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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-20
Dog Train Went Through tile Ice

Winnipeg. Man. April 2O-On their
way to the Peache river country, Emil
Cardinal wife and child, were drown
ed yesterday in Athabasca river They
were travelling on the ice with a dog
train and broke through.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-20
Edward Visits His wife,s Folks.

London, April 20.-King Edward
and Queen Alexandra left LONDON
this morning for a visit to Copen-
hagen, Stockholm and Christiania..
where they will be the guests of che
royal families at those capitals.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-20
FUN FOR THE SAILORS.
Los Angeles Is Giving Evans Men the
Time of Their Lives.

Los angeles, Cal, April 2e-The city
today began its weeks entertainment
of the Atlantic fleet. For the next six
days Officers and men will participate
in a variegated program which will oc-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-20
PUT BODY ON TRACK.
w. III. Hutto the Victim of Murderous
Footpads at Manhattan.

Manhattan, April 20-W. w. Hutto.
principal of the Central high school
of this city was slugged, robbed and
his body placed on the Union Pacific
tracks where he was run over by a
train Sunday night. The man Is stiu
alive though one leg was cut off Below
the knee. He is unable to give a des-
cription of his assailants except to saw
that there were two of them. He had
SIS in money and gold watch and
these were taken.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-20

Chicago, April 2O-Forecast for Kan
sas: Generally fair tonight and Tues
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-20

Topeka police were notified of the
robbery and have been picking up sus-
picious characters all day. All the
east bound trains are being watched.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-20

Abilene Reflector: The amusing side
of the Stubbs- Mulvane controversy is
that Mulvane has his Office nailed
down with the nails clinched on the
other side while Stubbs is still on the
ragged edge and hasn't yet caught on
to the joke
Amador ledger., 1908-02-07
Needed Strength.

81 lave seen many fantastic aud
humorous advertisements in news
papers during my somewhat lengthy
Career" once said Col. henry
Wattersou, in an address to con-
voution of journalists, according to
Harper's Weekly, "but quite the most
interesting and oldest of these was an
ad, that | CHANGED upon IN London.
1t was printed in the staid old Times,
and as | remember it, ran something
like this:
"a young gentleman who is on the
point of getting Marie IS most de-
sirous of meeting "A man of experience
who will take the responsibility of
dissuading him from this dangerous
step"
Amador ledger., 1908-02-07
The Perfume Business.

Nearly all of the perfumes used IL
the world is exported from Grasso,
Italy. near Nice. The value of the
product is about million and a half
a year. In the surrounding country,
in the valleys and along the mountain
sides, are 10000 acres of flower beds
Every spot flower can be made to
grow is under cultivation, aud the
plants are carefully attended. and
irrigated. The very atmosphere Of
tho place carries an eau de cologne
odor, as the factories are constantly
dlstilIing the petals of the bitter
orange blossoms from which this per-
tune is made. Many kinds of flowers
are used in season, but the orange
blossoms are always available. Men,
women and children work in the
Hover harvest, not an unpleasant
occupation, though the pay is small
The process of manufacturing tho per-
fumes is much the same for all save
those made Of rose or orange PETALS.
Glas sheets, held by frames few
inches apart, are smeared with lard,
and between these sheets the freshly
picked blossoms are scattered, touch
ing the frames, but not being pressed
by them. In one day the oil of the
flower exudes and the lard absorbs
the drops. The flowers are changed
many times before the grease is fully
saturated, the number of changes de-
pending upon the amount of oil the
flower contains. When the lard has
absorbed as much oil as possible from
the flowers, it is melted and dissolved
in purified alcohol. When this mix
tnre is filtered the concentrated ex-
tract may be redissolved in spirits,
diluted, or mixed with other oils,
according to the strength or quality
desired. Altar of roses and neroly,
the base of eau de cologne, are made
by different method. The petals of
into a large kettle of warm, melted
lard. The petals remain a day or less
in this bath. The wilted petals are
then removed and fresh ones added
until the desired strength is attained.
Twenty thousand pounds of rose pet
ais are required to make one pound
of altar of roses, valued at $500. A
thousand pounds of the petals of
the bitter orange are required to
make pound of neroly, worth $40
Pertumers in Paris and London, and
other cities place their own label on
the extracts exported from Grasse.--
Atchison Globe.
Amador ledger., 1908-02-07
ITEMS WORTHY
OF PERUSAI.

The tropical seas contain greater
percentage of salt than those of the
more northern ATTITUDES.
The total annual capacity for the
production of pig iron by the United
States Steel Corporation at the pre-
sent time is about %, 0OO, 600 tons.
A railroad in Nigeria, Africa, will
be constructed by the British Colonial
Government to develop the resources
of the country, and in particular TO
stimulate the cotton-growlng In
dustry. The road will be about 400
miles long.
The Norwegian Legislature has pass
ed restrictions upon the sale of real
estate along water courses to foreign
ers. Similar action is being taken
III most of the countries OF Europe.
The street railway car building in
dustry increased generally tourfold
between 1890 and 1905, viz. From
So, 26S. 462 to S24, 2Sl, 81. The number
of street railway cars built in 1905
was 4O94, valued at 50, 992. 3lO No
cable cars were built, and only forty
two horse cars.
The value of the flowers exported
yearly from the Rivera is said to
amount to 50, 100000.
The mines of the world employ g.
900, COO persons, and more than one
third of them are in the British
Empire.
government commission is strug-
CLING with the problem of exterminat-
lng the nun butterfly, which has be-
come plague in Bohemia.
EIghtcar trains are to be run on
the Boston elevated line in the en-
deavor to cope with the problem of
handling the traffic offered.
a jade mine in Siskiyou county,
Cal, is said to be the only one of its
kind in this country. Jade was dis
covered there In 1906, and tests show
ed that the mineral was up to the
standard in every particular.
A watch for the use of the blind has
the hours indicated by movable but
tons in relief on the dial. A strong
minute hand indicates minutes only.
A blind person who Passes his hand
over the dial finds the button indicat-
ing the hour depressed.
Amador ledger., 1908-02-07
DIRTY WATCHES.
The Reason Is Often to Be Found In
the Watch Pocket.

tlS W~SC0 TOCKGt'
"Why do watches get dirty?' said
the jeweler. you'll find the answer
in your watch pocket. Turn it out"
The patron turned out his watch
pocket, sheepishly bringing forth Il
pinch Of mud colored dust, some lint
and Il small ball of black fluff
There's the reason said the jew
eler. watches get dirty because the
pockets they are carried in are never
clean. A watch pocket, my dear Sir
should be cleaned out regularly once a
week. Observe that rule and your
watch's works will not get clogged up
again.
another and a seasonable rule is
never to lay your watch down on stone
or marble. The cold deranges the deli
cate works.
"Never lay your watch down, in fact,
anywhere. Hang it up on hook YER
tically in the same position it occupies
when in your pocket. Watches are
made to lie, or, rather, stand, in that
position only.
wind your watch in the morning,
never at night. York Press.
Amador ledger., 1908-02-07
Cigarettes as Wedding Fec.

AS one of Manila's leading young
men was DOMINIC his evening suit pre-
paratory to keeping Il social engage
ment he ran his hand into his pocket
and was surprised to find an envelope
there. On opening it he discovered %
pesos in bills. "Now, where in thunder
did take on all this money!" he said
at isn't mine, for | never carry my
bills around in an envelope" Then he
sat down to think where he had worn
the suit and how he had come by the
20 pesos. "The last place l wore It,"
he unused finally, twas when | was
best man at a wedding Il month ago,
But | gave DR.. Rossiter his money.
remember distinctly giving him some
thing, and it must have been his fee.
If l didn't give him the money, what
in the world did | give him" He call
ed up DR., Rosster by phone. ADO you
mind telling me-" he asked, "what
gave you for a fee at Blanks we'd
ding" The answer came back very
distinctly and cuttingly: young man,
you gave me a box of vile smelling
cigarettes, philippine Gossip.
Amador ledger., 1908-02-07
japanese Finances.

Preceding the Japanese war, the
expenditures of the Japanese govern
ment we're never in excess of Sl25.-
600, 900 per year. For the year be-
ginning in March, Japan is planning
the expenditure of over $500, QUO, 600.
A debt of more than half a billion
dollars, carrying high rates of inter
est, accounts for part, expansion of
government industrial ENTERPRISES for
another part, perhaps. Whatever the
cause, Japan continues under a terri
bic burden, and the axes already
weighing heavily on everything, are
to be further increased. The expend-
itures proposed amount to more than
So per capita. The expenditures of
the United States are half more,
but observe: The average pay OF an
American laboIer is S475, about SLIGO
day. a japanese carpenter makes
30 cents day, a stone cutter 30
cents, a factory gill five or six cents.
Measured ia labor the Japanese ex-
penditures are hardly less than four
times per inhabitant those of the
United States. -Atchison Globe.
.a.-r.a.-r-e-
I.adper a. CHICAGO Inter-O Ocean 50 40
Amador ledger., 1908-02-07
A PIECE OF STRING.
Il Plays a Prominent Part In the Life
of Japan.

Writing from Japan, an American
says: You must come here to appre-
ciate some of the quaint customs and
usages which contact with other peo-
pies has not yet driven out. To reaSl
about them gives you only poor idea
For instance, did you ever know what
an important thing piece of string is
here? The children, workmen, idlers,
servants, all carry pieces of string for
use in case of emergency. With us the
emergency would arise only when q
parcel had to be done up, but the Jap
uses his piece of string as a first aid to
the injured, to repair Il rent in his
clothing, to fix a broken down jinrik-
isha, to mend tools, to take measure
ment, and, in fact, the string is his
universal tool chest. The queerest use
to which it is put according to my
Ger arrests man, ties a bit of string
about the arrested mans wrist and
then leads him by the loose end of the
thin hempen fetter to the lookup. You
ask, why doesn't the Jap crook break
the string and find a gateway? He
could, but he would not. That's where
his respect for the law comes in. and
the bit of string holds the man as Sc
curely as though he were manacled by
our own humane chilled steel, nickel
plated and snap locked method. New
York Tribune.
Amador ledger., 1908-02-07
IL Was Plain Enouqh.

A college professor who recently re-
turned with his wife from their honey
moon greatly amused a company of
people in his home town, according to
the Lewiston Journal, by assuring
them, on being questioned concerning
theit trip, that nobody where they
spent their honeymoon suspected that
they were bride and groom.
"What kind of place was It you
were in?" the president of the college
asked. "An institution for the blind?"
Amador ledger., 1908-02-07
Economical Woman.

OF small economics the following
will be difficult to beat for smallness:
A laboring man who hands over his
weekly wages to his wife is allowed
by her an ounce of tobacco a week.
She buys 1t herself in two separate
half ounces in order, she declares, to
get the advantage of the two turns Of
the scale.-LOndOn Chronicle.
Amador ledger., 1908-02-07
State of Ohio, City of Toledo.

Ooe""S VI OhiN ivy " lOlOdO
Lucas County.
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he lis
senior partner of the firm of f. J..
Cheney Il Co: doing business in the city
of Toledo, county and state aforesaid E,
and that said firm will pay the sum of
One Hundred Dollars for each and
every case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use Of Halls Catarrh
Cure.
Frank ]. Cheney.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 9th kay of Decem Der
A. d. 1856.
A. w. Gleason.
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken intern
ally, and acts directly on the blood and
mucus surfaces of the system.
Send for testimonials free.
f. j. Cheney & Co; Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by all druggists, 10 cents.
Take Halls Family Pills for const-
patton.
Amador ledger., 1908-02-07

Receipt books, location blanks, deeds
mortgages, promissory notes, ETC.,
for sale; also mining signals on
cloth, graduation diplomas, at the
Ledger Office.
Amador ledger., 1908-02-07
A Brutal Definition.

Knicker-What is philanthroplst?
Bocker-A man who gives what he
doesn't need in Il way nobody wants.
New York sun.
Amador ledger., 1908-02-07
A DIFFICULT TERM.
Tho Word Bourgeois" and a French
Woman's Definition.

| am always embarrassed when ask.
ed by foreigners to give the definition
of the word bourgeois" which is gen.
orally emphasized disdainfully. The
dictionary defines it as common. with
out distinction" 1t is not exactly that
BOurgeOisism, like provincialism, is
mentality. II represents kernel with
shell of the dinner pot. 1t is one of the
props of society. Props are never beau
tiful nor graceful. Without it, however.
the world could not retain it's equilib-
rum, yet with it alone the world
could not progress. 1t gives to indi-
viduals the impenetrabillty of a she'll
One often finds its characteristics In
persons who have received a good edu-
cation, in those who possess superior
culture, who have taste and sense OF
beauty. 1t betrays itself by mean and
narrow ideas, by implacable intoler-
ance, by stubborn blindness and, above
all. by an incapacity to understand
liberty or to accord it generously.
This mentality creates certain at
mosphere which is felt at once. The
workman, the peasant, the artist, are
not bourgeois. l could name a king
who is much more so than many Of the
residents of our worst districts. Napo
leon l. was bourgeois; Napoleon III.
was not BalZac, Maupassant, were not
bourgeois; lola was. England, Italy
Spain, are not bourgeois Germany is
but her emperor is not, and so one
might continue Indefinitely. - FROM
Nine. Pierre de Coulevain, Translated
by Jessie Henderson Brewer.
Amador ledger., 1908-02-07

Regulates the bowels, promotes
easy natural movements, cures con
tipation-Doan's Regulet'. Ask
your druggist for them. % cents
box.
Amador ledger., 1908-02-07

There Is nothing so powerful as truth
land often nothing So strange
Ater.
Amador ledger., 1908-02-07
Old Time Sale Bill.

The Humansville (Mo.) Leader
prints the following copy of sale
bill 81 years old:
State of Missouri, county of Pike
10 whom it may concern: The under
signed will tuesday, Septem Der %,
A. -. lS46, sell at public cutlery for
cash on premises, where Coon Greek
crosses on the Missouri road, the
following chattles, to-wit: 9 yoke of
oxen with yoke and chain, = wagons
with beds, 3 niger wenches, buck
niggers, 3 nigger boys, 2 prairie
plows, % steel traps; l Darrell picked
cabbage, l hogshead of tobacco,
lot niger hoes, spinning wheel,
loom, 3 fox hounds, a lot of coon,
mink aud skunk skins and a lot of
other articles. Am gwinc to Cali
fornia.
JOHN DOE, t az
RICHARD ROE, CriyeI. 4
Free headcheese, apples and hard
cider at noon.
Amador ledger., 1908-02-07
Arbiter and Arbitrary,

If an arbitrator is chosen TO end a
dispute, says the London Chronicle,
there is no reason to dread that his de-
cision would be arbitrary, though the
two words are very near relatives. An
arbiter, the Latin word which used
to be more common as English than
it is now, meant by derivation simply
zone who went to- something to eX-
anime it, and 50 at first a spectator or
witness. Then in Roman law it assum-
ed the technical sense of an umpire
But 'judicum," the legal decision in
case with regard to a definite sum
Of money, for instance, was distin-
guished from an arbitrlum, legal
decision as to an uncertain sum which
had to be determined; hence arbitrary
acquired the sense of uncertain, ca
PRECIOUS.
Amador ledger., 1908-02-07

Ledger & Chicago Inter-Ocean, $3.50
Amador ledger., 1908-02-07
JOHN DOE, IL az,
RICHARD ROE. Criver.

Free headcheese, apples and hard
cider at noon.
Connecticut western news., 1908-04-23
LEGAL NOTICES

To the Board ofCounty Commissioners for Litchfield County.
 1 hereby apply for License to sell Spirituous and Intoxcating Liquors. Ale, Lager Beer, Rhine Wine aud Cider, at West Cornwall, Town of Cornwall. My place of business is located within 100 feet in a direct line from any church edifice or public or parochial school, or the premises pertaining thereto. or any post office, public library, or cemetery. Dated at Cornwall this 18th day of April A. D. 1908.
 NELLIE E. MILLER, Applicant. We, the undersigned, are electors and taxpayers. owning real estate, of the Town of Cornwall and hereby sign and endorse the foregoing application of Nellie E. Miller for license. and here by certify that said applicant is suit able person to be licensed pursuant to said application, and we each certify that wehave not signed for any other applicant for Incense to sell spirituous and in- toxicating liquors.
 Dated at Cornwall this 18th day of April 4. D. 1908.
 EUGENE WIcKwIRE
 GEORGE WICKwIRE
 GEO. w. SHEPARD
 GEORGE N. BREWSTER
 WILLIAM A. PRESTON hereby certify that the above named signerS and endorsers are electors and taxpayers, owning real estate, in the Town of Cornwall and that they have not signed for any other applicant for a license to sell spirituous or intoxicating liquors.
 Dated at Cornwall this 18th day of April A. D. 1908.
 WHITING J. WILCOX, Town Clerk.
Connecticut western news., 1908-04-23
News of
 A Week
Paragraphic Photographs of the
 Worlds Doings

With the dawn of Easter day the Catholic church in this country adopt cd the new legislation on marriage and engagement contained and prescribed in the recent papal document Ne Te- mere''
 President Roosevelt has directed that a memorial oak be sent to East Haven, Conn, and planted on the site of Gen. eral Lafayette's camp, which was occu- pied during the war with Great Britain.
 Andrew Carnegie in a remarkable let ter read before the house judiciary committee asserted that new comblna- tions of capital have for their principal object the robbery of the public.
 The new law forbidding New Jersey children under sixteen to attend the aters and other places of amusement unless accompanied by parent or guardian has gone into effect.
 Governor Fort of New Jersey signed the antianarchist bill passed by the recent legislature making 1t misde- meanor to publish any article advo- eating any ones death.
 Dr. Frederick H. Millener, an cleo trical engineer of Omaha. Neb.. has succeeded in applying the principles of wireless electrical transmission to an electric motor,
 Taking fright at fire, a herd of cir GUS elephants stampeded through the streets of Riverside. Cal. A woman was crushed to death by one of the big beasts.
 If the present winter wheat condition in Kansas is maintained until harvest the state will make new high record and will raise more than 100.000,000 bushels.
 Two hundred thousand soft coal min- CTS were ordered back to work by the union in accordance with m agree ment reached in Toledo.
 The New York senate passed the as- sembly bill requiring the payment of railroad employees twice Il month in stead of once q month.
 The Prince of Wales may visit the United States this summer after he has completed his trip to Canada in July or August.
 Mrs. OlgI BerSerman of Hibbing, Mnn.. has received verdict of SL1Ju for d kiss stolen by her landlord. Jacob Kitz.
 The senate is expected to pass the house bill to restore the motto Tn God We Trust to the coins.
Connecticut western news., 1908-04-23

RESTRICT OF SHARON ss. Probate lI Court, April 25th. 1908
 Estate of Emily NJ. Taylor late of sharon in said district, deceased.
 The Court of Probate for the District of sharon hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof, for the cred. itors of said estate to exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who neglect to pre- sent their accounts, properly attcstcd, within said time, will be debarred n rccov- cry. All persons indcbted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment to MRs. CARRIE (TAYLoR) GIRsoN,
 Administratrix. Washington Depot. Litchfield Co., Conn.
Connecticut western news., 1908-04-23
DISTRICT OF CANAAN. ss.. prohnta

RESTRICT OF CANAAN. ss., Probate lt Court, April %, 1908.
 Estate of Frank McCarty late of North Canaan in said District, deceased
 The Court of Probate for the District of Canaan hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof, for tho creditors of said estate to exhibit their claims for settlement Those who neglect represent their accounts, properly attested, within said time, will be debarred n rc- covery All persons indebted to said Estate are requested to make immediate payment to MARTIN MCCARTY, Executor, K. F. D., Canaan, Conn.
Connecticut western news., 1908-04-23
ABSTRACT OF CORNWALL ss. Pro

lI bate Court, April 1lth, 1908.
 Estate of Niles Scoville late of Cornwall in said District, deceased.
 The Court of Probate for the District of Cornwall hath limited ana allowed six months from the date hereof, for tko creditors of said estate to exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who neglect to present their accounts. properly attestxsd, within said time, will be debarred re- covery. All persons indebted to said Estate are requested to make immediate payment to MARIA E.R. SCovILLE, Adminstratrix
Connecticut western news., 1908-04-23
D1sTRIcT OF SHARON ss. Probate

Af Court, April 7th. 1908.
 Estar nf George K. Berce, lat of sharon In said district, deceased
 The Court of Probate for the District of sharon hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof, for the cred itors of said estate to exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who neglect to pre-. sent their accounts properly attested with in said time, will be debarrcd recovery. An persons indebted to said estate are re- questcd to make immediate payment to
 MINNIE k. l.. BIERCE, ,Administratrix. Post Office address sharon. Conn.
Connecticut western news., 1908-04-23
A Superb Showing Of the
 . New LaCeS
Many Novel and Rarely Beautiful Styles.


 fascinating surprise aces She has simple decorative schemes You will find straight lines rianges lines and All the magnificent display. will have traverse display. Particularly attention is directed whe trimming waists whole price 19c to $15O yd
 Pt Bands plain irregular white and ecru o in. wide, 19c to $1.5 yd.
 Venise MedaIions cream separated and desired beautiful showing these effects 39c $500.
 Princess Bands Edges $2. 50 yd.
 Edges Insertions widths ranging from o 2 inches, white, cream and ecru
 French German Meshes, priced per and FiIet AHovers in and 42 in wide 75c to $175 yd
 Oriental e AUOVerS and IS in wide from 59c to $500 yard.
 Baby Irish Crochet Aove IS inches wde suitable for waists from $1 to $5 co yd
Connecticut western news., 1908-04-23
DIsTRICT OF SHARON ss. Probate

A/ Court, April 2, IAOS.
 Estate of Charles Brazee late of sharon in said district, deceased.
 The Court of Probate for the District O. sharon hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof, for the cred. itors of satd estate to exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who neglect to pre- sent their accounts, properly attcsted, within said time, will he debarrcd recov- cry. All persons indebted to said estate arc requested to make immediate payment to JOSEPH ]. RYAN, Administrators.
 sharon, Conn.