The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-27
THE EVENING OF ATmrr,rN

ret the scent of the fields my spirit
A soft and sweet content.
a Atb Daaperrles red their coral spread
AtnWart the Hchened rocks.
IA At the threshold wintsr k knnhers gone
spiras ne er tires; twixt the mullen
Re Ger the grass in every place.
The sr,i6nrp are. with shuttle rare.
She BEAUTY onIT 60? To the eyes that know
ribs nr fits it through shriekins storm. eA
w iinddnory finds meath Gains and
~, A harvest fresh to reap
ror fancy's food in solitude
And ravel-knitting sleep.
samuel Minturn Peck in the Roston
presents for Presidents.
| me report that President Taft hoe
saoy been inundated with curious
enu extraordinary presents, ranging
rom prize pumpkins and homs-made
| P.ohies 70 cows and pigs sent to him
Cy aomirlng farmers in the various
states, reminds one that Mr.. Roose-
veit mas been able to- stock a minfa-
lure zoo at Oyster Bay with animals
winch persons Interested in the hie
game hunting trips sent as gifts.
embarrassing though these pres
ents may have been, however II IL
| doubtful if they caused more pern1ex-
| ny ana trouble to the recipients than
tne mammoth cheeses which it was
ti,e pracuce at one time to send to
american presidents, and in her in-
leresting work. 1.-The Story OF the
white House, Esther Singleton gives
an amusing account of a cheese sent
70 President Jackson by a dairy
aar1ael OF Oswego county. who want
ed to bring the excellence of the dairy
products of his neighborhood prouf-
ne1tly into notice.
This particular cheese was over 4
feet in diameter, feet thick. and
Weigned l,400 pounds. In order to
get rld or 1t 1t was announced that
at a certain reception the Presidents
mansion would be thrown open to the
people and that they would be enter
tanned with cheese. And that cheese
vanished in two hours. An eyewitness
wrote that it was surrounded with
dense crowd as it stood in the yes
tfbule, who, without crackers. puryey-
ga away 1,400 pounds. The whole
atmosphere of every room and through
out the city was filled with the odor.
halls of the Capitol have been pur-
| TUNED with it from the members who
partook of 1t having carried away
great masses in their coat pockets. !"
Inere can be no doubt, however, that
the astute dairy farmer was fn,hued
G
But 165 pounds less in weight was
the cheese sent to President Jefferson
at the beginning of the last Century.
II made its journey to Washington
rom Chesnlre. Mass. in a wagon
draWn by SIX horses, and bearing the
| label: THE greatest cheese in Amer
lea for the greatest man in America -
JEFFERSON, however, was exceedingly
shy or accepting any gifts and insiste I'd
On paying for the cheese, which cost
XZ0l Y1d ci h. Ia Ii
was still some of that cheese left,
Notwithstanding the Presidents law
ish hospitality
1t was customary for some of the
TRENDS or Martin Van Buren,, who sue
eeeded Jackson in the presidency. to
send him monster cheese every year
This, on one occasion, he caused to
be distributed to his callers at pub.
lie reception. But crumbs We're trod-
den into the carpet and ruined the
upholstery Of the splendid furniture
of the room known as the East Room.
Cleveland Piain-Dealer.
Yellow Peril in South.
A considerable row was kicked up
in this country several months ago,
when 1t looked as If Cuba again would
become a yellow fever pesthole, be-
cause of the native governments re-
fusal to vote enough money to carry
on preventive measures. What hope
was tilSIc lOI people WHO ndQQ'
gumption enough to keep themselves
well, after our army surgeons had
shown them how. we asked. And
there was excuse for considerable ir-
ritation in the circumstances.
That danger is now happily passed.
however. The necessary funds have
apparently been set aside. and for the
next year at least we are in little
peril of infection from Cuban sources.
Indeed, it appears from an address at
the recent Budapest medical con-
gress by DR. A Agramonte, professor
of bacteriology in the University of
Havana, thatcthe boot belongs on the
other leg-that Cuba is in more dam
ger of infection from US than we are
from her. He said:
II cannot refrain from calling the
attention of my hearers to the. sup
eriority of our organization when
compared with that of our neighbour
ing countries. including Mexico and
the United States The latter, and
more especially the states bordering
on the Gulf of Mexico, depend almost
exclusively upon quarantine measures
to prevent the Introduction of yellow
fever; their towns are oyerrun by
stegomyia mosquitoes; the city of
New Orleans. in Louisiana. which de-
ponds for its water supply upon the
use of cisternS in every house, has
failed to keep them all properly COW
cred, and mosquitoes are today as
plentiful as befefe the dreaoIul epi-
demic of 1905 The nonimmune pop
ulation is widely disseminated and in
the hands of private practitioners,
who will fail to recognize the first
cases, or will hide them, as they did
IN the memorable summer of 190bt
The same may be said of other South
ern States whose bugbear is yellow
fever and whose protective mainstay
is quarantine, the least useful mea-
sure which may be implanted in any
net col
;nfection.''-New York Press.
Seven Rules of Life.
Live upstairs If you wish to be in
good health! up how many flights ?"
Only one flight of seven steps. I will
describe them.
First Step-Eat wheat, oats, corn,
fr,,itc haaf mutton Mainly cnakAd.