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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-12

The expedition of United States sol
diers from the Philippines to China
will be as fit as fiddle General
Funston personally directed its prepa-
ration
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-12
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

And the stormy Jeff Davis of Ar
kansas seems to have Joined Medicine
Hat in its retirement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-12

With his feet in hot water and a
piece of red flannel around his neck,
the Id-fashioned citizen insists, says
the Chicago Record-Herald, that 'tcold
weather is healthy"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-12
Ply THE WY
~ HARyEY PARSONS.

~ I; eide LON tenr
followed by suitors and proposals. And
one might gather that she is also being
followed by an ardent and competent
press agent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-12

Polls Before the Polls and Nor,
Politics.

lHOlIS Before the Polls and More
Politics.
The State Journal does not take a
great deal of stock, as a rule, in the
polls of its morning contemporary but
when this paper can hoist another one
with its own petard. it doesn't mind
doing it. The daily organ of the Tn
surgents'' this morning publishes its
poll of the farmers on their presiden-
tial choice.
Taft received three times as many
as LaFo1lette and led all of the can
| didates, except Wilson, who received
one more. In the item there is this
statement: THE Colonel from oyster
Bay still remains the favorite with the
farmers that are visiting Topeka this
week OF course Roosevelt is popu-
lar with the farmers. Wasn't it Roose-
velt who organized and appointed the
fine commission to aid in making rural
life more attractive None other than
he. But the Colonel is popular with
all of us: but he is neither an .'Insur-
gent" nor a candidate. We wonder
if our esteemed contemporary really
thinks, as the poll would Indicate, that
Wilson is more than three times as
popular in Kansas as LaFolette. They
Soy tA4eAN SAAciNS punt WHICH way Tic
wind blows, but there is no telling
about these straw votes.
William Allen Whites paper. the
Emporia Gazette, it must be admitted
is one of the most interesting ex-
changes which drops out Of the State
Journals mail bag. Last nights copy
which came this morning had one
headline on its editorial page reading,
''LaFollette Did Business
Now here is something that seemed
to be worth while, but upon closer
inspection the article was found not
to be an editorial but merely a news
item in which Senator LaFollette says
of a former associate in the same body
these words:
"Aldrich in all his public life never
ests and his own interests He sold
$50, 500. and he quit the senate worth
$50, 000- In all that time his bust
ness was just being United States SEN
ator. That was ALL
Aldrich appears from this to have had
a pretty good grocery business; and he
must have invested the $4,000 which
he got out of it to good advantage to
secure $5O,OOO,OeO. This seems to beat
what is known as the "Dutchman's
one per cent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-12

Mr.. Whites leading editorials in this
same paper are on 1.-THE County
Farm" and "Old Age and Activity. -
two excellent topics. Mr. White really
excels on economic subjects, rather
than in politics. A few weeks ago,
the State Journal published an educa-
tional interview from Mr. White,
which was a veritable gem, in fact a
diadem. And Mr.. White talked it off
hand one day to one of the State Jour
nails versatile reporters, and Mr..
White o. KID it after he saw it in
print, which is not always the case
with people interviewed. If you did
not read it you perhaps should look up
in the back numbers of your papers.
all of which you are, of course, saw
ing for these "Reminiscences" are not
in the hands of any publishers clam
oring to get them out in book form.
Oh, if we only had a good man to
make some pictures, to illustrate a
book, like our friend IS. T."
But hold, Mr.. White has not tabooed'
politics in his columns, even if he and
Senator Bristow disagree upon presi-
Dental possibilities, Bristow still favor
ing LaFollette and Mr.. White having
switched to Wilson or Roosevelt, for
here is a scream from the Emporia
editor in a little paragraph in the
same issue:
Speaking of agony: The cruel and
inhuman torture that the standpat
editors are undergoing since Stubs
declared for Roosevelt, leaving the
Noble Red Man of the Forest to de-
fend Taft, is too much for sensitive
nerves. A veil should be thrown over
the eXcruciating spectacle! Stubs
advised the farmers to use their heads
more and their hands less. Mrs. Lease
advised them-ouchI Quit Say,
that's not fair: we were just Jokingl''
IChapter LXIII Tomorrow
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-12

Now York NOUce Market.
New York. Jan. I2.-COFFEE-Rio No
2. lac. Futures closed near weak: distant
months, March, S12.52; May. 1850
Clerk (to patent medicine rnan)-IIero
IS a curious credentiaI from one OF oir
customers. Medicine Man-Read IT C,lerL
Before took your elixir my face ,vas
a sight You ought to see II. now Send
me another bottle for my mother-in-la,v.~
Harlem Life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-12

But NEVERTHELESS as Crum-
mer used to say when he introduced
Gov. Hoch. Hon. Taft has been stick
ing around Washington fairly close
since that time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-12

AS we rememb Der it, numerous politi-
clans observed at that time that the
only way to Save the Country was by
the Roosevelt route.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-12

And still the country is not in the
hands of a receiver.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-12

ed traffic into Russell Springs. He
did it by sending a telegram to the
railway officials just as they finished
digging through the drifts into the
Wbound village.
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-26
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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-06
NO sLEEpINe-BAe FOR THEM
LapIanders Preferred the Snow and
the Open Air, and So Had a
Comfortable Night.

Sir Henry Lucy tells in the Corn
hill Magazine a good story that he
had from hansen. the explorer. II
amusingly illustrates the hardy health
of the Laplanders.
Part of Nansen's equipment for his
trip across Greenland consisted OF two
sleeping bags made of undressed
skins. On the first night of the jour
ney hansen and his two Norwegian
companions got into one of the bags,
pulled the mouth tight across their
necks, and so slept in the snow with
only their heads out.
Before retiring to rest, Nansen saw
the three Laplanders he had engaged
for the expedition cozily tucked into
the other sleeping-bag. When he
awoke In the morning. almost numb
with cold. he observed that the bag
In which he had tied up the Lapland-
ers was empty. and that they were no
where In sight. He was afraid they
had deserted him, and scrambling
out of the bag he went in search of
them. He found the three men fast
asleep behind a hillock of snow that
they had scraped together as a pro-
lection against the wind.
"Ah, MASTER" they said. when ask
ed to explain this extraordinary con-
duct, I'VE couldn't sleep in that thing.
1t was too hot, so we got out and
have had comfortable night here"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-06

governor general. That he was quite
a despot can be gathered from the
way in which he contrived = get this
great work done without its costing
a penny to the high and mighty Dutch
East India company, which then held
sway. Even In those early days the
Chinese had found their way to Java
and had also found plenteous means
OF enriching themselves there. One
Chinaman was known to be the
wealthiest man in Batavia. Jan Pie
terson Coen called him into his
doughty presence. When he arrived,
pale and trembling. the governor
said: "Chinaman, / want a good road
to be built from Batavia to Samarang,
and you must build It! You must
build 1t at your own cost. and It must
be well done, tool II you do not do
what I-tell you will have your head
struck or"
No protestation, no lamentation of
the wealthy Chinese could move him.
The work had to be done, or the death
penalty would have to be paid This
the unfortunate possessor Of untold
wealth realized. He loved his money
dearly, but he valued his life even
more; so he stopped lamenting and
set about his task. A whole army of
coolies were set to work and in an In
credibly short time splendid high
way united Batavia and Samarang.
The Chinaman's head remained on hia
shoulders, and It Is believed he soon
found divers ways Of recouping for
his loss Of gold, and Java was the
better on for a fine road that had not
cost the government a penny.
But that happened in the long ago.
Modern governments are debarred
from taking any such drastic meas
ures to enforce the institution Of pub
lie utilities
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-06

no manuscripts existed In this city of merchants.
Herculaneum in the time of its prosperity oc-
cupied to Rome somewhat the position which q
suburban town Of wealth in the vicinity OF
great city fills today. Welltodo citizens OF
Rome resorted thither for the benefit Of their
health as its air was believed to be particularly
exhilarating Rest and quiet from the disturbing
influences of the great center were found In the
luxurious villas which were situated In and
around Herculaneum. There seems to have been
industry in the town except fishing and the
character of the ruins suggests that. like such
prosperous suburban retreat of today, the settle
ment rejoiced in all that wealth and care could
AFFORD Of beauty and convenience.
Agrippina the elder, according to Seneca,
the owner of one of the most gorgeous of the
villas in Herculaneum, which, 1t is believed, was
destroyed by the Emperor Caligula because his
mother had once been imprisoned therein. An
other splendid villa was the Casa del Papiri. The
Nonii of Nuceria were also among the aristocrats
of the time who had villas in the charming little
town.
According to Professor Hughes, "Herculaneum
Is buried not under lava rarely under natural
cement, but generally under locally consolidated
tutf (tuf is the word most commonly used when
the ash is 80 far consolidated as to break into
lumps). Seeing that we have reason to believe
that at least as much ash has fallen since the
first century A. d. as fell in 70 A. D., the first
thing to do Is to endeavor to distinguish between
the successive eruptions. If we could find at the
bottom of layer of ash just enough pottery or
other relics to enable to identify them as be-
longing to the seventeenth century OF earlier
that line should be traced with the greatest care.
In this way we might feel our way back into the
remote past and perhaps somewhere make out
upon satisfactory evidence how deep some part
Of Herculaneum was buried in the eruption of
70 A D."
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-06
CORAL MADE ROADS
lava, Hollands Oldest Colony,
Has Finest Highways in East.
Old Governor General Forced Wealthy
chInaman to Construct One Of
Main Roads-MateriaI Ia
ken From Sea.

The Hague, Holland.-Holland is
famed for its excellent roads, and
when colonies were acquired one of
the first tasks in those regions was
the laying out of highways. Java.
which Is one of the Oldest of Hol-
lands colonies, Is a model to other
eastern countries In the facilities of
its communications, and not a year
passes but that more miles of road
way are constructed. Every three or
every FIVE years, as conditions may
require, the existing roads are height
ened up anew, and they are constant
ly kept In the best repair. BY these
periodical heightenings many Of the
roads that run through the valleys
have come to resemble the bikes of
the old fatherland. The tendency has
been to plane away unevenness, to
make the inclines easy and gradual;
in fact, to do away as much as posi-
BILE with the inconvenience Of a
mountainous country, to which the
dwellers in the Netherlands at home
we're not accustomed.
AS every inch of Java il arabic
land, there were no stone quarries
from which material for the roadways
could be delved and so other means
had to be resorted to.
1t was the ocean, or, rather, the
very tiny denizens of the deep, that
furnished the necessary material.
Java is surrounded by coral vefs,
which the minute creatures have pa
tiently been building up for untold
ages. 1t is of this coral, the remains
Of the dead and gone millions of ami
malculae, that the roads are made.
The Javanese go out In their boats
to the reefs and there they stand the
whole day, half submerged in the wa
ter. breaking up the coral. When the
boat is filled with pieces of convent
ent size 1t is rowed or sailed ashore
and the coral is spread on the roads
that require 1t. Mixed with the soil,
it makes the best imaginable material.
being strong and easy for traffic. In
former years the natives were COM
PEELED to do this work as a sort of I'M
remunerated service to the govern
ment. Later ON. when the ideas of
serfdom began to change, the natives
were paid for their work and were
only obliged to give a few days of
every month of their time to the gov
eminent Then. and not so very long
ago, the compulsory service was abol-
ished altogether. Nowadays the roads
are mostly kept in repair by the con-
victs-"the chain gsng' as they are
called in India.
The very first road built st the COM
mand Of the Dutch in India was that
from Batavia to Samarang. stretching
Just half the length of Java. The IA
nous Jan Peterson Coen was then
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-06

tined to England Sir William Jar.
dine noted its existence in Scotland
last century More widespread. how
ever. is the death watch superstition.
confess that the ticking of a death
watch at night gives me an uncanny
Keeling Sir Thomas Browne. In his
vulgar Errors" was probably the
nrst TO give true account Of this
oeatn watch: "'s the noise IL
made by q little sheath winged gray
insect. found often in wainscot bench
es and woodwork in the summer. We
nave taken many thereof. and kent
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-06
y SMALL STORES BOOMING.
Certain Retailers Have Not Been Injured by Great
Enterprises.

When while ago, the great stores had so
increased In size and In the multiplicity of things
they dealt in that they could supply about every
human requirement" said a city dweIler some
people thought that the day Of the small store
keeper was over that the little storekeeper
couldn't compete with the big one, but the small
store is still doing business. I see as many
OF them II not more than ever before: and at
this. at first, I wondered; but don't wonder so
much now. since our baby came
and butcher shops and various smaller stores fur
main everywhere; am speaking of those other
many smaller stores. supplying dry goods and
fancy goods and hardware and housefurnishings
These are the little stores that were to be put
out OF business. but which do not seem to have
gone. And what has the baby TO do with all
this? I'll tell you.
The mother with young child, whether abe
is with or without servants sticks pretty close
10 nome, the better to look after the baby's vel
rare. For her minor shopping. anyway she
doesn't go far She finds that in her neiRhbor.
MOOD there are many little shops where thew san
many things. and II she finds these places To he
nice little shops. where they keep nice thines az
iected with taste and Judgment, she keeps ON
buying there steadily
There are thousands of such shoppers sc.t.
tered everywhere about the city, making bushes.
Ior the neighborhood shopkeeper The great
stores 90 great business, whose vast volume an
nuafiy increases but there appears stiu IN -.
room FOR the little storekeeper too n he WIN
make his store and his goods attractive. ana 40
business In really businesslike way"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-06
GIVE WELCOME TO CRICKET

TO kill cricket There is local
superstition In Lancashire that crick.
cts are lucky about house. and win
do no harm to those who use them
well: but that they win eat holes Ia
worsted stockings OF such members
OF the family as kill them" The
writer adds that he was assured Of
this 'cn the experience OF q respect
able farmers family
The cricket superstition Il not con-
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-06

spends from two to three
millions yearly In digging.
The excavations at Pom
peii alone cost 100000 lire
a year. The government
will also search the soil
OF Herculaneum, but that
is not so simple an under
taking as the uncovering
Of Pompeii, over which
vineyards and olive groves
have spread. Above Her
Magma Graecia. We ex-
pended 10000 lire to salts
fly the wish. That is what
we did also for the Brit
ish Archaeological school
In Rome, which desired to
C o m plet e spe cial re-
searches In the Forum OF
Nerva.
The Italian govern
ment," Signor Corrado
Ricci continued. ALREADY
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-06
EnterprIslno.

In section of Washington, says
Harper's Magazine. where there are
number of restaurants. one enter
prising concern has displayed in great
illuminated letters, open All Night. "
Next TO it was a restaurant bearing
with equal prominence the legend:
I'VE Never Close"
Third in order was Chinese laun-
dry, in little. low-framed. tumble
down howell. and upon the front of this
building was the sign. in great.
scrawling letters:
Me Wakee. Too"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-06

them In thin boxes: wherein I have
heard and seen them work and knock
with little proboscis or trunk against
the side Of the box. like a piscus
martius. or woodpecker. against
Tree But explanations. however
clear. do not dispel superstitions, and
the sheath wing insect" stu ticks
terror into the hearts Of watchers
about q sick bed.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-06
The Crooked wav.

District Attorney whitman of New
York. according to the Washington
Star. was talking about the sad case
OF western banker who had stolen
q great sum from the depositors.
THE man." said Mr.. Whitman
lived beyond his means-motor cars,
a house with eleven baths, son at col.
lege. daughter coming out. wife hun
CRY for diamonds The inevitable re.
suit followed"
Mr.. Whitman smiled and ended:
The unfortunate fellow got strait.
ened. so he became crooked"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-06
AGED AND LONELY; MARRY
Kansas Pair Who Were chIIdhood
Friends FIfty-seven Years
Ago Wed.

Topeka. Kan.-Samuel c. Wyatt,
seventy-four years old, and Mrs. Susan
Pettijohn. seventy-two years old. were
married In the probate court here
The pair first met ffty-seven years
ago when boy and girl in Missouri
II has not been an unbroken court
ship. for the old couple insist that
they were just good friends then and
both have been married since. When
they became widow and widower. a
correspondence began which resulted
In the wedding.
We were both lonesome" the
groom exp tned
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-06
Ancient Superstition Still Lives u
Many Parts Of England and
Scotland.

The cricket on the hearth is sun
q welcome suest In many English
households. says a writer in the Lon.
don Chronicle. For the cricket is be-
lieved to bring good luck to a house.
while bis departure Is certain har-
binger Of svil tidings. It Is unlucky
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-06

Perhaps man can't be married
against his viii. but many a poor man
discovers later that be was married
against his better Judgment
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-06
Defined.

Trifit's face?" VI o'o
Tnat depends. His enemies sall IL a Cbessy
scrutible smile" - M
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-06

heved to have been an
aggregation of merchants
very largely, and as such
they were not particularly
representative Of the life
and thought of the most
highly cultivated people
of the times. One Of the
reasons for this belief in
the different character OF
the two cities is the dis
covery of such a large
number Of manuscripts at
Herculaneum, whereas at
Pompeii no manuscripts
have been discovered.
Some students Of the ex-
cavations attribute this
fact to the greater de-
struction that took place
at Pompeii or to the fact
that so many of the valu-
ables were removed, but
this point of view is dis
puted by many persons.
who are of the belief that
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-06
Doing Her Beat

Doing Her Best
Do you try to be all things to all men,-
Il do what can to cater 10 a prefarenca -
swered the summer girl. I've been both !.
blonde and brunette this past month"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-06
COLD HOODED AND
DEATH nElTrNn

81 have used your Cheatham Chill Tonic In nv
family and can reeommend u to everyone Affected
uther remedies failed" Price soc Sold ana guaF-
anteed By All dealers. A. b. Richards Medlcins 20,
khernzan Texas. Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-06

Notwithstanding all the arguments
that have taken place, few disputed
questions have been settled
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-06
chanoed n. sneel..

Wasn't the forbidden fruit an ap
ple?"
Yes. but at the time Eve handed
1t TO Adam It was a lemon"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-06

not famed sven for Its COM
merce; but owing to its posi-
ton in the middle of the Bay
Of Naples, with Vesuvius and
Mount Somma in the back
ground, the site was a favor
lite one with wealthy Romans
for their villas. 1t was de-
stroyed so rapidly by the
eruption Of Vesuyius in A. D..
70 that the. excavations there
are sure to bring to light an
cient life just as 1t was lived.
Pompeii was buried slowly
beneath volcanic ashes and