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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-08-05
"PLAY WITH THE CHILDREN"
Tabled Fountain Of Youth Could Not
Be More Potent Than Association
With Little Ones.

"Play with the children!" was the
recurrent advice of wise and sue
cessful man. This will keep your
heart young, your viewpoint fresh,
your wit sparkling. The child heart is
at once the purest and the happiest
in nature; the child tongue is a
TRANSPORTING power"
Something of this indubitable power
attaches to good stories of those naive
and innocent little ones" scripturally
declared specially blessed and potent.
The child mind transforms, the child
touch lifts to glad laughter incidents
and accidents not otherwise worth
noting Witness this little tale of the
careful mother to whom came tiny
son all agog over the requirement OF
new and forbidden knowledge.
"Mother!" cried the child, baby
eyes shining, baby cheek glowing,
do you know what I'll be hornswog-
gled means?"
mo, DEAR" said the mother, sol
EMMY, Selling the opportunity to i'm.
plant a lesson. I'm sure do not"
"Well, l do" was the ecstatic an.
swer, the suggested lesson being ut
terly ignored. 1T means just the
same as I'll be gol-darned!'
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-08-05
The Dentists Joke.

At a recent dinner of the Authors
club in London to Mr.. owen Seaman
the editor of Punch, Mr.. Walter
Emanuel, another member of the staff
of Punch, referred to the fact that the
man with the largest sense of humor
he had ever struck was an Englishman
"a dentist. He went to him, after SUI
fering long with the toothache. He re-
fused to have gas, and the dentist
pulled out tooth, leaving him with
ing in pain, and took the tooth to the
window, where he laughed quite heart
lily. He groaned, whats the joker"
Wrong TOOTH" said the dentist.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-08-05
The selted 4MIIIionaire."

The masters Office at Kimberley has
recently been the scene of a dramatic
discovery. It has reference to the af.
fairs of Thomas Istad, who, some
months ago, left Griquatown. for Ger
man West Africa, and whose death
was reported from that territory.
His wife, remaining in Griquatown
receiving no news from her husband
and being in poor circumstances, OBJ.
tanned employment at a hotel there
The master, on hearing of Istads
death, requested the German authori
ties to forward the deceased's effects
They, accordingly, packed his belong
ings-chiefy clothing-in a wooden
box, which was dispatched to Cape
Town, and thence to Kimberley. On
being unpacked the box was found to
contain a red flannel waist belt, which
on being closely examined, was dis.
covered to be thickly lined with bank
notes to the amount of G3,750. The
deceased had been in the habit OF
trading in secondhand jewelry and
carrying the belt without any one
knowing about it.-Cape Colony
Times.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-08-05
Copyright 1905, BY ]. B. Lippl
SYNOPSIS.

Basil Tempest. worlds greatest pet
and novelist. refusing further to be hon
lied, shuts himself up in Craven his
country home. His gloomy meditations
are broken by the admission of an Ameri-
can, Lucy Carew. who has come to Eng
land to get a study of the author, but
more especially synopsis of his new
suite of poems. Tempest, angry at being
disturbed, declares he will write no more,
and asks Lucy to go. Repenting his rude
ness in sending her out at night in the
rain, Tempest hastenS after her. but she
refuses to return to Craven with him and
takes lodging with a cottager. Next
morning Lucy receives an apology from
Tempest and an offer to assist her in
writing her essay. Tempest dictates to
Lucy, who listens spellbound as she
writes. Lucy decides to go to London, but
Tempest induces her to remain and read
her manuscript to him. Lucy declines an
invitation to dine with Tempest. who in
anger and disappointment, goes to Lon
don. He asks Lady Ormond, with whom
his name has been linked, to leave her
husband, promising to marry her when
the husband gets a divorce. She insists on
the divorce first. Tempest departs for
Craven. He burns Lady Ormond's pic.
ture after forcing reluctant opinion OF
that lady from Lucy. -~~A4-..
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-08-05

grew stronger, and within three months
I was perfectly well woman.
Il want this letter made public to
show the benefit women may derive
from Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. Mrs. JOHN G. MoLDAN.
Els Second ST., North, Minneapolis,
MINI.
Thousands Of unsolicited and genu-
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the efficiency of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, which is made
exclusively from roots and herbs.
Women who suffer from those dis
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not lose sight of these facts or doubt
the ability of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound to restore their
health.
IfyOu want special advice write
to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass
Shewill Observation-Disclosures
confidential. For 20 years she
has been helping sick women In
this way, free of charge. DOn't
hesitate - write at once.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-08-05
He Put Them in the Fire.

while, SO will winter! What's to be
done for the one who makes the pen
ellis out of nothing for me? Guides
the hand and does more-what's to be
done?"
Mrs. Henly, who never allowed her
self to be nonplussed by her lords
singular queries. said warmly:
why. something very good indeed. :"
ITO someone who brings the spring
out of season"
IF that could be, Mr.. BASIL she
demurred
you are right" he accepted and
sighed 81 can't, of course, but the
wonder is there just the same"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-08-05
Qualified.

A prominent western attorney tells
of boy who once applied at his Of
fee for work
This boy was bright looking and !
rather took to him.
Now, my son. said 1, If you come
to work for me you will occasionally
have to write kilograms and take
down telephone messages. Hence a
pretty high degree of schooling is es-
sential. Are you fairly well educated p
THE boy smiled confidently.
At be- he said" Independent.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-08-05
A Real Argument.

They were talking about argument
not in the abstract but as applying
to domestic happiness. What do you
think is the most unanswerable ar.
gument you ever heard?" one bach
elor asked a married man.
That's very easy" he replied
when your wife says, If they can
afford it we can, there is no flaw in
that-and never will be."-Youth's
Companion.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-08-05

back Of him, close to him-one could
fancy she laid her hand on his hair.
When, an hour later, Tempest re-
turned to the asylum he had chosen
In which to follow out a train of
thought whose spell he did not wish
broken. frightened blaze, a bunch of
pale violets in a vase beside a tempt
ing little meal already spread met his
eye-just the repast to please his fas-
tidious palate and stimulate without
the full, heavy sense of having as
usual dined; cold pheasant, a we'll
made salad, cooled champagne; then
Henly with an ice, and later his coffee
She had with true unbending, as If to
cater to his sight, even put on a
little apron with bows at the pockets.
"Henly in an apron! What things
] make you dol"
mot half enough. never see you
these days, Mr.. BASIL"
He said gloomily: "No, and you
are better not to-"
He lit cigar from the box that
she fetched and she went away with
the coffee-tray and left him to dream
to muse-to take after little while
from his pocket packet he had
brought downstairs with him-to un-
fold it-consider it with a certain ten
der skepticism. In the packet of
letters were several photographs
Lady Orlnond I'm riding-dress, Lady
Ormond in fancy dress. After look
ing once at each he put them in the
fire with the pile of letters which he
did not unite. Then he sat heaped
in corner of the sofa and brooded-
rooded-watching the fire eat and
consume, protestations whose feeble
ness his great need had found sweet
because forbidden-all the long link Of
association with dishonor for three
years. He had never idealized her-a
sparkling wit, a good humor, and
grace had acted as a gentle counter
irritant to his moods. She had never
been indispensable, and when her re-
fusal came he had been glad. Why?
only because a new interest had, like
fine ray from an unexpected beacon,
cut across the lonely, ragged promon-
tory, and his ship was sailing along
its path
| otherwise, God knows how DESC
late it would have left me-" he said
aloud, and with the word smiled a
little and shivered. mot that l am
not desolate as it is, but my new
folly has smoothed the way for the
exit of the old. That's about ALL"
He sat brooding-brooding- Hen
ly, venturing, came softly in to ask
if he wanted anything more.
"Henly!"
''Yes, Mr.. Tempest"
"'Mr. Tempest!'" he Knocked. "If
fetched you a stick to-day, could
you sharpen 1t into a pencil for me,
do you think?"
She smiled tenderly. "Ah, no bet
ter than in those days, I'm afraid, Mr..
Basil"
Never mind. But If you knew how
I've longed and needed those pencils /!
Made for me by another-put in my
hand-and even then the hand
guided"
you've not been writin'-"
Whenever Henly omitted the name
of her master he might mentally have
supplied my dear" to take its formal
place and not been wrong.
Writing! I haven't written for an
eternity"
1T will come, sir"
"Ah! There's no comfort in that
Spring will come-at least there's a
! precedent in it's favor-but, mean
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-08-05
Merely a Prevaricator.

A doctor relates the following story:
'T had a patient who was very i'll and
who ought to have gone to a warmer
climate, so | resolved to try what hyp-
notism would do for him. l had a
large sun painted on the ceiling of his
room and by suggestion induced him
to think 1t was the sun which would
cure him. The ruse succeeded and
he was getting better rapidly when
one day on my arrival found he was
dead
did it fail, after all, them" asked
one of the doctors hearers.
mo-" replied the doctor, he died
of sunstroke."
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-08-05

caused n WedhHoSS
and broken down
condition Of the
system. 1 read so
much ofwhatLydia
E. Pinkham's Veg.
etable Compound
had done for other
suffering women l
felt sure it would
help me, andI must
say it did help me
wonderfully. My
pains all left me, !
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-08-05

sage of the kidney Sc
constantly, the pas
cretions was irregu.
lar and my feet and
ankles were badly
swollen. Spots often
appeared before my
eyes and l became
Very nervous After
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-08-05

using numerous remedies. without re-
lief l was completely cured by Doan's
Kidney Pills. This seems remarkable
when you consider my advanced age"
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by all dealers. 80 cents a
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-08-05
Children Of the RIcr.

Sunday School Teacher (impres
sively)-"of course You know that
Elijah went up to Heaven in the
chariot?" Johnny Millyun-"Oh,
don't know. That's probably just the
story the family gave cut "..~Puek
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-08-05
Undoubtedly Bad.

Mary Mild-Wouldn't you call her a
-ah, doubtful character?
Carrie Caustique-Not unless you
wanted to give her the benefit OF the
doubt.-Smart Set.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-08-05
RESTORED TO HEALTH.
After Suffering With Kidney DIsor-
ders for Many Years.

Mrs. John s. Way, 2O9 s. 9Th St,
independence, Kans., says: For a
number Of years l was a victim OF
disordered kidneys. My back ached
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-08-05
WANTS HER
LETTER
PUBLISHED
For Benefit of Women who
Suffer from Female Ills

Minneapolis, Mimi was a great
sufferer from female troubles which
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-08-05

The supply of talk always exceeds
the demand
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-08-05

Mrs. WInsIow's Soothing Syrup.
Borchldren teethInR softens tho gums reauees n
Gammaton, allays palm cures wind collie. 2c
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-08-05

A nagging wife makes her husband
forget his other troubles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-26
in HARNESS so YEARS.
Caretaker of Iowa's Athletic Field Will
Be Guest of Honor.

Iowa City, Ia, March 26-" Jimmy"
the caretaker of the University of Iowa
athletic field. will complete his sixtieth
year OF service here next st. Patrick's
day, and the students in the college
of applied science are planning to hon
or him in their annual celebration of
the day.
Jimmy Barry will be 80 years old
on March II. 1911. He started in the
employ of the state university on his
twentieth birthday, and he has missed
few days of service since
AS one of the unique characters in
the institution Jimmy is respected by
the students and reverenced by the
athletes. He is Jealous of the powers
invested in him regarding the care and
guarding of Iowa field, and the small
which he yields with dexterity despite
his 70 years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-26
HE KILLED BROWN BEAR
Officer Duffy Shot Bruin While He
Was IN Butcher Shop.

Chicago, March 26.-Sergeant John
Duffy of the Harrison street station,
one of the crack shots of the police
department, shot and killed a brown
bear in the basement of Irwin Broth
ers' butcher shop, on State street, to-
day.
The bear had been shipped from the
Rocky mountains in a crate. but a
short time after arrival it broke out
and roamed for two hours in the base
ment where it created slaughter among
hundreds of chickens, geese and ducks.
An employee, hearing the cackling of
frightened chickens, went downstairs
to investigate and was quickly driven
back by bruin which advanced to
make an attack after a warning growl.
The police of the Harrison street sta
ton were notified bv telephone and six
officers proceedd to the place and fired
several shots. at the bear. but owing
to bad light in the basement they did
not take effect. Sergeant John Duffy
hearing the shots from the outside as
he was passing ran inside to learn the
cause and soon Joined the 'bear hunt
ers.' He advanced on the growing
bear which made a 1unge at him out of
a dark corner At close quarters he
shot the animal through the head,
killing it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-26
FOR ONE CITYLAW
The $1O2, 500 Made Up by Six
Pittsburg Banks
Went to Pay for Passage OF a
Single Ordinance.
WHO GOT THE MONEY.
List of the Beneficiary of the
Big Graft Fund.
Captain Klein'S Easter Greeting
From the Penitentiary.

Pittsburg. Pa, March 26.-The pool of
$1O2, 500, alleged to have been made up
by six banks to obtain the deposits OF
city money, through the votes of coun-
oilmen, that are now on the district at
torney's gridiron, is the basis of TO
nance and tragedy, the end of which is
rot yet in sight. The presentments of
the grand jury charge that the mani
pulation of this fund was done by the
Big Five" of the councils, William
Brand. now in the penitentiary, John
F. Klein, whose confession started the
wholesale exposure, Hugh Ferguson,
Joseph c. WassCn also in the peniten-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-26
WHAT HE HASDONE
j. B. Billiard, Candidate for May
or, Gives His Life Record.
Has Been a Resident of Topeka
and Kansas for 55 Years.
WAS BORN IN FRANCE.
Has Held Positions of Honor and
Trust in Topeka.
Claims Economy as His Strong
Point in Public Life.
WAS BORN IN FRANCE.

J. B. Billiard, candidate for the
nomination for mayor of Topeka, was
born in France July 9, 1916. He came
to Kansas with his parents in August,
1854, and just four months before the
townsite company laid out the city of
Topeka.
For thirty-one years he lived on a
farm just east of the Oakland bridge.
In the spring of 1885 he purchased the
Central mill and has owned and oper-
ated it ever since.
Mr.. Billiard was educated in the
public schools of Topeka and gradu-
ated from Washburn college in 1870.
He was the assistant teacher of mathe-
mates during the last two years of his
course He studied civil engineering
with Colonel Tweedda1e and acted as
surveyor a short time.
In January, 1897, he was selected as
president of the board of police COM
missioners, which office he held until
the office was abolished in June, 1898.
During the seventeen months in which
Mr.. Billiard had charge of the police
department the expenses were $500
less than during the same period I'M
der the preceding board, a saving of
$500 per month or over 25 per cent.
When the drainage district of North
Topeka was organized in March, 1908,
Mr.. Billiard was chosen director for the
district and has held the presidency of
LndL DOdTQ SlHCe- OnQ6T MS aQIQln1S-
tration the dykes around North To-
peka have been built Over five miles
of substantial dykes have been con-
structed, cement walls, piling and rock
riprapping where needed, both on the
river and Soldier creek, all at a cost
of $4,000.
By careful management the esti-
mates for the construction of the work
was reduced $4,000 and of the $500
bound issue $4,000 remained unsold
and in the hands of the board.
Mr. Billiard was chosen one of the
directors of the Western Wooden Mills
company when that company was or
ganized, is a director in the Shawnee
State bank and has been president of
the Mutual Ice company of over five
years-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-26
ENDS INDIGESTION, HEARTBURN, GAS
AND HEADACHE FROM BAD STOMACH

undigested food, water brash, Nausea
Headache, Biliousness and many. Other
bad symptoms: and. besides, You Will
not need laxatives to keep your ston1-
ach, liver and intestines clean and
fresh.
II your Stomach is sour and fun OF
gas or your food doesn't digest. and
your meals don't seem to at. why NOT
get 60-cent case from your DRUGGIST
and make life worth living? Absolute
relief from Stomach misery and per
sure to follow five minutes after. and.
besides, one case Is sufficient to cure a
whole family OF such trouble.
Surely, harmless, inexpensive
preparation like Diapepsin, which win
always, either at daytime or during
night. relieve your stomach misery and
digest your meals, is about as handy
and valuable thing as you could lave
in the house
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-26
USE LITTLE TRUNKS.
Woman Suffragists Are Sending Out
Travelling Libraries.

New York, March 26.-TraveIing Ii
braries are the latest device for car
rying the gospel of woman's suffrage
to those who sit in darkness. The idea
originated with Prof. Miriam Cary
Thomas, president of Bryn Mawr, and
the Collegiate Equal Suffrage league
had undertaken to put it into opera
ton, while the National Women Suf-
frage association is paying the ex-
penses.
the purpose and each holding Is
books are now being sent out from
No. sos Fifth avenue to colleges in
various parts of the country. Each
trunk is allowed to remain for ten
days then it is returned to headquar-
ers and another is despatched in its
place while the first lot is forwarded
to another destination.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-26
Relief In Five Minutes With a
Little Diapepsin.

There would not be case of indiges-
ton here If readers who are subject to
Stomach trouble knew the tremendous
anti-ferment and digestive virtue con-
preparation will digest a heavy meal
without the slightest fuss or discom-
fort, and relieve the sourest, acid stom-
,ach in five minutes, besides overcoming
all foul, Nauseous odors from the
breath.
Ask your pharmacist to show you
the formula plainly printed on each So
cent case of Pape's Diapepsin, then you
will readily understand why this
promptly cures Indigestion and re-
moves such symptoms as Heartburn, a
feeling like a lump of lead in the stom-
hch. Belching of Gas and Fluctuations Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-26
GOTHAM FIREMEN BUSY.
New York Department. Kept on Go by
Big BIazes.

New York, March 26.-There was lit
tie rest for the firemen of Greater New
York during the "a hours which ended
this morning. Fires below the surface
of Broadway in the basement of the
Standard Oil office building, above the
East river at the Brooklyn and the new
Manhattan bridge, and in many less
conspicuous spots were rung in at in
tervals of only a few minutes. During
the "a hour period, in the boroughs of
Manhattan and the Bronx alone there
were nearly 60 alarms. For the greater
part the losses were trif1ing, but the
aggregate will approach half million
dollars.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-26
FRAUD IN MACARONI.
Collector Loeb After Two Importers
Charged With Conspiracy.

New York, March 26.-As evidence
that Collector Loeb's crusade for bet
ter and more honest conditions at the
New York customs house is not wan
ing in it's activity, it was announced
today that two more importers, charg-
conspiracy with assistant weighers,
are under arrest here. They are
Enrico Prota and his agent. Alfonso
Schettino. The specific fraud charged
relates to a shipment of macaroni
from Italy in 1907.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-26

and Jim Crowley: one Englishman,
Percy Sellen; an Indian, Paul Acoose,
the Swedes Thuda Johanson and Gus
tat Ljundstron; Canada's latest speed
marval, Fred Meadoms; and the Ital-
ian Marathon Champion Umberto
Blaiz, who is now on his way here.
The tri-coIor of the French nation
may also be seen at the starting post,
as last years winner of the Derby,
Henri st. Yves is nibbling at the bait
and may be here in time to compete.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-26
JACK TO COAST SOON.
Big Smoke VIII Go INTO Training at
Early Date.

Chicago, March 26.-Jack Johnson,
who is scheduled for a, fight with James
]. Jeffries in California July 4, decided
upon his return from New York today
to change his training plans and go to
the coast at an early date. After a
talk with Promoter Jack Gleason last
night he promised the Californian that
he would start for San Francisco April
IA. Johnson expects that the New York
assault case will be settled in due time
and that it will not interfere with his
training on the coast.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-26
SHOT THROUGH FOREHEAD
An Unidentified Man Dies in a Chi
cagO Hospital.

Chicago. March 26.-An unidenti-
fed man about 40 years old shot him
self through the forehead while at
LaSalle and Madison streets last night
and died an hour later at a hospital.
He took pains to remove every mark
of Identification from his person, butt
the trademark on his shoes indicates
that he came from st. Louis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-26
LEFT $4,000 FOR CHARITY.
Supposed Scrub Woman Dies at Grand
Rapids, Bitch.

Grand Rapids, Mich, March 26-
Mrs. Maria Heydlauff, an obscure and
supposedly poor scrub woman, died
last August at the age of IA as OBJ
scurely as she had lived. After time
a local bank produced a Will Yester-
day the contents of the do eument were
made public The scrub woman left
ST, 900 to charity
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-26
SEVEN NATIONS In 1T.
Marathon to Be Run at Polo Grounds
New York.

New York, March 26.-Seven ma
tionalities will be represented in the
Marathon derby, which is to be run
at the Polo grounds here a week
from today. The entries includes two
Americans, Johnny Hays and Hans
Holmer; two Irishmen, Frank Clarke,
winner of this years Edinburgh classic
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-26
Death List Has Reached so.

MarshaIltown, Ia, March 26.-The
death list resulting from the wreck of
the Rock Island Twin City express
near Green Mountain last Monday was
increased to so when L. M Wallin of
Washburn, N. D., died in a hospital
here today.