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The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-13
THE NOMINATION. OF MR.

THE NOMINATION. OF MR. WE'RE.
 It certainly can't be charged that the Democratic congressional convention held in this city yesterday was ''cut- and-dried' affair Few political con- yentions are less cut-and-dried than that was. MT Webb's name wasn't mentioned until few days ago, and 10, it led all the rest yesterday, much to sure of different outcome.
 The nomination of MT. Webb is un- doubtedly a strong one, stronger than the Republicans wish it was. He is lawyer of high rank, a man of fine character and unblemished reputation, we'll known and popular. He has not been an office-seeker, but has been an unusually industrious and successful
 member of his profession. He has kept out of political strife, and therefore
 does not now enter into it with a heavy load of enemies.
 But, notwithstanding MT. Webbs un-
 questionable and conspicuous fitness to
 be a member of congress, how can he find rest for the sole of one of his feet on the Jeffersonian bimetallic platform, and for the sole of the other on the Chicago platform? The convention which nominated him indorsed both those platforms. How can he stand on both or either? And if he can find there falling room for him on both or
 either? A candidate for congress in
 this district on those platforms, or on
 either must consider the facilities for
 falling as we'll as those for standing.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-13
CLOCK WITHOUT FIGURES.

When you look at your watch and it reads 11:40 o'clock, do you notice the hours marked VIII and XII or do you only glance at the position of the hands on the dial and instantly understand what time it is? If all the arbitrary hour and minute hands were wiped out, couldn't you tell what time it is by the town clock?
 The city of Detroit is deeply involved in the settlement of these points, A huge clock has been put in the tower of the fine new postoffice building. h. stead of the customary numerals a plain black band has been put on the dial, and gilded dots mark the fleeting hours.
 A local inventor and mathematician devised it. He claims, and he is supported by Sir Edward Beckett, the great clock and watch authority, that nobody but the very ignorant believes that people tell the time" from the figures on the dial,
 A tower clock on the line of the Boston and Maine Railway in New Hampshire has, instead of the usual numerals, the letters which go to make up the words Memorial Gift. "-Manu- featuring Jeweller.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-13
WISE.

Teacher--In this stanza what is meant by the line, "The shades of night were falling fast?" Bright scholar-The people were pulling down the blinds Bits.
 Miss La Fitte-Mr. Spooner is a mod el husband. De Witte-Yes; they say he treats his wife as if he were a can didate for election and she were a vot- er.-Puck.
 ''Ef a mans wise,' said Uncle Eben, Ines boun ter run up again lots O questions dat he can't answer. But if he's smaht he won't own up to it.'- Washington Star.
 She-Did you sound papa this after noon concerning our marriage?
 He-Yes, sounded him, and I'll bet everybody in the block heard it when I struck the bottom.-Chicago News.
 Ella-Edna has eloped.
 Eiza-So I heard. Did she run away with the coachman?
 "Oh, no; it was an up-to-date elope- ment''
 "Up-to-date elopement?"
 Yes; she ran away with her caddie." -Yonkers Statesman.
 Resourceful.-"Th young man is bound to get along,' remarked Farmer Corntossel, as the music ceased. You can't down him." You mean the one who has just performed the tenor solo?'' "Yes. I like his grit. If he comes to anything he can't sing he hollers it and goes right ahead. Washington Star.
 His Opportunity.-"Pd like somethin' to eat" said the frazzled pilgrim at the kitchen door. I'm that tired and hun gry l don't know which way to turn. :" "I'll show you how to do that" encour- agingly replied Farmer Haycraft, pick ing up dull axe and leading him in the direction of the Chicago Tribune.
 The Rivals.-Mrs. Tiptop-I am sorry you were not at my reception last eve ming. Mrs. Highup (coldly)-I received no invitation. Mrs. Tiptop (with af- fected surprise)-Indeed? It must have miscarried. l had among my
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-13
FLED KANSAS.

Kansas ought to be pretty tired of Populism by this time. It has injured her credit and disgraced her in many ways. Now the superintendent of the ed, and in his letter to the governor he gives the reasons why he cannot con- tinue at the head of the institution. He shows that many of those who hold off, flee at the asylum are utterly and dis gracefully unfit for their places, and he tells some shocking stories of what has happened there. It seems that in every department of the Kansas government political sentiment has been made the test over personal character, and we are assured that the exposures at the Topeka insane asylum are only of kind with those that can be made at the Osawatomie asylum, the boys in- dustrial school, the Hutchinson reform atory and other of the State corrective or benevolent institutions. But short time has elapsed since all Kansas was shocked by the story of an inmate of the Hutchinson reformatory who was burned with hot irons by his keepers. The people of Wichita are now clamor- ing at the door of the governors office for an investigation of the case of a boy at the industrial school who was stripped naked and beaten nearly to death for some infraction of the rules. From the Osawatomie asylum come stories of modest girl attendants who were forced to resign or yield their hon. or. Incompetency has ruled at the blind and deaf and dumb asylums. In both the trained corps of teachers were dis missed to make room for politicians who never had had an hours experi- ence in teaching these classes of unfor- tunates.
 It used to be bleeding Kansas. Now it is bled Kansas.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-13

islands, was completed. Probably no vessel has ever done this before, Dr. Nathorsts intention to go to the Strof- jord was rendered impossible through heavy gales, and. having waited in vain for about wek for the weather to improve, he steered southwards, passing Bear Island again, and doing hydrographical work. The scientific work of the expedition has been most successful; they have brought back large geological, botanical and zoolog- and zoology of King Charles Land are now completely known, and there are evident important connections between tn gology of Spitzbrgen and that of Franz Josef Land.-London Times.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-13

goods supplemented by an inner frill of pinked white satin bordering the front edges and running around the hem. The heading of this frill was formed by bias folds, three bias folds of the goods trimming the body of the garment. White satin faced the collar, and narrow white pipings and hand some buttons supplied further orna- mentation.
 Most every owner of a single sealskin garment knows 10 her sorrow that about every other year is the year for making it over. This is the year, for the fashions in furs are following those in cloths. So if you are making over a garment and are counting on only second wear from it, it may be well to have it fitted as close and correctly as a cloth coat of the newer cut would be planned, but a lot of blouse front fur coats are on the market, hip and back skirts setting snugly below the belt, which is leather or ribbon. Here is the scheme laid out by the owner of a tailor dress of heavy brown broadcloth lined with orange taffeta. The bodice is snug coat to be worn open or shut over waistcoat of fancy vesting. Her sealskin coat is being remade from it's box front and big sleeve style into a jaunty blouse, drawn close in the back and allowed to pouch in front. This coat is to be lined with orange and is intended specially for wear with the broadcloth., A very jaunty hat is to be trimmed with a great bow of sealskin clasped with a bronze buckle and cov- ering the front of the brown felt. The entire costume will be stunning and not unduly expensive. FLORETTE.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-13
PENSIONS IN THE SOUTH,

Presenting further facts concerning the payment of pensions to Confeder- ate veterans or their widows or or phans, the New Orleans Times-Demo- crat says that there are S6,0OO of such pensioners in the South, receiving an aggregate yearly of $1,5O0, 900, an aver age of about $42. The ratio of pension CTS to soldiers who served in the war is one to twenty. Alabama. Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina ap- propriate each about the same sum an- nually for pension expenses, though the number of such pensions is much larger in Alabama than in the other three States. The southern States which make provision for their suryiv-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-13
STATE TICKET

FOR GOVERNOR, GEORGE E. LOUNSRURY, ,ofRidgefield FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, LYMAN A. MILLS, of Middlefie1d. FOR SECRETARY OF STATE, HUBER CLARK, of Windham.
 FOR TREASURER, CHARLES s, MEnsICIS, of New Haven. FOR COMPTROLLER, THOMPSON s. GRANT, of Enfield. FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL, CHARLES PHELPS, of Vernon.
 FOR CONGRESSMAN, Second Distriot-N. D. SHERRY, of New
 Haven.
 FOR SHERIFF, ALBERT B. DUNHAM, of Seymour.
 FOR SENATOR, Eighth District t-FREDERICK l.. AVER ILL, of New Haven.
 FOR REPRESENTATIVES, JULIUS c. CABLE and JOHN ". RAT
 TLEsDORFER.
 FOR JUDGE OF PROBATE, LIVINGSTON w. CLEAVELAND, of
 New Haven.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-13

tai in use, Seven-tenths of the 5000 factories and workshops established in the capital are the property of Italians, who also own over 1OO,OOO,Oo lire of the deposits in the principal bank. Italy's trade with the River Plate rose from 2l,OoO,OOO lire in 1885 to 56,OOO,0O0 lire in 1897, the latter figure equaling that of France. Some s65,3O Italians landed at Buenos Ayres alone between 1857 and 1897
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-13
ApYERTIsING RArEs

Situations, Wants, Rents. and other small advertisements, One Cent Worw each in- sertion. Five Gents Word for full week (seven timesl.
 Display advertisements, per inch, one In sertion, $1.20; each subsequent Insertion. 40 cents; one week, S32o; one month. Slo; one year, $40
 Obituary Notices. In prose or verse, 15 certs per line. Notices of Births, Mar r,ages, Deaths ar Funerals, 30 cents each. Local Notices 15 cents per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to their own lmpedlate business (all matter to be unob1ectionable), and their contracts do not Include Wants. 10 Let. For Sale. etc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-13

The new South isn't yet quite as new as it might be. The city council of An- napolis, Maryland, has almost unani- mously voted down resolution offered by a negro member, in which the re- cent lynching in that town was con- demned and declared disgrace to the community.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-13

DEIIyERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY,
 II CENTS A WEEK, 50 CENTS A MONTH, sSToR SIX MONTHS, SC A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BY MAIL,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-13

guests three foreign counts. Mrs. High up-So that is where they were? l de- sired to engage them last evening to wait on table at our theater party sup per, but the employment agent told me they were out.-New York Weekly.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-13

Leipzig university refuses to accept time spent at the university of Frei- burg, in Switzerland, in the count for its degrees on the ground that the teaching there has deteriorated below university standards since the Domini- can monks have obtained control The other German universities are likely to refuse to recognize the Freiburg degrees as we'll
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-13

uAECARRINGToN oNPuBLISHING co.
 OFFICE 400 STATE STREET.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-13

Cavaliere Cerboni of Rome has just written a brochure on Italian emigra- tion, in which some remarkable figures are given concerning the increase of the Italian population in Argentina. The entire inhabitants of the South Ameri- can republic number, according to the most recent census, 4,045.OO0; of these over 1000, ,0OO are said to be of Italian birth or parentage. Of the 100000 in habitants of Buenos Ayres one-third are Italians and to that nationality ba- long nearly half of the 15.O0O shops or commercial houses in that fiourishing city. controlling more than 75O 900, ,OOO lire out of the 5000, ,OOO, 900 lire of capi-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-13

According to Judge Bland of St. Louis, there is no law in Missouri which makes poverty a ground for di- yorce. For this reason he set aside the divorce obtained by a Mrs. Isabella Campbell of Springfield, Missouri. from her husband, William Campbell. He works for wages while she has S10,o0o invested and fixed income of $50 a month beside. Her only objection to him, according to the evidence, the judge said, was his poverty.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-13

A Boston mother, says the Boston Herald, was instructing her little daughter how to behave when she went to luncheon at the bishops house. ''Now, dear, when the butler hands you something the first time take little on your plate. When he comes the second time you may help yourself to a little more, but the third time you must say No, thank you just as you always do at home." So the little Boston child went to the bishops house to lunch, and came home much delighted with her visit. Did you do just as I told you, darling?" inouired mamma anxiously. T took something very nice when it was hand ed to me the first time, and then when the butler came again I took a little more. but the third time I said No, I thank you But when he came the fourth time you hadn't told me what to do, so I just thought of papa and said. No, damn you! '
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-13

The Rev. Isaac Collier, known as the .'Thoreau of Michigan is game war den of Calhoun county, in that State. For the last eight years he has lived all alone in a cottage on the shore of Goguac lave, spending his time in fish, ing, hunting and study. He is a fine botanist, has made special study of fish and their habits, and subsists on his hunting and fishing, selling fish to buy groceries and provisions, and do- ing his own cooking. His tea he makes from the wild shrub known as the Jer- sey tea, and his coffee from hickory nuts. He reads Greek, Latin, Hebrew, French, Chaldaic and Syriac.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-04-26
A w oman Saved,
A CASE OF INTEREST
TO every WOMAN.
Mrs. Henry Younghans Tells Story of Suffering
and How She Was Cured. -
From the Evening Nevs. Detroit, Mich.

Mrs. Henry Younghans, of Detroit, Mich,
who resides at 1908 Grand River Avenue,
said: Ever since our last little one came
was an invalid. For years have had the
most painful experience and would have to
lie down most of the time. After the last
baby was born | was unable to attend to my
housework. i could hardly stand up and
had dizzy spells. / wanted to sleep ali the
time and was treated by several of the best
physicians. / would have the most fearful
cramp, for which hot applications were used.
l used these hot applications until I blist-
cred myself severely.
Before our child was born had been a
strong, healthy woman and was scarcely ever
sick After he was born l grew weak and
thin, and received scarcely any help from
the medicine left by the doctors They said
| was not properly cared for and that the
baby was too strong for me. Ny back seemed
to be breaking and | was scarcely ever with
out severe headache. Could not tell you
how many different prescriptions have take
but every doctor had a different plan of treat
ing my case. / wore supports and laid for
weeks with my limbs elevated, but without
avail. One day my husband suggested that
/ try DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
rs he had read several articles in the paper
about women who had been helped by them
| was discouraged and thought must always
be an invalid, but said | would try them
after had taken the bottle of medicine
wa8then using.
81 few days after he brought me in box
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-04-26

and asked me to give them trial. I started
taking DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People that day and put the other medicine
away, thinking it would please him if / tried
the pills. Before / had taken one box felt
better. Ny husband noticed the improve
ment and bought two more boxes. kept
on using them until had taken four boxes
and was entirely cured.
Il keep them in the house now and use
them occasionally, as they are a great help
to all women. You would not have known
me two years ago. What / am to-day is
owing 10 DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People"
(Signed) Mrs. II. YoUNGHAxs.
Mrs. II. Younghans, being duly sworn,
states that she has read the above and that
it is true in every particular.
RoBKRT E. HULL, JR-, Notary Public.
Wayne County, Michigan.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
contain in a condensed form, all the elements
necessary to give new life and richness to the
blood and restore shattered nerves. They are
also a specific for troubles peculiar to females,
such as suppressions, irregularities and all
forms of weakness They build up the blood
and restore the glow of health to pale and sallow
cheeks. In men they effect a radical cure
in all cases arising from mental worry, over
work or excuses of whatever nature. Pink
Pills are sold in boxes (never in loose bulk
at so cents a box or SIX boxes for $3.50, and
may be had Of all druggists. or direct by
mail from DR.. Williams Medicine Company.
Schenectady, N. X.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-04-26

The Sullivan Hot Springs are
pleasantly situated only two
miles and half above the town
of Clayton, near the South bank
of Salmon river. Their waters
are of nice temperament for
bathing, and possess strong
medicinal qualities, sulphur pre-
dominating. This is fast becom-
ing a place of resort for invalids
and pleasure seekers. Mr.. Sui
Ivan has made great many i'm
provements for the comfort of
his guests, but the leading at
traction must ever be its healing
waters.
A carriage for the conveyance
of guests will be constantly in
attendance, and all persons wish
ing to go and return can do SO
during the day, round trip only
so cents. Two fine plunge baths
are now complete and other
conveniences viii be added.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-04-26
THE SUN WAS LATE.
Failed to Set ON Time, According 90 n
Minister'S Watch.

They were telling stories about
watches, and the man who always waits
until last had just concluded wonder
full story of how a watch of the same
make as the one he carried had dis
closed an error in the fall of the time
ball at Greenwich. England, supposed
to be the most accurate time recorder
in the world-when q minister spoke
up, says the Columbus (O.) Dispatch.
That is not SO bad. but they tell q
story equally good on DIR. -" nam
ing weli-known Columbus divine.
"Why. you see, DIR. - owns a very ac-
curate watch, of which he isquite proud.
1t happened one winter evening that he
was looking over an almanac. as the sun
was about to set. According TO the a.
mannc, the sun was due to set in
very few minutes, although II was still
somewhat above the horizon. Pulling
out his watch, the doctor exclaimed:
You had better hurry up. old sun, or
you won't get down on time Since the
almanac and the watch could not be
wrong. it follows that the sun was
behind hand" The minister's story
was voted the prize, and no more watch
stories were told that evening.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-04-26
TEnNYson.s DEVOTED WIFE.
Always the Poets Inspfratfon and His
Trusted Critic.


In 1880, on path in a wood at Som
ersby, Tennyson came unexpectedly
upon slender, beautiful girl of IL
and impulsively said to her: Are you
a dryad or an Dread wandering here? ?"
Six years later he met Emily Seliwood
again. on the occasion of the marriage
of his brother Charles to her younger
sister, says the Atlantic Monthly. The
friendship ripened into love and in sum-
mer their marriage took place.
OF his wife Tennyson said many years
later: The peace of God came into my
life before the altar when l welded
her" OF this marriage the son writes:
1t was she who became my fathers
adviser in literary matters. I am proud
of her intelligence he wrote. With her
he always discussed what he was work
ing at; she transcribed his poem; to
her, and to no one else. he referred for
a final criticism before publishing
"She, with her tender, spiritual ma
ture' and Instructive nobility of thought,
was always by his side, a ready, cheer
full, courageous, wise and sympathetic
counselor. 1t was she who shielded his
sensitive spirit from the annoyances
and trials of life, answering. for ex-
ample, the innumerable letters nd
dressed TO him from all parts OF the
world"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-04-26
WHY HE CUT THE WIRES.
Cycisst Drought Assistance by an In
genfoua Process.

The person who wrote that cleo
tricity was one of the mighty agents
of nature enchanted by the ingenuity
of man." says the Electrical Review,
can scarcely have contemplated in his
widest dreams the full extent of that
ingenuity. For instance. he is scarce
~ likely to have prophesied that
sick man, far from habitations of civ
Lization. could have cut a telegraph
wire in order 10 obtain assistance. And
yet such has really occurred The
whole of the vast continent Of Australia
was practically cut off from European
news for "a hours in the middle of
September in consequence of an inter
ruption on the line between Adelaide
and Port Darwin. Inquiries were made.
and it was found that the wire had been
cut by a cyclist who had been taken
III while on a journey across the conti
nent. 1t was not related how he set
about it, but he had the satisfaction
at any rate of getting what he wanted.
1t is not desired to establish this as a
precedent of summoning help under in
convenient circumstances.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-04-26
A PICTURE or CHINA TODAY.



Mandarindom literally goeth about
as roaring lion seeking what ii can de-
YOUR. says the North China Herald. Of
fees are held at fixed prices by metro
po.itan and provincial authorities;
taxes are collected in full, but are deci-
mated before they reach the imperial
treasury; "the big fish eat the little
fish, and the little fish eat mud" BIZ
which simi,e the Chinese proverb ex-
presses aptly the fact that the great
officials feed upon the smaller ones, and
that They in turn feed upon the people.
No official position in the empire can be
obtained without the use of money. nor
retained without illegal practices. II,
then, nothing can be hoped for from the
rulers of China, what can be said about
tie student class which is placed a. the
head of the four divisions of the people?
This class is conceited beyond endur-
ance; they still speak of the ''round
heaven and square EARTH" and dilate
upon the "five elements" Foreigners
are still to them barbarians who came
to China TO learn the laws of propriety;
the five great continents represent only
divisions of ancient feudal states trib-
utary to their country. and commerce
is despised as only being taken up by
those who have not the mental power to
master books. They wear large Cog
giles. cultivate their finger nails into
enormous lengths. assume the swagger-
ing gait with which Confucius is said to
have walked. and have silentcontempt
for all but themselves. They regard
woman as their inferior and rightful
glaYe