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The Topeka state journal., 1913-10-10
The Petersburg Mine.

IF was 40 years ago-July 80, 1864
that Grant exploded the mine which
blew I'D the center of Lees lines at
Petersburg.
From a hidden ravine in front or
Petersburg a mine was aug uhueI-
forts. The construction of the mine
was suggested by Colonel peasants.
of the Firty-eighth Pennsylvania, and
was prepared by his men, who were
mostly coal miners from the anthra-
cite regions of the keystone state.
He excavated a nearly horizontal
shaft about 500 feet in length, at the
end of which and 16 feet below the
surface of the earth large chamber
was excavated. In this chamber were
four magazines containing in the ag-
greeate some six tons of powder, up to
which ran the fuse.
lust at dawn on July 80 the mighty
blast of 1900 pounds of powder was
fired. The big guns in the FORT It's
garrison of 900 men, and huge masses
of earth were thrown high in the air.
leaving a great hole (knoWn as the
crater) where a moment before the
center of Lees lines had been.
When the great black smoke cone
was belched into the heavens, the
Union artillery opened fire along the
entire line while an assaulting column
rushed toward the place where the
fort had stood, but which was now the
great hole in the ground nade py tle
exploded mine.
Down into the crater scrambled the
men in blue (mostly negroes), and out
of the crater the better part of them
never came. The men in gray, rally
ing from the confusion, concentrated
from every side and poured shot and
shell upon the struggling mass of men
huddIed in the crater. The Federal
loss was between 1000. and 5000.
The recovery of the Confederates
after their center had been blown high
into the air by the great explosion viii
ever remain as one of the most amaz-
ing instances of self-possession known
to military history.-Rev. T. B. Greg
orv in the New York American.
The Topeka state journal., 1913-10-10
NO NIGHT THERE.

Take it not clean away,
Mother which art in Heaven; for Child
And some cherished things time
cannot take
Mem'ries of dusk O. day,
And white beds waiting in the candled
gloom,
While little heads bent in the quiet room
Around one knee to pray
End where they VIII, all our old dreams
of rest
Begin with twilight and mothers breast.
We are not wholly grown.
But must be always what we once have
been;
Sometime, somewhere, the whitest head
Mayhap in heaven full-known
Mid the long radiance and the rolling
psalm,
Our wistful hearts shall mind US of the
balm
OF earth-scenes, once our own
Where in sweet trance of lessening sight
and sound,
Soft-fingered Night with darkness Tapped
us round.
And must we lose the moon?
Nor evermore far down shadowy pass
By some still tarn, watch midnight in a
glass
star-crowned with double noon?
Forego the dews, and Romance, and
young dreams,
And wind-blown voices of night-singing
streams
That darkling idyls Groom?
Be patient with us, Lord; the moonlight
shows
Challenging SplendorS not all noon-tide
knows.
Then let it slowly go
Dear half of earthly life that we must
miss
Velveted silence stars and slumber's S
bliSsi
Let lingering twilight glow
Ere the All-morning on our darkness
break,
Nor this Thou MercifuI our frailty make
If we awaking so,
One quivering moment turning from the
light,
Say, with wet faces, 80 good Night good
nightr'
BY William Hervey Woods, in the Oc-
tober Scribner.
The Topeka state journal., 1913-10-10
.AYHAWKER .JOTS

The world is surely getting better,
thinks the Norton County News, be-
cause accordeons are going out OF fasn-
ion.
Occasionally, says the Ness County
News, woman weighs her words
then throws in a lot for good meas
ure.
From the Mcpherson DemoCrat-Opin-
ion: 1t is said that the Ben Davis ap-
pie is the best keeper of the apple
family OF course it is. You've got
to keep them. You can't eat them.
The biggest trust on earth is the
country newspaper, insists the Doug
lass Tribune. 1t trusts everybody, gets
cussed for trusting, mistrusted for
cussine- and if it buSts for trusting,
gets cussed for busting.
A lot of we'll meaning but snort
sighted people, remarks the Usage
Chronicle, are preparing to go into the
drouth resisting crop business next
year when the greater chances are that
floods and wet weather will be on top.
A man who is on the streets a good
deal has observed, reports the Holton
Recorder. that fully three-fourths of the
Holton girls are named kid" He is
marveling why so many parents chose
to label their children with this euphon-
ious appellation.
An Atchison girl came home the
other day from a NlSlt IN dHOtleT
town, relates the Atchison Globe. She
was accompanied by a thin, pale, sickly
looking boy about five feet three in
height, and weighing a little over a
hundred pounds. He was smoking a
cigarette and slouched along by the
girls side in an Indifferent way. The
girl introduced the miserable-looking
boy as her husband. One of her
friends took her to one side and in an
astonished whisper asked: why on
earth did you marry him?' Because L
LOVE him. replied the young girl with
her eyes shining like stars.
Related by the LIE Roy Reporter: Il
can't keep the visitors from coming
up said the office boy dejectedly to
the editor. When I say you're out
they don't believe me. They say they
must see YOU Well said the ed1-
tor, just tell them that's what they
all say. 1 don't care if you cheek
them, but I must have quietness.
That afternoon there called at the Of
flee a lady. She wanted to see the
editor, and the boy assured her that
it was impossible. But 1 must see
him. she protested. I'm his wife,
That's what they all say" replied the
boy. And forthwith a new boy was
| wanted there.
The Topeka state journal., 1913-10-10
EVENING CHIT
BY RUTH CAMERON.
Cruel TaSkmaSterS.

*
1t seems to me there is no command
ment this generation needs more keenly
than that.
Relax.
The world is not resting on your shoul-
ders as you appear to think No cata.
every moment.
Yesterday 1 looked around dining room
ner time is a most propitious moment for
relaxation. Moreover physicians. tell us
produced by not relaxing Willie eating.
and yet it was evident from their posi-
tions, voices and manners, that almost
every one of those people was more or
less tense. 1 noticed one woman'S hands
lying clenched in her lap. man drum
kin ring. Another man. who was alone,
frowned at his food with that peculiar
centration. A young girl consulted her
wrist watch impatiently when the wait
she wasn't catching a train. she explained.
but she did hate such slow service; 1t
Look around a trolley car and see how
many of its occupants show tension IN
cIenched elr op nerVousiy s casped together
! brows knit lips compressed, everywhere
with most of these people it is ideal
moment for relaxation. A moment be
| no pressure or demand of any kind upon
them, and when they might loosen the
| tension on both mind and muscles
Many people do not relax even in sleep.
| Instead of relaxing mind and body in
| preparation for Slumber they allow them
selves to fall asleep with their minds at
| high tension and their bodies in cramped
tense attitudes, and then wonder why
| thev do not feel more rested in the morn
| ing
| 81 had terrible experience this after
| noon,' a man said to once, II had TO
wait in an oculist's office two hours with
| out one thing to do. 1 had belladonna in
my eyes SO I couldn't read and | had to
| sit there and wait. thought should go
insane the last half hour; 1 was as tired
| when I got home if I had done hard
| days work..
| Plainly this man had been tense every
| moment of those two hours. Now If he
| had taken easy position. closed his
| eyes relaxed his mind and let himself go.
| instead of holding himself taut, these two
| hours might have been bath of repoSe
! and renewing instead of terrible expert
| ence.
| A doctor told me that one of his patients
| has not slept more than two hours nlght
| fo, years and yet is able to keep cheerful
| and efficient. How can she?" [ asked.
| because, though she doesn't sleep but
| planned. - :. .
| He who will relax when he may can De
more efficiently tense when he must
| So don't be such a hard task master
to those nerves and muscles of yours You
| won't get so much out of them that way;
| Give them liberty whenever you can, ana
they will repay you manifold for your IN
|
The Topeka state journal., 1913-10-10
Blind, Still Telegraphs.

Stanley F. Schnabel of this place,
presents a striking example of a per-
son who. though suddenly and perma-
nent1y afflicted. has been able to trl-
umph over difficulties.
Mr. Schnabel is an expert tele-
grapher employed by a news organ1za-
ton and several months ago was
stricken blind. Despite this handicap
he is still able to attend to his work
Only one who is fully acquainted
with the difficult work that press as
sociation telegraphers have can appre-
ciate the wonderful feat Mr.. Schnabel
is able to accomplish each day, run
ming his typewriter rapidly in order 10
take down more than 10000 words OF
code news and averaging less than
break a day.
Mr.. Schnabers af1iction came upon
of the right eye went first and the left
eve is so affected that he cannot see
the keyboard of his typewriter. With
jndomitabIe courage he set to work
and soon had acquired the touch sys-
tenn so that now he is able to turn
out COPY with very few mistakes in it.
With the loss of his eyesight other
of his senses have become remarkably
developed. Slightly deaf all his life,
Mr.. Schnabel has fully recovered his
hearing which has reached SO fine a
pofnt that he can hear pin fall that
has been dropped on a soft carpet. His
memory has also developed consider
ab1y and he can now remember facts
and figures practically with ease,
whereas it formerly was the hardest
kind of a Bethlehem (Pa.) dis
patch to Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Topeka state journal., 1913-10-10
QUAKER MEDITATIONS.
rFrom the PhiIadeIphia Recor,

1From the Philadelphia Record
Life is short, so don't waste it in long
ing.
Some people are only good natured when
they have nothing else to do.
We appreciate most things more If they
are homemade, especially happiness.
Where one man is pushed to the front a
thousand are pushed out of the way.
We think some men are getting up
steam when in reality they are merely
spouting hot air.
If there is no effect without a cause.
how about when woman changes her
mind?
Many a fellow who doesn't care espe-
cially for animals will feed the kitty in a
poker game
Life is one continuous hurdle race to the
people who acquire the habit of jumping
at conclusions.
This world would come pretty close to
being perfect if we should all follow the
advice we give others
Mrs. Gnaggs-"And, just to think, You
used to say you would die for me- MIR.
Gnaggs-''Well. don't hurry me, my dear;
don't hurry me-.
The earth was created for man.
quoted the Wise Guy. And the average
fellow seems to labor under the delusion
that he is the amn,' added the Simple Mug
Wigwag-'-I read in the paper today of
a couple who were divorced after having
been married for IS years" Henpekke-
How true it is that it is never too late
to mend"
The Topeka state journal., 1913-10-10
GLOBE SIGHTS
BY THE ATCHISON GLOBE.

Even If you are nice some people will
say you aren't
Once in a while barber cuts mans
hair as ordered.
Short jerks: How I hate a Bad Lie!
But l rather enjoy good one"
As one grows older, it seems only a step
from prfekly heat to chilblains.
Joke with a small boy two three
times and he will begin to be sassy.
A small boy knows. the first day how he
is going to like his new teacher.
Not all churches are owned by the Lord.
Some of them are owned by bossy women.
The boss does do a lot of peculiar things,
but possibly has good reason for every
one.
Title of new song: IF a Man Marries
a Suffragette, He'll Suffer More Than He
Has Yet"
One trouble with being a travelling man
is the distance frequently Travelled without
getting anywhere.
Some people always arrive if living
according to that antiquated axiom Bet
ter late than never"
IL you are disposed to be fair, begin by
taking the umpire's word for it; that's
what he gets paid for.
Doubtless you say you could do better
when you know you won't get chance
to try; lots of people like that.
Every once in a while, to discipline
her husband a woman will tell him she
could make her own living if necessary.
The Topeka state journal., 1913-10-10
BY TIE WAY
BY HARVEY PARSONS.

Patrons of this prune counter may
look forward with interest to the next
vacation of this department. AT that
time, which will be year or SO hence
Hon. Albert Reid will sub for US
Although he owns a paper, he is chock
full of ideas that would not look we'll
in a poisonous farm publication
and he thinks this is the proper place
for them.
Our next vacation is a long way
hence, but some champion of the peo-
pies rights may break a leg for this
department, and thus hasten the glad
some day when Hon. Reid shall take
charge.
The customs department has ruled
that women must leave their algretteS
at the wharf: does it follow that the
customs officers are justified in pick
ing every chicken who comes down a
gang plank?
The general resemblance is not
striking, but in one particular Hon.
Hodges resembles the late Hon. Lin
coln he is being assailed daily by a
lot of wren-headed writers.
And while we are on the subject:
they view with alarm the fact that
Hon. Hodges did not appoint a num-
Der of his opponents employees on
the dry farming congress. And they
are right at that; he should have ap-
pointed the advertising solicitor of the
publication that skates so close to the
margin of the postal laws that an i'm
ported editor refused to permit his
name to be printed therein.
A doctor friend rises to enquire the
name of the Simp who established the
system of calling them patients He
finds his patrons the most impatient
people on earth.
The demand for skilled labor grows
daily. For instance. the butcher who
can scrape spare ribs to the highest
polish without destroying the tissue
that holds them in groups, is in great
demand at the meat markets.
A lot of people seem to think that
the only thing necessary to qualify as
a dead game sport is to bet a three
bone kelly on the worlds series.
Others bet on the series as a matter
of principle, seemingly considering 1t
their duties as good citizens.
Now that the denatured football
rules prohibit biting an opponent, it
is hard to grasp the reason for draw
ing the color line on Nebraskas big
"smudge.'' 1t was about ten years
ago that a Washburn star drew the
color line on the grounds that he
didn't like the favor but that eX-
cuse is hardly applicable under the
new rules.
1t is evident that Sarecky is one OF
| those neat persons who object to lit
tering up pigeon holes with a lot OF
| old stuff. But the crool prosecution
attempts to classify him with the cul-
| led gentlemen of the bottoms who
begin breaking bottles as soon as a
| blue uniform comes around the cor
ner.
The Topeka state journal., 1913-10-10
HORSES. WOMEN AND CHILDREN

Last Decoration day, in addition to
the customary parades of Civil war
veterans, there were, in many cities,
parades of work horses in which many
of the horses wore blue, red and yell
low ribbons, badges given by local
humane societies in recognition of the
care and merciful treatment given the
horses by their owners. Such paradeS
typified the emancipation of the de-
fenseless horse from the overlooking,
the lashing, the cursing and rough
treatment prevalent not many years
ago. The propaganda against cruelty
to horses has been SO effective that
now not only are most drivers hu-
name in their treatment of these
faithful servants, but genuine pride is
taken by owners in keeping their
horses sleek-coated, with neatly
combed names and tails superbly har-
messed to handsome trucks and, above
all, adequately nourished-
Formerly drivers said that they
must work their horses to the limit
of every ounce of horsepower or that
competitors would distance them by
doing so. But experience has demon
strated that a mercifully treated horse
is an economic advantage, because,
though more work may be obtained
for a brief space from a hard-driven
horse, his earlier death ends surely
in business loss. There is now a
growing tendency among those who
own and use work horses to discour-
age cruelty
Employees of women and children
in factory and sweat-shop are Just be-
ginning to see the same light. ENTER
prisers" have explained that they must
drive thin -blooded, hollow-eyed, con-
sumptive women to death, and en-
ploy children not much more than
weaned, because of the fierce and ut
| terly merciless competition between
manufacturers; but the idea is grad
ually gaining ground that such doings
| are an economic mistake and alto
gether too expensive to indulge in. The
propaganda against these things,
which is carried on by such enlight-
| ening and discriminating agencies as
! the American Consumers league, is
doing much to force the public to
| realize that "the poverty of Lazarus
makes itself felt in the house of
Dives''-through infection-ridden gar
ments conveyed from the sweat shop,
| along the bargain counter, to the fam
4 ily of the purchaser. HumanitarianS
are seeking and obtaining legislation in
behalf of the human weakling. Is 1t
| too much to hope, asks The Journal
that the overworked woman and child
will cease to exist at least as soon as
the overworked and overdriven horse
The Topeka state journal., 1913-10-10

the country to study educational insti-
tutions was taking dinner with wide
ly known educator in an uptown hotel
He ate freely of the American d1shes
until he came to the last course LOOK
ing at the ice cream dubiously Tor some
time he finally took a mouthful II
must have given him a pleasurable
sensation-this first taste of ice cream
for he smiled pleasantly at his host.
Suddenly another Chinese, who was
present and who had not taken any OF
the dessert, spoke quickly to him a SIN
gle Chinese word. In an instant the
dignitary spat out his mouthful on his
plate. much to the consterna ton of ev-
cry one at the table. What did you
say?" inquired the host of the Chinese
who had spoken. "I said milk" was
the stoical reply.-Pittsburg Dispatch
The Topeka state journal., 1913-10-10

DO you believe that Opportunity knocks
at least once on every mans door?' II
don't know whether do or not. So many
ed to be Opportunity IN disguise that I
have about reached the conclusion that
when Opportunity means business she
sends man a telegram. m.'-Birmingham
Age-herald.
why, Nellie, dear" said the little girls
teacher. 81 haven't seen you for several
days" Nome" replied Nellie. I've been
on an exertion with mamma."-Harper' s
Bazaar.
Dorcas-"You say the hero was disap-
pointed in lover" Dorothy-"Yes He
thought that after marriage his father-in-
law would support him" Judge.
should think the doctors wo,1ld h.
AFRAID OF taking whatever their patiept :.
happen. to have" "You must have =
funny doctor; never heard of one taI,,@
anything but cash."-Houston Post
The Topeka state journal., 1913-10-10

is, The girl with the pink roses on her
hatr' He strained every muscle In ms
body in effort to draw nearer the girl
who was waiting among the Hundreds on
the wharf. "She seems to be speaking to
YOU" He turned toward Mrs. Jimmy Tor
a second.
''Yes-she is my sister, Sylvia" admit
ted Mrs. Jimmy and drew near to John
Granger, for he was trembling. II
Emotion, to- had found its way into Mrs
Jimmy's voice.
Love" put in Jimmy to relieve the ten
son, 'is more like the word Come-we
can go below now and find Sylvia =
Copyright. 1913, by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal., 1913-10-10
ON ZEE SPUR
or TIE NOMENT
By ROY K. MOuLTON.

Where?
Where, oh, where is the old-time maid,
r The modest violet
The quiet and retiring maid
We never can forget?
A half dozen petticoats
She wore to keep her warm.
To show an inch of ankle then
Was held to be bad form.
She used to help her mother
With the housework every day;
She never danced the bunny hug
Or other movements gay.
She never hiked around at night
Or travelled forth alone.
1t caused a scandal when she went
Without a chaperone-
1t seems we ne'er will see again
This modest maiden fair.
Where has she gone? We ask in vain.
For echo answers: Nv here?
The Topeka state journal., 1913-10-10
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
rFrom the Chicago News.l

TFrom the Chicago 'NeWs-1
A love match has to have its flareups.
Srores of a day dreamer occasionally
attract attention.
Make hay while the sun shines, but
shuck corn on damp days
IF there is any temptation WITHIN
mile of him. man will find it,
Alas, that a wise man can heip iookliis
like a fool at his own wedding.
Even a lazy man Will hustle when ne
sees chance to work an easy mark
Too many young couples never think
seriously about marriage until after 1t
happens
A man may boast that he is complete
master of himself and not have much
to boast of at that
But a man seldom knows whether he
is marrying a baldheaded woman or not
until it is too late.s
Many a mans idea of a happy home is
one in which his wife poses as dress
maker, cook and maid of all work
When a young man takes girl for a
buggy joy ride and she insists upon TAX
ing the reins he ought to be able to
guess what she is driving at
The Topeka state journal., 1913-10-10
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Most of the really good stories are
spoiled in the telling.
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A lie travels so rapidly that truth is
seldom able to overtake it.
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One of the needs of the world. as
we'll as baseball, is more pinch nit
ters.
It's a mighty poor joke that fails
to get a good laugh from the man who
tells it.
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Of course the women can point to
the fact that Eve did not wear so
much as slit skirt.