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The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-18
NEW WAYS IN CHINA.


 Even the Dowager Empress Rides About in an Automobile Nowadays.
 The Boxers did the metropolis of Chi na good turn in 1900. when they be- sieged the foreign settlement, declared war on all the world. and brought upon it the armies of eight great Powers.
 The presence of 100. 900 foreign troops. with all their surprising activities and methods. walked up Tientsin and sent it spinning in the path of progress. Local government by foreigners had free sweep in any municipal reform or public works, and with the old native city laid fat and it's walls destroyed there was every chance to cut, widen and lay out roads as they were needed, to enlarge the French concession, make q Japanese. a German and Russian concession, and extend the model settle ment, which Is the heart of the foreign city. Business houses, dwellings, banks and barracks have been built in every quarter, good roads lead in every direc- tion over the mud plain. and Tientsin as 1t was before the war bears no resem- blance to this busy, hustling modern city.
 The fervor of progress is as great within the Chinese city also. and the viceroy, Yuan Shih. has kept the pace set him by the international body that ruled Tientsin in modern western fash ion during the foreign occupation. The object lesson was not lost, and the foreign impetus has not yet subsided. The viceroy has built a broad, macad- amized boulevard from the native city to a railway station of it's own that twinkles with electric lights at night; there are iron bridges across the river in place of the old pontoons. and the whole place huns with such progress as was never dreamed of in China.
 The city gates of Picking swing open day and night; further breaches in the wall have been made to permit the rail- road tracks to parallel the Tartar city wall, and the station is beside the water gate through which Gen. Gaselee and the British troops passed that August day to relieve the besieged legations. Jinrikishas meet the arriving trains and whirl one past the walled and balustra- ded canal to Legation street, hard, macadamized highway closed with gates at either end.
 The way is lined with tall foreign buildings and brick walls, over which show the gabled roofs of other two-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-18
sUPRRFLUoUs.


 "Biiggins says he has boiled egg for b.eaksast every morning" T heard him. Isn't it dreadful for a man to brag about his wealth in that manner?" Washington Star.
 Miss Chat.erton? I think I'll send her word that I'm out" Wont the still small voice reproach you?' Yes. but I'd rather listen to the still, small voice than to Miss Chatterton. Puck
 T asked your father"
 What did he say?'
 'He said, It's leap year
 And then?"
 'Why-er-I leapt. had to."-colum- bia Jester.
 I'm sorry. Mrs. O'Toole. to hear that yer husband suffers from insomny. My husband had the same complaint but he cured it.'' How did he. now?" Sure, he became night watchman "-- Brooklyn Life.
 My! This February number of Mc- Wharper's ten-cent monthly magazine has three hundred and ten pages. Yes: it Is a grand success; two hun dred and ninety-fve of the pages con- tain advertisements. "-Brooklyn Life.
 1T have never failed to answer to the call of duty" said Senator Sorghum. But you have not always been willing to sacrifice yourself" No. But have sacrificed enough friends to more than make up the deficit ''-Washington Star.
 Ascum-'I read in the financial news this morning that money is easier now?' What on earth does that nean?" Brokeleigh-"Perh it means that it goes easier I'm sure I don't find that it comes any easier. Philadelphia Press.
 That's a pretty noisy passenger you've got in there,'' remarked the man who was smoking on the front plat form. 'Is he crazy. or only drunk ?'' Neither one" said the Inotorman.s He's just got flat wheel in his lead. Chicago Tribune.
 Two of Them, ,-Towne-I met that fell low Debates to-day.
 Browne-Yes, so he just told me.
 Towne-Talk about a man who won't listen to reason
 Browne-Don't! That's what he's just been talking about Philadelphia Press.
 Said an indignant mother to her young son, Why did you strike little Elsie you naughty boy?" Dick, indig- nant in his turn, exclaimed. What did she want to cheat for. then?" How did she cheat?' asked mamma, more mildly. Why" exclaimed Dick, Eve were playing at Adam and Eve and she had the apple to tempt me with, and she never tempted me. but went and ate it up herself'-New Yorker.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-18

the Pekingese themselves had changed quite as much as this small quarter of the Tartar city.
 With the great and the rude awaken- ing there has come, too, a complete change of face and heart. The typical and most popular officials no longer spit at the sight of a foreigner, his cart or his dwelling. as if ejecting pernicious bacili. nor do they openly long to have the skin of a forigner tanned for the cover of cart. Six princes drive in foreign-built oroughams. and more than sixty foreign carriages will be in use by official personages this winter.
 The empress dowager enjoys her automobile in the summer palace grounds, and Prince Su, who has charge of municipal affairs, promises that the main streets Of the city shall be fit for automobile travel in one year.--Chicago Tribune
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common sense to see that such a system is nor likely 10 inspire the person SO ap- pointed 10 office with a keen sense e1 official responsibility. IL win not iEei;e him to do his best or to be scrupulousiy correct in his conduct. It will rather encourage the Idea that he has been put in office to give him a comfortable berth, and that. F. in trying to make good thing Of it, he does something reprehen- sihle. there will be influence behind him powerful enough to get him out of the scrape. It thus throws temptation into his way very dangerous to a character that is not freproof. It is therefore not surprising that among the public ser wants so appointed there should be so many going astray to a more or less se- rious extent,-Carl Schurz Speaking at Baltimore.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-18
4 GREAT HAsD.sHAKE.

The Rev. Dr. Cortland Myers of the Brooklyn Baptist Temple shook hands with President Roosevelt the other day, and at church meeting referred to it in this way: This last week was in the presidents private office with him and had the llonor-the supreme honor Of shaking his hand. I do not think I have washed that hand with soap since. do not think I will ever wash the memory off that hand. I would like to take that splendid grip with me out of this world into the next and have it as a part of my resurrection life; for the man who has shaken hands with Theo- dore Roosevelt has shaken hands with a man. More. he has shaken hands with a representative Christian man"
 Holy smoke! Of course President Roosevelt isn't responsible for this, He would probably advise Brother Myers to use more hard soap on his hands and less soft soap on his tongue.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-18

storied foreign constructions. AS well might one be anywhere else but Picking.
 Only few gateways on this street re- main as they were before the siege, and stretch of the French compound wall bears yet the marks where bullets and shells peppered it through the midsum- mer months of 1900. The old trees. the coffin shop. the medicine shop with its gilded "beckoning boards" lin fact, all the old Chinese landmarks are gone from Legation street. In place are the long barrack walls of the 'sWaldersee Kaserne," the lofty English bank with its clock tower, and the labyrinthine cellars and foundations of the large hotel of the Compagnie Wagons-Lits. One rubs his eyes in amazement that three sort years could affect so complete a change, and each day convinces that
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-18
100 HOT.

It appears that even this winter there are places that are hotter than tlisy ought to be. MT. Percy Jones Thad- deus, a noted British artist. visited the corcoran Art Gallery in Washington the other day and had this to say: If I am not greatly in error it will not be fifty years before every painting in that structure will be absolutely and ut terly ruined The greatest foe to the durability of paintings is heat, which causes a swelling and puffing of the canvas, which is the precursor of their destruction. The Americans seem to overdo the heating of all their buildings, and the Corcoran Art Gallery is TO exception. I was not surprised to see in the pictures good many signs of disease that high temperature invaria- bly produces-the baggy and swollen state which leads to ultimate decay
 Probably MT. Thaddeus is right It wouldn't do any harm for the managers of art galleries in the frigid zone of this country to make a note of what he says and act upon it.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-18
AN OBJECT LESSON.
The Effect of the "Pun'' Upon it's Ben
 eficiaries.

The Effect of the "Pull' Upon it's Ben
 eficaries.
 We have in this respect just now a most instructive object lesson You have heard of the Bristow report on the scandals in the post-office department, and of President Roosevelt's memoran- dunn accompanying the publication of that report. If you have not read these documents, advise you to do so with out delay You will find that the presi- dent did most meritorious thing in ordering an investigation of certain branches of that department, in seeing to it that this investigation be thorough, and in publishing the results of it. You will also be struck with the facts that of all the public servants who were, in consequence of that investigation, in- dicted for fraud or other malfeasance not one had come into the service by regular competitive examination. Only one had gone through a competition, not for entrance, but for promotion. All of them had originally obtained their appointments by political influ- ence or personal favor And it is to be noted as peculiarly significant that in several cases the positions to which they have been appointed, were except ed from the competitive rule on the ground so solemnly insisted upon the patronage monger, that they were places of a confidential or ffduciary character requiring a peculiar degree of integrity, and trustworthiness of which no competitive examination could fur nish adequate proof, and the ascertain ment of which must therefor be left to the enlightened discretion of the ap- pointing officer-that is, to the recom- mendation of some influential politician. And of the persons who had to leave the service, either by resignation or remo- val, for some minor delinquency, only three had entered it through the portal of competition.
 The reason for all this is simple Mems motives of conduct are not sel- dom seriously affected by the circum-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-18
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, SS2O; one month, $10; one year. $40.
 Obituary Notices. in prose or verse, b cents per line. Notices of Births. Marri- ages, Deaths. and Funeral. 50 cents each. Local Notices, 15 cents per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to their own immediate business (all matter to be unobjectionable), and their contracts do not include Wants, To Let, For Sale, etc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-18
u. .,nrr Id .i.e tsax.

Catehin' cold an gettin' well; That's bout all there is to te. Of this life. it seems to ne All the way from A 10 Z- Some one asks you How dye dos An you've only got jes' two Answers, if the truth Is told .'Gettin' well" or .'eatchin' cold When your threat Is feelin' sore. An your head begins to roar. Then you know that f you walt Patiently, you'll feel first rate An you know, when free from pam, You'll be catchin' cold again. That's 'bout all there Is to tell
 Washington Star
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-18
MORE COMFORTABLE.

It is cheering to read that the Irish Land Purchase act has been working fairly satisfactorily. Tn three months agreements have been entered into in respect to 1855 estates and SOTO holdings, involving an advance by the govern
 ment of $7,500,0 900 for the benefit of ten- ants wishing to become owners. The landlord class is thus disappearing from Ireland slowly but surely, the land com ing into the possession of the small farmers. Mir. Wyndham in the House Of Commons insisted that no "conces- sions' were being made 10 home rule. The Unionist party still exists to op- pose home rule. Tlie difficulty in the sister isle" it was held is due to racial and religious dissensions, which would not cease if home rule were granted. The plan for giving Ireland new uni versity has been dropped for the pres ent, owing to the inability of leading Irishmen to agree upon a practical measure. An additional reason is the opposition of supporters of the ministry in England, where war has already been declared against any Irish Roman Catholic university bill' that the gov ernment may bring in. In Ulster, it ap- pears, the Land Purchase Mt is inehec- tive according to MT. T. W. T. Russell, because ''22 of the largest landlords have refused to sell on any terms and others demand g price equal to ETA
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puration decreases little by little. while the tolerated surface gradually be- comes covered with healthy skin. which soon produces a good cicatrice in place of the ulcer This is said to be due to the remarkable antiseptic qualities of inc metal
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-18

sixty-eight warehouses belonging to Johns Hopkins Hospital and valued at nearly s1.SOo,OOO were fuel for the great Baltimore fire. So was the Holiday street office of the hospital, and the amount of insurance is not known. The rental from the warehouses was about s1Oo,OoO year. It will take at least two years to rebuild them, even if the insurance is ample.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-18

The ancient Monastery of Rye, which was dissolved in 1885, is still pictur- esque ruin. It has had many vicissi- tudes, having been in turns a monas- tery, a refuge for French Hueguenots, 3 barrack for soldiers, a theatre, malt house, storehouse, wood warehouse, and is now meeting place for the Sal vation Army. Londoners are now try ing to raise funds to restore it.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-18

The Emperor of Russia recently or dered six private parlor cars for use of the imperial family. These cars will be comfortable and luxurious. They are to be constructed entirely of Russian material. and will be built at the fa- nous Russian works. Each car will cost s22,Oo0.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-18

times the annual rent. besides the bonus"
 Ireland Is growing less and less dis tresseul By and by it will perhaps be as comfortable as any country.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-18

An official report says that at the time of the American occupation there was not school house in Porto Rico: there are 5O.OOO children now in school, but there are S1O.OOO children unpro- vided for.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-18

Mime. skidowska-C -Curie, the famous scientist and co-discoverer of radium, Is but tfirty-six years old. She is de- sserihed as an attractive woman, who fashionable mode. With fine, regular features, light blue eyes and a good forehead framed in magnificent light, wavy hair, her face is distinctly pleas ing. except for the thin lips, which give touch of hardness to the expression. In figure she is tall and well built.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-18


 "A London paper, speaking of ''the American invasion" relates that an en- terprising Yankee came over to Eng land and decided to open a shop in Bir- mingham. He obtained premises next door to a man who also kept shop of the same description. but was not very pushing in his business methods. The methods of the Yankee, however, caused the older trader to wake up, and, with Che spirit of originality strong upon him. he affixed a notice over his shop with the words, "Estab- lished fifty years painted in large let ters, Next day the Yankee replied to this with notice over his store to this effect: Established yesterday; no old stock
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-18

W. F. Ellenberger, of North Water Gap, while cutting down a giant chest nut tree found in a crotch two Indian tomahawks and skinning knife, all made of stone and of the kind the In- dians used when they inhabited the re- zion along the Delaware. The tree was six feet four inches across the stump and five feet in diameter at the end of the twenty-one foot trunk. The trunk contained 1S2 rings, which would indicate that the tree was that many years old. It was necessary to use dy- namite to blast the trunk. The tree, 1t is said, was council tree of the Dela- ware Indians, and under it's spreading branches the Indians met to hold their councils and smoke the pipe of peace.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-18

According to the Paris papers, the physicians have hit upon new method of treating wounds. A sheet of silver or silver leaf is all that is necessary. The silver is simply placed on the wound or ulcer, and as 1t sticks closely to the surface little cotton soaked in collodion is sufficient to keep it in place. The effects of the sheet of silver are very remarkable. Where the wound is a recent one and not contaminated with microbes it quickly heals under the in- f7uence of the silver, without inflamma- ton or suppuration and without pre- sentins the slightest bad symptom. Conditions are just as favorable in cases of ulcers, chronic ulcer of the leg, for example, in which case the sup
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Orphans Court Sale.

in pursuance to an order of the Orph
ans Court oil Sullivan county | will expose
to public sale on
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1904,
al o'clock p. m., sharp, the real estate
Of F. B. Darby, decd. on the premises in
Elkland township. described as follows,
viz:
All of that certain lot of land situated
in the Township OF Elkland County OF
Sullivan and State Of Pennsy lvania bound :
at a point on township road on the line
OF land of Richard Pardoe, thence north
thirty degrees east 2l9 perches to hem
lock by land of said Pardoe and Henry
Eckroid, thence by land of Robert Com
ley north 60 degrees west ~ perches TO
ii post, thence by land now or late Simon
south sixty degrees west 202 perches
TO beech, thence by land of Thomas
McCarty, south sixty degrees east twenty
nine perches to post; thence south thirty
degrees west thirteen perches to point
in the township road; thence along said
township road south about sixty degrees
east eighty.three perches to the place OF
beginning. Containing one hundred and
forty acres and allowance be the same
more or less. Also one other tract OF
land situated in the township and State
aforesaid and bounded and described as
follows. Beginning at point south :st
corner of said lot; thence south sixty de
orees 10y land Of Thomas McCarty eighty
tour perches to a beech; thence north
thirty degrees west by land above describ
Ell; POP perches to post; thence north
sixty degrees west by land in the warran.
tee name of Robert ComIey eighty-tour
pcrches to a post; thence south thirty de,
grees west 200 and two perches to the
place OF beginning: Containing one hund-
red acres and allowance more or less
Excepting from the land last described
'he land heretofore decided to Thomas v
Smell to Lucretia Brown, ard also except
ing and reserving from the two tracts OF
and above described ftty-seven acres
conveyed 10y this Grantor to Rachel Liiley
and being same land conveyed 10y Ellis
Smell to Frank Darby by deed dated
March %, 1898. recorded in deed book
No. %, page 220.
Fifty acres under cultivation with good
house, two barns, apple orchard, peach
orchard and well watered.
Terms OF sae.-'fen per cent oil one
fourth Of the purchase money at the
striking down of the property, and balance
OF one fourth at confirmation Nj. 81. ami
balance three.fourth with interest in one
year from day of sale.
EZRA ). LITTLE. Admra
i&GHAMs, Attys. Hlilsgroye, Pa.
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blocks in their advertising, and have always used
more and better illustrations than Americans
have.
The stiff, old, stereotyped wood cut represent
ing watch, or shoe, trunk, has been out of
use with us only few years. Such cuts are used
even now in many places.
l not that Wanamaker originated the
of artistic outline cuts in advertising but it is
certain that the Wanamaker cuts have had a great
influence advertisement illustrating
Their chief merit lies in the fact that they show
the article pictured it looks in actual use If the
advertisement is about shoes the picture is of q
pulling on easy shoe, of dainty. stylish
woman lifting pretty and shapely foot.
The illustrations are always suggestive and
always we'll drawn.
may as we'll say here that do not think much
of the alleged humorous cuts that used more
less all overthe country-the ones which run 10 purs
and "cutcncss." They may attract attention, but
attracting attention isn't the best ad do. A
comic cut isn't convincing 1t doesn't tell ANYTHING
or prove anything, about the man or the goods
advertised.
l don't believe such ads sell goods
cry largely the of pretty picture, ire
r its relation to the thing advertised