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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-08-24
SCIENTIFIC KITE FLYING.

England Started it, but the United
States Has Made Most Progress-The
Use of it.
Few persons realize how extremely
the upper parts of the great ocean of
atmosphere which extends, for practi
cal purposes, about fifty miles over our
heads. The expeditions of intrepid
mountaneers and balloonists have, it is
true, given us momentary glimpses of
the conditions that prevail up to
height of about five miles, and scattered
observations on mountain peaks give us
some clue to what probably occurs in
the free atmosphere at the same level.
But we have not yet attained any con-
tinuous record of the state Of things in
the free atmosphere, unaffected by the
disturbing effect of mountain masses.
The recent international flight of small
free search balloons-"les ballons
sondes"-of NM. Mermte and Besan-
con. on the continent, have stretched
the limits of our knowledge to heights
of ten or twelve miles above the earth,
but even so, they have merely afforded
us snapshots, as it We're, of the upper
aerial conditions. Captive balloons
which would theoretically be ideal
means for personal observation, are
useless, except in the rare case of Gains
above and below, and in any case in
volve cumbrous machinery.
The exhaustion of other means has
led to the adoption of the kite as a
steady acrostic of unique value in
sounding the free atmosphere up to
heights limited only by the scale of the
apparatus hitherto employed and avail
able in nearly all ordinary circumstan-
ces of weather. Apart from certain i'm
which have undoubtedly
been made in recent years in the kite
itself, the main advance by which it
has suddenly entered into successful
with even the free balloon
for the conquest Of the upper air has
been the simple substitution of steel
wire for string or rope. The strength
and lightness of the new material rem
dered it possible to raise several instru-
ments to heights of fifteen hundred
feet for hours together, and from this
small beginning in 1888, kites have
gained such popularity that numerous
in America and France up to heights of
fourteen thousand feet above sea-level, |
not far short of that of Mont Blanc, |
while it has been seriously suggested |
in the former country that kites should |
be used Systematically for prevising |
weather changes that would fail to re- |
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-08-24
An INGEyro Us AcoEpTER.

Yesterday was a large and busy day
for Mr.. Bryan. He accepted two more
nominations, that of the National Popu-
list party and that of the National
nominations he made some adroit talk,
and in talking to the Populist commit
tee he said some things that ought to be
interesting to Republicans and gold
Democrats who are thinking of voting
for him. He made out that Populists
are just like Democrats in many ways,
and he said: 1T is true that the Pop
ulists believe in an irredeemable green
back, while the Democrats believe in d
greenback redeemable In coin, but the
vital question at this time, so far as pa
per money Is concerned, is whether the
government or banks should issue it.
There will be time enough to discuss the
redeemability of the greenback when
the greeback itself is saved from the an
inhalation which now threatens It, The
Republican party is now committed to
currency system which necessitatas
perpetual debt, while the Populist finds
himself in agreement with the Demo-
Gratis who believe In paying off the ma
tiGnal debt as rapidly as possible
Is it wise or safe to make man who
talks like that President of the United
States?
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-08-24
SURPRISE ,-1ND WOE IN OMAHA,

| There Is wailing and gnashing of
teeth in Omaha, Nebraska, and no Won
| der. Omaha S pride is hurt, and her most
tender corn has been rudely tlodden
upon. The population of the city, ac-
cording to the official count of the re-
TURKS of the twelfth census Is 102,555
for 1900, against 40, 425 in 1890. These
figures show, for the city as a whole, a
decrease in population of 81 97, or 269S
per cent, from 1890 to 1900 The popu-
lation in 1880 was 3o,51S, showing an in
crease of 109,9O7, or $50. 23 per cent, from
1880 to 1890. .
1t Is bad enough for western city
to find that it hasn't increased in popu-
lation more than all other western
cities, but to discover that 1t has actu-
ally decreased while the others have
been increasing is extremely saddening.
The explanation of the remarkable sit
uation in which Omaha finds itself is
that the returns were heavily padded
ten years ago, while they have been col
lected with practical accuracy this
time. Omaha people lead in assigning
that as the reason, and they tell stories
of how in 1890 500 persons were counted
in a sixty-room hotel, and other fraud
ulent reports made. 1t Is a well-recog-
nized fact that Omaha has not been
growing fast lately. Kansas City tends
to become the commercial center of
that region, and to counteract this ten
dency was the chief purpose of the
Omaha exposition.
1t is better, to be big than to feel big
on false basis, but 1t is humiliating
to be small and to feel small too. Oma-
ha has the unenviable distinction of be-
ing the only city thus far reported
which shows a decrease in its popula-
ton. The only thing that can save
her face" is the discovery that big
mistake has been made in the count
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-08-24

He was president Of n railroad, and so ter
ribly close was he
He hated to let the conductor and engineer
ride free.
And once train struck farmers COW and
threw her into the air,
And she lit on the coWcatchor coming down,
and they didn't know she was there;
She was carried twelve miles before they
stopped, and what could the farmer do?
For the COW by miracle wasn't hurt, so he
had no grounds to sue;
And on top of that he received bill which
made him sweat and swear,
For the president wouldn't give up his COW
till he had paid her railroad fare!
Edmund Vance Cook in Llppincott's.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-08-24
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants, Rents, and other small
advertisements, One Cent a Word each In
sertion. Five Cents Word for full week
(seYen timesl.
Display advertisements, per Inch, one In
sertion, $1.20; each subsequent inceriion, 40
cents; one week, $500; one month, $40; one
year. $40.
Obituary Notices, In prose or verse. 10
cents per line. Notices of Births, Marrl-
ages, Deaths, and Funerals, - cents each.
Local Notices, Is cents per line.
Yearly advertisers are limited to their
own Immediate business (all matter 70 be
unobjectionable), and their contracts do not
Include Wants, To Let, For Sale. etc.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-08-24

Before starting on his vacation recent
" Judge Oliver H, Horton, of Chicago,
sent to the Bureau of Charities twelve
thousand street-car tickets and one
thousand steamboat tickets to be used
In giving poor children of the city a
days pleasure. He ought to enjoy his
vacation.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-08-24

Water pipes can be secured and
cleaned by a new German apparatus.
which is composed of two globular
floats to fit the interior of the pipe,
carrying between them toothed scrap
er which engages the sides as the floats
are forced through by the action of the
water.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-08-24

The twenty-four o'clock system is to
be introduced throughout Spain on the
first of next January. The interval
between midnight and one a. m. will
be designated by a cipher, so that ~
teen minutes past midnight for exam
pie. will be written OILS. There will be
some difficulty in getting the people
to adopt the system, partly because 1t
will require the change of all dials;
but the government offices, telegraph
and telephone routes. railroad lines and
steamship companies will use 1t, so that
the ordinary citizen will be sadly per-
picked If he does not rearrange his
own clocks and watches to conform to
it.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-08-24
NOMINATIONS
REPUBLICAN,

The underground railroads of London
carry only nineteen per cent. of the pas
senger traffic. Eighty-one per cent. Is
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-08-24

Mrs. Esau = What is the matter
with that mess of pottage?" Esau-
THAT is the kind mother used to
make. Brooklyn Life.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-08-24

The toughest and most durable floor fin
ish ever introduced.
The best thing for use on Linoleum and
OIL Cloth for preserving the freshness Of
the colors and adding to their durability.
Easily applied and taken care of.
We have for free distribution at our store
a pamphlet telling more about Liquid GRIM.
lite, and giving useful hints on the care Of
Natural Wood Floors.
THOMPSON & BULDEN,
306-398 State street.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-08-24

The Montgomery (Alabama) Adver-
tiser says: 1.-THE entire and final elimi-
nation of the negro from politics will
most assuredly cause a new alignment
of political forces in this State, and it
will be largely on the tariff issue. There
are in Alabama to-day hundreds and
thousands of good men who are pro-
tectionists in principle. They believe
in the Republican theory of protec-
tive tariff, but they have continued to
vote with the Democrats, and have done
so solely on the race question. If any
plan can be devised by which the coll
ored race will cease to be factor or a
disturbing element in our politics men
who are opposed to the old Democratic
theory of a low tariff or tariff only
for revenue will unite with the party
which stands for their belief on the
question. Then we will have in Ala
bama two parties composed of the white
citizens of Alabama and all equally in
terested, according to their views, in
the welfare of the State. This, in our
Judgment, is contamination much to
he desired
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-08-24

About fifty years ago it was the uni
yersal custom to face the white keys of
pianos and organs with ivory, and to
make the black ones of ebony. Long
ago ivory became too expensive for any
but the finest keyboards, celluloid talk
ing it's place. Now ebony, also, has adj
vanced in price so that a substitute for
1t is in demand Dogwood has been
found to serve the purpose excellently,
as 1t can be stained a fine black, and
oiled and polished until it equals ebony
both in durability and appearance. The
industry of cutting and marketing dog
wood, once a valueless tree, for this
purpose is already giving employment
to a considerable number of people.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-08-24

We close on Friday
at noon for the Clerk S
Half Holiday as usual.
But we've prepared
a Half Day Sale that is
bound to meet popular
acclaim. You've noted
this, haven't you? you
who know what good
values really are how
simply head and should
ers over all our compe-
titors we are-price-ly.
AS bear witness;
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-08-24

A recent publication of the Bureau
of Statistics gives means of showing
the commercial growth of the United
States in the last hundred years. In
1900 our imports were worth SOL, 252, 1858;
exports, $70,971,780 In 1850 imports
were SITS, 1889; exports, $151, S9S, 1870
In 1900 imports were 1927, 780,S24; ex-
ports, 1,499, 164,S75. Since 1870 the ex-
cess of exports over imports has ag-
gregated $3.5o8, 1856, 105. The excess of
exports of gold and silver alone was
81, 461, 597, O93. In 1900 we were restricted
virtually to a narrow strip of territory
east of the Allegheny Mountains. Since
that date we have occupied and peopled
successfully the region west of the AL
leghanies and this side Of the Missis-
sippi, then the region this side of the
Rockies and west of the Mississippi
and finally the Pacific Coast.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-08-24
Education.
hIeyandsr's Institutes for Languages

NEW HAVEN. BRIDGEPORT
man and French. Terlas moderate. Also,
BUREAU FOR TRANSACTIONS. Apply
or address, ALEXANDER'S INSTITUTE
FOR LANGUAGES. NEW HAVEN; Hoad.
sonic Building, Room I. j4tf
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-07-10

A correspondent in the Kansas Farm
est says: six years ago had a prairie
dog town in my pasture. Its noisy pop
ulation on a sunshiny morning could
be counted by the hundreds. We had
tried TO reduce it with dogs. drowning
out, and shooting, but the increase
seemed steady and Fixed. A miller who
had used bsulphide of carbon to rid
his mill Of rats recommended its use
against prairie dogs. procured two
gallons Of the odoriferous fluid, buck
etful of corn cobS chopped into short
pieces, and sharp pointed stick. TAX
ing along a man with spade, l moved
on the town. A piece Of cob placed
temporarily on the sharp point of the
stick and dipped into the fluid was in
PRODUCED into each hole, and the stick
withdrawn, leaving the cob. Then the
top of the hole was filed with earth.
Each and every opening we could find
received this treatment. The next
morning only two dogs showed them
selves. When pursued they seemed to
find holes that we had overlooked, but,
as ours was war of determination. we
administered the treatment to these
holes, and we have never since seen a
prairie dog in that pasture"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-07-10
TELLS OF HARD FIGHT.
Admiral Seymour Reports Battles OF
the Relief Column. & a

Admiral Seymour Reports Battles OF
the Relief Column. - "a
osssss. eas.s assss- "a q u
The adventures of the hard fighting al
lies under Admiral Seymour their reach
ing Anting, twelve miles from Pekin,
the decision to retreat, the capture OF
rice and immense stores Of modern arms
and ammunition, aifording material for
strenuous defense until relieved-aiI
this is told in a dispatch from Admiral
Seymour received by the British admiral
ty in London.
The casualties are; British, % killed
and 81 wounded; American, killed md
% wounded; French / killed and 1G
wounded, German, II killed and 81
wounded; Italian, 5 killed and 3 wound
ed; Japanese killed aud wounded;
Austrian, / killed and wounded. and
Russian 10 killed and p wounded
Admiral Seymour's dispatch Is praoti-
cally the only news of consequence re-
ceived from China at the time this is
written. Ignorance regarding the condl-
ton and whereabouts Of the ministers
and others who were in Pekin is com
plete. Chinese reports again say that
they left the capital under a Chinese es-
cort, but this cannot be confirmed. 1t is
said that the Taotai OF Shanghai has re-
iterated to the consuls the Governments
intention to protect them at all costs.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-07-10

| Six million persons were stated 10 be
| receiving famine relief IN India.
Laborers are being recruited in Jamai-
ca TO work on the Panama canal
A Princeton student has started to
| drive to tie Pacific coast. He has had a.
| prairie schooner constructed for his pur-
| pose.
The contents Of Wizards Hotel, Wash
| ington, are being sold at auction, and
| that venerable and historic structure will
be torn down this summer and replaced
with new S2,00O000 building with
modern conveniences II is expected 10
be one Of the finest hotels In the world
The word compound" which Is fire.
quently used IN the dispatches from
China. means an inclosnrc. IN that coun-
try and in Japan it is customary to tuild
high brick walls around factories, busi-
ness houses, banks and residences fer
protection. and these are known as COM
pounds.
Mary jackson. servant, Louisville, Ky,
poured coal oil on fire. She's dead.
President Fcrrazuria, Chill, has had a
third and dangerous stroke Of paralysis.
Inc sSfNalt fDiHi3i4Aift on pkiftitkfS Huu
elections agreed with the friends Of Sem
ator Clarl-af Montana to allow the Sea-
ator's case ID rest where il is
The Boston Board OF Health has class
cd tuberculosis as contagious, and requir-
cd reports from physicians OF cases OF
the disease. In the past FIVE years deaths
from consumption in Boston have been
about double the combined mortality
from scarlet fever. dipbtheria and typhoid
fever.
Thirty flour deaths have occurred in.
Cairo. Egypt, from seventy alague
cases.
Marie Berth. young and beautiful
woman, killed herself on bed covered
with roses at Paris.
The experts who examined the Havana
treasury reported to Gen. Wood that it's
condition w1s excellent.
The Athens correspondent Of the Lon
don Daily Mail says: The excavators
of the American school have discovered
the only fountain mentioned by Pausa-
Mas in the Agcra. 1t Is absolutely In
tact. The bronze liens heads, through
which flowed the water. are still In theis
places In the wall"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-07-10


There is probably at present no com
merciaI problem more important to the
Western agriculturist than that of IL
rigation. Nowhere in the world is fruit
growing more highly developed than
In California, and nowhere in this cOun-
try is water more valuable or more
carefully handled aSid conserved. But
irrigation has to be intelligent!y ap-
Piled, and, like everything else, may be
overdone. Over-irrigation results in
overgrown, insipid fruit. insufficient
moisture shows Itself in po-~ growth,
poor fruit and intermittent bearing.
One OF TIE most popular methods of
applying Irrigation wafer. and one
which is available to the small farmer.
with a comparatively small outlay, is
the furrow system, which consists in
running the water through burrows,
near together, usually about two feet
apart. BY ditching and the use of
small reservoirs streams from springs
or windmiIls. which. If left TO them
selves. would be lost within short dis
lance from their source. can be stored
anu Ul1ue 10 NdteE du acre OF Two Ot
fruit and add many times the cost of
the reservoir to the value OF the crop.
These and other interesting problems.
some suitable for the humid regions.
as WEI IS the arid regions, are treated
by recent Farmers Bulletin on Irri-
CATION IN Fruit Growing, about to be
issued by the Department of Agricul-
ture for free distribution.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-07-10
CUES FISHING IN JAMAICA.
Eou pour.d ON the Boat With a Clint
SID They Jump Aboard.

Eou pour.d ON the Boat with a Club
SD They Jump Aboard.
4 gentleman who has returned from
&ingstea. Jamaica. tells how they
latch ''red Snappers," All You need in
slsc way OF tackle is club, with which
sou beat a tattoo on the side Of your
seoat. This seems 70 charm the fish so
chat they leave their native element
anG jump aboard in schools. almost
swamping the boat sometimes. Here
: his account:
Il have just returned from Kings
s9n. Jamaica" said he. where saw
marry Interesting things. chief among
tisem-5o an ardent fisherman like my
SELF being the method of taking the
rei snapper. a large fish common to the
waters around th, Island. Soon after
any arrival | heard how the natives
.aughS these fish with clubs. which
seemed either to attract or alarm the
Ssh 80 much that they jumped out OF
the water In all directions and many
feli into the boat
In elder TO prove the truth or false
Ness OF the account to my own salts
GScJien | made arrangements with enc
~ th~ native fishermen to take me with
hIm on one of his midnight excursions.
al the 0shsRg there being done at night
"a account Of the heat
The moon was high when we start
al for The fishing grounds. couple of
niles outside Kingston harbor. AS
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-07-10

sooa as we got shere my boatmaA
ceased rowing and peered round for
signs of the fish. Suddenly be whis-
pered and pointed TO a spot where the
otherwise calm surface was rufiied. as
if by sudden squaIl
"Squall or fish, it was gradually ap-
preaching, and presently the ripples
were all round the boat. Now, massa
Buckra, start de racket cried my boat
man, st the same time commencing a
loud tattoo on the side of the boat with
his club. followed suit, and in an In
slant the air seemed to be full OF fish,
coming from all points Of the compass.
zone big fellow struck me in the ctrsr
and Knocked me fat on my back in the
bottom of the boat, where | lay fioun-
dering among the fish that had fallen
aboard
1T was some moments before
could scramble to my feet. When did
so. the school had passed on and the
flight was over. st least score of the
snappers had fallen on board. They
were large fish, resembling a sea bass,
except in color, which. instead of being
black. was red.
During the night we ran into sew
eral more schools. and the same per-
Torrance was repeated, excepting that
kept my seat and did not again min
gle with the fish in the bottom of the
boat
ION the way back TO Kingston
asked the darby fisherman how they
first discovered this method of taking
the red snapper. He could tell me moth
ing about it; all he could say being:
Him take dat way long time. massa.'
Il heard later that a Chinaman was
the first 10 discover that red snap
per could be persuaded to leave its
native element at the sound of club
applied to boats side. but how he
found 1t out nobody seemed to know"
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snake imprisoned in a Tree.

The Rev. S. S. Grain, in the city to-
day from Emerson, reported a pecu-
liar incident. He had w. NJ Fears, liv-
ing on the Jesse CayinesS place, cutting
posts for him n few days ago. At the
end of one of the pieces of post timbers
was a hollow fork. When the cut was
split open a little black snake about
two feet long was found in the hollow.
1t was alive and writhed and suuirm-
ed. but could not escape. 1t was dis
covered that an inch and a half of the
tail projected through the wood on the
outside of the bark. The fork of the
tree had completely grown around It.
The suppositlon is that the snake
crawled into the hollow to hibernate.
that its tail got caught in a crack OF
the fork and that it grew over him
while he remained in the torpid state.
The wood had so thoroughly grown
around the snakes body that when the
chip was split open in which 1t was
encased the snake stuck to one side OF
the chip. The snake must have beer
held in its peculiar prison for years.
Dallas News.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-07-10
Three Years of Mckin1cr.

President Mckinley has occupied the
White House more than three years.
For the same period of time the Gov
ernment has been run by the million
aire plutocrats of the Wbite House
syndicate. The hump backed taxpayer
brother 10 the man with the hoe
can now take stock and ascertain his
condition. Three years of Mckinley
ism have given this patient man with
hump Government that costs about
$250.0o0 an hour, nearly $4,000. 600 a
0as. more than $4,000, 900 a week. al
most $1J0.OOO.000 a month. in the
neighborhood of S2.0e0.000.000 a year
and yet the patient man with eyes Ike
an OK is not wholly satisfied New
York Verdict.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-07-10
A Coming Insecticide.

Prof. L. Fl. Bailey says; Arsenite of
lime has the threefold advantage of
being cheap, the amount of arsenic is
under perfect control and 1t does not
burn the foliage. 1t is made by boiling
together for forty-tive minutes one
pound white arsenic, two pounds fresh
lime, one gallon water. This may be
kept in a tight vessel and used as de-
sired. Thoroughly stir the material be-
fore using. For most insects one quart
of the above per barrel will be stuff
ient. Arsenic of lime is insoluble in
water and will not injure the foliage of
any orchard fruit at this strength. This
insecticide is growing in popularity.
Some green dyestuff should be mixed
with it to prevent the ever present
danger of installing 1t for some other
material