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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-13
WILL RAISE 100000.
Northwest Kansas Methodist Confer.
ence to Aid Retired Ministers.

Jewell City, Kan, April 13.-At the
recent northwest Kansas Methodist
conference held in Beloit, H. A. Man
ker of Jewell City was appointed
manager of the campaign to raise
100000 to be used by this conference
for retired ministers, and their wild
owS and orphan children under Is
years of age. 1t will require several
years to complete the work. The
northwest Kansas conference is the
first to organize for this work, and so
far is standing alone among the con-
ferences of Methodism in organizing
such campaign as a layman's move
ment and entrusting it to one man.
Mr.. Marker will have his office in
Jewell City. The active campaign will
commence the middle of August A
donation of 800 acres of land for the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-13
TOLD OF LINCoLN'S DEATH.
New Police Judge Carried News to
Salinar5O Years Ago.

Salina, Kan, April 13.-Col. D. R.
Wagstaff, recently elected police
judge here, enjoys the distinction of
being the only veteran living in Salina
who was here at the time of the sur
render of General Robert E. Lee at
Appomattox. He also is the man who
carried the news of Lincoln's death to
this town.
At that time the telegraph lines ex-
tended only as far west as Topeka or
Lawrence, Colonel Wagstaff does not
remember which. Messages had to be
carried the rest of the way to Fort
Larned by courier.
Wagstaff was stationed at Salina as
sergeant of the provost guard. His
commander had headquarters at Fort
Riley. The colonel was on his way to
Fort Riley on April 10, 1855. When
he reached Abilene he received the
news of the assassination of Abraham
Lincoln. He galloped back to Salina
and carried the news to the people of
the town.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-13
NEW PUMP STATION AT PEN.
State Architect Draws PlanS-Pr1Son-
ers Will Do the Work.

Leavenworth, April 13.-Charles H.
Chandler, state architect, returned to
Topeka last night after spending two
days at the state penitentiary where
he drew plans for a new pump station
near the river and completed plans for
the new brick plant. April % Warden
Botkin will go to topeka where he
will meet with Mr.. Chandler and the
members of the board of corrections
when the contracts will be let for ma
terials and equipment.
A special appropriation of $4,000
was made for the construction of The
pump station. This also includes a
generator to furnish Juice" The gen.
orator will be installed at the power
plant. The appropriation is sufficient
ly large enough so that new iron mains
can be laid from the river to the
reservoir. The old pipes are about
ready to fall to pieces, according to
Warden Botkin.
The labor will be performed by
prisoners under the direction of Mr..
Chandler and Dave Temple, chief en-
gineer. It is hoped to start the con-
struction work within a few weeks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-13
HAS BIRTHDAY REUNION.
"Uncle'' John TudhOpe, 80. of Lin.
wood Born in Scotland in 1888

Linwood, Kan, April 13.-John
Tudhope celebrated his eighty-second
birthday anniversary here Saturday,
at the home of his son-in-law, Hugh
Parry. Uncle John is well known
along the line of the Union Pacific
railroad from Kansas City to junction
City. He was roadmaster for that
company from 1867 to 1898.
Mr.. Tudhope was born in Scotland
and came to America when he was 5
years old He was married at Nevada,
Ohio, and is the father of six children,
four of whom are living near here. He
has ten grandchildren and ten great
grandchildren.
Among the twenty-five guests were
Mrs. Clinton Harbaugh of Topeka, and
the wife of Mr.. Tudhope's grandson,
Lewis Harbaugh, also of Topeka Rev.
o. D. Crawford of Topeka was a guest
and conducted the prayer service
which is a feature of every one of
Mr.. Tudhope's anniversaries
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-13
EXHIBITIONS AT NORTON.
U. C. T. Commercial Fair and Thresh-
ermen's Convention Closed.

Norton, Kan, April 13.-The COM
mercial fair which was conducted at
Norton last week by the U. G. T. of
that town, and the Northwest Thresh-
ermen's convention also at Norton,
closed Saturday. The attendance at
the fair averaged about 500 day.
Hereafter the travelling men of Nor
ton will hold a similar exposition every
year. There are about 80 U. c. t.
members here.
The feature of the fair was a prize
contest in which Miss Luella Steele of
Norton, won a ticket to the Pan-Pact-
fic exposition and $25 in cash.
There were IS exhibitors of farm
machinery and tractors at the Thresh-
ermen's convention. The weather in
terfered with the field demonstra-
tons, but the exhibition was we'll at
tended and many sales were reported.
The Threshermen selected Norton as
q permanent location for their annual
meetings
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-13
WAsHBURN PLAY IN HIAWATHA.
College Dramatic Club May Present
Show They Gave in Topeka.

Hiawatha, Kan, April 13.-The
manager of the Washburn College
Dramatic club wants to bring 20 of
the college students to Hiawatha to
put on their play, 1.-THE Stubbornness
of Geraldine" This play scored a big
success when presented at Topeka
Miss Helen Guild of E1iawatha had the
leading part and won much praise for
the marked talent she displayed. The
Washburn young folks secured special
scenery for their play. Members of
the Washburn Glee club and the COL
lege orchestra will accompany the
players If they come to Hiawatha.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-13
Conc and Forgotten.

Philadelphia, April 13.-Hundreds
of bodies of early Philadelphia settlers
will be exhumed within a few days
when work is begun to construct a
public highway through old st. Mary
cemetery. The cemetery, which for
years has been filled, has been aban-
doned. Nobody has ever visited the
cemetery during the past few years
and the city has no records of the per-
sons buried. The bodies will be re-
moved to some other location
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-13
CANDIDATES FOR CONGRESS.
Two from Mitchell in the Race. Prob
ably Two from Jewell County.

Mankato. Kan. April 13.-Jewell
county will probably have two candi-
dates for congress in 1916 to succeed
Connolly. Hays B. White and r. c.
Postlethwaite are regarded as proba-
bilities. Both men are being urged
by their friends to make the race.
Connolly is at work on his Colby
paper but occasionally takes time to
20. X" some postoffice appointments.
Mitchell has two candidates in the
fight in the big Sixth district. r. M.
Anderson and l. D. Young are both
regarded as strong men in the cam
paign.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-13
TO PAVE STREETS IN BELoTT.
Brick Will Be Laid on Fifteen Blocks
in Business District.

mer there will be 10 to Is business
blocks paved in Beloit The commit
tee who visited other towns to learn
the best kind of pavement will doubt
less recommend brick as being the
most durable even if it is a little more
expensive. The work of paving will
commence at once.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-13

the principal speaker. This is one of
the most entertaining Of celebrations,
as the real development and settle
ment of the Solomon valley is shown
in the floats and the parade. The peo-
pie of Cawker City hope to have
enough on the program to please the
visitors as they did in their 1914 cele-
bration.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-13

on, treasurer. The club is taking
the initiatory steps to plant 500 elm
trees or more this spring. The club
has also offered a number of prizes
for the best kept lawns and other out
door flower gardens. The civic club
ing up of Jewell City this spring.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-13
PLANT 500 ELM TREES.
Jewell City Civic Club Organizes to
Work for Their Town.

Jewell City, Kan, April 13.-The
Civic Improvement club is a new
organization for Jewell City 1t has
membership of about 100. They have
in their treasury close to $400- Of
ficers for the first year are: Mrs.
leila McClung, president; Mrs. Caro-
line Pierce. secretary; Miss Irma Nix
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-13
Ex-sLAvE ATTENDS SCHOOL.

HUTCHINSON Negress, Age 20, Enrolled
in the Chart Glass.
Hutchinson, Kan, April 13.-Arm
in arm two pupils We're going home
from the Avenue A school yesterday
afternoon. One was a grandmother,
and the other her grandchild. Both
are pupils in the same school.
Mrs. Charlotte Harrison, aged about
70 years, is a regularly enrolled pupil
of the chart class in the primary grade
at the Avenue A school.
1t has long been an earnest ambi-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-13
Tells Positive Cure
For all Foot Troubles

Science has proven that nearly all
foot troubles originate from a com
mon cause; that of injured tissues. The
following information will be welcomed
by thousands of victims of daily foot
torture. No matter how many patent
medicines you have tried in vain, this
treatment well known to foot doctors.
will do the work Dissolve two table
spoonfuls of Calocide compound in a
basin of warm water Soak the feet
for full fifteen minutes, gently rub
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-13
SMITH co. PIONEERS ELECT.
Old Residents Association Will Hold
Reunion Next Fall

Smith Center, April 13.-The Smith
County Pioneer Reunion association
elected the following officers for
1915: President, w. H. Nelson; vice
president, Thomas Hardacre; secre-
tary, H. G.. Smith; treasurer, John
Detwiler. September 17sis the date
selected for this years reunion. One
has to be a resident of the county 80
years before they are eligible to mem
bership.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-13

ton of Mrs. Harrison, a kindly old
colored woman, to learn to read the
Bible, and to write. She was a slave
when a girl and was deprived of op-
portunities to attend school,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-13

Cawker City, April Ex-Governor
Capper will attend the annual cele-
bration here, May 20. and make an
address. Last year Senator Curtis was
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-13
A Lesson from the Past

Years ago, before BAKING pow.
ders we're SO we'll known, the
housewife sonnet ines made her
from cream Of tartar and soda.
These materials were then
comparatively expensive and pro-
cesses Of refining had not been
devised to bring them to the high
state Of purity Of the present.
day we'll known cream of tartar
baking powders, such as Royal
and yet she never thought Of
buying alum, then as now a cheap
and inf eri or subst tute for cream
of tartar. She wouldn't think Of
PERM TT ing an ounce Of alum to
enter her XII tchen.
Yet housekeepers are to-day
asked to buy alum baking powders
will viii Oh to make food for their
children.
The statement on the label af-
fixed to every can naming the
ingredi ents of which the baking
powder is composed affords a
method of protection against the
use Of undesirable kinds.
ROYAL BAKING POWDER co.
New York
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-13
CAPPER AT CAWKER CITY.

Governor Will Speak at Annual Cele
bration in Mitchell County.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-13

ing the sore parts" The effects are
marvellous All pain disappears in
stantly and the feet feel simply de-
Hghtful- Corn and calIouses can be
peeled right off. Bunions, aching feet
and sweaty smelly feet. get immediate
relief. Use this tratment a week and
your foot troubles will be thing of
the past. Calocide works through the
pores and removes the cause Don't
waste time. Get it at once. Any drug
gist has Calocide in stock or will get
it from his wholesale house. A twenty
five cent box is said to be enough to
cure the worst feet Don't be per
suaded to take something else instead
of Medical Formula Co, of Dayton,
Ohio. and Chicago, Ill.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-13

in every instance mention. We have of the fin
est Carpet Rug and Drapery Departments in this section
of the country. We not cramped and crowded for
Anything buy here be to the best adj
vantage at the time of making selection.
We have than 1000 in stock at the present
time ranging in size from 1896 in to 113x15 # and in
price from SOC $4,000 We have all the effects
in Chinese reproductions small figures forals
etc.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-08-19
SWEAT CAUSED HIS MIscUE
Drop Of Perspiration on His Finger
Given as Excuse by keister for
Missing Fly Ball.

When Bill Murray first took UP his
job as manager of the Phillies, Billy
Keister, hard hitter, but miserable
fielder, was playing right garden.
Murray was a manager who raved
and stormed on the bench, a la Stall
ings, and after Keister had thrown
away a game by missing an easy fly,
Billy went after him hard when he
returned to the bench. Imagine the
surprise Of Murray and the rest of the
players when Keister replied:
Bill, / couldn't help that had
Just wiped the perspiration off my
forehead when the ball came to me
and drop of sweat on my finger
caused the ball to slip away from me"
Keister was sent to Jersey City of the
Eastern league about week later.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-08-19

One ball player can transform a
team from mediocre performer into
a championship combination. That
has been demonstrated more than
once on the green diamond. Johnny
Evers made the Boston Braves of last
year into a team of champions. with
out the least doubt. This year with
Evers out of the lineup great part
of the season the Braves have wal
lowed around hopelessly in the pen
nant chase With Evers back they
seem more like champions.
This season we have the White
Sox as an illustration of how a good
player can work wonders in a club.
Eddie Collins was purchased by Char
ley Comiskey at a price said to be
$4,000. 1t would not be surprising
If the Sox owner did pay this big
amount, as Collins is one of the great
est players who ever SHE'D his castor
into the baseball arena. He has been
called by Manager John McGraw of
the Giants Hthe most valuable player
on the diamond" and there is none
better able to judge of players abil-
ity than the manager of the Giants.
Collins is credited with being more
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-08-19
NOTES ON BLOOMING THINGS

No matter what the calendar says,
do not plant your tuberoses out of
doors until the ground Is warm and
spring settles downright.
Liquid manure is made by saving
a barrel In two or using a tub with a
spigot near the bottom Punch holes
in an old lard can through the bot
tom and fill with fresh manure. Place
it on the tub with boards laid across
the tub and fill the can with water.
Harden plants grown under cover
by exposing them to the sun and air
and outdoor atmosphere. Expose them
but short time at first and increase
the exposure until they are hardy.
However, they must not be left In the
weather during high or cold winds or
when frost, snow or Ice are in the
air
Mulch sweet peas by sowing seeds
of any of the low growing ANNALS
along the pea trenches and thereby ex-
tend their growing season.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-08-19
[1lGH@
IMPROVEMENT
l,ooo-MILE ROAD PROPOSED
Canada to Build Route Similar to
Lincoln Highway-To Extend
From Winnipeg to Calgary.

Central-western Canada will have
federal highway much after the plan
of the Lincoln highway proposed
across the United States if the prof.
ect being urged by the board of con-
troll of Winnipeg is carried out. This
project contemplates the construction
of concrete highway from Winnipeg
to Calgary. to go through the more
thickly settled territory tapped.by the
Canadian Pacific railway.
The thousand miles of highway
through the provinces of Manitoba.
Saskatchewan and halfway into AL
berta will be financed by the munich
palities by which the roadway would
be traversed. Special appropriations
also will be sought from the provincial
governments. The project has been
received with enthusiasm In number
of the larger cities along the proposed
route.
1t has been pointed out by the pro-
motors of the highway through the
prairie provinces that its construction
would enhance the value Of the farm
lands for several miles on both sides
of the concrete roadway
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-08-19
SPARE MINUTE GARDENS
BY LULU c. PARKER.

These spare-minute gardens, de-
signed for busy women, are not formal
affairs; they are border beds about
two by eight feet in size and should
be planted along the walks. drive
ways and fences.
Get good seed from a reliable seeds
man. Phlox will not terminate at all
unless 1t Is fresh. Cheap balsam seed
will produce poor flowers,
Plant tall sorts in a row at the back,
medium sized sorts in cfumps OF a
dozen seedlings or more, and use the
low growing sorts for edging
Any of these little gardens will
furnish enough cut flowers for the
table, with few to give away. besides
Frightening the yard from June until
frost
Five minutes each day or half an
hour once week given up to stirring
the top soil and wedding, will be all
the attention required after the plant
ing Is done.
No. L. ANIMALS for a sunny garden
with plenty Of water. Flowers from
June until November
One packet cosmos, early lowering
three to four feet; blooms In July I'M
til frost Start seed indoors and trans
plant six feet apart in the garden
In May.
One packet balsam one 10 one and
one-half feet; blooms June and July.
Sow in the garden in May. Thin or
transplant ten inches apart.
One packet phlox drummondi six
inches to one foot; blooms June and
July.
One packet dahlia eighteen inches
to two feet: blooms September and
October. Start seed in the house, set
in garden one foot apart after dan
ger from frost is past.
One packet sweet alyssum six
inches; June to November. Sow seed
in the garden early. This alyssum
will thrive in a damp place as well.
No. 2. Garden in dry, sandy soil.
These plants will require no water
ing during the driest summer. II
weeds are kept out and the soil is
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-08-19
LOOKING AFTER GOOD ROADS
SplitIog Drag Can Be Employed to
Good Advantage-Prompt, Inteili-
gent Action Needed.

Every farmer should spend some
time looking after the roads. The
splitlog drag can be used to good ad.
vantage. Road dragging at the proper
time will insure good dirt roads the
greater part of the year. All it needs
is prompt. intelligent action. 1t must,
however. be done at the right time
to get the best results.
Yes! 1t is true in many places that
the road dragging should be done by
the county. but every farmer should
take enough interest In the community
welfare to see that the road in front
of his farm is gone over with a split
log drag.
There is no other one thing that
would add to our advancement, both
commercial and social as much as
would good roads. Spend few hours
at this season of the year, when the
frost is coming out of the ground and
the wet from rain and snow Is drying
up, with splitlog drag and it will
result in better roads, a good adver.
tisement for your farm and its owner.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-08-19

helpful player to team than the won
derful Cobb Ty is the brightest in
dividual player in baseball without O
doubt, but when it comes to all-around
usefulness to a team. one who in
spires his team mates with his pres
ence in the lineup. the White Sox
second baseman must be awarded the
palm
The Sox bear all of the earmarks
of champions with Collins in the fold.
They have played the fastest ball of
any team In the land since the season
opened. Their hitting has been won
derful, considering that they have al
ways been looked upon as being weak
with the bat In all other depart
ments they have shown surprising
form and II they do not win the
American league ~pennant the team
that beats them will know it has been
in fight.
The Boston Red Sox appear to be
the only club the Sox need fear The
Tigers have given evidence of slip
ping back lately. If Jack Barry shows
the form he displayed on the Athlet-
les in days past the Red Sox will be
worthy foemen of the White Sox.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-08-19
Allow NOTHING 70 WASTE
Everything Of the Slightest vslue Is
Utilized by the Thrifty People
of France.

What becomes of old sardine boxes,
tomato cans. meat cans, fruit cans,
and cans of all kinds?
In this country they are usually tum-
bled into some waste lot or down by
the side of the road, where they are
left in unsightly heaps.
But the people do better in France.
where nothing is allowed to go to
waste They gather them up, and
use them-to cut into tin soldiers.
The making of tin soldiers Is not an
Insignificant or unimportant business,
by any means. There was published
not long ago an item saying that
the manufacture had reached great
artistic excellence" and that "a GER
1t possible to represent military OPP
erations on a large scale by their
means" He has "thirty-five thousand
tin soldiers" foot soldiers, horsemen,
and artillerymen, with all necessary
equipments. and toy scenery: and with
them he goes through evolutions. and
works out interesting problems OF mill
itary tactics.
In France. too, the old boots and
shoes are collected, and every part Is
used over again. The work is most
ly done by convicts in prisons They
take the boots and shoes to pieces and
soak them: then the uppers are cut
over into childrens shoes; or, IL they
are too far gone for that, peculiar
kind of pressed leather is made by
some chemical action. The nails are
saved and sold. and the scraps go to
the farmers to fertilize the SOIL
Who would have thought 1t posi-
Bile to make anything out of old saws?
Yet it is said that many of the finest
surgical Instruments, and some of
those used by engineers, are manufac-
tured from the steel that first did duty
in saws The steel of saws Is Of the
very best quality and finest temper;
and since it is good in the first place,
it is always good.
After that it is easy to believe that
there is a place in Canada where they
make paper from sawdust. 1t is kind
of paper pulp, rolled out in great
sheets, for the purpose of sheathing;
that is, for using on buildings before
the clapboards are put on. Wood pulp,
made of poplar and spruce. has long
been used. mixed with the rags in
the paper mills, in the process of man
ufacture; but 1t is new thing to
convert sawdust into paper
Where the largest quantity of lead
pencils is made. the sawdust of the
cedar wood is saved and distilled. "A
valuable oil is extracted, every ounce
Of which is sold at good figures
So an old sardine box, tomato can,
CASTOR shoe, and rusty pruning
saw may be made over into something
entirely new and heap of sawdust
and the waste from a lead-pencil man
ufactory may furnish employment and
be of actual use in the world
Youths Companion.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-08-19
Father knIckerbocker's $50 Years.

Father knickerbocker's $50 Years.
New York city celebrated last
Thursday the 250th anniversary of its
municipal government under a mayor
and board of aldermen.
When Thomas Willett was sworn
In as mayor, with his five aldermen,
on June "a, 1665-the date appearing
as June IA, according to the old cal
endar form. in the early accounts
by the English governor, Richard
Nicolls, the last vestige of Dutch rule
was obliterated.
There was, indeed, one break, but of
SO short duration that its influence
was negligible. In 1878. while England
and Holland were at war, Captain
Colve. with small Dutch fleet, APP
peared in the harbor. The English
recognized that the fort was no more
able to resist an attack than 1t was
in the days of Stuyvesant, nine years
before. and the Dutch again captured
New York. In less than a year, when
the European war ended, it was re-
stored to the English.