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The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-06-21
SOME LEAN FEARS.

People who have. managed to get through the bad years that have been afflicting this country will perhaps take a melancholy interest in a diagram which has been issued by the Treasury department and which displays the dis tribution of business failures and la- bilitieS in the United States from 1890 to the present time. As respects lia- bilities, it is brought out clearly that the middle and western States have been the great sufferers by the hard times of the six years ended with 1S96 The South suffered Title more than the eastern States and the Pacific States 1893 and 1896 were the bad years and 1893 was the worst. In the southern States 1891 was the first bad year, and no subsequent year shows equally large liabilities in that section. The year 1893 was nearly as bad and the record for 1896 falls not far behind. For the western and middle States 1893 was by far the worst year. In the middle States the liabilities that year were nearly double those of 1890 and 1896, while 1892 was exceptionally free from disasters. In all the other years of the six under notice the liabilities in the middle States were more than twice those of the southern States. For the western States 1893 and 1896 were by far the worst years, the former being a period of extreme disaster The volume of liabilities in all the years, while less than that of the middle States, was much larger than that of the southern States. The diagram shows that for the entire country 1893 was the terrible year, the liabilities of failed persons in that period reaching $345, 1000, ,000 against $225,000,000 in 1896 and s19O,OOO,000 in 1890 and again in 1891.
 These are saddening facts, but there is new hope now, and if the prophets are right we shall soon be in good years. We have certainly been in bad ones long enough.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-06-21
QUNEM JOMN UFElLAM.

John Huffman, of Bluffs, Illinois, has managed to raise a significant doubt about himself. He was a member of the Illinois legislature, and it is belieV- ed that he declined to take advantage Of opportunities to make ten thousand dollars for himself by voting according to the wishes of certain men who had money to pay for votes, Mir Huffman IS farmer, and he knows the value of money. But a newspaper correspond ent says of him and his voting: I took and found that Huffman had voted against all the notorious poodle meas ures. watched him after that, and found that he had some good friends among the honest members, and when ever bill came up upon which he was in doubt he inquired which was the side of honesty and voted that way. He was an outcast in certain sense. He could not herd with the good fellows" who were banded together for plunder. Some said the old man was not bright but he sat in silent dignity, the center of a maelstrom of horse-play, a monu- ment to decency.
 | No wonder MT. Huffman was thought to be lacking in mental equipment A man in public life who isn't bright | enough to grasp ten thousand dollars when it is floating in the air around him isn't as bright as some men in pub lie life are, and he isn't likely to be a thoroughly good fellow" But he may
 be needed to keep the balance, and
 despised.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-06-21

walked right into the sanctum, Hold ing out the paper containing the refer ences to himself, he fiercely asked;
 Are you the editor of this sheet?"
 Colonel Plum picked his teeth with his penholder and nodded in the affirm ative.
 Did you write this here article about me? My names Magee!"
 The colonel slowly uncoiled himself and rose up as if he had been me- chanical contrivance of some kind, made to be heightened out after the manner of a telescope. When he had attained his full height the top of his head was six feet three inches above the floor.
 He weighed two hundred and thirty pounds, being largely made up of bone and muscle.
 After he had taken a careful survey of his caller he replied:
 "Yes, I wrote the article, and expect to have another in the paper about you tomorrow"
 Well" said Magee, 'I'd like to have you put me down for years subscrlp- tion."
 He then paid the price and walked out; but in spite of the fact that he was q pretty decent sort of a citizen when sober, he never really succeeded in win ming the respect of the people of that toWn.-CleVeland Leader.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-06-21
RETALIATION,

Just before Bellamy Storer, the new minister to Belgium, left this country the other day he said: After the queens jubilee the United States am- many, Colonel Hay and Mir White, re- spectively, and l. as United States min ister to Belgium, will take vigorous steps to secure a modification of the laws against American sheep, cattle and meat products, which now mean a loss to American agricultural interests of millions of dollars a year. The ad- minstration at Washington is deter mined to protect American agricultural interests, and to do it's utmost to have the discriminative laws of European countries against our meats changed
 The administration has called the at tention of all United States represen- tatives in those countries to the urgen- cy of vigorous action.
 It will be very good thing for this country if the rulers of European coun- tries can be induced to change the laws of their countries in favor of this coun- try, but just now the prospect that they can is not very bright. As the new tariff law approaches completion much grumbling from some of the European countries which will be af- fected by it is heard. For instance, in Austria Hungary the manufacturers have demanded that the government shall enter into negotia ton with other governments of Europe with a view to commercial and industrial alliance against the United States. There is nc country in Europe where proposed changes in the tariff excite such appre- hension as in Germany, a country that has least claim to consideration because of it's many acts of discrimination and retaliation against the export trade of this country. In a report of a recent debate in the reichstag on the question
 of upholding the agreement of August F, 1891, known as the reciprocity ar engagement, regardless of the tariff leg
 islation at Washington, Count Kanitz not only advocated commercial retalia- i ton in case the pending legislation
 should become law, but suggested va
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-06-21

The front point is cut into two or three parts, and these stand up straight. Then the sides are fluted, curled or pinched flat to the head and made to carry punches of flowers. All that may sound easy, but just try to do it at home, and ten to one the result will be a mere tumble that cannot be called a headdress. Somehow the milliner who knows her business, or has good mod el to copy, can hang together three roses, and stabbing bow with an aig- rette, set 1t on top of the roses, and the result will be a dainty confection But just you try it and it looks as though some one had upset an untidy work basket on your head.
 In larger headgear there are quite as many fanciful devices, but they don't make so great an impression on good sized hat as on a tiny bonnet. Espe- cially attractive in hats are the meth ods by which they are made to match or harmonize with the dress they ac- company. A case of this sort is pictur- ed herewith. the hat being a green straw trimmed with red flowers and green ribbon, the shades exactly match ing those of the plaid silk gingham that composed the dress. The parasol in this outfit was in even closer touch with the remainder, as it's cover was of the dress goods. The dress itself was a very pretty one. Its skirt was trimmed at the hem with three narrow ruffles of the goods, and the bodice had two mar row inserted panels of cream lace. These were laced across with a narrow black satin ribbon, the bodice bagging slightly over a black satin belt. Satin ribbon also banded the epaulettes, chif- fon frills finishing wrists and collar. Checked and plaided goods are not used so generally for whole dresses as to put them in any danger of com monness, and in silk ginghams they are both pretty and stylish.
 FLORETTE.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-06-21
THE EDITOR WAS NOT SCARED.

THE EDITOR WAS NOT SCARED.
 Colnel James Plum, who used to edit a little daily paper in one of the west ern Pennsylvania oil towns, always had a habit of sitting in such way as to allow a large majority of himself to re- pose under his desk.
 He was one of the most fearless men, too, that ever grasped pen, and people who knew him generally contented themselves with merely considering the source" when it pleased him to write uncompllmentary paragraphs concerning them.
 But one day new driller came to town, and celebrated his advent by get ting drunk, which was common enough, but distasteful to Colonel Plum. So the latter wrote a half-column article in which he held Bill Magee, the new conner, up to public scorn.
 Magee, by the way, had been pre- ceded by his reputation as an all around bully, and people who read Col onel Plum's remarks about him began gathering in the vicinity of the office of "The Daily Force Pump" as soon as the paper containing the article had been Ieau, LOT II was SeHel ally u4lNti'toO" that there would be some excitement as soon as Magee got sober enough to un- derstand the situation.
 Along late in the afternoon the drlller was seen approaching the newspaper office and the crowd immediately be- gan to "close in
 Colonel James Plum, who used to edit little room that opened upon the street He sat almost upon his should CT blades, and appeared to be wholly unprepared for a call of the kind he was about to receive.
 Magee didn't stop to knock, but
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-06-21
SENSIR
FLORETTE.

He-Clearly, we men have more fine- ly developed senses. She-Yes, but less senses.--Journal Amusant.
 An editor, observing that the census embraces 17000,000 women," asks rep turously: "Who wouldn't be census?" -Tit-Bits.
 A Remarkable Woman.--Mr. McCor- kle-"My wife has a better memory than any other woman I know" MT. cCrackle-"Indeed?" MT McCorkle- ''Yes; she always remembers what's trumps Judge.
 There once was a girl named Camille, A header she took from her wheel;
 She couldn't concille
 The pain she did file, So she uttered a terrible squille.
 Chicago Times Herald.
 Herbert Watts is a clever fellow. He couldn't find an umbwellah that would roll tight enough to suit him. What do you suppose he did?" T cawn't imagine" He had an umbwellah cov- ah made for his cane."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 Prison Visitor-"Why are you here, my poor man?'' The Poor Man-"F'er takin' a loaf O bread and a bone, num- How sadl" You bet your life it was sad. Wy, lady, right along side O that bread an meat was dozen bottles O beer, and didn't know noth- in about ti'-Indianapolis Journal.
 Bacon-Have you seen Sprocket late- ly?
 Egbert-No.
 Hes a sight. Face cut, arm in a sling, and walks lame"
 How did he do It. on his bicycle?"
 No; if he could have staid on the bicycle he'd have been all right ''-Yon- kers Statesman. Miss Highup-Its perfectly scandal ous! Did you hear about Miss De Pink?
 Miss Tiptop-No. What has she done?
 "Oh, the most immodest thing inn aginable! She's let all the world know she's crazy to get married by going and joining a cooking school. New York Weekly.
 It's a hard problem" remarked the man who can't be kept from getting in- l terested in small matters. Whats hard problem?"
 This question of refinement I'd | like to see somebody who is able to sit | down and figure out just how much fuss a man of wealth can make in his | efforts to be exclusive before he be- comes ostentatious. us."-Washington Star Too Good,-"John," said the father | who had just listened to his sons com- | mencement oration, T hope the mar that you are going to take a position with did not hear you read that piece. ' Why not? I thought 1t was first rst ; Tt was fine. I'm afraid that if he
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-06-21
FASHION NOTES.
Hendwear Frenl,ish and to Match.

Bonnets are just now running to freakishness, and many wee affair is contrived most fancifully. They look simple enough, even on close examina- tion, but it requires great skill to con struct them. Take, as sample, dia- mond shaped affair that seems to have been laid on the head with a point at each ear and one front and back. The back one is then turned over to the center of the hat and secured there with a jewel that also clasps in place an upflaring ornament of some sort.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-06-21
ADyERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants, Rents, and other small advertisements, One Cent Word each h. sertion. Five Cents Word for full week (seyen times).
 Display Advertisements, per inch. one In; sertion, $120; each subsequent insertions ~ cents; one week, $3.20; one month. $lo; one year, $40.
 Obituary Notices. in prose or verse;. 10 cents per line. Notices of Births, Mar Local Notices 15 cents per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to their own immediate business (al matter to be nnob1ectionable). and their contracts do not include Wants. To Let, For Sale. etc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-06-21

rlous means to make it effective. He also boldly declared that the pending tariff legislation had been proposed solely for the purpose of curtailing Ger man and other foreign exports to the United States.
 If we are to have protection we must expect retaliation. Business is busi- ness.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-06-21

Insanity is increasing in Ireland. English students of the matter say that one serious cause of the increase Is the abuse of tea, another an over-indul- gence in alcohol, third the disappoint- ment of having tried emigration and failed.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-06-21

Grasshoppers are now worth fifty cents a bushel in South Dakota, that being the rate paid by the State author ities for the destruction of the insects.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-06-21

The Glucose trust is the latest. If it turns out to be half as sweet as the Su- gar trust 1t will be a good thing for it's promoters.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-06-21

Teacher (to class in geography)- "What is latitude?" Johnny Squanch The distance north or south of the equator" What is the distance east or west from a given meridian called?" "Er-er-lassitude, ma 'am.' - Harper's Bazar.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-06-21

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THn CTY, lo CENTS WEEK, bnCENTs A MONTH, & FOR slxMoNTHs. So A YEAR HE SAME TRRas BYMAu.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-06-21

finds out how much more you know than he does he'll get jealous and won't want you in the same business with him" "-Washingto Star.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-06-21

There are five hundred motor car riages on the streets of Paris, the prop erty of one company, and they expect short time. Electric motors have the preference at present, although other forms of propulsion are used.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-06-21

The bounty business can be overdone. One year ago Germany doubled the ex- port bounty on raw sugars, Austria increased her bounty about eighty per cent, France followed suit with a simi- lar increase and finally Holland joined in the movement The consequence is such an overproduction that sugar is now selling, in some places, for less than the cost of manufacture, and the situation is regarded with apprehension by economists, who realize that, not withstanding the practical suspension of the sugar supply of Cuba, the limit of the worlds consumption has been fully reached.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-06-21

The Hawaiian islands are 2,0S0 miles from San Francisco, the nearest main land. They are $40 miles from Japan, Pacific coast San Francisco is 2,100 miles from Sitka and 2,36o miles from Unalaska Hawaii lies at least ten de- grees eastward of the western point of United States mainland at Unalaska, and still further east of the islands west of that point. It is therefore in every way geographically as we'll as commercially and politically, more closely related to this country than to any other.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-06-21

When asked concerning the duke of Devonshire's scheme of imperial naval defense, under which the West Indies are being fortified, Premier Laurier of Canada replied: "There Is only one country with whom Canada ever could be at war. That country is the United States, and war with the United States is a contingency I refuse to discuss. Such a war would be not only folly, but a crime. That being so, what need has Canada of great schemes of naval defense?"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-06-21

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 OFFICE 400 STATE STREET.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-06-21

According to the latest British bud get, royalty costs the British people less now than it did when Victoria ascended the throne. In 1887 the civil list voted out of the taxpayers money was $1, 925, GOO year, in return for which par
 liament took the crown estates, then producing an income of $1,015,000. To- day the same estates produce $2,06o,0 year, and the result is the Queen now pays the nation s135,0OO. If the cost of the rest of the royal family is included, sum of $1,760,OO0 a year was paid by the taxpayers, while in 1897 the corre- spending vote is s1,O6o,OoO, or gain to the taxpayers of s70o,oOO. The total cost of the Queen and the royal family to the nation Is now $925,oO0 year.
 on which the city of Melbourne now stands has been bought by the British Museum for S125. It records his pur- chase. June 6, 1885, from three brothers, all called Jagajaga, of tract called Dutigalla, 100000 acres in extent, near Port Philip The boundaries are care fully defined. The consideration giv- en in return was 20 pairs of blankets, 30 tornahawks, 100 knives, 50 pairs of scis- sors, 30 looking glasses, 200 handker- chiefs, 100 pounds of four and shirts, with an additional yearly tribute of 100 pairs of blankets, 100 knives, 100 toma- hawks, 50 suits of clothes, 50 looking glasses, 50 pairs of scissors and tons of flour. Some of this land during the Melbourne boom was sold for from $2,OOO, 900 to $2, ,50O, 600 an acre, and some has sold for $10O0O a square foot.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-19
Cotton Insects and ChIckenr.

The United States department of agri-
culture is now sending out two interesting
bulletins. Nos AZ and 81. The first is de-
voted to Insects Affecting the Cotton
Plant" Its thirty pages is fully illustrat-
ed, showing most, If not all, the insects
that infest the staple We CLEAN from the
bulletin that that dreaded foe to cotton,
the Mexican bol-weavil that made its
appearance in Southern Texas in "a and
'95, had not spread northward to the ex-
tent that il was feared il would in the
spring of SO. In fact. this insect it ap-
pears, was less numerous in Texas in '96
than ii was in IS. In some way, not IN
derstood, there was considerable diminu-
ton of it in those sections where it ex-
listed previously. 1t is to be ferVently
hoped that this blighting influence 10 cot
ton growing will not be spread over the
country as suddenly as was the case in
Mexico some thirty years ago. -
Bulletin No. 81 is a well printed PAM
phlet of forty-eight pages, entitled Stan
dard Varieties of Chickens" Ii was writ
ten for the Secretary Of Agriculture by
George e. Howard, secretary Of the Ma
tional Poultry Association. We learn from
this bulletin that in addition to a consid-
cradle number of breeds not admitted TO
the standard there are at present eighty
seven varieties esteemed as standard.
These are divided into ten classes. % The
American, % the Asiatic, 80 the Medter-
ranean, 90 the Polish, 90 the Hamburg.
(6) the French. % the English, 90 the
German game bantam, 90 the bantam,
other than game. O0 miscellaneous that
embrace the frzzles, rumpless, silkies,
sultans and the Ike
Poultry fanciers have just cause 10 feel
a pride in the excellent results thus far
attained by American breeders. In no
small way the Plymouth Rocks and the
Wyandottes are an honor to the country
Besides these there are three other breeds
designated as American-the Javas Dom
iniques and Jersey Reds.
OF the Plymouth Rocks there are be-
sides the barred, the buff. the white and
the pea-combed barred.
The Wyandotte family Is composed of
the golden. the silver. the white, the buff
and the black sub-varieties--the Javas and
and the black sub-Varieties The
Javas are black. white and notified.
The popular judgment is unanimous that
as general purpose fowl the barred Ply
mouth Rock has no superior. A consider
able observation and experience enables
us to Yield very gracefully to this decision
Of popular judgment.
One or another variety is constantly be-
ing doomed. however, and the !nexperi-
enced are frequently at a loss 70 decide
which kind Is really the best for o certain
purpose. But there cannot be much Of
mistake in settling upon the great Amer
lean breed
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-19

er, but it is not so great that it should
cause the long delay in transplanting that
so many allow.
II is fact that plants put out properly
when the soil is dry ouStrip those that are
set out later when the soil is very wet Ii
the soil is in proper condition from deep
blowing and narrowing and rolling, trans
planting can proceed without reference to
rain with all plants, the crops from which
are usually grown from transpanting
Such are cabbage, tomatoes, pepper, egg
plant, sweet potatoes, celery, caulifower
etc. If the rain does not come at an OBJ
perfume time run the harrow along where
the rows are to be made, following right
after with a warden roller eighteen inches
wide. Take up your plants IL they have
attained a proper size and are provided
with a normal supply of roots and grout
them.
Saw a barrel in half, making one or two
tubs, according to the number to be treat
ed Into this tub put a half bushel of
clay dust, sitting it beforehand if conve-
nient; add a like quantity of fresh COW
manure. Then add enough water to bring
the mass to the consistency of mush which
when the plants are dipped into It, will
adhere to the roots perfectly. I is better
to dip one plant al a time, though when
much hurried three or four may be bunch
ed together and stirred around into the
together in punches in the shade, 500 or
1000 in bunch, not letting the mud get
on the leaves any more than can be help
ed If to be set out at once it is best to
lay them in the baskets for the choppers
as fast as they are grouted. To each bush
ell of the clay-manure mixture a one-half
peck of cotton seed meal may be added to
advantage. and a pint of kerosene added
to each tub and thoroughly stirred in
goes a long ways in our estimation in pro-
tecting the plants from the cut worms
In lieu Of cotton seed moal a one-half peck
of ammoniated superphosohate may be
used.
Where large area is to be put out one
dropper should be allotted to every two
''setters-out,' dropping a plant first on
one row and then on the other, so that
the grout will not be allowed to become
dry on the plant. Plants thus grouted one
day are laid aside will be found to nave
shot out fresh rootlets in twenty-four to
thirty-six hours, even when exposed TO
the air These grouted plants set out in
the center of the rolled track and the soil
pressed firmly to the roots will usually all
live without being watered, but If the soil
is very dry and there are no signs of rain
their living will be assured by applying
pint of water to each plant. pouring the
water into the hollow left by the trans
planter for the purpose. After the water
has soaked in draw loose soil over ii and
press it firmly down with the hoe. Plants
so served will live If rain does not occur
in weeks afterWard