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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-03-29
AND THE EGR DIED.
Knocked in the Head With an Axe by
BridgerS.

Wilson. y. c.. March 26.-Special.)-
A few miles in the country a white man
named Bridgers knocked Jason Pitts.
colorcd. in the head with an axe from
the effects of which he died to-day. The
coroner is holding an inquest.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-18
WISDOM IN OM4H4.

The exposition in Omaha has been stance, it has paid well. It is also re-
 markable because it will not leave such a trail behind it as the Worlds Fair at Chicago and some other expositions
 have left. There has been some com plaint by visitors to Omaha that there were not hotels enough It appears that there was no rush to build new
 hotels on account of the exposition, and it is explained that this restraint was
 deliberate. Remembering Chicagos S experience, it was easy to foresee that
 reaction would follow the closing of the
 exposition, and that large number of
 new buildings would be empty and | wasted if constructed for the entertain | ment of temporary host. Therefore,
 says dispatch, no hotel in the right sense of the word was erected for the houses were constructed But a large proportion of the private houses have been thrown open. Thousands enter tain from the spirit of hospitality
 Many others let their rooms for money l But all agree that it was part of civic good sense to make guests comfortable
 without erecting buildings which, as
 soon as the fair is past, would be su- l perf1uous
 l Wise and far-seeing are the people of
 Omaha. The Fair at Chicago was a.
 great success in many ways, but it was and still is melancholy to see the hotels
 and boarding houses that were built | and not needed
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-18

ican watch companies concerning the watch and clock trade in Arabia and South Africa, the following reports are made: Consul Cunningham of Alden says there Is no firm in Arabia which handles watches on large scale, and there are no regular watch dealers in Alden. Only thirty-one watches and eighty-eight clocks were imported from the United States during the year end ing March, 1897. There is no duty on these goods. The watches and clocks sold are of cheap grade, none of which would retail in America for more than $S or $10. Consul General Stowe of Cape Town says that both the very cheap and the very best makes of watches and clocks are sold in South Africa. The imports from the United States in 1897 amounted to s91 S06,7S. The duty is 9 per cent. ad valorem There is in neither Arabia nor South Africa any commercial agency for ob- taining reliable information regarding the responsibility of dealers, and such information must come through the banks.
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GOVERNOR T4NNER,S ATTITUDE.

GOVERNOR TANNERS ATTITUDE.
 The more Governor Tanner, of H. linois, is looked at the brighter he doesn't shine. In a speech delivered at Pittsfield he said: I am going little outside of the law. The citizens and taxpayers of Illinois expect me to pro- tect the interests of Illinois and the people of Illinois, and the people of H. linois do not want this undesirable class of persons, who, if not criminals, are scalawags, because a good citizen would not come into the State in that way. I am going, therefore farther than the law will warrant me in taking the position I take, but I believe I am acting in accordance with the will of the people, and in conjunction with public sentiment, and there is no law in this State that is not first crystal lized in public sentiment and then en- acted into law.
 The law outside of which Governor Tanner admits he is acting is the con stitution of the United States, which he swore to uphold and the statutes of his own State, which he has sworn to enforce. By his own confession he has set himself above and against the law, just as anarchists and criminals 6S
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-18
.ELEY44TED.

Mrs. Hiram-"Dear, I wish you'o bring home dozen Harveyized plates. '' MT. Hiram-"What do you mean?" Mrs. Hiram-''Im just curious too see what Bridget would do with them. '- Philadelphia Record.
 Jimmy-But what do you do whep you get real sleepy? You don't own IT to it, do you?
 Tommy-Naw; go to askin' paw foo' questions, an he makes me go to bed Indianapolis Journal.
 How is your son Jack getting along Mrs. Spriggins? Is he rising in the world?' Rising? Well, I guess he is.' said the old lady. Why, he begar last year as chiropodist, and now he's a barber. ."-Harper's Bazar.
 Yes" said the fat man with the frayed clothes of fine texture, T went into that deal with S10,0O0.'
 How did you come out?" asked the other man.
 "Alone. ."-Cincinnati Enquirer.
 Well" said the old lady, the wars over, Johns got his pension, the mort gage IS dOne paid OH the nule, dH now, ef we could jest have anothe' war we could git the house painted an put new door on the barn!"-Atlants Constitution.
 "Ah," he cried. Yesterday you well comed me warmly. To-day you receive me coldly. What is the cause of thi: sudden change" Don't you read thr papers?" she calmly replied, My ia. ther has just inherited cool million Chicago News.
 The German Fire Department.-'l have the honor to announce, captain that the fire is in the fourth story. anc our ladders and hose will reach onlj | to the second
 Indeed? Then we'll have to wait til
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-18
Pertinent.

To the Editor of the Journal and Courier:
 Allow me to call attention to a plank of the platform adopted at Bridgeport by the Democratic party of Connecticut in connection with the row at Wallingford on Sunday.
 We denounce the delegation to ire sponsible officers and organizations of the right to enforce laws bearing on the personal liberty of the citizens of our State. The people of the State are entitled to name their own public ser vants whose duties shall be clearly de- fined by law"
 Your report of the disturbance says; "Mr Thrasher also received at least two appeals from officials who said that the local authorities couldn't act because they were so closely watch ed by the Iaw-b breakers" It would ap- pear that public servants" should be enabled to perform duty clearly defin- ed" or not, and whatever their good in tention these men cculd not. If it's Governor Morgan next year will ht stand for good order or his party plat form, which seems to be already inter- preted as abetting riot?
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-18

ed execution of the law against Sunday selling a roaring farce in New Haven and did it require profound wisdom in our honorable mayor to inflict that worm-eaten chestnut upon our innocent western friends?
 But the discovery that knocks the others in the head is that the Panama Canal has come to life after it was so generally supposed that it died and was buried with Mons. De Lesseps and the great number of putrld regulations connected With that monumental hum bug and fraud. Many years ago the Parama fever was terror to voyagers to California via the Isthmus as well as to thousands of the poor deluded darkies who built the railroad in that pestilential hole. but the more than deadly effect of the Panama (CanaD fever on the finances of the subscribers as we'll as the characters of the pro- motors ought to be a warning to tn s generation against any more foolish ness in that big ditch If it is true that the present mane gers of that scheme have twelve or thirteen m llions of dollars on hand it only shows that there is no shortage in the crop of fools across the water and that they part with money without any great reluct- ance, and that the talk of mot money enough" should rather be there are too many fools who have lots of money
 I made brief call to-day on Major Sucher's -Four Hundred of New Ha- ven at Springside Home, where they are cared for in the palatial residence built for their use. l learned also tha Sheriff Spiegel is a close second in the matter of numbers in his institution on Whalley avenue, making in all nearly a regiment of dependents on public cfa | ity, most of whom are such because of | the blighting influence of the licensed saloon and most of them are practi' caly dead while they still move about in their restricted quarters. Add tc | these the blighted homes, neglected children, murders and suicides, all ffon | the same cause, and attempt if you vii to put over against it the revenue from ! this cursed traffic. Revenue indeed Is there sane business man who per sists in putting out five dollars to secure i one in return? If there is such ont 1 the Retreat at Middletown or the Home I for Imbeciles is the place for him, and I pardon the ''tuH' in this.
 AMMAN.
 P. S.-It seems quite evident that Pro hibition does not prohibit Sunday-sell- 1 ing and Sunday riots few miles north of us. Down with Law and Order and up with personal liberty, which means i the right of every rough and tough tc l do inst a S he plpaSeS every 6ay in the week. l.,
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An Age of Wonderful Discoveries.

To the Editor of the Journal and Courier:
 It cannot be denied that this is an age of wonderful discoveries and from that there is more-yes-lots more to follow. It looks as if things were com ing to that pass that if dear old Lord Dundreary were here and some of those questions were thrust at him which he declared mo feller ever could find out" he would reply, well just ask the big gest ass you meet tomorrow and he will tell you all about it.''
 During this present year some smart Aleck in Washington was moved to in struct the people in regard to the west ern boundary of the great Louisiana purchase under MT. Jefferson and sol emnly informed us that it did not ex- tend to the Pacific Ocean, but only to the Rocky Mountains! If he had con- suited a little work by the late MT. Blaine published by him in 1884, he could have seen an excellent map show ing the extent of the original thirteen States as well as every subsequent &C., quisition, showing that MT. Jefferson s great purchase was bounded on the west by the Rocky Mountains. As a matter of fact, no intelligent man who was past middle age ever thought or said anything else about the matter. And we are left to wonder how much salary is paid to this man in Washing ton for delivering the people from such "dreffur' delusions.
 I had several more similar discoveries that have lately been launched but this cold rain seems to have washed them away with a single exception. Not long since our honorable mayor went west and informed the people there that ''prohibition doesn't prohibit" And the air of profound wisdom with which he asserted it would lead one to think that he had made an original d's- covery Now let us see. For some years the sale of liquor on Sundays has been forbidden in this State, but what about the facts of the case right here in New Haven. The police are no doubt vigilant as they are encouraged or permitted to be; but under the pres ent administration of justice what per centage of those arrested in the very act of Sunday-selltng are ever brought to trial? How many licenses have been taken away from these offenders? How many have been fined so heavily that they were in any measure dis couraged from any further violation of the law? In short, is not the pretend
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-18
BOSS CRoKER,S BLUNDER.

Boss Croker has had such luck lately
 that he has become little careless and
 over-confident. He made a bad mis-
 take when he declined to allow Judge
 Daly to be remoninated by the Demo-
 crats and openly declared that as Judge Daily was discovered" and elected by Tammany Tammany had right to ex- pect proper consideration at his hands.
 How this action and talk strikes many in New York is indicated by the Bar Association of New York city, which
 has resolved That the refusal to nom- mate Judge Daly is direct attack up- on the independence of the bench, be-
 cause he was rejected for the reason
 that he would not permit his official action, as judge, to be controlled by the personal direction of a political manager" The Bar association went still further and resolved That MT.
 David Leventritt is not a fit person to
 be justice of the Supreme court" It appears that Leaventritt, who has been nominated by Croker, was, few years ago, sued by one of his own clients for malpractice as an attorney. The case was taken to the general term of the Supreme court and that court declared that Leventritt had been guilty of gross irregularities in attending to his clients business. She was the plaintiff in divorce suit and he ob- tained it for her illegally and irregular ly, and she, thereafter innocently re- marrying. subsequently, found her de- cree set aside and her honor seriously compromised. The court freed her from her illegal marriage and Justice Davis in his opinion declared that her trouble was due ''to several gross ir- regularities committed by the defend
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-18

ants Leventritt and another) in ob- taining the judgment"
 What the people of New York will say about the matter remains to be seen, The Republicans, by nominating Judge Daly, have given them chance to express their opinion, If they up- hold Croker in his performance they will deserve the consequences, Croker is a man of destiny, and it is possible that destiny is about to throw him down. If his present game succeeds he will be the most powerful and absolute boss that ever existed in this country And perhaps also the wickedest.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-18

The satin bodice corresponds in color to the skirt, and is either lightly yelled with tulle or quite plain except for tulle finish at neck and sleeves. A pretty tulle gown is made with silk polonaise open in front above and below the belt, tulle front being closely pleated about the cut-out and a tulle skirt showing to meet the front at the belt and all around below the knees.
 The tops of sotne new walking gowns suggest evening bodice with startling force. They are cut much like the one shown here, the yoke copying flesh tints closely, while the revers ar. different, yet are in contrast with the dress goods. This makes an unpleas- ant sight on the promenade, though the cut is a pretty one, and certainly is no better taste because it can be avoided so easily. The pictured gown was free from it. It's goods was a maroon and white crape novelty suit ing, the yoke was figured white silk and the revers were plain white silk. Chenille lacing held the bodice tab front in place, and belt and col lar were maroon and white striped ribbon. In the skirt the seam between fitted yoke and deep flounce was con. cealed by passementerie. Care should be taken with bodices of this sort that the revers do not lay further over upon the shoulders than these do. True, they are trickily planned in behalf of those women who want their shoulders masked a bit, and they effect that, but fashion does not endorse extending them further. FLORETTE.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-18

Nearly 75O,oOO letters in the course of last year were so badly dated and ad- dressed that they could neither be de- letters undelivered for one reason or another, but returned safely to the writers, were very numerous and they had inclosures, all told, of value con- siderably over e5OOOoO. Over 21, ,OOO, OOC of postal orders were issued, represent ing G26,0O0, ,00O in cash. The parcels go- ing by parcel post to or from the conti- r1ent numbered 2,0O0,O00.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-18
FASHION NOTES.
Slightly Dancing skirts.

Evening gowns with close fitted bodice, the cut-out finished with some dainty elaboration that widens to make the epaulette effect that is appa- rently the sleeve, are worn with skirt of dancing length or slightly trained
 The tulle skirt in dancing length is as pretty as ever it was, and to mee the fancy for close fitted hips is wor, under a tight fitting overdress of sil'. cut in points at about the knees. There escape the many frills and pillows of tulle to sway about the feet and ankles in the way that only the tulle skirt ac-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-18

the fire gets down to the second!"- Fliegende Blatter
 Jimmie's father asked him the other day what college he should prefer tc go to when he was through with the preparatory schools, Jimmie, with but a moments pause. replied, "Vassar," Hm' exclaimed the father, getting up and whistling softly; "h'm-Ill be hanged if I wouldn't like to go there myself. f."-New York Sun.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-18
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.

FOR GOVERNOR, GEORGE E. LOUNSRURY, ofRidgefie1d FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, LYMAN A. MILLS, of Middlefield. FOR SECRETARY OF STATE HUBER CLARK, of windham.
 FOR TREASURER, CHARLES S. MERSICIx, of New Haven.
 FOR COMPTROLLER, THOMPSON S. GRANT, of Enfield.
 FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL, CHARLES PHELPS, of Vernon.
 FOR CONGRESSMAN, Second District-N. D. SHERRY, of New FOR SHERIFF, ALBERT B. DUNHAM, of Seymour.
 FOR SENATOR, Eighth District-FREDERICK l.. AVER
 ILL, of New Haven.
 FOR REPRESENTATIVES,, JULIUS c. CABLE and JOHN V. RAT
 TLEsDORFER.
 FOR JUDGE OF PROBATE, LIVINGSTON w. CLEAVELAND, ot
 New Haven.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-18
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants Rents. and other small advertisements, One Cent Worw each in- sertion. Five Gents Word for full week (seven tlmes).
 Display advertisements, per inch, one In, sertion $1,20; each subsequent insertion: 40 cents; one week. S3.20; one month. Sl0; one year, $40.
 Obituary Notices. In prose or verse. 10 certs per line. Notices of Births, Mar riages, Deaths arl Funerals, 30 cents each. Local Notices. 15 cents per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to their own Immediate business Gall matter to be unobiectionable). and their contracts do not Include Wants, To Let, For Sale, etc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-18

The extending use of, electricity is well illustrated by it's use for lighting, mines. The candle or oil lamp of for mer days was not only dangerous in coal mines, where there is likelihood of an explosion, but it furnished very imperfect light and compelled the miner to work in semi darkness. Small elec- tric lamps, to be carried by the miners, were introduced in France; but they were objectionable on account of their weight-nearly five pounds-and also because they would burn only few hours without being recharged. The lamps are now being attached to the roofs of the galleries currents being established by means of wires. By this means an abundance of continuous light is obtained. but care must be ex- ercised in insulating the wires, to pre- vent friction or sparks, which might provoke an explosion or ignite sur rounding woodwork.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-18

At one of the Havana theaters cho- rus made up of Spanish cavalry, infan- try and artillery appears nightly and sings song that runs something like this: Here is the heroic Spanish army, which never has been beaten, and fights until it wins or perishes."
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-18

A Georgia marble man says that if all the houses not only in the United States but on the American continent were destroyed, so inexhaustible is the supply that they could every one, large and small, be rebuilt out of Georgia marble.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-18

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITy, II CENTS A WEEK, 30 GENTS A MONTH, saFoR SIX MONTHS, SC A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BY MAIL.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-18

What is said to a case illustrative of the honesty of Indians occurred be- fore the United States commissioner at St. Paul the other day when Chippewa was brought up for selling whisky to other Indians. When arraigned he pleaded guilty The commissioner, an inexperienced man, knowing him to be a pagan and believing him to be drunk, thought it best to not enter that plea. But the Indian cried out: q am guilty. Any man who says he isn't guilty when he is guilty is - liar" There could be no answer made to this.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-18

The mixed metaphor, says the De- troit Free Press, has for years been considered what is technically known as peach, but not long ago an em- bryo Henry Clay a contestant for ora torical honors in the University of Michigan, sprung one so much more rapid that in the metaphor race it may be said to win in walk. Rising up on his tiptoes and swelling out his chest like pouter pigeon, the young orator exclaimed as though he would his words might go a-thundering down the ages: ''The star of empire, tripping with light footsteps across the Atlan- tic, poises on her outstretched pinions in the air, and then pitches-and let us hope it may be forever-her tent above the dome of the Capitol at Washing ton.''
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IAE IAECARRINGToNPUBLIsHINGc co.
 OFFICE 400 STATE STREET.
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THE WEAKLY JOURNAL, Issued Thursdays. One Dollar a Year.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-18

HE OLDEST DAILY PAPER PUB
 LIsHED IN CONNECTICUT.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-18

In answer to inquiries made to Amer
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-01-17

Minister of Finance will not enable
him to make both ends meet with.
out devising some measures tn in
crease the income OF the Govern
ment. To raise the direct taxes will
not be popular movement, and a
proposition to that effect will meet
a strong opposition. An income tax
on the graduated scale is just and
fair, and it is hoped that law Gov
ering such u measure can be framed
without it's clashing with the pro-
visions OF the constitution. A spe-
cial tax on the property OF the alb
sentee landlords would be very
popular aud help to swell the
public treasury. 10 New Zealand
the absentee owners OF lands and
stocks are taxed rs percent ad ga
loren,, and we do not see why the
men living abroad, who are draining
the juice Of the Hawaiian orange,
should be treated differently. 1t is
of course only holders OF shares in
Hawaiian corporations who will be
affected by such tax, but hand
some additional revenue would be
gained il such tax would be i'm
posed on the absentees. The Gov
eminent and the legislators should
devote some time now in preparing
measures for the raising OF such
necessary revenues needed TO meet
the public expenditures for the next
two years.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-01-17

The management OF the Cyclomere
Park must see TO it that their
grounds are better lighted on Sat-
urday next than they were on the
last occasion or some one will suffer.
1t is said that the blame rested on
the Electric Light Company and
not on the Park people. Whoever
was responsible they were blame
worthy.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-01-17

How do we stand now7 Nobody
knows; for both sides have received
news satisfactory to their hopes. 1t
will be, or has been, very pretty
and bitter fight narrowed down to
principles Of high craftsmanship,
and it should be remembered that
in political movements OF import
ance it is almost invariably the un-
expected that happens.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-01-17

Let our adversaries rejoice now
We will wait a little bit on the
anxious seat before growing. 1t 10
an unpleasant sensation to jubilate
overnight on certain victory, and
TO wake up the next morning to end
that it was defeat after all.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-01-17
TOPICS OF The DAY.

On the 9th instant it was 62 votes
10 favor (9) OF annexation. How did
they stand week later, say, to-dayi
QUEEN Sabe7
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-01-17

A society" divorce case will pro.
badly appear on the calendar to be
disposen OF at tho next term OF the
Circuit Court.