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The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-11

man of ArchangeL" Five years ago, in
 an access q religious mania, he cut ofE all his fingers on his left hand, When he heard that the Russians had suffered
 misfortune in the Far East he declared 1t was the result of their sins, which could be atoned only by sacrifice of fered to Mother Earth. At first he said he did not know the significance of this declaration. But on John the Baptist's day he represented that he had been commanded to plant himself in the earth and there remain until the unbe- lievers, meaning the Japanese. were
 beaten, or until birch leaves sprouted
 from his fingerless hand. He has ac- cordingIy planted himself up to the knees in earth in his hut, There he now
 remains. with a granddaughter to look
 after him.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-11
HE SAID COLD.

The Democratic party couldn't say gold in it's platform, but Judge Parker said it in the following telegram sent to his chief manager at St. Louis: T re- gard the gold standard as firmly and ir- reyocabIy established and shall act ac- cordingly if the act of the convention to-day shall be ratified by the people. As the platform is silent on the subject my view should be known to the con- yention and if it is proved to be unsat- isfactory to the majority request you to decline the nomination for me so that another may be nominated before ad- jcurnment." This telegram made as much stir in the convention as a can non firecracker would in an assembly of hens, but after much excitement and talk 1t was finally decided that It didn't destroy Judge Pafker's useful ness as candidate.
 It's a queer situation. Some of the Democrats are saying that Judge Park CT considers himself bigger than his party, and unprejudiced observers think he wouldn't have to be very big to be bigger than his party. If he per- sists in being a candidate the Demo- cratic campaign will start of In fine shape. and present indications are that it will end just about as it begins. Judge Parker's mother whipped him when he was young, and the people of this country whose votes he will ask will probably whip him now. He may easily be bigger and better than his party. But can this country afford to run the risk of having such a party trying to govern 1t without ability. or even common sense2
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-11

that you wouldn't De living. Chicago Daily News.
 The Inference.-Giles lWho has been rendering first aid, to wrecked motor ieyelistl Nav. maFm, doan't think as l'e be a married man, eos 'e says this be the worst thing Wot 'as ever 'appen- jed to un!-Puneh. s--.......
 clarinda-You can't keep a dog in your new flat? @.
 Florinda-No, we had to give Fido away; but Frederick had his dear little bark put in our phonograph.-Cincin- nau Commercials Tribune.
 Professional JeaIousy.-"So you went to Dr. Pedals piano recital, eh? Tell me, what do you think of his exeeu- tion?"
 :'To be thoroughly frank with you, I think he thoroughly deserved it.''- Brooklyn Life. s...s
 Here, young man. said the old lady with fire in her eye, "I've brung back this thermometer ye sold me"
 Whats the matter with it?" de- manded the clerk
 It ain't reliable. One time ye look at 1t it says one thing, and the next time it says another Philadelphia Ledger.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-11
TITO HIERs oF Ag ANT.

Ross Clark, the Texas cotton-grower who is objecting to the importation of the Guatemalan ant that is said to be
 the natural foe of the boll-weeyil, has given his reasons for his attitude in detail They are interesting. He points out that it is always dangerous to bring in one pest to destroy another. The ant, to be of any practical benefit in destroying the weevil, must cover the entire field and visit every stalk. He
 would be present while picking was going forward. Two-thirds of the cot ton of Texas is picked by negroes, who do not wear enough clothes in the field to make a respectable start. one-half Of the remainder is picked by barefoot-
 ed children. If the ant is in the cotton in sufficient numbers to destroy the weevil you could not get the cotton picked. Further, unless this ant is different from all other ants. he will destroy the vegetation that grows around his bed and paths. To be of any service in a crop of cotton his bed and paths of necessity would cover the entire crop. Another thing. On what
 will it feed when it has annihilated the
 Weevil, and how can 1t be destroyed?
 All of which doesn't scare the Depart ment of Agriculture. It's scientists
 scoff at the suggestion that the Guate-
 mala ant is likely to do anything more than kill the boll-weevil Professor Cook reports that they do not destroy or injure any kind of vegetation, but live upon the insects they kill, which
 they sting, but do not bite. The eight colonies now in New Orleans are al- ready half domesticated, and it is said that they may be held in the hand without harm. The consignment brought up for experimental purposes will. however. be watched by experts in the government service, who want to feel quite certain that in introduc- ing strange insect into the South to destroy the boll-weeyil they are not also introducing some unknown pest that might result in an endless chain of experimentation to eliminate Pro- lessor Cook has advised the department that the Guatemalan ants do not injure vegetation in their native habitat. They do not thrive upon vegetation in Guatemala, but have under observation confined their prey solely to insects.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-11
The Cat.

E I like the simple dignity
 That hedges round the cat You never see her showing off;
 She let's the dog do that. You never catch her leaping hoops,
 Nor prancing on the floor Upon two legs, when generous
 Dame Nature gave her four. We train the dog to hunt the birds And beat him when he falls, He works all day, and never gets
 A single taste of Quaiis. The cat is wiser far than he,
 She hunts for birds to eat.
 To give some man q treat The hunting dog, when told to charge
 Will stick to that one spot Until he starves. Is there a cat
 So foolish? There is not. The dog may emulate the boy
 Upon the burning deck; The cat has sense instead of sen.
 Timent. She saves her neck. The cat can fight, but nobody
 Has ever known her yet To fight, as do the bulldog kind,
 To win man a bet. She never flatters any man By tagging at his heels When he goes out to ride about On horseback, or on wheels. Talk not to me about your dog. It is but idle chat. Give me that calm philosopher Of hearth and home, the cat. Ruth Kimball Gardiner, in Life.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-11
INTENTIONAL.

Kate-she asked that question just |out of idle curiosity. don't you think ?'' Laura--No; busy curiosity. Her cu- |riosity is never idle. somerville Jour |nal.
 Sfe--Are your intentions toward the widow serious?
 He-0h, very. am going, if possi- ble, to get out of marrying her.-Illus- |trated Bits.
 Edith-When I accepted Jack he said he was in the seventh heaven Of happi- hess. Y
 Ethel-Quite likely-he's been engag- ed to six other girls this season. Puck.
 T don't have to work for a living, {, said the shiftless individual
 "of course you don't,''' rejoined the busy man. If you did it's a safe bet
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-11
0
 Summer Clean-UD Sale.

We start today our First Annual Clearance Sale of Ladies Garments, Stocks, Shirt Waists, etc. Our stock consists of all new, fresh goods, and the reduction in price represents the cutting of absolute values. It will be a sale characteristic of Brooks & Co. selling, and everything will be sold just as advertised, regardless of the cut price which in most cases far exceed our sale price. If you want the best .of our goods, you must come early as the prices will certainly sell them quickly.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-11
NEEDED AND W4NTED.

Women are always needed and want ed everywhere, but they are particu- Ilarly needed and wanted in Oklahoma l just now. Waukomis, in that territory, seems to be the centre of the disturb Iance. The population of Waukomis is l 6sS, and it is composed mostly of bach Ielors. The Waukomisian bachelors are l tired and they have organized them- selves into an active association for the purpose of securing brides-and they mean business. Officers have been se- lected, with MT, R. M. Brittan as pres- ident, J. M. Keegan, R. O. Gull, Morris Converse, s. U. Wren, as vice presi- dents, and Cliff Morris as correspond ing secretary. [ To the last named all letters should be addressed. Funds also have been collected to further the purposes of the organization. A treas- urer and a committee on traffic and transportation have been elected, so that all likely young ladies with serious intentions who apply will be railroaded through with their luggage to destina- ton without unnecessary delay or ex- pense. In addition to this arrangement,
 preparation is being made to run an
 excursion train through more populous
 States, carrying a bunch of the best appearing and most desirable young
 men, as an advertisement of Wauko-
 mis- martial wares and woes. In order
 to give greater weight and effect to the
 project, invitations will be sent to all the Wonlanless towns of Oklahoma to
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-11
; oHANcE WHILE WAITING.

MT Carnegie gives millions so that people can read printed books if they want to. If he wanted to he could es- tablish q Fresh Air fund wherever he establishes a library, and then many needy ones could and would read the books that are in the running brooks and in other natural places. This kind of reading is such pleasant and bene- Ificial thing that perhaps MT. Carnegie couldn't do better with his money than to bring such reading within the reach of the many who need it and long for 1 it, but can't get 1t because they live in lcities and are too poor to get out of them. While waiting for MT. Carnegie to establish Fresh Air funds in all the lcities the good and comfortable people lof New Haven should remember that they can do a little something to relieve 1 a situation which needs relieving. Rev. MT. Mossman, of the City Mission ary ASS0ciaIIOht IS ealflng TOT conIrlbu- tions to enable him to give some of the poor and feeble of New Haven a day of rest and refreshment. He should get them. He can make little go a long ] way. but he should have much, enough l to adequately do a cheerful and cheer ing work. Fresh air is good for the health and the spirits, and those who. can have it should remember those who cant and help them to some of it.
 Don't be afraid of encouraging paul perism" by contributing to the Fresh
 Air fund, and don't hesitate to. encour- lage the poor children, the poor mothers land the other needy ones whom the 1 fund Is carefully used for.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-11

join in the waukomis scheme of i'm porting marriageabie women into the territory.
 Success to the loving and longing Waukomisians and the others in the territory who be and suffer as they do Marriage is not yet failure in Wau- komis; and we don't believe it will be after it has been tried. Woman will be appreciated in waukomis, and where she is appreciated marriage is not a failure.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-11
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations. Wants, Rents, and other small advertisements, One Cent a Word each insertion. Five Cents Word for a full week. #~s
 Display advertisements, per inch, one insertion, S1.20; each subsequent inser- tion. 40 cents; one week, $S.20; one month, SI0; one year, $40.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-11

The Chicago Board of Education can, it appears, learn. Hence the unani- nous repeal of the Venus rule. " which required all school teachers to be of a regulation size, weight and height. Hereafter only those whose physical imperfections are such as obviously to unfit them for school duties are to be rejected.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-11

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY. 12 CENTS 4 WEEK, 50 CENTS 4 MONTH, s FOR SIX MONTHS. s8 A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BY MALL
 SINGLE COPIES, ? CENTS. -..5.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-11

The supreme court of Germany has rendered an opinion that the title of doctor conferred by American dental colleges is not to be recognized in Ger many. constituting a violation of the German law against unfair competition and is therefore prohibited to be used. Three hundred and twenty dentists in Germany, who heretofore held the title of doctor from American colleges, are affected by this decision.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-11

From all parts of North Russia peas- ants are travelling on a pilgrimage to an extraordinary hermit. Prokop Sele- yitsch, who Is known as the hairy
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-11

f
 A recent report of the Suez Canal Company on it's business in the years 1901, 1902 and 1903 shows fairly well the distribution of the worlds shipping ton- mage engaged in trade on the high seas. Ir 1903 the total tonnage traversing the canal was 16,615, ,S09 tons, against 15,694,- 35S in 1902 and 15. .16s, ,23s in 1901. Of the total tonnage in 1903 the British share was 10, ,252 tons, or nearly two-thirds of the whole, Germany. supplies 2,464,- 493 tons, France 1,1S6.S44 tons, Holland 770,576 tons, Austria 562,O4s tons and the United States 34,945 tons. Russia sent through the canal 50O,5Ss tons, Japan 30s, ,OsS tons, Italy 227,S31 tons and Spain l21,276 tons. Despite the decay which is said to beset all forms of British en- terprise, British tonnage of 1903 was nearly 100000 tons more than in 1902 and 1,60OoOO more than in 1901. =
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-11

Laws don't always work as their makers expect them to. Some years ago a law was passed in England re- quiring imported goods to be marked Made in France" Made in Germa- n.y. etc As many of these goods are of excellent quality 1t has been found that the law actually benefits the for eign makers, and an effort Is accord ingly being made to have 1t changed so that goods from the continent shall have merely a label marking them as "Imported'
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-11

The faculty of John Hopkins univer- sity hospital, Baltimore, has completed plans for systematic and scientific fight against tuberculosis. It will be aided materially in carrying out its purpose by a gift of s2O.Ooo from Henry Phipps. of Pittsburg. Of this amount $1o,0oO will be used in building dis pensary. The other s1o,oOo will be used as maintenance fund. The buildings will include a dispensary and apart-
 ments for scientific work. Guinea pigs, which are very susceptible to tubercu- losis, will be kept for inoculation. X
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-11

THE WEEKLY JOURNAL. Issued Thursdays. one Dollar Year.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-11

The investigation of the slocum dis aster brings out the fact that life rafts made of granulated cork were prohib- tied in 1885, and the Brooklyn Times comments thus: 'The boards deter imitation that this character of raft should not meet their approval after 1885, and it's approval Of granulated cork life preservers, constitute a unique piece of official Washington carelessness. or blundering, or worse. The citizen will be pleased to learn that granulated cork is not good enough to save life in the shape of a life raft, but just the thing as a life preserver to be placed about the human body
 It has already been reported that Professor Koch rejects the conclusion Of the British Royal Commission on tuberculosis, but the Berlin correspond ent of the London Daily News gives further particulars of the doctors att titude. He goes so far as to maintain that the report of the Royal commis- sion even confirms his views, and em- phatically reiterates his statement that the transmission of bovine tuberculosis to man cannot take place by means of food. Neither bovine flesh nor milk can transfer the disease. It is possible, he says, for a butcher at the slaughter house to become infected by injuring himself when handling tuberculosis meat, but even then the infection re- mains local. It causes a local sore, but no general disease.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-01
A Real Fight.
n ENNHN V HBHNs New fork Evening Post.

New fork Evening Post.
 The fight which the Massachusetts Democrats arc making for tariff reform Is a real fight, not sham. Like the Jews Of old. each man Is building over against his own house. The party ora tors are eschewing the .platitudes that have SD long done service and are ap' pealing to the self interest of the peo- pie they address. They are. In fact. following in the steps of the Repubp- can friends of protection" But no tarffy "standspatter" ever made a more powerful appeal to local self interest in behalf of q Chinese trade wall than was made on Saturday at Cambridge for freer trade with the outside world. One of the speakers at big rally ask ed Cambridge what had become of its large glass manufacturing industry. Your glass works he said. have met the same fate that overlook the glass works in Sandwich and South Boston. and today the glass industry has prac- tically ceased to exist In the State of Massachusetts" And what, he added. has become of the Gilmore rolling mill. the Bay State Metal Works, the Stand Company? Where, too, are the twenty four furniture factories that did bust ness in Cambridge less than twenty years ago? What drove Geldowsky, the Badgers. the ~Hunnewell con cern, Rourke & Kennedy. Graves & Phelps. and others out of existencer One answer can be given to all these passed away for want of cheap raw materials. The tariff on coal, iron, lumber. and other articles is to blame Facts like these are stubborn things in the face of Republican arguments re- garding the blessings of protection.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-01
BRYAN's SPEECH.
Wild EnthusIasm Aroused in MissOurI
 Town.

Nevada (Mo. Special.
 William J. Bryan made a rousinp speech for Judge Parker before an en- thusiastic crowd of 5000 persons at the night,
 MT, Bryan had previously made two speeches in this part of the State, one at Bntler yesterday afternoon and the olner at Rich Hill last night, but in neither of them did he come out in 2pen H and unqualified support of the D'smocratic nominee for President. Ihe stand he took tonight, therefore, aroused the widest enthusiasm among the crowd of loyal Democrats assem- !ii;Ed niEd to hear him. and when he said:
 Gtve me President who stands for peace In preference tp one who stands TOT war. the cheers which followed eonId not be stilled for ten minutes. MT. Bryan said that he believed that tne election of Judge Parker would elear the way for a renewal of the nKht on high tOriff. the trusts and a financial policy dictated by Wall Street. ne urges all Democrats who share his monetary views to support the nation al ticket in order to remedy the evils questions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-01
cetterS to tbs Gdftor

The Pullman Company's Mistreatment
 of Passengers.
 Editor The Advertiser:
 In your paper of yesterday I read the following card:
 A CARD TO THE PUBLIC.
 Referring to ex-Governor Vim. c. Oates's letter, which was published in yesterdays Advertiser relative to his recent trip to the Worlds Fair at St. Louis, and the treatment he claims to have received at, the hands of the Puli- man Conductor and porter. and the ser vice given the passengers on their re- turn trip. beg to say, for the infor- nation of the public, and in justice to the l.. and N. R. R.. that Governor Oates did not use the Louisville and Nashville Railroad on this trip.
 Very truly yours,
 adv. w. l.. Beasley, F. A.
 do not understand why Mr. Beas- ley should have published this card. I did not mention the road on which travelled to or from St. Louis. have many times praised the excellent management and accommodation of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad and am always glad to patronize it. But on this occasion when about to start to St. Louis decided to go by the Mobile and Ohio a line over which I never had travelled further than Tuscaloosa and hence bought tickets over that line and take pleasure in stating that was well pleased with the management of the road and speed of the trains. My complaint was as to the management of the Pullman sleeper, the negligence of the conductor and porter. There was a change of conductors in the night and on the morning of our arrival in Mont gomery I saw the one then in charge making the porter convey buckets of water into the ladies lavatory which thought a wonderful improvement and which could have been practiced satis- factorily the day before by the con ductor then In charge. I never intend to do injustice to any one and never complain except of wrongs.
 Wm. c. Oates,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-01
Much satisfaction over years business.

Suffrage League protesting against the
 candidacy of Representative Gaines.
 who is up for'Ie election in the Third
 District of West Virginia. Mir Gaines, as chairman of the Committee on Elcc- tions in the last House, gave offense to the League by writing the report against the unseating of Representa- tive Lever of South Carolina, whose seat was contested by a negro named Dantzler on the ground that If all the eolored men of voting age in the dis trict had been permitted to vote, and fhad cast their ballots for the contest
 ant, the latter would have had a ma
 jority.
 As the story goes, Chairman Babcock
 received the resolutions of protest from
 the National Negro Suffrage League
 without comment; indeed, there was
 nothing for him to say. To tell the truth apd inform the deputation of the
 League that Representative Gaines did
 what he was bound by law to do would
 voters. It is hard on Representative Gaines to be made to suffer the dis pleasure of the colored contingent in his constituency simply because he did his duty; but one's sympathy Is lessened by the consideration that the negro voters have been educated up to the theory on which Dantzler based his contese by Republican tergiversation. The orators of the party have so long proclaimed, in season and out of sea- son. that any Congressional district in which there resides a majority of male Enegroes of voting age is Republican, and that a certifcation of the election of a Democrat from any such district is presumably fraudulent, that they should not be surprised when the col
 ored people accept their pronounce ment as gospel and regard as a breach of faith the refusal of a Republican House to apply the theory in practice. It Is a monstrous assumption that Congress can proclaim the election of Republican members from all districts in which the population Is preponder- antly colored and unseat the Represen. tatives bearing certificates of election. regardless of the returns and in de fiance of the election laws of the State
 The establishment of ordinances regu-
 lRting the qualifications of voters Is
 exclusively within the Jurisdiction of
 the State Legislatures, subject only to the restrictions of the Fifteenth Amend
 ment. In some States 1t is not neces
 sary that a voter be a citizen in order
 to enjoy the privilege of the franchise:
 in others there is a property qualifica"
 ton measured by the payment of a
 ern States for good and sufficient req
 sons educational tests have been es-
 abolished which in effect bar out the
 llliterate and incapable negro vote;
 and these ordinances have been upheld
 by the highest court in the land when
 assailed as unconstitutional. The
 House of Representatives. to be sure.
 and election of Its members; but thIs
 power does not include the right to
 set at naught the laws of the States
 and the decisions of the Supreme Court
 and to choose members by a vote or
 the House Committee on Elections.