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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-23
Living Under Water.

Thomas A. Edison has invented a
storage battery for use in submarine
boats which will enable crews to live
beneath the water 100 days, if need pe,
provided they have with them in the
craft sufficient rations and water to
last them and tubes filed with COM
pressed oxygen or the raw chemicals
needed for the manufacture of oxygen
That was announced by Edfson's en-
Hutchinson He added that if such a
battery had been in use under such
conditions on the nl-starred japanese
submarine that sank intact, with her
crew inside, those Japanese fighters
would not have suffered injury from
their submersion, as they could have
manufactured q never-failing supply
of fresh air and have lived in safety
if not in comfort. until their disabled
craft had been discovered, raised to
the surface, and their period of inn
prisonment ended. Nor would the diary
of the heroic but hopeless command r
of that submarine ever have been
written how that brave crew died
not from wounds or lack of food or
water, but from lack of that great
breathed and rebreathed the small
amount of air in that tight little hull
until it was so full of carbonic acid
gas that it spelled death to breathe
it again. With one of Edison's sub
marine batteries on board it would
have purified the air Of that carbonic
acid gas, the compressed oxygen tubes
would have supplied the other atmos-
pheric element needed, and the sub
nersion of the little Jap warship would
have been a mere incident instead of q
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-23
SAYS UNCLE CIV

One of the things that made Ma
poleon a master of men was the reali-
zation of this truth which he set down
in his memoirs: 1.-The biggest peril is
at the moment of victory The VIC
TINS of that common malady colo
quially known as swell head are as
the sands of the sea. When courage
has carried the fight to victory, when
the strong right arm has hewn its
way through the ranks of opposition,
when heart and hand and head have
done their parts and the victor has
seized the prize, he is only too likely
to become giddy in the appreciation Of
his own prowess and let a weaker and
less worthy hand snatch from him that
which he has so dearly won.
Confidence carryeth the fight, but
conceit lets down the bars to the
enemy. There be those of US who
have schooled ourselves to resist flat
terry of others. but who give ear to that
which whispers from our own hearts,
and fmpute to ourselves something ap-
preaching omnipotence, and therefore
neglect to stand guard at the moment
when success has made US a shining
target for the shafts of the envious.
There is none so weak as him who
is not on guard. The giant taken un-
sheared the sleeping Samson no more
effectively than your rivals will shear
you when, flushed with new gained
victories, you sleep upon your 1aurels.
The eternal vigilance which is pro-
claimed to be the price of liberty is
also the price of success. Success won
but not kept is failure. And because
when honors are new and shining they
are the most tempting targets of envy
and opposition, 'fthe biggest peril is at
the moment of victory. "a Copyright,
1912, by w. E. Williams.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-23
AYHAWKER JOT:S

When you don't talk, says Verd Nap
Ter, it is hard to tell how little you
know.
Some folks are never at peace. points
out Tom Thompson, unless they are
busy stirring up trouble.
Many who declare they lack conf
dence in doing seem to have plenty in
failing, says Mrs. Tom Thompson.
One of the candidates for the Clay
county probate judgeship is undoubt-
eddy sincere in the formal announce
ment of his candidacy. In it he says
IF 1 am so fortunate as to receive
the nomination 1 will do my utmost to
be elected
Mrs. DR.. Wiley advocates the doc
trine that husbands should give their
wives one-third of their salaries, notes
the Wilson County Citizen, and it adds:
What most hus Stands would like to
find out is how to keep from giving
their wives all their salary.
A coy young lady asked at the post
Office the other day if there was any
mail for her, relates the Eskridge Tri-
bune-Star. The bashful young clerk
innocently replied that he was the
only male in at that time, and that
he had already been spoken for by
another lady.
Rev. J. l. Barker, pastor of the
Baptist church at Morrill,, is the own
er of a cow and announces that he
would like to get few milk customers,
reports the Morrill, News. 1t continues:
Preachers and editors are generally
classed as a poor lot. How this partic-
ular preacher ever scraped up enough
money to buy a cow is beyond the
comprehension of this paper.
Speaking of the university luncheon
given the editors at Lawrence" re-
marks E. E. Kelley in his Toronto Re
publican, I'VE may not be as young
and handsome as we once were but we
did not make the mistake of putting
two Jumps of sugar into our cup of
'boullion entasse.'" This was certain
ly clever on the part of Brother KEEL
ley. But in telling about it, he seems
to have overlooked the fact that
''boulIion en- tasse' means boullion in
a aup.
There are three kinds of editors, ex-
plains Charlie Brown in his Horton
Headlight Commercial. One kind is OF
the sheep variety and always goes with
the crowd. Another kind is of the hog
variety He likes to be on the off side
and does and says things just to be
odd and contrary. In the third class,
which is a small one, is the editor who
does and says what he thinks is right
and does not seem to care a whoop
whether he is with the crowd or by
himself.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-23

tragedy that stirred the sympathies of
the world
Edison has not yet put his new in
Vention on the market. He just has
perfected it, and the machinery for its
manufacture is being built.
I'VE can charge this new submarine
battery in an hour if we want to ano
discharge it in 80 minutes" Hutchin-
son said. at has two and one-hat
times the capacity of the storage bat
teries now in use in submarines and
occupies only the same place. Under
conditions as they exist now it takes
from six to seven hours to recharSe
one of the submarine batteries. Under
normal conditions we can recharge our
battery in three hours, and in one hour
if emergency should seem to require
it, and the power for such recharging
is available. Put one of our batteries
in a submarine the size of the Cutie
fish, put IA men on board and sub
merge the craft. and those IA men
will be able to live 100 days without
coming to the surface before the ex
piration of that time. That means
they could live down there three
months and one week and come out
in good condition.
How would your battery accom-
plish that result?" the engineer was
asked.
when men breathe. they exhale
carbonic acid gas, which poisonS the
air and, in a close place, means death.
The potash solution that we use IN
the new Edison submarine battery VIII
absorb that carbonic acid gas as fast
as it is manufactured by the exhala-
lions of the men, and thereby purify
the atmosphere and. make the air lit
to be breathed again. OF course, 1t
will be necessary for the men to have
with them a means of supplying them
selves with fresh oxygen. That may
be accomplished by carrying in the
submarine tubes filed with compress
ed oxygen such as is used by physt-
clans now in cases of extreme Ill
ness. New York Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-23
DAFFYDHS
BY U. NoALL.

If the super in the Three Twins
made hole in the scenery what did
the superintendent?
(Hey! Take that silk Kelley off, l
want to see the batter, too.)
If you found a yard stick in your
back yard would you call it home
rule?
(Tommy! Don't put your hand
in the lemonade pitcher.)
If q, watch is clock and a dog is
a hound is a watchdog a bloodhound?
eyes. siri If that an cared to
graft he would have been worth a mil
lion He's a pauper today.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-23
HUAOR or THE DIP

Consistent Enough-"But" protested
the stage manager, don't you think IL
looks odd for you to wear your diamonds
in the character of the deserted wife?''
"Oh! no." replied the actress, you must
have observed that I have selected for
that purpose the very smallest and plain
est diamonds own. The Catholic
Standard and Times.
ct want you to see II you can't find
out that I am descended from a king"
said the man who had become suddenly
rich. Every well, SIR" replied the gene
alogist, 1--WE have a large stock of kings
to select from. Have you any prefer
ence?
They were sitting in the parlor Of the
pered, ardentiy, Eve are rolling onward
in the car of love" Yes dear" she
whispered, nesting on his broad Shout
der, land we don't need any. conductor
to say sit closer, please "-Tit-Bits.
sBridget didn't I hear you ouarreling
with the milkman this morning?" Sure
not. HIS hired girls sick. an was III
duirin' afther her. But he's an impollts
your milkmaid?' An he looked mad an
says, That's a thrade secret "-Kansas
City Journal.
IF those California women run for Of
fee 6a gDg ToteE Not Unless they GOT
green trading stamps with them
Houston Post
want to say anything about your SEN
tence?'' asked Judge Sanderson. Replied
one Healey, UP for breaking and enter
ing: your honor, I've been working
steadily all the time, off and one"-Bos-
ton Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-23
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Most men have the idea that they
are rather distinguished looking.
X
When a man breaks his word he
breaks something that cannot be
mended.
This cold sunless spring weather is
at least excellent to make rheumatism
flourish.
Nor does it necessarily follow that
sharp folk are given to making cutting
remarks.
Making a good beginning is generally
as far as men people ever get with
anything they undertake.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-23
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.l

LFrom the Chicago News.1
Ceiling decorators are always OVERRIDING
things.
Query-What use has bookseller for a
bookkeeper?
And many a man is the architect of his
own misfortune
The average baby is almost as smart as
its parents are not.
Some people find it easier to get mar
ried than to stay married.
1t takes more than a coat of paint to
make a woman look like new.
Never Judge a mans ability as must
clan by the way he blows his own horn
And the morals of some men depend
more on the police than they do on prin-
ciples.
begin by thinking you know an about 1t.
Love is blind-and that may explain
why many a man falls in love with a
woman who is sight"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-23
KANSAS COMAENT
MEN AND ROYS

D
There are many who do not seem
TO understand the danger in endeav-
orlng to get a mans work out of a
poy- Fathers who have been brought
up to long hours and hard work on
ne farm seem to forget the misery
OF their early life and try to drive
their sons in a form OF slavery in
order to make the money making ma
cnlne more efficient and economical
And then they wonder why the boy
wanderS off to the city or becomes
tired of the home place. Youth
needs amusement. 1t is the safety
valve to control enthusiasm and keen
1t from blowing up the restraint
winch the boy must have-within
reasonable bounds. 1t is possible TO
keep his nose to the grindstone; to
keep him apart from the lads of his
own age and compel him to give all
OF MS time to earning, but the results
are not always for the best There
Is a gnawing hunger and when the
time comes that he can break away
from his taskmaster he is going to do
it, and in unbridled liberty he is apt to
go to excuses which he never would
nave committed If he had a healthy Ii
cenSe and the opportunity to indulge
IN legitimate amusements at the right
age. In the present day we are com
ing to realize this and the boy on the
farm is not as much of a fixed cog
In the money making machine as he
blood-with a boys longing for COM
partnership and for Indulgence in the
sports of his kind-he is beginning to
receive encouragement and we are
much mistaken If the result will not
be that he is bound to the farm by
ties of love and that there is created
a broader understanding between IA
Their and son which will result in BEN
efits to both--Marysvill Advocate
Democrat.
DOLLAR DIPLOMACY FOR PEACE.
A great many hold UP their hands
in horror at dollar diplomacy. Never
theless the dollar diplomacy is often
the wisest and most humane It is
now charged that j. Pierpont Morgan
Is taking a hand to end the Turco-
Italian war, and has already held sew
eral conferences with King Victor En-
manuel of Italy and perhaps has others
feeling" Turkey. At this distance IL
looks as if the war was a grab game
to extend territorial limits and while
everybody would like to see the Turkish
government changed-wiped or the
earth if necessary-yet Italy was after
the dollar when it butted into Tripoli.
1t has spent several millions, thou
sands of lives have been sacrificed and
humanity has been disgraced. If Pier
pont, or the Rothschilds or any other
capitalist can bring peace by dollar
diplomacy, by refusing to put up any
more money for war purposes, then
praises for dollar diplomacy.
If dollar diplomacy had refused &c
finance the revolutionary movements in
Mexico, it would have saved America
several millions in guarding the frontier
and coasts, and protecting our people.
South Kansas Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-23
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

TFrom the New York Press.J
It's lots easier to control a runaway
horse than a bad temper
The way the average man kisses his
wife you'd think she was duInb-bell.
man can make the most money get
ting it away from those who have already
made 1t.
The more the truth would help anybody
out of trouble the deeper he will get in
rather than tell it.
When a girl is going to grow up to have
a figure like her mothers, it's sign it's
lucky her fiance doesn't stop to think
about it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-23

after the Illinois primary They were
indeed "slugged over the ropes,'' but
they took their medicine like men.
And the public, we believe, admires
the game loser and has no use for the
man that squeals and cries fraud when
he is squarely defeated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-23

It Is needless to point out, of course,
that all OF the hazards of life, or the
greatest ones, are not to be found at
sea- A tornado in Illinois and Indiana
the other day rolled up death list of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-23

The Santa Fe's plan to tunnel the
San Bernardino mountains at the Cajon
Pass will be a success. The Santa F'e
always succeeds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-23

Presumably there will be no objee-
lions to the Henry bill extending pub
licity laws to candidates for president
ial and presidential nominations
unless they come from Colonel Roose-
veIt's supporters and hackers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-23
FROM OTHER PENS
RURAL HOSPITALS.

The establishment of rural hospitals
in the mountain districts of North
Carolina and Virginia, and in the
sparsely settled sections of South Caro-
lima marks a great humane and social
advancement.
Too often people of such districts suf-
fer from lack of medical attention.
Most of them are unable to go to the
city hospitals, where the charge for
care is necessarily high.
Undoubtedly this good work will con-
tinue throughout the country, and viii
afford q much-needed relief to the rural
sufferers.
The work was first conceived by Miss
Lydia Holman, when in 1900 she was
called to an out-of-way place in North
Carolina to attend a typhoid patient.
She then established, single-handed,
such an institution, comprising several
small rooms, and with scanty appli-
ances, until the Holman association
was formed in Baltimore and enabled
her to perfect a more elaborate organ
acknowledgements News-Scimitar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-23

Famous and wealthy men went down
in the wreck of the Titanic but the
world has moved along just the same.
And so It goes on, regardless of this or
that mans millions or power
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-23

One swallow does not make a summer.
Nor do two or three victories at the
beginning of a baseball season win
pennant. But the Kaws look good.
Congratulations Mr. Gear.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-23

Isn't it rather incongruous that the
Prince Of Wales should be in Paris in
order that he may learn French? If
Kaiser Wilhelm has his way all Eng
hshmen would talk German.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-23

Orders have gone forth from one
Ismay that an adequate number of
lifeboats be placed on all the vessels
under his management. But this won't
be of any assistance to the Titanic's
passengers who are at the bottom of
ffa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-23

Another report is current that there
was a fire in one OF the coal bunkers
of the Titanic from the time she sailed
from Southampton. In other words,
REGARDLESS Of the fact that they had
the greatest ship affoat under their
care, the officials Of the White Star line
were as careless as possible in all the
details Of her management
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-23

When he reached the Carpathia, Mr..
Ismay put a sign on his stateroom
door, Don't knock" But that didn't
prevent everybody in the world from
doing So
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-23

Space which the transatlantic liners
give to gymnasiums, swimming pools,
sun parlors. ct cetera, ct cetera, might
better be devoted to the storage of
lifeboats and other life saving ap-
r,araf11s
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-23

All the information on the subject
now seems to show that the Titanic
was out to make q record. And she
certainly did.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-23

II you have any doubt about the
Kaws being a good ball team. go out
and see them play the next time they
hit town.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-23

IS the Washington Post says: One
realizes now why so many brave ships,
in the old days before wireless were
never heard from again.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-23

Surely the old world is going awry.
Along comes a cold wave hitting Kan
sss in the ordinarily near summertime.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-23

It is a noticeable fact that when
Colonel Roosevelt wins a delegate or
two to the Chicago convention there
Is no cry of fraud in connection there
with. The king can do no wrong.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-23

No less than three thousand Thibe-
tans were shot in a recent battle with
the Chinese. And the question that the
rest OF the world asks is as to what
they were fighting about
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-23

Managers of steamship lines, and
their captains, have probably learned
a lesson that will stand them in good
stead
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-23

Incidentally if it had not been for
wireless biography, there would have
been no survivors of the Titanic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-23

No ice-bergs are on the route OF
Seeing Topeka First
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-23

What has become of the pursuit OF
Sidna Allen and his nephew?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-23

AS they read the details Of the IL
tanic disaster, the critics of the mil
lionaires will have to doff their hats.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-23

It has escaped notice, says the
Sprinzheld Union, that no cry of fraud
uaAa heard from the Taft supporters
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-23
FRENCH HOrRS.

Beginning with June 1, the hours OF
the day will be numbered in France
from 1 to "a, from midnight to mid
night, instead of from 1 to IL a. m. and
1 to IL p. m. By this Arrangement 3
O'Clock in the afternoon will be IS
o'clock and 8 o'clock in the evening will
be 20 o'clock. 1t is said that a partial
test in the Geographic service has
proved satisfactory. The change win
be adopted by all the French railways
and the postal and telegraph service on
the date mentioned, and 1t is expected
that the people generally will soon adj
just themselves to the new mode of
counting time. There are doubtless
some advantages in this method OF
reckoning over the accustomed mode,
especially to railroads and other public
service agencies, but 1T is an innovation
upon the old ways and traditions that
many people will be slow to appreciate.
Democrat.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-04-06
NOTICE! LOOK!

We sell the Columbia Dry Cell Bat
teries, especially adapted for auto
25c each.
If you are contemplating wiring
your house for electric lights, it will
pay you to see us, we will save you
money ELECTRIC SUPPLY CO.,
zoS Forsyth st. Phone No. 577.
2-tf
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-04-06
ALLEGED WILL WRITTEN
ON 12-INCH CARDBOARD

New Orleans, La. April THE al
legged will of Frank Dupples, written
on piece of cardboard more than
foot long, and disposing of $4,000 to
Mrs. F. j. Pennington, of this city,
was filed today in the civil district
court. The writing occupies but few
inches on the board.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-10-17
(First published sent Is. 1922
NOTICE OF SALE.

State Of Oklahoma County Of Grady,
IN the Superior Court.
S. C Fox, Plaintiff vs. Pete Heiiner
and Walsie n Heffner, Defendants
Notice is hereby given that pursu-
ant to an order OF sale issued out of
the Superior Court in said cause Of
said County and state and TO me de-
scribed, commanding ma TO offer for
sale and sell to the highest and best
bidder for cash In hand:
Lots CD Three, cO Four and (5l.
m Block (22D Two Hundred and
Twenty-one, in the City Of Chickasha,
said County and State, as shown by
the recorded plat thereof. TO make the
sum Of s6i9Je and costs OF said cause
and aecruing costs.
win, on the 10th day OF October.
1912. sell said above described prop
erty to the highest and best bidder for
cash IN hand, at the south door Of NE
Court House. in the said City Of Chick.
asha. between the hours Of 10 a. m
and 4 p. ms on said day, to-wit; Al
the hour Of 200 p. m.
JOHN c. LEWIS, Sheriff.
BY J. A. THOMPSON, Deputy
9-1s.sod