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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-17
SOIL DEMANDS ATTENTION.

1TnIass the United States preserves
tic farm lands by fertilizers, American
oi1,i1ization will be blotted out, Is
warming that has just been given py
DR.. G. c. Hopkins, a professor OIL
agronomy and a recognized western
authority in land fertility. perhaps
the inglorious end of this great repco-
lie which is predicted by DR.. Hopkins
is not in the immediate future, out ms
insistence that the fertility of the SOIL
~, the farms of this country should
receive much more attention, Is
noint that should be we'll taken.
"Raclx to the farm is one of the
,, ories IF the hour. It is pointed
ont that such a movement by con-
siderable norton of the people who
orc now huddled together in cities is
tho only thing that will increase ma
+aria1lv the production Of foodstuffs IN
the nation and thereby reduce the
biph cost of living. This is no DOUBT
true. and there is much desirable
farm land in the United States Whlcn
is ready and waiting for settlers But
DIR Hopkins puts his finger on sore
spot in the agricultural development
of the country when he declares tnat
nroper attention is not being paid by
~ rresen+ farmers in the field to the
conservation of the soils fertility. He
reports that European Investigations
show that the sleepy old world" is
wise enough to buy the soil 1ertillzers
which are made in this country but
which are not used to any great ex-
tent here And it is these selr-same
fertilizers which enable England ana
Germany to produce double the aver
age crops to the acre that are raised
in the United States.
There is no good and sufficient
reason why just as bountiful crops
can not be harvested at home mere.
EXPERTS at several of the agricultural
colleges of the nation have begun to
show the way that these things can be
ACCOMPLISHED. 1t is up to the 1arm-
ers to do the rest and take advantage
| of the information that is theirs for
the asking. They can double their
ordinary wheat yields and corn yields
II thew devote their fields to proper
rotation of crops, and at the same
time use fertilizers with discriminat-
ing hand, and also pay more atten-
ton to the seed they use.
Surely the results will be worth the
while and the labor and other expense
that they will cost. The back to the
farm is a great and necessary move
ment in this era, but an equally essen
tial one is getting everything possible
out of the farms that are now work
ed. No nation in the history of the
world ever was blessed with such fer
tile virgin fields as those which were
found in the United States. But a
virgin fertility of the soil will wear
ont sooner or later. The fact that ii
is now reaching the wornout stage in
several of the large agricultural cen
ters is all the notice needed that ef-
forts should be made to restore il
through tie use of fertilizers and in
other ways.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-17

aggerated Should the results of the
crops reach $8,5oO,000 to 100000,
as is now predicted, GOOD times TOT
the United States will be continued
Possibly our farmers may not secure
quite as large profits in 1910 as IN
1909 owing to the declines in COM
lmodities; but their margin has Deen
unusually wide, and a moderate reces-
sion will still yield the agrlculturlst
good returns, at the same time afforo-
ing some relief to the consumer VINO
has been compelled to pay inordinateIy
high prices during the past year. II
is true that western bankers snow
more conservative spirit than was an
| ticipated a month ago and somewhat
higher rates of money are expected TO
prevail at the west in consequence
Nevertheless money will be fairly
abundant and easy until tie new crops
begin to move. which will be aboAt
September 1st.
Business is generally quiet; decl1n-
ing commodity markets having caused
more or less hesitancy among buyers.
A period of rest in commercial circles
will prove beneficial, inasmuch as 1t
and enable all parties to acquire
clearer and more correct perspective
of the general situation. The country
has been going ahead at tremendous
pug 'slo9dsoI 9tuoS VI lsBI ool 'p99dS
time is desirable so that the 1aggards
may have an opportunity of catching
up Should the crop outlook continue
satisfactory, business is sure to revive
later on and there is as yet no reason
for taking any but hopeful view re-
garding the future"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-17
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

IF'rom the Chicago News.l
There's money in pipe dreams-if YOU
are plumber.
Some men make the best time when
headed the wrong way
1t isn't every family tree that bears
desirable fruit.
Society is harder on a won,an,e co,,-
plezion than housework.
And a crank thinks he is the easiest
man on earth to get along with.
If you get enough to eat and wear
you haven't much of a kick coming.
You can't always Judge the merits of
a thing by the guaranty that goes with
1T.
A woman has a lot more faith in a
man durir & their engagement than she
has after their marriage.
Fame shows partially; it comes
to those who do something foolish.
The worst thing about a honeymoon
is that the woman in the case keeps
reminding her husband all the rest Of
his life how different he was then.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-17
AYHAWKER. JOTS

After an extended investigation. the
Lindsborg News has discovered that
229 Johnsons receive their mail at the
Lindsborg postoffice. and 20 of these
have the name Carl
The Wichita Beacon still persists in
the belief that Joints" are being con-
Quoted in its town. "Since the census
has been taken" it said recently, this
would be a good time to try the ex-
pertinent of getting along a while with
out even ont joint keeper"
The lola Register has it figured out
that when Roosevelt comes to Osawat-
omie this summer it will be a fine time
for the asylum inmates to make d
break for liberty, for there will be a
tremendous crowd out-of-doors acting
in q way to permit an insane person to
escape notice.
Noting that some one has figured it
out that Governor Hughes has saved
a total of 81, 500 in BARRIERS bills by not
cutting his whiskers, the Hutchinson
Gazette estimates that the newspapers
now printing pictures of Mr.. Hughes
have been forced to pay four times
81, 800 for the extra printers Ink re-
quired to make the whiskers show up.
Father never has had a chance 10
prove it, says the Atchison Globe, but
1t is his opinion that this is what hap
pens every night at home. when he
turns the corner near the house:
There comes father" says mother.
Now, Susie, you are his favorite. SO
you ask him outright to take US all
to the show tonight. If he refuses, you
set up a howl. Johnny, you scream,
and Mary, you say you might as well
have no father; that the little Brown
children who have no father get to go
to all the shows. Then 1 will look at
him reproachfully, and say, John, you
ought to be ashamed Of yourself to
deny the poor little things a little
pleasure like that If he still refuses,
children, I will dress you all up after
supper and take you down town for
soda water. and we will start off look
ing abused, and forget to kiss him
good bye Here he is at the door, chill
dren, now don't forget your parts. And
If he is good natured, this might be a
good chance to ask for a new pony, a
| lawn swing, and permission to buy
dog
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-17

/ Unless my wife is near relative
of the late Munchausen," says Hondo
Murphy, "she has a perfect defense IL
she ever happens to hit me on the
bean with an axe. She says 1 snore.
She further states that whistle, CUR
gle and squeak like rusty hinge
while asleep. 1t may be fact.
If it is. she is justified in anything
Years ago 1 was a member OF
camping party in q southern wilder
ness. One member of this party was
the prize snore-worker in our set as
side line he gritted' his teeth ana
swallowed large imaginary Jumps OF
raw liver. The second night out,
stood it until 2 o'clock a. m. and
then inquired of the other suffer-
ers: Say, is it crime to Kill any.
" No, for John Henry's sake. kill
him. yelled the bunch in chorus.
Reaching for my arsenal, / selected
double barreIed ten bore shotgun.
Cooking both barrels, I placed the
butt-plate gently, but firmly, against
the soles of the snorers feet. Then
I pulled both triggers at exactly the
same instant.
discovered that the snoring had ceas-
ed. The snorer had wandered through
| the head of the tent, taking it with
him. 1t took us an hour to round
| him up in the brush and explain that
the Earthquake was over. The kick
| of the gun had telescoped him. In
/ fact. he was a tall, thin guy when
| he went to sleep, and almost low
and heavy set when he woke up. But
| he never snored again. Maybe he was
| afraid to. l don't tell my wife about
that incident. She might try it on me.
and as she don't know much about hre
arms, she might get confused and use
the wrong end of the gun"
| 1t is reported from Chicago that
Walsh wants to get out. This but con-
firms suspicion which has haunted us
| for some time.
Tomorrow night we may all see
the comet without buying a ticket. The
| efforts of the Crawford syndicate to
corner this attraction have been fruit
less, up to late hour this afternoon.
/ The Indian Uprising at Taos, N. M,
occurred but once Then some one put
a crimp in their alarm clock.
i The Norwegian Odelsting has grant
ed the right to vote to women over %
years of age. If this Odelsting thing
had been smart enough to set the age
limit at 35, Norway could enjoy female
suffrage without the attending nuis-
ance of counting women's votes.
Leslie's Weekly devotes some space
to Business Opportunities in Cana
d." Business opportunities may be
| SOOu III SdAdOdy Jul liOy are AOb 81
good as they were before the extra
dition treaty.
AN EASY ACROSTIC.
II hough neither King nor President
E ach Potentate and resident
ID delights to do him honor in each
foreign bailiwick;
ID eclaring him an ornament,
Y ielding rank and precedent
r. ova1tv of nations shakes the hand
that waved the stick"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-17
GLOBE SIGHTS.
(From the Atchison Globe.)


Ear ache is worse than tooth ache;
you can't pull an ear.
A cynic soon becomes overbearing
brutal and untruthfu1.
We know we can't stop the comet,
and we don't believe we can kill the
flies.
wig will never look natural until
some way is invented of causing the
hair in it to turn gray with the wear
er's age.
Today we got even with man we
hate: we gave him a Ben Davis apple,
and made him believe 1t was a Mis-
souri, Pippin.
AS people get older they associate
the changes of the seasons with the
cost of underwear, and somehow lose
their enthusiasm.
Every woman occasionally talks of
going "to pieces" as if she were
breakable, and someone had thrown
her against a rock wall
When a man gets notion that he is
threatened with appendicitis, doctors
watch him as closely as automobile
agents watch man who has the au-
tomobile fever.
Society may suit some people. but
so far as we are concerned it consists
of nothing but an uncomfortable chair
to sit on, and a dab of something in
digestible to eat.
1t sometimes happens that a man
plays an errorless game because he
accepts mighty few chances; the man
| in the right garden is pretty sure to
have a better fielding record than the
shortstop.
| 1t isn't fair: a girl is radiantly
beautiful at eighteen or nineteen, and
a man falls in love with and marries
her Then she begins to fade. and
soon looks like an automobile that has
been three or four years in livery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-17
Forty Save One.

Fortv trained nurses are limping to-
day as they go about their work In SICK
rooms in various parts of Brooklyn,
every one of them having played the
part of heroine in yielding patches of
flesh equal in size to a playing card, SO
that one of their profession, Miss Eliza
beth Henry a fire victim, might live.
Cheerfully they submitted their limbs
to the knife of DR.. ]. Sherman Wight,
visiting surgeon Of the Long Island
College hospital. in Brooklyn, who
grated on the living cuticle to the
burned lower portion of Miss Henry's
body.
Miss Henry, while nursing Mrs.
Charles Hooper, of Madison, N. j.,
saved the life of Mrs. Hooper and her
infant in a fire, caused by the explosion
of an alcohol stove.
The explosion had spread alcohol
over the clothing of the nurse, and the
flames ran to Mrs. Hooper's bed cloth
ing. Miss Henry seized the burning
bed coverings, and tried to throw them
from window. Her own clothing took
fire, and before aid reached her she
was terribly burned from her waist
down. Mrs. Hooper and her infant es-
capped unhurt.
Miss Henry was hurried to Long
Island College hospital, from which in
stitution she was graduated as nurse
in 1907. DR.. Wight considered her case
hopeless at first, because one-third of
the young woman's flesh had been
burned away, and he despaired of OBJ
tanning enough skin to renew the It's
sues The seriousness of the case was
further increased, too, by the fact that
it was necessary to remove her from
Madison to New York in baggage car,
and the noise and pain had weakened
her.
After being taken from the train to
the hospital in an automobile, Miss
Henry collapsed, News of her illness
had preceded her. however, and when
she arrived at the hospital ten mem
bers of her graduating class were al
ready waiting to receive her and to
volunteer their skin.
Work of rebuilding the dead cuticle
commenced at once. Two nurses were
placed at Miss Henry's side; all were
given anesthetic by DIR. Erdman, and
patches of skin to the patient.
For the last week this program has
been followed out and will continue for
another week. The transferred flesh
has taken hold and is growing and
spreading. DIR. Wight says Miss Henry
is out of danger and will recover, and,
with all the hospital staff, declares that
it was heroism of the young women oe
the class of 1907 that gave their popu-
lar fellow-worker a new lease of life.
Miss Henry was able to see and talk
to her mother yesterday afternoon. To
her mother she jocularly remarked,
Even If / am not suffragette, / am
almost a new woman"
Miss Henry is % years old. was the
prettiest member of her graduating
class, and lives at Hudson Falls, n. Y.
New York American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-17
QUAKER MEDITATIoNs.
[From the Philadelphia Record. ]

IETOm the PnlldQeipn1a RecOrQ.1
Even the book worm will turn if you
tread on his tale.
The girl who doesn't marry her first
love isn't apt to marry her twenty-frst.
The summer girl will soon be prov
ing how naughty she is by getting
tanned.
1t is only when a man is a good catch
that the girls throw themselves at him.
Many a fellow has taking ways who
knows mora about poker than pho
Biography
Love may be a disease. but fortu-
nately it isn't one of those you can
have only once.
Time heals oUr scars, but you can't
make a woman believe it when she sees
her first wrinkle.
Of course, man is the superior ami
NAL, but no man is quite as much of a
bore as the Jersey mosquito.
Many a woman is looking for some
thing to preserve her complexion when
1t really isn't worth preserving
Miss Antique-''Do you think a girl
should permit a man to kiss her before
they are married?" Miss Caustique-
"Certainly, If she is fond of kissing. I
believe in making hay while the sun
shines"
She had lost steadily Il shall never
play again. she exclaimed petulantly,
as she threw several packs of cards
into the fire. Burning your bridges
behind you. Ell? remarked the Man.
sardonicaily.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-17
HUNOR OF TIE DRY

This talk of enormous canals on Mars
seems to fascinate you said one states
man. Yes" replied the other, think of
the appropriation bills. '-Washington
Star.
Stun Worker-What a well-behaved lit
tie boy he is! Burglars Wife-And he
comes by it natural, ma am. His poor
father always got his sentence reduced
OWN to good behavior.-Stray Stories.
Lets see, we sometimes call a man a
Jonah, don't we?' Yes, when he brings
disaster" That's the funny thing about
it. The original Jonah was a prophet
while the modern Jonah is loss."-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Mrs. Frost-How's your husband? Mrs
Snow-The members of his club say he Is
looking splendidly.-Life.
someone always profits by our mis-
was married. New York Evening Teie-
gram.
Diogenes has just been knocked down NV
a carpenter carrying a beam. Carpenter2
Look out, therei Diogenes-WhafI Yo1,
are not going to hit me again, are you?N
Judge.
Music Teacher-Why don't Won nausa
there? Don't you see that it's n,arLs6
rest? Pupil-Yes. teacher, but 1 aren't
tired.-Life. ~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-17
JOURNAL ENTRIES

dency to be a rough one for the other
fellow.
= X X
Friendly advice is likely to be of
even less value than any other kind.
4 x
No man is ever considered stupid
by woman if he has sense enough to
propose to her.
Some women are so unusual that
they occasionally have compliments
for each other.
Writing we'll and writing something
worth while are utterly different
propositions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-17
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
(From the New York Press.)

(FrOm lne New OTE FTess.I
You can generally tell the family
man hasn't by the clubs he has.
When a girl is marrying a man it's
a sign she makes him think he's do
ing it.
1t takes a baby in the house to let
the head of it know what he doesn't
amount to.
A man goes from home to business
on bee line. but he viii curve all over
town going from business home.
When a woman gets so fat she can
stick in the bath tub it's a great pride
to her to think what a good figure
abe would have IL she wasn't.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-17

Prominent astronomers are differing
as to whether there will be a display
of pyrotechnics in the heavens on We'd
nesday when the comet gets closest to
the earth. All of them are agreed, how
ever. that nothing will happen which
will be dangerous at all to the earth
ard its people. So don't put off doing
anything that ought to be done on
wednesday on the theory that 1t will
be e waste OF time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-17

look up occasionally at the girl. serene
and dignified, perfectly remote and de-
tached, with the breeze stirring the
gold brown of her hair Finallv she
rose and went home. Miss Carroll
followed.
Passing ont a few moments later
he saw that she had left her book on
the desk. 1t was Stephen Phillipss
'Marpessa," and TO John Markham's
young college taste this was the
acme in discrimination in reading.
She knew what was what. that girl!
AS he opened the drawer to put the
book away. he saw other Volumes
worn little Browning. small volume
of Lambs Ella" Chesterton's DE
fendant''-no chance choice. such
books as that! He was quite excited
about it. Then he went home.
This was the evening. when on the
veranda, alone. he discovered that he
was in love with her He was very
glad she was a stenographer. too. That
would show her, his parents. the world,
and himself. that it was just the girl
herself that he wanted
for he was far from certain that she
would listen to him. that she would marry
heri He could not compromise her by
taking her to places, or by calling on
other man might have a chance, but not
her employer Well, he would say some
thing at the first chance.
He knew he would have to make the
chance himself and he did so He walked
over to her desk the next afternoon when
the others were working elsewhere, and
1t was almost time to go home, and told
her he wished to speak to her about a
personal matter, and when and where
could he see her? His manner was OBJ
viously respectful, and she accepted it
| thus, but she looked at him with careful
GOODNESS.
You can not possibly have anything
to say to me, Mr.. Markham. that YOU
can not say here and now. What is 1t
please? I am quite at your service. She
| he fumed with rage.
Very well,'' he said in a low tone.
This should be said in your home, but
| as you bid me speak here, I shall do So
| you. and I want to win your love. want
you to marry me-" This was direct, and
no woman could mistake the sincerity OF
it,. o., ,49. sb.
| asked slowly, flushing, and her voice very
with their consent-or without it.. With
or without the consent of the world-ano
| of your parents, if you have any! m
willing to ask them If you say so. Give
| me a chance, Margaret
You might ask my father. Mr.. James
| Savery,' she said demurely whether ne
| thinks I have had enough business ex'
| perience." 49,
| She rose, dropping the little "Marpessa'
| to the floor. He stopped to pick IL up
and from the open flyleaf this name
| looked up at him, Margaret Stone saw
"i?' she said softly. Anything my
! father-and you wish would be quite al
| right" Then she managed to slip pas
| him and put on her hat but he folloWeS
| her to her fathers office.-(Copyright 1911
| by Assoc ated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-17
LIFTING THE LIONS PAW,

For two centuries or more England
has been picking up islands, continents
and other unconsidered trif1es of land
that no one else was strong enough to
hold until the map of the world looks
as if some one had spattered red ink
over 1t with a careless but liberal hand.
And when once the flag of England is
planted on territory it is with great
difficulty that anyone can uproot the
hagpole. To be sure, the American
colonies did this, but the argument
lasted for half dozen years, and not
until France Joined in the dispute was
it ended.
Hence it is surprising to read now
that England is evacuating Somaliland.
This uninviting region is on the south
side of the Gulf of Alden, between the
mouth of the Red sea and Cape Guar
dafui, and lies between Abyssinia and
the sea. 1t covers an area of $4,000
miles and has 100000 inhabitants.
France has a patch of land on the west
and italy a large territory on the east
For eight or ten years the Mullah
has been raiding all the southern parts
| of this region, and more than one Brit
| ish force has met with disaster there;
| trade has been lost, and at last the
government has grown tired of the
| trouble and expense. AS result OF
the evacuation already some 500 ma
/ tives friendly to the British have been
killed by the forces OF the Mullah.-
Boston Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-17
Some mighty good advice :

Some mighty good advice was given
the other day by the Rev. Henry N.
Couden, the blind chaplain Of the house
of representatives, who. in the course
of the usual morning prayer with
which the session of the house is
opened, prayed for divine guidance to
lead the muck-rakers to "rake before
their own doors" before attending to
the litter in front of their neighbors'
homes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-17

Apparently the laws they have in
England are on the statute books for
the purpose of being enforced. The
election of a prominent gentleman to
the house of commons has been de-
clared void because his father-in-law
hired conveyances to get out votes. A
similar law exists in Kansas but no
attention is paid to it. at least not
in the neck of the woods where Topeka
is located.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-17

Mr. Dolley, the bank commissioner
ana a prominent lieutenant of the
6tubbs forces. is quite right when he
characteristic insurgents" as the fell
lows who start things. 1t is also true
that those who start things are not al
ways able to finish many of them in
an accountable fashion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-17

This is business OF the right sort.
Eight Oranges of Shawnee county have
taken 1t upon themselves to see to it
that a fine display of agricultural
products is exhibited at the state ir
to be held in Topeka this fall. The
Oranges of neighboring counties should
also get in this procession.