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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-13

Things might be whole lot worse,
observes the Atchison Globe. The
army worm, for instance, might attack
the navy bean.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-13

The Chicago Record Herald hopes
that no ono will be cruel enough to
send nice vacation literature to the
members of congress.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-13
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRES

The state Journal II q member Of the
Associated Press and receives the fuN day
SoleeTnph report Of that great neWs ~
0nn1aat1on for the exclusive afterooo
Solicitation IN Topeka
The news 10 received in The STATE ~.
"A Suiidine over viros FOE this oo1o 49,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-13

Button, button, who's got the gen
Aral offices Of the Katy?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-13

Maybe the trouble in Mexico i
merely of the psychological variety.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-13

How un-Rooseveltian! Huerta will
not name his successor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-13
Kansas Commend


Probably nine-t6mths Of the news
paper men who were - 1AWrence re<
Gently came away with = d1f6ereQt
ldoA regarding college fratermlt1e9.
Iheee orgeniaations are not q nigng
they deserve. in fact. there = more
|or less prejudjce asa1n1t them over
the country. The idea prUvaiIg that
they are ciube for the sons Of rich
men whore they enjoy excellent op..
habits ana live lives Of ease and more
or less idlcness. Nothing could b
much farther from the truth. at leaet
20 tar - the Kansas college 8faternt-
ties are concerned. It Vas the privi.
lege and extreme pleasure Of meny e
the Newspaper men to be Quartered -
some Of the fraternity houses lat
week and 1t was one Of the most en-
3oyable experiences OF the meeting. n
boy cannot be = member ana live =
gentleman. He cannot keep liquor
there or drink It there. He cannot
gamble or play cards there. He can
not neglect his studies or fail In hls
Grades without q visit from the ochol-
arship committee Of his fraternity. II
he drinks. CANDLES or loafs, he loses
his standing and his membership. Tho
fraternity does not want that kind OF
young men. They want boys Of whom
bring honor to the fraternity BY excel
lence In some line Of work. either in
scholarship or athletics. It makes no
difference whether he has money or
not. He may be working his way ~
he goes and have no money to spend
but 1t makes no difference. He II just
as good a. the boy who has money to
throw away and may stand much
higher In the eyes OF his fellow mem-
bers Through the fraternities. the
chancellor has complete control Of an
the boys who are members and they
are the greatest aid to good govern
ment at the university.-Alma Enter
prise.
THE TT" HABIT.
No man IL indispensable. The
world will continue to wag on the
same queer old way after you are
dead, just as 1t did before you were
born. Thrust your finger into tie
ocean. draw 1t out. and II there re-
mains a hole 1t will be the measure
of your ultimate importance. So. men
and brothers. don't get the it habit
Really big men don't have to be put
on 'side." They're 30 interested in
their work and so conscious of the
immensely of what they don't know
and can't do that they haven't time
to waste on being stuck up because Of
what they do know or have done.
Great men are always simple men:
that ie. If they're great and sane.
Once in a while earth spawns an
egomaniac freak like Napoleon whose
self-conceit and hauteur are az colos-
sal az his genius. But they're the rare
exceptions. The run of men who arc
truly great are as truly simple end
humble. Witness Lincoln, Edison,
Darwin and all the great musicians,
painters and poets. If you really are
1t. you won't need to try to show tt
It will be evident in spite of appear
ances. But II you are simply trying
to get away with a blur. remember
the higher you soar the more painful
will be your fall when the bluff u
called.-Wichita Beacon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-13


charming story which credits Betsy
Ross with making the first flag of
stars and stripes is still accepted by
historians. When Washington sug-
gested the six-pointed star. she dem
onstrated the ease with which a five
pointed star could be made by fold
ing a piece of paper and producing
one with single clip of the scissors.
Some writer's are Of the opinion that
both stars and stripes in the flag were
derived from the coat of arms Of the
Washington family. but this theory is
not generally held.
The official adoption of our first
flag was in 17z7. On June IA of
that year the continental congress
passed an act providing that 1.-The flag
of the thirteen United States be thir-
teen stripes. alternate red and white;
that the union be thirteen stars, white
on blue field. representing a new
constellation The Is stars were ar
ranged in circle to symbolic the
perpetuity of the union Of the states.
Vermont was admitted to the union
in 1871 and Kentucky in 1892. It was
felt that these two new states ought
to be recognized on the flag. so in 1894
congress passed an act making the
flag is stars and Is stripes.
This remained the flag of the Unit
ed States throughout the war of 1919.
until there were 20 states in the union.
In 1916, an effort was again made to
| modify the flag SO that all the new
states would be represented on it To
be continually adding stripes would
make the flag very awkward in shape
ana appearance. % altar arguing tn
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-31
STRENGTH IN EXCITEMENT.
Either Fear, Rage or Pain Starts the
 AdrenaI Glands to Work.

Either Fear, Rage or Pain Starts the
 AdrenaI Glands to Work.
 Many a person has wondered where be obtained the strength that enabled him to undergo some emergency that called for unusual physical exertion when under ordinary conditions he would be unable to control a tithe of that strength. 1t was from the adre- nal glands. two little glands situated above the kidneys which secrete what is known as adrenaline and when stimulated discharge the same into the blood. The effect of this addition to the blood is to release sugar from stor age in the liver and bring it into the blood, drive the blood from the ab- dominal regions into the heart, lungs. central nervous system and limbs. The resulting effect is to excite the muscles to irritab biIity and enable unusual effort to be made.
 Either fear, rage or pain will SUD- ply the stimulus required to set the adrenal glands into action. When muscle is fatigued without any ac- companying degree of excitement 1t may take couple of hours for it to recover it's normal condition, but if adrenaline is injected, or if through excitement the adrenai glands are stimulated to discharge and secrete. the fatigued muscle may regain it's "irrita bility" in three minutes. The sugar set free from the liver and cir culated in the blood stimulates the muscles. for sugar is the source of muscular energy. Fear, rage and pain are thus given us by nature as agen- cies to enable us to use our physical powers to their fullest extent tD the crisis that produces the excitement Los Angeles Times
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-31
BEARDS IN BATTLE.

And Why Clean Shaven Men Became
 Prized as Warriors.
 The habit of shaving is not of very ancient origin. According to James Stephens in Here Are Ladies'" when humanity lived quiet, rural and un- ambitious life men did not shave; their hair was their glory, and if they had occasion to swear, which must have been infrequent. their hardest and readiest oath was By the beard of my father" showing clearly that this feature was held in veneration in early times and was probably accord ed divine honors upon suitable occa. sions.
 With the advent of war came the habit of shaving. A beard offered too handy a grip to foeman who had got to close quarters; therefore, war riors who had no true hardihood or soul preferred cutting off their boards to the honorable labor of defending their chins.
 Many ancient races effected con- promise in order to retain fitting military appearance. for a barefaced warrior has but little of terror in his aspect. The ancient Egyptians, for example. who had cut off or could not cultivate or had been forcibly deprived of their boards. were wont to go into battle clad in heavy false whiskers. which, when an enemy seized hold of them. came off Instantly in his hand, and the ancient Egyptian was enabled to dispatch him while in a trance of stupefaction and horror.
 Clean shaven men became by this cowardly stratagem very much prized as fighting men. and thus the founda- tion of the shaving habit was laid.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-31
LOCAL VALDEZ Socialist Party of Alaska Meets every Saturday at 8 p. m. Next door to Senate Saloon.
 Everybody Welcome.

Notice of Settlement of Account. In the Commissioners Court for the
 Territory of Alaska, Third Division.
 In Probate.
 In the matter of the estate of I. D. Flynn, deceased.-Notice of settle ment of account.
 Notice is hereby given that w. T. Scott, the administrator of the estate of l. D. Flynn, deceased, has rendered and presented for settlement, and f1l- ed in the above entitled, court, his final account of the administration of said estate. and that Wednesday, the 24th day of February, 1914, at the hour of two o'clock in the afternoon of said day, at the court room of said court, in the Town of Valdez, Alaska, has been duly appointed by me, the undersigned, as the Judge of said court, as the time and place for the settlement of said account, at which time and place any and all persons interested in said estate, may appear, file exceptions in writing to the said account or otherwise contest the ai- lowance of the same.
 Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 23rd day of December, 1914.
 (Seal) GEO. J. LOVE, U. s. Commissioner and Elk Officio
 Probate Judge, for the Recording
 Precinct of Valdez, Alaska.
 Date of first publication December "A, 1914.
 Date of last publication January 21 1q15
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-31
Names of Nations.

The names of the great nations of Europe set many puzzles to the philol- ogist. There is no doubt that France is the country of the Franks. the free men. or that Austria is the eastern empire. But one would not so easily guess that "Russians' means rowers or seafarers--a word of Swedish ori- gin commeInOrating the Scandinavian vikings. The Britons have been SUD- posed to take their name from word signifying variegated. in allnsion to their staining their skins with woad. Most puzzling of all is "Germans." which is not the Latin 'germanus." own brother. but of Celtic origin, and has been variously interpreted as meaning "the people" or "the shout ers."-London Chronicle.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-31
Easy Remedy.

The Joke Broker-These wheezes are all old and worn out.
 The Broke Joker - know they're pretty bad, but if you ascribe them to lot of prominent men they'll go ill the magazines.-Kansas City Times.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-31
Taken at Her Word,

A Bloomfield woman looked across her lawn to where passersby were breaking off the blossoming twigs of her favorite quince tree.
 We might as well cut the tree down as let it stand for people to destroy" said she.
 Half an hour later the tree lay on the ground beside a little hatchet, while around behind the house the small boy vf the family was getting a switching with one of the branches.
 This teaches US that we should be sure of our audience before we employ hyperbole in our speech. - Newark News.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-31

c. o. Reinke, the watchmaker and jeweler, Is at the Valdez Drug Co.
 All work guaranteed.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-31
LOCAL. BREvlT.ES.

Go to the Valdez Cafe for Lutefisk Over a dozen varieties of apples to pick from at the Yakima Fruit Co., If
 Latest popular copyrights and clas- sics at Valdez Drug Co. If
 Universal percolators and chafing dishes at Valdez Drug Co. If
 Cooking apples S2 per box at the Yakima Fruit Co. If
 Suits pressed for $1.0O at Silver mans the tailor Telephone 19S. Twenty-Five pair of fine Richard sons ladies' skates at the rink. Come and try them out. Open tonight. For home cooked meals go to Mrs. Matilda Olson's on Hobart street. Phone 219. Special Sunday dinner served at o'clock. Week days din- ner served at p. m. If
 Yakima netted Gem spuds, IF lbs. for soc at Yakima Fruit Co. If
 See Tod Winter TOT your watch and jewelry repairing at E. Winters store All work guaranteed. If
 Chinese noodles and chop suey at Valdez Cafe after 2 p. m. If
 Remington and smith Premier type writers for sale or rent at Valdez Drug Co. If Large stock of cut glass and Paris ian ivory at Valdez Drug Co. tf
 Prescriptions carerully compound ed at Valdez Drug Co. If
 The Valdez Volunteer Fire Depart ment dance will be held in Eagle Hall on New Years eve, Dec. 31. Reinke orchestra. Tickets $1. If
 Two reels of great comedy at the Orpheum change tonight and excel lent drama.
 A nice line of art pictures just re- ceived from New York at Valdez Drug Co. tr c. o. Reinke, the watchmaker and jeweler, is at the Valdez Drug Co. All work guaranteed.
 .tt .g ,is -
 Beautiful hand-painted vases just received at Valdez Drug Go. t
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-31

This is a good time to return that book you've read to the library at Everyman's Club. Library hours: 1 to ? p. m. every day, Monday, We'd nesday. Saturday 3 to 5 p. m.. Tues days and Fridays 7:30 to 9:30 p. m.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-31

A nice line of art pictures just re ceived from New York at Valde, Drug Co. tf
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-31

Beautiful hand-painted vases just received at Valdez Drug Go. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-31
That Feminine Minute.

Sit down and let's have good talk. 1 have a free hour"
 Aren't you going out with your Wife|'
 Yes. but she just called down she'd be ready in minute. American.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-31
A Means of Approach.

Though 1 am not a smoker like to carry matches in my pocket. One is al- ways liable to be accosted on the street by some one in need of light To be able to give d match is great luxury. 1t forms the basis for q m0mentary friendship Atlantic.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-31
Feminine Touch,

"Pa, what Is meant by feminine tOuchr' l, "A feminine touch. my son.. is a bow of pink ribbon on a ny swatteE."- Baltimore Sun
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-12-31

The Critic-You'll' have to change this line: "I have my doubts, he hissed." No one could hiss those words.
 .. The Author--Well, a villain has to hiss, so let's make it 'I still see some suspicious circumstances" - Boston Globe.
Evening star., 1914-11-29
Ennden Did Not Equal
Record of the Alabama

copy, Georgia. Clarence. jeff Davis,
Olustee, Winslow. Chicamauga, Retribu-
tion, Calhoun, Echo, Tuscaloosa, Bos-
ton. Nashville and York.
In destructive capacity the Alabama
maintained q large lead over the other
nearest competitor being the Florida,
with thirty captured to her cred
1t, closely followed by the Senandoah.
with a record of thirty-six merchant
prizes. After the Shenandoah came
the Tallahassee, with twenty-nine cap
lures: the Sumter, with eighteen, and
the Tacony, with fifteen. The Georgia
took nine United States merchantmen,
the Clarence and the jeff Davis eight
Chickamauga four. the Retribution and
tire Calhoun three apiece, the Echo.
Tuscaloosa. Boston and Nashville two
apiece, and the York one. The total
number of American ships taken prize
by these commerce deStroyers was 269.
The cruises of the Alabama carried
her up and down the north Atlantic
and the south Atlantic, the Caribbean
sea. the Gulf of Mexico. the Indian
ocean and the China sea. In the course
of her cruising her commander meas
ured wits with the United States war
ship San Jacinto and exchanged fire
with the United States ship Hatteras,
a converted ferryboat doing blockade
duty off the Texas coast. From the San
Jacinto the Alabama escaped and the
Hatteras she sank. though ressuing the
officers and crew.
The Alabama does not rank very high
as a ship of combat, for her gunnery
was poor and in her first and final en-
counter with an antagonist worthy OF
that name much of the ammunition of
the Alabama was found to he defective.
Evening star., 1914-11-29
Executions in Borneo.
de World Magazine.

| From the Wide World Magazine.
Criminals in Sarawak are executed by
the kris, with which weapon my serv-
ant Subj was wonderfully expert. A.
kris is a curious looking dagger.
straight and fiat. the blade double
edged, eighteen inches long. with a
sharp point. 1t is inserted in the cav
ity of the condemned mans right shoul-
der and thrust diagonally across the
body through the heart. causing in
stantaneous death. do they neve:
tremble?" would ask Subu. No"
he said, they do not tremble. They
smoke cigarettes while their grave is
being dug. and sometimes they eat
betel-nut sirih. Then. when tell them.
they sit on the brink of their grave as
though they were sitting on the edge
of their bed, prepared to take their aft
ernoon sleep. We always parted good
friends said Subj. and very often We
talked all the way to the place or exc
cution.''
The condemned man never quite knew
when their last moment had come. for
they sat placidly smoking until Subu
approached from behind them, and with
one blow of the kris sent them into
eternity You white people fret too
much about trifies. and that makes you
frightened of DEATH. Subu would say.
slider that Allah has chosen the best
moment to end our lives. Many such
murderers have / sent to their peace,
he often said to me. Il am an old man
now, but l hope Allah in his mercy
will permit me to kris ten more before
he gathers me up into Paradise. just
ten more Rajah Rance. and then !
shall, consider my work well done"
Poor old Subj! In spite of his blood
thirsty words. he possessed a tender
heart He was gentle nd kind to chill
dren and, aninals-indeed. to all who
were desolate and oppressed :.
Evening star., 1914-11-29
Feeding for Egg Production.

The largest number of eggs at the
lowest cost for feed is. or should be
the object of every poultry raiser. large
the same time maintaining the produc-
tiVity of the layers, therefore, is a sub
ject that is OF live interest to the own
er of flock, no matter whether the
flock numbers several hundred hens OF
only a couple of dozen. Here is how
L. H. Cobb of Montgomery county, Md.
has solved the problem.
There are various methods Of cut
ting down the feed bill and at the
same time keeping up the egg produc-
tion,' writes Mr.. Cobb. Hens believe
in the principle of self-preServation
and if you do not feed them enough to
keep them in fair condition and enable
them to fill the egg basket at the same
time they promptly cut out the eggs
No sentimental idea of duty will keep d
hen on the job.
my experience has been that a COM
plete variety of grains. with alfalfa
meal and cut bone, makes the most eco.
nomical ration. I have tried grains
alone and have fed all kinds, but
have found that the addition Of mea,
meal and alfalfa meal provides certain
elements in a condensed form that re-
duce the grain consumed and yielo
better results
Il have used this ration with my
hens shut up in small yard summer
and winter and they have averaged a
higher egg yield than my sisters flock
one-third larger. on free range, and
fed all they would eat of corn, wheat
Evening star., 1914-11-29

kaffir corn and oats, varied as seemed
best.
For the morning meal l scatter kaHlr
corn wheat or coarse corn chop. from
which the fine particles have been sift-
ed. as scratch feed in the litter. | ann
to keep the hens pretty busy. especially
in the winter. and, If necessary. scat
ter more grain along toward noon each
day.
.'For the noon feed l give the hens
boiled oats II have the fire so 1t Will
not be an expense to boil the oats lresh'
do that; otherwise | bring the oats
to a boil and let them stand tor sew
eral hours. In the winter | always boii
with them about their volume OF Sinall
chopped vegetables. such as turhlps'
beets, carrots. Gull potatoes or cabbage,
and add to the mass about as much
salt as l would use in an equal guam
tity OF food for myself. Sometimes l
use wheat instead of oats for change.
using just half the amount by meas
ure.
Il keep a special mash mixture before
the hens all the time. feeding IL IN d
dry mash hopper. This mash is mace
up according to the following tormuia
Two hundred pounds of bran. 1oo
mounds shorts, 100 pounds fine corn
choD or cornmeal, 100 pounds ground
kaffir corn, 100 pounds alfalfa meal,
90 pounds meat meal or beef scrap. 20
pounds of oil meal and 10 pounds OF
salt.
In the summer I have a good -sised
patch OF rape handy to the poultry
Evening star., 1914-11-29
EUROPEAN WAR AFFECTS SHOE
MARKET I'm THIS COUNTRY

upper The shoes upper is usually
black. The sole is either gray or
white. Tie effect, at first, is startling.
but as One grows accustomed to 1T he
finds the effect less inharmonious than
he had at first supposed.
Indications point to a return of the high
dress shoe this winter instead of the
pump which. until recently, was more
popular. Indeed, say the dealers there
is general sentiment this year in favor
Of the high shoes. II is particularly no.
ticeable among the younger men
In one of the downtown shops the
Boulevardier came across one of the odd
est specimens OF footgear lie ever saw.
II was So-called health STYLE and
was made on the principles of an old
Roman sandal. The dealer who had the
sandal on exhibition is authority for the
statement that it may be worn during the
winter without i'll effect if thick socks
are worn with it. He explained that he
did not suggest II as an article OF attire
for snowy or rainy days.
The shoe dealers certainly are making
superb efforts this season to attract
Christmas custom. They have ransacked
every cline from Alaska to Arab and
from New York TO the Yangt kiang in
their efforts to obtain Something new
under the sun" The house slippers, moe
casin style. of soft fur, should prove es-
pecially popular.
A dealer the other day, while exhibit
ing a pair OF these nOCcaSinS present ed
a novel idea FOR the conservation of hides
we should wear house slippers more
than we do he declared 1.-THE slipper
| is more comfortable in the house, and its
| use is more hygienic than the continual
use of shoes. Furthermore the shoe lasts
longer and the available supply of Gather
| Is thereby conserved In the event of a
prolonged war this may prove important. -
| THE BOULEEARDIER
Evening star., 1914-11-29

sHE, career of the German cruiser
Emden as a commerce destroyer,
/ brilliant as it has been acclaimed
-, naval men. both foe and neutral
feu short OF eclipsing OF equalins the
destructive record of the Confederate
c,rs;er Alabama. The record OF the
Alabama exceeds that of the Emoen IN
,he number of captures made, time
snent at sea, distance travelled and IN
the value OF property sunk and burned.
The sailing. or steaming time OF tne
Linden after the outbreaN OF the war
vas measured in weeks. while the Ala
tama, known by the Lairds. her build
ers at Birkenhead. as $780," slipped out
of the Mersey in the summer or 1867,
raised the Confederate. celors off the
AZORES Sunday. August 24.of that year.
and met her fate at the guns of the
Kearsarge off Cherbourg sunday, June
1s, 1864. The merchant ships captured
by the Alabama during her career of
was sixty-nine. and many Of these were
deep laden with cargoes of great price.
In the Confederate states were sew
eral commerce-destroying cruisers, a
number of which wrought heavy dam
age on the shipping and commerce OF
the United States, but none of them ap-
preached the mark of destruction set
by the Alaballa. her enterprising COM
nlander, Capt Raphael Semmes, and her
crew An incomplete list of the Con-
federate cruisers, though the list in
cludes the names of all those that be-
came famous, is: Alabama, Florida
Shenandoah, Tallahassee. Sumter. Ia