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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-11
New York Sugar and Coffee Market.

New York. Sept. 11.-SUGAR-Raw,
quiet; fair refining s.. 40; centrifugal IS
test. $3.50; molasses sugar S3.15; refined
steady; crushed, $50; powdered. $50;
graduated, $50.
COFFEE-Market quiet. No. Rio. eHc:
No. 4 Santos, size.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-11
ToDeka Market.

FURNISHED by the Charles Wolff Pack
ing Co., yards close at noon Saturday.
We cannot use pigs, thin sows or hogs
weighing less than ITO lbs. Do not mar
ket hogs unless same are well finished
as we cannot use half fat stuff We give
below prices effective at once. until fur
Their nOtice.1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-11
Kansas civ Protluce Market.

Kansas City. Mo, Sept. n.-WHEAT-
Close: Market unchanged. September,
9askc: December. 92c; May. 91sc. Cash:
No. hard. 96c6$l 90; No 3. 95d9Ic; No
red. 800: No. 8. eS1zd991zc.
CORN-Market 1kG1c higher. septem-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-11
Kansas City Live stock Sales.

1.-THE following sales were made today at
the stock yards, Kansas City. Mo-. and
telephoned to The Topeka State Journal
by Clay. Robinson & Co.. live stock COM
mission merchants. with offices at all
markets.
Kansas City, Sept. 11.-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts 1900 head. Market steady.
HOGS-Receipts 5000 head. Market
steady to sc lower. Bulk of sales, $500
6.95; top, 500.
SHEEP-Receipts 5000 head. Market
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-11
Chicago Grain Market.

Furnished by J. E. Gall. Commissions.
Grains. Provisions. Cotton and Stocks
Office no West Sixth St. Phone 4S6.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-11
Kansas City Grain Market.

Furnished by ]. E. Gall, Commissions.
Grains. Provisions. Cotton and Stocks.
Office 10 West Sixth ST. Phone 4S6.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-11

Furnished by J. E. Gall. Commissions.
Grains, Provisions. Cotton and Stocks
Office ITO West Sixth st. Phone 4S6.1
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-29
MOSQUITOES CAPTURE A FORT.

Golf, tennis and croquet, with which the officers at Fort Lawton and their families up to few weeks ago were won't to pass their idle hours. have been abandoned at the post. So have the afternoon band concerts.
 Formerly there were not half a dozen hours in the day when the links were not occupied. Now they are lifeless. The reason is mos quitoes.
 The pests have always been nu merous about the post, but this year they have appeared in myriads. Sem tries and men on fatigue duty arc compelled to wear hoods of netting about their heads and gloves So are the children of the officers when at play. Lieutenant J. c. Lehariy, assistant surgeon, yesterday felt tse golf fever so strongly that he donned a mosquito hood and anointed his hands with kerosene and started around the course. The insects drove him back to quarters in fifteen min utes.
 All porches at.the post are screened and the fatigue parties are armed with buckets of kerosene, which they pour on every damp spot on the pos: It is estimated that it would cost s12.0O0 to fill in the low places where the insects Seattle correspondence Los Angeles Times.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-29

man Catholicism and Socialism" An appreciation of the One, and a Plea for the Other" is especially valuable in dispelling the erroneous idea that socialism is against the church. That socialism should be fairly understood an examination of the literature prepared by students of scientific socialism should be made. and only after such an im- partial study has been made can intelligent criticism be offered, ana when the light of intelligence as to their own best interests has at last broken upon the vision of the work CTS, when the class struggle has been won and only one class lives upon the earth class of workers without any shirkers, then, indeed, will there be a chance 10 inaugu- rate a real brotherhood of human ity. Instead of the rule prevailing that we have to-day: Do others, and do them quick before they do you" the incentive to selfishness, will be removed when all have ac- cess to the means of life. When, what is one mans gain. will not be another's loss, as it is to-day, then shall we be able to live up to the golden rule: Do unto others as you would have them do to you," and only then.
 COMMITTEE OF SOCIALIST
 PARTY, WATERBURY.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-29
MISSIONARIES AND TURKEY.

If the changes announced in the imperial policy may be taken at their face value, it is not easy to overestimate the advantages to come from it for the Turkish people, both Mohammedan and Christian, and for missionary work among them. The delight of the sultan himself in the rejoicings of the people is note worthy. That in some quarters the news seems too good to be true is, perhaps. not surprising. If only it proves that this movement is made In good faith, and the measures are forthcoming which will carry it into effect none will be quicker to rec ognize it or to accord it warmest welcome and heartiest appreciation than the missionaries and other friends of the American board. As a mission field Turkey is in a pecu- liar sense the charge of our Ameri- can Congregational churches. Our missionary agencies are more exten- sive than all others together within the sultan's dominion. When the changes which he has decreed have actually gone into effect the worst hindrances to missionary achieve ment there will have disappeared. Conditions will fast ripen for im- provement, both material and mor- al, of the people in those lands of classic and biblical renown.-Mis- sionary Herald.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-29

place collective ownership with notl- ing more definite than the confisca- tion of property, as the issue of the Socialist of June 21, 1903, puts 1t: We do not believe in recompensins the present possessors because to do so would be to deprive the producers of the fruits of their labor, theory which is abhorrent to the socialistic theory of right and Justice. Since confiseation is necessary, we stand for confiscation." Trades unionism, on the other hand. stands for the re- tention of the industrial order, which at least is something definite in its workings. It stands for the natural and the legal right of men to have wealth legally acquired and to oper- ate that wealth as they may see fit within legal bounds. It stands upon the principle that the constitutional rights of holding property and of being protected in ones holdings is an inherent, moral and God given right. a right that, venture to say, the socialist claims for himself, for I doubt if he would give up hts property without an equivalent; a right the abolition of which would mean an era of anarchy that would be detrimental in its effects upon the army of workingmen who have ac- quired little property.
 The great mistake the socialist makes is that he promises the work man not only the fruits of his labor, but he also promises the fruits of his labor and another mans capital "a capital which by the way may represent several generations of the most arduous labor. "The railroads are yours,' exclaimed the socialist Hagerty, ''the business blocks are yours, the banks and the moneys there are on deposit are yours. If you want them, go and take them" And so every lazy vagabond that listened to him received from him the right to make his own of the de- posits that some laboring man had laid aside for rainy day. It might be pertinent to ask how much Of And this is the spirit of socialism. I am we'll aware that it's rough edges are being toned down, but the leopard does not change his spots and, as the Appeal to Reason said q short time ago to this effect: Social ism remains the same at all times and in all places. If the laboring man with his house and lot and a little "wad" in the bank can see any thing cheering or consoling in it. he is welcome to the consolation. It is safe to say, however, that he is not thus blind to his own interests. He will be both blind and foolish if, by his intervention, he establishes the socialist system in the country which with all its faults, all the acknowl- edged inequalities, is yet pretty fair land to live in for the workman who is industrious and thrifty and temperate.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-29
Man and the Motor.

"Yep," said Uncle Rooster as he so- berly traced in the glass the increas- ing whiteness of his hair and beard and the remarkable deepening and spreading of his innumerable facial wrinkles-"yep, man is like the motor car, by guinea"
 How sop inquired the city nephew.
 Because" said Uncle Rooster, "by the time he's got in good workln' order in all his bearin's an paid fur hisself to the last installment an learnt to do his daily run with ease an certainty an never breakdown, why, he's an- tiquated by that time, the moo models is out. an there's nothin' fur him but the shelf."-New York Press.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-29
WOMAN TEACHES
 BOYS TO STEAL.
LII Sullivan and Students Are
 Caught by Police.

New York, Aug, 29.--In dingy room on the fourth story of ramshackle frame tenement. 102 Third avenue, three detectives burst in on scene that rivals any of Dickens word pie lures of the haunts of Fagin and his children pickpockets.
 The detectives say they have uncov' cred nest of juvenile crime. an in- fant class in thievery. the like of which has never been brought to light before in New York, and with Lii Sullivan, notorious for her associations in the underworld, presiding as instructress over twelve youngsters whose ages range from thirteen to twenty-one.
 It was while searching for two crooks in the neighborhood that Detectives Akat, Corbett and Green stumbled, so to speak, upon the weird training school
 So the detectives waived ceremony when they found themselves at Lifs threshold and, hoping to find theif men inside, tiptoed upstairs and burst in the door.
 For second the three detectives could scarcely distinguish anything through the cigarette smoke, and then they saw seated in an old rocking chair, like schoolmarm at her desk, Lil Sullivan, surrounded by the twelve boys, all pale, wizened and ferret faced, as if unaccustomed to the light of day.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-29
The Horses Power of Smell.

The horse will leave musty hay un- touched in his bin. however hungry. He will not drink of water objection able to his questioning sniff or from q bucket which some odor makes offen. sive, however thirsty. His intelligent nostril will widen. quiver and query over the daintiest bit offered by the fairest of hands, with coaxings that would make mortal shut his eyes and swallow a nauseous mouthful at a gulp. A mare is never satisfied by either sight or whinny that her colt is really her own until she has certain nasal certificate to the fact A blind horse. now living, will not allow tho approach of any stranger without showing signs of anger not safely to be disregarded. The distinction is evil dently made by his sense of smell and at a considerable distance. Blind horses, as rule. will gallop wildly about pasture without striking the surrounding fence. The sense of smell informs them of its proximity.-Horse and Stable.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-29
Decei,/ers.

There is an old fellow who lives In A "dry" New England town who has q very poor opinion of New York, to which metropolis he recently made a visit. It may be remarked in passing that the old gentleman is one of the pillars of the church In his native vil- lage. Upon his return home he sat for some time upon sugar barrel at the grocery and then suddenly burst out:
 Them fellers down to New York is as bad as thieves! Cheat your eye teeth out fore you know itv'
 Gosh, Hiram! You don't mean to say you got bunkoed at your ageY the storekeeper demanded, dropping the nail tongs.
 Yes, did, toow was the angry re- ply. T went to sody water fountain an asked the feller for his best sar- syprilla, an I give him the regular wink"
 "WellT' the storekeeper demanded.
 "Well, by heck. got it?' was, the disgusted reply.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-29
Liahtina tho Nest.

There dwells in upper Burma a bird with the high sounding name of New courls baza. but which is really a sort of blackbird. It is conspicuously clev- CT. at least in one curious particular. for 1t actually lights up it's nest artifi- cially. To do this it works up a lot of clay into balls and sticks these balls all over with living firefiies in such a way that. although the firefies are held cap- tive. they shine all the same. The New couris baza then decorates its nest with half dozen or so of these balls by hanging them round. The balls last for only a few days and are then replaced by others, and so on ali through the nesting season.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-29
Shark, and Divers.

Contrary to what is generally sup posed, the fully equipped modern diver does not dread sharks in the depths. though there are cases on record where these monsters have bitten saw agely at the air pipe, causing a serious leak and almost drowning the man be- fore be could be hauled up. Sharks are, however, notoriously timid. and all the experienced diver has to do to frighten them away is to open one of the air valves in his dress and cause a stream of bubbles to rise up all around him. whereupon the tiger of the deep" will make on in abject terror. A far more real danger is getting entangl St Nicholas.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-29
sor. end Critic Both.

Midnight came and still the bore re- mained.
 Do you Ike musicT' asked the beau tiful girl just to break the monotony. "PassIonately fond of it." replied the bore. "In fact. music win always carry me away"
 She rushed over to the piano and played several popular airs-
 You are still here.s. sbs said. turn ing on the stool
 "Yes." yawned the bore.
 "But I thought you said music al- ways carried you awayf"
 50 I did-nuslc-2Dundee Adver- User.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-29
A Mixup.

The householder smothered his wrath and descended to the basement.
 Are you the plumberI" he asked of the grimy looking individual who was tinkering with the pipes in the cellar.
 ''Yes, guv'nor." answered the man
 Been long in the tradeT
 "'Bout year. guv'nor."
 Ever make mistakes?
 Bless yer. no. guv'norr'
 "oh. then. I suppose it's all right! imagined you had connected up the wrong pipes. for the chandelier in the drawing room is spraying like a foun- tain. and the bathroom taps on freg'- London Answers.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-29
Th. wrono cirI.

After whole year of married .iss a young man named Hahn. living at YolOsca. Dalmatia. discovered that he had not married the girl he intended. When he proposed to her be mistook her for her twin sister. who 90 re- sembles her that they can scarcely be distinguished. and he did not realize his error until be began calling her by her Christian nsfne instead of by the terms of endearment he had hitherto used-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-29
ohedisnt EnaIish Husband.

Despite all the admOnitions to perfect obedience which have for decades been carefully instilled Into the feminine mind, it is an undOubted fact that this Is an age not of obedient wives, but of obedient husbands. Some obey through love, some through fear and others through a desire for peace. but all are alike. insomuch that they are doclie to a degree undreamed of in the middle ages or even in the Victorian era of Dundreary whiskers and baggy trou- sers.-London GentlewomanL
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-29
Few Words

He had gone to ask her father for her hand in marriage.
 Well. sir. what is iti' snapped out the old man. Remember. I am a man of few words
 T don't care if you are a man of only one word. if It's the right oue." ."' replied the suitor.
 He got the girl
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-29
Th, vsIy, .f i. cood n,uor,.

If men only realized how great an asset in life Is a retentive memory they would take care to sec that their ehfldren's were properly trained The simplest method consists ia learning every day a few lines by heart None cf CUT faculties can be trained co east iy ss that of memory. = Stuttgart Faull.rnh1sft-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-29
some Famous ssIlies,

Great men have seen guilty of pun ming, and some of the most famous of these sallies have come down in his- tory. There is something melancholy about the pun of pr. Thomas Browne, who, having unsuccessfully courted a lady and being challenged to drink to her health. as had been his wont, re- piled, T have toasted her many years, but I cannot make her Browne. so I will toast her no longer"
 Sydney Smiths jest at the expense of Mrs. Grote had the salt of malice in it. She was famed for i'll taste in dress, and as one day she swept by in an extraordinary headdress Smith pointed her out to friend, saying. That is the origin of the word gro tesque.'"
 Mrs. Grote, however. had her re- venge. Sydney Smiths daughter mar ried Dr. Holland. When the latter was knighted some one mentioned his wife as Lady Holland. Do yon mean Lord Hollands wife" asked the lis tener. F.
 'No." replied Mrs. Grote. This new Holland. whose capital is Sydney"
 When the barrister Campbell mar. ried Miss Scarlett his friend explained bis absence from court by telling the judge that Campbell was suffering from bad attack of Scarlett fever.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-29
Right lr a Sense.

That walters an idiot.'
 What's the matter EoUT
 T asked him to bring me q vatezs cracker."
 ~WeuT' , -And here De brings an ice pickr-, Cleveland Lsaeer. l
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-29
They're Hn CTke ~Tnra.

A young and pretty schoolteacher once asked her class for an original definition of the word wife"
 "A wife is a rib," said one little girl.
 wives are guiding stars" said an- other.
 "A comforter" said third.
 "An inspiration" said fourth.
 Altogether the definitions were rath- CT prosy and commonplace, but finally a child of eleven, smiling archly. said:
 "A wife is a person for a man to find fault with when things go wrong"
 "Goodw cried the pretty teacher, laughing. "Good That is the best definition of all, the best, the truest!"
 But that afternoon on the way home from school the little girl whose defi- hilton had so pleased tripped demurely up to the teacher and said:
 Are you going to marry that tall, handsome young man I see you with nearly every night?"
 Yes" said the teacher.
 "Well. then, if my definition of a wife was true"-
 "Ah. but, dear, with us nothing will ever go wrong. He says so himself"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-29
Overlooked.

T always dsstrust your judgment for some reason or. other. John" f"Yes. and you have reason to. IL serves me right
 ~Why. I cannot remember you ever having done anything to justify such a distrust"
 Have you forgotten that I married youY'-Houst0n Post
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-29

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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-09-09
Death of Ben Smith Preston

Mr.. Benjamin Smith Preston
died at his home in Atlanta, Ca,
Tuesday night, September LIST,
from typhoid fever, and the re-
mains were brought to Lexington
for interment. reaching here last
Thursday morning. The funeral
services were held from the Pres
bytorian church, conducted by
Rev. DR.. Alfred I. Graham and
Rev. DIR. j. r. Howerton. Inter
ment was made in the Lexington
cemetery.
The remains were accompanied
to Lexington by his brother, Mr..
Edmund Randolph Preston Of
Charlotte, N. c., the only surviv-
ing member of his fathers family.
cohpanying Mr.. Preston were
also Messrs. j. Preston Allan, DR..
William Allan and Mr.. Robert
Glasgow of Charlotte, N. c..
Mr.. Preston was a son of the
late Rev. DR.. John A. Preston, and
was aged % years. He was edu.
Gated at Washington and Lee Uni
versitY. At the time of his death
he held a position on the Atlanta
Georgian, and was recognized as a
newspaper man of ability. Much
of his early life was spent in Lex
ington, where he had many
friends.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-09-09
Peasants Hoffman

An event that excited consider.
able interest in colored circles
was the marriage yesterday after.
noon of DR.. Alfred William Pleas
ants and Miss Sarah Hoffman,
which took place at the home of the
bride at 5 O'Clock. The ceremony
was held in the yard, Rev. w. 7.
Johnson, D. d., of Richmond, and
Rev. j. L. Brown officiating. The
attendants were Miss Rosalia Ed
mondson, maid of honor, and w.
l.. Price, beet man. Addison Hoff-
man gave the bride away.
The bride for some years past
has been a popular teacher in the
Lexington colored schools, and the
groom lie a practicing physician of
Lexington.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-09-09
South River s. S. Convention

The fourth annual convention of
the South River District Sunday
School Association will be held at
Mt. Hope Methodist church, Ra.
phine, Wednesday, Septem Der 10th.
Following is the program:
Morning exercises beginning at
10 o'clock. Devotional services
conducted by Mr.. j. A. Parker !;
song, "All Hail.; address of well
come, Rev. j. M. Shreckhise; al
dress, "The Model Teacher Rev.
Leon I. Pressly reports from Sun
day schools of the district.
Afternoon services begin at 2
O'Clock, with devotional exercises
conducted by MIA. E. Fultz. Ad-
dress, "The Use of the Catechism
in the Sunday School," Rev. j. A.
Trostle; report of the district sec
rotary, Mr.. G. A. Wiseman; cleo.
tion Of officers; question for open
discussion, "Shall we have a Home
Department in our schools2'
During the intermissioD at noon
a social hour will be enjoyed and
dinner served.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-09-09
Dandy Dixie Minstrels

The Dandy Dixie Minstrels, directed
by Voelckel & Nolan, one Of the most
successful of all the colored minstrel
shows-will be the attraction at Henry
st. Opera House, Friday night. Sept,
18th. This company comes with the
highest marks of public approval. 1t
enjoys the distinction Of being the first
and only colored minstrels to appear at
the two million dollar New York Thea
tire built by Oscar Hammerstein ami
now owned by Messrs. Klaw & Erlan-
ger--and where it scored phenome-
nal hit. 1t is the only colored Ministries
permitted to appear at the exclusive
and ultra. fashionable Manhattan Beach
Theatre New York, where it attracted
brilliant audiences during midsummer.