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The Washburn leader., 1912-11-15
LAZY men OF cHAMPERY.
Why tho Women Of That Primitive
District Wear Trousers.

OISITlSt V0dE lTOV80T3s
The women of Champery. a primi-
tive mountain district of the Canton
Of Valais. in Switzerland. have worn
trousers from time immemorial.
1t further appears that the men Of
this district are noted for their indo-
lent habits and that, beyond acting as
guides to mountain climbers in the
summer months, they lead practically
idle lives. 1t follows that the women
perform all the bard labor required of
a mountain people. 1t is the women
who pasture the cattle on the steep
and often dangerous Alpine slopes, cut
the timber and NOW the grass. 1t is
no uncommon sight to observe a
Champery woman at the conclusion of
her daily toll returning to the village
dragging her husband on the wooden
sleigh that is in common use through.
out Switzerland.
In view, of the above 1t is not sur
prising that the women of Champery
should have adopted the masculine at.
tire. Their dress is of the simplest
kind. jerkin of rough. dark blue ma
terial. with trousers to match and
red handkerchief to protect the head.
Inasmuch as the wives and mothers
Of Champery perform the greater part
Of the toll usually deemed the duty Of
the stronger sex. it is not astonishing
to learn that they affect certain mas
culine habits. the chief Of which is the
pipe, The Clampery woman puffs
away with considerable enjoyment at
short brer as she proceeds With her
labors.-Harrer's.
The Washburn leader., 1912-11-15
Ma Knew. IL. He Didn't.

"Are you going to marry Sister
Ruth?' asked the small boy of the
young man who had been invited to
Sunday dinner.
"Well-er.' stammered the young
man in great embarrassment. "I-er-
I really don't know. you know"
.That's Just what I thought" said
the boy. "Well. ma says you are."
Ladies' Home Journal.
The Washburn leader., 1912-11-15
Gestation Pariad az E~.e..

Gestaeion Period OF Ewes.
The CESSATION period Of the eve. or
he time she carries her lamb. Is be-
tween 145 and $50 days on the aver
lge. Ewes bred the middle Of Octo-
ber are due e lamb the middle Of.
Marcia good time for lambs to come
e good shelter is available. II shelter
y poor. however. 1t is better for the
lambs to come the last Of March. A
EFied ram Is OF great value In insuring
We time for the lambs to arrive. II q
4 great disapp ppointment to have lambs
isolning for q period Of nix weeks.
The Washburn leader., 1912-11-15
His. Best Friend.

Many great writers besides Cicero
and Emerson have written on friend
strip, but 1t may be doubted whether
any essayist had a more definite idea
than a small boy who was recently
asked what he meant by "best friend. 81
my best friend.' he replied, ''is a per-
son who knows me and yet likes me. /"
Golfers. a3f
The Washburn leader., 1912-11-15
littIe pitc,e,,,,,.,, !,

Willie Uncle Jack. did you choke on
that cake batter ma made yesterday 2
Rich Old Uncle Good heavens. no,
child! What put such an extraordinary
idea into your headf WilHe-Why, 1
heard pa tell ma he inside you cough
up the dough. Exchange. .s3
The Washburn leader., 1912-11-15
NHintar pairxina..,.. I.

That fall fresh cows ana fall and
winter dairying are the most profitable.
ssevldenced By the experience Of dai-6
Itymen Who have made money, from
milking cows. Every dairy experiencsl
sepordng m ,luusnal success Involves
Kinter dairying. This a itssIf II alll
- proof itAs farm dair yman nsed \
The Washburn leader., 1912-11-15

The imported Jersey bull Noble
of Oaklands stands at the head OF
J. B. Haggin's Elmendorf farm.
near Lexington. Ky. He is regard
ed as the most celebrated Jersey
bull in the world. His record as a
prize winner himself and for prize
winning progeny is unsurpassed, al
though he is only six years old.
Ninety first prizes and champion
ships stand to the credit of Noble
of Oaklands and his get within the
past three and half years.
The Washburn leader., 1912-11-15
Great suc,csss.

Clara-Isn't It perfectly lovely-this
higher education Of women? Dora.
Why? Clara The paper says 50 per
cent Of the Vassar college graduates
get married.-New York Weekly.
The Washburn leader., 1912-11-15
Both Punished.

ssPOp!
( Eyes. my son. III
Elm olden times a woman who was
q common scold was punished. wasn't
she?'
s'Yes. my son. So was the man she
married. Yonkers Statesman.
The Washburn leader., 1912-11-15
ARealI oen,.tlIs IMAM,

One gentlemanly thing about den
.tist, Z remarked the man on the car.s
III that he never rubs It n By saying
e.rrllis hurts me more than It does
you. 4. ,Toledo Blade. Il
The Washburn leader., 1912-11-15

j.. Lady, Viola. imported from the
island of Jersey by J. B. Haggin,
ranks among the famous cows of
the Jersey breed. She inherits quail
ity and excellence from splendid
line of ancestry. She is the dam OF
Noble of Oaklands. Viola's Golden
Jolly (Which sold for $4,000, and is
fine type of the breed. She is
great butter producer and has three
daughters with butter records on
the island of Jersey.
The Washburn leader., 1912-11-15

n little sunshine set aside Tor 4 rainy
day ID better than an umbrella.
Youths Companion.
The Washburn leader., 1912-11-15

The Pennsylvania State college
has recently been conducting an eX-
perimen, to determine the cost of
producing draft horses. The illus
tration shows a Percheron grade
gelding used in the experiment. 1t
is profitable for the farmer to raise
draft horses. for by the time they
are full grown and fit for market
they have earned every cent they
cost. Their price is profit.
The Washburn leader., 1912-11-15
Premature 10y:

vsll. !. well. weill I'm certainty glad
Z met SyouF' 1s5
f Im sorry. oil man. but | gave ny
Inst dollar to ny wife inst before /
.isft hons Houston Post
The Washington times., 1912-06-16

54-inch Imported Mohair Sicilian,
with a very bright luster and per-
manent finish. This Is the quality
the tailors are using for mems
suits. as we'll as for ladies' wear. A
bargain at Sl.26, to go at our 2Cc
Rebuilding sale, per yard. CON
The Washington times., 1912-06-16

Ladies' Lace Lisle and Esnbroid-
cred Hose, the regular Csc, 35c,
and soc qualities, in the Re ITO
building Sale at, a pair...... LIZ
Three pairs for SOC.
Bargain Table-Main Floor.
The Washington times., 1912-06-16

Cut and padded, ready
to be adjusted to any
coat. Saves time, la
Dor, expense, &C, be-
sides assuring you of
q we'll -fltting garment.
Our regular 81 grade
Rebuilding Sale E0O
price ............ cSS
The Washington times., 1912-06-16

rs dozen Embroidered
Soft Dutch Collars; ;
regular Csc values; any
number of pretty styles.
Rebuilding Sale 10Iiso
price, each.... lAT~N
The Washington times., 1912-06-16

This Navy Blue Storm Serge is
full "a to 55 inches wide; first
quality and guaranteed all-wool.
We have only a limited quantity,
so be prompt. Worth nearly dou-
BILE the price we ask. During the
Resuildins rarS Sale per 69c
The Washington times., 1912-06-16

10-inch Ribbons of excellent qus1-
ity Taffeta and Double faced
Pink, Cream, Maise, Lavender,
Red, Sapphire, and Black. Ribbons
worth 500 and $1.25 q yd. Ak
Rebuilding Sale price,. fJC
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-09
GLOBE SIGHTS
By THE ATcHIsoN GLOBE.

Sometimes a man who can't think of
anything to say, talks a good deal
AS a rule, one who doesn't want to be
imposed on, wants to impose on others.
Neither need one trek to the desert to
find a good deal of this mirage business.
A marathon runner is such a willing
worker, it is a wonder he doesn't ride d
bicycle.
Not all that is lost is found, but more
of it is than the losers have reason to
suspect.
How old does the average woman get
before she quits calling her women as
sociates 'girls?"
There are so many bull-headed people
in this world, it is a wonder there aren'
more deadlocks.
There is such a thing acquiring a.
deep disgust so regularly that it will de-
velop into steady crouch.
It one has to stay up late. 1T becomes a
great hardship, but it really is apt to be
more harmful when he stays up because
he wants to-
Speaking of gratitude, I was once
witness for the defense and, although he
was cleared, 1 still have these witness fees
coming to me.'-Rufe HoskinS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-09
CoNCERNTNG KENE.

Last week Mr.. L. L. Kiene who has
been on the staff of this paper for
eighteen years, voluntarily resigned his
position as managing editor to go into
the campaign for the Office of sheriff of
this county. A good man thus left
a newspaper to enter politics and there
by politics will be the gamer.
Mr.. Kiene has been an able, conscien-
tious, faithful reporter, city editor and
manager. In a close association with
the writer for these long years he has
proven himself the soul of honor, of
unquestioned integrity, and of the
highest character; a man in whom the
utmost confidence may be placed.
Perhaps nothing stronger can be said
than at the end of his service he de-
serves these words.
With an even temper, a genial dispo-
sition. courage, capacity and qualifica-
items for his past work, it can be con-
adently predicted that should he be
nominated and elected to the Office he
seeks, he will make popular, fitting,
valuable and efficient officer.
Under these circumstances, in TAX
ing himself from this paper. he must
necessarily take the kindest wishes for
his preferment.
Kiene comes of a remarkable family
and has a fine one himself. His father
and mother are exemplary people who
have a splendid farm near Valencia
and have raised, with their crops,
eleven model chiIdren-two daughters
and nine sons who honor them and who
are successfully following various call
ings. Mr.. Kiene's own family is a wife
and five children. Altogether the
Kienes are noteworthy and deserve
more kindly attention than this brief
mention. made because there is a fit
ting opportunity to make it.
Mr.. Kiene is succeeded by Mr.. c. A.
Cain, courteous, conscientious, pains
taking and capable man who has been
with the State Journal for years as po-
litical and general reporter and who is
familiar with his new duties.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-09
LAYHAWKER JOTS

CLAW Center is the birthplace of a
summer drink called the Roosevelt
Bolt
Occasionally, a locality lives up to IT'S
name. According to the Grainf1eld CAP
Sheaf, rain is sorely needed at Dust
Corner, Cove county
He would be a brave young man and
of large financial means who would at
tempt to fill Miss Adah Funnel' II
Clifton, with ice cream.
Whenever a man in a public posi-
ton begins to think it is his own PIT
waite business, then it is time TO MAKE
a change, thinks the Burr OAK Her
aid.
There is no more music in the air at
Innan. The Inman Review reports
that on account of low water all the
frogs have disappeared from Lake IN
man.
Click Fockele, of the LIE Roy Report
er. advises: Stockings washed peIore
wearing will last in good conol1 tI,I'h
Cub on the Toronto Republican IS par
ticular to add: They should also be
washed after wearing a reasonable
length of time.
a lady living nearby, relates the
Chase County Leader, brought nine
6ozan eggs to a local merchant one
dav this week, and remarked that sne
would eat all the rotten eggs found IN
the lot. Her credit showed three dozen
GOOD eggs. and we are wondering
whether the lady will stay with her
bargain.
hint from the Cedar Enterprise that
the candidates for various nominations
he a little more free with their adver-
listing. The candidate who treats All
people and keeps his name we'll before
the public now until the primary next
1swafO IN
August is the one In our OPINION WI"
will land the jobs.
Poets may sing Of the Harvest
Noon saws the Pleasant Prairie cor
RESPONDENT of the Clifton News, but the
farmers think more about the harvest
sun. And here is another observation
from the same source; The trees IN
chiIdhood's lovers lane are sugar
maple; in youth they are soft-maple'
and in old age, silver-maple.
Words of cheer and great consolation
for some of the Kansas postmasters,
from the ST. George News: 1t would
seem that the p. ms over the country
right now would be at a loss to know
lust who is who and the why of things
about their jobs. Wait boys, time VIII
bring results and if we get the right
sort of a crowd in, some of you will lose
your meat blocks.
Some warm talk for delinquent sub
scribers from Editor Mayse of the
Ashland Clipper: 1t amuses US to note
how "huffy'' some fellows are because
we have scratched them off our list
That's all right. Hereafter If you get
this paper you will pay for it. Every
one of you low down ours whose names
have been stricken off owing us from
one to three dollars are jus stealing
that much If the amount is not paid.
Don't get funny now about it. If you
don't like it just remember the editor
is at his desk every day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-09
ny THE WAY
nY HARvnY PARsoNa-

The story of the 70-year old woman
who jigged for FIVE minutes confirms
the rumor that there's no jigger like an
old jigger.
An Oklahoma girl has discovered a
way to remove parental objection to
her marriage. She removed the parent.
That there is money in guinea pigs
has been doubted by many raisers or
pet stock, but the Chicago man whose
little boy fed the family roll to the
family guinea pigs, votes in the affirm
alive.
Willum Alum White sounds the key
note of the New Party. Like all other
source, 1t is a diScord in the soprano
register.
Arrangements have been made to let
both Taft and Wilson know of their
nominations. They will be startled
this month, thus ending a pair of Sc
we're suspenses.
The portable" fad, which has re-
suited in portable houses, engines, ct
cetera, has reached Mexico. The Mex
lean rebels have q portable capital, and
when the federals put the skids under
them, they can load the capital on
mule and take it along.
The chances seem passing fair t-lat
Judge Archibald will miss his regular
summer trip to Europe.
Men may be superior to women in
some ways, but no man could wear
tight shoes, pinching corset and
sweet smile at one and the same time.
Mans favorite subject to brag about
is that he knows all about cheese and
politics, which, upon sober thought, is
practically an admission that he is
posted upon but one subject.
The woman who takes care of her
husbands present and looks out for his
future, doesn't have much time to
worry about his past.
Yesterday we demanded the name of
the third member of the new party
and after it was too late to kill the
paragraph, got word that it was Joe
Bristow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-09
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

IF'rom the Chicago News.1
Some married men act as frisky as a
young widow.
Talk isn't always cheap; 1t often costs a
man q black eye.
A bigamist is a man who has more
wives than brains.
bent pin on chair makes an excel
lent starting point.
It's easy to earn living, but getting it
is another proposition.
No, Alonzo, you can't make both ends
meet by stretching the Imagination.
Our idea of optimist is a man who
saves little sunshine for rainy day
An occasional failure encourages the
hustler to make a more strenuous effort
Experience is a great teacher, but grad
yates are handed their diplomas by tie
undertaken.
Love may not make the world go round
but it has that effect on the wheels in the
lovers head.
A piece of colored glass looks beautiful
in a church window, but it doesn't show
up well in a ring.
man never knows how fleet footed he
really is until he has occasion to make a
getaway from the leap year girl
And many a mans self-controI is due
to the fact that his wife is big enough
and strong enough to sit on him oc-a-
sionally.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-09
says UNCLE CAV

1t is the curse of most "reformers''
that they are mere iconoclasts- Most
OF US are willing enough tc tear down,
but find ourselves hopeless1y lost in
the task of building up. Perhaps it
| has not even occurred to a majority
of those who are trying t. remake the
world that there is such a thing as
eradication by process of substitution.
Also, there is some justice in the view
point of the idol worshipper who de-
mandS something better in return for
his broken gods.
You may be perfectly justified in
your effort to make over your little
corner of the world. No doubt it
needs it. Most corners do. If you are
big enough for the job, and have some
thing good to substitute for something
things up. 1t will be fun to watch you,
and perhaps in the end you'll render
US a service. But don't smash our in
situations until you have something to
exists serves some sort of a purpose.
We make use of all that comes to
hand. AS we make use of things, we
grow to depend upon them-to need
them. Have a care then, how you up
root weed if you do not plant vege-
table in its place.
1t is an easy matter in office or shop
to find fault with other peoples ways
of doing things. 1t is quite as simple
to set the entire establishment by the
ears and break up old methods. 1t is
hardly more difficult to accomplish a
similar result in religious or political
affairs and the end is always loss. If
you were born to be a reformer, the
world has need of you, but it has a
right to expect that wherl you under
take the task of reforming your fell
low workmen, you teach them how to
improve upon their methods. If you
attck a political proposition, you owe
it to your fellow citizens to be ready
to substitute something more nearly
correct. If you attack any mans re-
ligion, you should in the same breath
present something better.
Remember that no iconoclast ever
built nation nor an enduring sect.
The breakers of idols have Uttered the
earth with debris and passed on, leav-
ing to men of faith and discernment
the task of rearing another structure.
Remember, too, that ground stripped
of weeds brings forth only more weeds
until grain crowds out tho wild growth
that it is better for ground to bring
forth weeds than to be barren. You
have done your fellow man no real
service until you have given him some
thing better than the idols you have
DESTROYED.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-09
EVENING CHIT
BIZ RUTH CAEBRoN.

IF you can keep your head when al
| about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it or
you;
men doubt you,
| But make allowance for their doubt
| ing, too;
If you can wait and not be tired by
waiting;
Or being lied about. don't deal on
Or being hated, don't give way to
| hating,
| And yet don't look too good or
talk too wise -Kipling.
| To be clever is an excellent thing.
| To know how to throw a veil of I'M
consciousness and pretense of being
just like other people over your clev-
erness is even better.
| Likewise, to be accurate and right
when you make statement is good
thing.
To know better than to be positive
when you make one of these accurate
| statements is even better.
I wonder If there is any quality
which wins for its possessor more dis
| like than positiveness?
1t may be founded on the most
praiseworthy accuracy and well in
formedness,' but that makes no diff
lference-to a world made up mostly
of common people, positiveness is al
ways irritating.
Haven't you often noticed how de-
lighted everyone is when one of the
positive folks by any chance is
wrong?
If anyone else made the same blum
der he would be unostentatiously set
right. But when the positive man
makes the mistake, it is heralded
abroad and laughed over and made
fun of with great eclat.
The positive one can not understand
this. 1t seems most unjust to him.
I'm sure I'm usually a good deal
more correct than these people who
are Growing over me for this one
blunder," he thinks resentfully.
Quite so, my friend, but you for
get that by your Tam always-right''
attitude you have been rubbing it into
these people so long that they couldn't
help being delighted at a chance to
return the compliment.
For any girl-or man, either, for
that matter-who desires popularity,
should recommend positiveness as
red light on the track to be sedu-
lously avoided.
Be as accurate and well informed
and as right as you can, but don't
let on that you are so.
People will like you much better
if you let them have the pleasure of
discovering these qualities in you.
People always like to discover things,
you know.
BE sure you're right, then go
moral standpoint, but for social con-
duct, "Be sure you're right, then keep
it to yourself is better
For no matter how we'll you fulfill
the rest of Kipling's Ifs" if you
fail in that one, If you "look too good
and do not reach the full measure of
a man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-09
THE CALL.

Turn We again, my people, turn;
Enter my palace wild and rude
And CHEEKY let your camp-fires burn
Throughout my scented solitude.
The glare, the tumult, and the stress
Are gone with yesterday, and we
Are children of the wilderness,
OF wonder and of mystery.
Mark how the titled mountains lie
Mantled with moss and clustered nr'
My brother, canst thou pass them py'
Art thou not too worshippeT!
The long lake wrinkling in the vino
The breathless wood, and, over All,
Through tangled underbrush entWlneo
The riot of q waterfall,
The multitudinous sounds that blend
In one vast stiffness void OF souno'
A slumber too divine to END,
Interminable and profound.
Close to the bosom undefiled
OF her who bore mankind 1 press
Receiving like a wandering cn1lo,
Her inarticulate caress.
Turn We again. my people, turn,
Enter my palace wild and rude,
And cheerly let your camp-flres puTn
Throughout my scented solitude.
Alan Sullivan, in Harper's Magazine
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-09
FROM OTHER PENS
GERMANY TARrNc q,

GEHMANH TAKING THE HINT.
Durlng and as a result of the Ameri-
can senate investigation into the I'll
tanic disaster 1t was repeatedly s1g-
gested that ocean steamships Should
be equipped with searchIights and that
they should be built with watertight
inner nuns. 10 these suggestions de-
muir was made, on the ground that
the searchlights would be not only use
less but actually bewildering. and
therefore detrimental to safety of
navigation, and also that the inner huh
would probably do more harm than
GOOD Inc proposals were derided by
some persons as the foolish notions of
landIubbers, who knew nothing about
navigation. 1t is now to be observed
however that the second maritime ma
ton of the world is taking both of
these suggestions UP in practical
has recently entered this harbor
through dense fog with the aid of
a powerful searchlight, which was
found to be of great utility Also
one OF the largest of the German ship
ping companies is considering the inn
mediate construction Of a great vessel
containing complete inner hull, which
would remain intact and watertight
and would keep the ship afoat and
it's contents in safety if the outer hull
were torn to fragments. These items
do not prove the entire wisdom ant
practicability of the suggestions in
question, but they do indicate that they
were not so Informed or fantastic
as to merit only contemptuous dismiss
sal. We recall vividIy that not a gen
Grafton ago one OF the foremost rail-
road authorities of the country resist
ed demand for the removal of coal
stoves from passenger cars, with the
declaration that he would never bur-
den his soul with the responsibility of
installing steam heat in railroad trains,
and thus Of subjecting all the passen-
gers to the horrible danger of being
cooked to death by the escaping vapor
whenever there was even a slight mis-
hap to the train. 1t seems probable
that some equally Bourbon-like notions
in navigation will have to be abandon
ed.-New York Tribune.