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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-15

1t appears that there are people who
object to the free distribution of seeds
by a paternal government. or course
they are not the people who feel flatter-
ed by a few packages of seeds sent
them by their benevolent and ustling
congressman. They are tradesmen who
don't think the government ought to
harm their business. They present
some rather impressive reasons why the
practice should be stopped In the last
four years the annual free seed distri-
button has increased from a total of ten
million packets to total of twenty-four
millions. These twenty-four million
packets. if sold at their normal retail
value of five cents, represent value of
81, 200, 900, taken out of the business of
the seed merchants. And this is not all
The Department of Agriculture is about
to cause further loss to unoffending
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citizens by going regularly into the seed
growing business in connection with
The distributing traffic. Hereafter, 1t is
announced, the seed contractors are to
be required to grow the two million
pounds of seeds distributed, the grow
ing to be by seed farmers and the OBJ
ject to reduce the cost to q minimum.
The result will be, it is predicted, the
production Of quantity far in excess
of the normal amount produced by the
merchants, with consequent overstock-
ing of the market and decentralization of
prices.
For these reasons the compliments
feel justified in demanding "the abol-
ton of the congressional distribution as
applied to sorts of seeds obtainable at
every seed store, and in lieu of this an
earnest effort by the government to
search out in the undeveloped portions
of Asia, Africa, North America and
the Pacific isles the many thousands of
valuable plants yet unintroduced." And
it Is only fair to say that they make
strong case.
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You Knock No Moro.

1t is not that the later years are cold
And void of blooms that made life's
sprngtime sweet;
IT'S that along the way no more | hold
Your hand and hear your hearts remcm-
bered beat
Ills that in desoate mansions at the door
Dear Heart, you knock no more!
Ills that your dwelling now so lonely
seems!
And In the starless midnight can hear
The rustles of the curtains in my dreams,
Knowing that but the ghost of Love is
there.
IT'S that ! stand--a shadow at the door,
Dear, where you knock no more!
IT'S when the depths of all my soul are stir
With passionate grief for remembered
day
There comes this thought: Ibid not MISS
some word
Which might have made the light shine
on your wayl
Some flower | might have lifted from the
dew,
Dear to the lips of your
0 lonely dwelling, meath the whitening
Once bright with bloom-now lost to all
delight
No wreath Of Love the ruined garden
twInes;
Out of the darkness comes Good night!
Good night
Never good morning" at the lonely door,
Dear-for you knock no more!
From the Atlanta Constitution.
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CAN III DE?

1t will be generally admitted that
Andrew Carnegie knows something
about business and human nature, and
u remark which he made yesterday will
attract attention. Il see no reason TO
believe" said Mr.. Carnegie, that COM
petition in any business can be perma-
nently prevented, unless by patent or
control of raw materials Even the
railroads will soon quarrel, and the gen.
tlemens agreement go to pieces. This
is human nature
Such remark as this at time when
there is such consolidation of inter-
ests" in the railroad business that there
is a lack of cars to carry the gold pro-
duced by the consolidation Is rather de-
pressing. Is it possible that the present
gorgeous boom is to dissolve like the
baseless fabric of a vision, even as other
booms have done? And can it be that
by and by This performance will be
seen to have been an insubstantial
pageant, got up for the bewitching of
the people who know good thing
when they see it? If Mr. Carnegie is
right there will yet be wailing and
crashing Of teeth where now there is
naught but joy and confidence.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-15
ELECTRICAL POWER FROM COAL
MINES

Much has been said but little has
been done in the way of electrical DOW
er transmission from coal mines. Even
interest which was manifested few
years ago in discussions Of the posi-
bilities Of economy in this direction
seems to have died out. Meanwhile,
our Colorado friends have been doing
some actual work In this direction. In
one case, that of the Canon City plant,
which is located near coal mines and
transmits twenty-four miles at twenty
thousand volts to various mines in the
Cripple Creek district, the conditions
may be considered as rather unusual.
or at least as usual only in mining
districts. The freight rate for coal
from Canon City to Cripple Creek on
the railroad, at the time the transmits
sion plant started, was three dollars
and half a ton, to which should be
added the cost of teaming from the
railroad yards to the mines, which
might in some cases be as much more,
Then, too, the difficulty of getting wa
ter for boilers at some of the mines
was great
AT Colorado Springs. however, the
are very similar to those in
many other places. The coal mines are
comparatively near the city (three and
one-half to four miles) and feed water
is as available in the city as anywhere.
Nevertheless, two large companies, af-
ter due consideration, are building i'm
portant plants at the coal delds, relying
on the size of the generating units and
the economy of handling coal 6i,ant
from the mine to the boilers as basis
for undertaking any steam plant loca-
ted in Colorado Springs or Colorado
City or at the points of power con-
In one case fourteen hun
bred horsepower is to be used by a re-
luction mill seven miles from the pow
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ESP ECIILL Y.

It's funny if the flight of time. can't
be arrested that anybody can stop a
minute.-Chicago News
Tommy-"Pop, what is surplus cash ?"
Tommy's Pop-"There isn't any such
thing Don't ask idiotie questions. -
Wall Street News.
"The organist didn't see the bride and
groom come in" "Well?" ooh, moth
ing, only they had to march down the
aisle to two-step altz."-Columbus
Journal.
rs the boss in?" asked the stranger,
entering the drug store. NO, replied
the absent-m minded clerk; but we have
something just as good "-Yonl5ers
Statesman.
She-"Did everything go off we'll at
the Christmas amateur theatricals last
night?" He-"Yes; especially the au-
dience. It went after the first act
Boston Globe.
Skates he gave her; now with scowling
brow
He watches other danglers teach her
how.
Detroit Free Press.
would you rather be wise or beau
tiful?" asked Fate of the Coy Young
Maiden. Beautiful" replied the dam
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A WOM4N,s RIGHT 1ss1ILED

| How often and how much should a
wife "go visiting?" Just as often and
just as much as she wants to, of course.
And yet a Kansas man has dared to
question the right of a wife to be away
from home as much as she wants to.
His action is not strange, as they do
anything in Kansas, but it is so unwor-
thy of a creature entitled to call himself
man that it merits some attention.
S. A. Whitley is the name of the auda-
cious being, and he lives in Atchison
county. He even went so far as to get
divorce from his wife about three
months ago, and in suing for the d.
vorce he set up that his wife spent too
much time visiting kinsfoik in the East,
that she had then been nine months
away from home and was refusing to
set date for her return. Having taken
this curious way of indicating his dis
satisfaction with his wifes visiting hab-
its he appears to have been willing to
compromised for we now read that he
has applied to have the divorce decree
set aside, Mrs. Whitley having come
back from the East and agreed to allow
him to tell her when she can or cannot
go visiting.
And what will the societies for the
emancipation and uplifting of Woman
say to and about the weak sister who
has apparently decided to give UP one
of her most inalienable rights just to
keep the peace? Perhaps it will be we'll
for them to wait a bit before they say
much. 1t may be that Sister Whitley Is /
not so weak as she appears to be. Pos |
sibly she has only stopped to conquer, |
knowing that she can so arrange things |
that her husband will soon be glad to
have her go visiting again.
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sci. "Ah; you are wise already" COM
mented Fate, as she tied up package
of cosmetics. '-Baltimore Americ an.
Markley-Yes. I'll dispose of my prop
erty in Swampsfere at sacrifice. 1t
cost me SO foot.
Starkley-What'll you sell for?
Markley-I guess I'll have to sell for
about $150 gallon. Philadelphia
Press.
81. want to return this dog to the gent
what owns him. l seen his 'ad.' in the
paper" said the rough looking man at
the door.
How did you guess it was gent
that put the 'ad.' in?" asked the wo-
man.
"'Cause it said: No questions ask
ed, "--Bostcn Globe.
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IN ~ IA a. "A M IL klC.lN.
References to the Exposition in the First
Annual Message OF Governor OdeIl.


Governor Odell, of New York State, in
his message to the legislature, makes
the following reference to the EXPOSE
ton at Buffalo:
THE Pan-Amerlcan Exposition, which
is to open in Buffalo on May l, has re-
ceived the cordial support of both the
national and State governments. 1t
should be your duty to aid In every way
commensurate with the necessities In
making this Exposition such a success
as will rebound 70 the credit of the
State.
"Expositions of this character have a
tendency, through the knowledge ac-
CURED of the resources of the various
countries participating, to bring about
an interchange of business that Is Of
lasting benefit to the commercial inter-
ests of ALL Our State is to be congrat-
ulated upon the enterprise which con-
ceived and the success which promises
to come as the result of this great Ex-
position"
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ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations Wants, Rents, and other smafl
advertisements, One Cent II Word each In
sertion. Five Cents Word for full week
(seven times.
Display advertisements, per inch, one In
sertion, $1.20; each subsequent insertion, 40
cents; one week, $500; one month, $40; one
year, $40
Obituary Notices, in prose or verse, 10
cents per line. Notices of Births, Marri-
ages, Deaths, and Funerals, so cents each.
Local Notices, Is cents per line.
Yearly advertisers are limited to their
own immediate business TALL matter to be
unobjectionable), and their contracts do not
include Wants, To Let, For Sale, etc.
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er station. OF course, the distances are
short and freight. plus the cost of coal
handling, is higher In proportion for a
very short distance than for long one.
Nevertheless, these plants are enough
to set engineers and capitalists to
thinking again on transmission from
coal mines, and it would not be strange,
IL, as the manager of one of these new
plants predicts, new pace were set for
this class of rk.--Electrical World
and Engineer.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-15

An important legal decision rendered
in Iowa declares the amendments to the
State constitution providing biennial
instead of annual elections to be un-
constitutional. The decision hinges on
a mere technicality in the matter of
recording the amendment But it's i'm
portance lies in the fact that, unless
the appeal to the supreme court results
in a reversal, the State officers, from
the governor down, who have been ex-
year will have to vacate unless they are
reelected.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-15

Sir William Harcourt has pleaded
guilty to Observation-Disclosures and tells a
story against himself. He suspected a
man servant of stealing money and at
last resolved to set trap. Taking a
handful of gold coins, he laid them
down on his writing desk and went out.
Presently he sent this servant to the
room to fetch some article When John
had returned he promptly went to his
room to see if the coins mad been touch
ed. On the table, in the place where
he had left them, were gold coins But
were there as many as he had left? He
did not know, for he had neglected to
count them before .he had laid them
down. "By this incident, you see,' said
Sir William, in telling the story, that
i was born to be chancellor of the ex-
chequer."
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of the French before 1870, when their
military exercises consisted in march,
ing long columns of troops past deco
rated stand holding decorated EN-
peror, who bowed and saluted while the
bano played; while east Of the Rhine
Things were quite otherwise.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-15
MILLIONS IN pEI7.

Those who think that the resources of
the world are rapidly becoming ex-
hausted may not give Importance
enough in their thought to what the
| instance, the use of peat by Herr
Zschorner of Vienna indicates what Is
possible. He has been at work for
twelve years finding out what there is
in peat, and as result Of hit expert
ments a building has been exhibited in
which everything, from the carpets on
the floor to the curtains on the windows
and the paper on the walls, was made
from peat The f1bres of the remains of
the reeds and grasses of which peat is
composed have, of course, their original
physical and chemical characters
changed but the fibrous structure re-
mains intact, and the fibres themselves
are very durable, elastic and non-con-
them are found to have the toughness
of linen with the warmth of wool
There is no textile fabric that cannot be
woven from these fibres. Blankets and
other coverings used for horses and
cattle have been found to excel in
warmth and cleanliness. Paper Of sew
eral qualities has also been made.
We have Standard Oil company
which reaches out all over the world
Perhaps there will be Standard Peat
by AMI by that will buy and
free Irelan1.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-15

AS a result of the Boer war the Eng
fish military papers are clamoring for
a complete change in the system Of
military manoeuvres in England. One
paper describes those hitherto held as
merely great spectacular social events
1t says they were synonymous with
holidays and this notion was encour-
aged by the military authorities them
selves. The field DAVIS at Aldershot
were arranged so as to include the
,Whitsuntide and August Bank holidays
trains full of soldiers going down to
Aldershot put on a siding to let the
trippers get there first, picnics all over
the heaths and hills. officers and their
women friends at champagne and cold
luncheon, private soldiers and their
friends enjoying themselves in various
ways, march past, march back to camp,
camp fire, sing-song, drink-the whole
thing. it says, was a stupid and USE
less farce. 1t compares the present
condition of the British army with that
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-15
Fancy Ball Costume.

dIICy IodII NVSlIITTV'
The costume figured in the illustra-
ton is quite an "actualite" for fancy
dress ball. The dress is of white liberty
satin, draped, with a border of ermine
round the decollete and over the left
shoulder is a black velvet mantle with
strips oe ermine and a muslin ruche.
The mantle is lined with white muslin
like that of the dress
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-15

The Brooklyn Eagle has this interest
ing editorial paragraph: The New York
World refers to the long hair of the
late Henry Ward Beecher. AS a fact
he never wanted to wear it long, but
there were folks at home who would
not let him cut it and who made expert
ence lively for him whenever he propos-
ed to act on his desire.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-15

The finest piece of amber ever found
off the English coast was recently pick
ed up by a traveller near Lowestoff. 1T
brought the lucky finder the sum of
$137.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-15

Russian authorities are displaying re-
markable energy in connection with the
utilization of Popoff's wireless tele-
graphic system. All the lighthouses in
the Black Sea are to be provided with
this apparatus and several stations are
to be erected on the shore, 80 that COM
munication may be maintained between
the Shore lighthouses and the warships
within the radius of the electric waves.
Two hundred complete installations of
the apparatus were recently dispatched
to Vladivostok and Port Arthur, and
the work of fitting out the Russian war;
ships in the Pacific is to be carried on
with all possible celebrity. The two ports
are also to be connected by the estab-
lishment Of intermediate stations along
the Korean coast.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-15

Mayor ELECT Poore, of Haverhill,
Massachusetts, is a genuine working
man, shoe cutter by trade, who has
worked for years at the bench and has
saved a little competence from his earn
ings. Before the town of Bradford was
annexed to Haverhill he made record
there as Selectman for uprightness and
Judgment. The curious thing about his
election as Mayor is that the Socialists
attacked him as not being genuine
laboring man, because he did not belong
to any labor union, although he had for
years worked in the same shop and I'M
der precisely the same conditions as
Bradley, the Socialist candidate for the
governorship.
The Portland daily press., 1901-02-19
STRENGTH TESTS.

A Record After Using Different Foods.
j. Henry Myers, of otsego, Mich,
travelling representative OF a certain med
ieal missionary association, made some
strength tests with different foods, with
the following result. He says: In 1917 l
became officially connected with an insti-
tuition manufacturing a large line of
health foods.
"My desire was to ada strength. was
in good hsaI5h, and faithfully lived, al
most entirely, for nearly two years, on
their Goods, and believed in them
thoroughly. In January, %, my strength
test showed 300 pounds, in January. '99,
by the same machine, my strength test
was only 1850 pounds, heavy falling off
notwithstanding L had been SICK, but
had faithfully and religiously used the
foods so fully believed in ana had been
hired to lecture for and advocate.
For a month after that test, l was un-
certain what to do. felt weak ana what
l wanted was strength; so in February
Of that year quit other health foods and
began using Grape-Nuts alone. My
weight now has increased from 130 Co l43
pounds my strength has increased from
4,530 pounds to 8, $40; and l am now 1909
pounds stronger, by actual test than the
average man. My eyesight Is clearer, my
mind more active ana stronger and ] can
endure mors labor, physical and mental,
than ever before.
II do not know any person Interested
in the Postum Cereal Co., Ltd, and this
letter Is not written with any motive, ex-
cept to tring honest facts to the attention
OF persons desiring to live well ana live
nationally. have the charts fille1 out by
the physi 3ians at the institution making
tbs health foods that failed In my case,
and these lacts cannot be disputed by
anyone will make oath that they are
absolutely correct -
Mr. Myers letter gives the nalne in full
of the concern making the so called
health food. which failed In his case. but
this name Ia not given to the public. 1t is
not the purpose Of the manufacturers OF
Grape-Nuts TO build their business by
depreciating the efforts Of any competitor.
This experience is printsd as an illustra-
tion OF ths indisputabie fact that Grape
Nuts food ID true, honest, and remark
able rebuilder Of the human body.
The Portland daily press., 1901-02-19
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
THE LAND OF THE LIVING.

THE LAND OF The LIVING.
The Portland Thentre Stock company
commenced the second week OF their sea-
son at Portland theatre last night In the
tive act meio- drama entitled The Land
of the Living" hefors large audience.
rne play was produced in manner that
left nothing 10 be desired from scenic
and mechanical standpoint and the many
realistic scenes won their full amount OF
applause Ths first performance or a new
play Is a most unenviable task and no
actor or actress ever went upon the stage
who did not experience certain degree
or nervousness. 1t Is doubtful II any
stock company that has previously ap-
peared in Portland were ever compell ed
60 appear in play for the trst time that
was rehearsed under such difficulties as
this one, ana 1t Is very much to the credit
OF the various members that ths erform-
ance went so smoothly last evening.
"Ihe Land OF the Living is an extreme-
ly difficult drama to produce. 1t possesses
particularly powerful plot, strong
tsndsr story of intense heart interest and
number of high ana clever comedy
scenes. The play was rehearsed while the
company were on the road last week and
yesterday was the only time that the
mem bers had an opportunity TO have a
rehearsal on their own stage. Considering
these things the performance last night
was a good one and the remaining par
formances to be given today and ton.or
row afternoon and evening will prove
very entertaining to ali GLASSES OF Amuse.
msrt lovers. Ths play opens in London
and in the next act all the characters are
transferred TO the diamond telds of A us
eralia. The scene again changes 10 Lon
don and the remaining acts are laid In
that city and its su burbs The plot OF
the play is developed from the love of two
men, partners in business, for the same
woman. and the revenge Of the one dis.
cardsd forms the basis OF the story. The
play ends to the satisfaction Of every one
except the arch sohemer. There art
several excellent types OF character intro
duced in the story that are most cieverly
handled by the splendid company. Mr.
| Jack Druneir as Gerald Ark wright, the
hero of the story, achieved pronounced
personal success In the part which he
looked and acted perfectly. Miss Brown
ing makes a charming Kate Arkwright
an1 won many new friends. Eveiy n
Carter was very successful in the part OF
Meg, and again demonstrated TO heI
friends what a capable actress she really
is. Mr. Carrington had a most difficult
part To portray as the villain OF the play,
Reuben IredgoId, and acquitted himseli
very creditably. Nervousness married the
excellence of a portrayal that was well
conceived and that during the remainder
The Portland daily press., 1901-02-19
MORRILLS'

The sum of So was realized from the
whist party held Saturday evening at the
home OF Capt ana Mrs. EIbridge Mat
thews, Pleasant avenue for the benetit of
the Maine Home for Ffiendless Boys,
kiverton>road. There were twenty -four
tables in use. A very enjoyable evening
was had by all.
A surprise party was rendered Mr..
Charles E. BurnelI, 267 Riverside street,
Saturday evening. Dancing was enjoyed
during the evening and general good
time. MIR. h. b. Peters OF the PortlAnd
Beef company. presented Mr.. BurnelI
with a handsome Morris chair during the
evening. Mr.. Burnell is an employe of
the Portland Beef company where he has
been employed for several years and is q
most faithful and popular enploye.