The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-22
Ar THE AUToMoBIIE SHOW.


cuttin' up its shines;
II Jumped acrost the river-pIayed leap
frog with the pines!
What do they, wan twith airships. when
r,u thing like that kin rise
in the skies?
When it's better than a circus. with a
clown in all the rings,
when it shows trimblin' sinners how
to fly without the wings!
~. fyin', things we View. - '--N-''
With walls an walls around 'em, whar
they can't run over youi
Iheym d,,ts be tamer sd1si,, than , mule $. when
an play leap frog with the pines!
Atlanta Constitution.
War on the House Fly.
A war of determination against the
common house fly is being planned in
this state. Edward Hatch, Jr., of New
york, came on recently to confer with
State Health Commissioner Porter in
regard to the start of the fly war, and
DR.. Porter has issued instructions for
dealing with the pests. The way in
which medical men have come to look in
recent years on the house fly is shown
by the name fastened upon 1t by Dr.
L. o. Howard, United States entomo-
logist. 1t is typhoid fy.''
Posters depicting in vivid illustrations
the filthy habits of the housefiy and its
proclivities for gathering and dissent
mating disease germs are being scattered
broadcast throughout this state The
unusually warm weather this spring
has started the fly at his work earlier
than usual, and the activity by the
health official is timely. Atlanta will
take up the warfare. Clark Howell OF
the Atlanta Constitution. asserts Attain
ia. will be made the cleanest and most
healthful city in the south. savannah
also has entered the fight. The feeling
there is SO strong against the fly and its
habits that the name of the Sandhy
Park district will be changed.
A vigorous campaign against the fly
has been instituted in Louisiana under
the leadership of Mrs. Bernard T1tche,
of New Orleans. A code has been es-
tablished in household affairs, and the
who is known to permit
fly to become a member Of the family
is linked with the woman who harbors
other notorious insects which all good
abhor. Southern cities
also may adopt the plan of DR.. Wood
ward health officer of Washington, ID.
c., who will prosecute stable keepers
who fail to register at his office. The
object of the registration is to insure
the supervision of stables by sanitary
inspectors who will enforce measures to
prevent the breeding of flies.
In fact, all the southern states are
lighting the pest now known to be dan
vance northward as the temperature
rises The mode Of warfare will be to
destroy their breeding places.
An Emperor's Menu Cards.
The Emperor of Austria's collection !
of menu cards is without its equal in |
the world writes our Vienna cores |
pondent. Numbering 300 examples, |
it consists of cards used at court ban |
quets on festival occasions, and scarce |
ly a royal house in Europe is un- |
The Austrian ambassadors at the !
various courts, knowing the emperor's
hobby, took every opportunity of coll |
lecting for him specimens from all |
parts of the world.
The cards are arranged under the |
towns fro mwhich they date, shelf in |
the cabinet being devoted to each |
capital
one of the most interesting and |
beautiful of all is the cards designed |
in black marble with ivory lettering
by a French artist for the festival
given by President Faure in honor OF
the visit of the czar. A spec1a!
cabinet is reserved for the menus of
given in honor of Bismarck.
Daily Mail.
He Almost Remembered 1t.
Donald had returned from visit to |
the country, and was full of reminis-
eences of persons and things that mad
interested him. 81 met boy, mann
ma" he said, "that had the queerest
found it in the Old Testament. 1t was
it was-let me see-yes, 1T was
Father William, or William Father;
rye forgotten just now which. But II
"But, Donald said his mother,
there is no such name as Father Will
liam or William Father in the Old
Testament
'Are you sure, mammal"
81 certainly am, dear. I have read
t through several times. William is
= comparatively modern name. 1t
sn't anywhere in the Bible
"WelI, but oh. 1 remember now!"
Donald. ''It was Bildad.''-
Youths Companion.
Rats Aboard Ship.
The executive officer and his col
leagues were talking of the old saying
hat rats desert a sinking ship.
"Rats play an important part in a
life said one of the officers.
No submarine would put to sea with
,ut a cage of white mice.
"You see, they detect in minute ii
he air is not pure. Noxious gases
mean their death, and when they be-
rim to show signs of exhaustion or
;pasms the men know that the oxygen
9 being used up or that carbonic acid
gas is in the air.
you see, If a leakage of any kind
n the mechanism or gasoline tanks
occurs this gas is noticeable to the
nice and it can at once be stopped;
mt If they waited until the men no
iced it the crew would be suffocated
,efore they could get the boat up to
he air r''-Philadelphia Times.
Cook Worth $50. 1000 in the Navy.
Julius Reutemann. chief commits
;ary steward in charge of the cooking
school at the naval training station,
who received word that an uncle in
Amsterdam had left him $4,000, says
ne will continue In the naval service
IntiI his term of enlistment expires,
1No wears hence He has a wife and
,wo children dispatch to