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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-07

us there in a wagon and we proceed
ed three miles across that ranch with
a humping and a roughneSS that pass
eth all understanding.
Theatre on Prairies.
Came to the ranch house at last
and it was something to have come to.
Wish 1 had the tongue of men and
angels to tell Topeka people about
in the middle of the Chase county
prairies.
1t is an amateur theater, nothing
more or less. The ruling passion was
strong in the old theatre man and he
built play house far from plays and
players.
There is nothing like it any where
within or without the borders of the
civilized world. house on the
plains, appearing from the outside to
be an ordinary ranch house built for
comfort without stint of money. A
stone two-StOry structure with
sleeping porch in front and a lean
to kitchen behind. But enter the door
the house greets you like the mask
and bells of an actor on his stage.
Only the orchestra is needed, and the
wave of the baton and the Tilt of
the music to make you hunt for your
check to seat 1, n, right
Such a ranch house. 1t is not two
story at all. The inside is sheer to
the roof. There is only one room. 1t
10 d lIedIIe- Inc Ddy Willow 1oIIlo
a perfect little stage. On its platform
sits a graphaphone and its horn faces
the pit ready to play. There is a bal
cony eight feet above extending across
half of the lower room. The seats
there are as good as any in the house.
1t was matinee that day and we all
got in for dollar apiece.
The room is finished in theatre
blue. The old time sky tint that
theatre and actor folk know so we'll
and see so much. And the finishing
touches on the inside of that bloom
ing house. The Ell Paso theatre was
called upon for a section of scenery
for wainscoting. Stage stuff from
the Wichita house provided a door
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-07

that ranch. 1t is the talk of the coun-
try. How he is the lone pioneer in
the U. S. A, in crossing the Lincoln
shire eve sheep with a full blood ram
from Persia, or maybe it's Russia, and
getting a lamb that has a coat of close
curled black silk that is beautiful and
indestructible. The pelt of this sheep
is called astrakhan. The process beats
a silk worm to death and makes Gobe-
lin tapestry and Turkish rugs and seal
skins look like the contents of a cali
co warehouse on display.
Think of it! Two thousand acres Of
land; a thousand Lincolnshire ewes;
nearly two score of rams from Russia
at $1,000 per ram; and a ranch house
with stage pit and balcony and fin
ished in theatre blue.
oh, yes, they call these black silk
lambs "Karakules," but Ike Barnum
called each one of them a gold mine
and wondered how long it would oe
It'll he could save enough money to
buy an 1S-carat overcoat collar made
from one of their pelts.
We ate a sumptuous dinner at the
ranch house and drove away at 1 pm.
Reached Cedar Point at $50. Just
10 miles from home.
When CASTOR Sang in Choir.
House used to run a paper at Flor
ence. He knew a man near Cedar
Point named Charlie Sare, who had a
cabin on Cedar Creek that he rented
out to fishermen. House and Sare
used to sing in the village choir 20
years ago, and for funerals and other
social events. House sang baritone
and Sare lyric tenor.
We drove to Sare's place. He ap-
peared and piloted us to the creek.
We left the car there and unloaded
our truck. The cabin was across the
creek and also across an alfalfa field
half a mile wide. Stepping stones
bridged the ford in the creek at this
point and we crossed single file. Bill
led carrying the fishing tackle and a
big fish box. House came next with
a sack of corn meal. Roy had some
groceries and Ike had some more, and
L came last with a sack of potatoes.
The sack had a hole in its side and a
potato fell in the creek. I escaped by
a fraction in the art of balancing. And
this man Wikidal, standing on the
bank, squat, bulky and blackbrowed,
abused me for wasting his potatoes.
He looked like a yeggman in his ruin
of hat and corduroy pants.
We came to the cabin at last and
laid our burdens down. 1t was a
noble spot under the trees. There
was a fine spring near by. We rugged
up a seine and our fishing tackle and
got down to business That is, after
we had crossed that alfalfa field to
the creek.
We fshed' til shutdown, and with
gentle truth in my right hand, I state
that we didn't get a bite. We walked
back that half mile across the alfalfa
field to the cabin. House cut the wood
and Ike made the fire and Roy cooked
supper and I walked a mile after some
milk and eggs and Bill Wikidal spit on
his hands and told a big lie about what
he did on a fishing trip ten years ago.
Bacon and eggs and coffee for supper
Good coffee. Roy is a good cook.
House went to bed and Roy and Ike
and Bill Wikidal rugged up a trot line.
House mumbled in his approaching sleep
about the asinine act of setting a trot
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mile-an-hour schedule. Then We got
lost in the dark We had travelled
eighteen miles out of our way when a
boy in buggy told us the way to go.
WikidaI's Evasive North Stars.
Bill Wikidal looked at the peaceful
heavens and picked a certain star that
he swore was the North star. He used
it for proof that we were now travel
ing north. We got lost again and Bill
picked out another North star, saying
that his first one was the East star.
We Travelled on in the darkness,
guessing the way and passing many
crossroads. Bill discovered a third
North star and prattled about the
wonders of the sky and the benefits of
having an astronomer in the party. He
showed US the big dipper and the
juxtaposition of his latest North star to
its handle. He read signs and portents
from this event. He pointed out the
track of the milky way and the way
ward course of Saturn and the kennel
of the dogstar.
We arrived home at a. m. I had a
powerful good time-in spots-and
wouldn't have missed the trip for a
Brown county farm and a baby grand
piano factory But! I'm not going fish
ing any more! My constitution doesn't
seem to stand the strain. The fish
are too far and too deep. The sun is
toe hot. The bait too hard to get. And
that alfalfa field is too wide. And yet
a man may live long and read much
and meet many people and it all pro-
fit him nothing unless he were present
stars in one sky in one night while
travelling with dandy people in a
Cadillac fifty from Cedar Point to lit
tie old Topeka town. G. A. G.
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II think I'll go over to the club for
two or three hours this evening" he
observed as he toyed with the cat.
You'll do nothing of the kind re-
piled the mother-in-law as she wheeled
on him. You'll sit right there and see
if a doctor is wanted or if there are
any errands to be done. The idea of
your loafing around a club when your
wife is almost too sick to speak. If you
had a soft corn on your toe, the whole
house would have to hover over you"
Mr.. Bowser checked and strangled in
his Indignation and the cat grinned
and said to herself that things would
break loose pretty soon.
And I've heard,' continued the wo-
man as her teeth clicked together.
that you play poker at the club and
sometimes lose as much as $40 of an
evening. 1 wish you were my husband
for about an hour! You'd never play
poker more than once"'
did you come out here to insult and
abuse me?" demanded Mr.. Bowser,
with a flash of independence.
81 came out here to straighten things
up. and I shall do it, she sternly re-
piled.
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Then followed a powerful silence,
broken at last by his going down to
the cellar to nail a board on the coal
bin. He had just started to drive a
nail when the mother-in-law appeared
on the stairs ad said:
DRIP that hammer like a hot pota-
to- Don't you know that every blow
goes through your poor wife's head
with a bang? You've got about as
much heart in you as a rhinoceros!'
Woman, how dare you talk to me
like that" he shouted as his face grew
white as flour.
Don't call me woman and yell out
that wayr' she replied. mo bulldozer
can scare me a cents worth. If you
want something to do, go and sit with
your wife while I do the dishes"
Mr. Bowser sulked for a few minutes
and then walked upstairs. Finding
Mrs. Bowser asleep, he thought it
would be a good thing to overhaul his
dresser. He had scarcely pulled out
one of the drawers when he discovered
a sock with a hole in the heel. Indig-
nation overcame him on the instant,
and he fourished the sock on high and
exclaimed:
80 this is the way the house is run,
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SUNDAY

1 went fishing last week down on
Cedar creek in Chase county, alOng
with four friends, and we nearly died
from exposure and starvation. nave
sworn off three times on fishing trips
and every time comes some man or
set of men and lures me away day s
journey into the wilderness to risk
life and health and peace of mind try
ing to get a fish to stick my hook
through the bridge of his mouth. 1t s
d funny thing, this obsession in mans
head that makes him want to go fish
ing in the spring of the year.
1t got hold of Roy Crawford and
Bill Wikidal and Ike Barnum and
Jay House. They came and sang me
their little siren song and 1 went with
them.
We lowered for a day between life
and death and finally won our way
back to town by a fevered heart
beat. We were sunstruck and starved
and exhausted and bedraggled and
lost and sleepless and footsore and
worn to the last remnant of a fragile.
All in the course of a 36-hour fishing
trip. Five able-bodied men cut down
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sleeping porch drew on a st. Louis
play house for it's body and latitude.
Frieze partitions that Dustin Farnum
and Isabelle Duncan knew had been
transplated from distant cities to this
ranch house to serve new ana
strange purpose Every one of L. NJ.
Crawford's theatres had furnished a
portion. And he did own and yet owns
many theatres.
i Roy Crawford ushered in his guests
with an air. Seated them in front
the silent but ready horn of the phon-
ograph on the stage, walked up in the
balcony, waved his hand to the imas-
mary leader of the orchestra, and then
sat down and laughed It'll he cried.
And his guests laughed, too.
Ruling Passion Claimed Crawford.
1t was funny. Yes, and it was fine,
! too. This scene that showed how an
old man chung to his first love. A man
successful in every line of endeavor.
grown rich and weary with the pass
ing of the years that could now bring
! him nothing he had not already seen
and done and known and gathered
home.
But a theatre, with its tints of blue,
and it's stage and balcony. was his
beginning and it was his last work
when he built a ranch house in the
west. And Bill Wikidal looked and
sasped and said: Why didn't he build
There was a Crawford posting SER
vice. sign that formed one of the
clapboards on the barn.
We drove over that ranch, 1900
acres that comprise its center and cir
| conference. Roy rode black pony
and we rode a surrey.
Black Silk Lambs.
As all men who read high class farm
journals know, L. NJ. Crawford is rails
ing wonderful brand of sheep CD
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In day. Five young men turned
into Egyptian mummies in a night.
Head, body, hands and feet, all in the
emergency ward with the ''walk-soft-
1y" sign pinned on the door.
The story has features worth bring
ing to the attention of other men
and fishermen. And this is the true
and simple narrative of what befell
the five Topeka pilgrims after pleas
ure in the Cedar creek vale of tears.
A Good Start at 1870 A. NJ.
The start was made to the music
of the military band. All starts are
made so. 1t was about 4:30 on a
perfect May morning that Roy Craw-
ford footed the siren horn of his so
n. p. Cadillac in front of my rented
house. I went outside and climbed
into that big car with the happy,
hopeful heart of a little child. 1
climbed out at that some curbstone
on the morning of the second day
with heart as old and worn as that
of Methusaleh.
But to get on with the story. We
rode out of town in the dawning and
the Cadillac engine purred like a big
in the fiery furnace. Nothing finer
in this world below than a ride over
the Kansas roads in the early morn
ing. The miles slipped under the car
like water under bridge.
We had passed Burlingame before
where We were to eat and Roy gave
out the town of Lebo as the first
stopping place. Now Lebo is in Cof-
fey county and I felt the pangs of
hunger creep across my person.
House added hunger to hunger by
telling me every few minutes how far
1t was to Lebo and how long it was
to breakfast. He limited about tire
trouble and engine failure. Cheerful
and helpful travelling companion he
was.
Arrived at Lebo at 7:15. A little
stage of So miles. Ham and eggs and
20 minutes.
Landed in Emporia at $50. Look
ed for Walt Mason. He was still in
bed. Walt is fat and prosperous
and lazy in his old age.
On the way again. The first trou-
BILE of the trip began to show its face
here in the glory of the morning.
Ike Barnum was wearing a broadbrim
hat. Brought it to protect his face
from the sunshine he said. But the
gods had made him mad before they
set about to destroy him. The car
travelled so fast that Ike could not
keep that sombrero on his head. He
put it in the bottom of the car and
placed his feet upon it. And the Kan
his face in scarlet and crimson. A
hat with d narrow brim would have
helped him a little. And a little is
all that any man ought to be protect
ed. Ike wanted too much protection.
The car passed over Lyon county
like a wild ducks shadow over a
pond. And soon we stopped at the
northern end of the L. NJ. Crawford
rar-h in Chase county A man met
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A Cure for Alcoholism.

President Taft, who neither drinks
spirituous liquors nor believes in other
people indulging in them, tells this:
A young man had fallen into the habit
of struggling through his work every day
and then making much more desperate
struggle to get home after he had patron
fzed several saloons. Finally his long
suffering wife could stand it no longer
and she delivered a hot lecture to him on
his bad behavior.
MY dear" he said seriously, I'm a
great man. All great men drink. Drink
ing and greatness go together. History
shows it. Look at Poe, Bobbie Burns,
and"
That's all right" cut in the wife, land
I agree to it. You just promise to quit
drinking until you're great, and I'll be
satisfied. The Popular Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-07

What is the baby crying about?'' HE
dropped his ginger snap in his glass Of
water" "Well, that's the first time
ever knew any one to cry because they
had a soft snap."-Houston Post.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-10-24
= + + + + + + 1. + + + + I
COTTON. +
+ + = + + + + + + + = 4
New Orleans Cotton.

New Orleans, Oct. 23.-Cottoa-Fu-
nres opened steady at an advance OF
lbs points on good cables and rains
b the cotton belt, Commission houses
had fair volume of buying orders
10 fill on the first call and it was
generally considered that outsiders
We're entering the market. There was
little snap to the early trading, how
ever, and the forecast of fair weather
In the western belt encouraged short
selling at the advance. Spot people
continued to report a good demand,
but bulls still manifested disappoint-
meht over the failure of the local
spot market to respond to the adj
yances in futures yesterday. AT the
highest in the early trading prices
were 7@9 points up. From this level
they fell off until at the end of the
first half hour of business they were
unchanged to 2 points down compar
ed with the close Of yesterday.
Later in the morning the market
was 4@S points down, but at this
level. decided resistance of selling
pressure developed, buying for long
account increased and offerings from
the short side grew smaller. The
detailed Weather report showed much
more rain over night than expected
and this was called very unfavor-
able in view of the great amount of
(cotton awaiting picking in the fields.
Prices gradually did better until at
noon they were SOLO points over
! the last quotations of yesterday.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-10-24
RECENT RAINS Do
MUCH DAMAGE

The recent heavy rains have washed
away a section of the dirt underneath
the concrete sidewalk on East Sec
end avenue, near the bayou, allowing
the paving to sink down and break in
to pieces, and the citizens are forced
to walk considerable distance
around the wreck.
Complaint is also made of the
muddy condition of the street adjacent
to the new athletic field, the scholars
Ct the High School being forced to
wade the mud on Laurel street while
going and coming from school.
The Southwestern Telegraph and
Telephone Company has been caused
a great deal of trouble the past two
lays and nights from the wind
which had CROSSED" the wires at sew
.erarspoints in the city, causing consid-
cradle complaint from the subscrib-
ers, whose phones ring when others
are sought.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-10-24
10 NICHQI.
NUNLEY GOES TO.
THE COUNTY FARM
Man Who Whipped His Wife Enters
Guilty Plea to Three
Charges. -

A plea of guilty was entered by
Frank Nunley, the Cotton Belt brake-
man who was arrested on two
charges of assault and batter and
one for illegal cohabitation, yester-
day morning in the court of Magis-
trate j. A. Frazier. Nunley was ar
rested Tuesday. night by City Detec-
tive Roebuck and Constable Parnell
on charges made by Nunley's suppos-
ed wife, who stated to the officers
at the time that she and Nunley were
not married. ,Nunley whipped her
severely Tuesday night, and while
she was at police headquarters fill
ing her complaint, the man went to
the Cotton Belt yard office and as
saulted a young white man named
Ray Young. The man was brought
into court from the county Jail, where
he was remalfded by Magistrate
Frazier Wednesday on 5000 bond in
each of the three cases. AS fast as
the cases were called yesterday
morning Nunley pleaded guilty and
a fine was assessed of 500 and costs
in each, with an additional 30 days
on the county farm in the illegal
cohabitation charge.
The girl=who posed as the wife Of
Nunley was I'M loodsuatation with
the officials yesterday afternoon and
it is probable that case of white
slavery will be brought against the
man at near by date.
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LETTER fRoA TscLE JOHN B
aS - MSTs AING yE&-


To the Observation-Disclosures Of Jefferson
County:
This is to notify you that l am still
in the race, though l am confined to
my house with rheumatism, but you
know the the Good Book says "All
things work together for good to those
who love God" SO | think by the help
of the good Lord and DR.. James will
be mixing with you all in few days.
I have made you a good assessor in
the past and will DO the same in the
future. 1 have about lived out the
allotted time to man according to al
vine writ, SO why not elect the old
'tConfed" another term? Then let the
kids fight for it. Thanking you all
for what you have done for me in the
past and thanking you for what !
think you are going to do for me in
the future, 4 remain yours for good
Democracy,
JOHN B. KING.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-10-24
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, WEATHER REPORT :
: = = = = + = + Z Z = 4A$$@
FOR ARKANSAS: Colder in south
asst portion. Friday fair.

FOR ARKANSAS: Colder in south
asst portion. Friday fair.
WEATHER CONDITIONS
The Texas disturbance has moved
eastward to Mississippi. A low pres
sure. area, central over the Dakotas,
extends from Montana to the Lakes
Rains have occurred in the central
valley, the Southern states and the
Lake region. At Galveston the fall
exceeded II inches in twenty-four
hours. The rainfall was very heavy
in some Of the Cotton Belt. An
area Of high pressure, central over
Texas, is advancing eastward, attend
ed by much colder weather, from
Missouri and Kansas southwark to
the Gulf coast. The weather is get
ting warmer in the Northwest. At
S a. M. the thermometer registered
"a degrees in Montana, % degrees
in Minnesota, 50 degrees in New York
sc degrees in Kansas, 80 degrees in
northwestern Arkansas and 40 de-
grees in Oklahoma. Fair and colder
weather is indicated for this vicinity
tonight, and fair weather Friday.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-10-24
A TEXAS WONDER

The Texas wonder cures kidney
md bladder troubles, removing gra-
vel, cures diabetes, weak and lame
backs,s rheumatism, and all irregu-
larities of the kidneys and bladder
Of both men and women. Regulates
bladder troubles in children. IT not
sold /. by your druggist, will be sent
~ mail on receipt o. $500. One
small bottle is two months treat
ment, and seldom fails to perfect a
sure. Send for. testimonials from
his and other states. E. w. Hall,
1870 Olive street. St. Louis. Mo. Sold
ny druggists. 81 1912 II
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-10-24
LOCAL DRUGGIST
MAKES STATEMENT
Says DOdsOn's Liver Tone is the Bcs1
Remedy for Constipation and
Sinking Liver he has
Ever Sold.

Every person who has tried bod
sons Liver Tone and knows how
surely and gently it starts the liver
to working and relieves biliousness
will bear out the Brasher drug store
in this statement about Dodson's
Liver Tone.
1T is purely a vegetable liquid
that entirely takes the place OF Gallo
mel, harmless and pleasant to the
taste, that has proven itself the most
satisfactory remedy for a slowwork-
ing liver that most of our customers
have ever tried. A large bottle sells
for fifty cents and we do not hesitate
to give the money back to any per-
son who tries bottle on the strength
of this statement and is not satisfied
with the RESULT
In these days of doubtful medi-
cines and dangerous drugs, a state
ment like the above is a pleasant as
surance that Dodson's Liver Tone is
reliable remedy for both children
and grownups. } In buying a bottle
for immediate If future use it is
we'll to make sure you are getting
the genuine Dodson's Liver Tone and
not some spurious imitation that has
copied our claims, but do not stand
back of their guarantee. You may
be certain OF getting the genuine If
you go to .Brasher,s for it.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-10-24
Eczema and Itching Cured

The soothing, healing medication In
DR.. HObson's Eczema Ointment pene-
trates every tiny pore Of the skin,
clears it of all stops ITCH
ing instantly. DR.. Hobson's Eczema
Ointment ia, guaranteed to speedily
heal eczema, rashes, ringworm, letter
and other unsightly eruptions. Ec-
zema Ointment is Doctors prescrip-
ton, not an experiment, All drug
gists Or by mail, soc. Pfeiffer Cheml-
cal Co., Philadelphia and st. Louis.
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FOR RENT
BY
G. S. NJ EW

luz FINE STREET PHONE WI
1901 W. 5th, 5-rooms, hall, lights,
bath and gas $500
18th and Elm, 4-rooms, hall, lights,
gas, city water ..... $3.50
SIG Main, 4-rooms, hail, gas and city
water ...... ...... $I1.oV'
lila W. Barraque, 6 rooms, hall,
lights, bath, gas; vacant November
LIST .............,... ....... $1,000
1900 w. 18th, 5 rooms, hall, well
water $lV.VU
21st and Main, 3 rooms, good
water ...........s. ....... $IOO
1920 L. 9Th, rooms, hall, city
1910 w. 18th. 4 rooms, well $4,000
ZIG Chestnut, 4 rooms, two halls,
lights, bath, gas; close in $1,000
I'll Elm. rooms. lights, bath, gas,
modern in every way .......$25.00
212 Walnut street, store room has
SINK ................ $l0.Vv
room and hall, near Cotton Belt
crossing on Sulphur Springs road,
one acre ground ........... $3.50
2OO7-9 w. End. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
laos w. 9th, Z rooms. modern In every
way In the best part Of tho city.
will be vacant Nov. LIST $4,000
800 e. Sth, rooms. two-story $1,000
Store house, fine location for grocery,
Bird and Mo. .......-......
1921 state, 4 rooms. gas, lights.
bath $4,000
212 N. Poplar. romos. city
water .......... $751;