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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-16
Rare Copy of Poe.

]. Pierpont Morgan's purchase for
$500 of first edition of 32-page
pamphlet containing two Of Edgar AL
len Poe's prose stories. 1.-THE Murders
in the Rue Morgue" and 1.-THE Man
That Was Used Up bring to mind
the fact that the original manuscript
of one of the stories mentioned is the
property Of the Drexel Institute of this
city, to which it was presented by
the late George W. Childs. Mr.. Childs
paid 5000 for it about 80 years ago.
1.-THE Murders In the Rue Morgue"
appeared originally in Graham's Maya
zine, published in this city back in
the forties. A young printer employed
was the late ]. M. Johnston. great
admirer of Poe, and afterward an edi-
tor on the staff of the Lancaster In
te1lingencer. After the story had been
put into type and the manuscript dis
carded Johnston recovered it from the
waste basket.
For many years the manuscript had
precarious existence. Mr.. Johnston
after his removal to Lancaster opened
a photograph gallery in that city, in
which he operated until the outbreak
of the civil war. when he enlisted in
the Seventy-ninth Pennsylvania infan-
try. During his occupancy of the gal
lery the building was twice partly de-
stroyed by fire, and. although nearly
everything else was consumed, the Poe
a portfolio in a closet, was preserved.
Years ofterward. at housekeeping
time, an ancient and apparently worth
less manuscript was thrown by some
member of Mr.. Johnston's family into
rubbish heap in the back yard of his
home, and would have been carted
away if a neighbor had not picked
it up and returned it to it's owner.
Mr.. Johnston then had the pages
bound within leather covers. He sold
the manuscript to Mr.. Childs for 5000.
1t is now worth many Thousands
Philadelphia dispatch to New York
Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-16
Teeth and tuberculosis.


In this years Harvard Summer
School session several instructive even
ing lectures have been given by men
we'll informed In relation to caring for
children quite outside of textbook
matters Prof. Potter who il a teacher
in the Harvard Dental school. gave
to the summer students several valua-
BILE talks on the care of children's
teeth. He said that, as in other
branches of medicine, prevention was
often more valuable than cure. His
examples of this sort of prevention
were taken from the experiences of
doctors and teachers in the public
schools of Brookline, where every pu-
pill undergees a dental examination,
which is followed UP by other inspec-
care which the child receives from its
parents.
"From our dental examinations in
the Brookline schools" he said, I'VE
have gained valuable data, and We be-
lieve that the children and the COM
ed care of the pupils teeth. In gen.
eral, such enforced care leads to better
teeth, and as a result, better physical
health and better mental power. More
over, care of the teeth in people of all
ages helps to put stop to tubercu-
even of such a town as Brookline,
that decay was very prevalent; that
while many Of the children had dental
care of some sort, it was not always
scientific; IN many cases no thought
of such care seemed to exist in the
minds of the parents. After the first
examination of child's teeth, we noti-
fled the parents or guardian of our
finding, suggesting that the child be
taken to practitioner or if conditions
did not allow that, we saw that the
patient was sent either to the Harvard
Dental School or to the infirmary of
the Tufts College Dental School
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-16

"a novel always ends with the mar
riage.'
And very properly So There's nothing
novel about the subsequent hunt for a
flat. and cook. and job lot Of furniture %
Puck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-16
Much in a Name.

''What became of that paper you
were going to start in the interest of
uplifting the poor tramp" asked the
interviewer.
"Ah. it fell through" confessed the
great reformer, with much agitation,
land all on account of the blooming
carelessness of the printer"
ibid he make a grave error?"
"I should say so. You know the
paper was to be named the Bar of
Hope Well, that idiot of printer
changed 1t to the Bar of Soap and
as soon as my constituents heard the
name they started running. and they
are running yet."-Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-16
Awful Suspense.

Strangers seeking accommodations
in Brockton during the fair tell many
funny stories of their experiences.
One man, after ringing hesitatingly
the night bell, was answered by q
gruff voice informing him that there
remained only one room. and that be-
side a very nervous and irritable old
gentleman. who had been in the no.
tel for some time and was a star
boarder there. After the Door fellow.
tired by his days sightseeing. prom
Used to be very careful not to make
any noise. he was allowed to enter.
Undressing hurriedly, he uhoughtless-
~ allowed one shoe to fall with re-
sounding crash; then catching him.
self. he carefully laid down the other
and crawled beneath the quilts, only
to be disturbed about half hour la
ter by a knock at the door.
Upon asking what the intruder
wanted. a high. shri1l voice piped out.
Hey. there; why don't you put down
that other shoe. or are you one
legged man ?"-Boston Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-16

What is the distinguishing quality of
the problem play?''
ut makes you think. The first half
keeps you wondering what the question
is, and the second half keeps you guessing
what's the answer."-Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-16

The young husbands face was aflame
with a deathless devotion.
"Pulsatilla," he exclaimed. clasping her
to his heart. Til wear it, no matter
what the boys at the office say! And IN
smoke 'em If they kill me."-Chicago
Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-16

What? You're going to marry Tom
Speed! Why, he's awful!' What makes
you think soT' 81 hear he's been black
b D by every club in town." Yes. I
won't have much excuse for staying out
nights, will he?"-Cleveland Leader
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-16
Lost Millions. But sim Happy.

1--WE are shy in Texas about
900 600 bales of the yield our cotton
fields should have produced" said Mr..
C. L. Mclaughlin. of Dennfson. Tex,
at the Belyedere.
"This means that the Texas planters
are out of pocket the enormous sum
of s120,000.o00. reckoning on q
valuation of but $50 to the bale al
though $40 is nearer the mark But
even with the short crop. in view OF
the prices the farmers have received
the state is in extremely good shape
and there is abundant prosperity.
Immigrants Of the best quality are
pouring in and buying our lands right
and left our towns are growing
faster than those of any other south
ern state, and yet the rural districts
are becoming thickly peopled Also
Baltimore American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-16

The Lost Art of Conversation.-TheD Dis
tr1ct Visitor, (making herself agreeable
Does your husband drink. Mrs. Mason7
Mrs. Mason-No. mum; does yours Tine
Taller.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-16

Hardup-Iu never go to that restaur-
ant again. The last time I was there a
man got my overcoat ana left his in its
place.
.Welloff-But the proprietor wasn't to
blame, was he?
Hardup-No; but might meet the other
nan!-I1lustrated Bits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-16

Mrs Pike-well. did you vote yester-
day?
Mrs. Peak-No, I did not. You see, my
hairdresser was late in coming to the
mouse; then, my maid didn't have my
hat on to suit me, and by the time got
down town the mean old polls were closed
-Yonkers Statesman. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-16

Gladys-well. what did Miss Doctor
Cleverton say was the cause of your ex-
IRENE paleness? Grace-Weil. she has
described to me q hat and waist that will
go beautifully with it.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-16

"Carson's the most absent minded chap
/ ever saw"
Whats he been doing now?'
This morning he thought he'd left his
watch at home, and then proceeded to
take it out of his pocket to see If he had
time to go home and get it."-Lippincott's S.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-16
FOR NEW FORM OF MEMORIAL.
Washington Star Protests Against
Further Erection of Statues.

Regarding the latest addition to the
capitoTs outdoor art the Kansas City
Times says:
"Borgium's equestrian status OF
Cen Sheridan seems to be distinct
addition to the sculpture of the cap
ital. Now if the city could only get
rid of Andrew Jackson on the rocking
Horse
The Andrew Jackson statue is in
some eyes merely the most objection
able example of a school of public
sculpture which is strongly in evidence
artistic taste The imam on horse
back looms large on the horizon here.
There are so many such sculptures
that visitor who knows nothing of
the protests which have been voiced
during late years might with reason
conclude that the broze equestrians
represent the highest American ideal.
1t is now believed, however, that a
new era has opened. The Sheridan
statue, satisfactory as it is viewed as
AAA S~AoAApAS III 10 ~ pc Will PSA hcP2S
be the last of it's kind erected here.
Most Westinghouse sincerely hope
so, at all events. The Grant memorial
will establish a new standard of out
door art, the only regret aroused being
that it has been so improperly located.
The Columbus memorial, the design
for which is about to be selected, will
presumably carry out the later
thought on the subject of the COM
memoration of men by artistic sculp-
ture. The fact is we have been too
meager in our provisions for the per-
petuation of memories of great men
by means of sculptures. The dollars
have been doled out sparingly and the
insignificant equestrian and pede6-
TRAN figures represent this national
parsimony. A more liberal spirit now
prevails. The fact is recognized that
if the country is to- acquire intellectual
growth it must encourage the fine
arts, and it is the duty of the United
States government to take the lead in
this direction. Congress has begun to
appreciate this fact SO that its appro-
priations during the past few years
for such purposes have been sufficient
to enlist the services of the greatest
sculptors in the evolution of artistic
memorial designs. 1t is now conf
IDENTIFY expected that this winter con-
gress will provide appropriately for
Lincoln memorial. This creation,
whatever form it may assume, should
symbolic the evolution of the national
taste and render forever impossible
any more isolated men on horseback
in the national capital Washington
Star.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-16
SERMONETTE,


The lions den is the safest
place man can find if God be
there to close the lions mouths.
1t was not ostentatious dis
play of his religion which got
Daniel into trouble. 1t was
faithfuIness in secret prayer.
The man who meets God in
his closet is not going to be
afraid of the enemies he meets
outside.
! submit to the busiest man
of affairs who can be found to-
day whether or not Daniel as chief
man in all that vast kingdom
did not have tremendous re-
sponsibiIitfes, and yet not only
did he not find it necessary to
make work day out of the Sab
bath day, but he found time
three times a day to seek the
Lord in prayer.
Business tasks always are
made easier by taking the Lord ,
into partnership and holding a
private conference with him
several times during the day.
What a testimonial that was
to the character of Daniel, when
his enemies were forced to adj
nit that they could find no fault
in him save as it concerned his
loyalty to the laws of his God.
Early. in life Daniel had set
tied that question as to where
his first obligation lay, and the
whole success of his life was an
outgrowth of that determination
to put God first and to steer his
life by the polar star of Gods
will.
Daniel didn't know that God
would close the lions mouths so
that ne would receive no physi-
cal hurt.
True faith and loyalty to Gcd
never seeks to bargain with God
concerning physical or material
blessings. 1t is content to do the
thing God would have done and
to leave conditions and conse-
quences with him.
Notice in this incident the
graphic demonstration of the
truth of Gods word that "The
wrath of man shall praise thee"
Psalm 1910. For rot only did
the, plot of Daniels enemies
bring added dignity and honor
to him, but it resulted In a mag
nifyins of the name of the true
God throughout all the vast
kingdom of Darius.
He who maintains secret daily
deVotions with God is goinu to
be conscious of an inflow of
power which will help in every
relationship in life.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-16
One TippIe for Two Colonies.

"The old National hotel in Washing
ton used to be the hangout of the
best collection of colone1s, said the
veteran actor.
Cali of them were habitually broke
while looking for government posi-.
tons Col. Calhoun and Col. Boone
scraped up Is cents somehow, this be.
ing the price of one portion of bour-
bon.
Have a little tipple, Boomer says
Calhoun.
No, sir; / am abstemtous,' was
the reply.
Calhoun filled his glass to the brim,
drank half of it, smacked his lips, and
spoke as follows:
"'That, sub, is suah huff the best
ticker have ever tasted. Now, Boone,
taste this and pass judgment. 1t will
recall to your mind the joyous feuds
of Kaintuck.'
We'll, if you insist said Boone,
IS he hastily gobbled up the remain
ing booze.
Thus the pair of them got drink
apiece for the price of one.
Can you beat it said the barkeep
to me. New York Telegraph.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-16
New Ambassadors at Capital.


Two interesting new diplomats, both
from northern Europe, and both men
of affairs in the world, have been added
to the corps in Washington. Already
they have taken prominent position in
the social and official life of the CAPT,
tai. Both are accompanied by charm,
ing wives, one of whom is former
Boston girl.
They are Herman de Lagererantz.
minister from Sweden, who presented
his credentials originally in the spring
of 1907, and Count Carl Won Moltke,
the newly appointed minister from
Denmark, who is a defendant of the
famous field marshal Of that name.
and whose wife was Miss Cornelia
Thayer of the Thayer family of Massa.
chusetts. He has just been joined by
the countess.
The new ministers have taken ad.
joining homes in the double Hender.
son house, one of the most attractive
structures in the fashionable residen.
tial sections of Sixteenth street. They
have established their legations and
the flags of Denmark and Sweden fly
side by side.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-16
FArLET's soLILooUY.

Hips must go-Fashion's Note
Mrs. White adjusted the corset with
few deft movements, and presto!-the
model was hipless.-News Item.
To lace, or not torlace, that is the ques-
ton:
Whether it's nobler in the flesh to suf-
fer
The pinch and squeezing of outrageous
fashion
Or sit down upon this dire announce
ment
And, by opposing, end It? To gasp, to
pant
No more, and being fat, to say we end
The heartache and the thousand natural
shocks
The flesh is heir tots a contamination
Devoutly to be wished. To tug, to pull
To squeeze, perchance to pinch! Aye,
there's the rub!
Tor in this chase of style what frets
must come
Ere we may nullify this mortal flesh
Must give US pause There's the tight
sleeves
That make calamity of reaching up;
For who would bear the grip of bone
and steel,
The sitting steam within the Turkish
bath,
The rubbing of masseurs. the gulping
down
Of powders and of pills of anti-fat,
The stunning sweets and farinaceous
food,
When she herself might her content
ment make
In loose wrapper? Who would corsets
wear
That neither let her walk nor stand nor
sit,
But that the dread of being out of style,
That bridge-whistless existence, from
whose bourne
No traveller returns, puzzles the will
And makes US rather bear the ills we
must
Than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus fashion doth make towards of us
all
And thus the native girth and size and
plumpness
Is skinned DER with bands of crushing
grip,
And lost the name of fairness. Easy, now,
My good dressrnaker! Nymph, in my
directoire
Be all my fat forgotten!
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-16
A Mauiclan Mustifes.

Two men sat in the hotel lobby
glowering at the smoke which they
blew toward the ceiling. At intervals
they broke into argument, which in.
volved personality.
whats the matter with them?'
asked a salesman
"One is the proprietor of this
hotel" answered the accommodating
clerk, 'the other owns the only news.
paper in town.
Last hight both went to the theater,
where a magician asked for handker-
chief A man jokingly handed him a
big square of muslin.
1.-THE magician studied the cloth for
a few minutes, and then said, dramatic.
ally:
Thank Heaven, there is at least
one clean sheet in this town
And now the publisher says the
hotel bedclothes were alluded to, and
the other insists that It was the towns
newspaper"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-16
THE STORY.

INTO the far corner of the vast do
4 minions of the great King Darius
came messenger one day bearing
tidings, the like of which they had
never before heard That the messen-
ger came from the king was certain
for he bore the kings credentials. and
the proclamation which he brought
was sealed with the great seal of
state.
II the message from the king had
been one demanding an increased tax
to fill the royal Golfers, or it had been
call for the raising of an army to go
forth and fight for the king, there
would have been little wonder caused
for such demands were being made
upon them from time to time. but
when the royal messenger came pro-
claiming the majesty and power of
some new and living God, a God not
made of wood or stone, and God not
afar off but near at hand SO that he
performed mighty wonders before the
nation, then was there great stir and
questioning among the people as to
what it could mean.
Who was this man. Daniel whose
God was being set above every god
which had before been worshiped nv
the Modes and the Persians? And what
wonderful thing had happened that
should move the king to send out such
wonderful decree, a decree which
sounded like an insult to the mighty
gods of the Persians who had made
Darius so great a king and extended
his kingdom to the utmost bounds of
the earth?
Such were the questionings which
arose in the minds of the people as
they listened to the proclamation.
which the herald announced:
Peace be multiplied unto you. /
make Decree" ran the proclamation,
that in every dominion of my king
dom men tremble and fear before the
God of Daniel; for he is the living
God, and stedfast for ever, and his
kingdom that which shall not be de-
stroyed, and his dominion shall be
even unto the end. He delivereth and
reseueth, and he worketh signs and
wonders in heaven and in earth, who
hath delivered Daniel from the power
of the lions"
These words proclaimed through the
streets of that far off city of Darius
realm fell upon the ears Of one of the
earnest deYotees % the gods of the
Modes, one Of the priestcraft In his
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-16

Scripture authority-The Book of
Daniel, chapter 6.
The Prophecies of the Book of Daniel.
Chapter 2 predicts the course of the five
great empires of the world, which should
succeed each other in supTamacy-vtz. the
Babylonian, Persian, CT sian, Roman
and Christian. In Chap the four
world powers under the figure of the four
beasts, are viewed in their religious as
pect In Chapter is predicted the strus-
gle between the Persian and Grecian
powers, and the rise of the corrupting
influence of Antiochus Epiphanes which
prepared the way for the final overthrow
of the Jews by the Romans. Then fol-
low the precise prophecies regarding the
Messiah. In seven weeks CAS- years., the
city would be rebuilt; in G. weeks (4S4
years., Christ would begin his ministry
and in the middle of one week (three and
one-half years., he would be cut off.
Chapter 10 foretells the opposition of the
Persian power to the restoration of the
Jews; while Chapter IL more infinitely
predicts the history Of the four Persian
kings, that of Alexander and his sue
cessors, till the conquest of Syria by
Rome, followed by a forecast of the
growth of the supremacy of Christs
kingdom to the end of the world.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-16
peonIe Never Buried Alive.

In the American Magazine DR..
Woods Hutchinson, writing on "The
Curiosities of Sleep" says:
1t might be incidentally mentioned,
for the relief of anxious souls, that the
risk of any individual passing into a
trance and remaining in it long
enough to be buried alive is exceed
ingly slight. There is no authentic in
stance of this having ever occurred. l
took occasion to investigate this ques-
ton some years ago, and communi-
Gated with number of leading under
takers, and they all unanimously de.
nounced it as one of the myths of the
nineteenth century. One of them, at
the time president of the National
Funeral Directors association, in
formed me that he had carefully in
vestigated every instance of burial
alive reported in the newspapers for
Is years past and found every one of
them to be in his own language, "a
pure fake"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-16
Distinction of Books.

To disinfect book which has been
in the sick room wash the cover with
some good purifier and put the book
out in the open air for one day, where
the sun can beat down upon it with
all force. One of the best dI@..zfect-
ants is the black or crude carbolic
acid. For each drain, basin or bath.
tub pour down one tablespoonful, then
with boiling water cleanse out the
pipe. In all cases of sewer gas this
will prove an excellent purifier and
give to any house or apartment a
healthy odor. This hint is especially
intended for those who live in town
but country dwellers will find it use
full in case of the kitchen sink pipes
etc.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-16
will Not Lose their Prominence.

Representative and Mrs. Longworth,
should they remain at Washington,
Will be scarcely less prominent in the
White House circle under the next
administration than they are under
the present Representative Long
worth has social affiliations with the
President-elect and Mrs. Taft antedat-
ing his acquaintance with them in Of
fetal circles at washington. Mr.. Taft
moreover. is associated with Mr.. Long
worth's courtship days, both he and
Mrs. Longworth, then Miss Alice
Roosevelt, having been members of
the Philippine trip which resulted in
SO many matches
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-01-16
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Dancing Expected in White House.

There are not many accomplish
ments which the wife of the president
elect possesses that are not being dis
cussed and made much of in the CAPT
tai. Those who know her best are
commenting on Mrs. Taft's fondnsss
for dancing, and are hoping she will
revive the terpsiehorean era in the
White House. Why the American
chief executive should think it be-
meath his dignity to dance is what
society cannot understand. The kaiser
likes to dance, and gives at least four
dancing affairs a year. King Edward,
almost 20 years old, does not disdain
a whirl occasionally, and both he and
the queen like to watch others dan
cling. Mrs Taft has Travelled extern
sfvely and knows the customs of for
eign lands. 1t will add much to the
picturesqueness of official life if dan
cling affairs are given.