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The Washington herald., 1910-09-01
Long and Tirenome.

From Everbodys.
The preachers evening discourse was
dry and long. and the congregation grad
ually melted away. The sexton tiptoed
up 20 the pulpit and slipped a note IN
der one corner OF the bible Il read:
When you are throGs,4. will you
please turn Of the lights. lock the door.
and put the key under the matt"
The Washington herald., 1910-09-01

brief paragraph OF his elaborate speech
he espoused the cause Of popular, repre-
sentative government. 1t is the issue OF
all issues before the American people
to-day, and it VIII quickly become all the
greater issue under the indomitable
leadership OF Theodore Roosevelt.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-01
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
YAcATIoN,s OVEN.

No more the sand dunes brown
BY breezes swept.
We hustle back TO town
In Sept
Back to the hardware storn.
or ribbon dept.
We're on the job once more
In Sept
Those evenings by the sea,
The trysts we kept.
They're but a memory
In Sept.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-01

were conducted 70 the rails, thence
through the wheels OF the locomotive 10
the motor. This was the first instance
OF the current being supplied 10 the motor
on locomotive from a stationary source
In 1879 Messrs- Siemen and Halske. OF
Berlin. constructed and operated an cleo
trio railway at the Industrial Exposition
In 1850 Thomas A. Edison constructed an
experimental road near his laboratory IN,
Menlo Park. n. J. The power OF the loco
motive was transferred TO. the car by
belts running TO and from the shafts OF
each Early In the year Of 1881 the Iich-
terfelde, Germany. electric railway was
put into operation. II is a third-raiI svs-
TEN. and IS still running. This may be
said 10 be the first commercial electric
railway constructed.
In the United States the first practI-
cal overhead trolley was that built in
Kansas City. but a short time after
ward similar line was opened in
Baltimore. Nd. and in Toronto. Canada.
The next step made in the DEVELOPMENT
OF the electric railway that did most
20 stimulate capitalists and inventors
was the contract made by the Union
Passenger Railway Company. OF Rich
mond. Va, with Mr.. F. J. Sprague, TO
equip its thirteen-mile system Of street
railways for electric traction. Then the
work advanced rapidly. and on January
l, ISIS, there were thirteen electric rail-
ways with forty-eight miles Of traction
in operation in this country. Then fol
IOuvad O r,argos ~ -oreolg5stfor - f-t.-
esrs among electric railways builders,
and the modern era OF electric railway
development was opened
The Washington herald., 1910-09-01

Mr.. Paul Morton thinks that COM
pulsory military service would be a good
thing for the country This IS an easy
thing to advocate when you are beyond
the age for CONSUMPTION
The Washington herald., 1910-09-01

Il wish the paper had something IN It. 3"
complained the wife.
I presume you have finished the
weather probabilities and the bargain
probabilities" suggested her husband.
Il have"
Then why not take a little glance at
the news"
The Washington herald., 1910-09-01

From Exchange.
Madge-Your father Is going to take a
rest after vacation. isn't he?
Mabel-Certainly. Mother and I have
Just about decided 20 buy him seat in
the Senate for the winter
The Washington herald., 1910-09-01

under revenue for tariff. wages have
increased 81 per cent and prices only
S per cent. Perfectly simple. isn't it. 10
see that we have the best tariff ever?
The Washington herald., 1910-09-01
An Evident success.

80 you have position as stenog-
rapher. 1 hope you viii succeed in max
ing yourself indispensable TO your en-
ployer."
Il think I have, auntie. We are 10
be married next month"
The Washington herald., 1910-09-01

Alimony evidently has its uses A wo-
man invested 5000 with a broker ard
lost IT, Then she married him. Now
she has got a divorce, and her ex-husband
has to pay her 5000 year alimony.
Talk about poetic Justice!
The Washington herald., 1910-09-01
Let Us BE inst.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Tally one for the hobble skirt. A
hobbled wearer tumbled out Of a boat.
and her rescuer claims she owes her life
to the fact that she couldn't struggle.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-01
He Hadn't Noticed.

This play seems TO have an unusually
skinny plot to f."
This isn't play. This is a vaude-
vile show, old man"
The Washington herald., 1910-09-01

Report says that 10000 bad eggs were
discovered in New York. Most Of them in
lobster-palaces along the Great White
Way, we presume.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-01

Vice President Sherman says that he
would not have It said, for anything IN
the world. that he made a political
speech on Sunday. Well we won't say
ii. unless he makes the speech.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-01
scenery,

Il spent my vacation in the rockies -
They tell me the scenery in that sec
ton is on a gigantic scale"
1T is. I saw advertising signs twenty
feet high"
The Washington herald., 1910-09-01

Yuma Indians burned 81. 900 at a recent
funeral festival They would have
burned more. but the government for.
babe Il. We suppose they thought they
might as we'll burn It as pay IL out in
fees.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-01

From the New York Telegram.
That sound like rogue elephant angrily trumpet
ing ana crashing through dense underbrush is Col.
Roosevelt resting.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-01

1T Is sad state OF affairs when a
Judge Of Georgia shoots down a neigh
Dor over a few hogs. as was the case at
Eden. Ga, this morning" says the Ma
con (Ga) News. Would II have helped
matters any had there been more hogs?
The Washington herald., 1910-09-01

Notice TO photographers: By order OF the
union the hay-feyer paragraph is not per-
mitted until September 10
The Washington herald., 1910-09-01
Whnt NOW PnzLIen liz.

From the New York Evening Post.
The old question What shall we do With our
ex-PresidentsF" is now giving way 70 the more
pressing inquiry, What viii our exPresidents do
With usi"
The Washington herald., 1910-09-01
In the Meantime.

From the Dallas News.
Mr. Taft appears to some observers 10 be in
perspiration Of doubt whether he ought 10 throw
Ballinger 70 the whale or wait for the whale to
come and get him.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-01
Golden Weather.

In tickle spring
Comes everything;
We've snow and sleet and drlzzle
But park and mall
Are gay in fall;
IL never Is a fzzle.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-01
Consulting n Playwright.

MY star can wiggle his ears and whis-
tie through his teeth"
I'm"
Now can you build me a hrst-class
comedy around that?"
The Washington herald., 1910-09-01

Down come the shutters in the resi-
dence streets. The vacationers are show
ing their ability TO come back"
The Washington herald., 1910-09-01

In all this turmoil and talk. Secretary
Ballinger. at least. is displaying the
spirit OF resignation.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-01

The government, If It IS thrifty. might
advertise fire sale of slightly damaged
timber in the Northwest
The Washington herald., 1910-09-01
Concerning Art,

Art is long"
''Oh. don't know You can dope out
a line Of barefoot dances in a few weeks"
The Washington herald., 1910-09-01

Flat pocketbooks are likely TO be among
the fall fashions II the cost Of living goes
on jumping.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-01

When we win double-header. we win
II from st. Louis; when we drop on. we
lose 10 the tailenders.''
The Washington herald., 1910-09-01

II Uncle Joe should happen to be re-
elected. we imagine that Nc Longworth
would have some trouble in catching
the Speakers eye.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-01
rho Peonle Have Somethinr to saw

From the Kansas City Times.
Now they want Mayor Gaynor for governor Of
New York7ghe people do. The day Of candidates
chosen because OF their alliances with backslley
bosses aud sthis or that mysterious influence" is
passing pretty rapidly in this day Of awakened citl
zenship. Hotel conferences. locked.in committees.
wise guys. and gmshocs are not as potent in poll
tics a. they used 70 BE-
The Washington herald., 1910-09-01

II Westinghouse want TO see some
real live politicians politicianing. 90 out
TO the Rockville fair
The Washington herald., 1910-09-01

OF course. Moissant. the aviator, had
hard luck. but he might have saved
time II he'd shipped his eeroplane by
freight.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-01

Joe Sibley wants a vindication. but
there's no hurry about it-next month or
next year will be time enough. Let things
settle down first.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-01
The Indinn,r RIght..

From the Portland Oregonian.
White are offering TO help the Yakima In
dams get some water rights on their reservation.
BY and by the abongines viii have all tho rights
and the white men all the water.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-01

The troubles OF that Poughkeepsie lady
who was caught smuggling shows how
extremely difficult it is for a woman 20
keep anything under her hat.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-01

II this rivalry about the census figures
keeps up, the Census Bureau Will have
70 establish court OF appeals.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-01

A Brooklyn woman suing for divorce
named sixty-three correspondents. She
ought TO move 70 Pittsburg.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-01

The ex-Emperor OF Korea Will take the
name Of Whang. Will the second name
be DOOdle7
The Washington herald., 1910-09-01
Admitted.

From the Chicago Record-Herald.
The man who really practices what he
breaches does mighty little preaching.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-01

Montenegro is now a kingdom, brt no
body seems to care very much.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-01

Japan says that she wants her rule
over Chosen to be beneflciaI-to Japan,
Of course
The Washington herald., 1910-09-01

The headline, Harmon in Successful
Flight" refers TO the aviator, not to the
governor Of Ohio.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-01

Prof. Garner says that his educated
chimpanzee has "a vague moral sense A."
Just like some OF the upper ten.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-01

In one more thing is the Kaiser copying
our own and only T. R. He is TO become
an editor.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-01
BeneHtS of Aviation.

From the Charleston News and Courier
There is one good thing about aviat'~z-no mat
ter how fart man falls he's sure 20 land.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-01
The MIddIeman.

From Lie.
Freddie-why do they call him the mid
dleman. dad?
Cobwigger-Because he gets a rakeon
from both ends.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-01

There IS one compensation in not
being plutocrat OF the bloated kind.
No one will ever get hold Of your love
letters and put EN- in the paper.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-01

or course protection protects. Great
Britain put 1t aside In favor Of free
trade sixty years ago. and in that time.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-01

September l. 1852. the Welcome with
100 Friends sailed for America: Deer
field and Hadley. Mass. were burned by
the Indians in 1915; Jenny Lind arrived
in this country on her first tour in 1880
Atlanta was captured in 1854 and Sedan
capitulated in 1870. 1t is the birthday Of
Lydia II. Sigourney. authOress Q79D;
James Gordon Bennett. journalist 0795) /:
Richard Delaheld, soldier and engineer
Q79S); John A. Quitman, Southern states
man G79O; l. Q. G Lamar, Georgla
statesman dS25). and James Campbell.
Postmaster General under Pierce OSl2).
It IS the date that Gen. Phil Kearny
was killed at Chanully. Va GS69. and Of
the death Of Louis XIV Of France Q710.
and Sir Richard Steele. essayist and
dramatist Q72s)
The Washington herald., 1910-09-01
CHAT OF THE FORUM.
Has Not Yet Resigned.

From the Chicago Record Herald.
No. gentle reader; Ballinger has not yet resigned.
but
The Washington herald., 1910-09-01

Larceny must be dull. plodding sort of
work when IT takes New York bank
cashier twelve years to steal $1,000
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-31

cholera, are the three essential points
that are being promulgated. The av
erage litter is four; this may be in
creasedto to eight Hog raisers lose
before weaving from one-third to two
thirds of the pigs that are born. Proper
methods of feeding, care, shelter and
management will prevent this loss. An
acre of alfalfa pasture will put from
five to me thousand pounds of gain on
growing hogs. Alfalfa hay fed with
grain to hogs increases by one-half the
gain made from the corn. The new
serum furnished by the United States
department of agriculture and the ag
ricultural collegs is sure preventive of
cholera.
"A special train is furnished free 10
the agricultural colleges in which to
give lectures and exhibits in regard to
the most profitable methods of raising
hogs and of the use of pork products
and by-products. This train makes
Commute stops at stations. The work
is arranged to be of such interest that
all the people in the five states will
talk, study and think about pork pro
duction and the use of pork products.
Meetings were held in 1877 towns IN
Iowa, Sc towns in Kansas. sc towns in
Nebraska and a proportionate number
in Missouri and Minnesota"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-31
WORK FOR COMMISSIONERS
Many Vital Subjects Up for Discussion
November 1919.

Washington, Oct. 31.-Many subjects
of vital Importance to the railroads
and shippers are to be reported upon at
the twenty-second annual convention
of the National Association of Railway
Commissioners The meeting will be
held at the interstate commerce COM
mission offices November 1913.
The committees. which are supposed
to submit their reports 80 days in ad-
vance of the convention, have been
slow to do so this year.
The reports on the program cover
powers, duties and work of the state
railway commissions, legislation, ship
pers' claims on common carriers, rail-
way service and railway accommoda-
ton, railroad statistics. accounts and
statistics of electric railways, sin1nlifi-
cation of railway tariffs. rates and rate
making, uniform classification, car
service and demurrage, railway CAP
italization, safety appliances, grade
crossings and trespassing on railroads.
railroad taxes and plans for ascertain
ing the fair value of railroad property,
amendment of the act to regulate COM
merce and delays attendant upon en-
forcing orders of state railways COM
missions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-31

Mrs. AUGUsTE VEsPERMANN, De For
est, Wisconsin.
Another Operation Avoided.
New Orleans, La.-"For years / suf-
fered from severe female troubles.
Finally was confined to my bed and
the doctor said an operation was neces-
sary. 1 gave Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound a trial first, and
was saved from an operation" Mrs.
LILY PEYRoUx, I'LL Kerlerec St, New
Orleans, La.
Thirty years of unparalleled success
confirms the power of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound to cure
female diseases. The great volume of
unsolicited testimony constantly pour
ing in proves conclusively that Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is
a remarkable remedy for those dis
tressing feminine ills from which so
many women suffer.
If you want special advice about
your case write to Mrs. Pinkham,
at Lynn, Mass. Her advice is
free, and always helpful.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-31
SANTA FE MAN INvENTs FROG.
Forms Easy Joint-Works Automatic
ally-SucceSSfuI

Forms Easy Joint-Worlxs Automatic
auy-SuccessfuI.
San Bernardino, Cay. Oct. Sit
R. Duncan, an old Santa Fe railroad
man. who has been a resident of San
Diego for several years, has invented a
railroad frog, which, it is believed, will
be adopted by the big roads of the
country on account of its many ad-
vantages over the frog now in general
use.
By Duncan's device the frog works
automatically with the switch points so
that it rests flush against the rail-
forming a, continuous rail for the car
wheels to pass over and doing away
with the jar and noise that is caused
by the present frog.
It is simple in construction, being
free of locks and bolts, which in the
present frogs are the cause of break
ing wheel fanges after the rails be-
come worn. The new frog also elimi-
mates the necessity of guard rails.
Should the switch become defective in
any way, the frog point is held in
place for the main line by an auto
matte spring, thus assuring the safety
of through traffic.
The invention has been submitted to
several railroad officials who speak
very favorably of it. The frog has al
ways been problem for the railroads
to solve, and it is believed Duncan's
invention will supply the much needed
improvement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-31
Kansas Democratic Candidate
Pushing New School Study.
Gets Warm Approval for Plan
to Teach Agriculture.
WILLINTRODUCEBILL.
Can Do 1t as Senator ii Defeat
ed for Governor.
Hodges Thinks Things Agrarian
Too Long Neglected.

Kansas City, Kan, Oct. 31.-Farm-
ing may be taught in the public
schools of Kansas. George H. Hodges,
Democratic candidate for governor
and state senator from Johnson and
Miami counties, will introduce a bill
at the session of the legislature this
winter providing for the teaching of
this art in all public schools outside
of the large cities. Mr.. Hodges can
do this as, if elected, he will be COVER
nor, and, if defeated, he will still be
q senator.
Scientific farming and good roads
to get the farm products to market
are the things that go to make a great
state" he said in a speech in this city.
The school children should be taught
the art of farming. How to make the
soil produce twice as much as is now
produced. The child should learn the
value of the farm. What it means to
raise and market the farm product;
how to cultivate the crop; how to deal
with insects that the farmer must
combat. We teach the children in the
cities to sew, to do woodwork, to use
the typewriter and other things that
make them fit to enter the career of
a craftsman or profession, and WHY
should not tie state teach the child
of the farmer how to raise corn, oats
and look after the stock. How to mar
ket these goods at the best profit and
the need of keeping the land in good
condition?
Too Long Neglected.
These things have been neglected
and should be neglected no longer.
The state is building rock roads, so
the farmer can reach the market and
his children should not be left to
leave the farm for the cities where
they are employed by corporations
but to stay in the country and con-
duct the farm along scientific lines"
The plan suggested by Mr.. Hodges
IS meeting with universal approval. In
Johnson county 1t has been tried bv
the county superintendent and has
proven very successful. The children
have been taught from books on farm
ing a few hours each week and this
county has carried off more prizes at
the county fairs than any other conn
~ in the state. The children take a.
delight in the work and are anxious
to learn.
1t was this work in the schools of
Johnson county that attracted the at
tention of Senator Hodges and caused
him to speak of the proposed bill in
to farmers Mr.. Hodges has told of the
proposed bill and it has been met with
universal favor.
Started Rock Roads.
1t was Senator Hodges that father
ed the bill at the last session of the
roads are now being built in the
country districts. He introduced this
bill to enable the farmers to secure
good roads over which to haul their
produce to market. The law provides
that half the cost is borne by the
township and the other by the ab1tt-
ing property. Already almost a hun
dred miles of rock are under construc-
ton in this state as a result of the an
actment of this law.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-31
WHAT HOG SPECIAL STANDS FOR.
Rock Island Tells What Promoted
Popular Movement.

Rock Island Tells What Promoted
Popular Movement.
AT the six chief packing centers
there was a shortage of over five mil
lion hogs in 1909 and nearly three mil
lion the first six months of 1870" said
a Rock Island official today.
with the great increase in the value
of land and in the cost Of grain, the
old methods of pork production are
not yielding former large profits, and
less attention has been given the in
dustry.
THE agricultural department of the
Rock Island lines, sitter g. thorough in
vestigation of the work of the most
successful hog growers in the corn
belt and of the results obtained at ex-
pertinent stations started a hog grow
ing campaign in Iowa, Kansas, Ne
braska, Missouri and Minnesota with
the cooperation of the agricultural
colleges, experiment stations and farm
papers.
1.-The object of the campaign was to
secure the general adoption of i'm
proved methods in raising hogs, that
the number of hogs will be greatly In
creased.
Large filters at weaving time; half
the weight of marketable hog to be
produced from pasture and hay from al
falfa clover; incubation to prevent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-31

sold their lands as rapidly as they
could secure settlers. The proceeds
from the sale of these lands. together
with sinking funds provided out of
earnings, were used to retire the land
grant bonds as rapidly as possible, and
this class of security is rapidly becom-
ing extinct in this country. About the
only large issue of land grant bonds
now outstanding are those issued by the
Northern Pacific, and these are not
land grant bonds in tEN strict sense of
the term, as they are secured by a
mortgage which is a lien upon the rail-
road lines in addition to the land hold
ings Of the COMPANY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-31
RafIroads want Square Deal.

Columbus, O., Oct. 31.-Resolutions
calling on the interstate commerce
commission to give the railroads a
square deal' by permitting the pro-
posed increase in freight rates, have
been adopted by over 300 Ohio, Indiana
and Pennsylvania railroad men here.
The orders represented were the Or
der of Railway Conductors, the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Engineers, the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
and Enginemen, and the Brotherhood
of Railway Trainmen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-31
WELLINGTON WANTS THE NJ
Winfield Also in Hopes of Getting
Kansas Road.


Wellington, Kan, Oct. 31.-The
route of the Midland Valley from Ar
kansas City has not yet ben selected.
Wellington hopes for this road and it
is believed has chance to get it. But
Winfield also wants the road and
thinks 1t will go up the Walnut valley.
The Courier says:
Half of the executive committee of
the road are strongly in favor of the
Winf1eld-Douglass route and the COM
mercial interests of Wichita are almost
united in favor of it Mayor Wallace
will call upon President Ingersoll in
Philadelphia in the near future and
present the advantages of this route
Mr.. Wallace stated that in his inter
view with the executive committee.
one-half of them favored Winfield and
Douglass That the business men of
Wichita wanted the road to come this
way, on account of the superior adj
vantages commercially that it will af-
ford them.
It was suggested that a committee
from Winfield, Rock, Douglass and
Rose Hill call upon the leading bust
ness men of Wichita and secure their
cooperation in locating the road
through Winfield and Douglass. Alto
gether, the outlook is favorable for
Winfield securing this road.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-31
Blind Girls Are Iniured.

Kansas City, Oct. 31-While walking
across a street in Kansas City, Kan,
today, four blind girls were knocked
down but only slightly injured by
motor car driven by c. D. Sharp, an
attorney of this city. The girls. Nellie
Eubank, Elizabeth Roberts, Minnie
Hedberry and Hannah Dugan, were in
charge of a teacher from the Kansas
school for the blind.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-31
Frisco Report Not Encouraging.

Chicago, Oct. 31-The annual report
of the st. Louis & San Francisco
railroad for the fiscal year ending June
80, 1910, shows an increase of per cent
in gross earnings over those of the pre-
ceeding year, an increase of 1853 per
cent in operating expenses, and a de-
crease of per cent in the net operating
revenue. The total operating revenue
was $41. 165, 1893. the total operating ex-
penses $2s,676, S42, and net operating
revenue $12, 4S9, 097. This is exclusive of
the Chicago & Eastern Illinois railroad