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The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-03
NEW HAVEN TOR PORTER.

The Republican caucuses in New Ha- ven have been very interesting, and their most interesting feature is the fact that they have made it certain that a Porter delegation will represent New Haven in the State convention. The contest has been a warm one. MT. Porter has able and efficient advocates here, chief among whom is Isaac M. Ullman, who has again shown his un- common ability in political achieve ment. The result of the caucuses is a great victory for Mr. Ullman as well as for MT. Porter, and it will have an important bearing on Republican poli- tics in New Haven for some time to come.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-03
THE MONTEREY,S FEAT.

The trip of the Monterey wasn't as Oregon, but it was very remarkable voyage. This vessel was designed for coast defense service for use on the Pacific Coast only, and when it was deemed necessary for the proper re-en- forcement of Dewey's fleet that the Monterey should essay the long ocean voyage of over 1000 miles to Manila, many were skeptical about the advisa- bility of sending the vessel on a voy- age of such length, but the necessity was so great that the orders for the vessel were promulgated. The safe ar rival of the vessel at Manila was made the cause of a great demonstration by the men of Dewey's fleet, and the honors thus given to the plucky officers and men of the Monterey were justly earned.
 The vessel behaved splenddly. She was stiff as a rock the entire trip, al- though her decks were awash most of the time Both officers and crew suf- fered intensely from the awful heat, the record being from 90 to 1O2 de- grees in Commander Lentz's cabin. while the quarters for the other off, cers were still hotter. The engine and fire rooms were like furnaces, but the men bore themselves like heroes and are deserving of the highest praise for their endurance and pluck.
 There are apparently no weak spots in the United States navy. Probably the Wyandotte could go to Manila if she were needed there.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-03
Good coun.e, for sohool-on,,d,.n.

To the Editor of the Journal and Courier:
 School will open soon, and the chill dren should be encouraged to persevere and get all the education they can while they have the opportunity. How much higher they will stand in the sstima- tion of all their acquaintances and of the community in general and how much more good they can do in the world. If they wish to travel they will be better informed and more intelli- gent.
 Some say, 1T don't want to study this or that because I hate the teacher If I had a good teacher I shouldn't hate it so." (Teachers ought to make them selves agreeable or resign.) Every one should strive to fit themselves to be able to support themselves. No one knows what reverses may come. It is best to be wise in time. That is when they are young and have the opportu- nifty. Take hold of some one thing and persist In thinking, studying, practice ing, till they become proficient in that.
 OLD SUBSCRIBER.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-03

pleasant to note that flowers, ribbon, lace and wonderful rosettes of many new designs offer themselves as equal ly attractive and a lot more suitable decoration for hats. An effort is to be made toward reviving the barnyard fowl on the hat, but women had enough of that a season or so ago, when they wore whole hens on their hats and made themselves look like old-fashion- ed hen-topped dishes for holding eggs.
 The new rosettes are really wonder full. They are so big that they consti- ute almost the entire hat. They are wired till as solid as a stone fence, though their fluttering curves seem to be wind tossed. They are made of rib bon, of tuule, and when of tulle their solidity and yet their look of airiness is wonderful; of straw, chiffon, fibre materials, of pretty much everything. They remind one of butterflies, of great luxuriant poppy flowers, of puff balls. of anything airy and brilliant. They bid fair to be as much a feature of the coming seasons millinery as were the great rolls of materials last year.
 Even hat trimmed with a f,ill-grown Golden Bronze turkey would deserve considerate attention If worn with the dress that this pictured bird trimmed hat accompanies. It was to be classed as quite as fine feathers as those on the hat. It was white mousseline de soie over a while taffeta foundation, skirt rutfied half way up with mousse line. Its garniture consisted of point ed tunic of black chantilly. The same materials were used for the bodice. the white mousseline being gathered at the neck and waist, and the lace covering front and back alike, large butterfly bow ornamenting the front. Black vel vet ribbon was used to trim the collar.
 FLORETTE.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-03
SOME GEORGIA LOAN COMPANIES.

When thelegislature of Georgia comes together next month it will be asked to legislate for the suppression of a number of so-called loan companies which are preying on the improvident negroes, particularly the negro women. These concerns, although not incor- which to terrify their debtor victims The amount loaned to an individual varies from $1.50 to s2.5O A chattel mortgage Is taken and four notes are given by the borrower. Thus for a loan of $1.50 the debtor gives four notes for 65 cents each, the first pay able in a week, the second in two weeks, the third in three and the fourth in four. For a s2 loan the four notes are 80 cents each, and for $2.50 loan they are 95 cents each. If the notes are not met the debtor, on paying the interest (amounting in four weeks on a loan for s1.50 to $1.1O, is allowed to re- new the obligation on the same terms as before, and so on indefinitely An attorney to whom some of the negroes appealed made a calculation on a schedule given in court in a case tried, and found that the interest on $159 for one year was $2640.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-03
FASHION VOTES.
Whole IlIrtln Again.

Not all of next seasons millinery will be worn so strikingly as is the hat pie tured below, but In one point this bit of headgear is typical of what is to come, That is in It's trimming. A lot of the new hats are bird-trimmed. Dealers declare that the birds are all on made bodies,' but, alas! many real body must be sacrificed to secure the plum age that ornaments the counterfeited form. After all, it isn't humanity that substitutes the artificial body; it has been found that the artificial birds sew on much more easily, that's all. It is
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-03
SPAIN AS A REPuRLIC.

Twenty-Five years ago Spain was a republic. Her existence during this pe- riod was more stormy than at any oth- CT time during her history. So uncer- tain was the republic that the United States and Switzerland alone recog- nized it as a legal government. The other nations held aloof, knowing that the republic would be of short duration. And so it proved. The republic lasted
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-03
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants, Rents, and other small advertisements, One Cent Worw each in- sertlon. Five Cents Word for full week (seven times).
 Display advertisements, per inch, one m, no sertlon, $1.20; each subsequent Insertion, ~ cents: one week, s3.2o; one month. $1o; one year, $40. ,
 Obituary Notices, in prose or verse; 10 cents per line. Notices of Births, Mar riages, Deaths anI Funerals, 30 cents each. Local Notices, 15 cents per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to thelr own immediate business Gall matter to De Include Wants. To Let For Sale, etc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-03

Long investigation of the effect of water on teeth, made in Bavaria and Sweden, shows that decay bears a def1- mite relation to the hardness of the wa ter. The harder the water, the better the teeth, and the smaller the quanti- ty of calcium and magnesium salts, the greater the decay.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-03

There are 23o, 1000, 900 copies of news papers published every month in the United States, and yet occasionally a new paper is started to supply "a long felt want.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-03

jesty called for an adjutant, and asked him the name of the officer on duty that day 1t is Captain x, Your Ma jesty. VIII you kindly remember me to Captain K, then, and tell him I of ten think of him, though have not had the pleasure of seeing him for quite long time Madrid Correspondence of the London Telegraph.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-03

Pet dogs in London wear chamois shoes when in the house, to protect pol ished floors from scratches.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-03

DELIvERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY, II CENTS A WEEK, 50 CENTS MONTH, $3roR SIX MONTHS, SC A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BY NAH.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-03

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 OFFICE 400 STATE STREET.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-03

M. de Grandsaignes, in his recent work on spontaneous combustion, aff1rms that the term is misnomer, since all combustion must of necessity have some cause, but comedies the con- yenience of the expression. His defini- tion of it is "the carbonization of a body, whether accompanied by flame
The sun., 1898-06-12
Interesting Story of a Hat

A number OF literary men were
gathered in the reading room of the
Clayton House one day this week.
The conversation was, of course,
brilliant, and the repartee sparkled with
lnirth and wit. During lull in the talk
an old Southern darky, grizzled with
age, poked his head in and then slowly
drew his body in after him. An at
tepdant started to eject him, when one
OF the gentlemen cried:
"Wait a moment! Let's see what the
old boy wants"
The darky bobbed up to the table
where this gentleman sat and held out
his hat. Throwing wink to his neigh
bors the gentleman took the hat, and
making show Of placing something into
it, passed it on to the next man, who did
likewise. The hat made tour OF the
room to the puzzled wonder of the
darky. The last to receive it solemnly
handed it back with a polite bow,
There, sir, don't you think you have
something to be thankful for?'
The old darky looked solemny around
the company, and mechanically taking
the hat, he said:
"Gen'men, Use indeed glad dat got
eben de hat back
The reply was 50 thorougly enjoyed by
the company that the darky left the
place a much richer man than when he
had entered it,
The sun., 1898-06-12
CHARTING THE STARS,
Made Easy by Photography Which
Was Impossible
Before.

With every increase in the power OF
the telescope there are discovered myr-
lads of stars before unknown to man. The
naked eye can not distinguish stars
lower than those of the sixth magnitude.
1t can not see the satellites of the plan
cts Or the rings of Saturn, but by the aid
of the telescope we can photograph stars
of the fourteenth magnitude
There are endless other stars of varied
colors that are family and doubtfully
seen through the most powerful lens. The
utmost limit of distinct vision by the Or
dinary telescope is thought to have been
reached by the Yerkes instrument at
Chicago, but it is possible some other
means OF magnifying the remotest stars
may be invented
Attempts to chart the stars were made
even before the days of the telescope,
one patient astronomer showing, as the
work of a busy lifetime, a catalogue of
1920. For centuries this was regarded as
an almost superhuman achievement.
Later the work was divided among a
number of observers, but when the tele-
scope revealed some 10000 points OF light
it was thought to be impossible to make
trustworthy chart.
Then came the Photographic art. As
Flammarion remarks, the task impos-
sible to man may be done in single
hour by telescope photography. 1t is
found that the artificial retina, or sensi-
tized film, is more sensitive than the
natural retina, the prints from phOtogra.
phic negatives showing stars and nebulae
invisible to the eye through the same
telescope.
The work of charting stars now goes
merely on under the supervision Of a
congress of astronomers. Flammaron
gives table of the probable number of
stars to be catalogued down to the four
teenth. 1t is singular fact that in the
list as he gives it the number of stars of
any magnitude is about three times that
OF the preceding magnitude, except in
the case of the sixth. There are OF the
first magnitude, SO of the second, IS of
the third, and so on. He estimates that
there are 27,0O0,000 of the fourteenth.
The sun., 1898-06-12
A New Charley Ross Case.

Another case like that of Charley Ross
took place in Chicago lest week. Louis
Lapiner, an insurance agent, lives with
his wife and children at 1885 Prairie
avenue.
The youngest child, Gerald, is five
wears old and the pet OF the neishbor-
hood. The other day the children
wanted to go for walk, and Gerald OBJ
tained permission to accompany them.
He went out Of the house first and stood
for moment in front oftle door. A
fashionably dressed woman came around
the corner of Forty-eighth street and
called the little boy to her side. After
speaking few words to. him she took
his hand and walked south. Persons in
the windows of the houses across the
street saw this.
The family did not know that the boy
was outside the house. When his alb.
sence was discovered all began to search
! for him. A woman across the street told
how he went away. Then the police
we're notified and all the detectives on
the South side were put to work.
Mr.. Lapiner is man OF wealth, and
the theory is that the child is abducted
in the hope Of getting a reward for his
return. Every place in Chicago and
vicinity has been searched for the boy,
but no trace of him can be found
The detectives think that he had been
taken to New York or some other east
ern city, and have shown his photograph
to dozens of conductors and trainmen in
the hope OF having him recognized. So
far all has been in vain. Mrs. Lapiner
is much affected by the loss of her son,
and sits in dazed condition on the
piazza of the house all day long.
The sun., 1898-06-12
The sfatansas Mule.

All hail the sailor brave and cool
OF Dewey's bold flotilla;
For Spain has lost another mule
e Away1off In Manila.
A piece Of shell took of his tail,
He gfinned the shattered bomb Mt
at Is our fleet" he said. "that meet
The foe in brilliant combat
A solid shot took of his ears;
He smiled smile of mystery,
And said, "This will turn outa
Brilliant page In Spanish history"
His larboard legs were shot away,
Yet still with smile sarcastic,
II am not mad he said, "or sad;
I'm just enthusiastic
Another shotl What fragments those
That Uttered up the bay 50?
That mule so coy just died Of JOY
The Spanish papers say SO.
The sun., 1898-06-12
HISTORY.

Popular belief associates the
"King's Evil' with blood poi
soning and it is interesting to
here review the history of this
impression. The Kings Evil
first appears in History just prior
to the Twelfth Century when
Edward the Conqueror imagined
he possessed the miraculous gift
of curing certain diseases by the
simple touch and by pronouncing
a few sacred words. After the
example of Edward, the King of
France, became celebrated for
the skill with which they cured
scrofula, goitre, etc., by his pro-
cess. Scrofula then became unil
versally known as the King
Evil and is to-day sometimes as
luded to by that name. Such a
methodof cure has been claimed
to be the peculiar attribute of the
sovereigns of England and
France, but history does not san
tion this, for it appears to have
been not unfrequently employed
in Scandinavia, and to have been
derived from the mystical prac-
tees Of the Divide in curing dis
ease. The exact words used for
the cure of Scrofula by the
French Kings were:-"Le roi te
touche, Dieu te guerisse.'
In this enlightened age no.
body would be silly enough to
trust a case of Scrofula to King
or his words unless it happened
that the King aforesaid, had a
diploma or two from medical
colleges of good repute. At this
writing none of the Kings in our
circle of acquaintance have taken
up the study OF medicine and we
therefore suggest that every man,
woman and child suffering from
this dreadful disease send fifty
cents to DR.. Jonathan G. Tru-
man, Lemon City, Fla, for a
bottle of "Marvelo." There is
but one cure for the Kings Evil
for Scrofula-and that one
cure is Marvelo. This marvel
Gus preparation can only be OBJ
tanned of DR.. Jonathan G. Tru-
man, Lemon City, Fla.
NorE-The Historical informationcon-
tained in these advertisements will be
fonnd to be absolutely accurate and stu
dents Of history will do we'll to preserve
them for future use
The sun., 1898-06-12

1.-THE Family, a Divine Ordinances" Sun.
d.,y school and Children's Day exercises,
2 j. M, in Sunday school hall; Epworth
League, 6.45 pm; evening sermon, 7.45,
subject, Thought and Character.
First Methodist Protestant Church,
Seventh and Walnut streets, Rev. George
L. Wolfe, pastor. Sunday school, y
a. M; preaching, 1890 a. M, subject,
LAS and So;" Sunday school, 2 p. m.;
Y. P. S. C. E. at $50 p. m; evening
sermon, 7S0 p. M, subject, "Human
Responsibilities" :,
Oiivet Presbyterian Church, Fourth
and Broome streets. Rev. j. r. Milligan,
D. D., minister. Communion services,
1890 a. m.; Children's service, 7.O pm.
Sunday School, Up. m.
The sun., 1898-06-12
. X.Ray Plant for Manila.

An X-rav plant has been shipped to
San Francisco to be shipped from there
to Manila. 1t is for the use of the sur
geons of our army in the Philippines.
Army surgeons have been experimenting
with X.ray apparatus for the past three
or four years. These experiments have
shown that about 30 per cent. of the
operations that would have to be made
ordinarily can be avoided by the use of
the X-ray plant. Other plants have been
sent TO Tampa, and two or three are now
supposed to be on their way with our
troops to Cuba.
The sun., 1898-06-12
Dogs of War.

For ten years every military company
in Germany has included its pack OF
dogs, which are in charge of petty Of.
ficer, who is excused from all duties in
the afternoon that he may train the ami
mails for their work. The short-haired
German pointer, poodle and shepherd
dogs are employed, and they are taught
to carry messages or ammunition, hunt
up the dead and to give signals First
the dog learns to stand in line, to obey
attention." to bark at command, to
guard any article and to 60 search for
lost belongings.
The sun., 1898-06-12

NoTE-The Historical informationcon-
tained in these advertisements will be
fonnd to be absolutely accurate and stu
dents Of history will do we'll to preserve
them for future use
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-01-19
Suicide.

Statistics show, as nearly as can be
calculated, that the number of suicides
in this country last year was 5000. OF
these, 1854 poisoned themselves and
2,136 shot themselves, while $40 found
death by hanging and 500 by drowning.
There were 5, ls6 men and 1,414 women.
1t has been found that in each year
following an epidemic of grip there is
an increase in the number of suicides
because, it is thought, of the despon-
dency which seems to follow an at
tack of that disease in many persons.
Physicians outnumber any other pro-
fession in the number they contribute
to the roll of the self-destroyed.
1t is not agreeable to contemplate
these figures. They sum up mass of
human misery, hopelessness, insanity
or cowardice. They compose a statis-
tical tragedy that is most pitiful
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-01-19
Bad Roads and Oil.

In the lower southwest fields, where
the new pools are now in course of de-
velopment, operators are seriously
handicapped on account of the bad and
almost impossible condition of the
roads. The West Virginia operator
has good many serious and trouble
some embarrasments to make his life
anythirg but pleasant Last summer
for several months the draught inter
fered with work in many parts of the
state. The open winter and bottom
less roads are now greater hind
rance. contractor engaged in drill
ing in the new pool near Centeryille is
authority for the statement that it is
more expensive to transportsupplies 10
the field than the first cost of material
when purchased from dealer-Pitts-
burg Post.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-01-19
NEW GAS FIELDS.

Notwithstanding the reckless and
store of fuel, natural gas, ever discov-
cred by man, there still appears to be
plenty of it. to add for many years to
come to the wealth of this marvelously
endowed territory of which Pittsburg
is the center. We now find this mys-
terious product of natures hidden re-
torts flowing in tens of thousands of
homes and factories with steadiness
and reliability never before equaled,
and we are constantly hearing of the
discovery of new fields, where the sup
ply has been safely sealed through the
ages, and where the drill, piercing the
highly charged rocks, permits it to
emerge to become the thousand-armed
servant of man. An instance of this is
found in our news columns of tnis morn
ing, which tell of the contemplated
rapid construction of new line to a
new and rich territory.
We have learned not only not to waste
this precious product, but we have in
some measure repaired the effects OF
our former waste by improvements in
the methods of bringing it from the
wells and by more economical methods
of use. 1t is now comparatively easy
task to put in place the appliances for
bringing it scores of miles, and we are
thus able to lay under contribution an
extent of territory covering thousands
of square miles. Thus, while we will
never cease to regret and chide our
selves for our former spendthrift mad
ness, the end of the era of gas is still
afar off, and the consequences of our
folly are not so serious as they at one
time appeared. --Pittsburg Times.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-01-19
POETRY AND SCIENCE.
A Blank Verse Description of the
Subtle Magnetic Fluid.

A Blank Verse Description of the
Subtle Magnetic Fluid.
Philosophers and physicists are COM
monty supposed to be too deeply en-
crossed in dry facts and figures 10 have
time for the poetical Interpretation of
science, but the definition of electricity
given to an inNuiring young woman by
the late Calico Ferraris is direct con-
tradiction of this. To her question he
answered.:
"Since Maxwell has demonstrated
that the vibrations of light might con-
sist of periodical changes of electro
magnetic forces, and as Hertz has given
Maxwelps theory an experimental basis
with his proof of the similarity existing
between electromagnetic waves and
light waves, the belief becomes more
and more firmly established that this
light-conveying ether and the medium
in which the electric and magnetic
forces act are identical. Therefore
may we'll reply to the question, o studi-
Gus and charming maiden: What is
electricity" that It is not only the fear
full agent which at times lights up the
heavens suddenly and startles the soul
with its loud clapping of thunder, but
also the life-giving and lfe-awakening
cause which, as light and heat, brings
forth the magic color and the breath of
life, which transmits to thy heart the
pul"ations of the universe and awakens
in rhy soul the charm of glance and
smiles"