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The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-12-28
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Readem--I suppose Ritem's ambition
 is to write the great American novel.
 Tellem-Oh, no; he is trying to get the great American dollar.-Baltimore
 American.
 | Young Mother (to butcher-'I have
 brought my little baby, Mr. Bullwrln- | kle. Will you kindly weigh him?'
 Butcher-"Yes maam; bones an all | s'pose ?'-Tlt-Bits
 | An Exception.-He He-"Some men can't keep their eyes off the ladies'" She Unless those men happen to be sitting in street car, while the ladies are standing. g."-Philadelphia Press. Don't drag my name into print in connection with this absurd affair."" cried the indignant citizen; but if you do, be sure to spell out my middle name in full. ."-Cleveland Plain Dealer
 We can accomplish nothing in this world" said the man who was given to moralizing, until the crooked is made straight
 Well" replied the other, who was of convivial habits, ''of course you would except the corkscrew"- Philadelphia Press
 A Small Matter.-New Man (signal of1ice) are for fair weather and northerly winds. Which flag shall l put out
 Old Man-Oh, any of 'em. Nobody knows the difference except sailors, and it's too foggy for them to see.-New York Weekly
 Shaksperian Criticism-"Feller name O Shakspere fooled our folks purity we'll las week." said Mir. Meddergrass. "He gave show called Julius Caesar down to the opry house an blamed eff the whole thing wasn't made up out O pieces that's been spoke at the school exhibitions here for twenty years."- Baltimore American
 Childish Glee-"Do you want Christmas tree this year, my little man?" asked Bobby's uncle. "Oh. yes, siI,' came the reply in sweet. childish treble Last year father burnt his Whiskers all off lighting the wax can dles, and Aunt Jane fell off the step ladder and l wouldn't have missed it for anything. Washington Star.
 "Er-you remember that county fair list l got out when We were not living so we'll as we are now?" ask ed the successful author.
 "Yes, dear" answered his wife What of it?'
 q wanted to know if you have conv ot It among your keepsakes. I have | just received an offer, with a good bit | of money in it, for the dramatic rights" Press.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-12-28
HEEL ENL AND H4PPY.

Among the rich men who think it a
 disgrace to die too rich is Dr. D. K. Pearsons, of Chicago, who has given to
 educational or religious objects about
 $3, 100000 of his money and is planning
 to give more. His idea is to give where
 his money is most needed, and So he helps struggling educational institu-
 tions in parts of the country where there isn't much wealth. Among his gifts are the following: Beloit Col lege (Wis.), $295, ,00O Chicago Seminary, $280,000; Colorado College (Col) $2OO,- GOO; Mt. Holyoke College (Mass), $780, 000 Berea College (Ky), $150 GOO; Lake Forest University Qll), $125,OOO; Whit man College (Ore.), S120, ,000; Knox Col lege Qll), $1OO00O; Drury College (Mo.), $1OO,0OO; Yankton College (S. D), S100,000 Pacific University (Ore), S6O,- 900; Carleton College (Minn.), $50, 1000; Fargo College (N. D., s5O,OO0; Pomona
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-12-28

sWered: He is the last man you would guess. And he is man who would never think it worth while to notice whether his coachman wore a mustache, much less to express a preference one way or tho other. He is Secretary Hay If it was left to the newspaper correspondents to select in the Admin clusiveness, of least personal ostenta tion, the ideal American gentleman, a rousng vote would be given for John Hay"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-12-28
The Reunion of the Toys.

A little toy bug and little toy mouse, And d little toy tiger met On the little toy porch of Il little toy house | Where q little toy table was set, And the little toy bug gave q sad little And the little mouse walled: "oh, my And the little toy tiger attempted to speak But emitted T sad little sigh. A little toy soldier set down toy cup And indulged in Il pltiful wall, And sadness came over little toy pup With poor little stump of a tail; And Il little toy engine that ran on track Gave q sad little toot as 1t sped, And little bisquc doll said; Alas! and alack!
 l really wish were deadp' Then brisk little Jack popped out iu the From | box he had opened somehow, And he said to the toys This Is strange,
 l declare! And the little bisque doll put little bisque On her little blsque heart and replied: I'm stranger alone in q strange foreign
 land!'
 And the others ln unison sighed. And the soldier said: That's what's the
 matter with me;
 I'm homesick and lonely today, For the ones that l love are far over the
 sea
 Oh, why did they bring me awayg And the little toy mouse and the little toy
 cup
 And the little toy table and plate, And the little toy tiger and little top pup Had the same little tale to relate. Then the Jack-in-the Box dashed tear
 from his eye
 And said Ill a sorroWful tone: T, too, am stranger beneath strange
 sky, They made me in Germany, thousands of
 miles
 Across the blue ocean," And Der The faces around him there broke happy
 smiles,
 Where a sadness was pictured before. Made over in Germany" shouted the
 doll
 q, too, was made there!" And the bug And the soldier and tiger and puppy md all Rushed forward to give her q hug; They made lne i'll Germany..' nacn of them
 cried
 And "Wie gefts?" squeaked the mouse to
 the Jack; "Dankc shoen," in glad little voice, he The engine leaped clear from it's track. Then the little toy bug and the little toy And the soldier and doll and the rest Formed ring on the porch of the little toy
 house,
 And joy was In each little breast, And they sang: Made in Germany over
 the seal'
 And they danced all around in delight And q little boy woke and sat mp and said
 he "Why. they're just as l left them last
 right!'
 --S. E. Riser, in Chicago Times Herald
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-12-28

The annual day of humiliation an1 prayer has just been observed in Prus , sia, according to long established GUS tom, and a great many of the Berlin newspapers took occasion to print ar ticles upon the recent deterioration in public morality They asserted that the rapid industrial development of the country and the corresponding improve ment in it's financial condition had re- evils and abuses
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-12-28
ELECTRICAL POWER FOR ENG
 T.ANT0

The neighborhood of a great water fall has become something more than a bait to tourists; it is the means of su- persedlng steam and gas alike. It may be objected that waterfalls on such q scale as these are not to be found in England. Henry Kingsley. indeed, has described a Thames weir in terms which would hardly be exaggerated if applied to the falls of the Rhine. But when it comes to generating electric power we fear that the inferiorty of the native product will be demonstra- ted. Professor Thompson, however, is not daunted by so simple an obstacle as this. He proposes to make coal min ister to its own supersession. England, he says, has her natural source of pow CT in her coalfields. At the mouth of
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-12-28
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants Rents, and other small advertisements, Ope Cent Word each h. sert;on. Five Gents Word for full week tsevan timesl.
 Display advertisements, per inch. one m. seztlon. S1.2O; each subsequent incer,ion, ~ cants; ore week, $3.2O; one month, $io: one year. $40. .
 Obituary Notices. in prose or. verse. 1e cents Der line. Notices of Births. Marri- ages, Deaths and Funerals, 50 cents eaco. Local Notices. 15 cents per line
 Yearly advertisers are limited to their own immediate business (ali matter to pc nnobiectlonaDle), ard their contracts do not tnnirde Wants. Tn Lot Enr Sale. etc.
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every pit he would set up machinery for
 generating electricity. to be driven
 either by steam or gas Coal will no
 longer be raised for all the thousand
 purposes to which it is now adapted: it
 will be raised to create the power which IS to take it's place, From these gene
 rating centers electric currents would be distributed over whole counties, and
 by these currents all the mills and fac tories in the district would be kept at work, and all the trains run. The countless chimneys which now poison the atmosphere round every large town would then be harmless. Here and there, as We gazed from some hill in the neighborhood we might see 0 sin gle column of smoke rising into the air, but we should know that this was the trifling price paid for the absence of all smoke besides. Our supply of coal would last practically forever, because, except possibly for exportation to com backward enough still to use steam, the only effective demand on it would be for the generation of electrici- ty.-Spectator
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-12-28
Committee on Ordinances.

The Committee on Ordinances will meet in Rooms 10 and II, City Hall, Friday, De cember 2S 1900, at p. m., when the fol- lowing matters will be consldered:--
 Resolution de advlsahility of revising and republishing the City Ordinances.
 Communication of the Police Commission CTS concerning the amendment of sections 16 and IT of the City Ordinances so as to provide for the issuing of licenses for dances and the prohibition of unlicensed or indecent dances.
 Proposed ordinance providing for the H. censing of journeymen plumbers.
 All persons interested in the foregoing are notified to attend and be heard there- on without further notice. Per order,
 GEORGE +. HALL, Chairman.
 Attest: JAMES E. MARTIN, d2I 2t Assistant City Clerk.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-12-28

A curious case has arisen in Osborne county, Kansas, where Alvin Williams, Republican nominee for county com missioner, died suddenly at noon on election day. The fact of MT. Will liams's death became known, but the Republicans, not knowing what else to do, went right on voting for the dead man and defeated the deceased's Popu- list opponent by a majority of 52 votes. Will that defeat stand in law is the question Kansas courts are called upon ito decide.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-12-28

THINGS DUG UP AT CARTHAGE.
 A railroad now runs to Carthage from Tunis. The summer palace of the bey may be visited, but superficially.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-12-28

The new census returns for Berlin give a total of 1,SS4,345 inhabitants, as compared with 1,677304 in 1895.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-12-28

Perhaps says the Washington eorre- spondent of the St. Louis Globe-Demo- crat, ''there never was pupnc man more thoroughly belied by the cartoons than Secretary Hay. He is represented as aping English manners and dress. He is referred to away from Washing ton as affecting English customs. The other day visitor in Washington, q man given to observance of form stood on the steps of the White House and surveyed the Cabinet equipages drawn up ill line awaiting the close of a meeting within. Good heavens!' he exclaimed, who is the Cabinet officer who doesn't know better than to let white coachman wear q mustache?' A newspaper man standing beside an-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-12-28

The Salvation Army did great work in feeding the hungry on Christmas day. In Boston 1000 were fed and giv- en presents, in New York 25000, as many more in Chicago and proportion ately in every city where the army has a foothold in the United States. Of the performance Commander Booth-Tucker said in New York: To-day the Salva- tion Army has spread tables in the United States for 15O,000 guests, and into 150,000 hearts we shall seek to send rays of Christmas gladness, tidings of new hope, harbingers of better days"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-12-28

The action of the members of the New Zealand parliament in voting themselves an additional $200 each has been much commented on since parlia- ment rose. The vote was not unani- nous, and some of those who opposed have paid the money back to the gov- ernment as conscience money, while others are devoting it to charitable pur poses in their constituencies The ex- cuse for the vote is that the labor mem- bers of the legislature are insufficiently paid, and this is so generally admitted that if an act had been introduced in- creasing members salaries it would in all probability have been passed unan- imously. Instead of this the govern ment took the unusual course of put ting the additional sum on the esti- mates and rushing it through, without discussion. on the last day of the ses- sion. The payment of members has hitherto been at the rate of $1, 200 for members of the house of representatives and $65O for members of the legislative council
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-12-28

The Smithsonian Institution in Wash sington is the beneficiary of the late Joseph White Sprague of Louisville, Kentucky, who died in Switzerland re- gently. The provisions of the will are somewhat unusual. It gives S5 per cent. of the interest on the estate to certain relatives for life On their death the entire property, increased by 15 per cent interest to be laid by each year from the time of the testator's death, is held in trust for twenty years, and then reverts to the Smithsonian h. stitution When the Institution comes into possession of the fund, one-haif the annual income is to be added to the principal each year The other half is to be used for the advancement of physical sciences by prizes, lectures, or original research, as may be deemed best. It is estimated that the fund now is worth about $20O, 900, and that it will be available In about fifty years.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-12-28
Note The Fur Reductions;

LONG SCARF OF GENUINE STONE Marten, with six tails,
 from $3.98 to--$6. 9S
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-05-19
SHORT NEWS STORIES.
A Fighting Schoolmaster-ons on Mr.
Biackmore-w ilhelmina Told
Fib. Sc

Reading about the racket that 90.
Cured in enc If your public schools
here reminded me of the good old days
when Z hoclteachor that couldn't
thrash cut his whole school WASH Z
thought much of by his patrons" said
Mr. George Dallas Of Georgia to D
Washington Newspaper man.
''In antebellum days down south Il
was often the fashion to employ New
England teachers. recollect a Yer
monter, named Griswold, who came
down our way and was employed to
train the youth of the village, Griswold
had fair education, but pluck was Of
infinitely more Importance in that To-
cality than booklore. There were lot
OF as tough big boys enrolled among
Griswold's scholars as were ever pro-
duced in old Georgia, and the opinion
Of the town was that the Yankee teach
q. wouldn't be able to cope with them,
although he was assured of the moral
support of all the best citizens.
"Never did a town make worse
mistake than this one in its opinion Of
professor. The first day that he
called books Griswold made the boys
little speech. He told them that II he
couldn't keep order he would use the
rod il the rod was Intellectual, he
would use his fists, and If that wasn't
enough he'd take club to them. He
whipped one of the biggest boys before
dark that day, and ever after his su-
premacy was absolute -
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-05-19
He Got the AID,

"You're not on that horrid paper,
are you" cried the girl who speaks her
mind, "thongh 1 did once meet a re-
porter from it who was rather nice
He came to see about getting an adver-
tisement-- What Not a reporter
Why, thought he was Well anyway
/ had lost a dog, and he said he ha6
heard of it and wanted to know if
didn't want to advertise in his paper
for il. l told him I didn't believe
liked his old paper, and he said he
didn' think much of 1t himself. but he
thought it was pretty apt to breach the
class Of people who stole dogs. And So
since he was so polite about it
thought might as well advertise in it.
But didn't get the dog New York
Commercial Advertiser.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-05-19
Fates FOretOld.

Upon the death of the empress. OF
Austria European papers, recalled the
cad fate that has also befallen her two
sisters. The Herald of st. Petersburg
tells us that these sisters, the Duchess
Of Alencon and Queen Marie of Naples,
once consulted a noted fortune teller,
who told the Princess Marie that she
would be a queen, that she would be
deceived and have disastrous rule and
lose her crown, that she would show
great courage and energy, but that she
must look out for the "hommes rogues."
II one recalls the victory of Garibaldi
and his "red men" over the king of
Naples, one must admit that she
guessed "true" on this occasion. To the
Princess Sophie she said: "You will
not reach middle life. You need not
fear water, but keep yourself from an
other element--f1re. The princess be-
came the Duchess of Alencon and was
burned in the fire Of the charity bazaar
in Paris. When her sister, Marie, once
queen Of Naples, was searching in the
ruins of the bazaar for the body of her
sister, she recalled to those assisting her
the warning Of the gypsy.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-05-19
The Old Cages Used.

Munster, in Westphalia, has been saved
from piece Of absurdity by the inter-
vention Of the Prussian government
st. Lambert's church has been recently
restored" and adorned with new
Gothic tower. On the old tower hung
the iron cages in which the Anabaptist
prophet. John of Leyden, and his
followers were exposed after their exc
cution in 1886 AS the historic cages
did not harmonize with the new tower,
the town wished to substitute elegant
new Gothic cages, but the Prussian
government has ordered the old ones to
BE- hung up again.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-05-19

A certain more than locally famous
oculist-he lives on Thirteenth street.
has amung his chronic patients an elder.
ly woman of wealth who is supersti-
tious about the 9th of September.
"Well," said she, with sigh OF re.
lief when her unlucky day this year had
passed, II certainly am glad when the
9th of September is. over. l always
know that if l live past that day I'm
sure to live till another year. Oh, I'm
oertain of it! Why, it's sign I've nev.
er known to fail, never. - Washington
Post,
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-05-19
show Your Best Qualities.

Honesty does not require us to hang
sur oil paintings faced to the wall in
order that our friends may see that
they are made on coarse canvas. 1t Ia
right to appear always at our best.
Give the world your brightest thoughts,
your most courteous speech, the out
come of your kindest impulses and
purest motives, no matter If you are
conscious that these things are above
your ordinary level. God made the
flowers show their colors. not their
dull; fbrous matter; to load the air
with their odors, not with the rank.
ness Of their sap.-Homiletic Review.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-05-19
A FAMILY UPSET.
fn which Much Was Accomplished
by Bold stem.


In these days there are not very many
women who persist in making girls out
of their youthful sons but Mrs. Smith
was one who chung to the bad old Gus.
tom-maybe because she had wanted
her child to be girl. and having been
disappointed, tried to cheat nature as
well as she. could, to the huge disgust
Of her husband, and the child himself,
who was the most rampant and obtru.
sively boyish boy ever cursed with long
curls and q skirt. Even his sadly plebeian
name of tom" was suppressed by
mamma, who was very much inclined
to be the head Of the household in every
way, and he was generally known as
"Pearlie."
But at last father and son rose up in
the wrath Of their abused manhood, and
one day, when mamma was out calling,
the two vanished.
( What was that good lady's horror to
be confronted on her return by knick-
erbockered specimen of unmistakabls
boyhood, his once flowing curls cropped
as close as shears could crop them, and
look Of wonderful joy upon his face,
while in the background, just as joyful
and quite unrepentant, stood his errius
father, evidently prepared to defend his
action to the utmost.
"Oh, George walled Mrs. Smith.
Is she dropped on her knees before her
son. "what have you done? What has
become of my little Pearlie?"
The hard hearted husband grinned.
"Pearlie's dead" he announced tri-
umphantly. "This is Tom,'' and a.
mamma gave groan of despair Tom
vanished round the house with war
whoop Of pure glee and the domestic
revolution was won.-Oleveland Plain
Dealer.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-05-19
pbotographIng with IA fly. Eye

A writer in Knowledge describes q
method for mounting the eye of a drag.
on fly in such a way that, with the aid
of microscope, photographs can be
made through the lenses of the insects
eye. The photographs thus produced arc
multiple, because the eye of the dragon
fly consists of large number Of minute
lenses distributed over its surface each
bringing the rays of light to a focus in
dependent Of the others. In fact, every
dragon fly carries in its eyes about 25,
600 minute and perfect lenses, each OF
which, when properly manipulated, is
able to produce upon sensitive plate q
photograph, microscopic in size, but
sharp and distinct.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-05-19
Romance Versus Reality.

The romanticist speaks: A realist 10
: man who TAX ,s his own vision Of the
world as true and the visions Of all
other persons as false.
The realist speaks: The romanticist
IL man who has forgotten the origin
Snd meaning of the nursery tales with
which his head is filled. New York
Commercial Advertiser.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-05-19
Wire Nails.

Wire nails have only been in common
usa for l6 years. yet in, that time they
have conquered the foreign as well as
the domestic market, and the output
sor 1897, as appears by treasury statis-
tics just printed, reached the enormous
total of nearly 900, 900, 900 pounds.
While the trade has steadily expanded
the prices have as steadily declined,
despite the tariff Philadelphia REQ.
ord
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-05-19

Pat (who has been acting as guide
and has been pointing out the DEVILS
this and the DEVILS that for the last
two hours)-An that's the DEVILS
Punch Bowl. yer amer.
Tourist--The devil seems to own a
good deal Of property about here, Patti
Pat-Ye're roight, yer amer. But,
loike most av the other landlords, he
spinds most av his tonne in London =.
Punch.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-05-19
pidn,t want the Earth.

A representative Of Georgia county
recently received the following letter
from one of his oolored constituents:
81 want you, il you please, sub, ter
git me place whar you isl means in
de legislatur'. wants ez good place
en- you kin git, bnt ] don't reach too
high. All wants is de same salary
what de yuthers legislators gits-$4a
day en- rations--dat's allr'-Atianta
Constitution.
AddinE Insult to Injury.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-05-19
Lenrned Il Later.

Miss Flight-Your wife tells me that
you deceived her into marrying you.
She says You told her that you were
very we'll off.
Mr.. Bunkum-So was, but ! didn't
know it Pick Me Up.