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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-13

who has wrote some awful beautiful
PONIES which have apeard in the Bugle
from time to time has nounced that she
Is going to 60 on the stage and be-
come acktress. There was a yung
summer boarder Teller from the City in
Bingville last summer who paid con-
siderable attenshion to Sally and it was
him as put the noshion of being a ack-
tress into her head. He told Sally he
thort she would make a awful good ack-
tress and promised to write to her after
she left which he has never did. Milly
says that when she becomes q acletress
she will read her PONIES before large &
culchured audiences.
Last wk Jerushy Perkins while bring
Ing to the Bd8Rle offs q hot minee pie
to Persent to US with her compliments
stabbed her toe while she was passing
Deacon Butserworth on the st and fen
flingin the n1ince pie into the Dezcons
Ease against which it broke smearing
him up considerable. We regret that
the Deacon got the pie instid Of US.
Cy HosIins had a horse to die on his
hands last wk which he had SIS. Of
ferd for 1t by Slime Wilkins only the wk
before Cy said if he had of knowd> it
was going to die he would of sold it to
Sine, but Slime says if he had of knowd
it was going to die he wouldn't of
bought 1t so there you are.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-13
Personal Squibs

Personal Squibs aint what you might
call so turrib1e plentiful this wk as they
might be if they was more plentifuller.
We have allus notised that squibs of
this descripshion is allus more skeerccr
in the winter time than in summer and
we persoom the reason is that in winter
up and -sticlin to the FIRE as it were in
std of bein out and moovin around and
as a result not very menny Personal
Squibs happens.
That was quite a fall of snow that
fell in Bingville last Thursday and we
persoom we voice the general sentiment
of our subscribers when we say that it
was more of snow fall than neces-
sary. Before that snow snew the snow
was nearly three # deep and now its
nearly four At the present writing we
have enuff snow to last us until next
Aprile.
Mrs. Ezra johnson intended to VISIT
her sister over to the Co seat last wk
but jest as she got all reddy to go she
got letter from her sister saying it
would be more convenient if she had
came this wk instid of next. This made
Mrs. Ezra mad and now she says she
amt goin a tall.
Mrs. Luke Sharp says she is a going
to paper her front parler in the spring.
Mrs. Luke paperd her front parler only
last spring doing the papering herself
but she got the strips on crooked and
she says she cant take emmy comfort sot-
tin in that parler lookin at them crooked
strips on the wall so she is a goin to
repaper it. Suppose you git EN- on
crooked the seckond time, Mrs Sharp
Praps you'd better let well enuff alone.
Mrs. Gid Smalley is making Gid a
cupple of new shirts outen sacleing same
as they make grain sacks out of. Mrs.
Sma1ley says she never see SIGH a hard
man on shirts as Gid is being if he cant
| jest git shirt over his head quick LIST
time he gifts mad and tears it all to
thunder, but she says she'd like to see
him tear them two shirts made outen
sac1rin
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-13
Mall UncaIIed for at the
BingyiIIe P. 0.

editor Buggle-As p M. of the
Bingville p o. take my offishial pen
in hand to write that there is the foller-
ing mail in the Bingville p: o. which re-
mains uncalled for and unless it IS
called for soon I will investigate this
mail by opening same keeping ennythinls
l find of emmy value and throwing the
rest in the waste basket:
Postcard of Link Smiley. Being as
Link has been working away from Bing-
vile and wont be back here agin until
spring and being as our wife is keeping
= postcard album we have presented her
the post card to put into her album.
Sample Copy of the Moo York Tn
bune for A1onzo Ski1lings. You can get
this sample copy next wk. Alonzo-I
amt had time to read it clean through a.
yet.
Registered letter for Jed WHITLEY
which we are curious to know what IS
inside. Jed can have this letter by OPEN
ing it in our presents as p. NJ. of Bing-
vile so we can be shure it don't con-
tain nothink that would violate the P. o.
regulations SIGH as furrin matter or e
cettery. :
Unless these mail are called for proms
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-13
LANDS END

Bill Henshaw has had roomytiz in his
knee for quite Asspcll back and cant
walk without 1fmpfn. Bill says it axes
him 50 at times that he cant keep from
swearin although hes member of the
church. Bill says now If it was a tooth
he could have the blame thing pulled
and be done with it, but being IS its his
leg that's outen the questshion.
Mrs. Jim Bradley Suhdayed last Sum-
day with Jemima Peppers of Hickory
Corners. Mrs. Jim says she would also
of Mondayed with Jemima if she had
dent to of come home to do the wash.
Jaspar Tarbell set steel trap for a
fox which has been stealth his chickens
and ketched his ole tomcat in the trap.
Jasp was good cal surprised at this and
he calleilates the cat was too. Jasp was
also surprised at the way the cat
scratched him when he was tryin to git
it outen the trap. EXCELSIOR.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-13
EDDYTORIUL ON ICE

Here it is almost the middle oil
Febooary & according to investi-
Cushions which we have made haf1
the most respec<ted citizens Of
Bingvi1le amt put up their ice yet
However, this amt surprisin-tha
the shiftless way they dc every yr
Them in our midst who has got
lick of common sents left in their
heads a1lus takes time by the fore
lock as you might say and when
the first freezin wether comes
along the last of November or the
LIST of December & the ice on the
ponds and Snake Crick, for in
stants, gets to be in the naberhood
of # thick or so then they go
out and cut enuff ice to fill their
ice houses with and that's all there
Is to It.
Then there is others to which
we refer to in this edditoriul who
prefers to set by the fire when il
is time to put up ice and when ice
IS at its best. They keep putin of
putin up ice from one wk tc
tother cause its SIGH cold and dis.
agreeable job and bye and bys
while they are warmin their shins
/ by the fire snow comes 2 or f
thick on top of the ice and they
have to REMOVE this snow afors
they can cut emmy ice and as a re
suit they keep putin it off ant
putin it off from day to day unit
LIST thing they know spring is her,
and the snow is melted and the ic.
is spungy and amt fit to put III
and so they go without emmy ice /:
tall. Now whooze fault is this
why its the fault of whoever i
too doggone lazy & good for moth
ink not to put up ice, that's who's
fault it is.
Take Lem Quigly for instants
In December when ice was prim'
for putin up Lem he playd check
ers down to Hen Weathersbv
store by the fire day after day witt
Hold Quigly while other folks wa
cuttin their ice. Lem said he'd b
cussed if he was a going to freez'
his fingers & toes often hisself put
tin up ice for ennybuddy let alon'
hisself. Lem said ruthern do tina
4 he callilated he could manage t,
sl<imp along without no ice mex
summer and besides as cold as it
tbeen this winter with the tfer
,mometer sull<in clean away dow
as low as Is degrees below zero j
diddent seem possibil that his sam
thermometer REGISTERED 104 in tn
shade last July er ever wood agil
land the very thort of ever needil
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-13
lokaI Jottlngs
Miss Phronicia Y

Miss Phronicia Watkins who has been
suffering from pneuralgia IN her fase
for wk or 2 attended a fashionable
afternoon tea give by Miss Amelia
Tucker last Sat. P. M. Phronicias Ease
was ali sweld up and she lookt so n
dicklus to the other invited gests that
thew couldn't help latin at her when she
arrived which made Phronicia turrible
mad so she flounced often the room
and went home in q rage. Phronicia
saws no descent person would laff at an
other persons sufferings and she hopes
to goodness everybody at the tea who
LATED at her will git pneuralgia IN the
Ease.
Miss Milly Underwood was the gest
of Sam Hawkins on slay ride last Sun
day afternoon AS they was drlvin
along down the Snake Bend road Sam
was pawn more attenshion to Milly than
he was to his horse which strayed into
snow drift and dumped both of en-
out into the snow. Milly was awful
mrssed I'D and mad and after telling
Sam what she thort of him which was
considerable she stuck her nose into the
air and walked all the way home. We
persoom that all is over betwixt Milly
& Sam
Anne Peters says the rats has gnawed
into his oats bin recent and to git shet
of the rats Anne sprinklcd some arsenick
in amongst the oats after which he hap
pend to think that what would pizen .
rat would also pizen a horse or COW
and now he is afeerd to feed his oats
to his stock and will haft to buy enuf
oats to winter his critters. It seems to
us that Ame must be turrible numb not
to of thort of that IN the LIST place
Miss Sally Hoskins. our poet writer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-13
Country Correspondence
SLAB CITY

Hike Peters has been on the sicklist
with measles. Hike dident haft to 90 to
bed emmy time and was over the measles
moren wk ago, but he amt ventrred
outen the house sinst he had en- and
Hikes wife says he's ashamed to go out
for fear the nabers will plague him for
havin fool childerns diseese like mea-
sells. You might as well come out, Hike,
and let us tease you being as you can't
stay into the house all the rest of your
life and the longer you hang back the
worse it'll be for you.
wills Hartman banterd Eph Simpson
to rassle tother day and Wis throwd
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-13
G-R-E-E-S-E

have discovered a turrible rood Re-.
seat for making harness greese which
l have been using on my harneee
now for n.oren 20 yrs. Of course I
wont sell this reseat. line too sr,ss1
Tor that because If l sold Il - ~,
you would go ahead and make vour ~. ~.
greese and what good would that ~
me, Anser-No good. >~' 70
NOW have went to work and ,,,>A.
up . whole mess Of fhis h.r.~ ss
1reese. calki1ate there muse he No..
~ half tub full of Il ali reddv :,
sreese harness with and I viii sell 49,
OF It to you at the ridicklus rate Of ~
cts per gal. - -
All you haft to do Is 70 rmh 81.
Sfeese on your harness and + III,
make them so nice and soft that tt.-
vilI last twict as long As If thew d;ddsT.
nave no harness greese on en- ! TAN
Also good to Greese boots with. WI;
1 9 water and also keep your feet RE
e COOL. A little of this reese ne .
long way. It may be COED TO taise -.
ternal, too. for all know but wont 4.
sure about that being as I never ~
emmy OF It that way for wha. allied m.
Try some Of my sreese On ' Vs..
narness and You wont rerref -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-13

emmy ice in SIGH bitter cold wether
as that was simply ridicl<lus in the
extreme.
And Lem is jest like a lot of
other folks in this here town. They
dilly daily & shilly shally along
without putin up emmy ice until
spring comes when its too late,
then when it gifts hot in July they
need ice to cool their worter SO its
fit to drink or make some ice cream
with to cool their innards with.
why they haft to go and beg or
borrer snuff ice to do 50 from tanqr
nabers.
It makes US mad clean through
when We think Of ennybuddy BE-
ing so blame shiffless & dilatory-
AS edditor of the Boogle we wish
to rounce that we have our ice
house full of ice clean to the roof
and when some of our lazy nabers
comes around to borrer junk Of
ice from us next summer when its
hot enuff to fry egg on a tin roof
tney WONT GIT no lCc HUN 10 SsS11
if their lungs is stickin out foot
for ice. We believe in being ma
berly, but we don't believe in bein
so alfred naberly as to put up ice
for our nabers who is too gorram-
med lazy to put up ice for their
sells, that's what we believe.
Among others who put up their
ice last December was Bill Hep
burn our artistick blacksmith. Bill
says he couldn't git along skeercely
without ice in the summer time es-
peshially when he comes home I'M
der the wether every Satterday
night from the co seat where he
has lingerd too long over the flow
ing bowl as we might say and gifts
up Sunday morning with his head
achin him fit to bust. Bill says at
SIGH times as this there amt nothlnk
will give him releef except to Jes.
nacherly pack his head in ice and
cool his feverd brains.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-13

Eph but sprained his back doin 50 and
now he cant skeercely walk. Eph says
he'd a good cal ruther of got throwd
down by Wills than to have a sprained
back which Wills is welcome to es fur
as he is concernd
Heck Winslow went and broke one of
his teeth all to blazes recent tryin to
crack hickry nut in his mouth. Heck
Winslow ort to be old enuf to know by
this time what hammers was made for.
VOX POPULI. /.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-04

The Department of Commerce an nounced that American trade for Oc- tober showed favofab1e balance of $225, 5,O0O,0OO
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-04
WOMEN BESIEGE
 PAUPER, 78, WHO
 RECEIVES FORTUNE
Love Letters Pour In on Giles Gregory, Inmate of Nor
 walk POOr House.
Especial to The Farmer.)

South Norwa1k, Nov. 4.-Since it was published that Giles Gregory, 7S years old; and for many years @ resi- dent of the Poor House, had inherited $150,0OO he has received hundreds sof letters from women and girls, Wflo o seem to be seeking an aged man with that amount of money.
 Miss Jessie Bell, of 31 North San dusly street, Tiffin, Ohio, wrote: ''I old you are or what your looks are I can be sweet and kind and tender. I am anxiously awaiting a reply
 Mrs. Catherine Green, of 636 Schil- Ter street, Columbus, Ohio, wrote: "Are you lonely? Do you want com- pany? Remember me in your will, for, I too,. am old. And I'm nearly worn out supporting myself
 Mrs Molly Wink1er, of 1885 Her n1itage street, Philadelphia, wrote: May God make you wise in spending your fortune and make: me your nurse and housekeeper-
 When the will of his nephew, Henry Green, was offered for probate today, it was found that the estate consists of S9O,0OO instead of $50s00O, and that fore Gregory leaves the Poor House he will have to pay the county for six years board, about S1,8O0. He said tonight:
 These letters from all these women have no effect on me. I have been married twice. and got all I wanted of love affairs. I'm satisfied to go along as a single man and have 9 comfortable existence without wom- en folk around. These letters prove that prosperity makes friends"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-04
JOHNNY POE SERVED
 IN SOME BIG BATTLES

New York, Nov. 4-When Johnny Poe, ex-Princeton football star, soldier adventurer, and member of the family to which Edgar Allan Poe, the poet belonged, was killed in France dur ing the Allies offensive, while serving g as private in the British Black Watch Regiment, officers of the U. s. Marine Corps began to recall incl dents in Poes career with the Ameri- can Marines.
 In 1903, when a war between the United States and Colombia over the Panama strip threatened, Poe enlisted with the s'sea soldiers to serve dur ing the war. If war should not re- suit he was to be discharged, for, ex- cellent soldier though he was, he could not bear the ''rigors'' of a peace full campaign.
 Captain Smedley D. Butler ap- pointed Poe a sergeant in his Machine Gun Company, an appointement not at all to the adventurer's liking. So he went to Colonel Littleton w. T. Waller (now in command of the Mar inc Corps forces ashore in Hait) and asked to be reduced to a private.
 q don't think I am capable of hold ing the rank of. sergeant in the United States Marine Corps" he told Colonel Waller.
 This was an unusual case and the colonel wanted to know why Poe con sidered himself fitted to hold the rank. =
 q have a fair education and con siderable military training.'' Poe re- piled, t'but haven't been in the Mar inc Corps long, enough < to be a ser geant, and to do the duties as we'll as a Marine sergeant should do them. g
 Colonel Waller Smiled, Why Poe, ,' he said, "a number of second Heuten- ants, only recently commissioned, have just joined us, and no one expects them to know everything there is to know
 .That's all right, colonel" Poe re- piled quickly. ''1No one expects a second 71ieutenant to know everything, but they expects a whole lot from a ser geant.'' T
 Poe was reduced to a private and put in charge of the mule corral, a job more to his liking, since there would be war.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-04
BRIDGEPORTER HEADS
 I. o. R. M. AUXILIARY

George M Barnes, of this city, was hosen vice president of the Asso- citation of Chiefs of Records of the Improved Order of Redmen, at a meeting of the repr of nearly every tribe in the Jurisdiction held in the Stratheld hotel last even- ing. Other officers named were: President, o. s. Culver, New Haven; secretary, Nelson O1stron, Stamford; i; treasurer, Samuel Frisbie, New 1a- ven; executive committee-soh liar ris and John Lehr, both of Hartford ;; George A Morris. Milford; R. B. Nal lette. Fair Haven; Richard I. Lee, Wa1lingford, and Ernest H. Morris, of this city.
 The purpose of the organization is to establish a system of keeping the records of the tribes as we'll as to promote fraternalism. The next meet ing of the organization will be held at New Haven on April 12, 1916. A din- ner followed the meeting yesterday at which President Culver presided as toastmaSter.
 The speakers were George A. Fair child, past great sachen, of Stratford; ; William Saunders, of Waterbury; AL bert c. Kistner, of New Britain George A. Morris. of Milford; D. Dris- coll, of Branford, and George SpaH, of Stratford.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-04

''They mistake the shadow for the substance, raise do1orouS cries when it is proposed to give an authentic definition to China's system of govern ment. and to abandon the pretence that it is republication. It is putting our credu1ity to too severe a strain to ask us to believe that 0,00O,0 900 people in China would be franttca1ly indignant if it were decided to, des- cribe correctly the system of govern ment under which order has been frankly, China is enjoying the mon describes itself as a republic, and con sequent1y the system would fall to pieces on the death of the ruler if no provision were made for it's mainte- nance That provision can be made without danger or loss of time simply by abandoning the fatuous pretences that the system that prevails is repub- 1icanism."
 The opponents of the monarchical system estimate $100, 100000, or about 4O,O0O,o0n in gold, as the probable expense of restoring a monarchy, but the proponents say that this big fig ure is based on the cost of enthrone- ment in ancient time.
 When a new emperor came to the throne in China, he always rernitted thronement. These taxes alone make 900, 900 estimate. Yang Tu and other leaders of the society for the preser- vation of peace, say. it will not be necessary undr present conditions to remit the land tax for enthronement wear.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-04
MILLIONS USE IT TO STOP A COLD
''Pape's Cold Compound'' ends severe colds or grippe in
 few hours.
Relief comes instantly.

. Relief comes instantly.
 j, A dose taken every two hours until three doses are taken will end grippe misery and break up a severe cold either in the head. chest, body or limbs.
 It promptly opens clogged-up nos trils and air passages in the head, stops nasty discharge or nose run ming, relieves sick headache, du1lness, feverishness, sore throat, sneez1hg, sorenss and stiffness.
 / Don't stay stuffed-up! Quit blowing and snuffing! Ease your throbbing g head! Nothing elseNin the world gives such prompt relief as Tapes Cold Compound" which costs only 25 cents at any drug store. It acts without assistance, tastes nice, causes no in- convenience. Be sure you get the genuine.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-04
CHINA SERIOUSLY . TALKS CHANCE TO
 M0NARCHlAL RULE
Believed That Decision Will Be Made by Christmas
 Time.

Picking, Nov. 4=The question whether Chin4 is to be a monarchy or a republic should be settled before the end of the year, according to the State Council which has recommend ed that, in accordance with the terms of the provisional constitution, Presf- dent Yuan Shi-kai should call a ciu- zens convention to decide the ques- Stion,. but if it is not possible to call such a, convention at this time, the State Council recommends that the president waive the provision and ''divise other proper and adequate means to consult the will of the peo- pIe.''
 It is rumored that this; is designed to permit the president to convert the counciI of state into convention and have 1t adopt a new constitution em- bracing the nonarchial provision, ac- N cordinE to his wishes.
 The memorandum sent by the State Council sitting as a legislature or parliament under the presidents direction, says that in all S2 petitions 9avoring a monarchy have been re- ceived from different bodies.
 The memorandum is taken as general indication that the monarchy may be established much sooner than has been predicted. Prssfdnt Yuan Shi-kai, however has not taken any action.
 Many of the papers printed in Eng fish in various foreign concessions continue to vigorously assail the pro- posed monarchy on the ground that it Is specially dangerous for; China to make any change while world politics is at such white heat. Other papers Nprfnted in English accept the mop- archial movement as inevitable, and are urging that wholesale reforms be carried on by the government regard less of whether it be called a republic Or a a:monarchy
 Members of the society for the preservation of peace. the organiza- ton that originally fathered the mon archical movement, are still working actively in Picking without opposition from the government. They recently held luncheon at the most promf- 1lne foreign hotel in Picking in honor of delegates from the provinces who have come to tn capital to confer This luncheon was attended by 15o present, neither did any other govern ment officials of high rank attend. The delegates formed sort of union for the discussion of governmental question, and engaged in speech nak- ing for several hours. os
 Foreign criticism of the movement and the general belief that several foreign powers would withhold their recognition of the monarchy have net lied the leaders.
 An editorial in the Peking Daily News discussing foreign critics says: