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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-19

But I am, and I am going to have
a few friends drop in as a surprise
party"
why. that Nil. be real cute. He
doesn't suspect, Ell ?'
Not in the slightest. I want them
all to get together at your house and
come marching over in a body and
take him completely by surprise.
We'll do it. Won't it be fun,''
/ But don't breathe word to any
one who may tell him
I'll cross my heart on it"
On Wednesday evening, as the in
nocent Mr.. Bowser was reading and
smoking, Mrs. Bowser carelessly
queried:
Were you thinking of going out
| tomorrow evening %
| "Why?"
I'D like to have you stay home and
read Dickens to me-"
| We'll I think 1 will"
And after a little thought he said
/ to himself:
| by the horn spoon, can the old
lady have got on to that birthday
racket! If she has I'll poison the cat
| within a week."
Ten minutes later Mr.. Bowser took
| a little walk. He was standing on
the corner when a man named Ash
ley came along and stopped to give
him good evening and to add:
rest of us?"
What do you mean?"
why you are So tomorrow
who said SOP
why your wife told my wife. Say,
Bowser. we promised to run in on you
with the rest of the gang tomorrow
evening, but the baby has come down
with the measles and that will keep
us home. Our best wishes, however.
and many returns of the happy day"
Mr., Bowser leaned up against the
fence and was as one stunned for a
time.
So Mrs. Bowser had kept tabs,
Not only that, but she had planned
for a gang to come in and surprise
him.
had given his age at As, and yet one
after another of that gang would take
him by the hand and say:
"Fifty-three today, Ell? Never
mind, old boy. We have all got to
come to it. Hope you live to be a
hundred
by cripes, but I'll go home and
raise the biggest row ever heard of"
he muttered as he started.
Then a sudden thought came to
him. and he stopped and unused:
Mrs. Bowser is slick and sleek.
Can't Mr.. Bowser be slick and sleek
enough to match her? Let's see''
AT the end of 10 minutes he entered
the house whistling. Mrs Bowser
was rejoiced to hear it. She had been
a bit afraid that he might catch up a
hint All was well. and all continued
to be well through the rest of the
evening and the next day.
What volume of Dickens do you want
me to read from this EVENING"" asked
Mr.. Bowser as he showed back from the
breakfast table. q" "A Tale of Two Cities
L guess replied the arch conspratress,
without daring to look up.
''AH right! I'll get me some troches
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-19
WHY THE EARTH WILL DRY UP
But 1t Won't Happen for Millions of
Years, So Don't Worry.

Scientists have long declared that
the earth will dry up and become as
barren and dismal as the moon. But
there is no occasion to worry about
this since it viii not occur for more
millions of years, probably, than we
can count.
In regard to the present dried-up
condition of the moon, it used to be
believed that the moon at one time had
plentiful supply of water, but that
the great heat developed on either
side as the moon was turned to the
sur alternate sides IA days at
stretch gradually evaporated the water
This Vapor of evaporation did not fall
back to the moons surface, it was
claimed because the moons gravity
was not sufficient to hold it, and so the
vapor constantly thrown off by cen
trifugal motion gradually left the
moon barren and dry.
But the new theory, now held by
the great scientists, is also held to be
applicable to the earth, and that what
really happened to the moon will hap
pen to this planet in the course of time
an almost unthinkable amount of
time.
This theory is that a crystal of any
sort, a lump of rock salt or quartz or
limestone, contains a great proportion
of water. If these things are heated
in a retOrt the water is recovered and
the crystal becomes a powder. Now
if this powder is placed near water it
will absorb. while cooling, quite a lot
of it.
The interior of the moon being at
one time extremely hot, so hot that it
was a molten mass, a cooling process
was started then, and in cooling the
natural demand was for water in order
for them to form their crystals. The
water seeped down through the crust
of the moon and finally it was in that
manner all used up.
This is the manner in which this
theory is applied to the earth. Our
great oceans bring a powerful pressure
to bear upon the earth's crust, and be-
cause of subterranean volcanoes in
various parts of the Pacific ocean we
know water is gradually seeping into
the heated interior of the earth.
The earth continues to lose its heat
by radiation and this brings about a
shrinkage and cracking of the old
crust as demonstrated now and then
by great earthquakes and volcanic
eruptions. This, in turn, makes a COM
munication between the water of the
earthS crust and the cooling mass in
side. these things being affinities. And
it is claimed all the earth's water
must gradually seep into the interior
and go into the formation of crystals.
Even then it is claimed there will not
be sufficient water to cool and crystal
lie all the molten mass inside.-New
York American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-19

Here, Bowser, take my seat. You
are an older man than | am
You are mistaken, sir," was the
stiff reply as a stand-up place was
found by the front door.
Purity techy for an old man." said
the veteran to the man on his right.
Eyes; some of 'em get that way
That birthday was only three days
away, and as near as Mr.. Bowser
could make out, Mrs Bowser hadn't
given it a thought. He had been very
careful to say nothing that might lead
to a discovery. In reading her the
news, which he som etimes did, if an
article gave a mans age, he sup
pressed that part of it.
Mrs Bowser had originated her
scheme without help. but to carry it
out she had to go to Mrs. Green and
Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Black, and say:
you won't tell a soul If 1 tell you
something, will you?"
Mercy, mol!
Mr.. Bowser will be So years old
next Thursday"
Dear mel"
He doesn't know I'm keeping track
of his birthday
"Noo
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-19
SUGAR HEALS WOUNDS.
Is Best Thing in World for Sick and
Ailing Tissues.

Prof. Geheirmrath G. Magnus, of the
General hospital of Munich, Germany.
has demonstrated that sugar, when
properly used. is the best thing in the
world for sick or ailing tissues. 1t Is,
he says, a disinfectant superior to any
of the popular poisons, such as mercury.
carbolic acid. zinc and other numerous
and commonly used toxic dressings for
wounds.
Prof. Magnus has now used sugar in
the treatment of injuries for five
months with the most promising out
come. Instead of inducing fermenta-
ton, infections and putrefactions. as
has hitherto been asserted, it really
prevents such complications in wounds
if the sugar iaself has been first thor
oughly sterilized. Sugar applied to the
sore spot not only dissolves any clots
or crusts present, but it particularly
stimulates the tissues to protect them
selves from the invasion of the germs
that cause blood poisoning.
Sugar induces fluids to form in the
wound which aid materially in wash
ing and rinsing away the foreign ana
contagious matter. 1t is favorable, also,
for healing the injuries, and deodorizcS
the spot better than any of the well
known remedies.
Moreover, Or. Magnus has discovered
in his experiments that the human body
is able to not only enjoy, but tolerate.
such strong sugar solutions. He even
went so far as to offer himself for
tests. He injected, for example, 10
per cent solution of sugar in water into
his own arm. At the same time he
gave his other arm an equal amount
of salt water There was no unpleas-
ant effect whatsoever in either in
stance.
These Investigations of the Munich
~, IL, IL. -
harmless and antiseptic. 1t confirms
the researches of an older saVant, DIR.
Kuhn. who maintained against great
skepticism, as well as unjust accusa-
tons of quackery, that sugar applied
in the treatment of such infiammatory
troubles as "peritonitiS'' will help ma
terially toward it's cure.
DR.. MagnuS applied sugar lotions and
dried sugar to ulcers of the legs, sores
on the hands and open wounds general
ly, and during the several months of
his rigid tests he has been uniformly
successful under it's influences in heal
ing them all.
There must be an emphatic under
standing that the sugar be pure, clean
and free from dust. air. dirt and invisi-
BILE germs. This assurance cannot be
had if the sugar is taken from the ia
bic or from the grocers and dashed in
a haphazard fashion upon the open
sore. The proper application of a ster-
iliZed sugar can only be made by a
physician or surgeon who is aware of
the importance of bacterial-free wound
dressing.
With the Inauguration of sugar as a
means to protect open injuries, to en-
courage healing and to aid in the bodys
upbuilding, there will be smaller cost
for all the methods and antiseptics now
used are expensive-less trouble and an
ever-ready, handy method of treatment.
New York American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-19

park besides the ducks and geese that
swim in one of the lakes. These in
clude the IS head of deer, seven buff
faloes, nine alligators, eight monkeys,
six coyotes, several foxes bear. three
coon, q 'possum, kangaroo three
eagles, two owls, a badger, etc. The
deer, or rather all except "Betsie'' are
rather wild. 'Betsie'' stays close to
the entrance gate, and begs to be
petted whenever a visitor or one of
the park attaches comes near. One
of the 'cOons is a pet. and if given an
cts, pick out cigars and chew them up,
or make trash of almost anything else
it can find.
The animals are all interesting from
the baby fawn, that is being raised on
a bottle and that is so tame that one
has to be careful or he will fall over
1T as it rubs around ones feet, to the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-19
BOWSER'S BIRTHDAY PARTY
Mrs. Bowser Planned 1t, But He
Knocked 1t Out.
Mrs. Bowser had a little plan.

Mrs Bowser had a little plan.
1t wasn't a plan she got out Of a
novel, but one of her own invention.
1t was wifely plan, and one to be
proud of. and she smiled over it so
times day.
Mr.. Bowser's birthday was ap-
preaching. He had mentioned the fact
in no way or manner, but she was
keeping tabs of the date and never
limiting within forty rods of what she
was at.
Since he passed his forty-eighth
birthday he has had that same freak
that seizes plenty of other men-a de-
sire to conceal his true age. He has
even sought to conceal 1t from him
self
A woman turns to paint, powders
and bleaches. but a man has no re-
course at the age of 53, when asked
his age by some impertinent scoundrel,
who ought to be sent to Jail for it, but
to carelessly reply:
'Oh, I'm on the right side of As
yet"
Mr.. Bowser hadn't fooled himself
so badly that he had lost all count of
time. He had a dream one night that
his birthday was only three weeks
away, and he awoke with a yell and
in cold sweat.
''Will you tell me what on earth is
the matter?" demanded Mrs. Bowser.
II had a dream"
"Of what?''
81 dreamed that a boa constructor
had me in his coils and was crushing
the life out of me-
Il thought that dill pickle you de-
voured just before coming upstairs
would bring on a racket. You should
be more cautious. Was it a big ser
pent?"
Half a block long"
Did it glare?"
Like an arc Iighti''
Couldn't you climb a tree?"
mo; he came upon me too sudden"
WAS it our back yard ?"
mo; I was seated on a log out in
the woods 1 had gone out there with
pad and pencil to see if 1 could fig
ure my income below $4,000 a year,
and thus beat the government, when
the burned thing got twisted around
me-"
''Well, let the dills alone after this
1t will be noticed by the careful
reader that Mr. Bowser lied, but it
wasn't an Ananias lie. 1t was just a
2x4 lie about his age, and the record
ing angel happened to be out of ink
that night and didn't record 1t.
If any further reminder of the fast
approaching birthday was needed Mr..
Bowser got it next morning when he
took the car. 1t was crowded. and an
old war veteran of "A years old pain
fully rose up and said:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-19

big alligators that hiss and snort when
one approaches, and open their big
mouths as though to gobble one up
whole.
There are many pretty flowers,
little lake where there are hum
dreds of lily pads, and a sun dial that
keeps excellent time when the sun is
sining, fashioned out of flower beds.
Back toward the southwest corner is
picnic ground with lots of shade and
chance to eat lunches and to frolic.
And near the center are several
springs of fine, pure water. Even now
the park is attractive, and a nice place
to spend an afternoon and evening
But it might be made immensely more
attractive if improved as Porter has
planned to improve it-some day
when it is placed within reach of the
people who will most enjoy it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-19

as street car lire that will
place the park within reach of the
mass of Topeka people is built. Per-
haps it will require the expenditure
OF another 100000 to make the park
what 1t ought to be. But when that
money has been judiciously spent To-
peka will have a big park that it need
not be ashamed of. and that will be
an attraction for all time
Nobody pretends that the park is
what it ought to be. Commissioner
Porter does not make such a claim
But he does not feel justified just now
in spending much of the money Topeka
people have been forced to paw in the
way of taxes for improvements that
can be enjoyed only by comparatively
few. SO the big improvements at the
park must wait until there is a chance
that some form of transportation that
Will place the park at the disposal of
the general public is available.
But even now the place is quite a
park. There are lots of animals there
interesting animals. many of them.
and more to come. There are chances
to develop the resources of the park
and make it all that could be desired
1t will require time and. of course.
money
Big improvements Planned
Porter practically promises several
big improvements as soon as a car
line is assured. The bathing pool
covering perhaps an acre and a half
of ground, has a mud bottom and
steep banks up to a height of three
or four feet. 1t might require the ex-
penditure of a thousand dollars to
drain, dredge and sand the pool and
cut down the west bank to a slope
and sand that for a beach. But it
would afford, if city water were
placed in it to run all the time. a
splendid bathing place that would ac-
commodate hundreds of visitors And
the cool, clear, fresh water would in
vite every person in Topeka into its
depths for refreshment and fun
The Gage park animals are now en-
closed in hot cages. and nobody pre-
tends they are fixed as they should be.
Porter promises an animal house. built
scientifically, to care for the collec-
ton now on hand and those TO be
aoded-as soon as the street car line
is built
Other improvements will include
the extension of the walks and drives
and the planting of other trees and
shrubs to make the park the beauty
place IL ought to be- 1t will cost
money, put the commissioner of parks
thinks 1t will be worth while.
Just now Porter is completing a new
home for the eagles. There are three
or them, one golden eagle and two
bald eagles They occupy cramped
quarters now. The new cage gives
them considerable freedom and a
chance at the rain and sun. He alec
In planning a new home for the deer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-19

and have my voice in good ORDER
Does he suspect anything. ma'am?"
asked the cook in an awed voice as the
master was clear of the house.
Not a thing
''Ain't that nicer'
Mr.. Bowser didn't take the car at the
corner. He walked three blocks down
and entered a job printers place and
handed in copy for placard."
Good lands, but you don't say" gasped
the printer.
YES
"Where?''
"At my house,
Who's the victim?''
MY wife"
TOO bad-too bad. I didn't know there
was a case of 1t in town."
Hers is the only one. 1 believe. I'll
get the placard about six O'Clock when
l come up"
No change to be observed in Mr. Bowser
when he came home to dinner. Mrs.
Bowser was dressed up bit, and the
cook had her Sunday clothes on, but he
past seven he was ready to sit down
with Dickens and begin his reading. He
had, however, slipped out of the front
door a minute first.
Mrs. Bowser listened to the words with
one ear, and for the doorbell with the
other.
Eight o'clock and no gang,
quarter past and no ring!
Half-paSt not not a shout!
Nine o'clock and Mrs. Bowser had to
get up and walk around. At half-past
strange way, and in reply he said:
Let us go down to the gate.
She followed him down, and he lifted
from the outside of the gate a placard
reading in startling letters:
Keep Out! Smallpox Here"'
The tears started to Mrs. Bowser's eyes,
but she forced them back, and with q
rueful smile she kissed Mr.. Bowser ana
said:
IT guess there's some mistake. I guess
you aren't a day over 80 years old
Copyright, 1913, by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-19
Much of Gage Park Is Barren
of Improvement.
Opportunities for Expenditure
of Time and Money.
COMMISSIONER IS WAITING
Until Extension of the Street
Railway Is Made.
Has Many Plans for Adding to
Attractions.

1t probably is true that Gage park
is not park-yet. But it has a good
if improvements that are contem-
plated are put into effect it will be a
real park before many more years
are gone.
Much of Gage park today has been
practically untouched. 1t is bare and
wild. 1t is devoid of shade, in many
places. But shade trees will grow
many of them are growing-and be-
sides the value of the land Topeka has
an investment of something like $75,-
600 in improvements in the park.
Several improvements are under
way, the others Will follow as soon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-19
with his own hands. He was thereupon

condemned to death.
Still another version is that Tiberius,
in a rage at the impudence of one who
claimed to do what a Caesar could not,
smashed the crystal and sat spelbound
when the artisan took hammer and.
twisting it as if it We're copper, made
vase of it. The emperor then calmly
asked him what else he could do in the
way Of wonders, and, being told that this
was all, had the man executed.-Harper's
Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-19

There are 10 grown deer and 9 young
ones. The park they now occupy is
being badly cut up by their hoofs. A
new home is planned for them imme
diateIy east of the new buffalo range.
and is expected to be completed this
summer.
Zoo Holds IS Animals.
There are something like IS ami
mails OF various kinds at the
Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-18
500 NAVAJO INDIANS
 DEFY A U. s. MARSHAL
Protecting Outlaws in Mountains-CaII
 for U. S. Troops.

Santa F'e, N. M, Nov 17-Fifteen hundred Navajo Indians rallied in de- fense of eight renegades and are re- ported in armed encampment on Beau tiful mountains, B miles southwest of the Shiprock agency, defying United States Marshal ITudspeth to take pris- oners the outlaws, who are wanted on federal warrants charging horse steal ing, assault and bigary. Two troops of cavalry have been asked for by tho marshal and the request has been re- ferred to the war department 10 Major General Carter, in command of the border patrol In any event, if the cavalry arrives. the renegades will be joined by many more at the command of the medicine men and of the plural wife men who are reported to be stir ring the Navajos to rebellion.
 The Indians are fortifying on a high table mountain, the summit of which is approachable by only one tortuous road.
 Agent w. T. Sheldon is at the agency awaiting the arrival of the troops. No word was received tonight that thel had started.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-18
WoMAN's BODY IN
 DRUG STORE BASEMENT.
Drug Clerk Tells Unlikely Story and is
 Placed Under Arrest.

Pittskurg, Nov. 1.-The body of Mrs Mayn1e Grenineisen, B years old, was found late today in the basement un- der the pharmacy of c. A. Givens, on the South Side. Michael L. Sweeney, a clerk employed in the store, was ar rested soon after the body was remov- ed.- He told of having helped carry Mrs. Greineisen into the basement about 8 o'clock last night He was in highly nervous state and his story was disconnected.
 The body of Mrs. Greineisen was covered with bruises, and the few clothes that covered were torn. When found it lay on a pile of cdnders.
 Mrs. Greineisen was the wife of OIi- yer Greineisen, a drug clerk who is employed by his father in another part of the city. According to Sweeney she came to the store last night, scantily attired, and he said that he and anoth- CT man carried her into the basement. A search is being made by the police for the man mentioned by Sweeney. Sweeney was taken in charge by the police and will be held for the action of the coroner tomorrow The police place little credence in his story.
 The discovery of the body came through a chance remark alleged to have been made by Sweeney to a friend that a woman was in the cellar. The police were notified. On their arrival Sweeney told who the woman was and how her body came to be in the base ment
Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-18
President Wilson Confident That Financial Boycott
 by Powers Will be Effective
POSSIBILITY OF-A CAUSE FOR QUICK ACTION
If Mexico City Cut Of by Interruption of Railroad Comnnu
 nicaton United States Will Take Steps to Protect AmeFi- cans and Other Foreigners Captal-Texas Governor Says if Nexicans Start Anything He Will Act Immediately

States. He seems to regard recent in cidents growing out of Washington demand that he vacate the presidency as closed And so they are, so far as he is concerned if his statements and those close to him are to be believed.
 The American charge d'affaires re ceived instructions to continue to ad- wise Washington with respect to de- velopments, but he was not instructed to approach the Mexican government officials again; nor did his instructions include anything relative to the with drawal of the embassy.
 Rumors that the charge had been ordered to leave persisted, although an emphatic denial was made at the embassy, and trains leaving for Vera Cruz were watched anxiously by Americans, who have made up their minds not to delay their departure, if MT O'Shaughnessy goes
 Rumoxs of plots and intrigues were common throughout the day, but no facts were forthcoming to indicate that General Huerta was losing his grip on Mexico's capital Reports from out lying points, especially in the north, were far from reassuring to the war dpDartment