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The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-05
FITEN UATING.

People don't do good deeds without motive" No; there are usually exten- uating circumstances" Judge.
 Percy-"Why, you're almost mad enough to cry" Pearlie-"Oh, Pm not a baby! I can get mad without crying" Puck.
 T confess I can't understand what your baby's crying Tt is queer lan- guage, isn't it?" ''Yes, sort of early English. h."-Philadelphia Press. God has given the poor an imagina- ton so that he can have the pleasure of thinking of things he would do if he had money,-Chicago Record Herald.
 What do you think of man who would whip his wife " Well" said MT Meekton, absent-mindedly, 'I should say that he was mighty mean man and a pretty nervy fighter Iva ashing- ton Star.
 Smith (facetiously, to beginner Jones on his back. with bicycle on top of him. -"Going to get up and try it again?' Jones (resignedly}-"No thank good. ness: I know whan I'm well off!"-Wo- | mans Home Companion. Motor Carcases.-Mr. Punch compli- ments '"The Essex County Chronicle on the happy accident which Is respon. sible for the above title of an account of motor car cases brought before 6 local court. Most ggestive.-Punch. 'I guess I'll get out at the next sta
 tion and stretch my legs" said the mar | in the Pullman car.
 "AIl right, sir" replied the porter Our next stop is Chicago. You'll bt | able to get them extended there al right. ."-Yonkers Statesman.
 You don't think Emma looks partic
 ularly happy? Well, it's no wonder sh, is inconsolable tonight" "Why?" He
 new dress wasn't done in time for her tt
 wear it. the man lost one of her stick
 pins Jack hasn't proposed as she ex
 pected he would, and she doesn't lik,
 the kind of ice cream they are serving. I-Harper's Magazine.
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ANNUTTHS
Prof. c. s, Grimes o

Prof. c. s. Grimes of Evanston, Ill.,, now o4 years of age, carried policy of S5,ooo for many years and when he reached the advanced age of 7ohe despaired ot its ever becoming a claim, so he compromised with the company on the basis of an annuity of S4Ioper year for the rest of his life. During the past 24 years he has received his annual payments with regular ity and great equanimity of mind and, having already drawn So, $40, he has come to the conclusion that he has found the elixir of life in an Annuity, 6
 At age 70, S1,ooo deposited in The Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York will yield an annuity of S134.77 for life.
 This great corporation is the most wealthy moneyed institution in the world and more than SIo,ooo, 900 in claims has been paid in this state through the under signed.
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The Youth That Is Gone.

Sing me a song of lad that Is gone, Say, could that lad be I! ChOckful of bounce he fared forth on
 day,
 Not the least little bit shy. Startling his raiment in pattern and hue As the lands laws would allow; Self-SatiSfactinn most blissfui he knew. . Where is that feeling now? Sing me song of lad that is gone, Say, could that ass be I? IL seems pretty hard to believe, but upon My word, there's no use to deny. Give me again that full knowledge of all, Give me the speech so slack, Give me those clothes and the shoes too
 small
 And I'll chcerfully hand them back. Sing me d song of lad that is gone, Say, could that lad be I? Modest and sensible man that l am, It's an awful temptation to lie. Swagger and brag, riot and jag Ills faults could never COndOne, And considering all that he was I've no
 call
 To be sorry. I'm glad that he's gone.
 Chicago News
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THE DECR E6SE.N YpORTS.

The fact that exports from this coun- try have lately fallen off some instead of increasing much is not wholly cheer ing. The exports for last June were valued at $S6,47O,793. Those for June, 1901, were $1OO, O,5OS,371. So low a June total as that for this year had not been recorded since 1897, and there had been none in any month since August 1898, while the trade returns for May showed exports of $100, 0,236, ,459. The general sig nificance of these figures is perhaps better understood when it is stated that probably July has not shown any better figures than those for June. The grain trade for the former period has been as remarkably small as that for the latter, and the cotton exports have been
 scarcely half as large as those of July, 1901. If there is to be any relative inn provement in the month that ended on Thursday it must appear in manufac- lures, and those for June did not play promising part in the export busi- ness. Considering exports by their des- tination, one finds that in June, 1902,
 Europe, North America, South America and Asia bought less of the United States than in June, 1901 Increases,
 unimportant in their size, were report
 ed from Oceanica and Africa. The lar
 gest percentage of loss is to be set down to our Asiatic exports.
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THE SILLY BLUE HEN.

Tt is told of the lamb" said an old river man, that if it happens to get its throat jammed up in the prong of a limb, or in the fork of dry ravine. it will not have sense enough to back out and free itself from jeopardy. This would seem to be the very essence of foOlishness. But the blue hen, a species of crane, displays a low order of intelligence which leaves the lamb out of the contest. I have actually seen these blue hens fly twelve or fifteen miles up the river simply because a steamboat slipped up behind them. Why they do it of course there is no way of telling. It may be that they are simply playing with the boat. They may do it in spirit of fun. But this is not likely. The chances are that they do it simply because they are foolish at the time
 "Ordinarily they are rather sharp members. They generally manage tC keep out of the range of the man with the gun. But when steamship slips up behind them they seem to become panic stricken. They lose their heads completely, and begin to fly from one l floating fragment in the river to an- other. They do not seem to have sense enough to make for the bank, or mid stream. or to dodge around the side of i the boat. The only way open to them from the way they act is to fly directly in front of the boat, and they keep this up generally until their wings give out.
 1T have seen them fall over from sheer exhaustion on the river side oi the levee and, as said before, in some instnces I have seen them fly twelve or fifteen miles, simply fitting from | one chunk, or one log in the river, tC another. They are curious creatures
 these blue hens, and sometimes I an inclined to believe that they are the very lowesct possible order of intelli. gence New Oreleans Times-Demo'
 crat.
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VINEGAR FOR MEDICINE.

Dr. H. c. Allen, editor of the "Medi- cal Advance" of Chicago is conducting a vigorous propaganda for the dissemi- nation of the fact that there is @ sure, swift and easily produced antidote to carbolic acid" That antidote is con- mon cider vinegar, which can be found in most households. The importance
 of this discovery may be inferred from
 the fact that it has been asserted that there are more accidental deaths from carbolio acid than from all other poi sonous drugs combined.
 | The masses have been taught to con- sider carbolic acid valuable anti
 septic of wide applicability. It is sold freely without restriction, and is kept on the pantry shelves in many homes,
 It is true it is labeled poison" but the l people through familiarity with 1t have l lost much of their fear. It is not strange therefore, that the ignorant and careless suffer accidently and that the angry and malicious use the poison | for their evil purposes. For a long time | doctors were helpless in the presence of
 carbolic acid poisoning, and even now,
 it is said, many of them are ignorant of the fact that there is an antidote. The l discovery of the virtue of cider vinegar
 in such case was made by Dr. Edmund | Carleton of New York, who thus relates | the manner of it:
 l ''The antidote to carbolic acid is sim
 pie, and to be had in every we'll or 1 dered household. Knowledge of it's | specific worth came by accident. One l day while making some experiments with the pure acid an unlucky move- ment sent two ounces of it upon my hand. In about two seconds I had it
 under stream of water and washed 1t,
 but to no purpose; it became white and
 numb. There seemed to be no escape from the usual result-desquamati tion | and show recovery of touch. But the odor was persist ent and unpleasant. In | the ber2t that it might be changa,l l thereby, a servant was sent to the kitchen for a cup of cider vinegar. l While bathing and rubbing the affected
 parts with vinegar, what was my
 amaZement to behold complete resto- ration of color and function In five
 minutes nothing remained in evidence
 except the modified odor.
 That was the beginning. Numerous clinical verifcations were obtained la ter, but considerable time elapsed before tevidence was obtained as to the antido- tai action of vinegar when the mucous membrane was affected. It came from
 our colleague, c. s. Kinney, M. D. pr. Kinney was connected with the state hospital for insane at MiddletoWn. N.
 Y, and gives the following account of the demonstration of the fact that vine- gar is antidotal for carbolic acid taken internally.
 "A nurse called to see a man who had swallowed some carbolic acid The pa tient was found with his lips, mouth and tongue coated white where the acid had touched them, and the strong char
 acteristic odor of the acid was present He was at once given a half cup of vin-
 egar, diluted with an equal amount of
 water and this followed in a few mo- lments by a second dose of vinegar and swater. As the time hung heavily or
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-05
RERREUENSIRLE.

It is related that @ majority of the papers of Mississippi have formed a combine against candidates for office and have decided to mention the name of no candidate for State office un- less he advertises. The rate is placed low, only $1 an advertisement, but as there are three hundred newspapers in the State, each candidate will have to pay $500 advertising.
 This is most reprehensible strike. |" When men at the urgent solicitation of friends reluctantly consent to become candidates for office the way to honor and emolument should be made as easy as possible for them. The Mississippi papers should feel honored by being given an opportunity to blow for the patriots who are willing to leave their ploughs, their business or their loaf1ng places to serve the public. It is to be hoped that the men of Mississippi who are public spirited enough to be willing to accept office will also be spirited enough to resent this attitude of the newspapers. Why should the newspa- pers of Mississippi be paid for that which they should consider a precious privilege and sacred duty? It is one of the noblest functions of newspapers to help good and great men into offices which the modesty of the good and great men forbids them to seek.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-05
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

SEALED PROPOSALS will be received by the Board of Seectmen at the Town Clerks office of the Town of North Bran- ford, Ct., until 2 D. m., of 18th day or August, 1902, for the construction of two
 sections of macadam road in the town of
 North Branford, in accordance with the plans and specifications approved by the
 State Highway Commissioners. Bids shall
 state the price per lineal foot for finished
 road complete; the town through it's select
 men and the State Highway Commissioner
 reserve the right to increase or diminish the
 number of feet to be improved after the
 contract is let. All bids must be accompani- ed by a bond of not less than one.third of the amount of the construction of the work. Any bidder refusing to sign the contract
 at the prices offered by him shall be re-. uuired to forfeit sum from his bond equal to the difference in price between his bid and the next highest bidder. Plans and specifications may be examined at the office of 4. B. Hill, No. S2 Church Street, New Haven, or at the office of the State Highway Commissioner in Hartford, or at the resi-. dence of Herbert o. Page, North Branford.
 The selectmen and the State Highway Conl-
 missioner reserve the right to reject any and al! bids.
 Dated at North Branford. Ct., August 2, 1902. $. D. MALTBY, D. N. FOOTE. 4 Selectmen, Town of North Branford. : a46t
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4 DISTREsSFUE COUNTRY.

Cuba may yet be, if it is not now, as distressful as Ireland has been. The United States benevolently freed it from the hated rule of Spain, and has given it a chance to govern itself. But it is not getting along very well. Major George M. Barber, who has just return
 ed from the island, says of the situation there: The country is really in bad way. The times are hard. terribly hard, and I see no reason to think they
 will improve. The only hope lies in an- nexation. The people are once more throwing slops into the streets, and ere long the foul smells that were banished by the Americans will pollute the at
 mosphere Of the towns. It is pitiable | to think that the splendid educational system that we inaugurated for them will not be kept up, but I fear it is
 doomed along with other public neces- sities. With threatened deficit of sev- eral millions, there will be no way of
 maintaining the schools, and the old era l of ignorance will return. There is only
 one way that can lead Cuba to oros-
 perity and peace. and that road is an- | nexation.
 Perhaps by and by the Cubans will
 ask the United States to annex them. When they do we shall have chance to be benevolent again.
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replied the darky, with grin spread all over his face. The man had not heard of MT. B. officiating as a pros ecuting attorney. and wanted to know how he came to send the convict there. ''He wuz nah lawyer, sah.'
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-05

This country can get along and be big and prosperous with less exports than she has had. But there has been such a long and large increase that any in- dications that there is going to be an- other story are both surprising and rainfl1l
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ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants, Rents. and other small Advertisements. One Cent Word each 'n' sertion. Five Cents Word for full "esk tseven tirnesl.
 Display advertisements. per inch. one ia, serrton, s.,20: each subsequent insertion, ao cenIs: one week, S3,20; oue month' Sl"' "A' year. ssi .s
 Obituary Nollees. In prose or verse. ; LY cents Der line. Notices Cf Births' ans MaL ages. Deaths, and Funerals. 5O cents eae"' iaca: Notices. 1h neT line.
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The prophets are still persecuted. The Atlantic City authorities are trying to bring to punishment the negro preacher who has been prophesying the destruc- tion of that resort by a tidal wave this month.
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A policeman in Washington has been arrested for robbing several houses. He excuses his habit by saying that he was "just making a collection"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-05

It is said that the Japanese employed on the Hawaiian coffee plantations have discovered that the coffee plant leaf, when made into cigarette and smoked, innparts to confirmed users of ''the weed an intense dislike for the flavor of tobacco.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-05

A Maryville (MissourD man sixty-two years old fell dead while playing base ball the other day. Admirers of the noble game will know that he died happy.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-05

Minnesota continues to lead the pro- cession in the production Of flour. She has invested in the business $24, ,125, ,7S1. She employs 4.OS6 wage-earners in the business, to whom she pays annually $2,3S3,S36; and in 1900 she produced 22,- T05,165 barrels of wheat flour, which was Al per cent. of the total product of the country During the last ten years the increase in the value of Min nesota's flour production was s23, 719.621 The average capital invested in each of the Minnesota mills is $47121, and each establishment maintains on an average eight wage-earners, which is a larger average than that displayed by any other state. During 1900 Minnesota a produced more than three times the amount of flour credited to any other state.
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A joint committee of the Louisiana legislature visited the State penal farms at Angola and Hope, according to a
 story in the New Orleans Picayune, for
 the purpose of reporting on the work done by the board of control The members of the committee spent some time talking with the negro convicts,
 and presently one of the negroes rec ognized member of the committee, who is a rising young lawyer, not a thousand miles from New Iberia. You know MT. B--?" inquired one of the men. "Yaas, sah, knows MT. B. well. He's de one dun sent me heah,'
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-05

The Canadian Pacific Railroad com pany has devised a gasoline motor car for the use of tourists in the Rockies. The car is in appearance not unlike the ordinary trolley car. but much smaller. The sides are open, but are provided with curtains which may be pulled down as protection against sun and rain. The ends have plate glass windows. The motive power is a gasoline engine, such as are used in launches, and it is claimed can propel the car at the rate of thirty miles an hour. The car will be able, it is said, to climb easily the heaviest mountain grades on the road.
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Very little progress is being made by the recruiting officers in Finland. The work has practically closed with less than half the required number of re- cruits. In the Province oe Nyland, where Helsingfors is situated, 2,577 young men were called on to take the oath, but only 577 compiled with the order. Owing to the impending Russi- Hcation of the Finnish cadet school the minister of war has decided to admit no new cadet for two years.
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Towns along the lower Mississippi are complaining of new nuisance. They say that oil, leaking from barges which take it to New Orleans for manufac- turing purposes, is polluting the al- ready muddy stream, giving the fish and oysters an unpleasant taste and making the water unfit even for irri- gating the rice fields.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-05

There are worse fates than to be an Osage Indian. The Osage Indians of Oklahoma have sS.OOO.OOO at per cent. in the United States treasury, pay a. rental of 1000 annually to the govern ment for pasture lands and have an in- come Of $6OO,O The income per capita annually is $500. They, as commun- ity, are the richest people in the United States.
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Nine thousand Boers are already re- settled on their farms in South Africa.
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FOR SALE.

In order to give all our attention to our increasing Lumber and Mill business, we offer the stock and good will of our SASH, DOOR and BLIND department for sale. Tothe right party very favor- able terms will be given.
 The Elm City Lumber Co.,,
 WATER ST.. FOOT OF OLIVE.
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Ed1tcattnat. S--y
HQgarth Business College,

Pupils may now register for the fall term. The poorest writer can become fine Pen man. No. failures.
 SOCRATIC METHOD. No classes. Each pupil taught separately.
 DAY AND EVENING SESSIONS.
 Penmanship, Book-keeping Arithmetic, spondence, Shorthand, Typewriting, Bust. ness Methods and Commercial Forms.
 Diplomas awarded. Graduates assisted to good situations.
 Visitors welcome. All interested in a sound business education are cordially in vited to call on. or address PROF. J. M. LEE. 42 Church Street. Room 213. First National Bank. New Haven, Conn.
 BOARD OF REFERENCE: U. s. Senator Orville H. Platt, Cong. N. D. Sperry, Hon. John P. studley, Ex-Gov. T. NJ. Waller.
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ITS AN Annual Event THIS
 Blanket Sale Of Ours.

Has been for number of years past and has grown larger each year, this year so far we're passing all records---wool has ad- vanced since our Blankets were purchased, is still going higher and it's sure you'll pay more when the snow flies.
 Three good Blankets picked out of our great as-
 sortment that are worth your seeing and worth
 your placing confidence and money in pair or
 two, did to the extent of several hundred pairs; Io-4 WHITE WOOL BLANKETS A GOOD RELIABLE STRONG wearing Blanket because it's made right borders red blue and pink good safe washing colors good value blanket $5 for s260 Il-4 WHITE ALL-WOOL BLANKET, PURE WOOL WARP AND filling genuine California Blanket weighing about lbs, assorted fancy borders bound with inch silk binding worth S5 Bill, for S3.Sa Pair.
 1I4 WHITE SAXONY WOOL CALIFORNIA BLANKETS, WEIGH ing M lbs to the pa pink bue red and yellow borders bound with Silk binding you full dollar and half every pair
 think you afford skip this saving you in need of Blankets, for S5 "a Pair "@+
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-13
Vowel.

Friday 9:45 p. m, Mrs. Mary
Ann Vowel fell asleep at the
home of her son. d. K. Vowel.
to wake up in eternity.
The funeral services were cen
Quoted at Stoutsville, her old
home, Sunday 1890 by Rev.
Sears, of Palmyra. The pail
bearers, j. w, Strcan, S. G..
Demaree, j. j. Brown, w. o,
Foreman, William Burditt and
E, Smith, were Odd Fellow US.
Having spent her entire life
of IS years IN Missouri, she was
looked up to as an old pioneer
and having been a member O
the Old School Baptist faith for
81 years, as a mother in Isreal
When she first saw the villag,
OF Hannibal, there was only tel
houses in it.
She was kindly and sympa
thetic in disposition and he
long life IN this part of III,
country. made her reminiscent
cies both interesting and In
structive.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-13
Attended the Funeral.

Judge Jasper Turner went to
Monroe City Sunday to attend
the funeral Of his sister, Mrs,
Mary Vowel. who died sudden
" at her home in that city Fri.
day night. The funeral services
were held at the family resi-,
dence in Monroe City after
which lnterment took place al
Outsville.-Hanuibal Journal !.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-13
Timely Suggestion

The negro vote in this town
on Tuesday was cast suIidly
against the 9TH amendment. A
vote against the 9TH amend
ment means vote against our
public schools. AS our negro
citizens voted against th"ir
school we suggest that we cur
tail hereafter the amount We
spend on the negro school. II
they do not appreciate our way
of running school affairs i'll this
stale suppose we turn their
school over to them. give them
all the taxes thew pay and then
let them run their school to suit
themselves and according To
the Globe-Democrats idea. -
PALMYRA Herald. The Herald s
suggestion is a timely one. A
note OF warning mat comes
from town that is from 81 to
SO per cent black. from Il town
where the Afro. Americans hold
the ba aucr OF power aud
where in their ignorance, they
eau curtail the educatiOna! fiji
cilities of the white children
Republicans published what
they call Shaw'> reply t.
Cleveland, but il isn't. 1t i,
ouly what Shaw Trunks is hi
reply 10 cleveland Quincy
Herald.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-13
Card of Thanks.

We desire to extend our CRATE.
ful thanks to our neighbors and
friends who so kindly rendered
Us assistance at the death of
our beloved mother. Mrs. Mary
Ann YoWeIl We assure you
Your blindness will never be for.
mO!'eu
y. X YOWELL AND WIFE.