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The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-05
FRON OTHER PENS
\ SUICIDAL DOCTRINE.

"a few children well born and cared
for are worth more to the nation than
large families and a high birth rate.
Man is the only family allowed to
lower orders of life only the fittest
survive" These statements were
made by one of the best known and
most brilliant women of Cleveland be-
fore an audience of women a few days
ago.
This form of logic is not new. 1t
sounds convincing, but the trouble
with it is that it is controverted by
the history of mankind. Take a list
of the great men of all time-men who
accomplished the things which have
left permanent impress-and it will
be found that large number of them
were not "well born and cared for.''
Some of the mightiest and most bril-
liant among them sprang from power
ty of the hardest kind-were born
in homes where modern ideas of the
correct way to rear children were un-
known.
The hope of the nation lies in the
large families of the artisan, the farm
er, the laborer. From them will
spring, as in all time past, many of the
mighty men of the future. With the
refinements and luxuries of compe-
tence and wealth comes a lessened
birth rate too small to insure the per-
result of the doctrine advocated by the
Cleveland woman would be race sui
cide.-Cleveland Leader.
NOT A SURPRISING STATEMENT.
European railways, like the Ameri-
can, have suffered from the business
stagnation of the past year. Their
profitable traffic is dependent on COM
merce. For several months exports
from European points to the United
States fell from enormous volume to
near the vanishing point, and foreign
railways were deprived of much of
their business. The tourist business
fell off to a proportionate degree. Pas
senger fares from those tourists who
came were not what was once realized
because many now made use of auto
mobiles. Capitalization of European
railways Is necessarily much higher
than in the United States for obvious
reasons. +
Switzerland's railways are the most
expensive construction in the world
The SimpIon. ST. Gotthard and Mt.
Gents tunnels each in its time was pro-
portionately s-forbidding proposition
as the Panama canal The United
States has nothing approaching them
in magnitude of difficulties overcome.
With the tourist army decimated,
ed, but with fixed charges to be met
and a force of operatives that could
hardly be turned adrift by the state
without regard for the subsistence OF
the individual employe or the necessity
for maintaining train service and
maintenance of right of income, the
wonder is that the railroad def1cit IS
not greater than represented--Detrott
News.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-05

Paul Morton rises to remark that
so abundant is the idle cash in this
country at the present time that
money is really a drug on the market.
This may be so but it is more certainly
the truth that if any man goes after
this drug he finds that it is of the kind
for which he will have to put up one
good dollar to get one hundred cents
worth of IT.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-05
SALT RISING VS.. CORN BREAD

Salt rising bread, such as our grand
mothers used to make is the best bread
IN the world, says Mr.. Stubbs and he
gave his 18-year-old daughter, Miss
Lenora, fine present for learning how
to make salt rising bread as it should
be made. How many young women in
this county know anything about this
old-fashioned kind of bread? We were
raised on it, but then we much prefer
corn bread to any other kind.-El Do
RADIO Republican.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-05

Since the statement was made recent
ly that there were more germs in the
milk being sold in Topeka than in other
localities in the state a great many To-
cal users of milk have doubtless been
looking on the fluid with considerable
apprehension But an explanation of
this statement, which has been made
ought to set any fears that people may
have against the milk at rest. 1t ap-
pears that the great majority of the
germs in Topeka milk are of the kind
that necessarily have to be in milk to
prevent the ravages of the harmful
germs.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-05

Mr.. Urmy. the police judge, has
raised the price for the use of the
streets as speedways- by the automo-
bilists to $40 for every unlawful burst
of speed they are caught enjoying. If
the judge could send reckless motor
car drivers. to Jail for few days there
is little doubt that their dangerous
practices in this line would soon come
to an end. And he ought to have that
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-05

Among the bumper crops of Kansas
must be set down the products of her
creameries. Their value last year
touched the grand total of SITE, ,24S.
And even these figures, large as they
are, do not represent all of the busi-
ness done by the dairy interests of the
state. They do not include the busi-
ness of the small dairies nor of the
dairies in other states which draw on
Kansas farms for their supplies Great,
indeed, are the Kansas cows, and a
medal or two is due them.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-05

Mrs. Jack Gardner's art treasures
are getting all kinds of free advertis-
ing and such interest in them is being
created that she ought to be able to
pick up a sum of money sufficient to
paw the custom duties on them by
placing them on exhibition and charg-
ing an admission to see them.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-05

Sympathy being cheap but none the
less acceptable, Topekans can well af-
ford to extend a little to their brethren
in Kansas City, No, who are in the
midst of an inadequate natural gas
supply. A situation of this sort, which
has been experienced on several oc-
casions in Topeka, is distressing, to say
tho
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-05

Professor E. A. Ross. of the Univer-
eity of Wisconsin, declares that woman
is growing more dependent on man.
But 1t is safe to say that the great
majority of the women think otherwise.
They appear to act that way anyhow.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-05

Kansans take the lead again. Ma
terial success has attended the efforts
of some men in the western part of the
state in irrigating highlands. Hereto
fore, only valleys have been made fer
tile with irrigation plants
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-05

1.-THE time will come" cried the Socialist
orator. when the laboring man will have
the wealthy under his feet And what will
happen them" He'll be walking on his
uppers." came voice from the crowd
Boston Transcript.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-05

Der seloonss iss being upheld py a
Chawcawga school ma'am. From vence
We gadder a new grip on der oldt say
ing dot some vomans will do mosd any
ting to gedt liddle atfertising.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-05

which are now held in places that are
clamoring for the state fair, no mat
ter which one of them gets it.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-05
He Knocks CIeonatra.

Mr.. Antony as a borough leader and
! Miss or Mrs. Cleopatra as person who
ran her district in the coolest and hard
est Tammany style were peculiar fig
ures brought to life Sunday bv Gugliel-
mo Ferfero. He, being a historian, did
not hesitate to talk when he arrived
Lombroso, daughter of that man who
sees crime in your face even after you
have been shaved. But she has not
pushed her husband into a study of
modern criminology. Nero and Trojan
and a few of those Caesar persons are
enough for his historical soul.
The Ferreros will spend a few days
here as guests of George H. Putnam.
Then they will go to Boston, where Fer
ero will deliver a few lectures before
he proceeds to Washington. Out of
the capital he will go on tour OF
lectures in many colleges and other in
stitutions. Nevertheless. he said yester-
day he intended to spend much of his
time in this city to gain knowledge of
the status of affairs in this country, as
he spoke on New York as the economi-
known chiefly through his researches
into Roman history, in regard to which
he said:
1.-THE history of Rome. as it has been
presented to US for years, has been full
of exaggerationS. The romance of An
tony and Cleopatra, as presented to us,
has probably been far from the truth.
There was much more of political S1gnl-
ficance in their friendship than there
was of love. Nor was Cleopatra the Wo-
man of beauty that has been presented
to us by historians for hundreds of
years. Roman history as it has been
handed down to us, is crowded with
legend, in which lies, however, much
that is truth, and at this late date 1t
is no easy task for the historian to
separate the truth from the legend.
What I have tried especially to DO
has been to find new conceptions for
the inscriptions, mementos, and other
works which were worked over for CEN
turies, but too often not in proper
manner. 1t is the duty of the present
day historian to look up the events OF
Roman history from a different point
of view than has been previously ta-
ken There has been too much or
tendency through ages past to repre-
sent the Roman who has succeeded as
having been possessed too greatly or
the qualities that work for success;
there has been too much tendency to
represent the one who has failed In the
worst light possible, piling on bad
qualities one after another, though per-
haps by slow degrees, until finally the
character is presented as much lower
than really obtained"
Ferrero's wife has done much liter
ary work and has followed in the foot
steps of her father in studying Grim
inology. But she said positively yes
terday she does not intend here to go
deeply into further study of the bad-
nesses of mankind.-New York Press.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-05

Warden Haskell denies Citing der
prisoners der vasser cure, und from
der cheneral abbearance uf some uf
hiss graduates 1 tink he could proof a
comblete alabi.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-05

Arrests haf peen made in Herington
on a suspicion dot der baked beans
vich killed feller vas poisoned. Es a
experdt witness, wish to bawl oudt dot
der poison vas superhuous.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-05
Do Hedgehogs Milk Cows?

In order to settle a discussion that
has recently taken place at ASH on
the question whether hedgehogs take
the milk of COWS while the cows are
living down, a letter of inquiry was ad-
dressed to the secretary of the board
of agriculture a and at the monthly
meeting of the Ash parish council on
Monday evening the following reply
was read: ''I am directed by the
board of agriculture and fisheries TO
inform YOU that your letter of the 1th
ultimo has been referred to its Zoolog-
ical adviser and the board is informed
that the statement that hedgehogs
take the milk of cows that are lying
down is unfounded in fact. 1t IS an
old fallacy. which was mentioned in
the New Catalogue of Vulgar Errors'
published 120 years ago by Stepneh
Foyaroue, M A. The dentition OF the
hedgehog marks it as !nsectiVorous'
feeding on insects and small mammals
Including such harmful forms as mice.
Their liking for insects is well known
and they are frequently kept in houses
for the purpose of clearing off COCK
reaches They can not, however, be
described as harmless, as they nave
been proved to take eggs of poultry
and game birds, such as partrlogess
and pheasants. while chlckens am am
hens in coops are killed and worried.
Hedeehogs were stated by Gilbert
white to destroy plantains at sell
borne. but although this has Deeh
ouoted by several Implications, IL mas
been contradicted by 'Rusticus, VINO
stated on the authority of Hartlng,
that the destruction of plantains was
the work of a night feeding caterpillar
which ate the root but left the leaves
Foxes and badgers are natural cheeks
to the numbers of the hedgehog
London Standard.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-05

Doctor-Did your husband follow my di-
rections? Did he take the medicine 1 LETT
for him reli2iously? Patients Wffe-I m
afraid not Doctor He swore every time
1 gave him a dose.-Boston Transcript.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-05

Victor Rosewater, editor of the
Omaha Bee, is in something of pes
2imistic mood these days. He believes
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-05

Der representatif vot wants a dormi-
tory fer himselluf und oder lechis-
latorss, iss on der right tack, but i'd iss
impractical dis winter, owing to der
market brice uf hay und Dads.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-05
FTTLI, LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

The State Journal Is a member of the
Associated Press nd receives the full day
ganfzation for the exclusive afternoon
publica ton in Topeka.
The news Is received in The State Jour-
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
rosA
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-05

Der alleged Ambruzzi ruby vas wort
$11.75. vich iss a comblete alabi fer der
Dock. Dot iss $11.45 more den he iss
wort
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-05

Undstead uf taking dot Hayti row
seriously, I cannod hellup but tink how
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-05

Empory iss now wanting natural gas
But a lod uf US haf peen Iaboring un-
der der impression dot dey hat i'd
(Umpory Gazoot bleas copy
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-05

A prominendt Illynois physicianer iss
charged nit murder und forgery Vich
may be all right, but es dey iss bot
got strong vons, Wy ditndt dey safe Won
charge to yoos on some oder crook?
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-05

1
| ed IN der noosbaper bitzness py agsi-
| dence. He vas qualificationed fer a
f1rsd-class detectif und derefore he
made goot in der line vich he fell onto
10 taxes gumshooer to foIler Kansas
politics from der outside looking in
Id iss game vot haf der wary mush
rat beat feir vayss from der chack es a
| slibbery proposition, und der real fects
und vot der insiders say aboudt it iss
| frequency so much alike es a. proon md
| a vassermellon. Id vas der abofe mem
toned Dom Paul vich made id hiss
| chob to pick oop vot crawled under der
| door, und beat i'd fer der adding ma
cheen.
ed py Dom Paul. Ven der great und
ge-lorius Stubbs called him a liar lnd
oderwise abused him in der lechfslach-
er, he skimply wrote story aboudt i'd,
unsteadt uf bouncing a ink-boddle on
der Prov uf der member from Law
renee. Und he nefer held a grudge,-
I der resd uf US dit dot fer him.
Und derefore, Looie, 1 say, Here's
looking ad you, Dom Paul. Ven you
gedt tired uf der two-py-four sheet
und ids owner, came beck to us. Ply
dot time der politicians will be tame
md easier to catch.
Hoping dis will find you der same.
Looie, remaisseffer HANS.
A prominendt Illynois physicianer iss
charged nit murder und forgery. Vich
may be all right, but es dey iss bot
got strong vons, Wy ditndt dey safe Won
charge to yoos on some oder crook?
Empory iss now wanting natural gas.
But lod uf US haf peen Iaboring un-
der der impression dot dey hat i'd.
(Umpory Gazoot bleas copy
Der alleged Ambruzzi ruby vas wort
$1175, vich iss a comblete alabi fer der
Dock. Dot iss $1145 more den he iss
wort.
Der representatif vot wants dormi-
tory fer himselluf und oder lechis-
latorss, iss on der right tack, but i'd iss
impractical dis winter, owing to der
market brice uf hay und Dads.
Undstead uf taking dot Hayti row
seriously, I cannod hellup but tink how
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-05
a SATURDAY SERMON.

If there be among YOU a poor man of
one of thy brethren within any of thy
gates in thy land which the Lord thy God
E1veth thee. thou shalt not harden thine
heart. nor shut thine hand from thy Door
brother. Deuteronomy XVI.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-09-18
Embarrassinq Names.

In discussing the reasons for chang ing the name of certain streets in Little Rock, E. A. Kingsley, superin- tendent of public works, cited an instance that came to his personal knowledge some weeks ago. 4 stranger in the city had an appoint ment with a man on Martin street and asked policeman which car to take, being directed to Highland Park car. Arriving at Martin street in the west part of the city, he found that he should have gone to number on the Martin street located east of the Rock Island depot
 The reason for changing the name of Park Lane was that the postoffice authorities were making numerous complaints of letters being misdirect- ed, the carriers frequently taking let ters to Park Lane which should have been taken to Park avenue, and vice versa.
 There were three Elm streets, one running east from the south end Of the free bridge. another running south from the Hillcrest road in Pulaski Heights and another located one block east of the Highland Park line near the insane asylum.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-09-18
Child's Neck Is Broken.

The siX-year-old son of William Bak CT, wellto-do farmer living a few miles north of Corning, was instantly killed Wednesday afternoon by being thrown from his fathers buggy, the lads neck being broken by his fall
 MT. Baker and the boy spent the forenoon in Corning attending to busi hess matters and had reached the farm gate on their homeward journey MT Baken got out of the buggy to open the gate, the horse became frightened and started to run. The buggy was upset and the boy thrown a distance of probably 50 feet. He was dead when his father reached his side.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-09-18
NUMBER 27.
State 10 Pay Gu. st,5oo,ooo.

More than S1.500,000 in the shining coin and crisp bank notes of the realm will be put into circulation in Arkansas by State Treasurer James L. Yates within the next two weeks.
 The school fund for all the counties of the state aggregate S1,018,0O0. and is ROW being distributed by Treasurer Yates, who will pay out the entire amount within ten days.
 The sum of S57 GOO was paid out Tuesday, the initial day of the dis bursting of the fund. The counties that participated in the withdrawal in- cluded Chicot, Calhoun, Cleveland. Faulkner, Hot Spring and Perry.
 Auditor Moore, it was stated Tues day night, is busy signing the pension warrants, the total aggregating $472,- 900, and it will require about two weeks to disburse these It will be remembered that Auditor Moore was at fist of the opinion that he had noL the authority to disburse this fund, in- dicating that the legislature had failed to make an appropriation for the pen sioners, as in the case of the new state capitol matter.
 While he could not be reached Tues day night, other officials of the state said that the auditor was preparing the vouchers and this, naturally Is taken to mean that he will no longer withhold the payment Of the pensions.
 Another fund which will aggregate several thousand dollars is to be dis bursed. This is a fund held in trust by the state for several counties that are now withdrawing it for disburse- ment through the issuance of war rants.
 The heavy cash disbursements be- ing made by the state created no little interest in financial circles, and they will be of great benefit throughout Arkansas, as this money goes i'm mediately into circulation.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-09-18
Robs Mail Pouch.

Hidden between the slats of mat tress in room No A at the Brinkley hotel, at Brinkley, a leather mali pouch, slit with a knife, was found al g o'clock Tuesday morning by a chambermaid. It had been rified, many of the letters opened and then replaced, and the only loss so far dis covered is note for $1.000 which was contained in registered letter sent by the Bank of Commerce in Lit tie Rock to the Monroe County Bank at Brinkley for collection. A letter left in the registry envelope supplied this information.
 The room in the hotel had been oc- cupied for couple of hours the night before by a man who registered there August 29 as George Binger Quitman, Miss
 He was missing Tuesday morning, and a negro porter said that he left for St Louis on the train that passed there at 3:30 o'clock
 It developed that the depot had been rifled, but a ticket to St Louls was the only valuable missing. The thief had ransacked drawers and cab met, contenting himself, apparently, with the finding of the ticket.
 Postoffice Inspector Miller, whose headquarters are in Newport, left Brinkley Tuesday for Little Rock taking the pouch and contents with him.
 A few letters were found Tn the street, and a second registered letter was left intact.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-09-18
Apportions School Fund.

The board of commissioners of the common school fund, composed of Secretary of State o. c. Ludwig, State Auditor Avery F. Moore and Super intendent of Public Instruction George B. Cook, met Monday morning and ap- portioned the school fund to the various counties in the state. The fund was prorated to the several counties on the basis of the number of persons between the ages of and 21 years, residing in the respective counties. The number of persons or such age in the state, according to the reports of the school examiners, is 544,519, and the amount of the school fund distributed was $1,O18,- 25053
 The duty of the state superintend- ent of public instruction is to transmit the action of the board to each coun- ty examiner and to each of the sev- eral treasurers in the state, and to each county clerk, who is required to submit it to the county court. The state superintendent is also required to draw his requisition upon the state auditor in favor of the treasurers of the several counties in the state for such amount as each county is en- titled to receive for the support of it's free common schools. These requi- sitions will be sent out at once.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-09-18
Lonoke for Headnuarters.

Lonoke Is making an effort to se cure the headquarters for the Farm CTS Union Of the state Tor the next year. News has reached the board Of trade at Lonoke that the Headquarters would probably be removed from Con- way during the fall and that body has already begun active prepara- tions for locating the office at Lonoke.
 At meeting of the board of trade held there Monday, committees were appointed to go before the executive committe of the state organization and make a proposition for the re- moval there, and it is quite likely that an interesting fight will be waged over the location, as several other towns are making bids for the head quarters. Paragould, Little Rock, Conway and Camden are said to be trying for the place.
 At the meeting held Monday Joe P Eagle. J. NJ Gates, R. F. Bradford, Alph Hamberg, w. P Fletcher and Dave Gates were appointed as com mittee to attend the meeting of the executive committee of the State Farmers Union, which meets at Con- way, and to make them a proposition for the location of their Headquarters at Lonoke. Another committee, con- sisting of Joe P Eagle, J. NJ. Bates and Alph Hamberg was appointed to find suitable quarters Tor the offices and lay the plans before the commit. tee.
 John Bowers, ST, president of the State Farmers Union, lives a few miles north of Lonoke, and it VII be to his convenience to have the head. quarters located there. By securing the offices for Lonoke, the postoffice receipts would be greatly increased, as would also the bank deposits Definite arrangements will be decided upon within a short time.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-09-18
Was Up to Mir. McFarlane.

The question "Who is boss of the new state capitol building and grounds?" was raised late Monday afternoon in the governors office when a request was received from a local mission to use the new capitol grounds for religious meetings, and for a few minutes those in the office at the time were guessing over the answer. The person with the request was finally directed to the Hotel Marion to see R. w. McFarlane of Greenwood, chairman of the state capitol commission, who happened to be in the city Monday
 Had it not been for the presence of Mr. McFarlane in town, the request would have had to be mailed to him, as there is no one in Little Rock now with the authority to do anything with the new state capitol building or grounds