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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-17

full extent of her abilities as a dis
peIler of dull care. She is vivacious
enough to rouse even a kings execu-
toner from his grewsome reveries. She
sings with all the fullness of tone that
q. former grand opera star should have
and with all the archpess of expression
that a little devil of grand opera"
should find Unborn.
''Fatinitza" was written by Franz
Won Suppe, and. while pleasing enough
in his day, it has been improved by
Zines that bring it up to date in every
respect. 1t is a real comic opera and
much the best seen in New York this
season.
Miss Scheff alternately impersonates
young Lieutenant Vladimir and his
sister, Fatinitza. Louis Harrison is
splendid as Izzet Pasha, and Campbell
Donald does well as AIustapha. Other
members of the company are Arthur
Cunningham, Richie Ling and Albert
Hart.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-17
TIGHTEN Bolt Heads.

Tighten every loose bolt head.
Do not follow the line of deep crack
Cracks do not harm you when you meet
them at right angles to your course.
You can jump a crack several feet wide
with any sort of breeze. But if you
drop a runner into even small crack
that follows the line of your course you
may twist off the runner.
Do not fail to provide plenty of warm
wraps. Ice boating is the coolest known
pastinle.
Keep every passengers head below
the line of the boom at all times
There is no time to realize mistakes
or to change ones mind in ice yachting.
BEN TAVIS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-17
The Fastest Time.

It is on the Shrewsbury that the best
time has been made, time that for the
mile excels the worlds mile record for
automobiles. Some ice yachtsmen there
are who claim to have covered a mile
during the progress of a long race in
forty seconds. They cannot prove this
assertion, however, and so the matter
of the fastest time viii probably always
be a cause for dispute. Every branch of
sport, in fact, has one or two pet topics
that never have been and never will be
settled. The harness horsemen, for in
stance, will absolutely never cease to
endeavor to prove that Maud S. could
have equaled Lou Dillons time for the
mile if she had been raced before one of
the modern pneumatic tired sulkies on
an improved track So why not let the
ice boat racers have their little bone of
contention?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-17
J. K. Bangs. Playwright
Common Sense Bracket "
From Our New York Dramatic Core
spOndentl

From Our New York Dramatic Core
spondentl
HE second half Of the theat-
rical season has opened with
redoubIed activity on the part
N of managers and players
Many new plays and several revivals of
Did ones have made their appearance
recently on metropolitan boards, aud
no one should have difficulty in finding
something to suit him.
Edward Terry. the well known Eng
hsh comedian. has opened at the Prin-
cess theater in 1.-The House of Burn
SIDE" Viola Allen has come to the
Knfckerbocker in Shakespeare's 1.-THE
Winters Tale" Lillian Russell is at the
Casino in Lady Teazle," Peter Daley,
Fay Templeton and Virginia Earl have
started the ball a-rolling with In New
port" at the Liberty theater, FRITZ
Schen has revived the well known old
comic opera '.Fatinitza'' at the Broad
way. Richard Golden has brought
Common Sense Brackett" to the Four
Geenth Street theater. and c. T. Da-
zey's comedy of western life, Home
Folks" is at the New York theater
where Klaw & Erlanger have inaugu-
rated a new scale of prices. the highest
seats being dollar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-17

Columbia university. He was an expert
in the Japanese art of killing with the
h is.
One dark night this diminutive Jap
was held up by three footpads while
coming out from the university
grounds. In about one minute he had
broken various bones and rendered two
of his assailants fit for the hospital,
where they were sent within the hour.
The other ran for his life, and only the
shortness of the Japanese students legs
enabled him to save it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-17

Terry. We have many comedians who
have aspired to shine in serious roles.
The results are only too well remem-
bered. Nat G. Goodwin was the latest
to attempt to deviate from the straight
line that his own ability has marked for
him. True, Dave Warheld succeeded
in spanning triumphantly the wide
breach between low comedy and seri-
BUSINESS, but WarfieId is no more a 81
mon pure comedian than is Richard
Mansfield.
From time immemorial comedians
have aspired to illuminate serious roles,
and romantic matinee heroes have de-
sired to impress in heavy tragedy. ITO
be what I am not seems to be their
watchword. Why, it was but a very
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-17
Eritzi soheff In AEatinitza.y

Our fathers and mothers used to de-
light in "Fatinitza,' the delightful
comic opera that FRITZ Schen is now
revivfng at the Broadway theater.
''Fatinitza" is full of life and gayety,
and alIuring little FRITZ Scheff adds to
it a piquant touch that completes the
ensemble.
Miss Scheff has scored her greatest
hit since her entry into the comic opera
field. Now she has room to display the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-17

windward runner. He can hold him
self on securely. by grasping the stay.
His weight will frequently save you
from an upset. especially in squally
weather.
Every stay should be of strong cable
wire. Do not trust to ropes.
Do not allow any loose ends OF hal
yards, sheets, ETC., to drag over the side
to foul a runner.
Do not fail to reeve in new halyards
and sheets whenever the old ones show
signs of chafing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-17
THE SPORT DESCRIBED
TYPES OF BOATS-ADvICE

VI KHIR-R-Ri Ban-n-n-n-n-g
M Bang, bangl Cr-r-r-rack,
wv rack. riPl Bang.
IN telegraphy. 1t is merely the sound of
an ice boat going a mile a minute put
down in black and white. Poetic ro-
mancers love to describe an ice yacht
as a white winged fairy skimming like
q spring zephyr over a sea of simmer
ing silver" Yes, that's ice yachting as
our long haired, 'fifty-five cent table
d'hote with wine" brethren have it.
But ice boating is a far different
brand of goods. It is real soul stirring,
thrilling and deliriously dangerous. The
ice boat doesn't do much Swimming
lightly over a shimmering sea-" rather
1t plOws through snowdrifts with 10
connective force, cuts down icy hum
Knocks, leaps frantically over wide
cracks and pounds the surface of the
fee field with the power of Vulcan's
Rledge hammer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-17

You who would enjoy a funny sight
III it came your way invite a poet friend
to ice boat a few miles" on nice
rough stretch of ice when the wind is
tuning up at about fifty miles per.
Watch the dithyrambic poIysyllabiIist
step daintily into the carpeted cockpit
and hear him exclaim: What lovely
shimmers there are for US to skim Overt
Only think what
"Sit down! Shut upl" roars the
skipper as the boom swings over with
the velocity of a sixteen inch shell.
The poet is a man of brains in spite of
his business. we will suppose, so he
obeys. In the ensuing hour he learns
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-17

short time ago that Eddie Foy an
nounced that his one ambition was to
play Hamlet. Another of F'oy's jokes
hear some one Say. Possibly, but was
the inimitable "funsmith's" remark any
more humorous than that of Nat Good
win when one night in the Lambs club
in New York he said that he intended
to play Shylock again some day?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-17

leading role, marks the debut of John
Kendrick Bangs as playwright. Mr..
Bangs is so well known as a humorist
that one would have supposed that his
initial stage endeavor would have been
something in the way of straight COM
edy.
AS has been widely stated, Lady
Teazle" is comic opera based on
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-17

Sheridan's 1.-THE School For Scandal, -
with Sheridan twenty miles away"
according to Mr. Bangs. But Sheridan
is not quite so distant. The play fol-
lows the development of the original
story quite closely, but the latter has
been cut in many instances to afford
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-17
shrewahurv Versus Hudson Roats.

This last described pattern of rig
ging (the bodies of the boats are much
the same) is found most frequently on
the Shrewsbury. On the Hudson and
on Orange lake. New York, near New
burg, another favorite racing spot, the
type having the ordinary straight mast
and the jib and mainsail prevails.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-17

Sailors of ice yachts may well OBJ
serve the following general sugges-
tions:
Do not fail in a heavy wind to have
strong man standing or lying on the
crossbeam which is fastened to the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-17

Apropos of that episode, might state
that Willie Collier was in the same club
one night talking to Goodwin and 9TH
ers. 4 intend to play Shylock myself
before very long," remarked Collier.
Indeed" remarked Goodwin. What
right have you got to do that?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-17

But to return to Mr.. Terry We want
to see more of him. He is a welcome
addition to our entertainers. His sup
porting company, too. is acceptable.
Miss Cynthia Brooke, who plays Marion
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-17
comedians Who Aspire.

It is difficult to think of a single
American comedian who could play the
serious role of Richard Burnside so ef-
1ectively and artistically as did Mr..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-17

the full meaning of the term terrifying
transit and also finds chances to cogi-
tate on the many differences between a
real man and rhymester.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-17

Der of individual articles he has con-
tributed to magazines and newspapers
defy enumeration. His editorial du-
ties, too. are many. and there is much
reason to wonder that he should have
found time to write play.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-17
Prolific Mr.. BANGS.

Mr.. Bangs is one of the most prolific
writer's of the day. He has written
more than thirty books, and the num-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-17
ncommon sense Rraekett.v

Richard Golden is playing to well
filed houses in Common Sense Brack-
ett" a play of New England life.
Charles w. Doty is the author, and he
has provided highly interesting COM
edy. The play is wholesome in spite of
its meIodramatic tendencies, familiar in
dramas of this sort, and Mr.. Golden is
quantity effective throughout.
Mr. Golden enacts the role of Bruce
Bracket, proprietor of the local hotel
in Winthrop, Me. Bracket is the vii
1age oracle. His judgment is as sound
as champion thoroughbred, and his
sense of humor was not neglected when
it was young.
The characters drawn by Mr.. Doty
are extremely humorous, perhaps some
what overdrawn, but he can be forgiven
without straining the point
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-17

well" retorted Collier, 'Tn bet III
get as many laughs as you did"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-17
scENE IRON =coNMoN sENsE BRAcKETT

Burnside, an unhappy daughter in law
of Richard Burnside, has charming
manner and voice.
LADY Teazle" and Mr.. Bangs.
The presentation of Lady Teazle' at
the Casino. with Lillian Russell in the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-17
THE SIDE ROLL, A CLEVER WRESTLING MANEUvER.


and after
head between ribs Then
his backan shoulder
utbef a fall is secure
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-17

than the fastest train that ever rolled
on wheels.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-07-13
IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.
The Canadian Rockies Are Not So
High as Was Thought-Nsw
Passes Found.

In no part OF the world excepting In
Alaska has there been more rapid prog
ress In geographical exploration in ths
past few years than In British Columbia.
The latest facts concern a number OF
new passes through the Rocky Noun
tains.
Some readers may be surprised that
there should be anything left In British
Columbia to discover The fact IL that
the government surveys are yet far
from covering the larger part OF that big
region. The fine geographical work that
missionary has recently been doing
shows that there are still opportunities
for discovery in this part OF the domin-
ion.
Father Morice. whose mission sta
ton Is on the shores OF Lake Stuart.
nearly In the center OF the province,
has been travelling many hundreds OF
miles In canoe, mapping all tbs
streams. lakes. mountains and valleys
in the upper basin OF the Netchakhoh
river. A fine map OF his discoveries.
which has just been published by the
Nsuchatel Geographical society OF
Switzerland. shows many details that
have been seen on no previous map.
Lake Morice. for example. which Is not
found on the latest atlas sheets OF Brit
ish Columbia. is 90 miles long and III
feet deep.
The new passes in the Rockies hays
been studied by a party OF Grand Trunk
Pacific engineers who have been en-
gagged In the work about year. A news
paper has reported that this party has
discovered the Smoke river. Porcuplne.
Red Deer. wapiti and Pine River passes.
but this statement Is not quite correct
All these great passes through tbs
Rockies 10 the north OF the Canadian
Pacific railroad have been known 20 ex-
list for some time. but the engineers havs
been the first TO study them In detail.
and they now report that they are all
available for railroads. that the grad.
ents on the east are very gentle and that
some OF the passes are wide enough for
double tracks
The scheme OF the Canadian Paclnc
was laughed at as impracticabie until
the great gateway through Kicking
Horse Pass was discovered. II IL now
known that further north there are sew
eral other passes lower than thoss
which the Canadian Pacific uses and
that they will amply sufhce for all OF
canada's railroad needs through the
mountains
Explorations OF the past few years
show that the old ideas OF the heig, Is ot
the leading peaSs 81 the Canadian
Rockies were much exaggerated. Peaks
still appear on some OF the maps a. from
$1,000 TO 1900 feet above the sea.
Or. Hector recently wrote that prob.
ably none OF the mountains OF British
Columbia rise above $4,000 or II. 500 feet
DURAN, Collie and about a dozen other
men have within the past ten years as
cended many OF the high peaks OF thu
Canadian Rockies aud made observa-
tons TO ascertain their altitude. The
result Is a decided decrease In the pre-
viously accepted altitude OF number of
the highest mountains OF these ranges
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-07-13

collar. Bring the rope to the near side.
pass II over the back just behind the
shoulders. bring II underneath ths
chest and pass IL under and then above
the rope so as 10 make q loop around
the chest. Carry the rope back. pass
II over the loins and bring. a. ander.
meath the belly close TO the TANKS.
Make another loop as before. and carry
the rope straight behind the animal.
Tighten mp the loops. one close 60 the
elbows. the other close to the hind
tanks. All being ready. instruct the
man who holds the halter shank 10
pull forward and at the same time the
men who have hold OF the loose end OF
the rope to pull straight backward ana
down the animal goes, generally with
out struggle. Keep the head down
and the rope arm. and as a rule the
animal will lie quietly until released
by slackening Farm and Home.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-07-13
DEHoRNiNc CATTLE.
Need Not he Attended with Much
Pain - Stopping the
Horn Growth

Those who have had the pleasure 90
raising calves 20 the COW period with
out horns know how much more sensi-
Bile Il Is 10 have herd OF cows without
horns than lot OF animals whoae
horns endanger both man and beast.
To have a herd OF COWS without horns
Is easy for the man who raises lila
own calves. for the work OF killing tho
embryo horn 10 simple and easy.
Buy stick OK caasiic potash Al tho
drug store. wrap a biz OF cloth around
the end you are 10 hold In the hand.
moisten the other end thoroughly and
then rub Il briskly ON the spot where
the embryo horn may be felt Cover
all the surface. bat be careful and not
so beyond the horn or you will burn
the skin Of the calf For calves. when
the horns are already through. tho
clipper made for the purpose Ia iho
best thing to use. Place the blades NJ
close Ia the head - possible and ono
cut will pare the horn on smoothly.
For grown COWS either the clipper or
a saw is used and. Of course, the head
OF the animal must be fastened 30
that she cannot move Il.
The operation In a sensible manner
"a humane. and only fanatics who
know nothing about the operation
claim Il to be cruel Like all opera
lions among animals. Il may BE- done
in a hurried. careless manner aud 90
become cruelty. Tribune.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-07-13
THE LITERARY
PARTNERSHIP
~ n. a. HILN Z

tr HE story Of Maud and Cecil is in
structive II shows the folly of get
Ting into a groove.
Cecil Haverstone earned a precarious
living by writing for the papers. Most
ay he made his money with certain
sort of sentimental tale that one paper
In particular was always glad to have.
Ia this tale q lady and gentleman OF
good appearance talked agreeably about
things. and at the fifteen hundredth
tword the gentleman proposed and was
accepted. Cecils chief difficulty was
the finding OF a different name for his
hero each week The heroine's name
was always Ethel. Cecil had once been
fitted by a girl named Ethel she was
now doing penance In his stories. aud
those who would could read between the
IinesJ There was nothing brutally d.
rect about these weekly offers of mar
riage: no blunt Il love you!" II need
ed an Ethel with two months previous
Experience TO understand that this real
Nv was declaration. One week il would
end:
Anu NOus oniu NAoAthNNs WIN n
world of meaning in his tone.
Ethel looked down.
~ wonder what Jim will say, she
murmured."
Next week:
$3.50 I'm going to Brixton. he
FINISHED lamely.
| Ethel raised her beautiful eyes to
his
Don't go, Reginald she whis-
pered"
So Reginald stayed. and the proprie-
tors of the Lamplight forwarded a check
Tor $40 TO Mr.. Cecil Haverstone and
begged him to present il within fort
night Which invariably he did.
Now. Cecil had a cousin. Maud Arthur.
who had q studio downtown. On one
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-07-13
r1sHxHMAN's LUCK.

Preparing his pen with the greatest ofcsre.
While others were snatching a wink,
"a poet sat down in the gray OF the dawn
To hsh I'm a bottle OF ink
He thought Of the sportsmen who ished
there before.
Immortal forever to be;
tie knew Of the beauties which swan IN
its murk,
Ana rigged up his ~Sckie with slee.
IA sIlSesy sonnet flashed up from the deep
Ard vanished away from his sight,
IA Nanad and rondeau each niboled ana
went,
But stili he had never bite.
alta ras nearly broke with a heavy blank
verse,
But failure again was his fate.
uhe size Of the fellows who all got away
hesitate here toselate
Nrhe sun. marching up from the east to the
west.
Looked down on the angler distrausht'
nhen sank &c its rest while the poet quit
work
And this Is the minn0w he caught
-McLandburE II. Wilson. " n. Y. sun.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-07-13
AN UP-oRoUND CELLAR.
Detailed Plans and Specifications for
Building One OF
Them.

An upground cellar. properly con.
s,ructed. will guard against frosts In
winter and serve as cool dairy house
10 summer. II avoids the toiling up
and down steps OF the underground
cellar. and obviates the necessity for
drainage In level countries where such
would be impracticable.
The building blocks OF square tiles
used in this plan are sxiOxi6 inches.
and have an extra partition through
the center, thus supplying two hollow
or dead-air spaces in the outer wall
The excavation for cellar should be
thrown out at least two feet I'm depth
and Allied with fragments OF stone fine.
ly broken. After filling six or eight
inches the outer wall should be laid
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-07-13
BALANCING SlLAoE.
Correct Proportions of Several Con-
centrates TO Be Mixed
with II.

what Is the cheapest concentrate
10 buy. to balance mp ensilage for
mich cows Ssks an inquirer OF the
Ohio Farmer.
We cas- give you the combinations
that will balance up with slIase. and
you can easily determine which would
be cheapest for you. We do not know
exact prices OF concentrates In your
locality. The following combinations
make a balanced ration for cows CIV
Ing % pounds OF milk per day:
cas- ID wheat midding.
sO,s 10, ensliage.
SIS 10. whoa, bran.
1888 10. ensiage
Is II COW pea hay.
iN5 10. ersilagc
1875 10. alfalfa hay.
ii2.S o. ensiage
az TO- gluten feed
iet H. ensiags
81 10 Bunalo gluten meal.
IVA 10. ensilsge.
2oi 10 wet brewers graina
2i0e 10. cnsiiage.
t2s 10 dry brewers graia.
-o>s 10. ensiage
- 10 buckwheat middiingA
1871 ID ersiiags
as 10 buckwhest bran
- H. cnsnage.
SSH. \. + unsced meat
sf2s 10. ensliage
= 10 oid process iinsecd meal
- ID. onsiiags
III 10 cotton seed meal.
- H. cnsiaEc
Each OF these combinations makes
a balanced ration. hence any two or
more will be balanced. Thus. n you
wish TO combine wheat bran and old
process oil meal. take the second and
next TO the last and add the amount
OF silage in each together. and you
have.
sss n wheat bran
- H. OIL meal
t6-s 10. cnsliaEs
This makes 55T pounds, or about
nine days rations for one COW. or ono
days ration for nine cows or approx
imately 81 pounds onsllage. "a pounds
bran and al pounds oil meal per COW
per day.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-07-13
MENELIK's PRIZE TOWN.
It Is Composed Principally Of Tents
and Rude Quickly-Con-
structed Huts.

Prof. Rosen. a member OF the Ger
man mission to Abyssinia. writes: The
population of Adis-Abeba, which the
Emperor Menelik has established on
four narrow hills. is estimated at 80.
900, but Is probably much higher. Not
more than about 900 of the inhabitants
live In houses; all the rest use tents or
huts, which are quickly and easily
erected at any point that may be chosen.
As the groups OF tents are generally
surrounded by open grass land. and
three deep. rocky gorges intersect the
town. the whole has more the appear.
anee Of an impro1ised camp. Indolent
men sit by Thousands In front OF their
dirty huts and l4zily watch the grazing
mules; women. Ia dirty. flowing gar
ments. YEARLY carry water from the
muddy brook In heavy jars up the steep
path Leading from the bottom OF the
rayine. There are hardly a dozen
shops there is only one small inn. What
strikes us as most wonderful and most
inconyenient is the lack OF any system
Of coinage; small amounts are paid with
cartridges or sticks of rock salt.