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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-22
FROM OTHER PENS
OUR CITIZEN SOLDIERS.

America SO far has been spared any
tragic lesson of war that might have
of recruits when opposed to an army
of trained soldiers. Americans are
welded to the belief that the Amer
lean volunteer is the greatest soldier
on earth. They are confident that
even an army of unframed volunteers
would prove the peer of the trained
armies of European nations.
The American soldier is a natural
and initiative. No better material
out of which to fashion a good fight
ing man is to be found in the world.
But man cannot become a musician
by DOM d4nning the uniform of of an
a merchant become a soldier merely
by putting on a khaki uniform. 1t
requires training, discipline, the
knowledge of what to do and how
to do it.
1t is absurd to compare unseason-
ed volunteers with regular soldiers.
The one has yet to learn how to
fight. The other already knows.
The vast superiority of the regular
strikingly emphasized than at the
outbreak of the Spanish-Amer1can
war. 1t required months of hard
drill to lick the recruits into any
sort of soldierliness. If the nation
had had to depend at that crisis en-
tirely on its volunteers it is doubtful
whether the Santiago campaign
would be finished yet.-Chicago In
ter-Ocean.
PEOPLE ARE DISTRUSTFUL.
The Journal of Commerce speaks
pretty close to the point when it says:
Zone result of the reckless specu-
lation INDUCED in by financierS in
command of enormous bank deposits
and of important corporations has
been radical curtailment in the
public demand for stocks and bonds,
abroad as we'll as at home. People
distrust the present race of Wall
distrust the methods now in use.
When a railroad stock collapses $25
per share in month of banner earn
ingS and of no unfaVorable change
in the roads prospects, all is not as
it should be. When another stock
supplies one third of all the trading
on the exchange without the stimu-
lus of new development, skepticism Is
pardonab1e.
There has been a great deal of
public buying of securities in the last
few months, but nothing compared
with what the professional traders
would have the country believe.
Time was when about all that was
needed to entice the outsiders into
the market was to get up a moderate
bull movement. It requires much
more than a moderate bull move
ment nowadays, and even then the
professionals are not always success
full The outsiders probably have not
greatly changed, though it would be
pleasant to believe that they had.
They certainly should have learned
something from the severe drubbings
they have received.-Buffalo Express.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-22
How Fashion Robs the Farmers.

According to William butcher, pres
ident of the Audubon Societies of the
United States. birds save to the farm
err S2OOOOO,OO0 a year in the destruc-
ton of noxious einsects and noxious
weeds. The great destroyers of birds
are the plume hunters for millinery
purposes. Birds destroyed for food are
-restocked by natural process, but the
plume hunters recognize no closed sea-
son.
Millinery interests in America rep
present $4,000. 900 worth of work done
Nv the birds for the farmers As bob
white is the archdestroyer of the po-
tato bug and the cuckoo of the cater
pillar and the woodpecker of the Dor
ing grub and the lark of the grass
hopper and the sparrow of the weed
seeds. President butcher thinks the
birds are entitled to at least fair play
from the Misunderstanding.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-22

smith 70 go abroad to to- study HS music muster You
Country.
Love makes the world go round" quot
ed the Wise Guy. IT suppose that ac-
counts for the 6ds fact that 50 many girls
adelphia Record.
advantage?" ''Unhesitatingiy yes. At the
same time some of our best ball players
nave learned the game on the back lots"
Louisville Courier-JournaL
DO you. ever abuse that mule OF
yours? asked the kind-hearted woman.
tus Pinkley, II should say not. Dat mule
six years ''-washington Star. ~
cot HAS 5is the 6s son you sent away college
Why, he wrote last week that the faculty
d had called him him in and given him the third
adeIphia Ledger.
Fond Mother Ito eye speciaIist)-Doctor
one of Ralph's eyes is ever SO much
stronger than the other. How do you
account for that? Specialist-KnothoIe in
Circle Magazine.
Miss Bridge Fiend-You ought to he
able to write fine comedies Mr. Post.
Young Your Arthur-You flatter me. Miss Bea-
Fiend-Because you make such amusing
plays.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
Primus-That man came to this city
forty years ago, purchased a basket and
commenced gathering rags. How much
90 you suppose he is worth today7
SeconduS-Give 1t up. Primus-Nothiner.
and he owes for the basket-Judge7s
Library.
Wife-Here's another invitation to dine
at the Flatleys'. What a bore those oc-
casions are. Hub-Yes; even their dinner
kn1ver are dull.-Boston Transcript. Z
II see that royal blood has been dis
covered in an old American family
Don't believe it. Some gossip is always
making slam at our old families -
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
"A man, according to Shakespeare. may
smile and be villain THAT was all
very well in Shakespeare's time but the
hallmarks today are an Inverness over
coat and a cigarette. '-Louisvilie Courier
Journal.
Algernon Arduppe-Can't you make me
any better rate for room and board than
what you advertise-$5 up? Mrs. Hamand
Chicago News.
A young man in Pratt said to the divine
object of his alteration: do Won think
your father would object to me marrying
your" She replied: II don't know IF he'S
anything like me he would Kansas Civ
Star 'S
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-22

bad. But this does not mean that all
large corporations are In this same
category. There is a distinction and a
decided difference between bona tide
corporations, regardless of their size,
and trusts
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-22
Valentines Policy.

The new commissioner of Indian
affairs, Robert G. Valentine, begins
his administration of an important
Office with an excellent circular let
ter to his lieutenants and helpers in
the field. 1t is a message of candid
acknowledgement of his dependence
upon the loyalty of subordinates and
of inspiration to them in the future
performance of their difficult work
The general policy of the Indian
bureau under Commissioner Valen-
tine is also outlined, and this seems
to mark no break from that of his
predecessor, Mr.. Leupp, who regarded
the Indian as a person to be trained
for and finally absorbed by the white
mans civilization. Each Indian on
a reservation, consequently, becomes
an individual problem, and upon him
must be thrown all the responsibility
he can bear. HE must be taught,
if necessary by bitter experience; yet
enough must be saved to him to en-
able him to turn such experience to
profit More definitely, Commits
Sioner Valentine writes:
Industrial training and industrial
experience is the key to the situa-
ton whether on the allotment or in
trade. Yet all uselesstools, whether
of unnecessary acres or of unneces-
sary machinery, must be cleared from
the path. The old energies of war
and the chase must be aroused and
directed INTO the cndnne1s OF mooerh'
economic life. BY patient, unceasing
repetition the Indian must be shown
the laws of economic development
which will inevitably crush him if
not obeyed Not only must the rights
and opportunities of the Indians be
guarded, but the welfare of the COM
munity among which they must live
as neighbors must also be respected.
An Indian cannot be allowed to hold,
unused, farm which has been brok-
en- up to let every wind carry the
seeds of weeds onto the prosperous
land around. All this may be called
impossible; but it is not impossible
to the right man, and in many cases
it is already being done"
This means that the Indian bureau
is working directly to the end that
the Indian as an Indian, or ward of
the government" shall be eliminated
at an early day.-Springfield Repub
lican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-22

A State Journal subscriber at Wood
ston, Kansas, suggests a way to settle
the controversy over the discovery of
the North Pole in the following words:
TN justice to Cook and the people in
general would 1t not be fair that both
Cook and Peary present sealed proofs,
neither seal to be broken until both
ne 61o5 >ss
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-22

Mrs. Besant, leader of the theo-
sophists, expresses the opinion that all
people in a century or two will be able
TO talk with the spirit world. Won't
she please hasten up the day a bit? A
bot of people living today would like to
know what is going on in the other
ArorId
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-22

Six hundred students at the Univer-
eity of Maine are out on a strike be-
cause of a faculty ruling which pro-
hibits the hazing of the under class
men, Evidently the brand of educatirn
which has been handed out at this in =
Htitution of learning has not beeNn of
the right sort
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-22

A British pastor says that Chicago is
much maligned and in respect to vice
and crime it is not nearly so bad off as
are many of the larger cities in Great
Britain. Still, this isn't saying a gre at
deal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-22

Leavenworth's city engineer de-
,clares that his town likes the commits
sion form of government So does
every municipality which has tried it,
Topeka's voters will have a chance to
give their city the same kind of eff
Client rule at the special election to be
7'eld on this question on November 2.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-22

1t is rather difficult to figure out
bow they are going to prove perjury
against the Yale youngster who swore
That the age of his 70-year-old bride
was Sc. Even the most insistent
Eticklers for correctness will have to
edmit that the lady in the case is
that old
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-22

Signor Francesca Faccia da Schio of
Bergamp declares that the position oe
the moon on April s. 1909, absolutely
disproves Mr.. Peary's claim to having
discovered the North Pole. A man
with such a name ought to have a
mean enough disposition to doubt any
thing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-22

Just the common ordinary experience
in most families is sufficient to dis
credit the new sex theory of a Berlin
scientist He claims that he can tell
the sex of future children after the first
because the children which come to q
Family alternate. If the first child is a
boy the next will be a girl and vi e
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-22

A weighty question, indeed, has been
solved. The comptroller of the cur
rency has decided that the legal ex-
preston ANY one year. is presumed to
mean a calendar year. There certainly
is gray matter to burn in Washington
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-22

1t has become public that several
grand opera stars have to pay well
for the applause they receive on their
appearance in New York. And perhaps
some of them would not get any if they
did not nav for II
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-22

What's the matter with the weather
hereabouts these days? Even the most
1astidious surely have no reason to
complain about it. But then-weI,
the mosquitoes are so thick that it is
mighty uncomfortable to remain out
doors of evenings to enjoy the deli
ciously cooling and invigorating
breezes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-22

William Glenn Voliva, successor to
the late Elijah Dowie as the head OF
zion City. has cut out a big job for
himself. He proposes to save Chicago
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-22

Football practice has now started off
IN full blast in all of the colleges and
universities in the west. Thus does the
course of higher education wend its
NAV along
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-22

eff dressed beef continues to rise in
Price" remarks the discerning Wall
Street Journal, CONSUMERS will be
forced to go unclothed in order to par
lake of the delicacy'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-22

Strange things happen occasionally.
The Seattle exposition has already paid
Tor itself and still has several weeks to
hun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-22

President Taft is of the well founded
opinion that there is no such a thing as
a good trust All trusts, or combina-
tions to suppress competition and to
unaiLtain a monopoly, as he says, are
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-22

George Bernard Shaw apparently has
some sense. He remarked recently that
fsAmerica can worry along without
me"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-22
What Every Married Man Knows.

That it isn't safe for him to invite
any old college chum home to dinner
without sparring for time and the priv
ilege a week or so ahead
That it is wonderful how even the
simplest gown has advanced in price,
compared with what it was last year.
That it isn't safe to mention, even in
whisper, the altogether desirable and
inexpensive place he has selected on
his own account to have his family go
this summer.
That it only takes one to make a
scrap.
That the day is coming when he will
rise up in his might and assert him
self, not suddenly and undignifiedly,
but calmly and permanently.
That the household expenses could
easily be cut in half if he only had the
time to put his gigantic intellect and
business experience upon them.
That one and one make four or five.
That there is always one room in the
house that simply cannot wait any
longer to be decorated.
That the little affair." to which a
"few friends are to be invited means
in the end about two weeks hard
work house full of people, and an ex-
penditure of hundreds.
That his own ideas about disciplin-
ing children are always too radical to
be carried out.
That everybody works father.-Life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-22
Smoke and tuberculosis.

Tuberculosis is not the only disease
which makes its dread progress
through smoke and consequent murk.
other diseases would be less frequent
and malignant in the cities were it not
for the unhealthy death pail that hangs
in the atmosphere laden with sorrow
and disaster. In Dayton it is less felt,
perhaps, than in many other cities, but
it is perceptible and demonstrable even
here. WHY do not people responsible
for the conditions act as it is possible
for them to act and prevent this situa-
ton? In one century from the PIE
sent time it will be criminal to permit
the waste material from any business
TO vonit into the atmosphere or surge
into the streams and endanger the
lives and health of citizens. Were it
not possible to prevent this condition
of affairs it would be deplorable. AS
it is. the situation is not only disgrace
full, but it is NATURALIZATION (Ohio)
Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-22

Has the son you sent away to college
got his degree yet?' II should say so.
Why, he wrote last week that the faculty
had called him in and given him the third
adelphia Ledger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-22

DO you ever abuse that mule OF
yours?" asked the kind-h hearted woman
Ian, sakes, miss" answered Mr.. Eras-
tus Pinkley, Il should say not. Dat mule
has had me on de defensive fob de las
six years. ''-Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-22

Fond Mother Ito eye speciaIist)-Docto
one of Ralph's eyes is ever so much
stronger than the other. How do you
account for that? Specialist-KnothoIe in
the baseball fence last summer, madam
Circle Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-22

do you consider a college training an
advantage?" "Unhesitatingly yes. At the
same time some of our best ball players
have learned the game on the back lots %
Louisville Courier-Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-22
HUNOR or THE Day

Young Man-why do you advise AIlss
Smith to go abroad to study muster You
know she has no talent. Old Mani live
next door to Miss Smith.-Town and
Country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-22

Miss Bridge Fiend-You ought to be
able to write fine comedies Mr. Post
Young Arthur-You flatter me, Miss Bea-
tr1x Why ought I to? Miss Bridge
plays.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-22

Primus-That man came to this city
forty years ago, purchased a basket and
commenced gathering rags. How much
90 you suppose he is worth today7
Secondus-Give 1t up. Primus-Nothiner:
and he owes for the basket.-Judge7s
Library.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-22

Love makes the world go round" quot
ed the Wise Guy. Il suppose that ac-
are .giddy," added the Simple Mug.-Phii-
adelphia Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-22

Wife-Here's another invitation to dine
at the Flatleys'. What a bore those oc-
casions are. Hub-Yes; even their dinner
knlver are dull.-Boston Transcript
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-22

Il see that royal blood has been dis
covered in an old American family"
Don't believe it. Some gossip is always
making a slam at our old families -
Philadelphia Public Ledger
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-11-18
Obituary.

Thomas Carter was born near
Bloomington, Clinton county, Ohio,
Oct. IL, 1910, and died at his home,
the Friends parsonage, Fall Creek,
Oct. IL, 1909, lacking one day Of being
SO years Of age.
His parents, Jesse and Melinda
Carter, were birthright Friends, to
whom were born ten children, four
girls and six boys. But four Of this
large family survive the deceased.
Thomas Carter was a life long Friend
who could trace his Quaker ancestry
on his fathers side to the Colonial
period of American history. He grew
to manhood among Friends at Grassy
Run, Dover Monthly Meeting, Clinton
county.
In 1860 he was married to Rachel
M. Ellis and began housekeeping at
Old Town on the Miami river near
Xenia. To this union we're born three
children, two of whom survive. This
union was broken by death January
1885.
In October 1886 he was married to
Almina Hartman, who survives him
together with one of the two children
born to this union. In November 1901
the family came to Fall Creek neigh
borhood where they have resided with
the exception of one year until his
death.
About "a years ago he began to
exercise his gift in the ministry which
grew in efficiency and usefulness until
his death. He passed through the
revolutionary movement of Friends
which began about 1870 and has re-
suited in complete change from the
old type Of resident ministry to the
pastoral system. He identified him.
self with the progressive movement
and travelled considerably in the
interest Of revival meeting.
In Nov. 1901 he came to the Fall
Creek neighborhood and served the
Friends Meeting as pastor acceptably
for years, at the expiration of that
time he moved to Wilmington. After
one years residence there he was
almost unanimously called to return
to Fall Creek. The family returned
again to this neighborhood where his
labors have been very satisfactory
Through his labors a parsonage was
erected and the meeting built up.
The community will feel its loss
keenly. On last Sabbath he occupied
his place as usual, teaching his bible
class and preaching. His text was thu
5th verse of the First chapter o.
Joshua-"I will not fail thee nor for
sake thee" This is fitting thought
for the close of life.
The bible lay open on his stud,
table at the 18th chapter Of Luke will
the commentary beside 1t. He wa
busy at his task, having stopped
while for needed rest, when his sum
mons came. The tools of this earthl.
welfare are lying on the work tabl
but the builder is gone.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-11-18
To End Cattle Fever.

A wretched little blood-sucking
tick. only about an eighth Of an inch
long, is costing this country s40, ,0OO,-
600 year. What is to be done about
itP
That's nothing, or at all events very
little, should be done las is the case at
presently is quite absurd, inasmuch as
the insect which causes all this mis-
chief might be entirely exterminated
by the adoption Of few simple
measures.
Why not save the $40, 900, 900 year
The answer is that the Federal gov
eminent is doing its best, and that all
that is needed to bring about this
happy result is the earnest co-opera-
tion of the State in the infested belt.
The way out of the trouble is shown
by recent scientific discovery in re-
gard to the tick in question.
The tick is disagreeable bug. If
it did nothing worse than suck the
blood of cattle, that would be bad
enough. But, incidentally to the
sucking process, it introduces into the
blood of the animal virulent microbe,
which feeds upon the red blood cells,
destroying them, and thus producing
the malady known as "tick fever" or
Seattle fever"
Not only does the tick CARRY "cat-
tie fever" but it is the only agent
whereby the malady is spread. If
there were no tick of this particular
species, the disease would not exist.
The prospect of stamping out the
plague lies in the knowledge which
has been gained in regard to the life
history of the insect. To get rid Of
the "cattle fever" 1t is merely neces-
sary to exterminate the tick.-From
"Killing Ticks Ends Cattle Fever"
December Technical World Magazine.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-11-18
Many requests from Catarrh suf.

Many requests from Catarrh suf-
ferers who use atomizers have caused
us to put up Liquid Cream Balm, a
new and convenient form Of Ely's
Cream Balm the only remedy for Ca
tarrh which can always be depended
on. In power to allay Inflammation,
to promote free, natural breathing,
the two forms Of Cream Balm are
alike. Liquid Cream Balm is sold by
all druggists for IS cents, including
spraying tube. Mailed by Ely Bros,
So Warren Street, New York.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-11-18
SINKING SPRING.
NoY. Is. 100

Nov. 10, 'O9.
Frank Pugsley, OF South Charleston,
was the guest of o. G. Wickerham,
Sunday.
Mrs. Margaret Wilson, Miss Grace
Jones, of Greenfield, and Miss Bertha
Gillilad, Of Portsmouth, are spending
few days here.
Bert Copeland and family have gone
to Middletown, where they expect to
make their future home.
Earl Grifith, who has been located
at Middletown for sometime, is the
guest of his parents, T. Griffith and
wife.
Oscar Eylar, Of Locust Grove, was
the guest of f. NJ. Turley, Sunday.
Mesdames Griffith and Mary Wad-
dell we're guests Of friends at Balm
bridge Saturday.
j. w. Hite spent Saturday and Sun
day with Adams county friends.
James McMullen and r. d. Kirk
patrick, of Hillsboro, were business
visitors here Friday.
Mrs. Laura Eylar, of Locust Grove,
attended the banquet given Thursday
night in honor of B. Copeland and
wife.
Miss Jennie Hite is spending a few
weeks with friends at Perrysburg and
Toledo.
Mrs. Dick Reynolds and son, Dick
of PEBBLES, were guests of Mrs. j. w.
Hite Sunday.
Miss Elsie Gall, of PEBBLES, has re-
turned to her home after brief visit
with her grandparents, Isaiah Gall
and wife.
Dick McKeehan was a business
visitor at PEBBLES Monday.
Mrs. Charles Eubanks and children,
who have been guests at the home of
her parents, John Mace and wife, have
returned to their home at Bourne
vile.
Scott Mason and wife, of Locust
Grove, were guests of the latter's
parents, Bud Copeland and wife, Sun
day.