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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-21
MONEY PILED HIGH
Three Thousand Checks in
County TreaSurer's Office.
More Than 100000 Collected
in Five Days.

With 5000 checks piled up before
them the force in County Treasurer
Weightman's office today attacked the
job of receipting for the taxes paid in
this manner since Monday morning.
The amounts vary from so cents to
the immense sums that the railroads
pay in tax in Shawnee county.
Another week will be required for
this work. A small steamer trunk in
the vault of the office of Treasurer
Weightman is filled to OVERLOOKING
with the checks and letters accom-
panying them. Many of the checks
are for the wrong amount. Others are
left blank to be filed in when the
amount is determined and still others
are for certain amount of money
with no description of the property
enclosed. The checks are expected to
aggregate between 100000 and a
quarter of a million dollars.
During the first five days this week
people stood in line for hours waiting
to pay their tax before the per cent
penalty provided by law for taxes un-
paid after December 20 became effec-
tive. In those five days the amount
paid in cash was sos, 35490. This
amount was handled by Mr. Weight
man and no mistakes in making
change have yet been discovered.
Inc daily payments of tax run into big
figures if only the cash is counted. The
cash DaVmPnfS for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-21

Every body read the state Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-21

Order Xmas plum pudding, home mad,
cake and pies. Mrs. Challis, DeIicatessen
Phone 926.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-21

Fine rollers and Norwich singers: rem
edies for sick canaries, gold fish. 81
Jackson.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-21

Fine line pocket knives and razors. F.
A Bauman, 425 Kan. ave, opposite p. o.
Adv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-21

Now is the time to buy your wood, a
kinds, hard and dry, in any amount ca
3726. Cash Coal Co.-Adv.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-09
sNa,,,an. 4he niplcrnat.

Herbert Spencer insinaates In one
Of his Sociological works that the In
direction, the coquetry, the fnesse-
may. all the arts which we ind %
adorable In women-are modified
forms Of hypocrisy. Before the ad-
vent OF civilization woman had In
pure self defense to practice an elab-
crate deception. In order to please
her brutal lord and secure FREEDOM
nance among dangerous rivals she
had to disguise her natural sentiments
and return caresses for blows and
smiles for discourtesy. As she could
not accomplish her purpose by force.
she became m expert In domestic d.
plomaey. The crafticr. the more guile
full she was the better were her
chances OF survival And thus II has
come to pass that. though the neces.
sity for intricate behavior Is now
much lessened. women practice today,
in raore elusive and refined way. the
arts which the instinct Of self preser.
walton imposed upon their barbarous
ancestresses. -H. 81. Boyesen in Lit
erary and Social Silhouettes."
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-09
KINGSTON.

KINGSTON, Feb. 9-Mr. and Mrs.
George Dutro and two children OF
Modoc, Ind, are here for the winter
visiting their Relatives, Mr.. and Mrs.
c. l. Scott, and rooming at the par
sonage.
Mrs. A. V. McCol.um and Miss
Hettie Slaughter are visiting at the
home of D. P. Woods.
Rev. A. ]. Terry of Evergreen
La, was a guest of G. w. Rich from
Saturday until Monday of last week
when he left ON his way south, ON 6
preaching tour of the state In an eff
fort to arouse greater interest IL
foreign missions among the churches
before leaving for his mission etatioG
in Brazil, to which he and his wift
have been recently appointed b!
the foreign mission board of th'
Southern Baptist convention.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-09
TESTING A PICTURE.
Tlssot, the Famous French Painter,
and HE Critic.

Tlssot the Famous French Painter,
and His Critic.
An interesting story is told of
Jacques Tissot, the great French paint
er. While in England he painted q
beautiful religious picture and. meet
ing q countrywoman. asked her opinion
OF his work. Its a chef d'oeuvre. :
she replied. giving a remarkably just
and detailed appreciation of the vari-
GUS merits of the really splendid paint
Ing.
Are you satisfed?" asked a friend
Tissot answered in the negative. he
entirely repainted his picture, working
night and day.
When finished he sent again for his
fair critic, who pronounced ii ad
mirable and remained silently admir-
ing it with smiling criticism.
Are you satisfied" asked the frient
again when the lady had departed
NO." replied the artist, and he set t.
work for the third time.
When the Parisienne saw the new
painting she gazed at it for some mo
ments with evident emotion and thel
without a word sank softly to he
knees and began to pray.
Are you satisfied nowT' whispere,
the friend. and Tissot said "Yes."-
London Saturday Review
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-09
To Give Him the Sack.

Two noblemen In the reign of Maxi
milan IL-1564-1566-on a German.
the other a Spaniard. who had each
rendered a great service to the en-
peror, asked the hand OF his daughter
In marriage. Macmillan said that, as
he esteemed them both alike It was
impossible to choose between them
and therefore their own proweSs must
decide it; but, being unwilling to
risk the loss Of either by engaging
them in deadly combat, he ordered a
large sack to be brought and declared
that he who should put his rival into
1t should have his fair Helena. And
this whimsical combat was actually
performed In the presence Of the i'm
perial court and lasted an hour. The
unhappy Spanish nobleman was first
overcome, and the German succeeded
In enveloping him In the sack. putting
him upon his back and laying him at
the emperor's feet. This comical COM
bat is said to be the origin Of the
phrase "Give him the sack" SO COM
mon in the literature Of counting
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-09
LAST OF The YAoUIs.
Passing Of . Once Famous Tribe Of
Mexican Indians.

Mexican Indians.
All the world has heard of the IA
NOUS Yaqui Indians OF the state of
Sonora, Mexico. They are for the most
part jewellers in the hills. crudely arm
ed with primitive weapons, but ter
rife fighters who have more than once
decisively beaten the soldiers of
Mexico.
Peaceable when undisturbed. fully
alive to the richness of their mines
and the value of their fertile valleys.
they sought only to defend that which
was theirs from the grasping hands of
those who desired their mines and
their lands. Like most aborigines.
however. they were doomed from the
FIRST. What was at the time of Cortes
a tribe Of 5000 strong. able to defy the
warriors of Montezuma. has dwindled
until there are now not more than
800 souls in the valley of the Yaqui
river and in the mountain gorges
which wall In the source Of this
stream.
The bulk Of the Yaquis have been
wiped out In sanguinary wars or taken
prisoners and shot. and those for whom
no excuse for death could be found
have been deported to the fever strick
en- wales Of Yucatan. The Yaquis as n
race are no more. but their passing
has been made complete only during
the past few years Wide World Mag
AEfne
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-09
The pax of the carxsr.

Carving was once a serious thing.
The sixteenth century carver was a
professional He had to make the
joint At the guest. The size Of his
slices was the thing. Then he had to
know his guests and cut accordingly.
A lord, for instance, at the table. and
pike was dished up whole. Smaller
fry. and the pike came on in slices.
The same procedure with pig. The
rank of the diners decided whether ii
should appear at table in gold leaf or
naked, whole or sliced. With bread
too. there was difference. New or
three days old baked was at the dis
erection OF the carver as he sized up the
visitors. And as for the apportloning
OF the tidbits according to precedence
there was no end The old time carver
in fact, was born and then made
London Standard.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-09


Elm the Andes, half a thousand feet
higher than Pixies peak, Is to be found
the Peruvian Garden of the Gods. adj
mired by every traveller fortunate
enough to visit it." writes William w.
Afford. 3. b. G. s.. In. the Century.
at IL locally called the Rock forest.
though In no sense of the word is 1t a
forest. It simply resembles one when
viewed at a distance Of ten miles. The
traveller may be forgiven the error of
thinking 1t forest as he sees it for
the first time and forgets that he Is
no longer where trees grow. but with
In half an hours ride Of the highest
city In the world, Cerro de Pasco.
perched like condor on the high
peaks Of the Andes.
1.-THE Garden Of the Gods In Colo
RADIO boasts Of a few spectacular rocks,
but they are few In number. and the
area which they cover Is not large
The Andean garden covers nearly q
hundred times the ground and in
beauty and interest surpasses Its
northern counterpart In the same ra'
| to-"
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-09
Ferr Feet of a Eorss.

sits a funzy thing" said the OLD
animal trainer. but you cant train q
horse to walk on hi foe feet because
he amt built that way. Take the dog
or cat animals and they'll not only
walk on their fore feet, but they will
go up and down stairs with their hind
legs in the air. It's little harder 20
teach than walking on the hind feet
but 1t is merely a matter of patience
and of knowing how. but get horse
Off his hind legs and you have lame
horse. Dozens of trainers have spoiled
from one to twenty horses apiece try
ing for the trick, but the nearest any
one ever came to 1t was an English
trainer who had a jackass that could
stay up for little while. but even the
Jack was strained and soon had to be
destroyed. Horses taken into upstairs
theaters win go up the steps as agile
as cats. but when they come down
they have to be backed down That's
one reason why horses used in hill
work break down so quickly. It's not
the long, hard pull uphill; It's the hold
ing back going down."-New York Sun.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-09
English Etchings.

Nearly one-hfth of the deaths In
England occur In public institutions.
It was In February. 1897, that the
shores Of Great Britain were last in
vaded.
A house and land In the center Of
London gave a rent of $500 half a
century ago The ground rent Of the
land alone now is between $4,000 and
$1,000
London taxicab chauffeurs receive
Is per cent of the gross receipts Of the
cabs, but they have to pay for the
fuel used. All public motors are 1t
ted with taxtmeters.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-09
Tho Garden of Eden.

In some of his lectures Professor
Robert w. Rogers of Drew Theological
seminary expressed his opinion on the
location of the garden Of Eden. He
thinks that the garden OF Eden was
somewhere in the region lying between
the rivers Tigris and Euphrates. In
an address before the Harlem branch
of the Y. II. @. A. some years ago he
said:
when the search for the holy grail
ceased in the middle ages the human
mind took up the problem Of the loca-
ton of the garden of Eden. This has
been put In many places-Armenia.
Utopia. Atalantis 1.-THE prehistoric con-
tinent) and equatorial Africa. Chris
TOPPER Columbus thought that Vene-
zuela was the place, and because there
is an Adams peak on the island Of
Ceylon others have put the garden
there. 1t has also been found In Pal
estine and at the north pole"
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-09

So great was the indignation Of the
American colonists in 1765 against the
stamp act that the Connecticut stamp
officer rode into Hartford on a white
horse to deposit his resignation, with
a thousand armed farmers riding after
him, and said he felt like death on q
pale horse with all hell following him. 50
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-09
The Silent Moon.

Dead silence reigns On the moon. A
thousand cannons might be fired and
a thousand drums beaten upon that
airless world. but no sound could come
from them. Lips might CULVER and
tongues essay to speak, but no action
Of theirs could break the utter silence
Of the lunar scene.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-09
A nalinhtfuI ch.nna

An artist met one Of his fellows a
few days ago whom he had not seen
in several years. Both are very well
known men. Their greeting was de-
nghtful
"Well. well. old man, what are you
doing nowT' said No. !.
Clipping coupons" was the easy re-
ply. with the same pair of scissors
with which l used to cut the fringe OF
my cuffs"-New York Sun.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-09
rurtlaa Are Slow

"Herer' called the impatient guest
The obsequious waiter came to his
side, says Judge.
Seems to me that soup l ordered is
a long time getting to me-"
''Yes, sir, but you must remember,
SIR, that you ordered turtle soup"
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-09

"Come, dear. Can't you hurry a 1T
tle2 Well soon be too late to go to
church at all"
"oh, no. dear" she said softly while
slowly buttoning her gloves; 1--WE can't
be too late. I've got on my new suit +"
In olden times deformed people were
frequently thrown into prison to be
kept out of sight
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-09
Qisanpointed.

$50 you advise me not to sueY' said
the client.
II do" said the lawyer.
well" returned the disappointed
client ''it seems strange that when a
man pays for advice he can't get the
kind he wants" -Chlcago Post
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-09
Liohter AZ the Equator.

A body weighing 10000 pounds at
the equator would weigh 10.O31 pounds
In New York.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-09
How : wild Horse sue<s,

Rufus Steele, In Mustangs. Busters
and Outlaws of the Nevada Wild Horse
Country" In the American Magazine.
tells of the glorious sport of capturing
and training wild horses Busting"
is no sport for a novice. Real busters
are trained to the game from child
| hood He writes:
"A touch of the spur or a flick Of
the quirt signals the start. His knowl-
edge Of what to do must be heritage
/ from his ancestors, for all horses do
It, and all American wild horses are
sprung from horses that once carried
men. He popSdown his head and levi
/ tates straight heavenward. While he
and you are high In the air be arches
| his back and stiffens his body to iron
rightly. Thus he comes back to earth
| The sensation to the rider Is as If his
spinal column had been struck by q
pile driver The impression Is not
analysed at the time, for the horse
goes into the air again Immediately.
I He swings TO right or left. or he
/ changes ends completely while In
the air. and you come down facing
southwark. whereas you were facing
northward when you assembled
Millions Opinion.
Milton was once asked II he Intended
| to instruct his daughter In the diner
ent languages He replied: mo, sir.
One tongue Is sufficient for a woman"
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-09
Miiton's OpinIo

Fame can never make rs lie down
contentedIy on a deathbed.-POpe-
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-09
Best Trains to the West.

For Rse& Pullman Reservations information
fas WEST BAY STREET JACKSONVILLE FLA
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-07-27

to quell disturbance in many cases,
In any event no inc.vidual can then
asssil an officer and afterwards plead
immunity on the grounds that he
didn't know he was an officer" !
And again, Logan is now a city of
nearly 5000 people. 1t is no longer
country village, it is a modern ups
to-date city excepting in this matter
of uniformed policeS Let us attend
to 1t at once. twill give to the
city an air of metropolitan that 1t IL
sadly lacking and 1t will serve to
reduce the present moderate record
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-07-27
i. i. r.
LET US HAVE REAL
POLICEMEN.

Doesn't it strike you rather strong.
ly that Logan City should be left
without any police
or course we might modify that
query by inserting the word real"
before police. Now this Is not writ
ten as a slam at the men who are
now serving TO the best OF their abil
ity as the sworn guardians OF the
law" but the oolnt Is how is stran.
ger visiting In Logan to know a po-
liceman when he meets him? Some
little emergency arises, an officer is
needed, how is the stranger to know
who to go TO under the circumstan-
ces?
The fact OF the matter Is the To-
gan City police force should wear uni
formsl There are a great many ad.
vantages to a uniformed police force
aside from the mere appearance OF
the thing-and this incidentally is no
small consideration. An officer of the
law carries his life in his hands-so
TO speak. When an emergency calls
for active participation on his part
he needs the protection which the
authority of his Office should give
aim. A liI'le metal badge worn care.
fully hidden under his coat is not
sufficient. He needs the robes OF
his authority. He needs the habila-
ments of an officer OF the law. He
needs a police uniform! Even the
very sight OF the uniform is sufficient
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-07-27

How REVENUE
TARIFF WORKS.

The Tribune Governor Wilson, the
Democratic candidate for President
Is running upon Platform which de
clares that under the Constitution II
is not lawful to impose tariff duties
for any other than revenue purposes
Accordingly, we may all expect the
same results to follow in the dubious
case of his election, that followed the
election of Grover Cleveland in 1892
that is, that the tariff would be taken
off from wool, from lead, from zinc
from sugar, all special products in
this region, which positively needs
tariff protection in order
The Wilson tarirr law, of the Cleve-
land administration was not as thor,
ough going Democratic proposition
as Cleveland wished it to be; accord
ingly, he refused to sign the bill, al
lowing 1t to become a law without
his signature, by holding it the con.
stitutonal time, and filing 1t with the
Secretary of State without his sigma.
ture. He styled It a measure OF in
fanny, treacherous to Democratic prin-
cples. because it did not go far
enough in taking off the protective
tariff from sugar and other American
products.
But imperfect as 1t was from a
Democratic standpoint, and poorly as
it may vindicate the Democratic stan
dard in that respect, it was a dis
astrous measure enough for all this
region. 1t is true that the Democrats
were not able to interfere with the
lead tariff as they wanted TO do, be-
cause of the objection from Democrat
ic members OF Congress who repre-
sented districts where lead was pro-
duced, and where the members would
not vote to take of the protective Ia.
riff from lead and zine, but they vot-
ed TO take II of from wool. and the
consequences to the wool growers in
all this region were disastrous. The
failure to carry out the Democratic
purpose in its entirety In the destruc.
ton OF protection for the lead, inc,
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-07-27

! II is of the moment in which the peo-
pie of Denver meet such emergencies.
Space does not permit a recountal Of
the many individual acts of heroism
associatd with the rescue of the flood
victims, suffic 1t to say that like 9TH
er American catastrophies It abound
ed with deeds of valor unrestricted
to any particular race, sex or color.
Before the flood had fairly abated
the big Auditorium in which the last
National Democratic convention but
for third time) was held was
thrown open as refuge for the
flood sufferers, and simultaneously a
relief fund was started.
Within a week the fund has grown
to $4,000 and each day is adding its
portion to the same. In addition to
this, beds. bedsteads, food, articles
Of wearing apparel and many other
necessary articles are being donated
to the destitute. The result does
Denver credit. She has shown the
same remarkable faculty for taking
care of herself as characterized San
Francisco in the great disaster which
devastated that great civic center a
few years ago.
Meantime, with its rampant OF
from tempest and storm is not Lo-
gan Cache Valley, a good place to
live?
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-07-27
F,DIToRlAI'
SIDELICflTS

/. that money nave employed had II
been kept at home? And 1t would
have been kept in actual circulation
al the time.
/ The Democratic platform written
by the original progressive, foreshad
ows a tariff for revenue only. and a
mighty appeal is to be made to the
poor man to support that ticket, that
he may have the necessities of life
reduced SO that he can save some
thing from his wages. But will he
be getting wages when that time
comes?
And what will he save? A suit of
clothes weighs perhaps three and a
half pounds. Suppose the tariff is
collected on that, how much more
will the poor mans suit cost? And
then II he loses his job or is given
work on half time where will he get
the money to buy that cheapened
suit?
The trouble with all the progress
ives is that they are struggling
find something which will quiet the
unrest of the people, and do not
know where to look or what the mat
ter is. 1t is a simple story. Money
was invented to be a measure of val.
ues and medium of exchange; so
that when the cattle raiser of Laco-
MIA drove his beeves over to Corinth
and sold them, he could carry home
their value in small compass. Then
money was measure of values and
a medium of exchange, and it in great
part stopped the barter which had
always been the rule. But when the
Israelites started for "the promised
land and camped under Sinai they
became disconnected and murmured
at Moses and at God, and all turned
progressives. They put their jewels
and bangles and cups into a furnace
and smelted them and out came a
golden calf, which they fell down and
worshipped And that has been the
trouble with the world ever since.
Gold has not been a fair medium of
exchange, but a something to worship
and our progressive statesmen have
the disease so badly that they can
no longer reason clearly. God smote
the worst of those under Sinai; that
is really what some of our leading
.progressives need now.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-07-27
Il +
THE ECClES
ROAD.

We are pleased to note the head
way now being made by the Eccles
people in the construction of the new
interurban railroad. The ties are
rapidly being laid and the rails are
Immediately following. II looks very
much as II their promise to bring
the people of Hyde Park and Smith
field in to the County Fair over the
new electric road is about to be full
filled.
Not quite so much Roadway is in
evidence to the southwark but the
assurance is given that this end will
be the center of activity as soon as
The Smithfield line is completed.
We are still of the opinion that an
extension of the present line to the
top of college hill would also be a
work that would meet with the hearty
approval of the people of Logan and
we should like to see this proposition
taken up by the railroad people In
time to have it in operation for this
winter.
However, time is the limiting fact
or in most of our human operations
and undoubtedly the extension will
be made at as early 1t date as is
found consistent by the railroad peo-
pie.
Meantime We congratulate them on
the splendid showing which they are
making.