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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-21
FREE TRIAL OF SAMOSE
Flesh Forming Food Given on APP
proval by Druggist Stansficld.

Would you like to be fat and plump
and strong and hearty? Here is a
chance so to do it without risking the
loss of a single penny.
George w. StansfieId, the we'll known
druggist, has new treatment called
Samose, which he is selling on ap
proval, that is said TO be true flesh
forming food. 1t is in tablet form, re-
failing at soc box.
If it does not increase the weight,
fill out the thin scrawny form and re-
store health and strength, there will
be no charge whatever for Samose. Go
to Stansfield's drug store, 632 Kansas
avenue, today and get a treatment of
Samose with his promise to refund the
money if it does not do all that it
claims.
Mr. Stansfield's faith in Samose is
shown by his offer to refund the money
IL it does not increase flesh and restore
good health.
He really gives you a free trial of
the preparation, for uni .ss il does in
crease the weight it will not cost a
cent Sent postpaid on receipt of price,
so cents
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-21
THE PRETTIEST GIRL.
Miss Rae Potter Who Won That Honor
in Chicago Here.

Miss Rae Potter, sThe Most Beauti-
full Working Girl in Chicago" who
spent Thursday making dainty doll
bonnets on a Free sewing machine at
Emahizer & Spielman's, is piquante
and attractive seventeen-year-old. She
has naive method of talking, uneX-
pected in a celebrity, dignified by SO
melodramatic a name ds The Most
Beautiful. Working Girl in Chicago.
Miss Potter was switchboard operator
in the Free Sewing Machine company
when the Chicago Tribune offered a
prize for the photograph of the pref
test working girl in town. The prize
was the notorfety, and the judge was
Miss Lillian Russell herself.
She kissed me when / went to see
her. observed Miss Potter with par
donable pride. II Thanked her for
choosing me, of course; then she kiss
ed me and told me I was very sweet
child.'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-21
GET MURDER SUSPECT
John BohIan Held for Killing Vilisca.
Iowa, Family.

Roblan of Hamburg, Ia, was arrest
ed as he a1ighted from train at the
union passenger station here on
complaint of T. Reed, Harlan Burge
and Charles Ledgewood, who mad foI-
lowed him from Hamburg and who
suspect him of the murder of eight
persons at Villisca, Ia.
At the police station Bohlan SAID
he had never been in Villisca, though
the others say they have seen him
there BohIan is a farm hand and at
one time worked for Burge near GRAY
ity. Ia. He denies knowledge of the
crime.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-21

to run him down. There was no such
chance. The rabbit was too quick
When he was tired of the sport, he
hoped to one side of the road as the
car went by. tipped up his tiny head
and winked out of one pink eye as he
looked at the speeder and it's occupants
with a quizzical curve to his little
mOuth.-Tole(io Blade.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-21

That Hurts More--"There's nothing that
makes a wouid-be society woman madden
than to find her name left out of the re-
port of some function she attended. Tn
less it's to find in addition, that the name
of her rival was put in.''-Catholic Stand
ard and Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-21

And does this fat little boy belong in
your erowd?" Nom: we just use him
o try the ice with before we go skatin.''
Houston Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-21

a race between a rabbit and an auto
mobile! And the rabbit won by hare
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-21
RABBIT BEATS AN AUTO.

Bunny Made the Chauffeur Speed
Some to Keep Him in Sight.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-14
NO MORE S|DE-SADDLES
That's the Way It Will Be if May
Wirth Is a Prophet.

When a young woman of the circus un-
dertakes TO suggest the kind OF costume
for city bred young horsewomcn to wear
I'm Central Park. 1t might at first ap-
pear that the circus performers ideas-rc-
membering the lack of costume usually
adopted under the white tops'-would pos
sess little of practical value.
However. when a young woman was born
on horseba ck-crcus performers are near
ly always born either in the ring or ada
cent 10 it-hes opinions pertaining to dress
and department when astrde a horse
should be valuable.
Yes. Arabela, We mean as4ride. Did you
ever see Miss May Wirth. of Australia,
where the kangaroo and the Easter rab-
bits roam the year round, in a side-saddle? :?
You remember seeing her on horseback in
the Barnum & Bailey circus, at Madison
Square Garden, because she astonshed you
so.
Astride is her system morning, noon and
night II you want to hear pearly laughter
ask Miss Wirth why she does not sit side
wise when on horseback.
There is still prejudice against the
cross-saddle in the minds of women In cit
les" said Miss Nirth to the Tribune man
yesterday. But the women OF your won
derful praires-they would not think II
riding in any other way. That is because
they know. They have learned through
experience.
The Western woman is frequently in the
saddle for hours at a stretch She is the
mail-carrier and the purchasing agent for
the home. and trading points are generally
miles distant from the ranch house. She
Joins often in the roundup of cattle. No
woman could do these things IN a sIde-sad
die. Think Of the agony OF not being able
TO change your position for hours.
do you think the time is approaching
when city bred horsewomen VIII univer-
sally adopt the cross-saddle?' Miss With
was asked.
"Oh. yes" she replied. a well known
stabeman in New York told me the other
day that he would not permit a side-saddle
to be placed on one OF his horses. The
unevcny distributed weight OF the human
body in a side-saddle frequently, he told
me. wounded the horses back. and the
strain caused internal injuries. The tight
girthing required for such a saddle 10 keep
II from slipping. had. he said. done perna-
nent harm TO several OF his animals.
Il recall a New York woman. a member
Of society. whose name - familiar all over
your country as the owner Of blooded sad
die horses She spent several months I'm
Australia last winter. She brought her sile-
saddle with her. and was quite scandalizcd
at the sight Of the girls there galloping
In cross seats. In a week she was sound
ing the manifold advantages OF the cross
saddle She discovered that the only pure
~ natural position was in the saddle which
all Australia has adopted
she had never before appreciated. she
said. how cramped and twisted her figure
had been and how its normal functions had
been retarded. She found, too, that she
New-York tribune., 1912-04-14
REvERENCED AS A DEITY.

llo StHlulltHlS VI lllC lit6to VI INC
Nikado toward him are those OF deeply
religious men toward deity rather than
| hose of mere loyalty which the people
Of Europe are content TO accord to their
temporal rulers, and that in spite Of all
| he Western reforms which Mutsu- Hito
las caused the land 10 adopt he should
. Ave succeeded in so preserving un-
vsakened this feeling of profound rev.
!, renee toward his person and toward
| lis throne shows conclusively that he
must be an extraordinary prince. Even
/ he late Prince Ito. the cynical, master
| iul statesman who was received and
tanqueted by nearly every crowned head
IN Europe, from the Car to- King Ed
ward, never dared to raise his eyes from
the ground when consulted by his own
sovereign, while II Is said that neither
Marshals Yamagata, Oyama or Nogi nor
any Of the other veterans Of his army
ever entered the presence of the En-
psror without trepidation.
As for the ordinary people, those forty
Millions Of aggressive, irrepressible Jap
snese who are bent upon the realization
Of their dream of Asia for the Asiatics,"
under japanese auspices, of course-they
DO not even presume to mention his
name. 1t is far too hallowed to be
printed or spoken, and while he lives
any reference to it is regarded in the
light of rank blasphemy. Owing to this
the vast majority Of his subjects do not
much as know his name-that of
lutsu-Hito, under which he figures in
American and European books of ref
aenee. But then. 10 them he is not a
real man. with human weaknesses, such
az the Gar and tho Kaiser but an alb
New-York tribune., 1912-04-14

was able to dismount and rest and remount.
whether alone or attended. and she discov-
cred that, when one position became tire
some, that there were variety OF others
she could assume.
The long equestrian skirt. necessary for
wear with the slde-saddle, is a dangerous
adjunct. II the horse falls, 1t is impossible
for the rider to protect herself. The fiow-
Ing cloth becomes entangled in hoofs and
straps, and the rider Is at the mercy OF her
frantic, PROSTATE mount. 1t is, on the
other hand, generally an easy matter for
the woman with divided skirt to free her
self from the cross-saddle of a fallen horse
Many saddlery houses have entirely
stopped the manufacture OF the slde-saddle
on account of the small demand. They are
producing dainty padded cross-saddle. In
the livery stables. too. 1t is unusual to find
a sde-saddle.
Il am sure a little patience and practice
New-York tribune., 1912-04-14

another" He interpreted this to mean
that if one found life unendurable on
earth he had perfect right to ride OH
on a pistol bullet, dagger or poison cap
sule to some other sphere. Alexander, 1t
must be remembered, was not only the
Emperor of Russia but also the supreme
pontiff Of the Orthodox Church OF Rus
sia, and would assuredly never have
given utterance to such opinions had he
not been fully convinced I'm his own mind
of the truth Of his arguments.
EX-ATTACHE.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-14
SUICIDE STILL IN FASHION.


Books on Japan. wTatten by those for
egn visitors who think they understand
al about the japanese after a three
months tour of the country, or else
snile people in japanese employ, have
made point of declaring that suicide
mas gone out Of fashion. But how mis-
faoing are their accounts in the light
VI The experiences of those who, like my
tef, have spent years in Japan has been
suown recently by the self-inficted
'ssln OF the station master at Moji. 1t
'ems that when the Emperor was re-
'uning 10 Toxic from the grand mill
"fy maneuyres the train in which he
sas travelling. while changing to an
V'nef track at Moi, jumped the switch,
'Ah the result that its august passenger
vas detained forty minutes at the Moji
sspot Subsequently the station master.
'nose name was Shimizu, committed
."eioe by laying himself on the rails in
A0he OF one Of the following expresses.
."e Emperor was deeply moved on
asaring OF the tragic sequel of his con-
ae'emps at Moji, and sent a consider
.''e sum Of money for the maintenance
tne widow and the education of the
fphan children.
me incident was reported far and
ue' and so great was the popular en-
~'siasm aroused by Shimizu's suicide
' large sum was raised by public
Oseription for the erection Of a monu-
en. 10 his memory and for the benefit
MS widow and children.
'nefeupon DR.. Yamakawa, president
'he Kyushiu University and one
NE leading and until then most re-
se'eo scientists in Japan. wrote let
" The papers protesting against the
~uon OF statue TO Shimizu, on the
.'nd that, no matter how regrettable
!. accident to the imperial train may
's oeen, he did not consider that II
'shted the sacrifice of human life In
sA'ion. DIR. Yamakawa went on TO
"a his letter that II was time that
'eoody spoke out about the matter,
&, referred TO The many instances Of
h VI H'e on the part Of professors and
| q "sS IN the effort 10 rescue the
~e'"sraph or lithograph of the EN-
II" irom burning school buildings.
- sehool has one Of these pictures of
/ " ienno, before which an act of rev.
: ss'e Is performed each day by faculty
IE pupils, and as the fires ID school
~ aIs VERY frequent, -eYlaE e
New-York tribune., 1912-04-14
DR.. YAMAKAWA's DOWNFALL.

DR.. YAMAKAWA'S DOWNFALL.
The answer was not long in coming.
A wave of Indignation spread through
out the length and breadth of Japan
against DR.. Yamakawa for what was de-
nounced as his disreputabe rebellious
and saCrleGious utterances. He was
pronounced a very dangerous person in
deed to be at the head of one of the en-
pire's greatest institutions of learning.
A deputation of citizens made repre-
sentations on the subject to the Min
lister of Education, who, after taking the
pleasure Of the Emperor, dismissed DR..
Yamakawa from his post. Henceforth
he will be regarded AS an OutCast by his
fellow cOuntrymen and will consequently
spend the remainder of his life abroad.
1t is said that each year about twenty
thousand japanese commit suicide. The
old method of hara -kiri appears TO have
gone out of fashion, especially with the
mobiles and the higher officials, while the
remainder of the suicides seek death in
more sensational manner. Some o:
them throw themselves into the Craters
OF active volcanoes. their bodies disap-
pearing among clouds of flowers and
blossoming shrubs thrown after them by
their friends and families; others throw
themselves from high places, the vol
canoes of Asama, in Central japan, ana
Aso-San. near Kyushiu, having acquired
n sinister reputation in this respect.
Others lay themselves in front of adj
vancing railroad trains and still others
blow out their brains with firearms,
which are now within the reach Of tho
most meagre purse in Japan. In the
war between Japan and Russia in Man
churia eight years ago the number OF
prisoners taken by the Russians was in
finitesimal, this being due TO the fact
not that the Cars soldiers refrained
from giving quarter but that the Japa-
nese refused to accept ii, preferring self
inflicted death to the disgrace Of sur
render for surrender save in eXcep-
tional instances as in the case of be-
sieged towns or when wounded, Is, ac-
cording to military ethics, dishonorable
Prince Jaime of Bourbon, son of Don
Carlos of Spain who served under the
Muscovite flag in Manchuria. relates that
after one of the attempts to bottle up
Port Arthur. when he steamed out with
a launch to rescue several Japanese who
were clinging to the rigging Of the fire.
ships sunk in the roadstead. the men
one after another blew out their brains
with their revolvers or committed hara-
kiri with their sword bayonets, throwing
themselves into the sea rather than per-
nit themselves TO be taken prisoners.
SUICIDE OF A SHIPS CREW.
In the graphic accounts, moreover.
published in The London Times" and
other newspapers of the sinking of tho
japanese transport KiushuMaru on
April o. 1904, off the Corean coast by
the Vladivostok squadron IT is related
New-York tribune., 1912-04-14

how the troops on board, several hun
dred in number, having refused to sur
render and having resisted with rife
fire an attempt to board the ship, COM
mitted suicide while the vessel was be-
ing torpedoed, the officers and number
of men who belonged to the Samurai
class destroying themselves by means OF
a-kiri-that is, by disembowelling-
while the others, presumably OF the
lower social order, blew out their brains
with their rifles or shot one another.
This took place on deck in full view OF
the Russian feet, and il was not unit.
the third torpedo had been fired that
the sinking of the Kiushiu- Maru put an
end to the extraordinary scene.
No one knows exactly how the prac-
tice of selfdestruction by hara-kirl
originated. The oldest annals In exist
ence contain references to it as a ma
tional custom. 1t was in the twelfth
century of our era that ii was first In
stituted as JUDICIAL means of ending
the lives of those mobiles and Samurai
who were regarded as meriting death.
but not dishonor. Rules of procedure
were devised, and the etiquette In con-
nection with the affair became as elab-
crate and strict as in the case of duels
in Europe. with this striking difference,
however: ON the field OF honor in the
Western countries the best friend of the
principal acts as his second. In Japan
the best friend acts as his cXecutioner,
in the case of a judicial hara-kiri, APP
pearing from behind screen. and with
one sweep of his long sword cutting off
the head of the principal at the very
moment when the latter, while squat
ting on the floor. having drawn the
smaller of his two swords across his
bare stomach. from the extreme left to
the extreme right. below the waist line.
is In the act of sinking face forward To
the ground
New-York tribune., 1912-04-14
SUICIDE TOLERATED ELSEWHERE.

Japan. however, is not the only coun-
trv in the world where suicide is toll
Grated by rulers. BY most OF the great
military powers any severe violation OF
the rules of honor is regarded as having
been atoned for by suicide, and " Is
only when an officer has failed to take
advantage Of the means of self-desruc-
ton placed within his reach by some
comrade or fellow officer that he Is re-
garded as having forfeited all possibility
OF the rehabilitation of his name. and is
condemned to an ostracism worse than
death by his fellow countrymen of every
class.
Few are aware that the late Emperor
Alexander II of Russia, who was a
deeply religious man, always took the
ground that persons have perfect right
to take their own lives to escape suffer
ing. He always stoutly asserted that
there was not a single word in the whole
Bible, from Genesis 10 Revelation.
which can be taken 10 imply that sui
eide is forbidden. and he alleged that as
self destruction was a common practice
among the ancients. if it We're against
the will of God He would assuredy have
condemned It. either through Moses or
through Christ.
Alexander even went further than this.
He declared that while no word con-
demning suicide can be found in the
Bible texts can easily be discovered i'm
plying that when the burden becomes
too heavy for our shoulders We are justi
fed in laying it down. and In illustration
of this he would often quote the verse.
IF they persecute you in one city, fee 10
New-York tribune., 1912-04-14
THE LIMIT.

"One moment. your honor said tho
prosecutor 81 know you have good deal
Of sympathy for this man. but before you
give him the minimum sentence ! want
you to look at this sheet Of paper
What is it," the Judge demanded.
1T Is a parody written by the prisoner
on Kiplings Female Of the Species.
what" roared the judge. "Fifteen
years at hard labor. Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-14

In the graphic accounts, moreover.
published in The London Times and
other newspapers of the sinking of tho
japanese transport Kiushiu-Maru on
April %. 1904, off the Corean coast by
the Vladlvostok squadron 1t is related
New-York tribune., 1912-04-14
COMPLlMEN

Mand-Miss Oldun thinks that hotel clerk
just lovely
Fthel-Why so?
Maud-IIe wrote opposite her name on
the hotel register. suite l6 Boston Tran
scriUt
New-York tribune., 1912-04-14
MAY WlRTH.

will speedily convince the most skeptical
horsewoman OF the superiority from every
standpoint OF the cross-saddle over the side
saddle. Its universal adoption assures the
ending of punishment for both rider and
horse"
New-York tribune., 1912-04-14
Suicide Still Basis of
National Honor in Japan

the fimsy construction Of wood and
paper, the sacrifice of life to this exag-
gerated conception of patriotism and
loyalty to the Emperor was quite fire.
quent. Dr. Yamakawa concluded by eX-
pressing doubt whether it was in accord
with the wishes of the Emperor that his
portrait should be rescued at the cost Of
human life.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-14
o,;rciple of Hari.Kari Re-
Gently Stamped with
the Approval of
the Mikado.

.,,,nt 1912 BY the Brentwood Company
xrARA-KIRI, or self-destruction. re-
III mains TO this day quite as much
= feature of social life in Japan
,..s the system of the duello in the
.tirental countries OF Europe and in
va, America, and any law designed
.rt a stop TO the custom in Japan
.,,d he certain to prove just as inef-
.,ve as those in the Occident against
S..,pss in single combat on the field
honor For the society, ofticialdom
avon the Emperor of Dai Nippon
.kiri is Just as indispensable to the
.hics of honor as is duelling for the
80 the aristocracy and, generally
.,.sklng, the upper classes of Europe.
Tho fact that the Tenno approves Of
,.,o o.kiri I'm Japan carries much more
..,ybt with his people than any similar
..,c,ion of duelling by his brother rul-
=. in foreign countries. For in Japan,
,,.pte the marvellous progress in West
-, enlightenment by every class of the
,oouIation, the people. one and all, from
40 highest to the lowest, still regard
Aeir Emperor as a divinity, and no.
var the most advanced teachings Of
,merican and European universities
AVE succeeded in impairing In the
aehtest degree the belief of their Jap
rese graduates in the supernatural at
lrIbutes Of their sovereign. Men, for in
sance. who have achieved pre-eminence
sen in Western capitals as princes of
40 most modern branches Of science.
md who decline TO accept Christianity
~ account of its alleged contradictions
md absence of reason and logic, yet
r,nage 10 retain their faith in the myths
md legends of the pre-B Buddhistic era
srends TO this day officially sanctioned
u authentic history-that claim for the
Njkado descent in an unbroken line from
that sun goddess who was the mother
If Gimnu, the first Emperor of Japan
and the founder of the dynasty. 1t Is
me of those phases of Oriental character
nat are beyond the understanding OF
he white man.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-14

man GRADE FARM HELP, superIntendents.
llirn - vorklng foremen. herdsmen, dairy
Ih,."suuasiiers Iaborers gardeners florists but
,,,.tsrs ,.lem, poultry ymen. shepherds, coachmen.
married and single; all ,,S,a naiena,i,es 0dell 4
pobbIns. s25 9th ave Es'ao"she1 is'- Tel
5.,aN IIt,I Reliable English German and
sswsa,sh help always on hand. Mathewson.s
A;ssss; sls Oh sys. Ns" 1sl'pA0n' SIS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16
ENGLAND'S KING
 INSPECTS TROOPS

London, July liking George, after in- specting the detachment of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery company of Bos- ton, now on a visit hece, and the Honor able Artillery company of London at Buckingham Palace this morning, adr vanced to the center of the hollow square formed by the companies and. addressing the men, said
 T am particularly pleased to welcome the members of the old Massachusetts regiment, and I hope they will derive much pleasure from their visit'' The inspection took place at an early hour. as the King had arranged to visi. City of Winchester in order to reopen the cathedral, the foundations of which have undergone alterations.
 A large number of relatives and friends of the officers and men were present in the grounds of Buckingham Palace dur ing the review. The Queen and Princess Mary watched the ceremony from d palace window. The Boston artillerymen, carrying the Stars and Stripes and the regimental colors, led the march.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16
MISS BARNEY IS
 HURT IN FRANCE
One of the Two Beautiful Daughters of Washington
 Society Woman

Bourg, France, July 15.-Miss Natalie Clifford Barney of Washington was badly hurt, a woman friend dangerously injured and the chauffeur killed outright in an automobile accident tonight. The ma chine, which was proceeding to Aix-Les- Baine, skidded and dashed into a rock.
 Miss Natalie Clifford Barney is one of the two beautiful daughters of a wealthy Washington society woman and play wright. formerly Mrs Alice Clifford Bar ney, who, in April. 1911. was married to Christian Hemmick, who is about 30 years her junior. The marriage took place in Paris. She and her daughters, Laura and Natalie Barney were brought prominently before the public in Octo- Der, 1910, through the appearance on the lawn of their house at the capital of an undraped statue It was said at first Miss Laura Barney, who Is a sculptor, had taken her sister, Natalie, as a model for the statue. but this afterwards was denied