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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-05-04

Piping with white satin on black cloth
or satin, and making black grenadine
weaves over white silk, are some of the
newer ways Of showing favor for black
and white.
All light shades are set audaciously
near black. A dove gray gown of
ladies' cloth had one deep black lace
frill at the hem, another at the knees
and the pouch of the bodice was simply
running over with narrow black lace
frills. An evening gown of ivory pink
that is a blushed ivory--had a pouch
ed surplice bodice. The cross-under
side was heavily frilled with black lace,
each frill having a cleaning heading
of black satin. The trained skirt was
lifted at one side to show five ruffles of
black lace on the under skirt of white
satin. All these devices were unques-
tionably attractive. FLORETTE.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-05-04
THE generous ADvERr1sEmENT.

THE GORG EOUS ADVERTISEMENT
The gorgeous street sprlnkling adver-
tisement was Officially noticed" in the
Board of Aldermen last evening and
the Board of Finance was ordered to
make an investigation of the whole
matter.
The mayors communication was the
most interesting feature Of the perform
ance 1t appears from it that he and
the corporation counsel are the ones
who must accept the chief responsible
ity for the big advertisement. He says:
when the assessments had been made
the question arose whether it was
necessary to advertise the assessments
made upon the adjoining properties in
the same way and in the same manner
as other assessments made by the city,
and there being some doubt about the
matter 1 wrote to the corporation coun-
sci, asking for his opinion on the ques-
ton" The corporation counsel gave
his opinion that the assessments would
have to be advertised. Then there re-
manned no doubt that it was all right
to spend $1,000 or so to collect $4,000
and all concerned said "let her CO."
There doesn't appear to have been any
hunt for anything that would justify
reasonable economy.
OF course the mayor and the corpo-
ration counsel fall back on the law and
"the SYSTEM" and, as. the old hymn
hath it, they rest securely there" But
the taxpayers are wondering why there
should have been SO much and such
careful attention to the law and "the
system" and so little to economy. They
would have been glad to see the fuss
made about the advertisement before
hand instead of behindhand and they
think that the mayor and the corpora
ton counsel could probably and wisely
have made a little stir about it.
Inc IItdyOr anu lHS bOdIu OIL AlueI-
men now seem to be in a hurry to get
the city advertising done at the lowest
possible rate without regard to it's
value. As one object of advertising Is
to let the public know what is going on
it may be that cheap contract adver-
Using would not insure the desired pub
licity.
The mayor makes much Of the asser-
ton that the business manager of one
Of the newspapers that didn't share in
the ''fat' made not too humble in
quiry about the prospect that his paper
would "come in" But what the mayor
says about this doesn't strike us as
forming a complete defense for him and
the corporation counsel
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-05-04

l am of her" Mr.. B.--"Certalnly. No
servant can ever scare me-" "a little
while after) MARY, ahem! Mrs,
Blinkly has asked me to tell you that
she wants to see you after have gone
to the office. brooklyn Life.
Flannigan-"I met a man last week.
and, bedad, I'd have sworn it was your
self" O'Toole-"And wasn't it?" Elan
nigan-"Never bit! But he was your
very image, barrin' he was a thritle
gray. l suppose, now, we haven't such
a thing as a twin brother a few years
older than elf?"-Tit-Bits.
Inopportune. - Proprietor Tonsorial
Parlors-"See here, when Mr.. NoroX
comes here again to get shaved, before
you commence on him just mention to
him that we have gone over to the cash
system" Subordinate Artist - ooh
Lord! / did the last time he was here
and his face got so long that l didn't
get through by closing time. Truth.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-05-04
FASHION NOTES.
Bell Skirts Again.


1t was the godet skirt that pushed
the bell skirt aside, but now it has
given away to the bell shape, though
in a new form. The accompanying pic
ture shows its correct form, which de-
mands a close fit over the hips, with all
fullness drawn to the back. AS sketch
ed in this model it was in beige suiting,
trimmed near the hem with a single
band of beige and brown wooden braid.
Worn with it was simple Jacket bod
ice that was convincing denial of the
frequently made assertion that novelty
is impossible in Jackets unless the
garment or accessory is very elaborate.
Its back and sides were fitted, and it's
front was slashed as indicated, a hand
some jabot Of white lace peeping out
here and there Braid, buttons and
lace frills trimmed the sleeves, and a
full frill of lace ornamented the btu
collar,
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-05-04
ILI RIGHJ.

The bridge business went through the
Board of Aldermen last night as slick
as a creased pig. We now hear that
economy is to be Joined to local inter-
ests in future discussion and explana-
ton of the matter, and we have no
doubt that the two combined will make
a strong team.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-05-04
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants, Rents, and other small
sertlon. Five Cents Word for full week
(soven times).
Display Advertisements, per Inch, one IN,
seition, $3.50; each subsequent insertion, ~
year, $40. ,
Obituary Notices, In prose or verse, 10
cents per line. Notices of Births, Marriages,
Deaths and Funerals. so cents each. Local
notices Is cents per line.
Yearly advertisers are limited to their own
Immediate business (all matter to pc un.
ob1ectionable), and their contracts 10 NOT
include Wants, To Let, For Sale, etc.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-05-04
FLORIDA POPULISM.

A bill has been passed by the legisla-
ture of Florida which puts the railroads
of the State in the hands Of three COM
missioners. The commissioners are to
be appointed by the governor and to
hold office until their successors are
chosen by the people at the next gen.
eral election. They are to be paid sal
aries of $500 annually, to have secre-
taries and to have free transportation.
The bill gives commissioners power to
examine stocks and make rates. includ-
ing terminal charges, which are to be
considered priina facie just and reason
able One of the two senators who vot-
ed against the bill tried to amend it so
as to assure such rates as would permit
the railroads to pay operating charges
and interest on their bonded debt at not
less than four per cent, but this was
refused Two senators and three repre-
sentatives voted against this radical
and drastic bill; all the other members
of both houses supported it,
Naturally the railroad companies are
somewhat disturbed by this perform
ance. but it may not turn out as badly
for them as some now think it will
Three people who have the whole pow
er can sometimes be reasoned with
more advantageously than a whole leg
islature.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-05-04

Work was begun In the latter part OF
April in the fields of southwestern
Michigan, where large acreage has
been planted Of late years to pepper
mint. The English or black mint has
been the chief crop for several years,
but better prices are offered for the
American plant, and that is to be the
header this year. Greater areas also
are to be planted this year than hereto
fore.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-05-04
ASSESSMEN INSURANCE.

In his report concerning life and ac-
cident insurance companies Insurance
Commissioner Belts has something to
say about assessment insurance which
is both interesting and important He
points out that the logic of events is
gradually bringing this large and i'm
portant system OF insurance to a more
definite and satisfactory recognition of
its imperfections and their remedies.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-05-04
A Portland (Maine) night Waterman,

A Portland (Maine) night watchman
who couldn't see any sense in tramp
ting around big, empty mill every hour
TO touch the electric buttons" fixed up
an automatic arrangement on several
of them, so that they would repeat
every hour. The firm didn't take kindly
Ito this invention, and gave the man a
pedometer to carry on his rounds. All
went well for two nights; but on the
morning following the third the old
man was found asleep In the engine
room, with the pedometer so attached
TO the piston-rod that, with every
stroke, it registered a step. 1t had
been travelling all night, and when TAX
len off registered 2O9 miles. There is a
new Waterman on duty now.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-05-04

A Washington physician Is bold
enough to say that a great majority of
the cures caused by drinking the
waters Of medicinal springs in various
parts Of the country would have re-
suited IF the same amount of plain,
wholesome, everyday water was drunk
by people who rush to these springs"
This doctor holds that the water treat
ment cures because of the extra wash
ing out'' the patients give themselves,
rather than because of 'the constitu-
ency Of the same"
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-05-04

According to the Rev. Dr. F. E. Clark,
American women are thus referred to
by the Swami Vivekanenda, the Hindoo
who was so popular with women while
he was in this country: when a wo-
man tries her best to find husband
she goes to all the bathing places i'm
aginable, and tries all sorts of tricks to
catch a man. When she fails in her at
tempts she becomes what they call in
America an old maid and joins the
church. Some of them become very
rchurchy.' These church-women are
awful fanatics They are under the
thumb of the priests there. Between
them and the priests they make hell
on earth. They make a mess of re-
ligion. With the exception of these the
Americans are a very good people.
They loved me so much. I loved them.
1 felt as though 1 was one of them"
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-05-04

Professor Herkomer in recent lee
lure INDUCED in some amusing specula-
tions as to how the old masters would
be treated in England to-day. Michael
angelo would be regarded as morose
and peculiar; he would not get elected
ito the Academy as young man, and
would decline the honor in his old age.
Leonardo da Vinci would be the inven-
write to the Times about himself and
his critics. Rubens would be an M. p,
and intimate with members of the aris-
of the Royal Academy on account Of
his habits.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-05-04

4 r. G. Bundy, Of Cincinnati, the col
pred young man who expects to go to
the Annapolis naval academy, talks
sensibly about what he intends to do.
He says: So far as social equality is
concerned, do not demand it, and do
not expect it. Therefore if they treat
me a little coldly I shall not be disap-
pointed. All ask is that they give me
what I earn by my own intellectual eff
forts. If am successful in getting in,
my rule of action will be to treat them
all as gentlemen, and 1 shall expect the
same of them.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-05-04

Black and white is a combination
that appears each season with a look
of novelty and this year We are doing
it more desperately than ever. Black
cloth and satin skirts for street or re-
ception wear are already shown with
two or three frills of white at the hem.
The satin skirt had the frills of black,
with the heading of each frilI under a
cord of white. 1t looked as if a petit
coat had become loose, but it is con-
sidered just right. The black cloth
skirt was lined with white watered silk
and had three little friIls of white silk
on the outside of the skirt at the hem.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-05-04

An English paper tells a story of the
late Count Gleichen when he was an
ambassador in London. At a dinner
party 1t was his hard luck to have to
conduct to table a lady of taciturn
and unresponsive nature. To all his
polite nothings she answered never a
word Nothing daunted, he continued
Ito ply her with small talk, till at last
she slowly turned her head toward him
and deliberately yawned. The Count
was equal to the occasion. "Ah,
madam" he said, loudly, II also have
gold in my teeth
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-05-04
THECARRINGTON PUBLISHING co.
OFFICE 400 STATE STREET.

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY. 10
CENTS A WEEK, accents A MONTH, IS FOR
EIxMoNTHs, 50 A YEAR. IRE SAME TERMS
BYMAII.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-05-04

An English report on the competition
lsh producers of the same article makes
The Cook County herald., 1897-12-04
A BULLS GOOD APPETITE.

He IL Accused Of Eating 800 Bushels
Of Apples in a Night.
Col. Deevers was one of the most cele-
brated characters in central Ohio. He
was nothing if not prodigal in his gen.
erosity, his flow Of language, his wealth
OF imagination. The colonel never ex-
plained how he got his title, but he al
ways insisted on being addressed by
that title.
On one occasion, says local ex-
change, the colonel employed lawyer
to attend to a trifling matter for him
and promised q speedy settlement of
the account. Time went by and the
colonel failed to keep his word The
lawyer stirred the colonel up about it
the next time he saw him in town. and
the upshot Of it was that the colonel
agreed to send the lawyer dozen bush
els of the finest apples in Ohio. But no
apples came to the lawyer. One day he
saw the colonel in town and immediate
ly bore down on him for On explana-
tion. He got it. The colonel taking his
friend by the lapel of his coat, said, i'm
pressively:
"Mr. Williams, fully expected to
send you those apples. I had 'em, sir;
yes, Sir, 300 bushels of the finest apples
ever raised in the state of Ohio. had
'em all cribbed up, and one night a
derned little yearlin' bull broke in and
eat 'em all up. Yes, sir, ever last one OF
'em,"
The Cook County herald., 1897-12-04
OF THE WORD "COuPlE."

Tommy Demonstrates That the Term
IL Both Singular and Plural.
Tommy was told that couple" was
singular, and, to make him remember
it, he had TO write an essay about "a
Couple" Tommy went into his study
corner, says Detroit Free Press,
was quiet half an hour, except
once, when he demanded the proper
orthography of one or two big words,
and this is what he handed his mother
when it was all done:
"A Couple.-There was couple that
went fishing. One-haH of it was a man {;
the second half was woman. It went
in a rowboat with a pair of oars, which
was also a couple So that there was a
couple of couples. The woman half OF
the first couple caught a couple of fish.
Then there was three couples. Said the
man part of the first couple:
"'We have caught enough fish
"Then it sat down together, and it
put it's arms around it and said:
"'Oh, my donFt!'
"But it didn't act as if it cared much
just them the boat ran into stump and
stopped. This couple was very singular
for awhile, but finally she said to it:
George, my dear, doesn't it think
it is time to 60 home?'
1T looked at its watch and said: Yes
dearie, it is.' ->' = ::
'Then this couple was plural, while
one of it rowed home.
so u couple is both singular and
plural, just the same.''
The Cook County herald., 1897-12-04
his DEFORMiTY A BLESSING.
Owns Ten Fingers and Uses Extra
Ones at SILK Loom.

Owns Ten Fingers and Uses Extra
Ones at SILK Loom.
Charles w. Haines, of 4O6 Abigail
street, who is "a years old, has five
fingers on each of his hands, but no
thumbs, says the Cincinnati CONNER
cial Tribune. In the place of his thumbs
are perfectly-formed fingers similar in
appearance to the index finger, only q
little longer. The remarkability of his
case is that nature so arranged it
that the first phalanx, unlike other
fingers, has ball joint articulating
with the first metacarpal in way that
enables him to turn the finger about
in any direction, even upon tho back Of
his hand.
Haines is silk bandage weaver, and
by the aid Of his thumb fingers he can
reach into the loom and catch up
broken threads and tie them with one
hand, not being compelled to use a
hook line like other workmen. He says
that on account of his hands being so
constructed he can save time and do
more work in a day than anyone at his
shop. Like Miss Sayers, Haines is a mu-
stefan. He is a good performer on a
either, and when not employed at his
work he spends a great deal of time
playing upon this difficult instrument
He can pick the strings more nimbly
with what serves him as a. thumb than
with his other fingers, and he verify be-
lieves that nature furnished. him with
a deformity that has proven physio-
logical benefit.
The Cook County herald., 1897-12-04
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORE
~ CLOSURE SALE.

!, Default having been made in the payment of
the SUM OF seven hundred and fifty-seven dollars
is claimed to be due and is due at the date of this
and delivered by Oscar Peterson. an unmarried
BEARING date the fifteenth day of March, 4. b.
1889. and duly acknowledged on that day and
with the power Of sale therein contained. duly
and for the County Of Cook and State Of Mime.
Gn me i'm Bock Of Moftssses on
| No action or proceeding having been institut-
ed. at law or otherwise, to recover the debt &c.
cured by said mortgage or any part thereof;
Now. therefore. notice is hereby given that. by
mortgage and pursuant to the statute in such
case made and provided. the said mortgage will
be foreclosed by sale Of the premises described
os pares 81 iand lying
being in the County Of Cook and State Of Mime.
s9ta, described as follows. to-wit: An pndiyid-
he hs ns
the north half Of the southwest quarter az oi
swAl. the southwest quarter of the southwest
quarter (swA of sw14) and the southeast quar-
Ter OF the northwest quarter(seA of nwA).of Sec
ton seventeen l7). and the northeast quarter of
the northeast quarter (neA Of neA), of section
north of range four (4 east Of tie fourth princi:
pal meridian, according to the United States
government survey thereof, with the heredita.
sde by sas ssd ook onn s v
front door of the Court House, in Grand Marais
tn said county and state on the 18th day of De.
f1at Sa3 A. ID; fS? at ten 4 o'clock a. n Of
Tor cash, to pay said debt of seven hundred and
| nifty seven dollars and eighteen cents together
With interest at seven per cent per annum from
| and seventy two dollars the principal sum &C.
cured by said mortgage, aud the taxes if any, OF
The Cook County herald., 1897-12-04
POOL OF INK PHENOMENON.
Situated In Southern California In q
DesOIate SPOT,

Situated In Southern California In q
Desolate Spot.
Without doubt the most remarkable
body of water in the world lies in the
vicinity of the Colorado river, in south
ern California. In this region of ugly
volcanoes, desolate wastes and Shiny
swamps, says the St. Louis Post-Dis-
patch, the strangest phenomenon of
all is what the naturalists call lake of
ink" No other description fits so well.
The strange black fluid that formsthe
lake bears no resemblance to water. 1t
must some day have been "lake of
fire." and even now it tallies excellent
ly with the familiar description, of the
internal regions. Thick and viscous
and foul-smelling, it seems altogether
unfit that it should deface the surface
of the earth.
The pool of ink is situated about half
mile from a volcano. It is about an
acre in area. The surface is coated
with gray ashes from the volcanoes to
the thickness Of about six inches, thus
concealing it's real nature. A traveller
not prepared to avoid its treacherous
depths might easily walk into it. Ex-
pertinent has proved that the black
fluid of the lake is not poisonous. It
acts as a dye, and cotton goods soaked
in it keep their color for months, even
when exposed to the sun. They also
acquire stiffness similar to that pro-
duced by weak starch. The fluid has
been analysed, but its component parts
have not been made known.
The Cook County herald., 1897-12-04
WANTED.

AGENTS.: In every district on the continent
to: take orders for high-grade Canadian grown
Nursery Stock and Seeds. Largest and most
specialtics; superb samples furnished free; cor:
respondence in any language. These positions
are money makers, and territory should be sc.
CURED At once for the season by all hustlers 1ook
ing for q good thing. Our salary or commission
offers will interest any one not earning $1,000 OC
per year. Get in communication with our near
est Office.
house. Ability more important than experience
LUKE BROTHERS COMPANY,
International Nurseries,
Chicago, Ill. Montreal, Que. Rochester, N. Y
The Cook County herald., 1897-12-04
POPULATION AND DEPENDENCE.

Nations That Increase Fast in MuA.
hers Under the Rule Of Aliens.
An item appeared in an English paper
recently giving the results of the june
census of the population of Egypt and
showing it to be 9, ,7oo, 200, an inc ease of
2,o0o,0 900 since 1882; in other words, o
gain Of AZ per cent. i'm Is years, the
greater part Of which has been made
since the British occupationof the coun-
try. *
In a French newspaper, attention is
called to the fact that while the popular
tion of France has not been increasing,
the increase of the French Canadian
population in North America has been
prodigious-from 10000 in 1868 to 1900,
900 in 1891, and more than 1000, 900 at
present.
The deduction to be drawn from these
figures and from other like figures is
that the political independence of a peo-
pie is by no means pledge of increase
in population; on the contrary, the
growth in numbers of dependent peo-
pies under an alien and sometimes an
tagonistic government is often greater
than 1t would otherwise be.
The increase of the population of In
dia, abruptly stopped this year by the
plague, is perhaps q fair illustration OF
ttsia. 4
An official enumeration Of the popula-
tion OF British India made by the Brit
ish government in 1867 put the popula,
tion of that country at IA, ,000, 900 exclu-
sive of 100000 inhabitants in districts
under British jurisdiction but not under
direct British control. This was 80
years ago, and the population of India
at that time was 191 100000 in all. BY
the last imperial census made by Brit
ish authorities, the population of India
was $4,000, 600, about twice as great.