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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-03
DENVER WANTS BOTH.
VIII Try to Land Democrat and Re
publican Conventions.

Denver, Nov. "a concerted move
ment on the part of Denver citizens to
raise funds for the purpose of securing
both the Republican and the Demo-
cratic national conventions for this
city started today in definite form
A. L. Mohler of Omaha, president Of
the Hartman system, said that he
would head a contribution list with
$4,000. and others have pressed
willingness to contribute toward the
fund necessary to send delegations to
call upon the Republican and Demo-
cratic national committees. Announce
ment Of the proposal of President
Mohler to contribute was made to the
Denver convention league today by
Geritt Ford, general passenger traffic
manager o fthe Union Pacific here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-03
PLAN NOT LIKED.
New York Not Enthusiastic Over
South's New Proposition.
Cotton Holding viii Cause Treu-
bic Bankers Say.

New York, Nov 3.-Banl1ers and cot
ton men here are skepticaI as to the
rracticability If the plan approved by
this weeks conference of southern
governors for ''valorizing' the eotto1-
crop with the assistance of an un-
named foreign syndicate. The plan is
for the purchase of about 100000 bales
of the cotton crop and its warehousing
at central points for distribution when
cotton prices have been put back TO
satisfactory levels.
It is declared by financial experts that
if the scheme is to follow the lines
more or less successfully esta blisned by
Brazil in financing it surplus coffee
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-03
HysEropIaobia From a Fox.

An extraordinary case of death from
hydrophobia, caused by the bite of a fox,
has come to light at a coroner's inquest
upon the body of Richard Bower, Of
Crockerton. Warminster, the master OF
the South and West Willis fox hounds
From the evidence OF a relative it was
learned that some months ago Mr. Bower
was bitten on the hand, through a thick
wooden glove by a hunted fox at the end
of a run at the close Of last season. Mr..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-03
WOMEN CELEBRATE VICTORY.
Colorado suffragists Defy Cold to Show
Their Joy.

Denver. Col. Nov. 3--Despite freezing
weather and a wintry wind a thousand
or more Colorado sufragists turned out
to take part in an automobile parade
through the streets of Denver in celebra-
ION of the recent victory of womans
suffrage in California. Decorated auto
mobiles representing the six equal suf-
frage states. each floating banner
bearing the number Of stars denoting the
order in which that state entered the
ranks of equal suffrage. were feature
Of the parade.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-03
RebeIs Defeated in Honduras.

Puerto Cortez. Honduras, Nov. g.
Government troops defeated 200 revo-
lutionistS under the leadership of Ocho
VeIisquiz. a member Of the cabinet Of
Honduras, in a desperate battle sun
day. The rebel losses are said to be
heavy. VeHsQuiz escaped into Saliva
dor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-03

Bower dfsmounted to break up the fox,
and as he drove back the hounds and
held the fox, he was bitten by the animal.
hunt servant who was present said
at the inquest that Mr.. Bower made no
complaint then about the bite.-London
Dispatch to Baltimore American.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-13
SOUTH SEA WAVES

We all remember with what ire
quency in the old narratives OF expert.
ences In the South Seas reference Is
made 70 the heavy swells OF the ocean,
which impressed the nayigators with
the idea of their remoteness from
land. The great size OF the set waves
In high southern attitudes has beer
explained by the fact that south o.
the Cape OF Good Hope and Cape Horn
there is neither windward nor leeward
shore. and the prevailing wind in all
longltudes Is westerly. Thus when q
west wind springs up It finds a long
westerly swell. the effect OF a previ'
Gus wind, still running. The newborn
wind increases the steepness OF this
swell and so forms majestic storm
waves which sometimes attain a
length OF 1900 feet from crest to
crest. The average height attained
by sea waves in feet is about half tho
velocity Of the wind in miles an hour
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-13

the Euphrates subtend. The view is
all bare and treeless now. but one of
the most attractive that 1 know, by
reason of the changing lights under
the desert sky and the unfailing fasci-
nation OF the river.
The excavators have found that the
earliest town. pre-Hittlte and a for
tori pre-Assyrian, lay by the Eu-
pirates bank on a rocky knoll which
is the basis of the actual Acropolis.
Its inhabitants had hardly got beyond
the neolithic use Of Clipped flints and
fakes of clear obsidian from inner
Asia and of handmade pottery which
they FURNISHED with pebble-Dolishers
and decorated with incised designs.
But they were beginning to know
bronze implements and to paint their
vases when the Cappadocian Hittites
came down upon them. These built
fortress above the ruins OF the early
settlement, raising the mound some
what, and at its landward foot CON
strUcted a royal residence. broad
flight of stone stairs led up to the
Acropolis, and was approached by
spacious roadway lined with monu-
mental reliefs and inscriptions in the
peculiar Hittite script
The Jerablus stones already in the
British Museum are parts Of this lin
ing Of stairs and road, and to them
must now be added a dozen or more
great sculptured slabs-records ap-
parently of the exploits OF, king, who
appears seated before the nude god
dess of his people, with an inscription
by his head On another big slab,
decorated with sixteen hands, signi
flying probably the number of the
vanquished cities or tribes, and with
three heads of royal captives, he has
written what is doubtless the story Of
the war; and this, the longest Hittite
inscription in relief yet found, we
may hope to read some day when
a bilingual in cuheiform gives us the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-13
MYSTERY OF BUTTERFLIES

On their annual pilgrimage, which
has not failed in the last ten years,
thousands of monarch butterflies, all
of the same species, swarmed on the
limbs of trees in the yard behind the
home of Mrs. w. D. George, SAL Day
ton avenue, st. Paul, Mimi, one day
recently, hanging in clusters so thick
in places that the trees seemed spot
ted with brown.
About o'clock they began to come,
hundreds in a flock, flying as straight
as If guided by an unseen hand. Past
hosts of other trees they few and
sought resting places on the limbs
Of the tree that has been the shelter
of thousands of their ancestors in
years past. And at sunrise the next
morning they we're off for the south.
More singular was the quest Of the
butterflies Of former years that sought
out this resting place overnight on
their journey south. Nine years in
succession--so long has she kept ac-
count-they came to one long limb Of
q box elder Gthe yard, concealing It
with their ciuhterA Other limbs on
that tree were ignored as the butter
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-13

The reckless motorists and those
who are insolent both in demands and
manner to the general public are do
ing much to provoke antagonism
which will react on the whole sport Of
automobiling, says the Baltimore
American. There are a large number
of automobilists who operate their ma
'chines carefully and with due care
Iand consideration for the rights Of
Others, who do not abuse their privi-
ieges, are not only willing but also
anxious to comply with all the pro-
visions Of the law and who treat pc
destrians with consideration and
courtesy But as in other cases, these
innocent ones have to suffer for the
sake Of the guilty, and will be power
less to check the adverse public opin-
ion which so much recklessness and
arrogance are bound to engender. It
is another count against the reckless
ones that they are bringing discredit
and i'll feeling against a large class
who do not deserve either
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-13

The establishing of an age limit for
operators OF automobiles is a perfectly
reasonable proposition. powerful
machine. with all it's possibilities Of
speed, in streets used by men, women
and children, is entirely too danger
GUS toy for irresponsible boys who
think nothing of the rights of others
and Of possible accident, but are heed
lessly intent only on going fast" ="
says the Baltimore American. Already
in q fatal accident the plea of ex-
treme youth has been set up as de-
tense, and this fact should add weight
70 the arguments for taking the han.
ding of automobiles from irresponsi
ble persons. If youth and intoxica.
tion are allowed as mitigating circum.
stances in accidents, then there will
be no safety in the highways and the
city streets for anybody.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-13
Brains Go With Bowlegs

bones. This deficiency renders the leg
bones soft and plant Coupled there
with is the known fact that such chill
dren are, precocious. They wish to
walk before they can stand alone.
They are on their feet before the
bones are hard enough to sustain
them, and hence the curvature. This
physical rest1essness is but an evi-
dence of a mental vigor which will
not be denied. We hazard the Opin-
ion that II the truth were known 1t
would be found that every bow-legged
child ever born has wanted to go to
sea. Otherwise he has wished to join
a circus or go west and fight Indians.
Trihers will reply that this is true
Of all boys, but there is no room for
trlfing in a grave question of ethno-
logical tendencies. It would be easy.
moreover. to prove that It is only an
uneducated eye which despises the
graceful curve Of the limbs rather
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-13
WEATHER AND THE sosoLlNk.


Those weathorwise farmers OF north
ern Indiana who prophesy an early
autumn because OF the departure OF
the bobolink southwark two or three
weeks earlier than usual should con-
slider the birds pecullarities, It is
not because he considers summer
nearly over. but because he has raised
a new family early that he now starts
southward. In all probability, Robert
of Lincoln" departs Tor the rice fields
OF the midsouth coast with the ability
OF his brood to fly. He and his mate
come to us early and depart early.
says the Chicago Record-Herald. lie
has now a new coat and viii MI him
self with rice, so that he will soon b.
IN prime condition rs the rice bird"
OF the Carolinas He spends the win
ter in Central or South America If he
escapes the shotguus Of the coas-
hunters, and is billed for return ap
pearances next April or May. one OF
the results Of hot weather is the quick
fulhllment OF many natural events and
functions. The weather prophets OF
the rural districts" often satisfy
themselves, but not the scientists,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-13

Germany is not the first place in the
world TO which one would look for a
movement in the direction OF relief
from conventionality. However, a
Mems Dress Reform society has been
founded in Berlin, with the object OF
bringing masculine attire to a higher
hygleuiC standard The society pro-
tests against the "airught armor plat.
ing Of the starched shirt front. the
cast-iron rule OF black frock-coGts for
weddings and funerals alike, and the
general system OF dress which in
wolves the wearing OF many tight-fit-
ting garments each overlapping the
other. Stif collars and cuffs are also
tabooed. Il is said thar the society
win begin its propaganda among ar
lists and other meh or Independent
standing like writer's. physicians and
sportsmen. Berlin has not had great
success as a starter of women's fash
ions. but that is no reason why it
should fail I'm setting the pace" for
men The result of the new undertak-
ing will be awaited with interest.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-13

forerunners of Roman occupants re-
settled the place in part, to be fol
lowed by much more general set
tlement under the early Byzantine
rule. A great temple rose on the
summit of the mound, and a town
with broad colonnaded streets was
laid out below. By what name 1t was
known is uncertain. It fell at last
into ruins, was again used for mean
habitations by medieval Arabs, ana
then was abandoned to the iackals.
The explorations so far made have
let in a flood of light on the darkness
of the southern Hittites and enriched
science with most important monu,
ments Of a rare class, whose publica-
ton will excite the keenest interest
Of ancient historians. Would that we
we're better able to read the new In
scriptions, Of which, whether In re-
lieyed OF incised characters, over
half a hundred had been found before
left Carchemish, and more yet, as
well as new and finer sculptures, have
been brought to light by my success
sOr,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-13


ed to render tribute. the richest in loot
Of all kinds; and moreover as a place
Of much trade, for a weight-measure,
used throughout Mesopotamia, was
known as the maneh of Carchemish.
As soon as Hittlte history and an
iquities began to attract attention,
scholars discussed the probable site
of Carchemish. II was evidently on
the west bank Of the Euphrates, not
SO very far from Aleppo but south of
Taurus. A large riverside site had
been known a. place called Jerablus
ever since the end of the seventeenth
century; and when Hittite remains
we're reported there in the early '70s
the British Museum organized a ten
tative exploration Of its great mounds.
This exploration was not very salts
factorily carried out, but It yielded re-
suits which went far to confirm the
Identification of the place with the
long-lost Carchemish, and enriched
the collection with some ten of the
best Hittite rellefs and inscriptions
then known. For want Of proper rec
ords, however the excavation did not
equally enrich science.
Three years ago was sent to pros
pect the place, and when at last per
mission to eXcavate was granted by
the Ottoman government, was com
missioned to begin the campaign in
the early spring Of this year. ! stayed
six weeks on the site, and then hand
ed over the direction To Mr.. Campbell
Thompson. Digging has thus been
going on at Jerablus for some four
months, and already we know a great
deal more about the southern capital
of the Hittites than has been known
since it passed out of history.
Jerablus is immense, as Syrian
sites go, both in area and bulk. The
space enclosed by walls, which for
most of their circuit still stand over
twenty feet high, is nearly two miles
in circumference, anc yet is, perhaps
only the royal city, outside of which
the habitatiOns Of the commoner folk
spread themselves far over the plain
The Acropolis mound, which is at the
northwest of the circuit, right above !
Euphrates, is about quarter Of
mile long and rises a hundred and |
thirty feet above mean waterlevel !
It is magnificenty placed just at the |
head of a majestic curve of the river, |
which sweeps down in food time /.
nearly mile broad. Landward it /
looks over a broad, fertile plain, dot
ted with mounds and bounded by an
arc of hills, which shining reaches Of |
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-13
SW0RDFISH RAMS A D0RY

An exciting affair occurred near
Boston recently when monster sword
fish rammed its sword into a dory sent
out from Capt. Richard Noonan's Dor
cas-, breaking the dory to splinters
and hurting into the sea two fishef-
men who we're rescued with great diff
ficulty by three of their mates of
Block island. Just as they were sink
ing in water probably a quarter mile
deep. Captain Noonan and another
man plunged into the sea and rescued
them. All four were liable at any time
to be rammed and killed by the mad
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-13
The call From IimvllIe.

q understand" began a fTlend en-
tering into conversation with a clergy
man of our acquaintance, Il under
stand that the people of Jimville are
anxious to have you take charge OF
the new church you have just built"
There has been some talk about
It. | believe" answered the reverend
gentleman. but / don't think that [
shall go there"
Don't you think that the Lord is
calling you to this new field Of en-
deavor?"
mo, don't believe he is. II he
were, he would certainly put it into
their hearts to offer me a much big
ger salary. l perceive no divine call,
and | shall continue in my present
field cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-13
Always the Mentally Vigorous Child
Who Wishes to Walk Before
He Should.

1t is a fact, gravely asserts the Bal
timore News, that the physical confor-
nation usually described as handy
legged, is but the outward and visible
sign Of an energy and mental activity
which always reflect luster upon the
possessor. In the mellow maturity Of
achievement, when his legs have
ceased to excite wonder and only his
genius is regarded, his fellow-towns-
men point with pride to his name in
blue books and red books or carved
on cOrnerstOnes.
Lest the Philistine rejoice, 1t should
be explained that this crescent shape
Of the lower limbs is due to the fact
that nature has not compounded the
child with the usual amount OF what
are known as earthly salts" In the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-13

flies this year ignored other trees in
adjoining lots. This was their resting
place for the night-no other would
do. Unerringly they found it, hang
ing low to the ground, and they did
not leave it until sunrise.
Last year this limb was cut off, so
when the butterflies returned this
year the old place of vantage was
gone. So they clustered on the outer
branches of this and other trees in
the yard. But in the one yard they
stayed, loyal, though the old home
was gone.
What guides them to one spot in st.
Paul is a mystery, which is more in
volved because it is said butterflies
live only one year, hence none from
last year could have guided them this
season to the trees.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-13

Mrs. Frederick Schoff, president Of
the National Congress of Mothers, is
working to get national endowment
for school and university extension
plan for the education of Americans in
parenthood It is proposed to have
the headquarters in Washington with
branches In each state in the Union
Mrs. Schof has been at the head OF
many movements for the uplifting Of
the child, having compiled laws for
every state in the Union governing
dependent and delinquent children.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-13

Taurus TO stay.
Thereafter all north
eastern Syria came
TO be known as
HAITI Land, and so
tho cunelform texts
call It from the hrst
expansion OF the
Nineyltes westward
TO Euphrates, under
Tiglath Pileser l.,
about 100 B. c.,
down to the days Of
Nebuchadnezzar. In
this Haiti Land,
Carohemish always
appears as the chief
city the first at
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-13
OUTOFTHEORpINARI

sea monster. With the seamen safely
aboard the fishing vessel the light
with the swordnsh was renewed. The
fish was weakened by the nrst lily
iron thrust deep into itS side, and one
OF the fishermen put out In another
dory and again speared the fish. This
time II succumbed and yielded TO the
rope which hauled II In.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-13
FINDS PURSE AND WINS BET

Recovery Of S4OO. lost the other day.
netted W. P. MaEch. a Chicago con.
tractor a like amount In bets at At
lantic City When he lost his wallet
other members OF the Chicago Build,
ing Exchange made up a purse Of
S40O as a bet that he would never see
his money again. They figured they
had a 100000 to ! chance on the hon.
esty of that Rlmber Of visitors at
Atlantic City.
March took the long chance and
doubled his money. The wallet was
picked up by Robert H. Clutch, Of
Philadelphia, and returned.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-13
QI77TI7ITU1IFTT'THTT7HTIT

Most persons love trees, but few
carry their love of them to their
places OF business, as has ]. ]. Auster-
nell, a dentist of Kansas City. In a
window box on a ledge Of his office
in the second story grows a hardy
cottonwood tree, eight feet high Mr.
Austernell planted the sapling two
years ago and his watering and care
have given him flower box that is
unique Not only do the leaves cast
a cool shade over the window, but
their fresh greenness has quieting
effect on patients, the dentist be-
lieVes.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-13
WREN NESTS IN COAT POCKET

Morton Crisler, an old bachelor, re-
siding near st. Paul, Ind. hung his
old coat on the back porch. The next
day, Mr. Crisler saw wren carry
ing atraws into one Of the pockets Of
the coat. AS he did not need the coa6
he did not disturb the bird, which In
a short time completed the nest The
wren then laid three little eggs and
three little wrens took their flight into
the woods.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-13
SANITY RESTORED BY SHOCK

On the testimony Of expert alien
lists that Frank feeling. a patient in
the insane hospital at Overlook, had
been cured of insanity by the shock
Of a collision between an automobile
and a prison van in which he was be-
ing transferred, the court of special
sessions at Newark, N. j.. ordered
feelings release from custody, Teel-
ing developed symptoms Of violent
insanity while in jail on a drunken
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-13

The "Tching-Pao," the official ga
zette Of Peking, is the Oldest newspa-
per in the world; it is now celebrat-
ing its thousandth year. A copy Of
each number-from the first to the
most recent-is preserved with great
care in the palace. The 'Tching-Pao"
has changed in form on several occa-
sions The photograph shows its
present appearance.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-13

as a student at the University OF
Lausanne. He walks to the univer-
sity with light step and sits among
the young students, many of whom
are still in their early teens" taking
copious notes from the lectures OF
professors. some of whom are young
enough to be his grandsons. He is
treated with much respect by his fell
low students, and every one is ready
to help him in his tasks. He is sup
posed to be the Oldest student in the
world.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-13

than the severe perpendicularity held
properly garmented, to be sure
as the beau ideal. The navy, which
turns down coldly applicants who own
to curvature of the shank bones, could
do no better than man SQUADRON
with recruits whose sea legs we're
born with them. 1t is the false rea-
soning, and not the handy legs, which
should be set straight.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-13
Msaoullre MIatakes.

He-I don't care for Miss Jiggins;
she is such cowardly sort OF girl.
She is always showing the white
feather
She-Why, where are your eyes?
It's beautiful black willow plume
she wears.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-13

ness sentence and was ordered re.
moved to the asylum. While he was
being transported the prison wagon
was run into Ry an automobile. A(ter
the collision feeling appeared per
fectly sage. Alienists declared that
the physical and psychic shock clear.
ed his brain. They believe further
that feeling will be strong-minded
enough to resist the temptation to
overindulge In alcoholic drinks.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-13

A Gotham broker has gone abroad
no hunt for perfect wife, who, TO
SUIT his taste, must combine the best
points Of the women of all nations.
But one trouble with a quest OF this
kind is that the ideal woman herself,
If found, may also be looking for the
ideal husband.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-13

According to Danish laws. automo.
biles are forbidden to pass trolley
cars at a rate faster than one mile an
hour When it comes to keeping a
tight rein over reckless motoring,
there is nothing rotten in the state Of
Denmark