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The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-04
Made Into Tornbstones.

"I was much surprised" said a man
recently. 'to learn that the granite
fronts of old buildings that are being
torn down are used for tom bstones. I
was watching some wreckers at work
on an old business building, and. be-
ing curious, asked the foreman what
was to become of the row of big col
umns that was holding up the front Of
the building"
well" said he. ''I can't tell you ex-
actly, but 1t would not surprise me
bit to see them broken shafts decorat-
ing some big mans grave next year. A
good deal of the granite that comes
out of old buildings" he continued.
"goes to the tombstone carver. New
York Gfrn
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-04

Through all the long. slow. slumb'rous
afternoon
The white clouds crept across the glow
ing sky
And little vagrant breezes wandered
by,
Too tired to set the dusty leaves a-croon.
Insistent rose the jar-fly's clamor shrill.
Then sank and all was quietude again ;
The tall corn dropped in silence on the
plain:
The grass was brown upon the sun
parched hill.
Within the shade the lazy cattle lay,
Like daisies round them nodding sleep
lily.
And all the wide fields seemed ike
them to be
Waiting for the sunsets boon and end
Of day.
Down where the white road through the
valley cleaned
Withfiercer heat and light, swift car
swept;
It passed; the dust sank back to earth
and slept;
And nstlessly again the landscape
dreamed.
e. z. Miller, in Harper's Weekly.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-04
dBIEEEH3I.llEA I.llE
MSaz2E S24Ss6
Dur fiction review department:

Our fiction review department;
My Report" a clever work Of fic-
ton by a Dutch person named koning,
is now on the market. After a careful
review of the same. we cannot recon-
mend 1t to our readers The plot is
not only cheap, but transparent; the
motive is neither deep nor instructive.
Having no inside information, we are
unable TO state the exact sum the
writer received for this work OF hc-
ton, but will cardidly admit that the
purchaser was badly stuug.
No one is smart enough to get by every
skin game A crook may take II away
from the rural rubes with a shell game.
ana then drop it on a break in the
market. SOmeone-Or some several
laid bst that attention could be di-
Verted from points where attention was
due, by directing attention TO another.
Ihe theory was all right; II has been
worked successfully since the days OF
the Apostle Peter; but in this instonce
they made rank mistake by choosing
as victim one Dick Thons~-.
For a town of its size. lola holds the
pun, up to date. as a breeder of NOR
teid mystery. Both Mrs. Reese and
Rev. Hood Line have been arrested in
hat burg on charges which the out
SIDE SIC. newspapers have had to refer TO as
immoral practice" OF course every
man, woman and child i'm lola knows
the exact nature OF these offenses. but
the morbid outside public has TO guess
Although We care not a single whoop
about the outcome OF this afternoons
heavyweight falling match in Chicago,
no one can accuse us OF lacking in
sporting blood; we are Highly Excited
over the office pool championship.
Opportunity knocks once upon every
door. Conceded; conceded also that a
large number have no house upon which
10 hang a door; others are away from
home living upon country relatives:
still others have an electric door bell
and refuse to notice a knock, and tia
ultimate class may be discovered in
knocking others that they cannot hear
the knock of Opportunity
Buckfoot Davis has offered himself as
Democratic victim in the Second dis
trict congressional distuf rance. We IA
vor Buckfoot; any man who could beat
the Buckfoot crooks at their own game,
stands a chance Of getting by the house
Insurgents without losing HIS watch.
Jority of them will be found SO.
since the enforcement of the anti.
preservative laws)
But: wouldn't you rather eat ono
grain of formaldehyde than a pint Of
decayed oysters?
So would we.
Have you ever wondered whether or
not a doctor would experience any en-
barrassment when, in tho hereafter. he
meets the clinic or autopsy subject
whose picked inDards were left upon
said doctors office shelf? CRepeat pre-
ceeing paragraph ad liS)
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-04
TOPEKA MALIGNED.

DR.. S. ]. Crumbine, secretary of the
state board of health, surely has the
confidence of the people of Kansas.
He is entitled to it at any rate. In
his line of public endeavor he holds a
reputation throughout the entire
country on the same high plane with
Foster Dwight Coburn, secretary of
the Kansas department of agriculture
Dr. Crumbine is authority for the
statement that the smallpox epidemic
which existed in three small centers
on the East side of Topeka, has been
wiped out of existence to all practical
purposes.
This statement is made by DR..
Crum bine on the knowledge that there
are now but two houses in the entire
city of Topeka against which quar-
antine is in existence. 1t is expected
that the quarantine will be lifted from
these houses before the end of the
week Not only that. but there are
only six smallpox patients in the de-
tention hospital. all well on the road
to recovery, and two of which Will be
released during the present week.
Even s cases of smallpox are not an
unusual number for any city of the
size of Topeka to have at one time un-
der normal conditions, and when
nothing like an epidemic is threat
ened.
DR.. Crumbine says further that the
reason he and the state board of
health did not take a hand in contron-
ing and suppressing the smallpox
epidemic which assumed some proper
tions on the East side two months ago
was because the city authorities were
handling the matter in such mag
nificent manner. Had this epidemic
shown any indication of getting be-
yond control, or had the city author
tiles not shown that they were work
ing in the right way to suppress it,
the state board of health would have
lost no time in taking a hand.
These statements of DR.. Crum bine
should be a sufficient answer to the
and scurrilous reports that
are being scattered throughout Kan
sas at this time that smallpox is still
raging in Topeka. Such reports are
falsehoods. Their inspir-
alton is due to desire on the part
of certain people to injure the at
tendance at the great state fair which
Topeka has arranged, the greatest and
largest agricultural exposition in all
details that has ever been staged in
Kansas. Jealousy is back of this
dastardly effort to hurt the Topeka
fair in this fashion. Tt is the mean |
est move that has ever been made in
Kansas.
But it is sure to have a reactionary
effect. The people Of Kansas will not |
stay away from Topeka next week |
merely because of false reports that
smallpox is raging here The columns
of the State Journal are open to any |
one who will designate a case of |
in Topeka that is not con- |
tanned in the reports on this subject |
which have been printed in the news
papers daily on the authority of the |
city officials. And these reports show |
that the epidemic on the East side |
was fought to a frazzle two weeks
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-04
REFLECTION OF A BACHELOR
[From the New York Press.l

IFrom the New York Press
girl who isn't ashamed of big
feet hasn't got them.
If a man has enough money to get
married he wouldn't have if he already
were.
boy gets a vacation from school
only TO have it spoiled by not getting
it from the bathtub.
Maybe the reason a man will never
write to his wife is the love letters he
wrote her before she was.
When woman is a thousand miles
away from her husband on a visit she
can lie awake all night guessing what
time he will come home.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-04
KAMSAS COAMENT


.l5E LIE WAY TO WIN THE BATTLE.
swat the fly you yell. Are you
sure you are doing it? Swatting the
| fly does not mean merely mashing a
AeW mes aaginst the wall or on the
screen or on your neighbor's bald head
with a swatter. That, which so many
fly swatting.
Have you cut the fine crop of weeds
IN your alley? Where do you put the
1anlly slop, your decayed vegetables,
Ihe INSIDE works and the head of the
sunday dlnner chicken? Is the drainage
good about your place, and just how
clean DO you keep the stable where
the family COW and Old DObbin reside2
Ihese are among the essentials in the
ny sWattlng problem, and proper atten-
ton to them will rid your part of the
world OF more flies than the pounding
OF flies by all the members of the fam
lily, though they work overtime.
Cleanliness, cutting of the weeds, the
burylng or burning of all animal and
vegetable decayed matter, are the ten
Founders In the fly sWatting campaign
Unless you see these effective weapons
In the fight you can mash fly brains all
over the house. and they will still be
present to get in the butter, and dis
turb your morning snooze.
Clean up. That is the best way to
swat flies known.-Cllanute Tribune.
SEND THE KIDDIES TO SCHOOL
Vacation days are almost over and |
ll4C OLA4tt ell Will SOOn LdfAS up tAACAA
studies again. Those who have not |
made preparations for sending their
children should lose no time in arrang-
ing their affairs so that the children
will not miss any time at the starting
of school. Time lost at the beginning |
is harder to make up than any other.
There should be no children of school |
age in the country left out of school
If they have the health to attend. 1t
will not do to send a child to school
just a few months in the winter when
there is nothing else for him or her to
do; the requirements of this age are
constantly increasing, and only those
who have a good education can hope
to succeed in any great measure. There
is only one way to obtain an edUca-
ton and that is by constant applica-
ton and painstaking study, and if
child does not obtain the proper train
ing while young the chances are a
thousand to one that he will never OBJ
tain it, and his after life will be filled |
with vain regrets. The world has very
little use nowadays for the uneducated
and the incompetent.-Ha
Monitor.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-04

a call issued by ]. Eads How. the mil
iionaire tramp. Nevertheless, there
was much insistence on a reform
which will give the hoboes free trans
portation to any job that may be open
to them. This seems to be a waste Of
energy. In the first place, hoboes
have been taking free transportation
ever since any of them have existed
And in the second place the number of
them who want jobs is minus
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-04
THE RICHEsT TOWN.

Centralia, Kan, is the richest town
in the United States in proportion to
population, according to Bradstreet's.
Centralia is an old town, and is in
habited largely by men who home
steaded land or bought it when it was
dirt cheap and then hung on to it.
The town hasn't grown in a quarter of
a century and never will grow until it
has less wealth and more enterprise.
Towns aren't built up by rich men,
Emporia Gazette.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-04

Hackenschmidt visited the Chicago
stock yards the other day but refused
20 go into the slaughter houses because
ne abhors the odor of animal heat and
blood. And yet this same Hack has
been making a profitable living for
years in attempting to tear apart such
other humans as have gotten on the
wrestling mat with him.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-04

Tom Wagstaff. who has been on an
extensive tour of the state, says that
he has found a large sentiment in
Kansas favorable to President Taft.
Apparently. Joe Bristow's boom for
La Toilette is going to be a lonesome
AFFAIR in the Sunfower state.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-04
CAMEL AND GNAT.

We observe that the close of con-
gress is accompanied by a recrudes-
cence of the attack on the practice of
interpolating in the reports of bogus
and undelivered speeches, the brack-
eted word indicating an equally bogus
applause. We repeat our conviction
that for those who propose to permit
the publication of purely pet speeches
the objection to the applause is not
only captious, but illogical.
The reported applause is no more
of a humbug than the reported speech.
Each is figment of the parliamentary
imagination manufactured from the
whole cloth. But there is this differ
ence between them. The voluminous
product of the speech writer and the
government promoter is a much more
costly imposition on the public treas
ury than the judicious bracketing of
the few words indicating the unap-
plauded applause. Moreover, the lat
ter is the logical result of the former
If the public funds are to be expend-
ed in representing to the constituents
of congressman that they have deliv-
cred trfumphs of oratory, which were
never heard, 1t is a logical deduction
that it shall tell of the applause that
might have resounded if the speech
had been delivered--Pfttsburg Dis
patch.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-04
EuIL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers of the State Journal
away from home during the summer
REaay have the paper mailed regularly
each <iay 70 any address At the rate of
sen cents a week or thirty cents
month (by mail only. Address
changed aS often IS desired. While
orr or town the State Journal Will be
20 you like a daily letter from home.
Advance payment is requested or
ehesa short time subscriptions to sGVe
bookkeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-04

Norman f. Mack, chairman of the
Democratic national committee, and a
New York slater on the side, is of the
opinion that there is presidential tim
ber in John A. Dix, governor of the
Empire state. Mr.. Mack must have an
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-04

Walter House. who is in charge of
the socalled progressive Republican
headquarters at Washington, which is
behind the anti-Taft movement, says
that the leaders of it are expecting
Colonel Roosevelt to Join them. Col
onel Roosevelt is altogether too crafty
a politician to get caught in any sucn
tran as that
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-04

Another man has just killed a
woman and committed suicide because
she would not return his protestations
of love. It is stated that he committed
this double crime for love" But such
acts do not spring from love. They
result from an irresponsible insanity
generally induced by too much booze.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-04

The Atlantic fleet of the United
States navy has begun two weeks
work under war conditions. A few of
those naval disasters of times of peace
that are quite as horrible as any which
develop in war may be looked for with
rOnfide0ce
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-04

Every other day or so there is a
story in the newspapers to the effect
that Crawford and Cherokee counties
are as dry" as bone, liquorally
speaking, and that the prohibitory
crusaders are finally satisfied with the
conditions that prevail in these coun-
ties. However, the proletariat in those
localities are also complaining loudly
nowadays because the price of beer
there has been advanced 81 per keg.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-04

That genealogical expert who says
that the Rockefellers are descended
from the nobility of ancient France
must have made a mistake. None If
the present day descendants of nobility
show any aptitude for gathering in the
gold through their own efforts and
business acumen. The only way tn :
scions of nobility can acquire fortunes
these days is by marrying heiresses.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-04

How the worm turns. Farmers, in
convention assembled at New York
City, paid 81 for an undrawn cold
storage "broiler'' weighing one and
one-half pounds. which one of them
had sold a the remote past for not
more than 80 cents. Naturally this
gave great impetus to their movement
10 organize a gigantic cooperative or
ganization through which they propose
to sell their wares direct to the con
sumers. And the consumers viii be
delighted to see this plan in healthy
working order as soon as possible.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-04

A couple of motorcyclists collided
head-on in Iowa the other day. Both
of them were killed. There seems to
be as many ways for people to die pre-
maturely as there are people.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-04

Those dark horses that were to get
into the contest for the honor of being
Queen of the Carnival must have been
ghosts. They didn't materialize.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-04

Some Wichita motorcyclists rode to
Topeka recently. None of the Wichita
tennis players. though, have come this
way this season to try conclusions With
Topeka boys who are expert with the
acIref
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-04

There was a slim attendance at the
national convention OF hoboes which
was held at Washington. D. c.. under
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-04
FROM OTHER PENS
EXCESS CONDEMNATION


Some cities condemn-that is, pur-
chase in a jury's valuation-more land
for a public Improvement than the
Improvement itself requires. This is
called "excess condemnation the ex-
cess land being sold by the city as oc-
casiOn warrants to help pay for the
portion of the land taken which is de-
voted to the public use. Or the pro-
ceeds of sale may be applied to other
municipal funds.
When land is devoted to a public
improvem ent-say a park-the sur
rounding real estate goes up in value
Excess condemnation is simply TAX
ing over the most benefited surround
ing land at the price which prevails
before the Improvement is made, and
thus letting the city get the ''unearned
increment instead of letting that in
creased value go to private owners
who have not produced it.
Land purchase and sale or lease for
various uses is the almost universal
practice of German cities. Berlin and
FrankfOrt-on on the-M Main are believed to
have carried it farthest. Suburban
land chiefly is acquired and sold or
leased to encourage the building of
comfortable workingmen's homes. In
1909 Berlin owned a sufficient number
of municipal and suburban acres to
equal S5 square yards of ground for
each "head' of population.-Kansas
City Star.
THE BRITISH INFERIORITY.
IN some ways the BRUSH civilization
is higher than our own; but in others
it gives evidence of being yet in a
more primitive stage. A striking in
stance is this cruel and riotous mob
outbreak against Jewish purveyors of
foodstuffs because the retail prices
have been advanced in accordance
with the wholesale markets. The ex-
hibit is about on a plane with those
Russian massacres which followed
upon weird tales of Christian children
slain for the passover sacrifice
In this country we order these things
with infinitely more refinement of re-
venge. No law-abiding and circum-
spect American citizen would think of
securing lower prices by burning a
market dealers house over his head,
outraging his wife or killing his lit
tie children. There are other ways.
He can be pilloried in the newspapers |
and a "cost of living commission can
be impounded daily TO deliver anath- |
emas upon his head. In this way ter
rorism may be achieved without acts
of overt violence.
These British rioters appear to be |
chiefly of the unlearned and poorer
classes. 1t is sufficient for them to
know that prices have risen. and they |
can think of no answer but brutal |
punishment of the dealers.-Indianap- |
oils Star.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-04

Have you ever wondered whether or
not doctor would experience any en-
barrassment when, in the hereafter. he
meets the clinic or autopsy subject
whose picked innards were left upon
said doctors office shelf? tRepeat pre-
ce6ing paragraph ad lia)
-HGP-
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-04

Although we care not a single whnop
about the outcome OF this afternoon s
heavyweight falling match in Chicago.
no one can accuse us OF lacking in
sporting blood; we are Highly Excited
over the office pool championship.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-04

Wildman. Sr. (to son home from co1iege)
Well, Richard. how have things been
going with you this term2 Wildman, Jr.-
Pretty slow, dad-except the cash.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-04

Reason for Crying-"Frau Nachbar's
new baby cries all day long; never heard
I found myself in a family ike that
Blaetter.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-04

But: wouldn't you rather eat ono
grain OF formaldehyde than a pint OF
decayed oysters?
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-04

So would we.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-04

''I asked her to marry me, and she
gave me Supreme Court answer"
What kind of an answer is that?" Said
she would give me six months to readJust
myself so as to be acceptable. Puck.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-04

Mr. Millyums (engaging valet)-I warn
you that frequently am exceedingly III
tempered and gruff- Valet (cheerfully)-
That's all right, sir; so am I.-Sacred
Heart Review.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-04

What did your wife say to you when
you got home last night2" you may
have time to listen. but 1 haven't time
to tell you. I've got TO catch a train in
two hours. Houston Post.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-18
Growth of a Prosperous
Hardware Business.
Establishment of Max Semer a
Credit to Perth Amboy.

A store that is typical OF the prog
ress Of Perth Amboy is that of Max
semer, 33S State street.
During the month of January,
1902, about nine years ago, Mr..
Semer embarked in the hardware
business in Perth Amboy.
From the date of the inception of
the business there has been a steady
and staple advancement. The old
patrons of the firm have been held
through the years while new ones
have been constantly added through
policies of integrity and square deal
ing that are constantly enforced.
A remarkable skill has been evil
denced in the attractive display Of
the immense stock about the hand
some fixtures with which the store Is
furnished, which has earned for it
the reputation OF being one of the
best appointed and handsomest
stores in the county. %
Worthy of especial mention is the
complete lines of builders hardware
and mechanics tools, paints, oils n
varnishes. Mr.. Semer is sole agent
in Perth Amboy for the famous F.
o. Puries paints, of which large
quantities are used in this section.
A splendid line of house furnishing
goods is handled while the line Of
cutlery is especially attractive. This
store handles one of the largest lines
of milk dealers supplies in the coun-
ty. Among the stock is also found
factory and mill supplies, screen
doors. poultry wire, bird cages, etc.
Seasonable now is the mention of
automobile and launch supplies of
which a complete stock is carried.
Polarine, the automobile oil without
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-18

more fastidious, it is used as a me-
dunn for the application of the sub
stances which gives the name to
these compounds.
or these preparations capsicum
Vaseline is especially worthy of men,
ton. The principle of African capsi-
lcum plant Cred pepper) is extracted
directly into pure vaseline. 1t is a
counter irritant, far safer, simpler
and effective than a mustard
plaster. It's frequent need, many
uses and ease of application make it
Invaluable for every medicine chest.
The Chesebrough Manufacturing
Co. has for years conducted a cam
paign of education of the uses of
these simple and effective remedies,
sending out millions of carefully pre-
pared pamphlets, explanatory of
their uses. These instructive book
lets are cheerfully furnished upon
application and fully describe the
properties and effects of the above
remedies.
Both jars and ~colIapsible tubes are
used as containers for these prepara-
lions. The latter are we'll adapted
for their application and are made
of pure tin.
Since the establishment of its
plant here in 1903 the C-hesebrough
Manufacturing Co. has played an i'm
portant part in the development of
the town through its industry and
enterprise. Its policy has always
been a liberal one, concerning public
questions and interests and it has
in its turn enjoyed the hearty CO.
operation of the city in all Its pro
jects.
Perth Amboy is proud of the pros
perity of the company, of its enter
prise and energy which is reflected
in the material benefit of the COM
immunity.