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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-08

FOR SALE-FTNE BLACK LANGSHANC
SETTING EGGS. PHONE 1881 BLUE
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-08
BANK STATEMENTS.
Published in The Topeka State Journal
April S, 1871
OFFICIAL STATEMENT
at the
FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE

STATE SAVINGS BANK,
At Topeka. State of Kansas. at the close
of business on the End day of April. 1912
REEOITRCEl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-08
UNDERTAKING.
FLORISTS.
HAYES

for fresh flowers. Weddings and funerals
a speciality. 1O7 West 9Th.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-08

WANTED-Horses and mules to pasture.
Checksfield. Bell $50. Ind. 1875.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-08
TRANSFER AND STORAGE.

MERCHANTS transfer and Storage Co.
furnish expert packers; also look after
fire. ghf rh mes tR6 Skinner 3 fsavhart
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-08

FOR SALE-SingIe Comb Rhode Island
Red eggs. Ind $40 Ring X
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-08
WANTED-MALE HELP.

| WANTED-500 men and boys daily to get
free shaves and hair cuts at Schwartz
Barber College, Ill East 9Th. In the shop.
shave SC: hair cut 1Oc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-08
CEMENT MrRK.

IF YOU DON'T GET US to lay your walk
or cement your cellar. we Will both lose
money The name Of Crouch" on your
walk Is a guarantees. Ind. phone 26s1-1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-08

WANTED-A young lady with good musi-
cal education and good references. for
responsible position in our sheet music
department. Call personally. w. F.
Roehr Music CO., $50 Kansas ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-08

WANTED-Horses and cattle to pasture
Bell phone 3952-R. 3. E. Westerdale,
r. r. 8.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-08
ANNOUNCE MENTS.

W f. SCHLICHTER Democratic candi-
date for sheriff. believes in salary system.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-08

J. w. BELL, candidate for sheriff. DEM
ocratic ticket.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-08

SHERIFF JONATHAN d. NORTON Is a
candidate for second and last term.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-08
WANTED-FEMALE HELP.

WANTED-Colored lady for house work;
no washing; bring reference Call at
81 Lincoln.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-08

FOR RENT-Eight room house. s1s Yves
ern ave. Ind. phone. N. 2. GARRISON.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-08

FOR RENT-6 room modern house. III
East Fifth st. INQUIRE sol Jefferson Sc
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-08

WANTED-An experienced canvasser for
good selling line. Commission one-third.
Address Capitol care Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-08

YOU ARE WANTED for government
lob, 5000 month. Send postal for list of
positions open. Franklin Institute, Dept.
1850 Rochester,. n. Y.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-08

WANTED-Lace curtains to laundry:
work guaranteed. Ind. 247O- Black
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-08
PICTURE FRAMING.

FRAMING, regilding. mat making. mount.
ing done by J. D. Sullivan 1z2 W. EishtS
street Parking. shipping. etc
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-08
Fob RENT-H0USES,.

FOR RENT room cottage, gas, city wa
ter. 324 Shawnee ave, by DR.. Swift, s24
North Kansas ave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23
Trying to Adjourn

Majority Leader Underwood will bring the session of Congress to an end tomorrow night. It is a session that has rendered Mir. Underwood s name historic. He has been a leader who has commanded the support and respect of his colleagues, and no error is attributed to him. He does right to speed the closing. of the session after a continuous service nearly nine months long.
 The expectation of adjournment to- morrow rests upon the belief that the President will sign the Panama canal bill Agreements will be reached to- day on the legislative, the army the sundry civil and the postoffice appropriation bills. These great bills involve hard problems, but as all arc in the hands of conferees agreements will result.
 The general public cares very little about the squabble that has ariser over the eligibility of officers to the position of chief of staff of the army but it has deep interest in the pro posed beginning of a parcels post con- taincd in the postoffice appropriation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23
The nobIes pended,
Standard Oil Government

sl Senator Penrose's disclosures do not so much relate to the bull moose can didate as they do to the rottenness of the republican party in past years. That party served the Interests" be- cause in presidential years the "inter- ests" filled it's campaign coffers. Pen rose says that in 1904 the Standard Oil handed out $125,000 and he inti- mates that $150,000 more was wanted near the end of the campaign. All told the contribution of the Standard Oil in 1904 was at any rate $125,000!
 It is too late in the session to probe this matter to the bottom, but after the election it will be taken up and carried to the fullest possibility of publicity.
 The world now sees why the dissolu- tion of the Standard Oil was managed SO SfldJ lt iCu u CANtiiSioi anu NiA largement of it's power rather than to any diminution of it. It's power was increased. nh
 The utter rottenness of the republi- can party in the past is summed up in that contribution of $125,000 by a single corporation in single cam paign. It simply meant that the trusts had bought the right to exploit the people. They prefer Roosevelt, who keeps hands off the tariff and who was ready to aid monopoly.
 All this will be fully investigated after the election. Let it go over, but next winter the people will demand a full exposition of the alliance which has long existed between the republican party and the trusts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23
The Red Mountain Road

Birmingham will have a well devel- oped park system in the course of time. Beautifrl Boulevards belong to park scheme, and in no part of the country are conditions for good road building and park and road landscapes so favorable as right here in Jeffer- son county.
 The park commissioners seem to be alive to the importance of the work ahead of them. Such system as they will block out and promote with the assistance of landscape architects, will require patience. To begin with it will require year or more to mature plans, and it will be eight or ten years before Birmingham has its innumer- able pleasure grounds, it's great boulevard mileage and its civic center fully developed.
 In the meantime Birmingham has more beautiful drives than most cities, and for comparatively small ex- penditure one of it's finest show high ways=Altamon road, now about a mile and a quarter in length--cpuld be extended along the top of Red noun tain westward mile and three quar- ters or two miles, which would bring it to Twentieth street
 The South Highlands has its boule- yard in Highland avenue, and Nor wood, on the opposite side of the city, has a boulevard nearing completion. Automobile sightseeing today em- braces Highland avenue, Altamont road and Norwood There must be a pleasure driveway before long across the city along the line of Twenty eighth street. This cross-town high way would shorten the distance be- tween the two great residence sec tions. But even now pleasure riders can take spin along Altamont road, traverse Norwood and, by the way of Norwood boulevard, reach Mt. Pinson road, speed along that popular thor oughfare for 12 miles or more and be back in town all inside of two hours.
 As Red mountain is in the city limits the county cannot aid in. build ing a mountain boulevard, but indi vidual interests could well afford to have this work done. It would en- nance values throughout the entire South Highlands, and would add greatly to Birmingham's fame as a beautiful city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23
Sunny Jim Has Said It

Sunny Jim' has actually been noti- fled and the country is safe. As soon as he had been notified he announced the discovery by him of the fact that Governor Wilson is not in his class. He is but pedagogue, and pedagogues in the Sunny Jim mind rank far below statesmen. Sunny Jim is sure enough statesman, and he can tell pedagogues as far as he can see them.
 President Taft comes along with a telegram in which he praises 'the pro- teetiye tariff This went to the bot tom of Sunny Jim's heart, for he is d protectionist of protectionists. He stands by every line of the Aldrich- Payne tariff and his regret is that the rates in it are not higher.
 Governor Wilson will have to brace up and stand it. Sunny Jim has writ ten him down mere pedagogue unfit to associate with statesmen like him. self. This is body blow, but Wood row Wilson bids fair to live it down Coming as the charge does from Sun- ny Jim hmself-the prince of states men-there is nothing to do but to ac- cept the odium and struggle along as best we can.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23
NOT OF HIS SEEKING
ron the New York Journal.

From the New York Journal.
 Uncle and nephew were at the lunch room table together, and the nephew was ildgeting and shuffling in way that an- moved his avuncvlar relative.
 Willie" stormed the old man angrily eff you can't sit still an dbehave your- self as you ought to do, I shall give you something that will cause you to remem- Der your concuct."
 The boy. more i'll at ease than before began to whine.
 ''I can't possibly sit still, uncle," he complained bitterly. And it's not my fault. either It's all your fault uncle.'
 My fault!' echoed uncle, in surprise How on earth do you make that out?p
 Well" said Willie. ''the other day whcl I asked you swhat million was you said "A laundering lot D
 'Yes?" quer.ed uncle.
 Well that's the answer I gave tn; teacher to the same question, and-booi- that's why I can't sit still now"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23
CONFER FOR THE SENATE

From the Anniston Evening Star.
 There is quite a-prevalent opinion in the state that Governor Conner would prefer to go to the United States Sem ate rather than be made governor again.
 This is believed to be the ex-gover- nor's preference, but there is very great question as to what the people think of it.
 There are issues for which Governor Conner stands that would unquestion- anlv make him strong candidate for governor. These. however. are state and not national issues. While they would give him a strong following for gov ernor they might not cut much ice in an election for the United States Sem ate.
 This Is not intended as an expression for or against Governor Conner for either the governorship or the Sem ate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23
HELPED BY PRISON LIFE

From the New York World.
 Harry Valon, Jack Rose and k'Brldgie" Webber reported yesterday that they were ready to write arr
 ticle on the benefits of prison life. They went into the West Side court prison with their nerves unstrung and
 their muscles habby. They said yes terday that they were in the pink of
 condition, their eyes clear and their
 nerves true, and the prison physician
 bore out their statements.
 l They lay the improvement to the
 complete change in their manner of
 living. There are no more late hours.
 Instead, they have risen each morn
 ing at and they have retired when
 the lights were turned down at 10. l Their food and drink have been
 limited to plenty of plain but whole some provisions and liquids that meet the approval of the driver of the wa ter wagon" Drugs are barred unless prescribed by the prison physician, and Dr Campbell has not ordered any in their cases.
 They have exercised regularly for at least two hours each day. starting in with walking in the corridors and recently taking up more violent forms. Rose in particular Is pleased with the change. He lays to it the loss of the terror which at first made him afraid even when he was behind prison walls, gdarded by one of the district attor- ney's trusted men, He has subscribed for set of physical culture exercises which he expects to follow as long as he is in the district attorneys care
 None of the prisoners was permitted to receive visitors They listened from their cells to the religious services that were held but did not join in them
 Rose, as has been his custom since he gave himself up, spent much of the day in writing. The subject of his present work is the cause of much speculation, but he declines to reveal what it is or to answer the questions that reporters send up to him. There is one form of enterprise at least that has seen the chance to use the bald headed gamblers to its own proft-that is the hair restorer busi- ness One of the gamblers relatives said yesterday that in the last three weeks Jack has had three offers to try out various applications with Che promise of a handsome reward if he grows new thatch and permits his name to be used for advertising pur poses.
 But Rose is confident from experi- ments he has made in the past that there is no hope. He has been quoted as saying that as soon as the present trouble was over he would leave New York and begin his life again in some place where he is not known. He be- lieves, though, that his peculiar ap pearance would be handicap in doing this, as the publicity given his pie lures has been so wide that he would be recognized almost anywhere. To change this cut he has much more confidence in wig than in any thing in bottled form and has said that he would purchase one before he
 leaves New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23
----.s'---------------- STARVING IN NEW YORK

New York Telegram to the Pittsburg Dis
 patch.
 The little ones, ranging from 1o months to 10 years in age hadsall the food yes terday And so 1t was that MoislSy reeled and staggered as he went down the steps of the dingy tenement and took to the streets on his final quest for work-and life.
 Papa, we like some other food" his 6-year-old boy Tom had pleaded as he left the flat
 "Ial get it, Tommy" the father an- swered, but he had no hope of getting it.
 It was very early In the morning. The millSmen's wagons were the only vehicles on the streets, and the grocers' boys, car rying hot bread and supplies to the doors Of customers, were the only other pedes- trians along his way.
 Harry Herskowtz, whose father keeps a grocery at 115 Ralph avenue, saw the thin, pallid man moving slowly along Put nam avenue. Harry had left bag of supplies at 979, and he happened to turn around just in time to see MoislS leap into the doorway. seize the bag and start on run for his own home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23
HOW RAIN BoREs HOLES

When rain falls it does not actual ly soak into the earth. but bores its way in, forming tiny tubes" says an interesting article in the current liar per's Weekly. These tubes are so small that 1t would be Impossible to insert hair in one of them without bursting it's walls. Sometimes the tubes are bored down to depth Aof four or five feet. When the surface dries the water evaporates from the tubes, just as it would from a pipe. If the tube is twisted it takes longer for the water to evaporate. If one takes a rake and stirs ~the ground after each rain, he breaks the tops of the tubes, and the water will stand in them for months. In this way the farmers of the west, on the semi-arid lands. store the rain fall one year. and raise crop of wheat every other year--there being suffi cient water in two years. but not enough in one. to raise crop
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23
WHY THEY MARRY HIM
From the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 The ungallant conundrum composed by Oliver Herford respecting certain lady of numerous matrimonial ventures has been applied to Nat Goodwin But it was answered dramatically in the surf at Santa Monica Wednesday. It is easy to see now why women marry Nat Goodwin"
 MT. Goodwin confesses officially to 55 years. Whether this is a complete confession or stage statistics we do not pretend to know. But if the estimate Is not accurate, it is the more to MT. Few men at any age would match such a feat, and rare is the man who carries
 the romance of the brave days when we were 21" through the doldrums of
 the forties and beyond. Nat Is nearing the age when men are almost reconciled to being called "old
 gentlemen" young girl might give Nat her seat in a car. And here he is daring the perils and, what is wrose at his age. the discomforts of treacher- ous Neptune as if he were the young Leander.
 No wonder women marry Nat Good win He isn't much of Galahad but Launceots are quite as scarce nowa- days. And when Nat gets out of the hospital he won't slap the lady in the face like the Count de Lorge, although he might do well to quote her: No love, quoth he, but vanity, sets love a task like that" But Nat is much more likely to mar ry her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23
The Iron Market

The local iron market continues ac- tive with an upward price tendency. Spot iron is firm at s19 and first quar- ter iron brings s12.5O on No. basis
 Rogers, Brown & Co.'S Cincinnati re- port, just received, says:
 Changes for the better are noted in all districts. Inquiries continue in good number and buying is being in dulged In freely at advanced prices. Pig iron stocks on hand at furnaces on August 1 are estimated at being con- siderably less than a million tons and reports now indicate that this is be- ing further reduced rapidly.
 Large purchasing has been done for 1913. Prices are higher for this delivery and furnaces are expecting better fig ures for next year Many of them are sold up for the balance of this year and those with available tonnage are getting more money for it. There is an extremely satisfactory feeling all around, with this particularly true locally. Some of the southern Ohio fur naces are practically out of the mark et with full order books.
 "The finished products also continue in excellent condition, buying in all lines being excellent Railroads are making better purchases than for a long time and the immediate future is full of promise.
 "Southern iron has stiffened, $12 now being conceded to be the minimum for prompt or this years delivery. uCoLa tS uyifhout rhanoa Pricea re strong, with fair inquiry and good movement. There is little contracting being done"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23

Bryan four years ago. but this is the only time since MT. Cleveland was elected that I thought the democrats stood any chance of winning.
 Colonel Roosevelt is not going to make the big run that some people think he Is. I do not think he will get as many electoral votes as Taft and President Taft will not get many.
 T gather from men familiar with politics that Henry Watterson's fore cast is conservative enough. He pre- diets that Wilson will get not less than 300 electoral votes and that he will possibly get 400.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23
One Term Enou gh
sion.

The democratic platform declares in favor of single presidential term, whether that term be one of four or six years, and after sweeping dem ocratic victory in November this pledge of the party will be heard from again.
 At present nothing can be done in that direction. The whole matter is tangled up in the Senate, and no con- stitutional proposition looking to a change in the presidential term will be laid before the states this year.
 The democratic pledge affords the hope, however, that next year some- thing will be done to end the use by the President of the steam roller and of patronage and of efforts to catch the popular fancy. As things now stand policies are shaped more or less by the second term possibility. To stop that President must be rendered in eligible to a second term, and then we will have Presidents who will give the country their best efforts without fear or favor. They will look to his- tory for their reward.
 In the House the Clayton resolution providing for a single presidential term of six years has gone over to the short session, and in the Senate noth- ing will bs done. The subject goes over to next winter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23
STEPPING WESTWARD
N William Wordsworth

By William Wordsworth.
 "what, you are stepping westward =
 Yea -'Twould be q wildish destiny, If we, who thus together roam In strange land and far from home, Were in this place the guests of Chancei Yet who would stop. or fear to advance, Though home or shelter he had none, With such sky to tead him on? The dewy ground was dark and cold; Behind, all golomy to behold; And stepping westward seemed to be A kind of heavenly destiny; liked the greeting, twas a sound Of something without place or bound; And seemed to give me spiritual right To travel through that region bright The voice was soft, and she who spake Was walking by her native lake; The salutation had to me The very sound of courtesy;
 Its power was felt; and while my eye Was fixed upon the glowing sky. X The echo of the voice inwrought human sweetness with the thought Of travelling through the world that Ia, Before me in my endless way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23
KAISER IS AN EARLY RISER L-x.,, la f,ri de Pa I.iS.


 William II, Emperor of Germany 's an early riser and likes to have everypouy about him follow his good exampie nc is up every day at o'clock ready 'o so to work or to take an outing on morse hack His high officials complain that they are torn too early from the sort de- lights of sleep. Herr von be'hmahh- Hollweg, who is a famous sleeper a9- commodates himself with dinlcuisy 10 th's strenuous regimen. He ohIy a"aAehs after many calls from his valet de cham bre and when drawn from his bed makes ,,s toilet slowly and always arrives late at inc nalace to find the Emperor await ing. him with impatience.
 some days ago the Emperor, after hav- ing waited for him until 6:so o'clock, de- cided to go and surprise his chancellor in Frederick street. He found him in the bath. Il wish to remind you. my dear
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23
WHY THE SEA IS GREEN

From Answers. London.
 Although it is common definition to call anything sea green" most people hesi- tate between blue and green when asked to say the color of sea water. AS mat fer of fact the quantities of Blue ana green sea water are pretty equally divided. By nature green. sea water grows blue ac- cording to the saltness of it.
 Thus. the Arctic waters are as green as the grass of Ireland. while the At lantio is decidedly blue-though not as b,ne as the Mediterranean sea, which re- ceives practically no fresh. water at all. Revond blue and green, 1t Is no unknown thing for sea water to be otherwise col .ored. Frequently stretches Of the sea uill turn a radiant snow white, and no scientist yet has been able to give d reason for it.
 E,ouallv unsatisfactory are the reasons given for the sudden changing or sea water to an inky black shade, as happened , few years ago in the Bay of Santa Cruz. Red and yellow sea water IS com naratively well known through the Chi rese Yellow sea and the Red sea.
 Various interesting reasons are gwen lor the waters being such color,. but scieh- titcallv the shades are declared to be due entirely to peculiar vegetable growtns oe- meath the respective waters.