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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-10
A Fool and His Money

New York, Nov. 10.-Franklin Tay-
lor, a Brooklyn lawyer. who ran for
municipal judge at the recent election
and lost, has filed mis- expense ac-
count, which totalled sS3223, with the
county clerk AL of which serves to
demonstrate" Mr.. Taylor refectively
comments in his paper, that a fool
and his money are soon parted"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-10
woman,s Athletic Club Chartered.

New York, Nov. 10.-Having invad-
&c many other fields of mans activities,
Young women of prominent families
IN this city have Incorporated what is
to be known as the Woman's Athletic
club. A gymnasium and grounds will
lie obtained and the members will en-
teavor to foster athletic achievements
among women generally. The men,
bers so far are mostly college women.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-10
POOR SAMMY MORRIS.
Old Western Association Baseball Star
and Football Warrior Down and Out.

Denver, Nov. 1o.-"The booze got
me-"
Carlisle in 'O2 and '03, pitcher in the
Pacific Coast league and in the Amer
lean and Western associations, thus
describes his downfall and the reason
why he has been hailed into the justice
court SO many times in the last six
weeks for vagrancy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-10
PAPER MAKERS MEET.
Will Discuss Erect of Tariff on Their
Business.

Chicago. Nov. 10-White print paper
manufacturers from all parts of the
country will gather in Chicago today to
discuss among other things, how the
new tariff law affects them. In their
consideration of the new law they will
review what effect the tariff on ma
terial used in making paper and in the
finished product will have on their
business.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-10
1T WAS A METEOR.
Supposed Boiler Explosion on the
Lake Is Explained.

Manistee, Mich, Nov. 10.-An ex-
PLANTATION of what was believed Mon
day night to have been e boiler ex-
piosion on lake steamer was fur
n1shed with the discovery of a huge
meteor on farm two miles south of
this city.
The meteor was still warm, and ten
feet of it projects above the ground.
The spot where it fell is about half
mile from Lake Michigan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-10

CRm off This week and Monday
~ ~ VII on small H t S and
Bonnets.
The cut represents one style $500,
less $3.50.
Do you want plush, felt, a silk,
velvet or beaver. We will show all these
in small styles for those who cannot
wear the large hats.
Ok Oh Off on children's hats Every
~ ~ thing goes-red, brown, blue
black or white. Caps all colors, all sizes.
Children's trimmed hats. Children's
beavers.
MRS. C.. H. MORRISON
603 Kansas Avenue
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-10
Gold for Brazil

engagement of 100000 in gold for
Brazil was made by the Bank of New
York today. The total amount of gold
going to that country by today's steam
er is $1,550,000
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-10
Pedals on the Chimes.

chimes of Trinity church are being
overhauled, one of the three thousand
pound bells Will be recast to give a
better tone, and a playing apparatus is
being installed so that the operator
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-10
Died Without Obtaining Recoenitio,

New York. Nov. 10-Theodore r.
Timby, who for 40 years had fought for
recognition as the inventor of the re-
volving turret of the famous Monitor,
is dead in his Brooklyn home. He was
81 years old. Timby always claimed
that he submitted his plans for a re-
volvlng turret on a war vessel to the
government in 1S41 and that later
Ericsson paid him $4,000 for the use of
the invention on the Monitor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-10

may play the chimes with feeling
There will be loud and soft pedals.
This effort to modulate the expression
il chime playing is said to be unique.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-10

1.-THE booze got me and that is the
reason why l am a cripple for life and
unable to earn a living as | should
Morris is an unusually intelligent
Indian of the Nez Perez tribe. with
his home in Genesee, Idaho, where he
was born tWenty-seven years ago.
When a youth he was sent to an In
dian school in Oregon anG later trans
ferred to Carlisle, where he graduated
high up in the class of 1908.
During the last two years of his
Carlisle career Morris earned renown
as gridiron warrior. Upon his
graduation he went to Salem, Ore,
where he pitched for several years.
Later he was tried out by the Western
association, where he did such good
work in the box that he was signed
for tryout in the American associa-
ton with the Kansas City team. He
played with the Blues for three
months.
Morris was pitching sensation of
the old Western association with
Springfield Mo-, and administered
several shut outs to Topeka here.
Then he fell from grace ana his
descent was rand He afterward
tried to hold a position on the Joplin
team but failed because of his habits
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-08-05
GargoyIcs at Princeton.

From the Princeton Alumni Weekly
The architectural effectiveness OF the
buildings erected on the Princeton cam
pus during the last decade has often been
commented o., but little If anything has
been written about the cleverness and
humor of the gargoyles and grotesques In
the ornanentation of the buildings These
whimsical carvings, Of which there are a
great number are a most fascinating
study
Besides conventional heads of which
there are various types. numerous tigers
very appropriately, and nameless mon
sters in all sorts of contorted attitudes
the different forms Of undergraduate life
are frequently symbolized in these gar
goyles. Athletics ranging from ping pong
to rowing form a favorite subject On
the western end OF McCosh hall. the new
recitation building. specially conspicu-
Gus example Ia a grotesqua Of a half
back heading full tilt fer an invisible goal
line with the ball tucked under his arm.
Jutting out from an angle Of the masonry
nearby is large griffin-shaped garRoyle
with a chubby monk tightly clinRinR to
his tail. group that looks as II 1t were
copied from some Illuminated missal. Nc
Gosh hall has several medieval touches
in its carving. here cowled monk porting
over a huge volume. there student in
cap and gown obviously scratching his
head over his book. elsewhere another
monk studying geography with globe and
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-08-05
Pointed Paragraphs.
From the Chicago News.
Wise Is the man who closes his face be

From the chicago news.
Wise Is the man who closes his face be-
fore he says too much.
The man who does his best can trust the
world to do its part.
Our mistakes of yesterday are respon-
sible for our worries of today.
It's as difficult for some people to let
go 1t is for others to catch on.
Many mans ideas of clothing COM
fort is the kind his wife won't let him
wear.
After man gets to be millionaire
he can afford to carry a shabby umbrella
Occasionally man is so absent-minded
that he pays his gas bill the day before 1t
is due
We wonder II the Lord loves cheerful
giver as much as the cheerful giver loves
himself.
young mother ever asked him what he
thought of her baby.
When you hear girl speak of a young
man as being bear-well. you can draw
your own conclusions
A bachelor says matrimony is sort Of
training school in which some women
learn the art of drawing alimony.
A small boy doesn't have very good
time at picnic unless he requires the
services of doctor a few hours later.
Fools in glad rags are often permitted
to rush in where unlaundered hobos would
be knocked down and dragged out.
Beware Of people who pat you on the
back They may be looking for an OPP
portuhty to kick your feet from under
you.
If there's one thing in a newspaper that
interests a fat woman more than the bar
gain sales it is the obesity cure adver-
tisements.
There are $4,000 worth of buttons made
In this country every year. yet lots OF
men use nails to connect their suspenders
with their trousers.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-08-05
Lionizina Mr.. Locke.

FfOm the New 1OrK T1eraIu.
William j. Locke. the great English
novelist. who recently visited this coun-
try is very tall in appearance and has .
very sandy complexion. HIS work table -
usually Uttered with papers and uncor-
rected proofs. He Is one OF the rev IA
nous men that success has not spoiled. ana
to this day he considers 1t high honor
to be asked for a Photographic request
TO which up to the present he has always
religlously acceded In manner Mr. Locke
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-08-05

atlas while still another gaZes caaselessly
through a telescope pointed to the sky.
Not far from these hints of underg radu-
ate life is goose in mortarboard and
spectaces trying to look learned prob
ably satire on the faculty. The latest
craze of modern life is represented by a
chauffeur In cap and goggles, his hands
clutching a steering wheel.
III is appropriate that above the GYM
nasi,m entrance brownie should be
lifting pair of dumbbells larger than,
himself. and that over the main arch Of
the library should bs half length figure
with ban1ased eyes. evidently typifying
ignorance while on the other side of the
arch is a delightful little imp grasping u
massive KEY the key TO Knowledge High
mp on the library tower brownie police
man pursues riotous undergraduates
while baseball player looks ON dsdain-
fully from neighboring coince. In front
OF one OF the dormitories the curious vsi-
tor suddenly becomes aware that a
camera Is being pointed at him by a
quizZicai little stone gentleman. Beneath
one of the second story windows and
almost hidden In the arch of another dor
mitory he will hud a fierce but silent
scuffle going ON between capped and
goWned proctor and a rebellous student
Perched on the moulding at the unfinished
end of the same building is "A brownie
stone mason carrying In one hand "A
model of he dormitory and in the other
. we'll filled money bag-a prophetic fancy
of the carver: while on one gable of the
physical laboratory. trying with a big
stick 10 move the earth at his feet. is ~
strenuous looking figure with an unnis-
taxable smile on his face and wearing
conspicuous eyeglasses suffcentl, sls-
eestive of recent political history
In the year 2.0GJ or thereabouts no
doubt some enterpiising student In the
graduate college will make these gro
tesque carvings the subject of II disseua-
ton for his do,torate
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-08-05
NAPOLEON'S WIDOW,
NOW SO, CELEBRATES
Former Empress Eugenie, Who
Had Short but Brilliant Ca
reer, Is in Ill Health.

London special: Eek Empress Eu-
genie, widow of the last Napoleon who
sat upon the imperial throne of France,
recently celebrated her SD birthday,
old, broken in health and spirit and
chastened by the misfortunes which
befel her after Il brief but highly sensa-
tional and extremely brilliant career
Few women can look back upon ex-
periences so varied and full of CON
Uasts as the now old and feeble ex-
empress. Few women ever rose from
comparative obscurity to high and
commanding position of honor in so
short a time and survived their fall,
to drain the bitter dregs the cup of
disappointment. regret and repentance
Eugenie's career was in many re-
spects phenomenal. Born In Granada
Spain. on May 5. 1926, Eugenie de Mon
TITO was the product of peculiar ra-
cial mixture. Her father, the Count de
Montijo. was a Spanish grandee, who
traced his lineage to the early Spanish
kings. while her mother was Kirk
patrick. of Scotch Irish stock.
Mother PIotter.
Her mother was an extremely clever
and cunning adventures. and 1t was
due as much to her scheminR and care
ful laying OF plans as to her daughters
beauty and brlliancy that Eugenie
succeeded not only In winning the love
ing him to complete surrender.
1t was we'll known that Napoleon's
intentions at first We're far from being
honorable. but so careful did mother
and daughter play their game that Ma
poleon, who had in he meantime be
come emperor. married the young adj
ventures. contrary to the advice of his
ministers.
The marriage took place on january
20, 1853 The French people were full
of enthusiasm over the romance of the
alliance. and idolized the beautiful
young woman who shared the throne.
Brilliant Time On.
A brilliant time began for the gayest
of all European courts. and for. many
years Eugene was the most envi.d
and most -taked-of woman In the
world.
But not satisfied With her tiiumphs
with consuming ambition for poitical
power Her attempts toagratify this
ambition led To seryus and disastrous
consequences. disastrous not only for
France but for the ambitious em-
press.
The fall OF Sedan, the Imprisonment
of Napoleon and the siege of Paris were
followed by the terrible days of the
commune.
Eugene, NO longer the idol of her
people, made her escape from Paris and
France only with great difficulty, UNI
! der the protection of DIR. Evans, an
] American dentist. and reached England
! Il fugitive Without & country and shorl
| OF an her greatness
Only her banishcd husband and hel
| only son remained TO her Napoleon
died soon after and a few years later
her beloved son was killed fighting FOL
/ the English In South Africa.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-08-05
A Servant Of the Lord.
From the Boston Herald.

FROM In0 Boston Herald.
Judge George F. Lawton of the Mid
dlesex probate court. told me story
the other day of an American minister
who was spending his sabbatical year
travelling abroad. Arriving in Lon
don. he made every effort to get an
intimate view of the rMo branches of
parliament in session. OF course no
stranger is SLOWED on the floor of the
house of lords. but the minister not
knowing this. and with the usual
amount of American push, tried to
make his way in. There is rule, how
ever, that servants of the various
lords may be admitted to speak to their
masters. Seeing the minister walking
boldly in. the doorkeeper asked:
What lord do you serve??"
What lord?" repeated the aston
isled American. The Lord Jehovah."
For moment the doorkeeper hesi-
tated and then admitted him. Turning
to an assistant standing near, he said:
He must mean one Of those poor
Scotch lairds."
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-08-05
Not Worth Singing.
Cro V,d-


The late Thomas Bone. the sailors
missionary" was the soul of kindness,
but he was seldom worsted in repartee.
One of the many instances of this Civ
en- in his just published life is the fol-
lowing:
His work was not without its hui
morous side. Among the new men
there were always some who sought a
little amusement at his expense, but
they reckoned without their host. His
kindly manner never changed. The
smile never left his face. There was
no venom in the retort, but it seldom
failed to silence the interrupter. The
laugh raised at his expense made it
quite certain that no second attempt
would be made.
Seeing him approaching one day.
one of group of sailors announced
his intention of having some fun. He
stepped forward and removed his hat
revealing a perfectly smooth crown.
and asked:
Can you tell me why my head is
so bald, while all my companions have
plenty Of hair?"
don't know was the smiling re-
ply. unless the reason given me the
other day by a farmer would apply
. that an empty barn is not worth shing-
ing"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-08-05
1rcHED TWELVE YEARS.
Eczema Made Hand. and Feet sven
Peel and Get Raw-Arms AnecteA,
Too-Gave Up All Hope of Curs

Eczema Made Hands and Feet Swell,
Peel and Get Raw-Arms Affected,
Too-Gave Up All Hope of Cure
Quickly Cured by Cuticura.
IL suffered from eczema on my
hands, arms and feet for about twelve
years, my hands and feet would swell.
sweat and itch. then would become cal
lous and get very dry, then peel or and
get raw. | tried most every kind Of
salve and ointment without success. I
tried several doctors, but at last gave
up thinking there was cure for &C.
zema. A friend OF mine insisted on nv
trying the Cuticura Remedies, but I
did not give them a trial until 1 got
so bad that I had to do something.
secured set and by the time they
were used l could see vast improve
ment and my hands and feet were
healed up in no time. have had no
trouble since. Charles I. Bauer, r. y.
D.. IS. volant. Pa, March II. 1908 =
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Sole
Props. of Cuticura Remedies. Boston.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-08-05
Judge and witnes. Aneedote

From the London Globe.
Lord O'Brien, whose pleasantries as
sisted to keep up the merriment in the
great dresses suit which terminated in
decisively yesterday, was prominent
figure in political life as Sir Peter
O'Brien, known by his opponents as
peter the Packer" A good story of
the judge was going the rounds OF the
common rooms some time ago. He was
trying an action. so the legend runs,
one of the parties being a we'll known
litigant Counsel could do nothing with
her and then the lord chief justice, who
knew the lady, having been engaged,
get. pay attention to me-" The witness
drew herself to her full height faced
the Judge, and in a monitory tone re-
piled, Mrs. Moriarity. ii you please.
Pather
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-08-05
THE NEW WOMAN.
N1nde over by au,ttlnr conee.

Made Over by Quitting Coffee.
Coffee probably wrecks a greater
percentage of Southerners than OK
Northern people for Southerners use
1t more freely.
The work it does is distressing
enough in some instances; as an Illus
tration, woman of Richmond, Va,
writes:
II was coffee drinker for years
and for about six years my health was
completely shattered. ! suffered fear.
fully with headaches and nervousness.
also palpitation of the heart and loss
of appetite
My sight gradually began to fail
and finally ! lost the sight of one eye
altogether. The eye was operated upon
and the sight partially restored, then
became totally blind in the other
eye.
My doctor use,. to urge me to give
up coffee. but was willful and con.
tinued to drink it until finally in a
case Of severe illness the doctor insist
ed that l must give up the coffee, so
l began using Postum and in month
felt like new creature.
II steadily gained in health and
strength. About month ago be.
gan using Grape-Nuts food and the eff.
feet has been wonderful. really feel
like new woman and have gained
about rs pounds
II am quite an elderly lady and
before using Postum and Grape-Nuts
could not walk square without ex
ceeding fatigue, now / walk ten OF
twelve without feeling it. Formerly
in reading l could remember but little
but now my memory holds fast what
/ read.
Several friends who have seen the
remarkable effects of Postum ant
| Grape-Nuts on me have urged that
! give the facts to the public for the
sake of suffering humanity. SO, al
!; though l dislike publicity, you car
| publish this letter If you like
| Read The Road to MELVILLE" IL
pkgs. There's Reason"
Ever read the above letter?
new one appears f,Om time to time
They are genuine, tree, ana full o.
human interest.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-08-05
MUNYON'S EMINENT DOCTORS At
YOUR SERVICE FREE.
Not Penny to Pay for the Fullest
Medical Examination.


II you are In doubt as to the cause
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Questing medical examination blank
which you will fill out and return to
us. Our doctors will carefully dag
nose your case, and ii you can be
cured you will be told so; If you can
not be cured you will be told so. You
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this advice is absolutely free You are
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will diagnose your case thoroughly.
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Philadelphia. Pa.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-08-05
Strategy in Shipping Limburser.

From the San Francisco Argonau,
In an emergency the manufacturer
of limbnrgei cheese Was forced to use
strategy with a shipment. Ordinarily
his product went I'm special cars, but
In this instance no ear was available
and the order must be- filled Two
hundred pounds of the fragrant comes
tible Was put In rough. oblong box
and taken to the railroad baggage
room. Then the manufacturer bought
"A ticket for himself and the box and
entered the train AT the irst stop
he went ahead to the baggage car to
see that there was no trouble. H,.
stood BY the box in a disconsolate at
titude and shaded his eyes with his
hand. The baggage man was sympa :
thetic. "A relative%' he asked
Yes answered the manufactures.
1T is my brother
Well said the railroad man philo-
sophicallN. You have one consolation.
He's dead. all right
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-08-05
What Is a Cord Of Wod?


A cord of wood is 1873 cubic feet. or
the contents of pile eight feet long,
four feet high and four feet wide. Wood
is marketed on this basis A pile whose
length, breadth and height multiplied
together gives this number of cubic
feet fills this requirement, no matter
whether the sticks are long or short,
straight or crooked. round or split. UNI
less there is an understanding to the
contrary. Nevertheless cord, though
1t comes up to legal measurements, Is
an uncertain quantity, even when the
seller is honest and the buyer salts.
fled.
A lumberman may have a tract o.
pulp wood which he sells 10 papes
mill at So cord, for as many cords az
1t Will make. 1t is in the contract that
he shall cut and stack it. He cuts il
In ~ foot lengths, and when the job
is complete, it measures 200 cords, and
he receives 81, 900 for it. Would he have
made or lost by cutting four-foot
lengths instead of IL? He would have
lost in the first place from the addition.
al labor required to cut four-foot wood
but his principal loss would have re.
suited from greatly diminished mum.
Der of cubic feet, due to the fact that
short sticks lie closer together thar
large. Had the 200 cords of l2-foot
wood been cut in four-foot lengths
there would have been only l76 cords
and the owner would have received FOL
it $3.50 instead of $1,000. 1t was, there.
fore. clearly to his advantage to cut
12-foot lengths. but it would have beer
to the buyers advantage to have "
cut in four-foot lengths. He would have
received the same actual quantity O,
wood for $120 less.
1t also makes considerable difference
to the seller whether wood is chopped
n c. ar ri thn n1,t
lost. Where the logs are large thn
loss amounts to no small total. In q
cord of four-foot wood, with sticks sa
inches in diameter, the chip loss II,
from 6 to 8 per cent, and. of course
the shorter the sticks are cut, the
greater the loss. If the wood is sawed
the sawdust loss is scarcely the half Of
l per cent.
Cords of split wood contain less than
cords of round sticks. The finer the
wood is split. the more it makes. Hence
wood dealers are often willing to sell
kindlings. all sawed and split, for the
same price a cord of unsplit wood
They get back the cost of labor in the
Increased bulk.
A cord OPS cubic feet) Of four-foo
hardwood usually contains about s.:
cubic feet Of solid wood; cord OF
three-foot wood averages 83k cubic
feet; of two-foot wood, 81 feet, and
of one-foot wood. IS feet. The conifers
softwoods. contain 80 to So cubic feet
Thus the purchaser receives ON ar
average about two-thirds of cord o,
real wood and one third of a cord Of
spaces.
In some countries wood is bought by
weight and the buyer comes more near
ly getting what he bargains for, but
even then he may miss it if he receive.
green wood when he wants dry. Ac-
cording to timber testing engineers OF
the United States forest service, wood
may lose half or more its green weight
in seasoning