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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-11-26

country for Thanksgiving. Il don't
see how can set away" Mr.. Maddox
said.
But Mrs. Maddox had gone over to
the enemy, and she proceeded to show
how they could all leave the city late
on "Wednesday afternoon and return
early On Friday morning, send regrets
10 the Changers, return their matinee
tickets and defer Mary Thomas din
Eer invitation until Christmas time.
After all. Aunt Barbara is getting
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-11-26


art OF the day as turkey dinner"
'3r moment he hesitated, then he
rted out the truth, "I'm afraid
re won't be any turkey, honey"
Oh" she looked up at him quick
but you said--you said that you
1uld get one, jed"
81 know, but there don't seem to be
NY wild turkeys in these woods; I've
united and hunted" said her lover,
iii some dreariness.
SIT seems as if you couldn't have
united very hard" She drew away
rom him. Think how disappointed
the children will be-Jed."
81 know. But if there amt any tur-
keys. there amt any
"But you promised"
eyes. said I'd get one If there was
one to be got, but they don't grow
on trees, you know"
Put she did not smile. Sometimes
think" she said, YEARLY, that you
are just like dad. All my life he has
promised and promised that he'd DO
things, and he amt ever done them.
And when I promised to marry you, l
thought that I'd found man that was
different, and I loved you because you
were strong, and because you weren't
lazy like dad-but sometimes lately"
His lips were set in a straight line.
well. what have you thought late.
iy?" he demanded.
"That-that as you grew older
you'd be like the rest. of the men Of
the mountain. You'd just let things
slide and not care"
"And all this because you won't
have turkey for Thanksi wing" he
Sang out.
sier eyes met his squarely. "You
pnow It isn't that" she said. You
It's because want you to shoT
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long before

THE youngest Maddox set up a loud
wall. Marion called Mrs. Lawler "a
stupid thing" and the rest looked at
each other with foolish smiles.
This is the reason that on Thanks
giving day the Maddox family sat
down to steak, boiled potatoes, and @
sticky rice pudding.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-11-26

Jan Kubelik. who has started home
with s142, 600 or American money, IS
convinced that music hath charms.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-11-26

The girl that can't sing and won't
try to sing is bird that any young
man should be anxious to furnish q
cage for.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-11-26
And your father

And your father
and 1 are asked
to a whist party
at the Changers
in the evening"
Send regrets"
well, wait and
hear what your
father and Jack
say" Mrs. Mad
doX said.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-11-26
!. D = .
TURKEY THAT
CAME TOO LATE
/, TEMPLE BAILEY.
.Ar,s-,=rA HEY stood to-

liz I 3 L W. w
gether in the bare
grayness Of the
November forest.
There's snow
in the sky" said
the man, and
smiled. down at
the girl whose
scarlet shawl was
as red as her
lips.
Il want snow"
she said. for
Thanksgiving. 1t
seems as if the
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-11-26

When Maddox
and Jack came
home TO dinner
they we're met
with the news
that Mrs. Lawler
had seen Aunt
Barbara, and that
they were all to
be invited to the
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-11-26
ready for the train when the POSTWAR

left q letter IN
Aunt Barbara's
cramped writing.
III O W fortunate
that we are all
ready" Mrs. Mad
dox said, as she
tore open the en-
velope. Here is
ur invitation
now"
Aunt Barbara
sent greetings to
all and then went
on to say that she
had lately seen
Mrs. Lawler and
told her that she
was going to ask
the Maddox fam
lily out to the
country to Christ
mas dinner. you
must be sure to
come" she ended.
That's why l am
asking you so
long barorn "
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-11-26

Norfolk Oysters fried Al Ea3i-l:is
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-11-26

Flattery can gain a persons ear
when it is deaf to reason.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-11-26
FOR WOMEN

The Patriciar shoe, La France
shoe American Girl shoe, Educa=
tor shoe, DR.. A. Reeds cushion
sole shoe. The DornEry Imported
shoe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-21
FIGHT FOR BETTER RAILS.
Rail Men and steel Experts Begin Big
New York Meeting.

New York, March 21.-Railroad
men and steel experts from all parts
of the country met at the headquar-
ters of the American Railway associa-
ton here today to begin a series OF
conferences on the steel rail ques-
ton They hope, eventually, to come
to some agreement as to how to get
rail as satisfactory and as safe as pos
sible. The opinions of the two par
ties differ enough to make it probable
that the argument will begin at the
mines and continue through the whole
process of manufacture to the track
The railroad side of the case is pre-
sented by President Willard of the
Baltimore &. Ohio, President Loree of
the Delaware & Hudson, President
Nudge of the Rock Island. and Vice
President Kruttschnitt of the Harri-
man lines.
The steel men present include E. H.
Gary and James A. Farrell of the
United States Steel corporation, Pres
idents A c. Dinkey of the Carnegie
Steel company, Eugene ]. Burlington
of the Illinois steel company, Edmund
A S. Clarke of the Lackawanna
steel company, w. r. Wood of the
Maryland steel company. c. NJ
schwab of the Bethlehem steel com
pany NJ FELTON, of the Pennsyl-
vania steel company and George q:
Crawford of the Tennessee Coal and
Iron COMPANY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-21
RABIES ON INCREASE HERE.
FTfty-One Cases Treated in Year at
University Hospital.

Lawrence, Kan, March 21.-A warn
ing to the people of Kansas calling at
tention to the rapid increase of hydro
phobia in this state has been sent out
from the University of Kansas hospi-
tai operated by the School of Medicine
DR. NJ. T. Sudler, associate dean of the
school, says that the conditions are so
grave as to- call for legislation provid-
ing the most stringent quarantine"
F'ifty-one cases of hydrophobia have
been treated at the Rosedale hospital
this winter Unless treatment can be
given before the development of the
disease begins. there is no power in
medical science that can avert death.
Moreover the loss in human life is onN
a part of what the state suffers by this
prevalence of rabies. The economic
loss through the death of stock runs
into large figures. One man treated re-
Gently in the hospital recovered. but
all of his stock, bitten at the same
time, died
That a large part of the relatively
great number of cases of this disease
could be prevented by proper care and
watchfulness is the belief of the Uni
versity authorities.
By giving the treatment at actual
cost the University hospital saves the
people of the state many thousands Of
dollars in a year; but the purpose of
the hospital authorities is to make a
complete saving not only of money but
of life and suffering by getting the
state to realize that laws can be framed
to remove this menace.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-21
DICKINSON MAY HEAD ORIENT
Vice President to Occupy Stilwell's
Chair 1t Is said.

Wichita, Kan, March 21.-Edward
Dickinson, vice president of the KAN
sas City Mexico & Orient and one of
the receivers OF the road, probably
will succeed Arthur E. StiIwell as
president.
Mr.. StiIwell's resignation is in the
hands of a committee of bOndholders
and it is believed it will be acted
upon at a conference to be held in
New York today. Mr.. Dickinson left
Kansas City yesterday to attend the
meeting.
While the Orient is in the hands of
the receivers it is doubtful if Mr.
Dickinson will be named for MI Still
wells place, as the office of president
during the reorganization of the road
would be merely an honorary one
with no salary attached. Therefore,
it IS believed he will not be elected
president until the reorganization is
completed. which probably will not
be for a year and possibly longer
The work of placing the railroad on
A sound basis under the direction OF
the federal court can hardly be start
ed in less than three months
The committee of bondholders IS
composed of five English capitalists
and five Americans. The Englishmen
will sail for home tomorrow night, so
it is regarded as certain that Stilwells
resignation will be acted upon today.
Mr.. Stilwell will devote his time to
the United States and Mexican Trust
company, of which he is president.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-21
This LDiH Stop Your
Cough in q Hurry
Save 81 by Making This Cough
Syrup at Home.

This recipe makes a pint of better
cough syrup than than you could buy ready !y,
conquer the most obstinate cough
stops even whooping cough quickly. Sim
pie as it is, no better remedy can be had
at any price.
Mix one pint of granulated sugar with
u pint of warm water, and stir for 2
minutes. Put 215 ounces of Pinex fifty
cents worth in pint bottle; then add
the Sugar Syrup. 1t has a pleasant
taste and lasts family a long time.
Take teaspoonful every one, two or
three hours.
You can feel this take hold of cough
in a way that means business. Has
good tonic effect, braces up the appetite,
and is slightly laxative, too, which is
helpful. A handy remedy for hoarse-
ness, Group, bronchitis, asthma and all
throat and lung troubles
The effect of pine on the membranes
is well known. Pinex is the most valu-
able concentrated compound of Norwe-
gian white pine extract, and is rich in
guaiacol and all the natural healing
pine elements. Other preparations will
not work in this formula.
This Pinex and Sugar Syrup recipe has
attained great popularity throughout the
United States and Canada. It has often
been initiated, though never successfully.
A guaranty of absolute satisfaction, or
money promptly refunded, goes with this
recipe. Your druggist has Pinex, or will
get it for you. If not, send to The
Pinex Co., Ft. Wayne. Ind.
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railroader would read it, Twelve for
ty-four is sixteen to one

railroader would read it. Twelve for
ty-four is sixteen to one.
How Times Have Changed.
Il want to call attention to how the
times have changed since the days CT
Sockless Simpson, as you remember
he was sometimes continued Mr..
Pence. Lack of that garment in those
days was taken as an Indication that
a man was entitled to pose as the true
friend Of the people. Nowadays a
congressman is known as a lover OF
common folks if he can prove that he
rides to the capitol in Washington IL
a street car instead of an automobile.
Even that boast is likely to be pu-
out of date, since automobiles are COM
ing to be regarded by farmers as neces :
sites instead of luxuries. 1 dare say
the next step will be for congressman
to inform their constituents, as proof
for their sympathy with the masses
that they go to sessions in common
ordinary limousines instead of the lat
est type of flying machines. No, sir.
politics isn't what it used to be-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-21
PREACHER JOLLY IN THE DARK.
Congregation Sings Lead Kindly Light
=JanitOr Hunts Lamp.

Great Bend, Kan, March 21-Rev.
H. J. Cockeril, pastor of the First
Methodist Episcopal church of this
city, got out of a trying experience
during services held here recently. He
was about to announce his text at the
close of a hymn when the lights went
out. There was an embarrassing 81
lence for a moment when he relieved
the strain by announcing that he
would not give a cent for a man who
could not be trusted in the dark. This
broke the ice and someone started a
song in which all joined so heartily
that Rev. COckeril called out in the
darkness that hereafter when he want
ed good roustng song service he
would order the lights out. Some one
then started the familiar hymn, Lead
Kindly Light when the janitor ap-
peared in the entrance with a lamp.
Rev. Cockeril at once convulsed the
audience by announcing that the light
was coming.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-21

Grande has declared war on loan
sharks. In the current issue of the
Rio Grande Employees Magazine an
announcement is made that a crusade
has been started against the loan
shark evil The editor of the maya
zine declares it is willing to protect
any one connected with the company
who has to wage the unequal battle
with the financial buzzards.'
I'm any case" says the article,
where the statutes of the state nave
been violated, the editor of this maya
zine will swear to the complaint him
self upon learning the facts and will
see that the offending loan shark is
prosecuted to the fullest extent of the
law-and this without imperiling the
job OF the employee who is involved
in the transaction"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-21
LET FATHER WATCH BABY
While Mother Goes to Polls, Lecturer
Urges.

Kansas City, March 21.-"There are
two ways to care for baby while moth
err goes to vote. Either leave father
at home to look after him while
mother is at the polls, or take him
along and break him into the way
things should be managed in politics.
This suggestion was made by Mrs.
Sena Hartzell Wallace, state organizer
of the Women's Christian Temperance
union in Kansas, in an address before
the Kansas conference of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church in session in
Kansas City, Kansas.
ut has ever been the contention of
those who opposed woman suffrage,
she continued, that as soon as wom-
en- get the ballot the children of the
country will be allowed to shift for
themselves while the mothers flock to
the polls This attitude is altogether
wrong"
The program of today's session of
the ST. Louis Methodist conference
which is meeting simultaneously with
the Kansas body, was given to discus
sions of educational subjects.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-21
DRIFTS ARE WATERsoAKED.
Hill City Still SnowbOund-CoaI Sup
ply Is Slow.

ply Is Slow.
Hill City, Kan, March 21.-The snow
ploWs are now working on the main line
near Winona and when they get
through there they may be sent down
the Lincoln branch, which is still to be
cleared from Plainville to Colby. This
section of the branch has not had a
regular freight train for "A days not
any mail for nine days. Some towns
are out of the necessities of life. Menlc
reports shortage of provisions. Nor
land has no coal and Hill City has been
having a hard time to keep the in
habitants from absolute suffering. 4
few tons of coal have been hauled from
Penokee but the needs of the town are
imperfectly supplied. Three of the
churches did not have services Sunday
because the coal was needed for fam
lily use. Some families were known
to be without bread for several days
but flour was hauled first from Bogue
and later a car of flour, which had
been billed to John Ashcroft at Hill
City, but which was stuck at Danar,
was opened there and the flour hauled
overland so that the immediate needs
of the town were met.
The drifts are watersoaked and
heavy now so that even with a rotary
the work must be SLOW
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GIRL ASKS FOR HEART BALM.
Man Said Not to Bother Him or He
Would E"TeU.''

Wichita, Kan, March GA dark
cloud, which hung over him, was the
reason Merton A. Horner, son of a,
wealthy Kingman county ranchman,
gave for breaking the promise to mar
ry Lenora Parker, according to her
testimony yesterday in federal court
where she has a suit pending for $25,-
900. Both plaintiff and defendant are
25 years old and the girl says she has
been embarrassed bv the young man
after an engagement to make himself
her husband.
when 1 asked him if he intended to
marry me-" said the young woman,
che replied that 1 had better get an
other man for a husband and quit
bothering him or he would tell some
thing he knew about me-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-21
TAX Commission Ar DODGE.
Goes From There to Syracuse, Then to
Scott City Branch.

Dodge City. Kan, March 21.-The
state tax commission spent most of the
day at this place looking over the ter
minal properties of the Santa Fe at
this place. They came here in a special
Missouri Pacific car and after making
an examination of the properties were
taken to Syracuse. After completing
their estimates at Syracuse they will
be taken over the Scott City branch,
the only branch to be visited on this
trip. Judge B. F. Milton of this city is
on the commission. The other members
are Samuel T. Howe and j. A Bur-
nette. They were accompanied by
Clarence Smith, secretary of the board
and E. T. CARTRIDGE, tax commissioner
of the Santa Fe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-21
ROCK ISLAND TIRED OF CUTS
RumOr of Low Grade Line in South
western Kansas.

A Rock Island railway rumor is
being circulated in Hutchinson to the
effect that a new line is to be built
by the Rock Island leaving the pres
ent main line at Plains and running
through the Crooked Greek valley in
the edges of Meade and Ford counties.
The new stretch will connect with
the main line at either Bloom or
kingsdown, according to this report
This proposed line could not be
called a cutoff, as it would be no saw
ing of mileage, but it would avoid the
heavy grades between Plains and
Meade, and also miss the bad cuts in
Meade county which have given so
much trouble this winter
The plan would be to use this
branch or cutoff only for the heavy
freight traffic, and possibly running
local passenger train each way daily.
The new line would hit Wilburn and
go near Carmen, two towns now with
out railroads, and would pass along
the rich Crooked Creek valley, ten
b miles north of Meade
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-21
HOTEL SHEETS TOO SHORT.

A. e. Ice Causes Arrest of Five
WichitanS.
Wichita, Kan. March GA. E. Ice,
state food and hotel inspector, investi-
gated Wichita rooming houses and
found short bed sheets n five of them
causing the arrest of the landlords. It
is the first long sheet crusade the state
has made here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-21
ROADS KEEP JURYMEN OUT.
Court Adjourned Because Farmers
Cannot Reach Jetmore.

Jetmore, Kan, March 21.-The regu-
lar March term of the Hodgeman
county district court which convened
here Tuesday was adjourned this morn
ing because of the failure to procuse
jury on account of the impassa BILE con-
dition of the country roads. The Jurors
who braved the gumbo and qua gmires
were dismissed by Judge Albert s.
Foulks yesterday. Judge Foulxs has
granted this county an adjourned term
beginning April 9. The remarkable feat
ure of the docket this term is that there
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-21

halfway point and changed horses. The
roads were so drifted that a greater
portnon of the way the drive was made
across the prairie. Freight trains with
additional provisions, hay, corn and
feed for stock are expected in today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-21
HOLD PRIMARY IN EIGHTH.

First Preference Vote in Kansas Set
for April %.
Newton, Kan, March 21.-The first
presidential preference primary to be
held in Kansas will be in the Eighth
congressional district April %. At the
the Republican congressional conven-
ton to be held in Newton April 25.
This was decided at a meeting of
the congressional committee here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-21
HAUL MAIL IN WAGONS.

Greater Part Of IS Mile Drive Made
in Wagins.
Oberlin, Kan, March 21.-With high
winds driving sleet and snow before it
here and a temperature of IS degrees
above zero following the continued
cold weather, stock is in more danger
than at any other time this winter.
A four-horse team carrying AZ sacks
of mail started from Dresden on the
Rock Island for Oberlin, a distance of
Is miles. At noon they had reached the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-21
JOHN sCRIBNER is DEAD.

Pioneer Kansan Came Here in Early
Days.
Cottonwood Falls, Kan, March FL
John H. Scribner, one of the best
known pioneers of Chase county, died
at the home of his son, n B Scribner,
at Saffordville, after an illness of sew
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-21

are no criminal cases, the travelling
man arrested recently for counterfeit
ing having just been turned over to
the United States authorities at Wichi-
ia, instead of being held on a defraud-
ing charge here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-21
CRUSADE on LOAN SHARKS.

Denver & Rio Grande Assists EN-
pIOyees in Fighting Pest.
Denver, Colo, March 21.-FoIIowing
the course adopted by the Northwest
ern, the Illinois Central and other big
railway systems, the Denver & Rio
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-21

Arkansas City Adopts New Plan.
Arkansas City, Kan, March 2I-Ry
a majority of 81 votes, the commission
form of government was adopted ar
an election held here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-21

eral months Mr.. Scribner was born at
Ashtabula. Ohio, October 2, 1928, and
came to this county in the year 1860
locating on a claim near this place.
During the SO intervening years he has
been a continuous resident and a lead
ing farmer and stock raiser here. He
was a former sheriff of this county
and in the early days was quartermas-
ter of the Eighth regiment of Kansas
militia.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-05-25

sentative part Of the people ia by that
represen; ative part which you saw sitting
on this platform last night, l understand,
seid the Colonel, and one Of those
lifting roars that come from crowd
ever so often rolled through the hall.
When Trenton was reached the city
filed it's streets with torch carrying
marching parties and throng estimate
at from ten to fourteen thousand that
jammed the Second Regiment armory.
The Colonel was jubilant.
"1'm feeling way up in q. he told his
friends. and to the Trenton people to-
night he said:
II can .truthfully say that the battle
is won. ! want you to double rivet II on
Tuesday. When I entered this fight
three months ago II didn't look as II had
| chance.
They told me then there wasn't bit
OF Roosevelt sentiment in New Jersev.'
The Colonel attacked the United States
Rubber Company in Trenton as PAYERS
OF low wages and thus not entitled "a
, tariff protection. He was talking to the
| wage carners In the potteries and rubber
manufactures. urging his tnriff investl {
! eating commission to SEQ that the tariff
protected the working man. In the
potteries he said the unions we're strong
and the wages high in the rubber com
panics he charged that wages were lo~
but dividends and prices high.