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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-03-18
4 LONG FIGMT OEER.

Yesterday in the Senate the treaty
with Colombia was ratified by a vote
of 70 to 5, and the long fight over the
canal seems to be ended. BY the terms
of this treaty the Colombian govern
ment grants to the United States GER
tain concessions for the construction of
an interoceanic canal across the 18TH
mus of Panama. The Spooner act
which was passed by the last congress,
authorizes the payment by the govern
ment of the United States of $40 O0O,O
for the property of the French Panama
company. This company is the success
sor of the French corporation which
was engaged for a number of years in
the construction of an isthmian canal.
That corporation expended on the pro-
ject a sum estimated at more than
$3.50 900, 900, but made little progress in
comparison with the large amount of
money spent. American engineers are
satisfied that the completion of the
canal is feasible, and congress has au-
thorized an issue of bonds to the
amount of $3.50, 100000 for the construc-
ton of the waterway. Ratification of
the treaty with Colombia will be fol-
lowed by the purchase of the French
compsny's property and franchises, and
as things now look there will soon be
lively digging on the Isthmus.
The Panama canal will probably not
pay Immediately and directly, but it
will be a good investment for the Unit
ed States. We can afford to wait
awhile for big money returns from it.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-03-18
A NEEDED REFORM.

Emperor William says and does many
things, and he says and does some of
them we'll He is a great and a deter
mined reformer, and he has turned his
attention to the reformation of the Ger
man language. especially directing at
tention to the avoidance of clauses, the
use of which is one defect of the Ian
guage and the despair of foreigners. In
an order to the colonial branch of the
foreign office, the kaiser directs that the
official style shall be clear and simple.
he particularly desiring the omission
of long-winded sentences. which involve
subordinate clauses. The practice of
putting several participles and infini-
tives into a sentence is to be avoided as
much as possible. The style Of reports
is to be grave and measured, free alike
from slang and rhetorical efforts. In
necessary adverbs, far-fetched express
sions, foreign terms and platitudes are
to be omitted.
This will be good work if the Emperor
can do it. Success to him in his eff
fort to make his beloved language
somewhat less complicated.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-03-18
TAUIC1TIOAS

It's wise railroad stock that knows
its own par.-Harvard Lampoon.
Dress is a poor index. Many a young
man is not so bright as his necktie
would make him appear.-Philadelpai
Record.
White goat-You say Billy is full of
foolishness?
Black goat-Yes; he has been eating
old love letters all the morning.-Phil-
adelphia Record.
In a Montana hotel there is notice
which reads: "Boarders taken by the
day, week or month. Those who do not
pay promptly will be taken by the
neck. Tit Bits.
Il asked" moaned Raoul, have zis
man good standing in re community?
You say, Yes; he has been sitting on
re bench twenty years. Oh. zis lang
vaige!" -Chicago Record-Herald.
Society item from western slope pa
per: Mr.. and Mrs. Daniels went to
Denver on Thursday to attend the flu
neral of a relative and see William Gill
lette in Sherlock Holmes. "-Denver
Post.
We cannot consider your story seri-
ously," wrote an editor to an author,
because you have killed your hero in
the middle of it,
And the author replied: II killed him
early, because he made me tired!"-At-
lanta Constitution.
A Bigger Family.-"Yes," Miss
Woody was saying. my eldest sister
married one of the Van den Gifts of
New York"
You don't say?" replied Miss Pep
prey. "A first cousin of mine married
one of the Joneses of the United
States. '-Philadelphia Press.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-03-18
A. o. HIBERNIANS.
Division No. Hold Their First Meeting
in Their New Hall

Division No Hold Their First Meeting
in Their New Hall.
The Ancient Order of Hibernians, Di-
vision No. 8, held their first meeting in
their new hall at 400 State street last
night. There was very large attend
ance of the members present. A record
was made by this lodge for limitations,
no less than forty members being adj
mitted. There was also twenty-five
new applications received, which will
be acted upon at the next meeting. The
division was only organized some five
weeks ago, and has already a member
ship of over one hundred. and expects
to reach the two hundred mark within
the next six months. Complimentary
addresses were delivered by William j.
Butler, John f. Casey, Martin e. Breen,
William j. Husey, Daniel j. MoCaney,
Thomas J. Breenan and Timothy j.
Shea, of Mount Carmel. A buck and
wing dance was successfully given by
John j. Conway and a song by Michael
J. Heenan. The division will give it's
first annual ball at the Lyceum Hall on
April 81. The committee in charge of
the arrangements are as follows: M.
A. Breen, chairman; Thomas Minater,
J. Lawler, M. Heenan, Charles J. Daily
and John ]. Keegan.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-03-18

The bullfrog sat by the rivers hrim,
And sang the whole day long;
The critics sometimes censured him,
And they weren't very wrong.
But he sang away, rs the daylight fed,
And didn't care what the critics said.
He gurgled and croakad till the loads so
fat.
And the pOllyw0gs so slim,
Remarked: To warble a song like that
Must I've very hard on him.
Ii doesn't appeal to me or you
But no doubt it is difficult to do"
And the bullfrog simply pegged away
The very best he knew:
They learned to bear it, and day by day
His reputation grew,
Till at last through the pond, it is under
stood,
That whatever the bullfrog sings. it's
good. Washington Star.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-03-18

An enterprising Swiss insurance COM
pany has issued prospectus dealing
with fatal accidents that may overtake
sportsnen. 1t offers $1,000 policy for
81 per annum for pedestrians and skat-
ers. Gynnnasts, fencers and footballers
have to pay 81; equestrians, jockeys,
Alpinists and cyclists, Sc; motor-cy-
clists, IS; swimmers, yachtsmen and
rowers, So; chauffeurs for automobiles
Of less than elve-horse-power, SIS;
and for cars of higher speed, $25. It is
also willing to insure aeronauts making
ascents in ordinary balloons at S. per
ascension, but for airship trips and ex-
periments special arrangements must
be made.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-03-18

That was an interesting kind of hell
revealed at a convention of Spiritual
lists in Brooklyn the other day. A
woman told of a man who was an in
veterate smoker. After death his spirit
still l0nged for tobacco, and, not being
able to get tobacco, suffered terribly.
Another man, after death, craved to-
bacco so that he induced an innocent
nephew, who was still among the living,
to purchase and smoke fragrant Ha
Vanas. The spirit uncle, by keeping
close to the nephew managed to get
enjoyment from the fumes. This went
on until the uncle became repentant,
and not only ceased to haunt the
youth, but also conveyed a warning
against smoking. The drink habit"
was pictured as leading to even more
dire pain in the next world than the
to the effect that spirits congregate in
saloons. They are attracted there by
an unconquerable thirst. Yet when
they are ranged along the bar they are
| unable to get anything to drink Their
suffcrings are simply made more excru-
chatting.
There are reasons enough connected
with this world why a man should not
form bad habits, but if he is going to
suffer from them in the next world in
the way those Spiritualists told about
he Is doubly foolish if he doesn't form
good habits.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-03-18

Go west, young woman. In the school
district adjacent to Miller, S. D., there
is almost a panic because Of the large
number of schoolma' ans who are get
ting married. The great influx of new
settlers recently is responsible for the
many weddings. In one district there
have been three teachers in as many
months, The following card was seen
by a horse buyer tackled to a school
house door in an isolated Hyde county
district where it had been impossible to
get a teacher: Teacher wanted-If
single. must be old and unattractive,
as two wealthy bachelors threaten to
marry the next teacher of this school,
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-03-18

The surviving soldiers who served IN
der Generals Taylor and Scott in Mexi-
co. in 1916 and 1S47. are invited to be
present at the thirty-seventh national
encampment of the Grand Army of the
Republic, in San Francisco, next Au-
gust The pension rolls show that $500
still live, and 1000 dwell on the Pacific
Coast. The managers hope to attract at
least four hundred of them to the re-
union, believing that it will be the last
they will ever attend.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-03-18
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants, Rents and other small
advertisements. One Cent a Word each In
sertion. Five Cents a Word for full week
(seTen times.
Display advertisements, per inch, one in
sertlon, $1.20; each subsequent insertion, 40
cents; one week, $500; one month, $40; one
year. $40.
Obituary Notices, in prose or verse, 10
cents per line. Notices Of Births. Marri-
ages, Deaths, and Funeral, so cents each.
Loeal Notices. 15 cents per line.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-03-18

Ardupp-I wonder what my ancestor,
Adam. said when he first met Eve?
Diggby-Are you sure he was an an
cestor of yours?
Ardupp-Certainly!
Diggby-Then l guess about the first
thing he said to her was Lend me So
Chicago Daily News.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-03-18

The new census of China, showing a
population of 426, 447, 900, appears to have
been partly estimated, and so the fig
ures will have to be accepted as more
or less of a guess. But there are GER
tainly many people in China.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-03-18

For sweeping the streets of Bendigo
Australia, where much expense is caus-
ed by people who scrape the roads for
the sake of the gold dust obtainable, a
man has been fined twenty shillings.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-03-18

Acting Governor Wood of Yukon ter
ritory has recommended to the Canadi-
an government the construction of a
gigantic governmental system of water
works to serve the streams in the Klon-
dixie camp. A surveying expedition is
now in the field looking into the mat
ter, and it is estimated that the work
will cost $4,000, 600, and call for sixty-one
miles of ditch and fiume and one hun
'dred and twenty miles of lateral steel
pipe. The supply, if built, will start at
the head of the Rlondike and distribute
from Dome.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-03-18

A coin counting machine has just been
Invented by an "old treasury employee"
BY it's use strong boy is able, accord
ing to the inventors estimate. to do the
work for which five or six clerks are
ordinarily required. The coins are
placed in hopper. When the crank is
turned they are passed through the ma
chine and accurately recorded by the
registering apparatus The machine can
be adjusted quickly to count coins of
any denomination. It is also possible
both to sort and to count coins with the
machine. A device has been planned by
which the machine will be able to count
coins in one hundred and two hundred
lots ready to be made into packages for
shipment.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-03-18

The most wonderful farm in the
world is situated in Canada. Its pecu-
iarity lies in the fact that everything
worked by electricity. Two water
,alls within the bounds of the farm,
tome sixty feet and $50 feet high, fur
,ish the motive power central power
louse being erected near, and the cur
'ent is transmitted by wires to every
AVAILABLE place on the farm. The
jhurns and other necessary implements
lave electric motor attachments. A
motor of ten-horse-power works the
moving machine and another works a
ong saw, while the house, barns and
rounds Of the farm are illuminated by
lectricity. Tile owner declares that he
ayes some twenty-five hundred dollars
labor annually.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-03-18

ty-four millions sterling. while the es-
tinated cost is about eighteen millions
sterling.
The Delta independent., 1903-12-25
KILLING ANTS WITH CANNON.
Artillery Used to crueh Minute Enc
mics Of Mankind.

Artillery Used to Crush Minute Enc
mics Of Mankind.
Artillery charged with g-apeshot
has been employed TO destroy great
fortrcsses which the termites, or war
countries.
In South Africa the termites work
enormous havoc. They live In q re-
public OF their own. and some of them
have wings. The workmen, the sol
diers and the queen. however, have
none.
The workmen construct their build.
irgs, the soldiers defend the colony
and keep order. and TIE females, OF
queens, are cared for by all the others.
These become in point of fact, mere
eg, laying machines which have to re.
main tied to one spot.
Their nesting homes are often
twenty feet high and pyramidial In
shape. Cattle Climb upon them with.
out crushing them. A dozen. men
can find shelter in some OF their
chambers and native hunters often
lie In wait inside OF them when ou.
after wild animals.
The ants construct galleries which
are as wide as the bore OF large
cannon and which runs three or four
feet underground.
The nests are said to be five
hundred times as high as the ants
body. ana 1t has been estimated that
II we built our houses On the same
scale they would be four times es
high as the pyramids Of Egypt.
The Delta independent., 1903-12-25
Harvest Time at Homo,

Eonehow. when business has a lul'
about this time OF year.
Ny thoughts take their vacation back
among the scenes once dear.
! stray about the harvest fields where
long and long ago
I watched the cereal ocean In its golden
ripples flow,
While now and then. upon some blade,
tired reape- bore,
The sunbenms flashed and then went out
like thoughts recalled no more.
Eow pleasant then the journey home
along the country road
Where IaTkspur blooms beside the fence
like knOts OF lovers glowed-
Eow listening to the wh!ppoorwill be
yond 6a:k!ing field.
Oh tGrrying where the berries tempt-a
shower of wine conSealed:
And long before we reached the gate to
hear the watch dogs bark.
And see the Distant windows CLEAN like
blossoms Of the dark.
1t seemed SO long since those old years
so long, indeed, that !
Now wonder that time could be with
out n sob or sigh.
And yet. enough do ! recall to vow that
In the end
when the no more and ever more in
deaths twilight shall blend
1t would suffice 20 know that life beyond
the gathering g!oam
u ouid really prove care free as
the harvest time at home.
Will T. Hale In New York Times.
The Delta independent., 1903-12-25
BEAR TRAP CAUGHT A MAN.
Died in Its Clutch, His Hair First Be.
ing Turned White.

Died In Its Clutch, His Hair First Be.
ing Turned White.
Herman Kratz, a homesteader, who
lived seventeen miles northwest Of Ely.
northeastern Minnesota, mysteriously
disappeared last September, and no
trace was ever found Of him until
few days ago. when the skeleton of a
man supposed to have been Kratz was
found by civil engineer in deadfall
set for bear five or six miles from his
place in the deep woods. The flesh
had practically all disappeared from
the skeleton, but the scalp and hair
still remained in part. The clothing
was rotted away SO that 1t was of lit
tie use for purposes of Identification.
One puzZling thing is that the hair
seems somewhat gray, while the hair
Of the missing homesteader was dark
brown, but 1t is thought that the ter.
ror Of his situation In the bear trap
and the knowledge that he could never
escape caused his hair to whiten.
Tneodora kratz, mother Of the young
homesteader, who lived on a farm
seven miles from Elroy, Wis, is re
ported here to have become insane re
Gently over the disappearance and hor-
rible death Of her sor.-Duluth Dis
patch in New York World.
The Delta independent., 1903-12-25
JAPANESE A Willy PEOPLE.
Take to Fraudo on Insurance Comp
mics With Great Res jjnecs

Take to Fraudo on Insurance Cor1pa
mics With Great Reajiness.
We have been spoutirg these .cu
Sears about the cieverress of the
japaneEe. Our smart Aiecks went into
Mysteries over them. Our merchar q
have gene TO extremes in. solicit r
japanese trade, and our great iusaI.
arce companies have sent acsl ls
broadcast over the islands Of the lsnd
CT the rising sun to write pr''-ios
In no other country on the globe is
the work of the insurance solicitor $50
easy. In ore month $1o.000.0OO OF We
insurance has been placed by one ErY
York company. Every measly liisil
dwarf OF Jap wants to insure. Aa
agent has just discovered that in pofi.
cal examir atiops he has been bna 2
duped, one healthy Jap standing the
test for many hundreds of his fellow
countrymen. AS all Japs look nl'sg.
the doctors did not detect the fraud
until about $5.0O0,000 In policies bad
been written. Local Insurance men
are exercised about It.
The Delta independent., 1903-12-25
wcULpn'r GO uno1R LADDER.
sure-stis:oua Man With WhIsker 5
Ecariy Proppe1 Painter at Depot.

sure-et::oua Man With WhIskers
EcarIy Proppe5 Painter at Depot.
He WAS tall ard gaunt and wore
Palouse whiskers. and he locked any.
'hirg but sensitive or superst!tious.
he was at the Union depot and he was
Il q hurry to buy ticket for some.
TEere.
He lopei up to the only vacant win.
'ow and suddenly halted. One Of the
paiI tiers had ladder so stretched that
20 reach the window the purchaser
"ouli be compelled to walk under the
adder.
The man with the roam whiskera
sidestepped and looked for an opcr!-
on tie side. There was ncne. Ee
glanced anxiously out at the platform
20 see II his train was still there
Finally becoming desperate he grab
bed ore side Of the ladder and BEGAN
20 saove. The until.tacn unconscious
painter on top OF the ladder yelled
something It wouldn't do to priat, and
male hurry-up dash to the fer.
The superstitious man got his ticket
Kansas City Journal
The Delta independent., 1903-12-25
AEdNop ME1WED

last ali through the year. Every
morning she digs and hoes on her
small farm, and every afternoon she
pushes through the streets with her
little go-cart, selling her fresh and eZ-
celient vegetables.
She has host of regular customers.
ard these customers wait fer her
every day. And they do well to wait
fer her, too. for she always brings
them truck that has been gathered
but few hours.
LIeanor's farm is loaned to her by
TIE Philadelphia Vacant Lot Cultiya-
ten Association. charity of an un-
usually benefcicnt kind. This asso.
clatoG has eco acres OF vacant land
that certain wealthy Phiadelphians
have entrusted to it until the time
when they shall need the land to build
upon.
These~ 200 acres are loaned in
patches to such people as are unaSia
to keep up the fierce struggle for an
e1iateace In great city.
The Delta independent., 1903-12-25
Another Scare From the sc:eatia..

DR.. Wiley, government chemist
sues a warning against soda wafer aga
iced tea To drink these hot wcatG7r
mixtures is suicidal, according TO the
wise man. Worse than this. howevet
Is the official announcement that yea.
etables are not what they are craef".
up to be. DR.. Wiley tells us thoC @
preparation Of the soil 70. yege,E'."
growth Is a fruitful cause o. H!see--
He further says that meat eatia-
expedient In hot weather as IL c-...
But he recommends bread acd as.'
As especially blameiess. Tc5teT..-.
science" said thumbs up. To-an- .
corfuses the rrtarstaIdiug By ~,
pectedly ordering thumbs 6oan. T.
morrow 1t will be wiGgle waal.c.
The Delta independent., 1903-12-25

wife. Adam was relieved OF his job as
head gardner tn Eden. He married
well. his wife being the FIRST lady
of the land" At one time he held
the record for old age-be.ng $50.
This record was afterward smashed
by Methuselah and Noah. Is repudi-
ated as an ancestor by most Of our
first families, as that would entail
the acknowledgment of too many
poor relations. Was the first father
who ever had trouble with his sons.
but not the last.-Boston Globe.
The Delta independent., 1903-12-25
Crushed Lilac Leaf Buds

A little woif from Araby
II lies upon my palm.
Distilling spicy orchard bloom
And need Of Gilcad balm.
hundred shafts Of sunlight
Have drnwp Its phiitar up
To tint the Carved walls OF Il
And dover It's carven cup.
With artifce, whose die Is lost,
Rare as Venetian lace,
cunning silversmith. the frost
Gave reincnrnate grace.
Gentle eyangeIs Of the rain
Pressed the soft sheath apart,
And. weeping drops of precious strsngtis
Poured nectar In Its heart.
drink ieep draughts of pure delight.
AS lip lraws near to lip;
For is not summer pledged me there,
And purple yintagc-drip!
oh. love! you did not well to come
In merry time OF spring;
! may not nearken back to you
Nor heed the gifts you bring.
But, gods! the glorious riotingl
II wakes again In mo,
70 crush the scented leaf buds
OF my slender lilac tree!
.-Rlchgrd Scracs. Guelph. Ont
The Delta independent., 1903-12-25
kIDD'S GOLD IN BROOKLYN.
Digging for ss5,ooo, 900 In the Cellar
Of Bio Coffee Mills,

Excavations are being made at
present in the cellar of the coffee
mills at the foot of Bridge street,
Brooklyn. for the purpose of uuearth-
ing S55,000,000 in treasure. suppose to
have been buried in that spot years
ago by the notorious pirate, Capt
Kidd
Men are working day and night by
candle light in the old cellar. The
excavations are being supervised by
Henry Endum, and permission to dig
up the cellar has been obtained from
w. A. Jameson, the head of the coffee
mills. Promise has been made to him
by Endum that Cnehalf Of the i'm
mense treasure shall be his when
found.
That there is treasure in great
quantities reposing in iron bound
chests ard hoesheads many feet be-
meath the buildings foundations. Eu-
dun is confident. Spirits, he says re-
vealed to him the location OF the eror.
nous wealth.
Far down in the earth, he says, are
buried jewels, gold and silver coin
ard bullion and iewelry OF an antique
pattern. Where row stands the mills
on the cite Of which excavations are
now being made. once flowed q river.
old residents Of Brooklyn say. 1t was
on the banks Of this stream, Endum
declares. that the pirate cached his
enormous wealth.
Tragedy almost resulted when the
work Of digging out the treasure was
frst begun. Inclined to secrecy. and
fearing attempts upon his life were
his secret made known too soon, En-
dunn started the work with his 12-ycar.
cid son. They had dug but small
hole when q cave!n occurred. buryirg g
the lad. He was almost suffocated
before his father could get him out
New York Herald.
The Delta independent., 1903-12-25
SECRET OF HIS SUCCESS.
How a Great Man Is Regarded by His
Home Folks.

How a Great Man Is Regarded by Hs
Home Folks.
The Hon. NJ. E. Ingalls, of Cincinnati
the PRESIDENT of the Big Four railroad
Who will deliver an address in Port
land on old Home Day." is Maine
man, and whenever he comes to his
native state always spends good por-
tion CT his time at Harrison, where he
began the practice of law. He tells
the following very good anecdote on
himself
"OEe evening wher l was at Harri-
son on a vacation | had gone to the
village store and joined the circle O.
loafers that had gathered to talk over
the public and private events of the
naticn. state, town and village. One
old fellow, whom l formerly knew
well, when there came lull in the
conversation. leaned over and said
that he wanted to ask me question:
".I want to know said he. IL 1t is
true that you get a salary Of $4,000
year?'
II admitted that did make as much
as that in twelve months.
"'Well, said he, 1t is remarkable
what cheek and brass will dc!"-New
York ribune.