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The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-25
4 LION ONiYHE E LOCOMOTIVE.
He Was Only a Mountain Lion, But Nobod' Disturbed Him.

Disturbed Him.
 .-. From the Detroit Free Press.]
 Last winter when the snow storms were SO fearful throughout the moun- tains in Utah, and the earth was cov- cred with snow to the depth of five to ten feet and remained hidden 50 long long, the wild animals were forced to desperation. The wolves were starved and weak, and what is known as the mountain lion almost perished from starvation. It's great strength failed it and man with knife could soon take the life of an animal that a short time before could hold a powerful OK or horse and make a meal of his flesh.
 The hungry animals after while dis covered that food was to be had along the railroad track, where passengers threw bones and scraps of victuals from passing trains. Often two starving CO., votes would engage in deadly combat over a chicken bone that had a short time before been ridden of its last ves- tige of nourishment by some economical person whi did not care to pay seventy five cents for a meal. This was the condition of things
 Engineer Cast had charge of engine No. 151, which was known as "the help err from the fact that 1t helped trains up the mountains and when at the summit cut off and dropped back down to the bottom ready to hel another. 3rh 1v,c Lo was slack Cast noticed something wrong with the gearing under the ten- der and remarked to the fireman that they would get off and repair it. When half way down the mountain side he brought the engine to a standstill and the two men went to work at what proved to be twenty minutes job packing hot box on the tender The tallow pot was left at the boilers head.
 After completing the repairs the men were mounting the engine again only to see huge mountain lion devouring the tallow and holding full possession of the engine cab. It was a cold night and the snow was drifting. The men had already remained outside until they were very cold, and the chances of dis possessing MT. Lion were very n1eagre as he snapped his teeth and flashed his eyes and fast stored the tallow out of sight. The only consolation the men had was that the tailow would not last long at that rate, and even this thought was not entirely satisfying, as they had no way of determining that one of them would not go the same way at the con clusion of the tallow feast. Finally, after fifteen minutes further delay, the taflow pot was empty, and giving 2 growl, as much as to says T am very thankful. gentlemen. and you ought tc be-" the animal leaped from the cab and disappeared in the hills.
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and then materials are shown wherein
 the stripes are small and of quiet hues.
 These are deserving of strong liking,
 for they are unquestionably right as to style, and yet possess none of the un- comfortable prominence of the wide barre goods. A narrow black and white woolen goods is used in the dress sketched herewith. The stuff is taken
 bias for the moderately wide bell skirt,
 which is lined with alpaca and stiff ened. The bodice has no seams in the back and the fronts are very much draped, forming triple revers and meet ing in the waist where the overlap side fastens with button. The vest and collar lap over and are made of pleated white surah. Two thy basques cover the hips only, being aswide apart in the back as they are in front. and the whole is finished by plain gigot sleeves.
 For the first time since the reign of the immense sleeve with it's still more voluminous puffs there are signs of a change. Naturally this il 50 small as to be hardly noticeable, but still 1t is q beginning. The mohstrous pufks are we'll enough for tall and slender figures, but tend to distort short and plump wo- men in ridiculous way. TO be as broad as one is long lis. neither sgraceful ln0e stxhsh Tuthe other extrende Is the
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yet With great loyalty to the imperial government and devotion to Queen Vic- torla. for everywhere you go you see pictures of the royal family. The gov ernment Is known as the House of Keys" and consists Of twenty-four
 members elected every seven years: but no person has a vote unless he possess es real estate of. the value of, forty pounds. or occupation of the value of sixty pounds per year. and women ar. also entitled to vote. The court of Tyn- wald, presided over by the lieutenant governor, Is composed of the council. which embraces the bishop. attorney general, two judges. the clerk of the rolls, water bailiff and the vicar-gene- raf This council and the House of Keys are the active government of the great Isle of Man.
 There Is one feature of special inter- est In reference to the laws and that is that all laws passed by the House of when that has been secured then the law must be formally read in the Eng fish and Manx languages on Tynwald Hill in the open air. where the council and the Keys united form Tynwald court, before they become laws. This form of reading the law at Tynwald Is the oldest style on record; was old in l4l7, and has been continued ever since. The 5th day of July in each year is the day of public proclamation of the laws passed by the House of Keys.
 sl~E i.i. legs of a man in circle. The motto, translated. reads "Whithersoever thrown, shall stand" The Manxmen apparently rather enjoy the three legged crest, for everywhere you turn your face. whether at a steamboat. a railroad. coach. flag. or on the win dows of the stores, there you see the three legs.
 had read of the Manx cats without tails, and thought it a. joke: but, sure enough, the cats here are without tails, and I saw several without that grace full member. Some ladies of our party, who had not seen the Manx cat, were | rather doubtful of the truth of our re- port, and we had to accompany them to the house where the cat lived, and af- ter close examination came away be- lievers in the tailless cat. don't think pussy is improved by the absence of the tail. Some people say this strange act of nature extends to the dogs also.
 The Manx language, like the ancient language of Ireland. Is fast passing away, and in a generation it will be one of the dead languages, enjoyed only by scholars. I met an old woman on the side of a mountain selling milk, cakes and ginger ale, and after asking some questions about the locality, I learned from her that the children were not learning the Manx language, and that only the middle aged and old peo- pie spoke it. She said her children only spoke the English. l was anxious to get book in Manx. but could not find one in the stores. The old woman referred to showed me an old Bible in Manx,, which tried to buy, but she said;. No money could buy her Bible.- It had belonged to her father. I was sorry, but I also admired the old wo- mans love for her old Bible, and was glad to see that money could not tempt her, though she was quite poor, and a few shillings would have been a large sum for her purse.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-25
THE ISLE OF MAN.

Its Ancient Customs, Its Government snd !. its TaiIless Cats.
 From the Richmond Dispatch.l
 The Isle of Man is only thirty-three miles long and twelve wide, so that it is not great labor to get over it, and al two railroads run-one north to south, and the other east to west-you can see how convenient 1t sis to the visitor. Douglas. Port Erin. Peel and Ramsey are the chief towns. ! i. The Isle of Mans while belonging to the British crown, .is neither Ensiish, Scotch. Irish nor Welsh. but Is . sep- arate country. with . home-rule sov- erument and a language of It's pMEss but
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The young Khedive of Egypt believes that American agricultural machinery is the best in the world. He thinks that the farmers of Egypt should no longer depend upon the uncertain moods of the river Nile for irrigation. so he is study ing the methods of the Mormons, whc settled in Utah and made of an arid unproductive region a perfect flower garden by means of scientific irriga- tion.
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Advertising kntos.

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THE REGT,4LK's HIBLE STUDY.

We'll, well. well! Did you ever? Would you believe 1t? The Register is actually reading the Bible. That such marvellous change has been brought about through our humble instrument tality is very pleasing to us. and though we are pained to see that the Register is not yet reading the Bible In the right spirit there Is hope so long as 1t Is reading it at all. and while the lamp holds out to burn"
 By studying a part of the book of Daniel the Register thinks 1t has dis covered that we have made very un- fortunate use of n part of our biblical knowledge. Yesterday we called atten- ton 10 the fact that the flute. upon which the Republican candidate for governor is an expert player is one of the most ancient and honorable mem- bers of the family of musical instru- ments, and we added: "As Nebuchad- nezzars herald said to the people in his day. so we say now to the Demo- crats of Connecticut: At what time ye hear the sound of the flute yc fall down and worship Finding in the Bible that Nebuchadnezzar was not in all respects a first-class king, and that the call made by his herald was to the worship of a golden image, the Register vulgarly perverts out little flourish and in so doing tramples with heavy and cloven hoof upon the art of compost tion. AS 1t might not be possible to show the Register what it has done we shall have to take it's own inter- pretation of what we have done and argue from that It calls MT. Coffin Nebuchadnezzar, says we have insulted a free people by calling upon them to fall down and worship, and declares
 hat Connecticut voters are not worship ping golden images this year. By the Registers own rules of interpretation the calling of MT. Coffin Nebuchadnez- gar is only calling him kingly and limiting that he is golden image is only limiting that he is made of the best material. We can understand the Registers resentment of our call to worship. The Register is not in a worshipping mood since it stopped wor- shipping Cleveland, nor are the Demo- crats whom it speaks for. But. the Democrats are not "the people, this year, and we have therefore not in suited "the people" in calling upon them to show recognition of the merit of the Hon. o. Vincent Coffin. ! FinallN, we feel obliged to remark that the Register has made a very un- fortunate use of its fresh and meagre biblical knowledge. It should not have rushed to call MT. Coffin Nebuchad- nezzar. Nebuchadnezzar had to go to grass. That wont be MT. Coffin's fate.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-25
DEMOCRATIC HARMONY.

The Democrats have been having con- siderable fun since the holding of the Republican State convention over the Hack of harmony" in the Republican party. They will be so busy from now on attending to the Hack of harmony in their own party that they will not have any more fun with the Hack of harmony" in the Republican party.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-25
LIGHT VERSUS CRIME.

When en electric light company wants to make a profitable contract with city it says, among other things, tha. the free use of it's light will be great preventive of crime. That there is truth in this saying is indicated by what has taken place ih New York
 When gas was used there thieves and cut throats could turn 1t off at will and under cover of darkness commit their evil deeds. But the electric street lamps are out of their reach. West street
 which runs for long distance parallel to the North river, is instanced. Before electricity was introduced that street was the resort of river thieves, foot pads and miscellaneous criminals after nightfall. Many persons were obliged to pass through it late at night, and some of them to carry considerable sums of money. The records of the nearest police station show that since
 electricity was put over that thorough fare the number of robberies, once very numerous, has been greatly re- duced. According to the New York Sun,
 in the year 1884 there were 316 arrests- or one for every working day on the average-for street robbery in New York city. In 1885 the number increased to 332. Then the improvement in illu- imitation came into effect and in the year following the number of arrests for robbery was only 291. In 1888 it had fallen to 270. In 1890 it was 255. In 1892 it was z3s, and last year the total num- Der of arrests for robbery was only 232, showing the close connection be- tween the diffusion of electric lights and the suppression of this form of felonious crime. During the years sue. ceeding 1884, the population of the city has been steadily increasing. If, there- fore, the number of robberies commit ted each year had remained precisely at the same figure, the ratio of robberies to the population would have steadily decreased. but there has been Q double reduction. for there ara nom fewer rob.
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berries than there were ten years ago in New York city. and the population has greatly increased during that time.
 This is impressive. and the electric light companies can find a useful hint in It. A collection of such facts would make very powerful argument for them.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-25

REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.
 FOR GOVERNOR, Q, VINCENT COFFIN, of Middletown. FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, LCRRIN 4, COOK, of Barkhamstcd.
 FOR SECRETARY OF STATE. WILLIAM c. MOWRY, of Norwich.
 FOR TREASURER, GEORGE ". HODGE, of Windsor.
 FOR COMPTROLLER, BENJAMIN r. MEAD, Of New canaan.
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PURE DEMOCRACY.

Pure Democracy doesn't change. We notice that the chief objection to the nomination of an excellent man by the convention to-day is that he is not a patron and pusher of Rum.
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Each of the large Atlantic liners lays fin A. supply os 2,5oo bottles of wines and spirits. 12.Ooo bottles of ale and porter, and 6,OOo bottles of mineral waters for a trip to England and re- turn.
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are exempt from all disaster from
 drought such as has diminished the
 crops and profits of eastern fruit grow
 CTS this year. In the far western arid
 country. where growers must depend
 wholly on irrigation for moisture for
 their orchards. the expense of ditchlng
 is compensated by the good result that
 they can absolutely regulate the water supply the trees shall receive. The soil Of the RockyMountain slopes Is peculiar
 ly adapted for fruits. grapes. and ber-
 ries, and the people of those regions
 more and more are entering upon this
 branch of farming In New Mexico orchards are being planted on scale
 rlvallng those of California. with the
 advantage that a finer quality of fruit can be raised to be sold in q much nearer market h scheme is now under way 10 plant Y l0,000-acre orchard In the Pecos Valley, near Ros well, with the
 intention shat 2,0O0 acres of trees shall
 be set ont ths tall. A. Missouri firm will plant ,.eQ0 acres of land to apple
 trees thts autumn In Chavez county,
 and in several places in that county the
 preparations for setting out hundreds
 of acres are being made The ship
 mcnt Of grapes 10 the East from the
 upper md middle Rio Grandc valleys
 has for years been an important and | increasing Item of railroad freight, and this fruit commands price usually a
 half higher than the California grapes. A break was noticed in the Eriel canal near Rochester the other day. and if 1t had not been mended expedi- tiously, the consequence would have
 been alarming. Through hole in the bank the water was pouring like a sluice. The delegates to the east as far as Brighton were opened, and the
 water was thus lowered two feet so
 that repairs conld be made. The break
 was the wGrk of muskrats. Only few weeks previously these little ani- mals undermined the bank on the three mile level east of Brighton. and the result was a break which involved the expenditure of a considerable sum
 hnf 0n
 before the canal was free, bounty of
 twenty-five cents was paid for every means saved the expense of repairing the damage which this industrious lit
 tie pest would otherwise have done along the great watercourse. If the recent break at Brighton had occurred during the night, twenty or thirty feet of the embankment would have been carried away before anything could
 have been done to check the rush of water. Breaks in the canal which com pei boatmen to tie up along the banks for several days before the level can be restored cause great loss to them
 on the seasons income. The loss of one trip amounts to several hundred dol lars, and this is often the result of such
 delay. Canal officials think that it would be a wise measure to restore the muskrat bounty law.
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rumor that evening gowns this winter are to have no sleeves at all, merely straps over the shoulders to hold the bodice together. FLoRETTE.
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of society. Many in stores, mills, and shops, tens of thous- ands are on the never ceasingtreadmillearn- ing their daily food.
 All are subject to the same physical laws; all suffer alike from the same physi- cal disturbance; and the nature of their duties in many cases quicklydrifts them into the horrors of all kinds of female complaints
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-25

A very peculiar accident happened recently to Eben White, a farmer living about four miles northwest of St.Johns Michigan. He had been working in the woods and lay down to sleep under a tree, and must have slept ~th his mouth onen. 4 common mongrel pup and a slaall boy were his companions. While the ord man slept the boy and tn, Coz sterted a cnipmunk and pro- cee6ed to chase it. That chipmunk made tracks for safety, and, seeing 1V''ite's mouth open, lodged in. Itywas 8 new sensation to White to have a chipmurk trying to get down his throat alive, and he woke up in hurry. He nearly choked to death before he pulled that chipmunk out, and then he killed the little animal and brought it into town to prove the truth of the story he tells. A doctor who examined his throat and mouth found it badly lacer- ated, and says he believes Whites story is true.
 roJoro Hrv onH Nou, MovSoo ornh q SAts&s
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WORKING WUMEN.
 THEIR HARD STRUGGLE Made Easier by the Timely lnteryen. ti0n of One Woman,

tsrreiAL TO oua LADY REApEns.l
 All women work. Some in their homes, some in church, and some in the whirl
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FASAxN.s .tvALS.
Femininity in Stripe :.


 Stripes in all sorts of effects are the thing at present, and the average dress maker must be a more than an aver age geometrician to accomplish all the different effects expected of these stripes in one garment. They must match and mingle, reset. coquette and gallop all over the figure and the dra- pery, and the effect of the whole must not be one of delirium, but of artistic fitness and harmony. The majority of the striped stuffs are in wide stripes, many of them even in brilliant hues. The wider the stripe the harder the cutters job, for the more apparent be- come the errors, if there are any. Now
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Notice.

Notice.
 We cannot accept anonymous or return re- sectcd communications. In all cases the name of Inc writer will be required, not for puoiica- ton, but as guarantee of good faith.
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At the recent convention of the United States Veterinary association in Phila- delphia a resolution condemning the practice of docking as cruel and un- necessary was defeated, and finally a declaration was adopted by the casting vote of the chairman setting forth that inasmuch as the practice had found favor with fashion, the operation of docking should be done by a skilled veterinarian, causing as little suffering to the animal as possible.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-25

A Hanover baron, Kuno won Ketten- burg, inherited with other estates of his family note which Sweden gave to his ancestor in the year 1636s It was auring the Thirty Years War, just After the death of Gustavus Adolphus At that time German ProtestAnts in the large cities of the north advanced the money to Sweden to prosecute the re- ligious war; Merchant Jacob Kriewe of Lubeck lent the Swedish government s6S,5O0, which was to be repaid in two installments by 1639. and for which he received a note. l. was never paid and could not be recovered. Baron Ketten- burg has sued, but got no judgment be- cause he could not sufficiently prove his legal proprietorship of the note The claim is for the face of the note with per cent, all in all about 100000 crowns The plaintiff had to pay the costs.
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In paper on the sense of smell read to the anthropologists who met recently at Innsbruck, Dr. Hermann of Vienna presented some interesting facts. Non carniverous animals have the faculty most highly developed; man and flesh eating animals have lost it in a large degree. Dwelling in crowded cities and domestication are injurious to the sense, house dogs and pet dogs rapidly losing it. Dress materials vary greatly in their capacity for retaining odors; silk all lows almost all odors to pass through without leaving any smell behind; linen holds them fast; wool, though it lets many smells pass through, retains the odors of decay, like that of a corpse. While civilization has done much to as eist defective sight and hearing, it has done nothing for smelling.
The evening world., 1894-06-05
KILLED A LITTLE Boy.
Was Bun Over by a Car While
Being Chased by a Conductor
He Was Eight ear-0Id Charles
Kaufman, Of 1910 First Ave.
In His Terror He Ran Under the
Horses Legs.

Charles Kaufman, a ~schoolboy. eight
years old, of 1910 First avenue, was run
over and instantly killed at noon to-
day by car 80, Of the Second avenue line,
at Fifty-eighth stree tand Second ave
nue..
The body was almost cut in we 1t
was picked up by Policeman Phillips. OF
the East Fifty-frst street station, and
two citizens, Frank Fallon, of 3ls West
Forty-ninth street. and George Weber.
Of lots Second avenue, and carried to
the drug store of Sidney Faber at llR
Second enu
An ambulance wasd summoned from
Roosevelt Hospital. and the urgeo
DR.. Ward, Viewed the body. h police
man asked him to remove the corpse to
the East Fffty-frst street police station.
The surgeon refused to do so, saying 1t
was not his duty. He then drove away.
An old grocery wagon was found. and
the body was put In 1t and carted around
to the East Fifty-frst street station.
Thomas Mccormack. forty-nine years
old, Of 111s Second avenue. the driver Of
car Nc. 80, was arrested.
McCormacks story is as follows:
on car No. 50. Near Fifty-eighth street
/ saw the conductor of an uptown car
chasing q little schoolboy. The boy ran
across the tracks and directly under my
horses legs. Before ! could. put on the
brakes the boy was knocked down and
The wheels Of the car passed over the
boys chest and legs.