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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13

Il think most husbands do that
And I've banged the front door open
and been cross to you At the table
I've found fault with the cooking. At
other times I've tainted you with sell
ing the gas and coal to send me to the
poorhouse. Can you forgive me2"
"Of course. All wives expect such
things from their husbands "
You have about 10 OF my old love
letters laid away he continued. Now
and then you get them out and begin
reading them to me, and get mad and
deny that I ever wrote them. I have
even charged you with forgery Is it
possible for you to forgiven"
quite so, Mr.. Bowsers No husband
wants his love letters read to him after
the first six months
But I'VE jawed about the clothes
pins to be found in the back yard and
I've fairly howled when I came home
and found a window pane broken. Now
that I am on the edge of the grave can
YES Mr.. Bowser, I forgive every
thing"
It's hard to die-hard-hard!"
Yes, but you ara sure to go to
heaven. Think how happy you'll be up
therer
Il don't give a dunn for being happy
up there." he moaned. IT want to be
happy down here. Mrs. Bowser, hold
my hands. Hold me back from the
gravel
Yes, yes. but there's the telephone
ringing downstairs, and I must run
down to answer
When she returned she found Mr.
Bowser sobbing, but that didn't chase
the smile off her face.
1t was q message from your small
pox friend she said.
Then he's d-deadi''
mot at all. He telephoned that his
doctor says he's only got a boilr'
Good lands."
And that the doctor that limited
about smallpox is a jackass, and he
himself is another, and that lou make
the thirdp'
Mr.. Bowser got out of bed and began
to dress.
aren't you glad?''
Mrs. Bowser may have asked you
bit ago to forgive me for certain
things in the past"
Yes. you did,
''Then I take it all back. and 1 want
dinner within 10 minutest''-(Copyright
1912, by Associated Literary Press)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13

Mr. Bowser was assisted upstairs and
into bed. Groans-sighs-eja calculations
EXPLANATIONS.
He was sprinkled with vinegar.
He was given hot vinegar and pepper
to drink.
He was told to imagine that he only
had chill.
The back of his neck was rubbed with
camphor, and mustard Tlasters applied
to the soles of his feet.
A cloth soaked in carbolic acid was
laid on his forehead.
He couldn't sleep. After an hour he
said:
Mrs Bowser, before I become deli
rious I want to say g few things to
you 1 have been a bad hush and to
you
ooh, not so very was the reply
But have. have come home and
kicked the gate open"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13

whom this man didn't tip.
He tipped the old hack driver who took
him to the hotel,
He tipped the hotel porter, and each time
he pushed the bell
He tipped the bellhop handsomely because
he knew he must.
He knew that he was up against the tip
receivers trust
He tipped the cafe waiter and he tipped
the bus boy. too;
The leader of the orchestra and all his
merry crew.
He tipped the car conductors and he tip
ped the corner cop;
He'd get the tipping habit so he really
couldn't stop.
He tipped the auto scorcher who ran over
him one day.
They took him in a basket to the hospital
straightway-
Before the operation he produced his
friendly purse
He thought he simply had to tip the doc
tor and the nurse
When he had reached the other shore his
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13

The wedding present question IS
mooted one We know IL is a mooted one,
Tor we have just looked mooted up in the
dictionary People who are original along
other lines seem to become worse than
proSalc when 1t comes to selecting gifts.
The average young couple starts out IN
married life with enough cut glass berry
bowls to last a lifetime. with the hired
girl smashing three every day. Almost
everybody seems to wait until the last
moment and then run to the store and
grab off a $3S8 cut glass berry bowl
which looks at least like 81, and then has
ten with it to the wedding. The rest of
the people take mantel clocks A person
may be very fond of berries and may also
be very punctual and like to know exact
~ what time it is every minute of the
day, but there is a possibility Of OVERRIDING
the thing It has never occurred to about
ninety per cent of the inhabitants of this
more or less enlightened country that
there is anything young couple viii ac-
cept besides cut glass bowls and gold
manteI clocks
But you want something original we
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13
Feeding the Ouails.

The game warden Of the quail
covers near Eastport. Long Island,
utilizes wheat in a unique way as a
source of food supply for the birds
first heavy snow. sheaves of wheat.
one sheaf to & tree, are tied upright
around the trunks, and tops bent over
and loose food strewn in all directions
to attract the birds. When new
snow comes. the birds go underneath
the bent-over tops and find the food,
the snow never completely covering it.
This has been done on a 10-inch snow
followed by a 12-inch snow, but inves-
tigation proved that there was plenty
of food left. and always one side of the
sheaves overed.-Popular Mechan-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13

Success club meeting next Tuesday
evening. Orch estra-Piano and vocal
solos short sessions of the word
study and public speaking classes
Playlet, THE Case of Sophronia'' by
the Dougherty Dramatic club.
The practical talk this week was
given by the Rev. John W. Wa1dron,
pastor of the North Topeka, NJ. E.
church. His subject was THE Success
TripIets," which he said were 'tpur-
pose" a program" and progress .
Reports of these practical talks by the
students forms one part of their bust
ness English work and helps to add
interest as well as fixing the substance
OF the addresses in their minds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13

and ends at Waterloo; and yelling
ton entered on that great and final
stage in his career as a soldier equip
! ped in a signal degree for his task
alike in mind and body and exper-
fence" 1t is according to this theory
that Mr.. Fichett has treated his sub
Ject- He is very graphic, vigorous
and above all, clear. Nobody will have
I the slightest difficulty in following
his descriptions of campaigns, al
though some of them, especially those
in the Peninsular, are very intricate.
Louisa NJ. Alcott's Little Women, -
perhaps the most popular copyright ed
story for young people for the past AZ
years. Will soon be produced on the
professional stage. William A. Brady,
the New York manager, has secured
the dramatic rights. The play will be
given in four acts and two scenes,
showing the March family sitting room
and the Plumfield apple orchard at
harvest time. The interior set win
| be replica of the Alcott living room,
in which the play practically was lived.
Many # the identical costumes and
properties used by the March girls in
/ their homemade plays will be used in
the production, especially JOS boots,
in which she played heroes and vii
lains, and which she got from ga lady
who had a friend who knew an actor"
The costumes viii be in the fashion of
the early sos and the production is
planned to reflect With closest fidelity
the spirit and period of Miss Alcott 5
story.
a volume in the nature of an auto
biography by the distinguished lawyer
and writer William Allen Butler is
announced by Charles Scribner's
Sons. It is called "A Retrospect of
Forty Years. 1S25-1S65, and is edited
by the authors daughter, Harriet Allen
Butler She took her fathers dicta-
ton when as an old man with failing
sight he lay on his study sofa and
looked back over his life. The volume
not only gives the very interesting and
unassuming narrative of his career
from boyhoOd on, but also a succinct
account of the growth of the anti-slav-
cry sentiment in this country and of
the other important developm po-
litical and social, in the period.
E. Phillips Oppenheim is unques-
tiOnably at his best when dealing with
the plot and counterpart of the under
ground politics of Europe, and in his
January novel, Peter Ruff and the
Double Four" he deals with the adj
ventures of a crime investigator and
private detective who later becomes
the chief of one of the most powerful
secret societies of Europe, the "Dou-
ble-Four." Peter Ruff is said to be
one Of Mr.. Oppenheim's best charac-
ter creations, while the Double Four
is one of the most amazing interna-
tOnai organizations that the fertile
mind Of Mr.. OpDenheim has ever in
vented.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13
SATURDAY

will name over few original gifts ana
You can take your choice.
Wheel chair.
Ton OF furnace coal.
Nickel plated wringer.
Electric belt.
One dozen porous plasters.
Order dentist for set OF false teeth.
Ear trumpet
One dozen vaccine points.
Bushel of false hair.
Patent mouse trap.
One barrel lawn fertilizer. 4
Case of axle grease.
Pair of crutches
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13
The Weddin, ToMer.

He holds her little hand in hisn.
There amt no hand so nice like her'n1
Her dlgits he yearns to imprison
And makes good each and every ycarn-
The relatives all watch and blubber.
The train has been due for an hour.
The natives stand around and rubber,
Because it is a weddin' tower.
They set and build an airy castle.
1t is a day they'H ne'er forget.
Y GU they amt commenced to rassla
With old High Cost OF Iivir yet.
So let 'em dream till the last minute.
Until the honeymoon is through.
For then there'l be no dreamin IN IT,
You can't hold hands and rassle, too.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13
EHsIN .THE.SPUR~.
3NF>. THE. M9NNENT
OSY By ROY X. MOULTON.
K. MOULTON.

THE Upper.
He travelled round
the country and
he tipped wher-
e'er he went,
And he was near
ly a W a Y s
broke" or else
was badly bent.
He tipped the
chair car porter
and the boy who
logged his grip:
In fact, there
wa Sn't anVOnA
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13
Steam Heat. The First Baptist Chursh

Cor. 9th & Jackson Sts., heated by the
Edison Steam Heat Co. VIII be warm
Sunday regardless OF the weather. The
Mems Club invites you 10 hear our pas
tor Rev. Robert Gordon, speak Sunday
night on. Raising Cain. or The Boy iu
the Home" The organ recital By Prof.
u. H Seymour begins At 7.lb ,. n
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13
That Wedding Present

That Wedding Present.
Dear Strive have been invited to a
wedding and we have got to take a
present We want to do something orig
inal, as we are really fond Of the young
people and sympathize with them deeply
Can't you offer a suggestion?
MRS. F. R G.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13
From the HicIzeyviIIe Clarion.

Hold Peters says he hadn't never seen a
barn dance. but, by ginger, he would II
he lived out in the Kansas belt.
Anse Judson, our banker. says ono oC
the penalties of bein rich is bein Obliged
to have grapefruit for breakfast.
Mrs. LATE Purdy, our prominent club
woman who has seen East Lynne
twice and way Down East" three times.
will read a paper at the next meeting OF
the club on "Maeterlinck's Influence
Upon the Modern Drama"
Grandpa Skibbs who has been voting
for Samuel rilden for president for thirty
years. says he won't die happy until III
den is elected. 1t begins to look as though
grandpa Is going to leave this world IN "a
discouraged state OF mind.
Uncle Bafe Purdy is dead set aEin
oatmobiles that he goes out the back
porch and shoots of his old army muskct
every time John u. Rockefeller raises the
price Of gasoline. il has sounded like "a
regular little battle Of Gettysburg lately.
Ez Hasldns who has been divorced
twice, is reading w. J. Bryans great
work. THE Third Battle" and Rettin'
posted before shinin' up to the handsome
young wilder who lives down on tho
Hickeyville rud.
We might whip Russia on water but the
trouble is there are a lot OF our fighting
men who don't drink IL.
Sausage is one OF the wurst things a
Teller kin eat
Hank Tumms says he doesn't take q
drink with everybody. They don't al IN
vte him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13

Queeut passage OF the urines the forehead
and the back-of- the-head aches; the
stitches and pains IN the back the grow
ing muscle weakness: spots before the
ewes: yellow skin: sluggish bowels.
swoolen eyelids or ankles: ieg cramps.
unnatural short breath; sleepfessness ana
the despOndency1
I have a recipe for these troubles that
you can depend on, and II you want 20
make a quick recovery. you ought to
write and get copy Z It. Many a doc
tor would charge you $50 just for writing
this prescription. but have 70 and win
be glad to send Il to you entirely free.
lust drop me a line Ike this: DR.. A. E.
robinson. I(944. Luck Building. Detroit.
Mfch and will send Il by return mail
ia a plain envelope. As you Will see when
Won get il. this recipe contains only pure.
harmless remedies. but II has great heal
trg and pain-conquering power.
II will quickly show Its power once you
use II 50 I think you had better see what
Il is without delay. ] will send you n
self at home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13

terror it was great.
He had no coin with which to tip st
Peter at the gate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13
IrrcslstibIe ImnnIee.

ITFcsIstIDIc IHIpIIHc-
To shake the furnace.
To have eggs for breakfast
To wear black derby hat
To look under the door mat FOR the
key.
To blame the coal when the fire goes
out.
To kick on your gas bill.
To banker for the piece OF steak next
the bone--(Copyrighted. 1911, by North
American Press Syndicate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13
$3.50 Recipe Free
For Weak Kidneys
Relieves Urinary and Kidney Troubles,
BaclSache, Straining, Swelling, Etc.

Stops Pain I'm the Bladder. Kidneys
and Back
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13

wouldn't 1t be nice within a week or 30
TO begin to say good bye forever TO the
scalding. dribbling. stralning, or too fire.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13

1t is Announced that the royalties On
the first $4,000 copies sold Of My Rag-
picker" written by Mary E Waller,
author of The vvoed-carver of Lynn
pus." are TO be given for the benefit Of
the Nantucket ,Mass.) Cottage hcspi-
tai
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-03-01
CALLS ACTION AN OUTRAGE
William .. Howells Discusses Situa.
tion at Lawrence.

New York, March Dean of Amer
loan authors and great lover of chill
dren, William D. Howells feels deeply
the indignities which he says were
hesped upon the innocent children OF
the strikers at Lawrence, Mass. On
the eve of his seventy-fifth birthday
anniversary he expressed his views on
the situation as follows:
sit is an outrage Could any one
think 1t anything else?
II cannot think of any more outra-
geous thing that could have been done
at Lawrence than for the police to pre-
vent these innocent sufferers In the
strike from being sent to places where
they could be properly cared for while
their parents fought the battle for bet.
ter working and living conditions.
II can see no possible excuse for
such treatment of either parents or
children as that reported from Law
renee"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-03-01
MORE OPERATIVES
RETURN TO WORK
Situation Less Troublesome at
Lawrence, Mass.

Lawrence, Mass, March More
operatives are working in the various
textile mills than on any previous day
Of the big strike, which is now in it's
eighth week. Fewer pickets are In
evidence than usual. and the police
have been given little trouble.
Several lines of activity In connec-
ton with the strike are being con-
tinued. Important among these is the
Investigation regarding the legal side
of the matter of expectation OF chill
dren from the city.
A probable development is the for.
NAL declaration of strike by the Gen.
tral Labor union of this city. Should
such vote be passed 1t Is expected
that general call for funds will be
issued to unions affiliated with the
American Federation OF Labor.
The relief stations in various parts
Of Lawrence daily are becoming more
crowded with applicants for food Be
fore each OF the stations there were
several hundred hungry persons. In.
cluding a large proportion of children.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-03-01
SEES PERIL IN
PEACE TREATIES
Senator Lodge Says Canal May
Be Price Of Pacts.

Washington, March 1.-The perils of
submitting to arbitration questions
which affect the vital policies and
problems OF the nation were outlined
In the senate by Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge of Massachusetts, Republican
leader and fourteen years a member
Of the foreign relations committee
Some of the senator's references to
the Monroe doctrines relation to the
treaties with England and France
caused a stir He pointed to the re.
ported efforts of foreign powers to OBJ.
tain coaling stations and harbors near
the Panama canal and declared there
was now afoot an effort by foreign
power to gain possession of Magda-
lena bay, on the Pacific side of Mex
leo Efforts had been made, he said.
to buy the Galapagos islands of Ecua-
dor. near the western end of the canal.
One statement, which held the close
attention of the senate. was that
those who had hoped to profit more
than $10,000,000 by the Hay-Herran
treaty, of 1903 were "even now strug-
Cling through assistants In this coun-
try, who mean to share the spoil, to
secure by arbitration what they failed
to obtain by blackmail and could not
seize by violence"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-03-01
ROOSEVELT AGAIN AT WORK
MedIiI Mccormick Among the Colo.
nel's Early Callers.

New York, March Back from his
trip to Boston, Colonel Roosevelt re-
sumed work at his editorial office. IL
was his first day in New York since
his announcement that he was willing
to accept the presidential nomination
and a large number of politicians
came to see him.
Medill Mccormick OF Chicago, who
has been managing the Roosevelt
headquarters in Washington, was on
hand when Colonel Roosevelt reached
his Office, prepared for an all day dis.
cussion OF the situation.
Mr. Mccormick denied the state.
ment that he had come over from
Washington because of a misunder
standing with the colonel 1t had been
said that he was disappointed when
Colonel Roosevelt stated that he
favored the selection of Senator Dixon
Of Montana as the national manager
for the movement. Mr.. Mccormick
said he was a good soldier In the
Roosevelt fight and made 1t clear that
he had not insisted upon being placed
n entire charge.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-03-01
SERIOUS REVOLT
RACES IN PEKING
Two thousand Imperial Sol
diers in Mutiny.
CITIZENS In A PANIC

Hundreds Of Shops Have Been Looted
and Much Reckless Shooting Occurs
Foreigners Summoned to Their Re
spective Embassies.
Peking, March IA revolt has bro
Ken out among a portion of Yuan Shi
Kafs troops, some hundreds OF whom
started riot They wrecked and sc,
hre to a number of houses and paraded
The streets. shooting indiscrimately,
A strong force of loyal soldiers has
been ordered out and is endeavoring to
restore order in the city.
The streets are crowded and the
greatest alarm prevails among the In.
Aabitants.
II is believed that the cause of the
revolt is dissatisfaction among the sol.
diers over the nonpayment of their
wages For some time Yuan Sh Kai
has been unable to satisfy the de.
mands of his troops, who are part OF
the imperialist army
The mutineers numbered about g..
900 Hundreds of shops already have
been looted,
Much reckless shooting occurred
outside the Chienmen gate of the For.
hidden City, near which the legation
euarter is situated
Inside the city proper the situation
IL quiet and IL is hoped by the au.
thorities that order will be restored
shortly.
A shell fired from one of the guns
In the hands of the mutineers fell
within the confines of the American
legation, but did not explode
Foreigners in the capital are being
brought into their respective legations.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-03-01
MARRIAGE FOLLOWS VERDICT
Jury Presents Silver Service to Cir
Acquitted Of Murder.

Grand Forks, N. d., March Ia sif
YER service, the gift Of the jury that
ried Miss Sylvia Mostad on a charge
Of infanticide, was presented to the
girl when she became the bride oi
Harry Hoffbeck, who was arrested
with her under the name of Harry
Rees, and who also was charged with
murder
The marriage of Miss Mostad and
Mr.. Hoffbeck took place in the same
courthouse in which the girl for near
ly thirty days was on trial for her
life.
verdict OF not guilty of murder
one day, and silver service upon hel
wedding only twenty-four hours later
established new record In North Da
kota.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-03-01
POLICE HEADS QUIT JOBS
Chief and Assistant Chief at St. Paul
Resign.

st. Paul. March 1.-Chief John
O'Connor and Assistant Chief John
Clark have resigned from the police
department.
Chief O'Connor assigned as the
cause the fact that he has been IRE.
peatedly humiliated and insulted by
the police board"
Republicans say the move is polit-
ical one, designed to disorganize the
department and aid the Democratic
ticket at the spring municipal cleo.
tons.
Many other members OF the depart
ment are said to be contemplating re-
signing. The chief says he has ad.
vised them all to stay.
It is known that Chief O'Connor and
Captain Clark have both applied for
police pensions. Their applications
have already been filed with the trus-
tees Of the police retirement fund.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-03-01
POWERS MAY INTERVENE
Francs Ready to Assist In Ending
Turko.Itaiian War.

Paris. March 1.--Confirmation of re-
ports that the powers are meditating
Intervention to bring the Turko-Italian
war to an end is given in semiofficial
note published here.
France. according to this note. Is
eeady to associate herself In any col
lsctivs action by the powers in max
Ing representations to belligerents
with the view of finding basis for
mediation and for bringing about
DeAoe.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-03-01
SUFFRAGE FUND IS RAISED
Fight VIII Be Made to Carry Amend
ment In Wisconsin.

New York, March lit took Mrs.
Crystal Eastman Benedict. the noted
Western woman's suffrage advocate,
less than fifteen minutes to raise $3,-
900 here for the cause" In Wisconsin.
She said the money, with other
funds already pledged, will surely
"earry" the constitutional amendment
permitting women to vote In La Fol-
letteg home state. The money was
landed at mass meeting In the Hotel
Astor
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-03-01
Knox Urges Closer Union.

Panama, March THE American
secretary of state, Philander G. Knox,
made his first formal appeal for q
closer union Of the American republics
The occasion was state dinner given
BY the acting president OF Panama.
Redolfo Chiari, in honor of Mr.. Knox,
and. judging by the applause. the sec
retary's remarks were received In =
spirit that was markedly synpAthstio
anA cordial.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-03-01
WILSON TO LOSE HIS JOB
President Looking for New Secretary
OF Agriculture.

New York. March 1.-The World
prints Z dispatch from its Washington
correspondent saying that President
Taft has offered James Wilson's port
folio. that of secretary of agriculture,
to three different men since the Flor
ida Everglades scandal was taken up
BY the house committee on expendi
lures In that department and that as
soon as his successor is definitely de-
tsrmined Mr.. Wilson will leave the
cabinet