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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-06
Our HOOSier Budget.
Portland, Ind, Feb. 3, 1908.

Portland, Ind, Feb. 3, 1908.
The ground hog saw his shad-
ow and slipped back to hibernate
for six weeks longer.
Miss Carrie Metzgar was bur-
led yesterday. Mr.. Lyons was
dead at the time of writing our
last letter. Judge Headington is
reported as improving a little.
Dennis Kershner left Friday,
accompanied by Mrs. Annie En-
glish, to visit near Greenville
with his mother and Mrs. E.'s
sister, Mrs. Kershner, who is
still living after about one year
Of severe illness from paralysis.
Health here is good, except
some cases of grippe of a mild
form.
Last Wednesday one John Nog-
gle, a prominent livery man of
our city, it is said left the city,
his business and family, but was
very careful to take care of the
financial part. His son has
charge of the barn and his wife
has good home.
Politics is warming up to some
extent, even if it is zero wealth
er. AS we are not in the politi-
cal swim, it is not our duty to
make too much noise, but we
want a fair deal, and if Teddy
will take another turn we will
shout for him, bravely. So we
will for Fairbanks, or for Taft.
Some snow, cold and clear with
US, and Prof. Hicks has an awful
batch of weather dished out for
this month. Hope his goose bone
lied to him, like it did last month.
One year ago we were in Lou
isiana, along the gulf coast, and
on the 5th of February last we
had new potatoes and strawber-
ries for our dinner. I dug the
'taters and my wife picked the
berries. What would we have
had up north? It would have
been a jack rabbit and a blizzard.
We will probably spend next win
ter in the south, likely in Ten
nessee.
So we read that Harry Thaw
was found insane by a jury. Let
him go to the asylum for spell,
then give him a gun and let him
practice on some more libertines.
Some changes going on here
with the merchants, buying and
1
selling their business. We have
no army of the unemployed, work
seems to be very plenty. Fac
tories are running on full time
and the merchants have a fair
trade. Joe Long and family
started last week for New Or
leans, Cuba and perhaps will visit
the Panama canal zone. Long is
our poultry man, doing business
in several cities, with a large
business here and in Union City.
He has made wonderful sue
cess, as only a few years ago he
was a very poor boy, but now is
quite wealthy. His father made
a living by blacksmithing.
DARKE COUNTY Boy.
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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-06
WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHINGTON LETTER.
The President message dealing
with recent decisions of the Su-
preme Court received a more en-
thusiastic reception than any
hitherto accorded to any of the
remarkable list of state papers
he has addressed to the national
legislature. His fearless and
manly denunciation of evil, his
scathing rebuke to the Standard
Oil Company and other great
corporations which have sought
to deceive the voters and poison
the public mind against him and
his policies, were the occasion of
bursts of applause in the House
and when the reading of the doc
ument was concluded the mem
bers, irrespective of party, burst
into cheers. In the Senate,
where no applause is permitted,
Senators sat quietly in their
seats, listening to every word,
and the absolute silence consti-
tuted as remarkable a tribute
from the upper chamber as the
more noisy demonstration of the
House.
president Roosevelt has by
this message nominated Taft or
elected Bryan was the comment
heard on all sides in the Senate.
1t was generally conceded that
! the great mass of the people,
who almost idolize Roosevelt,
would never accept as their chief
tain a half way, conservative,
half-hearted, follower of his pol
icies or a reactionary. The ut
terance of the President, which
in the recommendations for fur
ther legislation borrows the ideas
expressed in Secretary Taft's
Cooper Union speech, is in strik-
ing contrast with the cautious
utterance of Governor Hughes,
made before the New York Re-
publican Club, in which, for
every word he said in support of
the Roosevelt policies, the Gov
ernor added a reassuring state
ment for the benefit of his Wall
Street friends.
Governor Hughes declaration
in favor of the Roosevelt policies
is regarded as excellent politics,
in Washington, the only defect
being in the lack of force with
which the Governor expresses
his views which leaves the reader
wondering if he really believes
| what he says. 1t is probable
that Mr.. Hughes does believe ir
the views he expresses, although
| he is not specific, but he is not {
man of force or of very decided
opinions and that naturally robS
his remarks of that ring which
the public has come to look fol
in the speeches of public men.
Charles E. Magoon, Provisiona
Governor of Cuba, is in Washing
ton, having come here to confer
! with the. President and the Sec
n retary of War concerning certain
, difficult problems that have
grown out of the various admin
istrations which have had charg'
Of Cuban affairs in the last few
: wears and Of the corruption O
J, the Palma government. Th'
most difficult problem in Cuba
these days, is the adjustment o
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CREENvILLE, OHIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1908

out OF the granting OF conceS-
sions, the abrogation, their re-
granting etc., which have result
ed from the successive Wood,
Palma and Magoon administra-
tions and it is to consult with
the President, Secretary Taft
and possibly the Attorney Gener-
al regarding four complicated
affairs of this character that Gov.
Magoon has come to Washington.
AS soon as solutions can be
reached the Governor will return
to Havana to remain, presuma-
bly,, until Cuba is again made
free, on February l, 1909.
The Aldrich financial bill has
finally been reported to the Sen
ate and on Monday, February 10,
will begin the debate which will,
in some respects, be most inter-
esting. 1t is generally believed
here that the bill will become a
law before Congress adjourns.
Although there will be little
general legislation at this session
of Congress, Representative SulA
loway has introduced in the
House a measure which tits gen.
orally believed will pass. This
bill provides that the widows of
all soldiers who served ninety
days or more in the Civil war
shall be pensioned at the rate of
$12 a month; raises the pensions
of all widows now on the rolls
from So to SIP a month; and re-
moves the present restriction
which makes it impossible for a
widow to secure a pension if she
has an income from other sOurc-
es of $3.50 a year, or more. The
benefits of the bill, however, can
be conferred only on those wo-
men who were married to veter-
ans before the passage of the act
of June, 1890. 1t is estimated
that the measure will add &c.
100000 a year to the cost of pen
sions, and as the estimated cost
under existing law is for the
coming year $151, O45, 900, should
this bill become a law it will
raise the total to something over
$3.50, 900, 900.
The attempt to revive the third
term gossip is confined to a GER
tain class of politicians, described
by some of President Roosevelt's
friends, as either fools or knaves.
This rejuvenated rumor is not
given the slightest credence by
any of the Presidents friends
and they have little patience
with those politicians of the op-
posing factions who are stupidity
attempting to resurrect this po-
litical ghost to serve their own
purpose.
The members of the House of
Representatives were treated to
a sensation one morning this
week when the blind Chaplain,
Mr.. Couden, made the following
prayer which was loudly applaud
ed. Good Lord, deliver us we
beseech Thee, from the jingo,
the demagogue, the bigot, and
all other undesirable citizens,
and give us instead the patriot,
the statesman, the broad-mind-
ed, generous hearted, manly man,
that Thy kingdom may come and
Thy will be done on earth as it
is in heaven, for Christ's sake.
Amen"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-06
Theodore, a Preacher Of
Righteousness.
BY LEO.

called in Holy Writ, a preacher
of righteousness, a phrase we'll
fitting the President of United
States at the present time. Rev.
Noah, as we suppose, preached
mainly if not wholly about per-
sonal right doing, for in those
primitive times there was no
Standard Oil Company to exact
rebating contrary to law; no
great railway companies robbing
each other and the public; no
overgrown soulless corporations
of predatory inclinations toward
wealth; no telegraph, no tele-
phone companies to contend with;
nothing but plain folks living the
ordinary life of primitive times;
and therefore, Rev. Noah, as we
must conclude, directed his
preaching against personal wrong
doors. There was much need OF
such preaching for the old world
was quite bad despite the absence
of wicked corporations. And in
South, such preaching is much
needed even in these modern
days of clubs, corporations, and
combines. All these, tho they
partially screen from view the
individual personality, yet only
partially. Every once in a while
the Individual comes to view in
front of the corporation, as did
Rockefeller in the suit against the
Standard Oil wrong doings, and
as Hartman of railroad manipu-
lating fame is about to appear in
court to answer certain questions.
There is even now a good deal of
personal wrong doing going on
in our modern world, and a
preacher of righteousness of
.Noah's type would find enough
to do to correct the bad doings
tof his felloWmen as individuals.
More Noahs would answer a good
purpose even now. Our Theodore
is a preacher of righteousness of
another type, simply because his
environment demands it. He
looks over his country, and behold
wicked corporations are doing
terrible harm to society; and he
cries aloud, and spares not.
He does not cry against corpo-
rations as such: but against cor
porations which rob the public.
His late special message to Con-
gress draws the line sharply be-
tween combinations doing lawful
business in a lawful way, and the
corporations, which plainly and
intentionally violate the Sherman
and other laws.
That man Chancellor Day, of
Syracuse, New York, has either
Willingly or unwittingly failed to
grasp the meaning of President
Roosevelt's messages; and pours
upon his devoted head vial of hot
wrath for disturbing the coun-
try's business. And is very much
the same as if he blamed P rose
cutor Jerome Of New York for
calling murderer Harry Thaw to
an account, thereby making a
good trouble an expense. Must
evil doers go free to save expense
and disturbance?
President Roosevelt took upon
him, on assuming Office, a solemn
oath to execute the laws of Con-
gress: and he finds, big corporation
violating the laws fiagrantly and
defantly. What is his duty
Chancellor Day and others would
have to wink at wrong doing, say
nothing harsh but be nice to sin
ming folk.
Well now, Theodore IS MOI
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Glover, Timothy and other Grass Seeds
for sale by The Henry St.0lair 90. 27wT
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Mems Shirts one-fourth off for
mer prices. The PROGRESS.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-19
ENCOURAGEMENT FOR BRYAN.

Like a true Kentuekian, Colonel Watterson has hit the bull's-eye. Not only has Mir Bryan a good fighting chance now, but, as the colonel very significantly remarks. there is every probability that the chance will grow stronger as the campaign develops. Perhaps In respect of mental equip ment, experience of public affairs and freedom from doctrinaire fads Mr Taft is entitled to be considered the better candidate for the presidency. but the history of the United States is there to prove that 1t Is not always the best man who wins in a presiden- tial election. The great men among our presidents can be counted on the fingers of one hand. The others have been mediocres. but they have filled the position without discredft to themselves and certainly without do- ing any great damage to the country
 There is no reason to suppose that Mir Bryan. if elected. would prove less satisfactory than these latter. No one now fears that hts election would provoke an industrial, commercial and financial eataelysm- As a matter of fact his speech of acceptance has strengthened rather than shaken pub lie confidence. Mir Bryan has evident Iy melloved in retirement While Nr Roosevelt has been growing steadily more radical in his attitude toward economic questions. the Nebrasksn has been steadily growing more con ssrvstive snd prudent II is plain
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-19
DECLINE OF LABOR AGITATOR.

Reading between the lines of the official reports made to the interns- tional typographical union. now ir session at Boston, one can easily de tect the waning of the agitator and the wholesome effect of intelligent and united influence on the part of the rank and file. They emphasize what is generally known, that the organization of labor was never so complete as it is to-day. and that, in proportion. as working men come 10 take intelligent views of the situa- ton. the labor agitatOr. especially the agitator of an extreme type who in the past has had too potent an in- fluenee, is less and less needed. Povderly and Sovereign were great CT men at the beginning of their careers in the labor movement than they were at the close. and so. too. the walking delegate of the aEitatcr type has Outlived his usefulness.
 The broad and liberal policies that have identified the administration of such men as Samuel Gompers and John Mitchell have done more for or ganized labor than all. the work of all their predecessors since the birth of the union movement The reason is plain The worki1zmen have come to a better understanding Of what trade unions can do ard hou they ought to be guided and con- troIled- Little by Iftt1e-the change being 50 slow that it is hardly to De
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-19

noted-a change is coming over the men who labor, and they are con- vinced that there is a better way of securing justice than in the following of agitators who urge men and wo- men to strike in order to magnify their own office and are careless as to the consequences. of their conduct. IL is the men who do the real work who have to meet the responsibility.
 The main object of the old system of labor organizations was to hit capitalists head wherever it ap- peared. The new form of labor or ganizatiOn puts a restriction upon strikes and by a secret ballot allows the men in the unions to have the courage of their convictions. The re- suit is that the sober common sense of the conservative members obtains expression.
 The idea that labor is in natural antagOnism tO capital. and that labor gains most by threatening 1t. is more and more at a discount as the indus trial conditions of economic life are better understood The work of the agitator has undoubtedly produced beneficial results It has secured more favorable legislation. It has compelled the study of the indus trial and economic situation by ey- erybOdy. and 1t has produced a bet ter informed community everywhere. If the labor sgitatOr Is nov largely set aside. 1t is mainly through re- suits that he has himself indirectly promoted He is not to be desuised for having set forth the injustice done to wage ezrners or the unfair ness of existing legislation. But. in the advance of the labor movement Into a new position. his usefulness has greatly dinfnished.-HaverhfII Ga1ette.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-19
NEW TYPE OF TELESCOPE.
Mirror Formed By Revolving Dish C
 Mercury.

Calling a ney type of rehecting tel escope which is being built for him a small working mG.!el. although its diameter will be half as great as that of the big Yerkes telescope, Prof Rob- ert Wood of the Johns Hopkins uni versity declares that if it gives satis- faction he will construct a giant in- strumert Of this kind. The builders of the IIek and Isrkes telescopes are making the model and Prof Wood ex- poets to receive il shortly at his private laboratory iu Easthampton, D. |
 PopuIsrly described. this new type or refiectfng telescope may be said to consist of a fat circular basin filled with mercury and set in motion by means of an electric motor. By al' tering the speed of rotation the focal length of the instrument can be varied at will. The basic idea of the new instrument is said to have been suggested before this. The action of centrifugal force makes the surface of the mercury assume the form of a eoneave paraboloid. which brings the rays of light to a focus in the same way as the eoncave-s,lvered mir TOT of a rejecting telescope.
 The difficulty hitherto has been in obtaining a rotation of the dish with out jars from the rotation mechanism and that difficulty has been so great that no serious attempt ever previous ly vas made to overcome it- Thso- retically. the instrument Is perfect, for the rejecting surface should be far more accurate in form than q of . ground and polished metal or
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-19
THE VALUE OF 4 SMILE.
What It Did For a scotchman in
 Calcutta.

On the door leading into the pri- vate office of the treasurer of one of the Hartford banking institutions may be seen by all corners a plain white card, on which are these two words:
 Keep Smiling"
 Ask the treasurer the significance of the placard, and he will say simply: Just keep smiling. Tha, makes everything easy. That's what smiles are for. A good, unfeIgnec, sincere smile is a veritable battering- ram to knock hard things out of the way. Sometimes 1 smile out louc. all to myself, when I run against any thing hard; and the invitation is ont to whoever enters my door. take it that people will smile as they read the card. and I want them to con tinue the act while in here."
 He tells of a visitor who came to see him last winter. a ScOtchman who had served in India in the army. My dear sir" said the visitor. "I aI1 greeting that legend heartily. Many years ago. when the plague was rag ing. was in Calcutta. and sick. The hospitals were full. and with other patients was lying in a shed. a very sick man. On each side of me poor chap had died. when a man came around with one of the doctors to measure the bodies. As they finish ed the second fellows messuremenf they looked at me. and the man said
 Three of 'em. hefzh.' and whipped out his tape measure st my side lr spite of all effort I could only stare To save ny life I couldn't speak or
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-19
SELLING oUININE IN ITALY.

The sale of quinine in Italy is car ried on in a peculiar fashion. The government sells the drug to the peasants in hilarious districts, and uses the profit to fight malaria. The first aim is to protect the peasants from mosquitoes. But 1t Is almost impossible to get them to take care of the wire screens which are given them for their houses. As for their wearing veils and gloves when they go abroad. as they are urged by the authorities to do. anybody who knows the Italian peasants can guess how many of them will do it.
 The government has therefore to depend chiefly on draining and filling up the pools where mosquitoes breed and on what is called bonincamenfo, or the improvement of the land in various ways. Last year the govern ment sold to the peasant about $500. z O00 worth of quinine. with a nss profit of about s75.eo0.-Sun.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-19

that he has completely recovered from his violent attack of free silver. itis and no longer preseribes state ownership of everything as remedy for all economic ailments.
 Moreover, he is indisputably the idol of an imposing section of the American electorate. Even those democrats who repudiated emphati- eally Mr Bryan's most extravagani theories have been forced to admi, that his influence with the rank and file of the party is unrivaled and un- diminished. and have recognized that truth by again enrolling for service under his banner
 The personal fitness of Mir Taft in fact. is very evenly balanced by the personal magnetism of Mir Bryan.
 The question who will win is rem dered still more difilcult to answer by the fact that there is no paramount issue In the present presidential campaign. If the party platforms were to be surreptitiously transposed nobody on either side would ever find it out. It is case of "slx of one and half a dozen of the other" Mir Taft could stand on Mr Bryan's platform and Mr Bryan could stand on Mir Taft's platform without either one or the other feeling that he was on strange territory l. Is for this req son that the Herald as a perfectly in- dependent and unbiased newspaper, agrees with Colonel Watterson's as- sertion that Mir Bryan has a good fighting chance. Of course he has.
 Even Mir Bryan's most serious bIemish. namely. that he is a dema- gogue of the extreme type. may not ts. after all. a very great handicap. The country has just had almost eight Tsars of sxperisrce with dsms- gogus of the exfrsnest type ia the
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-19

6-INCH SILK TAFFETA RIBBONS.
 In black, white, pink and blue.
 Regular price 25c yard, sale price ..... 15c yd CLEAN SWEEP, REDUCTIONS ON WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSIERY AND UNDERWEAR. These offerings are all staple
 goods, all well known makes,
 the kind that bring regular
 prices at any time. But many
 of our store friends will be lock-
 ing for special values in Hos
 iery and Underwear at this sale
 and we don't want anybody dis
 appointed.
 CHILDREN'S BLACK COTTON HOSE.
 Fast color, durable quality. Reg
 ular price 12hc, sale price 9c pair WOMEN'S PLAIN BLACK COTTON HOSE.
 Good 121sc quality, sale price .. ....... 1Oc pair WOMEN'S BLACK
 'BURSON" HOSE.
 A popular make of women's hose,
 in fast color, seamless. Regu-
 lar price 19c pair, sale price
 ..... 15c pair WOMEN'S BLACK GAUZE LISLE HOSE.
 In sizes g, 9h, and 10. Regular price 25c pair, sale price 17c pair MISSES RIBBED VESTS AND PANTS. Regular price 15c, sale price,. ..... .....g.... 1Oc each WOMEN'S RIBBED VESTS. Low neck and sleeveless. Regular
 price 12hc, sale price Sc each WOMEN'S SHAPED VESTS. Low neck, sleeveless, sizes 4 and
 b. Regular price 25c, sale
 price .....se... 15c each WOMEN'S LACE TRIMMED RIBBED VESTS.
 Low neck and sleeveless. Regular price, 35c, sale price .10c each WOMEN's EXTRA FINE QUALITY JERSEY RIBBED PANTS. Knee length, sizes 4 and 5. Regu-
 lar price soc, sale price .29c pair CLEAN SWEEP REDUCTIONS IN LINENS, TOWELS, WHITE GOODS AND BEDDING. Ssaple articles that have been add
 ed to the bargains of this sale to
 make still greater enthusiasm
 among economical housekeep- 5 CTS.
 PINCH BLEACHED DAMASK. Heavy weight. Regular price s9c,
 sale price ... ....... .69c yd 64-INCH CREAM DAMASK. Extra heavy weight. Regular price 59c, sale price ... .42c yd 1S-INCH ALL LINEN BLEACHED NAPKINS. Regular price $1.39 dozen, sale
 price ..s.'. =. 0Sc dozen HEMsiED NAPKINS. ss size, new patterns. Regular
 price s1.5s, sale price S1.39 dozen 1S-INCH ALL LINEN BLEACHEU CRASH TOWELING. Regular price 12kc, sale price
 ..... .... ..... .1O1 1sc yd HEMMED HUCK TOWELS Good size. Regular price 10c each
 Sale price ... ....... 4 for 25c "RUBDRY" TOWELS Small sizes. Regular price 12hc
 each. Sale price Sc each s2 INCH WHITE INDIA LAWN Regular price 21c yard. Sale
 price ............ lie yard 50 INCH WHITE FRENCH LAWN Fine sheer quality. Regular price
 soc a yard. Sale price 3Sc yard