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The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-17
Sap Is running In Vermont. It Is also getting caught in Vermont
STILL INTERESTING.

There was time when New Ha- ven was deeply interested in street pavements. and when the advocates of the different kinds of pavements were deeply interested in her inter- est She hasn't lost all her interest, though the pavement question might now be quoted as quiet" But street. paving goes on here and elsewhere, and there is in the aggregate lot of talk about it. So the Municipal Jour nal makes a valuable contribution to the talk. It has inquired about street paving of the engineers of two hun dred and fifty cities. Grouping the re- turns by states it appears that during 1907 New England cities used ten dif- ferent kinds of paving. Rated ac- cording to quantity used, stone block is first followed in order by gravel. brick, cobblestone. bitulithic. asphalt. wood block, asphaltina, asphalt block and bituminous macadam. Tn cities of the middle Atlantic States the pav- ing done last year was in the follow Ing order: Brick. asphalt, bitullthic, stone block and asphalt block, and work contracted for 1908 includes as- phalt, brick. bitulithic and stone block In the order named. In the south At- cluded in the order named brick, bit- uithic, asphalt block, stone block, wood block. asphalt and bitumlnous macadam; work contracted for 1908, stone block, brick, bitulithic and as- phalt. In the Ohio valley district the amount of brick paving exceeds that of all other kinds combined, ex- cepting macadam. The others in or der, are: Gravel, stone block, asphalt. bitulithic, asphalt block and wood block. Of 1t all brick constituted more than so per cent. and of that contracted for 1908 1t constitutes over 90 per cent In the Rocky mountain district and on tho Pacific coast as- phalt leads all others, with wood block, bitulithic, brick and bituminous ma cadam following.
 Pay your money and take your choice. Brick. asphalt and bitulithic appear to be popular. Trap rock is holding It's own in New Haven, as 1t ought to. IL Is good material and handy.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-17
The Sign of Patrick.

Into the mists of the Pagan Island Bearing Gods message, great Patrick
 came; The Druid altars on plain and high Fell at the sound of his mighty name! Swift was the conquest-with hearts
 upswelling The Faith they took, and to God they
 swore: That precious spark from their bosoms
 dwelling, s Mans guile or torture should snatch
 no mere. And ever since, while the wide world
 wonders This steadfast people their strength
 reveal, As Time Earth's kingdoms and empires
 'sunders, They stand by Patrick In ranks of
 steel The nations mock them, like Christs
 tormentors; "Descend," they cry. from your cross
 of shame: Abjure the Faith-see the road that
 enters
 The groves of pleasure and wealth
 and fame!' Like those that passed whsre the Cross
 rose dimly Their wise boards VI gging-"What
 foolsr they say, But the Sons of Patrick make answer
 grimly:
 Our God we've chosen--the price
 we'll pay. Ever about us the foes conlmotion, The anguish sweat on our brows
 ne'er dry; Our martyrs bones strew the land and
 ocean,
 Lone deserts echo our exiles' cry. Unto our hearts is earth's pride for
 bdden, Unto our hands is It's gold denied; We do not question the purpose hid
 den---
 Let Him who fashioned our souls de- eide! yet though once more to us choice were given. And the long aeons were backward rolled, We'd walk again before Earth and Heaven
 The blood stained pathway we walk ed of old" Rev. James B. Dcllard in Boston Pilot
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-17
HOWEVER.

The wall paper seasons here. Hang it,-Bellefontaine Examiner.
 Were the amateur tfeatricals good? ?''
 Splendidi I never saw anything orse."-Life.
 Money is the most successful labor saving machine ever invented.-Atlan- ta Constitution.
 What's the matter with him now?'' Matter enough. He's huntin' Trouble an Trouble don't want to associate with him."-Atlanta Constitution.
 This is also that annoying month when. just as you are enjoying a good laugh at the man who Is chasing his hat down the street, your own blows off.-Indianapolis News.
 Caroline-She may be a gossip. but I believe she tells the truth.
 Pauline-My dear, the truth is fre- uuently the worst form of gossip n- aginable-China Glass and Lamps
 What is the matter with the man
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-17
Theology nt the White House.
(Rev. Samuel 4. Eliot, in Christian
 Register)

(Rev. Samuel 4. Eliot, in Christian
 Register)
 The next day I had the pleasure of accompanying Dr. Hale to the senate chamber. and then of lunching, by inc vitation of the President. at the White House in company with Secretaries Root. Taft and Garfield. The talk was along theological lines, and, though these four gentlemen belong to four distinct branches of the Protestant Church. they proved to be as substan- tlally united in their religious convlc- tions as in their political deals. The real religion of this country. as repre- sented in the sincere convictions or the leaders of all communions is essen tiallv one and the same Ii is the re- ligion which the prophet found in do- ing justly loving mercy. and walking humbly before God.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-17
New York a Doubtful state.

(New York Evening Postl
 General woodford Is right. New York Is q doubtful State. With the intense unpopularity of the Roosevelt admin istration in this city. united, greedy and powerful Tammany, the discon- tented vote swollen to great propor- tions, the difficulty of financing Re publican campaigh-wtth all these things taken into the account. 1t Is folly to deny that a great majority for Bry- an may he rolled up in Greater New York, Political managers may as well face the situation.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-17
oUR CONTEMPORARIES. VIII He Reinstate All
frhe snrlnrf,elh Ifninn. ]

fThe Spf1UEHFIn UHIUHJ
 But how is the president 10 know what men are entitled to be reinstated? All profess their innocence, all assert that they have no knowledge of the raid, all disclslm any conspiracy of si- lence" Will the Presidents instinct be equal to the task of separating the in nocent from the guilty? How can he refuse, if congress grants the authority he requests. to restore the entire bat talion to the rights and privileges 1t previously enjoyed?
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-17

In the search for new plants of utility attention has been drawn to the Karite tree of French West Africa and the adjacent territory to the eastward. This is not forest tree, but grows in open spaces and in gardens. Its fruit is edible The hard shell seeds con tain fatty substance used by the na. tives as butter.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-17
SAYINGS AND porNGs.

Seventy members of the Berryhill family. ono of the largest in the Creek nation, draw more money for oil royal ties than any other family in Oklahoma Together they receive s20,o00 month.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-17

The mint at Philadelphia IS rum ming at it's fullest capacity, but the pockethooks made to receive the pro duct of that factory seem to be run ming at their emptiest capacity.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-17

The Cleveland Plaindealer says Senator Bailey Is an optipessimist. We'll a man has got to he something, if he is anything, hasn't he?
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-17

It is asserted that the Chicago street cars give the longest ride in the world for five cents. Perhaps it seems the longest.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-17

At the automobile show in Berlin. s17 manufacturers t2sS Germans, nine French, six Belgian, five Italian four Austrian, three English, three Ameri- can. three Swiss and one Russian) ex- Ribited s79 types of touring cars and other pleasure cars. Of industrial cars and motor boats there were 674. sent in by 2s3 manufacturers, of whom 2S arc Germans and only three Americans.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-17

Among the curious insects of the Ma lay peninsula Is one called the lantern fly, which is remarkable for its sud den leaps, made without the aid of its wings It was only after the first spec imens of this queer insect were carried to London for examination that 1t was discovered that a curious projection on the front of it's head. kind of nose with a crease in 1t, was the leaping organ. When bent back under the ab- domen and suddenly released 1t sent the insect flying.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-17
X Hint to Congress.

CArmy and Navy JournaD The action of the governments ol
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-17

Kansas hen has just laid her 1001st egg, and thus greatly increas- ed the growing for Kansas.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-17

Experiments under competent ex- pert have been made in Prussia during the last few months with western Pennsylvania coal to determine its com psrative value with German coals, and the results of the comparison are said to be highly gratifying and show the superiority of the Pennsylvania coal All German coals for cooking have to be washed. while this is not the case with the American coals tried here The experiments show that great saving In coke-nnaking would be brought about by the utilizing of the by-products. If the new discoveries are as successful as Is now anticipated, 1t will not be long before the manufac- ture of coke. instead of being done st the mines. will he brought near to the furnaces in large cities
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-17

People have learned by experience to make allowance for error in the pre- dictions of the weather bureau, but Professor Schuster thinks that the al lowsnces should be officially stated. As- tronomers, 1t appears, are in the habit of giving the value of the probable error" when publishing their ohserva- tions. But although meteorology lends itself more readily than any other sci ence to the evolution of deviations from the mean result, the weather forecast CTS have not adopted the custom of stating the probable error. Professor Schuster looks forward to the time when weather forecasts will be accom- panied by a statement of the odds that the prediction will be fulfilled. Then, perhaps. we shall read in the weather column not simply rain tomorrow, but three to one." or nine to one for rain tomorrow"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-05
HELD FOR REEDER.
Place on Board of Governors of Irri-
CATION Congress.

Ell Paso, Texas. Oct. George E.
Barstow, new president of the Nation
al Irrigation congress. today an
nounced the appointment of the fol-
lowing board of governors for the en-
suing year:
President Barstow, Secretary b. A.
Fowler of Arizona; W. A. Beard of
California; Fred Keesel, Utah; Dr. W.
J. McGhee, secretary of the inland
waterways commission, and Senator
Joseph M. Dixon of Montana. If
Congressman William A. Reeder Of
Kansas will consent to serve, he will
be the seventh member
President Barstow yet has to name
committees of five each on a Pan
American reclamation congress in
Mexico CITY in 1917, suggested by
President Roosevelt and John Barrett,
director of the bureau of American
republics, and on the advisability of
holding a national conserva ton con-
gress in Washington in 1910, to fur
nish data to the national conservation
commission, and another committee to
furnish irrigation data to congress.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-05
ALL FOR PROHIBITION.
Entire Mormon Church Joins the Cold
Water Army.

Salt Lake, Utah, Oct. 5.-Having
heard their president expound the
revelations of the words of wisdom
which prohibit the use of all intoxi-
cants of the faithful 5000 members
of the Church of Christ of Latter Day
Saints have proclaimed their faith in
the practical application of the &C.
clesiastical law by voting unanimously
in approval of a resolution pledging
the entire membership of the church
to support prohibition legislation.
The occasion was the opening of
the seventy-ninth semi-annual con-
ference of the church and in the great
tabernacle and at two overflow meet
ings a vote was taken on the resolu-
ton. 1t was introduced by Apostle
Heber ]. Grant, and is as follows:
Believing in the words and teach
ings of President Joseph F. Smith as
set forth on the subject of temper
ance, it is proposed that all of the
members of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints, will do all
in their power that can possibly be
done with lawmakers generally to
have such laws enacted by our legis-
lators, soon to be elected, as may be
necessary to close saloons and other
wise decrease the sale of liquors and
to enforce the Sunday law"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-05
FIRST war MOVE.
Bulgarian and Turkish Armies
Are Advancing.
First Collision Js Likely Near
the Frontier.
o AFFAIR OF OURS.
United States Will Keep Out OF
the Trouble.
Sultan Will Be Advised to Let
Bulgaria Go.

Paris, Oct. 5.-The Temps today pub
fishes a dispatch from Vienna saying
that the Bulgarian army is marching
toward the frontier and that the Turks
also are moving forward to the en-
counter. Austria-Hungary is mobiliz-
ing two army corps.
No official confirmation has been re-
ceived in Paris up to 6 o'clock this
evening of the reported mobilization of
troops by Turkey and Bulgaria. 1t is
believed here that Bulgaria will re-
main on the defensive.
No Affair of Ours.
Washington, Oct 5.-The position of
the American government in regard to
the acute situation in the Balkans is
largely that of locker on. 1t is a sit
uation, the officials say with which the
signatories to the treaty Of Berlin have
to do. The United States did not toll
crate the interference of any European
government with American affairs and
this government not being a signatory
to the Berlin treaty has no voice in
complications or developments which
may arise out of the carrying into ef-
feet or the breaking of that conven-
tion.
The question of the formal recogni-
tion of any new government will come
up later and in determining this mat
ter the state department will be guild
ing recognition when it is shown that
the new government is a strong and
effective de facto one"
London, Oct. 5.-The difficulty of
tax severely the resources of the
statesmen of Europe and will be also
splendid test of the value of the re-
cent understanding of the powers" of
which so much has been heard since
the Anglo-French entente paved the
way to similar agreements between the
other nations. How Constantinople
received the news OF this dism I'm ber-
ment of the Turkish empire is not yet
fully known here, but the advice of
the chancellories of Europe, if it is So
licited by the Ottoman government,
will be against resorting to force in
defense of Turkeys right of sover-
eighty. 1t is adui1sess that these have
been only nominal
That Boznai and Herzegovina and
suzerainty over Bulgaria have been
definitely lost by Turkey is regarded
as incontrovertible. but if the new
regime in Turkey is able to Withstand
the chauvinist elements and willing to
relinquish what has been nothing
more than a legal fiction, the change
in the map of Europe may be effected
without bloodshed.
Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey
returned to London as soon as he
learned the important news and has
been busy ever since with a constant
exchange of kilograms with the
continent. 1t is understood that the
Russian government already has in
timated its preparedness to cooperate
with Great Britain in mediatory steps
and France is counted on to take a
ment will advise Turkey not to go to
war, but it expects that the present
situation will demand compensatory
cessions and guarantees.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-05
OUT OF KANSAS.
Taft Leaves the Sunfiower
State at Atchison.
Speaks at Kansas City and at
Leavenworth.
FACTORIES CLOSED
TO Enable Employees to Hear
Him Speak.
Makes Five Minutes Talk in
the Rain.

Atchison. Kan, Oct. 5.-The Kan
sas crowds and enthusiasm of Satur-
day were strikingly recalled by the
three Taft meetings in the state this
morning. The Kansas City, Kan, gath
ering was hilarious and jolly through
out. Three bands dispensed music,
two made up of white men and one
negro organization. The crowd could
steps and he was requested to mount a
pedestal whereupon statue is
shortly to be placed.
"He looks like the statue of liberty
to me-" shouted working man.
''I am for the greatest possible lib
erty to every individual" said Mr..
Taft. He was cheered again and again.
As his audience was largely made up
of laboring men, Mr.. Taft began by
referring to the claim of Gompers that
Bryan would get the laboring vote.
mo. no." came cries from number
of voices. He won't get the labor
vote of this place. This interruption
was concluded by loud voice which
Taft, for he looks good to me- When
the Ohioan had finished his remarks
he was presented with big bunch of
American beauty roses by the county
chairman of Wyandotte county who
said it represented the friendliness of
the labor unions of the country and
an earnest declaration that Gompers
was not delivering the vote of that
community to the opposition.
Come back to us again, Bill, was
the parting plea of an old veteran in
uniform as the Taft special pulled out
for Leavenworth, the next stop, where
the audience listened with patience
and good cheer in the rain to the Taft
labor speech.
1--WE have at least broken the
drought in Kansas" said Senator
Warner of Missouri, "and the damp
ness doesn't make the slightest differ
ence in the patriotism of the crowd"
The Leavenworth audience which
was large. was made up of old sol
diers from the veterans home nearby,
and of laboring men. To the soldiers
the candidate first paid his respects
and complimented them on their in
terest. To the laboring men he told
of the record of each party in their
behalf with the conclusion that under
the Roosevelt administration more la
Dor legislation had been enacted than
previously.
The travelling companions of Mr..
Taft in Kansas included Candidate w.
r. Stubbs, State Chairman Dolley,
Joseph L. Bristow and Congressman
Anthony. Representing Missouri were
Senator Warner. Chairman Dickey and
large local committee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-05
WHY HE'S FOR TAFT.
Governor Hughes Tells Wisconsin
Voters in Speech at Lacrosse.

La Crosse, Wis, Oct. 5.-Opening a
speaking tour which in the present
week is to take him through Wiscon-
sin, Minnesota, South Dakota, Nebras-
ka, Kansas, Missouri and Illinois, Gov
ernor Charles E. Hughes, in a speech
here today told why he had taken the
stump in support of William H. Taft
for president. Despite the earliness of
his arrival here a large crowd greeted
him and the auditorium where he spoke
at $3.50 a. m. was filed to overf1owing.
Governor Hughes presence west of
Chicago, caused widespread interest
and everywhere provoked the exclama-
tion He looks better than his pic
lures.
Still suffering from an affection in
his throat the governor explained that
inasmuch as he was scheduled to de-
liver 10 addresses today he will not be
able to talk as loud as he desired.
THE issue of this campaign is pri-
marily the question of an election of
an administration that will represent
the popular WILL" said Governor
Hughes, now 1 tell you the American
people realize now more than in any
other campaign that reforms are neces-
sary, but all of US, believe agree that
they shall be achieved rather by the
enforcement of the law than by any
revolutionary schemes. The checking
of abuses and the regulation of the
trusts are vital questions that must be
accomplished by men of experience.
Il have no feeling personally against
Mr.. Bryan. but 1 consider it beyond
question that if he attempted to put
into force, If he were to be in a posi-
ton to enact into law any of his fanci-
full schemes to curb the trusts the coun-
try would be involved in financial and
industrial disaster. None of his
schemes have been tried. theoretically
and visionary they seem to have no
place in American institutions or in
any institutions which to endure must
rest on a foundation of solid inteili-
gence and experience
"On the other hand Mr.. Taft, 1 be-
lieve represents all that is best in
American ideals; he stands for purity
in politics, and what is more, for purity
in the enforcement of law. 1t has been
said that when he was a Judge Mr..
Taft dealt harshly with the laboring
man. 1 tell you what he did: He dealt
honestly with the laboring man and
there is nothing which works for the
interest of the laboring man more than
honesty and justice administered from
the judiciary. Mr.. Taft is tried, ex-
perienced and absolutely incorrupti-
bic and 1t is for this reason that 1 am
speaking in his behalf here today"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-05
TALKS IN THE RAIN.
Taft Makes Five Minute Speech at
Leavenworth.

Ieavenworth, Kan, Oct. 5.-Wil-
liam H. Taft stood for five minutes in
a drenching rain this morning and
spoke to fully 5000 men, most of
them laboring men. Every factory IN
the city closed down to give the en-
ployes a chance to hear the candidate
Mr.. Taft confined his remarks almost
exclusively to explaining his views on
the labor question. He said that MS
action in the injunction cases needed
no defense as he simply enforced ex-
isting laws. He was greeted with
deafening cheers at this declaration
There were not a dozen umbrellas In
the crowd, yet not man left until the
candidate had finished speaking.
Mr.. Taft wore a raincoat and soft
felt hat, pulled down over his eyes and
before he finished speaking, water
was trickling down his hat and face
in streams At the close of his re-
marks. there was a rush of working
men in overalls. to shake hands with
him, many of the men following his
train out into the. yard. He showed
no aversion to their grease-stained
hands. Several hundred old soldiers
from the home were present in the
crowd. Cyrus Leland Joined the
marty here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-05
KEPLEY HAS A PLAN.
Would Repair Excavations in Topeka
Pavements Properly.

Robert Kepley, ex-sheriff of this
county, has a plan which he will sub
nit to the council as a solution of the
problem of tearing up the paved
streets by bycontractors. plumbers and the
gas company and the improper repair
of the same. Mr.. Kepley proposes to
contract with the city to do all this
repair work himself under the super
vision and o. x of the engineering
department at a price to be agreed
upon This plan only considers the
excavations to be made in the future
and makes no provision for the scores
of defective places in the paved streets
all over the city which now exist
There is a record in the city engineers
office of every place so repaired, its
location and who did the work. The
council should instruct the engineer to
look up all these data and notify the
persons having made the excavation
that they must do their work over
again in a proper manner: in other
words. repair the streets they have
butchered UP, or the city will do this
work and assess the cost against the
contractor, plumber, gas company.
water department of the city or who
ever did the work as shown by the
records in the engineering department..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-05
ON THE MARKET.
Cleveland Home at Princeton Is Offer-
ed for Sale.

New York, Oct 5.-The home Of the
late Grover Cleveland at Princeton,
N. j., has been advertised for sale, and
the prico asked is s6.5oo. The proper
ty has been placed in the hands of
George Rule, a real estate agent in
Princeton.
In advertising the place for sale the
agent makes no mention of the acre
age contained in the grounds, but de-
scribes the house as of eight rooms
with hot and cold water. There are
also poultry houses. barns and out
buildings. The stock and implements
are included in the sale.
Shortly after Mr.. C1eveland's death,
his widow expressed an unwillingness
to remain in the Princeton house for
the winter. 1t is said by her friends
that she did not care to make the ex-
tensive repairs the house needed