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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-28
Game of IL Am"

A new puzzle game is called the
game Of II am" Here are several ex-
amples: /. | am a rainbow. 2. l am
radical. 3. am exceedingly cold. 4.
am an object OF worship. >. | an a
climbing plant. 6. | am surrounded,
yet alone. I. am valuable article
Of commerce. 8. am thought. 9. l
am poem. 10. am perfection. II.
| am indOlent. l.. am very small
quantity. Is. | am used in medicine.
IA. am an animal Is. | adorn a
culinary deIicacy. Ii. know who
others are. Il. | ridicule others 1S
| am angry. 10. am Grecian. 20.
am brief 21. am the middle Of the
month.
The answers are: |. Iris. =. lcono-
claSt. 3. IcicIe. 4. Idol. ). Ivy. 6.
Island. Z. Ivory. 8. Idea. 8. Idyl. 10.
Ideal. II. Idle II. Iota. 13. Iodine.
IA. Ibex. II. Icing lG. Identification,
II. Irony. lS Irate. 10. Ionic. 20.
Item. Il. ldes.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-28
Our Hoosier Budget.
Portland, Ind, Nov. 25, 1870

Portland, Ind, Nov. 70, l9O|.
Fine weather, Notwithstanding
Prof. Hicks said we would have
about thirty days of storm.
The c., B. & C. Railway Co. is
still working on the western ex-
tension to Huntington and must
have trains running between
Bluffton and Huntington SO the
company can secure the subsidy
of $98, 900 voted them. Proba-
bly, it will be completed by JAN
uary 1st next as agreed.
Health is quite good here.
While little is said on politics
here, a great deal of thinking is
beingdone. Congress will soon
meet and we don't believe there
will be any tinkering with the
tariff laws. Our congressman
and his private secretary will &C
to Washington this week. Adair,
in my estimation, has absorbed
too much Organism lately.
The good people are getting ac'
quainted with municipal owner
ship. Ilook for a grand time il
our little city in the near future
The city owns the electric ligh'
and water works plant and wha'
Lit is now costing the people ! d.
not know. But something will
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-28
Conundrums.

Why is girls belt like Il scavenger?
Because it goes round and gathers up
the waist (wastel.
Why is an inn like Il cemetery? 1t Is
a resting place for travellers.
Why is an Old umbrella that has
been lost and found as good as new
one? Because it Is recovered.
What is that which has many leaves,
but no stem? 4 book.
Why are bushes like little girls?
They hecome women.
What is the difference between char
lty and tailor?' One covers multi
tude Of sins. the other multitude Of
sinners.
What is that which rich man
wants, poor man has, u misep spends,
spendthrft saves and we all take
with US to the grave? NOthing.-Phi'-
adelphia Ledger.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-28
FEDERAL TAXATION.

There is a real peril in the tendency
of the states and the people thereof to
saddle upon the federal government
expensive jobs. They do it on the
comfortable theory that the federal
government gets its money easily, per
haps even that it collects 1t from the
foreigner who trades with us. Money
that is gotten so easy, in imagination,
flows out again freely. When we once
grasp the idea that every dollar spent
by the government is raised as truly
Ly taxation as though 1t were spread
upon an assessment roll, perhaps we
shall have more sympathy with the ef-
forts Of the chairman Of the appropria-
tions committee to avoid useless or
doubtful experiments in government
Houghton. Mich. Gazette.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-28

an want there at this time? The
answer is to pay his respects to
the chief magistrate. That was
all right. The two men have
much in common, and perhaps
Bryan is keen to help Roosevelt
allay the panic. The idea sug-
gested by Bryan to insure de-
positors Of money put into the
banks is a good one. If Roose-
velt will see fit to incorporate
that idea in his next message to
Congress, it will please the Ne
braskan, no doubt, and he might
never say on the rostrum that
Roosevelt stole his idea.
1t looks as if the panic is about
over. We may eat our dinner on
this Thanksgiving day with a
good assurance that plenty and
prosperity will tarry with US a
while longer. Some people blame
the President for borrowing sc
much money to help the banks
but was it not better to borrow
money at three per cent than to
let destruction stalk through the
land?
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-28
CREENvILLE, OHIO, THURSDAY NOVEMBER 28, 1907
NO INCENTIVE TO SAVE
n saVlngS Deposltors Are Honest
They Must Pay a Premium For
Laying Aside For Rainy Day.

Laying Aside For Rainy Day.
r. w. Firestone Of Lisbon, repre-
Eenting the State Bankers association.
told the Tax Commission Of Ohio. not
long since. that the present tax laws
pu a premium upon perjury. In sup
port of his argument for more equit-
able system of taxation. Mr.. Firestone
said:
THE municipalities in Ohio are
taxed almost beyond the point Of en-
durance. The rates for Ohio range
very generally from to per cent.
and l recall that in my city OF
Wellsville We have tax rate Of 4.8
for the coming year. Now, what does
the average person who accumulates a
little capital do with it, As a rule he
puts it in a savings bank. The saw.
ings bank sometimes pays 3 per cent,
sometimes 4 per cent.
What is the condition OF the tax
payer in the city OF Welsvile who
has accumulated little property and
put it in savings bank? MY opinion
and has to ray 4S per cent in taxes,
is better OF not to have money He
is behind because he must pay taxes
upon this fund. Well. what is the nee
essary result OF that? 1t seems to me
to be premium on perjury. The aver
age taxpayer becomes periurer. He
is bound to do it, with conditions like
that. to pay decent regard to his
own existence. That is not, however,
the lamentable effect. A more serious
habit among the people. Now, econ
omists will agree there Is no more
hopeful tendency in all banking buSi-
ness than the savings habit which 1t
encourages. 1t makes a good citizen
out OF the man who saves. He be-
comes interested in our government
institutions, because he looks to them
to preserve the rights of property. He
has property interests to preserve, and
he becomes more and more an exam
pie Of thrift, laying by savings for the
rainy day. Now, II conditions like the
present continue. what will be the re-
suit? The incentive to save is lost.
You save the money only to have to
pay it out in taxes. You pay out more
money in taxes than you get in return
| for these investments. The whole in
centive is lost How does that affect
the state? Well, the state simply has
an army OF dependent persons to look
after because they can not look after
themselves. for the incentive for the
accumulation Of money is removed
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-28

It might be we'll to remind the boys
and girls that there is certain dis
tipctiop between the words steeple,
tower, splre and turret in spite of the
fact that they are generally used as
synonymous So far as steeple Is con-
cerned, it may not improperly be ap-
piled to any Of the forms. A tower is
a square steeple; spire is an elongat-
ed covering for tOwer-in other
words, it is an extremely elevated and
tapering roof. A turret. sometimes
called a towerette. is a smaller spire
which is generally placed at an angle
of a tower, forming roof for a wind
ing staircase News.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-28
drop at the next election.

uIOp dC CIlC IlCAC ClCCClOIl.
On last Friday Dennis Kersh-
ner took his mother to the home
of one of his brothers. The old
lady has been partially paralyzed
for nearly a year and is entirely
helpless, even lost her speech.
There is some dropsical effusion
in the feet, which makes her
restless. She was taken in an
ambulance and stood the trip We
ry well.
Our schools are doing we'll with
some symptoms of football on
the brain.
On Saturday last we had a bal
loon ascension in our city by a
Mrs. Reid. The balloon went up
all right and did not play any
tricks like the airship during the
last county fair at your place.
When | make an ascension it will
be with angel wings and a new
white robe.
| Corn is nearly all in the crib in
Jay county and so far the shred
der has not injured a single one
in this locality. But the hunters
are yet to be heard from. New
rules have been promulgated, as
follows: First, do not point your
gun at any person; second, when
climbing a fence hold the gun in
front of you, with the muzzIe up
ward; third, carry the gun in an
upright position or the muzzle
downward; and fourthly, if you
want to shoot anything we sug-
gest you shoot your dog. What
a nuisance a dog and gun is! A
young nimrod with a complete
outfit costing $50 can maybe bag
39c worth of game in a season.
Did you ever notice what grand
names their. dogs have and did
you ever notice how the dogs
like mutton? Farmers, don't let
the biped genus homo and his
canine rover on your farms. Pre-
serve the birds and let the hunt
er go west for bigger game, like
Teddy does. When I see a man
start out with gun and dogs
smile and think of so much mus.
cular energy lost in the woods
and fields. No man would ever
get the privilege of hunting on 9
farm of mine.
Mr.. Editor, I congratulate you
on having that grand old man.
Leo" to pour hot shot into the
enemy in his column in your pa
per. Great truths emanate from
his fertile brain. We love to reaC
his thoughts in print, and dom
forget that his writings are al
bread cast on the waters and no
as pearls before swine.
DARKE COUNTY Boy.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-28

30 Meoetahl.. and ganrII laxative.
Washington. The very large
majority of the Ohioans who
reach here declare that while the
Senator has some staunch friends
and will probably be reelected
to the Senate there is no ques-
ton whatever that Secretary
Taft will have the Ohio delega-
ton in the National Republican
convention. In fact, even Gov.
Hughes of New York, who, after
Mr.. Taft, is the strongest candi-
date in the field, is not regarded
as having a ghost of a show ag-
ainst the Secretary of War who
has conducted every d elicate mis-
sion entrusted to him with such
remarkable skill and who is not
only heartily in sympathy with
the Presidents policies but who
has sat in the council chamber
and assisted in forming many of
them.
Many senators and represen-
Rtatives are reaching Washington
now and all from the west are
telling to the President the same
story, the refusal of the New
York banks to take into consid-
Grafton the needs of the west as
to currency. The western bank
ers have, all the year, been send
ing their cash to the New York
banks, but when September came
they asked that it be returned to
move the crops. At first small
amounts were sent them but later
the New Workers refused abso-
lutely to send any money west
and the greatest inconvenience
has been caused throughout the
agricultural sections of the coum-
try. Secretary CorEelyou appar-
emily failed to appreciate the 81 t.
uation and put all the Treasury
surplus in the New York banks.
Now, however, the President has
taken a hand and insists that ev-
cry penny received from the sale
of Panama bonds and Treasury
certificates shall be deposited in
western banks. With money
plenty in the west the crops can
be sent east and sold Immediately
to European buyers and Europ-
can money will then flow in to
relieve the shortage. in the east
Senator Hansbrol Ugh has reach
ed Washington and is eXertlng
himself to promote the produc-
ton of free alcohol by farmers,
in accordance with. the provls-
ions of his bill of last session.
There has been g reat opposition
to farmers produ cling their oWr
alcohol, the trust and big distil
lers wanting to keep the indus
try for themselv res, but now tina
Mr.. Hansbrougl has undertaken
to stir things u p it is probabl
that stills will be imported an
instructions iss sued so that tn
| farmers can p rodUce their oW
fuel and light ing material with
out being der Dendent on eithe
the distillers or the Standard O
Company At the Ja1nestoW
Exposition t here has been an e2
hibition of a Icohol burning lamps
etc., which was mostinterestinl
The lamps which burned alcOh'
gave a bea utiful light, gave o
no smell a nd were non -explosiv
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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-28
Riddles With Answers.

In maj BILE halls as white as milk.
Lined With a skin as soft as silk,
Within a fountain crystal clear.
A golden apple does appear.
No doors are there in this stronghold,
Yet thieves break in and steal the gold.
Gan egg)
Although we, are but twenty-six
We change to millions, too.
And, though we cannot speak word,
We tell what others do.
(The alphabet)
Washington Post.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-28
Don't Paw AIimonv

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Totally different and better
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at The PROGRESS,
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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-28
Proper Footwear.

For clergyman, cloth.
For a tourist, rubber, (
FOR aR explorer, arctics.
For baby. kid.
For milkmap. pumps.
For q book agent, canvas.
For a waiter, tipped.
For a collector of the port, custom
made.
For country lovers, over-gait-ers.
For a cheeky person, bronze.
For a robber, sneakers.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-28
The Political Trend.
BY LEO.

est, because, like a weather cock
on a barn roof, they show which
way the wind blows.
Hon. Wade Ellis made a speech
in northern Ohio in favor of the
nomination of Judge Taft by the
forth coming Republican conven-
ton. 1t was brilliant speech.
After hearing the Ohio attorney
general the western reserve peo-
pie are almost solid in favor of
nominating Taft. The western
reserve people are intelligent and
progressive. Their attitude will
have much weight with the con-
vention. Couple with this atti-
tude of northern Ohio the fact
that Cincinnati is also in favor of
Taft, and you have a tolerably
clear indication how Ohio will
stand in the national convention.
1t looks as if about nine-tenths OF
the Ohio Republicans favor Taft
for presidential candidate next
year.
The wind is not all one way,
however. There are puffs of con-
trary wind. The other day a few
friends of Senator Foraker-the
league of Republican clubs NOM
mated the Senator for another
term in the Senate of the United
States and for presidential can
didate. 1t was a mere puff OF
contrary wind. The league is no
longer of much vitality in politics.
1t is Foraker concern, and we
must think of the nomination of
Senator Foraker rs simply par
tiaiity to an old friend. 1t is al
most as if one was nominated in
his own family circle.
The league stands for a few
friends of Senator Foraker. 1t
in no way represents the Repub-
licans of Ohio. Was the Senator
himself aware of what was go
ing to happen? Very likely; his
friends would hardly go as far as
they did without his permission.
We may therefore regard the
senior senator from Ohio as a
presidential candidate. He has
a right to aspire. And no doubt
he has many presidential qualifi-
cations. He would make an able
chief magistrate if elected; but
at this time there is no real de-
mand for his servicein that high
office. The people Of Ohio are
for some one else just now. SEN
ator Foraker must certainly know
this, and hence people will con-
cfude that the Senator has some
ulterior object in view. Is it to
block the way for Taft? We
shall see later on.
Another significant happening
was the order of President Roose-
velt to his under officeholders all
over the country to desist from
taking any active part in the
third term move. The meaning
of this order is that Roosevelt
does not want the nomination
: next year. This has been oul
idea all along. He has nothing
to gain by having another tern
just now. And, moreover, tC
ACCEPT a nomination after saying
what he did three years ago, anC
after inducing Secretary Taft t.
put himself forward as a candi
date, would seem tricky and dis
honorable. Justice Brewer ac
cuses the President of playing
hide and seek with the nation
We do not believe it; but if tn
President allows himself to be
candidate next year it will max
it appear as if Justice Brewe
knew what he was talking about
Another happening of som
note, and perhaps significance
was the visit of w. J. Bryan t
-.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-28

Republlcan national convention
shall not be a repetition, in any
respect, of that of 1892, when a
large number of the delegates
were federal officeholders in
structed for Harrison for a Sec
ond term. Senators and repre-
sentatives are daily arriving in
Washington in large numbers,
and several of them have recent
ly informed the President that
their efforts in behalf of Secre-
tary Taft are being thwarted by
the promotion of third term SEN
timent by federal officials, and
the President is said to have ex-
claimed to a certain senator,
"That has got to be stopped
mighty suddenly" Hence the
order to the members of the Cab
met to restrain at once the course
of their subordinates. This act
ion, on the part of the President
most effectually dissipates the
twaddle, so freely circulated by
those reactionaries who are bit
terly opposed to the policy of the
Administration, that Mr.. Roose-
velt by mis- appointments to fed
eral Offices was seeking to pro-
mote the demand for a third
term.
Speaker Cannon has arrived in
Washington and he is very opti-
mistic as to the financial and bus
mess outlook. When broached
on the subject of some plan to
relieve the money stringency, he
said, with most becoming humil-
ity, that he preferred to await
the recommendations of the Pres
ident, the Secretary of the Treas
ury and the appropriate commit
tee that has jurisdiction over this
subject, before making up his
mind as to what should be done.
AS there are quite as many plans
as there are people advocating
them, this is considered a wise
precaution on the part of the as
tute Speaker.
The Brownsville investigation
is still being prosecuted by the
Senate committee, but with no
heart by any member of that
committee, except Senator Fora
ker. The whole result Of this
investigation has been to demon
strate precisely what the War
department found when it first
sought to probe the affair. First,
it is impossible to determine who
are the men who did the shoot
ing; second, the shooting was un-
doubtedly done by some men,
bers of the negro regiment; third,
the impossibility of fixing the
guilteon the actual culprits de-
stroyed the usefulness of the en-
tire regiment, as preserver of
the peace which is the chief func-
ton of the army in times of
peace. The facts are most un-
fortunate. If the guilty men
would confess their guilt all the
rest of the regiment could be
promptly restored to the army.
Senator Foraker has done every
thing possible in the case and
has accomplished nothing except
to establish beyond a doubt the
guilt of some of the soldiers.
Reports have reached Wash.
| ington from Ohio to the effect
that some organizations in that
state have endorsed Senator For.
aker for the presidency, but this
lis not accepted as significant in
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-28
What a Smile Is.

"Can you tell me what smile ISL"
asked a gentleman of a little girl.
Eyes, sir; it's the whisper OF Q
laugh"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-18
Street SprinkIing Asked.

Citizens OF Congress Heights have
asked the Commissioners to provide IA
cilities for the better -sprinllling of the
streets Of that section Of the city. They
claim their streets have not been sprink-
led since July 2
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-18
HISTRIONIC CAREER
FOR MISS SCHENCK
Will Leave Sick Room For
Roof Garden Next
Week.

NEW YORK, July ls.-AIiss Florence
Charles II. Wilson. the Vanderbilt whip,
deserted, saying she was not his wife,
will soon reappear in the limelight
Out Of the seclUsion of the sick room
she is 10 emerge upon the stage of a
roof garden next Tuesday night, where
she is scheduled 10 pose within a great
SILT frame. as II she had been painted
there. There are TO be six poses, all
Of them, according to the press agent.
Of an educational character" and this
course of study is to be followed by u
Virginia negro song Of Miss Schenck's
own composition.
Since MI Wilson left her at the pier.
Miss Schenck has been pronounced by
her doctor to be in a state OF nervous
collapse. For a day or two she gave
out interviews from a Broadway hotel
regarding the legitimate drama. and
how she expected TO play some ingenue
role IN n select society play.
Following the interviews Miss Schenck
suddenly disappeared from public view
In a cleverly engineered coup she had
slipped away from the Hotel Virginia
TO the Prince George, where she stayed
one night under the name Of Mrs
George Edwards.
The next day. as II was learned yes
terday for the first time. Miss Schenck
left the Prince George for an apartment
at 66 Madison avenue, where she has
been living in utter seclusion. and still
under the name of Mrs, Edwards.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-18
BROKERS IN DUEL,
USE MUSHY PIES
Skylarking Over Pun, They
Hit Each Other With
Pastry.

NEW YORK, July 1s.-Wiriam G. or
Billy" Gallagher and Dennison or
Denny" Smith amused their fellow
brokers on the curb with an impromptu
duel that will furnish a topic for joking
conversation for many weeks 10 come.
Unlike other duels this duel was brought
about, not by a quarrel, but by a joke
Furthermore, II possessed the additional
originality Of being fought neither with
pistols nor swords. but with two old
Fashioned. juicy huckleberry pies.
While in a restaurant that fronts the
curb the two brokers were talking over
the fact that they had lost all taste Tor
skylarking on the curb and that the
pranks which had formerly appealed to
them appealed % no longer. While dis
Cussing this "Denny" turned 10 ~Billy"
and said laushingly; oh. you're not
as pl-ous now as you say you are"
But you are returned Gallagher.
SEEING a huckeberry pie from the coun-
ter and hurting IL at Smith
AFTER the latter had wiped most OF the
blush mess from his face he aid not
turn his other cheek. bur Instead turned
another similar Bit OF pastry in Cal
lagher,s direction The pie caught the
later In the middle OF his new light
pongee working coat changing its col
or almost Instantly 10 a royal purple.
Then Gallagher ana Smith shook hands
and Invited the other brokers to Join
them"