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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-20
TWO CHILDREN BURNED.
AIotherIcss Girl Used Coal Oil to start
Kitchen Fire.

Clay Center. Kan. July ga terri
bic accident, resulting in the death Of
two children and serious injury to the
teart-b-oIxen father occurred at Green.
a small town near here
GivfIa Rcade. a 14-year-old girl. and
a baby brother. are dead as a result
Of the accident and the father. who
lost his wife just a month ago. was
seriously Injured and burned although
the indications are that he VIII re-
cover
The little girl who las been her
fathers housekeeper since the death Of
tie mother in June. arose early and.
after dressing the baby boy and taking
il 10 the kitchen 10 watch while she
prepared breakfast. she lighted the fire
To start the blaze she used kerosene
There was a crash and explosion and
the girl and baby. human pillars OF
fame -ay wri-hing in agony IN the
Kitchen as the father rushed in He
succeeded N putting out the flames but
rot until he was seriously burned and
until the flames had wrought fatal in
5tJrv to his children Mr.. Reade's cloth
ing vas burned OF his body.
The girl and boy died within two
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-20
BRUTAL CHAUFFEUR.
Abandoned His Victim to Die by
Lonely Roadside.

Chicago. july 20.-Run over and both
legs crushed by a speeding automobile,
uftad into the car by the chauffeur,
who promised crowd Of angry citi-
zens TO take his victim 10 her home
and then abandoned on d lonely road
side was the experience yesterday Of
HuIda SoItwedel. a 16-year-old school
girl of Hammond
A. a result Of her injuries and thu
s4lbSeouen1 treatment at the hands Of
the chauffeur the girls condition IS 50
serious that her physicians say she
TIE Hammond and Chicago police
meanwhile are searching for the driver
OF the machine
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-20

ing car TO-DAY. Miss T;eddick has been
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. MuIvane for
three weeks and viii spend the rest
of the summer in St Marys with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. N W. Reddick.
returning to New York next fall to
resume her voice studies
Mrs J. c. Davis, Miss Lon Baker of
Leavenworth are visiting their cousin,
Miss Angie Matthews. 1107 Monroe
street.
Dr. and Mrs Russell Phillips Of
Leavcnworth. Mrs. Walter Colpitts and
Miss Alice ROssington Of Kansas City
V ere in Topeka yesterday for the me
mortal mass at the Church Of the
ASSUMPTION for their father, the late
Colonel RcSsing-on.
Mrs J. D Mcfarland and Mr.. Hugh
Mcfarland are in Lubbock. Texas, with
lIr. John Mcfarland who has typhoid
fever and has been dangerously Ill
Mr.. and Mrs. James Moore and Miss
Eliza beth Moore left TO-DAY to spend
two weeks in New England where they
will be joined by Miss Mary Moore who
has been visiting at Garrison-on-the-
Hudson
Mr. Gilbert WorIey has gone to Lud-
frgton, Lake Michigan. to spend a
month with his parents, Mr. and Mrs
g. F. Worley, who have cottage
there. Mr.. and Mrs. WOrley viii return
Ito Topeka the first Of September
Miss Nary Wingert and Miss Stella
Winger- of Philadelphia. returned sat
urday from a trip to Yellowstone Park
Mrs. George W. Guild and Mss Mil
.dred Guild have gone to Sabetha to
visit for ten days
Mr.. A A. GODDARD left today for Crab
Lake. Wis s-where he will be the guest
OF Mr. August Zahner for ten days
Dr.. Herbert Clark Of LeavenwOrth
.enert sunday IN Topeka with the fam
lily of his finance, Miss Edna Heap,
Mr. Harry Rfgby left last night for
G trip 10 New York.
Mr. and Mrs. A. ". Lacey VIII leave
- CFf1f- fft4iofT1 Mrs
Lacey's sister, Mrs w l. Allen Mrs.
Lacey will be gone until the first OF
October. Mr. and Mrs Maham H
Haig, who recently came here from
Chicago will occupy the Lacey apart
ulent at 1928 West Tenth avenue, this
summer
Mrs. Charles G. SchiIIiEg and son of
St Louis. are spending the week VITA
Mrs. James Butler. 1892 Fillmore street
Mr.. and Mrs. s. T. Grimes are
spending few days in Lawrence
Mrs. F P. Baker. who has been
visiting her son, Mr.: Clifford G
Baker at Lathrop. Mo, for the past
three weeks returned TO Topeka
Mrs. G. L Miller of Kansas CITY
who has been the guest OF her par
ents. and Mrs. G. E Cole, returned
to her home today
Mr.. and Mrs Frank stevens OF
Phoenix, Ariz.. are in Topeka for six
Miss Kathryn Ferguson of Fl.
Worth. who has Deen the guess "
Mrs Charles NJ Hensley. left today
for a visit in Kansas City and ST.
Louis.
MT. s. NJ. Gardenhire of New York
eftv was here TO spend Saturday and
sunday with Mrs. A b Jetmore and
Mr.. and Mrs. A1brecht- Marburg
Miss Ora DIoneypenny has gone 70
Dover for a week.
Mr.. and Mrs Leo J. Hall. 100 Tyler
street entertained friends from Nc
Pherson at a house party, sunday
and Monday. The guests were MISS
- es+aebIar Miss Elizabeth Nc
F,Ivfn. Miss AIayme Coons and Mr.
sam Lindsay
Mr. and Mrs James Mitchell are
the parents of SON born SulIu l
,-1orriT1r at their home near
-T-af-4rT7
Miss Eva White is spending the
summer with her aunt, Mrs Rate
Ammo of Watson
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-20

arrived
He summoned other officers ard ti.ey
brought a life net from a neighbor -rlg
fire engine house This was stretched
below the pole and one officer climbed
up in an effort to coax the girl down
with a glass of wine As he approach
ed her she kicked the glass from his
hand He reached for her foot and she
Ieaped away from him, falling the
sixty feet into the yard and missing the
life net by a few inches. Her fail was
broken. however, by the series OF
clothes lines and she was not badly
hurt It required three officers TO -
strain her On the way to the hospital
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-20
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Lie 100. 900 years Aeo.

Scientists have found in a cave In
Switzerland bones OF men. who lived 10. 000
years ago. when life was in constant dam
ger from wild beasts. Today the danger
as sEoWn BY A. ". Brown Of AieNa uder
Ne IS largely from deadly disease. II
Il had not been for DR.. Kings New Dis
cove1y. which cured me. i could not have
lived he writes. suffering as I did from
severe lung trouble and stubborn cough
To cure Sore Lungs. CoidE. obstinate
Coughs. and prevent Pneumonia. its the
best medicine on earth. Soc and 800
Guaranteed By Campbell Drug Co. Trial
bottle free.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-20
c2OCETY

Captain and Mrs Harmon D. Ryus of
Los Angeles a-e the parents Of a daugtl-
ter, born Monday to whom they have
given the name OF Celeste Nelis for
hsr mother. Who was before her mar
rage, Miss Celeste NelIis Of Topeka
The birth Of the baby occurred on the
grandmother. Mrs c. W. Ryus, who
had been in iIl-heaIth for a long time
and for months was bed-ridden at her
home in Los Angeles.
The frs of the Wednesday, night
dInner-dances which are to be a regu-
lar feature OF the rest Of the Country
club season will be given tomorrow
Light There Will be a table d'hote
dinner with music followed by dancing
The dinner dances viii be given semi
weekly on Wednesdays and Saturday
evenings for the rest of the season
The marriage OF Miss Ruth HoagIin
and Professor Humble OF the universe
ty law school Lawrence, Will ta--e
place lilly Il.
Mr.. J. L Montgomery of the Central
Y NJ c. A. was married today to Miss
Frances Converse Storer. The wedding
took place at the home of the brides
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur G. StOrer
o. Goshen Ind. They will be a. home
SIrs. Montgomery is a talented amateur
musician and also draws and paints
ClaFerly. go @4-@-- ~-
Pfcnfcs, now adays.- arc a c 5asider5ble
Improvement over the oid-fas hioued
days outing People have learned
something about outdoor life and one
of the most important discoveries Is
that you don't have to wait for mid
summer to picnic. In Kansas there / 81
good picnic weather from early spring
until the holidays. If you know where
to go and when and how In the late
fall and early winter when the coun-
try roads are at their best a daytime
picnic in the woods is ideal. But at
this season the evening picnic is popu-
lar and the best place to camp Is a high
wind swept prairie spot. away from
wood and water. A little fuel for the
camp fire is carried in the automobile,
the tLerrnOS bottles and ice box keeps
the eats and drinks fresh and appetiz-
Ing and although you may have
thought in town. that you could never
again eat anything heavier or hotter
than a green salad, the long ride. the
cool prairie breeze and the novelty of
the environments make you fall to your
broiied steak or chicken and hot coffee
with unwonted zest-
The old-fashioned outing was diffEi
ent Remember the annual Sunday
school picnic2 Nobody ever thought OF
holding il in the early spring before the
flies came and while the streams were
for ffy-time and hish temperature, and
always chose a low, dank wood. beside
a sluggish. scumny, malartous, creek,
in order to have plenty Of shade.
Instead of starting before the heat of
day or waiting for the cool evening,
the party congregated at about nine or
ten o'clock and rode in big, open
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-20
WOMAN FELL SO FEET.
Clothes Lines Broke Fan of New York
Insane Patient.

New york. July 20-Julia Mikes. who
previously had been IN an insane
asylum showed little effects today OF
her thrilling leap from the top OF d
Sfx1v foot Clothes lie pole IN the rear
Of her East side home. When the
Young woman overheard her parents
nIsunfr7s 10 send her away again she
ran from the house and with remark
able agility Skinned up the tai 1eIe
from which are strung the clothes lines
for the I'VE floors Of tenements- She
had reached the very top and was
perched there when the first paEroIman
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-20

their suferinEs that the Mortified rcia-
ives were relieved when IL was over.
The father is heart broken and this
NAV have a more disastrous effect on
him than the serious burns he suffered
Within one month his wife and chill
dren have been taken from him
hours OF each other. So intense we're
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-20
WHY NOT TRY THIS 2

We want everybody with scalp or
hair ailments. even though they are
bald in spots. to try Rexau "93" Hair
Tonic. We exact no promise or
obligation. Simply use a large bottle.
Then II not satisfied tell us. and We
viii refund the money paid US for f.
Two sizes soc and 800. Fred A.
snow The Rexau store.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-20

cising all possible patience but is not
carrying its endurance TO the point Of
sentimentaIity. Unless China's mood
changes before the conclusion Of the
current month. Japan viii be obliged to
assume a different attitude"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-20

BY the way-while you are down
here in the morning. we'd like to
have YOU look at the splendid line
of dollar waists that Just came in
in tie latter part OF last week
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-20

sizes from 1 to years Twelve
dozen. all told. but you'd better
come down early to be sure Of
getting them
The Appeal., 1909-09-18
WORLDS DEBT TO BACTERIA
Their Work Is in Removing tho
Bodies of Each Generation to
Make Room for the Next.

Biologists tell us that, as it is, en-.
tire strata of rocks on the earth's SUR
face are largely made up of the skele.
tons of once living forms Hence if
it were not for bacteria, corpses
would soon pile higher than the
Andes, and the earth would be choked
with it's own dead. In other words
bacteria keep life going by removing
the bodies of each generation to make
room for the next. Thus life here be-
gins with microbes and ends with
them. Therefore, all this shows how
in one way, at least, bacteria are in
dispensable, and we ought to be dis
interested enough to admire their &C
tivity in thus working for the good
of posterity, since without them there
would soon be no posterity. This re-
minds one, however, of the Hibernian
who, when told that if he died fol
old Ireland he would gain the ap
plause of posterity, demurred with the
words, Faith. what has posterity
done for me that should die for it?'
But do bacteria produce only what
this gentleman would term post-mor.
tenn benefits for us, or cannot they
furnish us with some antemortem
ones? I am glad to say that some
varieties of bacteria promise to in.
crease our foodstuffs to an extent
difficult for us now to foretell. But
this statement needs some explana.
ton. In the first place, the chemical
element, nitrogen, is a necessary in,
gredient in our food, whether that be
vegetable or animal. Now, three-ffths
of the atmosphere is composed OF
nitrogen, and hence it may be imag
ined that we need not fear this source
of supply giving -Everybody's
Magazine. y u. :.. II, ..@
The Appeal., 1909-09-18

reached that much sought-for point on
the earth's surface, and, therefore, de-
serves as much credit for his nerve
and endurance as any other human
being that ever reached there, so we
will all be perfectly safe in hurrah-
ing for Matt Henson.
Some of the colorphobists under
took to start the story that there was
much dissatisfaction and trouble with
Mr.. Peary's crew because he took
Henson with him in his final dash for
the pole, because of his color. Mrs.
Peary settles that matter, however, by
making this statement: "There is no
color line in the Arctic. Men there,
facing death at every turn, have no
thought of such matters. There a
mans a man for a. that, and I am
sure the matter of Hensop's color
never occurred to any member of the
crew. Matt Henson has always been
with Mr.. Peary on his final dashes by
reason of his skill as dog driver and
his knowledge Of the Eskimo lam
guage.
But more important than all is the
fact that Henson is an American, and
am sure that, if for no other rea-
son, my husband would have chosen
him ahead of any of the men who
were not"
In 1886 when Peary was trying to
survey route for the Nicaraguan
canal he ran across Henson, then a
lad of IS, and employed him and they
have been together ever since.
Henson has frequently been sent
| out in charge of hunting and explor-
ing parties, as he has gained wide
| knowledge Of Arctic conditions. When
Peary made his last desperate at
| tempt to reach the pole in 1906 by
| forced marches over the last few hun
dred miles, he let man after man drop
behind, but he kept his faithful, true
and tried companion, Matt Henson, by
| his side to the last
So, whatever the honor and glory
that should come to Commodore
Peary, it could never have been OBJ
| tanned without the aid of. Matt Hen
| son, and therefore Matt Henson is en-
| titled to and should share it.
Therefore we again say, Hurrah for
| Matt Henson!
The Appeal., 1909-09-18
Meaning Not Clear,

"Why," asked the good mans wife
"are you so thoughtful? You look as
if something disagreeable had hap
pened."
Perhaps" he replied, II am foolish
to feel as do about it. My congrega
ton has raised purse for the pur
pose of sending me to Europe
And are you sorry it isn't large
enough to enable you to take me with
you? Don't let that cause you to feel
depressed. 1t will be very lonely here
without you, but I know you need the
rest, and I shall be very sensible
can spend the summer at some quiet
inexpensive place, cheered by the
thought that you will return refreshed
in mind and body"
1T is very good of you to look at it
in that way, my dear. appreciate
your feeling. But the gentleman who
made the presentation speech said he
was sorry the amount that had been
raised was not larger, so that 1 might
be able to remain away longer, and
somehow it seemed to me that the ap.
plause was more 5earty at that point
than anywhere else in the course of
his remarks."-T Independent.
The Appeal., 1909-09-18
NO SIGNS OF SUCH PROGRESS

The Los Angeles Times asks: "Will
the white population of America ever
progress so far On the road to real
civilization and Christianity as to &C.
knowledge the fact that there are de-
cent :Afro-Americans who are not re-
sponsible or to blame for the crimes
committed by the british and lawless
of their race?"
THE APPEAL has devoted a little
time to considering the foregoing
question and is compelled to admit
with sorrow that it fails to see any
very encouraging signs of such prog
ress. The white population seems
headed in the opposite direction. The
only hope for change comes from
the fact that the white man is always
a great sufferer when crimes and re-
prisals occur. Even in the matter of
loss of life the whites are the greater
sufferers. but it is the loss of his dol
lars that hurts him the more.
The Appeal., 1909-09-18

w. H. Mitchell, white man, about
a, year ago, disguised himself as a
black woman and presented a note to
a beautiful white woman of Thomas
vile, Ga, telling her to accompany
the bearer to her brother, who was in
trouble. She complied, but when in a
lonely spot the supposed black wom-
an, who proved to be Mitchell, at
tempted to criminally assault his COM
panion. but was, driven off by pass
er by. A posse hunted up the assault
er to lynch the 'black brute,' of
course, but did nothing of the kind,
however, when they found he was a
rich and prominent white man. He
was, however, tried AMI sentenced to
one year on the chain gang at hard
labor, instead of being lynched as he
would have been had he been black
instead of white.
The Appeal., 1909-09-18
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Not a murmur," answered, after
listening for several moments.
i hear it all the time" he said,
laughing. my hearing is wonderful =
indeed it seems to be-
III try you with another sense" he
remarked presently. '.Do you know
the scent of rabbits? You may have
noticed te it in big warren on damp,
warm day?"
Yes, l know the odor."
Very we'll. Do you smell rabbits
now?"
II can't say that 1 do" l replied,
shifting hard.
"Ha! ha! I've beaten you again!"
he cried. why this part of the lane
reeks Of rabbits to me. I've got the
seeming power of a ferret or a fox
and the hearing of deer or a hare"
And the visual capacity of a
hawke" I suggested.
'Visual? That's seeing. isn't it.?
No, can't say that my eyesight's
good" he chuckled.
Are you short-sighted?"
'Stone-blind, sir"
What" .-...-...
Blind these ~ years, SIR he
laughed. "Ah, wish 1 could just see
your look of SURPRISE"
1T seems impossible! You don't
even tap the ground with your stick
mo, I've no need to-" he said with
delighted vanity. 81 know the feel
and the smells of this road perfectly;
I've walked it so many hundreds of
times. I never tap the ground unless
I'm in strange part
'This is very extraordinary. Tell
me how you knew that it was Sir
Henry Capelin who passed us?"
Because it's his rule to go down to
the keepers hut at this time of the
day, sir. But that's nothing. I can
recognize folk by their manner of
walking-the sound of their steps, I
mean"
"Well, I could not have believed
that you were blind" said.
"No, sir, you couldn't. I knew you
wouldn't guess it. Just now we're
passing big ash tree on the right
hand of the road. Is that right?'
"Quite right"
"And your way to Tavistock is a
few yards further on, on the left. hand.
l leave you there, sir, and thank you
for your company. It's queer to think
Of a blind man leading one who can
see, isn't it? I wish you good night,
sir"
shook the blind farmers hand and
turned my steps towards Tavistock,
musing upon this curious incident and
it's moral. Here was man whose
life had been checkered with many
griefs, whose lot was humble and
whose days for twelve years had been
spent in perpetual darkness And yet
he confessed himself thoroughly con.
tented and happy. My gaze roamed
to the towers of Sir Henry Capelin' 8
seat, and I thought of the contrast
presented by that lugubrious cid her
nit, who, despite his wealth, robust
health and the possession of all his
physical faculties, is one of the most
miserable Of mortals.
The Appeal., 1909-09-18
AN
OP ] PTIMIST
By GeoffreY Mortimer
Copyright, by J. B. Lippincott CO..

| Il & ~ Il
had been whipping new waters for
trout and late in the afternoon I
climbed heathery slope and struck
road with which l was unfamiliar.
IN quarter of a mile I came to a
cross-road point, where five ways
parted. There was fnger-post on a
hummock, but rain and the accretion
OF poWdery green moss had complete
~ obllterated the directions. The day
was sultry and was tired. 1 sat
down, lit my pipe and waited upon
the slight chance of someone passing.
IN ABOUT quarter of an hour I heard
a man Whistling behind me, and turn
ing round saw big fellow swinging
stick as he strobe. He was appar-
entity a Well-to-do farmer, so I judged
from his tweed shooting coat, drab
corduroy riding-breeches and tan gai-
ters. AS the stranger came nearer 1
notlced that he wore blue spectacles.
"Can you tell me which of these
roads l ought to take for Tavistock?"
I said.
"The one straight before you, the
way I'm going" @ ...
thanked the man and suited my
step to his as .weebegan to descend a
steep, narrow lane. .s.
you don't know the country?" he
said.
"Not much, on this side of Dart.
moor
"'Tis the best side; likewise the
wettest. Fishing?"
"Yes."
Much of basket?"
l opened the lid of the creel and
he put his hand in and weighed the
half-dozen trout in his palm one after
the other. @
"Ah, about pound and a half. The
trout aren't big here, but they're
sweet. I used to love fishing. Time