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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-06-06
Aus,in,s Poem on Matching.

This is the full text of Alfred Austin
much discussed and much parodied poer
Il the relief of Mafeking
Once again, banners, fly
Clang again, bells, on high,
Sounding to sea and sky
Longer and louder
Mafeking'S glory with
Kimberley, Ladysmith,
or our unconquered klth
PrOuder and prouder.
Hemmed in for half Il year,
Still with no sucCor near,
Nor word of hope to cheer
Wounded and dying,
Fevered, and f0iled Of sleep
BY the fierce lannon's leap,
They still, still vowed to keep
England's flag flying.
Nor was their mettle shown
By male and strong alone,
But, as intrepid grown,
Fragile and tender,
Without or tear or sigh,
Echoed the brave old cry,
1--WE, toe, would rather die,
Die than surrender"
AS pressed the foe more near,
only with naked spear,
Neer knowing what to fear,
Farley. or Dlench meant,
Forward through shot and shell,
While still the foremost fell,
They with reslstess yell
StOrmed his intrenchment.
Then, when hope dawned at last,
And fed the foe, aghast
AT the relieving blast
Heard in the nelly
. our stout, stubborn kith
Kimberley, Ladysmith
Mafekipg, welded with
Lucknow and Delhi
Sound for them martial lay
Crown them with battle-bay,
Both those who died, and they
Galnst death could wrestle;
Powell OF endless fame
All, all with equal claim,
And, of the storfed name, .
Gallant young Cecil
Long rs the waves shall roll,
Long as Fame guards her scroll,
And men through heart and soul
Thrill to true glory,
Their deed, from age to age,
Shall voice and verse engage,
Swelling the splendid page
OF England's story
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-06-06
District Of New Haven, IS. Probate Court

District Of New Haven, IS. Probate Court,
June 4th, 1900.
ESTATE Of JOHN GEORGE MAYER, late
of New Haven, In said District, licensed.
karolina w. Mayer Of New Haven having
ministration of said estate may be granted,
as by said application on file In this Court
more fully appears, 1t ls
ORDERED - That said application be
heard and determined at Court of Probate
to be held at New Haven, in said District,
on the 18th day of June 1900, at ten o'clock
In the forenoon, and that public notice Of
the pendency Of said application, and Of the
given to ali parties interested in said estate,
by publishing this order three times in
newspaper having circulation In said Dis.
triet. BY order OF Court,
je5 3t ALBERT r., WELLES, Clerk.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-06-06
ri SHTON NOTES,
Nrcks Are Barring.

A touch of decided newness may be
supplied to the dresses made with a
yoke of transparent material by allow
ing the lace to finish at the rise of the
neck with its natural edge. Most wo-
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-06-06
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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-06-06

Wears Wife-"I haven't seen you at
church for some time"
Rustic-'Noa; 1 amt been lately But
/ don't go nowheres else, 1 assure vel"
Punch.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-06-06

of any political party, which did not
approve of General de Gallifet's circu
lar. 4
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-06-06

The cards to be used in taking the
census number 94,OOO,0OO and they must
all be filed and then carefully looked
over and the facts tabulated.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-06-06

Speaking of the soft answer that
turns away wrath the Muscotah Exam
sas) Record notes that a little Irish boy
in the local school was recently reprov-
ed by his teacher for some misdoing. II
saw you do it, jerry said the teacher.
eyes" replied the lad, II tells them
there amt much you don't see with
them purity black eyes Of yourn.'
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-06-06

men find the no-collar neck rather try
ing, but if there is time when it is
less trying than another it is when
softened by lace yoke. A pretty fin
ish for a gown with such a neck has
ribbon run through the openings in the
pointed edge of the lace, the ribbon ty-
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-06-06

1t is pointed out that the Queen of
England has witnessed the Derby just
once in her long reign. Lord Palmer
ston to the year of his death witnessed
the race regularly. The course is a
mile and a half. The large number of
competing horses was thirtyfive in
1862. The race dates back to 1850. In
1851, the year of the great exhibition.
the largest crowd assembled at the
Derby course.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-06-06

This is the full text of Alfred Austin's
much discussed and much parodied poem
on the relief of Mafeklng
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-29

But, unfortunately, the plate was
very hot, SO the interfering idiot
broke the plate-and also the record
for the high jump. Perhaps that'll
teach him to mind his own business
another time, though we doubt it.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-29
THE INTERFERING IDIOT,

You know the interfering idiot.
don't you? The other day he
thought he would teach the house,
I maid how to carry things. You're
always smashing the crockery, Ma
/ ry," says he. you should take hold
Of things with both hands. like
tl1isw
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-29
The Effect

The Effect.
Cyrus-How did Judson get all
them thar burrows in his brow?
Silas-From thinkin too hard
about this years plowin.- Chicago
News.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-29
Salisbury: I'm bloomin Gadstone"-New York World

~ A Question of Height.
Then you don't love me any lon
ger?' she moaned.
no" he coldly replied; IT think
you are quite long enough. "-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-31
Wives Of Boer Fighters.


The wives of the Beers are playing
as important a part in the war in
South Africa as did the famous female
defenders of Aix-la-Chapelle in the
Middle Ages. They die i~ the trenches
beside their husbands, rifle in hand, or
fight on when the men have fallen. In
the storm and stress of battle, the men
have dominated it. almost to the ex-
clusion of a thought of the women, ex-
cept collectively, which is not the way
to think of women. while the individ-
ual men of the Boer army have, by the
very force of circumstances, stood con-
spicuously out. Yet the womanhood
of all nations, vibrating emotionally in
sympathy, can attune itself in sympa-
thetic thought with those sturdy Dutch
danes who are making such struggle
for their country.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-31
A Little Hero.

The other day Herman Cruts, 16-
year-old boy employed at $1.0S day tc
repair frogs and tracks on the Lacka-
wanna railroad tracks at Paterson, n.
j., was struck by switch engine and
hurled to the earth unconscious, with a
crushed right arm. His earnings had
been the chief support of widowed
mother and four brothers and sisters,
of whom the eldest is is, the youngest
8. We'll have to amputate your arm, y
said the surgeons when Herman got
his senses. For heavens sake, try to
save it," he begged. What will moth
er and the children doif cannot work
for them?" Here was heroism that re-
.quires no roll of drum or blare of bu-
gle to stimulate. In the midst of the
awful agony of physical pain the agony
of the mind predominated. His solicit
tude was not for himself-the loved
ones at home were first in his
thoughts. Here is true bravery, the
nobility of heroism, if ever it existed.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-31
She Meant to BE PracticsI.

The happy pair had survived the
congratulations of friends and rela-
tlves, and were being whirled rapidly
toward the railway station, before the
bridegroom began fairly to realize that
the vision of loneliness at his side was
indeed his own. A dawning sense Of
what he had done, and Of the sacred
charge that was now committed to his
care, began to creep upon his be-
numbed faculties, driving the rose of
health from his downy cheek, and sub
shutting therefor the pallor of haunt
ing responsibilities. Darling" he
whispered softly, it will ever be my
sacred care in life to- She inter-
rupted him somewhat brusaue,y.
Now" said she, don't sit on your
coattails that way and get them all
wrinkled up, and for goodness sake
don't lay your right elbow right in
that dust! Heaven only knows how
long it will be before you get another
good suit, so that you had better take
care of this one. Now, when we reach
the station, you'd better get couple
OF sandwiches in case we feel hungry
In the train, and two rd-boiled eggs.
and don't forget small paper of pep
per and salt. "-Tit-Bits.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-31
Our Cooking School.

Shoulder of Veal-This may be
roasted, like the leg, but is better for
having the bone removed and the cay
ity thus left filled with a forcemeat
made Of bread crumbs and chopped
ham, seasoned to taste.
Veal Cutlets.-Wipe the outlets with
damp cloth, dip them, first in beaten
egg. then roll in cracker dust and set
in cold place for an hour. Fry in
dripping to rich brown. Cook slowly
that they may be thoroughly done. Lay
for moment on brown paper to drain
free of grease, and put on hot plat
ter. Serve with tomato sauce.
Lettuce and tomato salad-Toma-
toes are greatly improved by a delicate
seasoning of onion. Rub the bowl we'll
with onion and line it with crisp let
tuce leaves. Select tomatoes of the
same size, peel and place them on ice
until ready to use, quarter them and
place on each piece a generous table
spoonful of Mayonnaise. French
dressing can be substituted for the
Mayonnaise if preferred. Cheese balls
can be made of most any kind of
cheese. Roquefort mixed with enough
butter to moisten it and seasoned with
dash of cayenne is delicious. Roll
tablespoonful into a ball and ar
range on lettuce leaves. Toast the
crackers and serve very hot.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-31
CONTEMPLATING PICTURES.
The Paris Exposition Is Expected to
Bring Plenty of Victims.

The Paris Exposition Ia Expected to
Bring Plenty of Victims.
There is no doubt that the counter
feiters of paintings by we'll known ar
lists are hard at work in anticipation
of the rush of half-informed picture
buyers to the Paris exposition, says
the Art Amateur One well-known pic
ture dealer informs us that Brussels
and Amsterdam are full of spurious
old masters, and he instances the case
of picture sold by him about a year
ago which has turned up in the former
city bearing name more famous than
that of its author and priced at ten
times the amount for which he had
sold it. From another source we
learn that two of the most famous falls
if1ers of pictures in Europe, Gatti and
Vogli, are rushed with orders for their
specialties, among which they now in
clude pictures which are expected to
pass for the work of the late Alfred
Sisley. The London picture factories
are turning out old English paintings
by the dozen, and the INSCRIPTIONS
buyer may obtain Sir Joshuas, Gains
boroughs and Romneys for f10 to EGO
apiece. An expert appraiser for the
New York custom house tells us that
he saw there lately three dozen false
Monticellis and other pictures on the
same day. Everything that will bring
a good price is being counterfeited. A
certain American artist, of somewhat
inflated reputation, t. Hre5ddlJ going
about announcing that he is among
the victims. This is, of course, meth
cd of self-advertising. like the periodi.
cal robberies of actresses jewels, but
we have every reason to believe that
the painters claim is true.-Chicagc
News.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-31
QUEER SPOT IN NEW YORK.
Bunch of Wooded shnntles Called "sun-
ken Vil;are,.

s b. II. =
There are some queer spots in this
city, unusual places that one would
not dream existed in the metropolis
of the western hemisphere. One of
them is "Sunken Village" which is
bounded by Sixty-second and Sixty
first streets and Central Park West. It
consists of eight shanties situated on a
track of land about Is feet below the
level of the surrounding streets. A
high board fence incloses the village"
on all sides, and behind it the villagers
eat and sleep, work and play live and
die, undisturbed by the gaze of the
curious. The shanties were construct
ed of boards, but they have been
patched and matched till but little Of
the original material of which they
were built remains. Just how long the
shanties have been there no one seems
to know In the days of the old
Bloomingdale road the village" was
|fproportionately as far from the city
as Mount Vernon is now. In those
days the settlement contained inns and
resorts of various kinds, and driving
parties gathered there to pass merry
evening undisturbed. The city grew
apace, and in taking a mighty leap
passed over "Sunken Village" and for
got that it had been left behind. The
surrounding country was filled and
graded, but "Sunken Village" remained
at its original level Many years ago
Messrs. l. and S. Wormer purchased
the tract of land on which the evil
tage" stands and have been holding
it till they could sell at the price at
which they value it. The price has
never vet been offered, and so "Sunken
Village" still stands. an alien to the
times, an alien to its surroundings
New York Times.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-31
KEEPER FACED DEATH
In Huge Python's Coils, but Was
Rescued.


Either of the two big pythons Just
brought here on the steamer Afridi,
for the Bronx Park zoo, would easily
crush the ribs of horse in its terrible
embrace. One of the serpents is TWEEN
ty-seven feet six inches long, the other
is at least twenty-six feet long and as
big around as water pail. Keeper
Koran on Wednesday afternoon had a
half minute Of time which could easily
have ended his career. Around his
body wound coil of the twenty-six-
foot python. He was not hurt The
other keeper rushed in and as quick
as human hands could work released
him. But for one instant Koran, al
most paralyzed by the situation, could
not know whether he would sleep that
night on his bed or on his bier. There
were two pythons which Koran was
directed to measure. The female py-
thon was stretched out at full length
and the tape was applied. Then Koran
applied the tape to the male python,
that also lay stretched out motionless
He had measured off nearly half the
length when the huge reptile seemed
suddenly to awake. There was shout
of warning from Keeper Snyder and
the Others who were watching the
measurement, but before Koran cold
stand erect the whole huge body Of
the python had suddenly taken life.
The. great head was suddenly raised,
the great mass of ringed muscle mad
swept around in living coil, and
Koran, pale as death, stood transfxed
with terror. Snyder and his assistants
dashed into the cage They knew that
the reptile was still semitorpid with
cold. Fearlessly they caught hold Of
the great body and shouted to Horan
| to jump out of the living circle. He
did so. The men left the cage and the
python lazily stretched out its full
length and sank again into the torpor
OF cold.-New York Journal.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-31
add it to the face, for the eyes gain

add it to the face, for the eyes gain
depth and earnestness, the nose be-
comes determined, and the shapeless
lips and jaws grow powerful. EXPIRES
sion to be really beautiful must COR
respond with and enhance the indi-
viduality already expressed. Violent
temper renders the eyes dry and star
ing, making them devoid of that clear
serenity which is so charming. Con-
centrated thought and pessimism, jeal-
ousy or discomfort deprive the mouth
of it's mobility and compress the lips
to thin line in time. Cynicism has
a lasting effect on the corners of the
mouth. No matter how ugly face is
it may come to possess rugged. grand
eur and homely sweetness, but neither
of these is to be obtained by those who
frivol. vacillate or have no apprecia-
ton for the higher things of life and
Sion, poor mind, and s6aadfYo&ax RRges RESI-,
cannot aid to the expression of a face.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-31
Gift OF Entertaining.

Today, among rational people who
appreciate the fact that the best gift
they can confer upon woman is the
knowledge of her own powers, the
whole scheme of things is altered. The
girl of the cultured classes, even when
wealth is to be her portion, is early
taught to take her part in domestic
councils. writes Mrs. Burton Harrison
in the Bazaar. The business of well
coming and looking after guests,
task peculiarly fitted for the exercise
of her gracious powers, is largely al
lotted to her. She helps her mother to
reduce the burden of notes, letters, APP
plications for help and money that
every days nail brings pouring in to
ones breakfast table. She writes and
answers these invitations, gives hints
as to the disposition of the daily menu
for meals, remembers what dishes
papa" likes and 1.-The boys" have
called for, and receives claimants upon
her mothers time and patience. Her
youth, her buoyancy, throw off, when
she is acting in her mothers stead,
a hundred trifling annoyances of the
household that through years of irri-
tation have begun to weigh heavily
upon the housekeeper. If there are
younger children she establishes with
them the loveliest of ties-that of vice
queen carrying out the mandates OF
the maternal sovereign, and at the
same time making herself comrade
Of nursery and schoolroom fun. To
her father and grown brothers a girl
rightly trained for the position may be
a veritable blessing. TO her they will
not Y worries and confldences they do
generaW overwhelmed mistress of
the house. Her sympathy and camara-
derie may we'll create green spot in
their lives of workaday.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-31
Git for Working Girls.

Thanks to the generosity of the
Marquis of Butte, the interest of
$1,000 (S5,000) is placed at the dispos-
al of any working girl in Cardiff, who.
on her approaching marriage, cares to
apply for this little dowry. One would
have supposed that such a bait would
have brought a rush of applicants.
But this year there is positively not
one candidate for the money. What
does this signify? Is it that maidens
80, rowing toa> Independent to ask
Tor pectl1fiary help WfleA -.ia.Il..1ol4-
ally intent? Or is it that Englishmen,
who are becoming scarcer and scarcer,
have been positively rendered precious
owing to the war?
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-31
For the Reautx-Seelser.

Many of the most fascinating women
OF history have been without a single
beauty of feature. Therefore, their
attraction must have depended on ex-
preston, either Unborn or acquired.
Its subtleties depend as much on tenn
permanent as on education. A perfect
ly irregular face is sometimes mag
netic by reason of it's animation and
earnestness. Irregularity of that kind
is preferable to beautiful and immo-
bile countenance that smiles perpetu-
ally like an everlasting blue sky.
There is only hairline between re-
pose and stagnation and one is as
pleasing as the other is dull 1t is the
quality, rather than the quantity of
the mind that affects expression. Ex-
cessive brain work is detrimental-it
strains and comforts the features,
tightens the lips, wrinkles the fore.
head and dulls the eyes, lbut on the
other hand where beauty As absent a.
certain amount Of brain work will
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-31
sHuNTIf.o CARS.
Liabillty OF railroad company to !.

Patron.
A railroad company is liable to a
shipper for injuries inflicted on him
by negligently backing an engine
against a car on side track while he
lis loading it with hogs from chute"
And the fact that the plaintiff might
have escaped injury if he had not at
tempted to shut the car door, to pre-
vent the escape of his hogs, after he
discovered that the engine was APP
preaching, does not necessarily show
that he was guilty of such contributory
negligence as deprived him of a right
to recover The Supreme Court of IL
linois so held in affirming judgment
for 81 900, recovered by j. H. Anderson
against the Illinois Central railroad
company. Anderson was loading car
Of hogs on switch track, for shipment
to Chicago, when defendants local
freight train came along and under
took to remove a car of wood that
stood on the same track with the stock
car. Just as Anderson had finished
putting the hogs into the car, and was
trying, with the help of his brother,
to close the car door, the engine struck
the line of cars with such force as to
knock him out of the door. He fell
on the end of cross tie and several
of his ribs were broken, and he was
otherwise injured. He insisted that he
went into the car, not only for the pur-
pose of keeping his hogs from escap-
ing, but in order to avoid being caught
between the car and the chute. 1t app
peared that the persons in charge Of
the engine knew the situation of An
derson and his brother when they ran
| it against the cars, and that when An
derson stepped into the car he signaled
to the fireman to stop the engine. The
Supreme Court said that Anderson had
right to be in the car, and had no
reason to apprehend that the engine
would strike it while he was closing
the door, after he had signaled it to
stop.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-31
Baby,s willow Bassinet.

Where baby shall sleep from the
very first day of his appearance is a
subject upon which far too little
thought is usually expended The
mother usually either lays him on the
bed next to her or else upon pillow
which rests upon two chairs beside the
mothers bed.
Both of these places for baby's sleep
are objectionable. In the first place,
no baby should lie under the same
covers as the mother. Not only is she
apt to turn upon him, and thus injure
him unawares, but if he be nursing
baby he will soon acquire the habit of
demanding food at frequent intervals
the night through. The pillow is as
bad. 1t is altogether too soft to sup
port the weak little back, and it does
not admit of baby's being tucked in as
snugly as desirable when he first APP
pears. Some mothers lay their child
in the carriage. This would do at a
pinch for awhile, if it contained mat
tress laid upon pillow. in order to
raise it high enough to give the baby
air, but he should not be put in the
bottom of the carriage or upon a pill
low alone. Some mothers use the crib
right from the beginning. This, of
course, is all right, but it is not so de-
sirable at the outset, as it is trfle too
large to allow of the close tucking
spoken of, and as it gives no sort of
support to the weak frame.
Nothing can be found that is better
for all round purposes than the willow
bassinet. This comes in several sizes,
is very light, and rests upon a small
stand, from which it can be lifted at
will. 1t has the advantage that it is
light and portable, and therefore con-
venient to carry the baby about in
without disturbing him.
For the mother who feels that she
cannot afford to pay Sc or 81 for a
basinet, the clothesbasket is recon-
mended as an excellent substitute. But
care should be had in selecting it to
get one with sides not too high, and, if
possible, with sides of very open weav-
ing. If this is not practicable, the
mattress can be raised high in the
basket, resting upon pillow which
lifts it almost to the top.-Philadel-
phia Record.