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vast streams of lava continue to now
into the ocean. Just to what extent
this eruption in the Samoan Islands
may have affected tho bed of the ocean
in those southern seas is matter that
perhaps may never be determined
However that may be. all these facts
that have been set forth are prolific
themes for gossip on change or where
master mariners congregate.
There are also tales of earthquakes
felt at sea just previous to the one
that devasted beautiful Valparaiso
Striking evidence of either the VAL
paraiso earthquake or some submarine
eruption was met by the steamship
Korea on her trip from San Francisco
to Honolulu in the middle of Septem-
ber. The vessel passed wide patch
of discolored water, and the sea took
on an oily appearance in the discolored
section.
In the first week in Septepber
Hawaiians living around Hilo Bay
were astonished to see quantities of
dead fish drifting ashore, including
the sea and other deep-water varieties.
The unusual warmth of the water and
the appearance of the fish lead ].
II. Herring. fish and food inspector of
Hilo. to believe that they might have
been killed by submarine volcanic ac-
ton The surf at Waikiki has been
very high recently without apparent
cause. for the weather conditions have
been about the same for weeks. The
only theory that seems to explain sat-
isfsctorily these curious happenings is
that they are all the outcome of the
continuation OF quakes in and about
Hilo and Oahu that have resulted in
changing the currents near the Hawai-
ian Islands.
There is abundant evidence that
gradual upheavals have taken place at
various times over the whole area that
the Hawaiian Islands occupy. The
Ladrones are of volcanic origin and
their mountains contain several active
volcanoes. The Society Islands and the
Marquesas are also of volcanic origin
and the lava is often found inter-
stratified with the coral with which
these islands abound. In fact, it might
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were lost in admiration OF the celebrity
and accuracy with which the maneu-
vers were conducted.
From a general point of view these
French maneUvers show the skill and
swiftness and the intelligence of the
French army. which rs nowadays the
worlds most perfect and powerful
army.
1t is really wonderful to see the i'm
provements that modern science has
introduced into the warfare of the
present time. and the French officers
are particularly remarkable as expou-
ents of it. StronghoIds are so con-
structed that they cannot be distin
guished from other objects around.
Both parts OF the besieging army and
those who defend the fortress use the
most wonderful instruments of pre-
cision The besieging army not being
able to approach the stronghold in the
day time, on account of the heavy and
powerful guns they have with them,
now use the marvellous newly invented
war balloons. which are always ready
under the orders of the general chief
They are dirigible under all conditions
of the atmosphere They are also able
to carry large quantity of explosives.
which can be dropped on the forts from
a considerable height. Wires for tele-
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OBSERVATORY AID HIDDEN BATTERY
III . vQRI "a

Il iiDAl the sSd Of August to the sth
Of September. this year. the east
ern part Of France was the scene
or special maneuvers the like OF
which had never been seen before.
These consisted IN the occupation and
defense Of that part OF the French ter
ritory with all the modern and newly
Invented appliances OF war.
All tho places around for a distance
OF two miles being well known TO the
besieglng army the most powerful field
guns yet constructed were brought into
play for the first time. These guns
have the enormous bore of fifteen and
half centimeters and are intended
for strongholds too far away to be
seen. or that are practically concealed
underground For this purpose the ar
tillery officers adopt a style OF attack
that is known As Indirect shooting
The only drawback to these wonderful.
fsr-resching guns is their great weight.
a large number of horses arc needed
10 drag them wherever they are re
quired. The difficulty in this case is all
the greater wnen the guns have to be
hauled across fields and along bad
roads. The weight Of the projectiles
used for them is, Of course, correspond
ingly great
In this connection the quantity OF
ammunition OF all kinds required in
time Of war is so vast that il is diff
cult to conceive the figures represent
ing it from a comparison OF what is
needed for maneuvers.
In the maneuvers which have taken
place at Langres. in the Upper Depart
ment OF Marne. 10000 mon Of all arms
with 1872 field and besieging guns We're
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the open field. They are, as they have
been for some time past. practically
hidden underground. and are built to
be on a level with the eye. Even the
guns are invisible and are placed in
metallic towers which can be raised by
machinery and disclose the gun with its
operator just long enough to enable
him. to take aim, then disappearing
again as soon as the charge is fired
These are about the only new inn
provements that have been introduced
in the fortresses. for they are still
equipped with underground mines, COW
cred by stones and pieces of wood
stretching out from the fort to a Ger
tain distance so as TO blow up the
forces of the enemy IL he gets too near
the fort. And, OF course, they use now
also wireless ,telegraphy to put the diff
ferent forts in communication with one
another.
A short time ago wireless telephones
were invented by a Frenchman who
lives in Saint German, and there is no
doubt that as soon as this apparatus
is perfected and comes into practical
use it will he employed in the army.
It is the first time that fortress ma
neuvers have been done in France on
such a large scale and with all these
perfected means of warfare. The mill
tary attaches of the various nations
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OBSERVATORY OF 4
FIELD BATTERY

graphic purposes are no longer at
Impediment to their movements. but
instead they are equipped with wire
less apparatus so as to be in constant
communication with the commanding
staff They ascend very high in the
air, so as to be out Of reach OF the
heavy fortress guns. Once over the
fortress they can see what is going on
inside just as well as il they were
inspecting them on terra firma-
Snapshots are taken so as to be able
to give accurate information to the ar
tfllerv officers In this manner the
weak points in a fortress are revealed
and observations are made to help
those who have to do the indirect
shooting. Then descending. still out
of the reach of the guns. they come
near the fort and drop on the most R1i-
nerable spot heavy bombs that in Fex-
ploding make a breach in the fortress
so that the besiegers can use their light
metallic ladders and invade the strong
hold.
These balloons have been used for
the first time this year and have beeIt
a source of wonder and astonishment
to the military attaches of all nations.
To save time in sending information
to the commanding chief and establish
communication between his staH and
all the different parts of the army.
covers such long distances that cavalry
and bicycle messengers would take too
long to reach the extreme points. army
balloons are used and render services
which were fully appreciated during
the Russo-Japanese war, where the
front was the widest known in modern
warfare.
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purpose, ana Orten lasts Tor days.
The hundred combatants are scat
tered over the town. and ara each pro-
videc with whistles. wnicn they blow
in order to bring assistance When a
scrimmage occurs the Chinamen riva
vent to their feelings in the most ne
culiar noises, frequently shriekinr with
delight. Their yells OF triumph. which
resound through the air when the ball
Is discovered. are Hkened BY one vrbo
has heard them to the .'plaintivs CIV
OF pig that has been speared." The
charging is generally done with fhs
head.
The only precaution taken by Akasm
on the football field is for the ~ -
vatlon OF their pigtails. which are
a thousand times their value. with this
exception they throw caution 10 tbe
winds and devote themselves wifh All
their strength to the play.
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some of them are three inches taller,
while their average weight is about
200 pounds The men who form the
team are inhabitants OF Northern China
and are typical of the race OF giants
produced in that part OF the world.
Lined up against them the knights
of the gridiron of Pennsylvania or
Harvard would appear as a team OF
pigmies, and the Chinese giants would
give the collegians battle royal il
they could be induced TO appear on an
American football field. A club with
collective weight OF 1000 pounds
could carry everything before 1t.
The main idea in the Chinese game
of football. as in the American. Is to
carry the wickerwork basket into the
opponents end of the town. and this
is often done by stealth as well as by
brute force. There are no twenty
minute halves. but the game is con-
tinued until one side accomplishes its
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employed. To these must be added the
artillery. pioneers, regiments, infantry,
railroad regiments and a certain num-
Der of cavalry, army automobiles and
war balloons. These troops were COM
manded by General Pendezec, chief of
the French General Staff.
OF course it is not necessary to dwell
on the searchlights now used in the
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HINAMEN are generally not
credited with being quick to ac
cept innovations. so that when it
is said that Northern China
boasts of several football teams good
deal OF surprise will be evinced. Yet
football is no new game among the
Celestials, at least among those Of
them who inhabit Northern China, and
has been in existence a number of
years.
OF course, the game is not played
exactly according to intercollegiate
rules, and a basket, or something which
looks like one, replaces the modern
football. The Cinnamon, besides, have
no goals, and the gridiron is replaced
by the streets of the town, in which
the deadly combat Is waged with fifty
sturdy Celestials on side.
There is not man among them, how
ever, who is not six feet high. and
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der for the officer who remains at
the top and, looking through power
full field glasses. is able to give infor-
nation to the commander of the bat
terry, who. being on the level ground,
can see only very short distance.
As for the forts. the improvements in
that line have not been so great a they
have been for the Instruments used in
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SEAKcHllcHr IN A srRcMcHoAc

nelds and in the rortresses, for they
are long established devices and prac-
tically in use all over the world.
Among the new improvements given
to the artillery corps of the besieging
armies are tie observatories which are
made out of the ammunition wagons
They are simply steel stems fitted
to the shaft. making kind Of lad
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that the big giant steamships
Mongolia and Msnchuria of the
Pacific Mail service. the United
states transport Sheridan. the steam
ship Oregon. and many other steamers
on the Pacific Coast have all met with
disaster within a few weeks2
Both captains Of the Pacific Mail
steamers are accounted capable men,
end stand high in the service. Cap
tain Peabody of the Sheridan has
never had his ability questioned. The
others, too, have enviable records as
mariners. The courses that the ships
covered are welI-known and much
Travelled arAs. Where. then. does the
fault iios
These are few OF the many prob
lens that the inspectors of hulls and
boilers, Captains Bolles and Bulger. will
have to solve in the investigation that
viii take place upon the return Of the
Mongolia and Manchurja to this port
Oceans have their peculisrities as
we'll as lesser entities. and their ec-
ceutricities affect very materially the
comfort and Well-being of all those
who go down to the sea in ships The
dominant characteristic Of the North
Atlantic is chronic ill-temper, but our
own mild Pacific has always had re-
liable disposition. What, then. is the
trouble2 Can il be that the old ocean
is changing Has the hoary- headed
old Pacific troubles Of it's own? Has
IL also suffered from the commissions
OF nature that have so recently af-
ficted both the northern and southern
continents Of America? To what ex-
tent have the submarine disturbances
OF the past month affected its vener-
able mass Of waters2
Captain Soule of the steamship Ore
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BY Elizabeth Haight Strong

''Roll On. thou deep and dsrk blue ocesn-roil.
Ten thousand feets sweep over thee in vain:
Man marks the earth with ruin-his control
Stops with The shore.
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NAN it be due to coincidence alone
that the big giant steamships
Mongolia and Msnchuria Of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-04
IT'S YOUR KIDNEYS.

Does your back ache? DO Won get
up lame in the morning? DO you feel
duh and tired? Does it hurt YOU to
bend over, to lift anything, 10 get up
from chair? Do you have sudden
catches" or stitches of pain in the
back? Does a dull, throbbing ache set
tie In the small of your back and
bother you day and night7 Do you
sometimes feel that you simply can no.
straighten up?
If you do have backache, be careful
not TO make the very common mistake
Of treating it as muscular trouble
Do not rub the sore place with lini-
ment. nor put on plasters, for the seat
of the trouble is inside-in the kidneys
which lie just beneath the small of the
back, on either side of the spine.
cold. a chill, a fever, overwork
overeating or overdrinking may start
a slight congestion or Inflammation in
the kidneys that will at once interrupt
the kidneys work of altering the blood.
It is this condition that sets up the ach-
ing, and makes your back so bad.
You can not make any mistake by
treating the kidneys at once, for it is
these small troubles that lead to drop
sy, diabetes and Bright's disease.
If there is any doubt in your
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peka team were benched and the game.
was lost. The second game was a clean
one and the White Sox won.
The East Sixth avenue viaduct is to
be rebuilt at once, but it will be re-
membered that Kansas avenue was to
have been paved Immediately for the
past two or three years.
Some of the nearby country roads look
like lanes through flower gardens. the
sides being brilliant with the purple
bloom of bull thistles and the glow of
golden rod and sunflowers.
The base ball team leaves tomorrow
and will not play again in Topeka until
the 18th. Consequently the lovers of
sport will satisfy their desires by at
tending the races next week.
There was but one absentee at the
meeting of the city council last night
and he, as adjutant general of the
state. was busy looking after the mill
tary affairs of the state, and claimed a
valid excuse.
Vinewood cars seemed to be run yes
terday afternoon without any attempt
at keeping to a schedule with the re-
at the passing points were tiresome to
say the least.
Johnson's Giants. Topeka's colored
team of ball players, are expected to
arrive in the city today from tour
of the country in which they have
pay gu LOl " -SCf5 tA gaines eNAiNA 4ieef Z
won fOrty-two of them.
The Duke of all ParkdaIe and pros
pective mayor OF Topeka. c. K. Holli-
day, has introduced a resolution in the
city council asking that the pay of the
street laborers for the city be increased
from $3.50 to s1.75 per day.
In the Office of an eligible attorney in
the city hangs a calendar surmounted
by the picture of beautiful woman
and directly under it is scrawled 1.-THE
Awfulest Thing In The World" but tn e
lawyer is not the author of the inscrip-
ton
Returning patrons of the ball game
were held up a considerable length Of
time yesterday evening on the viaduct
while the conductors took their time to
collect the fares and chase the small
boys off the cars who were stealing a
ride home.
There is one thing to be said for
the American Motor league, a branch
of which was organized in Topeka
Monday: Any one can join it if he has
the two dollars initiation fee regard
less of VIII ether or not he owns an
automobile.
There was one peculiar thing par
ticularly noticeable about the Labor
day parade yesterday. remarked a To-
peka lawyer, and that was the fact that
it consisted entirely of automobiles, the
machines costing from one to five
thousand dollars each.
Two thousand people stood in front
of the State Journal Office for three
hours last night as the returns came
"a from the Cans Nelson fight and it
| Is fair to presume that there were half
that number OF irate b housewives in the
city when the heads of the families
failed to arrive at home at the supper
hour.
There is no letting up in the interest
in the revival meeting now being con-
Quoted In the Parkdale NJ E. church
by Drummer Evangelist Williams. The
! subject tonight will be From Rags to
| Robes Twenty Of she young people
have thus far professed conversion and
! have joined the church. Mr.. Williams
viii continue with this church until
! September 18th.
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The local hstic sports are trying to
arrange q fight between Jack Henry and
Joe Cans.
The weather man was very good to
Topeka yesterday and got the rain to
wait a day before visiting Topeka.
So heavy was the rain at Vinewood
on Sunday afternoon that the water in
the lagoon was raised over four inches.
Franzmathes and Miss Lewis give an
exceedingly clever exhibition Of rife
shooting at the Novelty theater this
week.
Hubert W. Callahan of Garden city
arrived in Topeka today and will enter
the fall term of the Kansas State Med
ical college.
Between three and four thousand
persons attended the Labor day picnic
at VinewoOd park yesterday afternoon
and last evening.
The park commissioners have been
pouring water steadily into the Central
park lakes through 1000 feet Of fire hose
for the past two days.
Today is ladies day at the ball game
and the fair admirers Of the Topeka
players will look upon their pets for
the last time for a few days.
a crowd of several hundred persons
watched Sam Watts put his trained
wood park yesterday afternoon.
There was no chance for anyone tc
become overheated yesterday in the
pursuit of pleasure or anything else
The day was an ideal one for holiday
Members of the board of education
celebrated Labor day in a proper fash
ion by holding a session extending over
s. period Of more than four hours last
night.
Reports are to thu effect that during
the storm on Sunday the hail was sc
severe to the south and east Of the towr
that many fields of full grown corn were
beaten to the ground.
Fully 1000 persons crowded around the
State Journal office last night to hear
the returns from the Gans-N Nelson hghi
which was given them by round:
through a megaphone.
That rowdyism does not help to wir
ball games was evidenced yesterday at
ternoon. In the first game when a dis
graceful attack was made on the UNI
pire two of the good players on the To
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-04
BADGER PRIMARIES.
Wisconsin Is Nominating Candidates
for All Ohices.

Milwaukee, Sept. Primary elections
are being held throughout Wisconsin to-
day for the first time since the law was
enacted. The voters will nominate can
didates for four state tckets-Republi-
can. Democratic. Prohibition and Social
Democratic and will elect candidates for
congress-, the state legislature and
county tickets.
The chief interest centers in the con-
test for the heads Of the Republican
and Democratic state tickets. Governor
James 0. Davidson and Irvine L. Len
root are the chief contenders for the
nomination for governor on the Repub-
lican ticket. while Senator Ernest Nor
ton and John A. Awkward are candidates
for the head Of the Democratic ticket.
There are candidates for congress
among the Republicans in all but three
of the eleven districts. The only Demo-
cratic contest is in the First district.
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Nut Boy Wins Charter Oak stakes.

Hartford, Sept. 4.=Nut Boy. the
crack bay gelding owned by J. A
Crabtree of Quincy. Mass. and driven
by McHenry. was the star performer
at the opening day of the grand cir
cult meet at Charter Oak park, win
ming the $4,000 Charter Oak trotting
event two heats out of three There
were sixteen starters and when the
horses went to the post Gold Dust
Maid with Geer up was the favorite,
selling for $50 in the pools. Her per-
Torrance was poor, however, and the
best she could do was fourth in the
first heat. Second money in this event
went to ORC and third to Mack Mack
Nut Boys time in the second heat.
2.o7 y. is a. record for this event
In the 2:20 class pacing and the
2.06 class pacing, Ardelle. with Geers
and Graft driven by Spencer. carried
of first money respectively. each win
ming easily. ArdeYle won the first two
heats IN the 2.20 event and Graft won
three straight.
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other things. I invite the closest scru-
tiny of my record And it is not very
brilliant when it is scrutinized. He is
not even sure whether or not the rail-
road pass is an evil
Mrs Burton eulogized the cha racter
of Mr.. Coburn. secretary of the board
Of agriculture. because he had the
courage to decline the United States
senatorship, and said that It was the
duty of every father and mother in the
land to exalt such noble characters.
1.-THE grandest thing in all life said
Mrs. Burton, rs integrity of character.
And it is time to clear the public mind
of prejudice and build up a highex
type of citizenship
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-04
TOPEKA TESTIMONY.

No. " TIarrinp Of 1O14 r. Monroe
Ct ropelxa kan. saws: The state
mont Mr. Herring gave in the summer
- 1900 relating his experience with
Toa,,s x,anev pills was certainly
+,-,a and his opinion of this rel nedy
i a. biqh TODAY as it was then. Dams
kidney Pills brought him such great
reiisf from kidney trouble which had
caused him considerable suffering that
have on numerous occasions heard
him sneak emphaticaIy in their praise
II i. safe to say that he is just as strong
an adv cate of Doan's Kidney Pills as
ever
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-04
BOY BUILDING
Right Food Makes Fine Boys.

Many people have questioned the
truthfulness of the statement that the
brain can be really nourished and
built up from some particular kind of
food.
Experience is better than any kind
of theory
The wife of a prominent legislator
in Kentucky says: A woman of my &C
quaintanee was in a badly run down
condition at the time she became a
mother, and at three months of age
the child was a mite of humanity pitt
full to look upon, with no more brain
development than a monkey
About the time I speak Of when
the child was three months old the
mother began feeding him Grape
Nuts.
I'm ten days it was plain that a
change was taking place and in a few
weeks the boy became rosy, healthy
and rounded out.
HE is now five years old and his
food this entire time has been Grape
Nuts and cream He seldom ever
takes any other kind of food
It is splendid illustration of the
fact that selected food can produce re-
suits, for this boy is perfectly formed,
has beautiful body and arms and
legs of young athlete, while his head
and brain development appears per-
feet, and he is az bright and intelligent
as can be-
Il cannot comprehend better
illustration of the truth of the claim
made for Grape-Nuts, that it is a brain
and body builder" Name given by
Postum Co.. Battle Creek Mich.
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