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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-03-27

him, even II he had been an aequain-
lance and not an entire stranger lie
said Good evening"" and passed me
rapidly, for lie was evidently "seorch-
err who liked to show speed
Good evening" / replied, and let on
a little more oil; for no one enjoys be-
ing left behind in q summary manner.
My new machine quickened, and hung
on his quarter,
Observing this, he also quickened,
and let on little more oil, keeping
close in his rear.
My machine now puffed audibly, and
+ was aware that my fellow traveller
turned his head in an effort to scruti-
nize me more closely 1t was quite
dark, however, and apparently he con-
cluded that l was doing the putting ana
exerting myself injudiciously to race
him,
your wind seems a little sprung, my
friend" he remarked pleasantly.
II do have the phthisis slightly in hay
fever time / replied, moving up
abreast of him, and even passing him a
little.
Thereupon he put up his racing
hump! 1t was to be race, / saw. So,
not to be outdone in good form, put up
a hump, too, and also opened up the
feed pipe of my kerosene works.
In consequence appeared to puff ter
ribly; but by this time the other fellow
was doing a good deal of putting him.
self, for we had come to long stretch
of ascending ground where the road
was decidedly heavy.
I maintained my hump and went up
the hill in great shape; and will do my
rival the justice to say that he followed
my lead in good style. His pride was
evidently touched. and he was exerting
| himself to the utmost
| I led him by an easy twenty yards,
| however, and knew that he must be
suffering. Human muscle cannot COM
pete properly on a long, hard hill. with
steam or kerosene. He stuck to the
race pluckily, however, thinking that a
| wind-sprung man must needs collapse
ere long, or else, perhaps, that he could
vet come in on the downhill stretch be-
yond
| The village lay on the other side of
the hill, and emerging from the shaw
ows of q, pine grove, we passed the
cemetery and glided swiftly into the
| main street, under the bright glare of
an are light now slowed, suddenly,
| preparatory to turning into the cross
street where live and my friend OF
| the uphill race glided alongside.
l. Tor q hay fever man you are a. good
| -" he began to say, but stopped short:
| for now for the first time he got a good
view of my wheel and saw that my
| feet were on the rests. Then many
impetuous words, low but emphatic,
| burst fom his lips.
YES, hay fever is very disagreeable,
| but is not dangerous to life" I said
h"Good night
The muttered response Of my new
road acquaintance | viii not repeat.
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all sizes win be enabled to come along
the wharves and have their eargoes
unloaded direct on the railroad cars
This, OF course, win greatly facilitate
traffic. inasmuch as at present all yes"
sells have their cargoes discharged into
lighters some four miles away from the
railroad, and this llghterage business
is very expensive affair to shippers,
The French, therefore, are determined
to have complete railroad with good
harbors on each side Of the isthmus,
even though the canal should prove to
be an impossibility. On the other hand,
If the canal Is not an impossibility the
railroad will still do an immense local
traffic through the development of the
richest agricultural lands on the globe.
Unless the Nicaragua canal schemers
make more rapid progress than they
have the Panama canal may be finished
before they really get started.
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tn II P1NdMi CANAL.

Work on the Panama canal has be-
gun afresh, some thousands of laborers
being busy on the various sections.
The channel on the Pacific side is now
being deepened, and the American con-
sui general at Panama predicts that
the great French ship canal across the
isthmus will be completed within ten
years. This official has formed his
opinion on a careful study of existing
conditions in that part of the world.
He says also that under its foreign
owners and managers the Panama rail-
there be a canal or not, greatly to the
detriment of American interests, COM
mercial and International inasmuch as
European tendencies seem to be de-
termined to undermine United States
interests in that part of the world.
The fight between the railroad COM
pany and the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company, says the consul general, has
caused much loss to the cash value of
the transit business, but the increase
of acreage in coffee lands has been
so great in Central America that, not
wfthstanding the fight between the two
corporations, the increase In the tram
sit could not be held down, even though
there may have been reduction in
the cash receipts. The Panama rail-
road has been a gold mine to its own
ers, and is likely to remain one, even
though, through the possible construc-
ton of the Panama canal, it may cease
to be the one great factor of the world s
transit business across the isthmus.
The French capitalists interested in
! that section are SO well satisfied with
its prospects that they are ready to
spend money for improvements, canal
or no canal OF these. the report OF
the consul general says: Steps are be-
| ing taken TO make harbor at the
mouth of the canal where vessels OF
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Lincoln a saappy Man.
I'M ~. -, MN

In his lecture at New Haven, the
other day, on Lincoln and his cabinet,
Mr., Dana said of Lincoln 'He was
the most calm, equable, accomplishing,
men l have ever known" There is
much novelty in this suggestion that
in the thick of the war; in Washing
ton, Lincoln was happy. His biogra-
piers have pictured him as sagacious,
patient, long suffering, much enduring,
gentle, kind, sympathetic, and humor-
Gus. We are perfectly familiar with
all the qualities In him which these
several adjectives denote. Great stress
has been laid on his melancholy; his sad
eyes have been pictured to us, and
he has been shown again and often
times as bearing sorrowfully but stead
fastly up under his immense anXieties
and responsibilities. But Mr.. Dana,
who knew him when his cares We're
most Weighty describes him as one of
the happiest of men. Who remembers
to have heard any one say that of him
before? 1t must be that Mr.. Dana is
right. Lincoln ought to have been
happy. He had the elements of happi-
ness in him. He had love, he had
strength, he had faith, he had humor,
and he must have had the conscious
ness of being equal to his task. An I'M
feeling man can hardly be happy. A
man who is not up to his job and knows
1t can't be happy. A man who Is self
pnnpaitaH g two itrit a hIe ar,
who is tormented by hatred, malice,
jealousy, or vain misgivings cannot be
happy in any high degree. But there
was nothing in Lincoln himself to make
him unhappy He had worries, per-
plexities, and cares, and the stress of
circumstances must often have been
oppressive to him, but the attrition of
those forces all outside of himself he
could stand. He was g profoundly dis
ciplined man, as Washington was be-
fore him. He had struggled through
hardships and seasons of depression In
early life, and had not only got the bet
ter of them, but had got good out of
them, He had learned the lessons of
life SO thoroughly that he seemed to
have come to be in harmony with the
great motives and impulses that rule
the universe, and certainly he knew
how to accomplish the greatest results
with the least possible friction. Lin
coin has been written of SO much as
a martyr that it is really useful to have
some one of authority talk Of him as
a happy man. Martyrs have usually
claimed to have their share Of the fun,
albeit they had it in a way that was
something out Of the common. 1t Is a
poor destiny to be a martyr IL one can't
be happy in the accomplishment Of It,
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LANGUAGE.

AS 1t Is Spoke They froze me out"
"How?" why, they made 1t SO hot
for me. "--Detroit Tribune.
What's a sood thing for
rheumatism? Chimley-You seem to
be; you're always complaining of it.
Roxbury Gazette.
Mediun-The spirit of your wife
wishes to speak with you Widower--
You're a fakir; my wife never would
never ask permission to speak to me-
Truth.
His Mother-You see, your grand
papa is very sick. Say something to
him. The Son.-Granepa, would you
like to have soldiers at your funeral?--
ILLUSTRATION.
Ethel-If you stand on a chair, and /
sit on the piano, perhaps the mouse
cannot reach us. Edith--Oh. it can!
You forget that this IL reap year.-De-
troit Free Press,
VI had always been an American
until went around curve in a cable
car this morning. What difference
did that make?'' ''Then I became a
Laplander Life.
A fat French lady despairingly says:
II am so fat that 1 pray for a disap-
pointment to make me thin. but no
sooner does the disappointment come
than the joy of the prospect of getting
thin makes me fatter than ever."-Tit
Bits.
ct hope you did not give that tramp
any money to buy wnfskey." mo, in
deed! Yesterday l gave him a nickel
to buy postal cards to write to his sick
sister and to-day he came back for a
nickel to buy some ink. louisville
Courier-Journal
Visitor-What are you here for?
Burglar with a Boston education)-
Your query is somewhat ambiguous.
If you meant to inquire the nature of
my offense, [ should say broke into a
building If you meant to ask why I
am still here, should reply that have
not broken out Good day, sir!--Phila-
delphia Record.
Stalled-"Did you report that suicide
as 1 told you to do last night?' asked
the editor of the new reporter, a eradu
ate o. a school Of journalism. Il saw
the corpse, sir, but found it impossible
to write description of the affair. -
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the skirt, and no buttons showed.
Such gown isn't as extravagant as it
seems, because the skirt goes with a
silk coat charmingly, and the coat goes
with any other gown with perfect eff
feet. Then these light shade melton
cloths cleanse delightfully."-.
Quite as alluring as the tailor rigs
are the gowns whose only trimming
comes In their combination of two sorts
or shades of stuff A very jaunty mod
ell of this type is presented here. Its
materials are leaf green wooden stuff
and mode cloth. The skirt has the en-
tire sides Of the latter material. the
back and front being of the green cloth.
The lining Of the bodice hooks in the
center, and the vest with it's novel rev.
ers laps over and fastens beneath the
jacket parts The vest forms a tiny
basque in front and the mode stuff the
same, the entire bodice being Of the lat
ter, the vest alone being green. Green
cuffs finish the sleeves, and ribbon
bows ornament the high stock collar.
The long feather boa is not much
Worn now. but long ends of lace and
ribbon are added to the short collar
cites of feathers SO that the general
bulk of the neck affairs is as much as
that of the two yard boa that used to
be slipping about so uncomfortably.
FLORETTE.
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woRE AN ERNEST EXPRESSION

WORE An EARNEST EXPRESSION
The Register is very properly i'm
pressed by the Journal and Courier's
full, graphic and accurate report Of the
great orthodox trial in Madison. 1t is
especially impressed by our reporters
statement that the Rev. Mr.. Brown
wore an earnest expression" We do
not wonder that it is so impressed In
seeing and reporting that expression
our reporter showed the possession of
the eagle eye and the massive intellect
which, in fit combination, make the su-
perior reporter. He noticed what the
other reporters present didn't, and he
noticed what a Register reporter would
have called the most salient feature of
the performance had he been sharp
enough to see it. What the Register
reporter saw was the theartlessness'
of the prosecuting officer. That heart
lessness" was so apparent to the Reg
lister reporter that he reported 1t just as
he saw it, and didn't stop to think that
in trying to say that the prosecuting
officer did not prosecute with heartiness
he also said just what he didn't mean
to say. If anybody concerned wore an
er didn't see it. 1t is evident that there
should have been at least one weareI
Of an earnest expression among the
participants in a trial whose result has
been said in the Register to be 1.-THE
most momentous event in the modern
history of the Church" Our reporter
discovered one, and therefore did his
part toward giving the affair its due
solennity and dignity. Tt was not en-
tireiy .i1eartiess" to him and to those
who read his interesting and truthful
report.
The Register, which can see poor poll
| itics even in a heresy trial, bases an
argument for free wool on our report
er's statement that "the Rev. Mr..
Brown wore an earnest expression"
| The answer we shall make to that ar
gunent is that in spite of free wool the
| Register is not yet clothed and in its
right mind. 1t does not even wear an
earnest expression, and is therefore less
| clothed than the Rev. Mr.. Brown. OF
the Norwich man who appeared awhile
ago clad in a paper collar and chew
| of tobacco.
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Il make my purchases
at The George H. Ford
Company, because it is
educating.
Think this is a funny
thing to say !? Perhaps it
is, but it is true. | used
to go about shopping, but
do not indulge in it any
more. 1t is too expens-
i've in the end. | may be
tempted t 9 purchase
something at a price, but
not to my taste. ! here
IS so much in the market
lacking in good taste that
an ordinary article in an
ordinary place seems bet
ter than it really is. Then
| sec at The George Fl.
Ford Company articles
always in good taste, as is
everything else in the
store. Good taste seems
woven into the very warp
and wool of the estab-
lishment. so don't. think it
funny when | say it edu-
Gates my taste"
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The Bengal chamber of commerce has
addressed a memorial to the British
government officials in Calcutta urging
that advantage be taken to the Buda-
pest Telegraph conference to secure q
reduction of the telegraphic charges be-
tween India and Europe. They suggest
a reduction from ST. to 81. per word,
which, they think, would create new
traffic among the general public, which
now scarcely uses the telegraph at all
The chamber is impressed with the fact
that the present rates and the want
of adequate facilities at reasonable
prices are having a depressing influ-
ence upon the development of trade.
1t believes that greater freedom of COM
munication by telegraph between East
and West would help to increase the
volume Of trade between India and
England. The memorial quotes figures
showing that the value of messages to
and from India has decreased by nearly
$4,000 in the eight years following the
petty reduction made at the Berlin
conference. while the value OF the
trans-Indian messages with China and
Australia has increased by $4,000
since 1889, when the charges We're re-
duced by about so per cent. 1t argues
that a great reduction alone can stimu-
late traffic. 1t is hoped in Calcutta that
the English chambers of commerce will
support the proposals of the Bengal
chamber.
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NOT so BADLY MINDED.

fFrom the Youths COMPANION

Of HI. Erro".
tFrom the Youths Companion.
A kerosene bicycle certainly has its
faults, and at present the price is un-
satisfactory; but had sport enough
with mine the first afternoon took the
road to balancethe account.
1t was the first one seen IN that part
of the country, and as the young fell
lows Gull it the lazy mans wheel" I
told none OF them about my purchase,
Next day. In the afternoon, I filled the
little tank with oil, lighted the Ignition
lamp, and set off at about four o'clock
for a trial trip.
On that hot summer evening there
was a certain indoient pleasure and
comfort in sitting back and allowing
the little kerosene engine to furnish the
| motive power, while | steered The
contrivance worked fairly we'll OF
course there was a little odor but not
more than come from q Kerosene lam
tern; and 1t did not puff loud enough to
| brighten horses.
After about ten miles, southbound, ]
| made n call on an acquaintance, and
| then rode back. 1t had grown quite
| dark along the unlighted country high
| way when l drew near the village
where live, but as was in no haste,
shut the oil off to about the least degree
of speed possible, and was Jogging
| slowly forward when toot, toot, toot
went q mellow little bugle behind, and
a fellow bicyclist trundled up abreast
| of me on the other side Of the road.
| 1t was too dark for me to recognize
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The walking mountain" In France
which was recently described as block
ing a railroad is a hill about $50 feet
high. When the railroad was built
there was some apprehension of a land
slide, and a heavy retaining wall was
built. On the fifth of last February the
entire hill began to move, carrying with
it the retaining wall, which it converted
into a heap of ruins, the railroad tracks,
together with all houses and improve
ments that lay in its course. The
march Of the walking mountain con-
tinued until February %, when, having
pushed its way into the bed of the
stream, it came to halt. Since then it
has made no further advance, but it is
expected that it will again begin to
move when the spring rains fall, and,
as precautionary measure, all the in
habitants of the valley have been or
dered to move with their effects out of
its course. The cause of this singular
phenomenon is easily explained. The
hill consists of several strata of differ
ent kinds Of stone, underlaid by q bed
of plastic clay. The strata lay at an
inclination of eleven and one-half de-
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A Generous Offer.-"Your money or
your life!' shouted the sootpad, with
more brusquerie than is permitted in
social circles where real diamonds are
worn.
Permit me-" said the gentlen;anly
book agent, opening his valise, to offer
you, in lieu of my insignificant exist
ence, this calf-bound -ilt-edge, hand
fooled Life OF Napoleon, in three vol
umes, payable on the installment plan.
Make your own terms; we never dis
appoint subscriber, and if
He found himself alone. Indianapolis
Journal.
The gifted but irnpecunious literary
genius wrote an impassioned letter to a
personal friend, asking him in the name
of sweet charity to lend him $40 to keep
him from starving. Il may not get the
s10'' he soliloquized bitterly, as he seal
ed 1t, "but soneday a rnercenary grand
child Of his will get 500 for this letter I"
Chicago Tribune.
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A hall of honor has been established
in the Vale de Grace hospital in Paris,
where the names Of French medical
men, who died In the performance of
their duty, are inscribed on marble tab
let's. A list of 143 doctors and forty five
apothecaries has Just been placed on
its walls, all of whom persisted in the
yellow fever epidemic in San Domingo
and Guadalupe in 1SO1-1SoS
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FASHION NOTES.
A Kew Sleeve on a TAILOR Dress.

n New SleeVe on a iaflOr Dress,
Current tailor models are inviting
An especially attractive one was Of
heavy melton cloth in delicate putty
shade. The skirt had little fulness and
fell with box effect in front 1t was
lined only with very light weight silk,
and 1t just escaped the ground. A cord
covered with stone color undressed
leather took the place of the usual skirt
binding. The bodice was Of pro-
nounced box cut front and back, the
box in front being as wide all the way
down as the width across the shoulders
permitted. A high collar was built up,
with a flare of velvet at the top, aud
cuffs to match were at the wrists. The
sleeves were full at the shoulder, I'M
stiffened and the same width to the
wrist where they are suddenly shaped
into the cuff. This is trying sleeve,
but it is the only new thing that Is
really attractive. This coat was lined
throughout with silk like the lining of
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Glass bricks for building purposes
are being manufactured in Silesia
They are translucent, without its being
possible to see through them, strong,
and cheap.
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grees, and when the clay became satu-
rated with water from the winter SHOWS
the whole mountain slid down into the
valley.
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Notice.

wecannot accept anonymous or return re-
iected commun ioations. In I'LL cases the
name of the writer will be required, not for
publication, but us a guarantee OF good falth.
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"Why?" How in the world was I to
state the mans throat was cut from
ear to ear when he only had one ear?''
--Pearson's Meekly.
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was rich and famous he rented little
house in one Of the frontier towns of
South Africa. After a time, however,
he quarrelled with his landlord, and
was ordered to leave It, Then he got
even with the landlord by inserting the
following advertisement in the local
paper: Wanted, by gentleman who
agreed to leave dwelling occupied by
him in condition in which he found it,
100000 lively black beetles"
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will be accepted as coupons. 02oz." Empty Bag
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ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE Mailed on application,
TILES Of Books and Pictures; also hog get them.
The Bloch Bros. Tobacco Co., Wheeling, W. Va.
No coupons exchanged after July /, 1897
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The Credit Mems association is the
title Of an organization formed in New
Orleans a few weeks ago, and which
already has membership of sixty
wholesale firms, with the prospect Of
large additions to the list. The Plea
yune says the merchants of that city
who give credit have suffered so much
from delinquent debtors, especially in
the country, that some organization
that will protect them has become an
absolute necessity. One of the aims Of
the association is to secure new law
In the matter of collections that will
free the houses now giving credit from
the delays to which they are now sub
jected. The law is SO unfavorable to
creditors that it takes months and of
ten longer. to collect small claim, and
the unfortunate plaintiff is not only
subjected to delay, but to heavy ex-
pense to get what belongs to him.