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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-27
C. l.. MELVIN Is SLOWLY DYING.
Man Who Destroyed lola Saloons is
Failing Rapidly.

Fort Leavenworth, Kan, Jan. 81
G. l.. Melvin, the man who wrecke d
three lola saloons with dynamite on
the morning of July 10, 1905, is slowly
dying in the insane ward at the Kan
sas state penitentiary.
Melvin has performed no labor for
two years. For the last year he has
been confined in the insane ward.
Melvin refuses to take food, and only
by forcing him to eat is he kept alive.
The arrest of +. H. Funston, follow
ing the dynamiting, created a sensa-
tien. Funston took the stand that had
the officers done their duty Melvin
would not have restorted to explosives.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-27
TWO DEMONSTRATORS SOON.
Rock Island Pays Four Fifths of Theil
Salary.

Manhattan, Kan, Jan. 27.-Two farm
demonstration agents will begin work
along the Santa Fe and Rock Island
lines in western Kansas February 1.
The salaries of these two experts will
be paid by the two railroads and the
United States department of agricul-
ture. But they will be under the direct
supervision of the extension division
of the Kansas Agriculture college. One
will be stationed at Norton, on the
Rock Island, and the other will have
headquarters at Dodge City on the
Santa F'e.
J. H. Miller, director of the extension
work of the agricultural college. an
nounced the appointees for these jobs
this morning. G. E. Thompson will be
the expert for the counties along the
Santa Fe, and Clyde Mckee will work
in Rock Island territory. Both were
graduated from the Kansas Agricul-
tural college several years ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-27
NO NEW PARTY THERE.
The Republican Party Is Progressive
Mcpherson Men Say

Lindsborg, Kan, Jan. 27.-The Re-
publican Central committee of Nc
Pherson county met last Friday after
noon with 3 out of 35 members pres
ent. The call was issued by Chairman
F. K. Beam to allow those to resign
who wish to join the progresSives.
After a lively discussion of two hours
resolution was unanimously passed
that it was the sentiment of the meet
ing, that it was not best to organize a
third party.
The five who had sent in their re-
signations were asked to withdraw
them and it looks as though McPher-
son county will not organize pro-
gressive party at this time, claiming
that the Republican party is progress
sfve. The matter will probably be fin
ally decided after Chairman Beam in
vestigates the political outlook at the
progressive banquet in Topeka, Feb.
18th.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-27
CLEAN YOUR LIVER AND 80 FEET
OF BOWELS WITH "SYRUP OF FIGS'
than colonel gently
the stomach, liver and bowels ithout nausea
gripping. Children dearly love it.


without grippe, nausea or weakness.
Nothing else cleanses and regulates
your sour, disordered stomach, torpid
liver and thirty feet of waste-clogged
bowels like gentle. effective Syrup of
Figs. Don't think you are drugging
yourself. Being composed entirely of
luscious figs. SIENNA and aromatics, it
can not cause injury.
If your child is cross, sick and few
erfsh, or its little stomach sour, tongue
coated. give Syrup of Figs at once It's
really ali that In Needed to make chill
dren well and happy again. They
dearly love it's pleasant taste.
Ask your druggist for the full
name, Syrup of Figs and Elixir of
Senna," and look on the label for the
name-CaHfornia Fig Syrup Company.
That, and that only, is the genuine.
Refuse any other fig syrup substitute
With contempt ADV.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-27
CHARGE FARMER WITH ASSAULT
Mother of Eight Children Files Suit
for Heavy Damages.

Smith Center, Kan, Jan. PA
sensational $10.15O damage suit for
assault was filed with the clerk of
the court here. The plaintiff is Mrs.
Bertha Patton, a widow, Al years OLD,
and the mother of eight children, and
the defendant is z. D. Nelson, 80
years of age, married and the father
of two children. Both parties live at
Reamsville.
The plaintiff says in her petition
that the assault was committed last
November and that as result she
became in a delicate condition Mr..
Nelson is one of the wealthy farmers
of this county.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-27

You know when your liver is bad,
when your bowels are sluggish You
feel a certain duunes and depression,
perhaps the approach of headache.
your stomach gets sour and full or gas
eongue coated. breath foul, or you
have indigestion. You say, Il am bill
aous or constipated and 1 must take
something tonight"
Most people shrink from physic-
they think of castor oil, calomel. salts
or cathartic pills.
It's different with Syrup of Figs. It's
effect is as that Of fruit; OF eating
coarse food, OF exercise. Take tea
spoonful of delicious Syrup of Figs
tonight and you won't realize you
have taken anything until morning,
when all the ciogged up waste matter,
sour bile and constipation poisons
m@vn an and cut OF your system
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-27
USE HOME GROWN ORATORS.
Revival at Larned Keeps Money at
Home.

Larned, Kan, Jan, 27.-A great many
people do not like to pay money to
hired evangelists so when the Men and
Religion Forward Movement organiza-
tion composed of business and profess
sional men here. decided on a winter
revival and moral uplift campaign they
drafted speakers of local talent.
The local orators are now meeting
with great success. With one or two
exceptions no evangelist has been able
to stir up the enthusiasm aroused in
the home talent meetings now in pro-
gress. And contributions are liberal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-27
SLUG AND ROB HIM.
Hunter, Left for Dead, Causes Arrest
of AssaiIants.

Winfield, Kan, Jan. 27.-Ernest Ba-
den, a young business man of Win
field, accompanied three men two
miles south of town last night to hunt
coons. They slugged him and left
him unconscious after stealing a large
diamond, a gold watch and Sc from
him. Baden was in such bad way
that he remained in the timber all
night, unconscious. Then he crawled
back to town.
Baden named three men as his as
sailants and Under Sheriff Day and
Deputy Sheriff Hoover arrested the
men and they were taken to Jail where
they were charged with felonious as
sault with intent to rob. The stolen
jewelry and money was recovered.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-27
LIEUT.. HAND is FIRED.
Drunkenness Causes Downfall
Popular Army Man.

Fort LeavenWorth, Kan, Jan. 81.
Notice of his dismissal of Second
Lieut.. Elwood S. Hand, Fifteenth cav
airy. was received at Fort Leaven-
worth today. Lieutenant Hand was
tried two months ago on a charge of
drunkenness. Two other previous
hundred files in rank.
Lieutenant Hand entered the mill
tary academy from New Jersey and
was graduated in 1907, his standing
being eighteenth in a class of $50. He
was one of the most popular officers
at the post. In his student days he
was star on the Point football team
and during his last year was chosen
fullback for the All-American eleven.
Lieutenant Hands home is at Cape
Nav. n. ].
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-27
WHY NOT TRY RENO, KANSAS?
Closer Than Reno, Nevada, and just
as Successful.

Hutchinson, Kan, Jan. 27.-Why go
to Reno, Nevada? Reno county, KAN
sas. is much closer. And the Nevada
Reno hasn't anything on the Kansas
Reno in the divorce line.
In the past three years 252 divorce
cases have been tried in the Reno coun-
ty district court, and with but three
exceptions, every applicant has been
granted a divorce.
Judge c. E. Branine, who has just
retired as judge of the Ninth judicial
district, has refused but three divorces
in the three, years In one of these
cases, while refusing the decree he
granted the petitioner the division of
property sought. so that only two
plaintiffs in reality have been disap-
pointed.
To grant 249 of 252 divorce cases tried
is regarded, by attorneys as the state
record in that line.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-27

ding and presented to the legislative
committee which visited the prison
Saturday is enacted into law. Warden
Coddings bill provides that a fixed
days labor be established and that for
all extra services performed a proper
wage be allowed, the money be sent
to the prisoners family or placed to
his credit if he has no dependents.
Among other things incorporated in
the warden's bill is the appropriation
of $4,000 for the erection of modern
hospital.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-27
IN 14s DAYS 149 EGGS.
Larned Man Thinks Hen Is Worth
Weight in Gold.

Larned, Kan, Jan. 27-Thonlas Bald
win, wealthy retired farmer here, has
a hen he thinks her weight in gold He
bought the hen a. Sept 1, and named
her Biddy.' On the afternoon of the
first day in Baldwin's hen yard ''Biddy''
laid an egg. Since then ''Biddy'' has
laid one egg each day excepting Dec
18th when she laid 2. The last count
of her record, this afternoon credits her
with 149 eggs in 14S days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-27

He had also been in the retail bust
ness at Clay Center and was for some
years a travelling representative for
the Paxton & Gallagher drug house
of Kansas City. He and his family
moved to Manhattan about three
years ago from Clay Center. The
firm here was known as Lair & Son.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-27
Big Sales Reported at Osborne.

Osborne, Kan, Jan. 27--Layton
Bros. of Osborne reports sales for the
last thirty days to the amount of
S102,0 900, which is proof that the fine
land on the Solomon valley is very
much in demand by those who want
wheat, corn and alfalfa land. Fine
ranches especially are in great demand
owing to the high price of stock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-27

for the marshal, who arrested the boy.
The othe night they broke UP the
town council meeting by planting a
dummy figure of the marshal at the
door of tht council chamber and then
knocking on the door. Then Marshal
Quinn, who opened the door, started
after the boys, but failed to catch
them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-27
KANsAN CoNFEssEs ROBBERY.
Amos w. Grant Stole to Buy Christ
mas Present.

Denver, Jan. 27-Amos W. Grant
receiving teller of the Pioneer State
bank. confessed that he stole $3.50
in cash from the vaults of the bank
to cover a shortage in his accounts
resulting from the earlier populations
to buy Christmas gifts.
Grant came to Denver from Nc
Pherson, Kan. He was a student at
the University of Kansas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-27
SHIELDS LANDS GOOD JOB.
Ottawa Student Becomes Executive
Secretary of "Drys.''

Ottawa, Kan, Jan 27.-John A.
Shields, senior in Ottawa university,
has accepted the position of executive
secretary of the National Prohibition
party. The position carries with it a
salary of $1,000 a year and expenses.
The office was rendered Mr. Shields last
week when he attended the National
Prohibition convention at indianapolis
as a Kansas representative. He will
take charge of his new duties as soon
as college closes in June
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-27
ToPEKAN BUYS ar HERINGToN
Fred Covert and f. III. Clark Take
Over Ice Plant.

Harrington, Kan, Jan. 27.-F. H.
Clark, of this city, and Walter and Fred
Covert. of Topeka, have purchased the
Harrington Ice & Cold Storage plant and
will take charge Feb. 1. The plant was
installed s years ago by Samuel Forrer,
Myron Calkins and G. w. Murray. A
year ago Mr.. F'orrer bought Mr.. Calkins
interest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-27
PAwNEE BOYS AFTER MARSHAL.
City Decides to Drop Case Against
Cigarette Smoker.

Great Bend, Kan. Jan. 27.-Pawnee
Rocks city council decided to drop the
case it brought against Paul Speyer. a
boy arrested and fined in police court
for moking cigarettes. The boy had
refused to pay the fine and his father,
Fred Speyer. appealed the case to the
district court. The boys in Pawnee
Rock are now making life miserab BILE
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-27
Judge Glass Bette.

Marysville, Kan, Jan. 27.-Judge
W. s. Glass, former member of the
Kansas state tax commission who Suf-
fered a severe stroke of paralysis early
iast week at his home here, is much
better and is expected to entirely re-
cover.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-27
FORMER TOPEKAN is DEAD.
f. e. Lair, Dead ut Manhattan, For
merIy Druggist Here.

Lair. local druggist, died here last
night. The dead man had been in
the drug business for thirty years. At
one time he was in the retail BUSH
ness in Topeka and later at Ottawa.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-27
New Lodge Is instituted.

Hoxie, Kan, Jan. 27.-The working
team of Hoxie Lodge No 415, 1. o. o.
F. went to Grainfield and instituted
a new lodge-No. $50. W. o. Perez
val was instituting officer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-27
Farmers institute Feb. 1.

I.indsborg, kan. Jan. pa Far
mer's institute will be held here Sat
urday afternoon, Feb. LIST, at which
meeting the hog question will be dis
cussed by local men of experience.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-27
HE WOULD PAY FAMILIES.
Codding Wants Convicts to Be Paid
for Work.

Leavenworth, Kan, Jan. 27.-Fami-
hes dependent on prisoners confined in
the Kansas penitentiary are to fare
better, if a bill drawn by Warden Cod
The Colorado statesman., 1913-09-20
Melon Delinht.

Melon delight" is a novel and re-
freshing dessert. AS in all those des-
serts calling for cantaloupe, only those
of the finest flavor should be selected.
Cut the melons lengthwise, in halves
or thirds, according to size. Remove
the seeds and spongy tissue. Fill
each with vanilla ice cream and some
very thin slices of fresh peach. Dec
crate with two or three cherries
candied or fresh.
Occasionally, when the cream is
served with these melons, the pulp is
scooped out, diced and favored, and
then returned to the shell, with the
cream and other garnishes. The va
rious fiavors are in that case more
likely to be amalgamated, if one con-
siders that desirable. Usually the
havors in such sweets are better for
being kept distinct.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-09-20
NEW RECIPES FOR POTATOES
Dishes That VIII Be Popular With All
Who Are Fond of the UniVer-
sal Edible,

Every housekeeper likes new and
tasty ways Of dishing up potatoes, and
these two recipes are particularly
good.
For potato cakes take cold boiled
mashed potatoes, dredge lightly with
-four and season well with salt and
pepper, adding little bit of yeast.
Mix the potatoes with little cold
milk into a paste and roll out into
round shape about one inch in thick
ness. Place a lump of butter in a
frying pan and put in the cake, cov-
ering it and allowing it to cook. When
one side is brown turn, and a little
more butter and brown the other side.
Drain the cake well and garnish with
parsley and serve hot.
For potato duchess, select mealy
boiled potatoes and beat them with
fork lightly while they are still hot.
Have ready couple of eggs well
beaten (the whites and yolks separ-
ately), the whites being beaten to a
stiff froth. Beat the yolks into the
potatoes and season to taste; then add
a tablespoonful of butter and two of
cream. Whip all together until
creamy and then whip in lightly the
beaten whites of the eggs. Place the
mixture over the fire in a saucepan
and stir we'll together until thorough
ly hot, then serve
The Colorado statesman., 1913-09-20
SELECT RIGHT DIET
Food Believed to Have Effect on
Character.
Men Who Have Given Thought to the
Subject Are of Opinion That
Proper Kind of Eating Is of
Immense Importance.

Nowadays eating has become a ver
liable science, and there are those
who assert that man can alter his
very character IL he will only Indulge
in the right kind of diet The other
day the private secretary of the Ma
harajah of Jhalawar gave lecture on
food in London, in the course of which
he stated that the eating of onions is
conducive to darkness of spirit" He
also averred that the caste system in
India Is largely regulated by diet.
Thus, those of the highest caste only
eat vegetarian meals in order to keep
their souls pure. Members of an
other caste are allowed to eat meat SO
that they may become fitted to be war
riors; while the lowest caste of all
eat stale, fat foods" which suit their
unspiritual natures.
Two noted German professors gave
it as their opinion not long ago that if
people would eat plenty of chalk they
would have not only more energy and
happiness, but considerably increased
brain power.
A doctor in Philadelphia recently
stated that no one who eats pound
of macaroni daily will ever become
drunkard, but he also stipulated that
the would-be teetotaler should live en-
tirely on vegetable diet and never
touch meat in any circumstances.
In direct contradiction to the 'vege-
tarianism for soulfulness" theory is
that of New York woman. She be-
lieves that there Is nothing like fine
chops and glasses of beer to inspire
poets and writer's, and she opened
restaurant for the express purpose of
providing those who would WOO the
muse with the proper kind of diet.
She has no patience with people who
would become soulful on prunes and
lentils. and her INN for bohemians,"
as her establishment is called, has
certainly been well patronized by bud
ding Tennysons and future Merediths.
The belief is gaining ground in
many quarters that If you wish to
stave off old age and to have the feel
ing of perennial youth and gaiety no
matter what your actual years may be,
you cannot do better than eat plenty
of sugar. One of the pioneers of this
theory Is Professor Metchnikoff, who
has made exhaustive experiments to
prove his statements. &
There are some who even assert
that not only does the frequent eating
of sugar keep one from growing old,
but that If man or woman will begin
the sugar treatment, even after senil-
ity has set in, the effect will be SO
great as to amount to complete
change In his or her character.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-09-20
Saqo Mold,

A reader who asked for thicken-
ing medium to use with fruit juices
to replace gelatine, etc. will find this
simple dish desirable. Add little
sugar according to the acidity of the
fruit, to whatever fruit is to be used.
Set in a rather cool oven until the
Juice flows freely. Soak a teacupful
of sago in a pint and half of cold
water for an hour, then bring to a
boil in a saucepan, then simmer gen.
tly until clear and rather thick. Add
half pint of the fruit juice, boil to-
gether a few minutes and sweeten to
taste. Pour into a wet mold or bowl,
and set away until firm enough to
turn out Serve with sugar and
cream.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-09-20
Countess Dances $4,000 Miles.

The Countess Lambsdorff has just
given her unique memoirs to the pub
lie in book form, and st. Petersburg is
full of talk about them. The author
states that she attended 225 dances
prior to her marriage and 557 after
her wedding. Before she was married
she received Is offers of marriage at
different balls, and afterward 272 men
sent her love missives, while 100 more
enthusiasts and temperamental gen.
tlement threatened to shoot them
selves in their despair.
The number of dances which Count
ess Lambsdorff takes to her credit is
nothing short of stupendous. She took
part, she says, in 1884 square dances.
$500 waltzes and 500 polkas. She had
LOO partners, of which, she declares,
1900 we're stupid, 300 boresome, 120 in
offensive, % nice and only three witty.
The countess estimates that she has
danced over $4,000 miles; as she at
tended 1894 dances, this estimate is
Dlodest.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-09-20
CHICKEN WITH cREAMED PEAS
Outlets a Dish Worth Serving at Any
Home or More Formal Dinner
Party.

Cook a four pound fowl in boiling
water to cover, to which has been add
ed seven slices carrot, two slices tur-
nip, one stalk celery, one bay leaf,
three sprigs thyme and one small on
ion. Add salt to water when fowl is
half done. Cool, remove meat and
chop. Melt one-fourth cupful butter,
add one-half cupful flour, and pour
on gradually one cupful chicken stock
and one-third cupful cream. Season
with salt, cayenne, and a slight graf
ing of nutmeg. Moisten meat with
sauce and spread on plate to cool.
Shape in outlet form, dip in crumbs,
egg and crumbs, insert a one and one
half inch tubular piece of macaroni in
each outlet, fry in deep fat, and drain
on brown paper. Arrange arount
creaned peas.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-09-20
Moneker.

Moneker, or moniker slang, and
probably thieves Latin" for "a name"
has for some time puzzled those who
try to follow such graceless fag-ends
of language back to their originals.
One who has evidently devoted much
study to the subject says that lin ac-
cordance with the law of back-slang
moneker is but cognomen disguised.
The objection does not lie that pure
ly Latin noun is above the reach of
the thief in his kennel, for the Alsatia
of the medieval thief was the kitchen
of the monastery, whence Latin came
out with the garbage. With the tre-
mendous vitality of word roots the
master of back-slang inverted the
order OF root and prefix and cognomen
was rearranged into nomencog. The
next inversion took hold of the first
syllable of the root and inverted it;
the result Is mon-en-cog. From this
to moneker is the easy progress of
word degradation in the pronouncia-
ton of those unworthy to speak. 1t
is for this reason that, if any prefer
ence is preferable in speech SO low,
moneker is the preferred spelling"
There does not appear to be finality
about this derivation, however. Can
any reader help us out?
The Colorado statesman., 1913-09-20
LORD kTcHENER's NEW ELECTORAL SCHEME

nine. But the most interesting part
of the new reform is the novel meth
cd of electing members. The cleo
tors are to be divided into groups OF
fifty, and each group will elect an
elector-delegate. The electors-dele-
gate, in turn, will be divided into
groups, each representing about 20O,-
900 inhabitants, and each such group
will elect one member to the assem-
bly,. Every elector-delegate is bound
by law to keep in touch with his fifty
electors. This system, which gives
the humblest peasant an immediate
voice in an election, has been de-
scribed as one of the most effective
methods of ascertaining the wishes of
nation ever invented. 1t also dis
tributes the electoral right more
evenly. Hitherto each town, village.
or district had only one elector-dele-
gate, irrespective of its population,
and thus a large town might have
had no greater rights in an election
than a small village.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-09-20
DO0LIT7LE KEPT HIS PROMISE OF RAIN

day but no worse than the whole
state had experienced for many
weeks. Half the farmers in the au-
dience had given. up their corn crops
as lost on account of the drought.
The sky was clear and the sun burn
ed like. big coal Of fire.
Dudley started to speak at exactly
two o'clock. He looked at his watch
and said:
Il promise you that within an hour
we shall have rain. Therefore. l shall
talk only As minutes SO that Mr..
Jackson may have chance to say a
few words"
IF it rains, we'll vote for you!"
shouted many persons in the crowd.
Doolittle spoke 40 minutes and
then turned to sit down. Before he
reached his chair a torrent of rain
began to fall. Not only was Jackson
unable to speak that afternoon, but
SO great was the rainfall that his
night meeting in the opera house was
Cancelled, too.
And inasmuch as Doolittle kept his
promise of rain, the crowd kept its
promise of votes.