The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-10

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Leo Whitney in The Bohemian Maya
zine for April.
Hurled Back the Wave.
All at Sea, Aboard the Hamburg,
Thursday--Although the ships car
penters had brought the 'horse" and
camel in the gymnasium back to life
and repaired a rip in the leather sand
bag, and fixed the rowing machines
after the ordeal they went through
the first day out when "the president"
did his daily workout In the turn
halle. 1t did not take Theodore
Roosevelt long to again render the
animals" hoTs du combat today and
that it was utterly unfit for use as
early as s a. m.
Unable to get enough work to create
an appetite for breakfast before the
turn halle" caved in. Mr.. Roosevelt
ran AZ miles around the slippery dec.
he having first laid out a course of
% laps to the mile. He only intend
ed to run a Marathon, but when he
had completed the 26 miles 3S5 yards,
and none of the other passengers had
yet arisen, he decided that he would
do two Variations while he felt in
the humor.
But hardly had he finished the for
ty-second mile when the captain ap-
peared on deck and announced that
the stokers were on strike and refus-
ed to feed the fires with the 60 tons
or so of coal per hour, which is re-
Quired to keep the Hamburg going.
Mr.. Roosevelt at once stopped run
ming and fastened down into the
stokehole, where he took the places
Just left vacant by the eight firemen,
comprising the third shift. This was
O'Clock, and, after he had shoyeled
81 tons of coal into the furnaces, the
that he had fixed up a truce with
the firemen and thanked Mr.. Roose-
Welt for his heroic work. The ship was
then stopped for a few minutes while
Mr.. Roosevelt dfved overheard and
swan half a mile to wash the coal
dust dirt out of his eyes. After brisk
rundown he was ready for breakfast
at the captains table, during the
course of which he remarked that he
felt bully" and that there was moth
ing like little light exercise before
breakfast to give a man an appetite.
After breakfast Mr.. Roosevelt was
up on the bridge explaining naviga-
tion to the captain, when there ap-
peared g. giant wave towering fully so
feet in the offing above the port bow
Seeing that it would in a moment
more break over the ship and cause
untold damages, Mr.. Roosevelt vault
ed over the rail of the bridge to the
deck 90 feet below. dashed rapidly to
the bow of the ship just In time to
| meet the wave as 1t was about to
crash aboard. Throwing himself full
force against the gigantic waterspout,
the one-tfme Rough Rider shattered 1t
completely and hurled 1t back into the
| face of the sea.
Several of the passengers who had
come on deck saw this great feat and
| sought to make a hero out of "the
president" but he waved them back
| and returned to the bridge to resume
his lecture on navigation to Capt. Bur
| meister.-New York Telegraph
| Burnt Cables OF Straits of Messina.
| During the last few days the voyage
| has been completed of the vessel of the
royal navy which had on board the
charged with the inquiry into the state
of the Geographic and telephone cables
| laid in the Straits of Messina. who
| were also to arrange for their repair
| and renewal after the earthquake.
| There are seven cables between the
were seriously damaged, but with the
| exception of the one which was the
most easterly in point of situation and
| crossed the Straits near Capo Calico
they have proved capable of being re-
| paired. This last cable was in such a
bad state that it had to be abandoned.
| The sea bottom through the straits has
an average depth of 500 meters, and
during the earthquake the subsoil un-
/ derwent such perturbations that the
buried in the sand in such a way that
| it was impossible to raise 1t. 1t is
/ noteworthy that certain parts of the
recovered cables raised for the purpose
Of splicing and repairs showed signs OF
/ having been burned.
/ This would appear to confirm the
hypothesis that the cause of the
Siculo-Calabrian disaster may be at
tributed rather to volcanic submarine
explosions than to land movements
London Times.
/ Dict for Reformation.
A diet consisting of nuts and fruits
with cold water as the only beverage
as a substitute for the food now sup
piled in reformatories and jails has
been advocated for years by Humane
Officer William Van Voores. of this
city, who. encouraged by the results
he has obtained in treating boys
turned over to his charge, is about to
realize on his movement to secure a
permanent home for waits and I'M
! fortunates placed under his charge.
Van Voores not only breaches but
, practices his doctrine. For three
years he has confined himself strictly
to a diet OF fruit and nuts He de-