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The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-16
 WEARING AN ARTIFICIAL LEG.
The Experience of a Woman In New
 York City

1 The Experience of Woman In New York City.
 The hardest thing about wearing an artificial leg, if you must wear one, is in getting one fit to wear; if you sue ceed and there is anything left of you, ! physically or mentally, you have still cause for thankfulness. Most people | have horror of an artificial limb had never seen one until I saw my own, but it's evolution, from what appeared to be the trunk of a tree to the genuine article, was so gradual, that I did not have nearly so much repugnance to it as I thought I would, though I never contracted much real affection for it. This was probably fortunate, since it has been refitted and altered so much during the past year and a half, that scarcely a remnant of the original one remains.
 From the time one is measured for 'it''-whch I have christened my leg one receives circulars containing won- derful illustrations and still more won derful testimonials. One woman says, q put your leg on and was walking with it out of doors two hours later" Another says, 'I aplied your legs, and two days later walked some distance without the assistance of cane or crutch, although I have both legs am- putated."
 Seriously, though, I often wonder why any one who has lost a limb-un- less, of course it is that she cannot af- ford one-should go on crutches instead of wearing an artificial leg. If it were
  would be and how much less conspicu- ous than crutches, I am sure the free dom and comfort would overcome the repugnance.
 In about 10 days your leg is finished, and then the fun begins. No one who has not worn one or known some one indulging in the luxury of one, can un- derstand the trials and tribulations of
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-16
F |.

Those who play policy in this city, if any such there be, ought to be inter- ested in some of the information got by those who raided the policy head quarters in New York the other day. It was discovered that the profits of the game average about $7,000 a day, or about $2, 1000 a year. This money comes out of those who think that they can beat the game if they play long enough and persistently enough They either do not know or do not care that before the drawings" are made in the forenoon and afternoon those who make them know what the players have done and can make the drawings to suit are not made so as to allow the play CTS much return for their investment, a strike it is because it will pay the managers to let him
 IolIillS VIII btiSl eh Noil- firmed policy-player from continuing to hand over his money to the 'backers" of the swindling game. But those who are not yet really gone" on policy playing ought to be able to learn some thing from the revelations that have been made In New York.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-16
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-16
LADIES

Buy your holiday pres ents for your male friends at a Mans Store. Avoid the probable suspicion of of-dateness or bargain sale in your gifts. Goods purchased here bear the seal of male approval. Smoking Jackets, $5 to $10.5o, Bath Robes, SPAS to $1250
 Pajamas, 9Sc to $2.00.
 silk Suspenders, 48c to SPAS. Fur-lined Gloves, $29S and $3.98. Canes and Umbrellas, 9Sc to $g.0O, Fur Gloves, S4.96.
 Neckwear, 4Sc to $1.50.
 Shirts 98c to $2.00.
 Silk Hose, 9Sc to $2 250.
 Fancy Hose, 25c to $1.00.
 Sweaters, $1.98 to $4.S9.
 Kid Gloves, 98c to $225.
 Silk Hats, $4.75 to $6.OO. Opera Hats, $575 to $500. Soft and Stiff Hats, $1.S0 up. Suit Cases, $1.48 to SIP.
 Shoes, Patent Leather, etc, $2.07 up
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-16

only cultivation to set the universe a-quver with its quality. To agree with such person, to maintain that the voice is there in embryo and must be trained and developed, is to gratify to throw money in the way of the vo- It's possessor, to engender false hopes, cal teacher, and to disappoint career.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-16
NEGROES IN pHILA

Philadelphia, like Washington, has all
 ways been hospitable to negroes, and
 they have done pretty we'll there. Pro-
 lessor Du Bois of Atlanta University has been studying the negro colony in
 Philadelphia He finds that as long ago as 1910 negroes constituted 16 per cent. of the population of the city. Re-
 cent immigration from the South has swelled the number until now 1t is over 62, 900. Prior to the war the negroes had
 developed the catering business of the city. and had secured almost monopo- businesses, passed into corporate con- trol Many of the Philadelphia negroes, however, have risen above the status of laborers. One and one-half per cent. of them are in the professions, rer cent are in business. S.5 per cent. are artisans, per cent. are clerks and re- sponsible workers 12 per cent. select la borers, 32 per cent. ordinary laborers, and 39 per cent. servants. As to their social standing Professor Du Bois di- vides them into four classes. The low est class is the slum element-crimi- nals, gamblers and loafers, who form about per cent. of the population. Above these is the class Of negroes who, for various reasons, have not suc- ceeded in the sharp competition of city life They include unfortunates who want work and cannot find it. good
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-16

Dam Hale in his recently published
 cbiography says: "One of the best f men and most beloved of bishops 18 eeated on bench in some public $Yt0uhds and was talking to a little W t1en who came by, some seven years EBf age. T must go now he said, and < {0yl must help me to rise but I'm afraid
 d6yi find me very heavy Oh, mo- < d4 replied, you're not half so drunk as x6er often is''
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-16

< The Vocal Physiologist sadly or sour- Y eays: More money is thrown away m the education or the human voice Ehan on the support of government. Of Livery 10000 voices one may be listened
 without pain; of every 100000 voices nS may be listened to with patience; ' every 100000 voices one may be 1st&ued to with satisfaction; of every ino0,000 voices one may be listened to 5(kseensations of joy. In all the mil
 IzA of male singers there is but one
 11 De Reszke. Of all the millions of 4 S1Sle singers there has appeared none 4 etual or approach Patti. Yet, won-
 nl to tell, nearly every young man
 woman on earth believes he or she
 fine latent voice which needs
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-16

& 1ncreased attention is being given in
 lIe Herman army to the exercising of
 4YI Hi firing under conditions resem-
 lihg those which have existed on the
 IUtdD Of battle in South Africa. A prize
 lK4 just been offered by the emperor
 0rsthe company of the six regiments of
 6A Egzard which shall come out best in
 6Ompetition to be carried out under
 4io Following conditions: Each compa 8i5ys IS to furnish 105 men who are to : 6 trade in field service kit, each man EN4fti, twenty ball cartridges. One hun ared and five targets are to be set up $on the front slopes of some sandy E1o6ikhts. The targets, attached to an < BKppsaring and disappearing arrange n0rt. are not to be visible during this 51,eriod, but at a given signal they will 4Srnear and remain visible for exactly EkW0 minutes. The company which in Ithose two minutes can place the largest Humber of bullets on the targets will |vin the prize.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-16

MAx C'Rell, who is contributing to h6 Figaro a, series of articles on 1nerica and Americans under the title |k The Land Colossal" declares that $h United States has become para Iile for women, who throng the streets Ipleudidly dressed, happy, smiling and tf0ubled, while the men hurry along Slfh wearied. hunted looks on their 69sh as If wondering whether by 36F clock they will be millionaires or Gspers."
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-16

Rxirne Gorki has been known az a vker only eight years, but more criti- i1J6p have been devoted to him than 0 my Russian author except Tolstoy. i 46 iS only thirty-three years of age < fyf6s born in Mini Novgorod lost his lHtklaf and mother before he was nine Vet1x4 old, and set out to make his way Iii The world at a very early age. He E&nd4red all over Russia, undergoing uch priyations and sufferings that on IlIS pccaeion he tried to commit suicide. it iAst. after herding with rogues and abcndE and tramps, both in Europe Yi1d HI Asia he discovered his vocation,
 4d gained recognition throughout Russia as a short story writer.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-16

Ihe Telephone industry in this coun- XII iS only twentytwo years old, but it E(R {lourishing. There are 4.311 exchanges Ii opera tfon, with 2,27S,7 telephones in
 The total capital invested is near KR Jy00,0O0, ,000 One company employs i000 persons and handles total of 5fW6 billion calls per year. The manu
 ring side is estimated to produce XIII of 5000 telephones day, this an i3xl output of instruments with their sory apparatus being valued at be- 3 98gn 9b0, ,0O0, ,o0O and $6O, Oo,OO0.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-16

@ AN automobile hothouse is one of the Ix9st novelties in Paris. Baron Ed 36n4 de Rothschild has just had one ructed at a cost of 15,000 francs, for
 purpose of carrying hothouse &xks from his country estate to his lIe m Paris. The journey there and (xk tsed to take two days, and ne-
 tAted the lodging of three men 8tHiEht in Paris. It is now perform
 III the same day, and will doubt t TIT b0 a considerable economy.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-03-09
NEGROES MAKING PROGRESS.
Improving It's Condition Rapidly.


 Though large proportion of the negro population of this city still re- main in the degraded condition which was the natural result of the races servitude, there are many-both men and women-who have broken through the barriers surrounding them, and have won for themselves. respectable positions in various walks of life, says the Scottish American. No longer are they crowded together to the same ex- tent as formerly. They are to be found above the Harlem as well as below it, and in the suburbs of Brooklyn as we'll as In the quarters which in time past were considered peculiarly their own. In the latter borough there is a Society or Sons of Virginia, and in Manhattan the colored people from North Carolina have banded themselves under the name of Sons of the Old North State. They have several churches of their own, and also places of instruction in which pupils are prepared for special calEngs.
 The negro medical fraternity num- bers about Is, all with diplomas from well-known institutions. Five are graduates of Long Island college, and Harvard, Dartmouth, the University of Pennsylvania and Howard university are all represented.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-03-09
MILES BELIEVES IN AUTOS.
Army Commander Recomme ends Their Further Use for the
 Military.

The use of the automobile for mili- tary purposes has proved so satisfac- tory that Lieut.. Gen. Miles, command ing the United States army, will re- new his recommendation for a more general introduction. The three au- tomoBiles now at Fort Myer, Va, are not recommended, however, on ac- count of lack of facilities for recharg- ing them with electricity.
 Gen. Miles and other officers inter ested in making the automobile use ful for the army have been making investigations of other powers than electricity with a view of obtaining a practical method of making the ma chine available for military purposes. Gen. Miles says that automobiles may be adapted for use as couriers, carry ing dispatches, movement of staff off, cers from one command to another, for small accommodating parties, for Investigating the topography of the country in which the army proposes to operate, for small detGchments en- gagged in constructing bridges or es- tablishing depots, for rapidly supply ing ammunition and for the movement and care of the wounded. In fact, in cases where small detachments oper- crate the general thinks that auto mobiles will be found useful
 Gen. Miles believes that as the au- tomobile is perfected it will grow in favor
The St. Johns herald., 1901-03-09
REUNITED AFTER YEARS.
Chicago Woman Meets Her Sister
 Whom She Had Given Up =, as Dead.

After 25 years separation, in which each had given up the other for dead, Mrs. Mary Lee, of No. S37 Brooklyn street, St. Louis, and Mrs. Katharine Japana, of Chicago, sisters, are again united. Mrs. Japana came to St. Louis before the civil war with her parents. Her fathers name was Thomas Schaf- fiery. Here it was that, ten years later, her sister Mary was born.
 A few weeks after the war Mrs. Ja- pana went to New Orleans to visit her brother. She liked the city and re- mained there to engage in business. During her long absence from St. Louis she travelled extensively in the south and lost track of her relatives here. She then took up her residence in Chi cago. After many years longing to return to St. Louis possessed her and she wrote to relatives there but re- ceived no response. Finally she wrote to priest there and from him learned that her sister Mary had married and was still living. Mrs. Japana then de- cided to come to St. Louis and find her sister. The search was successful and the sisters were united.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-03-09
FLOWERS FOR THE HOME.

Lilies in the House.-Do not keep these plants in a high temperature if you want them to give you fine flowers. Too much heat hurries them along too rapidly. A temperature of 65 degrees is much better for them than higher
 Yellow Oxalis.-The variety of oxalis sent out under the name of buttercup is a good sort for a winter hanging basket. Its flowers are large, plenti- fully produced and of rich yellow. Many prefer this variety to o. rosea, the old pink kind.
 Blue Flowers.-One of the best blue flowers I know of for house culture is plumbago capensis. This is free, al- most constant bloomer, and is easily cared for. Browallia is another easily grown plant, with blossoms of a bright, clear blue. There are few really good blue flowers adapted to house culture.
 Violets in the House.-The violet is not adapted to house culture. The air of the living room is too dry and warm for it. In a short time the red spider will attack it, and every bud, if any ap- pear, will blast. It is plant that needs a cool, moist air, and unless it can be given this it is not worth while to att tempt its cultivation.
 Vines on New Houses.-A correspond ent sends clipping from paper in which the statement is made that it is an easy matter to make new house .ook as if vines were growing over it, from the ground, by fastening boxes here and there over its front in which trailing and climbing plants are to be grown. In my opinion, it is impossible so to dispose boxes of plants over the walls of house as to bring about the effect described.-Ladies' Home Jour- nal. 'y
The St. Johns herald., 1901-03-09
OF FOREIGN INTEREST.

The famous Gardens of Versailles have cost 6 eS,OOO,OOO.
 The French government is perfect ing arrangements for the transporta- tion by rail of torpedo boats of small size in the event of war.
 It has been estimated that. the jubilee at Rome will draw between 7,000,000 and 1O,OO0,OOO pilgrims to the Eternal City during the coming year.
 Russia has discouraged the introduc- tion and use of typewriters, on the ground that they would facilitate Nihil- istic communications, but the needs of commerce and business have become so urgent that it is now disposed 10 ad- init them.
 Some of the Parisian journals are ex- cited over the prospect that street cars will soon be operated upon the princi- pal boulevards of the French capitaE They say that the beauty of the city will be ruined, and that if Paris loses it's beauty its fame willspeedily decline.
 The Philatelic Journal of India tells of a European resident of Cabul, Af- ghanistan, who casually mentioned to the emir that his letters were not regu- larly delivered. The emir said nothing, but caused the director general of the posts to be summoned and both his eyes put out. After this little incident there was no further rregularity in the mail service to be complained of.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-03-09
FISH-CATCHING BIRDS.
And Other Birds That Purloin Their Hard-Earned Prey from
 Them.

So much to see, if you have eyes to see, there is not a moment that some thing wonderful does not take place. At the juncture of the thoroughfare and island lake, on a dead pine, more than hundred feet high, sat awhite- headed eagle, says Forest and Stream. In the air large ish-hawk was sailing over the water, looking for his dinner two or three hundred feet below him. What penetrating orbs of vision nature has endowed this bird with! There, he gives his lightning like shot to the wa ter, seems almost submerged, only to reappear with four-pound pike in his talons. Slowly he rises, going toward the woods, where he hopes to enjoy his well-earned meal; but he has reckoned without his host. The king of birds has been watching his every movement, and if found successful is in readiness to exact that tribute which the strong CT always demands and compels from the weak.
 Almost as quick as thought the eagle is pursuing the hawk, and for a little while merry chase it is. But the eagle is the master, and the hawk in- stinctively feels it, as, after a sudden, violent swerve, only just to evade the terrible claws of the now enraged eagle, he drops the prize and slowly flies to the other side of the lake.
 There is no need for haste now, as the master was after tribute. not the L l. l. relinquishing valuable property the eagle once more displays his wonder ful activity by catching the pike before it strikes the water, and then as leisure y flies to cover to gormandize.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-03-09
THE RUsK1N COLLEGE.
Movement Started by Walter Vroo- man In Interest of Labor Making
 satisfactory Progress.

Walter Vrooman, founder of Ruskin Hall, the labor college at Oxford, Eng land. has returned to New York from Trenton, Mo-, where he has secured compIete control of the old Avalon college and has changed it's name to Ruskin college. The new college starts with a building worth $40 ,O00, entirely free of debt, 1,60O acres of land ad- joining, and $3O, ,OC0 in cash, S2O. eco of which was contributed by the trade unionists of England and s10,OGO given by friends of the movement here. Prof. George D. Miller. late president of Av- alon college, has been retained as pres ident of Ruskin college Prof Thom- as Will, late president of the Kansas state agricultural college. has been ap- pointed general secretary of the la bor college movement.
 The college of social science, organ ized at the Buffalo conference of so- ciaI reformers last year, has also con- solidated with MT. Vrooman'a move ment and turned over its Headquarters in the Unity building in Chicago, from D be conducted.
 At Ruskin college four years course will cost only $100, but the stu dent will have to work, under skilled direction, being considered one of the most valuable features of the train ing.
 MT. Vrooman is now at work raising merit fund" of $1OO, GOO, which will be used to provide scholarships. Tren- ton. Mo-, has promised to raise S5,OOo and Kansas Sity and St. Louis $5sOoo each.
 In New York it is expected resi- dence college will be established soon at which young men can live for three dollars a week and pursue their studies while going on with their reg ular work.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-03-09
Strength in stiIlnes..

Those who make the most noise in the world are not those who have the most power in the world. Quiet iRHu- ences are the potent forces in Gods esteem, and even in mans sight. As Aubrey Moore says: Great men think, while ordinary men tals> Great saints pray, ordinary men preach. High-sounding words and showy acts may impose upon the few, but it is silent effort which moves the world" This truth is not held popu larly; yet Elijah learned it when he was divinely shown that God was not to be. recognized in the whirlwind, the earthquake, or the fire, as he could be in ''the still small voice." Even this worlds wisdom testifes to the truth in the adage: Deep waters run stilIest." It is Gods voice which says: ''Re still, and know that am God" - s. s. Times.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-03-09
REFLECTIONS ON LIFE.

There are cases where it is best not to be too wise.-Euripides
 A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run. -Ouida.
 Only he who lives life of his own can help the lives of other men.-PhillipS Brooks.
 Give me health and day and I will make ridiculous the pomp of emperors. Emerson.
 Experience keeps dear school, but fools will learn in no other, and scarcely in that.-Franklin.
 Character consists in man steadily pursuing the things of which he feels himself apable.-Goethe.
 Mans work in life is to turn himself from the raw product into piece of art. Richard Whiteing.
 No man can be provident of his time who is not prudent in the choice of his company.-Jeremy Taylor.
 If little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much of it as to be out of danger? ?-Huxley.
 It is the peculiar faculty of fools to discern the faults of others at the same time they forget their Own.-Cicero.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-03-09
MOST PRECIOUS MANUSCRIPT.
The Handwriting of Milton Treas.
 ured as the Gem of All s. English Poets -zE4

We have spoken of the Milton book at Trinity as being the most precious manuscript of English literature in the world, says Edmund Gosse. in At lantic, and the longer we consider it's constitution the less likely we are to dispute this claim. Nothing of Shakes peare's works remains in his own hand writing; nothing important, so far as we know of Chaucer's, or of Spenser's. Of later poets, indeed, we possess man. uscripts of more or less value and in- terest. But in no other case that can recall, ancient or modern, has it been our privilege to examine the sheets in which, through several years of the highest creative intensity, great poet has left on record the very movement of his mind and the hesitatiens and se- lections of his art in the act of produc- tion. When that poet is Milton, the most splendid artist in verse whom the English race has produced, the impor- tance of the document stands revealed beyond any need of emphasis CT in- sistence. Now, in the Trinity manu-. script, everything is the unquestioned handwriting of Milton, except some of the sonnets, which have evidently been copied by successive amanuenses.