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The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-31
MANY 1PPL Els.

There are few apples in this region this year, but there are places in this country where there are many apples. For instance, we read that the apple season is on in full blast in St. Louis, and that the receipts for one day have reached 42,670 barrels, 36,59O barrels of which were brought in from southern Missouri and Arkansas the land of the big red apple. The next largest days receipts was on October IS, when 2S,- 563 barrels were received, and the next largest day was on October 9, when the receipts were 27,sSS barrels. The total receipts for October reach 3O7, ,476 while the total since apples began ar irving, on July 8, is 360,S20 barrels. The levee, from the foot of Washington avenue for several blocks south, is largely covered with barrels of apples in long tiers and rows, These are the cargoes of the steamboats, and the ap- pie market is made" every afternoon on the spot, nearly all the large deal CTS congregating there and bidding for the goods.
 This is cheering. It Is good to know that somewhere in this great big coun- try there are many apples.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-31
Il GOOD EXAM PEE.

Although Henry B. Harrison had for some time before his death been out of active life the impression which his character, his professional work and his public services. made on his day and generation is still strong and will long remain. He was a lawyer of great ability and great success. He was powerfully influential in the public af- fairs of the State which showed its ap- preciation of his quality and services by making him it's governor. He was tower of strength and stability in the political party whose principles were so dear to him and which he didsso much to establish and maintain. And in pri- vate life he was a model of good citi- zenship and upright living. The ex- ample which he set is a good one for the young and ambitious men of Con- necticut to study and follow. It will be better guide for them than some of the ideas which are now too preva- lent,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-31
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants, Rents, and other small Advertisements, One Cent Word each in- sertion. Five Cepts q Word for full week (aeven times)
 Display advertisements, per inch, one In sertion, $1.20; each subsequent insertion, 4O cents; one week, $320 one month, $10; one year, $40.
 Obituary Notices, in prose or verse, 15 cents per line. Notices of Births, Marri- ages, Deaths, and Funerals, 50 cents each Local Notices. 15 cents per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to their own immediate business (all matter to 5e unobtectionable), and their contracts do not inclnde Wants, To Let. For Sale, etc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-31
The GulIs,

Soft is the sky In the mist-kirtled east, Light is abroad on the sea, All of the heaven with silver Is heeced, Holding the sunrise In fee. Lo! with flash and uplifting of wings Down where the long ripples break, Cometh a bevy of glad-hearted things 'Tls morn, for the gulls are awake. Slumberous calm on the ocean and shore Comes with the turn of the tide; Never a strong-sweeping pinion may soar Where the tame fishing boats ride! Far and beyond in blue deserts of sea Where the wild winds are at play, There may the spirits of sea birds be free 'Tis noon, for the gulls are away. Over the rim of the sunset Is blown Sea dusk of purple and gold; Speed now the wanderers back to tlell
 own,
 Wings the most tireless must fold. Homeward together at twilight they flock Stated with Joys of the deep, Drowsi!y huddied on headland and rock 'Tis night, for the gulls are asleep.
 Il. M. Montgomery in Criterion.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-31
ENCOUR ICING.

During the height of the bacteria ex-
 citement we were taught to look on ice with suspicion, but lately 1t has been
 discovered that there Is tendency in
 freezing water to free itself from bac- teria The Massac chusetts Board of Health has been making some experi- ments which show that water, in its tendency to purify itself during the per- iod of specialization, will push the bac- if the pond Is so shallow that all the water freezes into a solid mass 1t is evident that all the bacteria are con- tained in the ice, and are more num- erous at the bottom than at the top. Hence the board feels that ice should be cut only on deep water, the deeper the better, inasmuch as the depth furnishes a retreat for bacteria. Illus trative of this point may be mentioned that part of tne experiment when poi luted water was frozen in a pail. Ir the rapid transformation of that water into ice, the bacteria did not have time to escape from the top and sides en- tirely, but during the freezing process the greater bulk of them moved toward the center, which was the last to solid ify and when the ice was cut into pieces for examination, the outside was found to contain about one hundred bacteria per cubic cent!metre, while the middle contained about 2O,OOO. Simi- lar experiments were made with sew
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had "cut him out" and, that tho chances were good for fierce and bloody feud between the two forrne1 friends.
 It was just before the final examina- tions that Higby made verbal an- nounoement of his approaching wed- ding.
 Who's the lucky girl. Hig?" the students would ask.
 Oh, you don't know her." he would smile. "I'll introduce you after the wedding. We're to give all you fellows reception and chance to dance in our honor. Brock is to be best man." That seemed to settle it. Of course Brock wouldn't be best man for his
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he grafted the head of an adder to the tail of a rattlesnake."
 Tt must be real awkward for the snake"
 How SOP"
 "I don't see how the adder part can do any adding with all that rattling going on in the rear."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-31
SOME COMMERCIAL FXPANSION.

SOME COMMERCIAL tXPANSION
 The Germans know a thing or two about commercial expansion. It is an nounced that the experiment of fitting out floating commercial exhibitions which was undertaken by some Ger man export merchants has proved re- was first started these merchants con- tributed a certain sum, pro rata ac- cording to the space to be occupied, toward expenses, and also promised a commission of ten per cent, on sales. Ships were chartered and fitted out for this exhibition purpose, with compe- tent staff recruited from the commer- cial and technical schools. On entering harbor the plan was to hire local inter preters and make & regular canvass of the merchants, who were either invited on board ship or visited by salesmen with samples. According to the figures given, the expenses for two years have amounted to $2O0,OO0, while merchan- disc to the value of over $b,0Oo,oo0 was sold
 Such voyages of discovery as these are interesting illustration of what can be done, and nations which want new customers can perhaps proftably imi- tate the enterprising Germans,
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age, and bacteria were always driven back from the ice formation.
 Encouraging. By and by perhaps it will be discovered that it is almost as safe to live as it used to be.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-31

A giant sequoia in the Mariposa grove is to be named William McKin- ley It stands between the Washing ton and Lincoln trees, and Is estimated to be 5000 years old.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-31

N The fact that Mme Patti has taken \ Qut letters of naturalization as Brit
 ish subject in order to avoid possible
 complications in reference to property
 oalls attention to some facts connected x With the great singers nationality. She was born in Madrid Her father was X Sicilian and her mother a native of Rome. Much of her childhood was
 spent in the United, States, and of her
 three husbands two were French and one, the latest, is Swede.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-31

Speaking of trade in war relics just AMfter the close of the Spanish war, a
 Havana correspondent of the Boston Transcript writes: One live American
 that we know of gave it out that he had bought the last Spanish flagstaff from Morro Castle; week or two later
 --+Rs soon as shipments could be got
 from the States-this same man was selling walking sticks said to have been Turned from the aforesaid flagstaff.
 Some of those sticks were of oak, others s0f ash; some were mahogany and oth- sers ebony-but nobody in those days questioned little things like that. The man might have made fortune had he nOnfined his business to walking sticks. He didn't, though, He began soffering small articles of household fur, Sniture, then larger ones, and at last, becoming real bold, he tried to float a general furniture factory-all out of
 wood from this large flagstaff, That was his death knell and though the man Is alive now, his sales are few and far between, and are limited to walking sticks again
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-31

z Tn the November Bookman Professor III, 8. Peck, editor of that periodical, { says concerning the late President Mo- 4 KinIey: Take, again, the silver ques-
 tion, regarding which the present writ er may be pardoned for relating a per-
 sonal experience. In 1890 was editing an encyclopaedia and had caused @. bio-
 graphical sketch of MT. Mckinley to be
 prepared for it. The sketch, when fin-
 ished, was sent to him for any correc- ton or revision that he might desire to make. Now short time before he had been making many speeches in fa- yor of "doing something for silver" As member of the House of Representa- st,yes he had voted for Che so-called sherman silver act which, three years later, nearly wrecked the business of fhe country, and the repeal of which President Cleveland had to wiring from congress by force majeures In the bi- orraphy, therefore, these matters of public record were noted in the briefest nossible way; but when MT. Mckinley returned the proof 1t appeared that he had struck out ali mention of the silver nuestion. Why? Evidently because he felt that he might soon have occasion 4o after his attitude very radically.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-31

A great many California oranges are .alx5 Shipped east in what are known as tramp" cars. There is on fruit the price 0fWhich fuctuatss as much as does that of oranges, and thousands of carloads S0f oranges are, therefore, started east with some uncertain destination. The lear may be consigned to Kansas City. but in the meantime there are agents watching in the east for the best mar kHts, and on telegraphic information the car may be ordered on to Chicago TOY New York.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-31

@ Thirty thousand designs were pre-
 eeiited in competition for the prize of
 4fred by the new commonwealth of < Austria for the best flag for the new Akeacration, and the one decided upon is simple. yet effective, embracing as 1t does the Union Jack in the top eft-hand sQprner, with a six pointed star imme- Sdiately beneath it, emblematic of the
 6ix federated States, while the other z half of the flag is devoted to depicting
 the Southern Cross The government
 and official color is to be blue, while the at1ercantile marine of the new common wealth will fly the flag with red
 ground.
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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1901-01-03
Awkward Compliment.

There is such a thing as being too
persistently complimentary A candid
and well meaning professor who had
witnessed the performance Of little
play in private house in which his
hostess had taken the leading part met
the lady as she came from behind the
curtain
"lIadam,' he said, rushing up to her,
"you played eXcellently. That part fits
you to perfection
"Oh, no, professor" said the lady
modestly. "A young and pretty wom-
an is needed for that part"
But, madam" persisted the profess
or, you have positively proved the
contrary Pearson's Weekly.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1901-01-03
A Poet with VIgor.

The McMillans OF London published
book Of poems by T. e. Brown, which
the English critics auded because O;
the ''vigor of the poets descriptive
style" Here is little sample of it re-
ferring to the sailing of a fishing
smack:
So to the jetty gradual she was hauled;
Then the tiller took
And chewed and spat upon his hand and bawled.
And one tho canvas shook
Forth like moldy bat, and one, with mods
And smiles, lay the bowsprit end and called
And cursed the harbor master by his gods
And, rotten from the gunwale to the keel
Rat ridded, blge bestank,
Slime slobbered, horrible. Jaw her reel
And drag her oozy flank
And sprawl among the deit young waves that
And leaPt and turned in many sportiye wheel
As she thumped onward with her numbering
draft.
We believe this Is poet who could
almost do justice to the Chicago stock
yards. The Rhythmic swish of the pig
stickers knife and the thrilling splash
Of the hog In the scaldlng vat ought to
thrill such bard to the very core Of
his immortal soul Give us call,
Brown.-Chlcngo Times Herald.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1901-01-03
Tane Your choice.


The Buddhlsts believe that happi-
ness, Nirvana, consists in self efface-
ment, oblivion. The young Buddhas
began life by sitting unsupported IN
the air just after birth Their mothers
attained Nirvana Immediately, and
they, the Buddhas. reached Nirvana in
various queer ways.
One earnest Buddha. one OF the enrll-
est of the long line, earned the "Nibbu-
ta" as follows:
A hawk was about to devour small
bird Said the Buddha to the bird OF
prey:
IL beseech thee, leave this little crea-
ture In peace. will give thee its
weight from my own flesh"
Down from heaven came a pair Of
scales. and the transaction was accom-
plshed. The small bird sat on one side
of the scales, and the Buddha began
putting slices of his body Into the other
side. while the bird OF prey looked on
with an evil eye. As the Buddha cary
ed himself up the little bird seemed to
get heavier and heavier. The beam Of
the scales did not move until the last
particle of the saints body was put in
the scales.
The Buddhists' legends do not tell
how the saint managed to carve up his
last few fragments, but that is not i'm
portant. Which do you think was hap.
pier. the Buddha who entered into MIR
vana as the little bird flew away or the
bird of prey that made hearty meal
of the saints flesh and sailed off de-
lighted with his bargain New York
Journal.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1901-01-03
Demand For Excel.tor.

The present annual production in
this country Of excelsior is about 10000
tons. Put to great variety of uses,
excelsior is most commonly used for
packing purposes, and in such uses it
Is employed for many very different
kinds of things. 1t is used, for exam
pie, in the packing Of things so fragile
as eggs and things so solid as iron
toys. In the various uses to which it is
put excelsior is most in demand where
manufacturing is carried on, so that
the larger part of the great quantity Of
this material now produced in this
country is used east of the Mississippi
river.-New York Sun.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1901-01-03
A Settler.

A 5-yeer-old boy went with his moth
er to make call. The lady of the
house, who was fond of children, told
ohim she meant to ask his mother to let
her have him. Don't you think your
mother would let me buy your? she
asked.
nNo, ma'am," answered the little
fellow; "you haven't got money
enough"
How much would it take" she cou-
tinued
"rhree hundred dollars" said the boy
promptly, as if that would settle the
matter at once for all.
"Oh, we'll, then" said the woman, 81
think 1 can manage it. If l can, will
you come and stay with me?"
mo, ma'am," he said, with decision.
"Mammp wouldn't sell me anyhow.
There are five of us, and mamma
r wouldn't like to break the set."-Buf-
falo Enquirer.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1901-01-03
The Pleasures of Old Age.

No sane man would like to live his
life over again. 1t is astonishing how
the ordinary affairs of life seem to
adapt themselves to your added years.
Ones pleasures are quieter, but quite
as enjoyable. To live In the lives Of
YOUR children, to watch their progress.
the development Of their minds, is one
great source of pleasure. Then one has
music, reading, gardening, etc. May
also add that I took the advice of an
old friend some years ago who said the
two things most likely to give pleasure
in declining life were to learn whist
and to play the violoncello?-A Man Of
Sixty in Spectator.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1901-01-03
The Londnn Ems.

"English travellers" says a London
correspondent of the Boston Tran
script, "have so jeered our advertising
outrages upon architecture and scenery
that l fancied we were of all nations
most culpable. But after seasons
residence in England | hold America
excused. Our advertising efforts are
modest, even feeble. beside those Of
our British cousins.
"a London bus Is a mere advertis-
Ing van with accommodations for pas
sengers. 1t takes almost as long to
read one through as to read daily
paper. The destination of the bus Is
marked in inconspicuous letters, the
smallest on the canvas decorated ve-
hicle, and the chances of dsentangling
those letters from the maze of adver-
tising announcements about them in
time to hail the bus you want are small
er STILL"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1901-01-03
The Log of n Ship.

A ships log is an instrument for
measuring the rate at which the vessel
is going and consists of three parts
viz, the log chip, the log line and the
log glass. The principle is simply this:
A light substance thrown from the
vessel ceaaes to partake of the motion
of the vessel as soon as 1t strikes the
water and will be left behind on the
surface after certain interval. If the
distance OF the ship from this station
ary object be measured, the approx
mate rate of sailing will be given.
The log chip is the float, the. log line
is the measure of the distance, and the
log glass defines the interval of time.
In the old days the heaving of the log
required skill and watchfulness. but
since the patent log has come into use
no skill is required in finding the speed
of vessel. 1t is regulated by clock
work. and the number of knots the yes
sci sails per hour is recorded on the
dial without any hand touching 1t.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1901-01-03
value of Telephone Numbers.

Telephone numbers have an actual
money value" said an officer of the
American Bell Telephone company.
"The assertion has a strange sound,
but II you think for n moment of the
advantage business house derives
from having Its location we'll known
the thing seems only natural,
"1n the course of time peoples minds
begin to associate firm with its tele-
phone number, and II when they start
to call up an old friend they find him
masquerading under new number II
Is as much Of shock as II they had
called at house with which they were
In the habit of doing business and
found 1t had moved away. II all
comes under the legal head Of good
Will very elusive commodity, but
one which has its market value.
80 much is this fact appreciated by
some of our old patrons that they are
willing to pay heavy mileage II they
move away from the neighborhood OF
their exchange In order to retain their
old telephone address. Many impor-
tant houses have followed the north
ward trend OF business In the last few
years. and there are several cases OF a
firms office address being in the up
town district, while its telephone num-
Der remains SO and 80 CQrtlandt or
Broad. The drm's line to the exchange
may be several miles long New York
Mail and Express,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1901-01-03

An old time remedy to stop blood
flowing from cut is to put cobwebs
over it. but from recent discovery 1t ap-
pears dangerous thing to do. Some
time ago a woman fell and cut her
head, and when her friends hurried to
her assistance they found the blood
flowing from a deep cash. Cobwebs
were applied, and the bleeding quickly
stopped. but in few days the woman
was taken with lockjaw.
A scientist declared there were lock-
Jaw germs in cobwebs, and that was
the way the woman contracted the dis
ease. He has made quite study Of
the subject and says that in handful
OF cobwebs he found 61 different dis
ease germs. That being true, 1t Ii, very
easy to see how one could get not only
lockjaw, but many other dreadful dis
eases, as the cobweb is placed right on
an open wound and the germs can ell
ter the blood. Cobwebs form In dark,
dirty places, and it is not to be Won
dered that they gather germs. - Ex-
change.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1901-01-03
LINCOLN WAS GRACIOUS.
Invited the Thenter Usher to n Sen,
In His nox.

Invited the Thcnter Usher to n Seat
In His Dox.
'T never was muclf OF Republican"
said gentleman who was born and
reared in Washington, but l loved
Abraham Lincoln. He was one of the
most lovable men l ever met. l was
an usher at the National theater, and
about two weeks before the assassna
tlon John Wilkes Booth and Susan
Denim were playing there. Mrs. Lin
coin having expressed desire to see
them in Romeo and Juliet was sent
to the presidents house to say that q
box had been reserved. In the even
ing, Mrs. Lincoln being indisposed, the
president and little Tad Lincoln came.
and showed them to the box.
"As Tad entered he turned and said,
Come in, Lew oh, no. l replied;
that would not be right Tad then
turned to his father and said, Pap, yol
have no objection to Lew coming inr
Mr.. Lincoln, with a smile and motion
ing me to seat, replied: No, TAD
certainly not for any of your friends
We will be glad to have your compa.
NY
II told Tad that my business woulo
not allow me the privilege, and, thank.
ing both father and son, l returned to
my duties with light heart and with
an admiration for the president have
felt for but few men, and since that in.
cident l have often recalled it and ex.
pressed my sorrow that he met with :,
death so untimely. Washington Star.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1901-01-03

The remarkable sneeze wood tree Is a
native of Natal and other parts of
South Africa It's funny name was
given to It because one cannot saw II
without sneezing violently
The dust of its wood has just the
same effect as the strongest snuff and
is so irritating TO the nose that work.
men are obliged TO sneeze even when
they are plantingit it.
II piece OF the wood Of this tree Is
put In the mouth II is found to have a
very bitter taste. and no doubt It IL this
bitterness which prevents Insects Of
any kind from attacking the timber Of
the "sneeze wood" tree.
The fact that insects dnd II 30 disn-
greeable makes Its wood very valuable
for work that is required TO last q long
time.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1901-01-03
How 10 Cure Croup.

Mr.. n. Gray who lives near Amen
la. Duchess county, N. ", says
"Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is
the best medicine I have ever used.
1t Isl a fine children's remedy for
cronp and never fails to cure
When given as soon as the child be-
GENES hoarse, or even after the
croupy cough has developed, it Will
prevent the attack. This should be
borne In mind and bottle OF the
Cough Remedy kept at hand ready
for instant use as soon az these
symptoms appear. For sale by +. S.
Cases
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1901-01-03

In the middle of the fourteenth cen
tury In Paris new ordinance enjoin-
ing the cleansing OF the streets and the
shutting up Of swine was carefully
neglected, as usual. and n terrible
plague was the consequence. The fac
ulty of medicine, called upon for rem
edy by the king. sent to inform him
after long discussion that the plague
was the result of a hostile conjunction
of the planets Mars and Jupiter.