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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-15

ooh, perfectly
Sorry to have troubled you. but we
have to look out for ourselves. Good
bye
An hour later there was a last mes
sage. It was from Mr.. Bowser. and he
said:
Pm about ready to start for home.
Never had such luck in all my born
days CowSlipS have fairly come beg
glng for me to take them home. Gel
everything that belongs with a boiled
dinner You might get three lean hams
while you are about it. Seems to me
that shall want oId-fashioned boiled
dinners for q whole week.
Have you had any trouble with
farmers she asked.
Not to amount to anything A
couple of them have been rather touchy
about their cowsIipS, but 1 didn't LET
them bluff me- Wish you had come out
here with me. It's perfectly grand I
saw one tree perfectly loaded down
with cowslips. and there are acres and
acres OF plantains- Get three lean
hams, and goodbye"
Mr.. Bowser was home an hour after
noon, and on his shoulder he had q
large paper bag stuffed full of green
stuff, and was in the best of spirits.
The bag was taken down and emptied
on the kitchen table to be overhauled,
and as Mrs. Bowser stepped forward
he said di.+,,,u -, -. . =
put into an old-fashioned boiled dinner
and I'm as hungry as a wolf. What's the
matter with your
The smile had left Mrs Bowser's face
and she had started back.
'I-think you have made a mistake .
she finally said.
But how-where?''
This is what is known as skunk S
cabbage" she said she pointed to a
sort of cabbage with a bad smell to it
mo one could stay in the house while it
was boiling
And these are water lilies instead of
cowslips. Even q horse couldn't eat them.
And these are wild parsnips, and very
And these are mandrake stalks. You
wouldn't live an hour after eating them
And these are toadstoois instead of
And these are burdocks instead OF
plantains.
not enough, I fear, TO make an old
woman. what in thunder do you
meanr' shouted Mr.. Bowser. as she
You had best take them over to the
druggist and ask his opinion It just may
be that I am mistaken"
You are a thousand miles out of the
from goat Yes. III take .em over there.
and I'll bet you a million dollars to a
cent that he calls you stone blind o. an
The stuff was emptied out on The cour-
over he looked up and said:
IF you had taken a jackass OUT Into
the country with you re could have told
you betteri Why, man. this stun would
kill a drove of hogst'
Mr.. Bowser carried the stuff to the door
and threw it at the driver of & beer
street He could not go back home just
| then and face Mrs. Bowser and that lean
cook with a boiled dinner.-(Copyrigh
1893. by Associated Literary Press-)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-15
Do il Now

Tomorrow A. NJ. too late. Take
a CASCARET at bed time: get
up IN the morning feeling fine and
dandy. No need for sickness
from oUer-eafing and drink
ing. They surely work while you
sleep and help nature help you.
Millions take them and keep well
cAscARErs roc box for a week. 'S'
treatment, all druggists. Biggest seller
IN the world Million boxes month.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-15

Mrs. Bowser went over after the
ham She found one that the butcher
assured her was smoked for the king of
England's table, but had fallen off the
steamer and been left behind 1t was
sent right home with her, and she had
scarcely entered the house when the
telephone rang. The party at the other
end of the wire introduced himself as
farmer Hopkins, and said:
BEG pardon, Mrs. Bowser, but have
you got q husband? ''
Yes"
Short, stociy, bafdheaded man. who
is rather chesty?"
way
Then it's all right. Such a Teller
came along here inquiring for cowsIips
l told him I had never seen one around
here, and he almost called me a liar.
He's pulling up everything along the
road that shows green head Sound
in his mind, is he7''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-15

But they would be old. I want the
new green stuff. I've made up my
mind to go out into the country to-
morrow and gather cowslips and
things for myself. can dodge out and
back in half a day. You can buy a
nice, lean ham and have it all ready
for cooking. I don't believe the doc
tors can put up a spring tonic to beat
a boiled dinner"
Mrs Bowser didn't interpose any
objections to his going, but later in
the evening, as he continued to talk
cowslips. she queried:
you think you'd know cowslips if
you saw them. do you?"
WHAT What I know cowslipsi
That's a pretty good one. How many
wagon loads OF cowslips do you think
I gathered when a boy on a farm ?
Why, could tell one forty rods off. -
Then there is the plantafn; that is
also used for green's"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-15
BOWSER'S COWSLIPS.
He Prepares for An OId-Fashioned
Boiled Dinner.

When Mr.. Bowser sat down to din
ner the other evening he looked over
the viands in a dissatisfied way, and
as Mrs. Bowser noticed it she said:
This is an extra fine leg OF NUT
ton we have for dinner"
Yes, but
And I have one Of those rice pud-
dings you like so WE'LL
81 don't feel a bit hungry
That's too bad I think you need
a spring tonic to tone you up
az know what the trouble is I want
a change of food. In fact, I've been
longing for week for an old-fashion-
ed boiled dinner-one of the kind
that mother used to have about this
time of year I want ham and all
the green stuff that goes with it. Last
night I dreamed of cowslips and woke
up with the taste of them in my
mouth 1 believe that one of those old
fashioned boiled dinners would put
me all right"
Eyes, but I don't believe there are
any cowslips in market" replied Mrs.
Bowser IF farmers bring them in
never happened to see any. l think
I can get parsnips and carrots, how
ever
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-15

While hunting in the vicinity of Ute
Pass. above Manitou. Bert Webb, for
merly of the Colorado City police de-
partment, claims to have found a
huge crevice in the side of a mountain
from which a strong current of hot
air issues Webb declares that the hot
air keeps the atmosphere warm for a
distance of several feet from the open
ing It is possible that the opening
leads into one of the many natural
caves known to exist in the vicinity of
Manitou--Denver Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-15

kindergarten system. The letter, ad-
dressed to a friend who has lost a
child, includes these words: Just now
you are. I dare say, in the mood of
Emerson's wall in the Threnody. Do
you know that it was quite at first he
poured out that song of woe. and it
was not till a year afterward he wrote
the restroom the words, The Deep
parts more meaning-and I think you
Will find solace in reading now the first
part and thinking Of the rich consola-
ton in store for you But excuse me
for making suggestions" the letter
concludes, quantity, when God has
spoken to you so Intimately
"A sense of unconfessed failure
prompted US to abandon city life" says
Mrs. Kate V. ST. Maur. the author of
The Earth's Bounty" which the Mac
milan company has published How
on a basis of little money and less ex-
perieuce, she made country home
possible, she has told in her former
work. A Self-supporting Home" Her
new book deals with the same subject
brought greater rewards. After three
years the II acres of land which they
rented, with the homestead on it, for
$3.50 year, became more than self
supporting. There was surplus al the
end Of that time and Mrs. St. Maur
extended the scale of her husbandry.
She has been successful. as the title of
her book indicates. It has not been
without work, however. The glorious
| IMMIGRATION of the Industrious outdoor
| life on a farm. where each day reveals
some new interest" is what she writes
of. but the emphsis is on industrious -
Also If each day reveals a new interest,
il reveals a new opportunity for work at
" ell How to make this work fruitful
is what one learns from Mrs. St. Maur
Ernest Thompson Seton's first liter
airy work was series of papers on the
zoology Of Manitoba in 1888. These were
gathered together, extended, and pub
Iished in book form under the titles of
The Birds of Manitoba" and THE
Mammals of Manitoba" The iIlustra-
lions of these and other papers aroused
such interest that the Century COM
pany called him to New York to illus
trate the geological work of the Cen
fury Dictionary. To this work he con-
tributed over 1000 drawings.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-15
A WOMAN'S APPEAL

To all known sufferers OF rheumatism.
whether muscular or of the joints. sctat-
lea. lumbagos, backache, pains IN the kid
neys or neuralgia pains. to write to her
for a home treatment which has repeated
ty cured all of these fortunes. She feels It
her duty to send It to all sufferers FREE.
You cure yourself at home as thousands
VIII testify-no change of climate being
necessary. This simple discovery b2nishes
uric acid from the blood. loosens the stiff
fened joints, purifies the blood. and
brfghtens the eyes, giving elasticity and
tone to the whole system II the above
interests you. for proof address Mrs. NJ
Summers. box r. South Bend. Ind.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-15
Il am just going to-"

Il am just going to-
Well see that it's a lean one and
all right-one that weighs about ten
pounds. I shall get away with at least
eight pounds of it myself Say. I'm
having the greatest kind of luck out
here Can't go a rod without finding
cowslips and other green stuff. 1 feel
like new man already. You might
order two lean hams. l think I shall
want two boiled dinners in succession.
shall probably be home soon after
noon"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-15

Mary Gray. published this spring by
Cassell & Co, is now well under way
fr its second edition, the first edition
being completely exhausted. Seldom
if ever, has this very popular autnoress,
Katharine lyman. written a more de-
troduced TO q variety OF interesting
personalities and scenes Now it Is
Mary Gray in the quiet home OF
lady of title; and next 1t IS, under
changed conditions, her work as sec
rotary Throughout the story the
threads Of sentiment are deity han
died. closely drawn about the young
lady, and in the end. when the threads
have all been gathered. the knot is
tied"
Persons of a pessimistic turn Of mind,
or inclined toward melancholia. viii
find a superior means Of mental heal
ing in reading Popular Mechanics Sure
" no reader Of this unusual publication
can doubt that the world is growing
and scientists are doing their share
toward making it a better place to live
in, and Popular Mechanics has become
a medium for disseminating the cheer
purpose of the magazine is best de-
cIared by the character of its editor
ials, and none who reads the articles
treating of the safeguarding of ocean
liners, the corn cob meal industry, and
the agricultural engineer will doubt
that the abilities Of the editor are en-
listed on the right side.
THE Inner Shrine" the story which
Harper's Magazine published as a ser
ial, Withholding the authors name, was
announced in book form for pubuca-
ton on May 5. Other books of the
week on the Harper list are; The
Lady in the White Veil" a novel by
Rose O'Neill and a revised edition Of
practical Golf" prepared by the auth
or Walter J. Travis.
Perhaps the greatest article in The
Worlds Work for May is the opening
chapter Of the Rev. DR.. W. S Rains
fords The Land of the Lion" Dr.
Raiusfords the former rector Of St.
Georges church. New York. has lust
returned to civilization after a year
OF hunting in the British East African
Protectorate, very much the same re-
gion as that in which Mr.. Roosevelt
will try his luck His articles are
worthy successors to those of Colonel
Patterson, which might almost be said
tc have taken the country by storm
Hardly second to this is Hiram Percy
Maxim's The Story Of the NoiseIess
Cum" in which the inventor has told.
for the first time. how he hit on his
remarkable invention
Thomas Wentworth Higginson. in
an article on Immortality in the Nav
HarpeT's Bazaar, quotes from a letter
never before published, written by EIiz-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-15
Many who formerly smoked l0scigas now smoke
LEWIS SINGLE BINDER
tlSTRAgGHT 5eCsGAR
Won't Slight a Good Friend.

If ever I need cough medicine again
I know what to get" declares Mrs A I.
Alley Of BeaIs, Ne, for, after using ten
bottles OF DR.. Kings New Discovery, and
seeing its excellent results in my own
family and others, I am convinced II is
the best medicine made for Coughs, Colds
it feels just that way Relief is felt at
once and its quick cure surprises you For
Bronchitis. Asthma Hemorrhage, Group.
LaGrippe, Sore Throat, pain IN chest or
lungs its supreme. soc and 800 Trial
bottle free Guaranteed BIZ Campbell Drug
Co
The daily tribune., 1909-02-23
PRAYER AND REVIVAL
MEETINGS A SUCCESS

The prayer an revival meetings
conducted by the Methodist, Presby
terian Christian aud Baptist churches
are meeting with success and the pas
tors of those churches are very much
encouraged in the work. Meetings
were again held at the Presby terian
church last night. but the attendance
was not so large as on Sunday night.
These meetings will be continued
every evening until further notice.
There were nine prayer meetings
held in the city yesterday afternoon.
the city having been divided into
nine districts The meetings were
held as follows: First district, Mrs.
j. W. Yelton; second district, Il.
A. Ramsay, third. Mary Patterson /;
fourth, Mrs Frank Mountain; fifth,
Mrs. +. D. Mccormick; sixth. Mrs.
George M Hyde; seventh. Mrs. O.
II. Bisell; eighth, Mrs, oyerocker; I;
ninth. Mrs. Wayne.
There were seventy five attendance i,
an average Of about eight. The first
girls prayer meeting was held this
afternoon at the home OF Mrs. ID. A.
Jack. This Is to be a regular feature
In connection with the revival meet.
ings and this meeting will be held at
Mrs. Jacks every afternoon at e:4o
until further notice.
The daily tribune., 1909-02-23
South Africa Becoming United.

England's dream Of united South
Africa is coming true. The premiers
Orange River colony recently moved.
In their respective legislative Assem-.
blies. the adoption of the resolution
OF the intercolonial customs and rail-
way conference calling for an early
union under the British crown. Natal
is no whit behindhand and the reso-
luton Of the conference specially re.
ferred to the Inclusion OF Rhodesia
in the great South Africa state at a
convenient opportunity.
The daily tribune., 1909-02-23
Career OF Felix Adler.

Felix Adler, the well-known in.
structor and lecturer, was born In
Alley, Germany, August 10, 1851, the
son of a Jewish rabbi. He came to
America In early life and was eradu.
ater from Columbia college In 1870
and subsequently studied at Berlin
and Heidelberg, obtaining the degree
of Phi. D. After his return to the
United States he was professor OF
Hebrew and oriental literature at Cor.
nell university from 1874 to May, 1876
when he established new religious
society In New York called the So.
ciety of Ethical Culture. to which he
invariably speaks every Sunday.
The daily tribune., 1909-02-23
As Related TO Us,

Big Steve Callahan is the author OF
this story:
4 asked friend Of mine where |
could purchase little solid food. and
he assigned me to cne of these new,
tangled serve-self cafes. | got my own
dish of beans, my own plate of bread
and butter, my own cup of coffee and
carried 1t all to my own seat and ate it
all my own self Then the Thought
struck me that was first-rate waiter
and could join the union, SO | sought
out the proprietor OF the place, and
said to him; Now, then, II you'll show
me the proper place I'll wash my own
dishes. Detroit Free Press.
The daily tribune., 1909-02-23
PROSPECTS BRIGHT FOR
LARGE FRUIT CROP
Continued from page 3.


least, will be picked next fall that,
has ever been grown here. Tie trees
are all strcng aud should germinate
heavily. They have had long rest,
too long in fact for the benefit of the
owners.
The weather has been almost ideal
from horticulture standpoint. cold
enough all the time to hold the buds
back, and at this time the fruit is be.
lieved to be safe unless, Of course.
some very warm weather should ad-
vance the buds to such point that
only light freeze would be more or
less disastrous.
Growers in the Canon City belt are
very sanguine that this year will al
most repay them for the time lost
in the last two years, and II the
price Of fruit should hold up we'll.
there is but little doubt that many
of them would be placed In posi-
tion whereby they could pay Off al :
most entirely the full amount of their
mortgagse. 1t is fact that many of
these places are mortgaged almost to
the full value, and killing freeze
would certainly be very disastrous
to them at this time.
But in spite of the fact that the
fruit failures of recent years have
been widely advertised and the fact
heralded for hundred of miles, the
price of the land has not declined in
the least, in fact it has raised. The
writer for the past six weeks has been
connected with the Canon City Re-
cord, in the capacity of advertising
man, and has heard much talk about
the remarkable increase in values in
eIito Va thc ulslOItuuSb huu huVcIbl
ties.
One reason for the maintenance of
the price is the fact that the Lin
coin Park fruit belt is SO limited. in
area. and many wealthy people locat-
iug in that vicinity, makes the land
n salable property at almost any
time. The climate of the county is
good and there are always people
with wealth looking for such places.
On the other hand an investment in
fruit land is at all times desirable
one, more so especially when it is
known that there is brisk market
for trees of the bearing age. The
Lincoln Park section is composed Of
about 2, 800 acres, and is very small
as compared with what the planted
area of Beaver park will be in few
year hence.
The daily tribune., 1909-02-23
There the Difference Lies.

1t will always remain a matter of
dispute as to whether one person has
a right to say to another that she
shall not work more than certain
number of hours each day. The So
ciety woman goes about her avoca-
'ions and her pleasures as many hours
as she pleases, and often to the detri-
ment of her health and that of her
children. but would consider It ques-
ton of personal privilege II anyone
dared to make law requiring her to
stop working or playing at a certain
time.
The daily tribune., 1909-02-23

Va. on schedule time, having made
the trip Of 4s 900 miles within the
time 20 almost the hour, that IL was
planned.
Mr.. MoCandless Joined the United
States navy several years ago, hav.
ing received the appointment at An.
napolis military college at Annapolis, !,
Md through former Congressman
Bell. He graduated from the college
and was assigned to an appointment
on the battleship Maine. where he
made good, but when the feet left
San Francisco last fall the Maine WAS
segregated from the other battleships,
and 1t was Mr. MoCandless' request
that he be transferred to the Louis,.
ana, as lie was anxious to make the
trip around the world ON the battle
ship voyage.
A part of the feet will proceed to
Washington, the national capital. 30
as to be present and participate in the
Inauguration of President-elect Taft
on the fourth Of next month. The
Louisiana will be one of the warships
that will take part In the festivities.
and of course Ensign McCsndless will
take prominent part in the affeirs
Of his boat.
The daily tribune., 1909-02-23
SENDS MESSAGE OF GREET
ING TO SON ON ARRIVAL

Mr. and Mrs. Julius MoCandless
yesterday sont telegrApbic message
to their son Byron, welcoming his re-
turn to the United States, and the
message will be received by the young
man some time today. Mr.. Nc.
Jsudless is ensign on the bnttleship p
Louisiana. which was ono Of the
many ba,tleships OF tho United
States fleet that left last fall for =
cruise around tho world. The fee,
arrived yesterday At Fortress Monroe,
The daily tribune., 1909-02-23
Monument for l'Enfant.

The commissioners Of the District
OF Columbia have determined TO ex.
hume the remains OF Mai. Pierre
Charles LEnfant. which lie buried on
the riggs farm. In Princa Georges
county. Maryland, eight miles north OF
Washington. and to rolnter them on
the campus Of the Catholic university.
A monument will be placed over the
new grave.
The daily tribune., 1909-02-23
Steam to Heat Electric Cars.

Provision is made for heating the
electric trains OF the New York Cen
trail by means of steam. which is gen.
Grated In small oil-fired boiler To-
Gated in the engineers cab. The boil.
ers are short vertical shells. each
containing 500 half.inch copper tubes.
which are mounted on cast iron. brick
lined fireboxes. Ordinary commercial
fuel oil is used, carried In 40-gallon
tank In the cab.
The daily tribune., 1909-02-23
Slaughtered for Fashion.

At auctions In London during the
last half OF 1907 there we're catalogued
for sale 1912 skins and plumes OF
many other birds OF beautiful plumage
including aibatross quills and the tails
OF the lyre-birds. In the state OF New
York is law forbldding the sale or
possession OF any bird or part OF the
plumage OF a bird. with the exception
OF certain named species, unless under
the license OF special certifcats.
The daily tribune., 1909-02-23
Arkan,as' Large psaoh Orchard.

Arkansas claims to have the largest
peach orchard In the world and 1000
men and 300 teams are harvesting the
crop. The orchard is In Sewer coun.
ty and has 100000 trees. II covers
$500 acres and trees on 1000 acres
are bearing. Five hundred freight
cars viii bs used 70 haul the crop
"a market
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1909-02-04
NaNin Gitf idiuarsc Sdgcoiebt

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- Mcitcrl 9lben0 nat 0o5 bielige 80
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batter. I'M Giherbeit in Dem @obn.
biitrift All Serron Sill 5u ldoffer.
NC ?tc9er mle0erholt illll9e SraIeil
un0 Wd0dlen ungcIallen bater. Sic
mur0cn 3tpor jebcS Wtul in Die Stud!
ael6ldAciL obcr e8 lit nidt moglidr
aepcicnL ibrer hobboit 5u meroen..
Gic Eolijeimoum idjaften wllrbeu
3iudr perltGrft. ober Die Ingriflc
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5ll1 0urd1 Dos NeQerpierfcl unternont.
men, BET meIdenl man ollie Neger n!S
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%nadnuciIen fonnten, ouB lie Arbeits'
llellcn babel. Mon miro lid bentiia
ben. iie nomo1Iid) i1mmtlid h oas
Nrbeltsbdlls 5l beforoern.
(Spdter.) - Gin groBcr Sbeil ser
ArreIrantcn ipilrbe bette Dem Or
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ioilen mor9cn ob9eurtbeilt peroen.
@roBc Iuireaumq berrid)t in Solgc
Der 9iu5jio i'm @crron Sill iItrift.
gs bcibt bob iif Die ooriiaen Neger
bcmoIincn nno nit eii,em Moiienfrieg
hroi)ert.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1909-02-04
in ct. 2pnis cridjoijen.

ct. Snuis, DO. 3. 6ebrllor.
Clarence u. Sones, Yraiioent Der
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Chicago nir6 ppm Der nGfIten S(loer.
mems @abI an $4,000 pro Sabr iein,
anItatt $500 pro Sabr, tpie jest.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1909-02-04
Sragobic in ciucm VrppfNuer Nptcl.

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