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The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-13
----17777- - Salt-water Tidc-pools.

To the Editor Of the JOURNAL. AND COURIER:
 Among the prettiest bits of natural history to be found by the seashore arc the saltwater tide-pools. The inhab- itants of these pools are numerous and interesting beings; crabs. sea-ane- mones, mussels, barnacles, worms or various species and many fish and small fry. The most common crabs are the hermits and gray crabs. Hermlts live in the discarded shells of small mollusea, and are very timid about showing their heads out of their small houses There were two kinds of mus sels in the pools that visited, one hay ing a smooth black shell, and the shell of the other kind being gray. The smoth-shelled mussels are very pleas ant for sea-food, and taste very much like clans.
 Barnacles are very interesting on ac- count of their strange history. In the embryo stage they have antennae, legs, and tail, like other crustaceans. They swim around in the water for a month or two, and then they find some suitable rock to which they fasten themselves, not by their tails, but by their heads Thus they are securely fastened upside down by means of a cement-like fluid which they secrete. This cement, composed partly of lime, hardens, and the barnacles gradually incloses itself by a. wall of shell. This shell is formed of six small pieces, so arranged that the barnacle may open two small plates at the top of the vol cano shaped shell, ard put forth its arms. These arms are very much like feather, and are used to circulate water throughout the barnacle, and at the same time allowing the microscopic food in the water, to be eaten. These hands were once the hind legs of the barnacle, and they change their form while the shell is being made.
 Among the worms, is one of a brill liant scarlet color, resembling a long red hair. If several of these worms are put together in a dish, they will tie and twist themselves into hopeless tangle. Another worm. much larger, Is the Nereis often growing four or five
 
 of an inch in diameter. This worm lives in the mud and spins a web for itself of sand and mud fastened to- gether with kind of sticky fluid which 1t excretes for that purpose. Two other species of worms are the Planarlans and Nemerteans, usually found on the under side of stones. Planarians are generally oval in shape, and the most common kinds are brown or green In color, with several clusters of eyes at one end of their flat bodies. Nemer- teans are long smooth worms, com monly brown or red, but there is one rare kind which is pure white and per- fectly blind
 The ea-anemones are very beautiful in these pools, as the over hanging rocks give just the background that is needed to display their delicate colors. Irish moss grows under the rocks in the deeper basins and often the phos- phorescence may be seen on the sea- weeds of saltwater tide-pools.
 LUCY l.. MERRILL.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-13
IN TENTED.


 Jaglets-"Who invented work, Bill?" Raglets-"I doan' know, but he ought to stayed and finished it."-Truth
 She-"Do you believe in long engage ments?" He--"Well, I think an en- gagement should be long enough to test mans constancy and to give the girl time to learnoeto cook. Life.
 The Retort Trampean,- Chille- dame-"Don't you know that nature rebels against laziness? A man can get nothing in this world without la bor." Wrestling Offen-" Humph! Can't he? He can git hungry, l guess ~ Harper's Bazar
 'I wish you were rich, John, and could do something for the world, Mrs. Clericus remarked, half devoted ly. half impatiently But, my dear, we can do good in a quiet way now" "Yes, but no one will ever hear of it. - London Tit Bits.
 Mrs. Blinkers-"Well, did you go to the doctor to see about that bee sting on little Jimmy?" MT. Blinkers-"Y Yes. He said he would put mud on it. He charged me $2 for the prescription, but he gave me the mud for nothing. '- New York Weekly.
 Guest" See here, The rates charged in this bill are very much higher than agreed to pay.' Proprietor Lake View Villa -"rrue my dear sir! But the weather has been very much finer than either of us anticipated when that arrangement was made. Puck.
 Piano Teacher (to father of one of his pupils)-"I have come to ask you for your daughters hand" "Oho, that's your game, is it? You have been mak- ing love to my daughter instead of teaching her? Very well, you can have her but I shall deduct the money paid for her lessons from her dowery. "--- F'liegende Blatter.
 Side Light on Tfistory.-"You seem to have impressed the Queen of Sheba very favorably' observed Hiram, King | of Tyre, handing over the freight bill for his last shipment of cedars of Leb- l anon. She says you are the most bril- liant conversationalist she ever met" ''H' m--yes," unused King Solomon, bit | ing into a pomegranate. T let her do most of the talking. ."-Chicago Record. You desire to interview me?" said | the woman candidate to the reporter. | "Yes, madam "How lovely. Well, 1 shall read my letter of acceptance. which will be written on pink paper, to the committee when it calls, and shall wear at the time tailor-made linen dress, perfectly plain, and tan gaiters, think, and flowers in my hair, of course, and--issues? Oh, of course; why, ycu may say, if the people really care to know my private views, why, of course, I favor all the important is- sues of the day.'-Philadelph North American.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-13

nament the wide revers on the circular cape. This may be lined with the plaid or with silk, but when double faced material is chosen no lining is necessa- ry and this is far preferable. The high stock collar is supplemented by 8 turned down one, and a simple sailor hat With stiff ribbon garniture accom- panies the coat
 Yachting dresses are made of materi- als that are not intended to see service, and the wonder is when the wearer thinks such rig is suitably worn, probably for mountain climbing. No yachting dress should have skirt lined stiffly, yet the fiuting stiff skirt is characteristic of many of these mon- grel rigs. The real yachting girl wears wiry serge with a jaunty reefer coat and white sweater, or, like as not, a blue one Her close cap is big enough about the head to set firmly without pins, and she wears no gloves on her muscular brown hands. Her shoes are big, have rubber soles and are low, so that if she did get washed overheard she could kick them off.
 FLORETTE.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-13
4 GREET INDExIYs uoBn.

An international conference of un- common character has just been held in the rooms of the Royal Society of Lon don in Burlington House, the subject under consideration being the prepara- tion of complete indexes of the original publications relating to all branches of mathematics and natural science ap- bearing throughout the civilized world. The conference was summoned by the British government at the instance of the Royal Society and was attended by forty-one delegates, representing all the principal powers excepting Brazil, Portugal and Russia. The results of the conference may be summarized as follows: In indexing according to sub ject matter regard is to be had not only to the title of a paper or book but also to the nature of the contents. More over, the catalogue is to comprise all published original contributions to the branches of science indexed, whether appearing in periodicals or in the pub- hcations of societies or as independent pamphlets, memoirs or books. A con- tribution to science for the purposes of the catalogue is to be considered to mean contribution to the mathemat- ical, physical or natural sciences, to the exclusion of what are sometimes called the applied sciences-the limits of the several sciences to be determined here after. The final editing and publication of the catalogue is to be intrusted to a central international bureau acting un- der the direction of an international council, which will be responsible for
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-13
THE POWER OF ENGLISH MIN
 ISTERS.

THE POWER OF ENGLISH MIN
 ISTERS.
 The position in which the marrige with deceased wife's sister now stands is curious illustration of the omnipo tence of government and the practical of the legislature. The bill for legaiizing these marriages has now passed the house of lords, and 1t has over and over again been passed by the house of commons. Yet the measure has no chance of being passed into a law this session, and it may be many years before it is placed on the statute books. Tho bill can only become a law by being taken up as a government measure, and with the predominance of clerical influence in the present cabinet it is not likely that it will be put in a ministerial program during the life of this parliament. There are still people who cling to the old-fashioned doctrine that the legislature makes the laws and the government executes them. The truth is that, in these days, the legis- lature is powerless in the matter of leg islation, and that the cabinet is both the executive and the legislative body. Practice and theory are more widely divergent in the British constitution than in any other.-London Saturday Review.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-13

The latest demands of the agrarians in Germany include q,) The conversion of all the Prussian and imperial stocks at present bearing interest at the rate of per cent. and S1a per cent. to per cent. stocks in order to facilitate a sub sequent reduction of the rate of interest on agricultural mortgages to per cent, and thus to bring about a general fall In the value of capital. (2) The pro- ceeds of the conversion of Prussian consols and imperial stocks to be used in increasing State contributions to the old age and sickness insurance fund, thus paving the way for a correspond ing decrease in the contributions ex- acted from land owners and other em- ployers of labor. (S.) To prohibit, as far as compatible with the commercial treaties, all importation of foreign cat tie on account of the danger of infec- ton. (4.) The abolition of the ninety days grace now allowed to importers of corn for payment of corn duties. As the duty amounts to about one third of thevalue of corn this period of grace, claim the agrarians, practically enables importers to carry on business with one-third less capital than would oth- erwise be necessary--an evident piece of favoritism on the part of the govern ment. They ask also a modification of railroad rates so as to cheapen the transport of agricultural produce.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-13

"Why do you wear that suit? You don't ride bicycle?" "No; but the bi- cyclists naturally think I play golf" "Why, you don't know a golf link from vacant lot "Of course not; but the golf players all think I ride a wheel."-- Detroit Free Press.
 Diplomacy-"One of the ways I made Q good many friends said the old poli- tician to the young man he was break ing in as his successor, was in never failing, when I met man with a new ready made suit on, to ask him who was his tailor. r."-Indianapolis Journal
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-13
TIMID IND SHRINKING.

Those who still cling to the old-fash- toned notion that Woman is a tifr1id and shrinking being should take a look at her as she rides about on her wheel in the city streets, and especially as she so rides in the evening. Last evening there might have been seen, and there were seen, two beautiful be- ings wheeling contentedly and skillfully along Chapel street in fearsome prox- imity to a rushing electric chariot. They were so near it that little acci- dent might easily have made them as real angels as they looked. And yet they apparently never gave the obvious danger a thought, but woye and whirl- ed along in the most serene boldness. What would have happened if mouse had run across the street no man can tell. None did run across, and so, in the absence of anything to the con- trary, it is fair to suppose that the two beautiful beings were brave through and through. They certainly looked as if they were and acted as if they were. If they get run over by an electric chariot some evening it will be because they are not timid and shrinking enough.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-13

The Rev. Charles w. Dress, repre- senting the Missionary Board of the Methodist Church in South America for nine years, with headquarters at Buenos Ayres, is in Springfield, Ohio, and in an interview says: The expert ence of South American countries with depreciated currency has aroused a de- sire among all classes for stable money. This is especially the case in the Argen- tine Republic, which for years had a paper currency, which depreciated until what originally represented the stand ard os 100 cents was worth but four cents. I have heard the servants ask if they should take g worth of milk, and learned that the people were &C., customed to pay just as much for 8 street car ride, and it costs s to send a letter to Europe. A metallic curren- cy was substituted with paper repre- senting a gold basis. As long as the paper was redeemed its value was maintained, but doubt arose as to the governments ability to redeem it, gold went to a premium, the currency de- preciated, and the gold and silver dis auueared from circulation and finally the collapse came, running hundreds. The necessities commanded three or fo,,r r,ricas and wages less than doubled.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-13
Advertising Rates.

Situations, Wants, Rents and other small advertisements, One Cont n Word each h. sertion. Five cents word for full week (5even times.)
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 Obituary notices, in prose or verse, 10 cents per line. Notices of births, Marriagos, Deaths and Funerals. 50 cents each. Local notices, l5 cents per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to their own immedIte business tall matter to, be unoo- jectionable), and their contracts do not tn- clude Wants. TO Let, For Sale, etc.
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-13

A Hamburg young man has just had his sanity proved by the Roentgen rays. He declared ten years ago that he had bullet in his head which he had fired into it In trying to commit suicide. He tackled his keepers and the doctors could find no trace of a wound. was locked up as a dangerous lunatic. The Roentgen rays have now shown the ex- act place of the bullet.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-13

, A French engineer has conceived the interesting idea of reproducing the house in which Napoleon lived at St. Helena as an attraction during the Paris exhibition of 1900. The house will be an exact copy of the original with panoramic canvases representing the natural surroundings.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-13
- 7--77-='=7'777=-7--s-- FASHION NOTES.

Standing for Both Pleasure and Regret.
 That saddest of all sad times has come when the travelling coat possesses a different interest for different per- sons. Early in the summer it stands to most every one of it's possessors as a symbol of the coming vacation, and so is a pleasant thing to contemplate, even if 1t be of the most simple sort
 At present it still means the same thing to many, but there are others to whom
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-13
THECARRINGToN PUBLISHING co.
 OFFICE 400 STATE STREET.

DEIIvEnnp BY CARRIERS IN Tnn CrTY, lb CENTS A WEEK, t0CENTs A MONTH, & FOR SIX MONTHS, Sd A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BY MAIL.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-13
The British empire has an area of it,

399,316 square miles and population of 402,514,S00 persons, the former being supposed to be equal to Fl per cent. of the supposed surface of land and the latter to 27 per cent of the population of the world
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-13

A student of the wheel has collated the following facts: In far away New Zealand the awful word "cyclidonno" has been coined as substitute for wheelwoman. Tn many western towns the fair rider is called "bloomer," without regard to her costume. The word "scorcher,'' as indicating speedy cycIist, is fairly engrafted upon the language. In Chicago, however, the s.scorcher' in called 'scoot.'' The technicalities of the machine have led to attempts upon the part of young men to coin expressions. Your tire is punctured indicates that the story you are telling lacks the probable element of truth. Reckless statements are call ed 'coasting." A very ancient yarn is not a chestnut" but century" A young couple showing 8 mutual fond ness are riding tandem" A man leading fast life is "geared too high" An old fogy is referred to as high wheel" A chaperon is known as a spacemaker" A cheap bicycle is called a ''gaspipe" machine. A professional racer is a pro-"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-13

The production of coal in India is steadily increasing. In 1885 there were mined 1,295,0O0 tons, while last year the figures were increased to 3.167,OO0 tons The Bengal colleries are responsible for about two and a half millions of the total. Much attention has also been paid of late years to the discovery of mineral oil wells, but the success at tained has not been very encouraging thus far, though some 3e,000 gallons of oil were obtained from the Digbol field in 1895. The boring at Sukkur has failed to reach an oil bed, though 1t has been carried to a depth of 1,5Oo feet, and is to be sunk 200 feet further before being abandoned.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-13

DN1I eFeII IT lIIo IIVIIIc CUIIIIIIS Ue TtIuC-
 tant, that is no excuse for unfashiona-
 bleness, which can be avoided at slight outlay. The garment shown here is sure to prove serviceable, and in ap- pearance it Is jaunty. further than
 which the looks of a travelling rig need not go. Elaboration that must combat grime and rumples of travel from the first moment that they are put into use. are worse than wasted. This gar ment is of Scotch plaid. buttoning in- visibly in front and having Q wide skirt. A leather belt confines the waist and large leather covered buttons or
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-02-06

Z. %
When most needed it is not un-
usual for your family physician to
be away from home. Such was the
experience Of Mr.. J. Y Schenck,
editor OF the Cad,lo, Ind. Ter,
Banner, when his little girl, two
years of age was threatened with a
severe attack OF Group, He says:
"My wife insisted that l go for the
doctor, but as our family physician
was out OF town / purchased a bottle
Of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy,
which relieved her Immediately.
will not be without it in the future, 2
g and SO cent hotties for sale by E..
+. Whitney.
s.sIs8ssszfsF-2
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-02-06
U11 Ma1shaH County, Thursday, February
READY
fOrBuSineSS!

Again our shelves, counters and tables are
groaning under their burden OF Choice Clotl,ing,
Dress Goods, Notions, Flannels, Blankets, d
ShaWls. Cloaks, Ladies' and Gentlemen's Untlel.s
Wear, Shoes, Crockery, Groceries etc. ss
Cur store IS immeasurably lnlgerF and better
than a year ago, and each tomorrow will fntlit
still better because ri tlle lenomentum OF expert
ence and determinations.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-02-06
Who will Doubt
Were Not Fishing

for business with any baits that will deceive your
confidence hut with honest values, lie climate meth
obs, straightforward advertising. We are easily
making a popular store more popular. Our store
has al ways carried irstclass goods and sold lows
est prices, and we shall keep up it's former reputa-
tion in this respect.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-01-02

PLAN TO ABSORB oREENBACKS



Bili Which Emb noes New idea.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 80. -Representa'
tive Smith, Of Michigan, has intro
duced In the house bill embracing q
new plan to absorb the greenback and
treasury notes and release in their
stead the gold held by banks as re-
serves. The bill has been submitted
TO Senator Sherman, Chairman Ding.
ley, OF the ways and means committee,
and Comptroller Eckels, Mr.. Smith
says, and has been approved by them.
The principal change which Mr..
Smiths plan proposes is the substitu'
ton Of United States notes and treas
ury notes, which include the green
backs, and demand paper for the pre-
sent requirement Of 'lawful money
for reserves This would withdraw
the currency which now keeps in mo.
ton the "cndIess chain" and, release
the gold in its stead. Mr.. Smith says
that according to the last report Of
the comptroller Of the currency there
was in the banks individual deposits,
United States deposits and de-
posts OF the United States disbur$
ing officers the sum of $l7l5. 1914, 800
an amount approximating the reserve
required. He estimates that $3.50, 000,.
600 Of treasury notes and United States
notes would be Immediately taken up
and held by the banks under his plan.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-01-02
BIG ZINC MINE DEAL.


All the Shelters In the Country Except
Four said to Have Consolidated
ST.. LOUIS, Dec. 30.-The biggest deal
in the history Of zinc mining in Mis-
souri, will be closed by January !. It
will unite all the zinc smelters Of the
country except four under one manage
ment practically, and the result will
be, the promoters claim, better prices
for zinc in all branches and general
revival Of the industry. The money
involved is about ss,OoOOOO, which
is to be furnished by New York
and Connecticut capitalists The
deal was engineered by B.
+. Hobart, president Of the Kansas 4
Texas Coal Co., which controls . big
zinc smelter at Pittsburg, Kan. The
new company will control all the zinc
shelters in what is known a. the
southwest Missouri district, embrac.
ing the zinc producing territory Of
Missouri and Kansas Two smelters
In Indiana will come in also.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-01-02
Nsbraska. Kansas Baseball League

LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 3O.-A Nebraska.
Kansas baseball league for next season
is being projected, Lincoln men taking
the initiative in the movement. The
cities selected are Omaha, Lincoln,
Beatrice and Hastings in Nebraska,
and Topeka, Atchison, Leavenworth
and Lawrence in Kansas The circuit
would be compact, the expenses small,
and those behind the plan feel conf.
dent Of success
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-01-02
MR.. ALLEN HAS A PLAN.
A Proposition to Unite Third Party Men
md UIssntisfled MANNERS az Old pnrtIes.

A Proposition 10 Unite Third Party Men
and Dissatisfied Members of Ola Parties.
TOPEKA, Kan, Dec. 30.-Walter N,
Allen, former democrat, who has
been acting with the populists since
the Farmers Alliance took hand In
Kansas politics, is out with Il PROPOSE
ton for the populist national con-
venton TO make no nomination
for president or vice president, but
to adjourn and appoint commit
tee TO confer with the dissatisfied
elements Of all parties, and go
to the country with candidates pledged
to free silver, revenue reform and re-
peal OF the exception clause Of the
Bland-Alllson act OF 1878, which per-
mits parties TO contract to stipulate
against tho payment of silver lie
suggests that 1t DO conference
Of anti.Cleveland men and OF
reform forces, and that all
former party prejudices be laid
aside. lie says he has been assured
that such conference would be large
ly attended. Mr. Allen has written
numerous letters to politicians
throughout the country on the sub.
icct