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The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-20
GETTING THE START OF THE
 BOOTBLACKS

May not seem very gracious, but there are times when every man must be his own bootblack. Then he wants one of those backing cabinets which Brown & Durham are showing with side bars for the polishing rag to be run on. Two dollars buys a nice one in weathered oak,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-20
Local Weather Report.
 New Haven. December 19.

L. M. TARR, Local Forecaster.
 U. S. Weather Bureau.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-08-20
THE STR ENGrH OF WHEAT.

An interesting discussion concerning the strength of wheat has been going on in England. By strength" is meant ,the quality which makes the loaf bigger for a given weight of flour. English bakers insist on the bigger loaf, and give $S75 per quarter for No. hard Manito- ba wheat and $S.38 per quarter for Kansas or Russian wheat, while they will give but $712 per quarter for Eng fish wheat. The English farmer has 'gone in for big size of grain and big crops and has got them, but finds his grain lacking in the quality of strength" In 1902, for example, the average crop per acre in the United Kingdom was as much as 92.9 bushels, while the crop in the United States averaged but 14.03 per acre; in India, 9.63 bushels; in Russia, 10S4 bushels; in Austria, 754 bushels, and in Canada 25.6 bushels. In point of Strength" however, English wheat av- |eraged but 60, as against from 70 to 90 for American wheat.
 Just what strength consists in and how to impart it to ones crop is not yet
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well understood. Professor A. D. Hall holds that ''the strength of wheat Is in- dependent both of it's hardness and it's dryness. though the three often go to- gether. Not only is the strength of English wheat below that of the foreign grain, but the inland millers say that on the average it has substantially de- teriorated during the last twenty years, largely through the replacement of old varieties of fair if not of high quality such as Rough Chaff and Red Lammas, by wheat like Square Head and Stand Up, or Riyet, all of which give large crops of grain and straw at the expense of quality" Climate is supposed to be a factor in producing strength, but it is not the only factor. since there are countries that have moist climates like England's which produce strong wheat. Much depends on the variety planted. Canadian and American seed planted in England produce a wheat which has ample strength. Such seed
 after several years continues to give flour which comes up to the London standard of strength without mixture
 with foreign four. Wheat cut little green is found to have more strength
 than when allowed to come to full ma urity. American grain. which sells bet ter than the plump English berry, often has a shrieveled appearance and weighs
 but 60 pounds per bushel, while English wheat weighs 6S pounds per bushel. The best Manitoba wheat is harvested within four months of the date of
 planting, while English wheat has 8 much slower and perhaps completer growth. Sunshine is evidently not the controlling influence. California ends it's season with three consecutive months of cloudless weather, and yet California wheat is as weak" as any,
 thing grown in England.
 How to have the crop both big and strong is the question. Englishmen hope this can be done by selecting such
 varieties of American or Russian grain
 as will grow to advantage in England,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-08-20
Beneflcent Beeness Age.

''The vegetables and the fruits Are all want, said he; r.+as.t Meat eaters get my taunting hoots-- The strike don't bother me" A week or so succeeding this
 His good wife said: T guess You'd better bring" "a goodby kiss
 Some buttons for dress" He sought the buttons everywhere;
 The clerks, in doleful tones, Said: Button makers all declare
 They can't buy any bones" A toothbrush next he sought to buy;
 The clerk was very sad; 'The stockyards strike is on-that's
 why sss...s-.
 No bristIes can be had" Another day he sought n man
 To plaster up his walls. "Oh, Mir. Vegetarian, -
 I'd like to do your halls. 'Pd like to do your ceilings, too"
 The man said, But, I'll swear, Until the stockyards strike is through
 I can't get any hall" He had to call the doctor in
 To feel his fevered brow. The doctor said: You're weak and
 Take haemogIobin now" The druggist said: Tt can't be got 5.~
 You'll have to shake and cough, For haemnglobin can't be bought
 Until the strike is off. Again, he tried to buy some glue;
 The salesman said: There's none The factories have shut down, too, E. }
 Until the strike Is done" And then he went to get some shoes
 The shoe stores all were bare; The shoeman said. Our trade we lose
 No leather anywhere" And last, to add to his alarms,
 Because the butchers struck The cattle roaming on the farms
 Ate all the garden truck. Chicago Tribune.
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COMFORT. B UT NOT PROGRESS.

Of course no sensible United States woman would want to swap her proud place in the world for the place of a Japanese woman, but it is said that there are some advantages in being a Japanese woman. To begin with, says an observer, there is never any change in fashions, so the Japanese woman has no worries at all on that score. Then, housekeeping is greatly simplified, so the Japanese housekeeper is hurt by none of the jars and frets that rag the nerves and prematurely age her western sister. The Japanese house has no drap- cries, no dust traps in the shape of su- perfluous ornaments. People all put off their shoes on entering the house, so no mud and dirt are brought in. Japanese women have no heart burnings over euchre prizes and bridge" stakes. They never have to compose club papers on subjects concerning which they know nothing. They never sit up nights plan- ming how they may outshine their rivals in dress at some social affair. They do not bother their brains with schemes for marrying their daughters to rich for eigners. They never have to give eight course dinners with two course pocket books. They live simple. happy, peace full domestic lives. and live them long.
 Perhaps 1t isn't the most lofty thing in the world to live a simple, happy, peaceful domestic life, though it may be comfortable and comforting. It omits Progress in singing, or purring, and Progress is big thing.
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A CAPTIVE PAWN.

One morning last May, guide, look ing. from the window Of his cottage upon a broad green slope of the Blue Mountain Forest, saw a white-tailed doe. with her little spotted lawn. But the fawn was limping, and. as he could not keep up with his mother, he bleat- led plaintively, and back she came to him looking him over with her large mild eyes, as though to find out why he Jagged behind. Then the guide saw that one of the slim hind legs was broken just above the ankle, and fear ing that the helpless youngster might fall a victim to fox or wildcat, he captured it and brought it in. It took readily to baby's bottle. and for many days he kept 1t in box where it could neither run nor jump. It was a sensible little creature, and kept it's injured limb we'll off the ground, and as the leg hung straight down the ends Of the broken bone soon knit, and the lawn was able to touch his little black hoof to the floor. Then it was that his bene- factor, holding him tight in his arms, drove five miles across the mountains, and turned the baby over to me. The little thing linped badly when he was set down on the barn floor, but we gave him a soft bed of hay in one of the stalls, and he soon lay down to rest, When he got up again, he seemed bet ter, and, as he was hungry, he let us know it by bleating very gently and by looking toward us eagerly with his big soft brown eyes. When held the bot tie out to him, he knew at once that his food was there, but as he took the nip- 1 pie in his mouth, he, instinctiyely punched me with his hard little head, just as he would have punched his mother had he been taking his dinner with her. After drinking a pint of milk,
 lie nibbled few bits of grass and lay down to rest again. @
 He was wonderfully beautiful crea- 1 ture. His glossy coat was reddish brown in color, with striking white spots on the neck, back and sides. His llegs. which were lighter in color, were slender, sinewy and graceful, one of them only being marred by a bunch of hard tissue around the point of fracture. But his head was his most beautiful
 feature, after all. His great gentle eyes were full of expression, and in combina- tlon with the large shapely ears, which moved back and forth in response to every sound, showed pleasure, excite ment, fear, and other emotions, almost as plainly as human face could show them. His disposition was affectionate, and he never tired of licking ore's face and hands when he got the chance, making them feel as though they had received coat of glue.
 Of course, was prepared to believe that the white spots on his otherwise
 brown coat were there for some good purpose, but they looked so conspicu- Ious, as he stood in the barn, that l could scarcely believe that they were part of a scheme of protective cobra ltion. But one day, after his leg was
 well enough to permit him to run about Ia bit, took him out Into the fields. One of these fields was abloom with oxeye daisies, and as the fawn stood among | (Continued on Fifth Page.)
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-08-20

Indisposed. .77YGee. I been sick all de afternoonl,, 2, Malaria ?" Worse. I been caddying for a couple dat's only been married a week. Pluck.
 One Advantage. Sax-"When a man is dishonest he generally gets what he deserves in the long run" Fax"Yes. but think what | lot of other things he gets in. the meantime. Brooklyn Life.
 Amended Mother thinks you'll make me a good wifer said the girls intend ed. "Indeed?" replied the girl with the determined jaw. You tell your mother I'll make you good husband. ."-Phila- delphia Ledger.
 Prosecuted. -- The Prison Visitor Dear me! How dreadful! And do you really think you are a victim of perse- |cution?" The BurgIar-"That's wot. But its me own fault for not joinin' the Housebreakers: Union. Life.
 Limited Material.-"I believe in say ing what I think" said the young man in the Happy trousers. I've often wondered why you don't talk very muoh," said the girl with the trick of saying what she thinks.-Cleveland Leader. Easiest Way.-Green-''My wife sent S2 In answer to an advertisement of a sure method of getting rid of superflu-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-08-20
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Sealed proposals will be received bJ the Board of Selectn1en of the Town oI Orange, Ct, until D. m, of August 25th, 1904, for the grading andl conI struction of a macadam section of lroad in the Town of Orange, in accordlancl with the plans and specifications apI proved by the State Highway Comrnis| sioner. Bids shall state the price Rei linear foot for finished road complete &el the Town through it's Selectmen and the State Highway Commissioners rel serve the right to increase or diminiSH the number of feet to be improved aftes the contract is let. All bids must bd accompanied by a common bond or cer titled check of not less than one-third the amount of the entire work. AnJ bidder refusing to sign contract al prices submitted, and provide suretJ company bond or certified check, shall forfeit a sum from his bond equal td the difference in price between his bid land the next lowest bidder. Plans and lspecifications may be seen at the officd of the Seiectment in West Haven or at the State Highway Commissioner's of fee in Hartford. The Selectmen and Highway Commissioner reserve thd |right to reject any and all bids.
 Dated at Orange, Ct, August 17thl 1904
 ELFORD c. RUSSELL,i
 VIM. A. RUSSELL,
 a1s-6t Selectnen.
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coUSr oAssIxI,s .ooMPLAIST.

Count cassini. the Russian ambassa- dor in this country. is much disturbed and saddened by the Ryeshitnelni at- fair. Not since the Boxer outbreak, he says. has anything occurred in the Far East which so seriously menaces the peace of the world. The seizure of the torpedo boat by the Japanese he treats as piratical beyond dispute. a fragrant violation of China's neutrality which is not open to question in any particular. He feels that the United States and all the powers which subscribed to our pro- posal that China be kept inviolate are vitally interested in Japan's misdeeds.
 Count Cassini cannot, of course, be 'blamed for trying to get other countries interested with Russia against Japan, but there is no hurry. Perhaps Japan was not so much in the wrong as Rus |sia says she was. Perhaps the Russian commander of the vessel offered resist anee to inspection by the Japanese in- stead of appealing for protection to the Chinese authorities. thereby forfeiting his right to the privileges of asylum. And perhaps Japan hasn't treated Chi nese neutrality worse than Russia has. Anyway. 1t is not necessary for the
 United States to get heated over the
 matter yet.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-08-20

Witness sir
 .I.awyer-,'What is your oeeupationS" Witness am driver"
 Lawyer-.'Do you drive a wagon?"
 Witness-'tNo. sir; do not"
 Lawyer-''Now be careful and remem- Der that you are on your oath. You ad- init that you are driver; now, honest ly. don't you drive a wagon?"
 Witness-"No, sir; I drive horse."- Albany Journal.
 Maud Muller, on a summers morn. Heard the toot of an "auto" horn. She saw the Judge go whirling past, 'Geeg' said Maud, Ines going fast. He's breaking the law at that speed" 'Ha! ha! ha! hal here's revenge for mel" So she set her teeth. and ne'er cen While shs took his number and had him Boston Traveller.
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ous fat" Brown-''And did she get the desired infoFmation?" Green-"Well. she got a reply telling her to sell 1t to the soap man. .''-chieago Daily News.
 In the rathskeller crowd of students were bawling out popular songs. keep ing time with their beer mugs. Those boys are good in mathematics" said the man who was safely entrenched behind stein and limLburger sandwich. They are very fond of lager-rhythms.' 90 Commercial-T Tribune.
 Lawyer-"You have taken your oath and want you to answer each of my questions honestly"
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ogn NEw NAyal rnnsvADEns.

Britannia rules the wave, and her. plan apparently is to continue to do so. But the United States Is rapidly get ting into position to rule a partsof it. There are thirty-six new vessels al- ready completed or under construction, of which thirteen, the Ohio, Virginia, Nebraska, Georgia, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Louisiana, Yer mont, Kansas. Minnesota, Mississippi, and Idaho. are hattleships; eight, the Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Califor- mia, Colorado, Maryland, South Dakota, Tennessee and Washington, are armor- ed cruisers; five, the Chattanooga, Gal weston, St. Louis. Milwaukee and Charleston, are protected cruisers; two, the Dubuque and Paducah. are gum boats, and five, the Stringham. Colds borough, Blakely, Nicholson and o. Brien are torpedo boats In addition to these the Cumberland and Intrepid, square-rigged training ships, and the Boxer, a training brig, are on the road to completion. Satisfactory progress was made on practically every one of the vessels under construction during the month of July. The torpedo boats are all within one per cent. of com pletion, while many of the. battleships armored cruisers and protected cruis- CTS have already been launched. and some have been tried and accepted, and are receiving their armament.
 Good work. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace. but while crying it is well enough to carry the big stick.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-08-20

The Australian postmaster-general recently invited competitive designs for pictorial post cards to be printed and issued by his department for use throughout the commonwealth. Pre- miums of $50, $25 and s15, respectively, will be paid for three series of twelve designs, each adjudged by the Postmas- ter General to be first, second and third in order of merit, in the case of each state. The designs will consist exclu~ sively of Australian subjects. .
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-08-20

Professor Kuno Fischer, whose eigh- tieth birthday was celebrated at Heidel- berg the other day, was for half 8, cen tury an ideal college lecturer. His au- ditorium was always crowded; applause was frequent, and after the lecture many of his hearers would indulge in a solitary walk along the banks of the Neckar to reflect on his remarks. He always knew when his eloquence had made deep impression. Whenever I succeeded in this" he once said, T was indescribably happy. Those were the supreme moments of my activity when the silence among my hearers made me recall Uhland's words: Then saw I many flaming eye. and heard the beat of many a heart.'" .-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-08-20

A Bluffton lIndiana) man paid six hundred dollars for an automobile. Now he has filed petition in bankruptcy, setting forth that the machine has cost him more than s2.OOO for repairs, etc.
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The French Academy of Medicine has just had laid before it curious volume, being the pathological history of the kings of France. In it M Brachet has attempted to set forth how events were influenced by the character, terlipera- ment and, in particular, the maladies of the kings. Louis xI. had particu- larly promising origin. His father had rickets, his aunt (Jeanne of Francey was deformed, his uncle apoplectic, his grandfather imbecile, while he himself was epilectic, gouty, attacked by skin diseases and minor troubles, which, no doubt. had their effect upon the subse- quent history of France. If Napoleon III. had had his illness diagnosed in tirne-or rather, if he had not concealed his condition, for it is now proved that he did so-the war of 1870 might never lave occurred, If Napoleon I. had not been i'll in Belgium, Waterloo might not have been a disaster. If Louis XVI. had not been such a glutton, he might not have been too late in his flight to Varenne, and thus have escaped. the Guillotines And so forth and so on.
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Pre=InventOry
 Sale.

The following list of goods comprise all the Summer Goods that remain in our store after the busiest season we have ever known. These goods must be sold by Saturday night. If the prices we mention don't do 1t, why, we will make lower ones.
 8 Linen Suits, blue, brown, and nat ural linen color, worth s12.00 to s1S.0O. Now S250 to $500.
 4 Brilliantine Shirt Waist Suits. worth $12.00 to s15.00. Now $500 .s.sol 2 Foalard Suits worth 'ls-o0' Now
 Il Taffeta silk Suits, all colors, worth $500 to $25.O0. Now ss.0o, $l0,00. l'~.. - l'' ? Grey. VoiIe Suits, with silk drop skirt, worth $40.00. Now S20.00.
 Blue VoiIe Suits, with silk drop skirt, worth s35.0O. Now S15.0O.
 1 Champagne Color voile Suit, worth SS5.o0. Now S12.50.
 Blue Voile, without silk drop, worth s25.00. Now $10.00.
 Handsome Blue Canvas Cloth Suiti, made over checked silk skirt and bod Ice, worth S50.00. Now $20.00.
 1 White Serge Suit, coat effect, worth SS0.O0. Now Si0.00. .......'
 1 White Serge Suit, blouse effect, worth S30.00. Now s10.0o. <.
 80 Cloth Skirts, formerly s6.5O to $12.00, Now s3.5O. E.,
 1 Silk Coat blouse. effect, worth $35.00. Now 5000. K
 1 Silk Cape, worth s25.oO. Now $6.5O. 1 Silk BoIero Coat, lace trimmed. worth $25.00. Now $500.
 IS Irish Linen Skirts, worth from sS.50 to s7,o0. Now s1.50 to $500.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-08-20

According to the Railway Age, the fastest time ever made by steam To- comotive was that of the Reading reg rlar passenger train No. 25 from Cam den to Atlantic City on July 20 The record then made was 115.2 miles an hour for 4.8 miles. No preparations had been made for a special run, but lost time was being regained. There were five cars. The whole run of 55.5 miles to Atlantic City in 4S minutes was at the rate of TIA miles an hour. The nearest approach to the speed of 115.2 miles is that of 111.s miles an hour sus- tained for 3.73 miles on the Michigan Central on April 27 1904; nearly equaled on the New York Central in June, 1903, when 7.29 miles were covered at the rate of 10s35 miles an hour.
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The London Express has discovered that it is proposed in America that the prefix "Mr." should be abolished by act Of Congress, and every man should be known by his trade or profession, as Draper Jones' or Attorney Smith,"
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Situations. Wants, Rents. and other small advertisements, One Cent WorS eacn insertion. Five Cents Word for d full week
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Atthe Gun Store

YOu can buy Fishing Tackle, GuneS Pistols, Reels, and all kinds of Sporting Goods, as well as have your Keys refltI ted and electric bells repaired I'm hrstj class shape mt the lowest prices. VAsits Ors are welcome and good music to eni certain you. JOHN E. RASSETT. 5 Church Street
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DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE
 CITY. i2 CENTS A WEEK, 5O CENTS A
 MONTE, Ss FOR SIX MONTHS. 50 A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BY MALL
 SINGLE COPIES. 2 CENTS. 7
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A new device has caused a boom in hardware in the prohibition State of South Dakota It is spirit level, ruler. calendar and pencil holder combined, and in South Dakota sells two for q. quarter at the best regulated hardware stores. Where there was one hardware store in town there are now three, and all are doing a big business in spirit levels. The most interesting thing about the device is the spirit 1evel, with emphasis on spirit" In the center of a square piece of wood about eight inches long is a hole running lengthwise, into which fits very neatly a glass tube, tightly corked, containing two ounces of spirits. Another hole running length wise Is just large enough to hold lead pencil. In the middle of the piece of wood are two holes running at right angles to the aperture extraordinary containing the tube. One can look into these smaller holes and see the spirits in the glass tube.
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THE WEEKLY JOURNAL,
ApYERTIsING RATEs.

Issued dThursdays. One Dollar a Year
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AM ENDMENTS.

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