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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-15
Soiled Muslin Garments

Some of which slightly from being the
counters prices many than half
15c Pantes, 1Oc-Made Csc Garments, 15c-Corset
with 1inch wide hemstitched with embroid
ruffle range of sizes up to cry trimming women's
IL years. drawers with wide hem
SIPS Garments 4ec-Dain stitched flounces that
ty corset covers pretty with of tuckng
gowns and drawers; beaut $1.5O Garments, 9Sc-Ex-
full trimmings of embroidery ceent pettcoats
and ace few corset wide embroidery founces;
and skirt combinations in this also dainty lace Styles
lot that perfect dreams
$500 Pettcoats Establishments that are mussed;
wide lace edge and insertion trimmng dainty
broidery styles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-15
NORTH SIDE NEWS
New Addition to Lyman School
Is Probable.
VIII Decide Matter at Meeting
in July.
ENROLMENT is INCREASING
Many Pupils Move to School
District,
Other Items of Interest on the
North Side., ~.
ENROLMENT is INCREASING

A new addition to Lyman school if
net a new building may be built with
in the next year. A meeting to decide
upon the matter will be held in July
after the June census has been taken
and filed and plans for a possible adj
dition or new building are being dis
cussed informally by those interested
today. This follows the formal bring
ing up of the proposition at the meet
ing of the district Friday afternoon.
At present the building has a "ca-
pacity house." to use a theatrical
term. The attendance has averaged
we'll in spite of the severe weather and
the school is becoming crowded. The
new houses on the Taylor tract with
from two to four pupils from each
home is partly responsible. 1t is also
likely that more families may move to
the neighborhood. tAs is also likely
each family may send two or more
pupils to the school Together with
the present enrolment and the hkeli-
hood of a steady increase a new build
ing is needed.
The school is one of the oldest in
Shawnee county.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-15

Our 81 so house paint is pure paint. ].
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-15
New YORK Coffee Mar

NEW LOFk NUIICc NHdEAOLs
New York, April 15.-COFFEE-Rie No.
T. 14a4c; Futures closed barely steady;
May 14.03; July, 14.12.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-15

factory to the comptroller of the cur
rency opened as usual today. About
S2,OOO,O00 in cash was on hand to meet
mandS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-15
Rugs, Iron Beds and Bedding

= $3.50 Iron Bed, $4.9S-
Heavy brass top rails and
brass vases; cheap at $3.50;
special, $4.9S.
$3.50 Iron Bed, $3.9S-Ex-
tended foot and brass vases;
a very handsome bed for only
$3.98.
Bed Springs, S2.25-Made
of heavy oil tempered steel
and fully guaranteed.
Bed Pillows, per pair S9c-
Filled with good, clean, new
feathers; good ticking.
$3.50 Seamless Tapestry
Brussels Rug, $12.75.
$500 Wool Fiber Rug, $7.95
Size 9x12; colors guaran-
teed.
LinOleums, heavy quality,
per SO. yd. 4Sc, 6Oc and 69c.
Bed Mattress ,$2.25-Full
size, wool top, excelsior filled.
Reversible Mattress, $3.50
Cotton, both top and bot
tom; good ticking.
An-felt Mattress, $4.75-
A genuine felt; heavy roll
edge; fine art ticking.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-15

Floor stains, fast colors. quarts 7sc
j. K. Jones Paint CO.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-15

ARRANGEMENTS were made this afternoon
Tor another game between the '.realIlars''
and the insurgents" to be PLAYED
Wednesday at p. m. WikidaI claims
Gear is ''peeved" at the defeat OF his
first teammates Sunday and wants re-
venge. The admission VIII be 25 cents
which includes the grandstand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-15
DEATHS AND FUNERALS

Mrs. Katherine Leaf, died about ?
O'Clock this morning at her home az
ZIG Klein street after having been sick
for several weeks. TITS funeral Will
be held at the Church of the Assump-
ton at 9 o clock Tuesday morning In
terment in Mount Calvary. Mrs. Leaf
was the mother of Charles Leaf, an
engineer on the Santa Fe, who former
ly had headquarters in Topeka but who
was transferred to Kansas City about
year ago. Another son, Ed Leaf, is
employed as a foreman in the Santa
Fe shops in Kansas City
Mrs. Olive Weber Henderson, wife
of Rev. Arthur S.. Henderson, pastor
of the First Congregational church
died Sunday afternoon at 4:30 O'Clock
at st. Francis hospital Mrs Hender-
son had been in i'll health for several
months and an operation, which
was performed last week, revealed d
cancer OF the stomach. Mrs. Hender-
son moved to Topeka from Muscatine.
Ia, about November 1, with Rev. DR..
Henderson, who came here to accept
the pastorate of the First Congrega-
tional church in Topeka. Mrs Her.
derSOn was the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Weber of Brown county,
O., and was born there September >
1856. She was married to DR.. Hender-
son December 25, 1888. She is survived
by one daughter, Miriam, and three
sons, Harold, Edwin and William Har-
old is engaged in farming and lives
near Muscatine, Ia. Mrs. Henderson
had q retiring disposition, was devoted
to her family and to the work of he1
husbands parish. She made many
friends during her short residence in
Topeka. The funeral will be held al
the home of the family at 3 O'Clock
afternoon. Interment in Mount
Hope cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-15

Extra Size Vest, 1Oc-A
splendid swiss ribbed gar
ment; low neck and sleeveless
with tapes.
Gauze Vest, 1Oc - Made
same style as Comfy Gut"
can't slip from shoulders
full allowance of tapes; equal
to 15c values elsewhere.
Sun Bonnets, 15c-Wo-
mems, children's and baby
sizes; neatly Numbered; such
as the credit buyer has to pay
25c for.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-15

Wall paper. A few 1911 patterns at half
price. j. K. Jones Paint Co.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-15

Guaranteed Paint, per gal
lon, $1.5O. ~ 1 s
Best Barn Paint, per gal
Ion, $1.15.
Floor Stains, per qt., soc
suitable for all kinds of wood
work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-15

Washburn Law School students vii
give a moot trial at the Success Ciuf
meeting next Wednesday evening ~
Dougherty's Business College.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-15

A small gas fire in the residence of W
p: Atchison, 1884 Tyler street at 3;i5 this
AFTERNOON did little damage. The fire was
caused by a leaking gas jet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-15

A city force is at work the East Fiji
teenth street road. putting it in shape for
the opening baseball game at Western
League park Friday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-15
The Paxton & Paxton s

It's selling system with bookkeeping
thai make a to trade
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-15

The reserve seat sale for the Karnival
Knights Minstrel show will commence
Tuesday at Stansfield's. There Will be q
rehearsal at the Auditorium this evening.
Wednesday evening the final dress re-
hearsa1 will take place.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-15

Guy Tobias. who. last winter, it is
charged, stole a barrel of cranberries
from the Lux Commission company. to-
day pleaded guilty in the court of Topeka,
and was sentenced to 80 days in the coun-
ty jail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-15

Mr.. and Mrs. S. G. Dolman of Ray
Ariz, are the parents of son. born Sat
urday, to whom they have given TIN
name Samuel Grove. Mrs. Dolnnan wa
Miss Alice willard daughter of Mr.. anG
Mrs. F. G. Willard of Topeka, and Mrs
Willard is with her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-15

Otis Hungate, acting Judge of the city
court today held w. A. McNamee for
trial in the district court. He gave 500
bond for his appearance. McNamee is
charged with fraud in a recent real estate
transaction.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-15

A German mass meeting will be held
Wednesday. April II. at D. m. At Ay,on
hail, Second and Quincy streets. under
the auspices of the National German
American Alliance. Mr.. Adolph Timm OF
Philadelphia, who is organizing ali Ger
man societies of the state, will speak All
Germans are respectfully invited to A.
tend. Admission free
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-15

Wall paper More than 100 new 1912 pat
terms J. K Jones Paint Co.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-15

''Abraham's Sacrifice" special co
ored Biblical film at the Aurora theatei
is we'll worth seeing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-15

Copies of the will of the late Mary Ann
England were received by the Shawnee
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-31

to see one Most of the buffaloes
have been run out by the carp.
Best time for fishing? don't
know. I've had just as good luck on
bad days as on good ones. When the
fish are hungry they will bite on any
sort of a day. I've caught big fish in
a snow storm, with the weather almost
at zero. When the river is frozen over
is as good a time as any. | caught a
45-pound fish once through a hole in
1S-inch ice. On windy days the fish are
not so wary; they don't scare so easily
then as on calm days. Catfish some
times go into hollow logs to lay their
eggs. When you find them there you
put a dip-net over the entrance to the
log and stir up the fish with a stick.
They will grab at a stick as viciously
as an angry dog, and if it's a pretty
big cat you're going to have some ex-
element before you land her"
Mr.. Leach's cottage stands on an
eminence overlooking the great river
from which he has drawn his liveli-
hood so long. He is in good circum-
stances, is vet strong and hearty and
still loves the old stream with all the
fondness of a boy. He has seen not
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-31

]. w Dozier- said that he was the
one who had horsewhipped the girl,
and offered no reason for his conduct
other than that he took the course
he did TO save his son Vogt, whom
he said was infatuated with the
young woman.
Essie Carter was taken to Macon,
Ga, where she has friends. She is
still in bed, and the three physicians
who are attending her fear that blood
poisoning may set in.
Citizens hare pledged a fund of
several hundred dollars, to be used
by the girl in prosecuting a suit for
damages against her assailants.
She declares she will sue Dozier for
$4,000. The action will be brought
in the federal courts, as the Carter
girl is a citizen of South Carolina
The grand jury, sitting here, will
probably also take notice of the mat.
ter.
In the meantime, movement is on
foot TO induce Dozier to resign his
office of superior court clerk Of Ter
rell county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-31

only its fascinating side but its tragedy.
In 1876 the Dictator crashed against
the first span of the bridge and II
men were killed in the collision. In
June, 1903, the Eagle, towing a barge
and loaded with excursionists, was
swept against a pier by the force of
the current and wrecked. Mr.. Leach.
who was engaged in fishing at the
time, hurried out in his rowboat and
rescued 10 women and a man. Others
were saved by willing hands On the
bridge, and by the utmost exertions.
in the face of appalling danger, the
men Of the river managed to avert a
fearful loss of life. For Il years. dur
ing the halcyon days of steamboating,
Mr.. Leach was a tender and watch
man on the draw-bridge. At that per-
iod the bridgeman would have to
swing the draw on an average of %
times for boats in each nine hours.
There were seven men on duty-three
during the day and four at highland
the fires in the bridge engine were
never out. Now there are only two
men on each shift, and sometimes a
week passes without a boat signal to
open the draw.
Among the noted boats Of the old
days passing up and down the upper
river, Mr.. Leach recalls the War
Eagle, Golden Eagle, st. Paul, Clinton.
Dubuque, Red Wing, Davenport, Rob
Roy, Andy Johnson and Lucy Bertram
nearly all large and beautiful side
wheelers. One windy day, while pass
ing the draw, the Clinton was blown
against pier and its wheelhouse and
a row OF cattle were knocked into the
river. THE Mississippi is a big story"
said Mr.. Leach, and 1t would take a
long time to tell it. It's interesting
from hundred different ways of look
ing at it. OF course in my business
I've been chiefly concerned with my
trade, but there are other things one
cannot help but see. A big stream like
the Mississippi means a great deal for
the valley through which it runs. It's
navigable and it ought to be used. Such
magnificent water courses in the old
world would be full of boats, carrying
the commerce of the country and also
tourists wishing to view the beauties
of the region. l like the old river,
and III bet some day-maybe not in
my time, but before very long-it will
come back to its own again, and our
people will be proUder of it than ever"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-31
VANISHING DAY.
It Brings Many Surprises at the Eng
lish Royal Academy.

It Brings Many Surprises at the Eng
Iish Royal Academy.
When the hanging committee of the
English Royal academy has completed
the work Of hanging" the artists
whose pictures are exhibited on the
academy walls are forwarded a piece
of pasteboard known as n vanishing
card" This card is the first intima-
ton the artist receives that his picture
has passed triumphantly throu>~- he
processes of judging and ''haE-lfg,"
and 1t allows him to visit the academy
on a particular day-"varnishing day"
Just before the galleries are thrown
open to the public. Hundreds of
knights of the brush are to be found
in the galleries Of Burlington House
on vanishing day." and here and
there are flights of steps and impro-
vised platforms covered with artists
putting the last loving touches to their
canvases. Here, perched on the top
rung of pair of steps, is young lady
with smiling face scraping her picture
with a palette knife and putting in
fresh spots of paint occasionally, while
on the floor at her feet Is young man
whose features are the picture Of mis-
cry, his eyes roaming toward the cell
ing. His canvas is hopelessly skied,
and he is silently abusing the members
of the hanging committee for their
lack of judgment
"Varnishing day brings many sur
prises to the exhibitors. One man will
find his canvas wrongly named, and
another. an impressionist, may be star
tied to discover that his glorious sun
set, over which he has taken so much
pains. is upside down. And for the
first time he realizes that an impress
slonist's pictures can be turned about
any way without greatly endangering
the effect
Turner had one OF his paintings
hung upside down. and old academi-
clans well remember that a little cam
vas. "a Sleeping Nalad." was once. ow-
ing to lace of space. placed on the wall
in an upright position and renamed
1.-THE Waking Naiad."-National Maya
zine
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-31

nves on beetles such as are found on
the tree barks. 1t is about three feet
long, measured from head to tail point
What makes 1t remarkable consists OF
two things-its hurried walk and its
lighting anger.
1t carries a sort of natural umbrella
top about its neck, which 1t elevates
suddenly with an alarming effect even
to ordinary lizard killing dogs, soaring
them as an umbrella opened In the face
OF a charging bull; hence 1t is called
the frilled lizard. Its teeth are not OF
much use as a defense against vigor-
Gus animal, but when It fights 1t uses
its long, 1.-THE tail in a way to bring
long bruises on ones hands-in fact,
could 1t be properly trained, IL might
serve as an automatic switch, which,
like the magic rub-a-dub-dub stick,
would at the word administer thrash
ing to the disobedient child.
From the scientific point of view the
creatures peculiar method of ambula-
ton Is most interesting. because 1t pre-
sents an absurdly grotesque appear
ance at such times. more especially
from the rear. 1t walks bipedally or on
two feet. like a bird, and so much does
1t resemble a bird in its walk that It
seems to be the connecting link be-
tween the ancestors of birds and the
lizards of today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-31

Dawson. Ga, July 31.-Feeling in
this city runs high against W. S. Doz-
Ter. clerk OF the superior court, and
his son Clyde.
Recently Essie Carter, a young
woman of Dawson, was taken out of
her bed at midnight by half a dozen
white men and a negro, carried to
the road and there horsewhipped al
most into insensibility. The negro
held the young woman's clothing
which was stripped from her, while
one Of the men applied the lash.
She pleaded for mercy but the raw
hide was laid on until the man who
applied it was so exhausted that he
could continue no longer.
After her assailants had left her
bleeding, the girl was picked up by
friends, to whom she declared that
J. w. Dozier was the man who had
administered the beating. His rea-
son, she said. was that she had
refused TO repulse the attentions Of
Dozier's son Vogt. who was in love
with her. She said that Clyde Do
zler. a son, had assisted his father
in administering the punishment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-31
MAGIC WATER TOYS.
Wonderful Play Toys That Amuse the
Children of the Orient.

Wonderful Play Toys That Amuse the
Children of the Orient.
Europe and America turn out for the
edification of their children many in
genious toys, but the occidental young
sters have nothing to compare with the
strange expanding water toys with
which the children of the far east
have for centuries amused themselves.
These are placed in small wooden
boxes similar to the little paint boxes
SO often seen in our own country. They
have the appearance of sOiled shavings,
broken matches and dilapidated tooth
picks, but when thrown into the water
Ithe ingenious toys at once exhibit prop
critics that show them TO be considera
bly, more than mere bits of stick.
The wood of these toys has been kiln
dried, and Immediately it touches the
water 1t begins to absorb the water
and to expand almost indefinitely. AS
it increases in size 1t separates and
suddenly opens. becoming a very pref
ty toy. One stick will change into
fOwerpot containing, it may be, rose
bush in full bloom. Another becomes
an obese mandarin carrying an UNI
brella. Still another will take. the form
OF sea serpent, very ferocious in its
tiny dimensions.
Then. too, there are toys which show
as whales, tigers. crocodiles. etc. The
figures are colored and present be
wildering variety in design and treat
ment. Their manufacture is a trade
secret, kept inviolate by the guild that
turns them out by the thousands.
For older children there are provid-
ed larger and even more artistic fig
ures. consisting OF historical charac-
ters-rulers. poets and soldiers-and
dwarfed trees and tiny houses, whose
doors and windows are full of inmates.
are also among this class. The more
ordinary kind cost a mere song. but
( the finer toys are quite expensive
/ New York Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-31
An Old Fisherman of the Mississippi

that make Marquette's Demon and its
roar look like side show. For at one
time a black sturgeon grabbed Mr..
Leach's line, when he was out in a
rowboat, and started up to St Paul
with it. Il own up" said Mr.. Leach,
that il gave me the buck ague. II
was the first time a fish really had me
going. | was using a big gaff hook
and stout line. Suddenly it frightened
and the boat commenced TO move rapid
ly through the water. The fish headed
up stream, with a power that seemed
incredible. We had quite a long fight
before he gave up, and several times
it was an open question whether the
big fish or j would win. Finally he
gave up and I towed him ashore. He
was eight and one-half feet long and
his head was One-third larger than
a wooden water bucket. When he was
hauled out on the bank he looked as
big and formidable as a full grown
alligator
When, as a boy. I started fishing
on the river the big fish were plenti
full. There are cat. buffalo, croppy,
bass and salmon. There were no Ger
man carp in the river then. Nearly
every week We would catch from two
to four catfish that would weigh from
20 to $50 pounds. 1t would take two
men to handle them. There was al
ways a good market for fish then at
bit G2h cents) a pound, and it's
a little funny that that is just about
the price you get today, and that was
over so years ago. | commenced fish
ing in 1858. and that has been mostly
my BUSINESS since, except when I
was bridge tender.
THE biggest catch ever saw? Yes.
/ remember II well. II was made by
Tommie O'Brien in the spring of SO.
Tommie was some fisherman, you
know. He swung his seine out in
Eagle slough-the bay up there. where
steamboats, would go through when the
water was high. Well, when Tommie
went out in the morning to haul in
his net, he couldn't bulge tit was
that full Of fish. He had EN- corralled,
like a stockade for prisoners in time
of war. 1t was a week before Tommie
could take out his net, and all that
time wagons from Hannibal and back
in the country would be driving out
and loading with the fish Tommie
would hand out TO them from the catch.
/ l think there were nine or 10 wagon
/ loads-nine at least-taken out before
Tommie could haul out his net. People
would come out in crowds 10 look at
( the catch. It got talked about in
town, and some wouldn't believe It IN.
Z til they'd seen II. Tommie lived high
on what he made out Of that and be
came q noted citizen.
Most Of the big fish are caught
/ on a trot-line. You use half a buffalo
/ for bait and a quarter-inch line. One
end is fastened 10 the island and the
other anchored by rock or piece of
/ iron down stream. All the way down
/ so TO 100 hooks or more are put on
the line, and you just follow the line
IN a rowbOat, take Of the fish, rebait
the hooks and drop the line in again.
Nowadays the big FISH run from eight
70 10 pounds, with an occasional cat
weighing %. The big 10O-pounders
are rare. It's q sight for sore eyes
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-31

Edgar White, in August Sports
Afeld, writes: In 1897 Captain Marryat
Of the royal na~y wrote thus about the
Mississippi river: 1T contains the
coarsest and most UNBEATABLE OF fish,
such as the catfish and such genus,
and as you descend its banks, are oc-
cupied with the fetid alligator, while
the panther basks at fits edge in the
canebrakes, almost impervious to
man"
II the English captain were alive TO-
day and We're 10 make such a state
mont as that about the FISH of the Mis-
siSsippi to Jim Leach Of Hannibal. Mo.
he would have 20 back water fast or
fight. Because Mr. Leach has been
fishing in that river since 1858 and
he'll take his Bible oath that there isn't
any better fish in all the world than
he has caught with trot-line and seine
in that period. Captain Marryat was
only on the river one trip-not long
enough to know what a Mississippi cat
/ FISH really tastes like. Had his exper-
fence brOadened, his opinions would
have undergone a great change. Some
OF the Mississippis early explorers
had queer ideas about the big catfish
/ that patroled its waters. When Mar
quette's canoe was nearly upset by
one he thought had run across the orig
inal sea serpent, described by the In
dams as demon and which caused
the explorer TO add whose roar could
be heard at a great distance, and who
would engulf them in the abyss where
he dwelt"
Now. Jim Leach OF Hannibal has
spent the rise Of so joyous years on
the river, and he can tell fish stories