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The San Francisco call., 1913-11-29
When the Difference Is
Great, Quick Remedy
Must Be Applied

Probably there is not one of
us whose mental growth has not
either exceeded or fallen behind
the bodily growth, but in the
vast majority of cases the diff
ference has been too slight to
lead to important results. But
when the difference becomes
great, as when a child of 10
years has the mental stature be-
longing to the age of 5, quick
remedy must be applied to pre-
vent an entire arrest of the de-
ve1opInent of the mind. That
remedy must be applied through
-more intelligent and sympathetic
treatment of the "feeble-minded'
at home, as well as through a
grading according to mental in
stead of bodily age IN the
schools.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-29

old man made third attempts but
once more the girl persisted.
Really. / don't mind, IT sir" she
said.
That's all very well for you. miss"
said the old man. But do. want
to get out. I've ridden long past my
street already!''
"Your Majesty" inquired the court
chief. what makes you feel 50 full Of
laughter
"Ho-ho- -ho!" cacchinated the canni-
bal king. 7 just swallowed that
missionary's funny-boner'
\ X
First Countryman (seeing . letter.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-29
How Science Measures
the Mental Age of
a Person

You will feel that his mind
may be developed and strength
ened to full maturity, just as
Newton's body was.
The article in the Cosmopoli-
tan to which | refer tells how
science has discovered a way of
measuring the mental age when
it differs from the bodily age.
The system of measurement is
due to the French psychologist,
Alfred Binet, and his associate,
NJ Simon 1t depends upon a
very simple principle-that of
taking the average mental sta
ture at various ages, which may
be determined by experiments
with a large number of normal
children, and comparing with
this standard the development of
any particular child. Various in
genious devices tests are en-
ployed. including the recognition
of colors, the tracing of out
lines. the memory and compre-
hension of words, the time taken
to receive impressions, the draw
ing of plain inferences. etc.
But anybody, when once the
idea that there is such thing
as mental age which may differ
from bodily age is understood,
can make tests for himself. We
know how the mind of the child
slowly advances, for we were all
once children, stretching out
feeble hands to grasp the clouds
and the moon, comprehending
nothing Of the world around us.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-29
Foofnotes Of Hunaor .

Pray, do not RISE" she said as an
old man rose to give her seat in
the street car
But T. -begausthe old man.
mo. please don't" and she gently
pushed the old man back into his
seat.
After the street car had gone a
little further the old man attempted
again to arise.
Il beg of you sir. please DON'T
She was very pretty and her dainty
gloved hand once more rested on his
shoulder as she gently pushed him
back.
After two more stopping places the
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-29
> UPON THE SAND -
By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

4 Ii love that has not friendship for its base
A Is like mansion built upon the sand.
Though brave its walls as any in the land,
And its tall turrets lift their heads in grace;
Though skillful and accomplished artists trace
Most beautiful designs on every hand,
And cleaning statues in dim inches stand,
And fountains play in some fow'r hidden place.
Yet when from the frowning cast sudden gust
Of adverse fate is blown, or sad rains fall
Day in, day out against its yielding wall,
Lol the fair structure crumb1es to dust
Love, to endure lifes sorrow and earth's woe
Needs friendships solid mason work below.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-29

box for the first time).: What's that
FOR, Tom7"
Second Countryman: dunno;
looks like religious sort O. thing"
First Countrymans NO. It can't
belong to 4osrelisions folk. 1t says.
No collections on Sundays"
y Il
'Razor comfortable?"
No reply.
shave you pretty closer"
NO reply.
DO you think Yale win win this
Year,
No reply.
very warm. for NoSsmbsrl'
No reply.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-29

He was one OF those fresh young
fellows. given to the use OF stale
slang. At the breakfast table. desir-
ing the milk, he exclaimed:
Chase the COW down this way,
please"
Here. Jane" SAID the landlady.
take the COW downfo where the calf
is bawling,
- n
II am thinking OF touring in South
Africa next season" remarked the CO.
median.
Take my advice and DON'T replied
the villain. An ostrich egg weighs
from two to three pounds.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-29

type
sending ultmaum into Mexico.
court has decided enough to man
NJ Quick--wha Is the numbcr
turkey
That point is mmaterial to know have last
why women they
badly when they stand him
SIS charged Of 100000 Another
young man genius until
oblieng of przhgh
affairs seeing fight once in
while
Rockefeller poohouse adjacent his
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-29
GARRETTP. SERVISS
SAYS:
By GARRETT P. SERYISS

THERE is a mysterious power
in words. Sometimes a mere
phrase has engineered a rev.
olution. 1t may be so with the
new term mental age" which
you will find interestingly dis.
cussed in the November number
of the Cosmopolitan Magazine.
It will be a revolution, if it
comes, which will reform our
whole system of education, and
the children will be the benefi-
ciaries.
This new turn in the science of
the mind is based upon a recog-
nition of the fact that a human
being may be physically old, and,
at the same time, mentally
young. The state of a childs
mind should not be judged from
the number of years that have
passed over its head A boy or a
girl may be IA years old, reckon
ing by birthdays, but only 7
years old measured by mental,
development.
Yet in the schools only the
first standard is recognized; all
who are of similar physical age
and growth are thrust into the
same classes; and if some prove
unable to hold the pace they are
branded as mentally inferior,
when in fact they may only be
mentally Younger
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-29

ethical surgical
have in by petition
Wait till they throw bricks der kaiser
men
that virtue deter them from stealing
county raising
S not much left for old Turkey
has decided
prohibiting the use of snuff be sneezed at
Albania $500O0O his
must cons de a
Never revolver II members the family
standing Then the aid
All who take their neghbo umbrellas naturally under
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-29
* IF YOU SHOULD co y
BY LILLIAN LAUFERTY

BY LILLIAN LAUFEKII
TvHE day / find that you have gone
Will my life end-or still go on?
Oh, this is what I think I'll do
When you crown rosemary with rue
I'll make myself SO fair and sweet,
With laughing lips and tripping feet,
That soon another lad I'll meet,
And none may dream | think OF you.
But never will go the way
We travelled all our time of May,
And never will / hum the tune
You sang our merry month of June,
And though I'm laughing late and soon,
You know my heart will not>be gay
The winter sparkles cold they say,
SO Tiff you should go away.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-05-01

motor car salesman" explained the
servant. -. E-s-
Fifteen hundred pounds ($7,500),"
said Smith, "and I've got the money
right with me. If you listen, at, the
phone you can hear it crinkle. Tell
George, he's human, and he may need
the money"
1t was then that the click came at
the other end of the line and royal
hello girl asked Mr.. Smith what num-
Der he wanted now.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-05-01
MERELY COMMENT

MERELY COMMENT
At Springfield, Lucy Page CASTOR
said she got $50 a month for fighting
the cigarette. Among the contrib
utors to the anti-cigarette fund were
Andy Carnegie, Sears-Roebuck, Mrs.
Gus F. Swift, Marshall Field & Co.,
The Fair and Butler Bros. 49,.
Now it would be interesting to find
out where Arthur BuTrage Farwen
gets his.
But why give the street railway
magnates any franchise at all?
Let's get little service under the
franchises they now have. It's rot
ten.
So far that grand jury whitewash
isn't white and won't wash
Mayor Harrison says existing
street railway conditions are ''un-
comfortable, insanitary and i'm
moral" But whose fault is it? Not
the straphangers. Take an axe, Mis-
ter Mayor, take an axe. Tie a can
to Hearst and Lawrence and do
something for the people.
Honestly some people could be ar
rested for what they think of the
Hearst administration of public af-
fairs in Chicago.
1t begins to look after all as If
some of the other Cub players had
something to do with it. Look at
the New York Americans and the
Cincinnati Reds. Even Charlie Muir
ply may have had something to do
with Cub success.
Maybe one reason is that Johnny
EYers don't take bis orders from An
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-05-01

whole lot cleaner and more interest
ing than politics.
Possibly Carter Harrison's batting
average would be better if Boss Law
renee wasn't forever giving him the
hit and run signal
That was great message Hizzoner
got out of his system. Itwasn't read,
it wasn't published in the papers and
darned few of us know what it was
all about. But no matter.
It's funny to watch Willie Hearst
trying to nose his way into high sas-
siety. Succeeded in getting Presi-
dent Gary of the steel trust to come
to his party, however.
Leonard Busby, head of the City
Railway Co., says he was stung for
his $4,000 Evanston home and an
Indiana farm by two Indiana con
men. ------r.-
After all, fellow straphangers,
there is some joy in this world of
gloom and crowded street cars, isn't
there?
Our dog catchers are now going to
use autos, possibly with the idea of
saving INC IFOuDlG- -OI Ju0. usual
method of killing 'em.
The Worlds Greatest NeWs-coIorer
remarks that the O'Hara commission
gets its goat
The o'Hara commission already
having snagged the goats of some of
the Worlds Greatest News-colorer's
advertisers, what else could the w.
G. N. expect?
II want to say to that young lady
in black that she is disrespectful to
this court in making an indecent ex-
posture of herself in this public place."
Justice Gavegan, N. Y, to woman
wearing hobble skirt and silk hose in
his court.
Some men get nerVous-right easily,
and others again have been married
g.,
The Topeka state journal., 1913-09-06
FARMERS WELL FIXED.
Charles NJ. Crews of Topeka Sees No
Effect of Drouth.

Although many people are of the
opinion that the average Kansas
farmer is suffering from poverty on
account of the dry weather, c. M.
Crews, the Topeka auctioneer is of a
different view. Mr.. Crews has Just
returned from sales in Shawnee, Jack
son and Pottawatomie counties and
reports favorable conditions all along
the line. The farmers appear to be
prosperous in spite of the weather,
many of them are even cheerful
about their crops.
In the sales that Crews managed,
everything brought good prices and
he did not receive a single note for
any item Every farmer paid in cash
and paid good prices for all cattle,
hogs, horses and some grain. All of
the sales were attended well in locali-
ties that have been reported to be in
bad condition.
Il never saw any better time with
the farmers" Crews said this morn
ing. "All of them had plenty of
money and are doing we'll with cattle.
Many of them have good crops and
there was not a community 1 visited
that had a whole crop ruined. The
water supply in the wells has not
given out nor does it show any inten-
ton of giving OUT
The Topeka state journal., 1913-09-06
CATTLE MARKET GOOD
Receipts at X. G. for Week Nearly
Break the Record.

Kansas City, Sept. 6.-With the re-
ceipts at the Kansas City yards today
of 1000 cattle bringing the week s
receipts up to 95,333 the worlds rec
ord for weekly receipts held by Chi
cago, made in September, 1891, of
95,524, trembled noticeably. The
prices on prime cattle are steady; 9TH
er killers 10 to 25 lower, best stock
erS and feeders 10 to 25 lower and
medium to common stockers and feed
ers 25 to so lower. The largest pre-
vious weekly receipts here were S3,-
$50 received in 1908.
The out of town buyers continue
to patronize the market, one man
shipping eight loads of cows yester-
day to Montana, another man sent
consignment to West Virginia and
Michigan, Minnesota and Ohio re-
ceived some also.
The hog market is cents higher
than yesterday and Is to 25 higher
than Wednesday. The closing prices
this week are all strong with the
prospects good for a strong market
next week.
They Struck 1t Rich.
Ashland, Wis, Sept. 6.-Five car
loads of gaunt cattle from the drought
stricken regions of Kansas arrived
here today consigned to a farmer. He
turned them out in his pasture pre-
paratory to fattening The animals
We're turned into grass knee high.
The Topeka state journal., 1913-09-06

will have nothing to show for the
credit of Kansas. Not only. will the
best of Kansas live stock be there.
but also many of the best heros OF
cattle, horses, hogs and sheep OF otner
states. And there will be an agr1cul-
tural and horticultural show, too
Some grand county grain exhibits Will
be in place, also. Then there VIII De
music, good racing, and grand even
ing entertainment.
Then there a hundred Things IN
Topeka you will want to see-your
state capitol. your state officers, your
memorial building and your state
printing plant where your school
books will be made. Besides, there
are the city buildings, parks, the
Santa Fe shops, city stores, etc-ali
well worth seeing.
Now you will enjoy trip to To-
peka on this occasion-you owe 1t to
yourself and your family to take
few days off. The world seems lot
brighter after one takes a glimpse of
things of his own little circle.
Your family and yourself have
worked hard this year as in past years
YOU deserve a few days of vacation
each year whether you take them or
not-so do the boys and the girls
and above all the wife and mother.
''It certainly cannot be regarded as
time fooled away in attending the Big
State fair. 1t will be instructive as
well as entertaining. The chances are
that a few days attendance-if you
keep your eyes and ears open-will
make you as much money as if you
were at home hard at work.
Come to the fair. Come with a
receptive mind, get all there is to get
at the fair and in the city. You will
go home better satisfied with what
not, probably with a feeling that you
will do better"
The Topeka state journal., 1913-09-06

get Thaw out of Jail. Arriving here
last night he characterized Jerome's
arrest as an outrage.
1t was q little past 9 O'Clock when
Mckee took his seat beside a table in
the little court room. A. G. Hanson,
the prosecutor, said he was ready to
go on with the Jerome case. The COM
plainant, Milford Aldrich, mill hand,
who swore that he saw Jerome playing
poker near the Grand Trunk railway
station, with several newspaper men
was present Jerome meantime was at
Norton Mills, VT, where he went yes
terday by automobile after being ad-
mitted to bail. He was considering the
next move to be made in the Thaw case
and for this reason did not deem ii
best to return to Coaticook where feel
ing against him has been high
Rousseau, the local hotelkeeper and
one of Jerome's bondsmen, said today
that Thaw told him in all seriousness
that he (Thaw) would have liked to
have gone on Jerome's bond and that
he was ready to stand the loss should
the bond at any time be forfeited
He told me that yesterday when l
served his dinner said Rousseau, land
again this morning when he heard that
the Jerome case was going over.
The Topeka state journal., 1913-09-06
HELP SAVE FISH
Mill Greek Is Nearly Dry Near
Topeka.
Otto StrOwig Sends Out Call to
TOpekans.

With the exception of few deep
holes where there is still plenty of
water, Mill creek, one of the best
fishing grounds in this section. is
been done for the fish, and compare
lively few have died, according to Otto
Strowig. who has large mill pond
near Paxico. But if the Topeka
fishermen who make a practice of
fishing on the Strowig property want
fish next year, it might be we'll for
them to come up and help the miller
seine the shallow holes and move the
fish to deeper water.
Mill creek is running just the
least Bit" Mr.. Strowig declared this
morning. 'It isn't enough to be
worth talking about. The mill pond
is entirely dry. and has been for some
time. There are several deep holes
both above and below the mill dam,
however, where the fish are doing
pretty we'll
moving fish that are living in the
shallow water, but if it doesn't rain
soCn they will have to be moved or
they will die. So far nobody who
comes out here to fish has offered any
assistance in moving the fish. They
are glad enough to come and fish, but
they seem to expect us to keep the
fish for them
The creek is lower, and the holes
are more scarce. that they have been
for many years. Another month or
two of drouth almost would mean
annililation for the fish in the
stream. By that time only the deep
est holes would have any water in
them Two more weeks of drouth is
going to threaten the lives of a good
many fish unless they are moved.
When the creek fills up again, and
the state fish and game warden be-
gins distributing fish, Mr.. Strowig is
anxious to have some fish placed in
Mill creek o. his place. Under ordi-
nary circumstances he has an excel
lent place for fish. 1t is only in ex-
traordinarily dry years that there is
aQY danger
The Topeka state journal., 1913-09-06
WHOLE TOWN BURNS.
Bokhoma, Okla, Is Almost Totally
Destroyed by Fire.

Bokhoma. Okla. Sept. 6.-Fire caused
a loss estimated at $500. 600, destroyed
twenty-five residences, eight stores, a
school building, a church, a number of
minor buildings and the Wilson Lum-
ber company's big plant here.
With the exception of the St. Louis &
San Francisco railroad station and a
few small houses occupied by negroes,
the entire town was destroyed.
The fire was of unknown origin and
the greater part of the loss was suf-
fered by the Wilson Lumber company,
which owned many of the buildings
and employed a large part of the pop
ulation of the town. Lumber belong
ing to the company, ready for shipment
and valued at $250,0o0, was burned.
The Topeka state journal., 1913-09-06

being erected by the state, will deter
mine largely the financial condition
of the state during the remainder of
the present year. If there is an open
season and contractors are able to
work steadily until late November,
then it is probable that the state will
have a hard time meeting its bills
promptly. Should the Improvement
work be delayed, then there is hope.
New Funds in December.
In December the state treasurer can
draw on the various county treasurers
for a portion of the 1913 taxes, on an
order issued by the state auditor. OF
course that means that some of the
taxes levied for next year must be used
this year, but the practice is an old one
and by its use a shortage in the treas
ury was averted in 1908 and the state
was able to meet it's bills.
No funds can be drawn on the new
taxes before Dec. Is, however. Then
county treasurers are compelled to
honor drafts only when they are Ger
tain that they have collected a suffi-
cient amount of state taxes to protect
the drafts. And right there is another
uncertainty.
In view of the fact that this has been
an off crop year in Kansas, it is nat
urally expected that taxes will be COL
lected only at the last minute. During
a season of this kind, the railroads and
hold their payments until Dec. 20. the
last day, and thus narrowly avoid pen
alties. That adds new complications
and is causing worry in the state
, house. Because. with the corporations
holding back their tax payments, state
officials feel reasonably certain that a
large percentage of the tax payment
this year may be deferred until June.
1914.
Davis Has Hopes
State Auditor Davis, though. has
hopes that the state will be able to
meet it's bills.
1T isn't at all certain said Davis.
but L believe we will be able to pull
through. But it will be a close
squeeze 1t seems that it will be
necessary to draw on the county
treasurers for ten or fifteen per cent
of the taxes in December; and if we
can hold out until that time, every
thing will be all right. Just now,
though, it is too early to make a
definite statement. If the fee funds
are used judiciously by the state in
stitutions, it will help out greatly and
we may be able to escape stamping
warrants not paid for want of
funds"
The state tax levy this year is 1.2
mills, the same as was levied in 1912
The Topeka state journal., 1913-09-06
New York Stock Market.

Wall St, New York, Sept. 6.-STOCKS-
The only important move in stocks today
a slump in New Haven, following
the withdrawal of J. p. Morgan and COM
pany, its fiscal agents of the roads New
Haven opened a point off at 9o%, and on
the next few sales declined to go On
succeeding transactions the quotation rail-
lied to 907s; changes in the rest of the
stocks were unusually small and revealed
no trend in either direction. Reading and
Copper opened slightly higher, Union Pa
cific was unchanged and Steel off r.
The market closed strong. Trading dur
ing todayS half session was dull and
common place and in many active stocks
there were transaction. A contribtory
cause of the dullness was the holiday on
the London exchange, which eliminated
foreign interest in the dealings
Gains of one to four points were scored
by various specialties today but improve
The Topeka state journal., 1913-09-06
Topeka Fruit and Produce Market.
tSellIns prices by Sau'l E. Lux. wholesale
Fruit and PRODUCED


Topeka, Kan. Sept 6.
ELBERTA PEACHES-r to 8 baskets,
s.. 25; 10 to rs basket lots, $2.15.
MOORES EARLY GRAPES-Per bas-
ket, Csc.
MALAGA GRAPEs-1 to S crate lots,
$1.40; and more, $1.35.
ITALIAN PRUNES-Per crate, $11O.
FLORIDA PINEAPPLES-Per crate,
$3.50.
CALIFORNIA PLUMS-Gross pIums,
per crate. $500; Giants, per crate, 500:
Kelsey's, per crate, $500; Hungarians, per
erat 500 Der erafe per ico cTsss sas sS
BARTLETT PEARS-Per box, s275.
ROCKY FORD CANTALOUPES-F'la
per crate, soc; Burrell Gems. soc; 45-5fs.
VALENCIA oRANGEs-Per box. $4,000
LEMoNs-Per box, szooa725.
LIMES-Per basket, $1S5; per barrel,
ALABAMA SWEET PoTAToEs-Per
cALIToRNIA CABBAGE-New, De,
iDi DBiANANAs-Medium sized punches, Der
bunch. sl75Q2.25: large punches. per
bunch. $1.75@2.75; per lb., SIC.
RHURARB-Per h., &c; 100 lbs or
mTIs; TExAs llsSi cUcuMBERs-Per basket s, 90.
per = crate, s1;2Si Per- Per z b1; crate. s2.0o;
KAw VALLEY PoTAToEs-Per bu.,
81 25; Northern potatoes, per bu., 85c.
MANGO PEPPERS-Per basket SlOO
CARROTS-Per doZ. punches, 45c; per
bu., Sc.
BEANS-Per diamond basket, N.25; bulk
in sacks, per h., 12c.
BEETS- Per bu., lac.
WATERMELONS-P lb., 1kc.
CHEESE-18G19c.
PEACH BASKETS-Per 100. sL25.
The Topeka state journal., 1913-09-06
JERoME's CASE PUT OVER.
1t Will Not BE Heard Until Septem-
ber II.

Coaticook, Sept. 6.-William Travers
Jerome, arrested in Coaticook yester-
day on charge of gambling, was bit
terly denounced by Justice of the Peace
James Mckee in his court room today
The graybearded magistrate was in
dignant when Jerome's counsel an
nounced the New York lawyer could
not be present today and asked for
an adjournment of the hearing of his
gambling case.
Il want to say cried Justice Mckee,
banging the table with his fist that
we intend to prosecute Mr.. Jerome to
the full extent of the law. He cannot
come here and play his card games
before our children. This may be a
suburban town but we intend to en-
force our laws.
"Our relations with the American
bar are cordial, but justice must be
meted out in this case
The court then suggested that Jer-
ONES bail be forfeited.
THAT would only hit two of our cit
izens who went on it," said Mr.. Han
son. the prosecutor. The Justice then
said he would let the bail stand. He
put the case over until September IL.
A crowd in the court room applauded
loudly when the justice criticised Jer-
ONE.
Jacob Nicoll. OF Sherbrooke, crown
prosecutor for this district and as such
the superior of Joint Prosecutor Ran-
son, appeared for the defense.
In Sherbrooke, he aided counsel for
New York in their successful fight to