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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-20

| W. 8. Hunter. physician end surgeon.
office and res. 1119 Eas. 9Th. Ind. 1863
MI Fred Rogers spent Tuesday and
Wednesday visiting friends and rela-
| tlves in Williamsburg.
The young people of the class of Geo
| Layne, Miss Marie Miller, and Mrs
Chas. Shaffer, of the Third Christian
church, met at the church Tuesday ev-
enin for practice for the entertainment
| winch VIII be given in the church Sun
day evening, June IS. Sixteen were
present and Prof. Fred F. Dawdy was
present to drill them. Much interest is
being taken by the young people. in
the music, and it is hoped that in the
near future a choir of the young folks
OF the church will be organized, to as
sist in the regular choir music of the
church.
Miss Ethel Wilson. of Colorado
Springs, is here spending several days
| visiting friends While on her way to
Kansas City where she will remain sew
eral weeks visiting her parents and 9TH
er relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Shaffer will leave
| the latter part of the week for Des
Moines, Ia, where they will spend sew
eral weeks visiting their parents and
other relatives.
Mr.. James Thompson. who has been
quite III for number of weeks, still
remains IN about the same condition
Miss Agda Miller of Cleburne, Tex,
arrived here yesterday to spend several
weeks on a vacation trip. Miss Miller
is employed by the railroad company
as stenographer at Cleburne.
Miss Grace Dyer is improving after
being i'll several days with an attack
of fevar.
Miss Ethel James returned to work
today after being off several days on
account of illness.
Miss Mamie Higgins, of East Sixth
street, is unable to be at work on &C
count of Illness.
Mrs. r. B. Gathers returned home
Sunday from Emporia. where she spent
Walter Stout, who are now stationed
there. Mr.. and Mrs. Stout accom-
panied her home and remained over
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. v. Beyers We're guests
at the R. B. Gathers home, Sunday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Tilton of 500
Leland street. spent Saturday and Sun
day the guests of their son, Mr.. Albert
Tilton and wife. in the country. Miss
Stella Adair and Miss Minnie Klinge
were the guests of Miss Anna Tilton
during their absence.
Mrs. r. B. Gathers of Fifth and
Lake streets has one of the prett1eSt
yards on the East side. Mrs. Gathers
has always taken much pride in the
way her premises look, and every
year, especially in the early summer,
one passing her place is reminded of
a Japanese rose garden, SO many kinds
and colors of roses and plants and
shrubbery of all descriptions. She
had a choice collection of ferns, but
unfortunately some one helped them
selves to the incest one of the collec-
ton Wednesday evening. 1t was
probably done through jealousy, or
probably taken and sold for the nice
little sum a fern of that kind would
bring. Such as this is discouraging to
the owner, who has worked so hard
to raise such an one. Other flowers
were taken at the same time, but Mrs
Gathers cares not for any of them ex-
cepting the fern. She offers a reward
for any information concerning the
whereabouts of this fern.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-20
GLIDDEN CAR AT LECoMPToN.
Never stopped But Raised Everything
But Dust.

Lecompton, Kan, May 20.-The Gid
den Pathfinder passed through this
place at 10:45 today without stopping
or even hesitating.
The party raised about everything but
a dust, three accompanying cars stop
ping for gasoline. The route was
changed from Topeka here and the
south road which is sandy used.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-20
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

c. E. Page died Wednesday at the
home of his daughter. Mrs. William
Hebb, of $50 Clay street, at the age of
81 years. He was for 2S years an
engineer on the Santa Fe railroad,
and retired in 1895. He was a loco
motive engineer for / ) years. and is
supposed to have held the record for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-20

Harry Fritze and son Hubbard, Miss
Angie Burghart, Miss Annie Burghart,
Mr.. Earl Neff, Mr. John Maze, Mr..
James Shockley. Mr.. Otto Kuehne, ST.,
Mr. M 9. Jenkins, Mr.. Fred Kuehne.
Light refreshments were served.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-20
NORTH SIDE NEWS
Ask About Approaches to Grant
vile Road Bridge.
Merchants Wish to Know Why
They Are Not In.
TRADE is KEPT AWAY
Many Claim That Farmers
Northeast Shop Elsewhere.
Blame 1t on Condition of Grant
vile Bridge.

| Why are not the approaches to the
Granville road bridge put in? This Is
! the question which is being asked by
many people of the First ward, relative
to the bridge across Soldier creek just
west of the Union Pacific and Santa
Fe railroad bridges across that stream
| These structures are known as the
| three bridges. Some time ago the
county commissioners raised the bridge
| four feet to correspond with the height
| of the dixie on the south. However
| the approaches which were made
necessary by this raise were not made
Consequently the bridge is inaccessible
| or rather very unapproachable."
This condition forces people who live
northeast of the city to drive four miles
| out of their way via the Kansas ave-
nue. bridge when they wish to trade in
the city. AS to this it is claimed that
many of the farmers are doing their
SHOPPING elsewhere. One merchant
says he is losing at least 81 a day
from the approaches Of the bridge not
being fixed.
Work on the raising of the Santa Fe
bride across Soldier creek and the
tracks north and south was begun yes
terday. A steam shovel and large
gang of Greeks are busy at the under
taking. The structure and grade of the
FOdQ VIII De Td1SSQ 10 COITSopOllO Win
the height of the dixie. This will neces-
state that the roadbed be raised on
both sides of the bridge for several
hundred feet. Arrangements are made
so that the work will not interfere with
traffic. In a similar manner the bridge
and tracks of the Union Pacific just
east were raised some time ago.
Il have heard many people say that
when. the river begins to come up on
the bikes, it will seep under the
ground and come bubbling up, said
F. M. Ward this morning. These
same people also say that this was
noticed in the flood of 1903, even be-
fore the water broke over the banks.
However, 1 would like to ask these
people to explain how it happened
that at the same time there was not
water poured in from the top. l
claim that the water which they saw,
or imagined they saw spouting up
from the ground, was caused by the
escape of the air which had been con-
fined in small cavities underneath the
surface, such as mole tunnels, etc. 1
fore one know that the bottom of my
cellar was dry until the water ran in
from the windows above ground,
while before that the water was
spouting up in several places in the
yard from air confined in small holes
underneath the ground. If anyone
doubts this, I can refer them to sew
eral reliable people who will make the
same statement
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-20
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-20

The funeral of Frank Booth will be
held from 422 Elmwood avenue at 2
o'clock Friday afternoon, instead of
$50 as formerly announced.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-20

long service among Kansas trainmen.
The funeral will be held from the
residence at o'clock Friday after
noon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-20
Attention. IA. of p.

The members of Topeka lodge, S.
are requested to attend the funeral
of Brother c. E. Page to be held at
O'Clock p. M, Friday, May 81. at
the resid ence. $50 Clay street.
By order of
c. S. HARRIS, C. C.
A D. WATTS, K. of r. & S.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-01-07

Painters Decorators and Paper Hangers
of America, Local $3.50, meets every
Wednesday evening at Labor Temple.
f. w. Phillips, Pres; 2Sl0 Walnut;
\. +. Argall, Sec; 1917 Pacific; F. E.
Merryfield business Agt., 36lS LON
bard. Phone Ind. 1873 y.
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JUDGE NOT THAT
YE BE NOT JUDGED.
"a New Years Resolution.)
by the Rev. Charles Stelzlc.)

OBy tho Res. Charles Stelzlc.)
To imputc to no man nsinccrity of
purpose simply because he does not
agree with me-
To give every man credit for the
general tendency of hi. life, in spite Of
The occasional mi,hap which haIts his
progress.
To pay mo- attention to gossip. unless
tLr bearer OF the tale i, willing to tell
ii To the one accused.
10 remember the pit from which I
was dug. before pass iugdmcnt upon
any other man
no Judge no man unless | am willing
10 lit up the man who has fallen,
Of the Just
! have seen thi, atmosphere calm and
probably because he was CARRYING a
heavier burden han !.
To give life the largest meaning,
with me- narrow outlook either for my
self or for my fellows; to believe that
every other mani i, worthy of the best
that is mine. and to try earnestly TO
SEQ that be get it,
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Everett Trades Council.

Meets every Wednesday night at Labor
Temple at 5 O'Clock. r. F. Straka
president; $. G. Boyd, secretary.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-01-07

Don t fail to attend the Charity
Ball at Coliseum Rink Monday
night, Jan. II, 1909.
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Everett Trades Council.

Tacoma
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-01-07

international Association of Machinists,
Local 1870. Meets first and third Tues
days of each month, Labor Temple, s
I. m. n. l.. Stadium, Pres; II. Straka,
Rec. See; J. 3. Hilbert, Fin. Sec'y..
pig Colby.
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OFFICIAL ROSTER OF
EVERETT UNIONS

Bricklayers and Masons' Union No. 10
meets every Wednesday night at
Labor Temple at : o'clock. L. A
Durrant, president; w. Mcang, Sec.
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Sheet Metal Workers Local Union No.
1913 meets every first and third Friday
at O'Clock at Labor Temple. w. W.
Parker. l'rcs.; }. p. Carton, Sec, 1920
Baker.
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Musicians Union meets every second
Sunday of each month at Labor Tenn
pie. Theo. Boer, presidents j. T. Bee
croft, secretary.
The Lamar register., 1909-02-10
ROBERT W. CHAMBERS
ilCUJT RATED
By j. ]. SnsRlDAn

and started on, what did you do yes
terday?"
This was the question that l had
been expecting. All night long l had
dreamed of Ysonde and the glade in
the woods, where, at the bottom of
the crystal fountain, saw the refiec-
ton OF her eyes All the morning
while bathing and dressing | had been
persuading myself that the dream was
not worth recounting and that a
search for the glade and the imagin-
airy stone carving would be ridiculous.
But now, as Barris asked the ques-
ton, / suddenly decided to tell him
the whole story
See here, you fellows" l said abb
ruptly, 81 am going to tell you. some
thing queer. You can laugh as much
as you please, too, but first | want to
ask Barris a question or two. You
have been In China, Barris ?"
Yes" said Barris, looking straight
into my eyes.
would Chinaman be likely to
turn lumberman?"
Have you seen n Chinaman? he
asked in a quiet voice.
81 don't know; David and l both
imagined we did"
Barris and Pierpont exchanged
glances.
Have you seen one. also?" | de-
manded. turning to include Pierpont.
No" said Barris, slowly; but
know that there is, or has been, a
Chinaman in these woods"
THE DEVIL" said l.
YES" said Barris, gravely; the
devil, II you like-a devil-a member
of the Kuen-Yuin.'
drew my chair close to the ham
mock where Pierpont lay at full
The Lamar register., 1909-02-10

Archibald and Henry were both pres
ent. LambOrn prosecuted, and Logan,
Baker and your humble servant de-
Tended. A great many witnesses were
introduced and examined, but | shall
only mention those whose testimony
seemed most important. The first OF
these was Capt. Ransdell. He swore
that, when William and Henry left
| Springfield for home on Tuesday be-
fore mentioned, they did not take the
direct route-which, you know, leads
by the butcher shop; but that they fol
lowed the street north until they got
opposite, or nearly opposite.
Henry was then introduced by the
prosecution. He swore that. when they
started for home, they went out north,
as Ransdell stated. and turned down
west by the brick-yard into the woods,
and there met Archibald: that they
proceeded a small distance further,
when he was placed as sentinel to
watch for and announce the approach
of anyone that might happen that
way; that William and Arch. took the
dearborn out of the road a small dis
lance to the edge of the thicket,
where they stopped. and he saw them
lift the body of a man into 1t; that
they moved on with the carriage in
the direction of Hickoxs mill. and he
loitered about for something like an
hour. When William returned with the
carriage. but without Arch. and said
they had put him in a safe place; that
they went somehow, he did not know
exactly how, into the road close to the
brewery, and proceeded on to Clary's
Grove He also stated that some
time during the day William told him
that he and Arch. had killed Fisher
the evening before: that the way they
did it was by him (William) knocking
him down with a club. and Archibald
then choking him to death.
An old man from Warren, called DIR.
Gilmore, was then Introduced on the
part of the defense. He swore that he
had known Fisher for several years;
that Fisher had resided at his house
a long time at each of the different
spells; once while he built a barn for
him, and once while he was doctored
for some chronic disease; that two or
three years ago Fisher had a serious
hurt in his head by the bursting of
gun, since which he had been subject
to continued bad health and occasional
alteration of mind. He also stated
that on last Tuesday, being the same
day that Maxcy arrested William
Traitor, he (the doctor) was from
home in the early part Of the day. and
The Lamar register., 1909-02-10

want to discuss is the possibility or
probability of Chinaman-a member
of the Kuen-Yuin, being here, at this
moment, in the forest"
IF he is" said Pierpont. possibly
the gold-makers owe their discovery
to him."
Il do not doubt it for second"
said Barris, earnestly.
| took the little golden globe in my
hand, and examined the characters en-
graved upon It,
Harris" said Pierpont, 81 can't be-
lieve in sorcery while l am wearing
one of Sanford's shooting suits, in the
pocket of which rests an uncut volume
of the Duchess
Neither can l." said. for 1 read
the Evening Post, and l know Mr..
Godkin would not allow 1t. Hello!
What's the matter with this gold
ball?"
What is the matter?" said Barris,
grinly.
"Why-why-it's changing color
purple, no, crimson-no. it's green
mean-good heavens, these dragons
are twisting under my fingers"
,"Impossible!" muttered Pierpont,
leaning over me; those are not
dragons"
Mo-" l cried. excitedly; they are
pictures of that reptile that Barris
brought back-see-see how they
crawl and turn"
Drop it," commanded Barris; and
l threw the ball on the turf. In an in
slant we had all knelt down on the
grass beside 1t, but the globe was
again golden, grotesquely wrought
with dragons and strange signs.
Pierpont, a little red in the face
picked it up, and handed II to Barris
He placed it on chair and sat down
beside me.
"Whew," said /. wiping the perspir-
alton from my face; how did you
play us that trick, Barris?"
Trick" said Barris, contemptu-
ously.
looked at Pierpont, and my heart
sank. If this was not trick, what was
it? Pierpont returned my glance and
colored. but all he said was: Its
devilish queer" and Barris answered:
Yes, devilish." Then Barris asked me
again to tell my story, and l did, be
ginning from the time | met David
in the spinney to the moment when
sprang into the darkening thicket
The Lamar register., 1909-02-10
lineoin's 0ethsemane.

would willingly take out Of my life
a period In years equal to the two
months which intervene between now
and my Inauguration. Because every
hour adds to the difficulties am
called upon to meet and the present
administration does nothing to check
the tendency toward dissolution. l.
who have been called to meet this aw.
full responsibility, am compelled to
remain here, doing nothing to avert 1t
or lessen Its force when it does come
to me. see the duty devolving upon
me. l have read upon my knees the
story of Gethsemane, when the Son
of God prayed In vain that the cup OF
bitterness might pass from him. !
am in the Garden of Gethsemane now,
and my cup of bitterness is full to
oyerfiowing.-Said by President Lin
coin to Judge Gillespie in 1861.
The Lamar register., 1909-02-10

The panther's scream nlled night with
fear.
And bears preyed on the swine.
One cannot decide offhand wheth-
er that was written in Jest or earnest.
Lincoln's tendency toward humor
helps one toward the conclusion
that the lines are funny by In
tention. but they are not sum-
GENTLY funny to establish con-
viction, especially as the humor of
them is not at all of the recognized
Lincoln sort, and their rather labor
ious accuracy of rhyme and rhythm In
dicates that the writer was really try
ing to do his best, with some faint
hope that his best would be-poetry.
OF course the man who later wrote
the Gettysburg address was in no dan
ger of selfdeception as to the merits
of his verses, and, while he may have
made other trials of his youthful
aspiration, the disappearance of the
results is proof Of how he judged them.
1t may be said, incidentally, that
whole reams of verse. some Of 1t no
better, and much of 1t very much
worse. than this Bear Hunt" are sent
to this office every month by persons
who seem to have no doubt at all about
The Lamar register., 1909-02-10

where that yellow mask had grinned
like phantom skull.
Shall we try to find the fountain?"
/ asked after a pause.
"Yes-and-er-the lady," suggest
ed Pierpont, vaguely.
Don't be an as" said, n little inn
patiently. you need not come, you
know
"Oh, I'll come" said Pierpont, "un-
less you think ! am indiscreet-"
shut up, Pierpont," said Barris.
this thing is serious: never heard of
such glade or such a fountain, but
it's true that nobody knows this for
est thoroughly. It's worth whole try
ing for; Roy. can you find your way
back to it,"
Easily 1 answered; when shall
we go?"
1T will knock our snipe shooting
on the head" said Pierpont, but when
one has the opportunity Of finding a
live dream.lady-"
rose. deeply offended, but Pierpont
was not very penitent and his laughter
was irresistible.
THE lady's yours by right of dis
covery." he said; "Tll promise not to
infringe on your dreams-I1l dream
about other ladies'"
Come. come" said !, I'll have
Hewlett put you to bed in a minute.
Barris. II you are ready-we can get
back to dinner"
Barris had risen and was gazing
at me earnestly.
whats the matter?" l asked nerv-
ously, for l saw that his eyes were
fixed on my forehead. and thought
of Ysonde and the white crescent
scar.
rs that birthmark?" said Barris.
"Yes-why, Barris?"
"Nothing-an interesting coinci.
dence-"
"What!-for heavens sake!"
THE scar-or rather the birthmark
1t is the print of the dragons claw
the crescent symbol of Yue-Laou-"
(TO BE CONTINUEDl
The Lamar register., 1909-02-10

length, holding out to me a ball OF
pure gold.
"Well?" said |, examining the en-
sented a mass of twisted creatures
dragons, l supposed.
WELL" repeated Barris, extending
his hand to take the golden ball, this
globe of gold engraved with reptiles
and Chinese heiroglyphics is the sym
Dol of the Kuen-Yuin."
Where did you get it," I asked
feeling that something startling was
impending.
"Pierpont found it by the lake at
sunrise this morning. 1t is the SYM
Dol of the Kuen-Yuin," he repeated;
the terrible Kuen-Yuin, the sorcer-
ers of China, and the most murder
ously diabolical sect on earth"
We pulled our cigarettes in silence
until Barris rose, and began to pace
backward and forward among the
trees, twisting his gray mustache.
1.-THE Kuen-Yuin are sorcerers," he
said, pausing before the hammock
where Pierpont lay watching him. 81
mean exactly what I say-sorcerers.
I've seen them-I've seen them at
their devilish business, and 1 repeat
to you solemnly. that as there are
angels above, there is a race Of devils
on earth, and they are sorcerers.
BAIL" he cried, talk to me of Indian
magic and Yogis and all that clap
trap! Why, Roy, 1 tell you that the
Kuen-Yuin have absolute control Of
100000, 900 people, mind and body,
body and soul. Do you know what
goes on in the interior of China?
Does Europe know-could any human
being conceive of the condition Of
that gigantic hell-pit? You read the
papers. you hear diplomatic twaddle
about Ii Hung Chang and the en-
peror, you see accounts of battles on
sea and land, and you know that Japan
has raised toy tempest along the
Jagged edge OF the great unknown.
But you never before heard Of the
Kuen-Yuin; no, nor has any European
except a stray missionary or two, and
yet tell you that when the fires from
this pit of hell have eaten through
the continent to the coast, the ex-
plosion will inundate half a world
and God help the other half"
Pierponts cigarette went out: he
lighted another. and looked hard at
Barris.
But" resumed Barris. quietly,
"'suf1cient unto the day. you know
I didn't intend to say as much as I
did-it would do no good-even you
and Pierpont will forget tit seems
SO impossible and SO far away-like
the burning out Of the sun. What
The Lamar register., 1909-02-10
LINCOLN AS A POET.
"rried His Hand" at II, But Was
Hardly Successful.

That Abraham Lincoln wrote poetry,
or at least verses, In his earlier days
is news, but there is nothing at all
surprising in It. For to almost every
body with any command Of words
there comes at some time both the In
clination and the ability to put them
in measured lines. That Lincoln
should have tried his hand at the gen.
tie art was natural-indeed, inevitable;
that one of the effusions should have
survived is an accident which nobody
need regret, particularly as THE Bear
Hunt" now on exhibition among Mr..
Morgan's manuscript treasures in the
Columbia library, is not SO bad. as an
experiment, though it is quite bad
enough to justify and explain why its
author decided that his business In
life was not the cultivation of the
muse.
Note the second stanza of this Gu
rious production:
When first thy father settled here
IT vas then the frontier Line: