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The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-28
NEW HAVEN MORNING

paper of 1900 does not mean the same thing as book or a newspaper in 1850, join in the universal nettle feast, and "know not eating death" Bad or 1n- different literature is thrust into mems hands, the noise of it is dinned into their ears with persistency against which the fewest are proof. Not only does the vulgar read nothing but vul- garity, so sacrificing the chance of gradual improvement which he used to enjoy but the man with better capabil- ities reads so constantly below the true level of his taste and intellect that his ideals are gradually debased and he Until the reading of nonsense comes to takes no pains to recommend good books and journals to his children. be regarded by respectable families in the same light as dram drinking, the press will do more universal harm than the public house.-George Macaulay Trevelyan in the Nineteenth Century.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-28
GENERAL vOYRON ON THE PF
 KIN LOOT.

His Official Report Accuses Missiona-
 ries, Ladies of Legation and French Soldiers. I said yesterday that in all probabil- ity the report would be published to- day, but did not say that 1t would be published by the government, and, in fact it is by an indiscretion that it has now somewhat obscurely reached the Paris press In reproducing the signi- ficant passage here I am bound to ex- plain why the government cannot and does not wish to publish the whole re- port As will be seen, it incrimnates some of the missionaries, who 1ndulged in the most reckless pillage, turing on French soldiers to do their work for them. But the report says other things to which the government does not wish to give publicity. 1t recounts certain facts that were already being mysteri- ouslv noised abroad, both here and, no doubt. elsewhere. It says that no soon- CT had the legations been relieved by the allied forces, while the Chinese in the richest quarters of Pekin were pam ic stricken, than the ladies of the lega- tiOnS ran or to the Desl sHop5, WHICH were we'll known to them, and pillaged them of their valuable contents, re- turning with positively crushing loads of the most precious articles, silks, faces, jewelry, gold and silver,and ivo- " work, which they hid and heaped LID in their respective legations, thus making ruthless pillage their normal and regular OccupatiOn.
 As General Voyron's report gives names, and in general places the atti- tude of the liberated captives of Pekln in a melancholy light, 1t is clear that it is not for the government of great nation to provide history with pages almost humiliating for the dignity of both sexes in Pekin, for it was not the women alone who indulged in these ex-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-28

 desk Naturally, expect ridicule, ," the stranger went on, but I tell you I am the ghost of Hamlet's father, and I have here an entire new act of Hamlet, which I want you to incorporate into MT. Blanks new production" Beliey- ing he had to do with mad-man. the reader became diplomatic. He grasped the wrinkled hand of the other firmly. ''Oh, true ghost of. the father of the melancholy Dane he declaimed I've long yearned to greet thee. Leave thy manuscript and it shall be even as you desire' The ghost threw the paper on the floor and strode out. On the paper was only the scrawl of a child!
 Yesterday an old fellow came in With a five-act piece devoted entirely to the subject of street paving. The first act dealt with Belgian blocks. the second with tar, and the third with asphalt. There was a Hove interest in it, too. This play will not be put on the boards this winter.-New York Evening Post.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-28
AN ATTENUATED GOOD STORY.

After-dinner speakers have license to repeat chestnuts, but they ought to attribute them to the right groves, so to speak Now ex-Judge Howland, who is rather happy on his feet, is accused of telling this anecdote at the late Lo- tos club dinner to Joseph H. Choate:
 At a certain drawing-room in Lon- don a guest approached MT Choate, who was in the conventional dress of the English waiter, and said: Gall me cab" All right" said MT. Choate, If you wish it. You're cab.
 This is the complete ruin of once amusing story, authentically told of w. S. Gilbert. As the author of 'The Pal ace of Trust" was standing on the steps of a London house where he had been assisting at social function, the Bish- op of London (we believe it was Dr. Jackson) also a guest, came out and beckoning to MT. Gilbert whom he SUD- posed to be on duty for that purpose, said, Gall me a cab, my man. Now the bishop was remarkably plain of feature, and MT. Gilbert replied, With pleasure, my lord. You are cab. But a four- wheeler. I couldn't call you a hansom." That, now, is good story. -Springfield Republican.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-28
"THE WHITE PERIL.n

l How can population living a wholly
 artificial life in great cities be the same
 as a population living in country cot tages and small towns? How can d l population in which every man daily
 soaks his mind in modern journalism
 be the same as a population Of whom | some read the Bible and 8 few sound
 books, and the rest nothing at all? Be- | fore the industrial revolution, the ordi
 nary working of economic law left the
 majority of manual laborers unenlight-
 ened indeed, but natural in mind, hab-
 its and emotion; delighting in sports in l which they themselves took part, and | cheered by songs, ballads and stories of l their own countryside that were never vllgar and often exquisite. Meanwhile 1 that large minority on whom education l was then bestowed had religion, imag 1 ination, intellect. But all seem to have possessed natural taste in arts and crafts Gas all their surviving houses, | furniture and utensils show. And these qualities, Gin widest commonality spread" were the general conditions that produced in individual cases the high triumphs of English literature. So long as man minded his business in
 cottage farm. mansion and shop, Eng fish life was vigorous and beautiful.
 But how can it now be beautiful, and
 how even vigorous for anything except material ends? For it Is the common sights and sounds of daily life which stimulate or deaden the imagination, awaken or stif1e the aesthetic and the moral qualities. No one has ever at tempted to deny this principle since Plato laid it down as the reason why the artists in his republic should "by the power of genius trace out the na- ture of the fair and the graceful, that our young men, dwelling as 1t were in healthful region, may drink in good from every quarter, whence any ema- nation from noble works may strike upon their eye, or their ear, like a gale waiting health from salubrious sands, and win them imperceptibly from their earliest childhood into resen- blance, love and harmony with the true beauty of reason.
 What a ghastly satire are these old Athenian words on the sights and saunds that now pursue our distracted city race from "earliest childhood" through life that is in it's externals like one long journey by the Under ground!
 
 Fifty years ago a majority of those who could read were in some real sense educated. Therefore the press, follow ins the law of supply and demand, was so used as to appeal to an educated public Even those readers who were essentially vulgar then read books and newspapers little above their intellec- tual level, since these came most easily to hand. Now these conditions have been revered. The number of people who can read is enormous; the propor- ton of those who are educated is small. The printing press, following the law of supply and demand, now ap- peals to the uneducated mass of all classes. Many even of the educated, too lazy to observe that a book or a news
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-28
TRAGEDY OF MULTIPLICATION.

A bachelor member of Congress, who is not as handsome as Apollo. dropped into Clerk McDowel's office the other day to seek sympathy because the lady on whom he had looked with favor was about to be married to another man.
 That reminds me said MT. Me Dowell, 'of the incident which happen ed when Gov. Dick Oglesby went down to Joliet to inspect the State prison. In one of the cells was a very ugly man.
 How did you get in here?' asked Oglesby.
 'Abduction,' was the reply. I tried to run off with a girl and they caught me-.
 "Tll pardon you as soon as l get back to Springfield said the Governor. I don't see how you could expect to get a wife in any other way.
 The homely bachelor Congressman laughed loudly. Then, as the applica- tion of the story dawned upon him, the smile faded from his face and he walk ed out of McDowelrs office without saving a word Washington Post.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-28
Last Nfnht's Polo

The Meriden polo team scored de- cisive victory over the Blues at the To- cal rink last night. The visitors were lucky in scoring three goals in the first period, which proved to be lead that the New Haven team could not over come. The score was: Meriden 6, New Haven 2.
 Waterbury, Dec. 27.-Amid the most intense excitement at an stages of the game, the Wallingfords carried off the honors at the local rink tonight, de- feating the Waterburys by the score of 8 to in the hottest, most exciting game of the year.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-28
THE APPALACHIAN PARK.

< presifent Roosevelt's letter to Con- seress urging the establishment or a 2fnrest reserve in the Appalachian
 aaeetion of Virginia, North Carolina,
 trernessee and other Southern states Sdnubtless will bring to a focus a sub Beet which has been before Congress in
 different ways for some years. During hia Journey to the Pacific coast last
 spring the late President Mckinley
 was impressed with the magnificent < scenery and the marvellous richness or
 s5lst1t life in the Appalachian region, and 1t was intimated at the time that St1e would take such steps as were g1Apftimately his to create a forest re- Rs Rserve there. His assassination seems 1only to have halted the movement, for NNfr. Roosevelt now, with the co-opera- 94fon of his cabinet minister most inter- 4ested in such affairs-the secetary Of
 \ xcricultlire-has taken it up in earnest.
 @ The cost of the proposed purchase is
 yafrously estimated at between S5,ooo- t(l0 and $1O, ,OOO,OO0, but even if the last SS,a,ned sum be required it would not be
 exorbitant in the light of the double sf,,irnose such a reserve would serve. SFirst. 1t would protect valuable Sntretch. of timberland from the lumber mans ax, and second, it would provide a1fe nation with a national park in the East similar to the Yosemite and Yel- s1owstone Parks in far and middle West. Admitting that the present Congress is Areally to be economical, it can easily make provision for creating the
 Apnalachian reserve without increasing
 materially the grand total of ap- spropriations; in fact, by judieious pru- hing of estimates the total need not he increased at all.-Baltimore Sun.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-28
NEAT SOUVENIR GIFT.
Compliments of the Yale Safe and Iron
 

Compliments of the Yale Safe and Iron
 Company.
 One of the neatest souvenir gifts of the season is that issued by William Crosby, of this city, president and treasurer of that enterprising and sue cessful concern the Yale Safe and Iron company of West Haven. It is an excellent black wallet of convenient size and containing two pockets The wallet has been sent out to the large list of customers of the company and is certainly a handy and welcome present. In it is a neat circular of fine paper, on which is printed lists of the manufac- lures of the concern and also giving other interesting information.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-28
THEORY OF NEGRO DEPRAvITY.
Shown to be Cruel and Baseless In- vention.

< The theory of a recently acquired universal negro depravity Gin relation to the white woma mood of the South) does not stand investigation. It falls to the ground as soon as one visits the South and beholds the "black brute" :" with the fiendish desire in his heart still serving the helpless white woman in the most intimate and personal manner in all the domestic relations of life in every household in the South He accompanies her on all her errands; She takes her children to and from school; he is still her coachman, waiter, Orter-often her chambermaid and Aundress-and always her faithful aendant and protector, by day or t. No one seems to have the test fear of him. How singular
 put of such conditions as these
 slch unusual trustfulness and re-
 faithfulness--should grow this
 of Frankenstein monster
 of a land peOpled with such
 end terrified woman fleeing
 swn experience, I can pre-
 Ateresting testimony. In
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-28
sTARIN' New Haven Transportation co.
DAILY EXCEPT SATURDAY..

DAILY EACEPT SATUKUAY.
 Steamer JOHN II. STARIN, Captain Mo- Pier, foot of Brown street. at 1O:15 D. r'. Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays Steamer GLEN ISLAND. Captain Thompson. slHAfs sTARiN leaves New York from fs Pier tns is North River, at 8 ?. m. Mondays, Wednes |. days and Fridays; the GLEN ISLAND 75 cents; Excursion Tickets $12t. State rooms, $1.0O.
 Tickets and staterooms. for sale at ]. B. ops, 7O3 Chapel street. Free stage ieaves the depot on arrival of Hartford train and from corner of Chapel and Church stroetss Through freight rates given and bifis of Iading to all points West, South, and South. west. c. H. FISHER, Agent
 Order your freight via Starin Line.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-28
New Haven Steamboat Line.
 For New York, the South,
and est,

STEAMER CHESTER W. CHAPIN.
 in commission
 Leaves New Haven 2:15 a. m. daily q. cept Monday; due New York about FOO a. m.
 Passengers may go on board at New IIa. ven any time after 1000 D. m. Returning, boat leaves New York 4:30 D. about 800 p. m. NH Boat arrives and departs from Belle Dock. New Haven, and Pier 25, E. R.. foot of Peck Slip, New York Tickets and all information at of1ce Of Bishop & Co.,, 708-705 Chapel street; w. E. Morgan, Agent. Belle Dock, and at Purser'e Office on Steamer. n2O
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-28
FREAK PLAY WRITERS.
One of Them Said He Was the Ghost Of
 Hamlet's Father.


 Hamlet's Father.
 The other day young man whose duty it is to receive persons with man. uscript plays for the theater's manager was quite alone in his office on the top floor of a Broadway theater building when the door swung open noiselessly. The young man looked up without see ing any one and was about to close his door, when man nearly seventy, with a face bloodless and hard set, white hair blowing from beneath the faded slouch hat, filled the opening. I'm the ghost of Hamlet's father" said the ap- partition And the young man thought some of his friends of the stage had prepared a surprise for him. What can do for you?" he said, as easily as he could The figure stepped full into the room. There is not space in 1t for more than two persons and the reader
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-28
JOHN MCLAUGHLIN.

Well Known Scotchman Seriously Ill.
 John MacLauchlin, ST, the well known and highly respected treasurer of the New Haven Caledonian club and one of the best known Scottish resi- dents of New Haven. is seriously i'll at his home T
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-28
If the Baby is Cutting Tooth

Be sure and use that old and well-tried remedy, Mrs. Winslows Soothing Syrup, for chidren's teething. It soothes the child, wind coic and Is the best remedy for dlar. rhoea Twenty-Five cents bottle.
 d11 NWF < 1L
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-28

Shanghai Dec. 2s-A report has been re- ceiyed here to the effect that Yuan Shi Ka, governor of Chi Ii province. had advised the Chinese court to remain at Pao Ting Flu until the ministers of the foreign powers to China consent to restore Tien Tsin to Chinese control.
The daily sentinel., 1901-02-07
Tho Fascinating Gam. of Golf.


Golf has revolutionized the life Of
the more leisurely class in this coun-
try to greater extent than is realized
by those who know nothing of its
subtle charms. Before its introduction
the settled-income man logged along
without incentive to needed exercise.
Indeed, there were few sports in which
he could indulge without fear of ex-
hausting reaction. Golf has changed
all this. and today the business man
and the man Oh leisure find in 1t an
opportunity of Strengthening sluggish
systems without risk of oyerexertion.
Golf Is responsible for the older as
well as the younger generations en-
5oying cleaner, more simple and
health-sustaining existence, and for
this 1t we'll deserves the popularity it
has won. One of those ingenious per-
sons who compile interesting statistics
has dicovered that $4,000, 900 is ex-
pended annually In the United States
for golfng incidentals. This does not,
of course, include the original outlay
for clubhouses and grounds, SO that
the grand total assumes startling pro-
portions.-Lsslis's Weekly.
The daily sentinel., 1901-02-07
Notice of Sheriffs Foreclosure
Sale.

Public notice is hereby given that by virtue
of u certain order, Judgment and decree OF
foreclosure made and entered by the county
court of Mesa County, Colorado, the third
day of January, A. d. 1901, and by virtue OF
a special execution lien, issued out OF said
court and to me directed in said suit wherein
Orson Adams, Jr., was plaintiff, and BenJa-
min f. Kiefer and Frank ID. Kiefer, ct al,
were defendants, wherein and whereby am
commanded to make the sum of sixteen
hundred and sixty dollars and nine cents
Isl, ,660.U9), the amount of certain Judg-
ment and decree recovered against the said
Beujamin F. Kiefer and Frank ID. Kiefer and
in favor of the said Orson Adams, DR., IN a
certain action OF foreclosure pending In SAID
county court, out of the lands, tenements,
goods and chattels of the said Benjamin f..
Kiefer and Frank ID. Kiefer, which said
Judgment, interest and costs were by said
court declared lien upon the following
described property, towit:-
quarter (n e1-4) of the southwest quarter
Is w1-4) of Section Six 60 In Township One
G), north of Range Two (2), west of the Ute
meridian in the County OF Mesa and State of
Colorado, with stock of the Grand Valley lr-
rigation company representing and equiv
alent to six and one-fourth (6 1-4) statute
inches of water attached to and used upon
said land for irrigation purposes.
Therefore, according to the command OF said
writ so issued to me by the said clerk of the
county court of Mesa Co., Colorado, have
levied upon the above described property
and water rights and shall expose for sale at
public auction. for cash, to the highest bid
der, all the right, title and interest OF the
above named Benjamin Il. Kiefer and Frank
d. Kiefer in and to the above described
lands and water rights, on Saturday, the
ninth (9th) day of February, A. ID. 1901. at
ten 1O) o'clocA a. M. of said day at the east
front door of tine court house in the city OF
Grand Junction, in the County of Mesa and
State of Colorado, for the purpose of paying
said debt and costs as above set forth.
Witness my hand this fourteenth day of
January, A. ID. 1901.
CHARLES H. WALLIS.
Sheriff of Mesa County
The daily sentinel., 1901-02-07
Some Rare Bargains.

To any one desiring to purchase some
money making property which will return a
big per cent. on the investment in very
short time, l can offer some rare bargains.
name few pieces of property below:
nY - Containing $40 acres of
eOs ~ land, Capital subdivision.
This property is located near old gas well
and can be divided limo town lots. 1t has
high elevation and would make most de-
sirable residence property. 1t abuts on 9TH
avenue on the west and the town site of
Grand Junction on south.
ANOTHER TRACT.-The west u of the
east u of the southwest 4 of the northeast
u of section 13 township l south range
west Ute p. M, containing ten acres more
or less.
This tract lies north of the Jackson ranch,
known as the Rumble place. 1t faces on the
north road on the north. and Grand avenue
extension on the south.
Also lot No. 7 block No. 10S.
And lots No. and block 80.
For prices and terms of sale address me,
care of Sentinel.
The daily sentinel., 1901-02-07
Notice of Sheriffs Foreclosure
Sale.

Public notice is hereby given that by vir
tue of certain order, judgment and decree
of foreclosure, made and entered by the
county court of Mesa county, Colorado,
D., 1901, and by virtue of special execution
lien, issued out of said court and to me dir
ected in said suit, wherein Orson Adams, Jr.,
was plaintiff, and Benjamin F. Kiefer and
Frank b. kiefer, ct al, were defendants,
wherein and whereby l am commanded to
make the sum of sixteen hundred and fifty
SIX dollars and seventy five cents (S1,656.75),
including costs and expenses of suit, the
amount of a certain Judgment and decree
recoveIed against the said BENJAMIN f.
Kiefer and Frank d. Kiefer, and in favor of
the said Orson Adams, Jr, in certain action
of foreclosure pending in said county court,
out of the lands, tenements, goods and chat
tells of the said Benjamin +. klefer and
Frank ID. Kiefer, which said judgment, in
terest and costs were by said court declared
lien upon the following described property,
towit:-
East half (e12) of the southeast quarter
Is e1-4) of the southwest quarter Is w1-4)
and the northwest quarter On wl-4 OF the
south west quarter Is w1-4) of the south
west quarter Is w1-4), all in Section Six (6),
in Township One, Q), north of Range Two
(2), west of the Ute meridian, in the County
of Mesa and the State of Colorado, contain
ing thirty 800 acres of land, with stock of
the Grand Valley Irrigation company, repre-
senting an equivalent to nine and three
eighths % 3-8) statute inches of water at
tached to and used upon said land for irri-
gaulon purposes.
Therefore, according to the command of
said writ so issued to me by the said clerk of
the county court of Mesa county, Colorado,
have levied upon the above described
property and water rights, and shall expose
.or sale at public auction, for cash, to the
highest bidder, all the right, title and inter
est of the above named Benjamin f. kiefer
and Frank d. Kiefer in and to the above
described lands and water rights, on Satur-
day, the ninth (9th) day of February, A. ID.
1901, at ten 10) o'clock a. m., of said day,
at the east front door of the court house, in
the city of Grand Junction, County of
Mesa and State of Colorado, for the purpose
of paying said debt and costs above set forth
Witness my hand this fourteenth (14th)
day of January, A. ID. 1901.
CHARLES H. WALLIS,
. Sheriff of Mesa County