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The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-01-11

when you hear an astronomer talk
 about ten billion miles. It is too big
 But come with me, he added, and I'll give you an object lesson.'
 T was surprised and plqued. but went along and the first thing An drews did was to get one thousand one- | dollar bills at the bank. He cut the slips that held them together stacked
 them up in loose heap and wrapped
 them in a newspaper. Then he went to | the boarding house and found the old
 man sitting in his little back room, still smoking his pipe He didn't seem
 to have moved since I was there be- fore We'll, Connally,' said the claim
 agent, after 0 few general remarks,
 I've brought around that thousand
 dollars and want you to sign a receipt
 in full The old man got angry imme-
 diatoly, I'll not do it. he yellel. I'll
 take what l sued for and not cent
 less! You're foolish,' said Andrews,
 calmly; no jury will give you over q
 thousand, and your lawyers will get
 half of that. You'd better do business with me-
 He had been holding the package of biiio bll Ail-C WHILE ilS teilhlllb, and just then he made an awkward gesture and knocked it off He grabbed at it wildly as 1t fell, and with one sWoop scattered the money all over the squalid little room. It covered every thing, floor, chairs, table, bed and some of it even went into the Washbowl. Dog gone the luckn he shouted. Here, Connally! Lend a hand, will you, and help me gather up this stuff The old
 man made no reply, but sat speeches. and transtixed while his pipe slowly slid out of his mouth and fell into his lap Meanwhile Andrews seized a broom and began sweeping up the bills, like dry leaves. Saints preserve us!' whispered Connally at last, still glaring stupidly at the litter how much is there? The thousand you don't want, snapped the claim agent, and kept on sweeping. In ten minutes he had col lected the money in a big heap on the | newspaper Well, I guess I'd better be going he remarked as he bundled it up. Hold on bit said the old man, and | before I fully realized what had hap pened Andrews had his autograph on the receipt.
 "The whole thing had been done so rapidly and passed off so much like some well-rehearsed scene at play that I was simply dumfounded and lacked language to express my admi- ration. Andrews was very modest about 1t, though, and insistedthere was nothing re markable in what he had done. When you undertake to spell bind man with money,' he said, you must use denominations that he can "--New Orleans Times Democrat.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-01-11
IPP.4E ENTLY.

Right in Line-Dodson; ''Tapley hopes to be Q social lion,' Fogson--
 "I don't see why he shouldn't be; he IS already a cub. .'--Harlem Life. The Last Resort.-Editorial Writer- But what can we say? We don't know thing against Smith and his crowd! Editor-Well We can at least refer to them as Smith and others of his ilk!-- Detroit Journal, Plain Dealer.
 "Tess--Miss Scrawney says she just hates to go to the opera.
 Jess-Yes, but what she means is that she can't bare" to go to the opera. Philadelphia Press
 Fond Parent--"Goodness how you look chtld: you are soaked" Frankie --"Please, pa, fell into the canal" Fond Parent-"What. with your new trousers on?" Frankie-"I didn't have time, pa, to take 'em ff."-Tit Bits.
 Your son has very robust appe tite."
 Yes; I'm so ashamed of him. He al- ways overeats when we have company"
 "Then's the only chance I ever git said the terrible infant-Cleveland
 Freshleigh-"How did you become os- sifled?"
 Ossified man-"In my youth l was nice and soft like you; when I grew up and realized what a cruel world this is I became hardened "-Ohio State Jour nal.
 Suitor--"Yes, sir I assure you, would be glad to marry your daughter, even if she were poor as church mousse"
 MT Moneybags-"That settles you! I don't want fool in the family. " Philadelphia Press.
 Too Much for Them.--Bobbs-"O Man Rocks doesn't seem worried be- cause his boy is in the hands of kidnap- pers. Seems to think they'll turn him loose without ransom" Dobbs-"Yes. You see, the lad is boy orator rn-Bal- timore American.
 Cruel to an Amateur.-Mrs. Newed (serlously)-"H Henry, wanted to take your cooks picture with my new came "a to-day, and she wouldn't let me- I believe she's a criminal" Mir. Newed- Not necessarily, dear she may be only member of the Society for the Prevention of Crime Pluck.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-01-11

beautiful city, the greatest gold-mining locality in the world, will commence a new era. But little damage has been done to property. The mines are in good condition and are being pumped.
 I trust that our manufacturers and producers who desire to export will take advantage of the openings in South American products or elaborate cata- logues or price lists; we want "hust- lerS" such as the United States pro- duces-men to come and etudy the mar ket, ascertain its needs and wants, and bring samples with them. South Africa is an importing country, and it has gold and diamonds and copper to pay for it's purchases. Consul-General Stowe, Cape Town.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-01-11
PROFESSIONAL CONTROVERSIES.
The Method by Which One of Them
 Spellbound a Man With Money.

| SpellDound Man With Money
 "A professional compromiser who understands his business is a most valuable man on the staff of any big
 railroad" said a New Orleans lawyer
 Ut is a great art" he continued and | I had the fact impressed on me by
 something unusual that happened early | in my career.
 T had been In practice only year or | so, as I remember, when l was engaged | by certain railroad company to rep | resent it in a damage suit brought by
 an old fellow who had been hurt at a
 crossing. I got the job because the regular attorney and regular assistant attorney were out of town on bigger affairs, and I threw myself into 1t with
 unlimited enthusiasm. A little inves-
 tigation convinced me, however that
 the company didn't have a leg to stand
 on, and neither, for that matter, did the
 claimant, both of 'em having been
 broken off above the knee. So I ad-
 vised a compromise, and was told to
 settle it, if l could, for thousand dol
 lars. That fixed limit discouraged me,
 because the suit had been brought for
 twenty thousand dollars, and l knew
 the opposition lawyers had been filling
 their client with rosy hopes but I
 thought up a scheme that seemed promising.
 "The claimant was an ignorant fel- low who had been laborer for years, and l took it for granted that he had never had as much as one hundred dollars at any one time in his life.
 I'll just hypnotize him. I said to my self, and going to q bank, I got a brand new one thousand dollar bill. Then I hurried off to his boarding house, found him in dirty little back room, and made my proposition for settle- ment. Just as I anticipated, he de- clined 1t indignantly. Very we'll said I, pulling out the bill with a studied carelessness; in that case I'll have to return this money. But, by the way I added, did you ever happen to see a thousand dollar bill? It's quite a handsome bit of paper! To be candid I was rather awed by the thing my self and expected him to finger it like a piece of the true cross; but, to my he took 1t indifferently, glanced at it with no apparent inter est, and handed it back. It's verra pretty he said stolidly, and went on smoking his pipe.
 "A few days after this discouraging experience :" the lawyer went on, MT, Andrews, the claim agent of the line, happened to be in town and dropped in ! to inquire about the case. He was q 1 in the business but he always | impressed me as being man totally destitute of tact, and l never could un- 1 how he held his job He | ehuckled when he heard my story. My | dear boy. he said, you simply over | played yourself. You expected that old | nan to drop dead at the sight of a thousand dollar bill Why, bless your 1 soul he didn't know what it meant! | It was beyond the outposts of his inn lgination. He was like you yourself,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-01-11
BROTH ERLY LOVE,

Some people in New York are finding
 little melancholy comfort in the fact
 that there are others Twenty-seven
 prominent citizens of Philadelphia in- vited Bishop Potter to come to their city and help start reform movement, and in mentioning some of the reasons why he should come they show that
 Philadelphia is at least almost as bad as New York. They say that valuable public franchises are given away, con- tracts are openly disposed of to favorite bidders in the face of lower offers by responsible parties, crims runs rampant, policy shops, gambling houses, the ille- gal sale of liquor, houses of ill-repute are not only tolerated, but are protected by the powers that should suppress them; and in addition they draw thls picture of electoral corruption and crime: Terrorism not surpassed in the darkest days of political outrages in the South prevailed in many districts at our late election. As many as four hundred police officers and forty detec- tives were massed in a single ward to prevent a free expression of the popu- lar will and to carry the election for candidates dictated and favored by the | administration. Legal electors were prevented from voting fraudulent ynt- | CTS and repeaters were encouraged and | assisted and protected from arrest-in | short, such a carnival of election crimes has probably never been equalled in our political history.
 Evidently the City of Brotherly Love isn't what it was intended to be
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-01-11
TIT JVgLT CHIN ljlSE'.

The Chinese don't go, and they con- tinue to come. Statements presented to the Judiciary committee of the house imply that the Chinese Exclusion act is almost dead letter, so far as cer- tain sections of the New York State border are concerned. The United States District Attorney for the north ern district of that State submitted to the committee report, alleging that the locality Is being overrun by Chinese, who either are smuggled in from Can ada or come in openly and stand trial before a United States Commissioner A constantly increasing number is mo- ticed since the United States Supreme Court decided that persons born of Chinese parents in this country are citi- zens and entitled to re-enter without certificate.
 Of course What else could be ex- pected? As long as it will pay China men to get into this country they will doubtless manage to get into it.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-01-11
rHE ROSE OF NEw ENGLAND.

| The mayor of Norwich doesn't think
 that the Rose of New England is as
 beautiful as she might be. And so, he
 says, it has come to pass that we are contributing largely of our wealth and ! substance to people who care nothing for us as municipality, but have at
 tached themselves to the body polite
 as a leech fastens himself to the person.
 And, like the horseleech. their cry is
 always More" Having given over
 the paying institutions of the city td
 non-residents and trusts, the residents find little to excite their ingenuity save the exhilarating occupation of selecting prizes for winners at whist, new and peculiar names for clubs and afternoon teas, and new methods of tax-dodging. So inactive have we become that all retailers shut up shop at o'clock in the afternoon, save and except those Napoleons of enterprise and trade, the dispensers of moist goods, who still find it necessary to work seventeen hours per diem to supply the never decreasing demand for poison, and our streets after dark have become as quiet, as deserted, and about as well lighted as a country cow-path.
 But the clear-sighted mayor of Nor wich doesn't leave her without hope "I have faith to believe" he says, that extended municipal ownership and con- trol of public utilities will so revolu- tionize our financial condition and the rela tions of the government to the peo- pie that the city, without artificial means, will attract new industries and | trade, and that our population will in- crease more rapidly than,at any period | of the past" Perhaps new charter would help Norwich.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-01-11
A Humble Plea,
De way is da'k nm de win done blow,
 choke in de desert san, i'se blin' an cant see wha' to go,
 Good Shephe'd, take my ham,

De way is dak nm de win done blow, l choke in de desert san, Ise blin an cant see wha' to go, Good Shephe'd, take my han! De los' shep cry on de mountain side, Dey 'fraid 0b de col da'k nights Dey look fo' de spirit un' de bride, Good Shephed hol' de light! De path am dim an de tho'ns am sha'p, An we watch fo' de break ob day, When we all gwlne play on de golden hap Good Shephe'd, lead de way! De lambs done stray from de heabenly fol', Fo' de guldln' han dey blnt; Deir wool too light an dey shake wifi col, , Good Shephe'd, who yoat? Dey know dat dc Lawd gwine set dem free, Dey know dat de Mahsteh's nigh, But de night am black an delr eyes can
 see,
 Good Shephe'd, soun' de cry. Dc wolves ob hell am a-prowlin' 'roun', An de flesh Ob der chillun creep; Good Shephe'd, watch yo' sheep! De moon done slnlin hehin' de cloud De stahs from de sky hab gone Ou' heads in humble pra'r am bowed, Good Shcphe'd, lead us on! When we reach de fol on de shlnin' sho', An we lay In dc suns wa'm rays, We will dry ou' eyes an we'll weep no mo, An we'll sing Ge Shephe ds praise.
 ,-Dcnver Post.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-01-11
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants. Rents, and other smah advertisements, ODe Cent a Word encn in' ser.ion. Five Gents Word for u full weeS ,seyen times,.
 Display advertisements, per inch. one ID, in seftlon, S1.2O; each subsequent incer,loh. " year. $40. .
 Obituary Notices. in prose or verse. as cents per iine Notices or Births. Mafir ages. Deaths. and Funerals. 50 cents eaen' -ocai Notices. 15 cenrs per line
 Yearly advertisers are limited to tner own Immediate business tall matter 70 pc nnobjectionaDle), and their contracts do not lnrirde Wants Tn Lot For Sale etc
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-01-11

"and I think that is enough for one congress, By graduating at once the members of the high class now at sea, we will provide about one hundred or more officers, and next winter provision can be made for a further increase in the number of cadets"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-01-11
To All Whom It May Concern.

corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Connecticut and located in the Town of Cheshire, New Haven County, having voted to change it's name to The hereby gives notice that 1t !nteiids to apply to the Superior Court to be held at New Haven, in and for the County of New Hx. ven, on the second Tuesday of January 1901. to have such change mad.. Dated at Cheshire, this 18th day of De- cember, 1900.
 THE CHESHIRE MANUFACTURING
 COMPANY, ! d2o l2t Frederick A. Ives. Secretary
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-01-11

M Edgar de Ghelin, Belgian, says American women are ruin to business in their own land and a menace to com- mercial and industrial Europe.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-01-11

A Belgian paper reports the following price list of a dairy in the outskirts of Brussels: Ordinary milk, 40 centimes the litre; milk drawn from the COW in presence of the customer, 75 centimes; drawn by the customer himself, one franc"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-01-11

The late Philip D. Armour had a great respect for facts He said to favorite employe: When I'm done with work, George remember this-that I always had great respect for facts. If there were fewer theorists in the world there would be more successes. Facts can be discounted at any bank, but theory is rarely worth par. Stick to factS!'
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-01-11

In order to supply the pressing need for additional naval officers, the House Committee on Naval Affairs has de- cded to make provision for the imme- diate graduation of the highest class of cadets at Annapolis. The members of this class are now at sea, but their congress acts in the matter, and br cruise will be terminated as soon as congress acts i'll the matter, and brought home to receive their commits sions. This will give to the Navy about one hundred extra officers, and will for the time being tide over the emergency. Representative Foss, chairman of the naval committee, does not think 1t wise to provide at this session for an in- crease in the number of cadets at An napolis. we increased the number one-third at the last session." he says,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-01-11

District of New Haven, ss Probate Court,
 January 9th, 1901. ESTATE of HARRIET NJ. SOUTHWORTH. late of New Haven, In said District, de- ceased
 The Court of Probate for the District of New Haven hath limited and appointed six months from the date hereof for the credit against said estate. Those who neglect to exhibit their claims within said time will be debarred. All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment to
 EDW ARD WELLS SOUTEWORTu, HARRIET M. s. HASTINGS, ja10 St Executors.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-01-11
District of New Haven, ss Probate coart,

District of New Haven, ss. Probate coart,
 January Sth, 1DDf. of New Haven, in said District, deceasaJ The Administrator having made wrItfnn application praying authority to sell cer by said application on file in this GoIns nrs more fully appears, 1t is
 ORDERED = That said application b.. heard and determined at Court of Prs trict on the 18th day of January, 1901. nt ten o'clock in the forenoon, and that nI,hic notice of the pendency of said appiication and of the time and place of the hearing three times in some newspaper having circulation in said District.
 LIVINGSTON w. CLEAvELAND, Ja3 3tp Judge.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-01-11

Clearly, the burden of proof is upon those who seek the passage of the Sub- sidy bill, the Chicago Evening Post (Rep.) says. 'They must prove the need and the high utility to the whole nation of measure which would pay $1S0, ,000, 900 of taxpayers money to a small group of men engaged in an in dustry which, if small, has not been unprofitable. They may be able to done so as yet"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-01-11

Mayors of Pennsylvania cities have novel powers, and Mayor Schaadt, of Allentown, makes use of that given him to apply the ssachusetts system of probation for minor offenders. His method is to impose fines for drunken ness, or other petty offenses, and to give those thus punished their liberty and fixed time in which to pay the fine. He Is quite satisfied with the re- suit after two years experience. Of those to whom clemency is shown 90 per cent. pay the fines. A few of the others surrender themselves and the remainder rid the city of their unde- sirable presence and are restrained from returning by fear of additional punish ment.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-01-11

Tuberculosis is said to be killing eight or nine thousand persons annually in Canada. An important tuberculosis conference is to be held in Ottawa, On- tario, during the second week of Feb ruary, in which all parts of Canada will be represented. The Montreal Ga- zette says that the governors general, the earl of Minto, and his wife, the countess of Minto, have consented to call this meeting of representative medical men and laymen in order that measures may be discussed for limit ing the ravages of consumption in the Dominion The formation of a Do- minion association is proposed, with branches in each city or province, to deal with the disease, and it is also planned to provide, with government aid, sanitaria, or homes in suitable localities for the isolation and cure of tuberculosis.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-01-11

Mrs. Chamot is a San Francisco wo- man, whose husband conducted a hotel at Pekin for eighteen years. During the two months that the Chinese clam ored about the walls of the legations for the foreigners blood Mir and Mrs Chamot stood fearlessly at their posts According to MT. Chamot's testimony he received seven wounds during the siege and his wife was shot four times. But they took their revenge in full, for both are expert rifle shots. One day Mrs Chamot shot and killed seventeen Boxers and the best days record of her husband was fifty-four. Together they killed 700 Boxers with their trusty rifles, Chamot says, and he gives credit for 1S0 of them to his wife.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-01-11

During the next thirty days she will remain the uninvited guest of Sheriff Huskins.-L Evening Journal.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-05-25

Anderson & Brewer 1' eo Isp.s; e s'sa
n sheet-Iron work; Smoke stacks en4
Breechine, Exhaust and Blow Pipes; kooeN4
and Gutterine Job work Specially
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-05-25

For SALE:-A fine jersey COW,
full blood, fine mixer and butter
maker. If you want COW call
and see me.
HERBERT HIRSCH
ASH lgton Ave.
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NOTICE NOTICE TO cREDTToRs.

All persons having claims against the estate
of samuel R. Mcdowell, deceased, are hereby
reVistered BY the Clerk of the Chancery Court
Of Washington County, Mississippi, within one ne
year or they will be forever barred. letters
testamentary on said estate were issued 70 mo
r. s. Redo, Administering
THOMAS & ROSE, Attorneys 9Ht
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LAUNDRIES.
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UNDERTAKES

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TRADES.

e. BLEDSOE vsa ''sss saa Es ssRi
Nss torv manner. Furniture repaired, scrap,
"a and vssnfshsd 70 pr1ef. shop on hroNa-
way. ugar S.R, Z,
a HATCHER G isSIss Pssls sss':s II
fNs setting. Crate work, Cement WAlks
Brick work Generosity
r M. HENRY, Ri nsss. nd shsssslsSs
work All kinds Of Repair work = sPsHir
aifv Walnut street. near First MatiQnAk hAAMs
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GROCERS.

cMlTH Produce Company, Il Dea Tsr
- KEYS. Chickens, Ducks, Geese, Butter, and
Eggs. Produce always wanted. Orgers
promptly filed. Main Street, near flrst ~
tjonai Bank. Telephone No. 1923
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-02-01

Women are too prone to accept I'M
necessary evils with ready resigna-
ton, while men have better under
standing of the art Of happiness" said
Nine. Sarah Grand in lecture on
The Art of Happiness" recently.
Idleness, she said, is one of the worst
enemies of happiness. and among
women the desire to work is not so
common as to be discouraged, the in
effectual life of many women being
one Of the saddest features Of the pres
ent day. Nine. Grand strongly ad-
vised parents to give their children,
sons and daughters alike. the opportu-
nifty to follow their instructive pro-
clivities in the way of life work, be-
cause there is joy in congenial work
and congenial play.
The chances for happiness, she said,
outweigh the chances of misery, every
function of mind and body inclining
toward pleasure and to the avoidance
of pain. Happiness Is to be found in
the simpler modes Of life, not in ex-
element, which is only its imitation.
In all recipes for happiness goodness
mus. be the principal ingredient. the
others which go to form truly happy
life being fidelity in friendship, love
and marriage. affection between pa
rents and children, moral courage,
courtesy and perfect sincerity.