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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-04-28

| Great is Russia, the country of the
Ural mountains and the promoter and
builder Of the vast Siberian railway;
also the country of samovars and of big
regions of perpetual snow and ice, and
the patronizer of American locomotive
builders. The country is vast indeed,
but it keeps growing,-has a chronic
taste for expansion and is constantly
exhibiting new evidences of that phase
of it's national character. The British
| lion has similar habit and has culti-
waited its taste in that line with good
success Just now, however, the afore-
said lion is looking ashance at the add
vance of the Russian bear in the East.
Russia-big enough before-has grown
immensely in territory and power since
the days when one of New Haven's most
famous men from one of our most noted
families represented this country at the
court of st. Petersburg; or even since
the days when the late Ex-Governor
Jewell, one of the most urbane and
genial of men, held that distinguished
post. Russia has now in further devel-
opment Of its expansion proclivities Sc
cured a port on the Persian Gulf,-that
is, one that borders on the Indian Ocean.
This latest move of the Russian bear,
which has ben very stealthy has
startled the British lion and set British
statesmen to thinking anew about the
Gar Two centuries ago Russia had
but single sea outlet,-the Gulf of
Finland. BY and by she controlled the
Eastern Baltic and obtained free
course to the North Atlantic. Once
more she reached out and this time
gained an outlet into the Mediterranean
through the Black Sea. Again she
reached out for the Eastern Asiatic
trade and attained that object Now she
acquires port on the Indian Ocean and
the English barrier in that direction,
long interposed, is no longer a hindrance
to Russian trade and development and
England is apparently circumvented. |
The Gar has spoken manly words for
peace If he is sincere in them In what
ever direction, however, that nation
starts out for national ACKNOWLEDGMENT |
she generally makes out to get there af-
ter awhile either by diplomacy or force
and the time for war to cease is not
yet, much as that glorious event, sug-
gestive Of the approach of the milIen-
ium, is to be- desired.
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state governments are so pitiably weak
and rotten that they will allow such
deeds to be committed unpublished,
they invite some higher power to step
in and vindicate the reputation of the
country" The same paper then goes
on to justify lynching for one form Of
crime, and adds 1--WE favor lynching
for rape-no matter who the criminal
or the victim may be. Our peculiar
conditions make it necessary that the
punishment for that crime should be
swift and sure. But there are degrees
of decency even in lynching. The thing
should be done calmly and in order and
with dignity and a sense of duty to the
community. When it is so done the in
telligence Of the world approves it."
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-04-28

dynasty of Manetho were found the
discovery Of the name of Mena or
Menes on an ivory plaque in the Ma
kada tomb is not a surprise. The pro-
visions for the dead in these early
tombs We're inclosed in jars of great
size, the mouths of which We're COW
cred with clay caps and impressed
with seals with computations of the
amount or number of objects they con-
tanned AS the computations run into
hundreds and thousands, the art of
counting was far beyond the savage
stage. Most Of the vases, as we'll as the
miniature furniture in ivory and eb-
ony, were broken, this being done, no
doubt, so that the ka, souls or spirits
of the objects, might not quit the SER
vice of the dead.
The variety of objects discovered is
most valuable. Ivory and ebony and
some fragments of rhinoceros horn
ivory show q trade connection with the
upper Nile, and the large quantity of
ivory found on all sites shows that this
must have been very busy trade. The
stone used for vases is very varied. We
have specimens of porphyry, quartz,
diorite, dolomite and the Egyptian ala
baster. The vases are artistic in form,
and are nodded with hard stone cores
and finished with the polishing stone.
All pottery is handmade, the potter's
wheel not being yet invented. One of
the most important finds here is that
of several objects in obsidian, valuable
commodity Of the neolithc age-not,
however, found in Egypt, and almost
entirely at that period a product of
western Asia, where it is found and ex-
ported from settlement to settlement.
The presence of obsidian in the Nile
valley at this remote epoch is strong
proof of a trade intercourse between
Egypt, Syria and Mesopotamia at that
time. We have already seen how the
architectural features of the tomb ia
vor such an exchange of commodities,
both material and intellectual, and this
is still further supported by the carv-
ing Of the worries found in the tomb.
Among the objects discovered were por-
tons of several ivory perfume chests,
which were supported upon bulls feet,
the workmanship of which is very nom
Egyptian in character, resembling in
most marked degree the carving of the
Assyrian bulls.
Indeed any one having a knowledge
of Chaldean art, Of the earliest period
such as the style of the Vultures of F.
naan-du, king of Lagash, in about $500
B. c., at the latest, the Chaldean APP
pearance Of such pieces of primitive
sculpture as the slate tablets of Mar
Mer, cast Of which is now in the
British museum, or the sculptured
mace-heads Of this king-the resem-
blances admit of no explanation but
that of a close intercourse between the
two most ancient seats of civilization.
But neither in the valley of the Nile nor
of the Tigro-E uphrates do we find a
stage of childhood's first steps in Gull
ture; all Is stamped with antiquity of
origin, the result of the long centuries
of thought and labor, which lie far
back in the azure of the past, far be-
yond the age of ''the first of the
Pharaohs. From the London Chroni-
Gle.
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VIEW YORK'S GRIETdNCE.

All is not happiness in Greater New
York. Much as the metropolis has en-
joyed itself in the last few years with
its great naval and other parades, its
grand receptions to returning heroes,
its wonderfully brilliant social events,
including its Old Guards dances, and
| its marvellous ten-dollar and one-dolar
dinners, it yet has its "f1y in the ONT
ment," which is thus revealed in the
| Tribune: I'VE have now had at least
| ten days, without a break of what
might fairly be deemed ideal spring
weather. Earth and air and sky have
united tremendously to provide just
such conditions as those of which poets
have sung and oldest inhabitants gar
rulously babbled. Nature has done her
best for mans comfort and profit and
pleasure. But man himself has done
his worst, and is still doing it. For
here in this city, for which nature has
done more than for most other great
cities of the world, men are deliberate
ly defi1ing earth and air and sky with
blackness. Day and night the smut
smoke chimneys are belching forth their
disgusting foods. Day by day their
number is increasing. Day by day the
air becomes blacker and fouler and
more suffocating.
"The last ten days have been excep-
tionally bright and beautiful to most
of this part of the world. To a large
part of the Borough of Brooklyn they
have been days of gloom
The seasons matter little. 1t matters
little that New York has hitherto en-
joyed one of the purest atmospheres in
all the world We are henceforth to
dwell at the bottom of sea of floating
foulness and blackness and suffocating
fumes, created wantonly and in def
ance of statute law and natural right"
New Haven is a beautiful city. Few
fairer cities are to be found on this
hemisphere than our own CITY OF EinS.
The beauties of springtime are here also,
being unfoded day by day. The big
elms and the little elms, the NAPLES and
all the other trees look very cheerful
and are frisky in the breezes and put
ting forth their leaflets. The open cars
are to be seen now and then also, true
of summers approach. The
baseball men, the university crew men,
seen disporting in their respective rec
reations. The spring bonnets are no |
longer such things of beauty and adora- |
ton as they were when first they APP
peared, for summer styles are at hand. !
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Jacket cut it could only have been used
as boudoir gown. Fine gowns for the
stage frequently reflect the exaggera-
ton that prevails in play matters, but
at the same time they usually are at
tuned to the best that is in the new
fashions, and so are worth study
The fancy for crystal bead embroidery
Is at it's height, and wonderfully elabo-
rate are some of its uses. A very rich
trimming into which it entered freely
was provided for the gown of this pic
ture. Biscuit colored cashmere was the
material, the cut was princess, and the
trimming was embroidery of beads and
silver threads on bands Of white silk.
Without consideration of its materials,
the gown was simple enough but it's
trimming gave a look of exceeding rich
ness. One feature of it should be re-
membered by women who aspire to a
princess gown but are doubtful as to the
wisdom Of having one. That is that the
wide front band of trimming makes the
cut less trying as to the front of one S
figure.
Hair dressers claim the fashionable
red stain is the best thing possible to
cover gray hair and have it glossy and
soft. But the application must be re-
newed once a month and woman must
learn to do it herself. Dyed hair of this
titan red can hardly be told, ifikept in
good order, from the beautiful shade it
initiates. Yellow hair is not stylish,
though the silver blonde need not worry.
The woman with bright brown hair, of
all others, should devote herself to keep
ing it in good order, no matter what fad
chasers do to their locks.
FLORETTE
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PROVOK ED.

Then he made an unprovoked assault
on your "Oh, no! He was more than
! provoked. He was mad as a hornet
Indianapolis Journal.
Il gave a euchre party Tuesday, and
Penelope Timmins sent regrets" ANY
thing queer about that?" "Queer? I
hadn't invited her"-Chicago Record.
Employer-So you want fortnight's
salary in advance? But suppose you
should die tonight? Clerk (proudly)-
Sir, may be poor, but / am a gentle
man.-Tit-Bits.
Acquiring Name-"How did your
man get the name of Plymouth Rock?"
asked the asker. He has been landed
on so often" explained the pugilist's
hacker, signing deeply.-Washingt
Star.
A Defintion.-"Pa, what's the differ
ence between wit and humor?" wits
something you laugh at because you
want to. You laugh at humor because
somebody says it's good. Chicago
News.
A Sign of Promise.-"Has the widow
given you any encouragement, Ray
Hlollu well, yes. WIEN dsheu Iler
how long her husband had been dead she
said he had been dead just about long
enough" life.
A wee maiden had the misfortune to
fall downstairs the other day, and that
part Of the anatomy commonly dominat-
ed the funny bone" came incontact with
the wall On being picked up and ask
ed if she was hurt she rubbed her arm
for moment and said mo, but my
elbow is awful dizzy. Union Signal.
Where the Trouble Lies.-They were
discussing the household expenses Of
the future, as young people will do un-
der such circumstances. I'm Japan"
she said with a sigh, as she thought Of
his income, "a man can pay for house,
food and two servants on $500 a year"
But think of the cost of getting there"
he answered.-Chicago Evening Post.
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FASHION NOTES.
Red Heads at Premium.

All-over lace is offered in endless vari-
ETY.. One of the lovelest stage gowns OF
the season included a polonaise of heavy
yellow Irish crochet lace that reached
to the knees, there being cut off square,
and was over skirt of the whitest
lawn arranged in perfect billoW of
cloud-like frills. The white close fitting
under bodice was cut out at the neck
and was sleeveless, the lace lying over
neck and arms. This was house gown.
The same lace polonaise, which fitted
with curass-like exactness, might be
Worn over an elaborated silk skirt, and
the gown would be suitable for evening.
Had the lace polonaise been loose or of
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-04-28

All would be joy and gaiety with all
it not for one great and all-pervading
drawback,-New Haven dust The
business of the streets is something
fearful or as the female voices put it,
Is Just horrid." New Haven can SYM
pathize with the metropolis in humble
and respectful way justly mindful of
the vast difference between them in
size and Importance. All the same, this
city has it's grievance which is sub
ject of general complaint and lamenta-
ton, especially when the winds blow.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-04-28
THE FIRST OF THE OLD PHA-
RAOHS.

His Tomb Now Discovered--The Great
Royal Tomb, With it's Buried Treas
ure, Identified by Psychologists
In the fascinating study of anthro-
pology there has arisen no more inter-
esting problem than that of the begin
nngs Of civilization. Year by year pa
tient delving in the dust-heaps of Chal-
dea and the Nile valley have carried our
knowledge backward, till to-day the
records of the first of the Pharaohs and
the pre-dynastic age of Egypt have
been rescued from the oblivion of CEN
turtles.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-04-28

The Island Of Luzon, according to no
less an authority than Professor Todd
of Amherst college, will be, on June 20,
1855, in the shadow Of the longest eclipse
on record. If you could just hurry the
thing along little to frighten the ma
tives, Professor Todd, it wouldn't be a
bad idea.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-04-28

1t Is said that during the last two
years William G.. Rockefeller has added
$6,000,000 to his fortune and it is still
rolling up at an amazing rate, despite
his quite frequent gifts of large sums
to educational and other institutions.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-04-28

"Vailima,' the home of the late Rob-
ert Louis Stevenson in Samoa has been
sold to a wealthy German named Kunst.
who spends his winters in the Pacific
islands. The property comprises 300
acres and the price was about $4,000.
IA public right of way is reserved to
Stevenson's tomb on the mountain.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-04-28

Ulysses S. Grant was born seventy
seven years ago yesterday.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-04-28

Some of the southern papers realize
The enormity of the outrages recently
committed in Georgia and speak out
manfully in condemnation thereof The
Columbia Is. c. State justly pitches
into Governor Gambler who, it remarks,
twas supine during the emergency, and
was only heard from in an excusatory
way afterward' and the paper init
mates plainly that the governor should
have sent troops to the scene to inspire
the needed respect for law. The Sa-
Nannah News remarks: 1.-THE lynching
yesterday will send a thrill of horror
Through the entire country. The meth
cd of 1t was in keeping with the spirit
of savage rather than civilized and
Christian community There nav be
some who will defend it, but they will
have to do so on the ground that VEN
geance was the motive rather than the
prevention of crime" The Greenville
Is. c. News says that while stringent
for state rights, as all good southerners
have always been, sit will only be a
matter of time when the general gov
eminent will be forced to interfere in
the interests of the worlds decency,
and the country's reputation. Such
deeds involve the whole country in the
disgrace, bring against the entire re-
public the Mortified Indignation, con-
tempt, and disgust of the world. When
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-04-28

In England there is one tea merchant
who has 1871 stores; there is tobacco
company with 100 branches; there are
also the huge departmental stores. A
great number of machinery-making con-
Germs have amalgamated, and in other
trades like brass bedmaking the trust
Idea has been eminently successful. In
some of the home combinations the
manufacturers and trades unions are in
confederation. There are large combin-
ations in coal and iron and other great
enterprises, and the tendency toward
consolidation or pooling by different
producers is nearly as marked as in
America.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-04-28

The most important person in attend
ance on the pope is Pho Contra, the body
servant of the aged pcntiff. He Is a
constant companion, sleeping in an ad-
joining chamber with so thin a parti-
tion betwixt them that he can hear the
pope's breathing. At all times, too, he
can keep surveillance by the aid of a
little glass window which is at the head
pf the bed, while by means of tele-
phone he is in communication with Pro-
fessor Lapponi, the doctor, who lives
out of the Vatican. Besides this emf
nent physician there are two assistant
doctors who live in the palace and have
the care of the health of the 500 souls
comprising the population of the Vati-
can.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-04-28

A bell with a history in Switzerland is
the silver bell in the minister at Berne.
1t rang 'for the service of God, the
festivals Of state and the execution Of
the evil-doer." When the forces of the
young French republic captured Berne
in 1898 the citizens painted it funeral
from the rapacity of the Gaul.
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THE ToNPUBLIsHING CO.
o FT1cE 400 STATE STREET.
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The Washington correspondent of The
Chicago Record says: IAN orange tree
that will grow and bear fruit as far
north as St. Louis and Philadelphia is
promised by the officials of the Agricul-
tural department Secretary Wilson
has been experimenting the crossing
of the Florida orange with the Japan
8ese trifoliata hardy variety of fruit,
and now has several thousand of the
hybrid plants, which will be set out
during the present spring. The experts
believe that the new orange will sur
vive frost and a moderate amount of
cold
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-04-28

THE OLDEST DAILY PAPER PUB
LISHED IN CONNECTICUT.
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Yesterdays Mail and Express re-
marks: The Associated Press yester-
day, in transmitting the postscript to
private letter of Rear-Admiral Kautz,
made him refer to them shoes and
trousers of his Royal Highness the
King Of Samoa. The Admiral is a stick
Ter for parts of speech and the AS
ISOLATED Press must either have made
the line an I'M too long or omitted the
quotation marks of pleasantly.
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THE WEEKLY JOURNAL,
ISSUED Thursdays, One Dollar Year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-19
Ton We'll Initiated.

1t is no easy matter for a violin maker
to rival the famous Stradivarius instru-
ments. but this an American maker did
and did SO effectually that experts pro-
nounced his violin genuine Stradi-
varius.
The successful man was the late
George Gemunder. a famous violin max
er)of New York. His remarka BILE ability
as a preparer of violins was known to
many distinguished player, such as
Ole Bull, Remenyi and Wilhelnj. But
he made, so runs the story. his greatest
success at the Paris exposition of Eiffel
tower fame. To that exhibition he
sent an imitation Stradivarius, and to
test its merits had it placed on exhibi
tion as the genuine article.
a committee of experts carefully ex-
amined the instrument and pronounced
ii 4 Stradivarius- So far Mr. Gemun-
der sstfiumph was complete But now
came difficulty. When he claimed
that it was not an old violin. but a new
one made by himself. the committee
would not believe him. They declared
he never made the instrument and pro-
nounced him an imposter He had done
his work too well. youths Compan-
ion
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-19
Lambs For Spanish Children.

Directly after Lent ia observed a Gus
tom that is particularly interesting to
children. 1t is what may be termed the
sale of the lambs for on Monday morn
ing after Easter the shepherds have
their lambs and goats on sale in all the
cities. The animals are kept in tempo
rary pens, and it is the rule for parents
to permit their children, of from to
IL years of age. to purchase pet lamb
or goat. After the animal is selected it
is taken to the home residence and Civ
en- the freedom of the courtyard and
quite often the greater part of the
house. 1t il every child's ambition to
train the pet so that it will at least fol-
low its owner like dog, and if few
simple tricks are added to the lambs or
kids education the master or mistress
is proud indeed. Girls especially de-
light in these pets. and often the ami
mails are so bedecked with bows and rib
lions as almost to hide their bodies. The
sale of the lambs is a very old custom,
and is supposed to have originated
through some form of the church
Anglo-American Magazine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-19
THE TWIN-cITY FIELD DAY.

4
Rock Island and Moline High Schools II
Contest Tomorrow.
The twin-city High school field
meet will be held ut the Ninth street
track tomorrow afternoon, beginning
at $50. The athletes from both
schools have been training seven
weeks and the contest promises to be
a spirited one from start to finish.
Following is the program of events
with prizes offered for each:
1OO-yard Dash-First prize, five
points, racing shoes, Hynes- Second
prize, three points. golf stockings,
London. Third prize. one point
Shot Put-First prize, wool sweat
err, Somm rs & La Veile. Second
prize, catching mitt, Eckhart.
Broad Jump-First prize. tennis
racket. CHAMPION. Second prize,
gymnasium shoes. Adams
Half Mile Bicvcle-First prize, gas
lamp, Wilcher. Second prize, cyclic
meter. Lloyd.
Hammer Throw-First prize. watch
chain, Woltmann. Second prize. kid
gloves. Young & McCombs.
120-yarG Hurdle-First prize, wool
sweater, Simon & Mosenfelder. Sec
ond prize. fountain pen. Kingsbury.
Pole Vault-First prize, athletic
suit, Stewart. Second prize, gymna-
SUM shoes, Boston.
Tug of War-Banner.
High Jump-First prize, bicycle
shoes, Dolly Bros. Second prize, ball
bat, Taylor.
Ball Throw-First prize, league
ball, Bennett. Second prize, finger
glove, Hartz Il Bahnsen.
Half Mile Run-First prize, watch.
Folsom. Second prize, bicycle trous-
ers, NJ. e X.
emile Bicycle First prize. pair of
Morgan IL Wright tires, Spencer.
Second prize, bicycle lantern, Don.
Relay Race-Five points. banner.
Girls Basket Ball-Five points,
banner.
Best All Round Athlete-Gold Med
al, McCabe.
School Winning Most Points -Ban-
ner.
The last event, game of basket
ball between the girls of each
school, will be held in Armory hall be-
ginning at 8 p. IN. A banner will be
presented to the winning team and
the prizes offered FIR the after
noon events presented to the success
full contestants.
Through the generosity patriot
ism of several of our merchants High
school athletes have been given a
great impetus this year, and much
interest is manifest as TO the outcome
of tomorrow's meetings. No admis-
sion charge at the track. Seats will
be provided for ladies. Tickets for
evening 10 cents.