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The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-08

has planned to sell a few of the 50 cas-
ties that he has been maintaining in
his domain. A movement is also under
of some sort and of considerable size
by the Prussian government. And Kai-
ser Wilhelm's yearly income is now es-
timated at $1O.OOO,OOO.
OF course there will be no one who
will argue that a president of the Uni
ted States should receive a salary even
approximating a. tithe of that which is
now received by the German emperor
and which is not considered by him to
be sufficient, large as it is. There is no
need that a president should have any
such sum and probably there is no real
reason why Wilhelm should have an in
come anywhere near as large as he has.
He squanders two or three fortunes a
year on the development of certain art
and sciences, in maintaining a special
grand opera company with a theater
and orchestra for his individual delecta-
ton and many other equally senseless.
ventures. All of the money he gets, too,
does not come directly from the German
states. He has large private interests
and properties left him by his forefath-
ers. But the great part OF all of this
was originally derived in one
form or another from the German peo-
pie. If these people can afford, or do
so without being really able to afford
it, to permit their ruler to draw an an
nual income of 10000. 900 the people of
the United States can well afford to pay
their chief executive 100000 a year
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-08

it he "apologized" by saying that con-
gressmen were fools to imagine he had
called them knaves. Now he has is
sued a def to the senate telling the
august solons that it is none of their
business why he did not prosecute the
steel trust for its absorption of the
Tennessee Coal & Iron company. 1t
is difficult to imagine what the next
exchange of courtesies will be between
the nations chief executive and its ma
tiOnal legislature
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-08

Not much evidence of race suicide
in Kansas is found in the school sta
tistics which show that the children
of school age in the state is approx
imately 5o7, $50, or about one-third of
the entire population. In considering
this proposition attention must be
given to the fact that there are
countless promising youngsters in the
commonwealth who have not yet at
tanned the age of five years, the
minimum age recognized in the COM
pi1ation of the school statistics
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-08
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR
[From the New York Press.l

FTOIl lIIt INV I OIh T TESS
A woman's idea of a good figure de-
pends on whether it's hers or somebody
else's.
You can tell by the way girl gets off
a street car what she thinks Of her
ankles.
The most attractive thing about a
girl who skates is when you are putting
them on for her.
The dullest thing about grown-up
son is how he can't realize how smart
his father is to be able to support him.
One reason a mother has her doubts
about her boy going to college is there
is nobody there to sew on buttons for
him
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-08

Along comes an anthropologist with
the opinion that man descended from
the hog. Maybe he arrived at this
conclusion because there are so many
hogs walking around in mems shoes.
But anyhow. his theory won't make
much of a hit. Rather than look
upon themselves as descendants of
swine, most folks would accept
the Darwinian theory that their for
bears were monkeys. And either of
the alternatives is trifle distressing.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-08

There is some talk now that Mr..
Meyer, the present postmaster general,
will be invited to a chair in the Taft
cabinet, either as secretary of the
treasury or secretary of the navy. OF
Mr. Meyer it may be said that he has
made an excellent head for the post
Office department and would probably
shine equally we'll in some capacity in
Mr.. Taft's official family.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-08

A signal language consisting of toots
has been adopted by the members of
the local automobile club so that they
can converse with each other while en-
tour and it is announced that there
fore the automobiles will do much
footing from now on which will not
necessarily mean danger signals. But
the prudent pedestrian ought to pay
attention to every automobile toot he
hears while crossing a street.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-08

Mr.. Newberry. the secretary of the
navy, must have been talking things
over with President Roosevelt. He
advocates a naval programme for con-
gress TO adopt which will authorize the
construction of four new battleships
of the monster type. He thinks the
government ought to have squadron
of eight of these ships as soon as pos
eihie
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-08

The lawbreaking Indian should not
be coddled or supported in idleness at
the national expense. says the Boston
Advertiser and it adds: But the gov
ernment certainly will not help the
solution of the Indian problem by
turning the Indian tribes out of their
land at the urging of greedy specula-
tors or settlers who want the rich
reservation lands. This is not a mat
ter on which the friends of the Indians
can afford to be at odds.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-08

Among the ancient Romans was a
society that travelled under the name
of "Odi Pacem,'' which being trans
lated from the Latin means 81 hate
peace If there was an organization
of that sort today Mr.. Roosevelt would
by eminent right be the biggest toad
in that particular puddle. After in
tinating to the house of representa-
sives that there were a few knaves in
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-08

A Baltimore newspaper remarks
that the corruption of public officials
exposed in San Francisco was worse
than that which has been brought to
light in Pittsburg. Pa There may
he some consolation in this for Pitts
burg but it is not much in the way
of vindication
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-08
Tigers charm women in Zoo.

"One of the most interesting things to
me in connection with this job" said
the veteran keeper of the Bronx Park
Zoo, ''is the peculiar fascination women
have for certain animals and their ut
ter lack of interest in others. OF course
as rule, men are more interested than
women, generally speaking in wild
beasts. But the masculine interest lies
in an admiration of physical qualities
or curiosity to find out at close range
how the creature lives. The woman's
feeling, on the other hand, nine times
out of ten, is one of rapt fascination,
impossible to overcome when she is
close to certain creatures of the woods.
This emotion never manifests itself
for the eaters of grass. For the ele-
phant or deer the average woman feels
no real interest whatever. 1t is toward
the devourers of f1esh particularly the
felines, that your wife Or sister or
cousin feels drawn in that inexpIicable
way. You must spend days in the lion
house in order to appreciate fully the
way in which women stand spellbound
before those cages. But greatest of all
is the fascination of the reptiles.
have seen women become absolutely
unconscious of the outer world in their
contemplation of motionless snakes. A
few days ago a woman stood for more
than two hours before the king cobras.
She looked like the wife of a working
man who made fair pay. I'll bet If you
gave her a book on snakes she wouldn't
read 100 words of it."-New York Press
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-08
Speed on EngiIsh Railways.

A steady Improvement in the facilities
for travel on English railways in the
last ten OF a dozen years is revealed in
an elaborate review of this years ser
vice by Engineering. The advances in
clude an increase in the number cf
trains making long runs without a stop,
the general use of restaurant cars and
operation at higher speeds than were
formerly deemed safe and practicable
The most notable gains in speed are OBJ
served IN comparatively short runs.
Anything like Sc or 81 miles an hour
for a greater distance than % miles
was almost unknown in England in 1895.
Now 1T is sustained or surpassed regu-
larly on four different lines. One. the
Caledonian, has three trains daily
which travel 33 miles at rate ranging
from 81 to 81 miles an hour. The Great
Northern operates the same number of
trains for 80 miles at the rate Of sc
miles an hour, and the London & North
western and the Great Western each
has IA regular trains daily which main
tain that speed, the former for 1O2 miles
and the latter for 125 miles. A good
many American expresses, on straight
and level sections of track, equal or sur
pass these performances for consider
able portions of their regular service.
Indeed, SpurtS at the rate of 65 or 20
miles an hour are not uncommon in
this county. Still, the difference is
small, and for short distances it must
be admitted that the new records in
are close to the best achieve
ments in the United States.-New York
Tribune.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-08
WHAT KANSAS IS SHORT ON.

The educational commission of Kan
sas is IN favor of better roads. The
rural mail carriers are in favor of good
roads. The farmers Institutes are in
favor of good roads, and the newspaper
editorials fairly burn with endorsement
of good roads. There isn't any lack of
good roads sentiment in Kansas-what
Kansas is short on is spl1t-log drags
and teams pulling them.-Ottawa Her
aid
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-08

Mrs. Erb and her sister who were
accused of killing the formers hus-
band have been acquitted. All of
which is another bit of evidence that
the next hardest thing in. the world to
guessing a womans age is to convict
a woman for the murder of a man.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-08
EUG1L LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

If it is all the same to the weather
man he need not try and break the
existing records for cold weather in
these parts. 1t has been and is quite
cold enough for all purposes.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-08
Consumption and the Telephone.

The panic recently created on the
subject of the assumed danger lurking
in the transmitter of the telephone is
not precisely new. 1t is but the de-
velopment Of a fear which has caused
m1sgiving for some years, as it pointed
out by the British Medical Journal.
On the supposition, it says, that va
rfous germs of disease probably col
.lect in the receiver and transmitter
of the instrument, at any rate in pub
lie telephone stations, some medical
alarmiSts have thrown out suggestions
that antiseptics, both in dry state
and in solution. should be applied for
the safety of the telephone user. The
recent dictum goes one step further,
inasmuch as it is now an established
fact that tubercIe bacilli, the casual
micro organisms of consumption, have
been found-alive and in robust con-
dition-in the instrument. It is quite
natural, in view of such a find, that
a feeling Of alarm might seize hold of
the more nervous.-Current Litera-
ture.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-08
KANSAS CONMENT
MRS. HOODS DEATH.

The death of Mrs. Calvin Hood this
morning at the end of a most pitiful
Illness, wherein for nearly three
months stricken dumb, she lay. con-
scious of the sorrow of the loved ones
about her. and unable to speak to
them save with her eyes, closes an
other of those chapters which bring
the hearts of the town together in
common sympathy. During all her i'll
ness the town has SorroWed with those
in the big brick house, and high and
low, rich and poor, felt the anguish or
the silent sufferer.
Mrs. Hood had lived in this town
for nearly forty years. And for over
half century she and her husband
have gone through life most happily.
Six children were born to them, and
five livedsto maturity under her guild
ance and love, and four are left to
mourn her. Always she has been
woman of the home. She has done
her work as it lay next to her hand,
and has done it lovingly and quietly,
but well. It is niserably sad, this
dumb parting of the man and the
woman who have Striven together
through the years so happily for bet
ter or for worse after fifty years OF
life together. And in his sorrow, even
though he is surrounded by his chill
dren from community where he has
been SO large a part of the common
life of all, the common love and sym
pathy of all, go out to the lonely nus
Gazette.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-08
HUMOR or THE Day

WHY, asked the teacher. did a4 Wash;
gfGn agia GT6Is tfi IR Wine MSos father
corporation lawyer. The had been over
getting himself incorporated in New Jer-
sey."-Chicago Record-Herald.
Visitor Cafraid of dog)-win he bitter
Boy-I dunno. yit.-Life.
Hewitt-No news is good news. Jewett-
That may 6e but % II ct1 K0u efor Are be1sP
Town and Country.
do you find any trouble writing stories.
man well that could sell them for me-
PHILADELPHIA Inquirer.
Land Shark.-NIrs. Kweery-However
did you lose your limb. my poor man? Did
mum. He only got most of what got
from the railway company that got it.
Puck.
The Mistress of the House--:she spends
asT time 0 tns Rrayy But the sRs coo *
won't allow her in the kitchen and the
parIors ''-LouisviIle Courier-Journai
That's a nice looking chap at the next
table said the young man who was
treating his best girl to a lobster supper.
rs he a friend of yours?' Yes. indeed"
1aTTnGd f as the Sm pretty re tg6 GT hn b
suddeni" Whats so sudden?'' why
why. that's our young minister. Chicago
JacI--so YOU think Blinkers is a fool2
was 40 before getting married and then
married for love.-Life.
Jimmie-How did you know was going
to call? Her Little Sister-I saw Nell TAX
ing the pins out of her belt.-Puck.
Carrie-I made Arthur apologize for kiss
ing me-. L,ena-When? Carrie-Between
kisses.-Smart Set.
,, You are a pretty sharp boy. Tommy"
Weli; w l o'I ought to be. Pa takes me out to
times week."-Harper's Weekly.
Are you a stranger here? Stranger-I am.
Citizen-1t fs.-Puck.
Wight is better to begin at the bot
tom of the ladder. Wagg-Yes, then you
won't have SO far to fall.-Philadelphia
Record.
Maud-Don't you think they are well
ian and she's a grass widow.-Pick-Me-U
Here's Job for Burbank" ''what?'
Training a Christmas tree to sprout its
own presents"-Louisville Courier-Journal.
this morning. He-Oh. sing a little to
kill time. She-You have good weapon
Boston Transcript.
yes" said the old peer, my son is
willing to stand for parliament Unfor-
tunately.'' he added. after a slight pause
parliament does not reciprocate."-
Youths Companion.
so you believe in telepathy?'' Yes
answered Mr.. Meekton. MY wife knows
what L am going to think about sometime
before have made up my mind on the
subject myself. Star.
Mr.. Highbrow-It was Michelet, 1 be-
lieve. who observed that woman is the
salt of a mans life Miss Keen-Quite
true! Young men aren't half so fresh after
they get married.-Boston Transcript.
Perfectly Able.-"He seems weak" said
the first physician. do you think he is
able to undergo an operation?" Sur"
answered the second physician Tive
looked him I'D. and he's worth all kinds of
money."-Louisville Courier-Journal.
NOW" said the teacher of athletics.
place both hands on your hips" You
forget replied his fair pupil. that real
ladies have no hips this year."-Houston
Post.
Hyker-Money is conundrunl Pyker-
What's the answer? Hyker-Every0ody
has to give it up.-Minneapolis Journal
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-08
THE ATHLE1Tc GIRL.

W1CQ1n the past QeCdQS, SlE1S dIlO
women have taken more active part
doubt this has been of benefit to the
sex. There is less demand for the old
fashioned type of beauty with the
hour-glass waist, and a disposition to
faint at the sight of blood, or mouse.
More girls now are familiar with
tennis racquets than with smelling
salts. All of this is good for the race,
and its future progeny. OF course
there is still much to be desired. In
this contest of health and fashion,
fashion continues to have the upper
that fashions have been made to con-
form more with the rules of health
and common sense than in the good
old days. For woman is as anxious
as ever to be Gin fashion, But while
man, who naturally is interested in
women, has no desire to see the ath-
letic girls give way to the simpering
creature whose weapon was her weak
ness, he doesn't want her to swing too
far. There are certain things men
approve or tolerate in men which they
view differently when undertaken by
women. Two Massachusetts, girls
lately fought a twelve round bout
with gloves. 1t didn't end with
knockout, but there was blood shed
and black eyes. Any man would well
come the strength and prowess to en-
able him to bring Jack johnson or
Jim Jeffries to defeat, but he doesn't
want to see a woman in championship
form. Fighting. whether it be in the
prize ring, a street brawl, or more
heroic feats of armsssis mans game,
and he welcomes no feminine intrus-
ion. The ideal object OF athletics,
whether for men or women, is to
promote health, rather than to de-
velop champions. Fighting, with all
it's brutality, is losing place. even with
men. 1t is surely an inopportune
time for woman to take it up.-Atch-
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-08

You are pretty sharp boy, Tommy"
''Well. ought to be. Pa. takes me out to
the woodshed and strops me three or four
times a week."-HaTper's Weekly.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-08

Wight is better to begin at the bot
tom of the ladder. Wagg-Yes, then you
won't have so far to fall-Philadelphia
Record.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-08

Hewitt-No news Is good news. Jewett-
That may be: but if YOU are a reporter
you can't make your city editor believe it.
Town and Country.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-08

Stranger-Is this dry town? Citizen
Are you a stranger here? Stranger-I am
Citizen-It is.-Puck
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-08

Jack-So YOU think Blinkers is a fool
Bob-He certainly is: he waited until he
was 40 before getting married and then
married for love.-Life.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-08

Maud-Don't you think they are wei
matched2 Mary-Rather: he's a vegetar
ian and she's a grass widow.-Pick-Me-U Up
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-08

Visitor (afraid of dog)-win he bite?
Boy-I dunno. yit.-Life.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-08

do you find any trouble writing stories
Dawdly?" None whatever. But I'd pay
man well that could sell them for me-
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-08

That's a nice looking chap at the next
table" said the young man who was
treating his best girl to lobster supper.
rs he a friend of yours?" Yes, indeed
T;II +, II III liz, t 80 A ..lt tI,i tnhlN "a
suddenl" Whats so sudden2' why
why. that's our young minister. Chicago
Daily News.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-08

Carrie-I made Arthur apologize for kiss
ing me. Iena-When2 Carrie-Between
kisses.-Smart Set.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-08

Jinmie-How did YOU know L was goine
to call? Her Little Sister-I saw Nell TAX
ing the pins out of her belt.-Puck.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-08

She-I heard YOU singing in your room
this morning. He-Oh. I sing a little t,
kill time. She-You have a good weapon
Boston Transcript.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-08

Here's a Job for Burbank" "What?'
Training a Christmas tree to sprout it,
own presents"-Louisville Courier-Journal
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-08

A Land Shark.-NIrs. Kweery-However
did you lose your limb. my poor man? Did
a shark get it. Bill Topsel-Not egsactly.
num- He only got most of what I got
from the railway company that got it.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-08

The Mistress of the House-She spends
all her time in the library. "Ah. she Is
iterary?" Not especially. But the cook
won't allow her in the kitchen and the
maids don't want her about the halls or
parlors. .''-Louisviile Courier-Journal.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-08

why" asked the teacher, did Wash
ington cross the De1aware?" IT guess"
replied little Willie whose father was
corporation lawyer. The had been over
getting himself incorporated in New Jer-
sey."-Chicago Record Herald.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-08

yes" said the old peer my son is
willing to stand for parliament. Unfor-
tunatelv." he added. after a slight pause,
parliament does not reciprocate."-
Youths Companion.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-08

80 you believe in telepathy?" Yes"
answered Mr.. Meekton. MY wife knows
what I am going to think about sometime
before I have made up my mind on the
subject myself .''-Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-08

Mr.. Highbrow-It was Michelet, L be-
Heve. who observed that woman is the
salt of a mans life.'~ Miss Keen-Quite
true! Young men aren't half so fresh after
they get married.-Boston Transcript.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-08

Perfectly Able.-"He seems weak said
the first physician. do you think he is
able to undergo an operation? Sure.
answered the second physician Tive
looked him up. and he's worth all kinds of
money."-LouisVille Courier-Journal.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-08

Now" said the teacher of athletics.
place both hands on your hips You
forget" replied his fair pupil. that real
ladies have no hips this year."-Houston
Post.
Hyker-Money is a conundrum. PylSer-
What's the answer? Hyker-Every0ody
has to give it up.-Minneapolis Journal.
The Arizona sentinel., 1909-12-02

The United States has an experiment farm on the mesa just on the outskirts of Yuma. Here
 ultS even more marvellous than in the valley are produced. Down on the lower levels there are little nips of frosty mornings occasionally during December and January, but on the mesa the breath of frost never touches the most del icate vegetation. Oranges grown at the Feeder al experiment station are unsurpassed in their delicious quality.
 Yuma is a busy, up-to-date town. The more modern Improvements consist of several blocks of attractive brick buildings. three,story post office building, also of brick. and many other nice structures Among some of the greater improvements which are being made, are sS5 900 school building, a s75.ooO ice plant fine clubhouse for the railroad employees, larger passenger depot, snd the probability of a new court house to cost S75,0O0. There is con- siderable business done there, but the people have not begun to awaken to the vast possibli ties of the place. They should at once erect an up-todate tourist hotel. It should have ample grounds around 1t and be planted with all kinds of tropical vegetation If atmosphere were only transportsble like mineral waters. and one could send consignments of this Yuma winter air to the East, the inspiration of it's health-giving qualities would bring 2OO0 tourists every winter to the banks of the Colo rado River.
 Yuma needs only to make known it's climatic attractions ;n the parts Of the East swept every year by blizzards and snowstorms to attract a city full every winter The fertility of the val ley below will almost make itsclf known with out effort on the part of the people. But with valley full of intelligent and industrious rural population. producing fruits and vegetables, poultry, eggs. fresh milk and fragrant butter, Yuma should be one of the most delightful winter resorts in all America. There is every thing there to furnish tourists with the most healthfnl and declicionS food. and if the air in that region does not drive doctors to seek living elsewhere. it will be because the people do not know how to live properly.
 The Laguna Dam will oe completed in lpp, and in ten years from today the attractions of Yuma as a health resort and the fertility of these bottom lands will be so well known that it will require Sl,0O0 in cash to buy a single acre of it.
The Arizona sentinel., 1909-12-02

Midget, in Book w of Mines, page 254' ct seq: Sunny Side, in Book V of Mines. page 247; Ada, in Book No. w of Mines, page 256, ct sea-; Treasure Trove, in Book No. " of Mines, page 252, ct sea-; Arroyosin Book No. w Of Mines, page 255 ct seq: Mountain Queen, in Book No. w of Mines, page 249, ct seq, all mining records of Yuma county, Arizona.
 There are no known adJ"ining claims.
 FRANK II. PARKER, Aug 12-t9 Register.