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The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-06
WEII yRE11ED PRISONERS.

An interesting account of the way and Ceylon is given by the Indian cor respondent of the Civita Cattolica, a periodical published In Rome. They at present number about ten thousand and are distributed in six camps, namely, at Diyatalawa in Ceylon, Ahmednagar in Bombay, Bellary in Madras, and Trichinopoly in southern India. Each prisoner is provided with a sun-hel- met, canvas shoes, slippers, light fan nel jacket, shirt, drawers, stockings, and pocket t-handkerchiefs. Each has a camp bedstead and mattress with pillow and two coverlets. As regards food they receive the same allowance as is made to the soldiers who guard them, while the Boer officers are pro- vided for in the same way as British officers serving in the field. The camp consists of long rows of mud cabins, thatched with straw like those of the natives, arranged in wide, clean streets, lit up at night by the electric light. In each cabin there are from ten to twelve ,s prisoners in charge of one of the Boers, who Is elected by his fellow prisoners and styled Captain. Around all the cabins there is a bar Tier of barbed wire, outside which are the cabins of the English soldiers who keep guard. The prisoners get up at six o'clock in the morning and go to bed at 9:30 o'clock at night. Twice week they are taken out for exercise accompanied by British soldiers. Ex- cept at appointed times no Boer Is al- lowed to pass the barrier which sur rounds the cabins under pain of death, but the officers are permitted under parole to go wherever they like. The military authorities have provided amusements for the prisoners, and of ten the soldiers on guard join them in a friendly game of cricket or football. Money from friends must be handed over to an official who will restore it when they are set at liberty.
 The British are doing as well as they can by their prisoners in South Africa, there Is saddening.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-06
An! happy bush that bore the spice
"A FE R ENCES.

Hanger on-What's making that rasp- ing noise in the next room?
 Bailiff--I think it's woman filing Tribune.
 His name suh,' explained the col ored citizen, lis plain Moses, but his mammy call i'm 'Honey-Sweetness,' kaze he sich a III devil.--Atlanta Con stitution.
 Mrs. Bargane-Haven't you got the toothache, John?
 MT. Bargane-No, my dear; why?
 Mrs. Bargane-Oh, am so sorry that you have not I bought new tooth- ache cure to-day and I wanted you to try it.-Tit-Bits.
 T am very much afraid" said Miss Cayenne, that am losing my reputa- tion as a keen observer and satirist.'
 What makes you think so?"
 Several people yesterday said they were glad to see me as if they really meant t."-Washington Star.
 The Other Extremely Lavinia," said the Rev. pr. Fourthly, while mak- ing his pastoral call, you want to go to heaven do you not?"
 Yves, sir" returned the fourteen year-old daughter of the family, but I think I'd like to visit Paris first."-Chi- cago Tribune.
 Diplomatic.-"T earrings are very pretty" she said, with just a tinge of disappointment, but the stones are very small.
 "But, my dear" replied the foxy man, Eff they were any larger they would be all out of proportion to the size of your ears. .'-Philadelphia Press
 Friend Cover the wine after dinner)- Your wife is certainly brilliantly handsome woman. l should think you would be jealous of her.
 His host (confidentially)-T tell you the truth, Seymour, l am. l never in- vite anybody here that sane woman could possibly take the least fancy to- Tit Bits.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-06
THE GREAT CHANGE Ix NEw YORK

TH E GREAT GRANGE NEW YORK Christian and Apollyon had their big 1 fight in New York yesterday and Chris tan won. His victory puts Seth Low I In the Mayors chair, fighting" Judge Jerome is to be District Attor ney, and Mayor Van Wyck is not to be Justice of the Supreme court. Boss Croker comes down as handsomely as possible, and graciously says that Tam many bows to the will of the people. And the general opinion is that it is high time for Tammany not only to bow but to fall
 What will the reformers do with their famous victory? It will be ex- tremely interesting to see. They have made some large promises in the course of the hot campaign. Low has said he would remove Devery, and Jerome has said that he would do his best to put Devery and others in jail. Perhaps some of the campaign promises will not materialize in action now that they have had one of the results intended, but if ever an administration was bound to do it's utmost for good gov ernment the Fusion administration will be. Doubtless it will try hard, and if there is dissatisfaction with it the dissatisfaction will probably not be based on suspicion of it's good intent. It has tremendous task before it. The government of a city like New York is not easy even when the intent of those who govern is good. But it may not be too much to expect that some of the evils which have existed will be remedied, and that some of the graft ers' will be sent into retirement if not into Jail.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-06
THE DELEGATES AND THEIR WORK

Perhaps there has never been a more quiet election in Connecticut than that of yesterday, and perhaps there has
 never been more important one. How important it was remains to be seen.
 One thing Is certain. It resulted in the election of a list of delegates who will be we'll able to deal with the questions which are expected to come before the convention. With such men as ex-Gov- ernor Waller, ex-Judge Andrews, Will liam c. Case, H. Wales Lines, Charles Hopkins Clark, Norris G. Osborn, E: S. Boss, James H. Webb Donald T. War ner, C. M. Jarvis, R. J. Vance, R. J. Walsh, D. W. Northrop and others who might be mentioned, there will be no lack of leaders, and unless the minds of the majority are stubbornly made up not to be led they will be led in the paths of wisdom and conservatism. And if the political complexion of a Constitutional Convention Is important there Will pc RepuDllcanS enough Tn thlS one.
 A Constitutional Convention is dan gerous thing, and 1t is probable that the really needed amendments to the Con- stitution could have been made in the good old way But we are going to have Convention, and it may do some thing that will please the people. If it doesn't the people can put the seal of disapproval or something like that on it's work. They haven't shown much interest in the proceedings so far, but perhaps they will show some when they come to vote on the proposed amend ments.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-06

| (say the Authors society's own) would insure better drawn agreement and a
 more responsible management than could be got from an irresponsible au- thor's agent, who exports percentages
 which are out of all proportion to the services rendered.
 (dD Because the authors agent fos- ters in authors the greed for an imme- diate money return (for this means cash percentages) at the cost of all dig nifty and artistic repose, pledging the authors time, thought, inspiration and work for years ahead and making or the author a slave to contracts and victim to haste and thoughtless waste of his gifts.
 Third-Literature.- Because l do not consider it to be in the interests or literatur that books should be put up to auction and sold to the highest bid der among publishers, who may be in- competent to give the best advantages to the book in question.
 (b) Because it Is certainly very much against the interests of literature that authors should be pledged and sold body and soul to syndicates and pulp fishers on time bargains years ahead, with no certainty that they can stand the stain and pressure of production, from the point of view of their physical or mental health.
 Co Because of the fact that it dis- courages the publisher from taking up new authors, if they are, as soon as he has borne the first risk and launched them, to be put up to public auction and there can be no doubt that 1t be- comes more difficult for a young author to get hearing in proportion to the prevalence and success of the parasite that lives on his produce.
 To sum up, on behalf of the publisher, the author and literature, am of opir- ion that 1t Is waste of money to keep an agent with emoluments which are enormous in comparison with the ser vices rendered, when little mutual little give and take, and, anyhow, a careful solicitor at an ordin-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-06
AUTHOR AND AGENT.
What a London Publisher Has to Say
 About Their Relations.

What London Publisher Has to Say About Their Relations.
 am asked to write down for "The Author my views on the literary agent. I am fattered by this request, and hopeful that the future may pro- duce much better understanding be- tween authors and publishers, from the very fact that the opinion of a publish CT should be considered worth asking by the organ of the Authors Society. will give my opinion with perfect frankness. relying upon the good faith of my hosts that l. as the invited guest, shall, although a publisher, be credited with honesty.
 I am opposed to the literary agent from the point of CD the publisher CD the author and (3) literature.
 First-The Publisher.-(a) Because the literary agent prevents that free and intimate intercourse between pub fisher and author which is from my ex- perience of unquestioned mutual ad- vantage.
 (b) Because I have not always found literary agents scrupulously honest in their dealings.
 Co Because I resent the implied i'm putation that the publisher might take advantage of an author unless his in terests are looked after by person de- rivng a benefit in the shape of per- centages from the party with whom I am doing business.
 (d) Because do not consider 1t in the interest of my individual business t,,to Af ict,n iy, cop eral that one of us should be played off against the other, as is the habit and practically the raison d'etre of the liter ary agent.
 (e) Because no author would be no quixotic as to employ literary agent if he did not hope to get as much more out of the publisher as the agents com- mission represents.
 Second-The Author.-(a) Because I believe it to be in many instances of advantage to authors to be in personal communication with their publishers.
 (b) Because I consider 1t mira dignitatem autoris to assume that he cannot take care of himself should he really come into contact with an over reaching publisher: he can in an emer- StHCy dllcl dii, IoNC lCNpuioc " thS Authors society, or to his solicitor whose charges, did he all that the agent could do, would be infinitesimal in com parison.
 Co Because the authors agent is successful only after an authors repu- tation has been established by the pub fisher, but never with a young and un- known author. so that he merely comes in for an enormous share or profit at a time when a guinea or two to solicitor
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-06
THE CONGRESS AT MEX7CO.

The Pan-American congress now in session in Mexico has attracted much attention in Europe, and it looks to some of the manufacturers there like part of the great American peril" The fear is that customs union is to be arranged in order to give the United States control of the Central and South American markets, and then good-by to the profitable trade the Continent now has with those parts of the new world The Baltimore Sun doesn't think this fear is justified and it gives some rather impressive reasons for not so thinking. It says: We shall have many fine phrases and compliments at the City of Mexico, but obtain no ad- vantage at which our Vienna friends need to be alarmed The assimilated coinage and tariffs, international bank and intercontinental railway projected in 1891 have petered out, Even the ar bitration treaty failed to obtain a ma jority in our senate. The Dons of Gen. tral and South America have their eyes open. They are experts in the use of meaningless diplomatic language, but they do not propose to give us anything more than "taffy" They have already praised Washington as the Saxon fa- ther" worthy to be compared with Bol- ivar, the great Latin father" and we are not likely to get much farther. Self interest is the guide of their delegates as of ours. They are willing to take all the benefits of our big-brother theory, but none of the burdens. Ven ezuela in 1895 exploited us to the extent of getting us to court war with Eng land in her interest, but in the last two years has repudiated all obligation on account of that favor. There is fear that the independence of the small re- publies Is lnenaced by our Monroe doc urine. Since our interference in behalf of Cuba Libre, followed by the absorp- ton of Porto Rico and disposition to annex Cuba, our unselfshness is sus- pected
 There is wisdom in the Suns view of the congress. We are not likely to get much more than we give there.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-06
The Carrie Cora DOughnut. Lines Addressed to Lady in Return for
 Box of DaintieS.

 What scent is this that thrills me through, Fresh as the goddess Flora? Iris from doughiNut, fair to view, Composed by Carrie Cora A tender little maid of Maine. more lovely
 than Aurora.
 The sugar frosting o'er it's form A soft and sparkling sprinkle!- Hints of the light more sweet and warm With which her dark eyes twinkle. o Time, upon so fair a face delay to trace
 wrinkle!
 Ahl golden wheat on prairie farm, In merry sunshine dancing, Did no wind whisper what q charm Of tenderness entrancing To your smooth flour her hands would give, It's vital power enhancing? An! happy bush that bore the spice, You might have, in a twinkling, Grown to tree of Paradise, Had you but gained an inkling Who, In this doughnnt's heart, some day, your splce-dust would be sprinklng! An, lucky pig whose generous lard, In hot and sputtering simmer Like to the bosom of a bard, Where love begins to glimmer Was lent to give this doughnut rich It's gold and auburn simmer! Ah luckier pig Ill human form, For whom this dOughnut tender Was made by one whose heart so warm Outshnes her eyes dark spendor- Yet lacks this gift one perfect touch-the presence of the sender! Henry Austin, in Good Housekeeping.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-06
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants. Rents, and other small advertisements, One Cent Word each h. sertion. Five Cents a Word for full week tseven times).
 Display advertisements, per inch, one h. Eerti0n, $1.20; eacb subsequent insertion, aO cents; one week. S320; one month, $1O; one year, $40.
 Obituary Notices. In prose or verse. 1J cents per line. Notices of Births, Marrl ages, Deaths, and Funerals, 50 cents each. Local Notices. 15 cents per line. own immediate business Gall matter to De unobjectionable), and their contracts do nor inclnde Wants, To Let, For Sale. etc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-06
QUEEN MADE NO DISTINCTION

QUEEN MADE NO DISTINCTION.
 Queen Victoria when she received at Windsor the bishops and delegates to the great convention of the Episcopal church held in London year or two before her death accorded just the same amount of distinguished consider ation to the half dozen bishops who belonged to the negro race as to their white English and American fellow prelates. When some five years ago the queen heard of the arrival in Lon don of an old colored nanny from the free state of Liberia, who had seved up her money shilling by shilling for the purpose of going to England to see her majesty, he not only asked her to visit
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-06

{ The Kansas editor is a rather busy
 man, according to the Eureka (Kan- sas) Messenger, which says: To run a
 newspaper, all a fellow has to do is to be able to write poems discuss the
 tariff and money questions, umpire a baseball game, report a wedding, saw
 wood beat a lawyer, describe a fire so that the readers will shed their wraps, make a dollar do the work of ten, ad- dress horticultural societies, measure calico, abuse the liquor habit, test whiskey, subscribe to charity go with out meals, attack free silver, defend bi-
 metallism, sheer at snobbery, wear dia- monds, invent advertisements, overlook scandal, praise babies, delight pumpkin raisers, minister to the afflicted, heal the disgruntled fight to finish, pub fish doctors resolutions denouncing a lawyer, set type, mold opinions, sweep the office, speak at prayer meetings and stand in with everybody and every thing.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-06

The secretary of agriculture wants
 $10.000 to spend on mulberry trees and silk worms. If he gets it, his first ex-
 periments will be made in the South.
 He hopes to make @ beginning next spring. His plan Is to give congress- men the mulberry trees, say fifty
 apiece, for distribution in their dis Strfcts. Booker Washington has prom sised to take hold and help. The secre-
 tary Is very hopeful. His ideas about beet sugar were laughed at, he remem- sbers, but the yield this year will reach 200, 1000 tons. American-grown tea, pre- pared in an absolutely clean way and of good quality, is coming into the market. ''I know silk culture can be made success in this country" says Secretary Wilson.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-06

The minister-Do you ever try count ing to put you to sleep?
 The deacon-Oh, yes; this way--first- ly, secondly, thirdly, and so on.-Yon- kers Statesman.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-06

z It Is stated that if a load of coal Is left out of doors, exposed to the wealth
 er, say for month, it loses one-third Of its heating qualities. If a ton of coal Is placed on the ground and left there and another ton Is placed under a shed, the latter loses about 25 per
 cent. of its heating force, the former about 47 per cent.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-06

ary legal fee, would enable publisher and author and literature to do without him.-William Heinemann, in The Au- thor.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-06

Georgia doesn't seem to be as pro- gressive as Connecticut A committee has been appointed by the Georgia leg aislature to recommend what amend ments should be made to the Constitu ition. Several changes are desired, in- cluding some method to restrict the ballot, and change by amendment Is preferred to the holding of Constitu- tional Convention.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-06

X Professor Zueblin does not admire
 the architecture of Chicago. Our
 habitations are merely shells to pro atect Us from the weather" he told a Chicago club with a false front which look at 1t squarely from the curbstone. People cannot live a decent existence, ito gay nothing of a civilized and cul- tiired one, in the architectural environ sments of such a city as ours"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-06

More expansion. A London paper
 complains that the English markets are g now being flooded to a greater extent Ethan ever before with American flour. Nccording to this report the American
 Exporters have been sending over flour
 iA small bags. that were convenient in sine. and yet were sold at the same aarfate as were barrels. This catering 3 f0r the retail trade, the paper states, Z IS something new in the export flour 'sbueiness from the United States, and it { IS growing at such rate that 1t threat
 ensxa dull market for English Hours
 the rest of the current year.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-06

The Philadelphia Record tells of a
 little Sunday school boy who always receives a nickel from his father to place in the collection plate. Last Sun day his father gave him two nickels, 5Eaying: "One is for the Lord and the Sotfier is for yourself" As it was too early to start for Sunday school, the little boy sat on the porch steps in the warm sunshine, playing with the two anickels. After while he dropped one Of them and 1t disappeared down crack. Without a moments hesitation, and still clutching the remaining coin in his clenched fist, he looked up at his father, exclaiming, "Oh, pop. There goes the Lords nickel!"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-06
NOTICE.

To Whom It May Concern;- Notice Is hereby given that there will be public hearing at the Office of the Select men of the Town of Orange in the Town Hall, West Haven, Saturday, November 0, considering the petition of the Fair Haven & WestvilIe Railway Company to construct a double track Electric Railway in Derby avenue from a point near Yale Field to the City of Derby.
 The proposed location of tracks is de- scribed in the petition and shown by the accompanying map now on file, both of which may be seen at the Selectmen's Office.
 Dated at Orange November 2d, 1901.
 WALTER A. MAIN,
 ELFORD c. RUSSELL,
 VIM. A. RUSSELL, n5 5t Seectmen.
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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-07-03
Arabic Figures.

Our figures are called Arabic not
because they originated in Arabia
they came to Arabia from Hindu
stan-but because they were intro
duced into Spain by the Moors, Ar
abs or their conquerors and thence
found their way into the rest Of Eu-
rope. Nothing absolutely certain is
known as to their origin, and there
has been g good deal OF controversy
resulting over it, one Of the two fol
lowing theories probably being the
correct one: ~
As excellent geometricians, they
composed the written number out Of
geometrical figures. One has only
one angle, 2 has two, three, etc. :;
0, circle, has none.
Again, it is argued that the fig
ures were composed Of right angles
and squ>nes, the number Of lines
used indicating the number to be
noted. There is one line in /, and
there are three in.3, seven in 2, etc.
The Greeks and Romans had sys-
TENS totally different from ours and
which made long calculations almost
impossible; therefore it seems likely
that the mathematicians Of old had
knowledge of what are now called
Arabic figures.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-07-03
selected Is t4erselg.

A dutiful husband wished to give
his wife a handsome lace scarf for q
birthday present, and, TO make sure
Of getting one to her liking, he ask
ed her to buy one herself on the pre-
tense that it was for lady friend
Of theirs. The finest honiton, va
lenciennes all brussels lace goods
were spread out on the counter, but
madam thought to herself:
"What is ta:.e nse cf spending 80
much money on present for Anne
lie?"
SO embroidered lace. was shown
next. Even these were too dear. AT
length she selected very plain and
ordinary scarf.
eQuite good enough, too," she
thought, and took it hoD:;s to her
husband.
sHave You chosen something
pretty ?" he asked.
@Oh, yes; very pretty"
els it just what you would have
chosen for yourself?"
sThe very thing"
Then, my dear, you may keep it.
/ intended it for youl" exclaimed
the husband, delighted with his lit
tie scheme.London Answers.