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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-21
Assorted Selections If
You Wish Them

rN order to take advantage of these
special prices it is not compulsory
n to buy six pairs of the one kind
You can, if you wish, select two pairs Of
women's, two pairs of mems and two
pairs of children's or any other combina-
ton you like. The assortment makes no
difference, just so long as the regular
selling price per pair is the same-in
other words six pairs of any style 25's
bose you care to select will be only SIPS
Hosiery at 75e, $1.Oo and up. In 3
pair IOtS-Special.
Our new stock of Silk and Lisle Hose
is the finest we have ever shown.
During the progress of this sale we
have arranged to offer these better
grades selling at 75c up, at Special
Prices, in Lots of Three Pairs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-21
Annual Sale Of Hos


her STOCKINGS pair or two at time but the advent
rned that it much to their advantage price and every
hey have to that profitable proposition to get
quarters It is the home of Geneva Silk Hosiery in different
SOC and 75c pair; it the home of Regina the finest
ip Top B. Hoeproof guaranteed stockings Noend for
35c and soc pair, all of which will be offered Sx-Par
of various lines of fine Isle and silk hose that sell
DTS at prices correspondingly reduced.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-21

showing of less expensive
plain and materials of $3.50 $3.50
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-21

Silk Plated HOseThis positively
for have counters.
the higher priced silk entirely
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-07-12
NOVEL INCANDESCENT HATS


An active demand for "incandescent
hats the first of which was displayed
in Chicago during a convention Of
dressmakers. has caused one concern
to get out number of designs. all
operated from small dry batteries in
the crown of the hat. One new design
contains tiny orange bulbs. about the
size and shape of a small tangerine,
which are connected. up with green
wires looped with orange and other
blossoms in decorative fashion. The
hat is considerably heavier than the
ordinary lid" because of the wiring
and the battery The lights are turn
ed on by means of push button that
takes the form of an imitation hat
pin at one side. New designs will
initiate rosebuds and all sorts of flow
ers in which a bulb formation can
figure.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-07-12
SKIN ERUPTION ON CHEEK

Kingsley, Mich.-"Last May my
thirceen-months-old baby had a sore
com g on her cheek. 1t started in four
or five small pimples and in two or
three hours time spread to the size of
a silver dollar. 1t spread to her eye.
Thea water would run from the PIN
pies and wherever that touched it caus-
ed more sores until nearly all one
cheek and up her nostrils were one
solid sore. She was very fretful. She
certainly was terrible looking child,
and nothing seemed to be of any use.
Then got some Cuticura Soap and
Cuttcura Ointment. She tried to rub
off everything we put on so that we
wouli sit and hold her hands for two
hours at a time, trying to give the
medicine chance to help her, but
after I washed it with Cuticura Soap
and rhen put on the Cuticura Oint-
ment they seemed to soothe her and
she cid not try to rub them off. 1t
was only few days before her face
was all healed up, and there has been
no return of the trouble since. We
thought that baby's face would surely
be Scared, but it is not" (Signed)
Mrs. W. j. Cleland, Jan. S, 1912.
Culicura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout, the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-07-12
BUsHMEN's SECRET SOCIETY

Among the Bushmen OF Australia
there is a secret society. the require
ments for entrance and the severity
of initiation to which are probably
more severe than to any other so
ciety In the world. Among other re-
quisites to membership are self-in-
flicted wounds, evidence Of which
must be preserved in the form of
scars that permanently mark the
breast of the initiate These scars
are made by wounds reaching all the
way across the chest and which have
been made deep ridges by keeping
them open until they have healed
without closing up. Great series OF
these wounds mark the breast OF
many Bushman warrior and his
honor among his people depends
largely upon the number and severity
Of the wounds as recorded by the
scars which they have left
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-07-12
Her Unfortunate Error.

A literary lady at a society dinner
was given a seat next to a noted
scientist whose views were very ma
teriallstic, and at some remark he
made on the origin of mankind, the
lady found her temper tried beyond
all bearing, so that she retorted: 81
really don't care what you say. l be-
lieve In the Bible. and there we are
told that Adam was the father of all
living "
Il really think you are mistaken"
he said with a smile, and so the sub
iect dropped.
A few days later the lady, writing
to bosom friend, told her of the oc-
2urrence and added: 81 am too morti-
fed, for l have looked the matter up
and ii only says that Eve was the
mother of all living, and so l don't
know whether to write to the profess
sor or not"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-07-12
WILLING TO SHARE PENNIES
Generous Act of Street Wait That
Gained Him Friend in
Great Novelist.

Charles Dickens, the creator of
many delightful child characters,
earned a million dollars during his
lifetime with his pen, but often walk
ed the streets of London in search of
material for his books without penny
in his pocket.
One evening while doing this he
was accosted by a small boy who
asked him for penny. Dickens search
ed his pockets, but they were empty,
amt so he told the boy, who was shiv-
ering in the cold.
Poor mani" exclaimed the little
fellow, well go hunks together!p
dickens stood back in the shadow
of the street to see what the outcome
would be. The lad continued to beg,
and finally gained two pennies. He
CAME dancing to Dickens with jolly
ring in his voice.
Now" he said, wen have two hot
buns apiece!"
Sdch a generous spirit under such
trying circumstances struck Dickens
so torcibly that he took the lad home
with him, and there he was fed and
clothed, and started on the road to a
better life.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-07-12

those times, and said that ! ought to
have an operation. Iwould not listen to
that, and when friend of my husbands
told him about Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound and what it had done
for his wife, was willing to take it.
Now look the picture of health and feel
like it, too. / can do all my own house.
work, work in the garden and entertain
company and enjoy them, and can walk
asSfar as any ordinary woman, any day
in the week. Iwish could talk to every
suffering woman and girl, and tell them
what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has done for me. Mrs.
DEMA BETHUNE, Sikeston, Mo.
Remember, the remedy which did this
was Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
1t has helped thousands of women who
have been troubled with displacements,
Inflammation, liberation, tumors, irreg-
ularities, periodic pains, backache, that
bearing down feeling, indigestion, and
nervous prostration, after all other
have failed. Why don't you try it?
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-07-12
SWAPS HIS WIFE FOR HORSE

Members Of the Jacket colony, poor
whites descended from Frenchman
who settled at Lakeville. Mass. before
the Revolution, are indignant over the
action of the state police in preventing
the exchange of the wife of one OF the
leading Jackets for horse. The Jack.
OTIS would rather barter than eat, A
patriarch had INDUCED his propensity
of swapping until he had nothing left
but his clothing and his wife. In ex-
change for a horse he gave his wife
to his brother. The horse was worth
five dollars. Twelve hours later the
patriarch swapped the horse for an.
other horse, His brother took the
woman 20 Brooklyn, and his efforts to
swap her for anything of equal value
attracted the attention of the police
They made the patriarch take his wife
back, but the brother protested that
the exchange was made in good faith
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-07-12
ANCIENT CHURCH IN DESERT I

New Mexico, which has recently be-
come one of the sister states in the
Union, can boast structures that sur
pass In age any other in the United
States with the exception of few
in st. Augustine, Fla. Santa Fe, N.
NJ, was the second settlement in the
United States. Jealous Spanish priests
first pushed their way into this part
of the world which was then unknown
to Europeans. Their object was to
convert the Indians. The first struc-
lures they built were churches and
many of these stand today as monu-
ments of the early priests who set
them up among the Indians and there
preached the gospel One of the most
interesting of these early churches is
located on the edge of Burrow Flat
in the Sacramento National forest in
New Mexico, This is solitary re-
gion, but >sparsely inhabited. Here
and there is to be seen the adobe
house of Mexican and the little less
primitive rock cuts of the Pueblo In
dams. These Indians are devoutly
religious and have been saying mass
rs at such little churches as that at
Burrow Flats for the past four hun
dred years.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-07-12
Where lie Drew the Line.

An English earl, lately deceased.
who had no family, was notorious for
his hatred of children, and ON one
occasion he engaged as lodge keeper
an army pensioner named McMicken-
Some few months later McMicken's
wife presented him with a son and
heir. On learning Of the occurrence
his lordship rode down to the lodge in
a terrible rage.
Il hear" said he to Mr. McMicken.
that your wife has a SON."
Yes, my lord" said the man proud
ly. Pr,
We'll, now, look here, McMickcn ::
when l put you here, it was to open,
and shut gate, but by the Lord Har-
ry, not to propagate"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-07-12
REMARKABLE CHAIN LETTER

chain letter series evolved by the
seventeen graduates of the Central
Illinois college at Eureka on COM
meneement day in 1894 is still run
ming. ALI of the graduates are still
living. and annually they write each
other letter.
The key letter, written and signed
by all the graduates, is sent the
rounds each year, carrying with it
seventeen other letters. With each
recurring completion of the circuit
each graduate takes out the letter
that he wrote the year preceding and
substitutes another, and then starts
the seventeen on the rounds again
The key letter has so far travelled 300.-
600 miles, and will go on as long as
two of the graduates survive. When
but one is left the key letter will re,
main in his possession.
The class of seventeen has scat.
tered all over the globe. All but one
OF the boys and all the girls are mar
RED. The graduates are Rev. W. F.
Shaw of Chicago, C. E. Corey of
Hongkong, China; David Feyster of
Polo, ILL.,; David Wetzel and ]. A.
Clement of Kentucky, H. T. Swift and
Mrs. F. W. Burnham of Springfield.
H.; Prof. Paul Caufman and wife of
Lincoln. IN; Mrs. Mable Meadow.
DR.. r. D. Pope and DR.. L. E. New.
conner of Iowa. Mrs. Made Staley of
Texas, Prof. l.. H. Darling of Plain
field. ILL.,; Judge H. F. Teel of Rush
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-07-12

At Dinard one summer there was a
beautiful young countess, the wife of
4 millionaire, whose bathing dress was
well -
q A couple of men about town were
talking in shocked tones about the
countess bathing dress on the casino
terrace.
IT'S shocking; it's most improper"
said the first.
But said the second, 81 can't be-
Iieve IFS any worse than the dinner
dress she wore at Mrs. Hughes Hal
let's bal last night
"Oh, WE'LL" said the other, she had
her diamonds on then. "-Rochester
Evening Telegram.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-07-12

Two Frenehmen, in visiting an art
gallery, stopped to admire a painting
by an American. The artist happened
to be in the gallery and in broken,
English one of the Frenchmen asked:
How did monsieur ever catch such a.
wonderful picture ?"
Co." replied the artist, with far
away look, that painting was an Of.
spring of my brain 3"
The other Frenchman was greatly
interested. and asked his friend What
that American had said.
Il can hardly expla&u," whispered
the first Frenchman excitedly; he
said re picture was one spring eff of
his brain. Ees eet any wonder Eat ze
Americans act queerly when they
have springs on their brains"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-07-12
Willing to obIloe.

story comes from a town where
nrms advertise TO sell fish direct to
small purchasers. The glowing ad-
vertisements asked for the sending
OF haif a dollar with list of the va
rleties OF fish preferred. One letter
read: s.
want two salmon, dozen whit
ing, dozen fresh herring, some fioun-
ders. and II you have them you can
add lobster"
The next day the lady received a
letter, which ran:
Dear Madam: Please send another
dime and we will forward the fisher.
man. Dallas News. ..-
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-07-12

vile. Ill.,; G. r. Glastonbury Of Cali
fornia 1.-THE one bachelorJ and Dr. F.
D. Prapz Of Colorado.
The first trip that the letter made
was 10 Nova Scotia, where Mr.. Swift
then resided. He is now at the head
of the publicity department of the iii.
nots public schools. The package
has never contained less than seven
teen letters.t Zach recipient re-
ceives the pack from the same person
in turn, and thus the chain is pre-.
served intact.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-07-12
INVENTION OF TYPOGRAPHY

Senefelder, Bavarian playwright.
seeking a means of duplicating
sketches cheaply, experimental with a
porous stone which lay al hand. He
rev upon it with greasy ink. then
noistened the stone with water, and
hen dabbed greasy ink all over it. The
water kept the ink from adhering to
my part of the stone except where he
lad first drawn. Putting the stone
nto a press with a sheet of paper, he
attained a reproduction of his drawing.
thus was TYPOGRAPHY invented. Ink
.ng rollers quickly replaced his clumsy
labber, and of late aluminium is
used in place of stone.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-07-12
Billing Spirit Still stronn.

Mrs. ]. L. Story, who has just pub
Iished volume of "reminiscences, tells
of lady relative who had all her life
been afraid of damp sheets. When
she was dying Mrs. Story entered the
room, tc find the fireplace barricaded
with large assortme nt of bed linen.
She was having her winding sheet
warmed.
Il never have lain in damp bed
clothes while l was alive" said the
old lady in feeble whisper, land I'm
not going to do it when I'm dead"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-07-12
Cheerful Outlook,

Father dear" said Amarantfr,
Willie Smithers is going to call at
your Office this morning to ask you
for my hand. Isn't there some little
hint | can give him before he goes,
so as to make it. easier for him?"
yes" said MIR. Blinks, tell him To
take ether before he comes. 1t with
save him much pain. Harper
Weekly
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-07-12
WHERE EAST AND WEST MEET

This picture shows the boundary
stone on the Trans-Siberian railway
in the Ural mountains which was
erected not long ago, On one side OF
the stone is painted, in Russian char
acters, Europe" and on the other
side Asia" The picture was taken
in somewhat novel circumstances, the
operator being on the footplate of the
engine of the east-bound Trans
Siberian express. two cf his friends
holding on to him in order to main
tain him in position as the train was
rushing along at full speed.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-07-12
Her speoiaI Advantaoes.

James Fullerton Muirhead in his
book, THE Land of Contrasts" tells
of an American girl who was patroniz-
ingly praised by an Englishman for
the purity of her English and who re-
piled: swell, | had special advan-
tages, inasmuch as an English mis-
sionary was stationed near cur tribe"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-07-12

To keep artificial teeth and bridge
work antiseptically clean and free
from odors and disease germs, Paxtine
Antiseptic is unequaled At drug.
gists, Csc box or sent postpaid on re-
ceipt If price by The Paxton Toilet
Co., Boston, Mass.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-07-12
important to Mofnars
Modern Miracle

DO you believe in miracles?" asked
Dobkins.
You bet I do" said Snobkins-
Why, only the other day my wife.
bought me box of cigars, and by
George, Dolby, could smoke EN- -
Harper's Weekly. s.5
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-07-12

four or five days at a
time every month,
and 80 weak / could
hardly walk. l had
cramps, back a CHI g
and headache, an d
was so nervous and
weak that I dreaded
to see anyone or
have anyone move in
the room. The doc
tors gave me medi-
cine to ease me at
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-07-12

British South African Empire.
The South African possessions of
England require 1OO,OO0,OOo postage
stamps per annum.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-07-12
Well pefended.

He whose study is among the shad-
ows and lights of nature has an un-
suspected coat of mail defending him
among all the turmoiI.-Mrs. Oliphant.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-07-12

A girl expects man to think her
hair is naturally curly even when she
knows that he knows it isn't.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-07-12

He who hesitates is lost-especially
when he is found out.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-07-12
Strictly Up to Date.

AIice--How oddly some men pro-
pose.
Kate should say so. A gentle
man asked me last week if felt ia
vorably disposed to unification of in
terests.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-07-12

The reason a girl won't let young.
man kiss her is because she wants
him to.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-07-12

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums. reduces inHaInrnae
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie CSC a bottle.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-07-12

And would ye partake of harvest's
joys, the corn must be sown in spring
Carlyle.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-07-12

One always thinks there is a lot OF
money to be made in any kind of bust
ness that he isn't in.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-07-12
Two Indispensable SUPPORTS,

Of all the dispositions and habits
that lead to political prosperity, re-
Iigion anG morality are Indispensable
supports George Washington.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-07-12

Helpmates and soulmates are not
always synonymous.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-07-12

Yes, Corielia, q romantic man may
be all to the good as a lovemaEer but
he isn't in it with the matter-of-fact
man as a family supporter
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-07-12

The way some women talk is
enough to make bachelor feel bald
headed.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-07-12

Why be constipated when you can get Gar
field Tea at any drug store? 1t will quickly re-
lieye and its benefits will be realized
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-07-12

Important it is that the blood be kept pure.
Garfield Tea is big enough for the job
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-07-12
seven YEARS
OF MISERY
How Mrs. Bethune was Re-
stored to Health by Lydia
E. Pinkhan's Vegeta-
bic Compound.

Sikeston, Mo. - "For seven years ]
suffered everything. I was in bed for
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-07-12

To cure costiyeness the medicine must be
more than a purgatlye; II must contain tonic
Alternative and cRttartiC properties.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-16
All Because Prof. Anderson
Thought of Exploding Grain

He filled the grains with a myriad cells
-puffed them to eight times normal size.
The terrific heat gave the thin-walled
grains taste like toasted nuts.
Thus came these airy wafers-the most
delightful cereals ever known.
Now people are eating-in all these
wayS-a million dishes daily. In countless
homes nearly every meal in some way in
CludeS these CrlSpS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-16

He conceived the idea of sealing wheat
and rice kernels up in great bronzc-stcel
guns
Then heating those guns until the moS-
turc in the grains changed to superheatcd
steam.
Then exploding the steam, blasting all
the food granuIcs to pieces.
Thus he mad Wholc grain wholly digest
ibIc for the first time in food history.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1912-07-04
SUBSCRIPTION RATEs,
THURSDAY. July, A, !. 1912

The Kit Carson Wild West show
came to Heppner on Monday and gave
two performances. afternoon and eve
ninol. 1t was heraldsd as one of the
biggest performances going but aotu-
ally Heppner people can witness just
about as good wild west" stunts
most any day as we were given. At
any rate this part of the performance
was nothing to excite people of this
section. The snow carries some good
performers on the trspeze and slack
vine, and has a good band. 1t also
had with il full quota of fakirs,
even to the fellow who caught the
suckers bv wurKing the old, familiar
she'll game. This game was worEed
openly and permitted to be done, be-
cause of the unsophisticated nature of
the officials standing about and watch
ing The performance. The officials
are not to blame, of course, for allow
ing men. and young hovs also, to be
feeoed. as they did not understand the
nature of the game and regardad it
evidently IS little innocent pastime.
However, there is law against such
games, and we are of the oDInion that
should any one of our own citizens
attempt to work such steal .sin our
midst he would be run in promptly,
as he should be, and there is no rea-
son for allowing gang of outsiders
to violate the law with imuuni ty.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1912-07-04
City Council,

The City Council met in regular
session last Monday evening. Aside
from paying the several bills present
ed, very little other business came be-
fore the meeting Six quarterly
saloon licenses were granted. The
following bills were approved and
paid:
Mack Smith salary, SIS 90, j. P.
Williams, salary, $16.65, l.. w.
Briggs. salary. So Ss, H L. e. W.
Co, current, 500 60. S. E, Notson,
salary s25. co. J.L. wilkins. hose race
$40 90. W. B Barratt, right of wav,
$25 70. Geo. j. Ourrin, right of way
sl1 90, Harry Cumming, we'll, $1,000,
Neil Crawford, ditch. SLIPS, Roy
Campbell ditch. Sl1.25. w. E. Mike
sell damage $40. 90, Flovd Thomas,
ditch. s26 25. Henry Biglow, labor.
SOL 90, Vaughn & Sons Water pipe,
S476. SO, George Schemmp. labor
S27. 50, William Baird, labor, S5. 90 i,
D. V S. Reid surveying, S24 90. Geo.
Cook, labor. Ss2. so. Gazette Times
printing, So 30, F. H. Stephenson
ditch, $40 so, Arthur Crawford, ditch
$1l. 25. R. p Campbell, labor, % SO,
Robt. Burroughs labor s5.75, John
Grill, labor, So. rs, H. G. Williams
labor, IS. so. S. E. Robson, labor
50. rs, NJ. Coffe. labor, s11 so, Geo
Groshens, labor, S4. so A. H. Currier
Labor. SLa. so.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1912-07-04
Babtist Church.

Bible school 10 a. m. Peaehing II
a. IN. The pastor has not spoken to
his people for q month and desires to
speak to them Sunday II a. m. Since
he has to take his holidays on the
third Sunday of July he wishes to
have the union meeting of the churches
the Baptist church Sunday D. m.
The union young peoples meeting
will meet there Up m. Come and
join with us and we will Join YOU
again. J. MeALLISTER, Pastor.