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The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1913-04-04

We of bed the other growing weather
when better half told read the morning
shut up We knew what headlines reading
them all week. their and disaster destruction Of
property and loss Of human life conclusion that we
living God country after all and that the would
kick about little rain little cold weather pretty
Migrate Ou Of perspective ARE distorted
Our principal topic Of conversation the imagine
little dwelling place ought to be regular Garden
all the year around We live probably equabe climate
take all around found Of DOORS being
thankful for Ell the abominable weather. rainy
day
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1913-04-04

Some welneanng people theory that economic
at the bottom Of the white slave traffic trying
hard discount the result the industrial investigations being
carried on various parts of the country which
economic theory Love Of fney desire for good time lack of
home training advanced
wholesale prostitution The latter be as
by itself but what the former
barely living upon which exist paid
should imagine that have solved probem Isn't
girl entitled nice Clothes healthfu
while II the daily barely the of subsistence
allows for of these other perfectly
and in seeking their ffment the girl
economic? living is all right but society can
stop there We believe equal pay for equal work regardless
and the question won't be adjusted until
that point
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-03
BOWSER, HE BUSTS.
Every Food Trust Knocked Out in "a
Hours.

During the night Mr. Bowser had
sighed and groaned and grunted and
kicked around more, than usual, and
when he came down to breakfast with
a do-or-die look on his face Mrs. Bow
ser realized that something would
shortly be doing. He waited two or
three minutes before saying:
Mrs. Bowser, we have fried eggs
for breakfast"
'FYeS?"
There is an egg trust that is rob-
bling the people"
ct know it,
1--WE have fried sausages."
"Yes?"
There is a sausage trust that is
grinding the public to dust
1--WE read of it,
1--WE have pancakes" .-
"And they are very nice"
But there is buckwheat trust
without a SOUL
81 didn't know it,
"And we have coffee, Mrs. Bowser."
'And isn't it nice?'
There is coffee trust composed of
men without the decency of highway
robbers"
81 was reading of it yesterday"
"And we have sugar"
"Yes?"
1.-THE sugar trust still lives and robs
and swindleS."
81 see.''
"And we have cream, Mrs. Bowser."
"But we have to have
And we get it from the milk trust,
and the milk trust is composed of
criminals They are pocketing mil
lions of plumber"
''It ought to be stopped
"And we have butter, Mrs. Bowser."
Eyes. 1t cost AS cents pound
"And it wouldn't have cost above 80
but for the butter trust. It's worse
than picking our pockets. Trust-trust
is a trust. Not a thing
what rODS
But it seems to me that the govern
ment ought to step in and take some
action to protect consumers.
1.-THE government-humph PHI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-03

the negative in the left. while with
left-handed persons the reverse is the
case.
The scientists instrument consists of
an adjustable oak board, whereon a
delicate metal cylinder swings in n
perpendicular position between ball
bearings, in order to minimize the
friction. The operator places his left
hand on the board, the palm facing
the cylinder and the thumb uppermost
In a moment the cylinder begins to
revolve, slowly at first and then fas-
ter, in the same direction as the hands
of a watch.
If the right hand is placed behind the
cylinder it will revolve in the opposite
direction.
Let another person put his right hand
on the shoulder of the first and the
cylinder will move even more rapidly.
M. Fayol states that he is able by this
means to measure the vital magnetic
force of subjects who put their hands
before the instrument. No reaction is
observable on the instrument in tho
case of infants. but between the ages
of 25 and As years the magnetic force as
recorded increases annually. After the
latter age it diminishes till it almost
vanishes in the case of the very old.
This magnetism may pass from per-
son to person, and the vital emanation
of one may be received by another and
stored up by him. The theory of SYM
pathetic souls is explained by the as
sumption that such persons have SINH
lar magnetic personalities.-Parfs Cor
New York Times
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-03
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a farm and a city lot and a seagoing
yacht to see.
Then the talk on that creek bank
drifted back to Hamilton and Jeffer-
son and Franklin, the founders of the
republic. The bullheads in the water
seemed to know that the major was
weighing heavier subjects and they
waited before sampling the worm on
his hook.
Carried Napoleon Through.
Still another page of history was
turned back in the big book. Fred
erick the Great marched again into
Silesia- Time moved on with quick
feet and the French revolutionists cut
off the heads of the Bourbons. Ma
poleon came upon the scene and
stabbed his horses in every capitol in
in with the major and between them,
they carried the great little CorS1can
from the Bridge of Lodi to ST. Helena.
Then came a bull-head and grabbed
the worm on the newspaper mans
hook A jerk, and the bull-head was
close to the water. The fish slipped
the hook and the major dropped his
pole and pipe and clapped his hat
down on that twisting fish like a boy
traps bumblebee. 1t was great work
and quick as when a cat catches a
mouse.
And the little old creek slipped
along in the sunlight The fishermen
could hear the water tapping the
bank.
The major is assistant U. S.
attorney for this state, and ac-
counted by the Kansas City Star as
the nobleSt and best Roman of all
the Standpat statesmen of Kansas.
But the other day down on Lynn
creek he was only a man in a flan-
mel shirt who sat in the forks of
big tree and fished earnestly for bull
heads, and talked in retrospective
fashion about old statesmen and coon
dogs and grape vines and mulberry
trees and why some blackbirds had
red feather in their wings.
The Brown, Shaggy Dog.
The major had brought his brown
shaggy dog along on the trip. This
dog came and sat by his master and
watched his masters cork. The
cork shivered and moved erratically.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-03
HANDS ARE MAGNETIC POLES
Magnetism Passes From Person to
Person and Is Stored Up.

A French scientist, NJ. Fayol. as
serts that he has made an important
discovery in establishing the polarity
of the human body.
The theory that man has positive and
negative magnetic poles was advanced
long ago, but thus far no instrument
has been invented capable of measuring
the electric force satisfactorily
M Fayol has perfected an instrument
with which, he says, delicate observa-
tions of the vital magnetic fluid
emitted by the human body can be
made. He asserts that the positive
pole centers in the right hand and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-03

of old. Inflated town of a new world
to bear such an unlucky name and to
have a citizen to have such an I'M
lucky horse. But for that horses
laundering feet the capitol of Kansas
might have been located near Lynn
creek instead of by the Kaw.
The story ended about the time the
majors cork went down. And no one
had time to sigh for the vanished
glories of any Carthage. The major
landed his fish, looked at the setting
sun, sighed, and prepared to go.
We drove home in the early twi-
light and the brown dog made friends
with every big and savage dog on the
way, and whipped every little and
fretful dog. The major gloated over
the intelligence of a dog that knew
enough to sit still on a creek bank
and watch a cork and bark when
the fish bite well.
Better to Be Lucky Than Rich.
1t was a great day. Anyone who is
lucky enough to win the majors
favor can go to Lynn creek with him
and see table rock, and eat Aunt
Sally Matney's old Kentucky dinner
and see the plum blossoms, and hear
the water sing its eternal song among
the shadows, and grow young again
while the major catches bullhead fish
and talks philosophy as old as the
stars as he sits on the banks of the
creek discovered by Colonel Lynn of
old Kentucky.
And, in addition to all this, he may
be favored enough of the gods to
win the friendship of the wise, shay
gy brown dog. C. A. c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-03

The dog parked and trembled with
excitement. The majors cup ran over
with happiness. This was prince
among dogs. The major missed his
fish in pride of his dogs interest and
understanding.
The afternoon wore on and the
bu1l-heads grew shy and more shy of
the majors bait. Then did he shift
his bait from milk worms to crawfish
tails and caught a likely fish instanter.
The voices of the world seemed far
away. The major, as he sat and
watched his cork and admired his dog
might have been an Indian chief of
the Shawnees who flourished here
before the white men came. No chief
who ever stole a pony or made a
squaw dig q garden fished SO whole
heartedly as did the major.
The Story of Carthage.
At this time came the story of Car
thage. Few people know that Car
thage is the Oldest settlement in
Shawnee county, but the major, who
keeps as close tab on the country as
he told about it the other day on
fhe banks of Lynn creek, while his
brown, shaggy dog watched his cork
for him.
Carthage used to lie between Ber-
ryton and Lynn creek. Beauregard
idu HOl YET maui Up ii1o AAAAAAu ~ LII z
on Fort Sumter in those days of which
the major spoke. And Carthage flour
ished like its namesake of old did
when Cato used to worry the Roman
senate about the threatening aspect
of its greatness.
There was a we'll in the center of
Carthage, Shawnee county, Kansas,
also a blacksmith shop, a store and a
few houses. Then one day a horse
fell into that well. The good people
of Carthage counseled together what
to do, remove the horse or fill the
well. They filled the well. And
Carthage was destroyed. Destroyed
as completely as its namesake on the
coast line of the Mediterranean sea.
a country road and an apple orchard
now hide the Carthage of Shawnee
county as effectually as do the sands
of the desert and the shadows of
Rome's ancient wrath hide Carthage
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-03
His Old Friend Hamilton.

~-~~
His Old Friend Hamilton.
Then followed happy little dis
course upon Alexander Hamilton, his
life, work and writings. Thomas JEFF
ferson came next and then John
Quincy Adams in the swirling pro-
cession of the majors fancy. The
newspaper man interpolated with a
few remarks about D'Artagnan and
Captain Brazenhead. A little breeze
blew up the creek, the sun grew hot
ter STILL 1t was a scene like John
Boyle Kelley delighted in when he
wrote:
''And long for the dear old river.
Where dreamed my life away"
The Siren Song of Spring.
1t was a perfect afternoon in the
early springtime. Ideal for any fish
erman, whether farmer boy leaving his
chores to catch a mess" for supper,
or city man on a grand days vacation
that lined the creek had budded out
just enough to lace the water and the
bank with light and shadow. There
was a seductive smell from the rich
brown earth. The influence that they
call fisherman's delight was abroad in
the land. Men leave offices and stores
to find it. They cannot tell why or
wherefore, but at certain seasons GER
tain men forget about family and
money and business and every pleas
ure that the town has to offer and go
to seek a creek bank and the CLEAN
of sunlight through the trees and the
ripple of water under the hand of an
April wind, and the siren influence of
like message and a token from the
unseen that is more to be desired
than aught else.
And just about this time the major
got another bite. He pulled out a
bullhead that weighed a pound and
the satisfaction in his face was worth
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-03

But I don't see how you can do it,
replied Mrs. Bowser
mo. you don't but it is easily ex-
planned. I'll accomplish a great and
beneficial work if you'll only stand by
me-
why of course I WILL
Every well. What would become of
the meat trust If none Of US ate meat?''
1T would have to go out of BUSH
ness"
And if We Iop off eggs and pam
cakes and butter and coffee?'
1.-The same with those trusts"
Mrs. Bowser, you are a 1evel-headed
woman, and 1 am proud of you. You
shall share the fame with me. For dim
ner this evening We will have bananas
and cold water. We will have the
same for breakfast, and dinner again,
and by that time the trusts will be
knocked endways. Just as soon as
they hear what Bowser is up to, they
sun"
But isn't there a banana trust?" was
asked.
There used to be, but it has dis
solved. There is no trust in drinking
water-only graft in getting it to us.
Bananas and water for a few meals.
Are you with me?'
st am
''Then I am a sure winner I shall
go straight from here to the newspa-
pers and the Associated Press. BY
high noon it will be known in every
city, town and hamlet in the United
States that Mr.. and Mrs. Bowser are
hot foot after the different food trusts.
This is the first scheme I have ever
gone into that you didn't try your best
to discourage me-"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-03
SUNDAY

When Major A NJ. Harvey asks a
friend to go fishing with him, why ii
is that mans lucky day. The othei
day the major asked the state journal
man to go down on Lynn creek ana
spend the day with a hook and nne'
The newspaper man accepted with JOY
and came back at dark with dozen
little "bun-head'' catfish and heart
made whole again from the sunshine
and the majors philosophy.
The fishermen stopped at the ola
Lynn place, three or four miles south
east of Berryton Harvey Matney
lives there now. 1t is quite a place, TINS
old Lynn farm. Colonel Lynn came 10
Kansas from Kentucky In 1853 with
Major Harvey's father. The old Ken
tucI1v colonel looked at the hills on
one side of the creek and at the mead
ow lands on the other side and Swore
that this was the finest spot IN Kan
sas." No prairies or bottom lands for
him. He wanted place that looked
like it had been picked from Ken
tuckv Landscape and this spot was
made to order. He set stakes and set
tied down in Kansas. He died there
and his grave by the creek has been
covered with plum tree blossoms Tor
forty summers as a token of the resur-
rection.
Col. Iynn's daughter Mrs. Matney,
still serves Kentucky dinners at the
old place.
Table Rock.
At table rock where the creek runs
over flat rock formation al the lower
end of the Lynn farm, the fishing used
to be fine. The fishing hole just below
this rock is a classic in the annals of
the neighborhood that have to do with
fact and fiction about the catching of
fish. Indians used to camp at table
rock and catch fish for breakfast. And
after them came Col Lynn and his
fria nd han he xy6 h1Iri a6
Col. Lynn fished at table rock. Now
these men are old and their sons fish
there. Now comes Major Harvey and
"wets a line" where his father used
to fish in the days before Topeka was
even a village.
Small wonder that the major forgot
what law was or judges had been when
he landed at table rock the other day.
He wore a flannel shirt and his coat
lay on the bank. He smoked a pipe
and talked philosophy instead of poll
tics. The lines were smoothed out of
his face by the wind and sun. The
memories of fifty years of bygone fish
ing days of the flat rock came up out of
the water and talked to him and he
answered in that forgotten tongue now
unknown to all men but him and
chosen few.
Liked to Hear the Water Talk.
Some one asked the major at dinner
time why he went to table rock when
the fishing was better up the creek.
IT like to hear the water talk and
fuss as it falls over the rock" replied
the major.
In the afternoon the major and his
newspaper friend wandered up the
creek, away round the bend to place
the major chuckled reminiscently about
when he mentioned it in blissful con-
temptation. BEST fishing hole in the
world he said. "Bull-heads there will
swallow your bait, hook and sinker.'
1t was noble place to fish. Water
dark and deep. Big trees growing
right at the edge of the stream with
their roots stretching along the bank
to form a fine seat for a lazy fisher
man. The major perched himself in a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-03

giant crotch formed by two of these
tree-roots, called for a fishing worm,
baited his hook, loaded his pipe and
threw his line far into the creek. He
looked like a pirate chief of the old
south seas crouched in the cross trees
of his ship looking for a Spanish sail
The sun was hot and the. majors
chin sank forward contented on his
chest. He told a story about a famous
coon dog of that locality and how,
years ago, this dog had engaged in
fierce battle with a coon in the creek
at this very spot.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-03
But won't it ?"
"NOfv

"But won't it?"
mol"
''But-but-'
'sBut by the eternal, Mrs. Bowser,
there is a power that will step in and
stop it,''
And Mr.. Bowser hammered on the
table with his fist and swelled out his
chest and puffed out his cheeks and
looked as dangerous as a grizzly bear
driven away from his dinner.
'And that power is
Fright here, Mrs. Bowser-right
here at the table sitting opposite you'll
I've been thinking matters over for a
m onth, but it was only at midnight
last night that came to a conclusion.
Yes, sir, 1 am the power and the man.
In "a hours I'll knock every food trust
in the United States higher than Gill
derOV'S kite
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-05-08

The girls who sit at the player-pianos
today put on more dog but they are not
a bit sweeter than the girls who used
TO sit at the old cabinet organs. Don't
you remember how they used to play
Sin the Cleaning" white Wings"
and I'm The Sweet Bye and Bye?"
And VIXEN you wanted rag time they
could get real sassy with Johnny Get
Your Hair Cut" and Climbing Up
The Golden Stairs"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-05-08

One Of our correspondents contributes
the following; ST. ID. is taking lessons
on harmonican. T. is natural must
clan and can make brass drum fairly
talk" Minerva WIS married sister
from Bean Creek, is here taking treat
ment for floating liver. She fell out of
a cherry tree last summer and Jared it
loose"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-05-08

In Manning the other day fellow
named Casebeer was arrested for being
drunk and disorderly on Sunday. The
marshall is having hard time finding
the fellow who put the beer" in Case
beer on Sunday.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-05-08
|. N. Darland Kicked by Horse.

l. NJ. Darland, who makes his home
with his son, c. r. Darland, seven
miles east of town, had the misfortune
to be kicked by horse Friday morning.
He was working about the horse, in the
barn, and must have in some way sur
prised the animal causing it to kick,
striking Mr.. Darland on the arm and
chest, fracturing several ribs. He is
being cared for by his daughter, Mrs.
J. r. Chandler, and getting along nicely,
expecting to return to the farm in a
few DAYS.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-05-08
Audubon Patients Improving.

Mrs. Martin Mortensen and Clarence
Turner who went to Rochester, Mimi,
ten days ago to undergo surgical opera
tons, are reported greatly improved.
Mrs. Mortensen's case was serious
one, but the results thus far are very
gratifying to the physicians and rela-
tives. Mr.. Turner, who was having
trouble with his arm is also recovering
and there is now every indication that
the member will be as we'll and useful
as it was before the accident which
broke the arm almost a year ago.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-05-08
Uneasiness Over japanese.

With Secretary Bryan travelling
across the country in an endeavor to
regulate the action of the California
and with speech muffled in
Congress, and the press pedaling very
lightly, it is plain that the Administra-
ton is. greatly concerned regarding the
Japanese situation. In some quarters
there is the greatest pessimism, and it
is common talk in the national capitol
that the Japs are trying to pick row. "
The developments all indicate that the
Japanese, realizing our unpreparedness,
are pressing their demands at an ad-
vantageous moment.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-05-08
Notice to Contractors.

Bids for the erection of new Ger
man Lutheran church foul and one.
half miles southwest of Gray. Bids
can be filed with Rev. E. J. w. Stark
Plans and specifications may be seen at
L. Groteluschens store in Gray. August
Myer and at the parsonage. Bids will
be received up to 200 o'clock May GOTH
Right to reject any or all bids is re-
served. Rev. L. j. w. Stark. 1856
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-05-08
Notice Of the Selection Of a County Road
System Audubon County Iowa.

Notice is hereby given that map
showing the selection of County Road
System, by the Board of Supervisors,
for Audubon County Iowa, has this
day been filed in my office, and 1 have
set May oath 1918, at 10 o'clock a. m.
as the time for hearing objections
thereto Otto Witthauer, County Audi
tor.
Audubon, Iowa, May 9Th 1918.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-05-08
REGULAR Meeting Of Club.

The Regular monthly meeting of the
Audubon Commercial Club will be held
in the X. p, hall Monday May 18th at
500 o'clock. 1t is especially urged that
all members be present at this meeting
as business of importance is TO be trans.
acted. Every meeting of this Club
will be boost for the town and the
community.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-05-08
Notice To The Public.

1t has been voted to sell the old lum-
Der of the destroyed school house of
District No 3, in Cameron township on
the ground, to the highest bidder on
Saturday May II at 200 o'clock p. IN.
l. II, Miller Pres.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-05-08
Road Boss Wanted.

A road boss is wanted for the north
west quarter of Greeley township to do
such work as required by law in such
cases make application to S. ID. God
win, trustee or Walter Hensley, clerk,
on rural route No. 1, Extra, Iowa. 19S
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-05-08

A whole lot of our brides discover
when its too late that they should have
purchased more canned goods and fewer
Princess slips when they fixed up the
trousseau. Many meal these days are
served hot-from the tin can.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-05-08
The Audubon Weekly Market Reports.

Below are the prices paid for pro.
ducts. Corrections are made every
Wednesday afternoon, therefore only
slight changes are possible from todays
market nrices.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-05-08
For Sale.

One Thoroughbred Duroc Jersey fall
male pig, guaranteed and good one.
VIM. Bauer, Audubon, Iowa. 19S
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-05-08

If the bachelor uncle, and the old
maid aunt, would take greater inter.
est in each other Sunday evenings, in
stead of insisting on taking home their
neices, the young men would gladly
tender them a vote of thanks, and it
might prove to be lasting benefit to
the older people.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-05-08

Audubon boys have more sense than
they used TO have. When the old
fashioned boy get dime he would buy
a ten cent bottle of rotten perfumery
with blue hearts and red cupids on the
label and give it to his girl. Nowadays
when he gets dime he takes her to
movie" show and holds her hand for
an hour.