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Money Market.

NEW YORK. Jan. S-Money on
call steady, 2@7 per cent, ruling
rate 6, offered Mt 3 per cent. Time
loans easy. GO days and 90 days per
cent. ak months G per cent. Close
Primo mercantile paper s per cent.
Sterling exchange easy. with actual
business In bankers bills at 4S5 5OM
1885, TO for demand and Mt dS1 for 60
day biils. Commercial bills $50 10 &.
bar silver 57B. Mexican dollars
Az
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LEGISLATURE BEGINS
B|ENNEN|EL SESSION
Continued from First pagc.)

of Roanoke. who is unavoldably de-
tanned by reason of sickness.
Tho senators then came forward in
squads of Ave to the clerks, desk and
took the oath of Office.
The rules of the session OF 1ooc
We're adopted with an amendment Of
lered by Senator Keezell, providing
for an additional standing committee
10 be known as the committee OF in.
surance and banking.
Election of Officers,
Tho officers of the Senate. having
already been determined upon I'm
cauols, the following names were Dre
scented and unanimously elected. the
hepublicans Offering no candidates
for Senate Offices:
Edward Echols OF Steunton. pres,-
dent pro temporc.
Marshall p. Booker of unlifax
county clerk.
Frank b. Watkins. sergeant at
arms. -"
s. NJ Mcdonald. doorkeeper
James F. Scott, Wayland A. Pal
more, Jesse Stultz and Charles s
Pettis. pages
Senator Guntc~ of Accomac. was
appointed n committee to inform Tho
House that the Senate was organized
and ready for business. and n meg
sage was received from the Houso
announcing the completion OF its o.
gnnization.
Raise Exemption $500 to $500.
senator Saxon w. Holt OF Newport
news offered n bill increasing the eS.
snnuoh OF income from taxation from
5000 to $1,000. N
me bill covers the section of the
iax laws and provides that no salar.
les OF less than $1,000 shall be Liable
Tor any tax, and that incomes. when
reported shall be subject to any loss
which may have been sustained.
a similar bill will be presented TO-
morrow in the house of deleeatSs nv
w. w. Baker, OF Chesterfield.
onwritten Law in Legislature.
pr0hahly the most important of y
large batch Is bills, presented In tho
house Of delegates was that in which
Alden Bell. OF Culpeper. MS patron.
advocates the hearing of evidence for
the prosecution in cases involving the
so-called unwritten law.
Delegate Bell stated in his presen.
;ation of the bill that no had con.
suited many lawyers who had thor.
oughly endorsed his views, and that
ne had. since his arrival In Richmond.
secured the support of many of the
of tho house.
The lill as presented &. In full =,
follows:
AN act for the admission OF evil
1ence in certain cases of assault or
murder and when provocation relied
ipon Is that wrong has been done
some female member Of the family of
he accused. BE is enacted by the
general assembly of Virginia:
Sec. /. That in all prosecution for
assault and battery, assault with in.
ent tc MAIN, disfgure, disable and
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Testify to insanity in Thaw Family.
ROANOKE, VA. Jan. S.--Dr. w, w.
S. Butler OF this city. has been sum.
moned TO New York TO testify Iii the
Thaw case to prove insanity In the
Thaw family, and left last night, DR..
Butler attended Horace Thaw, n
cousin OF Harry Thaw. who was mt
one limo insane in the asylum at
Slaunton He was sent for by MIR.
Littleton. leading counsel In the
Thaw cnac.
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YELLOW.

am yellow, my eyes are gold,
My hands are amber. my throat Is
gilt.
Ny footsteps lie on the Suns wide
stairs
Like the sound of SAT- OH jewels split,
On n silver cushion
/ am yellow, my voice Is sweet
Like lilies hid In II golden room.
Topazes sleep at my finger tips
While at my feet in pale winged
bloom.
Are butterflies
Archibald Sullivan in Appletons
Magazine.
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Shareholders MeetInq.

Notice is hereby given that the an
nual meeting of the stockholders of.
THE HALES COMPANY, jewelers.
and Optitions. Inc. will be held at
NO. 2,TOO Washington Avenue, city OF
Newport News. Wa. on Wednesday,
the 18th OF January. 1908. Mt 500 r.
NJ. for the election of officers and
directors for the ensuing year, and
such other business as may be brought
before the meeting.
II. X. Walden. Secretary.
1-1-12t.
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''lf you refuse me-" said tho infat
uated young man. II shall blow out my
brainsp
I'D hate to have you do that" re.
piled the girl thoughtfully, land yet
It would be good joke on pa. He
says you haven't any. you know
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
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A phi,osopber.

Frances Willard once wrote to
friend who had just lost daughter,
Dear Sister Anna. how much richer
are you than I! Here sit alone with
out child to die. while you are mother.
to an angel"
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ON THE BE->oH .

Tho Ocean is SO awful big. and blue
and kind of queer.
I'm sure It's best for little children
not to go too near:
And then. besides, my Papa says that
sometimes there are men
Who go in ships, way out to sea, and
don'tcome back again.
Josephine Welles Richardson In
Appletons Magazine.
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Tho Hat Scale.

A flfty dollar hat Is conceit.
A thirty dollar bet is CONNECTION.
"A two dollar hat is n sin and n shame
and perfect justification for going
bone to mother,--P ittsburg Post.
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WANTED OCCUPANTS FOR LARGE
front room, bay window; also back
room, both nicely furnished. Con-
venient to bath. and overlooking
river. Address PRIVATE FAMILY.
care this Office. loft.
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WANT ED.

TO PENTHOUSE AND LOT NEAR
car line; house with conveniences;
lot about three hundred feet square
or equivalent Write Immediately
stating location and size of lot, 100
care Daily Press. 1-9-Gt.
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COED PAY-MEN WANTED EVERY
where TO tack signs. distribute cir
culars. samples. etc. No canvassing
NATIONAL DIST. BUREAU, CHI
cago, Ill. saith.
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WANTED-WAGO.a TO BUILD
and carriages to paint; satisfaction
guaranteed. PENINSULA MFG.
Co, Il. Gildersleeve, Proprietor,
$50 Twenty-ffth street. 1-3-3m.
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WANTED-OCCUPANT FOR FUR
nished rooms with or without board.
los ETH ST. 1-5.3t.
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WANTED-POSITIoN AS STENOG-
rapher Experienced Address
STENOGRAPHER care OF Daily
Press. l-5-Gt
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FOR sALE-FINB KNABE PARLoE
Grand Piano, cheap. zoe Thirty
first street 1o-s-tf
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FOR RENT.

FOR RENT-6 ROOM FLAT. 12S 31st
ST. Hot and cold water. Cheap.
1-S-2t.
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FOR RENT-FLAT. FOUR ROOMS.
314 Forty-ninth street. 1-5-Gt.
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WANTED-SBvERAL GOOD CAR
rier boys not under IL Yeas of age.
Apply DAILY PRESS one. after
z p. NJ.
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FOR SALE.

FOR sALE-TWo JEWEL BROOD
crs, cost landed s22 EACH fine con-
dition. at $3.50 each. Two Cy-
piers, accompaniment. cost $3.50.
good condition. at $500 each. Three
Cyphcrs, Storm Kings, cost $40, 50
and IS, COOL condition. at 81, So and
81 each. Eight Peep-o-Day indoor
breeders, secondhand, cost So each,
ut 81 each. Call and see same.
JOHN MALLICOTE, Morrison, Va.
LOST.
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FOR T-DESIRABLE DOCTORS
office. with hot water, heat and all
convcnienccs. Formerly occupied
by DIR. Corss. Apply 3112 YVES /
AVE. 1-3-12t.
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wANTED-BoARDERs-1sO THIR
ty-first street; modern conven.
iencesl references exchanged.
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LOTS FOR SALE OR LEASE IN ALI.
parts of the city. Call and get
prices. OLD DOMINION LAND
Co. Hotel Warwick Building.
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wANTBD-To BUY. SELL OR Eek
change furniture and stoves. @. w
LEWIS. 1902 Huntington avenue.
3 II st
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-18
AYHAWKER .JO1y

The Baptist church at Columbus
has fired it's pastor and only because
he was convicted of bigamy and SEN
fenced to the penitentiary.
Mr.. Yungling of Burlington, is not
a Chinaman, but a white man and
one of Coffey county's oldest citizens,
having come to the county In 1857.
What is said to be the biggest cherry
orchard in the state is located two
miles west of Wichita. 1t covers thir-
ty-five acres Of ground and is expected
to yield $4,000 quarts of cherries this
summer.
The Atchison Globe reports the first
snake story Of the season as follows:
Mrs. Frank Bruel, who lives at 1927
black snake coming out Of the cellar
window at her home yesterday. The
snake was killed and measured SO in
ches in length.
The Anthony Bulletin has found a
Wonderfully Crocker, sixteen
year old girl living in the southwest
part of the county is probably the
in this part of Kansas. Out of $50
who took the examination at Attica
recently Miss Crocker was the only
one whose work justified a grade of
100.
A young man from Kentucky who
was making his home temporarily in
Kinsley bored holes in the postoffice
door with a gimlet and fired off a
revolver in the hope of becoming
recognized as hero. The ruse was
promptly detected by the city mar
shall and the young man became the
laughing stock of the community in
stead. He is now back in Kentucky.
The Troy Chief does not hesitate
to apply the adjective "bad" to
young man who stole a horse and set
fire to the barn to conceal his crime.
The Minneapolis Better Way
blames the postoffice department for
its recent subscription ruling because
it brings the editor letters like the
following from delinquent sub
scriber: "Mr F. C. Johnson dear sir
MINNEAPOLIS Kansas reseaved A
letter from you Stating About A Dett
Which ow I sent you chect In
APrile Before I left & I Went to Ok
lahoma City & We Were square then
I reseaved 8 Copies of your Paper
sence I come to Cafornia 1 don't ow
you $26Oc. I don't Let my Det run
if YOU Want to Send I ow you moth
ing CutitOut trwly Yours --
While walking home one evening in
Junction City, not SO many months
ago, a young lady who Is employed
down town, scared a couple in a man
ner that all three will not forget for
some time. Proceeding down a street
not over a thousand miles from the city
park, she saw a couple in the dark
whom she recognized. In a quick sharp
voice she said, Hold up your hands"
But there were no hands to it, it was all
feet The man tore down the street at
a gait that would make a college sprin-
ter quit the business, while the woman
dove for the house. AS the couple are
married it would be interesting to
know what was said to hubby when he
finally arrived home.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-18
BETTING AT RACES.

While Governor Hughes of New
York and the members of the legis-
ture of that state are locked in a
sort of a death struggle over the pro-
hibition of betting at race tracks. the
national legislators who look after the
interests of the District of Columbia,
have passed a measure with practical
ly an unanimous vote which will
make it unlawful to place wagers on
races at the Bennings track which is
near Washington. This is a prece-
dent that it would be we'll for not only
New York, but all the other states in
the union to follow, for if there is a
pernicious form of gambling it is bet
ting on races and no community
should tolerate it. This applies to
Topeka, Shawnee county and the
state of Kansas where betting is in
vogue on the races at the county fairs
in violation of laws that local author
tiles seem to wink it.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-18

al hundred, or maybe it was thou
sand or two, miles ahead Of the other
cars Then it went on side trip to
Alaska which was On the original itin-
erary. The roads there were found
not to be passable. So it has started
back by boat. In the meantime a.
couple of the other cars in the race
reached the coast and are already on
their way to the far east where they
will be able to take the road again
two or three weeks in advance of the
American car. This contest should
not be called a race. 1t should be
referred to as a test of endurance
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-18
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

[From the Philadelphia Record.1
Doing business on a large scale-the
coal dealer.
A woman Is apt to put her heart into
it when diamonds are trumps.
You can't make a parrot or some
people believe that talk is cheap.
You never know what you can do till
you try; or what you can't do.
Guzzler Cooking up from his news
paper)-"Chicago has 1883 saloons"
Wigwag-"Did you count them?"
No. Maude, dear, we have never
heard that men wear tan shoes in the
morning because they have a dark
brown taste.
Many girl is fiattered when told
that she sings like bird, forgetting
that there are crows as well as night
1ngales.
In cold weather all the automobile
enthusiast has to do is to exceed the
speed limit. Then the fine will make
him hot.
Nell-"A girl shouldn't marry a man
till she knows all about him." Belle
Good gracious! If she knew all about
him she wouldn't want to marry him."
Wigg-"Bjones says there is some
thing admirable about the man who
doesn't know when he has enough"
WagDEI suppose that's the reason he
has ben lnArried four times"
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-18
xMSzS cOAAENT
FINE ,RAIMENT

FINE sRAIMENT.
eastern exchange contains an
;st,.s. wltten by a Blooming Brit
lsner who has Travelled over this coun-
Try good deal, and the thing that
linpresses ~ him most appears to be the
iact tnat nearly all Americans are well
dressed. All sorts and conditions OF
people IN this land of the free are
a..ireo IN Sunday clothes all through
the week; even mechanics wear boiled
s.s Snirts and Illuminated ties. and the
snop-keeper" dresses as well as the
iansu1d aristocrat. It is seldom, says
the blooming one. that you see a wo-
n,a nian On tne street who does not wear
ciothes representing a considerable
sum OF money, however lowly her sta
ton IN LIE may be. It is true that the
people OF this country are given to pur-
pie and Hne linen; Solomon in ali his
slory was not arrayed like some of
them. ana occasionally the street cor
ner philosopher wonders if we, the peo-
PIE, don't dress entirely too we'll. This
thlng OF nne raiment presents many
a conundrum which fails of an answer.
In the pink house Of Jimson street lives
a man who has several boys and girls
IN ms 1anlly. He is the only one in
the bunch who earns anything, and
MS income may. easily be guessed at;
ana 1t does not seem more than enough
to meet the ordinary expenses of liv-
Ing. Some of the boys and girls are
young gentlemen" and young la
dies, and they dress themselves as
becomes such products Of the family
hearth. How do they do it? How do
the girls manage to meet every chang
Ing fashion, and load their hats with
expensive jimcracks, and shine in silk
vestments, and dazzle strangers with
near jeWelry? How do the boys man
age to wear store clothes every day
In the week, and carry gold looking
watches, and have their bicycles and
all such things? The riddle OF the
sphinx is easy, as compared with this.
Is the old man going deeper into debt
every week to make this brave show?
If SO. God help him. Does the mother
economic on the table, feeding her
children on locusts and wild honey,
that they may haunt their glad rags
In public? If so, she hasn't sense
enough to rear family, and should be
suppressed. Too often the parents make
lifelong sacrifice of themselves that
the children may look as we'll as the
children next door, giving no consider
alton to the fact that the children next
door may have parents who can amuse
themselves burning money. The man
who dresses himself and his family
with reference to the money he earns,
should be, is more apt to enjoy the
confidence and respect of his fellow
citizens, even though he has patches
on his knees and a slit up the back
of his coat, than the one who decks
himself and his family with rich raj.
ment, while the people marvel greatly,
and say: "How does he do It? How in
thunder DOES he do it?"-Emporia
Gazette.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-18
FOLDED HANDS.

toll no more-my day is done;
How much wrought may not know;
1 watch the low descending sun
And see the night approaching slow.
MY days work as 1t Is must stand,
For labor's JOY no more is mine;
The tools drop from my nerveless hand.
MY dim eyes see no mark or line.
little thought to leave it So
Unfinished, to the plan untrue:
Another day thought to know,
Mhen might change or start anew.
with weary hands now must see
Another's skill my task complete;
The gift of use is gone from me
The gift that makes all life seem sweet
The pleasant labor of all the day,
The following hours of welcome rest
These from my life have passed away.
No longer has 1t aim of quest,
l SIT and wait-and all the hours
The happy past before me stands;
With dimmtng eyes and failing powers,
I live the life of folded hands.
New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-18
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.1

[F'rom the Atchison Globe
People either have too much or not
enough to do.
AS soon as man acquires fairly
good sense, it is said that he is an old
fogy.
Look over any shiftless mans door.
and you will find a horseshoe hanging
there.
A Town Row has this advantage over
1t.
Almost every girl conf1des to her
most intimate friend that she is the
Cinderella in her family.
If a man dies and leaves his estate
in an uncertain condition, the lawyers
become his heirs.
We have noticed that in a family
group picture, each member seems
ashamed of the rest Of them.
When a man is convicted Of foolish
conduct, he nearly always says that
the people are not 'liberal' enough
A woman is always trying to show
how little she weighs; man is always
trying to show how much he weighs.
No wonder people love little girls
When there are annoying children in
a neighborhood, the annoying children
are BOYS.
To be popular, a man must be fool
enough to know less than his associ-
ates. or hypoorite enough to make
them think so.
You can hear as many different
stories about your stomach, If it is
weak, as you can hear about your
weak neighbor.
There is $65 hat in one Of the mil
linery stores, which, so far. every wo-
man in town has given up as her Len
ten sacrifice.
THE women in the country we
heard man say the other morning.
have too much to do: the women in
town have not enough to do for their
own good"
In order to succeed. it is occasion
ally necessary for a man to be mean:
that is, it is occasionally necessary for
him to assert his rights, and be called
mean.
A woman uses as many as twenty
or thirty pins in dressing. and she never
looks at a man that she does not think
with horror Of the great trust he puts
lin button
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-18
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
lFrom the Chicago News.1


A crank isn't q crank when he does
you a good turn
Some men find 1t easier to dodge tax
les than automobiles.
Ragtime, Alonzo, isn't necessarily the
time to chew the rag.
One way to keep from boarding your
money is to be a good fellow
AS a rule the smartest man finally
bumps up against a gold brick that
fools him.
A woman looks upon a husband as
either a convenience or a necessary
evil.
By placing the speaking likeness Of
a woman in a locket it can be shut up.
It's the brand of trouble a man makes
for himself that keeps him awake
nights.
If there is one thing garrulous man
detests more than another 1t Is a talk
ative woman.
1t keeps some men 70 busy being Inn
portant that they haven't any time left
to accomplish things.
When a man begins to shout his good
deeds from the housetop 1t Is your cue
to look in the cellar for his evil ones
A woman may be able to conceal the
fact that she has store teeth, but she
can't very well hide her big feet.
Love may be blind, yet girl can SEQ
more In the man Of her choice than Z
physician can with the aid OF an X.
ray machine.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-18
Odd Porteuts and Signs.

Among the colored people of the
South every commonest event has its
accompanying sign or superstition
Whether these all date back to tho
is doubtful. as very many of them are
similar to those current among
English. Scotch. and Irish peasants.
It is probable that In acquiring the En-
glish language the newly imported ne
groes imbibed the superstitions of the
South at that time.
Signs Of weather are many, as
is natural and some of them are very
curious. If a. cat sneezes or If she
washes her head behind her ear, it will
rain. If she rubs against objects, or
is especially frisky, it forebodes rain.
In the winter. if a COW lows in the
evening it will snow before morning.
If COW stops in walking and shakes
her foot. there is bad weather behind
pasture, If the bull goes first, it will
rain.
If dog eats grass In the morning,
or If he digs hole in the ground, 1t Is
sign of bad weather. Pigs are be-
lieved to be able to ''see the wind" If
they run about and squeal without ap-
parent cause, it is a sign Of cold and
stormy weather.
Money carried for three days in a
mans shoe may safely be wagered;
1t is sure to win.
The locust tree is especially liable to
a stroke Of lightning. Some say Judas
hung himself to that tree; others sup
pose the crown Of thorns to have been
made from 1t.
1t is terribly unlucky to burn for
firewood a tree which has been struck
by lightning. This is sure to bring
misfortune upon the household
Shoes have many portents connected
with them. If a heel is lost from the
shoe it forbodes a death in the family
before the year is out" If new shoes
are accidentally dropped before they
are worn, you will surely step into
trouble with them on your feet
New shoes must never be placed on
q shelf higher than the owners head,
as it brings bad luck. and one shoe
should never be polished without the
other, for fear of bad accident or per-
haps sduden death.-Baltimore Sun.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-18
JOURNAL EN7KES

Auto sheds come in handy now as
hat boxes for the women of the
family.
X y X
fellow is in serious trouble when
he is unable to think Of what he was
going to worry about.
An author who has written only
six books could hardly be expected
to give a list Of the ten best ones
\ h
It's bad advice to tell a girl not
to marry a man until she knows all
about him for If she knew all about
him she wouldn't want to marry him.
X X
Marrying a divorcee is better than
marrying a widow for the former is
not SO apt to throw up to one the
virtues of her former husband.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-18

streets as weI. It is little short of
marvellous that there have not been
more serious accidents in times past
because Of the utter disregard that
many drivers of horses and automo-
biles have shown for pedestrians. In
the very nature of things a person
walking on the street at the cross
ings, particularly, has the right of
way and the police should have been
given power long since to see that the
people are protected in these rights.