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The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-06
THE EYER EFT MOORE FAILURE.
Confidence of a Speedy and Satisfactory
 SoIuttoB. l"

SoIuttob. Cleveland, Jan. 5.-Chairman New comb, of the bankers committee of sev- en in charge of the Everett Moore sym dicate, said tonight that after meeting over one hundred of the creditors and those holding syndicate securities they pronounced themselves as being better satisfied with the condition of affairs and with the ultimate success of their plan than at any time since it was sug- gested The statement was emphati- caly made, as being the consensus of opinion of the committee, that the way now seems perfectly clear for speedy and most satisfactory solution of the entire matter.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-06
Veteran Actor Dead.

Baltimore, Jan 5.--Joseph B. Polk, veteran actor, died here to-day from stroke of apopleXy. MT. Polk made his debut thirty-four years ago under the management of the late John T. Ford of this city. His first hit was made with Augustin Daly at Wallack's theater in New York. He retired from the stage four years ago.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-06
BRI7ATN'S LOSSES IN AFRICA.
Number 24,299 Including the KilIed,
 Wounded mud Missing.

London, Jan. 6.-The total reduction South Africa, from the beginning of the war to the end of December, in cluding deaths from diseas, men re- ported missing, etc., amounts to 24,299 men. Of this number 19,430 were act ually killed or died. A total of 64,330 men were invalided home, the majority of whom recovered and rejoined their commands.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-06
THE HARRINGTON PUBLISHING co
SUCCESSFUL SO FAR.
Revolutionary Warship Lands Arms
 and Supplies in Venezuela.

Willemstad, Curacao, Jan. 5. (via Haytien cable) The armed revolution ary steamer Libertador (formerly call- ed the Ban Righ, which left Fort de France, island of Martinique, Decem- Der 31 for the Venezuelan coast with General Mates. 300 volunteers and a cargo of munitions of war). is now re- ported to have anchored early yester- day morning off Uchire, on the Vene- zuelan coast, near Rio Chico, and to have sailed from Uchire that same af- ternoon. It is believed here that the Liberator has been successful in exc cutting the first part of her programme of landing men and war material in Venezuela. Three Venezuelan war yes sels are to-day cruising off the coast of Uchire.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-06
Bryan to Speak at Harvard.

Cambridge, Mass, Jan. 5.-Hon. Will liam Jennings Bryan will be the guest of the Harvard Union next Saturday and will speak in the living room in the evening. His speech will be upon the subject, "A Conquering Nation," and will be entirely non-partisan.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-06
Body of Scots Grnys Ambushed

Pretoria Jan. 1.-The Boers ambush ed body of the Scots Grays last Sat urday near Bronkhorst Spruit (about forty miles east of Pretoria on the rail- road The British casualties were six men killed and thirteen wounded
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-06
Eobson to Enter Politics.

Birmingham, Ala, Jan. 5.-A special from Montgomery says Captain Rich mond P. iHobson will soon resign from the navy and enter politics. It is said that he will oppose John H. Bankhead as congressman from the Sixth district.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-06
RETURN OF CHINESE COURT
PEKIN ESENTS AN ANIMATED
 AND GAUDY SCENE.
All tho Palaces, Pagodas and Temples Repaired and Painted to Form a GIittering Spectacle-An Unprecedent" ed Concession to the Ministers to Witness the Re-sntry of the Court Advantage, However, VIII Not be Taken of It.

Taken of It.
 Pekin, Jan. 5.-The Chinese capital on the eve of the courts return, pre- sents an animated and gaudy scene not before equalled in it's history.
 All the palaces, pagodas and temples have been repaired and painted to form a glittering spectacle. Hundreds of Chinese officials clad in furs and em- broidered silks, ride about the streets of Pekin and parties of foreign soldiers, bent upon sightseeing, roam every where Thousands of new soldiers from the province of Shan Tung, who are finely uniformed and equipped with modern weapons, entered Pekin this morning and marched through Lega- tion street.
 The ministers of the foreign powers foreign office that all the streets upon the Chinese court will pass will be closed Monday and Tuesday Two buildings of the principal street of the line of procession have been provided from which the members of the lega- tions will be permitted to witness the re-entry of the court. This is an un- precedented concession. The foreign ministers have decided, in consideration of recent events, not to witness the re- entry of the court. This decision is strengthened by the fact that the ma jority of the ministers have not yet presented their credentials.
 Chinese officials have strongly pro- tested to Sir Ernest Satow, the British minister, against British officers being in charge all the way from Pao Ting Flu to Pekin of the trains upon which the Chinese court will travel. They said that if foreign officials were con spicuous at Teng ri Junction the court would prefer to leave the railroad and take another route. Acting upon this protest the British minister has re- quested the officers to refrain from making the military conspicuous, and this request will be complied with.
 Negotiations concerning the Manchu- rian treaty await the arrival of the court. Paul Lessar, the Russian min ister to China, when discussing the question of the railroads with the Chi nese plenipotentiaries, insisted that un- der no circumstances would Russia con- sent that other powers have a hand in the construction and operation of rail- roads in Manchuria without first ob- taining Russian permission.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-06
Prof Vlrchov Injured.

Berlin Jan. 5.-Professor Rudolf Vir- chow, the eminent pathologist, slipped while alighting from a street car and has seriously injured his thigh. Pro- lessor Virchows injury is not danger ous, except for his great age.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-06
linn HnlI,, Health Broken,

Cincinnati, Jan. 5.-Jim Hall, Well known Australian pugilist, was taKeH to hospital to-day suffering from lung trouble. The physicians say there IS n.y. immediate danger.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-06

A dispatch from Willemstad January to the Associated Press reported that the Libertador had anchored the even- ing of January 3 at Machurucuto, near Uchire and that three Venezuelan gum boats had been ordered to pursue her.
Amador ledger., 1902-05-02
SOME WRITER'S.

Locke is said to have spent over six
years in the preparation of his essay,
"On the Human Understanding"
Lamartine, the great French poet,
was happily married and received
great aid from his wife in all his un-
dertakings.
The great Dante was married to q
notorious scold, and when he was In
exile he had no desire to see her, al
though she was the mother Of his six
children.
Wolfe is said to have written "The
Burial of Sir John Moore" in one even
ing directly after news had been
brought of the defeat at Coruna and
the death of the gallant British officer.
A friend of the late Walter Besant
relates that the novelist always kept
on his desk before him a list of the
characters of the novel he happened to
be at work on, their relationship and
appearance.
Hans Christian Andersen formed his
style by narrating his stories to vari-
GUS groups of children before he wrote
them down. His one thought was to
become famous, and he was very care
full not to make any enemies.
Dickens says in the introduction to
David Copperfeld" that he spent two
years in the composition of that novel
He did not usually require so long a
time, many of his novels being finish
ed in less than year and most of his
shorter stories in few days.
Amador ledger., 1902-05-02
AN ANECDOTE OF WHITMAN.
How the Poet Was Trying to Chee
Up n Frtendless Boy.

How the Poet Was Trying to Cheer
Up n FriendIess Boy.
One day was stopped on Washing
ton street. says ]. T. Trowbridge In
The Atlantic. by friend who made
this startling announcement: walt
Whitman is in town. l have just seen
him!" When asked where, he replied:
"At the stereotype foundry, just around
the corner. Come along. I'll take you
to HIM" The author of Leaves Of
Grass" had loomed so large in my
magination as to seem almost super
human. and l was filed with some
such feeling of wonder and astonish-
ment as If had been Invited to meet
Socrates or King Solomon.
We found large. gray haired and
gray bearded. plainly dressed man,
reading proof sheets at desk In q lit
tie dlngy office, with lank, unwhole-
some looking lad at his elbow listlessly
watching him. The man was Whit
man, and the proofs were those of his
new edition. There was scarcity Of
chairs, and Whitman. rising to receive
us, offered me his. but we all remained
standing except the sickly looking lad,
who kept his seat until Whitman turn
ed to him and said: you'd better go
now. I'll see you this evening" After
he had gone out Whitman explained:
"He is friendless boy I found at my
boarding place. I am trying to cheer
him up and strengthen him with my
magnetism" practical but curiously
prosaic illustration Of these powerful
lines in the early poems:
To any one dying thither 1 speed and
twist the knob Of the door.
I seize the descending man; I raise him
with reslstless will
Every room of the house do fill with an
armed force. lovers Of one, baf1ers
of graves.
Amador ledger., 1902-05-02
Making Errors.

A Massachusetts, business firm prints
this paragraph at the top Of its letter
heads: "Errors-we make them; so does
every one. We will cheerfully correct
them If you will write to us. Try to
write good naturedly If you can, but
write to US anyway. Do not complain
to some one else first or let the matter
pass. We want the first opportunity to
make right any injustice that we may
do" The little sermon deserves wide
audience. Few people have not had oc-
casion at some time in their lives to re-
gret the sending of harsh or hasty
note of complaint. 1t may be necessary
to assert ones rights in subsequent let
ters, but there is no better rule Of cor
respondence than to make the first one
good natured.-Youth's Companion.
Amador ledger., 1902-05-02
FAD BECAME A MANIA.
Tempted by Harvard Book Plates, q
Doctor Turned Thief.

1t wdnld seem from the experience
of the Harvard college library that
book plate collecting may sometimes
develop into dangerous and expen.
sive maria. A few years ago the Har-
ward libraryi found that the engraved
labels whichkit pastes on the inside Of
the covers of, its books as marks Of its
ownership were disappearing from
some of the less used volumes. The
older book plates. it appears, are high
ly priced by collectors, and some. Of
them are particularly valuable for their
artistic merit as well as for interesting
associations with early book collect
ing in this country. These were natu-
rally the special prey of the thief.
Detectives took the matter in hand,
and the offender was discovered with
full evidence of his guilt upon him.
He confessed to stealing the library's
property and to having it in his pos
session. BY the time the matter reach
ed the courts the greater part of the
book plates had been restored, the thief
having settled satisfactorily with the
persons to whom he had sold or given
them, and, as the prisoner had repaid
the expense to which the library had
been put, the college consented to leave
the matter of sentence with the court,
which imposed a fine of $3.50 on one
count and put the other count on file,
to be brought up again later if 1t should
be desirable, meanwhile placing the
offender under 81 900 bonds for his fu-
ture appearance if he should be want
ed
A striking point in the case is that
the guilty man is in no way q common
criminal. His education Che has q de-
gree of DOCTOR and his taste seem only
to have made his thefts more inteili-
genf(apd discriminating, however,, He
knew the value of his peculiar booty,
and he(knew how to dispose of Il, hia
very personality being a protection to
him in that part Of his misdemeanor.
Apparently the fad developed to ma
mia and that to kleptomania in his
mind.
A number of the stolen plates have
not yet been traced at all, and collect
ors have been warned against accept
Ing Harvard plates of the older en-
graved varieties unless there is unmis-
taxable evidence that they came hon.
estly into the possession of the person
who offers them.
Amador ledger., 1902-05-02
HARD TO GET STARTED.
Things Which Overcome a Writer
When Beginning an Article.

When Beginning an Article.
There is a feeling of timidity that
oftentimes overcomes a writer when
beginning an article. AS in writing a
letter, 1t is getting started that puzzles.
1t is the custom to begin with slow
moving piston and work gradually into
full speed until the flow of words Is
free, and then the difficulty with some
of us is to find the brake valve. Again,
a writer sometimes discovers that his
beginning is more fitting ending, and
vice versa. The newspaper style is to
throw general conclusions up strong
under the headlines, while the sermon
lzer reserves them until his final eli
max.
Thackeray remarked once that he
could never tell exactly what he was
going to say until his pen was in hand
and under motion and then did not fully
realize just what he was saying until It
was written. There is q subconscious-
ness that shapes writing as 1t does
speaking. This, know, disturbs some
well known theories Of speaking and
hAAlAh6 oo W OA6hh5 CNCA lhAA6 anu
then measuring it out as q druggist
compounds prescription-but my OBJ
servations are that the preparation is
more in getting full of subject and
then letting the mind work free under
the impulse Of the dominating idea.
There are as many ways and meth
DDS in writing and speaking as there
IL.
tai law In the transmission of thought
and speech runs largely in the same
groove, whether it be the jargon Of the
Hottentot or the polished periods Of
the scholar. Human nature has its
own primitive impulses that defy all
rules of rhetoric and the power Of ex-
pression-that is. the power, mind yo1
is deeper seated than any artificial
formula of stylists. = National Maga-
zine
Amador ledger., 1902-05-02
Animals and Salt.

Among certain people there is a
strong idea that nothing Is worse for
dogs than salt, but as a matter of fact,
when administered In small quantities,
it materially assists the process Of d.
gestion. There is no doubt, however,
that to give dogs or any other animals
broth or pot liquor in which salt pork
or bacon has been boiled would be al
most equivalent to giving them small
dose Of poison. The use Of salt among
horses, cattle and sheep is advocated
by the highest veterinary authorities.
Pigs, on the contrary, are extremely
susceptible to the poisonous influence
Of the agent, and experiments have
been made which had, after small
doses regularly administered, fatal re-
suits. Habitually, as matter Of course,
all animals consume certain portion
of salt, as it exists in certain proper
tons in most articles Of food.-London
Mail.
Amador ledger., 1902-05-02
OUR PRESIDENTS.
Only One Impeachment and bat Tw'
Resolutions of Censure.

Only One Impeachment and bat Two
Resolutions of Censure.
Andrew johnson was the only presi-
peached, and on the trial before the
senate he was acquitted, the vote In
favor of conviction barely falling short
of the necessary two-thirds.
Two resolutions of censure on the
president have been passed, once by
the senate and once by the house, on
occasions when the hostile majority
was not large enough either to pass
measures over the presidents veto or
to impeach him.
The first was passed by the senate on
March 2S, 1884, censuring President
Andrew jackson for alleged violation
of the constitution and laws by his re-
moval of the government deposits from
the United States bank. The majority
Of the senate was opposed to Jackson
In his war upon that bank, and this
vote of censure was the only thing
they could do about it. Jackson pro-
tested against this resolution as q
charge to answer which no opportunity
could be afforded him. The senate re-
fused to receive the protest. Finally,
on Jan. 16. 1887, the resolution Of CEN
sure was expunged from the journal
of the senate.
The second resolution of censure was
In a report adopted by the house from
the house committee to which Presi-
dent John Tyler's message vetoing the
tariff bill Of 1912 had been referred.
This report censured the president for
alleged improper use of the veto power.
Tyler protested against this, as Jack
son had done before him, but he had,
as a member Of the senate, voted
against receiving Jackson's protest,
and in answer to his protest the house
sent him a copy Of the senate resolu-
ton on the former occasion.
Amador ledger., 1902-05-02
POPPING THE QUESTION.
Curious Methods That Prevail In
Some Foreign Countries.

Curious Methods That Prevail In
Some Foreign Countries.
In this favored land of the free every
lcrelorn swain has his own way of
making love and popping the question,
but In some foreign countries the peas
antry has peculiar and traditionary
ways of performing those pleasing
functions. Among Hungarian gypsies
cakes are used as love letters. Inside
the cake is a coin, which is baked in
1t. The cake is flung to the favored
object of ones affections. The reten-
ton OF the cake signifies acceptance
but if it is flung back with force 1t sig
nifies rejection.
The japanese lover wishing to make
known the state of his feelings throws
a bunch of pale plum flower buds into
his loved ones litter as she enters it to
go to friends wedding. If she tosses
the blossoms lightly out, the suitor
knows that he is rejected. but If she
fastens them to her girdle 1t is "Oh,
happinPssr with him.
In s.ac r,:rts of Spain the young
peasant looks unutterable things, but
never tries to speak until he has been
accepted. The girl neither looks nor
speaks, but she sees. Late In the cool
Of the evening the youth knocks at
her fathers door and asks for q gourd
of water. 1t is Of course given to him.
Then comes the crisis. II he is invited
to take a chair within the porch or a
seat in the garden, he is an accepted
suitor, but if this civility is not ex-
tended to him he goes away knowing
that he is rejected. If he is accepted,
there is general celebration by the
family of the bride to be in honor of
her betrothal.
When the Eskimo goes a-wooing, he
walks to the house of his loved ones
parents and. seizing the object of his
affections by her long, strong hair or
her furs, c?'ries her away to his hut
of snow II tent Of skins. No matter
how much the girl may reciprocate her
suitors affections, she always makes a
show of resistance and tries to run
away from him, this for the sake of
preserving the conventionalities Of Es-
kimo society.
Amador ledger., 1902-05-02
HORSES OF VENICE.
Actual Count Increases the Numbes
to Fifteen.


to Fifteen.
It is a popular joke TO say that there
rre but six horses in Venice, four over
the ForticO of st. Marks cathedral and
two bronze animals Of heroic size, one
bestrcde by Victor Emmanuel and the
other by General Colleone. But this is
mistake. There are four other
horses. also of bronze in the Church
of st. John and st. Paul, and quite q
number Of plaster and marble in the
different public buildings, making alto
gether at least fifteen or sixteen. Rus
KIN and other competent critics have
declared the statue of Colleone to be
the best equestrian monument ever
cast in bronze. 1t was designed and
cast by Andrea Verrocchio, painter,
sculptor, jeweler, engraver, poet and
musician, a man of infinite genius,
whose greatest fame lies in the fact
that he was the instructor of the great
est artists of all centuries-Micha
Angelo, Raphael and Leonardo da Vim
CT. The statue of Victor Emmanuel is
not SO highly thought of.
hC hSiSCo OAi thG tOR VI St. NldIh .
are famous and have had a trying ex-
perience. They date back to the pre-
historic age and are supposed to be the
work of Greek artist named Lyssip-
pus and designed for sculptured char
lot. They were taken to Rome during
the empire and first used as ornaments
upon Il triumphal arch erected by Nero
and afterward by Trajan. The EN-
peror Constantine took them from
Rome to Constantinople, where the
Doge Dandolo seized them as loot and
brought them to Venice. When Napo-
leon entered the city in 1907, he had
them taken down from the roof of the
cathedral and shipped them in wagons
over the Alps to Paris. They served
as ornaments upon the triumphal arch
in the Place du Carrousel till 1915,
when Emperor Francis l. of Austria
redeemed them. and they were replac-
ed, at his expense, where they now
stand These ponderous animals are
of pure copper. and each weighs about
two tons. They were formerly gilded,
but the gold has been worn off by the
weather, and the verdigris which has
accumulated upon the copper gives
them rich green tint.-William e. Cur
tbs in Chicago Herald.
Amador ledger., 1902-05-02
A Curious Boat.

According to Chinese legend, there
lived in Canton 200 years before Christ
an artist named Linn Kao Poung, who
won an immortal reputation owing to
the fact that he was able to fashion
out of a bean pod boat, complete
with rudder, sails, mast and all other
necessary appurtenances. Moreover,
on the exterior Of the boat were en-
graved various maxims by Confucius.
For this masterpiece, it is said, the
Emperor Tsi Fou paid him 1000 taels.
Amador ledger., 1902-05-02
Point. About a Good Horse.

There are some points which are val
liable in horses Of every description.
The head should be proportionately
large and well set on. The lower jaw
bones should be sufficiently far apart
to enable the head to form an angle
with the neck, which gives it free mo-
ton and a graceful carriage and pre-
vents it bearing too heavily on the
hand. The eye should be large, little
The ear should be small and erect and
quick in motion. The lop ear indicates
dullness and stubbornness. When too
far back, there is a disposition to mis-
chief
Amador ledger., 1902-05-02
A Cure For scaId Head.

l have heard my grandmother say
she had cured many scald head by
taking pure pine tar and enough lard
to make an ointment when melted to-
gether so the tar won't stick, then keep
the head as clean as possible and oil
with the ointment. She said she had
seen it cure heads when the matter had
eaten seams in the neck.-Detroit Free
Press.
Amador ledger., 1902-05-02
A Question of Pride.

"She thinks she is entitled to q di-
vorce, but she won't seek it."
Religious scruples. I suppose?".
mo; family pride"
"HoW is thatY'
"She's afraid 1t would make a genoa
logical tangle that would destroy the
value of the family tree for future
generations. Chicago Post.
Amador ledger., 1902-05-02
Tho Same Tongue.

"Hi say, you know" said the cockney
addressing the Bowery boy, 1--WE cawn't
be henemies; we ave to be brothers.
We speak the same lyangwydge, you
know"
"Wot tell. Holler fer an interpreter.
You're wuzzy. I seen you batten your
eye. Git proper; git propperv-Cht-
cago Record Herald.
Amador ledger., 1902-05-02
Proof Positive.

Timkins-Pd get married If l could
find sensible girl.
Simkins-I know q nice girl, but !
don't think she wants to marry. At
least she refused me.
Timkins-By George. she must be a
sensible grill Introduce me, will youi
New York World.
Amador ledger., 1902-05-02
He Could Prove II

my wife," he said proudly, "can
keep a secret as well as any woman on
EARTH"
"Why, man." exclaimed the other
fellow, "you know she tells everything
she knows!"
"Well, isn't that what saidT-Bal-
timore News
Amador ledger., 1902-05-02
Church Notice.

st. Augustine's Mission, room situat-
ed on Court street. Services as follows:
Every 1st and Sd Sunday, services at
IL a. m. Every I'd and 4th Sunday,
services at 1880 p. m. Sunday school
every Sunday at 8 p. m. The Young
Peoples Society of Spiritual Growth
will meet every Sunday, at 6:30 p. m
If WILLIAM TUSoN, Rector.
Does your dealer keep
Jesse Moore Whiskey?
If not, insist on his
Getting it for you.
The finest in the world.