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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-11
Weather Indications.

Chicago, Dec. 11.-F'orecast for
Kansas: Fair tonight and Sunday,
preceded by threatening weather in
east portion tonight; colder in east
portion tonight.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-10

will probably interest them, In one
place he writes:
Il could multiply Instances
but I will not bore you, and far. in
deed, am I from asserting that books
as well "a nature are not, and ought
not to be, suggestive 20 the poet
am sure that /. myself, and MANY
others, find a peculiar charm in thosa
passages OF such great masters as
Virgil OF Milton where they adopr
the creation Of a bygone poet and re
clothe it, more or less according 10
his own fancy. But there is, [ fear.
a prosalc set growing up among us.
editors Of booklets. book-worms. in
dex hunters, or men of great memo
ries and no imagination, who imputs
themselves to the poet, and so be
1leVe that he, too, has no imagina-
ton, but is forever poking his nose
etWeen the pages of some old vol
ume in order to see what he can ap-
propriate. They will not allow ore
to Ring the bell without finding
hat We have taken it from Sir y.
Sidney or, even to use such a simple
eKpr ession as the ocean "rOars'
without finding out the precise verse
IN Homer Or Horace from which We
have p~lagiariZed it (fact).
L think h discerning reader Will
find entertainment in what follows,
and it is too good to be overlooked,
for it is really an amusing, sug2es-
tive. 1t occurs in another letter
Which relates how he was criticised
by one OF his Wou1d-be critics for not
copying nature, when in fact nature
was the one source and cause of the
criticism upon what he had written.
He writes, and it is indee suggestive
and cOrrective:
When 1 was about twenty or TWEEN
ty-one L went on G tour to the Pyren-
ceis. Lying among these mountains be-
fore a waterfall that comes down one
thousand or twelve hundred feet.
sketched it according to my custom
them in these words:
"Slow-dropping wells Of thinnest lawn"
When I printed this, a critic Informed
me that lawn was the material used
in theatres to initiate waterfall. and
graciously added, mi. T. should not
go to boards Of a theatre, but to ma
ture herself, for his suggestions" And
l had gone to nature herself
I have this to add, thai in my seri-
u Judgment and in the exercise Of
whatever Of poetic taste I may have
as the result Of culture, / do not be
lieve that out Of Shakespeare and
Milton, there is any more genuine in
anon poets than is found
IN ennySOn l began to read Tenny-
son when not seevnteen and read
and love him at eighty-one. I
have written probably fifty pages or
more upon him in the past.
7. 3. KINGSBURY.
Wilmington, N. c.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-10
The German Goethe-A Great +
Exp1orer-Preachers Pay
Tennyson's Originality
By Dr.. T. B. Kingsbury.
By DR.. T. B. Kingsbury.

Whenever I have read a criticism on
the chief production Of the greatest OF
all German authors. including poets,
Of course, THE Faust" of Goethe. L
have found myself sincerely regret
ting that I did not understand Ger
man, that / had not earned that Ian
guage, if for no other reason than
that I might be able to read "Faust,
in the original. 1t has a very great
reputation among eminent men OF let
tiers and particularly with those VINO
are thorough scholars in the Language
Of Goethe. But hat is the use OF
s~orrowing over regrets and ignorance
whe it is too late to lost
ground. I tried for a year to make
some amends, but IN the wrong a
Instead of studying the German Ian
guage that / might overcome all OBJ
stacles in the way Of cOmpfehendlng
more fully the great German poet, L
took to reading several TRANSACTIONS OF
the poem to see if possible if l could
by that process of information over
come the difficulties that opposed
progress, and thus open the way to a
satisfactory understanding Of to me q
very complex language and necessarily
of Incompatible distractions l read
many t~ranslations Of Faust but l
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-10

failed to see clearly its great merits
as the greatest critics avowed that
they saw them. I could not see for
the life of me, how Faust was as
great as the Inferno of Dante, or
the paradise Lost Of Milton" or as
the five supreme plays Of the incom-
parable Shakespeare - "Hamlet,y
''Othello," Macbeth Lear" and
"Antony and Cleopatra" I have new
er been able to become enthralled With
any product of German genius as /
have with the masterpieces of the
great poets named. / have wished of
ten tina I could understand and ap-
preciate the pride CT German litera-
ture differently. Mark you, I do not
deny the vast excellence of Faust"
but simply show my ignorance and ex-
press an honest regret. The trans
lations have always debarred my pass
age into that field of the higher crit
icism and superb taste that is so open
to the German scholars and English
critics Of high type. The names of
the masters are now household words
to the initiated highly favored. But
fellows like myself must sit lower n
continue to know less. The names Of
the great works that have long ago
become household words are familiar
enough to one of my sort, but that
knowledge fails to lift the cloud and
bring in the much needed light. Writ
1IS 81 ICCS1IllJ III L ~ lC, L
am reminded easily of his own great
ness in German criticism and insight.
He understood, measured Alright
Goethe and wrote broadly and pen
etratingly of his real qualities as a
poet-even placed him very close to
the immortals of Greek, Italian and
German literature. I make a brief
quotation from his famous chapter
upon Goethe's Faust" that you may
see the opinion Of a genius and rare
German scholar of Scotch birth.
Faust is. I repeat, a work Of
supreme genius, worthy to take its
place, as it undoubtedly will through
the ages in succession, to the four or
five cardinal productions Of human
intellect. g Oedipus Of Sopho-
cles, to what time has left US of the
divine trilogy of Aeschy1us, to the
Divine Comedy of Dante, and the
Hamlet of Shakespeare. T
do not believe there is a hating
rythm, a faulty line, or an imperfect
rhyme in the entire poem, which thus
stands forth in antipodal majesty n
beauty, contraSted with those mon
strous SPECIFICATIONS Of conceit upon
inanity, if not mere impostures, ma
tive in origin, Or imported from
America, have in these later years
brought burning disgrace upon the
sacred name of poetry
/ take leave to add that I do not be-
lieye that Hamlet is really the
greatest work Of genius Of Shake
speare, / cannot say which is the
greatest, but I believe it is the most
fascinating, engaging of all, and I
would have rather written at than any
o'her OF the Immortal products Of the
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-10
Producing Food Crops.
1Greenville ReflectOr.)

r n way we hear many farm
r talking, another year will see Pitt
county engaging more largely in the
production Of food crops. That means
that the farmers following this pIar
are going to be more Independent, for
those who raise their own supplies
and live at home can snap their fin
gers in the fact of the trusts. The
armer Of communities ought to
come together and raise enough wheat
to justify the establishment of a flour
mill. There is just as good wheat
land in Pitt county as anywhere, but
the farmers ave not been growing II
there were no mills cOnVen-
lent for grinding it into flour. If the
farmers will agree to raise the wheat
the. mills will come to them. At the
present high price OF flour it Will GER
tainly pay the farmers to raise enough
wheat to make what they need
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-10

The material removed by Dredge
No. 8, now working in Core Greek,
during the month CT July amounted
to 100000 cubic feet. This consisted
of soft mud, which made it difficult to
handle.-Beaufort Lookout.
The ~excavating for the inland wa
terWay has opened up some great mari
beds, containing many curious shells
and fosSils.-Beaufort Lookout.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-10

Preachers must live, and, therefore,
they must receive pay enough to SUP
port them well. There is no Sn here.
but it is all right and proper. Fut for
ministers of the Gospel to seek to be
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-07
SAY WHO SHOT HIM
Mystery Surrounds Death of Victim of
Pistol Wound.

Kansas City, Mo, Oct. 7.-Grayold
Peabody, said to be the son of F. H.
Peabody, a lawyer of Worcester, Mass,
died at the city hospital here today as
the result of a revolver wound infiict-
ed early this morning. The police hold
to the theory that he committed sui
eide. but some mystery surrounds the
shooting.
Little is known here of Peabody. He
was about Is years of age. He is said
to have been an electrician, out of
work. The shooting occurred in the
Office of the night watchman in a
building in course of construction in
Walnut street. The Waterman, who
was in the office at the time, was taken
to the station and questioned, but later
released.
According to his story, the watch
man was examining his revolver when
Peabody asked to see it.. Peabody ex-
amined the weapon closely, saying it
had been manufactured in his home
town, Worcester.
ST turned around for a moment"
said the Waterman, land a moment
later Peabody had shot himself
On the way to the hospital, Peabody
told an officer that the Waterman had
accidentally shot him. Peabody died a
little later.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-07
LOWELL RECEPTION.
Is Held for the Visitors to Harvard
University.

Cambridge, Mass, Oct. Having
participated in the induction into of
fee of a new president of Harvard
university, the representatives of the
hundred Institutions of higher educa-
ton in this and other countries, met
at Sanders theater today to be pre-
scented formally to the newly in
augurated President Abbott Lawrence
Lowell, the governing boards and
faculty of Harvard.
This meeting was open to the I'M
dergraduates, alumni and their
friends and brief addresses were
made by delegates. In the procession
from memorial to Sanders theater,
all of the delegates wore academic
costumes.
A luncheon given to the alumni by
the Harvard club at the Colonial
club, a reception and luncheon to
the delegates and members of
faculties by President and Mrs
Lowell in the faculty room. univer-
sity hall, followed by an afternoon
tea at the medical school in Boston,
open to delegates. students, alumni.
members of faculties and govern
ment with their friends were in
cIuded in the afternoon program.
The inauguration festivities will be
tonight, when dinner will
be given at the Harvard union by the
president and fellows of Harvard in
honor of the delegates of other uni
versities colleges and learned So
cietieS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-07
TO ARRANGE DETAILS.
Presidents of American and National
Ball Teams Confer.

Chicago, Oct. President Ban
johnson of the American league has has
HavdIer of the National league and
ebsirman Hermann one day in ad-
vance of the opening of the worlds
series, to settle any minor detans or
combinations which may arise con-
cernfng the Pittsburg-Detrott worlds
series.
The national commission is especlal-
eIiminated or at least eliminated SO
far as is possible to do SO. The amer ,,ad
lean league executive stated ne ma. nag
received advices from Pittsburg that
the stories of alleged ticket scalping
on a large scale were unture.
The commission has arranged Tor
special train between Pittsburg ana
Detroit, and vice versa, to carry the
members of the contending teams, the
unpires, business representatives OF
the two clubs and the commission, the
members of the commission and a
limited number of newspaper men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-07

for visit with Mr.. BergundthaTs
brother. w. S. Bergundthal. of 1134
Jackson street. They are on their
way to spend the winter in San Diego.
Cal.
Mrs. A. Scott who lives north of
Topeka is visiting in Kansas City.
Mrs. NJ. w. Kimes is visiting her
sister, Mrs. H. NJ. Forte. in Kansas
City
Miss Nellie Purdum has returned
from a visit in Idaho.
George Van Orsdal is moving from
Silver Lake to Shorev.
Miss Fern William of Oakland is
visiting her sister. Mrs. Charles Suit,
of 1927 Jackson street.
Blanche Howard. the three year
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. W. C.
Howard, of 1914 Monroe street, died
of diphtheria at the parents home
this morning. The remains will be
sent to Hamilton. Mo-. for burial to-
morrow
Mr.. and Mrs. Y. c. Jones are the
parents of a baby boy, born October
2. Mrs. Jones was formerly Miss
Ethel Wood.
Charles Suit of 1927 Jackson street
is in Wakarusa today on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. c. Hummer and
Mrs. George A. Barker who live
north of the city returned home to-
day after spending a short visit in
Kansas City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-07

Mr.. Gossett is survived by his wife
ard two sons, Joseph E. Gossett, fore
man with the Edison electric company,
and ]. D. Gossett, assistant cashier of
the State Savings bank of Topeka.
For many years Mr.. Gossett held a
position with the Santa Fe Railroad
company in the general offices He was
20 years of age.
The funeral will be held from the
residence, 1O15 Van Buren, street, at 2:30
o'clock Friday afternoon.
William D. Gossett was born at
RainsborO, Ohio, January z, 1889. When
IL years old, he moved with his parents
to Marshall, Ill. In 1856 he moved to
Terre Haute, Ind. where he engaged
in the dry goods business. He was
married to Mary E. Hartsock, Novem-
Der s. 1867. In the fall of 1868 they
moved to Topeka, where they have lived
continuously since that time For the
first few years in Topeka Mr.. Gossett
was in the wholesale leather business
with his father-in-law, later entering
the employ of the Santa Fe Railroad
company. For q years he remained in
the service of the Santa Fe and re-
tired only five years ago. when his
health failed. Since then he has de-
voted his time to looking after his
property interests in the city.
Mr.. Gossett's death was very sudden,
but not unexpected. The immediate
cause was heart trouble, with which
he has suffered for several years.
Five children were born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Gossett. Three died in infancy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-07
EATON TAKEN FOR MILLER.
Police Chief of Topeka Mistaken for
the Congressman.

If a congressman should impersonate
a police chief, unwittingly or otherwise
that solon would be liable to a fine of
$25 and imprisonment, or both. Re-
verse the standing and an entirely diff
ferent result will follow. A police chief
may impersonate a United States con-
gresham just as much as he pleases
and nothing will come of it, provided
ruse for Interior motive.
Friends of Chief Eaton are today aim
ing their shafts of jolly funmaking at
that official. following an amusing in
cident which occurred last night at the
State Temperance unions final ses-
sion.
Chief Eaton delivered a short adj
dress at the conference. He was follow
torney general, who preceded Con-
gresham J. M. Miller The latter talk
ed of national conditions
After the sessions close one of the
delegates accosted Police Chief Eaton.
Il want to congratulate you on your
speech" he said. "of course I'm not
from your district but I'm for you, and
hope they send you back. Did YOU
say all eight members from this state
favored prohibition, and voted for it?'
Yes, all eight of them. and myself
besides,' the official laughed.
I'VE need more men like you" the
rapid fire vol1ey of words seemed in
exhaustible. In vain the Nemesis of
the law attempted to get a word in
edgeways and explain that he was not
the congressman. But to no avail The
words continued. and after the speaker
had concluded, quickly turning upon
his heel he hurried away, the police
department head still unable to let
his identity become known.
Turning to the representative from
the Fourth district. who had overheard
the conversation. Eaton explained the
incident. Now. it's time for me to
turn the town over to you for a while"
the latter said, that's what's called re-
isn't it %
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-07
SOME STUBS QUESTIONS
Governor Will Ask Senator Few and
Expects Frank Answers.

Governor Stubs did not release his
answer to Senator Curtis today. He
SAYS that he is getting together some
facts and figures in answer to a num-
Der of the charges made by the sena-
tor in his last statement.
The governor insists that the con-
troversy between him and Senator
Curtis is not ended. It will be re-
nembered that the senator said In his
last message to the world that the
controversy was ended as far as he
was concerned.
Governor Stubs promises to spring
some new sensations in his answer. He
will place Senator Curtis on the wit
ness stand for awhile and ask him a
few questions about his official record.
ST hope he will be as frank in his re-
plies as I have BEEN stated the gov
ernor.
1.-The people of Kansas should know
about the official conduct of their Off
Gals, both state and congressional,
and 1 shall try and draw some in
formation out of Curtis in regard to
congressional affairs that the people
may be interested in
These are the words composing the
preamble to the next battle between
the two statesmen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-07
new HEIGHT RECORD.
The Balloon New York Went Up
24,2OO Feet.

ST. Louis, Mo-, Oct 7.-Officials of the
Aero club Of st. Louis were busted to-
day preparing the official result of the
two balloon races, which started care
Monday. The unofficial results gave
the honors of the chief event to the St.
Louis No. 8, S. L. Van Pull, pilot, and
the New York, c. B. Harmon, pilot
The former won the first prize for dis
tance besides lifting the Lahm cup
from Captain Chandler of the United
States army and the latter took the en-
durance prize and established a new
American height record of 24,200 feet.
In the Air 4S Hours
Mobile, Ala, Oct. THE st. Louis
balloon Centennial, with H E. Honey
well and ]. w. To1land, alighted at
Silas, Ala, just north of Mobile, after
having been in the air 4S hours. Honey
well and Holland are now in this city.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-07
FARMERS PLAN A TRUST
Call for Meeting to Make IL Ma
tional in Scope.

Hastings. Neb., Oct. PLANS for
com bining the farmers or co-opera-
tive grain elevators throughout the
country for concentrated handling of
grain In pools will. be proposed at a
national conference of grain growers
In INDIANAPOLIS November Is A call
for the conference has been issued by
President Theodore G. Nelson of the
grain growers department of the
American Society of Equity. 1t is
directed especially to the members of
the union in Districts / and 2, whose
headquarters are in Fargo, N. D.. and
Hastings, Neb. It is addressed also
to all grain growers regardless of
whether they are affiliated with the
society.
There are approximately two
thousand local unions in the two dis
tricts and each includes from 10 to
225 members. This membership is
mostly in Wisconsin. Minnesota,
North and South Dakota. Nebraska.
Kansas and Oklahoma. but there are
scattering local unions in the Middle
Western states. District 2 includes
only farmers extensively engaged in
raising winter wheat. but the other
organization covers not only wheat
but corn, barley. oats. fax and rye
All of the members in these two
unions have signed a pledge at least
on wheat to hold the 1909 product
for sale either at fixed price or in
general pool.
District 1, at a meeting in Fargo
July 27. fixed a price of $1.15 for
1909 wheat and members are said to
be shipping wheat now to the Society
of Equity exchange in Minneapolis,
to be held in storage until that price
is offered. The winter wheat union,
which has it's headquarters here, has
fixed no price for. which the crop is
to be held, but it's members have con-
sented to hold their wheat for sale
in a pool, the negotiations to be made
by the district officers.
There are about VI, eight hundred
farmers elevators in the country and
If all of these or a large majority of
them can be enlisted in a national
movement they will form con-
siderable factor in the marketing of
grain. BY the same policy the Of
ficers will attempt to provide facilities
for the handling of grain at terminals
and at all points between the farm
and the manufacturer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-07
DAWSON SAYS NO.
Rock Island Can Not Furnish Service
for Lawrence.

The Rock Island cannot do any pas
senger or. freight business between To-
peka and Kansas City, and as a result
Lawrence the college town between the
two cities, will not enjoy the Dement'S OF
the fast Rock Island service.
This is the opinion handed down Ior
a final decree by John Dawson, attor-
nev for the railroad board of commits
sioners. This decision has neen on
hand for some time because the state
board was aware of the contract pc
tween the Rock Island and the Union
Pacific and knew that nothing Woulo
break one clause of this agreement.
But the people of Lawrence have oeen
very anxious for Rock Island passenger
and freight service and time and again
they have petitioned for it, NOT Ions
ago they sent their petition to Gov
ernor Stubbs hoping that their 1elloW
citizen might have some magic IN
fuence and thus procure the addltlonal
trains. ., =
The governor. referred the petition to
John Dawson and the latter has handed
down his opinion. 1t seems that tners
is contract between the ROCK ISlana
and the Union Pacific in which the
former is allowed to use the tracks OF
the latter but not the depots and the
territory. The contract was mace
number of years ago when the Union
Pacific was having it's many troubles
and they were glad to make the money
but since their standard mas peeh
raised they wished millions OF times
that the Rock Island did not have the
advantages of a double track and an
excellent roadbed at their expense. But
the contract sticks through all time
ond fhe fortunate Rock Island Will con-
tinue to push its trains between To-
Tala and Kansas City on the run-not
stonning 10 take a look at Lawrence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-07
AIR RACES OPEN.
Several Kinds of AeropIanes Entered
for Contest I'm France.

Paris Oct. THE grand Quinsan Av-
iation de Paris, grand aviation fort
night, opened today under favorable
auspices at Port Aviation. near Juvisy.
Tt is organized on the same model as
the aviation week recently held at
Rheims. Several kinds of aeroplanes
are to take part in the races They
include Bleriot monoplanes, Voisin BIZ
planes, a Wright biplane, and a Breg-
net double monoplane
The entrants include Leon De La
Grange, Henry Fournier, Voisin, Count
De Labert, Jacquelin. Louis Breguet,
Pualhan, Henry Rougier and Hubert
Latham.
1t is believed that about 40 different
machines will participate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-07
Births Reported.

ported at the office of the city sanitary
clerk: To Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Hows,
1893 North Topeka avenue. on October
5, a daughter; to Mr.. and Mrs. Artie
steele, 1924 Chandler street, on Octo-
Der 5, a son; to Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Dye on North Polk street. on October
Q, a daughter; to Mr.. and Mrs Long
aker, 400 Madison street, on October
g. son: to 81 MT; Tran ana I'M MIS-; Robert Nc
October 2, a son; to Mr.. and Mrs c.
p. L. Smith, 708 Chestnut street, on
October I, a son; to Mr.. and Mrs. p.
J. Wright, a son.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-07
ALL RECORDS ARE BROKEN.
school District Bonds in Kansas Total
Quarter of Million.

Since the first of the year Kansas
school districts have voted a quarter
of million dollars in bonds for the
repair and building of school houses.
This Is the largest amount of money
spent for this purpose in this short
period on record in Kansas. The state
school commission has purchased more
school bonds this year than any other
kind The total issue up to date is
$245,302.
And the school districts are not the
only ones to break records. The