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The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29
VOTING MACHINES AND POLITICS.

How the highly important question
OF the adoption OF the voting machines
can have anything to do with politics,
1t Is not easy TO see, 1t should not
be made party ISSUE 1t cannot be
made a democratic city plank or n
republican city plank. Ii Is a matter
which concerns vitality the accuracy
and secrecy OF our elections as re-
flecting the sober, uninhuenced opin-
ion Of our citizens, and the important
part that the elections play In a dem
ocratic government should be enough
TO convince every law-maker not to
be held TO party lines in coming to
his conclusion, If the voting machines
bring accuracy and secrecy, they
should be favored by democrats and
republicans; If they do not, then the
reverse should be the case.
We are prompted to make the above
statement after reading several out-of-
town comments upon the recent de-
velopments OF the voting machine
question here, Says the Hartford
Times: las far as can be learned
from what has been printed in the
newspapers, there has been more pol
tiles in the discussion OF the question
than serious effort to get at the re-
suits of experience where machine
voting has had a fair trial as 1t has
n Hartford" The Bridgeport Post
has even gone so far as to insinuate
that the voting machines have be-
come a bone of contention in state
politics. SAYS that paper: Mayor
Martins action is made especial
~ prominent because politically he Is
a democrat and his party followers in
this state have generally expressed
themselves as favorable to the ma
chimes" City news items that have
to do with the question tend to fix
this idea whenever they speak OF the
only democrat to vote against the ma
chimes, Alderman Cunningham II
Alderman CunnIngham's private be-
liefs demand that he vote against the
machines. all we'll and good; but the
republicans should feel equally as free
TO vote for the machines without
breaking their party lines.
1t is now said unofIicially that the
reason why Mayor Martin has vetoed
the bill was because he did not think
so large a contract should he awarded
by the city without some sort OF
competition between the manufactur
ers. We must confess that this objec-
ton Is far and away more sensible
than many that have been suggested.
But the mayor must realize that com
petitive bids on voting machines
would be of little value In making
economic comparisons, since a poor
voting machine, no matter how cheap,
would be worthless. Again we believe
that his honor will find that the man
ufacturers In question have bought up
all the good patents Of their competi-
tors, and control the only first class
machine. The fact that the machines
have been abandoned In New Jersey
may not be conclusive. II Is quite
possible that political bosses there
have brought about their abandon
ment, after seeing how effectively the
machines protect the secrecy of the
ballot, which It is always the concern
OF such men TO prevent.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29

II is said there was very little cele-
bration OF the Harvard crew Victory
at Cambridge Thursday night Prob
ably not. II has been so seldom that
Johnny Harvard has had a chance TO
have such a celebration that he must
be quite inexperienced as to how to
conduct one properly.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29

Waterbury American,)

Taft sturdily confesses that he has
seen the only Yale defeats that have
been inflicted by Harvard In many
years, and there Is ready assumption
that ne Is unlucky But roosevelt the
man of superb luck has seen Harvard
beaten a good many more times than
TAFT has seen Harvard win Roosevelt's
luck didn't depend upon the results OF
college races, Neither will Tafts.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29
objection 10 Rowing.

President Eliot prefers rowing to all
other college sports, yet even rowing, In
races. may he overdone. Many stories
are current in the college world Of for
mer oarsmen developing early In life
weak hearts which seriously impair
their capacity for work and. In some
cases carry them 10 premature death.
The collapse OF several OF the Yale
crew in Thursdays contcsr gives fresh
point 10 the old objection to four-mile
races. They are too long, II is assert
ed for such young men TO endure with
out undue strain. Better a broken bone
in football than the permanent weak
ening Of vital organ in long distance
boat races.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29

"Whitewings" seemed very appro-
pirate name for an alrship, for, as
somebody said. whitewings never
grow weary" Yet G. II. Curtiss
seems to have happened upon as hap
py name when he selected June
bug" for the name OF his new aero
drome, Junebugs never grow weary
either.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29
Meaning Mr. Din Pny.

Probably the Yale senior who cele-
brated his twenty-fourtn birthday, re
ceived his degree and took a wife
Wednesday, didn't care much which
crew won.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29

Old Sol showed yesterday how
warm he could make It for US when
part OF his shining face was hidden
by an eclipse. It Is unpleasant to
think OF how warm II might have
been had he not been hidden at all
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29

The reports from Persia seem TO
contradict the common belief that all
the people OF that country do Is to
make very expensive rugs, which with
a tariff added, come to us costing
even more They are quite, Ms success
full in killing people and arousing re-
volts.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29

Mrs O'Hoolihan-This payer sex
there do be sermons In shtones.
Phwhat d yez think av thot?
O'Hollihan.-Oi dunno about the ser
rmons, but many god argument has
COON out ava brick Oi'm thnkin -
Chicago News,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29

Choral, morphla and the poppy must
look TO their laurels as aids TO ma
lures sweet restorer,' for, according
to a French contemporary, a recent in
vention promises to Danish insomnia.
The invention Is musical bed. The
sleepless and tired man goes 10 bed, an
with his foot releases spring which
sets a musical box IN action, The ap-
pnratus begins to grind out lullabies
and melodies, and In a short time the
patient Is snoring peacefully.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29

tProVidence Journal
II Is evident that there Is n rowing
system established on the Charles now
that Is pretty certain to give Harvard
Its share Of the aquatic triumphs.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29

Farmer Honk-( muslngly--"They say
Deacon Klutch penny's wife was a par
agon before he married her, and" Mrs.
Honk briskly)--"Nothing Of the kin !!
She was Smith I knew the whole
Ia n1ilY ''--PMrk.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29

What more appropriate funeral
could have been held over the re-
mains Of ex-Presdent Cleveland?
Like the man, 1t was simple, sincere,
eloouent and forceful
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29

The Masons OF the state OF Washing
ton have placed ban on the liquor
business as a means OF livelihood for
members bf the order. The grand lodge.
at recent meeting, made an lronclad
ruling prohibiting traffic in whisky by
Masons within Its jurisdiction. Here
after to engage In the liquor tranlc Is
to commit a Masonic offense, punisha-
BILE by expulsion, from finch there shall
be no appeal.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29

sh There VIII probably be . inves.
t'gaton TO determine why Taft chang
ed his mind, and tarried In New HAYES
after his wife had gone pack to New
York.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29

Poor mani Have you always been
blind? NO mum" answered Tired Tif-
fins unthnkIngly Last week | wuz
lame, but deere wasn't enun In 1t. -
Louisville Courer-Journal.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29

waterbury Republican,
Now. Mr. Roosevelt, let's all get to-
sether and demand slmplihed spell
binding
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29

Husband-But why did you dismiss
the cook this morning, when the Higgs-
es are coming to dinner tonight?
Wife--Because at II A. N. we had
only exactly enough dishes left to set
the table Judge.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29
SAYINGS AND DoINGs.

A suit OF clothes which will noat the
wearer In case OF accident at sea has
been patented by Norwegian inventor.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29
Next yenr Look Out, TOO,
fDoston Globe

tBoStOn GlODe.t
Har, ard will have practically the
same crew next year, so that Yale has
her work cut out for her.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29
JOKES AND JOk Frs.

Borrowell--Did you propose TO her on
your knees? Harduppe-No, on my up
Philadelphia Record
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29

Hyker-You look gloomy, old man,
What's the matter--can't you pay your
debts? Pyker-Worse than that,
cant get into debt--Chlcago DailS
News
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29
"on. whom II would b. SAT. to mar.

ryY
"Oh, no. No girl will be safe enough
for that, But she's nice enough 10
think about marrying, II you only know
when 10 stop, Life.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29

The merits Of the sugar beet were
discovered gradually. For ages II was
used chiefly as cattle feed. Later the
leaves were used as vegetable, and
the roots were roasted as substitute
for coffee. About the middle OF the
eighteenth century German chemist
named Mnrggraf found that the roots
contained a considerable proportion of
sugar, but II was not until 1901 that
the first beet sugar factory was built
In sllesia with the aid Of King Freder-
lex William III.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29
oun CONTEMPORARIES.
A Suggestion.

Boston Transcript
we are seven" meant Yale's finish.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29

She seems like a very nice girl"
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29

It is said that the New York Jewish
community Ia now the largest In his
tory or tradition. It represents ten per
cent. Of the entire Jewish population
OF the world. II is larger than the
aggregate Jewish populations OF the
eastern largest centers, Vienna, Buda-
pest. Berlin, wilma, Amsterdam, Lem
berg and London, II is ten times larger
than the entire Jewish population OF
France; II Is twenty times larger than
the entire Jewish population OF italy;
II is twenty-five times larger than the
population Of Jerusalem, and fifteen
times larger than the entire Jewish
population Of Syria and Palestine.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-29

The Usage Indians as tribe are said
to be the richest people on earth. When
It is known that the poorest one of
them is possessed OF at least $4,000,
there will be not few white men who
vii regret they were born handsome
instead OF Osages. The government al
lotting commission is preparing to
make hnal division OF tribal lands
when the work Is done each Indian will
have 500 acres, besides an Interest In
tribal funds amounting to several mil
lion dollars
The pioneer express., 1908-10-30
OLDEST SENATE EMPLoYE DEAD.
Charles S. Draper's Name on RECORD
as Far Back as 1852.

Charles S. Draper, the Oldest EN-,
ploye of the senate, is dead.
Mr. Draper spent his entire business
life in the capitol. His name appears
On the records of the senate as fa
back as 1852.
When young man he worked il.
various Offices of the senate In the
early Cos he was appointed to the
post OF doorkeeper and messenger for
Sergeant-at-Arms Brown. In this po
sition he became known to every sen.
ator and official whose business car.
ried him to the senate. Mr. Draper
finally became the confidential man OF
the sergeant-at-arms.
He was looked upon by the senators
comprising the district committee as
an ideal man to attend to the affairs
concerning the city and district. Upon
the appointment. of Senator Mcmillan
as chairman Of the district committee,
Mr.. Draper was transferred to service
with the senator.
In this position he became widely
known to every newspaper man and
many business men in Washington, be-.
sides gaining the confidence of the
senators on the committee.
Senator Mcmillan was succeeded by
Senator Gallinger several years ago
as chairman of the committee. Mr.
Draper was transferred to the impor
tant post at the door of the diplomatic
gallery. This was looked unon nv
senators and employees alike as a dis
tinct honor.
Mr.. Draper then began to form his
wide acquaintance with members OF
the diplomatic corps, and was as we'll
known by them as by senators and
other men of national Importance. In
this last position he frequently enter
tanned diplomats with interesting
stories of American political life and
was looked upon by them as a mine
of information on senatorial topics.
The pioneer express., 1908-10-30
One Of tie
.Ec.ge11fiaLc

ot the happy homes Of to-day il . vast
fund Of information - to the best methods
Of promoting health and happiness and
right living and knowledge of the world,
best products.
Products Of actual excellence and
reasonable claims truthfully presented
and which have attained to worldwide
acceptance through the approval of the
Wen-1nfomed Of the World; not Of indi-
viduals only. but Of the many who have
the happy faculty Of selecting and obtain.
ing the best the world affords.
One of the products of that class, Of
known component parts, an Ethical
remedy, approved by physicians and COM
mended by the Well Informed Of the
World as a valuable and wholesome family
laxative is the well-known Syrup Of Figs
and Elixir Of SIENNA. To get its beneficial
effects always buy the genuine, manu.
factured by the California Fig Syrup Co.,
only, and for sale by all leading druggists.
The pioneer express., 1908-10-30

tiaries, but with arms out of Joint he
lived on the fattest of hospital fare,
and as he gained weight he took the
sentences Of rich merchants who were
able to pay more. He permitted him.
self to be tried for any crime, only
drawing the line at murder cases, be.
cause, as he said, he was now a rich
man and could not afford to leave his
money.
Last fall he decided that he was
rich enough to retire. He had served
in 20 jails and as he could not do his
contortion speciality in any one of
them a second time, his field of USE
fulness had become restricted to cities
where there were but a few, and
those generally law-abiding, China.
men. Therefore he decided to return
to the land of his fathers to enjoy the
fruits Of his laziness, and was plan.
ming to reach there in time for the
celebration of the Chinese New Year.
At the last moment, however, he was
summoned to New York by q letter
from man who was about to be de.
ported for being illegally in the coun.
try and whose rich friends were will.
ing to pay literally for substitute to
be sent back to China in his place.
The new arrival, then out under heavy
bail, was a comparatively thin man,
but All Wong agreed to take his place
for $4,000 dollars and reduce his
weight till he fitted the others
clothes. So All Wong enjoyed the
New Years festival on a starvation
diet of rice and water. When, with
his snug fortune, he embarked on the
Peking, his passage paid by the gov
ernment of the United States, he was
awaited by a patient little almond.
eyed bride, secured through the good
offices of his repentant family.
The pioneer express., 1908-10-30
ENGLISH SPARROW CLUB.
Its Mission Is to Rid the Country of
the Pest.

the Pest.
= In Essex, England, the Elsenham
Sparrow club fourishes. It holds a
meeting and dinner once a year, at
which time the members give an &C.
count of their efforts toward keeping
down the sparrow pest. Its president,
Walter Gilbey, describes it's work as
follows:
"All the farmers and most of those
who have gardens in the parish,
which covers 1880 acres, and some
tenants of neighboring farms belong
to the club, which was established
seventeen years ago. The rules are
very simple: Each member under
takes to kill one sparrow for each
acre of his holding between Septem-
Der and May 1, and sends the heads
to the local innkeeper, who keeps a
record of them. If the members tally
falls short of the total he ought to
send he is fined Id. for each head
lacking, the money going to fund
which is spent in refreshments at the
annual supper of the club held at the
inn. The sum raised by fines, how
ever, is, am informed, practically
0il.
1.-TWO sparrows an acre were killed
annually during the first two or three
years of the clubs existence, and the
average number Of heads now sent
in is about 5000 year. In addition
the members kill large number Of
young sparrows during the breeding
season, but Of these no record is
kept"
The pioneer express., 1908-10-30
eAHY's ITCHING HUMoR.
Nothing Would Help Hlm-Mother Al.
most In Despair-owes Quick
Cure to Cuticura.

Several months ago. my little boy
began to break out with itching sores.
I doctored him, but as soon as I got
them healed up in one place they
would break out in another. I was
almost in despair. I could not get
anything that would help him. Then
I began to use Cuticura Soap and Cuti-
cura Ointment, and after using them
three times, the sores commenced to
heal. He is now well, and not a scar
is left on his body. They have never
returned nor left him with bad blood,
as one would think. Cuticura Rene.
dies are the best I have ever tried,
and shall highly recommend them to
any one who is suffering likewise.
Mrs. William Geeding, 102 Washing.
ton St.. Attica, Ind, July %, 1907"
The pioneer express., 1908-10-30
Nearly a Million Patents.

Nearly one million patents have
been issued by the United States gov
ernment in the period between 1885,
and 1908. In round numbers there
will have been issued by the 29th ol
the present month just 100000 patents
Of all descriptions.
Away back in the thirties, before
the patent Office was created, the issu
ance of patent required the sigma
lures Of what was known as the pat
ent commission, comprising the sec
retary Of state, the secretary of wal
and the president.
The records in the early days were
very crude, and the statement was
made at the patent office that the
first issuance of a patent of which
there is any record was January Is
1886, to j. Beverly Allen, for 'im
provement in box for packing tobac
CO." This patent was number 10.
Between January 1, 1886, and Janu
ary l, 1887, there were issued 11p
patents.
The pioneer express., 1908-10-30
SEE LITTLE OF THEIR c,rv
Washlnstonlans Overlook the Beau
ties Of the Capital.

Washington Is a town of entranc-
Ing interest II one but gets inside the
subject-if one comprehends the won.
derful development that has gone on
since the city site was a group of
farms and the wonderful development
that is taking place now.
The great things of Washington ap
pear commonplace to Washington peo.
pie. They see them so often that they
90 not see them at all. They ride by
the capitol every day, but rarely tread
the halls and corridors of the majestic
old pile where so much world history
has been made and is still making.
They have no time to give to the in.
teresting frescoes, the paintings, the
statues and the stories of the place.
They are too busy to do as strangers
do-climb to the dome, get glorious
panorama and see the city at glance.
Also do the residents seem to shun
the monument. 1t is so inconvenient.
ly situated, there being no street cars
uearer to 1t than at least two squares.
They seldom stop to read the in.
scriptions on the memorials that
abound. They do not flock to the Ma.
tional Museum, or the art gallery, or
to Arlington or the Naval observatory.
they do not go in great numbers to
the pious shade of the close of the
Cathedral of st. Peter and st. Paul
or to the splendid grounds of the
Catholic university. They neglect the
Soldiers Home unless they own an
auto, and then perhaps their only com.
ment Is that the roads are good.
Washingtonians will walk till theik
ounions burn in pursuing the beauties
of the Jardin des Plants and the roy.
al gardens at Kew, but give not a
thought to the remarkable collection
and variety of tree and plant forms in
the capitol grounds, the national Bo.
tanic garden, the grounds of the ag.
ricultural department and several Of
the public parks.
Washingtonians do patronize their
libraries, for the population of the
capital is, on the whole, bookish.
1t is too bad that so many persons
;; In following the beaten path from
home to Office and from office bach
10 home overlook so much of Wash
Observation-Disclosures Star.
The pioneer express., 1908-10-30

the painted face Of All Wong was like
the face Of Sam Chin and the decep
ton was, not, discovered. All Wong
was pleased with his bargain when
the money was paid and securely hid.
den, for six months is not long in Q
mans life and he was told that in
the house Of correction q good bed
and plenty of food are provided. He
had not been told that Sam Chin's sen,
tence demanded hard labor, and for
the first time in his life, to his disgust,
All Wong had to work. From this
work came thought, angry thought at
first, but calm and satisfying after.
ward, because before the six months
were up he had invented a new pro
fession.
When released, he asked his cous
tns to write to New York, San Fran
cisco, Denver and other cities, to say
to the leading Cinnamon that All
Wong would go to jail in the place of
other men for not less than $1,000
and expenses. His cousins laughed
again and said that All Wong had
learned the work, but he said moth.
Ing about his secret invention.
In two months he went to Provi
dence, where Yee Get was arrested
with smuggled opium in his jacket.
The sentence was a year at hard la.
Dor. but when it was interpreted to All
Wong he only smiled broadly. He did
not smile in the Jail, but when the
time came for him to go to work, he
was found all doubled up with some
strange disability, and both wrists and
one shoulder were out of joint. The
doctor reduced the dislocations and
sent the prisoner to the hospital to
recuperate. The food was better in
the hospital, the bed was better, and
All Wong recovered-as slowly as he
could. When at last he was sent back
to work the strange sickness attacked
him again and the joints of his arms
were again dislocated. He never left
the hospital after that, and, as he had
become burden upon the authorities,
he was released in nine months, earn.
Ing his thousand dollars more easily
even than he had expected. This time
when he returned to his cousins he
found that he was wanted in Phila,
delphia and San Francisco at the
same time, and he kept both men
waiting until the price was bid up to
$4,000. At the beginning of his pro.
fessional career he was SO thin that
he could only take the place of laun.
drymen and laborers in the peniten.
The pioneer express., 1908-10-30
Building Up National Capital.

1t is the migratory American that is
swelling the population of the national
capital, just as it was the migratory
American that conquered the west
that helped to people western Canada
that is building the big canal down on
the isthmus. educating the Filipino
supporting the bonifaces and the no
bility of Europe and trying to discoves
the north pole.
It is the migratory American tina,
does things and great many Of them
20 to Washington to do them. because
here 10 the opportunity to do then.
The pioneer express., 1908-10-30
suiIdino Supplies.

"Give me brief idea about the plot
of your new novel," said the busy pub
Usher.
"Well," responded the struggling au.
thor, ''in the first place the heroine ID
a brick"
'Indeed!"
"Yes, and the hero has plenty Of
sand"
"H'm!"
! "It is then that their hearts are CO,
mented together"
That's o queer combination"
"And the old man has q marble
heart, but plenty Of, rocks" Then the
busy publisher held up his hand.
young man." he said, solemnly, q
think you had better take that novel
down to q building supply house. Pen
haps they could use part Of Il q 9
trade cetaloguAs -~--.----......,-