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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30
sTENoeRAPHER,s ENGLISH.

In some stenographic systems an ar
bitrary sign may stand for one, two or
even three words. Sometimes the mis-
translation of one of these signs leads
to funny results.
1.-The deed shocked the nation to the
heart core" was what was said, and
the typewriter evolved, THE dead
shocked the notion to the hard car"
'.The rumor was but transient. though"
was hardly recognizable as 1.-The ram
mer was trains end through" A rear
end collision was evidently i'm that girls
mind.
LAS mamma fed the Jews was in
geniously tortured by another young
woman into LAS mamma fed the jays"
Yet she was Sunday school teacher.
plays, creeps and laughs the inno-
cent crooned the man one day, mouth
ing the opening lines of some projected
baby verses. When the typewriter tap
ped out plays craps and leaves, the
innocent" he scanned her visage close
ly.
When "But she held Jake too dearly
for that, and so-passed on was die
tated, ard it came out, "But she held
jacks, two. drawing for that and so
passed one would it have been unjust
to credit the girl at the machine with
an elementary knowledge of gambling?
Success IL
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airy Boston had set the seal of approval
on his work, and the lovers of genius
were ready to do him homage.
Then he married Miss Appleton,
bought the Craigie house and settled
down into the career of never falling
literary prosperity which was inter
rupted only by his passing from the
earth. No man ever had more friends
or more enjoyable ones. The world
did not hesitate to accept him as one
of it's most promising singers, and in
time the old Craigie house became the
center of poetic expression in the coun-
try. There was no history of struggle
and failure of appreciation. There
was appreciation enough to turn the
brain of a less well balanced poet, and
there were golden dollars in abundance.
1t seems that Longfellow never ex-
perienced the annoyance brought by
unmarketable literary wares. 1.-The
Skeleton In Armor," one of his shorter
poems, did not quite meet the approval
of the readers of a Boston periodical,
and the inimitable Sam Ward, who was
stanch friend, indignant at the hest
tation, took the manuscript to the edi-
tor of the Knickerbocker magazine and
almost forced him to pay for it the
highest price that had ever been paid
for short poem. Later the. same de-
voted friend took the manuscript Of the
Hanging of the Crane to Robert, Son
ner of the New York Ledger and OBJ
tanned a check for $4,000 for it. The
poem contained onlye200 lines.
If there had been any doubt as to
Longfellow's power to reach the popu-
lar heart it was dissipated by the ap-
pearance of "Evangeline." Its beau
ty of diction and simplicity of treat
ment captivated the entire English
speaking world. 1t was a stroke of
great good fortune that the poet hap
pened on so popular a theme and so
exquisite a setting, and he was always
ready to acknowledge his Indebtedness
to Hawthorne, to whom the subject
was suggested by friend. Hawthorne,
however, was not attracted to it and
yielded it willingly to the poet.
In 1861 Longfellow experienced his
second great sorrow, which was oc-
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been made very interesting in this
country by the popularizing of photog
raphy. Never. before has it been posi-
bic to obtain SO many and such va
riety of expressions furnished by a
single individual. Nowadays a man
who has arrived at any eminence is
photographed in all his moods and ex-
pressions. The very annoyance that
he feels in the presence of the snap
shot man is reproduced with madden
ing fidelity. Go where he will and as
he will there is no unfailing security.
1t is only in an absolute monarchy, like
that of Morocco, that even the sover-
eign is proof against the camera fiend.
1t is leze majesty to photograph the
sultan of Turkey without permit, but
it is no longer a capital crime.
The president of the United States is
the legitimate prey of the snapshotters.
Like Kaiser Wilhelm and King Ed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30
Old CrnfufP House, POETS Cambridge Home i'm Winter

cal perfection that is SO satisfying to
the man who has mastered the puzzle
of versification is lost on the masses.
1t is the melody, the song that sings
itself, that finds it's way to the heart of
the people. Mysticism and thoughts
requiring elaborate explanation even
when expressed in prose do not be-
come more popular when clothed in
rhyme. The philosophy and occultism
that are the property of the few do not
appeal to the uncaring many. The alb
struseness of the Brownings is not the
secret of their charm for the general
reader 1t is their earlier and less in
Volved verse that won the confidence
of the multitude, and their later lapse
into language not ''understanded of the
people, could not ALLEVIATE them en-
tirely.
A few poets-very few, indeed-have
caught the trick of wedding melody to
deep mental activity. of concealing the
most subtle philosophic speculation be-
meath the garb of simplest melody.
Wordsworth was master of this art,
and LongfelIow was skilled in it. His
verse never lost the charm of melody
or the convincing force of coherency.
No poems ever penned by the hand of
mortal require fewer footnotes.
LOngfellow must have mastered the
technicalities of verse making at a very
early age he entered bOWQO1n the
age of fifteen, and during his four
years stay in Brunswick he wrote
many short poems. fourteen of which
were printed in the Boston Literary
Gazette and attracted wide attention.
He did not publish his first volume of
poetry until 1889, when he had arrived
at the mature age of thirty-one, but
the collection included four of these jul
venile efforts-''Hymn of the Moravian
Nuns" 1.-The Spirit of Poetry" woods
In Winter" and Sunrise on the Hills"
Most poets who have risen to fame
have fought exceedingly shy of their
earlier work and have regretted bitter
ly lack of foresight that sent them into
print. Not so with Longfellow After
more than dozen years of opportunity
to pick flaws in his youthful and in
itiatory attempts he and his friends
saw no difficulty in putting at least
four of them between covers. The test
of time has proved that there was no
mistake. There is little of the uncer-
tain touch of the beginner in these first
specimens of his handiwork
From which it may be inferred that
the poet knew his business from the
beginning and also that he was pre-
pared to take advantage of that knowI-
edge. Beyond the fact that he was de-
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quired a working knowledge of sew
eral languages and made the acquain-
lance of many persons who were of
great service to him in after life. One
of them was Washington Irving, who
was then attached to the American
legation in Spain and was putting the
finishing touches to his Life of Co
lumbus.''
At the expiration of the European
visit Longfellow returned to Maine and
at once entered upon the duties of his
professorship. He acquitted himself
admirably, we'll that just before he
had reached the age of twenty eight
he was invited to fill the chair of
modern languages in Harvard. This
was doing exceedingly well, and the
young man realized it. He had mar
ried meanwhile, and the responsibilities
of married life had broadened his am
bition. The new position involved an
other visit to Europe and, accompanied
by his wife, he sailed in the spring of
1885 for London. Previous to this he
had published "Outre Mer,'' a volume
of sketches of his first tour. and it had
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30

ALTHOUGH February is the least
N among the months in point of
a duration, it is especially dis
a tinguished in holding within
its narrow span the natal days of four
of the most eminent Americans who
have ever lived-Washington, Lincoln,
Lowell and Longfellow. Two of these
birthdays are national holidays, and
although it is not likely that the others
will be put on the nations calendar of
festivals, it is proper at least that the
centenary of the coming into humanity
Of the two great poets should be recog-
nized.
Such now is the one hundredth an
niversary of the birth Of Henry wads-
worth Longfellow the first American
to honor Westminster abbey and it's
coveted poets corner in the possession
of tribute to his fame as a singer.
This distinction was not bestowed on
him without discussion. There were
those among Britains literary contin-
gent-some of them poets who had
been dwarfed by the Americans pre-
eminence - who dissented vigorously.
Some of them were unwilling that any
Amer can should find a place in that
jealously guarded pantheon. A few
were ready to admit a representative
American man of letters, but would not
accord the supreme distinction to
Longfellow. Emerson was proposed as
a substitute.
But the opposition did not prevail. A
loud popular clamor arose in Great
Britain against rejection or even hesi-
tation. 1t was made evident as never
before that the dead p cts fame was
universal among English speaking peo-
pie all over the globe, and especially in
England. No other singer. living or
dead. had made such a genuine i'm
preston on an unpoetic generation.
The American minstrel piped his way
into the Nalhalla to which no Ameri-
can hero had ever found entrance.
Those who sit in judgment and dis
criminate sagely between genius, tall
ent and mere clever adaptability may
not share the popular belief in regard
u Longfellow's poetic supremacy, but
the English speaking public has set
tied the point long ago. 1t is true, of
course, that the expert definition of
poetry is not held by the multitude
The marks of genuineness that fit it
for the hypercritical ear are not rec
osnized by the untutored. The techni-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30
INGENIOUS LOCK.
Success

A Jamaican inventor has constructed
a remarkable combination lock that
seems likely to defy the most expert
lock picker. The combination is ar
ranged in four sets of letters, twenty
four letters in each, and each letter
represented by a figure. 1t can be SET
to sentence in almost any modern
language, one letter being taken from
one set. one from another and so on
The person who would open the lock
must first know what letter each fig
ure represents and then what language
the sentence is in. The Scientific
American considers that one trying to
pick the lock would have to work over
sc, 1000, 600 years at the rate of sixty
numbers a minute before arriving al
the correct combination.
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variety of facial expressions that tax
the resources of the modern camera, no
matter how heavily it may be loaded.
He is the possessor of a singularly re-
sponsive set of facial muscles, and even
in repose his features are eloquent of
the mental operations that are going on
within.
1t has become quite a fad to collect
these multifold Photographic reveIa-
lions of the presidents facial express
sions, and the Roosevelt face album"
has made its appearance. The series
begins as long ago as 1889, when Mr..
Roosevelt was appointed civil service
commissioner. Between that period
and the present the Roosevelt express
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30

voted to nature in all its varied forms
and loved a modicum of solitude for the
thoughts it brought him there was lit
tie of the typical poet about the young
Maine student. He realized the value
of an education, and he did not let the
divine aff1atus distract him in the pur-
suit of it. The poetic fire that may
have burned in his inner nature did
not conflict with the New England pru-
dence and thrift that are part of the
original equipment of him who is "a
native of the Pine Tree State.
Upon his graduation-he was not
quite nineteen at the time-Longfel-
low did not give himself unreservedly
to the business of verse making as
might have been expected from a man
who was a poet and who knew his
power. He had shown himself to be
of such a studious temperament that
accept the chair of modern languages
which they were about to establish.
1t was offered to the young poet on
the condition that he should spend
three years abroad in study and travel.
Bowdoin was only what the witty Dr.
Holmes dubbed a fresh water college
in those days, and the salary was the
paltry sum of $1,000 per annum, but
Longfellow did not hesitate to accept a
post which was so much to his liking.
His progress during his three years
residence in Europe was wonderful, but
it was not a poetical advance. He ac-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30
SCI whose intelligence has created

those whose intelligence has created
them.
Those who have systematized the
study of facial expression know that
there are in all countenances the origi-
nal indications and those produced by
modifying circumstances. Such, for
example, are sickness, age and trouble
Most men when undergoing emotion of
any kind find it extremely difficult to
control the outward expression. They
are so absorbed with what is going on
within that they have no time for the
observation of exterior manifestations.
They are conscious that they are giving
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30

expression to their feelings in a series
of countenance changes, but they do
not realize how eloquent that facial ex-
preston has become.
There is a wide range between the
type of countenance on which every
inner impulse is registered faithfully
and that whose sphinxlike inmobility
reveals nothing. The latter type is
rare in civilized society. Savage races
are endowed with a more or less voIun-
tary power of maintaining an I'M
changing facial expression, but it is
likely that their capacity in this di-
rection has been Overestimated. There
is the widest diversity among the vari-
GUS manifestations of the CaucaS sian
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times rest on even the most impassive
countenances. Strictly speaking there
may be mo art to find the minds con-
struction in the face but it may be
affirmed quite as truthfully that there
is no art that will conceal the thoughts
that are behind our facial expressions.
Physiognomy may not have arrived
at the dignity of a science. but it is GER
tain that we are all physiognomists
after a fashion. 1t is intuitive. APP
parently. Long before the child is able
% express himself in language he reads
he faces of those in whom he is inter-
.sted. He is as expert in divining ac-
:urateiy the sentiments of his mother
lr of his nurse as she is inexpert in
-oncealing them. All animals seem to
$ ave this instructive faculty in some
egree, $500
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evidence of repose save in the closed
eyes. The facial muscles are contorted
in striking confirmation of the theory
that sleep is not perfect interruption
of the mental faculty.
The section of the presidential face
collection labeled Campaign Express
sions' is especially characteristic. They
are so telltale that it is almost posi-
BILE with a dozen or more of them
spread out before one, to divine the
subject of the discourse and something
of it's treatment. 1t is equally instruc
tive to make a study of the snapshots
secured during presidential tour. a
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sion of the rugged and rather pugna-
cious face is that of repose. That is
because inaction is an infrequent con-
dition with the president. About the
nearest approach to it that appears in
the collection is a snapshot secured
while the victim sat on his veranda at
Sycamore Hill in all the luxury of a
flannel tennis costume, book-light lit
erature, perhaps-in hand Several
snapshotters have caught the president
mapping, but in no instance is there
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30
6he Remarkable Facial Expression Of Theodore Roosevelt

Mankind is influenced largely by this
instructive physiognomy. The study is
fascinating one, and the circle of
those who are pursuing it is widening
daily There is such an infinite variety
Faces seen today are as different from
those seen yesterday as will be those
seen tomorrow Every human face is
a new study, and no two are precisely
alike. 1t is interesting, for instance, to
distinguish between persons who have
created their own intelligence and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30
A SCOTCH cENrENA7,n,,

I Scotland's centenarians nunohara,s 4.
in 1901. One man. named NTat+1.a.'.
Fowlds, of Farwick, near Kilmarnoolr
celebrated the hundredth anniversaT-S, -, -
his birthday last month in his nati,,s
village, where he has spent the wboIs
OF his life. The remarkable tbt,,s
about him is that he is still a slxiIIf,i
hand loom weaver and looks good for
another twenty years at least.
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THAT'S A GOOD oNEr.

race. Those of Saxon origin are reput-
ed to be less telltale in their facial
changes than those of southern Europe,
but it is also the popular belief that
the Latin races succeed best in con-
cealing their emotions. The orientals
are most adept of all in battling Curl
osity as to their actual mental employ
ment.
The subject Of facial expression has
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complete series. in the precise order in
which they were taken. There is such
a series illustrating the executive face
during one of the annual expeditions
into the wilderness in quest of big
game. Properly arranged, according to
sequence, this group is a picture story
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sion has been captured many hundreds
of times, and the collector who is in
possession of an unbroken series has
something not only valuable, but COM
prehensive.
The Roosevelt physiognomy is in no
way reminiscent of Greek art, but it is
not devoid of a certain wholesome at
Effectiveness. and it is always interest
ing. Perhaps the least known express
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30

casioned by the death of his wife from
injuries inflicted by fire.. There was
not note of melody from the old
Craigie house for three years. Then
the poet resumed the interrupted song
and kept on singing to the end.
GEORGE H. PICARD. E
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30

H~HE face is the mirror of the
SOUL and those who make a
study of the matter will find
Ia that the sentiments, the in
diligence and the instincts of an in
3ividual are shown clearly by the vari-
3us expressions which at different
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30

that needs no words to make it intel1i-
g1ble Another series is illustrative of
the presidents Panama tour. Several
Oh the snapshots were captured during
the first visit to the great ditch anS
they are vastly more enlightenine than
words JOHN c. WORTH
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30

ward, Mr.. Roosevelt is not discom-
posed in the face. of the most formid-
able battery of cameras that may be
trained on him He seems to be OBJ
liyious and goes right on furnishing a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30

n LTHOUGH February is the least
~ among the months in point of
a duration, it is especially dis
a tinguished in holding within
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-07-02
EXPLOSION Of Gasolinr-

y gasoline tank rarely cXplodes II
cannot unless II contains gasoline VA.
por and air In explosive proportions.
which latter condition Is almost never
present
1t does not explode because It con
tains too little air or too much gaso-
line. Even II tank OF gasoline were
to burst from heat applied TO its ex-
terior the confined heavy gas would
not explode II In contact with flame or
fire, but would burn instead
True. tank of gasoline with no vent
could do considerable damage were Il
TO burst and throw burning oil and
flaming gas about. but 1000 gallons OF
gasoline In II vessels bilges would not
lie so dangerous from explosion as n
hundredth Of that amount. The larger
quantity would burn rapidly. while the
smaller would be sufficient, IL mixed
with the proper amount of air. 10 ut
terly dcmolish almost any boat-Sci-
entific American.
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HE REVISED IT.
Young Author Was Anxious to Comply
With the Editor Request.

Your story possesses merit" wrote
the kindly magazine editor In return.
ing manuscript TO struggling young
author Of Washington. but you have
embellished II with too much descrip.
tion. atmosphere and other Irrelevant
matter. What we want is story set
ting out the simple facts-facts, Just
plain facts. II you will revise your
story according to our ideas, we will
be glad TO pay you S25 for IT."
\ few days later the editor got the
following from the struggling young
author of Washington.
Herewith revised story. Please send
check 10y return mail. as need the
money"
And this was the story as rewritten:
Jonas loved Eliza, but he was poor.
and wealthy papa kicked. Jonas went
into Wall street and made a million.
incidentally bnnkruptlng papa Then
Eliza went fishing. fell or u log into
the mill pond, and Jonas fishcd her out.
Papa relented and borrowed hun.
dred thousand from Jonas. Marriage" ="
Washington Post.
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considerable assurance. however, In
the fact that the causes OF reaction
in securities have been general and
not strictly local. although our own II.
nancial depression which began siI
moths ago was no doubt much az
gravated by local influences.
The best basis, however. for revival
Of confidence at present lies In the
crop situation We have now had
more than two weeks OF almost ideal
growing weather. There has been no
lack OF moisture in most OF the crop
growing sections; and owing to plen.
ty Of sunshine and higher tempera-
lures. great Improvement has follow.
ed In the condition Of wheat, cotton.
corn. and all other cereal, vegetable
and fruit crops. Fortunately there is
a good demand for all the products
Of the farm at profitable prices. our
farmers are still enjoying unusual
prosperity are out Of debt and spend
ing freely Whilethis will be helpful
to security markets, Il is Of vastly
more importance TO the general bus
mess interests Of the country which
closely depend upon the prosperity OF
the agricultural classes With average
weather until the middle Of Septem-
Der. there ought to be plenty OF corn,
cotton and wheat for home consump-
ton an dan abundance for export AZ
good prices. Here and there are signs
Of lessened activity in business and
the feeling Of caution Is very preva-
lent owing TO the high level on which
an business is being done, but as yet
there are no signs OF general reac-
tion.
The outlook is for quiet market
until after the independence holidays.
There are many prominent absentees
and this contributes to inactivity.
should We continue free OF unfayora-
BILE developments, confidence ought
to gradually recover.
The future depends largely upon
the course Of money and the crops;
favorable developments In these
quarters being likely to be followed
by better prices for securities and
vice versa