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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-14
THE PETROLEUM FIELDS.

Develouru-nts IN the various oil producing
districts during the last week have not
been or an extraordinary character. Oper-
ators continued In search for new produo-
ing territory. but thev did nor meet with
anv great success Most q the wells
brought fin have been in the already de
fined territory and were only ordinary
wells The lower Southwest fields Roane
and Richie counties. IN West Virginia.
continue 70 furnish the largest number or
new competitions and also the largest
amounts OF new output. Practically all Of
the work now going OF IN the district IS
inside the producing limit. In the Illinois
aeId opera tons In the old section are quiet
Ing down and the wells under way are
conparattvely few The scarcity Of water
has hindered work materially About the
best OF the late compilations have been IN
crawford County. where one well brought
IN mad a production OF l55 barrels. II Law
renee County the Mahutska OIL CJmpany
drilled in a well which produced 40 barrels
IN the hrst tyenty-four hours at depth OF
nearly 100 feet The production ~ this
we'll during the second twenty four hours
showed very little change from the previous
DAYS run n Central Ohio a good well
was reported In eastern Richlard county
Tn the Pennsylvania district = fairly good
producer was drilled iu near Perrysville.
Allegheny County and according 20 oper
ators this we'll may furnish narrow
southeast extension OF the pool The new
well started az from - 20 90 barrels q day.
In the midconunent held operation con-
tiuue fairly active I'm the Usage Junction
pool the Northwestern on Company has
brought IN a ce barrel wen. and several
others of smaller capacities are reported.
In Pawnee county the field Is recovering
from the recent severe storm which
wrecked many OF the rigs IN the Held
Prices for refined petroleum are un-
changed 40 I-5c In barrels and 2T5c IN
bulk AZ New ork European prices remain
unchanged as follows London. 5i4d per
imperial gallon, Antwerp. l9s. francs per
100 kilos. and Berlin. $50 marks per 90 l1ilos.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-14
RAILROAD AND OTHER STOCKS.

al stocks
OF
The high and low prices III the year M WIN me H |
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-14
POSTAL BANKS GREAT SUCCESS

washington Aus la encouraged 1y The
.uccessful trial for two weeks %. postal
savings systems in tHc great postofiices ol
New York. Chicago. 81 Louis and Boston.
Postmaster General Hitchcock has decided
to extend the system rapidly io aH the
large cities OF the countr' and to-day
DESIGNATED on postal saving depositories
pnisburr Detroit Buffalo san francisco.
Cincinnati kansas cts. seattle. Indian
apous Denver and Portland. ore
The deposits IN New YORK, Chicago, 81
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-14

Louis and Boston FOR the first fvr dave or
operation amounted 90 $4,000 at which
-ate IRE annual deposit for the frl- Glitter
would amour. 90 100000. approximately
There are 426 post0fices OF The first CHASE
aud IL A the purpose o. have them AN
designated as postal awnings repositories
before January
With few exceptions. fhr postonices Or
the second class NJ which there 4re about
sixteen hundred. already have been dssis-
mated. and the designation ~ third class
fcea Will begin soon
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-14
DIVIDEND NOTICES.

NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY
54TH THE Board q Directors cave ~
,gErro,En cIared the ft-y-i1urth corsses--
Fh6TEhH-O i tive quarterly divi-slc q ons
DIVIDEND ana three quarters g Z. per GER;
on the Preferred CAPITA stock o. the -1Ipehy,
.Ee lose ~ business aug -. 1911 Transfer hoos
VII rIot 10 closed z p BrGBEL- ----z-s.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-14
RAILROAD EARNINGS.

-rha Tribune has printed the gross earn
ings OF thirty-one railroads or systems 'of
.ba fourth week IN July. % these nine
teen return gains OF s5l7,5S4. or per cent,
and twelve return losses Of s2lO.555. or b
ner cent The whole shows gain Of sZs''-
noe o- 2o per cent The Tribune has also
D-,nret the Gross earnings Of sixteen rail-
roads or systems for the first week in
August ~ which eight return gains ~
.4r7 oOl. or rl2 per cent. and eight return
losses OF t255514. or II Der cent The wno'e
shows a gain OF Sl5o, ass, or per cent
an wk In July 1911. 1910 Inc. ? =,
n oom5anies, IS SOS. 727 ss.l56.o5S 500 So go
- corlpanies 67s7.IsO 6sa7.7 '2io.5.5 80
Total. 81 GOSSIP, 45oeo7 SIS 15s. sos $4,000 20
ts Ta S aug 5ss 500 Isl :s s5s 223
s companies. 3.4I4.292 8.lio 500 'zoo,oL4 -
Total. 1s cos 81 5se.o75 s7.'4S.6s7 Si5o.48s 20
Decrease
ANN AFROR.
M an. Sos 255 s 5755i =! 80
CHEsAFEAKD e oAIo.
1,t rk IN Aus. $500 $50 s5s7.s9I KS. ss5
fTssiv Aug =. $3.50 $50 3.27s,5e2 2e+2.o"o
CANADIAN NORTHERN
15i, f-Aur. =. isos 800 14738oo l.oSs 70"
COLORADO & SOUTHERN LINES
50. nj, N Aur s275 So S311Sl6 s2e4 500
- aug = 1883 set Z .554 531 + .514 ooi
rN-TEROCDASIC OF MEXICO
fs- uk IN Aug. S1T0.325 S16Z.255 sla3,S2o
July 1-Aug T.. ss426o S6',6f' s--'-~'
MISSOURI PACIFIC
5 5 T f.kaE Avg 5 $3.50 80 5gS5iSs 5000
NATIONAL OF MEXICO
lat uk. IN Aug sI.O4s 20 sl.lse Q32 81. I0l-So5
TI- T-A.z : $3.50 AIS 6,476s79 5,5S3 1+0
GEORGIA SOUTHERN Z FLORIDA
an wk In July S62526 S6oSes 81 3!
I-1v f-rrI- ~ 100 $50 1899 lS' Ao1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-18

dorsement that 1.-THE Unknown Lady"
was the first book sold on the new
premises, which promise to become as
historic as the old ones.
J. Smeaton Chase, in his new book,
Yosemite Trails (Houghton Miff1in
Coz calls the attention of mountain
GERS and lake lovers to the fact, al
most unknown even among devotees
of the out-of-doors, that there exists
in the Sierra Nevada a lake land of
Incompatible richness and peculiar di-
VerSity of charm: where lakes are
sprinkled like stars, exceeding the pos
sibility of distinguishing them by
name. The time is coming when the
highlands of this great Californian
range, which it is not too grandiose to
call the Alps of our country, with its
superb features of mountain, forest,
river, glacier, lake and meadow, and
lying under a climate of unequaled
playground of America While the
book is not exactly a guide book it
has much of the value of one for the
traveller on the ground. It is furnished
with map and is illustrated from
excellent photographs.
Holman Day in writing his novel.
''The Ramrodders," last year, put into
the mouth of one of his characters the
arguments which last week were ac--
tually used in Maine where Governor
Plaisted signed the resolution sub
uniting the liquor question to popular
vote. In 1.-THE Ramrodders," General
Weymouth is elected governor, and
Mr.. Day makes him say: eve de-
plore the fact that temperance,
through the so-calIed prohibitory law,
has become matter Of politics-it's
football to the extent that holders of
public office, sworn to enforce the laws,
turn from that enforcement in order
to cater to public opinion which other
wise might deprive them of office
Until the people shall repeal the law.
we. the dominant party of the state,
and in control of enforcement, do
pledge ourselves to faithfully enforce
it so long as the prohibitory law shall
remain in our constitution
1.-THE Camera Fiend a detective
story by E w. Hornung, involving
curious psychological elements. has
just been published by the Scribners
Shadow of the Rope 1.-THE Amateur
dleboro, England, in 1866. When IS
he went to Australia, to spend two
years there; and this gave him ma
books. His first story was "a Bride
From the Bush," the romance of an
Australian girl who shocks English So
ciety with her outspoker manner and
her backwoods accomplishments. In
1893 Conan Doyle had practically
monopoly on detective stories. Mr..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-18

street car, and 1 tell you I feel a bet
ter man for it,
There was a silence lasting for four
or five minutes, during which time Mr.
Bowser used his handkerchief sus-
piciously and Mrs. Bowser seemed
plunged in thought At length she
said:
did this Mr.. Smith say how he
found his way to your office?''
why, no. He was there when I
came in. 1 suppose he inquired his
way or looked in the city directory
Why do you ask that?''
Why. it doesn't seem as if an old
man of so would be inquiring around
much in a city. He called you by your
first name, did he?"
Didn't I say he called me Sam
my?"
Ibid he speak of your father?''
tOf course. He made one little slip
there. He called him Bill, while his
name was George. I wondered at it,
but then the memory of a man so
years old can't be depended on"
What did he say about the old
farm? ?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-18

"Oh, several things. He said the old
cider mill was there yet-and the
house was the same old red house"
"And you didn't notice the slip?"
How do you mean?'
"Mr. Bowser, there was no cider
mill on your fathers place Just stop
a moment and think. Il was on the
Stevens farm above. And the house
wasn't painted red 1t wasn't painted
at ALL
"By George, that's so--that's so! I
wonder how he came to forget that?'
did he refer to any particular in
cidents?"
He said he used to slide down hill
with me and gather hickory nuts"
Where was the hill? There isn't
even the smallest hill within three
miles of that old farm And where
were the hickory nuts?- He must have
bought some and scattered them
around, for there are no hickory trees
in that part of the country"
But. you see he is an old. old man."
said Mr. Bowser, but he looked I'M
easy as he said it.
What did he ask about me?"
''He-e asked how Molly was
"And my name is Sarah!''
But the bouquet on our marriage
days?"
pie present, and I'm sure he was not
one.'
woman. what are you trying to
he began to grow pale.
"Oh. nothing much.' she laughed in
reply.
But it would be just like you to
say-say-"
Eyes, go on
'"That my old friend and neighbor,
Jabe Smith. is a fraud. You always
take the suspicious side"
Now don't get 'het up Mr.. Bow
ser, when I tell you something. An
old man came to the door about a
week ago and asked for money. /
gave him quarter. He walked lit
tie lame and carried a cane. He had
long, grey hair, and wore beard like
an old goat. He suffered a bit. At
the gate, when he went out after God
blessing me, he talked with man,
and overheard the name BoWser
mentioned"
why you have described my old
friend Jabe to dot" exclaimed Mr.
Bowser.
That's what 1 thought, and your
old friend is a fraud! He didn't come
into town to see you; he was here all
the time
"He couldn't have been! He couldn't
have been, Woman. because I meet
an old friend and neighbor you-!"
Did your Jabe have a squint to his
left eye?
$50 did minei He seemed so tired
that I asked him to sit down for a
few minutes, and then 1 had chance
to look him over. I'm sure my beg
gar and your old friend Jabe are one
and the same man."
That's you'll That's you! I believe
you are suspicious of your own mother,
tell you, Mrs. Bowser-"
where's your watch?''
1t was gone.
you see,'' said Mrs. Bowser, "at
parting you and your old friend Jabe
embraced like two brothers, and both
of you had tears in your eyes"
'@But-But-''
"And that was the time he robbed
you'll"
Mr.. Bowser gave her an awful look.
Then he gave the cat an awful look.
Then his face went white and he
marched down the hall and put on hat
and overcoat and rushed from the
house Mrs. Bowser called after him,
but he paid no attention. He turned
the corner and made for the river
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-18

Randall Parish. writer of thrill
ing romance, is nothing If not prolific.
HIS spring story, published by A. 6.
McClurg & Co., is Love Under Fire.
robert Galesworth, scouting for Sher-
1dan, was on the eve of discovering the
disposition of the Confederate lines
besides intercepting dispatches to
Beauregard, when the plans were rude
~ shaken by what seemed an unfair
move OF fate against a soldier. Hear
ing that the dispatches in question
would be entrusted to a scout referred
to merely as Billie he endeayored to
intercept him only to find himself
dashing across the country in a rig
with strikingly beautiful Southern
girl-a thorough rebel-whose indigna-
ton at his intrusion upon her lonely
ride, with her contempt fo- his mis-
sion, gave him most unpleasant time.
In this plight, Galesworth, the hero,
is introduced to the reader, who will
easily guess that the lady with whom
the Northern lieutenant is riding is in
TACT the same "Billie"-more formally.
Willifred Hardy-who is tha object of
his search. 1t is not long before
GalesWorth finds this out but by that
time the lady has him within Confed-
crate bounds and at her mercy. If
all were fair in war as well as in love,
his shrift would have been short, but
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-18
BoWsER's OLD NFIGHBoR.
He Meets Up With Him After Twenty
Long Years.

Mr. Bowser came home from the of
fee looking so placid and contented
that Mrs Bowser felt it her duty to
inquire If business had been better
that day than for months past.
mo, but it has been a memorable
have been carried back TO my boyhood
days, and 1 can't tell you how have
enjoyed it,
How do you mean ?"
"WeI, when reached my Office this
morning 1 found a stranger waiting for
me. He wouldn't give his name nor nor
state his business for some time, but
finally began to laugh, and then asked
me if 1 did not remember him"
"And who was it"
"You never could guess. 1t was old
Jabe Smith. You must remember him.
He was at our wedding and presented
you with a big bouquet. The last time
1 saw him was twenty years ago. L
first knew him when L was 10 years
old. He's over 80 now and venerable
looking"
"It was nice to meet an old friend
and neighbor,'' said Mrs. Bowser.
You bet it was. 1 just threw all
business aside for the day. We talked
and talked, and we lunched together
and 1 showed him around town. He
had tears in his eyes when l LETT MIN
an hour ago. Poor old Jabe! He
said he SnOu1O never Cutie W lAAC lily
again. and he had tears in his eyes as
he said 500
"But why didn't you bring him
home to stay all night p
ST wanted to. I hung to him for
half an hour to come along with me,
but he thought he must &c back. He's
living alone, you see, and he said there
was nobody to feed the hogs. Just
the same guileless old chap. 1t has
done me a heap of good to see him.
I tell you, Mrs. Bowser. we don't Ike, keep P
those old days when We lived close
to nature Life in a city has ten
dency to harden and brutalize- 1t is
the men and women that live out I'M
der the green trees who keep their
faith in God and their fellow men.
Yes, old Jabe fairly cried when he left
me- We embraced like two brothers,
and he said to me:
+" Sammy, try and live SO as to meet
me in heaven
And it melted your heart said
Mrs. Bowser.
"Well, 1 had to dash away the tears
before I could see my way to the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-18

Hornung suddenly set before the pub
lie in the craftsman, Rallies, a rival
for Sherlock Holiness for he then
published 1.-THE Amateur Cracksman,'
the first Raf1es book. and started
people wondering what ever would
happen if Sherlock Holmes should be
set on the trail of this supreme
crook" Several books interviewed;
then came the novel "Raffies'' itself,
to be almost Immediately followed by
THE Shadow of the Rope" In one
respect Mr.. HornungS detective stor-
les differ from almost any others
there is much in them beyond the
mere running down of the criminal.
themselves and are not merely part
of a mechanism of crime and detec-
ton. They have real individuality.
Houghton Miff1in Co. have published
''The End of Song a novel of Welsh
semitic Trails describing the seem
cry, forests and wild flowers of
this great national playground in the.
Sierra Nevada, by ]. Smeaton Chase;
Wells Brothers, the Young Cattle
Kings" by Andy Adams. author of
of the Fields out door essays by Dali
las Lore Sharp; "a Study of Greatness
in Man" by J. N. Larned; and ga
photography of the White Mountains"
by Allen H. Bent. published for the
Appalachian Mountain club.
Richard G. Badger is bringing out
this week a Japane csc novel of vital in
terest, 1.-THE Way of the Gods. in
Japan" by Hope Huntly. 1t is story
of love and remuneration in which
Shintoism and Christianity are con-
trasted in their influence upon the
ethical, philosophical and romantic
aspects of the character. The author
has been long a resident in Japan and
the many scenes and situations she
depicts are the result of personal ex-
perience.
Albert Bige1ow Paine. who is known
as the writer of books for grown-ups
and as a literary associate of Mark
TWafn-of whose estate he is literary
executor-has another side which
causes him more pleasure than his
serious work. The following, one of
several similar letters which arrive
weekly. came from a twelve year old
in California: Dear Mr.. Paine, like
your stories very much about the Coon
and the 'Possum and the Old Black
Crow. I read them to my little sis
ter som etimes and she enjoys them so
much that whenever she sees the
book she asks me to read to her from
it. You said in the book, The Hol-
low Tree and Deep Woods Book
tndL the very peSI pay tdidt oNoA SOAAAoS
to one who writes a book is to know
that the ones he wrote it for really
like it, so I am going to write to you
because 1 like your books"
"The Arrow-Maker," an Indian play
by Mrs Mary Austin, author of ''The
Land of Little Rain" 1.-The Flock"
and "Isidro," was given it's first per-
Torrance at the New theater, New
York, last week, Miss Matthison TAX
ing the leading part.
Houghton Miff1in Co. have ready a
third impression of John Brown by
Oswald G. Willard, which was one of
the leading biographies Of the past
autumn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-18
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

steffee n ae asi nnn Wls = =.
S. E. Carver and wife to D. F. Will
iams. lot 3S2 Garfield ave., Stlson
&c Bartholomew add. 49, -..-.-..-.. 800
A. L. Hatfield and husband to N. J.
Leggett ct al, lot 1896 part SO Mich
fgan ave, j. w. Morris add. SoV
R.. c. Burge. ct al. to T. w. Adamson,
lots 469-T1-73 Mulyane ST., Elmhurst- 1,6V0
r. c. Rowse and wife to N B.
Hughes, lot 59S part SO Buchanan
ST.. Edwards Tract SUBJ 75o
G. B.. Dick to r. G. Rowse. lots 5S4-
6-S Buchanan ST., Edwards Tract sub. 800
W. Workman and wife to J. A.
Quaney, part res. 6 ....-.............-. $500
The Prudential Co. to L. B. Short.
lots $685. woodward ave-, Elmhurst. $50
/. l. Ketchum and wife to H.. H.
Saunders, lots 422-4-6 Taylor St,
Stringham's add. :. ..s......s...-..... 70O
w. T. Bassett and wife to R. H.
Reser, lot 81 Branner ST., Klein's
add. %V
j. p. Tower and wife to F. A. Brig
W. Morris add. :. .................. l. 800
F. Ia, a. B Brig am to E; P Tower . and
ave, Brigham Rices add. 600
Sheriffs deed, to w. Settler, see rec
L. S. Morrow to the Topeka Gene
terry Co, lots 215 sec. So. ..:..:.:..-.. 100
son. lot 21s part IA, Garfield ave..
Brighams add. =. :. ..................
A. Huston to f. w. Strives and
wife, lots 20-52-4-6 Redden ave,
Euclid Park add. ............-.-.-.. 2
lot 4e6 Lincoln ST.. Kings add....... $50
M. Morris and husband to A. l.. Pat
ton and wife, lots 1851 Brooks ave-,
]. Norton's add. :. .-.................. 800
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years creeping upon them; any in
whom the memories OF childhood are
becoming fainter, the book for them
to read is Josephine Daskam Bacon's
while Caroline Was Growing" For
this little volume will carry them
back to the years when Saturday was
the only day worth living. and schools
and teachers and the doings of grown
ups in general were unexplainable
phenomena. On the other hand the
book will be just as great a source of
delight to the many multitudes who
are keeping young. Its wholesome
ness, humor and the absolutely natural
child around whom the whole story
moves, leave just that which is de-
manded by optimistic youth as the
prime requisite of a good story.
Justus Miles Forman received this
week a carefully inscribed copy of his
new novel, 1.-THE Unknown Lady"
This was the first book to be sold at
the new Putnam book store, whose
name shows the uptown trend in
New York. Richard Harding Davis
was the purchaser of this particular
copy of 1.-THE Unknown Lady" and
in sending it to Mr.. Forman he in
scribed his name and the circum-
stances. The manager CT Putnam's
also signed the fy-leaf with the in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-18
WOMEN,S1
,sCI 1lRSs

The members of the West Side For
estry club, whose chief interest is in
parks. gardens and play grounds. and
who are always awake to the best
civic interests of Topeka, desire to
state to the trustees of Washburn col
lege that in their opinion it would be
a pitiful mistake to mar the beauty
and usefulness of the Washburn
campus by selling off the proposed
strip on the east side, and beg of
them to consider well all other, as well
as the money side of this question be-
fore taking that step.
? MRS. G. w. r. TRAVIS, =
President West Side Forestry Club.
The Clio club will meet Monday
afternoon with Mrs. J. p. Wahle, 1903
Clay street.
Western Sorosis will meet with Mrs.
W. A. McCarter, 1884 College avenue,
Saturday, March rs. Election of Off
GERS for next year will take place and
every member is requested to be
present.
A youthful costume of pale blue linen
is reproduced today. The lower part
of the blouse is trimmed with large
linen covered buttons and brought up
over the upper portion Of embroidered
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vote. This is the Negroes hour" wall

vote. This is the Negroes hour" wall
ed the abolitionist. Then the Kansas
pioneer looked at his women folk
and thought of all they had done and
suffered for them and insisted that If
their women could. not vote, neither
could the negro, and it was so until
the federal government took land"
The interest in the Kansas campaign
has spread to all the states, and Ore
gon. since Washington gave the wo-
men the ballot, has adopted resolu-
ton to submit constitutional
amendment granting equal suffrage.
1t may be that Oregon is getting jeal-
Gus of Washington, which. with all
the family working, will get ahead of
Oregon, with her fine pair of political
twins. for Washington now has both
suffrage and the recall. California,
also, has passed up to the people, the
question of votes for women. It is
soon to be decided by actual statistics
just where chivalry, justice and fair
play hold forth, whether in the south.
the north, east or west, or in the GEN.
trail plains
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the wide and deep river-the river of
SO many suckers. He reached it al
most on the run 1t had not moved
away. It had not run dry. One plunge
and all would be over. He would
never meet any more of his old neigh
bors. Mr.. Bowser might have taken
it had not two men come along and
held him up for his overcoat and hat
and kicked him. As 1t was. he went
home to a darkened house, crept up to
his bed, and an hour later Mrs. Bow
ser heard him muttering IN his sleep:
No I will not take the plungei
will live on to hunt down that old
fraud and break him in two without
mercy. - copyrighted 1911 by AS
ISOLATED Literary Press.)