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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-01
First News of the Muslin Underwear Sale
can be found in Wednesday Mornings
Papers,

said he, ut is often very large. One
voyage last summer we lost twelve
napkin rings and eighteen orange
spoons which were taken as souvenirs
by tourist passengers. Sometimes they
take them openly when they give the
steward his fee at the end OF the voy-
age, but oftener they carry away the
spoon as they have been in the habit all
the voyage Of carrying away great dish
| es of fruit from the tables to their
staterooms." I am an old traveller, but
populations on this scale were entirely
new to me. have, however, myself
| seen private dining-rooms adorned with
elegant plates taken from public din
ners, from foreign cafes and restau
rants Of worldwide fame. This meant
in some cases legitimate purchase, but
oftener a fee to dishonest servant.
And now let me bring this souvenir
letter to close with story which is
at least as true as some of the tales of
Herodotus and which is told not of the
Egyptians, but of the descendants of
that people whom the Egyptians once
held as slaves. Isaac was called upon
to subscribe to complimentary dinner
to fellow-merchant. Much against
his will, he paid the five dollars and
went to the dinner. As he ate his soup
he noticed that the spoon was silver and
OF good weight. An evil spirit whis-
pered to him that here was chance to
recoup himself for the amount he had
paid for his ticket So he let the spoon
fall into his napkin, and STOPPING down
he slipped the spoon from the napkin
into his pocket Just as he was stoOp-
ing down, he perceived that Levi, who
sat next to him, was slipping a spoon
into his shoe. He said nothing, but
shortly afterward was called upon for
speech. He rose to respond, and
said; MY friends, you know am no
epeech-maker. wish our honored
guest all happiness and success, and to
add to the entertainment, as / am lit
tie of conjerer, I will do a simple
trick. You see take this spoon from
the table" (taking up a large dessert
spoon). NOW, put the spoon into my
pocket" Quitting it in and placing his
hand on the outside). Nov / lean
down and take the spoon out of Lewis
shoe (suiting the action to the word
and fiinging the spoon upon the table,.
Gentlemen, I wish you good evening""
and out went Isaac with the two spoons
in his pocket oongratulating himself
upon his cleverness in getting back the
price of his dinner, in outwitting Levi, |
and establishing his own reputation as
a conjurer. I do not suppose that he |
kept those spoons as souvenirs!-Au- |
gustus in the New York Observer.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-01
u BEGINNINGS.

II wish you a happy new century"
Thanks, old chap; l wish you many.
Boston Journal
"Why, Madge, where are all the tas
sells on your new chenille boar
"Oh, I stepped on some of them, ant
other people stepped on some. DE
troit Free Press.
ooh! you precious little yellipop!'
cried the emotional matron.
Slowly the Boston child disengaged
himself from her embrace.
rs that word in the dictionary" he
asked.-Chicago Evening Post.
How Soon We Are Forgotten-"I see
that all the Dreyfus proceedings have
been dropped
Have they? Well, I've said all along
that that's just the way everyone of
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Saucy Soubrette lin the continuously
do you go on?
Comedian-Right after the trained
donkeys.
Saucy oubrette-Heavens, It's a
wonder the stage manager doesn't try
and break the monotony more than he
Life.
There is one point to which l wish
to call your attention." said the owner
of fine old colonial place to prospec-
tive purchaser.
''What is that?"
This estate is, | believe, absolutely
unique in this particular, among estates
with buildings as old as this one"
"And what is this unique feature?"
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-01

The nineteenth century which has Just
Tended has been remarkable in many
ways, and it has been especially re-
lmarkable in the growth of public expen-
ldtures. Mr.. Charles A. Conant in the
Atlantic Monthly points out that Bur
dens Of taxation amounting in volume
to many times the sum which drove
our British ancestors to take arms
against the Stuarts in the seventeenth
century, or which impoverished France
before the Revolution are now borne
almost without murmur by the people
of every civilized state" The United
States has had its full share of the
growth in expenses. In 1912 the govern
ment needed only $25,205,761 for it's ex-
penses Then came the civil war; when
a colossal debt was piled up. The cost
of the government upon a peace basis
before the recent increase of the army
was about S. per head-more than three
times greater, according to Mr. Conant,
than it was so years ago, two and one
half times what 1t was before the civil
war and 20 per cent. greater than 1t
was IA years ago. The lowest per cap
tia expenditure since the civil war
was in 1886, under the administration
of President Cleveland. In 1860 the cost
of river and harbor Improvement was
1921, 1878. The net disbursements In 1898
for rivers and harbors were $40, ,1O9.
The postal service Is not self-sustaining,
and every year the government has to
meet the deficit. Last year it was $S,-
211,750. The lighthouse service cost
over $3,000,0 900 in 1899 The scientific
bureaus of the government are expen-
give Pensions cost $4,000 900 year,
or nearly So per capita. The pension
expenditure for 1900, Mr.. Conant states,
barring one year OF the Mexican war,
sis not much less than the cost Of the
federal government for all purposes
down almost to 1860. If the expenses Of
the military and naval establishments
last year were added to the ex-
penditures for pensions the bur-
den upon the American peo-
pie for these objects was about
"a. 40 per head, or very close to the en-
tire military and naval expenditure Of
the Empire of Napoleon when he was
leading a Grand Army OF 100000 men
TO it's death amidst the SHOWS of Rus
sia." If the cost of state and municipal
expenditures We're added to the eXpen- |
ditures of the national government the |
total would reach an extraordinary fig |
ure. The annual cost of the govern |
ment Of the city of New York since its |
consolidation with Brooklyn Is nearly |
100000. 1t is estimated that the sal |
aries paid to school teachers alone in |
the United States amounted to s123, $685.
Az in 1899.
The new century may see an even
greater expansion in this line. 1t will |
open grandly anyhow.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-01
REMUNERATION FOR COMPANY
DTRECTORS


Capital Is the great, IL not the sole,
end kept in view, to build up which the
profits are now mainly devoted while
the management Is often intrusted to
officials with fixed income, whose re-
Enumeration forms but trlfling proper
ton OF the profits Of the concern yet
who take the place of the brains which
were the all in all during its earlier
years of expansion or development
In many of our large commercial un-
dertakings converted into public COM
panles there are almost any number of
literary or scientific or legal men, but
TOO few real men of business who will
devote that constancy of attention and
labor that persistent plodding, which
are so difficult to obtain from any but
the real men Of business. Others IN
general only look for a preferential in
terest on their investment, but are in
capable of those large and brilliant
ideas which, combined with persistent
graphing with details, are. after all
the essence of successful organization
in the field factory or warehouse,
! have always felt that, instead OF
fixed honorarium to directors and man
ayers, 1t would be wiser to make their
remuneration proportionate to dividend
say, for example, that five thousand
pounds should be put aside for the d.
rectorate, providing the dividend on or
binary shares was 5 per cent, six thou
sand pounds IL per cent, and so on by
sliding-scale process. Had such a
system been general during the last de-
cade, 1t could not have had other than
beneficial influence on the dividends
of our great railway and other public
companies. Sir James Blyth In the
Nineteenth Century.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-01
JOHNNY BEAR OF YELLOWSTONE
PARK

| Johnny was a queer little bear cub
that lived with Grumpy, his mother. in
the Yellowstone park. They were
among the many bears that found de-
sirabe home in the country about the
| Fountain hotel The steward of the ho-
tel had ordered the kitchen scrapings to
| be dumped In an open glade Of the sur
rounding forest, thus proving through
out the season, a daily feast for the
| bears, and their numbers have In
creased each year since the law of the
land has made the park a haven Of re-
fuge where no wild thing may be
| harmed. They have accepted mans
| peace offering and many of them have
become so well Known to the hotel men
that they have received names suggest
ed by their looks or ways. Slim Jim
was a. very loilg4legsed thin blaclpbaar;
Snuffy was Black bear that looked as
though he had been singed; Fatty was
a very fat lazy bear that always lay
down to eat; the Twins were two half
grown, ragged specimens that always
came and went together; but Grumpy
and little Johnny were the best known
of them all.
Grumpy was the biggest and flercest
of the black BEARS and Johnny, appa-
rently her only son, was a peculiarly
tlresome little cub, for he seemed never
to cease either grumbling or whining
This probably meant that he was sick,
for healthy little bear does not grum-
BILE all the time. Indeed, Johnny was
the most miserable looking specimen In
the park. He had only three good legs,
his coat was faded and NANCY, his
limbs were thin, and his ears and
paunch were disproportionately large.
His whole appearance suggested dys.
pepsia. Yet his mother thought the
world of Johnny, She was evidently
convinced that he was a little beauty
and the prince Of all bears, so, of
course, she spoiled him. She was al
ways ready to get into trouble on his
account, and he was always delighted
to lead her there Although such
wretched little failure, Johnny was far
from being a fool, for he usually knew
just what he wanted and how to get it,
If teasing his mother could carry the
point.-Ernest Seton Thompson in
Soribner's.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-01
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Obituary Notices. In prose or verse. u
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Include Wants To Let. For Sale. etc.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-01

Kindliman-What's the matter, my
little man? You seem to be in great
pain.
Little boy (groaning dismally)-No, I
amt, but dey seems ter be a great pain
in me.-Philadelphia Press.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-01
The Rumsey gYno H~-Syg r. <sMIN Weather
+, T. So, . ::s,. {Bp1fs@ '' 4:
throughout. Formerly F.M. BROWN ace To-day
We wish you all Happy New Year.
Store Closed To-day.
WE START THE NEW CENTURY WITH
OUR ANNUAL JANUARY
MUSLIN UNDERWEAR SALE,
Which opens on Wednesday Morning at o'clock

Which opens Wednesday Morning at o'clock. You'll
find that this sale carried with the vgor breadth
and generosity of method that has always characterized
business and especially throughout the busiest Holiday
weeks we've had, by thousands Of dollars.
We've been encouraged by splendid support Of the
past yeaI with redoubled energy with the thought
of making this and your store the ideal
store-your ideal and ours
Every year and nearer the mark
aim to reach and which with, your continued CO.
operation hope reach A clever writer once
said that men and women developed by the mis-
takes they make, we ask your criticism any
of our shortcomings however slight they may be-
You may be sure it will pc valued We try not to
have anything go wrong but it's not writ in
lures book to be always right
Once more send you the compliments Of the
season.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-01

There is well-attended school for
walters in Vienna. The pupils are first
the art of serving at table, and when
they have mastered the Introductory
course they are allowed to practice on
Two women and two men who dine at
one table. The professor" watches the
operation and sharply calls the waiter
to account if he makes a mistake.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-01
c/os,ng-Out SAFE.

I take this means Of informing my
friends and patrons that am about to
retire from business in New Haven and
to offer my entire stock at prices that
will close them out In short order.
Don't let this opportunity pass. Watch
for special announcements.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-01

A correspondent of the Boston Her.
aid, writing from the City of Mexico,
says that Drunkenness is increasing in
Mexico. every grocery store nova
lays is incomplete without its cantina
shut off usually by glazed or thin wood
partitions. apI with more or less sue
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-01

The turn of events in South Africa
has caused the German government to
call on the Rhenish Machine and Metal
Goods Company to cancel it's contract
with the British government to supply
field batteries for rearming the British
artillery. In the note in which the de-
sire Of the German government was
conveyed to the company the govern
ment expressed the hope that it would
follow out the directions in the same
loyal manner as the firm of Krupp at
Essen had obeyed the instructions
which it had received to the same eff
feet at the beginning Of the war.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-01

Down in the South, remarked man
at one of the New York clubs the other
day, "there exists more of religious
atmosphere than there is here in the
North. So most of the stories they tell
have sectarian flavor to them. One
that I heard while in Charleston was
entirely new to me, and it appeared to
be SO in the circle of gentlemen where
/ heard 1t. 1t ran this way: A digni-
fed old gentleman stood on one of the
city wharves watching an old darby
who was fishing. No word passed be-
tween them until the darby landed a
good-sized fish. This was unlocked,
and there was a look of disgust on the
face of the fisherman as he threw the
fish back into the water. Why did you
throw that fish back into the water in
stead of keeping him, -uncle?' queried
the onlooker. He no good, massa.'
what kind of fish was it?' we call
'em Baptist fish, sah.' And why Bap-
tist fish, uncle?' 'Ah couldn't say fo'
sure, massa, but l spects it's bekase
dey spiles soon as you gets 'em outen
&c watern"
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-01

At a recent meeting of the London
Geological Society communication
was received in which the probable dis
covery of a new species of horse in the
great Congo forest was announced. The
description OF the animal was furnish
ed by Sir Harry Johnson, who said that
his attention has been directed to the
existence of horse-like animal in this
region from the fact that Stanley had
mentioned that the DwaIfs had a name
for the horse. He had obtained por
tions of the skin, which are to be for
warded to England for critical examin-
alton. 1t is clear that the skin does not
belong to any known zebra or wild ass.
The belly and leg stripes are irregular,
with chestnut border, and they look
very much as if other parts of the skin
were either uniform dun or dark gray.
In the discussion which followed the
presentation of the letter, it was sug-
gested that the animal in question was
an undescribed antelope which was
thought to exist in this region.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-01

In his address the other day before
the American Historical and Economic
Association Professor Bourne set out to
prove that Marcus Whitman did not
save Oregon to the United States by his
famous winter ride to washington in
1842-43. The story he said, was fabri-
Gated by a missionary colleague of
Whitman, the Rev. Fl. Fl. Spalding, to
enlist public interest In the work of the
early missionaries and to crafty his de-
sire to cover Catholics and the Hudson
Bay company people, whom he charged
with Whitman's murder, with obloquy,
The story was corroborated by w. III.
Gray, the author of the History Of
Oregon" and less definitely by Gushing
Eells. Thus supported by three of
Whitman's colleagues. it was readily
accepted by the missionary authorities,
and their acceptance carried great
weight with the public. Almost from
the first the story was widely dissent
mated for the purpose of eniisting in
terest in and contributing for Whit
man Seminary, now Whitman College.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-02-14

ingiy.
Eyes. such as Her eyes fell be-
fore my glance. A delicate veil Of rose
covered her face for moment.
wondered II she knew that It was only
because clinched my fists till the
nails cut that did not do the very
thing feared the stragglers coming
down the road might do. "Come,"
said peremptorily. There is no need
OF your welcoming them herev'
So we entered the inn, and she began
furnishing up the utensils, just to
tease me more than anything else.
Outside there was a clatter Of hoofs.
the chink Of the spur, intermingled
with few oaths, and then two repre-
sentatives of the king came in noisily.
They gazed admiringly at Gretchen as
she poured out their beer. She saw
the rage in my eyes. She was aggravat-
ing with her promiscuous smiles. The
elder officer noticed my bulldog pipe.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-02-14

thought for q moment mo, Gret-
chen, / should never forgive myself.
But know thar II ask you to let me
kiss your hand before / 60 you VIII
grant so small favor"
There" and her hand stretched to-
ward me. "And what will your kiss
meanY'
"That love you, but also respect
you, and that ! shall CO."
II am sorry"
1t was dismal packing. ] swore a
good deal softly. Gretchen was not In
the dining room when came down to
supper 1t was just as well. wanted
to be cool and collected when made
my. final adieu. After supper lit my
pipe Il shall be buried with it, and
went for jaunt up the road. There
was train at 6 the next morning.
would leave on that. Why hadn't !
taken Gretchen in my arms and kissed
her? It would have been something to
remember in the days to come. was
a man and stronger; she would have
been powerless Perhaps 1t was the
color Of her eyes.
I had not gone up the highway more
.nan 100 yards when saw the lonely
figure Of man tramping indirectly to-
ward me and directly toward the inn.
Even in the dusk of twilight there was
something familiar about that stride.
Presently the man lifted up his voice
in song. The second lead" as they
say back Of the scenes, was about to
appear before the audience.
Evidently Hillars had found "Jer-
cho" distasteful and had returned to
nrotest.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-02-14
AN EFFECTIVE REMEDY.
But the Publisher Will Never Use 1t
Again. .t..

But the Publisher Will Never Use 1t
Again. .t..
- His name is suppressed in compliance
with a solemn promise, but he is pub
Usher in certain line known through
out the land. He is of that type that
foresees awful results from the most
trivial indications. If he has a pain in
his great toe, he anticipates an ampu-
tation of his leg, and if neuralgia
shoot pierces his body he considers
himself victim of galloping consump-
ton.
! He walked up the other night with
dull ache in his side. OF course it was
pneumonia and bad case at that. He
called upon his wife to get the "big
bottle" of witch hazel and give his side
thorough rubbing. She found the
bottle, which is properly labeled. and
returned.
"No. no." he said as she began prep
arations for the application. "Don't
turn down. the covers. 1t would be my
death if the air struck me-" So she
slid hands and bottle between the
sheets and fought sleep for a full hour
w \
that he was all right and paid glow
ing tribute to the curative powers Of
witch hazel.
When the good wife went to replace
the bottle, she found her hands as
black as coal and the sleeves of her
only garment in the same condition.
She hurried to her patient in fear and
trembling to find his side as deep an
ebony as that of the king Of Dahomey
and all Of his surroundings of the same
color. Just as he concluded that he
was rapidly notifying or had the
black plague and not more than few
minutes to live the son came in. He
heard the story breathlessiy told and
then laughed until his back had to be
pounded to insure breathing. When he
told how he had filled that bottle with
ink, as he had bought more than the
usual repositories would hold. the old
gentleman forgot all about pneumonia
while he was turning the air ghoulish
blue and impregnating 1t with the odor
of sulphur Detroit Free Press.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-02-14

Adi duoSe hliuc. dLu, III uutu, d peu-
niless adventurer. The gulf between
us cannot be bridged.'
NO" said Gretchen, the smile leav-
ing her lips, "the gulf cannot be
bridged. You are renniless adven-
turer, and am fugitive from-the
law, the king or what you will. You
are man. Man forgets. You have
just illustrated the fact. His memory
and his promises are like the smoke
they fade away but soon. shall be
sorry to have you go. but it is best
So"
"Do you love any one else?'
81 do not. love no one in the sense
you mean. 1t was not written that
should love any man."
Gretchen, who are you. and what
have you done?'
what have done? Nothing! Who
am 1? Nobodyw
us that the only answer you can
give?"
'It is the only answer will give"
There was something In Gretchen's
face which awed me. 1t was power
and resolution, two things man seldom
sees in a woman's face.
"Supposing, Gretchen, that should
take you In my arms and kiss your"
/ was growing reckless because felt
awed, which seems rather a remark
able statement. 81 know you only as
q barmaid. Why notY
She never moved to go away. There
was no alarm in her eyes, though they
narrowed.
"You would never forgive yourself,
would Won ~