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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-17

garden a-viewing,
AS beside it she sat with needle in
hand;
And a large cud of gum was compla-
Gently chewing
AS the needle was worked into gus
| set and band.
Her gaze as it gazed fell on to a crea-
ture,
The name of the creature was sim
/ ply a pig;
He was making himself prominent
And swelling his chest out tremen-
dously big.
"Out went the widow with broomstick
a-waving,
With gesture and voice she babe
him go hence:
| But the pig stood his ground. the dan
| ger -a-braving,
fence.
ION, on rushed the widow-the ice
was beneath her
And just when she thought to de-
liver a whack;
Her feet went a-kiting, and Fate did
bequeath her
That she was to come down on the
broad of her back.
'Her knee-cap was busted, her body
we'll shaken.
The jar 1T extended clear down to
her toes.
But lying in bed her oath she has
taken
To smile at her troubles and laugh
at her woes
/ can't remember all the complf-
ments the widow paid me when had
finished and read her the verses, but 1
remember that the poetry cured her
knee-cap in about a week, and her
n1-dS la
bitten. l found no other calamity I'M
Ill I reached Farmer Thompson's, the
last house on my route. AS drove UP
to leave letter in the box the farmer
beckoned me to come in, and five min
utes later I was put in possession of
the particulars of a great sorrow and
asked to put them into verse. I has
tened to comply, and went my way
leaving a warmer glow in the hearts
behind:
1.-The autumn leaf had fluttered down.
The cold winds were ALLOWING;
The cows were humping up their
backs,
Because the snow was showing.
PA had gone out to feed the stock,
And ma was getting supper;
1t was a peaceful household scene,
With everything quite proper.
"a sudden scream from Mary Jane
A running from all quarters,
To see what thing had happened to |
The best of farmers daughters.
IA darning needle on the floor !
Her foot had penetrated;
And thatrlockjaw would be her fate
Was quickly demonstrated.
"She lived three days but not a sound |
Could dearest Mary utter;
She tried her best, but ali, alas!
She couldn't even stutter. |
"She pointed to her silent jaws
To heaven her fingers pointed;
And then she faded from our sight
And left US all disjointed.
1--WE weep for her each passing day.
Each note on pas old fiddle;
1t seemed to breathe to us the words:
"Gaul durn the old darn needle!'
1907, by c. H. Sutcliffe.) |
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IT Paws to Advertise.

att pays to advertise" said Mark
Twain. at an advertisement writer's
banquet
'FWhen I was editing the Virginia
City Enterprise, writing copy one Gay
and mining the next, I tried to force
this truth home in many ways.
GA superstitious subscriber once
wrote and said he had found spider in
his paper. Was this good or bad luck?
/ answered to him in our Answers to
CORRESPONDENTS column as follows:
"fOld Subscriber: The finding of
spider In your copy 7of the Enterprise
was neither good luck nor bad. The
spider was merely looking over our
pages to find out what merchant was
not advertising SO that it could spin
its web across his door, and lead a
free and unGisturbed existence forever
after Los Angeles Times
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LEGAL.

published in the Topeka State Journal
January II, 1907.)
OFFICIAL COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
Council Chamber, Topeka, Kansas, Jan
uary II, 1907. Council met in special ses-
f fSn at 71 p m fe a
Griley, Holiday, Howe, Horn, Jordan,
sWende eii AP sent: HughesMi Mayor r
Davis in the chair. The call for the meet
ing was read, and is in words and figures
Topeka, Kansas, January Il. 1907.
Mayors Office.
You and each of you are hereby re-
etv Cou IN Of the City Of Topeka KAN
sas, this Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock
to consider charges made against the En-
{gs {fs1}. Mayor
j. II. sQUIREs. City Clerk
Communication from NJ. w. Gilmore,
ties in the Engineering Department of the
City of Topeka, was read and was re-
ferred to committee OF H. h + such COM M,
motion of Councilman Nipps This COM
mittee was directed to investigate the
Councilman Nipps offered the following
Resolved, That the Mayor is hereby di-
rected to ask Mr.. w. NJ Gilmore. who has
F. McCabe, and Assistant City Engineer
William King to support his allegations
by affidavit and that same be referred to
the committee having in charge the in
vestigation of these charges.
The special committee of five appointed
nv the Mayor are Councilman Nipps.
chairman; Ryder, Howe. Montgomery
councilman Howe moved that this COM
rnittee be allowed the privilege OF ste
nographer for compiling the notes and
bring ing it in in detail. to the council, and
that they be given authority to call such
other help to their aid as they need in
this investigation. Councilman swendson
Geo r BELL be chosen as the stenogra-
pher for the committee. Both motion and
amendment were duly seconded The
The original motion as amended was
then voted on and carried.
90 motion of Councilman Swendson the
couAe'l ''ie'- J. H. SQUIRES.
go City Clerk.
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Don't come a-sayin'g you didn't dun
think it could ever be. Don't come
weepin, kase you has had a good time
and lost it, Oars signs, in de heabens
and signs all around US on airth dat
Robbery am gwine to be let loose befo,
many years mo- have passed, and II
YOU will persist in .closin' your eyes
and ears YOU must take what's comm
to you. Let us now board up de front
doah. turn out de lamps and go home
and think a few Trunks. -(Copy-
right. 1907. bv M M. Cunningham
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THREE WONDERFUL BARGAINS.

l. Large, 6 rms. pantry. halls, nanteI
corner lots 75x15o, room for 2 more
houses, near Sd and Clay. only 81, $50.
?. rms, newly rooted and papered,
E. frt., shade. gas light and heat, well,
city and cfstern water, sink, sewer, cellar,
barn, room for bath, street car and pave
ment, blocks of capitol, 81, 800.
g. New 5 room cottage, 8 corner lots,
hot and cold water sink, sewer, near west
side car, 81 .925. These should all be sold
Del W. N. forbes & CO., 1o7 w. 7th.
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FOR SALE-Five-room cottage. bath. gas,
water, cistern. 3 corner lots, bargain
Call 200 The Drive.
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Following is list of answers to State
Journal want advertisements remaining
uncalled for at noon today.
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EREE DIsPENsARY.

a~7>0-9~~N~~~~~~~~~-~~~~~
MONROE ST. FREE DISPENSARY.
202 Monroe st. Conducted by regular
practicing physicians and surgeons. Med
fca1 service free Medicine free In some
cases. Office hours to D. m. Calls
answered night or day. Ind. tel 3413.
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UNDFRTAKERs.

L. NJ. PENWELL, funeral director and
embalmer First class service, reason
able prices. 511 Quincy st. Both phones 1872.
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4 TRUE cLAdIRyoYAST is BORN.

zELMA, CLAIRVOYANT = Reads your
life.s past, present and. future; Tells
ally does all that others claim to do.
Special hand reading 10c. $40 Kansas ave
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TAILORING COLLEGE

~~~~>~-----~--~>>~---~~~-
VALENTINES self-calculatinR system
taught. Miss MarstoT. 500 Kansas ave
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SANrrARIUMs.
JEWELLERS.

CO. = y - :, - -
clan. Complete stock of watches. dia-
onnds, silverware, etc. Eyes examined
and spectacles properly fitted
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FOR SALELCheap, a good room house
and lots, well improved, in Oakland.
Bell phone 21o0.
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IF A FARM is what you want, see THE
Kansas ave.
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PLUMBING AND HEATING.


DAN LEAHY, Plumbing, Heating and
Gas Fitting. 212 East Fifth st.
LOUIS LOCKOWITz-P Heating
and Gas Fitting. 219 w. 9Th Ind. 1913.
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GEO. NJ. NOBLE & CO..
REAL ESTATE. LOANS. INSURANCE
Some Special Farms and City Bargains.
4s5 KAN. AVE. OPP. PosToFFIcE.
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ATHLETIC GOODS.


GUNS REPAIRED, exchanged and sold.
Howard's. ITO Kansas ave.
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YOUR FORTUNE TOLD-If you call this
week 10 cents, simply to make new
friends ZELMA, 800 Kansas ave-.
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TRANSFER AND STORAGE.

ATHERTON BROS..-Ofrice ZIG East 9Th.
Both phones 99S. Moving and storage
All kinds goods packed, stored and for
warded to any point in United States.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-24
THURSDAY, JANUARY "a.
THE NEXT U. S. SENATOR.

1t begins to look as if the people
would win. The eight brave men and
true who have stood gallantly by
their constituents evidently intend to
hold out and without them, and bar
ring democratic treachery, Dryden
canaoL be reelected.
Care should be taken in selecting
his successor, however. While with
DRYDEN out of the race the situation
becomes much improved, the state
would not be a great deal better of
with such men as Frank o. Briggs,
David Baird or William j. Bradley
at Washington. They are all men OF
the ring stripe and could be depend
ed upon to follow closely in Dryden's
footsteps.
II Dryden's is to be q
South Jerseyman, and to South Jer-
sey belongs the honor, let it be Gov
ernor Edward c. Stokes. Other ac-
ceptable material would be either
Mahlon Pitney or former Governor
John w. Griggs. The next senator
should be one of these three men.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-24

has shown it consistently. The British aristocracy has shown it in a
very PRACTICAL manner. A not inconsiderahe part II me rising
generation has American blood in its veins, and if things go on as they
are doing it really looks as if we should see before long the BRUSH
people equipped with an American nobility. As to the mass OF our
people. they are and | believe ALWAYS HAVE BEEN well "-
posed to America.
We have had our fraternaI quarrels, but nevertheless the GEN
.ERAL. feeling on the English side has on the whole been one OF gooa
will throughout. 1t has been well said by one of the distinguished
the two nations is NATURAL, not only by the common speecn'
hopes, beliefs and ideals, but by the much stronger ties OF real Inter
ests. while cnmity is unnatural and CAN BE CREATED ONLY
BY EFFORT.
When I was an ambassador in Europe l used to hear a great deal
about what was called the AngloSaxon league. 1t seemed to be a
fixed idea in the minds Of many people that continental Europe was
threatened by a great danger, the danger of an alliance between Amer
lea and England Well, I do not mind saying that no such alliance
exists OR rs CONTEMPLATED The United States is quite
strong enough to take care of itself, and so assuredly IS the British
empire. ~ ssaa
1t has been generally believed on this side of the water, and not
without reason, that at the time Of the Revolution England was the
bitter enemy Of America. Trevelyan in his history of the American
Revolution showssthat the war was regarded as a civil war AND WAS
THOROUGHLY UNPOPULAR. Whatever might be thought OF
the arguments by which the government upheld its right to tax the
colonists, and on that matter there was room for differences OF OPINION,
the ENGLISH PEOPLE did not wish to enforce the claim by war.
Among English statesmen of that period the first three names were
those of Pitt, Fox and Burke.
ALL THREE OPPOSED THE WAR TO THE UTMOST. /
can only say again that there is nothing but good will in England
toward the United States. There is something more even than good
will. There is a feeling of kinship and of PRIDE IN OUR KIN
SHIP. We are proud first Of the British flag and of the free nations
that gather around it. Their interests are our interests, and their
people are our peoples s9 !
couNrRy-PRoUD, HEARTILY PROUD, OF THE STARS AND
STRIPES. saasaDs sss44af /
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-24
Prepared for L,er.

What's that little slip Of paper?"
"Oh, mustn't forget that. It's a clip
ping that puts the buckwheat crop for
the present year at 49, 0 900 bush
els" What are you going to do with
it?' SHOW it to my wife the next
time | ask her If we can't have hot
cakes for breakfast. and she says
there isn't any buckwheat' in the mar
ket."
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-24
FIRE ALARM BOXES.

sy--Raritan Copper Works.
2e-High and Lewis streets.
an Madison avenue and Paterson street
2s-Market n First streets.
Isl and High streets.
s7-State and Smith streets.
l8--Buckingham ave. and HnfIrOro u
Sk-Commerc and Front streets.
17-High and washington streets.
k4-State st. and Buckingham ave-
se-Hayy avenue and Charles street
57-State and Wayne streets.
g2-V a~shington and First streetn.
81 New Brunswick ave and Elm .
s4-Smith street and watson avenue
ss-Commerce and State streets.
72-Front and Smith streets.
is-Water and Gordon streets
Il-Kearny avenue and Gordon streoL
es-Smith and Herber streets:
ss-Woodbridge road n Washington 81
s4-Lehigh avenue and Stanford street.
To send In an alarm. oper the noor o!
the box and pull down the lever and lei
10, once only, Stay at box until nremen
SPECIAL CALLS.
tap---Break In circuit. taps-DrlI
and are alarm test. 3 taps-Ftre out. .
taps-Police call. l2-Calls for Lincoln
Engine Company. i3-Call for Washing
ron Hose. f4-Caii for Mcclellan Engine
Company. l5-Call for Protection Hook
and Ladder. i6-Call for Eagle Hose
Company,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-24
John D. hope there will be no tainted money emarks from anyone.
The Chicago University nrcde 10000 ON from Rockefeller as gMo sprMmuatdp es ov-Nws tenn

Our local teachers Do not object
to these demands even Wen they are
at a loss to meet them. The. pro
fessional spirit impels. them q seek
the intellectual and sprofesSi2ae n
provementF which their pozif.nH.s 90
mand. But because of TIE funds ut
hand, because of the grca. rnspons'-
bility upon the teAEher, because OF
the preparation required for the
teaching professions because Of the
unusual expense attached to a teach
er's life, because the present remun-
Grafton is Insufficient for the require
ments of the teachery hundreds of our
citizens have signed1a petition which
reads as follows:
I'VE, the undersigned taxpayers
and citizens of Perth Amboy, believ-
ing the present Compensation of
T
teachers to be entirely inadequate to
the preparation for, service in, and.
demands of the position, do hereby
endorse and express ourselves as in
hearty sympathy with the movement
for higher salaries"
II you have not already signed this
petition, you should do SO at once.
A city which voted so overwhelming
ly to increase the salaries of the po-
licemen, surely will. not hesitate to
endorse an increase for the teachers
in our public schools especially as
the latter increase VIII be paid out nj
the increased amount coming from
the state and will not AFFECT the tax
payers pocketbooks at all as does the
policemen's raise. That the police
deserved what they got no ore de-
MES. The teachers are equally de-
serving and the city officials should
recognize the justice of their request.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-24
salary is $47O per year, $39.17 per
month, or $1.5O per day.


month, or $1.50 per day.
Out of this sum the teachers must
pay from $40 to $25 per month for
board. Out of the remainder the
teachers must dress, contribute to
benevolent societies, buy books and
periodicals, pay doctors bills, pay cab
fares, attend lectures and other lrst-
class entertainments, and must pro-
vide for many incidental expenses. In
the face of all this, the, teacher must
keep insolvent. must be financially
able to pay all debts. One incident
may suffice to Illustrate this. A su
preme court judge recently handel
down a decision to the effect that In
solvency constituted a good cause for
dismissal, and thus upheld a board Of
education which exercised this de-
spicable prerogative. This is the
case in point: A young lady who had
to use her salary to support an IN
valid mother and invalid sister was
obliged to spend so much for mcdi-
cines, doctors visits and nurses that
she soon ran in debt for other neccs-
sites, and was unable to meet the de-
mands of one or two of her creditors
when they presented their bills. The
others heard of this and became so
urgent that the young lady was obiig-
ed to go into bankruptcy. In other
words, she declared herself unable
to pay her debts at that time. The
hoard dismissed her. 1t was taken to
court and the judge upheld the board
by saying that according 20 law a vol
untary admission of inability To 3ay
ones debts constituted good. cause for
dismissal and so she was left without
any means of support. One example
| suffices. These are, however, en-
penses which come to all people vino
live as teachers are expected to live.
But there are professional demands
upon the teacher. He is required to
join and pay dues to the Pedagogical
Library Association. He is expected
to join the National Educational AS
ISOLATION. He is expected to join the
State Teachers Association. He is
expected to belong TO the Perth Am
boy Teachers Association, and to be
responsible for at least two tickets
for the lecture course. He is expect
ed, and after next year all who are
engaged as teachers will be compel
led to join, the Teachers Retirement
Fund and to pay into the fund from
two to three per cent. of his salary
each month. He gets no returns un-
less he teaches twenty years. and IN
less at the end of that time he is
totally incapacitated cor teaching. He
may teach nineteen years and then If
he stops teaching for any reason at
all, the money he has paid to the fund
during that time goes for nothing so
far as he is individually concerned.
He is required to attend tschers' in
s~tltutes wherever, whenever and for
whateycr time The powers fnNf2 W.
may elect and to pay his own expans
nz4herc.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-24
ILondon's Foas.

November is London's worst month
for fogs. During a good year the
Londoner may have to breathe only
SO fogs. In a very bad" year he may
have to endure as many as 80. Lon
don's countless coal fires, mingling
SCOT with mist, concoct the London
er's fog for him. The great majority
of fogs in the metropolis begin to
form between seven and eight in the
morning, just when most fires are be-
ing lighted.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-24
stylish Wine Clerks In Alaska.

1t will perhaps be noticed by those
who visit the most popular resorts
that all of the wine clerks are now
wearing new and fashionable neck
ties. This is accounted for in the fact
that Tom Nestor while on the out
size was induced to buy a whole case
of neckties and he brought them to
Nome and presented them to the boys
in the white suits.-Nome Gold Dig
ger.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-24
strenuous Political csmpaions.

AS an illustration Of the violence
that was once CONNER during politi-
cal campaigns in England is a quaint
bill from a lawyer, after an election
at Andover in 1853: ITO being thrown
out of the George inn, Andover, to my
legs being thereby broken, to sur
geon's bill and loss of time and bust
ness, $500 ($2,5o0).
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-24
-
NEW YORK HERALD WEATHER
FORECAST.

In the middle states and New Eng
land today fair weather will prevail,
with considerably lower temperature
and fresh to light northwesterly and
northerly winds, followed by slightly
higher temperature in the interior of
this section. On Friday fair to partly
cloudy and warmer weather will pre-
vail, with light and fresh variable
winds, followed by snow in the north
ern districts; and on Saturday over
cast, milder weather, preceded by
snow.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-24

a ST. Louis physician telephonsd
an order to a drug store, which was
received by the druggists son. a boy
of IA years. The boy misunderstood
the order and ser: an overdose OF a
drug which killed the doctors patient.
The coroner's jury held the physician,
the druggist and the boy responsible
for the death.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-24

charge of our schools. The coming
generation must have the best train
ing possible and too much care can
not be exercised in the selection OF
those who are to instruct. For this
reason, therefore, the movement now
on foot in this city to have the salar-
les of the teachers substantially in
creased should receive the hearty sup
port of all.
Because of the law passed by the
last state legislature taxing railroads
as if they were individual property
owners, which law is found on page
272 of the laws of the last session,
the state will receive, according to
the figures of the state board of as
SCISSORS as given in the governors
message, $3,503,52O.70 az against
$3.50, 991.21 under the old system OF
taxing railroads. OF this S3,503,-
520.70 there will be apportioned di-
rectly for the benefit of the schools
$2,533,S67.35, and the remainder is
to be turned into the state treasury
to he used toward the, same, ends. This
money is to be apportioned to the dlf-
ferent counties and municipalities by
the proper officers, upon the basis OF
the taxable value OF real estate there
in. The law further states that this
money is to be used for the running
expenses of, the schools only, as de
fined in section 95 of the school law.
1.-THE largest item by far In, the run
/ ming expenses is the teachers salary
account.
Several reasons are advanced why
( teachers who have the charge and di-
rection of the child-mind should be
= lSNOlliD tlStu .DGllCl tHhl tiiOS dit 81
present. Out state has recognized
l these reasons and a large number of
Perth Amboy's citizens have recog-
nized them.
In considering these reasons let us
first consider the preparation which
is justly required for this profession.
The majority of teachers spend four
years in a high school and from two
to three years at the normal school,
making six to seven years in which
they are earning no money and are
under heavy expense, thus losing in
two ways. Those who attend special
training schools and colleges often
! spend a longer time. After all this
preparation and trailing some cities
in our state do not recognize the di-
l ploma thus earned, but ask teachers
/. to take further rigid examinations
e and then offer the recompense of an
average of $640 in the cities of on
5 state. In Perth Amboy the average
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-24
NOTHING

Last Sunday night was ladies'
night at the Pleiades club. which
holds its meetings 1t the Lafayette
Brevoort. The management showed
the ladies of the club the delicate at
tention Of a pretty present of fans,
but on each fan was the picture of a
cat. Nobody know why.-N. Y. Press.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-24
Broke un Church MeatInn

While Rev. John Webster was
preaching at the midweek service at
the Wesleyan church at Etruria, near
Stoke-on-Trent England, two bullocks
rushed into the building. They Gre
ated a. great disturbance, and the
service was abandoned.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-24
swelled rhsm un.

The young man had gone to New
York to become an actor. He got a
job as a super in one Of the theaters,
and then wrote home: Il am clean
ing up everything in the theater,"
whereat his good people were muchly
swelled up.