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The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-29
SILK CULTURE IN CHICAGO.

 1 Silk dresses are in sight, for all Chi cago girls who want them. The expert. ment of raising silkworms, instituted in May by Albert Labarthe. has proved a practical success. Already many thousand yards of genuine Chicago silk have been reeled off the cocoons by MT Labarthe. He will during the next day l or two send the remaining cocoons to ! the agricultural department at Wash ] ington, which supplied him with the eggs, for an official test of the quality of the silk.
 'The point of this experiment" said MT. Labarthe yesterday, "does not lie 1 in the proof that the sitkWorn can form his cocoon in the United States as read fly as in France or China, but in the fact that he can do so after being fed on the red mulberry instead of the white. There are no white nulberries in this country. 'The effect of this test is to show that it is practicable to begin the silk industry in Chicago at once. have had experience with the industry in the department of the Loire in France. It is likely that will now import large number of eggs and begin the raising of worms on big scale. My test shows me that will be able to feed my worms on the red mulberry for the five years during which the white null berry trees which will plant are grow ing. The white mulberry is, of course, better food than the red. But it is not absolutely essential There is no reason why within ten years vast amount Of silk should not be produced right here in Chicago. .3
 The chief requisite of silk raising is the necessity for sedulous care. The eggs are first placed in an incubator. In three days the worms are hatched These are fed on the mulberry for about thirty days. At the end of that time they form the cocoons. In ten or twelve days these cocoons are steamed. This is for the purpose of killing the worm inside. Then the cocoons, whose outside is the silk, are sold to the manufactories. Twelve hundred or l. 300 yards of unbroken silk thread comes from each cocoon It is reeled off and the process. of manufacture begins. The cocoons, with the worm Inside, bring sS a pound. If the industry gets start ed here" concluded MT. Labarthe, 'the price of silk will certainly be much lessened.'
 MT. Labarthe did not care to make an estimate as to the probable cost of silk under these conditions. It would be cheaper, he said. He spoke in a way which suggested that the wornan's millennium may soon arrive, and that an average of six silk dresses to every wardrobe is not an impossibility Chi-i cago Correspondence, Philadelphia Press. :.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-29


 { The innocence of an insured who was executed after conviction of a capi- tai crime does not change the rule tfa; Insurance cannot be recovered upon the life of person who was executed fo. crime, even if the policy makes. the provision for forfeiture on that ac- count.n
 A man who obeys the law and does his full duty by the state and denies himself that he may leave sufficient in- surance to. support his family after his death may, under false accusation of murder, forfeit his life. This is hard, but under this decision his family loses also, through no fault of his or. theirs, the provision his affection and fore thought had, he believed, secured for them. This also Is hard, but it is grat- flying to know that the precedents are Sustained and that things established are not disturbed Philadelphia Press.
 FLOATED BACK.
 2 The Norwalk correspondent of the Winsted Citizen says: The .fioating isand" in Lake Garfield at Monterey has floated back to it's original place. where it dwelt for a quarter of a cen tury. The real estate in question broke loose about thirty years ago from it's moorings at the lower end of the lake.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-29

negroes who were free before the war, on special roll and permitted them to vote without complying with the gen- eral requirements provided for the ordi- nary voter. If this roll should be lost Or destroyed tomorrow, the influence upon the vote of the State in the elec- tion next April would be so slight as to be scarcely perceptible. It wouldn't in- jure the Democrats nor would it benefit the Republicans.
 Of course the performance in Yer mont is all right, but it certainly would look queer if southern State should adopt such a clause in it's Constitution and set up a partisan board to decide upon the peacefulness of the behavior of men of voting age.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-29

Prior to that time, So far as is known, it was good, steady, 'stay-at-home kind of land, but 1t soon acquired the roaming habit and since then has been more or less restless. It has apparently at times settled down to exist as land ought to, but the next thing some lake abutting property owner would wake up some morning to find the floating is land,' as 1t has come to be known, had snuggled up his way. About three years ago It moved eastward from a po- sition which 1t had for some years held a the upper end of the lake. it taking advantage of a strong wind as a pro- polling power. A similar power recent ly brought it to J. H. Parker of Boston, who owns a beautiful farm abutting on the lake. A few days ago the floating island" set sail and fetched up at it's old abiding place.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-29
BRrDGE WHIST vEnsUs nnADrs,

| E There is depression in the book
 trade in England, and a bookseller, said
 to be one of the most astute in the busi-
 ness. does not hesitate to declare that
 the depression is directly and entirely caused by bridge whist. The idea is that the card game has become 50 pop
 ular and 50 dominating in its influence as a fad Or fashion as to n1onopolize a great part of the attention generally given to the reading of books. Com menting on this state of affairs, the London Outlook says: A stock of five hundred packs of playing cards is more easily sold than two copies of any book. The bookshops remain empty. The most adroit advertisements of publish CTS fail to- incite interest in books among card playing and card-ridden public. Some six years ago cycling was an equally formidable rival, and pro- .duced disastrous stagnation in book selling As craze it ended within
 3 5 three years. Will bridge retain it's hold fora longer period?"
 This is surprising. not to say aston ishing, talk. It doesn't seem possible that reading has been displaced in Eng land by bridge whist, though it is pos sible that bridge whist is an indication of a state of mind which is not favor able to reading. Perhaps one trouble with the book trade in England is that the books issued are not worth reading. Something of that kind is observable in this country, where bridge whist is, or has been, popular. It can truly be said that bridge whist is as improving to the mind as most of the new novels.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-29
THE AVAILABILITY OF PREcE-
 DENT.

DENT.
 A case recently decided by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit illustrates what to a layman will appear an extreme instance of f. delity to precedent and infidelity to jus tice and common sense., A man by the name e Burt was carrying insurance on his life for the benefit we presume. of his family. A murder was commit- ted. Burt was suspected of being the murderer; the evidence convinced a jury of his guilt. and he was convicted and hanged for it.
 According to the decisions, when a man is executed for crime no insurance can be collected on his life. This is probably fair enough in the case of or dinary murderers, but Burt was not an ordinary murderer. Tn fact, after-dis- covered evidence showed that he was not murderer at all, but had been convicted under a mistake. The mem bers of his family were no doubt grati- fled to establish his innocence, and they, thought under the circumstances they might be entitled to his life insurance. But the United States Circuit Court of Appeals refuses to depart from the pre- cedents and its decision as reported in Case and Comment Is as follows:
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-29
IDESTIFIED.
Viola-Why did they separate? Myrtle-N obody knows.
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Viola-Why did they separate? Myrtle Nobody knows
 Viola-TIow dreadful!-Judge. MT. JonesThat young snodgrass acts as if he was one of the family. His only daughter How so, papa? MT. Jones Why, he acts scared when your mothers around Puck.
 "John,'' whispered the wife in the middle of the night, T think I hear some one running in the cellar
 "Go to sleep, dear," said the husband; tits only the gas meter, ''-~ ~Yonkers Statesman. s.'1.7
 DubbsI do enjoy a quiet smoke all alone by myself.
 Nibbs-Well, you ought to have no trouble in keeping away from crowds while that box holds out!-Chicago Daily News.
 Here Is a significant item from a Georgia exchange: ''The lightning rod man went to sleep under an oak tree yesterday and was struck by lightning. The same flash also struck mule that was grazing near by, but the mule kick ed it all to pieces. "-Atlanta Constitu- tion. .t =
 "He was regarded as a brilliant young man." < 5'> \ "Yes," answered Senator Sorghum: 'but he couldn't succeed in politics."
 ''Not in my state. He made the same old blunder. He prided himself on be- ing quick at repartee instead of quick at figures. "~Washington Star.
 Aren't you going up in it yourself?" asked one of the spectators.
 'No," answered the inventor of the flying, machine. This is merely trial trip, and I have decided to send one of my assistants. At this critical stage of the invention cannot afford to run any risks. Are you all ready, Jacobsg Fol- low the directions have given you and you will be perfectly safe" e."-Chicago Tribune. ---. ,-..
 "No, I am not in favor of this move ment to have all the automobiles num- bered,' asserts the first citizen. <
 But it seems to me to be wise pro- vision" argues the second. , :, . Not at all. What should be required
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-29
. soM F ussTAN REroRM.

There is going to be some reform in the city government of St. Peters,
 burg. Power is going to be more cen tralized and responsibility is to be more definitely fixed. That is to say, by a new law the Municipal Council is go. ing to be more completely under gov ernment control than it was before. Councillors hereafter win be elected ev- cry six years, instead of every three. The voters will consist q of persons tof both sexes) having property of the ratable value of s1,5oo; (2) of trading companies, scientific societies, religious, charitable, and other associations; (3l tenement occupants paying a tax of $165O. Jews are excluded from the franchise entirely. The electors will be divided into two classes. The first, comprising the larger ratepayers, pay ing in the aggregate one-third of the rates, will form one body and elect one third of the Councillors: the second class, comprising the rest of the voters, will elect the remaining two-thirds of the Councillors. Only those will be eligible as Councillors who have the right to vote and some small educa- tional qualification, The total number of Councillors is to be 162. The execu- tive is to consist of the. mayor, the deputy-mayor, and eight ordinary members. All important decisions and resolutions must be approved by special board receiving its instructions from the Minister of the Interior, and including the Prefect of St. Petersburg the Public Prosecutor, the Directors of the Chamber of Finance. and other of- ficials..
 St. Petersburg's head man will be able to keep his head on his shoulders if he keeps his eye and his mind on the special board.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-29
ALh RIGHTIN YERMONr.

The people of the South seem to be- Iieve that the people of the North aren't much superior to them in the matter of llynching, and it is fair to say that there | is some justification for their belief. Some of the people of the South also seem to believe that there are suffrage restrictions in the North almost as wicked, on the face of them, as the suf- frage restrictions in the South. The con- stitution and the statutes of Vermont are cited to show that there Is founda- tion for this belief. The constitution says: Every man of the full age of twenty-one years, having resided in this State for the space of one whole year
 next before the election of Representa- tives, and is of quiet and peaceful be- havior, and will take the following
 (freeholder's) oath or affirmation, shall
 be entitled to all the privileges of a freeman of this State. !" And the statutes say: ''No person shall be admitted to
 take the freeman's oath, or vote at an
 election, until he has obtained the ap-
 probat ton of the board of civil authority
 of the town in which he resides This is taken to mean by some thoughtful
 southerners that a partisan board can
 decide what men of voting age and
 having the constitutional qualifications
 Cor residence and so forth, possess in
 addition a sufficiently peaceable and
 quiet behavior to entitle them to vote.
 The New Orleans States says concern
 ing this: Beside this iron-clad device
 for maintaining political power in the
 hands Of the dominant party in Yer mont, the statutes designed for the pur- sification of. the electorate in Louisiana
 are mild and colorless. The '.grandfa-
 ther clause" is the only one now attack ed, and that never shut out a solitary
 voter in Louisiana, nor was it designed
 for that purpose. Besides, it has al-
 ready become practically obsolete. and
 should it be stricken from the constitu-
 ton to-nlorrow it would affect but an
 insignificant number of voters. It sim- ply placed a few white citizens of q class fast passing away, and a few
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-29
AnvERT1sING RATES

Situations. Wants, Rents, and other small sertlon. Five Cents Word for . ful. week
 Display advertisements. per inch. one ins sertion, 20: each subseolenr insertion, ~ cfuts: oue week. S3.20s one month, S10; one year. tzu
 centD per line. Notices of Births. Marrl. ages, Deaths. and Funeral. 50 cents e1cE- Local Notices. IS cents per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to theis oHn Immediate business fall matter to be unoDjeteionahlej, and their contracts do not Include Wants. To Let. For Sale. etc
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-29

My advice to the Democrats, says Revivalist Sam Jones of Georgia, lis not to hold any national convention next year They will save both time and whiskey. Good advice.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-29
NEW HAVEN MoRNNa 0UaNA

aim to study these migrations and to throw light on their causes and condi- tions. ... .....-..
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-29

is that all pedestrians wear number. Look how much trouble there is every day over Identifying some of them who have obstructed the path of the auto mobilist. ."-Judge. .....---.-- z.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-29

It has been decided by the Vienna Medical Board that in future all cases of advanced consumption must be re-. ported in the same way as other infec- tious diseases, such as diphtheria and fevers.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-29

Once Boston felt rich in copper, or copper stocks. Now it feels about s14o,- OoOOOO poorer.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-29

! A committee of Englishmen, includ- ing Archdeacon Sinclair of London and Charles Moberiey Bell, assistant mana ger of the Times, have got so far in the matter of erecting a statue of Washington In London as to be discuss ing the location. The sites suggested include St. Paurs churohyard and Wa terioo Place.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-29

The first official stenographer of the United States, Thomas Lloyd, is to be honored August 2s. when the stenog- 'raphers' Association of the United States will place a tablet in his memory in St. Augustine's churchyard at Fourth and Race streets in Philadel- phia. where the body of MT. Lloyd has rested since his death in 1Ss7 This pioneer shorthand writer reported Washington's first address and the off, cial proceedings of the First congress.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-29

A young member of parliament, ac- cording to an English paper, has had an experience of the retort discour- teous, which, being a man with sense of hunor, he does not hesitate to re- peat against himself. He was address, ing a meeting at which there was a considerable rowdy element present. Like the other speakers, he was fre- quently Interrupted, until, losing pa-. tience, he called for silence. saying, Don't let every ass bray at once. You go on, sir" said the ringleader, and the honorable member was left without a reply.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-29

$ s+asE
 Commercial schools in Russia are {, founded by the State wherever they are thought to be necessary. The initiative is always taken by the commercial or ganizations- is, chambers of com mercesand similar bodies-the members of which have previously examined the question Russian commercial schools are State institutions, and are under the control of the Minister of Finance. There are forty-three commercial schools in the Russian empire under the control of the State, and twenty private schools. similarly organzed, with State supervision.
 The Prince of Monaco gets much of his big wealth in bad money, but he uses some, of it we'll. His studies in deep-sea biology and in various depart ments of nautical science have won warm recognition in France, and his yacht, the Princess Alice, left Havre the other day for a series of marine ob- servations of the highest practical value for the fishing industry of Brittany. The whole Breton population has this have been begun. It will be the princes inc by sudden migration of sardines from the coast when the fishery should have been begun. will be the princess
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-29

It is quiet in Danbury, but the News says the auietness lis caused by the busyness of the factories. All the fac tories are running with full forces Of employees and many of them would eni-i pIoy more If they could find them. There is no excuse for natter not having work now if he is competent and the few that are idle are the in competent and the lazy. Everybody can get work these days, as farmers are in town every day looking for men at having and other farm work
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-29

When the new tenement house law in New York was passed it was con- tended by those opposed to it that it would stop the building of tenements because it required more than builders could afford to provide. Now Robert DeForest. the tenement house commis- sioner, reports that during the last six
 months more plans for tenements have been filed with the department than during the whole of the preceding year. The money to be invested amounts to about $2O,Ooo, ooO.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-03-07
WOmen and Jewels.

Jewels, candy, flowers, man
that Is the Older of woman's pref
erences. Jewels form a magnetic
mighty power to the average wo-
man. Even that greatest of all
Jewels, health, Is often ruined In
the strenuous effort to save the
money to purchase them. If a
woman will risk her health to get
a coveted gem. then let her fortify
herself against the insiduous conse'
quences of coughs, colds and bron
chial affections by regular use OF
DR.. Boschee's German Syrup. 1t
will promptly arrest consumption
In Its early stages and heatl the at
fected lungs and bronchial tubes
and drive the dread disease from
the system. 1t is not cure all
but 1t Is certain cure for coughs
colds and all bronchial troubles.
You can get DR.. Green's reliable
remedies at D. A. Memberships
Get GREEN'S Special Almanac.
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Pacific Coast Without Change

In new Pullman ordinary"
sleepers, wide vestibuled and with
every modern convenience, in
charge of competent agent, from
Cincinnati to Chicago via Louis
Vile, New Orleans, Houston, San
Antonio, Ell Paso and Los Angeles
to San Francisco. Rates for berths
less than half of cost In regular
sleepers. For free descriptive mat
ter and full particulars, address E.
A. Richter, Trav. Pass. Agent,
Illinois Central Railroad, Park
Building, Pittsburg, Pa. II2 II
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-03-07
NOTICE.

OF 'IncOrpOratOrs and IncOrpOratOrs
and Stockholders Meeting OF Par
kersburg and Ohio Valley Electric
Railway Company.
Notice Is hereby given that the
first meeting of the Incorporators
and stockholders of the Parkers-
burg and Ohio Valley Electric
Railway company, for the purpose
of organization, adopting bylaws,
electing a board CT directors, acting
on a resolution for the sale of stock
OF said company at less than par,
and for the transaction of any other
business that may lawfully be done
at such meeting, will be held at
the law Office of V. B. Archer, No.
3I2 Jullana street, In the City of
Parkersburg, Wood county, West
Virginia, on
Tuesday, March II. 1903, At 2 O'clock
Notice Is further given that books
of subscription to the capital stock
of said company have been opened
and are under the. direction and ST.
pervision of the incorporates, that
Is TO say:
At the Office of V. B, Archer, No.
312 Juliana street, City of Parkers.
burg, W. Va, under the direction
Of V. B. Archer,C. L. Williams and
R. ]. A. Foreman.
At the Office of Johnson & Mar
tin, in the city of St Marys, Pleas
ants county, West Virginia, under
the direction of c. B. Johnson and
E. R. B. Martin.
At the office of J. D. Livingston,
at the Town of Friendly, Tyler
county, West Va, under the direc-
ton of J. D. Livingston.
At the Office of John H. Mccoy,
at the city of Sistersville, Tyler
county, W. Va, under the direction
of John II. Mccoy.
Given under our hands this 9TH
day of February, 1903.
V. B, ARCHER,
c. L. WILLIAMS,
T. J. Anderson,
W. F. SMITH,
W. R. SMITH,
John II. Mccoy,
CLYDE B. JOHNSON,
E. R. B. MARTIN,
r. J. A. FOREMAN, ]
]. D. LIVINGSTON,
s94g
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HERE AXE MANY
sickly women be-
tween the ages Of

Is and So, but there are
very few invalids over 65
and so years Of age. The
change of life coming to
q woman near her forty
fourth year, either makes
her an invalid or gives
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Worth ITS Weight In Gold.
c. W.Beggs, Sons & Co., Chicago,

LII.
Gentlemen: Il have been
troubled with that detestible dis
ease Eczema for the past four years
and have tried all the advertised
medicines I could hear of but with.
out any relief. Seeing your ad In
our paper for Boro carbol salve, I
decided to glveit a trial and to my
surprise 1t began to relieve me at
once. My hands which were a mass
of sores began to dry up and today,
after using four boxes I can say l
am cured. 1t Is worth Its weight
In gold. Refer any one to me. LIB.
Groah, Charleston, W. Va. For
sale by D. A. Henderson,.
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her a new lease on life. Those who
meet this change in Ill health sell
dom live ten years afterward, while
o woman who lays aside the active
duties of womanhood in health sell
dom fails to live on In happiness,
years after she has passed 60. This
is truly critical time.
Mrs. Laura S. Webb, Of Toledo,
Ohio, recognizes the change OF life
as q dangerous period and she also
has faith in Wine Of Cardui. She
writes:
Gas I had always been troubled more
OF less at the menstrual period, dreaded
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are not ashamed to have their
names published.
And they added to their civic
league that nightI5 81 vice presidents,
ten secretaries, all the ministers of
the town and six other citizens to
the execetive committee and ten
new members to the finance COM
mittee; and all of the very best
people OF Waynesburg.
We take heart of grace at these
proofs that there are people who
have the courage of their convict
ions.