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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-20
TO MEET ROOSEVELT.
Porto Rico officials Leave San Juan
for Ponce.

San Juan, P. r., Nov. Ex-Governor
Beckman winthrop and several other
prominent officials and citizens will
leave San Juan today for Ponce. where
they will receive President Roosevelt
when he lands there Wednesday from
Colon.
Extraordinary precautions are being
taken to assure the safety of the presi-
dent during his automobile trip across
the island to this city, whence he will
sail for Hampton Roads Wednesday
evening
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-20
Topeka IN LINE.
Hartman Has His Eye on Cap
ital City.
VIII Determine Route Of North
and South Road.
EXTEND INTO TEXAS.
Great Importance to Western
Country.
The Railroad Magnate VIII
Visit Topeka Today.
EXTEND INTO TEXAS.

Edward H. Hartman. the greatest of
railway managers in the United States
will reach Topeka tonight in SPECIAL
train. coming from Kansas City to To-
pexa via the Union Pacific, the funda-
mental railroad Of Mr.. Harriman's net
work of railroads reaching all over he
United States.
~ Mr.. Harriman's great system Of roads
+ iNcxs one connecting link of vast ins-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-20
MAJORITY OF So.
Republican Membership in New House
Is 222; Democrat 1914.

Washington, Nov. 2O.@The first Of
fetal printed report on the member
ship of the house of representatives of
the Sixtieth congress has just been is
sued by the clerk of the house.
The Republicans are shown to have
majority of S. The Republican
membership is 222 and the Democratic
membership 161.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-20

London, Nov. 2O.-The Westminster
Gazette today urges the government to
select a man of supreme ability for
British ambassador at Washington.
The paper declares that Great
Brltain's former influence and prestige
at Washington has been usurDed by
the German embassy. adding that Mr..
Roosevelt is i'll more close and more
confidential communication with En-
peror William than with any other
ruler or statesmen in Europe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-20
PEARY IS HEARD FROM.
He Is waiting in Newfoundland Port
for Good Weather.

New York. Nov. 2O.-Morris X Jes-
sup Of this city today received the fol-
lowing telegram from Peary:
SANDY Point. N. F., Nov. 20.-Morris
K. Jessup, New York-Passed Cape St.
George noon Saturday Unable to
weather Aiguelle owing to head winds
and sea- Ran in here daylight this
morning for coal. Shall proceed when
weather favorable for crossing gulft.
"PEARY" ;"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-20

OF IOL 1zU fAaIISdS dF GIIue, v IIH DuIIu-
ing located thereon:
The Interstate Trading Co,
Kansas City Mo..........$ SIS, COO
For lots 470, 472 and 474 Tyler street
with building located thereon:
Theo. E. Hurd d...-....-.......$ 1000
Mrs. S. J. Crumbine. ne......-..... 1850
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-20
Weather EnfIicatlona.

Chicago, Nov s20-Forecast for kan
sas: Partly cloudy tonight with snow
in southeast portion; Wednesday gen.
orally fair and warmer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-20

Sore tn oat and Cold In Chest relieved
over niaat by Omega OIL Trial bottle l0a-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-20

Oklahoma City. Nov. 2O.-MaJor
clark has been placed in command at
Fort Reno in place OF Major Penrose.
1t is stated that Major Clark is the
ranking officer. but had not previously
assumed command
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-03-24
GERMAN CRITICISMS OF ENGLISH
Visitor Thinks Islanders Dwell To.
Much on Physical Ills.

Visitor Thinks islanders Dwell Too
Much on Physical Ills.
A German publicist who spent a
part of the summer in a boarding
house at Teignmouth, England, says:
English. seaside visitors display most
remarkable ingenuity in sustaining a
lengthy conversation founded on no
other topic than the weather. When
this is exhausted they turn to their
aches and pains; each Individual ad~
duces some striking examples of bod
lily suffering on his or her part and
the combined ailments of the com
pany afford themes for endless discus
sion.
Next in popularity to the remark
Hotter than ever came the question:
How is your lumbago?' and the lum.
bago of most of the visitors was,
regret to say, very bad. I must, how
ever, warn my travelling fellow-coun.
trymen that English anatomy ends
with the diaphragm. The mention of
the stomach, even, is not permissible
in polite circles. There is, however,
one striking exception to this rule
the liver may be discussed at all and
sundry seasons.
Full advantage is taken of the con-
cesslon and the vagaries of this organ
supply the basis of many a lengthy if
somewhat monotonous discourse. Half
the ills of the Anglo-Saxon race are
attributed to the liver and wherever
one goes the eye is cheered with ad-
vertlsements of nostrums to correct
that portion of the human frame"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-03-24
Conductor Evidently Had Met tho
Species Before and Welcomed
Opportunity to mete Out Pun
ishment for Discourtesy.

Paul Morton at a convention of rail
road men said OF the railroad hog:
Il wish that all these men could
be treated as a certain Marylander
once was
''The Marylander boarded a train
with two arm loads of bundles. He
sat down and piled his bundles beside
him. Then he opened paper and be-
gan to read in great comfort.
THE car by degrees grew crowded.
At last the only vacant seat was the
bundle-flled one beside the Maryland
er. Though several passengers hest
tated beside this seat. looking at the
Marylander wistfully, he made no
sign. He would rather let the people
stand than remove his goods.
Finally someone summoned the
conductor. He hurried in and said:
Take down those bundles, please, at
once. Don't you see, sir, that there
are ladies standing all about your
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-03-24
Queer Thin6s in Theaters of Japan

portions Of a scene which demand a
rapid exit are frequently gone through
upon this narrow footway and not on
the stage at all. The effect is apt to
be very often unintentionally comic.
In Japanese theater there are two
tiers of boxes, the lower of which is
provided with sliding paper doors,
forming small rooms like bathing ma
chimes. The pit is divided by low
cross bars into squares, reminding one
of the cattle pens of old Smithfeld,
each capable of holding four persons
comfortably. A Japanese family bent
on enjoyment engage a compartment
for a day in position suited to the
,purse-in the middle of the house, if
well to do, nearer to the stage or the
back, according to the scarcity of coin
and, having deposited clogs in the
ante-room, take up a position with
cushions, kettle, tea-things, smoking
tray, and never move till midnight, un-
less to pay some visits to their friends.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-03-24
Evenness of Temper Means Long Life

twenty years, has said that he never
saw him angry, with perhaps one ex-
ception; and that was when the min
istry responsible for the calamity of
Afghanistan, of which he was one,
was unjustly accused by their oppon-
ents Of falsehood, perjury and wilful
manipulation of public documents. So
far as can be learned from biography,
men of the greatest genius have been
for the most part cheerful, contented
men-not eager for reputation, money
or power-but relishing life, and keen
ly susceptible Of enjoyment, as we
find in their works. Such seem to
have been Homer, Horace, Virgil,
Montaigne, Shakespeare and Cervan-
ties. Healthy, serene cheerfulness is
apparent in their great creations.
Among the same class of cheerful
minded men may also be mentioned
Luther, Moore, Bacon, Leonardo da
Vinci, Raphael and Michael Angelo.
Perhaps they were happy because
constantly occupied, and in the pleas
ATTEST of all work-that of creating
out of the fulness and richness of their
great NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Star.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-03-24

because he was afraid the ruined DOW.
der would be charged up against him
by the admiralty
The fire was burning in a breadroom
just below the wardroom, and it could
be reached only by cutting holes in
the wardroom floor and filing the
breadroom with water This would
have worked all right but for the fact
that the breadroom bulkheads were
not water tight; and, after reaching
certain hight, the water ran out as
fast as it was poured in. Meanwhile
the fire was smoldering in the ceiling
of the room, which was lined with yerv
inf1ammable Georgia pine boards.
Finally one of the Frolic's coal heay
ers told me the only way to put the
fire out was to chop the hole in the
deck big enough to let a man drop
into the breadroom and turn the hose
up against the ceiling. It was a. plaus;
ible plan, but already about forty men
had been rendered unconscious by the
smoke where we were, and it seemed
doubtful whether a man could live in
the breadroom. - + #. - s5
rig whip over the hole" said the
coal HEAVIER, "pay out about six feet of
hose into the hole and keep a strone
stream going through it's nozzle. Then
drop me down with a wet .handker.
chief over my face, and yank me, out
at the end Of a minute. I'll bet L have
the fire out in short order. 3* }}=ss 49, +
!. The English lieutenant to whom i
suggested this plan replied ,I n
T T: why, of course. What blank fools
we've been not to do. it. before. +: 70 u1
man Is entitled to the credit 81 the
scheme and he shall go down, lie he
wants to- but will alternate With:
him IN ~, 1t Isl. 3.*Z5 G ss ,:S a.
. = So a. Yankee coal HEAVIER and an
English lieutenant were whipped IN.
and down II the dense smoke thai:
poured from the II; enlarged Il cuttinl,a,fs
through the !. Zoo, ono relieving the.
other &C the bust end sof the hose
HAndzin q few minute the IN ~ o ,,lt
~ Joseph JAN stickne Chicaj IS .Postg
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-03-24
FIGHTING FIRE ABOARD SHIP
comment on the Destruction of the Japanese Battle
ship Mikasa. by Former United States Naval Officer

Inc astounding feature Of the fire
ny Which the Japanese battleship
Mlkasa was destroyed is the fact that
the magazines were not flooded, al
though the crew had been fighting the
flames for about an hour before the
explosion occurred.
In our navy, following the long
established custom of the British serv-
ice, certain precautions are observed
as soon as a fire is reported in a man
of-war.
1t seems Incredible that the japan
csc, who have been trained in the ira
dltlons OF both the American and the
British navies, should not have adopt
ed these precautions as a part of their
fire drill.
In an American ship the instant a
fire is discovered it is re ported to the
officer OF the deck. The latter imme-
diately orders the sounding of the fire
alarm, which is all that is necessary
to send every man to his station for
fighting the flames.
The instant the alarm is sounded
the orderly at the cabin calls the CAP
tain and gets the keys of the maya
zine f1oodcocks from the captains
room, ready to turn the mover to the
officer whose duty it is to flood the
magazines in case the captain orders
him to do so.
Since all magazines and shellrooms
are below the water line the space
around the cartridges and shells is
quickly filled with water, and as long
as that condition exists an explosion
would be impossible.
It is difficult to understand, there
fore, how the Mikasa could have been
blown up from an ignition resulting
from a fire in the hold. If, when the
fire was burning in near proximity to
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-03-24
LANDMARK WILL SOON BE GONE.
Destruction Threatens Survival of Pre-
historic England.

Destruction Threatens Survival of Pre-
historic England.
An interesting survival of prehistor-
lc England is threatened with destruc-
ton owing to neglect. This is the
"Cerne Giant" colossal human fig
ure cut on the side of a lofty hill that
overlooks the picturesque village of
Cerne Abbas, eight miles north of
Dorchester. 1t is several years since
the burrows which outline the giants
figure were secured and refined with
chalk. Gradually the latter has been
washed away by the winter rains, and
1t is now barely visible. Grass has
so encroached on the channels that,
seen from distance, the details of the
though the uncouth human form is
still recognizable. The "Old Man, as
he is styled by the natives of Cerne
Abbas, is built on truly heroic lines.
He stands 100 feet high, and his right
hand grasps a knotted club 121 feet
long. The unknown artist had his
own notions of the just proportions of
lAe human frame, as Will be seen from
the following further measurements:
Length of body, II feet; legs, 80 ,eet;
head, 22 feet; right arm, 100 feet;
nose, 6 feet; diameter of eyes, 21z feet.
The antiquity Of the figure is &C.
cepted by all archaeologists. Most au-
thorities ascribe it to the Celtic Pc
riod, while some have held that it rep
resents an idol once worshiped by the
Pagan West Saxons. Another view
is that it was the work of the monks
OF the then newly founded Benedictine
abbey of Cerne. Some color is given
to this theory by the existence of a
similar figure at Wilmington, in Sus.
sex, where once stood a Benedictine
priory
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-03-24
Downright e xtravaoant.

Old Hannah Dayne was Of the New
England type of thriftiness that could
give Mary 81. Wilkins odd woman
pointers when 1t comes to putting
money in the savings bank on an in
come of q dollar 4 month: Old Han.
nah's income had never been much
more than: this until she was 65fyears
old, when she fell heir to SIS 900. IL
spot cash and gifted ge= securities. & s. e
!: !" An now Tmftgoin' to :bes downright
extravagant Tor one Ii my life aid
Hannah. :'.All my born days MA ant T.
3ed all the pep mint rops tccodld eat,
}an' ! amt ever had ZEN. Now 81 go:
! ia TO buys hull pound "A eat zali
down at one Fxcept
5stn goi1n, MONEY foolish
Toss; H. Jud
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-03-24
Railroad Hog Checkmated at Own Game

The Marylander was a perfect ex.
ample of the railroad hog. He said
in a clustering tone:
What is the matter with you?
Those bundles don't belong to me-
They belong to man in the smoker
"'All right said the conductor. TIL
pile them up here, then, till he comes
"And he put the bundles in the rack
overhead and gave the vacant seat
to lady.
''The Marylander laughed because
he had not had to move his bundles
himself, but when he came to get off
he did not laugh SO heartily. AS he
was gathering his precious pile to-
gether the conductor hurried to him
and said sternly:
"'Don't touch those packages, sir.
They belong to a gentleman in the
smoking car
"'Ah, what's the matter with your
snarled the other. They belong to
me-
"'You said they didn't answered
the conductor, and l am going to take
you at your word. The only way you
can get them is to come and identify
them at our main Office tomorrow "
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-03-24

Der Of his best men had been over.
come by the smoke and were lying
on the upper deck in the hands of the
surgeons.
Our blue jackets were soon working
strenuously at the pumps on the berth
deck. and stood near them talking to
the ordnance officer of the ship, a
clever and hearty English lieutenant,
who had thrown Off his coat to keen
cool, although the weather was far
from warm. Moreover, he was wrig.
ely as an eel, and it occurred to me
that he knew the fire was more ser.
ious than it had been represented tc
me.
When midshipman came flying to
him with a message that the captain
wished to see him he grabbed his coat
out OF the lee scruppers, where it was
washing about, put it on, streaming
with water, and dashed up the hatch
way to the quarter deck. A moment
later he shot past me down the lad
der, muttered THANK God! at last!"
and disappeared below.
When he rejoined me his manner
was so totally different from what it
had been that I asked him why he
was now so apparently contented
when he had been so nervous pre-
viOusly.
''Well, I fancy you would have been
nervous, tooy' he replied, IF you had
known you were standing over two
tons Of powder, with hot fire burning
about two yards away. The captain
only just now allowed me to flood the
magazine"
Capt. Palmer had had it impressed
on him that he would be held account
able for any unnecessary waste of the
ships stores or ammunition, and he
was reluctant to flood the magazine
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-03-24
Quiet Ending Of Two Domestic Spats

she determined to make way with her
self. The, determination did not last
however. She concluded, on the con
trary, to see what he would do in case
she should end it all.
There, was a small pond nearby
She couldn't have drowned herself In
it if she had laid down and drunk up
all the water, but she nevertheless
wrote this farewell letter to him:
Dear joint can endure this life
no longer I have thrown myself in
the pond. Good-by and God bless you.
Your loving SARAH"
"She put the letter up on the table.
where he would be sure to find It,
then went into the closet and hid her
self.
ut was small closet. She nearly
smothered there, but she waited with
just enough of crack in the door
to breathe through.
AT last, after what seemed an in
terminable time, she heard his foot
steps. He came in and sat down by
the table. After fumbling around
awhile he came upon her note. She
heard him tear it up when he had
finished reading it.
"'Drat that woman he said as he
threw it on the floor.
''Then he picked up a book and read
till she came out of the c}oset-had to
or smOther.''
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-03-24

magazine, the captain failed to or
Ger it flooded, his neglect of such an
elementary precaution would imply an
almost unbelievable negligence.
had an experience in fire aboard
a man-Of-war once that leads me to
believe the failure to flood the Mika.
sa's magazine may have been due to
the captains lack of judgment.
In November, 1868, while serving
as watch officer aboard the United
States steamship Frolic, flagship of
the European station commanded by
Commodore A. M. Pennock, relieved
the deck in the harbor of Gibraltar at
4 o'clock in the afternoon. At anchor
about mile away, with no steam up,
was the British ironclad Pallas, a
large and formidable armored ship,
commanded by Capt. Palmer, R. N.
After turning over the deck to me
the officer whom relieved said:
t'The Englishman has been exercis.
ing at fire-quarters ever since bells"
$3.50 o'clock. e.. :
. 1t is customary aboard men-of-war
to take. notice Of everything that is
going on in the harbor, and SO 1*took
a look at the Pallas through a strong
pair Of glasses. She was sloop-rig
red vessel, carrying about 800 men.
Presently a peculiar object was round
ed up her :. mizzen-royal masthead.
When the stops were broken" it did
not flutter out like . signal, although
a fairly fresh breeze was BLOWN g, and
1t looked like 4 dirty blanket. + Almost
simultaneously / saw a puff Of. smoke
come out Of her after ports, and ], sent
word to ( the captain and commodore
that the alias was on fire. !. & 1 t;5,: Fl !.
+ II Having eived word to send assist
ances to the burning: ship,sI got another
officer to relieve me in# charge OF the
4decksof the Frolic and went with three
Boat loads st men aboard the Pallas.
Palmer expressed hearty salts:
ton at our omin Half &of. the
~ & "A liberty,
Tia 81 her' Hal ter working stWo
zsre vsr \ I hile 5Hn n q
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-03-24
A New Hampshire Samaritan.

My wife and children are spending
the summer up in the southern part
of New Hampshire, where the follow
ing story comes from, says a writer in
the Boston Herald. A short time ago
the lady with whom my wife is stay
ing and her mother went berrying. It
was torrid day, and, becoming thir-
sly, they called at a farmhouse, and
when an old farmer came out one of
the ladies' asked for some water to
drink. The farmer said he was very
sorry, but he could not give them any,
as his well was very low, and he had
hardly enough water for his livestock.
The lady replied: "Well, you ought
to have been here when Jesus was on
earth, as you would have made a good
Samaritan"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-03-24
History Shows that Men of the
Greatest Genius Have Been
for the Most Part Cheerful
and Contented.

Cheerfulness is an excellent wear
ing quality. 1t has been called the
bright weather of the heart. It gives
harmony of soul; and is a perpetual
song without words 1t is tantamount
to repose. It enables nature to re-
cruit its strength; whereas worry and
discomfort debilitate it, involving con-
slant wear and tear. How is it that
we see such men as Lord Palmerston
growing old in harness, working on
vigorously to the end? Mainly
through equanimity of temper and ha-
bitua1 cheerfulness. They have edl-
Gated themselves in the habit of en-
durance, of not being easily provoked,
of bearing and forebearing. or hear
ing harsh and even unjust things said
of them, without INDUCING in undue
resentment, and avoiding worrying,
petty and self-tormenting cares.
An intimate friend of Lord Palmers-
ton, who observed him closely for
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-03-24
Husbands Worry Less Than Wives
Over Disturbances That Seem
Bound to Occur in tho Jour-
ney Through Life.

oOuaO 10 OCCur IN tho Jour.
ney Through Life.
Men have died and the worms
have eaten them,'" quoted the girl
who knows, but not for love- Just
listen to this. I went to call on
Martha the other day. She was telling
me how she and Jack had quarreled.
Had quarreled so bitterly that at last
with tears she got up, put on her hat
and left him forever
1T was dark in the street. The
street lamps appeared to make it
darker. She walked lit
tie way, then half turned. She walked
a little further. then turned alto.
gether Not straight back, but toward
the butcher shop.
Jack and l had chops this morn
Ing she soliloquized, I think I will
order steak for tomorrow.
She did so and went back home"
What was the husband doing? Had
he gone out and made away with him.
self? No, indeed. He was sitting
quietly at the table where she had
left him, reading his newspaper"
That's nothing" put in the brown
eyed girl. Il knew woman once who
quarreled with her husband, or he
with her I never knew which, and
when he had gone out of the house
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-03-24
Victory Always in "Playing the Came

AS straight as bat could be.
On, the. balls he slOgged and the balls he
smoked,
And goals &c PAL, he saved and the goals he
And the clustering DULLES he fought and
Were marvellous sight to see!
And now he's Judge in a tip-top wig,
a Colonel, or College Don,
This wonderful boy who started big
And never stopped getting on:
For no one ever could call halt -, :;
10 me fe,,1 Goy who was born without .
Enough take the tiniest grain of salt y
With the tale of the paragon. .,ss.@:
But ne kept rule If a thing seemed
1 hope may keep the same; ~. ~,
To go and do it with all his might 8, II
And hardly a. thought OF fame: :$z$#j:. L
For 1t ,i isn't the winning that makes .
But IFS playing the game on The 1eo..o 4
1. + 1n factsit's :playins the ne
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