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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-25
Marriage Too Expensive.

My lady readers, here is dla-
logue that took place recently,
which you can use as a defender
the next time any man tells you
that married life is too expensive:
Harkins had covered the backs
of two or three envelopes with
figures and had begun on third
when Mrs. Harkins looked up
from her sewing and asked:
what you figuring out there?'
20, nothing much"
well, it takes good many
figures to figure out nothing.
What's it all about?"
20, it don't amount to any
thing. l was just making kind
of a calculation. l."
"About what?" -
''Well, if you must know, I was
just figuring out how much I'd
in all probability be worth today
if hadn't married and gone to
rearing a family"
"Humph! S'pose you think
you'd been a millionaire!'
mo, but from the way | figure
it out I'd been worth a cool $50,
900 or so. Not that I regret mar
rying and doing my duty by rear.
ing a family and all that. Not
at all, but"
How old were you when
took pity on you and married you,
Sam Harkins?"
"Why, you know that I was 35''
"And how long had you been
in receipt of a good, comfortable
salary?"
well, about twelve years,
"And you'd no one to support
but yourself in all that time?"
well, no. /"
And how much did you have
saved up when we We're mar
ried?"
Hang it all, Maria, you're al
ways"
"How much, Sam? Pm doing
a little figuring in my head, anc
I want to know
"You know as we'll as I do. "
''Yes, lido. Sam Harkins, yol
didn't have money enough to las
you through our wedding trip
that's just what you didn't have
And I had to loan you $40 befor
we got home because
| YOU'RE always flinging tina
in my face!"
Its a good time to fling it il
your face when you sit dow.
right before me and try to figur
out how much you'd had today
you hadn't married me. It too
you ten years to pay off you
! bachelor debts after we wer
married, and you'd been in tn
! poor house today if I hadn't NAL
: ried you and helped you to ge
rid of some Of your fast habits
} You've got a roof of your ow
! lover your head and are a fairl
respected citizen, which yc
II wouldn't have been if you hadn
married. / can tell you that. "
II
And the Calling part Of tn
statement was that it was true,
YI ---O-o-0--
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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-25
WASHINGTON LETTER.

port accorded to me, and it shall
be my duty to show by my act
ions and attitude that am not
unmindful of the great honor be-
slowed upon me-" These were
the words with which Secretary
Taft greeted the Commissioners
of the District of Columbia and
some five hundred members of
the University Club of this city
on the night of his nomination
for the Office of Chief Magistrate
of the nation, as he stood on the
lawn at his home, 1903 K street,
northwest, with Mrs. Taft and
his daughter on his right. The
entire membership of the club,
of which Judge Taft is a men,
ber, turned out to do honor to
the Secretary, and augmented
by an enthusiastic crowd of sew
eral thousand men, women and
children, rent the air with cheers,
while fireworks were exploded
on the grounds in front of the
club house on the opposite side
of the street, and a band played
Hail to the Chief.
Associates of Mr.. Taft in Pres
ident Roosevelt's Cabinet gave
out statements for publication,
expressing their pleasure at his
nomination and their view of its
significance. Three sentences in
the statement given out by Pres
ident Roosevelt, however, voices
the sentiment of them all Il do
not believe there could be found
in all the country a man so well
fitted to be president. He is not
only absolutely fearless, abso-
lutely disinterested and upright,
but he has the widest acquaint-
ance with the nations needs,
without and within, and the
broadest sympathies with all our
citizens. He would be as en-
phatically a president of the plain
people as Lincoln, yet not Lin
coin himself would be freer
from the least taint of demago-
gy, the least tendency to arouse
or appeal to class hatred of any
kind"
Senator Foraker who has been
indisposed and in Washington fol
some time, gave out statement
in which he said, among other
things: 1T is no longer a ques.
ton of men but a question Of
parties. In this way Secretary
Taft becomes my candidate fol-
the presidency, and while under
all circumstances I can probably
do but little, yet l shall do all
can to help elect him. Republi.
cans will now quit contending a.
mong themselves, and turn al
their guns on the common enc
N.Y."
An order has been issued by
the District C Commissioners to the
effect that "every dog in the Dis
trict of Columbia shall, for a per
iod of six months from this date
wear a good and substantial muz
zle, securely put on, so as to pre-
vent it from biting and swapping
and any dog going at large dur
ing said period without such muz
zle shall be taken up by the pount
master and impounded." Wash
ington has undergone quite
mad dog" scare, and, in fact
is still in the throes, hence tn
issuance of the above edict 70
the safety of the inhabitants O
the Capital.
The story sent out from CHI
cago which stated that Presider
Roosevelt, sitting in the Whit
House, heard in person, with tn
! telephone receiver to his ear, tn
/ cheering which greeted the mer
. ton of his name by Senator Lodg
. on Wednesday, has been pr
3 nounced "a fake" by Secretar
5 Loeb. According to Secretal
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-06-25
For President, William II.
Taft.
BY LEO.
BY LEO.

SOllNCllIlOll
the almost unanimous desire OF
the Republican voters all over
the country. The convention
simply ratified the wish of the
masses. AS was predicted IN
this column months ago, Judge
Taft had the nomination on the
first ballot, and we'll deserved it.
He is by far the best equipped
man for the high honor Of any
man in public life today. In
character, brain and experience
in public matters no other man
in America is his superior. The
country is to be congratulated on
finding a man so well fitted to
discharge the duties of the chief:
magistracy at this time. He
knows we'll his own country, and
has intimate acquaintance with
the other countries with which
we have dealings, and what is OF
equal Importance, he has the
knack of knowing how to handle
the most difficult national and in
ternational problems. We can
trust him to do the right thing
in all possible emergencies. II
elected president he will prove
an eloquent chief magistrate, and
not only eloquent, but efficient
and wise.
W. J. Bryan is quoted as say
ing some time ago that Secretary
Taft would be the weakest can
didate the Republicans could NOM
mate. If he said it, it was iron
ically said, the meaning being
the strongest candidate. That is
about the truth.
The peerless" is a rhetorician
and knows how to say things
we'll in all the we'll known tropes
of speech. He tells the truth
some times in a speech indirect,
ironical. So it was when ne
characterized Taft as the weak
est candidate. He meant the
strongest.
He seems now much concerned
because, as he alleges, the Re
publican convention turned down
the policies of Roosevelt. There
again he speaks ironically, mean
ing the reverse of what is said.
Did not the convention emphat-
ically indorse all the doings and
policies of President Roosevelt?
Did not the convention unani-
mously nominate the man who
has been all along in closest touch
and sympathy and cooperation
with Roosevelt? If the Republi-
can party wished to go back on
Rooseveltism some other man,
Foraker, for instance, would have
been chosen for a leader. Nc
man of that sort was thought OF
by the convention. The cry was
for Taft because he had been al
one with the President in his et'
forts to secure a square deal fol
everybody, rich or poor.
The Chicago convention was
largely in the hands of the young
er men of the party who had come
into leadership under the Roose
veltregime. Isit likely that suci
men would abandon the policy o
their great leader?
BRYAN is bound to say some
thing, of course; but pity ne VII
say things so perversely. 1t vii
be remembered what foolisl
things he said in 1896. The ha
bit has grown on him. He is al
most sure to utter many thing
during the coming campaign |
keeping with his previous politi
cal gush. Let him erupt, it wi
49, IT. g.
The Mansfield press. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1912, 1908-12-04
Wigs and Hair Powder.

The pure white powder used on the
hair in Washington's time was made
from pulverized starch, scented with
violet or other perfume The fashion
began in the French court (Charles
TX, end of sixteenth century,. Those
having dark hair used violet and
blondes used iris. Even wigs were
filled with IT. The hair was creased
with pomade to make the powder
hold. At one time the hair powder
tax In England yielded nearly 100000
year. The French revolution
hastened the return to natural hair.
The powder added to the weight and
the expense Of wigs, large quantities
being used, sometimes two pounds at
a time. In 1910 Gov. Barefoot of New
Hampshire wore a powdered periwig.
Cotton Mather denounced wigs as "a
luxurious feminine protexity," and
thought an Indian war was a direct
punishment from God for wearing
wigs. They caused much badness.
The Mansfield press. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1912, 1908-12-04
Advantages 0nseac EDITOR s
HUSBANDS OF ALL VARIETIES.
Something About the American and
Imported Product.

Husbands are the natural product OF
most civilized countries. They are
plentiful in most of the United States
of America.
Although the best husbands In this
country are acknowledged by experts
to be indigenous to the soil, those
commanding the highest market prices
are the imported varieties. because
OF their expensive labels. The Crown
brand brings the largest figure.
The husband is wary and elusive
animal, fleeing for safety at the first
noise like a skirt TO his lair In clubs,
offices and other remote caves of HIS
habitat; but he may be cGjoled forth
by an appearance of Indifference on
the part Of the tranper. as his curl
osity can always be aroused by the
strange creature wao could remain
Immune TO his charms; after which he
may be easily caught anywhere n
broad daylight tuhoush e white night
l.Sht o. mooa-calc:um Is preforabla).
il trap COMPOSED Of frou.frou, tai.
cum, scldon locks aud ilattery.
There e q tra aait,on to the effect
ihQ. the car test lusaand-catchor was
q clumsy conilivancc made of hno
hand-st wing attached to spinning
wheel, decorated with homemade pre-
serves rut uN in Il syrup of sweet dis
position and sealed in commonsense
hrs.
Cnce secured with matrimonial
halter tied in a diamond Itch, the hus-
band usually becomes quite tame and
win eat from the hand and sign check
at will. There are more than 81 va.
rieties of husbands at large and In
captivity, but they are broadly classed
as good and bad by their respective
owners or keepers called wives,-Suc.
cess Magazine.
The Mansfield press. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1912, 1908-12-04
Queen Alexandra's Favorite Roses.

The queens favorite rose is one of
the old time sorts known as Hermosa,
a lovely free towering pink rose which
yields a rich harvest of beautiful fra
grant blossoms So fond is the queen
of this rose that she causes 1t to be
grown by thousands in huge borders
near hey favorite dairy, as well as in
the gardens surrounding her home
Girls Own Paper.
The Mansfield press. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1912, 1908-12-04
NAMED BY GREAT EXPLORER.
Waterway Called Ester champlaln
Has Now No Designation

A name which Samuel Champlain
applied to certain waterway in our
country should be revived. Cham
plain has been called the real found
er and the father of Canada" He
was also the first who carefully ex-
plored the coasts of our New England.
years before the coming of the Pill
grim Fathers, and acurate aud con-
else was his description of the shores
and waters that he followed into
Penobscot and Boston bays, past Cape
Cod and along the south coast to Buz-
bards bay. Chamul was a modest
man, but for once ia his career he gave
bis own name to a geographical fea-
ture-that which marked the end Of
his discoveries in what are now
United States waters. He wrote:
"Coasting along to the southwest
nearly IL leagues. We passed near a
river which is very small and difficult
to approach because Of shadows and
rocks at its mouth. ! gave it my
name"
Seeing this waterway from the deck
Of his vessel. Champ,ain misappre.
hended its nature. It is not a river.
but is short and narrow strait. Sid-
sning at two places inland and con-
Meeting the waters of Buzzards bay
with Vineyard sound. The village Of
Woods Hole stands on its northern
shore.
To-day this waterway seems to have
no name. II is very clearly mapped
on the government topographic sheet.
but without a name. The leading
gazetteer says merely that Woods
Hole is situated on a small strait.
The fact has been forgotten that IL
was named by the great explorer whs
was the first to call attention to It.
The Mansfield press. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1912, 1908-12-04
BACK TO THE BIBLE
The New Healing is String
ChurChmon and
Scientists.

Can we do the things that Christ
did, And have We shut away within
the leaves Of bOUk the directions
that would have uhld us how for, 10,
these nineteen hundred years. We
are busting our Bibles to-cay with
these questions on our lips. A mighty
movement is unfolding Science any
iiellgeon have been travelling apart
around all orbit that meets Ut last,
ana the world thrills at the union.
Grouping blindly IN the dark, they
have touched hands across closing
chasm. Feeling for an unknown force.
Science says, "PSychoiugy;" Religion
murmurs, Prayer and 10th breathe
God.
Together they have found what is
announced as "a law OF health aud
healing. A long while ago il was
tersely pronounced in Galllee. ASK
anu you shall receive" 10y one who is
SAID To have healed all their diseases.
Only his church seemed to forget the
greatest command OF all that He
gave 1t. "The works that do Shall
ye do alsU." Aud the art was lost, Tor
centuries spoken of only as d miracle,
IA wonoer.' Today it is being re-
vlsed. III Is manifest IN thee dis
tlncL phases, aS Christian Science, as
New Thought and as Tie Elnahnel
movement. "Psl chU-therapy" is the
comprehensive term that covers them
ali entempOraneuusly there has
developed the Sclehce ,uf Psycnulogy,
lifting alolt torch of knowledge
that serves as an illumination to re.
duce the chance dlforL Of all mental
healing To direct method. It's discov.
etles have OUnlounded the wisdom of
The doctors. For a while they scuffed
Az It's findings. Now they are ceaslng
to laugh aud coming 10 learn. IL is a
reuiarkape movement, with the
chuIch un It's Knees in prayer, finding
again the function that made It's
founder Famous IL marks the awak.
ehing 10 the truth tnrt has lain bur-
led at the heart Of Chris ianlty.
Plainly stated, 1t means thai, II men
who followed Christ in Gallee could
heal The sick, men who follow him in
New york and Boston and Chicago
may heal the sick also. Aud as priest
and clergyman lift their eyes from
their Bibles, they see advancing from
the mistS Of time the shadowy figure
uf Evolution. She is bringing another
science to be added To the already ex.
cepted departments OF human knowl.
edge. Make rUonl she Commands
the rest. Aud yUu," tapping Med
ical Therapy on the on the shoulder,
] move down. Psycho.therapy comes
here.'- Mabel Potter DdggeJ in the
| December Delineator.
The Mansfield press. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1912, 1908-12-04
English Capital In Russla.

English companies are taking a very
important part in the management OF
Russian industries. According to
late Russian publication forty-hve diff.
erent British corporations are thus en-
gagged. mainly In southern Russia. or
these sixteen operate in the petroleum
Industry, eight In coal. iron and ssee!
production, twelve are developing
mines yielding metals and precious
stones and the remaining nine are en-
gagged In textile industries, Bicycle me.
king aud general construction work.
~~nree srrss.s sA~es,rs~s VIII seas,sMsA
Ex-United States Senator Arthur
eue German. OF Maryland, was "A tns
corridor Of the Fifth Avenue Hotel
sfter breakfezt the other morning
wheS & street gamia who had been sn
IN errand fer SONS one cane up 10
him and said: Say. blokey. change Q
quarter for ne, will you9 Dom guys
at dc desk Is too stuck up to do buai
mesa vtd me- The senator locked
aonplussed At FIRST, but gave the lad
thA change. To friend standing With
him he said; What a shocking place
10 live In Nav York must be 70 =
uaa ot extreme sgstsn-'
The Mansfield press. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1912, 1908-12-04
HID SPOKE WITH AUTHORITY
lad Biblical Proof of the Existence o.
Cannibal Cows.

Now. children" said the pretty
eacher, Il want you all to write a
composition on the COW. You know
what COW is. You know that a COW
gives US all the milk we drink. Now,
write me something original about the
COW as you know her; nothing COM
monplace." 1t would take several
pages 20 print the results, but there
Is room for at least one composition
By girl of seven:
"A COW is q quadruped, having four
legs and four feet. She gives milk.
and sometimes has horns. but not al
ways. The cows baby is called calf
and sometimes bossy. When a COW
talks she lows. A COW with horns
can hook, but a cow without horns
is helpless. A COW is a carnivCrous
animal when she has a chance, but
she ordinarily eats grass, If there is
any. A COW is a cannibal II you let
her alone for she will eat her own
kind"
The Mortified teacher exclaimed:
"Sallie May, where on earth did you
get the idea. the ridiculous idea, that
COW is carnivorous and cannbal?
You meant to say that COW Is herbi'
vorous or graminivorous. mo, teach
er, l read 1t in the Holy Bible. Don't
you remember there were seven fine
fat cows feeding near brook, and
seven lean and hungry COWS came and
ate them up? See Genesis Ala"
Teacher reserved decision.
The Mansfield press. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1912, 1908-12-04
Red Coral.

The red coral that is used for neck
faces is horny axis which supports a
number of soft-bodied, coral-iike an
mails, or polyps. the entire structu'
bearing strong resemblance to a
small shrub. The fishermen after they
have brought the shrub-like colony to
the surface clean the soft animal mat
ter away. preserving the red core or
axis, which is sold as jewelry. Al
though red coral contains some lime,
It is largely composed Of substance
akin to horn, and. like horn. 1t takes
a fine polish. Horn. wool and other
: animal substances of this nature al
ct invariably change their color
KcNought into intense heat,
The Mansfield press. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1912, 1908-12-04
Extravaaance in Styles.

II directoire gowns really become
fashionable, it is hoped that other ex-
travagances of the same period will
not also be revived. The beautiful
Nine. Tallien, who led the fashions at
the tiyne of the French directory, is
said 10 have appeared with rings on
her toes. Her silk stockings were
made with divisions like the fingers
of gloves and she wore sandals stud
ded with jewels. Nine. Talien was,
however, sensible enough to discard
the fashionable ilaxen wig and to wear
her own black hair unpowdered. Nat
ural coiffures did not long remain
simple, though. Under the empire they
became so elaborate that the ladies'
OF the court had to have their hair
dressed the night before Napoleon s
coronation, and were then propped up
right in their chairs in order to sleep
without damaging their headdresses.
The Mansfield press. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1912, 1908-12-04
RICH IN REcuPERATlvE POWER.
Forests CT Northern Maine That More
Than Hold Their Own.

That is the one astounding thing in
this whole re sion of northern Maine,
the rcscneratiyo power of the forest.
Men with axes have been hacking at
the giants of the woods up here for
two centuries and mere. The goli'
aths have been laid low, indeed, yet
for one tree that stood on given
space along the hillsides and in the
valleys of No. century ago, five
stand today.
They are giants no more, 1t is true,
but they are splendid trees, and just
as the Lillpllians might prevail where
Gulliver was bound 80 these trees hold
their own AGAINST man and even press
In on his elearings Gnd wipe them out.
There must be many more lumbermen
with axes along the Macwahoc, the
Moluncus and the Mattawamkeag be-
fore this beautiful region will fail Of
its forest.
The Mansfield press. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1912, 1908-12-04
Fscinu the Enemy.


Maj. Cary, who died a few months
ago In England, was the leader Of the
search party which rode through the
African bush to find the body of the
prince imperial of France. 1t was
with Lieut. Cary of the Ninety-eighth
regiment that he went out on the
fatal ride in the Zulu war. Ellen Bar
lee gives an account of the tragedy in
her life Of the prince, and also men,
tions a little incident of his boy
hood which is curiously prophetic Of
the spirit he showed In his last fight.
The prince was bright, jovial
youth, with high spirits. The Dear
Boy he was called in camp. When
the corps of volunteers under Cary's
command found his body In the tall
grass, 1t was seen that he had re-
Ceived II assagai wounds, all in front.
When the young prince was a small
hoy he was attacked by a deep.seated
abscess in his back. An operation
was ordered, and the little fellow sub.
mitted brave!y. Something troubled
him, however, which at last he CON
fided to his father.
The abscess being In his back, he
would have wound behind.
III a scar remains he said, per
haps my enemies some day win think
: ran away"
The Mansfield press. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1912, 1908-12-04
An Old Friend.

TNe dark markings so conspicuous
on ihe moon and known us the Wan
IN iho Moon are great plains, lying
Il: q much lower level than the bright
er parts. In all probability they are
old sea bottoms. some Of them havinS
undergone urhcavals and other
changes since the water retrea.ed
from taem, Others presenting the ep
pcarnact ct being unchanged since
The ..me when, The waters dried UP or
were IA some other way removed from
them.
The Mansfield press. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1912, 1908-12-04
Baked Bananas and Rubber Heels.

For nervousness, said the special
ist, 81 prescribe baked bananas and
rubber heels,
"The jar given to the spine in walk.
ing by the continual clump. clump OF
a heel of leather and iron upon a
floor of stone or cement. is the chief
cause of nervous disorders. Hence
the rubber heel that prescribe.
which removes this cause Heels,
anyway. are unnecessary. They orig
mated in Persia-a protection. you
know. against the redhot desert sands
but We have no redhot sands, so
why the heel?
\ Baked bananas make dish that
for nourishing and calming qualities
is unexcelled. II You are ever shaky
from overindulgence in coffee or tea.
or alcohol, either. try a dish Of them"
The Mansfield press. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1912, 1908-12-04
Enjoyable Occasion.

"A snow like this reminds ME OF the
country and the amusements they
have there" remarked the girl, lock-
Ing out on the snow-packed roofs. 60
ing to funerals, for instance. You re-
member that big snow last winter?
Well, Mrs. Camden drove 16 miles In
that snow to attend funeral. When
she came back she was fairly teemjng
with news of it, how lovely the corpse
looked in an all-over white lace dress,
with all her jewelry on and lilies in
her hand; how extensive the casket
was and how many, many carriages
they had. She nearly froze, coming
and going, she said. but she was glad
she went.'-New York Press.
The Mansfield press. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1912, 1908-12-04
Costly Parliament House.

Parliament house. Melbourne, which
has been rushed by "the unemployed
of the commonwealth capital, is tho
costliest Legislative palace in Greater
Britain. 4 million has been expended
on ii, and 1t is not yet completed. II
belongs 70 the parliament of Victoria,
but since federation it has been the
meeting place of the parliament of the
commonwealth. its owners moving to
a wing Of the exhibition building
close by.