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The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-16

slider what would take It's place, and they must remember that what Africa wanted was population. For the com mercial and agricultural development Of South Africa the native black people were useless, while the Chinaman was not a desirable settler in South Africa, though a certain number might be in- troduced with advantage for mining work under ndenture. The only solu- ton of the difficulty would seem to be the abandonment of the fantastic dream of South Africa as white mans land, which it was not, never had been and never would be, and for the Colo nal and Indian governments to prepare on an imperial scale a scheme of state aided emigration of Indian settlers, ar tsans and agriculturists, with their wives and families.
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AT LAST.

By compromise, surrender of principle, and several other things the Constitutional Convention yesterday adopted what is called the Bissel plan of representation. This plan provides that each town of less than 2000 popu- lation shall have one representative; those from 1000 to 5O,O00 two; 5O,OOO to 00,000, three; and then one for each ad- ditional 50000 or fraction thereof. The plan carries senate of forty-fve mem bers, and every county must have at least two senators.
 The beauties of this plan are well set forth by the Hartford Times, which re- marks that it does nothing of conse- quence for the large places, not much for the smaller ones, and aggrieves the smallest. After adopting this plan the Convention adopted the stylish draft of what it has done, and provided for the submission of the proposed constitution to the people on Monday, June 16. Then, in adjourning sine die, it did the best thing it has done.
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MAKING AMERICANS PAY.

l have just met an American over with his family for the coronation fes- tival, writes the Paris correspondent of the London Sketch, and he said to me-
 Living is dear on the Continent. have been down to see Deauvlle and Trouville, and here Is my hotel bill, :" and, as he handed it to me, he blew very hard at his cigar, Well he might! Deauville and Trouville, which never dream of opening till the end of June, had taken advantage of the Americans over for the coronation, At hazard I picked out two such items as 'Shrimps, ten francs" Bread and butter and wa ter cress, six francs fifty centimes. He very laconically remarked that it seemed to him that "Yurrup was roast ing the 'Murrican," and he wondered what would happen in London. The hotel keepers in France and in the Riv- iera particularly, are making positive fortune out of the Americans who have come over; but the latter take it, In general, very calmly, for they know that their visit to Europe this year is one of luxury. I can tell a story of our Princess Louise which has, I believe, never been published. She stayed in- cognito at hotel in the Rue de Rivoli, and when the bill was brought she saw 1t was exhorbitant. She carefully went through the items, and refused to pay. The manager started to storm, but when he was told to send 1t to the em- bassy, with her card he collapsed like wet butterfly.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-16
In the CatacOm bs.

Never lived Yankee yet But was ready to bet On the U. s. A. If you speak of Italy's sunny cline, Maine can beat 1t, every time!' If you tell of Aetna's fount of fire You rouse his Ire. In an injured way
 He'll probably say,
 'I don't think much of a smoking hill, We've got a moderate little Till Kin make yer old volcaner still; Pour old Nlagery down the crater, N I guess twill cool her fiery nater.' You have doubtless heard of those ancient Manufactured for prize; The reputation of each arose higher As he proved himself the bigger liar Said an Englishman: "Only tother day, Sailing from Dover to Calias, saw man without float or oar Swimming across from the English shore, Manfully breastng the angry sea" Friend" said the Yankee, 'that was me-" Mindful of all these thricetold tales, Whenever Yankee to Europe sails, The boys try every sort of plan To rouse his astonishment if he can. Sam Brown was fellow from Way Down
 East
 Who never was staggered" in the least, No tale of marvellous beast or bird Could match the stories he had heard, No curious place or wondrous view Was ekill to Podunk, I tell you They showed him room where Queen
 had slept! "Twan't up to the tavern daddy kept They showed him Lucerne. But he had
 drunk From the beautiful Mollichunkamunk. They took him at last to ancient Rome, And inveigled him into a catacofnb. Here they piled him with draughts of wine (Though he vowed old cider was twice as
 ine) Till the fumes of Falernian filled his head, And he slept as sound as the silent dead. They removed mummy to make him room, And laid him at length in the rocky tomb They piled old skeletons round the stone, Set a dip In q candlestick of bone And left him to slumber there alone. Then watched from q distance the tapers
 gleam, Waiting to jcer at his frightened scream When he should awake from his drunken
 dream. After time the Yankee woke. But instantly saw through the 6imsy joke So never cry or shout he uttered, But solemnly rose, and slowly muttered: T see how 1t Is, It's the judgment day! We've all been dead and slowed away; All these stone furrners sleepin yet An I'm the first one up, you bet cant none of you Romans start? Say, United States is ahead, I vum!'
 HI. H. Ballard.
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fl CCfD ES T-5 L.

Hilo-When did the Freemasons start? Bilo-In the stone age, iodiot-Har- yard Lanpoon. Bella-He said his ears burned aw- fully last night
 Stella-Well, I'm sure he's got ears to burn.-Yonkers Statesman. Amenities of the Game-Mr Meddle- ton Cat the amateur athletes" exhibi- tion)--I say Bixby, we'd better put a , natural fool on first base He m ght accidentally catch the ball sometimes MT, Bixby tamiably)-Oh, very we'll. I'll exchange places with you, sir Judge.
 Who is that surly man who hardly speaks to any one?"
 He's a civil engineer
 And who is that suave polished af- fable gentleman near him who is so pleasant?"
 He's bear on the stock exchange. :" Toledo Bee. Willy-l met our new minister on my way to Sunday school, mamma, and he asked me if I ever played marbles on Sunday
 Mother-H'm! And what did you say to that2
 Willy-I said, Get thee behind me, Satan!" and walked right off and left him.-Tit- Bits
 Discouraging,-The messenger boy Well, how d' yer like mercantile life?
 The office boy-Aw, de boss don't give me any encouragement.
 The messenger boy-How s dat?
 The office boy-Why, he never gives me look when I'm workin; but just as soon as l start ter loaf a bit he's Johnny-on-de-spot wit his eagle eye Puck.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-16
WATER CURE" IS OLD.

Used Many Years Ago to Make Drunken Sailors Cease Their Profanity What has come to be known as the water cure" treatment is an adoption by the army of disciplining measure as to the navy wooden bulls and hemp rigging, says the Philadelphia Times. The deep-sea sailor calls if a
 "handy- billy washdown," and it's application is only resorted to as the most effective means to stop the braw-
 ling profanity of drunken sailor on shipboard
 Where ships are visiting ports in tor rid climates 1t is considered a hard ship to confine man in the brig, the ship 5 lookup, because of the heat, and a sail or who goes on board in an unruly intoxicated condition is usually put in irons and allowed to sleep it off on the forward deck. Not infrequently when Jack has been drinking all kinds in sight on shore leave the feel" of the irons, combined with the liquor, makes him swearing mad" No one. from the commanding officer to the ships boy, escapes his oaths at such times. and finally it becomes necessary for the peace and discipline of the ship to give him "handy-billy washdown"
 His hands, which are fastened be- hind him, are lashed to a bolt in the deck and the handy -billy''-small hand force pump-is prepared for action A rubber hose, without a nozzle, through custom held by Jacks chum, is pointed close to his face. and Jack" is asked to stop swearing or take the "WashdoWn.' The answer generally
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-16
NO FEAR FOR COTTON

We occasionally hear talk about there being too many cotton mills, and regret that more are projected in this city. With such talk we have small sympathy The cotton manufacturing business of this country has nowhere reached it's elimination, and it Is bound to increase far beyond the notions of the present hour. New Bedford might as well be preparing for its share in a future which America will be so far ahead of the rest of the world in the manufacture of cotton. that it may be said, as was said on notable occasion when this country was in a race, there is no second" The indications of cour- ageous enterprise are to be well comed not discouraged.-New Bedford Standard.
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A DEADLY REVENGE.

"So you sent Bill smiggins to con- eress."
 We did" answered the keeper of the postoffice and general store. 'I guess I did as much as any one to get him elected"
 Bill is powerful talker. But I didn't know that you were any partic- ular friend of his"
 NO. We had difference long years ago; and I always said was goin' to get even. Bill brides himself on his speechmakin'. and nothin' makes him so unhappy as to have somethin' doin'
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was that of Yeddo, in 1855, where 200, 900 lives were lost, while the one that caus- ed the greatest commotion at sea was that which destroyed the town of Shi- moda in 1854
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comes in the form of renewed effort to swear louder and harder. The petty officer in charge orders Pump away!" and for four or five seconds a steady stream is played on the sailors mouth. Ills splutterlng attempts to utter more oaths in spite of the water are drowned in the laugh from his shipmates.
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THE RMFUL MOSOUTTO.

Those who have been skeptical about the connection of the mosquito with disease can find food for thought in what has happened in Havana, where the sanitary corps, under the direction of Surgeon w. c. Gorgas, of the United States army, has been waging war against the disease carrying mosquito. Dr. Gorgas says that while malarial levers are not recuired to be reported under the head Of infectious and con- tagious diseases, and are not therefore individually cared for as is yellow fev- CT, the general work for the destruction of mosquitoes would be expected to af- feet malaria also. The reports for the last year show this to be the case, and he is inclined to think that malaria would be eradicated from Havana, just as yellow fever has been, if it were not so constantly being introduced from the surrounding country. The records show that there were in the neighborhood of $50 deaths from malarial fever in Ha- vana in 1900. In 1901, the first year of the mosquito work, there were 151 And in March last there were only four.
 It seems rather ridiculous that man should have to consider the little mos- quito one of his chief enemies, but there seems to be much more in the than it used to be thought there was.
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and him not in it. I've been reliably in- formed that when a man makes his de- but in congress the people that have been there for some time previous look down on him kind of supercilious and make him sit quiet and listen. And thatll jest about kill Bill!"-Washing ton Star.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-16

England is agitated over proposal terms. At present students have only twenty-four weeks of college instruc- tion a year. The change is objected to on the ground of increased expense and also of the excellent use students make of their vacations.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-16
In Iowa negroes own farm property t the value of $821,877.

No darkened house, no durable cof- fin, no special mourning attire, no bricked grave, no unnecessary show, no avoidable expense and no unusual eat ing and drinking" Such are few Of the advantages offered to members of the British Funeral Reformers' Associ- Ation.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-16

Professor Kaiser, a South German mechanical genius, has published a pamphlet on How to Steer an Airship with Eagles Professor Kaiser says an eagle has sufficient strength to draw a balloon, and, by means of numerous diagrams and elaborate calculations he shows how eagles can be harnessed and the weights they can pull through the air. In spite of the ridicule with which the pamphlet has been received among mechanical aeronauts, Professor Kaiser is training a team of eagles for bal loon which he has in readiness.
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DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY 15 GENTS A WEEK, 50 GENTS MONTH, s3 FOR SIX MONTHS, $6 A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BY MAIL.
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George R. Mckenzie a sewing ma chine manufacturer, built two Presby- terian churches in Jersey City and gave them to the congregations on the agree ment that no musical instruments should ever be heard within their walls. The prohibition was fatal to both churches. The congregation dwindled down and down, and the last of them support. Both buildings will be sold and the money used in aid of other Presbyterian churches.
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A fire happened the other night near the entrance to the Chicago Academy of Music. The manager of the theatre, when the news of the fire was brought to him, commander the orchestra to strike up noisy selection, and hasten- ed to put on the stage mock fire scene which was part of the play that was being produced. Such din was made and the attention of the audience was so fixed by what was taking place be- fore them that no one heard the real fire engines that were throwing water close at hand.
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This Is The Time To Buy a Tailored Suit.

Were YOU among the many that bought them yesterday in our sale? It's the best Suit purchase we ever made and that together with our own Suits marked down, makes this chance not to be passed over by women who dress we'll on little.
 No two Suits alike and cSch price offers variety
 of styles and colors.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-16

J. Brainerd Hall, a Worcester mete- orologist, says that his records begin- ming January 1, 1889, show that the morning of May 10 was the coldest May morning for over sixty-three years, the mercury standing at 2s degrees at a. m. The extremes during that period are minimum 29 degrees on May 7, 1854, and maximum 90 degrees on May 30, 1871. and May 26 and 27, 1889, The cold est day was May 5, 1851, when the mean was 34 degrees, and the warmest day May 27, 1880, when the mean was S2.2 degrees. The coldest May, as a whole, was May 1850, with mean tempera- ture of 49 degrees, and the warmest May, 1868, with mean of GAS degrees.
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It Is soon going to be little harder to get lost in New York than it has been. Borough President Cantor has adopted a triangular sign bearing in clear print on glass the names of the streets cross- ing each other and to be illuminated at night. and the Municipal Art society has approved the design. The appro- priation for the construction and light there will be twenty-two hundred of them put up on the principal thorough fares.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-16

It appears that Japan has been visit ed by more earthquakes than any other country From the beginning of the fifth down to the end of the nineteenth century Japan has experienced one hundred and forty-nine destructive earthquakes, making an average of one every ten years, while during the nine teenth century there was a severe dis turbance once every six years. This does not include the earth tremors and minor shocks. The most peculiar earth quake occurred in Tsukushi in the year 679 It opened chasm four miles in length, and it is recorded that farm ers hut on hill was carried to a new place by the motion in such manner that the d saer was not aware of the fact until the reS morning. The earth quake most destrEc tive to human life
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Suits at $6.98 that are cheap at $o.75 Suits at S790 that are easily worth $Io.o8 Handsome Suits at Si0.75 that would bring SIS The Sl2.60 Suits are at conservative estimate worth SIS and $225o
 Sl6.60 Suits that ought to and were made to sell for $22.5o and $25
 $25 Handsome Black Etamine Suits are Si76O $57.5 Black Etamine Suits are S27.60 And $3o Etamine Suits in coors and black, S22,6O
The National tribune., 1902-01-30
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE: WASHINGTON THURSDAY

battles of the Shenandoah Valley under
Sheridan. and had returned to Petersburg
in time to take part in the last assaults
on that place, the battles of Sailors Greek
and Appomatt9x. In the engagement at
Sailors Greek the Sixth Corps captured
entire the Confederate Corps commanded
by Gen. Ewell. As the prisoners made
their way to the Union rear. one of them.
q staff officer, inauited for the 10Th Mass.
He was answered by Jack Wright, now
4 Captain, who recognized in him his old
friend and antagonist, John Rand, of the
26th \. T.. Their greetings 10 each other
were most cordial Cart. Jack promptly
took Lieut.. RaEd under his protection.
and succeeded in placing him in the wag-
ons that were in charge of Wagonmaster
Jim Wright.
The surrender came few days later.
Jim Wright at once applied for his dis
charge and as he had an unusually good
record for faithful service and had re-
fused promotion, his request was granted.
Accompanied by John Rand, he returned
home, and the good people Of Walnut
Meadows were given the pleasure of ac-
quaintance with n real live rebel, of whom
they had heard much.
Jim Wright had several long interviews
with Mr.. Hawes. and as Il result, when
Lieut.. Rand returned to North Carolina.
he was accompanied by Jim Wright. The
object of Jim's Southern trip made itself
apparent during the Summer OF 20. With
the assistance and introduction furnished
by the Southern soldier, and backed by
the capital from Mr.. Hawcs, Jim was
enabled to purchase great quantities of
cotton, resin and turpentine. Prices were
then extremely high for those articles.
and our spectators realized handsome
sums. SO fortunate We're they that they
established the firm of Hawcs. Wright &
Rand. with wholesale houses both North
and South.
In August, 1865, the 10Th came home
for muster-Out and discharge. Proudly
marching at the head Of his company was
Capt. Jack Wright. and Katie Hawes.
waving her handkerchief to him, saw
unon his sword hilt faded knot of blue
ribbon, and her face flushed brightly at
the sight Of il.
I've come back with shouldcr-straps.
Katie" he said, after her greetings were
answered.
"nh. knew you would" she answered
archly.
md did she care?
She must have done so: for hanging in
their parlor today is the old sword, and
in its hilt is twisted ribbon knot of
faded blue
1.-THE end
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we have brought" for Jack, out of po'
liteness, had tasted nothing. Il am an
army girl; was born in a barracks and
brought up on the parade ground. | know
what it is to live for months on army
rations. 1 know how good raw onion
tastes, and | want to see you eat and
eat.'
Jack needed no second bidding. and the
girls left him, to go with Katie, who
wished to speak to other acquaintance II
the company.
''Your friend has Il bullet hole through
his shoulder-strap," said the Army Girl
addressing Katie.
.'He got il the morning before we left
Petersburg, Miss said soldier in the
line.
Il wonder if he ever shot at anyone
with that pistol?" said Katie, looking to
ward Jack
Indeed he has. Miss" said the sol
der; IF you could have seen him going
over the eneIny's works at SpOttsylvania
a-lcading his company, sword in hand and
that pistol a-blazin' in the other"
The girls returned to Jack.
What is all this scare abOut?' he
asked.
"Oh, Jack, don't you know" said IA.
tie: why, the whole Confederate army
is Just outside of Fort Stevens; there
was man killed out there yesterday
while my father was there. Why, it's
perfectly Dreadful and Katie's pretty
face wore very troubled expression.
There was a general grin and titterinG
among the men, and remarks in low tones,
Man killed there yesterday ''bettcr not
go ont there, boys; might get shot;
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regiment had been assigned to the First
Division, Sixth Corps.
The day came for Jack to leave the hos
pital for the front, and for his mother to
return home. She bade him good-by,
proud of her boy, pleased with his promo
ton, because he was happy over it, yet
fearful. and dreading the future. She was
warmly welcomed at Walnut Meadows by
her neighbOrs, all desirouS of knowing
everything about Jack. To them she re-
peated the battle stories, until the towns
people imagined that the 18th had done
most of the fighting at Gettysburg! The
town ladies declared that she was look
ing brighter and younger than for years,
and that, too, when one would think
that she had orter be just worried to
death a letter that she had received
from her husband contained these SEN
tences: "Our Jack has got his shoulder
straps, and he deserves them. for a bet
ter son and better soldier never lived.
Sooner than ever disgrace him by getting
drunk, / would blow off the top of my
old red head. | am straight, and | am
going to stay straight. Your loving, sober
husband-Jim Wright" And Mrs. Wright
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