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The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-01-19
SHORT.

Mrs. Prion (quoting)-Wise men make proverbs and fools repeat them
 Miss Smart (musingly)-Yes, won der what wise man made the one you just epeated.--London Tit-Bits.
 Priscilla-My dear, your dress is so short that I'm half afraid they can see your ankles
 Prunella-And it's so long that I'm half afraid they can't.-Boston Trav- eler.
 Dobson-Do you believe in second sight? Hobson-No, but my wife does When I go shopping with her she all ways says to the salesman, 'I'll come in and look at these again. .''-London Pearson's Weekly.
 First Passenger-Oh, yes. I know these Southern railroads very we'll I've been riding on this line all my life
 Second Passenger-That so? You must have got on a little sooner than I did.-New York Truth.
 I'm glad to know" remarked Miss Cayenne, that MT and Mrs. Jinkles are living far more happily than they were formerly" "Indeed?" Yes am informed that they haven't spok- en to each other for weeks Washing ton Star.
 Briggs-Simmerson the inventor, says his wife doesn't even know what business he is in. Griggs-Why, has he concealed it from her? Briggs-He is afraid she might get the impression that he could do odd jobs around the house-Life.
 Old Gent (to beggar, to whom he has given halfpenny}-"Now my man, what shall you do with that coin?" Well, hardly know, guvnor, whether to purchase an annuity or invest in railway stock. Which do you adviser" ---Tit-Bits.
 Mrs. Border-Do not feel so badly, Tommy Your little sister has passed the critical point In her illness and will now get well.
 Tommy Borders (tearfully)-I know it. And now she will want to eat all the good things the neighbors send in to her every day, herselfi-Puck.
 Legal Precocity-A farmers son up in the country conceived a desire to shine as member of the legal profes- sion and undertook a clerkship In the office of the village pettifogger at noth- ing a week. At the end of the first days study the young man returned home. Well, Tobe, how dyer like the law" was the first paternal inquiry. ''Tain't what it's cracked up to be" re- piled Tobe Sorry I learnt it."-Har- lem Life
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-01-19
MARKET DAY IN THE WEST IN


 To the Editor of the Journal and Courier:
 One of the most curious and interests ing sights in that most curious and in teresting of cities, Kingston, is the Vic- toria market early on a Saturday morning. The brilliant colorfng, the picturesqueness. the bewildering dis play of tropical fruits and vegetables, the dark, bright faces underneath gay and coquettish turbans, form a picture unequaed only in the tropics, that, once seen, is not soon forgotten.
 For hours the various streets and av- enues leading into the city have been filled with a motley and incongruous throng,-a constantly moving stream of humanity sweeping it's way to the blue Caribbean, on the banks of which is situated Victoria market. Throughout the dewy fragrant night, over white and dusty roads, many of these people have travelled; their only light the gleam of the bright stars overhead Indeed, so distant are the habitations of some of these peasants, that, leaving home earlier, they reach the city Fri day night, availing themselves of the Country Peoples Shelter" for which accommodation one penny for lodg- ing is charged. Others take advantage of convenient doorways in which to re- pose and forget, if possible, their wear mess in sleep. These are the enterpris- ing merchants who are in readiness when the market opens it's doors.
 If one rides out to Half Way Tree, or further still to Constant Spring, when the vertical sun is high in the heavens, he meets hundreds of the peasantry still coming, and all bound for the mar | ket. The white dust rising from the tread of numberless feet, fills the air and settles like a grey veil on the luxu- riant cactus hedges and beautiful bour- gainvilleas and hibiscus that line the wayside with their wreath of blossoms | The women are predominant, and as rule are clad neatly in delicately tinted calicoes rustling with all the stiffness of cassaya starch. A string tied a few inches below the waist through which the skirt is drawn, elevates it just below the knees, displaying there by the symmetrical, bare, brown feet and legs, and with the gay hues of the turban adds greatly to the picturesque ness of the peasant costumes. They walk with an exquisite grace and free
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-01-19
AN ENCOURAGING GROWTH

We hear and read a great deal about the decay of religion in this country, and probably the general impression is that the churches are fast losing their hold upon the people. But some facts which have been gathered by the New York Independent indicate that there is more life and progress in the church. es than many think.
 It appears that the total number of communicants of all churches in the country is 25424,S33, a gain of TAB, 333 during 1896. In other words, little more than one-third of the entire pop ulation is enrolled on the books of some religious body, while a large propor- tion of the remainder fabitually asso- ciates itself, of course, with one or an other church. The gain in church members for year is a little less than three per cent. or at rate for the de- cade considerably greater than the rate of increase of population in the ten years from 1880 to 1890.
 Among all the churches the Roman
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-01-19
------------------------- FIS IR IND Fds TIE R.

Yesterday very fast train began to run between New Haven and New York. An hour and half is not long time to spend in going such dis tance but by and by, when electricity does its perfect work on railroads, 1t may seem long. What may happen is indicated by a successful trial of new electric locomotive which has just taken place on the Western railroad of France. The first experiments of this kind were made in 1893 between Havre and Beuzeville with an electric loco- motive which behaved well throughout the trial trip. Owing to the success of this machine the companys engineers it is one of these which has just been tested. It Is fifty-seven feet long and of 1850 horse power. In spite of their size they wear out the rails less than ordinary locomotives, as the weight is distributed on eight axles instead of four or five. They are safer than the others, owing to their elastic character, which enables them to make curves with security at full speed. Great things are, in fact, expected from these contrivances, which, when perfected, will do one hundred to one hundred and fifteen miles an hour.
 We can now ride to New York in an hour and a half at the rate of about fifty miles an hour Perhaps we shall soon be able to ride there in three quarters of an hour at the rate of one hundred miles an hour. Such a. per- formance would not be comparatively any more astonishing than the present one is
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-01-19


 The Massachusetts Commissioners of Fisheries and Game report that the propagation and distribution of Mon golian pheasants has been successfully carried on during the past season at the State aviaries. Something over two hundred chicks, which had been allowed their freedom in the large inclosure, were trapped in October and put in a covered corral twenty-eight by sixty feet in area. This proved too small for so many birds, and there was a small loss, the stronger birds maltreating the weaker ones. This will be obviated next year by sending the birds out as soon as they are trapped. A few birds were distributed last year to responsi- ble persons, with the understanding that they were to breed and turn them out in their respective localities. Only three were successful in raising birds, but they are confident that past exper- fence will lead to success in the future and that thus the ruffed grouse, which are rapidly nearing extermination, will be replaced.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-01-19
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants, Rents, and other small advertisements, One Cent a Word each In sertion. Five Gents a Word for full week (seven timesl.
 Display Advertisements, per inch, one in, sertion, $1.20; each subsequent insertion, 40 cents; one week, $3,2o; one mopth $10; one year, $40.
 Obituary Notices, in prose or verse, 10 cents per line, Notices of Births, Marriages, Deaths and Funerals, 30 cents each. Local notices 15 cents per line.
 Yeafly advertisers are limited to their own Immediate business (all matter to be un- include Wants, TO Let, For Sale, etc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-01-19

dom of movement, carrying heavy burdens poised easily on their heads. With a bright smile, which discloses rows of glittering teeth, a courtesy, and "Mornin' Missus' they. greet the passing stranger.
 The more prosperous drive donkeys over whose diminutive backs plethoric panniers are hung which nearly con- ceal the patient little creatures.
 Occasionally one sees an old crone seated by the roadside to rest and so-
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might be considered an ordi- nary angle but set out on a tangent that seems to threaten the immediate explosion of the entire hat, for how, concealed inside the little hat, could a bunch of feathers be shot out of it so unexpectedly. But sensible hats are to be had, and women should persevere in searching out a becoming one, rather than be misguided into selecting some monstrosity.
 A pretty brown velvet hat is sketch ed herewith, and was trimmed with velvet, ribbon, black feathers and white and pink velvet roses. It seem- ed particularly tasteful because it har- monized so nicely with the remainder of the costume. That was in a wood brown novelty suiting sprinkled with a shaggy black figure. Around the skirts hem was a bias fold of white velvet embroidered with jet beads and similar velvet edged the jackets basque, yoke and full vest of golden brown velvet. The plain velvet belt was tied in an unright bow and col lar had embroidered points.
 Though good taste dominated this picture hat, there's many freak in velvet headwear. You'll see them shrouded in lace and weighted with feathers. Velvet crowns are set on wired lace brins, and the brims are laden with flowers. Hats with wide brims are turned up at the back. then set over the nose and trimmed so bril- liantly that the effect is that of cram berry pie landslide No matter what else is on a hat a beautiful waving spray of paradise plumes only adds perfection, and these feathers are shown in the brightest greens and vel lows. FLoRETTE.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-01-19
FASHION NOTES.
Freaks Fashionable in Millinery.

Milliners began the winter in deliri- um and give promise of ending it in confirmed madness. As it stands now, you can use almost anything for hat, no matter what 1t is or what it was originally meant to be. Even an en- tire dressing case, if the drawers are only all pulled open and a very elabo- rate scarf and a lot of beautiful orna- ments be on top. even that could be worn for a hat and not excite com ment. Many little hats appear to be- gin with the idea of being inconspicu- ous and quiet. They stick to this idea in much demureness almost all around the whole hat Then all of a sudden there is a burst of feath- CTS not even uprising at what
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-01-19

of one per cent, and those paying the second and third instalments on July 1 will be allowed a discount of one-quar- ter of one per cent. The change from annual payments was made at the sug- gestion of Mayor Collier with the idea that 1t would make payments easier and lessen the number of defaults and tax sales,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-01-19

A Belgian engineer, M. Eugene Fran cois, recently read a paper on Amer ican Machine and Engine Building, |" which is translated in Cassiers Mag azine. The author says that during a recent visit to the United States his attention twas almost exclusively de- voted to their productive features. in the endeavor to learn how the Ameri- cans, paying from two to three times more for labor than is paid in Belgium, are able to sell their machinery, es- pecially stationary and locomotive en- zines, at prices practically the same as ours" M Francois concludes that "the three points which enables Amer ican labor to achieve the result all ready noted are: First, the idea of simplicity and uniformity prevailing in the products of manufacture and the extensive use of cheap materials. Sec ond, the equipment of the shops. Third, the methodical standardization of work
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-01-19

Berlin claims to have a more ex- tensive telephone system than any other city in the world. It has S2,S65 stations, and 45o,0OO daily users.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-01-19

This year the people of Atlanta have amendments to the city charter, of paying their taxes in installments. The first instalment of one-fourth of the assessment will be due April 15 the second instaiment, also of one-fourth, on July l, and the third and last. of one-half the assessment, on October 15
 Payments not made on or before the dates due will be charged per cent
 interest. Payment of the entire amount on the first date named will be rewarded with a discount of one-half
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-01-19

More gold. An exploring expedition along the route of the Siberian rail- road reports exceptionally rich depos- it's of gold between Tchoumoukin and Ayan and a large number of stretches of gold bearing sand along the river Aekashra. The report says further: With little digging gold was found in the volcanic rock. Near Tchoumoukin rich deposits of anthracite coal were found. The country is said to be fer tile, the forests are intact, fish exist in abundance, and in the neighborhood of Aldan and Yakoutsk there are cattle and horses. The gold sands are thirty versts from the mountain range, and one hundred from the settlements where the natives engage in agricul- ture and the raising of cattle. The party will spend the winter in Ayan, and next June will complete its mission by exploring Kamschatka.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-01-19

If tin plate could laugh last and best now would be It's time. Exports of tin plate from Great Britain to the United States, as learned by the American Manufacturer, aggregated only 11S,O51 tons last year. This is a large reduc- ton over imports of the previous year. In fact the decline which set in with the starting of the industry in the United States has been steady and ex- tended. In 1892 the imports amounted to 276,479 tons; in 1893, 255,62S; in 1894, 2se,s79, and in 1895, 222,9O1 tons.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-01-19

DELIVERED BY CARRIERs IN THE CITY, l5 CENTS WEEK, bhCENTs MONTH, g FOR SIX MONTHS. Sd A YEAR. TNE sAME TERMS BYMAIL.
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Dr. CaIot of Paris, who had previous ly operated successfully on cases of congential lameness, now undertakes to straighten out hunch backs. He re- gently reported thirty-seven successful operations to the Paris Academic Medi- cine. He first removes the outgrowths on the spinal column, then, by making his assistants pull vigorously at either end while he presses on the hump, gets the spine nearly into a straight line, and finally incloses the patient in a plaster jecket, reaching from the neck to the hips After six months, the stomach, lungs. and other internal or gans act normally again, and after some months longer the bones remain in place. Dr. Calot's experiments were made with subjects ranging from two to twenty years of age.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-01-19

Martin Dodge the Ohio State road commissioner, is an enthusiast on the subject of steel roadways. He esti- mates that double-track road, the tracks laid sixteen feet apart and the space between the rails of each track filled in with broken stones macadam size, would cost much less than a good macadam road and the cost of a country one-track road about half as much as the double track. He says that such road would last much longer than a stone road, and that one horse will draw on steel track twenty times as much as on 8 dirt road and five times as much as on macadam.
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Mrs. Prion (quoting)-Wise men make proverbs and fools repeat them.
 Miss Smart (musingly)-Ye I won der what wise man made the one you just repeated.--London Tit-Bits.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-14

and also a promise to give more. Indeed.
shell has placed no Init to her prospective
gifts. The money will be expended in the
building and maintenance, in New York
city, of a home for working girls and a
great building for the operation Of trade
schools in which Hebrew boys may be
taught useful and scientific trades and
professions.
Work on the working girls home will
be begun at once. and it is believed that
it will be ready for opening next August.
1t is to be non-sectarian. but Jewish
girls, of course. will be given the prefer
ence. 1t is to be educational in no sense
of the word. 1t will be purely a home.
Girls going there out Of work will be
expected to help in the labors of the
house. n girls who work will find there
they can secure elsewhere; h trade
building will have every advantage and all
equipments necessary for the purpose for
which 1t was created. The third branch
of Baroness de Hirsch's work is the ameli-
grafton of the condition of the Jews in the
tenement districts. and Is really the most
far reaching of the directions in which the
Hirsch fund is to be expended. It is pro-
posed to handle matters so that the peo-
pie will naturally move away into fresh air
suburban residences. It is also proposed
to build model tenement houses, with
necessary sanitary construction. The work
Is to be extended to other cities in the
United States, and the poor Jews over all
the country are promised aid by the men
who have the rich woman's millions at
rying out her dead husbands ideas in these
benefactiOns.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-14
A Perfect Home.

Helen Hunt says: 1.-THE most perfect
home I ever saw was a little house into
the sweet incense of whose fires went no
costly t~hingss1,00o served as a years
living for father, mother and children. But
the mother was the creator Of q homs: her
relations with the children were the most
beautiful I have ever seen: every inmate
of the house ~involuntarily looked into her
f Wss. for sa1 the e sesnote F Of the tS day; ro and # al IL
clever leaf-which in spite Of her hard
hcusewopk She always found time to put
beside our plates at breakfast-down to the
story she had on hand to read IN the even
ing. there was no intermission Of her in
ffusnces. She has always been and always
will DO my ideal Of q mother. wife. home
and exquisite face had been added the APP
pliances Of wealth and ~enlargements Of
wide culture. hers would have been abso-
lutely the ideal home. As 1t was, it was
the best I ave ever Seen.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-14

were troops of Circassians with black cap
Trey wore European uniforms, but their
breasts were covered with cartridges.
There were troops of Turks in turbans and
brilliant uniforms. There were long lines
of infantry, some dressed in green, the
favorite color of the prophet Mahomet. and
others in uniform of blue trimmed In red.
The cavalry were well mounted. Their
horses were not large but they were well
formed, and most of them had Arabian
blood in them"
A Chat With the Sultan.
Ibid the sultan ride on horseback" I
asked.
No, his majesty rode to the mosque in
a carriage. which was driven by a coach
man in a red velvet suit embroidered III
gold. He had a large escort with him. and
the procession was a most impressive one.
As he appeared the soldiers all faced d.
rect and looked toward him. There was a
sreat cheering from the crowd. and this
continued until his majesty had entered
the mosque"
But. general, 1t was not at this time
that your interview with the sultan TOOK
place."
cree was shortly after this. The sultan
received me in his palace, n l had some
conversation with him about military and
other matters. The conversation was car
ried on through an Interpreter"
'How did his majesty impress your"
ability" said General Miles. He IS
shrewd, cunning and adroit, and he has
one of the most influential positions among
the rulers of the world. He Is, you know.
Europe and Asia. but of all the Moham-
medGns on earth. There are something
Ike one hundred and sixty million Mo-
hammedans, who look upon him as their
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-14
A HERMIT IN A BIG CITY.
At the Death of Each Relative m
Apartment II Sealed
Tin

Paris Correspondence London Telegram.
Various indeed are the ways in which &C.
centric people indulge their little peculiari-
been adopted by an old lady living here, On
one Of the grand b%oulevards stands a house
with closed shutters and fastened door,
Scarcely a sign of life is there about the
place, and the house has remained in q
similar state over a quarter of a century.
The owner is an old lady, who. on Septem-
Der 4, 1870. the day on which the republic
was proclaimed. resolutely determined that
no one affected by the republican ideas
should ever cross the threshold Of her DWELL
ing. To avoid any, such dreadful con-
tingency she simply declined to allow any
one inside. and has refused all offers to
hire either apartments or the shop below.
The only time she breaks through her hard
and fast rule is when workmen are per-
mitted to enter in order to carry out re-
pairs. Painters. carpenters. locksmiths,
and masons once a year in turn invade her
privacy and make good any damage. To
relatives whose political tendencies are the
same as her own she is particularly
gracious. but at the death of each one an
apartment in the building is sealed up. and
now all are closed barring the very small
one at the back Of the house, which the
anti-republican hermit reserves for her
own use and that of her three servants.
This strange behavior on the part Of an
old lady has repeatedly excited
and numerous have been the attempts Of
people to gain an entrance by some ruse or
other. All their efforts are foiled by an
with dragon-like vigilance, and the would
be intruder soon finds the portal slammed
in his face and himself none the wiser for
his curiosity.