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The Washington times., 1913-02-04
Yale Crews Will Not
Have English Stroke

NEW HAVEN. Conn, Feb. 4.-The
stroke used by the Yale crews Will not
be changed to conform to the English
system. according to a statement made
by Captain Snowden of the varsity
eight. Captain Snowden ana Coach w,
A. Hartman have recently returned
from a trip to England. where English
methods were studied.
The Washington times., 1913-02-04
To the NameIess.

You ask US what, old top we'll call the Yanks?
The query that Frank Chance has put before
And many the lunatics and cranks
Whove offered names-but old scout that bore
So though all that 1 get is-maybe-thanks
ask you please to give to my chorus.
Suppose you wait, old top, say-tin July
What time has hit midseason shape
Tis then you'll hear the names the fans will pick
And II they watt their praises to the sky
Or shoot a somber monicker Of crepe,
Believe me- pal, the name they chose will stick Nj
The Washington times., 1913-02-04
Auspicious Weather
For Pinehurst Golf

PINEHURST, N. c., Feb. 4.-Auspic-
ious conditions attended the opening at
the Pinehurst Country Club today of
the ninth annual St Valentines golf
tournament. The tournament. which
will last through the remainder Of the
week. has attracted large number Of
weII-known players from various Sec
tiops Of the country.
The Washington times., 1913-02-04
"Doggie" Trenchard to
Coach North Caro- ina

Although Jack Hegarty. captain OF
the 1912 Georgetown football eleven, was
mentioned as possible football coach at
North Carolina next fall. the place has
gone to "Doggie" Trenchard, the old
Princeton gridiron star. He has signed
three-year contract to act as resident
coach in all branches Of athletics. be-
ginning with the baseball team on
March ].
The Washington times., 1913-02-04
BINGLES AND BUNTS
Imparting Advice.

No. 2. To . Pitcher.
shoot all the stuff. both lean and fat,
With which your salary whips Invested:
Thep have him arrested.
The Washington times., 1913-02-04

Substitutions-kellev Tor Martin. Ma
rum for G. Campbell. G. Campbell for
Foley. Goals from floor-G. Campbell
C6), Waldron 90. wetzeI. Foley. Marum,
Baker (6. Freshman CD, w. Camp
tosses-Baker 90, Waldron 90. Referee
Mr. Hughes. Timers-Messrs Mac
quown, OF Pittsburgh. and Donnelly, of
Georgetown. Time OF halves-2o min
utes each.
The Washington times., 1913-02-04
Pool Contest.

Earl Williams and George Campbell
will meet In a pool contest tomorrow
night at $50, at the Eagles Club House.
Following the contest Williams viii
give an exhibition of fancy shots.
The Washington times., 1913-02-04
The Britain Viewpoint.

In NJ Engshman is conclud-
countth old
admission:
cricket baseball
The Washington times., 1913-02-04
No. I. To q Batsman.

No. I. To q Batsman.
Stand mp and take healthy swing
In manner bold. without restraint;
Get set against the pitchers fling
Then hit 'em where Hans Wagner sip't.
The Washington times., 1913-02-04

Which recalls the fact that the best definition of amat
get away with it be nicked with the goods.
The Washington times., 1913-02-04
By
Grdntldnd Rice

No. 3. To q BaserHnner.
Get set upon your sprinting Leg
To beat the gun like runner Maxey;
But when J. Archer starts to peg,
Go call n taxi.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-01

the department of agriculture, are alb
solutely the record for the United
States.
Yet the ex-slave brought his worth
less land to this degree of fertility
practically without the use of a pound
of fertilizer.
Sans method was simple. He filled
the soil of his two acres with vege-
table matter (humus.) At first he did
this by hauling leaves from the woods
and blowing them under. Then when
the land began to produce crops, he
plowed under the straw of his oats
and the stalks of his corn and cotton.
SpilIman's Opinion.
In the opinion of Prof. w. j. Spill
man, of the department of agriculture
one of the foremost agriculture econ
omists in the world, the case of Sam
Mccall and the cases of other farmers
who have used the same method of
farming with startling results prove
the validity of discovery which will
be revolutionary in agriculture. The
theory is now held by Milton Whitney,
chief of the United State bureau of
soil, and his assistant Frank K. Cam
eron, that each soil particle is com
posed largely of potash and phos-
phoruS, two of the principal elements
of plant food. According to their
theory a film of the surface of each
soil particle each year is dissolved,
liberating the potash and phosphate.
This theory is held against the great
body of scientists, who liken each soil
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-01
Mothers Friend
in Every Home
Comfort and Safety Assured Before
the Arrival of the Stork.

The old saying-what is home without
a mother-should add Mothers Friend
In thousands Of American homes there
is bottle of this splendid and famous REM
edy that has aided many woman through
the trying ordeal, saved her from suffering
and pain kept her in health of mind and
body in advance of baby's coming and had
a most wonderful influence in developing a,
healthy, lovely disposition in the child
There is no other remedy so truly a help
to nature as Mothers Friend. 1t relieves
the pain and discomfort caused by the
strain on the ligaments, makes plant those
fbres and muscles which nature is expand
ing and soothes the Inflammation of breast
glands.
Mothers Friend is an external remedy,
acts quickly and not only banishes all dis
tress in advance, but assures a speedy and
complete recovery for the mother. Thus
she becomes healthy woman with all her
strength preserved to thoroughly enjoy the
rearing of her child. Mothers Friend can
be had at any drug store at 81 90 bottle,
and is really one of the greatest blessings
ever discovered for -expectant mothers.
Write to Bradfield Regulator Co., 1913
Lamar Bldg, Atlanta. Ga. for their free
book. Write to-day. 1t is most instructive.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-01
HE SEES BIG LOSS.
of Experiment Appro-
priation Alarms Forester.

Washington, Feb. Industrial
loss will result if congress finally cur
tails the work of the wood products
experiment section of the forest SER
vice, in the opinion of Chief Forester
Graves. In the agricultural appro-
priation bill the amount provided for
this work is cut from $4,000 to
100000.
In explaining the features of the
branch of the forest service, Mr..
Graves declares that multitudinous
uses of lumber has shown how they
could secure a maximum of service
and durability for minimum of ma
teriaL In experiments to determine
the best methods of utilizing and con-
serving timber, in discovering the best
methods of using the by-products and
in studying hundreds of allied ques-
tions. Mr.. Graves contends that this
division of the forest service has been
paying for itself many times over.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-01
EEL ATTACKS SWIMMER
"Duke' KahanamoIzu Nearly browns
Near Honolulu.

New York, Feb. 1.-"Duke'' Kahan-
amouku, the worlds champion short
distance swimmer, had a narrow es-
cape in a fight with an eel at a re-
sort near Honolulu, according to re-
ports of the odd occurrence received
in special cable advices here. He
was practicing in preparation for the
Australian swimming championship
in company with number of other
swimmers when he suddenly seemed
to be dra eyed under the water in a
furious struggle.
While other swimmers were hasten
ing to him with their powerful over
hand stroke, Kahanamoku sank from
sight. His friends dived, brought him
up and carried him ashore almost I'M
conscious. A large eel which he had
choked to death had attacked him,
and in the struggle the swimmer suf-
fered a slight injury to the index fin
ger of his right hand
1t is reported doubtful whether the
champion will be able to compete in
the Australian events for which he
was practicing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-01
SENATOR M'LEAN TELLS WHY UNCLE
(By George P. Mclean. }


hope that all true conServationistS
will give their active support to the
bill which extends federal protection
to migratory game and insectivorous
birds. This bill passed the senate re-
Gently without dissenting vote and
it will be most unfortunate If the
house fails to concur. 1t is hard TO
believe that any one can be opposed to
the purposes sought to be accomplish
ed by this legislation. If there are
constitutional limitations in the way,
the sooner they are discovered and re-
moved, the better The general pup.
at stake-the farmers and horticul-
turists-have in the past been very
slow to recognize the vital Importance
of this and that other subject of equal
import-the contagious diseases of
trees and plants.
The annual loss to agriculture
caused by plant disease is estimated
at S1,5OO,0OO,000, and our department
of agriculture in 1887 fixed the loss
that year to the United States alone
caused by cryptogamia to timber, fruit
and grain at $1,000 900. The pre-
vention of plant maIadies is an inter-
national duty which cannot be neg
lected, and the recent importation of
the chestnut blight into this country
has awakened our people to the need
of great caution. Rigid quarantineS
are now established against plant dis
eases and destructive insects, but
these efforts will be futile unless the
pests and plaques that are now with
us in untold numbers are controlled
and conquered. This country is still
many years behind most of the Euro
pean nations in its general interests in
such matters. 1t is quite as important
to save the trees from diseases and
slugs as it is to save them from the
axe and fire.
The annual loss caused by blghts
and beetles in this country alone is
estimated at more than $780, 00,-
900. The half dozen gypsy moths
brought to this country a few years
ago and which were allowed to escape
have multiplied and become nauseat-
ing scourge in certain portions of
central and eastern New England In
less are alive to every precaution
it will not be many years before every
tree, schrub and flower will have its
hordes of insect enemies waiting to at
tack the first green spot that appears
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-01

particle to a sponge, soaked to the
center with the moisture of the soil.
The latter group of scientists believe
that plants eventually suck from each
soil particle all it contains of plant
food, leaving a sterile shell of 1ndls-
soluble mineral matter. Whitney and
Cameron believe that the soil IS plant
food and as long as any soil is left
it is continually liberating potash and
phosphate by dissolution.
Microbes a Big Help.
Thus the only other element needed
to feed the plant is nitrogen. The pre-
vailing theory is that nitrogen exists
in the soil and is gradually exhausted
by the plants. Prof. Spillman says
that Sam Mccall put the nitrogen in
his soil when he plowed in the humuS.
Microscopic bacteria live in decaying
Vegeta BILE matter in the soil, and these
bacteria feed largely upon nitrogen in
the air Ventilating down through the
soil, and thus supply nitrogen to the
soil when they die. The air is four
fifths nitrogen.
Thus. according to Prof. Spillmasl,
Socalled "worn-out'' soil is soil which
contains no humus. The bacteria are
continually eating humus and they
will cause it to disappear altogether
unless fresh supplies are put into the
ground by the farmer.
The example of Sam Mccall shows
as long as man has earth and air he
can continue to grow food by apply
ing intelligence to cultivation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-01
English Beauty Tells
Complex. on Secrets
C'Elise" in American Home

Through a fortunate meeting with an
English lady, noted for her dazzling COM
Flexicn, 1 recently learned the full mean
ing of that old adage. Beauty is but
skin Deep She taught me how TO re-
move my muddy old skin, revealing tie
young and beautiful skin underneath
The process is so simple, harmless and
inexpensive, I'm sure vou'll be glad to
know about it. Just get an ounce of or
binary mercolized wax at any drug store
and apply nightly, like cold cream, for a
week or so. Every morning in washing
off the wax, tiny particles of worn-out
cuticle come Off, too The action is 81
gentle and gradual. there's no discom
fort It's a wonderful treatment as il
not only peels off the faded or discoIored
skin, but all of its defects, as chaps.
rouehncss, freckles. pinples, bloIches
b1ackheads.
/ am indebted to the same lady for a
remarkable Misunderstanding. formula
One ounce powdered saxoIite is dissolved
in a half pint witch hazel. Used as a
face bath. this is so effective that iust
one application causes the finer lines to
disappear, and soon even the deepest
ones go.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-01
CLUB NOTES.

western Sorosis club will have It's
animal banquet the evening OF Fep-
wary -. This banquet is given yearly
on Iincoln's birthday, and at TINS
vear's celebration, each member may
invite two guests. Mrs F. w. Watson
+ha treasurer of the club, should be no
+ifed as soon as possible the names
of the guests.
preparations are being completed Tor
+be art exhibit to be given IN To-
Del,a the latter part of February I'M
der the auspices of the Topeka t'eder-
otion of Women. The art department
Of the federation is directly in charge
of the arrangements, and have rece1v-
ed a list of the pictures that Will De
shown. The exhibit will be brought 10
vTopexa from Lawrence, where 1t Is
sent from the east, and is under the
1nanagement there of the art depart
ment of the state university.
The Thursday Study club met Thurs
day afternoon with Miss Lovelia Hilty
at the home of her sister, Mrs. c. E.
Heer, on Clay street. Papers on the
lesson were read by Mrs. Ross, Mrs
r. L. Cochrane and Mrs. S. L. Nelson.
The next meeting will be held in two
weeks with Mrs. Cochrane, 1885 Harri-
son street The music for the program
was furnished by Miss Gwendolyn
Chase, who sang.
The Chaldean club will meet Monday
of next week, with Mrs w. F. Bowen.
500 Harrison street. Mrs. J. B. Larimer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-01

which do not appeal to reason, and that
there are demagogues in the legal pro-
fessfon as in other walks of life But
I do not hesitate to say that such
newspapers and such lawyers do not,
in any large measure, represent the
sentiment of either profession.
Criticism Must Be just.
For you, then, gentlemen, and Tor
me, there is call to high duty
1T is to protest by voice and pen
against the unfair, the harsh. the I'M
true, the undeserved criticism OF
judges and of other public officers.
You will not misunderstood me: l
firmly believe in criticism when it is
deserved I regard just criticism as
, great safeguard in government
such as ours. But 1 warn you that
we have come upon the time when
either criticism will be permitted only
when it is merited, and only as it is
fair, or when by the unbridled license
of criticism we shall lose all respect
for law, for public offices and public
officers.
"A public opinion fed upon, shaped
and stimulated by the partisan news
paper. the muck raking journal and
the sensational magazine is not a
healthy public opinion. The motives
such periodicals impute to state and
federal judges, to state and federal Of
ficers are, for the most part, wholly
untrue. The public mind is feeding on
imagination and not on facts. We are
building up a public opinion out of
fancy and romance 1t is one of the
startling evils of our day, an evil
which so high an authority as James
Bryce says may compass our destruc-
ton.
Time permits me but to suggest
this present day wrong and to say that
there is no nobler, more necessary,
more patriotic work in which the law
and the press can engage than that of
leading the public mind of this coun-
try from it's riot and carnival of ill
formed, hasty, superficial and mis-
ch1eVous opinion back to a sound opin-
ion founded upon fact and the ideas
and ideals of the fathers"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-01

in the spring. The migratory insec-
tivorous birds should be guarded with
a mailed hand, and the states, acting
separately, are utterly incompetent. If
the federal governm ent has no power
to undertake the common defense in
this regard, we ought to know it at
once. 1 cannot believe that any SOW
ereignty, worthy of the name, can be
SO helpless: and in any event it would
seem to be the duty of congress to give
the benefit Of the doubt to the people
and the Constitution
The pending legislation touches no
private or property right. 1t can do
no harm to any mans person or pos
sessions. If this matter is delayed I'M
til the birds are northumberland
they are now decreasing at an alarm
ing rate-the lawmakers of this gem
Grafton will neglect a plain and press
ing duty,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-01
BY. ROBERT r. WILSON

BY. ROBERT F. WILSON
Washington, Feb. In Sam Mccall,
an aged illiterate ex-slave cultivating
a two-acre farm on the side of a hill
in Wilcox county,, Ala, scientists of
the department of agriculture believe
they have found the best example on
which to base the positive announce
ment that mankind will never face
food famine due to the exhaustion of
tine elements of fertility in the earth S
soil. That as long as there is any
earth and water left, what there is
will bring forth in abundance.
According to the old teachings of
orthodox agriculture, the soil is like
a bank, containing limited quaint
ty of treasure, in the shape of plant
food; that even the most careful
farming cannot put back into the soil
quite all that it takes out, and conse-
Quentiy the entire earth will some day
become sterile and barren This
theory, once held by scientists, is still
accepted by many farmers.
Sam Has Different Theory.
Not by Sam Mccall, however. For
a half century Sam has been assidu-
ously cultivating a farm of two acres.
When he bought the land after he
was emancipated, it was as poor land
as could be found in the United
States. Successive cropping before
the war so exhausted it's fertility that
it was abndoned. Then the rains
eroded the topping of loan and wash
ed it down the hill into the stream.
When Sam bought it for so cents an
acre, it was bare even of grass and
weeds. It was the sort of soil south
erners say will not sprout peas" No
soil expert would hesitate to say that
such soil had been completely eX-
hausted of the elements of plant food.
Now what did Sam Mccall do with
this sort of land? In 1908 the two
acres produced 40 bushels of oats,
SO bushels of corn Con one acre. and
four bales of cotton. The southern
average for these crops (when land
is devoted exclusively to them) is 70
bushels of oats. 10 bushels of corn
and 1-3 of a bale of cotton to the
acre. The Mccall yields, carefully
verified in a bulletin just published by
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-01
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FOR
GRiP&COLDS

la Grippe, Grippe, Grip, Influenza.
or a hard stubborn or obstinate Cold
that hangs on, or by whatever name
it may be called, is broken up by DIR.
Humphreys ''Seventy-seven.''
Don't wait till your bones begin to
ache. take "Seventy-seven'' at the first
feeling of Iassitude and escape the
pains and soreness of the Head, Back
and Chest, Cough, Sore Throat, Gen.
eral Prostration and Fever, or it may
take longer to break up.
1t pays to keep "Seventy-seven.'
handy, it is a small vial of pleasant
pellets, fits the vest pocket. At your
Druggist, 25c., or mailed.
Humphreys Homeo. Medicine Co., l5S
Williams ST.. New York.-Ady.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-01
Mothers Can safely Buy

DIR. Kings New Discovery and give IL IN
the little ones when ai1ing and suffering
with colds coughs, throat or lung tro1i-
ways used. Mrs. Bruce Crawford NiagTa
MO, writes: DIR. Kings New Discover
changed our boy from pale weak ST *
helps Buy it at Campbell Drug Co-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-01
At the right: the daughters OF

Washington, Feb. 1.-The wife and
daughters of Ambassador Chang, Chinese
representative at Washington, have bios
somed out in American dress A year ago
they were going about in their gorgeous
oriental garb, their tunics and kimono
dresses heavy with embroidery and glitte"
ing with gems. Now all is changed. Their
dress is so thoroughly occidental and up
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-01

shining braids and innocent of hats, are
nowadays smartly coiffed and crowned
with plumed creations of the latest Paris
designs. Their figures are well corseted,
and their feet, formerly encased in
Chinese slippers with gemmed and ei1-
broidered establishment, are now adorn ed
with patent leather colonial pumps with
flashing buckles or in fashionable boots
to be worn with tailored gowns.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-01

will have charge of the department of
current events, and Mrs. Robert Steele
will have an address on 1.-THE New
South"
The West Side Forestry club, which
has been taking it's annual vacation,
met for the first time in the new year
Thursday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. NJ. A. Low. The honorary men,
bers We're hostesses, and included Mrs.
Low, Mrs. Ward Burlingame. Mrs. A.
j. Kelley, Mrs. F. Montgomery and
Mrs. George Huron. The president,
Mrs. Harry Forbes, presided. The pro-
gram was a combined Kansas Day and
musical entertainment Mrs. Low read
paper on Alfalfa, Mrs. Burlingame
spoke on events in Kansas history and
the music was furnished by Mrs. AL
bert T. Reid, whose numbers included
the Kansas Song, and by Miss Helen
Hogeboom and Miss Eleanor Logan.
The executive board of the State
Federation held a meeting Thursday
at Y. w. c. A. and endorsed some
of the bills before the legislature and
voted to support DIR. Crumbine of the
state board of health. They decided
that the next meeting of the board
should be held in Chanute.
The State Equal Suffrage associa-
ZION met thursday morning at the
Y. w. c. A. and discussed legislation
of the present session. They en-
dorsed the work of DIR. Crumbine and
voted to oppose the bill changing the
control and membership of the board
of health. They also endorsed the
bill relating to the white slave traf-
fic, and discussed various measures
for the improvements of conditions of
working women and relating to child
labor.
The Ohio club will meet Monday
night, February 8, at o'clock with
Mrs. H. w. Bomgardner, 1895 Null
vane street All former Ohio people
are invited. There will be a program
and refreshments will he served
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-01

to-date that society is taking fashion
notes on their costumes.
The daughters are of the accepted
American debutante age, and look charm
ing in American frocks- Their natural
oriental beauty loses none of its attrac-
ton in their new mode of dress.
Mother and daughters have learned the
art of wearing American clothes grace
fully. Their heads, formerly wound with
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-01

Married men get into debt because they
have a family and unmarried ones be-
cause they haven -New York Press.
The Calumet news., 1913-11-29
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Mix" Gibbons and Clarence Ferns
have been signed for muss To- take
place in New orleans. Dec ~.
Packcy Mcfarland has been guar
antecd $4,000 To- meet Jack Britton
i'm tcn-round boat in Milwaukee, Dee.
%.
Is. .. Brown, the New York light
weight, is again on the sick list and
will not Ice 5blc To- box again for some
time.
Frank Klaus, the Pittsburgh mid
dleweight. ana his manager, George
Engle. are getting ready To- sail for
Paris next month.
Tom Jones, the former manager of
Nd Wulgast cN-lightwcight champion,
has taken Marty Mci'ur. Racine
fcatnerwcight, under his management
Joe Woudman is having tough luck
with his stable Of lighters. Three
nights after Gunboat Smith defeated
sam Lang ford Jack Read Langfords
stable mate, lost to steve Kennedy