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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-08
Blindness I'm Enelantl.

When the census OF 1911 was taken It
was the first occasion on which an at
tempt was made to obtain any infor-
nation regarding the deaf other than
lars regarding certain fuflrmities, and
the eleventh volume OF the report OF
the census for that year. issued recent
ly. deals with that aspect Of the re.
turns for England and Wales.
Extracting the totals Of persons sur
ind the following figures:
n, 1856 totally blind.
z6.64s totally deaf.
1,695 dumb.
13,427 deaf and dumb. =
161, o93 insane.
A summary Of the proportion for the
sexes 10 an follows:
One in ], 316 males r. blind.
One in 1,4z4 females II blind.
46S men per million are deaf and
dumb.
s7s women per million are deaf and
dumb.
1000 males to 1.o6l women are insane.
$50 females Per million are deaf.
80 males per million are deaf.
The proportion Of blind males ex-
ceeds that Of females At every stage.
except those over 76, the excess being
greatest In the working period OF life,
when the risk Of accidents involved by
the occupations Of males would have
most effect
BY far the greatest number Of the
blind were engaged ~ willow, cane,
and rush workers. or ~ basket max
ers. The proportion Of deaf ana dumb
was lower than at any other census.
OF the 1el.SoS persons Who were re-
turned ~ suffering from mental in-
trinity. the proportions were:
10o. $50 lunatic
Is, 406 imbecile.
q, SO feeble minded.
In 1891. e3.77z were returned ~ luna
tie and 1851 ~ imbeci1e Or 6eehIe
minded.-Pall Nah 0ase<to.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-08

Secretary Of Commerce Redfield is
an apt pupil. He follows the profess
sor in declaring that the business de-
preston II of the psychological va
ri0ty
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-08

Reports now have it that $4,000
men will be needed to help harvest
the Kansas wheat crop. But as Mr.
O'Brien. the state labor commissioner,
suggests they are probably a little too
enthusiastic ~.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-08

Individual carelessness was respon-
sible for the origin Of most Of the
fires that occurred in Kansas during
the month Of May. Comment and
suggestion are unnecessary. They are
elf-evitent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-08

Presumably. President Wilson is
devoting his leisure hours to the con-
struction Of the gibbet on which he
promised to hang those who might be
responsible for bringing about a busi-
mesa depression.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-08
Kd,,sds Coss,y,se1if


CONSERVE THE BIRDS.
The United States II taking an infse.
est In the birds and = 6ndeavor1nG 70
get an estimate Of the number Of bros
and the different kinds OF birds In t1o
country. TO this end = bird csnsuD =
to be taken this summer. The object =
to determine how meuy pairs ct bros
Of each species breed within definite
areas. BY comparing these figures with
those OF subsequent censuoes II WIN bo
posstble to ascertain whether -
present state and federal laws are e.
fective ana game end inoecttvoFouo
birds increasing or diminishing In num-
bers. Az q beginning the Agricultural
department has asked about two hum
dred and fifty correspondents through-
out the country who have previously
rendered valuable service to follow .
general outline In supplying informa-
ton. Any one wishing to aid In th1e
good work 10 cordially invited to send
inquiries or information to the depart
ment. Ono Of the things people who
como to this country from foreign lands
scarcity Of birds. Herstofore they
have not been cared for AZ thcy should
have been ana the country has suffered
In consequence. Not only has the c0un-
cry permitted the slaughter Of birds b.
hunters often In violation Of game
laws. It IL true. but laws that were mot
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been taken to protect the songBters
from animals Of prey. A visit to the
home OF Dr.. Langworthy. ON High
street q few days ago. revealed the
value Of such protection. I've don't al
low q cat on these premises" said the
doctor In answer to the visitors ex-
preston Of surprise 1t seeing and hear
Ing q great number OF song birds. Keep
the cats away and be kind to the birds
and they viii repay You with their JOY
Gus presence and win do much toward
keeping down destructive insects and
wormS.-Lsavenworth Times.
SPEED.
Have you noticed this? Tho men who
shoot craps and the men who run their
automobiles too fast Gre about the only
people who are troubling the police
Judge. And II you have noticed this.
you may reflect upon tho reason: The
desire for excitement. Gambling - the
poor mans AUTOMOBILES; speeding IL the
rich mans craps. The desire for exc
element more than life affords finds its
manifestation In the speedsters end the
crap shooters. Now why7 Because they
are idle-the r4ch ana the poor; one
from choice. the other from need. But
the same desire to feel thrill In their
idlcness Is at the bottom Of the fact that
the rich crap shooter and the poor
speed maniac are much in the police
judges mind: or IN it the other way
around? Anyway, 1t makes little diff
ference.-Emporia 0aSotte.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-08

"Watchful waiting begets watch
xul waiting" 1t has permitted Hnerta
to renew his supply of arms and am
munition. and this has so strengthen
ed his hands that he now laughs at
the idea of resigning
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-08

With Colonel Roosevelt just returned
from a seven months visit there, it
seems a waste Of energy for eleven
American college professors to pass
the summer in South America studying
ats governments and peoples.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-08

Noting that a Western court has
just decided that a wooden leg is
wearing apparel" Puck asys: Under
what classification would it put a bone
head1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-08

Sympathy should 90 out to the st.
Joe section Of Missouri that is az
ready in the TIN oes of a drought like
the one that almost overwhelmed
Kansas last year. Isn't 1t peculiar
how the rain will occasionally persist
in staying away from one particular
locality that ordinarily gets all 1t
needs?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-08

Not a few Jurors would be likely to
hold the shooting Of q wife by her
husband because she persisted in
wearing a red kinono to be q case Of
5ustifiable assault. Z, =
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-08

Evidently some of the Spanish
newspapers have forgotten that the
war which began between Spain and
the United States in 1908 was con-
cluded in the same year. They seem
TO think it is still in progress.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-08
From Other Pens
GUSHING THE BATHrUB.

The discovery OF the Harrison, N.
J., board OF health that the family
bathtub In a menace to health because
of its promiscuous use will have mo-
mentous consequences. Social work.
ers devoted to the uplift OF other peo-
pie have for years complained that
dwellers in poor tenements use tho
hathtub.s when there II ono. for q coal
bin. Here il another instance whore
the instinct Of the plain people 10 .
surer guide than the fine-spun tho
cries Of specialist A bathtub filled
with coal Is not transmitting disease,
and 1t may help tho family postpone
the payment of winter prices for fuel.
A: bathtub filled in May. the revised
proverb may run. 10 worth q load Of
hay: a bathtub filled in June. only .
silver spoon. The great unwashed"
was once a term of reproach. Will It
now be proudly worn a. q proof OF
the most advanced sanitary practice:
or shall We return to the system once
beloved Of travelling Britons. when
tie tin tub Of his own? Are not in
ventors equal to the task Of devising q
folding bathtub Of paramned paper.
to be burned after use? If individual
drinking cups are to be compulsory.
why not individual bathtubs? The
Harrison board Of health recommends
d shower bath instead of the fixed
tub. But 1t il just as well to take no
chances. BY the time q family has
paid the money 1t was saving up for
an automobile to the plumber for
changing the tub to q shower, some
Investigator will discover that the
shower bath IL doubly deadly. Coal
is always useful-New York World.
BACHELORS ONLY.
The stars in their courses seem to
be fighting against the married man.
It appears that he il now to be dis
eliminated against on the ground that
he Is certain to impart trade secrets
to his wife, who. a. we all know, II
equally certain to impart them in her
large. The latest employer to join
this unholy league against the mar
rted man. and thus to increase the
natural perils Of his position, il Sir
Thomas Upton. His only chance to
win the America cup il to preserve
inviolab1e secrecy a. to the design of
his new yacht, and he Is therefore
rigid in his decision that only BACH
elors need apply for work in his yard.
Another impenitent offender in this
respect II Lord Kitchener. who not
only refuses to have any mar
rfed man on his STAN in time of war
but who promptly removes from his
STAN any of1lcer guilty Of matrimony
during active service. It seems, there
fore, that the old charge against NO.
men Of inability keep . secret must
be enlarged. Not only are they them
selves incapable Of keeping q secret,
but they decline to allow their hus-
bands to do so.-San Francisco Argo-
naut.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-08

Psychological hard times have a
little fancier sound to them. but that
doesn't relieve the distress they &C.
UaDiou.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-08
Signs Of tho Times.

Signs Of tho T1me8.
Cyrus Townsend Brady says women
need husbands more than votes, but
q good many women have had moro
husbands than they have really
needed.
Pitcher Billiard Of the Indianapolis
team ought to be In Willie. Hopes
game.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-08

1ho state Journal II . member OF the
nsoociatad Press and receives the full day
6olorrnph report OF that great news u.
11aisat1on for the exclusive afternoon
6ubt1cation IN Topeka
The news II received In The STATE J0oe.
Al buiIdiue over wires for this sole pogs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-08

Who said President Wilson was los
ing his control Of congress? Three Of
his antitrust bills have gone through
the house like shot out Of a gun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-08
Euening Chat


Different Kinds Of indulgence
In his youth Seneca was . vege-
tartan and q water drinlker. but his
father checked hts indulgence In a.
cetism.''
This rather startling sentence
leaped out at me from a page OF BIZ
ography which was reading the
other day. Indulgence in ascetism''
is q new thought to some Of U.S. =
indulgence. According to the diction-
airy 1t means rigid self denial. -
which IL to say that Seneca INDUCED
in the opposite OF indulgence to such
an extent that his father felt Obliged
to check him.
When any tendency. however good
in itself. Ia . possession OF q man
and warps his life, It becofes bad.
Caution is q good thing. yet I know
q woman whose life 1t has almost
wrecked. She IL naturally Of an ex-
tremely cautious temperament ana
caution has become an obsession to
her. When she goes out of the house
she cannot shut a door and lock 1t
and leave 1t, she must go back and
try 1t to make sure it was locked.
With q thousand needless little cares
Of this sort she fritters away precious
time and wears out herself and every
one about her.
Pride IL a vice and humility IL =
virtue. Yet is it not possible to in
dulge oneself In humility to such an
extent tl.at q check 10 needed?
think it is. In fact, know q gorl who
would be q much pleasanter COM
panion for herself and every one else
II she had been checked In her habit
Of self depreciation in her childhood.
She is always running herself down.
The result Is that those people who
think her sincere take her at her own
needlessly low estimate. and those
who do not are bored and repealed by
what seems to them a pose. Person
ally I believe her humility il genuine.
but 1t is carried to an absurd extreme.
and 1t loses her much happiness.
Even unselhshness, tho greatest Of
all virtues and foster parent OF them
all, may lean to failing's side'' when
it is made an indulgence. We all
know the mother who iE 80 excess
sively unselflsh that she never gives
her children q chance to learn the
happiness of self sacrifice. II 1t IL
more blessed to give tran to receive,
has not unselhshness turned selfish
when 1t keeps this greater blessing all
to itself?
Balance is one of the first laws of
life. A really powerful character
must have balance. Let US look out
that we do not permit ourselves or
our children to indulge in any pro-
pensity until 1t becomes an obsesaion
that may warp and wreck q life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-08

Without doubt. the Californians
will insist on charActerizing the 80
mile gale that rampaged recently
down their coast as nothing moro
than a gentle zephyr.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-08
YOUR BOY AND Is

In the June American Magazine DR..
Charles X. Taylor Of Philadelphia
writes an interesting and practically
helpful article entitled "Your Boy and
His Muscles" in which he gives sug-
gestions as to proper exercises for
young boys. Following is an extract
from his article:
S"First of all. when = child is in .
poor condition Of which the basic
cause is some remedtable physical
defect there IL little use In giving spe-
cial exercises until the defect il re-
moved. For instance. breathing exer-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-08

Why fuss about the hot weather.
even II 1t Is as disagreable as 1t is I'M
reasonable? It's just the thing to
ripen the wheat and make the corn
grow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-08

School IL over. oh what fun for the
Riddles, but scarcely for the parents
Of the more mischievous ones
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-08

Wheat farmers attention! Now ID
the time to swat the Hessian fly for
next year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-08
The Annual Agony.

The Annual agony.
The furniture's out in the yard.
The cat sleeps IN the sink;
There 10 no peace at our house now.
The family's on the blink.
We're eating on the kitchen floor
And sleeping anywhere:
We're sitting on the doorstep Tor
There's no sign Of a chair.
Nobody's said a pleasant word.
To satire we are leaning;
Divorce may come most any time.
Yes, mother IL housekeeping.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-08
Uncle Abner.

OuC10 AVAtcGs
There amt no Teller who kin be
more complacent during a tire blow
out than the Teller who is only q pas
senger and doesn't own the machine.
Vaudeville is just one burned imi-
tator after another.
Miss Lettte Perkins of Hopper
town has been on the stage for sew
eral years. but she hasn't become a
great actress yet. All she needs is
time. She has only been married
three times to date.
1t amt the feller with the most
gold leaf on his winders that gets
the best payin' practice.
Most all Of Luke Pringle's sons
have gone to the bad. The first is q
burglar. the second is three-card
monte shark, the third is in politics
and the fourth Is a lawyer.
1t is gettfn' 50 a Teller has got to
have something besides long hair to
git ahead in the poetry business.
1t Pays to Know How.
A young married man was talking
to an old married man yesterday and
was complaining that he could not get
his wife to mend his clothes. II asked
her to sew button on my vest last
night and she hasn't touched it." And
then his older married friend remark
ed: Never ask q woman to mend
anything. When want shirt mend
ed I take it to my wife and flourish it
around q little and say. Where il that
rag bag?' Then my wife says, What
do you want of the rag bag?' 4 want
to throw this shirt away, it's worn out
Let me see that Shirt my wife says.
OF course I pass it over and she ex.
and then she mends it."
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An Ohio theater manager accepts
eggs as legal tender at the box office.
He probably thinks It would be un-
wise to let anybody carry eggs inside
the house.
gle is respectfully called to the HOSTILE
ties in Mexico. Let him wind up his
peace conference and get it going.
Thus far. however. Chauncey NJ.
Depew has not announced his inten-
ton Of coming back and running for
the senate again ..-
Would it not be we'll to keep a few
warships. in the Potomac? Coxey's
army is steadily advancing upon
Washington.
Tom Marshall says the trouble with
Mexico is that she has no vice presi-
dent Tom will have his little joke.
Judging by the persistent shrieking
can eagle has not lost his voice.
If r. r. runs against Hearst for
United States senator, life will hardly
be worth living in the metropolis.
Huerta is the man who put tho riot
in patriot.
The Republican papers are speaking
very well Of Champ Clark these days.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-07-15
FINDS FOR MRS HoLLIsTER.
Correspondent Diary Impels Referee
to Recommend Divorce.

Mrs. Hope Shelley Hollister of New
York, who recently began suit for
divorce against Henry II. Hollister, a
former member of the New York
stock exchange, will ask Supreme
Court Justice Donnelly to confirm the
report of Alexander II. Gulick, who
was appointed to- take testimony.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hollister were married
in Providence, r. l., in the fall of
1906. Mrs. Hollister was the daugh-'
ter of George L. Shepley, a former
lieutenant governor OF Rhode Island.
Mr.. Hollister was the son of Henry II.
Hollister, sr., who at the time of his
death in 1909 was one of the stock
exchanges oldest members. Mr.. Hol-
lister, sr., was treasurer and director
of the National Horse Show associa-
tion for many years. He left an estate
of about $4,000, bequeathed to his
son his interest in the firm of Hollis
ter & Babc0ck and also his seat on the
stock exchange.
The chief witness for Mrs. Hollister
in the divorce suit was the correspond
ent, whose name has not been revealed.
According to the referee 5 report the
correspondent exhibited diary of
happenings between 1908 and 1912,
which contained an itemized list of the
calls made upon her by Mr.. Hollister.
She had letters and postcards received
between 1907 and 1912, and one page
in her diary was said to contain a
message to her in Mr.. Hollister S own
hand writing. The correspondent said
that Mr.. Hollister had kept an apart
ment at her disposal from 1911 to the
present time.
Mr.. Hollister is well known in Brat
tleboro. having been a frequent visitor
here at the home of his aunt, the late
Mrs b. ID. Harris.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-07-15
5000 ENGINEN1EN ON
VERGE OF STRIKE
Federal Arbitration Is Refused-Ninc-
ty-Eight Western Railroads Are
Involved

CHICAGO, July 14.-The threatened
strike of engineers and tiremen on nine
ty-elght Western railroads was still in
the balance last night, although the
employees had announced to the roads
that The men had voted nearly unani-
mouSly to strike to sustain their de-
mands if necessary, and that arbitra-
tion under the Iederal laws would not
be accepted.
The railroads, through their general
managers committee, contended that
to grant the employees demands would
mean an increase OF So, ,00U,O annual
ly in wages. The engineers and fremen
asserted that their requests were fair
and equitable.
1T Is expected that further confer
ences viii be held. Should the nego-
tlatlous tan and the employees stand
by their announced refusal OF arbitra-
uon, the resulting strike would directly
affect J5,000 engineers and firemen and
Indirectly a much larger number of
workers.
T. W. $. Carter, president Of the Broth
crhood Cf Locomotive Eiremen and En-
giemcn, ISSUED a long statement, fol
lowing the announcement of the strike
vote TO the conference committee. in
which he said the unions would refuse
arbitration under the federal law, as
the railroads hall not lived up to pre-
yious arbitratio4 awards.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-07-15
AUSTINE PUPIL
STRUCK BY AUTO
Ralph Fairbanks, Deaf Boy, Rendered
Unconscious in Rutland When
Run Into by DR.. B. H Chapman.

Ralph Fairbanks of Valley street.
Rutland, Il deaf pupil in the Austinc
Institution here, narrowly escaped Sc
rious injury in Rutland Monday after
noon when an automobile owned and
driven by DIR. B. IL. Chapman struck
and knocked him down, rendering him
unconscious. The accident occurred at
a point near the residence of James
Batch on Valley street, where Ralph
was playing with his brother, James.
Not hearing the approach of Dr. Chap
man S machine he started to cross the
road as his brother had done a few
seconds previous. The machine was
going slowly and although the phvsi~
elan blew his horn several times it
had no effect and the mud guard hit
the boy in the leg, throwing him to
the ground. He escaped with slight
bruises on his leg and arm. The boy is
spending his vacation with his grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Fair
banks, in Rutland.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-07-15
HIGH SCHOOL GRADS
IN THE COLLEGES
Forty Such the Past Year, % Girls and
II Boys-Five Girls in Smith,
Five Boys in Dartmouth.

During the past year 10 graduates
of the BrattIaboro high school have
been attending university, college or
other higher instruction Of learning,
rs follows:
Grls-Snith college, ,; Mt. Holyoke
college, ,; Simmons college, /; Middle
bury college, >; WcstfeM normal
school, .; Boston university. /; Elmira
college, /; Radcliffe, /; Lascll, >; Rol-
Inns (Florida), l; Clark school /; New
York school, /; Castleton normal. /;
total. -. Clark school and New York
school are training schools for teach
erS Of deaf
Boys-EImvard university. =; Dart
mouth college, ;: Massachusetts Agri-
cultural college, l; University Of Yer
mont, ;; Colgate university, /; Nor
wich university. ;; Brown university,
/; Massachusetts Institute of Tc .hnol-
o@y, l. total, z.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-07-15
WILL NOT TREAT
WITH THE FEDERALS
Unconditional Surrender Is the Basis
for Gen. Carranza-Mine Owners
Save Property.

MONTEREY, Mexico, July 1J.-Con-
stitutionahst troop trains deft here for
the south yesterday with men and
supplies for use in the campaign in
San Luis Potosi and Aguascalientes
provinces. Gen. Gonzales is expected
to leave here today to take personal
command in these departments.
A statement issued from the head
quarters of Gen. Carranza reiterates
that he win not treat with the fed
eral troops except in the event Of
their unconditional surrender
\ request from American mine own
ers that they be allowed to pay their
taxes in Hermosillo has been granted
by Gen. Carranza. These are long
overdue and have not been paid on ac-
count Of general conditions. Under the
Mexican laws holders Of mining prop
critics who fail to pay their taxes lose
titles to their mines. The effect Of
Gen. Carranza s decision is to re-estab-
hsh the titles. Gen. Carranza viii
probably visit Tampico next week.