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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-22

At the annual luncheon of the Ill.,
nois Congress of Mothers which was
y held in Chicago recently, this warn
ing was sounded: Mothers, if YOU
want to keep down the city's infant
mortality rate beware of feeding your
babies with sausage and beer in the
first year of their existence" This is
the first intimation that the world has
received that a mixture of beer and
sausage was popular food for in
fsnts in Chicago. But, then, they do
many peculiar things in the Windy
CITY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-22

AS potato producing locality the
valley of the Kaw is not going to do
80 bad this year If the crop of spuds
comes up to the estimate of a quarter
of million bushels. This shows the
courage of the Kaw valley farmers.
They are forced to plant this crop in
q territory that stands a chance of
being moved off the map each year
by food waters
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-22

Local automobile dealers are re-
ported as saying that they can't get
cars fast enough" Constituting this
statement in one way, it might be re-
marked that, from the way the speed
ordinances of the city are fractured
by chauffeurs, the automobile dealers
have been providing cars that are
really too fast
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-22

What's happened to the Roosevelt
hunting expedition in East Africa? Not
a word has been heard from it for sew
ieral days. Maybe the newspaper re-
sporters in the vicinity have become
the victims of the Sleeping sickness. >,
Maybe the supply of wild animals has
run out. In fact, any number of con-
sdectures can be made, but what's the
use OF guessing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-22

In a couple of days the merchants
of Kansas will be the guests of the
business men of Topeka. Every possible
effort is to be made to show the Wis
itors good time. And every man and
woman in the city ought to find some
little way in which to help the fes-
tive occasion along
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-22

1t is now reported in washington
that the proposed tax on the net in
comes of corporations will yield dou-
BILE the income of $25.OOO.00o which
was the first estimate. That's an addi-
tional good reason as to why it should
be levied. For the federal government
certainly is sorelY in need of revenne.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-22
LOVELY CHILD.

LOVELY CHILD.
Shes a perfectly lovely child, you
know"
Said Mrs. DeRide,
But don't you think her clothes are a
show %
And her mouths so wide.
She's fearfully noisy, too, of course;
however, she probably might be worse,
and to cr1ticising I'm much averse,"
Smiled Mrs. DeRide
Inc l- little girl really's quite dear"
Said Mrs. DeRide.
But, goodness me! did you ever hear
such voice?'' she cried
her ears are large and her eyes are bad,
ana shes such a skinny little tad
She looks half starved-it's really sadv'
Beamed Mrs. DeRide.
Yet, as I was saying, she's awfully
nice"
Said Mrs. DeRide
Though her mother should listen to my
advice,
And swallow her pride
! nope that some day the child will be
proper companion for my Marie
b9t girls are so different-ah, me.'
Sighed Mrs. DeRide
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-22
Inauisitive Pengnins.

DIR. Lionvi1le, who is with the Char
cot expedition. in a letter to Paris
says: 1.-THE anarctic region is quite up
to its reputation. I understand how
one can be fascinated with these
weird landscapes. where everything
that nature shows is strange and un-
accustomed.
1.-THE animals are prodigiously Gu
rious, and the formations of the
mountains and glaciers very unexpect-
ed. 1t is unfortunate that we can
not spend ten days at this place,
Deception SO inaptly named. The
penguins are most interested in my
work. When 1 turn over pieces of
rock on the shore they come up to
watch what I am doing. draw closer
and closer. elbow each other to see
better. peck the places where I am
digging, and end up by hustling me.
I had to speak very plainly to one this
morning, and he walked away limp
1ng."-London Standard.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-22

This is not an age when miracles
are being performed. but one might
he pardoned for thinking so on read
ing the headlines in the newspapers
of the other day which announced the
fact that the dead had been brought
TO life.' According to the Medical
Record, OF ferty-five persons who
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-22

Perhaps DR.. Eliot, the retired pres
ident of Harvard university, left cer-
tain valuable and wonderful books ont
of his list of the fifty books that will
provide liberal education for anv
man, on the theory that everybody
will read, or has read. the books.
missing from the list. as a matter of
courca
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-22

Mrs. o. H. P. Belmont says that
most women at the age of eighteen
hate men. Well if they do, they have
funny way of showing it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-22
Comnaujons in distress.

AS the frazzIed oats rnagnate wan
dered gloonlily down the street he
came upon a wooden-legged man try
ing softly.
''FIow now, good friend" said the
fnagnate. your trouble ?"
t'I have been reading a speech in
congress about the timber supply
When the wood is all gone, where will
get new Lego
'tMy friend.' said the magnate.
softly, 'I was just wondering the same
thing about my OATS
Whereupon they both went in and
had an Arbor day coektail.-Puck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-22
Sitting Hens Hate Teddy Bears.

There is a demand here for Teddy
bears since a farmer and poultry man
discovered that they are the only
things that will surely end a hens sit
ting habit. All one thus bothered has
to- do, he says. is to. place one of the
playthings in the nest where the hen
is sitting and she will leave it at once,
never to return.-Winsted, Conn, dis
patch. to- NeW York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-22
Waterproof Paper.

of fibers of bamboo and eucalyptus,
mixed with fibers of the gampi and
other shrubs. The fibers are torn
apart, dried, cleaned, scraped, boiled
In weak I've, and washed with water
They are then beaten and mixed with
a viscous infusion of certain roots and
solution containing camphor, caout-
chou and resin. The sheets formed
from this pulp are calendered at vari-
Gus temperatures. The paper is light,
washable, and very difficult to tear. 1t
is used to initiate leather and Indian
rubber, and for a great many pur-
poses,=IonCon Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-22
The Bright side.

A certain lady prides herself upon
always looking at the bright side of
things MY dear" moaned her hus-
band one day recently as he tossed
rest1essly on his bed. Its the doctor
I'm thinking of What bill his will
be?' Never mind, Joseph said
his wife. "You know there's the in
surance nloney."-The Bellman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-22
Test for Fine Muslin.

A Madras physician was buying
muslin for turban in a department
store.
None of this is fine enough" he
said. I'm the turban I have on there
are 40 yards. But 40 yards of this
would give me a head like a Saratoga
trunk.
Indian muslin is very, very fine. It
must be fine enough to disappear If
it is to pass our AL test. Yes, fine
enough to disappear
He smiled.
Its true,'' he said. eThe test is
this: The muslin is spread on grass
overnight. In the morning, when ev-
erything is dew drenched, if the mus
lin isn't practically identical with the
dewy gossamer covering the lawns
in other words, if it isn't invisible
it is discarded, and must be sold as
seconds. New Orleans Times
Democrat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-22
Big Adirondack Hemlocks.

solomon Carnahan and his crew of
iunnerJacks are sending logs down the
Aolrondack streams early and late
these days. The logs seem larger this
year tnan usual, and many of them
are bouncing hemlocks. An exanina-
tlon or some of these hemlocks re-
Veals the fact that it required from
zoo to 500 years for them to attain
their present size. The annual rings
or one log measuring % inches in dia-
meter were carefully counted with the
aid of magnifying glass, and, al
though it was not butt" log the
rings numbered ESQ. The rings of a
similar log FL inches in diameter were
A 2S-inch log was Sol years old. A
butt log was found to have sos
rings, where it was cut from the
stump, and at the other end, Il feet
away. there were 265 rings
One great log, SO inches in diameter
at the stump, was 455 years old This
tree began its growth about the year
1854. It was nearly 40 years of age
when Columbus discovered America
and 1t was a good-sized tree when
white men began to make this con-
ttnent permanent home Some of
the rings on this log were compar-
atively thick. in some cases being six
teen to the inch. At an earlier growth
there were sixty-four to the inch. The
thick rings revealed time of yigor-
Gus growth, while the thin rings told
OF slow growth. For some scores of
years the growth was thick on one
side and thin on the other, telling of
| a shaded condition on one side or of
some other force which retarded
growth. Two knots which were split
by the saw that cut down the tree
were buried under 800 years of
growth, telling of limbs which were
broken off at that time and later
grown over. Two hundred years ago
| stroke Of lightning or some other ac-
cident caused wound along the side
of the tree. This wound deeayed, but
after half the life of a man it healed
over, sealing into the body of the tree
under two centuries of growth a strip
of decayed wood an inch across Be
fore another year is passed what is
left of the old tree viii be made into
pulp and sold at the rate of s42 a
on--Utfca dispatch to the New York
| Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-22

The Doctor looked at the patient .I am
very sorry," he said, that you didn't let
me send for DIR. Gookins some time ago
It's scarcely worth while to bring him here.
now" "Oh, well, Doctor" said the
patient, YEARLY. perhaps you can make
Cleveland Leader.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-22

Did you ever have appendicitis?'' said
skeptic, IT was operated on But I never
felt sure whether it was a case of appen-
dicltis or a case of professional curiosity"
w ashington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-22

Effective.-One way to get rid of a bore
is to make a hurry touch, whether you
need it or not.-Philadelphia Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-22

Mrs. Muchmore told me-" said Mrs.
Oldcastle, that the new minister came in
his vestments when he officiated at your
daughters wedding TT amt true.' re
piled her hostess. as she flung one OF her
ropes of pearls over the back of $50 rock
ing chair; wv brought him over in our
limousine. Chicago Record-Herald
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-22

"A1l is over between US. I am new on
my way to her house to identify and re-
claim my ring What have you in that
package?" Locks of hair, SO that she
may pick out hers."-Louisville Courier
Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-22

now. Browne-He doesn't? Why when
knew him he seemed to be a young man
with considerable push. Towne-All that's
considerable pull'' and doesn't have to
work.-Catholic Standard and Times.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-06-04
Pastoral

In these days the demands upon
the skilled playwright are many and
complicated. TOO busy to do a little
work for me right OFF," asked a the
atrical manager, and the playwright
signiied his willingness to attempt
It.
"All right said the theatrical man
ager. We've got permission from
the author to put on a dramatization
of The Minister'S Vacation" that
country book that's so popular; and
the authors willing we should work
in one or two more incidents to make
the action lively.
"Now l want you to write up a cy-
clone and a couple of trick mules.
I've got the machinery for the cyclone
and the two mules are great. l want
the pastoral flavor Of the book kept,
you understand, but just a little more
go in it,"
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-06-04
When Libraries Buy Books.

1t comes rather as a surprise to find
tnat the lists of some of the publish.
ers are already exhausted, says a Lon.
don correspondent. 1t is difficult, the
old-fashioned publishers say, to per.
suade the libraries to buy books in
anything like large quantities between
April and October, and the publish
ing business has come to depend to
a greater and greater degree on the
whim of the libraries. There is no
doubt a good deal to be said on the
other side Of the question. and dur.
Ing the last few years more than one
publisher has been bringing out I'm.
poT'ant books during the slack rather
than the busy season
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-06-04
THE TREE.
Curious superstitious Regarding the
Influence Of the Elder.

Curious Superstitious Regarding the
Influence Of the Elder.
County people speak Of the elder
tree as The Witches Tree" and
planted it near farm buildings and
diaries to keep off witches. They also
say that the roots should eve come
near a we'll, still less grow into it,
or the water will be spoiled. Evelyn's
opinion was also ~unfavorable. He
says: Il do by no means commend
the scent of it, which is very noxious
to the air.
1--WE learn from Biesius that a GER
tain house in Spain, seated among
many elder trees. diseased and killed
nearly all its inhabitants, which, when
at last they were grubbed up, became
a very healthy and wholesome place"
Cattle scarcely touch the elder, and
the mole is driven away by the scent.
Carriers often place branches on their
horses heads to keep off flies. Moth
ing will grow we'll in the company of
the elder, and when 1t has been re-
moved and all its roots carefully
grubbed up it is some few years be-
fore the ground becomes perfectly
sweet and good for anything.
The berries, besides feeding the
birds, make excellent country wine
delicious with soda water in summer
or taken hot in winter; the wood Is
particularly good for skewers and the
curious jews red fungus grows or
elder stumps. A species Of elder ir
the Tyrol Is covered with beautiful
scarlet berries.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-06-04
There Was Somethinu Doinu.

In a BARRIERS shop the other day I
saw a man for whom 1 felt sorry. Not
that he needed my sympathy from
the standpoint of charity, for he was
a well-to-do man, having many bust
ness affairs. But I felt sorry for him
because of what he was doing. A
barber was cutting his hair; he was
having his left hand manicured; in
his right hand he held a newspaper;
he was smoking a cigar and a porter
vas shining his shoes. There he sat,
reading a newspaper. Three persons
were busy waiting On him, doing their
best to please him, and he was
oblivious to the Joy which his op-
p%ortunity afforded him.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-06-04
LEEcHEs OF PALESTINE.
Menace to Health and Even Lire
Found at Pools and Springs.

Found at Pools n Springs.
Leeches are common in the springs
and wells of Palestine, and especially
80 in Calilee and Lebanon. In 1907
they were so numerous during the
summer and autumn months that
nearly all the horses and mules suffer-
ed from bleeding at the mouth. In
some places they were got rid of by
placing fish in the springs.
The drinking water used in the
house Is generally harmless, owing to
the practice Of f1ltering the water
through a piece Of muslin, which is
done by the water carriers in filling
the pitchers. On the other hand, the
thirsty agricultural laborer is more
exposed to tie danger, especially
when he drinks in the evening or dur
ing the night.
The leeches generally attach them.
selves inside tn. mouth, in the larynx
and oesophagus but Mr.. Masterman
is convinced they are killed as soon
as they reach the stomach. At any
rate no special SYMPTOMS have been re.
marked in the case Of persons who
have swallowed them entirely. When
the leeches are very numerous, and
MIR. Masterman observes as many as
three dozen on the same person, they
may be found in the nostrils and are
especially frequent in the larynx.
The presence of the leeches is indi
Gated by slight but persistent hemor
rhages in the mouth and nose. theil
intensity varying naturally with the
number of the parasites, and in Ger
tain cases they may bring about seri
Gus anaemia and even death.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-06-04
THINK HARD
It Pays to Think About Food.

The unthinking life some people lead
Illustrated in the experience of a lady
in Fond Du Lac, Wis.
about four years ago I suffered
%dreadfully from indigestion, always
having eaten whatever I liked. not
thinking Of the digestible qualities.
This indigestion caused palpitation Of
the heart so badly I could not walk up
a flight of stairs without sitting down
once or twice to regain breath and
strength.
Il became alarmed and tried dieting,
r my clothes very loose, and many
other remedies. but found no relief.
Hearing of the virtues Of Grape
Nuts and Postum, I commenced using
them in place of my usual breakfast Of
coffee, cakes, or hot biscuit, and in
n weeks time I was relieved Of sour
stomach and other ills attending indi-
gestion. In a months time my heart
was performing it's functions naturally
and l could climb stairs and hills and
walk long distances.
II gained ten pounds in this short
time, and my skin became clear and I
completely regained my health and
strength. l continue to use Grape
Nuts and Postum for I feel that owe
my good health entirely to their use.
There's a Reason"
81 like the delicious favour of Grape
Nuts and by making Postum accord
ing to directions, it tastes similar to
mild high grade coffee"
Read"TheR Road to MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
nre genuine. true, and fr:l Of hYa>~n
interest.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-06-04
lCopyright. by ]. B. Lippincott Co..

travelling a month g in Ari-
a0o0A," said the drummer for the bene-
1t OF the stranger and the pilgrim in
the smoker, Il stopped off at a little
mining camp called Red Eye, where
II thought l might find some of the ma.
dives yearning for my goods. 1t ap-
scared that all the natives, including
che dogs, had turned out to meet me,
md thinking that the reception must
he intended for another man, l was
walking away when a tall miner laid
u firm and OBTAINING hand on my arm.
~Egscuse me, stranger, but before
re distributes yourself permisc's
would you mind eivin' the fust oiti-
mems OF Red Eye a idee what yer play
q ter be? Eff yer objec' in pervadin'
rf1sa deestric' is tor start a faro bank
q dance hall, or any institution
&sal1ated to drore attention to this
garden spot of the commonwealth yer
asee to enj'y yerself like a buck prairie
!doFg. But'-and here the crowd drew
50 near that several noses rested on
my shoulder, while my view was OBJ
e1Ax COLSA ny UuoACS VI yCAAO" AlohSA .
-ef yer n of them tenderfoots
+ooxae to rescue Red Eye from mawral
msAsma, We have a chance of waitin'
~ get loaded on the next stage or the
refusal of Christian burial from the
members of this outfit The honor
able citizens referred to looked as il
they would have preferred my taking
tine last option, and it required all the
liquid samples in my case to reduce
them t a more amiable frame Of
qsE1snd.
"A good many were disappointed
Fesaat the affair should end so tamely
.32e man going so far as to say that
he had gotten his aged father out OF
bed and brought him there to see the
13san. and that it was playing it low
down on the patriarch, who might not
i've until the next circus came
around. / notified this pair with an
exclusive flask to themselves, and
presently the crowd smothered it's re
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-06-04
~<Shoots the Post Office Winder Full
Of Holes"

,xrets and wandered off to witness a
dog fight that happened just then to
up for business.
stranger said the tall miuer, who
fingered, I believe it's up to me to eg-
sp2ain why Red Eye was rearin' on it's
aiMd legs when it see a gent OF your
g,Kaud trail inter camp. Generally the
re outfit of this bailiwick hangs the
,cAyuse fust and does the explain!n'
afterwards, which has it's awk'ard
Eants but v a heap of argyfyin'.'
~ course, | expressed my gratitude
that the citizens Of Red Eye had
stretched a point instead of my neck.
1T was this-a-way,' began my new
1.tylad friend. Bout four weeks ago
4 teaderfoOt come trailin' in here
ho{din' down the saddle of a paint
rsyNy. Fore the arrival of thish yere
Ian tortle (Which his name was Fubs-
1y} Red Eye was about as ca'am an
nEawral a camp as ye'd find this side
of Crooked Elbow. l don't low there
;Sas more'n three fights a day on an
average-harmless little enjyments
where parties wouldn't lose more'u
Il eye or a year. No sooner he'd this
e,rnery tarantu!ar shook the dust OF
the trail often his hOofs than the
a of the camp was threatened. j
years the varmint had been in New
York a spell back, where they was
,eujyin' the blessin's of reform, ane
he lowed that Red Eye ought to keel
APP with the procession or go bur.
itself in a cyclone cellar.
And he keeps up this sort O gal
while lie was trackin' round town til
the fust citizens got PLAN crazy o,
the subiec'. Ye see, Pizen junction
Ned got a %pjng-pong table and a school
seaci.e:, and it did seem we shou.ua'
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-06-04
HoW's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for an3
Catarrh Cure.
F. J. f 4 CO.. Toledo. q
We, the undersigned. have known F. J. Cheney
for the last is years. and believe him perfectly hon.
orabie in all business transactions aud financially
able to carry out any obligations made by his hrm. -.
WALDIN0. KINNAN & MARVIN. -
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. q
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally. acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces Of the
system. Testimonials sent free. Price rs cents ~
bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pulls for constipation.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-06-04
American Girls Responsible,

Probably the American woman is
answerable for a good deal of the
unrest among the daughters of
France, for she ONE among them
with all sorts of daring projects and
perfectly lovely clothes. She mar.
ries their brothers, she studies art,
music and literature in their country
and she walks ~serenely on along the
path of liberty, to the amazement of
men, angels and the Partisan.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-06-04
II Jared Him,

Howel.-How did you come to break
your engagement with that girl?
POWELL had reason to think that
she hadn't enough practical knowl-
edge to make her a good helpmeet.
Howel!-Whst gave you that idea?
POWELL told her n day that the
hens weren't laying, and she said she
supposed that would affect the price
of egg coal.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-06-04
Internal Cheek.

well, did he pay you?" asked the
wife of a dentist who had been to COL
lect a bill for a full set of false teeth
that he had made for a mar almost a
year before.
PAY mel" growled the dentist.
mot only did he refuse to pay me,
but he actually had the effrontery to
gnash at me-yith my teeth"
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-06-04
Evincing Authority.

Hardly had the proud father enter.
ed the sick room to get his first
glimpse Of the new twins than both
new-borns set up a loud bawling.
Now. now" cautioned the father.
holding up his hand and glancing
from one red face to the other, "ono
at a time; one at a time!"