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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-11

that the lookout could penetrate than ships
length ahead
1t getting toward evening, and at eight bells
the lookout doubled Suddenly voice rang out:
Something ahead Sir'
The skipper rushed forward All he could through
the fog was the black hull OF steamer little to port
and headed across the bow of the Louise
Almost at the same instant there shrill blast
from the stranger and in another minute there
low grinding sound, like the falling of tmbers in hot
fire. The steamer-the Furst Bismarck, she was east
ward bound-had plowed into the bow of the Louise,
carrying away her jibboom and opening her seams,
that the wndjammer quickly filled and began to sink.
Pandemonum reigned instantly among the Of
the Louise 1t the evil spirit at work. the hoodoo
they haG feared-thrteen in the ships company, and
sailing Friday! Nothing could save Them of that
they and they stormed and tore about the
sinking vessel in despair
young officer aboard the Furst Bismarck, overhear
ing the cries of the put out with five Others in
open boat to the rescue On they rowed through the
raging pushing alongside the Louise after battle
that almost exhausted them. By this time the mutny
aboard the Louise complete. The mate, bosn, and
Others had joined with the sailors and only the constant
pounding of the ship and the roaring of the storm could
drown their voices.
Before the officer from the Bismarck realized what
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SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR MAY IL. 1913

exorbitant prices for everything Moreover the people
back home take it away from him in amounts varying
from to one hundred dollars,or church fairs for
philanthropc pcnics for flag rasngs for churches
for everything that mortal mind imagine grasping
avarce desire. After the Washingtonians and the
tuents have been satisfied the Representative may adj
dress himself the task of feeding clothing and educat
ing his amilyf he has enough left for these purposes
All important work in Congress originates in COM
mittees Generally each member belongs to two or
three times week. If does not shoulder his
share of the burdens in the committee and does not
famarize himself with all the bills referred to that
committee, he is regarded worthless and of
cesSty if he wishes to retain the respect OF his fellows
that he attend to his committee work. And, when
member realizes that several thousand bills
the committee room, and that his voice of those
which will decide what to be rejected
made into law, he feels the weight of the world had
settled suddenly and with great velocity upon his
tried shoulders.
good comedy could be written about the variety
and number Of topics which the constituents write
to their members And tragedy could be built the
dreary political deaths of members who have failed
those letters promptly. The member who has
his share of ability and keeps up with his correspondence
and exerts himself to the uttermost to fulfil all the
requests made to him by his voters, generally stays
Congress for many years. But, if he doesn't
those letters and if he doesn't work for his people,
organization he may have left at home how brill
liant may be the speeches he will deliver In the next
campaign. The voters, figuring that they gave the
his job calculate little further and reach the
cuson that he is in Washington to work for them and
to be on the Job for them every day.
0NE of the first things to which the new 1awmaker
- must bend all his energies and lot of tact is to
find out the easiest way the passage of bills
in which he is interested for his particular district
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was going on, one after another of the
frightened seamen leaped into the
open boat. Last of all was the Captain,
who found himself deserted and had
no other recourse to save himself.
@If any of you fellows stir, over
board you go!" warned the young
officer, standing in the stern.
Silence ensued, and the little craft
moved away. Alongside the Bismarck
again, there was considerable difficulty
in getting the men aboard. Captain
Alters, fearing that the small boat
might swamp, ordered lines thrown
over, and in this manner the rescue
was effected without mishap.
"You certainly deserve medal,
Ruser!' said Captain Albers to his
daring young officer, as the latter
saluted him.
mot until I've saved the ship too,
Sir, replied Ruser.
"What! Save the ship?' said the
other in establishment. @Why, she's
waterlogged and listing badly, and
it Only a matter of half an hour or
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He must know dozen fifteen who being chair
of big committees and therefore hard workers and
close scrutnzers of legislation, will either help him
hinder him in his projects. If you private pen
sion bill passed, appropriation for bridge
river in your county, for public building in your
town. you will stand fair chance to get provided that
your Representative has found out how speed the
measure its way. He must know the parliamentary
rules governing such bills. He find out to what
committee each measure has been referred. He must
go the chairman of that committee and the men,
bers of the special subcommittee who have charge of the
BILL Finally, when it is reported, he must be the
floor ready to ask vote for passage
by unanimous consent. But that all. When
port for there from both of the Senators repre-
senting his State To have such bill finally enacted
into law, member must exercise eternal vigilance.
An incident illustrating this occurred at the beginning
of the last Congress. A member had succeeded
having bridge bill reported to the House. This
and had it passed by majority vote but he abored
der the impression that it the Unanimous
sent calendar. And when he later called it up under
unanimous consent the objection of one man beat it.
I'll never forget that rule again, said the new men,
Der sadly. SThese rules are the hardest things to re-
member l ever saw"
OCCASIONALLY Congressman amusing.
- Only month or two ago one of them arrived in
Washington ITO look the field over he explained
place the Ways and Means Committee because he
knew all about the tariff 1t did not to enter his
head that places that powerful committee come to
the reward for both marked ability and length
of service. He felt absolutely that all he had to do
was to make known his desires, and the place would be
mttee assignments that the older members thought he
ought to have, not the ones he wanted.
Such instances, however, are much rarer nowadays
Continued on page IA
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BY JOHN TAYLOR PARKINSON

that fearful of my own safety was thinking of
the men who had volunteered to come along with
But realized that should be the last to develop
of cold feet so divided the crew. sending half of them
to the pumps and using the Others to help plug the
and rig up jury rudder We went at it system
atlcally, and managed to make some Roadway. But
there times when shouldn't have banked much
ever reaching port safely.
"For thing, the calked the old ship the
more water she appeared to be taking In. And mind
you, the storm still at its height. Ordinarily
should have had our hands full keeping normal ship
straight course let alone one without rudder,
that was taking In water faster than could pump
it out.
"Wel somehow kept going, with the aid of
jury rudder storm b rugged up, and sheets that
not so old to be cut to ribbons by the wind.
tried to follow in the wake of the Bismarck but
were beaten off often that finally decided
had better head for Plymouth. When l looked at
the charts and began reckoning distances, Plymouth
seemed about far from where the earth is
from Mars. Every time appeared to be getting
under way in good shape something would 60 wrong.
And, if didn't have trouble enough keeping the
Louise aoat, provisions low days after
lost sight of the Bismarck Again my heart in my
mouth. No rations, and eight men each doing three
mems work! Our only hope to get in the line of the
big Ships the steamer track between England and the
Continent and New York
well, went on for couple of days more, and by
that time drinking water gave out. l the
verge of nervous collapse when the lookout reported
ship in sight got out my glasses-it was the Furs
Bismarck her return voyage! God bless my old
skipper! l shouted.
@In a short time taking from the side of
the Bismarck all the water and provisions necessary to
safely to Plymouth And just ten days later
nineteen after had boarded the Louise in that raging
storm, with her wide open and inviting old Father
Neptune to claim her, we sailed into Plymouth
THAT nineteen years ago. A few years later
Ruser obtained leave to command the steamer Gus
antarctic expedition Returning he decorated
by the German Emperor and promoted to the command
of of the big greyhounds. Now, at the age
of ftyone, he is Captain of the Kasern Auguste Vic
toria. When they were looking for tried and true
master to bring the Imperator the fifty thousand
ton wonder of the seas, to America her maiden
voyage the selected for the job was Captain Hans
RuSer.
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cncc: which is a more restricted battlefield where the
House is represented by its and the Senate by its
conerees. The battles now fought all over again,
salt is applied thckly the old wounds and strife and
disSension stalk abroad in the Capitol.
After that under the threats whips and spurs of the
Democratic leaders, the bill is passed by both houses
and the President for his signature, which will
make it law or for his veto which will nulify all the
work that has been DONE unless be passed by the
House and Senate again by two-thirdS majority.
That is enough to bewilder and load down with work
any Congressman. Strange to his surroundings,
unfamiliar first with the work of the House, and
tremey anxious make good his job he frequently
kept running about like hen with hydrophob1a He
hears of duties going up and duties coming down. He
gets letters of commentator and kilograms of threats
from his constituents. His dissatisfied colleagues him
rebel against the leaders The leaders force him back
line And the result is that time other he is
apt rush into the moonlight take one long breath
of the fragrant April air and babbe fooshy the
RUr that is not all. In his off moments at the begin
= ming of this Congress he finds at his Office door
every morning and every evening seekers after jobs that
have not already been filled by the administration.
dents of Washington Some of them apparently
well to do and Others have upon their faces the badges
of adversity and hard times. He deals with all of them
best he can-which that not many of them get
Jobs. The sequel to is that he will work for the next
years get the disappointed into such frame
of mind that they will not vote, talk and work against
him when he is up for reelection.
This thing of drawing down seven thousand five
hundred dollars year, says Farmer John, whose feet
always foremost at the stove, "s like robbng tax
payers What on earth do you think can do with
all that money!
In the first place. the hotels and boarding houses in
Washington take it away from him in large slices.
Some boarding house keepers labor under the deuson
that members of Congress have only two things to do.
One to get them jobs, and the other to pay them
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growing superstition that a hoodoo
lurked about the old ship, and the fact
that her company numbered thirteen
to man when she sailed from Havre
on Friday morning early in May,
1894, only served to increase the un-
easiness that prevailed aboard.
The Louise was bound out to
Martinique in ballast for cargo of
sugar Owing to the heavy fog and
intermittent squalls, she made slow
progress, and was frequently driven
off her course. The men in the fo'c'sle
regarded this as an evil omen and
went obstinately about their work.
"If the Louise ever reaches port
after this, then I've missed my guess!'
walled one of them to the bo'sn. The
Louise was then feeling her way
through mountainous SWells and a fog
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HAT the Louise, a full-rigged
three-master, did not go to
the bottom of the North
Atlantic was due to no fault
of her crew. For many
,nopthc there had haan q
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-15
Do You Slight
Your Newspaper?

There's a great deal of diff
ference in the way people read
their newspapers.
How do you read yours?
Do you just g la n c
through it, do you thoroughly
absorb with interest and at
tention the news you read?
If you do read with indus
try and attention you no doubt
find that not the least inter-
esting and instructive news of
the day is found in the adver-
Using columns of The State
Journal. So it is in other
newspapers of like aims and
character.
Ad-reading in good newspa-
pers is so much a part of our
daily lives nowadays, that one
can hardly be said to be really
well Informed unless he con-
tinuously keeps himself post
ed on the advertising news of
the day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-15
LIGHT THROUGH SKIRTS
New York Man Has Scheme to Enjoy
Silhouet Dresses at Night.

New York. Sept. 15.-Just what the
beard of health can do TO halt the
artificial illumination of diaphanous
skirts is a matter of conjecture, but
Magistrate Breen, sitting in the York
vile court referred such a case to
that board when John Carey. who has
store at No. 1875 Broadway, was
brought before him. charged with
maintaining a nuisance Policeman
Guidner, of the West Thirtieth street
station, was the complainant against
Mr.. Carey.
He said Mr.. Carey had four acety-
Iene automobile lamps of 5000 candle
power, each installed near the pave
ment in front of his place, and that
they illuminated and rendered almost
transparent the gowns of passing
women. The policeman said the in
novation attracted throngs of men and
boys and that he had difficulty in
keeping the sidewalk and street free
for passage.
Does this powerful Hight penetrate
an X-ray skirt to a marked degree ~
Policeman GuIdner was asked.
ITO a marked degreet" returned the
policeman. You never saw anything
like it One young woman passed
through this light that never fails the
never had anything on the young wo
man. That's the naked truth
Il would like to have the case con-
tinued until September said Mr.
About September Morn eh2" he
was asked.
That brought the proceedings
around to a good humored stage Even
the court attendant struck up a little
tune. softly humming Let a Little
Sunshine In" SIr. Carey said he had
the automobile lamps for sale, and
was merely displaying his wares the
same as any other merchant
You are displaying more wares
than your own" charged the police
man.
Il do not believe 1 have any juris-
diction in this matter" said Magis-
trate Breen- Il would advise you Mr.
Guldner, to take this case to the board
of health
"Or the committee on light and san
itation.' whispered the whistIing court
attendant
Mr.. Carey leaned forward and asked
the court attendant If the case had
been dismissed
Yes: we have a heavy docket to-
dav and little room for light cases.
said the court attendant
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-15
CLOSER TO PUBLIC
Educational Administration to
Try a New Plan.
Will Make Schools Social Gen.
tiers in Their Districts.

HAYS City. Sept. 15--The State EdU-
catfonaI Administration board is ar
ranging for gatherings Of their stu
dents of the schools anGcr its charge
and the public, the faculty. to be pres
ent, at which the students shall learn
the social center ideas, how to make
their schools and districts interesting
and the school the social center o. the
neighborhood
At the Western Normal Training
school at Hays City, the new principal
W. a Lewis, who lately came from
the Utah college, has already put this
in practice, having had it in his schools
for years, and last Thursday had d
mass meeting of the students faculty
and citizens in the school auditorium.
the meeting being in the entire charge
of the students, and the work started
to teach them how . make their
school districts entertaining and So
ciaI center for their neighborhood
The meetings Will be held every Thurs
day and are very popular. Friday
evening the students and faculty met
at the gymnasium ban, and a social
evening spent until a late hour. all
meeting on an equality, AMI the stu
dents learn social dOings to practice
and teach their scholars in their
schools 1t will be held every two
weeks.
IheSe new dOIngS and ideas and his
social reception to the students has
made the new principal already very
popular, and the new students are com
ing in every day, the enrolment for
the fall term being close to a hundred
more than last years fall term, the
news of the new administration idea
the new principal and faculty having
become known all over the western
counties and bringing many students
been hRf
if the west has been troubled with dry
weather and shortage of crops.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-15
BACKACHE IS
A DANCER SIGNAL
Kidney Troubles, Bladder Dis
orders, Rheumatism, and
Serious Disease Follow.

There are other symptoms, such as pains
in the region of the kidneys. nervousness.
dizziness. tired and WORKOUT feeling. weak
bladder or urinary troubles. which are
just as dangerous, for the slightest kidney
arrangement If neglected may develop
into the deadly Bright's disease, dropsy or
diabetes
It is not only dangerous, but needless,
for you to suffer and endure the fortunes
of these troubles for Croxone- promptly
ends all such misery
There is 10 more effective remedy for
kidney bladder trouble and rheumatism,
than CroxCne, because 1t reaches the
cause II soaks right into the kidneys,
through the walls and Innings, cleans out
the clogged up pores. neutralizes and dis
solves the poisonous uric acid and waste
matter. that lodge in the joints and
muscles and cause those terrible -rheu-
matte pains and makes the kidneys filter
the poison from the blood and drives II
out OF the system
Three doses OF Croxoue day for a few
days IS often all that is ever needed to re-
Ieve the worst backache or overcome dis
agreeable urinary disorders
You viii find Croxone different from
other remedies 1t Is so prepared that 1t
Is practically impossible 70 take II with
out results An original package Of
CroxO1e costs but trifle. mad all drug
gistS are authorized 10 return the pFIr-
chase price if 1t should fail in a single
caSe-AGv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-15

vacation each year with full pay but
it's a einch | don't or we don't BY
we. I mean the agents and operators
of the Great Rock Island Lines l am
in the harness right now as an agent
CT the Rock Island and l draw the
meager salary per month of s65, and
it keeps me guessing how to make
both ends meet and L have not had
as much as one day vacation since 1
started to work for the Rock Island
Lines and the main reason is simply
because I cannot afford l. When L
take a vacation my pay stops immedi-
ateIy and 1 want you TO know that the
Rock Island does not allow the lower
paid classes any vacation with full pay,
or even part pay, while off on a vaca-
ton. I have been working now on the
Rock Island for the past several years
and l would like very much to trade
positions with some of the employees
of the general offices of the Santa Fe
who get a vacation with sui pay, etc,
and I think he would be bowling, too,
If he got il stung to him like some one
is trying TO hand it TO Mr. Drake and
some more. The majority of railways,
and I think very few, do not allow
any pay 10 the lower paid employees
while off on vacation AGENT.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-15
DISCOVER NEW FORAGE CROP.
Arkansas Valley Farmer Crosses This
tie. Alfalfa and CiOyer

Wichita, Kan, Sept 15.-By cross
ing Russian thistles, alfalfa and clio
Yer, o. E. Matson, an Arkansas valley
farmer, has developed a new forage
crop which is creating a vast deal of
interest among farmers Mr.. Matson
developed the plant by scientific ex-
pertinent with seeds.
The plant he-has developed appears
not unlike the tumble weed 1t is
without thorns, the foliage being
pulpy and very paIatable. Mr.. Mat
son says that his stock like it as well
as they do alfalfa.
Experiments conducted on the Mat
son farm indicate that It is an ideal
dry weather plant. The yield is
heavy. but a little bulky and hard to
handle. He is experiencing difficulty
in harvesting seed from the hybrid.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-15
SANTA FE BUYS \ NEW LINE.
Negotiations Nearly Closed for Sale
OF FL Reno & Western.

Fort Smith. Ark, Sept 15--Negotia-
tons for the sale of the Fort Smith
& Western railroad and its subsidiary,
the St Louis, FL Reno & western rail-
road. 10 the Santa Fe system have
reached such a stage that announce
Tnent is expected II be made within
short time that the deal has been
successfully closed 1t was said by rail-
way men here today 49, q party of
Santa Fe officials have spent the last
thu &c Gays inspecting the road from
Sparks. Ok, where it crosses the Santa
Fe tracks, to FL Reno, the present
western terminus. These officials are
expected in Fort Smith tomorrow to
commence an investigation of the east
ern end of the line. According to the
highest railroad authorities in Fort
Smith, the transfer will take place.
The object OF the Santa Fe in pur-
chasing this road is to find an outlet
TO the Mississippi river Should the
sale take place it is asserted by local
railway officials that the Santa Fe will
extend the line from Fort Smith to
either Memphis or Cairo. ILL.,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-15
FTREMEN's TOURNAMENT.
Laddies Will Contest in Speed Events
in Kansas City.

Kansas City, sept 15--Firemen
whose speed records in reaching con-
flagratOns are made with their own
legs began arriving Sunday at Kansas
City, Kan, from town in Kansas to
attend the state firemen's tournament
which begins today. The total attend
ance at the convention is expected to
exceed 1000.
K D. Doyle, a newspaper man of
Wamego, Kan. who is chief of the
volunteer department there and secre-
tary of the state association. was one
OF the first to arrive. Mr.. Doyle said
the tournament on the Kansas side
this week will include more excite
ment and would have a larger attend
ance than any previous gathering the
firemen have held.
The tournament Will last a week