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The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-19

sources of supply in Germany and Eng land closed. Germany, which under normal conditions produces enough coal for her own needs, witb about twelve million tons besides for export, finds
 herself unable to fill increased home de-
 mands after existing home and foreign contracts have been cared for. The tax
 placed upon the output of the German
 coal fields and the strikes of the coal miners in Bohemia and Saxony have reduced production to a-Serious extent. Even should the strikes be declared off
 tomorrow, however, the increased de-
 mand would still exceed the supply. France for long time has been una , ble to mine enough coal to meet her
 own demands, and, in common with
 many other continental countries. has
 been compelled to look to England to
 supply the deficiency. But the time
 seems near at hand when England will
 be able to spare but little of her coal
 output for the foreign market. Her
 production steadily decreasing as the f cost of deep mining becomes greater,
 was last year for the first time in ner
 history) less than that of the United
 states-a fact sharply emphasized by
 the purchase by an English syndicate Of
 two million tons of Alabama coal.
 With this state of affairs existing in Europe, the coal producers of the Uni ted States should recognize their oppor- | unity. The American coal fields 1 havet hardly been touched as yet. The | deposits may be mined with compara- tive ease and transportation to tidewa- ter is both expeditions and easy. All that is necessary to enable American coal to invade the foreign market and to win for itself a permanent place there is a combined and harmonious eff fort on the part of the American produ- cers to inform the foreign cinsumers that they have the coal to sell, and that they can lay it down at any one of the leading foreign ports at price the con- sumers can afford to pay.
 That our produceIs can, under exist | ing conditions deliver coal, even at ports lying off the main travelled routes of commerce and at prices mutually satisfactory to buyer and seller, has just been demonstrated by the closing of contract between the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad company with the Russian government for the sale of six hundred thousand tons of New River coal delivery of which is to be begun this month. The only thing to be con sidered as a possibly adverse circum- stance is the eventuality of rise in ocean freights to a prohibitive figure as the consequence of keen competition for shipping facilities if the cargoes should outgrow the capacity of vessels availa- ble for the trade Indeed the solution of the whole question of the possibility of building up an export trade of this character lies in the ability to secure the necessary ocean transportation. Should that not be possible the. trade would in all probability warrant the CO., operative building by the coal producers ofaa collier line.
 In any event, the situation is one which is worthy of the close attention of American coal men in general and of Pennsylvania producers in particu ar.-Philadelphia Record.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-19
RELTETED.

Mafeking is relieved, and so are mill lions of admirers of sturdy and tena- cious pluck all over the world It would have been more than a thousand pities if the obstinately brave and continu- ously resourceful Colonel Baden-Powell and his heroic supporters had been obliged to surrender right at the end of the war and after such long and gal lant defense. England expects every man to do his duty" and her expecta- tion has been abundantly answered by the men who have held on in Mafeking through day and night attacks, and through hunger and sickness. When those of them who are left come march ing home they will receive a welcome that will make them feel that their country is not ungrateful. And they will have banquets that will do some thing toward mitigating the memory of the horses, the mules and the locusts they have had to eat in Mafeking. They deserve all the honor and the glory that will be theirs. Their achievement will form another splendid chapter of the proud English history.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-19
SLIPPER |.

Asphalt is slippery, and it seems to be able to inspire, or infect, its advo- cates with that quality of itself. The devices by which the asphalt question was, last evening, got over to the next Court of Common Council were slick ones. Those who don't want their well to wake up and stay awake. Gov ernment by the asphalt people for the asphalt people doesn't seem to be per- ishing from this part of the earth,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-19
GOOD IIVE INDT4NS.

| There are no good Indians but dead not little acceptance, but like many
 other phrases which are impressive it is at most not more than half true.
 There are good Indians who are living,
 and an account of some of them is given
 in the Redman, the paper published by the Carlisle school These Indians are
 Sioux and they live in what is known as
 the Flandreau colony in South Dakota.
 A few Sioux who had had enough of fighting the United States in 1862 resolv- ed after release from imprisonment to conquer the conditions of civilized life. Leaving the agency provided for them against the advice and wishes of the agent, and thereby forfeiting all gov ernment aid, they went forth upon their own responsibility, selected and took up their claims under the general home stead laws and became hard working farmers and citizens They had their own church under native pastor, and soon a mission school was established These Indians fought drought, grass hoppers and all the enemies of the pion- ger on the western prairies for many weary years, but never confessed failure or returned to the reservation They shared in the proceeds of the sale of the Sioux lands in 1889, and used the money for the most part to raise the mortgages on their farms. There is now thrifty town in the vicinity; the Indians have retained their homes and are good neighbors and respected mem bers of the community, voting at all elections and sending their children to the public schools. Their descendants number about three hundred, and in thirty-five years not one has been con- victed of crime.
 There are many white folks who have mt done any better than this.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-19
A Ballad of tho Trailing Skirt

I met girl the other day, A girl with golden tresses, +4t Who were the most bewitching air And daintiest of dresses. gazed at her with kindling eye And admiration utter Until 1 saw her silken skirt Was trailing in the gutter. What senseless style is this?" l thought What new sartoriul passion? And who on earth stands sponsor for The idiotlc fashon| I've asked Il dozen maids or more, A tailor and his cutter But no one knows why skirts are made To drag along the gutter. Alas for woman, fashions slave; She does not seem to mind 1t. Her silk or satin sweeps the street And leaves no filth behind 1t. For all the dirt the bree2es blow And all the germs that tlutter May find a refuge In the gowns That swish along the gutter.
 NJ What lovely woman wills to do She does without reason, To interfere is waste of time, To crlticise Is treason. Mans only province is to work To earn his bread and butter And buy her all the skirts she wants To trail along the gutter.
 Henry Robinson Palmer In Life.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-19
FASHION NOTES.
A New Trick in Vrils.


 A new veil that has stylish endorse ment is fine black net crossed by lot of black lines and dotted with small tin spots, and this is backed by very fine pink tulle. Tulle and net are fastened together at the edges, and when proper ly worn the presence of the tule be- hind the net is not suspected, while the improvement to the complexion is won derfuL Not only does the skin look better, but it is protected from dust The added thickness in front of the eyes does not seem to interfere with the sale of the veil
 The drop veil will again be worn, but most outing occasions in which the drop veil was accounted the right thing now call for an unveiled face. Women are cultivating a ruddy complexion that
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-19

will stand weather and suit the pie turesqueness of field dress. For the evening they make up a bit if neces- sary. or soften the ruddiness with powder, but the everyday face may have few or many freckles and tend to shininess about the nose, if only it has a good general color and looks well at a distance
 Women who actually drive still wear the boxed front and back sacque coat. This cut is so short that it just touches the seat in the cart A knee blanket to match is wrapped about the lap. Such a coat is slipped off when the ribbons are tossed to the groom. and the foot man takes care of it. Your finicky horsewoman would as soon think of wearing it inside, as of keeping the robe wrapped about her knees. For the ordinary woman who wants her coat actually forbidden by the least exacting taste
 A stylish spring jacket Is that sketch ed here and found in pale fawn broad cloth finished with white cloth folds and gun metal gray velvet. Beside it is a very pretty bolero, the jacket that out numbers all other sorts put together. It's upper part was In chain stitched bands through which a bright colored bodice showed. Heavy white lace trimmed the lower part. The goods was tea colored pastel cloth.
 FLORETTE.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-19
THE COAL SITUATION.

Americas Opportunity in the European
 Scarcity and Demand
 The foreign coal situation Is growing more. interesting to American pro ducers; for with the passage of each day the stringency on the continent be- comes more acute. It has already reached the proportions of a famine Austria, which has never produced more than enough coal to meet two-thirds of her own requirements, finds her usual
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-19
Begin to Save Money Today.

All beginnings are hard, as the thief said when he began by stealing an anvil, but oeSlh i,1 to save money to-day by buying the Big Brother" of the Cuba Cigarro. See 1T the package of five for 10 cents will not glve you 90 cents sworth of satisfactory
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-19
DO YOU
 WANT A SUIT OF
 CLOTHES That Will Stand By You In Make and Colorp

I have been in the clothing business in this City since 1871 and my motto has been always to work for the customers interest as well as my own. You can buy good article here as cheap as you can in any place in the world.
 Salesmen W. M Pemberton, George J. Holt, Edward J. Minniz, Miss Hogan in Childrens department All of them will be pleased to show the Fine Selected Line of Clothing There are great many novelties you cannot get any, where else in this city.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-19

A Yokohama correspondent of the h. dianapolis Press who saw the religious ceremony of fire walking in Toko says: ''There were present diplomats and pro- fessors from the Imperial College. and an Episcopal bishop, and we think there is sufficient evidence to prove that sev- eral Japanese women did walk through the fire. A doubting Thomas gathered up some of the salt in which they rub bed their feet, both before and after their hot walk, to take away and an- alyze. Another suggested that the barn. boo pole that was used to make the path was hollow, and may have con- tained a substance that sifted out as it was drawn backward and forward that destroyed the heat The little amak' of my friend, when asked why the feet were not burned, replied, Much pray; much pray We have stated facts. The interpretation must come from those versed in the occult sciences
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-19

The New York Journal of Commerce finds twenty new cotton mills started in the South in April, with 113, 300 spin dles and a capitalization of $2,5O0, 000. The consumption of cotton in the South ern mills since September has been 105,- 077 bales, as against an increase of but 65 442 in Northern mills in the same per- iod. Southern mills took this season 30 per cent. of the total consumed in this country. Few Southern mills produce fine goods, but in North Carolina there are new mills that use Sea Island cotton and make fine yarns for the mercerizing trade. The manufacture of wadding and toweling is being extended and knitting mills multiply rapidly. South Carolina still leads in the building of new mills, but Texas begins to go largely into the manufacture of cotton. The found- ing of schools for textile instruction is prominent educational feature in the South at present. The manufacture of textile machinery is about to begin.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-19
The New Hettrick VapOr
 Bath Cabinet.
Is the simplest ln construction.

Is the simplest In construction. And the most convenient to use. It has door which Is a door. It has no woodwork to warp and get ont It has a light rut firm and substantial 1t folds into an inch space when not In 1t Is So easily handled that child eau 1t IS made of the very best materials. 1t has no complicated legs to adjust. 1t needs no attendant in using it. It has no buckles, buttons or hooks to be fastened.
 It has real top, not curtains buttoned it has all the very latest Improvements. It has none of the defects of all other 1t is, therefore, superior to them all. It Is the most compact and handiest In form.
 vised, avoiding every dlscomrort and an. m 1t 1t can be taken completely apart and thoroughly cleaned.
 1t Is, therefore, cleaner and consequeutIy healthier than others. It more than fills every requirement.. It Is as absolutely perfect as possible. ali skin, Blood. Liver. Kidney and \ Nerve e Diseases.
 It will cure Insomnin. It will relieve Female Irregularities. It will at once Cure the Worst Cold.
 PRICE $5 EACH.
 Sold by [. 1. HlSABURh & co. Dealers in Physicians and Inyalids'
 Supplies, S4 Church and 6i Center Strsats.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-19

M. Leon, the engineer who represent ed the Cseusot armament firms in the Transvaa1, has returned to France. Speaking of the war, M. Leon said that the Boers had done wonders with very small means. The last delivery of guns by Creusot had been made three years ago, and it was far from being large one. Notwithstanding all that had been said, the Boers, according to M. Leon, were excellent gunners, and this. com bined with their extraordinary mobil- ity, explained the heavy losses of the British since the beginning of the cam paign. The Boers never had more than from S5, 900 to 45, 900 men in the field at any engagement, and up to the present their losses only amounted to 6000 men, of whom not more than 600 had been killed M. Leon attributed this to what he described as their cold and cautious manner of fighting.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-19

By two votes the Massachusetts legls- lature has refused to abolish the death penalty. In opposing the bill Represen- tative Saunders pertinently said: What we want Is revival of jus tice, not of sympathy We should have some thought for the murdered, not solely fo: the murderer"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-19
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants, Rents, and other smai' odvertisements. One Cent a Word each In sertion. Five Cents Word for full week (seven times). l.,
 Display advertisements, per inch, one m, ao sertlon, $1 20; each subsequent Insertion, 4o cents; one week, S320; one month, Sloi ohe year. $40. ,z Obituary Notices. In prose or verse, 10 cents per line. Notices of Births Marri' ages, Deaths. and Funerals DO cents eaeh Local Notices, 15 cents per line. ,u
 Yearly advertisers are limited to their own immediate business Gall matter to pe unobiectionable). and their contracts do not include Wants, To Let, For Sale, etc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-19

Wheelmen in Massa chusetts are pleas ed because they have succeeded in hav- ing law made which requires all Mas sachusetts railroads, except those of narrow gauge, to carry as baggage the bicycle of every wheelnan who pays a fare of more than ten cents, barring those who ride on season tickets.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-19

A section of the tree over David Liv- ingstone's grave, bearing the inscription carved at the time by his native follow CTS. has been received by the Royal Geographical Society in London and placed with the other Livingstone relics in it's possession. The tree had de- cayed, and an iron telegraph pole now marks the spot where the great ex- plorer died The big block with the in- scription was carried on mems backs from Chitambo's village, near Lake Bangweolo, in the heart of Africa, to the coast.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-19

Good work we'll known leader of fashion in Philadelphia is making a quaint little collection of tiny dNssed dolls that are good models of the Nocks she wears herself. When the dressmak- CT sends home new garment she dupli- cates it by tiny model on doll Ev- erything must be perfect, even down to the real lace and solid silver or gold buttons and diamond buckles. The dolls are ranged in a glass case in their own CTS dressing room, with the date of their creation underneath.
The state herald., 1900-08-17
Rrynn Hny,s Nnrrow Escnne.

Chicago, Aug. l3.-General Joseph
Wheeler, commander of the Depart
ment of the Lakes, to-day saved the
life of William Jehning Bryan, Jr., the
twelve-year-old son of the Democratic
candidate. The hitter visited General
Wheeler and the latter, after his first
greeting, turned Ills back and allowed
the youngstcr to ainuse himself as best
he might
Young Bryan found loose chair
"aster and big bundle of rubber
bands. These le tied into long
string and then, securing the castor
to the bottom, went to a window, and
began bouncing the piece of iron up
and down on the sidewalk. seventy
Ave feet below. The general, cngrossed
with his labOrS, paid no attention to
the boy, who gradually became so in
terested in his play that he leaned
farther and farther out of the easement
of the window.
General Wheeler happened TO glance
up and was Mortified to see the lad
hanging with his whole body over the
sidewalk, and only the toes OF his
shoes visible, clutclllng the angle of
the window. flushing to the window
he pulled the lad In by his legs and
landed him safely on the floor.
The state herald., 1900-08-17
Messages From P.kin.

London. Aug. 1i.-Thc British consol
mt Canton, says the Telegraph's CORE
spondent here. hns received the fol-
lowing message, dated August 9Th,
from Sir Claude Macdonald, British
minister In Pekin:
Our situation Is desperate. In ten
days our food supply will he at an end.
Unless we are relieved n general mas
sacre is probable.
The Chinese offer to escort MS to
Tien-Tsin, but remembering Gavin
pore. we refused the offer. There are
aver 200 European men and women In
this legation"
ST. Petersburg, Aug. Nm. DE Gicrs.
Russian minister In Pckin. reports In
cipher under date OF August ith. as
follows:
THE Chinese government recently
applied To MS aud To all the foreign rep
resentatlves in order to arrange the
date and conditions of our journey to
Tien-Tsin. At the same time the Tsung
III Inmen Informed MS that the foreign
governments had not once demanded
from the Chinese ministers abroad our
departure from rrkin under escort.
I'VE replied that we required In
structions from our governments, with
)ut which we could not leave our posts.
IAN my colleagues here are sending
similar kilograms 10 their governments.
Please inform.
'fhe families OF the imperial mission
and the Russian colony are WELL"
The state herald., 1900-08-17
FIFTEEN KILLED
In A COLLISION,

Slatlngton, Pa, Aug. 12.-Fifteen
persons We're instantly killed and nine
others were fatally injured tonight
In grade crossing about three miles
east of this city. passenger train on
crashing into an omnibus containing
twenty-five persons.
All the dead and injured people were
In the omnibus. But one of the cccu-
pants escaped injury.
All are Pennsylvanians. The party
was returning to Slntington from n
funeral. The dead and injured We're
nearly all relatives of Sophia Schoefer,
whose obsequies they had attended.
The accident occurred at : o'clock, at
sharp curve The train was a spe-
cial and was running at lively rate.
The omnibus came along at good
rate of speed. the occupants uncon-
sclous of any impending danger. As
the bus swung around the curve the en-
gine came in sight
II was too late to stop either the ON
nibus or the train, and MS the driver of
the former whipped mp the four horses
TO cross the track ahead of the train,
the latter crashed into Its middle
The occupants were thrown I'm all di-
rections. bruised and bleeding. The
fifteen dead We're killed outright.
No watchman is employed TO warn
teams or pedestrians of any approach
ing train, and those living in the vicin-
ity state that II Is impossible TO hear
an approaching train. The horses draw
ing the bus escaped unhurt.
The state herald., 1900-08-17
AMERICANS SHOT
BY MISTAKE,

New York, Aug l3.-A special cable
dispatch to the Evening World to-day,
dated Che Foo, August o, via Shang-
hal, says:
A terrible mistake occurred at the
taking of Yang Tsun. Russian artil-
lery opened fire on the American
troops. Before the mistake was dis
covered many American soldiers had
been killed or wounded by the Russian
shells.
The Fourteenth infantry took part
in the attack on the Chinese trenches.
AS the Chinese He'd the regiment ell
tered and occupied one of the Chinese
positions.
A Russian BAKERY some distance Off
did not notice the movement. 1t opened
fire on the position and planted shells
among the American troops. The Rus
slams We're quickly notified and ceased
their fire.
London, Aug. IA Yang Tsun spe-
cial says:
lowing to mistake British and
Russian guns shclled the Fourteenth
United States Infantry during the
night, wounding ten"
Commenting upon this occurrence
the Standard says:
ut is melancholy to learn that the
losses of the Americans, who seem to
have borne themselves with conspicu-
Gus gallantry, Were increased by II de-
plorable error, In consequence of which
one Of their regiments was pounded by
Russian and British cannon. The Incl
dent emphasizes tue necessity of more
close cooperation. which Is not easily
obtainable without . single command
er and general staff"
The state herald., 1900-08-17
WIN La, a c,nlr In Alaska.

san Francisco. Aug. l3.-The steam
er orizaba. belonging To the paclfic
Coast Steamship Company, has been
chartered by the government 10 take
aud lay the military cable which II Is
proposed shall connect 81. Mlchncls.
tnalaklik and Nome In Alaska. The
cable. which Is now on It's way west. Is
200 miles In length and weighs ton
To the mile. Tie Orilnba viii leave
for the North with The cable about
August 2oth. AMI actual work will be-
Gin about the middle Of September.
The cable. when laid. win be under
government control.
The Algoa. the biggest frclgh, steam.
or on the Pacific has been chartered
by the government for use ns n trans
port. The steamer II now on Its way
10 this point from Hong Kong. Upon
It's arrival II viii be fitted up for the re
ccption Of troops now rapidly gathering
here for service IN China.
The state herald., 1900-08-17
T.rrlbI. u-,t In New York.

New York. Aug. 12.-Dcath reaped
n harvest yesterday from New York 5
humidity. At least thirty-three per-
sons died in this city and vicinity.
thirty of them from prostrations and
three children from falling from fire
escapes on which they had crowded to
get some relief from the torturing heat.
Since August 9th, when the tempera-
turc was ninety-one degrees. the condi-
tions have been growing worse. All In
all. II the hottest continuous weather
New York has ever had. Forecastcr
Emery said to-day that II surpassed in
the aggregate the record OF the 1896
hot spell. All local weather records for
this year were broken In the most un-
comfortable way. The thermometer
reached ninety-iive at . y. m. and reg
istered the same figures an hour later.
This was the official record taken in
the bureau. high above the street, and
IL many degrees cooler than the tenn
perature the people were subjected to
on the streets.
A thunder shower to-day brought a
lower temperature and much needed
relief from the heat.