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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-16
sAwDUsT FLOUR.

Flour from sawdust is another step
in the movement for the conservation
of forest resources, according to a bull
letin issued by the forest service bu-
reau of the federal department of agri-
culture. The United States consul at
Christiania, Norway, has sent to this
government a suggestion along this
line which may be of. value to Ameri-
can lumbermen who are wrestling
with the problem of sawdust waste.
The flour in question is not the kind
which goes into the making of light,
fluffy biscuits, and the other kind
which are not light or flaky pastry,
but it is an ingredient of dynamite,
linoleum, xyolite. which for the in
formation of the man on the street is
kind of artificial flooring, and other
things. 1t IS not put forward as a new
! discovery, for II has been in use for
several years in Europe, and to a
small extent in this country.
The wood -four is ground in cheap
mill. very similar to those which grind
corn and rye. Pine and spruce saw
dust is used in Europe, and after pass
ing through the stones and the boiling
chest, 1t Is lacked or baled for ship
| ment. 1t Is then worth twelve to thir-
teen dollars a ton. 1t has a number of
uses. one of which is in the making of
dynamite. 1t is the absorbent for the
nitroglycerlEe, which is the explosive
ingredient. Wood flour dynamite is in
ferior to that made with infusorial
earth as the absorbent; but it serves
many purposes, and is cheaper. But
dynamite is one of the smallest pros
pective uses for the product. Linoleum
makers mix it with linseed oil and
give body T. their floor coverings. 1t
is not considered quite equal to ground
cork for this purpose, as it is less
elastic; but it is cheaper and meets
requirements for medium grades.
The -four fills an important place in
the manufacture Of xyolite, a kind of
artificial flooring, resembling wood in
weight, and stone in other respects
1t is used ,or kitchen floors, and in
halls, corridors. cafes, restaurants,
and public rooms. Il is impervious to
water, and IS practically freproof. 1t
is floor material in some of the Ger
man war vessels II is SO used because
it is not liable to tax fire or splinter
If struck by shells. Many additional
uses for wood -four viii probably be
found. The amount Of sawdust to be
had in this country is practically IN
limited. and mil'men will welcome any
plan that will lessen the waste at the
sawdust dump. Norway exports thous-
ands of tons of this sawdust flour year
ly and the United States takes some OF
it. Germany is a large manufacturer
also and has been for years. England
is an extensive buyer. and much goes
| to France.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-16
AYHAWKER JOTS

day keeps the doctor away :" says
Mack Gretchen, "but if the price of
apples goes much higher it may be
cheaper to have the DOCTOR
AS the Lindsborg News is edited by
discernment, this, which appeared in
authoritative: "women's rights con-
sist principally OF hard work.
Bert Miller says the good roads
movement has received a tremendous
citizen had his false teeth jolted
down his throat while riding in a
hack over one of the side streets.
Here's a little story that's going
the rounds of the Kansas press: A
teacher in Clay county asked the
of Kansas?" One little boy held up
| his hand and answered eagerly:
Capital K.'
Garden City has decided that it
will be satisfied If the government
will erect a building costing 100000
Eagle. by the time the structure is
completed the people will wish they
had asked for 100000 building.
I'VE have quit says the Coolidge
Enterprise, urging our subscribers
to do their Christmas shopping early.
We have pleaded with them for sew
eral years on this subject, and we OBJ
serve that they go right along and do
their shopping when they please
A man named Bob" Hendricks has
announced that he will he a candi-
| date for congress in the Sixth district
against William Augustus Reeder. but
! it is not the Bob Hendricks who is
/ the secondary hero in william Allen
/ Whites "a Certain Rich Man." as
serts the Hutchinson News.
why is it," asks the Blue Mound
| Sun, that careless 7-year-old kid
can drop a half burned match in an
alley and burn up all the harms in the
block. while an able-bodied man has
to use up a whole box of matches to
get wood fire started in a heater
that has draft enough to draw all the
! furniture up the stovepipe %
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-16

acquiring an advanced education. In
this class are those who consider them
selves too far advanced in years to
go to college and necessarily mingle
with those much younger than them
selves. Getting an education under
such circumstances is embarrassing, to
say the least. Others. and their num-
Der is great. have not the
time or the means to devote
their exclusive attention to perfecting
their education in accordance with
their needs and desires. Necessity COM
pels them to work on their farms or
at their businesses and employments In
cities in order that they may support
themselves and others as well.
TO these people this university ex-
tension course will be a great boon.
1t will not be possible for them to get
college degrees through a correspond
ence course of study exclusively. But
a ruling has been made that one-haH
of the work for an A. B. degree may
be done through the medium of cor
respondence. This will lie Of advantage
to young men and women who may
not be SO situated that they can devote
four full years of college attendance
for their desired degree. But where
this university extension ought to be
most advantageous Is in that depart
ment of it which is not being organic
ed to offer university credit for the
attainment of degrees. but for the ex-
press benefit Of artisans. farmers and
workers in all fields where machinery
is used. Special courses in engineer
ing and a variety of other activities
of the vocational and Industrial type
are to be established. and they will
provide the means for helping a man
to better his efficiency in such work
or calling as he may be engaged in.
This Is, indeed. a great work that
the University of Kansas has under
taken. It's value will only be measured
and limited by the extent to witch 1t is
taken advanta Of by the people Of
the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-16
UNIVERSITY EXTENSION

A plan is being developed at the
Kansas state university under the di-
rection of its chancellor. DR.. Strong
which will be of inestimable value to
the people of this commonwealth. II
is nothing less than the PRONUNCIATION
of university extension work which will
make it possible for such persons as
have desires to better their education
along higher lines by taking courses OF
study by mail. In other words. the
state university is to open a cores
pondence school for the benefit of the
PEOPLE who pay the bills for support.
ing this able institution.
Undoubtedly there are many people In
Kansas who would be glad to avail
themselves Of such an opportunity fol
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-16

That perjury is becoming a COM
mon crime is the belief of the Phila-
delphia Record which handles the
subject as follows: Even a casual
observer cannot have failed to notice
that there is much false evidence
given In our courts. The fact is
thrust upon ones attention. Not only
In sensational murder trials. but in
almost every civil proceeding or
quasi-judicial investigation which is
of sufficient general interest to gain
publicity. the reported testimony is
always contradictory, and nearly al
ways to such degree as to be utterly
irreconcilable. There seems to be
little or no regard for the sanctity of
an oath; and yet with this multiplicity
of instances of reckless or wicked
swearing one rarely hears a word of
reproof from the bench, and to judge
from the number of prosecutions,
perjury would seem to be the rarest
az crimes"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-16
GLOBE SIGHTS.
from the Atchison GIobe.l

TOHl the ALcn1SOn tTlODG.
The people are all going to behave
better; but not now.
\ Which would you rather be: bald
headed. or red-headed?
Nothing is ever thought about a
woman loafer. but a man loafer is
arrested.
A country woman's idea of shift
lessness Is a town woman who takes
ice in winter.
A lot of the Reform articles you
read are advertisements which man
age to get in without pay.
No wonder grocery store cigars are
so poor; every man who buys a bill
of groceries expects a cigar for Moth
ing.
For ten days before Christmas it is
70 disgrace to a True Mother If a
caller can write her name on the dust
in the parlor.
Christmas etiquette: Up to the
time an Innocent Babe Is two years
old. it is perfectly proper to cheat it
at Christmas.
In every office or business house,
you will find some one person who
has too much to do, and a good many
| others who do not do their fair share.
Envious neighbors started the story
that Daysey Mayme Appleton, a
grown girl, was SO hoydenish she was
out walking on stills. Nothing in it,:
She had on her new high heeled shoes.
That's ALL.
People say a spiritualist has right
to his opinions. and that HI is as good
as anybody, but haven't you noticed
| that there is always something fun
| n.y. about a man who actually and
| truly believes in spiritualism? Such
a man is tagged and labeled in COM
| munity. and he never gets along very
| well. IF he believes in that" people
say. me can't know very much about
l other thinEs"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-16
JOURNAL ENTRIES

It's the exceptions which make all
rules more or less interesting.
X X
Considerable hypocrisy exists in most
of the fights for principles.
X X
Arguments should be tabooed for
few of them lead to anything worth
while.
X X X
If kisses cost anything they would
undoubtedly be INDUCED in more
sparingly.
There are just as many men who
are not fit TO be trusted with money
as there are women.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-16
FROM OTHER PENS
THE POLE AND ITS USES.

Prof. Winslow Upton, Of Brown
university, who delivered an address
recently upon the questions of recent
pole discoveries, assured his audience
that astronomy can determine with al
most absolute certainty the truth of
the statements made by the two claim
ants; He did not believe it would be
possible to fake records. Those of
Peary had been submitted to three of
the leading astronomers, who have
announced that he reached the pole
with the liability Of error of one mile.
Professor Upton would have al
lowed for an error of five miles. owing
to the. vagaries of the instruments
with which the work of location had
to be done and also to the fact that
the pole of the earth is constantly
changing because of a shifting of it's
diameter. This variation takes place
within a very small circle. and even
five miles from the exact top of the
earth would be sufficient for ali prac-
teal purposes.
He also undertook to answer a
question which is often asked: What
useful purpose will be served by the
discovery of the pole? ?" There are. he
said, number of scienc s waiting for
the data there obtafnable. The
geographer is directly interested. So
is the meteorologist. and the geologist.
too. needs the knowledge that will be
brought to light by this achievement.
Were our acquaintance with that
region to end with the few facts that
! have been brought back to US per-
haps 1t would not amount to much,
but he expected to see observation
stations established throughout that
great lonely expanse by which all the
/ physical sciences would be benefited.
! SO what has been such a great SEN
sation Is. after all. nothing but be-
ginning. and unless IT is followed up
! will remain little more than a barren
Observation-Disclosures Transcript.
CANCER IN AUSTRALIA.
The war against tuberculosis in the
United States has a counterpart in the
/ war against cancer in Australia. where
! of recent years the ravages of this dis
ease have been extending in a manner
I for which there is no accounting. At
/ present the average number of deaths
! from cancer is 600 in 10000 deaths from
all causes. This is threefold greater
than the proportion 10 years ago. AT
/ such rate of increase the prospect for
| the future is alarming in the extreme
and it follows that all the resources OF
: science are being brought to bear to
trace the source, of the plague and
! check its development. Cure Is not
thought of. Cancer remains in the
category of incurable diseases and
there appears to be little hope of the
; discovery of remedy. Prevention. how
/ over, is another matter To this end in
vestigators are exerting themselves
! with certain degree of confidence, the
impression being strong that If the
origin of the disease can be detected II
will be possible to provide safeguards
| and hinder what threatens to develop
into veritable epidemic. Some steps
| have been taken toward conducting like
researches in the United States. In the
I light of Australians experience, prudence
dictates the advisable of pursuing
these still further.-Pittsburg Chronicle
Telegraph.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-16
CHRISTMAS PKEsENTs,

What to buy for Dolly?
That is plain enough:
Just a box of candy
And a beaver muff
What to buy for Johnnie?
That is simple. too,
Johnnie wants a rifle
And it's up to you.
What to buy for Mildred?
Mildred wants a dress.
What. to buy for baby?
A rattle's happiness.
What to buy for Thomas,
Mary, and the cook?
Dresses for the sisters,
Thomas likes a book +
What to buy for Auntie?
She is very rich,
LaceS or a picture,
It doesn't matter which.
What to buy for Mother?
Curtains, or a chair,
Something for the household,
Is needed everywhere.
What to buy for Father?
Oh, the snag you strikei
Isn't 1t a stfckler?
What would Father like?
-Somerville Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-16

Kansas hogs afflicted with cholera
should make strenuous efforts. If they
have any consideration for their own
ers to hang onto life until after Janu-
airy 1. At that time the State Agri-
cultural college will begin to turn out
a supply of hog cholera serum which
will drive the disease away. AS far as
the hogs are personally concerned,
though. they are probably not inter-
ested extensively in the proposition,
for most of them are doomed to GER
tain death, anyhow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-16
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
tFrom the Chicago News.J

IFrom the Chicago News.1
Gossips multiply everything they hear
by two.
One mans hobby may be another mans
nightmare.
People who are superstitious about luck
are seldom lucky.
The girl who accepts a man seldom
takes him at his own valuation.
Compliments should be thoroughly
Fletcher1zed before they are swallowed.
Observe a married woman closely and
you will see a wistful look in her eyes.
Some peoples morals are like their best
clothes-only worn on extraordinary &C.
casions.
woman disiikes being Jealous almost
as much as she likes making some other
woman Jealous.
When doctors disagree they are likely
to make sarcastic remarks about each
other that SAVIOR Of the truth.
When one woman has a grudge against
another she tells the neighbors how sorry
she feels for the woman's husband.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-16
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
Even to be a successful liar requires
constant practice.
woman must be an angel when we
praise her to the skies.
When life is Joke It is usually at some
other fellows expense.
When a fellow stops drinking don't try
to make his mouth water.
The most law-abiding people In the world
are in jail. They have to be.
Typewriters supplies sometimes mean
punches of violets and boxes of bonbons
Hook-"Do you believe men are what
are"
With the people who are satisfied to
drift on the tide the tide is generally
running out.
Wiewag-'The Bible says man is made
of dust" Guzzler-'Is that so? No won
der I'm always SO dry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-16

A few Carnegie hero medals and
other appropriations for their clever
ness will have to be pinned on the
breasts of the bongos and the giant
pigs of East Africa, If they can be
located. Not one of either species
has succumbed to the prowess of Col
onel Roosevelt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-16
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
rFrom the New York Press.1

lFrom the New YORK Press.
A sneer on a woman's lips is like
poison in nectar.
Next to weddings and funerals =
woman gets the most satisfaction out
of religion.
It's imagination that makes peop,.
believe they are having fun when thev
are just being plain fools.
Sympathy for people in trouble ..
pretending you feel as bad for then,
as they would pretend to feel for Won,
il it was your trouble.
Women don't take any interest in
going out camping to catch fish r.
cause there is SO much more sport q,
catching men at home, and It's ten
times as easy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-16

Here's another indication of the gem
eral prosperity prevailing in Kansas.
Statistics show that the cities and
towns of the state are spending more
money nowadays for high class mu-
nicipal Improvements than ever before
IN their history
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-16

With the approach of Christmas the
annual scare has bobbed UP that there
Is going to be an unusual shortage Of
turkeys. If things work out as they
usually do such will not be the case.
There will probably be plenty of tur-
keys for those who want them at prices
no higher than the birds have been
selling at around here for the past
couple OF years. Such prices. however,
are plenty high enough
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-16

There is this much to be thankful
for concerning the present session of
congress. Captain Richmond Pearson
Hobson, representative from Alabama,
has already delivered his set speech on
the unpreparedness of the United
States for Xar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-16

Commenting on the assertion of
the Charleston News and Courier
that a man is at his best at 33. the
Chicago Record Herald remarks:
Undoubtedly he is. only some men
are SO at 81, others not until they are
so, and some men never are 49,"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-16

Dorothy Tell me whom you are te
marry? / have not guessed"
I she looked at him few seconds, then
a faint smile lowered around her lips.
Haven't your 1 am to marry the Rev.
John Ashe. And he has promised to
marry me" -(Copyrighted, 1909, by As
ISOLATED Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-16
HUNOR or THE Day

~. How many babies has sher' TWO.
Press.
Hell want you to understand that
won't play second fiddle to any man. She
The drum? sheEin other words a beat It.
I-Phiiadeiphia Record.
Dlplomatic secrets were lacking. There
was no doubt that Japan had heard that
TINS government was displeased with its
project for invasion of San francisco The
State Department was greatly perturbed.
Ihere is no other way" said the secre-
be turned over to the women. "NPhiladei-
phia Ledger.
trict Visitor (making herself agreeable
Does your husband drink, Mrs Mason?
MIS- Mason-No. mum; does yours?-The
~, "Abusin' .yoh bad luck said Uncle
foo you srou lo s Ike It y Fa dat ign
Washington Star.
Speed! Why, he's awful!. what makes
you think so?'' 81 hear he's been black
b pal ed by every aver club in town" Yes.
nights. win hss"LcieVeianS G' Leaders Leaders gut
riage."
And very properly So There's nothing
flat, and cook. and job lot of furniture"
Puck.
What is the distinguishing quality of
the problem play?"
1T makes you think. The first half
is and the second half Keeps You You g guessing
what's the answer" Star.
with deathless devotion.
70 hil hnat ne ERE, exclaimed clasping her
what the boys at the office say! And ri
smoke 'em If they kill me."-Chicago
Tribune.
"Carson's the most absent-minded chap
What's he. been doing now?"
watch at home, and then proceeded to
| take it out of his pocket to see If he had
"a distressing error found its way into
the paper this mo NOR Did you see it?"
Il wrote that the. Presidents message
would have very little effect on the stock
weir"
1T was printed 'stork market"
Let It CO.. The public. will think you
Hardup-rM never go to that restaur-
ant again. The last time was there
man got my overcoat and left his in its
place.
,Wellofr-But the proprietor wasn't to
Hardup-No; but might meet the other
man!-nlustrated Bits.
Mrs. Pike-well. did you vote yester-
day?
Mrs. Peak-No did not. You see, my
house; then, my maid didn't have my
clothes ready on time; couldn't get my
bat on to suit me, and by the time I got
down town the mean old polls were closed!
I-Yonkers Statesman. -
! Gladys-well. what did Miss Doctor
Cleverton say was the cause of your ex-
IRENE, paleness? Grace-Well, she has
described to me hat and waist that will
go beautifully with it.-Harper's Bazaar.
Examiner-what is meant Mr.. Smooth
". theologically speaking by necessity and
gives because he belongs to the church
/ himself, that is free will. But where he
gives because his wife belongs, that is
| necessity.-Puck
| An Irishman was hoisting another work.
man to the top of new building by
means of bucket. and had succeeded IN
T waeis h bnw T aSa t Re thereg
shouted the Celt, fastening the rope, but
| Oi'II continue tn job whin OF come back
| IN TIL mornin'!''-Judge.
Teacher-sprins showers bring forth
what Tommie?
| Tommie = Umbrellas. manufacturers
Statesman.
| Hirum-was yer house damaged by that
! there cyclone?
Ike-Dunna 1 hain't found it yit.-
Cleveland Leaner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-16

The suggestion of President Nudge
of the Rock Island that possibly with
in the next fifty years the railroads OF
this country will be owned by the gov
eminent was probably delivered as a
good naturad Jest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-16

d. Young of Beloit. former state
senator, has announced his candidacy
for the next Republican nomination
for congress in the Sixth district. Evil
IDENTIFY there are going to be num-
Der of "also rams" in the race.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-16

All of those battleships that Uncle
Sam has been building of late years
will not have been foated in vain II
the present prospects for baseball
x-ar are realized
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-16

Since the railroads of Kansas are
unable to operate even fair proper
ton of their trains on time, why don't
they rearrange their schedules and
time tables to conform with their
capabilities IN this particular?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-16

The Harrisburg neutrality-suspicious.
thinks President Taft's message was
disappointing because it didn't say
anything about "my people, or my
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-16

what is the knead for a bakers
combine" asked the Omaha Bee the
other day and the Chicago Tribune
promptly replied: Dough" Each of
these publications is hereby fined
nra1ine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-16

A whole lot of people can get
neither consolation or satisfaction out
of the fact that there is all kinds
of money in the bants of the country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-16
FULL TFASED wTRT REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRFse

The State Journal is nember OF the
Associated Press and receives the full day
Telegram report of that great news or
ganization for the exclusive afternoon
puhlica ton in Topeka.
The news is received in The state Jour
nal building over wires for THE sole pu~
pnse