The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-08

An. look to the violets blue.
An kiss the boys, with their rompin' noise,
An give mo q kiss or two.
Frank L. Stanton
Hail to the Oyster.
The Chesapeake Bay oyster. at his
best, belongs to the first aristocracy
of delicacessen. He has the smooth,
resilient corporation of German COM
| edian, the me1tine tenderness Of Car
roll county pie crust, and a flavor that
has no parallel in all the world. In
nutriment 100 Chesapeake oysters are
equal to two barrels of proteids, four
sacks of manganese, and a key of
/ phosphorus. Two hundred oysters are
equal to 642s beefsteaks, counting in
the shells. These same shells will make
s yards of perfect roadway, ~ feet
| wide and s inches deep. Burned in a
superior quicklime. which is sufficient
to make $50 gallons of superftne white
wash, which is ample to whitewash
kitchens, dining rooms, l II pariors,
and 125 linear feet of backyard fence.
The same quicklime, dumped into rat
holes, will kill 22,435 rats. Spread upon
the SOIL it will increase the yield of
8busheIs of wheat of rom IL to 70
rainfall. Mixed with water, it will gen.
crate 345 calorics of heat--or enough
to boil $50 eggs, 80 cabbages, II hams.
or 632 onions
/ The Chesapeake Bay oyster is the
only perfect food known to man. Every
/ nolecule of it's frame is utilized. There
are no feathers to blow away in pick
| ing; there are no bones to be heaved
| to the house dog under the table; there
are no hoofs, horns, fur, down, gristles,
or soup neat to be wasted. 1t is more
valuable than the hog, for it has no
squeaI to lose. The only sound it makes
| in dying is satisfied kerflump. 1t
seems to enjoy being eaten, and if not.
it is at least polite enough TO reIrain
| hxy dfRgi1HtinR
protests. In word, it has delicacy OF
feeling as we'll as delicacy Of flavor:
On the eastern shore OF Maryland
the Chesapeake oyster is is the s+s pr,ar
alike. and SO it is no wonder that tne
typical eastern shoreman is the finest
human being in the world. On the
whole shore there is not a single man
! of less tan feet 8 inches in stature
or of less than a yard around the
! biceps. The puniest weakhng over
to jump over three bales OF hay, piled
| one upon the other. Even IN the deptns
| of winter, when colds are universal
| the average eastern shoreman mas SO
the bay A political rally at Center
Vile or a camp meeting at Queens
town is distinctly audible at Annapons
unless, of course, the vino pc a saie
/ from the west. And the shoreman is
| an Apollo as we'll as Hercules. He mas
flashing eyes, rudy cheeks, grace
ufl, wiI1owy figure, and an artistic 10.
man nose: Even when ne grows oa o,a
scalp is then found to be as exqu1siteiy
pink as the inside of counh shell.
If the eastern shoreman fed upon
scrapple. round steaks, and victals OF
that sort. he would be just an orof-
nary man. But his daily Wand is the
Chesapeake Bay oyster, and so he is a
observation-disclosures SUM-.
~ Harrin,an's influences.
The stock market has been taking
the rest cure, which was much needed
after the late collapse in the Hartman
issues. The suspension of business Tor
three consecutive days also induced
further quietness. 1t is perfectly cyl
dent that for the time being at least
the spirit of the bulls has been i'm
paired. Their leader and magician has
withdrawn, probably to never again
resume his former active command:
No longer can the mysteries con1ureo
nm in Mr. Harriman's influence be
used to manipulate the stock market;
and hereafter his specialttes will be
obliged to sell more strictly upon tnelr
merits. a condition that will be whole.
some and will contribute to financial
stability. Upon the whole 1T is highly
fortunate that the market Is renewed
of the hanefuI effects OF wild Specu-
lations Probably Mr.. Hartman never
intended that his plans should have the
peculiar influence upon the public
mind which they did; yet this dominat,
ing and arbitrary personality appealed
tn the IMAGINATION and completely
hypnotized the unthinking. class, SO
that his securities readily became the
basis of wild and hazardous orgies IN
tTe snecuIative arena; and while Mr..
Harriman's great speculative transac-
lions proved successful. thanks largely
to good fortune, the effect was dan
ceronsfv inflammatory upon indfvid-
1als of a speculative disposition. Hap
pily the fever which these operations
Induced is now subsiding, and the mar,
ket is settling down into saner and
safer conditions. Whatever OF merit
there happens to be in Mr.. Harriman,s
great schemes will remain, and on such
Il is to be sincerely hoped that he Will
he able to carry them to completion
Henry Clews, the Wall Street Au-
thority on Finance.
Putting Monkeys Above Man.
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