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The Elbert County tribune., 1915-06-25
HAD HIS MOTHER PUZZLED
Washerwoman Never Could Under
stand Son, Therefore She Dubbed
Him "Grasshopper,"

Polly, the washerwoman, was deep
In discussion of her family's short.
comings.
"Mah family suttinly do hab some
shawtcomin's.'' she declared. Fur in
stance: Nah son Jawge es jes' lax a
grasshoppah."
my goodnessi" gasped the mis-
tress. How, Polly?"
well, buhcawse only two things in
de whole worP worries him: He wor-
ries dat he has to wake up to eat, an
den he worries dat he hab to stop
eatin' to go to sleep. An suttinly doan
undahstan' dat boy"
But how do you conclude that he
is like a grasshopper?" queried the
perplexed mistress.
T>4yes buhcawse he er de most mis-
understandable creature dat All kin
think of, dats why" she answered.
Louisville Times
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-06-25
ONE LEFT IN TOWN
Once Thriving Mining Center Now
Is Isolated.
Living Alone in City of a Thousand
Homes, Former Saloon Keeper De-
clares He Is Supreme and Has
No Wish to Move.

Topeka, kan.-Living only in MEM
ory of distant past. isolated from the
rest of tie world. yet living in a city
OF thousand homes. sitting idly hour
by hour at the front of a small saloon
where twenty years ago prosperity and
excitement were on every hand, Sam
Bolger, former Topeka bartender. la
ter an adventurer. gambler and Colo
rado saloon owner, is residing in the
deserted mining town of Gillette. Colo
Bolger occupied a dilapidated saloon.
but had no customers. An inquisitive
nomad asked:
Where are the rest of the voters %
The faded old man did not answer
at first, but then he replied, They are
everywhere but here"
He then relapsed into silence, but
another Kansan spied a table and a
few suspicious looking bottles within
the place. He called the ancient gen
ueman and together they entered the
poorly kept saloon. When the old man
came out, some ten minutes later, he
was in a more talkative mood
Il left Topeka in 1880, not long after
the prohibition amendment went into
effect. l had lost my job. had no
money. So l just naturally drifted
West, and for the next ten years
roamed around California. New Mexi-
co, Arizona and old Mexico. But it
was in 1880 that l came to Cripple
Creek. The first real strike had been
made. With thousands of others / fell
victim to my ambition to oe rich
Out of all those who went to Cripple
Creek in those years only a few re-
main today who have wealth.
Il sweated my life away in the
mines. ] gambled and drank away my
wages in Cripple Creek. There never
was city yet that could equal it.
Money flowed like water. / believe it
was tie wickedest spot on the map
Il was in the great Cripple Creek
fire of 1896. The fire destroyed my
place and / was broke again Then
heard rumors of Gillette. The town
became city in a night. The rush of
men here at that time was heavy. Be-
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-06-25
Fox-HUNTERS IN THE WAR
Thousands of Men Who Enjoyed That
Sport in Britain Are Now at
the Front.

Waterloo, according to the duke OF
Wellington. was won on the playing
fields of Eton. Should Britain emerge
triumphant from the present conflict
we may find someone rising to claim
that the campaign in Flanders was
won in the English shires. The shires
are the headquarters of fox-hunting.
which most humanitarians denounce.
George Bernard Shaw. for example.
has no words strong enough to con-
demn 1t with. Mr.. Jorrocks, the hero
of a sporting novel, describing fox
hunting as war without its guilt and
only 25 per cent of its danger" 1t has
to be admitted, however, that they
who follow the hounds have answered
magnificently to their country's call.
There are. 1t proves. $50 masters Of
hounds with the British colors, 5000
members OF hunts and 1900 hunt serv.
ants. To them must be added the Of
ficers of the regular army who are ac-
customed to ride to hounds, likewise
numbering some thousands. The total
is an impressive one. 1t suggests that
the real attraction of this sport may
be that It is. as Jorrocks said, "a sort
of war"
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-06-25
Reminded Him.

Mr.. Highbrow, who posed as an arbi-
ter of taste, looked round the tiers of
boxes at the opera house the other
evening and said:
Il suppose. if woman's shoulders
are very beautiful, she has right, a
moral right. to wear very decollete
gown. At the same time
Mr. Highbrow chuckled and shook
his head
AT the same time" he resumed
the fashionable woman of today re-
minds me of the prophet"
How so?" Said his interlocutor
"How so?"
She hasn't much on 'er in her own
country" was the smiling reply.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-06-25
FORTUNE IN BIBLE

is not known what value attaches to
these stocks and SO far no action to
recover on them has been determined
upon.
Negotiations for a settlement of the
claims under the gas company stock
were suspended after the death of
John G. Shelton, Jr.. in 1913. Miss
Riyes said the heirs at that time were
unable to agree as to what division
TO make of the property and decided
to drop the matter.
Only recently they took II up again
and employed an attorney to push
their claims. The suit is directed
against the National Bank of Com
merce and the William H. Thompson
trust company. because. it is alleged.
the pro rata distribution of the stock
at the time of its sale was made
through the bank, and Thompson acted
as trustee in the transfer
Miss Rives said that If the suit is
successful the sum recovered will be
divided into five parts for the heirs
of the five children of her grandfa.
ther. She will receive the entire part
that would have gone to her uncle.
John G. Shelton, Jr, having been be-
queathed his share. and one-half of the
share OF her mother, who is dead. The
remainder will go to the other groups
of heirs.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-06-25
DOLLAR DEFLECTS A BULLET
Indians Life Saved When Coin Turns
Aside Syrian's Shot in
Oregon Town.

Pendleton. Ore.-A silver dollar in
his shirt pocket saved the life of Joe
Hays, an Indian. who was shot by
George Ackley. Syrian. Hays and
Patrick Isidore. another Indian. went
to the restaurant of Ackley and or
dered hot tamales, There followed a
quarrel with Ackley. who claims that
Hays was holding him while Isidore
was trying to knife him. Ackley drew
revolver and fired. The bullet struck
the Indian squarely over the heart, but
was fiattened and stopped by the sill
yer dollar.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-06-25
Question OF Supplies.

DAISY, remarked her Sunday
sshool teacher. don't love your cat
TOO much. What would you do II it
died-you wouldn't see it again?"
On yes. teacher: should see 1t
in heaven" aa.
No. dear. you're mistaken: animals
cannot go to heaven like people"
Daisy's eyes filled with tears. but
suddenly she exclaimed triumphantly
Animals do go to heaven, for the bi-
bic says the promised land is flowing
with milk and honey, and, If there are
no animals, where do they get the
milk"
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-06-25
The Fire Eiend.

Mayor Thompson of Chicago. who is
advising stricter measures to pre-
vent insurance frauds, said:
There are. you know. great many
business men who in their ideas about
insurance are like Exc.
I'm afraid. father said Exe's son,
this property isn't worth repairing
any more
Very well, son. said Exc. Send,
then, for Smith of the Marine and Fire
company at once. Let us always bear
in mind the old proverb: What can't
be cured must be insured"
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-06-25

Sour-faced piety seldom lands many
converts.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-06-25
The Usual Thing.

Mrs. Askit-Do you keep a servant7
Mrs. Noitt-Yes, and several of her
relations.-lndianapolis Star.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-06-25

Don't be misled. Ask for Red Cross
Bag Blue. Makes beautiful white clothes.
AT all good groeers. Adv.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-06-25

A woman is always telling her hus-
bend that a man doesn't know what it
is TO be sick.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-06-25

Advertising will put lightweight in
the limelight, but it will not always
keep him there.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-09
H, S. MANUAL SCORES
F. NJ. Wright, Former Student, Patents
Valuable Invention.

A few hours work each night for
seven months upon a plan for COM
bination hot and cold water faucet has
opened the way to fortune for Frank
NJ Wright, manager of the savings de-
partment of the Bank of Topeka. Mr..
Wright today closed a contract with
the Aetna Safety Appliance and Hard
ware company of Unionville, Conn.,,
for the manufacture of his cOmbina-
ton water faucet. The consideration
is said to run into five figures. Mr..
Wright holds the patent rights for this
invention and besides receiving a
bonus from the manufacturing COM
pany he will get a royalty.
Although he has had no mechanical
education, Mr.. Wright has ideas that
he works out roughly and then has a
pattern maker complete the design
While a student in the Topeka high
school, where he graduated in 1908.
Mr.. Wright was very much interested
in wood work and it was through the
work that he did in the manual train
ing department that he was able to
complete his invention.
'I just do the work as a hobby"
said Mr.. Wright this morning in talk
ing about the patent. You know a
fellow has to do something for recrea-
ton, so 1 just figure these things out
and then have them designed. 1 have
three others that 1 am working on
now
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-09
Women! It's Easy!
Dry Clean With
GasoIine---Save S.
Notning shrinkc, fades or wrin-
kles and a wash boiler
will do nicely.

Women here who have tried dry
cleaning find it very easy and mex
pensiVe to clean and freshen all the
ribbons, silks, satins, laces, yokes,
furs, silk shirtwaists, kid gloves and
shoes, neckties, children's clothes,
suits, caps, Swiss lawn, organdie and
chiffon dresses, wooden garments, fan
cy vests, draperies, rugs, in fact,
any and everything that would be
ruined with soap and water
Get two ounces of solVite at any
drug store and put in two gallons of
gasoline, where it instantly dissolves,
then put in the goods to be cleaned,
rub a little and out they come, look
ing as bright and fresh as new. You
Will find nothing fades, shrinks or
wrinkles, requiring no pressing.
You can do five dollars worth of
home dry cleaning in an hour at little
cost. 1t is so easy and you can't make
mistake. Any grocery or garage
will supply the gasoline and you can
obtain two ounces of solvite at the
drug store which is simply a gasoline
soap, then a wash boiler or large dish
pan completes your dry cleaning out
fit. LAS gasoline is very inflammable,
he sure to do your dry cleaning out of
doors or in a room away from fire or
flame, with the windows left OPEN
Advertisement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-09
GAS IS Low AGAIN
Second Visitation of a Shortage
Since Cool Weather.
The Local Company Cannot
Promise Any Relief.

The local gas company will not be
able to furnish more than fifty per
cent of the gas needed in Topeka TINS
winter, according to statement made
today by L. G. Treleaven, receiver of
the local company. The famine in
this kind of fuel is hitting Topeka
early. Today, in several parts of the
city there was barely enough gas to
cook breakfast and lunch.
According to L. G. Treleaven, the
worst is vet to come. 1T will be i'm
possible for the local company to sup
ply more than fifty per cent of the
gas needed in the city this year" said
TreIeaven. 1.-The pubic should not be
unwarned. So much publicity has
been given the shortage, it seems that
every man in the city ought to be pre-
pared for the situation There is moth
ing new I can say on the situation
There is not enough gas in reach of
the Kansas Naturaps lines and that's
all there is to it."
Today's shortage was the second
that has hit Topeka this fall, despite
the unusually high temperature. Not
long ago Mr.. Topeka Gas Consumer
awoke on nippy, chilly morning and
found that there was no gas. He took
breakfast down town. Today he
duplicated the performance. Over the
city there is gloom. Mrs. Topeka Gas
Consumer is bemoaning the fact that
she is going to have to soil her hands
by heaving Jumps of coal or wood into
a base burner or furnace TINS WIN
ter Then, on top of that, she will
have to carry ashes out of the kitchen
ashes which are produced in I'M
canny quantities by balky cook
stove.
The joke about Dad starting the
furnace bids fair to become a reality.
Again. this winter he will coax a wood
or coal furnace flame into action in
stead of touching a match to a CRATE
and watching a flame instantly en-
velop the inside of the fireplace.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-09
PLEAD FOR BOMB men
Wilson Considers Clemency for Struc-
turaI Iron Workers.

Washington, Nov. president
Wilson was asked again today by a
delegation of union leaders to COM
mute the sentence of former officers
of the Structural Iron Workers
union, now serving terms in Leaven-
worth penitentiary for their convic-
tions in connection with the so-callad
dynamite conspiracy, which involved
the destruction of the Los Angeles
Times and ramified throughout the
country.
Clemency was asked for Frank NJ.
Ryan and twelve others.
1t was represented to the president
that the men have served about one
third of their terms and that the
prison record of each has been ex-
emplary- A year ago appeals for
pardons were refused.
The president listened attentively
and took the appeal under advise
ment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-09
HAS Been GONE A YEAR
Alleged Horse Thief Returns in
Charge of County Officers.

On the first anniversary of his al
legged crime, Elijah Lane, alias Light
Lane, colored man, was turned over
to Shawnee county officials at Horton
by town officials to face forgery
charges in Topeka.
One year ago Monday, the Lane
warrant recites, Lane purchased a
horse from Earl Lieu of Highland
Park and gave Lieu a check for $3.50
in payment. Lieu found that the
check was worthless and notified
county officials and the police. In
the meantime, Lane took the horse to
James WALL a horse buyer, Fourth
and Liberty streets, and offered the
animal for sale at $50. The horse was
a fine one and Wall became suspicious
because of the low price. He told
Lane he would have to get some one to
identify him. Lane left the horse with
Wall and departed but did not return.
Wall notified the sheriff, who was al
ready trying to locate the animal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-09
TO SETTLE AWARD
Three Rock Island General
Managers Are in Chicago
Meeting the Committee of En-
gineers and Firemen.

The three general managers of the
Rock Island, c. w. Jones, of Des
Moines, first district; A. E. Sweet, of
Topeka, second district, and t. H.
Beacon, of FL Reno, Okla, third dis
trict, are meeting the general commit
tee of the engineers and firemen at
Chicago today. This meeting is to
settle the award made by the arbitra-
ton board in the matter of pay. Sew
differences with the engineers and
firemen.
This meeting is an important one.
Mr.. Sweet went to Chicago Sunday. 1t
was reported at that time that he was
going to Chicago to confer with H. L.
Nudge, the newly appointed president
of the Denver & Rio Grande and for
mer Rock Island head. It was also
rumored that Mr.. Nudge is contem-
plating taking Sweet with him to the
Rio Grande in an official capacity.
Neither of these reports, it is said,
come from authentic sources. Mr..
Nudge is now in New York and the
Chicago meeting being held today has
been scheduled for a month, several
weeks before Mr.. Nudge resigned from
the Rock Island. 1t is stated in rail-
way circles that Mr.. Sweet has no in
tention of leaving the Rock Island.
J. E. German, the new chief execu-
tive officer, likely will follow the
policy of his predecessor, it is believed
He is, however, a brother-in-laW of
T. NJ. Schumacher, former chairman,
who represents the Phelps-Doodge in
ideas of his own regarding the man
agement of the Rock Island, but
whether or not Mr.. German will carry
them out is not known.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-09
FED MEETING IS ON
Magnates Gather at indianapolis to
Discuss Peace Plans.

Indianapolis, Ind, Nov. 9.-Direc-
tors and owners OF the Federal league
held an informal conference here to-
day at which it was generally under
stood the league leaders were deter
mining the course to pursue in the
peace" negotiations with organized
base ball.
1t was reported that Barney Drey-
fus of the Pittsburg Nationals, Jacob
Rupert of the New York Americans
and Charles Comiskey of the Chicago
Americans were at French Lick today.
In addition to Gilmore, those here for
the meeting were: Charles Weegh-
man, Chicago; Philip Ball, st. Louis;
Edward Gwinner, Pittsburg; George
Sinclair, Newark; George S. Ward,
Brooklyn; William E. Robertson, Buff
falo, and Carroll Rasin, Baltimore.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-09
HAD PROSPEROUS YEAR
Topeka Street Railway Paid q Divi-
dend of SD Per Cent.

In the year ending June 80, the To-
peka Street Railway company, collect
ed a total of $437, S27.71 in operating
revenue and from it's years earnin gs
paid a dividend of 5.3 per cent in adj
dition to increasing it's surplus fund to
$462,733. With the increase in the
surplus fund and the dividend pay
ment, the company also met from its
earnings it's interest account of ST.
625.
The report of the company, owned
by the Mckinley interests of Cham
paign, ILL.,, shows that O,919,902 pas
sengers were carried during the year
and that passenger receipts were
$431, 653.41. Operating expenses dur
ing the year were s21S,134.15. Dur
ing the year a total of 1872 persons
were injured by street cars in Topeka
and the company reports that several
suits for damages are now pending,
which will probably make material re-
duction in the company's earnings for
the twelve months. The Topeka
street railway includes 40.S miles of
tracks and an investment of $2,917,-
sos. The company is capitalized for
S1,250,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-09
BIDS ARE CONSIDERED

At n meeting of the supplies COM
mittee of the board of education held
today bids were considered from
eight firms wishing to sell the school
board approximately 400 worth of
machinery, for use in the manual
training department of the high
school. The purchase of the machin-
cry was authorized at a meeting of the
school board November 1.
The committee did not arrive at a
conclusion as to which bid should be
accepted and will take more time to
consider them. The contract will be
awarded soon. The committee decid-
ed that the annual report of H B.
Wilson, city superintendent of schools
which is now being prepared should
contain a complete statement of all
money spent by the board during the
last two years. giving the amounts of
the various warrants and the names of
the persons to whom issued
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-09
STATE BARBER EXAMS
The Board VIII Sit at a Number OF
Kansas Towns.

Student BARRIERS will this fall have
an opportunity to win hand painted
diplomas and engage in the hair cut,
shave, shampoo and whisker massage
business under protection of the state
law The STATE barber board will hold
a number of examinations in the next
thirty days and tonsorial students and
understudies will have ample oppor-
tunities to win certificates.
The first examinations will be held
at 647 Minnesota avenue, Kansas
City, Kansas, November 1916. Other
dates are:
Leavenworth, Kan, Nov. 1913. To-
peka, Whitmere's shop, Eighth ana
Kansas ave, Nov. %, %, "a. Junction
City, Nov. 20 and 80. Beloit, Dec. 2
and g. Salina, Dec 6 and 7. Hutch
inson, Dec. and 10. Dodge City.
Dec g and IA. Wichita, Dec. 16 and
IT. CoffeyvilIe, Dec. 20 and FL, Pitts
burg, Dec. % and %. lola, Dec. 81 and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-09
NO OUININE in
THIS COLD CURE
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few hours.

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-09
An Appeal to Wives

You know the terrible affection that
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of a drinking husband or son. You
know Of the money wasted on Drink
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1t is a home treatment. No sanitarium
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Advertisement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-09
LAMBERT MURPHY

Lambert Murphy is always spoken
of as an American tenor. Whether
that refers to the place of his birth or
of his training. 1 do not know. His
name and his looks strongly indicate
that Ireland is his native heath, and he
sings with the authority that we are
accustomed to expect in ~ foreign,
rather than home trained artist Be
that as it may, he won favor with the
first Topeka audience he ever ad-
dressed, at his concert Monday night
at the Grand Opera house. The ap-
probation, too, was mutual, for Mr.
Murphy said, after the concert, that
he thoroughly like a Topeka audience;
that he was frankly complimented
that the auditors sat pat after the last
number and refused to bulge until the
encore was forthcoming.
The artist divided his concert into
four parts, and sang groups of Italian,
German, French and English selec-
lions. No audience of highbrows-the
arrived" you know-Will be salts
fled without hearing a singer put
through his PAGES in the foreign
tongues, but the majority that rules
the controlling majority of ticket buy
ers-the Toms, Dicks and HarryS, if
you p1eaSe-openly wax enthusiastic
over the English songs. They got the
most applause last night; though it
was also noticeable that as the pro-
gram progressed Mr.. Murphy warmed
to his work. In his first numbers
there was a marked reserve in the
singers manner, but by the time he
had reached his second Brahms num-
Der, the GOODNESS had dropped away
from him, and he put into the rest of
his program the fire and life that the
most perfect voice must have to win a
real respose. One fancies that this
man personally likes German music.
OF the French numbers, a Massenet
song, "GriSeHdis." was best liked by
the house. Mr.. Murphy's rendering
of a Wagner opera number from Wal
kure was delivered with fine techni-
cal ability as well as exquisite express
sion.
Included in the program was the
song, Bird of the Wilderness, that
was voted the most popular song in
America, through one of the musical
journals. The advertising given this
music aroused a mild curiosity regard
ing it. Topeka people apparently
liked when the Roses Bloom"
at Eve" better.
Mr.. Murphy's art is reflective,
scholarly, touched by sentiment, but
dominated by intelligence. His voice
is pure in quality, and his method fin
ished. The general public will admire
him, but he will always be best appre-
ciated by the musician.
Mr.. Murphys accompaniSt was L.
Ernest Walker. The man has red
hair, and temperament, too, if one
may judge from the meager opportun-
ity an accompanies has, under the ne
cessity of acting as a more or less so
Der background to throw out the bril-
lance of the SOlOiSt. B. H.