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The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-18
ECTRIC.

Good stylish bicycle, GS 10c., for sale by a young lady enamelled black and geared to sixty-eight. Address, etc. Tit-Bits.
 At the Concert - What makes the lady make such a bad face when she sings. ma?"- Hush, Willien' Docs it hurt her worse than it does us?"-- Brooklyn Life Barber --''That's strange. You say you have been here before. l don't seem to remember your face" Victim Probably not. You see, it has all healed up now" = Glasgow Evening Times.
 Kittie-" Really, I did not know what to think when Fred proposed to me last evening. Why, he hadn't known me more than a week. Efile-"Perhaps that was the reason. dear" Boston Transcript.
 Financier Putting through that railroad deal netted me $200,000."
 Wife--"Your friend lost by it, didn't he?"
 "All he had But then, he only had 1925, ,000.' '-Brooklyn Life.
 Mrs. Towne--Have you any close neighbors, dear?
 Mrs. Subbubs-.Yes; they are all close. So close that you couldn't borrow fatiron or a cup of sugar to save your life.- Philadelphia Record.
 Young Lady-"A friend of mine is en- gagged to q man, and now he refuses to marry her What would you advise her to do?"
 Old Lawyer-'Is the man wealthy"
 Young Lady--"No. He hasn't shill- ing
 Old Lawyer-"Then I'd advise her to write him 8 nice letter of thanks"- Tit Bits.
 In the millinery show room of one of the large department stores in Phila delphia a customer inquired of a sales woman what they charged to clean feathers. "Ten cents apiece" was the answer. "Oh, l could never pay that price" gasped the woman. How many have you? If you have q suffi- cient number we might make a reduc- ton in the price" Why, I couldn't count them, for I have two beds full. Philadelphia Times.
 Some or the llllterate cOIoTeu preln- ren in the rural district have queer ideas of life and it's amenities. Recent ly one of them asked his employer to be let off early on a certain day.
 Some one ill?" he was asked
 NO, suh-de society what I b'longs ter is holdin' of a reception to a gentle man what we aint see in some time"
 What gentleman"
 Hits gentleman, suh!" was the re- ply. What is des got back fun spend in some time in Dade county"
 Whats his business?'
 file was in the burglary business. suh, but he got Atlanta Con stitution
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-18

wear no clothing unless the weather is Very csld.
 The favorite and almost exclusive or nament is the earring, usually made of metal. What clothing is worn is made of straw They never wear shoes or other covering for the feet except as a great luxury and mark of distinction on ceremonious occasions.
 The men carry small knives and to- bacco pouches and the women carry small looking glasses and knives. The knife is used as symbolic. The maiden wears it with the blade bare, but when she marries it is worn in a sheath The women also paint their faces, using kind of ink for the purpose. The Ainus live mostly by fishing and hunting. They hunt the bear and deer, catch salmon and other fish, and grow potatoes and millet, Whenever they can get it they eat rice, which they re- gard as the best of food, though they do not raise it themselves Both sexes smoke tobacco and drink liquor,
 The marriage customs differ widely from those of the Japanese. The ques- ton is first settled between the youth and maiden, who then refer the matter to their parents through a mediator, who should be a relative of the prospec- tive bridegroom. The man must send present of lacquered ware, which is re- garded by them as one of the most pre- cious things in the world This, howev- CT, is reclaimed by him if his wife af- teryard seeks a divorce.
 ,c same class as those of the American Indians. The rude hut has two win doWs, one of them for ordinary earthly uses, the other reserved for the en- trance of the gods
 Woman is fairly treated and held in deep respect The man is not allowed to enter the house when the woman is in it alone, and he Is not permitted to walk behind q woman. When a man meets q woman he must salute first, by smoothing his beard and rubbing his hands. Then she responds by touching her nose with finger of her left hand
 During October the Ainus hold a re- ligious fete, which is called the Bear festival, because they sacrifice a bear which has been carefully fostered for three years
 Judicial punishment among the Ali nus consists of a severe beating with a stick administered to the culprit The crimes are generally theft-stealing ar ticles or the wife of a neighbor. As there are eight men to one woman, the majority of the males are not married and Wife-stealing is very common. The accused is subjected to long eXamina- tion by the chief of the community, and Is then compelled to resort to the or deal of fire. He must take stone out of boiling water. If innocent, the Ai- nus think he will not be injured. If the question cannot be settled in this way the principals in the dispute must fight it out
 The Ainus are polytheists, though they limit their gods to two--a god of fire and a god of water The first is called Kahekamoi. and the latter Hato- kamoi. They also, like most peoples who have religious system, believe in some sort of heaven and hell-Japan and America,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-18
ABORIGINAL JAPANESE.
Curious Customs of an Interesting
 Tribe-Naming Infants.

Curious Customs of an Interesting
 Tribe-Naming Infants.
 The Ainus, generally known to Amer jeans and Europeans as the hairy Ali nos" are the only aboriginal people now living in Japan. They are called hairy in contradistinction to the smooth faced Japanese, Koreans and Chinese Their present home is in Ha- kaido, or Yezo, the most northerly part of the empire, although it is supposed that in earlier times they occupied most of the entire country. Ancestors of the Japanese of to-day found them in pos session, and. by force of superior arms and civilization gradually drove them to the north, much in the same way ts the savages were driven back toward the Pacific by the early settlers in America
 The AinuS live day pretty much as the Indians on their reservations in the west. They are still, for the most part, half savage, and the Japanese name for them, 'Yezo," means barbarian, They are very skiful in hunting and fishing, which are their chiof occupations. They are under the protection of the imperial government. and are entirely separated from the Japanese. The latest census showed that they number very nearly seventeen thousand
 Among the many curious customs of the Ainus, perhaps the quaintest is their method of naming their children. They observe a peculiar economy in giving names. The infant must go without a name until it shows itself worthy of bearing one. If it is sickly and not likely to live, it is not consId- cred worth while to waste a name upon it. As each child must, by immemorial custom, have brand new name, used by no one in the community, names are scarce and must be guarded If the child should be given a name borne by some one else, the ghost of the former possessor of the name may come back from the underworld to avenge the slight.
 It is customary to take a name from some incident that occurred at the chld's birth or it is left to the parents afterwaTd to choose one for it. Should the infant come into the world with a smiling face it might be called "Ikishi- matburu," which means a smile Of fond parents may call it Kamoissage Ga pulling rope of the gods), if they wish their child to be in the special care of the god
 From the age of seven to ten Ainu children of either sex have their heads shaved, but after eleven they are al lowed to have long hair and wear the same clothes as grown persons. They
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-18
ADVERTISING RATES.

1oTT Situations, Wants, Rents. ana olhel o1, aH in advertisements, One Cent n Word eacn ca ,. oni. ih. sertion. Five Gents q Word for fui' "e'N lseven times). - ono in Display advertisements. per inch, .t3ne one 40 40 sertion, $1.2O; each subsequent lnserI'00 sI0 me cents; one week, $3. 20; one montn, %Ao
 year. $40. oree 15 Obituary Notices. in prose or versT Warri cents per line. Notices of Births ,4o Mh each ages. Deaths, and Funerals, oo cents
 Local Notices, 15 per line. 4o their Yearly advertisers are limited to +o he own immediate business Gall matter sn to not ot r1obiectionable) and their contracts uo fpclude Wants, To Let. For Sale. etc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-18
NOTICE TO BIDDERS

NOTICE TO BIDDERS. Proposals for Building and fixing in place all complete Book Stacks in the New Haven Free Public Library Building.
 Office of the Free Public Library,
 131 Church Street,
 New Haven, Conn.,, March IA, 1902. Sealed proposals will be. received at the office of the Free Public Library, 13I Church Street. New Haven. Conn. until Tuesday, March 25, 1902, at eight o'clock D. m., at which time they will be opened by the Board of Directors in public meet ing, for building and fixing in place all complete Book Stacks in the Free Public Library Building.
 Bids must include the work of all trades, as described in the specifications.
 Bids for each trade separately will not be received.
 Drawings and specifications may be seen at the office of L. W. Robinson, Architect, 324 Exchange Building, New, Haven, Conn.,, from 9 q. III. to D. m. daily.
 The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids or waive any defects in same if 1t be deemed to the interest of the City so to do.
 Per order BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-18
COMMITTEE ON WATER.

The Committee on Water will hold a meeting in Rooms 10 and Il, City Hall, on Wednesday evening, March 19, 1902, at eight o'clock when the petition of the residents of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Wards for free water for public purposes will be considered.
 All persons interested in the foregoing are hereby notified to be present and be heard, without further notice
 Per order of Alderman FREEMAN,
 Chairman Attest: JAMES B. MARTIN, m17 St Assistant City Clerk
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-18
A Russtnn aIorat ug

While the British and Russian troops confronted each other at the railway siding ill Tien Jsin the Russian General Is said to have called for volunteers to hold the switch. The result is told beow:l Up spake the Russian General. In ringing tones cried he: ''Now, who will stand at my right hand And guard the track with meE' The serried columns murmnred Beside the l'ien 1sin switch, When straight there rose before the foes The form of Ivan Popolotfosedevalov
 offitiVitch. Beside the Russian General, All straight he stood and proud, And like the breeze mid bending trees, Ills name swept through the crowd. Uncertain stood the Brltons, Not knowing which was which, And there were those with trckling nose At sight of Ivan PopolofIosedeyalovos-
 Offitivitch. Now write his name in marble, Within the Hall of Fame, But ere you do be sure that you Build an I. to the same. And up and down the hallway, Through curve and bend and niche, Let there repoSc in future gloWs The name of Ivan PopolohosedeValoVos-
 offitivltch.
 Baltimore American.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-18

Electricity has infringed on the sphere of Indian coolie labor. It IS made to work the punkahs with much better effect that the coolies do or can' The question that troubles the Indlan Government is what is to become ol the natives who are incapable of any other work.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-18

Almost anything can be insured Ill England. Twenty persons have taken out insurance policies on the life or pa,lper inmate of Wolverhampton workhouse, who charges half crown for the privilege.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-18
AN INTER EsTING DECISION.

Fraternal benefit organizations will be interested in q decision which has just been given by the Supreme court of Massachusetts in the case of Caro- line A. Newhall vs. the supreme coun- cil of the American Legion of Honor. The Legion of Honor had, by act of the supreme council, reduced the sum to be paid to the beneficiary from $5000, which was the sum named in the con- tract, to S2,O00, by the process of q change in the bylaws. The insured had agreed in the original contract to obey or accept, changes in the bylaws made for certain purposes, or affecting cer- tain incidents of the contract. The supreme council appears to have thought it had a right to make any change affecting the contract. But the court says it has no such power, and was unable to so change the contract with regard to the consideration which it had promised when the contract was made
 Of course benefit organizations which promise to pay certain sums and find they can't can't be made to pay what they haven't got. But it is important to know what their contracts really mean.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-18

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE eiTf l5 CENTS A WEEK, 50 CENTS A MONTH, s3 FOR SIX MONTHS, SC A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BY MAIL.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-18

A sentence of ten years penal serVi- tude was inflicted on a thirteen-year- old boy in England lately. He was convicted of pushing a smaller boy ln- to reservoir where he was drowned after robbing him of a watch that he wanted. The judge regretted that he was not year older so that he might have sentenced him to death for mur- der. Tn England. however, the case has provoked a discussion as to whether there is no better way of treating child criminals.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-18

Evidence of the anxiety of M Wal desk Rousseau to solve tho problem presented by the threatened depopula- tion of France is afforded by the ap- pointment of a commission by the min istry of the interior, the members of which form notable representation of medical science. Professor Pinard will draw up a report on prenatal influences, Professor Budin will study the mortal ity of infants up to one year old Dr. Variot of children up to fourteen years old, pr. A. J. Martin will devote him self to the mortality of adults. Profes- sor Landouzy will deal with the mortal ity of professional persons in populous centers Professor Labbe will give his attention to the army, navy and colo nials forces, Dr. Borne will make a comparative study of the laws of France and other nations for the pro. tection of public health while Dr. Ber- tllon will investigate the relations of the death and birth rates.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-18

New York is well supplied with newspapers, but so far as mere num- bers are concerned, it's papers are only a tithe of what are found in Paris. There are about 2,60o organs of the press in the French capital, 163 of which are political journals. Of politi- cal dailies in Paris there are 79, of tri-weeklies l, of weeklies 73, of bt monthlies, of monthlies 2 and of an nuals l. Of the whole number 122 are Republican, 31 are Conservative and 10 cannot be classified The reviews number 10 weekly, 31 bi-monthy, so monthly, 26 quarterly, 2S are issued six times year and Il appear at irregular intervals Napoleon suppressed several hundred newspapers, leaving on thir teen in existence during his reign. There are 800 papers in London.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-18

The late Dr. Samuel Rawson Gar diner the English historian, was very fond of retailing the hackneyed old his- torical anecdotes that garnish the school books, and he would commonly append the comment: Now, that story is not true; I have reason to know, indeed, that it Is pure fiction, be- cause the truth cannot be rounded off and polished so nicely to suit ones conception of character or of circum- stance" For similar reasons he was instant in praise of historical novels "A genius like Scott or George Eliot Especially in 'RomolaD," he would say, "has many advantages over the plodding historian, and can often ar rive, by the intuition of genius at truths which the most laborious re- search could never reveal; and on the whole" he would add, historical fic- ton is much more trustworthy and in- comparably more respectable than ficti tious history"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-18

At the first annual meeting of the trustees of the Carnegie fund Of Slo,- 0oo,o given for education in the Scot tish universities. the report showed that out of six thousand applications for grants from the fund large per centage had been disallowed, but nearly twenty-five hundred students had re- ceived assistance, at total outlay of
 about s115,000 sor the winter session of 19o1-'O2. Conditions may change later, but that expenditure represents not great deal more than 1 per cent. on the principal. At that rate the fund would go on steadily becoming larger.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1902-07-25

On the occasion OF fatal accident TO
a lift In ParIs-I think ut the Grand ho-
tel--a number OF years ago a lady who
was Just going up In It started back,
saying, ooh. there Is that dreadful man
again. and tried to induce her hus-
band to come OF Of II too. but he re-
fused and was among the killed.
The ''dresdful man" 10 whom she re-
ferred she had seen IN dream. which
the niece Of the friend who told me the
story had heard her relate day or
two before the accident II was Of
funeral drawn up at her door, No pom
pous as 10 produce a great impression
on her, presided over by big. dark
man In strange sombrerO hat. This
man she saw, or believed she saw. In
the llft and the coincidence terrified
her from going up In it.--Notes and
Queries
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1902-07-25
How High Can a Balloon R,..r

The altitude That may he attained
by a balloon depends, frst, upon Its
size; secondly. upon the filling OF gas,
and, thirdly. upon the weight being
carried. A balloon Of ordinary size.
1900 cubic feet. carrying the smallest
weight--that In. one person when filled
with illuminating gas may reach 10000
feet. but when filed with hydrogen
1900 feet. In order to ascend higher
we FIRST OF all need II bigger balloon.
One may say It was happy chance
that the Royal Meteorological institute
OF Berlin was provided with balloon
OF the unusual dimensions OF 100000
cubic feet The German emperor fur
nished 1900 for making experiments
with II. and tho Meteorological insti-
tute decided Ia make use Of this OPP
portunity for studying the highest re-
gions OF atmosphere. Harper's Maya
zina
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1902-07-25
He hung up the window and took

He lung up the window and took
deep draft of the cold night air. In
the deep blue Of the velvet void over
the great city OF New York the golden
stars were shining.
In n FRENZY of mingled courage and
hon., he h,,r.,oa,,, oroaoA .ho haIe Aox-
"oPe "o ""i''euS Vne"NuI s.o ."'h va.
en- packages. one py one ne remover
his rejected manuscripts, and one by
one with Increasing vioIence no huna
~. -. x.,.s
tue .or" coVcrs upon the noor. When'
his hopes driven from cover to cover,
as II were he had flung down the last.
with nm oath ha atood n.oodiIv .ta rinu,
WIN "n oa.h, nc s,oou n'ooulIy s'arins'
,nor $50 u ,aa,'na 49,, upo ... Inv hn
sann nv ~" ,,'s,'os 80 S.,SS,,,
80 ..n. a.. 49,, 80 ~ a.,
a,,u M nnSnarn 80 ~. unaassaS
snan.,.,, ~, 1900 1. 80
"sn,aH noab" W. ~ ,,..o.,,
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1902-07-25

There IL u good deal OF gambling in
society In England. but It Is nothing TO
what goes on In Russia, says tho Lon
don Candid Friend. Vint, preference
and roulette are the principal gnmes.
The second Ii the most popular In army
circles, while many ladies' OF the high
est rank keep roulette tables and have
regular evenings" Oh which play goes
on for very high stakes. Az Is usually
the case ut roulette, the bank mostly
wins. and the hostess takes good care
to keep the bank.
One Of the most notorious OF these
private dens IL run by two ladies OF
the highest rank and connections. Only
the fine feur OF the society Of st. Pc
tersburg are admitted, and the entree
IL eagerly sought. The stakes are high,
the plungiDg often desperate, and men
have been known TO leave these salons
In financial condition which ap-
prOaches ruin. The prlncesses. howev-
er, make d handsome income out of the
bank. and no one thinks the worse OF
them
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1902-07-25
[ARYLAND. FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 25, 1902.
BILLY
PATTERSON'S
LO y n BY Charlie.
@. Rogers
Copyright, l00e, by the
s. s. Mcclure Company

Billy Patterson, author, was down.
down to 81 cents. When he reached his
room, which was back, third fat, east
side, that sanctum was In gloom. With
precision born of much practice he
tossed upon his table the mail he had
fetched from his pigeonhole In the hall.
Then he lit his lamp. The illumina ton
showed him that his aim had fallen
short. One package lay upon the floor.
The envelope was large one, and he
read at a glance the print at the left
hand top corner, The Stellar Magazine.
Same old story" said Billy grimly
and with double meaning He address
ed framed photograph that hung up
on the dingy wall over his table, the
picture of girl with pair Of splendid
earnest eyes, that followed him wher-
ever he moved within the confines OF
his little room. He returned the look
for some moments. the gravity Of his
unshaven countenance melting into a
grim smile Then he blew a kiss to
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1902-07-25
,VAeARlEs OF THE TIDES.
Curious Currents In the Ocean and
Its OMnhoota.

Curious Currents In the Ocean ana
Its Onahoots.
There are as many vaRaries In the
waters as In the winds Why, Cor In
stance. should three great ocean cur
rents send their warm waters across
the wide Pacific. Atlantic and aroun6
The Cape OF Good Hopper There have
been many theories advanced to solve
the problem of their origin, but all
have proved fallacious. Other and
equally mysterious currents exist In
well nigh all parts OF the world. T11
tides are no erratic In diffepent parts ID
the world that one hesitates 10 ancept
the theory that the moon c0ntrsis them
IN all cases.
II il on record that the sea has run
the strait OF Sunda and thence bach
again for n like period without any per-
ceptible rise or fall during those timesj
Then there IL the equatorial current
that flows into the Caribbean sea, tina
ever flowing current to the eastward
around Cape Horn, the cold stream
flowing from tho icy regions OF the
north past Newfoundland and Now
Scotia and along the American coast
to the extreme end of Florida, the cuns
tinual current running with veloctkx
OF from four to Ave knots an houG
through the strait OF Gibraltar infd
the Mediterranean sea, the swift cur
rent running across the rocks ana
shoals Off the end OF Rllhton islanM
which apparently starts from nowhsra
and ends somewhere In the vicinity Of
the same place, and the current which.
starting half way up the China sea.
RUNS from two to three knots an hour
to the northeast and finally ends alb
ruptly of the north end OF Luzon.
Then we have those tidal vagariss
known the world over as bores. Resi-
dents on Severn side are familiar with
them, and those that run UP the HUI
gil and Irawaddy rivers from side
10 side In a zlgzag shape TIL they reach
their limit, often tearing ships from
their anchorage. originate nobody
knows where or why. The rush of wa
tiers In the bay OF Fundy il nothing
but huge bore sweeping all before V
up to the head OF the bay TIL the waters
have risen to the height OF Atty or Atx-
ty feet OF Southampton we have the
double tides, while at Singapore It has
been observed for days Mt time that
there has been but the one rise and
fall IN the twenty-four hours. The tides
may be and very often appear as
though they were 'moonstruck," but
they certainly are not controlled with
hard and fast rules by that or any 9TH
er bOdy.-London Shipping World.