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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-13
OUR FOREIGN COMMERCE..

All previous high records in this
country's foreign commerce promise to
be broken in the fiscal year which
ends less than 80 days hence. The
fiscal year. as is well known. ends
with the month of June, and the eight
months of that fiscal year for which
the bureau of statistics of the depart
ment of Commerce and Labor has now
available figures show a larger aggre-
gate of imports and exports than In
the corresponding period of any ear
lier year of our foreign commerce.
The imports for the eight months end
ing with February amounted in value
to $1,021, $4,000, against $932,734,-
$50 in the eight months ending with
February. 1907. the former high rec
ord year for imports The exports for
the eight months are $1,000, PAS, S99,
against $1,356.s47.5S3 in the same
months of the high record year for ex-
ports, 1908. The imports for the pc
rfod in question were larger than
those of any like period in earlier
years. while the exports are slightly
less than those of the corresponding
eight months of 1908 and 1907. The
aggregate of imports and exports for
the eight months in question is $2,23O,-
OoO, SSds ElRd1uSI 46yGEI,04S,d 81 III the
eight months Of 1907. the former high
record year for aggregate of imports
and exports.
The decline in exports, comparing
the eight months of 1910 with the cor
responding periods of 1908 and 1907,
occurs chiefly in foodstuffs. Bread
stuffs exported in the eight months of
1910 amounted in value to but 1913
million dollars. against 169 million in
the corresponding period Of 1908, and
meat and dairy products to but 81 mil
lion dollars. against 1913 million in
1908, foodstuffs thus forming a smaller
share of the total exports of 1910 than
formerly and manufacturers a larger
percentage, the share which manufac-
turers formed of the exports for the
eight months in question being Il per
cent, against 81 per cent in the cor
responding months in 1906. while for
the single month of February, 1910,
manufacturers actually formed over
one-half of the total exports, the ac-
tual share being 5094 per cent of the
total. exports. foodstuffs forming but
22.55 per cent, and crude materials for
use in manufacturing 5000.
In imports the years record thus far
exceeds that for any earlier year. be-
ing for the eight months in question
1917, 900, of which 1862, ,025
was material for use in manufacture
ing, 373 millions of this total being
crude material and 1S9 millions partly
manufactured material for further use
in manufacturing. The percentage
which manufacturers materials formed
of the imports is larger than ever be-
fore, being 55 per cent in the eight
months ending with February, 1910,
against So per cent for 1903. 1907 and
1908; and so per cent in 1906 and
1905. The share of the manufacturers
materials entering free of duty was in
the 1910 period 65.5 per cent, against
81 per cent in the same months of
last wear
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-13
QUAKER fluctuations.

[F'rom the Philadelphia Record.1
Love is an architect whose special
ty is air castles.
It doesn't take a whole lot of in
sight to see right through some peo-
pie.
subscription is the first to sign a
petition.
No, Maude. dear; the gloves you see
shipping clerks wear are not boxing
gloves.
You can't say of the employees of
the mint that they never make head
or tail of things.
Jack ?" Belle-"No; I'd rather be
friendly with him."
Gotrox-"The money market is very
tight Just now" Guzzler-"Why does
mt it take the gold cure?"
Any young father will tell you that
a baby always gains in weight dur
ing the hours when It is necessary to
walk the floor with it.
Mrs. Muggins-''Mrs. Subbubs is
Boosting about having kept the same
cook for over a month" Mrs. Bug
gins-"Yes, but she probably neglect
ed to say that the cook has smallpox
and the house is quarantined-"
You never miss the water till the
we'll runs dry" quoted the Wise Guy.
az could never see the sense in that
remark" said the man with the i'm
pressionistic nose. Seems to me It
should be You never miss the water
when the well runs dry"
ION Sunday" remarked the Phila-
delphian, "I find there's no place like
home" "I guess that's right" re-
piled the visitor from New York.
Towing to the fact that the saloons
have to keep your homes pretty we'll
Stocked"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-13

fore her in her walks, her duties, her
pleasures and her play.
Most keenly did she feel his injury
that night of the gresrt reception at
the Coverly home. She had been ask
ed early, as an honored friend to help
receive but. somehow. through the
s.way-the injustice of the powers.
and the desire to right this wrong.
Perhaps it was the banks of lilies that
ST ggested Hugh so persMStently, or 1t
u.ight have been the little Scotch wo-
man, the guest of neighbor, who
brought back the hurt. an unconscious
reminder of the country OF his birth.
A slender, fragile little soul she was.
this Jean ncVey. and Aileen wondered,
as she bent above the bowl of frag-
rant blooms, at the SORROW in her eyes.
And rhe girl marveled still more at
the start the woman gave and the
questioned her about her love of
these same flowers. She trembled and
then she said:
II am not wen-forsive my stupid
ness, dear girl-a little air would
help"
Adleen sought their cloaks, and by
some inspiration. divining her love for
flowers, she led the little woman along
the box-hedgod walk to where the
conservatory windows cleaned bright
ly in the moonlight.
There was some one in the outer
room and as she knocked, Hugh op-
ened wide the door.
Then, in a flash. the girl perceived
the ending of her tale. for the mans
face was as fame. and the woman
trembled toward HIM
Hugh Hugh" she cried. "Au
through the world have sought JEFF
told that it was he-and always from
the first. have loved your
lFhe girls eyes were blinded as
Hugh caught his old love in his arms.
and as she hurried back through the
darkness, there seemed q fraib faint
fragrance of nHes following her
CCopvrrgfted, 1910. by Associated LIT
erary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-13
GLOBE SIGHTS.

IFrom the Atchison GIobe.l
Some homes always look as if the
family has just moved in.
About the only vacation some people
get is in interruptions in their work.
Women use the same expressions of
sorrow in telling of a disappointment
in a dress maker as of disappointment
in love.
Occasionally you meet man who
dislikes to attract attention. But such
men are extremely rare.
The Atchison women are very in
dignant: a dressmaker recently left
town, taking with her three buttons, a
calico belonging to a customer. (The
women never believe q dressmaker re-
turns all the goods, by-the-way.)
Chauncey Devere Appleton, the Boy
StatiSician, has figured it out that the
reason there are not so many mar
no longer walk with the young women
In the cleaning. He finds that in the
cleaning figures in 80 percent of old
time marriage engagements What,
he asks in clarion tones, has become
of the cleaning anyhow"
When a woman is called to the tele-
phone. her end of the conversation is
a bunch of EXPLANATIONS points. "Is
that so p" she will say. "How perfect
" terriblel How will you ever endure
it, 1 never heard of anything so ter
rible!" Before she has dropped the
has put on hat and coat to run to the
scene to prevent murder, put out a
fire, cut down a would-be suicide, or
do something like that. and, when she
turns around. it is to relate with an
expression as excited as her voice, that
the woman With whom she has just
been talking got down town too late to
secure a dishpan bargain!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-13
HUHOR OF TIE DAY

was JUST thinking. dearest that this s
tomorrow.-Chicago Daily News.
what about this ere Alleys comet?"
I've got bit O. smoked glass andy
black rosel Pittsburger-P'shaw We
have had them in my town for years
Life.
"You failed in your viva voce exam,
George?' Yes. but it was purely absence
Don't you know that little boys WHO
swear won't go to heaven 2? That's all
f h6R nR ir9T ra Age III raid
Mourner (to widowerl-You seem to be
When one is in business, It is mighty hard
to get away for day--Pele Mele.
st see you only have one chair in the
Kitchen Mary! I must get another one
for YOU" You needn't mind, ma am. I
have none but gentlemen callers. "-Buf-
falo Express.
you don't want the ssr sD Ss,a M the
Dustin Stax, calmly; IF one man owned
be too easy to assess taxes.
Star.
Love-" remarked the girl with the quo
tation habit, makes the world go round"
wrong again." rejoined the mere man.
Instead of making the world go round,
love makes the head swim That's the
explanation. Chicago News.
81 remember your face very well" he
said but really, 1 have forgotten your
name'' 'It doesn't matter" she replied.
1--WE had two different names since we
met. anyhow."-Chicago Record-Herald.
Teacher-What is the meaning Of the
word ''procrastinateT Pupil-To put or.
Teacher-Right Illustrate It In SEN
tence. Pupil tried to steal a ride on a
street car yesterday, but was procrastt-
nated.-Cleveland Leader.
I.andlady-The man who is on the third
floor back is behind in his rent. and they
say he wouldn't work. Second-R1oor
idle roOmer.-Boston Record.
why don't you buy a house7 It's Just
You don't call paying rent easy, do you"
Detroit Free Press.
woman's idea of Paradise: A pocket
book full of money, a bargain sale and
she the only customer in the store
Smart Set.
Els it fashionable novel?'' Sure thing.
The hero even puts on a dress suit to sit
alone Of an evening and mope."-Pittsburg
Post
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-13
AT TENNIS.

When Phyllis plays
The high lights from the skies
Lie active in her eyes;
Her glance my stroke dismays-
When Phyllis plays.
When Phyllis plays
always face the sun
BY day or eve begun
The court is all ablaze-
When Phyllis plays.
When Phyllis plays,
And calls, IT'S fifteen, love-
I wonder can prove
That little word betrays-
When Phyllis plays.
When Phyllis plays
And fault 1 must confess,
Dan Cupid's in distress,
AS faultless are her ways
When Phyllis plays.
When Phyllis plays
But hold False muse departi
She's won both game and heart,
And hope she also Stays
When Phyllis playsi
NJ. s. Horton, in the New Yorl
Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-13
A Billiard Genius.

Nature seldom produces great bill
lard player. When one reflects how
much the game is played. in every
great and small town in this country
and in Europe, he is impressed with
the small number of players who
reach great distinctio in the game.
And the same players remain promt-
nent many years, with only an occa-
sional new arrival among their ranks.
We remember rs years ago that the
bulk of the great players of that day
were comprised in the names Of
Wizard Jake" Schaefer. Student"
George Slosson, DAILY, Sutton, Wig
naux. During that time these same
men continued almost in the same rel
alive position of excellence and COM
paratively few others developed into
greatness. The most startling phenom-
enon in this stretch of time up to the
actual present was Ives. who had a
most brilliant but brief career. The
death of Schaefer has removed one of
the most gifted of the few greatly
gifted players that this game has pro-
duced. He had wonderful qualities of
nerve and touch. He was a born
genius. No amount of practice can
produce men like Schaefer
Think of the quick generations of
great ball players that come and go
almost before we know it. Baseball
players of the first qualities are. as
compared with billiard players, as
thick as flies in summer. The billiard
player of distin requires a nerv-
GUS system which in some respects is
of extraordinary de1icacy and which
does not happen along very often.
Great billiard players may be COM
pared with great violin players. They
are very few, and their organization is
subtle and delicate, hairtrigger.
Schaefer had the temperament of
the artist. He worked better under
excitement 1t did not rattle him, but
attuned his nerves more delicately to
the situation. That is why people said
he had such wonderful nerve. In this
respect he was like those actors and
actresses who never go on the stage
without nervousness. which is the
condition of their acting we'll. Ph1eg-
matte persons never make the best
actors or the best billiard players or
the best violin players. They have a
nervous organization so delicate and
sensitive that no event for them is
repetition, a matter of routine. but
totally new experience which calls for
new and subtle adjustment, which
enhances their nervous Sensibi1ity for
the important moment and insureS
perfect accuracy.-NeW York Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-13
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Even when some persons know
they're In the wrong they go ahead.
< y y
Many self-confessed artists would do
better as sign painters
y = y
Any number of persons are born in
log cabins who never raise to fame.
X X
Almost everybody has the habit of
log cabins who never rise to fame.
x X y
Some men are so lucky they occa-
sionally get seats in trolley cars dur
ing the rush hours.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-13
Search for Cancer Cure.

Announcement that a professor in the
Pav1a University of Italy has discovered
ton here. Such discoveries are promptly
investigated by DR.. E. F. Bashford, direc-
peria1 cancer research fund, and by
several other cancer specialists in Lon
Light on this difficult subject is eager
" welcomed from any source says DR..
Bashford in an address issued in his Off
clal capacity Only few years ago
new knowledge concerning cancer, but
now systematic experimental study has
features Of spontaneous Canoes a n1e and AM 'f To
protect healthy mice from all the con-
sequences of cancer incubation. So much
achieved, we may hope that further re-
search will yield results directly bearing
on the nature and treatment of the dis
ease"
Experimenting is going on daily in Lon
don not only in the laboratory of the i'm
per1al cancer research fund, but in many
hospital. where a dozen trained investi-
gators are constantly employed. In a sin
gle London laboratory 5000 mice un-
early surgical treatment is amply justi-
fled, and that thus far no substitute for it
has been discovered. He adds that there
produced by the disordered development
of embryonic cells, and cites as evidence
of the correctness of his idea that in IN
dia, where cancer stain is common, the
cause is easily traceable to the custom of
carrying a small charcoal fire in an
earthenware vessel close to the stain.
Sir William Church says 1t has not been
proved that cancer is associated with any
particular diet and he also affirms, as a
result of experiments with mice, that 1t is
impossible to aScribe a curative value to
a combination of trypsin and amylopsin,
DR.. John Beard, the noted enbryologist of
the Edinburgh university. However, DR..
mice by this means.~London dispatch to
New York Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-13

"A word Of complaint from the Cleve-
land Leader: I'VE have received a
Cairo newspaper. but cannot under
stand whether the story in the first col
a1xnn Is a result on Roosevelt or a
transcription from Mendelssohn's
ASpr4ng Song for the piano.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-13

I Il occu1s to the Chicago Record Her
ala that '.men who are willing to pay
h5o a seat for the purpose of witnessing
khe fight between Hon. Jefries and
Hon johnson should at least have the
good taste to refrain from complaining
around home about the high cost of hv-
FhnR"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-13

force in the world movement for
stamping out consumption
Reports thus far received at the
national headquarters in New York
indicate that on April "a more people
Will hear the gospel of health and
right living than have ever before re-
cefved such a message.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-13
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
[From the New York Press.1

LFrom the New York Press
Little money. much flourish.
The way a man cuts down his flower
bills for a girl is by marrying her.
Men wouldn't care so much for even
baseball If it were a family affair.
You can always tell by the way a
woman smiles that what you think II
means isn't II.
A man thinks he's a devil of a fell
low to have 4 prize fighter pointed out
to him IN street car.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-13

Gift Pinchot and his old friend T.
r.. took TO the woods in Italy the other
day to talk things over. That's the d.
rection which will appeal to many and
varied politicians at home here when
the colonel gets back and has had his
say. But they won't be seeking the
woods FOR consultation. They'll be hid
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-13

That's a wise decision of the city
commissioners which permits each of
them to name the subordinates in his
department. There will be no such
thing as a divided responsibility for the
conduct of the departments and each
commissioner will have an opportunity
to make an individual record which the
people of the city can measure up in a
certain fashion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-13

The house of representatives has
done it's part to keep the United States
we'll to the front in the great uni
versal peace movement. Authorization
has been given by IT for the construc-
xfon of two monster battleshiDs at a
cost of $6,o00.O00 each. Just stop and
think for a minute how advantageous
" that $12.00O,OOO could be used for
pointing the way to a much needed
AGRICULTURAL development; or to the
reclamation of arid and swamp lands;
or to help in the work of deepening
the inland waterways; or to federal
aid N the building of good roads.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-13
Substitute Weapons.

Chicago's aldermen are going
ahead recklessly with their campaign
against hatpins, and, regardless of
protests from the adjacent fair, have
ordered the drafting of an ordinance
limiting the sphere of action for
these, as they say, lethal weapons.
The passage of the ordinance will
come next, and then-well, we shall
see what we shall see.
Perhaps the women of Chicago viii
submit to having their hatpins, or the
protrusion of them on the off-or is
it the nigh ?-side measured by such
officials as the aldermen choose to
appoint for the performance of that
duty. Then, again, perhaps they Will
do the measuring themselves, reviv-
ing the rather discredited practice Of
acupucture, with the said OFFICIALS
as subjects for experiment.
The suggestion that the ladies, if
they must have daggers for protection
in Chicago, should wear them at their
belts in sheaths is not an obviously
unreasonable one, but that would
probably be it's condemnation in the
eyes of the sex. Reasonable fashions
are seemingly not to their taste in
these latter days. Another way to
make the hatpin harmless would be
to put a cork on the extruded point.
That would add one more vegetable
the only one still missing-to the
decoration of hats. A button, such as
fencers use o ntheir foils, would ap-
parently be practicab1e.-NewY York
Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-13

I E9aney's comet w1n likely go down
Ia the history of the present era as one
+ of the most unpopular comets which
came along. To have attained popu-
aartty It ought to have fixed its sche-
dr1le for visibility at a more season
able hour than 4:3o o'clock In the morn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-13

Another bit OF evidence that times
are changing Is to be found In the
recent statement OF DR.. Emil g. Hirsch
of Sinai Temple Chicago: "The mod
ern Jew claims Jesus for his own and
Is proud to claim him as member of
his race
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-13
Not Afraid OF slipping.

Michael Dugan, a journeyman
plumber, was sent by his employer to
the Hightower mansion to repair gas
leak in the drawing room. When the
butler admitted him, he said to Dugan:
"You are requested to be careful of
the floors They have Just been polish
ed"
srThey's no danger iv me slippin' on
thim," replied Dugan- 81 how spikes
in me shoes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-13

The ruling of the interstate COM
merce commission ordering the Pull
man company to charge less for its
upper berths won't make them any
more comfortable places to sleep in.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-13

Chicago Is putting on altogether too
many A1rs. A mandate has gone forth
there that the ~alleyS'' Of the town
shan be referred TO In the future as
Nkn@~S
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-13

uofn Browns battlefield at Osawa-
korn4e win now occupy a more import
ant plane on the map. Colonel Roose-
velt Is going to deliver an address
k9@<e In August
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-13

In the eyes of the members of con-
gress a burglar isn't worth much to
society even when he's dead. They've
decided that a reward of $500 is about
right for peace officers who put such
gentry out of business for all time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-13

Latest reports from the ''Insurgent''
camp at washington are to the erect
that it's members are now seeking to
expedite legislation. But, in all pro-
liability, If they have things their way
1t win be done on a Democratic basis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-13

New Works Chinatown is evidently
. p dne place to stay away from Two
murders. one attempt at murder and an
ATTEMPTED holdup Is the record OF a re-
cent Days activity there.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-13

A Topeka man has suddenly jumped
into fame. He saw Jere B. Lduis in
the City of Mexico.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-13

OF the Pittsburg boodlers. 1t must
be said to their credit that they are
a gallant lot So far none OF them
have attempted to place the blame for
their downfall on women.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-13

Secretary of State Denhon's charac-
ter1Ea&3on OF the Republican ''insur-
gsnNsr as just plain. ordinary '9nock-
@r9@ aw exceedingly apt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-13

Houston. Tex. is also a rather gory
place. Fifteen hornicides have occurred
there since April l.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-13

TWO hundred theaters in New Eng
lad have thrown off the yoke of the
sfbea4rical trust and will maintain open
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-13

enjoying the walk. Widower-Certainly.
When one is in business, 1t is mighty hard
to get away for day.-Pele Mele.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-13

ct see you only have one chair in the
kitchen, Mary I must get another one
for you" you needn't mind, ma'am.
have none but gentlemen callers."-Buf-
falo Express.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-13

Don't you know that little boys who
swear won't go to heaven" That's all
right mister. ia rather be with pa, any
how. "-Birmingham Age-Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-13

80 you don't want the earth?" said the
sneerffe acquaintance. NO" replied Mr..
Dustin Stax, calmly: IF one man owned
all the real estate In existence it would
be too easy to assess taxes.
Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-13

Love-" remarked the girl with the quo
tation habit 'makes the world go round.''
wrong again." rejo1ned the mere man.
Instead of making the world 60 round.
love makes the head swim. That's the
explanation. Chicago News.