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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-06
CON PORTABLE,

AS soon as a man is comfortably set
tied at reading on Sunday, his wife
finds out that he is occupying the cor
ner that she has not swept.-Atchison
Globe.
Priscilla Gust arrived)-"Are there
any men here?" Phyllis-"Oh, there
are few apologies for men!" Pris-
cilla-"Well If an apology is offered to
me / shall accept ."-Tit-Bits.
Mrs. Gray-"Isn't it lovely? How
much did you pay for it?" Mrs. Greene
1.-Two and half yard" Mrs. Gray
What an odd price. You are sure 1t
wasn't s24s or s2.51%'-Boston Tran
script.
IT hope see you well,'' he said, flu
emily, to the old farmer leaning on his
hoe. II hope you do" was the unex-
pected answer; but if you don't see
me well, young man, put on specs:''-
Tit-Bits.
Yes said the gentleman with the
long whiskers, 81 was a farmer once
but 1 quit the business" ''Too lazy
were you?" asked the gentleman in the
bald wig. 'Oh, no. Too honest
couldn't stand the crooked work u
What crooked work." Building rail
fences. "-Indianapolis Journal
"Why. is that you, Mr. Tweedle?'
shrieked the inquisitive lady at the mar
in the steamer chair. II thought you
were dead"
Just keep on thinking SO, madam, y
said the unhappy Tweedle as the ship
gave another lurch, land I'll try to yer.
ify the report In a few Minutes
Washington Times.
A Coincidence.-"The man whC
brought this in." remarked the editor:
assistant, as he unrolled half a yard
of manuscript. told me confidentially
that he needed the money for it. ,
YES" was the melancholy answer, ''it':
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-06

cent. Under such regulations the funds
of many of the Mont Frumentari be-
came in time very considerable, exceed
Ing the requirements for which they
were founded, This prosperity appears
to have been the cause Of their coll
lapse, since the control gradually pass
ed into the hands of the richer classes,
who had originally nothing to do with
them, and loans of large sums We're
granted without the caution or security
provided by the jealous control of the
parish priest and his poorer parishion-
ers. Another cause of the dissipation OF
the funds of the Monti Frumentari was
the passing of law in 1852 authoriz-
ing the employment Of their resources
for the construction of roads and other
local objects of public utility.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-06
A BICYCLE BUILr FoR TWO.

you'll look sweet on the seat of a
bicycle built for two" The other day
there was bicycle wedding in London,
and though there wasn't a carriage in
1t 1t was stylish enough. The bride
wore the regulation white satin gown
and snowy slippers, and as she wheeled
along the principal streets of the Eng
fish metropolis there fioated behind her
the mists of a tulle veil, in an atmos-
phere of orange blossoms. On the rear
seat Of the tandem sat the radiant
groom. In q high hat and Prince AL
bert coat. The guests Of the happy pair
followed on wheels, the women CARRIED
in bright spring gowns, and the air was
full of merry banter. AS the party left
the little church the services of an in
spector of police and twelve constables
were needed to keep back the wonder
ing crowd which was assembled to do
honor to the novel party. The bridal
wheel is now occupying a place of
honor in the window Of a bicycle shop,
where It's orange blossoms and ivory
ribbons cause no little comment.
AS bicycles have so much to do with
bringing weddings about there is moth
ing incongruous in their use at we'd
dings.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-06
MONTH FRUMENT4RI.

There isn't much under the sun that
is wholly new. Mr.. Law, in his recent
report on the economic condition of
Italy, describes the ancient cooperative
institution known as Monti Frumentari
which. he points out, affords remark
able evidence of the Italian inclination
to cooperation for practical affairs at
a period long prior to the development
Of modern theories on the subject. Mon
ii Frumentari existed at one time or
another in many parts Of Italy, but
their original constitution was very
primitive, and their number appears
to be steadily diminishing. Their OBJ
iect was to assist small land owners
or peasant proprietors in the purchase
of seed and cattle by system of local
credit. The most ancient institution of
this class is one founded in 1921 in
Sassari, in Sardinia. In each parish of
the province field was reserved for the
cultivation of grain, under the superin-
tendence of the priest, labor being con-
tributed on Sundays by all adult par
ishioners. The produce of this paro-
chial field formed the capital of the in
stitution, and, in case of necessity, any
parishioner could obtain a loan of seed,
repayable with interest at per cent.
In kind, at the next harvest. Surplus
reserves of seed were sold from time to
time, and the money realized was lent
for the purchase Of cattle, interest on
these cash loans being fixed at 212 per
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-06

found in steel gray cloth, its skirt or
namented with narrow black souche.
The Jacket bodice fastened In the CEN
ter with overlapping tongues of goods,
each one held by steel button. It's
collar was cut in one with the bodice
and was edged with a frilling of lace,
a lace Jabot escaping between the fast
enings.
In new design for an outing dress
the skirt is plain but for the strap fin-
ish at all its seams, and a very smart
waistcoat, of brilliant plaid that har-
monies with the solid color of the
skirt, fits to perfection. 1t Is either
double breasted or single, comes to a
very short point in front and back and
Is cut down at the top and turned
away in a pair of velvet faced, mannish
revers that fit snugly. Above is a
smooth-front white linen shirt, with
collar and narrow string tie. The Jack
ct is plain cloth like the skirt, is bobbed
short and Is supposed to hang open.
Its collar rolls to the edge of the coat.
Now the real tailormade girls says this
Is a hideous mongrel. That "rfc true
gentleman" will show the back Of her
waistcoat, that no true waistcoat ought
to have back But the model is jaunty
and lots Of us are not SO particular
about the gentlemanliness of our tailor
ings, but that we can wear what we
like. FLORETTE.
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ed that the sacrifice of Iphegenia to the
wrath of the gods was all that would
make 1t possible for the fleet OF Aga
memnon to leave the harbor OF Aulls'
The sacred lot was cast and made
known that Jonah must be thrown
overheard as q sacrifice to save the YES
sci from wreck. Jonah sailed from Jop-
pa to Tarshish, and 1t was at Joppa,
according to Pliny, that the bones for
ty feet long were found Of the sea mon
ster slain by Perseus in rescuing An
dromeda, and near by was the spring
which Pausanias describes as red with
the monsters blood. The Greek sculp-
ture of Andromeda was used as g. model
for Jonah in early Christian art, says
Tylor
The whale has sometimes been pic
tured as devil. An evil spirit in the
waters is common belief. Indians on
the North American lakes would APP
pease the anger Of the god of the storm
by tying the feet Of a dog and throwing
him overheard. When the Greenlander
comes upon an unknown spring he
waits for the oldest man to drink from
1t first to free 1t from evil spirits. An
Client Peruvians threw in maize as g.
sacrifice to the river god so that he
would give them fish. The Kamchadals
have fish-like spirit Of the sea to
whom belongs all that falls in the wa
ter, and they fear to rescue a drowning
man lest the god be angry. The water
spirit Of the Siamese seizes bathers and
draws them to his home.
Fish are sacred to Hather, Isis and
other goddesses of Egypt. They were
sacred to Venus because of their fecun-
dity From Dante we have
1.-THE beauteous planet that to love in
cites,
Was making all the Orient laugh,
Yelling the fishes that were in her es-
cort.''
| Venus and Cupid were transformed
into two fishes to escape from the giant
Typhon, and these are the fishes still
used to represent the twelfth sign of the
Zodiac. Fria, the old German goddess,
corresponding to the Roman Venus,
gives her name to the day Of the week
sacred to Venus Christ suffered on
| Friday, and the early Christians com
memorated his passion by eating a bak-
ed fish on Fridays, custom which sur
wives in the use of fish on that day. The
disciples sitting at table eating baked
fish are sculptured on Christian sepul-
/ chres
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-06

a strange fact that the longest poems
seem almost invariably TO be written
by the shortest poets, "--Washington
Star
In Her Ignorance What" he de-
manded severely, must we think of a
woman who tries to be like a MANI"
THAT she doesn't know him." an
swered his Wife. .......
He made no re1oinder, but there was
a subtle something in the way he went
and shook down the furnace to suggest
that his mind was even yet not entirely
at rest.-Detroit Journal.
Mrs. Quiddle-I wonder what has be-
come of John! He went out early this
morning. and here it is most dark and
| haven't heard a word from him.
Mrs. Raddle-Do you really have fears
for his safety?
Mrs. Quiddle-Oh, guess his safety's
all right, but Tn afraid he has fallen
off the COMPOUNDED thing and broken his
leg, perhaps.-Boston Transcript.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-06
JApAN,s MONEY! pRoD1rM.

Japan's new coinage law Is to go into
effect October 1, 1897. The important
feature of this law is that it adopts as
the basis of all values the single gold
standard, although silver is also to be
used as minor currency. The decimal
system, similar to that in use. in this
country and in France Is to BE used
and its nomenclature Is simple. Thus
the new unit of value Is the gold yen,
which is, roughly speaking, equivalent
to about one-half of our gold dollar
But no single pieces of one yen are to
be coined. The gold coins will be of the
denomination of 5, 10 and 20 yens, the
ten-yen piece being of a value between
a British pound and our fve-dollar gold
piece Silver Is also to be treated deci-
mally Thus 100 sen of silver are to
equal one yen, and the silver coins are
to be in pieces of 10, 20 and so SEN For
still smaller currency nickel Is to be
used in pieces of five sen; and of copper
there are to be coins of one sen and of
five rim, ten rim making one sen.
Japan has a silver problem to deal
with, and its dealing with it will have
interest for this country. The govern
ment proposes to exchange the present
silver yens for gold at par. Six months
notice of this exchange Is given, and
until it is completed the silver yens are
continued rs full legal tender. Instead
Of Bryan's 16 to 1, the ratio between
gold and silver is fixed a. 1924 to l.
There are now In circulation about 80,-
DOC, 900 silver yen. The question sug-
gests itself, What will the Japanese
treasury do with all this silver when
it has redeemed that amount in gold
1t is said that the managers of Japan's
finances are convinced that silver will
rise in value Should that occur. after
| the long-continued depreciation of sill
yer, this financial operation would, of
course, result in profit to the govern
ment. Should silver not rise in value
or should it continue to depreciate, the
hope of Japan's financiers Is that the
loss will be offset by the capital at
| tracted to that country for investment
because of the adoption of the gold
standard.
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F.4SHION NOTES.
Straight from the Tailor.

At this season of the year tailor
gown of broadcloth, cashmere, serge or
covert is a good investment. Let the
bodice be perfect fitting, fastened at
the side with handsome frogging, and
the skirt be fairly full about the hem
and close at the hips, with several
rows of braiding about the hem, the
top row worried into scrolls. The tail
or girl will wear a stiff derby with this
soft of a costume, and can take her
time looking about for a more feminine
spring dress. But even the tailor rigs
are permitted their softening touches,
a fact that makes them all the more
attractive to many women. A gown
thus treated is shown here, and was
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-06
Reckless Drivers. Too.

To the Editor of the Journal and Courier:
While fully in sympathy with the ar
ticle in the Journal and Courier in ref
erence to reckless bicycle riding on Or
ange street, I would protest against any
ordinance which would not apply fully
as much to teams as to bicycles. AS q
resident of the street l have seen as
much recklessness in drivers as in rid
ers. JUSTICE.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-06
ADVERTISING RATES

Situations, Wants, Rents, and other smaii
sertion. Five Cents Word for full week
(saven times).
Display Advertisements, per Inch, one IN n
cents one week, Sc. 20; one month, $40; one
year, $40. -
Obituary Notices, In prose or verse. 10
cents per line. Notices of Births, Marrlases
Deaths and Funerals, 80 cents each. Local
notices Is cents per line.
Yeafly advertisers are limited to their own
immediate business TALL mattev to pc un.
include Wants, TO Let, For Sale. etc.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-06

Under the pure food law of Pennsyl-
yania, a Pittsburg inspector seized
large quantities of vinegar that did not
come UP to State requirements and
emptied it into convenient cutters.
Some of the vinegar had not been paid
for by the dealers when it was confis-
Gated. and the result is an interesting
legal question which will turn on the
responsibility of storekeepers who or
der goods from another State and then
tell the manufacturers to look for pay
ment to officers of the law who destroy
those goods In the performance of their
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-06

Mayor T. Y. Williams of Oakesdale,
Washington, has resigned his office
rather than sign an ordinance con-
demning man to imprisonment in jail
for neglecting to license his dog. The
mayor, who has served two or three
years, thought that it would be cruel
and unjust to confine a man If he had
no money with which to pay a dog tax.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-06

The case Of a burial long delayed has
recently come to light at Revel, Rus
sian town near the gulf of Finland.
The body thus tardily inferred was
that Of Belgian soldier of fortune, the
Duo Charles de Croy, who had been
commander-in-ch chief of the Russian ar
my at the historic battle of Narvo in
1700 Made prisoner during the fight,
De Croy took up his residence at Revel,
where he died in the course Of events;
his creditors demurred to his burial,
however, until his debts were paid. So
The soldier was mummified and his re-
mains have stayed ever since in
church, where they have been exhibited
TO visitors as curiosity. Now, at last,
amid such pomp as was to be found
among the local authorities, he has
been given q fitting coffin and prop
erly Inferred in one of the vaults of
the church.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-06

"A Massachusetts man has found
new use for air on bicycle, his device
consisting of a pneumatic handle
formed of a double rubber casing, or
pad, to surround the ordinary handle
and having q valve for initiating.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-06

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CRY. ID
CENTS WEEK, tnCENTs A MONTH, 50 FOR
Elk MONTHS. So A YEAR THE SAME TERMS
DYMAu.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-06

One Of the principal clauses of the
divorce law in France forbids marriage
between the respondent and CORE
spondent of case. This has been
practically set at naught by the recent
decision of the Supreme Court of APP
peal Of Paris, according to which the
tribunals have no power to annul a
union of this kind in instances where
secure the celebration of their marriage
by some public officer ignorant Of their
antecedents.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-06

The Jansenists, represented by the
Archbishop of Utrecht, appear unwil-
ling to recognize Anglican orders In
recent letter the Archbishop says:
1.-THE Established Church of England
knows nothing Of a sacrificing priest
in the Catholic sense, as her Thirty
nine Articles and other declarations
prove. Consequently, If 1t is indispen-
sable that the power Of offering the
sacrifice Of the mass be expressed in
the right Of ordination, whether by
word or sign, then 1t becomes impos-
sible to recognize Anglican orders. But
on this point I wish to suspend my
Judgment until the whole Church shall
have decided the point. But until the
Anglicans reject their Thirty-nine Ar
ticles there can be no question Of re-
union between us and them"
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-06

THECARRINGToN PUBLISHING co.
OFFICE 400 STATE STREET.
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THE WEEKLY JOURNAL.
yssued Thursdays, One Dollar u Year.
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Joseph Reich, aged fifteen years, is
one of the youngest Brooklyn recruits
of the Salvation Army. His father OBJ
jects, and he asked police magistrate
named Kramer to compel the lad to re-
turn home and stay there. In reply to
questions Joseph said that he played
the drum and cymbals in the street pa
rades. "Do you expect that sort Of mu-
sic to take you to heaven?' asked the
Judge. IT do" said Joseph. Then Mag
istrate Kramer told Mr.. Reich that he
could not help him, and Joseph went
back to the barracks.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-06

In the seventy-three years of it's ex-
istence the American Sunday-school
Union has founded 100000 schools, from
which 5000 churches have sprung. Last
year it started 1900 Sunday schools,
and during that time 10S churches de-
sveloped from schools which previously
had been opened. The greater part Of
this work is being done in Minnesota,
the Dakotas, Montana, Idaho, Texas,
Kansas. Indian Territory, Oklahoma
ginias, Tennessee, the Carolinas and
Georgia.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-06

THE OLDEST DAILY PAPER PUB
LISHED IN CONNECTICUT.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-11
HuMoR AS 1T FLIES


~ never thought"
Klondlke William unused aloud.
that would over enjoy getting the
cold shoulder. But now"
He paused and buried his teeth In the
section of dog frappe which he had
found outsideo his hut.
IL am glad enough to have 1t, for
dog meat Is scarce"
The stomach has a good deal to do
with mans philosophy, after all-Cln-
einnaa Commercial Tribune.
A Small Pocket.-"How did that gold
mine pan out2"
"Ali a mistake. We had been pros
pectingin an old graveyard and had as
sayed the dust Of graduate from u
gold-cure institute.
Putting on Airs.-"Those Dashley
girls seem too stuck up for anything
lately. Has somebody been leaving
them Il fortune, wonder2"
ooh, no; Il Isn't that They have q
cousin on the Boston base ball team. -
Cleveland Leader
Sounded Queer--Mrs Wlckwire--Are-
MT you n trlne late In getting home?
Mr.. wickwire-I went to the theatre.
They had a nautical piece on. i havd
and another. but this one is one you
want to see to see sea scenery
Henry WlCkwlre Have YOU been
drlnldng?'-lndianapolIs Journal,
swerod.-Tcacher-- What animal Ia
II that has very strong limbs, II fierce
temper, Wild, bushy hair on It's head,
and IL called the king OF beasts?
Wlllle-A foot ball player. New York
Evening journal.
Broad Hlnt,-IIusband-My friend
hardly recognized you to-day.
Wlfc-That'B strange for wore the
same hat that you bought me three
years ago, --lolegoudo Blaotter,
How lie Remembered It.-'You keep
Thomas Carlyles works, Buppose2" he
asked Of the clerk In the bookstore.
yes sir. DO you Wish TO get the on
tire Bet?"
No, want the book entitled BUM
MGR Rcsorters,' "--Plttsburg Chronicle
Telegraph.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-11

7ss votes, and Webster. which casts 1883,
are IN conformity with the mandate OF
the constitution Of the state, which re-
qulres that they shall be as nearly equal
in population as posslble2 VIII It say
that Washington, casting 1889 votes, and
Madison, casting 1907. are constructed
in accordance with the law.
The Register may rant and pretend
that 1t sees partisan scheme in the
proposition to correct the disparity be-
tween the districts. but It cannot get
around the fact that the districts are not
constructed as the law requires, It is
not true that they are as proportionate
now as they were twenty years ago
when the county was last redistricted, as
the figures published by the lntelligencer
prove.
In the face OF the dlsgracetul gerry
uiander of the congressional districts Of
this state perpetrated by the Democratic
party, It comes with poor grace from the
organ of that party to impugn the mo-
lives of men who propose to correct such
inequalities.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-11

Chase City Progress: The following
good speech is nearly verbal report
of one heard at temperance meeting:
~ have been thinking since came
into the meeting tonight, about the
losses I've met since signed the total
abstinence pledge. I tell you there isn't
n man in the society who has lost more
by stopping drink than have. Walt a
bit until tell YOU what mean. There
was a nice Job OF work to be done In
the shop to-day. and the boss called
for me.
"'Glve 1t to Law said he. He's the
best hand in the shop
well. told my wife at supper-time,
and she said:
"'Why, Laurie, he used to call you
the worst. You've lost your bad name,
haven't your
'"That's a fact, wife, said I. And Il
amt all I've lost in the last sixteen
months, either. / had poverty and
wretchedness, and lost them. had an
old ragged coat and shockin' bad hat,
and some waterproof boots that let the
wet out at the toes as fast as they took
1t In at the heel I've lost them had
n red face, trembling hand, and a
pair OF shalV legs that gave me an
awkward tumble now and then; 1 had
a habit of cursing and swearing. and
I've got rid of that. had an aching
head sometimes, and heavy heart,
and, worse than all the rest, guilty
conscience. Thank God, I've lost them
alll'
"Then told my wife what she had
lost.
"'You lost an old ragged gown,
Mary, said ]. And YOU had trouble
and sorrow, and n poor, wretched home
and plenty OF heartaches. for YOU had
miserable drunkard. Mary, Mary.
thank the Lord for all you and have
lost since signed the temperance
nlndrei'n
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-11

Somehow or other the newspaper cor
respondents in Havana cannot agree re-
gardlng the escape OF senorIta cisneros
from prison Some allege that she was
aided by insurgent friends, Others that
weyler himself arranged the escape to
rid himself OF the embarrassment her
continued confinement was causing him,
while still another report claims that she
WIS assisted by American newspaper
men to gain her freedom. Which ever
story of the details is correct. one thing
seems to be certain, all agree in the es-
sential particular that the brave glIl
patriot is free.