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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-23
NECROMANu.

What necromancy lies in little things.
A yellow rose, set in a yellow jar,
Smiled through the window of city shop,
And lot the hot street vanished, and the
voice
OF blatant commerce suddenly was hushed;
seemed to walk along cool corridors,
where fountains played, and priceless
statues cleaned;
Out from an above tptoed tender notes
Oh. harp strings lightly touched; woman
laughed;
And siIken garments, kissing marble
floors,
ExhaIed a fragrance subtle as their sound.
NO discords marred the harmony of life;
world.
What necromancy lies in little things.
What necromancy lies in vagrant airs.
Idle and happy, basking in the sun,
Where art with nature held high carnival,
One summer day, there fell upon mine ear
A half-forgotten melody. 1t flayed
My heart out into strings, whereon the
OF pain strummed misereres: and the
light,
Splitting upon earth from flawless skies.
Was changed and charged with darkness.
From deep graves,
Dead sorrow rose, with mold upon their
shrouds;
And in the eyeless sockets of their skulls
Burned old despairs. The haggard past
And hid the radiant present from my
sight.
What necromancy lies in vagrant airs.
Ella Wheeler wilcox, in Cosmopolitan
Magazine,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-23
Mount Vernon Free.

w l1l0 COASICSS 10 III lAAO lllOO0 "
consider the welfare of Mount YER
non, it could well go a step beyond
forbidding its dissertation by the es-
adjustment in it's immediate vicinity
of a penal institute. The truth is that
Mount Vernon is in sore need of q
small endowment, just enough to per-
NIT the management to dispense with
the admission fee it is now necessary
to impose in the absence of other
means of maintenance. Nobody ap-
proves of this charge, abSurdly small
though it be, the regents least OF all;
but there was very little left after
paying the purchase price to the
Washington heirs out of the fund ac-
cumulated by the Hon. Edward Ever
EFT as the result of his patriotic eff
forts, and Mount Vernon has since
been left to its own slender resources
Under the efficient management OF
the Hon. Harrison H. Dodge, the gu.
perintendent, there has been a mar
Velous Transformation. The grounds
have been reduced to order, and the
discipline of the attendants and servi-
tors is simply admirable. Under the
present management the entire prop
erty has undergone a thorough over
hauling that does not modernize or
vulgarize 1t. Duplicate drawings have
been made of all the decorations, the
carvings, the inlaid-work-everyth
in fact, necessary to an exact repro
bottom, should it ever be destroyed
by any accident And now congress
puts almost the final touch upon the
arrangement by ordaining that no
sordid and discordant intrusion shall
profane a neighborhood already sa-
cred as the home of Washington, but
further celebrated by the homes OF
the Lees, the Masons, and other his
toric families.
1t seems to US that congress might
take one step further very mex
pensive but most impressive and signi-
ficant one-by so endowing the present
Mount Vernon Enlistment as to
remove the need of petty charges on
the public It is the little things that
irrftate-NeW York Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-23
Keeping Tab on Ties.

The Lehigh Valley railroad has adapt
ed a plan for recording the age of
every new crosstfe on the system. This
will enable the company to determine,
with mathematical accuracy the rela-
tive efficiency of the different woods
and the value of the creosote preserva-
ton treatment.
It is done in this way: First, the
dating nails are manufactured, with
tie proper numerals on the heads, in
dicating the year; for example. ''11''
meaning the year 1911. Then one of
these nails is driven into each new tie
as it is laid on the track. Thus in the
future the maintenance of way experts
will be able, upon the replacement of
a tie, to know just how long it has
lasted.
The Lehigh Valley is having it's
crossties, switch, and bridge timber
treated at the creosoting plant near
Bound Brook. The steadily rising price
of lumber compels the railroads to use
wood that has undergone treatment"
to prevent decay. 1t is expected that
the injection of creosote oil into the
pores of the wood will double its life
Newark News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-23

Not Much--Critic--Are you going to let
that young actor follow his natural bent?
to play straight part.--Baltimore Amer
lean.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-23

Timing the Eggs-Bridget-Pl mum,
will we lind me yer watch fer ter bile
Their eggs? Mistress-Why, Bridget, you
have a clock in the kitchen, haven't you?
Bridget-Yis, mum; but the clock is slow
mum.-Iippincott's
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-23

He burst in on the editor like an explos
ion. why didn't we have a story of tn
fire?" he asked. The new editor locke
calmly through his spectacles and replied
What was the use of printing aEythin
about it? Everybody in town was Their
to see the whole thing for themselves" -
Argonaut.
The labor world., 1911-01-14

Each and every of the foregoing de-
scriptions being situate in Richard
Cullen's Addition to Duluth. according
to the recorded plat thereof.
To Richard Cullen, ct al
You are hereby notified that the
foregoing pieces or parcels of land
situate in the County of ST. Louis.
State of Minnesota, and each and every
of them are now assessed in your
name. and pursuant to tax judgment
entered in the District Court for the
County of St. Louis. State of Mime
sofa, as above stated after the respec-
tive description, was sold for the tax
above stated, and was duly bid In at
such sale severally and separately for
the State at tax judgment sale on the
day marked in the column When Sold"
for the amount set opposite such de-
scription in the column headed,
Amount Sold for to State" That the
respective piece or parcel of land was
not redeemed from said sale and be-
came the absolute property Of the
State of Minnesota. and on the 10th
day OF November. A. D. 1910, at pub
lie sale by the County Auditor OF said
County pursuant to the order and di-
rectton of the State Auditor Of the
State Of Minnesota. andalin accordance
with the provisions Of the statute in
such case made and provided. said
piece or parcel"of land was
The labor world., 1911-01-14

duly sold and conveyed to the highest
cash bidder therefor, for the sum set
out in the column after said descrip-
tion headed Amount of Sale Nov. Is,
1870" which sum was not less than
the amount required by law and was
duly paid to the County Treasurer Of
said County.
That separate certificates Of sale OF
said respective piece or parcel of land,
executed and delivered by said County
Auditor upon said sale last above lnen-
toned. have been presented to me at
my office by the holder thereof, and
that the amount required to redeem
said piece or parcel of land from said
tax sale exclusive of the costs to ac-
crue upon this notice, is the sum set
out in the column after said descrip
tion headed Amount of Sale Nov. 16,
1910,' and interest as provided by law
from the said 10th day Of November to
the day such redemption is made.
That the time for redemption of said
piece or parcel Of land from said tax
sale will expire sixty days after the
service of this notice and the filing Of
proof of such service in my office.
4 Witness my hand and official seal
this 18th day of December, 1910.
! O. HALDEN,
Auditor. St. Louis County. MINI.
(Offfcial Seal of County Auditor.
Z. W., Dec. 81, 1910, Jan. I. II, 111l
The labor world., 1911-01-14
Order to Examine Final Account.

STATE or MINNESOTA. COUNTY OF
St. Louis.-ss. In Probate Court.
In the Matter OF the Estate Of Charles
William Dorsey. Decedent,
The petition Of James S. Abbott as
representative Of the above named de-
cedent. together with hts final account
OF the administration of said estate,
having been filed in this court. repre-
senting. among other things that he
has fully admtnistered said estate. and
praying that said final account Of said
administration be examined adjusted
and allowed by the Court, and that the
Court make and enter it's final decree
OF dfstribution of the residue of the
estate Of said decedent to the persons
entitled thereto. and for the discharge
OF the representative and the sureties
on his bond
1t is ordered that said petition be
heard. and said final account examined.
adjusted and allowed by the Court. at
House, In the City Of Duluth in said
County. on Monday, the 30th day Of
January. 1911, at 10 o'clock a. M. and
all persons interested In said hearing
and In said matter are hereby cited
and required at said time and place
to show cause. if any there be. why
said petition should not be granted
Ordered further that this order be
served by publication in The Labor
Dated at Duluth, Mimi, January
BY the Court.
S. w. G1LPIN.
Judge Of Probate.
(Seal Probate Court, ST. Louis County,
L. W., Jan. !. IA, 21, 1s11.
The labor world., 1911-01-14
Keep Medicine Locked.

suggestion which is not without
value to the woman who has small
children is that the medicine chest
should be kept locked. Even though
no woman would think of keeping
po1sons In her nursery medicine
closet, still it's true that cough
sirups in large quantities and mus
tard for plasters wrongly applied
might work a good deal of mischief
to juvenile explorers
The labor world., 1911-01-14
W0men's Realm
a Gift Easily Made.

Women who like to make dainty
things for their friends may be in
terested in the. little gifts that one
woman Is making with those small
books Of stamps which are issued by
the government and which are so
useful to carry either when travel
ing or In damp weather.
4 small case Is made just a trifle
larger than the stampbook. This is
stiffened with cardboard and the in
side Is finished with an extra pock-
et-like piece to allow new books to
be put in as the old ones are used.
The material used is flowered ribbon,
but the same idea could be worked
out in tan or blue embroidered
linen
The labor world., 1911-01-14

sole dress. with a shaped panel back
and front, bordered with bands of
the material. richly embroidered In
shades Of brown silk, intermixed
with orange makes lovely gown.
The vest of tucked ninon, to tone
with a high transparent collar, fin
ished with a rundown fold of en-
broidered lawn, cuffs to match fin
ishlng the elbow length sleeves, which
are cut in one with the rest of the
bodice. The hat. of the dress ma
terial, has a turn up shaped brim,
higher at the back than the front,
with the new dome shaped crown,
trimmed at the side with a single
white ostrich plume springing from
a buckle, introducing the shades of
white. brown and orange of the
dress.
The labor world., 1911-01-14

scripttons being situate in Richar I'd
Cullens Addition to Duluth, according
to the recorded plat thereof
To Richard Cullen, ct al:
You are hereby notified that the
situate in the County Of St. Louis, State
of Minnesota, and each and every Of
them are now assessed in your name ::
that on the 9th day of September, 1901,
t+a at sale Of LANDS pursuant %s,5 to the real
given in and by the District Court in
and for the County Of St. Louis, on
the 21st day Of March. 1900, in pro-
fsses ssse"f FOR to the sso s to @
elusive, said tracts were each severally
and separately sold for the respective
amount set after each description re-
arately bid in by the State Of Mime
sofa for the respective amount last
mentioned; that the said several tracts
solute property Of the state Of Mime
sofa, and that thereafter and on the
10th day Of November 1910, at a sale
by the County Auditor Of said County.
the State Auditor Of the State of Min
nesota, duly held in accordance with
the provisions Of the statutes in such
case made and provided. the said sew
duly sold and conveyed severally and
separately to the highest cash bidder
therefor. for the respective amount set
column headed. sale Nov. 10th. 1910"
which was duly paid to the County
Treasurer Of said County and was not
less than the amount required by law.
That separate certificates were duly
issued by the County Auditor upon said
last mentioned sale, in the form pre-
scribed by law and each Of said certifi-
Gates have been presented to me at my
office by the holder thereof; that the
spective parcel Of land. exclusive OF
costs to accrue upon this notice, ls the
The labor world., 1911-01-14

Mortgage foreclosure Sale.
Notice is hereby given that default
has been made in the conditions OF u
certain mortgage which was duly ex-
ecuted and delivered by Emma Cong
don and Jeremiah c; Congdon. her hus-
mortgagee, bearing. date the first day
OF July, 1909. and which was duly
RECORDED in IN the se office Of the Register
sofa, on the sixth day Of July; 1909:
mortgages on page 8; such default
consisting in: the non-payment of the
installment Of interest which became
due July 1st. 1910. amounting to the
sum Of $500, and interest on the
July. 1910, to the date Of this notice
amount claimed to be due and which
is due upon such mortgage and note
of s546.e7, principal and interest; that
said mortgage contains power Of
sale in due form which has become
BeVe and G that tine no sdon
or proceeding have been instituted at
law to recover the debt secured by
said mortgage or any part thereon;
that the property prop described in and coy
the County of st. Louis and State of
Minnesota, and is described as fol-
lows, tO-wit: Lot numbered thirteen
(13) in Block numbered fifty-four
(64). Lester Park, Fourth Division. ac-
cording to the recorded plat thereof
on file and Of record in the office Of
the Register of Deeds in and for said
county.
Notice is hereby given that said
mort gage will be foreclosed and said
premises sold by the sheriff of said
st. Louis County, Minnesota, at the
front door of the court house in the
City of. Duluth, County of st. Louis
and State of Minnesota, on the oath
day of January, A. D. 1911, at 10
o'clock a.. M. Of said day to pay the
amount due upon said mortgage with
interest thereon to date Of sale, to-
gether with the cost of foreclosure and
sale, including an attorneys fee of
$500 as provided for in said mort
gage; said premises will be sold at
public auction to the highest bidder
for cash, subject to redemption within
one year from the date Of sale as pro-
vided by law.
Dated this 7th day of December, A.
EMILE PETERSON,
Mortgagee.
THOMAS A. GALL.
Attorney for Mortgage,
501-502 First National Bank Bldg,
Duluth. MINI.
L. W., Dec 10. II. "a, 81, 1910, Jan.
and II, 1911.
The labor world., 1911-01-14

A tramp called at the house Of q
gentleman and said:
I've walked many miles to see you,
sir, because people told me that you
was very kind to poor chaps like
me-"
"Oh, they said so, did they?"
"Yes, sir; that's why I came"
, And are you going back the same
way?"
, "Yes, sir
''Then, in that case, will you be
,, good enough to contradict this ru-
1nor?"
The labor world., 1911-01-14
The Ffchu Is Popular

From the looks OF things at the
neckwear counters now we should all
be wearing ftchus with our house
frocks this winter. It Is easy to
make picture of oneself with a
charming white fichu draped over
the bust and shoulders, and the
simplest waist may be dressed up
amazingly In this pretty fashion. The
ffchu is fastened at the breast with
a rose or with bow Of black velvet
ribbon, and the ends fall to the waist
or below. Fine white net with plait-
ing Of val lace make the prettiest
fichus, and there are others Of soft
white null with plated frills at the
edge, which are lovely over little
house gowns or gray or lavender silk
null.
The labor world., 1911-01-14
To Make a Crib Cover.

A dainty gift for a mother and
one that is sure to be acceptable is a
crib cover.
Buy yard each of white and pale
blue or pink flannel.
On the white may be placed a
conventional border and mono-
gram, or the embroidery may be ar
ranged in any way one wishes.
The two strips Of flannel are
bound together with wide satin rib
bon, the colored side being consid-
cred the top.
A bow or rosette of ribbon is
placed at one side near the top.
The length of the finished cover.
with the two strips sewed side by
side. will be found to be the length
of the average crib.
The labor world., 1911-01-14

FEDERATED TRADES AssEMBLY-Meets
second and fourth Friday Of each month
at Kalamazoo Hall. .18 W. Superior street.
President, P. G. Phillips; vice president, W.
r: Thomson: financial secretary-treasurer.
Wm Perry, 223 Lake avenue south; record
ing secretary, W. ]. butcher, 1854 East
First street: reading clerk. Ernest Rickard
The labor world., 1911-01-14

An Italian dinner combination is
one of Brussels sprouts served in q
circle of mashed turnips with slices
of boiled beets arranged on top OF
the turnip and some small oblongs
of fried bread arranged around the
sides as garnish. The dish should
be we'll seasoned.
The labor world., 1911-01-14

}S# Order to Examine Final Account.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
ST. Louis.-ss. In Probate Court.
In the Matter Of the Estate of Charles
Wallace Dorsey Decedent.' -
The petition Of James S. Abbott as
representati tive Of RE above named de-
cedent. together with his final account
of the administration of said estate
having been fled IN this court. repre-
sentine among other things that he
has fully administered said estate, and
administration be examined, adjusted
and allowed by the Court, and that the
Court make and enter it's final decree
Of distribution Of the residue of the
estate Of said decedent to the persons
entitled thereto, and for the discharge
of the representative and the sureties
on his bond.
heard. and said final account examined.
the Probate Court Rooms in the Court
House. in the City Of Duluth in said
County. on Monday. the 3oth day Of
January. 1911, at 10 o'clock a. m, and
all persons interested in said hearing
and In said matter are hereby cited
and required at said time and place
to show cause. II any there be, why
said petition should not be granted.
Ordered further, that this order be
served by publication in The Labor
World according to law.
Dated at Duluth, Minn., January 3rd,
1911.
BY the Court,
S. W. GILPIN,
Judge Of Probate.
(Seal, Probate Court, ST. Louis County,
Minnesota)
The labor world., 1911-01-14

Order of Hearing on Petition for
Probate Of Will.
STATE OF MINNESOTA. COUNTY OF
II. the Matter of the Estate of Alice
A. Thompson, Decedent. -.
A certain instrument purporting to
be the last will and testament of Alice
A. Thompson having been presented to
Sherwood being duly filed herein,
representing, among other things, that
said decedent. then being a resident Of
Eesota. died testate in the County OF
18th day of December, 1910, and that
said petitioner. is the executor named
that said instrument be allowed and
admitted to probate as the last will
and testament Of said decedent, and
that letters testamentary be issued to
him thereon.
1t is ordered. that said petition be
heard before this court, at the Probate
Court Rooms in the Court House, in
Duluth, dH1I IN said COUNT on Monday, the
a. m., and all persons interested in
said hearing and in said matter, are
hereby cited and required at said time
and place to show cause. if any there
be, why said petition should not be
granted.
Ordered further. that this order be
served by publication In the Labor
World according to law, and that
copy of this order be served on the
County Treasurer. of st. Louis County
not less than ten days prior to said
dated at Duluth, Mimi, December
BY the Court,
}. B. MIDDLECOFF,
Judge of Probate.
(seal Probate Court, St. Louis County.
T. ". Dec 81 1910 Ian ? "a 1911
The labor world., 1911-01-14

Sale Nov. 18th. 1870" after the re-
spective description and interest there
on from the 10th day Of November,
day such redemption is made. and the
time to redeem said parcels from said
sale will expire sixty days after the
service Of this notice and proof thereon
Witness my hand and official seal
this 9th day of December 1919;
Auditor, St: LOUIS County: MINI.
IOfftcial Seal Of County Auditory
L: W., Dec. 81. 1910, Jan. :, IA, 1911.
Order Of Hearing OH Petition for
STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
St; Louis. In Probate Court;
In the Matter Of the Estate OF William
J. Nelson, Decedent.
certain instrument purporting Ito
be the last will and testament Of Will
liam J. Nelson having been presented
to this Court and the petition of Sarah
Ss5Gn 1sns d1Y other filed iSnra tha
said decedent, then being a resident
Of the county of st. Louis, State Of
Minnesota: died testate in the county
Of St. Louis, State of Minnesota, on the
23rd day Of December, 1910. and that
said petitioner is the surviving spouse
of said deceased and that no one was
named as executor In said last will
and. testament, and praying that said
instrument be allowed and admitted to
probate as the last will and testament
OF said decedent. and that letters Of
administration with the will annexed
be issued. to Sarah J, Nelson thereon.
1t is ordered. that said petition be
heard before this Court, at the Pro-
bate Court Rooms in the Court House.
in Duluth in said County, on Monday
the 3oth day OF January, 1911, at 10
o'clock a. m, and all persons inter-
ested in said hearing and in said mat
ter. are hereby cited and required at
said time and place to show cause, If
any there be. why said petition should
not be granted.
Ordered further, that this order be
served by publication in The Labor
World according. to law, and that a
copy Of this order be served on the
County Treasurer of st. Louis County
not less than ten days prior to said
day of hearing.
Dated at Duluth, Mimi, January 4th,
1911.
BY the Court,
S. w. GILP1N,
Judge of Probate.
(Seal Probate Court, st. Louis County,
Minnesota.)
l.. w., Jan. Z, II, 21. 1911.