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The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-09-02

To be Regretted. d.-JacH-' Didn't one of those Porker girls marry an English lord?" Mary-"Yes. But they say that London society snubbed her dreadful ly. Really! Then she must have taken the name of the lord in vain. Life.
 A Lack of Repose.-"Don't you think that most actors lack repose?'' Some of us do,' answered Mir. stornlington Barnes. This thing of catching early morning trains for one-night stands is a killing pace.'-washington Star.
 Main Allegation True.-Mrs. Gadabout People are saying you called on Mrs. Verdigris the other day and got a set back. Mrs. Upjohn What a wilful perversion of truth! called on her and got a set of Dickens back that I'd lent her two years before. ."-Chieago Tri- bune. *. ,-- .,.. q. Honors Easy.-dThis half dollar" be- gan the cashier Of the restaurant, scru- tinizing the coin. 'Is bad, eh?" inter trupted the sour looking patron. Well. 1t doesn't look very good That so Just bite it, and if it's anything like the dinner I've just had it will taste even worse than it looks. Philadelphia Ledger.
 Vice Versa, Elderly, but much made up lady-''I do think it is such a pity that so many girls nowadays have such lold heads on young shoulders" Earnest Youth (thinking this a grand opportu- Unity for compliment)-"oh, there are exceptions. Now you have, if may say so, a young head on old shoulders!" t-Punch. ,... A Schoolboy's Conlposition.-"W Winter l is the coldest season of the year, be- cause 1t comes mostly in the winter. In some countries winter comes in the summer, then it isn't so worse. I wish winter came in summer in Chicago, then we could go skating barefooted and make snowballs without getting our fingers sroze, When it snows in summer they call it rain. "-C Chicago News.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-09-02
1RApn cHAxcEs IN SPAIN.

With their usual sagacity, enterprise and efficiency, the Germans are after
 the trade of Spain. The Consul General of the empire writes to his government from Madrid of the vast possibilities of rejivenated Spain, and invites his countrymen to renewed efforts to cap- |ture the commercial prizes. The mer- chants and manufacturers of the Unit ed States ought to take notice of the above mentioned vast possibilities, and perhaps they will. Of the mines of Spain Consul Brunot writes from St. Etienne that during 1903 the mines of Spain employed 94,351 workingmen and 1906 machines run by steam of S3,299 horse power in the aggregate, while the minerals extracted were of the net
 value of $S4,740,OOO. In the division of Improvements, 146 factories, with S3 hy- |draulic machines and 502 machines run by steam, were in operation, the former developing S,340 horse power, the latter Ss,569. This division comprised force
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-09-02

She How is it that widows generally manage to marry again?,
 He15ccause dead men tell no tales Ally Sloper.
 Reason for His Haste. McC CIosky- "Phat is yure hoory, Moike?" McGowan Con the sprinlsling carD -"shure, it's goin' to rain. Pat. an, it's me thot wants to git me wur-rk done befoor 1t comes. Judge.
 Mrs. Cobwigger'c Come out of that closet at once.'' Elsie-"Oh, mamma! I'm just playing house." Mrs. Cobwig- ger-"But you haven't room to play house there Elsie-"Well, then, I'll play flat. Pluck.
 "Hist!" whispered the politicians wife in the dead of night, there are robbers in the house!'' Yes, replied the politician sIeepily, and in the sen ate, too. But why should that worry you Philadelphia Press.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-09-02
4 onIkr PLAok.

Philadelphia is quiet city, so quiet that they drive cattle through the streets. and perhaps the cattle graze in the streets. However this may be, it is evident that the Philadelphia cattle rdon't want their peace disturbed by the rushing, roaring, odoriferous automo- bile. Night before last they made their notion known in a way that could not be mistaken, A man was driving his twenty -horse power machine along Girard avenue. A herd of cattle came along and one charged the auto and wrecked it. This was the vengeance in- fiicted on an auto in motion. Another which stood at rest fared no better. A doctor was visiting friends at Fifteenth and Arch streets. He left his auto in front of the house. A herd of cattle came trooping down the street. The animals spread from curb to curb, and, charging the auto. they carried it down the street. The machine was mangled and twisted when found 8 half hour later by the doctor two blocks away.
 We suppose that the cattle will uI- .timately have to give the auto room in Philadelphia but the contest is an interesting and significant one. What 8 quiet place Philadelphia must be. Even the cattle in the country are not disturbed by autos as the Philadelphia cattle are. ...
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-09-02

Colonel s. F. B. Morse, formerly of Texas, the man who has been credited with furnishing the information on which last years bull campaign in, the cotton market was based, is out with an estimate of this years production. His opportunities for knowing what the conditions in the South really are have been exceptional and he has given the subject special attention for years. While he admits that it is little early for positive statements, from what he knows of the gradual deterioration of the soil, the degeneracy of seed vitality and the increasing exhaustion of effi- cient farm labor in the South he would not put higher estimate than eleven and a quarter million bales on the growing crop.a maximum which is ex- posed, in his opinion, to possible reduc- tion on account of unreasonable wealth CT, early frosts5. and the depredations of the boil weevil. ........t
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-09-02
A Bass solo.

The Basso Pr-r-rofundo, in evening
 dress, He tackles the ro-ho-ho-ho-ling sea
 Boom, boom, ..a .- s-s-. And in subway staccato attempts to express -.l ... The mar-r-riner's ag-o-nee,
 Boom, boomt s 'Tfs the song of the anvil, asleep in the deep, -ssl.. &~ In a dar-r-rk br-r-rown, minor-r-r
 key, s. And he swings as he sings, aud he sings
 as he swings,
 To the depths,
 To the depths of the
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-09-02

The Professor.-The Doctor-You have heard this new theory, suppose, that eating meat causes appendicitis?
 The professor-Yes. Deliciously ab- surd, isn't it? It is appendicitis that Keeps half you fellows eating meat while the rest of us are getting along on substitutes. Chicago Tribune.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-09-02

Though the superstition about the killing Of an albatross brings bad luck is only foolish one, it has served a useful purpose for many years in pre- venting the slaughter of these beautiful and gallant birds-the sailors friends and the landsmen's Chicago Journal.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-09-02

See! a ship in dis-tr-r-ress, with tat
 tered shroudi < l5s-.>r.- Is none who will su-hu-hu-hu-cor
 bring?
 Boom, booms r But the Stor-r-rm r-r-rocks long, and
 the surf beats loud
 While the Basso continues to sing, -- Boom, boomi t- z-~ Lo! the vessel r-r-reels and is sinking E4 fast, Z But the vocalist, what cares he? For he frowns as they drown and they l. drown as he frowns.
 In the depths,
 In the depths of the
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-09-02
sUspEcrEp nUsslAN soEprEns.

|
 The Japanese soldiers are so thor IoughIy patriotic that they don't have to be watched for fear that they will be I"revolutionaryy The Russian soldiers |are, 1t appears. watched very carefully lest they should lose some of their pa-
 triotisn. An order issued by Rus lsian corps commander directs that all letters received by soldiers must be su-
 pervised with unremitting vigilance in order to check "the revolutionary pes- tilence." Particular care is to be exer- cised in the case of Jewish soldiers,
 who are forbidden to receive letters written in Hebrew. If any such letters
 are received they are not to be deliver led, but are to be sent at once to the division staffs. All letters written in the Polish language are to be read by
 the officers especially selected for that duty before being delivered. Letters written in other languages are to be similarly treated, and if anything for
 bidden is found in any correspondence the documents are to be turned over to the gendarmerie. Jewish soldiers must
 be especially punished when caught with Hebraic letters. To make sure that none such are received, battalion land company officers must from time to time search all private property, such as clothes, bags and trunks, and, under pretenee of inspecting the cleanliness of
 the troops, must overhaul the pockets, Iunderclothing and boots of the soldiers.
 In every case officers are warned to be particularly severe with Jews even in
 the matter of leaves of absence.
 This, Is a comfortable condition of things for great nation with great
 war on it's hands. The Russian sol-
 diers seem to be fighting bravely Ienough, but probably many of them wish they were not obliged to fight for
 a government they do not admire.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-09-02

There are some tomatoes this year. To supply nine persons possessed of healthy appetites with sufficient sliced tomatoes from one tomato was the feat performed by Mrs. Joshua J. w. Shock ley the other day at her home in Bal tirnore. And the tomato which assisted so materially in appeasing the appetites of MT. and Mrs. Shockley, their family and guests was plucked from a vine in their yard. It weighed just twenty-two and a half ounces, and measured a lit- tie over eighteen inches in circumfer- ence The slices numbered about thir- ty. and filled two good sized bowls. The vine from which the remarkable vege- table was plucked was set out July 22 by Mrs, Shockley, and was. one of a number that had been cultivated earlier in the season by her husband. There are still sixteen tomatoes on the vine, most of them unusually large.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-09-02

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY, 12 CENTS A WEEK, 50 CENTS A MONTH, 8 FOR SIX MONTHS. ss A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BY MAIL. SINGLE COPIES, 2 CENTS -
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-09-02
.Atthe Gun Store

Hou can buy Fishing Tackle, Guns, Pistols, Reels, and all kinds of Sporting Goods, as well as have your keys reflt- ted and electric bells repaired in first class shape at the lowest prices. Visit ors are welcome and good music to en- terfnfn you
 JOHN E. HASSETTs Church Street
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-09-02

English justice has the reputation of being just. but Antony Beck has reason to think that it's reputation is t1nmerit- ed. A man looking enough like him to be his twin brother committed felony. Beck was arrested, indicted, convicted, and sentenced to eight years servitude in a penal prison, the judge brushing aside his story and his alibi. After serving his time, he established his in- nocence. Thereupon the home secretary, for his majesty's government. offered Beck a pardon by way of exoneration and $1O,00O by way Of indemnity if he would sign an undertaking not to pro- ceed against the detectives who swore away his good name and his liberty. He has rejected the offer, and English newspapers are applauding him.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-09-02

Life ought to be easier now that it IS known that 100000 dandelion seeds weigh pound.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-09-02
THE WEEKLY JOURNAL. Issued Thursdays. One Dollar Fear.
ADVERTISING RATES.

situations. Wants, Rents. and other srnaI advertisements, One Cent a Word eaon insertion. Five Cents 8 Word for q full week.
 Display advertisements. per inch, one insertion, S1.20; each subsequent inser- tton, 70 cents: one week. SS.lVi one month, S10; one year, $40.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-09-02

School aNd Desk Swb- plies including 0fscsal Pads ct 4c each 0s oy- dsysd by.ths Boayd oJ Ed- McatioN. -4U 0N sale ssg- dey ths electric clock.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-09-02

Well, well. well! What is going to happen? MT. Justice Bray, of London the other day set an example to some of his learned brethren for which. the barristers practicing iii his court were very grateful. His lordship, on taking his seat in the kings beach division removed his wig, and sat without it, a. hint which was at once acted upon by the members of the junior bar, though the kings counsel present were rather more chary in abandoning the outward and visible sign of their profession. Lord Justice Mathew also on entering the court of appeal carried his wig in his hand, and handed it to his clerk, re- marking, "Take it away"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-09-02

The eminent German astronomer, Wilhelm Foster. has just celebrated the hftieth anniversary of the date when he received his doctors degree. He is in his seventy-second year, and has been director of the Berlin Observatory for forty years. Besides astronomy there are several other fields in which he achieved prominence. He was one of the first to prepare the ground for a more cordial feeling between Germany and France, after their war; he led the German experts who came to an agree Inent with France in regard to the met rio system of weights and measures, and founded several scientific societies, as well as the German Society for Eth ical Culture.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-09-02

There's many br-r-rave, br-r-rave, .s gallant soul k 5z.ss8 Who sank with gur-hur -hur- huF- gling throat. .a 5t- s= Boom, boom In the cr-r-rue1, cr-r-ruel sur-r-rge and
 deadly roll 'Of the Basso's lower note, .s Boom, boomi =s.s He's the Stor-r-rm Kings pal, and he laughs ha! hal His Mur-r-rderous wor-r-rk to see-- Let them howl as he growls, let him growl as they howl, In the depths,
 In the depths of the
 x Oh. the Basso Profundo is r--r-reckless @ Of life
 When he sings on the co-ho-ho-con-
 cert stage,
 s Boom, hoonl Yet he's kind to his cilildr-r-ren and 5 meek to his wife When she asks for his weekly wage, zs Boom, booml And it's str-r-ange that this happy, do- ,, @ mestic man Such a ter-r-rible fiend can be, When he growls as they howl, and they
 howl as he growls, To the depths, To the depths of the
 @# x x
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EXCEPTIONS

Irwin in New York Globe.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-09-02
7ksoDbss9SSS
  Last of The Friday Half Holidays.
Not a long list but it's
 a strong list.

a Slrong IlSt.
 Blankets medium weight for these cool nights, Ir-4 white and grey Blank cts, soft and woody and with colored borders or all-whlte. $r.25 value. At 90c a Pair
 TOWeIs-H HeruEas-h huck Towels, a little counter. soiled, roc and r1Hc Towels
 At 7ctA Bach
 White Madras and CheViOtS-all mercerized in ten or a dozen styles, zoct stuffs. At 17c a Yard
 Mems SOckSbIack and tan color, good weight for now, I3ct Half Hose.
 At Sc a Pair
 Umbrellas 'Silk-o'' a new umbrella material and its maker guarantees 1t to last two years---built on a steel rod and paragon frame with handsome handles. A $1.Sp Umbrella for O0c New Kid Gloves -in white, black and colors, the new autumn shades, a good two clasp Kid Glove. a glove we're not afraid to recon- mend. 6BC a Pair OAn1AUEGM'S SC W Q OE Stockings good 1xr rib medium weight and fine guage 1oc Stockings.
 At 15c a Pair Pretty Plaid Dresses trimmed with plain colors to match and fancy braid. In the school sale at 69c in- stead of o8cts.
 SckooI aNd Desk Snb- plies including 0ficial Pads ct 4c eack 0s oy- | ifdf 4. 7.
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trimmed with plain colors to match and fancy braid. In the school sale at 69c in- stead of o8cts.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01
WATER FOR SWINE.

One of the best preventives of hog
cholera is a clean range and clean
pen. If the hogs or pigs on the range
have made q hole in when to wallOw,
change the quarters at once. Give
them place on a heavy sod under
some trees If possible and see that
they have plenty of fresh, clean
water from the well daily, Do not
permit them to drink from a stream,
for they will be befOul every stream
they can get to, and suffer the cOnse-
Quences Of their own filth. If kept
so that they must be watered from a
trough, have the trough arranged so
that they cannot get their feet into
it. and 1t should be built also so that
the surplus water can be let out
through hole in the end. A stout
plug will easily accomplish this. A
good plan in watering swine during
the summer is to add little charcoal
to the water to remove any impurities
there may be in it. We consider it
practically impossible to have the
water for swine too pure or too clean,
and never offer them water which we
would not willingly drink. In feed
Ing vegetables and apples to swine we
never give them more than they will
eat up clean, and in this way we not
only keep them in good condition but
prevent any fOuling of the pen or the
range. A clean hog is a healthy hog,
and healthy hog takes on weight
rapidly, hence is the profitable hog
INDIANAPOLIS News.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01
kIuntinu Wild Turkeys.

There is one disagreeable feature
of scrub shooting under semi-tropic
skies; rattle snakes infest the sandy
pine plains; and, in the branches, the
chances are that you will come across
cottOn.mouth moccasin. These
wretched and disgusting snakes are
fat, short. lazy reptiles, who give no
warning. True, also, they seldom
strike at you unless You actually touch
them. But woe to him who treads on
a moccasin The unfortunate feature
of the matter is that these mocassins
so closely resemble the thick, snaky
palmetto roots that it is very difficult
to distinguish them in the soft light
of the cypress forest, or even In the
full glare of the sun.
remember one that we shot which
lay across pile of mud in a stream
which we were fording, and looked ex'
actly like a tree root 1t was only the
glitter of the sun on the snakes scales
that stopped me. The creature was
as thick as the biceps of an ordinary
man, but not over three and halt
feet in length. AS | say, this sort of
thing makes semi-tropical shooting
rather unpleasant at times, especially
when one is trying to "roost' wild tur.
keys, for these wary and willy birds
feed in troops along the edges of WI
famous swamps, and their roost Is
usually in cypress thicket,-Harper's
Weekly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01
The Two Sisters.

Once there were two sisters, one of
whom was noted for the expensiveness
and the variety of her dresses, while
the other was commented upon for the
simplicity of her attire. 1t was known
that she had made one dress do for
three seasons, also.
Now there came two princes seeking
wives. And the first pSince said: Il
will marry the girl who has always
worn such expensive clothes, because
she will have had her fill of finery and
will be content 20 dress mOdestly and
not run up big bills at the modiste's."
The second prince said: II will marry
the other girl, for she has already
shown her disposition and tastes and
ought to make jewel Of WIFE"
But after they were married, the girl
who had always dressed SO simply
went in for the costliest garb she
could get. She said she must make up
for lost time.
And the other girl wore more expen-
sive dresses than ever, because, she
said, it would never do to permit her
sister to Guido her.
This lesson teaches us that one man
can guess as well as anOther.-Life.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01
LIGHT IN STABLES.

Sunshine is just as essential to horses
and other farm animals as it is to
human beings. DO not lose sight of
this fact when building stables and
pens. This is too often done, and
stables for both horses and cattle are
too dark. The eyes of horses are not
infrequently injured by being kept in
dark stables. Our houses, as a rule,
are much better lighted than our sta.
bles, vet we all know how uncOmforta.
bic 1t is to go out OF a we'll lighted
house into the glare of sunshine, espe-
pially If there is now on the ground.
The effect is even worse on horses
and COWS. Aside from any special
effect OH the eyes, light and sunshine
in stables are of vast Importance to
the general health and thrift of farm
stock, and they should always he con.
structed with a view of admitting as
much as possible of both. In old
barns and stables where the stock
quarters are dark, and, as necessary
consequence, damp, it would be good
idea to put in some windows to admit
light and sunshine into them. The
present is a good time to attend to
this, and the considerate person will
do it.-Thomas w. Lloyd, in the Trih.
une Farmer.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01
TEACHING A COLT.

Here is q good method TO teach Il
wild colt, or any horse unaccustomed
to being tied in : stall. Put halter
on the animal and fasten q rope some
ten or twelve feet long to it. Bore a
hole large enough for the rope to pass
through in the side Of the manger near
est the horse, fasten board on front
of manger about four feet from the
floor, pass the rope through hole IN
side of a manger and over the boards
in front of manger. Tie a weight OF
about fifty-tve pounds on end of rope,
now give the horse just so much rope
that when it passes back farther than
the distance you wish to let it have,
it will be compelled to lift the weight
Animal will soon yield to this gentle
mode and cannot break anything. as
rope will let him back as far as the
stall permits.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01
WISE WORDS.

1t is difficult for the talkative man to
find willing listeners.
Disappointment is not q sufficient
reason for Observation-Disclosures.
THE way to get is to give. The
selfish can never expect anything but
selishness."
Love is best shown in sacrifice, and
blossoms sweetest in the white gar
ments Of purity.-Amos.
Fortunes ladder was made to climb,
and it is not considered lucky to spend
ones time walking under it.-Amos.
If we had no failings ourselves, we
should not take SO much pleasure in
finding out those of Others.-Wayside
Philosopher.
And l smiled to think Gods great.
ness flows around our incompleteness,
round our restlessness, His rest.-E.
b. Browning.
Nothing Is more an enemy to saving
knowledge of Gospel mysteries than a
priding ourselves in head knowledge.
Humble men have the soundest knowl.
edge. 1.-The meek will He teach His
way"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01
The Loco Weed.

The expert chemists Of the arid belt
have undertaken to determine the ex.
act composition of the loco weed, which
Is the cause of good deal Of worry
and expense to stockmen throughout
the West. Just what cOmposes the
active principle of this plant Is un.
known, though its effects are very evil
dent upon grazing cattle and horses
after they have eaten 1t. The plant
contains a poison which acts OIL the
brain of an animal and causes form
of insanity, so the coming investigation
is to determine, first, the composition
of this poison, to classify 1t, and then
to find a way TO render it harmless.
There are several species Of plants in
the sem-desert country which all act
in the same way to stock, and are all
called Loco" though the original loco
plant Is a weed, which takes its name
from the Spanish. One popularity of
this is that it has no effect on sheep,
though why this is so is not known at
present. No doubt some interesting
facts will be brought to light by the
coming investigation. - Field and
Stream
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-10-01
Hopeless Case.

The forgetful man was stepping
jauntily along with smile on his
cheerful face, when he was accosted
by friend.
Look here" said the man. "why In
the world are you carrying two UNI
brellas?"
why, let me think" said the forget.
full man. "Oh. yes, know how 1t
happened. My wife wanted me to get
her umbrella that's beer mended. and
she thought I'd better bring along mine
to remind me. 1t being pleasant day;
and | thought I'd bring two In case
stepped in anywhere aud happened to
forget one Of them