days and under Dr Hills care, is now gaining slowly.
 Marvin Sherwood and family of Wallingford were calling on old { friends in town, Monday. Mrs H. E. Leavitt has had a handsome Quincey granite monu- ment placed in her family lot in the Long Hill cemetery. Hughes x Chapman had the contract
 Are you having any trouble with your lamps and oil stoves? If so you are not using Lenox oil. It will not smoke the chimney nor charr the wicks, gives a better light, does not smell, only costs a little more. We sell, use and can prove what we say. 1.-The Long Hill Store, w. N. Hurd Proprietor.
 Mrs William Works of Milford has been spending a few days in town with old friends.
 MT and Mrs Origen Downs of For estville made a short stay in town, Monday, calling on old neighbors and friends.
 MT and Mrs Raymond Banks of Marlborough, Mass, were guests,, last week, of Mrs H. E. Leavitt. Louis H. Schneider and daughter, Louise, and Willis Cooper were guests, Sunday, of MT and Mrs John M. Schneider.
 Miss Annie Kenney of Bridgeport is a guest, this week, of Mrs James Carroll at MT and Mrs John M. Sshneider's.
 The opel etta given by the Brownie band of Grace church Sunday school under the leadership of Mrs George Clark, last Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, at Staines' hall was grand success and filled the hall both evenings and netted the band a large
The Newtown bee., 1909-07-02

purse. The children and Mrs Clark are both to be congratulated on the very enjoyoble evenings entertain ments. Mrs Frank Sutherland and daugh- ter, Viola, of Botsford are guests, this week, of MT and Mrs c P. Jennings. ill.
 The warm days call and get re- freshing drinks of soda with pure fruit syrup at our fountain. Full stock of the best groceries and feed at the lowest cash prices always at hand at our store.-[The Cheap Cash Grocery, Robert Staines Proprietor.
The Newtown bee., 1909-07-02
METHODIST CHURCH NOTES

Preaching Sunday morning by the pastor.
 Preaching at Hattertown school house at , p. m. .
 The Literary Society meets this evening, (Friday) July 2, with MT and Mrs Hinckley.
The Newtown bee., 1909-07-02
Ladies' Shampooing,

Scalp Treatments Face Massaging and Man .curing. Will call at residence by appoint ment only.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-02-03

county, Texas, is an example OF a
county that finds itself unable to pay
the salaries and other expenses OF
administration, and now proposes to
disband. SO far as its area permits
the county is thickly populated with
Industrious farmers, but on account
of being so small it us having a hard
struggle to keep up its county gov
eminent. The Honey Grove (Tex.)
Signal says:
There is a strong sentiment in
Delta county in favor of ~diSbanding
the county and attaching the terri
tory to Hopkins and Lamar counties,
from which it was taken 1t is said
the offices in b county pay so little
they are not worth having, n that
he expenses of keeping up b coun-
ty are very high because of the small
number of people living in the coun-
ty. There is considerable agitation
and an election may be called 500
to disband the county. A two-thirds
vote lis necessary to do away with
the county, and elections must be
held in the counties receiving the
territory as we'll as the county seek
ing to diSband."
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-02-03
Lawyer Writes R~emarkabIe Book.

New York, Feb. 2.-That Jesus was
crucified a mile away from Calvary
of the Holy Sepulcher, and that he did
not bear the cross, as shown by scrip
tural accounts cited, are among the
discoveries alleged to have been made
by John M. Gardner, prominent attor
ney and globe-trotter, who has toured
the world with his eyes open and has
just published a book setting forth
his experiences and the opinions de
rived therefrom.
MIR. Gardner has also visited the
fields of the military prowess of Ma
poleon, whom he extols as a patriot,
and makes the remarkable statement
hat but two headstones, one small
marker and one monument, have been
erected ito point out the more than a
hundred victories of the man who
once held Europe in the hollow of his
hand.
Mr.. Gardner's work is the most no
table contribution yet made to the lat
est New York society fad, the publ
cation of souvenir books as gifts, and
are not for sale to the general public.
It is illustrated with many original
pen drawings and sketches of scenes
in Europe and h Orient, and the
book is e~1aborately bound.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-02-03

Letters of administration have been
granted the undersigned by Hon. j
T. Evans, judge of the probate cou
for Chaves County Territory of New
Mexico for the estate of Mary A. E.
Atkinson, deceased,
Therefore, all persons having any
claims against said estate are hereby
notified to present same for payment
as now provided by law.
Witness my hand this 9th day OF
January 1909. Wed3t.
w. NJ. ATKINSON,
Administrator.
Post Office, Roswell, N. M.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-02-03

Rev. E. Mcqueen Gray, of Carts
bad, passed through last night on his
way home from a trip to Las Vegas
and Albuquerque, where he has been
preaching. He has e i'm touch
with the lawmakers at Santa Fe re-
Gently and states that he has no fear
of county division at this session, on
account of the recen resolution OF
the council to consider no county di-
vision proposition without a t~wo-thirds
vote of hat body.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-02-03

Robert Mentally, who recently pur
chased property in the ePcos Valley,
n who started last week from indie
~pendence, Iowa, to this place with sew
eral cars of household goods. stock
etc. got caught in the storm al Tope-
ka, and had his cars unr,oofed SO that
he will be delayed several days. All
his goods had to be reloaded upon
other cars.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-02-03

The Record has a letter stating
that Mrs. Emma w. Lewis, mother of
Mrs. Karl Snyder, formerly of this
city and a member of the First Pres
byterian church died at the residence
of Mrs. Snyder, 1854 West "a Street,
Los Angeles, Calf, January &c, aged
~ years and 10 months.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-02-03

w. S. Murren and family have ar
rived from Independence, Ia and set
tied down in the Atwood place on q.
Fifth street, recently purchased by
Mr.. Murrell. The family are old
neighbors of J.. l.. Mabie, formerly of
Iowa. Mr.. Murrell is a piano tuner
and his ard appears in the Record
business directory.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-02-03
MRS. J. r. RAY GIVES

a "HOOSE-W hWITNG'
Mrs. J. r. Ray entertained the Eli
tire Nous Club and a number of lady
friends outside the club membership
yesterday at her elegant new home
east of Roswell, son College Boule-
ward, extended. 1t was a pleasant
part of the afternoon. The house is
a two story structure of eight rooms,
and is a model of convenience and
comfort, as well as being artistic in
appearance. After a pleasant social
afternoon, the guests were served a
luncheon.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-02-03
--ROSWELl"
Trade Directory.

POS. Expert tuner, Is
years experience in Europe and Am
erica. Reference. Jesse French.
Baldwin, Chickering Bros, and KIM
ball factoriesA20 N. Richardson
Ave, phone 322.