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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-16

so the man would have to sell and by
the time he had that all thought out he
had forgotten all about his menagerie aid
was hot-footing it away on some other
stunt that had occurred to him.
He has a passion for evening clothes.
He's never So happy as when he can
struggle into an open-faced vest, hard
boiled shirt and all, and buzz around in
society. His constitution demands Its
daily quota of thrills; there must be some
thing doing all the time He likes to train
around with circus people and their iik,
fat freaks and slack-wire artists and
then he goes home and tries to initiate their
tricks. He's surely a funny little guy.
But it isn't a pose with McCarty. The
hmelight, it seems, hasn't turned his head
Notwithstanding his extreme youth. His
love of excitement and odd pranks is
inheritance An ancestry of part Indian
and Irish too, accounts for his nght-lGv-
ing and adventurous spirit
Toughened with knocking about the
world, with giant physique that doesn't
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-16
AGAIN DRUGGIST ADVISES THE
USE OF GREAT KIDNEY, LIVER
AND BLADDER REMEDY.

want to give my friends and the
general public the benefit of my exper-
fence with Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root. i
was sick and unable to work for sew
eraI years. My whole system seemed
to break down. 1 had kidney and
backache troubles. My head was dizzy,
and in fact I was badly discouraged.
l tried two of the best doctors and
one Specialist and they did me no
good. NJ C. Quigley, the druggist, adj
vised me to use DR.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root. He said that he knew of sew
eraI similar cases that it had cured,
and after taking six bottles, I feel like
myself again and I honestly believe it
is just the medicine for any one that
feels like I did.
Yours very truly,
JOHN MCNAMARA,
861 West Main ST., Greenfield, Ind.
Mr.. Quigley makes statement that
he sold the Swamp-Root to Mr.. Nc
Namara.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 18th day of October, 1911.
EARL SAMPLE,
Notary Public.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-16
HANSON ASKS AID.
Trouble Making Attorney to Go
to Poor Farm.
Has Tasted Only q Little Fruit
Since Saturday.

Mcpherson, Kan, Jan. 16.-Attorney
J. F. Hanson, of Lindsborg, is now in
the spotlight of altogether different
color He flashed a new one when in
writing to the board of county commits
sioners, he asked that he be given
county aid In a letter addressed to
the board he asks that he be given
either aid in the way of support or
that a place be provided for him at the
poor house. Hunger had been gripping
his constitution and he said that he
had nothing to eat since Saturday ex-
cept a little fruit. He instructed the
commissioners not to turn him over to
another county as this was his home
and that he deserved aid here. He said
that he was doing the work Of several
lawyers and that he had not been CIV
en- justice by the courts and that was
one reason that he asked for aid.
The county commissioners telephoned
to Mayor Rosine. of Lindsborg. who is
the overseer of the poor, and told him to
buy ticket for Hanson and have him
report to the commissioners as soon as
he arrived in Mcpherson. He will be
sent to the poor farm
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-16
new SOCCER TEAM
John Gibson Organizes One at
Shops.
Game Sunday With Tom Pow
ellis Champions.

John Gibson is organizing soccer
football team at the Santa Fee shops
and plans a practice game with Tom
PowelFs gang of football kickers sun
day, the weather man being agree
able The tryouts have been PRAGUE
ing for a couple of weeks and are get.
ting into shape under the tutelage OIL
Gibson.
Gibson has been playing on the
Powell team until lately. Then ne
decided to get a team of his own To-
gether. The practice game Will De
played on the Santa Fe grounds
Soccer is new in this country ana
MANY ~Topekans~ have witnessed their
first game this year. But it has
great grip on the hearts of those who
grew up with the game. Gibson Tor
instance, is 46 years old and has spent
a portion of 40 of those years kicking
a ball around.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-16
MOTHER DIES FROM GRIEF.
Double Funeral for Woman and the
Son She Loved Best.

Salina, Kan, Jan. 16.-Tuesday Sa-
lima received the announcement of the
death of James Robertson. "a years
old. who had remained single all his
life to care for his mother. Mrs. Grace
Robertson. Today the announcement
was received of the death of the moth
er at the age of 80, who died at an
early hour through grief over the death
of her son. A double funeral will be
held this afternoon.
Mrs. Robertson had been in fairly
good health for her age. She fell two
years ago and suffered fracture of
one of her hips, and this, although
healed, had caused her more or less
trouble. The family is one of the old
est in the county, coming here in the
early seventies. The son and the
mother lived alone on the farm the
husband and father, Thomas Robert
son, took as a homestead when he
came to Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-16

He's still a kid, this Luther McCarty
and as eccentric and temperamental as
prima donna. Heavyweight champion of
the world at twenty, the youngest the ring
has ever known, and with gentle idiocieS
that make him q personality. In the
score of years that has been his lifetime,
thus far he has seen the world, hitting
the t'blinds,'' walking the ties and on
cattle ships. He has been a cowboy just
like in the moving picture shows. ard
then when he poked Carl Morris in the
mush we all began to hear about him.
When his alarm clock went off next
morning he found himself famous.
Gratifying each little whim seems to be
a phobia of Euther's. Now that the
good Dame Fortune is grinning at him
and he's having the very dickens of a
good time. He loves animals-wild AMI
mails He took a notion to have a
menagerie all his own. Couldn't seem
tn buy the place where he wanted to farm
his pets The man wouldn't sell. So
what does he do? He dopes out a scheme
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-16
Commerce Court Extended.

washington, Jan. icy a vote Of
33 to 20, the senate adopted an
amendment to the legislative, execu-
tive and judicial appropriation bill
frightening the life of the commerce
court until June 80, next. Under ex-
listing law the court would become
thing of the past after March 4, but
congress, having failed to transfer the
jurisdiction of the court and make ar
rangements for the disposition of
cases then pending before it, the SEN
ate extended the life of the court to
enable it to clear up it's calendar. The
bill will have to be agreed to by a
conference committee of the two
houses,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-16
QUITS TALKING; MUTE NOW.
Aged Woman Becomes Deaf and Loses
Use of Arm.

Wichita, Kan, Jan. ia Wichita wo-
man has lost her power of speech. Mrs.
Sierid Norman, 80 years old, decided a
year ago there was no use of her talking
so she refused to converse with anyone.
Her son, E. E. Norman, a travelling
mechanic, says his mother has not spoken
to him in a year.
The aged woman now is becoming deaf
and losing the use of her arms and legs.
Recently she was taken to local hospital.
Physicians say nothing be done for
her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-16
Rob Kansas Hardware Man.

Kansas City, Jan. 16.-While Otto Hay,
who came here from Winkler, Kan, to at
tend the implement mems convention, was
on his way to a hotel he was held up and
robbed by two white men at Tenth street
and Baltimore avenue.
He was relieved of a watch valued at
$23 and his purse containing Sc. He said
one of the robbers was a little man. The
little man, he said, f1ourished a big re-
YolYer during the robbery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-16
Kansas Girl to Sing i'm Dixie.

Parsons, Kan, Jan. 16.-Miss Thirza
Mosher, of this city, who sang at the
Ottawa chautauqua last summer, also
at several other chautauqua assem-
blies in this state, will spend the month
of February on a chautauqua circuit
in Florida Miss Mosher is now study
ing and teaching in New York.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-16

wrestling champion, is another come
back. Gehring said before his match
with Bob Barry. English champion,
July 4, last, that the match would be
his last one. if he won. He won. Now
he is matched to wrestle Mike Yokel
in Salt Lake City and talks of other
matches after that
Montreal, New York and Spring
field, ILL.,, have made formal appIica-
ton for dates in the grand circuit.
Dallas, Tex, and Phoenix, Ariz., have
been talked of for places in the big
circuit, and perhaps Bermuda, the
great training town for all bail clubs,
will be the next to make application
for membership in the major harness
circuit.
Frank L. Kramer, for the past II
years Americas premier cyclist and
at present the worlds champion, has
gone to Europe in the hope of gather
ing in more honors. Carefully tucked
away in his inside pocket is a con-
tract which calls for $4,000, or a
scale of $1,000 a race for eight races.
Kramer is under contract to
Paris manager, and is to ride one race
a week for eight weeks, commencing
February and lasting until April 6.
During this time he will meet all the
leading bicyclists in Europe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-16
AIPs Well Says Chivington.
FORMER BROWN OWNER DYING
Chris Won Der Abe at Deaths Door,
go Years Old.

St Louis, Jan. 16.-Chris Won Der Abe,
former owner of the old St Louis Ameri-
can Association baseball team, and well
known in political and sporting circles, is
reported to be dying of complication of
diseases at his home here.
He is 60 years old.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-16

granted divorce from his wife, whose
stage name is Blossom Seeley, by Justice
Newburger in the supreme court today
''Rube'' Marquard, pitcher of the New
York National League club, was named
as correspondent. The case was unde-
Tended
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-16
Letters to
Or. kiimer & Co.,
Binqhampton. N. T.
Prove What swamp-Root Will Do For You

Send to DR.. Kimer & Co.. Bingham
ton, N. Y, for sample bottle. 1t will
convince anyone. You will also receive
a booklet of valuable information, tell
ing all about the kidneys and bladder.
When writing, be sure and mention
the Topeka Daily State Journal. Reg
ular fifty-cent and one-dollar size bot
ties for sale at all drug stores.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-16
SLIPS ON ICE. ARM CUT OFF.
Charles Brandt Severely Injured
While Putting Up Ice.

Salina, Kan, Jan. 16.-Charles Brandt,
a farmer, living eight miles south of
Wilson, slipped on the ice and fell on
a circular saw, which he was working,
cutting one arm completely off above
the elbow and received other serious
injuries. He is receiving treatment
at the Wilson hospital.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-16
DUBUC QUITS THE TIGERS.
Last Years Pitcher Will Coach Col
Iege Team This Spring.

South Bend, Ind, Jan. 16.-Jean DuBuc
a member of last years pitching staff OF
the Detroit American League team, has
announced he will quit playing baseball
and coach the Notre Dame baseball team
this year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-16
ARMOUR BUYS BREWER TEAM.
Mrs. Charles S. Havenor Sells to Car
dinaI Scout.

dinaI Scout.
milwaukee, Jan. 16.-William Armour
has purchased block of stock in the
Milwaukee American Association baseball
club from Mrs. Charles S. Havenor, own
er, and will have complete control OF tre
clubs management during the coming
season. it is announced here. Armour is
one of the best known in baseball, hav-
ing formerly been interested in the To-
Iedo Detroit and Cleveland clubs. Last
year he secuted for the st. Louis Cardi-
nails He will represent the Milwaukee
team at the meeting of the American AS
ISOLATION
AII's Well Says Chivington.
Chicago, Jan. 16.-President Thomas NJ.
Chivington, of the American Association,
weeks ago to induce Armour to take
charge of the business affairs of the Mill
waukee club and that his new connection
the club owners.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-16
SPORT SNAP SHOTS,
(By Dan Mccarthy

NBy Dan McCarty.)
That fame in the baseball world is
a heeting thing never was better
shown than in the case of Amos Rusie.
1t was only a few years ago that he
was one of the idols of baseball.
Sporting pages were filled with pic
lures of him and stories of his mighty
feats. Suddenly his mighty pitching
arm went back on him and he drop
ped out of sight. Today he is doing
time in Seattle. Wash. Jail, charged
with threatening his wife and driving
her out of his house. Rusie COM
is now only a common laborer.
Harry Davis, former manager of the
Cleveland Maps will be back with his
ME Mack of the Philadelphia Ath1et-
les has taken him on as an assistant
coach. Davis will go south with the
Athletics and will be in charge of one
squad when Mack divides the players.
weight, and Pal Moore have been
matched for 10 rounds by the New
York Athletic club for January rs.
Luther McCarty is a living denial
of the tradition that heavyweights
have to be past the age of 25 before
achieving great honor in their pro-
fession. The Nebraskan is only kid
of 20. Jim Corbett was 26 when he
took the crown away from John L.
Sullivan in New orleans. Fftzsim-
mons was 35 when he laid Corbett low
at Carson City. Jeffries was "a when
he put Fitz out of the running, and
Tommy Burns was % when jeff hand
ed him the title. Jack johnson was
80 when he stopped Tommy Burns in
Australia.
Henry Gehring, the middleweight
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-16
REULBACH SIGNS CONTRACT.
eddie" Will Try to Pitch for Cubs
Again This Year

Chicago, Jan. 16-Edward Reu1bach to-
day signed a contract to pitch for the
Chicago National League club during the
coming season.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-16

Block is the Charley" Block who
played with Hutchinson in the Kansas
State league the season that league
vanished in puff of hot wind. lie
is six feet tall and fast on his feet.
His average for batting in the Kansas
State league was .261.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-16

Harry Thomas the English light
weight, and Pal Moore have beer
matched for 10 rounds by the New
York Athletic club for January rs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-16
RURE CAN HAVE HIS BLOSSOM.

Joseph Kane, Her husband, Gets D1-
vorce Quickly.
New York, Jan. 16.-Joseph Cahen,
known On the stage as Joseph Kane, was
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-16

% & @ x1ta see ted
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-16
KAwS GET CHARLEY BLOCK.
Former Kansas Lacquer Purchaser
From YOrk'S Team.

York, Neb., Jan. 16.-According to
an announcement made today by
President J. n. Kildow of the local
club Charles Block, York's center
fielder last season, has been sold to
the Topeka club. The price was not
made public. In case Block fails to
make good in Western League COM
pany. he will be returned to the YORK
team May 10. next.
While a member of the York ag-
gregation Block ranked well as an
OutfieIder. His average was -965. His
batting average last year was :ZSo: he
had S6 stolen bases to his credit. This
was the record of the State league in
1912.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-05-17
Joke ON REALTY SALESMAN
Neglected to Ascertain Location os
Farmer Who Wanted to Make
Exchange for City Lots

One OF the best stories OF the hus-
thing real estate salesman we ever
heard comes from one OF the ira
ternity who isn't afraid to tell Joke
because II happens to be on him
This salesman heard OF man VINO
was anxious to trade farm for some
city lots So he jumped into his au-
tomobile, drove to the farm owners
town office and warmly invited MIN
to come out and look at some fine sub
urban property The prospective buy
err seemed glad OF the opportunity and
they were soon speeding toward the
subdivision in which our hero was In
terested.
Half an hour beyond the city limits
the real estate man began to point OUT
corner lots. prospective paving and
sewer systems. locations for imposing
residences and all that sort of thing
THE city Is growing right out this
way" he said Facts and hgnres
prove that beyond the possibility OF 9
doubt. In ten years these lots VIII
be in the most fashionable part Of
town and will be worth FIVE times
what they are selling for today. While
your farm wildly the way. where
is your farm located?"
I'VE passed 1t on our way out here
from the city" said the prospective
buyer Want to look at it?"-Cieve
land Plain Dealer.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-05-17
GRAND PROVOST MADE ERROR
Tristan L'Hermlte Receives Private
Sign From Louis xi., but Picks
Out Wrong Man.

Louis XXI. of France one day. OBJ
serving among the crvwd who assem-
bled to see him an officer whom he
disliked. made a private sign TO iris
tan L'Hermite, his grand provost. to
put him out of the way. Tristan, well
accustomed to the signal, but unluck-
lily mistaking the man alluded TO, &C
costed a well-fed monk. who stood In
the same time with the captain. al
lured him into the palace yard, thrust
him into q sack and threw him into
the Seine.
Next day Louis. hearing that the
prescribed officer had been seen
posting toward Flanders, reproached
Tristan with this neglect.
"Tv Fiahdersl" said the grand
provost; your majesty must be In an
error. The monk has got halfway to
Rouen by this time. sent him adrifi
tied up in a sack"
What monk?"
Him your majesty pointed at"
"Hah!" said the king. with bis us
raj oath. you have drowned me the
hest priest in the kingdom. 1t canno
be helped now, so we will have hal
a dozen masses said for his soul; bu
II was that dog of captain. not th'
poor monk. that ] eant."-Life.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-05-17
Hinta. for Housskeepers.

II your husband is about to make a
tip in a sleeping car II is good idea
to empty his fountain pen. quietly and
unobtrusively. before he starts.
There are several ways OF cooking
cabbage. but you get about the same
smell from all of them.
Experience has shown that unless
the roof of an ordinary tenement
house ia reshingled as often as once
in eighteen or twenty years It will leak
In spots 1t is hard. however. to
make the owner or agent of the house
believe this,
If greatly troubled by the blacken'
ing of the mantles on your gas burn
ers try shutting or the gas and using
electricity for while
II is better to put your money into
good books than to hide 1t away in
cracked old teapots.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-05-17

How Bank Was Saved in Face
Of Frantic Mob Of De-
positors.
BY GEORGE ELMER COBB.

Randall Webster. the young and
handsome president OF the Bank OF
Greenville, opened the door OF his
private ONCE. He glanced into the
counting room, and beyond 1t at the
jostllng crowds In the street outside
Then with n groan he sank to a chair,
the picture of despairing misery.
ut has come" he told himself in a
harsh, racking whisper-"the worst.
the endl"
There came a tap at the door. The
young financier sprang to his feet.
A brief. vague hope gave him momen-
tary energy. Then his soul seemed to
die within him. as his cashier enter
ed the room with a face blanched and
fear-crossed as his own.
Amy wordY" projected Webster.
hoarsely.
None. Mr.. Webster, we must face
the crisis. the worst of rumors as to
the solvency of the institution have
got abroad. A mob of depositors from
the mills is in front of the bank. They
are wrought up and dangerous. They
threaten to sSnash every window and
blow up the bank with dynamite. II
their money is not paid them prompt
ly at ten o'clock"
'Tmpossible!" gasped Webster.
mo one knows that better than my
SELF" responded the cashier in hol-
low tone. There is no promise what.
ever that your messenger to the city
will arrive before night. Then 1t is
too late. The train is just in. and
neither man nor money has ap-
peared."
"How much is there in the bank in
ready cash?"
'Lesl than 100000"
PAY 1t out to the last dollar as
slowly as you can. II we can tide
over for few hours the expected help
may come"
"And II 1t does not-and when the
money gives out?" questioned the
cashier. fearsomely.
"Put UP a sign and close the bank
Left to himself, the young banker
reviewed the situation. Energetic, i'm
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-05-17

petuous, ambitious, he had gone be-
yond his depth in an Investment sure
to turn out profitable in the end. A
temporary complication. however. had
tied It up. He could not realize In
ready cash under a week. A heavy
draft came upon the surplus funds, de-
plotting the bank reserve to danger
ously low figure, Somehow public
rumor of all this got out. The report
was current that the bank was going
to fail Result: The frantic, desperate
mob of frightened depositors now
olamoring at the great locked doors.
Webster had sent trusted employee
OF the bank to a rich relative in the
city. He carried an urgent appeal for
succor. The messenger had not re-
ported.
A grayer shade OF feeling covered
the features of the young financier as
he thought of the one dearest to him
in all the world-Ethel Morris. They
were to have been welded in a month.
but II the bank broke-then Webster
well knew her proud, exclusive fam
lily would scarcely favor discredited
bankrupt. 1t was forlorn fight for
business preservation and love.
Webster hurried into the counting
room as great cutlery arose. He
hoped 1t was his messenger arrived;
he feared 1t was new riot 1t lacked
Just five minutes of ten. A remarkable
scene greeted his sight.
A whiskered. farmer-looking man
was talking to the excited crowd He
was waving great bundle of bank
notes In one hand. There was a
cheer. In his other hand the stranger
carried an old battered satchei. With
It he now pounded on the door.
Let me In. must get ini" the as
tonished Webster heard him shout out
and then to the people: Don't get
scared. Randall Webster is an honest
man, and the Bank of Greenville is
solid as a rock!"
Something in the determined man
ner of the visitor caused the watch
man to open the door for him. The
stranger helped him reclose 1t against
the .Ssger, crushing crowd. q
where is Mr.. Webster" he de
manded. "Ah, there he is" and he
approached the counter and nodded
to the wondering banker. Remember
me. Mr.. webster?"