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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-29
ELECTRICITY in WAR.
1t Has Taken the Place of the Flaming
Sword and Champing Charger.

Los Angeles. Sept. 29.-F'irst Lieuten-
ant Paul w. Beck, signal corps U. s.
a, delivered an address today on Mill
tary Communication. before the Ma
tional Guard convention in this city,
Lieutenant Beck said in part:
IF there is any particular field left
wherein military genius has a latitude
sufficiently wide to admit of becoming
the deciding elements in battles it is
the studying and perfecting lines of in
formation.
''If there be any one primal military
requisite to success after the fighting
men are properly trained, equipped,
clothed and fed. it is that of the in
and friendly troops. Without such in
formation, the commanding general is
powerless to properly engage his ad-
Tersary, or to control, to the best ad-
vantage. his own command 1t is the
duty of the signal corps and particu-
larly the field companies, to transmit
such Information.
"As methods of transportation speed
CT mGneuveri1g. both stragetically and
textically while in range of gun fire
have increased SO have modern electric
rIethods of communication supplanted
the time honored wigwag message and
mounted messengers as primary bearers
OF news or the battlefield.
when one considers that the Japa-
nese line at Mukden was over 20 miles
in extent, it becomes obvious that no
one man could personally superintend
the conduct of such a fight by any save
electrical means.
1.-THE waving sword and champing
charger of a commander have given
rlace to the yellow envelope carried by
the man behind the buzzer, If we can
get the men needed in time of peace to
train for this work in war;
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-29
"RED" DOWNS HOME.
Had Good Year With Bat and Glove
in Western League.

Jerry Downs, better known to To-
pekans as Red" returned to Topeka
today from Minneapolis where he
played throughout the season with the
Minneapolis club of the American as
sociation. Downs had a pretty good
year of it in the baseball business, his
hitting being away above the average,
and comprising more tnan Reds usual
number of extra base drives. His
fielding has also been quite classical.
Downs has considered Topeka his
home since 1906, when he was MEM
ber of the Topeka pennant winners.
He has taken a house out on Buchan-
an street and will winter here. Mrs.
Downs has been in Topeka for the
past two weeks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-29
MRS. ROCKEFELLER ILL.
Condition Much More Serious Than
at First Reported.

Cleveland, O., Sept 29.-It became
known last night that the slight
cold" that is confining Mrs. John D.
Rockefeller to her home in Forest
Hill is a much more serious ailment
Mrs. Harold F. Mccormick is at
her mothers bedside, having been
summoned from Chicago by long dis
tance telephone last Sunday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-29
PAPKE AND LEWIS
VIII Fight Six Rounds Before Pitts
burg Athletic Club.

Pittsbur, Sept. 29.-The National
Athletic club of Pittsburs has
matched Billy Papke and Willie
Lewis to fight six rounds, each man to
receive $2,5O0 as the laws of PennsyI-
vania will not permit of a decision.
The date of the fight will be October
8 or subject to the apportionment
of the date for the worlds Champion
ship by the National baseball COM
mission,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-29
BIG AUTO DERBY.
Highest Priced Cars Will Go 227.5
Miles I'm Long Island Event.

Riverhead, I. l., Sept. GA great crowd
had assembled to witness the start of the
Long Island Automobile Derby for stock
cars over a lightning fast course of 22s4
miles today. Five classes OF cars were
entered. class 1 consisting of the highest
priced cars, were scheduled to go the
longest distance, PTS miles; class ?. 1s2
miles; class g. 1856 miles; class 4, 113 rs
miles. and class S, the lowest priced cars
81 miles.
The course is about 70 miles from New
York and automobile enthusiasts were on
hand in large numbers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-29
WARMER WEATHER.
Pleasant Conditions Today Will Apply
Tomorrow.

With the temperature over the 50
degree mark this has been the warm
est day since September 81 The in
dications tonight and tomorrow are
for generally fair weather with the
thermometer registering in about the
same fashion as today.
This afternoon the wind is blowing at
the easy rate of miles an hour from
the northwest. The following are the
=,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-29

E. Trip. composing the state banking
board, were here in an all-night ses-
sion, and the affairs of the institution
were considered.
AS near as can be learned, the re-
organization, if any is completed, viii
be. accomplished to tonight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-29
weather Indications.

Chicago. Sept. 29.-Forecast for
Kansas: Generally fair tonight and
Thursday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-29

Continued on Page Three.)
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1909-07-16
ALL NIGHT BAKERIES.
Where New Workers Can Have Wants
Supplied at Any Hour.

Among the many places of business
Of one and another sort that IN great
city are kept open all night are bnk-
cries.
The bakery is peculiarly domes-
tic business establishment. supplying
mostly home wants. and rs most pCo-
pie work days and sleep nights 1t
might be supposed that there would
be no occasion to keep bakeries open
nights. but here. whore with the city's
manifold Industries there must bc n
large number Of people working ut nll
times to keep things going. there are
bakeries that do keep open and find
trade at all hours.
Some Of these all night bakeries
have lunch room attachments, whore
people stop IN TO eat going to or from
work. while others do n bakery busi
ness only. At either customers come
IN at all hours Of the night to buy
things TO carry away, just as people do
at any hour Of the day. for the people
who go TO work at midnight or Mt |. 2
or 3 o'clock I'm the morning want bread
and bakery stun before they go, just
the same ms do those who begin their
labors nj Z. \ or o. and there Is likely
TO be In their nclghborhood an all night
open bakery where they cnn regularly
supply their wants.
Frsn 20 . n. M are the hours that
mark low cbb In the all night bakery
trade. but customers are dropping In
nil night long. New York Sun.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1909-07-16
CHURCH NOTICES.

Baptist church--C. l.. Owen, pastor.
SUNDAY school a. 10 a. m. Preaching at
IIa m. b. Y. 2. U. = p. m. Preaching
at 8 p. m.
Methodist church-S. II. Dewart, pas
tor. Sunday school 10 a. M; preaching
at II a. m. and s p. m. Epworth League
at 7 p. M.
Holy Cross Catholic church, Portsmouth
Station: S:i5 a. m, low mass; Io:i5 am,
high mass; 1880 p. M, vespers and bene'
diction.
Christian churcli-Meets every Sunday
in Tabernacle as follows: Sunday school
at 10 a. M; preaching at II a. IN. aud :
p. M, and Y. p. S. c. +. meeting at Up. m
X. J. johnson, pastor.
st. Andrews Episcopal Church Ports.
mouth Rev. DR.. Van Waters, Chap
lain. Sunday Services 1880 p. M. Sun
day school 10 a. m. Holy Communion
first Sunday in the month at 4 a. IN.
Evangelical church-Sunday school al
10 a. M. Preaching II a. IN. Junior X
l.. c. 4. ago p. M; Senior K. l.. {. Il.
p. m. Preaching at 5 p. m. Chester =
Gates, pastor.
First Congregational church-G. w
Nelson, pastor. Sunday school 10 a
M; preaching II a. m. and 7:45 p. M
Y. 7. S. G. +. meeting at p. M. Prayei
meeting Thursday at 1880 p. m. A seal
and welcome to all.
Baptist Church, University Park. Rev
A. b. Waltz, pastor. Regular services
every Sunday morning and evening.
German Baptist church-Services helt
each Sunday at Baptist church asfollows
Sunday school p. M, preaching at ; p
IN. Rev. Faltmeat, pastor.
German Lutheran-Services at io:4.
a. M. every Sunday morning at corner o
Peninsula avenue and Fitzpatrick street
University Park. All Germans of st
Johns cordially invited to attend. {
Buechler, pastor.
Christian Science Hall-Holbrook blk
Sundays ~ a. m; Wednesdays at 8 p. III
Subject: Life.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1909-07-16
IDLY WANDERING.
When tho overwrought Worker Cuts
Loose From Care.

When business man suffers from
overstrain or student from over.
work sometimes, instead of taking to
bed. he disappears. Suddenly he is
missing. all trace of him lost. His
family and friends invariably fear the
worst They imagine he has met with
accident and Is lying unconscious In a
hospital or has parted with his wits
and is confined in an asylum or has
even taken his own life.
These things are all possible. but the
probable thing Is none of them. The
probable thing Is that the overwrought
man has yielded TO natural Impulse
and lnstlnctlvely has sought n cure by
becoming wanderer for the time. lie
has put the cares OF the old life be
hind him and with them the people
that recall the old life and has given
himself up 60 the healing of the road.
TO drift with no well defined object.
to see strange places and faces. ever
to answer the call OF the beyond-"dle
fcrnc," Ms the Germans call It's more
than dream lying somewhere In the
back of every mans mind, where II
was lodged by some ancestor of the
nomnd period: II ~ one Of natures
own remedies for the worries Of life.
For the man with great sorrow.
for the man with troubled con.
science. for the man whose nerves are
not treating him right. travel. change
Of scene. Is one Of the things the wise
physician will prescribe. If II be n
veritnble tramp nfoot the cure will be
spccdlcr and more complete and may
work physical regeneration Into the
bnrgnin.--New York Mail.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1909-07-16
UNCLE SAM.
The Way Our Nickname 10 Said TO
Have Originated.

The Way Our Nickname 10 Said TO
Have Originated.
This familiar nickname for the Unit.
ed States is said TO have come about In
the following manner:
During the war OF 1912 the United
States government entered into n con.
tract with Elbcrt Anderson 90 furnish
supplies 10 the army. Whenever the
United States buys anything from q
contractor II appoints mn Inspector to
see that the goods are up to the spcci.
fcntions. In this case the government
appointed man by the name of Sam.
ucl Wilson. lie wns Jolly. whole
souled man and was familiarly known
ns Uncle sam.
II was his duty 90 Inspect every box
and cnsk that came from Ebert An
dcrson. the contractor. and n the con.
tents were all right the cargo was
marked with the letters "E. A.-U. g."
the Initials of the contractor and OF
the United States
The mnn whose duty II was Co do
this marking was something Of n Joker.
and when somebody asked him one
day what these letters stood for he
said that they meant Ebert Anderson
and Uncle sam.
Everybody. including Uncle sam
himself. thought this very good Joke.
and by and by II got Into print, and
before the end OF the war II was
known NIL over the country. and that
In how the United States received the
name of Uncle sam.-Des Moines Reg
lister and Leader.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1909-07-16
What Forty Poles Make.

A good story Is told about certain
professor whose business Il was 10 lee.
ture Ia number of students ON sur
yeylng, During one of the lectures ,ss
professor said that In his opinion tho
pole was Of little or no value, 10 the
astonlshment Of those present Polish
gentleman arose ana after accusing the
professor OF insulting his counirymen
demanded AN apology.
The professor thereupon explained
that the pole TO which he referred was
merely term OF measurement, The
Polish gentleman, seeing his mistake.
asked the professor 10 forgive his ap.
parent rudeness, 10 this the professor
smartly replied;
You could not he rude. sir, even II
you tried, for II takes forty poles To
make one rood"'-l.ondon Mall,
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1909-07-16
Chinese Dramatic crudi,l...

Here is n sample or one OF the naive
bits Of Chinese stage craft. Hon Ling.
leading trngcdinn. playing the part OF
the younger sou, renders solo which
means that the widow aud orphans
nrc going 10 the temple To celebrate
funeral rites, The property man sets
on the stag. n little box for an altar
aud throws over the widows head q
white ycll symbol of mourning, Then
Hon Ling, as the younger son. waves
his hands aud kicks his foot like n
man punting football, This signifies
that the rest of the family II out Of
his sphere of action, The scene has
officially changed from house 10 n
temp.r. ~, white the o'si ~ the fam
ily kneels before the altar. lion Ling
slrolls over aud chats with one OF the
musicians who happens 10 be resting.
Every ybody's Magazine.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1909-07-16
ANCIENT GUNS.
Remarkable Weapons That Were Used
by the Turks and Chinese.


At the Siege Of Rhodes the Turks
constructed mortars by following out
cavities In the solid rock nt the proper
angle. and IN the arsenal NJ Malta II n
trophy Of the long aud glorious defense
OF valcttn IN n Turkish gun. about n
six FOUNDER. composed of n copper tube
collcd over with strong rope aud "Jnck-
ctcd" with rnwhldc. In the snmc col.
lection ARE some antique "qulck firers."
brccchlondcrs, with small horcs aud
Immensely long barrels. like punt guns.
The Malay pirates put grcnt trust IN
the long brass swivel guns called
"lcln." aud IN llornco these lclns were
used ns kind of currency, large sums
being estimated In guns.
The Chinese east excellent bronze
guns Ohcrc IN 1nc specimen of them
IN Dcvonport dockynrdl. but so little
did they understand Runncry that IN
the so called "oplum war" the forts OF
the liocca Tlgrls. defending the can.
ton river. had the guns built immoyn.
bly, Into the walls The sikh gunncrs
opposed to England IN the two punJnb
wars. though they loaded with amnz.
ing rccklcsSncSs. shovcllng IN the pow.
der from open boxes. stuck Ia their
guns 10 the last. The blood NJ the first
mnn killed was smcnrcd ON the gun.
aud the whole detachment died beside
II sooner than retreat. - Chambers
Journal
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1909-07-16
Too Much of o Tonic.

When Mr.. Chinchln returned home
from Chlnchln X Chlnchln's the other
day he found his wife lying worn out
upon the sofa
Nothing wrong. hopc!' he ex.
claimed.
'I'm afraid shall have "a stop that
tonic the doctor prescribed for Tom
my" Mrs. Cblnchln fnlntly murmured.
"Whyg Isn't he any bcttcrY" nsked
Chinchln.
"Oh. yes. but think the tonic must
De too lnvigoratlng. Why. he hns slid
down the banisters slX times this
moS'lng. broken the hall lamp. two
vases, n water jug aud u looking glass,
tied tin can to the eats tail aud
scrlbbed his nnmc on the drawing
room paper. or course It's very graft.
flying but don't feel could stand
much more. 80 I think I-Ill stop the
tonic"
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1909-07-16
worshlpino Q Turtle.

At n place called Kotron. on the
French Ivory Coast, the natives be'
lieye that 10 eat or destroy turtle
would mean death 20 the guilty one or
sickness among the family. The fetich
men. OF which there ARE plenty. declare
that years ago man went 10 sea fish
Ing. In the night his canoe was
thrown upon the beach empty. Three
days aftcrward turtle came ashore
at the same place with the man on Its
back alive and well. Since that time
they have never eaten or destroyed
one of that species. although they en-.
JOY other species.
II one happens now 10 be washed
ashore there II a great commotion In
the town. First the women sit down
and start singing and beating sticks:
next small piece OF white cloth tcolor
must be whitel In placed on the tur-
ties back. Food is then prepared and
placed on the cloth. generally plan
tains. rice ana palm oil Then. amid q
lot more singing. dancing aud antics
Of the fetich people. Il Is carried back
into the sea and goes on Its way re-
joicing
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1909-07-16
A FLOWER AND A WISH.
The Romantic Marriage OF De tssssps
Of Suex Canal Fame.

Sir Henry Brnckenbury tells IN
Blackwoods Magazine the story Of
the romantic marriage OF NJ. lie Les.
scps. A f'rcnchmnn living In Reunion
was compelled by the Illness Of his
wife to take her To France. lie sailed
with his wife and two young dnugh.
tcrs. but the wife died on the voyage.
called on NJ. dc Lcsscps. told him Of
his mlsfortuncs aud of his suffcrings
on the long sea voyage aud expressed
the wish 10 dedicate the remainder Of
his life 10 the furthcrnncc Of the con.
structlon of the Sucz canal DE Lcsscps
gave him nn appointment nj lsmallla,
and employment was found In one OF
the workshops there for his daughters.
one dny DE Lcsscps' attention was
attracted by these two girls. With
whom he entered into conversation.
lie cnmc again next dny aud gave 20
they should frame wish the last
thing NJ night and that n In the morn.
Ing they found that the flowers had
opened the wish would be- granted.
ON the following morning he went
10 their house and found one Of the
girls smiling, the other IN tears. IIs
asked the cause OF the lattcr's sadness.
MY flower has not opened" she ~.
piled.
''rcll mo your wish. NO that II possl
bic II may be granted" responded N.
de Lcsscps,
"Ah. 10 you least Of all men can
tell a." was her answer. The great
engineer married her.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1909-07-16
MATHEMATICAL SIGNS.
brisin Of Plus, Minus, Multiplication
and Division symbols.

| 6U0 SfNtotoH SyVSS'os
The sign of addition Is derived from
the initial letter of the word plus.
In making the capital letter II was
made more and more carelessly until
the top part OF the ''p' was finally
placed near the center; hence the plus
sign as we know II was gradually
reached.
The sign Of subtraction was derived
from the word minus" The word
was first contracted In m. n. s., with II
horizontal line above to Indicate that
some OF the letters had been left out.
At last the letters were omitted alto
gether. leaving only the shore line.
The multiplication sign was obtained
by changing the plus sign Into the let
ter "x." This was done because mul-
tiplicatlon Is but a shorter form Of ad
ditlon.
Division was formerly indicated by
placing the dividend above horizon
tai line and the divlsor below. In or.
der to save space In printing. the dlvi.
dend was placed 10 the left and the
dlvIsor to the right. After years OF
evolution" the two IDS" were omit
ted altogether and simple dots set In
the place OF each. As with the others,
the radical sign was derived from the
initial letter of the word "radlx."
The sign Of equality was first used
In the year 1867 by n sharp mothema-
tlcian, who substituted II TO avoid fire.
qucntly repeating the words equal
to"-St. James Gazette.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1909-07-16
Oats lnalda namhoo.

The cutting down of n clnmp Of
bamboos In the royal botanical gar
dens, Singapore. shows that the hol'
lows In the stems of these plants may
AFFORD a dwelling place for bats. On
the splitting Of Joint three bats tlew
out. and II was perceived that others
were within. care was taken To pre-
vent further escape. and later eXami-
nation OF the Joint revealed the pres.
ence Of twenty'three bats In the hol'
low, Four of these were adult females
opd nineteen young ones, other bam-
boo loipts were also found to contain
numbcF pf bats, The species is
known AS Nsspsrngo pachypus. Lon
don Scraps.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1909-07-16
Too Much esperse.

"Yes." said Mr.. Tyte.Phist. II was
just stepping on the ear when the
conductor gave the motorman the sig
nal TO 40 ahead. and the ear started,
My foot went out from under me, and
| sat down on the muddy crossing,
running twenty-five dollar suit OF
clothes"
Then you sat there. swore like a
trooper and gnashed your teeth In
rage. | suppose" remarked the sym.
pathlzlng listener.
NO" said Mr. Tyte,Phlst. Il may
have sworn little. but didn't do
any gnashing. My teeth are new and
cost me S30"-Chicago Tribune.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1909-07-16
BOWEL coMpLAlNTiN CHILDREN

When six months old the little
daughter of Il. N. Dewey, well
known merchant Of Agnewyille. Va,
had an attack OF cholera infantum'
Chamberlain's Collie. Cholera and Di-
arrhoea Remedy was given and ef'
fecIed complete cure. This remedy
has proven very successful in cases
OF bowel complaint in chnuren and
when given according to the plain
printed directions can be relied upon
with perfect confidence. When re-
duced with water and sweetened 1t
Is pleasant to take. which Is Of great
Importance when medicine must be
given to young children. For sale
by all good druggists.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1909-07-16
REAL BARGAINS
j
Special Sale OF all MILLINERY at
ABBOTT'S, Portsmouth
6os Dawson Street.
Proposals For Street Work

Sealed proposals win be received
~ the office OF the Recorder OF the
city OF ST. Johns, until July 27, 1909
at o'clock, p. m. for the improve
ment OF Willis Boulevard from the
North line OF Fessenden street "a
the South line OF St Johns avenue
In the manner provided by Ordinance
No. 2iS subject To the provisions OF
the Charter and Ordinances OF the
City OF st. Johns. and the estimate
OF the city engineer. ON file, with
expansion joints In walk and curb
every ~ feet and inch tile through
curb every so feet.
Bids must be strictly In accord,
ance with printed blanks, which will
be furnished ON application at the
office OF the Recorder OF the City
OF ST. Johns. And said improve
ment must be completed on or be-
for Sept 25th. 1909.
No proposals or bids win be con.
sidered unless accompanied by a GER
Titled check payable to the order OF
the mayor OF the city OF st. Johns.
certified by a responsible bank for
an amount equal TO ten per cent. OF
the aggregate proposal.
The right to reject any and all
bids is hereby reserved.
by order OF the city council,
A. Nj. ESS0N,
Recorder.
Published in the ST. Johns Review.
July .. 10. and %. 1903,
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1909-07-16
TERRIBLY scAlDeD

is something We hear or read about
every day OF our lives. Burns and
scalds either slight or serious are
bound to happen In your family. be
prepared by having bottle of Bal.
lard's Snow Liniment handy. 1t re-
lieyes the pain instantly and quickly
heals the burn. Sold by North Bank
Pharmacy.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1909-07-16
The Amazon River.

Although not the largest or longest
river, the Amazon Is the most worder-
ful river In the world. with "A mouth
100 miles In width aud with force
OF water that repels or at least over
la,s the ocean to distance OF more
than tifty leagues. Yet In spite OF
the weight OF the river the tide makes
It's influence felt for 500 miles from
the coast. The easterly trade winds
blow almost Invariably upward. SO as
TO he ready 10 help the vessel against
the adverse currents.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1909-07-16
waked Than Up.

Dr, Hans Richter. the famous con-
dnctor, while supervising a rehearsal
In London theater once was much
annoyed at the calm way the players
were taking the impassloned music,
''Gentiemen. gentlemen" said he.
suddenly stopping short, you're all
playing like married men. not like low
rs."-Westminster Gazette.