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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-10
NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY ],
WINTER.

The recent heavy snowfall in New
England served as a lesson-a rather
disappointing less0n--to hundreds of
amateur photographers. The glorious
scenes of sun-lghted snow fields, Of
trees laden as with a wealth of bios
som, and old barns and gray shingle-
sided houses half buried in the drifts,
were tempting to even the most prosaic
button-presSers and in ore short walk
on the morning after the biggest storm,
I met just fOrty-tWo photographers, car
rying outfits of all kinds, from the six
ty-nine cent box camera to the pol
ished mahogany instrument with Goerz
lens and color screen. Later, saw the
work of many of these people, and it
was surprising, considering the oppor-
tunity they had had, how poor most of
the work was. In most cases the trou-
BILE arose from the fact that the opera
tor had been unable to distinguish the
difference between subject which
looks beautiful in nature and one which
looks beautiful when translated to
black and white on a fiat surface
mere are nldIly SHOW pictures WHICH
look beautiful in the landscape, or even
on the ground glass, where we see the
color of the moss on the tree trunks,
feel the softness of the snow upon the
trees, with the blue sky over all, but
which lose all their charm when the
cOlOring is gone and when snow and
sky melt together and become a single
stretch of blank white paper with gray
trees upon 1t. It Is we'll to bear in
mind then. that long stretches of I'M
broken, evenly-lighted snow are to be
avoided; to be interesting, there must
be variety in the snow. Footprints,
drifts and other irregularities. shadows
of trees and rocks, stumps and tussOcks
Of grass, all help to break the monotO-
ny and make interesting detail in a pic
ture For this reason, the early part of
the morning and the evening are, as a
rule, the best times for taking snow
pictures, because the slanting rays Of
the sun catch and light up even the
small irregularities of the ground, and
throw corresponding shadows which
help to heighten the brilliancy by con-
trast.
Another frequent cause Of bad effects
in snow pictures is the lack Of contrast
between the snow and the sky. In ma
ture, the snow is white and the sky is
blue, and the general effect is beautiful,
but it too often happens that in the pic
ture both are pure white, and snoW-la-
den trees. hill-tops and sky all run to-
gether, sometimes with not even the
faintest line TO show where one leaves
off and another begins. The remedy
for this is a color screen, which neces-
states longer exposure, but which cuts
off the light of the sky much more than
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-10
THE SOMALI.

So easily accessible is northern
somaliland that many Engl,shmen
have hunted and picknicked there,
tempted by the weird charm of the
country, and the patriarchal customs of
it's nomad people, almost invari3 bly,
meeting with a courteous welcome from
its CHEEKY inhabitants.
The Somai is race apart, differing
as much from Fuzzi- WuZzi as from
the Atab, but he has many characterls-
tics In common with each. He loves to
explain that he comes by direct descent
from that adventurous Queen of Sneba,
whose visit t. Solomon Durbar re-
suited in much wise counsel for her,
and the root of his pedigree for the
Somal. For a partially civilized native,
the Somals good points, judged by Or
binary standards, far outnumber his
weak ones. Brave after his own fash
ion, guod-natured, intelligent, merry,
as fond of q joke and flash Of wit as
a sCEOoiboy, he is good companion on
q long expedition or firing march.
There are few ours among them, and
pinch it is more out OF spirit of mis-
chief than fear, and when in good hui
NOR and his normal spirits, he would
as soon think Of leaving his best carmel
in difficulty as abandoning you in a
tight place, and that means a good
deal in Som sliland. On the other hand,
he is absurdly vain, and his magma
ton is so vivid that long-dr AIDED or
unseen danger unnerve him sadly, and
he is apt to lose heart at a sudden or
unexpected disaster. I recollect once
when my gun-bearer was skinning a
lion. which l had just shot i'll sandy
riverbed his hama slipped, and the
Swimming knife gashed his hand. On
the instant theb lood rushed out he
gave one glance at it, and with an ap-
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400

"She belongs to the 400, doesn't she?"
Well, she ought to by this time. She
has married three of them. Life.
Smarticus-Why is it perfectly true
to say that Walbrook cars so ''iike the
wind?"
Sparticus-Don't know.
SmartiCus-Becaus no one knows
when or which way the next one will
go by.-Baltimore American.
Did youse git anything?" whispered
the burglar on guard, as his pal cmerg-
ed from the window.
Nav, de bloke wot lives here is a
lawyer" replied the other in disgust.
Oats hard luck" replied the first;
did youse lose anything" -Washing-
ton Post.
Teacher-What is a synonym, Fred
die?
Freddie-A synonym is a word to be
used in place of another word you
can't spell.
smith-Charley is troubled with the
big heal.
Jones-Oh, I don't think it troubles
Charley any. 1t is Other people who do
the suffering Boston Transci ipt,
DO you know" said the Sunday
school teacher, addressing a new pupil
in the infant class, that you have a
soul?"
Course I do" replied the little fell
low, placing his hand over his heart.
Il can feel it tick
SO the Smiths have grown stuck up
since the old man made such a lot of
money, have they?"
"Awfully! Why, instead of an Or
binary S they spell their name with a
dollar mark 50. brooklyn Life.
The angry father kicks the young
man from the front steps. Sir" says
the young man, picking himself up, Il
would like to call your attention to the
goods handled by my house, We
make the bets line of soft-rubber soles
and heels that you can find any,
where Father goes back into the
house, rubbing his chin and wondering
whether after all, he has not made a
mistake in refusing to welcome so
great a business genius into his fam
ily.-Judge.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-10

Care is a Cat with yellow eyes,
A-blinking mildly In the sun.
Content to Slumber where she les
Or quick, on our approach, to rum
But at the closing In of night,
She arrOgateS holder mien,
And with Il courage born u Irighr,
She briStles up with eyes a-green
She then runs riot where she will,
Nor hcedS on whom she makes attack,
And when rPpulsed she ventures still
To come persistent, mewing back.
And though the rivers, to their brink
We're filled with wine, full rOoding down
There is not depth enough In drink,
Or strength in wine, that cat to drown.
Shn will not drown, she will not die;
She seems to have nine cursed lives;
And spite of what defense We try
Her grim malevOlence survives.
So when the Carc-Cat at my door
Comes proving round to seek her prey,
! look for help where heretofore
Far wiser men have found a way.
l turn to my Books, and there
| find no evil thing to dread;
They Danish all the kin of care
And give their own delights instead.
That DEVILS imp they exercise,
AS with a charm from Heaven sent,
And tamely at my feet she lies
And purrS, suhdued and SomnoIent.
w. d. Ellwangcr
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-10

that Of the snow. The result is white
snow against a gray wintry-looking
sky; in most cases a very satisfactory
effect
Wien ,he trees and shrubs are deep
~ laden with snow, some beautiful ef-
tects may be obtained along The banks
of the rivers and ponds. where the
dark water forms a background for the
white reflections. 1t is better not to use
the color-screen here. I think, or the
water may De held back too much, and
come up weak Ill the negative.
Nature students who are interested
in the forms of trees and shrubs will
find winter the very best time to make
camera studies of these objects. At
other times of The year their anatomy is
more or less hidden by foliage, and
moreover, in the majority of cases, it Is
almost impossible to follow their out
lines with certainty, interviewer as they
are are with the outlines of other trees,
or lost in the general darkness Of the
ground. But in winter every branch
and twig of the deciduous trees is eX-
posed to view, and with the sky and
the snow-covered earth for back
grounds, the real character of the sub
jects can be plainly shown in a photo
graph. Even under these conditions it
is we'll to carefully select the trees to
be taken. Each should be either per-
feet specimen Of it's kind, untouched by
axe or saw, or one which, by reasons of
the battles it has fought with the ele-
Io of M
acter of it's own. AS rule isolated
trees are the best, as these have had
plenty Of room to grow and have not
been robbed of food and light and air
as they would have been had they
grown in the forest.
Hilly or rolling ground offers good
opportunities for the tree photographer,
especially at this season. If the tree to
be photographed grows upon a hillside
or at the foot of one, it may now be
taken against the snow; if 1t grows at
the top of a hill, it may be photo
graphed against the sky. Bright, still
days are the best for this work, and If
q color screen is used, stiffness Is an es-
scntial, as waving branches will not
permit of successful time exposure.
Another point about the use of a color
screen is thistle final focusing must
be done after the screen is over the
lens, as the focus Is changed by the ad-
dition. Personally I use isochromatic
plates entirely in this branch of photo
graphy.
This is also the best time Of year to
secure photographs of the footprints Of
animals. These should be made after a
medium fall of snow, and in the early
morning or evening, that the shadows
may be utilized to bring out the forms
Of the impressions.
ERNEST HAROLD BAYNES.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-10

there is hope for those who dread the
icy cold and merciless winds. for have
Ne not weather sharp in the coun-
try's metropolis who, frcm out of the
wisdom gained by years of the closest
observation of the weather, predicts
that the rest of this winter will be IN
usually mild? If We sit by coalle&s
stove. with only a candle burning
therein to give a semblance of fire and
heat, let US. like the brave and hopeful
Colonel Sellers of old, imagine that
there are millions in it" for US in the
battle of life and take cheerfully what
ever winter has yet in store for us.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-10

he left the dog at his old home About
two months ago he had tn edog shipped
to Bryon from Kansas. He was a good
hunting dog, and on trip a couple Of
weeks ago near the salt plains became
separated from his owner, who sup
posed he had returned home. On re-
turning home he found the dog had not
arrived, and just week from that day
received a letter from relatives at
Galena, stating that the old dog had
safely returned and seemed glad to get
back. He seemed disconnected with Ok
lahoma life and we'll remembered the
road he passed over seven or eight
years ago.-From the Kansas City
Journal.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-10
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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-10
A .uOM1NG INSTINCT" STORY.

The Bryon Republic relates re-
markable dog story. The paper says
that some seven or eight years ago Mr..
Housouer Of Bryon, who was then liv-
ing at Galena, Kan, made trip
through the territory on a hunting ex-
petition, passing through the neighbor-
hood of Mendon. His dog followed the
wagon the entire journey, from Gale
ma, being about 25O miles. When Mr..
Housouer moved to Bryon last winter
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-10
GOTHAM,S TROUBLES.

Greater New York has troubles of its
own. At present its chief misery is the
dense crowding of the trolley cars and
the cars of the elevated road, especially
at certain hours of the day when the
surging tides of humanity are greatest.
Then the cars are filled to their utmost
capacity and there actually does not
seem to be room for the proverbial zone
more" And it is actually said that la
dies and children are disregarded in the
mad scramble for seats and standing
room. On the ferryboats in rush hours
the people are packed together like so
many cattle. The city authorities have
been moving in the matter and are call
ing upon the railroad authorities to pro
vide more cars and even double deck
ers," and two story cars for the giddy
elevated railroad are suggested as
a partial remedy for the evil. The city
authorities demand an enormous outlay
VI IlOitey Wy thS idlil oduS W prov luC
for more transportation facilities More
trackage is called for among other
things. Great complaint is made, more
over of exasperating delays on the sur
face roads, but OH this score the railroad
men set forth that the cars are hinder
ed and the tracks blocked by malicious
truck drivers who seem to take solid
delight in getting their heavy vehicles
on to the tracks of the trolley road and
keeping them there, progressing only at
snaiIs pace while car after car comes
up only to find travel impeded by the
aforesaid truckman. The perverse driv-
err continues in his perverse ways until
the patience of everybody, passengers
and trolley men, is exhausted and then
when satisfied with the extent of his
i hold up" moves his team off the track
amid volleys of maledictions from the
/ irate and luckless passengers Trolley
companies have some rights and the
New York city bylaws should be alter
ed so that the cars can have the right
of way.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-10

Lord Balfour of Burleigh states that
there are 400 prisoners per 1901 600 of
the population in Scotland, compared
with 700 in Ireland and 500 in Eng
land.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-10

Water is so scarce in the Japanese
island of Oshima that it is the custom
for a bride to take a large tub Of
drinking water with her to her new
home as kind of dowry.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-10

President Woodrow Wilson of Prince
ton, who has taken a stand against the
shortening of college courses, made an
interesting address recently before the
Twentieth Century club of Boston, in
which he defined the sophomore as fol-
lows: II can't for the life of me see
how man can expect TO graduate a
sophomore who ever saw sophomore.
They are lovable fellows. The sap Of
manhood is flowing in them, but it has
MT reached their heads"
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-10

Count ,Adami has presented to the
Pope his magnificent villa near Cheit,
Italy, and some six hundred works Of
art contained therein.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-10

The entire Pennsylvania system
earned in gross in 1901 $198, $40, 87S
against $175,236,353 in 1900, and in net
$64,913, 492, against $54, OF in 1900 In
eleven months of 1902 lines east of Pitts
burg showed an increase in gross of
$10,110,2O0 over the same time in 1901,
and an increase in net of s2024,20O. All
lines increased in eross in eleven
months of 1902 s16310,4OO, and in net
$2,868800. These figures indicate that an
incrase in capitalization will only be in
line with the company's increased
growth in earnings.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-10

The tonnage of merchant ships in
course CT construction in Great Britain
is less than at any time since 1897.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-10

Professor Giacobini, astronomer at
the Observatory of Nice, Italy, has dis
covered faint telescope comet of the
twelfth magnitude moving northward
across the constellation Monoceros.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-10

According to Belgian paper woman
whose husband had lost his life in a
railroad accident received from the
company 10000 francs by way of COM
pensation. Shortly after she heard of
traveller who had lost leg and had
been paid 10000 francs. The widow at
once put on her bonnet and shawl and
went to the office of the company.
"Gentlemen, how is this?" she asked.
"You give 10000 francs for leg and
you allowed me only 10000 francs for
the loss of my husband" MADAM"
was the reply, 1.-The reason is plain.
Twenty thousand francs won't provide
him with leg. but for 10000 francs you
can get a husband"
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-10

There is Renaissance of a very old
epitaph, says the London Globe, in the
statement of an Indian newspaper that
in northern India a tombstone stands
to the memory of a good missionary,
with these words: "He translated the
Scriptures into Pushtoo, and was acct
dentally shot by his khitmutghar.
Well done, thou good and faithful SER
want"
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-10

Mrs. Elizabeth NJ. Gilchrist of Sara
toga Springs sent to Buckingham Pal
ace, London, a New Years present to
Queen Alexandra in the form of a
beautifully embroidered luncheon set
the handiwork of the giver.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-10

Mayor Schmitz OF San Francisco has
refused to grant the petition of the wo-
men Of the California club asking the
appointment of woman on the school
board Of the city. He says that such
an appointment would be apt to create
spirit Of unrest among the school
teachers, many of whom are opposed to
such an Innovation
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-10

Water works upon an immense scale
are in course of construction in various
parts of West Australia. Among
those recently completed are those at
Numbering, twenty-three miles from
Perth, which are expected to have an
important influence upon the gold
mining in the Coolgardie and Kalgoor-
lie districts
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-10

Several Utah capitalists with one
Ohian have purchased several million
acres of Mexican territory along the
border of the United States for the pur-
pose Of creating one of the largest cat
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-10

The best security. an
the 7v0rkd qViM the
largest guaranteed
income.
The Mutual Life Insurance Co.,
of New York, has S352,838,97I of
invested assets and grants annuities
for life upon the following terms
For each $1,000 deposited an
annual income will be paid
at age so of S 1881
IS 112,6I
70 I34,77
IS 1873
SO 1916
Rates Of interest paid by Savings
Banks and other frst-c1ass invest
ments are now so low that the
income on the savings of a life
time is often inadequate for a frugal
support in old age. By the pur-
chase of an Annuity in the Mutual
Life Insurance Co., many persons
who are now obliged to deny them
selves many things they have been
accustomed to, can enjoy a liberal
income for life.
Apply to
1m&Mhz<6
No. HoApLEY BUILDING.
New Haven, Conn.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-12-14

ton. or any statute OF the United
states.
"Cb) That It does not appoa rim or
from said first count that the docu-
ments and paper. to wit certain
voucher, which is mentioned and re-
ferrcd to I'm said first count. was or is
record, or a paper. or a document
which had or has at any time been de-
posted with, or i'm the custody OF amy
judicial or public officer of the United
states, or which had or has at any
time been filed or deposited in amy pub
lie office of the United States; and for
that IT does not appear in or from said
first count that the documents and
paper therein mentioned and referred
to. is, or at any time was such docu-
ment or paper as is meant. intended,
described, or contemplated in or by
Section 540S, or in or by Section 540S OF
the Revised Statutes of the United
States, or in or by any other Penal
Statute of the United States.
"(c) That said first count does not
allege, set forth, charge or specify IL
gainst this defendant, the commission
of any offense against any statute of
the United States"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-12-14
DESTRUCTION
OF VOUCHERS
DEMURRER FILED CLAIMING 1T
IS NO OFFENSE AGAINST
UNITED STATES LAWS.

. Solomon Meheula's case was called in
the United States District Court this
morning, and a demurrer was filed by
his attorney, c. w. Ashford. Meheula
is indicted for destruction of public
documents, to wit, vouchers of the
House of Representatives The main
contentious in the demurrer are that
he is not a public officer of the United
States, as charged, and that the vouch-
ers were not public documents. The
demurrer to each of the four counts in
the indictment, is as follows:
"(b) That it does not appear in or
each and every count thereof and
therein is and are invalid, insufficient,
and not maintainable in law against
this Defendant for that;
"(a) 1t does not appear in or from
the first count of said indictment, that
this defendant was at any time therein
mentioned, an officer Of the United
States, or an officer at all, within the
purview or within the intent of Sec
ton 5iOS of the Revised Statutes Of the
United States; or within the purview
or within the intent of the Constitu-
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-12-14
MORE ABOUT
EDDIE JONES
KANE SPEAKS OF HIM AS PARA
LIVED DRUNK BUT MODIFIES
THE STATEMENT

The Jones case began this morning
with the testimony of officer Kane, who
said on direct examination that when
he went ito the Parmenter house in
response to the call for assistance,
Jones lay in the hammock "paralyzed
drunk" This was a few minutes be-
fore the shooting. On direct eXamina-
tion Kane said that the smell of liquor
was the only thing that made him
think Jones was paralyzed drunk, and
he said that he could not swear as to
whether Jones was really asleep or only
shamming.
Kane described how he saw the dead
body of Mrs. Jones and saw Mrs. Par
menter with a wound in her head and
then Manuel, messenger of the dis
trict United States court, was called,
to continue the evidences of insanity.
Manuel thought that Jones was out of
his head He described wild look" in
Jones eyes and various fits of anger he
had observed He said that Jones Of
ten ran to look at street cars, expect
ing to see his wife on them. Two days
before the hearing of the Jones divorce
suit Jones was in Manuers Office and
acted in an excited manner. He
wrote letters and tore them up. He
sat i'm a chair and moved about, and
ground his teeth, the witness said.
How did it affect you?" asked j. j.
Dunno.
Il was kinder scared" said Manuel.
Manuel testified also that when he was
talking Jones would often suddenly
change the subject.
ManueIs memory didn't appear to
be very first class. The result was
numerous questions from which At
torney General Andrews regarded as
leading and the attorneys did a good
deal of, arguing.
1t is said that experts will next have
the courtroom to themselves, afford
ing the court and jury opportunity to
hear their views as to Jones mental
condition. The trial may last all the
week. Both sides are preparing volu-
minous instructions to the jury and
these may have to be argued at
length.