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The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-29
NOT CELEBRATED.

Missouri has lately become celebrated for having the most helpful hen, the best Shorthorn bull, the largest propor- tion of corn to the cob, etc., etc. But she hasn't become celebrated for her success in the municipal ownership of public utilities. Towns that are plan ming to buy or build their own lighting plants may learn something of value to them by studying the experience of Hannibal, Missouri. Alderman Dulany introduced a resolution in the Hannibal council the other day setting forth, as admitted facts, that the expenditures of the lighting plant at that place, which is owned and operated by the public, had up to date exceeded the receipts by $52,662, that arc lights had cost an average of $G0. per year, and that other lights had cost proportionate amounts, and recommending that the city either sell it's plant to the highest bidder or vote $100,000 bonds to pay off the debt that the plant had caused to be incur red and to put it in decent running or der.
 Probably if Hannibal had also had the initiative and referendum her mu- nicipai ownership of public utilities would have worked. Those words sound as good as that blessed word Mesopota- mia does. Let's use them all we can.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-29

Misfortune seems to pursue somia people, and catch them too. For twen- ty years Mrs. Paulson was confined in the insane asylum at Osawatornie, Kan sas. She had fallen down stairs and received an injury which upset her mental balance. Two years ago her head was trepanned by the asylum sur- geon and it resulted in the full return of her reason. While she was conval- escing a fellow patient formed the habit of tapping her on the head. One day this patient tapped harder than usual and the result was an injury from which Mrs. Paulson lost the sight of one eye. Finally she was sent home in apparent good mental and physical condition. But now she has lost the sight of the remaining eye because of the injury to the first one and is be- heved to be beyond the help of surgi- assistance.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-29
OBpIOUS.

'How are You old fellow? Are you keeping strong?"
 "No only just managing too keep out of my grave"
 "oh, I'm sorry to hear that. ."-Chica- 80 Journal.
 Jean-Maud says she believes in being young while she can.
 Ethelle-oh. she's done better than that for at least five years. She's been young while she couldn't.-New Orleans Times-Democrat.
 which" asked Mrs. oldcastIe, do you consider the greater, Professor Mommsen or Herbert Spencer?' T real ly don't know" replied the hostess. What do they do, fiddle or sing?"- Chicago Record Herald.
 Simkins-"And you really consider her a great vocalist, do you?" Timkins-- Sure thing. Why, she can actually sing Home, Sweet Home," so that mo- body can tell what it is without look ing at the programme. "-Chicago Daily News.
 Howes-Don't like this cold weather, eh? Why, only last summer you were complaining of the heat.
 Barnes-Not os the heat itself, but rather because Of it's untimeliness. It would be all right if reserved for such W eather as this.--Boston Transcript.
 "Well," said Mrs. oldcastle. T must be going. Tempus fugit, you know" "Yes," replied her hostess; Josiah told me he did the other day, but there seems to be plenty of coaehmen around looking for jobs. Why don't you dis charge him and get 8 new one?"--Chi- cago Record Herald.
 'Those foreign cigarette holders come high. but we've got to have 'em," re- marked the josher. Mot long ago an American girl paid s1,oOo0OO sor one" Say what kind of story is that?' ''Fact," rejoined the other T believe it has a title oS some kind, however, Chicago Daily News.
 Obviously.-Benevolen Old Gentle man-'Don't you think fishing cruel sport?" Fisherman-"I should just think it was. I've been sitting here five hours and never had a single bite, and I've got three wasp stings. and been eaten up with flies and the suns taken all the skin off the back of my neck!"-- Pick-Me-Up.
 While the young woman was making a hurried toilet upstairs her father was entertaining her caller. By the way, MT. Spoonamore." he asked, "how do you stand on the question of imperial ism?" Why" responded young Spoon- amore, "T've always thought it was-er more becoming to most people than goatee. ."-Chicago Tribune.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-29
ANDREWS, 1AKGE PROGRAMME

dNDAEWS' A5ho E"Ouh EA ok 4n As There is much criticism of Michigan's
 governor for releasing on parole Frank c. Andrews. the former vice president of the wrecked City Savings bank of De- troit, Michigan, after he had served only a little over year of a fifteen years sentence. When the City Savings bank was plundered many friends and busi-
 ness associates of Andrews suffered se-
 were loss on his account. His liabilities amounted to about $1,600.000. He was supposed to be rich man, 'in" every
 thing, energetic, prosperous and popu- lar. He now talks as if he was going to
 do some large and good work. He says:
 I am going back to work. This is the beginning, not the end. My first care will be to clear up the tiresome contro- versies and end the legal tangles and
 bring stop to1aw proceedings, the con- tinued publicity of which is placing the banking institutions of the city of De-
 troit in bad light all over the country
 and injuring the commercial interests of the town. I'll work night and day un- til I have paid every penny I owe. It | is the ambition of my life now to bring about the day when Governor Bliss who
 has been like father to me, will take
 my hand and say to me. Frank, you have justified my hopes and my confi- dence in you; am proud of my action in unlocking the gates of prison to you" Perhaps Andrews will justify the gov
 ernor. If he does his example will be shining one.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-29

the pupil called on was rewarded with
 ''That is right" when he replied: Big amy" Now" added the teacher,
 "what is the name applied to the situ- ation when man has only one wife?' After long pause solitary hand was hesitatingly raised. We'll" suggested the teacher to the lone volunteer, tell the class what is the word to which I refer?' ''Monotony."
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-29
BULLET IN HIS HEART.

A young German from Leipzig named Max Meyer is now in London with a bullet in his heart. He is in perfect health, and is the center of interest to medical scientists. Meyer visited the Middlesex hospital some days ago. Stripped to the waist, Meyer was plac- ed under the Roentgen rays, which re- vealed bullet imbedded in the apex Of his heart. The bullet was covered with muscle, and seemed in no way to impede the hearts action. The case ex- cited the greatest interest among the scientists present, and Meyer was sub jected to every test to ascertain the ex- act position of the bullet. Each test proved thta it remained in the apex of the heart.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-29
4 Song.

My heart is empty. empty, Swept clear of love and pain. I'll hie me to the lilac. I'll woo the rose again; I'll wander in the starlight, And lie among the leaves, And dream to the night-raindropS That beat about the caves. My heart is empty, empty, Swept clear of love, and you Who stole me from my lilacs, Stole stars and lilies. too. You stilied the signing forests, You broke the winds control, And I forgot the sunsets When you were in my soul. My heart Is empty, empty, It holds no more of you. Oh, enter. winds and sunsets, Starlight and rose and dew. An, faithful ones forgiying. You bend to me once more. Though you have guessed the secret That hides in my hearts core.
 Louise Mack, Pears0n's Magazin
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-29
coon THINGS TED.

Thiay like our boots and shoes abroad, and it is no wonder they do, for we make the best. How rapidly their ap- preciation is growing is indicated by the fact that while in 1894 our ship ments to foreign countries of boots and shoes had a value of $777,OOO, during the past fiscal year of 1903 the value of these shipments was $6,665, ,OO0-that is, this trade in the fiscal year of 1903 was nearly ten times as great as it was in the fiscal year of 1893. Probably the,ie is not another line of business which makes a showing of this kind. The department of commerce exhibits show that the people of the United Kingdom are the larg.est purchasers of these American goods-that is, about a third of all of these shipments are sent to our English cousins. The next largest pur- chasers are the Australians, and follow ing these come our Canadian neigh bors.
 The United States now holds second rank among the worlds exporters of boots and shoes, and is making gains at such rapid rate as to justify the be- lief that it will soon stand at the head of the list. A decade ago, as already inlsn0 tn5 +ntn tn1 of and shoes were but $777, ,000 in value, while in the calendar year about to end they will exceed $7,0O0000 in value. A comparison of this growth with that of Great Britain, which has until re- gently been the principal boot and shoe exporting country of the world, seems to justify the conclusion that the Unit- ed States is making a rapid approach toward the highest rank as an ex- porter of boots and shoes. From Ger many, exports of boots and shoes aver age little less than $2,000,0OO per an- mum; from France about $3,0O0,000 from the United Kingdom about $9, ,000,- 900, and from the United States, as al- ready indicated, at the present time, about $7,000,00O.
 We have been feeding the world" for a long time, according to the ora tors. Perhaps by and by they will be fond of saying that we boot and shoe the world.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-29
SOME LAND LEFT.

Uncle Sam still has land enough to give us all farm. In the public do- main there are still unappropriated SSO, ,979, ,SO7 acres of surveyed lands and 591, ,976,169 acres of unsurveyed lands, or a total of more than 97O,955,OOO acres. A great many tracts in this immense area, of course, will always remain un- cultivated and unsettled, but it has been estimated that when the contem- plated system of irrigation shall be put into working order so much good land will be opened that a population as large as the whole nations present pop ulation could find room there to thrive prosperously and contentedly.
 Some farms were given away by Un- cle Sam last year. More than 22,S24,2s9 acres of the public lands were turned over to private individuals last year. This means that an area almost equal to that of the State of Indiana has within that time been added to the pro- ductive regions of the United States. Most of these newly opened lands were homesteaded by farmers, as will be seen from the following figures: There were 54.365 patents of all classes issued with in the year. Of this number 47.654 are classed as agricultural 4,904 as Indian alIotments, 1,1O4 as mineral patents, 200 as coal patents, 276 as private land claims, 1S7 as railroad patents and forty as swamp-land patents. The total sum which the government got by way ot fees and commissions for issuing these patents was $11.O24,744.
 It is pleasant to belong to such big country, where the ''per capita" is in creasing and where everybody has free dom of speech about the Panama cana i and other things.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-29

A circular barn has been build by James Sears, whose farm is near Lapel, Indiana. The walls. or rather wall, of the barn is twenty-five feet high and sixty-five feet in diameter, the roof running to a cone. There is no such thing as post or pillar in the barn. In order to prevent the weight of the roof from spreading the wall, Sears, who is 3 practical blacksmith forged three heavy steel hoops. and with these he en- circled the structure as band would be put around a big water tank. The barn is cyclone proof. for Boreas has no chance to get hold on the structure. Inside driveway runs clear around The stalls for horses and cattle are ar- ranged in a circle, there is a big feeding room in the center and a silo extends from the ground to the roofs cone. MT. Sears claims that he can shelter more stock and stow away more feed in the barn than in the ordinary farm struc- ture.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-29

Berlin, Germany, will soon have an electric distance printing apparatus as an adjunct to the telephone. Through the contract with the Postoffice de- partment, of which the telegraph and telephone system is a part, the Fern trucker company is able to establish a special service for subscribers in Ber- lin and it's suburbs, who can exchange communications in printed type by way of thss main telegraph office. The ap- paratus is similar to a typewriting machine. After connection is made, communication can be had by simply : manipulating the machine like a type- writer; even if the addressee be absent the printing goes on automatically on tape. The text of the message is du- plicated on the machine of the sender, so that a correct record is kept and mistakes in transmission are avoided. The annual subscription is $119.
 One O. the local school teachers, re- ports the Washington Star, insists that her pupils shall keep abreast of the times by reading the newspapers every day, and in order to learn if her direc- tions are carried out interrogates the members of the class each morning the school is in session regarding events of general interest. What is the name ap- piled to the situation when a man has more than two wives?" inquired the teacher recently, having in mind the protests against Reed Smoot being al- lowed to retain his seat in the United States senate. Nearly all the children present raised their hands, each eager to reply 'Polygamy." answered the child designated. Correct" comment ed the teacher. very much pleased.
 Now. who can tell me the name ap- piled when man has two wives?" The raising of hands was not so general, but
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-29

them or give them away, and a man who has to go to jail deposits his wife with antoher family of her tribe until his return. In North Arcot unmarried daughters are frequently mortgaged, and become the absolute property of the holder until Iiquidation.-Tit-B Bits.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-29
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations. Wants. Rents, and other small advertisements. One Cent Word each in- sertion: Five Gents Word for full week.
 Display advertisements, per inch. one in- sertion, s1.20; each subsequent insertion, 40 cents: one week. s 20: one month. $1o: one
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-29

twill you have this charged?" said the waiter. as he brought in the bottle of club soda.
 Guest (absent-mindedly)--No. Dis charged, se.--Detroit Free Press,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-29

Bishop Thomas Bowman of East Dr. ange, New Jersey, the oldest Methodist Episcopal bishop, just past his 'eighty- sixth birthday, says that he warned President Lincoln against John Wilkes Booth five days before the emancipator was slain. MT. Lincoln made light of the warning. Bishop Bowman, then chaplain of the United States Senate, had observed Booth prowling about tE:s Capitol and the White House and at once call:ad on the President with warning. MT. Lincoln smiled kindly and said he did not think any one want ed to kill him. Two days later MT. Bowman started for his home in St. Louis and had hardly reached there when news of the assassination ar rived.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-29
TANNING WIVES AND DAUGH

They h5ve curious way ct ut!liz;l 2 wives and daughters in some parts of IHdia. If man wants money he puts these members Of his establishment in pawn, and his creditor detains them until the debt is discharged. Tle cus- tom varies in different localities. Tn Melore the Yercalls pledge their daugh- ters to creditors, who may either marry
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-29

Somebody has taken pains to figure that the gross earnings of the civilized world are about sSs.sOO,OOO.OoO per an- mum.
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-22
A Costly Perfume.

Altar of Ylang Ylang. which rivals the altar of roses as an exquisite per. fume, and sells at $40 to $50 or more a pound. Is the product of an Asiatic tree that reaches It's highest develop ment in the Philippine Islands. The tree grows to a height of sixty feet; when three years old 1t begins bear. ing long greenishyellow flowers. and at the age of eight may produce year. ly 100 pounds of these flowers, blos- soming every month. The altar Is ob- tained by simple distillation of the choicest petals with water, no chemi- calls being used. Besides It's value as a perfume for hair and toilet waters. the product Is prized among the na- tives as a medicine, being credited with curing toothache and numerous other pains.
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-22
THE INDUSTRIAL AND AGRICUI TURAI
 CONDITION OF VENEZUELA

WING of WU uon backward country anywhere possibilities
  The hectares and product The yield or Nenezueah
  coffee of Venezuela closed for several months by prohibe af The New York and Hamburg This docaon of the crisis prevailing in Venezuela 100000 bags of its own cofee grades crolo which wild imported Trinidad The latter quality the former but rapidly The colo found between La Guaira and Puerto Ca The Venezuela about SO tor a
 Tobacco cultivated planted from August firm has vuela 
 Rubber abundany especially basin Gena exploiting this valuable ported
 Large numbers
 
 Out of sugar they primitive. Almost consumed Most of the classes vas foreso of tropical woods ships to of cattle yearly n
 
  Chocolate making do 
 Venezuela important Caracas and Valencia the
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-22
EVOLUTION or THE RAZOR AND BEARD,

If any writer on the history of civili zation should ever undertake to write a history of the beard. he will have to record the fact that a majority of the peoples were beardless.
 Just as the savages carefully remove every bit of hair from their faces. either by shaving or by pulling the hairs out by their roots, the civilized na. tions considered 1t the proper thing to be beardless. The ancient Egyp- tians, Greeks and Romans looked with contempt upon the barbarians. who al- lowed their hair and boards to grow unrestrained and believed that only perfectly smooth face was proper and dignitied for an educated man. Only in rare cases an Egyptian would allow two tufts of hair to grow on his chin. and the Greeks and Romans were so radical in their duties on the subject that they even had their eye brows shaved off, considering them supertiuous and contrary to their ideas of beauty. The Egyptians removed the hair from their faces with the same primitive Stone knives which the Kaf- frs of South Africa use to the present day. The Greeks used sickle-shaped knives. sometimes made of precious metals, for the same purpose. Opn- ious on the beard question were divid- ed in Europe during the Middle Ages. While peasants and men of science kept their faces smooth. tradesmen, soldiers and patricians considered 1t a batter of pride to wear fine long bea,ds.
 During and after the Thirty Years war. when the much criticised custom of following fashions was transplanted from France to Germany and other countries, the boards were reduced to a minimum. Only narrow strip un. der the nose was permitted to remain. which strangely entrusted with the hushy rerukes which the men used to put upon their closely shaven heads.
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-22
Bacon Breeds of Hogs.

Several years ago considerable was being written about the Tamworths as the only breed that would make good bacon hogs. It is doubtless true that this particular strain is best suited for the purpose. but, on the other hand. it is question if it ever paid any farm er 10 raise them exclusively. True. there are specialists who have made money In catering to the fancy bacon market, but they found it profitable only after long years of experimenting and fully learning the secret of feed ing to produce certain results. With the average farmer. who raises what pork he needs for home consumption and perhaps a dozen head besides. 1t is doubtful If it pays him to experiment. much with breeds, beyond getting some strain that will give him the best re- turns in weight at the smallest expense for feed. If one is raising swine with an idea of selling the progeny when young to other farmers, then consid- erable care should be taken to secure a
 breed for which there is a demand. and then to breed the animals on the plan that will give strong. healthy and pure bred young, and in this way work up a
 reputation. It must be admitted, how ever. that there is demand for fancy
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-22

II. They know what they want and what they need. Everybody who raises fowls should make provision for some green stuff for the winter. little patch of winter grain. alfalfa, rescue grass. turnips. beets, cabbage or any root or vegetable that fowls will eat is good for them and will encourage hens to lay. Hens have no almanac, and the only way they have for distin- gushing the seasons is by the sort of stuff they have to eat. Feed spring victuals and give physical comfort. and you will have eggs to eat if not to sell.
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-22
Why Don't the Boys RideY

Why is not something more being done to encourage horseback riding among the boys on the farm. Compar- atiyely few farm boys can ride grace fully and with ease. They get astride the old mare, and jog along to and from the stable and pasture, and call it rid ing a horse. IL is as far from real gen. uine horseback riding as day is from night.
 No class of horses sells better on a market to-day than first class, we'll broken saddle horses. There are deal CTS, who make a business of training these horses for the purchaser. Why could not the farmers boy do this work instead. If he were given some in formation as to what the requirements of good saddle horse were, and how to train such horse for riding, it would mean money Tn the farmers pocket.-Farm and Home.
Alaska sentinel., 1903-01-22
How to Trest Heayes,

In answer to an Inquiry as to the treatment of heaves correspondent of the National Stotkman writes as follows: ''To answer you in relation to what you particularly wish to know, l would have to knov the age of your horse and manner of breathing. that might locate the trouble which pro- duces his irregular breathing. l will say, however, that all forms of heayes are incurable, The best that can be done is to alleviate. In old chronic cases of so-called bilious heaves the first thing to do will be to regulate the feeding by feeding hay very sparingly and oats plentifnlly. Wet all hay with lime water and give Powders solution of arsenic in tablespoonful doses three times per day. This is best given by mixing with half pint of water and use to wet the grain feed. So-called bronchial heayes can be relieved by feeding as above recommended and giv- ing in the grain feed tablespoon of mixture of powdered elecampane root 3 ounces. ginger ounces. powdered squills ounces. powdered lobelia 3 ounces. fenugrec ounces, chiorate of potash ounces.