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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-02

gardeners and stock raisers could
learn anything from the folk who
are similarly engaged in the Old
World. Agricultural explorers have
penetrated to every nook and corner
of the planet to discover products of
nature that might proftably be in
troduced in the United States whereas
in the laboratories at Washington eX-
perts have been making exhaustive
tests of seeds and fertilizers and road
materials and pretty nearly every
thing that is utilized by the man who
makes his living from the soil.
Latterly Uncle Sam has made a
most important extension of his net
for knowledge. tt has come about
through the esta blishment by the De-
partment of Agriculture of what are
known as experiment FARMS These
farms or testing stations, as they
may also be designated, are nurseries
for new ideas. Here the experts try
out,-now under normal conditions
and again under unusual conditions
all the schemes that come into their
heads. Indeed without these expert
ment farms many suggestion that
has ultimately proven highly bene-
fetal would have been lost to the
world because many of the innova-
tions that originate in the brains of
Uncle Sans agricultural sharps are
so freakish, not to say costly of exc
cution, that no private farmer who
was the least bit conventional or con-
servative could be induced to try
them out even if he had the time
and the money.
The governmental specialists on
our farm troubles have. from the
very date of the esta blishment of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-02

to activity and enterprise. Now its
streets are a-bustle with the coming
and going of rubber gatherers.
gaunt weatherbeaten Indians and
half-breeds of every hue, from eb
ony to coffee color. Their lean frames
are clad in cotton shirt and trousers.
Hats, in every variety of shape and
material, cover their heads, and
shade their coarse-featured unshaven
faces. The feet are bare, but pair
of sandals are suspended across the
shoulders. to be worn on stony trails
Long knives. in leather scabbards,
weapon and tool combined, hang
from broad belts around the waist
The equipment is completed by
deer-slxin rucksack, in which food,
smoking materials. and the guarana-
making outfit, are carried
Pack trains composed of ponies,
mules and oxen, guarded by armed
Indian escorts, are constantly ar
irving and leaving, the former bring
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-02

sometimes made to carry eight or
more miles.
This immense forest area is the
worlds chief source of rubber supply
Brazil alone ships from the Amazon
country about s8O,OOO.0OO worth of
the material yearly. Here and there
in the midst of the Montana are
busy centres of the rubber traffic.
Manaos stands where the Rio Negro
joins the Amazon, and 1000 miles
from the mouth of the latter. It is
modern city of paved streets, cleo
trio lights. splendid public buildings,
and handsome homes.
But Manaos is a phenomenon. The
usual rubber depot is not such
lusty young giant. Rosario is a typi-
cal illustration. 1t is very old place
and, until recently, was a sleepy vii
lage, almost entirely out of touch
with the world Then the rubber
tracts in the north of it began to be
exploited and Rosario suddenly awoke
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-02

- find out the why and the
wherefore of things is the great
function Of the u. S. Depart
~ lnent of Agriculture. No other
branch of Uncle Sans government
pursues so theoretically a mission of
curiosity. Or rather, to be more ex-
act, no other Federal institution is
inquisitive in the same,-shaH we
call it disinterested way. They are
all keen enough for new knowledge.
make mistake about that. Take
for example, the quest Of the Navy
Department for new and more pow
erful explosives; the scheming of the
Post Office Department for cheaper
methods of transporting the mails;
and the recent tests of the Treasury
Department with the object of pro-
longing the life of our perishabIe pa
per money.
But all these governmental activi-
ties, and dozens of other equally com
mendable ones that might be cited,
are designed primarily to benefit the
respective executive departments that
project them. To be sure the nation
may get the benefit indirectly in a
more economical administration Of
public affairs but that, of course, is
a rather roundabout way. On the
other hand the Department of Ag-
riculture has assumed the role of
worldwide interrogation primarily
and directly for the, benefit of the
people at large. Uncle Sans farm
annex is in much the same position
as a trade boomer who personally has
nothing TO SELL II does not carry on
farming or stock raising or fruit Gull
ture to derive a profit. 1t does not
even worry if its enterprises in this
sphere are not self-supporting. It's
sole aim is to. serve as a missionary
of general enlightenment for the entire
farmer class and rural population
and its aim is to put more money
into the pocket of each Yankee tiller
Of the soil for his years work.
Now, as becomes a seeker after
the truth, the Agricultural Depart
ment has adopted every promising
means of acquiring that knowledge
which it disseminates freely to all
citizens of the republic. Field agents
have Travelled up and down the land
noting the methods of tilling the soil
in vogue in various localities and
yet other scouts have Travelled abroad
to ascertain whether our farmers and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-02
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- HE vast valley of the Amazon
contains a complete system of
waterways draining into the
~ Atlantic. at the equator. in
volume three or four times as great
that of the Mississippi. The in
fiuence of this upon the ocean is such
to make its water fresh to a dis
lance of several miles srom the shore
Vessels coming in from Liverpool
and Hamburg proceed up the mighty
river as far as Iquitos. in Peru, and
thus we have the extraordinary con-
dition of a seaport, situated 1890
miles inland from the coast.
The Montana, or forest-that great
sea of dense vegetation which covers
the basin of the Amazon-begins upon
the eastern slopes of the Andes and
extends to the shores of the Atlantic
Ocean. It occupies large portions of.
Peru, Ecuador, Colon bia, Bolivia.
and Brazil. For the most part it is
a wild region, in its natural state,
inhabited by a number of distinct
tribes of Indians. Some, whose mem
bers have had frequent communica-
ton with settled communities, are
more or less civilized, but the ma
jority are primitive savages, hostile
to strangers. whom they may attack
Win DAOW gun OF DOW ana arrow. "A
party may travel through the forest
for days without seeing human be-
ing, whilst their movements are
closely watched and their approach
announced beforehand through the
peculiar system of wireless telegra-
ply employed by some of these In
dian tribes. The instrument used is
called a tunduy. 1t consists of
hollow tree-trunk. with three or four
air. This is struck with a club of
balsa wood, so as to produce a va
riety of sounds, each having a par
ticular significance. The sounds are
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-11-23
NEW TALES FOR OLD

There was a man in our town,
And he was wonderous, wise,
He jumped into a bramble bush,
And scratched a mosquito bite.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-11-23
BUTTER AND EGG BOARD.
CONFIDENCE GAME


The Chicago Butter and Egg
Board has been plrcking the
farmer with one hand while the
other was digging in the pockets
of the Chicago consumers.
That much already has been
shown in the proceedings of the
government against the board.
The game was as neat little
piece of ICON work" as ever John
D. Rockefeller thought up, and
the evidence already has startled
the government prosecutors.
Here is what was done;
! The Butter and Egg Board
represented the big wholesale
merchants of South Water street.
The members met every day,
and fixed a quotation price for
butter and eggs.
: They publish this quota
ton" price.
Then they bought up all the
butter and eggs from the farmers,
on a basis of a reasonable profit,
supposing they were going to sell
the butter and eggs to retailers
at the quotation prices.
Having cornered the market,
they sold the butter and eggs to
the retailers at from one to four
cents above the quotation"
prices.
Neat, isn't it?
The farmers get stung. The
retailers get stung. The retailers
in turn sting the consumers, and
the members of the Chicago But
ter and Egg Board grow fat and
nrncnarOt1c
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-11-23

Six years ago Louisiana didn't
raise enough corn for her own
use. Now she has enough ex-
port. If all the states grow like
that, the starvation question
looks pretty far off.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-11-23

trail of death and suffering, the
prices of butter and eggs sudden
1y and unaccountably, jumped.
You see why now, don't you?
The wholesale firms, which
were named before the Master in
Chancery as being responsible for
this con" game, were first and
foremost, two old friends:
Swift & Co. and Armour & Co.!
Officer, they're in again!
The other firms were: Wayne
& Dow; C. H. Weaver & Co.;
Coyne Bros, appropriate, isn't
it?); Goldenberg Bros; Geo. w.
Linn & Son; Merrill & Eldridge;
R. Mangan & Co.; Gallagher
Bros. A. H. Barber & Co.; John
R. Deisher & Co., and c. Decker
& Co.
The government demands that
the fixing prices" Board be dis
solved.
.-.-.1- Zorro
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-11-23
OBSERVATIONS

Egg-laying contest begins No
vember lst. All America, China,
Japan, Australia, Africa and En-
rope in it. Going to find out best
breeds, best feed, best housing.
Then hear us cackle!
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-09-11
GEORGE {. CRlSWELL
CLAIMED BY DEATH
Aged Resident Passes Away
Saturday Night.
Funeral Services Were Conducted
Monday Afternoon. r

Saturday evening at $3.50 O'Clock.
George W. Criswel died at the homo
of his daughter Mrs Harry Parks. OF
Olney avenue, as the result of old age
inhrmites
Mr. Criswell was born in Baltimore
county Maryland, 81 years ago las.
January. b, Seventy-hve years ago he
came to MT. Gilcad to make his home.
where ne resided up until few years
ago In 1890 he was united in mar
riagc 20 Hannah NJ Ackerman. whose
ceath preceded his own by. number
OF years. Seven children We're born to
this union, four OF whom survive They
arc G. w criswell ard Mrs. Martha
Parks of Marion Mrs Mary Sem-
mons OF Union county, and A. E. Girls
wei of Morrow county. The deceased
are DR.. j. II Crswell, who was at one
time representative of this county, L.
l., Criswell and William @. Criswell.
Funeral services were conducted al
the late residence Monday afternoon
az l O'clock Revs. c. NJ Rourke. and
HIM. Mctlleary officiated. InterneLl
WAS made in the Marion cemetery,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-09-11
At the United Brethren church.

Mr. Chain delivered lecture at
$3.50 p. m, at the United Brethren
church on "One Standard OF Morals
in County State and Nation" lie laid
down two propositions which he held
to be fundamental as follows:
/. The majority has no right to do
what is morally wrong.
2. You can never settle question
until you do Il on one standard Of
morals.
The speaker took up the slavery
question aud showed how Mr.. Lincoln
mad stud On the proposition that no
local sovereignty or majority rule
could make involuntary servitudc
right If slavery was morally wrong
80 hocus pocus of popular rule could
make 1t right. Following that up he
/ showed how Lincolns doctrine de-
str Dyed slavery. Next, he discusse1 /
Mormonism and lotteries and show
cd how they were arrested by the in
/ h. bition of the national government
! rhen he applied the doctrine to the
liquor traffic. If It is wrong there
should be no local option about it and
! the speaker was opposed to that
mcthod. What he wanted was to
declare the liquor traffic unlawful and
! then suppress It, calling into rcquisition
| the strong powers of the federal gov.
eminent. When the judges and at
| torneys and marshali shall be APP
pointed by The president to enforce
i the law, there viii be no further trou-
| Bile as the Mormons discovered when
moro han 1000 of them were shut
up in prison for polygamy. Twenty
J four states have had prohibition but
B., sixteen of them have gone back o.
! license because the people were per-
| Guaded to accept local option ana thus
gave the opportunity 20 the liquor in
! tcrests. South Carolina is the onN
| state which follows The sound and
correct principle. When they vote a
county dry 1t stays dry. They never
permit another vote on It. The liquor
traffic being an evil that state refuses
to renew it's lirc once it is cXtetmi
mated.
1t was pointed out that a great cvil
threatens the people of Ohio n the
making of the new constitution be-
cause some seek to implant i'm 1t local
option for cities and that might lead
to legalizi1g not only the liquor trai-
hC but gambling, lotteries, bawdy
houses and all manner of evil inst
tutions If you don't believe In loca
option for slavery. polygsmyc lotteries
gambling and bawda houses why tci
saloons? was the speakers query.
| Mr. Chahn spoke aiso at the Pres
byterlan Sunday school in the morn
ing and at Wesley NJ T.. churcf
in the evening. "1le asked for con
tllbution 20 the cause at each place.
| "'' '' % AHfaH t'-.. FiatthN.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-09-11
Rally Day services.

Rally Day services We're held at the
Sunday morning Service of the Re-
formed church, in which the children
of the Primary and intermediate de-
partments of the Sundsy school parti-
cipated, There was a very good at
tendance and an entertaining pro-
gram was rendered. The church was
prettily decorated for the occasion
with flowers and growing plants. The
following program was observed
Opening marching song. sung by
the children Of the school which was
followed by the welcome address Civ
en- by Helen Rinehart. An anthem by
the choir was rendered after which
recitations were spoken by Elmer
Kehrwecker, Leslie Jacoby, Elizabeth
Zeig and Martha Kehrwecker. A cho-
rus was next sung by the children
after which dialogue was spoken by
four girls. Mary Donithen, Edna Buer-
dorfer Helen Smith and Marie Buer-
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-09-11
MISS JESSIE HAVllL
RESIGNS POSITION
Has Been Organist at Ep-
worth Church Seven Years.
Mrs. Victor Dombaugh Has Accepted
the Position Mude Vacant by Miss
IIaVill.

"Wednesday morning Miss Jessie
Havir will leave for Oberlin, where
she VIII begin her junior year in the
Oberlin conservatory of music.
For seven years Miss Harill has
held the position of pipe organist at
the Epworth Methodist church of this
citl. and II is with deep regret that
her resignation Of this position was re-
ceived by the committee on music of
the church, last sunday, Miss Havpi
has accepted a similar position in the
congregational church AT Lorain, anu
will take up her new duties there next
sunday morning, Mrs. Victor Dom
baugh has accepted the position ai
Epworth church and VIII preside al
the organ next Sunday.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-09-11

lchristian conscience. IL is first the
Ipreg cher and teacher, then the con-
science, the lallot box and the sta
tutc book It is the whole scheme Of
civilization"
War Against Slavery.
Slavery was abolished The preach
ers and teachers awokc to the fact
that slavery was wrong. They preach
ed and talked against that evil until
the conscience of part Of our country
was awakened. That conscience was
gathered up, put in the election box
and resulted in the Missouri COM
promise. The Abolitionists went to
work They decided what was wrong in
ore part of the country was wrong
, i'm all of it. They talked and work
cd. They .,ok the measure of uhe
country by vote and not mandin
iall America thought he would over
see thd day when slavery should be
really abolished. Still the abolitlonists
worked. In 1858 the supreme court
gave the Dred Scott DECISION, and
the Fugitive SlaNs,, law, - The anti.
slave people wera discouraged, every
bands Of the slave htlders.~ But in
tho 1900 y9'rsS MIJa5ietsaxons had
never lost..d single ,ihoral battle Those
| Puritans said, Il Is our duty to fight.
| whether VIE winoor not. God never re-
quired anr one to wii or succeed The
word success is only found in one
| place inf' the Bible, but the words
duty and faithfuness are found On
every Iage In 1860 they again took
I ,Ft a.. ne hu1
lot box and the Ioople had enough
faith to do the right and conscience
| sufficiently awakened to elect Abra-
ham Lincoln to the presidency ana
slavery died"
Does Liquor Help the Church?
| Coming to our own day, we find
our country in the grip of great
! curse. why are YOU lighting it?
fight II because # is the greatest en-
emy of the school and church, Have
you found anything about the tr5lIic
that helps the school and church. If
you have. | am for 1t. This is a
christian nation and anything that
ialps the nation sanction. If it
helps the chupch or school It ought
To be in the church and school. Put
pie. If it cannot help these two in
stitutions, It has no place in the
country. If ii lives 1t will squeeze
6very bit of spiritual life from the
church. 1t is fight Tor a higher
civilization. You have TO get on one
side or the other, you can't sit on
the fence Every day of your lives You
are influenced for one side or the 9TH
er. The church stands for every
thing that is good. the liquor traffic
for everything that is evil. 1t takes $40
girls, In the white slave traffic. ev-
cry twenty-four hours to support the
liquor traffic. 1t Is Worth the price?
Take all or the churches out Of
your town tonight and the city will
not be worth nfty cents on the dol
/ lar tomorrow. We are going to win
tliis battle. We mover have lost a
moral battle and one of these days
when the measure of the country is
taken, there will ta put enough con-
science into the ballot box to eli
inmate the evil not only from the
city or country or state but from
the whole nation The Anglo-Saxon
people are the chosen people of God
i firmly believe that they are the
descendants of the ten lost tribes.
God has made them for a great pur-
poss and one of these days the liquor
traffic will be put in its grave be-
side slavery
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-09-11
INDIGESTION GOES
IN FIVE MINUTES
Heartburn, Gas, Dyspepsia and Otbcr
stomach Misery Ended With n
Little Diapcpsin.

II what you just ate is souring on
your stomach or lies like lump of
lead, refusing to digest. or you belch
foud. or have a feeling of Dizziness,
Heartburn, Fullness, Nausea, Bad
taste in mouth and stomach head
ache-this is Indigestion.
A full case of Papes Diapepsin
costs only 80 cents and will thorough
ly cure your out-of-order stomach,
and leave sufficient about the house
in case someone else i'm the family
may suffer from stomach trouble or
Indigestion.
Ask your pharmacist to show you
the formula plainly printed on these
50-cent cases then you will under
stand why Dyspeptic trouble of all
kinds must go, and why Diapepsin
always relieves sour, out-of-order
stomachs or Indigestion in five min
utes. Diapepsin is harmless and
tastes like candy though each dose
contains power sufficient to digest and
prepare for assimilation into the
blood all the food you eat. besides,
1t makes you go to the table with a
healthy appetite; but what, will
please you most is that you will fee
that you stomach and intestincs are
clean and fresh. and you will not need
to resort to laxatives or liver pills
,for Bilisness or Constipation.
This city will have many Dlapepsir
cranks. as some people will call them
but you viii be cranky about this
splendid stomach preparation, too, II
you ever try little for Indigestion or
Gastritis or any other Stomach
misery.
Get some Pape's Diapcpsin now,
this minute, and forever rid yoursel
of stomach trouble and Indigestion
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-09-11
IsnrcMrli ScrnnnnI

Rev. Joseph Reinicke delivered In
farewell sernun1td-hu unilSnany lirgC
Congregation sunday evening! Tues-
day AFTERNOON. Rev. lRcinitkef vii
leave his pdstorate at the Sllem Evan
gelical church OF this city torgoi to
Wooster where he'will begin his ncW
duties as pastor Of the EVangelicdI
church at that place.
Rev. j. r. lieppelo. .frqmerly pls'"'
oe the Evangei0al church Al Gp%an-
da. New York. has been chosen 10. lliI
The pulpit Of the local church ard Wi
preach his first sermon on the thiil
SUNDAY in October.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-09-11
Still in the Dark.

Hendersonville, n c., Sept, ll.-Al-
though sensational developments
were expected today, following the
finding of the body of Miss Myrtle
Hawkins in Lake Osoeola, the au-
thorties were still working in the
wark. The coroners verdict was
death by means unknown
Miss Hawkins, seventeen, ana pret-
ty, left lssr home Thursday Saying
she was going shopping. Bruises about
her head and face have led the AUTH
critics TO believe she was murdered
and her body thrown into the lake,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-09-11
CARL h. POSTLE
NAMED BY ALLEN
Auditor Chooses Sealer of
Weights and Measures
NO SALARY HAS BEEN FIXED
Commissioners Delay Since
Friday, August 18.
Mr.. Postlc Is Ready TO Assume His
Duties rs Soon US the Salary is Fix
cd but the County Commissioners
Seem In no Hurryto do That--What
Other Counties are Doing. 4a

In, practically every county in the
state. a sealer of weights and meas
ures has teen appointed and the
salary fixed by the board OF county
commissioners. This Is not wholly the
case in Marion county.
On Friday. August Is, county audi
tor Allen, after much dellberation
and after having asked the county
commissioner to fix the salary APP
pointed Carl II. Post'a deputy sealer
of weights and measures for Marion
county, The commissioners were no.
tilted of this appointment both YER
bally and i'm writing but up to this
time the salary has not been fixed
nor has Postla been officially recogn-
ized by the Board.
Before making the appointment and
when asked to fix the salary the
county commissioners declared they
would fix the salary after an appoint
ment was made. This they explained
on the ground that they didn't want
to fix a good salary for an incompet-
ent man. But now the appointment
has been made and the salary hasn't
been fixed. Wherefore there has
been nothing doing in the weights and
measures line in Marion county.
Many scales and measures are be-
ing coniiscated ana ordered properly
adjusted in various parts OF the state
ana II Is believed that some OF these
conditions will - found 60 exist here
whenever sealer gets on the job.
The commissioners offer no explana-
ton f their delay in fixing the sal
airy, other than the mere fact that
they haven't reached the matter
yet"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-09-11

dorfer An anthem was then render
ed by the choir. after which came re-
citations by Clarence Gorendo and
Marguerite Hoberman A song was
then sung by the children's chorus,
after which the pastor. Rev. #. j..
Zechiel delivered a short address. A
solo was very prettily sung Ivy Miss
Lucille Klingel, and was followed by
an address by the Sunday school SUI
perintendent w. II. Knicklc. a song
by the children brought the close Of
the program.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-09-11
NIinistcrinl MCeting.

There was a meeting Of the Minis
tcrial association this morning at the
auditorium in the public library. THIS
was business meeting and following
routine work officers were elected Tor
the coming year as follows; President
i. w. Miles; secretary, Rev, Il. l..
WeatherwaX.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-09-11

christian conscience. It is first the
pre- cher and teacher, then the con-
science, the lallot box and the sta
tute book. It is the whole scheme Of
civilization "