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HUMOR IN THE CATECHIsM.
Kind of Man Adam Wns-why
I%srneIitcs Made n Colder ,nIf,

There must have been some ,Ir!ru.
specimens of Scottish humor brought ON,
at TIE examinations that the ministers
OF the flock conducted befo.c adns. s.
terlng the communion, says the IUH'hs
Companion. Thus. 4 clergyman asked
one p]arishioner, "What kind of man vas
Adam"
"Ou, jus, like ither fouk, he rep'ial
The minister insisted on u more ac-
curate description. "Weel.' sud the
catechumen. me was iust Ike Jo, SIN.
son, the horse couper."
How So" asked the minister
"Weel, naebody got ouythins hy i'm.
n monv lost"
4 lad had come for e"Nam'uacor IRE.
vious to receiving his first commun IN.
The pastor, knowing that his yours
friend was not very profound ~ hs
theology and not wishing 10 diSyourag.
him or keep him from the table unless
compelled TO do SO began by asking
what he thought a safe question. =, He
took the Old Testament and asked nm
how many commandments = "rr p"r.
After "A little thought the lad pIf as
answer in the modest form of 4 sIppos'-
ton, and replied cautiously, "rrluaus
a hummer" h clergyman was V,Nri.
and told him such ignorance was intoIcr-
able, and that the youth must ON" back
TO- another examination when he mad
learned more.
AS Ae went away he met a friend.
and on learning that nc. too. was going
to the minister for examination, he
young fellow asked
"Weel, what will ye say II tho min
lister speers hoo mony commandments
there are
Say? Why, ! shall say ten. 10 he
sure"
To which the other rejoined with gree,
triumph. Ten. Try We him WI ten,
! tried him wi a hummer. and he wasna
satisfied"
\ better example OF an answer -
catechetical examination was offered n
the very conclusive reply made by an old
body 20 the minister who proposed re
question OF the Shorter Catech.sr.
What are the DEGREES Of God"
Wisely the old man replied. Deed
sir, He kens hat best HImscl."
Another answer from a little g.rl was
shrewd and reflective. The question
was. why did the Israelltcs make a
golden calf?' u s7e replied
They hadna as muckle sillcr as vad
max a COO"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-26
MOST AGED OF THE WICHITAS.
Woman Said to he 1875 Travels
Far 10 See Land OF F~orefnthcrs.

Ish-ta-ha Wan-a-ki-ta. most aged Of
all the Nichitas. although stand
ms on the very brink of the happy
hunting grounds" made a journey OF
SOC miles in order that she might par
ttcipdte in the annual camp meeting
of the Creek Indians near Eufaula.
1sh-ta-ha W~an-a-ki-ta (Which the IN
tcrprcter said means Prairie Flower. In
the musical language Of the Wichitas)
claims 70 have been born in the vii
llgc Of a rowing Wichita Indian band
ON the site of what is now Wichita.
Kan, le5 years ago. II the story OF
the old woman i true. says the Tulsa
World, she was born in 1890. shortly
after the close Of the Revolutionary
war. 'and within "A year after George
Washington became the first President
Of the United States. During her life
time this nation has had its entire ex-
struc and practically all of its Presi-
dents have been to her a great white
father"
In the days when the belle If he
Wichitas played abou her fathers wig
wan members Of her tribe had probably
never seen "A white man. White set
tiers were huGging the Atlantic coast.
Chicago as not in existence. the Rocky
Mountains were unknown, and Few, II
any, had as yet set foot upon the coast
OF the Pacific, The many Indian tribes
inEabiting what is now Oklahoma. Kan
has and Texas were warlike and mi
gratory, They moved about continually,
hunting the great buffalo herds on the
plains and waging fierce battle against
each other whenever opportunity Of
fcrcd
yellow Bear. the century old brave
who accompanied the party on It's camp
meeting trip. told through the interpre-
ter hat he had fought both tho red
and the white man, although his people
were usually AZ peace with tho whites.
hut said he became u son OF peace many
moons ago and thought now only Of
the Great Spirit and the happy hunt
ing grounds of me next world. He
said when he dies he expects to go
tn a place where tho Indians live as
they did in his boyhood and where the
buffalo roam the plains in countless
herds.
lSh-ta-ha Wan-a-ki-ta remembers
well. she says. when, IA a girl Of II.
she was stricken with the epidemic Of
smallpox which ravagcd the villages Of
the WtChitas in lSnl. She was strong
and recovered from the disease with
but few traces of the aftliction upou
her skin, hut hundreds of her peoplc
persisted. She remembers also, she said.
when, after the treaty with the whites
Gin 1880. her people removed TO tn.
Wichita Mountains in Oklahoma, set
Ting near the present site Of Fort Sill.
She was GO years old and had grown
children when Capt, X, Il, Marcy and
Capt, George u. Mcclellan latrr com
nanding Genera of the Federal armies
IN the civil war; visited the Fort sill
region in 1852 and stopped temporarily
AT camp Wichitaw"-thr first recorded
visit of white men to the kiowa-Co-
mauch" country, Later, when the civil
war broke out, tile Wichitas took refuge
in Kansas, returning once more to the
abandoned village of her birth, but after
the war was over they established them
selves ON the reservation they now oc-
cupy In severalty. near Anadarko.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-26
Indiana RccIure'. 1000 Boohs

A. II. Brown. administrato ~ y.
estate Of Jonathan DustNau, who hv-i
at Elkhart AZ a reClusH forty wears
under the alias John Gordon, found NAV
Dustman's collection Of books HggT"
gated 1000. OF which only 500 az" r.
garded of market value, tho rcOR'1'r'
being Anticipated Textbooks or pan
phlets and other napcrhourd books, saws
tho Indianapolis Meas Gordon ape
all his time not devoted to odd tashS
in reading. Some OF his hook CO.
sisted of cntlrc sets OF encyciopcd.''
that had never been taken from 'Ner
original wrappers.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-26
4 Book About Almost Everything.

William Archer, a most able critic OF
belles-lettres. says IL would take a
whole synod Of specialists" TO deal
with The Dirine Mystcry, by ALLEN
UPWARD ,Houghton Miftiin). on the
same outside cover Ezra Pound ex-
presses his polite " with cryptic
pomposity. This author is a focus.'
saws he: "he has seen how things
put together [sicI. believe Allen
Upward to be one OF the devout-
est men Of the age. The Divine
Mystery necessitates a new ~transla-
ton OF the Bible" This belief almost
invites the gentle retort of n certain
literary ladv in Iondon when Ezra
Pound road ber one of his .neu school"
noems beyinning "Come my songs 10,
ne insu,t the uor,d," yves" said the
gentle Iadv "hut do Won think the
world will notice 70"
/, wouId no unfair and unkind IN
Gov -, AIo, I-nu,,ra,s hooL tho, !,
a. hooL ,hou, ga l,,,o hi, 90 ayarv-
him" 7, 10 not nu,,e 90 had as that
h,,t ., 10 a hooL af,or tho m,np.r ~
Era,ar,. "co,Ian Uou,h orlv ma, ca
u.of,I for rcf.rerca. and yerv much
ILL., scb,,rh,s "Ios cr,rds Initias"
or,,, moi, 90 noe,ic and ca interesting
AZ I-nunrd ,,v.. notes and ouo,a-
,in,s ,r,m monv u,bor notably
trorn Nyor..s "nnwn ~ History" hut
no ao.s no, ouo,. Scbura whom no
sur.Iy ouch, IN have road The hook
10 ono os ,bos. .t,eunts IN cxnloip
,ba or,;ra bis,orv Of the re,,cious
c-nnsciousrose and ;, show how all
,htras - .ru, ,o,o,bar" of course
,ha, ,s a ,or,e and extremely disicu,t
tbiny IN do Ouite the most dif-
,icuI, thing tina, tho nhiIosophcrs
have in ali the ages IL
TO invent a ormula which shall In
clnde everything. Perhaps only Coz
could do IL. But at any rate the only
answer thus far TO the attempts is
that of DR.. William James 10 the
monists. thinner nicht ganz." And TO
the entire religious and in
terpretive consciousness of man into
400 papes. TO career over the entire
world Assyria, Chaldea, Persia, Judaa,
Africa and elsewhere, to call into play
the Gulf Stream, volcanoes, ocean
eddies and spouts and all the solar
system and the stars TO play their
part, is too difficult an undertaking.
Mr.. Upward is not to blame II the
result is somewhat confused and
vague. Indeed the critics endeavor
TO find out what Il is all about after
all is almost as feeble as the senior
wrangler's who read the whole OF
Shakespeare to try to find what he
wanted IN proye ANYWAY. Somewhat
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-26
Library with n Lottery.

Harrisburg people. houst.rS o. 'e
city's early literary trend. recall,
tho Harrisburg Library Compar" N"'
formed in 1875. and was s"l'
conducted for Iut,v l'a'r ,''~ =
with what Wa~ Nc"S iopulI"
DAYS, a lottery. saNs 'Ar l1||H. d
Rcc0rd. \ second lIullt v.Hr ..
the eos and sos Ig, - 20.
Was coeNal with the STATE 'luu...
served tho city almost "N'.usIN
the late sos.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-18
INDIANS Kill AMERICAN
Lack of Fuel Prevents Flight of For
eigncr.s From Mexico.

Washington, Sept. 1S.-An uniden-
titled American citizen was killed by
Indians at San Bias. Sinaloa, a few
days ago, according to state depart
ment advices today from the Mexican
west coast.
Lack of fuel to operate trains has
prevented the departure of Americans
from Durango. Arrangements have
been made for nearly all Americans
to leave as soon as fuel can be OBJ
tanned. General Villa sent direct as
surances to the state department to-
day that lives and pre- 2erty of Ameri-
cans in his territory would receive
protection.
From Vera Cruz come reports that
three passenger trains between there
and Mexico City have been attacked
recently and that the service was en-
6irely suspended September H.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-18
CITY MEANS BUSINESS |
start Will Be Made Monday to Obtain
New Viaduct.

At a meeting of the city commission
Monday a resolution will be intro
duced by w. G. Tandy, city commits
sioner of streets, instructing the city
attorney to commence the necessary
proceedings to compel the Topeka
street Railway company, the AtchiSon,
Topeka & Santa re Railway company
and the Missouri Pacific Railway COM
pany to construct a new viaduct on
East Sixth street.
The resolution recites that the via
duct is in a dilapidated condition and
has been closed to traffic following an
inspection made by an engineer en-
gagged by the Topeka Street Railway.
1t is not the intention of the city Of
ficials to let the viaduct matter drag
along, and George P. Hayden, city at
torney, has already prepared an ap-
plication which will be filed with
Judge John c. Pollock, judge of the
United States district court, asking
permission to make the Missouri Pa
cific Railway company a party de-
PENDANT in proceedings to be Instituted
in the supreme court of the state by
the city, to compel the building of a
new Viaduct.
An order from the federal court to
this effect is necessary by reason of
the Missouri Pacific Railway com
panys being in the hands of federal
receiver. B. f. Bush is receiver, and
the application will ask that he be
required to submit himself fully to the
Jurisdiction of the supreme court of
Kansas. Hayden probably will file the
application Monday. Judge Pollock is
expected to be in Kansas City next
week, and Hayden will make a special
trip to Kansas City to ask Judge Pol
lock to sign the order.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-18
milk kept SWEET
Samples at State Fair Remain Good
Entire Week

Although the samples of milk in
the pure milk contest at the big fair
were drawn Sunday, all were still
sweet and of excellent flavor today.
No refrigeration was used after the
official tests were made, and for five
DAYS the milk has had whatever tenn
perature was in the booth of the citys
milk inspection department at the fair
grounds. The samples all made an
excellent illustration of what can be
accomplished with milk under SAM
tary conditions.
There were ten entrants in the con-
test. r. c. Obrecht of the Fairlea
farm, won first prize When his sam
pie was two days old, the bacterial
was second; F. B. Fritz, third; G. E.
Markem, fourth, and 1. O. Lundy.
fifth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-18
SARDINE-FISHING
Frugal Folk in Brittany Earn Live
linOOd at It.

| For the better part of mile, every
| building is a canning factory or
fish depot. July is the height of the
seasonal least it seemed so to me.
for the activity was feverish. L could
| not get away from the sight and the
smell of the sardines. An endless
stream of fishing smacks was coming
| up to the mole and discharS1nS car
goes. AID an endless row of sailors
and boys and girls was bringing the
| sardines in baskets from the fishing
smacks 70 the depots, where they
dumped them into wooden troughs
The Sardine troughs are taken into
the factory and dumped into huge
tanks of brine After a thorough
sailing the heads are cut off. The
fish are cooked in Gil and packed in
cars of the flat rectangular kind ia
miliar kind to all the world. The
work in the factories is done by Bre-
ton girls. who sing as hey handle
the fish. They are remarkably in
dustrious and cheerful, ana enough
of them are good looking to make
one linger longer in the worKroom
than he would for mere interest in
sardines.
But one does get away from sar-
dimes when he leaves the dcpots and
the factories. For between the pro-
cesses of sailing and cooking they are
dried, and this is generally done out
of doors. In every possible space on
quay not Necessary for passage there
are wire baskets in which tn sardineS
stand, tail in the air. Each basket
sontains thousand. Every drying
platform has a thousand baskets.
There are a thousand drying plat
forms. There ere four dryinGs per
day. There are two hundred days Of
good fishing. J advise you tot to
multiply these sums and dwell upon
the total; and 1 advise you not to think
of the sardines in the boats, or in
10 m in q n
the watts or dancing in the boiling
oil. If L leave a picture of Douar.
nenez sardines, may it be rather of
the pretty Breton girls, with their
immaculate white lace headgear, SET
off by dark hair and wind-reddened
cheeks. singing and laughing at
their work
AS watched the fishermen I'M
loading their cargoes I mad strik
ing illustration of Breton frugality.
So many sardines come into the port
of Douarnenez that their white, flecky
scales cover the sand in mounds,
washed up by the tide. Some of the
boats have their decks covered sew
cral inches detp with the catch.
But the fishermen actually count
in baskets of exactly two hundred
each. There is no guess work. no
4 pIr o1lirla ton by Weighing. Since at
low tide the boats are fifteen feet be-
low the mole, the porters let down
ropes to fishermen in the boats. The
baskets are drawn up one at time.
If a single fish happens to fall over
board they go after it with a handnet
and make really tremendous efforts
to recover it. These are fishermen
to whom the edmonton to gather
up the fragments would not have
been neccss ary.-Hcrbert Adams Glib
bons in Harper's Magazine for Aug
ust.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-18
sues ROCK ISLAND
Foundries Company in Ancil-
larry Creditors Action.
Paves Way to Recover From
Past and Present Directors.

New York, Sept. 1S.-A prelimin-
airy step to the institution of suits
against present and former directors
of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
railway-was taken here today, when
Federal Judge Hough, on petition of
Jacob NJ Dickinson and H. U. Nudge,
receivers of the road, appointed in
Chicago, authorized the American
Steel Foundries, New Jersey cor
poration. to bring an ancillary credi-
tors suit in this district, where a ma
jority of the directors reside. At the
same time Judge Hough appointed
Receiver Dickinson, sole ancillary re-
ceiver of all claims and suits pending
or to be brought in this jurisdiction,
and also appointed MeSsrs. Dickinson
and Nudge receivers of all the prop
erty of the railroad within this judi
cial district.
sIn the petition filed today Receiver
Dickinson stated he has caused an in
vestigation to be made of the facts in
cident to the purchase by the Chica-
go, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
company, on December 1, 1909, of ST.
100000 face value of the per cent
deberture bonds of the Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific Railroad company of
Iowa, due September 1, 1913, and aft
er ascertaining the facts with refer
ence to the deal. submitted them to
1IOeHtIl-SEL COQAISSl anu WeSS eiONlSCN
that as sole receiver of such claims
and suits he has good and valid claims
a. ainst certain of the individuals who
at the time were directors in the COM
Dany, to recover in the interest of it
the loss resulting from such purchase
He stated further that he is now
other transactions and
conditions with respect to the question
whether there exists a liability to the
railway company on the part of any
of its present or former directors
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-18
Won JAGOW, 0PTIM|ST
German Foreign Minister Believes
PIunger Crisis Past.

The German government will give its
careful consideration to the evidence
concerning the circumsta noes which
attended the sinking of the steamer
Arabic, submitted by the American
government through AmbasSa dor
Gerard. Gottlieb Won JaGow, the for
eigil minister, made a statement to
this effect IN an interview last night
with the Associated Press.
The foreign minister went fully into
the present status Of the submarine
problem and the circumstances which
for a time threatened to revive the
tension between Germany and Ameri-
ca. He expressed complete confidence
that, in view of the instructions which
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-18
GERillaslAHg WILL hSfEX
CONQUERED TERRITORY III
FHaHs,s;.E- AND BEL alJI

Geneva. Sept. 1S.-The Ian
Same Gazette says ii has learned
th;'t the German government has
decided to issue a declaration an
ncNing to the German empire. Tho
occupied territories in France and
Belgium.
The Gazette says this measure
has been determined uDon for tI,t,
near future. because It fi:W an
pears impossible that tire var vii
be ended, as has been hoped. Ec-
fore winter
According to this :scy.sE,a per, the
German government intends to or
ganizc the conquered territory
from a political and administrative
standpoint, which is expected to
strengthen Gc9many's moral posi-
ton.
Civil administration has hcen
slowly replacing military rule in
the occupied regions ard, tl.c Ga
zcttc continues, this process will be
extended metllodicaIly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-18
WOMEN A MENACE
Mrs. Hartman, of U. s. Board,
Has Be1ated Report.
Deals With Female Workers
and Social Unrest.

San Francisco, Cal, Sept 1S.-Mrs
J. Borden Hartman of New York, u
member of the federal commission on
industrial relations, announced here
today she will present to congress /,
separate report on the findings of the
commission. Mrs. Hartman signed
the report prepared by Commission
er John r. Commons, as against the
report of Basil NJ. Marley director Of
research and investigation.
Mrs. Harriman's report will have to
do particularly with the economic
situation of women, who, she affirms,
constitute "a menace to the wage
SCALE under present nditionS. The
principle of fair days pay for a far
days work figures little and the cost
of living figures less, in determining
the wage level for women in industry,
the report says.
Argument concerning the relation
between the condition menacing the
welfare of women in industry and So
cial unrest Is not necessary 1t would
require u reckless optimism to contend
that several million wage earners,
working al rates indisputably below
those which men cold. or would, &C
cept, were not a menace to the wage
scale, or that large numbers of wom
en- working with equipment and under
conditions prejudicial to their physical
organization, are without social and
industrial significance.
But it is necessary to call atten-
ton to the fact that because of the
youth of the large majority of wage
earning women and the comparative
brevity of their Industrial life, they
lack the solidarity necessary to make
effective protest.
Women pass from industry into
homes o. their own to become moth
ers of welI-born or ill-born children.
These latter &C back to the mills, fac
tories offices and stores, to take the
places of these retreating from the
battle for bread.
Whether each turn of this human
spiral leads to a higher or lower plane
of physical, mental and moral life,
depends largely upon the conditions
under which women work.
Report Has No Standing.
Chica go, Sept. 16.-Lewis *. Brown,
who was secretary of the Industrial
relations commission, said today that
any report that Mrs. ]. Borden Har-
rman, who was a member of the COM
mission, may make now, will have no
official standing.
THE life of the commission said
Mr.. Brown, expired August IS. Prior
to that, Mrs. Hartman, who had left
the city, wrote me, authorizing me to
sign her name to the commissions re-
port and to no other. This 1 did. 1t
is her report as a commissioner. Any
thing she may wish to present to
congress now will have to be in a ca
city other than that as a commits
sioner."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-18
HAITI IS IN ORDER
L. S. Recognizes New President of Is
land Republic.

Washington, Sept. 1S.-The United
States has recognized General
D'ArtiguenaVa as president of Haiti
and has signed a treaty by which
Haiti bocoT IS practically a protector
ate of this government for ten years.
The treaty was signed Friday at
Port au Prince by Mr.. Davis, the
American charge d'affaires, and the
minister for foreign affairs for Haiti.
BY this treaty, which may lie eXtend-
cd for second period of ten years,
the United States undertakes to SUI
pcrvise the financial affairs of Haiti
and Will collect revenues at certain
ports as was done in San Domingo,
Tor the gradual extinction of Haitis
debts
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-18
PROTESTED OIL FEES
The State Now Has $6S,345.S2 in the
Treasury.

Protested oil inspection fees
amounting to S63,345.S2 are in the
hands of Earl Akers, state treasurer.
The fees have accumulated since July
l and will continue to grow until the
question concerning the constitution
ality of the state inspection law is de-
termined by the courts.
Under an agreement the fees are
held in separate fund and will be re-
turned to the oil companies in event
they win their case. Should the state
win, the fees will then go into the gen.
eral revenue fund. Each month the
oil companies make reports and remit
tances as required by the law. The
money is then placed in a separate
fund, deposited in the banks and
draws three per cent interest on daily
deposit.
Fees paid to the treasurer under
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-18
AMERICAN TO PRISON
spray" Arrested in London. Sentenced
for Three Months.

London. Sept. 1S.-A sentence of
three months at hard labor was inn
posed today on the American VINO,
describing himself as Charles Is. Pray,
OF Flint Mich, came to London in
July and stated that he had ESCAPED
from German detention camp.
he was arrested on September 3
under the aliens registration act on
the charge of giving = aISe name. 1t
Is sad his real name IS Curran.
The court also decrced that the pris-
oner should be deported upon the ex-
plratlon OF his term in Jail This
measure was decided upon following
the receipt of d message from a caief
OF police OF C!larle stOn. S c
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-18

had been given and the precautions
now being taken, the possibility Of
further incidents in connection with
the submarine campaign which would
disturb the relations between the two
countries had been virtually elimi-
mated
Germany, Herr Won Jagow said,
would participate willingly in the ne
gotiations now being taken up in
Washington, and hopes for the most
satisfactory results therefrom.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-18
WASHBURN VESPERS

Paul P Womer, D. D., president of
Washburn college, will make his first
appearance before the college Sun
day afternoon at 4 o'clock ct the YES
per services in the college chapel, with
an address, THE Mission of the
Christian College" Dean Whitehouse
a the organ and violin solos by
Misses Renpfer and Ibirps.