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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-03-12


There is gold in the sad sea waves
and there is also power in them. No
way to get the gold out of them has
yet been discovered, but If a California
genius is not too enthusiastic in what
he says he has discovered way to get
power out Of them. He asserts that he
can develop one-horse power for every
foot of beach front used. a public test
of this new wave motor was made the
other day on the beach near Los An
geles, California, from the end of a
one hundred-foot wharf. The inventor
conducted the experiments in the pres
ence of twenty capitalists and inven-
tors, BY means of the float a hydraulic
compressor was actuated, forcing the
water into a pressure tank under a
working pressure Of four hundred
pounds to the square inch. The water
pressure tank operated Pelton Wheel
which drives any kind of machinery
An electric generator was used and a
circular saw. Where the machinery
was located, five hundred feet from the
beach, with a four-foot tide and Clio
float, fiVe-horse power was easily gen.
Grated. The machine is automatically
self-resulating, and is so arranged that
during storm periods no more than a
given amount of power or pressure can
be accumulated. The inventor says the
failure to provide such a device has
heretofore rendered all wave motors
useless.
Further experiments will be made at
a greater distance from the beach, 1t
is claimed that this device will furnish
power at about one-third. the present
cost at Los Angeles, or $25 per horse
power a year. If this is true another
revolution is at hand.
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its becomingness, and the fact that it
will carry over to next season without
calling for more alteration than most
women can make at home.
The theater hats that you see now are
the last of their kind so the prophets
say. Scarf-like coverings are to sue
coed them. Delicate hoods that are
no more than frilled scarf of chiffon
drawn in a little along a portion of the
edges. are the prettiest and most be-
coming head coverings. The chiffon
rerely wells the hair, it is so light and
loosely drawn that even an elaborate
coiffure is not injured under It, while
the fall of the delicate, semi transpar-
ent frill about the face is very attrac-
tive. It is the 'faseinator" idea reviv-
ed, but the fascinator of to-day Is much
more dainty and becoming than was
the stiff, knitted affair of many years
ago.
Liberty scarfs are used, too, and they
suit the severely classic girl nicely, be-
ing wound close about the head, swath-
ing the contour with nun-like severity.
Little old time Mexican silk shawls, the
tiny affairs with hossy fringe, are also
used, the fringe turned about the face.
White, black and rose color are most
seen in these head coverings, though
now and then Just the right girl looks
triumphantly handsome in brilliant
cerise, scarlet or yellow. With the head
so covered a cloak, cape or some other
cut of wrap that suggests dressiness
should be worn. FLORETTE.
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MA RCH Y.

The March hare is said to have got
mad because it had to stand fourteen
different kinds of weather within two
weeks.-Puck.
She--"The count, you know, can trace
his family back 800 years" He-"Ah!
Through the bankruptcy court records,
suppose. "-Philadelphia North Amer
lean.
A Cincinnati Joke-"Why is Tugby
like the Ohio river?" Don't know.
Why is he?" Because he's always
getting in on the ground floor. Chi
cage Record.
A Cherished Privilege.-"Why are
decadent novels so popular?'' Because
everybody likes to read about people
who are bigger fools than himself
Chicago Record.
"Men elected to your legislature are
generally addressed as honorable are
they not?" Yes" "Why?" That's
what lots of us have been trying to find
out"-Chicago Post.
Crushed Again.-Editor- was
don't remember" Editor-'I thought
you might, you nave peen bringing us
in his jokes. Truth.
Hicks-''It is so hard to get anything
through Jackway's head" Wicks-"I
know it. Strange. too, when you come
to think of it. Surely, there can be
nothing in the way!"-Boston Tran
script.
Did you hear about the man whose
life was saved by pie?' mo, how
was it?" We'll, his dear little wife
made it, set it in the window to cool.
and a tramp came along and stole it"
Chicago Record.
Hicks-"What a COMPOUNDED chatter
those women are keeping up in that
roomi Wonder what they're up tor
Wicks-'Having game of whist. I be-
lieve." Hicks-"Of course; I ought to
have known it."-Boston TRANSCRIPT
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RUSSIAN GRAIN.
Should Cause American Farmers Some
Alarm

Should Cause American Farmers Some
Alarm.
The good luck of the United States in
witnessing demand for it's wheat in
consequence Of the failure of the Rus
sian and other crops has been general
ly a subject for congratulation among
the American farmers. But the final
result of the scarcity of foreign wheat
may not be deemed fortunate. The
Russian, Argentine and Australian
crops have failed, but will have to be
taken into account for the future. If
the next harvest year in Russia should
be so successful that exports of wheat
and other grains could be liberal, the
demand for American grain would not
be so marked as it has been this winter.
Thus, evidently one must conclude that
the revival in the movement of Ameri-
can grain to foreign markets has not
secured to the United States an infali-
BILE store of good fortune. Temporarily
the western agriculturist has profited
from a steady call for his products.
But he must not delude himself that his
term of prosperity is necessarily per-
manent.
Far from deluding himself, the Amer
lean should feel some alarm. Even
under conditions which favor a reason
ably large export trade in cereals, con-
ditions which might permit Russia and
Australia to supply a large quantity of
the wheat sold in London, the United
States has no occasion to follow the
course of its foreign trade in this staple
with easy-going contentment. A re-
cent edition of the British Trade Jour
nal, published in London and for the
largest British commercial interests,
gives, with a great deal of explicitness
and detail, a statement of certain facts
bearing on this point which explains
why this COmplacency would be amiss.
The paper is seeking to show that
closer commercial relations are desira-
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Thomas Hodgson and Samuel White
head of York, Eng, made a wager as
to which should succeed in assuming
the most singular character Umpires
We're selected whose duty it was to de-
eide upon the comparative absurdity
of the costumes in which the two men
appeared,
ON the appointed day Hodgson came
before the umpires decorated with
bank notes of various value on his coat
and waistcoat, row of tive-guinea
notes and long netted purse of gold
around his hat while a piece Of paper
bearing the words John Bull' was at
tached to his back.
Whitehead was dressed like woman
on one side, one-half of his face was
painted and he wore a silk stocking
and slipper on one leg, The other
half of his face was blackened to re-
semble that of negro; on the cores
ponding side of his body he wore
gaudy, long-tailed open coat and his
leg was cased in half pair Of leather
breeches with a boot and spur,
Strange to say, the latter lost the
wager, according to the umpire's deci-
sion.
Doubtless more money has been lost
and won at cards than in any other
method of betting. 1t is related that
lady who was desperately fond of play
was confessing herself. The priest rep
resented among other arguments
against gaming, the great loss Of time
it occasioned. "Ah!" said the lady,
that is what vexes me--so much time
is lost in shuffling the cards!"
On one occasion Charles Fox, the no.
ted gambler, won about eight thou
sand pounds, One of his bond credi-
tors who soon heard of his good luck,
presented himself and asked for pay
ment. Impossible. sir" replied Fox;
IT must first discharge my debts of
honor" The bond creditor remonstra-
ted, and finding Fox inneXible, tore the
bond to pieces and flung it into the fire,
exclaiming, Nov, sir, your debt to me
is a debt of honor" Struck by the
creditors witty rejoinder, Fox instant
ly paid the money.
"The late Duke of Norfolk" says the
author of Rouge ct Noir," writing in
1923, sin the evening lost the sum of
seventy thousand pounds in gaming
house on ST. James street Suspecting
foul play, he put the dice in his pocket,
and, as was his custom when up late,
took a bed in the house. The black
legs We're all dismayed, till one of the
worthless offered for five thousand
pounds to go to the dukes room with
a brace of pistols and pair of dice,
and, If asleep to change the dice'
Fortunately the duke 'snored,' as the
agent stated like a pig and the dice
were changed. His grace had them
broken in the morning, when. finding
them good he paid the money and left
off gambling" Boston Herald.
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CALLERS AND ICE-SEEKERS.
Ex-President Harrison gives a most
interesting pen picture of "a Day With
the President at His Desk" in the
March Ladies' Home Journal. The ar
ticle is unique as being the first writ
ten by president of life in the White
house and in describing the routine of
a chief executive. A feature that he
treats with directness relates to the
presidents interruptions from callers
and office seekers. 1T is a rare good
fortune" he writes, during the early
months of an administration if the
president gets one wholly uninterrupt-
ed hour at his desk each day. The
presidents time is so broken into bits
that he is often driven to late work,
or to set up desk in his bedroom
when preparing a message or other
paper requiring unbroken attention.
"Reminiscences is the root of all this.
4 only want five minutes; and II he
were the only one it could be spared;
but his double is at his heels, and the
urgent public business is postponed or
done at night with jaded mind. 1t
may be said that untimely visitors
should be excluded, and so they should;
but tf1oughtfulness on their part would
be cure without a smart" Regard
ing the office-seekers persistency in
having personal interviews with the
president, General Harrison says that
they advance their cause but little IL
at ALL "But the feeling that something
is or may be gained by personal in
terview prevails, and for the first year
and a half of an administration the
president spends from four to six hours
of each day talking about things that
he will not have to act upon for
months, while the things that ought to
be done presently are hurtfully post
poned.
IF the president could make up and
publish an appointment docket, and no.
tify all persons having anything to say
in particular case to draw near on
a fixed day it would result in a great
saving of time all around, and a great
saving of money to the applicants, who
could remain at home until summoned
to appear. No papers should be receiv-
ed after the submission of the case,
and motions for a rehearing and for a
new trial should be barred
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islature made a sharp fight to defeat
it, but the farmers We're in the major
ity and were only too glad to have a
chance to strike at those whom they
consider the aristocracy of their COM
monwealth. One powerful fraternity
that has handsome hall on the cam
pus of the South Carolina college will
be compelled to close it's doors until the
act can be repealed.
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Situations, Wants, Rents, and other small
advertisements One Cent a Word each In
sertlon. Five Cents Word for full week
(snven tines.
Display Advertisements, per inch, one IN,
cents; one week, $500; one month, $40; one
year, $40.
Obituary Notices. in prose or verse, 10
cents per line. Notices of Births, Marriages;
Deaths and Funerals. 80 cents each. Local
notices 10 cents per line.
Yearly advertisers are limited to their own
immediate business (all matter to be IN
obtectionabe), and their contracts do not
include Wants, To Let, For Sale, etc.
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THE GREEK FLEET,

The Greek fleet is not large, but it
contains several vessels which could
give a good account of anything Tur-
key is Likely to send afloat Moreover,
the Greek officers are credited with
ability to use the force at their dispo-
sal effectively. The three principal
vessels are the Hydra, Spetsai and
Psara, small battleships of ASS tons
displacement. built in France seven
years ago. They have protective steel
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FASHION NOTES.
a Model That Should Last.

OF current headwear there is no pref
tier type than the hat here shown, and
none that is more generally becoming.
That being the case it is hardly neces-
sary to add that such hats have been
abundant, and women have looked the
better for it. This one was black velvet
and had a moderately low crown and a
narrow brim over which the velvet was
putfed. For trimming there were quilts,
four Topped bow of pink peau de Sole
pink silk rosettes and a bow of black
MORE. This is called a Louis XVI mod
ell, but that counts for nothing besides
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Which do you prefer, sleigh
riding or skating?" Lena--'I think I
prefer sleighriding." "Why?" "Well,
when sleighriding you're sitting down
all Of the time, but when skating you're
only sitting down about half of the
time, "-Yonkers Statesman.
Uncle David thinks that a dictionary
is the most useless book ever printed,
He says that you can't find out by it
how to spell word unless you know
now to spell it in the first place. This
remark was made after an hours
search among the ks" for the word
"kWiet, Boston Transcript.
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THE CONNECTICUT nEFoRm1ronr


The legislative committee charged
with the task of inquiring into the work
done by the directors on the Connecti-
cut Reformatory has reached some con-
illusions which will strike most of the
people of the State as sensible. 1t be-
lieves that while the idea of a Reforma-
tory should not be abandoned, this
present undertaking should be stopped,
the directors retired, and the land they
have acquired sold. The committee
embodies its judgment of the whole sit
uation in a resolution and a bill The
former provides for commission to
sell the Reformatory property, and re-
port to the next general assembly what
is best to be done for the creation of
a Reformatory on somewhat different
basis. The bill repeats the act creating
the Reformatory, so as to leave the
ground clear for action two years
hence.
The action recommended will clear up
a situation which needs clearing up.
And many of those who will agree with
the committee that an entirely new
start in the Reformatory scheme is
needed will also agree with it in its
idea that when we have a Reformatory
it should be in the main an agricultural
one. The committee expresses the
opinion that a Reformatory should
never be built upon the present site for
the serious reason that it is too far
cause Of the decisive and fatal objec-
ton that it does not contain a guam
tity of land sufficient to meet the re-
quirements of what ought to be, in
this State, the labor of the inmates of
such an institution. The committee be-
lieves that when agricultural labor is
made as largely as possible the basis
of the industry of the institution it
must result in the largest possible bene-
fit to the prisoners and the largest pos
sible profit to the State. And this kind
of argument is made: The work of a
large farm is, in it's variety, amply
sufficient to meet the reasonable re-
quirements of reformation. A vocation
which in it's various branches is fol-
lowed by half the honest citizens of
the nation is good enough and broad
enough and varied enough for the few
necticut. In regard to what is best for
the criminal after his discharge, it is
enough to say that a man who leaves
the institution with a fair knowledge
of some of the branches of agriculture
is more likely to find steady and re-
munerative employment than the me-
chanic who has only the smattering of
trade. And the smattering of trade
is all that the average mechanic ac-
quires from the tuition of a Reforma-
tory.
Those who have worked on a farm
will heartily agree with the committee
that THE work on large farm is, in it's
variety, amply sufficient to meet the
reasonable requirements of reforma-
ton" Including the Chores" it is.
ED NOTE
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The government Of Sweden has noti-
fled the Canadian government that MI
Andree will start from Stockhold about
the end of June for Spitzbergen to at
tempt his balloon voyage to the North
Pole, and it requests that instructions
be given to Canadian officials at differ
ent points in the Northwest territories
and Hudson Bay region to report the
balloon If 1t Is sighted
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The Michigan legislature is about to
consider a bill which authorizes cleo
trio railroads to condemn property for
a right of way anywhere; gives free
rein to the consolidation of electric and
steam railroads, and permits stockhold-
ers by a majority vote at any lawful
meeting to increase the capital stock
of their company without limitation,
the only provision being that such in
crease shall be reported to the secretary
of state.
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Mrs Louise Pitt Yokum, superinten-
dent of schools in Dolores county, Col
orado, has refused teachers certifi-
cate to Professor Victor C. McGirr,
principal of the Rico public school, be-
a person who smokes is disqualified
from teaching in the public schools of
Colorado, because teachers in that
State are required by law to instruct
the children against the use of tobacco.
ronto university, will, it is said, appeal
to the State Board of Education
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The method by which it is proposed
to legislate against the big department
stores in several of the western cities
is to tax them out of existence, if pos
sible. One of the bills, for example,
provides that all stores wherein only
one line of goods is sold shall be taxed
81 year; two lines, $40; three lines,
s25; four lines, 500; five lines, $3.50;
over five and under twelve lines, $1,000;
twelve to twenty lines, $4,000; over
twenty lines, $4,000. At this rate the
tax on some stores would be at least
100000.
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DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY, 10
CENTsA WEEK, boCENTs A MONTH, So FOR
sIxMoNTHs. 50 A YEAR. TIE SAME TERMS
BYMAu.
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In forty-five provinces of European
Russia a notable change of ownership
of land is in progress, indicated by the
following figures for 1893 In that year
the nobility parted with over five and a
half million acres for G9,400 900, or
about G1 13s. and Sd. per acre, and
bought, at a fractionally higher price,
100000 acres, net loss Of over $780,
900 acres, which have passed into the
possession of other persons. Neither
the merchant class nor the peasant
communes took very large portion.
Wealthy peasants are large buyers, and
some Of them have accumulated consid-
cradle fortunes through craft, little
education, and usury.
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The large increase in the bicycle bust
ness is thus set forth: Prior to 1885
there were but six bicycle factories in
this country. In that year there were
1900 machines turned out. Five years
later there were seventeen factories
with an output Of 10000 wheels In
1894 the factories increased rapidly and
125,0O0 machines were turned out. A
year later the production was 100000,
and the number Of factories more than
800, none of which turned out less than
1000 wheels a year. The capital invest
ed in these large factories is 800 900, 000
and the estimate of the output for the
present year is not less than 1000, 900
wheels, valued at $50, 000,0 900.
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An act of the South Carolina legisla-
ture has excited college-bred men in
that State. 1t is known as the Anti
Greek Letter Society Law" and forbids
the existence of such societies in all the
colleges that receive State aid. The
argument of those who caused the pas
sage of the bill was that such socie-
ties encourage class and caste feeling
The few fraternity members of the leg
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Commenting on the fact that a trolley
road is about to be built to the foot of
old Cheops, 1.-THE Cairo (Egypt)
Sphinx" says: Next there will be a
restaurant on the top of that giant pile,
and a hydraulic lift to carry one to the
top. The times are indeed changed
and we with them. Drink Cheops
bitters!' Pyramid beer is the bestr
After visiting Chufu's tomb,
take Parasyneraterkolopo brandy
These and others will greet the eyes
of visitors to the pyramid next year.
The fates forfend, and may the Society
for the Preservation of Egyptian An
tiquities forbid! Oh, Cairenes, if you
wish to disgust the best class of visitors
you are going the right way to do it,"
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-01-19
Hard Wovh for T.sfn ossw..

The new run from Mnscs,ine to
Rock Island aud return b. way of
Wilton. recently inaugursted by the
Rock Island railroad com pany. shows
spirit OF progress on tbs part 81
the company. but the hours Of scrv-
ice In doubling the wheel" in al.
dition to uaking the other run, from
Muscatine To- Wilton are something
terrific. The engineer couldn't
stand the racket and caliei for an
other crew, which the company ut
once granted them. Bat the train
crew aside from the engineer and
fireman. are obliged 10 take the trips
every day. What sleep they get
must be caught between midnight
and o'clock M. with possibly
brief res. in the afternoon. Tbis
makes it pretty hard where switch
ing and all kinds of yard work must
be done during the day. and how
long the men can hold out under il
remains to be seen.-Muscsiine
News-Tribnne.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-01-19
Cake Walls.

A mum Der from this city attended
the cake walk st Turner hall. Davcn-
port, last evening. John King and
Vens Harris were awarded the prize.
but Wallace Ballard and Lotiie
wilson were a close coough second to
warrant the belief that they should
have been given the credit. After
ward there was competition at buck
dancing, participated in by
John Wilson. of Port Byron. Capt
Stammers. OF Kansas City. Hazzie
Hedge. Of Monmouth. and Ben Lilly.
OF Monmouth. After each had
danced separately the judges de-
clared their Inability to decide. aud
Wilson, Stsmmers and Lilly were or
dered to dance together for two min
utes. First prize vas then awarded
to Lilly, wish S,smmers second.
Stammers ciai ms the championship
OF he country. but the davenport
Judges coulda't see it that way.
Alter that Lora Walker danced for n
sPecisl prize. Now Dob Tolliver.
Jim Tolliver and Wallace Billiard
have arranged fer q cAke walk in
kock Island the middle Of next
month.