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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-12
BowsER LEAVES THE HOUSE.
He Felt Insulted by Mrs. Bowser's
Advice.

Mr. Bowser had been walking up
and down the sitting room for 10 min
utes in an aimless way, when Mrs.
Bowser asked:
rs your indigestion worse tonight? >
Il hadn't heard anything about in l.
digestion was his reply.
Haven't got crick in the back,
have you?"
of course not
AS you drag one leg, l didn't know
but your rheumatism had come back. -
You'll next be saying that 1 look to
be 80 years old
"Of course, you dol-'t. but if any
thing has gone wrong with you, I
wish you'd tell me about it. 1 may
be able to advise with you
He hung off for two or three min
utes and then sat down with jar and
growled:
There are plenty of husbands get
ting rich by the aid of their wives"
And 1 am willing to aid you
Not by a long shot you're not. Efv
cry chance 1 have to make money you
step in and knock things endways.
I've had to drop SO different things
that would have made US rich"
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OAKLAND NOTES.

Mrs. Orion Reese of Winfield avenue
entertained her sister, Miss Esther Nye,
last Monday.
Mrs. AL Cuttings of Kellam avenue is
much improved, after a serious illness
and is able to be out and around.
Mrs. Roy Putnam has returned from a
two weeks visit with relatives in Trer-
ton, Mo.
The guests of Mrs Reese Van SAINT.
Mrs Jennie Martin and her daughter
Maud, left for their home in San Fran
cisco last Tuesday.
ter avenue left yesterday for Boise.
Idaho where they expect to make their
future home.
Mr. and Mrs. Potter of Oakland avenue
have for their guest Mrs. Anna High OF
WeatherfOrd, Okla
Mr. and Mrs. Elias White spent sun
day at Perry, Kan. with friends.
Miss Margaret Borst of Green street
will be hostess of the S. o. D. H. clup
next Wednesday evening.
Margaret Ollun Ambrose is the name .
the baby daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
Ambrose.
The friends of DR.. Ware will be glad
to know he is improving.
Mr.. F. c. Arnold of Rozell, Kan, has
returned home. after spending few days
here with friends.
Mrs. John Newell of Forest avenue en-
tertained Mrs. Engle and Mrs Stanton of
Topeka last Friday.
.,irs. Leary. ESQ Green street, will en-
tertain the w. c. T. L. next Tuesday
afternoon.
Mrs Griggs and daughter have returned
from the country, where they spent the
past week visiting friends.
Mrs. Robert Pugh of Belmont avenue
entertained Mr.. and Mrs Robert Butler
and son at dinner Sunday.
Comrade 3. P. Williams will celebrate
his SEVENTEEN birthday next Wednesday
evening, Oct. 16. at his home on Forest
avenue. All old soldiers and their fami
lies are invited.
Mrs. Jeff Liggett of Chester avenue has
had for her guest her brother, Mr.. j. ".
Mckee, of Big Springs, Kan.
Miss Evetta Tanner of OkIand avenue
returned home from an extended visit to
friends al Wamego
Mrs. Mary Carey of Michigan avenue
has returned home after spending TIE
week with her daughter in Topeka.
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form.' shouted Mr.. Bowser, with pur-
pie face.
Hold on a bit she replied. 1T
will be something new and novel to
| give the hyena his just deserts. We
| have been told to believe he is a cow
/ ard. 1t now trans pres that he is
/ even more courageous tnan the lion.
/ They would have US believe that he
never kills for himself. but lives on
/ what is left by Others. Per contra,
the fact has lately been established
that he pulls down and devurs ele-
| phants.''
''But what do care about all
this?"
There's a wave of reform sweep
ing over the country. Let US reform
the general idea as to hyenas Were
you to take for your subject the graft
in congress and the legislatures and
the police and officeholders there
would he nothing new. Were you to
lecture on the police protection of the
gamblers of New York city. it would
be threshing over old straw. Were
you to follow the cash Senator Pen
rose got from the Standard Oil
company, no one would care to follow
you, but"
What in thunder and blazes does
all this mean?" was fairly yelled.
Don't get hoarse over it," soothed
Mrs. Bowser. Il am giving you new
lead-a pointer. Take up the hyena.
Give the people to understand that
he is not the monster he has been
painted. His vices are few and his
virtues many. He love his young. He
is modest and retiring. His desire is
for peace, but when aroused by I'M
just accusation he becomes a terrible
foe. His lair is a hollow log or
hole in the earth. 1t is rare that
more than two young are produced at
a birth, and the male hyena is as de-
voted as the female. So far from be-
ing the ravenous creatures we have
been led to believe, it has been found
that a broiled spring chicken can be
left on the back steps over night and
will not be touched
This to me-to mel" whispered Mr..
Bowser, as he rose up.
Set the hyena right before the coun-
try said Mrs. BoWser, land you will
set most everything else right. For
thousands of years he has been malign- |
ed and kept down, and now let his !
sun rise and his attributes be known
''YOu-you mean that 1 am to lee |
ture on the-the hyena?"
That's my suggestion"
Never! Nevert Your suggestion is
a brazen INSULT"
Il did not mean it so. There is
another creature in which we have
all been greatly nistaken-the alliga- !
tor. If you had rather take the alli-
gator than the hyena-"
Madam, will leave the house!''
Don t.
Insult after insult!'
But I want you TO succeed as a
lecturer"
And I'll never step foot in the door
again. Great SCOTS, but talk hyena
to mel
In another minute he was out of the
house and going he knew not where.
There was 81 raging volcano within,
and very fortunately Providence came
to the rescue. He encountered a ped
dler who sold him a green watermelon
in July. and with a yell he grabbed
him and threw him over a fence and
then ran him half a mile in a vain
next morning when Mrs. Bowser open
ed her eyes the hundred thousand dol
lar lecturer was snoring away in his
accustomed place.-(Copyright 1912, by
McClur Newspaper Syndicate.)
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

d. Brizendine to r. NJ. Brizendine
lots 246-4S-50-52 Liberty ST., Rodgers
& Davis add; also lots 502-4 Sth
ave. E., same add; also lots 36-3S-40
Lafayette ST., Mulvane & Chase's
- III
E. G. Arnold and wife to w. Glass,
lots and Fillmore st. Histed's
add. ...................... .........-.... 1000
l.. P Roudebush and others to L.
F. Clearinghouse, pit. lot Il Elmwood
ave-, Potwin sub Observation-Disclosures. /
Same to ]. J. Corbett, same........-
J. Casson to A Acheon, ne. Il 33-12-14,
also pit. NV. "a 34-12-14. ..............-
o. Swanson and wife to G. w. Banta,
lot 1877 e. II SO Quinton Boulevard,
ANSAlWOQ
1. Faust to K. r. Wilson, lot 81 West
10th st.................... 1900
F. G. Travis and wife to z. ]. Ket-
tering, lots 25, blk. IL, Lyndon St,
Auburndale Observation-Disclosures. 81, O5a
NJ. S. Gold Inv. Co. to ]. Fairman,
lots S92-94-96 Wisconsin ave-, Key
stone add. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1
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Invalid-Is this a good place for nerves?
Proprietor of the Health Resort-It is.
Why, when I opened up here 1 only
charged $3.50 a day, and now I've got
the nerve to charge S5.-T:t-Bits.
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IT'S good plan to be prepared for the
worst" remarked the Wise Guy. And
you'll generally get it." added the Simple
Record.
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FOR RENT-FLATS.

FOR RENT-Inside room modern flat
Also Broom modern house at 705 Bu-
chanan st. Better Realty & Loan Co.
First floor New England BLDG
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WAHIEl-AGEhIS.

AGENTS-We wan an honest man or
woman Immediately in every town al'd
will make salary contract guaranteeing
$500 per day or Zoe per spare hour to DO
easy, pleasant advertising work. No ex-
perience necessary. On sales we pay 40so
extra commission, give credit and share
our profits. Experienced canvassers max
ing $500 to $1,000 daily profit. Write qulc41
Manufacturing Co., 102 Broad St, Provi-
dence- r L
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Personal.

FOOT-DOCTORS needed everywhere.
Earn $50 weekly; profession taught by
mail; diplomas; write for free booklet
tells how Prof. Frazier. LID, 101 West
ADD ST., New York.
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FOR SALE-HORSES, COWS.

Is NO. 1 Mich Cows, some fresh and
others coming fresh soon; also would to
furnish by carload lots Satisfaction
guaranteed. 1719 Van Buren,. Leitzow.
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WANTED SITUATIONS.

WANTED-Position on farm; am exper-
fenced. 1924 North Polk St, Topeka,
Kansas.
WANTED-Work of some kind evenings,
for room. Best references. 4242 Black.
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FOR SALE-POULTRY.

SANITARY dressed or undressed young
chickens, delivered. 1922 Red.
WE ARE MAKING a speciality of dressed
poultry and fresh country eggs. Give
US call. Wolfe Poultry Supply Co., zoos
Kansas ave. Phone 379.
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AGENTS WANTED-To represent a large
Health and Accident Insurance Com
pany something new and attractive; big
renewal contracts; choice territory Ad-
dress. American, Salisbury, Missouri.
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LOST And FOUND.

LOST-Between 917 West 10th, transfer
station and Grand opera house, pearl
sunburst brooch. Reward, 2620 Black
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$1,000

SI6WW
VIII buy room house, 2 east front lots,
good barn, chicken house, city and cistern
water, gas, cellar, sewer, fruit. shade,
block to Potwin car. for days 81 500
Phone owner, 1904 K 3.
FOR SALE OR RENT-My home proper
ty, 1920 Harrison street. rooms, strict
Iy modern. Terms to suit purchaser. H
F. Guthrie. Phone 1857 Red.
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WaHTED-FEMilE HELP.

WANTED-Comp white girl in fam
lily of two; no washing or ironing; good
ways 1927 Van Buren, st Telephone 7S7-
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W ANTED-women cooks, pantry girls,
dining room girls. lunch counter girls,
sir Is fer homework for in and out Of
town. transportation furnished. Emp1oy
ment Office. S11 Kansas ave.
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Want MALE HELP.

mail order business; began with IS. Send
for free booklet. Tells how. Heacock,
us Lockport. n. Y.
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PLANO teachers wanted-Earn $3.50 per
hour teaching rsgtime; system used III
"A cities: complete instructions free. Write
AxeI Christensen, 29T Auditorium Bldg.
Chicago.
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WANTED-Man to reshingle all or part
of two houses. Tel. 1901 Is ].
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WOMEN to do plain sewing at home for a
large Philadelphia firm; good money and
steady work; no canvaSsins; send reply
envelope for prices paid Universal Co.,
Desk l, Walnut st, Phila., Pa
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FOR RENT-Good 5-room, partly modern
house, close in, 1923 East Eighth. 222S
Red.
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ANY INTELLIGENT person may earn
steady income corresponding for news
papers. Experience unnecessary. Address
Press Corresponding Bureau, Washil-S-
ton ID. G
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MAN to travel in Kansas. Soaps. gro
cerieS, jewelry, etc. Good pay and tailor
ed suit or 20 year watch in 80 days. Ex-
perience unnecessary. ]. Z. McBrady &
Co. Chicago.
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RECONF, DETECTIVES $4,000 to
S3OO 90 monthly Particulars write Ere |
ericlx Wagner 1243 Lexington Avenue.
New York.
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WILL. PAY not over SIS cash for good
used piano Address Music care
T01
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GOVERN MENT EXAMINATIONS Mos:
thorough preparation 50. Returned if not
appointed. Particulars free. American
Civil Service School, Washington, D. C
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MAIL CARRIERS, postoffice clerks, $500
month. Topeka examinations during No
vember. Free coaching. Franklin In
stitute Dept. 1874 T., Rochester, n. Y.
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WANTED-Furnace men and timer at
I.ukens Bros, 81 Kansas ave, North
Topeka, Kan.
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FOR RENT-3-room cottage in good ue-
pair, gas and city water 325 Lake st
761.
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EOR RENT-FLATS.

MODERN room flats. sol Buchanan,
$500 and 5000 2154 Blue.
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FOR RENT-Modern cottage, seven
rooms, combination furnace and lights;
washstand, toilet. bath, $40. 311 West
Twelfth
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WANTED-Four good live men to make
up our wagon crew; experience not nee
essary, but good workers. Apply about
8 n m 100 Jackson st.
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WANTED-Farm hands, dairymen. ranch
men, apple pickers and, laborers of ali
kinds, man cooks second cooks, walters
and porterS for hotels, in and out of town
EmploYment Office. S11 Kansas ave.
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FIREMEN AND BRAKE
men for nearby railroads.&c. to
800 monthly. Age Is to 335 Experience
unnecessary; no strike Promotion to En-
gineer, Conductor. Railroad Employing
Headquarters. No charge for assistance
to employment. State age; send stamp
for application. Railway Association, -
care Journal.
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IMMEDIATELY, ladies to travel in
Kansas and Colorado also two in
Oklahoma and Texas SIS month and eN-
penses. ladies to work in Topeka, S!.oy
day Cali New Midland hotel Mrs. J. ii
Jones
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FOR RENTS room modern house with
bath, 522 Topeka ave. 204S Red.
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WANTED-2nd hand furniture and stoves
Mickle, 300 Kansas ave. Phone 1425
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WANTED MISCELLANEOUS.

GOOD milk COWS, fat cattle and veal
calves. W. c. A. Leitzow: Tel. 257.
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borers. Apply "a East 1st
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Fob RENT-MISCELLANEOUS.

FOB RENT-Store room and basement
e29 Kansas ave. 2299 Blue.
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FOR SALE-Unredeemed shofgtIus an
makes Remington. Winchester Morlfn
L. c. Smith. single and double barrel
Prices are right Call Gordon Bros Loan
Office. 400 Kansas ave.
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FOR RENTING. sos E. 10th St, rooms
$11.O0. No. AS Cedar st, rooms. 81 OO
Phone 141S w. r. D. Blaine, SIS Kansas
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MODERN room house, 1909 West 5th
$500 Phone 2154 Blue.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-09
FEATURES OF THIS ISSUE.

VrAfIER OF A BILLION DOLLARS FROM BETTER SEED
is What Inferior
ION OF COTTONA Little Study of the Crops Needs
AOoR CHILDREN GOOD BOOKS-A Home Without Good
'adng Matter Observation-Disclosures.
~, ~ FERTIIIZE ORCHARD Trees Ferlizing
o 'ast the Same
CoIi1o ARE TOO POOR TO GROW CORN-If You Doubt It,
We SELL HAY "A Question BE
by Each 20
AlH TO INCREASE THE YIELD OF CORN-Beter Seed
Feparation, Better Cultivation
Cnoio ~ DO WHEN THE STOCK GET sICK-Dont Doctor by
VIM UueSS ........ ....................
Hail. HAVE TRAVELLING IIBRARIES?-HOw They Would
is ~ = HERN CORN CROPS so sMALI4-The Reason
Why THr FOUND in Depleted Poor Farming
part 'iSE OF COTTON HAS GONE UP-Dont Be Induced ~
WHY Dig crop by the Recent Rise Ia
'tlol LID PROTECT BRDS-Have You Any Idea
'oon or Quail is Worth? .................... lo
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Farmer contest will not prevent any boy from using
the same in competition for prizes offered by
anybody else. In fact, we hope every Progressive
Farmer boy who can do So will contest not only for
The Progressive Farmers $1,000 worth of prizes,
but also for the prizes offered by the National De-
parment of Agriculture, the State Departments of
Agriculture, and other organizations and societies
It costs absolutely n.,1ng to c,>o
\ geive Farmers contest. The only requirements
/ are ID that some member of the boys family must
ea subscriber to The Progressive Farmer; C) that
the boy must have been born after January 1st, 1894
and 80 that report of the crop must be made to
as shown on page 13 of this issue.
Our $1,000 worth of prizes will include farm
implements and machinery, fertilizers, wagons Berk-
Shlre and Poland China pigs canning machines, cul-
WatorS, plows, seeders etc, etc. There will be
special prizes for each State. Some prizes will be
awarded Tor the biggest yields per and for
ne best showing of profit. Every boy who makes
over 1lfty bushels per acre, whether he wins prize
" noE will get an attractive button or badge with
He words, Over Fifty Bushels Corn Per Acre A
''osreSSve Farmer Boy Who Got There
heep this fact in mind: if you are entered
" any olher corn contest you enter The Pro-
S'eSSWe FARMERS contest with the same acre.
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ure TO nearly ~, 000--pOSSlbly 5000.
Now, let us have 10, 600 farm boys in one great
army right away. As The Progressive Farmer goes
into $50, 600 farm homes each week, ii would take
but from every fifteen homes to carry our en-
rollment of boys to 10,000-and what army that
would be! The inspiration that the contest would
create would remain with these TO- 600 boys for ever
after. As one farm mother wrote the other day:
Il am sure that my boy will never again be content
TO make only IS 20 bushels of corn per acre
Every farmer who has eligible TO enter this
contest should that he takes advantage of the op
pOrtunty 1t will encourage SelfreIianCe in the boy
1t will interest him in all farm problems. Ii will set
him thinking about the many useful things in which
il would otherwise be hard to interest him. 1t will
make him ambitious to do something extraordinarily
well-whiCh is the basis of success. II may be just
the thing that is needed TO find the latent ambition in
him, and make the difference between ordinary
life and an extraordinarily useful life. In other words,
this prize acre may make of him successful
man.
We dc not think that in this Corn Club Contest
we are merely helping TO make more We are
helping make more manhood. The boys acre will
increase the production of your farm but the
ii, be in the good ii will do the boy himself.
hat we hope every eligible boy in great Progress
nv will enter the contest and will have the cnCour-
parents Where the boy himself does not first men
we hope his father will look into ii and encourage
contest Where the father is not awake to the inn
movement we are confident we can at least appeal
t the boy.
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Vol. XVII. No. 10.
10000 Boys for Our Progre$sifsa Farmer Corn Club

want 0000 Progressive Farmer boys under eighteen years
age in The Progressive Farmers 1912 Corn Club
We want 10 600 and we ought to have them.
Through The Progressive Farmer alone worth
the best yield will be offered and entering The Progressive
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-09

p n -Date--IoI2.
Pubs The ProgreSGUe Farmer, Raleigh ~ C.
Progressive Farmer Boys
Contest for 1912 doing
in viii
eighteen old
January a member of family a
Farmer
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richest return will be in the good ii will
We repeat that we hope every eligible
sive Farmer Family will enter the contest
agement of his parents. Where the boy
ton the matter, we hope his father will
him TO enter the contest. Where the faith
portance of the movement, we are conii
to the mother of the boy.
Let us have 10, 900 wide-awake Southe
pressive Farmers contest. Sign the blank
mail at once to The Progressive Farmer.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-09

i've Farmers contest with the You simply get