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The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-14
THE PENSION ROLL.
A Curious Coincidence in Jllino

A Curious Coincidence in Illinois.
 Washington. Jan. 13.-A recent publi- cation of that part of the pension roll, including all persons who receive $45 a month or more, shows 3,56S names, or about one to every 10000 of the popu- lation. Springfield, Peoria, Quincy, and Joliet in Illinois, according to this pub- lication, each has two names on the list, while the little town of Galconda, H., with a few hundred people, have five such pensioners. four at s72 month and one at $50. It is a singular coinci- dence that Green B. Raum. formerly commissioner of pensions, lives in that town.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-14
TWO LARGE STATE LOANS.

Boston, Jan. 13-State Treasurer Shaw opened bids this noon for two large state loans and both were award ed to E. H. Rollins & Go. of this city. The first was the $2,ooO,0oo Metropolitan Water loan. running forty years, at 31z per cent The bid on this was 113.17s. The second was a s5oo0O0 grade cross ing loan, running twenty-five years, al 31s per cent The bid on this was 110.- 136.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-14
CONDITION OF THE TREASURY.

CONDITION OF THE TREASURY.
 Washington, Jan. 13.-To-day's state- ment of the condition of the treasury shows: Available cash balance, $239,- 274,S05; gold reserve, s161, ,9S2, ITS; net sil- yer, $15,2s9,2 ,256; United States notes in the treasury. $ss,4s7, ,eS9; treasury notes of 1890. S2,s22,54s; total receipts this day. 1,2sS, SAP; total receipts this month, s2o,- 743,115 total receipts this year, s22S,- 5o3,6S9; total expenditures this day, $1,- 420,000; total expenditures this month, $17694, ,000; total expenditures this year, $225.s9S,2 211; deposits in national banks, $49, ,355, ,4s5.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-14

San Francisco, Jan. 13-A cold storm has swept almost the entire state of California Snow has fallen in many counties, the semi-tropical belt not be- ing exempt. Rain, which was badly needed, has come in sufficient quantities to gratify all growers of cereals Fruit growers are confident that no injury will result
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-14
THoRNs TO SIT UPON.

Many people gather thorns by failing to
 heed the warning sent out by diseased kid neys = coated tongue - parched skin-fever. ishness--dull dragging pain-general feeling or weariness--is sure evidence Of kidney and bladder trouble. Take Utah Kidney Beans
 at once-.they will cure you-they have cured thousands of others. THE TURNER'S OF PHILADELPHIA make Utah Kidney Beans.
 E, R. Samuels. County Clerk of Hickman
 County, Clinton, Kentucky, testihes that he
 suffered for years with horrible palms In the
 back, kidneys and bladder--was treated by many physlc!ans-they gave him no relief
 he got So that he could hardly stand alone-.. Utah Kidney Beans, he says, completely
 cured him. He gladly recommends them to all sufferers.
 TURNEkS' LITTLE LIVER TURNER'S A very small pill, Turns your liver. A true laxative. An after-dinner pill. NEW HAVEN AGENTS: 2; 5. Leete & Co., distributing agents; J. J. filling, D. J.. Brennan, Arthur II, Barnes, q. D: Farovid, E. A. Gessner, E. Hewitt x
 Co, Hotchkiss Drug Co.,, F. Healy's phar.
 macy, The Hutchinson Pharmacy, HulI,s Corner Drug Store, W. P. Keegan. A. R,
 Leighton, Thos j. Lynch, Rowe's Pharma.
 cy, | H Levy, Chas r. Messinger. WILLS
 l., Mix, s. L, Salisbury, P, B. Schurman, l ja10 Nj WE
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-14
Who is Matzow?
WESLEYAN AND RUTGERS.

New York, Jan. 13--F. H. Cam, phys. ical director of the New York univer- sity, has arranged for dual gymnastit contests between that institution and Wesleyan and Rutgers colleges. The first contest will be held with Rutgers on February IS and with Wesleyan March 25. They will be contested ir New York,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-14
THE NEXT SYMPHONY CONCERT

THE NEXT SYMPHONY CONCERT.
 MT. Leo Schultz of the Boston Sym phony orchestra willsbe the soloist at the next concert of the New Haven Symphony orchestra. Mir Schultz is a 'cellist of the greatest distinction and it will be great pleasure to hear him here. He will play Gotterman con- certo and Max Bruchs beautiful "Kol Nidrei' with the orchestra.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-14
LUST RECEIVED

JUST RECEIVED
 At the Litchfeld Milk and Cream store, No. 2 Whitney avenue: Old fashioned Buck wheat Flour, for sale at 4c per ID; extra fine Print Butter for 25c lb; Native Pota- toes, extra nice; Native Salt Pork; fresh Country Eggs for 35c; extra fine RusSet Ap- pies; Pop Corn, etc, etc. For good country products you want tc go to KS K. H. CLARK, No. ? Whitney Avenue Stamps and Coupons. Telephone 1SS8-4
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-14
Who is Matzow?
INSURANCE POLICIES NOT TAXA
 BLE

Indianapolis, Jan. 13.-The supreme court has decided that life insurance policies are not taxable under the pres ent state tax law. The question was raised nearly year ago when the tax commissioners inserted in the tax sched- ule, under the head of "Personal prop erty credits" the following questions Number of paid-up life insurance poli- cies and their value" The life insur- ance companies doing business in the state and holders of large policies imme- diately declared that the action of the board was without warrant, and suit was brought to restrain the state board from carrying out it's order.
Warren sheaf., 1898-12-22
CULVERT CONSTRUCTION.
Some Things That Must BE Borne in
. IL. Mind Where Durability Is-
F!,3$t7 to BE Desired.

Judging from the culwrts seen in
various parts of the country their con-
struction seems to be lost art. It
seems as if every principle upon which
their successful operatio depends were
entirely ignored. AS. a result number
!. less culverts are destroyed by each rain
storm. IEtg ss55 S:EIT,, ~ }.sEEa@
Three things should be borne in mind
in constructing culvert: First, there
must be a fall from the upstream to
the downstream end, and not as is too
commonly the case, no. fall at all. A fall
of two inches to the rod is the least that
should be allowed when all other con-
Gitions are favorable. When less than
most favora ble'' the fall should be in
creased. Second, the bed or channel
must be as smooth as possible to pre-
Warren sheaf., 1898-12-22
A CONFUSION OF NAMES.
1t Resulted in Profit to the BOOK
54z; Agent and Loss to Up-to-
r.. Date Man. tsE.

He was looking lank and lean; he wore
threadbare suit of black, and under one
arm he carried a volume; under the other
there was an umbrella which had seen better
days. He entered so quietly that Dodson,
who was busy at his desk, ,,did not hear him.
- II have here he began, softly.
Dodson wheeled in his chair and took in
the situation. 7 don't care what you
have!, he roared. Don't you see that
sign, 'Peddlers and Book Agents Not
Wanted or are you blind Il" ...,....
"The life of Samson continued the
agent, with an apologetic SMILE
"Why didn't you say so before?" said Dod-
son, subsiding. ~
the long, thin man in black.
"l'll take it, said Dodson, shortly. "Good
day; sir" -. ........-z...
J. A few minutes later friend of Dodson's
happened in and picked up the volume.
''Hello, old mani" said he, as he looked it
over. II didn't know you went in for Bib
II don't see the joke, answered Dodson,
testify. II believe that in times like these
every patriotic American citizen should ia
miliarize himself with the lives of our prom
inent men who are at the front making his
tory for this glorious country. We neglect
these things too long. propose to keep up
with. the times" =. = - -':~
'tYou will have to hurry if you do" an
swered his friend, dryly. <<This particular
Samson without the p has been dead for
5000 years. ''-Detroit Free Press.
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500 Reward $500.

The readers Of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at. least one dreaded
ali its stages, stage and that SIC is Catarrh. Halls
: Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
known to. the medical fraternity. ,Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, requires a
CONSTITUTIONAL treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure IS taken internally, acting, directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation
strength by building up the eonstit tuition and
assisting nature IN doing its work. The
gproprietors have SO much'f faith in ITS cura-
tive powers that. they offer One Hundred
: Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list ofstestimonials9 asss s@E@s&Es :
= Address =, j. Cheney g. Co., Toledo, o. .
"a Sold by Druggists, 75c " !
e Halls Family Pills are the best, ga FAs% Z
Warren sheaf., 1898-12-22
%A%.BEAR ,IN.:HARNESS.
Little Colorado Girl n Ha q! = uiea l y around
II by . Shaggy Pet over Plains /
: -i2@aS and III oun tuins.,t :.:'" e. =.

7 Some people are under the impression
that all bears have bad dispositions;
This is far from correct, and "a great
deal Of harm is done good bears insthis
! way OF course there have been very
naughty old and young bears, for that
matter, and there have been bears that
woul d not stay in at night. The good
bears have had to suffer in .reputa-:
ton for what their brothers and sisters
Of the family have done. ~, i5
A little girl who lives near Colorado
near the mountains, can give: better
account of the good in bears than those;
who have only seen them at the Zoo
and the circus Put little boy or girl
in cage or Jail and any person passing
by would naturally think them crimi-
mails The very presence OF bars does
not tend toward refining the captive in
the eyes of those who look in at the
prisoners. It is exactly the same way
with Zoo and circus bears. They real
ize that they are in Jail, and, although
unjustly confined, they in time grow
desperate and don't care how they act
at, all. So it happens that they often
grunt very loud and look very vicious,
but little missionary work. properly
worked out among them, might show
them up in a different light. - .-
The little girl: spoken about above is
very charming little miss of some IL
years of age. Part of the time she lives
on the ranch near the mountains in
the summer time. One day few years
ago her big brothers went hunting
away up in the mountains. In the
course of their hunt they came across
an old mother bear that had very rude
ways. She did not believe in civiliza-
ton and resented the appearance Of
hunting parties with remarkable zeal,
for she was what they call fanatic.
She was not at all partial to guns. In
fact she loathed them. No sooner did
Warren sheaf., 1898-12-22
COMBINATION OF HEALTH AND
WEALTH.
New Districts :. Western Canada
Adapted to Ranching and
~ Mixed Farming.

Calgary, Alberta Nov. 4, 1898.
To the Editor Of the Duluth "Evening Her.
ald,'' Duluth, Mimi. -
Dear Sir-As to many replies to the
home-seeker of Minnesota, [ can cheerfully
say that this country is better for "a poor
man than Minnesota, if he wants to farm
and raise stock. l have spent one winter
and two summers which I find more pleas
ant than any winter I have seen in Minneso-
ta for eight years. The seasons are short,
but the effect Of long days of bright sun
shine produces very rapid growth Of veg
citation. There is good money in raising
coarse grains and feeding to hogs and cattle,
for pork and beef always bring good price
here Hogs are worth from $500 to $3.50
live weight per cwt., and beef about the
same. There is plenty of railroad land to
be had very, cheap and on longtime pay
ments. A man does not want to think he
can pick up money on the ground here, but
there lis lots Of it in the ground and labor
will take it out. ....:
There is a vast scope of country north of
Edmonton, Alberta, which, can be settled,
and large scope of country west of Edmon-
ton adapted to ranching~ and mixed farming
This country is the best place have ever
seen for the cure of consumption. / could
refer you to different people here who were
in the last stages Of consumption, who are
now in perfect health and able to do any
kind Of hard work and are very prosperous.
=: Hoping this may benefit home e-seekers
who are willing to work for an. honest liy-
+ ing, l& remain, yours very truly Z ES~
zt4s s(Signed)e;.4t CHARLES M-SCOTT 4
Any agent Of the Canadian Government
|. will gladly give information as to settlement
terms and rates::p[Tsz sat8fSfs 81 ;&i}asf- =
Warren sheaf., 1898-12-22
HOW TO BUILD A CULVERT.

vent the collecting of leaves, sticks, etc.,
to clog the passage. Third, the chan
mel must be made as narrow as possible
consistent with the volume of water to
be carried. In such case it will be al
most sure to keep clean if the second
rule has been Observed. /: -
The best form for culvert is the egg
shape. with. the small end down; but
since tiles of such shape are often diff
cult to obtain and may be thought ex-
pensive, and since streams large enough
to demand brick cnlverts of this form
may often: be more economically
bridged, the farmer would better use
large round tile or sewer pipe. It may.
however, often be Thought too expen-
sive to purchase tile. of large enough
capacity to carry the stream. In this
case serviceab bic culvert' and one that
will fill all the requirements may be
made Of flat stone. The sides and top
may be: built to suit the fancy Of. the
builder He, usually does pay most at
tent;oh to them anyway. But the chan
mel, which is the vital part, and yet the
least one considered, as general't thing.
should be in the form of an obtuse an
gle, as shown in the illustration. When
suitable stones cannot. be procured,
plank will answer the purpose. A chan
rel constructed in. this form and hav~
ing a good fall will be practically self
cleaning and will not fail at the critical
ii tim e,.insfact. the reserve, fol; any slight
trash. th5 tmay: be accid 6 ntallyyF- carried
in and deposited will be swept out, at
once by the first wat tersd deep. enough to-
move it. There will be practice 1ly. no
danger then. Of the sulyert being De:
STR sttroy ed or ITS itts acting, as dam instead of
saswa terway.2 y G. .8Kains, in Farm and
Fireside. sSszsAafg sF4aGsa :
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GYP'S EXPERIENCES.
Strange Things That Have Happened
to Small Dog Living at
Ramsey's, n. j.

There is small dog named Gyp living
at Ramsey's, N. j., and belonging to
Jacob Storms, that has had at one time
and another lot of lively experiences;
perhaps not as many as some dogs, but
no doubt as many as any dog in Ram
sey's.
Gyps first experience was with a a
passing freight train, which threw him
for a considerable distance. 3 He was
picked up for dead, but found to be
alive after all. No bones had been
broken, and, carefully treated, it
wasn't very long before he was around
again. i -
With another dog much bigger than
himself Gyp was playing one day in
shop that took fire. Not much damage
was done by fire, but. the shop was
filled for a,time with suffocat ting smoke.
The Dig dogswas found later lying on
bench dead; ,Gyp, ID downson the floor,
il, off in one corner by a knothole, with his
nose to the opening, living.
Later Gyp fell out of a second-story
window of barn and sprained one Of
his hind legs. Lying in the road one
day. and of about the same color as the
dust. he was run over by team.t and.
one of his fore legs was broken." It was,
set and done up in splints, and in due
time it healed all right and Gyp went
about with sound legs again. ssss 80
i Gyp's most recent lively experience
was with muskrats. He is great rat
z ter, and he has the pluck and grit of a
bulldog. but the muskrats were just
. little bit too much for him. They bit
him and tore him and scratched him
and used him up very badly, and poor
(. e.Gyp had to be carried home in wheel-
!. barrow. 1t was thought at first that
:the right thing to doswould b be 8 to:
>chloroform him to#put him out of his
imisery. that he cotlldn'tlive; utwherf
. it was considered what he had lived
through before it was thought that he
might come out all right even from
this; and Gyp has justified this ex-
pectation. He is around to-day as live
Fly as ever. and as sound. barring his
teeth and his tail. He has lost nearly
all his teeth, and the few he has left
are loose; and for tail he: has but a
stump of few inches. the rest was
gone when he came to Ramsey's. It. is
e. believed that Gypelost his tail by some
lively experience and that he has had
other vicissitudes besides those here
recorded; but this is, only an account
of fjwhat has .happenedsto him since he
has. belonged to his present ownerss- m
~. Sun. Q. >ssesa& "a ,sss s&&S 7S5ss,
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Why He Didn't Show UD.

A young East Indian of some wealth
arrived in New York. and there claimed
acquaintance With a gentleman who %
he had metsin Calcutta ThesAmercan!
greeted him cordially, and, after some
conversation. invited him to dinner the
next day. It had been arranged to have
some friends meet the stranger, and the
dinner was rather elabroate, therefore
everyone was highly disappointed
when the guest did not make his sap7
pearance. The next day he was seen
at his hotel and asked If his absence
had been due to illness. mo; I was
quite well.' he said, calmly, "but 7 was
not hungry"
Warren sheaf., 1898-12-22

she see the hunting party than she be-
gan to .:get very, iiisul ting.in her re-;
slnarks,aand,sin d,sin5fne,requestedo one of her
little boy bears to get out and tellSthe
hunters that there should be no shoots
ing tSon her farm: r Ehe1;little bears
~t,ho of1gh extremely backlVard went sout
and talked with the hunters and told
them what his mamma had said. Tie
hunters were kind and niceto hinl;and
ratted him on hisass liitat Il ltts-sfuzzy head.
They alsostook out sack of candy and
gave it to him. His mother grew
furious and yelled at him to not eat the,
sweets, as they might contain poison
Then several rifles cracked and theslit-.
tl II l,ear never saw hislnot ther any more.
Ht was carried a long distance in% the:
big pocket 5ofsa huntingscoat and finally
deposited in a big warm basket in Il big
house. ~ /.
That night the little bear rollcdtand
tossed on his pillow and dreamed of
candy growing upon trees. The next
morning he was given more candy by a
very pretty little girl, whom he soon
found <.hjnl self: liking so much that he
asked to- stake into the 'family:-' This
was arranged finally, and it was not
long @before5the littleabearEhad 1.-THE
fine manners of a town bear and never
asked, for dessert until Though eat
ing the palmer food. Anysday in the
long summer that followed. the littlp
girl and the bear were always Scent to-
gether frolicking about the foothills,
AMI if any bad dogs or other animals
game around and tried to harm that lit
Tie girl the bear would be sure to show
his teeth. That was the only bad habit
THAT chung to him dnS spite of etiquette
and the Abl lie book Of morals andsman-
ners. At last. the little girl grew tired
| of walking; and5as her Shetland pony
got mixed upsin a horse trade and went
away she was much distressed The lit
tle bear then proposed that she allow
him to haul. her, about. So a regular
harness was boughs and the bear was
lIitched fto1 her dog cart, after promis-
ing. on his worG of honor, that he would
not kick up. -After'that all went we'll,
and the little bear came to be a great
p,ayfellow. His coat grew sleeker and
slee,ker. until sheEw taken to Colorado
Springs, and to this day draws the lit
lie girl around in society. j When his
teeth grew too long they were filed
down by the family dentist, and one ct
the servants combs out his long brown
fur every morning. He has a bedroom
in the top of tree that stands in the
front yard, but he never sleeps late
like his relatives do up in the noun
tains. On Sunday he is decked out in
l.ribhons and eats several bags of candy
before breakfast Cincinnati Enquirer.
A young man named Shivers has been
iarrested at ChiIlicothe. Mo. for stealiuN
Warren sheaf., 1898-12-22
GET RID ts'(, Or i s;,TUMPs. Il
a:: ~ - -. ! &: - -. - s. Y
How the Work Cam BE Done Cheaply
ri i'~Tat = Time WhensDutie. urttiie. Are;
49, e,,fSSNot Very Heavy. -:

.$f In many localities jare,items,o of work
that can bedone to good adya1tag ge dur
ing the winter in the clearing of: the
land of stumps, It is hardly good econ
so1iy to- plow andtWalk around. stnmps
during . all of the years required for
them to rot out, when, with the aid of
dynamite, they may l,.be, taken, out at
such. small. cost..;1 Usin gid y;namitei is
,chea per tnaal grubbing; while' in nearly
ralln eases the: stumps will be split up so
that, they can be: handled much. more
readily. -,y,y :f~ss,', fafI
After trying two or three plans we
found it saved time. and trouble to use
good, Sharp pointed crowbar.s With it
make &aslfoie directly und nder1the stump
50 that the sticksof dynamite will be as
nearly under the center as possible.
The bar should make hole a little
larger than the stick of dynamite SO
that the. latter will slip readily into the
place made for it. II many cases a
half stick will an sWer as well as awhole
one. one, IN hitting use q sharp knife that
will readily cut through the soiled pa
per. Use care So as not to- cut into the
Dynamic tew with the knife. Our plan was
to prepare a number Of sticks. all ready,
putting the fuse into the cap and in
serting the cap il the fuse. .Jsesple y
of fuse as it is cheaper to d olt his than
to run the risk of injury from not hav-
ing ample time to get away. When the
dynamite is put il place fill up the
hole to the top. tamping slightly TAX
ing care not to jar, as it is the jar given
that causes the dynamite to- zexplo
Then light the fuse and runto a safe
distance.
Dynamite should not be handled
when frozen, should be handled care
fully, and don't let it fall. It can be
set on fire and will burn up without ex-
ploding. Be careful all Of the time, th:*t
is the only safe rule. We cleared ten
acres Of stumps without an accident
at ali average cost Of about ten cents
each, and certainly found the work
profitable Nj. Shepherd, in Farmers
Voice. u.
l
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r Opinions of u Pessimist.

4 After a :,bsn ii Rasprot;vsed tRat ihe Knows
something it doesn't matter showifhe combs
his hair.
- A woman who never weeps is of no more
account than q pump without a handle.
1t is better to have a consistent enemy
than:a friend; who ;doubts,you. II sx,Aj,:S:
- He who hesitates is lost if he has written
any letters committing himself. ~ =
Great expecta tions have made IAN iidler
OF many a man with good stuff in him. I
forget to 1T themselves for, the. positions
into which their money lifts them -Cleve-
land Leader -.
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Hoods SarSaparilIa
Can You Solve This Puzzle Verse:

"a simple go-between am l,
Without a thought of pride;
I part the gathered thoughts of men,
And literally divide.
set the soul Of Shakespeare free,
TO Milton's thoughts give liberty,
Bid Sidney. speak with freer speech,
Let spenser sing and Taylor l; preaGh: "a l,;ao
No wisdom doth with me abide"
If you can solve the foregoing, and send
the correct answer to George H. Heafford,
General Passenger Agent, Chicago, Milwau-
kee & St. Paul Railway, Old Colony Build
ing, Chicago, together with two-cent
stamp, he will send you what it calls for.
Warren sheaf., 1898-12-22
The Cats Rough Ton que.

The tongues of the eat family are
covered with recurving spines. In the
common domestic cat these are small, /,
but sufficiently we'll developed to give
the tongue feeling of rousShness. But
in the lion and tiger the spines are
strong enough to enable the animal to
tear away the skin of a mans hand
merely by licking it.
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DiDlODlaCY.

Tommy-Papa, what is that diplomacy
the papers talk so much about: -
Papa-Diplomacy is the art which en-
ables one man to inform another that he is
a scoundrel wi thout giving him chance to
get mad about it.-Chicago Evening News.
Warren sheaf., 1898-12-22
A Huge Success.

Does Mrs. Buster make a good club
PRESIDENT
"l should say so; she never wears
the same d1sss twice. CT Chicago Rec
ord
Warren sheaf., 1898-12-22

= A sprain may cripple but St. Jacobs Oil
Will cure it before it can. It cures. +ssf I
Warren sheaf., 1898-12-22

The great trouble in this world is too
many fools Fools have always been nu-
merous, and there is no prospect whatever
that the supply will dimlnish.-Atchison
Globe :