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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-28

Chicago, Sept. 2S.-The delegates to
the National Women's Trade Union
league are assembled here in the sec
ond biennial convention.
About eighty delegates are present
from points as widely separated as
Boston and San Francisco, besides
delegates from France, Germany, Italy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-28
Toneka winning

At the end of the sixth inning in the
first game of a double header with
Denver this afternoon. the score stood
5 to o in favor of Topeka. Ashley is
pitching for Topeka, Adams for Den
ver.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-28
{ Continued on Page Eight.)
French Wheat yield is Good,

Paris, Sept 2S.-omciaI figures is
sued today on the French wheat
situation place the crop this year at
1256559OO hectoliters as against
111.9796SO for last year. hec-
toIiter is equal to two bushels 3.35
pecks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-28
Weather Indications.

Chicago, Sept. 2S.-Forecast for
Kansas: Fair tonight and Wednesday;
continued cool.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-28
WOMEN WORKERS
National Trade Union League
Assemblies in Chicago
In Second Biennial Convention
of the Organization.
STRONG IN THE FAITH.
Delegates Present From Several
Countries of Europe.
Striking Career of Miss Mary
Macarthur of England.
STRONG IN THE FAITH
Object of League.

Equal pay with men for equal work
Eight-hour day for women.
Better laboring conditions for wom-
en- generally.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-28

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-28

The day the Roosevelt was leaving
Etah for home Whitney informed
Peary that Cook had entrusted to him
certain belongings to bring home on
the vessel that was coming up for
Whitney, but as this ship had not ar
rived, whitney was at a loss what to
do with the property. Peary declined
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-08-06
The Bank Guaranty MIDDLE

That the b mixers of Kansas who
will refuse to join the guaranty fund
but will ms cad insure their deposits
in the new company will fight any
adverse rulings to the last ditch, is
evidenced by The following news
item sent out from Topeka this week.
"rhe Kansas Banl ers' Deposit
Surety Company will 60 into the
courts to test the right Of the attorney
general and the state superintendent
Of insurance to limit the business of
the company to insuring deposits
that do not bear 8 per cent interest.
While no.oficial statement has been
given out, it is understood that Fred
s. Jackson, attorney general has Of.
6cially advised Charles Barnes, state
insurance superintendent, that this
company should not be allowed to
write insurance policies for bank de.
posts that draw more than 8 per
cent interest, the same rate that the
state banks can pay under the guar
anty law.
f. E. Ames, president of the com.
pany, said today that if this limita-
ton is made the company would 60
into the courts TO test the right of the
state to lin t its business"
We also personally overheard one
Of the leading bankers of the state
make a remark at Hutchinson Tues
day, that the suit would be carried to
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-08-06
the supreme court Of the United
States, it favorable decisions were
not made in the lower courts. Why
is this thus? - -


Henry Ager, Of Cofeyville, is car
lying bis arm in sling as a result Of
his being shot through the hand. He
says the shooting occurred near
Ciafiln while he was travelling through
the country with a man and wife in
a covered wagon. He was sitting at
the front OF the wagon and had lust
turned a little when the other man
shot him. If he had not turned when
ne did he would have been sho,
through the body. Another man
who claims to have practically vi.
messed the affair. says that the shoot.
Ing occurred in Great Bend. and
'nat ayers was shot as he Started to
cHmo into the wagon. Jealousy on
the part OF the other man seems to
nave oeen rhe cause, and the shoot.
ins was done with Ayers own gun
which he kept in the wagon.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-08-06
jackson Defends New Kansas In
Surance law.

Topeka, Kansas.-Attorney Gen.
eral Jackson comes to the defense of
Superintendent Charles Barnes in re-
gard to the controversy started by
Governor Stubs over the new fire
insurance law, Like Mr.. Barnes,
q the attorney general says it is a good
law and that its enforcement will
bring down the rates of insurance to
the people. He says it was not
passed to please rebaters, but to
catch them. In an authorized state.
d ment Attorney General Jackson says:
81 regret that conditions have
been such as to prejudice the public
against the law before it has had a
fair chance for trial. 1t is a good
law, and when rightly administered
/: will save the state thousands of do.
lars in insurance premiums. Two
things are talked about most-that
there is joker in the law, and that
y it legalizes the Eldridge rating bur-
.eau-neither of these are true, and
the most important feature of the
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-08-06

the Discrimination features, and
we're not As pronounced in their op.
position to state regulation as the
eastern companies, but it is a fair
statement that all accepted this fea.
ture unwillingly.
"Those who have complaints
should present them to Superintend.
ent Barnes promptly and give him
all possible information and assist.
ance in making a new adjustment Of
rates equitable to every one for the
entire state"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-08-06
Rev. Charles B. Williams Epis-
copal Bishop Of Michigan occu-
pied The pulpit of st. Barthho-

isCf. EnL6o ID. WalhHuk GplS-
copsl Bishop Of Michigan occu-
pied The pulpit Of St. Barthho-
new, New York, which is the
church home of the Vanderbilt
family, recently, and CRITICS
ed the Bible class teachings OF
John d. Rockefeller, Jr. Bishop
Williams said: "a scion Of
wealth. recently used the figrt
of the gardeners treatment of a
rosebush, eating off all but that
hardest buds, that the flowers
might be perfect, saying it was
right to apply THAT idea to human
relations, and that doctrine was
advanced, not in a board meetlne
but before Bible class. They
say that a rose by amy other nam
will smell as sweet, but -he odor
Of that rose to me Smacks strong
ly of crude petroleum. In oul
industrial concerns such as soap
factories and oil refineries we
have earned that THE profit is IL
taxing care of the by-products
and what would otherwise be +he
waste; and nature, We see, allows
NO waste. That is the way we
must d. to follow Christ's phil.
OsOphy. / wonder if tine young
man ever read the Bible which
he processes to teach. That doc.
trine of the rosebush was the
cold, mereiless, S. ientific doctrine
of evolution applied to, human ne
lations, the doctrine that the i'm
dividual was of no use other thai
TO perpetuae and develop the spe'
cles. Compare that with Christ s
philosophy of the shepherd who
haying ninetyanhrnine sheep safe
in THE fold goes out to look fol
the enc which is lost. Compare
it with the father who, having
the righteous members of his
family and household gathered
around ih,m goes out to seek and
welcome the prodigal who has
spent lis substance in riOtous
living and in foreign lands. The
pr sent church, like the ancient
synagogue, is lapSing into the
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-08-06

Law is entirely overlooked. This is
that the superintendent Of insurance
has complete authority to fix the
rates Of insurance.
The increase in rates BY the in.
surahce companies which has Justly
angered the public did not begin I'm.
der this law, but nearly two years be.
fore Its enactment, and shortly after
the San Francisco fire At that time,
acting with Superintendent Barnes,
l brought the trust suit against the
companies and the Eldridge bureau
THIS suit is prepared for trial and
will be tried as soon as it can be
reached by the court. unless the ad.
ministration Of this law by the insur
ance department sh'ws it is unneces
Slry. 1t is just as much a crime now
as before the new law for the insur.
ance companies TO combine for the
purpose of using the Eldridge or any
o;her rating bureau.
"The public has an interest in ev.
cry rate charged by an insurance
company, first to see that it is reason
able, and second, to see that it is ad.
equate to enable the company to pay
its losses should losses occur.
"The new law proceeds along the
Same lines to reach these results as
the interstate commerce railroad rate
law and seeks to prevent discrimina-
tons by requiring the rates to be
filed, and places the power Of fixing
the rates in the hands of tie state
superintendent, who is elected BY the
people. Competition can be Just as
sharp as ever and each company
make just as low rates as it wishes,
Before the new law it had to eet
consent from Eldridge to lower the
rate, now it can get permission from
Mr.. Barnes.
ut is a mistake to suppose all the
insurance companies favored this law,
Some of the Western companies,
particularly those of Kansas, favored
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-08-06

work Il; -maniste1lng spiritual
luxury 10 the morally fit Par
ish work you have-yes; but it is,
postscript to flhe real work OF
the church, whhch confines her
self 10 one moral class, and when
Trey move up town she follows
than. OF course, it is a good
thing to keep the core of socle.
ty clean, but if Christ came again
today, would He confine His min
istry to this classi Two types
of Christians compose our church.
eS of today. One type preserves
the character as the ancient
Egyptians preserved the body by
embalming it, and this type Is
very much like the mummies and
not much good to anyone. There
is a rich man in a southern city,
who for the last twenty years
has been doing personal work
without any trumpets to call at
tention to it. This man has TAX
en- fallen women into his home,
treated them as hOnOred guests
of his family, snd by such car
and treatment las rescued them
and even carried many of them
into happy marriages where with
their past unknown and buried,
they have become respected and
honored leaders of society"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-08-06

Served as coffee, the new cof.
lee substitute known to grocers
everywhere as DR.. Shops
Health "a Coffee, VIII trick even a
coffee 7. expert. Mt a grainof real
coffee in it either. Pure health.
tul toasted grains, malts, nuts
etc have been so cleverly blend.
cd as to give a wonderfully sat
isfylng coffee taste and flavor.
And it is made in a minute. y
too. No tedious 20 to 30 minute
boiling. Sold by A. B. Hover
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-08-06

W. P. Rubart was in Larned
Tuesday.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-12-02
PANIC AS CHURCH BURNS
Woman's Screams During Services
Starts Rush For Safety,

Woman's Screams During Services
Starts Rush For Safety.
Georgetown, Del, Nov. 29.-Fire in
the Methodist Episcopal church here
during the services caused wild
panic among the worshippers, who
rushed TO the street in terror while
the flames played over their heads in
the rafters.
The roof of the church Is Of wood,
and it caught fire during the preach
ing of the sermon. The congregation
rose as the pastor concluded his ser
mon and began to sing a hymn.
Suddenly the shrill scream Of a wo.
man rang out above the notes Of the
organ and the sound of the singing
She had seen red tongue of flame
followed by a puff Of smoke. in the
roof
In an instant others saw the fire
and the stampede for the doors began
Nobody was hurt, as the congregation
was small. and the fire in the ROOF
did not attack the lower part Of the
church for some minutes.
The edifice, which was valued al
$4,000. was burned to the ground II
was insured for 5000. The origin Of
the fire IS unknown.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-12-02
PASSENGER KILLED
WHEN TRAIN PARTED
Fell Under Wheels When Elk.
press Broke in Two.

Syracuse, n. Y, Nov. 29.-John j.
Flach. of Denver. Colo, was instantly
killed in an unusual railroad accident
on the New York Central railroad be
tween Buffalo and Rochester. He was
a passenger aboard the fast Lake
Shore limited, and as he was crossing
the vestibule between Pullman
sleeper and the dining car the train
broke in two. and he was thrown to
his death under the trucks.
The rear part Of the train stopped
suddenly under application of the air
brakes. William Wickes, the conduc'
tor, rushed forward to ascertain the
trouble and on the vestibule he no
ttced a felt hat He looked down and
discovered the body of Mr.. Fqach dou
bled up under the trucks.
Mr.. F1ach was returning to SYRIA
cuse to visit his mother and sisters
and brothers, whom he had not seen
In mir, years.
.. According to railroad officials in this
. city, this accident was the first of tts
kind in railroad history IN which there
has been a loss of life.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-12-02
.IorANLlNESS-
Rses so@ -
ssssssesssss"

" " Z u
farmers at the state university call in
tensive cultivation-and the mother
who makes good on the job has to
know what's what
Now. my dear, I'm just man. and
I've got no right to set myself up as Il
counselor for mothers. but sometimes
it's worth while to know how Il man
looks at these things, even if he does
make kind Of a fool of himself by
mixin' in. I've got a notion. I'm the
first place. that you can't begin trainiI
q girl too soon. There isn't anything
new about that idea, but IL seems to
me that what used to be thr rule ia
gettin' to be the exception. and ba bies
are left to grow up pretty much as
they please, on the theory. | reckon
that it's no use to do anything until
they get old enough to understand
Well. I've found out, and l guess you
have. too, that babies begin to under
stand the minute they open their eyes,
and the time to begin on the job of
maxim woman is the day she's born.
And the first thing she ought to
learn. my dear, Is that her mother is
the greatest and best woman on earth
and that what she says to do must be
done because it's right. Now, you
can't make her believe that Just by
teilin' her so. Every baby. particular.
ly every girl baby, has to be shown
You may fool her for awhile, but soon.
er or later she's goin' to get your true
measure. and If 1t isn't up to the stand.
ard there'l be a loss of confidence
which is the first step toward failure
In domestic affairs as we'll as in bust
ness. So it's up to you to make good
to be yourself what you want your
daughter to be. That, I admit, Is @
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-12-02
Our Goddess at Emperor's Birthday

Our Goddess at Emperor's Birthday.
A young American girl attended a
flower carnival last summer in the
Austrian Tyrol in honor of the en-
peror's birthday, and was surprised,
greatly amused, and also delighted to
see one wagon draped in American
flags carrying our Goddess of Liberty,
an American Indian, Rough Rider, a
Puritan maiden, and Colonial dame.
Her party were the more pleased
when they learned that the Goddess
of Liberty made the flags herself,
since none could be purchased in that
vicinity
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-12-02
she WAS A TRUSTING SOUL.
Shoes in Which She Could Walk Far.
Their Than In Others.

Shoes in Which She Could Walk Far.
ther Than In Others.
Mrs. Frink was a trusting soul, and
rarely questioned the opinions OF 9TH
ers about matters concerning which
they were supposed to be Informed.
One day she came home with a pair
Of new shoes under her arm. Got
them at Brides" she explained. land
they're the best / ever bought you"
What is so very good about them?'
inquired her son, for whom the shoes
were intended.
why, the salesman said that you
could walk farther in them than In
any others without getting tired, and
/ said that you couldn't walk very far
Just now on account Of your knee, you
know, and he said that. he meant
farther for the same distance. SO
bought them. and here they are. Save
the string, please"
She did not notice the smile on her
sons face as he undid the package,
and he was spared the trouble of ex'
planning.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-12-02
PUZZLE OF THE AIR.
Changing Currents Shown by tho Ae'
ton Of Birds In Fiiuht.

Changing Currents Shown by tho Ac.
ton Of Birds In Flight. g
The average person regards air much
as he regards water-as much lighter,
Of course. but like it otherwise. Calm
air Is precisely to him as calm water
In pool. If there is a wind be pic
lures the air as flowing river. And
just so long as all men looked at it so,
just so long the birds kept their mo-
nopoly. for the only state in which
water approaches the condition of air
Is when water forms q maelstrom.
Even then water in its widest turDu-
lence falls far short of the unstable, in
cessant agitation Of the atmosphere.
Air is never still. 1t is filed with
warm waves ascending. cold waves
descending. and through 1t race cross
shoots and diagonal shoots, with cork
screw whiriwinds wandering hither
and yon as they list The warm air
off a cornfield creates one kind of a
disturbance: off plowed land it Gre
ates another. A layer of cold air may
hold down layer of warmer air.
Consider what happens when the
warm air breaks through its envelope
as miipond bursts its dam. A flow-
Ing stream churned to and fro and
round and round and up and down
would give feeble idea Of the airs
INCONSISTENCY.
Now. n bird. circing with fixed
wings, feats on a rising column OF
air. 1t maintains its altitude as to the
earth, but 1t is constantly coasting
down through the airs ascending vol
ume. Once the bird loses the air col
umn 1t has to flap its wings. and 1t
flaps till it finds another column. when
1t goes on wheeling again with fixed
wings Moreover. when it flies the
wind comes toward IT in waves. rising
and falling like the pillows of the sea-
1t meets them. and then 1t does pre-
cisely what a boat daes-goes over
them or goes through them The
Wrights learned all this. and when
they'd learned they were about as
near to flying as you and | would be
to writing Chinese philosophy when
we'd just learned the English alphabet
Furthermore. there We're no teachers
living or dead, that could help them
more than a few steps along the way,
-Everybody's Magazine
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-12-02
VII.-Some Pointr on
Raising Girls
on

OLONEL SNEED'S son had
come back to the old home for
~ visit and had brought with
him bis wife and little daugh-
ter, a busy, pratuing youngster of
three years. who pulled her GRANDPA
theirs whiskers and stuck her chubby
fingers into bis eyes with impunity.
Daughter" said the colonel one
evening after the child had been put
70 bed and he had rearranged bis
toilet, "what do You contemplate dom
with that streak of sunshine?'
why. I'm going to take the best
possible care Of her." answered young
Mrs. Sneed. land try to make good
woman OF her."
You're not fgurin' on maxim an
actress or an artist or a stenographer
out of her, are you?
NO." laughed the daughter-in-law;
IT haven't got that far along yet But
why do you askY
"Well, ! didn't know. 1t seems like
every woman's got to have a mission
these days-onel that's different from
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-12-02
A Bird School of Iannuanas

In Paris Is school in which parrots
are not only taught to speak pure
Parisian," but in which they are in
structed in 1.-The leading languages OF
Europe" What an interesting babel
they must make together when school
Is dismissed! 1t is not stated that a
way has been found to make this
many-tongued parrot talk" less me-
tallic and more melodious than the
usual speech of parrots.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-12-02
Buttermilk for Babies.

A child, to be healthy through life
should not receive a drop Of medicine
during the first year it spends on this
earth. Medicine, homemade or other
wise, should be kept away from baby
like so much poison.
All the Ills to which baby is sub
ject during the first year Of its exist
ence can be cured by dieting, even
cases of intestinal catarrh.
If bottle child suffers acutely from
stomach trouble, give it buttermilk.
In Holland they make condensed
buttermilk that does excellent service
In saving babies from the conse-
quences Of intestinal catarrh.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-12-02

the original-and l thought maybe
you'd laid out q brilliant career, with
plenty of handclaps and bouquets in
It I'm mighty glad to know that max
in a good woman Of her is all you've
got in mind. Understand. I'm not say
In she couldn't have what they call
a career and be q good woman at the
same time, but I've got a kind OF an
old fashioned notion that the finest
thing on earth is a good wife and a
good mother. That's a career that's
higher than any man can aspire to. and
the good woman who don't get up
to that level has missed something In
life.
Anyhow, the maxim Of good wom-
an Is big enough job for any mother
to tackle. I've always had a belief
that there was more care necessary
in raisin' girls than in raisin' boys.
It's a good deal the same difference
as there is between q post oak saplin'
and rosebush One can pretty
nearly take care Of itself. but 1t takes
q lot Of watchin' and q lot Of trainin'
to bring out all the bloomin' beauty
Of the other. When the Lord makes q
woman he plants within her the seeds
Of some qualities that when they grow
up and blossom form the main differ.
ence between her character and that
OF q man. We can't exactly define
them, but we know that they're there
and we also know that women are
more attractive, more lovely and more
lovable in proportion to the develop
uent OF those qualities within them
Sometimes the seed don't seem to have
sprouted at all. and then the woman
is pretty much the same as a man
Then, again. they spring up and grow
like a moon vine. and every man. NJ
matter how low down mean be is
steps to one side and takes or his hat
PUT all these qualities together. ado
them up and you've got what we cal
womanliness. That's a mighty bi,
word. and 1t takes in nearly all th
virtues that we can understand a
well as some we can recognize. bu
can't quite place. 1t means purity an,
goodness and sympathy and tender
u LOOT
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-12-02
Saved Bv His Wit,

One evening, when the city clerks
Office was full of men seeking regis
tration, an Irishman asked to be reg
istered. He received the usual blank,
with the request that he sign his
name. This he succeeded in doing,
after a painful effort.
Suspecting that this was the extent
of his accomplishments, an onlooker
called out to the clerk:
TRY him on another name! Let him
write yours"
Deed, I'd never dare" said the
Irishman, quick as lightning. Sure.
'twould be forgery"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-12-02
To the Point.

At Cripple Creek, Colo, that great
mining camp, the miners signed a pc.
tition to a railroad corporation to re-
duce freight on flour, saying they
didn't have money enough at the end
or the month to pay their grocery
bills. The railroad corporation made
an investigation, and found that the
freight on -eer to Cripple Creek was
m re than all the freight on flour, and
replied: Boys, drink less beer, and
you will have no trouble in paying
your grocery bills"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-12-02
A Good Reason.

A professor tells this story at his
own expense. He was instructing a
the blood and to make sure that they
understood him he said:
Can you tell me why it is that if
stood on my head the blood would
rush to my head, and when l stand
on my feet, there is no rush of blood
to the feet?'
Then a small boy, after pausing for
a short time, answered:
ut is because your feet are not
empty. sir