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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-08

St. Louis, Sept. S-Twenty-five thou
sand square feet on a hill just east of
have been assigned by the exposition
management as a site for a demonstra-
ton station for the Marconi wireless
telegraph From here wireless mes
sages during the fair across many
miles of land and sea to far distant
corners Of the old world will be sent .
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-08
Weather Indications.

Chicago, Sept S.-Forecast for Kan
sas: Generally fair tonight and We'd
nesday; cooler tonight and in southwest
portion Wednesday; light frost possible
in west portion tonight; northwest
winds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-08
Temneraturee of Largo cities.

Chicago, Sept 81 a. m. tempera-
tures New York so: Boston "a; Phila-
delphia so; Washington IS; Chicago ~;
Minneapolis Sc; Cincinnati IS: St. Louis
rs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-08
Candy Maksra Strike.

Chicago. Sept. S.-One thousand candy
makers, employed by is factories. struck
today to enforce a nine hour day without
reduction Of wages.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-08
Senator CLARK Returns.

New York, Sept. S.-Senator William
A. Clark of Montana arrived today from
Europe on the steamer Deutschland.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-03-19
trade. On Tuesday last week the New H

trade. On Tuesday last week the New Ha
ven Business Mems Association unani-
nfously voted to send a delegation to Hart
fald to oppose the repeal of the general
railroad law. A few days before meeting
OF about 900 of the leading citizens of
Middletown unanimously requested their
senator and Representatives to oppose the
repeal, and the people of the smaller
towns are protesting to their representa-
tive.
The sponsors for the repeating bill pro-
posed to have the same referred to the
railroad committee which is popularity
supposed to be pro-consolidated railroad
and the senate referred the bill to that
committee. The popular indignation
against the scheme was shown when the
house refused to concur and sent the
measure to the judiciary committee.
The Consolidated saw that if there was
no concurrence the bill would be at once
killed SO the senate withdrew from it's
position and concurred with the house.
The Judiciary committee will commence
its hearings on the measure March 10Th,
and it will be interesting to hear what
arguments are advanced in favor of the
repeal and by whom.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-03-19
Too Generous.

''What was the trouble between Ara
bella and her young man that they
gave up the idea of marrying?" asked
a former resident of Bushby.
''Arabella was always techy," said
the young lady's aunt, with imperson-
al calmness, land that was the trouble
that and her being so literal. It's a
terrible resky combination O. quail
ties.
'They kept having bitches all along,
but come Christmas time Albert asked
her right up and down what she want
ed, for fear of making the wrong choice,
and she said, You can give me enough
candy to fill my slipper looking at
him real coy.
"Well, her feet aren't as small as
some, but that wasn't his idea. Twas
because he's generous and not literal.
He sent her a five pound box, poor, de-
luded critter, and she up and broke the
engagement. and his little sister ate
the candy and enjoyed it, by what /
hear."-Youth's Companion.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-03-19
new ELECTRIC uRAILROAD
From Hartford to New Haven Via Middietown.

Our readers are all greatly interested IL
the progress ofthis new line, as it will ado
another link to Ithe system Of through
electric railroad which.is ultimately des
tined to connect. Boston and New York,
passing through Stafford Springs and ad
joining towns.
AS soon as completed the people Of this
section will for the first time. shave direct
railroad communication with New Haven,
by means of the Hartford s. Worcester
line to Hartford, and the new line from
thence onward. Through cars to Hart
ford and New Haven every half hour from
Stafford Springs will work wonders for
local development. The fare to Hartford
from this place will be 35 cents and to
New Haven 40 cents more.
Perhaps the most important thing to
people in this locality is that the new line
will carry freight, SO that the farmers and
manufacturers can then have through
freight line to tidewater at New Haven.
The new road will be doubled tracked,
and, as it will not run through the high
ways but on its own roadbed, with no
grade crossings, very fast time can be
made. 1t is expected that the time from
Hartford to New Haven will be only one
hour and half All the famous sea shore
resorts about New Haven, which are
reached by the Fair Haven & Westville
railroad, with which the new line will
connect, will be brought within three
hours ride Of this vicinity, at fare of 80
cents.
The owners of the Hartford & Worces-
ter line are the incorporatores of the ex-
tension to Hew Haven. The company
had been formed, the surveys made at a
great expense and the 5000, 900, neces-
sary to build the road to New Haven,
raised when the legislature of 1908 assem-
bled and the New York, New Haven &
Hartford railroad caused bill to be in
troduced in the senate which would kill
the new line.
A brief history of railroad legislation
is pertinent. In 1878 the Connecticut
legislature passed general railroad law
whereby companies for the purposes Of
building railroads could be organized with
out special charter from the legislature.
Prior to that time promoters had made
practice Of introducing bills at every ses-
sion for railroads which would PARALLEL
the lines of the New York, New Haven &
Hartford road for the purpose of attempt
ing to extort money from the great exist
ing railroad company.
To prevent this general railroad law
was passed with strict requirements in the
way of surveys and capitalization but un-
der which persons acting in good faith
with the necessary capital could organize
a railroad without recourse to the general
In 1895 the Consolidated rail-
road company obtained an amendment to
this law allowing steam railroads to
change their motive power to electricity
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-03-19

| If desired, in order to enable 1t to use
electricity on it's line from Hartford to
New Britain.
For three decades this law has operated
to the general satisfaction of the people.
Persons who wish to build railroads
under its provisions must subscribe for
stock to the amount of $4,000 for each and
every mile and pay in at once $500 mile
in cash; they must then spend at least
$500 mile in surveys and maps for the
approval of the railroad commissioners
before they can proceed to either buy or
condemn land for the road-bed.
So good and satisfactory has been the
general railroad law that the commission
which revised the statutes saw nothing
in it to change or amend, and it was in
corporated in the revision of the general
statutes of 1902.
One of the first bills introduced in the
senate was one aimed at the new Hartford
& New Haven line as we'll as all other
proposed roads.
This bill after providing for the repeal
of the general railroad law is in substance
os follows
mo railroad and railway shall be here
after located, constructed or operated by
any corporation which shall not have re-
ceived it's franchises in a special charter
granted by the general assembly,"
1t is manifested to all who are familiar
with past legislative and the influence
which the consolidated road has always
seemed to exercise over the upper branch
of the legislatures that have passed into
history that the proposed bill might just
as we'll have provided that no electric
railroad should be hereafter built without
the permission of the president of the con-
solidated railroad.
The proposed act is to amount to the
same thing. A special charter from the
general assembly would require major
ity vote of both house and senate. Any
person wishing to secure such charter
would get as far as the Connecticut Vest
ern people did with their bill for PERMITS
sion to cross the celebrated Montague
farm, which act after passing the house
was killed in the senate.
That the people are alive to the real
significance Of the attempt to repeal the
existing law, is shown by the meeting of
the farmers and the various boards of
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-03-19
Beautiful Medallion Portraits Free.

These are the most valuable and lasting gifts pre-
sented by any house. Beautiful Photo Medallons,
inches in diameter reproduced from any photograph of
yourself friend given absolutely free with every purchase
of 1o worth of goods over, in any department
store.
To of these elegant Medaons all you
have do is buy $o worth of merchandise any
Remember you need buy all time, unless you
want to. Buy you like Save your sales checks which
given with each purchase and when they
present them at store with the photograph you
copied. In short time you will receive beautiful and
artistic Medallion, together with the photograph which will
be returned unnjured
These Photo Medallions elegant and dainty, and
would cost SIS in any They beautiful that
is hard to tell the difference between them and hand
painting single glance will convince you of their artistic
worth. There six different styles choose FROM See
samples exhibition office stairs BRING YOUR
PHOTOGRAPHS WITH YOU AND SAVE DELAY.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-03-19
The Curate's Compliment.

In a west end church on recent Sun
day the junior curate was preaching on
reasons for coming to church. "Some
people," he remarked, come to church
for no better reason than to show Off
their best Clothes" Then he paused and
glanced thoughtfully over his audience.
81 am thankful to see, dear friends" !"
he added, that none of you has come
here for that reason" - London Tele-
praDh
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-03-19
COLLECTORS NOTICE.
Town of Stafford.

All rsons liable to pay taxes in the Town OF
Stafford are hereby notified that have received
a rate bill and warrant to levy and collect a
1909, also a military and poll tax, and that said
taxes are due March q tn, 1903. and for the pur-
pose OF receiving the same 1 will be at the post
of1ce, Stanordvflle, on Tuesday. April 9TH, from
10 a. m. to p. M; at post Office. West stafford,
on Friday, April 10th, from 10 a. m. to p. m;
at post office, stafford Hollow, on Friday, April
nth, ON 10 a. IN. TO 2 D. m; and at any other
time may be found at the hardware store OF
Chapman & Brown, Stafford Springs.
After April 10th interest at per cent. per an
NUN and legal fees must be charged.
OTIS CHAPMAN, Collector.
STAFFORD, Conn, March 1, 1903.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-03-19
wasp. Method of Attack.

Belt in his Naturalist In Nicaragua"
draws attention to the methods of at
tack used by different species of wasps.
One. accustomed to animals and not to
man, takes care to crawl down the out
standing hairs to the skin before in
serting it's sting, while others which
live in the midst of human dwellings
fly straight at a mans face. The first
species, true to inherited instinct. when
it attacks unfamiliar human beings at
taches itself to their hair or their
boards But there must have been a
time when the second species discov-
cred that the face was the vulnerable
part. and the discovery was the out
come of the action Of BRAIN
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-03-19
AGENTS WANTED.

Commission only. Can pursue other
business II not exacting. No capital, but
a good team required. Must furnish uu-
questionable references, have some ability
as salesman, and be able to stand a
large amount Of driving. Natural ability
preferred to previous experience. The
right man will do we'll. State age, pres
ent and past work or business, accessible
ity to station, telephone and telegraph.
p. f. LELAND'S Farm Agency,
1873 Devonshire St, Boston, Mass.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-03-19
Weak
People

It's not what we eat, but what
we digest that makes strength.
The trouble with most weak
people is, they-can neither eat nor
digest good food.
Such people can't work success
fully. 1t takes fuel to make steam.
and it takes food to make strength.
A young fellow came in the
store the other day. He was
white and thin. I'm afraid I'll
have to give up my job" said he.
"I'm tired before the day is half
gone. seem to be losing strength
all the time"
The clerk said: " Fred, 1 know
something that will help you. It's
Vinol. The boss has got hold of
a way to prepare cod liver oil SO it
tastes all right. He calls it Vinol.
There is iron in it, and it's just the
stuff for fellows like you. It'll
give you an appetite. 1t won't
hurt you anyway. Lots of folks
round here are taking it, and they
tell their friends, and they come
and get it. If it don't help you,
come back and get your money"
We endorse what the clerk said.
We wouldn't have put time, money
and reputation into Vinol, if we
hadn't known it was different from
the general run of medicines.
About ninety-eight out of one
hundred run down people, weak
mothers, pale children, and old
people find it helps them.
A a FArnk n
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-03-19

The number of soldiers slain in battle
depends Il great deal on the color of
their uniforms. The more conspicuous
the helmet and jacket the better the
target. and consequently the greater
the mortality. Red attracts the eye
most readily, and twelve men wearing
that color are killed to seven in rife
green or six in blue or FIVE in either
brown, blue-gray or gray.-London An
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-03-19
Tt Saved His eg.

P. A. Danforth of LAGRANGE. Ga, suf
fer, d for six months with frightful run
ming sore on his leg; but writes that
Bucklen's Arnica Salve wholly cured 1t In
five days. For Ulcers, Wounds, Piles
it's the best salve in the world. Cure
guaranteed. Only 25 cts. Sold by A. G.
Eaton. Druggist,
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-03-19

A small pill, easy to buy, easy to take
and easy to act. but never falling In re.
suits. DeWitt's Little Early Risers al ouse
the secretions and act as tonic to the
liver, curing permanently. w. d. Heald.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-03-19

Drop Skirts of black Taffeta,
with 12-inch accordion founce, at
$4.4S
Black Taffeta Drop Skirts, with
attached tucked ruffie, at
$5.9S and $3.50
Black Taffeta Drop Skirts, with
knife-plaited founce, two attached
ruffies and ruche, at 1915
Black Taffeta Drop Skirts, with
circular founce and ruffie finish,
at $I2
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-03-19
Forbes & Wallace.
Forbes q Wallace.
SIX PEII!e0ATs and DR0P SMRTs.]

The unned dress skirts, which will be much
this make Drop Skirt necessary give proper
style to the Our Drop Skirts with especial
regard to this point We show large variety of very pref
designs all bearing the marks of superior style which you
expect to find here in both popular and fine grades.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-03-19
RU7S

The walking sick, what
a crowd of them there are
Persons who are thin and
weak but not sick enough
to go to bed.
"ChrOnic cases that's
what the doctors call them,
which in common English
means long sicknes
To stop the continued
loss of flesh they need
SCOTS Emulsion. For the
feeling of weakness they
need SCOTS Emulsion.
1t makes new flesh and
gives new life to the weak
system.
SCOTS Emulsion gets
thin and weak persons out
of the rut. 1t makes new,
rich blood, strengthens the
nerves and gives appetite
for ordinary food.
SCOTS Emulsion can be
taken as long as sickness
lasts and do good all the
time.
There's new strength
and flesh in every dose.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-03-19


Notice is hereby given to all persons liable to
pay taxes to the town OF Mansfield that have a
warrant placed in my hands to levy and collect
a tax OF 20 mills on the dollar on all taxable
property OF the town OF Mansfield, on assessment
list OF 1902, Poll, Military and Communication
Taxes. These taxes become due March 10th,
and payable at my residence, near Pleasant
Valley. For the accommodation OF the tax pay
ers, however, will be at Morrow, at Lincoln
Bros. store March 1S, from 10 3U to 11.30 a m.
Mansfield Depot, at A. b. Campbells store,
March IS, from ~ m. to p. m. Eagleville, at
f. o. Vinton's store, March 10, from 1880 a. m.
to p. m. North Mansfield, at L. l.. Lyons
store, March 20, from II r. m. TO ~ m. StorTs,
at II. v. Beebe's store, March 20, from to p
m. Gurley vile, y. g. Hanks store, March y,
from II a. m. TO p. m. Mount Hope, at Is. o.
MoOre's store March "a, from 1880 TO II 30 a. m
Atwoodville, at A. b. Shippee's store, March "a,
from 30 to 8 d. m. Mansfield Center, at Alfred
Odens store, March p, from / TO n. m. All
persons neglecting this notice Will be charged
az the rate OF per cent after 30 days and be IL
able to other legal charges.
GURLEY j. JACOBS, Collector
p. o. address, WillimanLc, Conn, box 130.
Mansfield, Conn.,, Feb. 18th, 1908.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-03-19
Rubblnx 1T In,

He was mumbling about tough steak
and cold coffee and making himself
generally disagreeable.
"Don't growl so over your breakfast,
john" said his wife. Nobody is going
to take it away from you"
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-03-19
Her Odd Years.

Her Odd Years.
"Madge says she is twenty odd years
old"
'"That makes her more than forty"
"How do you make that outY
Count the even years too."-Newark
News
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-03-19

There is no vice which mankind car
ries to such wild extremes as that of
avarice.-Swift
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-03-19

Formosa is country where man
must have a license before he Is al
lowed to smoke opium.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-03-19

Colored Taffeta Drop Skirts at
$3.50 and $40
Values that are hard TO match
anywhere are offered in a special
lot of 200 fine Taffeta Silk Skirts,
made with accordion founce and
two attached ruffies. You may
choose from eighteen different
shades and black. Skirts worth
$3.50 at s5.9s
Also a lot of fine striped Taf-
feta Skirts at SIS
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-03-19

The best pill meath the stars and stripes
1t cleanses the system and never gripes.
Little Early RfSerS OF worldly repute-
Ask for DoWitt'S and take no substitute
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-03-19
More RiOts.

Disturbances of strikers are not nearly
as grave as an individual disorder of the
system. Overwork, loss of sleep, nervous
tension will be followed by utter collapse,
unless reliable remedy is Immediately
employed. There's nothing so efficient
to cure disorders Of the Liver or Kidneys
as Electric Bitters- It's a wonderful
tonic, and effective nervine and the great.
est all around medicine for run down sys-
TENS. 1t dispels Nervousness, Rheuma-
tism and Neuralgia and expels Malaria
germs. Only SOC, and satisfaction guar
anteed by A. G. Eaton, Druggist.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-03-19

The Lady-Did any one call while
was out?
The Maid-No ma am.
"That's very strange. l wonder what
people think have an at home day
for. = Moonshine
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-28

man who wants to lead clean and honorable Ire must
inevitably suffer if his speech is not likewise clean and
honorable"
Mr. Roosevelt does not believe that anybody should
give UP manhood womGnhocd to become Chr1suan
81 don't want Christianity professed only by weak
lings" he declared Il want to you lose any
of your courage by being decent On the contrary
want you TO the spirit of bravery in your hearts so
that should there ever time which may heaven
forfend when war should you win be ali the filter
to fight"
Again the president referred to the tendency, espe
ciay among the young believe it was smart TO be
wicked There is always a tendency he said especial
" among very young men, and boys not yet young men,
think that be wicked is TO be smart and TO show
that one is man that every man here constitute
himself his brothers keeper that younger brother to
prevent that false estimate Of life"
No one can find fault with the presidents views OF
religion He believes practices what he believes
that man be strong and decent at the same time
there manly than the one who guards
his conduct all times. He advocates furthermore,
citizenship that may be depended upon at all times AS
representative American Theodore Roosevelt is an ex
emplary man No matter what subject he discusses he
takes the right view and what is he always prac
tees what he breaches He lives up to his ideal as
nearly as it is possible to do
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-28
FARMING IN ENGLAND AND I'M KANSAS.

The Topeka Capital points out that farmers in the
United Kingdom in harvesting their wheat crop this
year seem to have been fortunate than Kansas
farmers in getting help at reasonable prices it being
ported that many London clerks to their aid, ask
English farmer writes London paper in consequence
that "the farmers old trouble OF shortage Of labor at
this time of the year is solved is certainly solved
yet in Kansas.
The Capital adds There is impression that Eng
land not much farming country compared with
Kansas but some comparisons will show remarkable
equality between Kansas the United Kingdom The
total of the United Kingdom is trihe under
100000 acres and of Kansas is 100000 In
former 100000 devoted to agriculture
in Kansas 26,000000 Kansas and wheat
occupy 900 against but 100000 acres in
the United Kingdom but pastures about
the acreage in both. good wheat crop for the
United Kingdom 60000000 bushels but raises three
times as many bushels of oats and barley than
wheat 1t is than equal to agricultural state
of this country, taking it's products whole.
Where England appears at vast disadvantage in
comparison with American agricultural state is in the
relative of tenants and of land, 81 per
cent of the agricultural of the United Kingdom be-
ing occupied by tenants Annually the proportion grows
less favorable increasing and diminish
ing in number According to the eleventh there
1851 farms in Kansas of which 1855 were
farmed by the owners, 1O,101 by money tenants and
&c. $40 by shares 72 per being farmed
by