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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-18

A Surplus Crop.-Hewes-How is it that
Wildboy's sons all walk in the straight
and narrow row? Crewes-Oh, they feel
that their father sowed wild oats enough
for the whole family.-Judge.
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New York Sugar Market

New York July 1s-SUGAR-Raw.
steady; Muscovado, SO test 3.55c; centrt-
fugaI, IS test. 4.4Oc; molasses, SO test, 3,SOc.
Refined, steady.
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Hide Co.. 1OS East Third sGi ''ni'a
Topeka, Kan. .TuI,, 7s
GREEN CURED HIDE8-NatIyess 70,
4 121kc; No. 2, 111zo; Side Brands iasS,tEto
RulIs and Stays. SlzQ9lzc; Horse SSt1-'
No l. $3Ood3.5o; No. :. S250 sS
TAILOW-65c.
Aexico. 10Q17c-
DRY HIDES-Butche heavy, 2ooze.
dry salt. l3915c-
MOOL-Kansas. Nebraska ana t,,,..
homa. light medium, 1920: DARK
Butter and EzgsL
FURNISHED by Ths Continentai Creamery
CO., Topeka, Kan.l
Topeka. Kan, July Is.
CHICAGO EGGS-171zc.
NEW YORK EGGS-19d2Oc.
CREAMERY BJTTER--ChicaEo CSC:
N. Y 27q27Ac; Elgin, Csc; Topeka whole.
Topeka Hay Market.
FURNISHED by =. a. Beck. 212-21l Z. Still
Topeka, Kan. July IL
PRAIRIE HAY-No. 1. $500; No. 1.
NEW ALFALFA-choice. $500: No. 1.
Topeka Gral.l Market
FURNISHED by J. B. Billiard. corner Kan
sas ave and Curtis stl
Topeka, Kan, July IS.
KAFFIR CORN-Per cwt, a50a1.sA
OATS-40G45c.
CORN-T4c
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FURNISHED by the Topeka PacIin,
Topeka, Kan, July IA
EGGS-Fresh country. 15c 10
POULTRY-Hens. all sizes, IOc: bro,Iers
under IA lbs, 15c; IL and lbs. zoe:
springs: 1Oc; old cocks &c; ducks, &c;
geese. SC; fat young turkeys. 12c: old
turkeys, 10c.
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Cotton Marke
New York Stock Market.

Tex. July 1s.-CoTToN-
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Topeka Wheat Nfarkef

TFurnished by the Shawnee Milling c.
No hard-90c-
No. 9 hard-SSc.
No 2 soft-SSc-
No red-8sc.
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BOOM FOR DYCHE.

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Topeka Hide Market

fQuotations furnished by James G. sr,,,,
Hide Co., 10S East Third StI
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FURNISHED by The Continental CreauneY
CO., Topeka, Kan.l
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is SET FOR TRIAL.

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PrecIpe.
1.-THE clerk of the above entitled court
will please issue a summons for eacf
of the above named defendants direct
ed to the sheriff of the county of thei
residence and make the same returna
bile according to law
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fled into three parts. so that the work as
whole deals successfully with physical.
economic and regional geography. In the
first part, the view is taken of the earth
as 1t would be If no man had ever lived
upon it. The second part Of the work
deals with the earth as used by man and
as it affects his fortunes and develop
ment The third part takes into account
the civilization of the earth. Exception
ally graphic and appropriate illustrations
give this text book an unusually attractive
character and make it Of value even be-
yond the limits of the classroom in which
1t may be used.
RAILWAYS IN THE UNITED STATES;
Their History, Their Relation to the
state and an Analysis Of the Legis-
BY Simon Sterne CS39-1901). With
supplementary notes continuing the
record to 1911. New York: G. P.
Putnams Sons.
Simon Sterne, who died in New York in
1901, devoted himself as a member Of the
bar to questions affecting corporate in
terests and especially the railways of the
United States. In the course Of his career
he became recognized as an authority on
transportation questions. and was fire.
quently consulted in the preparation of
the interstate commerce act. President
Cleveland appointed him in 1887 to in
vestigate and report on the relation of
the governments of western Europe with
the railways of those countries, and his
report is now regarded highly as authori-
tative. This volume is made up of three
papers prepared by Mr. Sterne on the SUBJ
ject Of railroad management and the rela-
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blood cannot be drawn from a turnip. All
that any love story needs, or has. is
something to make it go and enough
things to hold 1t up every now and then.
This one goes by electricity and time
schedules. Its suspensions are made by
blow-outs and tied-up traffic, by the
black art of legislation. by the bowling
of the populace at not being able to ex-
tract a limitless number OF miles out Of a
nickel fare. This is very realistic story;
whose raw material is piece of land
much desired by the railway for power
site. How it is acquired by the hustling
young manager and along with 1t it's
owner, very beautiful and engaging
young woman. makes the authors good
chance, and one that he uses with skill,
to put readers in touch with very manly
and capable fellow working out through
interesting and exacting situations.
HIGH SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY, PHYsI-
CAL, ECONOMICAL AND REGION
AL. BY Charles Redway Dryer, F..
G.. S. A. F. R. G. S., professor Of
geography and geology. Indiana
state Normal School. Author Of
Lessons in Physical Geography"
New York: American Book Com
pany.
Formerly geography was taught In two
different ways, by two different text
books. one dealing with the world as
used by man and divided by him into po-
litical divisions and with reference to nat
Lral forces, and the other, called phys
ical' geography, dealing with the pecu-
liarities Of the earths formation. In this
text book everything pertaining to the
earth is combined, but scientifically CLASH
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Dynamite Johnny O'Brien," as recorded
by Mr. Smith, are as thrilling as any that
have ever been experienced by man. The
work of the filibusters who kept the Cuban
insurgents supplied with ammunition in
volved some close work on the coasts
and at sea and called for men of re-
sourcefulness and nerve. Mr.. Smith has
rendered a most readable literary version
of Capt. O'Brien's adventures, and some
admirable drawings together with a
frontispiece portrait give the work appro-
pirate Illustration.
THE TOURISTS RUSSIA. BY Ruth
Kedzie Wood: author of Honey
incoming in Russia: With numerous
illustrations. New York: Dodd
Mead & Co. Washington: Bren-
tano's.'
Russia is country that few touriste
think Of visiting. for it is out of the sum-
mer vacation track. and yet it is one OF
the most interesting parts of the world
Here is a valuable guide to one who is
about to take advantage of the excellent
TRANSFORMATION facilities now offered and
spend a few weeks or months in the
cars domains. It presents in compact
and readable form a great deal of infor-
nation and suggests the most practicable
methods of reaching the points of chief
importance. 1t is we'll illustrated, IN a
manner to whet western curiosity as to
western attractions.
THE LURE OF THE PURPLE STAR.
BY Maccowan Greenlee. Washing
ton: Macdaniel Publishing Company.
Interest in this story is inspired by the
fact that it is from the pen of Wash
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CHAPTER XVII.
Cynthia's Gambit.

Throughout every dragging hour of
that day Ito Cynthia all but intermin-
abie) the work of transshipment was car
ried forward without let or hindrance. A
veritabie saturnalia of labor engaged
every soul aboard both vessels-the wom-
en- excluded. Even Rhode, from at first
sulking mutinously at a distance, at
length thought better of il and conde-
scended to lend hand-lending in point
of fact. two hands able and puissant, vie
ing with the strongest and most ener-
getic of the joint crews; melted, perhaps.
by the knowledge that if anything were
to be salvaged from the wreck Of his
fortunes 1t would be only through united
and swift action.
Nine. Savaran and Cynthia had the en-
tire superstructure and the upper deck
to themselves. Meal times alone inter-
rupted the days work and that but fit-
fully. the men breaking of in small
squads to snatch hasty bites, and then in
continently Fastening back to their sew
eral tasks
The two women. having laid their heads
made up compact package containing
an antiseptic dressing and bandages and
waylaid Lobb after lunch, with q de-
mand, disguised as a request, to be put
ashore By way of response the Nova
Scotian laughed, showed them his back
and swung semi-contemptuously down
the ladder to the main deck ere madame
had time to uncork upon his devoted
head the walls of her mordant wrath
Shortly after. by his order. the lifeboat,
which. after its morning employment, had
been permitted to drift alongside at the
length of its painter. was again hoisted
back upon its davits.
Perez remained judiciously invisible
no doubt busy enough with that thorough
ransacking of every nook and corner
which. Acklin reported. was in process
throughout the vessel. No news of the
lost, stolen or secreted treasure was how
ever, reported in the hearing of Cynthia,
who had been mildly diverted by the ac-
count, from the lips Of Nine. Savaran, Of
that lady's vigorous reception of a cate
chism propounded by Lobb, and followed
up by the suggestion from him that both
women submit to a personal search. That
the suggestion was not renewed was ac-
counted for by madame, complacently
enough, on the ground Of her complete
readiness to make use of the small re-
volver she kept conspiculously displayed
I'm the mouth OF her reticule.
Il told him." she reported. with a vi
vacious relish. that II he dared so far
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diverted from its intent But it will be.
Only people already under the conjugal
yoke will read 1t with UNDERSTANDING
then it is quite foolish to lock the barn
with the horse already stolen.
THE RAID OF THE GUERILLA. and
Other Stories. BY Charles Egbert
Craddock: author of The Prophet
of the Great Smoky Mountains u
etc Illustrations by w. Herbert
Dunton and Remington SCHUYLER.
Philadelphia: j. B. Lippincott Com
. pany.
Another group of Smoky Mountain sto-
ries. The authors name alone is their
warrant Like all the others from this
authentic source, these are redolent of
place and circumstance and people. A
kind of history held in solution, as ii
were. for future uses Of explanation and
Interpretation. The most Of this volume
goes back to the time of the civil war
that living spring of southern episode and
incident. Others come nearer to the Dor
ders of the twentieth century for their
impulse. Yet. in a pressing age, all are
curiously static. Interesting and vital
portraits of a place and it's people that
still stand motioHless in the midst of
press and movement and advance.
LITTLE CORKY; u Novel BY Edward
Hungerford, author of "The Modern
Railroad" etc. Illustrations by NJ
Leone Bracker. Chicago: A. c. Nc
Clurg e Co.
When a good romance can be spun out
of street railway stuff then it is quite
time to set aside the old saying that
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The Capitals Lions.

THE lion, royal beast Of heraldry, is
not extinct in the National Capital.
Leonine lions roar at the Zoo, social
lions, after being fed and petted. move
on to other jungles and bronze and stone
lions doze around the city. In the capital
the lion may not be common animal,
but he is here.
Eagles-!ron eagles, bronze eagles, gilt
eagles and, perhaps, tin eagles-are al
most as numerous in Washington as
sparrows. They perch on lamp posts, of
fetal doors, gates. gate posts, fiagstaffs
and on the ponderous. peace-compellng
maces in the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives. 1t is said that there are
gold eagles and double eagles in the
Treasury and the banks
There are some first-class make-believe
lions on guard in Washington. Two of
these fellows are sprawled out on granite
pedestals in front of the Corcoran Art
Gallery. They are lions couchant. They
are enough alike to be twin lions. Any
how, they are made of the same metal,
bronze These beasts that stand their
OF the gallery. are no doubt, from the
standpoint of art, the leading lions of
Washington. They pose at a doorway
over which is this inscription: Dedicated
to Art" One sleeps with his head resting
on his paws, paws that are as big as a
mans head.
The south lion Of the pair is awake
and looks over with careful eye those
who enter and leave-especially those
who 1eave-the gallery. They rest on thick
beds of bronze and the dripping rain and
melting snow have carried downward
the green color of the bronze, staining
the white stone pedestals on which the
beasts lie.
On the Grant monument. in the Botanic
Garden, or on the splendid base on which
it is promised that the Grant statue will
stand. four nearly black lions recline.
Two face east and two face out upon the
west, and the tangle of palms and ferns
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ingtonian and published by a local house.
1t lis an ingenious and interesting fantasy.
giving the imaginings of young Amer
lean who. in search of mysterious vase
carried ages ago from Egypt into Syria,
is transported back to the court of NebL-
chadnezzar and involved in the intrigues
of court and camp. Mr.. Greenlee discloses
an exceptional power of description in his
renderings of scenes in ancient Babylon.
One is inclined to forgive the inappro-
priateness of modern western speech in
intimate converse with the Babylonians
of past ages for the sake OF this enter
tanning and suggestive tale.
SECRET SERVICES, Being the Happen
fnEs of a Night In Richmond I'm the
Spring Of 1868 Done Into Book Form
From the Play by william Gillette.
BY Cyrus Townsend Brady. Illus
trated by the kidneys. New York:
Dodd. Mead & Co. Washington:
Brentano's.
Mr.. Gillette's play has been enacted so
many times that it has passed into range
of the dramatic classics OF America. II
was rather unusual thing for Mr..
Brady to undertake it's transformation
into a novel, and yet the play is now
presented so seldom that this is perhaps
the most effective means of bringing 1t,
with its remarkable. faithful presentation
Of the war between the sections. before
the people of this period. The noveliZa-
ton is we'll done, as is all Mr.. Brady 5
work The kidneys have furnished a
series of full-page color illustrations that
effectively denote the spirit Of the tale.
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countenance. She must have help. or run
| the gravest risk of failure through the
handicap of her ignorance and her sex
Acklin alone could afford her precisely
tha aasistance and information she re-
quired.
.'You said that was all, miss?' he asked
respectful even IN his Impotence.
Impetuously she took doubt and 1nde-
cision by storm.
| .'Tm going ashore, Acklin.'' she said.
rapidly; Mr. Crittenden is wounded and
alone. They won't permit him to return
| to the ship. He must have attention,
but they have refused me boat to go to
him. So I'm going. alone-tonight, after
dinner-when the ship Is quiet. ana
| want you to help me-
! Acklin's eyes narrowed with attention
and perplexity. But how. miss! he ob-
| jected 1T wouldn't be possible. I'm
Il don't need a boat the girl declared
Il can do without it. i mean to swim
ashore
swim, miss-you?''
| ..Why not? I'm not afraid: 1 car
swim quite well: it's not too far. And
but. miss. you -. Acklins fore
head grew corrugated with uncertainty
''It don't seem as if you ought to. If you
don't mind my swing so: It's ard
| stead of you. miss, only can't SWIM
| Cynthia shook her head vigorously. -
wouldn't let you. No one could attend to
| his wound Ikea woman. And it will
be easy enough. l have my bathing sui
here All L need of you is to find some
| way for me to slip over the side without
| being seen or making too much noise
THAT ought to be easy enough to-
night" he replied. after a thoughtful
| till late, l ear, and then they'll all be
dead beat or drunk or both-beg pardon,
miss There won't be any anchor watch
none worth the nyme. If they should
it all right
And then" the girl continued. intent
| ly, II want you to find me something
watertight, something to hold bandages
and medicines. that I can fix on my
shoulders Ike h hnapsack you n know he,
the thing. It'd be a bit of an 'elp to you.
| too, miss, unless you're a very strong
swimmer indeed. I'll tyke a life belt and
remove one Of the corks and put a water
tight tin in it's plyce.- Then you can
strap it round you, and II you should
get tired, it'll old you up as long as you
like You give me whatever you ave in
mind to tyke to Mr.. Crittenden-pass it
to me quietlike-and Til pack 1t in the
tin and ave it all ready for you:''
Not an objection, not a hint Of unwill-
ingness to be her accomplish! Cynthia
was all but ready to weep for sheer re-
lief Indeed, SO intense was the obsession
of her purpose, the sense of being under
the lash Of implacable necessity, that in
all probability she would as readily have
broken down at any suggestion in the
manner Of the steward Of q desire to
thwart or deny her.
I But Acklin was alert to recognize the
symptoms of her half-distracted state
and to key up her nervous tension with
q quiet word OF caution.
I'm afr'ide you'll ave to excuse me
now, miss. I ave my work within in the
saloon, and IL anybody was to see us
they might suspect We 'ad somethin' in
mind. . go
You're right" Cynthia agreed. But
. Acklin you won't fail me?"
/ Never fear, miss. If I my sly 30.
I'm quite . bit fond Of Mr.. Crittenden;
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ual overtureS The machfavellian sub
tlety of even so practiced and adept
diplomatist as the erstwhile Blessington
is no match for the secretiveness OF a
woman in love.
Late in the afternoon the deck labor
ers were permitted to refresh themselves
by brief bath over the side. The noise
Of splashing and shouting floated clearly
through the quiet air-the wind of morn
ing having fallen with the ebbing tide of
evening.
Cynthia. resting in a steamer chair be-
side Nine. Savaran on the promenade
deck, got up suddenly.
Madame looked up from her yellow
paper-covered book.
What is 1t, dear?'' she inquired, idly.
,, Cynthia, at pause beside her chair. as
one who weighs the merits and dement's
of suddenly conceived project, looked
| down with compressed lips and reticent
eyes.
think I'm tired. Perhaps I'll lie
down for little before dinner"
very WELL" approved madame. and
| nodded sagely to herself as the girl Slip
| ped quickly out of sight through the door
| to the companionway.
Acklin was setting the table in the
dining saloon. Cynthia found him alone
None the less it was in a guarded tone
| that she addressed him.
"Acklin." said she. you've been kind
and helpful all along. I'm in trouble and
need help. Can I trust your
She studied his homely. pleasant face
| with q keen scrutiny while he weighed
his answer. .-
II think so, MISS he said quietly.
There isn't much I wouldn't he willin'
| to do to serve you."
Il can pay" Cynthia asserted. I'm
not asking you to run risk for moth
ing But haven't any money. If this
| She opened her hand, showing him in
its palm ring of pearls and diamonds
| Nine. Savaran had given her. The stew
| ard glanced at it. then back at her eyes,
as If puzzled.
1T isn't extraordinarily valuable she
apologized.
You misunderstood: miss" he inter-
rupted. II can't tyke anythin' from
you
"You mean you're committed to loyalty
to-them?" she asked, dashed.
I'm under orders. right enough" he
admitted. with an unwilling manner. I'm
not to talk about what's Eoin' on. Aside
from that I 'aven't anything to expect
beyond my wyges and bit over, per
APPS. in the wy of 'ush money. = " 1t
isn't that. / mean I'm yours to COM
mand. miss-but not for ire
You're kind" said Cynthia. gratefully.
But you might get into trouble If they
miss" he insisted. "I'm not afr'ide''
"Then Thank you" Impetuously
Cynthia offered him her hand.
Acklin touched it With diffident fingers,
a singular luster in his eyes.
First" she told him. IT want to get
at one Of our trunks-the hold luggage
THAT won't be ard. They didn't trou-
BILE to stow 'em below decks, miss. be-
cause there was so few Of 'em. They're
all in a storeroom abaft the officers
quarters. You can get at them any time
you like"
II like now--if you can spare the time"
"You won't be long, miss?'
mot after l get the keys from my
stateroom.'
VERY well. miss. I'll wyte ere"
She was back within five minutes,
single key hidden in her palm.
The steward Led the way down the
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Precautions on a Warship.
The North American Review.

From me North American Review.
1t is to life saving appliances on exist
ing vessels that attention is now directed.
1t takes some knowledge of the sea and
its ways to understand the boat question.
In placing boats sea-going vessels
many things must be studied. The ar
rangement of the boats for lowering. the
lifting of covers, the removal Of the outer
checks upon which the boats rest, the dis
position and lead of the falls. getting the
passengers into the boats in safety, lower
! ing and releasing. are all matters or nrst
importance. When speaking of the
small boats of a vessel il must be
kept in mind that they are not small.
Such boats not only require practice IN
getting ready to lower, but when lowered
down the high, sheer side OF liner the
greatest skill is required I'm breasting on
to keep the boats from smashing against
the side. and the greatest judgment de-
manded in releasing them. Boats are not
lowered into the water. but are dropped
when some distance above IL, and IL
dropped at the wrong instant are apt 10
be thrown against the side. No boats
should hereafter be carried on curved
davits when slowed inboarG. few
boats for quick lowering may be carried
on such davits already swung out. but
davits of the Welin type should be re-
quired for the regular ships boats. The
Titanic went down in a quiet sea, but
had there been even a moderate sea on
the casualties would have been much
greater. There should be boat and raft
accommodation enough for every one on
board, and that We may have this on
existing ships many more boats must be
carried. The collapsible type with SUBJ
stantial wooden bottom is a good emer-
gency substitute when lifeboats enough
cannot be carried at davits. The life
RATS have great value. but they should
be made much larger than at present
Large boats. housed over, in which
passengers could be slowed away till the
boat had been hoisted clear and dropped
into the water would be safer IL power
lifting could be depended upon, and these
could have their own motive power, for
1T is a safe assertion that many more
men can run an automobile engine than
can pull an oar. Eventually all the shipg'
lifeboats will be fitted as motor boats.