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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-06-17
29s
Cents per Share
for
Gilpin and Cripple Greek
Stock

The New York Stock Market has had
good advance for the past ten days. The
mining stocks listed on the Denver Mining
Exchange are beginning to advance now.
The GILPIN & CRIPPLE CREEK stock
will be the leader Of that market. It has
had several reactions in its course, but ~
now tending upward again. We cannot t0n
strongly recommend the purchase 81 this
stock for large profits In the near fntures
Our adyices have been correct from the
start. Orders to buy should be pnt II
promptly.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-06-17
Closing Prices.

Following are the closing prices reported
by Prince & Whitley, Bankers and Brokers,
46 Broadway, New York, and 10 Center st.,
New HaVen. BID. Asked.
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Tnllow Candles M a Dainty.

To most people tallow candle ap-
pears more in the way Of a necessity
than a<luxury. but the Russian blue
jackets who are enjoying shore leave
just now from the Rossit and the Ad-
miral Nakimoff appear to find in as
similating candles OF the Chinese make
as much gusto as an English child
would have in eating a sugar stick.
The other day a party Of stalwart Mus
covite bluejackets were to be seen along
the Queens road, and the avidity with
which they polished of joss candles
was a sight for the gods. Some Of the
men, who were evidently petty officers,
elected to dine off candles as thick as
ones arm-regular No. 1 joss pidgin
arrangements and streams Of grease
strickled from the corner Of each mans
mouth. British and American Jacks
like their beer and rum, but they draw
the line at Chinese-made tallow candles.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-07-07
Old Potatoes.

Potatoes at this season are apt to be
sodden, sticky and discolored. When
this is the case. try steaming them in
stead of boiling, in the usual way. The
result will be an agreeable surprise.
If you wish them baked, boil them
first about fifteen minutes then finish
them in the oven. This improves them
wonderfully. When they look shrivel-
ed, place them in cold water several
hours before cooking; they will become
much fresher. Potatoes to be used for
early dinner should be soaked all the
forenoon.
Potatoes will always be relished if
thought is given to their preparation,
planning variety. They may be
steamed one day, baked the next,
scrambled the next, then mashed es-
calloped, French fried. or made into
salad.
Instead of frying them over in the
morning, make a scramble, cutting the
cold potatoes into dice, covering them
with sweet milk, and adding butter,
pepper and salt. Allow them to come
to boil, stir to prevent scorching, and
serve; the majority Of children are very
fond of them, and of course they are
much more healthful than when fried.
When you have boiled rice, plan to have
mashed potatoes. Mix the remnants,
mold them into small cakes or cones,
and the next morning. dip them into a
beaten egg, and fry brown; they are de-
licious, and may be served with steak,
cold meat, fish, or crisp bacon.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-07-07
TOPICS.
CURRENT NOTES OF DIscov-
cry AND INVENTION.
Dogs Wonderful Act - Plays tho
Piano Better Than Can Some Teachers
Kidding Plants OF Insects-A Musical
Ancient Methods Of signaling

3fsg ancient Methods of Signaling
The fabulous honor of being the first
inventor of the art of signaling is be-
slowed by certain classical writer's up
on the ingenious Palamedes. This hero
may have introduced improvements in
detail, but it is certain that long before
the time of the Trojan war the Egyp-
tlaans and Assyrians, if not the Chinese
and other nations of remote antiquity
of whom monumental records remain
TO us-had developed regular methods
OF signaling by fire, smoke, flags, etc.
The great wall, built by the Chinese
ages ago, and 1900 miles long, is stud
ded with towers. Between these sig
nails were interchanged when troops
had to be collected in order to resist
attack at any point threatened by the
Tartars or "outer barbarians." BY Ma
jor Boucheraeder and others it has been
considered that the huge tower of Babel
was erected for similar as we'll as for
number of different purposes. That
is to say, for the signaling not necessar-
lily OF any particular words or sentences,
but OF expected events, imperial de-
crees, military orders and other mat
tiers intended to be understood through
conventional signals, whether of lights,
Tags, semaphores or other devices, by
all the motley host of nationalities and
languages of which the Chaldean en-
pire was composed.-Cornhill Maya
zine. .
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A Curious Fish.


The "parrot-fish" is an inhabitant of
the tropical seas, and is perhaps the
most wonderfully colored fish in the
world. The whole body is covered with
"a beautifully drawn pattern of elongat-
ed hexagons, as perfect and regular as
those of a honey-comb.
The colors of this remarkable fish
are as follows: The general hue is
azure blue, covered with hexagonal
network Of golden yellow. The oddly
shaped head is bright yellow, streaked
and spotted with blue. The dorsal and
anal fms are brown, edged with green,
and the pectorials and ventals are
brown with the front rays green. The
tail is wholly green. The species are
very numerous, and received their title
OF. *parrot-fish" from the rich beauty of
their colors and the peculiar form of
cred with great numbers of mosaic-like
teeth, and curved sin a manner that
greatly resembles the beak of a. parrot.
AS the fish wears out it's teeth rap
idly in crushing the hard substances on
which it feeds, a provision is made for
ensuring a continual supply of new
teeth to replace those which are worn
away, and rendered useless. The
young teeth are perpetually being de-
veloped towards the base of the jaws,
and advanced in orderly succession to-
wards the front, taking their places
with unfailing certainty in the densely
compacted mosaic work which arms the
laws.
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Artificial Indirn.

The large and Well-known Badenisn
aniline and soda works of Ludwig's
Haven, Germany, have succeeded in
preparing a valuable and perfect sub
stitute for indigo. It is a product from
bituminous coal tar and is reported to
be in every regard equal to the genuine
indigo.
The LudWig's Haven works are noted
for many new valuable preparations re-
Gently discovered, and the Importance
of these works may be gathered from
the fact that they employ in their scjen-
tif1c department over 100 chemists. and
have about 5000 workmer
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-07-07
Worthless Food StimuIant6.

= About three years ago the Vermont
Experiment Station made feeding
trial with Nutriotone. This material
was at that time, and has been since,
quite extensively advertised in certain
sections, the claim being made that
aside from it's tonic properties it is
stimulant to the production of flesh
and milk. The circular of the makers
states that if two tablespoonfuls are
mixed with each grain feed "the user
will be agreeably surprised at the in
creased quantity and improved quality
of milk and productiveness.
of the animals" In the Vermont expe-
riments these directions were followed,
but according to the results given there
was no apparent benefit from feeding,
Nutriotone,, either in yield of milk III
lat. Recently the Maine Experiment
Station has made a similar trial of the-
merits Of Nutriotone, using five Jersey
cows fresh IN milk. The total yield CT
milk when Nutriotone was fed was q
264 pounds, and when no Nutriotone
was fed the yield was 2,2S1 pounds
There was no difference between the
amount of butter fat produced When
Nutriotone was fed and when it Was,
omitted from the ration, 100 pounds be
ing produced in both instances. The
statement is made that the money spent
for the Nutriotone in this case was a,
dead loss. No tests have been made
of the tonic or medicinal properties OF
Nutriotone. Sir John B. Lawes, of the
experiment station at Rothamstedr
England, many years ago showed con-
dimental cattle foods to be of no adj
vantage to healthy stock. 1t is be
lieved to be i'll advised to administer
medicine to healthy animals. If ton
ic is needed preparation of known.
compositions can be provided at far
less cost than in the form of condf--
mental foods. *...
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-07-07
WHAT GIRLS ARE DOING.
Sending Her Pillo xs to the Boys Who
Are Wearing Uniforms.

Sending Her Pillo vs. to the Boys Who
Are Wearing Uniforms.
Another thing the girls are doing is
making small hair pillows to send to
the men. These were suggested to them
by an old regular army officer, who has
seen much service and who told them
that man could make himself quite
comfortable anywhere in the open, with
his blanket, if he had hair pillow to
lay his head on, says Harper's Bazar.
These pillows are not stuffed very full,
SO that they may be easily rolled up in
the blankets. They are about twenty
seven inches square and are covered
first with ticking and then with slip
cover of denim or cretonne, which can
be taken of and washed. Some of the
girls are embroidering dark brown ones
in yellow or blue and so on, in different
combinations of color. There is a GER
tain set of well-known society girls in
town who are buying luxuries and
packing cases of them for the men they
know in the different camps Each girl
has pledged herself to give SO much
money every week and committee on
packing and shipping the cases has
been formed, which will attend to the
sending of them off every two weeks
until the war is over. The goods are
all to be sent to one Of the girls
houses, which will be kept open III
summer, if the family goes away, and
any donations of sensible and practi-
cal articles of food which are easily
transported are very gratefully re-
ceived. =sH~ 49,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-07-07
british Bacon Marker.

Department Of Agriculture Report
TO supply the present demand for the
British market requires the impoFta-
ton Of more than 500,000,0 900 pounds
Of bacon year. This bacon is pro
cured almost entirely from three conn
tries, the United States, Denmark an6
Canada. Although the United States
Is still the chief source of supply, the
quantity purchased from this country
is decidedly smaller than it was five
or six years ago. On the other hand
the British have greatly increased their
1mportations of Danish and Canadians
bacon. An inquiry into the reason for
this change in the course Of trade
dlscloses the fac. that Our bacon 81
not so we'll adapted to the require
ments of the British market as is that.
imported from Denmark and Canada
The article produced in the United
States is chiefly corn-fed bacon, and
although regarded with high favor IN
our own markets, it carries altogether
too much fat to suit the taste of the
English consumer. Denmark and Can
ada furnish much leaner grade OF
bacon. Their producers have studied
the peculiar wants of the British mar
ket, and with such success that they
are already making important inroads'
upon our trade. The Danish and Ca
madam brands of bacon are regardeL
In Great Britain as being SO far SUI
perior to ours that the price paid for
them is several cents pound higher
AS we send annually to the British
market more than 300,000,000 pounds
of this product, the loss of only few
cents in the price per pound makes ana
enormous difference in the profits OK
the trade. It will therefore be to the
interest of our producers, in providing
bacon for the British trade. to give
more attention to the peculiar wants
of the people to be supplied, for in this
way only can profitable development
of our export business be accomplished
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-07-07
A Musical Wheel.

The bicycle has reached another
phase of it's constant development
through novel and highly interesting
invention, consisting in musical in
strument which may be attached to any
bicycle and plays popular airs, without
the aid of the rider, in loud and me-
lodious manner, when the machine is
in motion. This instrument consti-
tutes an entertaining companion for the
bicyclist on his roamings, which are
frequently rather lonely; it is so much
more welcome as it will be a compan-
ion entirely submissive to the riders
wishes. It has been invented, patented
and placed upon the market by firm
in Hamburg, and is fittingly called
"troubadour," after the wandering mu-
sicians Of the middle ages.-Science and
Invention.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-07-07
branding Seals bv, Electrlcftv

The surgeons electric cauterizing
wire has been used by the United States
fur seal commission with much success
for branding female fur seals. A dyna-
mo, driven by a gasoline engine, sup
piled the current, which heated a plat
mum wire to incandescence. BY NOV
ing this once over the animals body,
the hair and fur were virtually moved
away. a second sweeping Of the wire
across the surface destroyed the cells
so that no more fur can grow there.
This destroys the value Of the pelt, and
thus operates to prevent the, killing of
female seals at sea.
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the plants in short time. It may be
used with equally good effect upon
ants nests, ETC., while its sphere Of
operation also includes the fumigatioD
and disinfection Of rooms.
Dogs Wonderful Act.

This dog is Prof Fills most valuet
possession. He is the only dog in the
world that can play tune. Probably
hall half the people who see this remarkable
performance believe that it is trick
and that the piano is. fixed to play with
out the assistance of Black-that is the
dogs real name.
Prof. Fills laughingly destroyed the
fond illusion of the man who believes
animals reason by explaining that this
Russian poodle really has no idea of
music and doesn't know A from D when
the notes are sounded. It took him two
years to teach the dog the simplest tune
so that he could trust his pupil before
an audience. But the reward was
great. Blacks first appearance was
made in Paris and the hit was instan-
taneous. Prof. Fills taught Black to
play the few airs in his repertoire by
the most persistent practice. No aspir-
Ing musician ever spent longer hours
or more labor over a piano than did
Black. He had one advantage in that
he never had to do scales or practice
lingering or pedaling. The professor
guided a paw to one key enough times
to teach the dog its location, then upon
another and another, going back to the
beginning and repeating an infinite
number of times until the whole mech
anical process Of that particular tune
was impressed on the dogs brain. But
even after all this practice Black can
not be trusted to play an air before an
audience without a rehearsal before
hand. If Prof. Fills should rehearse
him on "The Last Rose of Summer
only and the audience. should demand
an encore master and pupil would be in
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-07-07

wash of the dust on the way. From.
the top Of the grave we catch a glimpse
Of the towers glinted with the sun
that never. sets. 81
Oh, ye whose locks are wet with the
deWs of the night Of grief; We whose
hearts are heavy, because those we'll
known footsteps sound no more at the
doorway, yonder is your rest! There
Is David triumphant; but once he be-
moaned Absalom. There is Abraham
enthroned; but once he wept for Sarah.
There is Paul exultant; but he once
sat with his feet in the stocks. There
is Payson radiant with immortal
health; but on earth he was always
sick. No toll, no tears, no partings,
no strife, no agonizing cough, no night.
No storm to ruffle the crystal sea. No
alarm to strike from the cathedral tow
ers. No dirge throbbing from sera-
phic harps. No tremor in the everlast-
ing song; but rest-perfect rest IN
ending rest.
Into that rest how many loved ones
have gone! Some put down the work
of mid-life, feeling they could hardly
be spared from the store or shop for
day, but are to be spared from it for
ever. Some went in old age. One
came tottering on his staff, and used
to. sit at the foot of the pulpit, his
wrinkled face radiant with the light
that falls from the throne of God.
Another having lived life of Christian
consistency here, ever busy with kind
nesses for her children, her heart full
OF that meek and quiet spirit that is in
the sight of God of great price, sud
denly her countenance was TRANSPORTED
and the gate was opened, and she took
her place amid that great cloud of wit
nesses that hover about the throne!
Glorious consolation! They are not
dead. You cannot make me believe
they are dead. They have only moved
on. With more love than that with
which they greeted us on earth, they
watch us from their high place, and
their voices cheer us in our struggle for
the sky. Hail, spirits blessed! now
that ye have passed the food and won
the crown. With weary feet we press
up the shining way, until in everlast-
ing reunion we shall meet again. Oh!
won't it be grand when, our conflicts
done ana our partings over. we shall
clasp hands and cry out, This is
heayen?" w.
BY the thrones of your departed kin
dred, by their gentle hearts, and the
tenderness and love with which they
now call you from the skies, beg you
start on the high road to heaven. In
the everlasting rest may we all meet.
One of the old writer's wished he
could have seen three things: Rome
in its prosperity, Paul preaching, Christ
in the body. I have three wishes:
First-To see Christ in glory surround
ed by his redeemed. Second-To see
Christ in glory, surrounded by his re-
deemed. Third-To see Christ il
glory. surrounded by his redeemed.
When on my new-hedged wings I rise,
To tread those shores beyond the skies,
I'll run through every golden street,
And ask each blissful soul meet !:
Where is the God whose praise We sing?
o! lead me stranger to your King.
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fully tended. The remedies that have
been suggested for the avoidance OF
these insect pests are numerous, but
none is so effective or convenient of
application as the occasional fumiga-
ton Of the plants with tobacco smoke.
An ingenious contrivance that makes
this remedy still more effective is
shown in the Illustration. AS will be
seen, it is an arrangement consisting
of a pipe bowl with shortened stem
to which is affixed an india-rubbe ball.
The stem Of the pipe is open at the
upper end and when the ball is squeezed
air is drawn through the bowl, which
is filled with tobacco and lighted, and
dense clouds OF smoke are expelled
unropgh the orifice. as shown clearing
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-07-07

a quandary, for, large as Blacks roper.
toire is, he couldn't strike note cor
rectly in any air except the one he had
rehearsed and just played.
The piano Black plays on isn't really
piano. It is a system of electric
chime bells, containing enough notes to
play any ordinary tune. When Black
presses key with his paw he really
presses a button, causing bell to ring.
But the tune can readily be recognized,
and with the accompaniment of the or
chestra flows prettily.-St. Louis Post
Dispatch.
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They Were Fleet, Anyway.

7 am at a loss, murmured the COM
mander Of the American blockading
vessel, as he watched the small party
Of Spaniards hot-footing it over the
hill, whether to report an encounter
with SPANS feet, or shall j merely say
squad run" For in these martial
times it is more essential to be pre-
else than graDNatical.
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Kidding Plants of Insecta.

= The amateur horticulturist would
have comparatively easy art to pursue
were it not for the innumerable insect
pests which are sure to infect house.
grown plants unless they are most care
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Feeding Brood Sows.

The important point to be observed
in the management Of brood sows is
the supply of suitable feed and cxer-
else, says i writer in Breeders Ca
zette. They should be SO handled that.
they will be obliged to take daily ex--
ercise; and 1t is especially important
that during the latter part of the Pc
Rod the grain ration consist largely Of
bran, oats, shorts, oil-meal, or some
thing of that character that is laxative
and nutritious and not heating Ina
this connection there is no more val
liable adjunct to the brood sow's ra--
ton than roots, both prior to and after
narrowing. We invariably practices.
root-feeding to all of our brood sows
on the college farm, and are album
dainty satisfied with the results. The.
opinion is also prevalent to some OK
tent that brood sows cannot be fed
on the droppings of fattening cattlR,
without injury, but there is no practi-
cal foundation for this belief provided
some roots and heterogeneous grain-feed
be furnished in addition. In many
cases, however, I have seen good re-
suits where they have had practically
no other feed and the cattle being fed
almost exclusively on corn 1t is best.
however, to properly supplement this
ration. When Ssows are handled as
outlined above, a fair degree Of flesh
is beneficial rather than Injurious,
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English Horses in America.-To give
an idea Of the magnitude of the trade.
which has developed within the last
twenty years or SO, may state that
there are about 5000 stations and
mares recorded in the Americas
Clydesdale Stud Book, in the Americas
Shire Horse Stud Book, and probably
5000 more is divided between the
Hackney and Cleveland Bay StnH
Books, with perhaps a number ap
preaching 1000 that, owing to the re-
cent depression, have not been re-
corded, but are eligible for record
This gives a total Of something like
10000 pure-bred British horses in this.
country (apart from thoroughbreds,
and ponies), three-fourths Of which,
are draft horses. Alexander Cal
braith.
IS The proper way to pronounce pa
triotism is not pay-triotism. It may
not pay to be a patriot, but we have no
use in America for the man who. isn,t
one.
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mother, Don't cry. but sing, sing.
"'There is rest for the weary,
There is rest for the weary"
Then putting his wasted hand over
his heart, he said, There is rest for
me-"
But there are some of us who want
to hear about the land where thay
never have any heartbreaks, and no
graves are dug. Where are your father
and mother? The most of you are
orphans. look around, and where I
see one man who has parents living. I
see ten who are orphans. Where are
your children? Where I see one fam
lily circle that is unbroken, I see three
or four that have been desolated. One
lamb gone out of this fold; one flower
plucked from that garland; one golden
link broken from that chain: here a
bright light put out, and there another
and yonder another. With such griefs.
how are you to rest? Will there ever
be power that can attune that silent
voice, or kindle the luster Of that closed
eye, or put spring and dance into that
little foot? When we bank up the
dust over the dead, is the sod never
to be broken? Is the cemetery to hear
no sound but the tire of the hearse
wheel, or the tap Of the bell at the gate
as the long procession come in with
their awful burdens Of grief? Is the
bottom of the grave gravel, and the Top
dust? No! no! no! The tomb is only
a place where we wrap our robes about
us for a pleasant nap on our way home.
The swellings Of Jordan will only