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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-07
WHEELS OF STATE STOP

Washington, Aug. President
Wilson interrupted his official business
for a few minutes today to greet
what Secretary Tumulty named "a full
sized family"
Representative John J. Casey of
Pennsylvania, with Mrs. Casey,
brought to the executive offices their
eight children-six boys and two girls,
ranging up to IL years ola.
lis this your flock?" asked the
president as he spied them in the
outer Office.
Eyes, all of Them replied Mr..
Casey, as he proudly exhibited in his
arms a 9-months-old baby girl, while
the six boys in Boy Scout uniforms,
lined up with their 2-year-old sister
before the president, who shook hands
with each and wished them good luck.
Secretary Tumulty, who has six chill
den, was an interested bystander.
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statesman, and it's a battleship to a
canoe that Billy" he will be to the
senate before the tariff bill is many
weeks older. Billy Hughes first came
to Washington to argue case before
the supreme court. He looked up one
of the few men he knew in the capitol
before he took the train back to Pat
that he thought he would like to come
back again, not as a lawyer, but as the
representative from the Sixth New
Jersey district.
Billy Hughes was then defending
the right of the striking silk mill
workers to maintain pickets. Some of
the pickets were under Indictment at
the time, but before the supreme court
handed down it's decision the issue was
ers, and their clamor for Jail sentences
had died away to a. mere whisper
The pickets' counsel is now one of
the leading legal lights of New Jersey
and a United States senator, and he
came from an overwhelmingly Repub-
lican district. The mill workers were
Republicans too, but no Republican
had a chance when he was on the OPP
posing ticket. Hughes, by the way, is
the only senator who holds a union
ticket.
a few years ago, when both senators
from New Jersey were Republicans,
Bill Hughes strolled into the senate
chamber. In inches either side of the
vice presidents platform, are small,
brown boxes filed with snuff. 1t was
n shock to the live wire from Paterson
when he discovered their purpose, and
he whispered to a colleague:
Jim, let's get out of this old wom-
ans home. This is no place for a
young man.
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FAT WOMAN IS BLAMED.
Aviator Bryant Is Killed During His
Six Hundredth Flight.

Victoria. B. c., Aug. THE aero
plane in which John F. Bryant, Cali
fornia aviator, had made $50 flights,
failed him on the six hundredth, and
after a few moments of aerial aero
battles. fell on the roof of a building
near the heart of this city late yester-
day. Firemen who rushed up lad
der to his rescue found Bryant dead
in the Wreckage. His back, neck and
both legs had been broken @ra --7~.
A heavy woman who insisted on
climbing into the seat last week to
have her picture taken, IS said by Bry-
ants friends to have been the indirect
and unwilling cause of the accident.
The fragile seat. unaccustomed to
such weight, was damaged and had to
be repaired before Bryant could at
tempt another flight. 1t is believed
that the damage was not fully repaired
and that the machine became I'M
manageable because of weakened wire
attachments to the steering gear.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-07
GRANDFATHER CLOCK A JINX
Ever Since 1t Struck IS on Friday Its
Owner Has Had Bad Luck.

George Zollenburg returned to his
home near this city after another in
effectuaI attempt to have the jinx taken
out of his grandfather's clock. The an
cient timepiece is to blame for long
train of misfortunes that started Fri
day, June IS, 1913. The following details
have been supplied by Mr.. Zollenburg:
The clock was brought to this coun-
try by Mr.. ZoIlenburg from the faith
erland. The old time mill had never
missed a tick or let a second slip by
unrecorded until noon on that fatal
Friday. While waiting for dinner Zol-
lenburg was surprised and alarmed to
hear the old heirloom strike Is times
for noon.
You'd better take that to some clock
mender in Hammond" said the watch
fixer, and he put his hand behind him
as though the old tinepiece were hot.
Zollenburg took the clock to Ham
mond, not wishing to have it repaired
under false pretenses land told the jew
eers there about it's having struck IL.
Neither of the Hammond clocksmiths
would have touched the hoodoo with
fishing pole.
Since then Zollenburg has taken the
clock to every expert near here, only
to have the job declined That is not
all. Here are few of the things that
have happened since, for which he
blames the clock:
His rich mother-in-law departed this
life back in Germany without leaving
him a red pfennig.
His valued hen (the one that walks
with limp deserted her nest after sit
ting patiently for 21A weeks on 10
there it is again-thoroughbred Cochin
China eggs.
His hired girl eloped with his best
stable hand.
Twelve kittens fell in a we'll near his
home and were drowned.
His brindle COW Blossie gave birth to
triplets, all of which were black as
coal dust, and males.
An attempt will be made to give the
clock to Il distant relative in Germany
whom Zollenburg does not like. Every
one in this neighborhood knows the
story and would not allow the hoodoo
hour mill to come near his home
Amite City Ga.) dispatch to the New
York World.
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6H ooW DS02

it simply dissolve one teaspoonfuI in a
cup OF hot water. This is plenty for a
thorough cleansing with beautiful fluffy
results. l know no shampoo which COM
pares with it.
Mrs Bly,: Your wrinkles can be quick
~ easily and permanently removed by
the use of this stimulating jelIy-cream. 1t
IS a vegetable preparation which will not
grow hair where used and is easily made
at home at small cost. From your drug
gtst get one ounce almozoin and dissolve
it in y pint cold water, adding two tea
spoCnfulS glycerine. Stir and let stand
one day. This is fine to fill out win
kles and hollows, and will also tone the
skin to fine, clear health and beauty.
You will feel its stimulating power on
the first application.
Pearl: You are the road TO serious
eye-trouble if you continue TO neglect
that weak, dizzy vision. Try this tonic
for while and it will remove the red
appearance and give back the clearness
strength and sparkle of your eyes Mix
one ounce crystos in a pint of water.
Use or drops in each eye. night and
morning. This natural tonic will soothe
the tired nerves. rest inflamed Ids and
beauty the eyes.
Betty Dean Beauty Book, $500
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-07
WELLS ARE Low.
But NewIand Says No Danger City
Water Giving Out.

Admitting that the water supply is
being reduced through the long pro-
tracted dry weather, Commissioner F.
NJ. Newland refuses to admit that there
is any immediate danger of a short
age.
The depth of the draw of water for
the pumps is measured by a vacuum
gauge, sn,wing the number OF feet the
water is drawn up out OF the wells by
the pumps. If the wells We're full the
water would fiow into the pipes lead
ing to the pumps. 1t is possible to
draw the water only about % feet.
When gauge shows that the water is
being drawn 10 feet it is time to be-
come uneasy.
The gauge has not shown over IL feet
so far this year. and the day follow
ing the wells had filed until the gauge
showed only a 14-foot draw. So the
commissioner refuses to become I'M
water for the present at least.
of course if this weather continues
much longer there is likely to be a
shortage" Newland says. But for
the present We have plenty of water,
and 1 don't see any immediate trouble.
Under no circumstances will the
river water be turned into the mains
unless the supply is entirely depleted"
the commissioner added. The wells
will supply the water for the present,
and if need be we can ask the people
to stop using water on their lawns.
But for the present we are meeting the
present consumption.
Economy is being practiced in the
event of fires, however, in cutting down
the fire pressure as soon as it can be
spared. Tuesday afternoon the pres
sure remained only q short time at 100
pounds, the fire pressure, and then
dropped to so pounds, known as do
r1pa VaCtQr6aU mn
when a barn burned at 304 Taylor
street the fire pressure was maintained
only Is minutes, being lowered as
quickly as possible after the fire was
under control.
Ample warning will be given of
shortage" Newland says. We will
not try to fool people into thinking
there is water when we haven't water.
When it gets seriously short We will
notify the people"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-07

~ ~ The Home s; B Be- g111y ParloF

Mrs, J.: Yes, you are over-fat, and
am glad 1 can tell you how to reduce
without the. risk of dieting the discom-
fort of walking long distances. Try this
remedy: To ~ pints of hot water add
ounces of parnotis. Let dissolve and cool.
Take a tablespoonful BEFORE each meat.
This is a safe and sure treatment and mas
the big advantage of reducing the flesh,
evenly and gradually, there will be no
sagginess or loss of tissue-strength.
Mercy: I think you are unduly worried
about your skin. Most users of face pow
ders have more or less similar troubles.
Here is a simple. home-made lotion which
is better than face powder and when
seems part of the skin. to which it gives
n soft. velvety texture and a beautiful,
natural colo-. Get four ounces of spur
max, dissolve in y pint hot water and add
two teaspoons glycerine. Stir we'll You
may apply this freely to face, neck and
arms. 1t is a cheap. safe, liquid beauti-
fier which will work wonders to purify
your skin and hide its imperfections.
GoIden-Hair: No. the canthrox mix
ture is a similar homemade shampoo
and is not a hair bleach or a dye in
any sense. The blonde" effect your
friend spoke of was probably due to
the fact that this preparation takes out
all excess oil and dirt and cleans each
strand so thoroughly as to keep the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-07
SPEAKING CORRECT"
Errors Frequently Made in Words and
Expressions of Everyday Use.

I Every intelligent person is always pro-
crossing and is never Indifferent in mat
tiers of culture. If careless habits OF
speech have been formed, a determined
effort to correct them will lead to good
results.
Many persons who consider themselves
well educated make the mistake of using
! the participle got in Connection with the
verb Ito have" They say: Have you
got the key" Who has got my book?"
instead of Have you the key?' Who
has my book?''
Mistakes of everyday occurrence are
Who did you give it to?'' who is this
for?" instead of the correct expressions
ITO whom did you give it?' For whom
Frequently one hears these errors in
grammar: II intended to have bought a
pair OF glovese instead Of 1+ Il intended noe TO
asking Kim instead of ut was use to
ask him. Try and persuade her to go,
instead of Try to persuade her to 60
1t would seem unnecessary to tell any
one not to use the present tense instead
of the past tense when mentioning what
another has said, yet a careless person
may be heard saying He says instead
Other faults are to say "A great ways
"Somewheres' There's plenty of places.
The contraction don't" for do not
should never be used with a singular
does not and not He don't 1t is i'm
portant to remember the objective form
of the first person singular when a noun
ana pronoun or Two promo rohoun us, I9Iio Nv d
and to So but Ethel asked Mary and
me to CO., If one is confused about the
use of pronouns in a sentence of this sort,
an easy rule is to separate them and use
each one with the verb. thus: Ethel
asked Mary and Ethel asked me-" In
this way the grammatical form is seen.
1t is correct to say "A summer day,
not "A summers day cut the apple
in two CT in halves not cut the
apple in half L cut the ribbon off this
piece" not off of this piece. The child
threw it OF the floor not onto the
floor
~ Iie'Lisi Is 9 "oI9 nc - - -. &c
placed at the head of each part of a sem
tence- For instance it is incorrect to re-
peat it, thus: Il have not decided wheth-
er I shall go to Boston or whether 1 shall
stay at home. Mrs. Frank Learned, In
New York American.
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eminent clerks employment proceed in

eminent clerks employment proceed in
terms of six years.
Representative Campbell made a
most vigorous and fiery speech against
it. He called it iniquitous; he called it
tyrannical: he called it unfeeling, I'M
sympathetic, and smelling of graft and
corruption. and made great applause
for himself on the Republican side.
While he was talking, Representa-
tive Fitzgerald called Marcellus
Shields, assistant clerk to the house APP
preparations committee.
Get me the Record of about April
u, 1906 ne said.
Shields brought the volume and
Fitzgerald turned to April II. There
was the speech of Campbell of Kansas
in favor of tenure of office-eXactly
in favor of the thing he was now de-
nouncing. Fitzgerald waited his chance
and then read CampbelFs six-year-o1d
speech-and Campbell nearly died of
embarra ssment.
John" he said to Fitzgerald in the
cloakroom afterward, how in the
name of crime did you remember that
speech? Why, forgot that ever made
it!'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-07
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Mrs Laura KoentZ. aged Al. died at
one of the local hospitals early tsis
morning. She was the wife of c. E.
Koentz of Burlington, Kan. The fu-
neral arrangements will be made later.
Mrs Mary Cooper, aged 6s, died at
the nome OF ner oausnter, MIS-.
funeral was held at the residence at 9
O'Clock this afternoon and interment
was in Mount Hope cemetery
Mrs Elizabeth Dupree, colored,
aged So, died this morning at her
home at 1908 Kansas avenue of can
Ger of the stomach. She was the wife
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-07
LOCAL MENTION.

w. L. Porter commissioner of parks,
is making effort to procure the SER
vices of a band for a sacred concert at
Gage park next Sunday afternoon.
w. E. jeffrey, Dentist, FOG Kansas ave-
Adv
Rev. Dr.. A. 3. Jeffrev of Kansas City,
Mo. is spending several days with his
sons. DIR. A. B. Jeffrey and Warren E.
jeffrey.
The band concert that Marshalls will
give at Chesney park Saturday night Will
be rehearsal of the music that the band
will give in Denver next week.
F. N Adds, III W. 9TH st. has an ex-
ceilent line of wall paper and puts in on
right too. Phone 4014--Adv.
Word has been received here of the ILL
ness of Elizabeth Samson, who is at
ChautauQua n. Y. She was formerly a
teacher in the schools of Topeka and was
an tive teacher for 35 years or more
She went to Chautauqua to spend the
summer, as was her usual custom. She
is suffering with an attack OF typhoid
fever but is reported to be recovering.
F. n. Adds, the paper hanging man, has
some exceptional bargains in wall paper.
III w 18th. Phone +014.-Adv-
The meeting of the South Side Civic I'M
provement club. which was to take place
tomorrow night. has been postponed for
one week on account of the hot weather
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New York Money Market

New York, Aug. .-MONEY-Money on
can steady, "a to PA per cent; last loan.
fered at 21z per cent Time loans. easier:
20 days. 31e@Sz4 per cent; 80 days, 41L043,
per cent; months, 5a46I6 per cent
CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper G to
61z per cent.
Sterling exchange steady with actual
business in bankers bills at 81 81 10 for "a
day bills and at S4.S665 for demand
SILVER-Mexican dollars 47c.
BONDS-Government bonds steady, ran.
road bonds firm .
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WANT SIOUX CITY CLUB
Leo Meyer of Oklahoma City Is Anx
ious to Buy Team and Franchise.

oklahoma City. Aug. Leo Meyer
OF this city has made bid for the
Sioux City franchise of the western
league it was learned here today.
Meyer said he was anxious to bring
the club here. but said he was not
sure about meeting all the require
clubs plant" was destroyed by fire
few DAYS ago.
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EIGHT ARE INDICTED.
Grand jury Investigates Election
Frauds in Chicago.

Chicago, Aug. Flight men were
afternoon by the Cooper special grand
jury investigating alleged November
election frauds.
A majority of the men indicted are
election officials of the Fourth precinct
of the Twentieth ward
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-07
JURY IS COMPLETED.
Government Makes Preliminary State
mcnt in Diggs Case.

San Francisco. Aug 1.-THE twelve.
men who will try Maury 1. Diggs of
Sacramento, former state architect of
California, in the first case, now no.
torious, were sworn in today shortly
before noon. The government follow
ed with it's preliminary statement of
the case.
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UNDER THE DOME.
The Washington Star Tells Some In
teresting Stories on Congressman.

Aside from his more serious titles
to distinction, Representative Albert
johnson of Washington has acquired
two minor claims for inclusion in the
hall of fame. One of these is based
on the fact that he is the only man
to be elected for the first time on the
standpat ticket in opposition to
candidate who had already served
term in congress and was running
for reelection as a Progressive. The
other incidental stunt that helps to
qualify Johnson as an immortal is
his famous hobo cOmpositor story
1t seems that in the course of john
sons long newspaper experience he
was once publisher of a paper that
was issued in large measure by the
labor OF tramp printers
ing journeymen who would blow into
a town, work along sticking type till
they had a stake, and then blow out.
One evening one of these printers
presented Johnson, who as publisher
had general supervision of the me
chanical department, with galley
proof and a long tale of woe.
The hobo compositor had been set
ting an editorial which referred to a
citizen of the community as Judas
Iscariot, without mentioning him
more specifically; and, through some
trick of the typewriter, the writer had
hammered out the name as Judas
1 Scarlet
Inc cOmpOSlIOr put a peT1Od
the t. converting the letter into
middle initial, and the foreman made
him reset the line without compensa-
tion. instead of making the allowance
usually given for corrections when the
printers error is due to mistakes IN
spelling or grammar that are
chargeabIe to the author, rather than
to the typesetter.
The hobo went through all this
song-and-dance to Johnson. taking
about ten times as mtny words 10
give the facts and express his emo
lions. Johnson listened patiently and
carefully till the language cloudburst
was over. Then he asked:
well, what about it %
what about to- yelled the print
er. What about it? Have 1 go
pay for the mistakes a mutton
headed editorial writer makes on this
paper? 1 want an allowance for max
ing that correction"
why, there wasn't any real error
johnson objected. THE typewriter
slipped, that's all. You ought to have
set that line properly in the first
place. Everybody knows who Judas
Iscariot is
"Oh, they do. do they?" sneered the
printer. Everybody knows who Ju-
rube journalism for you, all rignt. |
You mutt desk men think the whole
United States knows every three-for
a-nickel short-guy in your own burg!
Well, want to tell you right now that
Judas Iscariot never will get heard of
any farther than shouting distance
from this office. Good night
And with a great show of dignity
the tramp printer got his time
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Raining Votes.

In the good old days before Dudley
Doolittle, representative of the Fourth
Kansas district. became famous as a
weather prophet, his neighbors de-
pended on the fiuttering of the birds,
the turning of leaves and baron eterS
to tell them when it was going to rain.
But that was before last Labor day
when Doolittle came into his own.
On that day Doolittle, who is a
Democrat, and Fred S. Jackson, his
Republican opponent for congress,
were to speak from the same platform
at LebO, Kan. jackson, by choice, was
to talk last.
1t was a dreadfuily hot and sultry
day, but no worse than the whole state
had experienced for many weeks. Half
the farmers in the audience had given
up their corn crops as lost on account
of the drouth. The sky was clear and
the sun burned like a big coal of fire.
Dudley started to speak at exactly
o'clock. He looked at his watch
and said:
Il promise you that within an hour
we shall have rain. Therefore, 1 shall
talk only forty-fve minutes so that
Mr.. Jackson may have a chance to say
a few words"
IF it rains. We'll vote for you!"
shouted many persons in the crowd.
Doolittle spoke forty minutes and
then turned to sit down. Before he
reached his chair a torrent of rain be-
gan to fall Not only was Jackson un-
able to speak that afternoon, but so
great was the rainfall that his night
meeting in the opera house was can
celed too.
And inasmuch as Doolittle kept his
promise of rain, the crowd kept its
promise of votes.
Indeed M,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-07

Lime juice is a valuable aid to medi-
cine in rheumatism. One or two ounces
taken four times daily-Dr. Jeffrey
Adv.
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of Andy Dupree, a well known colored
character of Topeka and who has
lived here a number of years The
funeral arrangements will be made
later.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-07

THE young fellow who's coming to see
you. Elsie. must he a lawyer" What
makes you think that father" Because
l notice whenever he comes to court. he
always pleads for a stay. Baltimore
American.
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From Shovel to Congress.

There are folks no doubt, who would
say that grout is filler boarding house
keepers use in vegetable soup; but Tom
Stout, representative at large from
Montana, is not one of them. No, the
name is not used Familiarity; it is just
plain Tom =ss477
Grout really is a mixture of rocks and
cement and water used for the base of
certain kinds of streets and concrete
grout in Billings, Mont. some ten years
ago. for a-dollar-six- bits" a day, he
knows who eof he speaks.
Stout went to Billings with a high
ambition and a low purse. In fact. he
had just S140. His ambition was to
practice law. The job he got was
shoveling grout. And that lasted only a
few days However Stout maintains
he was one dandy little shoyeler while
the work held out. ~
Being out of a job. he convinced an
editor that he was a reporter. A friend
ly police magistrate. who had ''staked'
Stout to bed and board, gave him some
pointers on reporting and much news;
and in a few weeks the future repre-
sentative really developed news in
stincts and was able to hold down the
job for a couple of years.
From Billings he went to Lewiston
and became the editor and owner of the
prospered, and he became known
throughout the state as a real editor.
Last fall he was elected to congress.
He still owns the paper, and writes a
weekly letter for it, proving that he
still knows how to write. And he still
knows how to shovel grout. too, but he
never practices.