The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-01

Complain Co that she has little wit,
! l listen gladly and am stirred
nost deeply by her every word.
| The drama seldom is her theme.
The ne cl tastes no time discussing art;
From science She d Rsere hsr t aaaa'
AND politics she sweetiy spurns
iaAo nd 10th Others think her dull, sit
| II seems to me her flow of wit
HIS Is alWays beautiful and bright;
T1er constant topic is YOU see
wen, II must admit It me
Chicago Record-Herald.
Shipwrecked Treasure.
me Dutch await with curiosity the
aesull OF work undertaken in the
Zuyder Zee. On October 8. 1898 the
Engiish- ship of war Lutin sank in
Dutch waters, carrying with it to the
pottom $30,000,000 of gold and silver
pars tnat the British cabinet was send
ing TO Hamburg to help at a financial
crisis in the Hanse town. The cargo.
insured for nearly $25,0OO,00O was en-
t1rely lost. The Dutch government.
urged by France, tried to recover the
wreck: but violent storm covered
the snip with such a thickness of sand
tnat 1t had to be given up.
AFTER the restoration of European
peace the King of Holland abandoned
MS rights to his English colleagues
VINO ceded them to the company of
Lloyds. The company made a new at
tempt in 1920. and it's efforts were not
unsuccessful, for they drew from the
ship 1913 bars of silver and 1900
lngots of gold. total value of So
100000. Probably francs are meant
The company of Lloyds has entered
into contract with another society
which today undertakes the work with
the help OF new apparatus invented
by an engineer named Lake.
This apparatus is composed of a
floating bridge. at the keel of which
are fixed instruments for diving
They consist of a number of pipes
which can pump up in "a hours 49,
600 tons of sand. At the extremity
of these pipes one finds the room
OF the divers: all built of metal. This
chamber rests on indented wheels
placed in action by a motor of a par
ticular system, in such a manner that
the divers can remove their room
like a carriage. and roll it at the
bottom of the sea. which makes the
work easier and quicker.-London
Globe.
Navy Opposes Wire Masts.
Woven-wire fire-control masts for
battleshipsare being subjected to Sc
we're criticism, according to officers at
the League Island navy yard here.
AS result of the sentiment in some
quarters against the use of these masts,
the work of constructing them will
cease temporarily. The Navy Depart
n1ent has directed that a woven frame
rlast be installed forward on the New
Hampshire. With it's installation the
policy of placing the masts on battle
ships and cruisers of the navy will be
discontinued.
Fourteen months ago experimental
trials of the new mast, made on the
monitor Tallahassee, proved success
full. Since that time % of the masts
have been placed on various battle
ships. The Connecticut, Louisiana,
Kansas, New Jersey, Georgia, Vermont,
Minnesota, Idaho, Mississippi, Neb-
raska, Rhode Island, Virginia. Wis
consin, Rhode Island. Virginia, Wis
consin, Missouri and Ohio have been
equipped each with one or two of the
masts.
Sentiment in the navy is said to be
strongly against the new masts. It is
insisted by many of the officers that
the control system of the modern bat
tlesh1ps should be protected thorough
ly with armour. This it is argued, is
impossible with the woven masts,
which are $50 feet high. It is held
that with a mast 40 or SO feet high,
this armor protection could be had
Philadelphia dispatch to New York
Times.
Medical Advertising in Japan.
In future no licensed medical prac-
ritioner will be permitted to advertise
In Japan details of methods of medical
treatment or the history or success of
ouch methods. Doctors and dentists
connected with hospitals or engaging
In general practice will not be allowed
to advertise any information beyond
that indicating their degree and spec
la1ties. In this respect the ordinance
spproximates perhaps more to the
American idea Of what is legitimate
ftr 1t is quite common to find in trans
atlantic journals small rectangular
spaces containing the name, address,
and telephone number of some practi-
toner, with an indication of the branch
CT branches of work in which he claims
to be especially adept and instructed.
Advertiser.
Smudge Pots
It is said that 5000 cars OF fruit,
500 bushels to the car, were saved
in the Grand Valley Of Colorado last
spring by the use of "smudge pots"
little pots of sheet iron, like a small |
frying pan, that are filled with oil |
and supplied with a wick. One pot
is placed on the ground between every
four trees-about sixty pots to the |
acre. Alarm thermometers have been |
invented. If the mercury goes down |
to danger point 1t turns loose a bell |
which awakens the whole neighbour |
hood and farmers and their whole /
families pull on their boots and over
coats and go out with torches to light !
temperature at least 10 degrees and I
save the fruit.-Albany Evening Jour- /
nal.
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.
rFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
Would you call a handsome detec-
live a good locker?