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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07


A comparison of the sales of money
orders and fees at station IA for the
first four months Of 1909 and 1910, made
by Postmaster A. E. Robinson, show
an increase of 25 per cent in the num-
Der of orders, and an increase of so
The figures follow: First four months
of 1903: Number orders, 2,0S2; amount,
$12, 43S.S6; fees, $113.95. Same time for
1910; Number of orders, 1856, amount,
SIS, 1866; fees $I46.46. Increase. in
number of orders. 513, in amount,
Sc, 1923; in fees, $32.51.
Nearly all of the churches on the
North side will observe Mothers Day"
The program at the Kansas Avenue
Methodist church will be given in the
evening by the Senior and Junior Ep-
worth Leagues.
The evening program at the North
Side Baptist church which will be in
charge Of the Senior and intermediate
B. Y. P. Z, will include the following
Anthem by choir. and scriptures read
ings, solo, Miss Florence Rowe; songs
by congregation and choir; brief talks
mother is to me now" How mother
influenced me for good My most
cherished memory of my mother
What [ owe to my mother" Moth
ers solicitude for me and how it af-
fected me-" When 1 first came to
know and appreciate my mother S
love-" Mothers wisdom is a safe
guard for her children" solo, Where
is My Wondering Boy Tonight" c. c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07

my chum that we ought to make an
airship.' He jeered at first, but was
won over We planned to use lighting
gas for lifting power and clock work
and palm LEAF fans for propelling APP
paratus.
THE gas was to be contained in
separate balloons. all to be enclosed IN
a covering of light silk. We reasoned
that this would afford better protection
to the gas, and keep resrve supply
Intact in case one of the balloons
should spring a leak.
AT a circus we bought about a dozen
balloons apiece-at great depletion of
our 'errand money The silk covering
we made from silk patches, laboriously
sewn together with clumsy boyish
pended upon my chuIn's uncle, who
owned the 'opery house and lit it with
gas. Obtaining the clock work and
other material was easy enough.
The affair was to have been about
three feet long. However, we planned
more in length, capable of carrying
several passengers, when we grew up
and got rich (The hope of future
wealth is often the great consolation of
childhood.)
But we never made a trial trip If
the model aircraft. My chum's little
brother, just before the launch was
completed, wanted some rubber for the
manufacture of bean shooters And
therefore, in our absence, he con-
fiscated and destroyed our treasured
balloons.
Soon after that my chum and 1
were separated and my dream of aerial
conquests has never materialized. Oh
well, perhaps the joys of anticipation
are as great as those of realization.
AS a person grows older he sometimes
thinks nothing counts very much. after
ALL
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Notes end Personal Mention.

VIM. R. Scott. general superinten-
dem OF the Southern Pacific, with
headquarters in Los Angeles, Cal,
who has been visiting his cousins, Mrs
G. F. Antrim and VIM. Boast, has left
for Chicago. where he is due at g
board of equalization meeting Mr..
Scott is a graduate of the Topeka high
school He afterwards was connected
with the Santa Fe here for several
years until he went to the Southern
Pacific some time ago. He is about so
years old.
E Section and daughter, Mrs. Ed
Schooley of Menoken have left for q
visit with relatives in Fit Wayne. Ind.
For plumbing and pump repairing
see Adams & Sweangen.
The Acme team of the Central
avenue Christian church viii meet at
the Grant school ground Monday
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A coURTsHIP PLATFORM.

II have this claim to distinction"
said Bill Black today. Il have seen 50
many instances of concentrated affec-
ton before marriage and negative neg
1ect afterwards that such. procedure
thoroughly sickens me. So 1 have de-
cided never to put myself out very
much to entertain or retain a girl.
will treat her as courteously as posi-
bic under all circumstances but at no
time am / going to make a fuss over
her 1 might flatter her occasionally
it is amusing to see the pleased look
that followS-but / would expect to
'taffy' the same girl once in awhile
even if she does become my wife
will politely. but unhesitatingIy break
date with her for business reasons
while keeping company, with her Just
as the average husband does with his
wife-and if the dear girl becomes
vexed-an right. In short will give a
woman just as much consideration
while going with her as I expect to
after marrying her. but no more. and
will not kick at the same treatment
from her. I have followed this plan
already to some extent. And perhaps
this is one reason that no woman has
ever cared for me very long"
! The North side is to have better fire
protection in the shape of steamer fire
plugs to be installed on North Kansas
avenue. This announcement was made
| by ]. B. Billiard, mayor of Topeka and
president of the Civic club. at a meet
| ing of the club last night held m
| Lukens' opera house. He also stated
| that an extra water main was helm o
| laid on Melan bridge, so that the water
| supply would be insured during fire
and in case one of the mains should
break: and that the fire plugs would De
| installed later.
He also said that the fire steamer
could not be secured on the North side
4 at present, because the city's financ IS
would not warrant the extra ex-
penditure which would be necessitated
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07
ELoPING TO DATE.

The coatless man puts careless ann
Round the waist of the hatless pgIrl.
While over the dustless. mudless roads
In a horseless wagon they wfnrl
Like Ieadless bullet from hammerless
gun,
BY smokeless powder driven,
They fly to taste the speechless Joys
BY endless union given.
The only luncheon his eoiniess purse
Affords to them the means
Is a tasteless meal of homeless cod,
With dish of stringless beans.
He smokes his old tobaccoless pipe
And laughs a rnirtllless laugh
When papa tries to coax heS. back
BY wireless telegraph.
New orleans Picayune
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The trimming of this wide-brim-
med chapeau is very unusual and eX-
tremely effective. The shape was a
fine grey straw faced with black silk.
On. the upper edge of the crown was
a wreath of pink roses, larger ones in
the same shade balancing on the edge
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07

$11.66 to $50. the latter price being
for blond or gray haiI ranging from
"a to % inches long. All CT the native
hair is shipped in its natural state,
without being bleached or dyed, and
the estimated annual exports are placed
at 13, 900 pounds.-New York Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07
Sorry. but Bearing Up Well.

I'm truly sorry, ma,am.'' said Old
Hunks to the widow ito see you in
such hard luck. Y ou mustn't let it dis
tress you, though 1t may be all for
the best
Then he went and foreclosed the
mortgage
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07

Does your husband believe in the sep
aration of the church and the staten The
statesmau's wife, guess so; he never
goes to church.-Judge.
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of Wales. visited the fair. He was on
tour through the United States and
Canada. His headquarters We're at the
Planters hotel where I was stopping
He was not very tall and then rather
slender. He went hunting a great deal
OF the time and was dressed in an Eng
Esh hunting costume. I don't know
whether he shot much game or not, but
he seemed to be enjoying himself. He
also attended the fair and was sur
rounded by crowd of notables. He
spoke with a decided English accent
in talking to his companions"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07

In asking the State Journal for base
ball scores please call Independent s1a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07
BOY INVENTORS.

The proposed aviation meet recalls
the time when my chum and I started
to build an airship," said a Topeka
man today. Then we were boys in a
small town not far from Topeka.
My friend was a 'Boyville king. He
owned a set of tools and a small work
shop. And he was handy lad, but he
could execute better than he could de-
sign. The latter was my forte, although
couldn't saw a board straight ~
pound nail down without bending it.
so 1 usually proposed and planned
the toy boats, windm3lls and merry-go-
rounds while my companion made
them. Often he laughed at my schemes
and called me crazy but he usually
listened to my suggestions and carried
iSfaction of life is to have people fol-
low your instructions. regardless of
their remarks or opiniOns.)
LAS to the airship: When eight years
old l saw a circus billboard picture Of
an airship advertising it as one of the
attractions of the coming show. 1t was
represented with gaudy striped egS-
shaped balloon carrying a bright vel
low passenger compartment under
Meath While the air-launch didn't ma
terialize at the circus, my imagination
was set on fire by the advertisement.
II asked every one / knew innumer-
able questions about the wonder. Il
always have bothered people with in
quiries about things which interest
me) l also continually drew pictures
of A Airship.' as I labelled the draw
ings. modelling them after the billboard
sketch.
Finally when about fourteen. told
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07
At the Churches.

Kansas avenue church, Methodist
Episcopal, John W. Waldron, pastor.
Sunday school at $50 a. m. Miss
Minnie c. Wilson, superintendent
Sermon by the pastor at IL a. m.
Subject, THE Ministry of Mother
hood" Junior league at o'clock.
intermediate and senior Epworth
leagues at GAS, topic, "A spiritual
Birthday Anniversary Special liters
airy and musical program at s p. m
This church sets apart Sunday, May 8
at Mothers day.
Church of the Good Shepherd, Sun
day school at 10 a. m. Morning prayer
at IL a. m Evening prayer at p. m.
At the Central avenue Christian
church, Rev. David Lyons, the pastor
will preach at II a M In the even
ing g memorial service will be held
in honor of Mrs. Helen Moses, nation
al president of the C. Y B. NJ, who
died several years ago. She lived
in Topeka several years ago and was
very active missionary worker
while here.
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of the brim where they held the fan
shaped trimming of chiffon and lace
This trimming consisted of black lace
with deep border of grey chiffon. The
folds around the crown-so cleverly
manipulated-were also of the lace
and chiffon. The color scheme aside
from the novelty in trimming
effects made this hat extremely strik-
ing.
The National tribune., 1910-08-04
Remember This Slave Boy?

Editor National Tribune: I was a
slave nine years old in 1864 when Gen.
Sherman'S army was on its march to
the sea. was living with my owners
on country farm near La Grange, Ga.
/ prayed day and night that the Yam
KEGS would win the great struggle be.
tween the armies. so that 1 might be
free. That was my hearts longing de-
sire. look at the conditions to-day
and what they were to me in 1864, and
If any race on earth should be thankful
II ought to be the negro race for their
deliverance. l used to hear my slave
owners read the rebel papers and laugh
at how many Yankees were killed in
the different engagements, and never
mention how many rebels were killed.
That 1 never could understand, and the
Yankees advancing farther into the
South all the time.
Do any of Shermans army who were
of the advance guards that chased three
rebel cadets on ,ths road from La
Grange, Ga, towards Macon, Ga, re-
member losing theF Barrel of their gun
in the chase? / was the boy that found
it in front of our home by the roadside.
l carried that Yankeegun barrel and all
the empty Yankee shells i could find in
my pockets to the white people. They
gave me thrashing. After the thrash
ing j was ordered to bury the gun and
shells. l did as / was ordered and
buried them in the peach orchard
where 1 could go and look at them each
day.
/ shall never forget the bright. shiny
guns that came ovef the hills thru Geor-
gia in 1864 that set me and my people
ifee. i was never satisfied until / found
q recruiting Office and there donned the
Yankee blue.-Scott Lovelace, Co. j,
10th L. S. Cav, Jacksonville, Fla.
The National tribune., 1910-08-04
The End of Buck Brown.

Payton Drewry. Co. l., I'd Ark Cav.
Wills Springs, Ark, says: About the
last of April. 1864, we. Lieut.. Roe. Co.
c, and Bond Stout and myself. of Co.
J.. I'd Ark. Cav, We're captured by a
guerrilla band at Clear Creek. about
two miles below Freshlow's Mill. Bill
Thomas. of Co. l., got away. The night
we were captured we were taken to
the woods. where they put handouts
guarded us. They made US lie fiat on
the ground, and would not let us stick
our heads up. We were captured by
Buck Brown and his guerrilla outfit.
The night before We were taken
some of his men were killed. They ac-
ctsed us, and came very near killing
us for il. That night we slipped the
handcuffs off-they were not like the
ones of to-day; they could not close up
Highland got away.
Buck Brown had asked me IL ever
got away would 1 take him as a pris-
oner. 1 said: If ever / get loose and
have the privilege to capture you and
you don't surrender, you won't run
He said: - you, you will never have
the chance
However, the time came. He failed
to surrender, and started to run.
Colts navy caught him in the hand.
and he offered to surrender then. but
told him it was too late. He was killed
right there by Mailer. We got all their
arms except one man. He ran off with
one gun and two pistols. We started
to make our way to Fayetteville (35
miles), and got there at midnight and
found our regiment. Our outfit of cap
tured horses, guns and pistols were put
up and sold to the highest bidder, and
The National tribune., 1910-08-04
Was Early a Bacheibro

Editor National Tribune;, in The Ma
tional Tribune of April is an, article by
Capt VIII H. S. Banks. Grand Junction,
Mich, as to Gen. IIarly's family.
served in Gen. Gordan's Brigade, which
was first in Ewe1l,s Division. When
EWell was promoted to corps command
er Early succeeded to the command of
our division. Both ,Ewell and Early
were at the time Bachelors. Eweil,
however, married before the close of
the war. / grew TO manhood within
two miles of Gen. Gordon, and knew
him personally. His wife accompanied
him all during his campaigns in ,Vir-
sinia. much against the will of Gen.
Early, and II was common saying then
that he was crusty old bachelor, had
been disappointed in an affair of the
heart when a young man, and had no
use for the fair sex after. -
1t appears that friend Banks mar
ried Gen. Early's daughter, Florence
Anna. who was II years old when mar
ried in 1876. This would indicate that
Gen. Early was married as early as
1853. Gen. John B. Gordon, in his
"reminiscences of the Civil War;" says:
Gen. Early was a bachelor, with a pun
gent style of commenting on things he
did not like, but he had a kind heart
and was always courteous to women.
AS might be expected. however, he had
llttfe VI no itdlieHce WIN wives WHO III
sisted on following the army in order to
be near their husbands. Mrs. Gordon
was one of. the-few whO were able to
consult their wishes in this regard. Gen.
Early, hearing of her presence. is said
to have exclaimed: I wish the Yankees
would capture Mrs. Gordon and hold
her till the war is over"
Gen. Gordon asserts that as late as
1864 Gen. Early was a bachelor, past
tl,ea ax.r+fHf NJ "a taar 40
he mention that Eeh. Early married
during the war. Furthermore, he wrote
as one perfectly familiar with the facts.
What puzzles me is that we Confeder-
ates under Early knew him at the time
as an old bachelor. / respectfully ask
Capt. Banks to show me and The Ma
tional Tribune readers how to reconcile
his and Gen. Gordon's statements.-T.
A. Cooper, Co. c, 60th Ga. (Gordon's
Brigade, c. S. Al. -
The National tribune., 1910-08-04
~ RecitalS ana nH
4 "Reminiscences a
Stories Emnently Wor Telling Of Experiences and Adventures
in the Great National Struggle.

there were issued to our division white
canvas leggins, with orders to wear
same on review Some of the boys did
not take kindly TO the leggins, and when
we went on review some had none on,
some had one on, some had both leg
gins on one leg, while others had them
on properly. We heard that Mr.. Lin
coin was much amused at the bizarre
uniform. But, then, 'Curtin's Pets"
were liable to do almost anything but
forage.
1T was understood that McDewell's
Corps were to make the march over
land from Falmouth to Richmond, but
that project went up in the air, and
the Pa. Reserves were sent to join Nc
Clellan via White House Landing, at
Mechanicsville. We We're stationed on
our extreme right, and it was the I'd
platoon, pony section. of Co. d. 1st Pa.
Rifles, that fired the first shot of the
Seven Days fight. After the Seven
Days fight. second Bull Run. South
Mountain and Sharpsburg the army
The National tribune., 1910-08-04
People Friendly and Healthy.

Editor National Tribune: Well, we
have been here a month, and the place
grows very homelike. The people are
so friendly and so healthy that / WON
der how the doctors live. They ought
to go to Montana to get a start We
are quite sociable with your friend,
Mai. Anderson, and his wife is very
amiable. After he learned my senti-
ments he pinned your badge on me. l
hope you will come down after you are
elected to thank us for supporting you.
Mrs S. Il. Ciingerman. ST Cloud Fla.
The National tribune., 1910-08-04
Did Good Service.

James Laughlin, Co. A, 10th ILL.,,
sutherland, Neb-. says. he is the man
that dressed Grierson's wounded at Sol
diers' Home. Vicksburg, after his fam
Gus raid from Memphis, Tenn. to
Vicksburg. inland. A part of them had
not been dressed for nine days, he says,
and two or three had broken legs, but
all came (did not want any Anderson
Vile in theirs) to Vicksburg Jan. 6,
1865. He. took breakfast with Mrs.
Gov. Harvey. of Wisconsin. and her
lady companions, at Mrs. Harvey's in
vitation, JAN Z, 1865. He is also the
man that kept one of the 117th Ill
from bleeding to death at Mcpherson
General Hospital at Vicksburg. He
had been shot twice in the right arm in
the act of firing his gun.
The National tribune., 1910-08-04
Old Black Joe

Horace Baker. Sth Wis, Weatherford,
Tex. says that now that the COnfeder-
ate soldiers are talking of a monument
TO the old black mammies" he is re-
minded that we should erect a monu-
ment to our own "Old Black joe" that
followed his mess with such faithful
endurance ''endurin' the war" All SOL
diers should be glad to give their money
and write pages of love, memorial and
reminiscent Especially should the old
boys that were at Frederickstown. Mo-.
in October. 1861, erect a monument to
that faithful old black friend who met
Col. Murphy. commanding the contin-
gent from Pilot Knob. and warned him
of the rebel ambuscade
The National tribune., 1910-08-04
SKETCHES OF LINCOLN.
sideiights on the Martyred President.
After the AssassinatiOn-Booth Dis
poSal.
LincoIn'S Bodygunrd.

w. II. Tisdale. 11th N. Y. Cav. New
York City, writes:
Il served the first two years of the
war in Washington. Co. A of my reg1-
1nent was Lincoln's Bodyguard, and ]
came in personal contact with the Presi-
dent almost daily, as l was Private Or
derly and handled all important mes
sages from the War and Navy Depart
nhents and Gen. Halleck.
my regiment was known as SCOTS
900, or 18th n. Y. Cav, with headquar-
ters on Seventh street, on the grounds
On which the Howard University now
stands. We had barracks and stables
built back of the White House for our
company. 1 remember three occasions
The National tribune., 1910-08-04
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the
Whole Line.
A Genuine. Picket Shot.

A. o. Blood. Co. ], cath Mass, Den
Yer. Colo, says that on March %, 1862,
two weeks after the battle of Newbern,
\. c., his company saw its first picket
duty. They went out 10 miles from
Newbern, on the Trent River road to
the Jackson place. and after passing
there they came to the forks of the
road. where they relieved a company
The reserve of the company was in a
piece of woods. There were three or
four picket posts on each road. the out
er one perhaps 200 yards out. Back of
the reserve of his company and at the
slave quarters of the Jackson place was
a section of the Sd n. Y. L. A. On their
outer post were a Sergeant and three
privates. who received the usual picket
instructions, and those in the Trent
road were told that squad of the bat
terry boys were out on horses scouting,
They had been posted less than a half
hour, when many shots were heard out
on the Trent road, and the battery men
came tearing down the road at furi-
Gus rate, followed by company of
rebel cavalry. The rebels killed or
captured one of the battery men, and
when they appeared in sight of the out
er post the Sergeant gave them a shot
and ran for the reserve, followed by
two others, leaving VIM Reynolds alone
in the post. That one shot from the
Sergeant seemed to have stopped the
whole company of rebel cavalry except
the Lieutenant, who was determined to
get another of the Yanks. He followed
SO closely that he reached the rearmost
one. and with his saber had cut him in
several places. When within about 30
feet of Reynolds. he drew up alongside
of the batteryman and had his saber
raised to strike, when Reynolds sent a
bullet thru his body, killing him in
stantly.
The rebels horse proved to be good
Union horse, for he came in with the
battery horses, and was kept by one of
our officers, and was the fieetest horse
in that department. VIM. Reynolds by
his GOODNESS and courage saved the life
of a Union soldier. put out of existence
a rebel officer and secured to Uncle Sam
a very valuable horse, a carbine, a saber
and two revolvers. Comrade Reynolds
died at East Brookfield, Mass, Nov. 8,
1909.
The National tribune., 1910-08-04

have aroused in this community. not
only In these two institutions. but also
In all similar interests where American
and Chinese efforts are combined to
produce better citizenship in this
country"
The National tribune., 1910-08-04
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