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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-18

a man of culture and peculiarly gifted
as both preacher and pastor. Already
he has won a large place in the hearts
of his people and is highly esteemed
in the entire city. Under his ministry
there have been continued accessions
to the church roll, which now num-
bers over 500.
All departments of modern church
work are thoroughly organized. The
first Sunday school was organized in
May, 1881 This is now a front rank
Bible school under the leadership of
E. V. King. The school is operated by
a board of commissioners OF Whlch
Mr.. King is general superintendent
Other members of this commission are
F. L. Osle, membership; R. B. Nelson,
finance; H. Roger, literature, and
Clarence Messick, music
Miss Mildred Hazelrigg has served
the church for a number of years as
chorister and organist ana the music
of the church at every service is q
real feature.
The women of the church are or
ganized for effective and definite ser
vice. Mrs H S. Roger is the presi-
dent of this department.
5. J. Hodgins is chairman of an
energetic board of church officers, in
Guiding some of the Leading business
men of The city.
In May, 1859. Christian Endeavor
society was organized. This was an
young people of the church. and has
ever proven a potent factor. The pres
ent Endeavor society, of which Miss
Ada Rice is president, is recognized as
one of the very best in the state. From
the society have gone forth a number
of preachers and missionaries. Harry
q. knowles is now preaching for
Christian church in Nebraska, Floyd
Evans is evangelizing through the con-
tre1 west, Milton Madden and wife are
among the foremost Protestant mis-
sloA1ar1es IN Japan. Miss Elna Ireland
IS In Mexico and Miss Louie Beam is
/ just sailing for Africa this fall
There is also in the church a SPLEEN
did auxiliary to the National Christian
Women's Board of Missions. This is
/ one OF the inspiring missioner y forces
OF the church. with Mrs Fred Scam
4 mel as president
Ihls splendid church is united and
I Aappy and under the wise and tnthusi-
astlc lea dership of the present pastor
| with the assistance of his cultured
/ Wl.e. VINO was educated at Otterbein
university, Ohio, faces a most prornis-
ing future.
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THE EvANGELINE COUNTRY.

CONTINUED from Preceding Page.l
ows pastured in autumn. However, 1T
was the Acadians who set the example
of wrestling meadowland from the sea.
They were the first dyke-builders here,
the first in North America; bringing
the art from the Netherlands.
dykes that the hands of the farmers
had raised with labor incessant,
Shut out the turbulent tides; but at stated
Opened and welcomed the sea to wander
at will DER the meadows
Reclamation of salt marsh from the
sea here has been slow, comparatively
but the sea has wrested none OF 1t back
to her embrace. On the contrary. the
beach continues to fill with wash from
the hills; the surface rising above the
water to be reclaimed by dykes. NO
doubt this fill is helped by the wash
of sand from the sea itself, the accre-
ton to be imprisoned by dykes ralseo
by the hands of the farmers" humus
from the hills fertilizing it in subse-
uuent years.
The poets line that, at stated sea-
sons the floodgates opened and wei
coined the sea to wander at will DER
the meadows" is fanciful only. For
the sea. once shut out from land.
afterward made fertile by processes or
nature and art, must stay out. Land
reclaimed from salt marsh, must be
purified and fertilized and remain So
Even now in front of Grand Pre-, the
hands of the farmers raise dykes,
thereby shutting out the turbulent
tides and laying bare ground which,
nv the processes of time, finally is
subdued and subjected to the uses of
agriculture But the "floodgates'' of
the dykes never are opened for the sea
to come again. Really, no floodgates
are maintained.
The ..murmuring pines and the hem
locks of Longfellow's song no longer
distinguish the scene at Grand Pre-, if
really they ever did Forests of pine
and hemlock were remote and apart
from the village, and, in this day, are
only the fragment of legend Like
wise the fields of flax. and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-18

(1s32-1755). Shut in from the out
side world by their own habits. they
led a pastoral life, wholly: sending
their crops to Louisburg, against
Which, afterward, in the American
revolution, Bene dict Arnold led al: un-
successful expedition; t. Fort Regal
NOW Iigbyl, southward. on the
Fundy coast: snd to Canso, north
ward, then as now an important fish
cries port.
They were an indepenJen emit, i1nra-
tient clan, acknowledging no author
ity above themselves. So. when the
English told them that they must take
the oath of allegiance or leave their
homes, they stood pat Finally, after
many trials by peaceable means, the
English. one fine day, rounded them
up in the church, and, to their sur
prise and grief shipped them out of
the country. However, there is little
doubt that, if the English had not re-
quired Minas Basin and the land sur
rounding for strategic purposes. the
Acadians would have been permitted
to remain undisturbed. The other
side of this is that the demand that
the Acadians take the oath of ale
glance to the government under which
they lived was reasonable, and they
should have submitted.
From Grand Pre-, 2.473 men, wo-
men and children were expelled; from
all of Acadia, which included what
now are Nova Scotia, New Brunswick
and eastern Maine. 10000, approx
mately. About 1000 escaped into the
mountain forests, returning after
many years; the others, scattered and
lost. All of the inhabitants of Grand
Pre- were scattered and lost
Following the departure of the Aca-
dams of Grand Pre-, the English
burned their homes. The churches
were spared, afterward falling into de-
cay. Four years afterward. settlers
| from New England began to take the
| land, and now
| "Naught but tradition remains of the
beautiful village of Grand Pre-"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-18
WEDNESDAY.

End of the bakers state convention
Visitors go home well pleased with
their entertainment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-18

Glenwood hotel. at the corner of
Fourth and Kansas avenues. Rever-
end ]. H. Monser was the first regular
pastor. During his ministry a perrna-
nent organization was effected, with
a membership of twenty-eight. At
this time the state convention of the
Christian churches of the state was
held in Topeka and entertained by the
little band.
Among the few original promoters
and charter members of the church
who are here today are Mr.. and Mrs
j. s. Iangston, Mrs. NJ. Council, Mrs.
Jane Heron, Mrs. Minerva Burgess,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Niccum.
In 1880 an appeal was made to the
state missionary convention, meeting
in Manhattan, for aid in securing ii
pastor. The appeal was effective and
DR.. 7. S. Dodd was called and imme-
dlately began his labors as minister.
At this time the meetings were held
in the old Y. NJ. c. A. hall on Kansas
avenue.
The early records of the church
show that a Ladies' Aid society was
organized at this time which has
proved an invaluable source Of
strength to the church from that time
to the present.
These beginning days were days of
trial, self-denial and hardship for
however, grew and by September.
1881, the membership had Increased
to seventy-five. At the close of DR..
Dodd's passionate, in 1883, the church
roll numbered 1876.
The congregation at this time was
yet without building. meeting here
and there in rented halls, and for a
time in a little upper room on Kansas
avenue. Finally an outgrown Metho-
dist church between Fifth and Sixth
on Quincy street was secured and here
remarkable success was obtained both
IN numbers and financial strength.
The next place of meeting was in Tlu-
sic hall on East Eighth avenue. known
as the Hudson building During the
passionate of w. H. Bowles, who at this
lne was called to serve the congrega-
ton, the present building site ON To
peka avenue was secured
other ministers who efficiently
served the church in the early DAYS
We're J. F. Sloan and B. L. Smith. Or
May 10, 1887. the lecture room of the
present building was dedicated and fo,
the first time in all its history the
church felt that it had a real honne
During The pastorate of DR.. B. T,
Smith the present commodious church
edifice was erected. There was tn,
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and beast came at noontime, and at
the close of day, for drink. Adjacent
of the wall which marks the old well
is a row of willows.
| West and south there were fields of
flax, and orchards and cornfields
Spreading afar and unfenced DER the
Blomidon rose, and the forests old, and
aloft on the mountains
from the mighty Atlantic
Looked on the happy valley, but ne'er
from their station descended"
Cape Blomidon, looking sheer down
upon Minas Basin, and out beyond
over the Bay of F'undy, is the abrupt
end of North Mountain. 1t is the
highest point of land here. From it
may be seen five counties. and if
the day be clear, the New Brunswick
coast along the Bay of Fundy, outlined
by the dense foliage of bordering for
est. Southwark, lies Annapolis Valley
revealed in the sunlight, and, by a
stretch of the imagination, one may
descry Annapolis Basin, ninety miles
distant. Westward, the tourists eyes
find out the peaceful valleys and
wooded hills of the Gaspereau, Grande
Habitat, Petit Habitat, Riviere aux
Canards, and Pereau, which he saw
at close range the day before.
The journey from Grand Pre- to the
| Cape is made by boat to Canning, and
| the ISSt VI t11S way ny OF
| horse-vehicle. There is no landing at
the base of the Cape. The water is
| deep enough, but, since the face OF
the rock is sheer into the sea, there
| is no foothold.
| Descendants of the English, and
others who now have farms in Grand
Pre- and the country surrounding, have
continued to reclaim tidelands of bay
and rivers, until now the cultivated
area of meadowland and upland COM
prises fully 100000 acres, yielding
farm products of three million dollars
annually.
The Indian trails which the Aca-
dams found and, from time to time
| improved to meet the requirements OF
the public, have been rolled and
bridged in the present generation,
carrying traffic safely. The automo-
| bile is common on these highways,
and there are many beautiful homes,
where once
Strongly built were the houses of oak
and hemlock,
Such as the peasants of Normandy built
in the reign of the Henries.''
One modern house in Grand Pre- is
''St. Eulalie," the summer home of
Sir Robert Weatherbe, surrounded
with shrubbery, vines creeping over it.
Sunshine of Saint Eulalie' was she
called"
The Acadians lived here 123 years
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usual burden of debt following this
building venture. Other ministers
during these anxious days were d. D.
Boyle, NJ. E. Harlan, F. w. Emerson
and Charles A. Finch. During the
pastoratc of DR.. Finch, which covered
a period of thirteen years, valuable
additions and improvements were add
ed to the building and the splendid
pipe organ, which now adorns the
beautiful auditorium, was installed.
In October of last year Orville L.
Cook of Hiram college, Ohio, was
called to the pastorate. Mr.. Cook is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-18
Facts for Sufferers.

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It's qualities penetrate Immediately to the
spot. Don't keep on suffering. Get
a bottle of Sloans Imminent Use it. 1t
means instant relief. Price 25c and SOC.
81. 90 bottle holds six times as much as the
25c size.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-18

In the Acadian land, on the shores of
the Basin of Minas,
Distant, secluded, still, the village of
Grand Pre-
Lay in the fruitful valley. Vast meadows
stretched to the eastward,
Giving the village it's name, and pasture
to flocks without number"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-18

The earliest records show that there
was a partial organization Ct the First
Christian church in Topeka as early as
1870. Previous to this lime services
had been conducted in the capital
city by Pardee Butler, - hardy pio-
neer and ordained Christian minister.
The first meetings were held in the
old court house, now known as the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-18

In the Acadian land, on the shores of
the Basin of Minas,
Grand Pre-
Lay in the fruitful valley. Vast meadows
..o stretched to the eastward,
Giving the village its name, and pasture
to flocks without number"
Faint signs of the village remain,
and, forming a crescent above and
surrounding the old site, lies Long
fellows upland of match1ess beauty.
The boy, freebooter, or other guide,
who shows a visitor over the scene,
points out sites of some eighty nome
steads- Streets have been named, sig
nificant of the old surroundings For
example, a lane of the period of which
street. because, in the period of
Longfellow's narrative, it was lined
with NAPLES and willows bleaching
across; shadows of foliage lying in
the moonlight. On this street, an
ancient cellar has been uncovered,
chapel, % by SO feet, has been found !;
near it, the cellar of the priests house.
BY the side of a little brook, are
| signs of the site of a blacksmith S
forge, which, faithful to Longfellow's
legend, Americans who view the spot
declare is the scene of old BasiPs ac-
tivities, and the home of Gabriel
Evangeline's lover. This ground now
is part of a prosaic potato patch. Near
by, is a clump of willows, which leg
end says were growing when the Eng
| fish came.
| The village was built on benchland,
at the foot of a low bluff. In front,
lay the verdant Grand Prairie, COM
| prising, in addition to native bottom,
2,100 acres of meadowland reclaimed
by the Acadians from the sea. Since
then, this reclamation has been null
tiplied MANIFOLD by the English.
There were two church parishes. Ea CHI
had a house of worship with tower
and bell, and, outlying, a burying-
ground. The railway runs across one
i of the burying- grounds. The site of
the other is marked by a monument
of rubble-stone. The site of the church,
in which Evangeline worshipped, now
is surrounded by water when the tide
is in. Close by, is the inevitable clum p
of ancient Willows.
Further down, the slope of the hill,
was the well with its moss grown
Bucket, fastened with iron, and near it a
trough for the horses.
The old we'll of the Acadians sur
wives the ravages of time, but water
less. There were other wells, no
doubt; for the community numbered
$500, when the English destroyed it..
However, local authority says that the
weM which remains was in the middle
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-18

The week ends with auto races and
other thrilling events at the Fair
grounds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-18

of the little settlement, and to it man
and beast came at noontime, and at
the close of day, for drink. Adjacent
of the wall which marks the old well
is a row of willows.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-18

cornfields." no longer profitable, have
quilted the scene.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-18
MARCH OF A
HALF CENTURY
First Christian Church Organ
lied in 1870.
Pardee Butler Guided Tt Through
Turbulent Times.
MEETINGS IN COURT HOUSE
Only a Few Of First Faces Here
Now.
Church Is Recognized as One
of Topeka's Leaders.
SUNDAY.

This is the forty fourth of a series of
articles churches and Christian organ
fzatfons appearing in the State Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-18

Further down, on the slope of the hill
was the well with its moss grown
Bucket, fastened with iron, and near it
trough for the horses
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-02-05
HOW snos ARE HELPING
AMERICAS BEEF SUPPLY

THERE growing aid to the beef supply the United
which will toward furnishing more meal,
a quality than rangefed cattle indeed
of real prime beef and the story
+bow the thing being that will
the foreign output reliance
and raising that has brought +
who the food prob
prisoners big cities the word SO will have
sounds like medicine; it storage house
or owe fodder.
American rural landscape in late years
the central states of the Union
that half of them have been constructed IN
the them models of concrete architecture
Orange which has made most instructive survey OF
this growth lone OF the most
striking recorded the hsy of American agriculture
of storing and preserving succuent tod
artght sio pits by compression
also fodder preserved in
who have not this knowledge at
demonstrated good thing and the reason
have full apprecia-
Before that the contents
food dairy CATTLE but is now ecog
all branches of cattle Industry
that sage food for beef animals well
breeding greatly reduces the cost
production the cattcayng capacity Of the farm
price land makes this information valuable
~ upon it.
is made of complete but the meth
belief that the figures presented be
total operation Dec 81 1919 the number bni
and the capacity so in the state
cred by this investigation estimated folows
l. ated Number Of Os Ian
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-02-05
Total

will be noted that almost neurth of the total number of 81
built during 1913, and all probability least
within the far the +
greater number the dairy Wisconsin, northern
Iowa leading the which cat
feeding pracsed that show the largest
Central Indiana and Illinois, the north
Oklahoma produc
that marked by rapid sio development during the
+
The use of feeding responsible only
multiplication reported
The size the o depends largely the daily
promptly uniform
As the required daily for the dairy herd less
production resulted
+ los of larger capacity
of
oveemate About
produce
Huskng gathering this only
the items of An land
and stalks blades
The separated labor and and then the
feeding material
the field small utilized by the
close of the follows
of the annual growth feeding
thrown The of the so will this and
possible utilize production II feeding material
+ instead of the Utilized
The so furnishes bridging the widening
production and population through complete utilization
4 of the feeding stuf produced
only years have come into
Florida and
them There
Hastings section The only Sio
factory Palatka This long been
gagged the of Cypress Tanks year began
= of Slos. This firm makes Triple Wall
said be the scientifically
tight permanent largest in Florida
this make long erected by this
= of Mr. F. NJ Holmes of st. Augustine
= Z + + + + + + + Z + = = + r
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and he was saved Il long trip around
the Horn anyhow.
The number of vessels going
through the canal has exceeded all es-
Inmates of the traffic that would come
in the early days of operation. They
thought they probably would have as
many as four week. was told that
last month they had put through three
IA day on the average. Governor
GoethalS is much pleased.
"The estimate of the appropriation
for the canal for next year is $4,000,
600 Some of the members Of the com
mittee had been joking with Governor
Goethals on the subject of appropria
lions and telling him he would not be
able to finish the waterway within the
limits of the $3T5.O0O.000, which was
the estimated cost With the canal
practically completed and including the
estimate for next year. there will be
s5,OOO.OOO to spare. and that. in speak
ing of such great sums. is what call
pretty close figuring.
THE sight Of that waterway. WIFI
the big ships going through so easily
from ocean to ocean. makes you proud
TO be an American. You cannot help
feeling patriotic just by looking at it.
If YOU had seen the isthmus when the
United States took up the work or have
seen pictures of it at that time you
NAV be able to form some idea Of the
magnitude of the task that is so nearly
finished. But if your first sight of the
isthmus is the completed canal it is
difficult to realize the stupendous ma
ture of the task we set ourselves ana
which, thanks to the efficiency of the
r,en who were set over the work and
those who worked under them, must
rank as one of the greatest material
achievements of any age and any peo'
ole"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-02-05
SEVERE PUNISHMENT
OF Mrs. ChappeIl, Of Five Years
Standing, Relieved by Cardui.

Mt. Airy, N. C.-Mrs. Sarah NJ. Chap.
pell OF this town, says: 81 suffered foi
five years with womanly troubles, also
stomach troubles, and my punishment
was more than any one could tell.
tried most every kind of medicine,
but none did me any good.
read one day about Cardui, fl1e wo-
mans tonic, and | decided to try it. !
had not taken but about six bottles until
| was almost cured. 1t did me more
good than all the other medicines had
tried, put together.
My friends began asking me why ]
looked so well, and | told them about
Cardui. Several are now taking it."
Do you, lady reader, suffer from any
of the ailments due to Woman!y trouble,
such as headache, backache, sideache,
sleeplessness, and that everlastingly tired
feeling2
If so, LET us urge you TO give Cardui a
trial. We feel confident it will help you,
Just as it has million other women IN
the past half century.
Begin taking Cardui to-day. You
won't regret it. All druggists.
Write TO: Chattanooga Medicine Co., Ladies'
!, Advisory Dept. Chattanooga, Tenn, for Sttefai
Instruction. on your case and 64-page book. Home
Treatment for Women, in plain wrapper. NC. liza
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On this day the mighty pirate king,
Gasparilla, will land and take the city,
being resisted by troops, the war YES
sels and Ye Mystic Krewe of Gaspa-
rilie,. The Gasparilla parade will be
equal$to anything of the kind ever
seen in the South. The evening hours
will be devoted to fireworks displays
from barges in the bay and a grand
masked ball on the Bayshore Boule-
ward.
Thursday, the closing day, will be
known as Citrus Day." being so des-
ignated because of South Florida's su-
premacy in the cultivation Of citrus
fruits of the highest grades. A grand
carnival parade, representing all the
diversified interests of South Florida,
will be a feature of the day, as will
the illumination of the Hillsboro river
and grand balls in all foreign and
American clubs.
The entire period will be one Of toy
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Words and Deeds.

An eminent bishop WINS advocating
more liberal loosening OF the pun 3
strings. and during sermon one dval
told his congregation that at one tikine
he sent IN article to a paper. in wlficn
he said. I'VE pray too loud and YfHh
too little.' Y"
The Intelligent compositor did a
most satisfying job. and when 1t ap'
peared it read:
I'VE bray too loud and work too lit
tie"
Il let it go at that" said the bishop
"The fact is. | believe the printer was
right. and ! never ventured to correc'
him" National Monthly.
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The Best Laxative | Know Of"

81 have sold Chamberlain's Tablets
for several years. People who have
used them will take nothing else I
can recommend them to my custom
ers as the best laxative and cure for
constipation that know Of" writes
Frank Strouse, Fruitland, Iowa. For
sale by all dealers.