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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-18
MARINES ARE LANDED
Uncle Sans Men Take Charge of
Custom House at Swatow.

Swatow, China, March 1s.-A de-
tachment of marines from the United
States monitor Monterey landed here
today in consequence of the continuous
disturbances all over the city and the
threatening attitude of natives.
The marines have taken charge of
the customs house Heavy fghting be-
tween the Hakka tribesmen and the
troops from Canton went on for eight
hours today in the streets of the city.
Forty natives are known to have been
killed. 1t is believed casualties far ex-
ceed that number. One shot killed a
blue jacket on board a Japanese war
ship in the. harbor while several other
bullets struck the hull of the United
States monitor Monterey. Reports
from Waichow saT that the troops
there are mutinous.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-18

railroad tracks between South Bend
and Meadow and later still Monday
forenoon were seen passing the home
Of T. P. Ball, two and a half miles
west of Meadow.
Taylor Well Known Crook.
Tom Taylor, alias Tom. Murray,
alias Shorty Gray, was one of the
best known crooks in the west. He
was also one of the most daring.
shrewd and therefore one of the
hardest to catch. He was believed
which led to the killing of three men
when he and his pals escaped last
week. Taylor had many friends
among the crooks that infest KAN
sas City and was believed to oe
headed that way.
1t was as Shorty Gray that he
was best known. He married a
Kansas City girl several years ago.
She is believed to be in Pennsylvania
In 1904 Taylor was arrested in kan
sas City. With two other bank rob-
bers he was taken to Nebraska and
tried and convicted of bank robbing.
He was sent to the penitentiary AMI
gave more trouble than any other pris-
oner while he was there. His term
was finished in 1909 and almost at once
his name was connected with the bank
robberies which caused terror to the
banks in north central Kansas and
southern Nebraska. He was finally ar
rested last summer and convicted of
robbing the bank at Gilner, Neb.. and
sentenced to % years in prison.
While serving a former sentence a
number of plots which he formed in !.
plan to escape the prison were discov-
cred just in time to prevent their be-
ing carried out.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-18
REAL SPRING DAY.
The Gladstone Season Has at Last
Arrived.

Spring is here at last The weather
is ideal, and the first bulbs of the
season are now in blossom Sunday-
was the first day III period of q days
that the mercury was above normal
Today it has been averaging two de-
greeS above the normal temperature
for March Is in the past quarter of a
century. The forecast calls for more
of the same brand of atmosphere con-
ditions. The shippers forecast fndl-
Gates that above freezing temperatures
will be the order of things in radius
of 200 miles. The wind is blowing 10
miles an hour from the northwest. The
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-18

proposed to loan Nicaragua $15,0OO,-
600. taking the bonds at 9Oh at 5
per cent. BY this loan Nicarag1a's
currency and tax collections will be
reformed; her foreign debt will be as
sumed by the bankers; the war claims
pending against her result of the
Zelaya revolution will oe settled and
a railroad will be constructed that
will give Nicaragua direct transpor-
tation from the Atlantic to the Pa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-18
TO TRY IT AGAIN.
Another Vote on Prohibition I.
Planned in Maine.

Augusta, Me-. March 1s-The
Maine legislature will meet in special
session Wednesday for the first time
since the Civil war. Governor Plais-
ted's proclamation gives three pur-
poses of the session: To redistrict the
state for representatives. in con-
gress: to amend the laws govern
ing elections, and to propose a con-
stitutional amendment which will per-
nit local option with regard to the
LIQUOR traffic. The senate has %
Democrats and nine Republicans; the
house S5 Democrats and Sc Republi-
cans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-18
Morley, the Other of Trio, Sur
renders to Officers.
LEADER OF MUnNY SLAIN
An Exciting Battle With the
Officers.
Fugitives Capture Farm House
and Stay Two Days.

Lincoln, March 1S.-Advices receive
here, confirmed from three sources. de-
clare that posses have killed Conviots
Taylor and Dowd and have captured
Morley. all of whom escaped from the
penitentiary last week. The fight took
place near Gretna
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-18
Wage Increase Announced.

Providence, R. l.. March 1S.-An in
crease in wages was announced by the
large cotton manufacturing companies
of Rhode Island today. The mill men
would not say, however, what the
amount of the increase which will go
into effect March 25, will be. The mills
employ about 10000 operatives.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-18

New York March 1S.-All grades of
refined sugar were reduced ten cents
a hundred pounds today
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-18

Chicago, March 18.-Forecast: Kan
sas-Generally fair tonight and Tues
day moderate temperature.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-18

Supreme Court Takes Recess.
washington March 18.-The supreme
court today took a recess until April L
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The Washington herald., 1912-11-10

great service to the buyer By tts ait
prices arc squalized and We are furnished
even In summer with meat that has been
made tender BY keeping
The saryics rendered by cold storage OF
fish and poultry IL not SO thoroughly we'll
established, The subject 10 being care
fully Investigated by experts Apparent
~. II the process is carried out. in the
hest manner and the goods not kept too
long n s.orage, the cold-storage fish and
poultry are wholesome.
With all cold storage foods II ID impor-
tant that there shall not be q long inter-
val between removal from storage and
cooking. and this 10 particularly the case
with poultry and fish. Foods that have
been frosen and then thawed seem to fun
nish particularly good ground for bacteria
growth. or what We call spelling"
Storage Of fruits and vegetables gives
US many ovt-of-season articles The same
II true to . great extent Of turkeys and
other domestic poultry, for food Of this
kind u largely Of seasonal production.
and cold storage seems to be the only
method BY which the fresh material can
be kept for a long period for market
purposes
In the eass Of many sorts Of cold stor
age fpuits aAd vegetables it is the com
moa opiniDn that theiR quality il hardly
- Seo4 eB-that ef fyesh easA
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ness. while the rest tJWould, have some tall
descendants and some dwarf. In crossing
the yellow and the green the sans results
followed with mathematical exActness.
On tho average. Of every four peas
one would be yellow and would have
only yellow throughout succeeding sen-
erations. Three would be green. and some
one of these would always breed true to
Green. while two others Of the green
would. in tho succeeding crop. have half
the seed yellow and half Of n green. The
reports Of Mendeps experiments seem
never to have gone beyond the local SCI
entific society until many years after his
death. when the same results had been
worked out Independently by other men,
VINO recognized the great significance OF
his earlier work. But n may seem . far
cry from pea pods TO trundle beds-and q
vast deal Of research In the last ten
years has been the attempt to discover
how far q ory 1t IA. how far Mende!ism is
true Of human traits. One Of thu first
things to establish IN this ssaych wss:
What are tho single unit characters IN
human Inheritance corresponding to color
or to tallness in plants: Another was. by
what mechanism these trsits and ouaIi-
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half its weight In bone. sinew and fat
The apparent price of chicken may be
20 cents q pound, but its real price will
often be 50 cents, when the Weight Of
head. legs. entrails. crop and bones 10
taken into account
There 10 much discussion regarding the
merits Of drawn and undrawn poultry,
Most dealers contend that In warm
weather a fowl which has had sntrails
and crop removed spoils much more
quickly. because Of the extent Of out sur
face exposed, than does undrawn poul-
try In 4 large city market one dealer
kept drawn poultry, and he said that he
could not do se except for the fact that
steady customers took all Of his stock.
- that nothing was left on his hands.
It is greatly to the housekeeper's ad-
vantage to buy fresh, weli-drawn poultry.
for not only is the flavor injured by the
uncisan practice Of allowing the ehtrails
to remain in the body. but 1t 10 thought
to favor The development Of ptemaines.
II has been shown that after death the
intestinal juices. with their contained bac-
terra, are able to pass through the walls
of the intestines into the muscle fibre,
and this process goes on even though the
fswi Is kspt at q yeTy lev Temperature.
In some States pi&-stsia9e SeWls ars -
aytFed by law te b sold - Such.
Gold storage - applied ta whsls car
casses u beef ea4 AlftRR. has Aess eft
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HOW TO JUDGE CUTS OF MEAT
IN order 10 become . seed 5udss o.

IN order to become . scod Judss Of
i meats II II helpful 10 havs q few les
sons from IN experienced buyer. The
different nuts will thus b easily learned.
but the quality Of the meat depends on
70 many faoeoss, q tbs 49, 'ee the ami
nal the hFssd, and ths mstAod Of IAt-
tsaius, that II u easy to mako MIstakss
Ia choosins. and the buyer viii often be
wise in accepting informal ton from the
dealer If he Is ,ne who prides himself on
ksspins fjrst-olass meats
Having found such q one, the Gus.
temsS who wishes 70 rave time aad money
VIM continue to buy q -hisn- The very
issee amount OF meat vhioh aoms house-
keepers pFevids u not asoeasaIy, Iassa-
nd, Il IL batter to use Q reasonable
smsunt Of thit 'Sijoh u In prime oapdi-
tion rather than to eoonemiss on the
aualtty, The meat il easily supplemented
~ other dishes, .aad the meals viii
thus u hettss balanced thsn wauld be
tAe oes6 Il . @asssF amount q iafv,isv
UIuet vsee, pssStdsd. Althavgh nst 0sa-
eyeily uD6ssstpsA Il y just as inDortant
that the cheaper cuts Of ms3t, as wen a
the dsarsr epes, should come frem we'll
lsttsnsd animal:
xkees = an apparent and . true nvtss
q MEATS, q feet tAst II not savsys csa.
sileyel. II may b Mess eesAaNIical Il
pay IS ss1sts fer q cut a clear nsst
iAsn sssts fes sas that eeatains AsaEay
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other articles which the girls have made
They are deeply interested to know what
the customers have liked and to what
they have objected and why they have
disapproved. A. an Introduction to the
realization OF their relation as producers
to the big world and consumers. the value
Of such test can hardly be ovsresu-
mated.
The advantages OF this custom work
are many. Its greatest value. Of courre.
lies In the fact that II 10 actual work.
made to be bought and used. and not play
work done for the sake Of learning how
to do something else. But also Il has .
wide-reachins effect upon the girls them
selves. tho first evidence Of which u the
refinement Of taste. When they entss
the school their fancy invariably turns
toward guady and showy effects and theiP
garments afs usually laden With cheap
trimming. Ths result Of WORKING With
materials Of eood COLOR. texture and do
dsm 10 VIZ quickly felt and sosnst.mes
thsar rsaponse to tho finer thing IL anas-
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It takes. they learn by practical applica.
ton to appreciate the Importance Of eco
nomical methods. They find out by ex-
perience with their own work and ma
terials that II 10 not only dishonest but
very bad policy to spoil or use wastefully
the materials given to them by an en-
ployer. More than that. the lesson In
economy seems to develop sense of per-
sonal thrift. 30 that. II she marries. the
girl becomes . better housekeeper and .
mors economic spender Of her husbands .
wases because Of her training in business
msthods.
Another strong factor 10 the develop.
msnt Of tho sense Of responsibility 10 the
osdef work that 10 done by the school.
Each girl 10 made to feel how much the
SCHOOLS reputation depends upon her.
Every garment or article must be we'll
and honestly made OF the customer will
b displeased and the schools good name
viii Be hurt.
The effect Of such IN Incentive - hnose
encouraging st the SALES Of garments and
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tant element Of general efficiency 10 econ.
emy.
II pupil spoils any Of ths msterial
sho 10 working With, shs 70 expected to
tell her teacher about II. and It 10 i'm
pressed upon her that she must show
the Same truthfulness and honesty when
she 10 working for wagea She 10
trained to be careful with all materials.
and II by chance she spills anything
sho makes good its value at the rate Of Q
few CENTS psf week. Also. she 10 taught
never to cut into fresh cloth for cam.
plss but to use rsrnnants and sorspa.
The value Of these lessons b bFpusht
home at the close Of tho year, vhsn IN
custom work 10 cut of and the Girls ars
allowed to work for themselves ana their
families, buying their own materials, d.
iectinS their own designa. and doing tie
work Themselves under the sensral super.
vision Of teacher who 10 at hand b
help out IN oass Of difficulty. A tAe
giSlS carefully compute tho cot Of Ssoh
article thsy mako. including ths tine
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| ing They find out that the preference
Of the best customers is always for sim
pie things. and they are quick to learn
why and to initiate this refinement OF
taste in their own clothes ss well as In
their work.
In addition to the trade practice. .
certain amount Of study 10 required Of
each girl. The topics all bear direct
relation to the work. and are selected
with tho idea Of fitting the girls for
the better positions in the working world
They are taught business arithmetic. En-
glish. Sccounts. color. and design. and arc
given some instruction as to Industrial
problems and eivics: all Of which tends
not only to make them eood workers but
good citisens. This work u made -
practical ~ possible. the real problems
taking the pNce Of theoretical instSue'
ton wherever It 10 practicable.
For example: The pupils make a study
Of the accounts Of the school trade Dc.
partmsnt. This enables them to see for
themselves how all the small items Of
earning and expenditure count up TO large
totals, and 20 appreciate their RESPONSE
bility In adding to the ono and lessen-
Ing tho other. II means much TO thels
pride In the school and In themselves M
producers when they see that their ex.
cellent work in the custom or order busi-
ness has resulted In quick sales and good
prices, and 90 added to the schools In
come and iessened Its cost of maintenance.
As . rule. the same spirit Of pride and
loyalty, with all that II means, Q sturdy
Independence. a consciousness Of the value
Of the Individual, and honest recognition
Of the reciprocal rights Of employer and
enploys are carried into their chosen
work when they leave the school.
The object Of suoh play az is allowed In
the school 10 the same as that Of the
WORT. In the gymnasium. and during the
noon-hour recreation Of dancing and
Eamea. the Instructor and one or more
teachers are always present, No restraint
ID exercised and the girls dance and play
their games with the utmost freedom and
enjoyment, But. through the force Of
silent example. they gain gradually an
Idea of courtesy and gentleness In speech
and conduct that keeps them up to their
best
Many Of the girls Join the Junior Club. |!
which meets weekly for social recreation |
and helps to strengthen the influences of
the noon-hour playt!me. Those who be- !
long to the Juniors are eligible after they |
receive their diplomas as members, in TIE |
Social Club Of the graduates of the |
school.
Aside from their value as means of
AID Of giving the giEs timer
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| standards Of social pleasure. these clubs
are useful also IN the development Of the
sense Of responsibility and loyalty. When
a girl flirt Joins she is sometimes inclined
to let her own caprice decide whether or
not she will keep her word as to one or
another thing she has promised to do
for the entertainment OF her mates AID
the furtherance Of the general enjoyment,
But she soon finds that yielding TO such
whims makes her unpopular, and 90 she
begins to develop the spirit q team work.
Of doing her pase for the saks Of the
general good.
through the placement bureau the
school finds positions for all who com.
pieee u course with credit A. far -
possible. II keeps In touch With the strls
afterward, and helps them. as lons a.
ehey need help. 70 advance n their work
- experience and skill TT them for bet.
s0P positions. As its course oovers only
ono ysaF. the school docs not claim to
make trained workers Of its puplh I.
does try to give them enough tech.
nical training and such IN attitude TO.
ward their work a. will make them the
best beginners. II finds no difficulty In
placing Its graduates. a. It has On hand
Ill the time more requests from employ
ers for workers than It can FIJI So, also.
1t has more applications for entrance
than at present there 10 accommodation
for. On the one hand is q long waiting
list Of girls who wish to snter the school
and on tho other 10 . waiting list Of en-
ploysrs ready to give them work when
they shall have completed the eourss
That the training Of the school bears
good practical fruit II evidenced by oorn.
parison Of the records Of those who finish
the course and those who. for one reason
or another. drop out during the year.
There 10 . difference Of tllS Der week
IN the average beginning wages Of the
trained and the partially trained sisls
Tho latter fluctuate from Job to Job and
show only slight advance In wages trom
year to year. The records Of those who
graduate show q very larDe percentage
remaining In the trades for which they
trained. with steady and excellent IN
crease In their earning capacity
This increase OF wage earning capaojty
and Industrial stability is. OF course, tho
main result at which the school aims.
What II does In the way of bYoadsnins
and Strengthening and uplifting ohar-
acter. while not without value a. Q factor
n Its chief plrpose. ought perhaps to be
considered a a by-product. But, a. some
times happens In the manufacturing In.
dustries. II 10 a question if the by.product
does not finally prove to BE- nf - mneh
value e. the. main eutpnl
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WHAT IS THE REAL MEANING AND THE USE OF EUGENCs9

green peas after the first crossins, <bas
oarTy within thsnsslvss the possibility q
both yellow end green. 30 it u kn00s
that like bsssts like" 10 not always tsu@
II one considsfs only the two parents end
their children. The grandparents snd
their brothers and sisters, and the I'm.
ternity Of both father and mother. must
bs considered. In order to discover the
qualities Of that germ plasm which. from
new generation.
Occasionally. but rarely. Do characters.
tics blend. But the tendency Of nature 10
toward the normal. and 20 II one parens
represents fesble-mindsd stock and the
other sound stock. with all other condi.
tons favorable. the average proportion
! among the children Will be one mentally
unsound to three sound. But what
mother or father would deliberately
choose to have even one unsound child,
The entire list Of unit characters. and
which arc thus inherited. according to
Mendeiian principles. We shall not know
for some years. but At the EYEsnics Rec.
ord Office. at Cold Spring Harbor. L. l..
which DR.. Davenport has established IN
connection with Carnegie Institute, any
young man or woman who wishes may
receive. without other expense than the
asking. Information regarding the strong
and weak heritable qualitiss Of the family
stock. and the probable results in the
children. Of mating with another given
family stock. representing other unit
characters.
II Is also known that the germ cells
may be seriously injured. even IN sound
families before or during the develop.
ment Of the child. with fatal or irre.
mediable results. 30 that the child may
be born blind. nervous. weak, crippled.
even feeble-minded. There are racial
poisons as disgenic in their effect as
unsound neredity. Conspicuous among
these are alcohol and the so-called so
cial diseases" The former. INDUCED
in by the parents. and particularly by
the mother. before the childs birth
Injuries the nervous system even to the
extent of feeble-mindedness. The lat
ter is responsible for the great propor-
ton Of premature deaths of babies. for
much Of the blindness through infec.
ton at birth. and for many other per.
manent conditions of crippling Ex-
treme youth or extreme age OF the
parents. overwork or improper nour-
ishment Of the mother. worry. an in
door Hfe-an these have their disgen!o
effect
Those children will have the best
chance in life. the richest endowment
whose parents come from families that
are at least sound. physically and men.
tally. who love and desire their chill.
dren and who. in harmony OF life. IN
the vigor Of manhood and womanhood.
living simple. wholesome beautiful
lives. with much Of the out-ot-doors.
prepare for their coming and guard
with loving care the developing life
These are the true mothers ana
fathers. worthy of honor.
These are the well-born children.
This Is eueenicA
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Although eugenics is still characterized
by It's foremost representatives as :. the
infant science some Of its principles are
thoroughly established. and IL what is
already known Of its laws Is put into
practice, we shall in another generation
see such a dimInution in human misery.
such an augmentation Of human ability
and happiness. as no previous half cent
ury has ever known.
II is established. for instance. that q
unit character which Is wanting in both
parents will be wanting in all their chill
dren-and this is true not only OF such an
insignificant thing as eye color. SO that
parents who have blue eyes land there
fore no brown pigment for eye COLOR can
have Only blue-eyed children. 1t is equal
" true that parents mentally defective.
especially feeble-minded or epileptic. (and
therefore lacking an essential element for
normal aualities,) can have only mental
blue eyes and the other has brown. the
same results follow as in the crossing OF
the yellow and the green peas. So. also.
IL one parent Is mentally defective and
the other of sound stock: or they both
may be personally sound but come Of
mentally defective stock. like the two