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The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-25
THE TARIFF IN THE SENATE.

To-day the debate in the senate on the tariff begins When it will end the Lord only knows, but it is to be hoped that the people of this disturbed and tired country will be allowed to celebrate the Fourth of July out of the shadow of tariff f-tinkering. But we are sorry to say that the debate bids fair to be a long one and there is no telling what the result of it will be- We fear that there is more truth than imagination in the remarks of the Washington correspondent of the Dry Goods Economist, who writes that it is recognized that the majority in favor of any tariff bill is so small that care ful planning will be necessary to pre- vent the complete remodelling of the measure by senators who are determin- ed to press amendments suggested by their constituencies. The western sen ators who have been fighting for high VI oaIiSS oli Nooi dIS piSptASu u IluuS almost any items in the bill in ex- change for votes on their own schedule, and there is such danger of similar &C., tion on the part of other senators that it now seems probable that after the bill has been freely discussed for a fortnight or more, a caucus of Republi- can senators will be called to agree up- on series of committee amendments, to be supported by the entire Republi- can strength of the Senate, while all | other amendments will be voted down. It is difficult to see how the bill can be passed by any other plan, unless it is to be given over to the traders to be
 completely remodelled by the log-roll- ing process.
 This is not very cheering. But we suppose the country ought to be thank full that it is only in a tariff war and
 not in a war with England or Spain Some of our rulers would apparently
 give us both these blessings if they could.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-25

so as to leave the cyclist a space of at least five feet in width. In crowded thoroughfares the cyclist must dis mount and lead his wheel Cyclists are forbidden to form groups so as to obstruot the public ways or to pass through funeral corteges or military processions. Cyclists are forbidden to cycle on pavements and footpaths re- served for pedestrians, except in the country, where the roads are paved or being mended. In cases where it is permitted to cycle on the footpaths the cyclist must moderate his speed when meeting pedestrians,
 These rules appear to be sensible and fair to the bicyclers and those who are in the way of the bicyclers.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-25

ALL ON ACCOUNT OF THE WHEEL.
 The bicycle sundry business has reached vast proportions. Every article needed by the wheellnan, and some that he'll never need, is the subject of fierce competition. The competition not only covers the manufacturer, but ex tends to the retail dealer as well. Bicycle sundries can be found in all sorts of unexpected places. Some of the drygoods people make a speciality of them, and there are many other con- cerns that carry them as they would any prime necessity Of course all this makes competition fast and furious, at the regular bicyle stores. Here is an Illustration of the way the thing some- times goes:
 An eagle-eyed customer walked into a Euclid ave. wheel depot last Satur- day evening and asked to look at locks. He was shown a lock and chain and in- quired the price. The proprietor had sized him up and was determined to make sale, even if he sacrificed profits to do it.
 "Ten cents" he replied.
 A smile of ineffable contempt came
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-25
HOPE FOR IRELAND.

It is hoped that the queens jubilee next month will be heartily celebrated in Ireland. Those who so hope are pointing to the agricultural relief and local government bill for Ireland just proposed in Parliament by the unionist ministry as the ground for their hope. the nationalist programme, is still sub stantial contribution to Irish interests It does not create Dublin parliament, but it relieves Irish agriculturists of some $S,250,000 of yearly taxes. The landlords will be relieved to the extent of $1,250000 and the tenants to the ex- tent of S2,000000, the imperial treasury supplying money hitherto contributed by these classes.
 The Irish press and Irish leaders of all parties give the new proposal a warm welcome, and the Irish tenant farmers are likely to be still more fla vorable to it. The coming bill will cre- ate system of local government in Ireland which will be welcome nov city to the masses. It is proposed to place the control of local affairs in the hands of persons elected by popular suffrage. The centralized administra- tion of affairs, by officials controlled from Dublin, will be succeeded by home rule. The government of Ireland, in a word, will be assimilated to that of England or Scotland and the control of local taxes and local expenditure will be in the hands of local worthies. Tn the past it has been thought to be im- practicable to give to majorities in the counties entire control of local affairs, owing to the broad line separating the landlords and tenants and the supposed disposition of the latter to tax the land lords out of their property if chance were presented. But the new bill, by putting it out of the power of the ten ants to tax the landlords, makes it prac- ticable to give the tenants entire con- trol in local matters.
 Ireland is not now as distressful as she has been, and with the home rule planned by the new bill perhaps most of the people will be satisfied. Under it they will have a chance to show whether they can regulate their local affairs better than they have been regu- lated.
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skirt frilled only at the hem and that with black when the black contrasts, for unless a streak of color shows below the frill, your skirt is apparently short- ened by the width of the frill.
 These frilled skirts make the recent favor for plain skirts seem long way off. and other schemes for securing fluffiness below the waist have the same effect. In to-day's picture is dainty example, consisting of accordeon pleat- cd chiffon over black silk interlining, the three pointed ruff1es and hem being edged with cream lace insertion. Old rose taffeta with a trellis ornamenta- tion in narrow gold braid gave the bod ice, collar and sleeves, being from plain silk Its fitted jacket fronts were white cloth elaborately braided with gold, sil- yer and black and edged with a bias fold of black velvet. The epaulettes consisted of slashed points of black chiffon edged with lace and white chif- ion frills finished neck and wrists.
 More surprising than the new con- trivances to make skirts complicated are involved schemes of color that pre- vail in dressy gowns. Such companion ship of hues has not been seen in many a year. and while most of these gowns are strikingly pretty, even then the ob- server can only wonder how the maker ever dared to carry out such a daring scheme. Who, for instance, would dare line soft gray cloth gown with black satin fit it's dainty bolero over a white satin, sun-burst pleated blouse and add cuffs and stock of orange velvet? Yet it looks all right when done. Another illustrative example was a gown of bill Hard green which stuck to it's own color except that at the hem of the skirt there was band of scarlet under the frill of black satin. Scarlet did not show on the bodice, but the bodice was lined with scarlet, so when the dress hangs over chair at night the matching comes out. But during the day-why how can it? The point is that just now it doesn't need to.
 FLORETTE.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-25
TOLD.
FLoRETTE.

Dobson--'T can tell a school teacher as far as I can see her" Robson Well you can't tell her much. "--Som- erville Journal
 He (sympathizing with his bride, who has just been stung)--"How intelligent was that bee, my dear, to know that we're on our honeymoon!
 Bildad-"Do you think the Greeks will ever again make great nation?" habod-"Well, they seem to be mak- ing a great race. Town Topics.
 Floor Wa1ker-"she complains that you didn't show her common civility." Shop Girl-'1 showed her everything in my department, sir "--Detroit Journal
 Bobby asked me what a continuous performance was" What did you tell him?" T said that the tariff discussion was as near as I could come to it."- Chicago Record
 Teacher (angrily)-"Why don't you answer my question, Bobby?" His Brother Tommy Answering for him)- Please, sir, he's got peppermint in his speech "-Tit-Bits.
 'We1l, Mollie," said the little girls father what have you been doing all day?" Doing nothing" said Mollie, pouting. I've been donting most of the time. e."-Harper' Bazar
 What It Requires -Shockitt-"D Does learning the bicycle require any partic- ular application?" Sprockitt-''No; none in particular. But arnica is about as good as anything, Puck.
 Some folks" said Uncle Eben, lis so tricky dat when dey comes acrost CT man dat's shu' huff honest, dey gets sllyat an says he mus be playin' a pow'ful deep game. e."-Washington Star.
 A Puzzling Question-Frances -four years old)-"Mamma? ?'' Mamma What is it. dear?" You never saw me before I was born, did yOu?" No, love" Then how did you know it was me ?''-Harlem Life.
 "Um-ah," said the Rev. Mir. Wilgus, as he looked over the scanty missionary collection; T asked this congregation to aid in the illumination of the benighted heather mind. And I must say that
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-25

over the customers classic features. He held the lock to the light and viewed 1t at every possible angle.
 Then he handed it back to the pro- prietor.
 '"Taint worth more'n nickel" he remarked.
 The proprietor looked at him In sor- row.
 If had known with whom I was dealing," he plaiutively remarked, 1T wouldn't have put up the price on you. Here, have it as gift"
 And the customer, with gratified smirk creeping around the corner of his finely chislled mouth Spocketed the lock and went out into the night.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-25
FASHION NOTES.
Erills and Flounces Below the Belt.

Skirts frilled to the waist are simply the very dumpiest folk, and if woman is dumpy nothing can entirely remove the defect, so she might just as well have the satisfaction of having frilled
 skirt anyhow. But she need not have the frills go straight around; they can droop at the front and they can be fur
 ther apart at the front than at the hips and back, which actually gives height They are pretty anyhow, that's the long and short of it, only you are lucky if you are the long" Beware of
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-25
HOW THEY WHEEL IN FRaNCE.

Perhaps the people of this country can learn something from France con- corning the regulation of the bicycle. Bicycling is ''all the go'' in France. as it is in this country, but it has to go more moderately and safely there than here The roads in France are in excellent condition, and notices are posted at the crest of every dangerous and rapid descent. In each town and Club de France may be found, and he is glad to give advice and information to strangers and to aid them in trouble. Each bicycle tss to pay an annual tax of $2, and the revenue is applied to the improvement of the highways The railroads are required to transport bi- cycles as baggage and are held respon- sible for damage Each wheel must be provided with gong or bell capable of being heard at a distance of fifty yards
 4 plate bearing the name and address of the owner must be attached to the cycle. Lanterns must be lighted at sundown. Cyclists must take the right on meeting a vehicle, and when passing one must take the left, decreasing speed and sounding the bell. Drivers of ve- hicles and men on horseback must go to the right on the approach of a cycle,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-25

such a lot of light givers 1t has never before been my experience to meet."- Indianapolis Journal
 An nterpretation.-'I wonder" said Mrs, CumroX thoughtfully, what that nice, old-fashioned lady means by put ting P. P. C. on her card" That means she is going away" replied her daughter. "Ohs see, and she wants us to know that she is going to travel in a Pullman palace car. r."-Washington Star
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-25
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants, Rents, and other small advertisements. One Cent Word each in serton. Five Gents Word for full week (seven times).
 Display Advertisements, per inch, one m, lnn sertion, $1.20; each subsequent insertion; 4o cents; one week, $320; one month, Slo; one year, $40. ,-
 Obituary Notices, in prose or verse 10 cents per line. Notices of Births, Mar Mar riages, Deaths and Funerals 50 cents each Local Notices 15 cents per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to thelr own immediate business (all matter to De unobjectionable). and their contracts do not Include Wants, To Let, For Sale. etc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-25

A new style of rifle has been intro- duced in the German army and will be tested in a practical way. The whole Jaeger battalion of the Guard already has the rifle, which is loaded with gas cartridges. Several shots can be fired without reloading.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-25

The St. Louis Globe Democrat says that Washington was nicknamed the Father of His Country, Americus Fa- bius, the Cincinnatus of the West, At las of America, Lovely Georgius Ga sar- castle nickname applied by the English soldiery), Flower of the Forest, Deliv- erer of America, Stepfather of His Country (applied by bitter opponents during his Presidency, and Savior of His Country; Adams was nicknamed Colossus of Independence; Jefferson, Sage of Monticello and Long Tom; Madison, Father of the Constitution; Monroe, Last Cooked Hat; J. Q. Ad- ams, Old Man Eloquent; Jackson, Old Hickory, Big Knife and Sharp Knife, Hero of New Orleans, Gin'raI and Old Hero; Van Buren was Little Magician. Wizard of Kinderhook, Follower in the Footprints, Whiskey Van and King Martin the First; Harrison, Tippeca- noe, Old Tip and Washington of the West; Tyler, Young Hickory and Acci- dental President; Polk, Young Hick- ery; Taylor, Rough and Ready, Old Buena Vista and Old Zack; Fillmore, .he American Louis Philippe; Pierce,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-25
THECARRINGTON PUBLISHING co.
 OFFICE 400 STATE STREET

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY. 1b CENTS WEEK, ACCENTS AMoNTH. s FOR flx MONTHS. S1 YEAR. IHE SAME TERMS EMAIL.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-25

According to the British consular re- ports just presented to parliament, the new railroad from Jaffa to Jerusalem has proved far greater commercial success than was anticipated even by those who were most sanguine about Its future. It has carried more than twenty thousand tons of merchandise to Jerusalem during the last six months and has led to the invasion of the Holy City by some eighty or one hundred drummers, four of whom were Ameri- cans, eight English and about fifty Ger man. Moreover, public works are pro- tseding apaee in Palestine, and the River Jordan is now spanned by a handsome bridge, while steamboats travel up and down the stream, and likewise traverse the often stormy wa sers of the Sea of Galilee.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-25

Queen Victoria travels in style Upon her return from the Riviera recently her railroad carriages from Nice to the Cherbourg harbor numbered thirteen, sn addition to her majesty's own large houble saloon, which was placed in the center of the train. Princess Beatrice traveled with the queen, and one of the hressers was in attendance, necessitst- Ing a separate apartment. There were two vans filled with luggage, five car- fiages for the servants, a family sa- loon'' for Princess Victoria of Schles- -Holstein, sleeping saloon for the young Battenbergs and several saloons for attendants of position.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-25

Glass manufacturers claim that ordi- nary plate glass will make a more en- during monument than the hardest marble of granite, for glass is practic- ally indestructble. They say that a monument of glass would look as fresh after the lapse of centuries as on the day 1t was set up, while the inscription can be made ineffaceable.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-25

Purse; Buchanan, Old Public Func- tionary, Bachelor President and Old Buck. ...
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-25

Remarking upon the fact that an Iowa State senator refused to take his salary because he was absent from the senate sessions most of the time and consequently thought he had not earn ed it, the Chicago Tribune unkindly says that the senator's reasoning is wrong, because ''the more a senator is absent the more money the State can afford to pay him.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-25

A census of the Russian empire has Just been taken, and without including the Grand Duchy of Finland (which is taking it's own census), nor the nomadic Tartar tribes of the Steppes, nor por- tions of the Caucasus and of Siberia, 100000. When all are counted it is es- timated that the total will be 130,o0O, 900 s-or one-third that of China.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-25

It Is popular theory that lightning never strikes twice in the same place, but the other day at Erath station, near Abbeville, Louisiana, Stanville Theriot was struck and killed by light ming in his home, and two hours later Mrs. Ernest Carrie was instantly killed by bolt in the same house, while she was assisting Mrs. Theriot's family in their trouble.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-28

once and her little throat. was swollen Ika
onat OF canary bursting with song, though
only unintelligible sounds were uttered S1
the vocal organs above it, 1t was a very
Gappy party that left Toronto together
George Cook and his sister absolutely reflIs.
ing 70 leave the Macs behind
IeH me again, if you dare" said Mrs
Wa, several weeks later, when with her hus-
band and her brood she was back in Fort
niachen mty that the Old woman knew moth
ing; Dldnt she say pictures eyeryWherep
correct?' "01o @10IAA
IT was, indeed. Mrs. Mac" 1 admitted
Fefhaps, said her husband you can tell
us now the 'hartist' managed it also or what
possessed the ornery cuss to take the little
cIeature away from her natural protectors"
An, there, said Mrs. Mac 81 give it I'D.
p VI there Is no doubt in my mind that it was
d long Planned affair, or that the woman
Personated the nurse or that George Cook
was longer asleep that he imagined he was,
am also sure that his coat was used and
returned 10 his place. Anyway. she is found
tndnK God, and no one that ever had child
GouId heIp rejoicing with that Door mother
Ralph Is awful stoical, but he had to walk
on ana bIubber into his hat when the little
one turned that half-laughing half-crying
lace toward her mother and uttered those
unnlus1cal sounds of joy. Now don't post
Pohe Wecdlng ever again, Lieut. Forbes
1t brought bad luck in this case. as II
surely does in ALL"
gave Mrs. Mac my word that 7 womb
not, and l kept it, fer l have never had a
chanCe TO do otherwise, for when George
anu Elsie concluded to marry they had the
pastor come to the house and were quickly
uhlted-Without any fuss-in the bonds OF
Observation-Disclosures Times
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-28
ANOTHER VOLUME OF SHORT
WESTERN STORIES By BRET
HARTE.
"PHROSO," BY ANTHONY HOPE.
4 COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES
FROM THE PEN OF JULIA
MAGRUDER.
HANDBOOK OF CLASSIC HISTORY.
A Cadet Story, Translated From the
German. and a West Point Paral-
lei, by Capt. King.

Since the publication of Anthony
Hopes "PhrOso" islands have so APP
preciated in value that they are practi-
cally out of the market. There
always has been something about an
island that has appealed since the days
of PrOsperO, Robinson Crusoe and Mon
tie Crfsto. But no island quite so smiling,
so changeable, so dangerous, so lovable,
so devoted, so tickle has been known Of
late days in the world of romance as
Neopalia, Lord Wheatly's island
purchased with his good English gold
and finely won by his good English
pluck. "Phroso, A Romance" Anthony
Hopes latest tale Of adventure, is a
consummate thrill from the first page to
the last. 1t is best to speak of the SEN
s0tiOnS it induces thus in the singular
because the thrills follow each other in
such rapid and bewildering succession
that it is impossible to tell where one
begins and the other ends. The reader
has neither time nor inclination to pro-
nOunce the situations impossible-in-
deed miraculous adventure, hair
breadth escape, swift and undreamed
of chance. are 50 logically arranged,
so cohere with all the fundamental prin-
ciples of life, that the unexpected be-
GENES the natural. The viVidness with
which the exciting situations are
imagined and presented makes the i'm
possible seem the only probable out
come. It is a masterpiece of cOnSis-
tercy. A dozen times the reader gives
a sigh of half regretful relief that the
last adventure has been safely passed
the lady gained and the island won
when an unforeseen but perfectly logi-
cal combination results in plunging
him and the hero. into situations so
much more hazardous than the last
that everything that precedes them
seems but an education in nerve for
the greater vicissitudes The island is
like Kaleidoscope, in which the merest
touch results in the regrouping Of
the same sparkling pieces into unex-
pected and dazzling pictures.
To say that Anthony Hope is past
master In the hazardous art of adven-
ture sketching is to say what has been
said unnumbered times before; but.
like all pronounced truths, it is not
weakened by rediscovery, and the per-
sonal qualification that one derives
from restating It outweighs the con-
sciousness that the remark is trite.
The, usual writer of adventure al
ways seem to feel the strain of salts
lying Jtfae appetite for, the unexpected
fhat,.he himself has created in his
reader, but with Anthony Hope it is
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-28

of in such high terms, even though
the critic may do more harm than
good by his inapt parallels. Bret
Harte is our own story teller and a
happy exception to the prophets with
out honor in their own country. The
collection of tales bound with Bark
er's Luck" is made up, with one eXcep-
ton, of Western Stories-Western
stories with so much Of the real at
moSphere about them that it would
seem that their author must have
written them years ago When the thing
was fresh and young with him and he
had never labored in a London fog.
"Barkers Luck" is a jovial, rollicking
story of mining life-one of the old
kind. with happy chance this time on
the side of youth and love, where It
rightfully belongs. 1.-THE Yellow Dog"
or "Yaller'' dog, is the hero of the
second story and a more worthy hero
than many a mining tale is pro
vided with.
But the best thing in the book is a
Slight little sketch called '"The Mother
of Five" 1t has all the quaint pathos
to be found in the lives Of men better
than their surroundings. "Meary" and
the "Amplach twins" and Misery
and Johnny Dear" are drawn with all
the reverence due to their exalted
position in the hearts of their rough
following. Bret Harte is unrivaled in
this sort of thing.
The tale of the collection with the
strongest dramatic power is I'm the
Tules." A tragedy, where the others
are comedy, it makes the dark note
In the volume. Amid the marvelously