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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-26

SO mild as that. Just half dead. You
see Mr.. A. dictated to me two hours
steady this afternoon. No, that's not
a terrible long time, but didn't I ever
tell you about him? Why he is the
bete-noir of the office We'd rather
take any. other mans dictation all the
morning than his for an hour. No, he
doesn't dictate so terribly fast. It's
just that he's so horribly nervous and
keyed up, and in a hurry inside that
he makes everybody he talks to feel
nervous and on a tension. Some of
the girls have Mysteries when he gets
through debating to them. OF course
I don't do that but / always make
four times as many mistakes with him
as 1 do with anyone else and I'm limp
as a rag when he gets through
But the best example of the conta-
gion of nerves, it seems to me, is in
regard to the telephone. When the
telephone rings very quickly I am
pretty sure one of two things is true.
Either some chemically nervous, i'm
patient person is calling or someone
made nervous and impatient by delay
or difficulty in getting me. If on an
swering the telephone l find the first
isn't the case, 1 always ask about the
second, and in nine cases out of ten,
find my supposition correct.
Try this some day. You'll find it an
interesting experiment and I'm sure
you'll be convinced, if you aren't al
ready, of the deadly contagion of
nerves.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-26

the homework and more. but honestly
it made me more tired tc have her in
the house with me than It would to do
everything myself. WHY it works me
up just to be in the room with her 1
think she actually radiates nerves. You
know I'm a good sleeper usually, but
she had me so worked up that 1 woke
up at half past four or five all the time
she was with me. 1 know she thinks
I'm ungrateful for all the work she
did, but 1 simply couldn't stand it an
other day
That's one example of the contagion
of nerves.
Here's another: livery stable
keeper just yesterday, was bewailing
the fact to me that his best saddle
horse had been hurt in a runaway.
HAD that horse for ten years and
let him to all kinds of people,-men,
women and children-and he never
ran away before. And do you know
what the trouble was, Miss Cameron.
1t wasn't that the duffer didn't know
how to ride. He's taken dozens of les
sons. 1t was just because he was so
darned nervous that he worked that
horse all up"
Molly, the little stenographer lady
also had an unconscious contribution
to make to this subject She came
home the other night completely tired
out.
"Tired?" said she, in answer to our
sympathetic queries. Not anything
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-26
EVENING CHAT
By RUTH CAMERON.

II you could isolate excessively
nervous people as we do scarlet fever
or d1phtheria or smallpox patients, we
should have a happier end more eff
cient world.
That is a conclusion to which grow
ing realization of the contagion of
nerves has driven me.
There is a widow in our town who
earns her living by 'accommo dat ting. ;"
This woman has the most nervous en-
ergy of any person I ever knew. She
simply flies from one task to another
and is never happy unless she is rush
ing. Unkind rumor has 1t that her tenn
permanent had something to do with
the untimely death of her late lament
ed, but I don't know about that. Re-
Gently she was recommended to a
friend of mine whose broken health
made it imperative that she have some
trustworthy and capable person to help
her about her house. Apparently Mrs.
r. was just the person. Actually my
friend endured her just week.
'1f should live with that woman a
month I'd be in the hospital" she ex-
planned to me later. ST never was more
tired in my life than at the end of the
week she was here. Yes, she did all
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-26
DENISON PAPER PICNIC LUNCH !

There is one way to thoroughly en-
joy an outing and lunch in the woods
or country; get ''Denison" picnic
lunch set. The set itself consists of a
large paper spread, napkins, to
which we have added plates. 6
spoons, saucers and a market bas-
ket. all for Csc.
OF course when you get this lunch
set you cannot resist the temptation to
select the whole picnic lunch from the
hosts OF good things to eat you'll find
here. They are all so good looking,
good tasting, appetizing and reason
ably priced that you will readily see
the advantage of buying everything
you'll need right here, without the
trouble of collecting a miscellaneous
assortment of eatables from all over
town and spending hours of hot work
in the kitchen preparing it.
Among some of the delicious eat
ables, especially appropriate for picnic
luncheons are:
POTATO CHIPS-Every one large,
thin, crisp and brown; no excess grease
and correctly sailed. You'll find no
others in the city SO nice for especially
at this time of year, ordinary kinds are
likely to be tough and leathery. We
have discovered a special process
which makes them exceedingly nice,
in spite of the age of the potato in late
spring. This in addition to the great
care in pairing, washing. slicing, cook
ing, draining and sailing gives you
potato chips that are impossible to ex-
eel They sell at 40c a Id.
BOSTON BAKED BEANS-Baked
real Boston style; deliciously favored,
deliciously Drowned; per at. 10c.
SANDWICHES-M from fresh,
light, special sandwich buns. Filler
from choice of the following varieties
of cooked meats: Baked ham, roast
pork, roast beef, cold tongue, meat
loaf; also Swiss and cream cheese,
peanut butter, etc, each SC.
DELICATESSEN-R excellently
prepared foods, including rice and tap
ioca pudding, spagetti, potato salad,
cottage cheese, boiled eggs. chicken
salad, Russian salad, bread pudding,
etc. Prices all moderate.
PICKLES, ETC.-A big assortment
of pickles, olives, salad dressing, jam,
sardines, fancy cheeses, etc. All the
very choicest brands, vet reasonably
priced.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-26

CAKES, COOKIES, ETC.-Every
sort or cookie-every variety of cake
scores of pastry dainties that Would he
rel1shed by all at the picnic dinner.
to 4Oc. iVo
We will be glad to prepare and racl-
the entire lunch for as many persons
as you expect. Try this plan.
BUY ICE CREAM IN PAPER JARS
THAT PEEL AWAY-QTS. zoe.
and rich, packed in quart and mini
paper Jars which peel away like a
paper pencil, leaving YOU a circular
quart OF cream which may be daintily
shced like brick ice cream.
were revolutionizing ice cream SELL
ing both in price and manner of pack<
ing. zoe quart is &c quart less than
ever was asked in Topeka before. vet
the quality Is first grade. The paraf1n-
ned paper jar is absolutely the best
way yet devised to handle the delicious
food; keeps it hard longer; easier to
handle; paper peels away and allows
snclng for a daintier way to serve
Pints 10c-quarts zoe
Isn't the heat sitting in your kitchen
on bread baking days? Gets the
whole house hot as an oven, doesn't
it
Would you bake bread at home il
you KNEW that there was a REALLY
GOOD bakers bread to be had? That
is if it were just as economical to buy
instead of bake?
We hardly think you would
If that is true, then there Is only
one reason why every woman in To-
peka doesn't buy Weston Bread-it's
because she doesn't know it's quality
One bite will tell you, that It's rich,
moist, light, wholesome and tastes ex-
tremely good-that it's away ahead of
what you have always thought bakers
bread to be-that it's even as good or
better than your own bread. If you
were to have chemical analysis made
you'd find it to contain a much higher
food percent than any other bread you
can buy or bake. If you count the ex
pense and waste work connected with
baking bread at home, you'll find NOT
economy but almost extravaganza IN
comparison to buying Weston.
Test out these facts. Find out IL
Weston Bread IS as satisfactory as We
claim and people tell you. Compare
it with any other bread made. YouH
quickly decide on Weston and bid "oio
bake day. goodby.
IDEAL BAKERY
The Place That's Different
t2t w. st1, st. Phone 100.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-26
ESTATE WORTH MILLIONS.
Much of Late Senator ElI1ins' Wealth
Was in Coal & Coke Railway.

Elkins. w. Va, May 26-The report
of the appraisers of the late Senator
s. B. Elkins' will, entered on file at
County Clerk Rowan's office, shows
that the senator's actual wealth was
which is divided as fol-
lows:
Money in bank at time OF death,
$117,357.64.
Stock value in 81 corporations, So
932.29s.90.
He had a bond appraisement in
nine corporations of 1898, 900.
He had $12,37o in miscellaneous in
vestments.
Bills receivable $4S,035.
Home property appraised at $4,000.
Real estate including timber lands
appraised at $117,147.5o.
His heaviest holdings were in the
Coal & Coke railway and the Morgan
town & Kingwood railway.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-26
DIG FOR CAPTAIN KIDD's GOLD.
Girl Dreams Exact Location of Ancient
Pirates Treasure.

walls of Fort Independence, on Castle
Island, now one of Boston's most
popular parks, a treasure hunting ex-
petition by permission of che park
commissioners, is seeking Captain
Kidd's gold.
The exact spot on the northwest
corner of the island where the treasure
is hidden, was revealed to Miss May
Kinnear in dream. Miss Kinnear
did the dreaming and her brother
George is doing the digging.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-26

to attend Bethany college commence
ment next week.
Miss Ella Olson and Miss Mabel Ross
gave miscellaneous shower last night
at the home of the former for Miss
Bess Ross, of Wichita, whose marriage
to Mr.. Frank L. Mouer will take place
June 81.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-26
WOMAN CHAMPION PLANS TRIP
Miss Hazel Hotchldss Will Play Tennis
I'm East.

San Francisco, May 26.-Miss Hazel
Hotchkiss, who was graduated last
week from the University of California,
college of social sciences, Will defend
her title as champion woman tennis
rlayer of the United States this year.
She will leave Berkeley for the east
on June 2, go first to Chicago to take
part in the western championships and
later to Philadelphia. where she VIII
defend her title against the winner OF
the all-comers tournament for women.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-26
IDEAL BAKERY
PLANS PARK WORKER PENSION.
Iaborcrs Who Have Worked Thirty
Years to Get Weekly Pay.

Years 20 tItL WColAIJ NJ
New York, May 26.-Old age pen
sions for park employees, street c.eah-
ers and other laborers in the empIoy
of New York city are PROPOSED IN
nlan outlined to the aldermen by Park
Commissioner Slower. He suggs IS the
payment of a full weekly wage to az
iaborers who have attained the age OF
sixty or have been at work for tnirty
wears continuously.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-12-11
AND READY TO FIGHT AGAIN
Cat Refused to 30 Party to Pro
eeedinSs by Which She Off,
cially Died.

Jerry the pet cat Of tue Stolz fam.
lily OF Bloomfield. N. j., considerably
startled its mistress when, the other
afternoon. II appeared at the kitchen
door after having been buried as dead
during the course OF the preceding fore
noon. jerry Ia Of a warlike disposi
ton, ana during recent combat, sus.
tanned such injuries that the family
decided to put him out Of misery. Ac-
Cordingly the garbage man was pre-.
vailed on to place the pet animal in
an old tin boiler. pour In shIoroform
and put on the lid. In a few min.
utes Jerry was dead" He was bur.
led and the StoIz children covered tho
grave OF their friend and playmate
with flowers. But life to Jerry was
sweet. so when Mrs Stolz opened the
kitchen door later, she found him
waiting for admittance. Mrs Stolz
screamed and ran. but her husband
let the cat In. and declared he would
not permit the warrior. to be KILLED"
again.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-12-11
ADVERTISED THE STATE

In the Union-Southern Pacific
lecture room at the Chicago Land
Show which closed Saturday even
ing. December 9th. there has been
delivered five hundred and six
lectures: ATTENDED by one bur dred
and fifty thousand people.
Thirty different lecturers gave
thirty minute talks accompanied by
illustrated. slides and moving
pictures. There were fifteen
di fferent lectures given on Nevada
which were listened TO with great
interest and caused a great de-
mand for literature.
That the state will be benefited
by this action of the Southern
Pacific Company, there can be no
doubt. 1t surely is an object
lesson, that company could afford
to carry exhibits free and also pay
out over $4,000 in cash for space
at this show.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-12-11
HIGHEST RAILWAY

To the question. (Which is
the highest railway in the world?"
the answer is-the Central Rail-
way Of Peru. In other words,
the highest point reached by any
railway line is touched by this
road, where the altitude of rails
reaches 1866 feet above sea
level. To reach this point from a
sea level the line passes through
fifty.scven tunnels over a dozen
principal bridges and utilzes thir-
teen switch backs, but has no
gradient up to d. per cent, nor
does it resort to rack propulsion.
A hand car started at Ticlio will run
unaided to Callao, the seaport and,
as matter of fact, such a car,
equipped with safety breaks, runs
before each passenger train, carry
ing an inspector on the lookout
for fallen rocks or other danger.
TicliO, above referred to is the
highest station in the world, with
an altitude of Is, 665 feet.
The next highest line in the
world is that from Antcfaeasta,
Chile, to Oruru and La Paz,
Bolivia. This line has also the
distinction Of being the narrowest
gauge line Ito and one half feet)
for such long distance. The
highest point is at Collahuasi,
where the altitude is 5000 feet,
fifty-six feet lower than the Peru
van line. New York Press.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-12-11

There is more Catarrh in thi.
section of the country than al
other diseases put together. and
until the last few years was supl
posed to be incurable. For a
great many years doctors pro.
Dounred it a local disease and
prescribed local remedies and by
constantly failing to cure with local
treatment promo, q ID it incurable.
Science has proven cararrh to be a
constitutional disease and there
fore requires constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure, manu-.
featured by F. J. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, Ohio. is the only consti.
tutional cure on the market. It is
taken internally in doses from 10
drops to teaspoonful. 1t acts
indirectly on the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. they offer
one hundred dollars for any case
it fails tn cure. Send for circulars
and testimonials.
Address: F. J. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills fol-
constipation.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-12-11
FIND VANADIUM
NEAR GOLOFIELD

G. l.. Diffenbaugh and Charles
II. Odds arc operating a lease on
the Anderson property. :ituated
about ten miles south of Goldfeld,
and have an excellent showing of
lead-silver ore. They have several
tons Of this ore of shipping grade,
which is stored while they are
awaiting the completion of a car
load.
On the dump considerable
amount of red material has been
thrown which, according to local
assayers, contains vanadIum and
the lessees are now seeking to de-
termine its value and to find a
market for the product. The lease
has made most encouraging
showing and extends for a period
Of five years from January next
Tribune.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-12-11
MERELY 0BEYED THE RULES
How the Late Tom johnson, In Early
Life, Squlrmed Out Of Very
Tight Place.

When the late Tom johnson started
In life he drove a horse car IN In.
dianapolis.
One night there war a big storm
OF sleet and snow and the tracks were
almost hidden, Johnson was on the
night shift, and In the storm he drove
his car two blocks beyon| curve be-
fore he realized the car W. off the
tracks and slipping along on the ice.
He tried to pull the car back and
rallied. Thereupon he unhitched the
horses, drove them back to the barn
and left the car where 1t WIS.
Next day the superintendent ,.tiled
him. Here. Johnson" he said. what
do you mean by driving n car OF the
track and then leaving It in the
street,"
Why" Johnson replied suavely,
that's In the rules for drivers and
conductors"
In the rules for drivers and con.
ductors?" roared the superintendent
Where, I'd like to know"
"Certainly." replied Johnson ct
says always to be polite to pass angcrs
DO you remember the kind of night
last night was? Well. there was a
lady on my car who didn't have an
umbrella and she lived two blocks
from that curve. So | drove her
nome. Saturday Evening Post
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-12-11
Swapping" tho Caribou.

In this country when you see q
tree. you know perfectly well It isn't a
tree; it's the horns OF a caribou ly.
ing down. An unusually large affair
Of branches appeared on an island -
the channel to Aylmer. landed.
camera in hand; there was tuft Of
heritage 80 yards from him; another
20 yards. crawled TO the first and
made a snapshot; then, fiat as a rug,
sneaked my way TO tho one I esti.
mated at 20 yards. The click Of tho
camera alarmed the buck; he rose,
tried the wind. then lay down again,
giving me another glance. Having
used NIL the films. now stood up.
The caribou dashed away. and by q
slight limp showed that he was In
sanctuary. The 20.yard estimate
proved too long: Il was only 10 yards.
which put my picture little out Of
focus Ernest Thompson Seton In
Scribners.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-12-11
$500 REWARD $500

!, j. c. Harris. sheriff of the
County of Elko, State of Nevada.
d., hereby offer and guarantee a
reward of Eight Hundred $500 .0O)
Dollars FOR the arrest and con-
victlon of the person or persons,
who burned or caused to be
burned, the hay stacks and barn
on Ed Carville's ranch in Mound
Valley, Elko County, Nevada,
during the month of August,
1911.
j. G.. Harris
Sheriff of Elko County.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-12-11

guarding which was too complete
was demoralizing to the operator.
in that it made him careless and
wha, maybe called sloppy" in his
mental attitude. A certain alert
ness incident to a knowledge that
the machine has capacities for
harm is derived from the use of a
machine made safe, but not COM
pletcly "fool-proof." That alert.
ness represents a certain port Of
attention to his work which makes
a man more valuable, and for a
longer time.-Mining and Scientific
Press.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-12-11
PHOTOGRAPHY NOT NEW ART
For Centuries Idea Has Been Under.
stood But Only Recently Has
II Been Perfected.

The first sunlight photograph Of a
human face was obtained in 1889 by
Prof. John William Draper of New
York university by the daguerreotype
process The centenary OF Diapers
birth has just been celebrated.
As long ago as the year $50 n Gre.
clan princess. Eudoxia Makremhossa,
observed and recorded what is sup.
posed to have been the first photo.
chemical reaction. Fabricius I'm 1856
discovered the darkeEing of silver
chloride when exposed to light. and
In 1877 j. II. Schulze. a German philo.
logist. utilized the discovery for copy.
ing The method was. OF course.
crude. Some years thereafter J. A.
q. Charles prepared In France single
shadow photographs. and Thomas
WedgewOod made camera and
sought to take photographs on silver
nitrate paper They were not sue.
cesses.
In 1916 Niepce invented a hello.
graphic process. Daguerre became his
partner In 1889 and together they
perfected the process. Professor
Draper carried the work forward and
astonished the world with his photo
graphic reproductions OF the human
face. Since that time photography
has developed year by year, passing
through the snapshot stage and on to
motion pictures
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-12-11
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS

The subscribers to the Daily and
Weekly Independent are hereby
notified that our contract with the
American Weekly of San Francisco
has expired and that we are no
onger responsible for the payment
of the subscription price. Those
receiving the American Weekly
should order it discontinued or
have it marked Refused" at the
postoffice, if they do not want it
continued at their expense.
W. w. Booher.
Proprietor Independent.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-12-11
REDUCING RAILROAD FORCES

Statistics compiled by the Bureau
of Railway Economics show that
railroads representing about 60
per cent of The total operated
mileage of the country reduced
the number of their employees by
81, $50 Between April 80, 1910,
and April 80, 1911. If the same
condition prevailed on other lines
not reporting to the bureau, rail
carriers throughout the United
States it is figured, had 10000
fewer workers on April 30th last
than on the some date in 1910.
Placing the annual income IF the
average railroad worker at $17OO
a year, the total estimated cut in
working forces represents reduc-
tion in the pay rolls Of the carriers
amounting to 1854 1000 for one
year. Since the returns were COM
piled by the bureau many of the
railroads, according to reports.
have adopted a drastic retrench-
ment policy, and the totals it is
believed, would be substantially
higher than those enumerated
BradCtreet's.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-12-11
A POLITICAL STRAW

A young Southerner. find ing
himself some years ago with a
comfortable fortune from his
forbears and also 4 degree from
the Boston Institute Of Technology,
cast about for sOre useful means
to employ both. He recalled that
his home town WAS a backward
Suth ern village, still SCARED from
the hardships of the war; that il
al without street car and electric
lights, while a river affording
ample sites for power plants ran
close by. He decided to invest
his fortune and his engineering
skill at home. When his power
plant was almost done he had to
borrow money on bonds.
Then he began to find out .
fe" things. The machinery be-
came strangely delayed in shipment.
His bonds went up in price without
visible cause, end il was evident
that some one was q heavy buyer.
Bankers who smiled on first hear
ing Of his assets would suddenly
chill. A year ago, after five years
of skillful mancuvering, the
fingers of those who wanted the
power plant closed upon it, and
the young builder was clothed
with a conviction that the grip of
Big Business over Big Money in
this country is thing sadly real.
In 1904 he was ardently for
Roosevelt, in 1908 for Taft. The
other day he made a special trip
to New Jersey to pledge to Wood
row Wilson all Of the time he
could spare. and all Of the resour-
ccs he could raise, because Of Gov.
e'nor Wilson'S opinions on the
money trust and also because of
confidence in the Governors
ability to help 10 shake its grip
Golfers Weekly.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-12-11
TOO MUCH SAFETY IS
A MENACE TO LIFE

The point was made in a recent
discussion on safety attachments
for machinery that the designer
was not called on to make his
machine "foolproof," but only to
make 1t safe. The argument was
raised that to overdo the protect
ion Of moving machinery was not
only to make the cost Of the ma
chine prohibitory when many we're
to be used, but also that a safe