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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-08
THEY PLEAD GUILTY
Thirteen Men Confess That They Aid
ed Reyes Rebellion.

Brownsville, Tex. Jan. S.=Thirteen
of the men charged with violation of
the United States neutrality laws in
helping the projected Reyes Mexican
revolution pleaded guilty here today.
The cases against nine others were
dismissed Only one case now re-
mains, that against F. A. Chapa of
San Antonio, one of General Bernardo
Reyes most intimate friends.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-08
MRS. ROOSEVELT ILL
She and the Colonel Were Missed
From Church Sunday.

Oyster Bay. n. Y, jan s-The fact
thaI Col and Mrs. Roosevelt did not at
tend the morning service at the Episcopal
church IN Oyster Bay Sunday according
70 1nelr almost invariable custom, when
ne Ienliy IS at Sycamore HILL was due
to the Illness of Mrs. Roosevelt. Nothing
was known of her indisposition until the
sehefal comment on their absence from
81 nurch caused inquiries to be made and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-08
STATUE TO CARNEGIE.

London, Jan. S.-A statue of Andrew
Carnegie is to be erected in Dunferm-
line in recognition of the iron mas
ter's# benefactions to his natal city The
decision was reached at today's meet
ing of tine town council of Dunfermline
and the proposal was greeted with en-
thuSiaSm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-08
HUSBAND FROZEN.
Woman Bumps Into Suspended
Corpse in the Dark.

Kansas City, Jan. S.-Entering a
shed back of her home here today,
Mrs. Charles Oscar Kirk, in the dark
ness, bumped into the frozen body of
her husband hanging by q clothesline.
Kirk was a bricklayer who came to
this city recently from Pueblo. He left
a note saying he took this way to get
out of home troubles"
He asked that his body be given to
some medical college that his burial
might not put his relatives to any ex-
pense.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-08
TAX PAYERS LEAGUE.
win Meet Tonight to Discuss Bridge
Question.

The main issue with the city Tax Pay
ers' league at this time is to head off
the efforts of the city officials to vote
$3.50, 900 in bonds to build concrete bridges.
The league viii meet at the court house
tonight, and start their battle against this
bond Issue
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-08
GEORGE WATSON DIES
Former Well Known Topekan Good
Roads Builder.

Kinsley, Kan, Jan S.-George w. Wat
son is dead at his home in Kinsley. He
was widely known in Kansas having
lived in the state for many years. He
moved from Larned to Kinsley several
years ago. He had taken active part in
politics and was postmaster at Kinsley
for two terms. He also took great in
terest in the good roads movement and
helped build the first hard or gyp road
in Kansas across the sand hills at Kins-
lev.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-08

That Tired FeeIing-Johnnie livery
tiredl-Auntfe. my eyeiids won't stand up
any Ionger.-Journal Arnusaut
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-08

New York Coffee Market.
New York, Jan e.-COFFEE-Rio No. 7.
14&kc Futures closed steady. March
1910: May, 12-s9.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-08
LOCAL MENTION.

The County Medical society viii meet
at o'clock tonight at the Kansas Medi.
cal college parlors.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-08

The feature of the Jayhawker club
meeting tonight viii be a paper by Hugh
MacFarland.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-08

The special meetings at the Central
Park Christian church will be continued
this week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-08


The feature of the JayhawlSer club
meeting tonight win be a paper by Hugh
| MacFarland
! The special meetings at the Central
Park Christian church will be continued
this week.
In the district court today B. F. Graft
pleaded guilty to charge of embezzle-
ment and Paul Sims, charged with burg
larry and larceny. pleaded guilty to grand
larceny Sims IS - years old This was
his first offense and he was sentenced
to the state reformatory at Hutchinson.
No meetings of the two membership
teams of the Commercial club have been
scheduled to take place before Wednes-
day evening at $50 o'clock. At that
time all campaign workers will meet for
oinner, when final arrangements for the
war for members which will start at 3
O'Clock Thursday morning will be made.
convened today, when Judge Dana start
ed work on heavy criminal dcket. No
regular assignment for the new term has
been made IN Judge Whitcomb's division
at this time and the jury for the second
division will not report for service until
some time in February.
A donation of s. from the Current Lit
erature club was turned over to the Topeka
Provident association this afternoon. The
donation is to be added to the fund being
raised for the temporary relief Of poor
people in Topeka.
Nearly q dozen men were given en-
ployment today on the South Topeka ave-
nue. road, where they viii reduce the
grade and straighten the highway. The
work will be done by the county's poor
who are without employment and visible
means OF support. Compensation at the
rate Of $50 a day will be allowed by the
board
Germozone is the one best chicken
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-08

Germozone is the one best chicken
remedy Ask any one who uses II. zim-
norman ed company.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-03-22
KANAA BURIAL GROUNDS.
Bolivia's Fearsome Valley of the Shad-
ow of Death.

BotivIa'S FearSomc Saiiey OF the Shae
ow of Death.
There is a valley in Bolivia, South
America, which might we'll be called
the Valley of the Shadow Of Death. 1t
has been inhabited for an indefinite
period of years by the Kanaa Indians,
who are kindred to the various South
American tribes and number now only
a few hundred souls.
That they were once very powerful
tribe Is indicated by the condition Of
the land which they as tribe still in
habit. One cannot travel any distance
through their land without coming
upon the old and forsaken burial
grounds of the Kanaa dead. These
places cannot be called graveyards. for
the bodies are not buried, but rather
placed upon elevated platforms, wrap
ped In the garments of death and
bound to the crossbeams that they
may not be displaced.
In one of these burial grounds there
will be probably fifty high skeleton
platforms. and on each will lie from
three to FIVE of the Kanaa dead. The
air in that part of Bolivia is very pure
and preservative. for it Is one Of the
highest plateaus of the continent. al-
though Kanaa valley is just little
below the plateau's height A traveller
passing through that land at night and
by moonlight would be awe stricken at
the gloomy vision those graveyards
present.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-03-22
kpowino the Great Men,

Mr.. Browning himself once told me
how important and interesting ne
thought it that the young should have.
as it were. landmarks in their lives by
at least seeing great men who belong
ed to an earlier generation.
"Once." he said. Il was walking IN
the streets of Paris with my son. VINO
was then little boy. We saw IN oid
man approaching us in long. loose,
rather shabby coat and with a stoop-
ing. shutfiing attitude and gait. Touch
that man as you pass him. whisper
ed to my little son. 1 will tell you
why afterward.' The child touched
him as he passed. and said to him,
Now, my boy. you will always be able
to remember in later years that you
once saw and touched the great Beran-
ger dean Farrar in Men | Have
Known"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-03-22
Chinese Queer WAYS.

Difficulties Of census work among
Chinese are amusingly illustrated by
the British commissioner ut Weihaiwei
In his report. "A Chinese child at
birth Is said to be one year DID, he
writes. and after it has passed one
new year it is said to be two years old.
Thus a child if born In the last month
of the year may be said to be two
years of age before it is thirty days old
according to European reckoning. A
child of eighteen months time of life
since birth is reckone1 by Chinese to
be either two years or three years DID,
this depending on whether it was born
In the first or second half Of the year.
1t is common for Chinese mother to
give a son the name Of girl. presum-
ably to deceive the fates. 1t being con-
sidered easier to bring up girl. There
are many large undivided families IN
Weihaiwei. The largest IS that OF
widow named Meng Yu Shih. whose
family consists of Sixty-six. which,
with one servant. makes sixty-seven
mouths to the common meal"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-03-22
Mon hy His Wit.

On one occasion a dress rehearsal at
His Majesty's theater was prolonged
till the small hours Of the morning.
The company grew very weary. par
ticularly a gentleman who had been
with Sir Herbert Tree in a good many
productions. but who had never at
tained to more than very tiny part.
When the time came to rehearse his
few lines he was so tired that his voice
was anything but distinct.
whats the matter. Mr.. IT. ask
ed Sir Herbert in his most sarcastic
tones. Are you saving your voice for
the rehearsal?"
mo, Sir Herbert" was the retort;
1--WE never been able to save anything
under your management"
Sir Herbert. an exceedingly witty
man himself, was so pleased with the
retort that the salary Of the small part
man was raised.-London NJ. A. P.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-03-22
CHINESE TREASURES.
"Rubbnes". on Paper From Ancient
Tablets and Monuments.

Tablets and Monuments.
Chinese men of letters are exceed
ingly fond of ancient records In the
shape of long scrolls of paper rub
bings" from famous stone tablets and
monuments The Liu Ii Chang sta
tioners of pek:nG are extensive traders
in these They send special agents on
long trips to shrineS~ or arrange with
the local people ut the place OF a
noted monument to take paper rub
bingS from it. The usual rubbing Is a
field of black where the face has been
mixed. the lettering cut into the mar
bic remaining white on the paper rub
bing.
To the foreigner in China rubbings
from the tablets the one left by the
HISTORIAN Christians at Sianfu, in
ShenSi. about 600 A. D. and the Mo-
hammedan tablet are especially inter-
eSting.
Those from tie tablets al the tenn
pie of C0nfu;iuS ut his burial place.
Chefo". in ShantunG. are among the
collections Of the Chinese man of edu-
cation So many rubbings have been
taken from several of the tablets
which bear line portraits of Confucius
that the lines and the letters on the
stone have become so faint that the
government has prohibited further
rubbings being taken.-New York Sun.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-03-22
VALE OF THE WYE.
Glimpse of an Imposing and Romantic
Spot In Wales.

Glimpse of an Imposing and Romantic
Spot In Wales.
Those who travel through strange
places with their eyes and their ears
open are likely to make strange discov-
cries. but there are plenty OF other
finds which, simply as a delight to the
senses and without any wonder or Gu
riosity attending them, are we'll worth
the trouble Of trying to forget ones
preoccupation in what he sees and
hears.
Both these pleasures Of travel come
to those who will fare slowly and OBJ
servingly through the Vale Of the Wye
In Wales. 1t seems almost like chap
ter from some magnificent Apocalypse
to travel on to Cader and Plynlimon
and glimpse the imposing grandeur of
the visions that await the appreciatiVe
eye. Half of Wales seems to lie before
the traveller. The mountains of the
Cader range loom loftily, and Snow
don, Of the lakes, seems to beckon him
on. The long headland Of Carnarvon
hugs half q sea in the crook of its arm.
Pembroke's ragged capes gleam be-
yond the lovely mountainous heights.
No sound breaks the vast silence. You
are shut off from the busting world.
The hawk circles in a noiseless void
above the slopes whitened with graz
ing sheep For moment there may
be the feeble pipe of the wheatear. and
for another brief space lark may lilt
praise to heaven. But that Is ALL
PHILADELPHIA North American.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-03-22
THE GENTLEMAN.
Hobert {. Lees Definition Of the Quail.
ties That Make Him.

Robert {, Lees Definition Of the Quail.
ties That Make Him.
Lee hated parade, display ard cere-
mony. hated above all things being
made an object of public gaze ana
adulation. His idea of high position
was high responsibility. superior was
simply one who had larger duties, ana
the mark Of q gentleman was keen
sense of the feelings and susceptible
ties of others. No one has ever e1'
pressed this attitude more delicately
than he himself in this memorandum
found among his papers after his
death:
1.-THE forbearing use of power does
not only form q touchstone, but the
manner in which an individual enjoys
certain advantages over others Is
test of true gentleman. The power
which the strong have over the weak.
the magistrate over the citizen. the
employer over the employed, the, c''u-
Gated over the unlettered, the expert
enced over the confiding, even the
clever over the silly-the forbearing or
inoffensive use of all this power or au-
thority or total abstinence from 1t
when the case admits 1t, will show the
gentleman in a plain light. The gen
tleman does not needlessly and unnec-
essarily remind an offender of wrong
he may have committed against him.
He cannot only forgive; he can forget,
and he strives for that nobleness OF
self and mildness of character which
impart sufficient strength to let the
past be but the past. A true man or
honor feels humbled himself when he
cannot help humbling others "-Gama-
liel Bradford, Jr., in Atlantic.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-03-22
NATURES LAUNDRY.
Il ID Liable to Play Franks With the
Wash In Yellowstone Park.


Natures gifts are widely and va
riously distributed. In one place the
elements of things are given, to be
made available by labor; elsewhere
she provides things ready for mans
use. To gain our bread the seed must
he first sown and months afterward
the grain harvested. thrashed and
ground. But the native of the Pacific
isles plucks bis bread from the bread
fruit tree. Perhaps nature foresaw
the overworked and not overstrong
housewife to whom washing day" is
n dread and burden when she estab-
Iished here and there natural wash
tubs and washing machines and In
some places even provided ready made
soap.
In the Yellowstone National park
the family washing is easily disposed
of. The soiled bedding and clothing
are put into a stout bag, which Is
hung in one of the boiling springs and
left there while the party wanders
about sightseeing. When taken out
the clothes are so clean and white
that no rinsing is necessary.
On one occasion party hung their
bag of clothes in the basin Of the gey-
ser called "Old Giant" and. wandering
off. were absent longer than they in
tended to be. While they were away
the Giant spouted. and the garments
were thrown high in the air. torn into
shreds and scattered-Exchange
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-03-22
ChiIdren's Prattl e.

At times il cannot he denied the ques-
tions of children herome iikSon!". Dut
who would wish IL child 10 ask no QucS-
tions? Julius Sturm tells In one or his
pretty fairy tales how gr"nG!ather,
driven into impati"nce by the constant
uuestionings of his %rhndchild. eX-
claimed. Il wish ycur tongue were out
of joint But when unexpectedly bis
wish was fulfilled and the child became
dumb how he joyfnlly exchanged one
of the two years which an angel had
prophesied he was yet to live for the
privilege Of hearing the little ones
prattle again.- Exchange.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-03-22
THE sTRAPONTIN.
Found In Partisan Theaters, Il 10 q
Delusion and a Snare.

Found In Partisan Theaters, Il 10 O
Delusion and Snare.
In every Paris theater there are two
or three score ''strapontins." You won
der what strapontin is? Well. it is a
folding or strap seat on the aisle at
tached TO the side Of the aisle chair of
the orchestra or balcony rows. 1t has
neither sides nor back and is without
visible means Of support except
through affiliatiop and attachment.
The unsuSpecting American tourist
whose stay in Paris is but q matter Of
days approaches the Partisan box OF.
fee and is shown the diagram by
the middle aged lady with the blond
curls. Guilelessly the visitor indicates
what he believes to be an aisle seat
and congratulates himself on his luck
at so late an hour in capturing it
A few minutes later he has paid his
10 cents for q program and tipped the
woman attendant who shows him to
his strapontin. 1t is as devoid Of legs
or feet, this strapontin, as Of arms
and vertebrae, a device to be summed
and tabooed You squirm to make
yourself comfortable, to secure some
attitude whereby the hardships Of the
strapontin may be annihilated, but in
vain. 1t drives from your mind the
most seductive music, the most dra-
matte episode fails to affect you, and
your thoughts are forced back on the
instrument of torture which has cost
You the full 10 francs. the price of an
orchestra chair.-New York Press.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-03-22
TnrSnise Shell.

The finest of tortoise shell Is said to
be that which comes from the Indian
archipelago. although much OF that
obtained on the Florida coast Is of the
very best quality. says the Scientlhc
American. There are three rows or
plates on the back of the animal called
blades by the fishermen. In the
central row are five plates and in each
of the others four plates. the latter
containing The best material. BESIDES
these. there are twenty-five small
plates around the edges of the shell,
known as feet" or moses" The big
gesf turtle does not furnish more than
sixteen pounds of shell. Formerly the
undershell WAS discarded as worthless.
but now il is much esteemed for Its
deli"acy of coioring. Sometimes lml-
tatinu of tortoise shell is made of the
horns Of cows.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-03-22
His t.iILD REPRo0F.
Tho Mate Let the Captain Down Easy
About His Mistake.

Tho Mate Let the Captain Down Easy
About His Mistake.
The skipper was man who had a
good opinion of himself and his no.
tions. He had pulled through ship
wreck. mutiny and other perils of the
deep. but he came a cropper once. For
one of his voyages he had shipped a
boatswain's mate who bore something
Of reputation.
One day the skipper ordered him
aloft to examine sail on the royal
yard.
"'Tain't safe, cap'nr' protested the
boatswain's mate. THE foot ropes has
got to be fixed first"
do as | tell you" thundered the
captain. THE foot ropes are all right.
| know they are"
The man went up.
Five minutes later he came tumbling
down through the rigging from the
top Gf the mast, a distance of over
100 feet.
With bang he landed on the belly
Of the mainsail and bounded into one
of the canvas covered boats.
The sailors, thinking him dead.
crowded about him in circle.
To their amazement he sat up.
His eyes wandered vacantly about
until they rested on the leathery face
of the skipper, when they lighted up
with intelligence.
"Capn." he said slowly. "you was
mistaken about them foot ropes
London Tit-Bits.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-03-22
When Ice Covered Europe.

During the long tertiary epoch, Wnen
opossums disported themselves on the
site of Paris and mastodonS trampeo
along the valley of the Thames, the
earth was in the throes Of mountain
making. The Alps. the llimalayas,
the Alleghenies. the Andes. attest the
power of her activity in those days. At
their termination our continents stood
greatly higher than they do now. ana
this aided their glacation. although It
does not fully account for it. But as
they became loaded with ice Europe
and America gradually and we may
venture To say contemporaneously
sank. This was inevitable Owing TO
the extreme heat and pressure prevail
ing in its interior the earth is an en-
inently elastic body. It's surface ac-
tually bugeS in or out with q very
slight increase or decrease of the load
upon it.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-03-22
Man More liquid Than Solid.

Every fiber and every cell that enters
into the formation Of Il living body is
bathed in moisture. by which means
alone these ultimate elements are kept
alive and are enabled to carry out their
duties Even the bones. which appear
to be the most solid Of all, owe more
than half their weight to the presence
of fluid That our bodies contain a
large amount of fluid Is proved In a
striking manner by the blisters which
rise after the infiction Of a burn.
Water. In fact. plays very important
part in the human anatomy. for 1t Is
through It's agency that the vital proc
esses OF digestion. absorption and the
excretion of waste products are car
ried out. TO reduce the whole matter
to figures and taking 154 pounds to be
the total weight Of an average full
grown man. 1t is said that water alone
accounts for 100 pounds of the whole.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-03-22
Onnosed to Mourning Clothes,


"a southern physician of recognized
skill and eminence urges that all out
ward symbols of mourning should De
abandoned" says Munsey's. For many
years he has expressed his views. He
has won over a large number OF pco-
pie who see no reason why the heart
should advertise its sorrow by the
conspicuous insignia Of gloom. There
are or have been peoples wiser in
their generation. The Romans OF the
days of the republic wore blue as a
sign of mourning 1t is the proper
thing in Asia Minor now. The Turk
mourns in violet and the Persian IN
pale brown. Until II French queen
set the present fashion in the latter
half of the fifteenth century white was
the color of grief in Europe. as 1t is
now In China"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-03-22
d pcIiceman's Duty.

Some Of :he answers given by can
ditlates for the Chicago police force at
a recent examination were:
"Thp duties of Il policeman are TO
pI,rrd the rpare and limb Of the city,
"Ef | found IL man on my beat SUI
fern with Il broken leg would ask
him his name. address. age, occupa-
lion. married or single. and would then
see If ne would rather go home or 10
hospital"
"rrr"lnry is crime where you
crawl IN Il mans house with the inten-
ton of intimidAting TO steal."-Chica-
30 Tribune.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-03-22
4 Generous Actor.

7 remember when Toole was playing
nm exceptionally fine engagement With
US that he said laughingly: "Oh, by
the way. Calvert. if my wife comes
down next week don't say anything
about the big receipts. You see, I've
q lot of nephews and nieces, and they
all EXPECT ti,:s from Uncle Johnnie.
Last year they had over f4O0 from me,
and my wife thinks | rather overdo
"Siyty-cight Years on the Stage
by Mrs. Charles Calvert.