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The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-27
ELECrRIorrY IY C0oKING.

If some experiments made by Pro- lessor John Price Jackson and reported in the Boston Transcript correctly re- veal the situation cooking by electricity will not soon supplant cooking by wood, coal or gas. The experiments seem to have been practical, the elec- trical stoves and ovens being used for weeks in preparing the meals for family of six. It was demonstrated that the average cost per meal for cooking by electricity was 166 cents, this including the heating of the water for washing the dishes. Equally care- ful experiments with coal and a kitchen range showed the cost of that method of cooking per meal to be 3.15 cents or about nineteen per cent. of the cost of cooking by electricity. Laundry work for the same family cost 22.7 cents with electricity, and 1925 cents with coal. Aside from the matter of economy great advantages were found in the use of the electricity, notably the absence of the dirt of coal ashes, as also of dissgreeable gases, and the ease with which the uniform temperature, so de- sirable in baking, could be maintain ed. But the difference in the cost will prevent any rush toward electric cook ing. Perhaps by and by when the winds and the waves have been made to furnish electricity it will be cheap enough for even the poor to use.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-27
.CONTENTED ENGLISHMEN,

There was a disastrous fire in London the other day. Sir Eyre Massey Shaw, K. c. B., who was chief of the Metropol- itan Fire Brigade, London, from 1861 to 1884, is quoted in an interview as saying that he has studied the fire departments of New York, Chicago, Vienna, Berlin and Paris, and he asserts that London is ahead of them all." He didn't have the cheek to include the fire department of New Haven in his list of fire depart ments inferior to the fire department of London.
 If the fire department of London is superior to the fire departments men, tioned by Sir Eyre Massey Shaw the people who are supporting the latter will soon be heard from. The discus sion of the London fire has brought out some interesting facts. Reports have already been published to the effect that the policeman who first saw the blaze did not do as an American policeman would have done, viz, run to a fire-box and press an electric button, which would have started engines to the spot in less than a minute. The London policeman blew his whistle, leisurely waited several minutes for another off, eer to arrive, and then started off to tell the fire brigade that it's services were needed. Other delays occurred, and al- together it was nearly half an hour be- fore any extinguishing apparatus was at hand. When work was begun sev- eral engines were short of coal and the water supply was deficient. A member of the firm of Herring & Co.,, who owned a large warehouse in the burned district, testified that he inquir- ed at different engines on this subject,
 as his firm had several tons of coal in
 its cellars, and all the attendants of the
 engines replied that they were short of
 coal, but had orders not to go any
 where for a supply of it. If coal was
 brought to them, they said, they would
 use it. Accordingly, the employees of | Herring & Co. carried coal to the fire engines until l--s:S0 D. m. enabling one
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-27
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants, Rents. and other small advertisements, One Cent Word each h. sertion. Five Gents Word for full week (seven times).
 Display advertisements, per inch, one In; sertion, $1. 20; each subsequent insertion: 9O one year, $40.
 Obituary Notices. in prose or verse, 10 cents per line. Notices of Births. Mar riages, Deaths and Funerals 50 cents eacn. Local Notices 15 cents per line. .
 Yearly advertisers are limited to their own immediate business (all matter to be unobjectionable). and their contracts do not include Wants, To Let, For Sale. etc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-27

Salmon fishing has been very poor on the river Spey this season, owing, 1t seems, to the whiskey refuse from the distilleries on the banks. Anglers as- sert that the refuse kills or drives away the fish, while the distillers say that the salmon is hungry for it and thrive on 1t. For either cause, however, the salmon will no longer touch the flies.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-27

pose of It by auction. Experts say that as soon as the Utah asonalt beds are developed the effect will be a consider able reduction in the price of asphalt.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-27

Boston isn't what 1t used to be. "A theatre programme in that town of English defiled says, ATadies are re- uuested to remove their hats as far as possible"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-27

"A Washington wife who has just ap- piled for divorce alleges in her pei- tion that her husband on the day of their marriage made out long list of petty offenses against himself, for which she was compelled to pay fines ranging from cents to $1, and made her promise to pay the same cheerfully and without appeal or argument as to the right or wrong thereof
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-27
COLONIAL
SILVERWARE,

Not ali of US arc the happy pos sessors of Silver that has been handed down through generation from old Colonial days.
 Bat in the recent reproductions of the quaint forms and chaste adornments copied from Paul Revere and other early American si1versmiths, have been heighten- cd by the superior workmanship of modern times and methods. THE GEORGE H. FORD
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-27

Anything about asphalt is interesting wherever there are asphalt pavements: "A special commission from the interior department is now at work in Utah to arrange with the Indians on the Un- compahgre reservation for the opening to the public of what geologists say is the richest tract of asphaltum in the world. There has been contention over this property in congress. A special act was passed that portion of the reservation should be thrown open to the public for homestead entry. Sec retary Hoke Smith, having knowledge of the value of the lands, refused to permit them to go into the hands of prospectors at the nominal price charg- ed for homesteads. His successor in office also declined to open the land, claiming that as the Indians had not agreed on a division of the reservation property the government could not leg ally dispose of 1t. This threw it back into congress, and several anxious spectators, among them some St.
 Louis men. have made preparations to grab for the asphalt deposits. It is be- heved that Secretary Bliss will on ac- count of the value of the property dis
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-27

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY, 10 z CENTS WEEK. 50 CENTS MONTH, S8 FOR
 SIX MONTHS, $6 A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS
 BY MAIL.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-27

A Pittsburg paper boldly says that "gas is bound to be the fuel of the here after"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-27
SKATES.

Our stock of Skates has come in and we are now ready for "good skating.''
 There are two thousand pairs of Skates on our shelves, comprising nearly fifty varieties of the most popular makes and we do not intend to be short of any sizes or styles during the Winter. You will not only find the most and the best Skates here, but you will also find tie cheapest, and we have gone to no little trouble to select such patterns as will give the greatest amount of satisfaction for the smallest outlay. The Finest Stock in New England. 1'EsJohqEBasssuGG. 754GhAPEl ST. o2O S7A7ES7.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-27

THE ToNPUBLISHING co.
 OFFICE 400 STATE STREET.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-27

Missouri hasn't been looked on as g very progressive State, but the Missou- ri good roads convention at its session in St. Louis adopted resolutions asking that the ninety counties in the State authorized to levy tax of sixty cents for county purposes, be asked to set Rside one-third for road improvements. requesting the governor to call an ex- tra session of the legislature to con- sider the question of good roads, ask ing the submission of constitutional amendment permitting county courts to increase the tax levy for road purposes and recommending that the next gen. eral. assembly appoint a road com mission.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-27

It Is related that there are disadvan- fages about being guest at one of the military lunches or banquets in Ger many over which Kaiser William pre- sides. When his ma1esty's glass is empty, so must every other glass be promptly drained-and. of course, re- filled. Then the various courses are partaken of very rapidly and sometimes have to be left practically untasted. The greatest trial to many, however, is the enforced consumption of huge ci- gars, which are handed around after ward, and which have to be smoked In the remarkably short period in which the kaiser dispatches his. As in everything else. in such matters he is very punctua1 and precise, and consid- ers it unpardonable to be slow or faddy at meals.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-27

The new census of Hawaii accounts for population of 10902O, among whom there are 31,019 natives of Hawaiian blood The foreign born number 55,7S3, and there are 13,733 born of foreign par ents in Hawaii. Thus it appears that the native population is less than the 10 per cent. accredited. There are only S.0s6 Americans (whether born in Ha- waii or not), 2,25o British subjects and 1,432 Germans. The other nationalities Rre estimated as follows: 24,4O7 Japan ese, 1.600 Chinese and 15,000 Portugese. Thus 1t apears that the Japanese com- prise nearly one-quarter of the popula- tion. The native Hawaiians are still rapidly decreasing, there having been 8 decrease of 10 per cent. in about six years.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-01
Tesla ON Long Life and sleep.
lphlladelnhla Tlmes.l

Nikola Tesla. the electrical genius. de-
fines sleep as a sort of cumulative stor-
age-battery for human energy, snd holds
that when n man really lives he Is
diving hour by hour. and that when he Is
asleep he Is In reality accumulating
vital force which will make him 80
on living. Mr. Tesla. therefore, thinks
that the longer man sleeps the longer
h. win remain on earth. and he believes
that n man who would learn TO sleep
eighteen hours a day might live two
hundred years.
Apparently, there IS some comfort IN
this bold assertion for the sleepy-head'
but Mr.. Tesla. being an exceedingly IN
dustrious and active man himself, hard
" means to encourage this sort Of indi-
vidual In his lazy ways. I'm fact, ne
sets up as an example Of his assertion
De Lesseps and Gladstone, two OF the
busiest men the world has produced. Both
have slept much. and both have been
favored with long lives. The secret Of
their success and long duration Of life
lies. probably. in the fact that they have
been both hard-workers and hard sleep
ers. When they We're awake they were
wide awake and active and when they
were asleep they were sound asleep
and resting. The trouble with the
sleepy-head is that he IS never wide
awake and never fast asleep. Conse-
quently. he is never blessed with a
successful career nor long life. The
division Of the day into proper periods
Of work. recreation. and sleep IS never
perfect. and although there can be no
question that the buiding-up process
in man goes on White he is asleep, few
will accept Mr.. Tesla's assertion that
eighteen hours Of sleep a day will pro-
duce the longest possible life.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-01
Organic Laws.


There has been much said respecting
the necessity OF calling State conven-
ton for the purpose OF revising our State
Constitutions Much that we have seen
on this subject seems to relate TO evils
which have grown up under the present
Constitution. through the multiplicity OF
laws and their amendments. and not
inuring In the body Of the Constitution
itself The Constitution. or organic law,
IS virtually an epitOme OF the principles,
or perhaps more properly the system, by
which all laws are 10 be enacted and the
order or rules Of government defined.
Hence i'm the enactment Of any law,
prime inquiry is withs reference 10 its
constitutionality. In the eager haste for
special and private legislation this is too
often neglected. and statutes are or
dained which ignore or violate organic
law.
The skill Of an acute lawyer, by
special plea. may be able TO establish a
defective law, or defeat the operation Of
a wholesome law; as has been illustrated
i'm decisions even of the highest courts.
1t may perhaps be difficult 10 formulate
q system which cannot be vitiated; but
the principles and design Of the organic
law should be so clearly stated and well
understood that the rights Of every citi-
zen may be secured. All representative
government recognizes three depart
ments-the legislative the judicial, and
the executive In a dual government
like ours the functions of each are defined
and limited. and those of the State
controlled by those Of the Federal Gov
erment. Congress has claimed the right
10 inquire whether the Constitution OF a
State is republican or constitutional in
form.
Each State defines the rights Of voters
and construction of its Legislatures. An
amendment to the Federal Constitution
confers the right OF citizenship, but each
State defines the qualification for the ex-
ercise of the franchise. Massachusetts
has an educational qualification, Others a
property qualification. Virginia has uni
yersal suffrage. Can we have restricted
suffrage in new Constitution? We now
have complicated secret ballot; can we
adopt the viva voce system? Should pri-
vate and class legislation be recognized
by the organic law? There are a vast
variety of points to be considered In con-
nection with the method of selecting and
conducting the legislative department 20
occupy the attention of the convention,
IL called to which We cannot now allude.
The entire judicial system, IL is claimed
should be reorganzed; the present COM
plicated system supplanted by one less
cumbersome and expensive county
courts abolished. and the number Of
Judges and Commonwealth attorney less
ened, or criminal charges placed upon
the counties. etc. etc, while a general
revision IS made OF all our executive
departments In the interest Of greater
economy, II not OF the good order OF
society. The task proposed Is not a light
one. and the work 70 be accomplished,
no less than the expenses attending II,
should be well considered before ire
time for voting upon the question comes
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-01
A TRAFFIC BUREAU.
THIS TO SUCCEED wEsTERx
FREIGHT ASSOCIATION.
TERMS or NEW ACREEaESV
They Have Been Submitted TO Rail
way Lawyers, Who Are Now =.
aiming Them in Light of Trans.
Missouri Decision

CHICAGO. March 3i.-Tho W.s,sr,
Joint Tra1ic Bureau Is % b. the na,,,
OF the association which IS now ellaf
the Western Freight Association. Ts.
text OF the new agreement. which b,.
been prepared by a committee ~ trunk.
line officers, was submitted TODAY fl.
lawyers for the lines interested. who er
examine the document with o view pa,
determining it's legality I'm the light OF the
Trans Missouri decision or the Surrsos
Court. II the attorneys find no objection
to the agreement on that score 10 VIII
be reported to the presidents ard yar.ogt
officers connected with the western roalg
at their meeting tomorrow. and. nI
doubt. will be adopted. The agreemen, a
designed TO be for the purpose OF DO.
viding and distributing joint tariffs ana
rates. and TO make satisfactory division
OF Joint rates between the compan.oa over
whose lines the joint traffic moves. and IA
order to properly comply with au axs
and State commissions. without MEG
ference. however. with the individual fras-
dom OF any line or company IN The making
Of rates for it's own and competitive
traffic." and for the purpose OF providing
tariff statistics and securing compliance
with the decisions Of the Interstate Com-
merce Commission and OF the courts
The bureau IS 20 b. under The upor-
vision Of n board Of seven comm. toner's,
TO be elected by the presidents Of no
roads, and the present Board Of Admins
tratlon will constitute the new board.
Members OF the bureau viii b. required
TO furnish the board with such = ports
Of traffic and copies OF joint or othc'
rates as may be required by the boar.,
and the duty Of the board is 90 distr-
butte this information among the meme
bers OF the bureau. All divisions OF JOINT
through rates, except those between nro-
prietary lines. are 20 be made bur the.a
lines are empowered 20 call meetings q
often as may be deemed advisable
The agreement is 90 De effective TO-
morrow. and 20 continue in force unW
December /. 1898. when the contracts WIN
members Of the present board expire.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-01

philadelphia Ledger.)

The deaths of three remarkably aged
persons were reported yesterday-Mrs.
Barbara Holtzhauer. of this city, who
celebrated her one hundreth birthday
last month: Thomas NJ. Bloom, Of Cedar
Hollow. Chester county. who was l0i
years old, and Mrs. Hannah Chard, Of
Ferrel, ~ j., who would have been l08
wears old next month. 1t was a singular
coincidence that three such very old
people, living 50 near each other should
pass away 50 nearly at the same time
and It serves to show that centenarians
are by no means so rare as they were
formerly supposed TO be, and perhaps
actually were. Statistics prove that the
average duration of human fife is in
creasing and whereas. a few years ago,
authorities were not wanting who doubt
ed whether any one ever actually lived
to be 100 years old. such cases are now
becoming quite common.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-01

lance OF Rosedaie. No power on earth
can save II. and homes. stores, ana niilis
viii be swept away within twenty-tour
hours Men by hundreds fought the river
az long as possible. but the river was
too strong
Freaks above haye relieved the pres
sure az Arkansas City Water from
Eaton Is now rushing with frightfui
speed towards Greenville. Miss. There IL
another break at Wayslde, several miles
below
The people OF hrkansas City say that
they will hold the ievee.
DANGER At ST. PAUL.
ST. PAIL. MINI. March A.-The
stage OF water in the Mississippi river az
this point reached the danger-point TINS
afternoon. and the water IL rising at the
rate OF an inch per hour The water mas
already crowded out many OF the inhapi-
tants OF the fats under The east end OF
the high bridge and others are preparing
20 move. which they will be compelled 10
do n the rise continues until tomorrow
morning. one the west side below
Robert street the water has flooded t~
old baseball grounds. and few famiiles
have moved from the fats on that slue
OF the river. There is considerable ice
running.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-01
MARQUIS AND LADY WATERFORD.
Two Members of the Irish Landlord
Glass, Who Have Recently Died.

(Ascor's London Budget in the New
York Mail and Express)
The Warehouses of Waterford died
last Monday. at Curraghmore Court,
near Waterford, after years of terrible
suffering from cancer Lady Waterford
at the time Of her marriage, was one of
the most beautiful girls in England
She was tall, with a beautifully pro-
portioned figure, dark eyes, a wealth OF
black hair above her high forehead. anc
a nose and mouth as delcately chiselled
as though they had been the work OF a
sculptor. She was the only daughter OF
her father. the present Duke of Beaufort,
and beloved almost TO idolatry by her
famous brothers. Lords William, Charles,
and Marcus Beresford. and by her hus-
band. who died little over a year ago
She was one of the kindest friends that
the Irish peasant ever possessed. She
took no notice Of political or creed diffe-
rences and bestowed her charity on all
alike. Even when her husbands tenants
were I'm open rebellion and the cottagers
for miles around CurraghmOre We're
making the direst threats against the
property and The life Of the Mar
auis she did not withhold a penny
of her customary donations or refrain
from lending the regular parcels of
clothing and other comforts There Is no
doubt that this sublime conduct con-
quered In the end, for when the late
Marquis died he was as popular as any
landlord can be in the Emerald Isle. and
the young son who has succeeded him
receives equally favorable liberation.
The fate Of Lord and Lady Waterford.
both of whom have been taken In the
very prime OF their life. is coincident with
a similar unhappiness which befell the
late Duke of Leinster and his beautiful
duchess No one who remembers the
Marquis OF Waterford or the father OF
the present little Duke of Leinster, the
most feryent and robust OF sportsmen.
half a dozen years ago, would have sup
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-01
WHERE is BAILEY :?
HIS WIFE RECEIVES LETTER SAY
ING HE DIED IN COLORADO.
NO CREDENCE GIVEN THE STATEMENT
she Offers Hundred Dollars ne
ward for Direct Information hp""'
uor u,shoud-uns Becn Missing
from Home since December, 1svo'

w. Scott Bailey, for many years Wen
known and reliable grocer at No. 1913
north Twenty street, who mas peeh
missing from his home since December
|. 1895. Is reported to have died IN Coio-
RADIO He was in the habit of getting OH
sprees and mysteriously disappearing
from home. but his absence upon former
occasions was not OF such long uura'io'i
as his last. Every effort on the part oil
his family and friends here has failed
~ nroduce any positive evidence as TO
his whereabouts. dead or alive.
4 uttle over a year ago Mrs Annette
/. Bailey. his wife. received le''er
from Denver Col. stating that her nus
hand was dead In the truth OF the
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-01

posed that both men were uoonen
early graves. and that one OF tneln "'U =,
only find his last rest after yea'S
dreadful suffering. The late LORI 49, -,
FORD was terribly injured py ,hree
bts horse and after lingering for three
or four years. died in agony. There WIZ
short periods during his Illness, ho"eve ns
when his pain was not so intense, ana an.
during such an interval. notably VIII
the home-rule debate was on IN lo'o
,,,sts,ed on being present i'm the House OF
Lords and was permitted to address the
Chamber, although it was Impossible Tor
him to stand up. a bedroom was also
fitted up for him in the House OF LoIus'
but II was almost ptlable 10 watch the
efforts that he made. There IS no douo''
of course. that the late Marquis gave
himself a coup de grace with revolver,
after an intense paroxysm Of pain Di'
such an act is very far removed rom
suicide
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-01
NAVAL STORE SEASON ENDS.
snvannah's Receipts and shipments
show n Material Increase.

SAVANNAH. GA. March a-The
naval-store season Of 1Ss6-'G closed to-
night. Savannah's receipts and exports
show a material increase over any pre-
vious season in the history Of the trade
The receipts Of spirits OF turpentlhe
during the season were 32s,fl1 casks
against 308. 7G7 casks during lsso-yo' anu
the exports We're 329,9S casks agalnSs
800. 9s9 in 1876.
Tbe REGENTS Of rosin were 1.l76O72 bar
rels against 1.1i3.O26 I'm 1896; and the
exports. f.1i6.s21 barrels. against l.Og1'S2S
barrels IN 1886.