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The Topeka state journal., 1911-05-04

A Topeka man who went to Chicago
and made good in an excellent and re-
munerative position is coming back
to Kansas. Mr.. Coburn please take
notice.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-05-04

Now that the Strang line is to be
double tracked to Olathe why wouldn't
it be a good plan to organize another
company to build a Topeka-Kansas
City line? None has been organized
for several weeks.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-05-04

Governor Wilson. of New Jersey, says
that the liquor question has no place
in politics. That's what they all say
If they suspect that any of their politi-
cal strength comes from the liquor
The Topeka state journal., 1911-05-04

Topeka ought to have harmony
commission right now.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-05-04
FROM OTHER PENS
BRITISH LITERARY PIRATES.

We confess to some little exaspera-
tion over certain phases of this Dick
ems stamp matter. We deplore heartily
the outrageous condition which in
former days made it possible for Amer
lean publishers to bring out editions Of
Dickens novels from which the author
derived no benefit. But we resent very
emphatically the attitude of many
Britons that we are a nation of miser-
able offenders, and that this Dickens
stamp is an opportunity graciously ex-
tended to us, and that by taking ad-
vantage of it we may humbly make
partial restitution. Englishmen seem
to be forgetting that there have been
British pirates as well as American
pirates, and that Dickens in his day
felt quite as aggrieved over certain
English adaptations of his stories for
the stage as he did over the American
publication of his books. Mr.. Kipling
has flung at us his "Rhyme Of the Three
C"ptains,' and there has grown up Il
kind of impression that literary piracy
is a sin exclusively practiced by Ameri-
cans. We have at hand a little volume
entitled 1.-The Lectures of Bret Harte. -
Bret Harte was a victim of flagrant
piracy on the art of English publish
ers. and in 1873 he was forced to bring
suit for an injunction to restrain the
Importation and sale of pirated editions
of his works. Another sufferer was
Mark Twain.-The Bookman.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-05-04
THE "WISE GIY.n

The ignoramus is easier to tolerate
than the Wise-guy who knows it all.
You know one or more of him. He
has experience in all lines of business
and is an expert at it all-that he
freely admits upon any occasion. If
you are a merchant and express an
ldea along the line Of your business
ne won't let you finish for he has
something to say himself You can't
tell him anything about merchandis-
1ng-for wasn't he in business in Illi-
nois? If you are a mechanically
he knows the trouble and the prob
lens OF the mechanic. for he has GER
tainly been there himself. If you are
only an editor-why, didn't he spend
years around a newspaper office? But
take the trouble to run the thing down
and you would find that he once clerk
ed in a store for week, once sold
some old iron to mechanic and once
wrote an unsigned Piece For The Pa
per. A Wise-guy must get lonesome.
The universally of his knowledge puts
him in such a wearying isolation
Marion Record.
FOR A SQUARE DEAL.
The progressive Republicans won
their eleven members in the United
States senate in fair contest in which
we'll understood; and the reason there
are not more progressives in the SEN
ate is that the people have not yet had
the chance to retire other holdovers
who ought to go. These progressive
!senators are entitled to such proper
Itionate representation upon commit
tees as their numbers bear to the Re-
publican membership of these commit
tees. To say that this is recognizing
a faction in the party is the truth. But
the faction is there and nothing is to
be gained by the pretense that it isn't
there. These senators represent a
large body of Republican voters with
out which no national election can be
won. The wise thing to do then is to
recognize conditions as they exist, and
make the best of it by giving all sides
a square deal.-Jewell Republican.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-05-04
THE CHAIN OF MIDDLEMEN.

The phenomenal increase in the
price of foodstuffs as they pass from
middleman to middleman en- route
from the producer to the consumer,
with Washington as the terminal
point, was made use of by Representa-
tive S. w. Smith to emphasize his
speech On reciprocity in the House the
other day.
The facts were gathered by an ap-
ple-raiser in the state of Washington,
who had a curiosity to know how it
came that box of apples which was
sold at first hands for SO cents was
sold in this city for $4.00. The figures,
as given by Represen tative Smith in
the course of his remarks, covered sew
eral transactions additional to the
foregoing instance, one shipper receiv-
ing $1.52 for apples which were sold
here for TO cents a dozen: another,
$1.52 a box. which sold for $3.50, and
still another, $1.41 a box for apples
which retailed here for 10 cents each.
1t was found that five middlemen
had handled the apples, the first mid
dleman being the fruit growers asso-
citation that bought the apples for
shipment east; the second. a commits
sion merchant in New York, to whom
they were consigned; the third a brok-
er in the same city; the fourth a
wholesale dealer here in Washington,
and the fifth the retail dealer. who
sells to the ultimate ustomer.-Wash-
ington Post.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-05-04
ABOLIsHING THE COOK.

Let the cook tremble. The end of
her reign may be at hand. The help
problem may be solved. 1t all depends
upon the accuracy of DR.. Robert Bells
diagnosis, announced at the Simple
Life conference in London. He says
we should eat only uncooked food,
that not only meats but the natural
foods. fruits and vegetables should be
served raw. Listen to him:
Man is the only animal who cooks
his food. Among wild animals we
don't find disease, we don't find de-
cayed teeth, we don't find cancer. 1t
is only in the animals that come in
contact with man that we find dis
ease"
Nor is freedom from disease the
only benefit from eating uncooked
food, according to the doctor. AS a
consequence we will live to greater
ages. The natural food" countries,
Scandinavia, Hungary and Bulgaria,
he says, are overrun by centenarians.
Bulgaria having nearly 1000, COM
pared with only Is in pork eating Ger
many. His reasons for not cooking
food are that in its natural state it
contains three times the nutritive value
of cooked food. Therefore, we have
to eat three times as much and give
our digestive organs three times as
much work.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-05-04

Susan Fowler, last of the b1oomer
girls of 60 years ago, is dead; and thus
ends the bloomer thing where the
harem thing commences.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-12-14
II Means Health
For the Child

The careful mother, who watches close
IN the physical peculiarities of her chill
drSen, will soon discover that the most
important thing In connection with a
child's constant good health is 30 keep
the bowels regularly open. Sluggish
bowels will be followed by loss of appe~
tite, restlessness during sleep, irrita-
bility and dozen and one similar evil
dences of physical disorder.
At the first sign of such disorder give
the child teaspoonful of DIR. Caldwells
Syrup Pepsin at night on retiring and
repeat the dose the following night If
necessary-more than that will scarcely
be needed You will find that the child
will recover its accustomed good spirits
at once and will eat and sleep normally.
This remedy is a vast Improvement
over salts, cathartics. laxative waters
and similar things, which are altogether
too powerful for child. The homes of
Mrs. Evelyn Matson, SIG Milwaukee St,
Milwaukee. Wis, and Mrs. Kate Hawley,
Waukesha, Wis, are always supplied with
DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, and with
them, as with thousands Of others, there
is no substitute for this grand laxative
1t is really more than q laxative, for iI
contains superior tonic properties which
help to tone and strengthen the stomach.
liver and bowels so that after brief
use of it all laXatives can be dispensed
with and nature will do its own work.
Anyone wishing to make trial of this
remedy before buying it in the regular
way of a druggist at fifty cents or one
dollar a large bottle family size) can
have sample bottle sent to the home
free of charge by simply addressing DIR.
w. b. Caldwell, 201 Washington ST.,
Monticello, Ill. Your name and address
on a postal card will do.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-12-14
ACHRIsTMAs ALIAS hA, y {S}s5 1 IS


ward to our one country-house visit
In England; and, of course, it was
very nice, but it did seem an anti
climax when the very man I'd been
invited to fiirt with never turned up
at all. Oh, what he missed" and
she laughed.
Believer could cheerfully have
kicked himself. To think that he
might have met this divine creature
in decent, self-respecting manner, il
only he hadn't sent an unworthy ex-
cuse to those good but dull people,
the Dering-Lacys
Through inquiries he had learned
at the Bristol that the ladies were
Mrs. and Miss Fleetwood, but some
how he had failed to associate the
name with that of the American heir
ess with whom the Dering-Lacys had
tried to tempt him few weeks ago.
And in his blindness he had rejoiced
in the thought Of meeting the girl at
Amalfi, whittier he had ascertained
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-12-14

jelly. Deafened, half blind, unable to
think, he still ran on, Lesley quiet as
death against his shoulder.
Running down the few steps toward
the hotel, which lay below the grotto
in the rock, he reached the cloisters.
Something seemed compelling him to
look up. The whole mountain ap-
peared to be falling. In the midst of
a rushing mass from above three Hd.
man figures detached themselves,
shooting downward, limp as dolls
made of rags, yet dignified into SUI
premest tragedy.
GA few seconds and we shall be
like that" were the words that
flashed through Believers brain. Still,
though he was hopeless now, instinct
made him run on-on for dear life.
Hardly had the thought of what
might come printed itself before his
eyes, when the whole great, over
hanging mass of cliff broke away and
fell headlong.
Now they were in the chapel. 1t
was like a dream to be there. The
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-12-14
The Difference

John M. Harlan" said a Chicago
lawyer" in a eulogy of the late SUI
preme Court Justice, had way OF
pointing an observation with a story
Once he wanted to rebuke man for
exaggeration. so he said he was as
bad as a Pittsburg millionaire who
was being interviewed by New York
reporter
Where, sir, were you born?' the
reporter. as he sharpened his pencil,
asked.
II was born in Pittsburg, said the
millioE aire.
land where did you fiTst-er-see
the light of dayY
"'When / was nine,' the millionaire
replied. My people then moved to
Philadelphia"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-12-14

similar honors in the States. All
along the boulevard and throughout
the city the open cafes, brilliantly
lighted, We're filed with people eating
and drinking. laughing and talking,
the outer rows of tables SO close to
the walks that one could reach in and
touch the diners as he passed, for
there are no walls between the cafes
and the streets. Huge automatic pi-
amos drawn on wheels from place to
place played here and there. while
the boys attending them, entering the
cafes, passed their ragged caps about.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-12-14
Husband Was WILLING.

The Scot has no monopoly of do
nestle felicity, as many piquant
paragraph bears witness. The other
day an old farmer and his wife were
doing" the sights of a provincial
town, and, among other places they
visited a panorama of South Africa.
The views were extremely interest
ing, and the couple We're enjoying
themselves to the full. AS scene after
scene passed, the woman's enthusi-
asm increased, and at length, turn
ing to her husband, she exclaimed:
"Oh, Sandy, this is really splendid.
1 could jist sit here all my days"
"Ah, weel, Jennie, woman" replied
Sandy, to the mirth Of those sitting
near, lust sit you still there; I'll not
grudge the saxpence."
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-12-14

Meandering Mike heaved such a
deep sigh that his companion was
moved to ask him what the matter
was:
Il was just thinking about bad
roads and the wonders of science, .
was the answer. This earth is spin
ming round Eastern railway train
behind time"
Well, we amt fell off yet"
mo. But think of what convent
ence it would be if we could have
some place to grab on to while de ter
ritorS slid under our feet until de
place we wanted to go to come along"
-YO1th's Companion.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-12-14
Somewhat Inconsisten+

The young woman had spent a busy
day. She had browbeaten fourteen
salesS2eople. bullyragged a shop
walker, argued VIGOROUSLY with a
milliusr, laid down the law to mod
jste, tipped in the bud a taxi chauf-
feur's attempt to overcharge her,
made a street car conductor stop the
car if the middle of nonstop run
for her, discharged her maid and en-
gagged another, and otherwise refused
TO alIDw herself to be imposed upon.
Yet S1e did not smile that evening
when young man begged:
Lee me be your protector through
life!"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-12-14
THE LITTLE WIDOW
A Mighty Good Sort of Neighbor 20
Have.

"a little widow, q neighbor of mine,
persuaded me to try Grape-Nuts when
my stomach was so weak that 1t
would not retain food of any other
Kind" writes a grateful woman, from
San Bernardino CO., Cal.
81 had been i'll end confined to my
bed with fever aud nervous prostra-
ton for three long months after the
birth of my secord hoy. We were in
despair until the little widows advice
brought relief.
81 liked Grape Nuts food from the
beginning, and in an Incredibly short
time it gave me such strength that
was able 20 leave my bed and enjoy
my three good meals day. In 2
months my weight Increased from 95
20 113 pounds, nv nerves had steadied
down and l felt ready for anything.
My neighEors were amazed to see me
gain so rapidly, and still more so
when theg heard that Grape-Nuts
alone had brought the change.
my 4-yaar-old boy had eczema very
bad last spring and lost his appetite
entirely, which made him cross and
peevish. put him on diet of Grape
Nuts, which he relished at once. He
improved from the beginning, the &c
zema disappeared and now he is fat
and rosy, with a delightfully."- soft, clear
skin. The Grape-Nuts diet did it. I viii
willingly answer all inquiries. Name
given by Postum Co, Battle Creek,
Mich
Read the little book, 1.-THE Road to
Wellville,' in pkgs. There's a reason. !"
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
xESerests
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-12-14
GOT THE LETTERS MIXED
CIergyman's Mistake Resulted In Giy-
ing Decided Surprise to Digni-
fled Archbishop.

One of the most amusing stories
which the Hon. Lionel A. ToIlemache
tells in Nuts and Chestnuts," is that
entitled, The Wrong Envelope" Mr..
M, missionary, shortly before
leaving England, received two letters
ono from Archbishop TAFT asking
him to dine, and the other from the
secretary of a religious society, a very
old friend, asking him to preach. He
accepted the archbishop's invitation,
and at the same time wrote to the
secretary, but put the letters into the
wrong envelopes.
After the dinner at Lambeth the
archbishop said to him: Mr.. M,
do you always answer your dinner in
Vitations in the same way?"
Il do not understand, your Grace"
The letter, which was then shown
to the missionary, ran thus: You old
rascal! Why did you not ask me be-
fore? You know perfectly well that L
shall be on the high seas on the date
you name London Tit-Bits.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-12-14

and in all other places, will be rein
troduced in the legislature two
months hence, says the New York
Times. If these minimal sums fan
below ten per cent. of the rental value,
the tax increases to this ratio. and re
mains constant even though the adver
Using device displayed within the as
sessed space shall be changed from
time to time. The tax will not con
stitute a license If statute or ordl
nance forbids the placing OF sucl
signs. it shall not be continued as per
hitting their erection or alHIntnnaRcs
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Precise.

Tho proofreader on small middle
western daily was a woman of great
precf9&on and extreme propriety. One
day 8 reporter succeeded in getting
Snto type an item about willie Brown,
rhe r0y who was burned in the West
end Fly a live wire"
On the following day the reporter
.founG on his desk a frigid note ask
ing, (which is the west end of a
lboy?'
EFT took only an instant to reply
1.-The end the son sets on, of course"
Ladies Home Journal.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-12-14

asked in an awed whisper. at is the
mountain working. Chat is the third
time since breakfast l have heard it
crack and strain. Ar six this morn
ing the Hotel Santa Caterina cracked. .
Good heavens! Do you mean that
the cliff will fall?"
Il think there IL great danger,
slgnore. We have Rad fortnights
rain, and the building of the Hotel
Santa Caterina there has weakened
the base of the mountain. shall go
and call the sEndic."
Far above him Believer could see
that many persons had come out Of
the Hotel Cappuccini and were as
semDled on the terrace looking
toward the overhanging part of the
mountain. He recognized the flowing
Whlskers of cid Signor Vozzi, the
landlord, and could see the white
aprons and the bright dresses of the
servants mingling with the darker
costumes of the hotel guests. Then.
on the terrace to the left of the house,
beyond the cloisters, just under the
grotto, he detected CLEAN of poppy
color, and, staring hard, he recog-
nlzed Lesley Fleetwood, walking slow
ly up and down. all unconscious of the
danger that threatened her.
With shout, Believer started for
the grotto. 1t was approached by a
long flight of steps which turned two
or three times until they reached the
terrace of the grotto.
The girl looked up suddenly, and
her face flushed. She turned from
him impatiently.
Miss Fleetwood, there is great
danger: the mountain will fall" he
cried excitedly. "You must come at
once"
MUST" repeated the girl, with a
surprised lifting of the eyebrows.
"This is no time for ceremony" he
answered; "the peril is near. Your
mother and everyone has run GU.
from the hotel"
"Are you afraid?" She looked at
him half mockingly, half disdainfully.
Il am afraid for you. entreat you
to come at once!"
Thank you. prefer to stay where
am, and to be alone"
With this there came from above a
shower of loose stone and dust that
poured from the edge of the cliff over
their heads.
"You sect" he cried. "My witness"
''Nonsense!" said Lesley, sharply.
fell
and things always fall after rain.
Pray lose no time in saving yourself
from the terrible danger!"
Down came another stone There
was a strange sound, mysterious, in
describable, that came from the
mountain. 1t was as if a giant i'm
prisoned inside were stirring eau
tiously.
The man and the girl looked into
each others eyes, defiance in hers,
pleading in his. But suddenly a hot
wave seemed to rush through Belle
ver's veins. With wild shout from
below ringing in his ears, he caught
the girl in his arms as if she had
been child. The mountain groaned
Believer sprang from under the arch
of the grotto and, as if that fettered
giant grudged the loss Of his prey,
there came great roaring, which
filled the air and confused the young
mans senses With a tremendous
crash, huge mass of rock plunged
down from the foot of the grotto upon
the very spot where, an instant ago,
the two had stood, smashing into
fragments the concrete pavement of
the platform. The ground shook un-
der Believers feet; the earth seemed
to quake as if it were turned to a
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-12-14
Christmas Eve in Havana

and the Cubans enjoy it in full meas
ure.
Up and down the Prado, that most
beautiful of boulevards, which extends
from the bay through the chart of the
city, people in gay attire promenaded.
Here and there boy or man carried
a pig which squealed vociferously, ap-
parently aware that Its time had come.
Pig is the Christmas dish of the Gu
bans. Just as the. turkey comes in for
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-12-14
Measure Of His intelligence.

Fido's Mistress (sobbing) lost
my dog; my sweet little innocent
pet!
Friend-Pm SO sorry. Have you
put an advertisement in the newspa-
per?
Fido's Mistress-Oh, what would be
the use? The poor darling doesn't
know how to read.-Woman's Home
Companion.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-12-14
Mo Jury.

Didn't you give that man a jury
trial?"
Look here" replied Broncho Bob.
there amt big lot O. men in this
settlement. We couldn't possibly git
twelve Of 'em together without start
IN fatal argument about somethin'
that had nothin' whatever to do with
the case. Washington Star.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-12-14
IL is the Real Holiday Time of the
Season and Enjoyed in Full
Measure.

1t was Christmas Eve in Havana,
the beautiful. In fact, it was Christ
mas Eve in various and sundry places,
but perhaps not so much so any place
else as in Havana Christmas is the
zeal holiday time of the season there.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-12-14
Left Him Thlnkinq.

Il promised my wife half-crown
to put in a home-safe every time I
kissed her. Later when she opened
the safe, there were lot of sovereigns
and hslf-sovereigns in it. l asked her
where she got them.
Everybody is not so stingy as
you,' she replied. London Tit-Bits.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-12-14
To Tax Advertising Signs.

A bill to tax advertising signs and
billboards at least thirty cents
square foot in cities of the first class.
and twenty cents and ten cents. re-
spectively. in cities OF the second class
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-12-14

Beggars lounged up and down in front
of the cafes, holding out their dirty
hands for aims, and occasionally going
inside to solicit from table to table
w A. Chamberlain in the New York
Evening Post.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-12-14
paHtinnlar Wnman.

"She insisted on having a woman
lawyer secure her divorce"
"Why vas she so Particular"
"She did not want to go contrary to
that portion of the marriage ceremony
that reads, Let no man put asun-
der."-Judge.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-12-14
A Born QuIbhIer.

Didn't tell you not to shoot any
quail on this place?"
"Yassus." replied Uncle Raspberry.
You done tole me an done heard
you. Dis ain no quail. Dis is part
ridge"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-12-14
Two Women.

"Pm going to Vassar and try for a
degree this year. Better come along"
Thanks dear, out I'm going to
Reno and try for a decree"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-12-14
Above Him.

"You say that she married beneath
herr"
"She certainly did, her father was
an aviator and her husband chauf
feur"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-12-14
Touching.

Jefnte-Everything he touches
.seemS to turn to gold.
Jir>--Yes; he touched me today for
a oyereign.-London Opinion.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-12-14

Yor have a corking good memory
il yoA don't tell the same story to the
same crowd twice-Atchison Globe.