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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-08

Mrs. Robert Roudebuch. wife of Rob
ert Roudebuch of Wellington. is spend
ing a few days IN Topeka visiting
friends while on her way to Denver
where she will visit her mother.
Engine No. LAT. which was badly de-
molished in wreck on the Oklahoma
division about a month ago and has
been here in the shops receiving extern
sive repairs, has been sent back to that
division.
j. w. Reed, general yardmaster at
Arkansas Citv. who has been here in
the hospital for a number of weeks, is
reported to be steadily improving.
J. Alsdorf, of the machine shop, IS
spending a two weeks vacation with
friends in ST. Louis.
Engineer R. E. BrantnaH took an en-
CINE to Emporia today on trial trip.
E. G. Miller has returned to work IN
the machine shop after being off several
days on account OF illness.
Charles Obefer has returned to work
in the tin shop after being off a few
days attending the Priests of Pallas
in Kansas City.
Harry Wagner has returned to Sa-
lima after being called several days ago
on a business trip.
L G. Carter, railway postal clerk of
Kansas City, is here spending few
days on a business trip.
Fireman w. F. Nolan. of Argentine,
is spending a short time here on bust
ness.
The directors of the R. R. Y. NJ. C. A.
held their regular monthly meeting
"Wednesday evening in the 7. N. G. A.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-08


Rev. F. E. Mallory left yesterday for
| his home in Parsons after spending a
| short time here on a business trip.
Mr.. George Layne will return Fri
day from an extended business trip
J through the southern part of the state.
Mrs. Josephine McDaniels, Mrs. S.
| L. Wilson, Miss Minna Bischacher and
Rev. and Mrs. w. H. Scrivner will
leave Saturday morning for Pittsburg,
Pa. to attend the national convention
of the Christian churches all over the
land. This is the centennial conven-
ton of this church and if the plans
that are laid are carried out, it will be
the biggest convention in the history
of this church.
Mrs. William Christy and daughter
of 331 Adams street are expected to
arrive home the last of the week from
Kansas City where they have spent
several days visiting relatives and
friends
Mrs. R. E. Brentnal1 and daughter
Sada of Ness City, Kan. are expected
to arrive here this evening to spend
several days visiting Mr. and Mrs. S.
Brentnall and family of 504 Leland
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Alsdorf and wife of
North Locust street are spending sew
eral weeks in st. Louis, Mo-, on a
pleasure trip.
DR.. Thomas Venard of Ness City is
here spending few days the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. S. Brentnall and fam
lily of 504 Leland street.
Mrs L. G. Messick and son Alder
son of Emporia returned home today
after making a short visit in Topeka
with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Wilson return
ed yesterday to their home in Law
renee after being here to attend the
| Hart-Shortt wedding.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. w Rake of 406
| Liberty street are spending this week
| in Big Springs, Kan.
There was an unusually large attend
ance at the union Bible class meet
held in the Y. M. c. A. Wednesd even
| ing. Mrs. Wilson, teacher of the class,
greatly appreciates the interest there
| is being taken in the class.
Miss Julia Blush, daughter of Mrs.
Walter Wiscombe of sol Leland street,
| and Mr.. Ben Seymore of Oakland were
| married Monday afternoon by the pro-
| bate judge. The wedding was quite a
surprise to their friends. Mr.. and Mrs.
| Seymore will be at home for the pres
| ent at sol Leland street.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. NJ. Huston and son
| Dee of 511 Lawrence street are visit
| ing Mrs. William Bright of Kansas
| City.
Mr.. Lou Huston and r. M. Ream of
West Plains, Mo-, spent a few days
here visiting Mr.. and Mrs Frank Hus-
ton of 511 Lawrence street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-08
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Miss Alice Johnson has returned to
her home in Colorado after spending
five months here the guest of her
grandparents and other relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. R. Reed and daugh-
ter Thelma have gone to Wamego,
Kansas, to spend a few weeks with
relatives and friends.
Mrs. Max Joy has returned to her
home in Galveston, Texas, after being
called here several weeks ago on ac-
count of the serious illness of her moth
er, Mrs. Minnie Scott.
Miss Mary Greer of 292 Michigan
avenue entertained the Sunday school
class of the Presbyterian church of
which she is a member, at her home
Wednesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard ]. Miller have
given the name Martha Jane to their
infant daughter.
Miss Mary Grey of Silver Lake is
here spending this week visiting rela-
tives and friends.
Mrs. Burt Harrison of Graybull,
Wyo., and children are visiting with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. d. r. Ward,
Of Wabash avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-08
HE SAW MRS. GUINNESS.
Formerly of Laporte Man Positively
Identified Her, He Says.

Ell Paso Tex, Oct. S.-A special from
Dalhart Tex, says that a man named
Henrick Fritz, formerly Of Laporte. Ind.
has positively identified Mrs. Belle Gun
ness on a train en- route to Denver from
FIT. Worth, where it is reported she was
recently seen. Fritz asserts that Mrs.
Guinness recognized him and hastily went
into the womens dressing room where
she locked herself in.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-08
Snow in the Panhandle

Ell Paso, Tex, Oct. S.-Snow is falling
generally today in the Texas Panhandle.
the earliest fall in the history of that
section. Four inches of snow is reported
from Dalhart.
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Items for the East Topeka coIumn may
be teleDhoned to Ind. phone 17611
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31
WORDS OF WISDOM.

A good guesser always boasts Of his
intuition.
If at first you don't succeed, blame
1t on your luck.
Don't worry, and you'll have MOTH
Ing to worry you.
A girls ideal is naturally shattered
when he goes broke.
If you have any doubts about a
strange bed look before you sleep.
OF course the best thing with which
to feather your nest is cash down.
A married man can always get a
little off his sentence for bad be-
havior.
Lots Of politeness is wasted on
people who are too slick to be taken
in by it.
Even when woman feels she is
worth her weight in gold she hates to
get fat.
If wishes were horses there
wouldn't be any room in the world
for automobiles.
NAELues pelHS us OWN reward, you
can't very well blame a man if he is
good for nothing.
The fellow who was weighed in the
balance and found wanting must have
neglected to drop cent in the slot.
Some men can't even find fault
without acting as though they had
discovered something to be proud Of.
When fellow feels like throwing
himself down and worshiping a girl
he should wait. She will probably
throw him down herself. From "The
Musinges Of a Gentle Cynic," in the
New York Times.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31
Preparing Land For Alfalfa.

G. M. H., Shenandoah, writes: /
have FIVE acres Of land that is bor-
dered on three sides Of two creeks
that wish to SOW in alfalfa. / have
put in several underground bitches so
it is we'll drained. want to SOW the
alfalfa in August. Would you advise
inoculating the seed? I have enough
sheep manure to cover the ground.
Do you think 1t should be put on and
plowed under or narrowed in? see
two kinds OF alfalfa advertised, alfal-
IA or lucern and Turkestan alfalfa.
Which would you advise me to get
Answer: 1t is rather hard to give
an opinion as to the advisability Of
sowing alfalfa on the land mentioned
in your letter. Alfalfa will certainly
not give satisfaction on low, wet land
where the water comes too close to
the surface. Alfalfa Is a very deep
feeding plant, sending out a vigorous
tap root. The roots OF plants will
not grow deeper in the soil than the
permanent water level and If this APP
proaches near to the surface as In the
case Of poorly drained land, alfalfa
will not obtain a SUFFICIENT foothold
to make satisfactory yield. IF the
land is only temporarily wet, that is
different proposition. Alfalfa can
be seeded any time from August is
to September is to advantage. 1t is
we'll to sew 1t early so as to give it
q chance to become well established
before cold weather. AS result it is
advisable to use artificial cultures for
inoculating the seed of alfalfa. The
seed of many Of our leguminous
plants do not need to be so treated,
but 1t seems rather difficult to secure
a stand Of alfalfa in many locations
at best.
Sheep manure will make an excel
lent top dressing for alfalfa. After
the plants have come up nicely, give
a coating at the rate Of ten to twenty
loads per acre, but do not work into
the ground. OF course, the manure
might be put on as a top dressing be-
fore seeding the alfalfa aud worked
In with harrow, but in no instance
should 1t be plowed down. Turkestan
alfalfa is said to be particularly hardy
and has been used with more success
in the Northwestern States than in
other parts OF the country. The ordi-
nary alfalfa or lucern is the best vari-
ETY. for you to use, and IL you can get
seed grown in the United States 1t
will likely prove more satisfactory.
Kansas or Nebraska grown seed will
meet your requirement very well.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31
study the Needs q Your SON.


DIR. T. r. d., Rome. Ca has q
farm on Coosa River and expects to
move on It, Believes In home mixing
of fertilizers and wants me to figure
out a formula for fertilizer. He
thinks that his soil needs potash in
large percentage.
1t saYors a great deal of agricultu-
raj quackery to advise man Of a fer
tilizer for land Of which | know moth
ing except that its owner supposes
that II needs potash. AS physician,
you would not think much of another
physician who would make prescrip-
ton as a cure-all for every man and
every disease. Doubtless on large
farm you will have soils OF very diff
ferent character on various parts of
the land, and fertilizer that would
suit one part would not be SO we'll
adapted to the other. The way to as
certain what the land needs is to
study the soil itself, and the only one
who can ascertain the needs Of a soil
is the man who cultivates 1t. No
chemical analysis will give the infor-
nation as to what is needed, for 1t
would only show that the soil con-
tains certain elements ia certain
forms, and whether any of them are
available to crops the analysis would
not show.
have long ago given as my opin-
ion from long experience In the Gull
tivation Of the soil, and it has proved
correct in the experience Of thousands
Of others, that where a man farms
right, grows plenty Of forage and
feeds cattle, he will never need to
buy ammonia or nitrogen in any form
unless trucker where early pushing
OF the crops is essential With good
rotation In which cowpeas come often
on the land and crimson clover as a
winter cover. the farmer will need to
buy only phosphoric acid and potash.
This Is especially true with a cotton
farmer who can exchange his cotton
seed meal for meal and bulls and can
feed the meal with the roughage OF
the farm to cattle. And II he does
not grow forage in abundance and
feed stock he is not farming right.
Now, II you want high grade
fertilizer that in a general way will
suit most crops You grow, would
mix 1000 pounds of acid phosphate,
zoo pounds Of cottonseed meal and
800 pounds Of muriate OF potash to
make q ton. On land to go into cot
ton, where no peas have preceded 1t,
this can be used at rate of 800 to 400
pounds per acre. But observe what
! have said so many times in regard
to a rotation. With suitable and
systematic rotation and most OF the
cottonseed meal fed to stock with
good roughage, you would soon be-
come independent of high-grade fer
tilizer and would need only the phos-
phoric acid and potash Professor
Massey.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31

is a chain 2 feet long, With grab
hook attached inches from the
pole; fig. is stout wire nailed to
the rest, which serves to hold the
rest in place.
In pulling posts the chain is
hooked loosely around the post, which
permits it to slide down the post,
when the pole is raised, allowing to
get another hold when the post is
raised little. Frank Lacina, Can.
by, MINI.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31
HobOes En- Route.
~ a. No. 4.


One evening, after being driven out
from under the Overland Limited, 4
we climbed into box car loaded with
lumber on freight going East. We
closed the. door, and after pulling
some of the lumber against 1t in
such fashion that the brakeman
looking for a rake-off Ca dollar tax
levied on tramps by train crews)
couldn't open 1t, we laid ourselves
upon the lumber. Soon the train
began to get under Roadway, and at
each Jolt Of the trucks, up and down,
sideways and crossways, the lumber
would follow suit, only a littleSharder,
as before it had time to settle, after
each jolt, the next one would send it
dying again into the air.
| Poor Bobby! This was his first ex-
perience as a box-car tourist. He
had often complained to me after
riding underneath the limited flyers
about the sand, cinders and rocks that
were hitting him, but this ride was a
new experience, and he groaned: "Oh,
/ A No. /. wish we could get out of
this forsaken old rattlebox. Let's
get off at the next stop and take the
Overland" He kept on bothering me
so much that / had to tell him that
In the deserts passenger trains make
mighty few stops, and that we might
have to wait week or longer at a
lone depot before we could catch an
other ride; and that coyotes would
make short work of us should they
catch us after. dark. Only by thus
soaring him could l persuade him to
wait until we reached the end of the
division. The very next day, after
being driven off at lone water tank,
we were forced once more to take
freight car.
We found this one loaded with
large lump coal. Here poor Bobby
suffered agony, because the coal, be-
Ing packed solid to the floor, exactly
responds to every jolt the springs of
the car make, and as this kind of
load reaches below the centre line,
the top of the car tumbles from side
to side, straining, creaking and groan-
Ing. Bobby was grooming, too; 1t was
too much for him. He shouted to
me, over the Internal noises: "a No.
i, that lumber car yesterday allowed
us to lie at least fat on our backs,
but these miserable coal Jumps won't
even permit this, and the racket is
making me deaf"
But, poor boy, he didn't know
there is a limit in tough box-car rid
Ing, and that very night we had
chance to try this limit. We had
climbed into box car loaded with
rough, coated pig iron. It's a bad
proposition to ride and worse when
the car is overloaded, as this one
surely was. The springs seemed to-
have been forgotten when the car
was built, and poor Bobby's lamen-
tations were an unmistakable meas
urement as to what is the limit of
misery in riding in box cars.
He shouted to me over the jump
ing, humping, racket-raising pig
iron bars: Every bone in my body
is aching, my insides are all broken
loose, my back is all twisted, can't
stand, sit up, or lie down to rest on
these rough, jolting pig-iron bars.
Don't you wish we had that coal car
to ride again instead of this one?"-
From Bobby Lee" in The Bohemian
Magazine.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31
A HANDY Hayshock pragger.

Take a rope fifteen feet long. tie 1t
to the single tree. then take pole
about twelve feet long; used little
locust sapling. Trim the bark off the
pole, then get fiat iron bar about six
inches long, with two holes in it.
Fasten it on the big end of the pole,
the iron extending about one and a
half inches. Turn the end up, little
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31
Southern Agricultural Topics.
Modern Methods That Are Helpful to
Farmer, Fruit Grower and Stockunarl.

Third--Of the impoverished condi-
ton OF the soil in which attempts
were made to grow them, and
Fourth OF their inability to COM
pete with the farmers Of the North
west in the growing OF these crops.
This is not now such an important
factor and will be one or less moment
in the future because the virgin
prairies no longer yield as in the
flush days" Of bonanza farming, and
In fact the centre Of cheap cereal pro-
duction seems destined to move into
the Canadian northwest
Then, too, the great centres Of pop
ulation in proximity to the north
western cereal belt will call for a
larger consumption of the grain in
the making Of animal products for
home consumption, while excessive
freight rates will always be an eff
fective protection to the Southern
grain grower
AS but little work has ever been
done at the Southern experiment sta
tions to show either the value or the
possibilities of growing winter cereals
and legumes, the condition is not a
surprising one, though the task Of
overcoming the established pref
udice Of the people with regard to
the culture Of these crops will be
very difficult one. This is but natural
since so many failures with these
crops have been recorded.
Can Winter Cereals and Legumes Be
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31
Cam tho South Compete With the
West in Grain and Beef Growing?

The rapid exhaustion Of the West
ern ranges means the production Of
more beef on the small farms OF the
country, IL the needs Of our rapidly
increasing population are to be ade-
Quately supplied and the demand for
our meats in foreign markets main
tanned. The price Of beef is likely to
continue satisfactory because beef
cannot be produced so cheaply ON the
small farm as under range conditions,
SO the Southern farmer has now the
best opportunity for engaging in stock
husbandry that has ever offered for
very obvious reasons. If he is to
grow beef economically, he must have
q plentiful supply of cheap grain
which will call for the growing of
cereals on larger scale than has
ever been deemed profitable in the
history of Southern agriculture pre-
vious to this time. Only a compare
lively small amount of the winter
cereals, as compared with the quaint
ty produced in the whole country, has
been raised In the South, due chiefly
to the belief OF many farmers that
these crops could not be grown, be-
cause,
First The winter killed.
Second--Of the lack Of varieties
kdapted 10 Southern conditions.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31
Map Of the World 15Ox1OO
to Be Made By Bailey Willis.

2 New York City. Bailey Willis, Of
the United States Geological Survey,
who has been attending a scientific
congress in London, returned with
plans for the construction of a COM
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31

New Years Day, January 1.
Conversion of st. Paul, January rs.
Septuagesima Sunday, January 20.
Sexagesima Sunday, January 80.
Publication B. v. NJ, February 2.
Quinquagesima Sunday, February 6.
Shrove Tuesday, February 8.
Ash Wednesday (Lent begins), Feb
ruary 8.
Quadragesima Sunday, February Is.
st. Valentine, February IA.
Mid-Lent Sunday, March 6.
St. Patrick's Day, March IT.
Palm Sunday, March 20.
Good Friday, March rs.
Easter Sunday, March II.
Low Sunday. April 3.
St. George, April %.
st. Mark, April rs.
Saints Philips and James, May 1.
Rogation Sunday, May /.
Ascension (Holy) Thursday, May 5.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31
She Took Pair.

"How much are those shoes?"
asked the lady who had the reputa-
ton of being a keen shopper.
Those shoes are not for sale" re-
piled the salesman, who had some
thing of a reputation, too. We're
giving them away with every pair OF
shoe laces at $2.5o."--Judge.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31
Post Puller.

use fence post puller of the fol-
lowing description, which is better
than pulling with horses, as it does
not break the posts. Rig. 1, hard
wood pole g feet long; fig. q, a rest
for the pole, AKA, IL inches long,
with a 2x4 nailed to the bottom,
which is about 10 inches long: fig. 3
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31

Heidelberg
Iaey Comet 1909 His
Gemn that
With
evening
twilight
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31

uosite map or the world to be $50 by
100 feet. Each European country
represented in the congress and AUS
tralia and India are going to contrib
nte a certain number of sheets, giving
in detail all that is known OF their
particular sections of theworid. There
will be 240O sheets in all
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31
EVENING AND MORNING STARS.

(seng after the SUM until February 12
until December evening
until the of the
22 then morning until
evening until
until the end Of the
will until April IL then morning star until Oc
tober "a. then evening until the end Of the
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31

Equinox Aries
sostice
Libra September 28 at
Capricorn
O'Clock m
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31

December 22 n A. NJ
Equinox March FL h. A. M
of Summer 22, h. A. M
Autumn, September g. h. p
December h. A.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31
ECIIPsEs FOR THE YEAR 1910.

will ecpe Of the Sun and two
of
total eclipse So visible in Taosman as total and
In Australia partial eclipse 81
States
M eclipse
NJ. h. A.
Magnitude the eclipse, 10 of the Moons diameter.
November Visible Siberia
United States
Middle eclpse
SO Magnitude the Moons diameter
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31
FIXED AND MOVABLE FEAsTs OR CHURCH DAYS

Whit Sunday (Pentecost), May is.
Trinity Sunday, May %.
Corpus Christi, May 26.
St. Barnabas, June IL.
st. John the Baptist, June "a.
Saints Peter and Paul, June 20.
st. James, July 25.
TRANSPORTATION, August 6.
st. Bartholomew, August "a.
st. Matthew, September 81.
Michaelmas est. John and Angels),
September 20.
st. Luke, october 18.
Saints Simon and Jude, October 20.
Thanksgiving Day, November "a.
Advent Sunday, November 81.
st. Andrew, November 80.
st. Thomas, December FL.
Christmas Day, December rs.
st. Stephen, December rs. F.
St. John the Evangelist, December 26.
Holy Innocents, December %.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31

curved, SO It will hold a ring on it.
Tie a stick (about six inches long)
about two feet from the end and run
that end Of the rope through ring and
tie to single tree. Run pole under
shock, bring long end Of rope over
shock, then start your horse and drag
it where wanted 1t will not turn
over.-Dwight Smothers, in the
Epitomist.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31
DURATION OF THE SEASONS.

Sun in Winter Signs, SO d. / h.
Sun in Spring Signs, 90 d. 20 h..
Sun in Summer Signs, SO d. / h.
Sun in Autumn Signs, SO d. 10 h.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31
CHRON0LOGICAI, CYCLES FOR 1910.
Dominica Letter
Golden Number

Period 1928
jan
o word (Mosaic), $685.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31
REIGNING PLANET.
CARDINAL POINTS.

Jupiter is the reigning planet this year.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31
HALLEY's COMET APPEARS.

Age of the word {
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31

Tropical Year, 265 d. 6 b.
Sun North Equator, 1856 d. 10 h.
Sun South Equator, 178 d. 20 h.
Difference, z 4. IA h.
Gilpin observer., 1909-07-22

How we enjoy seeing man get
the worst Of 1t when he tries to get
the best Of others.
You can estimate the value Of your
reputation by trying to induce pawn
broker to advance you something on
1t.
After a girl gets to be about SO
old she gives up the idea Of a career
and puts in "a hours day seeking
husband.-Chicago News.
It's still a question whether love is
an asset or liability.
It's nice to live in the country
nice for your city relations.
Every woman thinks she ought to
eat brain food occasionally, but she
can't explain why she thinks SO.
After woman has buried her third
husband you can't tell her much
about MEN.
Learning from the experience Of
others 10 like having baby hand you
candy. -'