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The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-18

my wifes first husband" "-Chicago News.
 Her Little Confidence Game. Were playing railroad train," she said, as she pulled her fathers paper away, and I'm the conductor Ticket, please" He took a card from his pocket and hand ed it to her. She looked at it intently for a minute and then handed it back. That was issued yesterday" she said, land isn't good to-day. You'll have to pay cash or get off the train He gave her dime" He knew he had been worked but what else could he do?- Chicago Evening Post.
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EI,

The new f1agpole is up, and in the height and sturdiness of it's upness it looks we'll. The eagle at the top shines golden in the sunlight and the birds of the ar welcome it to a place among them, and also find it convenient to perch upon. Moreover, and most cheer Ing Of all, to-day, if nothing happens to prevent, the Flag ot the Free will float from the top of the fiagpole and the beauty and the glory of the sight will again delight many eyes that have sadly missed them in the long and weary days while the mind of New Haven was being made up as to the location of the new stick and the dispo- sition of the Burmese band-stand.
 It is proud day for New Haven which. in spite of all temptations, has acted when 1t could have kept on talking and had longer good time. It is proud day for Editor Osborn. whose patriotism and public spirit have been shown in a most timely and effective way. It was he who, when nobody seemed to know what to do or how to do it, found out what new flagpole would cost and collected the money to buy it and get it here. He and all who helped in the buying and the putting up of the pole are entitled to the hearty gratitude of their fellow citizens, and they have it.
 Finis coronat opus, as they used to say in Rome.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-18

The attention that has been given by investors this year to the zinc mining industry of Missouri makes of unusual interest the annual report of the mine inspector of that State. It contains apparently good proof of the continued development of the zinc industry out there and of the consequently increas- ing wealth of the State The product of the three principal zinc producing counties for the year ending last June shows an increase of considerably over one hundred per cent as compared with that of the year preceding. That of course, besides involving a large in crease in the number of miners em- ployed and in the amount of money paid in wages to those employees, means stimulus to the general trade of the mining section, an enlarging market for mining machinery and supplies and further development of railroad fa- cilities.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-18

planting community in Behar is one of the few nonofficial circles of English men resident in India, and if the plant
 CTS as body are really threatened with extinction it will make a serious differ
 ence to the conditions of both commer-
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FASHION NOTES.
Trimming Can be OverdO ..

Here is dress showing a tasteful use of black Mechlin lace, which is now very stylish, but which is not always employed with good judgment Pale violet cloth was the dress goods. It will not be necessary to use quite so much of the lace to obtain an equally good result, and if the lace is wider than this, care should be taken that
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S8.98 for a $I5.OO Jacket.

There are 20 of these Double Breasted Box Coat Jackets-coats lined throughout with heavy Fisher Satin--with velvet collars, or with out for those who prefer. Colors- black, castor, tan and navy.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-18

The Boston Pilot, in speaking of the monument to be erected to the British soldiers who fell at Bunker Hill, on Boston Common, says that perhaps Mayor Quincy "can tell us why the proposed monument is to take the form of Celtic cross. If he does not know, others do. It is a deliberate insult to Irish Catholic Americans, intimating that it was their compatriots and CO., religionists who fought for King George at Bunker Hill" It does not think the monument will be destroyed, if erected, but thinks that "Mr. Quincy might sig nifty his permanent retirement from public life by something less insulting to his constituency than the erection of a Celtic cross to commemorate English soldiers, who were the deadly enemies of everything American, Celtic and Catholic"
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there is considerably less of it. Just because a trimming is newly placed near the head of the list of adornments that are fashionable, there is no excuse for using it without limit Cloth gowns nowadays are much elaborated,
 but the highly wrought effect is ususl- ly due quite as much to cut as 60
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,hiIdren's Dresses.

From 6 to IA years. This is a phenominal offer; charmingly de- signed at prices far lower than you could plan them.
 Is Dozen Little Gowns at 5 .40 they're like our regular $2. 4o dress.
 10 Dozen Fancy Scotch Plaid Dresses for Sl.98-In cut and de- sign and material like any $2.9S goods.
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A resident of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, recently sent to a street railroad com pany in St. Paul, Minnesota, a post office money order for $2 with an ex- planatory note reading: "When I was boy, eight or ten years ago, rode on your cars at three-cent fare when should have paid five cents. I think this will even us up. I have thought of it several times since I became Christian, but it has been neglected until now. I want clean record" The company in acknowledging the receipt of the money, wrote to the Eau Claire man as follows: We fully appreciate the spirit which prompted you to right a wrong We accept the $2, but have turned an equal amount over to the Outing Association of this city, an or ganization which devotes it's energies to the benefit of the condition of the poor children, and We trust by so doing you will feel the more keenly that you have done your duty as Christian"
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Women's Seperate Skirts.

We've got 100 Brand New Separate Skirts that
 we will put out to sell at $298 They're $4oo skirts;
 good servceable skirt. Colorsback and the stylish grey, in desirable cut and altogether choice offer.
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rS5.89 for an $8.5O Jacket

25 of these. They're double breasted, box front, lined with silk serge. S4.98 for a $7.OO Jacket. 25 of these good Black Kersey Goats, lined throughout.
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Long Coats.

25 Dainty Long Coats of broad cloth-the double cape kind, at- tractively trimmed with ' rows white braid S3.98 They're in new shades of greens tans, browns and blues. 20 of Scotch Boucle with handsome cape, richly trimmed with blue and white braid, for children of two to twelve years,
 $5.49
 Colors-blue and white, blue and black, brown and black and green and black.
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Some decidedly queer communications find their way to a newspaper office, says the Philadelphia Record, and the individual whose duty it is to get up the Answers to Correspondence de- partment with which most newspapers are equipped, is usually bowed with a great grief which he must carry in secret to the grave, since the world at large cannot be expected to possess sufficient discrimination to penetrate the depths of his sorrow. The follow ing, which reached the Record office yesterday, may serve to show the sort of game he is up against: Dear Sir Would you kindly inform me the num- Der of seeds contained in 73 and 75- pound pumpkin, as I wish to settle an argument?"
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A matter that is agitating commercial circles in India and which has already attracted considerable attention in the threat to the large industry of indigo planting contained in the reported man
 1facture of artificial indigo. The very similar trade in madder was wiped out q generation ago by an artificial dye made of coal tar, which is also the basis of the ingredients in synthethic indigo, and vegetable dyes are giving place to aniline dyes all along the line, SD that this is no mere chimera. It has been definitely stated in more than one quarter that the great Baden factory has already succeeded in putting on the market an artificial indigo of a quality and price to compete seriously with the natural article The Indigo
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THE PROCLAMATION is out; the day is set, and everyone is satisfied You'll have additional cause for thanksgiving if, happi- ly, our paints have been used in your Fall they're the embodiment of per. fection in paint manufacture at minimum of cost. THOMPSON x BELDEN.
 S96, 39S, 442 State street.
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The he1umrmal ard Onmriec
NEW HAVEN, CONN.

An old woman in London recently explained to her clergyman why she ceased to attend church since incense was discontinued. When I goes to church" she said, firmly, 1T like to see summat and to hear summat, and to smell summat, or else what is the good of goin' at all?"
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Momen's Jackets--in four chapters.

@O.O0 IOI q @O.OU OdCktI.
 Just 25 of these too. They're of black kersey, well lined through out with servicable silk serge.
 Better see them when you're in.
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Miss Bertha E.. H. Berbert, who was elected school commissioner in the Sec ond New York district, being the first woman selected for that in Westchester county, says her election expenses were expended for cigars and $34 for cams paign buttons. Purity in politics.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-18

It is expected that next year Rome will draw as many visitors as the Paris exposition. According to calculations which have been made by the Vatican secretary of state, at least 100000 pill grims will visit Rome-an average of 5000 a day. The amount of Peters pence they will bring is expected to reach $10000,000, while the amount of money they will spend in Italy is reck- oned at S3OO,000, 900.
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House Dresses.

House Dresses.
 10 Dozen Percale House-wrappers in all the lead- ing shades, well worth 89c Special-49c
 We've got 10 Dozen Fannelette House-wrappers worth $1.50. We will sell them for-00c
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WHY WE DO TT {?

Because the manufacturer did reckon Indian Summer Tn He gutted the market We bought of the abundance figures These figures are yours.
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Hurry lot Children's Coats-Reefers-D Dresses.

I2 Fine Sample Coats.
 For children from 2 to 6 years.
 Made of fine broadcloth, made with natty capes, trimmed with 3 rows satin braid and 2 rows on sleeves and all finished with gold edging- -s8.98 Wellworth $1o.5O
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-05-25
A Talk to Teachers.

In July next the n E. A. for 1899 meets
at Los Angeles, California. This should
mean great deal TO you because it affords
an opportunity for travel to the most in
teresting part of our continent at q wonder
fully low rate. 1t goes without saying
that you ought to take advantage of such a
chance and in taking advantage of it, see
all that you can.
] wish to make suggestion During the
last few years | have been brought into
quite close relations with many teachers
and schools through our series of wonder
land books issued annually. | am anxious
that our teachers should reap the full bene-
fit of this meeting at Loss Angeles and the
low rate at which they can travel The
finest scenery in California and the North
west is found on the Shasta-Northern
Pacific route via Portland, therefore, go
north when the convention adjourns, see
Mt Shasta, the Sacramento Canyon, the
Siskiyou range, visit Puget Sound, and
also if you desire, Alaska. You can by do
ing this see also Mts. Hood and st. Helens,
and from the Sound country, Mt. Rainier,
and perhaps Mt. Baker. Then when on
the Northern Pacific eastward bound Mt.
Adams can also be seen. These mountains
are the finest glacial peaks in the world
this is true-and range from 10000 to near
ly $1,000 feet in hight and are seen for
their entire elevations.
By thus returning via the Northern Pa
cific, the climax of the trip, the greatest
educational as well as scenic feature of the
entire journey is yours-Y ellowstone Park.
No other railway touches the Park. Re-
member that.
Make up your minds to return home as |
have indicated-via Shasta-Northern Pa
cifc, and you win always be glad you did
so.
If you have not copy of our Wonder
land 49, send me-Chas. S. Fee, st. Paul,
Minn.-six cents, and / will sent you one
and also a Park map folder
For other information, rates, etc, adj
dress Geo. d. Rogers, ID. p. A., St Paul,
Mimi, and your letters will have prompt
attaptiop
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candidate the Is votes of Ohio she would
still be seven votes short. If she could
bring to her support the entire Ohio
delegation and the entire southern del
egation she would have the nomination
with a majority of three. The west has
IS votes, independent of Ohio. If she
can draw the southern contingent she
has the nomination with a majority of
five. If she can draw Ohio she has the
nomination with a majority of ten. If
she can carry her own vote solid and Sc
cure five votes from either the southern
contingent or from Ohio she can be
successful.
1t will be seen that if mere personal
considerations do not outweigh the gen
eral geographical political considera-
tons the speaker of the Fifty-siXth
congress is very likely to come from
west of the Allegheny mountains. At
the organization of the Fifty-fourth
and Fifty-ffth congresses the east had
a majority of the votes, and they were
able not only to nominate Mr.. Reed,
from the extreme northeastern coun-
try, but they were able to locate the
two great offices of clerk of the house
and doorkeeper of the house, involving
three-fourths of the patronage, all east
of the Alleghenies. The western men
say that the star of republican political
power is moving their way, and it is a
good deal to ask of them that they shall
yield the speakership to man who is
outranked in years of service in the
house by not fewer than seven or eight
distinguished representatives from the
vast territory west of the Alleghenies.
But, after all, the majority party will
be wise if it selects the man who is pos
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the flowers now. "But where is his leg

the flowers now. ''But where is his leg
buried? ?" he asked.
Dorothy looked disappointed. Il
don't know she answered sadly. II
asked mamma once, and she said she
didn't know. but thought some of you
would be able to find it,
why, Dorothy said her fathers
voice behind, where did you come
from?' Then Dorothy gave him her
mothers message, and when the gen.
tleman said he was coming to her house
after the celebration and would talk
about the captain and his pension. Dor
othy rode home in a very contented
frame of mind.
She gathered another great bunch of
white, wide apple blossoms and bright
scarlet flowers, and started for a visit to
the neglected captain. He sat by the
window this Decoration day in most
Respondent mood. II was quite true.
as Mrs. Baker said, that if he had had
more push and assurance he might long
since have obtained his well-deserved
pension, and now made much more inn
preston on the army men of this town;
but the captain was always retiring
man, and sickness and age had not
made him more self-confident. What
with his physical pain from his rheu-
matism and his hearts sorrow at his
lack of ability, he was beginning to feel
like a very old soldier now, and he an
swered with unusual Impotence to Mrs.
Bakers twentieth twitting remark: II
wish TO gracious / was dead with the
rest of the soldiers"
Then he went out on the porch, and
there was Dorothy coming across the
road with her beautiful bunch of flow
ers. She came straight for his gate and
up his garden path. and the face of the
old captain frightened like the face of
one thankful for long and happy life.
How do you do, Capt. Baker" Doro-
thy's sweet voice said. 81 thought I'd
come over and joyful you up, cause it's
Decoration day." and the little lady held
out her hand as sign of forgetfulness
and reconciliation.
The captain shook it warmly. Its
real good of you to remember an old sol
der, Miss Dorothy" he said, heartily.
That's more'n anybody else does. .
Mrs. Baker murmured sourly from the
door.
Dorothy turned toward her with a
bright smile. She had learned to APP
preciate the present Mrs. Bakers ex-
cellent qualities despite her fondness
for talking. Its very pleasant day,
isn't it?" she questioned, cheerfully.
Mrs. Bakernodded and smiled family.
There's a man that lives in Wash
ington coming to our house tonight,
Present Mrs Baken. and I'm going to
talk to him about the captains money
pension
II think this gentleman will see about
it, really do" Dorothy added in eager
interest, land papa thinks you ought to
have it. Capt Baker"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-05-25
COMMUNICATION DAY.
Day to Pay Tribute to Those who
Yielded Up Their Lives for
Their Flag and Country.

Memorial day, with all its beautiful
significance, has come to have an abid-
ing place among our holidays. 1t is
well for us to honor and to render our
tribute of gratitude and thanksgiving
to those who gave their lives for the
maintenance of the grandest system of
national institutions that any people
ever enjoyed. Our nation stands fore
most among the few great political
powers whose warriors have always ex-
hibited the noblest patriotism.
Our independence rests on the mar
tyred bodies of our forefathers. And
the costly price of our national unity
and liberty lies buried beneath the sod,
where many a widow and orphan has
wept, and where with each returning
year, in this month of May, we render
our floral tribute to their memory and
to American patriotism. Our national
institutions, though conceived in the
minds of our noble fathers, were
brought forth, nurtured and handed
to us by our brave men, who left their
homes and loved ones, and faced shot
and shell, bayonet and saber, for their
country.
American grandeur consists not in
perishing sculptures and massive ma
sonry, the achievements of captive
.aves. Her monuments have not been
erected in commemoration of warlike
valor or martial conquests, but in honor
of those who counted not their lives
precious when their country and its in
stitutions were in peril, but freely shed
their blood and laid down their lives
that they might live as the priceless in
heritance of those who came after
them. How eloquently they speak to
us to-day as we Irvine our floral gifts
about them, and over the lowly grass
strew the fragrant flowers of spring!
Memorial day is what its name i'm
plies-a day of commemoration. In
the graves on whose mounds shall be
planted flags and scattered flowers
sleep the remains of men whose deeds
of courage and daring are worthy of
being perpetuated. All honor to the
heroic dead Christian Work.
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fault he didn't get the pension money,
and they need il dreadfully 10 make
both sides meet, and she has to work
her fingers to the really she
looks quite 'cause''-but here Dor
othy was silenced and told that if she
gossiped about her captain neighbor
she could not go to- see him any more.
The acquaintance that Dorothy had
begun grew more delightful and init
mate as time went on. Dorothy became
very fond of her captain for mum
Der of reasons; first, because he told
such wonderful stories; then because
his wife was not more polite, because
he had bullet in his leg and could not
get a pension, and last, but not least.
because he always called her Miss Dor
othy, which seemed fiattering from a
man of his age and war experience.
Mr.. Bakers love for Dorothy was
founded on quite as good reasons. In
the first place, everybody loved Dor
othy, and a tender-hearted old man
could prove no exception to this rule;
then she reminded him of his lost little
girl, was a solace to him after the
stormy ways of Present Mrs. Baker,
and, finally, it was undeniably delight
full to an humble private to be adj
dressed as captain.
But there came a sudden interruption
to this friendship one fair spring day.
The captain had taken his usual consti-
tutionai within the limits of his small
garden and was removing his rubbers
on the front porch-for he was careful
man, and always wore both galoshes
despite his cork foot, partly for appear
ance's sake, partly because he feared
lest some dampness travelling up his
cork leg might surreptitiously enter
his rheumatic system. Now the captain
great difficulty in removing his foot
gear and was putting and laboring when
Dorothy appeared walking up the path.
"Oh, Capt. Baker" she cried, how red
your face is, Let me help you!" and
before the breathless captain could re-
monstrate she was sitting on the step
below Juggling bravely at the obstinate
rubber But for some strange reason
| it was hard to remove and Dorothy eX-
erted her strength, which was by no
means small, for final effort. She
heard something snap, the captain
called, Take care!" and horror of hor-
rors! Dorothy found herself pulling off
not merely the rubber but the boot, and
indeed the captains very leg seemed
coming toward her. With an awful
shrek Dorothy sprang to her feet and
fled down the garden path; she heard
Present Mrs. Baker come to the door
and what seemed like a malicious burst
of laughter was borne after her as she
sped up the drive to her own home.
She burst into the reception room and
| flung herself on her mother with wild
sobs. "Oh, mamma she cried, send
for the doctor, quick, quick! The cap
tain's leg was cracked in the war and
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-05-25
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

We are asked what kind of soil is
good for growing sorghum. Any soil
that will grow corn.
In very many cases, investing in pay
ing improvements can be made more
profitable than the buying of more
land.
A correspondent would like to know
how many stock peas can be raised on
an acre of land. Forty bushels is a
good crop.
Europe is being taught that eornmeal
is useful food for human beings. 1t is
predicted that the consumption of corn
in Europe will be largely increased.
allow do you plant pop corn ?" asks
a subscriber. 1t can be drilled pretty
thickly or planted in hills about six
stalks to the hill. 1t natures quickly.
There is no economy in hauling out
manure and putting in piles to be scat
tered later; the better plan, as well as
the more economical, is to scatter where
it is wanted direct from the wagon.
Nothing looks worse than an old
straw stack, and if the owner is deter
mined to make no use Of his straw, it
will add to the appearance of the prem
Uses to burn il as soon as the grain is
threshold Western Plowman.