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The Penn's Grove record., 1909-04-09
s~chooIhouse "ArcbitecturaI Wart--

Schoolhouse Architectural Wart."
Citizens of Montclair, who were
congratulating themselves that in the
new s250,000 Hillside Grammar
School. which is being rapidly erect
ed, they had a beautiful and impos-
ing public edifce. have sustained a
severe shock. J. Horace Mcfarland.
president of the American Civic As
ISOLATION, told the Outlook Club that
the new school building is IAN archi-
tectural wart," represents no style OF
architecture and is a disgrace to the
community. The original plans were
drawn by Stanford White, now dead,
but these were rejected as too ornate,
and new plans by other architects
we're accepted by the Board of Edu-
cation.
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Either.

Tramp-"Lady. I'm near perishing
from exposure"
Lady-"Are you a Congressman or
a Senator?"-Town Topics.
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Doubled.

The Judge-@Prisoner. can you
name any reason why you shouldn't
be given thirty days?"
The Prisoner-@IIl name my rea-
on in Esperanto, Judge"
The Judge latter the flow of Es-
peranto had ceased)-"Sixty days"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-04-09

He crossed the meadows wet with dew:
The violet's choicest hooks he knew:
But did not miss the spell divine
That came to him from Palestine.
came 't bem oelld With 4 aPbrl ,rgenad hours, :,
flowers,
And said: Eve gathered these in play
To celebrate this Easter day."
Warm faith and hope are manifold
The Masters love is simply told
And down the frightening path of years,
christian Herald.
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The Law.

See here. Mister Casey" said Pat
to the tax assessor. @shore an We
know the goat isn't worth eight dol
lars"
"Oim sorry" responded Casey.
@but that is the law" Producing a
book, he read the following passage:
"All property abutting in Front
street should be taxed at the rate OF
two dollars per ot."-Success Mag
azine.
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Works Both Ways.

"They say he made millions buying
on margins"
How does it happen. then, that he
is hard up?"
He kept on buying on Margins
Chicago Record-Herald.
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The Distinction.

School Teacher Johnny, what is
a patriot?"
Johnny-"A man that tries to ben
eft his country"
School Teacher-@And what is a
Politician"
Johnny-"A man that tries to have
his country benefit him."-Judge.
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Poisoned wheat is to be used as
bait to kill off the prairie dogs that
now infest Arizona and New Mexico.
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Just as Bad.

Blobbs-"So he broke off the en-
gagement, Ell? Did she take it to
hearth"
Slobbs-"No, to court."-Phila-
delphia Record.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-04-09
Spoiled Kiss.

He-"Are you really angry because
I asked to kiss your"
NShe@"Yes, because you asked
Cornell Widow.
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asked a little boy at play,
When Winters chill had passed away,
What made the sky SO soft and blue
Why all things seemed so changed an
new?
This day." he said, ais Easter morn,
And upon this day was born;
So, where the Easter blossoms grow,
Through fragrant fields for them l co."
He knew the story, broad and free,
From Bethlehem and Galilee;
And felt his life, in some fair guise;
Was linked to their long-hallowed skies.
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Monetary.

Tommy-"Pop, what is the differ
ence between a cook and a chef?"
Tommy's Pop-"About $40 a week,
my on."-Philadelphia Record.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-04-09

Condemnation of Sin.
Sin against the body must be con-
demned as severely as sin against the
soul.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-03
STEALING LAND.
The British Are steadily Encroaching
on Liberian Territory.

New York, July 3-The American
commission which has investigated the
affairs of the black republic, Liberia,
has prepared a report that Great Brit
ain has encroached on and occupied
three hundred square mile of Liberian
territory, according to a cablegram
from Free Town. Sierra Leone. AS
surances were given the commission
by British authorities, however, that
the English occupation of the dis
puted territory would cease on the
proper diplomatic representation by
this country.
Investigation conducted by the com
mission at Monrovia, the capital of
Liberia and at Free Town, the dispatch
says, showed that the English forces
occupying and administering Sierra
Leone had overstepped the border
which was surveyed in 1903 and had
encroached on Liberian ground, for a
distance of rs miles from the estab-
Iished border line. The Liberians
submitted to the commission proof
that the British forces had, by various
means, induced the Liberian border
officers to retire inland and had then
placed the original Liberian territory
under the Sierra Leone government.
British officials appeared before the
commission and did not dispute these
assertions, but gave assurances that
the English were ready to retire as
soon as the Washington government
passed on the matter and brought the
case to the attention of the colonial
Office at London.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-03
WAS A BATTLE ROYAL.
Theatrical Man and Minstrel Fought
With Cane and Fists.

New York, July 3.-William S.
Cleveland, the famous minstrel, and
John S. Berger, a theatrical manager
who controls circuseS and travelling
animal shows, fought a fist and cane
duel at Thirty-ninth street and
Broadway as a result of which Mr..
Cleveland has a large bump on his
head today from Mr.. Berger's cane
and Mr.. Berger's face is somewhat
discolored.
Cleveland and Berger had had a
dispute over business affair recently,
and when they met on Broadway, they
commenced to belabor each other,
Berger using his walking stick and
Cleveland his fists. A crowd of sew
eral hundred persons were watching
the encounter when the police arrived
and arrested both men. AT the Ten
derloin police station, the antagonists
tried to get at each other again, but
were restrained by the police. Both
provided bail for their appearance in
police court.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-03
HOCH AND STUBS.
Parable From the Marion Record Is
Most Significant.

In this weeks issue of ex-Gov-
Hoch's Marion Record appears a
parable in which a certain little Of
flee holder is made to sound the
praises of his big boss. A good many
people will understand and enjoy the
sarcasm without any explanation, but
for the benefit of the few who do not
know it might be stated that Homer
Hoch came to Topeka Merchants
week and while here attended the
banquet at the Auditorium and was
an interested listener to Gov. Stubbs'
speech on that occasion. Then either
Homer or his father was moved to IN
SEPARATION by that speech to write as
follows concerning it. and doubtless
also with the idea of perpetuating its
teachings:
ICY Knocker was appointed to
dlnky ittlc Office the other day ard
he camc to town and stood out III
front uf Tcmpkin's grocery and made
the following remarks in his usual
happy manner:
q I'll tell you right now I have al
ways been an honest man in my prt-
vate affairs and I want II understood
here and now that intend to conduct
this office as an honest mau-aS an
honest man. do you understand? II
any CRATER dares to come near Will
spurn him from my presence nave
never stood for that sort OF thing IN
private business life and now that
am in public life I don't propose to
the first honest man that ever held
this Office. And I intend to show you
that I will run it to perfec tion-it VIII
be just dead easy for man of my
experience and ability to do that Ana
I may as well say now, while l nap
pen to think of it. that when 1 nave
finished this patriotic work. / may
give the public, whom 1 have served
so faithfully and unselfshly an oppor-
tunity to elect me to some other OF
fee. and L know they will rejoice IN
the opportunity. For honest men are
needed everywhere in public life. and
I am virtually a pioneer along THAT
line That was not all-but that was
the refreshing and convincing vein IN
which our old friend Cyrus spoke. 1t
was a powerful deliverance. and the
draw horses down the street.-the
happened to be acquainted with Mr.
Knocker-broke out in tumuItuous
laughter"
It would appear that the lesson ex-
Gov. Hoch was trying to convey to
Gov. Stubs in the above parable is
found more explicitly set forth in this
verse of KipIing's Recessional:
1.-THE tumult and the shouting dies
The captains and the kings depart
Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice,
An humble and a contrite heart
Lord God of hosts be with Us yet
Lest we forget-lest we forget
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-03
TRADING WAS DULL,
Undertone of Market Was Better and
Money Easy.

New York, July 3.-The short week in
the trading in the stock market was the
dull one. The undertone of the trading
was strong. The extraordinary ease of
the money market in face of the July
settlements was a strong factor towards
this result. The confidence caused by
the good progress of the grain crops
was a help to stocks and the less IA
vcrable news of the cotton crop did not
urt.
The advices from the iron and steel
trades continued good and the improve
n1ent in the lead industry helped to Off
set the co1tinued anxiety over the cop
per situation. The LackaWanpa extra
distribution was q sustaining factor for
the coalers. There was some DISPOSE
ton in the speculation to discount the
coming enactment Of the tariff law.
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by the shipper, it win be used on the
basis of the minimum carload and when
fixed in the tariff to be applied on the
size of the car ordered by the shipper,
but in no case less than the actual
weight This decision of the 1. 9. g.
will protect shippers having minimum
carloads of grain and will not compel
them TO buIkhead cars.
The grain commission composed of
Geo. w. Click, Thomas Page and J. G..
Maxwell will meet in this city July q
at 10 o'clock a. m, for the purpose of
fixing grades on grain for the coming
year. A number of grain dealers
throughout the state requested the old
board 10 establish a grade of wheat
known as turkey but their request
was ignored. We would suggest that Is
I. any of you as possible attend this
meeting on July 81"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-03
ALL THE YEAR SCHOOL.
Chicago Children Will Have But Ten
Days Vacation.

Chicago, July S.-There are about
ten thousand school children in the
city who will have exactly ten days
last Friday, they will return next
Tuesday morning, in many cases to
the very building where they spent
the winter. And they are doing it of
their own free will.
The board of education this year
begins its first experiment with a mu-
nicipal "all the year round" school
system. At seventeen buildings in
various parts of the city vacation
school classes will be opened on Tues
day under the direction of the board,
and at five more free classes will be
maintained by private agencies, with
teachers from the regular system in
charge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-03
GRAFTERS SENTENCED.
japanese Politicians Given Prison
Terms of Various Lengths.

Toxic, July 3.-Twenty-thre Jap
anese politicians, members either of
the present diet or of the preceding
one, were given sentences of varying
lengths today following their convic-
ed in the recent expose of the sugar
scandal Five of the twenty-three
were sentenced to ten months impris-
onment four to serve seven months,
five to serve five months and nine to
serve three monthes. Eight of them
were members of the lower house of
the present diet and thirteen of the
last preceding diet. Only one of the
men brought to trial was acquitted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-03
Ell RENO GETS FRANCHISE.
The Joplin Club of Western Associa-
ton Is Transferred.

Oklahoma City, July s.-After in
specting the field, President D. NJ.
Shiveley of the Western association
awarded the Joplin, No, franchise
to Ell Reno. Okla By the terms of
the contract the Ell Reno managers
pay $500 to the league and incur a
$3.50 Indebtedness of the Joplin club.
FL Reno will at once begin the con-
struction of a new baseball park and
arrangements are already being made
to strengthen the team.
CoffeyviIle, Kan, Sapulpa and Tul-
sa- Okla, were applicants for the
franchise.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-03
DIDN'T HAVE A NICKEL.
So Telephone Operator Refused to Call
Fire Department.

nickel to drop into telephone slot and
the obstfnacy of an exchange girl cost
Oscar F. Niedt, once councilman of this
city, 1850 when his barn was Destroy
ed by fire. last night. Niedt's barn
caught fire about 10 o'clock and he
FASTENED to a telephone in the neighbor-
hood to summon a fire engine.
Being told to drop a nickel in the
slot he discovered he had none He
told the girl that 1t was a case of life
and death, but she insisted that fire
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-03
AROUND THE WORLD By WATER
steamer Line VIII Be Established
Wen Canal Is Finished.

Victoria, B. c., July 3-''As soon as
the Panama canal is finished the North
German Lloyd Steamship company will
have a line of round-the-world steam
ers running into this port said G.
FIeisIand, agent of the German line
at Hamburg, who arrived from Aus
tralia yesterday.
Steamers from Hamburg and Bremen
to the Orient by way Of the Suez canal
will return to Germany by way of the
Panama canal as soon as it is finished,
touching at Puget Sound ports.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-03
CORNELL WON REGATTA.
Crew Also Established Many Records
in Rowing.

Poughkeepsie, N. Y, July 3.-Yes-
terday was Cornells day on the Hud-
son. Her stalWart crews made a
clean sweep of the fifteenth annual
regatta of the intercollegiate Rowing
association just as those of her sister
university in New England won over
Yale at New London. Cornell also es-
tablished two records for the two
mile course, one in the varsity four
cared race and another in the fresh
man eight-oared race.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-03
Conscience Fund F,nriched.

New York, July 1.-TWO strange wo-
men in an automobile have created a
new mystery by calling at the home
of Comptroller Herman A Metz and
leaving q package containing 1915 ''to
be applied to the conscience fund of
Manhattan" The comptroller has been
unable to think of any one who owes
the Borough that amount and who is
afraid to have it known.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-03
Old Glory to Wave at Federal Prison.

LeavenH orth, Kan. July 3.-For the
FIRST time in its history the federal
prison viii. raise 'fOld Glory to the
breeze, on a brand new flag staff near
the entrance of the front gate, on the
Fourth of July. Werkmen have put
finishing touches Of paint to the big
staff and all viii be in readiness to
float the flag on the nations birthday
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-03
LID IS ON The NATION.
Dry Wave Cost Government 1922, 900
Revenue During Year.

Milwaukee. July 3.-The enormous
loss of business to brewers and distil-
lers through the dry wave is shown in
directly in the report of the local in
ternal revenue office for the year ending
June 80, this report showing a reduc-
ton of the internal revenue amounting
to $322,000 for that period.
Practically the entire loss is due to
the falling off in the output of beer.
This years receipts were So, 852, 848 for
beer alone as against $4,174, JOB for the
preceding year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-03
A Night Riders Raid.

The worst night riders are calonnel, GRO
ton oil or aloes pills. They raid your bed
to rob you Of rest. Not So with Dr. King s
New Life Pills. They never distress or
Inconvenience, but always cleanse the sys-
TEN, curing Colds, Headache, Constipation,
Malaria, sc at Campbell Drug Co.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-03
BURNED IS HOUSES.
Fire Loss at Cobalt Placed at Nearly
$4,000

Cobalt, Ont. July 3.-Prompt meas
ures have been taken for the relief
of the 1000 persons made homeless
by the fire that swept the northern
part of the town yesterday. One hun
dred tents and 800 blankets furnished
by the provincial government are en-
route in charge of a relief corps.
Seventy-f1ve buildings were Destroy
ed and the loss is estimated at from
S35O.000 to 100000.
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headquarters could not be called up
without the proper charge being paid.
Niedt begged, pleaded and threatened
in vain.
The exchange girl refused to notify
the fire department, and in despair
Niedt fed TO another place, finally send
irg in an alarm. It was TOO late, for
when the fire engines reached the place
the barn and its contents were in
Is hes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-03
COUNT WILL SPEAK.
Won MoItke Will Deliver Address to
Danes July 4.

Copenhagen, July 3-Count Won
Moltke, Danish minister at Washing
ton, has arrived at Aarhus, Jutland.
He will speak at the July banquet at
finch thousands of Danes and Ameri-
cans will celebrate American indie
pendence day at the exposition. Other
speakers will be DR.. Egan, American
minister to Denmark, and George
RrandeS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-03
smoked YYhiIe Nfaking Ffrecrackers

san Luis Potosi. Mexico, July 3.-Ad-
\ ices from Rayor state that while max
ing hrecrackers. Francisco Martinez ac-
cidentally ignited the powder with the
ashes OF his cigarette. causing an ex-
pIosion which burned the house and
cremated two infant children of the
nan. Both man and wife were so bad
" burned that the life Of the woman
is dispaired.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-03
Census Bill Signed.

washington, July Sin the pres
ence of the new director of the cen
sus, E. Dana Durand. President Taft
signed the bill providing for the tax
ing of the thirteenth decennial CEN
SuS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-03
Baseball Phone.

The State Journal has a special
baseball telephone or all baseball
Information, ores, etc. call In
dependent phone No. s1s-
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She Dies at no.

FL Paso, Tex, July 3.-Mrs. Josefa De
Oquibo, the oldest resident of Pima
county. Arizona, is dead at the age Of
10 years.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-06-04
COMMERCIAL
Weekly Review Of Trade and
Market Reports.
Bradstreet's says:

<. 5
Improvement Is more in evidence
this. week, but irregularities in
weather and crop conditions and ebb
and flow movements in trade and
industry prevent definite general
Characterization of the situation as a
whole, House trade with jobbers and
wholesalers is not usually active at
this season and efforts to attract bus
mess by clearance sales and liberal
advertising have not been altogether
successful. There is a further ap-
parent gain in the optimism with
which the outlook for the more dis
tant future is viewed. contrasting
rather sharply with some Of the re-
ports indicating backwardness of de-
mand for immediate consumption. In
the leading Industries the strength of
demand for iron and steel in most
finished forms is notable. and the
railways seem to be buying more free
ly. The shoe and leather trades are
in better shape. due partly to the
great strength of hides and the fin-
ished products of sole and upper
leather. Higher prices for shoes are
being paid. There are reports of
further gains in demand for wooden
and worsted goods. Yarn mills cater
ing to this demand are said to be
running full, and raw wool Is very
strong. High prices of raw cotton
are said to curtail profits on goods
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-06-04

London.-The speech at the Lake
Mohonk Conference on International
Arbitration of President Nicholas
Murray Butler, of Columbia Univer-
sfty, in which he described Great Bril-
tain's attitude to Germany as form
of "present-day emotional insanity"
has been strikingly confirmed during
the past week. Sensational stories
of German airships, stacks of Ger
man Mausers stored in a London eel
lar, thousands of German walters and
hair dressers. eagerly anticipating the
EmperOr's signal to deliver England
to an invading army of their fellow
countrymen, have been the main fea-
lures of the newspapers throughout
the country.
The Mauser myth, to which atten-
ton was first called by Sir John Bar
low, has been contemporary dis
missed by War Secretary Haldane in
the House of Commons as ian excep-
tionally silly story" but it has been
quite surpassed by accounts of myth
zeal nocturnal visitations of Ger
man airship.
The phantom Flying Dutchman"
soon developed into large feet, the
competing papers vouching for the
accuracy of their respective stories
and giving signed statements circum-
stantially detailing the maneuvres
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-06-04

comfortably, the danger is coming
nearer and nearer to us daily, and
unless you cease telling the people
they are living in safety and get an
army fit to deal with any enemy we
shall one day come to such utter grief
that you will bitterly regret your in
action.
1T is a perfect marvel to me how
anybody can see what is going on
around us in Europe and be content
with the condition of our army. No
country in the world would attempt
to defend itself with the paucity of
men and with the unframed men we
have got. You will never have real
army until you have taken the nation
into your confidence and tell them
their danger. You may think you
are safe, but you are not. Be frank
and tell the nation what is before
them. They will respond"
His admonitions were addressed to
the Government representatives.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-06-04
TAD ND CIV NEW DISCOVERY.
DuA MI ~ gives quick relief al -sure
tsorat Book OF Testimonials and
6ree. DR.. II. Ii. GRRRE's SONS. Box B, Atlanta, Ga.
Cause OF Misery.

Here is an observation from Car
lyle: ''All misery is faculty mis-
directed-strength that has not yet
found its way" This is undoubtedly
true. All suffering and failure can
be traced back to one getting out of
the true path. 1t may not sometimes
be ones fault. Ignorance or enyir-
onment may intervene and lead us
astray. But all progress consists In
one finding the true way of ones
strength; to see that the faculty Is
rightly directed.
Finding this path Is the end of
knowledge. and civilization. This
means doing the right thing physical
ly, mentally, morally; obeying Gods
law, that's it; that is all there is to
it. That is what keeps the strength
and faculty intact and makes life
worth living. The perfectest mortal
is the one whose faculty is right
ly directed and whose strength has
found its way. 1t is that that makes
the true, manly, useful, happy life;
that makes the life last longer and
keeps it sweet and wholesome while
it lasts.-Ohio State Journal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-06-04
Hanna's ZIP 70 Dinkle1.

Nelson Dingley was riding up one
day in the trolley car from the capi-
toll with Mark Hanna. He said:
Mark, you are many years younger
than l am and you have made mill
lions. / never have been able to get
ahead Of the game in life, and yet
my legislation has made rich men
richer and poor men rich. Now, how
do they do it?''
Hanna said: "Dingley, can tell
you right on how to make 25 per
cent. on your Investment"
Dingley turned eagerly to his sup
posed benefactor and said: "For
heavens sake, Mark, how?"
I Why" said Hanna, these s.
cent tickets upon which we ride are
sold by the railroad company in q
bunch at Is per- cent. discount.
There Is your fortune, If you invest
enough. Chicago Inter-Ocean.