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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-07
More WAGE Reductions.

Saco, Me. January 6.--Notices were post
cd in the cotton mills of the York corpora
ton today that on and after January i
wages will be reduced. The amount nf this
reduction is thought TO be about 10 pei
cent. The York corporation employs f50t
people.
Grafton. Mass. January 6.-Notices have
been posted in the cotton mills of the
Baskerville Manufacturing company at
Baskerville announcing the wages of the
500 employees will he reduced on January
IL. The cut probably viii be about 10 per
cent.
Pittsfeld. n. H.. January 6.-Notice
OF 10 ner cent reduction to take effect
January II WAS posted TODAY in the Pitts
field Cotton mills. The mills employ $50
operatives.
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When Papa's Sick.

When papa's sick my goodness sakes! Such awful, awful times 1t makes, He speaks in oh! such lonesome tones, And gives such ghas'ly kinds of groans, And rolls his eyes and holds his head, And make ma hep him up to bed; While Sis and Bridget run to heat Hot water bags to warm his feet, And l must get the doctor quick We have to jump when papa's sick. When papas sick ma has to stand Right side the bed and hold his hand, While Sis she has to fan an fan, For he says he's I ''dyin' man, And wants the children round him to Be there when 'sufferin' pa gets through He says he wants to say goodbye And kiss us all and then he'll die; Then moans and says his "breathin'
 thick"- It's awful sad when papa's sick. When papa's sick he acts that way Until he hears the doctor say, You've only got cold, you know, You'll be all rlghtn day or so, And then-weli, say! you ought to see, He's different as he can be, And growls and swears from noon to
 night
 Just cause his dinner ain't cooked right, And all he does is fuss and kick We're all used up when papas sick.
 Joe Lincoln In L. A. W. Bulletin.
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SOME OF THE QUESTIONS.

People who oppose Destiny, Duty, etc., etc., etc., must expect to be called names They will be. They will be lucky if they get off without being called traitors. And yet some very sensible and thoughtful men are not hesitating to say that the new imperial ism is full of danger and wrong. Sem ator Hoar of Massachusetts has taken his stand with those men, and his pro- test is perhaps the most complete and powerful that has yet been made. The full report of his speech contains some questions which were not in the tele- graphic summary, and we call the at tention of our readers to them. If, said Senator Hoar, the Philippine Islands become ours, then under the late de- cision of the Supreme court every child hereafter born in them becomes an American citizen, free to come, free to go. Are you going to hold them as subjects? Taxation and represen ation not going together, all men not created free and equal to live under the Ameri- can flag? Are you going to have sub ject people, without trial by jury, with out habeas corpus, governed not by their own legislative assemblies, but by praetors and proconsuls? Are you go- ing to enter into the struggle and scuf- lie fer power in the eastern hemisphere, with it's necessity for intrigue and bar gain and secret diplomacy? Are you goin to abolish the right of the Senate to concur in treaties, or the right of Congress to declare war and make peace? To maintain itself in that a power of an instant, rapid, and un
 fettered action, entirely inconsistent with our constitutional restraints. Are you going to multiply by ten the size of your navy, and to have a navy such as England has, equal to that of any other two Powers on the face of the earth? Are you going to have 8 stand ing army which must amount, in my judgment, to hundreds of thousands Tn number? Are you going to have the national tax gatherer the most ire quent and the best-known visitant to every American house? Are you going to increase many fold your national
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NEEDED.


 According to the coroner's jury at Virden, all those victims of the late riot who have been buried about two weeks are dead.-Chicago Record.
 Tommy Gets the Best of It.-Mam- ma-"Well, Tommy, you know no one will love you if you are so naughty" !" Tommy-"Satan will. He loves naugh- ty boys est."-Fun.
 Suggestion of High Jinks-Tommy Mamma, why are papa's watches al- ways bigger than mammals watches?
 His Mother-Oh, it seems that men cant get along without having great times.-Jewelers Weekly.
 First Reformer-I suppose you are in favor of the movement for single tax?
 Second Reformer-I have taken po- sition much in advance of that. I am in favor of having no tax at alL-Bos- ton Transcript.
 What we need in this country" howled the political orator, lis an elas- tic currency- Right you are, mister" interrupted man near the door; something that will stretch a mans income so as to make both ends meet."-Chicago News
 It was a wild day in the Cortes. T ask you how" demanded the minister ial deputy, driven to frenzy by the assaults of the opposition, we are to curtail running expenses?" Don't run so much!" shouted Carlist deputy. And amid cries of 'Vive Espana' the session closed.-Detroit Journal.
 Association of Ideas" Civilians" said Stint, who had been in a brown study for several minutes, what is the name of that British general they have been making so much fuss over?" Kitchener, isn't it?" responded Gwil- Hams. That's it!" exclaimed Stint, delightedly "Kitchener! That brings it up all right. I know now what it was my wife asked me to attend to this morning. She wanted me to ad- vertise for a cook. Chicago Tribune.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-03
4 NEW THEORY.

Many efforts have been made to ac- count for the sudden and complete dis appearance of the wild pigeons which formerly flew about in such numbers as to obscure the light of the sun, &C., cording to the story of some inhabi- tants who are not yet very old and hardened liars. A new and interesting theory is put forward by Rev. G. w. Futile, of Wallace Bay, Nova Scotia MT. Futile thinks that 'an unparallel- ed storm of sleet and hail'' destroyed the birds during their migration. He writes: As nearly as my memory serv- es me, it was when I was stationed as a missionary on the island of Bermuda that I fell in with a sea captain, who related to me some of his experiences when crossing the Atlantic during this storm. As nearly as I can remember at this writing, he said he encountered on his voyage quantities of wild pigeons beaten down by this storm, so many in number as actually to impede the progress of his ship. In places the whole surface of the ocean was thick with them, being piled one upon another by the force of the wind and the waves. This was a revelation to me. It told of the sad fate of the beautiful birds whose variegated plumage and habits we so much admired
 This theory has merit and so has the captains story, on which it is based. The wild pigeons have certainly gone, and it is difficult to believe that they were destroyed by man in few years.
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THE LIQUOR CURSE IN ALASKA.
 One of the least fortunate acts of the United States congress in regard to Alaska has been the enactment of a most rigid prohibitory law as to alco- holic liquors. This is an iron-clad stat ute forbidding the importation, sale or manufacture of intoxicants of any sort in Alaska. The primary reason for this act is the desire to protect the h. dians, Aleuts and Esquimaux from drug of which they are excessively fond, and which soon destroys them. But a virtuous statute may be the worst kind of law, as was noted long ago by Confucius. This statute has not checked the flow of liquor in Alas ka, while it has done more than any other influence to destroy the respect for law. In general men who "are not in Alaska for their health" are hard drinkers, and liquor they will have. It is shipped to Alaska as Florida wa- ter" Jamaica ginger" bay rum" Demijohns are placed in the center of flour barrels sugar. barrels, in any package which may contain them. With all this. there is vast amount of outright smuggling which the treasury department tries in vain to check. All Southea stern Alaska is one vast harbor, with thousands of derssly wooded is- lands, mostly uninhabited. Cargoes of liquors can be S afeiy hidden almost anywhere, to be removed piece by piece in smaller boats. Many such cargoes
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GOALS FOR STE F,


 This is a world of change. Not long ago it would have been considered ab- surd to carry coals to Newcastle, but we shall soon be soberly and sensibly doing it. London and other English cities have long suffered from the smoke nuisance, and discussion of it has been preciptated by the appear ance of representatives of the Anthra- cite Coal Operators association of Pennsylvania in London for the pur- pose of studying the conditions with a view to opening trade with England. The association is anxious to find a good foreign market, as it is believed that large part of the product of Pennsylvania mines could thus be dis posed Of The output during the last few years has not been steady. Last years tonnage exceeded 52,00O,O00, and this could be materially increased and prices improved if there was a consid- erable foreign demand. The average value of anthracite at the mines is esti- mated to be about double that of bi- luminous coal, but the anthracite is much more economical for household use, and it has many other advantages, chiefly in point of cleanliness. The Iron and Coal Trades Review of England admits it's superiority, and says: Tt is believed that, shipped to England on a large scale, anthracite coal could be sold at about seventeen shillings in the Thames, which may give it chance when it's qualities are fully recognized. Its smokelessness ie of importance to a city like London, if consumers gener- ally could be made to view matters from the high ground of public interest and convenience: but as this is not likely the majority of consumers will continue to use the comfortable. if somewhat wasteful, open fire, instead of the anthracite stove" In spite of this conclusion of the English author ity the Americans who have investigat- ed the case thoroughly express their belief that there is an excellent field for operations in the principal English towns, and they have determined to take advantage of it.
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the back, and is often of material con trasting with the rest. It is this ma terial then that peeps forth when the edges of the sheath begin to spread, and until the observer realizes this she gets a dizzy feeling. Wholly aside from these suggestions of impending catastrophe, the becomingness of such skirt finish is to be questioned, for it adds much to the suggestion of bulk in any but a very slender figure. But it is new, and that counts.
 FLORETTE.
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debt? Is every American child here after to be born, as in Europe, with an armed and trained soldier upon his back, and a mortgage of $500 about his little neck?
 Of course man who asks such in- convenient questions is a reactontst, an enemy of the administration, lack ing in vim and go, and away off in his conception of the mission and the h gh privilege of this great, glorious, uncon- quered and unconquerahle nation. But his questions need answering.
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Search for attractive novelties of this sort often results in unpleasant oddity. The skirt that buttons up the back is one of these. It is especially startling when closed with two rows of buttons. The edges are then held close togeth CT, but not tapping from the waist well down to the widest curve of the figure below the belt. From these the edges begin to spread to give spring to the skirt. That is the real reason, but the observer from the back very likely does not think of that. She wonders if the wearer knows that her skirt is coming unfastened, and cannot nelD a guilty consideration of what appears in the opening where the edges spread. What is there is only the edges of the pleats that further down ripple out in se- ries of pretty folds.
 Often the skirt is made with sheath portion extending only to the knees in front and rounding to the belt at the back. the edges apparently buttoned together as just described The lower portion of the front skirt extends to
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have been seized and destroyed but the risk of capture merely serves to raise
 the price of liquor Once on shore the liquor is safe enough. Upwards of seV-
 enty saloons are running openly in Ju- neau, and perhaps forty in Sitka. Most Of these houses are the lowest of their kind, because, being outlaws to begin with, the ordinary restraints of law and order have no effect on them.--Atlantic,
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FASHION NOTES.
Newness of Two Sorts.

In common with many fashionable gowns, the newest feature of the cos ment of it's skirt To it's conventional shape was added a combination of V-shaped overslxirt effect being left at the bottom in front. Silver gray peau trimmed the bodice, on which was a white silk muslin vest, belt and bow being yellow velvet. Dainty as the bodice was, it's skirt was the gowns best feature, simply because newness In skirts stands at so great a premium.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-03
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations. Wants, Rents. and other small advertisements, one Cenr Worw each in- eertion. Five Gents Word for full week (seven tmes).
 Display advertisements, per inch, one h. sertlon, SEQ; each subsequent insertion. 40 cents: one week, $320 one month. SlO; one year, $40.
 Obituary Notices. In prose or verse. 10 cepts per line. Notices of Births. Mar riSges. Deaths ar Funerals, 50 cents each. Loca' Notices. 15 cents per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to their own Immediate business (al matter to be m ,.biectionablel. and their contracts do not Include Wants, To Let. For Sale. etc.
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REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.

FOR GOVERNOR, GEORGE E. LOUNsRURY, ofRidgefield FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, LYMAN A. MILLS, of Middlefield. FOR SECRETARY OF STATE, HUBER CLARK, of windham.
 FOR TREASURER, CHARLES g. MEnSICK, of New Haven. FOR COMPTROLLER, THOMPSON s. GRANT, of Enfield. FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL, CHARLES PHELPS, ofvernon.
 FOR CONGRESSMAN, Second District--N. D. SHERRY, of New
 Haven.
 FOR SHERIFF, ALBERT B. DUNHAM, of Seymour.
 FOR SENATOR, Eighth District-FREDER l.. AvER- ILL, of New Haven. FOR REPRESENTATIVES, JULIUS c. CABLE and JOHN V. RAT
 TLEsDORFER.
 FOR JUDGE OF PROBATE, LIVINGSTON w CLEAvELAND, of
 New Haven.
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There's some politics in Colorado, where there are ten State tickets-re- publicans, western republicans and sil- yer republicans, two kinds of silver re- publicans, democrats, democratic-pop- ulists, national populists, liberty union ists, socialists and prohibitionists.
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A company with capital stock of $s00,000, in which several wealthy Mex ican capitalists of Monterey are inter- ested, has been organized for the pur- pose of developing the. oil fields of Mex ico and to place the product on the market in that and other countries. There are several productive oil fields in Mexico, one of the richest of them being located in the State of Tamauli- pas. The new company proposes to en- ter into direct competition with the Standard Oil company, which at pres ent has monopoly of the oil business in Mexico.
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agents to push the business a good trade could be built up in American wheels. Ship via Liverpool, London or Southampton, thence by English steamer direct to Batavia. This is cheaper than via Holland or Singapore. The best kind of wheel would be good medium grade If well made and honest they will demand in an island where the roads are perfect and where there are 10000 Europeans and hun dreds of thousands of Chinese. Do not write for addresses and catalogues. What the people want is sample bicy- cles to look at and bicycle men to talk to, who can do business face to face and explain the merits of their wheels.
 The suggestion is made by M. Cour- iot the eminent French scientist that the Roentgen rays may prove as eff cient in showing the intimate structure of siliceous skeletons of animals, and lHdl py HedNS or powerful SIooheS tube and fluorescent screen 1t may be easy to determine the purity of fuel. Carbon in all it's forms is transparent to the rays, while silica and silicates are opaque, and, on place lump of coal between the tube and the screen, all the minute details of the slag and clinker forming details of the fuel at once appear In this way, M. Couriot has tested anthracite coal, Ignite, peat, coke, and block fuel. The finest parti- cles of silicate show up at once on the screen as dark spots or bands upon bright ground. The difference in the quality of series of coals can be traced step by step, showing at once the variations in the purity of the fuel. The conglomerate structure of block fuel is clearly exhibited, while with coke the particles of iron sulphide are indicated by black spots on the fiuorescent image. Carbon Is so transparent that it Is unnecessary that the samples should be regular blocks, rough Jumps serving perfectly.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-03

Paris intends to be as beautiful as possible for her exposition in 1900. All the kiosks, newspaper booths. omnibus offices and other small edifices are all to be rebuilt on artistic lines lamp posts are to be of a special design; a rule has been issued that all buildings must form a perfectly even street line. Private house owners will be requested to grow bright flowers in the balconies and every good citizen is expected to cooperate to the best of his ability with the authorities in brushing up Paris till it outdoes any other city in the world for the occasion.
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Consul Everett, of Batavia, in answer to many inquiries from. bicycle firms, sends the following facts: Wheeling is confined entirely to Europeans, half castes and Chinese. Natives have not taken it up. It is considered immodest for girls of more than 15 to ride, so la dies wheels are not in demand. Peo- ple are penurious and buy only the cheapest wheels, principally of German manufacture. Of the better grade nearly all are English. With good
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LTIIvFREp BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY, II CENTS A WEEK, 50 GENTS A MONTH, ss FOR SIX MONTHS, $6 A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BY NAH.
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The vicar of Skegby England was marrying couple the other day, both of whom had been constant attendants at his Sunday school The woman in the case had, indeed, but recently cap- tured prize offered for ability to re- peat by rote and without mistake the entire catechism of the Church of Eng land She had apparently suffered nothing from this tax upon her memory until the clergyman turned to her be- fore the altar and asked, according to the ritual, Mary Jane, wilt thou have this man to be thy welded husband?" Then habit asserted itself, and the tan gled skein of memory refused to un- ravel. 'Yes, verify, by Gods help, so will" she replied, "and heartily thank our Heavenly Father, who hath brought me into this state of salvation"
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Nickel Safety Pins, all sizes, fc dog. English Book Pins, full count, Sc One oz. spool Silk, manufacturers spe-
 cial, 25c Turner's Invisible Hair Pins. 2c White Cotton Tape, all widths, 1c Brush Dress Braid, 4c ydo Silvered Dress Steels, all lengths,
 Sc dog. French Horn Bone, all sizes 4c dog. Extra super Whalebone, 5 I6, 36c
 dOz., S1.25; 1 fc pc. Hooks and Eyes, IF dog. Sc box Seamless Dress Shields, No. 2 Sc Seamless Dress Shields, No. 5 6c pair Pure Gum Shields, silk and satin cov-
 cred, No. 4 16c pr. Corset Laces, cotton 4c dog. Hose Supporters, rufaed silk web, nickel
 catches, 25c kind 19c pr. Glace Dress Betting, black, white and
 drab, g yard piece 9c Black Mourning Pins fc box Tolson's Dress Betting. narrow Sc yd. Tolson's Dress Betting, wide 4c yd. Dexter's K itting Cotton Sc ball Miiiwara Needles Sc paper
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Too much gold. The United States sub-treasurer at Cincinnati complains because the banks and the business houses do not want gold. He was or dered to get the gold coin into circula- tion but in two weeks succeeded in pay ing out only $15,000. The trouble Is that while the people want their money redeemable in gold they find it incon- venient for general circulation It wears easily and is soon short weight. The sub-treasurer, in order to get the gold into circulation, intends to pay the letter carriers and other postal people, as well as other government employees, their October salaries in gold.
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a ahECARRINGTON PUHLISHINGC co
 OFFICE 400 STATE STREET.
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Special Sale of
 Fur Collarettes

Imitation Seal, silk lined SIPS c nuine Astrachan X1.08 Electric Seal Muf1er, collar and ban
 S3.9S Electric Seal, trimmed with heads. and 10 tails S4.9S Imitation Marten, satin lined S5.08
 Trimming Dept.
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Special Sale of
 Fur l trimmings Genuine Persian Lamb, inch 75c ydg Genuir Astrachan, inch tOc Pure White Angora 39ce White Lamb, silk lined 25c Genuine Skunk Marten sec
 Trimming Dept.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-12-23

discussion ana opinion are among the
fundamental rights Of citizens. These
distinguished men are simply opposed
to what they regard 10 a radical de-
paFture from presidents and policies as
unwise. They were patriotic support
ers Of the war. and no man dares to
doubt their patriotism, or to accuse
them OF sympathy with Spain"
When the Register attempts to hold
these loyal Americans up as victims Of
such attacks as It names. 1t Is guilty Of
the rankest kind Of mallciousness. The
Intelligencer has said that the Register
placed itself on the level Of European
syinpathlzers with Spain when It de-
nounced the terms Of the peace treaty
as brutal, and the American demands
on Spain as more cruel than the de-
lnands OF ancient, semi barbaFic kings,
but the statesmen and leading men
who honestly differ on a question OF
territorial policy are not engaging In
this sort Of rant. and II is the heighth
Of audaclty and impudence for that ORE
gan to class them in the same list with
itself.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-12-23

Reports from many cities in all parts
of the country show that grip cpl
demlc prevails and that there Is dan
ger of 1t sweeping over the country.
The peculiar weather we have been
having has brought 1t on. In New
York. Philadelphia. Washington, many
Pennsylvania towns. and Massachu-
sets points. as well as many western
cities. the epidemic has assumed almost
as formidable proportions as 1t did ten
years ago.
Weather conditions throughout the
country are such that It behooves peo-
pie where the grip has not yet appeared
to exercise the greatest care against
exposing themselves to the damp. cold,
misty atmosphere which prevails daily
Warm, dry clothing, and dry shoes are
essential us projections. DO not tritle
with a cold. Let Wheeling people take
warning.