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The Cairo bulletin., 1911-05-20

An old lotion for freckles is made
by mixing one part of powdered borax
with three parts Of powdered white
sugar Add to this so much lemon
juices as will just dissolve theepowder
and no more. After some days strain.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-05-20
WORKING In a Glare.

Working In glare is quite as injuri-
GUS to the sight rs working In too dim
light, and both should be carefully
avoided By all who have any consid-
GRAFTON for their eyes. Also it must be
borne in mind that poor health often
leads to Indifferent sight.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-05-20

Although powdered orris root enters
into scores of recipes, it is by no
means entirely free from Injurious
properties. Many people get bad
rash from the application of orris,
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-05-20
Scented Tooth Powder.

Orrls root and prepared chalk Is
quite simple tooth powder and may
be purchased at your druggists or
blended by yourself. one-third Of the
orris root to two-thirds Of chalk.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-05-20
Whitsnina the Hands.

For redness Of the hands beat, to-
gerher one ounce of clear honey. one
ounce Of almond oil, the juice of a
lemon and the yolk of raw egg. Ap-
ply at night to the hands.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-05-20
Too Great In Volume.

The Importance Of art as q vehicle
Of knowledge is less appreciated DO.
cause its results are so common.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-05-20

Teacher How many do two and
three maze? Schoolboy-~Ahout forty,
sir Teacher Absurd, How do you
make that out? Schoolboy- Well, dad
went. fishing last sunday aud caught
two biz fish, then three 4ittle ones. and
when MY uncle asked him how many
he had caught he said, About fortyr"
London Answers.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-05-20

As only two and half onnecs Of
the vinegar will he needed for the
tonic. the rest can be kept for other
purposes. A little Of It put in n
sponge bath Is most refreshing and
soothing 70 the skin and nerves.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-05-20
.lIv. IL DEEDS. Mo. Hopr.. y

ALIve IN pceds, NOT Hours"
A butterfly has more enjoyment in
his ~ hours than an elephant Ia his
ceptury.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-05-20
EyeIash Tonic.

CyelaSn onics
When sickness or some skin trouble
makes The eyebrows fall the following
tonic. Which IN also good for the
lashcs. max be used:
Lavender VINEGAR ,.,.........,.. III ounces
-ifyccfN' ...,..,,.........., IA ounces
Fluid extract of jarborandi. $50. drains
Shake the ingredients in a bottle I'M
TIN they ale mixed. then apply the To-
ton to the, eyebrows with the brow
brush and toNthe lashes with tiny
cancels hair Ldnsh such It's Is used
for putting on iodine BH before
touching the lnshcs the brush must
be shaken Of the drop aud passed
lightly along The edge of the lids only.
extreme care ,Ting taken not to get
the. least moisture into the exc itself.
If by AIRY c.lance the lavender vinegar
required for the formula is not pro-
scrrnhle It can he made al home from
this:
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-05-20
Pittsburg. Is
Again Having
Cleaning Up

lTTSBURG * again engaged In
cleaning up It's political affairs,
and A. Leo Well. the head OF
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-16

Limpy out of Ward 9, Alice remem-
bered his old crutch. There it still
! stood beside his cot, and she knew II
would only be thrown away, so she
took it to her own locker and put II
with her umbrella, and the other girls
laughed at her sentimentaiity-
At the end of the week, she and
Burton unwrapped it up at her moth
er's home, and the whole family OF
younger brothers and sisters fairly
crowed over Limpy's legacy. But the
doctor was examining it carefully
Worn and Clipped as it was, he saw
it was made of fine wood, and Limpy' s
last words REQUIRED to him.
What are you doing, Burton 2?
asked Alice, when she saw him work
ing at the top with his knife And
then she stopped short as the doctor
took out the last screw. and the top
lifted off of the old peg leg. 1t was
hollow within, but not empty. Inside
were Limpy's savings from the chest
tightly and pushed down in the cavity
layer on layer.
About eight thousand. grille. I"
Burton told her, as he and her mother
stopped their counting, half an hour
later 1.-THE old chap was right. Your
bread on the waters has surely come
back to you as plum cake.
1T is yours as much as mine, Alice
told him. 'tLimpy said it was to help
build the nest, and I'm going to leave
the hospital at the end of the term"
you'll leave it now" Burton an
swered, "in memory of Limpy."-
Copyright, 1911, by Associated Lit
erary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-16
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
TFron the Chicago News.J

TF'rom the Chicago News-I
Failure is as familiar as success is shy.
Time will tell-if woman doesn't beat
time to it.
A woman's smile seldom means what
a man thinks it does.
A girl likes spooning-but objects to its
being called that
Keep an eye the man who says he
doesn't mean any HARM
After taking a few swallows of rye a
man begins to feel his oats.
One good thing about poverty is the
taxes you don't have to dodge
If a man has never been fooled by
woman it's because he isn't worth the
effort.
The wild waves are probably saying
that they are glad the surf bathing sea-
son is over
Anyway, the man who buys trouble has
no kick coming if he fails to get his
moneys worth.
Many an otherwise sensible young man
has been spoiled by being encouraged in
an effort to be funny.
Sometimes you encounter man who is
such a deep thinker that his thoughts
never come to the surface.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-16
I'D HERTLSLNG TALKS


The following news item sent out from
Denver. Colo, appeared in the newEpa-
pers recently:
ct is not necessary to employ argument
to show that advertising pays In the gas
business. Whenever advertising has been
done results have been noted which
abundantly prove its value. Following thu
appearance OF a striking newspaper adj
vertisement, a jump in sales and the IN
crease OF visitors at the gas appliance
display room have almost invariably been
observed"
This statement was made today before
a thousand delegates TO the seventh an
nual convention OF the National CONNER
cial Gas association. now being held in
the new auditorium here by Thomas r.
Elcock. Jr.. advertising manager OF the
United Gas Improvement company. In a
paper on 'Up-to-Date Advertising Meth
DDS"
Mr. Elcock explained the methods en-
ployed by the L. 6. I. company in adver-
Using its appliances and called attention
to educational campaigns 70 acquaint the
public with some of the details OF the busi-
ness.
The gas companies. the telephone com
panes, public service corporations and
other corporations that have advertised
appreciate the power OF publicity. The
miracle is that more companies that de-
pend absolutely on the support OF the
people do not advertise to tell the people
what they have. and why the people
should patronize them.
Some time ago / told story I'm this
column about a successful advertising
campaign made by the gas COM
pany in Cleveland, another IN New
York and another in Philadelphia. and
since then some other companies that
never did any advertising have seen the
light and are buying newspaper publicity.
I am told that the recent announcement
of the American Sugar Refining company
explaining TO the public its readiustment
of prices was the most effective piece OF
copy the company ever put OUT
The truth is that the people want to
know about everything in these days. and
they look for the information IN their
daily newspapers.
How shortsighted a policy II r. not to
tell the news OF ones business in the ad-
vertisng columns Of the daily nevapa-
pers which are now read as much as the
news columnsi
CTo be continued.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-16
QUAKER MEp1rAT1oNs.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.I
Kisses and poems are not all returned
with thanks.
An air of distinction is really something
to blow about.
Some people will even take advantage
of those who offer them opportunities
Blobbs-''I see by the papers that money
is easier" Slobbs-"Coming or going?''
There isn't enough marble in the world
to put tombstones over all our buried
hopes.
Few people are really as fond of CLASH
cal music as they are fond of being
thought fond of it.
Some people are so gullible as to believe
a woman's age from the candles on her
birthday cake.
Every man likes a common-sense wife
but unfortunately he doesn't seem to fall
in love with that sort of girl.
Wigg-"S ubbubs has big wood pile in
front of his house. I wonder why he
doesn't burn COAL Wagg-"He does. The
wood pile Is merely a protection against
tramps-"
If a man fails, and could have another
chance suggested the Wise Guy The
probably wouldn't disappoint so many
friends True agreed the Simple
Mug. He wouldn't have so many friends
to disappoint-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-16
INDIAN SIMMER

How peaceful all this world appears to be.
How genially shines the morning sun.
warming the dew that sparkles on the lea
When, after the long summers tasks
The harvest gathered. the fair prizes
The hopes of springtime realized, a haze
Lies on the distant hills, and here and
there
To gladden. with the glory of their lays
serenely in the years late afternoon
All nature seems to claim unhindered
The mildness and the warmth of early
May welcome the Misunderstanding
A splendor all too brief is on the trees.
And eagerly upon the far-off slopes
That recently were drenched by cease
less rain
The flocks are nipping tender blades
again,
AS if imbued with new. unfaiIing hopes.
A mellow tenderness is over all;
On outlines that were sharp awhile ago
graceful, rounded softness seems to
fall,
The maple and the sumac are aglow.
But still from fragrant fields mild
Scenes that were commonplace have
grown sublime
The dandelions blossom forth anew,
And on the gables doves are wont to
COO,
As If it were again their mating time.
The world has only kindness to display,
AS when man whose useful work is
done
Turns from the turmoil and the strife
away.
To calm the peace he worthily has won,
Who, ere the long, last slumber is be-
gun,
Reclaims the joy of youth a little while,
Who, having freed himself of all his
cares,
Forgets the burden that Ambition bears
And calmly greets the morning with a
smile.
$. E. Kiser. in the Chicago Record-Her-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-16
JAYHAWKER JOTS

The man who is weary of all this
Good Roads agitation might as well
get ready for a long period of weari-
ness. 1t takes a barrel of agitation
to get an ounce of execution, but it 3
worth it.-Maricn Record
It has been figured out by the Blue
Mound Sun that IF you have plenty
of money end plenty of friends, the
best way to get rid of both is to lend
your money to your friends.
A Kansas merchant relates the Neo-
desha Register who had just paid a
fine because his vegetable display box
was not six inches higher than the
sidewalk, ventured the assertion that
man can't go from morning till
night without breaking some Kansas
law, no matter how careful he is. A
hotel man thought he could, and
wager was made, and the next dav
was fixed. I'll stay in bed all day to-
morrow" said the hotel man. And he
did, until just before dark when an
inspector came along and arrested
him for not having nine-foot sheet
an his bed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-16
ARE ASKED TO RESIGN.
Labor Leaders Are Requested to Get
Out of Civic Federation.

Atlanta, Nov 16.-The fifteen labor lead
ers, including President Gompers, who are
on the executive committee of the Ma
tionaI Civic Federation, are called on to
sever their connection with the latter or
ganization in a resolution introduced in
behalf of the United Mine Workers in
the Federation of Labor convention.
1t is understood the resolution has the
support of the Western Federation OF
Miners and also the state delegations or
Colorado. Utah and Michigan.
The resolution which was referred to
the resolutions committee declares that
There is a growing tendency in prac-
ticaIly all labor organizations to view
with, suspicion and distrust the acts of
any labor representative who is in any
way connected with the civic federation,
which is declared to be built on the false
ASSUMPTION of .Identity of interests"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-16
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Some women's only distinction is
that they do their hair II the very
latest styles.
Get a trife ahead of your work and
stay there if you want things to run
smoothly.
= X X
Any number of people ought to be
able to star in a production of Much
Ado About Nothing.
x
And the folk who were loudest in
their protests against the heat of sum
mer are just as strenuous with their
kicks against the Geld waves.
Another advantage of living at home
is that if you want two cups of cof-
fee for breakfast you don't have to Gig
in your pocketbook for an extra nickel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-16
hUMOR or THE DAY

"Come along downtown with me
Mabel2" But have no money with me =
What's the difference2 Two can rhon
as cheap1y as ne."-Washinefon ff.,aitP
IF 1 should put 200 In a bank th,.
paid compound interest at the rate - :
principal TO doubie2'' 1T never ,t,,.is
double. The bank would bust. "-chicae,s,,ec
Record Herald.
You think you are qualified for m.
posluohf sure" Know fir1src.55s
When they don't run too fur,', 49,
Ever in war; mo: hut ,sooss srace.'
over.'-Atianta Constitution. tel It's
Captain" asked the nervous ,o...
DO you think this boat is perfa1tI,. .l ~ eI.
This is the ninety-sixth trim -, safe
on her, and she hasn't sunk -. made
suppose there always has 70 ~ SH
time Tor everything. "-Chicaeo rseallrst
The Stranger-Is there a vooa -,
- 1867 y ~ N your town? The N-oti,~. Aainal
very Dody thinks we've got 80 te-W Wan
S IN peen able to prove n out they
~'SFeiaho Fiain Dealer. -" Hn-
,,,,. Ii.. .1lll, remarked the wear. =.
In ll the pandaged eye. 4 We > y yfarer
- - Sou see me now II l1o-., ~ .o =. always
AZ Seesrn-vlsaged woman ~ A.. replied
SSoS1 Ihe last time Won, - tne back
u . eal-and-dumb sign. ,- 4Sls you
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-16

many people around the office are
shooting quail or killing time so that
there is little of the latter to write
respectable Chapter today. It is hoped
that tomorrow's Chapter will be more
interesting, or that the reader win skip
it and read the Supreme Court Syllabi
or the Commissioners proceedings in
glancing about for items of interest or
matters of moment.
(Chapter XIV tohnorrow.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-16
GLOBE SIGHTS
[From the Atchison Globe.l
FFron the Atchison Globe.I

Nothing is as important as a solicitor
must make it appear
One thing you can't get by going after
it all the time is a good time
There are also a number of poor rules
that do not work both ways
A good many wishes will come true II
one works for them hard enough.
When boy takes a lunch. he wants a
basket a trif1e larger than his body
Don't be too free and independent to
work for a living and other luxuries
1t too often happens that the Reformer
is a knocker who gets paid for it
While a girls red hair is frequently
called auburn, that seldom happens to a
boy.
Splitting one with the sawsmiths: A
rolling stone isn't often seen going UP
hill
Rheumatism, however. isn't the only
grievances which works harder ia bad
weather.
A woman who marries for money may
be easily shocked by less formal wicked
ness
If he isn't particularly Interested in One
Woman in 1t. no man cares much for
Society
we learn with regret that many of our
Greek bootblacks aren't familiar with
E1nrlAaF
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-16
DAFFYDHS
BY U NOALL-

If the headlight on an engine got
away could the cowcatcher?
(Hey there, fireman. sand the
track.)
When the sun comes out with melt
ing force in the winter time does the
SNOWFALL?
(Hide the key, boys. Dawson is on
your tran.)
If a girl likes the green grass does it
follow that she loves the lawnmower?
(Pass the oil can, Percy, or we never
viii get through.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-16

One of New Ravens clergymen sees
the downfall of football in the betting
on the games. It will be a long time.
though. before football in the west is
overthrow by gambling Of this sort.
The betting on the football games in
this section of the country is scarcely
noticeable. And the chances are that
this eastern divine has let his magma
ton run away with him on the betting
that prevails in his section on football
games
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-16

Major General Hetty Green says that
the prospects of her son, Colonel Ed,
getting married are all a joke. And
Ed. approaching fifty years of age. APP
pears to be wise enough to know which
side his bread is buttered on. So there
is no danger that he will run contrary
to the hints and orders of his COM
manding officer. If all boys obeyed
their parents as religiously, so many
Of them wouldn't get int go much
trouble.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-16

Those Cornell student-waiters, who
went on a strike because they were
compelled to eat the butter that was
left on the plates of the co-eds they
served. are probably neither very gall
liant nor romantic in the eyes of some.
Butter ought to be more attractive
after it has been paved over by fair
college girls. At least, there are a
few weak-minded youths who would
think So
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-16
NOT SAFE in PRISON
Petition in Bankruptcy Filed Against
G. c. Wilson.

New York, Nov. 16.-Selden Bacon, John
Howard Hill and Philip c. Clifford, trus-
tees in bankruptcy for the United Wire
less Telegraph company, and two other
creditors of the National Surety corn
pany of New York and Herman G. Neu-
hoff of New Jersey today filed in the
United States district court here petit
ton in bankruptcy against Christopher
c. Wilson, former president of the COM
pany. The claims aggregate 81, $50 $50
Wilson is in the federal prison at At
1anta. convicted of misusing the mails
to defraud investors.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-16
BY The WAY
~ HARvEY PARSONS.

! Sour grapes item: The quail shoot
ing season is in full blast; so are 9
large number of shotguns. This de-
partment would rather shoot quails
than to find money. BUT,-this de-
partment can not shoot any quailS this
season, and, comma, figures 1t out
that every miserable, scrawny little
quail killed during the next two weeks
will cost S1.27 in time. railroad fare
and ammunition. And who WANTS to
pay $1.27 for one dinkey little quail,
MORAL: If you can't afford to be
sport, be Pessimist.
Some people seem to labor under
the impression that a safety razor is
an instrument for the removal of
take The safety razor is an agricul-
tural implement It's mission is to
subsoil the face,-break the hard pan,
ETC., so that the whisker crop may
Justice, in Kansas City, must be sat
isfied. They may not convict Hyde,
but each juror and talesman seems to
have been given life sentence.
Wichita seems to be the current
goat in the Stubbs-for-se cam
paign. Hunnewell, apparently, was
too small and insignificant to carry the
burden.
The tar gang of Lincoln county
wants a change of venue. Unless the
tar gang has chosen a location for its
trial it is cordially invited to bring
beautiful little city. There are some
things we do better than others, here,
and the chances are that we could
find a jury to do the right thing" by
the eminent gentlemen of LINCOLN
county Beside. Topeka is closer to
the state penitentiary, and much OF
the inconvenience of a long railroad
trip would be eliminated.
The Missouri supreme court is
peeved because its decision in the
Harvester trust case was published in
New York before it was handed down
in Jefferson City. Before throwing
fit the Missouri SOlOmOnS should in
vestigate 1t may have been a bet,
rather than a leak One time a re-
porter on this sheet gave decision
for local court, based upon his Judg-
ment of the evidence and the prevail
ing temperature of the court. The de-
cision was absolutely good, but, be-
cause an obdurate lawyer exceeded his
time limit in summing up the defense,
the paper containing the decision was
being read in the corridors of the court
house before the court handed down
his decision. In that case it was not
a leak; the reporter observed that
press time was approaching, and bet
his job against his judgment that he
could anticipate the verdict.
The latest alleged discovery in the
Lorrimer investigation is that the cop
in charge of one of the witnesses. gave
his prisoner the third drink instead
of the third degree. It appears fur
Their that he got the same results by
his more humane method.
Query from a reader: Should one
say a Xmas present or IAN Xmas
?'' AS one who never approved
of excessive Authorization, would sug-
gest that you either say, "A Christ
mas present or say nothing about it,
the Glad Surprise for the
morning of December rs.
Anyone can make a lasting and IA
vorable impression upon a growing
child by avoiding the greeting: my,
how you have grown since I last saw
Ia4 J~77 n
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-16
CAN'T CARRY KANSAS.
Champ Clark Says Taft Would Lose
All Insurgent States.

Kansas City, Nov. left Taft is
nominated the Democrats will carry
Kansas and all other western states
that have been touched by insurgency, =
Champ Clark. speaker Of the national
house of representatives said in an
interview here today. And if Taft is
not nominated" Clark refused to dis
cuss such a contingency further than
to say:
1.-The Republicans hold the key, and
will use it to the best Democratic ad-
VANTAGE
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-16

No wonder the big football teams in
the East are not making much prog
ress with their plunges against the
Dartmouth line. The five men in the
center of this line from tackle to tackle
are of an average height of just a frac-
ton under feet inches and their
average weight is just a fraction over
200 pounds. Some football boys, those.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-16
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

IFrom the New York Press.l
A woman would rather have a tailor
one day year than dressmaker every
week.
You can tell how most people don't care
for you by how much they tell you they
do
Good conduct takes years to make an
impression, but when it's bad it makes it
right away
When a girl acquires the habit of liking
to be in her own room for reflection she
has reached the love letter stage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-16

This Turko- Italian war is also dem
onstrating that while superior navy
is a desirable agent for any nation,
wars can not be won without an ade-
quate army to follow up and finish
the work begun by a navy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-16

In arbitrarily raising the price of
gas, the Consumers Light, Heat and
Power company seemed to have over
looked bet. Presumably it forgot all
about the provision of law which pre-
vents a public service corporation of
Kansas under the jurisdiction of the
public utilities commission from in
creasing rates without the permission
of the commission
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-16

A Chicago man was permitted by a
municipal judge to pass sentence on
himself for being drunk and disorder
1y He fined himself SIS and not hav-
ing the money he sentenced himself to
Jail to work the fine out. In other
words. he was probably determined to
have comfortable lodgings during the
urinter Season
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-16

The International Harvester com
pany has voluntarily stopped doing
business in Kentucky. 1t has been
forcibly ousted from doing business in
Missouri 1t was dehorned and made
to follow the straight and narrow path
in Kansas some time ago. These be
trying times. indeed. for the trusts.
Only their lawyers are reaping much
of a harvest