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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-12-02
uoRE pLAY IND IEss STUDY.

Children who are being educated in
the public schools are not usually very
deeply Interested in the schemes Of
educators for their benefit, but they
will take an interest in some ideas put
forth by E. Harlow Russell, principal
of the State Normal school at Worces-
ter, Massachusetts. Regarding as an
axiom the statement that the normal
condition of childhood is one of great
muscular activity, Mr.. Russell says
that what is required in the care OF
school-children is short periods OF men
tai exertion and long periods of rest.
BUT the rest must be pure play, unre-
strained by regulations Change from
one kind of mental exercise to another
is not rest, Mr.. Russell says. Neither
is rest change from study to an ex-
ercise like gymnastics, or marching or
movements of body in accordance with
a certain rule or form, as all these re-
quire mental exertion, and In this cate
CORY Mr.. Russell places the mingling of
study and play as is attempted in some
kindergartens. Pure play Mr. Russell
would carry ito the verge Of insanity"
to a point where the parents would
complain that their children were not
doing anything. He puts it thus
strongly to emphasize his conviction
that not enough play is permitted to
children attending school, and that
present methods are sapping the foun-
dations Of vitality in the rising gener-
alton.
More play and less study would well
suit most of the children in the public
schools, and many of them could get
along without any study.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-12-02
MIXING NrAGARA w0Rk.

The work Of making Niagaras force
useful has progressed rapidly and sue
cessfully. The power of Niagara is
now divided between two rival COM
panies. The Niagara Falls hydraulic
power and manufacturing company,
which is to compete with the Niagara
Falls power company, opened it's great
power house a few days ago, and an
nounces that it is ready to supply 10000
horse power-enough to run all the ma
chinery in Buffalo, applications for per-
mission to enter which city have al
ready been filed. The way in which
Niagara river is brought into service is
as follows: A mile and half above
the falls part of the river is diverted
into a canal that feeds through sluice-
ways to penstocks into mammoth tur-
bines. From these turbines the water
is sent into q tunnel which empties
into the river below the falls. 1t is
expected that the water passing
through the turbines will develop 1O0,-
900 horse power. On each turbine a
solid mass of water is discharged from
the great pipe called the penstock, and
it is made to revolve with wonderful
speed and power From the turbine to
the floor of the power house runs a
steel shaft, which carries the power
from the turbine to the dynamo 1t is
estimated that each turbine, discharg-
ing 430 cubic feet of water a second
and acting under 1876 feet Of fall, will
make $50 revolutions a minute, which
at rs per cent. efficacy will give 5000
horsepower There is no appreciate
loss of time in the transmission of the
power to Buffalo, twenty-seven miles
away. 1t is carried on heavy over
head wires as far as the city limits and
then the wires go into cement conduits
1t is expected that electric power will
be much cheaper for those who use it
in Buffalo than steam power. AT the
outset the price charged per horse
power, used for twenty-four hours in
the day, is S36 a year. This is much
less than the cost of steam generation
in places where it has been reduced
to q. minimum, and where the power is
used only ten hours a day. With coal
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-12-02

trations. We can understand the dom
nation of strong natures over those
that are weak in a variety of diseases,
notably in abnormal conditions or
functional disturbances of the nervous
system. When it comes to chronic dis
eases and deformitles, the problem is
not so easy of solution. 1t is best to
leave the efficacy of belief in the mirac-
ulous power of relics of martyrs and
bones of saints, and of merciful answer
to prayers and intercesslons, where 1t
belongs.
Pilgrims to such shrines and rell-
quaries as Lourdes and Beaupre fur
nish too many evidences Of restorative
agency to leave room for question.
Within the entrance of the pilgrimage
church of st, Anne, twenty-four miles
from Quebec, are two large heaps, and
near the altar rail a third heap of
abandoned crutches, walking sticks,
trusses, braces, bandages and support
ers left behind because no longer need
ed. In these and similar cases, the
strength of religious faith, the infiu-
ence of imagination, the controlling
power of mind over body, the evolution
Of the material from the ifnmaterial,
the outward and visible sign Of mex
pllcable interior illumination, the 1nys-
teries of the spiritual hypnotis1n,
which science has not yet explained
call these contradictions Of ordinary ex-
perience, these manifestations of the
unknown and the conjectural, what
you will--they are palpable, demonstra-
BILE operative in the closing years Of a
century whose progress in enlighten-
ment has been marked with giant
strides in every avenue of scientific
revelation and achievement.
"As to the amusing superstitions we
so often witness in people of impress
sionable nature, the question, even for
those who indulge in such fancies, Is
not whether they are reasonable. Lord
Byron would not commence an under
taking Of any kind on Friday But
even Byron, with his remarkable sensi-
tiveness to Impressions, and his habit
of brooding over the mysteries of life,
would not venture to assert that such
conduct is reasonable. The Autocrat
of the Breakfast Table says: Jeremy
Benthams logic, by which he proved he
couldn't possibly see a ghost is all very
well-in the daytime. All the reason in
the world will never get the impress
sions of childhood out Of a mans head
Elsewhere DR.. Holmes says: We are
all tattooed in our cradles with the be-
liefs of our tribe; the record may seem
superficial, but 1t is indelible. You
cannot educate man wholly out of the
superstitious fears which were early
implanted in his imagination; no mat
ter how utterly his reason may reject
them, he will still feel, as famous
French woman did about ghosts, II
don't believe in them. but I am afraid
OF them, nevertheless. Baltimore
American.
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qualities of astrakan and kindred furs
come with cuffs to match, and are very
stylish. Little affairs of seal show
collar set on a narrow band, and with
a panel piece attached that reaches the
waist with as light sag. This worn
with a cloth gown gives a fur-trimmed
effect. 1T also adds to the cosiness of
a cape or Jacket and in each case has a
permanency of effect that is very salts
factory.
Muffs this year are in all sizes, that
pictured here being about the smallest
while the largest ones will make a
half dozen of it. But with so handsome
dress as this one in view, there's a.
more interesting topic than furred ac-
cessories. 1t was in tailor style and in
two materials The skirt was full and
made of plain dark green ladies cloth.
The back and sides of the bodice were
of the plain goods, with a vest of plaid
in which green predominated. Turn
down collar and revers were cut in one
of the plaid, and row of black bone
buttons fastened the bodice. The
sleeves were plaid with double epau-
lettes of the ladies' cloth. The cut
out can be filled in with chiffon lace or
any soft material, as sketched a white
chemisette and black stock tie were.
FLORETTE.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-12-02
FASHION NOTES.


The shop windows are bewildering,
Every woman on the street seems to be
looking her prettiest in the latest fash
ions; the latest fashions seem prettier
than ever fashions We're before, and
there are so many pretty notions and
accessories that are inexpensive that
any woman can afford some little touch
of newness to help her feel in the happy
swim just now Among the very pref
test of these accessories are fur coll
lars, They fit on any cape, coat or
gown, and look as IL they belonged
there. Oddly enough, there is an effect
Of greater elegance about cloth dress
with a stunning stand up collar of fur
on it, than there is in the most elabo-
rate collarette, because no matter how
pretty the collarettes are they suggest
economy Very pretty spreading col
lars of Persian lamb and of the finer
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ApVERTISING RATES.

Situations. wants, Rents, and other small
advertisements, One Cent a Word, each IN
sertion. Five Cents a Word for full week
tseyen times.
sertion, $120; each subsequent Insertion,
40 cents; one week, $500; one month"; Slo;
one year, $40. =.
Obituary Notices. in prose or, verse 10
cents per line Notices of Births, Marriages;
Deaths and Funerals, so cents each. Local.
notices Is cents per line.
Yearly advertisers are limited to their own
Immediate business. (all matter TO De IN IN
clude Wants, 10 Let, For Sale, etc.
Discounts-On two inches or more, one
month and over, 10 per cent; on four lnches
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-12-02
CHRISTMAS LEGEND IN BEIGE
UNI.

The children of Belgium a charming
Christmas legend about Santa Claus's
Pony. They always place their wooden
sabots on the window-ledge full of oats,
hay, and fodder for the dear Christ
mas pony" In the early rnornig they
run on tiptoe to look; and behold! the
hay is all gone and the shoes are
brimming with toys and sweetmeats
Then the children clap their hands
with glee, and wish they could only
have walked in time to see the pony
munching his oats. That would have
been such fun!--Ella F.. Mosby in st.
Nicholas.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-12-02

left?" Jane-"oh, I didn't think it was
wanted, mum, so / gave it to the dog"
Mistress (sarcastically)-"D the dog
use knife and fork, then?" Jane Gun
abashed) very well yet, mum;
but I'm teaching him to!''-Tit-Bits.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-12-02

at 80 ton, it is estimated, taking into
consideration everything, including
fixed charges, that the steam genera
ton Of so horsepower, ten hours daily,
costs $3.50 year, or $50 per horse
power, In smaller plant the cost for
each horsepower developed would be
much greater.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-12-02

A bicycle rider is suing the city of
Cincinnati for damages sustained by a
tumble he took because Of the street be-
ing sprinkled too literally, making the
sprinkling contractor a defendant to-
gether with the city.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-12-02

Japan has not only ceased importing
beer, but Is now exporting 1t to China,
Singapore, and even Bombay. There
are four breweries in the country but
the amount of beer brewed is as yet
only one-eighth of the national sake or
rice-wine, which the Japanese drink
hot.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-12-02

1t is reported that Queen Victoria
will soon make a new will to replace
the document prepared twenty-five
years ago, She is much richer now
than when her first will was made, and
many changes have come through
births and deaths among her heirs.
The queen has been frugal and her in
vestnlents so good that the total value
of her property to-day is very near to
$500, 900, 900.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-12-02

There Is money in bullfighting in
Spain. The leading toreador Of Madrid
the past season of six months, and the
less distinguished ones have each taken
in all the way from $4,000 to $4,000.
There were during the season 43S per-
formances, in which 1,21S bulls were
killed, while over 5000 horses persisted
in the fights. These figures include
only high class bullfighting at the
most important places. The lesser
cities and towns were not deprived of
their share Of the sport.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-12-02

DELIVERED By CARRIERS IN THE CITY. 10
CENTS A WEEK, tnCENTs A MONTH, 81 FOR
Elk MONTHS, 50 A YEAR. The SAMR TERMS
BYMAIL.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-12-02

INSTRUMENTATION PUBLISHING co.
OFFICE 400 STATE STREET.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-12-02

Congress meets next week. 1t may
not do much, but that will not be be-
cause there is not much for it to do.
On the calendar of the house, for ex-
ample there are no less than 1,465 bills
that have been reported from commit
tees Of these 1,10O are private bills,
256 bills ON the state of the union, and
80 public bills In the case of very few
will any energetic attempt be made to
pass them. Perhaps something will be
done with the Pacific railroad funding
bill, as the bonds guaranteed by the
government fall due early in the COM
ing year, and either extension or fore
closure stares the road in the fa ee
The friends of the Nicaragua canal bill
will also probably exert themselves
somewhat But the bulk of the brief
session will undoubtedly be taken up
with the routine appropriation bills,
and with more or less futile talk about
revenue and tariff measures.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-12-02

Some doubt seems to have arisen as
to whether Mr.. Edison or a San Fran
cisco doctor named G. Waverly Clark
first began to experiment with x rays
in connection with the blind. Edison
has written to a Rochester paper
note, in which he says the results of
his first tests We're printed in New
York scientific paper before anything
on the subject appeared in the daily
press, either here or in California.
Moreover, he more than doubts if any
such results as those reported from the
West have been obtained According
to these accounts the San Francisco
blind people "saw'' by means Of a.
Horoscope. This Edison regards as
absurd, since the one purpose of that
instrument is to convert x rays into
ordinary light, and this, of course, can
not affect the eyes of persons really
blind.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-12-02

The Omaha board of education has
been doing q needed work among the
school children. It is an effort direct
ed towards the lessening of the cigar
cite habit, which had become prevalent
among the older boys. The, motive was
educational as well as reformatory,
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-12-02

THE OLDEST DAILY PAPER PUB
LISHED IN CONNECTICUT.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-12-02

DR.. Temple, the new Archbishop of
Canterbury, is especially anxious to
have the bishops of the American Epis-
7copal Church present at the Lambeth
Conference next July. He says: zone
OF the topics for discussion is interna-
tional arbitration and I may say that
the bishops in England are profoundly
thankful for the turn that the recent
political events have taken. I do hope
all OF our brothers in the United States
and Canada who have intimated the
probability of their coming will man
age to do so, and that those who at
present anticipate being prevented will
yet see their way to visit Lambeth by
July next. need hardly add, per-
haps, that the candid invitation sent
them by the late primate will be re-
peated by myself in the fullest degree"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-12-11
FINE PERFORMANCE.
Wilbur Kirwin Opera Company Meets Warn
Reception.

AT Meonian hail. last evening, the Will
burKirwin Opera Co. presented The
Two Vagabonds, without doubt the best
presentation of opera at popular prices
ever witnessed in this city. The manage
ment claimed SO in advance notices. All
they promised they gave us. and more
in abundance. THE Two Vagabonds'
loses no charms. 1t is the same bright.
tuneful, comic opera of years standing,
and like good wine, becomes better with
age.
To say that the organization was equal
to all requirements is drawing it mildly
One cannot be too enthusiastic over the
performance. for it certainly ranks high
in the field of opera.
Miss Krwin is new to us, but OH what
bright woman. and how she handles
the part of Fanchon. 1t is indeed rare
to see "a prima donna who can act. sing.
and charm her audience as she does. She
wins admiration for her very personality.
Our Bonnie Lodge as Jacques Strop. was
we'll remembered by his Augusta friends.
Ben is not very old in everyday life, but
in knowing how to make the public
laugh he is more than T. Douglas Flint
as Macaire was funny. He possesses
rich voice and was heard to advantage.
Miss Carla Englander's Rosalie was all
that could be desired. The balance of
the east We're all good but space will not
permit to make individual mention. The
chorus was big. bright and strong. The
grand march was more than effective.
and. taken as a whole, no better even
ing's enjoyment could be had than visit
to the playhouse. AT the bargain mat
inee, today, Madame Favart" will be
presented, and the price Is % cents for
any seat in the house. First come, first
In the evening. Balfe's beautiful
opera, 1.-The Bohemian Girl will be the
presentation. Who has not heard this
delightful work and listened with rapture
to its charming melodies.
Do cot wait until after the Wilbur kir-
win Co. has left the city, and then say:
II wish | had gone
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'Dicky. why did you slap Besse?''
COZ, she says she went an dremp
bout me, and she won't tell me what she
dremp. '-(chicago Record.
She. Dear, | want you to get me one
OF those lovely picture hats"
He. Il don't think | can afford it, Sup
pose get you print gown?"-(Cincinnati
Enquirer
1T is said we shah all pass away as a
tale that is told"
THAT sounds all right: but tales that
are told dom pass away-they are for
ever being told over again. ''-(Chicago
Record.
Housewife-'It is dreadful to think
what whiskey will bring a man to-
Tramp-'Thats so mum. Afore / took
[ de road | never thought | would hev {
eat sich things ez are bein handed out [
me every day.'-(Judge.
Only twenty-four white elephants have
been captured since the beginning of the
Christian era. And yet men in all en-
lishtened countries are forever going out
TO see the elephant. However, in this
case the elephant in question is not white
but decidedly shady.-Boston Transcript.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-12-11
No Lecture by Rev. Or. Baum.

Rev. Henry Mason Baum, who adj
vertised to give an illustrated lecture,
Thursday evening, in City hall, arrived
in the city, Thursday morning. and OBJ
tanned the use of City hall for his lee
ture.
A few persons only had arrived by
s. 30 o'clock-some half dozen. all told
and Rev. Dr. Baum informed Jour-
nal reporter that the lecture would not
be given, Thursday evening.
We will state, for the information OF
our fellow publishers, that the Rev.
Henry Mason Baum, ID. Z. L., wrote
the Journal several days ago. request
ing notices and an advertisement. UP
to the present time. we have succeeded
in getting only promises of payment at
some time in the future.
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Maine Industrial News.

Ullrich Bros. of Caribou, manufac-
tured $50 tons of starch, the past sea-
son. at their factory in New Sweden.
The new stock yards at East Deering
will hold 1000 head of cattle. The
shipments by steamer to England this
winter will be heavier than ever be-
fore.
The Lisbon Falls Fibre company
manufactures about "a tons of paper
per day and q tons of pulp. The bal
ance of pulp required is obtained from
the Pejepscot mill.
There are only three kilns afire out
of the twenty-one in Thomaston. The
cause of all this idleness is due to the
markets being full of lime and vessels
waiting to discharge their cargo.
A cottage for DR.. F. fremont Smith
of st. Augustine, was commenced this
week on Mt. Desert street. Bar Har-
Dor. 1t will cost about 100000 The
Allison cottage on Highbrook road is
progressing and about IS men are at
work on the addition to Chatwold
which Mr.. Pulitzer of the World is
having built at the cost of about S40.-
900.
Work at the Bluehill granite quarry
is quite lively at the present time
about 100 men are employed, cutting
stone for the basement of the cathe-
dral of st. John Divine. now building
in New York. This company has work
already engaged to last until Aug. l,
1897, with more work in prospect. The
company are increasing their plant
and have added four new hosting en-
gines, two of forty and one Of thirty
horse power. The payroll is about
$4,000 per month. besides their contract
work. The value of the plant has been
increased about $4,000.
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The following orders We're passed:
Ordered, That the Non-Partisan Y.
c. r. L., be allowed the free use of
City hall Dec. oath for the purpose OF
mas tree for the poor children of this
city.
ordered, That the street commits
sioner of the western district be di-
rected to present to the auditor forth
with an account of the number of DAYS
that the city farm team has been en-
ployed upon the streets each month
from March / to Dec. l, SO, and an
account each month hereafter of such
labor.
Ordered, That the mayor draw his
warrant in favor of Gideon Hallowell
of Augusta, in the sum of ISL, in full
settlement of said Hallowell's claim for
damages to sheep by dogs Oct. 13. 1896
Ordered. That, the tax of James
Woodward assessed in April, 1896. be
and the same is hereby abated, on ac-
count of the defective condition of the
road leading from the main road to his
residence, as appears by the accom-
ard keeps said entering road open and
in good condition until April /. 1897.
The question of renewing the con-
tract with the street railroad company
for removing the snow came up. Ex-
Mayor Lane, who was present, called
attention to the conditions of the con-
tract under which the road was
located and expressed the opinion that
the company should remove the snow
Did not believe the city should be
called upon to pay half the expense
Mr. Macomber said he didn't want
the city to pay any money on account
of the railroad. The railroad did carry
out the contract as it understood it.
This was under Mayor Lanes admin
istration But the traders along the
street Were not satisfied. The snow
from the sidewalks and buildings was
not removed for the company did not
understand it was it's duty to keep the
street in any better condition than be-
fore the road was built The people
along the street wanted a better con-
dit ion however and So this ARRANGE
ment for the city to remove half and
the company half of the snow was
made and had been in force for two
years. The people liked il and he
didn't doubt but that practically all
along the street would sign a petition
to have the arrangement of the past
two winters continued. 1t was so
voted by the board.