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The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-02-17

A new composition to place inside of bicycle tires to close punctures is about as thick as molasses and is formed of a mixture of glycerine and water glass neutralized by adding acid, the water glass being the gelatinous por- tion of glass sand in solution.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-02-17
FASHION NOTES.
Easter Promises a Big Change in Hats

Easter Promises a Big Change in Hats.
 It is to be hoped that the new milli- nery for which Easter brings an airing will be free from the many whimsical devices that have characterized the headgear of the passing winter. It has seemed as if the milliners had gone daft, and their many eccentricities have been so pronounced as to indicate that the limit of fancifulness has been reached. That should mean a depart ture in an entirely new direction for spring. Just what this departure is to be is hard to say now, but the hat shown here may give some indication of what is coming. It's feathers cer- tainly are quite different from those that have recently been stylish, and it's liberal trimming of velvet puffing sug-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-02-17

The acme of politeness was reached by 8. mining superintendent who posted a placard reading: Please do not tumble down the shaft t"-MeIbourne Weekly Times.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-02-17

An unusually cranky bill now hung up in the Missouri legislature prohibits trust companies from acting as admin istrators, curators, executors, guar dians or receivers. The passage of such a bill would hurt the corporations af fected, but it would be g. good deal worse for the public. The St. Louis Globe Democrat invites legislative at tention to the fact that not dollar has been lost to any estate in Missouri by the insolvency of trust company.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-02-17

The municipal expenses of London in a year amount to about $7O,000, ,OOO. The municipal expenses of the city of Par is, exclusive of national contributions, amount to s65000,00o, and the expenses of the future Greater New York will, it Is computed, be $55, 900, O0O The munic- ipal expenses of New York city are about 0,G00,000 a year. The Brooklyn municipal expenses amount to $12,00O,- 900 a year; those of Long Island City to about $1 100000, and those of Staten Island and Queens county towns to about $750000. The debt of London is $50 per capita; the debt of Paris is s15O per capita, and the debt of the Greater New York will be $66 per capita, or Whereabouts.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-02-17

An impressive feature of Fez, the cap ital of Morocco, is said to be the num- Der of blind men. This is a result, ac- cording to Dr. Snaitken, of the exces- sive use of coffee. The Moors are in- Neterate coffee drinkers, and the mer- chants may be seen in their bazars drinking coffee continually during the Hay. At forty or forty-five the eyesight of these coffee-drinkers begins to fail. total blindness following by the time the age of fifty is reached.
The record-union., 1897-07-18
Then? Or Now?

When am dead, Sweetheart" you say,
Think of me always at my best;
When Ger my head tall grasses sway,
And to my deep and dreamless rest
And laud of tongue and stab of pen
Though love be leal and hate be fierce
Are less than nothing to me then.
Your gentler thought for fancied wrong,
Nor love devise atoning task,
And labor in it, glad and strong.
Ignore, then, faults that now you chide,
The hasty word, the careless mien,
And causeless heat and foolish pride
Forget, as if they neer had been.
eff mem'ry from our Past evoke
One moment of divine surprise,
When all the angels in me woke
And you glimpsed Eden in my eyes;
If /, SurceaSe of care and pain
And fullness to heart-famine brought,
In reverie live that time again.
And thus enshrine me in your thought"
And make answer Love of mine.
Think of me at my best, to-day.
This hour renew surprise divine,
Let Eden's light and fragrance play
Into our lives while they are one.
Why should 1 wait to be forgiven.
Till follies and till faults are done,
And am out of reach in heaven?
what chrism has Death? the grave
what art
To right all wrong? Do tears make
sweet
The Marah of the human heart?
Beloved while our pulses beat
With very joy Of liVing-while
[ lay my head upon your breast
And drink your words and feel your
Thus-now-think of me at my besti''
The record-union., 1897-07-18

those in the rear turned and fled for
their lives. Presently the eddying
smoke drifted out through the arch
way, and when he saw that there was
no living being within gunshot of the
fort, wiping the smoke, CRIME and per-
spiration from his brow, the Com
mandante leaned feebly against the
wall
The little garrison will never forget
that night. For what seemed long ages
they lay upon the parapet with staring
eyes turned towards the dark ravine,
expecting certain death when daylight
came. AT length the sun rose, but be-
yond dropping fire at intervals, the
foe made no sign, and towards the
close Of a nerve-trying day a trail Of
| black smoke appeared, like a dingy
cloud, on the verge of the western sea-
The Arabs clustered together out of
rifie-shOt on the summit of a low ridge
doubtless speculating on what it might
be. Later two tall spars and the tip of
a funnel rose into sight, and a hoarse
"Viva." went UP from the men as,
putting down his glasses with great
sigh of relief, the Commandante de-
clared it to be the gunboat Conde from
An hour afterwards she let go two
anchors off the fort, rolling wildly ON
the tradewind sea. Three white
launches splashed into the water and
pulled ashore, while the last of the
Arabs could be dnnly seen crossing the
plain amid cloud of dust.
So the defense of the Castillo de San
Andres came to an end; for, in accord
ance With instructions, the few sur
VivorS were embarked and the fort
abandoned. The Spanish authorities
maintained such secrecy about the
matter as they could; but details leaked
out, and not long afterwards the re-
mains of the fort were seen. The solid
walls had been Wrenched apart and the
massy stones lay half-buried in the hot
sand. How Arab and Berber had man
aged this without the aid of gun
powder, which is a scarce commodity
with them, it is hard to say; but all
that now remains of the little fort are
two tottering towers and a shapeless
heap of smoke -blackened stones, stand
ing alone in a dreary waste of hot sand,
for a memento of the invincible garri-
son. - Harrison Blindloss, in Chambers
Journal
The record-union., 1897-07-18
The Battle.

o fool, and how should we know
What it was all about?
Go to the men who sowed the crop
We simply threshed it out.
Wordy statesmen sowed the crop,
And fore God it yielded nightly.
AS line on line of stalwart men
Swung wide in their swaths fuJ
doughtily.
From an Eastern sun to Western sun
We reaDed in the harvest field,
And when he rested at eventide,
The ravens garnered the yield.
And with the night the cleaners came,
Ruthless and cunning eyed,
And took their toll of the fallen crop,
Peering from side to side.
On row on row of Human Chaff.
And here and there the Grain,
And Peter stood at Heavens gate
Sitting the souls of the slain.
F. E. Clayton in The Lotus.
The record-union., 1897-07-18
HUNTING FROM ELEPHANTS.
Recently Tanned Beast That Would
Stand Any Charge.

| H. W. Seton-Karr in the Century,
| tells of his experiences when After Big
| Came in Africa and India" In the lat
| ter country he hunted as the guest of
the Maharaja of Kuch Behar. Mr.. karr
says:
! One of the first things the Maharaja
did after our arrival was to hand to each
guest slip of paper on which was writ
ten the name of the elephant allotted to
hlm for shooting purposes, which bore
on it's back the structure known as
"kowdah," to carry the shooter and his
guns AS these elephants were neces-
sarily large, and the howdah is high,
the oscillation was much greater than
it one were seated upon a plain pad
upon the elephants back, or one of the
smaller elephants, which afterward dur
ing the operations of the day We're en-
ployed in a long line to force the rhi-
noceroses and other animals out of the
dense thickets in which they live.
The howdah- elephant which the Ma
haraja allotted to me was named "Se-
cunder." Three years previously it was
an uncaptured wild elephant ranging at
liberty the jungles of Bengal. 1t was a
fine female, between nine and ten feet
perfect "tushes'' projecting a few inches
beyond the upper lip. There are other
elephants in the Maharaja's stud which
have been tanned more recently still. 1t
was very gentle and obedient, and per-
fectly fearless and therefore very valu-
able as a shooting elephant; as, for in
stance, on several occasions during the
following three weeks it stood without
Gipc he oha Of cd I'M
falo, tiger, and rhinoceros, thus enabling
me to make a steady shot. Almost all
elephants show great fear of the Indian
rhinoceros; there are few that will not
turn tail when they scent their enemy,
and fewer still that will stand the crash
and short snorts that tprecede the charge.
About breakfast time each morning
the elephant told off for each guest was
brought to the neighborhood of his tent,
and the howdah placed upon it, resting
upon a saddle composed of two cushions
of strong sacking about six feet by two,
which rested in turn upon large cloth
covering the whole of the elephants
back. The howdahs for shooting are
lightly built of wood and canework, and
contain two seats and racks to hold six
guns or rifles, three on each side. All
this is lashed on by ropes passing under
the elephants neck, belly and tall The
weight which an elephant is able to
carry upon it's back exceeds a ton; for
short distances they have been known
to carry as much as 5000 pounds, but
for long marches 1000 pounds is con-
sidered the limit. Many of the Maha-
raia's elephants had fine tusks, but most
tusks are cut at regular intervals to
prevent them from injuring one another.
One or two of the fighting elephants,
however, had pointed tusks.
The record-union., 1897-07-18
Why He Objected.

Eyes, sir" said the old inhabitant,
I'm positively against the Atlanta idea
of architecture!''
"On what ground?''
con this ground, sir. Suppose there
should be an earthquake and one of
these tail buildings should fall ON mel"
Atlanta Constitution.
The record-union., 1897-07-18
At the Fountain Head.

Now doth the statesman pause in awe
and hesitate in doubt:
The man who dictionaries wrote for his
good fame look out:
The sage philosopher, with fear and
hope and trembling waits
To gather wisdom at first hands from
sweet girl graduates.
Chicago Record
The record-union., 1897-07-18

Avoid poorly printed books with poor
paper and poor type, and do not read
when riding in cars or carriage, nor
when convalescent from a protracted ILL
ness, nor when the whole body is in a
weakened state
The record-union., 1897-07-18
JustifiabIe Assault

Walker-Wtat did you hit him for?
Wheeler-He asked me if I wasn't ca
good deal of a bike fiend."-Cincinnat
Enquirer.
The record-union., 1897-07-18

A Topeka, Kas., cat which was taken
to Indiana by family named Nading
found it's way back to the SunfioWer
State. travelling 600 miles.
The record-union., 1897-07-18
As Things Go.

Here's another case of extremes
meeting"
WHAT"
mot long ago you couldn't hire a
messenger boy to hurry up; now, since
they've put them on a bike, you've got
to fine him to keep him from scorch-
ing g''-Philadelphia North American
The record-union., 1897-07-18

From the time of roses on through
out the summer there is an almost con-
stant succession of sweet-scented flow
ers. from which may be made a de-
lightful dry perfume for drawer sa
chefs and to streW upon the shelves of
the linen closet. Take off the leaves
and dry them carefully in the sun.
spreading them out so that there is no
danger Of their mildewing in a mass,
Then press them to a powder in NOR
tar with a pestle, finally passing the
substance through a sieve. A liquid es-
sence has been tried by amateurs, al
though it is SO difficult to accomplish
The record-union., 1897-07-18

Fish. bacon, kidneys, etc, cool very
rapidly when not served from the side.
but sent to the table on a platter.
When other than piping hot they are,
too. detestable. hot-water plated
dished is, therefore, most desirable for
their presentation when cooked,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-15
ARMY NURSES ~ NATIONAL CEMETERIES.

Warrington Feb IL (SpccaD.- favorable report
has been made by the Senate Committee on Military
Affairs bill which passed the House a few davs
ago authorizing the bura. In National Cemeteries OF
Army nurses. as well as soldiers sailors and marines
The Army Nurses Association recently appIed 10
the Secretary OF War requesting that small nor
ton OF land in Arlington Cemetery be assigned by
the Secretary az final resting place FOR the few
members OF that association who may desire TO he
buried there Secretary Lamont In considering the
Application. decided that. nurses being mentioned
In The law which prcscribes what persons may be
buried In National cemeteries. the request of the
association could not he favorably acted upon The
Secretary quoted the .aw. which says in effect thar
honofdbIy discharged soldiers. sailors or marines
VINO served during the War OF the Rebellion either
in the regular or volunteer forces may be buried i'm
any National cemetery free OF cost and their graves
receive the same attention the graves Of persons
buried In such cemeteries previously March 1879
lie also referred 10 the decision Of the War DEPART
ment rendered on September H. 1871 saving that the
Executive appears 10 have discretion as 10 the
CLASS or persons TO be admitted 10 National Gene
ttries as Congress has desgna who may be buried
there ~ '''"' w "''''
,,Whle me pli was under consideration i'm the
house IL was referred General Eatcbeld.r
9uaIt'I mastcf-' ienera. Of the Army for remark
GENERAL Batcheder said that there was no apparent
oDJecIoh 10 me adoption OF such a proposed addition
W .ne classes OF persons entitled 10 burial i'm the
passage OF the bill. eNNN '''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-15
VASHINGTON'S BIRTHPLACE MAhhhD'
rHf, MONUMENT AT WAKEFIELD. VA IN lis OoM-
PLETED CONDITION.

rur, MONUMENT AT WAKEFIELD VA. IN ITS COM
PLETED CONDITION.
Washington Feb. IA (SpecaD.-The WorK OF erect
ING n monument to mark the birthplace OF george
Washington at Wakefield Va. has been comp!e'ea'
and report of the fact together with description
and the cost Of the monument has been ior"arueu 10
Congress by the Secretary of State the erection Vi
the monument was under the supervision OF GENERA
John NJ Wilson, recently appointed Chie1 OF hisi-
neers
The placing OF the shaft at Wakefield to marx the
birthplace OF Washington was authorized by Con-
gress IN Joint resolution approved on February 20
the purpose About one-third Of this was allotted In
resolution of 1898 for the construction OF wharf al
the nearest available point TO the proposed site Inc
in which Washington was born. IL Is OF light YER
mont granite 81 feet hight with a'base IL feet square
The shaft is single piece Al feet inches hlgn, ana
weighs thirty-fve tons. The design Is py w il,din
Gresham, when Secretary OF State. from number OF
plans submitted 10 the State Department IN response
TO an advertisement inviting competition. -
The monument was put In place IN 1879, ana Is oe
scrIbed by General Wilson splendid piece OF
workmanship. General Wilson states that the ab-
soute OF the monument. the tall iron fence grad
Ing soddng, constructing paths. removing trees ser
vices of surveyor inspector, etc. was exactly VIZ
C57 Co. Around the monument plot the Government
grounds. and has obtained the right OF way from
the dock the monument. OF the appropriation
made by Congress General wilson mas turhed mo
the Treasury, as unexpended balance 1891 r.
Therefore the total cost OF the monument, Work on
the grounds and walks. the wharf complete and wire
fences gates. etc. Is 81 G29 % The monument Is
Grounds and is cared for by a Waterman appointed
by the War Department.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-15
THE MAYOR TO THE !. 0. F. s. 7.

Mayor Strong made address at the annual con-
yention OF District Grand Lodge No l. Independent
Order Free Sons OF Israel, held at the Lexington
Opera House yesterday. The Mayor was greeted
as the first Mayor OF Greater New-York. and his
speech was heartily cheered. NJ L. Seixas. Grand
Master OF District Lodge No J. presided In his
address the Mayor said among other things:
The Mayor Of Greater New-iork Is a thing OF
the future and is unknown quantity feel
eure that the honor will not be mine. There are
several good reasons for this. think II viii be
somebody else. think / am satisfied with nav
ing occupied the Mayors chair for three years.
the longest term that any single-term Mayor has
ever sat. ! am honored by having been the last
Mayor of the present city. But will say no more
upon that subject.
During my term Of office have had many ap-
plicatons for aid. but don't think one single ap-
pljcation came from a Hebrew. The Jews take
care Of their own. They taught to be self
supporting. Speaking a Gentle | Will say that
you manage your charities better than we do. Some
time ago / attended school on the East Side.
About half the scholars and the teachers were He
which showed the characteristics OF the Hebrew.
She said II you grow up to be good Jews you will
be good American citizens. If you are not good
American citizens you will not be good Jews.
~ have no better friends than among the Hebrews
Of this city. All ] can say Is that your order is
doing great and magnificent work. May you
continue H..
Other addresses were made by Julius Hamburger
Benjamin Blumenthal and Isaac Hamburger.
In executive session yesterday afternoon fol-
lowing officers installed TO act for the coming
N. Samuel Stern: second deputy. Julius Hass, AL
bany; grand treasurer. y. Leinger grand secretary
snd Esas 1 pee as nn9r " as
various standing committees.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-15
THE VESUVIUS WAS CAUGHT THIS TINE.
UNABLE TO RUN THE BLOCKADE IN CLEAR
WEATHER

WEATHER.
Charleston s. c., Feb. 13.-The dynamite cruiser
Vesuvius made five unsuccessful attempts to run
the blockade last night The conditions were ex-
actly reversed from those OF Friday night ms the
air was free from fog mist. and the searcnhgnts
worked perfectly For stretch Of nine miles the
waters Of the Atlantic in front OF Charleston Har-
Dor bristled with Uncle Sans floating forts, ana
cleaned with the restless arrows OF dozens OF
searchlghts.
From the Beach Channel on the north to Pump
KIN Hill Channel on the south the fleet held the
line in the following order: Massachusetts. Maine
Amphitr!te New-York Indiana and Columbia. The
line was established at o'clock and the Nesuvius
was out 10 sea.
The searchlights began at once 10 play over the
waters 1t was about 7:33 wnen a light from the
Maine stopped in its wanderings and streamed long
and steadily upon spot. The cause was soon
known She had caught the Nesuvius; req anu a
green signal told the tale. and the lights or the
feet, turned upon the spot. brought the white null
Of the cruiser into full view.
The NeSuvius put up her nghts lore anu AT an"
went 10 again for another trial The next time
she got past the line and nearly out of dan
Three other attempts were made. and each time
the blockade runner quickly caught
The squadron suspended their Warhke Work TO-
day and observed Sunday in regulation fashion.
Episcopal service held the flagship New
York Catholic services were held on the Maine ana
came up TO the city to-day. and is now lying In the
Cooper River. A number OF excursion steamers
ran out to the fleet during the day. carrying thou
sands Of visitors.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-15
ERIE RAILROAD,

ThrOugh
q. follows and nve minutes earlier from West 2Si
OcDO A. M.-Nestibuled Express Daily f0r Nayery
Bnghamton Elmira. Runalo Bradford. Arrive Barss
500 T. NJ Buffalo
2,OO r. M.-ves,ibuled Limited fast mail Daily. sola
train for Chicago Via ChausG9ua Lake. arrives Cev.'
land 40 A NJ, Chicago T. Slecpers 10 Chicago
cleveland and Cincinnati. DINING Car
no p M.-BuNslo and Cleveland Nestlbulei Express
Daily arrives Buffalo I:i5 A. NJ. Bradford Is A NJ:
A. NJ, Cleveland rs L. VI. Sieepers 70
Cleveland making direct connections FOR DE-
troit Chicago and the West
S,a5 r, M.-Via Cnautauqua Lake end Niagara Fnb
Daily Solid Chicago. sespers TO Hornels''iA
chicago and Cincinnati. Dining Car .v
gvyICKETS LOCAL TIME CARDS AND rtILMAN
recommendations al III. ll3. .d ioi and e5i Rr.sr
wsy oI Bowery l56 East l25th-st ard ~ West l..ss
ST. Chambers and West 23t 81 ferries S,%, YORK 81
ana ;o6 Fulton 100 Broadway Brooklyn IN Huish-
a., iiohoker ami Jersey civ station Wsstcou F.preS
call. Tor and checks from hotels and residences
% destinatio-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-15
INTERESTS
RELATION OF NATIONAL Policies
DR. PARKHuRsr SAYS THE LATTER SHOULD
TEACH UNIVERSAL. BROTHERHOOD.

DR. pARKHURsr SAYS THE LATTER SHOULD
TEACH UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD.
IT.. p., mr. Charlie. H. Parkhurst preached yes
.-a.,, In IN. Madison SQUARE Presbyterian Church,
and IN the course Of his address spoke aoout the
ways of schools whose objects are TO III no!s io'
entrance to college. Those schools. ne sa'". '
not manhood manufactures. they are cra"s"ops'
and the boys understand them. and can 'he'i Su''
boy might as we'll so TO school IN the PLANET "
Jupiter 80 far relates his consciousness u ING
world at large" ~,
The preacher then went on to say that no action
n right that does not lie in range with the genera
purpose OF history That" he continued !" ''e
last ANALYSIS the basis which such Ques'o's us
immigration and tariff will have TO be settled lhere
is no use in our thinking that any policy we may
adopt in regard to either Of these matters VIII be
permanent II it is adopted by us with an exclusive
reference to our National interests. ana one Oh
two nations has more rights as against the o'her
than one Of two men has rights as against the IN
terests Of the other This Is not arguing LOT vi
against tariff and immigration Perhaps excIus'o"
Of foreign peoples and foreign productions VIII con-
tribute 10 our own ACKNOWLEDGEMENT III way .
will make us more competent as nation 10 iuihi
the destiny that pertains in rela lions TO
the rest OF the world agency for the whole
worlds amelioration That Is conceivable, pu, tnat
doe. not AFFECT at all the praafe stss,ssmanshp to-
day is that which proceeds with the dIstnctest
erence and clearest consciousness Oh 'he oeS' III
The fact that we have a strong minority OF legs-
lators Washington. who so far from resPec.n n
the interests of the world at large are equally con-
temptuous OF the veal OF their own country Is no
that the PTe dT rs he' Of our mode of
Government at present that legislators ana me
Of International relation is in the direction OF COM
prehensiveness and the policy tna' MI ,aacbas
ise doctrines Of universal brotherhood with most
emphasis and cordiality