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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-09
state Corporation Commission.

Charters granted Yesterday were:
Amendment to charter of Newport
News Light and Water Company
Newport News, Va, authorizing com
pany to issue s6,o0o.00o or bonds,
Amendment to charter of White
Motor Company, Incorporated. Rich
mond Va. changing name to Termi-
nal Motor Company, incorporated.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-09
Henrico Release Dees

John NJ. Purcell, tdustee, to F. L.
Hawkins, lots rs, plan of Jefferson
Garden. September Is, 1915; $3.50.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-09

singing. talking ana dancing act, and
Paul lie verre and Brother, comedy
acrobatiques
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-09
RICHMOND STOCK MARKET.

fFrom Caslsie c. Burch & Coz
Richmond, Va. Dec. s, 1918.
STATE SECCEiTIEs
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-09
BIG VOTE OFFER WILL

Continues from First PAGES
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-09
RICHMOND GRAIN MARKET.
Wholesale Quotations ON sCAanx~.l

nichmepa. Va. Dec. s. la1s.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-09

Since this advertisement was
first published one OF our deep
wells on our big Cushing property
has developed . Rich producer In
the Wheeler sand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-02
A uNx FOR FLIES.

A safe and effective weapon against
the typhoid or house fly has been
found in powdered hellebore by
scientists of the United States depart
ment of agriculture. Flies lay their
eggs chiefly in stable manure. Pow
dered hellebore mixed with water and
sprinkled over the manure. will de-
stroy the larvae which are Matched
from the eggs. Since powdered helle-
bore is readily obtainabIe, this puts in
the hands of everyone remedy for
one of the pests that has been found
dangerous as we'll as troublesome.
Powdered hellebore, however, will not
kill adult flies which must be swatted
or trapped. 1t has long been known
that flies breed in manure but pre-
vious methods of destroying the larvae
there by the use IF strong chemicals
have been open to the objection that
the treatment under some conditions
lessened the fertilizing value of the
manure or actually injured vegetation.
This is not true of powdered helIebore.
Government experiments have shown
that the hellebore is entirely decom-
posed in the course of the fer1nenta-
ton of the manure and that even in
excessive quantities it does no harm
except to the larvae it is intended to
destroy. Chickens picking in manure
treated with it suffer no ill effects.
One-half pound of powdered heiiebore
mixed with 10 gallons of water is suf-
ficient to kill the larvae in bushels.
or 10 cubic feet, of manure. The mix
ture should be sprinkled carefully
over the pile, especial attention being
paid to the outer edges. In most
places hellebore is obtainable in 100
pound lots at a cost of II cents a
pound. This makes the cost of the
treatment a little less than seven
tenths of a cent per bushel of manure.
A liberal estimate of the output of
manure is two bushels a day per
horse. The money involved is, there
fore, trif1ing in comparison with the
benefits to the individual and the
community from the practical elimi-
nation of the disease-spreading fly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-02
EXPENSES OF THE WAR.

Some idea of the expensiveness of
war may be gained from the fact that
on June l 5 the British house of COM
mons voted a war credit of $780,
100000. making with credits previous
ly voted a total of $4.31o, 100000 set
aside for war purposes, writes Martin
Marshall in Leslie's. On introducing
this measure Premier AsQuith ex-
planned that from April 1 to June 12
the war expenditure had been at the
rate of $13, 100000 daily and estimated
that the expenditure of the new
credit would be at the rate of $751;
100000 per day. Since the beginning
of the war it has been frequently
stated that the greater financial re-
sources would win and this, of course
points to the ultimate triumph of the
Allies The French war expenditures
are at the rate of 100000 francs
per day, or about ss.0OO,0OO, and Rus
sia's are estimated to be nearly as
much DR.. Elemes Pantas, a Buda-
pest financier, has calculated that
this war has added $11,25O,oOO,0
to the national debts of the belliger-
ents. Germany his successfully float
ed two war loans amounting to O.
600, 100000 marks, or about $780,
100000. Professor Eulenburg, in
recent article in the Leipziger Illus
trirte zeitung. points out that Ger
many's financial situation is very much
strengthened by the fact that she
has not been able to purchase ma
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-02

Two energetic flies buzzed around
the sunny garden. ''Oh, just want
to fly over that path and back again!
1 can't imagine why you say, keep
away from there'!" exclaimed one,
plaintively, you don't realize how do
like to dart over the white stones
they are so bright and pretty"
''Of course they are" replied the
other fly, patiently explaining, but
I have told you mary times that you
on being caught? Can't you see that
Mr.. Garden Toad knows that you like
to fly over bright stones, and so lies
in wait right by the edge of the
Walk"
sMr. Garden Toad? ?" cried the first
fly in disgust, lis it he that you are
afraid of? Why didn't you tell me
that before? Mr.. Garden Toad could
not catch me if he tried. Don't you
see how fat ard lazy he is getting of
late? He couldn't catch me if I
crawled over his very nose! He"
But Mr.. Garden Toad heard no
more, for the two buzzing flies flew
quite out of hearing. But he had
heard enough to give Nun food for
considerable thought. who could
they have been talking about ?" he
asked himself in a puzzled voice, sit
surely sounded as though they meant
me-; but l am not fat / we'll remem-
Der when 1 looked in the pools the
1 noticed particularly what a nice.
slim, dainty green creature I was, and
1 recall thinking that / was much the
most attractive creature of my ac-
quaintance. Strange that they should
speak of me as fat. 1 must have been
dreaming"
And just to convince himself that
he was really awake he took two or
three leisurely hops in the sunshine.
mo, am not asleep" he decided, $50
there is no need of exerting myself
unnecessarily. 1 think L will just lie
here in the sunshine till Billy Robin
comes home. Then 1 will tell hin.
what 1 heard, and he will tell me
that 1 am not fat !"
So all the whole day Mr.. Garden
Toad dozed comfortably in the sun
shine and patiently waited for Billy
Robin to come home.
Now, it happened that Billy was in
the park with Tommy Sparrow and
Bluey Blackbird, so he didn't come
home till late afternoon, and the pa
tient toad mad a long time to wait
But he didn't mind that--he didn't
mind anything, as long as he didn't
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-02
EULOGY ON A TIN CAN.

The tin can is the emblem of civ
ilization, says the Worlds Work for
July. Its absence defines the savage:
its use sets apart from barbarians the
modern, forehanded. sanitary man. 1t
is civilizations defense against the
leanness of lean years and against the
attacks of carniverous germs. 1t is
important, therefore, that one of the
most completely exhibited things at
the Panama-Pacific Exposition at San
Francisco is the tin can, both in its
manufacture and in its use. 1t has
been improved in the last ten years:
the top and bottom are no longer SOL
dered on, they are crimped on, so that
no corrosion can result from acid con-
tents. Cans are now sealed in a
vacuum, so that no bacterial change
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-02
QUAKER MEDIrATIoNs.

GFrem the Philadelphia Record
Many man gets alors in spite
| of his shortcomings.
What's in a name? The civil SER
vice engineer doesn't always shine in
polite society.
Those who dance must pay the pi-
per. Also sometimes those who mere
ly look on. ,..-..
1t doesn't do much good to hold the
key to the situation, if you can't find
the keyhole .-...-
The people who are most eager to
keep money in circulation are those
who haven't any.
In teaching the young idea how 20
shoot is it necessary to give him in
structions in triggernometry?
"a fellow can always tell when he
is in love- says the Cynical Bachelor.
He feels like making a fool of him
self"
Wigwag-tLet me give you bit of
advice. Guzzler; it's time for you TIC
take brace" Guzzles-"Fhanks, old
chap; I've just had a bracer."
Tommy-"Pop, what is tact ?'
Tommy's Pop-"Tact, my son, is the
graceful art OF making other people
think they know more than you do
ITO him that hath it shall be given"
quoted the Wise Guy. Il don't know
about that said the Simple Mug
THE man with the very best digestive
apparatus may have nothing to di-
geSt"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-02
Jayhawker Jots

The Minneapolis Messengers idea OF
a soft job would be to hoe the garden
plants out of some weed patches 1t
has seen.
AS the Oakley Graphic puts it: The
annual contest among the women TO
see who can put up the most canned
fruit will soon be on
| Evolution, explains the Oakley
Graphic, is having been born Popu-
list, raised a Democrat and then Vot-
ing the Republican ticket.
Noting that June is also the month
when all-around fishing starts, the
Glasco Sun observes that the June
bride, however, has already caught her
fish.
The Chanute Tribune boasts of "a
cream-colored, ed-breasted robin, -
notes the lola Register, and 1T adds:
That's nothing; we have the wettest
dry season ever known in this locality.
A reflection in the Kensington Mir
ror: Probably there is nothing quite
so pure as the motive of man who
lends money to another when he is
morally certain that he will never get
it back.
While you are making friends that
will stand by you in time of need,
don't forget, urges the ManlSato West
ern Advocate, to save a dollar or two
that you can put your hands on as
friend number one.
There are scores of farmers in
Douglas county who have made them
selves we'll to do growing wheat, says
the Lawrence Journal-World,b but we
do not know of one who has even held
his own bucking the wheat market.
One of the stories going the rounds
tells of a little Wichita girl who had
been cautioned by her mother not to
turn on the water because the water
bill would be too high. The other
day, while the rain was pouring down,
she said seriously to her mother: MY,
mamma, Gods water bill must be aw-
full big today"
Eureka is to have a chautauqua
some time this season. Soon prob
ably. The current issues of the Eu-
reka papers, the Herald and the
Democratic Messenger, contain col
umns and columns of illustrated dis
play advertising and reading notice.
about the affair, but in none of it is the
merest inkling given as to the dates
when it will be staged.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-02
Journal Entries

The voung man who is satisfied
with himself hasn't much of a fu-
ture.
/. !. =
Considerable hard work is often in
duIged in under the guise of seeking
amusement.
A mother isn't likely to be pleased
by being told that her son is taking
after his father.
That women excel as animal train
ers is also evidenced by the meekness
of most of the married men.
I. =
Men and women may we'll be par
doned for dilating on their GOOD
points Their friends only see to 1t
that their bad ones are advertised.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-02

voice, and because the letter was
written in fire on her memory she
repeated it word for word
IF l had read it all, darling, 1
would have come to you at once" he
care
L am not worthy of you," she said
brokenly. linked up those letters
Intentionally. 1 sent Sylvia's to you
because l was too proud to confess
myself an the wrong, but 1 wanted
you to know that l Owed you in spite
of all. 1 did not appreciate that YOU
had a higher code of honor-that
you would not read what was not in
tended for you. / have been punished
for my weakness, Bob-and I do not
blame you if you despise me- she
Sobbed.
His arms were about her.
Il want you more than ever, Syl-
via,' he said.-(Copyright 1915, by
the Mcclure Newspaper Svndicatel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-02
ITALY SCORES HEAVILY.

Italy has recanted. She is taking
no chances of being charged with
cruelty and inhumanity. She has re-
considered her original plan of send
ing her poet of passion, Gabrielle
D'Annunzio to a place in the trenches
and has attached him to the staff of
the Duke of Aosta with the commits
sion of general historian of the war.
If Gabe turns his poetic imagination
loose. the achievements of the Ital-
ians will be chronicled in an exceed
ingly extravagant fashion. Even the
nimble-witted Russian press agent at
Petrograd is likely to be forced into
a back seat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-02

terials in the world market. She is
therefore compelled to produce for
herself nearly all war munitions as
well as supplies for the civilian popu-
lation. Consequently the money ex-
pended for these items does not leave
the country but continues to circulate
from hand to hand He says that the
savings of the German people amount
ed before the war to from 100000
900 to S,0OO,0OO,O 900 marks annually
and that at the present time they VIII
not fall below 5,0O0,0O0.0OO marks.
1t is we'll known that Russia Is ex-
periencing great financial difficulties
Internal war loans amounting to D.
900, 100000 rubles have been offered
and it is presumed that they were sue
cessful although no definite inforrna-
ton has been furnished. Russia Dor
rowed a small amount from England
at the beginning of the war and since
then treasury notes have been made
against large stores of grain at Odessa
and elsewhere to be discounted in
England. These cannot be redeemed
until the opening of the Dardanelles
releases the grain for export, which
may explain why Great Britain was
so anxious to bring. about the early
capture of Constantinople. Austr1a's
financial troubles are evidently very
acute. Efforts to raise domestic
war loan are, it is reported, not meet
ing with success. Emperor Francis
Joseph headed the list with very
large subscription but so far not to
exceed s3o0,O0O.0O0 has been sub
scribed and the government is report
ed to be resorting to drastic methods
to stimulate subscriptions. The daily
of the Austrian govern
ment is about 100000 and the first
war loan of $3.50. 100000 has been en-
tirely exhausted as has the s500,0OO,-
600 secured from Germany a few
months since.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-02
Globe Sights
Cheap whisky probably is the most
BY THE ATCHISON GLOBE.

Cheap whisky probably is the most
expensive beverage.
There is also a lot of flapdoodle
about the eccentricities of genius.
While the dentist may hurt you,
give him credit for being cheerful
about it,.
Extended association with a profess
sional Sunny Jim will make one ap-
preciate grumbling.
Stepping up to a bar and looking
through the bars naturally follow
each other, it sometimes seems
Alb Adkins says ne is never heard
from the hero of the occasion.
Disagreeable facts are apt to be the
stock in trade of the gent who always
insists on telling the Plain Truth.
This Glad Hand business can be
overdone. At the same time this Mere
Reporter thinks lot of Pollyanna.
Unless a man resigns to take a bet
ter job, he will have difficulty in con-
vincing the audience that he wasn't
fired.
A lot of big, strong men can't open
a jar of fruit with any ease. 1t re-
Quires a woman's knack to open a jar
of fruit.
1t is reported that Joe McGee's
mule kicked him the other day, which
probably explains why he has the au-
tomobile fever.
Go to a dentist and he will say your
teeth need cleaning. Go to Z watch
maker, and he will say your watch
needs cleaning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-02
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom the Chicago News. ]

A smile is little noiseless laugh.
Philosophy reconciles us to the mis-
fortunes of others.
The less work a man does the more
he tires others.
An undertaken is man who fol-
lows the medical profession.
The height of some mems ambition
is to pull other men down.
Truth is stranger than fiction be-
cause there's less on the market.
Don't wait until you are broke be-
fore you begin to mend your ways.
An old bachelor says matrimony is
the cemetery in which love is buried.
Many a man has found himself IN
tight place because he didn't re-
main sober.
It's easy to convince the lone man
at an afternoon tea that there is no
place like home.
A man seldom wants to arbitrate
unless he is morally certain of his in
ability to lick the other fellow.
Many a womans work is never done
because she goes to a card party be-
fore the dishes are washed and dried.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-02
From Other Pens
THE NEW FRENCH SPIRIT.


The French are today the most seri-
Gus people of Europe. The traditional
effervescence of the Gallo character
has vanished. Every Frenchman has
come to look upon the work of France
as his own work; and he knows that
France is fighting for her life.
There is an utter absence of bonn
bast or buster. The French states
men, the French military command
ers and the French soldiers are re-
framing from all braggart expressions
of confidence. A nation which has al
ways appeared to outsiders as par
TALLY intoxicated has become sudden
ly the soberest of states. Gravity,
even solemnity, marks the mien of
the Frenchman of today. If 10 talks
of the war he talks calmly. There is
no rancor and no menace in his at
titude toward his enemy. He sings
no song of hate. He makes no threat
of what he will do if he wins, nor does
he bemoan the fate he will suffer If
he loses. 1t is possible that the change
which has come over the French peo-
pie will have some permanent effect
on the French character. For one
thing the nation will probably never
go, back to absinthe. A great ordeal
in a nations life may well leave last
ing influence as a similar experience
would change the character of an In
dividual.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-02

And Billy, who was always so kind
and obliging, hurried right over to see
what was wanted.
while I was sitting in the sun, Just
by the edge of the walk" Mr.. Garden
Toad began, who should come fly
ing right over my nose but two big
saucy flies. And, more than that, they
were talking about mel Yes, MEL
And what do you suppose they SAID p"
Billy wouldn't even try 20 guess. so
Mr.. Garden Toad had to tell him
(Which he wanted to do anyway, SO
it didn't matter).
They said that they needn't be
careful about me, because I was too
fat to catch them!'
well, you are, aren't your" said
Billy, calmly; so why care?'
IT? 1 too fat?" demanded Mr. Gar
den Toad. IL? What in the world
do you mean o.
Just what I say repeated Billy.
surprised that Mr. Garden Toad
should act that way. why, 1 sun
posed you knew that!" And with a
sleepy flirt of his tail he flew OFF 10
bed, leaving amazed Mr.. Garden Toad
to his own -(Copyright-
Clara Ingram Judson.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-02

can be set up within. The processes
in these directions have been vastly
improved. And the machinery for
making can exhibited in the Palace
of Manufacturers and the machinery
for filling and sealing them exhibited
in the Palace of Horticulture) have
been perfected until the process in
each case is now a continuous process.
and a process wholly mechanical, in
which the workmen share with their
hands only to pull levers and adjust
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-02

German statesmen are firm in their
belief that Rumania will remain neu-
trail. But they felt the same about
Italy. AS to whether or not Rumania
gets into the war probably depends en-
tirely on just how much of the swa &
the Allies are willing to promise her.
1t is not now question of patriotism
or sentiment with the little nations of
Europe that are left sitting on the
war fence. 1t is purely a matter of
business with them whether they will
jump into the war game or stay out
of If
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-02

Z Mr.. Bryan continues to swat the
press of the nation with severe criti-
cism on every possible occasion. And
it might be we'll for Mr.. Bryan to re-
member that he would have long since
been in the limbo of the things forgot
ten had it not been for the free adj
vertising that this same press has so
generously accorded him. Evidently
republic is no more ungratefuI than
the politicians. or some of them, who
dwell within it's confines
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-02

Well. the rare June days for 1915
have officially passed on their way.
And many of them were so rare as to
be exceedingly juicy. Not a few were
raw. In fact, it was an unusual June
for Kansas. But then, Kansas wealth
er is almost always as uncertain as
most OF che prophecies as to what it
is likely to be-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-02
SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE, ONLY.

SAUCE FOX THE GOOSE, ONLY.
Admirable, indeed, were the sugges-
tions of Governor Capper to the state
civil service commissioners that they
adopt rule they did which
makes the users of strong drink
ineligible for places on the
states pay rolls. But, of course,
such a rule will apply only to the state
employees over whom the commission
has Jurisdiction, and not to the many
that are exempted from the provisions
of the new civil service law. This is a
sauce, slough, that should be served to
the gamers as we'll as the geese.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-02

Rhode Island gets into the limelight
with an election fraud scandal of pro-
portions about as large as those of the
ones that have given SO much unde-
sirable notoriety of late to Indiana.
But what, by the way, have become of
that Kansas City, Kan, affair that was
going to make the corrupt practices at
Terre Haute look like the prov,erbial
thirty cents?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-02
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers of the State journal away
from home during the summer may have
the paper mailed regularly each day to any
address at the rate of ten cents week or
thirty cents a month (by mail only. Ad-
dress changed often desired. While
cut of town the State journal will be to
you like a daily letter from home.
Advance payment Is requested on these
short time subscriptions. to save boOkkeep-
ing expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-02

And the proverbial hailstones of
Kansas, those as large as hens eggs,
become pigmies along side those that
are said to have fallen in Nebraska
the other day which measured eleven
inches in circumference. However,
Kansas won't make any particular eff
fort to regain the championship in
this particular. Hailstones as large
as hens eggs are plenty big enough.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-02

Germany is reported to be Selling
supplies of rags, notes the Milwaukee
Sentinel, and it adds: Humanity
would rise up and call the German
government blessed if it would just
confiscate all the rags German bands
are pIaying
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-02

Contribucory evidence to the conten-
ton that New York city is the easiest
place in the world in which a man can
hide out. Felix Diaz had no trouble
in evading the sleuths who trailed him
into Mexico via Ell Paso by staying
there
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-02

In all likelihood, the German sub
marining of the freighter Armenian
and the incidental killing of nineteen
American citizens, will not strike the
snobs of the nations as anything like
as serious an affair as was the des-
truction of the Lusitania. The Ameri-
can on the Armenian were merely
rnu1eteeIS