The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-25

I've finished preparing the fishes
we ordered for luncheon today;
The floors have been swept and the parlo
lame in for clean and a wipe.
"hen the breakfast was eaten the rug
We're all beaten
And now for a whack at me pipe.
I've polished the mirrors and busted
The cupboard-they neeCed it too
I've mended a chair that was busted.
AND blackened the range and the flue.
We hooked up the waist of the missus,
She's off for lecture on Kneipp
The weeks washing's over and 1 am il
And now for whack at me pipe.
New York Times.
Beethoven Versus Tolstoi.
A curious incident which is reported
from the provinces illustrates how
deep is the ignorance of Russian Off.
Gals on some matters, and how bitter
is their hatred of even the mere men
ton of the name of the late Count
Tolsto1' says message from St. Pc
tersburg.
The arrival of a couple of musicians
IN town was seized upon by the To-
cal aristocracy as the basis for the or
gan1zatlon of a concert at their club
In accordance with the law, the director
notified the police that a concert was
to be held, and forwarded a copy OF
the program, wherein appeared the
item ''Kreutzer Sonata
Across this the chief of police wrote
"Tolstof prohibited" Wondering what
connection the remark had with thei1
program the promoters of the concert
proceeded with their plan, and police
officers who were present at the per-
Torrance found no cause for interior
ence.
The next day the local newspaper
duly recorded the fact that the "Kreut-
ger Sonata" had figured in the clut
program.
Seaip1 +biS - ;,f,,.;o+s ,;e -
police summoned the directors of the
club before the governor.
How dare you disobey orders?" they
were asked. You were told that Toll
stoi was prohibited
Light dawned upon the concert pro-
motors. and they quickly explained that
the 'kreutzer Sonata" which appeared
in their program had no reference to
Tolstoi's book of that title but to q
musical work composed by Beethoven
Everybody knows Tolstoi," snapped
the governor. ''but who knows your
Beethoven"
1t was only by a Geographic appeal
to M. Stolypin, who assured the gov
ernor that there was such a person as
Beethoven, and that he had written a
"Kreutzer Sonata that the club Off
Gals were able to convince the COVER
nor that in his ignorance he had jump
ed to hasty and wrong conclusion
Pail Mall Gazette.
Big Trinket Ship.
The steamship Carl Woermann OF
the Hamburg American line will leave
port for the west coast of Africa lader
with trinkets for the SavageS of the
Dark Continent. She is known as the
big trinket ship" because of the stock
of articles she is to take along to
please the fancies of the black mer
and their families.
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120 ports where there is no particular
medium of exchange. She will put of
some civilized articles from the heart
of Broadway and take in exchange q
few cases of ivory, rubber, and other
valuable raw materials garnered by the
natives.
The skipper is familiar with the
vanities of the tribe leaders, and got
the idea recently that they might like
to wear a sweater and just such a silk
hat as is forever seen upon the head
of Oscar Hammerstein. So few cases
of the Oscar brand of hats have been
put awasy in the hold. -.....-.
Galvanic batteries guaranteed to
tickle the feet of the most solemn and
dignif1ed chiefs will be put on top OF
the heavier cargo in hold No. and
will be given away with some ancient
photograph records of the rawlings Of
John Mccullough.
Several costumes, such as were worn
in this city by Salome dancers, have
been provided for the stage strucE
maidens of the jungle, and although
they consist Of only so threads and
some 8 beads, it is believed the cos
tunes will bring a few tons OF rub
Der.
Several cases of cigar coupons
which the natives like to use for laun-
dry tickets, are on the list of selected
articles. Three hundred. it is said, are
No II
drons big enough to hold the latest
of missionaries, mirrors knives, corr
cutters, animal cages, and matches
will be only a small part of the varied
cargo.
The trip of the woermann will take
three months.-New York Tribune.
Iodine in Surgery.
For several decades carbolic acid and
bichloride of mercury have been the
chief antiseptics used by surgeons, but
they are being discarded for iodine
which, it is said. is safer and more
effective
DR.. j. L. Wollheim has contributed an
article on iodine in Surgery to the
American Journal of Surgery, of which
the following conclusions appear In
American Medicine:
l. From 02 per cent to 1 per cent
iodine is an antiseptic of marked po-
tency.
q 1t is far superior to bichloride nf
mercury. Two per cent solution killed
steptocoecus pyogenes in two minutes.
8. (a) 1t is easily prepared and Is
stable.
(b) 1t is one-fourth as toxic as BIZ
chloride of mercury.
(c) 1t does not coagulate albumen.
Cd - is effective in very brief time,
(e) The stain soon disappears easily
removed by aqua ammonii).
f) It is very penetrating.
f. One-half of 1 per cent is strong
enough for all purposes as an ami
septic.
Nicholas Sem was strong advocate
of iodine in surgery. In his valuable
article his conclusions are:
1. Iodine is the sofest and most po-
tent of all known antiseptics.
2. Iodine in proper dilution to serve
it's purposes as an antiseptic does not
damage the tissues; on the contrary, it
acts the part of useful tissue stimu-