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The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-11
MINIFEST DESTINY

One thing is already plain and that is that the people of the United States are not scared by their manifest desti- ny. For instance, they are not afraid that they cannot successfully deal with the Philippine question. How they feel has been shown by the Evening Wis consin of Milwaukee. That paper, one of the oldest, most influential and most truly representative of the best public sentiment in the Middle West, recently invited from it's readers expressions of opinion concerning the disposition that should be made of the Philippine Is lands, and especially concerning their retention or non-retention by the United States. Replies have come in not only from Wisconsin, but from the West generally, from Indiana on the one hand to Montana on the other. They are five to one in favor of reten- tion of the islands, and even the few who are opposed to that policy advise that the islands be held for time, un- til they can be advantageously disposed of to some other Power, and not re- turned to Spain. A large proportion of the replies in favor of annexation are numerously signed, and are representa- tive of the sentiment of the entire communities whence they come.
 We have no doubt that most of the people in all parts of the country are in favor of holding on to the Philip pines. We should like to hear from our readers concerning the matter.
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outstripping England at a very rapid rate, MT. Norman warns his country men to take heed of the huge balances of trade that are coming American ward, for they indicate the decadence of British manufacturing and the rise of American competition. He asserts that the world wants the best and that it is the constant effort of America to give 1t to them, while England sticks in the ruts of antiquity and tries to hold the world back.
 And this keen English observer finds another thing, and that is that our ad- vancement in mechanical ingenuity and commercial enterprise has not been at the expense of the growth of good taste and the intellectual qualities. In do- mestc architecture, he says, America has made great strides during the past few years. and to-day she is unsurpass- ed, even by England, the land of the Dedulllul nome. IneTe IS q SllSeL cttI terminus in Washington more attrac- tive to the eye for sound artistic req sons than most city halls going up in Europe to-day. Better taste is shown by American publishers in the binding of their books than is generally to be found in Europe American women are to-day dressed with greater elegance than any women outside of Paris. "Un- less my eye deceives me, the race of American women is growing taller and stronger and handsomer. During the tWenty-two years I have visited the | United States have noticed this grad
 ual development. Greatly daring, 1 express the opinion that, in the world | no gathering of more beautiful women
 can be seen than in the halls of the | Waldorf hotel any afternoon between and 6. Columbia is putting on beauty ] as garment. When her voice be-
 comes as attractive as her figure and her features, she shall be called Helen
 and, like her of Troy, confer immortali-
 ty with kiss"
 Very fine and very true. And yet the | Spaniards call us Yankee pigs"
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PIES IN THE CIVIL WAR.

An Instance When the BugA- Boo of
 Poisoned Pie" Didn't Work.
 '"The first month out, in the other war, but few pies were eaten by the green troops. After that no pie dealer got away from camp with any of his stock.
 .gThe officers, and especially the surgeons, did not want the men to eat pies Mysterious reports of poisoned pies were started whenever we stopped for a day or longer Such and such regi- ments had lost men by the poisoned pie route. These stories did their work for time. One day I heard the colonel say to our surgeon: Doctor have you started the drugged pie stories since coming to this camp?"
 No sir; but will do so at once"
 "I sleuthed the heels of the surgeon until he had told half a dozen captains and lieutenants to sound the alarm on pies. One of them asked him what he should say. 'Oh say that Mansfield's brigade lost ten men day before yester- day by eating poisoned pies peddled by Secessionists.
 Tn half an hour the stories were fly ing through camp. In less time than that counter stories went over the same route.
 'Right after dinner a delegation of one man from each company marched up to the colonel's tent and asked that official to appear.
 T was stage manager for the occa- sion, and when the colonel came out of his tent I saluted him and mourn fully requested permission for the delegation to visit Mansfield's brigade.
 Why do you wish to go to that brigade?" asked the colonel. They are to have a military i funeral, sir
 That is not good excuse for al- | lowing you to leave camp at a time when we are expecting orders at any moment to march, But this is not an ordinary funeral, colonel Why isn't it an ordinary funeral?' Because ten soldiers are to be buried. They died day before yester- day-died at the hands of the enemy. They were poisoned We feel as though | we ought to pay their memories this much respect. Can we go?' | Do you know positively that so many men in that brigade are dead?'
 Yes, sir
 Whom does the information come from?
 A man close to you, colonel, the
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appearance while travelling than while engaged in a society function, There's variety, too, in these rigs, and the one put here has the recommendation of be- ing unlike most other such suits. Of brown ladies' cloth, it's skirt closed at the side and was trimmed with bias folds of the goods. The bodice fitted closely and fastened at the left side. Over it was a decidedly novel cape. To a.deep, fitted yoke were set three cir cular ruff1es. Yoke and collar were tucked lengthwise, and the ruffles were stitched and piped with white. A cape is frequently feature of a new travel ing dress, and often, as in this model the cape supplies the costumes most marked characteristics
 Army and navy brass buttons are abundant among current trimmings. They appear on hat pins, they are set close on belts from buckle to buckle, they are mounted for scarf pins, they finish parasol handles and gold-plated are hung for charm on the chate- laine. In this last use the button is supposed to be souvenir gift cut off the blue for the purpose. They are taken from the shank, backed with gold, provided with little ring through which to pass chain, and then are suspended around the neck. They make the center of the great tulle rosettes that are worn so much on dress slip pers, and once in a while they even serve their original purpose of being fasteners, and give the final touch to a blue serge or an army blue cloth dress or cape. FLORETTE.
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four hoofs tied behind his back. liar per's Bazar.
 Two women in Nebraska town were talking recently about the character istics of MT. Bryan. One was @ Baptist and the other Presbyterian. The lady who was Baptist remarked that MT Bryan, who is a Presbyterian, had se- rlous thoughts of joining the Baptist church. The other lady looked at hel incredulously, and after a while re- marked; "Oh, no, he won't" why not?" He would have to be i'm mersed, and he's afraid to get out of sight of the people that long. San Francisco Argonaut. ....
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LET THE NEXT MoyEmEyr BEBAc,

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 Now that real or spook Spanish war ships no longer threaten our eastern coast, we hope the terrified inhabitants of Bath, Maine, have entirely recovered their serenity and will be reasonable
 Their fears deprived New Haven of the presence and the protection of the Wy andotte. We do not know why Bath, Maine, was favored above New Haven, unless it was because the inhabitants of Bath, Maine, were more scared than the inhabitants of New Haven were, and 'hollered'' louder. As nothing has been heard from them since the Wyandotte left New Haven harbor it is probable that they felt better as soon as they knew she had moved, and now that Cervera's ships have gone to join Spain's submarine fleet there is no req son for further fright. Therefore when the people of New Haven ask that the next movement of the Wyandotte be back to Tomlinson's bridge we hope that no protest will come from Bath, Maine. Of course, Bath, Maine, may still want the Wyandotte, but 1t can't t want her as intensely as New Haven does. It hasn't had her and hasn't be- come attached to her as New Haven has. Let the Wyandotte return to her ancient moorings here as soon as she is repaired and reftted. There hasn't been anything here that filled the void left by the demolition of the old State House as well as she did. We want her back when she is again able to move
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STILL UNSATISFIED.

After trying to get better terms than unconditional surrender and failing the Spanish commander in Santiago de Cuba refused to surrender uncondi- tionally, and the bombardment was begun late yesterday afternoon. It is too bad that the obstinate Spaniards think more of their ''honor'' than they do of common sense, but they do, and so there seems to be nothing left but to satisfy their honor by killing as many of them as possible When their honor is satisfied perhaps they will let us know, if they are not too proud They have certainly been well treated by the United States and ample op- portunity has been given them to do the sensible thing at Santiago. They have refused to do it and they must pay the penalty. They will fight bravely, we suppose, but they will fight foolishly, and in their foolish fighting may damage some good United States folks as well as themselves.
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surgeon. I heard him tell our captain,

surgeon. I heard him tell our captain, and the captain told others
 I'll call the surgeon
 When the medicine man put in an appearance he was asked how he knew ten men of Mansfield's brigade were dead from poison.
 Why, I don't know anything about it-I haven't heard a word from the brigade
 'I asked him if he didn't tell the captain of my company that he had better circulate the news that ten men in Mansfield's brigade died in one day from eating Secession pies.
 'The surgeon looked at the delegation at the colonel, gave general survey and then laughed.
 'I obeyed orders, colonel" said the doctor, relative to pies, and guess Idid say something about the losses in our sister brigade.
 q gave the delegation a signal, and we ten men brought left hand to the front and began to devour the pieit had held concealed from the colonel.
 The game is up, colonel said the surgeon.
 "T guess it is, doctor said the colonel
 "As we filed right and marched away one of the boys called back: Yes, gentlemen, the game is up. We eat pie from this on.' "-Chicago Times Herald
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THE SPEED OF INSECTS.

It is the popular belief that the flight of birds is much swifter than that of insect, but number of naturalists who have been making a study of the matter think that such is not the case. A common house fly, for example is not very rapid in it's fight, but its wings make 500 beats a second and send it through the air twenty-five feet, under ordinary circumstances, in that space of time. When the insect is alarmed, however, it has been found that it increases it's rate of speed to over 150 feet per second. If 1t could continue such rapid flight for a mile in straight line it would cover that dis tance in exactly thirty three seconds
 It Is not an uncommon thing when travelling by rail in the summer time to see a bee or wasp keeping up with the train and trying to get in at one of the windows. A swallow is considered one of the swiftest flying birds, and it was thought until short time ago that no insect could escape it. A naturalist tells of an exciting chase he saw be- tween a swallow and a dragon fly, which is among the swiftest of insects The insect flew with incredible speed, and wheeled and lodged with such ease that the swallow despite its utmost efforts, completely failed to overtake and capture it.-Chicago Chronicle
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TREES AND ELECTRIC LIGHT.

Permit me to call attention to the deleterious effect of the electric light on trees. Tn front of my house all the of the big arc lights lose their leaves and show many dead branches. One tree within fifteen feet of one of these lights is nearly stripped to the lower branches, and is dry and dead Git is a maple). A tall elm about thirty feet away is fast losing the leaves from the long pendant branches-and a butter nut in front of my window is fast going the same way. To test this point have taken walks of about twenty miles in extent through the city streets, with the same result visible everywhere, so I am convinced the electric light is hurtful to most trees. They can't sleep with those big. glaring electric eyes shining from 8 p. m. to 3 a. m. or there abouts. I believe there is also a chemical action from these lights. The trees cannot live in almost eternal day they like human or animal life of any kind want rest. It is only near these lights the decay is so marked. Have this? I would like to know Naples, any of your correspondents noticed butternuts and elms seem to suffer most, Willows and horse chesnuts do not seem to be affected, nor the lilacs-the | cottonwood does not seem to feel it at all
 Montreal is the best-lghted city have seen on this continent not exclud- 1 ing New York. The lights are large arc ones, and placed about twenty-five to thirty feet from the ground. Now note
 this: The trees all begin to lose their leaves on top or on the side facing the | lights, and gradually keep losing them i downward. Now for Aggression. I
 also believe the electric lights are much | to blame for human sight defects and
 nervousness, and lastly for insomnia. l We want darkness for rest, all nature l demands it, and how can people rest comfortably with these high, flicker | ing lights glaring in at their windows? l You may close your blinds, but in this
 climate at this season of the year we l have 1t hot and need our windows open
 I am often awakened by a sudden flare
 and then equally sudden decadence of | light.
 Another phase of this subject-T
 think for forcing vegetables, etc., the | light would be useful, properly ad- l justed. I notice when exposed to the light they obtain size, but are weakly | Meehan's Monthly.
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sand pressed around. The whole sur face of the dry, sandy beach above high tide was covered with this plan tation, and just back of it, at the high est point of the existing sandy area, one or two rows of reeds were set in the sand, their tops cut off and the stalks left standing about four feet above the sand-the latter drifting along over the surface, catching and in one day almost burying the tufts of grass and standing up one foot along the row of reeds. Then another planta- tion being made, and another, a mas sive dike was thus built up to the height of the adjoining dike. In high storm tides the waves eat into the top of the slope and pull down the sand, but by the same process of building, the dike is again restored to it's former size
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AN OPPORTUNITY SEIZED.

How A Little Girl Cried Only by
 Special Permission.
 A certain little girl, living not far from New York, has always had inn pressed on her youthful mind-some- times at cost of rather painful ex- periences-that it is wrong to cry. She had become firmly convinced that this was a rule without exceptions, when suddenly an exception presented itself. The little girl was astonished, but rose nobly to the occasion, and this is the story thereof as told by a friend of the family:
 A few weeks ago the little girls baby brother died, and the friend, meeting her soon afterward, sympathized with her regarding the loss.
 "Yes,'' said the child, land when he
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UNCERTAIN.

She-You shouldn't blame a girl for being thoughtless. He-Why not? She Because even the first woman was an rthought.-Brooklyn Life. When Freedom from her mountain
 height
 Unfurled her standard to the air, She never meant it's fabric bright For sofa cushion stuffed with hair.
 Chicago Record. A Longtime Affair-Miss Spacer-I suppose when a joke gets into an alma nae it is supposed to be old? MT. Scrib- bler-Oh, no!-a joke cannot really be called old until it gets into an English man.-Puck.
 Well, Tommie did you have a glo- rious Fourth?" Well, I should guess yes. We got a French cook at our house, and We just bombarded her for keeps until she admitted that E Yan- kee pig could lick Spaniard with all
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GOOD EYE. OLD MAN

Henry Norman, the English author and journalist, is trying to make his countrymen understand that the peo- pie of this country know a thing or two. He says the American bicycle is selling all over Europe because the stupid manufacturers there doggedly insist that a machine weighing less than thirty pounds is unsafe. He de- clares that he has ridden an American twenty -five-pound machine for three years without a single breakage
 American electrical machinery is going all over the world. American Iocomo- tives are beating the British ones in foreign markets. American mining ma chinery is without a rival, and in all iron and steel manufactures We are
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TWELVE TELEGRAMS SENT AT
 ONCE


 Experiments are at present being conducted on the Paris Bordeaux line with some very interesting machines, which the inventor, M. Mercadier, has been working on for many years. With these instruments, called duodecaplex, twelve Morse transmitters can work simultaneously on single wire, each sending it's signals to the proper re- ceiver at the end of the line. This re- suit is brought about by the use of all ternating, or, at any rate, interrupted currents.
 Each transmitter receives it's current through a tuning fork having a special note, it's vibrations being electrically maintained. These vibrations furnish a current of the proper period to cause resonance at each application in the proper receiving circuit, which has its self-induction and capacity adjusted for this result. This receiver is a telephone (amonotelephone, as it is called by M Mercadier), so constructed and arranged that the acoustic res- onance qualities also help to damp out from the signals received everything not lntenQeQ TOT IL. Inese SlBnalS are read in the ordinary way by ear aided by rubber tubes like those used on photographs. The sitting out ot signals. it seems, is very perfect, each receiver giving no evidence of those signals not intended for it except a slight murmuring very indefinite and not at all bothersome. Electrical World
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FASHION NOTES.
A Get-Up for Journeyings.

The travelling dress can be considered now with satisfaction, for it means a coming outing or a continuance of one already commenced. Later a sight of your travelling rig may bring a pang along with thoughts of an end to the vacations fun. But even so, it is well worth while to do the home coming in suitable costume. While sense should dominate it's selection, there is no need of having it lack attractiveness so that comfort for the wear is assured, and there is no more excuse for a dowdy
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ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants, Rents, and other small advertisements, One Cent Word each in- sertion. Five Gents a Word for full week (seven timesl.
 Display advertisements, per inch, one m, Io sertlon, S1 20; each subsequent Insertion. 4V cents; one week, $3,20; one month, $1o one year. $40 ,-
 Obituary Notices, in prose or verse, ID cents per line. Notices of Births, Mar- riages, Deaths and Funerals. 30 cents each' Local Notices, 15 cents per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to thelr own immediate business Gall matter to pe nnob1ectlonable). and their contracts do not include Wants. To Let For Sale. etc.
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Fall River has sixteen hundred va cant tenements, and admits decline of four thousand In it's population dur ing the past year. Dullness in the cot ton industry is the cause. The Fall River mills need new looms, and are to have them at a cost of $5,000,0O0 or more. The vacant tenements will then 1t is believed, begin to fill up.
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died, papa cried and mamma cried. it was right for me to cry this time. be- cause my little brother was dead, so I cried harder and harder; why''-with great earnestness-"I just cried to beat the band!"-New York Tribune.
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An interesting illustration of natural engineering is the well known heavy dike on the Holland coast which was built by the winds themselves, says h.
 yention. The sand formed between the jetties, becoming dry in sunny weather, and the surface blown ashore on the wind blowing in that direction, it was desired to build strong dike to con- meet with the sand dunes, and this was accomplished by setting in the sand, in rows about one foot apart, tufts of dune sea grass near by. The tufts thus placed, consisting simply of little bandfuls of grass, were put each one into a cavity dug out with the hands, the tufts being set into this and the
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There Is a Spanish proverb which says: Eat until you are full. If you don't know when you are full, get some friend to tell you, or call in the doctor" The Boston Herald asks if it isn't about time to call in the doctor
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Isaac Duckett, who died in 1920, left ig40o, the income of which was to be distributed to maid servants by the Parish of St. Andrew, Holborn, Lon don. Maid servants who apply for the gift for the first time must have lived with respectable master or mistress in the upper or Saffron-hill Liberties of the Parish of St. Andrew, Holborn, for seven consecutive years, and must give satisfactory evidence to the trustees of habits of thrift and providence, and they must not be less than twenty years of age. Applicants who have once received the gift are eligible for it every five years, if they have remain ed in the same service, and many have thus several times received it. The sum given must not be less than e5 or more than a20, and it usually averages :e1O every year. The applicants aver age about twenty in number. There were fifteen last year, and there are sixteen this year.
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When the war began the Spaniards called United States sailors "the riff raff of the world"
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DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY, 15 CENTS A WEEK, 50 CENTS A MONTH, s3 FOR SIX MONTHS, SC YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BY MAIL.
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An interesting map of Boston, re- gently issued in a city publication, gives the location of the various branches, reading rooms, and delivery stations of the public library, with the percentage of card holders to the in- habitants of each ward. The classifi- cation shows that, as might be expect- ed, the library Is used to the least ex- tent by those to whom 1t would be of the greatest benefit. The percentage varies from four per cent. in a ward at the north end to twenty-two per cent in the Back Bay district. East Boston, Charleston, South Boston, the North End, and the districts on the former border line between old Boston and Roxbury have their respective wards largely populated by those who have not lived long in this country, and the highest percentage of library book readers in any of the wards in these districts is ten.