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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-24
FISH FROM MIGRANTS.
Hundreds of Perch Are Gathered by
Street Urchins.

New York, June PA rain of fish
In a Harlem street occurred yesterday
when employees of the water depart
ment started to clean out the fire hy-
nrants at that point.
Hundreds of small perch came out
and fioundered about in the water, while
troops of children who had been Wad-
Ing in the stream scrambled about
gathering Up the fish. taking them away
In pals and jars.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-24
WANT YOUNG MEN.
But Little Chance for q Man After
He Has Past so Years.

New York, June 24.-New York en-
ployers do not want men over 80 years
OF age. The special employment bureau
for the handicapped, conducted by the
Charity Organization society, report
that in a year it has been able to find
work for only 70 men out of 1913 who
were over 80 years old. in each case
the applicants age being the only OBJ
lection
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-24
EMBROIDERIES

Half a tableful of them.
Remnants of laces and en-
broideries of all kinds in all
lengths. And everyone at
just half what it would cost
from the bolt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-24
DRAPERY GOODS

Remnants of drapery goods
of all kinds from the most
inexpensive Swisses up to
the finest of madras and
tapestry. at just half their
actual value.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-24

driven beyond the speed limit. is a
device suggested in the crusade
against reckless speeding. The plan
is being investigated by a number of
aldermen and may find form later in
CITY legislation
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-24
WASH GOODS

The first remnant sale of
the season. All kinds of
dainty colored wash goods
in lengths suitable for kimo-
mas, waists, children S dresses
and a few dress patterns.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-24

Automatic Whistles for Autos
Chicago, June 24.-An automatic
whistle on every automobile, which
will toot whenever the machine is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-24
COLORED SILKS

Scores and scores of use
full short pieces of colored
silk S of all qualities, in
lengths of from one to five
yards. Every silk remnant
is included.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-24
Friday Bargains
Remnants at half pr
Ice will be the feature

have been measured and marked the regular selling
Friday exactly price you find them
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-10-16
BROTHERS

seneers to his farm to fetch the
workmen Immediately they had 10
tell him where the wheat had grown
of which his bread was made. They
said upon the field nearest the cnurcn,
where the best wheat Of the whole
place grows. Then he inquired where
the lamb had been fed which was sent
to him last Now about that the work
men seemed rather embarrassed, out
said it was fed like the rest OF Ihem
OF course the cadi knew at once
there was something the matter with
that lamb. He summoned them TO tell
the truth and as they were a bit
afraid of their master they finally did
Well, there was Christian IN the
neighborhood of the cadis farm VINO
had a herd of pigs. One day the lamb
ran over to the pigs ana mixed among
the farrows-that'S how it was.
After that the cadf ran to his mother.
Listen" he said to her, tell me who
was my father Crying, the woman
replied: why do you shout like that:
Your father was an effendi. my hrSt
husband, a Scholar as you are one.
Good" the cadi said. but what was
his name, and why didn't you tell me
SO before? Say it quickly So the
frightened woman told his real name,
and because she had used up the money
left from her husband for his son she
made him believe that her second hus-
band was his father.
Greatly abashed the cadi now pro-
ceeded to the merchant. In front of
the shop quietly sat the three lads,
waiting to see how matters were go
ing to turn out for them. TT does not
help you any" said the cadi to MuSsa;
Just hand out the mare." Then Mussa
led them all into mis- stable. where
there was standing a long row of
horses, and said. downcast: We'll
then, I'll rather blush once than grow
pale a hundred times. One day when
driving on the high road horse
which had been grazing near by on
the lawn joined us. and-why should /
make many words?-we just saddled
it. Here is your mare. / will return
it to you. laden with goods"
And so it was. Thus the three
brothers contentedly left the place
The cadi and Mussa the merchant re-
turned to the shop and for a long
time remained silently sitting together,
drinking one cup Of coffee after the
other, and thoughtfully stroking their
long boards.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-10-16
An Unwelc0me Guest

II NCLE SAM has found the beauti-
full English starting which he i'm
ported from England some time
ago. with the hope that it would be a
good friend to the fruit growers of
this country not the helpful little
visitor that he had expected. but in
stead, rather a naughty little bird with
a particularly strong passion for in
dulgence in fruit on it's own account.
About II years ago the starting was
introduced from England. several pairs
being placed in Central park, New
York. The numbers have increased
so enormously since then that in some
parts of the east, especially in Staten
island, they are more numerous than
the native birds. They were originally
brought to this country by the United
States government to help the wren.
the sparrow, the chickadee and other
feathered friends of the farmer to rid
orchards and forests of destructive in
sects. With the increase in numbers
of the starlings. however, has come
the discovery that they have whole
sale appetites for the succulent fruits
of late fall nor have they shown any
reluctance to indulge these appetites at
the expense of the orchards. Another
and worse crime thatNfs charged
against them is their bloodthirsty ten
dency in relation to their fellow BIRDS
attacking other birds in their search
for food and destroying large Numbers
of the weaker ones.
AS yet the starting is not generally
known in most sections of the United
States. 1t is about the size of the
robin and it is supposed to have gained
its name from the starlil1e yellow spots
on it's dark plumage. 1t is seen mostly
in the late fall and winter and seems
to be as impervious to cold as its fei-'
low visitor from England the sparrow
It's note is a sharp whistle precisely
like that made by a human being.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-10-16

COUNTESS DE BLONAY'S collection
- of dolls is known to eonnoiseurs as
the most nearly complete of its kind in
Europe. The oldest dolls in the collec-
ton came from the ruins of Nineveh
and were presented to the countess
great grandmother by Queen Marie An
toinette. These dolls are small terra
Gotta figures and ivorines, beautifully
carved and in remarkable state of
preservation.
Next in point of antiquity are the
Greek dolls. of which there are several
fine specimens. These dolls represent
gods, heroes and common mortals.
There is one kind with flexible limbs,
and its clothes. antiquarians say. were
made to be taken off and put on. Even
the modern dollhouse. with its supply
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-10-16

~ NOE there were three brothers
twho owned nothing but good deal
of sagacity and an old mare. The
mare was more needful to them than all
their shrewdness together, for she
helped them to make living. little as
ii was. One night the mare had been
stolen. After hunting and searching
the whole place they sat down on the
high road and said to one another:
Let us guess who could have stolen
the mare" Said the eldest: at seems
to me as though a middle sized man
had done it," IF he is middle sized
then he has also a blonde beard" said
the next one. and the youngest added:
.If he has a blonde beard, then it is
Mussa."
So they hunted UP Mussa, They
walked from village to village, many a
day. but nowhere was anybody by the
name of Mussa to be found. Thus they
came into a large city While lettering
about in the crowded market viewing
the beautiful goods heaped up round
about, they heard q merchant call
somebody across the street: Come
over, neighbor Mussa, and have a cup
of coffee."
Curiously they stopped and saw a
middle sized man with blonde beard
walk across the street. 'Ha, that must
Then they went after him. When he
was seated in his friends shop they
first politely inquired after his health
and then they asked him to return the
stolen mare, for they needed it very
badly. The man, whose name was
Mussa and who was well to do mer-
chant, replied he knew nothing of their
horse The loud talking drew all the
neighbors into the shop, who also testi-
fed that Mussa was an honest man
But the lads insisted on what they said
and since Mussa kept denying it they
went to the cadi. They told their re-
quest. For a while the cadi said moth
ing, but silently stroked his long beard
and finally he asked: How did you
find out that Mussa is the thief" They
replied. 1T seems so to u.s." The cadi
again did some thinking, looked at
the brothers scrutinizingly and said
Come tonight to my house and have
supper with me-"
So they went All sorts of good
dishes were served to them and while
eating the meal with great elaboration
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-10-16

D. GERTRUDE BANK, 1856 Webster, Berkeley
EVA CROMWELL, Rio Vista
FRED PETERS, Fowler.
RALPH BRAKEMAN, Martinez
FRANCES EVANS, Fruitvaie.
HENRY M0LARES, 104; Branciforte avenue
Santa Cruz.
ROY SCHNAUER, Santa Clara.
LUCK MIRK, As Poplar avenue, San Mateo
WALTER G. WARREN, Carmel
HAZEL DUKES, Martinez.
CHARLES D. WILLIAMS 1890 High Frutvale
MARJORIE HOLMAN, Walnut Creek.
CARL STANLEY PAINTER. Dos PaIos.
GARDNER GoLDTHWAITE. ST. Cedar. Ala
media.
oracle FREY, G61 Haight. San Francisco
LUCILLE M0FFAT, 1905 Dolores. San Francisco.
GEORGE D. BIRDSALL, 1889 Page, San Fran
cisco.
HARRY NJ. RAULET, 1907 Page, San Francisco.
ALICE ERICSSON. ST. Helena.
GLADYS MARKEY, S64 Chester Oakland
JACK WILLIAMS. Wrights.
HALL SCHRADER, Wrights.
LLOYD MELLUS Bolinas.
ALICE RUSSELL, $50 Sierra Nevada. Stockton.
HAROLD KELLOGG, HeaIdsburg.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-10-16
THE PUZZLE ROLL OF HONOR DOLLS THAT ARE ODD RARE

of dishes and kitchen utensils, was IA
miliar to the maidens of ancient Greece,
as is shown by the specimens in the
collection.
Somewhat. less antique are the Ro-
man dolls. of which the countess owns
three varieties-doIls of ivory. wax and
clay. The Roman clay dolls. with
jointed arms and legs. are among the
oldest and most valuable in the cOllec-
ton
a rare specimen is the Fosti doll.
from Assam. British India. presented to
Countess de Blonay by the late Prince
Henry of Orleans. 1t is made of stiff
paper and cardboard. painted red to
represent an old man holding fan,
and is supposed to be the figure of a
person addicted to opium eating.
There is a very fine Korean doll.
representing a woman in a variegated
dress of startling colors. riding tiger.
This doll is a degenerate image of
Buddha himself.
The Fingo dolls from South Africa
are perhaps the most striking speci-
mems. They are rudeIy carved wooden
figures. which play an important part
with the natives, and are most difficult
to obtain. At the age of II every Fingo
maid receives a doll, which she nurses
until she becomes a mother. On the
birth of her first child her mother
makes her a present OF a new dOll at
the birth of each succeeding child she
receives another doll, all of which are
sacred and never parted with.
A rare specimen is one of the Oldest
existing French dolls. taken into
France during the reign of Charles
VI by an Italian from Padua named
Puse1lo. These dolls were images of
famous expresses and other celebrated
women of the old Roman empire.
carved after statues and the figures on
coins. King Charles sent for PuseHo
to amuse hiU ana was so greatly
taken with the Statuette of POppaea.
whom Nero is said to have killed that
he bought it. To this source the French
word for dOll-poupee-has been traced.
Among the South American dolls is
one from Peru, exhumed from a grave
1t is a groteSque wooden pupDet and
shows how the Peruvian mothers car
ried their little ones about. These are
several old time Flemish dolls. one of
them q Bartholomew baby" formerly
sold at the fair of that name 1t is
noteworthy for the quantity OF real
jewelry with which it is decked The
Flemish silver adOrnmentS aRd gold
bracelets on this doll are almost price
less from an artistic point of view.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-10-16

the eldest said: Never have I tasted
such good bread; the wheat of it has
surely grown upon a field near the
church.
The middle one smacked his lips and
said: and now this roasted lamb 1t
is as delicious as though a pig had
sucked it," do you think so?" asked
the youngest. Now if it is as you say
then the cadi is the son of an effendi"
The cadi in the adjoining room
heard every word the peasants had
said and was greatly astonished. He
put into one pocket of his coat
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-10-16
My Chum Jack

I have a chum that sticks by me,
In fair or cloudy weather.
And when from books and tasks I'm
free
We're always seen together.
When my playmates give me the shake
1 don't sit down and grumble;
/ call for Jack, and we two make
A game at rough and tumble.
Jack Is not now, and never was,
For beauty celebrated,
But Handsome is as handsome does"
My copybook once stated.
And though some folks may criticise
My chum in form and feature,
One look into his honest eyes
Proclaims a faithful creature.
No slave could my commands attend,
Were 1 a sovereign royal,
AS does this stanch and honest friend,
This subject true and loyal;
And when We're rambling wood and
field
fear no hostile stranger,
For Jack would die before he'd yield,
Defending me from danger.
In pond and stream we swim and wade,
Until my anxious mother
Frowns and declares that she's afraid
Some day we'll drown each other.
And when my trouser legs are wet,
And Jacks coat saturated,
My father says, when home we get,
Two vagabonds well mated
Now, do you want to see my chum?
Just wait half second;
I'll whistle for him, and he'll come
Almost before you've reckoned-
Seei Here he is, with wagging tail
And bark of salutation.
OF all the chums that never fail
My chum Jack beats all creation.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-10-16

lemon and into the other an egg and
went into the guests room. He said:
Since you are SO fond of guessing.
tell me whats have in my pocket
The eldest answered quickly: What
ever it may be it is certainly round"
IF it is round" continued the middle
one, cit is surely yellow Yellow"
asked the youngest. Then it can be
only a lemon" In a similar way they
also guessed the egg In the left pocket.
Now about that the cadi was even
more astonished
Early in the morning he sent mes
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-10-16

Continued From Page Five
PAUL TURNER, 1921 South Tenth avenue, San
Francisco
EMILY MARTINELLI, Inverness.
ARTHUR PoULIN JR., 1910 Hayes, San Fran
ROSS MowBRAY, Preston
DONALD KITzMILLER, 43 John, Salinas.
ARTHUR KIRBY, 15oh Albion avenue, San
RUTH woLLwEBER. $50 Scott, San Francisco
RUDOLPH CHURCH., 245 Linden avenue. San
OLGA CRAMER, $40 Central avenue San Fran
GERTRUDE FoRBIs, 1916 University avenue
LESTER HARDY, 1912 University avenue,
Berkeley
ALICE ALVAREZ, 50 North River, San Jose.
THELMA Miller, ITO Francisco, Berkeley
ARTHUR RAINEs. FOG East Eighth. Oakland.
ELIZABETH BURNHAM, Bushnell place,
Berkeley
ROY OLIVER, Mount Eden.
EDNA sCHLoEE, 2459 Buchanan, San Fran
cisco.
PEARL PENKE. Mount Eden
KENNETH MILLER, $50 Twenty first avenue
GLADYS SCHULTZ, s4s5 Twenty second, San
Francisco.
MURIEL c. LISTEN 1913 Lyon, San Fran
JOHN KENNEDY, 1870 TiIden San Francisco.
CLAIRE JOHNSON, Richmond.
MARY E. MURRAY, Redwood City.
IRENE T0TTEN, Point Richmond
E. GEORGE HARLOW, Atchson.
JOSEPH SMITH 14I7 East Ninth, East Oakland.
WILLIAM CoHN, % Eddy. San Francisco.
HOWARD SHEARER, 1913 Laurel, Alameda.
ADELE LEDEME, 1907 Shrader, San Francisco.
ALICE CLEMENS, 3s1 Hawthorne avenue, Palo
Alto.
CHARLOTTE RIPsoM, 2so Trinity, Vallejo
DOROTHY BRESSE, Redwood City.
EMILY VAN TAsSELL, Mill Valley
ANNA DRISCoLL, 31SS Sixteenth, San Fran
WANDA CoRDEs, 552 I. San Francisco
MILDRED E. BUTTON Bryn Derwen Kenwood.
LISToN S. WELLS, 2636 Suffer- San Francisco
ANITA DEN, Los Alamos.
MYRTLE wELDEY, Stockton.
VINCENT MATTENSoN, 1926 Montgomery San
LYDIA HENRY, 1160 Filbert San Francisco
ADELAIDE SToRK, 29sS Harrison, San Fran
cisco.
MEDIA KUBLER, Mount Eden
CHARLOTTE CREIGHTON, 2o7 Cole, San Fran
cisco.
GRACE MITCHELL, 1903 Stevenson, San Fran
cisco.
GEORGE MULcAHEY, 1928 Seventeenth San
GEORGE BROWN, 2s22 Bryant. San Francisco.
VERA CARR, 430 C. San Francisco.
ALMA DUFFY, San Quentin.
CLINTON DUFFY, San Quentin
RACHEL MAY B0LTER, keystone.
LOVEDAY BENNETT, Angels Camp
LILLIAN TENNEY, Tuelumne.
RACHEL BUCHHoLZ, 1902 Davis. Fruitvale
FRANCIS JARETE 1919 Haste, Berkeley.
JESSIE PAYNE, Berkeley
KATHLEEN AGNEW, Hayward.
MARY PHILIPPI, 255 Athens, San Francisco
LEoNA UNCAPHER, 321 Soledad Salinas
KATHERINE SLEVIN. So Norton. San Francisco
HERBERT L. CoNEY, Alameda
LAvINA HANNA, Pleasanton.
RUTH HEFFERNAU, Fitchburg.
HARRIET MADD0CKS, Sebastopol.
PEARL SMITH, Pleasanton.
SADIE OLSON, Concord.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-10-16

80 & s. $ +
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-11
CONFESSIONS OF
 A SECOND WIFE

From Success Magazine.
 Since this Is a confession, it may as well be frank and truthful one. I am not jealous of my husbands first wife-at least I hope I am not But when he looks depressed. or when I see that he is not as happy as I would like him to be, l am conscious of an uncom- fortable doubt. I have tried to bring my sense of humor to bear upon this pain, too, and sometimes I have succeeded fair ly well-sometimes I have failed dismal ly. trying trick that my dear husband has is that of sinking into an absent minded reverie or abstraction; and he sometimes so far forgets himself as to call me Mary instead of Sarah" once when he had been particularly forgetful and dreamy he did this three times in one evening. At last my resentment and appreciation of the ridiculous sprang to arms. With the fourth Mary" answered sweetly-
 Tn heaven, dearl Won't I dor"
 I had heard of another wife who had done this. and 1t had sounded funny to me when I heard the story; but when I uttered the unseemly and unrefined speech I was overcome with shame, my sanger fed and, bursting into tears, I begged my husbands pardon. I knew that I had hurt him, and I told him so.
 T am hurt" he said; 'I had no idea that the memory of my poor girl, or that my thought of her, distressed you. Since 1t does, shall be more careful in the future, my dear wife, and try not to talk of her"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-11
NEW SPIRIT OF THE SOUTH.
Great Future Awaits the Development
 of It's Resources.


 Below Mason and Dixon's line things change slowly. Yet they have changed and are changing. The problems which confront the south today arc becoming more and more the problems which con- front the other parts of the country. A new south-the industrial south-has grown up. and as it increases in power the traditions of the old agricultural south, the south of the planter and of the slave owner, becomes of less binding strength upon people faced by new sit uation, new wants, new economic prob lens and new ambitions. The south is beginning to realize that 1t moves in and is part of a new order of things, and that its negro question is not the only one with which 1t has to deal.
 By clinging to the old methods and old traditions which have so long kept it apart from the rest of the country the south has created for itself a poor white' problem which can be solved, as can the other questions which affect it's growth and development, only by the sec ton becoming not solid, but soluble and dissolving itself into the great life of the nation. That the people of the south are beginning to realize this is becoming more and more evident every day. The south ern newspapers, big and little, the coun- try journal and the papers of the big cities, show by hundred signs the drift of opinion down there.
 This beginning of a new administration seems to have been seized upon as an opportune time for general expression of sentiments and Ideas which have long been gathering strength and are' now about to become compelling forces The south, with it's undeveloped resources and dormant possibilities, has a future as great and glorious as any other part of the country, and 1t must be matter of intense satisfaction to every true Amer ican that at last 1t shows signs of desir- ing to possess the rich heritage from which 1t has so long stood aloof.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-11
Laonlapne for conaressmen.

Washington, April 10.-Retiring members of the Sixtieth Congress will receive for Distribution every publication for which an appropriation was made by that Con gress, and which is actually printed prior to the first Monday in December next according to an opinion rendered today by the department of justice. The Att torney General also holds that the rever- sion of farmers bulletins and other pub lications of that department, which for meriy was enjoyed by the Secretary or Agriculture, has expired and in the fu- ture all such publications are to be held to the credit of members of Congress until called for by them. An unusual feature of the decision is that it was signed by Lloyd W. Bowers the new solicitor gen. eral, and was simply approved by the At torneY General.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-11
ANIMALS RETURNING.
Wild Creatures Thought to Be Extinct
 Still Found In Kansas.

From the Kansas City Journal.
 Some time ago Kansas newspapers printed a line or two about the discovery of a white weasel at Oak Mills, adding that white weasels are extremely rare. Lewis and Clark, in 1894, in the journal of their famous expedition, speak of hav- ing procured from an Indian on the Mis- souri "a weasel which was perfectly white, except the extremity of the tail which was black" Perhaps this weasel was the progenitor of the Oak Mills anil mal By the way. it seems that Kansas is coming back to its primitive condition again, especially as regards wild animals
 Many wild creatures that were thought to have long since disappeared from our soil are making their appearance again A little over year ago a paroquet was killed on the Remsburg farm, east of Pot ter. Paroquets swarned in this locality in the early days. A beaver Is occasion ally seen in the Missouri river, along the Kansas shore. They were formally as plentiful in Stranger creek as muskrats are now. Last year Herbert Rogers caught beaver in the Raw river near Lecompton.
 Sam and Will Mcconnell killed a large black bear near Elk City some time ago. a fine specimen of a bald eagle out there recently. John Burns caught white squirrel near Salina last January It was @ perfect albino, and had pink eyes. Charles Husted, near Lawrence, comes forward with a black pocket gopher, cap- tured near that place. It is on exhibition at the State university.
 Some time ago a deer was roaming about in the western part of Atchison county, but we have not heard whether 1t was captured or not. Deer were once plentiful, and Atchison county has a stream named for them Elk, antelope, buffalo, wild turkeys, and other game which once abounded here have entirely disappeared, but we may expect a stray specimen of most any of these primitive beasts and birds to bob up any old time.