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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-11-02

tribution, and then looked around for
the best magazine to go up to glory in.
/ selected the most important one in
New York. The contribution was &C
copied / signed it Mark Twain
for that name had some currency on
the Pacific coast, and it was my idea
to spread it all over the world, now,
at this one jump. The article appear
ed in the December number, and I sat
up a month waiting for the January
NUMBER for that one would contain
the years list of contributors, my name
would be in 1t, and I should be famous
and could give the banquet ! was
meditating.
+ did not give the banquet. I had
not written the Mark Twain dis
tinctly it was fresh name to east
ern printers, and they put it Mike
Swain" or "MacSwain," / do not re-
member which At any rate, I was not
celebrated, and 7 did not give the ban
quet. | was a literary person, but that
was ALA buried one; buried allye.
My article was about the burning of
the clipper ship Hornet on the line,
May 3, 1866 There were thirty-onc
Honolulu when the fifteen lean and
ghostIy survivors arrived there after a
voyage of forty-three days in an open
boat through the blazing tropics, on
ten days ration Of food. A very re-
markable trip; but 1t was conducted by
a captain who was a remarkable man,
otherwise there would have been no
survivors. He was a New Englander
of the best sea going stock of the old
capable times-Captain Josiah Mitch
ell
was in the islands to write letters
for the weekly edition of the Sacra-
mento Union" a rich and influential
daily journal which hadn't any use for
them. but could afford to spend twenty
dollars a week for nothing The pro-
prietors were lovable and well-beloved
men; long ago dead, no doubt, bit in
me there Is at least one person who
still holds them in grateful remem-
brance; for / dearly wanted to see the
Islands, and they listened to me and
gave me the opportunity when there
was but slender likelihood that 1t could
profit them in any way
/ had been I'M the islands several
months when the survivors arrived I
was laid up in my room at the time
and unable to walk Here was a great
occasion to serve my journal. and I
not able to take advantage of It, Nee
essarily | was in deep trouble. But by
good luck his Excelency Arson Bur-
lingame was there at the time, on his
way TO take up his post in China,
where he did such good work for the
United States. I4eqcame and put me
on stretcher and had me carried to
the hospital where the shipwreckad
men were, and l never needed to ask
a question. He attended to all of that
himself, and I had nothing to do but
make the notes. 1t was like him to
take that trouble He was great
man and great American, and it was
in his fine nature to come down from
his high Office and do friendly turn
whenever he could Century.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-11-02

Hindus have legend which explains
it's very black face. 1t says that ages
ago Hoonoomaun, the king of the
monkeys, went to assist Rama in the
conquest of Ceylon. The demon-klng
Of the island had carried off Lita, the
wife of Rama and he was determined
to rescue her. AS they came near 10
the island. Hoonoomaun easily leaped
over the Straits, so sllilful jumper
was he, and, finding Lita, he was COM
fortlng her with the news that her
husband was approaching, when
Ravana, the demon-king, appeared and
made Hoonoomaun prisoner. After set
ting fire to the monkeys long tall he
gave him his freedom that he might
return to Rama Hoonoomaun sue
ceeded in blowing out the fire at the
end of his tail, but in SO doing he
blackened his face and singed his
hair in a most unbecoming fashion.
Tho loss of his beauty so saddened the
poor beast that Rama made all the
monkeys of his kind kalamoukh. or
ack-faced, which they remain to this
day-St Nicholas.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-11-02

My dressmaker says she just loves
me- gurged the girl in the green
waist. But there can be no love with
out perfect trust" remarked the girl
with red hair Then the fun began
Philadelphia Record.
Social Aristocrat-Did the founder of
your family come over with the Con-
queror?
Social Democrat-No; 1 came over
alone.-Harlem Life.
She-Promise me that if 1 die you will
never marry again.
He-What! And let people think my
dear little first wiley was such ter
ror that didn't dare to? Never!-Har-
lem Life.
Walton Ito fishmonger)-Just throw
me half dozen of those trout.
Fishmonger-Throw them?
Walton-Yes; then ] can go home
and tell my wife l caught EN-; ] may
be a poor fisherman, but I'm no liar
Household Words.
rs it hard to propose TO a girl"
asked the novice in affairs Of the
heart Sometimes it's a good deal
harder not to propose" returned the
man of worldly experience. ITS al
ways well to be on your guard. Chi
cago Evening Post.
The Crocodile--If there's anything
hate it's musical monkey. That's the
lhird time that ape has walked me up
galloping up and down my back!
The Ibis-What does he do it for?
The Crocodile-Said he was only prac-
ticing the scales.-New York Press
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-11-02

of value to the chain upon which they
swing, and the frail links that are the
charm of the well made chain seem
hardly suited to the responsibility
One constant aim of dress designers
just now Is to outwit the practicers OF
economy They are striving nightly
to make skirt and bodice mate in such
way that neither can be worn without
the other. In some cases this planning
goes wrong, the wearer's ingenuity sup
plying a way to use the two parts of
the dress separately More often the
designer wins, and nothing like ser
viceahle fancy bodice or a general util-
ity skirt is possible. Such victory was
the gown the artist puts here. The
slashes in the overskirt were repeated in
the bodice, and the shape of each was
so odd that it would seem altogether
too singular unless an echo Of it at
the other side OF the belt showed that
it was part of consistent scheme,
Blue zbeine was the material, and
above the bolero Of 1t was another
bolero Of black velvet Ecru lace APP
peared in the collar and in an under
bodice that extended well below the
waist line. This bodice is especially
novel, and that 1t Is so shows how de-
termned the designers are to overcome
skimpers FLORETTE.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-11-02
MARK TWAIN,S DEBUT.

In those early days | had already
published one little thing C'The Jump
ing F'rog) in an eastern paper but
did not consider that that counted In
my view, a person who published
things in a mere newspaper could not
properly claim recognition as a liter
ary person; he must rise away above
that; he must appear in a magazine.
He would then be a literary person Z:
also he would be famous-right away.
These two ambitions were strong upon
me. This wasin 1866. prepared my con-
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-11-02

wants to display rlnged fingers at lunch
and smoothly gloved hands on her way,
she wears her rings on a chain about
her neck until she slips off her gloves.
So now and then one sees the chain to
which all have grown accustomed
weighted with several rich rings The
habit Is a careless one, even though
Madam goes to lunch in her own car
riage, for the rings add many dollars
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-11-02

Cuban war relics, says the Philadel-
phia Record, ''seem to be drug on the
market, while, on the other hand, the
scarcity Of scrap iron is almost unpre-
cedented These two circumstances
have resulted in the shipping to this
city of great quantities of shot and shell
from the battlefields of Cuba, which are
being snapped up al prices varying from
SIS to SIT a ton. In fact, all kinds of
old iron, be they relics or not, are COM
ing This way from The West Indies
From Cuban sugar plantations which
were wrecked during the war large con-
signments of disused iron are being sent
A vessel carrying a cargo made up of
two thousand tons of this old metal, to-
gether with several hundred cannon
balls, is now on it's way to this port,
while three thousand cannon balls were
recently consigned to Glasgow direct
from Cuba. Negotiations are now pend
ing for the Importation into the United
States of all the old iron that can be
found. Five thousand tons have been
shipped here from Cuba within the last
Two months"
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-11-02
M SIMON NOTES,
Desperate Opposition TO ECONOMY

Exquisites no longer wear rings UNI
der their gloves. Kid-cased fingers
bumpy with warty protuberances are
considered horrors. A plain gold band
may be permitted, or band with an
engagement stone, but the stone is
turned to the palm. If the fashionable
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-11-02
ADVERTISING RATES.

The French minister of public WORKS
has issued a circular to the railroad
companies of France informing them
that unless their trains shall keep bet
ter time the government will enforce
the full penalty ordained by law for
railroad mismanagement.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-11-02

The first cotton mill built in Kansas
will begin operations at Independence
this week Women will be chiefly en-
ployed under the direction of skilled
workmen brought from Massachusetts.
1t is expected that the mill will drive
the farmers round about from wheat
and corn to the growing of cotton.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-11-02
DrQ0k9A(Q:
FUR MERCHANTS

Invite examination of their care
fully selected stock of Fur Gar
ments, embracing exclusive novel
ties in Scarfs, Fancy Neck Pieces,
Collarettes and Mutfs, of Hudson
Bay Sable, Russian Fox, Lynx,
Persian Lamb, Stone and Black
Marten, and American Fox.
Referring to precedingannounce-
ments we beg to call attention to
the following That in fashioning
and finishing of our garments we
exercise the utmost neatness and
painstaking care that all notice
able patterns are limited to small
quantities that we have special
facilities for obtaining the newest
designs, excluding every style,
fabric and cut which can be imi-
tated in goods of inferior grade.
Fur Lined and Fur Trimmed
Capes and Opera Wraps.
AT Very Moderate Prices.
XVI. SEASON.
chapel, corner State Street,
GOLF CAPES.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-11-02

A football team composed of Kafirs
from the Orange Free State is now in
England, showing a good style of play.
1t has been invited to visit Germany
and Austria when it's British tour is
completed. 1t is mostly composed of
ma tives of the Basuto tribe, although
two are Hottentots, and show a grade
of civilization comparing favorably
with that of the negroes of the southern
States of this country The members
all have trade, some of them being
clerks, others grocers' assistants, tail
ors and carpenters. They speak Eng
lish fluently and profess unbounded
loyalty to the Queen and to British au-
thority In South Africa They look on
the Boer as an enemy who kept their
kind in slavery until England inter
fered.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-11-02

Gettysburg is now the most carefully
marked battlefield in the world. Though
the number of men engaged on both
sides was 100000, the position Of every
regiment, battery and squadron has
been accurately located. In addition to
monuments, stones have been set to de-
fine actual positions.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-11-02

The British officers in South Africa
are not expected to confine themselves
to a diet Of timed beef, bareback and
coffee. They live well, in the field as
we'll as at the military station. The
war department shipped four hundred
cases of the finest variety of provisions
and drinkables for the use of the Off
GERS. Here are some of them: Wine
and spirits, pressed beef, tongues, sau-
sages, essence of coffee compressed tsa
tobacco chickens, curried fowl, curried
prawns, chocolates, curried rabbits,
Jams Of every kind made, all kinds of
soup and fish, and "sparklets" for in
stantly turning plain water into soda
water.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-11-02

A society is now forming in Paris to
provide a cemetery for cats and other
domestic animals 1t is described as
having both a hygienc and sentiment
tai purpose-the former preserving Par
is from the peril of dead bodies Of beasts
being thrown in the Seine or left to lie
q corner of earth to the animal who
was a faithful companion and friend
But wouldn't cremation be better than
burial?
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-11-02

Count Skorzewski, a wealthy land
owner in Posen, Germany, has recently
astonished the natives by employing a
camel, instead of horses or oxen, to
draw the pillow on his estate. The ex-
pertinent has proved most successful
and is likely to be copied in other agri-
cultural districts. The camel, Injured to
hardships and privations. does double
able and can be kept in good condition
on comparatively small amount of
inferior fodder.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-29

o pounds hay, 8 pounds straw. AS
much of that as each COW will eat up
clean may be fed twice day, and with
it should be fed from three to nine
pounds of meal or ground grain, ac-
cording to the capacity of the COW,
which good feeder will soon be able
to estimate. A feed of uncut hay OF
straw may be given in the middle of the
day, When a COW in fair condition of
flesh has passed the flush of her milk
ing period, the allowance of grain may
be gradually reduced, until COW which
has been milking for eight months or
more will be receiving not more than
three pounds of meal per day in addi-
tion to the bulky fodder part of the ra-
tion. Meal may be obtained from the
grinding of peas, oats, barley or wheat,
when that grain is sufficiently cheap.
Carrots, mangels and sugar beets are
more suitable roots for the feeding of
milking cows than turnips. Turnips
are admirably adapted for the feeding
of growing, fattening or dry stock. All
cattle seem to be improved in health
and vigor by some allowance of roots
per day in addition to the succulent
feed in the form of ensilage.-Report
of Commissioner of A griculture,
Canada
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-29
Caper sauce caper..

The caper, familiar in caper sauce
and used also as garnish for salads, is
imported from Spain and France. Capers
are grown in Italy, but none is import
ed from there into this country.
Capers are sorted into four sizes, Of
which the smallest are known CONNER.
cially as nonpareils, and the next larger
As surtines. The next larger in French
eapers are capucines, and the largest
sapotes, while the next to the largest
and the largest Of Spanish oapers are
known respectively as capotes No. l
md No. 3. The smallest oapers are the
most desirable and bring the most mon
ny. French capers sell for more than
Spanish. Capers are imported almost
wholly in bulk in kegs of 10 OF 16 gal
ions and barrels Of about 40 gallons in
brine or vinegar. A few capers are i'm.
ported in glass, but they are mostly put
up in this country. Capers grow on q
hush. New York Snn.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-29

A writer in Knowledge makes vivid
picture of the great belt of clouds, some
800 miles in breadth, which surrounds
the earth little north of the equator.
Within this belt rain almost incessantly
falls, sometimes in sheets, and the wind
seldom stirs. Before the invention of
steamships vessels becalmed in the
"cloudbelt' drifted helplessly for weeks.
Even now the crossing of this belt,
where everything is subcharged with
moisture, is disagreeable experience
for yoyagers going from the north to
the south Atlantic ocean or vice versa.
The belt can be traced across equatorial
Africa and across the American isthmus,
and the great rivers, Amazon, Orinoco,
Niger, Nile and Congo, arise in these
rain soaked regions, which are like ex-
haustless reservoirs. The cause of the
equatorial cloud belt is connected with
the trade winds, and in the course of q
year it oscillates north and south over q
distance equal to about three times it's
own breadh.-Ex.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-29
when 81, 900 Looked Big.

Divide anything up into pairs and
you magnify it. A certain wise man
took this way to give his wife an idea
Of how much 81 900 is. She had no
idea Of money. Her purchases were
enormous. 1t happened one day that
her eye fell upon a magnificent ring,
and she coveted it. 1t cost $1,000. But
what was $1,000 to her in comparison
with the ring? OF course her husband
consented to the purchase. What else
could dutiful, affectionate husband
do? But he tried this method of educat-
ing his wife concerning the great price
Of the ring. He instructed his banker
to send her the 81 900 in small pieces
pennies, dimes, quarters. In came the
money, bagful after bagful. She never
had such an idea Of $1,000 before.
When the money was piled before her,
It alarmed her. The price Of the ring
went up hundredfold, and was con-
sidered at once an extravaganza which
che Of her own option abandoned. -
New Orleans Times Democrat.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-29
Rations For Cows.

1t does not seem profitable to give
good milking COWS of average size and
ordinary breeding more than seven to
nine pounds of grain or mixed meal per
day each, even when they are giving
their maximum flow of milk for the
season. Every farmer must compose
the rations for his COWS out of the ma
terials which he has available, but as
sample ration the following may be
useful for guidance: The bulky fod-
der part of the ration may be mixed in
in the following proportions. If the
roots can be pulped and the hay and
straw passed through cutting box SO
much the better: 50pounds of ensilage,
IL pounds Of mangels, carrots or beets
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-29
How She Got Her Name.


Mrs. Dayton of Highland Park had
just engaged new cook. The addition
to the servants looked promising as she
came in arrayed in all her finery and
waited for "the missus" to talk with
her before going to work.
"What is your name?'' asked Mrs.
Dayton.
Lay ourie, ma'am," said the cult.
nary expert.
"Lay-ourie!" exclaimed the lady Of
the house. "What peculiar namel
never heard it before in my life. Is that
a nickname or was it given you when
you were christened?''
It's my real name" said LAY.
ourie." "I've gone by it all my life. y
How in the world did you come tc
have it?" was asked.
my mother got 1t out of a novel, u
said "Lay .ourie."
Mrs. Dayton finally asked her te
write it. After much hard work the
owner of the name wrote out in ,
oramped hand, "L-a-u-r-a.
"Why, that's pronounced Laura, y
said Mrs. Dayton.
"Well. I don't know about that
ma'am. said the new cook. my ms
never heard it before, and she called il
sLaysourie.' I've been 'Lay-ourie' fol
81 years. and guess now it's too latt
to make change"
SoYLay-ourie" she remained.-Chi
cago Journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-29
Raise your Own Cows.

have found it more profitable and
preferable to raise the COWS rather than
buy them, says L. Morse in The Prac.
tical Farmer. A few years ago, while
living in Bradford county, Pennsyl
vania, 1 had some experience along both
lines. In two instances, circumstances
necessitated my buying cows to replen-
ish q dairy. herd. In all 1 bought nine
COWS and at the time thought 1 was
buying very carefully. Out of the lot
only two proved to be anywise desir-
able, the remainder being from ordinary
to poor and not profitable to keep in the
herd, the most of them being disposed
of at discount from purchase price.
In the meantime l had been growing
up several (six think heifers from the
best COWS in large dairy herd of grade
Jerseys and out of thoroughbred Jer-
sey bull. These were bred to another
registered Jersey bull of good individ-
ual merit and approved pedigree, and
their most promising heifers raised to
cowhood. What was the result? AL
most without exception the cows thus
raised were extra good ones for business,
giving milk testing high in butter fat,
the average herd producing q pound of
butter from much less than 20 pounds
of milk while such COWS as had been
obliged to buy would not make this
same amount from less than % pounds
of milk. Another result was that when
it came to the question of selling, there
were plenty of buyers who were willing
to pay good prices. The herd was a
rare one certainly; the admiration of
all who saw them, and, considering
their performance and selling value,
stood me in much less than those 1 told
about having bought. This is expert.
ence, not theory, and from it would
deduce that while now and then there
are expert buyers who may 60 into the
general market and buy good COWS, the
average dairyman will fail oftener than
he succeeds in buying anything desir-
able.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-29
NO STARVING COWS.
Take Care of Good Mixers When
They Are dry.


They Are dry.
The Dairy World says that it is one
thing to have s..cow run down in condi-
tion from lack of food and it is another
to have her thin by giving large quanti-
ties of milk, with all pure, rich, milk
giving foods like wheat, bran, ground
oats, oatmeal, good clover hay or other
materials. In the one case she is poor
and faint and gives little or no milk,
while in the other condition she is
strong, hearty and active and full Of
rich blood. Milk is an elaboration from
the blood, and the blood is made from
the food. Because COW is allowed to
go dry is no reason why she should be
allowed to run down in condition. She
needs to be kept in order to bear the
strain of calf bearing and starting into
milk giving again. Yet under the i'm
preston that it is economy many farm
ers commence stinting the ration as
soon as the COW begins to dry up. If
she can be kept alive until grass makes
q sufficient growth to furnish pastur.
age the saving in feed is considered so
much gain and abe will come to herself
in little after pasturage gets good,
The good dairy. COW ought to give milk
eieven months out Of the year, and
the one month sha is resting she ought
to be gaining in condition every day.
Profitable dairying is not good luck. 1t
is the result of selecting and using good
cows and giving them good feed and
care, and all COW loses while she is
dry must be made. up from food sup
piled to her and costs double what it
should cost to keep her thrifty. Dur
ing the next two months little extra
care shonld be given to keep the dairy
cows thrifty, so that they may be in
good condition for calving and milk
giving.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-29

Wealth, through the estate, legacy,
income and property taxes, now con-
tributes about 40 per cent of the tax
revenue of the British imperial treasu-
ry, and thinks it should bear no more.
Wealth in the United States contrib
utes nothing especially to the federal
government beyond the comparatively
Insignificant sum derived from the
stamp taxes OH business paper, and the
succession taxes of the war revenue
act. 1t can claim no further immunity
1t must bear all additional costs of the
plunge into militarism and schemes of
grab and conquest.-Springfield Mass.
Republican,