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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-25
HUMcR or THE Day

1t is said that within 400 years gold ag-
gregating s2:oooeoo.ooo has disappeared
from circulation. and the government
that the members of the newspaper fra
ternity are not suspected.-St. Louis Re
public.
riches?" Answering the questions of the
tax assessor Chicago Tribune.
The Village Grocer (peevishly)-Lool1
here. Aaron. What makes you put the big
Farmer (cheeriiy]NWha9 makes You comb
Puck.
Did you secure tickets for the play.
hubby incurred the New York wife. II
But i managed. to get seats for two two
m I.1oa5f s., from tonight And by the way"
noW.Kansas civ migh Jo negin 70 ger ready
RIng Ed nS Si is mueh gEester ruler
You think SOP None Of them MAJ had m thTee
suits of clothes for every day in the year"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Wigwag-Good evening, Mrs Guzzler Is
Mr.. Guzzler in? Mrs. Guzzler-He has just
gone down to the corner for little exer-
else. Wigwag-I think I'll join him In
which-er,corner does he take his exer-
cise?-Philadelphia Record.
Here is a department in the paper en-
titled What WeH-known Persons Are Do
x L reminded
the fact that several well-known persons
are just doing time. ''-Birmingham Age
Herald.
| What are you downcast over? Wor-
rying about business p. "0h, no." Yet
| continued stories in six magazines Keeps
me busy carrying 'em all in my mind u
1 Louisville Courier-Journal.
| Charles is economizing now" said
young Mrs. Torkins indeed responded
| her feminine relative, with a note of sar-
| donic inquiry. Yes He says he would
rather see a good game of baseball than
eat And everybody knows that a good
| game of baseball costs less than d good
\ dinner. Washington Star.
| How you going to keep complaints
| from arising among consumers?'' Il don't
| know" answered Mr.. Dustin Stax. Con
1 sumers are mighty troublesome Some
| times I think they take advantage of the
| fact that we can't get along without em
| in our business. '-Washingto Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-25

Evidence is piling up that Illinois
E6ther likes to be represented only par
tally in the national congress. For
many months she struggled along with
only one representative in the United
States senate. Now IT is proposed not
to have a special election to fill the
vacancy in the Illinois delegation in
the house of representatives created by
the elevation of Mr.. Lorimer from that
body to the. senate. If this is agree
able to the people of Illinois there is
no need for kicks from the outside.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-25
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR.
IFrom the New 70,

[From the New York Press.l
When woman will eat onions it's
a sign she is married.
After man builds a house he has
a lasting horror of doing any more
foolish things.
The man who sets out to learn how
to make money does mighty well to
learn how not to lose it. 49,
The thing that interests a woman
about wedding is the people the
brides mother said were to be pres
ent, but they wouldn't come.
There's nothing a girl likes SO much
when she is going to meet the man
she's engaged to as to write Letter
to give him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-25
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers of the State journal
away during the summer may have
the paper mailed regularly each day
TO any address at, the rate of ten
cents week or thirty cents a month
(by mail onIy) Address changed as
often as desired. While out of town
the state journal Will be to you like
a daily letter from home.
Advance payment is requested on
these short time subscriptions, to save
bookkeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-25

A remark was made in a newspaper
the other day that while the state of
ficers were spending considerable sum
OF money for putting new and fancy
carpets on the floors of their offices in
the state house. it was likely that the
aggregate cost of these carpets would
not come near being as large as the
sum paid by Governor Stubs for rugs
for his home at Lawrence. There is this
great difference between these cases.
Mr.. Stubs was spending his own mon
ey for the rugs he bought for his Law
renee house while the state officers are
spending the peoples money for carpet
ing their offices. Still, it is not be-
grudged them if it will help them keep
their toes to the mark of duty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-25

When is a circus coming along?" is
a forlorn. wall That has gone up from
the threats of Topekans for some time
past. They are probably filled with
glee now on learning that one of these
fine, old spectacles is booked for this
city during the early days of Septem-
her. That's quite a time away, to be
sure, but then, In this case, it's decid-
edly better late than never
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-25

Almost another hour has been clipped
Off the record for transatlantic voy-
ages by the Mauritania. Ifthis snip keeps
up her present rate of reducing the
time for a voyage from England to
New York. it won't be long now be-
fore she will be negotiating the trip
over night
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-25

According to the press dispatches the
unusual thing in connection with the
marriage of a couple of first cousins of
a prominent Philadelphia family. which
happened recently In New York, is the
fact that they have known each other
all their lives. Now isn't 1t most pass
tng strange that first cousins should be
acquainted with each other? Marvel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-25

Reports from the Sixth Kansas con-
gressionaI district would seem to in
dictate that the acres being devoted to
crops in that locality are about as
numerous as are the men who would like
to secure the next Republican nomi-
nation for membership in the house of
TeDre
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-25

II Mr.. Taft has been given a pledge
by the leaders in congress, as recent
dispatches from Washington have
stated, that when the tariff bill reaches
the conference committees, many of the
important schedules are, to be reduced
downward materially. what is the use
of the senate continuing to waste time
in the work of revising these schedules
s,ppards7
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-25
A Train For Dogs.
railroad

trains was the experiment recently
tried on the line between London and
Manchester at the time of the great
dog show in the latter city. This train
was made up of coaches especially
equipped with kennels, so that the val
liable CANNES might enjoy all the COM
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-25

There are few sorrows that a salad
cannot solace. and the woes are not
many which will not vanish, at least
temporarily. before a carefully chosen
dessert" observes London Health.
"The food cure" it wisely continues,
ais the best in the world for moods"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-25

The daughter of Lawson of Boston is
to be married soon in the shade of an
old apple tree which stands in the CEN
ter of an eleven acre patch of roses
or the famous Lawson estate in Massa-
chusetts. How Lawsonesque!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-25
FREE-HAND ADVICE.

It's them that has nothin' to worry about
,. mat tells us don't worry
1t them that has nothin to hurry about
That tells US don't hurry"
It's them that don't need to be spendin' a
cent
That tells US don't spend it,;
II s them that don't care who'd be lendin'
That tells us don't lend it,
The Do It Now sign always swings on the
Wall
OF them that don't do it
Advice, an suggestions, an things on the
wall
There amt nothin' to it, -
Chicago Post
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-25

ct is pleasant to note" says the
Philadelphia Inquirer that umpires are
enjoying themselves these days. The
open season for killing them will not
take place until August. Then look
out for designations"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-25

Tt Is most reasonable to assume that
the Pratas islands in the China sea are
not of any value whatsoever. Japan has
turned over her sovereignty in them to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-25
weed cutting by Nfotorboat.

trouble and expense has been caused
bv the weeds and other. vegetable
growths which spread so rapidly as to
choke canals. and other waterways in
a few days
Clearing by hand has been found
impossible in one district, so motor
boat has been equipped with a unique
weed cutter and placed in service. The
cutting attachment consists of pair
powerful blades, worked by belt from
the propeller shaft. They trail along
the bottom pf the waterway. cutting
the growth off at the roots 1t is said
that the little boat will clear as much
as five acres an hour.--London Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-25

AS was to have been expected the
senate has cut hides from the free list
where they were placed by the house of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-25
Connecticut Mans Pet Faxn.

c. NJ. Pinney IS probabIy the only
man in the state who has pet doe
The doe is two days old. Mr.. Pinney's
man was returning from South Man
chester Tuesday when he noticed a
small creature in ditch. Upon inves-
tigation he found it to be baby doe
not more than a day old
The little doe was nearly dead. He
took it home and Mrs. Pinney cared
for it. The doe was doing nicely today
and will be brought up as a pet. the
game warden having. given his permis-
sion. The doe is of a reddish color
with white spots and is about the size
of cat.-Bolton Correspondence,
Hartford Courant-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-25
The Swordfish Season.


White in the shade, red In the sun,
such IS the twofold character that has
given a name to the chameleon rose.
At night or when it is carried into a
dark room it assumes a waxlike white
ness. This does not occur abruptly. but
the petals first pass through a blush
tint, which rapidly changes into very
pale rose, and finally ends by becom-
ing the purest white. Then, If it is
taken into bright sunlight, with the
greatest rapidity it resumes the scar
let of the most brilliant peony.
This horticultural phenomenon comes
from Japan, that country of magic gar
dens and wizard horticulturists.-Le
Petit Jardin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-25

Here is a department in the paper en-
titled What Well-Known Persons Are Do
ing Just So And I was reminded of
the fact that several well-known persons
are just doing time. ''-Birmingham Age
Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-25

King Edward is a much greater ruler
than any of his ancestors. What makes
you think SOP None of them had three
suits of clothes for every day in the year.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-25

Wigwdg-Good evening, Mrs. Guzzer Is
Mr.. Guzzler in? Mrs. Guzzer-He has Just
gone down to the corner for little eXer-
else WfgwagI think I'll join him. In
which-er-cOrner does he take his exer-
cise?-Philadelphia Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-25

did you secure tickets for the play,
hubby?' inquired the New York wife. IT
hear they are in demand They are.
months from tonight. And, by the way"
"Well?" You might begin to get ready
now."-kansas City Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-25

What are you SO downcast over? Wor-
rying about business % "Oh, no. yet
you seem troubled" well I'm reading
continued stories in six magazines Keeps
me busy carrying em all in my mind
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-28

chamber l turned these questions over
ing my mind. never finding an an
swer that was satisfactory to my
conscience. I seriously considered re-
signing from the bench. My faith
In mans justice had received q crush
ing blow. For five years carried
that weight Of self accusing guilt, and
only the sympathy of my friends and
the loyalty and trust Of my townsmen
sustained me.
One night was seated In the study
of Rev Charles Poindexter. the rec
tor of the Ep.scopalian church. Be
fore a CHEEKY CRATE fire we talked into
the night and to him I unburdened my
soul.
my heavens. judge he said to me.
laying his hand on my shoulder.
Why haven't you told me all this be-
fore? / might have saved you these
years of troubling. Never before have
disclosed that which has been inn
parted to me in the confessional, but
in this case believe my duty to
the dead is outweighted by my duty
to the living When you sentenced
Jonathan Miller you condemned a
guilty man. You remember that at
tended him as a spiritual adviser In
his last hours. To me alone he tolo
the true story Of that fatal night He
was guilty of Conway's death although
his hand did not strike the blow
He went to Conway's room with the
intent to murder him and rob him of
his wealth. 1t was for that fell pur-
pose that he took the knife and Ian.
tern When he reached the room
he found the deed already done, and
even as the two travelling men en-
tered the room he was meditating
upon how he might secure the con-
tents of the satchels and hide them.
Let your mind rest, judge; his hand
was as guilty as the hand that struck
the blow!
"Thus was the weight of years lift
ed from my mind, and this. gentle
men, is my story"
Amid the congratulations and,
thanks of the members of the Calf
Skin club Judge Grower from the
chair announced that Judge SturgiS
had a story for the next meeting.
Copyright 1903. by W. G. charmaa1
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-28

cent. and this 1 will declare to the
end
How many men when facing death
on the gallows have said the same
/ wonder how many men have said
1t truly. 1t is true, as Pope says,
that hope springs eternal in the hui
man breast, but often wonder IL we
do not make grievous error in not
giving greater credence to the dying
statement of condemned man.
Jonathan Miller paid the penalty
of the death of Robert Conway with
the same stoical resignation which
had marked the end of many a man
In the same extremity. With his
death the case seemed at an end and
it passed from my mind along with
many other cases which have arisen
In a long and busy career. probably
never again would have recalled 1t
except incidentally had it not been for
a strange occurrence.
Il was Just retiring for the night
one evening about two years after
the execution of Miller when I was
startled by the sound of q horse dash
ing madly up to my gate. There
was loud rapping ON the door and
upon opening 1t the painting horseman
cried:
Buck Everett's just been shot
down In Kiley's saloon. He's dying
and wants to see you right away.
Says he's got an important confession
to make
Il hurried out, and mounting the
messengers horse, spurred full speed
for Kiley's place, which was disrep-
utable roadhouse about a mile dis
tant. On the way 1 tried to recall
who Buck Everett might be, and at
last remembered him as the porter
in Miller's hotel at the time of the
Conway murder. When / arrived at
the place he was almost gone, but
with the aid of stiff drink of whisky
he revived sufficiently to make the
following confession:
I'm a goner. Judge, but before
cash in I've got to get something on
my mind. It's Conway. I've seen him
day and night. My God, Judge, there
be is now pointing his bony finger
at me! Take him away. For Gods
sake take him away He gasped in
terror and the froth upon his pallid
lips was bloody. We thought he was
going before his weighty secret was
told.
Come, Buck, have it out and
you'll go easier said as l held his
head
Eyes, judge, I've got to tell it, he
whispered. Tt was me that killed Con-
way. Miller never done it. The
thing took hold on me when l took his
grips upstairs and he said they was
full of jewelry. slipped in and
knitted him as he slept and got what
there was in his pockets. / was just
turnin' to the grips when l heard
the landlord comm down the hall. /
slipped out and got past him. and
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-28
AUTHORS NOTE.

Tho material facts In this
story Of cireumstantiaI evidence
are drawn from an actual re-
corded case, only such change
OF names and local color being
made az to remove them from
the classification Of legal re-
ports to that Of fiction. All the
essential points Of evidence,
however, are retained.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-28

3 the members of the Calf
Skin club dropped into
their accustomed places
Judge bennett entered
with a stranger of distin-
guished mein, and dignified
bearing. His white hair
andwhite mutton-chop whis-
kers betokened the coun-
try jurist OF long expert
ence whose reverence for
the English bench caused
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-08-28

I never could understand why he
didn't see me. When they put It
on him hadn't the nerve to speak
up. Ny God, I've got Miller on my
soul, too. There they both stand.
Take 'em away and he went into
unintelligible rawlings which finally
ended in the gasp of death.
"You can imagine my state OF
mind upon hearing this terrible con-
fession. Was not Miller's death
upon my soul as well? Was l not
equally culpable for not having
keener insight into character that l
might have read his innocence In
his steadfast attitude: Many long
night as / walked the floor OF my
The Washington herald., 1909-01-03
Hot FIRE FROM COAL REFUSE
Baltimore Church Heated by an
Economic Method.
Furnace a Recent Invention, in
Which Flame Burns Down
ward, Not Upward.

Baltimore, Jan. 2-In the basement OF
EUtaw Street Methodist Episcopal Church
was burning dirt last Sunday. and the
congregation a. the mornings service had
the satisfaction Of feeling a maximum OF
comfortable heat al Z minimum cost After
the service many members OF the church
went down into the basement 10 inspect
the furnace. which has just been installed
and which represents new principle in
combustion
It's a great stunt said ''Stick-Of-
Candy" Hermann. who IS superintendent
Of the Sunday school and who earned his
sobriQuet by inventing the system Of Civ
ing sticks OF candy for regular attendance
as an aid 10 moral suasiOn- When 1
stand by this furnace 1t makes ne hot
20 think how much we've been spending
for coal IN the past
Burning dirt is Just exactly the term
70 express what the new furnace does.
The furnace VIII not burn coal II burns
only coal dirt-tbe kind Of stuff that is
thrown away on the dumps-and makes
the average housekeeper think prOfane
thoughts when it is charged up 70 her at
so much a ton.
The name for 1t is cUlm. and there are
heaps Of culm all over the country to be
had for the hauling Perhaps cUlm Will
now take on q market value with the adj
vent Of cuIm furnaces, and there will be
another item OF profit in the by-prOduCts
Of the mine.
The inventors Of the new furnace in
Eutaw street church say people have
never known before how properly to burn
coal The furnace is built into the earth
wall. and instead Of open grating, has a
series Of four level trays. one above the
other.
The lower tray is started first. On the
upper trays there is q thick spread Of
culm- The heat from the lower tray
makes the second tray white-hot. and
he heat generated lights the culm by
combustion. This. in turn. generates heat
TO the point Of combustion around the
third tray, and so TO the fourth, until
every trayIoad Of culrn has caught and
is burning fiercely.
The fire burns down from the top Of
the layer, instead Of up, as in other and
ordinary processes. II you rake away
the glowing top Of the culm bed you find
the culm beneath it black and dirty, Just
as it went in There is no fame. and
there IS no smoke. The heat is produced
by combustion so Infinitely slow that il
cannot be measured. bu. so fierce that one
cannot stand close TO the furnace doors.
There is only the slightest possible al
lowance for draft in the lower door, as
draft is not needed Another thing about
the culm-burning process IS that there is
no coal gas OF odOr. There are also no
ashes. the residue being only flour-fine
dust, every particle Of carbon having been
exhausted.
The fire never goes out Il has been
kept alive by the janitor all the week.
and he's got mighty little to do down in
the basement For that he is thankful
The Washington herald., 1909-01-03
INVESTMENT PROPERTY.
INVESTMENTS.

street n. z. near Lincoln Paris new hr1cks,
6 rooms and hath We cs1 sell them for you On
easy terms at s. 80 each, after you have bought
them OF terms 70 suit, at much less See US
II street y E. bet. 18th and 18th SIS ne
business thoroughfare Of the y Z 2 bricks. ROOMS
Rent Of the houses Ssl-00 per month. Price for al
S4,25o.
At the junction q the C. & s. Eect- Cap. Trzc-
ton and B. & o. freight terminal, a eo-Der store
on lot 1880 feet. Worth 800. Price nov
$1,000.
corner at 9Th and W Sta \. ", cz- Ines
SPOT Tor 4 live man. store and Two apartments
above. Rent S7ss PEI annum PTics.
$3.50.
% Bdcks on ast St \. W, never vacant Rent
$3.50 and $50; total rent s.. 40 pe- snnun, #
purchased TOW. Price.
$1,000.
4story Office building. Worth $500. Price nov.
$4,000.
II ST. y. ". near leth. 2s-foot front. With a
b-ick dwelling and stable Rent SO per annum-
This property has great future value Pncs.
SI5.5OO.
St y. W. rear sth, new modem veil-built
property. Rent s. so rer annum- Pdce nov.
SIS,5 500.
propsrtiss On 9Th, near St. \. ". Price,
$4,000.
18th ST. near Pa Ave \. W. +sto-y building
. roOuS Rent 8 600 peT annCm- Price.
$4,000
tn St y. ". near II. fsto-y. veIl-b1ilt TT0D-
eTtv- Rent S.7s5 rsr anuEn. P1ce.
$4,000.
We are headquarters fo- investment ard businees
rropories wen built homes, large t-acts and acreage
handled When they are investments Money 70 I0sn
- "a :. and So ~ SUNS from s. 90 % S556 00o
THE HARRISON REALTY co.
62I Thirteenth street y. w.
Local and IOng-distanee phones
The Washington herald., 1909-01-03
NORFOLK AND WESTERN RWY

SCHEDULE IN EFFECT OCTOBER Is. Isos.
Lave Washington New Urion Station
SIS a. m--Daily-Au points on No-folk nd Vet
en-; also knoxviIle, Chattanooga. and Sfersrhis
1910 = n - Daily - Roanoke Bristol Winston
Salem. Knoxville. Chattanoog7. Nashville Wguuhis
New Orleans Through Sleeper. Dinisr czz
Fer Norto'k-LeaTe Washington. 4 . q n daily
lis q N daily Cexcspt sunday. Arrire Scroll
u@e a. n. SO 2. n
SO ? m--Daily-Be-TyTine. B1ray. Shenandoah.
Trains from the Southwest arrive Go a N and
1870 ?. n
avenue Bond Buildingj.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-03
CHESAPEAKE { OHIO RAILWAY

NOIE-Puolshed Only as Information. and rot
guaranteed
$40 r NC. & y. LIMITED. Daily-Fazt 7ss-
uouled train Pullman sieepe-s 70 Lexington Los-is
vile. Cincinnati Irdisnarol:s. Cbicz-o ard s.
Lo1lS Connection for Virginia hot Srrlngs- Pull
nan car Louisville 20 Memphis snd NsE ORLEANS.
Dining Czrs. a Il carte service.
u-0 z. NJ T Y. LIMITED. DaiIy-Soiid
IeSll0s1e train Pullman sleepe-s 20 Cincinnati
Lexington. and Louisville Coznra-re-t sleeping
car 70 Virginia Hot Springs week days Dining cars
q IA carte service Pullman Seepe-s Cincinnati 70
Chicago and s. Louis and Louisville 70 Memphis
Nashville. ard New Orleans.
Chesapeake and Ohio Ofaces. SIS PENNSYLVANIA
avenue; I55s F street and New Uricn Station. Tel
ephone Main los Us fOr tickets baggage cheeks
reservations. and tsxicah