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The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-01-30
Another sad sight.

To the Editor of the Journal and Courier:
 Following certain communications which have appeared in your paper, I wish to say it is not on Grown street only that well-gowned young woman has been seen in state of intoxica- tion; it was more central street than Crown; and it was not patrol wagon, but livery carriage which her com panions-after a disgraceful scene succeeded in persuading her to enter and 1t was then driven rapidly away.
 What can be expected when intoxi- eating liquors are served in the dainty form of ices and the like at iee-eream rooms and soda-water fountains which are fast becoming vestibules of the saloons and patronized largely by wo- men and young girls? If the sale must go on pray require all these to show conspicuously the sign Licensed to sell spirituous Liquors" then the woman need never plead that sine does not know what is used in the prepara- tion of her ice. She doess know, and the young girl might inspect what it was for which she was acquiring a marked taste, or if she did not her parents would know what places to forbid her entering. Mark the yesti- bules! s. A. DANFORTH.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-01-30
IR RIG ATfDS.

What the British government has done in India to irrigate arid regions is both encouraging and instructive to this country, which has much land that needs water The British government has expended in India no less than $150, ,00O, ,O0) in works to distribute water. It did not introduce irrigation into h. dia, for irrigation had been in vogue there from ancient times, but it devel- oped old systems and built new ones, so that now India has the most exten- sive irrigation works in the world. The Ganges system, which was opened in 1854 by Lord Dalhousie, who was then governor general of India, now includes more than one thousand miles of main canals and branches, and takes water to an area exceeding 1,6Q5,000 acres. In the Madras presidency are the irriga- ton works projected by Sir Anthony Cotton. The great dams that he de- signed have relieved vast sections of
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-01-30
T4yTES ASSURANCE.

If big armies and big navies prevent war they are worth all they cost, and they are valuable in some ways even if they don't prevent war. A correspon- teresting calculation of the cost of the maintenance os the British navy. in connection with tke merchant marine. as so much insurance. The navy in- sures the safety of the Empires trade, and on that account has commercial value. The yearly cost of the navy, in- cludfng the naval expenditures of In- dia, Australia and other colonies, is $170,000,000, the tonnage of the mercan- tile marine is 10,90S, ,4S7 tons and the value of over-sea trade is yearly s6.- 7S3, 722. .755. On the basis of these facts it is figured out that the naval expendi- ture is ? 1-2 per cent of the yearly trade-a small insurance premium" compared with what some countries pay. Russia, it is calculated, pays F 1-2 per cent, France Az per cent, Italy 5.9 per cent, Germany Is per cent, the United States 33 per cent. and Japan 6.2 per cent. What annoys the Times correspondent is that, while In- dia and the colonies do not take their share of the naval expenditure, the Uni- ted Kingdom protects their shipping. They get their insurance for next to nothing, while the United Kingdom foots the bill, really paying s.6 per cent. India pays but 8 per cent, Australia IA per cent, other colonies .03 per cent.
 According to this calculation the Uni ted States is getting its insurance fairly cheap.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-01-30
4 BANQUET THAT FONT COME OFF

4 BANQUET THAT WON'T COME OFF
 There was going to be celebration in St. Petersburg of the second cen- tenary of the Russian press, but there isn't going to be now. The promoters of the feast intended to ignore official liwarnings and hold their banquet at all hazards, but when they found that the
 dining hall had been seized and indi- yidual warnings sent to all the guests they concluded to yield to superior force. A glance at the resolutions
 which were to have been adopted af- lords an explanation of the government l interference. Here are some of the de-
 nlands which were to have been made:
 It is necessary that the system of pre- ventiye censorship should be absolutely and completely abolished; complete
 change is necessary in the system by which the government is able to infiict punishment on the press by administra- 1 tive order; breaches of law committed 1 by press organs should be brought be- l fore public and independent court of 1 law; it is necessary that the press
 should have the legal right of discuss l ing freely social and political ques- tions; no concession should be neces-
 sary for the establishment of any or gan of the press in. any language; the 1 inviolability of copyright should be guaranteed by law; the system by
 which publishers are required to de-
 posit caution money should be abol- ished.
 These demands seem reasonable, but the rulers of Russia think the press is
 already too free, and they are not dis
 posed to give it any more privileges.
 M. Plehve told press committee the
 other day that their newspapers were the cause of all Russias internal trou- bles, and were not entitled to any fa- vors from the government.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-01-30

country from the dangers of famine. and in some instances have made lands formerly barren fertile and productive. Some of the irrigation plants have proved highly successful from flnan- cial point of view. one Of them yielding recently thirty-one per cent. on the cap itaI invested. Another rlant, which has converted one Of the poorest regions fin India into one of the most prosperous, pays fifteen per cent. on the money in vested. There are several canals in In-
 dia more than $50 miles long. The ex- tension of the works is still in progress,
 and will go on probably until most of
 the land is protected against the fail-
 ure of the periodic rainfall.
 It will cost pile of money to carry
 out the great irrigation schemes that
 are proposed in this country, but much
 of the money will doubtless be well
 spent. It is astonishing what water
 will do for some of the dry western lands.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-01-30
The Resnpnasbalstx.

To the Editor of the Journal and Courier:
 MT. Walter Leigh in your issue of January 18th asks 'who is responsible" for the sad sight that he witnessed on Crown street Monday evening. I would like to answer him and let him and others know who I think is responsible. It is the legal voters of the city of New Haven who vote to keep open places where it is possible for the young girls and boys of our city (and the older ones), to obtain that which degrades and debases them. If the so- called Christian voter of New Haven and the other cities in our State would vote as they pray, (not pray "Thy Kingdom come,'' and then go out and vote for rum), MT. Leigh's eyes and no other fathers and mothers would be saddened by the sight of girls and boys drunk on our streets. And, MT. Editor, I think that you are personally responsible. In the same paper, with the piece entitled "A sad sight" you tion of the readers of your paper to five different kinds of intoxicants. Any and all of them would cause a person to become tipsy if they drank it. I wish you would clean your otherwise valuable paper from advertisements of intoxicating liquors, and have at least one clean paper published in our beau- tiful city.
 MRS. JEROME A. DOWNS,
 Bethany. Conn.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-01-30
4 MARRIAGE EorrERF.

It is often said that marriage is a lot- tery, and there is more or less truth in the saying. IL will surely be lot tery for the woman who wins Edward J. Eisbrenner of Rogers City. Michi- gan. Mir. Eisbrenner wants to get married and has decided to raffie him self off. He has issued one thousand tickets at twenty-five cents each. which have been put on sale in the drug stores Of all the nearby towns, He will marry the one that wins, his only condition being that she is re- spectable. unincumbered. healthy, a Roman Catholic and between forty and f1fty-five years of age.
 If Mir. Eisbrenner's scheme works as he has planned 1t he will get a good wife and s25o, and the woman who gets him will get him at a bargain counter price. Twenty-Five cents isn't much to pay for husband, but we grieve to say that even that small price may be too much. We hope it is not in this case, and that the woman who wins Mir. Eisbrenner just as she might win a goose or a turkey will find that he is at least as valuable as one of those usesul birds.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-01-30

how old are you. Aunt Elizabeth? ?''- Syracuse Herald. Ida-so you belong to an anti-swear- i ing league. Have you accomplished much good?
 May-Yes, indeed. Why. We have persuaded some of the South Water Street teamsters to say ''Oh, fudge!' when their teams tangle up.-Chicago Daily News.
 This town,'' said the Western boom CT. was practically built in 6 da5'. We do things in a hurry out here"
 No doubt,'' re9lied the man from the East. but I am more interested in receiving some assurance that it will not disappear in day. Chicago Evening Post.
 Cassidy-Phwat are ye clinlbin' up there fur. man alive? Casey-Oi'll tear down thot birdhouse from me wall if Oi break me neck fur it.
 cassidy-Would ye ruin the loor birds bit av a home?
 Casey-'Sh! Iris sparrows thot's in it, an it's jist now Oi'm learnin tilot they're English.-Philadelph Press.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-01-30
's he Govti O4d show.

What has become of the good old show
 That thriyed in our boyhOod days
 The good old play of the long ago,
 With its blOOd-and- thunder ways?
 What has become of the heroine
 Who ieaDed OCT ehasm deep
 To escape her foes-nr who bravely climbed
 The slde of pastebOard steep! What has become of the hero who, A gun in each steady hand,
 Defed the villain-his whole gang, too
 And murdered the wicked band? What has become of the mothers prayer That the deep-dyed scOnndrel heard,
 And the heart reformed by the chIrping
 song Of an automatic bird? Oh! that was the show that reached my heart! When swords and pistols and chairs Were hauled about for the fight to start, yelled like fend, upstairs Often l wept for the lady fair And her lovers awful plight, Till some one near me would yell: Say, you! - Dry up! They'll come out all right - An! if the villain had conquered-woe! Aye, woe to the playhouse then. We chaps upstairs had agreed to go And never come back again! But somehow or other 1t all came right A narrow escape twas. though, When villains plotted ferocious crime In the days of the good old show. The Baltimore News.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-01-30
NOT THE HAT SHE WANTED.

There are incidents even in a nlillin-
 cry store that sometimes huff1e the tenn
 pers of the fair creatures who frequent
 such places. An occurrence in one of
 the establishments the other day might
 have ended anything but humorousy.
 A lady was choosing a hat, with the usual uncertainty of mind as to the
 kind of hat she wanted, or whether, in-
 deed, she wanted hat at all, when, after trying on nearly every model in the shop, she bounced with glee on one she had overlooked. Now this is something like." she said, Why did you not show me this before!" Without waiting for an answer she | appealed to her patient friend,
 There's some style about this, isn't
 there! How do I Iook?"
 The friend distinctly sniffed. Tt ! makes you look hundred, and it's very dowdy," she said.
 The other tried the hat at another
 angle. Tt is rather dowdy," she ad- ! mitted. Perhaps won't risk it, after all"
 A voice from behind her made it's | third attempt to gain a hearing. If you've quite done with my hat," it said, very bitterly, II should rather like to put it on,''-Chicago Chronicle.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-01-30
PER ER MIA [.
A. DOWNS,
 Bethany, Conn.

He-But poverty is no disgrace.
 She-Um-n, no: but there are nc medals connected with it, either - Judge.
 Gwendolyne-Well if a woman's nc means yes, what does her yes mean?
 Will Lander-It means that she knows that the man knows what her no means!-Puck.
 Biggs-It strikese me that the fool killer is neglecting his business.
 Diggs-He's kept pretty busy, SUD- pose, but you might send him your ad- dress.--Chicago Daily News.
 Dolly-Gracious, did Mrs. De Styles refuse to belong to the "4O0?'
 Polly-Yes; she wanted to belong to the "399"-it would seem more like q bargain that way.-Baltimore Herald.
 Brlggs-When Baxter says he would like to be better man, I'm af4 aid he deceives himself.
 Griggs-That's all right. He'd rather cheat himself than cheat nobody at all Boston Transcript,
 Hello" said Cadleigh, II hear you've had some reverses; over your ears in debt, they tell me-
 "Yes,'' replied Brokeleigh, but it might be worse. Suppose I had ears like yours ?"-Philadelphia Press.
 Tt is strange that the mail doesn' come," remarked the spinster of uncer- tain years.
 Tt is strange" agreed her provoking nephew sympathetically. Let me see,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-01-30
MALT WHISKEY.

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The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-01-30
knvERTIsING RATES.

Situations, Wants. Keats, and other small advertisements, One Cent Word each in- isevEn umesj.
 Display advertisements. per inch, one ID, Eert'on, S1.20; each subsequent insertion. 5O cents: enc week, SS.20; one month, S10: one
 Obituary Notices, in prose or verse. 1o cents Der fine. Notices of Births. Marrl- ages. Deaths, and Funerals. 50 cents eaeh' Local Notices. 15 cents per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to tnelr cWn immediate business (all matter to De Include Wants, To Let, For Sale, etc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-01-30

The Baldwin locomotive works in Philadelphia are being run night and day, with the result that six complete locomotives are now turned out daily. The shops of the Pennsylvania rail- road company at Altoona also turn out one complete locomotive in two days. And so forth and so on.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-01-30

Some of the Chinese are as smart as some of the Yankees. In China the down of the thistle is gathered and mixed with raw silk so ingeniously that even experts are deceived when the fabric is woven. It is also used to stuff cushions as substitute for eiderdown, and g. very good substitute 1t makes.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-01-30

. The German emperor has devised a new method os using decorations, by conferring them on inanimate things. On Tuesday the admiralty issued an or der, signed by Emperor William, di- recting that the gunboat Iltis shall re- ceive the Prussian Order of Merit in re- cognition of the action of her crew in the attack on the Taku forts in China, on June IT, 1900. The order is to be ex- hibited on the port side of the bow, while specially large button will be fixed on top of the flagstaff.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-01-30

Mexico has silver millionaire, who has amassed fortune of $50, ,000, ,00O
 His name is Pedro Alvarado, and he is the owner of the famous Palmillo mine, situated near Parral, Mex. When he discovered the rich ledge which. has yielded him so much wealth Alvarado was a poor peon miner working for 50 cents day. He recently offered to pay the public debt of Mexico. He ar rived in Chihuahua few days ago with his family and about thirty rela- tives. The party travelled from Parral in princely style and on a special train of thirteen cars. The cause of the wealthy miners going to Chihuahua was to take his wife to a dentist, and he took advantage of the opportunity to give all of his relatives a royal time.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-01-30

The lower house of the Utah legis- lature knows when it is insutted. It censured formally and severely Salt Lake City newspaper because it said that if the members from a certain county would change places with jack rabbits they wuold thereby strengthen the legislature.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-01-30

A French woman has written an irl- teresting account Of visit to Count Tolstoi. She found him under the lov- ing domain of his devoted wife, who made hirn eat and drink for his bodily good, without the slightest regard for his theories of diet. "Men of genius, g she remarked to the visitor, ''need peo- pie of common sense to contradict them occasionally"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-01-30

A magazine devoted to the new Cali fornia school of mystical thought pub fishes a remedy for fear, as follows: s'1. Say to yourself, I'm not afraid g. Repeat five times. 3. Take five full breaths very slowly And about that time the savage dog or the fierce auto- mobile would begin to do business.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-01-30

The Cleaner, paper published in Ja- r1aica, West Indies, recently offered a prize for the servant who could show rnaican family. The winner was a ne- gress aged ninety years by the name of Mary Bennett, who for seventy-four years has been in the same family as nurse to children, grandchildren and great-grandchildr Of the other competitors two had records of over seventy years service, four of sixty, ten of fifty, and eight of forty.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-01-30

The New Orleans States, the paper which predicted after the Indianola in- cident that negro officials would be killed if President Roosevelt appointed any more of them makes this most in- temperate comment on the presence of negroes at the White House reception last week: "We might go further and say that there is no good reason why the Presidents receptions in the future should not he made strictly negro functions. Certain it is that henceforth self-respecting white persons, and es- peeially those from the South; will give Roosevelt and his receptions a wide berth, and thus give him ample oppor- tunity to enjoy to the fullest the negro society of the national capital"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-01-30

He-But poverty is no disgrace. She-Um-n, no: but there are no nd
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-22
Virgin 6 Faunce,s Cotton Letter.
IOver Prlvate I.eased Win. l

toVer trlVato Leased Wtre.J
 NEW YORK. March 2I.-Opinions at the mo- ment with reference to the cotton future mar ket are little mixed. The recovery in prices during the week served to bring in a compara l. lively small proportion of new business and this is extremely disappointing to the bull factions, who had hoped to create a broader market through their persistence in maintain ing values More or less selling by strong in terests has been noted on all of the firm spots during the past few days. while this selling may not have been Justified by influential fac tors in the shape of news. 1t indicated that some operators were under the impression that cotton is high above 91s cents On the other hand, conservative people figure that our mar ket is at a disparity with other markets, be- ing too low and on this theory they argue that our market will improve, in that they figure that the other markets will not decline, so long as receipts generally continue to run under those of last year, and so long ns the flood and weather news continues sensatonally bull ish Professionals did the bulk of the busi- ness today. The outside houses had few or ders over the wires either way. The Liverpool cables were about looked for. and the for eign business in the local market did not the way from Memphis to New Orleans were quite sensational as regards the prospect for further damaging floods. The crop in the Ar kansas region, it figured could be from flow and the breaking of the levees. Conee- quently there better demand for the crop positions, but many were inclined to hold off for small concessions. The spot markets were steady with fair demand from spinners. Mill stocks continued to be reported as small. The Chronicle summary of the weeks weather quite hullishly inclined as had been expected in that In many sec tions excessive moisture was evident. The representatives of the bull element moved slowly and cautiously throughout the short session. There rather mixed feeling still prevalent on the close.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-22
The Financier,s Statement

NEW YORK March 2I-The FinancIer savs :. The striking features of the official statement or the New York Associated Banks this week was further important loan contraction fol- lowing that which has been In progress since the maximum on record was reached on Feb 2I and as the result of such contraction a decided decrease fin deposits through which re- serve requirements were lessened. thereby en- abling the banks notwithstanding the loss of cash during the week. to augment the surplus reserve. The loans were decreased last week s 963, 900. making Ss9 66l 300 since Feb 2l. There was a reduction in cash of $I.II3- 500 or SI, l33. 300 more than was estimated from the traceable movements of money during the week. The deposits were decreased SI5- 47e, 500 making S62 536 900 since Feb. 2l The required reserve was reduced S3, 86o 900 loeH of cash left S2. 56 400 the increase in surplus reserve. carrying this item to S3- iSO, 400 Computations made upon the basis of deposits less $40 22S. 400 of those of public noteworthy that the loans of the banks were Slo, S65 900 in excess of deposits against SS. 37S 400 in the previous week and 23 in- dividual banks. among which number are those having the largest capital and surplus. are loaning amounts exceeding those deposits; ths simply shows conditions peculiar to the condi- tion and it does not indicate impairment in any sense. Though the clearing house does not recognize in its statement except incl dentally the permissible elimination of reserve requirements agaist Government deposits If seems clear that some of the industrial banks are taking advantage of the permission given by the Secretary of the Treasury and take no account of reserve against public deposits The indications last week pointed to a speedy beginning of the return flow of money to this center from the interior. Unless sub treasury operations shall again largely absorb cash with the banks these institutions may be ex- pected, in the near future. to show gains in cash and a gradual improvement in reserve conditions.