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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

same time l remember that the world ex-
poets you to lie about half the time.
While it may be well to strive for a
reputation as upright man, remember
creditors seven cents on the dollar can
come back in the market and get trusted
for $4,000 worth of new stock
once knew a man who spent 20 years
a-tryin to make up his mind whether it
actually rained for 40 days and 40 nights
or whether there was a 15-minute inter
mission somewhere to dry out straw hats
Jest he was ready to believe that It
to the poorhouse-
Every man makes fool of himself
about once in six weeks durin his lie
time, but let his boss balk or his dog get
lost and he jumps on his hat and won,
little common sense
If I was rich man I should go to
Europe every four years and make stay
of at least three months. As L am not.
have to remain at home and hear the
candidates for president called boss thieves
and liars.
When my house burned down and was
total loss 1 got over lament in about
four weeks. When a sOre-heeled mewl
cum along and kicked me end over end
as 1 tried to rub salve on his allment, L
didn't forget it for a whole year. It's the
little things that hurt most.
admonition love thy naybur as thyself,
but have also fingered out that my nay
burs got at least 80 per cent the best of
the bargain.
I know about fifty men that believe in
luck and as far as 1 have kept track of
EN- they go hungry about half the time,
and use up the other half in dodg1n' their
creditors. 1t seems never to strike EN-
that luck may be concealed in a bucksaW
or an aX-handle.
When our statesmen went at it and
made a distinction between 1yfn' and per
Jury it smoothed the road for powerful
lot of men to dodge the truth and not
suffer for it. But for that distinction L
don't know how I'd ever got $42 cash for
a blind mewl.
I've been tryin for 80 long years to get
a straight line on my feller-man, but L am
as far off ever. 1t was only the other
day that a strange man picked up and
handed me back silver dollar that had
worked out of a hole in my pocket and
yet I know that it was him that cum to
my coop that night and removed u of my
.-eghorn chickens.
We are told that charity is a divine at
tribute, but the man who sets out to prac-
tice IL soon diskivers that 1t is one
sided affair. You do the work and arm
the money and the other Teller sits on the
fence and figSers up where his snare
Gums 10. Keep j man in bread and water
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01
BUSINESS CHANCES.

FOR SALE-S4OOO stock of hardware i'm
Elements, and furniture. within 20 miles
of Topeka. Address ]. H. 1913 Polk, To-
peka, Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

You never hear no man complainin' o
his sore heel when he's standin' up to th'
bar to drink at somebody elses expense
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

One of the troubles of life is KNOWN
how to live and perhaps the Teller who il
hung by the neck accordin' to law ain't
SO badly off after all
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

l aIlus like to see harmony and gooC
will between nayburS, but when I do SCI
it l figure that one of them does most o
the borryin and the other most of tn,
lendin'.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

The father who never has any time t.
talk to his children generally manages t
find a couple of hours day for his dog.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

I've fallen into the habit of swearin'
myself. L don't do it with a view to inn
provin' the English language, but rather
10 let the COW understand that next time
she is found in my garden I'll do my best
to knock her blamed head off.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

Tyin' mans ears back won't prevent
sion offers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

If I had my life to live over again,
might not stick my finger into a hive
to see if it was loaded. but I'd probably
make jest as big a fool of myself by put
ting on roller skates and tryin' to push q
mule along.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

and meat and he's a fool to work for a
Twin. Help the unfortunate but don't
add to the number of lazy men in the
country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01
CHUNKS OF LOGIC.


/ allus respect the truth, but at the
same time l remember that the world eX-
poets you to lie about half the time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

We are bound to have about SO many
sorrows in life and what's the difference
whether we are kicked by a cow or lifted
by a humble bee. It's a waste of time
20 be too particular about these things
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

would be tempted to bust the darn thing
open and run away with the receipts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

CHARACTERIZATION stenographer byb
man. Experienced; references. Address
''StenO," care Journal.
PARTIES wanting a SeamStreSS by the
day call Josie Lane. Phone 4426 Red.
PHONE 1883 for help and call at 532 Kan
sas ave. for employment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

IF I was going to send a son out into
the world to carve a way for himself
don't think L should pile on much advice
You've got to sit down on a bumplebee
before you know the difference between
advice and experience.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

1 met a man the other day who had ar
rived at the age of 80 and was still calle
an honest man. The reason of this seem
ing miracle was that he had never trade
horses with anyone
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

wANTED-Secondc cook at once. 412 Kan
saS ave-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

GOVERNMENT JOBS open to men and
women s65 to $3.50 month. List of posi-
lions free. Franklin Institute, Dept 122 F.
Rochester, n. Y.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01
WkNTED-MAlE HELP.

WANTED-Boys with rigs and helpers to
deliver directories. Call at Telephone
office Tuesday, September 2, at a. m,
prepared to deliver.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

A man who didn't get a dozen kicks to
one kind word from the world at large
would get such a swelled head inside of a
year that he'd imagine he owned the
whole shop and was the only individual
in it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

I'm no hand to give advice. but if I was
a woman and a wilder, and was figgerin
on a monument to the late departed, L
shouldn't let the cost exceed more than
third of the amount he failed for just
before he died. His creditors won't get
the balance, of course, but they'll wander
up to the cemetery more frequently to
read the good mans epitaph.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

IF YOU ARE in need of help or out of
work write or call kaw Valley Employ
ment Agency. AIS Kansas ave. Phone 5263.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

WANTED-An experienced girl for gen
eral house work; no washing or ironing
1855 Fillmore. Phone 1906.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01
CISTERN AND WELL CLEANERS

CISTERN AND WELLS cleaned by COM
pressed air. Tel. 2917 Black.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

WANTED-Girl for general house work;
must know how to cook. 511 W. Sth st.
HAIR GOODS made of combings Work
guaranteed. Miss Noting, Az Ash.
4577 K-2.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

While it may be well to strive for a
reputation as an upright man, remember
that the busted merchant who pays his
creditors seven cents on the dollar can
come back in the market and get trusted
for $4,000 worth of new stock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

knew a merchant who kept 20 clerks
and believed them all honest, and ye
when he put in cash registers each anC
every man resigned. They felt that they
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01
LOST And FOUND.

LOST-Scottish Rite watch charm, S2d de-
gree, between 9Th and Sth, on avenue.
Reward. C. d. Yetter, PIT White.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

LOCOMOTIVE FIREMEN, BRAKEMEN
wages about 500; experience unneces
sary. Send age, stamp. Railway, care
Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

WANTED-Boy with wheel; permanent
chance for advancement hours per
day. Phone 1923 Tuesday, II to noon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01
BILLIARD and POCKET TABLES

FOR SALE-New and secondhand carvm
and pocket billiard tables and bowling
alleys. We lead the world in cheap fin.
lures: easy payments. Send fnr catalogua.
Brunswick Balke-CollendeT Co.. 1223-1
Main street. Kansas City. Mo
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01
WANTED-FEMALE HELP.

WANTED-White girl to cook. 90S To-
peka ave. References required.
Christ hospital.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01
TYPEWRITERS.

ALL MAKES for sale or rent. Best me-
chanicaI department in the country.
CRANE & co.
Topeka, Kan. 10 Years in Business.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01
ATTORNEYS At LAW.

HIRAM c. ROOT. Attorney at Law.
law. SO Columbian Bldg. Topeka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

We are told that charity is a divine at
tribute but the man who sets out to prac-
tice IL soon diskivers that it is a one
sided affair. You do the work and arm
the money and the other Teller sits the
fence and figgers up where his share
Gums 10. Keep man in bread and water
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

HELP, HELP!
u MEN for farm work; good wages;
carpenters 45c hour. Extra help fol-
Fair days. 532 Kansas ave. Phone 1883
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

/ once knew a man who spent 20 years
a-tryin' to make up his mind whether 1t
actually Tained for 40 days and 40 nights,
or whether there was a 15-minute inter
mission somewhere to dry out straw hats
Jest as he was ready to believe that IT
was all a snowstOrm they carried him of
to the nOOrhOuse.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01
WANTED MISCELLANEOUS.

WE PAY highest cash price for End hand
clothing shoes hats and OVercoats
Drop a card or call 1915. E. ScrinopskI &
Son 4oS Kansas ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

FOR RENT-One flat in the Scott apart
ment, 915 West 10th st. Phone 1893.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

I know about fifty men that believe in
luck and as far as 1 have kept track of
EN- they go hungry about half the time,
and use up the other half in dodgin' their
creditors. 1t seems never to strike EN-
that luck may be concealed in a bucksaw
or an aX-handle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

I have allus sought to carry out the
admonition love. thy naybur as thyseif.
burs got at least 80 per cent the best of
the bargain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

When our statesmen went at it and
made a distinction between lyin' and per-
jury it smoothed the road for a powerful
suffer for it. But for that distinction L
don't know how I'd ever got $42 cash for
a blind mewl,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

Every man makes a fool of himself
about once in six weeks durin' his life
time, but let his boss balk or his dog get
lost and he jumps on his hat and Won
deTs why the Lord didn't give animals
little common sense.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

When my house burned down and was
a total loss 1 got over lament in about
four weeks. When a sOre-heeled mewl
cum along and kicked me end over end
as l tried to rub salve on his aiIment, L
didn't forget it for a whole year. It's the
little things that hurt most
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

One night my wife woke me with a
nudge to whisper:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01

If 1 was a rich man 1 should go to
Europe every four years and make a stay
of at least three months. AS [ am not,
have to remain at home and hear the
candidates for president called boss thieves
and liars.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01
FOR RFNT-FlATS.

s12 Jefferson, 5 room modern. SIS. 90
42O Madison, rooms. Observation-Disclosures. Il. 90
CYRUS GUTHRIE & Co.
116 East 9Th st. Phone 1730-W-
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1913-07-17
FOREIGN.

The Balkan states appear to again
be in the melting pot. There is no
sign of peace at present.
Sylvia Pankhurst was released
| from Holloway jail in London, as the
result of her hunger strike.
NJ. Lepine, ex-prefect of Paris, who
recently retired from that office, was
elected Republican deputy for Mont
lrison.
Reports of a revolution and at
tempts against the lives of King Fer,
cinand and Premier Daneff are un.
founded.
The greatest military activity pre-.
walls at Constantinople, and troops.
artillery and provision conveys are
being brought across the Bosphorus
from Asia Minor.
Heavy fighting is reported all
around Kiu-Kiang, province of Kiang.
81, on the Yang Use Kiang, says
Picking dispatch. The fighting is the
result Of the occupation OF the city by
northern troops.
decree of divorce was granted at
Munich, Bavaria, to the S2-year-old
Duke Ludwig of Bavaria against his
second morganatic wife who when
she was a ballet girl at the Bavarian
court opera was known as Antonio
Barth
The saCking and burning of the
town Of Sores by the defeated Bu.
garian army and the accompanying
outrages on women and atrocities on
men We're fully confirmed in dis.
patch from a well.known Greek cor.
respondent
Floods in the Maros-Tcrda district
of Pennsylvania, Hungary, have caused
the loss OF eighty lives, according to
a Central News dispatch from Buda.
pest Fifteen villages have been des.
royed. In many places the water is
five feet deep,
\ clossal hotel, the cost of which to-
gethcr with the value of the site will
approximate s6,25O.OOO, is to be erected
on the ground now occupied by St.
Georges hospital on Constitutional
hill opposite the entrance to HYDE
park in London.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1913-07-17
w ST ERIN.

Chicago was chosen for the next
biennial session of the International
Christian Endeavor in July, 1915.
one engineer and two firemen were
killed in two railroad accidents at
Jackson Mich, both wrecks being OF
Michigan Central trains.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt will
rest at Grand Canyon three or four
days before starting on a l5O-mile
ride, he announced at Williams, Ariz
"A saloonless United States" in
1920 is the goal sought by the Chris.
tian EndeRvor society, which met in
Los Angeles in international conven'
ton.
Swan Johnson, sixty years old at
Salina, Kan, shot and killed Henry
Parohl, As years old because, he
sons s1.25 for work on the Parohl
farm.
The lives OF twelve persons We're
crushed out and fifty persons were in
jured when two Pacific electric rail
way cars crashed together with ter.
rifle impetus at Vineyard station, be.
tween Venice and Los Angeles.
b, l., Walters, an amateur aviator,
fell 20 feet when he attempted to fly
from St. Charles to Elgin, H. in a hi.
plane, which he built himself. lie
will recover. Walters had flown six
miles when a puff Of wind turned his
machine completely over in the air.
Charles WaChtmeistcr Of Detroit,
one OF the men convicted at the dyua.
mite conspiracy trial at indianapolis,
was given his freedom from tho federal
prison at Lcavcnworth, Kan. on
parole. WaChtmeistcr WAS sentenced
to the prison for a year and a day lie
applied for n parole In June.
The Kuhn interests are operating in
Idaho TO a large extent under the
Carey act The acreage under seven
of the Kuhn projects amounts to L..
2i2.532 acres and the projected cost
Of putting the land under water for
cultivation. according to figures sup.
piled by The Idaho state land depart
mcut will amount to S31,sjo,ooo.
Bids for the Greeley Colo, postof
flee viii be advertised for at once. ac'
cordiug to announcement OF the su.
prrvising architect ut the treasury
department az Washington. Il is an.
uuuuCpd also that plans for the Grand
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1913-07-17
HAD SOME WAY TO TRAVEL
Thirsty Man Had Not Thought Of Pos
sibiIities When He Made Con-
tract With Guide.

After North Carolina voted to be a
dry state it's citizens became very sus-
picious Of strangers.
One day a commercial traveller went
up to an old negro in little town in
the eastern part of the state and said
to him:
Say, uncle If you will lead me to
some place where I can get drink
I'll give you two dollars"
The old darkey looked him carefully
over, accepted the two plunks, and
said: "All right, boss, just foller me-"
He led the thirsty one through the
town, on through the suburbs, into the
country, and then started due west.
After they had traversed about five
miles in silence and still nothing in
sight, the man asked
Look here, Nose! Where are we
going after this drink"
Yves gwine over into Kentucky.
boss; we can't get nuthin' in dis state"
Judge.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1913-07-17
WASHINGTON.

Representative Hullings introduced
a bill under watch farmers, banding
together In an association, may Dor
row from the government money on
farm mortgages,
\ bill authorizing the President to
construct a railroad In Alaska and to
mine coal In that territory was intro.
duccd in the Senate by Senator PoIn.
dexter Of Washington.
BY unanimous consent the Senate
passed the bill making Oregon lands
withdrawn or classified as oil lands
subject to entry under the home
stead or desert land laws.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion held that the Denver n Rio
Grande railways ownership OF the
Utah Fuel Company and It's Compcti-
ton commercially IN interstate coal
markets Is in violation Of the commod.
tiles clause OF the Interstate commerce
law.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1913-07-17

The first break in the Cabinet of
President Wilson may come in the fall
with the retirement of James c. Nc
Reynolds, of New York and Tennes-
see from the office of attorney gen
eral.
All the wars" that have been
fought between labor and capital, all
the efforts that both have made to Sc
cure legislation which would profit
them, and the tangled skein woven
about their relations in the last ten
years are to be investigated by Con
gress.
bill proposing a new homestead
of l,2SO acres, providing that, instead
of cultivation, the entryman may sub
stantially improve the land to the
value of s1.25 per acre, and granting
the right to take such lands to cit;-
zens not now eligible to make home
stead entry because of having used it,
has been introduced by Representa-
tive Mondell. He calls it a grazing
homestead and supplemental grazing
entry" and believes Western condi-
lions make it imperative that such
legislation be enacted.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1913-07-17
SUES FOR W|FE'S SHARE
FIGHT FOR MILLIONS OF STRAIT
TON ESTATE is BEGUN.
Mrs. S. G. Kennedy, Of LeadviIIe, Says
Dead Mine Masnate Deserted
Her in 1875.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denver T he sensational suit
which Mrs. S. G. Kennedy of Lead
Vile threatened to file a year ago
against the estate of Winfield Scott
Stratton, claiming a widows share of
the millions he left to charity, and
accusing Stratton Of bigamy, naming
herself his deserted wife, was filed in
the District Court Eleven year after
the man who made Cripple Creek
famous went to his grave, leaving as
n monument to himself his millions
for building the Myron Stratton home,
the skeleton which, If her charges be
true, he had hidden in his closet, is to
be dragged to light in court.
The suit was brought against the
trustees of the Stratton estate, Tyson
S. Dimes D. II. Rice and William Len
nox, the Myron Stratton Home, a do
nestle corporation not for profit, and
the International Realty Company.
1t asks that Mrs. Kennedy be given
widows share-one half-of Win
field Scott STATIONS estate, valued at
between sS,OOO,0OO and $1O,OOOOOO, and
That after one-half of the estate is
given to Mrs. Kennedy the other half
be used by the trustees without delay
to the extent of sl,000,0OO for the pur-
chase OF grounds and in erecting, fur
nishing and equipping necessary
buildings for the Myron Stratton
home in accordance with the last will
of Winfield Scott Stratton. The rest
to be invested in good and sufficient
interest bearing securities, as pro-
vided in the Will" for the maintenance
of the Myron Strattcn home.
In asking for the last named judg-
ment. she charges the trustees of the
Stratton estate have paid themselves
more than 100000 above the real
value of their services as trustees,
and that for several years at least
100000 has been available for
the trustees to carry out the provi-
sions of the Stratton viii and build
the Myron Stratton home.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1913-07-17
COLORADO STATE NEWS

speed maniacs. Seventeen autoists
were fined for exceeding the speed
limits.
The office of Attorney General
Farrar was closed during the fun
eral of Robert Montgomery, three,
son of Morton Montgomery, second
assistant attorney general.
One thousand musical instruments
will shake Denver with strains OF
Onward Christian Soldiers dur
ing the grand parade Of the Knights
Templar, Tuesday, August u.
The Trades Assembly of Colorado
| Springs has arranged a parade and
program for Labor Day, and this will
be followed by the Shan Kive or
Indian carnival for three days.
The Trinchera Land Company has
been incorporated at capitalization
of 100000. 1t owns the old Trim
chera land grant of large tracts in
the southern part Of the state.
A letter of thanks from Theodore
Stempfel, president of the North
American Gymnastic union, for the
part Denver played in the recent ma
tional Bundles funniest, has been re-
ceived by Mayor Perkins of Denver.
With every clerk and official going
at top speed, the secretary of states
office accommodated more than 1000
persons who were anxious to file
nd
registration under the new automo,
bile law.
After mourning his sister as dead
for forty years, Philo J. HecoX, sixty,
six, of Colorado Springs, received a
letter from her. The sister, Mrs.
Helen M. Richards, is seventyone
years old and lives at Cedar Falls
Iowa.
1t is estimated that 100000 nick
els are spent yearly by Denver low,
ers of the movies" How many diff
ferent persons this 100000 in lit
neys' represent is impossible to fig
ure, according to the moving pictur
men.
The first step in what Secretary oil
State Pearce claims is the abolition
of fake interpretations in Colorado
and the bringing of sound enter
prises to the state will be started
when he will advertise fol
the suspension of 1864 corpora
lions who have not paid their taxes
in the last three years.
All mining districts in the stat
will unite in one grand effort t.
make the Mining Industry parade
to be held in Denver August 10 o.
IA of Conclave week, the creates
event of the kind ever staged il
Colorado.