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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-17
IYILSON WADDINGH4M.

| The death of Wilson Waddingham
which came suddenly yesterday, remov-
ed man who had had an adventurous
and romantic career. He pursued tickle
fortune in the gold fields of California,
the mines of British Columbia, Wash
ington and Idaho on the great plains
of New Mexico and Colorado, and in
the city haunts of financiers. His quest
was successful and in the course of it
he took large part in the wonderful
development of this country that has
occurred since in 1850 he went to the
Pacific coast to become one of the eager
crowd in whom the mad thirst for gold
was raging. Whether mining, freight
ing, ranching, dealing in mining stocks
or real estate, he was bold, quick Of de-
cision, far-sighted and shrewd He
prospered greatly, and all over the West
his name is one of the most conspicu-
Gus among the names of those
who have helped to make the
West from the time when the
Indians and the buffaloes held pos
session of the plains. He was popular
wherever he was known He was
loyal friend and extremely generous to
those whom he liked or with whom he
sympathized. He was getting ready to
throw off soma of his h,,rdapc ora +oI~o
the rest which he had earned. But
death has broken his plans for earth
and he has gone to his eternal rest. Nav
1t be sweet after his long toll
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THE THEATER IN MADRID.

| Spaln's whole history is fight against
foreign thought. Her first great play
wrights were priests, and, as they have
| had but feeble successors the rigidity of
the moral of the church is clearly dis
cernible in the recent Spanish comedy
and melodrama. llFor Spain has no
modern tragedy, Echegaray notwth-
! standing.) OF course by moral mean
| Spanish not Anglo Saxon morality for
the Spanish theater permits of the dis
cusson of matters not presentable upon
our boards, as on the other hand a Ma
drid audience would be scandaliZed by
us. On the Spanish stage a kiss or en-
thusastic embrace Is absolutely prohibit
ted. Then how shall Spaniards play
Sardou presumably? Last year at the
Princesa Theater, in Madrid, the third
act of an adaptation Of 'Charley's
Aunt" { it looked oddly enough to see our
cid friend billed as La Tia de Carlos')
was simply pointless because of the in
flexibility of this rule The reader may
recall that the entire action hangs on the
indignation of two oxford students at
the kisses lavished upon young fellow
in womans dress (Babs, of course) by
two young ladies who do not suspect the
sex of the young devil, AT the Princesa
these Objectionable kisses, all important
to the scene, must needs be imprinted
upon the cold, unresponsive wig of Babs,
or smothered in handkerchief. or 9TH
erwise ingeniously but obviously dis
posed Of The anti-climax may be i'm
agined
Again, the verb II love- Is considered
too intense for Spanish stage prose,
The Spanish leading man reaches the
elimination Of his generally Illicit but
invariably. requted passion in the for
lorn phrase, II am fond of ycu" tie |
quiero) Imagine Mr.. Barrymore re-
duced to such limitations. Here sounds |
the death knel | should say the cur
few, for they but sleep, of almost every
thing prominent in the modern drama, |
as far as Spain is concerned There he
roles are permissible only among the
classcs-for in comedy the Spanish play |
is play a game, l mean; else it runs
into melodrama as does the work of
Echegaray.-Dixie
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did or not, the idea was taken up. and
Frank e. Kirby carried it into prac-
tical effect in building the steamer st.
lgnace. This powerful vessel has been
an entire success ever since she came
out ten years or more ago, and the
building of the Ste. Marie, larger and of
more power, was simply an enlarge
fnent of the idea owing to increase in
the volume Of business across the
straits, and the necessity of having an
extra boat to take the place of the
other should she break down. Admiral
Makaroff and a couple of lieutenants
inspected the Ste. Marie two years ago,
and it was at one time the supposition
that the Detroit Dry-Dock company
would get the contract to build the Rus
sian steamer.
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A LIVELY SESSION.

The insurance investigation yester-
day was lively and interesting enough
to satisfy those who have complained
of it's tameness. Some very definite
testimony was given concerning the ia
nous $1,000 check given by the Connec-
ticut Indemnity company to somebody
or other for something or other.
Insurance Commissioner Belts made
his promised statement, and show
ed that he had done his duty in Con-
necticut Indemnity matters and also
showed that there were those who
hadn't done theirs Mr.. Clark made
his statement and Ex-Governor Cook
told about the lack of money to carry
on the suit against the Aetna.
More to come next Tuesday, if moth
ing happens to prevent. Colonel Doher-
ty announces libel suit against Com
missioner Belts. The plot isn't exactly
thickening but it does seem to be rami-
flying.
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EDLGITOES

This city isn't the only one Interested
4 in education. They are stirring up
things in lively way in Providence,
and it is announced there that the agi-
tation is to continue until there is more
simplicity in the System" The Bos-
ton Globe has this to say: OF course
the stuation-which is becoming gem
eral--is well understood No sooner are
the school appropriations available than
theimaginationso of high-art pedagogues
soar at random among various fantastic
ideals in the realm of education.
Courses of instruction are multiplied
and ampified. One Innovation succeeds
another each imposing an added drain
upon the annual school appropriations
until suddenly the unrelenting fiat of
the tax limit clause compels an abrupt
halt. After warnings and penalties
enough have followed the substitution
of ornate and snowy for sound and So
| Der education in the schools the exist
| ing drift will cease. 1t seems too bad
however, that in order to call halt an
agent as peremptory and memorable as
| the overburdened taxpayer should be
required.
A voice comes from as far west as
Kansas City. 1t is the voice of the
Kansas City Journal, and it says: A
t,11 49,,
could easily add two red apples and two
red apples, but who was worn out by
the details of the process as he was re-
uuired to do the sum. 1t illustrates one
of the greatest dangers in our public
schools. The process fiend and the sys-
tenn fiend are in the saddle, and we need
some educational rough riders to I'M
horse them. A teacher who has to
teach by a process is either machine
or will soon become one, What gives
life to school work is individuality and
the expression Of it in teacher and pupil
alike. Woe to the teacher who cannot
tolerate individuality in his pupils; who
cannot cultivate it and devise his own |
ways of developing his work. More |
woe still to the principal or supernten-
dent who discourages or suppresses the
teacher with strong individuality; |
who makes it his pride that he can tell |
at any moment just what point in any |
subject is being treated by any one of |
the teachers Yet school boards are
apt to favor just such superintendent.
People are evidently beginning to
think that education can be overdone
by educators.
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The Largest Life.


l,e unon nv bed and hear and see.
The moon Is rising through the gllstening
| And mnmently n great and sombre breeze
With n vast voice returning titfuly,
| Comes like a deep toned grief, and stirs In
| me
| Somehow. by some inexplcable art,
A sense of nv souls strangenesS and lie
| mart
| In the dark march of human destiny.
What am /, then, and what are they that
mass
| Wonder and love and laugh, and mourn
| and weep?
What snail they know of me. or !, alls
OF themY little. At times as IL from
sleep
We waken to this yearning passionate
mood
And tremble at our spiritual solitude.
Nav. never once to feel we are alone.
While rho great human heart around us
lies.
10 make the smile on other lips our own,
no live mon the light in others eyes;
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A FOUNTAIN OF ANTS.

The house was then occupying was q
bungalow, and, as is the case with many
bungalows, the inner walls were con-
structed of merely sun dried bricks, and
in the recesses Of one wall colony of
white ants had established nest. 1t
was evening; / was commencing dinner.
! heard behind me a buzzing sound; +
turned and from a hole near the bottom
OF the wall beheld a fountain of young
white ants ascending. They reached the
ceiling, and then the descent commenced
They alighted by thousands on the table
and there shook off their wings. In a
few minutes the cloth, the plates, the
glasses, even the lamp shades, were
covered with the little white, feeble,
crawling creatures. The fountain of
ants continued to play for at least ten
minutes. When next morning the florr
was swept the wings that the ants had
shaken off filled a large basket. What
became of the ants themselves I cannot
say.-From "Haunts and Hobbies of an
Indian Official" Thornhill
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-17
IN ING ENIOUS Plan.

Victor S. Clark, sub director of pub
lie instruction at Porto Rico, announces
through the Outlook a noteworthy plan.
1t concerns the pubic school teachers
of this new possession, and is the plan
of General Eaton of the bureau of edu-
cation there. I is desired that as many
Rico as possible shall visit the United
States during the coming summer va
cation-from July 1 to October l.
transportation to and from New York
from San Juan to be furnished by the
government. To enable the teachers
to meet the expenses,of board and lodg-
ing while in this country, it has been
suggested that classes for a ten weeks
course in Spanish be formed in various
cities and towns, to be taught by one
Of these Porto Rican teachers, the ex-
pense of such a class to be the cost OF
railroad transportation from New York
and return to the city or town where
the class is held, and the board OF the
teacher during the session. Wherever
this amount is guaranteed by RESPONSE
BILE parties, a competent teacher VIII be
sent by the San Juan board of educa-
ton.
Pretty good idea In some respects,
but it is doubtful that there VIII be
much eagerress in our cities and towns
to study Spanish in the summer.
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is hair over.
Two other types that are offered as
substitutes for the bright tulle hat are
put here by the artist. The lower one
was brown straw trimmed with large
bow knot of wired brown velvet rib
bon A white and tan bird rested on
the hair at the side The other was In
opposition, too, to the hats trimmed
pompon-wise with huge blossoms. IT
was white straw. decorated profusely
with lilies Of the valley, leaves and
green taffeta. One drawback from an
artistic standpoint to the flower POM
pons is the size Of the blossoms which
frequently are bigger than anything
ever heard of in nature.
Big mesh and big dot wells are reap
pearing, but exclusive people will not
easily give up the fine mesh and tiny
dots, though the latter veil is just as
bad for the eyes as Is the big dot--in-
deed, worse, because one can get big
dot on so that there is no dot in front
of the eye. Indicted net is still in
vogue and black dotted white net is al
ready being worn. There is an effort
to push blue chiffon into the use to
which brown chiffon has SO long been
put. Drop wells will again be used as
soon as outing time comes, Such veil
hangs loose at the lower edge. is long
enough so it will lap in the hack, where
at the lower edge it can be closed and
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-17
nGOLDn PLATTE

The number of pieces of solid gold
plate which formed a portion of the
wedding gifts presented to Mr. Wander
bilt and Miss Virginia Fair may render
it of interest to know that the services
popularity known as gold services are
only of silver gilt, and that the quantity
of real gold plate that is now to be seen
is very small. Only five examples Of
real gold plate were exhibited among the
art treasure colleced at South kensing-
ton in the loan collection of 1S62-a gold
cup and cover of seventeenth century
work given by Bishop Hall, to Exeter
college, oxford, cup on baluster STEM
given to the Corporation of York in 1872,
covered cup of 1873, the property of j.
w. Walrond, a chocolate cup and cover
with one handle found in the lake at
Knowsley belonging to the Earl of Der
by. and pair of massive ice-pails from
Blenheim weighing no less than three
hundred and siXty-five ounces the gift
of Queen Anne to the great Duke Of
Marlborough. There are two gold sal
vers in the collection of plate of the
queen at Windsor Castle, and Mr.
Cripps, in his standard work "Old Eng
lsh Plate" states that small salver of
pure gold was noted by Mr.. Octavius
Morgan among the plate of King Will
liam w, which was said to have been
made of the presentation rings of Ser
jeants-at -law.--London News.
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Late Corners Among Hats.

Tule trimmed hats Of any bright and
fashionable color have given way, so
far as newness goes to white hats sim
ilarly shrouded in white tulle. There
were so many of the blue and purple
tulle hats that they lost their first
distinction even before they commenced
to fade, which was very promptly in
some cases, That is not saying that
they are not stylish for they are but
they have appeared SO abundantly that
women who strive to be exclusive have
tried to find something else that would
at once pass as equally stylish. The
white tulle and straw hat is one result,
and as these hats are larger than the
earlier colored ones there is little doubt
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-17
METH ER,

(Which would you rather do-die
poor or die rch?"
Neither indianapolis Journal.
do you think she would have mar
ried him if he hadn't been wealthy"
well, you know, he understood that
If he hadn't been wealthy he couldn't
have supported Observation-Disclosures
North American.
MY horse has reasoning powers, I
tell you
In what respect particularly"
well, instead of shying at that auto
mobile cab he edged up to it and kick
ed it"-Chicago Record.
A Rash Remark. mo, Ellen, I can't
tack down any carpets. The doctor
said all my recreation must consist of
open air sports "All right, William,
there are three carpets out on the line
which you can beat" Chicago Record.
Anything for Fight.-Cassidy-"
don't see whoi Englind or Ameriky or
Germiny should t'ink av forlghtin' over
dom little ting oike Samoa!" Kerri-
gan-"Ye don't .eh! Then begorrah,
ye're a dom poor spicimin av an Orsh-
man"-Puck.
An Expert View.-Percival--"W
Sambo, what do you think of the beef
report?" Sambo-"Dunno es I'ee ex-
pert on desc yer ings, boss, but ah
reckon ah cud teach dem gemmen how
ter put de whitewash on. --Fhiladel-
phia North American.
What was your father whipping you
for last night?" asked ore small boy of
another.
oh" replied the other, I'VE had an
argument about my Sunday school les
son, and he was proving to me that the
whale actually did swallow Jonah!"-
TROY Times
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pinned. The upper edge is run with a
good sized ribbon drawing string, and
the veil is tied thus alb ut the hat. The
tapping in the back serves to conceal
the hair, SO If it Is untidy from long
day the disarrangement does not show,
or, if one is just starting out. the
smoothness of the coil is protected.
FLORETTE.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-17

1t is believed that the most oblging
postmaster in the State of Missouri lives
at Bethel. He recently put telephone
in his office and announced that for the
benefit of those out of-town patrons who
are connected by wire and who may de-
sire 1t he will open their letters and will
read the contents to them over the
phone.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-17

1t is said that spectators have been
buying up sand dunes" near Province"
town, Massachusetts, at 25 cents an
acre and selling them to distant green"
foot, at profit of 100000 per cent.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-17

From Detroit comes protest against
giving admiral Makaroff of the
Russian navy full credit for the crea-
ton of the decreasing steamer the
Ermack, which has accomplished Won
ders in breaking channels into the Rus
sian Baltic ports. A distinguishing
feature of the Ermack is the plan of
operating two sets of engines and two
screws, one at the stern and the other
at the bow, and that idea originated
in Detroit, the Free Press of that city
says. Captain J. w. Millen claims the
credit for suggesting it to President
Ledyard of the Michigan Central road,
Others dispute this claim. Whether he
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-17

They've got some real money in the
windy city. 1t is said that Chicago
banks are becoming glutted with gold
coin. The United States sub treasury
has refused to pay out more small bills
for the yellow coin, the banks are un-
able to exchange it for gold certificates
and so the bankers are doing the only
thing left for them-storing in their
vaults what they cannot get rid of
When the call for small bills increases
as 1t always does in the summer and
fall gold will probably have to take the
place of paper money. unless the gov
eminent printing presses are started up
again One Chicago bank has more
than SIS, 900 900 in gold col stored in it's
vaults, and the hoard is rapidly in
creasing, while the same bank has only
between 100000 and $4,000, 900 in small
bills.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-17

The use of metallic cores to strengthen
mortar and concrete has been the sub
ject Of recent investigation in France
by M. Consdere, and he has concluded
as a result of his experiments that
mortar armed with an iron core can
undergo without rupture an elongation
twenty times as great as would be pos
eible without the core. The tests We're
made, using various mortars and con-
cretes in pieces of square section, 60 en-.
long by en-. in breadth and thickness,
in which were embedded rods or wires
of iron. M. Considere believes that
fewer cases of settling foundations I'M
equal expansions, and shocks of various
kinds would occur If mortar with iron
or steel cores was employed in the con-
struction, and he recommends wrought
iron or hard steel for this purpose.
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ADVERTISING RATES.

Adv ERIISING HAIES. .
Situations. Wants, Rents. and other small
advertisements, One Cent a Word each In
sertion. Five Cents Word for full week
(seven tImes,
Display advertisements. ner inch, one In
rertion $1.20; each subsequent insertion. 40
cents; one week, $500; one month. $40;
one year, $40. -
Obituary Notices. In prose or verse. IS
cents per line. Notices of Births. Mar
rlages, Deaths, and Funerals. 80 cents each.
Local Notices, 15 cents per line.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-17

Michigan is going to make an inter-
esting experiment with the graduated
income tax. The new law provides that
on incomes of from $1,000 to $500 there
shall be paid one-quarter of one per
cent; from $4,000 to $4,000, one-quarter
of one per cent. up to $1,000, and one
half of one per cent. on all above that
900 are to pay one per cent. There are
some exemptions.
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The overland Journey from Shanghai
to Rangoon, which has just been ac-
cOmplished by Captain Wingate Of the
British army occupied five and a half
months Taking Chinese servants only,
he was unmolested, even in anti-foreign
Human. He followed Margary's route
to Kwei-Yang-fu and then took a
southerly road to Yun-nan-fu. thence
travelling via Kohang, where he met the
members Of the Boundary commission
along the frontier of Bhamo. !, He was
greatly impressed by the wealth and
enormous possibilities of Human. On
the other hand. Yun-nan and Kwei-
schau are described by him as being
poor and sparsely populated.
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Is CENTS A WEEK, 50 CENTS A
MONTH, 60 FOR SIX MONTHS, SO
YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BY MAIL
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Boston's plan for utilizing sea water
for fires is in operation. About $4,000
worth of iron pipe was laid from the
wharf to the crowded part of the city
and into this system of pipes fire.
boat pumps sea water at the rate of
1000 gallons minute. The ordinary
fire hose is attached to the hydrants at
the ends of the branch pipes, and thus
one fireboat at a central wharf is made
to do the work of six or eight ordinary
fire engines. The plan is said to work
well.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-08-07
Threatening Conditions.

Washington, August 6.-Hayti is
in a state of ferment, perhaps with
sympathy from the neighboring
state of Domingo. United States
Minister Powell has cabled the
state department that the pres
ence of a United States warship
may be required if the present
threatening conditions continue, to
insure the safety of the United
States legation and consulates.
The department is closely watching
developments and has been in com
munication with the navy depart
ment on the subject to dispatch
orders at short notice to comhand-
ers Longnecker and Logan Of the
New Orleans and MaChias. These
vessels are now at Santo Domingo,
only half a days sail from Port au
Prince and it is believed will be
quite sufficient to meet the minis
tiers needs.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-08-07

CelluIose for stopping leak in
ships costs $4OO a ton, 1t is made
of corn stalks. Fifteen tons Of
stalks make one ton of cellulose,
Cornstaks ground in a mill mixed
with molasses and made in to cakes
is found to be a most valuable food
for cattle There is a mill running at
Rockford, H., and one at Owensbo-
ro KY, for the things, 1t is found
to pay enormously. Now comes the
announcement that a cornstalk tru-
st is being formed with a capital
of $50, 900, 600 to use the cornstalks
of the United States, said to be
worth $9OO,OOO,O0O every year if
properly used. If these calculations
prove correct, the farmers will at
least favor the new trust. -Arkan-
sas Methodist.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-08-07

To my friends and patrons:--I de-
sire to inform the people of Texar-
kama that ] am now in good health
again, and am giving my store my
personal attention. Can be found
there at any time, and will see that
one and all are treated courteously
and right-will allow no partiality.
If you want fair treatment, good
weights and measures, with low
prices, come to see me, the cash
grocer. r. ]. HoBGOoD.
SO 800 West Broad ST.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-08-07

Where the digestion is good, and
the general power Of the system in
a healthy state, worms can find no
habitation 10 the human body,
Whites Cream Vermifuge not only
destroy every worm, but corrects all
arrangements Of the digestive or
cams. Price % cts.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-08-07

The New York Sun which Shines
for all, " has strike with its prin-
ters, pressmen and sterotypers.
The lockout is said to be complete
and $4,000 put at the disposal of
the striking printers. The trouble
has been fermenting for some time
and it is said the paper may sus-
pend for all time to come.