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The Brinkley argus., 1914-02-06

For Weakness and Loss of Appetite
 The Old Standard general strengthening tonic. GROVES TASTELES SS chill TONIC, drives out Malaria and builds up the system- true tonic md sure Appetizer. For adults and children 60c.
The Brinkley argus., 1914-02-06

level of came. All cleanonts must be left in plain sight and accessible at all times. No soil waste or vent pipe shall be drill ed and tapped. All branch con nections to be made with Y's and eight bends. Sanitary Ts will be permitted in vertical stacks above first floor.
 Rule 11. Soil pipes receiving the discharge from one or more closets shall not be less than four inches in internal diameter and continue of undiminished size two feet through the roof of building, and left open at the top. It must not open near a window or air shaft. which ventl- lates living rooms.
 Rule 12. Each fixtures shall be separately trapped and re- vented. Trap for the fixtures to be placed as near the fixture as possible, and in no case shall a trap be more than 2 feet from a fixture. All bath tubs shall have drum traps, with finch cleanouts above floor. Revent pipes may be run separately or enter the soil pipes three feet above the floor on which the highest fixture is located.
 Rule 13. Where there is only one water closet on a floor, the revent may be dispensedwith, provided that this closet is not more than four feet from the stack and the other fixture on the same floor are revented and that there are no closets or fix lures on the floor above.
 Rule IA. Where one closet or fixture is connected into stack of undiminished size from ground to roof, the revent may be dis pensed with, provided that said fixture is not more than two feet from the stack.
 Rule. 15. Not more than three water closets and five ad. ditional fixtures other than closets may be vented from a Z inch pipe. Not more than ter water closets and twenty addi. tional fixtures, other than closets may be vented from a 3 inch vent pipe. Vent pipes to be cast iron soil pipes. galvanized wrought iron pipe or lead pipes. Connection of lead with iror pipe or fitting shall be made with brass soldering nipples ol brass ferrules, and of size not | less than the lead pipe it serves with properly wiped solderet joints.
 Rule 16. All joints in cast iron pipe shall be packed witt oakum and melted lead wei calked.
 Rule IT. Earthern or iror water closets that have traI above the floor. using lead con nections, must have a cast brass f1ange not less than one-eigh' inch thick soldered to the leaG and bolted to the trap of closet The joint being made perfectly air tight.
 Rule IS. Every water close or line of water closets shall bt supplied from . tank of : fiushometer valve and the dusl pipe shall not be less than one 4 inch pipe.
 Rule 19. All waste and ven pipes shall not be less than tht following sizes;
 Water closet waste 4 inch, ven 2 inches.
 Slop sinks waste 3 inch, vent Tx inch.
 Urnial waste IF inch. ven lh inch.
 Bath tub waste l E inch. ven l1s inch.
 Basin waste l4 inch. vent 1l inch.
 Sinks waste 1k inch. vent 1 A inch.
 Wash trays waste ls inch, vent 1k inch.
 Rule 20. Two or more fix | 4 q 4
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-17
Jayhawker Jots

If q woman bosses her husband.
says the Yates Center News, it's prob
ably because he needs it.
AS the Minneapolis Better Way has
discovered: The average fellow will
do more for another fellows sister
than he will do for his own.
Where is the old fashioned man.
asks the Sterling Bulletin. who re-
mOnstrated when flowers were placed
on the table. as he did not consider
them good to eat?
Just now the coal man gets your
goat, points out the Barton County
Democrat, but it offers these words of
encouragement: Cheer up. It will
not be long till the ice man will be
here with the hook.
A number OF exchanges. says the
Santa Fe Monitor. have gotten the
idea that Velma Haley, the owner Of
the Kingsdown Clarion. is q girl. but
they are badly mistaken. He is q real
live boy. looking for a girl.
It's the judgment Of the Ottawa
Republic from the general appear
ance of the gentlemen from Mexico
who inhabit the tamale district in
North Ottawa that none Of them
swan the Rio Grande to get here.
Among the Motor Notes In the
Wilson County Citizen: A Vermil-
lion man by the name OF Ollie Shafer
lighted a match the other day to see
IL the gasoline tank on his automo-
bile was empty. 1t wasn't. After
Ollie returned from the stable loft
into which he had been lifted by the
explosion, he turned in a fire alarm
and called on tho barber to remove
the rest OF his whiskers.
Projected on the screen by the
Lindsborg News Vitascope. operated
by Miss Anna Carlson: The incest
thing about some folks is that you
don't have to live with them. {.
Ever notice that when q woman
starts out In the reform business she
always begins on man? {.
Almost any marriage becomes a fail
ure when either member Of the con-
Germ insists on being the whole show.
+. It Is one Of the fine points Of
courtesy to let folks teach you some
thing you already know and look like
you enjoyed it. Many things
that are accepted as Indications of q
sweet disposition are only part of the
sugar coating on a bitter pill.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-17

active matter which passes theou94 m
Vulnerable phases Of evolution.
The organization Of the OCEAN nus =
to sustain life better than any other -
yironment," said DIR. Henderson, and tno
fundamental characteristics Of the ocean
also encourage the evolution Of active
life
Tho origin of life itself depends upon
stability. Where conditions are the mo&
stable there you win lind the most acuve
ana pr09ressive life. ThorA - one Sup-
stance that possesses moro stabiuty enen
anything else we know Of, and that y the
ocean.
Variations Of temperature In the ocean
from various causes are glighter than In
any other matter. For this. a. well A.
other reasons, we find that water - best
adapted to the evolution OF organic mat
ter In the ocean we see every deeree OF
development from the highest to the low
est forms Of life.
"As we trace this evolution down to the
lowest forms we find the result has been
due to extremely favorable conditions OF
this stability Of the ocean. Certain forms
Of activity In the ocean are the lowest
forms OF organic life We know OF. 20 low
that we seem to be on tho dividing line
between the organic and inorganic. II
we are to believe In the theory Of evolu.
ton may we not 60 step farther ana
conclude that inorganic life. under GER
tain conditions. such as those contained In
the ocean, win develop organic nfe?'-
Baltimore Dispatch to the Washington
Post.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-17
SHIPS TURNED BACK.


Queenstown. ireland, Feb. 9-
Such violent storms have provided
IN the North Atlantic during the lAot
week that many passenger. steamers
and cargo boats ON voyages to Ameri-
CO have run for shelter to ports ON
this side Of the Atlantic.
Three large steamers, among those
bound for the United States are re-
turning TO Europe in . severely bat
tered condition. The French liner
Niagara, which left Havre ON Feb. Z
for New York, lost her starboard
propeller soon after she got out and
70 now crawling slowly back. The big
Dutch oil tanker. Rotterdam. when
eight days out from Amsterdam, ON
her way to New York. lost her rudder
and was forced to make for Queens
town in tow Of = steam traWler.
The British steamer Tfitouia, from
Glasgow for Mobile. passed Inishtra-
hull today after being seven days ont.
Her steering gear was carried away
and her decks badly damaged. during
the gale on Friday. Another steam
trawler il towing the British steamer
Ludwig Greedel, bound from Barry to
Malta The ship lost her propeller
on the Spanish coast ON Thursday.
The new Scandinavian-America
liner. Frederick VIII, on her way
way from Copenhagen Feb. I. for
New York has been greatly deiayed
by the gale. She sent wireless mes
sage today saying she II proceedine
to Fayal to replenish her coal bunk
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-17

What a worry-breeder "if'' is. For
instance. should a number of IFS
materialize in case of a war between
France and another powerful nation,
Paris would find itself without bread
in four days. Hence 1t il proposed
that France spend a big sum of money
to provide against such an untoward
contingency. Surely the militarists the
world over are most versatile in devel-
oping ''scares" that can only be wiped
out of existence by the expenditure
Of large sums of the peoples hard
earned money.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-17
Globe Sights
By THE ArcHIsON GLOBE

Why do people take pride in old things?
Some one can always recall worse
weather.
A lot Of men are noble creatures during
daylight.
A good rule. II your credit il good, is
to keep 1t that way.
Hardest thing to do in the world Is to
disguise a whisky voice.
Jude johnson IL pretty sure that he
could enlarge the World Almanac.
Misery may love company, but 1t really
should feel bad enough without 1t.
What has become OF the old-fashioned
editor who used the word Balderdash?
Why are birthdays celebrated? There
isn't anything attractive about a mile
stone.
Men are 80 ugly It is q wonder six
weeks Of bad weather don't follow their
shadows.
Usually when a man says he doesn't be-
heve 1t but hopes it is true he lies, and
doesn't hope 1t Is true.
Possibly the pessimist escapes many
disappointments. but that is q frail ex-
cuse for his ingrown Crouch.
When you refer to q young lady as be-
ing popular, you are trying to make peQ-
pie forget that she 10 homely.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-17
PAROLE FOR MOORE.
Governors Clemency for Cherryvale
Man Sentenced for Manslaughter.

Governor Hodges today granted q
parole to Benton Moore, convicted re-
Gently Of the killing Of Mel Grouse in
Cherryvale. Moore was sentenced to
serve a term of three to five years in
the state penitentiary when a jury
found him guilty Of manslaughter. He
has been In prison less than six months
Grouse, Cherryvale pugilist. visited
Moore's home in June. 1913, and is said
to have attempted to rob Moore. 1t
was during Crouse's visit that Moore
seized a gun and shot Grouse through
the head. Moore was q man of high
standing In the community, was promi-
nent In lodge and church work and
public sentiment was strongly in favor
Of his acQuittal.
After -MoOre's conviction and sem
tence. Judge F1annelly permitted the
prisoner to return to his home in In
dependence on his own recognizance.
When the Montgomery county sheriff
started to the Lansing prison with sew
era1 convicts, Moore was waiting for
him at the Cherryvale depot and a
crowd Of Moore's friends were present
to bid him goodbye. Since the man
was taken to prison. his parole or par
don has been frequently urged and
Governor Hodges has received scores of
letters from Cherryvale business men,
bankers and professional men, urging
clemency. Among persons suggesting
clemency were Judge Flannelly who
tried the case, and Charles d. Ise. coun-
ty attorney Of Montgomery county. who
prosecuted the case.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-17
Denver VOTES TODAY
City Ownership OF Waterworks Il
the Main Issue.

Denver. Feb. 17.-Concluding one
of the most bitter campaigns the city
has ever seen. Denver today will de-
eide whether the city shall become
possessed Of its own water plant, by
purchase of the property Of the pri-
vate company now Supplying the city
without q franchise, or whether It
shall build a new plant, forcing the
private corporation to sell whatever
may be needed Of its equipment. as a
dead concern.
At the same time the city will de-
eide the fate of the Denver and Salt
Lake railroad, in that 1t will accept or
reject a charter amendment whereby
$3,O0O.O00 worth OF bonds will be is-
sued to finance tunnel through
James Peak, supplying the road with
q short cut to Salt Lake City and the
Pacfhc coast and allowing the city q
water conduit from the western
slope.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-17
FOUND NO EVIDENCE.
OnfceFs Find No Trace of Annie
Riker's Assailant.

Undersheriff Hugh Larimer. who
examined the grounds about the house
where Annie Riker, the 16-year- old
daughter of Nels Riker. q farmer liv-
ing nine miles southwest of Topeka,
declared she was attacked by q ne
gro. found no trace OF any possible
assailant. No footsteps, or any evi-
dence to show the direction taken by
the colored man, have been discov-
cred by Larimer or Deputy Ed Car
yer, who are handling the case.
According to the hysterical story
sobbed out by the girl. she was read
ing a Newspaper in the parlor. when q
colored man rushed in. caught her,
and attacked her with q razor. Though
the girl was covered with blood. the
wounds did not look like razor
wounds. She declares she was at
tackled a month ago by the same
negro.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-17
new CARRIER RECORD.
PORTS Veteran Tells Of Experiences
Along tho Roads Of His Route.

Portis. Kan, Feb. 17.-Isaac T.
Dutton. mail carrier on route No. 1
out OF this town, claims q better rec
ord than that published through the
columns of the State Journal concern
ing Jesse Thornburg of Great Bend.
Dutton was appointed on route No.
I when 1t was organized Feb. 2, 1903.
1t began with SO mail boxes and q
monthly count OF $500 pieces. The
roads at that time were q series Of
mires. Now, twelve years later. Du.-
ton carries the same route to 100
boxes with a count Of $500 pieces.
And the roads are q boulevard.
Il have quit counting the number
OF times I have Travelled around the
world in the distance over my route, :"
Dutton said today. But know that
I have gone much further than that
93.000-mile record claimed by the
Great Bend carrier
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-17
At THE NOVELTY.

It is pretty hard to pick a flaw in
the vaudeville offering at the Novelty
the first of this week. Not an act is
without resulting encoring applause;
The bill il varied and capable OF pleas
ing anyone. And best of all, most of
the performances are absolutely new
to Topeka theater goers. Nothing
overworked, nothing stale-just q
mighty interesting bill from the first
act to the fascinating ':movie" at the
close.
Vera De Bassini. pretty. Eifted. en-
trancing, couldn't satisfy the audience
with her encores. She sings like a
nightingale ana gave an imitation Of
n violin that made you wonder IL she
wasn't singing from her soul CThis
sounds like a press agents advance
copy. but it's true.)
Mills and Moulton gave \ clever
mirror sketch that never has been
equaled In Topeka. Made mn to re-
semble each other. one pooeS behind
the frame of . broken miroF and fol-
lows to every muscular m0tion the ac-
ti0ns Of the other. Stanley and Com
over dance the tango with 4 few yarfa.
ti0ns new to Topeka admirers OF the
stage dance. The three Emeraons
dressed in bathing cogtumoq-oll men
offer something original "a aoroboffc
and tumbling. Norwood ana l61rWooA
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-17
WADDELI HOPELESS.
Former Star Pitcher Now . Physical
Wreck.

San Antonio. Tex, Feb. 17.-Ruhe
WaddeH, the former big league pitch
er, who IL suffering from q bronchial
affection, IL in q serious condition and
may not recover. according to q state
ment by his mother here tonight.
Waddell who n at q local sanitarium.
Is very weak and unable to walk. The
noted tWirler came here several
months ago in an effort to regain his
health.
There Is q possibility of his recov-
ering, but the chances are against
him, the doctor told me-" said his
mother tonight "Rube - much weak
er than when he first came here and
he is unable to walk now. Despite
his condition, Rube remains opti-
mistic."
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-17
By the Way

morning papers abflity to make
$1,000 half million has again been
demonstrated in connection with the
bacteria discovered ny Old Doc Crum-
But we hold that 81. 900 IL big enough
Tor any half million II the Doc is to
make count. He is some counter to
count that number In 30 short time.
Something about the Gore case re-
minds one OF the sad case Of the vir-
tuous female who was run down by q
leSless villain in a wheel chair.
And II they really HAD to gig the
Okiahom4 senator, they should have
used . spear that was not 10 rusty.
Esther Clarke says q toothache was
the Inspiration for "The Call Of KAN
which would Indicate that much of the
poetry written about Kansas was In
spired by an ache near the lower vest
button.
Another shining indorseEent Of the
national game may be found In the
Murph-Johnson debate. and proves con-
clusively that these patriots are in
baseball for sport only.
The government owes Frank
Hodges $50s-hut a majority of the SEN
ator1al watch-dogs Of the treasury will
not let the ge-lorious government be
r-r-robbed to pay 1t. Friend Frank can
not vote in all their senatorial dis
tricts.
Eighteen New York churches are for
sale, according to latest quotations Of
the church market. So II you are not
satisfied with the tenets Of the church
chance to buy one Of your own.
Whether or not the preacher is
thrown in with the bargains, the report
does not state. But as preachers arc
able to presume that they are thrown
In in some instances
The case Of the unfortunate dinge who
was sentenced for selling three bottles
leggers who contemplate selling water.
Selling water to a man who is looking
Tor beer Is a crime even in q wet
state.
Mr.. Sticher, who has made the DO
litical rounds. should now be able to
settle down. He will have to, unless he
Joins the socialists or swings around
the same circle again.
Mrs. Jack Supp observes that many Of
the words which were formerly con-
sfdered unfit to print, have now crushed
into polite society by being set to
music.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-17
BEAUTY AN IDEAL OF LIFE.

Perhaps never since the Renaissance
has there been such a widespread i'm
pulse to assert Beauty and Joy as the
ideals OF human life as today. writes
Richard LIE Gallienne; in March Smart
Set. AS evidence one has but to turn
ones eyes on the youth Of both sexes
as they rainbow the city thoroughfares
with their laughing, heartless faces,
evident children of beauty and joy,
pagan" to the core of them, however
ostensibly Christian their homes and
their country. In our time. at all
events, Beauty has never walked the
streets with so frank q radiance, SO
confident an air Of security in her
eyes and in her carriage, as in her
subtly shaped and subtly scented gar
ments, SO conspicuous challenge to
the musty, outworn properties to
frown upon her all they please. From
the humblest shopgirl to the greatest
lady there is apparent an intention to
be beautiful, sweet maid. and let who
will humdrum, at whatever cost. by
whatever means. This, OF course, at
all periods, has been woman's chief
thought, but still recently, in our
times, she has more or less affected
a certain secrecy in her intention. She
has hinted rather than fully expressed
it, as though fearing a certain fla
grancy in too public an exhibition of
her enchantments. 1t has hardly
seemed proper to her heretofore to
be as beautiful in the public gaze as
in the sanctuary of her boudoir. But
now, bless you. she has no such mis-
givings, and the flowerlike effect upon
the city streets is as dazzling as II,
some fine morning in Constantinople,
all the ladies of the various harema
should suddenly appear abroad with
| out their yashmaks, setting fire to the
hearts and turning the heads Of the
unaccustomed male.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-17
Journal Entries

Some people assume dignity ~ .
cloak for Ignorance.
There IL usually q willing accessory
to the crime Of stealing q kiso.
Hard work won't do much for =
man unless he saves some OF the
fruits of 1t.
A crop failure in the field OF spring
poetry wouldn't be much Of a calam-
ity.
= $ =
Neither must 1t be forgotten that
the role OF mother-in-law is an ex-
ceedingly difficult one.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-17

Governor Hodges is wholly unfit for
the high office he holds and is un-
worthy in every way of a reelection.
Think Of it! Senator Thompson took
a whole hour of the senate's time re-
Gently pressing the claim Of Frank
Hodges, the governors brother, for a
refund Of $40 Of the $50 he paid the
government for a license to hunt in
Alaska, and which he was prevented
from using by illness.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-17

And still another cause for worry
has been lifted from the shoulders of
the American people by Secretary
Bryan. Switzerland has signed one Of
the famous peace treaties that he has
been so busy promulgating. Great
Britain, France. Germany, Russia.
Japan and a few other of the lesser
lights in the international cosmos are
yet to be heard from.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-17

It occurs to the Washington Post
that various cabinet crises abroad
should encourage Mr.. Carnegie to
spread the chautauqua idea in the in
terest Of universal peace.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-17
Ocean Source of Life.

In q lecture on the fitness OF inorRanic
compounds for the life processes" DR. n
]. Henderson, OF Harvard, tonight told n
group OF distinguished scientists at Johns
Hopkins university that researches ex-
tending over many years had convinced
him that Inorganic matter Contained
latent life. His theory Is that the ocean
il the element which may contain coufl1-
tons favorably adapted to the origin Of
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-17

In view of his aversion for the levity
and horse-play that are the features of
the banquets Of some Of the organiza-
tions that have their headquarters at
Washington, President Wilson's colds
that are coincident with the festivi-
ties of the Gridiron Club are at least
convenient
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-17

Rear Admiral Peary predicts that
the girdling of the poles will be the
next great feat of the explorers. And
the fact that Doc Cook has been I'M
der cover for few months suggest
the possibility that he is already on
this job. How he happened to permit
others to beat him to the South Pole
is one of the inexplicable mysteries
of all time
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-17

just why 1t is perfectly proper for
the Progressives and the Democrats
to hold pre-primary rallies for the
adoption Of tentative platforms, and
decidedly improper for the Republi-
cans to do likewise is another Of
those peculiar political propositions
that are ever coming to the front in
Kansas
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-17

One result Of the nationwide inquiry
as to the unemployed which Is to be
made by the federal commission of in
dustrial relations can be forecasted
with certainty. It will be productive
of a most yoluminous report.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-17

The activities of France in being
elaborately prepared for war fur
nish the opportunity for no less than
a quarter of a million French soldiers
to be on the sick list. All of which
is more evidence that the terrors of
peace, where militarism reigns. are
about equal to those OF war.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-17

And the grounding that controls the
weather conditions in the eastern sec
tion Of the country seems to be a par
ticularly vicious little beast. Or else
his crouch Of this year is Of unusual
v,r00orfiOpa
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-17

Just how the Mexicans arrive at the
conclusion that President Wilson is
lacking in honor is not readily under
stood. Their activities would indicate
that they haven't the slightest con-
ception of the meaning of the word
sshOnor"
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-17
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal IL q member Of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report Of that great news NJ
ganization Cor the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka.
The news II received in The State Jour-
nal building over wires for this sole puf-
pose.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-17

Nor will the Panama canal be
wholly q blessing If 1t results in a large
increase in the emigration to this
country, as the experts predict.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-17

Sixteen years have elapsed since the
Maine was blown up in Havana har-
Dor. But It doesn't seem that long.
does It?
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-17
W. |. PACKARD IS DEAD
Was Prominent o. c. T. Man ana Ice
Manufactures at Pittsburx.

Pittsburx. Kan. Feb. 17.-Wflltam
L. Packard. prominent worker in the
United Commercial Traveler1 orxan-
ixation of Kansas and manufactured
of ice, died suddenly at his home here
this morning.