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The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-04
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| "Oh, this time his death proved fa- tal," declared the Cross Eyed Boarder -Pittsburg Chroniele-Te Telegraph.
 "H'm! He says he has only his pen sion to live on, and cant give me any thing. Why don't the fellow go to work ?"-Der Dorfbarbier, Cholly--And did Miss Chinper say anything about me? Miss Cuttinge--She said you were just as bright as ever.-Puck. "The death of Il Hung Chang had been reported so often that l didn't be- lieve it this time until the news had been confirmed" remarked the Ob- servant Boarder,
 "Why is it," asked the Observer of Events and Things, that the man who can speak seven languages doesn't talk as much as his wife, who only knows ?"-Yonkers Statesman
 And how are you off for police pro- lection over here?" asked the New Yorker.
 "Oh, our policemen are pretty de- cent" replied the Philadelphian. We don't need much protection from them. Philadelphia Record.
 Well" remarked Noah thoughtfully, as he looked out over the waste of water, "it will he pretty lonely when we get ashore
 Yes" answered Japhet there won't be enough of the neighbors left to get up court of inquiry and prove that we didn't know how to run the ship" Washington Star
 Sympathizing Friend-It must be a terrible thing to have one's boy so far away from home and to feel that his life is in danger every day I can i'm agine just how it must seem to you.
 Fearful mother-Oh, it's not the son that's in the Philippines I'm so uneasy about. It's Dicky, He's joined the col lege football team.-Chicago Tribune.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-04
THE CHIEF POIsONER

In little house in South Washington is located a federal institution without which the Smithsonian Institution and National Museum could not exist. It Is the department of the chief poisoner, MT. Joseph Farmer. The office of chief poisoner was not unusual in countries ruled by despots, but it may be sur prise to many to learn that such an of flee is maintained by our own republi- can form of administration.
 However, MT. Farmer, unlike his con- temporaries in Turkey, Spain, Arabia, etc., is not engaged in putting obnox- ious and exuberant statesmen out of the way, but In placing the objects on exhibit in the institution and museum beyond the reach of thieves, rust and cockroaches
 Everything that is received by these institutions, whether it is rare book, Filipino bolo, or stunted and mounted animal, is sent to MT. Farmer to be poisoned. He Is an expert in the preparation and use of preservative compounds. For stuffed animals and
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-04
SOM Y EXpdN NSION.

There is a great deal of expansion nowadays For instance, the records of incorporation in the eastern States, principally New Jersey, during Novem- Der, show a total for new concerns, above $1,000,0O0 of capitalization, of $50S, ,S50,000, which includes the North ern Securities company of $40O, ,O00, 900. This record has been surpassed in no month during the year except April, when the big steeel trust was launched. The aggregate capitalization of combi- nations organized in the past eleven months reaches the remarkable total of S3, 205, ,6O5,00O, against $2,255, ,075,00O in the whole of last year.
 What will the harvest be?
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-04

comfortable. What is true of the At lantic is infinitely more true of the ser vice to Africa, Australia and the Far East German lines are steadily push ing the English to one side, and for very good reasons. Subsidy does not make good steamship lines. On the con- trary, it is apt to make them indifferent to wholesome competition. The trouble with English lines to-day is that they are managed in the spirit which pre- vailed fifty years ago. The British steamers going to the Cape give such bad food that no one wlo has tried them once wants to do so again. Out to China no one cares to go on a British steamer who has ever travelled by German, French or Japanese one. The German studies the needs of his passen- gers; the Briton is indifferent. The Peninsular and Oriental, a heavily sub sdized British line to the Far East, of lemonade. The German steamers pass lemonade around as we do ice wa ter. The British ships afford no laun- dry facilities on a journey lasting five or six weeks; the German line has an excellent Chinese laundry on each ship, so that in the tropics all can wear suit able garments. There are dozens of minor items in which the Briton fails to meet the reuirements of modern times Suffice 1t to say at this moment that the Englishman wastes his time in inveighing against German and Ameri- can competition. He has only himself to blanche is doing badly what other countries are doing well.-Poultney Bigelow, in The Independent.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-04
4 POLISH CONSPIRACY.

It is interesting to notice that in the recent trial of Polish students at Posen, which ended in the sentencing of several of the accused to long terms of Imprisonment, the court held that it had been established that a league was in existence to re-establish the kingdom of Poland. As the attainment of this object would involve the detach- ment of districts that were formerly Polish from their present allegiance to Prussia and to the German empire, the operations of the league, of course, were reasonable. The court based it's conclusion on the fact that a so-called Polish national treasure" existed in Rappersw IS which contribu-i
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-04
THE 1T ESSAGE.
i'll the harvest be?

President Roosevelt's message is six
 or eight thousand words shorter than
 it was expected to be, but it is still
 long enough. Long as it is, it will be
 more read than Presidents messages
 usually are, for there was much curios- ity to know how the new President
 would deal with some of the important
 matters which were before him for
 consideration. It will not be denied ! that he has dealt with them in an inter-
 esting and forcible way, whatever 1 may be thought of the soundness of some of his views. He is apparently not afraid to say what he thinks and the message is not trimming one. He speaks strongly against anarchy and anarchists. He is for continued protection, with such reciprocity as wont hurt protection. He wants to see the Chinese exclusion law re-enacted. He would have the light of publicity thrown on the trusts, but he would not have business interfered with in spirit of rashness or ignorance. He wants an Isthmian canal, a big navy, a new cabinet officer to be known as Secretary of Commerce and Industries, irrigation of arid lands, intelligent for estry, strict adherence to the Monroe doctrine, a cable to Hawaii and the Philippines, merit in office, and the In- dian as an individual and not as a member of a tribe.
 Those who read the message will feel sure that the President wrote 1t him self, and they will also feel sure that he means to be leader rather than follower. The document will, we think, make good impression both in this country and in Europe It is more con- servative than some expected 1t would be, but it is strong and forcible enough to show that it's author has a very de- cided mind of his own, and very , definite conception of his duty.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-04

birds he finds that arsenical compounds bring the best results. Every object of metal receives a coating of something that prevents rIst,, while fabrics, bas- ketry, silks, furs, etc., are poisoned in much the same manner as stuffed anI- mals. Even the shelves and cases of the museum in which the objects are placed, have passed through MT. Far mers hands and have been treated to the fluid that causes a bug, moth or cockroach to think that he is walking over a red hot iron the minute he strikes their surface. By these means the museum is forever free from ver- Post.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-04
GOOD FORM IN THE BRITISH
 ARMY

In the army the form of regiments
 differs immensely, and who shall say
 whether the ante-room which resounds
 with the chatter of spurs, the many
 laughs, the occasional anathema, the
 constant pop of soda water corks. is a
 temple of better form or worse than
 other ante rooms where the tone is as
 quiet as that of an Oxford common
 room? There are many stories told against regiments, generally cavalry ones, which do not show them quite at their best in the matter of form. There is no more distinguished, more hospita
 ble, more charming reg ment than the 10th Hussars, but "the 10th don't dance" is always a tiny black mark against them. There is the tale of how Soth- ern, unwarrantably importuned to re- cite something after mess, played the drunken scene from David Garrick," and swept the dining table of glass and crockery. There is the anecdote of the shred of cotton which accompanied a refusal on the part of regiment of an invitation from a north country mag nate. There is also the story of the postman and the cards, which is not so well known. A regiment arrived at g. country town, and the local gentry call ed on the mess. The officers who were told off, to leave the regimental card as return compliment found the duty and intrusted the pasteboard squares to the local postman, who agreed to give them to the servants when he knew that the people to be called on were tout" A butler or par ormaid did not appreciate the Gilbert an humor of the arrangement, and the gentry of the town are even now given % sharp words if asked whether the oostman has left a regimental card on hem lately-The Pail Mall Magazine
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-04

If any one bids 25 cents more the watch is immediately sold.
 The man who offers the S5 is tout" He goes from shop to shop. Three or four are employed, and they go from shop to shop making the first bid on every piece of gold-plated jewelry that is offered for sale.
 There is one tall tout" who wears glasses and who has been employed so long that even the most unwary look at him askance. Often he is forced to make bluff' at buying the brass. It is safe to estimate that he has bought" at least 2,000 watches during the past two years.--New Orleans Times Demo- crat
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-04
The Library Guests.

What grace for wintry weather And skies no longer fair? The library fires blazing bright My friends await me there. There is my treasury of wealth. (What gems it doth discloseD l cllnk Il cup to Falstatf's health, And Bardolph's burning nose! And Robbie" Burns comes in apace And tilts the kind decanter, While merrily the red flames race With lively "Tam O Shanter!' And Dickens is not all forgot, Though still it is my hobby Of all the rare and rhyming lot To lean to WHIP and Robbie" Dear friends and true forevermore! They solace all my signing, And hall me from that phantom shore, And hear my soul replying. God give ye grace this winter night wondrous friends and clever; The snow upon your graves lies white, And yet ye live forever!
 Atlanta Constitution
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-04

though costly, will produce results of inestimable value. The dam is a nota- Die engineering work, being of stone 80 feet high, 450 feet long and 15 feet wide at the top by 33O feet at the base. The Matoppo country is very picturesque. AS hotel has been built on rising ground near the dam, it is expected that the place will become popular as holiday resort.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-04

An interesting letter from Bulawayo Ito the London Telegraph describes
 1arge work in progress on MT. Cecil Rhodes farm about eighteen miles from that city in the Matoppo coun- SSfrv. A dam which will hold 900, ,0O0,O0 xalIons was begun in May, 1899, on the 1Ealima river, and is now nearing com ,Spletion. When completed it will have cost about S175,O0O and will irrigate sorne 5000 acres. It is intended for an zobdect lesson for Rhodesian farmers
 and also as place of experiment,
 where 1t can be shown that crops can
 se grown under irrigation in Rhodesia.
 rom this point of view the reservoir,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-04
D1GxvERzD BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY as ID C1Nrs A WEEK, 50 GENTS MONTH
 IS roR sIx MONTHS, $8 A YEAR. THE
 ANn TERMS BY NAH.
ADVERTISING RATES.

SS gffllations, Wants, Rents. and other small < a1Yfttjsements, One Cent a Word each ID. < N0$tlon, Five Cents a Word for full weeK s{G4yen tlmes). T., # nteplay Advertisements. per inch, one n,
 I'M; one week. s3.2o; ono month, s1o; one & X Culinary Notices. in prose or. verse. 10
 E4ntp per line, Notices of Births, Marri' q y4&94s Deaths, and Funerals, 50 cents eacn. E4yAl Notices 15 cents per line. TXaarly advertisers are limited to tnelr oMW Immediate business (al matter to ue siHolside Vents. TO Let, For Sale. etc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-04

Berlin declined a legacy of 50000o IKE for the foundation of a vegeta- 2 I'm asylum for orphans. The author- < I3kIse ot Breslau have accepted the gift. essEhA inmates of the proposed institu-
 &l6ns will not be permitted to eat meat.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-04

ENGLISH DECADENCE IN TRAVEL When it comes to Atlatnic travel the Englishman appears as a diminishing
 quantity as compared to Germany, whose steamers are not only as fast and as big, but in most cases much more
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-04

Tome time ago when the career of
 Gentleman in Australia was untime- |iaY Ah6cked in a manner that demanded |{I iinating jury returned a verdict of e33Ied by visitation of God, accelerated IFtemperate habits"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-04

|s ome idea of the value of the coal SpoSdts in Indian Territory can be X 14ined when it is known that the aver a thickness of the vein is feet, < xllch will produce 4.000 tons an acre.
 ege lands are leased in lots of 960
 &Gree each, which mean that 3,5O0,00O VT 1000. 900 tons can be produced by those 1ekxing the land. On this output the
 x66eee pay royalty of cents ton.
 s2a output during the last year was n 2;1O0,iN, as against 1,400, 442 tons the J3&6Vl6us year. The interests of the
 hickAsaw. and Choctaw Indians are
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-04

!N3 Recently a lawyer in London was EfdHS examining witness connected
 ikh a company whose directors had
 E&&n charged with fraud. He was press
 i1F the witness to admit that a certain { krculkr or prospectus was of dishon- K 3lSSG stoutly repudiated. You all un- as x rstand. suppose, that this document x sffB going to the public and the inn
 brtance of telling the truth in it?"
 66It6d the lawyer. Certainly" And ' III you tell the truth in it??" we did," Slixht pause-"to the best of our abil-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-04

On the great Dortmund and Ems
 B8nal, which is destined eventually to
 eonnect the River Rhine with the Elbe, aHf electric lift has been constructed at E Heinrichburg lock which will lift sbarges of $50 tons. The structure is in- ..tended to overcome an average fall of
 forty-six feet between the Dortmund
 reach and the main reach, and will &C., 3comnlodate a barge 220 feet long. The zelectrical power is supplied by dynamos ;driven by engines of 220 horsepower, 4tiie voltage used is 220, and a current Sof 300 amperes is used to start the 94nacfiinery. Needless to say, it is the largest structure of the kind in the world
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-04

Initials engraved free of charge
 on Umbrellas at csc ana up.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-04

man in England said not long ago < x6 one who came from the city of Que
 6ec, 1T suppose you frequently see the < H'ails Of Niagara" "Oh, yes" was the 5 feply 1T often take morning walk Where before breakfast" adding, Tt is
 only about five hundred miles," Accord \ &4Ii9 Sto another story, at the time of the a6aUeen's Jubilee in London a lady of x&fik sent an invitation for a garden NS&rty to some Canadians. It was a
 3xery pleasant letter and very kindly ex- Dressed, and she ended by saying
 xtflease come in your native dress"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-04

The rapidly increasing popularity of Y Ut0nobiles is indicated by the new q IVY which requires every New York yG5ter of an auto to file certificate of
 MUrO than 1900 names have already been registered. The law also provides # #xIiat the initials of the owners name 8GlA&1l be prominently displayed on the SZeSilicle The Automobile club has hope
 IT a similar law being passed in other Rt6tes. The speed regulation of the aIyeW law permits speed of eight miles x6lH hour in cities and fifteen miles an
 x2Qfr In the open country.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-04
CUTZERT

rT1HE approach of b R the Ho lidays 6e % IaTMJl brings many cut d1
 aQ =s lery buyers to n .so our store, for they know F. Y 3 e93 that the best is to De os 1 found here. This year 6e
 we have prepared for this dt 4Q trade by putting in some dt aQ larger showcases for OUT la So cutlery and now we have H so a display difficult to 0v
 match even in New York. oe
 Christmas buyers will dt aQ find we have many things at aQ in cutlery to De found no- as .so where else and which SS s9 make most acceptable Cv
 gifts and at most satisfac- 61 t tory prices. dt '1EsJaIlqE;Bassstt&gg 754 CHAPEL Sr- ,3cO STATE ST sS$%$T$SS$$$E
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1901-12-14
UNIVERSITY EXTENSION.
Andrew Carnegie Will Give Ten
Million Dollars to Help the
Good Work Along.
DETAILS HAVE BEEN FULLY DISCUSSED.
Formal announcement of This
Great Gift to Education VIII he
Made at the White House. In
Washington-rhe President MnS
Name National BOARD.

Chicago, Dec. "a dispatch to the
Record Herald from Washington
says:
Andrew Carnegie is to give $to.00a,-
600 to the cause of university extern
sion in the United States. Announce
ment of this great gift to education
will be made at the White House on
Tuesday. MIR. Carnegie was here n
few days ago and took luncheon with
President Roosevelt. when details of
the plan were fully discussed.
Mr.. Carnegie has thought best to
create a national board tohandle this
munificent benefaetion. President
Roosevelt will probably name such n
board for Mr.. Carnegie, or at least
set in motion the machinery which
shall lead to national organization.
Mr. Carnegie is expected here Tues
day, and fuller details Of this gi-
gantic enterprise will soon become
public.
Nicholas Murray Butler, who has
succeeded Seth Low at the head of
the Columbia college, has been here
for two days. guest of President
Roosevelt, at the White House, and
he has aided in perfecting the plans.
Mr.. Butler left for New York at four
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1901-12-14
FROM THE FAR-AwBY EAST.
Interest neIng worked Un in ne
half of the St. Louis worlds
Fair Among the ASiatIcs

81 Louis Dec. o.=-The orient is
awakening 10 the Importance Of the
Worlds fair in ST. Louis In 1908.
China has already formally accept
ed the invitation, and the officials Of
north and south China have received
their instructions to proceed with
the preparations for the exhibits at
ST. Louis,
Communications direct from the
Corean officials and from prominent
Americans in Seoul Indicate that
Cerea will furnish most attractive
exhibit. beneficial To itself and in
structiYe To Americans.
The American minister to Toxic.
Hon. Y Z. Buck, writes encouraging
~ about Japan. lie says he is doing
all in his power 10 advance the inter
est of the Worlds fair with the Japa-
nese government. kogoro Takahira,
the Japanese minister at Washing
ton, and roshire Fuiita, Japanese
consul at Chicago. write that they
have made strong official representa-.
tions To their governments in favor
| VI lut hRiiN > idlis istAttAN iANh
Hon. Z. c. Bellows, United States con
sui general at Yokohama, state that
| the coming session of the japanese
| parliament will probably consider
favorably the question of making af
appropriation.
Similar reports come from tht
| United States minister at Bangkok
These point to n first-class exhibit OF
the part of Siam at the exposition
The king and the minister of foreign
affairs have expressed n high degree
of interest. There is also a strong
probability that the king Of siam
Chulalonkorn l., one of the ablesi
statesmen of Asia, will visit the Unit
ed States in 1908 and make the
Worlds fair his objective point.
Regarding India, a long letter from
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1901-12-14
THE BEARS RuDELY GoRED.
A savage BuIi Hnid On the over
Confident bears ON the Chi
cnEo Board of Trade.

Chicago, Dee. 9.--Oycr-coniidcut
shorts in the wheat market came to
grief just before close on the boArd
Monday Many of the usual control
ing conditions Of the market were
bearish. and this had induced many
traders 10 sell freely. Prices in all
grains broke iaggedly at the opening,
and the early Indications were that
the anticipated slump was at hand.
But the wise ones" had counted
without their host. Twenty minutes
before the close wheat had been
pressed down 10 s1Z for May op-
tions. Then, with roar. that could
be heard well down into LaSalle
street. buying, which told Of an over
sold market, began Trade was
heavy all day, but nov IL began again
with the widest scenes of disorder.
May jumped 10 n new crop record
price at s3A. The strength seemed
to be genuine, for II held here we'll,
and under the terrible proft-taking
pressure that had been going on all
day May closed very strong. y cens
above Saturday. at s32sm s31s. Corn
was also affected, but not so material
ly. May had broken quickly at the
opening, and was down to 67A Wheat
strength, however, brought it up to n
steady close, "a cent under Saturday,
at 6S5k.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1901-12-14
IA Nnmb o
j, a FewD Ago. l 252

United States Consul General X. i.
Patterson, at Calcutta, has been re-
ceived. 1t is to the effect that the
leading chambers of commerce of In
dia are taking up the matter of the
Worlds fair and developing plans for
a worthy participation at ST. Louis.
1t is also expected that the viceroy
Lord Curzon. will give his support TO
the movement.
The consul general at Singapore,
Straits Settlement, o. +. Williams,
writes that he has made rCcommen,
dations to the sultan of the Malay
states asking them TO participate in
the Worlds fair. and that he is quite
hopeful of good results.
The American consul at Auckland,
Frank Dillingham;, writes that he has
laid the matter before the New Zen
land cabinet, and that he is cndeav-
oring to forward the interests there
to the end that New Zealand will
not only erect a building, but will
send an exhibit which will surprise
the people Of the United States in re-
speet TO New Zealand's resources and
possibilities.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1901-12-14

A BIG VESSEL IN PERIL.
An Unknown Four-Nnsted steel
Vessel In the Surf North of
Grny's Hnrbor, wash.

Aberdeen. Wash. Dec. "a big
four-ryasted steel vessel is reported
TO be in the surf about u miles north
Of the entrance TO Gray's harbor The
vessel has been outside several days,
first being sighted Friday night. She
carried only one sail and had a
heavy list. Saturday a fog covered
the vessel. but Sunday it was seen
that she had drifted into the surf
and was being heavily pounded on
the sands. IL is impossible TO de-
cipher the name of the ship. 4 tug
has gone to the scene.
The vessel has anchors out and II
they hold she may be kept from
drifting on the beach.