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house of its friends" the solons--our
present awmakers--should, like the
body Of Caesar, be decently disposed Of
by prompt removal from the statutes.
1t has hitherto been generally supposed
that the law in question was enacted
to prevent fraud by forbidding a man
to act as official counter of ballots on
which his own election to coveted
office depended. The present House Of
Representatives seems to have discov-
cred that there is no longer any danger
In that direction, that all political cam
didates in Connecticut have, in the on
golngs of the great law of evolution,
risen to such high plane of moral ex-
cellence as to render such law entirely
superhuous. Having apparently made
this great discovery the committee of
the House made a great mistake by
lall1ng to base their report squarely on
1t, and not resort, as they did, to the
demagogical plea that the vote RS of New
Haven would be 'disfranchised'' if the
law IN question were enforced So long
as we have no provision for minority
representation the minority in every
election is always disfranchised in eff
feet; and under some Of the present
laws or Connecticut the majority are
otten dlsfranchised. The real intent of
the law In this case, which is now dead
ana ready for burial, was to prevent
the majority from Acknowledgement by
the deftly 1nanipulations of sl1illful but
not overscrupulous counters, such as
used to infest polling places, but have
at length, let us be thankful, become an
extinct race. CITIZEN.
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The report Of the War investigating
committee is ready and it's substance is
made public. 1t says that Secretary
Alger exercised proper diligence and
supervision and that his subordinates
were efficient, experienced and faithful.
1t defends, as a whole, the beef, says
that most of it was satisfactory for
emergency USE" and that it was not
embalmed. General Miles is duly
scolded, and the tropical climate comes
in for its share Of the blame.
The report seems to be just about the
it will have Just about the kind of eff
feet 1t was expected to have.
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suggested the plan, but it is undoubted-
ly good one. Health conferences with
the people," as the board calls them,
are held frequently in different parts Of
the State. All in the vicinity are invlt-
ed to attend, and special efforts are
made to secure the presence of the wo-
men. who are regarded as the health
officers Of the family. At these confer
ences papers, adapted in language to
the hearers, are read on questions of
disease and sanitation. Unclean prem
ises, impure water, germ-laden milk
and the simple principles of physiology
and hygiene are discussed before these
audiences by the best physicians of the
State.
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Bill--"She said her face was her for
ture Jill-"Poor thing." - Yonkers
Statesman.
Publisher-"Can you turn out another
book in three weeks?" Auth r~-"Whv
so soon"' Publisher-"It wiz never do
to let the public forget you. Life
Flora-"so you know Mr.. Norox, do
you?" Lena-"Indeed I do! Tn one
OF his best friends I was the last one
to throw him overheard when he lost
all his money!"-Puck.
Rastus (angrily) Go on dan-hit me
why doan you hit me?" Reilly with
contempD-"An' phwat fur wud OF hit
yez-shure if Oh give yez black oye no
wand know ut. Brooklyn Life.
Wardrobe Accessory you hear
why the Smiths quarrelled?" II under
stand Smith insisted that the cost OF
their sitting in church should come out
of Mrs. Smiths allowance for clothes"
Puck
Mildred-"But Anna, what makes
you think that hat so unbecoming?"
Anna-"Because whenever I wear it the
Se'A NSiiAtSNch7 pd4AIAL iiiG III LIZ DdCk
instead of slipping an arm around me
to help me on and off. Judge.
John has five oranges. James gave
him eleven, and he gave Peter seven,
how many has he left?' Before this
problem the class recoiled. please
sir" said youog lad, I'VE always does
our sums in apples. Tit Bits.
Family Doctor-"You must let the
baby have one cows milk to drink ev-
cry day" Very we'll, If you say so,
doctor" said the perplexed young moth
err, but I really don't see how he is
goirg to hold it all."-Tit Bits.
Only Three-Frend-"Th gossips
have formulated a regular ind ctment
against your character. They say you
were a terrible f1irt when abroad. Do
you plead guilty?" American girl
Yes; to three counts. New York
Weekly.
How 1t Was Brought out.--"Are
you sure" asked Brutus, that this
grafton Of yours will get the publicity
it d serves?" "Oh, yes" replied An
thony; I've given Shakespeare print
ed copy of my remarks. philadelphia
North American.
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THE LITTLE PHILIPPINES.

Agoncillo, the little Filipino who was
cute enough to run away from Wash
ington to. Montreal the other day, is a
cocky chap. He says that since war
has been declared 1t will never be stop
ped until the Americans make over
lures for peace. Agulnaldo, another lit
tie Filipino, who is nearer the United
States troops than Agoncillo is, takes a
somewhat different view of the situa-
ton. He has not waited for the Amer
leans to sue for peace, but has asked
General Otis for a cessation of hostili-
ties and conference. General Otis has
declined to answer, and it looks very
much as if Aguinaldo will have to
cease hostilities himself if he wants
cessation Of them. General Otis says
the situation is rapidly improving and
that the insurgent army is disintegrated
1t will be hard work for Aguinaldo or
anybody else to get it together again
and we may expect to hear soon that
the pacification of the Philippines is
making rapid progress
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bunch Of red carnations and a bunch
of this bloom held each shoulder Mark
ed unusualness and good taste were
both apparent in the gown, two points
that are not often companions.
Flowers have been much used this
winter as the distinctive finish for even
ing gowns. finding place usually on the
bodice, because skirts are so commonly
much elaborated in cut. But here, too
they frequently catch up the draperies.
A typical and very dainty evening bod
ice was edged along the cut out with
roses and their foliage, a frill of crepe
lisse falling over them. The Irregular
ity Of the trimming, and the delicacy of
color peeping through the thin ruffies
was very attractive. A finishing touch
may be added to such bodice by plac-
ing a rose low down in the hair so 1t
will fall gracefully on the neck. A
maid so gotten up should promptly cast
her net in other places, if any one man
at his first opportunity does not at once
fall on his marrow bones at sight of
her.
One fashion in winter gloves that APP
pear5d late this season deserves to hold
over for next winter. 1t seems sure to
settle the problems of cold hands or
cumbersome gloves or still more cum
bersome muff 1t is glove lined with
very soft silk in all colors of plaid, the
silk SO finely arranged as not to inter-
fere with the gloves snug fit. On the
hand they look like other gloves yet are
good protection against cold, The
uncertain point is as to how the lining
will wear. FLORETTE.
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tenements or apartments anywhere, bui
not solitary room is to be had. AS
1t grew dark, in our despair, we went
to the police station, and they advised
me to bring the wife and children to the
workhouse, till such time as I could
find place outside"
But we've no room to spare here,
either" says the gate-porter. why
we've already got nearly two hundred
more people than the house is certified
for. Still, If the police sent you, l sup
pose you must be admitted"
So the man parted with his wife and
children at the workhouse gate, spent
the night in a common lodge-house
himself, the whole of Sunday in a
further futile search, but it was not un-
til full fortnight had gone by, during
which he paid for his wife's and BARNS
keep in the worl1house, that he found
place to take them to. Then 1t was
not to house, as he desired, but to
tenements; not near his work, as he
wanted, but two miles away.
For the first time, then, in the history
Of cities we see skilled and sober work.
men with good jobs, willing to pay even
high rent, failing utterly to find
houses at any price, and finally shelter
ing their wives and BARNS behind
workhouse walls, with an offer to bear
the cost Of maintenance themselves,
rather than bring them under the con-
Eliminating influence of the common
lodge-house Do workmen's wives and
children come out into the light again
the better for this sort Of housing?
am afraid not They see nothing pleas
ant, hear nothing good. learn nothing
wholesome in the workhouse Every
thing in the workhouse taints all who
touch 1.-THE London News.
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POLITICS AND BUSINESS.

Philadelphia is called a sleepy city,
that have not yet been learned in cities
that suppose themselves to be more
wideawake than Philadelphia. 1t is
little over a year since Philadelphia
transferred to the United Gas Improve
ment company, under thirty years
lease, the franchise Of the gas compa-
ny, and reports recently made mark
sharply the difference between political
control and business management The
city now has a revenue of 10 per cent.
on an increased quantity of gas sold at
81 per thousand whereas it was former
ly unable to make both ends meet at a
higher rate. Consumers are supplied
with better gas, and the worn-out gas
mains have been replaced with new
ones, to the comfort Of citizens whose
noses had been assaied with the odor
of escaping gas. In this work of bet
terment $3,112,S29 has been expended
within the year, although the lease only
requires the expenditure of $1,000, OO0 in
this way during the first three years,
and of s1O,OO0,OOO thereafter. All these
improvements, it should be noted, will
ultimately revert to the benefit of the
city, as at the end of the thirty years
the gas-works must be returned to the
city without the expenditure of a dol
lar of public money on the improve
ments made and to be made. Thus ear
ly in the transaction the city hopes to
profit to the extent of at least $4,000, 900
by the sale of the site of the Ninth
Ward gas-works, not needed by the gas
company and surrendered by 1t to the
city.
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FASHION NOTES.


There is suggestion in the Gala lily
in many of the current overskirts. OF
course the likeness is not strong, being
only in outline, and the point first noted
about these draperies is their grace of
of the evening gown shown herewith,
this feature was present in unusual
force, and bodice and skirt were match
ed so cleverly besides as to make the
dress count as an entire success. Heavy
cerise corded silk was used, a belt Of
magenta velvet fastened beneath a
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ADVERTISING RATES.

ADV ERTISING RATES.
situations, Wants. Rents, and other small
ADVERTISEMENTS One Cent Word each In.
fSeven tmes)
Dispay Advertisements. per inch, one In
sertlon' $l.20; each subsequent insertion: 20
cents; one week. $500; one l. ,nth, $40;
one year. $40.
obituary Notices. In prose or verse. Is
cents per line. Notices of Births Ma
RACES Deaths and Funerals 80 cents each.
Yearly advertisers are limited to their
own immediate business (all matter to be
GnoD1ectionableO: and their contracts do not
INCLUDE Vents. TO Let. For Sale etc.
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To the Editor of the Journal and Courier:
Now that "the Gable VS.. Bree contest
has been disposed Of, the law according
to whose provisions it was Instituted
having been mortally stabbed in the
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DELIVERED RY CARRIERS IN THE CITY,
10 CENTS A WEEK, 30 GENTS A
MONTH, SO FOR SIX MONTHS, $6
YEAR. The SAME TERMS BY MAIL
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The State Board of Health in North
Carolina hasn't narrow idea of its
duty. 1t does not confine itself to build
ing legal cordons around plague spots,
or to giving good advice in health bull
letins which nobody reads, but it uses
a large portion of its annual appropria-
ton in direct teaching of the people.
Possibly local conditions of large pro-
norton of illiterate negro inhabitants
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Sale of Furs.

Sale OF T. uTS.
! Brooks & Company announce
marked reductions upon the
balance of their stock of Fur
Garments, Neck pieces and
Imported Novelties and ask
attention to the quality and
variety of the materials en-.
ployed, a list of which fol-
lows
Otter, Mink, Persian Lamb, Fox,
Hudson Bay Sable, Ermine, Alaska
Senl, Chlnchllla,. Mouffion, Krimer,
Black and Stone Marten, Lynx, Broad
tail, Raccoon, and Brown Bear
Attention is drawn to this
list, not because it is COM
plete, but as affording some
indication of its representa-
tive character Selections may
he made in fashions that vary
but slightly from year to year
at extremely moderate prices
making the investment one
Of sterling worth.
R1n0kG A0ll
Furriers,
Chapel, ecrNer State Street.
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TEMPFRITE.

Blli-"She said her face was her for
lure Jill-"Poor thing!" - Yonkers
Statesman.
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ALLEGED RUNIc STONE FOUND.
Picked Up In Minnesota and Part OF the
Inscriptions Translated.

A stone bearing inscriptions In so-called
runic characters was found three miles
northeast Of kensington, In Douglas
County, Minp. Professor Breda OF the
State University, to whom the stone was
submitted, suid, that when the Inscriptions
were first submitted to him as being from g.
possible runic stone found In the western
part OF Minnesota he was disposed to laugh.
No runic stodes had ever been found In
America. Nevertheless he took the stone
and made up the following translation or
the incriptions. dashes indicating the loca-
ton OF words OF characters which he could
not make out, not being correct runes:
"Swedos aud-Norsemcn on journey OF
discovery from Yinelund wesl-we camped
one days journey north from this stone.
We finished ono Gay. After we came home
wc fouud-man red with bloou and dead
A. Y. NJ. save from m-have-lnHn ut the ocean
to look after our sbips-day's journey from
this island. Year"
Professor Ercda seems to regard the stone
as POSSIBLY genuine. His theory is that at
the tImo the stone wus deposited at the
place found it was on the shore OF Lake
Superior, which then, 500 years ago, was
several hundred feet above Its present lerol,
making it entirely possible that the piece.
0. ground al that place WAS an island. The
stour is been sent to Professor Curme, OF
to- : .L.,wrsterl naraitY, who ER1A
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was no fire in the stove and only q
little hate in the oven, dye see. On
Easter mornin' put the egg in some
warm bluein' water before the boy
got up and whin he came down to his
breakquist there it was on the plate
before him, blue as the heavens in
July. Twas actin mighty qusre,
though, Mrs. O'Brien, rollin' around
on the plate as if the divvil was in it,
and me husband and little Mike look
in at it as if twas ghost they saw.
But. Mrs. O'Brien, if yell believe
me, I had to keep me back to the
table, I was that full of laughter.
Ye'd think the egg was tryin' to stand
on its little end, twas that full of
tricks.
"'Tis only a cruked egg, and your
plate is standin' down hill,' said me
husband. "Whack it wild your spoon,
me lad!'
$50 Mickey took the egg in his
hand and gave it slap with the
spoon, and out came the head of q
chicken that let yelp OUT of him
that 'ud wake the dead. Sure, he
kicked the blue shell off him like
you'd shed petticoat, and waded up
to his knees in the gravy of the pork
chops, and him howlin' like cat
bird, and egg-shells in the coffee and
the mashed potatoes and me husband
on the fure yellin' wild delight! Oh,
glory be, Mrs. O'Brien; me sides is
achin'. I'm afeard I'll bust some
thin inside O. me!"-Mickey Finn.
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half. Miss Prim had another a good
deal like it, only lots finer and more
trimming for three and ahalf that had
been four dollars"
''The cheaper one will do very we'll
this year, I'm sure" said her mother
gently. "We have had good deal of
expense. you know"
The little girl was very quiet that
evening and went to bed early. Far
in the night she woke with start.
She had been dreaming of tho two hats
and Miss Prim. In her dream she had
said to Miss Prim, 81 cannot buy it,
because I have only two dollars and a
half" and Miss Prim had said, "Why
yes, you have, Nellie; you have gold
dollar put away in a drawer at home. "
It was this that had made her jump
and wake up, for she did have gold
dollar that her uncle, Henry Thorne,
had given her once when she was a
baby, and it was put away in q drawer,
just as Miss Prim had said. She had
not thought of this before, and it was
of no use to think of itnow, for though
she had never been told not to spend
the dollar, it was only because her
mother believed sue would never even
dream of doing so.
But Nellie did dream of it, over and
over, and each time she woke with q
start and lay awake long time. She
was pale and silent next morning, and
when she set out for Miss Prim's the
money that her mother had given her
she carried in her little purse, while
deep down in her pocket was Uncle
Henr7 Fhorne's gold dollar. She had
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GODS MESSAGE TO MAN.
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM THe
WORLDS GREATEST PROPHETS.

The Refuge OF Our Fears-One ComPre-
hensive Prlnclple-Love Begets Duty
Why Christ Came to Eartl-The Bible
in the Church-God Knows the Shoals.
Father. although cannot see
Through mlsts OF fear that close me
round,
know the path leads up to Thee.
And whom Thou seekest shall be found.
And. Lord, Thy thoughts are everywhere
With voiceless grief and loneliness,
And patient hearts that bravely dare
A need beyond our common guess;
Yea, even with the wandering, lost,
Tired prodigals who love Thee not,
Nor ever Is Thy purpose crossed
Or any soul Of man forgot.
Yet, Lord, the cry Of sin! The pain
OF woman's smile that love degradesI
The tainted chiIdren's woe! The vain,
Marred faces where Thine image fades!
Thou knowest, Thou alone; and we,
Condemned to feel our brothers sha5e,
In every blessing bring to Thee
The blind, the deaf, the dumb, the lame
Our brothers all, whose sorrow spills
A drop OF wormwood In our cup.
Dear Lord! Thy love the heaven fills.
o take this broken vessel up.
This broken cistern OF tie earth
That holds no overfowing spring,
Give y Wins Of heaven for sin and dearth,
And bread OF life for nourishing.
Compassion is OF Thee. and strength
That works and waits and will not cease.
Lord! by Thy might Of love at length
Bring in the long expected peace.
Isaac Ogden Rankin, in Congregationalist
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nice with little alteration for next
year."
With sigh of relief Nellie took her
purchase to her room. That night she
dreamed again. Over and over she
thought Miss Prim's niece had come
to see her and brought the gold dollar.
Her mother had seen it and said,
"Why, that is Nellie's gold dollar that
her Uncle Henry Thorne gave her. "
And then the little girl had said,
"No, it isn't; it's mine, that my Aunt
Hester Prim sent me on Easter"
When she was dressed in her pretty
new gown and ready to 60 to church
next morning she certainly looked
very sweet, though she was SO pale
that her mother said, "I'm afraid
you are not we'll, Nellie. The excite
ment has been too much for you.
Easter isn't only for pretty things, my
dear"
Flaxie's cold was no better, and
Mrs. Thorne did not go to church.
By and by she prepared dinner, think
ing Nellie would be home presently
and be hungry. Somewhat before she
expected her the door suddenly few
open and the little girl burst into the
room. The new hat she flung on the
table, and rushing to her mother she
burst into a torrent of tears and
sobs.
"Oh, mamma! mamma" she walled.
''I deceived you. 1t is the one that
cost a dollar more. and I spent the
gold dollar that Uncle Harry Thorne
gave me when I was little!'
Mrs. Thorne looked grave.
'Tell me oil about it, dear" she
said gently.
And Nellie told her everything,
dreams and all.
"And then the sermon was about
the Resurrection" she concluded,
tearfully, "and the preacher said that
even our new dresses and our new
hats were-were symbols of-of new
life, and cried as if her own childish
heart were breaking.
Mrs. Thorne went herself to Miss
Prim's the next day. The little mil,
liner had not ra1ted with the gold
dollar, and when she heard the story
of it she exchanged it willingly and
said she would exchange the hat too.
At first NIrs. Thorne thought it best
not to do this, but after rejecting q
few moments, decided that it would
be too severe on Nellie to make her
wear so long the hat she now hated,
aud when she left took the pretty
little Leghorn that Nellie had first
chosen. Nellie herself returned g
little later with the other, and Miss
Prim kissed her and gave her some
lemcn drops, and told her that she
had proven herself a sweetand worthy
child. And Nellie may have cried the
least bit, but she was very happy
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BY ALBERT BIGELOW PAINE.

not fully decided yet that she was &C.
ing to spend it, but she had felt Tor 1t
where she kept it in little ring box
under her clothes the first thing when
she got up that morning and the little
ring box had been pushed back under
her clothes empty when she came down
to breakfast.
Miss Prim was unusually pleasant
that morning. She brought both hats
out to the light for Nellie to see and
said there was more than q dollars
difference in the two, and Nellie could
see that herself. But Miss Prim looked
little surprised when she saw the
gold dollar.
"Why," she said, 81 haven't seen
one for long time. I'll keep it, L
guess, for. little niece OF mine" Then
she wrapped up the hat for Nellie,
talking pleasantly.
When Nellie started with her pur-
chase there was feeling Of triumph
in possessing it that wore off as she
walked along. She did not feel at all
happy in the way she had expeeted.
She remembered now for the first time
that her mother would no doubt won
der at the cheapness OF the hat and
speak of it in a way that would make
her silence equal to falsehood. She
had never told her mother an untruth.
Then she remembered how happily she
had tripped away to Miss Prim's yester-
day. It did not seem to her that she
could be the same little girl.
But Mrs. Thorne said less than
Nellie had expected. She was tired
and only kissed her pretty daughter.
"Why, Nell," she smiled, II don't
see what you would want of more
trimming than that. I think good
deal less would have answered. It's
rather old for you now, but will he