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The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-10-17
A REAL "HoSs" RACE.
Country Fair the Place to See It at
Its Best.

If you would see a horse strap
ped, booted, braced and geared to
the limit, you must seek such a
track as you see at the old-time
country fair. Here comes an awk-
ward nea-btten gray which never
went under $3.50 in his life. He is
hobbled and checked and goggled, and
hitched up sidewise, lengthwise and
crosswise until there is more har-
ness than horse. You wonder how
his driver ever got him into this rig
ging, and how he will get him out
again without cutting him free with
a jackknife A farmer with a
gray beard and twinkling eye OBJ.
serves to his neighbor:
Last time John Martin had that
plug cut on the road / told him he
had the old cripple overloaded with
Observation-Disclosures. Them straps
that was cal'lated to hoist up his
knees must ha pulled too tight and
the critter was yanked clean off the
ground. What John was gettin
ready for was a race for flynn ma
chimes, not a boss trot."-From "The
Country Fair" by David Lansing, in
Outing.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-10-17
J. 5. CRAWFORD,
No. I25 ". Ninth Street. Kansas City. Missouri
QUALITIES OF WIT AND HUMoR.
Alike, Yet In Many Ways Fundament-
ally Different.

Wit and humor are such elemental
fundamental things that 1t has always
been found difficult to analyze them,
says a writer in The Atlantic. Upon
some points. however, those who have
essayed this puzzling task agree, for
they all hold that wit is an intel
lectual, humor an emotional, quality;
that wit is a perception of resem-
blance, and humor a perception OF
contrast, of discrepancy, Of incongru-
ity. The incongruity is that which
arises between the ideal and the fact,
between theory and practice, between
promise and performance; and per-
haps it might be added that it is al.
ways or almost always a moral in-
congruity. In the case both of wit
and humor there is also pleasurable
surprise, a gentle shock, which &C
companies our perception of the hith-
erto unsupported resemblance or in
congruity. A New England farmer
was once describing in the pres
ence of very humane person the
great age and debility Of horse that
he formerly owned and used. You
ought to have killed him" interrupt
ed the humane person Indignantly.
"Wel," drawled the farmer I'VE did
almost"
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-10-17
SEEK TO WIN SOLDIERS.
Russian Girls Risk Life for the Cause
of Liberty.

"When the university opened last
autumn | started to work again
among the soldiers" said the young
woman. "As you know, the revolu-
tionists are at present working very
hard to win over the army, and one
of the means is to talk freedom di-
rectly to the soldiers. For this girls
have been found to be more effective
than men; the young peasant soldiers
are more willing to listen to girls,
and are far reader to protect them
from arrest So all over Russia hun
dreds and hundreds of girls are now
nightly meeting with groups of SOL
diers, in working mems homes and in
barracks. To go into barracks and
talk revolution to the soldiers, hard
ly anything is so dangerous-for the
girl caught is tried by court-martial
and in day or two is executed
From Leroy SCOTS Interview with q
Russian Woman, in Everybodys.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-10-17

Feminine curiosity originated with
Mother Eve when she took the first
bite of that apple.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-10-17
krunn Industrial Colonies.

Think of owning 10000 houses &C
commodating 100000 persons, of con
Quoting 1OS supply stores and related
establishments and 80 other institu.
tons of most varied intricate charac-
ter. Count in the difficulties Of fairly
administering u great aid funds, and
then consider that all this is but one
part Of one element in the govern
ment OF a great industry. Count the
cost OF construction and administra-
ton. Figure that OF the 100000 but
10000 are wage earners whose aver
age income is but eight dollars a
week, and that they are well fed,
well housed, clothed, educated, guided,
insured against sickness, accident or
death, and pensloned when their use
fulness is gone, and then realize that
It is all one huge, happy success and
that 1t pays. This, In nutshell, says
the American Industries, Is what
Fried. Krupp, Actiengesellschaft, are
doing for the workmen at the great
Krupp Steel Works In Essen, Ger
many, where the Krupp guns arc
made,
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-10-17
A Break In the Ceremony.

Little Tom was two years old and
talking before his proud parents took
him to be christened Though limit.
ed, his vocabulary included one or
two choice words picked up from his
father. OF course, he looked like q
perfect little cherub on the eventful
day, with his wide blue eyes and shin
ing curls and mother had got him up
in great shape for the ceremony. At
the most impressive point Tom turn.
ed to his father and exclaimed in az.
gravated tones: "Why, damn It, he
wet my head!"
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-10-17
Precocious Children.

All those intrusted with the care Of
the young are faced by grave prob
lem In the case of children who inherit
or display precocity. The guiding to
maturity of the simple, normal child,
who passes naturally from stage to
stage OF its development, is compar-
adyely easy matter, The trouble Is
largely that the nature of precocity
is not understood Most parents, for
example, hail the signs of it with de-
light, and do all they can to foster
them. They treat precocity as a gold
mine, to be worked for all 1t Is
worth" but here they make great
mistake There are several types Of
Preeocious children, presenting vary
ing degrees of peril to the training
system, and this peril is greatly
lessened by capacity to classify the
types. There are certain children,
born Of healthy and intellectual stock,
with fine physiques. They inherit
usually very active nerve-centers,
which imply, among other things.
quick and eager brain processes.
These children are hailed with Justice
as the legitimate Towering Of their
heredity, and then all concerned, in
GLIDING, of course, the poor child it.
self, hasten to work havoc with the
fair prospect by cruel and short
sighted system of forcing. These chill
dren, being naturally strong and well,
can bear an enormous amount OF the
system without breaking down, but
they do not make the men and women
they would have made under wise re-
straint They should be kept much
with other children, noticed little by
their elders, interested in physical pur-
suits, and nodded into symmetry by
persistent holding back There may
not be much wrong with the child
who reads the Greek Testament at
four years Of age, but there is certain
ly something wrong with the parents
who let him. There is another very
different type of precocious children,
says the Youths Companion. These
are the offspring often of equity or tu-
berculous parents, and inherit, If not
actual disease, at least faulty ply
siques. They are often beautiful, en-
gaging children of great mental bril-
lance They often have phenomenal
memories which are developed at the
expense OF all other mental faculties.
They are not physically strong enough
for any sustained effort, and after a
brilliant childhood they exhaust them
SELVES and become commonplace.
These children should be made to lead
physical lives, every effort being di-
rected to form a good constitution. A
country life is almost necessity in
their case, and the mental develop
ment should be made as gradual as
possible.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-10-17
Reason This Out.

An English quarryman was charged
with assaulting one of his mates, and
when the case was carried into court,
an eyewitness of the occurrence gave
some curious evidence.
"He TUX pick an he TUX a pick"
the witness began, IAN he hit him
wild his pick, an he hit him wild his
pick; an If he'd hit him wild his as
hard as he hit him wild his, he'd have
near killed him, and not him him."
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-10-17

Booker T. Washington, the foundt
Of the Tuskegee school, Is opposed to
cclored people having their own news
papers. He says: Il fear that our
are at fault because
they hold up our difficulties. People
reading them see too many accounts
of negro oppression, and we do not
want our race seured BY such &C
counts."
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-10-17
Most Unhealthy Work.

According to a German physician,
DR.. Horn, miners age 80 rapidly be-
cause of their unhygienic surround
ings that they present all the aspects
of senile decay at the age OF 6O, be-
yond which few are able to ply their
vocation
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-10-17

Is this years comet the cause of
this years weather? Ninety-six years
ago the comet Of 1911 was charged
with the weather, together with a
large number Of other happenings. We
have advanced since then and lay all
these things to the sun spots.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-10-17

A man has been adjudged sane by
che courts In Virginia and insane BY
The courts in New York. Under which
concatenation there is judicial author
lity for asserting that be will be insane
iiE he continues to Live ID New York.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-10-17

A Chicago man who laughed at
table choked to death on a piece Of
meat. Genial or even mirthful con-
iversation at meals Is recommended as
an aid to digestion, bat there should
be warning against undue hilarity.
In the words Of Roscoe Conkling, the
diner should have a "halcyon but not
vociferous time"
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-10-17

Globe Republican Pig. Co., Pubs.
DODGE CITY, KANs
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-01
SENSE or SIGHT IN ANTS.
Experiments Indicating That They
DON'T Depend on Smell.

0SH 00PSu0 on SHCUs
The old theory that ants could not
see and were guided entirely by sense
Of smell has been demolished by a Sc
ries of experiments reported in the
Revere ScientifiQue. A little platform
of cardboard was set up near one Of
their nests with inclined plane lead
ing conveniently down to the en-
trance. Then number of the insects
and quantity of their eggs were
placed upon the platform.
For a few minutes the ants seemed
greatly perturbed, but they very soon
found the inclined plane and at once
started carrying the eggs down it to
the nest.
A second inclined plane was located
on the opposite side of the platform,
but they took no notice of it. The ex-
perimenters then twisted the platform
around so that the second plane point
ed to the nest entrance
Without, hesitation the ants ceased
using the old plane and took to the
new one, showing conclusively, it is
argued, that they were not following
trail by scent, but were getting their
bearings by some other sense.
The next step was to mark some Of
the ants with view to seeing wheth-
er each individual always used the
same path and the same entrance to
his nest. 1t was found that no such
thing was the case.
They all seemed to know all the en-
frances and to have a sense of their
direction They struck out new paths
for themselves and always reached
their destination without fail. This
was regarded as establishing some
form of vision.
Finally, an electric light bulb was
set up near one entrance to the nest,
1t seemed to have an immediate at
traction for the ants, as they unani-
mOusly used the entrance on that side
coming to and going from the nest.
Then 1t was changed over the other
side, causing great excitement appar-
iy among the insects, which ended in
their changing over to the newly il
Illuminated way.
Changes in the brilliancy of the
light seemed to have no perceptible
effect on the ants, but they never
failed to detect the change Of direc-
ton. All possible precautions were
taken to prevent the heat from the
lamp from reaching them, so that it
is regarded as certain that they per
ceiVed the light.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-01
John BULBS Weakness.

No one has any business whatever
to be as stout as the John Bull Of
our artists-who are wise in what they
select for the touch Of caricature.
That gentleman's corporation is a
sign, not Of health, but disease. He
eats too much and works too little.
His blood pressure is too high, his
arteries are becoming hard, his power
of thought is becoming impaired; in
due course he will have shock. -
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-01
eean DAY and sauerkraut Day.

Two very significant days are on
the calendars of central Iowa, and
the announcement each year Of the
dates of "Bean Day" and "Sauerkraut
Day" is watched with interest by thou
sands Of people who participate in
the festivities incident to these occa-
sions
Bean Day" came first this year,
falling on Aug. IA. In addition to the
piece de resistance on the program
the big dinner-hosts Of outdoor
amusements were offered.
"Sauerkraut Day will be held later
than usual this year, the date named
being Sept. 26 This is "the only
day Of its kind in the world" and is
celebrated by the use of hundreds of
quarts of sauerkraut, served at tables
laid along the principal streets.
Bean Day" is supported by the citi-
zens of Geneva in Franklin County,
and the residents Of Ackley in Hardin
County are responsible for "Sauer-
kraut Day."-St. Paul Dispatch.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-01
NOT 70 BE.


The rose said, 'Let but this long ram De
And I Shall feel my sweetness in the
And pour its fullness into life at last
But when the rain was done, rn-
But when dawn sparkled through u"
clouded air.
She was not there.
The lark said. LET bur winter be ard /
And blossoms come, and light anu :
And lose the he earth. and be the voice Oh
day"
But when the SHOWS were, Ger, over-
But when spring broke in bluenesS oN''
head,
The lark was dead.
And myriad roses made the gardein', Ely 3sr
And sl1y-larks caroied all the s'"N'''0'
long o,s -
what lack of birds to sing and flowers 10
blow!
Yet, all, lost scent, lost song! oovar
Poor empty rose, po9r lark t"a'
thrilled
Dead unfuldlled!
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-01

paid for the coal and the kerosene be.
sides"
Why-why, then we don't owe any
thing!" Ruth cried incredulously, for
we've paid the house rent together"
"And we've had all our worry for
nothing"
Il wish I'd told YOU"
Il wish I'd told you"
There was a little silence.
Just the same, want to get back
home" said Myra.
$50 do /. And we'd better, too, for
it's most time to ve thinking about
putting in our sweet peas
And the green peas, too"
Two weeks later they We're on the
train going home.
After ALL said Ruth reminiscent
ly. lit was considerable fun"
Yes" said Myra, but another time
I'd go in for honesty and paying out
bills from the start"
"Yes, so would L."
Il suppose we could get back our
old work any time
I'm sure cf It,
Didn't We go to lots of plays and
hear lots OF music?'
Yes. and we didn't stagnate, did
VIC "
Not exactly"
Lets try it again next winter"
Lets"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-01

The worships ancestors; the West woshlpS
postery The ghosts the
Wes bows its head born Ancestor worship
the old superston poy worship superstition Inc ola
bottles are filled with wine but the labels the and the new
wine is of the old Of mans ndesuc
Bile illusions.
we told breed poseU
the
ca for the the sake OF
posteriy
We egsate postery posety tinker
with the social with individual hDe
for the sake poery the sake pose Voe
the Socialist ticket poster NEEDLE with everything for W
sake of
Fetch civilization we whS
living rights
only which evolutionary winds are
blowing build the mar
veous edifce Bricks and mortar we are
told nothing they feed the b
belly tossed to that Dag
guton
We to be systemzed badged assed srooved wired suea our
instincts noculated with the virus
light made with the
right vingl that sociological ana poA
o. thai wondertime poertty!
grovlng word Now it is posteriy
mmovabe present ne saves ms
being able to regulate mis- ire To-
failure ne
ong anicpatoy tongue rapture
that SEEN something nv w
can something that could not possibly exist
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-01
An Experienced Widow.

Widow (23), thoroughly use to the
trade; capable taking cha Sc, good
cook, careful hOusekeeper disengaged.
Good refs. ADDRESS, etc --Lo1dcc
Daily Telegraph.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-01

The imports and exports of Malaeca,
a port in the Straits Settlements,
amounted last year to s5,687S68 gold,
which is a considerable increase over
the previous years.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-01

Northrn Florida and Northern Geor-
gia can boast of some Of the largest
tobacco plantations in the world
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-01
The priver Ne at FauIt.

Knicker-Was your auto speeding?
Bocker-NO, the landscape was go.
ing by too fast.-New York Sun.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-01
Our
lAagResaeAePRaAs TETE NNaNFN"~8S0~J
Railways Support
2O,OOO,OOO Persons
BY Chairman M. E. Ingalls,. of the c., C.,
n~~A.a.~~ and ST. L. Il. 4. G-AabAs~

OU may abuse railway menyou may Torce into DahA
ruptcy railway lines but you cannot wipe out the great
transportation industry the great business represented D
railways without destroying the business OF your cOa
try nothing else that know OF that SO peeateS
the life the health the happiness of the nation as M
TRANSPORTATION Over million OF men are en-
poyed directly by railways least five millions are
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-01
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who today are bowling ana ABUSING
courts must consider
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condition Of affairs is prolonged
dull times long hours and poor
country prosperous as when
be reduced
much is the most foolish Of all Your railway
civilized lnng
happiness
fort to the great might great suffering 1t might
Shippers nut "oud Dc "
to the great of Workngmen
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-01
The -~~"sr>>r0T
Fountains Of Friendship
BY President LUOodrOw LUilsOn

o a lineage. 1t is Of the
and breeding loyalty selfforgetng devotion,
a than they.
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l=f choice which friendship
II wtha an watchful
II in Dleases him
lkGAu Of is win. II
know-who
to privilege
few take
rebellion
word Of mine can beg
those who and
make Of sadness a mood Of enlightenment Of hope
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-11-01
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Posterity::
The Vew Superstition
Ey Benjamin De Cosseres.

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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-30
BREAD AND MEAT
Bids Received Last Night For
 Furnishing Brookside Home.

At the meeting of the board of charities last night the contract for furnishing meat at the Brookside home was awarded to D. J. Me- Grath, bis prices being as follows: shoulder and boiling pieces, 5 cents q pound; corned plates and Hanks, cents q pound; soup pieces, 21-2 cents q pound. The prices of the Wa terbury Market Co were 3 cents a pound for fresh rib and corned beef. Those were the only bidders. No bid was submitted for fish, and in conse- qience 1t was voted to continue to buy that article from the Waterbury Market Co for 6 cents a pound, de- fvered, subject to the approval of the comptroller.
 The contract for bread went to John O'Brien, for $2.75 hundred pounds. Thomas Kelly telephoned in that he would furnish bread for $1. 90 hundred pounds. but inasmuch as the advertisement called for formal bid accompanied by check. Mir Kel- ly's proposition could not be consid- cred. It was decided to hold all fu- ture meetings at 8 o'clock instead of at 7:3O, provided the change prove agreeable to the mayor.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-30
MADE OFF WITH so
Ernest Petrosky Sent Out For Change Forget 10 Come Back.

Ernest Petrosky, age about IS, was arrested this morning by Detec- tives Kennaugh and Colesanto, and is held on charge of einbezzlement. Last evening Petrosky's sister-in-law Mrs Agnes Petrosky, gave him $10 to go out to change but ne forgot to come back. His arrest this morning came about in peculiar manner. About 9 o'clock. Superintendent of Police Beach received a telephone message, he knew not from whom, that red-haired youth who was on his way to the center on an Oakville car was wanted for theft. The chief sent Detectives Kcnnaugh and Cole santo to the center and the auburned hair boy was no more than off the car when he was captured and brought to the station. When search ed $S.25 of the $10 was found on him. He said that he spent the rest of the money.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-30
AFTER TROLLEY co
City Officials Demand Two Per Cent According to Agreement.

The new omcers of the trolley company got their first severe shock this morning when Comptroller M. D. Russell and Edward B. McElligott, committee representing the depart ment of finance. called at the com pany's ofiice on Grand street and re- newed the demand for 2 per cent of the gross earnings of the road in ex- cess of 6 per cent on the money in vested. A contract to this effect was signed several years ago between the city of Waterbury and A. M. Young. the latter representing the trolley people, but it never has been lived up to, although 1t is still in force. Shortly after Mayor Thoms assumed the reins of government the matter was brought to the attention of the board of finance and after consulta- tion with the city attorney 1t was found that the city was within it's lines in making demand to see the books of the company and thus deter mine how much, if any. was coming to the city from this source. Such a demand was made, but the Philadel- phia people thought the city officials were joking or wanted to pry into their business and beckoned the com mittee away. Then the city attor- ney instituted law proceedings to compel the company to show its hand, but so far nothing has been done in the premises. Inasmuch as there will be complete change of management on February 1t was deemed advisa- ble to renew the demand upon John F. Sewell, now as general manager for the Consolidated road. the former proposition being made to him as general manager of the c. R. and l.. Co.
 Mir Sewell was found at the office this morning and received the com inittee very courteously. He listened patiently to what they had to say and then introduced them to his success sor, Mir Meyers, who promised to bring the matter to the attention or General Manager May. The commit- tee rather liked how they were used this morning and have notion that tue ItcW IIldudScHCuS WAh uS AAAoi likely to recognize the city's right to look into this matter than the former owners were. The per cent con tract was for the use of the streets by the company and there appears to be no reason in the world why It should not be paid. The trouble about it is that 1t remained under foot so long the company was some- what surprised to see 1t. dug up at this hour of the day. If it had been attended to right along, as 1t should have been, there never would have been any bother about 1t. Some say that if the city can get what is com ing to 1t from the new owners of the trolley the amount will startle the community and put the officials in Q way to build all the reservoirs they want without issuing bonds or in creasing the rate of taxation.