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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-21
HEARD IND SEEM
BY THE NGRANT

" ARJORIE Is five years old,
and wonderfully pre-
cocious little lass Her
mother believes in regu-
~ - larity in all things as far
as the rearing of a child is
concerned, and each night Marjorie
IS compelled to go to bed at z o'clock
no matter what the occasion may be-
Some weeks ago there was a grown
up party at the house and among
the things which We're to be served
for refreshments was ice cream
which arrived in a freezer early in the
afternoon and which the child looked
at with longing eyes more than once.
She begged hard to stay up for the
party, but her mother was firm. and
along about o'clock took the little
girl up to bed.
When prayer time came. Marjorie
kneeled down by her cot and began
praying in these words:
Now they lay me down to sleep
] say they. dear God, for if had nv
way ! would not go to bed until after
the ice cream is served"
It was just a matter of few inches
between life and death with william,
H. Davis, mayor of the city. when he
was boy If he had taken one more
roll he would have fallen some ffty
odd feet TO almost certain death. and
naturally would never have had the
opportunity to serve the interests of
the city in the acceptable fashion he
now does. Along in the early seventies
MI Davis was a page in the legisla-
ture: AT that time only the east wing
Of the present state house had been
built It was the custom of Young
Davis and his pals. who were pages
to explore the mysteries Of the roof
OF this wing when they were not work
ing. On one side was a coping which
sloped for some feet to the edge Of
the building. along which ran a gutter
OF good sized dimensions. but it was
not so very big at that The bovs
used to lean over this coping and ro1I
stones down it. One day the future
mayor climbed to the edge of the
coping, lost his balance. and started
10 roll down it. He continued to roll
until he struck the gutter. ana there
rather miraculously he stopped.
was so frightened" said the
mayor in recalling the incident the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-21
WILL TRY TT ONCE MORE,
New Company Organized to Reopen
Willard Brick Plant

Within the next ten days the plant
Of the Topeka Brick and Tile company
at Willard. Kan. viii be in operation
again after having been idle for
eighteen months because Of the ope-
rating company havinggone into bank
1upscy The plant will be operated by
q. new company, -ecently incorporated
with a capital stock $4,000. which
has purchased the property Of the nd
company. Ofdee~s OF the new ccm-
pany are T. z. Armstrong Of Topeka,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-21

A young lady entered a Toronto retail
book store a short time since and in :
quired from the gentlemanly clerk Ca
married man, by the way). If they had
a book suitable for an old gentleman
who has been married fifty years With
out moments hesftatio the clerk
reached for a copy of Parkman's "A
Half Century of Conflict
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-21
wants. Rents. For sales. Etc.

Hand your little advertising, such as
wants, rents, for sales etc. to your
carrier. accompanied by the cash, and
he will bring the same TO the Office for
you. Six ordinary words make line
and the rate is five cents per line per
issue. or If ordered by the week, the
rate IS four cents per line per day.
No advertisement OF less than two
lfnes Is accepted
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-21

Many readers Of William Sage's new
novel, "The District Attorney" have
asked the publishers whether or not the
principal characters were drawn from
life. While the author claims Originate
ty in the conception and development
of his characters, 1t is true that some Of
them were suggested by living person.
ages. The district attorney is not Viii
liam T. jerome. but was suggested by
a certain western public prosecutor who
has been somewhat more successful
than Jerome in putting dishonest poll
ticians in Jail Old Sam Haverland, the
hero's father, was suggested by a prom
inent financier whose business methods
are at variance with the teachings Of
the religion which be processes more or
less sincerely. Haverland's political as
ISOLATE, Caldwell. was suggested by a
man of wealth whose attempts, by the
corrupt use Of money, to break into the
United States senate have been motor
ious, and who within the last few days
has been ANONYMOUSLY beaten.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-21
About New Books and Authors
...5iIIII Ii;lllissszz

$40 for charity bazaar, in a New Jer-
sey town, where slice of the cake was
to be sold with a copy of the novel.
Cake and fiction thus go hand in hand.
The best of it is that Mr.. Wister's
novel is no ordinary. best seller,H but
a book of extraordinary merit. 1t has
been received with great favor on both
sides of the Atlantic. and is accounted
by many its authors best work.
A volume Of the plays of George
Farquhar" edited with an introduction
and notes by William Archer has Just
been published in the Mermaid series.
The volume which is OF the pocket
size, light paper and clear print that
are the distinguishing marks of this
series. contains an able and delightful.
ly written introduction by William
Archer, the distinguished critic, and
1.-The Twin Rivals" THE Recruiting
Ohicer'' and THE Beaux Strategem. .
1t is safe to say that the general pub
lie is unfamiliar with these witty and
amusing comedies which are almost
for the first time brought within easy
reach in this practical and attractive
little edition.
After a prolonged trip abroad. Mrs
Anne Warner French the author OF
the inimitab1e Susan Clegg stories, has
returned to St. Paul, MINI. Her new
book, Susan Clegg and Her Neigh
bors' Affairs" went into second edi-
ton on publication, and promises to
rival in popularity the original Susan
Clegg book, Susan Clegg and Her
Friend, Mrs. Lathrop." One of the
best bits in the new book is Susan's in
spection of an automobile which stop
ped in the country town where she
lives Gazing at the license number,
S9S, on the back of the car, she ex-
claimed: Its a brand new one, for
the price tags still hanging on tn IL
back"
A wealth of suggestions for the new
est summer gowns is to be found IN
the August Delineator, which is inter
esting not only from the standpoint
Of fashion, but for its reading as well,
Among the fiction of the number is the
second installment of "The Chauffeur
and the Chaperon," the delightful
motor-boat romance by The William
sons, authors of many automobile
stories; also two entertaining short
stories by Carroll Watson Rankin and
tributes the "Rubaiyat of Summer
Khayyam, written in her inimitable
style. Clara E. Laughlin tells the
story of the life of Rembrandt, whose
pictures are held Invaluable in the
worlds best collections of art. and
civil war song of the south, Dixie"
and its composer, Dan Emmet, the old
minstrel In the Campaign for Safe
Foods. Mrs. Abel contributes chap
ter on 1.-The Market Inspector and the
Buyer" which concludes this series of
notable articles
Duhield & Company Formerly Fox
Dufield. & Company). a corporation
organized a little more than three
years ago under tie laws of the state
of New York. has now some three
hundred books in its catalogue, in
Guiding titles acquired by the purchase
of the business of Herbert S. Stone &
Company of Chicago. Pitts DufIe1d
is president and treasurer of the COM
4.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-21

Congressman Charles Curtis, in a
reminiscent mood the other day, told
of an offer he once made to hold a
revolver, loaded with a blank cart
ridge, six inches from the back of his
head and fire 1t off for the purpose Of
demonstrating that flame from the
barrel would not SINCE the hair on
persons head If the gun was held at
that distance.
This offer was an incident in the
trial OF the famous SpendIove murder
case Mr. Curtis was counsel for the
defendant and the late Judge Guthrie
presided at the trial. The hair on the
hack of the head of the victim. near
the place where the bullet, which end
ed his life, entered, was singed from
the flames from the gun. It was the
contention Of the defense that Spend
love and his victim were struggling
together and that the gun was dis
charged when 1t was in close proximity
to the victims head. On the other
hand the prosecution, to combat the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-21

other day, that I must have laid in
that gutter for half an hour until I got
up sufficient courage to roll backwards
once and then crawl back up the
coping TO safety 1t was a close call
for me-"
He was a city born and bred boy, not
yet four years old, and this trip he made
to the country with his folks for The
summer season was the first one when
he had been permitted to roam at viii
around the spacious grounds of cot
tage home. These grounds were fenced
in so there was no danger of him stray
ing away. From early morning until
late al night he toddled around them.
finding something of interest IN every
bush and tree flower and shrub and
even in the blades of grass, for IN the
city where he lived most of the time he
saw nothing but rows and rows of grim
houses. The birds which fitted about
seemed most wonderful creatures to
him, but the things which filed him
with awe were the bugs he found in the
grass He had pretty good idea OF
the names of the beasts in the animal
kingdom, for no child was ever blessed
with more picture books, but 1t seemed
pretty hard for him to associate any Of
the TnonstrOus bugs ne found with the
animals in the books and as a matter
of fact he insisted on giving the bugs
animal names according to their size.
For instance he would capture a real
bug beetle and run to the house with
the rather startling announcement that
he had caught an elephant. He was al
ways set right in the matter but he In
sisted in giving the bugs and lizards all
sorts of animal names and finally got
awfully confused in his association Of
the names Of animals with the beasts
themselves.
One evening he came across a big hop
toad. the first he had ever seen It
scared him a bit at first but he stood
his ground and called to his folks who
were on the porch to come and see the
wonderful creature. A couple Of them
responded and after they had enjoyed a
good laugh over his excitement one Of
them asked.
What is it. Harold? ?"
7 don't know" replied the lad. but
specs it IS nanny goat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-21

president. and Kenneth G. Dumeld
secretary.
A new book Of interest to all
students of art and to all lovers Of
paintings is 1.-THE Scottish School Of
Painting by William D. Mackay.
published by the zScribners. This is
the latest volume in the Library of
Art in which ten volumes have already
appeared including books on Con-
stable, Pisanello. Giotto. Durer, Titan
and French Painting in the XVII Cen
fury This new book. while taking up
Scottish Art from the beginning, is de-
voted largely to the work of the more
modern period and particularly to
that of the earlier part of the nine
teenth century. There are forty-five
full-page illustrations, excellently re-
produced and the book is well printed
and OF convenient size. It is par
ticularly full of interesting and enter
tanning information besides covering
satisfactorily a field that has been
hitherto almost entirely neglected.
Theodore Peck, author of aHester of
the Giants" which has had a contin-
uous sale for more than a year, is
daughter of the Green Mountain state,
and also a daughter Of a hero of the
civil war, General Theodore s. Peck,
whose bravery in the cause Of his coun-
try was recognized in the bestowal upon
him of a congressional medal of honor.
With her youthful imagination kindled
by recitals of deeds of patriotism and
heroism in which her family had part,
she early began writing stories and
poems of love and war. She was born
in Burlington in 1882. and her first
poem was produced at the age of seven.
When she was fifteen she wrote some
verses about the sinking of the battle
ship Maine, entitled, by the Hand of
an Unseen Foe" which was copied wide
ly over the country. She was only nine
teen when she wrote Hester of the
Giants "Old Bennington" the scene
of the tale, is full of memories of the
revolutionary period.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-01-17

The West India and Bahama Islands
export every year upwards of ten mil
lion fruits, most of which come to the
United States.
Along the keys of the southeast
coast of Florida, pineapples have been
grown for many years. 1t was not sup
posed that pineapples could be grown
anywhere else in Florida until about
1870 when Dudley w. Adams of Tan
gerine, Orange county, and some of
his neighbors in Orange and Lake
counties protected the plants with a
thatch of palmetto leaves woven over
poles at the height of about seven
feet-in some cases only four feet.
These were mainly for home use or
to supply nearby villages.
About 1875 Mr. Russell of Orlando,
Orange county. experimental with a
Slated shed such as is now used and
with such success that in 1890 he en-
larged his paintings and had several
carloads of smooth Cayenne suckers
imported which he planted in thor
oughly prepared beds or sold to his
neighbors. At that time suckers sold
for 5000 per 1000, and were in strong
demand. Many sheds were planted I'M
til it was estimated that over 200 acres
were shielded in Florida. The industry
is growing and where conditions are
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-01-17

satisfied that the highest favored and
best apple to carry to market is grown
with full sunshine or nearly full sun
shine In using the sheds elsewhere
described we should so arrange the
cover that we could remove it entire
ly or at least three-fourths of it by
March 10 of every year. This will
incline the apples to fruit only in sum-
mer which we believe will be an ad-
vantage to the beginner.
The Cayenne is a large variety al
most free from spines and weighs
from four to ten pounds The fruit
is very slightly conical and yellow
when ripe. 1t is of very good flavor.
1t is inclined to make a very large top
on the apple and seldom produces
slips. This is great favorite with
growers under sheds on account of its
freedom from spines. The large top
on the apple is admired by buyers who
use it for table decoration.
The Abbaka is favorite with many
growers on account of its size, and
its being so prolific of slips and suck
ers. 1t is of fair flavor and sells
we'll
The Porto Rico is the largest of
any variety averaging upwards Of nine
pOuHuS ana OCCdSlOIldhy -, ~ dhu
I6 I-2 pounds, which we believe is
the largest apple ever produced in
Florida.
There are dozen other varieties of
this class including the Enville City,
which in the opinion of some cpl
cures is superior to all in flavor. 1t
does not ship well.
The Red Spanish is admitted to be
the best for general culture because
of its hardness, ease of cultivation,
market ability and good quality. If
properly fortified it is better than
a poorly grown Cayenne. We advise
the homemaker to start with this va
riety and experiment only in very
small way with the others. Many OF
the varieties offered are only suited
to culture under glass and fail to make
good under Florida conditions.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-01-17

carefully studied and worked out will
no doubt prove very profitable.
By shedding and planting the
smooth Cayenne variety pineapples
may be had almost any month of the
year. 1t is found, however, that those
that ripen in winter have a limited
demand 1t is fruit that is most
palatable during the hot months and
for this and other reasons we suggest
to the homeseeker that the Red
Spanish pineapple is more suitable for
growing either with or without sheds.
At DeLand we recommend the novice
to start with about one-eighth of an
acre of Red Spanish slips and plant
in beds about ID feet wide with paths
3 feet wide and the plants set Is inches
each way. If capital is limited, the
covering may be made with crotched
stakes and split rails, covered with pal
metto leaves, which should not be
put on until there is danger from
frost.
About four OF five feet is a con-
veticnt height when all covering is
removed during the summer. Then
both sides and top should be well
covered.
Although it is conceded that shade
the year round conserves moisture
and also fertilizer and enables the
grower to grow large apple, we are
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-01-17

cranberries with turkey or venlSOn.
This plant is generally known through
out Florida as the Jamaica SOrrel
Next to guava jelly in importance
will stand grapefruit marmalade. This
product of the preserver'S art is as
vet little known, but is destined to be
of greatest value 1t is only of re-
cent years that the superior medic1-
nal qualities of the grapefruit have
been generally acknowledged by the
medical profession. AS a tonic and
stomachic and stimulant in hepat1c
disorders together with relief in all
atomic conditions of the bowels 1t
is the peer of all known remedies.
The medical profession have been
prescribing it for fifteen years past
to be used as a raw fruit. 1t is still
little known and until its price is
more within reach of the masses of
people it will still remain a stranger.
A marmalade made from this fruit
has all its medicinal qualities and has
an added advantage in being more
acceptable to many persons and Its
market is extended to the year round
instead of about five months. Fruits
that will not command a fair market
price NAV be utilized and quite as
much received for them in the form
of marmalade as if they were more
fair and graded as fancy" The true
grapefruit marmalade-not a mixture
with oranges-is so beautiful, so palat-
able and so beneficial to the human
system that it is destined to first place
among all preserved products in the
citrus line.
Then there are other marmalades.
America is so cosmopolitan that there
will ALWAYS be a market for good
orange marmalade. We do not know
the origin of orange marmalade, but
we do know that the English have
brought its manufacture to high
state of perfection and wherever an
Englishman breakfasts he will want to
finish with biscuit and a spoonful
of orange marmalade. This good
maitland it is a very good one
is rapidly extending and it IS well to
favor it by producing superior prod
uct attractively put up.
The canning of pineapples is an
other branch of preserving that would
well reward the worker. Carloads
and shiploads annually go to Balti-
more to be placed in cans and thence
distributed to all quarters of the earth
w to consumers because it is lmpos-
If packed here it would be of much adj
vantage to both grower and shipper
The preserved product appeals par
ticularlv to consumers because 1t IS
impossible to successfully adulterate.
The selling price always brings happy
RETURNS
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-01-17
5000 FOR AN ORANGE GROVE.

Forty acres of land; ten acres in
sweet seeding orange trees which
were planted in 1886, but have been
neglected. This is the making of
good grove. 1t is on very high land
just west of St Johns river and near
a lake of 1000 acres. Three miles
from railroad, school and village.
Easy terms. Address,
HAYWARD,
DeLand, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-01-17
PINEAPPLES.

For many years the pineapple has
been recognized as the finest tropical
fruit known to residents of the North
temperate zone. Those who live IN
the tropics prefer the mango or man
gosteen to any other fruit, but as the
mango is not sent to American mar
kets in any quantity it is not known
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1906-10-03
Oldest Body of Human Being.

The oldest body of any human be-
Ing reposes in the Egyptian gallery Of
the British museum. 1t Is the body Of
q man who was buried In shallow
grave followed out of the sandstone on
the west bank of the Nile In upper
Egypt. This man must have hunted
along the b lks of the Nile before the
time of the earliest mummied king
which the museum possesses, before
the time of Menes, who was supposed
to have ruled Egypt at least 5000
B. G. There We're previous to that
time two prehistoric races, one the
conquerors and the other the con-
Quered, from which sprang the Egyp-
tian race of the earliest dynasties. 1t
is with these remote stocks that this
man had to do. Considering the condi-
ton In which he was found, 1t is eyi-
dent that he was associated with q
late period Of the new stone age of
Egypt. He was buried In a charac-
teristic neolithic grave with his neo-
lithic pots and instruments of flint
about him. There Is of course no In
scription OF any kind on the pots,
knives or grave, all having been long
before the invention of any written
language.-Amerlcan Antiquarian.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1906-10-03


There wuz this here black Kamerun
savage, naked us an ANIMAL" said the
sailor, "and there wuz this explorer In
his pretty suit of white drillin, and
there wuz Kamerun medicine man
with headdress O. human bones. They
stood under palm tree. l sot on a log
and watched 'em. The medicine man
put the right arms of the savage and
the explorer close together and then,
fourishin' dull loollin' knife, he hicks
a vein In the white arm and then an
artery In the black arm. The blood
come a-gushln' and a-gushin' out of
the black arm, and the medicine man
scooped 1t up in the holler of his hand
and rubbed 1t into the nicked white
arm. He must IA rubbed In pint be-
fore he closed the wound. Transfoosion
O. blood Is what they call 1t. They say
1t saves white man from jungle fever
and frQm all the evils of the miasma,
Of the hot swamps, of the damp heat
the rottin' vegetation. They say STAN
ley had black blood transfoosed into
his'n eight times. That is how he
stood Africa. l know it's a common
thing for African explorers to go
through the transfoosin' process. And
I'll tell you funny thing about 1t. 1t
makes the hair thicker and darker and
1t darkens the skin couple of shades"
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1906-10-03
The Curious seasicIxness.

''Seasickness Is curious trouble"
says a physician. ut is probably due
to the disturbance caused by the mo-
ton Of the ship to the little organs that
govern the sense of equilibrium. In the
inner ear are three little semicircular
canals. In movement in any plane the
fluid In these canals disturbs and tele-
graphs the sensation to the brain. which
is then able to control the balance of
the whole. BY the motion of a ship
this delicate apparatus of the canal
system Is, 1t is suggested, thrown out
Of gear and wildly telegraphs wrong
messages to the brain. And that por-
ton Of the brain is intimately connect
ed with the nerve that controls the hap
penings In the region whence the trou-
BILE arises. The whole system in brief,
Is short circuited."