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prepared to do the honorS grlciorSly
You see. we are removing Dukes account" "
the little woman she fitted from
to another. opening CluSct doors and even drawers
and ecring into corner with the most diSarning
smile. He hasn't q particle Of freedom in fiat
1t Is a perfectly beautiful but of Dukes
health and happiness come first and this is why
husband and | have decided that must have u
house and yard where Duke enjoy himself
What 4 darling kitchen, And everything is So neat
| don't mind telling you that | much of =
houSckccper. but spend much time taking Duke
To the park-.nd all account of that horrid old
jantor who can't endure have Duke indoors. and
positively asked make treasure the back
stairway. Well. the lower perfectly dear
hope the basement Is nice and dry; Duke will
to play there stormy days He is full OF fun and
fine spirits NAY see upstairs; What nice. sunny
rooms I'm we | take the place Now the bath
room last. OH How perfectly disappointing
only objection, The bath-tub Is small for Duke "
Too small for your little bow" Mrs. Ashley began
wondcringly when the other interrupted laughingly:
Our little boy is a darling doggic y great Zig
Newfoundland. and the dearest fellow I'm truly
grateful to you. and awfu ly awu " disappointed
Immediately following the footsteps of the little
woman with "A firm chin and piercing
eye She stepped from the hall into the parlor with
hu>incss-kc air. What horrid wallpaper was her
FIRST comment. Queer taste some folk have. But
beg your pardon. OF course you did select ii =
The landlord and | selected it together the
reply.
Il couldn't endure /, day. OF course he will
put in hardwood floors at the advanced rent
understand he has advanced the remit The woman
looked qucStioningy at Mrs Ashley. There
pause. Il presume that the reason YOU are leaving,
Another pause. The woman swept into the dining
room. He'll have paint the woodwork for me
I'm very particular houSekccpcr-s"m people don't
how things look but do. The landlord will find
different deal with
Perhaps You would like to tell him so-hc lives
next door Mrs. Ashley suggested with spirit.
Il wish you had told before. the
claimed with injured air. That is of the
things | draw the line at. Good-afcrnoon "
They still coming. Mrs. Ashley sadly affirmS
that by the time the cottage rented there will
he last vestige left # the home she has deiz,d
To cling
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n AY ETC IN @ s
By r. Il. hunhittrich

The blue bird singing in the blossom spray
Whose silhouette embroidcrS all the path.
And fair Elaine unto the slender lath
The string aftiXes. which, some sunny day.
VIII lure the blue bird upward on its way.
Oh now the rooster takes his first dust bath
And, kicking up the tulips. s;irS the wrath
OF the bent gardener more than words can say.
The wflzzing baseball cuts the daisies down.
The icc-crcam bell is iingling the street,
The red rose spills lis fragrance in the gale;
And. while Nav capcrS in her breezy gown.
The bu dog flies. the very wind to beat,
Whirling noisy kettle with his tail.
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By Marie Deacon Hanson


needs of the family The cottage is homeike md
convenient and it real regret to both Mr
and Mrs. Ashley when business obliged them
TO to another part OF the city.
The first applicant to ask To- the cottage after
the For Rent sign placed in the window a
young woman, who rang the bell vigorously after
noon as Mrs. Ashley dressing Arprchcnding
nothing less than dire accident both Of her
children Edgar and Dorothy. the mother slipped into
kimono and rushed downstairs wild-cyed and white
faced.
I'D like to look through" announced the young
woman brisky Mrs Ashley opened The door.
oh I'm so thankful" exclaimed the latter.
ing that she glad that the expected had
not happened
''Thantfus' Why. whats the matter with the
place. the other demanded Srspiciouslv "Gh. my
Isn't it a chubby hole? she added She stepped in.
Passing from another the stranger kept
up q rapid train of comments. No hardwood floors.
Softwood finishing. y" stationary sdebnard You
lust ought my little elegant fat II palace
to this: don't wonder you're thankful to leave 1t,
Much obliged to You. I'm Good-dav.
Mrs. Ashley had completed her toilet when the
bell rang again 1t did not take her moment TO
decide that the second conner bride. Our
furniture Is all and so lovely that II would make
the place look quite different; don't You think s":
she said with little blush Harry particular;
but don't you tmnl, could make it look quite pretty:
However. when the bride stepped into the bathroom
and found that the tub the old-faShoncd kind,
she said rcgretullv. I'm afraid Harry would object
to the tub: he Is 50 particular. you see, "
Mrs. Ashley and the children at lunch when the
third applicant put in appearance She thin
woman of uncertain age, and talked volubly. Upon
reaching the dining-room she cspicd Dorothy eating
boiled egg and turning to Mrs Ashley SAID severely:
Madam. YOU Young mother and doubtless
know no better. and | feel it my duty warn YOU
that you digging your child's grave feeding
her hard-boilcd eggs
1T isn't hard boiled declared Mrs Ashley inlig-
nancly And really madam
But he other woman got in SIX words To Mr. ASh-
lry's one and the whole affair wo,fI ~ rrudig
nifcd and tcmpestuous that by the time the women
departed the little mother all a-quIycr with ruff
fed feelings
who called Mrs. Ashley me dear. and took her int"
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TOR several years the AShleys have
r lived comfortably in a cottage
which has answered the modest
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the novelty of cnc"untcring an appli-
cant who SAW something desirable in
the cottage appealed to her. and she
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-29

\ Remarkable DEVELOPMENT In Submarine WarE

4ho-a 10 mich dissatisfaction over
the order Many officers who nao N
dulged in the hope of obtaining an as
signment to one of these comIortapis
positions have been heard TO grunpie
az the new favor shown to bachelors,
ord their wives are not less outspoken
in their disapproval of the governments
Dolicv The opportunity of travelling
from point to point in one OF thess
beautifully constructed and comforta-
bly, appointed boats appeals TO the
housewifely instinct. This is probaply
the governments reason for discriml-
Mating against the benedicts. 1t Is not
Intended that the social element shall
have a prominent part in the economy
of these practical vessels. They are to
all fntents and purposes in the same
class with naval craft; they are I'M
der the direct control of a department.
of the government and have dennite
work to accomplish. 1t is maintained
that a woman would be as much in the
way on a torpedo planter as she would
on a cruiser in actual service.
AS now arranged, three of the boats
will go from post to post on the Allan
/ tic coast, spending from six months 70
| a wear away from Fort Totten. In
| struction will be given in each district
for at least a month annually at each
most provided with a mine equipment.
The course of instruction will include
the care and preservation of the sub
marine mine equipment, the practical
details and working of the mining case
mate apparatus, the planting of a single
mine and a group Of mines in shoal wa
ter when barges and yawls are availa-
lbIe and when not available laying out
the same on land and general testing
of the equipment. The fourth planter
will for the present be stationed at Fort
Totten and will make trips to the vari-
Gus posts from there and will also be az
the service of officials who are detallso
! to make tours of Investigation OF the
work of the different posts.
EBERT o. WooDSoN.
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+;,,oa ironortance-to the days when
more than 700 whale ships from New
Bedford alone were upon the high seas
One thing that has contributed great
ly to the revival of whaling is the I'M
provement which has been made IN the
implements used. The invention known
as the darling gun has revolut1on1zeo
the process of taking the wary levia-
than. 1t is practically a harpoon and
bomb gun combined, the former strik-
ing the whale and the latter simulta-
neously killing or wounding 1t by ais,
charging the explosive lance, or dart
| ing bomb as it is termed. When the
harpoon sburies itself in the whale the
gun is automatically discharged by
! long wire rod, which is, in fact' a tris
ger extending beyond the muzzle and
which by impact operates the internal
mechanism and projects the lance IL
+ba whale is not killed instantly the
| shoulder gun is called into use, ana the
wounded creature is quickly dispatched
Some still use the ordinary harpoon
and the shoulder gun.
At first there was much opposition &c
the use of these guns. For long time
whaling masters would not permit lheIi
TO be carried when boats were lowered
lin a school. 1t was believed that the
blood of a whale in a furry alarmed
tbe others. and the first boat to make
fast must be snaked about, imperllinf
the safety of the crew and frequenti!
losing a whale, because no whale wa
TO be killed until all the boats were fast
Nowadays the boats go in and XIII al
quickly as possible. and the result
much more satisfactory than by the Oh
process.
The DEVELOPMENT of the gun now use
was not a matter of a year or TWO
Swivel guns were tried century age
land various devices for harpoonih
were used a New England inventlo
, was a single barbed explosive hea'
: This iron was fixed with trigger, an
t when the point penetrated the flesh IN
trigger closed on the shank, release
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,orforrance IT was not this wonder
full creation, however, which nrst re-
vealed this dramatic genius 10 ths
American people. In 1858 he played tns
part of Asa Trenchard in our Ameri-
can Cousin in New York for $50 con-
sacutive nights. His portraiture OF the
irving character was so strong ana
xuithal so artistic that it was apparent
from the outset that the american
stage had produced that rarest OF an
rarities, a master comedian. Inc YER
dict of the critics was confirmed supse-
ouentfy by Mr.. Jeffersons interpreta-
ton of the parts of Noggs in "Nlcholas
Nickleby" Caleb Plummer in The
Cricket on the Hearth" DR.. Pangloss IN
.s-rhe Beir-at-law," Bob Acres in "The
Rivals" and many others. Since that
/ initial metropolitan triumph no one
| has ever succeeded in ranging hinseiI
alongside this peerless comedian. He is
the sole representative OF lhe ciaSS
which he created.
TTnlil.e MANY a less fortunate man,
Mr. Jefferson's retirement does NOT
| mean extinction. He will carry his
Dublic with him into the happy domes-
ITCHY which is so notably his, and none
can rob him of his secure hola upon lne
directions of all who have loved MIN
for his own sake and for his art. he
has been prudent also, in anticipation
of the moment when he must deny
himself the daily homage which is FOOD
TO most favorites; he began years ago
to provide himself with substitutes TOT
the stimulation of the mimic lie. he
car live a life that for him is abundant
Nv congeniaI with his friends. his easel
and his books about him. Once the de-
cision was made, Mr.. Jefferson de-
cIares. all solennity and misgiving dis
aDpeared, and the whole world grew Iu-
, rinous ooh, how 1 have looked Tor
ward to this-for the first time able 10
: cultivate nature, to visit unrestrictedly
,,itb INV family, to paint until l am
! weary. to fish until luck comes! Al
+ last my holiday is here!" This is the
q mood of a philosopher, an altruist and
,1sn TRUMAN L. ELTON.
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Seventy Years Of Successful

before he could do so was required TO
give a bond of $4,000 that she should
not become a public player.
The second of the name figures IN
theatrical history as "Old Jefferson,
and he was the best liked of any of the
early American comedians. He was the
reigning favorite of the Quaker City
pIayhouses for a longer period than any
other actor, He occupied an enVlabIe
social position in Philadelphia and was
a welcome guest at many of the most
exclusive functions. After brilliant
career he died in poverty.
The present Joseph Jefrersons Iather'
who also bore the favorite Christian
name. was an excellent scene painter.
an Indifferent actor and a most un-
fortunate manager. He was a. native OF
Philadelphia, and the greater part OF
his life was spent in stroliing with ms
family through the Mississippi and
southwestern regions.
The greatest of the Jeffersons began
his public career at a very tender age.
| AT three wears he was cast for the part
of Cora's child in the tragedy OF "Plz-
FARO" One of his earliest recollectlons
/ is of being clad in tunic beautifully
striped with gold bands and borne on
to the stage in the grasp and upon the
| shoulders of a stalwart tragedlan. In
| this position he was carried across
itottering bridge amid the deafening
reuort of pistols and guns and the
scarcely less terrifying plaudits OF the
audience. He declares that he began
his vocation of a comedian at that very
point of his existence. He was so af-
frighted that he seized the Peruvian
. entertain by the hair of his head and
dragged therefrom the feather buster
topknot which marked that worthy;
rank.
. After that he made many juvenile ap'
> lpearances, sometimes in speaking parts
! one of his greatest successes was II
) conjunction with the then popular
D D. Rice, the father of burnt cork MN
: s+reIsv. Made I'D into a miniature edi
: ton of that favorite entertainer, n
4 made his entrance in a bag slung acros
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= = Revival Of Americas Whaling Industry

the hammer. set of a cap in the point
and exploded the powder and the mar
noon head. A peculiar weapon was IN
vented by the French in 1881 ana was
used by them, but it never became pop
MAR in America 1t was called the acid
barnoon. 1t had a two fiued head with
a recess in the shank, in which was
placed a bottle of prIissic acid. When
the instrument entered the body OF the
whale a spring broke the bottle, ana
the acid was discharged
The origin of whale fishing is obscure
but it is known that as early as the
ninth century the Norwegians sent out
vessels in pursuit of whales some OF
them going as far as Greenland. The
Riscayans seem to have been the first
TO make a regular commercial pursuit
of whale killing. Between 1900 ana
1900 whale hunting in the bay OF Bis
cav was one of the chief industries IN
the Basque provinces ana Gascony-
| Whales tongues were at that period an
| important article of commerce. AoouS
the time whales became scarce IN the
bav of Riscav the northern fishery con-
Quoted by the English, Dutch, French
and Spanish came into prominence
| During the latter half of the seven
| teenth century the Dutch supplied All
! Europe with oil. They obtained IL 1roiA
the region about Spitzbergen- AT one
time they had zoU snIpS ehSaSSN -
taking whales and employed $4,000 man
Soon after that their business began 10
decline. and in the following century
Great Britain took the lead The gov
eminent offered a bounty to those VINO
were willing to engage in the Gaining
The object of this was not so much the
upbuiIding of the whaling industry as
it was the development of seamanship-
In the next century the United states
, became the great center of the whaling
! interest Nantucket was the orlgina
headquarters of the industry and ever
! before the Revolution had fleets o.
E whalers in all the fshlng grounoi
! then known. q a. BAhAOW'
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Of the United States artillery corps. |
Tn stvle and appearance the new tor
pedo planters resemble the ordlhary
tighter. They are fitted with speclal
machinery devised for the raising OF
planting of mines or torpedoes-
characteristic feature is a frame LOT
ward of the pilot house which faclli-
t,tes the hoisting of heavy mines and
keeps the sides of the boat clear me
torpedoes which are sheet iron holioW
snberes about thirty-six inches IN Ill
aneter and have an opening at tne pdse
through which the dynamite is loaueu
and are supplied with hooks to hold the
heavy iron anchors, are holsteo aooaru
by special lifting apparatus.
In the hold is storeroom Whlch Is
capable of harboring a number of these
nowerful explosives, more than suffi-
Gent for a days requirement, whlch
consists in planting twenty-one torpe-
does. called technically a grand group.
Each boat carries twenty enlisted men,
who do the planting and give the IN
struction. Besides this, each planter is
manned by a crew of thirteen. The en-
listed men and the crew are provided
| with separate quarters and mess
The officer in command has his quar-
ters in the aft part of the planter. His
office, saloon and mess are all in one
and this cabin is a model of beauty
lcornfort and even luxury. 1t is paneleo
with solid mahogany. and the table
ldesk, chairs, buffet and cases are OF the
same rich wood. Aft of this cabin are
two staterooms also finished in ma
lhogany, and the bathroom on this deci
lis a marvel of daintiness and conVen
hence in the way of modern pain ar
rangements. The commanding officer
stateroom is on the upper deck.
The war department has initiated TIN
branch of the service with the restrlc
ton that no married man shall De pu
in command of one of these new ooats
This is the first time in the history o
the United States army that such ois
elimination has been observed, an
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ERViggssa.e I, .!.IlFlqNA FTER a professional
!. !: !. !; ]
El4l-s1-EAa.ls4 career extending over
a period of more than
E5&E M seventy years Joseph
3 @N|5 Jefferson, the doyen of
EGs.;gsi AA the American dramat-
eHrTTTTTrrrTnA fc world, has an
nounced his determi-
nation to retire to private life. Made
bv most theatrical folk, this announce
rnent would convey no especial signln-
canoe. It would probably be regarded
as the avant courier of a long series OF
fsfarewelr' appearances Disseminated
carefully as farewell" positively fare
welP' and absolutely farewell IN
Mr.. Jefferson's case, however. there is
notable exception to the leisurely ana
thrifty manner in which most stage
favorites retire from the public view.
Until recently he has never permitted
himself to look forward to the sad mo-
ment when he must sever the firm con-
nection which has bound him so insep-
arably to the lovers of high class COM
edv of two generations Beyond the
resolution that he would continue in the
exercise of his profession as long as
his physical condition should permit
he has never interposed limit. Now
with his intellect at the very acme o.
development, he realizes that the time
has come.
This most distinguished of America
actors was born in Philadelphia on fen
20, 1929. He is the fourth representa-
tive of a line of actors. of whom ms Ia
ther and grandfather bore the sam
name. His mother was the beautlfu
and talented Cornelia Frances Thomas
widow of the once famous irish come
dian, Thomas Burke, and she was
charming professional vocalist. IN
first Joseph jefferson was an Engils
actor of considerable repute- he wa
at Drury Lane theater from 1f55 I
1875 and appeared there in ffty-seVe
important roles. He married a aaugn
ter of a captain in the royal navy an
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rome less potent as it was to the fact
that the attention of naval experts had
been diverted in other directions. The
prominent part played by this branch
of the service in east Asian waters has
revived the waning interest in marine
explosives, and any advance in the de-
velopnent of these agents has become
a matter of universal interest.
For some time the naval departments
of all the great powers have been ex-
perinenting with the hope of adding
something to the knowledge already
gained concerning torpedoes. but at this
date the United States is the only gov
eminent which is able to show any de-
cidad advance. This is made manifest
nv the authorized construction of four
vessels known as torpedo planters"
The special function of these craft is
TO facilitate the placing of mines or tor
r,edoes in the harbors of the extended
coast line of the Union. While designed
TO protect a harbor from the attack of
an enemy, these planters are to do a
double work, for the men who lay the
mines and torpedOes are to give prac-
4ical instruction to the companies in
other forts in the safest, quickest and
easiest method of mining harbor.
Another mission of these boats is to
proyide against the possibility of any
serious accident from the unexpected
explosion of mines. The only way tC
effect this is to give all the men who
in case of war would be called on Il
place mines a chance to become per
fectly familiar with the handling o
these deadly engines of war. This thes
craft Will be expected to accomplish
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time the veteran playwright protested
that he saw no great merit in the tale.
AS it came from Boucicaults pen II
bore little resemblance to the master
piece which is so inseparably connected
with Jefferson's name and fame. 1t
was the genius of the actor that put ne
into the playwright's rather mediocre
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They will serve primarily as school OF
instruction for the proper handling OF
marine explosives. 1t would SEEM OF
course, as though torpedo planters De
Ionged exclusively to the navy. These
four new boats. however, are to be OPP
Grated by the army.
The only government school OF SUD-
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ing his half brother, Charles Burke, in
the Iatter,s version of "Trip Van VIM
kIe" at the Arch Street theater.
1t was not until fifteen years later
that Mr.. Jefferson prevailed upon Dion
Roucicault to borrow the Kattersklll
legend as interpreted by Washington
irving for dramatization. For long
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of the smaller New England seapor.s'
was destined to go out of existence al
together on account of the disappear
ance of the great mammal from ene
seas. IT has been stated that the lew
remaining oil producing whales are 10
be found only on the coast Oh 49,
foundland, and that even thers 'e'
have become a decided rarity
Much of the pessimistic stat
seems to have been disproVed pS IL
,.<,.a,.t ,-e+1Irr, cf the whaIer Canton to
New bedford, Mass, with cargo OF
> 45o barrels OF sperm oil, worth S0o'OoV'
+al-a,, in sixteen months. The Canton
ybuTft seventy years ago and the Oldest
xvI1aIer afoat las had a most remark
able and successful career. she Is
visible and material refutation OF Ine
claim that whaling as business IS no
longer profitable. Within few years
she has made two record breaking NoS-
ages and has brought 1000 barrels OF
sperm oil into the port of New BeoIoru.
A dozen years ago the industry OF
whaling was at the limit OF the eno OF
prosperity. At that time and for sew
eraI years thereafter sperm oil soid 1of
40 cents a gallon, and the few vessels
that remained in the business did not
bring in more than 10000 to 15,OOO gal
Ions annually. There was no scarcity
OF whales; on the contrary, the oe-
creased fishing gave them the oppor-
tunfty to become abundant II was tne
low price of sperm oil that caused tht
industry to lag. 1t was not until the
limited States government came into
the market that matters began TO as
sumo a more encouraging aspect
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Rice,s shoulder. At the proper mo-
ment the comedian dumped the bag and
his IiIliputian reproduction emerged
from its mouth and began song and
dance. After his fathers death Joseph
became a member of company OF
stroIiing players and Travelled through
the frontier towns of Texas, soon FOL
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boats. The four boats are the oniy
models of the kind in existence. They
have Just been turned over to the gov
eminent by the builders, and at present
they are lying at Fort Totten receiving
their finishing touches. They are
awaiting orders to move up ana ooWh
the coast in command or -FOUR Objects