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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-13

the reader along and fills him with
desire to see for himself in the out-of-
doors what has SO thrilled him within
DOORS The illustrations, of which there
are about 200. are made from drawings
from life by the author, and from pho
tographs by ]. l.. Kane, G. A. Bash, DR..
F. d. Snyders, and others, and give in
themselves in many cases almost as
butterflies as the text. Besides telling
the story clearly and picturesquely, they
are often strikingIy beautiful.
Charles Johnston. author of the just
published book why the World
Laughs comments upon the fact that
American literature, which has diScov-
cred the child for its purposes, has not
yet given a sister to it's famous boy
characters There are no little girls
of the first magnitude in American lit
erature. Perhaps the English Alice in
Wonderland is the highwater mark
among little girls" But Mr.. Johnston
finds her adventures and atmosphere
very different from 1.-The broad river
bosom, the sweet-smelling woods the
echoing hills and the nights under the
stars, where Tom Sawyer and Huck
Finn play their parts.''
The London publishers. Constable &
Co, Ltd. have just brought out the
first number of Bedrock" a Quarterly
REVIEW or Scientific Thought. On the
editorial committee are Sir Bryan DON
kin, NJ. D., Medical Adviser to the
Prison Commission for England and
Wales: E. B. Poulton, Hope Professor
of zoology in the University of Oxford;
G. Archdall Reid; and H H Turner,
Savilian Professor of Astronomy in the
University of Oxford. The acting edi-
tor is Mr. H. B. Grylls
Fairies Afield,'' by the chiIdren's. I'M
failing friend, Mrs. WORDSWORTH, is a col
lection of fairy tales in which the human
side is very prominent. Sometimes tic
connection between the real world and
the land of enchantment is brought about
by the Notwithstanding and mysterious
medium of dreams. One of the most in
teresting of the stories both for charac-
tiers and plot, is the one in which won
derful dream woman and a wise robin
play leading parts in bringing happiness
and prosperity to two sisters who made a
living by selling rose leaves. There is
enough possibility of reality in the stories
to give them added interest to little read
ers.
How would you like to have a steak
fifty or hundred thousand years old
served up to you?' asks James oliver
Curwood. author of the recently published
novel Flower of the North'' Mr.. Cur
wood tells how in one of his Northern
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-13
Good Clothes and Self Respect.

OOO0 ClOCneS ana Sell respect.
ANY man can be in good spirits
when ne is we'll dressed. There isn't
much credit in that. If L was ragged
and very jolly, then should begin to
feel 1 had gained a potnt."-Martin
Chuzzlewit.
1t is true that cleanliness and good
clothes go far towards making con-
tented people.
One reason that the American peo-
pie are so well satisfied with them
selves is that they are, in the main, a
we'll dressed people.
Many a woman who has been cheat
ed and disappointed in life has made
up her mind to end it. A bath and
her freshest garments are the first
step. Then she does not feel quite so
i'll used, and probably decides to go to
the matinee rather than the "quiet
tomb that has seemed so alluring.
Many a man has taken his first step
downward because he was too shabby
to meet the people with whom he felt
it incumbent to be decent
1 do not believe however, that it is
any particular virtue to "be jolly and
ragged"
If one is ragged 1T is well to be
cheerful, but ostentatious mirth under
such conditions would lose rather than
'gain point
To be well dressed does not mean
expensive garments.
1t means taste, neatness, care-not
fuss, frills and furbelows.
A man is not we'll dressed if his
wife is shabby, though his clothes
may be fine and well cut.
A girl is not well dressed If her
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ter for a couple of minutes and then
said:
Mr.. Bowser, don't be touchy about
the matter, but it seems a dangerous
thing to do to take a stranger into the
house. How much did you question
him?''
There you go!'' was replied. II won
der if there is a person on earth you
are not suspicious of? If Uncle Ike
were not my uncle would he dare come
here to the house?"
1T doesn't seem SO, and yet
"IIl bet my life against a nickel he's
my uncle right enough. You see that
the spare bed is ready for him, and
you might dress up little. 1 want
him to see that 1 selected a dandy
for a wife,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-13

The Century Company of New York
has published a remarkably interest
ing novel, The Blind Who See,' by
Marie Louise Van Saanen-
1t deals with the artistic, half 30
hemian set of New York, ana SHOWS
a wide acquaintance with both places
and people of the metropolis. 1t is the
story of Sylvus Leete, a blind V1ollnlst'
whose music is white" exquisite in
melody but lacking in depth me
central figure is Mona, Sylvus' butterfly
wife, who finds in an unusual way
the most beautiful thing in the
world" Through the bitterest agony
a man can know. Sylvus' music is
strengthened, given power. me cna lT-
a human sympathy with each one,
Richard Worden. the gruff, big hearted
sculptor, AntOnin. the crusty, devoted
valet are all consummately drawn.
Mona IS a New York Lady Kitty
and the book, though not as strong
reminds one constantly in plot. even
in detail, of Mrs. Humphrey Ward
Marriage of William Ashe.
The leading Scribner importations
of the month of April are "On the
Bacl<waters of the Nile" studies OF
some child races of Central Africa, by
A. L. Kitching; Rem prandIs E't ~
ings" an essay and a catalogue OF the
etchings of Rembrandt, with some
notes on the drawings by Arthur M.
Hind: Scented Isles and Coral Gar
travels in the Torres Straits, German
New Guinea, Dutch East Indies emma
and Japan, by c. d. Mackellar;:
Higher Aspects of Greek Religion,
by /. r. Farnell, consideration OF
the higher social aspects OF Greek
poIytheisn as contrasted with carry
christianity: |tThe Development and
Rise of the Opera" by Joseph God
dard: Brahms Vocal Works
handbook by Edwin Evans ana
"Causeries on English Pewter by
Antonio DeNavarFO.
THE Butterfly and Moth Book" by
Ellen Robertson Miller, to be published
by the Scribners early this month. is,
as the author says in her subtitle. the
story of personal studies and observa-
tons of the more familiar Species Mrs.
Robertson Miller, in most readable
and delightful way, gives an account of
the lives of those varieties of moths
and butterflies that are within reach
and sight of all of us and about whose
names and adventures most people are
completely ignorant. Her Investigations
and observations, carried out in the
most painstaking and scientific way
are described with the enthusiasm and
vivid, sympathetic interest that carries
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-13
BowsER's UNCLE DAN.
He Comes Across a Long Lost Rela-
tive.

| That Mr.. BoWser had news of some
kind to communicate when he reached
home the other evening was plain tic
| be read in his face, and after he had
| got seated at the dinner table he said:
"One of the strangest things that
ever happened to me occurred today"
Il hope you didn't buy a chicken
| farm" replied Mrs. Bowser.
Il was taking my MONDAY lunch
when a man came in that 1 knew and
called me by name. I noticed an old
ish man sitting near by prick up his
ears and look at me, and two or three
times before L went out he seemed
| about to speak to me-"
''Yes?"
Il had been back at the office about
half an hour when he came in
And wanted to borrow S. added
| Mrs. Rowser.
Woman, if you are going to begin
your sarcasm I shan't say another word.
row IS? What right have you to sup
pose any such blasted thing!''
''Oh, 1 just happened to think So
''WeIl, don't just happen again. It's
an insult on me. The man begged my
pardon and wanted to know if he had
understood my name-Bowser-arig
1 answered that he had, and then he
introduced himself as Ike Harris"
"A dealer in city lots at the North
Pole?"
by thunder, woman, but you pro-
woke me until L feel like boxing your
ears! Are you trying to make me out
a foo1!'
mo, of course not, but the name Ike
has a suspicious sound to me. What did
he want?"
He simply wanted me to know that
he was my uncle!"
ssNTr- Won don't mean ifI"
That's just what I do mean. and
you have been insulting him.
Your Uncle Ike. Ell? I never heard
you speak of him before"
mo? Well, I'm not a man that goes
around saying that I've got this uncle
and that aunt and such and such
cousin Besides, the last I heard of
Uncle Ike was 20 years ago, and ]
thought him dead. He is very much
alive, however"
'And you were glad to see each 9TH
er?'
Naturally"
And you talked over old times?''
Certainly"
And you haven't got a doubt left
that he is your Uncle Ike?"
How can 1 have? A person must
be a fool not to know his own uncle.
He is an uncle on my mothers side. He
is about so years old and very rich.
He doesn't put on any style, but he's
got the dough just the same. and has
neither wife nor chick to leave it to-.
Then, if he takes a liking to you
Just so, Mrs. Bowser. If Uncle Ike
wants to leave me a fortune I shant
kick. He and I tumbled into each
others arms at once, but how it will
be with you 1 don't know. You always
muddle up things if there is a chance
to-
as he coming over here?"
'sOf course. He had some business
to attend to first, and said it might
be 9 O'Clock before he got around. Yes,
he's going to stay with US week OF
two before going back west to his gold
mine. You'll see rather shabby but
sort of man-just the |
kind of an old chap to tie to, and I
hope you'll do your best to make |
things pleasant for him.
Mrs. Bowser puzzled over the mat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-13

How would you like to have steak
fifty or a hundred thousand years old
served up to your" asks James oliver
Curwood. author of the recently published
novel Flower of the North" Mr. Cur
wood tells how in one of his Northern
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-13

trips he came across some Indians who
had discovered the carcass of a, mastodon.
exposed by the falling of a frozen river
cliff THE flesh,' says Mr.. Curwood
was of a deep red or mahogany color,
and dined on a steak an inch and a half
thick My first taste of the flesh sent me
back, L suppose, fifty thousand years or
more. The flavor of the meat was old
not unpleasant-but simply old and dry.
That it had lost none of it's Hfe-sustain
ing elements during those hundreds of
centuries of cold storage was shown by
the fact that the dogs throve upon it,
Form of Government President Nicho-
las Murray Buffers collection of political
essays, deals chiefly with such current
topics the referendum, initiative, re-
call. the Sherman antitrust law, etc,
but it contains one essay on Alexander
Hamilton which recalls a fact that will
speech in commemoration of Alexander
Hamilton. in Paterson, n. J., at the I'M
yelling of his statue there and it describes
Hamiltons identification with the origin
of Paterson. Very few people know that
Paterson was created directly by the eff
forts of Hamilton who wished to make it
that the original plans for the city were
drawn by l. Enfant, the French engineer
who made the plans for Washington.
Zane Grey. whose novel, "Riders OF
the Purple Sage" is just out. has been
spending his first winter in New York.
FROM his cOZY apartment ONSrlOOklnS
quiet streets, automobiles, cars, and de-
livery wagons. he made a far leap in i'm
agination of a caller the other day, when
he talked of the widest spot left in the
United States: 1.-The country leaves its
mark on the faces of its men, Their faces
are like the red cliffS-quiet, tense, Sc
cretive. l never saw one of them smile
nor spead loud save when angry. Further
south I've found the cowboys to be jovial
good fellows when you get acquainted
with them, but you never get acquainted
with a rider of the purple sage"
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~ DICKENS
%An& HfRSHOGF STRVQKUB
REH(GIE SIM(KHB
SATURDAY

mother looks like her maid
A woman is but poorly clad II she
goes in silk. when her husband. OF
father, is thrsadbare.
Our greatest national failing Is per
haps a love of fine clothes.
1t is virtue slightly twisted-for
good clothes are potent factor for
self-respect.
And self-respect is the foundation
of great characters.
Efficiency as a Foundation.
There is no such thing as a man
who does one part of a plain business
well and another part ill."-Letters OF
Charles Dickens.
That has a familiar ring. II Is a
sentence that might be cut from a
modern article on efficiency.
Inaptitude, carelessn ess, slip-shod
work is no more deplorable today
than in the past.
The one great point we make in
our Northumberland set about max
ing them up.
This is destructive age, It is said.
We are letting in the light. We are
studying from the inside.
For ages it has been the habit of
man to build on, rather than build up
from the foundation.
Today, if we find the foundation is
not sound, we consider the best way
to rebuild.
Mark Tapley says:
Some architects are clever at max
ing foundations, and some architects
are clever at building on 'em when
they are made
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-13

The series of robberies in Paris,
all traceable to the notorious auto
gang. have set the world agog as no
other crimes of modern times. Banks.
museums, homes, all share alike and
the police seem entirety unable to
cope with them. Twenty thousand
dollars is offered by one banker for
their capture. dead or alive. The
government has appropriated $1e0, 600
man in the French capital is wear
ing a belt with pistol of large cali
Der visible to all. The ringleader
is Bonnet, a noted anarchist. and his
first lieutenant is Carouy.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-02-15
A BISHOPS Stories.

Preaching at ST. Paul's. Harringay.
1ust outside London. one Sunday night.
DR.. Ingram the bishop Of London. told
two stories which attracted widespread
attention. He said that in the congre-
CATION at confirmation service he
once conducted in Westminster abbey
was girl of thirteen. During tn"
service she said to her mother. ID"
you see them. nlother?' See wha,:"
asked the mother, and the child re-
piled. angels on each side Of the bish
op.'' 1T is said" commented the bish
Cd, that the pure in heart shall see
God. and is IL not therefore possible
that child perfectly pure could see
things that an adult conld not see!
The hiShnp also told story of I'VE
girls whose father. feeling i'll. went to
lie down. The youngest child was sent
to bed. but ran from ner room. ealing
Come out. There are two angels
walking up the staircase" Later the
child called ont again, The angels are
walking down the staircase. and n
TIERS walking between them" All nve
girls. said the bishop. saw the same
thing. aud. going into their fathers
room. they found him dead.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-02-15

contains much sand the amount OF
sand stated above should be cut down
by that much. The sand should be
spread evenly and be Of a uniform
thickness. To get the best results the
road bed should be dry when the sand
is added. and especially should it he
dry when the sand and clay are mixed,
as 1t is very difficult to mix the sand
evenly with the clay when the latter
is wet and sticky.
The mixing Is now carried on with
spike or spring tooth harrow until
the sand and clay are thoroughly in
corporated and the mixture is brough:
to state Of fine subdivision. The
roadway is now shaped up with road
machine. A split log drag may he
used. From now until the surface
becomes thoroughly consolidated tl'
greatest care should he exercised to
keep the surface smooth and proper
Iy crowned. and for at least q week
the surface Of the roadway should he
reshaped every morning with the road
machine. for If the roadway is worn
into ruts at first 1t is Il hard matter
to ever get smooth surface
As soon as 1t has dried out sufficient
II the surface should be smoethed
with the road machine and given the
proper crown. And just before il he
comes entirely dry 1t should be rolled
until it becomes hard and ceases to
show the tracks of ordinary loaded
vehicles. The roller should weigh
from six to ten tons. never more. and
may be either horse power or steam
roller.
The side bitches should he given q
general cleaning and repaired at least
once in the early spring and once IL
the early fall. All trash and other oil,
structions should be thrown ont o..
the sides opposite from the roadway
and all secured places and holes il
the bitches should be filed up Will
firmly packed rock and clay.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-02-15
HOW TO BUILD 4
SAND-CLAY ROAD
Proper Drainage Must Be First
Consideration.
SIDE bitches ARE GOOD.

Clay Has Become Thoroughly Dry 1t
Should Be Dragged Every Morning
to Smooth Out the Ruts-care Should
Be Taken to Keep bitches Clean.
When sand-clay road is built upon |
a clay subgrade proper drainage is
one of the most essential things. for
unless the subgrade of the road is dry
and firm the Surfacing of s:.nd-clay is
sure to break through. says Professor
M. G. Homes of the University of
South Carolina. Ordinarily side bitches,
which must be large enough to carry
off all of the water falling on the road.
will be sufficient.
These side bitches should be wide
and shallow rather than narrow and
deep. as thus they will not he hard
to keep open nor dangerous to trive;.
They should be from four to five feet
wide and from one to one and half
feet deep. s!opins three to one on the
side next to the road and down to one
on the outer side. and they should have
outlets as frequently as possible to
carry the water entirely away from
the road When the subgrade is wet
or damp most of the time or is through
swampy land tile subdrains should be
laid in order to keep the foundation of
the road dry and firm. 1t must be
borne in mind that greater care must
be exercised to keep the clay subgrade
dry and in the majority of cases of
subgrade in sandy soil.
The roadbed should be graded true
to the lines and grades established by
the engineer. All spongy material.
| vegetable matter. trees, roots and
stnmps should be carefully removed
| from the roadbed and the space thus
| filled in with sound material. and the
surface of the roadbed should tie dry
and the sand and clay should he pov
ed and narrowed with a disk harrow
to a depth of four inches until the
clay is completely pulverized, and the
clay subgrade should be comparatively
dry or it will not pulverize- After this
has been done the roadbed Sh"ud b
leveled up. and it will then be re;id
for the sand.
The subgrade is now covered with
six to eight inches of clean, sharp and
sound sand When the clay already
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-02-15
Rose Leaves and Brown Sugar

You took rose leaves-fresh rose
leaves and mixed them with brown
sugar. Then yon wrapped them in II
leaf from u grapevine and buried the
whole business in the ground. You
let them stay for three days. At the
end of that time you dug them up anu
ate them ate them with rapture known
only to those who have eaten this par
ticular delicacy. for to the natural !
fragrance Of the rose leaves and the
nourislling and delicious properties or
the brown sugar that interval ef three
days in the warm earth had added II
new quality. \ mysterious alchemy
had been ut work and transformed the
mixture into something exquisite. Il
dish to he envied By great kings and
sultans. 1t had about it odOrs nf the
east. savors of Araby the Blest.--E. l.
Pearson in .'rhe Believing Years.
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EVERYBODY DRAG ROADS /!
Plan Provides That All Tax Payers
Must Keep Highways Clean.

Plan Provides That All Tax Payers
Must Keep Highways Clean.
A plan is on foot in some parts OF
the country to have the whole cOmmu-
nifty see to it that the roads are kept
in good condition.
The proposed plan provides that the
road authorities shall divide the roads
into short sections. according to the
number of poll tax payers. and assign
to each man the section nearest and
most convenient to him. who would
assume the responsibility Of keeping
the same in good condition by work
ing his poll tax on it, not all at once.
but at intervals. as needed. 1t Is esti-
mated that in no case would these
sections comprise more than half
mile of road.
AS soon as the frost is out in the
spring and while the road Is yet some
what soft and plastic these men
would go on the road each of bis own
section. dragging it thoroughly. using
a homemade split log drag. scraping
down the ridges. filing the ruts and
holes and crowning and smoothing the
surface so that it would shed water.
Not more than two hours would be
required to do this. and 1t would be
done at time when II would least
interfere with farm work Later in
the season. whenever there was tend
ency to develop ruts or holes. each
would again apply the same treat
ment just following rain.
A very important point may here be
noted. viz-that by this plan the roads
in any district. no matter how mrge
even in an entire county. could all be
dragged and smoothed and put in good
condition within few hours.
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UP TO THE WOMEN TOO.
Improvement Of Country Roads shou'd
Be of interest to Mothers.

Improvement Of Country Roads Should
Be of interest to Mothers.
That the movement for the improve
ment of roads now being pushed by
the government throughout the coun
try affects the women as yitally as 1t
affects the men was the assertion of
Logan Waller Page. director of the
United States Office Of public roads. in
the course of his address to the Moth
ers' Congress held in Washington re.
Gently
The women. Director Page pointed
cut. arp the mothers Of the nation. and
ihis to their interest to see that coun.
Try roads are improved for the benefit
of their own health and happiness
end the health and happiness OF theil
children.
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f..a:iY COUNTIES STRIVING .
TO ELIMINATE RUTS
BY Building Concrete Macadam Roads.
A Success In Michigan.

Concrete macadam roads are being
built in many parts Of the country in
an attempt to secure roadways that
will not loosen up under automobile
travel nor rut under heavy trucking.
Wayne county, Mich, has built these
roads for the past two seasons and
now has nearly eight miles of two
course concrete macadam roadways.
In these roads the bottom layer is a
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Perfectly Safe.

A tourist in a remote part OF ireland.
having stayed the night al wayslde
inn not usually frequenied by visitors.
Informed the landlord 10 the mnrn1ns
tina, his boots which had been paeed
outside his raom door to be cleaned
had no. been touched
"Ah. sure said the landlord. an0
yon mmrh, nut your watch and chain
outside. your room door In this house
and they wouldn't be touched Lon
don Mail.
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The Thrifty French.

Every little while the French sarm
er or peasant sends few francs AZ
savings to his banker in Paris "f some
other city rhe banker holds the fund
till there is enough TO buy Ennd or
some other security. when u II snip
ped to he farmer or peasant and GOES
into the family collection The French
savings bank is the stOeking. and It -
stuffed with securities FROM all over
the world.