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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-21

No Jury Yet in Balm Case.
Wichita, Kan, Jan. N-Only eleven men
were in the jury box when Judge Wilson
adjourned court last evening, announcing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-21

New York, Jan. H.-At a meeting of the
stewards of the jockey club held today
he following racing dates were granted
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sprin~ unspruue.

 Shall the charms of any season Be unsung for any reason? Of spring poets there is Gearth, Something's wrong with this old earth Spring must not remain unsung Though its springing be unsprung. Though we hoarsely chant its praise And lament it's backward ways. Though the snowdrifts block the lea, Twigs congeal upon the tree. And the birds freeze on the bough Spring has come! 'Tis April now! There are cranks who love cold wealth
 CT:
 Let them now rejoice together Join with those who'ye no spring suits From coal dealers add recruits, All ecstatically sing The unsprung springing of the spring Sing the deep undrying mud. Sing the hard unbudding bud, Chant the song of cloudy skies And of bowling winds that rise. Songs must not remain unbrurg, So this tribute am bringing. Though I sing it with one lung, There shall be no unsung singing, From my soul it has been wrung, May the poet go unhung! Hartford .Gourant.
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tions. and congressman and judges like wise participated.
 In North Carolina various counties have taken steps to Issue bonds for road-buildlng. Guilford county. for ex- ample. has voted sSOo.OoO in bonds for macadam roads. Many counties have bought outfits of modern road-making machinery. Seven counties have shown active concern in road improvement. In Tennessee two sample roads were made by the train force. with excellent effect upon local public opinion. A great many counties have been melted to active road-making. Congressman Brownlow. a Tennesseean, in conse- auence. is urging national aid in coop eration with State and local appropri- ations In Alabama. Mississippi, Geor- gia. South Carolina and Virginia like good results were secured.
 Good work. The South. needs good roads badly. and it is rich enough to have them. It will find them efficient aids to more riches.
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GOOD ROADS IN THE so UTH

It is encouraging to notice that the
 good roads train which went through the South two years and a half ago had a decided effect on public sentiment
 and public action there. The train had fifteen cars, with quarters for officers and workmen and operative samples of road-making machinery. Leaving Washington in October, 1901, it made a journey of four thousand miles through six States, and made eighteen stops for work. At each of the eighteen places a sample road from one-half to two miles long was made for the instruction of the community, and many "conven- tions'' were held to discuss the topic of good roads. A strong impulse was giv- en to the growing feeling that better roads bring better times to the counties that construct them in the right way. Five State and five district associations were organized, the governors of all the States visited being present and indors- ing the work. Other State officials took part in the proceedings of the conven-
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he was bass."-chicago RecOrd-Her- ald. How to Collect a Library.-Never buy to lend. but borrow to keep.-cleyeland Leader.
 Conductor-I got your fare before. sir.
 Passenger-I know. This nickel is for the company.-Judge. Cholly-D'you know, I'm sometimes i inclined to think Clara tencouragingly)-Why don't you do it, Cholly2 It's not such diffi- cult thing, if you really try.-New Or leans Times-Democrat
 Jimmy-Ma. did v buy Georgie a birthday present?
 Ma-Yes, Jimmy.
 Jimmy-Ma, what did y buy t pac- ! fly me cause 'tain't my birthday?- Cincinnati Commereial-Trib How much is slate?" asked the cus- toner. why. we're not quoting it. replied the coal dealer in surprise.
 Possibly not" returned the custom CT. but l noticed you're selling it. Chicago Evening Post.
 Why do men never gossip?" asked the woman who regards her husband las a great and good man. 1 Because" answered Miss Cayenne, ''they are too indolent They insist on sending their wives out to get the news for them. Washington Star. Has he much of a memory?"
 ''Oh. yes, indeed. Why, he can al- ways remember that he has forgotten something that he ought to remember and can't, whuch is certainly much better than forgetting that you've for gotten something. ."-Chicage Evening Post.
 You have been fighting again. Tom my."
 T couldn't help it. mamma. That Stapleford boy sassed me 1 That was no reason for fighting. You should have remembered that a soft answer turneth away wrath and given him a soft answer T did. I hit him with chunk O mud. '-Chicago Tribune.
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AGAINST 4 FINE THEORY.

The splendid theory of the municipal ownership of public utilities has got setback in New Orleans. The city of New Orleans has been carefully inquir- ing into the subject of municipal light ing for a year, the present mayor, MT Capdeyille. having been elected on platform favoring municipal ownership. After most thorough inquiry the city council has abandoned the idea of set ting up a plant of it's own, and has awarded a contract to the New Orleans Railways company, the present con- tractors, for a term of ten years. And the aforementioned theory gets anoth- CT wipe in Boston, where the Transcript publishes a careful comparison by MT. Hayes Robbins of the street railroad systems of Glasgow and Boston, with the result that he finds the privately owned service in Boston superior to and cheaper than the publicly-owned sys- tenn in Glasgow.
 Sad enough. By and by some icono- clast will give the initiative and refer endun1 a saucy poke.
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not the exact number of the address, knowing only that he was in some boarding house in Queens Gardens. He tells Of his futile inquiries after the great man. at house after house. the name of Spencer apparently being no more than that of Jones. Brown or Robinson. He finally found him in the boaring house where he lived for twenty years. He only breakfasted and lunehed in the house. however. hiring a work room over a milkshop in Bayswater. the address of which was kept secret even from his iandlady, so that the servants might be able truthfully to say they didn't know where Mir. Spencer was"
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dusk closes round them, and again Tn the darkness the star-like flower shows it's real nature, and pours out it's scent And so the night passes, the plant radi- ant and attractive, till the dawn gives the signal for the droop of the petals, and then. like Cinderella, it slips back into dow6iness for yet another day During these two nights the flower has been busy shedding it's yellow pollen dust for the benefit of it's neighbors, and so far it has done nothing to benefit itself: but on the one night yet left to it, it pushes out three little columns to catch the yellow dust that some insect visitor may bring from a one or two night-old flower. and. with a little iuck' it receives the magic touch which fertiz- izes it's seeds, and enables it to trans init descendants to posterity- And now its work is finished. and at day dawn it closes for the last time, and fades and dies. All the worlds a. stage, even in plant life.
 But none of the flowers yet men, toned can compare in beauty with the Queen of the Night a cactus that flow CTS at nighttime on the plains of Mex ico. This has a magnificent yellow and white bloom, and it stands out bravely. even green spines which forms it's back ground. But it's glory is short lived for, despite the fact that it is often eight iIl
 ches across, and has more than a hun-' dred petals, it's life is no sooner begun than it is ended. It never sees the light, for, though it may not open until ten o'clock at night, it's career is finished four or five hours later, irs the small hours of the morning.
 Now when we come to ask why eer- tain plants choose the darkness rather than the light to bring out their flowers, we must answer that it is because they have preferred to make a bid for the attentions of the night moths and the night flies rather than for the more keenly contested visits of the bees and butterflies of the day. By some means or other they must get their pollen car ried from flower to flower, and they 1 have found that the night insects are quite as capable in this way as the day ones are, and have not nearly so many claims upon them. But because the darkness is apt to swallow up the plants
 the night flowers make a great point of their scent, and the strong, sweet faa- grance is an unfailing tell-tale of thelr presence, no matter how black the
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FLOWERS OF THE NIGHT.

Some Which Only Bloom in Darkness, but Have Great Beauty.
 It is not only in the animal world
 among men and beasts and birds-that
 we have individuals who turn night into day" and are in their brightness
 and most attractive phase during the
 hours of darkness, says The London Globe" There are also certain mem hers of the plant community to which the evening shadows do not suggest re- pose, but which find in them instead only stimulus to increasing activity and effort And these Flowers of the Night are most interesting group. for
 though they are not bound together by any ties of family affinity, they have
 many little ways and curious character istics in common.
 The evening primrose is perhaps one of the most familiar night flowers. During the day it is apt to have a slightly dissipated look, for the flowers get limp as the sun rises in the sky
 TO see it in it's beauty we must visit it l in the evening say, toward seven lo'clock-for the green buds then begin ! to burst open one after another, and four large, delicate yellow petals pop | out of each and spread themselves like yellow stars Moreover, a sweet fra grance, absent all day, grows strong as the dusk falls, and it Is at this time that the flower is in its most radiant beauty. But 1t is beauty that is short i. lived; birth, maturity and death are all comprised in less than a complete days cycle, for by the next evening the lovely fragile petals are hanging in shabby rags, and other buds are just making their debut. Some of the thorn apples, with their fine white trumpet shaped | flowers, and likewise the Marvel of
 Peru. which halls from America, also bloom at night, and die next day in the daylight, while the tobacco plants are well known night flowers, at their l freshest and best in the hours of dark ness, for when their buds first open, and 1 the honeysuckie-like scent is first out poured, it is only to meet the gloaming 1 of a summer evening.
 | A flower of the night which has par
 ticularly fascinating and willy habits is
 one of the catchf1ies or campions--
 namely, that known as the Nottingham Catchf1y. It's flowers have three times
 the span of life allotted to those of the
 evening primrose, for each makes it's
 appearance on three successive nights.
 The first evening the bud opens, and all through the night the pretty white bloom stands out in the darkness like a ten-rayed star, and delicate scent ex-
 haIes; but about three o'clock in the morning, when the dawn is breaking, l it droops it's petal rays until they hang down crumpled and withered looking, and the miserable daylight look of the
 flower is intensified, because the out
 side of the petals is not white, but a dirty gray. When evening comes again there is a transformation reminding us
 of certain ''gaslight'' beauties. The ap- parently dead petals recover as the
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-21
4N EnCoUKAefNG PLAN.

Babies, who are just starting out in life, certainly ought to have good and pure food. They ought to have it for their health and growth, and they ought to have it because it is pretty mean to take advantage of baby new to the ways of the world and depend- ent on the good will and good treat ment of it's elders. Invalids. too, should not be cheated. So it is cheering that the Department of Agriculture is going
 to try to find out what the much ad-
 vertised foods for babies and invalids are. Dr. Wiley has planned to make study of these foods in order to deter
 mine their composition and probable
 physiological action. He will ascertain in what way they differ from the or
 dinary foods in their relations to di- gestion and health. and whether they
 would be less nutritious if advertised under less attractive names. It is not
 believed that there is extensive adul- iteration in foods of this character, and
 the investigation is not for the purpose of inquiring into this phase of the busi- ness so much as to determine what changes have taken place in the com
 pounds to entitle them to rank as foods for invalids and infants. All foods for babies and invalids are supposed to be
 modified in some form or other by pre- digestion or by certain additions or ah- stractions to suit impaired or unde- veloped digestion. So far as is known
 no study has been made to settle these facts.
 Much useful work in food examina- ton is being done nowadays, and this will be a useful addition.
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4 coLD WORLD.

This is cold world. Will it ever be warmer? Probably it will be. There may even come days when the fly will be a burden and nights when the mos cuito will be ditto. To be sure such days and such nights are not in sight. but having lived so far in hope and by hope there is no use in giving up now. Let us hang on and be some like the ancient Spartans, who thought nothing of being frozen to death just to show that they were tough. Of course we don't want to really freeze to death, but if we can hang on until there is sum- mer it will show that we are tough and entitle us to do some modest bragging.
 But while being solicitous on our own account we should remember that we are not the only things that need more warmth. What will corn do unless there is a change? Let us root for a change on account of corn as we'll as on our own account. Corn may not be exactly hoping, but it is waiting for a chance to grow and wave. May it get one. If it doesn't this will be melan- choly year.
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CoNTINUaD.

Thespis-How did the star come to discontinue her divorce suit?
 Foyer-Why. the judge said he would give it a private hearing. Puck.
 Whatever are you children doing ?"
 "Oh, we've found pas false teeth and we're trying to fit them to the baby eos he hasn't got any!"-Punch.
 Jemima-Why does dat Paderoosky McGinnis wear his hair so long?
 Minerva-W Why, don't yer know dat he's de champeen mouth-organ player of de block?-Chieago Daily News.
 Our minister seems to be such an altruist. said Mrs. Oldcastle.
 Is he?" replied her hostess. q thought by the sound of his voice that
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strikingly obvious long after darker an more gorgeous hued flowers have dis appeared from sight. Throught tn night they are generally visible to som extent, even to us and doubtless to tn night flying insects, whose organs sight are specially adapted to the darE ness, they stand out still more plainly Almost the only dark colored nigt| flower we know is the common hesperiI or dame's violet, but--though the eveiI ing quickly obliterates it's dark purpl blossome, as it does all deep hued flow ers--lack of brilliancy is made up for h strength of fragrance, for it's scent is s peculiarly strong thot it's presence can not but be revealed. Observation shcw that it gets it's full share of visitol among the moths, and hence, though makes no bid to attract through til agency of sight, it's appeal is made Gan not made in vain) through the organ | smell.
 One other fact about these plants interesting. On the petals of the nigH flowers we never find those markingl streaks and lines which usually embe| fish ordinary flowers, and are so evl dent in pansies, mallows and wallowerI These markings are known as ''patfI finders and they are presumab4 placed there to serve as guides to iii sects in their search for honey, as thd always point to the heart of the bloa som. But they would be of no earth9 use in the nighttime, as they could nd be seen; hence, in night flowers they al not produced, and the petals show onl Ian unbrowken white or yellow fac| Thus in the flowers of the night VI have yet one more instance of nature wonderful and absolute adaptability structure to environment
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A bronze tablet in memory of Com modore Paul Jones. Founder of the American Navy" has been placed upon a schoolhouse named for him in East Boston, Massachusetts. The Paul Jones Chapter of the Daughters of the Amer ican Revolution placed the tablet, and it is said to be the first memorial in this country to this naval hero.
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night. curiously enough, they manage to turn off" the scent in the daytime. so that it is not wasted, for plant is nothing if not economical.
 Further, to make as much of their presence as possible, these flowers are almost invariably white or pale yellow in color. and so in the dusk they are
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A picturesque old building, known as Corley Hall Farm" was recently sold at auction in Birmingham, England, that readers of George Eliot will be interested to hear about. This house figures conspicuously in Adam Bede" as the home of the immortal Mrs. Pey- ser and her unfortunate niece, Hetty sorrel. The novelist was born within three miles of the place, and American pilgrims to the scenes of her early days have always been shown this house on the man road to Nuneaton.
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When Plus Whalen, of Springfield, Kentucky, came to a Louisville hotel the other night he saw his first incan- descent light. But he evinced no great surprise. It was not until he went to his room, where the bellboy had already switched the current. that he noticed there was no opening to the circular globe. He blew upon it gently, and was encouraged rather than disheartened to find that it didn't blow back. But the encouragement turned to anger when a stronger whiff produced no result what ever. MT. Whalen had strong lungs, and he did his best, his indignation in creasing with each effort. To his great relief he noticed that the string by which the strange light was suspended contained a loop to shorten it. The light hung over the dresser. MT. Whalen let out the loop and put the light in the top drawer of the dresser He closed the drawer and found to his satisfac- ton that the room was in Stygian dark ness. So he laid down and slept peace fully, with no light to annoy him.
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Business is business, but occasionally there is a dash of sentiment in it. An interesting incident is brought to light by the tattered life insurance policy of the. late Rev. John l.. Gay, the vener- able Episcopal clergyman, who recently died in St. Louis. Attached to his pol icy, which was issued by the Mutual Life of New York, was a letter, written when the yellow fever was raging in Memphis, in which the clergyman, then in his ty-eighth year, begged to be allowed to go to the stricken city and aid in the work of mercy. "The ques- xtion to ask you" he wrote, lis this: Will you give me leave to go without prejudicing or vitiating my policy?' On the record of the Mutual Life is a copy of this telegram, which was sent in reply: You have our free permis- sion, according to the tenor of your let ter Go, and God bless your efforts. , Mir Gay went, performed splendid ser vice, and escaped the fever.
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There isn't much that is new under the sun. A writer in the Madras Mail cites the following passage from an an- cient Hindu book, the ''sactaya Gran tham," showing that Jenner was antici- pated by many centuries: 'Take the fluid of the pock on the udder of a COW or on the arm between the shoulder and elbow of a human subject on the point of a lancet and lance with it the arms between the shoulder and the elbow until the blood appears; then, mixing the fluid with the blood, the fever of the smallpox will be produced. .
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Are all men liars? I was a professor at the University of Virginia for thir- ty-nine years, Colonel W. E. Peters said in his speech at an alumni dinner in Charleston the other day, land dur ing that time I taught thousands Of young men. It became my duty often to put to them many searching ques- tions concerning their conduct out of as well as in my lecture room. Looking back over all those years, I recall no single instance in which have req son even to suspect that student of the University of Virginia told me a falsehood.'
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The April Forum contains some inter- bert Spencer" written by the late Grant Allen in 1894 in the understanding that they should not be published until af- CT Spencer's death. Mir. Aliens personal connection with Spencer began in 1874, when he sent to the philosopher from Jamaica a copy of some eulogistic verses he had written. Returning to London two years later, MT Aliens first task was to look up Spencer. He had
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-04-09
INNOVATION FOR CHINATOWN.


The Chinese brigade is an inncva,
ton u military circles of San Fran.
cisco, and its organization gIves the
city one Of the most unique GONNA.
MES Of soldier boys in America. Fancy
drills and the science OF modern war.
fare win Be taught bwt the interest.
Ing part Of 1t all is that The tactics
OF ancient Chinese fighting VIII form
an important part Of the course Of
military instruction.
Quarters have been, secured ana the
place win Be eonverted into al srmo-
~. with gymnasium, bathing apart-
ments and rooms for csab purposes,
The place will be handsomely fur
nished.
The brigade has Just been organised.
but 90 taken are young Chinese With
the military idea that already the
membership roll numbers 100. With
a few exceptions the boys are aM ma
tive sons Many are students Of the
State university. They represent the
better class, the merchant and proeas-
sional element OF Chinatown. Nd
ward L. Park, managing editor Of The
Daily Chinese World. and Wong Kim
have been leading spirits IN the
movement The members range from
Is ~ 90 PEARS Of age.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-04-09
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