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The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-04
RISKY FIFTH ER n-AY.

People who are earning four dollars a week and getting three are apt to think that they would be happy if they had plenty of money. But perhaps they wouldn't. There are many rich men who are not happy. Andrew Carnegie is a very rich man and apparently a happy one. But in commenting on the exposures of "lax business standards in the circles of high finance which have so shocked the country, he seeks to find the root of the evil. "Is 1t, he asks, because the American people have set their hearts overmuch on the attainment of great wealth, at the sac rlfce of everything else that is human and saMtary?" If so, he says, Tit can- not be repeated too often that riches and happiness are not and never will be synonymous" And speaking from very wide and close observation he de- clares that If the number of very rich happy men in this country were known the knowledge would be startling, to say the least" The amassing of great wealth, he thinks, "almost invariably narrows the outlook and deadens the capacity for ordinary human enjoy ment.p And he concludes that wealth is taken too seriously by Americans as a people"
 True as preaching, but many of those who are poor and unhappy would be glad to take the risk of being rich. And there are few of the rich and un- happy who seem to want to take the risk of being poor Poverty and happi- ness are not synonymous.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-04
PERToDICAL.

Wigg-"Going home last night Brown was held up by two men" Wagg- Good heavens, was he so drunk as that?'-Boston Transcript.
 Convivial Gentleman (who has stum- bled against another pedestrian and fallen) "Beashly towards, thash what you are-both of youl"-The Sketch.
 Casey--"Well, good luck to ye in yer new job 'Tfs nervy of ye to try it, but suppose ye don't achieve success?' Cas- sidy-"Faix if I don't I'll how to suc- ceed without it. Philadelphia Press
 An Offer.-"I have no home" be- gan the beggar. Sorry, old man." said the brisk pedestrian, but have one. However, if you'll pay my Christmas bills, I'll give you that. Philadelphia Ledger.
 Lawyer-"Were you present when the trouble began between the prisoner and his wife?' Witness-"Yes, sir. It was two years ago. Lawyer-"what hap pened then?" Witness = "I attended their wedding g?"-Cleveland Leader
 Do you know anything about palm. istry?' she asked. q should think I did, he replied, forgetting for the mo- ment that he was in select society; 1T worked as a waiter to pay my way through college. "--Chlcago Record Her. aid.
 Roy (who has been out to tea)-"Mrs. Freeman's cake is better than ours, mamma. Mamma-"I hope you said Thank you, nicely?" Roy-"Oh. yes, mamma, said it five times" Mamma You need only have said it once, dear" Roy-"But had five pieces of cake, mamma!'-Punch.
 "Bv'rything's runnin' like a clock on tn old farm" remarked Mr. Reuben Sickles, who had been sitting in front of the big warm fire all morning That's true as gospel" said Mrs. Sick les. Its just exactly like a clock. You can't see anything moving except the hands. Chicago Tribune.
 Sapleigh-"Each night before retiring I write down me thoughts in little notebook, doncher know" Miss Cutting -"Indeed! And how long have you been doing that?' sapleigh-About three yeahs." Miss Cutting Then you must have the first page nearly filled by this time Chicago Daily News.
 Tt is upon the farmer that the great ness of this country really depends" |" said the persuasive statesman. "Yes." answered Farmer Corntossel, "but some times I think I'd like to be one of the fellers that didn't have so much depend in on 'em sos I could have time to wear good clothes and go to few par ties. '-Washington Star.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-04
WHAT WIAD CAN DO.

The power of wind is great, as those who have seen hurricanes, debates in legislatures, disputes in barrooms, etc., etc, can testify But 1t Is rather sur prislng to read what President Birken- bine, of the Pennsylvania Foresters' Association, says about the power of wind at Niagara Falls. He asserts that the quantity of water passing over the Falls is affected to an eXtraordi- nary extent by the force and direction of the wind. With a strong wind blow ing from the east the flow is so materi- ally reduced that the Falls seem to be drying up, and so contrariwise. MT. Birkenbine declares the variation to be as much as sixteen feet. In other words, the depth of water in the gorge will be sixteen feet greater when a strong wind is blowing from the west than it will be during the prevalence of an easterly gale, and 1t follows from this as logical consequence that as the water power companies at the Falls must base their calculations on an av- craze flow, for the reason that they cannot safely depend on an uncertain quantity, the danger of their encroach- 
 ing upon the minimum is inconsider- able.
 If MT. Birkenbine isn't just blowing his assertions are important and en- couraging. They will encourage both the power companies which want to use the water and the public, which doesn't want the water so used that it will inn pair the grandeur of the scene.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-04
4 OFFER STRIKE IN TOKYO.

Chinese in Tokio have been feeling their oats and showing their feeling in a way which looks quite ridiculous. The recent strike" of the 5000 Chinese students at Tokio, because they deem ed certain regulations of the Japanese Department of Education an interfer- ence with their personal liberty, is another example of the new spirit that has animated Chinamen since the de- feat of Russia by Japan. The students seemed to imagine themselves largely responsible for the Japanese victories. In a boastful manifesto they set forth that Japan was indebted to them for the impulse which has sustained her in the struggle with other Powers and in the assertion of equal rights. They de- clared that students are nowhere sub jeeted to official supervision outside the walls of the school, but now, when slavery is moribund in the Occident, Japan seeks to revive it in the Orient, in contravention of the dictates of civ ilization and the provisions of her own Constitution.
 The Japanese authorities, on their side, declined to modify the rules, say ing that the dissolute conduct of many of the Chinese students rendered ab- solutely necessary, in the interests of the general morality as we'll as of the students themselves, the adoption of a system limiting the number of houses eligible to provide board and subjecting the selected houses to a measure of of- ficial control. Public opinion in Japan supports the authorities, and declares that the lives of some of the Chinese students exercise a demoralizing infu- ence upon Japanese schools. The Jap anese press told the Chinese very frankly that they could not be expected to be exempt from any rules to which the Japanese themselves submitted. But the Chinese refused to regard the mat ter in that light and thousands of them returned home.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-04
The Sunday Wood.

Times has changed; ! notice that the
 city boys complain Over little chores that seem to go
 against the grain Trlfiin tasks they got to do before they
 go to play. Wonder how they'd feel if they, on
 every Saturday. Wanted to go skatin, an their parents
 said they could Soon as ever they had sawed an split
 the Sunday wood. Livin' in the city ain't like Twin in a
 town Where d crick is smooth with ice-an'
 all the boys goes down Past the mill on Saturdays an builds a
 fire to heat Fingers that is almost froze, as we'll as
 frosted feet. Girls come, too. with inittens on, an
 comforter, an hood But the boys cant skate until they cut
 the Sunday wood Bacon rind to grease the saw-then
 hump, an pun, an blow; Cut the wood to stove lengths-then
 you hold it with your foe. Whack it with the ax, and then you
 stack up every stick While you see the fellows hurry on
 down to the crick, Callin': "Ain't you comin'? like none
 of 'em understood That you'd got to stay until you cut
 the Sunday wood, Up the kitchen steps you go, your arms
 a-strainin' full-- Mebbe, though, you load your sled an
 heave, an tug, an pull, Till you've got 1t in the house, an got
 the woodbox filled. Lawsl The stack of tirewood that a
 fellow had to build City boys don't understand, I don't see
 how they could What the boy must suffer, If he cuts
 the Sunday wood. ". D. Nesbit in Chicago Tribune.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-04
TARIFF REFORM IN ENGLAND.

TA RIEE hEfOhm IN ItN Ul[<a NDs
 Tariff reform is much more of an is- sue in England than in this country, and it is not headed in the same direc- tion. In a public statement issued on the eve of the English elections MT. Joseph Chamberlain outlines the tariff policy he proposes to place before the people. Briefly stated, it includes an agreement between England and her colonies under which the colonies are to grant especially favorable terms to British exporters of manufactured goods, while colonial food products tage over the products of foreign coun- tries through the imposition of tax upon the latter. In addition, the for efgn manufacturer will cease to enjoy his present privilege of Humping" his goods upon the English markets, He will be taxed out of the country. To- day the only imports taxed by the Eng fish customs laws are spirits, tea, wine, sugar, tobacco, cocoa, coffee, dried fruits and chicory. If the Chamberlain programme should be adopted all of the lines in which the foreign manufacturer freely competes with the ,home manu- facturer would come under the ban, and the burden of producing sufficient wheat, flour and other foodstuffs to supply the forty-two million people in the United Kingdom would it is main- tained, devolve entirely upon the colo nial dependencies greatly to their profit.
 The chief argument against this prop osition is that it would increase the price of bread. The Liberals, who will oppose it with every resource in their power, contend that the colonies are incapable of supplementing the limited home supply of grain and flour, and that the foreign imports would still con- tinue in spite of the tax, thus fixing a maximum price fer bread to which the whole country would eventually have to submit. Mr. Chamberlain's manifesto declares in very specific terms that the colonial supply of wheat will be ample for all the home demands.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-04
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NOTICE.

Notice Is hereby given that special meting of the stockholders of The Naugatuck Railroad company will be held in room 207 in the general office building of The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company, in the city of New Haven, Connecticut, on Thursday, the 18th day of January, 1906, at 12:15 o'clock p. m, 10 act upon proposition to sell the contracts property, rights, powers, franchises and privileges of this corporation to The New York, New Haven and Hart ford Railroad company, and to dis tribute the net proceeds among the stockholders of this company; and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before said meet ing.
 Dated at New Haven, Connecticut. this 18th day of December, 1905.
 JOHN G. PARKER,
 Secretary. The NauEa.uck Railroad Company.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-04

doctors and surgeons who barely earn a livelihood. the average income of a metropolitan physician not exceeding $2,0O0 a year.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-04

Acting Mayor Whelton, of Boston, tells a story Illustrating the ready wit of the late Mayor Collins, As chairman of the board of aldermen Mir. Whelton frequently had to visit the mayors of- fee. and one day he said. General, have been coming here to your office for a year and half, and have never yet received yes" "of course, you won't be disappointed now," was the happy reply of the mayor.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-04

Stewdeus-'T hear that you had rough voyage coming over" Miss High fli-"Oh frightfully SO! It was such a relief to set foot once more on vice yersar'-Judge.
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-04

The Atchison Globe thus comments on a state of things which exists in Kan sas: Every time Kansas installs new governor about fifty convicts in the penitentiary at Lansing tremble with fear. They are men being held in pris- on awaiting the governors order to be hanged. In Kansas the governor must sign death warrant before a murderer can be hanged. Many years ago hang ing was virtually abolished in the State by the refusal of the governor to sign the death warrant. Life Imprisonment is the extreme penalty applied, al- though the murderer Is sentenced to hang. Every time there is change of administration the "hang" men in pris- on become nervous. They fear that some time Kansas will elect a man as governor who believes in hanging for capital offenses, and that he will sign whole bunch of death warrants at one time and have big hanging bee.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-04

At the recent meeting of the econo- mists at Baltimore, Alfred H. Stone of Mississippi read paper on the negro in which he urged that the first thing to do is to try to learn the facts as to bis past and present economic status. The greatest fact in the negro's past economic history MT. Stone believes to have been the absence of white compe- hilton in the South. The greatest factor in his future is the steady increase of such competition.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-04

A company has been formed in Greece for buying up unsold entrants and con- verting them into alcohol for fuel.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-04

There is money in New York for oth- CTS than life insurance presidents. Re
 gently a rich man who had been snatched from. the grave by the skill of famous New York physician show ed his gratitude by giving a bonus check of S5O,OOO in addition to the regu- lar fee. These windfalls do not occur often, yet there are in the metropolis to-day several physicians receiving in- comes more than double the salary of the president of the United States. Six of them at least can truthfully con fess incomes of $125,0OO a year. That city also boasts ten physicians with in- comes of S5O,OOO and some fifty more who earn and pocket 5000. Treading their trail are upwards of 200 who gar ner s125Qo annually, leaving about 2,OOO
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-04

Max D. Schmidt, inventor, wishes to place moving platforms on the part of tie Brooklyn bridge now used by ele- vated trains. He says that with this , arrangement, which is simply an end less chain, moving at fair speed sur rounded by other endless chains nov ing at a slower rate, 540O0 people an hour can be carried to Manhattan in the morning and back to Brooklyn in the evening. Under MT. schmidt's sys- tenn, if the floor next to the stationary sidewalk moves at three miles an hour, the second one will move at six miles, the next at nine and the next at twelve. In the exhibition year at Paris 100000 people were carried without accident of any sort, while the street cars in Brook lyn last year killed 6S and injured S27 people.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-04

A wise man has been speculating about the importance of salt to civiliza- tion. The oldest trade routes are said to have been opened for salt traffic. Salt determined to considerable ex- fenf the distribution of man. He was forced to settle where he could obtain if This brought him to the seashore and started maritime commerce. Last ly, preservation of food by salt made long voyages possible and opened up the world to civilization.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-11
STORY COUNTY CONVENTION.
Text of the Resolutions Endorsing
Governor Cummins.

Nevada. June l1.--Story county re-
publicans in convention Saturday. af-
ter endorsing the countey ticket as Sc
lected at the primaries. and instructing
the twenty-one delegates to the state
convention for Governor Cumnins
first. last and all the time. scored the
standpat newspapers for misrepresent-
ing him. The resolutions. after endors-
ing the principles of true republican,
ism, President Roosevelt. Congress
Committeeman w. p kirkpatrick,
say:
I'VE stand firmly by the time hon
ored principles of protection to Amer
ica's labor and industry, but at the
same time recognize the fact that
there are some inequalities in our pres
emf tariff schedules demanding revision
and we insist that this revision
be accomplished by the friends of pro-
lection and not turned over to the en-
emies.
I'VE deplore the fact that because
of some of the utterances of our gall
liant governor upon the question of d
slight revision in some of the tariff
schedules relating to lumber and steel
products controlled by trusts. there is
an organized attempt to misrepresent
him and persistently follow him with
continuous vituperation and falsehood
in order to poison the public mind
against him and strip him of his in
fluence, and we condemn all persons
engaged in this conspiracy as enemies
of good government, opposed to indi-
vidual liberty of opinion and unfaithful
to the republican party.
1--WE approve and commend the adj
ministration of Governor Albert B.
Cummins and the acts of our senators
and representatives in congress in their
efforts to protect the people against the
encroachment of organized monopoly.
eve favor the state wide primary
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-11
Three Townships of That Coun.
ty Instruct Solid Delegations
For Governor Cummins
THE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED
In All Three of the Townships, Daven-
port, Pleasant Valley and Princeton,
They Expressed Enthusiastic Praise
for Governor Cummins- lance
Was Larse-Other News Of State.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Davenport. June 11.-Three town
ships in Scott county held republicans
caueuses Saturday night and In each Of
them Governor Cummns got ii solid
delegation and explicit instructions, 4
total of thirteen. The first precinct
ing at Flambo's garden and there was
a large attendance.
The following resolution was adopt
ed amid enthusiasm:
I'VE. the republicans of the first pre-.
cinct OF Davenport township, in eau
Gus assembled, hereby most heartily
endorse the administration of Governor
Albert b. Cummins.
His fearless and independent stan.
for the people against corporate and
monopolistic greed commends him the
esteem and confidence of the tillers ot
Iowa soil and to the mechanics and
laborers in Iowa factories and work.
shops.
I'VE therefore request our delegates
influence for the selection of delega-
ton TO the state convention, loyal TO
the cause of the governor.
I'VE further declare in favor of the
instruction of such delegation to vote
as unit for the denomination of
Governor Gummins. 50 long as his
name shall be before the convention"
Pleasant Valley.
Pleasant Valley township elected
three Cummins men as delegates and
by unanimous vote OF the forty repub-
licans present instructed them to be
for the governor.
Princeton township was the only one
where there was Il contest NJ. A.
Raney of Marengo. who has been
working in the Perkins campaign in
many parts of the state. was present
in the town and with +. D. Let's. of
Davenport, sought to get Perkins
delegation. The caucus had been called
on short notice and the Perkins work.
ers thought they had chance to make
a winning at the first caucus to be held
in Scott county. But. by vote of 26 to
ID, the caucus elected solid Cummins
delegation. and resolution of instruc-
tons was adopted.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-11

law and other legislation necessary tC
protect the voters in this state in the
free and unfettered exercise OF their
choice of candidates for office.
1--WE have full confidence in the sim
cerity of Governor Cummins in his OPP
position to railroad domination in poll
ties and the personal courage display
ed DIV him In asking for the notnna-
ton for governor in defiance of the
railroad political bosses commands
our admiration and meets with our APP
prevail"
Following is the list of delegates Sc
lected to go to the various conventions:
Delegates to the state convention
A. Fitchpatrick, chairman; u. S. Alder
man. +. n. Fowler, O. Is. Peterson. A.
S. McCord, @. j. King 5. r. Cornelius
sen, w. L. Wierson. G. p. McCord. A.
w. Cole. w. z. George. Benjamin
johnson. j. M. Chrisman. M. Q. Mar
wick John Moran, c. r. Quade. Nels
Nelson, Tom Apland, Frank Shaw. o. S.
Boyd, J. II. Jacobson.
Delegates to the Congressional con-
vention-,Fred c. Tilden, l. l.. Smith,
NJ X. Smith O. j. Solyst, John Kyle.
III. #. Heath, Peter peterson, FRED =.
Mccall. e. V. Eklund, II. e. Myrah,
I. b. Jones. L. G. Virgins, Jesse Bow
en-, Nj. Il. King j. A. Kirkpatrick, w.
W. Loomis. DR.. J. c. Copestake. A.
Liddle, U. G. Gilger. c. Hamilton, Geo.
Barnard.
Delegates to the judicial convention
Il Nj. Mccall, Daniel Mccarthy. d. j..
Ninje, a. l.. Bartlett /. w. Douglass,
Fred C. Tilden. W. G. Payne, G. A.
Underwood. U. S. Alderman. j. A.
kirkpatrick. Bert h. Welty, M. Is.
Smith, w. NJ. Greeley. c. p. McCord
f. H. Addison. Geo. W. Dyer, II. f.
Hadley. S @ Valid. DR.. w. f. Harri-
man, L. NJ. Bosworth. j. A. Mills.