The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-02

woes n6aVy,
Fer when it comes to pathos she makes
all the rest look cheap;
we read her stun.
Since Mary Joined the sob-squad and
deals out the heartache gum.
She kin paint shady female like an an
gel all in white.
with the dope that she kin write; :.
And that PATTERN sound is teardrops fall
IN at the public's feet
Since Mary Joined the sob-squad on a yal-
Ter journal sheet.
Denver Republican.
Tobacco and Surgery.
That men suffering from an acute
disease, no matter whether it be a
serious fever or only a headache, lose
Tor the time being their hunger for
tobacco, no matter how much they
may have been devoted to it, is mat
ter of commonest observation, in hos
pitfalls and out of them.
Naturally enough, 1t has been as
sumed that the same thing was true
of men subjected to surgical opera
lions, and they. too, have been de-
prived OF their accustomed solace. as
the patients themselves have rarely
protested. Such discomforts as they
felt have been included among the
other after effects Of the knife, and
MOI recognized as resulting from the
absence of wonted stimulant.
Writing in the Medical Record, Dr.
L. B. Bangs of this city gives reasons
for thinking that in surgical cases the
sudden and complete disuse of tobacco
is not only needless, but that 1t may
increase the patients suffering. delay
his convalescence, and sometimes even
cause his death.
He tells of one young man, a con-
firmed cigarette smoker. who. few
but AHffx
cessful operation, suddenly and against
all expectation fell into q state of
utter prostration, and seemed to be
dying. His breath was shallow and
labored, his pulse feeble and fluctuat-
ing, his face ashen, and his power of
speech almost lost.
Hurried investigation revealed no
physical cause for this state of things,
but when the young mans mother was
questioned she accidently revealed
that, thinking the time propitious, she
had persuaded her son to abandon the
cigarettes with which he had been
Tightening the tedium OF his confine-
ment. He had then not smoked since
the previous morning.
The doctor sent for cigarettes, lit
one, put it in the dying mans mouth
and almost with the first deep in
halation he began to get better! Re-
covery was complete-of everything
except the cigarette habit.-New York
Times.
Paper Money Destroyed
It is stated that OF the $500, 900 OF
clearing house certificates issued by
the banks of this city, $131, 900 are still
outstanding. 1t is probable that few
more thousand dollars may be turned
in for redemption, but it is not at all
lars or so Of the total issue may share
the same experience or fate as that of a
part of the money emitted by the gov
eminent.
Paper money is very destructible, and
large amounts Of It are constantly be-
| ing destroyed of which we never hear,
because Of an apparent indiSposition on
| the part Of those who make our laws to
provide machinery for detecting con-
| fractions of the currency due to that
cause. In the case Of the clearing house
certificates 1t is possible that consid-
cradle amount has found its way into
the possession OF collectors, but the
| greater part of the unredeemed notes
have doubtless been lost or destroyed.
It would be interesting to know just
how much Of the $316,000,000 Of legal
tender currency of the government.
| which is supposed to be in circulation,
| is still In existence. The opportunities
for destruction since the date when
congress stopped the process of con-
! traction by fixing the amount supposed
to be in circulation at the above figure
must be very great. Some have VEN
tured to estimate 1t at not less than
500 900, 900.
There has also been an enormous loss
Of silver and gold certificates, no one
can tell how much; and sfngularly
| enough no one in authority In Washing
| ton seems to be at all curious concern
| ing the amount. And yet there Is good
| reason why curiosity should be mani
| tested.
There is no sense in stating in our
treasury reports that there are $346, o00.-
| 900 Of legal tends outstanding when it
would be easy to ascertain that the
amount was much less, or that the total
| silver and gold certificates in circula-
ton is greater than 1t really is.-San
Francisco Journal.
Says Salt Made Her Talk.
1t was when Richard Tague, of
South Amboy, was distressed by an
unhappy domestic situation that he
| fell in with an ancient mariner, one
who had been in many strange chimes
and knew many curious customs of
| the east and other parts of the world.
The captain listened to Tague's mar
rative of his marital woes and gave
| him advice.
When Tague went to bed that night
| he took care to lie awake until his
wife was sound asleep. Then he
quietly arose. procured basin Of salt
water and placed Mrs. Tague's hands
| in it, Presently Mrs. Tague began to
| talk in her sleep. Her recital was
slow at first; then it became voluble,
and in little while she had told him
all he wanted to know and more
the story of her life. single and mar
ried.
! Anyway, that's what Tague said
when he appeared in the court of
lchancery the other daY and asked for