The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-12

| Grew to be President some day.
| But pa he studied just tn same
| An he amt worried much with fame
All that he tells me may be SO,
But then sometimes 1 don't just know.
Chicago Post
An American OF Energy.
| Oliver Dalrymple is dead. He was
| the first of the great wheat farmers Of
the northwest. He is justly entitled to
| a place in the roll of honor of Amer
lean men of energy He had many
| of the distinct qualities which have
marked the pioneer in all stages of the
| development of the United States. He
| led the way. He created. Those who
| followed him to fortune owed much
to his breadth of vision and his irwin
| chile faith.
| In 1870 the five leading states in the
production of wheat were Illinois,
Iowa, Ohio, Indiana and Wisconsin.
| The range of yield was from 10000
/ 900 bushels for the first named to 49,
| 10000 for the fifth. In 1882 Illinois,
| Indiana, Ohio, California and Mime
| sofa made the quintet at the top, the
| highest yield being 100000 bushels,
the fifth 100000 bushels. In 1906
Kansas, North Dakota, Minnesota, Ne
braska and Indiana led the procession
! of wheat-growing states The first
named produced 100000 bushels.
The second in the list is credited with
about 100000 bushels less. If the
seven states are taken. South Dakota
is included, with nearly 100000
| bushels.
The statistics tell of a shifting of
state leadership in the production of
wheat. They also point to Dalrymple.
In 1875 the pioneer looked across the
| Minnesota line to Dakota. No one had
| thought the Red river valley particu-
larry valuable for agricultural pur-
poses. But he conceived a grand pro-
ject, and proceeded to carry it out.
For five years he broke and plowed
5000 acres each year. He put this
| 30,000-acre' farm into wheat. The fine
administrative ability, partly inherited
and partly the result of education, en-
abled him to get results from scientific
| farming.
The great Dalrymple farm" became
| one of the wonders of the land. The
fame of the Red river valley went
round the world. A tremendous area
| of remarkable productiveness was
added to the domain of wheat. A
thousand influences radiated from the
personality of one individual of large
| ideas. who knew how to use the OPP
portunity which nature generously
'.Neurostone' Banishes Old Age.
Sir James Grant highly interested
the learned members of the British as
ISOLATION with a description Of his
| "youth-giving machine" as it is called
unscientifcally. Sir James calls the
instrument "neurostone.'
/ Dry cells supply electricity to the
| "neurostone," which acts directly on
inactive nervous centers, or those
which are poisoned. in effect, by nox-
ious gases formed in the system as a
person grows older. Electricity, as
Sir James Grant applies it. 'cleans
out" stimulates these nerve centers,
! gives new vigor to them, and so great
/ ly strengthens the span of life.
Sir TamaS told the scientists that bV
using the "neurostone'' he himself has
been enabled to give up eyeglasses,
which he had used for years, and that
| it has made him generally more act
| i've, younger.
| The fact that the "neurostone" is
| the first instrument to aid the human
| digestion by means of electricity has
aroused interest especially in Canada.
! New York World.
An Intelligent Turtle.
Ray Hadley and Thad Williams
think they have the most intelligent
turtle in the world. They say that
though it cannot talk, it can think.
| The turtle was caught in a pond near
| here and as each boy claimed a share
| in it, they decided one should keep
| the turtle two days and then it should
| be turned over to the other for two
days. Yesterday the boys forgot to
| transfer the turtle, and this morning
when young Williams went to the tur-
| ties tub he found it gone. Search was
| instituted without success until this
afternoon, when the turtle was found
endeavoring to climb into the other
| tub, its home, in the backyard of the
Hadley home. Evidently the turtle
remembered the date and had crawled
the entire distance between the homes,
which is more than a block, making
| the trip by alleys, the route always
| adopted by the boys. 1t seemed
| pleased, but almost exhausted, when
| found.-Brazil Ind.) dispatch to In
| diana polls News.
Benson Was Slow. But Sure.
When Berry Benson boarded his
| car. homeward bound, Friday after
noon, he had big bundle of books
and a fine watermelon. His parcels
were quite heavy, and he had to have
| some assistance in getting to his seat.
| He lives 400 yards from the car line.
| Assistance was vouchsafed him in get
| ting his possessions from the car. Then
| he was in a pickle. He could not
| tote both the books and the water
melon. But Mr.. Benson is never halt
| ed by trif1e like that Leaving his
/ melon by the car track, he carried
| his books SO or rs yards. Depositing
| them there, where they were in view,
| he went back for his melon, bringing
| 1t up to the books station. Then car
/! rying the books ahead another 10
| yards. he established a new base of
| operations, returning to bring his
/ melon to the front. Thus by a success
sion of moves to new bases he got
both melon and books home. And at
no time did he have either out of his
| sight.-Augusta Circle.