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The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-02-12
CHOCOLATE IN MANILA.
How it is Prepared for Use in the Pres
 ence of the Purchaser.

How it is Prepared for Use in the Pres ence of the Purchaser.
 In Manila they make your chocolate while you wait. Right into the house a Chinaman comes with his basket and
 rolls the crushed cacao bean and sugar,
 and then makes a supply of chocolate
 that is sweeter and more palatable and
 cheaper than the commercial brand sold
 in the Chicago stores.
 When the Chnaman comes he lays aside his hat and shirt, and, stripped to
 the waist and barefooted, he begins his work In the basket is the chocolate or cacao bean, from which oil long ago has anointed the hair of some Filipino belle or lighted some Filipino home The
 beans first come on the board bitter and hractish. With a rollngpin the China man grinds them into fine powder. This takes time. When it is done he opens another basket and dips out the sugar for the sweetening and the final mixture. The sugar is what would pro- bably grade coffee "C'' If it were in commercial circles. Like the bean, it grows on the island. Industriously the Chinaman rubs, and gradually the choc- olate forms on the bottom of the board and drips off in sticky sweetness into the basket beneath. The family gath CTS about to sample the product and the Chinaman stops to smoke a cigarette while judgment is being passed. Cups of the beverage are handed around and all 'taste' If it is not sweet enough
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-02-12
A SIBERIAN BOOM.
Changes Wrought in Chita by the Grea
 Railway

changes wrought III Cnlld Dy the urea Railway.
 The recent opening of railway com munication on the Trans-Baikal section
 of the Trans-Siberian railway Is the be- | ginning of a new life in the district af- fected. Symptoms of the approaching
 change in the condition of affairs, alike
 favorable and the reverse, have been
 manifest for some months. Chita, four | hundred miles due east of Irkutsk, has | long been known among the Siberians
 as being the dearest town in the world,
 and hitherto the price of food there has l been almost prohibitive.
 | However, sudden fall in prices fol- lowed at once when the region was l brought into railway communication
 with the empire, and the poorer people have now no longer any cause to be
 anxious about their food. For i1stance, flour now costs sixty kopecks the pood
 of forty pounds while the same quanti- ty cost one hundred and forty kopecks last year. Other household necessaries
 have fallen in price in the same man.
 ner; thirty eight pounds of kerosene
 cost formerly eight rubles, and now the
 price is four rubles, while sugar has
 never been sold at it's present cheap
 price of twentyone kopecks the pound.
 This Is the good side of the schange
 wrought by the coming of the railway;
 the bad side is seen in the altogether
 immoderate rise in rents. House own- CTS have forced up rents to such de-
 gree that a little house which has cost
 but three to four hundred bubles to build Is let at yearly rent of the same
 amount. A small apartment let for merly at fifteen rubles a month now costs thirty. The result is that poor people are at their wits ends to find shelter. If one attempts to build a hut outside the town the landowner drives the intruder away, and the same thing happens to those who seek to find a shelter by digging hole in the ground. Spectators have arranged number of furnished rooms" and one of these rooms, nearly twelve feet square, is let at one and one-half rubles for twenty four hours. The general opinion is that the house question" at Chita is worse than it is at St. Petersburg.
 To make matters worse, there is an almost total lack of security. The chief of police was shot lately just af- ter a double murder had been commit ted in broad daylight in a house in one of the leading streets Murderers and thieves have hitherto had every oppor- tunity for their evil deeds, since the town is not lighted at night and there were no guardians of the peace to be met with. Now the house owners have to provide a town patrol consisting of | ten persons. But this patrol is natural | y 'altogether inadequate, and 1t hap pened that frequently 1t was comprised ! ,f old women and boys. This deplora- ole state of affairs is found not only at ! Chita but also in the various Settle nents" along the railway, and notably tt the railway station of Myssova, which is destinced to become a town of tome importance, possesses at present 'nly two policemen for maintaining or ler.-St Petersburg Correspondence of he London Globe.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-02-12
QUARTET NOT ABOLISHED.
A Meeting of the Mishkan Israel Musi

A Meeting of the Mishkan Israel Music
 Committee Yesterday. The music committee of the Congre- gation Mishkan Israel held a meeting yesterday afternoon to consider a sug- gestion which had been made and fav- orably thought of by many members of the congregation that the quartet be supplanted by a choir. The committee after discussing tho matter decided to retain the quartet. Some changes were proposed by members of the committee and were referred tu the chairman, Joseph c. Johnson, to consider and re- port back to the committee recom- mendations concerning it. When Chair man Johnson is ready toNreport he will call another meeting of the committee. What the changes proposed were the members of the committee would not say, but it is understood that they were concerning the securing of some new voices.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-02-12
LNTERT.a T.aJNII ENI'S.
Hyperion rhaater,

Thomas Q. Seabrooke the well known
 comedian, is at the head of the origi-
 nal company which will give the first I production at the Hyperion tonight of George w. Lederer's latest and great est New York Casino success The Founders" an adaptation from the
 French, which was produced at the home theater last spring, where it ran for over five months. It is claimed to
 be the biggest hit since the Belle of
 New York" Mr. Seabrooke won great
 success as Maginnis Pasha. Others in
 the cast are Phyllis Rankin Mabel Gil-
 man, Marie George, Harry Davenport,
 D. l.. Don, Sarah McVickers, Sol. Solo,
 mon, Fred Urban and a host of others.
 In fact, the cast is almost identically
 the "originaI' one. Mabel Gilman will
 be pleasantly remembered by our
 theatergoers. The chorus numbers
 seventh. The original scenery and
 stage equipment exactly as used in the
 New York run of the piece are guar anteed by MT. Lederer The curtain will rise at o'clock positively. Seats now on sale Prices $1.5O $1 and 75c.
 Important among the seasons new plays and powerful in its appeal to all classes of theatergoers is that which comes to the Hyperion next Thursday, Friday and Saturday night with mati- nee Saturday. It is the piece in which Mrs Leslie Carter, now unanimously accorded by the metropolitan critics a position of eminence among the great player women of the country, has so forcibly demonstrated the talents which proved during her last visit to- The drama "Zaza" is the work of Da 4 vid Belasco, who has constructed a most stirring and heart moving play 'Zaza' is a creature of the lowest so- cial order in Paris, who sings her sug- gestive songs in a cheap variety hall, l and has her favorites just as any other of the demi- monde. The story | of the play is the story of her own | character as it comes under the influ- | ence of the true and absorbing passion, is refined by the association, and at last | becomes purified by the disappoint- neats and sufferings through which she s made to pass. The company will be positively the same as that which ap- )eared in New York The sale of seats S now open. Prices $2, $1.50 and $1.
 Julia Marlowe's success in Barbara has been pronounced and is a subject for local congratulation hat she is to appear in this new play
 ext Monday. The production will be xactly the same as prevailed for so ong at the Criterion theater, New 1ork.
 "The Girl with the Auburn Hair is onins. st.4
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-02-12
A. E. BARNETT STRICKEN.
Apoplexy Overtakea the George Street
 Hide and Skin Dealer.

Apoplexy Overtakea the George Street Hide and Skin Dealer.
 A. E. Barnett of 502 Howard avenue
 was stricken with apoplexy last night
 and is lying in very critical condition
 at his home. The stroke Is a severe
 one, his attending physician thinks, and
 there is considerable doubt as to wheth- CT the patient will survive it as MT. Barnett is all of sixty-five years of age. MT. Barnett is a dealer In hides and skins, having his place of business at 21S George street He went out for his usual Sunday drive with his family yesterday afternoon, and seemed to be in good health. At supper he also seem- ed well, but shortly after he complain ed of feeling queerly, and about S:30 o'clock the stroke came upon him. pr. Charles A. Dorman is attending the pa- tient, and a consultation was held. He had not regained consciousness up to a late hour last night
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-02-12
AT TRINITY M. E. CHURCH.

The services at Trinity M. ID. church last evening were largely attended. Dr. Gilbert delivered very interesting ad- dress on the suggestive topic "The Most Reasonable Thing in the World" At the communion services in the morning six new members were re- ceiVed.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-02-12

GO INTO EFFECT THIS MORNING.
 The transfer of police captains and sergeants ordered a few days ago by Superintendent Wrinn will go into ef- feet at o'clock this morning. Captain Brewer will go to station 2. Captain Woodruff to station i, Captain O'Keefe to station 4 and Captain Tripp to sta ton S.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-02-12
SERJOUSLY TIT,

Mrs. Charles Phillips, wife of Conduc- tor Phillips of the Consolidated road is very i'll. Her sister, Mrs. John Sturgis of Bridgeport, has come on firm Bridge port to assist in taking care of her.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-02-12
PROFESSOR WHEELER TO LEG
 TURE

Professor Arthur M Wheeler will speak in the United church chapel be- fore the Mems club of the United church on Wednesday evening on "The Situa- tion in South Africa" A very interest," ing lecture Is anticipated. G
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-02-12

Dr. Benjamin l.. Lambert and wife will leave this morning for Mountain Retreat, N. C., where they will spend about a month. For several years Dr. and Mrs. Lambert have spent some time each winter at this resort, which is only a few miles from the Vanderbilt estate.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-02-12

Professor c. F. Johnson, who lectures on Contemporary References to Shakespeare is at present in the Eng fish department of Trinity college and very well-known authority on this sub- ject.
Morris tribune., 1900-01-13
GENERAL SCHALKBURGER.

The recent illness of Gen. Joubert
made it necessary to have another
efficient commander for. the Boer
army, and this duty was given to
General Schalkburger, who stands
very high as a citizen as we'll as a
soldier of the South African republic.
In the last Transvaal election he was
a bitter opponent of Dom Paul for
president, and many people were sur
prised that he should be given the
important position as commander of
the army, in view of his recent op-
position to the Father of the Repub-
lie. Gen. Schalkburger is largely a
self-taught man, but is a deep
thinker and an orator. He was born
at Lyndenpurg in 1852, and is the
grandson of voortrekker on whose
head the British government once
placed price of 500. In the war
for independence General Schalk-
burger served as field cornet at the
head of a district of burghers. He
was decorated by the King of Portu-
gal with the Order Jesus Christ, for
a speech at Delagoa Bay on the rela-
tions between Portugal and the
Transvaal. He is not rich man, but
is one of the most influential of the
Beers. He is now member of the
executive council.
Morris tribune., 1900-01-13

and his horse thus equipped, were
equivalent to hvO infantry soldiers,
though since the Introduction Of re-
psating rifles the proportions of Wei
Hngton's time are sadly altered now.
1t Is. somewhat sad to state that de-
spite all the uses Of horses in war, and
Notwithstanding the great exposure Of
this noble animal to- danger in case
Of battle, statistics show the death of
q greater proportion of horses from
disease, neglect or starvation than
from actual slaughter in action. Want
Of food, want Of water and want of
rest, the common misfortune OF every
campaign, kills over nfty per cent. OF
the horses; and overwork, disease and
exposure destroy a far larger propor-
ton than are actually killed in war.
II these good people who spend their
nights dreaming about the parliament
Of Man and the federation Of the world,
would devote some Of their spa, energy
to enforcing the plainest dictates of
humanity in the cases Of dishonest
army contractors the peace societies
would do much to mitigate the horrtd
treatment of horses in war, and accom-
plish some real good. Even in times
Of peace the mortality amongst horses
for cavalry and artillery purposes is
very large. During the fiscal year end
ing June 80, 1897, Uncle Sam lost 1,oe1
cavalry and artillery horses out OF a
total Of 6,531; and this percentage
which il very large would be much
greater in war times, as owing to the
excitement which occurs the horse
sometimes suffers incredible tortures
from want OF food, rest and water.
Morris tribune., 1900-01-13
TO FACE CANNoNs.
American Horses That Are Best Suite
for Purposes of War.

American Horses That Are Best Suited
for Purposes of War.
IN the midst Of the attention we are
giving to the personnel of our armies
there is feature not less important
than the feeding and the physical con-
dition Of the men, and which we are
apt to overlook It is the condition
and training of the army horse. Horses
are almost as necessary an adjunct to
successful war as are men.
With the exception Of carriage horses
for use on the boulevards Of large cit
les, and OF race horses-of which class
we probably breed the fastest in the
world-we have run behind other ma
tions in the production Of good and
serviceable horses This was because
having such splendid railroad and
electric facilities, we havee had less
need for horses than other people. One
OF the results Of our new expansive
policy will be to enlist public interest
in the cavalry horse: for while we may
have soldiers and navy that can beat
the world, without strong and speedy
horses capable of covering march and
capturing a position by dash, we
cannot be fully equipped as nation.
The effect Of quick-fring guns VIII
be to reduce the relative ef1clency OF
Morris tribune., 1900-01-13

EFFORTS are at the present time be-
ing made to persuade Congress to
pass law raising the limit to which
parcels can be sent by mail from four
pounds to eleven pounds. The law
would appeal to the average citizen
as a good enough law in itself, but
the effect which it would have on~the
country merchant is enough to con-
denim it. The large department stores
of the cities are already doing too
large mail order business, and were
it possible to send eleven pound
packages by mail they would soon
be able by the extensive use of cato
logues, to reduce the country mer-
chant to the verge of bankruptcy.
Morris tribune., 1900-01-13

Before Nassua became metropoli-
Morris tribune., 1900-01-13

The POLITICAL news of the week
has been the withdrawal OF John
Lind from the gubernatorial race
of next fall. The announcement
brought CONSERVATION into the ranks
of the Democrats at first, but it IS
noticeable that it is now quite gener-
ally hoped to persuade Lind to run
again. Of course the Republicans
were gratifed by the news for it is
an acknowledged fact that Lind is
the strongest candidate among the
fusionists. With Lind out of the
race, Republican aspirants for the
place will multiply,
Morris tribune., 1900-01-13

SENATOR BEvERIDGE, of Indiana,
who has been the Sphinx of the Phil
ipplue question, has finally spoken in
no uncertain terms. The senator
personally Investigated conditions in
the Philippines and so was ably to
speak authoritively. He clearly
enunciated the doctrine that the
United States should extend it's pro-
lection to the Philippines in much
the same way as we have to the In
dian tribes for the last hundred years.
The people have been subjected to
Spanish rule so long that they have
no real conception of self-govern7
ment. A we'll deserved rebuke is ad-
ministered to those who have been
too ready to condemn the the policy
of the government and thus give
hope to the insurgents that the policy
of the government would be changed
after the next election.
Morris tribune., 1900-01-13

SECRETARY GAGE has given an ex-
haustive reply to the criticism of his
action in depositiag the money from
the internal revenue taxes in certain
national banks. He shows that the
receipts of the government has far
exceeded the disbursements and that
the withdrawal of such large
amount Of money from the channels
of business and locking it up in the
treasury is fraught with great danger
to the business interests of the coun-
try. Then again no favoritism was
shown in selecting certain banks as
repositories for the reason that the
repositories were required to put up
government bonds as security, and
almost all the banks which did this
we're given part of the revenues. The
whole message of the Secretary is
worthy of careful reading, but then
there isn't thirty -cent Pop editor
anywhere who will accept the ex-
pIanation. His stock in trade would
be gone if he reasoned little.
Morris tribune., 1900-01-13

cavalry, and OF infantry from those O
the olden time, but nevertheless the
horses will still be a powerful factor
in war. The style Of horse needed in
the army is that known in the older
countries as the hunting horse, an anil
NAL with enormous chest, clean limbs.
heavy loiRg, deep quarters and free
moving action. Such q horse when
Well-groomed and bred will carry a
mount of 15o pounds across country at
an excellent riding pace for the space
Of five or six hours, and will be com
paratiVely fit and fresh for pro-
longed march at the close.
Hunters thus trained in the field to
rough work, make excellent army
horses. Not being much accustomed
to the delights Of, the chase In this
busy country, we have not developed
the European type Of hunting horse;
but he is coming.
The best type of the American horse
for use in the army, now comes from
Kentucky, and from the neighboring
mountainous states. 1t is claimed by
some that the small, Chunky horse
is far better fitted for transporting
Cannon than horses OF finer proportions
and Of greater weight and frame.
1t was the need of horses Of such
endurance and powers which more
than anything else defeated Napoleon's
campaign upon Moscow.
The Russians were convinced Of this,
and when some Of them saw French
gun at the base Of an ice-covered mole
with the horses that drew it, lying
with broken limbs beside it, because
Napoleon had omitted to bring horse
nails, they exclaimed with joy: God
made Napoleon forget that there is a
winter in this country"
The great purposes of horses in war
are to transport guns, to carry the SOL
diers, to protect them in case of a
charge and to furnish food to the army
in case of famine. Many soldier has
protected his own life fighting an
enemy from behind the dead body Of
his horse, and when a retreatiug force
was cut off from it's base of supplies,
an army was ofen provisioned by
the suffers forces returning to the
scene of defeat and cooking the horses
that were killed in battle.
And in the Sioux campaign Of 1875
General Crook was so hard pressed for
food that he had to kill some of the
horses, the command subsisting on the
meat for several days.
The well-trained cavalry horse fights
some upon his own account. He rearS
upon his hind legs and strikes venom
ously with his forelegs at the sight Of
an enemy whose colors he knows near
ly as well as those Of his master. In
charge Of infantry the horse being SO
much larger, offers a greater target
than the rider whose chest is protected
by the erect neck and head Of his gal
lant steed. Horses thus save the lives
OF the men, and few phases Of war are
better calculated to inspire terror In |
unmounted troops than desperate ad-
Vanc1ng charge of cavalry at close
quarters, with dust flying and hoofs
changing, and the discharge OF carbines
keeping music to the war-n neighing
OF stations on full gallop. The skir-
mishes during the Peninsular war ware
mostly of this character, and the Duke I
of Wellington used to say that a man
Morris tribune., 1900-01-13

BECAUSE the editor of this paper
suspected that the Times had an
understanding" with the county
commissioners, and therefore put out
a pool proposition as a 'feeler," the
Times is sore. He snapped at the
bait and later rejected it, thereby
causing us to infer that no bid of ours
however low would be accepted.
Realizing this, we decided to force
the board on record, AND WE DID.
Now, dear contempory, don't bite SO
quick next time.
Morris tribune., 1900-01-13
GRRENT .I,,!.! & oMMENT l::,,,,l.,,!..I:.!,,..!..
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A Dastardly Plot.
executive council.

The Filipinos have given another
exhibition Of spirit which should
bar them from self-government. A
plot has been discovered whereby the
black devils proposed to bring on
foreign complication by throwing
bombs into the Lawton funeral pro-
'cession where the foreign attaches
appeared, but change in the route
prevented them from carrying out
their devilish designs. Any people
which attempts to bring about poll
cal change by the use of bombs is SO
far down on the scale of civilization
as to be entirely unsafe to trust with
the duties of government.-Princ
Union.
Morris tribune., 1900-01-13

tan enough to have saloons it was
known as village that had no debts
and nice comfortable place to live.
Now it has a debt, the people ali
have each other by the hair, and the
rumors that are waited up from that
direction indicate that the town re-
sembles a big prize fighting ring
where disputes are settled according
/ to Queensbury rules. Oh, these
saloons are not tuff.-Bellihgham
Times.
**k
The old saying, that handsome is
as handsome does, finds ample
exemplifcation in the Minnesota
delegation in the lower house of con-
gress. The representative from the
Seventh district is so atrociously
homely that he fairly turns the scale
upon himself, and becomes almost
actually handsome by reason of his
accentuated ugliness. But after all
that, no man in the Minnesota dele
cation has attained higher position
in the respect and admiration of the
house or a better reputation for
shrewdness, ability and conscientious
devotion to duty than Frank M.
Eddy.-Princeton Union,
#**
'Tis but short time now until the
politician and ofice-seeker will be out
trapping the unwary voter. The
farmer will be told that he is the
whole thing and the world was made
for him, and the editor will be patted
on the back until his chest aches, told
that he is good fellow and a brainy
man until he begins to believe it and
goes around with his thumbs in his
vest, to his great moral and financial
detriment. "Then comes the sad
awakening" The defeated candi
date has no use for you, of course
and the one that was elected-well
he has no use for you, either. Fun
ny, isn't it, Breckenridge Telegram
Morris tribune., 1900-01-13

ONE of the commissioners has taken
the trouble to explain to us tnat they
gave the county printing is the high
est bidder "as complement to the
Times The board might have
passed resolutions of sympathy to the
Beers. It would have pleased the
people of the county better and have
cost nothing.
Morris tribune., 1900-01-13
We thought the commissioners,
organ would squeak this week. IL
did.
The National Antitrust Confer
ence is called to meet in Chicago on
Jdncoln's birthday, February 18th

WHEN you hear man talking loud
for the Beers, just call him to one
side and ask him to contribute to the
Red Cross Society of the TransVaal'
Theo. f. Koch, of St. Paul, will glad
" receive and forward the subscrip-
fjOn.