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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-11-17
DEMOCRATS HAVE BANQUET
Speaker Howe the Only Republican
Allowed to SIT at Minority Feast.

Montpelier, Nov. 16.-The Democratic
club, composed Of the democratic mem
bers of the Legislature varied the pro-
gram of its weekly Wednesday evening
meeting by holding banquet at the
Pavilion tonight
II. L. Shaw. the member from Stowe.
acted as toastmaster and the speakers
were Governor c. D. Watson OF st. AL
bans, I. w. Browne of Rutland. John II.
Senator of Montpelier, Mayor j. p.
Burke OF Burlington. ]. e. c. Porter Of
Wilmington, j. II. Donnelly Of Ver-
gennes. A, j. Sibley OF Montpelier, +. l..
Webster OF Swanton and the Rev. J.
Wesley Miller OF Bethel. tho last two
being members Of the club. Speaker f..
E. Howe was also one of the speakers.
being the only sheep among the goats,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-11-17
WOOLEN IMPORTERS ARE
ATTACHED FOR FRAUDS

New York. Nov, 16.-The entire stock OF
Joseph Brooke & Co.. an English wooden
firm which has maintained a branch house
in New York city for quarter of a
century. was seized py the government
tonight. in an action to recover 500, 900
damages I'm consequence OF fraud and
other wrongful acts" Alleged evasion
OF customs dues, disclosed by former
employe of the firm, Is the basis for the
action The stock Is valued at almost the
amount Of the damages claimed by the
government
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-11-17

London. No l6.--Scientists here report
that the depths OF the Pacific ocean arc
In a state of great upheaval Heavy earth
shocks have been recorded during the
past two days. apparently occurring In
DE regions north Of New ZEALAND.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-11-17

Two Bennington families wee" burno
out Monday night when the tenemea.
owned by Richard NJ. Houghpl W.
nearly destroyed. The loss on the build-
ing Is over 81 o0O, we'll insured. The fam
lily OF John Sloat lost about $500 anl the
other tenant, Fred Thebargo, suffered
heavily. The Church of the Sacr i
Heart was threatened but the only dam
age to II was BY smoke.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-11-17

Louisville, KY. Nov l6-After January
l, 1911. the ban VIII be placed on all fire.
works In Louisville, They are deemed a
menace and In the past have caused many
deaths.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-11-17

Farmers. mechanics, railroaders, La
borers rely on DR.. Thomas Eclectrio
or bruises at once. Pain cannot Etay
where II Il used.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-11-17

CONTINUED ON page D.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-02
AS THE CAMPAIGN CLOSES.

In some respects the mayoralty end
of the commission campaign which is
now drawing to a close has been as
unnecessarily vicious as it has been
brief More's the pity. But the time
has come for a calm, dispassionate
consideration of the question at hand
the election of a mayor and four
commissioners who will be charged
with the esta blishment of new form
of government in the city. Nothing
has come to the front which could in
any way be construed as rejecting on
the ability and intentions of William
Green to serve Topeka as mayor in
the same capable manner in which he
has discharged these duties during the
past three years. Experience has
taught just where Mr.. Green stands
on all of the many questions SO vitality
affecting the welfare of the commune
ty. For these reasons it would appear
that he is entitled to reelection. They
are emphasized by the fact that he
was elected mayor for a term OF two
years by an overwhelming majority
and voluntarily abrogated a whole
year of his tenure of office so that the
commission form of government could
be given trial. Such public spirit
ed sacrifice is worthy of reward.
Mayor Green has been tried. thor
oughly tried. He is conversant with
every phase of city government. He
is broad minded but conservative and
it is doubtful If a more competent
man could be found to inaugurate the
new system of government. Whatever
may be said IN favor of his opponent,
and he has much to recommend him
as a business man. there can be no
reason given for making a change
now This is not a time for expert
ments.
AS to the election of four men to
serve as commissioners with the
mayor, the matter is one of grave and
important concern. Among the eight
candidates who have been nominated
for these places is excellent material
from which a commission, adequate
in all ways, can be chosen. These can
didates comprise men of experience in
the conduct of the city's mu1titudinous
affairs as well as men who have quail
fed by their business and technical
training who will fit in nicely for the
discharge of the special duties which
will be entrusted to the Individual
commissioners. 1t is up to the voters
to pick these men out. If they dis
charge their full duties to themselves
and their neighbors at the polls the
right men for the right places will be
elected by big majorities. A discrim-
mating judgment, in which personal
desires may have to be tossed to the
winds, will be needed to make up the
best possible commission. But that's
a habit that The voters of Topeka have
and there is little need for worry that
they will disregard it on Tuesday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-02

for this is the whole duty Of man
Ecclesiastes XII Ii.
| 1t does not take many words, as is
| indicated by those Of the above text
to lay down a comprehensive system
Of right-nving for man. As matter
of fact, it is almost automatic that it's
easier to say than to do. But it is a.
ways the accomplishment of difficulties
which is worth the while. And surely
the observation of the ten command
ments come within that category. Nor
is their keeping as difficult as some
people imagine. Nothing is demanded IN
them which a man cannot do without
much effort if he schools himself In the
control of his passions. if he wins the
great victory OF life and becomes mas
ter of himself.
Although the commandments lay
down mans duty to God. they are more
chiefly concerned with mans duty tow
ard his neighbor and toward himself.
There is a sense of right and wrong
in every human being. It is an inherent
quality and is controlled by that rather
Intangible and indefnable thing called
conscience AS a general proposition
the conscience points to the things that
are right. And the man who makes
practice Of disregarding the dictates OF
his conscience soon falls from the ways
of grace and becomes wicked.
Men, enslaved to vice. have said that
1t is Impossible to keep the command
ments. They are sadly mistaken. Not
only is it possible to keep them, but 1t
is almost obligatory that they should
be observed. They are the great moral
code on which the righteous civiliza-
ton of today has been built. With them
as bases have been reared the struc-
lures of most of the civil and criminal
laws of all enlightened nations. An
individual who will keep the ten COM
rrrandments need never fear Of vtolat-
ing any Of the essential laws made by
man. He will be immune to law-break-
ing.
1t will sssuredly profit any man to
pay a little more heed to these COM
mandments, even if they have been in
existence since the days of Moses. They
are Just as forceful and as necessary
now as they were then. There is moth
ing in them which is unreasonable In
its demands. They are simple. straight
forward admonitions for the ordering
of ones life along proper lines. That
man who pays attention to them, who
does his best to obey them-and any
one who does his best in such an en-
deavor is certain to succeed-is, as is
in the text. doing his full duty
to his God, his neighbor and himself.
And just so much as a. man fails to
regard the precepts of the command |
ments, Just so far short does he fall
in the discharge of this duty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-02
QUAKER SfEDIrATIoNs.

TFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
A good looking lass always wants
good looking glass.
After a man gets used to being a
martyr he seems to enjoy IT.
The culture pose is generally az
fected by people who are too lazy to
do much else.
It's q well trained conscience that
can be made to speak only when you
want it. to.
With the approach Of spring lots OF
things will be coming off, among them
winter fanneis
Friendship demonstrates that two
people can get so thick they cant see
through each other.
Some people seem to have an idea
they could give inside information to
the recording angel.
Casey says there isn't anything that
tastes as good when you are hungry as
corned beef and cabbage smells.
Subbubs-Ah, it is fine to be out
of town now. The air is like wine. It
intoxicates one. Hubbubs-Makes you
a4sz-tight Ell?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-02

LFrom the Atchison GIobe.J
Credit, and not women. ruins most
men.
The trouble is love affair can not
be settled by a primary election.
If you expect your friends to fight
your battles, you are apt to get
whipped.
A laundryman is no coward for run
ming away when he fades a woman's
shirt waist.
Il the Day After goes hard with you,
shouldn't dissipate.
1t is too bad that Etc. is not as
easily said as written. Then, perhaps,
there would be less foolish talking.
Peach buds and the straw hat never
come through the winter as well as
you anticipated the previous fall.
We always have just enough of
every kind of weather to prove that
every weather prophet is a liar.
Most men who start out to fight the
devil seem to try to impress you with
the fact that they have to do it single
handed.
ing good about taking medicine" is no
longer regarded as the principal virtue
Of childhood.
The man who doesn't want to die
Gin debt to his stomach" should re-
member that that organ doesn't stand
prosperity very well.
A woman said recently: Its harder
for a woman to work than it is for a
man" Please consider this as an OBJ
lection to that statement.
No wonder we don't amount to
much: we are compelled to spend so
much time ccmbing our hair in a way
to hide the fact that we are becoming
bald.
The man who will invent an auto
mobile horn that will make a more
dreadful sound than any other horn
now on the market, will speedily make
a fortune
When you start on the Sour Way,
and are as disagreeable as possible,
your friends quietly arrange to drop
you. When they talk about you. they
shrug their shoulders, and say the only
thing to do is to keep out of your
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-02

made to secure the fullest and heart
lest cooperation of every agency, pub
lie and private, and of every citizen
in our state to carry out the program
of No Uncared for tuberculosis in
1915.
mo tuberculosis in 1920 is put forth
as a hope only. Yet some are optimis-
tic enough to believe that it expresses
hope that will not be long deferred,
and every effort is being made to come
as near as may be possible to its real
tablished, including those cities and
counties which are making provision
for the control of tuberculosis, and to
the people of the Empire state the
committee on the prevention of tuber-
culosis of the State Charities Aid asso
citation is saying:
Let your city and your county be
the next on the Roll of Honor. Why
wait five years? Human lives are at
stake. No other opportunity for so
cial wellbeing compares in Importance
with the prevention of tuberculosis.
Duty is measured by knowledge and
opportunity. Every day of delay means
DEATH"
Other cities and counties in other
states should not be slow to start
movements along these same lines. If
the cities and counties of New York
state can stamp out tuberculosis, the
cities and counties of other states can
do the same thing If they will try.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-02
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.l

From the chicago News.
Even baseball fans can't keep the
flies off,
The lucky man at a wedding may be
one who loved and lost.
Even a man who has time to love
his enemies seldom does 1t.
It Is sometimes easier to give in
than to keep up the argument.
It's easy for man to get married
If he looks good to a young widow.
The wise farmer makes hay while
hogs are selling at $11 a hundred
weight.
If a man has money to burn the
rest of US try to make light of his
fortune.
One kind of curiosity is small boy
with two grandmothers who isn't
spoiled.
And some men spend so much time
hustling that they haven't time to ac-
complish anything.
The wise man makes tracks toward
the cellar when the barometer indi-
Gates a braiuStorm.
The party who dubbed women the
gentle SEX evidently never witnessed
a bargain counter rush
Anyway, the wife of a worthless
man is pretty well qualified to pose as
chairman of a grievance committee.
We don't think any too much of a
woman who wears silk stockings while
her husband sports cotton socks with
holes in them.
The resistance of girl who says
she Doesn't want to be kissed never
causes a man to miss her lips and land
the kiss on the back Of her neck
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-02
wARRING ON -wHITE PLAGUE.

New York city, Boston and London
have already cut in half their death
rates from tuberculosis writes John
A. Kingsbury in the American Review
of Reviews for April in an article en-
titled mo Tuberculosis in New York
State in 1920"
why should not the smaller cities
and rural communities, where condi-
tions are more favorable, do likewise?
ITO cut in half the death rate from
tuberculosis in New York state, out
side of New York city, would mean an
annual saving of 5000 human lives.
Even to stamp out this disease and to
save 5000 human lives per annum in
the Empire state is within the range
of possibility. This Is the excuse for
the strenuous efforts which are being
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-02
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Stealing is kleptomania when the
thief is of prominent family.
n X *
Not very many consciences are over
worked in the right direction.
X X 4
Girls may we'll be pardoned for clos
ing their eyes when they kiss a man.
X X K
Every trouble may have it's bright
side, but some of them are pretty hard
to discern.
Many persons would get along bet
ter if they would pay less attention to
their neighbors' faults and more to
their own.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-02

ST shall not. You do not know the
risk you take-being here. Why did
you Gomez His tone was masterful
and she weakened a little, then with
a queer look of determination she an
swered him.
ST came-to jump in. It's really
| nobody's business. And it's not a new
story to tell. Everybody had died
suddenly-and there was only money
enough to get me through business
| school. 1 am in my first place-and
I've no money left and I-cap't stay
there any longer. 1 am-afraid. He
| Mr.. Herbert-told me to come back
| and work tonight. I won't go there at
| highland he'll discharge me If L
don't That's all-but it's enough. I
thank-and thank you, for sending off
| that man who spoke to me, but he's
only one Men are always speaking to
me-not men like you. for you seem
dlHerent-but the kind that come into
the ONCE. l can't manage them as
other girls seem to. don't know how.
never had to-and 1 can't-seem to
learn. She paused and he came to
her side and took her arm in his.
Y ou're going straight home to my
sister till I, or some one else, gets you
proper place to work in, if you have
to work. You needn't be afraid of
me, and nothing could be worse than
this. Gomez
She tried for a moment to resist,
but he had the mastery. He called
tax1meter anu took her home
Fate works according to unknown
laws. The next morning the girl lay
in a delirious fever. Miss Jane Carr
called Herbert & Co. by phone and
told them Miss Everett was i'll and
would not work for them longer. They
did not believe the woman, and simply
thought the girl had somehow escaped
them. Meantime, the girl went into
the valley of the shadow, came slowly
out, began to remember, then to re-
cover.
IT was a month Iatar-ualI into
June-when one soft, summer warm
evening, Stephen Carr brought his lit
tie phaeton to the door and carefully
helped Mary Everett down the steps
and out for a drive. Miss Jane soli-
citously tucked the dust robe about
the girl. Then the two rode away.
She was long silent. but at length she
spoke.
"Reaven-does not last" she said,
"and now am well and in the real
world again, you must help me a little
further by finding me proper place
to work He had turned and was
looking steadfastly into her deep eyes.
A smile leaped up for him. She blush
ed. It was a blush that devoured her.
Her eyes dropped.
The man turned his horse down a
side street. and presently drew up
before a very pretty and very new
little cottage. He got out, tied his
horse and then came and held up his
arms to the girl.
Ct have built this place. thought
it was for a friend of mine, but
would rather give it tony wife,
Won't you have it? Don't you think
it would be a proper place for you
to work mall your life? Won't you,
Mary?"
She rubbed her hands across her
eyes to be sure she saw Alright. He
held up his arms for her.
I'm waiting-I shall always be
waiting! viii you?'' With a sudden
glad little movement She rose and
leaned over that he might lift her
down. And. man and girl, they
walked together into their future
home. Home she thought, wac the
proper place for any woman!-(Copy-
right 1910 by Associated Literary
PreSsl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-02
THE VERDICT.

Puck, a-sittfng on the hill,
Spied two lovers by the ri1l.
Doing things that lovers do
When their love is fond and true;
Just pressure Of the hand,
FIash of eyes-yOu understand,
CHANGING toward the couple, he
Cried: what fools these mortals be!''
Later on he spied a pair
Strephon strong and Phyllis fair;
Deep affection in each heart,
Yet their ways ran far apart
He'd no courage for the test,
She deemed GOODNESS for the best,
Puck observed impatiently:
oh, what fools these mortals be!''
I don't know what can be done
For to please this jeering one,
If we do. or if we don't:
If we will. or if we won't:
Spite of how we play the game,
Still the verdict is the same.
Hard to such a fate to bow
Guess we're all fools, anyhow!
John Kendrick Bangs. in Ainslee's
Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-02
PRESERVING PEACE.

The first essential step toward the
preservation of peace is a knowledge
of how to fight and to fight a little
better than the adversary. The his
tory of civilization has been a history
of the survival of the fghtest. We
know, of course, that war means
waste and cruelty and suffering and
vast economic loss, but we also know
that out of the conflicts of the past,
with but few exceptions. have come
advancements, improved conditions.
the triumph of liberty and progress
and much that has made for the
betterment of the condition of man
kind and the world.
We have dreams of universal peace
and the sentiment of the world
against war is growing. Nations al
ready are planning to adjust their diff
ferences by arbitration, and to appeal
to the thought rather than to the
sword. but progress in that desired
direction cannot be accelerated by the
expurgation of deeds of valor from
the histories. Universal peace will
come through wider knowledge of
the principles of humanity, the exer-
else of a broader national self-control
and a truer realization of Goethe's de-
claration that my country is the
world, my countrymen all mankind.
st. Paul Pioneer Press
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-02

Wroten ad Looie Linkenfusser. Vere-
efferheissatt, Missoory.
Here, take dis. Looie: Ven lasd
wroten you, I mentionSt a axidence
vich vas scheduled to came OUT near
der front end uf der pressendt week
Der narrowing details uf der Incl
dence ISIS es followss: Der day vas
bright und sunshiny, but cloudy Ter
some uf der misfortunate candidates
In feet, a larche per cents uf dem
noticed a mustiness in der atmos-
phere Along late in der efening
blighting frost sedd1ed in spots
In dis primary bitzness, der Feirst
ward, vich is composed uf equal por-
tions uf Mort Topeka und riffer bot
toms, got it's share In feet, ii got
four nominees out uf possible three.
vich ISIS a fiddle uncommon. but nod
agensd der law uf dey can get away
init it, Prominendt Sout side physi-
cianss iss now bitzy trying to reduce
der swelling in der Feirst ward, nit
out killing der patient unttrely A
few dayss from hence der condition
uf der patient will be buiietined, und
I will let you know der result.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-02
FROM OTHER PENS
HOUSE SHOULD GET BUSY.

The senate has passed the postal
saving bank bill and has had the rail-
way bill, which was prepared by the
attorney general, before it for some
time. The house has confined itself
thus far in the session to passing ap-
preparation bills and relatively unirn-
portant measures. 1t is time that it
was showing a serious intention to
give the country the legislation, or at
least a part of it, that the president
has been striving to secure and which
was promised to the people.
1t is not customary for senate COM
mittees to be more alert and prompt
in reporting important measures than
the committees in the house. In the
present case the senate committees
are more responsive to the presidents
influence and to the pledges of the
majority party than the house COM
mitteeS, who, thus far, have shown
more disposition to deliberate than
to act. Spring is fairly upon us, and
warm weather is not far off. The
postal savings bill and the railway
bill should be laid before the house
and taken up for action. There will
be inevitable delay even at the best.
There are wide differences of opinion
in some of the details. This is natur-
al, but if there is earnest support for
the principles of the bills the points
at variance can be adjusted. The
worst enemy of the measures is indie
finite delay in taking them up.-Phi1-
adelphia Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-02
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
[From the New york Press

IFrom the New York Press1
Money goes such a long way in these
again.
A girl thinks you are making love
to her when you ask how her mothers
cold is.
An ugly man seems to think he has
some special license to expect a pretty
girl to marry him.
A man who likes to argue gets mad
dest about it if he cant go on talking
when it's all over.
fellow isn't half as ashamed to ad-
NIT to a woman than he went to a.
prize fight az he is to man that he
lost a bet on II
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-02

Every man OF means in Topeka ought
to be figuring over his finances these
days to find out just how much he can
spare for investment in the state fair.
He will then be ready for the solicitors
when the campaign starts next week to
raise the needed money to establish
the great exposition on a commensurate
scale. This fair is going to be the big
gest thhag for Topeka and Kansas that
has avn@ been projected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-02
AS TO FLIES.

The multiplication of flies appears to
us to be on par with the propagation
of Belgian hares. For centuries the fly
was permitted to take his onward way
with no obstacle greater than the oc-
casional slap of mans hand or the
swish of an animals tail. yet so far as
we know, there are no more flies today
than there were when Lazarus lay at
the rich mans gate and the dogs licked
his wounds. If one fly becomes the
father of millions in a single season we
cannot understand why it is that the
flies have not taken the universe long
ago. Let this in no wise hinder the
''swatting'' that will soon commence,
as the flies Will be here in sufficient
numbers to warrant their diminution.-
Lawrence World