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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-14

There's plenty of evidence that
many people who write verse were
not designed by nature to be poets.
y
About the best thing in the way of
adequate police protection for a house
is to have pretty servant around 1t.
X
Generally speaking. the rich needn't
worry much because many very
common and ignorant" people will
be admitted to heaven.
y y
A horticultural expert would gain
the blessings of humanity if he de-
veloped handles on all kinds of
edible fruit.
1t doesn't take a newly married man
long to realize that among the things
expected of him, he must frequently
make a noise like a transfer wagon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-14

of the United States This is, indeed.
a veritable empire of boundless poten-
tialities which will add immeasurably
to the wealth of the south, where great
reclamation progress is already under
way. Considering the progress in sci
entffc agriculture, the steady increase
in the yield per acre now going on, the
vast expansion in trucking and fruit
growing for the needs of an ever-ex-
panding population. the great possibili-
ties in irrigation and reclamation work.
We can readily see that the agricul-
tural interests of the country are only
at the beginning of their real broad de-
velopment. and that the future holds
in store a prosperity much greater
even than the magnificent advance
facts furnish a foundation for un-
bounded optimism as to the magnitude
of our material progress in the fu-
ture."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-14
QUAKER MEDITATIONS.

[From the Philadelphia Record.l
Dignity Is q good ballast, but sand
is better.
Unless the average man il overes-
timated he feels that he is not appre-
ciated.
The fact that money cannot buy hap
piness doesn't make anyone crave pow
erty.
In hot weather even the thermome-
ter realizes there IL plenty of room at
the top.
A fool and his money may be soon
parted, but the supply never seems to
give out.
It's the people who are never in q
hurry who claim that II Is never too
late to mend.
Every poor man feels that he should
give a rich man pointers on how to
enjoy his money.
If you ask a man how he IL ana he
says II can't complain" his wife may
tell another story.
The man who knows most about
geology is seldom the one who accu-
mulates the rocks.
wigg-'I wonder why the brewers
don't form a trust?" Wagg-"Oh. =
suppose because they are always at
lager heads"
Blobbs-"Mrs. Henpeckke says she
hates to hear her husband abused.'s
Slobbs-"Yes, she doesn't like to have
others usurp her privilege"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-14
GLOBE SIGHTS.
1From the Atchison Globe. ]

From the Atchison Globe.1
Young blood is powerful; but 1t
can be too young
Every man mistakes merited pun
ishment for persecution.
Introduce wisdom into love affair,
and you will break it up.
The more worthless the man, the
more difficult it is to satisfy him.
There are some people that nothing
improves except slap in the mouth.
A real nice man is one who is as
polite to girl of 81 as to one of II.
People have no sympathy with a
man who has been out of a job too
long.
Many a man is compelled to stand
punishment who never fought prize
fight.
When you do bad thing, you
might as. we'll tell it; it will be found
out. anyway.
An Atchison woman really loves her
husband. And the other women say:
1.-The poor, weak thing!"
When woman dresses, she has
eleven more things to put on than a
man puts on when he dresses.
By the time men become accus-
toned to the way women do their
hair, the women adopt another style.
There seems to be only one thing
that ages quicker imam a pretty girl
when she marries, and that is yell
low shoe.
There is always sympathy given to
people whose relatives come to live
with them, and you bet sympathy is
needed.
We imagine the toughest expert
ence on earth must be to be a dentist,
and have a pretty girl come to have a
tooth pulled. We wouldn't pull 1t If
uere dentist.
There are many fine things to adj
mire in the human family. One of the
finest is the manner in which all the
children of family love the baby.
And the tough boy of the family be-
comes tender and patient when the
baby is around.
Ten or twelve years ago, when a
girl got married, she left such a debt
for wedding clothes and expenses that
it ordinarily took the family six years
to recover from it. Fathers should take
off their hats to the modern girl. She
earns the money to buy her own we'd
ding outfit, and in many cases, has a
little left to help in buying things for
her new house. The modern girl is
more of an improvement over the
young woman of twenty years ago
than the modern young man is over
young men OF that time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-14
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers Of the State journal
away during thc summer may hav'
the paper mailed regularly each day
TO any address Mt the rate OF ten cents
. week or thirty cents a month 10y
mail only.) Address changed as of'en
as desired. While out OF town the
State Journal win be to you like
daily letter from home.
Advance payment IS requested on
these short time subscriptions, to save
bookkeeping expenses
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-14

Nature has been taking again or
maybe the story which comes from
Eldora, Ia, is pure unadulterated
mature fake" 1t tells of calf re-
Gently born there with the covering OF
tho hodv. instead of being of hair, be-
ing hard shell like that or a muo tur-
tie and a tail like a perfectly FORMED
turtles tail, six inches long and taper
ing to a point. The owner of this Gu
riosity advances the theory that PROB
ably it's mother was frightened orbit
ten by a mud turtle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-14

Cornelius n. Bliss, the financial war
horse of the Republicans, has been
called to the council that is to secure
the wavs and means for the Taft
camnaign. Evidently the Republicans
are being a bit bothered In corrahng
the necessary wherewithal just as are
the Democrats. If the inner thoughts
of the politicians could be ascertalned
they would probably show that they
think themselves trif1e hasty IN
passing legislation prohibiting corpor-
ations from contributing to campaign
funds. Notwithstanding the propriety
Of such a measure.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-14

In this land of freedom a man can
do pretty much as he pleases provid-
ing he does not violate a variety of
state laws and city ordinances OF the
paternal variety. SO there is nothing
to hinder A. ]. Drexel Biddle, Phila-
delpf1ia millionaire, from INDUCING in
his fancy of going in training for a
campaign of boxing matches before
the athletic clubs of the country dur
ing the coming winter season. He Is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-14
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR


lFrom the New York Press.1
What makes child smart is for N
to be yours. Il
The cheerful idiot that rocks the boaf
without drowning the girl marrfes her
for a worse fate. 81
When a girl likes to 60 sailing and
she won't after she marries him.
When a man loses money, he believea
it's because he's unlucky; when he
wins. it's because he's SO smart.
The reason a man wants to 10 fisb.
ing, no matter how he hates II. Il nee
pie cali him . sportsman to 10 q
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-14

said to be clever as prize fighter and
is willing to meet any man in the
world at his weight. Most folks would
be inclined to think that millionaire
might find other means of prof1tably
employing himself, but in entering the
hstic arena Mr.. Biddle will be doing
something and that's more than many
young millionaires do. And so, per-
haps, he ought to be encouraged.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-14

The Chicagoans who had charge or
financing the expenses of the Repup-
lican national convention which the
people of that city agreed to bear are
deserving of large inches in that por-
ton of the Hall of Fame set aside for
frugal folks They only expended
10000 of the 100000 fund at their
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-14
FRON OTHER PENS
A REGULATED CITIZEN.

Abram Moses has been repudiated
by the United States. He is OF the type
that is not wanted by this country. He
does not live in the United States, and
has not done so since 1892. That was
the year he was naturalized. AS soon
as he received the coverted papers he
left for Pretoria, South Africa He is
down there now. He is in trouble. too,
and has asked the protection of the
government to which he took the oath
of allegiance 16 years ago.
But the United States has had its eye
upon that class Of alleged citizens for
long time. Instead Of going to the
relief of this ardent American" who
has been using his citizenship as a pro-
lection while he has been living in At
RIGA, the United States district attor-
ney at Wilkesbarre has begun pro-
ceedings in court to have the naturali
cation papers Cancelled.
Things are changing in the naturali-
zation line. The old-fashioned asylum
theory is not so popular as it once was.
Some unworthy folk took advantage of
it. They found a strong feeling in IA
vor of the right of expatriation. That
carried with 1t the determination to
protect the new citizen from the first
moment Of characterization. The
temptation was strong, therefore, to
migrate to the "land OF liberty" get
naturalized as soon as possible, and
IHen 20 DdCk WHeIlCc llcH CcIuc VI 81
somewhere else and claim the privi-
leges of American citizenship and the
protection of the Stars anH Stripes
Chicago Tribune.
RAILROAD MANAGEMENT.
The greatest business in the country
is that of the railroads. Not only is
their business vast, but they have made
immense improvements, and their
presidents and a few of their other Of
ficers are very highly paid. 1t would
naturally be supposed to be the most
progressive and efficiently managed
business in the country.
But the Engineering News, which is
no mean authority. complains that
some railroad officials are SO busy that
they won't bother with mechanical and
other improvements 1t mentions an
improvement in rolling stock designed
by an engineer of well-eStablished rep
utation who had his design made and
put in use and it's value demonstrated.
but he could get no railroad officials
to pay any attention to 1t. 1t mem
lions the complaint of the officer of a
corporation that does a great deal of
work for railways that it was ex-
tremely difficult for his company to
get the railroad officials to give any
attention to the work that was being
done for them.
There are some more specifications
of the same sort, and the Engineering
News adds to them that the American
locomotive, while very powerful, is
wasteful Of fuel and costs more to
maintain than foreign engines, and
it lays the blame upon railroad off,
cials who will not see that the ma
chimes are properly cared for, and I'M
til that is done it thinks it is proba-
bly, useless to supply them with better
engines. 1t complains that there are so
few we'll paid positions in the rail-
road service that it is not worth while
for young men to go into 1t and make
at q career.-Philadelphia Record
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-14

Romulus and Remus. the lads
whom history has ever told were nur-
tured by a she wolf and got busy after
they had grown to mans estate and
founded the city of ancient Rome,
have been placed in the same class
with Betsy Ross. Paul Revere. Molly
Pitcher, ct al, by the wreckers of his
tory. a company that is fast growing
in numbers IL not in popularity. Pro-
lessor Benedicte of the American
School of Classical Studies in Rome
declares that the Romulus and Remus
story is a pure myth created by Rom
an romancers. He says that Rome was
founded by gentleman named
Romos and he takes the word of GER
tain ancient Greek historians for It,
Perhaps 1t was. but the tale OF Rom
illus and Remus is to good one to
be cast by the wayside.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-14

Maybe the fact that 1t is quite as
easy to make political predictions as
IL is to say any combination of simple
words is responsible for the ones that
Mr.. Bryan will carry Illinois, Indiana,
Ohio and New York. These have been
made by Mr. Mack and Mr.. Kern.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-14

Not much of task has been as
signed to the rank and file" of the
Republican voters of New York state.
Tim woodruff, chairman of the New
York Republican state committee,
SAYS it is to be left to them as to who
will be the candidate of the party this
fall for governor. Governor Hughes
says he will take denomination so
the rank and files" job of selecting a
candidate will be an easy one If Mr..
woodruff, who attained considerable
fame at one time because of the
vari-colored vests he wore, and the
other leaders who control the party
machinery do not put too many OBJ
stacles in their way. The Republican
leaders of New York are just about as
fond of Hughes as is predatory
wealth" of President Roosevelt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-14

OF the new fight that has been
started by the state or Iexas asaiiis'
what it apparently considers its arch
enemies, the railroads. because OIL
their announced increase or certain
freight rates, this much may be said.
It is comprehensive to the extent OF
being directed against no less than
sixtv-saven common carriers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-14
lightning Struck His Watch.

Lightning played strange joke on
ri Palmer, of Kenwood Springs. to-
day. Palmer was sitting at table
with a friend. when there was heavy
clan of thunder and a binding fash
He saw the crpola of the church
across the street totter and fall
A streak Of fire ieaped through me
door and shot across the table. The
friend fell backward and was dazed.
when he came to Palmer was laugh
ing at him at never touched me, y
he said
Later he had occasion to look at MS
watch. 1t was. golden-hued no longer.
The lightning had oxidized it. and it
was a dull. brownish black. The
chain. too, was oxidized, and along
the line where 1t had touched his
trousers the cloth was brilliant yell
low-St Louis dispatch to Philadel-
phia Record.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-02-29
TIMELY TOPICS.

Mailhiot is selling black skirts
coats at half price to-day. Marked
to Acc.
II. s. CULVER tutors in high school
or grammar grade studies at his
home, 81 Walnut street.
Ladies' kersey coats, all satin lined
A.9S tonight at Miller & Peck's.
Broadcloth suits $9.9S.
Mems white handkerchief on sale
at Grleve, Bisset & Hollands to-
night for 2kc. Other bargains.
The Simmons Co have fancy
California oranges at 15c and &c a
dozen.
Curran's are showing the new
waists for spring. Net waists at $3.50
and $49S; lawn waists 81.
Jones, Morgan & Co have good
business suits for men at $40, marked
from $3.50 and SIS.
E. II. Towle has the modern liver
johnson truss frame bicycle for sale.
Low prices.
The new Radcliffe shoes for wo-
men for spring wear are at J. G.
Jackie & Sons for $3.50 and Sc.
Have the genuine old fashioned
pure Lehigh coal put in your bin by
John McElligott.
IL you want the best there is in
hats, don't fail to see ]. b. Mullings
& Sons line.
Try box of Saturday candy from
Apothecaries Hall Co Tonight, 29c a
pound box.
Exceptional merit in the bargains
offered by Reid & Hughes tonight
for after supper buyers.
The United Gas Improvement Co
puts in heater, tube and cock for
$50.
The Hampson-Sellew Co says cook
on a Glenwood range for good, re-
liable results, $3.50 to si25.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-02-29
HITS THE BLUE BLooDs.
Sergeant Wise Talks About til
Glories Of the Puritan Fathers.

Chicago, Feb 29.-The Puritan ia
theirs were shorn of good deal of
their attributed glory and the idea
of their descendants claiming dis
tinction because Of their blue blood
was ridiculed last night by John Ser
geant Wise of New York in an adj
dress before the Historical society.
All the glory that the speaker ex-
tracted from the New England an
cestors he added to the Dutch and
Scotch-Irish elements for the develop
ment of the country. Mr. Wise is of
Scotch-Irish descent, native of Vir-
ginia, Of which state his father, Hen
ny A. Wise, once was governor +. His
subject was, "a Historical Review of
the Conceits and False Claims of the
Cavaliers and Puritans of America"
"The modern Puritan who stands
in old Faneuil hall and boasts of his
ancestry seems. to forget that the
Pilgrims came from Holland and
were Of lower type than the set
tiers. in the other parts of Massa-
chusetts," said Mr. Wise. "The Vir-
ginia cavalier exulting in his self
famed ancestry, looked with contempt
upon the New Highlander.
''The soldiers of the north and
south learned to overlook these mag
mary prejudices and to admire each
others staying qualities"
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-02-29
MAY BE A TIE UP.
The Granite Workers Are Asking For
a New Schedule.


Boston Feb. 29.-The granite in.
dustry Of the largest granite mining
centers in New England is threatened
with tie up which, should it prove
general, will result in the suspension
of thousands of granite workers. The
adoption of new schedule of wages
to replace that which is now in eff.
feet and which lapses on March 2. js
the point at issue.
The situation in Quincy, Barre,
VT, Concord, N. H., and Westerly, p
l., the four large centers is almost
Identical as regards the demand OF
the unions which are generally uni
form and are apparently conferred on
schedule calling for a minimum
scale Of Al cents per hour.
The manufacturers, on the other
hand, seem united in desiring to con-
tinue the present scale, calling for a
minimum of 81 " cents and an aver
age of 40 cents an hour.
The granite workers in Quincy will
probably remain at work even after
March l, should no agreement be
reached, but in Barre and Westerly
should no agreement be settled upon
before Monday the unions will very
likely order the men out.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-02-29
SPECIAL Nj ETH iG,

All members of the Wine, Liquor
and Beer Dealers association are re-
quested to attend a special meeting
to be held in X. of C. hall Monday
afternoon at $3.50 p. m, March 2,
1908, to discuss business of import
ance which demands their immediate
attention. Per order.
M. DORIAN, President.
j. A. Duggan, Recording Secretary.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-02-29
DISTRICT OF WATERBURY. IS. Probate
~ ali

nISTRlCT OF WATERBURY, IS, Probate
- Court, Feb. 28th, 1908
Estate Of Mary Keefe, late of Water
bury, in said District. deceased
Upon the application OF Thomas McEvoy
creditor. by his attorney F.. P. McEvoy praying
that letters OF administration be granted to
some proper person on said estate as per ap-
plication on file more fully appears, 1t is
Ordered that said application be heard and
determined at the Probate Office in Waterbury
in said district. on the 7th day OF Mar. A.
u. 1908 ct 3 o'clock in the forenoon and that no.
tice be given Of the tendency OF said applica-
ton and the time and place OF hearing thereon
by publishing the same one time in some news
paper having circulation in said district.
Robert A Lowe Judge.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-02-29
WATERFOWL JOTTINGs

Randall Pierce has moved into the
house vacated BY Mr. Bently.
A saw mill is being started In the
old pipe mill by Charles Atwood.
Wilmer Peck has moved his family
to ThOmastOn. where he will BEGIN
work in the rolling mill.
The next games Of the pool tourns.
msnt which is being held at the fire
rooms will be held next Monday ufxht
between John Shields and Charles
Brewster and John MCGOWAN ans
Richard Demzrts.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-02-29

n
!, the juice should be drawn of after
fermentation.
w. L. V.-How does denatured
alcohol differ from ordinary? If
made from wood pulp why is not
wood alcohol?
A. Denatured alcohol is grain al
cohol which has been rendered nom
potable and unavailable for drinking
purposes. 1t is commonly accom-
plished by the addition of wood al
cohol or some other noxious sub
stance Wood alcohol is commonly
made from beech, maple or birch.
AS cord of wood yields only eight
or nine gallons it is very expensive.
Denatured alcohol is therefore most
used in the mechanic arts.
Kate--How can / make my hair
curly without crimping? CD While
teaching away from home my hair
became infested with lice; how can
| get rid of them? 90 What is the
horoscope of one born May 16?
A. Boil tablespoonful of bruised
ounce seed in pint of distilled
water until it is reduced one-half.
then add alcohol and cologne, one
and a half ounces each. Use as a
pomade. ca There is no more con-
Venient cure than kerosene oil
rubbed freely ON the head every
night. Care should be taken not to
perform the operation too near q
gas Jet or lamp. The nits can be
softened with. vinegar or alcohol and
removed with fine comb. Tincture
OF staphisagria is a more elegant
remedy Washes of a corrosive
sublimate are effective, but should
be used with caution. 90 Strong
likes and dislikes, good memory,
great physical and mental endur-
ance, apt to be jealous, fond of the
opposite sex.
u. Il. EVIL the rainbow colors
blend into white when in rapid rev.
olution! III so, what is the number
OF revolutions required in second?
And how must the colors be ar
ranged in order?
A. | am sorry I have not leisure
to experiment, for / find no direct
information on the subject. A COM
bination of the three fundamental
colors, red, green and violet, when
overlapping form white, while the
three primary pigment colors, yell
low, crimson and blue, when over
tapping, form black. The Century
dictionary tells us that when a ray
of white light is analysed, as by
prism, into parts each of definite
wave length. the parts show the
colors red, orange, yellow, green,
blue, indigo and violet. If the
colors of the spectrum, are RECON-
bined white light appears" There
fore 1t may be presumed that your
question may be answered in the af-
nrmative. If you cut circular
piece out of cardboard and cover
one-seventh of its surface with each
color, then insert pin in the CEN
ter and give 1t rapid whirl, it will
tell the story. There need be no
special arrangement of the colors.
p
Waterbury, Feb. "a, 1908.
Dear Sir: In your Inquiries and
column l noticed your re-
quest for an explanation of the
Jingle: AT Dover died George Brown
Esquire. Good Christopher Finch and
David Fryar." In explanation:
The words in themselves do not
amount to anything. 1t is the first
letter of each word that counts. IL
you will notice there are just twelve
words, one for each month of the
year, as follows:
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-02-29

MALE HELP-Our school is in
creasing every week. Positions for
good men always opens Learn the
automobile business and earn $25
or better weekly. New England
Auto School, Towle's Garage. Wa
terbury. 2-25-6
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-02-29

The idea is that In Knowing the
dominica letter of the year. you can
In quick manner find what day any
date Of any month in that year falls
on.
Now in this year. 1908. the DOM
inical letter for January and Febru.
airy is E, and e being the fifth letter
of the alphabet, II shows that the
first Sunday in January falls on the
fifth Of the month.
To find what day the fifth Of Feb.
ruary falls on We think up our little
jingle and notice the letter that
stands for February is the letter d
and going by the following weekly
table we find ID under Wednesday.