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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-08
FRENCH VERSUS ENGLISH.

What perennial delight there is in
hearing the French language spokenl A
year or two ago I evoked in these columns
unwittingly. long and ardent discussion
by saying that the French language SEEM
ed to me an unsatisfactory vehicle for
the higher kinds of poetry. for that it was
too clear, too neat, too keen-incapable of
leaving anything to the imagination And
that opinion is still fixed in my insular
mind
But though thus depreciate the French
language in its appeal to the soul. l yield
to none in my admiration of it a SUI
preme means to slighter ends For lang
uages, as for animals there are, it seems
TO me, two sexes. There are masculine
languages and feminine languages.
OF those of which 1 can speak with any
familiarity. ancient Greek is the only one
that seems to me hermaphroditic COM
bining fully in itself masculine strength
and feminine grace. Latin, of course. is
wholly masculine; but French, its des-
cendant, is wholly feminine.
And. even as among human beings the
great things are conceived always in the
brains of men. and executed by mems
hands. while many little things can be
conceived and executed incomparably
better by women than by men, so are the
feminine languages incomparably better
adapted than the masculine to such light
er tasks as ordinary conversation, though
they cannot compete with the masculine
in those graver tasks, of which poetry is
example.
In French how quickly. how neatly. how
gracefully, you can say just what you want
to say to your interlocutori How blunt
and heavy and ugly an old instrument in
comparison. English seemsi And, since
one of the aims of realistic modern COM
edy is to reproduce succinctly the lang
uage of ordinary life, it follows that the
French comic dramatist starts thus far
happily ahead of any English rival His
words are winged. They fly straig'1 across
the footlights of their own accord. They
do not have to be packed up in bundles
and hurled at us. They come flying to us
of their own accord, swiftly, unerringly.
ever SO prettily.'
Certainly, were I a dramatist, I should
never forgive fate for not making me
Frenchman, too. AS critic, whenever l
see a French comedy l am always glad
that I am English. for that so 1 have
a standard of comparison enabling me to
realize and enjoy those blessings which
the Frenchman CONTEMPORARY ignorant
of any language but his own takes simply
as a matter of course.-London Saturday
Review.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-08
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.l

Those people who act like pigs: have
they ever heard of dyspepsia?
We wonder that the doctors do not
try to cure consumption by cutting
out the lungs.
Every one should take care that he
behaves so we'll that his enemies do not
behave better
There is no use talking about hope
to a man past fifty; at that time. he
has usually parted with the nest egg.
Even a man who doesn't want to get
married, stands little longer in front
of a mirror when dressing to meet an
heiress.
About the only time some men re-
gard their wives of any use in the
world is when they can put property
in their names.
An Atchison man is so worthless that
he will not drink coffee for breakfast
because it keeps him awake during the
day and he wants to take naps.
After YOU have waited hours at the
depot you are in training to partially
sympathize with young physician who
has waited years for business
If a man has a bad cold, and his wom-
en- folks serve him onion cruel. they
are as genuinely old fashioned as If the
label were blown in the bottle.
1t doesn't seem necessary for a girl
to take more than a dozen lessons be-
fore she announces herself an authority
on the pronunciation of Wagner. Hay
den. etc.
The Globe will shortly take pleasure
in announcing the marriage of a girl
who has bought and made all her finery
without Mrs discovering that
there was thing going on.
1t is strange, and one of the things
father can never understand. but the
desire to save on clothes to buy some
thing for the house. is never born in
woman until after she is married.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-08
In CATALEPTIC SLEEP.
Experiments Used by French Scien-
fist in Hypnotism.

Paris, Oct. S-Among the strange expert
ments in the transmission of thought and
feeling conducted by DIR. Binet-Sangle. pro-
fessor at the Paris School of Psychology,
was this one:
Mrs. M. and Mr. 0. were two nervous
subjects, one Of whom hypnotized the 9TH
er. When MIS-. M. had been put into a
hypnotic sleep, the professor placed on the
tongue of Mr. o.. who was Is yards away
from the LADY, a quantity of soap. In
stantly Mrs. NJ. at the other end of the
room, went through an expressive panto-
mime splitting and gesticrlating and lis
playing all the symptoms of disgust felt
by the other subject 1t was impossible
for Mrs. NJ. to see what was Icing done,
as her eyes were bandaged and every pre-
caution had been taken against trickery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-08
OPENS ON COAL ROADS.
f. III. Thompson Charges They
Are i'm Combination.

Philadelphia. Oct.S.-Frank H.Thon1p
son of this city. began proceedings to-
day in the United States circuit court
to have the Philadelphia and Reading
railway the Central railroad of New
Jersey, the Lehigh Valley railroad, the
Delaware, I.ackawanna and Western
railroad, the Delaware and Hudson rail-
road and the New York, Ontario and
Western railroad companies declared an
illegal combination because they are
engaged in unlawful restraint of the
anthracite coal supply.
Mr. Thompson also requests that the
rep1 esentatives of the companies .'be
restrained and prohibited from meeting
together for the purpose of fixing the
rate of coal or making the price there
of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-08

a small grocery store His "orpriness'' de-
veloped after he crossed the Missouri
line.
Brighter days have come to Stockton.
A music dealer sold four organs the past
week.
A strenuous evening at Brookville is
when the boys tear up sidewalks, take
buggy whips and cushions. throw hotel
chairs out In the street and fire of re-
volvers.
Beloit has two or three feminine par
rots that spend their hours slandering the
young girls of the town. Indignant and
weary citizens are talking tar and
feathers"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-08
GHOST HAUNTS CHURCH.
Apparition Stirs Up Peo-
pie of Marion, o.

Toledo. O., Oct 8-The members of
Mt Olive church, in Marion, are
wrought UP over an apparition which
takes the form of the devil and appears
at irregular intervals both night ana
day. 1t is always seen looking out of
the church window In the day it is OF
a greenish cast, while at night the color
is lurid red.
The church, it is said, has been divid-
ed into two factions, and some re-
gard the apparition as punishment
for their disagreements, while others
think one or other faction is perpetrat-
ing a practical Joke on the other.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-08
CAUGHT IN SHAFTING.
William Tracy Has Hand Frightfully
Mangled.

William Tracy, a polisher in the Santa
Fe plating room, had his right hand
caught in a buffing wheel running at the
rate of 1000 revolutions a minute this
noon, and the bone dislocated at the wrist
joint besides the flesh being frightfully
bruised and twisted Tracy was polishing
a spittoon when his hand became entan-
gled in the wheel and before the ma
cninery could be stopped the member had
been twisted round and round the shaft
ing
1t was feared that he might lose the
hasd and wrist. but at the hospital this
afternoon the reports were a little more
enceurae cling He lives at laos North To-
pelxa avenue. and has five daughters, the
Oldest 10, dependent upon him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-08
BABIES KEPT IN THE OVEN.
Tiny Twins Enabled to Live by an
Improvised Incubator.

Des Moines, Ia, Oct S-That an oven
may make a good baby incubator has
been proved by the fact that the twin
babies of Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Simmons
have been kept in an oven for a period
of three weeks during which their little
lives seemed to f~ 7g by a thread.
The infants We're born three weeks
ago. One weighed three and a half
pounds and the other three pounds, and
each was 26 inches long. Both are girls.
At the time of their birth the physi-
clans said they considered it impossible
for the fraiI little bodies to be kept
alive, although it might be possible with
the aid of an incubator for several
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-08
Queen PLAYS Billiards.

Paris, Oct. S.-Queen Maria Christina Of
Spain was an enthusiastic and expert bill
lizard player in her youth. excelling all her
cousins of the court of Bavaria and Aus
tria. She transplanted this pastime in the
court of Spain and inculcatcd 4 love for it
in her son. King Alfonso, who is great
expert and enthusnast He plays often
with Senior Bornba. the cleverest billiard
PLAYER of high society of SPAIN
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-08
STREET NAME SAVED.
Rue de Fouarre, the Oldest in Paris
Is to Be Preserved.

Paris, Oct. S.-The most ancient street
name in Paris, the Rue de F'ourarre, has
been in danger of disappearing, but the
committee for the preservation of old
Paris has saved it. It existed in 1902, at
the time of the Adjustment of the
Paris anniversary, as the Rue des
Ecoles or Rue DIES Escholiers, where the
first schools We're opened Fouarre
means, in the old language. straw" on
bundles of which the students sat
These were afterward thrown into the
street. which thus acquired its name.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-08

weeks to nurse them until they could
gain more vitality.
The oven of a large range was irnme-
diately converted into an incubator and
the little girls grandmother took charge
of the funny baby house. With constant
watching the heat was kept uniform.
The infants were kept in q basket in
the oven for three weeks and are now
in a healthy condition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-08
FOR RETIRED SERVANTS.
Magnificent Versailles Property Do
mated by French Philanthropist.

Paris, Oct. S.-The Grand Magasin du
Louvre has Just received a handsome gift
from NJ Chauchard consisting of his mag
nlflcent Versailles property. the Pavilion de
Madante, which is to be transformed into
home for the old retired servants Of the
Louvre.
historical residences 1t was built in 1910
for the Princess Josephine Louise de Sa-
vote. and the music room contains some
capital eighteenth century paintings, while
the furniture is marked with the princess
initials The area of the ground is 1850
meters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-08
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

The funeral of Mr. s. F. Grosch. who
died Monday night of heart trouble. Will
be held from the home 1911 Fillmore street,
Thursday afternoon. Mr.. Grosch was g
messenger to General Metcalf. United
States pension commissioner for Kansas
He was a member and past commander
of Fort Pillow post G.. A. R. and served
in company G, Thirty-f1fth Ohio infantry
during the civil war. He leaves a WIFE
two sons and three daughters. Since he
came to Topeka in 1880 he mas taken an ac-
tive part in politics and held several ap-
pointments. He was IS years Of age.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-08
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

TFrom the New York Press.1
The fashions change in everything ex-
cept babies.
Modesty wears no mask to hide its
bushes.
The man who's always late to his
breakfast is early to his troubles.
A woman never seems to want to be
dressed at both ends at one time.
Somehow an old bride seems as much
out of place as an oak tree in q flower
pot.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-08
JESSIE MORRISON OUT.
she Again Leaves the Kansas Peni-
Tertiary.

Leavenworth, Kan, Oct. S.-Jessie
Morrison left the Kansas pen shortly be-
fore noon today for her home in Eldo-
RADIO Kan.
Warden Jewett Informed her this
morning that she could depart at any
time her bond of $1,000 having been
approved.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-08
aoVERN MENT lEININe.

In a discussion of the proposition for
government ownershipof the coal mines.
which has been brought so prominently
to the front by the anthracite strike. the
New York Press says:
1.-The trouble, and the whole trouble,
is that the government is a poor bust
ness man. It does not run its business
SO much for business results as for po-
nticaI results. sentimental results and
any kind OF result except business re-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-08

Globe Democrat: If the editor of the
New York Journal should happen to be
elected to congress the fear is expressed
that he would endeavor to introduce his
modern newspaper methods into the
Congressional Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-08
Very Low colonist Rates to the
Northwest

Via the Chicago Great Western rail-
way. Tickets on sale daily during Sep
TENDER and October. Ten day stop
overs allowed west Of Minot, N D. For
further information inquire of any
Great Western agent or j. p. Elmer.
G. p A. Chicago. Ill.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-08

Perhaps the government ownership
plank in the platform of the New York
Democrats is intended to compensate
Colonel Bryan for the omission of all
reference to the Kansas City platform.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-08
Girl Roller Skater Killed.

New York. Oct S.-Mary Tracy, 10
years old. died at the home of her par
ents at 1857 Park avenue yesterday
from conclusion of the brain. The girl
went roller-skating in a rink near her
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-08

Tom Johnson's middle name has be-
come of interest since he became pres
idential possibility, and it is declared to
be LOTUS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-08

The annual announcement that this Il
the last big parade of the Grand Arm.
Is about due.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-08
PRESS COMMENTS.

CQlcdBO tribune:
The coal presidents have much to say
of t'lawlessnesS in the anthacite coal
region. They fail to put the limelight
on the most conspicuous lawbreakers
there-namely: the owners and opera
tors of the railroads themselves. These
roads, by arbitrary and unlawful exer-
else of powers as common carriers.
have obtained MONOPOLY of the prod
ucts of the coal region and of the trans
portation of hard coal. They have
crushed out competition and well nigh
destroyed the independent operators.
There are few owners of hard coal
mines outside the railroad ring. John
Markle is one. but he scarcely dares
call his soul his own. He is in the pow
err of the coal roads so far as getting
the product of his mines to the market
is concerned The coal roads can de-
Stroy him whenever thew wish to, and
as they have dispossessed others they
will drive him out of business whenever
it shall be for their interests to do SO.
1t is imprudent. it is insulting. il IS
audacious of the coal presidents to
speak of 'lawlessness'' n the coal re-
gions when they themselves are the
greatest offenders against the law. They
are the real anarchists. the real revolu-
tionists, the real subverters of law and
order. They themselves have invited
criminal rioting and set the example.
New Haven Register:
dispute was exactly what had been ex-
pected. Each stands on solid ground in
its arguments. each has solid right on
it's side. The miners have every right
to demand recognition of their union.
they are entitled to a complete reforma-
ton of the regulations regarding work
and pay under which they live Sooner
or later they are going to get it. The
operators have every right to ask pro-
lection in running their mines, they are
entitled to demand armed guards from
the governor of Pennsylvania for every
man who is willing to go into their
mines and blast coal. The situation in
a nutshell is two fold On the one hand
is the individual DISPUTE between the
miners and the operatives; on the other
hand is the dispute between the public
and the state of Pennsylvania which
has the authority and the force to bring
order out of anarchy in the mining dis
tricts and to afford armed protection to
the miner who desires to earn his living
in the collieries.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-08

The epidemic of strikes appears to
have extended to the Kansas supreme
court
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-08

Fusionists Don't Know Which
Way to Turn.
Action of Supreme Court Sets
Them to Thinking.

The fusionists have not yet definitely
decided what they will do with regard
to proceeding against the anti-fusion
law, now that the supreme court has
decided that 1t cannot hear the case
The attorneys for MIR. Craddock do not
wish to do anything hastily and without
due consideration, for false step at
this time might be disastrous.
There is considerable doubt as to the
authority of a fusion district Judge in
the matter. The difficulty would lie in
getting service on the secretary of state.
If service could not be secured on Sec
rotary Clark, a writ of mandamus from
a district judge would apply only to
the counties in his district
Il do not see that the fusionists can
do anything more,' said F. c. Raney,
secretary of the Republican state CEN
trail committee today I'VE are not
afraid of their eleeting their sta@ tick
ct even II both tickets should go on tIA
ballot, and if they resort to the plan of
going before partisan judge to secure
writ 1t will kill their cause with the
voters 1t might possibly be effective
IN some communities, but even then the
RepuD1cans would contest the election
and 1T would then get into the supreme
court after the election when the JUS
tees viii be competent to sit, and they
would then pass on the law"
A court journal tells the actual judi
cfal action In a case without giving any
idea of what actually happens. The
journal entry made by the supreme
court in the anti-fusion case yesterday
illustrates this point. 1t is as follows:
''13,308
'Wn. H. Craddock, plaintiff,
VS..
Geo. A. Clark, Secretary of State, ct all,
defendants.
ms cause comes on to be heard on
the pleadings filed herein, and therupon
after due consideration, it is announced
by the court that owing to the disquali-
f1cation of five members of the court
from participating in a decision of the
issues herein, that it will not hear this
cause. Whereupon counsel for plaintiff
move to dismiss the proceeding, which
said motion to dismiss is allowed, and
it is ordered that this cause be dismiss
ed at the cost of the plaintiff taxed at
s., and hereof let execution issue"
That's all there is of it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-08
Don't Accept Counterfeits.

For piles. skin diseases. sores. cuts.
bruises. burns and other wounds nothing
equals DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve Don't
accept counterfeits- None genuine except
DeWitt's Il have suffered since 1865 with
protruding, bleeding piles. and until re-
Gently could find no permanent relief
says J. F. Gerall of St Paul. Ark 'iFinai-
Is tried DeWitts Witch Hazel Salvc
which soon completely cured me-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-08
Baltimore News:


There will remain In the minds of the
people of the United States as the cen
trail point in the history of this trouble.
the fact that when the president of the
United States, representing not only Off
eially but in fact the hopes and wishes
of the people of this nation, appealed to
the mine owners for a helpful move,
helpful word. they refused to stir
finger Instead of recognizing that they
bad any duty whatever in the face of
such a crisis. they read him a lecture
on his duty Instead of indicating that
they would do something to help. so far
as they could consistently with their real
or supposed obligations, they told him
that they were immaculate and that all
the sin was in him. They read him an
elementary lecture on his duty to up
hold the law. instead of endeavoring to
make g STATION in which law and public
opinion and equity might be brought
nearer together. Confronted with
great public crisis, and in the face of
moving and solemn appeal, they knew
no word to say except I'VE stand on
our rights
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-08

Don't become discouraged. There is a
cure for g5tF. IL necessary write DR. lsenDer.
He has spent Il life tire curing just such
cases as yours All consultations Free.
Eight months in bed. heavy backache,
pain and soreness across kidneys, also rheE-
matism. Other remedies failed. DIR. Fem
ner's Kidney and Backache Cure cnred Ine
completely. h. WATERS. Hamlet, n. r.
Druggists. Soc. 81. Ask for Cook Book-Free.
VTUSDANC TsBs esF fs e.sssIs r
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Atlanta Constitution:

Atlanta Constitution:
1t begins to look as If the anthra-
cite coal strike crisis may result in an
authoritative definition of the line where
private rights end and public rights be-
gin. This is an old Guestion-as old as
the common law of England-but it has
never been brought so squarely to an
issue in the United States as the occa-
sion now demands that it shall be. On
the part of the coal operators is also
involved the question of whether their
right IS to abuse as well as to use
The right to abuse was never con-
ferred upon private ownership. One
can not trench upon the larger rights
of the public by maintaining a NUS
ance or menace to public peace o.
safety A man can not legally abuse
his own offspring or his own horse.
That the coal trust is abusing its prop
erty to the public detriment is very
generally believed. Fortunately the law
seems to hare provided more than one
remedy in a case of such magnitude.
as well as in petty cases.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-08

home on Saturday afternoon and fell
while skating, receiving the injuries that
caused her death.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-08

Don't trust too far to yoh good inten-
tionE,'' said Uncle Eben, "unless YOU has
skill back of en- Good intentions sat
isfles de man what has EN-, but dey is de
ruination of heap o. choir music -
Washington Star.