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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-04
GHOST OF NIcCOOK DIVISION.
Uncanny Signal Plays Havoc with Bur-
lingtOn schedule.

Lincoln, Neb., August 4.-The I'M
block signal on the McCook division
railroad near here, has been playing
Eagle-eyed enginemen failed to ex-
plain the mystery and the f1reman's
spinal column was a playground for
cold chills when this particular signal
was approached. For, first you
couldn't see it-then it would flash
up like a beacon. 1t was generally
dark until the engineer stopped to in
vestigate and then would flash up.
A signalman reported the uncanny
"doin's'' and was hooted. Engineers
continued to be late.
The trouble lasted until a signal man
mounted a hand car and started ghost
hunting. The signal was dark when
approached. He Skinned up the pole
and as he neared the top the light
flashed out to an oncoming train a
mile away. There was an earthly whir
of wings and the signal man nearly
tainted. However he tstuck around"
Pretty soon a whir-the same whir
of wings attracted his attention and
a large sparrow hawk alighted in front
of the glare.
The enginemen were acquitted the
signal men breathed easier, the super
discontinued his schedule worries and
the trainmaster who had been verbally
indicted for pulling off a new kind of
a surprise test was again placed in
good standing while the hawk was
shot
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-04
An Easy Way to Get
Fat and Be Strong

The trouble with most thin folks who
wish to gain weight is that they insist on
dragging their stomachs or stuffing it with
greasy foods; rubbing on useless flesh
creams" or following some foolish physi-
cal culture stunt. while the real cause of
thinness goes untouched. You cannot get
fat until your digestive tract assimilates
the food you eat
Thanks to a remarkable new scientific
discovery. it is now possible to combine
into simple form the very elements needed
by the digestive organs to help them con-
vert food into rich, fat-laden blood. This
master stroke of modern chemistry is
called Sargol and has been termed the
greatest of flesh builders Sargol aims
through its re-generative, reconStructive
powers to coax the stomach and intestines
to literally soak up the fattening elements
of your food and pass them into the blood,
where they are carried to every starved,
broken down cell and tissue of your body
You can readily picture the result when
this amazing Transformation has taken
place and you notice how your cheeks fill
out, hollows about your neck. shoulders
and bust disappear and you take on from
10 to 20 pounds OF solid, healthy flesh. Sar-
goI is absolutely harmless, inexpensive,
efficient Arnold Drug Co. and other lead
ing druggists of Topeka and vicinity have
it and will refund your money if you are
not satisfied. as per the guarantee found
in every package
Caution while Sargol has given
cellent results in overcoming nervous dys-
pepsia and general stomach troubles it
should not be taken by those who do not
wish TO gain ten pounds or more--Ady-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-04
WAS A DREADFUL MISTAKE
Atchison Club Women Don't Want Pc.
tunia for Official Flower.

Atchison. Kan, Aug. 4.-The mem
bers of the Civic club are Inundated
because of a misunderstanding grow
ing out of the statewide movement
the club started some time ago to have
the flower, petunia, officially estab-
Hshed- The newspapers outside of
Atchison carried stories of the effort,
each claiming the club wanted to sup
plant the sunf1ower, the state flower,
with the petunia.
There is no desire on the part of
the Civic club of Atchison to substi-
tute the petunia for the sunf1ower as
the official state flower said Mrs.
c. S. Hull. I'VE want the petunia es-
tabliShed as the official flower of the
civic clubs of the state. The whole
thing is a dreadful mistake. The news
papers have misunderstood our pur-
pose. Why, it is utterly ridiculous
that our club would ever attempt to
change the state flower. We have new
er considered such a thing"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-04
EFFICIENCY FOR FARMERS.
Ideal of Program For County Insti-
tute Issued by X. S. A. G.

Manhattan, Kan, Aug. 4-One
hundred per cent efficiency for the
Kansas farmer is the ideal of the pro-
gram for the farmers institutes in
1876, which has just been issued
by the extension division of the agri-
cultural college.
1t is the purpose of the program
to coordinate all the branches of the
farm organization into a complete
unit Not only the financial prosper
ity of the farmer, but life in the farm
home and the rural community will
be treated. Better farms, better far
mers, better homes, better schools,
better churches and a permanent sys
tenn of agriculture are looked forward
to as the results of study of this char
acter.
A better phase of farm activity is
assigned for each months meeting.
In future years it is the intention to
develop each of these topics more in
detail, making an entire years study
of each of the more important of
them. Each of the topics is accom-
panied in the present program by ref
erences to bulletins, reports, and a
few books.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-04
BULLET WENT THROUGH BRAIN.
McCracken Boy Will Live, But Right
Side Is ParalyZed.

Hoisington, Kan, Aug. 4.-There is
case in the hospital in this city that
is attracting the attention of ply
sicians throughout western Kansas
Clay Brewster, Ia years old, the son
of a McCracken man, was the Victll.-
of an accidental shot from a gun three
weeks ago, small bullet striking him
in the left eye and passing through
the cerebrum of the brain, coming out
through the top.
In passing through the brain the
bullet did not actually destroy any of
the brain cells, but severed the ner-
vous fibers The bullet was removed.
Young Brewster was unconscious for
several days and no hopes were enter
tanned for his recovery.
He has re gained consciousness and
recognizes friends and makes his
wants known by signs He cannot
talk and his right side is paralyzed.
The attending physicians say that he
will recover and there will probably
be no bad effects, from the injury.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-04
ILR0AD news
Mistakes of Pioneer Surveyors
Bring Grief to Roads.
Roads Built to Sell Cost Mill
lions to Maintain.
SIGNAL MAN CATCHES GHOST
Colonel Latest Title of Santa
Fe General Manager.
Railroads Need Experienced
Maintenance Engineer.

| Seldom in the past has the Great
Mistake" of pioneer railroad builders
of the middle-west caused more gr1ef
for their successors than this year:
For today, the fact that the original
builders, when they make the surveys
for western railroads, followed
streams and lowlands westward is
known among railroad men as the
Great Mistake"
Due to this fact, not few of the
railroads have been compelled to
spend millions of dollars annually for
repairs and maintenance where, had
the survey been laid on higher land,
the cost might have been figured in
at least hundred thousands.
Also not few of the western
railroads had this mistake thrust
upon them. Early day railroad1ng was
an uncertain proposition. The build
ing and financing of a road was more
so. Either the road was lacking in
funds or was built to sell stocks on
the exchange or both.
Limited capital was the disease
which shaped the building of nearly
constructed. Financiers instructed
their engineers to build-but build at
the lowest possible cost. The result;
Tracks were built around hills in
stead of through them. Engineers
picked out the low level lands and
moved their stakes westward along
the banks of rivers eliminating the
cost of much grading and tunneling-
For several years Inere was ullle
trouble experienced. Then came the
high water Mile after mile of track
was twisted out of place by the
ordinarily sluggish Kansas streams.
Since that time the fact that
the rights of ways of many rail-
roads run through lowlands has been
the bugaboo of modern railroading.
The cost of upkeep on such lines is
beyond estimate and runs into millions
annually in the states between the
Rockies and the Mississippi.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-04
HE FINALLY WON
Beat Wheat Game After Bat
Ting Weather 80 Years.
MenlO, Kan, Farmer Raised
$4,000 Bushels in Two Years.

Menlo, Kan, Aug. &C. c. Cousins
has played the wheat game and won.
This year his hand is worth $4,000
bushels Last year mis- crop was 49,
more than $500 worth of wheat,
owns his threshing outfit and is one
OF the busiest wheat operators in the
western part of the state.
Mr.. Cousins story could be written
without reference to luck, star of
fortune or any other magical agency
because what he has won in the game
or wheat has been secured through
hard work and keeping at the job
without letup.
He was one of those who floated to
western Kansas thirty years ago when
great fortunes were to be reaped from
the soil and men never figured that
weather conditions might be against
them. He purchased a half section
ana soWed it in wheat. Everything
looked good for his dream of sue
cessful farmer
Ten years later he merely possessed
an equity In his weather beaten house
by hard work, borrowed tax money.
Had this help not been at hand he
would have been unable to keep the
wolf from the door.
The crisis was reached in 1913
when he was unable to procure seed.
His last resort was to organize a
wheat company which agreed to fur
nlSh seed for share of the crop. The
thousand acres yielded $4,000 bushels.
For the first time since he had en-
tered the game, thirty years before,
he had a good hand. He cashed in on
that years business with money suf-
hc1ent to clean up his debts and
enough left to purchase seed for the
1000 acres which will yield $4,000
bushels this year.
His faith has been strained and
warped but has never broken. When
the wheat is laid by in a few days his
an inc mill II IL
preparatory for sowing a record SOW
ing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-04
UNDERWOOD OFFERS AN IDEA.
Erie President Wants Low Fares and
High Rates.

Lower passenger rates and higher
freight rates is the solution of the rate
question offered by the president of
the Erie railroad. He mas been quot
ed as saying that he was not at all in
favor of the higher passenger rates
He offers the suggestion on passenger
rates of 1 cent a mile and an increase
in freight rates of 20 per cent. He
points out this the policy of Euro
pean lines arguing that while nearly
everybody pays passenger fares only a
few pay freight charges.
While it is not considered good
form for one railroad man to criticiSe
another unless necessary, western rail-
road men consider the Erie'S preSi-
dnt's scheme as mostly moonshine
and argue that every department
should stand on its own feet as much
as noSSihIe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-04
TEACH EN- TO MAINTAIN.
Too Many Civil Engineers Trained to
Build,

Says the Railway Age Gazette in an
editorial: ITO the average civil en-
giHeer, railway service construction
seems to make a stronger appeal
than the maintenance of way work.
Popular fancy always regards the en-
giHeer as a pioneer and wonder-work-
er There is a growing demand for
engineers in the maintenance of way
work and the labor situation is calling
for the best talent obtainable."
The Gazette continues to the effect
that constructs work is not needing
the great number of construction
workers put out by the colleges, and
the editorial ends in a final appeal to
colleges to change their courses of
study to meet the demands and
changes taking place IN the railroad
business.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-04
POWER PLANT NEARLY DONE
New Lighting System Will be Working
i'm September at Pratt.

Pratt, Kan, Aug. Reconstruction
work on the new municipal light
power house, in South Pratt, is nearly
done so far as brick and concrete is
concerned. The Conner Construction
company has a large force of men at
work and the power house will soon
be completed. The. company hopes
to turn the plant over to the city
commission between the first and the
9Th of September. The construction
was started about June LIST.
Standards for the Main street white
way are rapidly being set up in place.
Construction work has comm enced
on the city's new sewer extensions by
the Launder Construction company, of
Kansas City, who were the lowest bid
ders. The big ditching machine is
working early and late getting the
trenches dug.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-04
WILL SEE MODEL KITCHENS
Exhibits by U. S. Bureau of Agricul-
ture and Il. s, A, C.

Wichita, Kan, Aug. 4-The farm
women of the state of Kansas are de-
lighted over the prospect of being able
to see and study what have been called
the two handiest kitchens in the
world" One of these is the model
farm kitchen designed by the u. S.
Bureau of Agriculture and the other
is that planned by the experts of the
Kansas Agricultural College. Both of
these will be shown and demonstrated
free at the International Wheat Show
in Wichita this fall. It is said that
most farm kitchens may be rear
ranged, after a study of the models, SO
that the farmers wife can be saved
daily through the old-fashioned, badly
arranged kitchens. It is no wonder
that the women are pleased.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-04
STOP, LOOK, LISTEN.
Southern Railway Warns AutoistS of
Crossing Dangers.

President Harrison of the Southern
railway and associate lines has ad-
dressed a letter to the public calling
attention to the alarming number of
automobile accidents at grade cross
ings of railroads and public high
ways. The Southern president makes
an appeal to the public for more eau
ton in observing the crossing signs.
He cites that in the last year in
Alabama. Georgia, North Carolina,
South Carolia, Tenne ssee and Virginia
there was a total of 50 such accidents
wherein there were IL fatalities, So
injuries and SO automobiles demol-
ished. There are other states besides
the south where President HarriSon'S
warming might be needed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-04
WAS c. w. KoUNs A SOLDIER?
Suspicious Reports From Texas Con-
corning Topeka General Manager.

Galveston, Aug. 4.-Colonel C. w.
Kouns, of Topeka, Kan, general man
ager of <he eastern lines of the Atch-
ison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad, is a
visitor in Galveston, having arrived
last night. 81 am here strickly for
pleasure" said Colonel Kouns last
night. ST had not been here an hour
until L was splashing about in the
surf, and I agree with the Galveston
slogan that this is the finest surf
bathing in the world. In fact, I have
been so busily engaged with the surf
that have not had time to visit the
carnival, but I will look in on that to-
morrow"
Mr.. Kouns does not use his title of
colonel while in Kansas, and tries
modestly to avoid it in Texas, but
some of his many friends frequently
remind him of his appointment on the
staff of Governor Ireland, when he
received the title.
Mr.. Kouns has a sword a uniform
and other military trappings IN his
den at his Topeka home, but he al
ways has represented to his friends
that they belonged to a departed an
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-04
Make. Wards of Women.

Having in mind the needs of women
who travel without escort. women as
sistants to ticket agents in the offices
of the Washington Railroad
and Navigation company have been
appointed. The new arrangement was
effective June 20 and will be extended
to other roads of the Union Pacific
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-04
RAILROAD NOTES.

In the last few years the Union Pa
cific railroad company has spent more
than $12,OOO,OOO for double track and
general improvements.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-04
Baked in all its attempts to secur

Baked in all it's attempts to secure
a higher passenger rate than allowed
by the state law in Nebraska, the Mis-
souri, Pacific railroad has turned to
the federal government. The road has
filed a petition asking for an injunc-
ton to prevent the railway commits
sion from interfering with the eStab-
liShment of a Scent fare, the 2-cent
rate it claims being non-compensa-
tory. The Missouri Pacific has been
fighting the Nebraska law since it was
passed in 1907.
The Santa Fe wreck at Colorado
Springs Saturday evening calls atten-
ton to the fact that the Santa Fe has
not had a wreck before this for more
than a year. Another railroad which
is profiting by the safety first plan is
the Pennsylvania railway which in the
year ending June 80 carried 100000
900 passengers, and not one was kill
ed in a train accident. The wreck az
Colorado Springs was no fault of the
railroad operation, but was due to a
cloudburst.
Cedar Rapids, Ia, Aug. Morgan
Riser, for 3 years city passenger and
ticket agent for the Chicago and
Northwestern railroad here died sud-
denly at his home here today.
Delivering, Ia, Aug. 4.-Fire destroy
ed the Chicago, Great Western rail-
road supply house and contents last
night. causing loss of approximately
81 500
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-04

ccstor. 1t is now believed that they
are souvenirs of the colonefS service
as a soldier of the Lone Star state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-04

The war in Europe is diminishing
the passenger travel on railroads in
neutral countries. These railroads de-
pend much on international travel and
several trains in Spain and Switzer-
land have been discontinued.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-10-07
WIRELESS LOCATES BULLET
Electrical Experiment at Omaha Hos
pitaI Proves Successful In Case
of Man Shot in Head.

Omaha Oct. /. The location OF
a bullet in the brain Of man by
wireless electric waves at a local hos
pjtal is claimed to be new develop
ment Of the use of electricity in sur
gerry The instrument used was made
by DR.. F. w. Millener, whose wire
less discoveries have heretofore at
tracted attention.
e. H. Mrsney OF Clarkson, Neb.,
was accidentally shot in the head
two weeks ago. He was brought to
Omaha for an operation, but the ply
sjcians thought him too weak to with
stand probing in the usual manner
for the bullet, which was imbedded in
the brain.
1t finally was decided to try the
electrical experiment. It proved sue
ces8ful and the bullet was removed.
The physicians say Mrsney will re-
cover.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-10-07
A DOCTORS EXPERIENCE
Medicine Not Needed in This Case.

It is hard TO convince some people
that coffee does them an injury! They
lay their bad feelings to almost every
cause but the true and unsusl eo2ed
one.
But the doctor knows. His wide ex-
perience has proven to him that, to
some systems, coffee is an insidious
poison that undermines the health.
Ask him if coffee is a cause of con-
stipation. stomach and nervous trUu-
b1es.
II have been coffee drinker all my
life, and when taken sick two years
ago with nervous prOstratiOn, the doc
tor said that my nervous system was
broken down and that would have to
give up coffee.
Il got so we@k and shaky could
not work, and reading an advertise
ment Of Postum asked my grocer IL
he had any Of it. He said, Yes and
that he used 1t in his family and 1t
was all it claimed to be.
so I quit coffee and commenced to
use Postum steadily, and in about two
UOOkAo NOu4O 01SSO USttOA oAAA 6SS w
in the morning feeling fresh. In about
two months | began to gam flesh.
weighed only LAG pounds when COM
menced on Postum and now ! weigh
167 and feel better than / did at 20
years of age.
Il am working every day and sleep
well at night. My two children were
coffee drinkers, but they have not
drank any since Postum came into the
house, and are far more healthy than
they were before" Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Postum comes in two forms:
Postum cereai-the original form
must be well boiled. 15c and 25c pack
ages.
Instant Posturn-a soluble powder
dissolves quickly in cup Of hot wa
ter, and, with cream and sugar, makes
a delicious beverage instantly. S0c
and SOC tins.
Both kinds are equally delicious and
ccGt about the same per cup.
There's a Reason" fer Postum
sold by GrocerSs
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-10-07

Muldoon's Mistake.

There was no doubt about it, Mi
chael Muldoon had lost his five-pound
note. How, then, was he to get back
to Dublin?
But, sure, the London police would
find it for him! Into a station
marched Michael and told his sad
story to the sergeant.
The officer was inclined to be sym
pathetic.
Il suppose you wrote down the
number Of the note?"
And Oh did that, sorrl" said Mike,
proudly.
And what is the number, then?'
And isn't that Just what / don't
know myself"
But you said you wrote 1t down! -
exclaimed the officer, testify.
That's the worst of it. wrote It
on the back of the note!''-London
Tit-Bits.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-10-07
Indicted for Joliet Murder.

Joliet, H., Oct 2.-"Chicken Joe'
Campbell has been indicted, accused
of the murder of Mrs. Odette Allen,
wife of the former @arden Of the pen
itentiary here. Campbell is negro
who was sentenced for murder from
Cook county and was a trusty at the
prison and a servant in the family
quarter OF the Aliens. After fire in
the prison last June, the body of Mrs.
Allen was found in her partly burned
bed under circumstances that indi-
The testimony Of other prisoners
pointed to Campbell and he was trans
ferred, after being held by a coroner's
jury, from the penitentiary to the
Will county Jail.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-10-07
PRESIDENT OF AMERICAN TELE.
PHONE COMPANY CONVERSES
BY RADIO ACROSS THE
CONTINENT.
VOICE TRANSMITTED FOR
DISTANCE OF $500 MILES
Travels over Metallic Line From
New York to Arlington, Va, and
Thence by Radio to Mare Isl
and, Cal.-WireIess TeIe-
phone to Make Changes.

Washington, Oct. 1. - Long dis
lance wireless telephone communica-
ton across the continent was accom-
pl;shed for the first time when expert
ments extending over several months
eliminated in successful tranmissions
Of the human voice by radio from the
great naval point at Arlington, Va,
across the continent to the station at
Mare Island, CAL, $500 miles away.
VIII Make Great Changes.
The experiments were conducted
under direction of Captain Billiard
chief of the navy's radio service, in
cooperation with the American Tele-
phone and Telegraph company and the
Western Electric company. Secre-
tary Daniels, announcing the result
predicted that further development OF
wireless telephony would make great
changes in long-distance communica-
ton, both for military and naval SER
vice in commercial usage.
Talks Easily Across Continent.
Successful operation Of a device for
automatically transferring to the radio
telephone conversations originating on
metallic circuits also was accomplish
ed in the test.
President Theodore n. Vail and
other officials of the American Tele-
phone and Telegraph company at New
York, talked easily with the Mare
Island station, the conversation trav-
cling over an ordinary metallic line
from New York to Arlington and
thence by radio across the continent
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-10-07
No Compromise.

"YO-all nee'n' to tell mes sah," Omi.
nously declared Brother Bombershays
dat heaven am BabdAst heavem!"
why amt it, sahT" tFaeUlentFy de-
manded Brother Hawhee. "Lemme AK
yo', why amt it?"
"Uh-kaze If twas, 'twOald be a
plumb failure; OATS whyl n dey tried
to make it so, all de Meferdists dar
would rise right up in one voice and
march out! And whNh would yO'
heaven be den, ah?''-Kansas City
Star.