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The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-22
CHEERFUL CHER,

| If the Lord loves a cheerful giver,
 and we are told he does, Dr. D. K.
 Pearsons, of Chicago, is one of the be- | loved He gives away much money, and has what he calls "a bully time" doing 1t. He has just made public the following college pledges, due by Jan uary i, 1902: Illinois College, Jackson | vile, s5OOOO; Fargo College, Fargo,
 North Dakota, $50O0O; Whitman Col lege Walla walla, Washington, s5O,- 900; McKendree College, Lebanon, Illi- nois s5O,OOO; Bethany College, Linds
 borg, Kansas, s25,ooO; Fairmount Col lege, Wichita, Kansas, $25,00O; Drury
 College, Springfield Missouri, s25,ooO.
 Total, $275, 900. In addition there are
 one or two other promises, which will
 make the total $35O.oo0 in round num-
 bers. He expects that all save one of
 thu struggling colleges will meet his requirements, and that he will be able rto start with clean slate'' in the year 1902. He, says: II wouldn't have given Beloit so much at once except that they had to have 1t. I'm going to live ten years longer, and keep on giving all the time just as now. It'll be in $25,o00 and $5O000 lots, with just one or two promises of $100,000, which 1 have in mind I haven't told any one how much was worth or how much I've got still, aHd I'm not going to-
 Dr. Pearsons doesn't mean to die dis graced. He has given away $3,100,000 during the last ten years, and If he will give away at least as much more. He is a useful and happy old man.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-22
PLAUSTB Y Y.

I
 'Yes, I am confirmed bachelor. ' 'How many times have you been con l firmed ?'-Brooklyn Life.
 Mathilde-"Mr. Hungerford is a man | who thoroughly believes in himself" Illaine-"How very gull'5e he must be"-Town and Country. Not Entrely.-"Is he crmnal law yer2" Well should hardly call him criminal, though some of his prac- tices come very close to being felo- nies "-Town ad Country.
 Too Fast for Her. Miss Elden = There are so many fast young men nowadays" Miss Youngy-"H m yes; you do seem to have difficulty in catching one. e."-Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
 Horticultural Millinery. Harry how do you Ike my new hat?" T don't know, Harriet; doesn't it need little more fruit on top and a little more shrubbery on the left side ?"-Chi- cago Record Herald.
 Equal to the casion.-Antiquity dealer-' Madame, the Spanish coin is old-more than 100 years old" Madame -"H'm; it is stamped 1870" Antiquity dealer-"Is that so? We'll that of course is a misprint. Chicago Record Herald.
 At the Apothecary's. - Poet-"I1ow much for this prescription? Apothe- cary-"Two dollars, please" Poet (so- liloquizng as he pays( the pub- fishers tell me that poetry is a drug
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When big vessels meet, they say,
The Whit6rlI Ilnuse

To the Editor of the Journal and Courier: l The state of Connecticut has reason
 to be we'll satisfied with it's legislature
 that body having had the wisdom to
 discern that it was for the honor of 1 Connecticut that the old Whitfield house, CT Stone House of Guilford," |"
 built in 1639-40, should pass by pur-
 chase, into it's hands for safe keeping.
 Massachusetts was already guarding l her colonial landmarks and carefully | treasuring her relics of a heroic past,
 and yet, save Plymouth Rock itself, not in massachusetts,, or in any other New England state, did there exist a monu- | ment of the earliest colonial period at once so substructed, enduring and an cient as the Stone House at Guilford,
 or one more interesting in its irrdividu- al history. this ancient house having
 been built by the Rev. Henry Whitfield
 to serve the double purpose of dwell-
 ing house and place for holding reli-
 gious services It's massive walls,
 which sheltered those strong hearted
 worshipers from storms and from say
 ages, have stood for two hundred and
 sixty years, and will stand, no doubt,
 for centuries more, to the honor of Connecticut; while to coming genera tions serving as type of the strong faith and enduring principles upon which our forefathers founded the New England colonies. In the purchase of the Whitfield house the state has been aided by suggestions and by contribu- tions of money by the Connecticut Soci- ety of the Colonial Danes of America, as well as by residents of Guilford; and on Wednesday, June 19. the trustees appointed by the governor met with the Whitfield and Landmark committees of the Society of Colonial Danes, at the Whitfield house, to confer with the architect, MT, Isham, and to consider plans for the restoration of the interior of the house.
 After much interesting discussion it was unanimously agreed by the trus- tees to repair the interior and to restore the fine entrance hall, where religious l services were held, to it's original di- mensions, removing modern cheap par titions and again opening the huge fire placee.
 It Is the design of the trustees, with | the aid of the Colonial Danes, to make | this ancient hall a state museum for | colonial relics, as well as place for | occasional state and patriotic uses. In | the enthusiasm of the meeting several l handsome contributions were made to- | ward the restoration by the descend ants of those who, with Whitfield as their leader, signed on shipboard the hnf To nyo our shores.
 The work of restoration is to begin at once, and as it goes on it is hoped that others may desire to aid In the preser- walton of this ancient house, or later, in placing interesting colonial relics with in it's walls. r. S. w.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-22
SITUATION IN WESTERN AND
 SOUTHERN OIL FIELDS.

Few people not on the ground car 1 understand the commercial situation | of the western and southern oil fields | The Beaumont gusher, (Texas) was ! struck January 10th of this year, and there followed in quick succession ter others, and their wonderful spectacu- lar display of petroleum excited the h. terest of the civilized world. There
 has been nothing like 1t in America
 before Nowhere in the world has the gas pressure been so great, except in the Baku (Russia) oil field, where 1t was so enormous that the overflow
 ruin of petroleum bankrupted at least
 one American company. In April the
 oil fever had set in. The Texans and
 a great many outsiders seemed to have
 gone oil mad. Spectators and oil men
 from all over the Union rushed to the
 scene. Fortunes changed hads in a
 day, even in an hour, by the buyers
 and sellers of good and bad oil lands
 alike Contiguous lands in conjectural
 fields have gone by leaps and bounds
 in this oil Babylon till the prices at
 last rest in the financial clouds.
 In June, 1S99 in Kern county, Cali
 fornia, the head of the San Joaquin
 valley, two poor wood-choppers with a faith deserving of immortality, started an oil well four feet in diameter on section 8, twp 29 S., 28 E., Mt. Dfablo Base and Meridian, and found, at forty feet a product that is surely changing the commercial aspect of the western world. This product was low gravi- ty ola fuel, Californias greatest need for manufacturing industries and motive power. At the end of '99 the production of this kind of oil was about nineteen thousand barrels. The Kern field alone now produces daily almost as much. The exact figures will be given in this agency's July re- port.
 In these western and southern oil fields, promoters, with nothing but as- surance, persuasive falsehood and greed, are flaming the speculative flame until the mercantile oil confla- grafton has set in
 In Texas Sunday excursions of thou sands of excited people, by railways and by water, are brought in and a capper gusher is let loose, throwing six inch stream of solid petroleum two hundred feet in the air, Wonderful tales of sudden wealth-some of them quite true-are flying In the air. Peo- pie are told of the negro's garden patch selling for thousands of dollars; a tract of worthless sand with der rick on it. sold for a fortune of six figures; g srouter, that may he ex- hausted in a month or two. snapped up for million of dollars.
 In California the effects have been slower, less spectacular, but the spec ulative results are mucn the same. Many oil companies in the western and southern fields, capitalized for millions, with an irresponsible promAter and directorate, are bidding with orazen effrontery for the peoples cash. | Up to April 18th there were over two hundred and fifty companies ipcorpo- -ated in Texas, with an aggregate cap- tai of nearly thirty millions, and out side of the owners of the gushsr wells, t is safe to say that there we're not l
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ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations. Wants, Rents, aud other small advertisements. One Cent Word eacn in- sertiou. Five Cents Word for full weeK tseyen tjnes).
 Display advertisements, per Inch. one ID, sertiou, s1.20: each subsequent insertion, so cents; one week, 3.20: one month, Slo; o9s
 obituary Notices, in prose or verse, Lo cents per llne. Notices or Births, Marri' ages, Deaths, and Funerals, 50 ceDts each' Local Notices. 15 ceE:s per line.
 Yearir advertisers are limited 70 their cwn immediate business (o!i matter to oe anobject!onable and their contracts do not include Wants, To Let. For Sale. etc.
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EluIio {!

When you see d man in woe, Walk straight up and say, "Hullo!' Say, "Hullo! and How dye do? flows the world been using you?'' Slap the fellow on his back, Bring your hand down with d whack; Waltz straight up and don't go slow, Snake his hand and say, "Hullon' Is he clothed in rags? Oh, ho! Walk straight up and say, "Hullo!' Rags arc but cotton roll Just for wrapping up a soul; And soul is worth a true, Hale and, hearty, How dye do?" Don't wait for the crowd to go, Walk straight up and say, "Hullo!' When big vessels meet, they say, They salute and sail away Just the same as you and me, Lonely ships upon the sea; Each one sailing his own jog For port beyond the fog, Let your speaking trumpet blow, Lift your horn and cry ''Hullo!' Say "Hullo!' and How dye do?" Other folks are good as you. When you leave your house of clay, Wandering in the far away; When you travel through the strange Country far beyond the range Then the souls you've cheered will know Who you be, and say ''Hullo."
 New York Weekly
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-22
on the market. Oh, that it werel

on the market. Oh that it were!'- Boston Transcript.
 Two Reasons.-Miss Polkadot--" You are not wearing birds on your hat any more?" Miss Slimwell-"No, it Is an awful practice. Besides. they are not nearly so stylish as they used to be, since the Audubon society took the matter up ''-Brooklyn Life.
 "You admit her many good qualities, and yet claim that modesty is fault with her"
 Tn such excess, yes, Why, she won't put books by male and female authors on the same compartment Of her se!"-Phlladelp Times.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-22

rms dress suited for Q young girl, is made of ecru yelling. The corsage has a group of narrow plaits down each side, and they are continued down the skirt The collar Is of linen, incrusted With guipure, and the front is crossed by a trellis of black velvet The skirt Is trimmed with guipure flounce.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-22

half million dollars of assets In the whole of them. Since then the secreta- ry of state, Texas, has declared for feited one hundred of the chartered companies doing business there, for
 not paying the franchise tax.-Kerr's
 Reports
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-22
DESERTERS FEAST.

Devices of British Soldiers to Escape
 From the Army.
 To desert from either the army or the navy is not the easiest thing in the world, and even when accomplished the culprit lives in daily fear of being re- captured and sentenced to heavy term of imprisonment. Therefore, the
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-22

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN FIFE CITY 15 CENTS WEEK, 50 CENTS A MoNTH s3 FOR SIX MONTHS, $6 A YEAR. TIE SAME TERMS BY MAIL.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-22
New Haven Taxes aud Westville
 School District Taxes.

The subscriber gives notice to all persons 1900 and payable July 1st, 1901, for the City and Westyile School District. that he will commence to receive taxes on said lists on July 1st 1901, at his office, No. S. City Hall, Church street. Regular office hours, q. m. to p. m.
 FRANCIS c. ANTHONY, Collector of above named Taxes. New Haven, Conn, June 10, 1901. je19 1St
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-22

Chemistry Master What happens to gold when 1t is exposed to the air?" Student (after long refection)-" stolen Tit Bits.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-22

Rev. Joseph H. Seldon of Greenwich in this State didn't get far out Of the way when he said: "The common peo- pie are with difficulty persuaded to en- ter places of worship. Many of the most self-respecting and intelligent among the laboring classes stand to- day outside the church. suspicious of her sincerity, discrediting the effi- ciency of her help, and refusing to &C., cept the invitations to share in her work and worship"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-22

Prince zu Loewenstein, President of the German Catholic Union, has under taken a systematic campaign against duelling. He has therefore drawn up a statement, to which he has obtained 11S signatures among his own friends and acquaintances. The Prince de- clares that the number of signatures would already be incomparably larger they could publish their real views without imperlling their military posi- ton.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-22

Honduras correspondent of the Boston Herald is not silver man. He writes: "Having occasion to use some money in the interior, I went to the To- cal banker, and, taking a single United States bill from my vest pocket to pur- chase the same, was asked, "Is your mule at the door?' My reply was, He is ready And for the single bill weighing less than quarter of an ounce, I was obliged to load the mule with one hundred and fifty pounds of silver money and transport it some ninety miles into the interior Surely, the IS to 1 doctrine is soon knocked out of even the most rabid silver man after a short experience in this coun- try, and you can't get rid of the bur den, as the entire business is carried on with this silver currency"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-22

Protection to the limit Fire recently broke out at Hermannsreuth, an Aus trian village near the frontier. A Ba- varian fire brigade, which was sta- toned only three miles away, hastened to the rescue, but the Austrian Custom House authorities refused to allow the fire engine to pass the frontier unless the usual tax on imported machinery were paid. The Bavarian fremen nat urally turned back, and half the vil- lage was burned down before the near est Austrian fire brigade reached the scene
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-22

H. A. Everett of the Cleveland elec- tric railroad system will soon own the finest trolley car ever built. Exclu- sive of its costly furnishings, the car will cost about $15,000. It will contain parlor, library, workroom, dining room, and kitchen, and it will also be fitted with three sleeping berths. The latter will be invisible during the day, because they will be stored beneath the floor of the car, not above, as Is usual in most sleeping cars. The car will be nearly twice the length of the ordinary suburban trolley car At either end there will be an electric searchlight. The one at the rear of the car being red will turn on automa- tically whenever the car stops.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-22

New York city had in 1860 a popula- ton of about quarter of what 1t is at present 805, ,000. Taxation for city purposes, now $100,O0O00O, was then $5,- 600,0 900 and public schools $1,700,000 Some of the items of city expenditure forty years ago were for the Mayors office $29,00O, the law department (which now costs $4oO,ooo) s6,ooo, and the Board of Health (which now costs $1 ,OOO, ,o00) $40, ,ooO The Fire department, then volunteer organization, cost $37,- 900.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-22

Z Congress having failed to provide for the continuance of the pneumatic mail tube contracts, that branch of the mail service in New York, Brooklyn, Boston and Philadelphia will be discontinued the evening of June 30; and thereafter, until such time as congress provides for renewal of the service or estab- fishes some new form of quick mail transportation, those cities will have to go back to the old way of doing things. A lively demand for the renewal of the pneumatic service may be expected.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-05-25
Frisco Proposition to For, worth.

Fort Worth, Tex, May ga citi.
zen, meeting here was addressed by B.
+ Nuakum, president OF the Frisco, who
made proposition to build into the
city ty October, provided the right Of
way and terminals are given the com
pany II Is estimated that IL will not
cost the city 20 exceed $4,000 20 comply
with Mr. Yoakum's proposition. The
offer will be- accepted and the citizens
are given until Monday to decide.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-05-25
poEs IN IN roRrY cHEApe

4 cheap remedy Tor coughs and
colds is all right, but YOU want
something that will relieve and cure
the more severe and dangerous re-
suits of throat and lung troubles.
What shall Won doc Go ton warmer
more regular ciimatc' Yes. II possi-
BILE; if not possible for YOU, then u
either ease take the only remedy
that has been introduced In all
civilized countries with success m
severe throat and lung troubles.
"Boschee's German syrup" ltuot
only heals and stimulates the
tissues 10 destroy the germ disease.
hLt allays Inflammation. causes oasy
SPECIFICATION. gives % good nights
rest, and cures TIE patient. Try ono
bottle. Re- commended many years
10y all druggists Ia the world. Get
Green's Prize Almanac. For sale ny
Wilson.Jcukius Drug Go.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-05-25
A NEW wEEyIL REMEDY.
Mr.. 7. A. Mercer the Originator Of a
New Device.

In speaking of the various
methods for catching and destroy
ing the boil weeyil, NJ. T. A.
Mercer of Chappell Hill stated
yesterday that he had placed in
use a new device for catching and
destroying the pests and had
found the same to be most satis-
factory. He employs small
board with handle, much on q e
order Of the catching pan, and on
| the board he las.ens a sheet OF
"ianglefoot' fly paper. This is
carried in the left hand while the
right hand is supplied with a small
paddle with VIII ch the stalk il.
bent and we'll shaken over the pa.
per. Every weevil, bug, worm
and fly or other insect that
chances TO fall on the paper is
firmly imprisoned and doomed To
death forever more. After the
paper has been filled it is lighted
with match and burns very
readily, while another sheet is a e
tached to the board aud the work
/ Of destruction continued after q
short delay.
With III, pan system, a small
amount OF molas rs is required n
the bottom to catch them As they
fall. When the pan is emptled
and the catch disposed Of, the pan
has to be thoroughly washed ana a
/ fresh application of the molasse-
placed in the same, all of which
taRes more time than does the
adjusting Of the paper upon the
board.
The cost of the paper he est
mates TO be less than the cost of
molasses tor the pan "a a sheet of
paper can be- secured for about one
cent or even less in lar q
quantities, while more Of the
molas.es is used to the acre than
il the quantity Of paper III market
value consumed.
Mr.. Mercer is an energetic far
mer and has given his device a
thorough test and has demous'ra-
ted TO his satisfaction that the pa
per is much better than the pan in
this warfare on the Mexican
hordes of Observation-Disclosures
/ Banner.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-05-25

Col. l.. / Foster. who was q
charter member of the Texas Press
Association at is organization
twenty-five wears ago. and who .
m iined member eleven years.
visited Houston Thursday and al
dressed the editors, inviting them
To visit the college in a body Sat.
urday. The invitation was ac.
cepied and the newspaper men will
spend about three hours there to.
daY.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-05-25

We this week offer our readers
something entirely new in the
missing word contest business
1t is this: A good church deacon
accidently at ON the business end
Of carpet tack. He at once
.prang up and said only two
words The last was cit Any
person guessing the first word
and sending NJ a dollar in cash
will be untitled to the sun one
vear.-Oakwoods Sun.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-05-25
viii Fequa Killed.

Will Fuqua, negro, was shot
and killed yesterday morning at
the II & T. C. railroad crossing
near the store Of Sanders Bros. Il
Co.. by MIR. Edgar Convey. Fuqua
was cook employed by Mr. NJ
d. Cole. and the difficulty which
resulted in his death was brought
on by his impudent and insulting
conduct towards Mrs Cole, mother
of Mr. Convey, earlier in the morn.
ing. The negro carried a heavy
stick with which he struck Mr..
Convey during tie fight and had q
butcher knife in his pants pocket
with the blade prutruding promi
uently. Nr. Convey was armed
villa Colts pistol Of large cilibre
vi which he struck the negro
and afterwards shot him. After
tho shooting Mr.. Convey gave him
self up and an examining trial was
held Yesterday afternoon te'oie
Justice W. G. Mitchell, Mr.. Convey
hsirg allowed bond i'm the sum of
$lOCu. which he readily gave The
n,gro's end was not asuiprise TO
lhosc who knew his di,position
for disrespect aud impud,nce.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-05-25
Another New Railroad.

Arkansas City, KAs. May IA rail
way from Arkansas City. Kas.. 20 thu
southeast Is now assured. The inform.
alton is given out that road would be
built which will connect southern Kan.
sas with the coal fields and lumber dis.
tricts Of the Indian Territory and Ar.
kansas The details have not been given
out but the route Of the new road will
be- from Fort Smith. Ark. by way Of
South MoAlester 10 Arkansas City, Kas,
Money sufficient 20 complete the road
has been secured and work will begin
nc once.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-05-25

A great food on the Tennessee
river has resulted in great loss of
life and property. Those who have
lived on the Brazos the past two
years will know how 10 sympathize
with those in the food district.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-05-25

A north Texas editor threatens
TO make a brother newspaper nan
eat his paste pot. Editors don't
usually have much to be stuck up
about
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-05-25
Save 26o by Buying

McGeo's &c Chill Cure is a purga-
tive; you need no other. Largest bot
tie for the money and Is guaranteed
70 cure or money refunded. Ask your
druggist for McGeo's &c Chill Cure,
Tasloless.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-05-25

The press dispatches report the
discovery Of salt mine near
Palestine and state that a plant
with o capacity of 1000 barrels
per day viii be put in.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-05-25

A united aud relentless warfare
against the hool weevil will saves
lots OF cotton and many thousands
OF dollars 10 Brazus county.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-05-25

Every boil weeviI killed may
save cotton boil. and no man
should fold his hands and give his
crop up TO the pests.
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SATURDAY, MAY p, 1901.
Mr. Carnegie has given his coun.
trymen OF Scotland $4,000, 900 for
educational purposes.

Texas has two oil fields which
the oil prospectors would like to
unite with a chain of gushers.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-05-25
CENTRAL.

Mrs. fot'ie Coleman: VI FLowery
Tyler; Dick punklin, Waco; Joe \
Suttle,. kuricu.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-05-25

BRING your chickens to the Bryan
Grocery Company. We never get
enough. wa3