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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-02

A little lass, just eight years old,
Eyes like the skies and hair like gold,
Off to school in a frock of blue,
With basket of lunch and q book or two.
This Is Susy!
A debutante of sweet eighteen
In a satin gown all simmer and sheen,
Flushed and eager at her first ball.
With score of men at her beck and call,
This Is Sue!
Twenty eight, and is affably bored
With America after year abroad
Her maid and poodle are brought from
France
And she reads French menus now at a
glance.
This is Susanna.
Thirty eight and 4 spnster still.
The last few years have trcn ted her ILL.,
Her hair is gray and her face has creases.
As she darnS the stockings of five little
nieceS.
This Is Aunt Susan!
New York Weekly.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-02
MARK TWAIN'S LITERARY sue
CESS

IESS.
There Is a certain editor in New
York with whom the power of the daily
press is such a hobby that he raised the
salary of sub-editor who suggested a
Sunday special ON Famous Gradu-
ates of the Reporters ROOM" and at
once assigned his best dressed reporter
to interview leading authors along the
line. 1t happened that Mark Twain was
in New York, and the editor counted on
him as striking example of the liter
airy value of newspaper training. The
reporter was ordered not to spare space
for the interview Yet when the arti
Gle appeared Mr.. Clemenss name was
conepicuously absent. 1t was this way:
Mr. Clemens received the reporter
with his customary urbanity, though
he shrugged his shoulders when he
learned what paper the young man rep
resented. AS usual, Mr.. Clemens was a
most elusive man to pin down to an in
terview, but at last the reporter gath
cred his wits and asked the question
which he meant should point his article.
Mr. Twain" he asked, ito what one
thing most of all do you owe your mar
vellous success in literature?' He had
counted on my newspaper training"
as the answer.
The famous humorlst half shut his
eyes, thought a few moments In silence,
and then said decisively:
ITO the fact that when l was young
and very ambitious, lost my Job"
May | ask what was your job Mr..
Twain?" exclaimed the puzzled re-
porter.
Certainly sir, certainly" replied Mr..
Clemens with great suavity, Il was a
reporter philadelphia Post.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-02

ONE OF THE LARGE PROBLEMS

Some people view with alarm the
railroad consultations that have been
made and are to be made They reason
that with the railroad interests of the
country in the hands of a few men or a
few companies the people must suffer
any oppression which may be imposed
upon them, and it Is argued that the
| only way to escape such a monopoly
and the exorbitant charges that may
be expected to go with it, is for the
government to take the roads and run
them as public institutions.
A juster view of the situation is set
forth in the Railway World, where it
is argued that commerce has little to
fear from railroad consolidation. 1t has
suffered more from the unregulated
competition of transportation lines than
from any efforts that have been made
to sustain uniform rates. Railroad dis
elimination has been the parent of
monopoly; the means by which the or
ganizers of combines have grown rich
at the public expense. A strict adhe-
sion to the published rate would mean
a vast increase of prosperity for the
railroads, no less than equality of op-
portunity for all shippers, great and
small. The management of the New
York Central system is an example of
what consolidation can accomplish in
this direction. The managers of the
great parallel roads of the system use
all proper means to get each for his
own road as much freight as possible,
but they do not bid against each other
by secret rebates, discounts or commits
sions. There is no reason, therefore,
why the tendency toward railroad con-
soldation should not have results en-
tirely satisfactory to the people at
large, who have as little to gain by
compelling railroads to do their bust
ness at a loss as they have from the
low rates of which the great shippers
monopollze the benefits. Till railroad |
managers are strong enough to compel |
the shipper OF thousand carloads to |
pay the same rate for like service as |
the shipper of five carloads, their |
methods of doing business must be a |
constant handicap on the development |
of legitimate trade, and anything which
tends to elevate them to this standard |
of independence must be welcomed as a
public benefit.
Perhaps we can learn something from
England in this matter. England found |
that the way to solve the railroad prob
lem was not to fight the consultations,
but to encourage them, and then use
the strong arm of the government to
enforce fair treatment of the people. The
result is that in Great Britain there
are no secret cut rates, no discrimina-
tions, no commissions, and no advan-
tages of any sort to be given to favored
shippers. The result is, too that reas-
enable rates prevail everywhere, and
that the monopoles are forced to stay
content with low profits
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-02
TO THE RIGHT PORTLAND

The other day Colonel Buckley. the
Missouri Pacific agent here, received a
letter from gentleman at Portland,
Ore, thanking him for a favor perform
ed by Colonel Bleckley over ten years
ago The mans name is withheld. He
had played the Wichita BOOM He had
won. But it fascinated him, and he
knew he must get away with his money
or he would not get away at all. So,
under inspiration, he rushed into Colonel
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-02

low to show the upper part of the bod
ice and finished with scrolling Of white
lawn or white silk. The fastening IS
concealed under an elongation OF the
scrolled design in front. A high collar
faced to match the scrolling and belt
of the same material add an outdoor
touch. Such Jacket may be worn
with any of the skirts now in vogue
for dressy occasions, and over almost
any dressy bodice that is high at the
neck. The hat is planned in harmony
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-02

with the jacket. One Is then quite trig
enough for the dog cart, and yet emerg-
es dainty and fluffy for the lawn func-
ton.
Elaborate scrollings in braids are
rarely seen now, but richer substl-
ute for them is employed in manner
similar to their recent uses. The new
medium is silk lace so heavy as to dupll"
cate the dimensions of the braid curl-
cues. In it's texture and patterns, OF
course, there is much greater refine
nent. A typical employment of such
trimming was that on the gown shown
here, which was made of pale green al
batross cloth. The lace lent an effect OF
m apron overskirt ana on the bodice
outlined very deep yoke OF honey
combed white silk. This material also
dressed the tops of the sleeves and
more deeply than is usual, but the two
portions were not in one as in the Off
shoulder bodice. Collar and vest We're
white NULL and white silk cord banded
the bodice's scalloped edge.
Among the jewelry novelties IS
three or five-inch chain of gold or silver
finished with a pendant crystal ball at
each end. This trinket is used with the
neck scarf. The scarf is tied once, the
chain Is slipped by one end back of the
knot, and the balls fall free. The chain
thus holds the loose knot In place. Some
times the chain is doubled, the looped
end being passed behind the tie, and
the two balls are drawn through the
loop to fall in that way.
FLORETTE.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-02
Wheel linen
GET YOUR MPS
HERE'S THE LAW.

Sec. 1. All rubber tired
vehicles while in use in the
public streets and highways
shall show, from one hour
after sunset until one hour
before sunrise, a light or
lights so placed as to be seen
from the front. Such light
or lights shall be Of sufficient
illuminating power to be visi-
BILE at a distance Of 200 feet.
Sec. 2. Any person driving
or directing any such vehicle
upon a public street or high
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-02

Rabbi Levy OF San Francisco reveals
q condition of things in Hawaii which
isn't very creditable to part of the
Tinted states. He found there in prison
thirty.seven Galicians who were COM
,,oitted because they refused to fulfil
their contracts to labor on the Oahu
,,1,ntation. They were to work for
three wears at SIS a month, but when
;d,a they were allowed no compensa-
+iou If deprived of work or sick their
exnenses ran up and put them in debt.
ono of the men after faithful ser-
vice of three months to the plantation
found himself s. in debt TO his mas
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-02

tiers. They were given poor food and
cruel treatment and were forced to do
the most exhausting labor. They are
in prison for an indefinite period and
they say that they prefer to stay there
forever to going back to the plantation
upon the old terms.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-02

In twenty-five of the thirty-seven Ne
braska counties the mortgages dis
charged exceed those filed during the
past six months by the sum of nearly
100000. Meantime money can be bor-
rowed on farm mortgages at lower
rate of interest than ever before. and
this fact lends further ease to the farm
er's situation.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-02
FL s III ION NOTES.


This summers styles have been re-
markable for their endorsement of
black, and one result is that black
satin has of sudden demanded atten-
ton. 1t appears in dressy little blouse
coats, lined with brilliant taffeta, cut
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-02

way between the hours men
toned in section one without
light, as prescribed in said
section, shall be fined not
more than five dollars.
Sec. 3. The court before
which the accused is tried
may remit the penalty pro-
vided herein whenever it
may appear that the failure
to provide a light as required
by this act is the result Of
accident.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-02

Norway has recently enacted law
forbidding the sale of tobacco to youths
under sixteen without signed orders
from adults. Tourists who offer cigar
cites to youths render themselves liable
to prosecution, while the police are en-
powered to confiscate the pipes, cigars
and cigarettes Of youths who smoke in
public streets, a fine for the offense be-
ing likewise imposed, which may be
anywhere between 2 shillings and 5
pounds.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-02

A Manila correspondent says in a
letter to London paper, ut is impos-
sible to write the truth about the stu
ation''
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-02

Contrasting the instances Of mob vio-
lence in the South with outbreaks in
the West and North, the Baltimore Sun
patty says: "The outbreaks in the
South, deplorable as they may be, are
sporadic, and are generally uprisings
against criminals of the worst kind.
They do not affect or represent the
whole population or any large proper
tiou of any class of the population.
Neither do these outbreaks suggest eco
nomic dangers that threaten the very
foundations Of society as at present Or
ganized. The South can and will con-
troll mob law but there are under and
behind the violence of strikes in the
North and West industrial conditions
that may become uncomfortable if they
are allowed to continue. The problem
in these sections is far graver and
deeper than that with which the South
is tainted"
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-02

A curious fishing wheel is used on the
Columbia river near Portland, Oregon.
1t is fixed near the bank of the river, q
place being selected where the river is
most rapid. The wheel consists of three
receivers. These are inclosed on three
sides by wire netting, and, as the wheel
revolves by means of the current, each
receiver is submerged beneath the water
and scoops up the salmon as they jump
up the rapids. The receiver then con-
tinues on its upward journey, the sal
mon meanwhile slipping down toward
the axle of the Wheel until at last,
when it becomes perpendicular, the fish
is shot into wooden slide. From this
point it slips into the longer wooden
slide and is hurled downward into a
boat. These wheels catch thousands of
fish daily.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-02
ADVERTISING RATES.

-. I'D n,
Situations. Wants. Rents. and other small
advertisements. One Cent Word eacn ~
tertton.,. Five Gents a Word for full week
tEeven times)
display advertisements. per inch. one ~ o.
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cents; one week. 1920: one month, Slo;
one year, $40.
Obituary Notices. IN prose or verse. 10
cents per line. Notices. Of Births, Mar
nases. Deaths, and Funerals 80 cents eacn'
Local Notices, Is cents per line.
Yearly advertisers are limited to their
own Immediate business tail matter to We
uucbject ionable). and their contracts do nor
include Wants. To Let, For Sale. etc.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-02

DR.. Theodore Gill of the Smithsonian
institution, who has been investigating
the subject of sea serpents, found that
whenever he had a chance to investi-
gate a sea-serpent story the serpent
was always something else. He says
of sea serpents: 1T must be fish.
Reptiles, cetaceans and mammals all
breathe with lungs and have to come
to the surface of the water, and l am
safe in saying that if there were a sea
serpent which belonged to either of
these orders we would have found some
trace of it elsewhere.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-02

1t is related that little Rochester
boy had committed some misdemeanor,
for which he was about to receive pun
ishment at the hands of his mother The
boy begged to be first allowed to go to
his room. Permission was granted, and
he went up stairs to his own room and
closed the door behind him. The mother
followed and listened outside, after tell
ing him he must hurry down to receive
his punishment. The boy went to the
side of the bed, knelt down, and this
was the prayer he offered: Dear Lord,
if you love little boys and want to help
one out. now Is your time" The prayer
was answered
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-02

ENJOYING ART isn't necessarily an ex-
penslve luxury You can revel In artistic
beauty at small cost. The Crescent Deco
rativc Enamels are easily applied and their
effects even in the hands of an amateur are
pleasing and artistic. Isn't there bare
spot in your rooms that an old chair done
in White Enamel wouldn't fill to perfection?
THOMPSON & BELDEN,
1906 and 39S State street.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1899-08-18
FLATHOUSES IN MALTA.
Interested Capitalists Look to Amer
len for the Latest Kind of
Fittings.

Valletta, the capital of Malta, has
been invaded by the Harlem flat, and
the Maltese are delighted. One large
fiathouse having proved a succeed, sew
eral more are about to be built and the
Maltese want 10 know just how the
thing is done in New York. The CAPT
talists who are to build the hathou a
have been to John NJ. Grout, Jr., the
United States consul at Malta, and told
him that they want the latest thing in
electric outfits for flats, such as bells,
etc, and new ideas as to plumbing and
elevators.
Mr. GrOut says: Il have had several
conversations with the men in regard
to their getting American goods for the
new buildings, and have explained to
them, as far as | have been able. Now
our fiat buildings are constructed and
finished and the fittings used. The re-
suit is that they have become interest
ed to such an extent as to request me
to get them illustrated catalogues and
price lists of goods appertaining to the
interior fitting up of the buildings of
this class, and especially of door locks,
hinges, bolts, window fastenings and
house hardware in general
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1899-08-18

Common Shell of Gypsum is Used,
which Is Carefully ColCred
and Marked.

From recent observations of an ex-
pert collector of birds eggs it became
apparent that there was in existence
a person who made a living by imitat-
ing nature in the production and col
oring of birds eggs, says the London
Penny.
1t was traced to n Partisan dealer,
and some interesting details as to the
methods used have come to light. The
INSCRIPTIONS but ingenious French
man was at one time an assistant in
a large museum, and here he learned
the value of many rare eggs. Being of
an enterprising nature he started bust
ness on his own account and made nu-
merous experiments before he came to
perfection.
He generally uses the shell of some
common egg, chosen for its likeness in
size and shape to the one desired, but
when that is impossible gypsum is used,
this, when properly cOlored, being in
distinguishable from natures handi-
work. The coloring process is not cost
ly, but very lengthy and tedious OPP
Grafton. for each variety of egg has its
distinctive marks and spot.
Nightingales' eggs, which are finely
marked, are worth good prices, and
knowing this the dealer finds no diff
Guilty in obtaining larks' eggs and col
oring them to resemble the genuine
article.
Specimens of this undoubted but mis-
placed skill have found their way to
collectors in all parts of the world,
and yet so completely and carefully has
the work been done not one of the buy
ers has ever discovered them to be
manufactured"
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1899-08-18
NONE WILL USE 1T NOW.
A Strangely FatefuI Desk in n Knn-
ros School Tint Has Been
Abandoned.

There is desk in the Stanley school
in Argentine that is no longer occu-
pied, because it is marked by i'll fate.
says the Kansas City Star. The last
three pupils it accommodated met vio-
lent deaths within year and now it
is used as stand for plants and flow
ers that serve the double purpose of
cherishing the memory of the unfor-
tunate children and excluding others
from the ill-starred seat.
Miss Selby, teacher of the room in
which the desk stands, is not supersti-
tious, but she will scarcely be blamed
for her reluctance to assign any more
of her scholars to occupy that particu-
lar piece of furniture. One year ago
n bright little girl who sat in it was
thrown from horse and sustained in
juries from which she died. Three
months later Lee Jewett, boy in the
same class, who next used the desk,
was drowned while bathing in the Xaw
river, near Turner. Three men met
their death while trying to recover
young Jewett's body and the tragedy
will long be remembered in Argentine.
The last scholar to use the desk was
Bert Jessup, aged IL, who, week ago
Saturday, went hunting frogs with an
other boy and n 22-caliber target rifle
The gun was accidentally discharged
and Bert sustained wound from which
he died early the next morning.
The sad reflections inspired in the
minds of teacher.and pupils by the rec
ord of the year in that schoolroom
have naturally developed a prejudice
against the desk of fate that, in the
case of the pupils at least, borders very
closely on superstition.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1899-08-18
BABY MILLIONAIRES.
Some Fortunate iNtle Ones Who
Have Been Born with Grent
Fortunes.

There are many little people in the
world who will have, as long as they
live, their weight in gold every day.
In the great Goelet mansion in New
York is one little Vanderbilt baby, and
another one in a grand palace in Eng
land. Every day these wealthy little
ones ride in the parks in fine carriage.
with a coachman and footman, and
every night they go to sleep in beds OF
lace and down. The fortunes of either
one of these babies is nearly 50,00e,OUO.
or many times their weight in dia-
monds. The one in England may also
be prince one day, and he is already a
marquis and several other things he
doesn't know or care about just yet.
Then there are the children of the
car OF Russia, who will have n great
deal of money, and many others. But
they will not all be happy. for riches
do not make happiness, and some day
perhaps any one of these little ones,
VIII to-day do not know much besides
beng hungry or sleepy, will wish they
could trade places with healthy,
cheerful man or woman, with their own
way to make in the world.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1899-08-18

Why does p cat hiss when angry?
Take tiny kitten at play and make it
angry and it will snarl in its baby
fashion and hiss as best it can. Why?
In Pearson's Magazine DR.. Louis Rob
inson says that the kissing and splitting
OF young kittens is probably an instinc-
tive attempt to scare away enemies
from the helpless tots by initiating
snakes hiss. A great many creatures
that live in shallow holes have like
habit Of kissing when annoyed or an
gered. The tail Of u cat seen dimly in
the half light Of cave suggests a
snakes tail and is often marked in a way
TO heighten the resemblance. IF, says
DIR. Robinson. "this really is an instance
of protective mimicry. ! think it is
probable that the chief foe guarded
against was the eagle. Eagles are very
fond Of cat flesh, and it has been re-
marked by naturalists that there form
liable birds habitually make war upon
the smaller felidae." o..
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1899-08-18
THE OLDEST JOB YET.
Hiring q Woman to Personals Col
lection Agent In Need of
q Beating.

.'I used to work for a collection
agency in one of the northern cities"
said n lady perfumery drummer to a
New Orleans Times Democrat reporter,
land my experience was tolerably ex-
citing. My duty was to sit at roll-top
desk in the Office and impersonate the
proprietor. Light work, did you say ;:
Just you wait. All day long men would
come in red-eyed to lick the boss.
"Where's the fellow that sends out
these matchmaking letters?" was the
Usual Salutation. Then would smile
sweetly and say: I'm the proprie-
tress; what can do for you" AT that
the visitor would look dazed, mutter
things under his breath and walk off,
Occasionally the real proprietor would
peep through an inside window to see
whether was still alive, for must adj
init our letters were calculated to give
Il man the homicidal mania.
well, things went on all right for
uearly month. Then one day little
;viry chap walked in carrying thick
cane. Where's the boss?' he said. l
gave the usual fairy story. Don't be-
lieve word OF it, he replied, still l
cant beat woman He thought
3ybile, and something in his eye made
me feel creepy. IN have TO take it ont
of the fixtures he said, finally, and,
upon my word, he broke up every
blessed thing in the shop. He did it
quickly and Systematically, and you
never saw such an awful ruin! lyelled
murder, but it did no good, and he went
light ahead. AS a wind-up he smashed
the chandelier and babe me a polite
;ood-day. When the proprietor came
in he had a fit. 1t was after that went
into the perfumery business. The
work is harder. but it is much less try
ing on ones nerves"
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1899-08-18
MAY EXECUTE ANYONE.
Of the Ching Fang sword
in China Gives One Tint
Privilege.

1t is announced by the Imperial Ga
zette Of Picking, the court circular of the
Chinese empire, that the dowager en-
press has presented two "Schang-Fang"
swords, one to Prince Tsa Tschi, elector
of Tuan, the other to Prince Tsai Lieu,
III. grade.
These swords give their bearer the
right of beheading any man, woman or
child who may have offended him or
incurred his disfavor. lie can perform
this execution without even word to
the emperor and need make no record