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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-12
just a Trffe Cooler.

Today was two degrees cooler than
yesterday the mercury reaching 80 de-
grees. The night was warmer how
ever by three degrees. Although the
forecast is for fair and warm weather
tonight and Thursday, there is an area
of unsettled atmospheric condition in
the Rockies which may affect this dis
trict The wind is blowing eight miles
an hour from the southeast.
The tepnperat1Iras todav-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-12
ATTENTION VISITORS.

Sets of The TOPEKA STATE
JOURNAL containing detailed reports
of all sessions of the International
Christian convention will be supplied
for 10 cents. Leave your name and
address at the STATE JOURNAL Of
flee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-12
BARITONE IS DEAD.
Gilbert, of the Metropolitan Opera,
Expires Suddenly.

New York. Oct. 12.-Charles Gill
bert, the French opera baritone, died
here suddenly last night at the Hotel
Gregorian.
He arrived here from Europe last
week to sing in the coming season with
the Metropolitan Opera company, after
four seasons with the Manhattan COM
pany. Mr.. Gilbert was to have sung
one of the parts in Puccini's new opera,
'The Girl of the Golden West.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-12
st. Petersburg Cattle Fair Closed.

st. Petersburg, Oct 12-The Ma
tional Cattle fair in St. Petersburg was
hurriedly closed after the opening on
account of the outbreak of the foot and
mouth disease in several exhibits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-12
Weather Indications.

Chicago, Oct. 12.-Forecast for Kan
sas: Generally fair tonight and
Thursday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-12
Thursday Afternoon october 1s.

2:30-Prayer and praise. 2:40-Re-
ports of Committees. 3:20-Address,
THE Condition of Congo Women,
Mrs. r. Ray Eldred. Africa. S:35-
Address. My Friends in China" DR..
w. E. Macklin. China. 3:50-Sym
postum on Missionary Literature. 4:30
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-12

Continued on Page Six.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-12

sections of the country; and while
Allen NAV not take an active part in
the delibera tons on the floor of the
Auditorium, he will help to frame
line of opposition to the committee re-
port that will be difficult to overcome.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-04
Furnished Houses.

ON ACCOUNT of leaving city, will rent
lower floor @ rooms) OF my 9-room COM
pletely furnished modern home In Hans
com Park district v block from car, or
will rent entire house to responsible party.
Call Harvey S51 after p. M
FOR RENT-Small completely furnished
flat; close In; strictly modern. References
required. 2O4l Howard ST. See at once.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS

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n ID N,;oL, Civil Engr., paving, sewer
y. L. CricK age. etc. SSl Brandeis The.
alter d. 42O6
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OFFERED FOR RENT
Furnished Rooms-Continued

STRICTLY modern rooms; private family.
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housekeeping Rooms.

FOR RENT-Two rooms, neatly furnished
for housekeeping Sl5 S. 26th ST. 10
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BEAVER BOARD instead OF lath and
plaster. American supply Co. 1ll2 Farnam.
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Want -AdS

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he presented before 2 O'Clock M,
for the evening edition and before
Tt8O o'clock of previous evening for
morning and sunday editions. Want
ads received after such hours viii
have their first insertion under the
heading "TOo Late 60 Classify"
Rates apply 20 either The Daily or
Sunday Zee. Always count six words
60 line.
CASH RATES ron WANT ADS.
REGULAR CLAssIFICATION-O
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insertion. Each Insertion made ON
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Cooney Pharmacy 2z1s g. leth 81
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y n fQ0Q f~nvanvvOr1h
Foster q Arnold, 21S N. 18th 81
FrSytag J. J., 1910 NJ. Gath IT
Fregger Drug Co. 1904 N. 18th 81
Florence Drug Co, Florence. Neb.
Green's Pharmacy, Park Ave. and Pacific
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Huff A. L., 2924 Leavenworth 81
Johanson Drug Co Ath and Spalding
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Kountze Place Pharmacy 1904 N. 2tth
Mares, Fred L., 201s Central BLVD.
Patrick Drug Co., 1924 N Faith St.
Lathrop, Charles e. 1924 ~. oath ST
Goldman Pharmacy, Stth and LeaVen'
Saratoga Drug Co.. a4th and Ames Ave
schaefer's Cut Price Drug Store. 18TH and
Chicago SITS
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Walnut Hill Pharmacy. 10th and Cunning
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CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS

OLD ROOFS :sS s1.T seaside sls.; T c.:
phrey Roofing Co. AZ Paxton Blk. Tel
ID. CO.'S
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-16

Circular. which ChronicIed the various
doinr- Of the Imperial House. the approach
ing ACCOMPLISHMENTS. the pTosrca-es. the
funerals: not however. the likelihood Of
the EmDerOTs death. a. t was only the
unwise AstrOlOg-r WhO would care TO draw
such a bow az a venture The Emperor
Commodu-, 81 IampFidius assures us
tnot that his knOWIedRe was above suspi-
CiOul, was Unfortunately proud Of hts achieve
uIenta in the Arena. No matter whether
h. we're last in the race. 10 was to him that
the palm Was awarded. or rather he awarded
the palm TO himself. and then quite mag
nific-ntly shouted "Commodus CHsar. victor
ia the race. gives his crown Co the people
OF Rome
Then there were th" fats divers. all the
hit. Of Information IN the city. Ptiny cites
the newspaper accounts Of the funeral Of
the cels.brat-d Jockey Felix. The erection,
fall and restoration Of public bUildinsS we're
recorded were the births. Marriages and
divorces In iilustTiOus families. likewise
prOdi9ies and CuriO-iti~s. The same Fiiny
sneers effusively about the record Of q rain
OF tiles. and because in another place an old
priest svOre that h. had seen the arrival
OF the first PhRnix in Rome
P~tronius gives u- an admirable parody
OF what the Roman got in hta daily paper.
Il was during . feast at the house OF that
o-tentAtious plntocrat TrimalchiOn. Who so
far fOrgOt hts imperfect veneer 0f ariseo-
cratic good manners when In hia cups a. to
describe the origin Of hrs wife. much to that
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-16
THE MELROSE NOVEL COMPETE.
TION.
Three Judges Unanimously Award TN
Prixe Go pnirlrta WeatWerth.

Three Judges Unanimously Award the
Prixe Co Pairsrta Weatwerth.
Thres judges Of distinguished literary
reputation. Mrs Flora Annie Steel. Misc
Mary Cholmondlsy and Mr.. Henry do In
Pasture. were appointed 20 select the
first prizs in the recent Mslro-s novel
competition. A. thu competition was not
restricted TO first stories. and the critics
were 80 prominent and capable. many
authors Of experience entered the contest.
and Il y therefore no small tribute 10 the
compelling interest % the winning novel
that though the judges worked inde-
pendently each selected the same story
a. the most distinctive and interesting.
The book which won the prizs u called
a Marriage Under tho Terror by
Delta and il IL 20 be brought out in this
country during the present month. II 10
a story of the French Revolution and ~
written by Patricia Wentworth Il Is
also an interesting fact that while the
author has Writtsn several short stories
the prine novel u her fir-t attempt az thu
long novel
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-16
INTERESTING IOLI MS.
Tue Largest. the smallest and the Nest
Expansive Bo0k Published

Th. largest hound book ever ina l., was
owned 10y Qus-en Victoria II weighs
syty-three pounds and IL eighteen inches
thick
For the HsbraIc Bible IN the Vatican ~
1872 IN. Jews offered Pop. Julius II. it,
weight in gold $4,000. but the Pope
would not part with 70.
More expensive even II not more valu-
able - the official history Of the War of
III. Rebellion ISSUED by the United STATE.
Government ~ a cost Of reariy 81. OOO. Ga
Nearly one-kalf 81 this amount was paid
for printing and binding and the rest for
salaries. rent. stationery and such ex-
T'enses a. purchasing records from pri-
waite individuals. IL was ten years m the
making. consisting IT ii2 volumes.
4 set of S.I2O volumes IN the Chinese
tepartm-nt 81 the British Museum con
stitute.s the largest hook IN the worlt
IL is an encyclopaedia II the literature
81 china from iOsp n G. 10 i7p 4 - a
period 81 twenty eight centuries. Tn.
work IN England was purchased for 50 ISL.
beiug one Of the three COPIES IA existence.
II was forty years ia comp lattOu ana
was or Tered bv Fmp@ror kaug he who
re,gnei from 1852 20 I722
The smallest book m the world. not
much larger than n mans thumb nail
was made IN Italy. the text being letter
before unpublished. written 10y the in
vcntor u the pendulum clock to Nm.
{ hTistine % Lorraine IN 1915 II - four
I '''ths 81 an inch long a quarter - an lnch
wide. contains Es pages. each with nine
! lies and from ninety five To one hundred
letters Next smallest - an edition Ut
Dantr's Divine COms-iv- little less
than an inch wide. with type 40 small
that u takes micrOs~Op" 70 r-ai the
letters
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-16
DECLINED WIN THINKS"
Famsss Bssks That Hsd . Hard Tiwse
Getaln9 into Print.

Zangwill once offered n poem To an
American magazine which the editor
spurned. Years passed and brought
changes Then the editor wrote and
asked the poet TO favor him with a poem
and name his own price. ZanGwill
laughed. produced the de~pised poem and
received a substantial check-a very
substantial cheek.
Robinson Crusos- begged al nearly
every publishers door only to he turned
away When at last II was Printed for
W Taylor. A. the sagn Of the ship in
Paterno-ter Row IL Melted the lucky
publisher EIOO.OOO profit.
Jane Austen. ranked toward the top
Of English women novelists. sold North
anger Abbey To a publisher at Bath for
$40 The publisher then feared failure
and kept the manuscript hong time
b.fore ne mustered courage To launch a.:
il al once j,Imped into enormous popu-
larity
Thackeray tried Vanity Fair with
- many publishers only ~ m.et with
reb,Iffs that he at length ran u ~ a serial
IN COlb1rR's AaedSfHs. q was the b.-st he
could do with %.
Every publisher ia Copenhagen re-
iected the manuscript Of the first volume
of Hans Andersen FAIRY Tales When
eventually he was compelled to bring
out the volume at his own expense Il
jumped into immesiiate popularity. and
the publishers. paying nothing Tor IL.
are still making money out 81 u a$ a
classic.
Parker. tho Oxford publisher. declined
to give 40 To kebls for his Christian
Year During the forty years which
followed its eventual publication coo. OGD
copies were sold and keble made HIt OD
ons-fourih the retail price
No publisher WAS found 10 accept
The Professor the first novel Of Char
lotfe BrontA. the highly successful novel
ist
John Murray. the publisher. returned
the manuscripts NJ -SaFtor Resartus- 10
Carlyle with . courteous note stating
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-16
WORST SELLERS.
BosHs Nbsse COnnparath~ Failure O. Net
Easy To Explain.

"A
L'''y "i4' N'"NN ''''' "'Alh'~ "' 'he b'S'
sellers. which a. class hogan To make
the stald publishing profession wild with
e,cit.,n.ut about (, deca1a ann RI,
-, -, 81 ,vt,.,-.,,,.-, :. -, -.
'y " ''' w
nin'' especially "h"h On" secs now close
- them IN AL re-pectz ara many books
which with no dero0atnry intention
mas, la c,Il,.,I th,. w., -,ll,.,.
,-,.''-,,- -,
Hn''"'"s 1T 'sAy" anu WI Hyn"
by som" years. Julian HaWthorne's
Archibald MalnaisDn.' M. sorry - A
man who led two ..para,. e1is,.nces
-, ,h.;,t;- ,,,.,'.,,.I - 90 I,
'''s" ~" W
draHatlc possibilities. h"V"rth"ieSs sank
into Oblivion. scarc''ly having found out
what living was
Narv I1,,l,,,y,,,l..,, ,,.,,;,,,.,.t s,,,,,,s..
-, y
N'lh H'' ~ 1870, ~ ~, uu' -oli WY lew
Oils ~ psha Le'hI Nhlch tno-'
'r"l'T nhd ho' Hiiy not INFERIOR To the
snc''--'u i NoIh Dut even superior an
interest," urahA,t s'fength hnd rlstruc-
ti"n lrt the isN ~-uefr paa'@srd ~ ny
and q" one 'Ouiu tslI the r"dssh
IN" b&rds-n ~ Anah added Jewels
OF very mater'9. kinh :" "" crown 81 -
author, BOiSs.Tt Kitchens. Hut Flames
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-16

lady's discomfort. for she Was stan climbing
asziduOusly and did not appreciate bong
thus given away In public. when r..
malchion was sober he could think Of LITTLE
else save how best to Impress the world th
has magnincence. and In consequence used
10 send for his actuary. Who read To the
company q sort OF proves verbal ltanquam
urbtS a"tai Of which the following - trans
Iation
VII. Cat Jul There were born m tho
Domain &C Cumr. which beiOnEs to Tri-
malchion, - boys and 90 girls Five hun
dred thousand bushels Of wheat were trans
ported from the fields to the grAnaTies
iOo oxen were used for the transport on
the same day the slave Mithradates wss
crucifi~d for disappearing the tutelaTr
deity ~ Gaiu-. our master The same dsv
IOOO.Ooo s~rtercs~ were taken 20 the hank
because q was impossible to md u-.'
for this money The same day there VS.
a fire in the gardens at Pomp.u vhirh
originated in the residence Of the farmer
Nests. Ac. A.
The last mention Of this Roman uovs
sheet - In tho late days Of the Emp.r-
Vopiscus. In his Life Of the Emperor Pro.
bus, knew Of it- existence. after which ttu
N. Humb~rt thinks 10 disappeared alou4
with such other literature a. ConrtantIG"
and hts new advisers found inconvcnicnt
Nothing similar appeared until that ON
bu-ybody Gutenberg began to flood m"
world with q literature that has bs~r ''~
outward expression OF q great rena .-ar'-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-16
MlINE HaS STORI TELLER.
nsln'sn TDsy tIIS New NsNsI Hss Astctss
Of nankse Character

Holman Day. the author Of the forth =
coming novel The RAmrOddeTs.- b.
known a. the story teller ~ his state.
Twenty years ago as a very young man Mr.
bay l..ga9 writing sketches oG Yankee
character over his signature. and ever
since that time loyal Maine folk who
know - good yarn tell it to him or send Il
by L-'tsr Not infrequently a story
telling ber is held in tho congregational
grocery store oT some little hack district
and Mr. Day IL sent for to actin a double
capacity as judge and jury To name the
winner and a. recorder 60 write down
those tales later for the public. Squire
Bill. one ~ Mr. Days short stories. has
been converted into q one art sketch for
th" stag" MIR Day 10 aao renowned
n his region for a knAck Of writing swing
ng ballads and songs such a. wOodSmen
swing. lie ~ thoroughly interested Ia
the prnhibition issue. but he has preIe,
"nce for considering both sides 81 Ihs
QUESTION which ~ not altogether agrr-ab.e
tn the abolitionists Hc ~ even Accused
90 being a -hireling in the nay 81 the
rum power Through u all Mnior nav
sits chscriu'ly ard writes his keen and
poacrfuI ideas undisturlicd by personal
remarks
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-16

that he had not time to read IL. Fraser
offered to print 10 II Carlyle would pay
him EISO. Bentley and Colburn would
have none Of IL. Finally Fraser let u
run serially in his magazine. paying IN
all for Il go IL.
Since he could not find q publisher
in London that would give him $50 for
the manuscript Of his -TristTAm Shandy
Lawrence Sierne ISSUED 70 himself. 50
that publishers are still proiiting from t
after the centuries.
After -Uncle Toms Cabin had run
through its magazine form q Pubiisher's
reader pronounced II Of insufficient in
terest 90 print a. q book. However, the
publishers wife advocated its publication.
in America alone.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-16

We alss IaSI.s reasss,. for our ''Gusd
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-16

The Hoily.- The Bssch- and The
0lngkO.' These vOlsHmss not only give
q dsscription a. tAo vAsiei1s ~ the tree
with which thsy daaL but contain .
hiptogtcAl account ~ vel In Engilsh
song and story the ivy. dedicated 10
Baochta. hung outside the door. Wills the
holly deroretesl the lnsegiog % hosaes and
churches The word holly 10 probably
a Modification u the word holy. since the
branches % the holy tree we're 90 ex-
tsnsiVsly used during Christmas. The
0inGkO tree came originally from japan
and Was introduced into the United States
Nv Alexander Hamilton. whose garden
now forms part % woodAwn Cemstsry.
near Philadelphia One % the finest
0inGkO trees 10 in Central Park
One % the many interesting facts
brought out In Dr.. Woods Hutchinson q
The Conquest Of Consumption. 10 that
the tavorite breeding place % germs 10 In
Overheatsd theatres or churches. where
the came old air. laden with an ever richer
crop Of bugs. h rshsated and served zap
again night after night and Sunday after
Sunday. 10 managers and ministers
would devote q quarter 81 the energy In
changing tho air in their houses and
churches that they now do To varying
the bill and the sermons u would do far
more for the health of the community
Among the Interesting People to
receive honorable mention in the current
4msrsoaa Mag-sfns 10 Kin Hubbard.
who ladies out . small portion 81 home
made hsmor every day over the signature
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-16

kindRsss of heaFt 10 we'll known. A.
Putnam Hall. q girls school ~ POugh
hfep@ie. which the author had mt known
~ All bcfore. the pupila have be-n CON
Ts.iing for an inacribed book. The author
let siich svmpaihy Tor the giFi Who stooti
sscond thai she Autographed a copy
tor her also Here's "a bstter fortune
r~V' time be,ng secoDd ~ neat 10 being
first"
Then another stusl@nt wrote AMI
another. but the author says ahe feels
fully r-pAid by having added To her
acgua, 1tan"s a bsvy Oi such charInin :
girls.
Grown people aTs nice she saw ,
-bu, girls are nicer than the angels them
selves
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-16
HODJESk IND BROW WING.
Her Impressions on Meeting Hlm and Mrs.
ilumplarp NRrtl.

Ono Of the sventTnl moments in Lon
don writes Modje-ks in the current
instalmert " her memoirs. was my
nesting Robert Browning Before The
Introduction | took him for retired
FrrnCh Officer lie certainly lo,pk-d
French never should have suspected
in him tn. author 10 Andrea del S1rio
and IRA lippo ! Ippi.' Ne spoke rapidly
in French aud English On all possible
sub iectS With the same eaas and knoWl-
edge ! do not believe I have ever met
q man AZ versatile a. he. 50 grea; and
vet simple: such a poet aud vet -
human
Modje~ka met Mrs Humphrey Ward.
then a young Gri with golden hair.
at Mr. Watts's studio Matthew Arnold
introduced her 49, has -neics who think =
she can write There wA~. how ever.
continues Madame ModJe-ka pride In
his eyes " hen he uttered this joke
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-16

The chapter IN Winston Churchill- new
novel. A Modern Chronicle which
saayns TO he arousing most di4c,sssion is
the one To which he has given the title
The New Doctrine In this chapter be-
says.
NO lady II ia the I~ast interesting Il
restricted and cont-nted With her re-
strictions fact which the ladies' 10 our
nation are fast finding out. What would
become Of the Goddss- 81 Liberty! And
let rs mark we'll while W. are max ing the-
otDserv atoms that Liberty - n Goddess.
not a God although It has taken us in
America over a century 10 realize q sig-
nificance ln the choIce Of her -sx And -
another discovery! she ~ not a haus-
fran She ~ never domictled. never
fettsred she II a coquetts. and
she - never satisfied IL she we're she
would not be- Liberty. Il she were sha
wouId not he worshipp.d Of men. but
,ls-pisesI. II they understood her they
would not care for her And finally. she
comes not Ia bring peace hut a sword
Three books Just issued IN the Tree
Book SERIES are of special interest just
now that Arbor Day ~ approaching
These books are entitled respectively
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-11-26

Ex-Governor Galld of Massachu-
satts has come aut with fling col0rs
Oh a little controversy III Boston over
the origin 81 the American rag, some
ef the historic facts Of whien ought
@ be Known by every lover 0i his
country
IL Is historic fact that The first
American flag such as we have ever
since possessed was made by Betsy
Ross, bat precisely what credit be.
longs to that patriotic woman is not
commonly understood The fact OF
history Is that the first American
flag carried in the Revolution was
brought our by General Israel Put
nam, but this rhew emblem of liberty
ana independence, first sRgMn the
hgapuHiyR 3usteaifev bdiiqglthel adqppdR
shlthel inihNrtAp dtaaAfHsaJnl retained
Euhe EnglishNdnlon Jack fiji the corner
General putnams contribution. 10 the
fdlatinctiyS national flag was ID sub
stltntine for the plain red field of
| the English flag the stripes Of the
American
Directly after independence was de
laclnrcd George Washington and two
other patriots were appointed spe-
| cia committee, ana probably BY
The contribution made by this spe-
call committee, and probably by
Washington himself was the substi-
tuition Of the stars Ia the corner for
the Union Jack, the committee re-
tanning Putnam's stripes in place OF
the red field
The design was submitted to Bet
sey Ross to make a flag MRS. hosss
contribution was Simply the changing
Of the stars from six-pointed TO five
pointed and putting the whole design
together. The distinction as to the
points OF the stars is that the six
pointed star Is I'M reality emblematic
in French heraldry Of the spur Of
lnighthood, while the emblem adopt
I'd By Betsy Ross Il the star Of the
heavens, certainly a.nohle distinction
and difference where a flag Is TO
be designed typlying the rights Of
man to life, liberty and the pursuit
Of happiness
This Is the history of The adoption
Of the flag and credit Is distributed
between General Putnam, George
Washington with his Two assistants,
and Betsy Ross.