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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-02-24
COMING MARRIAGE.

March 16 is the date set for the mar
riage of Miss Amy Vanderbilt and MI.
Wilbur Davis of Perkins street. The
home of the brides parents will be the
scene of the event.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-02-24
SOCIAL NOTES.

The social event of to-day is the dance
to be given at the Lawn club by Mrs
Bishop.
The fancy dress ball of the K. o. J.
society takes place tonight.
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AT CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

Mr.. Silas Z. Burrows. with Mrs. and
Miss Burrows, is spending the winter
at Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope.
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There are bandits
nowadays as we'll
as in the days of
Iold. Business men
have to meet what
are wn a S
business bandits.
7 hey nj ay not
commit violence
with knife an d
pistol, but they re-
sort 10 all manner
of dishonest bust
ness methods, and
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-02-24

Mr.. c. B. Wooster and D. N. Clark
and wife have gone to the Gulf of Mex
leo fishing
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90 PAIRS
AT $1.eS.

That many of mems fine welt
shoes will be sold in day or
two at the extremely low price
of $1.oS. They are worth much
more. You can prove this by
coming and looking. AT the
same price there are 80 pairs OF
hrst-rate patent leather shoes.
Remember,-free chiropodist.
A. B. GREENWOOD,
773 Chapel St,
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-02-24

WILL PROBABLY CONSOLIDATE.
AT the meeting of Homa senate, K.
A. E. O., to be held tonight, final ac-
ton will be taken on the proposition to
consolidate with Mithras senate.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-23
Frog. Ea ting in Erancn.

The French have never been frog
eaters to the extent that is commonly
supposed. VIII them the taste for this
reptile Is rather epicurean than popu-
lar. Myriads Of frogs are, so to speak.
wasted In the country because of want
of zeal In catching them. In some of
the most "froggy" parts of France at
night the croaking of the reptiles over
powers every other sound; but the crea-
lures might live to a good old age and
their hind-legs grow as tough as string
for all the inconvenience they are put
to by the human enemy. The taste for
this food depends greatly upon the To-
cality; and even then frogs leg are a
dish for the gourmet rather than for
the workman or the peasant. The legs
are occasionally hawked about Paris
on skewers; but they are by no means
cheap. and they appeal to the person
whose cultivated and jaded appetite
needs tempting rather than to the hun
orv DrOletary.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-23

no relief, and also used many different pro-
prietary medicines, spendin almost fifty
dollars for these medicines alone. | then
succumbed to siege of the grip in the mid
Ole OF winter, and was left in much worse
condition. My Kidneys were fe rfullv dis
ordered, and my digestion became yery
poor. | was indeed in bad condition.
"a minister in conference learning of my
condition advised me to try DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People. [ had heard
much about the wonderful curative powers
of this medicine. but it was with reluctance
that was finally persuaded to try il, as it
seemed that nothing could do me any good,
However, procured three boxes of pills
and took them strictly according to diret
tons. BY the time the last dose was taken
was almost cured, and in better health
than | had been for years. l continued
using the pills awhile longer and was en-
tlrely cured | an cheerfullv recommend
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People,"
Such was Professor Bowmans wonder
ful story which was further endorsed by
the following affidavit:
HARTsvILLE, IND, March 16, 1897.
affirm that the above accords with the
! facts in my case. r. S. BOWMAN.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
10th day of March, 1897.
LYMAN j. SCUDDER, Notlru Public,
STATE OF INDIANA, SS.
Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
contain all the elements nee essary to give
new life and richness to the blood and re-
store shattered nerves. They are sold in
boxes (never in loose form, by the dozen or
hundred) at 50 cents box, or six boxes for
$3.50, and may be had of all druggists or
directly By mail from DR.. Williams Medi-
cine Co., Schenectady, N. y.
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The Culture of Figs.

The increasing interest in fig culture
in this State will make very welcome
Bulletin No. of the Division of Po-
mology, Department of Agriculture,
which deals with that subject. The
main bulletin is by DIR. Gustave Eisen
of this State, and there is a supplement
of dealing with fig culture in the Gulf
States. There are about 400 we'll
known varieties of edible figs, all of
which belong to one species, the ficus
carica.
By far the best dried figs known to
commerce are the so-clalled Smyrna
| figs. These figs, however, have only
pistillate blossoms and will not mature
either figs or seeds without artificial
pollination. The only practicable way
of effecting this on any considerable
scale is by means of minute wasp
called the blastophaga. The botanical
structure of the fig is complicated and
curious, and we shall attempt no de-
scription of it, 1t is sufficient to say
that it produces four kinds of flowers,
which we believe are not all found on
any variety. The wild fig from which
our edible varieties are descended is
called the "goat fig" or, as Latinized,
the "capri fig" from whence comes
the term "caprification." which has
been more or less of a mystery to anna
teur fig-growers. This wild fig pro-
duces degenerate female flower called
the "gall flower" which is found in
no other variety. This flower pro-
duces no seeds, but its abortive ovaries
are the home of the blastophaga,
which crawl into them and appear to
live nowhere else. In blossoming
time they come out and get themselves
covered with pollen from the stamens
of the capri fig, and thence visit the
Smyrna trees. pollenizing them. The
usual method is to assist nature by
hanging in the Smyrna trees punches
of blossoms of the capri fig, which then
mature and develop fig with seeds
which has flavor not possessed by
any other.
To the production of the best figs of
commerce, therefore, until some new
variety is developed. the presence of
both the Smyrna and the capri fig in
the same orchard is essential. But
both are trees of warm country, and
possibly will not thrive even in all
parts of California. At any rate.
several attempts to introduce them
have been failures in producing any
commercial results, although more is
now being done in that way and ulti-
mate success is expected. There can
not be too many experiments in plant
ing these figs, but they must be under
stood as experiments and no one should
go into 1t relying upon commercial
Success
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-23
BATTLE BETWEEN HORSES.
Entertaining Yarn SoberIy Tod by a
Cavalry Captain.

4dFn SODGTIy 1O. u DY a
Cavalry Captain.
A cavalry officer related the follow
ing story of pitched battle Of horses
in the far West:
"Just at sundown, and while we were
at supper, a drove Of wild horses, num-
berlng nearly 100, emerged suddenly
from Thatcher's Pass and deployed on
the level ground of the valley.
'They emerged from the pass in sin
gle file, led by spotted stallion, whose
name reached almost to his knees, and
whose tail touched the ground when he
was at rest.
'Of the remainder of the herd, about
thirty were fine animals. Three or four
were recognized as cavalry horses
which had been abandoned on the
march, and twice that number had col
lar marks to prove that they had STAN
peded from some immigrant train.
when clear of the pass, they formed
in line and marched upon us within
quarter Of mile. We had seventy-fve
horses at the lariat pens, and for half
an hour we had all we could do to pre-
vent stampede. Every animal seem
ed enraged at the sight of the free
herd, and the captains Kentucky stall
lion acted as if possessed by fiend.
"At last we drove the free herd down
the valley, but our horses continued
very restless all night. At dawn the
wild horses again appeared mile be-
low us, and, on the instant, every ami
NAL in camp stampeded. They broke
through the free herd in a solid wedge.
Then the two herds turned, facing each
other, at distance Of about three
quarters Of mile.
"Then we witnessed something which
only a cavalryman will credit. Our
horses fell into double line and dressed
to the right as perfectly as if trooper
had occupied each saddle, and, while
we looked, the lines suddenly moved
forward on charge. When they swept
past us the alignment was absolutely
perfect wit hthe captains horse on the
right, and leading by about twenty
| feet.
'The line Of wild horses bent and
wavered, but did not break until
struck. 1t was like striking drum
head with a sledge- hammer. l believe
that fully forty horses went down un-
der the shock, but all except four were
speedily on their feet again.
From this time on it was a melee
the whole drove circling round. and
each horse biting and kicking and dis
playing such ferocity as to astonish us.
The mob fought past us down the val
| ley and back, and right In front of the
camp the climax came.
''The battle had been raging half an
hour when the spotted stallion hobbled
out of it on three legs and bleeding
from half a dozen wounds. and that
seemed to take the pluck out of his fol-
lowers. Some ran up the valley and
some down, but of the eighty-eight only
flfty-seven got away.
when the hottest of it was over we
dashed in and secured a horse here and
there, and In this manner we finally
got hold of the last one, which was the
captains.
"nf the seyenty-fve only FIVE had es-
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The Lost Lake Agassiz.

Lake AgasSiZ was a very large body
Of water in Manitoba, adjoining parts
Of North Dakota and Minnesota. 1t
some TOO miles-very much larger than
any Of the five great lakes Of the pres
ent time. Lake AgaSsiz was formed in
this way: The great ice sheet which
came down from the north was a Sc
rieS Of great glaciers. For these there
were three principal areas of distribu-
ton. The first was in Labrador, the
second in the highlands west Of the st.
Lawrence river and south of Hudson'S
bay, the third the mountain ranges of
British Columbia. These three great
foes Of ice reached their maximum eX-
tent at different times. The Kiwatti
glacier swept down over Manitoba into
the upper Mississippi valley into Min
nesota, and probably down as far as
Iowa; then 1t commenced to retreat;
and while it was retreating, the great
Laurentfan glacier from Labrador was
coming in from the east. There came
a time when the Kiwatti glacier form
ed northern dam and the Laurentian
glacier an eastern dam, the two stand
ing nearly at right angles; and in this
great dammed-up space was formed
Lake Agassiz. 1t rose until it could
overflow the barrier to the south, and
thus discharge into the Mississippi
river by means Of a river which has
now entirely disappeared, and was
known as the River Warren, after the
late General George X. Warren, who
first discovered 1t. This lake continued
until the glaciers up there, retreating
one to the northward and the other
to the eastward, separated and left a
space between them. Then the drain
age way to Hudson's bay was opened
again, and the lake was very rapidly
drawn in that direction. We can find
perfectly we'll the old beach line and
the old drainage outlets by which this
drainage of Lake Agassiz was complet-
ed The old terraces and beaches are
there to-day, and the level bottom Of
the lake is clearly shown. The whole
history Of the lake has been made out
with perfect clearneSs and definite
ness
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-23
A TIaefu1 ALLOW

Experiments in the Sibley labora-
tory at Cornell University have shown
that an alloy of two-thirds aluminium
and one-third zinc possesses some re-
markable and valuable qualities. 1t is
white, and takes a fine finish, and Is
equal in strength to good cast iron, but
superior to 1t in elasticity. On the 9TH
er hand it melts at 800 or 900 degrees
Fahrenheit, and can be liquefied in a
ladle over an open fire. In the liquid
form 1t fills mold running into all the
small parts, much better than brass,
but Is more brittle than brass. With 1t
small castings can be made without the
use of a foundry furnace.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-23
STAR ROUTES.
How the Term Was Applied to Mail
Contracts.

How the Term Was Applied to Mail
Contracts.
It is not often that an official report
proves interesting reading to any but
those whose business requires them
to keep informed on the subjects treat.
ed. But the Second Assistant Postmas-
ter General in his last report has man
aged to inject a very interesting ac.
count of the origin of the term ''stal
route"
prior to 1945," he says, ''it was the
practice of the department in accept.
ing bids for the transportation Of the
inland mails on other than railroad and
steamboat routes, to have regard, in
some cases, to the mode of transporta.
ton, preference being given to bidders
who proposed stage or coach service
Congress in 1845, however, abolished
this preference, and provided that in
future lettings for such routes there
should be no other reference to thC
mode of transportation than that nee
essary to provide for the due ''celerity
certainty and security" of the transpor
tation. Bids for this service were there
after classified as 'celerity, certainty
and security" bids, and to avoid con
stantly writing out these words the
clerks of the contract division desig
mated them on the route registers by
three stars. and they became known
as ''star bids"
The first official use of this term ap.
pears in the Postmaster Generals ce
port for 1859, where he speaks of them
as "'star bids,' as they are termed III
the parlance of the service
The terms "star bids" and ''star
routes" continued to be a part Of the
slang of the service, but did not again
receive official approval until 1877
when the appropriation was made by
Congress for finland transportation by
star and steamboat routes" Two years
later the appropriation was for ''stal
routes" alone and direct, and since
1888, about the time Of the celebrated
''star route trials" the term has been a
thoroughly recognized one. The exact
definition of 'star route" according
to the Second Assistant Postmaster
General, lis post route on which the
mails are carried under contract
awarded to the lowest bidder rendering
sufficient guarantees for faithful per.
formance, without other reference to
the mode Of transportation than may
be necessary to provide for due 'celer
ity, certainty and security thereof"
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-23
The First Americans.

That account Of the origin Of the
name America which says that 1t was
derived from Amerigo Vespucci, a Flor
entine merchant, who visited the newly
discovered continent several years af-
ter Columbus first voyage has been
disputed on the ground that, on his
fourth voyage, Columbus found Gen.
tral American tribe Of natives bearing
the name of "Ameriques," and that his
associates designated the country by
the name Of these Indians. On the
other hand the existence Of the Amer
iques has been doubted. Recently,
however, the descendants Of the an
cient Ameriques have been found
dwelling in Honduras, and N. A. Pin
art, French explorer, has studied
their language and investigated their
relations to other native tribes. But, Of
course, the discovery of the existence
of the Ameriques does not prove that
the name Of America was derived from
them.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-23
Queer Things About Fishes.

Mr.. A. E. Verrill describes the ways
in which fishes sleep. They are very
light sleepers, and freqeuntly assume
singular positions; but the most re-
markable thing is the change of color
many Of them undergo while asleep.
Usually their spots and stripes become
darker and more distinct when they
fall asleep. Occasionally the pattern
Of their cOloration is entirely changed.
The ordinary porgy, for instance, pre-
Sents In the daytime beautiful rides
cent hues playing over it's silvery sides,
but at night, on falling asleep, it takes
on dull bronze tint, and six cOnspicu-
Gus black bands make their appearance
on it's sides. If it is suddenly awaken
ed by the turning up Of the gas in the
aquarium it Immediately resumes the
silvery color that it shows by daylight.
Mr.. Verrill ascribes these changes to
the principle Of protective coloration,"
and points out that the appearance of
black bands, and the deepening of the
spots, serve to conceal the fish from
their enemies when lying amid eel
grass and Sea-weeds.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-23
CHEAP IRRIGATION.

The Hercules Gas Engine Works of San
Francisco. Cal. the largest builders of gas,
gasoline and oil engines on the Coast, are
making extensive preparations for the
seasons business.
They are filling several orders for large
irrigating plants and as this line OF their
business increases each season, 1t IS safe to
say the farmers throughout the state are ap-
preci2ting the advantages of irrigation with
water pumped by this cheap power.
The Hercules Works are at present build
ing an so H. P. engine for Geo. +. Packer,
Colusa, which will raise 5000 gallons per
minute from the river and distribute it over
his land. This will be the largest gasoline
pumping plant in existence.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-23
Flood Sufferers.

The pupils of the Walnut Hills High
School are showing great sympathy for
the sufferers from the Mississippi flood
The G grade girls in Miss Magurks
room have contributed substantial
box of clothing, which will be for
warded to the stricken district Their
good example is being initiated by the
other classes and a generous supply
will he the result.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-23
Night.


The golden rays are heeting and night
draws on apace,
Diana casts her dusky robe o'er heaven s
beauteous face,
Earth's deepest wales are sleeping, in mist
lies jocund Day;
Wrapped in slumber so divine, as though
she knelt to pray.
The pearly gates are opening, the lustrous
stars burst through,
While shaken from cherub's hands fall
drops of crystal dew.
Hark! angels bright are singing; their
voices, clear and sweet,
Tell Ger and DER the story of old, of
Christ the mercy-seat.
The flowers, their heads uplifting. send
incense, pure and rare,
To mingle with the clouds above, and shed
sweet fragrance there;
While gentle zephyrs, singing through
every leafy tree,
Cool many hot and fevered brow before
they turn to fee.
So, thus with voice ascending in praise to
God above,
Who clothes the lily of the field, who
teaches truth and love,
We welcome in the morning Aurora, clear
and bright,
And bid Diana fond farewell-farewell to
beauteous Night.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-23
The Lost Shin.

INC A<Oot ohAP
No tidings! though across the broad At
)antic
We strain our eyes for that devoted
steamer;
No tidings! though thousand hearts are
frantic
To succor and redeem her!
We tell the rosary of the days with sor-
row,
Marking each decade with a mournful
orison;
To-day desponding-hoping that to-mor-
row
Her hull will blot the horizon.
In many a gorgeous mansions rich inte-
rior
Wealth sits alone with anguish there
to mar it;
And many heart in feeling not inferior
Lies breaking in its garret.
Sobs for her splendid boy the wealthy
mother?
Her rank, her gold, can nothing now
avail her;
Equal in grief, the seamstress, as the
other,
Weeps for her honest sailor
Across the land the thin wires talking
dumbly,
Bear anxious questions from the hill
and prairie,
In some far corner Silas whispers humbiy
About his blue-eyed Mary.
'Tis hard, but best, to blink the truth no
longer;
No longer manufacture consolations;
But cheer the weak, and plainly tell the
stronger
To bear the rod with patience.
Whether the vessel sank like bird of
ocean-
Whether the icebergs fioated Ger her
coldly,
'Tvere worse to trife with the hearts
devotion
Than face the terror boldly.
They are not lost! though oceans arms
enfold them;
Dry the red eyes and hush the fitful
weeping,
They are not lost, though we shall not
behold them,
God has them in his keeDingi
Boston Transcript.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-23
SMEAR Beet Soil.

A recent bulletin of the Arizona
Experiment Station says: "The query
that presents itself to most people
when the matter of growing sugar
beets is presented, is what kind of soil
is best for them? This may be replied
to in a general way by the statement
that any moderately fertile soil, such
as will grow wheat, corn, potatoes,
cotton, etc., will be found suited to
sugar beets, and even soils TOO salt or
alkaline to grow these crops will pro-
duce good beets. Sugar beets have
been found good crop to plant upon
soils somewhat alkaline, with view
of improving the soil. this crop having
been'f valuable for extracting and
removing alkali in small quantities.
Experiments have been made with
growing upon extremely light, sandy
soils and upon heavy adobe and clay
soils; upon very sterile and fertile
soils, with results leading to the con-
clusion that extremes in all these
classes of soils should be avoided,
while medium soils of all kinds give
satisfactory yields. One of the essen
tials is that the soils shall have depth
that is, it must be of friable nature
to the depth of foot or more. An
other-is that there shall be no hard
pam near the surface. A calcareous
soil has been found to produce the
greatest per cent of sugar. In too
rich soil the beets grow too large,
have little sugar and grow too much
leaves. In poor soil the beets may
be rich in sugar, but the yield will be
too small to be paying crop. In a
wet soil the beets are too large and
contain an INSULT cient amount OF
sugar. A dearth of water produces a
small crop and woody structure. A
heavy clay or adobe is not loose enough
to be easily worked and requires toe
much care in irrigating and cultivat-
ing to give good returns.
The tobacco men of Kentuch, onu
Ohio protest against the proposed in.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-23
Loves Tribute.

Loves Tribute.
"Tis but feeble strain 1 sing to thee;
Though when I sing to others, burning
thought
From brightest fancies of the brain is
wrought,
Where is my manhood, love, that 1 should
be
So weak, my own, where would win thy
praise?
My fairest laurels to adorn thy brow
fain would offer thee in rapture now;
Yet, if rejected, scorned! through passing
days
My heart shall see vision ever fair
immortal, through my love, whose touch
divine
Hath power thus to claim thee ever
mine,
From cherished hopes to lift the veil de-
spair.
Boston Transcript j.,
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-23

capped scot free. Every one Of the
others had been bitten and kicked, and
twelve of them were so crippled as to
be worthless.
'"There Nere seven dead and thirty
six crippled horses on that battlefield
when hostilities ceased, and of the
fifty-seven wild horses which made
their escape, many were limping bad,
1v
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-23
A SIRE DELIvERANCE.

Not instantaneously, il is tue, but in a short
space of time, persons OF h otlious Il nap are
iiver is cana5Ie of inhicting by Hostetters
Stomach Biiters an anti bilious medicine ei and
aperient of the first rank lac ) aus In the
blade. the sick headache, nausea, constipation
and saffron hue of the skin, are ;entirrly re
moyed m we 6y tnls IS sscretion and digestion.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-23

Some time ago he had a severe illness
which was cured almost miraculouslv A
reporter hearing of this, interviewed him
regarding his experience. Prof. Bowman
was in the midst of his work when The re-
Porter called, but he cheerfully gave him a
hearing.
GA year ago last fall )" said the professor
81 broke down with nervous exhaustion,
and was unable to properly attend to my
duties. | tried different physicians tut with