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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-30
FAILURE OF SUCCESS.
Why So Few Reach the Limit of Their
Powers in Well Doing.

Here is something to match against
the favorite old proverb that every
| body likes to quote: Nothing sue
ceeds like success.
1t is not simply the amusement OF
seeing things turned topsy-turvy
which prompts the reflective mind
sometimes to reverse common sayings
afloat in the speech of the people.
Rather it is the feeling that what
everybody says over so glibly without
thinking needs to be tried out occa-
sionally to see whether after all it is
as true as people take for granted,
according to a writer in the Cont
nent.
Usually. when turned inside out.
proverbs are not found by any means
empty of truth. But they are hardly
ever found big enough to contain all
the truth.
And that is what one realizes when
the accepted notion of the success of
success is put to scrutiny. The sue
cess of success is true, but not so
entirely true as most imagine. The
failure of success is also a truth, and
at s1east equally stable and signifi-
cant. ..,,.1
Nothing succeeds like success" is
the proverbial way of predicting
that the man who is succeeding will
go on to succeed further.
But for the warning of the man who
is succeeding and the encouragem
of the man who has not succeeded
yet, it is wholesome to point out that
many mans success is precisely what
keeps him from going on to greater
successes.
Thousands on thousands of people
who seem very enVia BILE in the sta
ton they have reached in life are
stopped and even paralyzed there be-
cause they dare not risk a bigger deed
for fear of losing the success they
have already attained.
This is true in some degree of finan-
cial success. Many a man whose en-
terprise was bold and achieving in
his younger days when he had nothing
to lose is accomplishing little in his
years of greater experience and
strength, simply because he is now
afraid to risk the capital he has ac
cumulated. He has succeeded so well
that now he cannot afford to lose.
So he will never do anything bigger
than he has done.
But if the paralysis of financial en-
terprise were the only sort of failure
resulting from big success that would
not be of enough consequence to re-
wise a proverb for. 1t is in spiritual
things that limitations resulting from
success really grow serious
In the church and in related lines
of social service one can find every
where excellent men who are indeed
doing good in the world, but not near
ly so much good as their native ca
pacities make them capable of nor
the good which their first enthusiastic
service in active life promised.-Chi-
cago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-30
IT KEEPS OFF RAIN
Wireless Station on Long Island
Causes Drouth.


New York, July 30.-The fact that
the Long Island village of Sayville has
been deprived of the recent thunder
showers which have visited this vicin-
ity is attributed by some of the disa p
pointed truck gardeners to the effect
which the large wireless station there
may have upon atmospheric condi-
tions. There has been no rain at Say
vile for more than six weeks and a
whitening drouth is reported, while
towns all around there have had a
number of heavy downpourS.
The wireless plant at Sayville is one
of the most powerful in the world,
having a main shaft 500 feet high to
which are attached hundreds of wires.
Farmers who have inquired of the
radio protection bureau of the depart
ment of commerce and labor as to
whether wireless plants defect 'thun-
der showers. learn that if such is the
case, the instance at Sayville is the
first time that such an effect has been
reDOrted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-30
THE MUDDY WATER.
Its Cause Explained by the Depart
merit Employees.

Muddy water that has made its APP
pearance in Topeka during the last
two days is not the result of a short
age in the supply or dirty condi-
ton of the water supply, according to
officials of the water department
The condition has been the result of a
change in the circuit of the water in
cutting out a valve at Sixth and To-
peka avenues for repair.
In order to cut off the water from
the valve to be repaired it was nec-
essary to open and close several other
valves, changing the circuit of the
water that usually flows through the
valve in question. The change stirred
up more or less iron rust. etc. in un-
used mains, accounting for the mud
dy condition.
The condition was particularly no.
ticeable yesterday morning and again
shortly after noon today when a fire
pressure was nn,S The valve has been
reached, ho4gevSr.z and will be re-
paired this afternoon, it is asserted
at the city water office.
when the water clears now it
ought to remain clear and undoubted-
ly WILL declared F. L. Stevens,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-30
MIDGE COMES BACK.
An Alligator Returns After Absence of
Seven Years.

Kingston. Mo, July 30.-The old
swimming holes around the town are
deserted these hot afternoons. ''Midsc,'
the alligator, has reappeared. 'Midse"
was brought from the south twelve
years ago by Samuel BridgeWater,
general merchant. Five years ago
'Midge'' disappeared from the aquar-
ium built in the read of the -Bridgewa ter
store and everyone supposed he had
started south to his old home.
But last week. while a number Of
boys were bathing in their favorite
haunts, one of them saw a shiny
log near a bank of the creek. AS the
crowd watched the log" slid into the
water. 1t was Nudge and the al
ligator raised his head and snapped his
jaws. The alligator has been seen sew
eral times since. So the creeks are
abandoned and everyone is trying to
figure out a way to capture ''Midge"
alive.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-30
CAPITAL STORM SWEPT
Terrific Wind. Hail and Rain in
Washington.

Washington. July 3O.-A terrific
wind. rain and hail storm swept the
capital late today, paralyzing tele-
phone and street car service and do
ing property damage. Scores of We
hicles were overturned in the streets.
No fatalities, but many narrow es
capos. had been reported at $50 p. IN.
Four painters working on a swing
ing scaffold on top of the dome of
the capitol were caught there in the
gale, more than $50 feet above the
ground. AS the storm abated rescue
parties went to their assistance.
An immense crowd gathered at the
American league park for the WASH
ingtOn-Detroit game was caught in
the gale. All telephone operators
abandoned their switchboards in
panic. Reports of the actual results
of the storm were slow in coming.
AS the storm cleared reports of
houses unroofed and demolished be
gan to trickle into police headquar-
tiers. but without definite information
of loss of life or injury. 1t seems
that the property loss will be large.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-30
The MAYHALL TRIAL.
He Pleaded Not Guilty at the Pre-
Iiminary.

mot guilty" pleaded Ira Mayhall,
who was arraigned today in the city
court. His hearing before Judge
Robert Carver was docketed for Au-
gust s. Mayhall was brought from.
the county Jail to the city court at
noon, and became hysterica1 during
his arrangement. DR.. E. S. Pettyjohn,
MayhalIS physician, refused to give an
opinion concerning Mayhall's sanity
Tuesday afternoon at the coroner's in
quest.
Mayhan slouched before the clerk
of the court of Topeka, and listened
StolIdly to his arraignment until he
was accused of numbering his wife,
with malice aforethought, unlawfully,
purposely, maliciously."
He burst into wild SObS, and almost
foamed at the mouth.
Pm guilty. he cried, but not of
pre- meditated murder. I killed my
wife in self defense. She would have
sent me to the asylum and left the
stigma of insanity upon my name. |
murdered her as / would a panther in
the Jungle
Mayhall was ouieted and returned
to his cell in the county Jail. His bond
was placed at $10.0 49,
{ The coroner's inquest took place be-
hind closed doors late yesterday after
noon. Only five witnesses testified,
but the attorneys outer office was
crowded with relatives and friends of
Mayhalls murdered wife. When the
prisoner stepped from the elevator, he
spied his small son and fastened to-
ward him. Poor little orphan" he
walled. and bent to kiss him. Seven
year-old Elmer shrank as from blow
The oldest daughter, Edna, almost
tainted as her father approached her.
Mayhall was quickly led to an inner
office, and the inquest, conducted by
Assistant Attorney Tom Lillard under
direction of Coroner Rinehart, began
at once.
MayhaI evinced the widest fears of
being declared insane, but freely ad-
mitted having struck his wife. He de-
clared he loved his wife, but found her
untrue to him. anxious to do away
with him. and reiterated that he killed
her in self defense. He asserted that
she poisoned his coffee. ''She was an
he walled, IAN arch
murderess. She would have had me
a raVing maniac"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-30
TWO TRAINS WRECKED
Rear End Collision on the Pennsyl-
Vania at Tyrone

Philadelphia, July 30.-A passenger
train ran into the rear of the Pitts
burg express at Tyrone, Pa, this af-
ternoon while the latter was making
a stop. according to report received
by the Pennsylvania Railroad company
here. The company's report stated
that so far as is known no one was
killed but that IA or Is persons were
injured.
The engine and four cars of the pas
senger train and the rear car of the
Pittsburg express were wrecked.
The Pittsburg express leaves Phila-
delphia at $40 a. m, the train which
ran into it is made up at Harrisburg.
Another report says an engineer was
killed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-30
TRAIN IS STALLED.
Gets stuck in Cut Filled With Grass
hOppcrS.

Dodge City, Kan. July 30.-'Train
No 564 delayed 40 minutes; stalled by
era shoppers.
That was the report received at the
Rock Island depot here yesterday. The
train was coming out of Ford when it
struck deep cut which always causes
d snow blockade when there is a snow
storm. The wind had blown dead hop
pers over the rails and as the engine
wheels crushed them the rails became
so slippery that the wheels spun around
and the train stopped.
Engineer Billy Moran bucked the
to get through the cut but the attempts
to get through the cut, blu the attempts
were Intellectual. The train crew turned
out with shovels and scooped the hop
pers off the track and covered the
rails with sand before the train could
proceed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-30
ARE REC0NCILED
Mary Dean VIII Return Home
and Live With Husband.
Will Testify Against McCOrd-
OvercOmes Spell.

lola. Kan.. July 3o.-Mrs. Mary
Armstrong Dean, the 15-year-old
bride who disappeared mysteriously
three days after her marriage, will
return to live with her husband,
Harvey Dean. Dean called at the jail
today and joyously heard his wife's
decision.
w. M. Armstrong, foster father of
the young woman, will come to lola
from Hume, Mo-, this evening. Then
Mrs. Dean will again recount the
story of her disappearance, explain
her future intentions and she and
Dean will go to Hume to make their
home temporarily with the foster
parents of the young woman.
Mrs. Dean today reiterated her
story of last night that she had no
intention of abandoning her husband
when she left him in the park while
she walked to nearby fountain.
She told again without variation that
she was forced by threats and ply
steal methods to accompany her alb
ductors.
Mrs. Dean, though detained in Jail
under no specific charge, will remain
there until this evening.
Il am ready to go back to live
with my husband. The spell that Nc
Cord seemed to have over me has
been broken and now L want to go
back to Harvey and be a good wife
to him." she declared today. IF they
catch McCord, 1 am ready to testify
against him.
lola, Kan, July 30.-Harvey Dean azd
his stolen bride. Mary Armstrong Dean,
met at the Allen county Jail Tuesday,
Sheriff Hoover Kerr brought the girl
wife from Independence to Chanute on
the oil flyer and came on to lola by
motor. Tears came to her eyes IS Mrs
Dean saw her husband approach che
cell. She extended her arms through
the grated door and when the taller
opened the lock- Mrs. Dean embraced
her husband and kissed him. Dean was
overjoyed. 1t was the first ray of sun
light he had seen since his wife SO
mysteriously disappeared from court
house park a week ago.
THAT terrible story about Harvey
threa tening to kill me- Mrs. Dean said
to visitor "is all false. There
never was d truer. kinder more low
ing boy in the world. They made me
lie about him. They threatened me
with violence if L didn't tell that story
to save McCord. I didn't want to tell
it and l am sorry if it has done him
any harm. People got to talking and
the officers got SO close to US that when
McCord fled, his friends in a gang at
Cherryvale came to me and put this
story about Harvey right up to me.
They told me if was caught l must
tell the officers that my husband had
threatened to kill me and that McCord
rushed in to save my life. AS a mat
ter of fact, no such thing happened"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-30
men GROW WORSE.
Women Becoming Better, According
to Public Welfare Report.

IA 1sas City, July SO.-Criticism of
wOme1's apparel, the slit skirt and
other supposedly immodest raiment,
was indirectly repudiated today by a
report of the board of public welfare.
Women, the report indicates, are get
ting better. There were only $50
women delinquents at the women's
reformatory last year. Il decrease of
a from the ser before, and a de-
crease of $50 from two years before.
The report shows men are becoming
worse. The average daily attendance
of men at the municipal farm last
year was 21O. an increase of six.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-30
MRS. ANNA HILL DEAD
She Came to Kansas in 1S55-Was so
Years Old.

Mrs. Anna Hill. died early this after
noon at her home at 719 Madison
street. She was in her efghtieth year
and was one of the early settlers in
Kansas. She settled here in 1857, and
with the exception Of a few years
which she lived in Texas, Kansas has
been her home ever since.
She is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. Gertrude Dee, Stenographer to
Governor Hodges, and Mrs. Dora
Mote. who is an employee of the su-
preme court. The funeral will be held
a: the residence at 719 Madison street
at 10 o'clock Friday Itorning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-30
Forges Grandfather's Name.

st. Louis. July 30.-Speed Atkinson,
% years old, graduate of the Chicago
Art institute. confessed to the police
here today that he had forged the
name of his grandfather, James Car
starphen, United States surveyor of
customs at ST Louis. to eight checks.
He said he had realized $500 from the
forgeries. Atkinson said he formerly
worked as cartoonist on a Chicago af-
ternoon newspaper and later played
on a baseball team at Cairo, Ill.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-30
Women Decide Two Elections.

Chicago, July 30.-Women cast the
deciding ballots in two elections in
Illinois Tuesday. At Champaign, 80
women voted for the first time and
carried a proposition to issue SIS, 900
worth of bonds for the purchase of
motor fire apparatus. At Dixon wom-
en- cast one-fourth of the ballots and
as most of them were in favor of eX-
tending the waterworks franchise 20
years, they are considered responsible
for the adoption of that proposition by
a small majority.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-30

treasurer of the water department.
we do not expect any more trouble.
The muddy condition has nothing
whatever to do with the water sup
ply nor dirty condition of the mains
1t is brought about through changing
the circuit temporarily until repairs
on the valve at Sixth and Topeka ave-
nueS could be made
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-30
Ballot Eighteen Feet Long.

New York, July 30.-The fourteen
foot ballot which came in for so much
ridicule during the election primaries
last fall has been outdone by one
eighteen feet long, which will be used
in the Democratic primaries in the
Twenty-third assembly district here
this fall There is no press in New
York big enough to take the ballots
a a single impression They will have.
to be printed in six foot sections and
pasted together like a circus bill.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-30

savings SYSTEM by Charles H. Full
away, assistant director of the postal
savings system, at Washington. By
action taken 5000 second-class post
masters have been made eligible to
membership in the association. A res
olution proposing that all postmasters
be placed under civil service rules was
expected to be the center of a spirited
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-30

Chicago, July 3O.-In a raid today
on a billiard hall in a small hotel in
North Clark street, Chief of Police
New eeny's recently appointed per
sonaI gambling squad" arrested 40
men, one of whom, F. Egan. was
charged with keeping a gam bling
house, the others with being habitues
of the place. The police charge that
two dice games were being run there.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-30
JONES is REJECTED.
Senator Thompson's Protest Is Honor
ed by Senate.

Washington. July 30.-The senate to-
day rejected the nomination of Paul
A. Jones to be postmaster of Coffey-
Vile, Kan, on protest of Senator
Thompson. 1t is understood Senator
Thompson favors Elliot Erwin for the
place and it is probab BILE Erwin win
be nominated. -=.
The president @today nominated fol-
Dickerson, Gypsum, B. w. Hamnlar,
Howard
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-30
second Class p. MS Eligible.

Denver, July 3O.-St. Paul, Kansas
City and Oklahoma City are in the
for the 1914 convention of the Nation
al Association of Postmasters, now in
session here. Today's session was fea-
tured by an address on the postal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-30

Robert Carney was found insane at a
hearing before the probate judge yester-
Day afternoon, and is being detained at
the county jail until an order is received
tcr his removal to the state hospital
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-30
DEATHS and FUNERALS.

Word has been received here of
the death of Mrs. A. c. Long, of 619
West street, which occurred in a san
itarium at Black Mountain. N. c. The
body was buried at the family's old
home at High Point, n. G. Mr.. Long
will return to Topeka shortly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-30

Young Doctors Wife Ito husband at
work in garden)-"Oh. Jack. just fancy,
There's a patient in the. sitting room -
..All right. dear. 1 won't be moment.
Just run and lock him in.''-Life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-30

Willard has voted $500 bonds for a
new frame school house to be completed
by September IS. The building will be
erected on the site of the old school house
which has been adJudged unsafe and will
be torn down.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-30

Clarence Reveley was arrested this
morning by Deputy Holman for violation
of the Mahin liquor law. Reveley signed
a fictitious name when receipting for a
consignment of liquor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-30

The funeral services of little Earl
Mcdonald. who was drowned while
bathing at the boys Y NJ. c. a. camp
on the Wakarusa. Monday evening.
was held at PenwelFs chapel this aft
ernoon at o'clock; interment in
Mount Auburn cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-30

Lady at telephone-'Will you send two
pounds of dog biscuit please?" Who
fore" Why, the dog, of course. Punch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-30

W. E. Jeffrey. Dentist. 7Oe Kansas ave-
Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-30

Mr.. and Mrs. Harris c. Goodrich. of CTS
buchanan street, are the parents Of a
girl. born this morning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-30

Marriage license was issued this MORN
ing to Inez Mcclure, aged II, and Civde
French, aged %, both of Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-30
LOCAL MENTION.

Safety razor blades sharpened better than
new 2o-35c. Brunt Drug Co.-Adv
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Cause of insomnia.

The most common cause of insom- nia is disorders of the stomach and constipation, Chamberlain's Tablets correct these disorders and enable you to sleep. For sale by all dealers.
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RtGSBEE ANNOUNCES.
Present Alderman From the Fourth Ward Will Stand for Reelection.

John E. Rigsbee, present alderman from the fourth ward, announces this morning for reelection, his candidacy subject to the action of the demo cratic primary of December 10.
 MT. Rigsbee has distinction of being regular" in the matter Of attend ance, never having been absent from a council session or council caucus. He is also regular in the matter of attending public meetings where the interests of the city are involved, and his position along matters of this kind is well known.
 AS the representative of the fourth ward he has contended sincerely for improvements for that section, and has received some of these after long and hard fights. He never is excused from voting on any matter, and his record in the council during the past two years is the record upon which he asks endorsement for the second term.
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DR. ELLIS ANNOUNCES.
Representative in the Council From First Ward Stands for Reelection.

Dr. Leonard R. Ellis announces this morning as candidate for reelection as alderman from the first ward, sub ject to the action of the democratic primary of December 10.
 Dr. Ellis has served the city for d number of years in various capaci- ties. as city physician, member of the health board and alderman, and his record in city affairs is well known. He has been aggressive with this ad- ministration in the fight against doc tor drumming, and if he is chosen as the representative of the first ward again will continue that policy.
 Dr. Ellis, while not an actual resi- dent of the first ward since the re- cent big fire, in which he lost all his home, will again be a resident of the ward as soon as a new home now un- der construction is completed, which will restore his permanent residence in the ward he seeks to again repre- sent in the city council
The Sentinel=record., 1913-11-13

of representation was yesterday for warded from Richard NJ. Sawyer of this feature Of the Temple of Child. hood
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FOR sAsYs COUGHS AND COLDS

Do not give that little baby cough syrup designed for older people. The tender organism requires something specially designed for it.
 The very best remedy. we believe, is Rexall Baby Cough Syrup There is nothing in 1t that can harm the most delicate infant, although 1t is most efficient in the treatment of coughs, hoaTseness, wthooping cough, and sim liar diseases of the air passages.
 It is so pleasant to take and so pleasant in results that we know, once you use it for baby, you will be grate- ful to us for having recommended it to you. We promise you that if you do not find 1t exactly what we have claimed for it. and if it does not re- lieve baby's cough and cold, the money you paid for it will be refunded immc- diately upon your telling us.
 Price 25 cents. Sold in this com munity only at our stores, The Rexall Stores: R. G. Morris Drug Go, S02 Central avenue, and The Public Drug Co., POP Ouachita avenue.