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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-07

If Lawson. of Boston. thinks that
poverty is luxury he ought to make a
few INQUIRIES among the poverty
stricken.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-07
ATTTTMN

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lis all a myth that autumn grieves,
For watch the rain amid the leaves;
With silver fingers dimly seen
1t makes each leaf a tambourine
And swings and leaps with elfin mirth
To kiss the brow of mother earth;
Or. laughing, mid the trembling grass,
It mods a greeting as you pass
Q, hear the rain amid the leaves
lis all myth that autumn grievesi
It's all a myth that autumn grieves-
For list the wind among the sheaves;
Ear sweeter than the breath of May
Or stored scents of old Cathay
1t blends the perfumes rare and good
OF spicy, pine and hickory wood;
ana with voice as gay as rhyme
It prates of rifled mint and thyme.
., scent the wind among the sheaves-
It's all a myth that autumn grieves!
It's all a myth that autumn grieves,
BEHOLD the wondrcus web she Weavesi
By vleWless hands her thread is spun
OF evening vapors shyly won.
Across the grass from side to side
A myriad unseen shuttles glide
throughout the night, till on the height
aurora leads the laggard light
Behold the wondrous web she Weaves-
lis all myth that autumn grievesi
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-07

left to fight for prohibition, which, it
appears. was the original purpose for
IL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-07
500 Girls Never Saw Pigs.

The statement of a young woman
in the Central High School that she
had never seen a pig was regarded as
a remarkable admission by the teach
er before whom she was reciting.
However, when half a dozen other
young women in the same class con-
fessed they had never seen real
live pig, the instructor concluded it
was time for his pupils to begin to
grasp a knowledge of everyday
things.
The fact that so many students in
one class were acquainted with pigs
only through hearsay led to inquiries
to ascertain how extensive the ignor-
ance of school children with regard
to pigs really was. A canvass of the
three Kansas City high schools re-
vealed that almost 800 girls never
had seen one. And this in Kansas
City, one of the largest live stock
markets in the world!-Kansas City
dispatch to New York Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-07
ABSURD VITAL STATISTICS.

According to the health officer of the
city of Jacksonville, during the last
nine years 1874 more whites were born
than died, and 924 more negroes died
than were born, the total showing for
the city $50 more deaths than births in
nine years.
In other words, according to the fig
ures of the Jacksonville health officer,
Jacksonville, apart from immigration
into the city, is smaller by $50 persons
than it was nine years ago-which is
palpably absurd. Jacksonville is a
thriving, prosperous and growing city.
and not to speak of the strangers that
enter its gates, is most certainly en-
Toying a natural increase in population.
OF course, the trouble in Jacksonville
is the same as that experienced in 9TH
er southern cities. The deaths are re-
ported, but the births are not. Nearly
all cities compel the issuance Of
burial certificate, but few pay any
strict attention to the registration of
births. And so it happens that all the
deaths are reported, and only small
percentage of the births. The result is
that an Investigator looking into the
vital statistics of the ordinary southern
city would, with a piece of paper and
pencil, be able to work out in few
moments the time when that particular
city would reach the vanishing. point
and cease to be.-Columbia Is CD
State
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-07

Fred-Yes, the old gentleman will
soon have another wife to support.
Henry-What? You don't mean to
tell me he is going to marry another
wife while your mother is alive ?"
mo; I am going to get married.
Tit-Bits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-07

Can you tell me the record made
in the automobile racer" You're on
the wrong phone. This is the sport
ing editor. Call up the obituary de-
partment. "-PhiIadelphia Ledger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-07

Rubber playing cards. Great in
vention!' What good are they?"
"Bathers needn't lose time from the
whist table Can get board and play
bridge in the surf."-Louisville Cou-
rier-Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-07

Half a SOW. for you If you get me
to Kings Cross in SIX minutes" ''It
amt no use, captain; you may bride
me, but you can't corrupt the old
Punch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-07

"Is that food absolutely pure ?"
asked the timorous man. Yes" ans
wered the dealer, heartily. THE ben
zoate of soda we use is guaranteed
not to be in any way adulterated.'-
Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-07

do you think you could learn to
love me" well, don't know. You
might give me a sample lesson
Kansas City Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-07
To Was or Not to Was.

Dear me, now!" exclaimed the
nervous old lady. with the seventeen
packages and the parrot, bound for
Cookie on-the-Shell What did the
guard say was the next station? Did
he say Cockle-on-the-Sh
Excuse me-" demonstrated the girl
next station. It's still station. you
know"
you're wrong, madam" interposed
an octogenarian. What is was, isn't
it?'
'Is is WASP" asked the Girton girl,
sharply.
Don't be ridiculous" snapped the
nervous old lady. ''Was may be is;
but if was was IS. then is isn't is. or
was wasn't was" She passed her
hand across her fevered brow. eff
was is. was is was. isn't p" she con-
tinued. "But If is is was. then"
Listen" interposed fifth. rs is;
was was: was was was; is is is
"Oh, we'll. anyway" cried the old
lady, ''is the next station my station
Cookie -the-Shell?"
''No, madam replied the octogen-
arian: "but it was. We have just gone
by it.'-AnswerS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-07

Her husband is very good to her."
rs that so?" Yes. He does every
thing to please her, even to talking
back when she's looking for an argu-
ment."-Detroit Free Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-07

do you think I can stand an OPP
Grafton, doctor?" You know your
financial condition better than do"
Houston Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-07
Saved a Fortune i'm SALVAGE.

OoVeu FOfCun6 In Salvage.
Thousands of dollars in salvage
steamer Allegheny, which arrived
Tuesday morning from River Plata
ports, through the resourcefulness
ana courage of Captain Harnden. On
the last outward trip from New York
10 River Plata ports the Allegheny
had steamed as far as Cape ROGUE,
off the Brazilian coast, when his pro-
peller shaft broke during a heavy
blow She was 1900 miles from the
port or trinidad and had on board
$l,OOO,OOO in American currency, be-
sides a cargo that was valued at fully
as much more, making her a rich
prize for any vessel which could in
duce the captain to take a towline.
But Captain Harnden had no in
tent1on of accepting assistance. He
put his engineers to work on the
shaft, while the remainder of the
crew set about rigging sails. There
were none on board. but tarpaulins
were used to fashion the sails, while
the ships derricks were set up for
use as masts. The improvised sails
had the effect of steadying the steam
er In the heavy seas, besides giving
her headway, and finally at the end
in patching up the shaft SO that the
engines could be used slightly and
help the Allegheny toward port.
1t was a long and tedious voyage
to cover the 1920 miles to Trinidad,
but at the end of nine and one-half
days. or nearly three weeks from the
time of the accident, the Allegheny
cast anchor in port. Three times there
were offers of a tow from captains
of other steamers, but Captain Harm
den each time refused, for he was
determined that, If seamanship would
do it, the Allegheny would make port
her own resources and save
the salvage money. In Trinidad she
was obliged to remain six weeks, I'M
til a new shaft could be sent from
England, after which she proceeded
to her South American destinations,
and is now on her first return voyage
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-07

"Say,' a boy yelled In to the prop
rietor of a store in a prohibition town,
the express agent says for you to
send down for that package of Daily
Tribunes right away, cause they're
leakin'. "=EVeryb
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-07

to the shack, and as he expected,
BILL clad in feminine attire, was
in the doorway. She was a different
girl from the handsome languorous,
cynically expressioned Kate he had
known. There were the same regular
features, the high-bred figure, air and
pose. but the eyes were full of life
and the mouth curved in almost gen.
tie lines. Her pale face was tinted
with rudy gold.
He wondered what his reception
would be. remembering the angry
parting.
VAIL" she said. courteously, with ex-
tended hand, as he came up to her.
He instantly took the cue, addressed
her as Miss Rand and avoided all al
fusion and reference to the past. He
was glad it was to be this way. He
wanted to begin acquaintance anew
with this womanly Kate.
"You must stay to supper-that's
what they call the meal out here. I
shall prepare 1t myself tonight"
Don't you generally prepare it?"
he couldn't help asking.
s'No," she said casually. "Bill, the
help, cooks but he is away
Vail decided to accept the little fic-
ton regarding Bill, and when the
Judge came home and was informed
by his daughter that Bill had been
called away for two weeks which was
lust the length of time Vail was to
be in the vicinity, he never changed
expression.
ruth is a good substitute for
Bill said the judge.
Truth" interrupted Vail in sur
prise She smiled.
Father calls me by my middle
was my mothers name and he thinks
L am growing to be like her."
After supper, when the judge and
Vail had smoked and visited. neigh
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-09-09
WILL WE'D TONIGHT.

According to announcements, Jas.
Maddox. one of the most popular
young men of this vicinity, will be
married tonight to Miss Eunice
Adams, a well known and charming
young lady, residing four miles south
west of Moscow. The wedding will
take place at o'clock at the home
of the bride. The bride is a daugh-
ter OF w. G. Adams, one of the sub
stantial farmers of Moscow neighbor-
hood; the groom Is a son of l.. c.
Maddox. of State Line. highly re-
spected farmer Of this vicinity.
Rev. Lowery, of Clinton. will per-
form the ceremony. after which the
happy couple will leave for New York
for two weeks trip.
Here's the Couriers best wishes to
Mr.. and Mrs. Maddox.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-09-09
NEW POSTAGE sTe....rs.

The postoffice will issue a new
stamp next month in commemoration
of the operation of the first steamboat
on the Hudson river, ana Robert Full
ton, the inventor. 50.O00.OO will be
printed and they will be on sale by
the middle of September. 1t is
significant that Just century after
the first steamboat was opearted the
airship is getting to be shown practi-
cable. and the motor car is getting to
be popular. Unless the prices drop
materially on autos. the editor will
wait for an airship.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-09-09

D. mn, 70 Prose A. thee old diving p,ace.
Sub and mr called tho last swimmers'
Race
b., was POS ~ the Fcllcrs went in
3sty and UHy and chunky and skin
3tfts yew tiIuk it Il warm In tho crick
y tHee sun meits the Ice purity quick
pine Crskets thee Goose pimpics rose
af ther SUNS ~ a iea on vswr nosei
M sat as tIup az thrc Giiis as a nsh.
> i.aal uke ie.l when Ycw pass up the
tsH
p samoDs tied Wllys shirt In knot
iu' lac DO bothered al that a hole lott
lnI vul ir,Ing 20 pick up a fuss.
ta 1Iarrrisamr Kind % cussD
st down usv hi1 cum thee Ksliboos
Nan.
p last uon Il no Fcllers We Rant
ai n's caller dropped In see pa
oahnoi hrIp o." hc sod 90 my Ma
suI kalboos man after ME-
ars Boz swimming aint lawful" 81.
ts
%, aiut no leaves on them trees By
us. shore
'hoa.l Knot dress by thee hole any
HUr0"
'aeas nay hart had nj OF thee
Rrss
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-09-09
Byron Williams.

I could gist feel n sink down : my Shoes,
when Ne got near thee jail IN the hall
I could hear Pat and thee other Kids
baNif
they took us In and thee Mayor he sed
(which 81 these Criminals here il thee
H.adT''
then he looked Mad wuE feeling quit.
pale
speak" sd thee Mayor. ~or awi 60 8
iail''
then bawicd out. 1T wus gis, thee Last
SWIM"
somehow that scanned n funny Hint
neat thine he lated and explained how
u goes
We should Knot 20 In thee crick with
out clothes.
then he ssd' THAT will n awi for this
MAYBE yew think that US Kids didn't
KLINE
he IL purity good mayor. Mccain
when 1 81, erowed : viii Vote for this
man
nest thing ~ course. SHE viii hear from
Miss urovn
wuE arrested Tor swimming near Town
that h. thee worst of blamed ltel
Place
anyhow won thee last Swimming Race,
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-09-09

ooeTy business.
Mas Aaude Kirk is home from a
7" With friends at East Prairie.
Harold DcBow left Sunday for Leb.
~ ''hn' 10 attend Castle Heights
00aAg Commissioner Jas. Miner
lere from Fulton this week at.
bling colst
a h Mitchell. the popular Lee
agent Is home after visit with
NY 'o'A' at owensboro. Ky.
~ our line OF Fan and Winter
The largest line We have
IL Aad'-sehRidt, the Tailor.
T. Dunn went to Memphis. Sat.
' night lie has been Loo Line
~ IN the absence OF Mitchell. the
gulr man.
TUX SALE: Good brood mare. lc
y years old. Also a good No.
: wagon. Sell on ~ months cred
" L. Rogers, Hickman. ls.tfe.
.y young ladies OF the Bapti /
I'~ ''a served cake and cream at IL
~ o. Z. c, Rice Monday e, min
Il, ~O benefit of the church. A
u0"d was in attendance.
wv Nalfeh returned home Tues.
Ioo,, ne has been in Europe for two
IN ~ 10 which country he went To
,s y us mother, Mrs. N. Naifeh. who
'''' at Fulton to visit Paris Mai.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-09-09
UNKNOWN FLoATER Fouo.

The body Of an unknown floater
was found at Government Light 40
near Thompson's Landing Monday
afternoon by Mesdames Doogan and
Carlisle. who we're going to attend
to the light. Coroper Howle was noti-
fled and went down Immediately to
hold inquest. The body was that OF
a man about 40 years Of age appar-
emily. but was so badly decomposed
that 1t could not be determined wheth-
er II was white or black. He was
dressed as a laborer. having on cor
duroy pants and a black coat. In his
packet was found a piece of paper
with "St. Louis" on 1t, and soc In
coin. No marks or other means of
Identification were discovered and the
body was buried at county expense.
Charleston Courier.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-09-09
an A BAD WAY"
Many a Hickman Reader viii Feel
Grateful for This infor-
nation.

When your back gives out;
Becomes lame. weak or aching;
When urinary troubles set in,
Your Kidneys are Tin bad way"
Doan's Kidney Pills will cure you.
Here is local evidence to prove it:
Mrs. G. b. Walker. Catlet and
Broadway, Hickman. KY, says: IL am
strong endorser of Doan's Kidney
Pills and firmly believe that II IL
were not for them, would now be a
confirmed invalid. The pains In my
back were so severe that could hard
ly stand. My health rapidly declin-
ed and l was truly in a critical con-
dition when a friend advised me to
try Doan's Kidney pills. Although l
had almost despaired of getting re-
lief. l procured box at Helm 4 Eli
sons drug store. The results Of their
use were truly remarkable. In less
than three weeks l was restored To
good health and every sign of kid
ney complaint had been removed from
my system"
For sale by all dealers. Price 30
cents.
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. New
York. sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other.
Floyd Naylor left Sunday for Lex
ington. Ky. 10 enter the State Uni
versity. Mr.. Nayolr will complete his
course in Civil Engineering this year.
Misses Chrlstene Luten and Homer
Green were In Union City. Tuesday.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-09-09
Make the Farm More Attractive.

You can do this by installing a
telephone. You can make the sur
rounding on your farm just as at
tractive to your sons and daughters
as IL you we're living in the heart of
big city. Our excellent service and
attractive Farmers Line" rates are
not to be compared with the benefits
derived. Call the manager.
Cumberland Telephone q Telegraph
Company, Incorporates.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-09-09

Keep talking up the West Hick.
man leyee.
Mrs. j. y. Newly and children are
visiting relatives at Fosterville. Tenn.
Mrs. mo Wright and children are
home from visit with her mother at
Trenton, Tenn.
Miss Light Faris left Monday for
Versailles. Ky. where she has "A posi-
ton teaching in boarding school.
Read the Courier. Get the habit.
Your telephone is our authorized re-
porter. Call US up ana give US the
news.
w. A. Johnston spent the first OF
the week in brownsville. Tenn, with
his wife who has been visiting rela-
lives there.
Bunk Wheeler and wife returned
" hohAS wi R%e
urday night after a visit to his broth
er, John Wheeler, near town.
Arthur Hale and Swayne Walker
left the first OF the week for Spring
hill, Tenn. TO enter school. They viii
attend Branham a. Hughes training
school.
Five employees OF the Hickman
courier office have married within
the past two years. Old maids. who
have about given up hopes OF matri-
monial bliss. might Try this as a last
resort There is no bounds TO the
benefits TO be derived from the local
paper-although. some are inclined
10 take a narrow view OF Il. Sub
scribe now.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-09-09

Misses Chrlstene Luten and Homer
Green were In Union City. Tuesday.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-11-04
The Music Critic.

At the risk of making this an apology
as well as confession | venture to
express the hope that may some day
have the means to enjoy the best mu'
sic without need of telling three hun
dred thousand or more readers why;
whether CarubOnci had tears In his
voice; how Nine. Sembrich-Eames look
ed and acted; whether the second So
prano was Off key; the basso depend
ent upon the prompter; the conductor
too fast or too slow, according to ac'
tual stop watch and metronome; how
the lights were managed; whether the
audience was large and appreclative OF
otherwise and whether the music was
good, bad, Indifferent and why.-At
lantlc.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-11-04
A Paris Restaurant.

The Partisan men are not likely tc
grumble at being asked to dine in
dress clothes in any particular London
restaurant, for they have in Paris one
dining place where this unwritten law
has always been enforced. No man
ever goes to dine at the Armenonyiiie
IN the Bots de Boulogne without put
ting on his dress clothes. Why fash
ION has decreed that Frenchman may
dine at any Of the boulevard restau.
rants IN tenue de vile, but must wear
n -swallowtail coat when he drives to
TIE big park Of Paris to dine, no one
knows. 1t is custom, and there TO u
Partisan is the end of it-Belman.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-11-04
SPURIOUS ANTIQUES.
Many Forseries Clever Enough to De-
eeive the Experts.

In the manufacture Of antiquities the
forger shows an ingenuity that is UNI
limited. Furniture, prints china, pic
turer, plate, armor, ivory, bronze,
tapestry--all are most successfully lnli-
tated. Many such limitations arc, 1t
is true, clumsy enough, but a great
many deceive even the Initiated, The
experts of national museums have been
imposed upon more than once.
The British museum bought Pals
sy plate for $3.50 while an attendant
was handling IT one Of The seals at
tached TO its back, attesliuS IFS gcnu-
lnencss, became detached, disclosing
the mark Of modern French potter.
Terra Gotta figures Of Isis and Osiris.
bought by thc same institution for
thousands Of dollars were discovered
10 be composed Of modern clay, There
is one forgcr Of antiquities whose spe-
cialy Is old leather jacks; another pro-
duces horn books; still another turus
out medieval manuscripts; fourth,
clerical vestmcnts Of the middle ages,
and so on.
An expert Of the Smithsonian insti-
tuition was called upon not long ago to
pass upon a specimen Of a mummy
servant, an eflgy, IN n plastic material,
such as the Egyptians buried with
their dead. Close examination proved
it TO be made of putty. It was a very
clever forgery.
Count Tyskiewiez, n noted Judge and
collector Of antiquities. gives some in
tercsting details of the forgeries that
have been attempted from the earliest
times. No metal lent itself so easily
to this work as gold. Etruscan jewelry
has been largely manufactured in
Italy, but Syria has carried on the
most extensive forgery OF gold works
Of art. Forgeries in silver have been
less successful.
A good story Is told of forged sill
yer cup in Rome that purpOrted to
have come from some secret excava-
ton I'm Sicily. This ancient" cup was
ornamented with circular bas-relief
representing the frieze Of the Parthe-
non. In the height Of his innocence The
forger had given the frleze in its pres.
ent ruined condition. The cup obtained
an immediate success-shOuts Of laugh
ter.-St. Louis Republic
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-11-04
ONerlosdrL

A United States senator mad been
inveighing at a dinner against long
speeches.
but, senator" said a congressman.
"you can't accuse me Of ever having
made too long a speech, can you;"
The senator suilcd.
perhaps not" no said. and again
but did you ever hear about the ten
perancc lecturer? No?
"Well you must know that there
was temperance lecturer in N@.ac
who visited Ellsworth and le".U'ol
lie hit out pretty hard from the shaNl
der ut these SO called moderate iru;
ers, and Mt the end Of his rcG?Ar&s ~
Ellsworth man took him aside am
said in an nggricyed tone:
"LoOl here. Jim, | am n moderate
lrlnker, as all the town knows. H@S
TO many people II is going to sccm
as If good Part Of your lecture Was
pointed straight Mt me. What ala y0u
want to do II for, Jim? You mover
saw me with more on board than !
could carry
"'What's that| said the temperance
lecturer.
"'You never saw me with bigger
load than ! could carry, did your
"The lecturer frowned.
"Well, no. be said slowly. but /
have seen you when 7 thought you'd
done better to 90 twice for it,"
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-11-04
Dr.. Mabie and the Liveryman.

A literary pilgrim, says the Satur-
day Evening Post, once made his way
to Summit, N, j., to pay his respects
to Hamilton Wright Mabie. At the
station he asked the llveryman who
bad been in service there for thirty
years:
Can you tell me where DR.. Mabio
livesT
"Never heard Of him." replied the
llveryman.
Surely you must" continued tho
pilgrim. 81 mean Hamilton Wright
Mabie."
"Shucksw responded the driver Gle
amt doctor. He's a reporter for
newspaper"
When told Of this incident Mr.. Ma
bic put the seal on it by saying:
"And just to think that subscribed
FOR wooden leg for that liveryman"
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-11-04
And Business WIFE Boom
Her Compliment.

It Is the aim of Mrs, Hall to compll-
ment her friends on every possible oc-
>aslon, yet, strange to say. she does
not always please them.
Did you like my gown at the re-
ception the other evening"" asked an
acquaintance, and Mrs. Hall was
ready with her beaming smile.
My dear" she said, with cordial
pressure Of the hand, lit was dream.
You looked lovely! ! said to my hus-
band, rs that--no. 1t can't be'-and
then ! saw it was. But, do you know.
1 scarcely recognized you"