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REASONABLE n.

But why do your parents object 10
Mr.. Larkins?" Mamma objects to his
shortcomings, and papa to his long
stayings ?''-Glasgow Times,
Why, Willie, you've brought home
yeast cakes," What did you send me
for?" "Raisins" Il knew it was some
thing like that cleveland Plain
Dealer.
She Did" Jane said the landlady,
severely, where are the eggs for din
ner? l told You to cook that dozen
borrowed from the neighbors." Yes,
men, but you told me later to be sure
and return EN-. Detroit Free Press.
Your Majesty" said the chief cook,
timidly, to the canibal king, the new
missionary is enveloped in complete
set OF armor from head to foot. I" Then
send him away" returned his majesty,
indifferently; Il never could bear tin
ned meats Tit Bits.
links Cat a party)-I don't see what S
the matter with that pretty woman
over there She was awfully flirty a
little while ago and now she won't
have anything to do with me. Strang
er-I have just come in She's my
fe-Scottsh Nights.
Such news" exclaimed the fat lady,
quivering with excitement The wife
of the Burmese dwarf has eioped with
the human beanstalk!" The Circassian
beauty glared vindictively. THAT wo-
man" she Missed, would go to any
lapotI,, Nav yprl, press
Bradley-So you hired boy to SHOW
ell off your sidewalk? When a man no
| longer finds shoveling snow pastime,
it is a sign he is getting old. Mildmay
oh, | like it as much as ever, but
my self-denial is stronger than 1t used
| to be-Boston Transcript
Don't you think $40 week alimony
| is a little too much to demand"' ask
ed the referee in the divorce case
when he is only making S50?"
mo, ! don't" said the lady. That's
what | used to make him gimme wher
was living with him Cincinnati
| Enquirer
"a wild man is said to be roaming
the woods near Danville, o. remark
cd Mrs. Gaswell to her husband. What
| do you suppose made him Wild?
can't imagine replied Mr.. Gaswell
unless he has not been mentioned fol
| a cabinet place. Being an Ohio man
| that neglect naturally would drive hin
wild" So Pittsburg Chionicle-Telegraph
An Optimist.-The palsied old mar
sat by the fire, his head shaking from
| side to side in the manner peculiar tc
| his complain.
| 1T must be awful to be afflicted thai
way said the sympathetic young per-
| son.
ooh" chirped the old gentleman, u
find it right handy in the summer wher
want to look at a two-ring circus. y
Industrial Journal.
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exist with the present law, and it Is
safe to say that it will find its way into
the capacious waste basket of the COM
mittee on roads, rivers and bridges.
No one denies that the law of 1895 is in
need of amendment, The Highway COM
missioners will not deny that. But to
repeal the law entirely, without substi-
tuting law that would accomplish the
same purpose, would be a retrogressive
step, and Connecticut legislators are
not in the habit of taking backward
steps, The Highway commissioners
are not subjected to unfriendly critl-
cism by any one except those who have
desire to fill their places. 1t is said
generally that they have carried out a
defective law in way which, if it has
made its defects apparent, has made its
merits conspicuous and the necessity
of it's purpose evident.
This is just statement of the stu
alton. No more faithful or useful pub
lie work has been done in this State
lately than that done by the Highway
commission.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-02-09

AT debate on smoking among the
members of the British association
many speakers denounced and others
advocated the practice. Professor Hulk
ley said: For forty years Of my life
tobacco has been deadly poison to
me. cloud cheers from the anti-to-
bacconists.) In my youth, as medical
student, tried to smoke In vain! At
every fresh attempt my insidious foe
stretched me PROSTATE on the floor
(Repeated cheers) I entered the navy;
again l tried to smoke and again met
with defeat. l hated tobacco. l could
institution that had for it's object the
putting of tobacco smokers to DEATH
(Vociferous applause.) A few years
ago was in Brittany with some
friends. We went to an inn. They be-
gan to smoke. They looked very happy
and outside it was very wet and dismal
thought 1 would try cigar. (Mur-
nurse l did so, (Great expectations
| smoked that cigar-it was delicious!
(Groans.) From that moment 1 was a
changed man and / now feel that
smoking in moderation is a comfortable
and laudable practice and is produc-
tive of good. (Dismay and confusion of
the anti-tobacconists. Roars of laugh
ter from the smokers.) There is no
more harm in a pipe than there is in
a cup of tea. You may poison your
self by drinking too much green tea
and kill yourself by eating too many
beefsteaks. For my own part l con-
slider that tobacco, in moderation, is a
sweetener and equalizer of the tenn
per- (Total rout of the anti-tobaccon-
lists and complete triumph of the smok-
ers)
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Miss Dolby's moment came When
Jenny Lind retired from the stage the
Prima at once shone out as an oratorio
star of the first magnitude; she thus
directly invaded a sphere in which ca
IA Novello soprano, and Miss Dolby
contralto, reigned supreme, Jenny
Lind did not apparently accept the sit
uation quite as gracefully as she could
well have afforded to do, 1t was to her
necessity to outshine every one,
Mendelssohn was doubtless a good zeal
smitten with the Swedish nightingale,
He not unnaturally wrote his great So
prano parts with her in his eye-or
rather his ear. Many can remember
her enhancing singing of Jerusalem
IN st Paul. and the seraphic way in
which her divine voice-spirit, had al
most said-would soar above the rest in
the great double quartet in Elijah"
He shall give his angels charge over
Thee" But Miss Dolby was not hap
Ply. She felt quite aggrieved at the
music of "St. Paul" That the first
contralto singer in England who had
scored even in Germany against Jenny
Lind, should have so little to do in st.
Paul. was too bad!
The following episode has, believe,
never been printed I had it from the
lips of Miss Dolby's sister afterwards
Mime. Sainton), now in Australia.
DIR. Mendelssohn,' says Miss Dolby,
then at the height of her popularity.
| II do hope you won't treat the contral-
tos so badly in your next oratorio."
"Badly?" says Mendelssohn. my
| dear Miss Dolby, what do you mean?
possible"
Not at ALL" says Miss Dolby,
| We've next to nothing to do in st.
Paur-nothing to show us off to ad-
vantage, / mean Mendelssohn was
then writing his Elijah
well, Miss Dolby, what do you
want?"
81 want two good solos and some nice
little bits"
STAY says the amiable composer,
| taking out his notebook. Two good
solos and some nice little bits and he
| wrote it down. with that Well-known
most fascinating smile which, once
seen, could never be forgotten. When
| LIJdu CANT Out, III duullloH " liie
mice little bits" Miss Dolby, to her
delight, found the two immortal songs
which she subsequently made almost
! her own-"Woe! woe unto themn' and
20 rest in the Lord"
| DR. Mendelssohn sent for her, and at
Exeter Hall, In a room down stairs, he
tried over the two songs accompany
ing them himself.
] When she had sung Woe! woe!'
| Mendelssohn turned round and said
THAT will be the favorite contralto
song"
Miss Dolby replied, II differ from
you, DR.. Mendelssohn. o rest in the
Lord will be the favorite 1t will take
the public far more than Woe! Woe!'
She then sang it, Mendelssohn &C
companying in sort of listening
trance, with his head on one side-a
| way he had, and at the end he seemed
| quite overcome, as tens of millions
have been since by her rendering OF
that inspired melody. You are right
Miss Dolby; that will be the success.
And so it was.--The Rev. Fl. r. HaW-
els, NJ. a., in Harpers'.
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4 c0upEyfToR,s GRoWTH.

Now that the Argentine republic is
growers of this republic, information
about that country has new interest.
cent consular reports. 1t will surprise
many to read that Buenos Ayres, the
capital, has population Of 663, S54 and
is very much alive. 1t was founded as
long ago as 1880. Its buildings are
mostly of recent designs, having little
resemblance to the old Spanish struct-
ures. 1t has 179 miles of street rail-
roads, which carry yearly over 55,000,-
600 passengers. The value of taxed real
kestate is estimated at s770,0 900, 900, show
ing that the wealth of the community
is very considerable. One-half of the
population of the capital consists of
foreigners, giving the city cosmopoli-
tan character The foreign trade is
very large and IS increasing.
lie dlcd VI lHe republic is l,o0U,o lO
square miles, as against the 3,02560
square miles of the United States. The
total population by the census of May,
1895, was 4,042,900. Since the census of
1869 the population has increased by
120 per cent, the average annual in
crease being AS per cent. The urban
population in the period mentioned has
increased 1,045,944, the increase in the
few cities being nearly as great as in
all the rest of the country. The city of
Rosario has 1854 inhabitants, having
increased at the rate of 304 per cent.
since 1869 There are nine cities, eX-
| elusive of Buenos Ayres and Rosario,
that have over 10000 of population and
| five that largely exceed 1000 Over
| 7,400 miles of railway are in operation,
the mileage having nearly doubled in
| four years. Most of the roads center
in the federal capital, which has direct
communication by steamship with all
important European ports. The port
entries of the republic in 1891 aggre-
gated 7.770,000 tons, of which 5275, 900
! was ocean tonnage and 2,495, 900 was
river tonnage, Some freight and pas
| senger steamers ply between the
| United States and Argentina. the num-
Der Of steamers in 1890 being forty four,
| with tonnage of 81 1888. As the total
number of steamers was 7047, with a
| tonnage of 5,052715, our percentage is
hardly to be considered satisfactory.
The extent of the foreign trade in
| cereals, wool, hides meat etc. is very
considerable. In 1890 the imports were
S175995, 1877, exports $151 ,O27,S14. The
agricultural value of the country as a
competitor of the United States lies in
the vast extent of fertile prairie soil
now being opened to development by
the railways and in the low wages paid
| to labor. The currency is deprecated
paper put out in vast abundance dur
ing the Celman regime a few years
ago The wages of labor in this de.
preciated paper have not advanced
equally with the price of products SC
that a profit can be made on grain
sold at very low figure.
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and frills were put at the wrists; that
was all of the lace yoke and the col
larette of lace braid and velvet was
finished by huge velve tcollar A
velvet edged rufi1e of the goods--al-
mond green silk-was attached to the
yoke, which was also velvet applique
trimming.
Silk striped gazine is one of the pref
ty new materials. 1t is intended for
summer wear, though it is already be-
ing made up for dancing class parties.
The silk stripes are narrow or wide,
though the former give rather the pref
tier effect, and the gauze between is so
delicate that the silk seems almost to
hang free. Grenadines are shown in all
sorts of notifications and are used
over silk of contrasting color with very
dressy effect. Challies are especially
pretty, silky and in exquisite designs
and coloring. All sorts of effects are
secured in silk stripping and insertion
stripes of openwork. Indeed, this no
ton of open work insertion Is feature
of the new goods and adds much to the
daintiness of the transparent effect so
valuable part of the beauty of sum-
mer goods.
Berage is to be worn a great deal,
and its quaint old time look especially
in the printed varieties, is proving very
attractive. Quaintness of effect is still
to be wooed by the girl who is just sick
to death of the stack of modern"
dresses she has. AS for the girl who
hasn't so many dresses, the little quaint
affair is perhaps a little more easily
managed than distinctly and unmis
takably up-to-date rig, and when man
aged seems to 6isarm instead of in
wife criticism. That Is reason enough
for her liking the style, too.
FLORETTE.
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FASHION NOTES
Get It Honestly, But Getit.

Lace is quite as much necessity as
luxury now in dress matters. and the
woman is lucky who has a lot of it.
If she hasn't any she should save M
and buy, coax from her grandmother.
beg or borrow, but she can set along
lot better without jewels than with
out lace. You cannot have too much.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-02-09

A novel court decision rendered re-
Gently in Georgia defines the rights of
minors in regard to school privileges.
The mother of a pupil in Gainesville
objected to certain rules of the school
board, and voiced her objection so
strenuously in the school room and out
of it that the board ordered both her
and her child to be excluded. Her eff
forts to restore the child to school were
resisted by the board, which held that
its action in the premises was final.
An opposite position was taken by the
court. Judge Fite decided that the
State, in establishing public school
system, gave the children of school
age a, vested right in attendance upon
them; that this right they could only
lose by personal misconduct, but that
in no case should they be held respon-
sible for the faults or foibles Of those
who held guardianship over them.
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Some facts of an instructive nature
relating to the stone industry are fur
nished by Mr.. Day in the annual re-
port of the United States Geological
Survey 1t appears from this that GER
tain of the Southern States are grad
ually coming into prominence as extern
the sorts of stone quarried have been
modified of late years An instance in
point is to be found in Alabama, which
in 1895 furnished more than quarter
of million dollars worth of stone,
mostly limestone, although some sand
stone is worked there. A similar illus
tration Is presented by Connecticut,
which once divided the sandstone yield
with New Jersey, but produced last
year very little more sandstone than
Massachusetts,, while New Jersey Show
ed only third as much as Connec-
ticut, and little more than Kansas or
Michigan; and Pennsylvania, unknown
a few years ago as supplying sand
stone, recorded a product in 1895 about
equal to Connecticut and New Jersey
combined, and more than any other
State except Ohio. In granite produc-
ton Massachusetts keeps the first
place, with Maine not far off, while
Vermont is rapidly overtaking Maine,
and Rhode Island keeps UP the out
put from its splendid quarries in and
a bout Westerly to nearly a million dol
lars worth a year. New Hampshire
comes fifth on the list, with about half
as much. In marble, Vermont, as
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A Boston girl begins a poem as FOL
lows: 'I am thy grass, Oh Lord! L
grow up tall and sweet" If she be-
comes dried-up old maid will she be
hay?
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One of the new women has applied
for the position Of minister to the
United States of Colombia.
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usual, leads all the other States, it's
output being about double that Of Geor-
gia, which is second in amount; Ten
nessee Is third.
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A thrifty and intelligent crow recent
~ built for itself a summer residence
in an airy tree near Bombay, the ma
terial used being gold, silver and steel
spectacle frames, which the bird had
feloniously distracted from an optic1an
of that city. Eighty-four frames had
been used for this purpose, and they
were so ingeniously woven together
that the nest was quite a work of art.
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Kendall county, Texas, which has a
large German population, voted for
Mckinley almost two to one. There
are only two chattel mortgages on
crops in the county, the total amount
of which is $3.50, and last year the
county Jail had only sixteen inmates.
Delta county, in the same State, voted
for Bryan by a majority of more than
five to one, and it had $50 mortgages
On crops, the total amount Of which
was $S5,0OO.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-02-09

The second annual report of the Chi
cago city civil service commission
shows that the adoption Of the civil
service law and rules has produced ex-
cellent results. The mayor and heads
Of departments have been relieved
.sfrom the pressure of applicants for
office, thus leaving them free to attend
to their more important public duties"
This is the most important result ac-
complished Another notably good eff
feet has been Sin relieving the city en-
ployes from the unfair burden of po-
litical assessments"
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"A Minnesota man has presented
bill to the legislature Of his State for
the purpose of doing away with the
sickly sentimentality which takes the
form of sending flowers to condemned
murderers He would make this a
misdemeanor for any one not husband
or wife. child, parent, brother or sister
of the subject, and the proper punish
ment he thinks would be fine of from
s25 to 500, or Imprisonment from fif-
teen to ninety days.
The Monte Vista journal., 1897-06-05
The ss-hasIor of the Japanese.

Tho Japanese are as courteous NJ
they are theatrical and artistic. Their
courtesy and their art are very closely
allied. Their keen sense OF courtesy.
and their uniiagging practice OF II.
has, l believe, as much To do with the
quietness and fitness OF their funerals
as has their fine artistic instinct. They
are as n nation even prouder and more
studious, | think. OF their courtesy than
OF their artistic excellence. Cry: II
will do you good" said once to n poor
japanese woman. who. crouching be-
side her dying husband. was controlling
herself with an effort that would, 1
feared. make her III. She laid her lit
tie. slim. brown finger upon her trem-
bling red lip and shook her head. then
whispered: 1T might disturb him."
Cry: II will do you good" | said the
next day when the man was dead. and
sho seemed almost PROSTATE with krlcf
and over-cnforrcd sclf-control. 1T
would bc most rude to make hideous
noise before the sacred dead" came the
soft rsp'y.
The Monte Vista journal., 1897-06-05

II musical scale. When the singer
strikes c. the c sphere vibrates. and
so on through the gamut. Thus II
may be seen that the voice-the sounds
hat II means,-become matters to be
seen rather than heard. In fact. u
person who is totally deaf could tell.
with little practice. just exactly what
.hcse gas Jets told In the way OF mu-
sic. To see musical sounds is some
hing few people ever expected would
happen. but. ax has often occurred
before. science has brought about the
apparently impossible. The person
whose voice Is tested with the Hallock
apparatus can always have n photo
,raph taken thereof, which will show
power exact In accordance with the
facts. The possibility of photograph
ing the singers voice also renders II
possible TO give Photographic certin-
,ntes Of excellence. One Of these days
Il Ia likely to become M common a
matter to see . photograph Of 4 per-
sons voice In newspaper as II IL
II his face. Thus the great singers
of the world can give ocular evidence
u the power Of their singing voices.
When = new star appears In the oper.
ltic world by means Of the Hailock
discoveries. the. public may become
thoroughly fsmiiiarixed with his or
her singing powers before they have
heard the voice. Some scientists do.
'lare that this discovery Ia the begin.
,lnE Of an area In photography where
,y not only the human voice shall be
photographed. but the thoughts Of =
person ~ they are framed In the
mind.
The Monte Vista journal., 1897-06-05
a lDoG.1t0ultnr

A. r. Dodge Of Dexter. Nc. tells this
one: "Thc other day. coming down
Maple street. saw u dog strike cro.s
lots from Park street. Some animal
WAS In pursuit. Al nrst l thought /,
was another dog; then II looked iik.
\ large cat: ultimately I s,w tha, II
was fox. The dog WAS putting In his
hest lickH. yciping like mad. and tho
fox was hot on his trail. with q ausi
lonG.drawn howl the dog reached tho
piazza Of his masters house and from
that vantage ground sat down to watch
bis pursusr. The fox stationed himself
about six or eight feet away. and the
two sat eyeinE each other for som.
1ms. Finally the door opened and thu
4cs slipped inside. Then the shed door
w1s cautiously opened. and by the aid
Of the nciEhbors the fox Was driven In.
10 tho shed and 10 now = captive"
The Monte Vista journal., 1897-06-05
MUSIC FROM 4 CAVERN.
Mystsrsous Choir Has Produced Re.
marksbls Awakening.

Mystsrsoas Choir Has Produced Rs.
markabls Awakening.
The city Of Roswell. in the Pecos val
Icy Of New Mexico, IL In mourning. and
CONSERVATION prevails. says the GAL
weston News No longer do Its citizens
wear the smile Of peace and content-
ment as of yore. Saloons and gambling
houses are all closed and their occu-
pants may be seen standing about In
crowds canvassing the recently discov-
cred phenomenon which has enveloped
this land In gloom greater than would
follow the announcement of the millen-
mum. Three days ago Mexican shep-
herd walked into Roswell, and, stand
ing on the street corner with eyes d.
rected heavenward, was making the
sign Of the cross on his breast and
murmuring incoherently as II praying.
Being accosted by man passing by,
he stated that he had discovered, ten
miles west of Roswell, cave in which
angels were singing and playing upon
musical instruments never before heard
by him, and, feeling confident that the
world was coming to an end, he wished
to apprise the people of the earth, that
they may prepare themselves for the
grapd finale. Several men returned
with him. and to their utter amaze
ment discovered that he spoke the
truth, for as they appeared at the
mouth Of the cave plainly could they
hear the enchanting chords of the
heavenly orchestra pealing forth the
familiar notes OF Nearer, My God, to
Thee" They returned to Roswell with
tears In their eyes and proclaimed that
all Is vanity here on earth and the
time had come for the people to aban-
don temporal affairs and prepare for
the millennium. for the end OF the
world draws near. Crowd after crowd,
counting hundreds on hundreds of peo-
pie, have visited the musical cave the
past two days. and such an era OF
peace and good will, OF reconciliation
and OF forgiveness and protestations OF
sorrow for past evils never before pre-
vailed In the goddess land. People ap-
proach this cave with heads uncovered,
with awe and reverence depicted in
every line OF feature and drawing in
spiration from the sweet melody pour
ing forth from the bowels OF the earth
stand spellbound under the influence OF
an unknown power. Men. women and
children have surrendered themselves
to religious zeal. and our country pre-
sents the appearance of n camp meet
ing under the combined influence OF
Sam Jones, Mulkey. Moody and Sanky.
and not one man among the thousands