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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-12

dat you can't live without her. In a
week or so you are married, and you
find she has seben hundred dollars in
do savings bank. What about de
whenceness of de whatness? Why did
you do it? Why don't you get a freight
train and beat your way to de New
Orleans races instead ?"
You am sittin' on de fence of a
summers wawnin' jest as you have
sot a thousand times befo'. You am
wishin' your ticket in de lottery would
strike a prize of a millyon dollars, jest
as you have wished ten thousand times
befo'. De flour and de 'tatters and
bacon am out and de ole woman needs
shoes. You am wOnderin' if it hurts
to eat huff 'possum to kill you, when
a lightning rod man drives up and
offers you a job at one hundred dol
lars a month and pays you fifty in adj
vance.
who or what sent dat man dere
Why didn't he take another road?
Why did his wagon freak down befo'
it got to you? Why want you in de
back yard jawin' wild de ole woman
We kin all see de whyness of de
whenceness. but what subtle power
brung it about2
Last year" continued the orator after
noistening his lips with two glasses OF
cider from the pitcher, L was in jail IN
my native state. 1 was in de woods
studyin' de habits of de razor-backed
hawg when a constable came along and
gathered me in. 1 sent to jail for 30
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-12
THE LINIE-KILN CLUB.
A CoIored Brother Comes From Ala
bama to Address 1t.

At the last regular Saturday night
meeting of the Lime-Kiln club Brother
Gardner announced that the Hon. An
timony Johnson of Alabama was in the
anteroom. and would deliver an ad-
dress, and would afterward make ap-
pIication for membership.
The stranger, it was explained, was
called the colored philosopher Of the
SOUTH and many of his wise sayings
had been given to the world in. print
Two more kerosene lamps were or
dered lighted, the dogs driven out
from behind the stove, and Samuel
Shin was informed that his bronchial
cough must be suppressed or turned
tee then proceeded to the anteroom
and escorted the stranger in.
The Hon. johnson appeared to be
man about 40-years old He was wide
between the eyes, bald headed, and his
toes turned in. He was one story,
built on the pattern of cake Of artt-
fetal ice-the same breadth up and
down-and his serious look showed
that he had delved deep into the mys-
teries of life. AS he made his bow to
the audience he had closed umbrella
in his hand, while his right was laid
on his heart. The impression he made
was favorable, though Giveadon Jones
whispered to Shindig Watkins that his
entire crop of cucumbers last year was
stolen by just such a man.
''Out do-ahs tonight suddenly be-
gan the philosopher. "dar am de eight
est kind o. moonlight
''Why amt it dark as a black dawg
under de woodshed? What am de
moon composed of? What was it
hung in de heavens for? Whar does 1t
come from when it comes, an whar
does IL go to when 1t goes! II / don
amount to shucks, why have it ct all?
Did you ebber stop to ask yourself
desc questions, or have you sot Ground
on de fence an take no interest in de
mysteries around you
while most of the members of the
club were confessing to themselves
that they had not attended to the moon
business with any great Vigor, the
speaker drew long breath and con-
tinued:
a sound sleep. All am quiet You
can't see what disturbed your SUM
bers You git outer bed. You don't
know why you do, but you git You
go to de door an look up an down.
All am as still as de grave De ole
woman, de chiFen an de dawgs con-
timer to sleep on, but you put on
your clothes an step into de night
You don't know what for nor
whittier YOU am goin', but de fust
thing you know you have walked a
mile, climbed a fence, selected de big
gest watermillion in de patch, an am
your way home ag'in. How does de
howness of de whtchness come ABOUT
why do you eat half de million befo'
wakin' de family up? Why didn't you
go de odder way an sit on the church
steps, instead of toward de million
patch %
There were suppressed EXPLANATIONS
of yum! Yum!'' among the old vet
Grams in the audience, but they also
shook their heads in puzzled way
and whispered to each other that Mr..
Johnson was too deep for them.
"A few evenings ago down in Ala
bama." said the orator. as he got
better hold on the platform with his
toes, ''I sot in my study thinkin things
ober Not a mouse stirred. Not a
dawg under de bed sighed De world
slept. OF a sudden 1 had a feeIin' at
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-12
MERCURY IS SLIPPING
From Until O'Clock 10 Degree
Drop Is Recorded.

Dropping 13 degrees in 8 hours, the
mercury registered "A degrees at 2:45
o'clock today. A fall to about the
freezing point is expected tonight, ac-
cording to sunny Flora. The ship
pers' forecast predicts freezing tenn
peratures west and north of Topeka
and slightly above the 80 degree mark
for south and east of here.
At Z o'clock today the tempera-
ture was % degrees above normal.
Tomorrow will be a very respect
able day compared with the weather
we usually have at this time of
year" Flora said today
Following are the hourly tempera-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-12
TESTIMONY
MONROE STREET

]. F. Coyne, 412 Monroe ST., Topeka. Kan. says
'I suffered off years kidney
There pains of my back
sides found it hard to I head
aches other troubles which showed my
Hearing Kidney spoI
of, decided them at Roweys Drug
Store. They rid of trouble and for a year
haven't a sign OF
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-12
DEATHS and FUNERALS.

George NJ. Kellam, aged "a years, died
this morning at his home at 500 West
Tenth street, after an illness of six
weeks. The funeral will be held at the
residence at 3 o'clock Thursday. The
services at the home will be conducts ed
by Rev. F. l. Hayes, of Chicago, for
merly pastor of the First Congrega-
tional church. The Masons will have
charge of the services at the grave.
Interment in the Topeka cemetery.
Mrs. H. H. Hedderman received word
Monday of the death of her brother,
Richard Maloney, of Cottonwood Fails,
which occurred at his home at 1890
o'clock Monday morning Mrs. He'd
derman left Monday night to attend
the funeral.
Mrs Elizabeth V. Taylor, wife of
the late DR.. W. 7. Taylor, died Sun
day morning. The funeral will be
held in Conwelrs chapel at 2 O'Clock
Wednesday. Interment in Rochester.
Cyrus c. Montgomery, aged 81 years,
died last night at his home at 5Is
Clay street. The funeral will be hello
at the residence at o'clock THIS
evening and the body will be shipped
to Denison, Kan, Wednesday morning,
for burial.
Henry Jones, colored, aged 20 years,
died at the home of John Holt, seven
miles northeast of the city, Monday
morning. The funeral will be held at
IL o'clock Wednesday at the B Street
Baptist church. Interment will be in
the Rochester cemetery.
Mrs. Alice T. Gibson died Monday
night at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. James Nelson, at 1923 Tyler street.
She is survived by her husband, L. y.
Gibson of Bushong; daughter, Mrs.
Nelson, of Topeka, and Mrs. May p.
Pritt of Bolar, Va, and Earl V. Glib
son, of Topeka. The body will be ship
ped to Bushong, Kan, for interment,
"wednesday morning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-12
LOCAL MENTION.

cruelty and neglect are charged as the
pass OF a divorce suit brought by Mari,
14hdsay against her husband, William ii
couple were married Nav 26, 1911 accor,1-
ing 10 the petition. No specific charges
are made: Besides a. decree the plaintiff
Marie Bowen.
irwin Snattinger has been appointed IN.
Surety company OF Omaha. Neb' havin1r
S crossed contract with the Omaha people
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-12
KANSAS AVENUE

N. H. Wolff. Ave-, Topeka, Kan. says: 81
suffered from backache for and
had a very attack, during which thought my
would break could lie position
length of time and also by distressing
ney Learning Doans Kidney Pills, got
box at Rowley's Drug Store and before
long, trouble thing of the past. My
beer permanent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-12

says he'll be hanged if you can have II.
Why?
What brung about de whichness of lie
whenceness?
Think. ponder and study and don't let
these things git de best of you all de TING.
And now, thanking you for your metrici-
Gus and alluvial attenshun and hopin' L,
be one of you ere long, L make my bow
and respectfully wish you farewell.
Copyright, 1912, by McClure's Newspaper
Syndicate)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-12
NDURANCE AND XLOR OF LIBRARIANS SHOWN IN THEIR PURSUIT
OF TURK HUNGRY and TIRED PRESS ON WITHOUT FOOD OR REST


found soldiers
sufficient
such the Busns have recently accomplished place the
of
detachment indotable
wast aken notfa from
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-12
JEFFERSON STREET

S. Cole, 721 Jefferson Topeka Kan, says:
lone of family used Doans Kidney Pills with
results that when backache
and other symptoms of kidney complaint, a supply
at Roweys Drug Store They acted promptly,
vincing of their curative powers. to
withdraw anything from former endorsement
esteem"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-12
EAST EIGHTH STREET

Mrs, Julia Neske, 1000 E. Eighth ST, Topeka Kan.
II afflicted with kidney trouble for long time
There dull, bearing-down pain back and
whole body often became lame and making it
homework. L had headaches and
spells felt miserable Seeing
Doans Kidney Pills advertised 1 box at Rowleys
Drug Store and they immediate relief. have
had trouble from kidneys since. You
tnue to publish my former testimonial"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-12
JEFFERSON STREET

Collins, 624 Jefferson St.. Topeka,
years the railroad and the Earring
kidney trouble. There dull pain
kidneys and back weak. The passages the
secretions often
plainly showing that kidneys doing
work right Doans Kidney Pills, Rowley's
the first relief
them since I always been bene-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-12
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

LOST-Automobile glove for left hand.
Reward. DR.. r. S. Magee, Mills Bldg.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-12
STOP! THINK! HAVE YOU
SUSPECTED YOUR KIDNEYS?

YOU may have kidney trouble and not know it.
The only signs may be an occasional twinge in
the small of the back, constant ameness and tired
ness, dizzy spells, some annoying irregularity
of the kidney action, like too frequent, scanty
or painful passages.
But no sign of kidney trouble can be safely g-
nored. Kidney disease moves rapidly and silently.
1t breeds uric poisoning, attacks upon the nerves,
brain, heart or stomach. 1t causes dropsy, gravel
Bright's disease, diabetes, rheumatism, govt
If you have any reason to suspect that your
kidneys are sluggish or weak, use Doan's Kidney
Pills which have brought relief to thousands.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-12

Mrs. Elizabeth V. Taylor. wife Of
the late DR.. w. T. Taylor, died Sun.
day morning. The funeral will bt
held in ConwelPs chapel at 2 O'CLOCK
Wednesday. Interment in Rochester.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-12
EAST FIFTH STREET

F. H Waite, D. St. Topeka, Kan, says
troubled off six months back and
afflicted with kidney weakness 1t almost i'm
possible for times and 1 also caused
kidney secretions
Doans Kidney a at Row
they just Civ
medicine since"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-04-13
MISSIONARY WORK IN AFRICA.

Sixty-four white Fathers and nine.
teen white Sisters departed for the
various posts controlled by these mis-
sionaries during the year 1911. OF
this number four priests and six nuns
were born in Canada.
Hard work, as a rule, does not ap-
peal to the natives of Africa, but as
their moral advancement, as well as
their physical well-being, demands
that the dignity of labor be impressed
upon their minds, the priests are
establishing farms in connection with
the missions. Here the Blacks will
be taught agriculture, and when they
master this service it is expected
their improvement, as a race, will be
marked and rapid.
Missionaries state that in Africa
the development of the faculties is
more advanced than elsewhere, small
children being remarkably precocious,
and often able to grasp the truth of
religion.
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LETTER FROM INDIA.

The work of the Propagation of the
Faith is like the sweet smile of divine
charity, shedding it's brightness over
the darkness of our ways.
"My diocese" writes Augustin Roy,
Bishop of Coimbatore, India, "especi-
ally knows how to value it's worth, for
it is in one of the poorest sections of
India. Besides an almost continual
lack of rain, we are each year afflicted
by the plague. To escape this the
people are obliged to camp in fields
for several months, and are thus
brought not only to poverty but to
actual misery. Many of the men, alas,
wearying of condition which offers
no hope of change, leave the country
altogether, often abandoning their
wives and children. have lost during
the last few years more than 10000
Christians in this way.
eve may even be obliged to give up
our settlement, and the college of ST.
Michael, as the plague is getting very
near, carried by infested rats, and we
will soon be exposed to the danger.
This will be severe trial, but we
must submit to the dispensations of
Divine Will, and accept the blows that
come from the paternal hand"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-04-13
A PERSONAL APPEAL.

An interesting communication re-
Gently reached us in the shape of a
letter written in stencil on palmyrah
leaf, and sent from far-away Ceylon.
The curious document, savoring of
ancient times, was accompanied by
the following explanation from Rev.
FIR. Francis, o. M. l., the missionary
in charge of these pious natives:
Il am enclosing herein, an appeal
sent to me by my little band of
Christian at Nagar-Koel. 1t is in
Tamil, their own language written on
an ola, or leaf of the palmyrah tree,
the material they use instead of paper.
This was done not by one of them, for
they do not know how to write, but by
by catechist, at their request.
Dear Father. We are but a hand
full of Christians here and poor labor
ers at that, working from hand to
mouth. Among the 5000 heathens
surrounding us, we are no more than
a drop of water.
cat every corner is temple to the
devil. We have none. Thanks how
ever, to the activity of the catechist,
our number is increasing slowly, and
in short time we hope st. Francis
Xavier will convert the whole village
to the true Faith.
eve have no place in which to say
the Holy Rosary in the evening or to
read the Mass on Sunday. Please dear
Father come to our aid and put up a
little chapel for us. We will be ever
grateful to your charity, and will rem
der all the help in our power.
Asking your blessing, we remain,
your children of Nagar-Koel."
The Father adds: II hope this little
request, so sincere in it's simplicity,
will touch the heart of some kind
friend of the foreign missions"
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rs our civilization finality? From
land of religious darkness and
anarchy, Christ may yet withdraw.
"Out of Egypt have I called My Son"
There are not lacking signs that the
East will welcome him again. In a
lecture at Baltimore, January II last,
DIR. Nitobe, of Japan, said: IF the
Christian religion were properly pre-
scented it would sweep the whole of
Japan" And in The Outlook of March
4th, 1911, we read the following by
Count Oukuma, of Toxic: 'The fatal
defect in the teaching of the great
sages of Japan and China is that while
they deal in virtue and morals, they
do not sufficiently dwell on the spirit
ual nature of man; and any nation
that neglects the spiritual, though it
may flourish for time, must eventu-
ally decay. The origin of modern
civilization is to be found in the teach
ing of the Sage of Judea, by whom
alone the necessary dynamic is sup
Piled" While we should be on our
guard against Oriental flattery, these
words from men representing the best
thought of "The Great Britain of the
Orient" ring true.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-04-13
FAVORABLE CONDITIONS IN MA.
GASAkI.

The Rt. Rev. J. A. Cousin, P. F. NJ,
Bishop of Nagasaki, whose death oc-
Cured last September, was the first
missionary to penetrate the Goto Is
lands. During his episcopate of
twenty-five years, he ordained forty
Japanese priests, founded thirty-five
new stations, and blessed fifty new
churches and chapels. The Catholic
population of the district doubled dur
ing the time of his residence, number.
ing at his death more than $4,000 souls
These are in the charge of SO Euro.
pean missionaries and rs japanese
priests. The European nuns are aided
by 172 native sisters, divided into ten
communities, in their work of conduct
ting the numerous schools, hospitals
and orphan asylums.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-04-13

AS CAME 1ntO my rooms they
struck a little chill to my heart.
seemed SO alone. A mans figure came
out of the dusk and voice I knew
so well cried out: Miss Townsend,
I've made myself at home Your land
lady let me in and I've invited myself
to tea. Bashfulness never was my
portion"
It was Mr.. Christian whom I had
met at the wedding, but who had mys-
teriously disappeared at the last.
Il hate goodbyes, and wanted so
to see you all by myself I ran off
here" he went on, as I removed my
wraps. I'm not like Dean. I can't
bear suspense. I meant to wait until
after tea, but can't Virginia, can't.
I love you-Dean knows it-but told
him you couldn't care for fellow like
me. Tell me, the best or the worst.
oh, Virginia, is it yes? Why, my darl-
ing, is it true?"
And, although I know this is Mr..
Andrews story and not mine, I can
not keep from adding how happy am.
No more long weary years stretching
out before me, with the fear always be-
fore my eyes of giving out and fail
ing Louise; no more lonely evenings,
and always the love Of good man to
surround and envelope me. IL I had
not already loved him I should learn
to do SO for his care of Louise, who
blossoms out under it, as Elizabeth
tells me that / have done. For Love
is the magic wand Of this workaday
world and touches even the life OF a
sensible, unromantic stenographer? p
Rhodes Campbell, In The RosayD Maoasfne.
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UPLIFTING THE PARIAH.

One of the most important works
being quietly accomplished by the
Catholic missionary priests in India,
is the uplifting of the forsaken Pariahs
from their outcast and humiliating
condition, to a state of self-respect,
and a higher place on social scale.
Crushed to the earth by the proud
Brahmins for so many centuries, these
unfortunate people had become we'll
nigh hopeless, but with the advent of
the missionary, new horizon opened
for them. The Gospel, which recog-
nizes no social inequalities, is reach
ing out to save them, and the priests
have the satisfaction of knowing that
they were the pioneers in this humane
cause.
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Continued from page 81
LOVE STORY OF DEAN ANDREWS.

Some women cry over their sor.
rows; some are historical; few bear
them calmly. Elizabeth was of the lat
ter type, yet never saw any one who
gave the impression of suffering as
did her eyes and her utterance of
those few words: "It is over and
must bear it." The rare tears sprang
to my eyes.
Elizabeth, you magnify the trouble
Others have married under similar
circumstances" But she shook her
head.
81 shall never marry" she declared,
and I felt that it was final. Nothing
that I could say made the least inn.
preston. lay awake long that night
tried to remember my work and
that it was imperative for me to rest
and keep fitted for it. All i'm vain.
Even Louise for the time took sec.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-04-13
INSTRUMENTATION SCHOOLS.

The question of assisting in secur-
ing Catholic education for the Next
can-American children in Texas is
one of the very difficult problems
with which the Catholic Church Ex-
tension Society is confronted. Almost
daily the officers of this worthy Or
ganiZation are in receipt of appeals
from the jealous missionaries, labor
ing in that section of the country,
asking if something cannot be done to
build little chapels, wherein school
might be held, SO that these little
children, whose forebears have been
Catholic for generations, may learn
something of what is legitimately
their birthright.
One letter from a priest in the
Diocese of Dallas, gives the informa-
ton that there are forty-one families
and seventy-seven children, as we'll as
Lightweight men, most of whose fam
lilies are in old Mexico, who are with
out church facilities. The Railroad
Company has been generous in per-
hitting the priest to use one of their
section houses for the Sacrifice of
the Mass, as we'll as any other pur-
pose for which the good priest wished
it used. A relative of one of the
prominent Archbishops of the United
States, who was visiting the town in
question for his health, freely offered
his services, gratis, to teach the chill
dren, with the result that last Septem-
Der a small school was opened; but to
use the words of the Reverend Father:
For time all was we'll, but as the
Mexican children wear very little more
than a smile and coat of perspira-
ton, it was impossible for them to at
tend school during cold weather"
The Executive Committee of The
Catholic Church Extension Society Of
the U. S. A, has voted $250.00 toward
assisting this place build a church and
the people are doing everything within
their slender means to raise sufficient
funds to make the completion of this
little chapel a reality. The priest in
charge of this mission is facing always
the knowledge that at any time the
railroad company may need their build
ing; and then people can have neither
church nor school. Even though this
building is mile from the Mexican
settlement, and in the cold weather
cannot be used, still it has proven a
God-send to these poor Catholics.
Perhaps some good Catholic, whose
brothers and sisters, as we'll as their
own children, are enjoying the advan-
tages of Catholic education, may feel
some compassion for these little ones,
whose future, without the influence
of religion, seems so dark. The Off.
GERS of the society will gladly send
any offerings made to the needy mis-.
sion if they are sent to 1888 McCor,
mick Bldg, Chicago, ILL.,
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THE CHURCH IN THE EAST.

The changes which are so rapidly
taking place in some eastern countries,
the evolutions as well as revolutions
which are letting light flow in where
formerly all was darkness, have drawn
the attention of thinking people to the
condition of the Church in the Orient.
In recent number of Truth, we read
this:-
Some say that the future of the
Catholic Church lies in the East.
Certainly the East has what we of the
West today need most: conservation.
Williams news., 1912-06-08
ITEMS OF GEN ERAL
 INTEREST
cocalHews

Hay and Straw for Sale. H. C.. Sanders. 5-2o-1t
 Deputy Sheriff Geo. Patton was a county seat business visitor last Saturday.
 For Sale-Residence lots in the Perrin addition to the townsite of Williams. Low Prices, easy terms. c. P. Silvernail.
 Sam Diamond went to Winslow last Friday evening, returning on No g Wednesday.
 Edw. Hoffmeyer, of the Williams Bottling works, transacted business at Ashfork last Saturday.
 Mrs. James Morehead, of Maine, was shopping and visiting with friends in town on Monday
 County Assessor Lee Doyle spent several days in town this week on business connected with his official duties.