The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-29

Now were strivin', here in Cactus. fer
to keep abreast to things,
But We've drawed one line quite firmly.
sence we counted up our stings;
And If any North Pole hunter comes to
he's bound to git a frost. 0' 'N''
Denver Republican
New York's Wonderful Growth.
IF New York and London main
tain their respective rates of growth
Tor the next ten or twelve years, -
SAD !, MI. 8. George Henry. Brook
American metropolis will at the end
or that time be the worlds largest
city;
lat1on at the rate of 1000 souls a
day. and the increase does not stop
for Sundays or holidays. There are
only "a square miles in Manhattan Is
land, and the maximum of popula-
Ilon was reached several years ago.
From now on Manhattan's population
VIII be diminishing one For the
past decade or so the bulk of the
overflow has gone north across the
Harlem river to the Bronx But the
limit of north and south transporta-
ton has almost been reached, and
for the next ten years or so the trend
of population will be across East
River to Long Island.
This situation has caused extra
Queens real estate, and it a solemn
fact that money from practically ev-
cry state in the Union and from every
civilized country in the world is seek
Ing and finding profitable invest
ment in Long Island. There is no par
allel to this situation, from a real es-
tate viewpoint. on the continent
II knew the thing was tremendous,
but will confess was staggered when
l saw 1t officially estimated the other
day that to provide homes for New
York's increased population required
between $500, 100000 and $750,00O,OOO
each year. American.
Goats as Trail Makers.
The brush eating instinct of the An
CORA goat is being successfully de-
monstrated on the Lassen National
Forest in California where they are
cutting trails for fire guards through
the brushy areas on the slopes of the
mountains
The animals, which number 5000.
have been divided into two bands and
under the care of the herders are
grazed within certain we'll defined
concentrated on the brush within
those limits. The result is that they
have practically killed nearly all the
brush in the course either by eating
the case of the heavy manazanita
bushes. At the beginning of the ex-
pertinent there was some doubt as to
the goats willingness to eat the man
zanita. but it has been found that
where there is little else they will just
as readily attack 1t as any other
bushes.
The grazing season was so late this
year on the Lassen Forest that the
goats did not begin operations until
then they have made rapid progress
and the result promises to be sue
cess from every point of view. The
trails will first be opened and then
kept free of sprouts by the goats, saw
ing the government considerable labor
in cutting them out by hand as has
been done heretofore while the
brushy forage which otherwise would
have been wasted will support g.
900 goats very comfortab1y.-Fore |
Service Bulletin.
professional Fathers
A curious industry has sprung up in |
France owing to the law which per- !
legal father of a child. A number of
men of good family and small means |
have adopted paternity as a profess |
sion, and are willing for a small sum to |
declare themselves fathers of boys or
girls who have no names of their own. |
AS long as these honest men alone |
profited by the law there was no par
ticular reason to interfere, but the |
authorities are taking steps to abro-
gate it now owing to curious circum-
which have come under their
notice.
Some time ago a woman proceeded |
against a man for theft and black
bail. He was sentenced to two years.
The woman had a son
who had been registered as "of parent
age unkonwn." When the blackmail-
er came out of prison he in due form
declared himself the young mans
father. and he is his father still. Re-
Gently in a lawsuit in which an in
neritance was at stake the evidence
proved that the legal father Of one of
han his daughter. and this state Of
affairs is too Gilbertian to remain pos
;ible much longer.-Pari5 correspond
snce London Express.
French Convicts' Gold Mine.
Convicts in French Guiana seem to
De in luck They are reported to be
gold mine on their own ac-
count.
Their wardens have apparently so
ar failed to discover where they have
'pegged their claim. The
,onvicts in turn escape from the set
lement by two or three and remain
hidden for a day or two. They then
.eturn with their pockets full of mug
yets and have a great time. Others
ret away in their turn but come back
eventually, also with gold The mine
s thus kept regularly working by
shifts of convicts.
The latter when they return to the
are regularly sentenced to
! few days Of imprisonment for alb
ence without leave, but this is low
price to pay for a share in a gold
nine. Where the latter is the author
ties have never yet been able to dis
Telegraph
? EETE(yTTONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press.1