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The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-09-04
COMMUNICATIONS.
The Yermont Election.

To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 You have doubtless read the returns from Vermont. The first gun of the campaign has been fired which will not only be heard around the world but will give relief and Inspire confidence in the breast of every true American that has the welfare of his country at heart from Maine to the fluff The silver cloud that some thought would sweep over the country and carry Bryan into office by election time will be no larger than a mans hand. Great as this first victory is, in my Judgment, 1t IS but a gentle zephyr compared to the political cyclone that is coming in November that will sweep he last ves.t- ige of democracy from power. And while the mourners are shedding tears over the political remains of Clevelanl, Carlisle, Wilson and Bryan they are all virtually in the same boat) those mysterious wires that span the conti- nent and underline the sea will carry the following intelligence on the wings of the lightning to the remotest ports
 
 yer, together With their sponsors, are buried forever in the grave of political oblivion. The credit of this nation will be kept inviolate and untarnished for all time. In the place of free silver, free trade and poverty Uncle Sam offers you Protection, coupled with Reciproc- ity.
 A Republican President will soon be inaugurated Let us hope he will con- vene the congress in extra session that needed legislation may be enacted to in- crease the revenues and enable the gov- rnment to meet it's honest obligat tions and give relief needed to the people. When this is done confidence will be restored, the hum of the spindle and sound of the hammer will be heard throughout New England. From the smokeless chimneys in Pennsylvania and the Middle States clouds of smoke and fire will appear. The seas will be- come whitened by American commerce. Additions to our navy will be construct | ed, not from English, but American de- signs, that will not only command re- l spect for the flag but will give protec- tion to the humhlest citizen in the re- motest parts of the world. On the boundless acres of the government do- main in the far west cities and towns will spring up like magic
 | This is a grand country the Lord our God has given us. With wise legisla- tion and jealous regard for our credit at home and abroad and firm reliance In Him who holds in His hands the destinies of nations we should become not only the wonder but the admiration of the civilized world.
 | A L IVES
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An observer finds that one of the re- markable things the bicycle has done is to make women carry bundles without hesitation or complaint. He says: It is a common thing to see women Juggling through the streets something that has to do with bicycle. Sometimes it is 0 part, and frequently good big part of the bicycle itself. Young women soon get accustomed to picking up their wheels and carrying them up gang ways of steamers, or up or down sey- eral flights of stairs. If the machine gets out of order the young woman takes it to pieces and carries the dam aged part to the nearest shop for re- pairs. Very frequently young wo- man is seen carrying the entire frame of her bicycle, which weighs four to six pounds. A few years ago the same young woman, then girl, of course. would have rebelled against carrying package that weighed as many ounces.
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dish. Satisfied that the trespassers had departed, the pursuers gave up the chase and continued to live in peace and, 1t Is to be hopes, happiness.
 Perhaps the most strange ceremony performed by ants is the funeral of one of their number.
 It is certainly very peculiar that in- sects of such a low order, and so ex- tremely different from human beings. should perform the same ceremonies in such a similar manner.
 have seen several funerals and they are all very much alike, l re- member on one occasion that an ant in the rock colony had died, and as soon as he was discovered a company Of about twenty held a consultation over him for about two minutes. Then two ants took him up and with two fol- lowing and the rest walking behind them, this queer procession moved slowly down the rock. In few mo- ments they came to the ground, and looking around for smooth place, the bearers laid the dead out carefully upon the ground, and then commenced to scratch a little hollow in the sand. w liGll lillS was ilillSHeu luSy LAtCA NiiSil dead comrade, laid him in the hollow and scratched the sand over him.
 The whole number then held another consultation over the grave, and when 1t was over they marched slowly up the rock ot their home. It Is a strange thing that when a dead ant from an- other colony is placed near a different settlement the ants in that settlement will never bury him. but will almost always devour him instead They evil dently believe that charity begins at home," and do not consider 1t their duty to bury strange ants. Perhaps when some scientist discovers a way to travel to another planet, and goes there, he will find it inhabited by ants the size of human beings,-who knows?
 For my own part, they are very in teresting as they are now, and If any one should ask me of an interesting way to spend an afternoon, I could not do better than to reply in the words of the great Solomon: "Go to the ant; consider her ways; and be wise"
 LUCY L. MERRILL.
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GIRL ORATORS.

As almost anything may fairly be ex- pected of Kansas it is not surprising to read of the prevalence of Girl Orators there. A Boy Orator has been zigzag- ging in wind and fire across the coun- try, and he has made some stir at Red Hook, Wolfert's Roost and other places. But he has made no such stir as the Girl Orators have made in freaky, whiskery Kansas. The astute chair man of the Populist committee decided that mature and hardened women ora tors like the famous Mrs. Lease and Mrs. Diggs were a little too old to make the needed impression on the Kansas farmers. So he has cheered and warm ed the formers and the campaign by the importation of several of the most and golden haired Girl Orators that are to be had. The Boy Orator has been justly described as a peach, and the Girl Orators are even more peachy than he is. One of the most interest ing of them is Miss Euegenie Cook, of Maryland. She is only seventeen years old, but she has already stumped her State for free silver and even challeng- ed Senator German to a joint debate. The astonislled senator, however, was not yet sufficiently advanced in his views to engage in such controversy, and declined the offer as politely as he could under the circumstances. Miss Florence Murray, of Iowa, the young woman whose hysterical attempt to stampede the Chicago convention for Boies attracted so much attention, is another of ths Populist campaigners in Kansas. She las weekly newspaper, but since her debut at Chicago is flood ed with invitations to speak. One of | the young women, Miss Frankie Lane, | is hon ored with the soubriquet of the 'tTillman of the women orators" An | other woman orator is Mrs. Antoinette | Haskell, mayor of the town of Gaylord, | a town whose officials are all women Still another is Minnie Jackson, a | young colored girl of Detroit, who is regarded as the best orator of the whole | galaxy.
 It is hard to realize that these Girl Orators may in time become like Mrs.
 Lease and Mrs. Diggs and be thought | too old to move the hearts of men in a | great cause. They should anpreciata
 themselves and be appreciated while
 they can fairly and honestly be called | Girl Orators.
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reaching to the hips. The collar should be high, cuffs turned back, and the sleeves--ah! there is a risk-better make them generous bishop, full at the shoulder and all the way down to the cuff. That will not be the sleeve of the season, but just what will is not as settled as the designers pretend, and there is so much goods in a bishop sleeve that that portion of the garment can be remodeled later. Such dress will pass muster now and probably look well, perhaps with the sleeves un- touched, all winter.
 All this, of course, is for the woman that is willing to wait till materials and styles have settled to the best taste before she adopts new goods and cuts. The amount of her pin money sets d cruel limit to her fashionable horizon, and she's not an easy person to plan for As 1t is, the foregoing advice is going a good ways, and even then, with other than the most simple dresses. it will not hold good, For uses that a severely plain gown will not answer, the wise choice is in the new fashions that do not make marked departures from things current To aid in this choice the gown sketched here was se- lected. It is described as found but can be made effective from less costly stuff. It was in gray silk, its skirt showing tiny inserted panels of white satin at the hem embroidered with black silk and bordered with bias folds of black satin. The basque was at- tached to the skirt and was silk and white satin bordered and embroidered with black. The front had a vest of white chiffon, yoke of silk and fall of gauzy white lace. A frilling of black satin trimmed the fronts at the vest. FLORETTE.
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THE sAGACITY OF ANTS.
A. J. IVES.


 If ants were the size of human be- ings, and if their knowledge increased with their growth. what 1narveis they would be! The majority of people who carelessly step on ant-hills would be greatly surprised, and no doubt inter- ested, if they knew how long and pa- tiently the tiny brown insects work in building their homes. It once hap pened that l had the rare good fortune to discover an ant-colony on large rock near my home.
 Many were the hours I spent watch ing the habits of the small colonists; and so industrious and clever were they that one might almost imagine that the only sense which they lacked was speech.
 In fact, ants do have a way of com municating with one another, which certainly corresponds to talking, and which seems very reasonable. l have often seen one ant approach another, and on meeting him they would both rub their delicate antennae together, undoubtedly giving and re- ceiving messages in this manner. l The ant-colony which I discovered on l the rock was quite large, and on that l account proved to be a very interesting study. These ants appeared to be very much | like their brethren who occupied a snug little hill at the base of the rock, but one day I discovered, to my sur prise, that they were quite different, 1 It happened that an ant from the | lower colony wandered away from his mates, and ascending the rock, came | suddenly upon an ant from the upper settlement. I have never seen such an exhibition of terror in an ant in my life. In moment he had discovered that hostile encampment was near, and had started off down the rock at | full speed.
 Instead of pursuing him, the other ant ran quickly to his home and spread the news among his companions | They immediately ran hither and | thither in search of the trespassing stranger, and it did not take long for | them to find him. He was hurrying away as fast as possible, but several of | the pursuers bounced upon him, and before five minutes had elapsed there was actually nothing left of him. 1 By various experiments I have found I that death is invariably the result if an l ant from one colony enters within the boundaries of different community l It is a generally accepted belief that ants will not cross water. They do not | like to do so, but when it becomes a | question of escape they will usually re- sort to it. On one occasion, wishing tc | try this experiment, filled dish with
 water, and on a stand in the middle 1 placed smaller dish.
 In this dish I placed sand and about l thirty ants, all taken from one colony | In few days they had constructed g home from the sand, and seemed suffi- 1 ciently at home for me to begin my 1 work.
 1 I succeeded in capturing three ants
 from a different community, ant
 placed them with great care in the disf
 with the other ants.
 | Of course a general chase began, ant 1 after trying every other means of es
 cape, the three pursued ants ran dowI
 to the edge of the water and actual!
 swan across to the edge of the larg'
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COURIER, FRIDAY

that flag of yours has not floated in every breeze, and ovF the sea for a thousand years, has it?"
 "No,it ain't," replied the captain, "but 1t licked one that has, as"-Youths Com panion.
 Teacher-Johnny can you explain to me the uses of the comma? Johnny (atter a pause)-Yes' He stan's on the diamond, scoops up liners an daisy cutters an slams the ball over to first. Teaeher-I guess you misunderstood me. asked you about the comma. Johnny-l know, an Eddie Green here says that's a short stop an that's what ben talkin' about.-Boston Courier.
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THE 1NDrANAponrs CONVENTION

THE INDTdNAPOLIS CONYENTfON
 The Honest Money Democratic con vention at Indianapolis has finished it's work. Its work has been done decent ly and in order and in no way like the work of the other convention that call ed itself Democratic. Just how wise its action is cannot be told until the votes are counted. It has seemed to many that the most effective way to deal with the free silver lunacy and lunatics would be to give every vote opposed to them to Mckinley and make him president by grand patriotic non-partisan uprising. But there are States in which the good cause may be helped by such ticket as has been nominated at Indianapolis The Dem ocratic voters who have the interests of the country at heart will perhaps not vote blindly for 'the third ticket" but will put their votes where they will do the most good-in some States voting for Mckinley and in some for Palmer and Buckner.
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hard gust of wind, and the kite carried him away iii the air in spite of himself. He thinks he rose three hundred eet from the ground before the kite began to come down. Then he found that he was over the lake. The kite came down so gently, though, that he struck the water with little force. At the same time the wind freshened and he was kept bobbing up and down upon the surface of the water, until help came in a rowboat from the shore. He got a good ducking, but otherwise was not hurt. Before I left home he told me that it would be some time before he tied a kite string around his waist again." darlington Times.
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EPASI I'VE.

"Young man, you should never go to bed owing any man cent'' Where would you sleep, ther?"-Datroit News.
 Don't look so grum, Pilkerton; use cheery words--they cost nothing 9 Cost nothing? If I speak ten cheery words to my wife she asks me for some money."-Chicago Record.
 Judge-What is your name? Young Wife-Caroline Augusta Emma. Judge And how are you generally called Young wife (bashfully)-My sweet ducky!-London Tid-Bits.
 T say, captain" said young Eng lishman on board on American clipper,
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Advertising Rates,

Situations, Wants, Rents and other small advertisements, One Cent q Word each tn- sertion. Five cents word for q full wcek (seven times)
 Display Advertlsements-Per inch, one in- cents; one week, $3.2O; one month, $lO; one year, $40.
 Obituary notices, in prose or verse; lJ cents per line. Notices of births, Marriages, Deaths and Funerals, 50 cents each. Local notices, 16oepts per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to their own 1mmedlte business Gall matter to be unob- jectlonable) and their contracts do not in- clude Wants. To Let, For Sale, etc.
 Discounts-On two inches or more one month and over, 10 per cent; on four inches
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An elaborate plan for the relief of the British farmer has been set on foot by an association of which the Earl of Winchelsea is at the head. The farmer in England is suffering, as he is with us, from the declining prices of his pro- ducts owing to increasing production and competition, and the object of the movement is to reduce his expenses as far as possible by doing away with niddle-men and bringing him directly into communication with the consumer. This is to be effected by the formation of producers organizations which will do all the work now done by others, directly for the producer-slaughte the beeves, separate" the cream. col lect transport, and dispose of the pro- ducts of all kinds. A saving is to be effected in transportation charges, ow- ing to products being transported in bulk, instead of individual lots. There Is to be a. central organization in Lon- don and local companies in all market towns. In South Lincolnshire there Is said to be hardly farmer of any standing who has not taken shares.
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THREADING WATER WITH AID OF
 KITE

Richard M. Augustin, of Winona,
 Minn., a professor in the public schools of that city, is stopping at Willard's.
 "Kite-flying is becoming all the rage in Winona," said he. Willard Matthe ws, one of the most prominent young men of the city,made a kite few days be- fore I left home, ten feet in height. Matthews went out to fly the kite while a strong wind was blowing. He tied the strong twine about his waist in or der to keep the kite from getting away from him. Along came an unusually
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Arthur Hamilton, a wealthy and ec- centric Englishman, has just died near Vienna, leaving behind him a most re- markable series of collections, not the least singular of which consists of 20,- 900 buttons, representing all the uni- forms of the different armies of the world. Another collection is made up of the teeth of all the most formidable wild beasts, while. in contrast to this, are 352 fans which originally belonged to the most beautiful women in the world.
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Bears are so plentiful in Antieosti that M. Menier has granted a conces- sion for the establishment of a curing plant for bears meat on the island, bears hams being now a fashionable delicacy in Paris.
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FASHION NOTES.
For Those That Cannot Set the Pace.

For Those That Cannot Set the Pace.
 Many women, a majority of all probably, feel that to get new dress now when the winter styles are unset tied, is to run in danger of selecting something that will not be endorsed by later rulings, and that means serious loss and disappointment. For them the safe thing is to wear last years gown till November. If you won't do that and feel that you simply must get into something new, then make it ac- cording to the very latest advice of last winter. A gown so modelled will not look antiquated, and will serve you well. A tailor design will be the safest. Make it skirt and coat, the skirt grace full at the hem, close at the hips and just escaping the ground all about, A box coat is safe, straight up and down in back, at sides and in front, and
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For State officers.

T UT Stttlo VIifCoIbs
 FOR GOVERNOR, LORRIN A. COOKE, of Winchester. FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, JAMES D. DEWELL, of New Haven. FOR SECRETARY OF STATE, CHARLES PHELPS, of Rockville.
 FOR TREASURER, CHAS. w. GROSVENOR, of Pomfret.
 FOR COMPTROLLER, BENJ. P. MEAD, of New Canaan.
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District Electors.

District Electors. 1st Dist. GARDNER HALL, JR., of Will ington. 2nd Dist. GEORGE I. ALLEN, of Mid dletown. Sd Dist. .--G GEORGE A. HAMMOND, of Put nam. 4th Dist. DENYING PERKINS, of Litchfield.
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Mother (to the boy sliding down the banister)-Fritz, what are you doing there? Fritz-Making trousers for orphan boys.-Fliegende Biatter.
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DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY. 15 CENTS A WEEK, ACCENTS A MONTH, $3 FoR SIX MONTHS, S6 A Y EAR. THE SAME TERMS EMAIL
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Though speech is silver, the Boy Ora tor hasn't anything to say about the Vermont election.
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The pig iron dealers of Birmingham, Alabama, began some months ago to make shipments of small lots to Europe to test the markets there. The tests made in England and Italy were so satisfactory that orders and inquiries have since been received, leading the dealers to hope that they are laying the foundation for a large European demand. The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company has just shipped 800 tons to Liverpool and 300 tons to Genoa, and has orders for larger lots that will soon be forwarded. Birmingham deal CTS say that the stagnation in the American iron market has pulled down prices here to so low figure that it is more profitable to sell in Europe than in this country, even with the extra burden of ocean freight rates that the shippers have to pay.
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Robert Peabody of Germantown, Pennsylvania, has invented a new plan for the lines of an ocean steamer con- sisting of a hull so grooved from the bows sternward that a twin-screw, working under the bows, shall force the water against the sides of two converg- ing grooves, lifting it over the trans verse wave motion of the center, and going backward shall force the prow up that it rides the waves instead of blowing into them; while this back ward wave motion will be caught by the stern propellers and the ship there by forced onward. It appears that small boats have been built on these lines, and have indicated in practice that MT. Peabody's theory is correct. The passage to Europe will be reduced to five days, if his hopes are fulfilled.
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Ten thousand employees of the War department have just been classified in the civil service, in accordance with the order of the President of May last, which extended the operations of the law to practically all government em- ployes except those laborers whose work does not require technical skill, or intelligence above an ordinary de- gree The order has been interpreted by Secretary Lamont to include even Iaborers who perform duties requiring a comparatively mediocre intelligence, and in his own office but two persons, the confidential clerks of himself and Assistant Secretary Doe, remain out side the classified lists. The chief clerk of the department and all the heads of divisions are included in the lists.
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REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS
FOR PRESIDENT,

WIILIlA1N NICNINLEIg UT VlIIU'
 FOR VICE PRESIDENT, GARRETT A. HOBART, of New Jersey.
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State Electoral Ticket.

ELNOIOftS-A S-AI-IANUE, GEORGE POPE, of Hartford. JAMES GRAHAM, of Orange.
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Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-23
VOW ron THE EXPOSITION.

bloomfield Monitor (rep): Every person In
Nebraska should do all in his or her power
to make the Transmississippi Exposition ae
Omaha a great success.
Schuyler Herald (dem): All OF the papers
of this state could with profit devote little
space each week to booming the forthcom-
ing great Tansmssissppi Exposition.
Howells Journal (pop): The Transmissis-
slppi Exposition that will be held in Omaha
during 1898 is Of great interest to Nebraska
people. Let us all work to make 1t sue
cess.
Grand Island Independent (rep): Every
county in Nebraska should make a special
effort along some line to assist In making
the TransmisSiS iSsippi Exposition n grand sue
cess. II is none too soon to be thinking up
some particular novelty that will present
the resources OF respective communities, to-
gether with the grand display that will be
made by the state at large when the proper
time comes Hall county and Grand Island
can In no way better advertise than to erect
a sugar beet palace, or something similar to
represent the home of the sugar beet indus
try in Nebraska.