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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16

~ John Styles and Susan Cutter
"A John Styles as fat as any OK.
4 y And Susan fat as butter.
And there they sat and sheiled the corn.
And raked and stirred the fire.
And talked of different kinds Of corn,
And hitched their chairs UP higher.
Then Susan she the pepper shook.
Then John he shook the pepper.
TIL both their faces grew as red
As saucepans made of copper.
And then they shelled and popped and ate.
All kinds Of fun a-popping.
While he haw-hawed at her remarks
And she laughed at his joking.
And stlll they popped, and still they ate
Johns mouth was like a hopper
And stirred the fire and sprinkled salt
And shook and shook the pepper.
The clock struck nine, the clock struck
ter.
And sti, the corn kept popping.
1t struck eleven and then struck twelve.
And still no signs of stopping.
And John he ate. and Sue she thought.
The corn did pop and patter.
TIL John cried out: THE corn's afire!
Why. Susan, what's the matter?"
Said she: "John Styles. it's one o'clock.
You'll die OF indigestion.
I'm sick Of all this popping corn
Why don't you pop the question:"
Unidentified.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16
If THOSE WHO LOVE US.

IF those who love US find us true
L And kind and gentle and are glad
When each grim working day Is through
To have us near them. why be sad?
IF those who know us best rejoice
L In what We are and hold US dear
What matter II the strangers voice
Shall speak the bitter gibe and jeer?
IF those who cling to us still smile.
Though grim misfortune has us down.
II they still think our work worth while.
What matters 1t II strangers frown?
Detroit Free Press.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16

In fasting feats. the sect known as
the Jains, in India, is far ahead of all
rivals. FaSts of from thirty to forty
days are very common. and once a
year the people abstain from food
for seventy-fve days.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16

TIE white cross on the red field of
the SWISS flag has religious mean
ing. 1t was adopted as an appeal to
Heaven in 1899, when the stout Swiss
fought and won one of their greatest
battles.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16
Parboiled?

Wife OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES re not
like Mr.. Knagg. They've been mar
ried twenty years, and Mrs. knagg
saws her husband is so tender.
Observation-Disclosures! We'll, he ought
to be after being in hot water that
lOnr
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16

TIE newly organized Boosters of
Spokane have adapted the following
yell: What can you-For Spokane
do can boost-And so can you-l
can-You can-We can-Spokaue!"
TIE cactus is coming into fashion
in England and Germany. a Ger
man writer maintains that cactus
blossoms excel all others in variety
and in beauty of form and color.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16

SMALL farms are the rule in Japan,
and every foot of land is put to use.
The farmer who has more than ten
acres is considered a monopolist.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16

GERMAN scientists announce that
everything needed to make a man
weigh $50 pounds can be found in
the whites and yolks of 200 eggs.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16

THE lower house of the Kentucky
Legislature has adopted with a whoop
a resolution endorsing Henry Waiter
son us Kentucky's choice for the
Democratic Presidential nomination.
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Gems In Verse
POPPING CORN.

POPPING CORN.
4 Nd there they sat a-popping corn.
~ John Styles and Susan Cutter
"a John Styles as fat as any OK.
4 u And Susan fat as butter.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-02-16

They were telling dog-stories in q
certain place in Olympia, the other
night where one can enjoy Its the
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-10

hall on March %. Nicholson will take
care of the high jump and the hur-
| dies for the Tigers while Kircksey is
out for another season of low hur-
ding and sprinting. Wickleman is
billed for the long distance events
with the able assistance of Jack Can
non, the crack one-miler. Although
Anderson, it is understood, is the only
old man back for the weights, Roberts
of last years freshmen bears a good
record with the discus Missouri also
has number of good looking fresh
men to choose from this year
Each College Has Team of IL.
Each of the two Missouri valley
schools will be represented by IT of
their best men in the Convention hall
meet and there should be a good eX-
hibition of track work when they
come together. From the five score
Of men who have reported to Coach
Hamilton this spring II will be
chosen to defend Kansas and bring
back the long end of the score from
her ancient rivals. Captain French
and Hazen are to be matched with
Nicholson in the high jump. Wood
bury and Hazen will take care of the
low hurdles while Wilson seems to
have everything his own way in the
broad jump. Wilson holds the uni
versity broad jump record of p feet
107z inches. Woodbury., Jones and
Hite are the Kansas pole vaulters.
Woodbury. has a record of IL feet
6 inches. The Tiger weight men will
be opposed by Ammons and Bowers,
while V. Wood, Bramwell and Burn
ham may show enough class to quail
ify. Davis is the premier Kansas
sprinter, while Patterson will contest
the mile with Cannon and is also
out for the two-nile against Bermond.
hurry, Stark and Adair are also can
didates for this event. Fairchilds and
Mcmillan will compete with Bermond
for honors in the half.
Among the other Kansas men who
are showing up in good form and give
promise of developing into good ma
terial are Gribble in the quarter and
relay; Eugene Davis, quarter and
half; Perry, hurdles; G. Smith, quar-
ter and relay; r. G. Davis, half mile;
Kabler, dashes;- Dolde. Keplinger and
Ben Davis, in the quarter; Babb, in
the quarter and 22O, and Cramer, in
the pole vault. The track schedule
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-10
THEY HOPETO WIN
Kansas Track Workers Still
Trying to Beat Tigers.
Hamilton Thinks Maybe This
Is the Year.

Lawrence Kan, Feb. loft the
number of athletes who come out to
do speed work every afternoon on
the indoor track in Robinson gym
nasiurn is any criterion, the Univer-
sity of Kansas should be well repre-
sented in track and field events dur
ing the coming season. Each even
ing from 70 to 100 bare-legged ath-
letes may be seen performing in the
gymnasium here preparatory to the
opening of the speed calendar in col
lege circles. The material at the dis
posal of Coach Hamilton this season
not only looks well in regard to num-
bers, but many of the many men who
have offered themselves to do track
services have shown real class and
the coach sees developing from this
SQUAD one of the fastest track teams
that Kansas university has turned out
for some time. Both old and new
men who have made good records in
the past on the varsity and fresh
men teams are striving for regular
berthS. This seems to be the only
sport in which a large number of
veterans are represented at the uni
versity this year.
The first test of the Kansas strength
on the track will be on February 10,
Baker in an indoor dual engageme nt.
This will be the initial tryout for the
varsity men and should give Coach
Hamilton a good line on the person
mel of the 1912 K. u. track team
Baker is said to have d strong team
this year and if the reports which
have been sent out from Baldwin are
indicative of their strength the Meth
odists should show the Jayhawkers
good time.
uov,a tn Reat TTOerS
After the Baker meet the next
event is scheduled to be held in Con-
vention hall with Missouri. This is
always the big event in indoor athletic
circles and the rivalry between the
two schools is as great as ever. 1t
is the one ambition of Kansas to cap
ture this annual contest and early in
dications point towards satisfaction
of this desire Missouri has been in
the habit of running away with the
Kansas City meet and the Tigers re-
natter of course, but since Hamilton's
men defeated the Missourians so de-
isively two years ago in the outdoor
meet there has been a feeling here
hat this victory should be repeated
INDOORS.
Missouri is to be represented this
sear by some of the fastest men in
he conference and by athletes who
nave distinguished themselves by their
stellar work on the track. Missouri
has lost a few good men, but che big
majority will be seen again in their
around the big circle. Bermond, the
fleet-footed half and quarter miller
who left the Kansas runners in the
rear last year, is back at Columbia
again and will be seen in action when
the two schools meet in Convention
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-10

this year is the heaviest in the his
tory of the school: 1t follows:
February 19-Baker university at
Lawrence.
March 29-Missouri at Kansas City.
April 5=K. c. A. c. in Kansas
City.
April 20 Drake relay carnival at
Des Moines.
April 27-Pennsylvania athletic
carnival at Philadelphia.
May 3--Nebraska at Lawrence.
May 11-MissOuri at Columbia.
May 25-Missouri valley meet in
Des MOines
June Western championship
meet at Perdue.
An indoor meet will probably be
held with either Manhattan or St
Marys in Robinson gymnasium be-
tween February 10 and March %.
This meet has not been definitely set
tied.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-10
JOHNSON MARRIED YEAR AGO.
No Return Slip Has Reached Marriage
License Bureau.


Pittsburg. Pa. Feb. 1O.=Looking
over the old dockets, the clerks of the
marriage license office here have dis
covered that John A. Johnson, better
known as Jack Johnson, champion
heavyweight fighter, received a mar
riage license on January IS, 1911, but
no return slip had reached the Office.
The license was issued to Johnson and
Eta H Duryea, white, who gave her
residence as Chicago
Says They Wed Secretly.
Chicago, Feb. 1O.-Jack johnson,
champion heavyweight pugilist, con-
f1rmed the report that he had obtained
a marriage license in Pittsburg and
said further that he had married Eta
H. Duryea in Pittsburg shortly there
after. Johnson said the marriage was
open and legal and there could be no
blame attached.
Mrs. Johnson said she had lived at
Hampstead, L. l., but would not dis
cuss her former husband. Johnson
said:
II married Mrs. Duryea secretly.
She had been divorced a year before.
Mrs. Duryea started the suit herself.
I know nothing about her former hus-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-10
FoRNf wARD soHooL I.EAGUE.
Harry G. Weber Is President of New
City Circuit.

The Topeka School Baseball league
team managers held a meeting at Har-
rison school Friday evening and de-
cided on a three game a week sched-
ule, playing Monday, Wednesday and
Friday It was decided to have a
straight school league.
The schools represented in the
league are as follows. Captains Roy
Johnson. Sumner; Vernon Porter car
field: George Offen, Polk: William
Cushing, Catholic: Gerald Kenyon.
Harrison. Harry c. Weber is president
Of the league.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-10
HE ORDERS TWELVE BATS.
Perhaps Baker Is Going to Stock the
Team With Them.

LOUISVILLE. KY, Feb. 10.-An even dozen
of those home run bats is the order
phia Athletics. sent to a Louisville turn
er. Accompanying the order was the bat
with which he made his two famous four
base drives that won the championship
for tie Athletics over the New York
Giants last fall. 1t was made in LOUIS
vile of Kentucky mountain wood that
contains luck, something equally po-
tent and he wants the twelve new ones
made just like it. Also he wants the
sacred relic of his prowess returned to
nm at his farm, Trappe, Nd.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-10
NO PEACE AGREEMENT DETAILS
Hermann and johnson Talk 1t Over
But Avoid Interviews.

Cincinnati, Feb. 1O.=After a con-
ference. Chairman August Hermann
and member Ban B. johnson of the
national base ball commission, an
nounced that while the new peace
agreement between the major an
minor leagues had been discussed, yet
nothing could be given to the public.
President Johnson left for Chicago
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-10
Remembering Another
Mans Wife,

is the subject on which Rev. Robert Cor
don will speak at First Baptist church
Sunday night. The Mems club invites you.
Brief organ recital by Prof. d. H sey-
mour begins AT 7:i5 y. m.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-10
Ask Your Doctor
Ingredients of AYERS HAIR WGoR

Ingredients OF AYERS HAIR VIGOR :
Suiphar, Glycerin, QUINN, SOdiam Chord
Cspsicum, Sage. Alcohol, Water, Perfume.
Anything Injurious F7ereP
Ask your doctor.
Anything OF merit here?
Ask your doctor.
VIII &c stop failing F1aIr9
Ask your doctor.
WITS &c destroy dandrSaffe
Ask your doctor.
VIII &C color the hasr2
Ask your doctor.
J. O. AYR COMPANY. Lowell. Mass
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-10
BILL DwYER SIGNS UP.

Despair Comes to Terms With His
New Manager
Lincoln. Neb.. Feb. 1O.-Advices re-
ceived from Don Despair, president of
the Lincoln baseball club, announced
that he had come to terms with Bill
Dryer, whereby the latter will be-
come the 1912 manager of the Lincoln
club
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-10
TOMMY NEE JOINS WITCHES.
Former Denver and Brown Trye-4
Signed by MCMILLAN.

Wichita. Kan, Feb. 10.=Secretars
Frank Mcmillan Of the Wichita base
ball club announces that he came to
terms with Tommy Nee, an infielder,
while in Chicago at the Western
league schedule meeting. Nee tried
out with Denver last year and later
was with the st. Louis Americans for
over four months. He is now reading
law in Chicago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-10
scranton swamps London.

Scranton, kan. Feb. 10.-The
Scranton high school team defeated
the Lyndon team here by the score OF
50 to II. Bunton was the local star.
Williams Of Topeka refereed the
game. Raymond was the umpire.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-10

band. All I know is that she is my
wife and who she was before that con-
Germs no one but me-"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-10

armed with data on the peace agree
ment to present to his league at its
annual meeting, while Chairman Herr
mann will leave today for New York
to attend the meeting of the National
To-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-10

has Redmond's promise to take on the
Dane here The Dane recently bested
the Milwaukee lightweight in a twenty
round engagement at New Orleans
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-10

round bout last night. For the first
three rounds Knight covered to stop
a smothering rain of blows, but in
the fourth ffoored Saylor with a right
swing to the jaw. After that the
Westerner was bested in each round.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-10
About Rep irs--

This factory will continue to operate
Repair parts will be easily and quickly
obtainable at all times. No tedious de-
lay by freight or heavy express charges.
While it is not to be assumed that you'll
need repairs often, we wish to assure
every purchaser that parts will be OBJ
tainable at small expense.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-10
ST. LOUIS SIGNS TEN MILLION.

Roger Today.
Seattle Wash. Feb. 10.-Ten Nil
lion. former Northwestern league
PLAYER who was sold to the St. Louis
Nationals by the Cleveland club, signed
his contract and sent it to St Louis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-10

Racine Wis. Feb. 10.-Joe Budar, fight
promoter. expects to stage a fight between
Jack Redmond and Battling Nelson the
latter part of this month He already
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-10
PHIL KNIGHT LOSES AGAIN.
Young SayIor Bests Him in All But
Third Round.

indianapolis. Ind. Feb. 1O.-Young
Saylor clearly Outpointed Phil Knight
of Leavenworth, Kansas, in their ten
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-10
You Also Help Open
Up A Big Topeka Factory

This is home industry. It's prosper
ity means Topeka's growth. In buying
one of these cars you not only get the
greatest automobile bargain ever offer
ed, but you do a service to your city and
state. Keep your money in circulation
at home and reap a handsome CASH
PROFIT FOR YOURSELF, besides.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-10

From the reports made by the vari-
Gus league managers last year the
fourth ownership in the Grizzlies
which NIcGnl offers to Hendricks is
a fairly profitable proposition. But
Jack is rich in his own name now and
doesn't need the money unless he has
pushed that regent inheritance across
in fairly rapid style.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-10

There is a letter from Barney Nc
Grath at this office. It is from San
Marcial. n. NJ. Can it be that "our"
Barney has wandered such a distance?
There is a. suspicion that such is the
case, as McGrath has subscribed for
the state Journal just as a man who
wants to keep track of the dope should
do
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-10

E'Seventy-seven'' goes direct to the
sick spot without disturbing the rest
of the system.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-10
imperative Need of

d is o ourm
1 ~. o 0
tooo they but
in
sharin the gof or o ne
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-10

Gunthorpe. who tried vainly to Sc
cure the Lincoln franchise during the
Ia te unpleasantness is now trying to
get a franchise in the Central league.
Gunthorpe is sure to make lot of
frir- Dis whatever circuit he may break
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-10

'Seventy-seven'' breaks up Colds
that hang on-Grip-that do not yield
to other treatment.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-26

There are more childless homes IL
Georgia than children to fill them, to
judge from the number of applications
the Children's Home society has re-
ceived for one little boy The. Geor1
gian printed a picture of this youngster
few days ago Robert McCord, su-
perintendent. said today that half a
dozen would be foster mothers had
asked for the boy and he hated to
think that all but one must be disap-
pointed
One of the applicants is a woman
with five old boy" said Mr.. Nc
Cord, "and she wants this three year
old for a companion to the elder. It's
against our usual rules to place a child
where there are other children, with
the possibility of his receiving treat
ment different from that given own
babies, but this is such a good home
we may make an exception
Children Take Her For Stork.
Mrs. Sarah haRoche Roberts,
worker in the Wesley Memorial church,
took one of the societys orphans to
new found home at Charlottesville
few days ago and wrote a letter to Mr..
McCord Of the way she was received
Children in wfordsville thronged
around her thinking she must be the
stork they had heard so much about,
and two or thu ee made urgent demands
for a baby brother or sister usually
specifying the exact shade of hair and
eyes desired.
The letter Mrs, Roberts wrote Mr..
McCord was, in part, as follows:
When the midnight train pulled into
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-26
Dean Heads Committee
On Permanent ORGANIZATION.

H. H. Dean. one of Georgia's dele
gates at large, was elected chairman
of the committee on permanent or
ganization In that roll he will play
prominent part in the convention
hereafter. 1t may be said that Mr..
Deans election to that high position
of great and abiding responsibility was
brought about more by reason of Geor-
gia's firm and uncompromising stand
against Mr. Bryan in the Parker con
test than for any other reason. The
delegates generally are persuaded that
whatever else may happen in Baltimore,
the Georgia delegation will never con-
sent to take any sort of dictation from
the Nebraskan.
1t is fact that the Georgians went
into the convention hall very much
against Bryan. They came out eter
nally and uncompromisingly against
him. If the commoner elects to get
back in his place. he can do business
whole show, he can not transact a
little bit. The truth of the business
is that there is more than one Geor-
gia delegate who believes that Mr..
Bryan is headed straight for Theodore
Roosevelt's third party, and that he will
land there before this convention Is
long a cold and dead thing of the past
Whether this suspicion is entirely jus
tilted by the facts in the case is a
question. but that many delegates be-
lieve Bryan is going to quit if he can
Thomas 3. Fielder was an honor guest
at a dinner last night given by Mayor
Preston. one of Mr. Felders warm
friends
A large party was present including
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-26
CAT THAT SPEAKS
is PROUD BOAST OF
HAMBURG WOMAN

LONDON June 26.-According to the
Dresdner Nachrichten, a Hamburg
woman owns a cat that talks 1t is
further stated that the animal is at
tracing considerable attention in sci
entific circles and that experts from
the zoo are about to test its linguistic
gifts
Some time ago the eats mistress was
very much surprised, so the story goes
when, instead of the expected meow"
which answers call the cat distinctly
pronounced the word "nein' This was
wonderful enough, but what is still
more so is that the cat was taught
other simple words, which it learned
quickly. Mich" (milk), Anna" Ohis
being the name of its mistress), and
others were soon used easily by the
cat
When it refused to say the word it
was asked to utter it was left in room
and deprived of food This never failed
and the cat pronounced the word re-
quired
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-26
100000 WON IN
ITALIAN LOTTERY
For the First Time in Nineteen
Years, the People Make a
\ "KiIIing."

MILAN, June 26.-After gambling
week by week over period of nine
teen years on their favorite numbers,
several thousand Neapolitans met with
extraordinary luck at Yesterdays draw
ings. so that the government has to
pay out over 100000 there in lottery
winnings.
1t should be noted that the lottery in
Italy is state monopoly, and one of
the main sources of inland revenue
Fireworks displays took place in divers
quarter of Naples last night and guns
were fred to celebrate the joy of the
populace.
The same two successful numbers
last turned up trumps in July. 1898,
when the Italian treasury distributed
about 100000 in prizes.