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The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-07-24
SOME STRANGE OLD BETS.
The Hackney Coach Bets of Coffe IL,

The Hackney Coach Bets of Coffee
 House Days Other Peculiar
 Wagers.
 Almost as long as any records of sport are to be found, betting or gam bling of some kind or other has been connected with them, while it need hardly be pointed out that plenty of gambling has taken place Qver matters quite unconnected with sport. In 1763 the coffee house idlers hit upon quite a new form of gambling, which like most other phases of gratuitous speculation was beautifully simple, consisting of adding up the numbers on the plate of each hackney coach passing the win- dow of the coffee house. Each person staked a shilling in rediness, and when a hackney coach was seen approaching betting began. Twelve was the fixed number; but any one could give a total under or over twelve, and he whose guess was nearest to the actual total made by adding up all the numbers on the plates won. Suppose a coachs s number to have been 1S0. These fig ures added together make eighteen, so that any person who wagered on sev- enteen would win in the event of the rest of the party standing on a lesser number. The game so far commended itself to the sharps that they made a study of the different hackney men, their vehicles and their horses took the numbers and tried to learn as many as possible, and If 1t so happened that there was a run of coaches from some neighboring stand the astute persons were paid for their trouble, and some of them must have been present on a cer- tain occasion when three barristers from the Temple lost more than five guineas each to a couple of hours at a shilling a coach.
 The attempt to Identify certain hack ney coaches with certain numbers re- minds one of the story told about the eccentric Lord Barrymore who when he had given up his staghounds, Nu- indian horn players his private thea ter at Wargrave, and other luxuries, was compelled to live in rather humble chambers in London. A friend who called on him one morning was aston- ished to find his lordship on his knees in room from which every article of furniture had been removed. Piles of were on the floor and Lord
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-07-24
4 c ER 1T AN SCH EM E.

l The Germans don't mean to have the smart Yankees if they can prevent | it. One of their devices to prevent it is first-cass tools and of iron and steel
 goods in Westphalia and the Rhenish province have formed a trust. Its avowed purpose is to fight foreign conn., petition in tools etc., and the menacing
 commercial invasion from the United States. At the same time it is intend- ed to combat the domestic production and sale of shoddy goods at ruinous prices. Every competent manufactur- CT who ebligates himself to sell only first-class goods and mark them with the firms name and price can become a member of the union. The sale of poor and defective articles will result in expulsion. A committee will super wise the quality of the goods. The sale will be regulated by the union as much ns possible, especially as to prices, terms, etc. For effective opposition against foreign competition united ac- tion will be inaugurated
 This trust may do some good. It will if it makes only good goods. But it will find it very hard to beat the Yankees at their own game.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-07-24

 it does but a short distance from tbe mouth of the Pei-Ho river, Chefoo will, for a long time to come, possess an importance second only to Shanghai. Fortunately for our vessels abroad the sanitary conditions thus far have been very good and no symptoms of an out break of any of the diseases peculiar to China Japan and the Philippines have yet made their appearance. This is the more cause of congratulation, because even if an epidemic were to break out the exigences of the service would scarcely permit a detachment of any ship for this reason alone.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-07-24
PROPOSALS.

Headquarters Department of Police Service,
 Room No. 1, Police Building,
 New Haven, Conn, July 19, 1900. Sealed bids will be received by the Com mittee on Supplies up to o'clock D. Ill. July 30, 1900, for furnishing the City of New Haven with:- less, of best Lehigh coal Qgg) delivered and pu: In In quantities at the several po- lice buildings in the city and at such times as may be required.
 the Committee M v5 on Supplies, % endorsed m "Bids for Coal' on the envelope, and must be ac- companied with q certified check for five (Oper cent. of the full amount of the bid 5o s snrnss R%e right to either accept or reject any and all bids. JAMES F. LANDERS,
 DAVID COREY,
 Committee on Supplies. Attest: FRANK, A. SOUTHWORTH, jy21 St Clerk,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-07-24
ClN RE ron NUHE.


 Much money has been lost in betting on a sure thing, and it is sometimes the unexpected that happens. There fore 1t is wise not to be so sure that Bryan has no show as to neglect doing all that can be done to make his de- feat certain. Perhaps Chairman Dick of the Ohio Republican State commit tee wants to impress Republicans with the wisdom of honest and persistent toll when he remarks that the Presi- dents own State must be considered doubtful this year, and that the party had better also not regard Indiana, H. linois, Michigan. Wisconsin, and Min nesota as sure States. Concerning In diana it is pointed out that consid- erable number of the Gold Democrats of four years ago have already declared for Bryan, among them a bank pres- dent and the president of the board of health of Indianapolis, and two judges in Spencer and Logansport, and a we'll informed Indianapolis man is of the opinion that the bulk of this vote throughout the State will go that way. "The financial plank in the Kansas City platform was tough dose," says this authority, "but many make them selves believe that it won't amount to anything
 It won't do any harm for the Repub- licans to get scared enough to work hard, but just now they have difficulty in getting scared.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-07-24
PROPOS AIS.

Headquarters Department of Police Service,
 Room No. 1, Police Building,
 New Haven, Conn, July 19, 1900. Sealed bids with plans and specifications, etc.,. will be received by the Committee on Finance up. to ? o'clock D. m. July 30, 1900, for ventilating the City Court Room in the Police Building, Court street, in said City. to the Committee on Finance of the De- partment of Police Service endorsed Bids for Ventiating'' on the envelope, and must be accompanied with q certified check for payable to Jonathan N. Rowe, Controller. The Committee on Finance reserve the right to either accept or reject any and all bids. WILSON H. LEE,
 EDWARD P. AVERY
 Committee on Finance. Attest: FRANK A. SOUTHWORTH, jy21 St Clerk.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-07-24
4 POSSIBTLIiY.

Perhaps the time is at hand when the United States government will not ap- pear quite as foolish to the Powers as it has appeared during the last few days while the authenticity of the mes-
 sage said to be from Minister Conger
 has been in doubt. If it should turn out that the legationers have been
 saved the United States government
 will feel well rewarded for believing in
 the good faith of the Chinese, and the
 European governments will feel that
 they have rather overdone it. They may then be disposed to treat the Unit ed States government with extra court- esy if it becomes mediator between China and the Powers, as it now seems likely to do. The President has signi- fled his willingness to mediate, if cer tain conditions are first met by the Chi nese government. While it is not yet known what those conditions are they are, of course, reasonable and the Chi nese government must accept them, if 1t is able to do what they require.
 Captain McCalla, Admiral Remey and the other representatives of the United States in China have acquitted them selves we'll, and the government at Washington has been calm and wise during the crisis. If now the President can help China with the Powers and aid in fair and reasonable settlement of the questions which have arisen the att titude and conduct of the United States in the whole affair will be something to be proud of.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-07-24

The little busy bee can, it appears, be too busy. The city council of Evans vile, Indiana, is considering an ordi- nance declaring bees public nuisance. There are about seventyfive colonies of bees in the city, the owners of which have engaged lawyer to op- pose the ordinance. Many people have been stung, and number of runaways have been directly due to the bees.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-07-24
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants Rents, and other small advertisements, One Cent | Word each in- sertion. Five Gents q Word for full week (seyen times).
 Display advertisements, per inch, one in serton, $1.20; each subsequent incerlion, 40 cents; one week, $3.20; one month, $lu; one year, $40.
 Obituary Notices in prose or verse, 15 cents per line. Notices of Births, Marrl- ages, Deaths, and Funerals, 30 cents each. Local Notices, 10 cents per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to thelr own immediate business Gall matter to be unobjectionable), and their contracts do not include Wants, To Let For Sale. etc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-07-24

Ernest L. Harris, our consular agent at Elberstock, reports to the State de- partment that there has lately been an enormous import of American rroducts into the Amur province not fancy artj- cles intended for the rich and weIl-to- do, but substantial articles suited to the demands of everyday life, flour, irt'n. iron and copper ware, household uten- sils, etc. They all come through the free port of Vladivostock. and are then sent by rail to Chabarowsk and Bla- gowietschleck They have already reached Stretensk, Tschita and Irkutsk, the center of Siberian trade. The rail- roads recently built, together with steamboat connections on the rivers, have opened up great fields for material development in Siberia. So far but lit tie capital has been invested ill the building of mills and foundries in that part of the country. The lack of such industries has been very favorable to the introduction of American products.
 One great difficulty with which our troops in China will be confronted will be the drinking water question. The surface water in China is highly dan gerous, and the natives never make use of water from any source without first boiling it, says the Army and Navy Journal. In this way the health of troops in the field may be maintained and in no other way. One of the i'm mediate results of the present difficult ties in China will be the enlargement of Chefoo as port of entry. Lying as
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-07-24
NONIIN ATlONS.
REPUBLICAN

Chicago has one divorce petition to every five marriage licenses, and still she is not wholly happy.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-07-24
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Waists Below Cost.

If there had been woman in New Haven who hadn't had one or more Gamble Desmond Co Shirt Waist that woman has surely been to our Shirt Waist Sale. We have sold enough this month and during this sale, it would eem shirt waist the entire feminine community 'Tis Shirt Waist Sale without profit to us save that we profit by clearing our shelves for Inventory. Pricewise;
 75ct Fine pcrcae Waists --39 Cents 98ct percae and Chambry Waists -49 Cents. SIPS and $l.3S Shirt Waists -69 Cents. slo9 and s1.98 Dmity Madrass and Figured Lawns
 98 Cents $225 imported Ginghams -$lI9 A group of pretty Novelties, all highly tailored,
 reduced from l.9S tO-$I.29 Waists of Sheer Lawn, Chamby and lace effects sold as high $2 and $2.5o reduced to -$.39, and so on
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-07-24

It is being pointed out in England that the cost of the South African war was greatly underestimated. At the outbreak in October it was said in Par 1iament that the cost would be from $5000O,0o0 to s55,OOO,OOO, and that sum was borrowed. In February $65,00000O more was voted, and this did not pro- vide for half the bills of war to that date. By March the estimate had risen to s215,000,000 above the normal" ex- penditure, and since then the cost has been increasing rather than diminish ing It is likely, thinks the London Speaker, that in the end Lord Tweed mouths pessimistic estimate of $780, 0000 900 will not be far out of the way.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-07-24

The neryiest act I know of, said a Kansas man while discussing the worlds brave deeds, was performed by Lieutenant Jones, of the company of marines that took John Brown at liar per's Ferry Robert E. Lee had ad- vanced his ninety marines in a semi circle about the armory in which Brown and his men had taken refuge. Then Lieutenant Jones stepped out and con- menced to read the riot act to the iaen behind the armory walls, and, though they kept shooting at him, his voice never wavered, nor did he show any other sign of trepidation. I was in that company of marines. And so was J E. Wilson, brother of the assistant secretary of state for Kansas"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-07-24

Under the terms of the Consolidation act the Labor department in Ottawa, Canada, will collect digest and publish Information regarding wages and other subjects of importance to wage rners, and will also conduct inquiries into i'm portant industrial questions upor which adequate information is not now available. The bureau will issue month ly labor gazette and make an annual report to Parliament The act provides the necessary machinery for voluntary arbitration on the British plan, which has every advantage over the New Zealand plan of compulsory arbitration, since it is always in the control of the parties concerned and can be modified by them from time to time, as they are taught by experience.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-06-22
Nearly KILLED by Her Comb.

Mrs. Noah Brown, residing on Cole
rain avenue, met with a peculiar acci-
dent the other day. Mrs. Brown was
waiting on her husband, who was in
bed suffering with a sprained ankle.
She had occasion to stoop down in
front of an open fire crate, and as she
did so a celluloid comb worn in her
hair exploded with sufficient force to
throw her to the floor some distance
away. Following the explosion the
comb ignited
Most of Mrs. Browns hair was
burned off, her eyebrows and lashes
were scorched and she was severely
burned about the face and neck. Con-
siderable effort was required to pre-
vent the carpets and other furnish
ings from catching fire, as it was
found impossible to extinguish the
blazing comb after 1t had been pulled
from her hair. The explosion was ac-
companied by a report similar to that
of a blank cartridge discharged in a
pistol, and was heard by several peo-
ple.--Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-06-22
ELECTRICITY.
L viii PropeI Big Passenger Steam.
ers on the Seine.

" VIII Proper Dig passenger steam
ers on the Seine.
Passenger boats propelled exclusive
ly by electricity win make their ap-
pearance on the Seine early this
spring, in connection with the Paris
Exposition.
These novel boats, the trial trips Of
which have proved a wonderful sue
cess, have been built on the plans and
under the direction of a French engi-
neer, Mr. Pisca, for the company of
Suburban Omnibus Boats, which will
employ them, Notwithstanding their
luxurious equipment, for the trans
portation of ordinary travellers at a re-
duced rate. They viii run at a great
speed, without noise or smoke, and
will be able to make nearly 63 miles
without reeharging, managed by one
man.
These boats will be charged by an
electric machine ON the river bank at
the Asnieres, in front of their moor
ing station.
Particular interest attaches to these
boats from the fact that they are the
first devoted to the public service that
have been tried inEurope. If the en-
terprise proves successful, which
there is every reason to expect, it will
reyolutionize river transportation.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-06-22
DRESSING AN ACTRESS.
Her Clothing Is So Made That 1t Can
Be Put On Instantly.


"While the actress is on the stage
her maid has carefully laid out the
gown that is to be put on, with all its
accessories" writes Franklin Fyles in
the Ladies' Home Journal. "The dress
es are made with a view to celebrity.
Hardly anything is left to be fastened
on. Knots of ribbon, draped sashes,
pieces of jewelry, even corsage bou-
quets, are attached beforehand, in
case there is not a minute to spare. A
very modish and complete evening
gown with everything belonging to it
may be a single construction. The
maid inspects it carefully to see that
it is in complete good order and de-
pOsits it on a chair. Close by she
places the shoes, stockings and what
ever of millinery is to be worn. When
the actress comes in she is deftly re-
lieved of the gown which the audience
has last seen her in. Next she sits be-
fore her mirror, and, if there is need
of great haste, makes whatever rear
rangement of hair or headdress is nee
essary while the maid takes off the
shoes and stockings. Under the latter
are different ones already on. By the
time that the second pair of shoes are
buttoned the coiffure is reddjusted.
Then the actress stands up and the
new dress is adjusted in jiffy. If the
change has had to be made while an
act is in progress it may have occu-
pied no more than five or six min
utes. But that is exceptional. If done
between acts. with ten minutes al
lowed to it, the job has no appearance
of furious speed, so thoroughly is it
pTe-arranged."
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-06-22
Mr.. RuskIn Dictated.

We have not seen it mentioned in
the numerous notices of Mr.. Ruszin
that have appeared. yet many may be
interested to learn that he was fond
of debating his writing. He used to
walk up and down and dictate his long
sentences without pause OF hesitation,
not scrupling to indulge in numerous
asides upon quite other topics, which,
however, did not in the least confuse
the thread Of his thought or divert his
mind from the subject on hand. After
the portion he had dictated was on
paper. he used to go through the man
useript carefully and often make ex-
tensiYe alterations.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-06-22
Many Blind Russians.

Statistics which have just been COM
piled show that of the 100000 totally
blind persons in Europe $4,000 are
natives of Russia, and this means that
out Of every 800 subjects of the Czar
there is one who is deprived of sight
In no other country do we find this
terrible affliction by any means so
widespread. In Germany, France,
Great Britain, Italy, and Spain there
is only one blind person in every 1000
inhabitants. Russian oculists and ply
sicians say that the reason why so
many Of their eOuntrymen are blind
and so many others have defective
eyesight is because insufficient atten-
tion is paid throughout the country to
the ordinary laws of hygiene, and
they maintain that Russia win con-
tinue to suffer in this way as long as
they keep themselves and their homes
In unhealthy condition.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-06-22

A Chicago physician with a statisti.
cal turn of mind has been estimating
the proper distance covered by a wom-
an in dancing through the ordinary
ballroom programme.
An average waltz, the doctor esti-
mates, takes one over three-quarters
of a mile; the same distance is cover
ed with a polka, while a rapid galop
will oblige you to travel just about a
mile.
Say there are twelve waltzes, which
is fair average. These alone make
nine miles. Three galops added to
this make the distance twelve miles,
while from three to five other dances
at half a mile each bring up the total
to from thirteen to fifteen miles. This,
too, is without reckoning the promen-
AIDES nd the extras.
"As a means of exercise" says the
physician, ut will thus be seen that
dancing stands at the head of the list.
In golf for instance, the major part of
the exercise consists in the walking
around the links, following up the ball,
and yet, even in golf, not so much
ground is covered as in an evenings
dancing. g."-Chronicle
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-06-22
Cure for "That Tired EeeIinu.p y

"That tired feeling" may be COM
bated by proper exercise, wholesome
food pure air, pure water, pure
thoughts; then will the temple of the
soul be fit dwelling place. Learn to
economic your vitality. Snatch few
moments here and there for rest, eith-
er by full relaxation or change of oc-
cupation. The man in the story WHO
hired out to the farmer never got tired
never got hungry But the first day,
long before the noon hour, he was
seen sitting upon the plow in the
shade of a tree eating a slice of bread
and butter. He rested before getting
tired, ate before he was hungry.
While l have not followed his exam
pie, cannot remember when l was
tired although l am never idle and
not infrequently average seventeen
hours work a day.-Edward B. War
man in the Ladies' Home Journal.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-06-22
EARTH is GROWING.
Gains Weight at the Rate of Five Hun
dred Tons a Year.

dred Tons a Year.
The earth is growing heavier at the
average rate of 500 tons a year. The
meteors or shooting or falling stars
(of which now and again such brilii-
ant displays rejoice the careful watch
ers) in passing through the earths at.
mosphere are burnt up and fall on to
the earth's surface, occasionally in a
heavy mass, but most usually in small
meteoric dust. Prof Nordenskjold
from his great experience, estimated
that, from the cause named, 500 tons
fall uniformly and steadily over the
whole globe in each year, and the OBJ
servations of Russian scientists yield
similar result. These meteor streams
says another astronomer, are really
small planetary bodies, revolving
around the sun in fixed orbits by the
force of gravity. The earth revolves
on its axis at the rate of 1000 miles
an hour and speeds through space in
its orbit around the sun at the rate of
1000 miles every minute, and in Aug
ust and November plunges into the
very midst of the meteoric stream GO
ing in the opposite direction. The rap
idity with which they enter our at
mosphere, and the friction thus gen
Grated, are so enormous that they are
set fire to, The smaller ones being con-
sumed and falling in dust, while the
larger ones occasionally reach the
earth in the shape of meteoric stone
or iron.