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The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-02-20
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| When 1t was announced the other
 day that literature had so declined
 and fallen at Yale that the Lit
 medal could not be awarded without
 disgracing it's idea, feeling of sadness
 was felt by some of those who are
 interested in the progress and pros
 perity of the great school. And they couldn't see anything ahead that
 would raise their depressed spirits, be- cause they realized that no big athletic
 achievements could be expected until
 the season for them should come. But Yale is in the habit of surprising those | who feel sad because she apparently | fails in any one branch of effort, Just when such people are the saddest she will up and do something to show
 that still she lives and excels in some thing, if not in the particular thing in which the saddened ones think she ought to excel. So at this gloomy juncture two of her representatives have. added to her fame in way which, though not exactly literary, has
 an established connection with litera-
 ture, especially in the great univer-
 sities of Germany. Instead of compet-
 ing for the Lit" medal the surprisers
 resolved to see what they could do in
 contest with each other based on beer.
 At the appointed time the affair came off in a resort frequented by young gentlemen of letters. The reports of it's progress and result vary some, but there is no doubt that the contestants were as full of the Yale spirit as of beer. Each intended to win if he died in the attempt. It took between five and six hours for Victory to perch, and she finally perched on the head of a glorious young man who had suc- ceeded in getting fifty-three glasses of beer into his interior department, while the vanquished was able to insert only fifty-one. Kindly nature occasionally helped both the contestants out, as emetics were wont to help Roman banqueters, and they stuck to 1t with dogged and even hogged persistence. After Victory had perched they were both taken home and put to bed by companions who knew how to duly honor and care for those who could increase the fame of old Yale by such heroic deeds.
 It is said that the victor was a freshman. If this is so what will he not be able to do in his chosen line after four years of training? Some years ago a large German came up here from New York to testify in court as an expert concerning beer-drinking. He testified that he could and did | drink eighty glasses a day. The good | people of New Haven could hardly | believe him, but their doubt would | have been mitigated if they had known | that boy could drink fifty glasses. There is big difference between a | boy and large German man.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-02-20

Lisbon museum. Emperor William has sent out to Cape Cross, to be erected on the spot from which the pillar was taken, an exact fac simile of the monu- ment, in polished dark gray granite, with, in addition, the arms of Germany and this inscription in German: "By order of his Majesty the German Elm peror and King of Prussia, William IT., this was erected in 1894 in place of the original pillar,w which has become wealth erworn in the course of years"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-02-20
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-02-20
COMMITTEE ON SEWERS.

 THE Committee on Sewers will meet in 1 Room 10 and Il, City Hall, on Thursday, Feb 2ist, 1895, at o'clock p. nl. for the pur- pose of considering the following matters:
 Petition of $. 2. Whitney ct al. for sewer in Willow street between Whitney avenue and Livingston street
 Petition of W. H. Whitman ct al. for a sewer In Livingston street between Edwards and Lawrence streets.
 Petition of David Shelton ct al for sewer in Asylum street between Sylvan venue and Oak street.
 Petition of Thomas Phillips & Son ct al. for q sewer in High street between Wall and Grove streets.
 Petition of Ann J. Mooney ct al. for sewer in Lines street between Washington and Frank streets
 Petition of w. J. Montgomery ct al. for a sewer in Sherman avenue from Goffe street to Munson street.
 All persons interested in any of the forego- Ing are hereby notified to appear and be heard thereon without further notice.
 Per order, A. D. SANBoRN, Chairman.
 Attest; EDWARD A. STREET, f19 St Assistant City Clerk,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-02-20
Marriage In Scotland.

A Scotch minister has been telling some of his experiences in marrying people, which are rather funny. Some times when he has asked couple to join hands, the four jodn hands all round as if preparing to sing 'tAuld Lang syne." On several occasions, when the question was asked of the bridegroom whether he took this woman for. his wife, no reply was returned. He then repeated the question more pointedly, which always brought out the tardy
 t cool response "Oh, ayr'
 A common practice after the knot is
 q is for the minister to shake hands
 h the young couple and say, T wish
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-02-20
FASHION NOTES,
June and February Promenaders.

June and Febrnary PrOmenaders.
 A good insight can already be had into the fashions for next summers promenaders One noticeable item is offered to take the place of the man. cut shirt front for girls It is a. linen shirt, close fitting except for the front. which is in the form of box-pleat that hangs straight smooth and stiffly starched from the collar to just below the belt, where 1t turns under sharply. All along the top of the box-pleat there are regular stud holes and studs will be worn. This pattern gives the need
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-02-20

Diogo Cano's pillar, marking the far thest south of the Portuguese discover les in 1485 has been removed by the Germans from Cape Cross in Damara- land, South Africa, and placed in the collection of the Marine Akademie at Kiel The pillar consists of a shaft six feet six inches high and foot in di- ameter, with a capital seventeen inches deep, hewn out of a single piece of marble. On the upper surface is the mark of the place to which the cross, also brought to Keil, was fastened with lead. On one face of the capital are the arms of Portugal in the form they first took in the reign of John IT.; the other faces are covered by a Latin in- scription in Gothic characters, the sub stance of which is repeated in Portu- gese, in the same characters on the shaft of the column. It reads: From the beginning of the world there has elapsed 6,6S4 years, and from the birth of Christ 14S5, when the most exalted and most serene King, Don John the Second, of Portugal, ordered column to be erected here by his knight, Diogo Cano." Two similar columns from Pun ta Santa Maria, formerly Cape Santo Agostinho. dated 14S2, and from Cape Negro, were removed in 1891 to the
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-02-20
4 PRODUCT OF CIRCUAESTANoES
John Bellows Says Alexander TIT Must be Judged With an Eye to His Surround
From the Scotsman. !

ings,
 From the Scotsman.l A long and able article appeared few days ago in one of the daily papers. Its writer, as internal evidence shows, is well acquainted with the private life of the imperial palace; and there is no
 reason to doubt the accuracy of the in-
 cidents he cites in support of his esti-
 mate of the Czar's character. Yet he fails in what is of more importance in such an estimate. He is not in sympa-. thy there cannot be justice. I do not mean that he need approve of the poli- cy pursued by the Russian ruler; but he. ought at least so to place himself, men,. tally, in the position of the Czar as to realize its conflicting responsibilities and it's tremendous difficulties before he condemns the failure to reconcile and to overcome them.
 Let those who feel bitterness against the government of Russia, or indigna- ton with Its sovereign on account of the wrongs suffered by many of his subjects, bear in mind that an empire burdened with the Asiatic traditions of a thousand years can at best but move very slowly away from them. Broadly speaking, Russia is now in this respect where England was in the days of the Stuarts; and it has cost the latter coun- try great depths of suffering and hun dreds of years of time to reach its pres- ent standpoint.
 To be born to rule a congeries of peo- pie who for ages have been governed by Asiatic methods, is no enviable tn-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-02-20

Electricity says there is nothing theo- retically improbable In the statement that an Ohio convict has invented bat tery which converts sound into electric power by a device which makes it possible to operate an ordinary call bell by simply clapping the hands in front of the battery"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-02-20

The State of Alabama, having found out that she could borrow money at lower rates on gold bonds than on any other kind, has promptly decided to issue such bonds. The United States ought to be as sensible as the State of Alabama.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-02-20
Notice.

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The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-02-20

ed straight and flat effect in front and at no sacrifice to the lines of the figure. It is worm with just so much greater ease, too, for it was next to impossible for the average girl to keep the front of the man-style shirt fiat for more than ten minutes.
 For this picture a stylish February promenader Is sketched. Violine cloth
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-02-20

A Missouri widow is prancing around under the name of Nicewinter.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-02-20

France pays increasing attention to Forestry and Is acquiring and re- planting much waste land to control torrents and prevent the spread of sand dunes. About 151a per cent. of the total area of France Is in forests, a total of 32, 422 square miles, of which the State manages about one-third. The forest holdings of the communes and of public institutions are much larger.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-02-20

An interesting attempt to reinforce the volume of sound of violin or similar stringed instrument has been made by Professor Bruno E. Wollen- Hnauft and is well spoken of by several high authorities. It consists of SUD- pIementary strings or rods within the body of the instrument which can be tuned with the ordinary strings, and will then sound sympathetically when the latter are played on. There is a dampening device for these supplement 4ary strings which is operated by pressure of the players chin on lever in the tailpiece.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-02-20

Mir. J. Ross writes in the Engineering and Mining Journal that since the dia- mond discoveries in South Africa the Brazilian diamond-mining industry has fallen so low that the annual output is now not over $15O,00O, when thirty years ago it was upwards of $25OO,OOO. Bra gillian diamonds are so much smaller than the African that it does not pay to mine them against African competi- tion.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-02-20

The drainage of the great silver mines in the west is an expensive undertak- ing at times, and the drainage tunnels are frequently driven under conditions as dangerous as those which are en- countered in tunnelling under rivers. One of the greatest of these tunnels in the country is that just completed at the Ontario mine, about mile and a half south of Park City, Utah. It runs 15,49O feet into the mountain at a grade of three inches in 100 feet.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-02-20

It is said that the weaving of threads of aluminium in textile fabrics results in a practically non-oxidizable, mex pensive material that is free from chemical action, and can be washed without fear of injury It can be ap- piled to the finest and heaviest fabrics, as the thread can be drawn to any de- gree of thinnessy and may be made round or flat, or in any shape con- venient for wearing.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-10-25
CABLE SPARKS.
Chillian cabinet has resigned.

The Chillian cabinet has resigned.
Emp ror William and the Empress Au-
pusta visited the battlefe.ds arounl Metz.
An incident OF Emperor Williams visit to
Metz was cheer for France as the imperial
patty drove to the cathedral.
A dispatch received at Yokohama from
Seoul states that the bcdy of the murdered
Qaeen of Corea ha been found.
The Sultan OF Turkey has signed the
scheme Of reform demanded by the powers,
but the massacre OF Armenians con inues.
The provincial elections in New Brunswick
have resulted In great triumph for Premier
B.air. In house CT 46 members the oppo-
sition will have but nine members.
Smuggling upon an extensive scale has
been di covered In Now cundland. IL Is
est ma.el that the rew colony has lost many
thousands f dollars in revenue. Several
arre,s have been male.
One OF the managers OF Ekihgio1 d Co.,
one OF the leading silversmiihs OF London,
has teen arrested in connection with the
recent robbey OF $25, 900 worth OF silver
while in transit over the Midland Railway.
japan has been forced to speedy with
drawll OF her troops from Chinese soil by
peremptory demand from Russia, France
an Germany and the feeling of bitterness
against Europeans is growing stronger In
Japan.
1t is officially announced In Madrid ina
10. 900 troops will start for Cuba this week
The Insurgents in the province Oh san
Clara have cIrcu' aed pamphlets advising
the inhabitants not TO use the railroads, al
they have determined to blow them up Will
dynamite.
Canadian bankers have implanted TO tn
government OF the great amount OF Amer
lean silver and silver certificates in circula
ton In the dominion, which causes tn
banks O nslderabe less and inconvenience
Business men hsye been urged not to retei'
the money at par,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-10-25
AGAINST A 16-T0-1 RATIO.
The Radical Silver Me1 0ut.voted in the
Farmers National Congress.

The nee ing OF the Farmer Natlonai
Congress held at Atlanta, Ga, furnished
sensation In ths vote on an amendment 10
resolution pe.i,ioning Congress to e.act
laws preserving the parity OF gold and silver
and providing for an international CONFER
ence. The amendment provided that Con-
eress be invited to consider how to preserve
a ratio OF not higher than l6 to /, and 1t was
lost by a vote OF 251 to IA. The delegates
from the Western silver States voted Tor the
amendment.
The fight was made "a rarely on the mer-
it's Of the question, and the issue was In no
way clouded with parliamentary techn'cal-
ties. Those delegates who favored the Tree
and unlimited image OF silver at l6 to
voted for the amendment, and 1t was lest py
q majori OF 1l7. The victory OF the SOUND
money element in the congress wss empha-
zsd late in the day, when reso utlon de-
c!arng opposition to the further i'sue ot In
teres -.earing Treasury bonds or Lotes
undsr any. cir unstances was lost
A resolution favoring Congressional enact :
ment against the beef trust was adopted.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-10-25
A Rattle With MO1ntlin Lions.

He saw, above the ledge and little
bevond, the ears and head OF lion,
as it sat watching the deer. Jake rose
in his saddle to place a bullet. as he
said. midway between those ears, when
q powerful lion leaped from behind q
tree on the ledge of rock above, and
striking him in the chest, carried him
off his horse, headlong down the noun
tain. and his horse ran wildly away.
A moment later Jake was lying on his
back in the snow, his hesd up hill,
and the beast standing over him with
one paw planted firmly on his chest,
the other slightly lifted, and wagglng
its tail in delight, while it's hot bre lth
was exhaled into Jake's face. His first
impulse was to hold down his chin
tightly, to prevent his throat being
torn open, while he cautiously felt tor
his knife. He found the kniie and as
he drew it slight grating sound
caused the lion to rebound at his feet,
and as he did SO, it uttered scream
which Jake knew only gave him the
chance of moment. 1t was call Tor
the other lion. Fearing to make
motion of escape OF resistance, he
moved his hand back in the snow, IN
search of bis rife, which had been
lost in the fail. His finger touched
the stock. He cautiously pulled it
down by his side, and still looking his
cantor straight in the eyes slowly
turned the rifle till its muzzle faced
the lion. The bullet passed through
its heart and it sank on Jake's feet.
Before he could move from his help,
less position, the other lion bounded
over the precipice, and somewhat over
leaping it's mark, lit in the snow, and
Instantly received bullet in its brain.
The two lions lay deal, not ten feet
apart. Outing.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-10-25
COREA's UPRISING.
Particulars of the Revolt, in Which the
Queen Was Probably Killed

Information OF the formidable uprising In
Corea, resulting In the disappearance and
probable death Of the Queen and thu landing
Of military forces by the United States ana
European powers has been received oy Min-
lister Kurino, OF Japan, al the legation IN
Washington, from the foreign office at TOXIC
and Is quite sensational.
United States marines were landed from
The Yorktown to the number Of sixteen.
is believed also that British marines have
been landed. Besides these, the japanese
have a considerable force Of soldiers at Seoul
who have been preserving order.
ItapI ears that the troub had Its incep-
ton through the Queens dislike OF the newly
organized soldiers OF Corea. The old SOL
diers had the primitive equipment OF the lar
East. But with the progress oil japanese
influence in Corea two hattalions OF Corean
troops were organized IN modern methods
Each batta ion numbered six hundred men,
armed with modern weapons. They were
we'll drilled and differed.
When the Queen showed her dis'avor To-
ward the new troops, they appealed to Inc
Tai.won- Kun, powerful chief who has long
been at enmity with The Queen. He accepteu
the leadership ofthe new troops, and at the
head OF one battalion entered the Queen Ia'-
ace. Native soldiers fed from the pa'ace.
The Toxic dispatches do not sta:e specific
ally what become OF the Queen further than
that he has disappeared and cannot be To-
cat d. The officials are inclined TO believe
h owever. that the unofficial reports OF the
O1een's death are true. The Japanese gov
ernment. the di.pat ches further state, has
acted quickly on the reports and has ap-
pointed commission to inquire into the
facts. In the meantime it Is emphatlcaIy
denied that the Queens death, II 1t has oc-
( Cured, was due 10 the Japanese. One report is
that japanese soshi killed the Queen. This
Is not yet confirmed. The offlc ais say tha
the soshi are an irresponsible and lawle
class. and that their acts cannot be laid Il
the japanese people or government
The latest Indications are that the Tai-Wor
Kun and the King are in control OF affairs
the Corean capital. The King has been th'
nominal ruler, but the Queen has heretofore
been recogn zed as the real ru' er. The iLilu
ence Of the King and the Tai-Won Kun ar
distinctly favorable to the japanese.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-10-25
FORTY EIGHT YEARS IN JAIL.
Morris Schoenhoiz Gets His DIS rts for tho
Crime of Arson.

Morris Schoenhoiz Gets His DU3 rus ior th0
Crime of Arson.
Morris Schoenholz, convicted Of arson In
the frs: degree as a second ofiense, was SEN
tenced by Judge Fltz gerald IN Nav York to
serve forty-elght years In Sing Sing prison.
This Is the longest term imposed on any oil
the flrebug gang convicted during the last
year. Three others OF the gang, Louis
Grauer Mrs. Sarah Sibermelster and Louis
Rothom, are in prison serving thirty, twenty
five and twenty years, respectively. Schoen-
ho'z is now A years old. Judge Fitzgerald
before imposing sentence on Schoenho'z,
SAIL
"It appears from the trial that there are
people in this city engaged In the ne!arious
work OF setting fires to dwellings to obtain
money. 1 do not feel called upon to
say whether or not this defendant was
the arch fend, Bat he Is entitled
titled 10 no cops'd ration from TITS Court.
1 believe that the saf ty OF the community
demands tia. he be impri;o ed for lie and
atn sorry the law prevents h17 IL AOLA ALL POS-o
that sentence. believe that the nlmum
punishment under tn, conviction means
practical y sentence for life.
Schoenholz who had been standing at the
bar. threw himself upon the counse'S
table and wept. He buried his head in his
hands, tore his hair and sobbe convuIsiyely
His screams could be heard throughout the
courthouse.
Clearing n mind, sGld the Judge, that In
years 10 come the hope OF pardon may be
strengthened II 1 impose the minimum pen
atty sentence Schoenholz to serve forty
eight years in Sing Sing Prison"
"My God p screamed Schoenholz, "what
will become OF my wifi, and children =
Schoenholz was taken at once to Sing Sing
and assigned to work.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-10-25
VOLCANOES IN ALASKA.
A Dozen Pillars of Fire simultaneously
Visible at Night.

The revenue cutter Commodore Perry mas
returned from the Northern Sea, where
twenty OF the forty volcanoes In the Aleutian
chain are now active. The line OF Islands
living between the Beriug sea and the Pacl'
6c ocean belong to the United States, and on
them are probably the only active volcanoes
living within American territory. Inc
brighter columns show up in the cold Alaska
night first, and as 1t grows darker other vivld
curls of smoke are to be seen at greater dis-
tances. Sometimes, when the 70 ition OF the
observer Is advantageous; dozen or fifteen
Of these pillars OF Ere are in sight.
As proof the mighty power that is at work
bsreath the Islands, a neck OF land has been
forced up out OF the sea between BogaloV
and Old Bogalov and the two islands are one.
1t is looking land. One OF the passes
Il shown on the chart as connecting bering
sea with the greater ocean to the sorthward.
The rocks in this neck are manifesty oil
volcanic orIgin--black and smooth In surface
as il once melted.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-10-25
A SONG AT EVElJIHo

IN the last enchanted gray light
That is neither night nor daylight
In the shy light of the twilight
Soft and shady, littlO lady,
Comes a-roaming through the cleaning,
Comes a-ringing such singing
AS nightingale can only
When he's lonely send a-winginS.
And the dear delicious glamour
OF his tender-hearted clamor
Makes the red blood surge and hammer
And the pulses thrill and start
Oh, my lady, little dear one,
With your shining eyes 50 near one,
all the world is full OF rapture
At the capture OF your heart.
SO the while we listen nightly
To the bird that lilteth brightly.
Kiss me lightly, where all Whitley
CLEAN the stars in heights above,
While the twilight dims and darkens
And the brooding silence hearkens
To my pleading, to your needing,
Little love,
Guy W. Carryl, in Godey's Magazine.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-10-25

McGarvin, a California fisherman, who
lives at AlmamiIes Bay, is an expert shark
catcher. He fishes for them by means OF
stout lines fastened to stakes on shore. Re-
Gently he caught eighty in one day. They
are sold for the oil in them and the Chinese
consider their fins quite delicacy.