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The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-14
ONE or THE 1ons oF CHEMIST.

ONE OF THE JOBS OF CHEMISTS.
 Chemists sometimes have queer ex- periences The following facts were told by a professor in one of our west ern universities: For about ten years have made q speciality of real or sus- pected poisoning. As a number of my cases have been connected with | murder trials, I have had considerable notice in the daily papers This repu- tation for making analyses for poisons has brought me a queer class of pa- | irons.
 Every year I have one or more old men come to me with samples of food to be examined for poison. These men, | without exception have married young wives, and when the husband is taken | sick and does not recover as quickly as | he thinks he should he begins to sus- | pect that his young wife wants to get rid of him, and is poisoning him gradu- ally through the medium of his food. Of course he does not want his wife to
 know of his suspicious. so he quietly gets a sample of the food he suspects,
 and at some unusual hour for work,
 generally either early in the morning or 'Ciy ldte III llle PNtIiiiS, ilC tOiiiCo to
 me and tells me very secretly that he
 wishes to have an examination for
 poison made
 | Now, the odd part is that, though
 have made number of such analy-
 ses, I have never found poison present
 in any case. Then the husband is very
 much afraid that his wife will find out
 he suspected her and he gets out of my laboratory in the quickest and quiet est manner possible. So every year
 expect to see some elderly man coming
 apprehensively up my office stairs with
 well-concealed sample of food about
 him to be examined for poison. Every
 year he comes. every year l make my
 analysis and find no poison and every
 year the old gentleman gets informa- | tion that he considers cheap at the price. .'-Chicago Journal
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his custody. and the case hinged upon the integrity of the divorce granted by the courts of New York, Judge Pat terson, in affirming the vitality of that decree, said: It is unnecessary to dis euss the question of defendants second marriage as between the parties to 1t and under the law of North Dakota. Under the law of this State the mar riage between the plaintiff and defen- dant was not dissolved by the decree of the Dakota court. The defendant still remained the wife of the plaintiff. The status of the defendant in the courts of this State as to the plaintiff is to be fixed and defined by the law of this State and not by that of the State of North Dakota. The plaintiff was en- action must necessarily proceed upon the basis that his marriage with the defendant was, in this State, still in tact and undissolved. He was her hus- band, she was his wife, and while that relation existed she had relations with another man, What contract she vol- untarily made with that other man is Of no consequence as affecting this plaintiff. It is her act that constitutes the offence, and no matter under what claimed sanction she may have per- formed it, she cannot excuse 1t as to him, or keep him bound to that mar riage by claiming immunity through a decree of a foreign tribunal in no wise binding upon him in this Jurisdiction, and which cannot here take away or impair his right in any respect. The custody of the child of the marriage is awarded to the father.
 If marriages are no good and Dakota divorces no good what can the mismat- ed do?
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SOIFMN ".

Grigson-"What clergyman was it that solemnized your marriage?" Flip pard-"It wasn't a clergyman at all. It was Mrs Els mother. ."-Boston Transcript
 MT. Kashbocks-"My money is a lot of trouble to me-"
 Miss Wayting-"They say every man ought to have some woman to share his troubles. .'-Cincinnati Enquirer.
 What do you mean, sir, by saving that I know nothing about the rules of baseball?"
 You're an umpire, aren't you? And a professional umpire at that."-De- troit Free Press.
 Jimmy Dragieans-"Aw, dat guv made me tired, fer he said he wuz say in his money fer rainy day"
 Casey de Kidder-"Yes, an den if wiI, be too wet ter burn it."-Pittsburg News.
 "A man." said the lecturer. "can live without water for week, without sleep for ten days and without air for five minutes There ain't no particular limit to the time he can live without work, is there?" anxiously asked pr. Dismal Dawson.-Indianapo Journal.
 You have injured my reputation,
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ANOTHER.

A cotton mill in Charleston, South Carolina, was recently equipped with negro operatives because, as was said, efficient white operators were not to be had The action made trouble, and the southerners are still talking about 1t. There will be more discontent, because the Eimwood Cotton Manufacturing company of Columbia, North Carolina, is going to operate it's mill by blacks. One of the company says: Yes, we have decided to use negro operators in our mill, but we shall not attempt to employ mixed black and white help, as was the plan at first of the Charleston mills, which soon found that it was impossible to mix white and black oper- atives in a cotton mill in the South
 We have no desire to bring about such conditions, even were it possible. We shall therefore employ negroes exclu- sively. The cotton mills now in opera ton in Columbia employ about all the available white operatives to be had here, and probably not enough efficient white operatives could be secured by us in the city and surrounding country to operate our mill. On the other hand, there are many hundreds of negroes who are not regularly employed, and we think we can better and more satis- factorily utilize that class of labor.
 Once it was said that the negro wasn't steady or industrious enough to make good cotton-nnill hand. It will perhaps not be long before one or more cotton mills will be owned by negroes. Times change and notions change with them. A cotton mill owned by negroes and operated by whites would be an in- teresting feature of a landscape.
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NO COMPLAINT.

The wandering minstrel says that Sister Jones is dead. Another wander ing minstrel asks, What was the com p1aint?" The reply is, "No complaint. Everybody satisfied" Who has not
 been to funeral and felt that there was no cause for complaint, and that the effort to make it appear that there
 was was really the saddest part of the funeral? Those who have longed to read about just one natural, honest and open recognition of the plain fact that there are people whose death is calcu- lated to bring joy rather than grief will be cheered by the account of the way in which the news of the death of Jacob
 Raab, of Brooklyn, was received by those most interested. After wearing out the endurance of his family and discovering that he couldn't endure him. self any longer MT. Raab killed himself. What Is always called 'the sad news" was broken gently" to what is always | called "the sorrowing wife" But in this case ''the sad news didn't have the | usual effect on "the sorrowing wife" 1 She acted just as she felt. She leaped | for joy and hastened to carry the glad news to her daughter and her daugh- ter's husband, one Theobold Schaeffer, by occupation retailer of beer. Then the whole family rejoiced and called it's | friends and neighbors to rejoice with it. Schaeffer furnished free beer for every | body, the widow and her daughter
 served it, brass band was hired for
 the occasion, German songs were sung to it's accompaniment, and for five
 hours the happy company celebrated in | jolly and honest fashion the event that
 Raab's immediate family sincerely de- clared to be the happiest of their lives l We would not like to be understood as
 advocating the celebration of bene1cia. deaths with music, beer and a brass l band, but if there could be little less hypocrisy at some funerals no harm
 would be done to the dead or the liv- | ing
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ameter was weighted at one end with two hundred and twenty pounds and exposed to constant flame from a large gas jet, so that the rope for a considerable length was surrounded by lire. The cord only broke after twen- ty-two hours. Still 1t was a tritle light CT than a rope of the same diameter made of Russian hemp. Compared with new hemp rope, the asbestos rope has two-thirds of its strength, but as the ropes get older the propor- ton Is altered in favor of asbestos ropes. since they suffer but very little from the influences of the atmosphere.
 Another novel application of this ma terial is the working of blue asbestos fibre into mattresses for hospitals. They are cooler in summer and warmer in winter than those made either of animal hair or vegetable fibre, and no vermin can live In this mattress, Elk periments are now being made of working this fibre into cloth for fire mems apparel Of course, the long fibre of blue asbestos can also be em- ployed for all the uses, to which white asbestos has been put heretofore. While a trifle more expensive, its supe- rior qualities make it we'll worth the ifference.-Philadelph Record.
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ONE WAY OF SMUGGLING DIA-
 MONDS

All this talk about smuggling re-
 calls some of the things learned when was in the service" an-
 nounced retired crook catcher the other day. New ways of
 beating the government are being de-
 vised right along, and many of the
 tricks I discovered are old now. There used to be more trouble with the dia-
 mond smugglers than there appears to be at present have found the spark
 lers in women's back hair, hat orna-
 ments, hollowed shoe heels. and sewed up in various articles of wear; in dog collars, in horses hoofs, in fruit and vegetables, in trunks with false bot
 toms, in pipes and cigars, In canes. on the necks of carrier pigeons, and even buried in mems flesh after the man. ner of the Kaffir diamond thieves. But the man who did the slickest
 business, without ever being suspected,
 told me about 1t afterwards. He was
 a retired detective, who had served
 with great credit. Shortly before re-
 signing he claimed to have received a
 beautiful diamond ring with three very
 large stones from a New Yorker for
 whom he had been able to save a good deal of money. It was certainly a
 magnificent ring, and the matter was
 duly exploited in the papers. He pro-
 fessed to be doing private business that took him across the river ire
 quently, and he would often use the ferry three or four times day. He always wore the dazzling ring, and I looked at 1t every day for months Yet that fellow was making big money smuggling diamonds.
 How? Why, he had a paste ring made exactly like the genuine one. He would wear the paste one over. leave it to be set with diamonds, wear them
 back, have them replaced with paste,
 and thus carry on the game right be-
 fore our admiring eyes We never suspected the rascal."-Detroit Free Press.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-14
r1REpRnnF ROPE.

Canadian and Italian asbestos will find a serious competitor in the blue asbestos recently discovered in the Cape Colony. since the South African product is less than half as heavy and furnishes flores considerably finer and longer than any other The Soutn AT rican fibre has been worked into Wens, which are but little inferior to those made of vegetable fibre, and are apso- lutely flreproof. Twine, cord and rope made of this blue asbestos will not only resist fire, but also most of the known chemicals, corrosive vapors and at mospheric influences. These qualities will open a new field for the employ ment of asbestos fabrics in chemical laboratories and for the caulking of chemical apparatus.
 In order to test the resistance or the new material, a blue asbestos rope or about three-fourths of an inch ln ol-
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young man. You said in your paper that had got off new joke"
 Begging your pardon. doctor" said the soft-eyed reported, you are under a misapprehension. l said you got the Joke off for the first time. e."-lndianapo- lis Journal.
 Upton-"Well, see your son Is home from college. What does he intend to do this summer?" Manville-"I don't know exactly, but, judging from the he has made, I'm inclined to be- lieve that he proposes to put in most of his time explaining how he was turn ed down when the racing crew was chosen. Detroit Free Press.
 Here come away from there" said Perry Patettic, as Wayworn Watson started to enter the barroom. "They're onto me there. Last time I started in the barkeeper throwed a half glass of dead beer right in me face as soon as I stuck me head in the door," "Di-did you have time to git your face open?" asked Wayworn, stammering in his ex- cltement.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
 The Common Failing.-Mr. Meekton had been out several minutes later than usual the night before, and there was a decided chilliness at the breakfast ta- Dle' The silence was suddenly broken by his wife's remark: Look at these senators and Representatives. See how they have fingered and talked over the tarlfr! Now, Henrietta, you surely can't think of holding me responsible for that Not personally. But it shows a trait that is common to your klnd. It shows how a man will grasp at anything as an excuse for not going home when he ought o."-Washington Star.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-14
ADITOECE DECISiON-

Justice Patterson, of the Appellate division of the Supreme court of the State of New York, has made a decis- ion which does not lessen the conflict of divorce laws in this country. A wo-
 man living in New York with her hus- band deserted him and went to North Dakota, where she procured a divorce from him. She then married another man in that State. and has since lived there with him. The deserted husband then sued for and got divorce in the courts of the State of New York. He subsequently brought suit, asking that
 his child by the marriage be placed in
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-14

bodice, and if 1t be made well, be you fat or be you thin, your defects will be disguised. At least that is what Dame Fashion says with an air of finality that makes you feel as if life without new bloused bodice dress was not worth liy- ing.
 Pictured here is pretty model by which to comply with the law. It was sketched in velvet a finished gray cash mere, had a blouse gathered to a yoke and collar of Scotch plaid taffeta. and over this in front was a jacket effect of the goods in deep pleats ornamented
 with stitching. This fastened at the left with two large buttons. Belt and side ruff1e were from the plaid silk, and the sleeves were tucked throughout their length, heading coming at the outside and the tiny puffs being in one with the jacket front. A novel skirt accompanied this and was arranged to harmonize with the jacket effect. Il was in large pleats whose edges were machine stitched half their length and three rows of stitching came at the hem.
 Five yards round is as full a skirt as anyone wants to wear Godets are un- heard of in new gowns, and the full ness is laid in tiny pleats like little tucks on edge, or there are rows of shirring and all the fullness of the skirt is thrown to the back. Tiny bol-
 ster like '1mprovers" are set In the backs of many skirts well up towards
 the waist to carry and set out these pleats. The skirt is still flared a little towards the hem in front and at the sides, but all the stiff, artificial and ugly lines of few seasons past are gone. FLORETTE.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-14

 ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants, Rents, and other small advertisements, One Gent Word each m. sertion. Five Cents Word for full week lseyen times).
 Display Advertisements, per inch, one in, Ic sertlon, S1.20; each subsequent insertlons ,n. 6o one year, $40. ,x
 Obituary Notices, in prose or verse, 10 cents per line. Notices of Births, MI, Mas- ridges, Deaths and Funerals, 50 cents eaca. Local Notices 15 cents per line. .,.,,
 Yearly advertisers are limited to tne,a h own immediate business Gall matter to Os De Include Wants, TO Let. For Sale etc.
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HIS CONNECTION.

Bannister the comedian, was pre- sented to a proud old Scotch dame.
 Who are the Bannisters?" she asked peevishly. T do not recollect meeting With them before.' Madame" replied the actor gravely, ''we are closely con- nected with the Stairs" "Ah! there is good and ancient family!" cried madame. MT Bannister, am de- lighted to make your acquaintance "- Household Words.
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FASHION NOTES.

Blouses Come We'll Recommended.
 The best dressmakers declare that all bodices, must blouse, and that the more all-around the blouse is the better the model. The set of this blouse effect is far more difficult to attain than was the board-smooth tight fit, chart and mathematics model in vogue season or so ago. Double breasted and sur- plice effects are all in favor, but they, too, must blouse. Shirts, evening gowns, matinees and night dresses all must blouse. Whether you are fat or thin, you must put yourself into a bloused
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-14

smaller farms near New York and Pittsburg. There Is land enough to be had, says Booth Tucker. but what Is needed is money with which to move the colonists. Even criminals are not beyond the scope of the plan, but the malefactor must live with his family in order that he may be brought under the restraint of "home influences"
 A case has just come up in one ot the departments at Washington which is of interest. A broker was asked by a government employe for $1OO. The broker agreed to loan it at 10 per cent. Knowing the rate of interest to be il- legal, the $10 was deducted in ad- vance, so the borrower actually received only $90. At different periods during the two following months the borrower paid $27.50, s11, $3O.So, s3 and $25, agge- gating $96.85 The payments were charged up as the monthly interest, bonus, etc. They amounted to the prin- cipal, plus interest at the rate of 39 per cent. a year. The clerk refused to pay any more. The broker sued and, the defendant not appearing in court, judg- ment was rendered for SOLOS. The clerk having no property which the plaintiff could seize to satisfy the judg- ment, the broker requested the depart ment to compel the clerk to pay. The department, in view of the usurious rate of interest charged, refused to in terfere in the case
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-14

Commander Booth-Tucker has again been trying to interest the department of agriculture in his scheme for colon izing farms with the idle or surplus" population of the cities. He believes that 90 per cent. of these unfortunates are unemployed not from choice, but from necessity, because of the over crowding of the cities, and that if they could be moved into the country, the leading cause of the present social ills would then be removed He has tried the experiment on a small scale near San Francisco, where the army has a farm of three hundred acres, and the colonists are prospering. There are
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The work of cleansing New Orleans politics, undertaken by the Citizens League and thus far successfully prose- cuted, is to be emulated on other lines by the recently organized Municipal Improvement association. Its purpose, as announced officially, is to make New Orleans pleasanter cheaper, and more healthful city. This, can be accom- plished, the incorporators think, by or ganized action. They look to municipal control of the water and light supply, as also of all other public works, and assume that they can be thus conduct ed more cheaply for those who pay the toll than when they are in the hands of private corporations. The associa- ton Is to conduct an educational cam paign, it's bylaws providing for the ac- cumulation of a. special library, and for lectures, debates, and discussions on civil and political questions, including the problems of modern municipal gov ernment.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-14

Henceforth the names of monarchs in Prussia may not be used without per- mission as signs for cafes and restau- rants in that country. This is the text of recent cabinet decree, which, all though 1t has been in force only few days, has already been applied in Der lin. A public house which had Kaiser Friedrich" for It's sign has been obliged to change it's name.
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DEIIvERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CiTY, 10 CENTs WEEK, tlCENTs A MONTH. g ron slxMoNTHs, S6 YEAR. TAE SAME TERMS BYMAIL
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The Rev. MT. Hunter of Russell, Illi- nois, Is muscular Christian. He went break up a prize fight. The pugilists objected, whereupon the minister knocked both of the pugilists down and when they got upon their feet again seized them by the necks and cracked their heads together. He also slapped the face of recalcitrant sheriff pres ent who refused to come to the aid of his fellow officer when requested to do so.
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Tommy Atkins Is much beloved, but he isn't greatly rewarded. When the transport ship Warren Hastings, with 1,246 souls on board. went ashore on the rocks of the island of Reunion last January, In a pitch dark night with a heavy sea running, all England rang with praise of the bravery and disci- pline of the troops, who stood drawn up in companies on the deck till the women and children were saved, and then went ashore as they were told off. Many of the officers were then mentioned in orders and some were promoted The soldiers and their fam- flies lost all their baggage. After six months the War department allows each man s6 to renew his kit and each family $2.5O as compensation for lost property.
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There is curious Tabor trouble" in Saxony. It seems that manufactur- ers' association is insisting upon the maintenance of high wages, to which they agreed a year ago. But several than the scale agreed to and the other manufacturers are displeased, and in view of this the association announces that If workmen are unable to effect this desired result"-the increase of wages in the factories paying wages below the scale-"the association will be compelled to lower the scale of pay" :" It now remains to be seen whether this threat will have the desired effect.
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The Philadelphia Record says: On the spot where Benjamin Franklin stood when he sent up his kite to "wrest the lightning from the skies" and where he later laid the corner stone of the old University of Pennsylvania, will be shortly erected a handsome bronze statue of the philosopher as gift to the city from Justus c. Strawbridge. It will be in bronze of heroic propor- tions, representing Franklin seated on a colonial chair. attired in the loose robe which is given to him in one Of his most famous portraits. From the ped- estal on which the statue will rest the latter will rise to a. height of nine feet, and the proportions will be about once and half life size.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-02-25
The redicurs Bnx.

The fashionable woman now cares
for her feet as carefully as for her
hands. and a fooitnN is as necessary to
her as a manicure set. The box is a
good-sized one, and contains everything
required for the welfare of both shoes
and feet. For the former there are vari-
Gus kinds of dressing fluids for taking
stains out of satin. brushes for remov-
ing DUST spools of silk and waxed shoe
thread. a cobbher's needle, thimble and
scissors, quantities of laces of all col
Crs and assorted buttons; while for the
pedal extremities themselves there are
provided instruments for amateur SUR
Rical treatment soaps, salves and
bandages, the last being intended
principaAy for the correction Of cisdg-
urs0sn1s CAUSED BY lnng usa Of shoea
>hat - - ot.s s. Lauie RstHtaie.