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The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-26
PHILAD BIG FILTER.

When Philadelphia gets her great fil- tering plant at Torresdale done she will l have pure water, if Altering makes wa
 ter pure. The work has progressed so fast that the plant will be finished in
 little over two years, it's cost together
 with the conduits for carrying the filter
 ed water to the city being about s6,000,-
 000. The tract of land on which the fil-
 ter-beds are being built covers 4S6
 acres. The preliminary beds are on the
 bank of the river, and adjoining them
 will be erected the low-service pump
 five slow filter beds, connected with q clearwater basin, which connects with
 the big conduit, which carries the water oyer a mile to the pumping station,
 which supplies three-quarters of the 'city with water. The manner of work ing the plant will be as follows: With the low-pressure pumps the water will be lifted out of the Delaware river to the two rapid filters, each having daily capacity of SO,OoO,Ooo gallons. By gravity the roughly. filtered water will go to the fifty-five slow-filter beds, the combined capacity of which will be 300, O00, 900 gallons day, After the slow filtration the water will run to the clearwater basin, and then by gravity to the big conduit, 125 feet under ground to the pumping station. The slow filtration beds, covering about fif- ty acres will be arranged in groups of eleven, and between the groups will be courts and thoroughfares. The top soil is being saved, and when the beds have been cemented over they will be covered with the soil and sodded, and will pre- sent the appearance of well-kept lawns. They have an elevation of PA feet above the level of the sea. At the experi- mental station excellent water Is being supplied by both the slow and rapid processes. The cost of rough filtration will be about fifty cents a million gall Ions, and of the slow filtration about $2.50 million gallons.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-26
MORE TROUBLE FOR THE CHINESE

| Gentlemen may cry peace, peace, when talking about the situation in | China, but we are assured by the Lon | don Spectator that more trouble is brewing there. The mandarins are raising large taxes to pay the interest
 on the indemnity demanded by the for
 eign powers, explaining that these ex-
 actions are not to be attributed to them but to the foreigners and to the native Christians whom they protect.
 This indemnity has been increased 15 per cent. because both principal and
 interest must be paid in gold, and sl-
 yer, in which they are collected, has
 fallen in comparative value since the
 treaty was signed The managers of
 the collections on behalf of the powers
 have no power to make remissions, and perhaps believe, that they are only re- sponsible for silver, declare that they
 
 money. The people, who have to pay for the indemnity, for the loss by ex- chage, for the bribes to the mandarins, and for the keep of the collectors sent among them, are exasperated beyond endurance, and threaten the Chris tians, whom they regard as the ulti- mate cause of their expressions in a way which the experienced Roman Catholic missionaries regard as most alarming The viceroys. though anx- ious to protect the foreigners are not equally anxious to protect men whom they at heart regard as traitors, and a general popular rising in which Chris tianity might be extirpated in China, as it was in Japan in the seventeenth century is by no means out of the question.
 This is not very surprising state of affairs. Christianity looks very differ ent to different people, and though of course it doesn't look as it ought to to the Chinese it is possible to see some of the reasons why it looks to them as it does.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-26
ITEM PER 4 T E,
COLUMBIA,

In the Far West-"What do you dt with a man that steals horse ou here?" asked the tourist on the coach.
 String him up" blurted Amber Pete in forcible tones.
 And a man that steals an automo- bile?"
 1 Give him a purse for ridding the country of a nuisance. e."-Chicago Daily News
 Look pleasant" said the photogra- pher
 How can IF" snapped the man who was sitting In the rustic chair with a background of hillsides. | What is the trouble?" "Why, I just paid $50 for a genuine Panama and then found Connecticut trademark under the sweatband. '- Philadelphia Record Conductor Con down trip)-Sixteenth street! Amt this where you git cut, | ma am?
 Miss Anne Sixteenth! Why. I told you Thirty-sixth street. Such tu- pidity! I'll report Conductor-Beg your pardon, ma am, It must be I got to thinkin' O sixteen, bekase twas nearer yer age, ma'am.-- Philadelphia Press.
 Hester-People are so queer; I sang at an entertainment the other evening and if you'll believe it, not soul had a word to say about my performance. What do you think of that?
 Bertha-They certainly were very considerate, dear; but I should think they might have found something to say that would not injure your feelings. Boston Transcript.
 A Good Cassidy-Kearney seems to be doin well in his prisint job.
 Casey-Ah! but he'll not lasht long in it.
 Cassidy-He seems dacint an sober now.
 Casey-Aye! but he'll not lasht a month. Dive said so iver since he got the job two years ago. an OH bet Oim right.-Philadelphi Press.
 Single man (to himself)-I am sure that darling little angel loves me, She takes me into her confidence and tells me all her troubles
 Same man (some years later)-Con- sarn 1t all From morning till night and night till morning, when I'm at home, hear nothing but tales about the servants, the butcher, the butler, the baker the candlestick maker and all the rest of 'em.-New York Weekly.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-26

provides that while your majesty un- dertakes to protect the railway or tele- graph Whichever it was) against at- tacks or injury, Cecil Rhodes has to pay the whole cost incurred in such defence Now, sir, there is nothing in the clause to prevent you from sending d whole army corps for this purpose, and if I had to pay for that should have to file my petition"
 The Kaiser laughed and said, Quite right" and turning to Count von Bulow q think, who was present, said: Add words limiting MT. Rhodes liability..to G4O,OO0. That's fair, I think" To which Rhodes replied that he was perfectly satisfied
 was told by one who certainly ought to have known that after these two in terviews the Kaiser remarked to a min- ister T have met man" If he used those words they must have been in conscious dr unconscious reminiscence of a saying of his great predecessor, Frederick the Great, with reference to the elder Pitt; England has long been in travail and has at last produced a man."-E. B. Iwan-Muller in The Fort nightly Review
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-26
rHE PROPOSED coXsTlTrTroN

| People are not much more excited
 over the proposed new Constitution than they were over the process of
 making 1t, but there Is some talk about what should be done by the voters 1 when they vote on it the 18th of next
 month. In much of this talk there is a curious absence of consideration of any ! part of the document except that which
 relates to representation, and this part is vociferously condemned by some who wanted more than it grants and by others who think they can see partisan advantage In its rejection. It seems to
 us that 1t is the part of wisdom to &C., cept what reform in representation is
 in sight. The concession finally made
 was more than was expected, and was
 looked on as an abandonment of the
 principle for which the small towns
 stood so solidly and stubbornly during
 most of the session of the Convention.
 If it is contemptuously rejected perhaps
 as much could not be obtained again,
 and another Constitutional Convention
 will not be wanted while the memory
 of the one that has just ended is fresh
 and green. If the proposed Constitu-
 tion is adopted it can be amended easier than the old one could be- Under the old Constitution amendments can only originate in the house of represen- tatives and then at the next session must receive two-thirds vote in both branches before being submitted to the people, In the proposed Constitution it is provided that amendments may orig mate in the senate as we'll as in the house and when so proposed they only require a majority vote in both branches for submission.
 On the principle that a bird in the hand is worth two or more in the bush we think the advocates of increased can afford to vote for the proposed Constitution. And as the Constitution as whole is bet ter than the old one there are more req sons for voting for it than because 1t | gives some reform in representation. l Why reject the document because it | doesn't go the whole figure in the mat | ter of representation, when it is gener- ally good, and when it adds to some re- form in representation the probability | that more can be had in comparative ly easy and inexpensive way?
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-26
RHODES AND THE EMPEROR

There is no great indiscretion, how very characteristic passages; the Elm peror William and Rhodes had been | discussing the Cape to Cairo Railway
 which, at that time at any rate was to
 run in part through German territory
 The Kaiser, who took the greatest in-
 terest in the scheme, and expressed his determination to corporate in it's exc cution, closed the conversation some | what as follows:
 well, MT. Rhodes my section of the railway will be ready In two or three years, and I should much like to come and celebrate the junction with your system, but, as that vii be impossible, will send some one to represent me on the occasion"
 "No, sir" said Rhodes, your railway won't be ready by that time I don't know, sir, anything about your Ger mans at home, but those out in Africa are the most letharglc, unprogressive people in the world, and I am sure it will take them many years to start their railway"
 This was unconVentlonal enough, put there was worse to follow.
 Before go" said Rhodes, q must thank you, sir, for that telegram (the famous Kruger telegraph, You see, sir, that I got myself into bad scrape, and was coming home to be whipped as a naughty boy by grandmamma when you kindly stepped in and sent that telegram, and you got the whipping in stead of me-"
 The other incident occurred at an in- terview which took place either the next day or the day after. l am not quite sure whether the agreement un- der discussion referred to the Cape to Cairo telegraph or the railway, but the draft was before them, and the Elm peror observed: "Well, MT. Rhodes, hope you are satisfied with the arrange ment."
 Not quite" replied Rhodes, unless, sir, you want to see Cecil Rhodes file his petition in bankruptcy"
 What do you mean?" asked the Kaiser. who had himself given instruc- tions for the drafting of the agreement
 "I mean this" was the reply, that there is clause in this document which
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-26
Recognition Assured.

It's all right, sonny!
 They may talk about you now! They may criticise!
 And hint and raise a general jolly row They may joke about your failures; they may sheer at your success; But at last they're pretty sure to show you kindness, more or less. They will say their praise Is earnest and their jeers were only chaff; They will throw bouquets by bushels when they write your epitaph. It's one of Tate's perversities that can't be understood; You get your dearest wishes, when they can't do any good. So never mind the harsh remarks, not even If they're true. But hold placid confidence in all you say and do. For 1t never fails to happen, how-so-o CT they gibe and laugh; They'll sure say something pleasant when they write your epitaph.
 Washington Star,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-26

inspected other of the feathered tribe In the shape of some fine broods of chickens in the well-kept yard near by. After having thus passed several de- lightful hours the ladies returned to their customary duties.
 Among the guests were a number from New Haven, New York, and Michigan, and the whole affair was one to be remembered in the ahnals of or nithological parties. Taken unawares, in the freshness of the morning, the birds were at their best, as also their fair audience.
 COIIJMRJA
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-26
What Can be Done.

To the Editor of the Journal and Courier Perhaps New Haven, from the fact
 of being University town. sometimes gets the credit for what does not be- long to it, but occasionally we do hear | of something of unusual merit or orig | inality which seems to have evolved l from, or at least been nourished by the | City of Films One of these occasions
 was last Friday morning when an
 event worthy Of note occurred In one of
 our most charming suburbs not far
 from Mount Carmel. A week previous, | invitations had been issued reading as | follows
 | Mrs Swift and the Misses Swift re- quest the pleasure of - company BirdS' at
 THE HEDGE" Friday morning, May the twenty third, at half-past four o'clock
 Breakfast at five o'clock. Wraps,
 Short skirts,
 Overshoes,
 Opera glasses.
 R. s. V. P. In response to this call twenty-two ladies left their homes at just about daybreak and wended their way to
 "The Hedge" One distinguished guest, with her companions, presented
 unique appearance as they walked
 through the village street with um-
 brellag decorated with huge pie-plant
 stalks and leaves, while one was the
 bearer of genuine robins nest skill
 fully fastened to a short pole and dec-
 orated with broad leaves. Seen at
 distance they presented a decidedly foreign appearance as though some Oriental Mandarin with his retinue were marching through the street.
 Arrived at "The Hedge" the guests were received on the lawn where rugs had been thrown down in front of a. magnificent wistaria loaded with purple clusters. For half an hour the group arrayed in picturesque costumes, made themselves comfortable on the rugs and with open books discussed bird lore and listened to the sweet songsters as they poured forth the matins
 At five o'clock they were invited to the other side of the house where, with a high evergreen hedge for a back ground, tables were laid and a blazing bonfire added it's cheer and warmth to the scene. The name cards designat- ing the seats at table bore on the re- verse side a quotation from Burns "Oh Thou. who kindly dost provide
 For every creatures want We bless Thee, God of Nature wide,
 For all Thy goodness lent. And. If it please Thee, Heavenly Guide,
 May never worse be sent; But whether granted, or denied
 Lord, bless us with content Amen!" which all were requested to read in uni l son In lieu of grace being said At the |, close of a delicious repast charmingly | and served the accomplished | toast-mistress of the occasion, Mrs. | Morton, proposed toasts to The Crow" Miss Laura Dickerman; "The Oriole," | Miss Carolyn Dickerman; "The Hum- ming bird" Mrs. Raymond "The Cat oird," Mrs. Sanford "The Song- Spar row." Miss Woodruff, and "The Veery," Miss Bassett, all of which were re- ;ponded to with speeches of consider ible length evincing personal intimacy with the birds, much observation and study and also afforded opportunity for personal allusions of delicacy and wit The company. then left the tables, ,and
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-26
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants, Rents. and other small advertisements. One Cent a Word each ln sertion. Five Gents Q Word for full week iseven tlmes).
 Display advertisements, per Inch. one in' sertlon, $1.20; each subsequent tnsertlon' ao cents; one week, S3,20: one month. SAo' oue year, $40
 Obituary Notices. In prose or verse; lo cents per line. Notices of Births. Marl' ages Deaths, and Funerals, 60 cents each' Local Notices, 15 per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to their own immediate business (all matter to pe uaobjectionable), and their contracts do hot iDcude Wants. To Let. For Sale. etc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-26

On the same ridge as Zion, writes William E. Curtis, from Jerusalem to the Chicago Record Herald, but lower down the slope, lies the Jewish quarter of the city, where from five thousand to eight thousand people, men, women and children, are packed into the most loathsome tenements, reeking with filth and offensive to the eye and the nos trils. This quarter was once covered with palaces and synagogues, some of the finest edifices in Jerusalem, but in any city of Europe or America the dis trict would be condemned as plague spot and as danger to the public health There are now two synagogues representing the Ashkenazim who are Of Polish and German origin and under Sephardim, who came from Spain and Portugal, but are Turkish subjects, sects of Hebrews, hospice for Jewish pilgrims, free dispensary and hos pital and several schools. A consider able part of the population of the Jew ish quarter talk the Spanish language and retain the customs and habits they have inherited from their ancestors, who were expelled from Spanish terri tory by Ferdinand and Isabella. The number of Jews now living in Jerusa-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-26

lem is subject of dispute, but 1t ex- ceeds three-fourths, and perhaps four- fifths, of the population, although theo- retically they are forbidden to live here,"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-26

There are said to be twenty thousand women teaching school in this country; 10000 are writing for living; l,Soo wo- men are preaching; 5000 are practice ing medicine, and some 14,OOO are en- gagged in art and decorative work. The whole army of women workers in the United States is estimated at six mill lion,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-26

Proper Remedy-"Pitts is labor ing under heavy tire-insurance expenses in the downtown district" remarked MT Dukane,
 Now, that is something" added MT. Gaswell, ito which the water cure should be applied '-Pittsburg Chroni- cle-Telegraph.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-26

The Philadelphia Woman's Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Anil mals is planning to found near Bryn Mawr a retreat for aged and inflrm horses.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-26

Prince Stourdza made sensational entry the other day into Pau on his au- tomobile. Mounted on the seat behind him was a five-year-old bear wearing chauffeur's cap and holding huge pipe in his mouth. This animal had been shot by the prince near Gubus, twenty morning.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-26

Thus far the United States has built eight hundred and fifty schoolhouses in Porto. Rico.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-26

Bishop P A. Ludden of the Catholic diocese of Syracuse makes the following comment on the proposed revision of the Westminster Confession by the Presbyterian General Assembly: On be- half of all the infants who have been in hell for 250 years, I wish to express qualification that they are to be let out. All those who are to come will be grate- full to their friends that they are not to meet the same awful fate. These poor people are coming back to the mother church which they left years ago. As to the Pope. well, don't see that they have changed his position any. They called him the antichrist. Now they say without using his name that he is a usurper and the son of perdition. It was exceedingly kind of them, exceed ingly kind.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-26

An ancient custom in connection with the letting of a piece of land at Bourne, England, known as the White Bread meadow, was observed recently. The land is let by auction, and at each bid a boy is started to run to given public house. and the land is let to the person whose bid has not been challenged when the last boy returns The land was let for e5 Is 6d The money is onion supper at a public house, and the remainder is spend in loaves of bread delivered to every home within certain district of the town.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-26

The Prague Academy of Science and Art having elected, among others, Count Leo Tolstoy as a foreign honor ary member, the list including his name was forwarded to the Minister of Public Instruction for the Austrian Ennperor's confirmation. It was pre- viously sent to the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, who is the patron of the in- stitution. The Archduke took upon Tolstoy, which no longer figured on the list when it was submitted to the Elm peror. The incident has caused a good deal Of comment, but royal people have no great reason to love Tolstoy.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-08-02
A CURE FOR BAD TEMPER.
Judge Advises Aged Citizen to Sing
When he Gets Angry.

George W. Corby, an aged resident
of Williamsport, who was convicted
at the November term Of court of car
rylng concealed weapons, was taken
before Judge Stake, in Hagerstown,
on Monday to receive sentence. In
commenting on Corby's case Judge
Stake said he had known the traverser
all his life; that he was a s good soldier,
and, generally speaking, a good citi-
zen, but that he had a bad temper and
allowed it to control him. Corby was
put on the ticket-of-leave list for two
years, and Judge Stake advised him
that the next time he got into a vio-
lent temper he should sit down and
sing a couple Of good old Methodist
hymns the court used to hear him
sing, and by the time he had finished,
Judge Stake said, he thought the
temper would be abated.-Baltimore
American.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-08-02
THE NEW RAILROAD TO GRENADA.

The following special appeared in
Mondays Memphis News from its
Jackson correspondent, and it is to be
hoped will prove true. We have
thought all along that the road would
some time be built, and we trust the
time is not far hence. 1t will prove
a fine thing for Grenada if it is built.
The special says:
Prominent capitalists have been in
terested in the proposed Okolona &
Grenada road, and it is stated that
they are about to dispose of their in
terests to the Mobile & Ohio system.
and that this road will push the con-
struction and have it finished within
the next year. The road will prove a
valuable feeder to the Mobile 4 Ohio,
and will also help TO hold the trade
against the Mobile, Jackson & Kansas
City line to be built northward
through the State, dividing the trade
territory of the Illinois Central and
Mobile x Ohio systems.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-08-02
FISH BITE IN CABLE.


The Eastern Extension Telegraph
company has brought to notice an IN
teresting fact in connection with the
interruptions occurring in submarine
telegraph cables. A fault removed a
few months ago from the company's
Sydney-Nelson section at as great a
depth as $50 fathoms was found TO
contain a tooth firmly fixed in the core
OF the cable. although the core was
protected by the usual sheathing Of
thick iron wires and outer coverings.
An expert examination of the tooth
proved it to belong TO a species Of
shark, the exact variety of which
could not be identified; but il appears
that five known varieties of sharks
are found to exist at a depth of 300
fathoms, and one at a depth of even
500 fathoms.-Electrica World and
Engineer.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-08-02

According to the interstate COM
merce commission report there were
704,743 employees enlisted in the rail-
way service in this country in 1890,
while the number in 1900 reached
1,017,653. Anotherinteresting item
from this report is that in 1890 the
gross earnings were 1864, SIG, 1879,
while the dividends paid amounted to
only $50, 11o,1 1913. In 1900 the gross
earnings Of the railroads amounted to
81 ,487,044,8t4 while the dividends
declared aggregated $685. COZ ,514.
The prosperity Of the railroads mesns
the prosperity of the people.-Ths
Four Track Nova