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The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-02-09
THE ERIE CANAL.

What to do with the Erie canal has
 long been an important problem, and it
 has become still more important since
 the Canadian canals have been made so
 efficient. The committee appointed by
 Governor Roosevelt to investigate the
 condition of the Erie canal and report on the proper policy of the State of New
 York for the future has come to the conclusion that the canal may be made commended that the existing canal be enlarged so as to have depth of twelve BIO feet so as to take at once two boats 150 feet long with capacity each of l. 900 tons. Barges of this capacity can be used to advantage, provided existing be removed so that big cor poratione may use tie canal and employ on it steam or electricity instead of mules. At present small capitalists with small boats and antiquated outfit are favored by the State laws, with the result that the charge per ton per mile is excessive. The canal, it is urged, must be opened freely to all on business if it is to compete success fully with the railroads All restric- tions on the capitalization of companies engaged in canal transportation must be removed. Locks must be operated by steam or electricity, and mechanical traction must displace draft animals 1f politics by being placed in charge of
 graduates of technical schools" with
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THN 30 ERs, wAR-WoRK.

A year ago the great civilized fight ing nations wouldn't have thought that the bible-reading, 'half-civilized''
 Boers could teach them anything about
 war, but it is evident that the Boer
 campaign will be instructive to mii tary men the world over, and it will be especially instructive to the British. A
 United States artillery officer in
 Washington gives the Boers much cred it for their war-work. He says Gen. eral Joubert established a war college
 in Pretoria ten years ago and taught the science of war there in all its branches He surveyed all the ap- breaches to the Transvaal and calculat- ed a system of defense. And this sys- tenn of defense involved the invasion of Cape Colony and Natal. Spion Kop was not @ chance selection, but was chosen for defense after survey and painstaking calculation. The Boers have given their attention not only to the natural advantages Of the country for defense, but to the best arms and artillery and have learned how to use them skillfully. If this artilleryman knows what he is talking about the Boer troops are the best equipped and most expert troops that any nation has ever been obliged to face.
 It is certain that the Boer troops are efficient and welT-handled. Since they began operations it hasn't seemed quite as presumptuous in the Boer leaders to go to war as it did when England S su- periority was more conspicuous.
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4 SEEF-RESPECTING WOMAN.

Occasionally there is woman who
 value, but is ingenious and efficient
 enough to make her husband come
 somewhere near valuing her as he ought
 to- The wife of a hotel keeper in As
 toria, Long Island, appears to be such
 a woman. She has been married about
 eight years, and she hasn't been sub-
 dued by Tyrant Man much yet. When ever she has felt like it she has told
 her husband what she thought of him
 and has then gone calmly and yet grAndly to New York to stay with her convenient and sympa tl1etic mother until her husband came to his senses. And when he has come to his senses she has taken the opportunity to teach him a much needed lesson. She has only gone back to him on condition that the man. ner of her return should be indicative of her magnitude and his littleness. She has required that her repentant and suppliant spouse should call for her with a carriage drawn by four white horses and take her back in triumph Her triumph not his, please. He has very wisely and properly accepted this condition, and by accepting it has been enabled to enjoy and profit by the so- ciety and example of his wife during a part of the time he has had the honor of supporting her But at last he struck an insuperable snag. He couldn't get four white horses that would suit his wife, and she wouldn't go home unless she could go in way that suited her So he has reluctantly given up hope of being worthy of her, and has tried to please his wife by get ting divorce from her. Whether she is pleased or not doth not yet appear, but she has at least been consistent. We don't see that she has anything to regret or blame herself for unless pos sibly it be because she didn't demand a brass band to precede the white horses when she went triumphantly home.
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THE TOY TRADE AND THE WAR.
 Some time in February" said Ca nal street business man, "the merchants of this city who deal in toys during the Christmas holidays will place their or ders for such imported stock as they care to handle next season. By that time the samples of 1900 will arrive, and to insure delivery it will be necessary to make selections at once. That is peculiarly the case this year, for the reason, as I am informed, the Boer war has greatly demoralized the German toy centres The sale of toys in England has heretofore been very large, but if the war continues and the situation will place extremely small orders They anticipate that there will be little toy buying next Christmas, and general disposition to divert the money usually spent for pleasure and frivolity to the aid of the families of soldiers. The consequence is that the toymaking dis trict will curtail its output-perhaps as much as 25 or 30 per cent.-and the manufacturers are insisting on their orders as early as possible so they can tell what to figure on. It seems strange that the row in faraway South Africa should have any earthly bearing on the Noah arks and jumping jacks that will ultimately be sold in New Orleans, but the interests of the world are curiously nowadays. Touch any point and you agitate the whole fabric."- New Orleans Times Democrat.
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ton to the tune. When this fact was observed by the teacher, the pupils were told to repeat, the word 'baby time lullaby was played on the piano. In short time it was noticed that nearly all the children with whom the experiment was tried indicated the air with more or less distinctness. Still an- other experiment was tried by singing the scale into the ear of a boy and playing 1t on the piano. After few trials, the pupil was able to sound the notes as we'll as could many children with unimpaired hearing.
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Out offhe Rnee.

jest don't want no office that's underneath
 the sun; It's most too wet fer walxin', an I ain't in
 cined to run! I'm one O these born tired chaps; don't
 ever keer to rise Until I read my titles clear to mansions in
 the skies! jest don't want the worry O settin' on
 the fence EXplanin' to the voters what they've fer got long sence! Of ridin crost the country, an speakin' from the stumps, Hobnobbin' with the measles an patroniz- in mumps Jest let lem take the offices in country an in town: They ain't q blessed one O 'em that's goin' to run me down. Fer I've give 1t out in meetin' to each per suadin one, You jest cant run citizen that ain a-goin to run! They ain't no peace in poltics-no matter what you do, Yer conscience will be callin fer settle ment with you An all that Pm a-lookin' fer on this here earthly way Is soun' an healthy sleep at night, an three square meals next day!
 Atlanta Constitution.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-02-09

| The woman suffrage associations may now discuss the question, Are the men of Kentucky too emotional to be allowed to take part in poitics?'-Bos' | ton Woman's Journal. | Ethel (o her younger brother who had been whipped)-Don't mind, broth 1 CT; don't mind.
 | Brother (between sobs)-Thats just what I was licked fer.-Columbus (O.) State Journal
 Pastor-I suppose you know where the bad little boys go?
 Johnny (who has been told to stay in the house)-Yes, I do. They go skat- in and sleddin, and have jolly good time. e.-Philadelphi Press.
 Upson-''I always wear a big shoe in winter because it affords better circu- lation. My feet are more apt to get cold in tightly fitting shoes" Atom Yes. and then a large shoe fits your foot better. Chicago Tribune.
 Lawyer-"so, witness, your name is Samson?" Witness-"Yes, sir" Law yer-"Now, you remember you are on oath. Do you think you seriously could blcdh your IldHleSdke 5 IcColu S w It. ness-"I don't know, sir; but I'd like to try when you have finished with the jawbone. Brooklyn Life
 A Definition.-"What is rag time mu- sic?'' asked the young woman whose tastes were severely classic.
 Rag time,'' said the young man., why, rag time is the kind of music in which the melody seems to get so nervous and exicted that it begins to stutter. ."-Washington Star.
 Scows that Pass in the Night.-Jac- ques leaned over the gunWale of the fatboat as she fioated lazily down the Detroit river. He smoked his pipe. Pierre hung over the rail of the scow that was upward bound. He also was enveloped in a hay smoke. In the moonlight the two boatmen recognized each other. "TIllo, Pierre! How you geet along?'
 "Oh, been geet along. How you geet along?''
 s"Oh, I been geet along, too"
 How you seek fatair geet along, Jacques?"
 My fatair? Oh, she geet along. She been died last week "--Detroit Free Press.
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an assurance that their entry into the service their tenure of office and their
 promotion will depend solely on their
 fitness as determined by proper and practical tests"
 The cost of the improvement of the existing canal in the manner already indicated, together with the introduc- ton of mechanical lifts at Cohoes and Lockport and new locks at Newark and Little Falls-eliminating twenty-one locks now in use-and eghty-one miles of new canal from Clyde to New Lon don and other changes of alignment, is placed at $58, ,S95 900. This sum could be raised by the State by Issuing eighteen year bonds, the principal and interest of which would be paid out of taxation inn posed on the counties traversed by the canal. This taxation would amount to only $1 per annum for each $1,000 or property. If larger canal-a ship ca nal--is wanted the Federal government  should pay the bill. A barge canal, such as is recommended, equal to that which Canada has constructed to Montreal, will suffice to meet New York's needs.
 Concerning the competition of rail- roads with canals the committee decides that there is no prospect that freight will ever be carried by railroads at rates lower than the rate at which good, well-managed canal can carry them The idea that a railroad rate of one mill per ton-mile is probable in the near fu- ture is secuted as absurd, in view of the fact that the actual cost of the carriage of freight by the most efficient rail- roads, where the circumstances are most favorable, is over one and one half mills per ton-mtle, and the freight charge actually made is 365 mills per ton-mile. Grain has been carried re- gently between Buffalo and New York at two and one-half mills, but it is be- lieved that it was carried at loss.
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spangles overlaid. This adds greatly to the weight of the gown, of course. Black spangles are set on black net, which has first been elaborated by in- sertions of squirls of yellow lace. The black spangles follow the edges of the squirls. Ornamental pieces of spang- ling that may be applied in different ways to the bodice come as part of' the "set" with skirt and simple black net bodice may be made to support such pieces so that the skirt is matched in magniticence.
 The notion is not so eXtravagant as it may sound, for such robes wear as- tonishingly well, and are sure to have a distinguished look. As to wear they beat the best fringe made, and there are other sorts of fringe than the best Two out of three women will agree sad ly to this when questioned. But fringe is still a very desirable trimming from a fashionable standpoint, and with some novel way of arranging it. the, gown that shows it is pretty sure to be successful. There is shown here one new disposal of it. The fringe was white silk, the goods pale gray broad cloth. A detachable collar of corn col ored satin embroidered in white and silver, and a gray velvet belt were other features of this gown.
 FLORETTE.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-02-09
.FASHION NOTES.
spnng1es and Net come Tog ether.

The loveliest spangled jet skirts are to be had all ready to mount on silk foundation. These skirts are correct in shape and usually are finished at the foot with knife-pleated flaring flounce of chiffon edged with tiny frills. The spangling and jet trail down in ten drils over this flounce, or hang over 1t in graduated, quivering threads of fringe The very latest notion in spanged robes is black interspersed with great flowers or figures of colored spangles. Thus robe with blouse and skirt like that described Is a mass of black over tapping spangles, with at intervals great roses of scarlet copper
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ADVERTISING RATES

DVENIISINU NAIEO. , Situations, Wants, Rents, and other small advertisements, One Cent a Word each h. scrtion. Five Cents a Word for full week tseven times)
 Display advertisements, per inch. one Tn, sertion, S1.20; each subsequent insertion, 4o cents; one week, $3.20; one month, $lo; one year, $40. . Obituary Notices, in prose or verse, 10 cents per line. Notices of Births, Marli- ah ages. Deaths, and Funerals, 90 cents eacn' Local Notices, 15 cents per line. .,,, Yearly advertisers are limited to theil own immediate business Gall matter to De unobiectionable). and their contracts do nol include Wants, To Let, For Sale, etc.
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The fact that large rev cemetery is about to be opened on Staten Island for the burial of the dead of Greater New York has brought out the other fact that out of the 60,OOO people who annu- ally pass away in the metropolis six hundred are cremated
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98 Bishop o. w. Whitaker (EpiscopaD of
 three weeks tour of Cuba, where he
 went to see what are the opportunities for missions. Speaking on the religious
 problem on the island, he says: l have
 been exceedingly gratified by my obser-
 vations in Cuba, both from an ecclesi- astical and from national point of
 view. I found our mission on the is- land to be in an excellent condition The Protestant Episcopal Church has in Havana one Englsh-speaking congre- gation, two Spanish-speaking congrega- tions and two schools. Owing to the powerful effect of American influence on the Cubans they are more disposed to accept Professionalism than are the ly the refusal of the United States gov ernment to support Roman Catholic in- stitutons, and a large number have re- turned to Europe. Many of these, how ever, have been succeeded by better men. What Protestant churches need more than anything else in Havana are church edifices. The Protestant Church which first erects a church there will have an immense advantage over all others. Among Spanish speaking peo- ple the church edifice itself means much more than it does to us.
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of dried meat even invented, The beef
 or venison must be cut from out the hind leg of the animal, from the thigh
 bone down to the knee joint. It is salted, saltpetred, pressed and dried in the sun and the wind It will keep any length of time, and for eating it is shredded with pocket knife.-London Mail
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An English military expert charges ness lies in the fact that the aristocracy and the class commonly known as 'so- ciety,' both in town and country, pro- vide 90 per cent. of our regular officers. This society is suffering from carefully induced cerebral atrophy caused by a persistent neglect of intellectual train- ing and a mode of life that is dissi- pated."
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Tests made in Detroit give promise that singing with some degree of accur- acy may be taught to deaf children
 The experiments were made under the direction of the supervisor of music in gathered around piano resting their hands, and in some cases the arms, upon the instrument. After the instrument had been played for time the children began to count in correct time with the music, catching the accentuation of beats through the vibration of the wood. Occasionally child would seem to pro- gress beyond the mere response to time and count aloud with some approxima-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-02-09
DEFINITE.

Here the Candid Lady drew near to the Floor Walker-'T have kleptoma- nia," she said. What would you ad- wise me to take for it?''-Puck.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-02-09

Chicago may in time be a real city It has just been decided there to do away with wooden sidewalks.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-02-09

London, Kentucky, where Governor Taylor ordered the legisla ture to as- semble has been sneered at as an ob- scure mountain town, but one of its in- habitants announces that it is a fine place, with eight churches, national bank, two newspapers, good railway facilities and no saloons. Besides, it is the seat of university. The charge that 1t is the centre of lawless region this man denies ''It is not,'' he says ''the resort of assassins. There has not been an open saloon nor homicide ill the town for twenty-five years
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-02-09

Spelling reform has received Q merited setback at the University of Chicago, the university Senate having vetoed the decision of the university Press to spell phonetically these twelve words, as rec commended by the National Education association: frogram for programme, tho for though, altho for although, oughfare, thru for through, turnout for throughout, catalog for catalogue, pro- log for prologue, decalog for decalogue, demagog for demagogue, pedagog for pedagogue.
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At the meeting of the Animal Rescue League in Boston the other day one of the speakers was the Rev. Dr. Edward Everett Hale. Dr. Hale said that fif- teen cats slept under the veranda of his house every night, and he urged that every effort be made to teach the young to be kind to animals. He stated that at a recent meeting of Sunday school children he had discovered that out of fifty children only three owned cats and only one dog. Some philanthropist, he concluded, could not do better than to establish a rabbit farm in each pub lie school.
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NEW HA YEN, CONN.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-12
CHICAGO MARKETS.
The hoard of Trade.

CHICAGO, April 1.-THE wheat market opened
active and strong under the influence u the gov
eminent report putting the condition at sal pr
cent considerably lower than had been expected.
aud the cold weather IN the Southwest, May open.
ing sa2e over yesterday. at eiesiac shorts covered
and MAY advanced 10 essc. The crowd. however,
was against the market Long stun came out and
the price was forced down slowly 20 sec. The
close was barely steady. MAY shade over yestet-
day at 6glasfsc Cables were not encouraging and
many on the noor held that the cold weather would
have little. IL any effect The cash demand was
poor
The story n wheat might be written II corn. The
opening was strong and actiye the bulge met liqui
dation and a poor cash demand The wheat strength
and the good weather ia sections Of the corn CROWNS
belt were faetesr early. The market closed IN
weak condition. with May l6fie under YESTERDAY
Data advanced early, In sympathy with other
grains MAY reacted under the common impulse.
but Jaly held steady reports OF late seeding and
a poor crop outlook.
Provisions were active but depressed despite
good autsids demand HOgs were weaker and re-
CENTS were liberal Liquidation by influential longs
was krpt mp during the entire session and did much
10 lower prices May pofk closed tseisibc under
tcrday, MAY lard i2taiso depressed and May ribs
lsaITlc lower,
There viii he no session u the Beard II Trade
Aprti u. Good Friday.
The leading f,ttures ranged follows,
What Ma p Dpcnlpx Highest. Lowest Closing
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-12
MARINE NEWS.

ASTORIA Sailed. April 70, Br sh Aspice. from
Honolulu
PORT Los ANGELEs-Arrived. April 10, str
Mineula from Nanaimo
HAMBURG Failed April g. Br sh Alice for
Portland. via Cardiff.
TsINTAu-In port. March S, Ger sh Nessla for
Portland
HiOGo-san March %, Ger bk Lisbeth. for
Tacoma,
YoKOHAMA-In port. March 10, Br sh St Mir
rem. for Portland
NAGAsAKI-ln port April 10, Br sh Pinmore
for Tacoma.
LONDON-In port March u, Br sh City q Delhi
for Victoria. Sailed. April ,. Br bk Genogle. for
Victoria.
KoBE Arrived. April 7, Br hk Glenogle. from
Tacoma,
PORT ARTHUR Arrived. April s, Br str Elm
Branch from Oregon
YOKOHAMA Arrived, April s. str Tacoma. from
Tacoma.
FLUSHING Passed. April - Br al Glenard
from Antwerp for Puget sound.
ROTTERDAM port March o, Br sh suther-
landshirc for oregon
LUDLOW Arrived April 70. schr Endeavor
Capt MeAllcp from Honolulu bk Alexander Ne
Neil. Cant Iotassou from Esquimat
SAN FIsANfIsCD--Afrved, April Il. str George
w Eidef, pptland; str Wsshtenaw. Tacoma. SAIL
ed. str Umatillh Victoria
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The Merchants Exchange reports the following
movements II vessels;
SEATTLE Arrived April H. Mackinaw from
San Francsco Am schr Fred f. Sander from
Honolulu sailed April H. Br sh inyerciyde for
United Kingdom; April 10. sh spartan. for San
Francisco
SAN FRANCISC0-Arrived. April TO- Bristol
Sailed. April 10. Matteawsn. for Tacoma. Arrived
April H. Washtenaw from Tacoma
LUDLOW Arrived. April II, hk Alex Mcneil.
from Honolulu
PORT TOWNSEND Arrived. April H. bktn
Northwest from santa Roaaia sailed April II.
schr O. w Watson, for Honolulu. bk Alex Nc.
Nell proceeded 70 Ludlow; hktn Northwest pro
Cerded To olympia Passed up. $50 p. m str
Willamette. for Seattle
DIAMOND POINT Sailed April H. hg Geneva.
for Hadlock
san PEDRO Arrived, April H. schr Expansion.
frCm Seattle
SAN DIEGO Arrived. April Il. Robert Adam
SON. fusn Nanaimo.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-12
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

The following real estate transfers were fed ia
tho county auditor office yesterday for ucgrd.
Peter J. pauchat 20 Ftctutck W fanchot. 70
acres in e. 70 y N. T. $500
Maggie Kilgoro to Robert H. Harper, lot IS.
block ~ Gilman PARK. $50
John larson 10 Elizabeth Hacketi. lots Ia and
IT, Ia block 7 Ballard sod Ia Gilman Park. $40
Emily n CanAeld % A. O. Mcbride. Ia n.
whtneIs SUPP plat Il block ;. butkes "a add.
sLf50
Moore Investment Co 20 katherine Grss. north
20 feat lot o. hlock 3D. sccoFtlins - Plat laid of
hv u T Denny a. guardian ~ II. Nsse, 81, 800
Charles n Ililten 10 INA Whitakpr lots 2 g. l.
and d. hlbrN 2 Baker 4 Parting add. $40
VIM Y IitleAeld 90 lamcs x ANON. M lct q
hioek g. " T. Yesigrs "a add SIC
Louise Ncison 60 northern Fac,ac Railway Go
st4 ~ tet ssc ls 20 "a n. e. slG 81
Henp KastueT 10 A. J. Tioc. lat 2. biloxi 50.
Gilman PARK SIC
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70 Y @,,,rUs
prRCHAsING PRIZES

rvsee, are being offered to the pro
e 20 u ths car at Seattle;
~ ~ M .,sSn. harley. SGD; wheat, chicken
:. III, or.n, sl2. shorts, So 90 ,.,
sts,,. alfalfa. $50 per ton
fsss,,, fresh ranch. Bale. 1890
s F..s n rsneh, sase Creamery. Sa77e.
r-iiI, shisssa,. Az .e ,. sss turkeys "'
rrs1.. bsef cattle. cows. at7fic; steers.
4, ss. ,sssp ilsse good hog, hoss' li.s .m vi
~. hse. ae; small. &c.
~ ~. ~, md Heavy sound sated steers.
NJ medium. sound per b. =. SCI I,i hsa,.
uaI 20 IA oxen, &C.; salted hps, nc:
IN Nc; green hides. l. less than salted;
~ " ib re, dry eglis: 9 one. Gs is ,s
~, salsc. dry elt, aaiOc; green elk.
~ psu. sscssi ,I .hea5lin ,s iv w.ss
9, vrhinrtcn wool ssioe; western WASH