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The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-04-10
A LETTER THAT IS A WILL.
It Bequeaths $5O,OOO to an Undertaken
 i,, Iittoh,,ro papr

It Bequeaths S50,000 to an Undertaker
 in Pittsburg, Penn.
 For months Undertaken Edward Me Cabe of Pittsburg, Penn, carried around a document which is worth S5O,000 to him. He used the back of it to take memoranda, without know ing it's value. The document is the will of Michael Flanagan, a Lawrence vile blacksmith, who died, leaving an estate of that amount Many claim ants of the property turned up and re- presentatives of the State appeared to escheat it. McCabe accidentally show ed the document to his attorney, who told him that 1t was Flanagan's will. No other will having been found, the curious document was filled.
 Here is the will:
 ITO my friend, Ed McCabe: I wish you, if l die before you, which I think l will, to lay me away in, or with good taste; of course, you can put me in a coffin to cost $500 or $500, the rest in accordance. If I don't make any other arrangements you are to have what belongs to me, only have a good amount of masses for me and my wife. I will have Kaepler to have the shop, which he deserves, and, as you
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| the skirt developes when it is topped by long overdress of black grenadine or light weight cloth. A bolero to match the cloth opening over fancy front completes the gown which gives nc suggestion of an all-around satin skirt and may be worn for the street.
 Bolero or bust comes pretty near the motto for fashions above the belt Seriously, the number and variety of the sboleros now shown is astonishing. There may be a severely plain sleeved jacket of the dress stuff, or a fanciful affair almost nothiSg but a bit of bright trimming and of but the faint est relationship to the bolero's original form. Between these are thousands of intermediates. Naturally the demand is for something that hasn't been cop jed into commences With license to cut almost fantastically, to trim oddly and to employ any of the currently fashionable materials, there is no chance of monotony. For a gown that one means to stand out as right from stylish makers, the boero may be made of almost a marvel of richness Such not infrequently make the domi- nant figure of otherwise simple gowns Shown here is an example; a gray silk poplin, princess. with yoke and collar tucked white liberty satin. But for the jacket the only other trimming was white stitching for the pleats, The bolero was turquoise panne velvet en- broidered in silver and edged with black jet. It might have been far richer and still been safe, for the most expensive ornamentation is put upon such. This bolero, like many another. was detach- able. As the fashions permit that trick the economiser can make her bolero finer than as if the rules were different.
 FLORETTE
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4 CORKER.

| A statement which may appropriately | by southern man. MT. F. G. Corker is one of the directors of cotton mill con-
 templated at Dublin, Georgia. He re- gently visited Boston, where he placed
 a contract for the textile machinery necessary for the mill, and he says that
 "the eastern manufacturers of cotton mill machinery have evidently bought up the machinery manufactories in or der to stop the erection of more mills in the South" As a result MT. Corker is of the opinion that very few new mills will be built in the immediate future. As a case in point he cites the conduct of a Lowell, Massachusetts company, which was indifferent as to whether it sold the machinery or not, and even after the cost of the machin- cry had been paid down in cash the management seemed to be inclined to refuse to fill the order The treasurer of the mill company boldly stated to MT. Corker that the cotton mill indus try of the South was being overdone and that his company would fill no more orders for machinery.
 This is interesting and not unimpor- tant, if true, but it is noticeable that MT, Corker was able to buy machinery for his mill, and it will be very sur prising if other buyers find any more difficulty than he did. Eastern manu- facturers of cotton mill machinery are not in business for spite.
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SOM ETIM ES.

A Prudent Man.-Ikey-"Do you be liev in luck, fader?' His Father-"vell yes; but I don't depend on it.''- Brooklyn Life.
 "Of course" said the publcist witt his habitual hauteur, you wish to heal both sides of the money question: 2 "The end of it, if you please" ventured the man of affairs, timidly Puck.
 Sterene - What chap you are Bounder! You never agree with any body
 Bounder-Well, what of that? Am l to blame if everybody else is wrong?- Boston Transcript.
 Jack--Fm thirsty Come in here and I'll order a bottle of champagne
 George-Td rather have beer.
 Jack-So would I, but I haven't a cent It's easier to get trusted for champagne than beer.-New York Weekly.
 Flow is it you're such great work er?' asked the grasshopper.
 Because I love york; replied the busy bee. 1T couldn't be happy with out it. Tn fact, you may have noticed when my busiest season is on I'm in clover "--Philadelphia Press.
 Identified.-"Well, Amy" said the young man in the parlor, do you know who I am?" "Yes sir" answer ed the little girl, who had been study ing his face in solemn silence for sever- al minutes. 'I rec-nize you You're the man that always wears the latest style of derby hat in the big clothing store advertisements in the newspa- s."-Chicago Tribune
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-04-10

District of New Haven, ss. Probate Court,
 April 7th 1900. ESTATE of BETSY ROBERTS, late of
 New Haven, in said District, deceased. An instrument in writing, purporting to be the last will and testament of said de ceased, having been presented In Court and r. Thornton Hunt of New Haven having made written application praying that the same may be probated, and that letters testamentary may be granted as by said application on file in this Court more fully appears, It is
 ORDERED - That said application be heard and determined at a Court of Pro bate to be held nt New Haven, in said Dis trict, on the 16th day of April, 1900, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, and that public mo- tlce of the pendency of said application, and of the time and place of the hearing thereon, be given to all parties interested in said estate, by publishing this order three times In q newspaper having circu- lation In said District By order of Court ap9 St ALBERT F. WBLLEs, Clerk.
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FASHION NOTES.
Eolero or Bust.

Satin skirts are again in vogue. The stylish colors are black, white and black and white. The satin should be elaborately trimmed with straps of cloth or silk, or with bands of fringe. useful skirt is black satin with a very full double flounce of taffeta. These extend to the belt, which is of silk heading like that of the fringe
 Such skirt combines handsomely with a bodice of black openwork jersey weave bloused over an uAderbodice of chiffon, which shows in shoulder yoke and sleeves. Then fancy bodice of silk in contrasting color may be worn with the skirt. The real usefulness of
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-04-10
CAN THEY AND WILL THEY RUYe

|
 Have we been overestimating the
 profits which are likely to come to us
 through "the open door, in China ? China does not now import largely in proportion to its population. but the
 idea is that it's people are just about to
 change all their commercial habits,
 and, although poor, will buy largely from the foreigner. But writer qunt- ed by the Philadelphia Manufacturer
 undertakes to show that bottom facts do not favor glowing anticipations
 Foreign trade with China, he says,
 must necessarily be restricted on ac- count of the incorrigble obstinacy with which the children of the Celestial Elm pire stick to their own Oriental man ners and tastesH In proof of this may be cited the Chinese colonies of our cities, where the blouses, pigtails and queer shoes, the joss houses and opium joints abound. Even the village laundryman, sequestered from his Mongolian fellows, still maintains in his loneliness his ancestral costume and manners. The Manufacturer, which is not foolish in these matters, adds: There is some truth in this view Of the case, so that when our consuls write home, for in- stance, about a market for American shoes in China, the manufacturer must not expect that the millions Of "chil- dren of the sun" are going to doff their sandals at the sight of a pair of Lynn lace shoes. The shde market will be restricted for generations to come to the seaport where there are European col onies., or whence they may be trans ported into Siberia. Of these Europeans there are only about 15,000 in all the Chinese ports outside of Hongkong, where there are some 5000 more Of all these, 13 per cent. are Americans.
 There is at least plausbility in this presentation of the case. Perhaps we shall not even make as much out of our little brown brothers and sisters in the Philippines as we are expecting to.
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ltc 1uMrual aud Nuurier
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants, Rents, and other small advertisements, One Cent Word each h. sertion. Five Cents Word for full week fseven timesJ
 Display advertisements, per inch. one tn- sertion, $1.20; each subsequent insertion. 40 cents; one week. S320 one month. $10; one year. $40.
 Obituary Notices. In prose or verse, ID cents per line. Notices of Births, Marrt- ages, Deaths, and Funerals. 50 cents each. Local Notices, 15 cents per line.
 Yearly ad, cctisers are limited to their own Immediate wsiness ,all matter to ne unohjecticnable). md their contracts do not Include Wants. 10 Let. For Sale. etc.
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laws were observed. Several experi- ments were also made in forming ice on the surface of the water, and investiga- ton showed that 90 per cent. of the germs were excluded by physical pro- cesses. The expermenter reaches the conclusion, which seems to be the opin- ion of most bacteriologists, that there is small danger of infection from typhoid bacilli remaining in ice.
 It is cheering to be able to believe that if we can afford to buy ice this summer we needn't be afraid of typhoid bacilli in 1t.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-04-10
PROPOSAL.

Sealed bids will be received by the Com mittee on Houses and Apparatus until 2 o'clock D. m. April 16, 1900, for furnishing the City of New Haven with =
 One set 31a inch Rubber Tires, manufac- tured by the Springfield Rubber Tire Com pany, for Chemical Engine No. 1.
 The above proposal must be addressed to the Committee on Houses and Apparatus, endorsed "Bid for Rubber Tires for Chem ical Engine No 1T on outside of envelope, and must be accompanied by certified check for five per cent. of the full amount of the bid, payable to Jonathan N. Rowe, Controller.
 The Committee on Houses and Apparatus reserve the right to accept or reject any or all bids.
 Per order Committee on Houses and Ap- paratus. s. J. METZGER,
 ap7 1t Clerk Dept of Fire Service. 1.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-04-10
ONE TERROR MI2IGATKD.

Those who have escaped the bacillus of typhoid fever this winter and are ly- ing awake nights fearing that they may get it in their ice this summer will feel better after they know the result of an important experimental study that has just been made A large number of tubes of water, inocula ted with four dif- ferent races of the typhoid bacillus, were frozen and examined after periods varying from an hour to several weeks. There was very rapid reduction in their number in the first hour of freez- ing, varying from 30 per cent. in one culture to 60 per cent. in another, while at the end of two weeks reduction of 99 per cent. occurred. The fraction of per cent. of germs remaining after a number of weeks of such treatment showed great powers of resistance, and some were found at the end of twelve weeks. Tests were also made alternate ly freezing and thawing the water, and it was found only slightly more de- structive than the continuous freezing. Cold water, just above the freezing point, was almost as effective in de-
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told me you knowed Mana Buckley for long time, you see that she be kept all right, as she is a good girl. l hope nothing may happen me, but if there does this is to go, as I am we'll aware what l am talking about.-Good bye" Philadelphia Press.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-04-10

The special mail-wagono introduced recently by the Philadelphia postmaster to facilitate the despatch of business letters do not seem to be appreciated by the great majority of the men for whose convenience the plan was adopt ed As previously explained, the idea was to run these wagons over sched- uled routes each afternoon near the close of business hours, to gather in the mail from messengers at the street in tersections, and to rush it to the post office. It was hoped in this way, to avoid congestion in the postoffice, and to start the letters on their way earlier. When the service began, the tendency of merchants to load up the wagons with catalogues, seeds, and other mat ter not of the first class was made very merchants was called to the fact that these wagons would only collect first class matter, they seemingly lost inter- est in the march of progress, and now the postmaster asserts that unless the merchants patronize the scheme better during the next two weeks, the wagons will be withdrawn.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-04-10

The cotton industry in Fall River hasn't yet been knocked out by the southern cotton mills. Nine of the Fall River cotton mills declared quarterly dividends last week, and in every case save one the rate was increased over last year.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-04-10

The production of silver in the United States in 1899 was 57,700,000 ounces, as compared with 54,59O,OOO in 1898 and 5S,- 860, ,OOO in 1897.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-04-10

The estate of the late George Smith, a millionaire, who made his money in Chicago, but died in London, paid $4,- 100000 in death taxes to the British government. About s42,0O0,000 worth of the estates bonds and securities were in New York, which made them sub- feet to the New York collateral inherit ance tax Comptroller Coler sent his appraisers to James H. Smith, principal heir of the estate, who in every way assisted in appraisng the property and assessing the tax. As MT Smith, the heir, was no nearer than nephew to George Smith, who accumulated the es- tate, the tax under the law was 5 per cent. of the gross amount of the prop erty with a reduction of per cent. for prompt payment which makes the amount of the windfall to New York State about $2,O0O,OOO There yet re- mains the federal government tax, which if it is found to be legal and Is collected will be about $5,0o0,O00 more, making the total tax on the estate of some $1OO,OOO,O 900 about S12.O00,O00,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-04-10

Colossal crosses are to be erected this year on nineteen mountain peaks of It. ally to commemorate the nineteenth cen tury of the Christian era. A religious society will have charge of the matter. The crosses will be cut from granite, marble, or whatever stone characterizes each religion, and will bear an inscrip- tion.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-04-10
The Beatrice,
 SIPS a Pair.

Made by TreEousse, real kid Suede, 3 clasp or 4 buttons. with medium, short and long fingers, ev- cry pair warranted.
 The new Spring colors ar.d black, pearl
 and white. @
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The lowest priced and the best.
The Dorothy,
 $I.50 a Pair.

Made according to first-grade Trefousse measurments, cut by same knife, with medium, short and long fingers, 3 clasp or 4 button gloves.
 Every pair warranted, Flack and white and all the new colorngs
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-04-10

An example of patient industry is the sorting of hogs bristles as 1t is carried on at Tien-Tsin, China. Each bristle of the COG, 900 kilograms exported from that place in 1893 had to be picked out. measured and placed in the bundle of hairs of corresponding length, and the different lengths by which the hairs are sorted are numerous.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-04-10

The German walters of Germany have just held a congress in Berlin. The dis cussions were animated. The conclu- sions reached were that the Trinkgeld (tip) custom, besides being degrading, furnishes the proprietors with an excuse for not paying proper wages that wo- men under eighteen should not be al- lowed to serve beer etc., at tables in public resorts, and that women of any age should not be allowed to carry the beer-mugs around after 10 o'clock at night The walters call for legislation pp these subjects
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-04-10

Tuberculosis, it is said, has increased more than 80 per cent in certain dis tricts of Norway within the last thirty years, and this despite the invigorating cold of the Norwegian cline and the hardy physiques of the Norwegian peo- ple Statistics also show steady gain in the number of deaths from consump ton in Sweden, Russia and northern countries generally, while in more southern territories consumption is sell dom is seen.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-28
STRUCK BY A TRAIN
r. L. Wood Instantly Killed Near
the Cemetery.

r. L. Wood, rho lives at Humboldt,
Tenn, was struck by north bound
passenger train No. 2 at the railroad
crossing near Rose Hill cemetery,
Tuesday evening, and instantly
killed.
Wood had been here only day or
two on visit to his sisters, who live
In South Columbia. He was walk
ing down the track OF the Nashville,
Chattanooga & st. Louis railroad,
when, hearing a train approaching
from behind, he stepped over to the
Louisville & Nashville track. At
that time the north bound passenger
train on the l.. & N. was just pulling
in and running at high rate of
speed. The engineer blew his whis-
tie loudly, but the man did not notice
the train and was struck by the en-
CINE aud carried on the pilot quite a
distance. The body was not mangled
but his neck was broken by the blow
and death resulted instantly.
The remains were shipped this
morning to Humboldt, where the in-
torment viii take place.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-28
A Sensible NEGRO.

About the best reply to the mouth
things OF those fools in Boston who
are talking about a crusade into the
South to rescue the negroes, is made
by a colored preacher of New Or
leans. who tells them that the recent
disgrsceful riot in New Orleans was
condemned by nobody more than by
The real white citizens, who threw
open their clubs, hotels and private
dwellings for the projection OF their
colored employ es. you are at a safe
distance" he adds, Ito make these
inhammatory speeches, and l would
advise you To keep the advantage
you have. IL you wish to help us,
s.op msking these useless threats
and send US the 5000 you have on
hand, with as much more as you can
raise, aud we will use IL In building
school houses and churches and car
~ on a crusade against vice and
ignorance, teaching the minds and
not the hands OF or young people
how TO shoot"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-28
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

JIG Brooks ct ux, to Methodist Epis-
copal Church, South, lot in 18th district,
gift
~. Wilsford to NJ. G Wilsford,
205 acres in 9th district, $3.50.
A N. Akin, &. & M, to n. F.
Cheairs, 1872 acr es in ID h district, sl0.-
529 40.
N. Cheat to III. H. and r. B. Hi !,
To- acres in 18th district, $4,000.
II. o. Fulton ct TX, to Lizzie Allen,
lot in 2nd ward, $50.
ID. ID. Petty ct ux, to w. w. Woody,
% acres in 18th district, 5000.
R Gooch to Robert McConico, 30
acres in 10Th district, $3.50.
Mrs. G. G. Nichols to Robert McCon-
ic), y acre 10Th district, S35.
}. q. Cheek ct ux, to ). +. Holley, ID
interest in 50 acres in district, gift
NJ. T. Henderson to Pleasant Massey,
50 acres in 22nd district. $40.
Sid Foster to II. G. Evans, lease on
30 acres in - district, % years.
Mrs. K NJ. Estes to II. G Evans,
lease on ITO acres in Sth district for
years.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-28
Dulin- Cecil.

Friends at this place have received
cards announcing the marriage of Miss
Jean Campbell , ecil, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Perry Cecil, to Mr..
Robert Smith Duiin, Jr., on Wednesday
evening, October 10, at 5 o'clock in
Trinity Episcopal Church, Danville, Ky.
The popularity of the bride elect, who as
a visitor here won many friends and adj
lnirers. and the popularity of the par
ents, who though long gone are by no
means forgotten, go to make this as in
tcresting an event as though it occurred
here.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-28

New line of heavy Canvas Tele-
scopes, all sizes and prices.
New and neat Dress Suit Gases,
81 20 to 81 30 each.
Square shaped Moequito Bars, full
size, $l.25 complete.
Mems Canvas Leather Bottom
Shoes reduced from 81 rs to 81 CO.,
$l.40 kinds to $l.l5 pair.
Mems Balbriggan Undershirts,
20, "a to 40c.
Mems Nainsook Undershirts and
Drawers, soc per suit.
Mems Filet Undershirts, Zoe to 800
each.
Mems Night robes, 40 to 75c each.
Mems plain silk front Shirts, soc.
Mons fancy silk front shirts, soc
and Toe.
Pully Belt Rings, black and white,
lc each.
Pully Belt Rings, black and white,
Sc pair.
Pully Belt Rings, pearl, light and
dark, loo pair.
Campaign Buttons, Pins and
Badges, 5, 10 and loo each.
New line of Stick Pins and
Breaches, 8 and l0c.
New line of Beauty Pins, from to
sc each.
Talcom Powder, 5 and 10c a box.
Mennen's falcon powder, 100 a
box.
Moderated Toilet Paper, and sc
pack.
Moderated Toilet paper, and SC
roll.
Genuine Henry fellows Swans
down face powder, l5c per box.
If its wallpaper you need we can
show you big line of new patterns
at 5, 8, 7, 8, 10 to zoe roll.
Croquet Sets, rs to 99c.
School will soon open and we will
be ready with a larger and better
stock of supplies, such as states, tab
let's. pencils, pens, ink, crayons,
eracers and school bags.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-28
HER IDEA ON DRUNKENNESS.
A Negro Damsel Gives Amusing Tes-
timony in the City Court.

a N egro DamSel G1VeS Amusing les
timony in the City Court.
The City Court is place of many
lndicfous and Imaginable scenes, and
oftentimes the solemnity of the
Court is broken into by some wit
ness, whose testimony eXcites the
risibles of the spectators and even
causes smile to play around the
mouth Of the Judge.
Judge Erwin had quite an inter
estlng case before him in his court
Wednesday morning. From the testi
mony of the whine sses, 1t appeared
thar the prisoner, a negro, had be-
come "vinously exalted" and made
himself obnoxious in the presence OF
crowd of women. After several
witnesses had been examined, big,
black damsel was placed upon the
stand. The witness lodged the
questions obstinately, but after
"pumping" for q considerable length
of time, the Judge finally succeeded
in OBTAINING An admission that she
"reckined he must er bin drunk"
"How do you know he was
drunk?' queried the Judge.
hdSo uo IIO6Ou Ups dHoW OlOu
the witness.
Does a person have to be drunk
to throw up?"
mo, sah-not all de time. Dey
does so when dey eats er fly. But
whenebber you sees er purson
trowin' up, you kin lay it right
down dat dey 3 either drunk er bin
eatin' flies"
After some more pumping" the
Court said, you admit, then, that
the prisoner was drunk?n
"Well, whut eff he was drunk,
Jedge? When er niger works hard
all de week an gifts mis- money on
Sa day night, what else does you
'spect he's gwinter do? Don't you
think he oughter be lowed to git
drunk and hab er good timer"
Had YOU been working hard all
the week." asked the Judge smiling.
mo sab. / don't hab ter work.
Use les here on er visit"
$50, you wasn't drunk, then?"
No, sah."
Aid the next witness was called.