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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-19

hours every day. If two shifts of train
dispatchers, telegraph operators and
signal men are worked nine hours each.
there would be period of six hours in
every "A which could not be covered
satisfactorily 1t was indicated that
runs" of eight hours might be better.
but for such period of work the men
could not be paid wages which they
would regard as adequate for their
needs. In addition, it might be difficult
to obtain the services of enough skill
ed men to make up three shifts every
"a hours on all of the railroads in
America.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-19
ALREADY IN EFFECT.
Baltimore & Ohio Is Now Enforc;n1
Nine Hour law

Washington, Feb. 19.-The Baltimore
& Ohio railroad put into effect through
which, by its terms, does NOT become
operative until March next. The law
limits the hours Of service of all train
operators, particularly LOCOMOTIVES en-
g1neers and fremen, train dispatches.
railway telegraphers, tower men and
signal operators.
Recently the Interstate conr,ar,a
commission was asked by 10 or IL i'm
portant systems to postpone the time NJ
the law going into effect. It was point-
ed out that nine hours constitute an
unusual and awkward period, as duties
OF that kind have to be performed "a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-19
A FIFTY MILLION MORTGAGE
Filed by the Kansas & Colorado Pa
ciflc at Wichita.

Wichita, Kan, Feb. ia $50. 600 900
mortgage given by the Kansas & Colo
RADIO Pacific Railway company to the
Guarantee Trust company of New York
was fled in this county. The Kansas
& Colorado Pacific includes the Fort
Scott, Wichita & Western and the Mis-
souri, Pacific in Kansas. The mortgage
runs so years and bears per cent
payable semiannually. 1t is dated Feb
ruary l.. 1903. and is styled a refund
ing mortgage" 1t Is the largest mort
gage ever recorded in this county. The
fling fee was $N0.50.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-19

Molly-Cholly' brains are all in his feet
Dolly-Dear mel And how long ago did
he have his feet amputated?-Cleyela
Leader.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-19

for Them

but will recommend them as the
best articles of their kind in do
nestle use. They are the leading
favors in America and should be
on the shelf of every grocery.
Enquire for them and dc not take
substitutes
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-11
"HENE is TO THE T,yow
Chase Clty's Qualification Over Recent
Articles in This Paper.

In the past two Sunday editions The
Richmond Times dispatch has made
the citizens of Chase City feel an
additional pride in their thriving little
city and has caused us all to throw
our shoulders to the wheel of progress
with renewed energy and determine
ton by the handsome writc-up OF the
towns many advantages and the thrift
and push of It's business men. We be-
lieve that The Times-Dispatch In in
Quoting this additional feature to its
widely circulated paper did a most
wise thing for the State OF Virginia.
Tor every town so fortunate as to get
into this industrial section has its adj
Vantases and resources advertised. to
the world in manner that would be
Impossible in any other way There
Is no possible way by which q correct
estimate can be made to enable one
to tell the good results that an adver-
tlsement of this nature Will bring ia
q town, for our Richmond contem-
porary. covers an area equally as hard
to estimate-it visits homes In many
foreign lands as well as It's own--.and
what appears In its valued columns
never, fall to count. We lift our hats
m token Of appreciation for the nice
things said about our town. and to
Erother Woodson and the great paper
mat he represents we say:a"Iere Is tc
the tWo-Chase City Progress.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-11
Voice Of the People
Alfnlm before the ynr.

Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
sir,--1n your issue Of June Sd you
ask about the cultivation of alfalfa in
Virginia before the war. Mr.. G. q.
Wexford, of fredericksburg, Va. hnd
u large vegetable garden. In which the
squares were. bordcrcd with n row Of
alfalfa, about six inches widc---tills
along. in soto 1850 IT made n vigor-
GUS pretty growth, from twelve to
twenty inches high aud he had 1t cut
ms II green food every day in summer
for his two milcll cows starting at one
side OF the garden, aud about tile time
tile last was cut the first WAS about
ready to be cut agaira=IAnd 30 on dur
ing the season. furnAhing great
quantity OF fine feed. Judge Beverly
X. Wexford and Dr. John $. Wexford,
OF your city, will probably remember
all about this, MS well as others now
living. Respectfully
r. C. WARlNG
I nrafYn vuIt luna
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-11

church missions. Auckland, New Zea-
land. has adopted the unique plan of
taxing each communicate OF that do
cese penny TO make up n good sized
offering,
Piigrlmages to historical places viii
be feature OF this world-gathering.
One pilgrimage has been arranged for
st. Adams Abbey Church. SIGNALLING
the new movement for celebrating the
feast of st. Alban. proto-martyr Of
hopes to see gathering on the his
toric Island of Landisfarne. the birth
place of northumberland Christianity.
while other places sacred in the his
wise asking consideration at the
hands OF the 5000 delegates and the
thousands of other guests.
Richest of all fanes that these TWEEN
tieth century pilgrims Will know is that
where the Initial meeting is to be
Danish. English and Norman, Plantaga-,
net and Tudor Stuart and Ha,ioverian
rulers have held dominion over IT. and
II is so very old that Its origin Is
lost In tradition. The Oldest legend
claims that the first house of worship
ert, an East Saxon King, and that st.
Peter himself came to corasecrate it
one stormy night. The Oldest history
reads: without the wales OF London.
upon Tie RIVER there was IN
Times past. a little monasterie. builded
to the honor OF God and ST. Peter.
with few Bepedict monks in 1t, un-
der an Abbote' serving Christi This
massive pile OF stone that now marks
the place OF the little mopasterie" on
the Isle OF Thorns Is the last resting
place of York and Lancasterian, Puri-
tan and Cavalier. poet and statesmen.
the great levcller. Death, having elm
mated all dividing lines. Great
pageants Of pomp and power have pass
ed through its aisles. but no meet
ing OF greater Importance has ever
been held there than this of the great
Anglican Church gathered from all
parts OF the world where has spread
the Anglo-Saxon race.
Copyright. 1905, by Frederic j..
IHaskin.)
o-morrow-Water supply OF New
York.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-11
Mother nmd Childrcll.

Think of the opportunities of apply
lng al sorts,ef acquired knowledge that
the mother Of Ave or six children en-.
Joys as she follows the development (
these children up to twenty or tWenty-
i've years Of age! That experience Is
e wonderful training for the mother
herself. Ordinarily 1t IL the mother,
rather than the father. that trains the
children; and this training goes on r.. for
twenty years or more. and takes erect
upon group of children ordinarily,
very unlike In capacities, poWeIs ana
dlspositlons, The group calls for a.
the mothers powers of observation and
discrimination In discovering the divers
stiles in the children. What a power q
loving mother haste train all her chill
dren's minds, 10 bring them w TO Z,
love OF reading, and t9.feed that love!
In family government there Is q, greet
deal Of mind. as well as character. i
Is impossible for Instance, to be Just
daily, hourly, on the instant---unless
With clear Insight and strong mora
.pcrception ,there.,be joined sound think
ing Het.there Is 40 more n re clnus at.
tribute Of The n,other and ,l the trainer y 2
ward. In H9vper's Bazaar,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-11
rhc Negro a. n voter.

The negro makes an excellent voter.
He is timely. enthusiastic and obedi-
ent. He votes with his right hand ha,-
ing grateful knowledge of what his
left hand receives. He arrives early
at the polls, and is in no hurry to
leave. and is always willing To try.
try again. He does not permit trivial
obstacles like county or district lines,
or even State boundaries. to deter him
in his efforts to do his duty as lie
finds 1t in the exercise of his fran
chise. Not he! What was an election
made for. he would like to know, Ii
not for voting purposes? And why,
with the priceless privilege OF the bal
lot. guaranteed to him by the Consti-
tuition. should he not do his level best
to prove himself worthy Of that same?
| He'll surely do 1t or be found trying
all the day long, and when the result
tanned, It is through no fault of his
iif the man with the dollar has gone
down to defeat-F'ort Gay Leader
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-11
! NUDGE no MANCHESTER.

! bridge to Manchester, wide enough
to carry two street chr tracks, to per.
nit the passage of two lines OF vehi-
cles. and to offer at least sidewalks
| for passengers, Is an absolute neces
sity for Richmond and Manchester.
MaHo's Bridge has been abandoned for
street car traffic, the present Free
Bridge is SO shaky as to need solicit
tous and careful watching, and the
means of approach both In Richmond
and Manchester to the present Free
Bridge is most unsatisfactory.
There Is small profit to Manchester
from the magnificent manufacturing
sites 1t owns II it is practically cut
OFF from communication With Rich
mond. And there is little advantage
to Richmond merchants IL dealing with
Manchester is placed Under the Sc
rious burden OF difficult approach The
mere increase of taxable values in both
cities Will pay for commodious, en-
during and suitable bridge. The Times
Dispatch has constantly urged that
Richmond and Manchester should COM
bine their efforts and their population
for the advantage of the jewellers in
both cities; but whether this is done
or not, there is no reason why Rich
mond and Manchester should not com
bine to build bridge which shall be
commensurate with the dignity and
needs of the two cities.
The population Of Richmond and
Manchester forms a great and n grow
ing community. 1t Is the height of
wisdom to prepare for the inevitable
increase that will come to both COM
munlties, and 1t Is the contamination
OF folly to allow that growth to take
place in a haphazard and undirccted
way. Attention and foresight now will
add to the comfort the convenience
and the happiness Of unborn genera
tons
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-11
Long Sentences.

Ruskln, It is SAID has written moro
sentences OF inordinato length than
any other classic writer of modern
English prose. Frederic Harrison
Some years ago counted the words in
q number OF typical sentences, finding
that In the earlier books 1t was no un-
common thing for Ruskina to run be-
self and his readers tho relief of Il full
stop. But in every case the sense is
clear MS day. Wordsworth's8 poem on
|. the "Character OF the Happy Warrior"
is q notable examnle Of SUSTAINED con- N,
closing couplets, tho poem consists Of
two very long compound sentences, al
most entirely composed8o adiectlval
clause The. longer CT the, two sen
lines. This FiR probably q record In
Eng lie II yer Ne,--v4A rK0na VI Nh
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-11
noRE SMITHS FALL.

THE cornef's verdict on Governor Hoke
Smith seems to be that he tried to ride
on top of any kind of presumably
popular wave without discriminating hy
bleasting one occasionally. That is fire.
quently perlous in the long run.-Boston
Herald.
The defeat Of Hoke Smith for Governor OF
Georgia is a flaming beacon OF warning 10
uverzcalous politicians who try 10 make cap
ital out OF the persecution of corporations
Washington Post.
1t looks II the Georgia Democrats pre-
ferred 10 take chance with Joseph Brown
whom they did not and do not know, to con-
ltipuing another term with Governor HolSt
smith, whom they do know-Soston Advcr-
tiser.
The Georgia primaries have registered a
clear protest against the long leash for the
professional agitators. The pendulum is
swinging in the other observation-disclosures.
American.
Hoke Smith can say, like the banishel
wise man of Greece when he saw his endan-
s.red country fading on the horizon of the
sea. 1T is not that ] am losing Athens, but
that Athens is losing me Detroit Journal
Smith stood hard and fast by the prohi.
btion law which he had failed to supper,
Wien it was in the process of creation
Brown has won. Prohibition has received
the condemnation OF the people.--St. Louis
Times.
We don't know what kiud of Governor Mr.
Rrown-"Little Joe Brown"-wil make; no
body knows But in any case he cannot
We'll help being, In some very desirable
ways, an Improvement upon the man whom
he has erthrown.-Hartford Courant.
We don't know anything about Little
joe; but we have been for some time sat
isfed that Brother Hoke is demagosu,
of the first water. and we, therefore, re
joice at his OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Landmark.
a cheer for Brown Will go up in ever,
Southern State where radcalism had got
footing. a brighter day is dawnng from
the Potomac to the Gulf. Tho lesson II
Georgia will not DO forgotten.-Birminsh han
Age Herald.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-11
Rhymes for To-Day
WHAT WAS SENT IN HAITIAN.
KNEW n girl in Raritan

WHAT WAS sENIAflN NAKlTNN. 3
II KNEW n girl in Raritan
In 1882.
And being then tender man,
/ started in to WOO.
Thought I: "a woman's pretty thrills
In every cline the samc:
She likes the man that sends her gifts
So that was now my game
! sent her flowers, jools and books.
Quite worthy of a king,
1 sent her gloves, ! sent her cooks,
And all that sort Of thing.
1 sent her tickets to the play,
And bon bons-many tons
j sent her satins from Cathay--
q still receive the duns)
i sent her motors, Villas. yachts
sent her nnpllthn boats,
And with these other small what nots
sent her. all, such notes!
She took them all without choke,
Without a single cough,
And Mt the end, when was broke,
She up and sent me off.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-11
College Chup,s.

A conductor sent a new brakeman to
put some tramps OFF the train; they
were riding in boXcar The brake
man dropped into the car and said:
Where are you fellows going?'' ITO
Atchison." "Well. you can't go to
Atchison on this train, SO get off.'S"You
get" came the reply, and as the new
brakeman was looking into the bust
ness end of a gun he took the advice
given him and "got." He went back
tic the caboose, and the conductor asked
him II he had put the fellows off.
No" he answered. II did not have
the heart to put them off. They want
to go to Atchison, and. besides, they
are old sohcolmates of NINE Tho
conductor used some very strong Ian
guage. ana then said he would put
them off himself. He went over to
the car and met with the same ex-
perience rs the brakeman. When he
got back to the caboose the brake
man said: well. -did you put then,
OFF," Nav, they're schoolmates OF
mine, too."--Wellington (Kan.) News
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-11
Personal AND GENERAL.

r. . j +
Mary Kies. in 1900, took out in Wash
irgton the first patent for straw weaving
At a recent exposition in Lucerne IL 900
different stamps of various countries were
OF view.
Pittsburg has seven more national banks
than boston, but their. total Capitalization
is S33.000,000 less.
''Foolscap" paper was first SO called be-
cause it bore water mark representing a
fools cap and bells.
a champagne bottles Respondent to:at
when finished has passed through the hands
OF forty-iive workmen.
Tho longest, submarine gable In the world
In one stretch is that from Vancouver to
New Zealand
Johannesburgs new telephone exchange
VIII serve $4,000 lines. There are now
about $500 entering the building.
II has been decided that congress of tho
chambers of commerce OF the British empire
will meet in Australia during the year 1906.
London food inspectors have found as
much as l54 grains of boracc acid in n
single pound Of meat imported from
America. l
Admiral Jaureguiberry has been appolnt-
cd head of the French mission which Will
take part In the celebration OF the Quebec
tricentennial.
], Pierpont Morgan has purchased q
beautiful Greek bas relief in Rome repre-
senting Antinous. which was discovered In
the course or excavations In the Canpagnu
He paid $4,000 for it.
| DR.. Adolph Cluss. professor of agricul-
tuIal chemistry and technology In the I'M
pcrial Agricultural High School OF Vienna
Germany. Is visiting the colleges Of agrlcul.
! ture and experiment stations of the United
States + }E 9
In commemoration of the thirtieth ami.
versnry OF MS graduation. Secretary Taft vii
| attend the commencement exercises at Val.
June 22d and deliver an address, He vii
,eaSe washington on sunday June 21st
for New Haven. n
Nobert Seweli, OF Stdham, a Creek Indian
S Is one Or ne most widely travelled men il
Oklahoma, having been in England and OF
me son continent OF Europe, besides hnvin.
and Australia. = -
pn, Richard Henry Jesse has retired a
ptesluent OF the Missouri State Universal,
ai,er, service of seventeen years, durin,
Which time tho college has been put on AZ
labors, ~ ~ 49, 1e'' -
~, 9lgh'isth anniversary OF the birth o
M.unt Leo Folsto viii be marked by tn
i'Alhiplpal council Of Moscow by the openln,
~, sepiemoet loth Of n public library ii
MOSCOW ana by giving tho counts name L
the school he attended In his youth,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-11
Chrnnnmetcr Church.

the tower Of the parish church OF st.
Botolph in Boston. England, which was
damaged by lightning not long ago.
The church dates from the fourteenth
is the tnllast but one among the parish
churches OF England, It has 365 steps
one for each day Of the year. and the
church has seven doors, fifty-two win
in the week, and the weeks and months
in the year. Tor the twenty-four hours
in the day there are twenty four steps
In the porch by which the library Is
REACHED. Two flights OF sixty steps
lead to the roof, one for the seconds
tho other for the minutes, and tho tow-
er is in four stories for the four sea-
sons. Thus does time stand still in
Boston.--Spr Republican,.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-11

1T Is reported, and it well may he
.rme, that President Roosevelt has
public AZ the opening of the Chicaro
ohVenuon, DECLARING that no friend
OF ms VIII vote for him on the first
NJ my !, other ballot, That will he no
~, nut II must regretfnlly be adj
,,,laled that such a letter seems to ia
lseaussd-New Haven Register.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-11
Death by Snake Bite.

80, wild BIZ died of a snake bite? whal
did he get bit?"
oh til snake didn't bite Bill. Til snak,
lit Tough Tompkns, an Tompkins dranl
two quarts o. tn remedy an then shot Bill.
Judges Library.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-11

OF fans In this country; but who can
doubt that they arc numerous enough
to laugh ut all opposition and decorate
their favorite son with the pennant OF
the White House?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-11
When lie Sat Down.

How was your speech received at The
club?" asked one of Chimleys friends.
why, they congratulated me very heart
lily. In fact. one-of the members came TO
me and told me that when sat down he
had said to himself II was the best thing
/ had ever donc."--Youth's COMPANION.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-11
-------s'------------- - -
THE. MAILED FIST.

The ruthless efficiency to which
most tactfully daring Of modern poll
ticians is now on daily exhibition in
Chicago. Matthew Stanley Quay and
Marcus A. Hanna acquired what was
mastery over party declaration and &C
ton, which they used with repressve
force to put down opposition. The re-
suit, however, was obtained by these
two at some cost of suspicion and de-
traction. II has remained for Theodore
Roosevelt to establish The mastery still
more finished. still more pitiless. and at
the same time to stand the cxemplar
of all that is disinterested and excellent
in politics.
The question of choosing its presi-
Dental candidate has for several
months been one of moment in the
Republican party. Mr.. Roosevelts de-
sire was that Mr.. Taft should be the
man. Did he make an effort to learn
what were the wishes of the party on
this important subject, or patiently
weigh whether or not Mr.. Taft was an
available candidate? He followed
neither one of these precedents here
tofore regarded as indispensable in
selecting the nominees.
Under the plea that righteousness
must prevail, that the "uplift" must
continue. he has used all the dread he
inspired In so many quarters, all his
ascendancy in the party, all his power
as President, to make his will prevail.
The rlgor of Mr.. Roosevelt's rule. the
uneXcelled completeness of its action.
is now personified in Mr.. Hitchcock.
Who as at once manager of Mr.. Taft's
campaign and judge in Mr.. Taft's con-
tentions, hourly receives both his forti :
tude and decision from Washington.
And yet the necessity of securing the
free expression and accomplishment Of
the popular will is a cardinal princip1e
IN the abstract political faith of the
President.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-11

As for Secretary Tafts successor in
the Cabinet, we suppose that whatever
III Ia Wright
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-11

The citizens of Reyal doubtless, are
enjoying royal flush times.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-11
Appreciates Major Fontaine

Jack the Giant Killer Ulysses. and
Captain John Smith. all in one. with a dash
OF Baron Munchauscn. would not make n
more remarkable character than Lamar
Fontaine. c. E., PHI. o.. according to his
autobiography as published by the Ncaln
Company, of Washington. This large book
OF 800 pages, entitled MY Life and My Les
lures" is a succession of astonishing recitnls
OF adventure and achievement such as we
dc no. recall ever having encountered In
serious records since we read the narrative
OF Captain John Smith.--Norfok Landmark
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-11

"a Kentucky man almost lost his
life in bath tub" asseverutes the At
H,anta Georgian. Those Kentucky fel.
lows ought to be careful of expert
mentng With novelties.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-11
But Poetry Bushes Unrca

pa, what's the difference between s
rhyme and poem?"
THE person who makes a rhyme stands
some chance of seeing 1t printed. even If .
is merely put on card to be stuck up II
an II car.'--Chicaso Record Herald.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-11

Our old friend, "all eyes, Is here
with Informed that ,o-day's cynosure
is Roanoke.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-11

The mention of Hon George Bruce
CortelFou for the e-presidency is
useful as reminding the general public
that Hon. George is still with us.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-11

William Loeb, Jr,, at any rate, can
hardly have failed to note that fresh
outbreak of second-elective terml-
nology,