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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-24
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

WE PAY highest cash price for End hand
Drop a card or call 1845 r. Scrinopski Y
Son. 4OS Kansas ave.
WE PAY the highest cash price for cast
off clothing. shoes, hats and overcoats.
Drop us a card or call Gordon Bros loan
office. 400 Kansas ave. Phone 1919.
rigs 70 make 1907 Arch Phone i56o
White.
GOOD milk cows fat cattle and veal calves
w. c. A. Letzow. Tel. 257
WEAVING. CARPETS. rugs, etc. Good
work. 221 Lake Phone 264+ White
WANTED-Horses and cattle to pasture.
Phone 1878 XII. Sam Oldham.
LISTEN, LADIES: If you want your
sewing done cheap and good. Call 3493.
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AUCTION SALES.

PUBLIC SALE of city property: Two s.
room brick houses. located at 229 Han
cock ST. This property will be sold for
cash to the highest bidder Saturday,
June &c, 1915, at 80 o'clock p. m. Crews
& Ansel, auctioneers. Mary Couture.
owner.
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WANTED-MATE HELP.

VIZ EI D--:I w DE IDI-.>ouoo
KANSAS AUTO SCHOOL.
Thorough practical instructions in gen
eral repairing, oxyacytelene welding, braz-
ing, vulcanizing, ignition, magnetos, self
starters. driving. salesman ship, garage
management. Our force of expert in
structors can thoroughly teach you this
business. Write for circular. 305 Kansas
ave-, Topeka, Kan.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. car carpenters and
bridge carpenters to ship out at once; :
farm and dairy hands; married couples
help; laborers; rooming houses for sale.
Furman Employment Office, S11 Kan. Ave.
WANTED-3 energetic young men to sell
household goods. c. F. Adams Co., sol Z.
10th. Tel. 1888.
WANTED-Men to handle logs: must have
good teams and wagons: steady job.
L. 5. Lovitt & Son. Phone 1878.
WANTED-Boy over 16 with wheel. Hurry
Messenger Co, 517 Quincy.
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FOR Observation-Disclosures.

SATURDAYS market special: Fresh
country eggs, dozen 15c; cabbage. cauli
flower beans, peas and home grown pO-
tatoes at our usual low price; free de1iv-
cry on orders amounting to SOC more.
City market, booth II.
FOR SALE-Some well matured Feterita
seed at Henry Flack's Maple Hill, Kan.
Route No. ..
FOR SALE-A rubber tire runabout. I. L.
Better, New England Bldg.
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WANTED-SITUAT
WANTED-To care for children by the
week or month. References furnished.
1928 Western ave. Phone 1855 K-1.
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LOST AND FOUND.
IosTcAn7 Eastern :n~st Sta: pin. can i1o5N
Ring 2.
bracelet. Call 442S Red.
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FOR sALE-HoUsEHoLD GOODS.

FOR SALE-Household furniture; leaving
city. 81 Orchard 1t
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STORE ROOM at ia East Fifth street
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PIANOS.
PIANO FOR SALElNearly new upright
piano; been used less than two years.
SIS cash, including about SO in latest
music. Call and look 1t over. 1924 Van
Buren,. VIII be at home tonight
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First published in the Topeka State
Journal, Thursday, June IL 1851
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-24
FOR RENT-oFFTCE ROOMS.

FOR RENT-Desk room, first floor. front
rom Shawnee Fire building, 7Oi Jack.
son F. G. Lagerstrom- Phone 1900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-22
Government Side Lines.

TT HERE are foreign municipalities as
we'll as foreign governments that
do not think it beneath them to add to
their revenues by "a side line or two
The city of Paris, for instance. in
creases it's revenues by a few francs
each year in the cultivation of a little
state orchard in the Luxembourg gar
dens, and the same municipality also
takes it's share of the receipts of the
Eiffel tower.
A curious revenue accrues to the city
of Palermo. which makes commercial
use of it's SHOWS from the mountains.
The Sicilian snow is brought down at
night in baskets and shipped to the
neighboring towns. where it is sold
for refrigerating purposes.
The Greek government has a most
proflta BILE side line in its monopoly in
playing cards, from which it derives
handsome income.
took, to its profit, deal in junk. 1t
was Just after the Crimean war, when
for months old iron, shot and shell
were picked up around Sebastopol. A
regular trade in this junk sprang up,
it struck the government that the idea
was such a good one that 1t would take
a hand itself. 1t thereupon interviewed
between buyers and sellers. imposing
a tax of about 10 cents per hundred
weight 1t was estimated that the inn
perial government proflted in this way
to the extent OF $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-22
Getting Rid of an Inventor.

NV HEN Gen. Miles was at the head
Wv of the army he used to be contin-
ually besieged by cranks with pneu-
matte firing guns. dirigible war bal
looms and other martial Inventions
But the general would weed these
cranks out with admirable speed. An
inventor in his Office one day tells of
curious incident in this relation.
card was brought in and laid be-
fore the general.
'Oh, send him in said Miles. His
business wont take more than min
ute or two"
So in came wild-eyed. long haired
man twisting his soft hat nervously
in both hands.
General" he said, Il have here
and he took out a small parcel-"a
bulletproof army coat. If the govern
ment would adopt this
Put it on; put it on" said Gen.
Miles. And he rang the bell. The
clerk appeared as the inventor was
getting into the coat.
Jones' said the general. tell the
captain of the guard to order one of
his men to load his rife with ball and
cartridge and"
Excuse me. general. I forgot some
thing" interrupted the inventor. And
with . hunted look he disappeared.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-22
BIaine's Tact.

A MAN long in the diplomatic service
~ of the United States tells this
story:
One Of the qualities for which the
late King Edward was most admired
was his tact. quality also possessed
in no slight degree by James G. Blaine.
who was once the guest of Edward,
then Prince of Wales.
Edward had. both as prince and as
king, always insisted upon showing
his friendship for Americans and
things American. One incident that
particularly impressed the man who
tells the story was that which took
place at a dinner to which Blaine had
been invited as the guest of the prince.
It was prior to Blaines nomination
for the presidency. Knowing that the
prince took special delight in honor
ing Americans, the other guests were
generally most gracious to Blaine. The
one exception was a duke of the royal
house, who had a reputation for boor-
ishness and lack of tact. During q
lull in the conversation after the coffee
this nobleman blurted out:
THE greatest outrage in history was
the revolt of your people against King
George Ill. There was no justification
for it then and there is no excuse now"
The prince was visibly embarrassed.
Perhaps no man but Blaine could have
carried of the situation. While the
entire gathering sat in silence Blaine
replied. in his carefully modulated
voice:
Perhaps, my dear sir. if George III
had had as much diplomacy and as
wide a knowledge of his people as his
great-grandson possesses America
might still be English"
The prince at once turned the sub
ject to the relief of all present, but
the teller of the story saw him grip
Blaine's hand with a twinkle of ad-
miration in his eye at the end of that
function.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-22

speech. The technical medium OF me-
chanics becomes in his hands the plain
words of common understanding. AS
he has already applied this power to the
moving picture field. so he here makes
use of it to place before the general
reader the thrilling story Of the air
ship. The book in hand Is, in sub
stance. a record of the achievements OF
aircraft in the present war. By way OF
this record. Mr.. Talbot shows what the
airship can do. and also what 1t can
not do, in relation to the land and
naval forces with which it is associat-
ed. And this makes fascinating
story. The writer defines the different
grades of airship-cruiser, scout and
vedette. He describes in terms so gem
eral as not to be confusing the va
rious type-forms upon which each
grade is built. He summarizes, also.
the advance made by each of the coun-
tries now at war in this particular
field of military enterprise, and out
lines in this connection the changes
that this innovation is destined to
make upon the science and art of war.
Selling the fact that one is vastly more
interested in what a thing can do than
in what 1t is, Mr.. Talbot has empha-
sized the activities of the airship in the
European war. reducing descriptions
and principles to the lowest terms. The
book sums, therefore, to a very read
able account of the practical achieve
ments of this amazing modern in
ventfon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-22

across the sea. This is merely the be-
ginning of the tale. When next Sir
Oliver appears, he is Sakr- Ell -Bahr. the
Hawk of the Sea-" the Muslin rover.
the scourge of the Mediterranean, the
terror of Christian Spain" and no end
of other heart-quaking, b1ood-freezing
powers. Having thus roughly pointed
the way along which range the fash
ing adventures of Sakr- Ell ahr. the
Hawk of the Sea. erstwhile Sir Oliver
Tresillian, it is only fair to the lover
of corsair tales to leave him to the
fresh, first-hand enjoyment of the
amazing career of this sixteenth CEN
fury Cornishman who became a rem
egade and Barbary corsair and
might have become Basha of Algiers,"
but for certain matters that contribute
spiritedly to the development of this
romance.
Joffre. New York: Duffield & Co.
In 1893 France conceived the idea OF
extending her zone of influence in
northern Africa from Segou. pretty
well to the west. to Timbuctoo. nearly
five hundred miles further east. Col.
BONNER was in charge of the expedi
ton sent to achieve this result. Form
ing two important columns which were
to proceed by different routes. he. head
ing one, sailed down the Niger to Tim
buctoo, leaving Maj. Joffre to proceed
by land at the head of the other. Ar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-22
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
SELECTED LIST OF BOOKS RE.
GENTLY ADDED.

The following list, arranged by sub.
oects. includes some of the latest addi-
lions to the Public Library
The lists which appear in this column,
each Saturday are reprinted at the end
OF the month in the Iibrary's monthly
ouiietin. Copies of this NAV he oh
tanned free at the library or will h.
sent by mail for Is cents year
Physical Training.
Be gEuSh sSS7,J H. Indian Clubs and Dumb
Mueller Mueller. J. p My System for Children va.
Mueller Mueller. j. P. My System for Ladies, VS.
=, Reilly. F. J. Rational Athletics for BOYS vs..
Industrial Department.
,o Sauni ,a;, cIsadius The watchmakers Hand
R599k. Ae' !" 'ne LAnd' hGC-
tHrtier samuel Use Of Water in Irrigation.
Weld L. D. H. Studies In tb. M.rt.t,,c .,
Farm Products RHDU-w45. A'ns VI
T Toaash' D. + The Gardsnetts R1AA l2sa
rose rose Growing for the Home Garden RISE.
imsls. RK Ac-w sssp uF'''e Feeding of Farm An
RR PAY g. E Productive Swine Husbandry.
T.. American School of Poultry Husbandry. Brood.
ing. Mature, Natural and Artificial, RKv- Ams7br. ''-
ri ame and School of Poultry Husbandry Enc
American School of Poultry Husbsndry. Tbs
PRINCIPLES of Mating and Breeding. KVims7pre'
cry, 1913. Rz-C7sto. '"a'u D''A OF COOK
Fo wsrde Rz r; A. and White E. y. Study o,
Hutton. r W: Mechanical Drawing for In.
hoW ana oon1innation schools SABHs77m.
Howe. ": A. Founda ions SDH HSssf
chi iioW We,, NJ. A Symmetrical Masonry Arches
p, Carpenter: R. C. Heating and ventilatng
Swain. g. F, Conservation of Water by stor-
:, ICens; E. NJ Pumping by Compressed Air.
Handbook sviD. Kesseas '"ef ana ffemen
,t strehm, R. T. Oil Fuel for Steam Boilers
Fleetwood. F: O. Steam Charts TICS Ell 55s
insult Samuel central-station Electric Service.
Timbe. w: H., and Higbie. H. H. Alternst-
INCUR s,,e Electricity. TEX 1892.
Croft, T W. Wiring of Finished Buildings.
Anderson. F. /. Electricity for the Farm.
E Haye: G. w C. ~ Rays c;.. THINKS, NJ S.
Management. TiB-C477s '''
Roehl, L. NJ. Problems In Carpentry. 1913.
TlIN-R624p.
Weller. S. G. The Weller Ladies' Tailor TIA
W42s.
Woodbury., Wa. Hair DRESSING and Uniting
TU-WS54h.
Lindstrom & AImars, Minneapolis. Attractive
Homes WIM-L64Sa.
Lndstrom & Almars. Minneapolis Bungalows.
WIN-L64Sb.
Mcmahon j. R. The House That Junk Built.
WIM-M226h.
Saylor, H. II. Bungalows 1913. VIM
Sa9Ssba.
Anderson. P. L.. Pictorial Landscape -photog-
raphy. WR-An24Sp.
Dodge Processes. New York. The Dodge Proc
ess for Photo Engraving. WRR-D664.
Faust, c. A. IS New Alphaoets. 1912. VISA
FITS.
Holme, c. c.. and Halton E. C. Modern Book
Illustrators and Their Work wSB H733. Refer
ence.
FELTON,. R. F. British Floral Decoration 1910
wSFF34.
WslIick. Ekin: Inexpensive Furnishings IN
Good Taste. WSH-W155i.
Wright, R. L. Inside the House Of Good Taste
wSH-w934i.
Kirchmaier. b. W. The New Fiiet Crochet
Book No. 4. WUA-k633nc.
Hickman. Flora. ed. The Modern Crochet
Schumacher. Anna Columbia Cottons WA
SchS6b.
Beiloc Hilaire. The Book Of the Bayeu1 Tap
estry. WUE- B415.
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irving first, Col. BONNER was. within
five days after this. murdered with
eleven other officers by native Toua-
reg tribe. This casualty placed Maj.
Joffre in command of the expedition.
Shortly after his return to France.
Joffre was asked to write a report of
this march to Timbuctoo. The book in
hand is the story of that enterprise. 1t
is obvious that the main purpose of the
narrator of this event is to be accurate
in every particular, to be clear, and to
be terse. Under this three-fold re-
straint the writer proceeds to give
every item of march, and camp, and
dealings with the tribes. that might be
of service to any force sent SUISSE
quently into this region. In addition
he sets out in sufficient detail those
features of the country which would
be of the greatest use to the French
government in it's plans for developing
the commercial resources of this ex-
tended zone of trade. The book. Gen.
Joffres only book, is an astonishing
output of valuable fact compressed to
the narrowest limits of verbal form.
Aside from its intrinsic value as in
formation about an unfamiliar area,
this book has a special present value
because of the war which is placing
the military leaders, of France and
England, at least, in the forefront of
general interest," An introduction by
the we'll known French writer, Ernest
Dimnet, outlines the career of Gen.
Joffre and places, besides, a literary
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-22
7HE recent announcement by the

F1HE recent announcement by the
civil service commission that a
number of expert cheesemakers
q are needed by Uncle Sam to as
sist in the experimental manufacture of
Swiss. Camembert, Roquefort and other
foreign cheeses is a significant one.
Up until the present time the United
States has depended almost entirely
upon Europe for these cheeses. The
amount of cheese imported into this
country has increased rapidly. For in
stance during the six years from 1900
to 1905. inclusive, the value of the inn
ports increased from $1.946.033 to $3,-
S75,161. Italy and Switzerland supplied
the bulk of this cheese, most of the re-
mainder coming from France and Hol-
land The best known of the varieties
of cheese imported were the Parmesan
and Gorgonzola, from Italy; the En-
mental, from Switzerland: the Rogue
fort Camembert and Brie, from France,
and the Edam, from Holland.
Attempts have long been made in this
country to initiate some of the Euro
pean varieties, and in some instances
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-22

ter as this is expressed in the adult
activities of the country. AT this point
the writer surveys in outline the infu-
entail philosophers of Kant and
Nietzsche. Looking upon the special
character of all of these influences. and
their sum, as the fruitful soil of ma
terlalism, the writer passes to a study
of Prussian domination as the part1cu-
lar sun and rain that have nurtured
the materialistic spirit Of Germany to
the double Towering of lawful indus
tria1ism. on the one hand, and a law
less militariSm, on the other. Mr.
Smith was. for a dozen years. an in
structor of English in a German uni
versity. Within this period he appears
to have made himself familiar with the
subject of the German people. 1t is
from this close range of daily associa-
ton in many fields that this study is
made. The writer has used to great
extent, also. extracts from the views of
prominent and influential Germans
upon subjects of prime Importance to
the national purpose. In effect, a. study
sums to an arrangement of German
character and aim through perver-
sion of the national ideal.
AEROPLANEs AND DIRIGIBLEs OF
WAR. By Frederick A. Talbot. au-
thor of Moving Pictures" etc. Phil
adelphia: J. 3. Lippincott Company.
Mr.. Talbot has the gift of being able
to turn special language into everyday
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-22

as miraculous that only a few outright
fatalities were reported.
Surgeon Parker, in his report to the
Navy Department. says:
upon approaching the devastated island
was the marked change in color of the
general landscape. Where once the
island lay fair with the intense trop-
whole country appeared sere and
brown and broken. Fallen timber and
debris which suggested the ravages of
a forest fire in a timber tract covered
the gentle slopes which rise from the
sea. The islands were desolate wastes.
devoid Of a single sprig of green.
The village of Ofu suffered terribly
from the violence OF the storm. or
seventy-four native houses not one re-
manned standing. and pile of shat
church. which was built with substan-
tial walls and corrugated roof. Six
houses of European construction were
RACED to the ground Highways were
cocoanut trees cast down by the storm
had smashed every boat in the village,
the fragments of which were caught
by the wind and swirled out to sea. SO
that no trace of them remained.
although the Island of Ofu is not
particularly low. the sea was beaten
so far inland that the island was en-
tirely under water and some fish which
were STRANDED were obtained by the
natives for food.
THE natives insist that the great
wind swirled upon them from every
point of the compass, but from the
havoc wrought 1t is evident that it
came from the southeast. The. blast
tives, between the hours Of ] am. and
3 am January 10. when the wind came
in tremendous gusts, and the intense
darkness was split by binding flashes
Of lightning and dsafening roars Of
quake shock which literally hurled
people from the ground
i ''The destruction on all sides was 80
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quantities only, in about six months,
and the officials are confronted with the
islanders from outside sources for a
period of from seven to eight months
There is but one ray of hope in the
general situation. l am informed that
these taro worms which are RESPONSE
BILE for the shortage of the crop thrive
only in the dry weather. and the advent
of wet weather will destroy them. Yet
a relentless warfare must be waeed
Surgeon Parker states that although
Congress appropriated $4,000 and the
Red Cross gave $4,000 toward the re-
lief of conditions in the islands, the
fund is now painfully low and it's ex-
haustion is to be reckoned with at no
distant date.
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calculated, also, to serve as a stimu-
lating introduction to the further pur-
suit of the science of the stars.
THE SOUL OF GERMANY: 4 Twelve
Year Study of the People From
Within, 19O2-1914. BY Thomas F. A.
Smith, Phi. D., late English lecturer
in the University of Erlangen. New
York: George H. Doran Company.
This all-around and intimate study
of German life begins with a considera-
ton of the formative influences of the
nation, that is, with the home. the
school and the church. The writer
gives fireside descriptions of the Ger
man home in it's common relations of
husband and wife. parents and children.
dwelling upon the ideas and ideals
that animate and control it. He ex-
plains, ALSO the theory and purpose of
education held by Germany as a whole,
showing in good detail how this
theory works out from the elementary
school to the university. He traces the
general influence of religious belief
and practice upon the national life. He
also draws from the scenes themselves
pictures of the workaday life of
Germany, and gives passing glimpses
of it's scant moments of relaxation and
holiday-making. He then gathers these
formative forces and brings them for
waro to interpret the national charac-
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great that each group of three or four
survivors regarded themselves as the
sole members of the population to es-
cape the fury of the storm Many of
these groups became separated by be-
ing literally blown apart. while others
saved themselves from being lost in
the darkness by throwing themselves
on the ground and obtaining a precari-
GUS hold by digging their hands and
The details of the STORM. together
with a report of the starvation condi-
lions which have followed in its wake,
has been again called to the attention
of the American Red Cross Society.
which at the time of the typhoon and
tidal wave contributed $4,000 toward
the relief of the stricken natives But,
says the official account the situation
today in American Samoa calls for ex-
pert and continued relief work
Starvation conditions which now ex-
list upon the American islands among
the natives are due primarily to the
fact that the great storm, obliterating
and destroying the taro patches, devas-
tating the cocoanut groves and uproot-
ing the banana plantations, has left
the island with practically no food re-
sources.
1.-The situation presented by the
wholesale destruction of the taro crop,
which must be regarded in Samoa as
the staff of life" says Surgeon Parker
in one of his reports to the governor,
must be regarded as most serious, and
not only was the entire crop practical
ly wiped out, but that which remains
has been attacked by parasites and
destroyed, as has been the new crop
planted just after the typhoon. 1t is
most disheartening in that the ultimate
recovery from the famine is as far
away as it was four months ago, for
the islands now not only have no taro,
but have destructive agent working
against it's further production.
LAS matters now stand the best that
can be hoped for is that the Samoan
may have taro again in about eight
months. provided the worm which is
destroying it can be successfully COM
bated at once.
There will be bananas. but In small