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The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-31

Grace-How did that young man come
10 be accepted as one of the smart set?
Ethel-He had father who was smart
enough to earn several million dollars.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-31

regret that san Francisco cannot he
permitted TO proceed with her work OF rehabilitation with
a costly conflict between capital and labor
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-31

Crabs la Richmond-Put a tea
spoonfyl OF butter In a chahng dish,
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-31

New York did itself proud in the matter OF It's welcome
Bryan. Hope viii be equally successful In supporting
pea the election next November.
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sums % one man on non-convertible coll
lateral
The receiver. who for several days has
been looking into the affairs OF the con-
cern, is hopeful that II will be able 10
pay a hundred cents on the dollar by
prudent liquidation OF the assets.
What was the bank examiner about
that he did not discover the character OF
the loans that were being nader To this
question always asked in such cases, a
sinister answer is suggested In our news
columns.
If the statement there quoted be true
the deceased president OF the company
resorted 10 a very ingenious trick 10 de-
ceive the bank examiner on the one hand
and his own directors on the other. FL
nancial institutions need directors who
will really direct and when they really di-
rect they can't be fooled.-New York Her.
aid
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-31

Miss Praise--Miss Bright tells me that
her father won distinction on the bench.
Miss Spite--Yes. he was shoemaker.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-31

Have you seen the VIII, is who manG
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-31

The appears to be willing TO give millions 70
charity. but not kopeck for Justice
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Gladys-What do you think OF higher
education for women?
Grace-Not much. I've taken six
courses in higher mathematics. and
can't yet figure out how TO make Fred
propose.
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Washington Is already phoneucally speued, and At
seems be up TO oistr ia TO reform
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PHILADELPHIA FAILURE.

Suspension Of the Philadelphia Real Es-
tate and Trust company seems TO be the
old story-dlrectors who did not direct
and a president who loaned immense
sums 20 one man on non-convertible coll
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Entered May postofce Providence r. l..
second class matter under act OF Congress OF March
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Made Up.

Miss Spite-There goes Kate Homely.
Miss Dig-Yes she played the part
Of the heroine in the private theatricals
at the church.
Miss Spite-Gracious! Did she have
the face 10 play the heroine.
Miss Dlg-No; but the costumer fixed
one UP for her.
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NEWS PUBLISHING COMPANY, Proprietor.
Cor Washington Msthewson Streets Providence, H.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-01

then composed Of jackson and Pot
tatomie counties. the railroad inter-
ests were looked after by James Mer-
rift, the Union Pacific attorney jim
lived in Wamego and managed to get
the six Pottawatomfe delegates Of his
own choosing. Broderick in this
county beat Judge Keller. Merritt's
candidate. by a large majority. and
got the six delegates. The senatorial
convention which met at Onaga.
stood six to six for a large number Of
ballots and then split up. The dele
gates from this county nominated
Broderick and the Pottawatomie del
egates nominated Keller. Notwith-
standing the railroad influences in To-
peka were strong enough to enlist the
state committee on the side Of Keller
Broderick beat him in this county
about five to one and in Pottawatomie
about six to one. He received 1900
more votes than DR.. Nichols. the
Democratic candidate, and Judge KEEL
Ter com bined y
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QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

EFrom the Philadelphia Record
The fellow who kicks himself goes
back on his best friend.
Perhaps the world isn't as bad as the
people who talk about it.
It is sometimes necessary to call a
spade a spade when referring to man
who is a rake.
All things come to those who wait
and that's about the only consolation
some people seem to have
A woman feels that the people Who
talk about her are almost as bad as
those who ignore her entirely.
The difference between firmness and
obstinacy is merely the difference be-
tween will power and won't power.
Money talks, but when you are try
you often find 1T a mighty poor listener
Hoax-"Ee says he IS going to try for
the North Pole in an air ship Joax
-.'Well. you can depend upon it, it is
hot air.
Blobbs-'Iincoln was a rail splitter,
wasn't he?" Slobbs-'Yes, but most of
the statesmen who strive to emulate
him are hair splitters."
Sillicus-*sThe millennium, as under
stand it. viii be a time OF universal
peace: but how will that be accom-
plished?. Cynicus-.sPe Perhaps all the
missionaries will be called home
Sunday School Teacher@s'Ehat Is
conscience ?" A dead silence Sunday
School eacher-.'What do we call the
thing that tells US when we do wrong?''
Little Ethel-stGrandma.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

IFrom the Chicago News.l
Every rose has its thorn-and a few
more.
Broken hearts rarely add to the under
takers income.
The easiest way to convince a woman
is by refusing to try.
A woman never thoroughly enjoys
anything she can't cry over.
It isn't always safe to judge the quail
ity Of men or cigars by their price.
A difference between husband and
wife is less dangerous than Indifference.
Every girl thinks she could play the
role of coquette successfully II she
cared to.
As a rule the more leisure people have
the less time they spend in self-improve-
ment.
It's difficult to convince man that
his money isn't on a sure thing until
after the race.
If you are built right you can Look an
honest man or pure woman squarely in
the eye. Can you do It?
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RRYAN ON SILVER.

Mr.. Bryan is willing to let by-gones
be by-gones SO far as the silver issue is
concerned. He appears to be well
satisfied with the monetary situation Of
the country at present in spite of the
gold standard. and it IS the satisfaction
Of a man who believes he has won
where he did not expect it
THE Unlocked for and unprecedent-
ed increase in the production of gold, .
says Mr.. Bryan, has brought a vic
tory to both the advocates of gold and
the advocates of bimetallisrn-th
former keeping the gold standard
which they wanted and the latter Sc
curing the larger volume Of money for
which they commended We who favor
bimetallism are satisfied with our
victory, If the friends of monome-
talIism are satisfied with theirs. And
we can invite them to contest of zeal
and endurance in the effort to restore
to the people the rights which have
been gradually taken from them bv
the trusts.
Mr.. Bryan asserted in 1896 that
what the country needed was an in
creased CURRENCY greater monetary
circulation per capita. His theory was
that It ought to be secured by the
coinage Of silver. Events have proven
that ne was mistaken 50 far as the
silver was concerned. Tor our .per
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Better is a little with Righteousness than
great revenues without right--Proverbs
Somewhere in this wide worId. probably
in q far distant land, there is wandering
a man who is in constant fear that
someone will see and recognize him. He
does not know what minute an officer
of the law will tap him on the shoulder
and take him off to look through prison
bars Each day he must keep ready TO
fee elsewhere for fear some unknown
pursuer will get him
Why? Because he deceived his fell
low men, stole their savings, and DELHI
erately forfeited his good name, a name
that he had been years in building up.
Trusted by his countrymen and by
thousands of 1aboring men, this man
built up a great financial Institution
with their savings. But a day came
when he was tempted to speculate with
these funds belonging to others. Hav-
ing done it once, it was easy to do it
again. Sometimes his speculations won,
often they lost. He grew to utilizing
these funds on a large scale. He falsi-
fed accounts and carried fictitious en-
tries to cover up his thefts. And in the
meantime he began to lead life of sin
and profigacy.
But he could not conceal his pecula-
tons forever. A day of reckoning was
approaching. Gathering together what
little he could and leaving at a time
when suspicion would be directed
towards others. he fed. Either in Mex
leo. or Canada, or Europe, or some other
foreign land, Paul Stensland is today d
fugitive from justice, haunted by con
slant fear that he will be caught and
brought back to face the penalties for
his crimes.
And the theft of the gold is not the
only crime for which he Is responsible.
Suisides and mental wrecks are a part of
the harvest he has wrought
In a fashionable home in a Philadel-
phia suburb a few days ago the presi-
dent of one of the great m
ancial institutions of that rich
city placed a revolver IN his
mouth and took his own life. His
institution was wreck. He had per
sonany loaned millions of its funds to an
unsafe plunger. and now it is also stated
that he himself was short in his ac-
counts Speculation-a desire to gel
rich quick-brought the ruin.
In these days Of hasting to get wealth
it might be profitable to stop and ask,
what is the good of it au2 Why not be
satisfied with a modest amount of this
worlds goods rather than risk honor.
peace of mind, the happiness of others.
all these things and much more in the
unrighteous pursuit of riches2 Is it
worth the cost?
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A very talented and well known
writer-successful, too, in the popular
estimatfon-tells me: Z know a man
who spent fifteen years leisure in get
ting the material for his best book and
writing it over three times; then offered
It to almost every publisher in America,
meeting with refusal by all, and finally
sold it to a London publisher for $50;
had ii republished in America some
years afterward; got a few dollars be-
fore the publishers failed, and as his
last royalty received just 2 cents, which
was exactly 10 per cent of the last sum
due him. I am the man, but I don't
publish the fact, nor feel inclined to
brag about It; nor to complain. for that
would be useless and would only cheap
en- my wares in the literary market
The book paid me, by accurate calcula-
ton, 1872 cents a week for my fifteen
years Work.-Papyrus
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out against the encroachfnent Of sisTnn1s
hotels. She stole side glance at the as
ure beside her, knowing now warm al
welcome would be at the house, II spits
of the red atIon0b bile.
Caught you peelking. laughed BOP,
looking down at her, and swinging ms
bay mare easily around the last curve
" ny don't you say you're glad %
We heard you were going to Europe
after you left college,, she said
Wei, I'm not he retorted dedDerates
". Dads had about enough city yThlris
tie down here at Greyrocks. that IS II
my neighbors treat me right
THE rope wasn't for nelghborss said
Sue slowly Just for trespassers- And
anyway a neighbor would know the way
the cross lot path over the wall past tins
big apple tree. That's way nelghooEs pass
from Greyrocks to The Naples.
We'll tear down the wall and raves
crosslots every day. won't we. Suzanne
Susie Sue2s
He was laughing. but there was an un--
dercurrent Of serious intent snaS pro'1gAs
the quick warm color 10 Sues face. Shs
wondered If he was thinking Of the last
time they had Travelled croSslots. the day
he had left for school. and at the oto
shipped on a lock Of her hair with his
Bob shifted the reins to his left hand.
and reached for his inside pocket. E'ro11
& bit Of curly red hair tied with =. piece OF
black thread. boy fashion
TT was red those days said
thoughtfully and Sue never said . word.
on the apple tree" he told the bay mare {
fNeighbors aren't trespassers. said SUE
softly. and he slipped the red curl bach
The Naples It was his welcome home
Copyright. 1906. by Ruby Douglas.1
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GLOBE SIGHTS.
Iron the Atchison Globe. ]

IO4n ttiS fAtCAA4oO44 NIlODS.l
Talk, like looks, doesn't always go.
Some meanness is necessary to sue
coed in business.
The average husband Is as easy to
fool as a bank examiner.
Because sisters call each other honey
before people, is no sign they do not fuss
in private life.
We have noticed that in the country
there is never any attempt to form a
Country club.
Listen to two women talk. and one
will say within five minutes that her
hair comes out by the handsful.
When a number of women are shop
ping together some of them are always
saying to the others: Come on
An Atchison girl has lately received
three proposals of marriage. She is
popular because she has no kin to
speak Of
When a recipe calls for stale cake.
the woman who has boys in her family
knows that she will never have a
chance to use it.
If you hope to succeed, you can't
give credit to every man who asks it;
you must occasionally speak up, and
plainly say no.
A candidate was today riding around
in al automobile. cut that out an
other candidate said to him; too many
farmers in town.
W men you run N0uIS6n DOWN ana
your listeners say nothing 1t is sign
they agree with you. If they stand
up for you it is a sign they are being
polite
You often hear people claiming
credit because they do not hear COS
sip: Perhaps they talk so much
their friends are afraid to repeat gos-
sip to them.
When d man tells you an important
secret, and you are thinking what a
good time you will have telling It, he
says: Now promise me you won't
say anything
We sometimes think the cigarette is
abused as unjustly as the mule No
one should use tobacco, but we have
never believed that a cigarette is any
worse than a cigar or pipe.
It doesn't make much difference
whether a man has one or a dozen
children; his grocery bills are about
the same. If he has a big family, the
children eat more roughness.
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JOURNAL ENTRIES

Bert Walker can't see why there
should be such a demand for an anti
pass law. This may be something of
a mystery to a man who lives in the
Central Branch country, where most
people would want to be paid extra
for riding on pass.
X
Bill Doolittle was looking over d pile
of exchanges in the State Journals ex-
change room today when he came
across prohibition editorial headed.
Down With Rum" That's what I m
in favor Of, said Bill 81 put down
all can get of it. and If anybody has
some they don't want to put down
themselves. I wish they would bring
it around to me. If there's any job I
like it's putting down rum
Pretty soon be time for the high
school fraternity and sorority troubles
to break out again.
A new newspaper was established in
Pittsburg not long ago. It takes q
good many newspapers to tell all that
happens in Pittsburg.
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.MYHN WKER .JOTS

The little town of Elmo has shipped
1000 baskets of peaches to a single
firm at Salina.
Out at Ellis some surprise is ex-
pressed because the Russian thistle
doesn't obey the law.
Reading hen lays eggs with a
sunfiower plainly embossed on the
shell. There's a loyal hen for you.
The followers of Rev. Charles f.
Parham, who was recently in Topeka,
are now holding forth at Temple,
Texas.
Out in western Kansas the air is 50
invigorating that an old lady of "A
summers at Cimarron recently walked
a matter of five miles just to make a
visit.
A Leavenworth messenger boy re-
certify suffered a deep humiliation and
unforgiveable insult. He was called
upon to carry baby from one house
to another.
Deacon Walker When I first Joined
church 7 was SO wicked I wondered
how in the world I ever got in After
I had been there 2 while wondered
how the other fellows made it.
4 dignihed citizen of Anthony is
wearing peeled nose. the result of
trying to dive in shallow water while
on camping trip. His nose hit a
rock in the bottom of the river. land, :"
says the Bulletin. tsthe rocks there
yet"
The Kingman Leader suggests that
the numerous telephone lines running
across the prairies in that part of the
state has something to do with the in
creased rainfall out there. of course. .
it says, lit is logical to suppose that
the opening up of Oklahoma to settle
ment and the consequent cultivation
of the soil and the planting of groves
in the country to the south of Us has
a great deal to do with tempering the
torrid winds from the great plains to
the southwest, but this has surely not
done It all. and We believe the estab-
lishment OF the numerous lines of teIe-
phone and telegraph, in the last few
years. is in some way responsible for
the increased and more regular rain
fall with which we have been blessed. .
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In dancing the Spanish woman is
queen of her sex. To see the real
thing you must get hold of a gypsy
band or visit some humble dancing
place IN Seville or in the south. There
is no dancing in the world SO poetic,
passionate, suggestive or graceful.
Spain is the true home of the dance.
There are the jota, or Aragon, with its
fine abandon but stately time; the
tango, resembling the danse du ventre
of Moorish Spafn-the dance of ges-
ture and suggestion; the graceful
cachuca. with its chironomic play of
head and arms; the jaleo de Jerez
which gypsies dance in whirling meas
ure; the quaint dances of the Basque
provinces, and scores of minor local
dances, more or less alike, peculiar to
different localities.
But the great dances are the bolero,
the seguidilla,. the chaeona and the
fandango of the south These dances
are the soul and epitome of Spain. In
all Of them prose gesture-the mystery
of true daneing--plays an important
part: in all CT them the poetry of love
and motion is exhibited with extraordi-
mar subtlety and expression.=N Nine
teenth Century.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-01

IN referring to the first law that was
passed in Kansas fixing passenger
rates on the railroads. the Holton Re-
corder tells this "reminiscences:
Judge Case Broderick when in the
state senate a quarter OF d century
ago introduced a bill making maxi
mum railroad fare in Kansas, three
cents a mile. The bin was pigeonholed
by the railroad committee, but Brod-
erick at the last Of the session tackled
It on to an appropriation bill and it
went through and became the law
Before that the fare on many roads
and on all roads in the western por-
fiOu Of the state was from four to i've
cents q mile. It is not much wonder
that the Rock Island sent NJ A. Low
and the Missouri Pacific Judge Horton
20 Horton to work for Curtis and
agalnst Broderick. It viii be remem-
bered that In the contest for the state
seHsforship Ia this district, which was
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capita has greatly increased from the
coinage of gold alone. It Is alleged
that the production Of gold has IN
creased from about two hundred nil
lions a year in 1896 to over four hun
dred millions in 1905. and hence the
increase in our currency. This IN
crease. it is argued. has made money
more plentiful and prices, therefore.
are higher.
These facts being true, Mr.. Bryan
says. he is willing to let the money
question rest as settled. and in the
future takes up the new problems Of
the trusts.
This. then. IS the last word on the
silver question.
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Oscar had arrived at the canine age
of Oslerization-14 years. He was a
cocker spaniel, and had in his prime
taken blue ribbons at bench shows.
Disease overlook him, and the doctor
said the only thing to do was to kill
him: He suggested chIorofornline and
Oscars owner, purchasing four ounces
of the anesthetic. took the dog into the
cellar on a dark night to end ais SCR
rows. Oscar was placed in wash boil
er ard securely chained. His head was
completely covered with bandages. and
when the four ounces of chlorofoInl
had been poured upon them, soaking
them through and through. the top was
put on the boiler and an iron weight
was laid thereon to hold il down Ten
hours later, 7 a. m, the master went
to the cellar to remove the body and
there stood Oscar outside of the boiler,
Wagging his tail and barking jovoIsly
for food.-New York Press.
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The Indications from various sec
lions of the state are that the wheat
acreage in Kansas VIII be consider
ably increased this fall. In the east
ern part Of the state where farmers
have paid little attention to wheat for
years, the big crop this year has en-
couraged the sowing of more wheat by
way Of diversity. In the western
counties there viii be no shortage in
the acreage of other crops. but owing
60 the constantly increasing amount OF
land that is brought under cultivation,
more will be available for wheat than
ever before.
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A MILLION.

A southern editor is author of this
information: Some Of you fellows who
never have million dollars, like we
editors. do not know, of course, of just
what the big pile consists. We will
put you on. When you have a million
one-dollar bills and pile them up fiat
on one another. and want to take one
off the top. you will have to reach up
276 feet. If you laid them down end
to end, you would have to walk 11A
miles. If you had the amouE+ in sill
yer dollars, the pile would be 1 Y
miles high And so on. We know,
because we tried it the other night,
but the blamed bed slat broke and we
awoke.-Kingman Journal.
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ROOSEVELT AND THE SOUTH.


In the September number of the
Reader Magazine, Colonel Henry Wat
terson discusses Bryan and Roosevelt,
and incidentally ha discusses the at
tftude of the south towards the presi-
dent. AS the foremost Democratic
editor in America and q representative
of the south, Colonel Watterson' g
views are of interest. In speaking of
the possibility of Roosevelts renomi-
nation he says:
whoever is the Republican nomi-
nee, the Republicans can not escape
the record made for them by Theo-
dore Roosevelt Tt is the feeling that
they can not and the belief that
Roosevelt only can run on the plat
form which he has made for himself
and them, which lends most color and
gives greatest force to the idea of his
own candidacy. There is a notion. too,
that in the next presidential election
the Republican party will need to
piece out its losses at the north with
some acquisitions at the south. and
that Theodore Roosevelt is the only
Republican who can hope to carry any
southern states. Against
Theodore Roosevelt, as a Republican
nominee. no man can say that any OF
the old border states are entirely safe
Missouri half gone. Tennessee hanging
in the balance. Maryland wanting
Germans leadership, West Virginia
and. Delaware IN the hands of the en-
envy, with thousands Of Democrats in
Virginia and Kentucky ready to hur-
rah for Roosevelt
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR


A girl seems to have a natural aver
sion to marrying the sort of man that
could make her happy.
It's better to have married and been
henpeeked than never to have had ideals
at all.
A woman could admire a hat that
looked like q mans pair Of overshoes if
it cost a lot OF money.
A man thinks he's mighty generous
to give his wife an allowance, even If he
always owes It to her.
It's all wrong that It is better to be
right than president. because II you are
president everybody viii tell you you
are right