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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-26
DAFFYDHS
By U. NoALL.

If Italy told the truth would Tripoi?
CThis is fine weather. What? Yes
for Eskimo dogs)
If Nell Brinkley sprained her toot-
sic and crawled into a baby carriage
would Ella Wheeler
CWho touches one hair of yon bald
head, dies like houn. dog COW oR)
March on, he said-)
If you saw cat washing her face
would YOU give the catacomb?
6Sayi! Amt you got no education q
talI.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-26

Perhaps that riot" in which some
Of the boys of Topeka high school in
dulged recently is not to be condoned.
But the worst they did was to punch
up each other a trifle. And YOU can
scarcely expect boys. especially when
the approach of spring begins to stir
the red blood in their veins, always to
act like perfect ladies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-26

Oklaboma's Democrats have tried to
fix things SO that they viii be assured
Of prominent seats on the national
Democratic bandwagon. Half of their
delegates to the Baltimore convention
are instructed for Clark The others
are instructed for Wilson
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-26

New Jersey is figuring on putting
poll tax of 81 on each of the cats
within its confines. The enthusiasts
for the plan figure that it viii be the
means of increasing the revenues of
the state by many millions Of dollars.
But how do they propose to collect
this tax? The people of New Jersey
who will admit the ownership of cats
are probably as few and far between
as they are in other states. Just be-
cause a cat has annexed itself to a
family is no evidence that said cat is
the property of that family.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-26

Kansas has more university and col
lege students enrolled in the various
higher educational institutions in pro-
portion to population than any other
state Nor is that the best of it. Manv
of these students are preparing them
selves to go back to the farms and
make couple of heads of wheat and
q couple of ears of corn grow where
only one grew before
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-26

There can't be anything to the con
tention of the famous Viennese must
cian that "Alexander's Rag Time
Band is note for note like the syn
copated theme of the grand opera, The
Girl of the Golden West" Were that
the case the music in the latter would
have received more acclaim from the
audiences in the provinces.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-26

At least. it will have to be admitted
that the man. who committed suicide
in Nebraska the other day by crawling
up to a railroad track and placing his
head under the wheels of slow-mov-
ing switch engine, vas possessed Of
something Of nerve.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-26

When the jury brings in a verdict in
the KimmeI case there will be great re-
lief among the sticklers for accuracy
in the newspaper world. IT has vexed
some of them that they have had 70
write about White testifying he is
Kimmel. OF course. if he is. he isn't
White =. --s 1855
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-26
by THE WAY
BY HARVEY PARSONS.

Every once IN a while. an old head
puts over something worth while. On
a street car today, a female child OF
about IS years and a wild desire 10
appear older. crushed in, and with
two sideways wiggles and a shipper
and oozed into seat say" said the
old lead on the back platform, "this
new method OF raising babies makes
me tired. If that poor little girl waA
stripped of all her-foolishness sha
would be stark naked"
Jack johnson will allow himself 10
rounds in which to dispose of Flynn
OF course he wouldn't want to spoil
the pictures by making il any shorter.
We hate to admit it. but Hon.
Stubs needs a haircut Friends
should see to it at once That is one
of the several things that allied La
Toilette.
Topeka thanks to legislation. has its
unemployed; Chicago has its unem-
playable. Perhaps the Chicago unem-
ployed are waiting for the Kansas
brand of legislation.
William Penn Nixon. journalist.
died last week. The fact that he was
only 10 years of age and that the field
for well-paid journalists is COMPARE
lively small the ambitious cub report
er will get but little satisfaction from
reading his obituary.
Among those who almost attended
the Dem ocratic blowout last week was
Richard Hopkins Of the Seventh Dis
trict Dick announced that he might
run for congress again, but up to a late
hour this afternoon has not added that
he would run on the InsurRent Re-
publican ticket
'Juarez at Mercy OF Rebels a
headline which has been kept In cold
storage for several months. Is again
exposed to the open air.
And. as for Sprfng-Gentle Sprinr.
we haven't spotted any robbins. buf a
large number of coal-sm oked spar-
rows are coming out to protest against
a gas-less winter
Sneed claims be violated no law In
we hear of Texas state laws he NAV
be right. He didn't play cards. ana
there is no evidence that he vatered
his whiskey.
But. in several other localities. the
OF casual acouainfarco
would be considered at least 4 far7-
pas, and subject to a Reprimand
When lawyer closes Up the viii
case he has been carefully nursing and
living off of for twenty years h. IL +.
sure sign the Hand OF death is upon
him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-26

No rose without its thorn. New
York's Metropolitan Museum of Art
finds it necessary to expend $1,000 600 IN
a. addition that will provid, room for
the housing OF the Morgan art treas
nres that are to be removed from Eu-
ropean. centers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-26
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Apparently the American people have
no desire to forget the old battleship
Maine. which was sunk in Havana har-
Dor. The demand for pieces of its hulk
for relics is larger than the supply.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-26
HUAOR OF THE D<Y

Head Doctor-How many patients A..
since yesterday Head S,,rsc E rleo
But didn't inject eight?'-IIfe ven
Frost Critically ill is hee sro-.-
critical OF everything and erer,-i.r,,.et -.
Harper's Bazaar. -eess-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-26

Jack Johnson will allow himself 10
rounds in which to dispose of Flynn.
OF course he wouldn't want to spoil
the pictures by making il any shorter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-26

We hate to admit IT. but Hon.
Stubs needs a haircut Friends
should see to it at once That is one
of the several things that allied La
Toilette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-26

Topeka, thanks to legislation. has it's
unemployed; Chicago has its unem-
playable. Perhaps the Chicago unem-
ployed are waiting for the Kansas
brand of legislation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-26

Roosevelt's action is too brutal to-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-26

There is this satisfaction about the
long journey to and from New York
it has it's pleasurabIe and instructive
phases, as well as its business sides.
New York is truly a center. Into that
vortex seems to go the great things CT
this country of both mind and mater
iaI and from it emanate those things
which go for advancement and improve
ment. Time has every place for its own,
but talent seems to, in the long run,
find some necessity for its presence in
the metropolis of this country.
On his last visit to New York, ten
days ago. the writer mixed up with
some new elements. 1t was both unin-
territorial and accidental, but interest
ing Just the same. Herein are involved
a luncheon at the Manhattan club AMI
q. dinner at the Metropolitan club. This
chapter contains something about the
latter:
This Glib is set down as one of the
exclusive organizations Of the country.
Many men Of money belong to it and
men too of high standing in wealth
and achievement Moneyed men gre
supposed to he especially attracted 20
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-26

William Penn Nixon. journalist.
died last week The fact that he was
only 10 years of age and that the field
for well-paid journalists is compare
lively small the ambitious cub report
er will get but little satisfaction from
reading his obituary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-26

"Juarez at Mercy OF Rebels" 4
headline which has been kept in cold
storage for several months. Is again
exposed to the open air.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-26

Sneed claims he violated no law In
shooting Hon Boyce, and from what
we hear of Texas state laws he NAV
be right He didn't play cards. ana
there is no evidence that he vaterefi
his whiskey.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-26

And. as for Spring-Gentle Spring:
we haven't spotted any robbins. but a
large number Of coal-smoked spar
rows are coming out to protest against
a gas-less winter.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-05-17

A year or two later he was In trou-
BILE again. This time it was tavern
brawl Villon did not figure very
favorably in the affair. In fact, after
a severe beating he ran away from
Paris; more to avoid ridicule than to
escape punishment In the early
spring Of 1856 he became a student
at the College of Navarro. near An
gers, France. A few weeks later the
treasure chest In the college chapel
was robbed A band of student thieves
was arrested. One of them confessed
that Villon was the ringleader Of the
gang who had broken into the chapel.
and that the poet was even then plan
ming new robberies
Villon was put to tho torture and
then sentenced to be hanged. AS he
lay in prison, waiting for execution.
he wrote one of his greatest poems:
grim, wonderful bit of verse, en-
titled, "Ballade of the Hanged" Again
his friends influence, coupled with his
own wit, came to the poets aid. His
death sentence was committed to ban
ishment
Villon then drifted from one Euro
pean capital to another; sometimes
living t., doubtful fashion by his wits.
sometimes hobnobbfng with such
princes and mobiles as could appreciate
his rare genius. OF his life during
these wanderings little Is known. But.
four years later, he was cast into
prison once more. This time, it Is
said, for the crime Of sacrilege. He
spent the summer Of 1851 in a cell.
but was set free in general Jail de-
livery in October Of that year.
His old spirit Of wild, reckless ad-
he wrote his famous Grand Tesla
ment," work that breathes Of weari-
ness. regret and utter dependency.
Broken by prison and by dissipation,
he is said to have died of consumption
at the age of thirty. zone or two his
torians believe he lived to be an old
man; but, from his thirtieth year no
no record of him can be found.
Villon's poetic genius stands out
like a gem in mire. The strange
twist of brain that made him a Grim
inal also enabled him to write such
verse as no man of his time had at
tempted. His poetry has served as
example for many a later bard and
has found hosts of-usually unsuccess.
ful-imitators.
OF the man himself, nothing good
can be said. His writings live in spite
Of his personal career.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-05-17
Boiling Things Soft.

There are many things, such a.
eggs. that can be boiled hard, and 9TH
er things that can be boiled soft, and
one of them is the potato.
The potato belongs to q class of
foods called starchy, because 1t is al
most entirely composed Of grains of
starch. These grains are contained in
a stiff woody sort Of covering. which
will not expand. as it is not elastic. If
the potato were left in the ground, it
would need this starch for its future
existence. but when it IL dug up and
boiled something happens to tho
starch.
The hot water soaks through the
hard woody covering and gets to the
grains of starch. which Immediately
begin to expand. and as the hard Gov
ering cannot expand with 1t, there is
nothing for it but to burst, and by
the time all the hard part of the potato
has been broken up In this way and a
quantity of water has been absorbed
the potato is quite soft.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-05-17
Parlor Trick.

(see illustration). Then take an ordi'
nary dessert knife and place the
rounded end of it between the table
and the decanter. pushing it about thu
quarter Of an inch, under the decanter,
or Just far enough to make the knife
stick out horizontally. When all ii
ready, strike a sharp blow with the
finger beneath the handle of the knife
II the right force is given to the blow
the knife will leap up and make a
half-circle in the air in the direction
Of the mouth Of the decanter, into
which 1t will fall, handle downward.
If rightly done. 1t requires a good
deal Of practice to accomplish the
feat. and when practicing it is well to
use q large-mouthed decanter till you
are sure Of your blow. After you have
become expert at the trick you can
toss the knife into q medium-moutbed
bottle with ease. While practicing
cover the table and your lap with
heavy cloth so az to protect both from
the sharp edge Of the knife should it
fall wide Of the mark.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-05-17
ERUPTION COVERED BODY

''Three years ago this winter had
Z breaking out that covered my whole
be,dy. It itched so It seemed as II I
should 60 crazy. It Arst came out in
little pimples on my back and spread
till 1t covered my whole body and
limbs down to my knees, also my arms
down to my elbows. Where I
scratched it made sores, and the ter
rible itching and burning kept me
from sleeping. tried, several rene
dies all to no purpose. Then con-
cluded to try the Cuticura Remedies. I
used the Cuticura Soap and Cuticura
Ointment, also tho Resolvent. for
about four months, and they. COM
pletely cured me of eczema. I have
had no return of the disease since. /
never had good nights rest after the
skin eruption first broke out till CON-
menced using the Cuticura Soap and
Ointment. had only used them a
few days before could see they were
beginning to heal, and the terrible
itching was gone.
"Those that lived in tho house at
the time know how I suffered, and
how the Cuticura SOAP and Ointment
cured me. I never take a bath with.
out using tho Cuticura Soap, and
do not believe there are better rem
edies for any skin disease than the
Cuticura Soap and Ointment" (Signed)
Miss Sarah Calkins, Waukegan, Ill.,.
Mar. Is, 1911. Although Cuticura
Soap and Ointment are sold by drug.
gists and dealers everywhere, a sam
pie Of each, with s2-page book, will bs
mailed free on application to Gut
cura," Dept. L, Boston.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-05-17
I I
(sHl|I,|)]p!E,N'
1>, 49, y. ~, = i;G5zr11 &C g
LITTLE TAD GAINED HIS WAY
Squad Of Dirty Street Urch'ns Wsre
Fed In White House by LlncoIn's
Son, Despite Cook. -:

Both the steward and the cook had
demonstrated with Master Tad" up
on bringing into tho kitchen Of the
White House ''such squads Of poor,
dirty, hungry street urchins to be fed."
and at last Peter said that Mrs. Lin
coin must be told, says Wide Awake.
Tad few into a rage, ran upstairs to
see his mother himself, and on finding
her out, searched. the place for his
busy father.
Meanwhile, the small objects of his
charity waited at the lower door
for Peter had absolutely refused to let
them "step inside"
The indignant boy spied his father
just crossing the yard with bowed
head, eyes to the ground, talking earn
estly to Mr.. Seward as they walked to
the department of state together. He
cried out to him at once:
Father, fatherl Cant bring these
poor. cold, hungry boys home with me
whenever want to? Isn't it our
kitchen?"
By this time Tad had his father by
the hand, who stopped to listen to the
frantic appeal.
Cant I give them a good warm
dinner today? They're Just as hun
CRY as beasts, and two Of 'em are boys
Of a soldier, too!-and. father, I'm 90
ing to discharge Peter this minute II
he doesn't get out the meat and chick
ems and pies and all the things We
had left yesterday. Say, mayn't L?
Isn't it our kitchen. father?"
:'ecretary Seward was shaking with
laughter. Mr.. Lincoln turned to him
with twinkle.
Seward, advise with me. This case
requires diplomacy"
Mr.. Seward patted Tad on the back
and SAID he must be careful not to run
the government into debt. and the pres
1dent took Tad's little brown hands in
his owr big one, and with droll smile
bid him to run along home and feed
the boys" and added:
Tell Peter that you are really re-
quired to obey the Bible by getting in
the manned and the blind, and that
he must be better Christian than be
H."
In less than an hour, Mr.. Seward
said. they passed through the yard on
their way to the cabinet meeting, and
no less than ten small boys were sit
ting with Tad on the lower steps.
cracking nuts and having state din
ner."
Mr.. Lincoln remarked that the
kitchen was oura.'
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-05-17

blood. But they could no longer send
him into hiding. For the worst ele-
ment of the mob now ruled Paris
And the mob adored Marat. He grew
in power and his most terrible orders
were obeyed.,
He framed a law by which 100000
persons were arrested on suspicion OF
being false to the revolution. Hun
dreds more were guillotined at his
command. He even gravely expressed
a wish to behead an entire French
army Of 100000 officers and men.
With Robespierre and Danton (both
of whom later fell victims to the guillo-
tine) he formed a triumvirate to gov
ern the French people. For time he
was the ruling spirit in this combina'
tion. In vain did his opponents call
him Sewer rat" and even less COM
plimentary names. In vain did they
plot for his downfall.
Nature at last did what man could
not, to shorten the career of this star
villain" of Frances Scarlet Tragedy.
Marat's health gave out. He suffered
intolerable pain. The only relief he
could get was to lie for hours In tub
Of hot water. The great unwashed
was actually forced to battle!
It was while he was wrapped IN
sheet In the steaming bathtub on the
evening of July 13, 1893. that a young
girl from the provinces called to see
him. She said she had with her q
list of traitors names and began to
read them to him. Marat listened
greedily. At the end he croaked:
"They shall die! Every one OF
them"
AS he spoke, the girl-Charlotte
Corday-stabbed him to the heart.
She had hoped to free France from a
tyrant. But she did more harm than
good. in the first place, Marat had
already been dying from disease. and
at most could have had but few
weeks to live. In the second. she
made the people regard a monster as
a martyr. And, for months, the most
atrocious cruelties were carried on,
under the pretext that Marat would
have wished them.
Instead of ending the Reign of Ter
ror, Charlotte Corday had but in
creased its horrors. Here was .
wasted crime.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-05-17
Worlds Largest Chimney

In Wales is to DO found the largest
and at the same time the highest
chimney in existence. It is the chin
ney of the copper smelter in Cwma-
Won. Seventy years ago the smoke
from the copper foundry nearly raised
a riot, because it destroyed everything
in the way Of vegetables and crops
within a radius Of 20 miles, while the
sulphur and arsenic vapors attacked
the hoofs of cattle, producing gan
creme. The workmen demanded wages
80 high as to be prchibitive, and the
company was driven to desperation to
find a remedy. After trying multi
tude Of ways to avoid the disastrous
effects of the smoke, an engineer was
engaged who. succeeded in solving the
problem. The foundries were at the
foot of a very high mountain which,
fortunately, sloped sufficiently for the
purpose the engineer had in mind. He
therefore, set to work to construct
chimney which would lean over q:
waterfall on the mountain and follow.
lts inclination for the height Of IS me
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-05-17
Game Apparatus.

diamond or field, and various baseA
disposed about the same. the, parts
being disposed so that the balls may
be rolled from base to base. and vari-
GUS other provisions being made for
Strikes" balls" "home runs base
hits" and putting out" The appa.
ratus further comprises means where
by a ball representing a player
reaches a base, it may have the ef.
feet Of Nberating other balls lodged
upon other bases and located more or
less distant from the ball which lib
crates them.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-05-17


shrouded in mystery. 1t is the story
Of an angel-devil, an inspired black
guard, slum-hero, a pickpocket-poet,
thief and murderer whose poetical
gerius was scarce short of sublime
In the low taverns of Paris, about
the middle of the fifteenth century,
the ritf-raff Of the local underworld
raised for themselves an idol, in the
shape of brilliant youth of high edu-
cation, who preferred to choose his
chums from the sordid criminal class
rather than from among his equals.
He fought, stole, caroused and killed
with ruff1ans, then wrote wondrous
poems that were SO musical that even
his besotted comrades loved them
The slang Of the Thieves Kitchens
was his. So was a flow of the most
beautiful language known to man.
This youth was variously known by
string Of aliases. Among these
names were Corbier, Piton, De Mont
corbier, Des Leges, Corbeuil and Fran.
co.'s Villon. Which, If any, Of the
names was really his own is uncer-
tain. It was almost surely not "Vil-
lon." Yet by that alone he is known
to history. Some say he borrowed
the name "Villon" from his ~ich
guardian, Guillaume de Villon. Oilers
claim that it was merely a nicl,ame.
and that it was whimsically chosen
by him because it was Fren;h term
Tor crook" or ''blackguard."
Villon had wealthy, influential
friends. First ard last, he needed all
their influence and appropriated not a
little of their wealth. His earliest
known clash with the law was in
1455, when he was tventy-four years
old. He was at that time a college
graduate and matter Of arts. Re-
turning from drunken revel one
night he met a r>iest. A quarrel en-
sued and Villon stabbed the priest to
death. Then he fed to some kindly
shelter in the slums where the laws
grip could Lot reach him, and hid
among his criminal admirers until
family influence could win q pardon
for him.