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The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-27
CHANGED.

Elsie-My husband is very hard to please. Louise-He must have changed consideraly since he married you.-Tit- Bits.
 He (who has just been accepted)-- What is more delightful than kiss? -(blushingly and in whisper)- Two.-Tid-B Bits.
 Your father says we can't marry un- til I have $50,000, and I haven't cent. Never mind, dear. I'm willing to wait, if it takes six months. Life.
 The Easterner-I suppose they have some tall buildings in Chicago?
 A Denizen-Tall? Why, actually, sir, there's snow on the top of our sky scrappears" all the year round.-Har- per's Bazaar.
 Mrs. Weeds-Until a woman marries again she never can forget her first hus- band.
 MT. Phlighman-No, and when she does marry she won't let her second forget him.-New York Ledger.
 Customer-Do you think this med icine will have the desired effect? Druggist-Oh, yes; I'll guarantee it to 
 have no faith in charms. Druggist Neither have I.-Chicago News.
 Mrs. Boston-Doubtless heaven is a blissful place. but think of the people who have gone there! Mrs. Upperly- Yes; but then, one need not mingle with the throng, otherwise it could not be an abode of bliss.-Waif.
 Tt is quite an honor, I'm sure" said the mosquito, in reference to the bar at the window, that this should be put up solely on my account" ''The gall of the creature!' exclaimed the fly. I'd like to know where I come in?''-Bos- ton Transcript.
 Little John (after casting his penny into the fund for the Bamalam Island ers)-I wish I was a heather! Sabbath school teacher-O, Johnny! Why do you wish such an awful thing as that? ''The heather don't never have to give nuthin'-they're always gettin' some thin. Truth.
 After Eve had partaken of the fruit of the tree of knowledge, she became very unhappy. T suppose she now
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-27
GITE IT THE JVYANDOTTE.

There's always a fly in the ointment.
 Here is the Providence Journal, which
 is about as well situated and surround
 ed as it can be. It has abundant pros-
 perity, appreciation and respect. It
 can get good clans at any time, and
 there is fine new railroad station for
 it to admire and praise And yet it is
 not quite happy. The tooth of envy is
 gnawing it, and the worm of discontent
 is squirming in it's interior department.
 Attend to its plaint In time of peace
 almost any coast town, apparently, can
 have a warship for the asking-almost,
 but not quite, every city. Providence
 is conspicuous exception. Our ships
 parade up and down the Maine coast.
 They go to Gloucester, Galveston, up
 the Mississippi to New Orleans, and
 even up the St. Lawrence for the Cana
 dians to look at, but they do not come to Providence. Since the Rebellion, when gunboats came up here to get new engines or be repaired, no war vessel has ever shown itself at Providence save the little gunboat Newport, which was sent up here year ago to satisfy our curiosity. Our warships have fin- ished fighting and blockade duty, and are now going here and there among our coast cities to give the people a
 chance to see what a fighting ship is like. Here are 250,000 people in and
 around Providence who would like to
 see these naval veterans. Why do we invariably get the cold shoulder?
 We move that the Journal have what it wants, or as near what it wants as there is. Why not give it a sight of that noble old warship the Wyandotte, which has passed in safety and in glory through two wars, and has also suc-
 cessfully resisted the attacks of the oysters which prey in New Haven har- Dor? New Haven has rejoiced in the Wyandotte, and there is no reason ap- | parent why she would not satisfy the
 Providence Journals longing. If the Journal should want more than the Wyandotte it would be too unreasona- | ble for further consideration. The Wy l andotte has satisfied this University, old town-born city, and it certainly 1 ought to satisfy the Journal.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-27
4 CH1NCE FOR DREYFUS.

When the villainous Colonel Henry confessed and cut his throat he did two
 good things. He got off the earth he was cumbering and he made it impossi-
 ble for the French government to per
 sist in refusing to revise the Dreyfus
 case. Since Colonel Henry's suicide
 France has been in ferment, and the
 eyes of all the civilized peoples have
 been turned in wonder or scorn upon
 her. At meeting of the French cabi-
 net yesterday, all the ministers being
 present, a decision was taken in favor
 of a revision of the trial of Dreyfus,
 who was degraded on charges of selling
 military secrets to foreign power, and
 sentenced to imprisonment on DeviPs
 Island, near Cayenne. The documents in the case will be sent to the Court of Cessation.
 We read that the crowds of French people who were awaiting the decision of the cabinet loudly cheered the min isters and shouted 'Vive la revision" when the decision was announced. There will be much shouting in Paris during the coming proceedings, and it will not all be in approval of right and fairness, for, as M. Clemenceau says: France is divided into two camps, those who conceive that the interests of the country depend upon the con- cealment of facts by lies, and those who have a sufficiently high esteem for the country not to separate patriotism from the aspirations of justice and truth" The situation is a strange and an om- inous one. It is to be hoped that the truth will now be made plain, and jus- tice be done, even if the queer honor of the French army suffers.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-27
4 BALTIMORE EXPERIuENT.

Baltimore is learning that even a
 school-syste!n can be too rigid and too regardless of human prejudice. The experiment of having one session daily in all the schools, the primary and grammar as well as the high schools, is being tried in Baltimore Thus far it appears to suit the teachers rather than the parents. The latter are clam orous in their assertions that the sys- tenn is ruining the digestion of the children and upsetting domestic order at home. As arranged now, the ses- sion lasts in the grammar schools from g a. m. to ? p. m., and in the primary schools to P. III. Time is allowed for
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-27
OUR MILITARY MISMANAGEMENT
 AND ITS CAUSE.

Men go to war to fight. To fight means at times to march all night, to go hungry, and go wet Those with no stomach for such adventure should stay at home; it is not a pleasure outing. But the deprivations that come as the natural course of things may be greatly and unnecessarily increased through unlearned, stupid management, and of this there was much in the Santiago campaign.
 It might not inappropriately be called a campaign of blunders First of all was the infirmity of purpose at Washing ton; then the choice of Tampa, utterly unsuited to be either point of mobil- ization or departure. Its one railroad track was blocked for miles and for days with the supplies for which the troops were waiting at Tampa. The quartermaster deficiencies alone would fill book deficiencies so glaring as to make one stare, the lack of system in loading transports, which made con- fusion in the unloading; mixing of hos pital supplies with general merchand- ise; and the storing deep in the holds of the transports things wanted first, while things not wanted were heaped on top.
 There were incompetent officials in
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-27
VALUABLE LITERARY FINDS.

A literary find, writes correspondent has been made in Bristol by the chief librarian, MT Norris Matthews, which should set other provincial librarians searching amid their old volumes and musty packages. But few libraries are endowed, as Bristol is, with large col lection of fifteenth century books; and MT. Matthews, in carefully examing lumber-room bundles, has brought to light some great prizes. One work, discovered in a brown paper bundle covered with dust was the De Civitate Dei' of St. Augustine, printed at Basic in 1479 Some most important works have been found to have been bound up with other works, but unnoted in the lettering of the volumes, and so lost sight of. Two of these-one printed in 1499 and the other in 1516-have inn portant links with Corbet and Chatter ton, the 1499 one being a copy of Poyn- sons edition of the 'Promptorium Par vulorum,' with some MS. notes and an antique alphabet in the margin, SUD- posed to be by the hand of Chatterton.
 Among the collection are valuable MMS. on vellum and parchment, one miscellaneous collection, done at St. Marks Monastic House at Bristol in the year 1902 containing form of con- fession, instructions how to know good spirits from evil spirits, an essay in praise of the virtues of rosemary, and other medieval eonceits. The whole collection of early printed books num- bers about 400 volumes, and over a hum dred of these have been recently brought to light Bristol certainly is indebted to MT Matthews, for by his careful labors he has added large sums to the intrinsic value of the library, as well as discovered valuable links in the history of the city, and treasures to feast eye and mind of all bibliophes. He read an interesting paper on his discoveries at the Librarians Congress l Southport, this Week,-London Acad- | emy,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-27

this way or not. That Is point to re- trimming were cream embroidered malines, the dress goods being silver gray nuns yelling. On the gathered bodice were ripple revers and collar of pleated yelling striped with the malines. Vest and stock collar were of rose pink mousseline de soie, and striped green and pink ribbon was used for the belt, which passed beneath the revers' ex- tension. Of course a skirt trimmed in this way will not turn dumpy woman into a picture of fragile slenderness. Nothing will do that, but it will inn prove her appearance greatly, and give her reason to rejoice, with other wom- en, over the beauties of the new fash ion.
 Milady no longer wears wrapper ex- cept in the bedroom and for the brief run to the bath tub, or possibly for that lazy lounge in her easy chair af- ter the bath and before breakfast is brought up. For other negligee uses she wears lovely lawn or silk trained skirts with lots of frills, topped by a loose empire jacket all frills and inser- tion This jacket either very high and close about the neck, or for the woman sure of her early morning looks, is squared out at the neck to show the rise of the throat. Brides just back from their honeymoon wear with these negligees little caps to match, and with the cap the neglige is all right for the cosy breakfasts that are feature of the prolonged honeymoon.
 FLORETTE.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-27
FASHION NOTES.
Trimmed to Add Height

The softly flowing skirts that are now
 the fashion favor tall women to whom they add grace, even to lanky figure.
 Of the women of less height, the slen- der ones are the better suited, and the dumpling girl has the least thanks to offer for this change to really admir- able skirt. For the latter grade of wo- men was the skirt of the accompany ing picture. Vertical lines of trimming over it's full length will add to it's wearer's apparent height and they will always do so, whether applied in just
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-27
STATE TICKET

FOR GOVERNOR, GEORGE E. LOUNSRURY, of fRidgefield FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, LYMAN A. MILLS, of Middlefield.
 FOR SECRETARY OF STATE, HUBER CLARK, of Wtndham.
 FOR TREASURER, CHARLES S. MERSICK, of New Haven.
 FOR COMPTROLLER, THOMPSON S. GRANT, of Enfield.
 FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL, CHARLES PHELPS, of Vernon.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-27

knows more than she cares to tell, unused Adam, pityingly. Everybody IS doubtless aware how perfectly sad 1t IS with a woman in that condition of mind.-New York Journal.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-27

The Maine w. c. T. U. is consistent The other day 1t voted that one of it's members, who had addressed the chair upon the subject of wearing birds feathers for personal adornment, be re- quested to remove the ostrich feather from her hat.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-27

First Assistant Postmaster General Heath says that postmasters may take the stump if they do not neglect their official duties. Probably there will be no complaint about such neglect.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-27
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants, Rents, and other small advertisements, One Cent a Worw each in sertion. Five Gents a Word for full week (seven times).
 Display advertisements, per inch, one In. sertlon, $1.2O; each subsequent insertion. 40 cents; one. week, $3.20; one month. $1O; one year, $40.
 Obituary Notices in prose or verse. 15 cents per line. Notices of Births, Mar rages, Deaths anI Funerals, 90 cents each. Local Notices, 15 cents per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to their own Immediate business Gall matter to be unab1ectlonable); and their contracts do not
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-27

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY, U CENTS WEEK, 50 CENTS MONTH, s3FoR s1x MONTHS, $6 A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BY MAIL.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-27

On the corner of Chestnut and American streets, in Philadelphia, is located a building that at first glance would seem to reflect seriously, the Record says, on the sanity of it's pro- jector, but several prosperous tenants testify to the financial shrewdness of the owners. From outside to outside of the walls, the structure is exactly five feet wide. It is 150 feet deep and there are four stories Every room in it is occupied by a shop of some kind or by families, who seem to be con- tented with their lot. The walls are over one foot thick. and this leaves less than one yard for the inside space Therefore, it is a physical impossibility for the tenants to occupy a full-sized bed. If they desire to sleep it must be on a cot, and the sleeper extends his body from north to south. Among the numerous industries in this contracted building are tailor shop, restau- rant, printing office, a sign-painting establishment and cigar store.
 The Chinese government has given the Picking syndicate, limited, of Lon don, the sole right to work the coal
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-27

It is estimated that there are 3,120 900 cyclists in Germany, each one of whom had to pay tax of 50 cents to have his name entered and to receive number for his machine, together with a book, which he must carry about him, as it contains description of his person.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-27

A London woman's pet hobby is the collection of all sorts and sizes of but tons. Some of the enamel and minia- lure painted ones are veritable works of art, while paste and precious metals worked in various ways supply other fascinating specimens. The greatest rarities are two Chinese official but tons, which in reality are decorations, and buttons from off garments known to have been worn by Marat, Robe spierre, Charles Dickens, Walter Scott, Washington, Nelson. Byron, Defoe, George H., George III, Napoleon, Vel lington, Bismarck, Irving, Garfield and numerous other celebrities of both sex es. The collection numbers some 10000 specimens, ranging from the common est bone button to enamel ones set in real gems valued at as much as $175
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-27

The City of Monroe, Louisiana, which is building a bridge across the Red river, is surprised. The work on the bridge is now practically completed, and it has just been discovered that the structure will be ninety feet too short, to erach all the way from bank to bank, The city has declined to be responsible for further work on the structure unless it be made long enough to be of use. As the plans were made by an engineer employed by the bridge company the city seems to have a good case. All the trouble came about because the engineer drew his plans according to an old govern ment map instead of making measure ments personally.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-27

ahBCARRINGToN oNPUBLIsHING co.
 OFFICE 400 STATE STREET.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-27

Signor Alessio, an Italian pianist, is said to have invented a system of ar ranging piano chords so that they can- not lose the tension imparted to them or get out of tune on account of the weather. The invention affects all the chords alike, and preserves their har- monic distances from each other in such way that, though it may be pos- sible for the whole pitch of a piano. forte to rise or to fall, it is impossible for any single note to get out of tune. The apparatus is simple, and is said to be applicable to all kinds of pianos.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-07
P"iicem"nt are not Responsible No
Town IN the State has 4 better set of of
1i,.,Ars.
LIQUOR SELLING IN pnoEl.us.

ClliH"Es Claim that the Law is Daily
Violated
1ne inevitable is sure TO take place.
III Ph"ebus next year. at which time. Il
systematic and we'll supported cam
palSh IN favor of Incorporating the
town VIII be inauguratcd. The people
declare that they can no longer endure
the violations II law which have made
IN" name of the town the synonym for
immortality throughout the STATE II
may surprise some Of the readers of the
DailN l'resS To be told that this moves
inent is not alone in the hands of the
religious and temperance. clements of
the community, but that it has for its
friends numbers of Well known saloon
men.
While it is not denied that the li,t,,or
laW-cspeciallN the statute furbtluin.
The sale Of ardent spirits on Sundays
iiagrantly violated. comparatively few
people even within the limits of the
town are aware Of the extent Ia which
the iransSressions have been carried
II was expected Il month CT two ago
when L special grand Jury was sum.
n,oned to consider the dcplurahl.. state
OF affairs alleged To exist in phoch,ls
and to take action looking to !. speedy
ana permanent change for the better
that the hand of the lax would be laid
upon offenders With Il vigJr which
would insure peace and good order Ii,
is to be regretted. however that no
such results have followed the recon-
mendations of the jurors While i, can
not be disputed that there has not been
so much open disorder. 1t is |, fac,
which cannot be disguised that the tide,
OF secret mischief. pushed IN by men
who are wholly irresponsible ana abso-
lutely useless as citizens has been rum
ming hiEhe: than ever. ."..
1t is easy TO understand. therefore
why the incorporation movement has
been started. People who diSapprovc
of the sal5on business want protection
from that class Of men enga ged in it
who care nothing about the manner in
which! their places are conducted or the
kind Of liquor they dispense so long as
the nicliles Keep rolling in. The better
class of saloon men have reached the
point at which they feel that unless
something is done !: sentiment which
Will endangcr the entire traffic will
spring UP. They claim that it is use
less to look for amy improvement as
matters now stand. No Que is punished
for infrartions nf the law. and it would
seem that no one entcrtains the least
fear of being punished. Hence. the
only thing 10 d. is t" incorporate.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-07
pRJI,jS ITEMS

The balloon ascension advertised to
take place at Bucltroc Beach last even
ing was a failure, the manager explain
ing that it was impossible To initiate the
balloon on account of the high Wind.
Many people were disappointed but no
ore. perhaps. more than Mr.. HeWins.
manager of the excellent hotel.
Hon. stephen y. 1!lkins. Of West Nr-
gina. is a guest at the Chamberlin.
The soldiers had n high time at Phoc-
bus late yesterday afternoon and laSI
night. Every man had money and spent
it literally. in a short time after
reaching the town scores We're intoX-
icated and for several hours the police
mon expected serious trouble.
a crowd Of volunteers made things
lively for the trainmen and passengers
on the cars from Newport News. They
fired off their revolvers and engaged in
other belligerent demonstrations.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-07
AN uP-To-DA1E YOUNG LADY,

big and kindly policeman had a
little tot by the, hand. and he was fol-
lowed by crowd which pestered him
with suggestions until he more than
once showed signs of losing his natur-
ally good temper.
Some one had told him that the tiny
little girl who toddled by his side was
lost, and dozen or more knew that
her home lay in as many different d.
rections.
To all his questions tho little one
would only reply
Mes hungry; me want something
to eat"
The bluecoat urged the baby girl to
tell him where she lived. and then
mamma would give her her dinner. but
she only dragged at his big rough
hand. drawing him to the corner Of the
street, where there was cake shop
When they reached this the kind
hearted fellow took her in aud bought
her plenty to eat out of his own pocket.
Then he again asked her where she
lived. but she still cried 0..
Mes thirsty; ME wants a dink"
Back again the whole length Of the
street went the pair. followed by the
crowd. until at another corner they
reached Il soda water fountain, and
there the little lost child was re-
called with Il cooling drink.
Then as the policeman failing to
lind any one who could tell him where
the child lived, was about to march her
to the police station, the little tot
smiled up into his eyes and said
Mes seepy now. Doodby. Me dom
home"
She slipped into Il doorway which
they bad passed Il dozen times. shout
ing Mamma! mamma! Mes been
for nice walk Wiz u real live great
big cop:"
And the crowd cried. Does your
| mother know yer out?" to the police
| man.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-07

a ChNssx.t. Meeting.

plump and rudy gentleman on a
bicycle rolled con;entedy dawn Fiji
teenth Street the other afternoon. At
New York Avenue he met Il young
woman on wheel. and turned sharply
aside to avoid Il cts.iision. She tackled
III the same direction. saw her error,
and turned the otncr way just as the
plump gentleman acted on Il similar
impulse. They wa5blctl, and then, just
in the nick of time, both dismounted.
The ruddy gentleman was purple with
rage
Madam" he suorted. what on
earth do you mean? Did yon want tc
kill NEE"
The young woman was IL a bit of q
rage herself She remounted
oh. dear, no." she said Jelly, as she
rolled away. I'm not the fool killer"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-07
a New .,cc"pa.,u. ,or e,,,,.

some American girls have found II
POSSIBLE 10 earn pocket money iii q
very pleasant fashion by ,akin. ur
inc profession of entertainer mt chill
"reh parties and picnics. They 90
carry to assist in preparing the tables
and arranging the menus, ana durin.
the party they act as elder sister =,
me niue ones and right hand 10 the
hostess. or course, they must have u
repertoire Of tales and riddles, and
genius for inyenting and arranging
games ~ love for children and m
unfelsned interest in their enjoyment
are equally INDISPENSABLE.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-07
SICK SOLDIERS FROM PONCE.
rorty-hve Landed at Old Point Yes

Forty-fve Landed at Old Point Yes
terday.
Forty-tive sick soldiers from Ponce
yesterday and taken to the hospital
this morning and taken torthe hospital,
Fifteen of the men were brought ashore
on Stretchers. The remainder were a b e
to walk across the dock where cars
were waiting to receive them. Mos. OF
the men are suffering from tropical fe-
Yer contracted during the voyage from
Santiago TO Ponce. Some Of them are
Very III. After discharging her sick
the Dhdam sailed for Newport News.
The sick soldiers We're brought from
the OLDHAM on the Willoughby Spit fer
~ steamer Granite City. Many express
sions of sympathy for the poor fellows
We're heard as they were borne away.
number of them became i'll while on
the Yale. Major Dewitt will give them
the best treatment possible and it is
hoped that all vii lrecover.