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The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-12-18
UNA. TOTDABLE

she-Were you ever troubled with dyspepsia?
 He-Yes; that's the way it affects me,--Yonkers Statesman.
 Approach of Chrigtmas--"Why did Anthony Hope "Bacause Mrs, Camp bell praed" When does Albert TrottY' "When Gibson BoWles. What gave Barry Pain?" ''ro see Flora Steele" why was Rider Haggard?" 2" Because he had to Marie Corelli. "--London Globe.
 Wrong Iight.--"I will fill your life with sunshine, said he.
 This while they sat under the lan- guorous lamps of the conservatory. The woman shuddered- -concealedly, to be sure; for well she knew what a fright her complexion was in the garish light of noon.--Indianapolis Press.
 Trosty.-He tteeling his way)-What do you think of 8 man who leaves his friends and goes off to the North Pole?
 She (artlesslyl-ft depends upon the kind of man you mean, you Know You don't mean to say you think of go- ing, MT Bluffer? Well, ] hope you will have an enjoyable trip.--Boston Tran script.
 Eastern Man--What! You want $2000 for lot in the suburbs of Dugout City? Why, l can buy better lots close to New York for half that.
 Kansas Boomer-Oh, well, if you are willing to go out, I can sell you lots at the same price, and you won't have to go all the way to New York for 'em either--New York Weekly.
 What makes dinner so late to- night?" he asked
 Why, my dear" replied the woman who had been reading all the pure food literature left In the house and print ed in the papers. "the preparation of 1t was unavoidably delayed. The chem ist who passes upon everything served at our table was late in coming to the house to make his daily analysis. - Chicago Post
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-12-18
CAN'T cHANGE IT'S SPOTS?

Grover Cleveland has been asked bow the poor old Democratic party can be- come better and more powerful than 1t is, and he has solemnly replied that "the great need of the Democratic party is a |return to first principles"
 It has been so long since the Demo- cratic party had any first principles, or any other kind, that it is doubtful if it could find it's way back. And it is quite possible that it doesn't want to go back Most of the Democrats who have any memory of or respect for first princi- pies" are pretty good Republicans now, and the real Democratic party doesn't exhibit any memory of or respect for first principles" Bryan seems to think the Democratic party would rather have his weekly paper than first prin ciples,' and perhaps it would.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-12-18
- EACH HAD SUSPICION.
A Story of Two Partners, Both of
 Whom Were Honorable Men.

A Story of Two Partners, Both o
 Whom Were Honorable Men.
 My first business venture on my own account was in-wel, never
 mind the name of the city" said g 1 New Orleans merchant, chatting over
 old times with some friends at the
 board of trade. ''The location has
 nothing to do with the little story I am
 going to tell you, and, for reasons you will undestand in a moment, I do not
 care to be to specific.
 T was a young chap of 25 at the time, and, getting tired of working for
 other people, I opened a cotton broker
 age office with another ex-clerk who was considerably my senior in years. 1 We put up an equal amount of capital
 and agreed to share and share alike in
 the profits and the hustling. From the very outset everything went remarka- | bly, we'll with us We both had lots of l friends, who took pains to throw busi- 1 ness in our hands, and the end of the year showed very nice little balance of profit. Next year, however, the re- suits weren't quite so good, and I be- gan to have faint apprehension that I was getting bit the worst of it, as the saying goes. I heard vague rumor that my partner was living at a pretty fast gait, and the more I thought about the matter the more dissatisfied and suspicious I became. You know how easily such arrangements will grow upon a firm, and to make long story short, I finally went to a detec- tive agency that made speciality of private investigation, and arranged to get report. as they called it, on my associate. I admit that it was a rather sneaking proceeding, and I felt secretly ashamed of myself for resorting to it. but l argued that it was my duty to know whether he was really in the way of getting into any embarrassing en- tanglement. We'll, in the course of a week or so, the agency made it's re- port, and without going into details, may say that it completely exploded al! the disturbing gossip I had heard. realized after reading it that l had been doing my partner a great injus- tice, and of course l was conscience stricken. To make amends ] deter.
 mined to treat him with extra cordial ity and at the same time it seemed to me that his own bearing, which had been little distant, became much more friendly. At any rnte, whatever cold ness had existed soon passed away and the three years of business association that followed were singuIarly pleasant. Then he received q tlattering offer from Liverpool, and went there to live
 One day, several months after his departure, was looking over some old papers, and ran across a big envelope marked private and confidential. Thinking it contained something relat- ing to the firm, I tore it open, and what do you think I found? Pa report OH myself from the same detective agency l had hired to invastigate my partner It seemed that our suspicious had been mutual. Prom the New or leans Times-Democrat.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-12-18
I'VE. US G co.

1t was a fine thing to be a Roman, and It IS now a fine thing to be an Anglo-Saxon. The Anglo-Saxons are not meek, but it will not be long. at their present rate of progress, before they will have the earth. According to MT. Schooling, the English statistieian. the area of the British empire, outside of the United Kingdom, has increased from 2,000, ,000 square miles to 12 OOO 900 square miles within the century. One Hundred years ago the population of this outlying territory was 100, 900 O00, of which only about 100000 were white. Now the gross population out side of the United Kingdom is 349 OoO,- 900, of which 12,00O,0Oo are white. The population of the United Kingdom has increased from 15, 100000 to fl, ,00O, GOO. or 173 per cent, while that of Germany has increased from 21, ,000,o00 to 55.0OO.- 900, or 169 per cent, and that of France from 27 7.000, ,000 to 39 ,000, 900. or 45 per cent No other country has kept pace with Great Britain in territorial expan- sion
 The growth of the Anglo Saxon race has been even more wonderful on this side of the Atlantic, regarding the American people as whole as belong
 
 ing to this distinctively English-speak- ing classification. One hundred years ago our area was less than 100000 square miles, while it's scope is now 3,700,000 square miles. The population. including the new possessions, has in- creased from 600o,o00 to 9O00O, ooo
 At the beginning of the century the English language was spoken by about 21 900 people, but it is now used by 0,000, 000-the largest number speaking a single language, considering that in India number of distinct native lan- guages are used.
 And of all the Ango-Saxons the United States Anglo-Saxons are. of course, the top-notch.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-12-18
ALCOHOL AND INSANITY

The influence of alcohol in the causa- ton Of Insanity is not as fully apleui- ated by physicians generally, and es- pecially not by the laity, as by alien ists upon whose notice the unpleasant yet important truth has forced itself with the conclusiveness of demonstra. ton. The evidence is both clinincal and pathologic. It has been repeated ly shown that alcohol causes degenera- tive changes in the tissues of the nervous system In discussion of the duty of the state i'll the care of the in- sane Kfaepelin (American Journal of Insanity, val. lyli. No, ? states that of the patients in hospitals for the insane in the German empire 10 per cent have been committed on account of mental diseases due to alcohol, In some in stitutions the percentage is as high as
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-12-18
Do We Foxgive

Do we forgive or do we but forget Where many crescent moons have filled ana set? Do we exonerate the heart of blame And reconcile for pty'S sake the shame Do we forgiye2
 Indifferent to sin, When wrath burns out does charity began Do we forgive because we know too well That easy snare by which the angels fell, Because our eyes with newer tears are wet Our faces turned to fairer conquest yett- Do we forgive?
 Oh, wagglng conscience cease! "AS much as lieth in you live in peace! Do we forgive?
 Nay, most of US forget
 Martha G. Dickinson.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-12-18
NOT QUITE cERrAiN TET.

1 | As bird in the hand is worth sever al birds in the bush, it is evident that if 1 this country had in its hands the money Turkey owes it the situation would be more encouraging than it is. Awhile
 ago it was confidently announced that
 Turkey was going to pay our little bill,
 and the incident was generally consid- cred closed. But a new complication has arisen. Great Britain has a little bill which she is pressing upon the at tention of Turkey, and it is feared in Washington that if Great Britain press es hard Turkey will not feel that she can afford to pay us. The greatest ob-
 stacle that the State department has claims is the vast accumulation of Flu
 ropean claims against Turkey, leading the government of the latter country to plead that it could not pay our claims without paying the others, which would be utterly impossible. The British claims are said to be much larger than cur own, and if they are to be pressed now, before our claims are collected, the Turkish government may use the fact as basis for declining to pay at pres en.
 So it is not yet certain that we are better bill collectors than the Euro peans, and it wont be until the Turkey money is actually in our clutches.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-12-18

It is announced in the West that q way has been found to prepare the 1ig- mite deposits in Minnesota and the Da- kotas for ready consumption in stoves and furnaces. These Ignite beds lie near the surface, are almost limitless in extent, and are in d country which must pay a 1,50O-mile freight haul for coal. But the use of Ignite for fuel has been retarded by the lack hitherto of a successful method of so treating surface to the core, as does a lump of coal. In Europe it is briquetted by a secret process, which Americans have not been able to fathom The chief trouble has been that Ignite contains from 10 to 20 per cent. of water, and that the agglutinants used to mould the Ignite into bricks contained also a large per cent of moisture, An eXperi- enced miner, who has been conducting experiments for ex-Senator Washburn of Minnesota, thinks that he has solved the problem. He estimates that Ignite briquettes, each the size of mans fist, can be loaded on cars at less than $1 ton, and says that in fuel capacity it will equal Hooking coal.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-12-18
ADVERTISING RATES.

S;fuationa Wants. Rents, aud other small advertisements, Ope Cent Word ench in- aert!on. Five Cents Word for a fuii "ssA tssvan tiIDes>. ,r Display advertisements. per men, one one iu 1n sesIiou, $f. %; each subsequent incef,tou ro cahts; one week. $320; one month, slo' one year. $40. K
 obituary Notices, In prose or verse. ~; a' cents per iine. Notices of Births. asat nh uges, Deaths. and Furerals. 30 cents eae" Local Notices. 15 cents per line ,,.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to .hTn Ia own immediate business fall matter ES pe Include Wants. TO Let, For Sale. etc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-12-18
THE RAILROAD TIE PROBLEM.

How to get ties enough cheap enough is problem which is beginning to press on the railroad companies MT.
 Olin J. Ross, of Cincinnati, in an ar ticle in the Railway Age makes a sug- sestfon which seems to be an adinira- ble one. He says that locust tree will grow large enough for ties in fif- teen years, and recommends that the railroad companies plant loeusts along the edge of the right of way Locust trees do not grow large enough to make them dangerous that near the track and several thousand of them can be raised along each mile of road. Along the western roads through the rich prairie lands the young trees would grow with great rapidity, and in every part of the country there is much land in the right of way which would pro- duce trees. The locust is particularly well fitted for railroad ties for several reasons. It is extremely durable and would last probably four or five times as long as oak ties, thus diminishing in that proportion the number of ties required to maintain track The To- cust would hold the spike more firmly and would thus make the track more solid and less liable to spread
 Some experiments have been made with steel and stune but so far they have not been found satisfactory. Wood ties are the best, and the man who
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-12-18
Umbrellas.

Weren't these Mems and Wo- mems Umbrellas great though2 those that we told you about on Saturday. We've never had such moneys worth-$3 and $3. 98 Umbrellas which we could afford to sell you for-$I.00
 Yes, and that left us a wee bit of profit too. Twas a sample lot, no two alike. Exquisite handles Umbrellas all-purc silk, Union silk and gloria, your choice of material.
 A very small lot of them left for to-day's selling. Sl.90 A GOOD UMBRELLA FoR-4e Gents
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-12-18

A plan has been prepared for pre- serving the greater part of the Rue des Nations of the Paris Exposition for ten years. Twelve of the palaces will be retained and turned into special muse ums.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-12-18

Here's another great value; Men's Umbrellas of twilled gloria, on Par agon frame and steel rod, imported boxwood and horn silver trimmed hand les, also handles of immitation buck, horn and fragrant cxcl. an Umbrella we can't duplicate for ! less than $2. -SI.49 WOMEN,S UMBRELLAS OF FAST
 black twill, on Paragon frame and steel
 rod natural wood handles silver trimmed,
 with cover and tas5el only-69 Gents WOMEN'S UMBRELLAS OF TWILL
 gloria, Paragon frame, steel rod, mounted
 oo pretty Dresden, horn, and silver trim-
 med, natural wood handles, cover and
 tassel, -98 Gents
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-12-18
Christmas Picture Sale.

You know it's the Ullman Manufacturing Co.'S entire line of Samples that we were for tunate enough to get; Crayons, colored Pho- tographs and the like, all artistically framed, all fully third under priced.
 PICTURES s1o5o PICTURES so5o $2so PICTURES Some here low as-8c neatly framed in oak too. you Picture Gallery comprhensey stocked with the Pc- you Doesn't long find them either Fine display
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-12-18
BatI, Robes.

IT'S THE SAME WITH OUR HOLI- day showing of Lounging or Bath Robes. They were all made to our order from personally selected robes and blankets; soft, warm, downy, feecy, luxuriously warm and deliciously comfortable
 Wonder if other stores are selling as many as we are Ii they gre there'iI be few men in town whose Christmas gift1 this year don't incluae Bath Robe, As low as--S2.5O, as high as SIP
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-12-18

Tn Montgomery county, Kansas, man has brought suit for divorce, al- leging that his wife became an Adven- list and that she made him loaf Sat urday and work hard Sunday which mot only offended his religious serup!es, but likewise made him liable to arrest.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-12-18

win make material for wood ties grow where none grew before will be q bena- factor
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-12-18

A number of Reading (Pennsylvania) capitalists have bought a tract of land near that city or which they expect to raise silver foxes, opossunls, raccoons, jack rabbits, minl1s, weasels, skunks wolf dogs, beagle hounds, pointer and setter dogs, and other animals for their fur or skins.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-12-18
s Smoking Jackets.

It's safe to buy them here be- cause it's our coat until you and the man you've bought it for is pleased. As low as-SI.9o,
 Up to-$l5
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-12-18

Omaha capitalists propose to tunnel the great continental divide eighty miles west of Denver and twelve miles south of Georgetown, and operate an electric road through it. It will start at the base about fourteen miles from of the Snake river, will be 1000 feet long and 1.700 feet deep. The object is to facilitate mining operations.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-12-18

R. F. Patterson, the United States onsul-general in Calcutta, says in his last report: "I have answered many letters from our various electrical con- panies relative to the use of electricity here, calling their attention to the pro- posed change in the tramway com panWs lines and believed that, with proper efforts on their part, the con- tract might have been secured, as Americans are now competing success fully with the English companies, even in London. Electricity is now begin- ming to be extensively used in Calcutta for various purposes, such as lighting, fans to take the place of punkhas that were pulled by coolies, for driving ma chinery, etc, and there is an opening here for the sale of electrical machin- cry and goods which our manufacturers should take advantage of
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-12-18

Public automobiles in Paris have been taken in hand by the police, and now they are subject, in common with cabs, etc, to the official regulations and tariffs. While the exhibition was open, the drivers of these vehicles charged the public prohibitive prices for their use, with the consequent result that they were not regarded with much pop ular favor. Now the maximum tariff for an automobile carrying four pas sengers is 40 cents for the "course" and 50 cents per hour inside the city It is anticipated that the official control of the automobiles will encourage their more general utility in the streets.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-12-18

Captain Inman, of Duluth is now in Canada advocating the adoption of a freight boat designed to make it's own way through the ice. He owns a tug at Duluth which cuts through three feet of ice without difficulty, and he thinks that it would be easy to force a large steamship, built on the same model, winter covering and also down the St Lawrence canals.
The Meeker herald., 1900-02-24

The Puerto Rican problem presents
some difficulties. Under the colonial
system of SPAIN the islanders enjoyed
certain commercial privileges, In send
ing their products to Spanish markets.
which they have now lost without re-
ceiving any compensating advantage
from their connection with this coun-
try. The result has been great pow
erty and distress. II the products OF
Puerto Rico were to be admitted to
our great markets free of duty. 1t
would please the islanders. but dis
please many of the tobacco and the
sugar-raisers who are afraid of this
competition. In these circumstances
the proposal has been made in Con-
gress to levy upon Puerto Rico goods
one-ha1f of the regular rates OF duty.
Whether Congress has right to levy
upon them any duty is much disputed
constitutional question.
The Meeker herald., 1900-02-24

One of the applicants for consulate
in Japan while James G. Blaine was
secretary Of state was the late Samuel
Kimberley of Baltimore. who died in
the service in Central America. says
the Chicago News. After he had pre-
scented his credentials. Mr.. Blaine said:
81 should like to appoint you, Mr..
Kimberley, but have made 1t rule
to recommend no one who does not
speak the language of the country to
which he is sent. Do you speak Japa-
nese?" Certainly. Mr.. Blaine" said
Mr.. Kimberley. ASK me something
in Japanese, and I'll answer you" Mr..
Blaine had not word to say, but the
Japanese post went to another man.
all the same, and Kimberley went to-
Central America. One day Kimberley
met a young woman. who threw her
arms impulsively around his neck and
kissed him. Seeing her mistake. she
drew back and angrily asked: AREN'T
you Mr.. Jones!" mo, madam" re-
piled Kimberley, bowling. I'm not,
but / wish to thunder WAS"
The Meeker herald., 1900-02-24
A CAPE TOWN laiss-T

Special Punishment isairt1 - 14sS
Of the Cosmopolitan
Cape Town. Africa. has ceesf
1000 prisoners. where Almost evefy
nation OF the earth IL feVreaanoe0.
There are American miners $50 se
Of the English aristocrAeyss l4a,
Italians, Russians and Hebf eWak -,
great many of the prisoners are -
Ing political sentences. Most Of
prisoners are employed in buiie
forts and Notifications. The hillseeg
overlooking the city OF Cape TowA
Of modern guns have been placed -
by the government. and the work -
nearly all been done by the convis
The convicts who are not employed ~
public works are hired out to farmers.
Farmers of South Africa much prefer
convict labor to that Of the natives. be-
cause the convicts do not have an OPP
portunlty TO become intoxicated. BIG
side being provided with food and fuel.
each convict is paid for at the rate OF
Sc to go cents day. The government
furnishes guards to prevent criminals
from escaping from their employers.
All prisoners are divided into three
classes. according to the length Oh
their terms and their behavior. Tnose
known as the first class are. d1stin-
guished by black band around their
hats. When they first enter the prison
they are thus marked and remain 30
for three months. II they behave they
are then put into the probation class
and marked with yellow ribbon. Here
they remain for eight months. II they
continue to behave we'll they are trans
ferred to the good-conduct class and
marked with a red band. In this class
they remain until their sentence mas
expired. There are no paroles. inc
classes are not permitted to mix, OUT
each class has an opportunity after
working hours for social intercourse
among its own members. All prison
ers are housed in wards, none being
confined in cells. Prisoners are kindiy
treated as long as they behave them
selves. Dungeons are never USED as
punitive agencies, and only now anu
then IL solitary confinement resorted
to. Gaming and nogging are some
times found necessary. but no prison
oflicial is allowed to infiict either or
these. They must be imposed BY
magistrate, who visits the prison once
a week. Among the prisoners In Cape
Town Jail who have attracted special
attention recently was young native
educated at Oxford. who headed his
fathers tribe against an instruction
against the British authority. He was
captured and sentenced to fifteen years
In this prison. At the end Of fve years
he was liberated and Immediately re-
turned to his tribe. Another prisoner
went to Cape Town as a missionary
and secretary of the Young Mems
Christian association, which annually
handled Immense sums OF money. he
became secretary of the Cape Town
Building and Loan association ana
manipulated the books 10 that he was
enabled to steal S1sS 900 before being
caught. He is now doing seven years
in this prison.
The Meeker herald., 1900-02-24

Spain has nobly INDICATED In honor
and wisdom In deciding to renew and
maintain the treaty relationships
which subsisted between that country
and the United States before the war.
Spain means, that ID to say. to mako
the best Of its altered circumstances.
turning it, face toward the light In
stead Of sulking in the shadows.
From the frying pan into the IRE" is
one Of Spain's own proverbs, which
happily It does not intend to adopt as
its rule Of conduct.