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The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-07
Tennyson'. Manners.

MT R. H. Sherard comes to the de- fence of MT. Benson, who was recently attacked because he said that Tenny- son was not a man of agreeable man ners. MT. Sherard declares that MT, Benson only wrote what was true, He says, in the Bookman, that Hike most men who have studied closely the hu- man heart, Lord Tennyson was mi- santhrope," and he then goes on to re- late some personal "reminiscences Of his mother who, as Miss Wordsworth, and with Mrs. afterwards Lady-Taylor, visited the Laureate at house in TWickenham forty years ago. The Taylors, MT, Sherard relates, knew the Tennysons, and Mrs, Taylor had taken Miss Wordsworth to see the then new Laureate. The poet, who did not ap- pear till he was sent for, came into the room, we are told, looking very gloomy, and only spoke in monosyllables. Mrs. Taylor rallied him on his moroseness. One would say, MT. Tennyson, she said, that you were not pleased to see us" q don't think you would be pleased to see visitors" cried Tenny- son, If you hired the Times for an hour a day and the visitors just came during that hour" When told by. Mrs. Taylor that he never visited his friends, he replied morosely: Its all very well for you to talk. You have only to order your horses to be put in and drive over here. When I come to see you I have to go to the expense of a cab or q railway ticket" He after wards left the room.
 Of Miss Wordsworth the poet had taken no notice, and she was very much abashed. But Mrs, Tennyson, who had noticed what had taken place, went and sat by her and spoke kindly. "Mr. Tennyson was not we'll" she said; The suffered from biliousness. and his manners that day meant nothing. She was sorry that she had come just that day. because when Tennyson was in good humor he was delightful''
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-07
ENTER7L1TNFNG.

Miss Gushington-Do you moi find Dr
 Smalltalk entertaining? He is s,,oh a
 mimic. MT. Sneerington (who detests
 the doctor)--T have often noticed that 1 the doctor takes people off cleverly.-- Answers.
 Teacher-And what is meant by keep ing the Sabbath holy? E,thel-Tt maant it means to think of something you
 would like to do. oh, ever so much. and
 then not doing it, cause it's Sunday Indianapolis Journal
 Consoling: Friend-Why So down. cast, doctor? Young Doctor-A patient
 whom l began to treat yesterday has just died. Friend-Oh, don't worry about that. He might have died any, way.-Amusing Journal.
 Jones-To- morrow will be the first ! Sunday of the year, and I propose to
 commence the New Year by going to church. Mrs. Jones-You had better
 take me with you. What for?'' Mrs. Jones-You may need somebody to iden- tify you-Truth.
 ''Allers seems to me-" said the gro- cery oracle, that after ole Jim Bill
 wallop has put in Sunday tenin' the Lord that he is the orneryest ole cuss on earth, he puts in the rest of the wael. tryin' to see if he kin live up to it."- Indianapolis Journal.
 Mrs. Latechurch-John is Mr. Late church-Yes. No. Yes. Mrs. Late church-Mercy! What do you mean?
 Mir. Latechurch Tapidly)-That your your dress looks all right, that it don't
 dip up in the back, and that your hat is on straight. Come on.-Judge Christmas Morning.-Wnlie-I bet l ! get d lot of presents this morning. ] Willie's Mamma-Why, Willie? { WiEie-Why, last night l heard Santa l Claus stumbling upstairs, and I heard him say he had an awful load. and ! hoped you wouldn't wake up.-Life. i Uncle John--I am afraid. Henry, that ' you will never make much progress in | the world, with your indifferent, easy going ways. The secret of success.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-07
Electrically opera,ed Factories.

Apart from the economy in cost of
 shown to follow on the adoption of electric transmission for driving ma chinery, it is necessary to point out it's great convenience. However ingen- iously the belt-driven gear of machine to keep the shafting and belts clear so as to avoid interfering with the lifting
 appliances in these factories No such difficulty occurs in the case of electric transmission. In all larger tools the ! electric motor should form an integral kpart of the tool itself, and the conduc- tor can be carried to 1t in such a man tner as to be completely out of risk of 1 Interference with the gangways or the
 floor or with the lifting appliances overhead.
 ] In modern factories. where large
 masses of material have to be dealt with, there are many cases where the
 moving about of heavy casting or l forging is, if possible, to be avoided; 1t l is far more economical to bring the ma chine tool up to the work than to move l the work up to the tool, and this is
 readily carried out with electric trans mission. Drilling, shaping and milling
 machinery can be made portable and can be brought up ard fixed to the work by the ordinary shop lifting ap- | pliances. As soon as such a tool is in position, power can be applied to it l from distribution boxes, arranged at
 convenient intervals along the floors or walls of the workshop.
 l Tn this way the floor of large erect ling shop can be kept free from obsta- | cles or hindrances of any kind, so that 1 large pieces of machinery of any class 1 may be erected in the positions most
 convenient for them, and any machin- l ing to be done on them can be carried | on by the tools being brought up to 1 them and operated electrically It can
 be easily shown that in most cases such an arrangement will lead to the
 reduction of the total number of tools required as well as the cost of doing
 the work.
 | Further than this, the introduction of
 electric power all over a mechanical
 workshopis attended with many advan- | tages which are now only commencing
 to be appreciated. Not only can weld l ing, brazing, soldering and many simi-
 lar operations requiring high tempera- l lures be effected by electrical m ans in a most certain and economical manner ! without oxidation of the surfaces, but annealing. case-hardening. and other | operations can be effected locally to parts of a structure, and results can thus be produced which were quite im- possible before the introduction of cleo i tricity.-R. F.. B. Crompton in Cassier's ] Magazine.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-07
CHICAGO sOL0MoN.

Chicago is hardly the place where one would look for a Solomon in the seat of a judge but there is one there and his name is Clark. Mrs. Martin lived in a flat. Miss Flemming lived in the fiat over Mrs. Martin. Mrs. Martin had a piano and a nervous husband in her fiat Miss Flemming had a piano and a. nervous father in her fiat. Mrs. Martin made her piano give out Ean- kee Doodle with great frequency and persistency. Miss Flemming played Beethoven with equal frequency and persistency. Mrs. Martins husband and Miss Flemmlng's father suffered equally, the one from Beethoven's sc- natas and the other from Yankee Doodle So much did they suffer that Mrs. Martin and Miss Flemming be- gan to squabble.- Then each took the law O. the other. Then Judge Clark had his opportunity and right wisely did he use it. He said, in substance: Both complaints are right and both are wrong. The man who, under ordinary circumstances, dislikes to hear Yankee
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-07

When asked recently why he did not sell, he replied; "What could I do with such money? I could not manage such a large sum in one bunch; would cer- tainly lose it. I have enough trouble with S2OO,0O0 per month Income now I can't find any investment for 1t, As long as my money is in the mine know where 1t is, and when I want more l know where I can take it out" Last November his money matters began to worry him. He had purchased five mines in two months and had bought the controlling interest of two mining companies, in which he had been elect ed president. He began to figure up his deposits and drafts, and was much wor- ried over the possibility of owing a slight balance to the bank. Now, MT. Stratton dislikes to overdraw, so he wrote to his bankers asking how he stood, saying that If there was an over draft he would shortly fix it up, lmag- inc his surprise when he was informed that there was still to his credit $1,952,- 900. It seems that he had not figured in the deposits from the ore sold from his Independence, Portland No. ?, Ameri- can Eagle, John A. Logan, Lottie and Caledonia mines. He is peculiar in this regard, that he will have no partners in any of his mining ventures. He owns outright the mines just mentioned, as well as the Lowell the Harry, Rosario and Washington mines. He owns a quarter of all the stock of the Portland Mining company, which is incorporated for 9,O00,OOO shares, and which is sell ing on the market to-day at $2 per share. besides the controlling interest in two other companies.
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Advertising Rates.

Situations, Wants, Rents and other small advertisements, one Cent a Word each in- scrtloa. Five cents q word for q full week (seven times(
 Display Advertlscmeuts--Pe inch, one in- scrtiOn, Sl.2O; each subsequent insertion, 40 cents; one week, S3.}O; one month, Sl0; one ye,tr, $40.
 Obituary notices, in prose or verse, 15 cents per Inc. Notices of bi ths, Marriages, Deaths and Fuuera g, 30 cents each. Local notices, l5 cents per llne.
 Yearly advertisers arc limited to their own iminedite business (all matter to be unob- Jeononablel, and their contracts do not in- clude Wants, To Let, Eor Sale, etc
 Discounts-On two inches or more one month and over, 10 per cont; on four inches
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-07
CLEARED HIS CLIENT,
How Western Lawyer Overcame the Preronderanee of Evidence.
 From the San FranciscD Cnll1

How a Western Lawyer Overcame the
 Preuonderanes of Evidence.
 From the San Francisco CallI
 My first case" said a weH-lknown attorney, was the defense of a negro preacher in Missouri who had been ar rested for stealing wood from a. rail- road company. A great deal of fuel had been lost from time to time, so when the culprit was arrested the com pany was so anxious to make an exam pie of him that it employed special counsel and prosecuted the case vigor-, ously. The evidence against the old man was convincing. He had been seen sneaking around the wood-pile and was arrested while carrying off load.
 T had subpoenaed about twenty well known business men to testify 10 the previous good character of the defend- ant When the prosecution's case was closed I put one on the stand and asked:
 "fDo you know the defendant's rep- utation for honesty and integrity?'
 "'Yes, was the answer.
 "'What is it-good or bad?
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-07
COURIER, TUESDAY

Henry, is hard work Henry-Yes, suppose so, Uncle John; but, you know, l never did care much about other peo- ple's secrets,-Boston Transcript
 What sort Q place do you reckon heaven is?" said Mosely Wraggs, slow ly shifting his seat on the park bench and looking dreamily out over the lake, "The good book says it's a place O rest" replied Tuffold Knut, squinting contemplatively at the sun. 'lt won't be much of a change, will it?" replied Mosely Wraggs, after a long pause Chicago Tribune. .. ....
 Maude-Young Huggins engagement was very short one. Mabel-ls it broken already? Ut was broken the very night he proposed. You don't say" "Yes; you see Huggins shutters frightfully aud it took him nearly twenty minutes to propose, and after he got through the girl spoiled every thing by eXclalmlng, This is so sud den,' Huggins thought she was guying him. '-Yonkers Statesman.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-07

Doodle, is not a good American, The man who, under ordinary cireum- stances, disHlSes to hear a Beethoven sonata, is. as to music, a barbarian, But under certain circumstances, as when they are performed to the dis turbance and against the renonstranee of nervous Invalid, seeking rest, both Yankee Doodle and Beethoveu's sonatas equally lose all musical character and become mere noise, no more entitled to consideration or respect than is the noise created by beating on a tin pan. This is said without disparag cement of the musical taste and ability of either complainant. Just as matter out Of place is dirt, music out of place is noise. I make no order, He who comes into a court of equity seeking re- lief, must come with clean hands, When Miss Flemming stops playing Bethovens sonatas I will grant her an order restraining Mrs. Martin from playing Yankee Doodle, and vice versa, Both complaints are dismissed.
 Solomon in his great act of ordering the baby cut in two didn't appear to better advantage than did Judge Clark in this decision. A judge who can thua deal with case involving tenement house row, nervousness, feminine hostil- ity and the sensitiveness of musicians is in the right place.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-07

the braid does To-day's picture per mits a peep of still another sort of a gold belt--a plain metal band of the dog collar sort. It has no ornamental ton of jeweling, though 1t might have and not outstrip in elegance the cos tune Of which it is part That con- sists of a wide and deeply pieateti skirt of mixed silk and wool goods that is stiffened and lined with moire, and a bodice of chinchilla fur with plain back and bloused front and two long tabs that hang nearly to the skirts hem. The sleeves are of satin of the founda- tion color in the skirt and are trimmed with wide fur cuffs. Muff and fur banding on the hat match that used for the bodice. This fur may be zibeline or fox, if desired, but chinchilla Is far more stylish this year.
 Skating dresses are more vivid and picturesque than ever this year. Rus sian Jackets and close skirts that are a little short make up the right thing. but the jacket opens and beneath there is vest all gold lace and of a color that contrasts vividly with the outer jacket. High shOes are worn with fur about the tops and the foot looks all the tinier therefore. To tell the truth, there are as many gitls who put on skating rigs and pose on the hank without ever going near the. water D as there are naidens who in the sum- mer time put on stunning bath rigs and then never go in. TLORFrTn
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-07
----------------777-77-7-- - THE NEW BOND OFFER.

l The President has lately been fervent- l ly besought not to sell the country to the bond syndicate and not to allow the, bond syndicate to save the country at 1 a fair commission He has surprised and pleased the beseechers by appar- | ently ignoring the bond syndicate and offering S100,0 GOO in coin bonds to the | highest bidders who will pay for them in gold coin or in gold certificates. l As the bidding may continue until the 9th of February, and as the heavy bid ders will not be likely to put in their bids until after the 1st of February, and as congress may do something before that time there is little use in guessing what will happen to the new loan. If the people can't or wont take 1t the President cannot be charged with not having given them chance to take it. And if the syndicate finally gets it at about the price 1t is willing to give for it the President cannot be justly blam- ed for that.
 So all there is to do is to wait and see what happens. The situation is not a pleasant one nor a safe one. Of course this country can sell a good many more bonds at some price to somebody or other. But more bonds do not mean better credit or permanent relief. The best that can De said is that they may tide us over until the country can pay its expenses from it's income and engage in safe and sensible fnanciering.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-07
SOME WONDERS.

What can be done with some iron and some honest and skillful toll was strikingly shown at a recent meeting of the South Staffordshire Institute a British organization of iron and steel works managers. A MT. Morris pointed out that the Warrington wire manufac- turer who presented him with many specimens got $4,32 per pound, or oven $500 per ton, for the specimen of drawn wire which was largely used in the construction of pianos and other musi- cal and mechanical instruments. For the pinion wire he got $21.6 50 per pound, or $43, 200 per ton. It took 754 hair springs to weigh an ounce of 437h grains. It took 27,000000 of them to weigh a ton, and, taking one to be worth cent and half, the value of a. ton of these apparently cheap little barbed instrument used by dentists for extracting nerves from teeth was even more expensive, representing a rate oi $2, 15o,00O per ton. A mile length of No. IS size wire only weighed q pounds, and many of the ingots were F to IA hundredweight each, and after allowing for all waste, they could get 50 miles of wire from one ingot.
 These will be surprising facts to those who have not known them. Great is the modern wonder-worker.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-07

tie later, Polly's master, to whom the plants belonged, came into the roon1 and immediately exclaimed, "Oh, look at my tulips; see how they are grow ing" Polly at once uttered two words, and only two; they were, You assn I need hardly say that some time elapsed before the owner of the tulips was made acquainted with all the par ticulars of what had happened. .--Cham- bers' Journal.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-07

There are men who know how to take advantage of things. W. w. Arland tells Buffalo paper that during the recent high water in the Genessee Val ley he saw an energetic fruit grower padding around his orchard in a scow, and trimming the tops of his trees. Tt was the first time ever saw tree-pruning done by boat" says MT. Arland.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-07
FlSHION NOTES.
Belts From the Jewellers.

Belts of gold braid, very narrow and with exquisite buckles of enamel work are among the more expensive of the belts this year, but when it comes to the narrow belt made of woven gold wire, with a jewel set in the buckle pooh! after all, it does not show so very much more than the other does, The trouble is that every woman in the land knows that it costs more. Its real ad-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-07

Judge Edwards of Louisville has recently rendered a decision of con- siderable importance to patrons of ina tionaI' building and loan associations. The defendant corporation has it's headquarters in Washington. On De- cember 4, 1890, it loaned to a Louisville resident $1,0O0, for the payment of which he delivered his note for &, ,OO0
 secured by a mortgage, the money to be paid in installments. Among the agreements was one to the effect that at any time after two years from the date the amount paid in in monthly deposits, with per cent. annual inter est thereon, might be withdrawn upon surrender of the certificate. Despite this provision several applications of the plaintiff to withdraw were not needed. He then appealed to the court stating that he had paid the defendant a greater sum, in instalments, etc, than the u6Dl O1 9l,UeU uue IL WlII H. terest at $ per cent. from December f.
 1890, that the note had been fully paid and the lien on the property satisfied
 The company replied that the plaintiff was entitled to the amount paid in after the first quarter, less five cents per share per month. He had not, it is alleged, paid off the note, but was entitled to a credit of sS73.1S upon it.
 Judge Edwards held that the plaintiff under the Kentucky law was entitled to credit for all payments, with in terest; nor is there any law under which the defendant had any right to forfeit any part of the payments made by plaintiff to it. The plaintiff was held to have paid his debt in full. and to have satisfied the mortgage.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-07

Well well, that Chicago is indeed a wicked place. Swindlers there color English sparrows so that they resemble bullfinches and other pet song birds and are sold at high prices.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-07

According to a correspondent of the San Francisco Call, Winfield s. Strat- ion. the owner of the famous Independ- ence mine. of Cripple Creek. who was a poor carpenter three or four years ago, is now worth s2O,OOO,OOO, and he could get S12. .ooO 900 for his mine any day
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-07

The Queen of Portugal can earn her own living if she has to. She has just passed the examinations qualifying her for practice as a physician.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-07
Nnica.

We cannot accept anonymous or return re- 1ected communications. In all cases the name of the writer will be requtrei, not for publication, but as 8 guarantee of good faith.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-07

The judges of the Supreme court of South Carolina are said to be in doubt whether or not the State has any Su- preme court since the new constitution has gone into effect. There are now three members of that court, but the new constitution says there shall be four, and the point was raised whether the present court of three members is the court as contemplated by the con- stitution. The judges are deliberating over their status, and may call in the circuit judges to help settle it.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-07

A chemical process of purifying drink ing water has been worked out by M, Allain, who does it with iodine and car bon. One part of iodine in 100000 of water, at the end of a quarter of an hour, will free the water from bacilli. The iodine is then neutralized with so- dium hyposulphite. The water is then filtered through charcoal, though, if it was fairly pure to begin with, the pre- caution is useless. The water is lim- pid, color1ess and tasteless.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-07

California wine makers have formed an association to maintain the price of sweet wines. Last year port was sold as low as sixteen cents a gallon to the selling agents. The association, which has control of practically the whole available supply of sweet wines in California, has fixed the price of port at twenty-five cents a gallon and angelica at thirty cents. There are about 3,ooO00O gallons of port now in the State.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-06-17
DAYS OF DIPLOMAS.
THE MEETING OF THE UNIyER-
sITY SOCIETY OF ALUMNI.


UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, June 10
(Special) The Society Of the Alumni Of
the University met this morning In the
hall OF the Washington Literary Society.
Joseph Bryan. OF Richmond, presided.
The attendance at these meetings is never
large. but was rather larger to-day than
usual.
4 vote Of thanks was rendered those
who had contributed money to restore the
University building. destroyed by fire last
October
The matter Of nominating officers OF the
society for the ensuing year was referred
to a committee, as was the selection Of the
orator Of 1897.
Tonight the lawns are Illuminated. and
the usual gay scene grcets the visitor,
with changed BACKGROUND consisting OF
dismantled walls. Priued by scaffolding.
The celebration Of the jefferson Lite
rary Society took place In the chapel Mr..
George helms Wise. Of West Norfolk,
Va. presided The vice-president was Mr.
J. Pierce Bruins. Of New orleans. The
Orators Medal had been won by Mr.. W.
$. Hancock. Of Danvllle. and, upon It's
delivery to him, he made the usual adj
dress.
The Debater's Medal had been awarded
to Mr. Henry 4. HOPKINS. Of Pittsourg'
Tex. Mr. Hopkins made a rigorous de-
fence OF the present administrations ana
described its policy I'm regard 10 fnance s..
As yet the Board Of Visitors have made
none Of their proceedings public.