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The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-06
PATRIOTIC.

'I's kind O worried" said Uncle l Eben, "'bout de kind O patriotism dat pays cash foh its fireworks an lodges l it's s"-Washington Star. | Mrs. Kniver-"For mercy's sake 1 Mary, what are the children quarreling about?" Mary-"It's only in fun, mem. | They be playing they're married. "- l Boston Transcript.
 You don't mean to say that you wish your wife would turn into pillar of salt?' Not exactly, but But
 what?" q wish she wasn't quite so peppery -Tit-Bits.
 | The Only Kind.-Irate citizen (to scorcher)-"Hi, there, have pedestrians no rights in this city?" Scorcher
 (whizzing by)-"Certainly they have funeral rites "-Brooklyn Life. A professor of Trinity college, Dublin, overhearing an undergraduate swearing
 and making use of profane language,
 rushed at him frantically, exclaiming:
 Are you aware, sir, that you are in,-
 periling your immortal soul, and, what is worse, incurring a fine of five shiu- ings s?"-Household Words. Difference in Durability isn't at
 all safe to judge by appearances, said the restless boys father. "Yes," re-
 piled the mother, people are very de-
 captive" And so are inanimate ob-
 jects. You'd never think, merely iude-
 ing by external indications, that the
 heavy pair of shoes I bought that bow
 were only going to wear for six weeks while his fragile-looking Latin gram
 mar will last him a. lifetime. ."-Wash- ington Star.
 A young man entered a fashionable church and finding no ushers took A. seat. A pompous man presently came
 in and took the same pew. After f1dg-
 eting about nervously the pompous per
 son took out card, wrote on it, and
 handed it to the young man, who read:
 Do you know that I pay $500 for this
 pew?"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-06

an example of this, a house dress of sil- Yer gray cashmere trimmed with mar row dark blue velvet Bands of this were put on the skirt between hips and knees, encircled the sleeves just below the scant puffs, and on the front of the waist radiated from the belt Blue vel vet was used in belt and collar, and the jabot. oddly placed away at the right side, was gray chiffon and was held by ornamental pins. Summer use of vel vet as trimming was long ago foretold in this column. and unsuitable as 1t seems for the season 1t is here In suffi- cient quantity to promise very general favor for it with the return of cool weather
 Wash braid seems to have, however different standing from the other sorts, and wash dresses of denim or crash are elaborately braided with 1t as winter gowns have been with sou tache and frogging. A cord as big as a slate pencil is also used, in white cot ton, for finish to collar and cuffs and the edges of wash dresses with very good effect. Wash skirts hold shape and set far better if the edge from hem to knees be reinforced by row on row of wash braiding Stitching Is all so employed for this same purpose. and In some cases the rows of stitching are run so close together that a distinct change is made in the color of the ma- terial. A dark blue denim gown thus stitched in white at the foot of the skirt and on the collar and cuffs, appears to be trimmed with a lighter blue. Even organdies and muslins are made to hold their crispness by many rows of narrow baby ribbon stitched on with double stitching, the rows coming very close together FLORETTE.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-06
NOT TERI sLow ArTER AIn.

| Those who are impatient over the
 sloWness of Congress in getting the tar l if bill out of the way can perhaps find something calming in the fact that the time required to perfect and enact a | new tariff has usually been from fifteen 1 months to three years, the notable de- l Alterations of shorter duration having been in the administration of Washing ton, when the young republic was get ting ready for its start in national ca
 reer, and in that of Lincoln, when the
 war made prompt action necessary. The Walker tariff of 1S46 became law fif- teen months after Folks inauguration
 as president; the tariff of 1883 was pass ed two full years after the beginning
 of the Garf1eld-Arthur administration; !
 the Mckinley tariff was ready for the
 presidents signature eighteen months after Harrison's inauguration; the Mills bill failed to pass during Cleveland's | first term; the Wilson German tariff was not completed until nearly eighteen months after Cleveland took the oath of office for the second time. Mckinley has now been president four months; yet the Dingley tariff has passed the house, has nearly run its
 course through the senate, and has good prospect of becoming law before the | middle of the month. So the present tariff makers have not been slow com- pared with their predecessors.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-06
AnyMRrIsING RArTs.

Situations, Wants, Rents, and other small advertisements, One Cent Word each i1- sertlon. Five Cents Word for full week (sevsn times)
 Display Advertisements. per Inch. one in, no ssrtion 2o; each S Ssgbbssequsnt inseTonS monfb S1o: one year. $40. ,r
 Obituary Notices. in prose or verse;, 10 cents per line, Notices of Births. Mar Yiages, Deaths and Funerals, 30 cents eacn' Local Notices 15 cents per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to their own immediate business (all matter to De Include Wants. To Let. For Sale. etc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-06

A Kentucky strawberry grower re- ports a clear profit this season of $729.6S on seven acres of ground. Numbers of women and children who would have earned money in no other way made $1 to g day picking the berries. An other grower of strawberries reports his clear profits to have been $357.50 on two acres of ground
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-06
FASHION NOTES.
A New Fancy in Banding.

It looks as if braiding were on the wane, not that its decline is by any means so we'll started as to seriously affect gowns already trimmed with it.
 but 1t is being less used on new gowns and a substitute for it Is being rapidly adopted, The successor is narrow bands of velvet, which on many gowns is used quite as freely as braid ever has been. and from which much the same effects are secured, Pictured here is
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-06

Dean Pigou of Bristol feels that he can endure having letters addressed to him as Dr. Pigue, Peilen, Pigon. Pa gou, Pigpur, Pickles, Peggue, and Pue- gon, but, objects to being called .the Rev. pr. Pagan, after being forty years in the orders.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-06

An American writes from Munich to The New York Evening Post that the regulations attending the riding of bi- cycles are strict in that city and are rigidIy enforced. Every bicycle in Mu- mich has to carry two metal numbers, one fastened to the handle bar and the other behind the saddle. These num- bers are issued by the police authorities, and cost five marks (s1.25). They en- able the police to identify and fine a rider who breaks a rule. If the rider runs over and kills anyone, any person witnessing the act can take his num- beg. go to the police office, and find out who he is, thus permitting the friends to begin suit for damages. Every one desiring to ride a. bicycle must have a, license, of course, and he has to pass an examination before 1t is given him. The numbers must be plainly in sight no bundle on the machine is allowed to obscure them. The police instantly ar- rest a man who disregards any of these requirements. There are more than l5,000 licenses in Munich, and the utmost care as regards the safety of others must be used if they are to be saved from being forfeited.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-06
THECARR1NGToN PUBLISHING co.
 OFFICE 400 STATE STREET.

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THn CTy, lb CENTS A WEEK, t0CENTs AMoSTH, 9 FOR suMoNTHs. sS A YEAR. THR SAME TRRMs DYMAu.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-06

An interesting and important shift ing of population has been noted by close observers in the South, and they predict as the result of it industrial changes of the most important kind. This movement consists in a steady emigration of negroes to both the east eYn and the western portions of the North, and a similar influx of white laborers from the crowded centers of the manufacturing States. The change is especially noticeable in Georgia and there 1t is expected to produce not only desirable admixture of artisans with the class of small agriculturists, but also decided improvement in the condition of blacks and whites. For me thing, the new adjustment of pop ulation will put an end to the nearly exclusive devotion to cotton raising and the consequent overproduction of that staple. The reliance on cotton in Geor- gia has not been due to belief in the profitableness of that crop as compar- ed with others, but to the negro's fa- miliarity with it and his inability to turn his industry in other directions He will find the needed instruction in other communities, while the white immigrants in the South will soon di- versify its products as well as make possible the rapid development of its manufactures.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-06

Methods pursued in Pittsburg, St. Louis, and some other western cities. in the reduction of the smoke nuisance, have proved encourag-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-06

There has been bad feeling in Charleston. South Carolina. for several weeks over the superseding of the white labor in the cotton mills of that city by colored labor, the excuse for the change being that the white labor was not equal to the demand and not up to the standary in efficiency. Now, the News and Courier states that another large South Carolina mill is negotiating for the services of these discharged white employees and Is ready to take forty families as soon as arrangements can be perfected for housing them.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-06

Thousands of French silver five-franc pieces annually disappear from circula- ton. This, according to an official an- nouncement just made by the French government, is due to a queer belief. When the great Emperor Napoleon first put these coins into circulation it was difficult to induce the people to adopt them. Accordingly, he caused a story to be circulated to the effect that one of the coins concealed in its inter- for check for 100000 francs, written on asbestos paper, and directing the Bank of France to pay the finder of the -ssal P e5 all in f1ye-franc silver pieces. It is the hope of discovering the prob ably mythical check that so many thou sands of five franc pieces are broken in half every year.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-25
Tale of a Grateful Him

1t is rare occurrence for animals in
a wild state to select man for a com.
panion, or evince any gratitude for
favors, but there is an occasional excep-
ton. A boy in Maine killed snake that
was just in the act of robbing a song
sparrow's nest, and ever since the bird
has shown its gratitude in a wonderful
manner. When he goes into the gar.
den the sparrow flies to him, sometimes
alighting on his head or shoulder, all
the while pouring out a song of praise
and gratitude. 1t will not leave the
garden, but all the time he is there the
bird hovcrs around him, with every
manifestation of love.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-25
DOWN THE GRADE.

the brake, catch his train at the next
station and proceed.
The agent didn't like this so well.
Unfortunately for him his duties were
such as to confine him to his box car
Office almost continually, so that he
mad no chance to prosecute his suit
except when the ladies paid visit to
the section house. After much brood
ing he decided to put a stop to further
proceedings on the part of the conduct
or, and awaited his opportunity.
TWAS bright day in June when the
train pulled in, and as the conductor
gave the engineer joyful and signif-
cant "high ball" the latter pulled out,
leaving the caboose at the station.
There was short salute and a hur-
ried departure as the conductor left
the agent, and the latter proceeded to
business. He first placed a ''chock'
against wheel of the car, and then
disconnected the brake chain. He
placed the connecting chain in such a
position that a touch would displace it,
and then awaited the return of his
hated rival.
Like a triumphant gladiator Hardy
returned. With scarce q look at the
agent he assembled the platform,
kicked off the dog" that held the
brake, and with mingled feelings of Sc
curity and pleasure felt the car move
down grade. The car certainly moved
Conductor Hardy was heard to say aft
erward that nothing could have passed
it but lightning. The inhabitants OF
Mojave tell to this day of a yellow
streak which flashed through their
town, and was gone almost as soon as
it arrived. That was Mr.. Hardy and
his caboose. AS luck would have it.
the train had gone into siding, so that
the track was clear, and after dove
like flight Of about so miles the wild ca.
boose came to a stand.
Unless Mr.. Hardy reads this story
he will, perhaps, never know how it
was done. At any rate, he "never came
back any more" so far as the widow
was concerned.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-25

ion the beauty or popularity of the
fish in the tanks before which they
stood. He got along all right until
the tank containing the four-eyed fish
was reached.
The crowd was pretty thick by this
time, and one man wearing straw hat
had worked himself, or had been
pushed, in between the man who knew
it all and his companion. All eyes were
fixed on the fish except those of the
young woman, who was evidently very
anxious to get back to the side of her
escort. Before she could do so, however,
his arm was placed around the waist
of the man next to him and frightened
when he loudly asked:
Say, Mamie, where's de other eyes
II only sees two?"
The man who was being Rugged
against his will, says the New York
Herald, made a mild protest, as a roar
of laughter went up from those near
by, and as he was released and made
his way rapidly toward the door he
heard:
my, Mamie, didn't know was a.
huggin' that bloke. 1 thought was
a-huggin' you. Where's dem other two
eyes?" And then his arm went around
the right waist this time.
Utterly oblivious to the tittering GO
ing on around them, the two quietly
continued taking in all the sights in
the building, while the man who had
been accidentally Rugged was proba-
bly, making his way home by way Of
the side streets to get rid of his NOR
tification.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-25
Teeth Anected Hi. sight.

When a boy, IL years old, retired 4
few nights since, his eyes were as usual.
In the morning the pupils were dilated,
fixed, not influenced by light. He
could not distinguish light from dar h
ness. No cause for the condition could
be found until his teeth were exam
ined, when it was seen that they were
crowded and wedged together. Two
permanent and four temporary teeth
were extracted. The same night he
could distinguish light from darkness,
the next day objects, and in few days
his eyes were in normal condition.
He had no other treatment.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-25
Glass Eyes for u Tiger.

A tiger with glass eye is at present
in the menagerie at Stuttgart. A Sc
rious affection of the muscles caused
the beast to lose the sight of one eye.
AS the public didn't appreciate one
eyed tiger the beast was put under CO.
caine, and the useless optic removed
He was measured for a new eye, which
had to be made with special degree
of ferocity. For the first week he tried
to rub it out, but now rests contented as
the only wild animal with glass eye.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-25
AGENT PLAYED A TRICK.
How He Interfered with Hardys
Wild Caboose Rides.
For n Long Time the Conductor Had
His own Way, But Jealousy Found
Means to Bring His Counting
to an End.

On the Southern Pacific railway in
California, not far from Mojave, is d
little station-a spur track" box car
for a telegraph oSice and section
house composing the whole. The sta
tion-house is, or was, presided over by a
handsome and hearty Irish woman, who
kept house for her husband. The
'hands," being Chinese, cooked for
themselves.
The duties of the agent consisted of
reporting the passage of trains (none
Of them stopped) and feeding himself.
Two or three miles to the west was
what is termed in that section milk
ranch. This ranch contained widow,
fair, fat and 40, and three as buxom
girls, her daughters, as the glorious
climate of California could produce.
Many a sheep herder had walked the
black and dreary hills for miles just to
catch glimpse of those bright eyes.
The railroad men talked milk ranch"
until it became tiresome to an uninter-
ested person, though they had but few
chances to cultivate the acquaintance
of the ladies.
One might have supposed that the
agent, being Johnny on the spot" as
it were, stood a better chance than the
rest of the railroaders, but such was
not the case. There was certain con-
ductor, Hardy by name, who leaned in
the direction of the widow, and he was
equal to the occasion. His plan of
operations was at once unique and dar-
ing. He would send his train ahead,
upon reaching the abode of his divinity,
leaving the caboose standing at the sta
ton. Then, of course, taking account
of other trains due, he would wander
over to the ranch and spend all his spare
cash in milk and his spare time in blair
ney. Returning, he would station him
self on the front platform of the ca
boose, like trolley man, and "let her
go, Gallagher" down 40 miles of grade,
while he controlled the car by means of
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-25
Precauti0n.

Say, missus," said Meandering. Mike,
do you wanter hire anybody"
NO"
Eye don't think yer husband wants
ter hire anybody, do yer?"
I'm sorry to disappoint YOU, but I am
sure he does not"
"'Tain't no disappointment. I jes'
wanted de assurance dat could go ter
sleep in dis next lot witout bein dis
turbed by offers of work."-Washington
Star.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-25

picked up his little rawhide whip and
stepped into the cage, shutting the door
behind him. He admits it was foolish
thing to do, and says he would never
have taken the chances if it had not
been an old and well-known bear he
started to chastise.
But for once the animal showed no
fear. AS the keeper stepped inside the
gate the bear shuffled toward him,
growing. A half dozen cuts with the
whip in the face did not stop the brute,
and after moments maneuvering man
and bear were engaged in a terrific
struggle.
The shouts of the spectators and the
growls of the beast soon attracted a
large crowd, but although assistants,
park employees and finally policemen,
arrived they were helpless to give any
aid. One of the helpers finally dropped
a rake down to the struggling man, but
the fight was at too close quarters to
have the weapon of any use, and man
and beast fought it out alone.
AS for the rest of the bears in the
cage, they were apparently cowed, and
neither spectators nor actors ever
thought TO look at them.
1t took several rushes on all fours
for the bear to finally secure hold on
Keeper De Vry's leg with its paws.
When it did, however, in a second it
had its teeth in the mans left calf, and
when they were wrenched away the
greater portion of the flesh came with
them. The hold threw DE Vry, and
locked together the two rolled over and
over on the pit floor.
De Vry is man of unusual strength,
and soon succeeded in throwing off his
45o-pound antagonist and getting on
his feet again. But the bear still kept
hold of him, and second time the two
fell to the floor with the great brute or
top.
All the time the bear was trying fol
another hold with it's teeth, and Keeper
DE Vry was doing his best to strangl.
the beast. Failing in IT, another tire
mendous effort released him, and h,
cot on his r. ir:St as the hear rose OF
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-25

husband about every Is minutes and
box his ears or give his hair pull. In
the morning the guest, seeing the wom-
an alone, asked an explanation of her
conduct, and her reply was: "You see,
stranger, me and the old man has been
fghtin' for ten years to see who shall
boss this ere ranch, and have jest got
him cowed, but if should let up on him
for day he would turn on me again,
and my work would all go for nothin'.n
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-25

Charles P. Howard, who lives at 1853
Vine street, Denver, has one leg which
is composed of more than 1000 pieces of
flesh taken from the arms and legs of
other men. The flesh was scalded off
his leg ten years ago in railroad
wreck, and in order to save the limb the
surgeons resorted to skin grating,
The operation was successful, and the
leg is now as good as the other one.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-25
HUGGED BY ACCIDENT.
A Scene That Caused Much Merriment
to q Gotham Crowd.

to q Gotham Crowd.
Visitors to the New York aquarium
recently were treated to an amusing
scene not down on the regular pro-
,gramme, which for the time being di.
verted all attention from the finny
freaks in the big glass tanks.
In the ordinary crowd of Sunday Wis
itors were a lovesick couple whose APP
pearance would indicate that they
hailed from the East side. They were
clad in all the splendor of holiday at
tire, and naturally attracted not little
attention, especially so when the male
half of the pair began, in rather
loud voice, to explain to his compan-
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-25

eagerness to get at the contents, lost his
balance and fell in. As only part of the
dogs body could enter the pot, his hind
legs and tail protruded, while his head
was buried in the boiling coffee. The
pot remained upright, during the dogs
which lasted but short time.
When Mr.. Cadek entered the kitchen,
about so minutes after the accident,
he found the dog in his strange posi-
ton, drowned in a pot of coffee.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-25
Chickens Carry a Warming.

A neighbours chickens annoyed Spen-
GER Wilbur, of Howleyton, N. Y, so he
had cards printed bearing these words:
Keep me at home" Il am likely to be
shot" etc. Each card he fastened to a
thread, at the other end of which was
a kernel of corn. The owner of the
chickens was astounded to see his
chickens marching home with the cards
swinging from their mouths.