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The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-06-07
ONE OCTOPUS NEATLY rRAPPED

ONE OCTOPUS NEATLY TR4tPPED,
 Those of our readers who lie awake | nights for fear of the octopi and in vain | regret that the law can't get the better of the awful animals will feel cheered l by the story of how one unaided but pretty smart man did get the better of
 one of them. The story comes from
 New Jersey by way of New Orleans, but that is nothing against it, and be-
 appears that the smart man was at the head of a small concern making-let us
 say--car wheels, and about a year ago
 he got a private hint that the other car-
 wheel people were arranging a combine.
 He said nothing but immediately con-
 municated with several of the largest
 consumers, and by offering confidential
 ly a reduction of about 15 per cent. se-
 cured advance orders that would occu-
 py him over two years to fill, running
 at full capacity. At the price named
 every wheel would be made at loss. and
 his partners were badly scared. He told
 them to keep their mouths shut and
 wait. In a few months the trust was
 organized, according to programme
 and one day a bland agent dropped in
 and offered him a fair price for the
 plant. He said he didn't care to sell.
 The trust thereupon proceeded to put on the screws in the usual fashion. In other words, they cut rates, but, strange to say, the little wheelmaker didn't seem to care. Then they made another and much larger cut, with the intention of freezing him out at one fell swoop. That was just what he was waiting for, and through third party he placed or ders with the trust covering all the con-
 tracts he had made at figure that left him a handsome margin of profit. Without suspecting that the large or ders came from their intended victim, the trust people became alarmed at the losses incurred in the freezing out pro- cess and made him another and much better offer for his plant, which he &C., cepted. Now the trust has the concern and is obliged to run it day and night to make wheels at 25 per cent. under actual cost for the man 1t tried to ruin As fast as he gets them he turns them over on his contracts, and reaps an in- termediate profit, while the trust mag mates howl with anguish every time they make a delivery. The little wheel maker got enough out of the sale of the plant to retire for life, and he is carry ing out the rest of the campaign merely for sport. He says it's great fun to see a trust on the gridiron
 Gentle reader, yet savage hater of the octopi, go thou and do likewise.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-06-07
RrCH, BUT UNHAPPY.

This is good weather for wishing to
 be rich, and it is also good weather for
 contemplating the luck of those who are
 rich enough to go to the shore every
 minute if they want to and order ice
 cream soda every second. In the June issue of Ainslee's magazine MT. John l Gilmer Speed tells us that in the whole United States there are 4,000 men who
 are worth $1,0O0,oOo and upward Of these no less than 400 are in New York
 city, while the remaining 2,600 are scat tered throughout the country. Of those
 in New York city one has in excess of $100, ,000 900, one in excess of $75, 100000,
 one in excess of $5O,0O0,oOO three in ex- cess of $4O0O00O0, six in excess of s3O,- 900, ,000, five in excess of $20,G00, GOO, three
 in excess of $15000,000 eighteen in ex- cess of $10, ,00O, ,0OO seventeen in excess of
 $5, ,000 900, thirty in excess of $4,000,000
 fifty-four in excess of $3,000000, 1S9 in excess of $20O0,000 and 1,050 in excess of $1, ,O00 Oo0. Outside of New York In the
 country at large one man exceeds S50,- 100000, one exceeds $4O,oo0,OoO, one ex- ceeds $200OO,OOO, eighteen exceed $10,- 00O000, thirty exceed $5,000,000, fifty-nine exceed s, ,0OO,OO 193 exceed 2,000000 and 2,297 exceed $1,00o000.
 Taken altogether, the wealth of these 4.000 millonaires amounts to $6,5S7, ,000,- 900, while the value of the real and per- sonal property of the United States is about S9O,000, 100000, showing that the great millionaires own only small frac- tion of the accumulated wealth of the country Indeed, if to their possessions should be added the possessions of all men having more than $100,00O, the total would be about $t2,OO0,000,000 leaving SIS, GOO, 100000 to be divided among those with modest fortunes or 2 competency bles prepared by MT. Speed is the one showing the manner in which the fifty richest men in America accumulated | their fortunes. Twelve gained wealth l by building and operating railroads and speculating in railroad shares. Ten may accredit their fortunes to an | increase in the value of land" Seven | got rich in producing and refining pe- troleum" Seven owe their accumula | tions to "commerce and subsequent in- l vestments." Three Waxed wealthy in | the business of sugar refining" Five | only are listed as gaining their fortunes
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-06-07
MORNING WEDNESDAY, <

Little Johnny-'Mamma, let's play am your mother and you are my little boy" Mamma-"Very well, dear; how shall we play it?" Little Johnny-"Ill tell you; you start to do something and I'll tell you not to."-Puck.
 Mrs. Mayaower-Why that looks like q portrait of the famous Cardinal Rich elieu!"
 Mrs. .Newlyrich--Quite right, my dear; he was one of our ancestors, you know in fact, our first, believe.-Judge.
 Mrs, Bargane-Haven you got Q toothache John?
 MT. Bargane-No, my dear, why?
 Mrs Bargane-Oh I am so sorry that you have not. bought new toothache cure to-day at bargain, and l wanted you to try it.--Baltimore Jewish Com ment.
 A Stimulus to War.-"Does your son feel that his heart is in this war in the Philippines, Mrs. Smith?"
 II should say so He writes that ev- cry time he fires at a Filipino he re- members that he owes him a grudge for making him miss the cherry-pie season at home. '-Chicago Record.
 Wealth. Yes, her hat was certainly lovely, though it had cost but $1S.13; quite as lovely as that Smith woman's, which had cost nearly hundred.
 But the Smiths are able to own a more conspicuous pew in church than we are," faltered her husband
 Well, they can't come in any later than we can, I guess!" she exclaimed, radiantly.
 With us, wealth confers no distnc- tions at all comparable to those which it does not confer.-Detroit Journal.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-06-07
FASHTON NOTES.
As Silks Are Combined.

The new figured silks in blue and white recall the microbe patterns of three years ago, but are different and right in style There is endorsement, too. for their employment as the only material of a gown, but they are at their best, considered as to stylishness, when made up with another silk in the manner this picture suggests. Here overskirt and jacket bodice were lilac blue and white foulard, while under skirt and the lower part of the front were of plain lilac-bue silk, the latter portion arranged in deep bias pleats
 Tucked white chiffon furnished tho yoke. This proportion of figured goods
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to plain stuff doss not vary much, for
 although it seems as if a little of the fig
 ured material should go good ways,
 there is usually much more of it than of the plain weave.
 7 The lilac-blue of this silk set the color for the hat to accompany it, the fancy straw and the paradise feather aigrette
 both being of that shade. White roses and green foliage made up the other
 trimming. Such use of feathery aig rette on a hat whose greatest dimension is width is a new and stylish character istic. Manila straw is being used in many hats, and the chiffon and black net hat was too easily made to escape undue popularity, so such are rapidly losing distinction. Hats of folded Wov- en lace straw are very stunning in bright butter color trimmed with a bow of it relieved by a twist of black velvet ribbon Theater hats of white tulle in Henry the Eighth shape are trimmed with black paradise sweeps and rhine~ stone buckles. They are likely to re- main stylish for some time. Boat shap- cd hats tipped well over the forehead and with sides very high are the most popular form of the doWn-tipped hat. The round hat tipped over the nose is DO longer good form, Hats fiared from the face are worn. but need careful se- lection. Blue is most often seen in hats, but that by no means means that it is the most exclusive selection. Hats har- monize in color with the gown, though black, gray and blue hats are worn with any color of dress F'LORETTE.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-06-07
THE ROB ES.

The judges of the Supreme and Supe- rior courts of Connecticut are, it is said, soon to appear in robes while on the bench. There seems to be a difference of opinion concerning the size of the ad- dition which the robes will make to the majesty of the judges, and some go so far as to seem to think that the robes will not make any addition to the majesty. As it is too hot to have a heated discussion about this momentous matter we shall not attempt to encour- age one. We will simply pause to re- mark that it will suit us if the judges will stick to the simple and severe Mother Hubbard and not get gay and put on shirt waists.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-06-07
SUNNY.

Yes that is Dr. Bloggs.'
 "Allopath, homeopath, horse, or divin- y?"-Indianapolis Journal
 Reggy-Fweddy! Why, I could trust the deah boy with me life''
 Edna-Could you trust him with any thing valuable ?-ChicagO News.
 The Monkey Tongue.-"P Prof. Garnier says that the monkey language has not more than twenty-five or thirty words" "I suppose that old chappie' and 'deah boy are among them. ."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 'T'le inmates of Sing Sing print newspaper" Well, is it any different from other papers?" ''Yes; composed of longer sentences and the editors are not allowed to keep any old files. "-Chi- cago News.
 Necessary Particularization.- "pd like to see some non -shrinkable bathing flannel.' Floor Walker Miss Gimp, show the lady some bathing robe flannel for bathing purposes. ."-Phila- delphia North American.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-06-07
THE "PHYSIC GARDEN" TO BE
 A

THE "PHYsIC GARDEN" TO BE SAVED.
 It is good news that the old "Physic Garden at Chelsea is to be rescued
 from the clutches of the speculative
 builder, though it seems strange that
 the rescue should have to be effected, as
 a last resource, by the trustees of the London Paroohial charities. No doubt the study of botany deserves encourage
 ment, but we should hardly have thought that it came under the heading; of a parochial charity. To criticise the means by which the gardens have been saved however, is but looking gift horse in the mouth for of the benefit there can be no doubt whatever. It is true that the "Physic Garden" had long outlived its original purpose. When SIT Hans Sloane presented it in 172l to the Apothecares company he thought, no doubt, that he was providing them with the means of parfecting their profession al attainments for all time. But the modern physician has little need to go hunting about in garden for "simples to cure diseases, and so the "Physlc Gar den" at Chelsea has gradually declined to the position of one of those things which guides to London describe as "well worth a visit" bpt which, never theless, nobody visits. Unfortunately, too, physic garden cannot be kept go- ing without expenditure, and as decade after decade passed without restoring any of it's lost utility and prestige to Sir Hans Sloane's garden, the Apothecaries' society naturally became desirous or getting rid of what had proved to be white elephant. Happily, it's sale for building has been postponed by the deci- sion of the trustees of the London Paro- chial charities to expend the necessary eight hundred pounds yearly.--London TyI
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-06-07
Ynu,u Nnxar No Missed.

You man of the majestic mlen, all swollen up with pride, Who feels that none can estimate your worth. Who treadS the streets with kingly air and more than kingly pride As if you held | mortgage on the earth. Come down for just Il moment from your rather dizzy height And let thls truth md Judgment ill your head This world was q pronounced success be. fore you saw the light, And will move on just the same when you are dead. The man who wears the workman garb, paced i'll the scales wlth you, Might send you spinning upward with the beam; In every manly virtue and in honesty that's true r,; Be your superior, though grand you seem. Though you may look with proud dlsdain down from your lofty height On men who labor for their daily bread, Remember that the world was here before you saw the light And will never even miss you when you're dead. The Master who created you and placed you here on earth Gave life unto the man of labor, too And, though you may be favored with the accident of birth,
  Wrapped in your se.f-importance, you should always keep In sight The fact that though you toss q naughty head, This world was an assured success before you saw the light, And will move on just the same when you are dead There'l be no aristocracy in heaven, you will find. If you should chance to make landing there, And he to whose existence on tue earth you are SO blind 7, WiE be your equal in those realms so fair Come down from off your pedestal and show your manly worth, From out of cloudland pull your klngly head; The powerful machinery of this revolving earth VIII never slip n cog when you are dead,
 The Denver Evening Post.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-06-07

in the mining of "gold, silver and cop- per" Two made their fortunes out of steamboatng. One is a meat packer, one an insurance king, one an iron dealer, one a telephone prince and two are very rich from banking and other investments.'
 There's still room at the top. Let us strive to get there on $4 a week. But let us remember that riches do not bring happiness.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-06-07

When MT. Chamberlain first came on the municipal scene Birmingham was faithfully described as "a miserable, insanltary overgrown village" To-day, thanks principally to it's most gifted citizen, it is city of fine streets, stately buildings and excellent sanitation.-L don Mail.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-06-07
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants. Rents, and other small advertisements, One Cent Word each in. eertion. Five Cents Word for full week tEeven tlmes).
 Display advertisements. per Inch, one in- ecrtion, $l.20; each subsequent insertion. 10 cents; one week. $32O; one month, $1o; one year. $40
 Obituary Notices, In prose or verse. 15 cents per line Notices of Births, Mar riages. Deaths, and Funerals, 50 cents each. Local Notices, 15 cents per line.
 early advertisers are limited to their own lmmediate business in.l matter to be t6nable), and their contracts do not ilnclude Wants To Let. For Sale. etc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-06-07

All the young Americans are not little Americans. Ralph Horne of Philadel- phia, who was fifteen years old when he enlisted last February, with the con- sent of his father, is now in the Philip pines, member of the Twelfth United States Infantry.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-06-07
What is so hot as a day in June?

It is said that something like $65, ,O00,- poo of insolvent indebtedness has been wiped out or discharged since the fed eral bankruptcy act went into effect.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-06-07

DELIVERED RY CARRIERS IN THE CITY, 15 CENTS WEEK, 50 CENTS A MONTH, $S FOR SIx MONTHS, $6
 YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BY MAIL
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The majesty of the, law has been in voked in an endeavor to obtain satisfac- tory compensa ton for having been made the victim of series of practical jokes sTay MT. Broy, of the cafe in the Place de Cliclzy, Paris, and the facts seem to warrant his demand. Some time since 5000 bottles of beer arrived at his place with bill to be paid He had not ordered them. Nor had he ordered bathtub that shortly follow ed. It was the same way with a wet nurse who presented herself next day. A summons from a magistrate made the poor wretch hope the law would aid him, but the magistrate denied sending for him and threatened to commit him if he persisted in his appeals. Upon his dejected return home he found waiting a bankers clerk to collect bills he had never signed Then came 300 urchins to get place as errand boys, and MT. Broy sought his lawyer. He remember ed two customers who were always present when the jokes were .'sprung," and suspecting these men, he has brought suit against them to re- cover $2,OOO damages.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-06-07

X School officials in Germany are con- sidering the advisability of adopting for children's use au expurgated edition of the Bible. Parts of this book, they ar gue, are more utterly unsuited for the young person than the average problem novel of to-day. They declare that to it's pages numbers of boys and girls have recourse only for reasons scarcely acceptable to either parent or clergy man. Consequent upon this course of reasoning, an edition of the Bible, care fully expurgated, has long been in use in Prussia and the northern provinces. It is known as the Bremen School Bible, and makes book about half the com pass of the entire Scriptures. Now the movement has spread to South Ger many, and the Wurtemburg Bible so- ciety has received orders for a large edition of a similar work.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-06-07

Governor Ellerhe of South Carolina, who died of consumption last week, was the youngest man ever elected to a gen. eral office in that State. He was born in 1862 and became comptroller general at the age of twenty-seven. In 1896, when he was only thirty-four years old, he was chosen governor without for .midable opposition, and in 1898 was elected to the same office again, this time against the will of horde of dis appointed offices seekers, sore~heads and members of the two Democratic fac tions, radical and conservative, whom he had failed to please. Tn his endeavor to satisfy everybody and be the gover- nor of the whole State instead of a sin gle faction he made many enemies.
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BALANCING ACCOUNTS after your job money in pocket If you've used E. X K. Paints. They're best because they go far thest, stay longest, and cost less in the long run. Isn't that the kind of economy that'l interest you to practice THOMPSON x BELDEN, 396 and 39S State street.
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THN TONPUBLISHING C
 OFFICE 400 STATE STREET.
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The United States Coast Survey has the continent on the thirty-ninth paral- Tel, and the results are shortly to be published. An elaborate system of tri- angulation was employed, and so &C., curate has been the work that the dist ance, which is about 2,625 miles, has been fixed without an error of 100 feet, or less than one-half inch to the mile. This survey has been in progress for nearly fifty years, and will afford ac- curate data for carrying on secondary triangulation throughout the country
 Horses are becoming worth something In the West Buyers are now paying $15 in the Dakotas, Wisconsin and Min nesota for animals which were consid- cred two or three years ago fit only for the abattoir. The improvement in the horse market is due to an increased demand, particularly from the govern nent, for animals for use in the mli- tary service, and to a reduction in the supply. Under the low prices recently prevailing many horse breeders went out of business, and the short life of the animal for practical uses speedily strip ped the market. It is stated that the demand for fast harness horses is also improving.
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THE WEEKLY JoCRNAL, Issued Thursdays, One Dollar a Year.
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THE OLDEST DAILY PAPER PUB-
 LISHED IN CONNECTICUT.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-30
LIMITS TO HYPOCRISY.

Resolutions have been introduced in
beth houses of congress expressing
sympathy with the Beers and con-
demning the course OF Russia in rela-
ton to Finland.
None of these. resolutions will be al
lowed TO pass, although two years ago
they would have gone through under
a suspension of the rules without a
Dissenting vote.
They WIFI be pigeon holed or killed
in the committees to which they are
referred because, as the Baltimore
Sun expresses it, there are limita-
lions even to hypocrisy. and as long az
we are. doing in the Philippines what
Great Britain is doing in Africa, and
are destroying the autonomy of the
FilipinDs as Russia has wiped out the
autonomy Of the Firms, we must be
consistent -
Ever since Mark Hanna took up the
reins of government his party has not
only concluded that British methods
of rule were best, but the administra-
ton is actually trying to initiate them.
Whatever is English is all right, ac-
cording to Hanna; and Russia is the
great exponent of Imperialism
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-30
SENSIBLE cENTERvILLE.

That was a fearful tragedy enacted
at Centerville the day the Brandons ar
rived from Washington. The town was
dark There was no brass band to meet
them No bonfires blazed. No bells
We're rung. The town went on about its
business just as if nothing unusual had
taken place The merchants put up the
shutters, locked the stores and went
home. The farmers MIXED their cows
and gave the horses hay. The house
wives washed the dishes after supper,
discussed the weather and went to bed.
AT the usual time all became quiet and
it was night in Cenferville.
1t was enough 10 disgust the Bran
dons. 1t spoiled a story for The Storm
Starter that was probably in type be-
fore they left Washington. But the
people of CenterviIle did the sensible
thing. They paid no attention to any
candidates for martyrdom. They re-
fused to enact the roles to which the
defamers of their state had assigned
them. If they felt any resentment
they took it to bed with them and slept
if Off
1t was a tragedy that was all plot
There were no actors, no audience
worth mentioning and the stage was
dark. CenterviIle is sensible
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-30
The Poacher;S Dog.
Chambers, Journal.l


The successful professional poacher is
complete comprehension of animated ma
ture, of woodcraft, and of how changes in
the weather affect the customs of his
quarry Discarding the gun. which has
the disadvantage, unless IL be an air one,
of betraying his presence. he chiefly re-
lies on nets and his dog. The breed of
dog-commonly a cross between a grey
hound and a collie-is called "lurcher."
In addition TO having the speed of the
one parent, and the nose" and intelli-
gence of the other a lurcher has more
stamina than a greyhound. never gives
tongue and VIII usually retrieve. In
frosty weather a iurcher bred from a
staghound is preferred as it has harder
feet than a dog of the greyhound breed.
The terrier lurcher, being apt to bark, is
of little use to the poacher.
The training of these dogs is of a very
high order as upon il almost entirely de-
ponds the poachers success, and often his
safety. Here is an actual incident A
pOacher on tho hunt for hareS had set
his net at the gate of the field. Mo-
tioning his dog TO range, he was surprised
crouched at its masters feet His sus-
PIGEONS aroused, the poacher, CHANGING
back discer9ed the figures of two keep
ers stealthily creeping up behind the
hedge at the opposite side of the road.
Seeing they were observed, the keepers
timely warning of his lurcher. the poach-
er. making good use of his legs. effected
his escape, minus his poaching imple-
ments. On account of the use to which
the lurcher is put it is looked on with re-
proach, yet this creature is often a per-
feet model of animal beauty. and in in
telligence and capability is inferior to no
other breed