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Evening journal., 1909-02-03
Mix For Colds

TO one-half pint good wnislzey. add
one ounce syrup sarsaparila and one
ounce Toris compound which can be
procured of any druggist. Take in tea
spoonful doses before each meal and
before retiring. This relieves in "a
hours, and cures any cold that is cur
able.
Evening journal., 1909-02-03
fs0maIy % 70 s.a, aa...I o.n wee.

Days begun right are
days when you can do
things. Quaker Oats
Week " has seven such
days. Observed all over
the United States. Eat
Quaker Oats this week.
The favorite the world over.
Evening journal., 1909-02-03
Mr.. dupont Entertains Whist Club.

Alfred !. DUPONT last evening had as
his guests at the New Century club
tho Bridge Club OF Wilmington The
club is composed of officials OF the
dupont Powder Company and about
seventy members We're present. Play
continued until IL o'clock when sup
per was served IL was one of the
largest affairs Of the season and every
one present spent an enjoyable time.
Evening journal., 1909-02-03
The Best Cough Cure

A hxlf-ounco OF Virgin Oil OF Pine
two ounces Of Glycerine and half
pint OF whisky, mixed. will cure any
cough that Is durable and break
cole IN "a hours. Take teaspoonfni
svsry four hours. AK your druggist
Tor the genuine Iseachs Virgin OIL OF
r'sne compound pure. prepared and
ruarnnteed by the Leach Chemical Co.
Cincinnati. o.
Evening journal., 1909-02-03
. oq9ssstSa:: sSSa1%:.

No. 214 w. Ninth Street
Careful attention day or niRnr
Bodies In Boarding Houses. Hots,s
and Hospitals removed and cared Tor
until claimed Carriages furnished.
Appointments first-cIsss. Both Phonsa
Evening journal., 1909-02-03
Gun ExpIodes, Man Loses Finaers.

GUMBORo. Feb. 3.--While eNamin-
ing an old gun. a shell inside exploded
tearing of two fingers from the left
hand Of AsbuTy Derrickson-
Evening journal., 1909-02-03

Headaches and Neuralgia from Colds
LAXATIVE BROMO ouinine. the world
wide Cold and Grip remedy removes
cause. Call fo- fun name. Look for
signature F.. W. GROVE. 25c.
Evening journal., 1909-02-03
Kent Trustees I'm a DeadIook,

DOVER, Feb. 3.--The Trustees OF the
Poor OF Kent county are unable to effect
an organization, and the election OF
overseer and other officers is in abey-
ance. The five Republican and the five
Democratic members are deadlocked.
Evening journal., 1909-02-03
TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION.

TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION
d CBLIC SALE-FEBRUARY 18TH,
stock and farming implements near
Hare's Corner WM. r. HoBsoN.
fs-lst
CONSTABLE SALE
- Storage house. Third and French
streets, Friday, February 5, 1875. 10 a. m.
Household Goods. f3-1
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-25
MA YPOLES

that England once celebrated the COM
ing OF May with all the ardor and en-
thusiasm with which young America
halls the anniversary Day Of Independ-
ence. 1t was indeed everybody's day
for fun and frolic, which were sum
ciently robust to amuse, the lowest of
the low classes. Shakespeare gives us
some idea of the immense numbers
which gathered at these festivities,
when he says:
40 It's as much impossible
To scatter them as tbs to make them
sleep.
On a May morning"
The whole world was up and out into
the woods. the fields and the streets.
when the month or May brought her
flowers and her sunshine, and the find
ing and bringing a Maypole into town.
or village, was a long and boisterous
ceremony, and for several years Henry
VIII with his consort. Katharine. ac-
companied by a retinue of ladies and
gentlemen. rode from Greenwich to
the high ground of shooters Hill on
the first morning in May. There was
a lord and a lady OF the May, about
which were grouped companions, who
performed various Offices, and thus
gave a sort of rude dramatic character
to the festival. Robin Hood and his
lady-love. Maid Marian were conspicu-
Gus in professions and games. and their
acts and achievements during the
"merri month of May became the
theme of plays and ballads and legen-
dairy tradition for centuries. Archery,
Of course the especial accomplishment
OF Robin Hood, found no small part
Of May pastime, and the Morris dance
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-25
He Arraigns the People Who Had
Mistreated Him and Circulated
Slanderous Reports on Him In
Alabama and Georgia, But he
Mentioned No Names.

went to Franklin county. Ca The
negroes had been scatterei-some IN
Franklin, some In Ebert and some In
Pendelton District. g. c.. and one OF
them In the neighborhood OF Tusea-
loosa. Ala. / had heard 1t said that
there was one thing that had helped To
make General Jackson great man
the mourning Of responsibility. SO
whenever found negro ! laid hold
-of him and succeeded in getting all but
two. The one which was In Tusca-
ioosa was sent TO Miliedgeviile by the
man who held him in possession, on my
giving him to understand that he or
/ would be put to. some trouble IL the
negro was not forthcoming. and that
In short time.
The negro was soon in possession OF
General Watson. where I had placed
the others. There was then one miss
ing--a man by tie name of Jim. whom
we never got. The last ever heard
OF him Jim was given to Felix Grundy
as fee by Swan Hardin. in case
where he was tried as an accessory
before the murder of Porter by Har-
din's sons--that was in Columbia,
Maury county. Tenn. many years ago.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-25

fingered for many years after several
other May ceremonies were abandoned.
This dance, borrowed from the Moors.
was introduced into England in the
time of Edward III, when John Of
Gaunt returned from Spain, and con-
sisted not only of series OF graceful
motions and attitudes, but was q dra-
matte pantomime and picturesque pa
rade, which set the people wild with
excitement. Against the Morris and
the Maypole dances. the Purttans
hurled their most bitter invective. de-
nouncing them as the most subtle cor
rupters of good manners, and a GER
tain destruction to the soul. One of
their preachers declared from a Lon
don pulpit: IF Moses was angry when
he saw the people dance around the
golden calf, well may he be SO when
we see the people dancing the Morris
around a post" and Sir Askew CopaIn
in ridicule of the Puritan.s denuncia-
ton of what he considered a harmless
amusement. perpetrated a notable pun
in the lines:
1.-The -Puritans' Maxpoles hate with all
their soul,
I think because q Cardinal was Pole!"
AS the Puritans were especially an
tagonistic to Cardinals as wen as TO
Catholics. this pun on the name OF a
prominent Cardinal was repeated and
laughed at in every county In Eng
land. Another rhyme was much quot
ed in 1916:
AS II they were the towers of Baby
lonP'
1.-THE very dress of the Morris dano-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-25

NV ,,Iss zITELLA COOKE.

old customs ere dying out before the
"a mid and merciIess stride Of twentieth
century progress and the beauttful
month of May has special rites no
longer. Even Tennyson's poem, I'm
10 BE queen of the May, Mother" does
mot sneak to us with the significance
it carried to all hearts when 1t was
written for the home OF the illustrious
noet was stu striving to hold some
~ the characteristics OF "merri Eng
land" when youngt and old read and
recited this pathetic ballad. Nous
avons change tout celia" are words
which write the epitaph Of festivities
as well as Governments, and 1t Is easy
to sympathize with washington irving
over the loss of May merry-making and
iollity- among English people. There
60 no doubt that the festivals of May.
like many other national holidays owed
their origin to heather rites, altered
info ceremonies which were more ac-
eentabIe to civilization and Christian
sentiment The commingling of the
elements of sun-worship and the an
Gent Roman F1oralia probably out
lined the character of May festivals all
through England Different chron-
tcIers hold different opinions. as for
instance, Toilet declares that these fes-
tLytties come not from the Romans,
but from the Goths. while Maurice in
sists that they are but a repetition of
the phaliic festivals in India and Egypt,
which in those countries occurred when
the sun entered Taurus, and were
meant to celebrate natures renewed
fertility. Doubtless the tDruids OBJ
tanned them frem India. but whatever
and wherever their origin, we know
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-25
His Father Left,a Comfortable Pro
perty Which Was Kept from
Him When He Was . Boy, Bot
Which He Recovered as Soon IS
He Became a Man.

The present installment Of the Rem
iniscences OF General Thomas 8. Wood
ward. Is the concluding half of q let
ter dealing with his family affairs and
incidents of his early life, The first
half OF this letter. written In 1858. I'm
reply to questions asked him by Editor
j. j. Hooper, of The Montgomery Mail.
was published In The Advertiser OF last
Sunday and in 1t General woodward
recounted his life as an orphan until
1872. when. as mere boy. he wenfsin-
to the American army in the war with
Great Britain.
In the accompanying instaiiment.
General Woodward makes IL clear that
he believed that he and his brotifer-in-
law General Watson. at one time q
prominent citizen of Columbus. Ga..
were slandered and misrepresented IN
reports circulated in Aiabama as to the
fight they had made to recover the
property of General Woodward's IA
Their. He considered the matter Of
such Importance thae he went deeply
into 1t.
The interesting feature of the ae-
count lies in his recital of his search
and recovery of the property which
had been denied him as q boy, but
which. as soon as he had reached
mans estate. he recovered by logged
UNCONSTITUTIONAL Note.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-25
Coming of Age and
Demanding the WI

My uncle said I was than of age.
General Watson took the will and
demanded the property of my father
from my step father; record OF my
age was produced showing I was born
ON the 22nd of February, 1897; and my
step father claimed the right at least,
to keep the property together until
February 1918. Watson sued for the
property and suit was never deter
mined.
Z In 1917 my step father died. ] was
then a major commanding a detach-
ment of the militia in the United States
service. In February, 1918, borrow
ed few days from the service and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-25

national betting institution with an
Official status, the parf-mutuel, or to-
talizator. has been created. and at
hundreds of booths on scores OF race
courses all over the country employees
OF. the parI-mutuel are busy stamping
little slips paperAa and handing them
to the betting public in exchange for
its money. To win or lose in the busi-
ness OF the public. but the pari-mu-
tuer never loses. 1t takes per cent.
of all the money 1t handles. and as this
may amount in many hundreds of
thousands Of dollars on certain days. 1t
is evident that a constant stream Of
gold finds its way into the public cef-
fers.
Country towns and districts find In
the pari-mutuel a never-ending source
OF wealth for establishing hospitals,
building bridges. and repairing roads.
AMI offering the surplus In stakes for
more races to bring more money. It
is calculated that something like $780,
900. 900 of profits is taken In year by
the pari-mutuel. The betting craze
Being so general. 1t Is no wonder that
sbookmakers. who are prescribed by
lao, should try to complete In secret,
and sometimes even openly. with the
pari-mutuei for a part of this wealth.
For years there has been a struggle
between the government and the book
makers for supremacy. but. like the
contraband driver. the bookmakers re-
Quire a tot Of determination. A So
called ring has been tolerated on race
courses until two and half years
ago, when the present government de-
cided upon it's total suppression.
There was a tremendous cutlery among
q certain class OF turf habitues. Rae
Ing was going TO die out, and the part
mutuef too. However, in the follow
Ing year racing had not died out, but
fiourished more than ever, and the
pari-mutueI took In twice as much
profit as before.
1t was then argued that the law Of
1891. on which the government based
itself, did not justify the total sup
preston of bookmaking. 1t stated
merely that taking and receiving bets
from any conner was illegal. A man
could. therefore. accept bets from
friends and acquaintance. Some book
makers made a test Of a few cases.
and were upheld by the Court OF Ces-
sation. Since then boolxmakers have
again made their appearance publicly
on the race courses and carried on
operations in defiance of the police. AS
result, the pari-mutuel showed a de-
ficit of 100000 during the last three
months Of the past year. and the de-
felt threatened to increase as time
went on. The government has, there
fore. resolved once more on a radical
measure. A ball making II Illegal for
anyone to offer or take bets habituaily
in public or private or In any place
whatsoever was passed through the
chamber q few days ago without a de-
bate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-25

A Poetic and Beautiful Custom
of olden Springtime Which
Seems TO Be Dying Out in Our
Time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-25
The Reformation. 81 south HoIlov.-

4MS AA&kUEnA4 tkDm~ADE SUWlM HutEMVE.o
In "Old Jim Case of South Hollow ;.
Edward Irving Rice's popular book.
both the man and the place are real
"Old Jim passed away SIX months 20:
but South Hollow yet n.
South Hollow Is not a great big
fiourishing town; It 10 one OF those
peaceful little settlements. III New York
State. with one long. winding street
leading to the grocery store where the
village cut-ups cluster.
old Jim Case used to drive q three
minute horse along this road; ana the
betting was more active ON SUNDAY
than on any other day. All the stores
kept open" too.
But things are changed now. The
most notorious bad Man. OF the Wiz
lage has reformed: the vacant church
acquired pastor the other day; and 4
new sidewalk has been built SO people
can so 10 services without padding II
This news comes. from. the South Hal
low corrsspondepcs. o. a hewspaper In
Mr. Rlce' ybook, BY the way. mas al
ready run into a second editions
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-25
WOODWARD TELLS OF
FIGHT FOR HIS ESTATE

have packed at the time he carried
on the gates OF GAIA.
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Items for the Oakland notes may be left
at the Iowa Grocery or telephoned to Ind
phone 2S21 BLack.1
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CITY HALL NEWS.
City Clerk Finds a New Flaw in
the Primary Law.
Members OF School Board Elect
ed From City at Large.
4 PAVEMENT FILLER
The City Engineer InTents One
OF His Own.
Other Items OF Interest From
the City Building.

The new primary laws have been tax
ing every kind Of a shot at the coming
city election Of Topeka and this morn
ing another question has arisen ike a
ghost in front of the hard working city
officials When the fight over the pc
titions which were careIessIy prepared
was settled the city officials. especially
the city clerk. thought that was the
end Of any further trouble over the com
Afng election. but this morning al hopes
A9ud pleasures have ended and another
1Naugbear'' approaches
The trouble this time is over the cleo
ton or nomination Of six members Of
the school board Under the old law
there were L members Of the school
board TO be nominated and elected. six
OF them every year Each ward had q
school board member 10 elect every
year and it was up TO the people OF
this ward to select their man nominate
him and then elect him When he was
sufficiently nominated the city at large
took hold of the matter and assisted IN
the final election
The new law is different. II says that
the city as q whole shall elect every
member Of the school board and the
only resemblance to the old law IS that
the said member shah De resident of
his ward But the city at large Is not
used to the system Of eIecting the
members OF the school board and the
old manner OF siiciug their vote down
the line OF candidates without looking
at their ward viii have TO be stopped
Then there IS another falkland anoth-
er cause for trouble IN the First ward
there is no candidate for member OF
the school board s. r hutZ ran for
this place but his nomination papers
we're so poorly prepared that he was
thrown out OF the race and his name
win not be on the ballots In the Sec
ond ward George Smith is a candidate
In the Third ward Mrs c J. Evans
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D,v Faru,ing delegates.

Governor Stubbs this morning appointed
twenty-five delegates to the IraasIrlS sourl
Dry Farming Congress which meets N
Cheyenne, Wyoming. February ., = ana
q 10 represent the state or Kansas Inc
delegates have to pay their own expenses
but most of the railroads are granting
rates of one fare for the round trip. The
congress- viii be notable one The gov
ernor of Wyoming is president, the cover
nor of Idaho is vice president. RroEeSSor
CaulpbeII the originator OF the Dry
E-s~-T7frr idea the governor Of New Mexi-
co and many other noted western men are
on the program and will be In atrend2nce
The Kansas delegates are as follows
1 L Diesem- Garden City z L Spencer,
wichita: George NJ Curtis Beilefonti
F-rslnk I4ockard- GoodIaud; Richard Brolt-
Ter FIugoton; s. NJ Wells, Lenora; John
Rel MoreIand; Levi Gum, Great Bend ;
r D. BIaiue. Pratt; John A Shanstron
Coolidge: L P. Worden. Syracuse. J. I.
EorIacher. Colby; Chas. Jung, Russell
Springs Chris Christensen Orion; c c
Gilmore. Oakley Roy Charles Allison;
Eugene Mowrey, Lueerne. william Nc
CaiI1rr1 ST Francis; A W. Merrill St
F--ancfs- G. R Henry, St Francis: F f
Bliss OberIiu; David Griptou- Smith Cen
ter. Charles Harden lexington Arthur
Perrin Wilu1ore. A T Remer- Aulne.
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at the Iowa Grocery or teIephoned to Ind.
phone 2Ss1 BIack-l
Mr.. VIM Wilson is able to be at work
again after several days illness with an
attack Of the grip
Mrs. Howard Jordan is improving
after several days illness with an at
tack Of the grip.
his home in HoIten. Kansas. after a
few days business trip with relatives
and friends here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Johnson left
today for their home in Smith Center,
Kansas. after weeks visit with
from Illinois, where they have spent
several walks visiting their old home
and relatives
The little daughter of Mrs. Mabel
Richards Of Kellam avenue is very
sick
Mr. Harry French has returned to
home in Kansas City after spending
Saturday and Sunday here the guest OF
friends
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith. who have
been visiting relatives in the west for
several weeks, viii arrive home some
time this week
Miss Grace Lambertson, who has
been quite Ill for several weeks with an
attack OF fever, is much improved and
VIII be able to be out in a few days.
Mr. and Mrs VIII Clifton, who have
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Clifton OF
Michigan avenue, left today for Enid.
Oklahoma, where they viii make their
future home.
Mrs. Margaret Johnson returned to
her home in Tonganoxie. Kansas, toda y
after a three days visit with friends
here.
Mr.. Arthur J. Mitchell and wife and
children Of Los Angeles, Cal, viii ar
rive here the latter part Of the week
to be the guests Of Mr. and Mrs w r
Mitchell for two weeks The long wish
Of the Mitchell children. whose ages are
g. and Il years. has been gratified-
For several years, they have planned to
visit Kansas in the winter to see some
snow. Neither OF the three. having
lived in the baIIuy cline OF California
all their lives, have Witnessed a snow
storm
Mr. and Mrs. Schrock will move today
into the David Main cottage on KeIIam
avenue
Miss Mary Short is spending a few
days with relatives in Silver Lake.
Kansas
Mr. Albert MetzIer OF Chanute. kan
sas. is spending a few days here visit
ing his sister, Mrs Frank Smith
Mrs Frank Williams and little son
Ralph left today for a few days visit
with relatives in st. joe
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commotfou among the corporation
men While they have been buZz1ug
around his office explaining their wares
the city engineer has listened closely
to the explanation of the construction
Of their filters and the first Of the
week he went TO work with their ex-
plantations in mind As a result he
has invented 4 filler of his own-and
the Representatives are sorry to admit
the fact that it is something that Is FAR
better than anything they can produce
The city engineer has taken both the
asphalt and hitch filters and has mixed
them to such an extent that they will
not CrumbIe or crack and also throw
off the moisture and retain the valu-
able oil The plan is to com biue the
asphalt and pitch, giving Is per cent
Of pitch to "a per cent Of asphalt Ihe
pitch costs So a ton and the aSphaAt
$27 q ton. It is surprising TO see the
manner that the two stick together
A thorough test has been made in the
cftv laboratory and the two hang to-
gether like death The pitch VIII be
on the upper side as II IS spongy ana
will stand the hOofs of the horses and
the travel The asphalt viii be on the
bottom away from the moisture and
serving as an excellent foundatlon Tor
the spongy pitch Another such COM
bfnatfor could not be more profitable
both in service and expense to the city
and seeing this state of AFFAIRS the
company representatives are franticaI-
" trying to advance new theories ana
Rogers. Possibly the city VIII be able
to buy asphalt and pitch by the car
load II the combat lasts much longer
1t is up to the companies to lower
their prices or Topeka VIII make a
preparation OF its own and use It all
over the city
Many suggestions have presented
themselves to Chief of Police Eaton
since the motor cycle police squad has
been installed in this city concerning
the advisa biIity OF extending the pop
wagon system and doing away with
lot Of the beat work performed al
the present time by the large force Of
uatroITueu In the east 1t has been
coucIusfveIy. proved that il is foolish to
keen number Of men on the street
all of the time. It Is about as senseless
to keep a blue coated man on the street
hunting for trouble as a fire engine on
the streets hunting for fires They are
both for emergency sake It has been
found that it IS much cheaper to keep
A motor cycle or an automobile patrol
than to keep q bunch OF men on the
streets all day and night This Il but
a suggestion and Chief Eaton will not
bring it before the council IN a formal
manner-at least not until the patrol
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FIRE AT wooLvERToNs-
Harness stock Is Slightly Damaged
Last Night

At As minutes after last evening a
stir call came into station No 1 in
North Topeka for the chemical engine
to extinguish fire which was envelop-
ing a mammoth tree in front OF the
residence at I31 North Jackson street
It was a big cottonwood tree and was
burning ferceIy when the engine ar
rived, the sparks flying IN all direc-
ton A few sprays from the chemical
stopped the danger.
At S:45 Sunday morning a "29' alarm
was turned in from sz6 Kansas avenue
where smoke was issuing out OF the
windows and doors OF the building o.
cupied by the WoolvertoE Harness
company The hremen broke in the
front door and again the chemical came
into quick action and a few spurts
stopped the excitement The whole de-
partment came to this IRE as it was a
4422's alarm ana nobody knew what
would happen The damage was TIL
hing
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than $4,000.

than SIS, eco.
This new sewer will be the most
western sewer in the city. 1t viii COM
meuce at Euclid avenue down through
the MeIrose addition, west of No. 8
then to College Place addition, to Au-
burndaIe and north to the KaW- There
are a number of other petitions in cir
cuIatfou IN this part of the city and
thew viii be included in this big main
The mouth of the sewer at the river
and I'D as far as Potwin will Undouot-
div be a five foot concrete affair ana
viii be sufficient TO accommodate the
sewerage of the city for years to come
This new sewer is being planned at the
office of the city engineer while the
petitions are being filled and the proper
preparatTous made for the application