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The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-13
KNAPSACKS GREW LIGHT.
The Greener the Soldier the Heavier the
 Load He Carried.

The Greener the Soldier the Heavier the Load He Carried.
 From the Kingston Freeman.] John s. Bray has received from a vet | eran of the 120th regiment present of knapsack carried by Adam Imhoff during portion of the civil war. This knapsack stirred up' the "reminiscences of a number of old soldiers in MT. Bray's store, and they told of their ex- periences carrying a knapsack and its weight of material necessary for the comfort or convenience of the soldier, and the change of ideas of the private soldier as to what was really necessa- ny for him to cagry during march. The weight usually carried by sol dier in marching and fighting trim was gun, forty rounds of cartridges, and an eight or ten pound knapsack. When the green soldier first started out from camp this knapsack usually weighed about twenty-five pounds Each mile of the march took off a few pounds un- til nothing was left except what was absolutely necessary. Of course he was not allowed to throw away his gun or ammunition. He clung to his coffee and rations, but" when he got really tired he would occasionally throw away his overcoat and his blanket.
 One veteran said: "Why, have ac- tually thrown away sheet of paper to tighten my knapsack."
 A man who threw away his overcoat and blanket was not apt to do that more than once, for it entailed great deal of hardship and suffering. MT. Bray said that when he started out once for march he and his mess com rades became so disgusted with the weight of their knapsacks that they couldn't see what was the use of car rying a big overcoat and blanket. so they threw them away. and when night came eight men were only able to muster one blanket among the lot. which they used by turns, as they slept in the open air.
 Every war veteran remembered some circumstances during the war when a regiment from home had their knap- sacks piled six tiers deep dumped in the roadway so they could double-quick into a fight They were always told that guard would be set over them until they returned. As a rule they never heard of their knapsacks after l ward.
 Some of the survivors of the second battle of Bull Run had vivid recollec- ton of pile of knapsacks which a Vermont brigade piled on the road above Fairfax just before they turned into Chantilly, where they fought a fierce battle that night. They were told that their knapsacks would be re- turned to them. The army fell back. the knapsacks were footed by the vete- rans that fell back that way. and what was left of the pile was set on fire and burned up, so that the Confederates wouldn't get them. One knapsack, H was particularly remembered, con- tained forty or fifty love letters, and as the soldier had not been away from home more than a month, the girl must have written pretty nearly two letters day. It seemed a shame to destroy those precious missives, but they were forced to'do 1t, though they took occasion to read some and carry a 1eW others along as mementoes.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-13

running meter. Moreover, it Is one means that one pays dollar for cents worth of light, and even with electricity the waste Is enormous. With the firehy there is no waste by the production of heat.
 This may seem rather strange 10 thoss who inseparabiy connect a light with some degree of heat manifestation. and this "cold light" if such 1t might be called, would be peculiarly adapted 10 a hot summer evening. IL Is prob- ably simply the result of chemical ac- ton which produces a phosphoreseence IL is produced at one-four-h hundredth of the cost of energy represented in a candle flame. and is supposed to come from the slow combustion Of a material secreted by the nervous organism of the insect. The temperature of the lisht-giving organs is the same as that of other parts of the body.
 In Professor Langley's experiments he took the insects. kept them in the dark all the time. preserved their eggs long time. and ground the dried sub Stance to powder In all these cases the application of moisture produced a light. proving the chemical origin of the phenomenon. To produce a light of equal brilliancy artifcially would re- qure temperature of at least two thousand degrees. The most brilliant of the one hundred and fifty varieties of animal life capable of producing a light of this character in the "cucujo." fn Af ty-eight of these yield one candle pow CT. The natives of Cuba confine them in paper lanterns, and they have been used to take photographs by a two- minute exposure of bromide plates.
 These insects. or beetles, to speak ex- actly. were used by Professor Langley in experimenting. They begin life as a grub, and are variously called skip jacks" or "spring tails" Damp even- ings seem to be the most favorable time to observe their habits. as then they shine most brilliantly.
 Nature having produced this most economical light, which in the most ex- aggerated instance cannot be made to affect the most delicate thermometer, seems to laugh at the feeble efforts of man to follow her plan. It is true that the Geissler tube. plaything of the laboratory. will produce light without heat, but 1t is incapable of practical production. Scientists believe that ere long the secret of the wonderful light, which has been proved to be not unlike the luminous calcium sulphide paint of commerce, will be discovered, with a result as revolutionary in the world of illumination as that caused by electrici- ty.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-13
ENLARGING OUR MARKETS

For thirteen years before the pas sage of the Mckinley law our exports to Cuba averaged $10,06O,000 annually. The average for the three years follow ing the passage of that law was $2O,- 447,000. The increase was more than double, and was due to the reciprocity treaty negotiated with Spain in 1891. That treaty provided that in return for free sugar Spain should give special privileges to American goods entering Cuban ports. The result was a much larger sale of our coal, oil wheat, flour, meat, and various manufactured ar ticles. Under the new tariff law sugar no longer comes into this country free of duty, and Spain, having nothing to gain by the reciprocity treaty, has or dered the customs officials of Cuba to restore the heavy and in some cases pro- hibitory duties on American products ana mdnuIdcluTeS.
 What effect this order is having is in- dicated by what is happening in Gal weston, Texas. The other day a reporter visited the flour. grain and feed mer- chants of that city. The first place he came to was flour mill that had been doing a large trade with Cuba. Our business has been destroyed,' he was told. Spain has retaliated for our sugar tax by putting a duty of $5 a barrel on American four" At another place he found very angry merchant, whose business had been "knocked into a cooked hat" This man had been for some time engaged in building up an export trade to the Spanish West Indies, in corn, oats and hay. Spain's retaliatory measure had spoiled his trade. He didn't blame Spain, he said, but he did think congress might have postponed the time for putting the law into operation so that American ship pers might have had some chance.
 Thus is the new tariff law "enlarging our markets abroad" in fulfllment of the promises made by Democratic statesmen,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-13
- HOU DID IT HAPPEN?

Of making many books there Is no end. and there is also no end of the making of petitions. And some of the petitions are as fearfully and wonder fully made as some of the books. A few years ago in Texas a man bet that he could get a certain number of highly respectable and influential men of his town to sign petition asking that one Of their highly respectable and innuen- tial fellow citizens be hung He won his bet and showed how easy 1t Is to get a petition signed.
 In looking over the list of signatures to the petition for a drawbridge over West river we have wondered if the circulator of that petition wasn't imi- tating the Texas man. For among the signers are those who could not by any possibility have signed the petition had they realized what 1t meant. It doesn't stand to reason that gentlemen would knowingly sign petition against their own interests and against the interests of their friends and neighbors. And yet some of those who signed that peti-' ton appear to have done that very thing. The only way we can account for their action is that they thought they were signing petition for widen ing the river below the bridge. That they realized that they were signing petition for the obstruction of travel on Kimberly avenue and for saddling the town of Orange with an expenditure of forty or fifty thousand dollars is not possible. Those who find themselves unwittingly in this ridiculous and harmful position should not hesitate to get out of it immediately. The bible speaks well of the man who swears to his own hurt and changeth not. but it does not speak we'll of man who care lessly or ignorantly signs a petition to injure himself and his community and changeth not
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-13
FASHION NOTES.
No More of "Cholly's" Grip.

No More of "Cholly g" Grip.
 The dreadful high hand-shake which was styled by it's critics as the "over- hand serve" is going out, and in it's place comes one which is far prettier and more graceful. The miss who is up to the trick meets her acquaintance half way and then suddenly filings out both little pink palms towards her about on level with her waist She allows you to just clasp but not shake them. That is all there is of it, but the men assert that it gives real start af- ter. the awkward formality of the con- tortion swells have of late been going through and calling hand-shake. In- deed it is too pretty and too cordial to last with the exquisites.
 But turn from the gesture of receiv- ing to the gown in which to do it. It is sketched here and is very pretty one. Made of rose pink bengaline it has an underskirt covered half way up with a band of bengaline, and an over skirt draped slightly on the left side. The blouse waist fastens at the side and has deep yoke of white guipure laid over black satin, to which the silk is sewed with a deep head. A pink sat- in ribbon gives the belt and the stand ing collar is covered with gathered rose pink tulle with triple frill under each year. The sleeves are very full and have 8 pointed black satin insertion covered with lace.
 Perishable as 1t seems. lace is always
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-13
REMEMBER

Office Seeker-Mr. President, don't you remember me? President-Yes, but cannot place you.-Truth. Manager-Why do you look so gloomy |? The house is crowded. Playwright That's just it;suppose they should hiss |? -Fliegende Blatter
 She-I don't see you with Miss Got FOX any more. Have you and she had a misunderstanding? He-No; an under standing. She rejected me.-Brooklyn Life. Wife-That new girl sleeps like log,
 and never can get her up in the morn-
 ing. Husband (struck by bright ideal Let the baby sleep with her.-Good News. Bacon-What's that thread tied about your little finger for? Egbert-Oh, that's just to remind my wife to ask me if forgot something she told me to re- member.-Tit-Bits.
 Judge-You are charged with assault and battery; what have you to say? Prisoner-Not a word, yeronner It was
 o1S AiA SOO lAuNlA S5OI lIlC 1AlO IlllS SCIdDG. Detroit Free Press.
 De trouble wifi disshere civilization" :" said Uncle Eben, lam dat by de time CT
 man gifts financially fixed ter inJy de
 bes' ob eberyting, he's done worried hisse'f inter dispepshy."-W Washington Star.
 Chollie-The. idea of a business man sending letter with P. s. Chappie- Doosid bad form, surely. Chollie-But
 that isn't the worst of it. Ill this case it means Please Settle. ."-Cincinnat Tribune.
 Teacher-They builded better than they knew. Do you understand that !? Bright Boy-Yes'm They always do, "Who always do?" "The architects,you
 know. Pops new five-thousand-dollar house costs most ten thousand Good
 News.
 Tt must be pretty hard work pound-
 ing the pavement with that great ram
 mer," said the idler. Sure" said Mir. Grogan. "it is not the droppin' av the
 thing on the sthones thot is the har-rd
 wor-rk at all. It is the liftin' av it up."
 Indianapolis Journal.
 At Soda Water Fountains Clerk -What t l flavor? Bridget (aside to Pat)-Phat do he mean, Pat? Pat-Whist, Biddy; don't
 show yer ignorance; they has fruit havors in the sado. I'll be havin' sthrawberry in mine. Bridget-oh. wis. Oi ee.fruit flavors; Orll have onion in mine. e."-Life
 Mamma-What are you trying to draw? Little Ethel - A elephant.
 Rather a difficult subject" "rd
 rather draw elephants than anything else, because my friends can always tell
 what 1t is. They knows an elephant is
 the only animal wifi two s."-Phila- delphia Press.
 Purchaser (angrily)-That cheap suit
 you sold me only a few weeks ago has gone all to pieces. Dealer Benevolent ly)-Mein frent, you dake de advize off an olt man, vot knows de cloding trade,
 und don't buy sheap suit next time. Let me show you zom high priced
 goots.-New York Weekly. SHoulu Hhe to pe SAcuseo, your
 honor," said man who had been sum-
 moned on jury. What for?" T owe
 a man $10 and wish to hunt him up and pay 1t" Do you mean to tell the court that you would hunt up a man to pay
 a bill instead of waiting for him to
 hunt you up?' "Yes, your honor" "You
 are excused. don't want any man on
 the jury who will lie like thnt." "-Boston Commercial Bulletin.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-13
"The Cackle of the Bourg."

There are two classes of people with whom gossip is very infrequent thing. One is the quite young woman and the other Is the woman of society. Gossip Is something which takes the place of play, of politics, of study, of amuse- ment, often, indeed, of books, with the people who indulge in it. But the young girl Is interested in herself, in her intimate friend, in her possible lov- CT, in her dresses, in her dreams; she does not care the least in the world for the relations of other people, their doings and sayings, the things, that make scandal ir general. If she hears speech of them, unless it is merely laughable, the utterance rolls off her mind like dew off a leaf; it does not concern her and she cares only for that which does concern her. Unless she has been very poorly reared, the world of suspicion, of innuendo, of sin, has not yet thrown open It's doors to her: she is happy In the world where she is, world of sunshine to her if of gloom for her elders, world of hope, where. be her circumstances what they may, in want of money, in want of station, the conditions of youth and health make that fortunate combination which withstands and sheds trouble, and has no interest in the dark recesses of life.
 It is the same way with women of society. From morning till night her time is filled with positive engagements in relation to pleasant things. It is breakfast, the dressmaker, the pri- vate view. a lunch, a musical, a mat inee. a drive, a f1ve-o'clock tea, din- ner, dance, the opera, the theatre par ty, the tableau and theatricals for char ity. the round of calls, and the receiv- ing of calis-season after season of un- broken gayety. These women of so- ciety have to make themselves agree able. to keep themselves informed as to the progress of events, to know the latest books, the latest music, the lat est lion; everything is taken on the wing. and they have actually no time to sit down for a dish of scandal
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-13
Weddings From Thrce Points of View.

 When q modern maiden marries, In delightful dreams she tarries.
 As her fancy surely shifts ar, To the thought of wedding gifts. Every Friend who would bc pleasant Mus, she muses. "send q present; All acquaintances must pay
 Tax upon my marriage day, Fans and fmrs and rare old laces, Gold-cmbcllished dressing cases,
 nnlngs ana brooches, silver mugs, Entree dishes, clarct jugs Tables will with these be laden when marry" gloats the maiden. When q modern Coelebs'marrics In his heart grim fear he carries.
 With" thinks he. "our income small We don't want such gifts at all. There's that grand piano-gracious! That involves Il house more espacous. Then that dressing-bag alas.
 That can only 20 first-class; Silver center-diSh and cup, too, How can we such things live up to-? Every present of pretense
 Means for me increased expense. Would that such gifts could ban When marry" thinks the man. When man and maiden marry, Hearts of lead their friends all carry, Custom, as they know. demands Costly presents at their hands, Ostentation, too, coerces, So they empty out their purses,
 Fearful lest their names be missed From the always published list. But in private in a passion, They denouncc the sordid fashion, Crying. in most bitter strain,
 Only fancy, fleeced again! Bah 'tis an event to dread When man and maiden we'd"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-13
DIFFERENTIATION PUBLISHING co
Advertising A Rates.

s,u,.,,ons, Wants Rents and other small ad- rcr,isements One Cent n Word each inser- ,,nn Eve cents word for A full week (seven iimcs). ,.. o,o In.
 Display Advertiscmcnts-per men, sr1nn 9ne '.. ao cents one week, S3.90; one month. slo; ono Obituary notices, iu prose or verse. l5 cents per line. Notices of Births, Marriages, pea'Is s and Funerals. bO cents eacb. boca' "o''o''' '' cents per line. .,.,r ov, immediate business (all matter to be unopJec- tionabIcI. and their contracts do not ihciuue
 niscounts-0n two Inches or more. one month and over, 10 per cent. on four inehe" or more one raonth and oyor. Is DOT cont
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successive campaigns the sum he had 10 put out in two contested seat cases, his yearly subscriptions to charitable and other purposes. intended to keep himself popular with his constituents, and the money he spent in establishing big public recreation grounds in his district. which were also. of course. a part of the means he thought 1t neces- sary to employ to keep himself in power.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-13

1t. II will come off of one dress and go on another. 1t will combine with about any material. the coming fashions even planning It's use with fur. The most economical lace to buy Is one with net ot twisted thread. The Valenciennes type is ruined when once 1t Is soiled. because cleaning stiffens it. It Is al- ways better to purchase wide than a narrow lace. With a good supply of lace handsome dress can be put to- gether at any time at small cost.
 FLoRETTE.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-13

The late Stephen Meekins of W''- liamsburg, Massachusetts, who ieft oy will ss5 5000 for a public library Tn that town. also willed to his horse, for It's time and it's services, "a good dose or chloroform and suitable burial on the farm on which he so faithfully served his master"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-13
THE CHEAPEST LIGHT. '
It Is That Used by the FIrefi'es, and The.
 Alone Have the Secret. "

It Is That Used by the FIreii'es, and They
 Alone Have the Secret.
 tFrom the Boston Journsl.l
 One of the prettiest sights of 8 sum- mer evening in the country Is mead ow covered with a swarm of fitting firefiies. Many intensely practical peo- pie have laughed at any suggestion that this firefly light could be utilized in any way by man. Yet scientists have long been at work on the problem, and one of the number. Secretary Lang ley, of the Smithsonian Institute. has arrived at some startling conclusions. The light shed by thess little insects is the most economicaf ffiuminapt in the world. It has no Maste and no oyer
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-13

A curious application of the phono- graph to watches has been made re- gently by a watchmaker in Geneva, Switzerland, in whose repeating watch es the bell is replaced by circular disk of vulcanized rubber less than two in- ches in diameter. upon which phono- graphic lines corresponding to cer- tain series of spoken words are spirally engraved. The passage of a vibrating point over these lines causes the watch literally to tell the hours, and even, when desired, to sound an alarm and awaken the sleeper. It has been demon- strated that the point may pass many thousand times over the lines on the disk without wearing them away ap- preciably. When the watch speaks the hours its voice is clear and distinct twenty feet away with closed door be- tween.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-13

Mount Hope. New York. is stirred by a controversy which has arisen over The refusal of Rowland Fitzgerald, aged thirteen, to hang his hat ill the ward robe provided for the wearing apparel of pupils in the village school. The bows course is supported by his father, the Rev. Thomas Fitzgerald, and a legal controversy IS probable to decide the boys right to hang up his hat where he wants to.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-13

A recent Homeric critic points out that the most delicate thing in ancient liter ature if not in all literature, is the subtle passage in which it is told how Penelope, most faithful of women, rould not recognize her returned hus- band until his identity had been re- vealed by the deeper instinct and more devoted affection of his dog.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-13

Mary Ellen Lease has soft spot Ill her heart for George M. Pullman. she SAWS that he has been rapidly accumu- lating his wealth for place where gold will readily melt"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-13
Southern Receipts for Pickles and Sauces
 From Harper's Bazar.] ..,"

oil Cucumber Pickles.-This very de- licious compound is prepared as fol- lows: Pare and slice four dozen cucum- bers as if for serving on table, put them into brine strong enough to bear an sgy. and let them stand twenty-four
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-13

Experiments made at the Massachu- getts Institute of Technology show that the air outside the building contains from 3.7 to Az parts of carbonic acid in ten thousand. In the unused rooms there is about one-half of one per cent. more, owing to the decomposition of or ganic matter in the 'flues, floors and walls. Ill the rooms that are open and constantly used about five parts of .arbonic acid in ten thousand are found, and in the recitation rooms from Six to twelve parts. The conclusion of the investigators is that students can work we'll in a clean room in which the air contains seven to ten parts of carbonic acid in ten thousand, but that more causes dullness.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-13

An unusual result of the drought was noticed in Stockbridge, Massachusetts the other day. Some workmen heard a robin uttering loud cries, and saw the bird darting from branch to branch of . tree. in great excitement. Close ex- animation showed red squirrel sitting on branch close to the trunk, holding . young robin in his paws. The men threw stones at him to make him drop the bird, but he moved around the tree, still holding it. Finally he let it drop to the ground, and darted away. On pick ing up the bird, it was found to be quite dead, and almost drained of blood, the fierce little rodent having satisfied his thirst at the cost of the birds life. Squirrels are known to eat birds eggs, but the long drought is held responsi- ble for this crime.
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Notice.

wecannot accept anonymous or return re iected communications. In all cases the ha.me ,,aa of inc writer will hc required. not for pupiica- tiop. but as a guarantee Of good faltn'
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"Shtsbt N'ta sho1t VI their own house. holds, or the Leroic efforts they make to appear cheerful and happy.
 Women ought to be told just where the danger lies, for their whole future may depend upon their knowledge, and how 10 overcome it.
 Lydia E. PiRkhapi solved the mystery after years of expert encc and study. She unerringly traced the cause of nearly all of woman's suffering to the womb.
 Other years fol- lowed and her Vege- table Compound was given to the world.
 And now, after
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