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The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-06
EMIGDhRS.

Teacher-NoW, Johnnys can you tell lme how the earth is divided I Johnny-Y Yessum; into Republicans and Democrats. Philadelphia Tele- l graph.
 Lady-Did you ever feel as though l you'd like work? Tramp Yes,nl. I wouldn't mind be- 1 ing lineman for wireless telegraph company Judge.
 Alida-What did pop say when you asked him for my hand l Willie-He said I'd most probably md l it in the pocket he carried his change in.- Chicago Journal.
 Wilhe-I think like God better than papa.
 Mrs. simpson Why Willie?
 Well, papa punishes me a great deal quicker than God does, "--C Collier s.
 The Usual Size of Him. Little Elmer
 Papa, what Is hypocho hondriac?
 Professor Broadhead-A hypochon- driac, my son, is person who has no disease, but many complaints. Puck.
 Mrs. symes always reminds me of 2 gardener
 Don't be unkind; she's a widow now"
 Just so-and trying to get rid of her weeds! !"-London Tit-Bits.
 Friend-Who won the automobile race between you and Harker?
 Chauffeur We both came in together.
 Friend Toss up, eh?
 Chauffeur Yes; I was tossed ten feet in the air. Chicago News. Lucky Stars. I've had very suc- cessful season. said the prosperous Hooking theatrical manager.
 Well, you can thank your stars for that," replied the seedy-lookirg man i#ager. Yonkers Statesman.
 Not Using It.Mr. Green Miss Pas say says she has prescription for per- petual youth
 Miss Sarcastic-Ie's q wonder she wouldn't take 1t to a drug store and have it put up p!-Detroit Free Press.
 Mamma Now, Elsie dear, what is a cat?
 sie--Dunno.
 5# MamIna-We ell, WnaLS that funny lit- tie animal that comes creeping up the stairs when every ones in bed?
 Elsie (promptlyl Papa. Illustrated Bits.
 As to Law. Necessity benoaned her limitations.
 You'll be ashamed of your old noth- CT, who even in this day of corrcspond- ence schools knows no law!'' she ex- claimed, with an affecting quaver.
 HushH reJoined Invention, soothing ly, T will more than ever make virtue of you, which hes no need Of law.''-- Puck.
 Grines-I suppose you tell your wife everything when you get home2
 Grant-No, not everything.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-06

parts of 1t are in the home of Afr. Nor gan in New York. some are in his home in London. many of them in the Metro politan Museum of Art and in the mu- seums of Paris and London or in stor- age with dealers in Italy and Greece.
 A million dollars would pay but a part of the duty on that part of Mr. Morgan's collection which has never been brought to this country, and rath- Ter than pay this exorbitant sum Mr. Morgan would have kept many of his treasures from the view of his fellow Americans unable to travel abroad. The building of this semi-publie museum and library will, however, per- nit the admission into this country of this great collection duty free. it Is confidently believed.
 Although the title to the building will remain in the name of Mir. Morgan during his life, the museum and library will be open to the public on certain days each week the collection housed in the building to be erected will be made accessible to the public, while his magnificent libray will be placed at the disposal of students and scholars.
 Mr Morgan will regard as his pre-
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4 SPLENDID OFFER.


 What J. F. Morgan will Do for Naw York If Permitted.
 J. P. Morgan yesterday approved plans for a huge palace to house lis sl0oOo,oO0 collections of art objects books and eurios.
 The structure is to occupy the whole block bounded by Madison and Park avenues, Thirty-sixth and Thirty seventh streets. The great project ac- counts for Mr. Morgans systematic buying of property in the blocks. His own residence is to be torn down to make way for the magnicent library and art museum.
 Stamford White, architect, drew the plans, which were filed yesterday with the Buildings Department. They con- template the greatest private institu- ton of the kind in the country-per- haps in the world.
 MT. Morgan refuses to make public at this time, the complete plans. but he admits he is prepared to go forward With the work of turning a common- place city block into a wonderland.
 MT. Morgan has an unsurpassed pri- yate collection of antiques, books and art objects stored in England, and he fs trying to get them into the United States duty free so that they may be exhibited for the benefit of the public. His pleasure over the completion of his museum plans has been enchanced by the news received by him that the Italian government has ordered a medal struck in his honor and street in Rome named after him for returning the famous Ascoli cope.
 His museum and library building is to be surrounded with beautiful gar dens. The structure is to be in Greek Renaissance style. Building, gardens and the rare objects collected within the marble walls will form q treasure trove for lovers of art and literature.
 Here MT. Morgan will gather under one roof a collection which has cost him more than has been sent by any other one person, by any museum or by any library for a similar purpose. Nowhere else will it be possible to see
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-06
TIE noaRn nE EIM.AxnR R

New Haven's Board of Finance is one of the experiments which seems to be succeeding. It does its work well, and though it can't satisfy everybody or give the city all it wants or needs 1t does make the distribution Of what money 1t has to distribute with much skill and care. Its plan for next year Is made. The estimated income of the city for the next year is $1,S07, ,615.24 That seems like a lot of money, but 1t is little enough to do the work of a big city like New Haven. Still, 1t is some. Fifty thousand of this will be the proceeds of a temporary loan. The departments asked for s2, ,148, ,261.25, but the Board has only allowed them $1,- So7. .s15.24. Thus will the city live with lin its means and without an increase |of the tax rate.
 Even with the sharp economy exer- 'cised by the Board the city will have a new eighteen room school building in the Webster district, a central fire en- zine house, a fire engine house on Dix we'll avenue on the present site of Po- lice precinct No. I, and a new police building in that vicinity. There will also be q new fire engine house at the corner of Olive and St. John streets. Ten men will De added to the fire de- partment and four to the Police de- pertinent. The Board has done all it could do with the money at it's com mand, and has made the apportion- ment with good judgment.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-06
nrm HArnx AND osHEn CITIES

NEW HAYEN AND 07HER CITIES
 The cities of this country are growing fast enough. one of the government bureaus reports that during 1903 there was expended almost s4OO. 100000 in the erection of nearly 12S,eOo buildings in fifty of the principal cities of the Unit ed States. New York city leads with over sSs,OOO,OOO expended upon S'SOO buildings, with Chicago second and Philadelphia third. theIr rank in vol ume of expenditure being the same as in population. But there are some peculiar features in other lines of com parison. The largest relative gain over the previous year was in New Haven where there was an increase of 91 per cent. in the value of buildings erected, in Washington 72 per cent, and Allan ta 69 per cent. Los Angeles stands first in proportion to population and ranks with New York. Chicago. Phila- delphia. Brooklyn. San Francisco, Pitts burg and St. Louis, each having ex- pended more than s18.OOOoOo for build tngs in the last calendar year.
 New Haven is not only growing in buildings. It is also growing in grace. beauty and other good things. Prince Fushini was pleased with it yesterday. but 1t is pity that he couldn't have seen 1t in June or October.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-06
4nr mANcnUR44s H.lILRo Il

THFsa MA ANCH UN f4d \ ls%i sARVBDs
 It IS one thing to build a railroad and another thing to make it pay. One who is acquainted with the Manchurian railroad tells how it does not pay. This read cost the Russians to build more than ssO,ooo per mile of track. So long as large amounts of material and SUD- plies, collected in anticipation of the war which has since broken out, were sent over the road, a considerable busi- ness was apparently done by it, but this was not of a character likely to make the road a commercial success. The trade which Russia carried on before the war with Manchuria, was insignifi- cant in volume, the carriage of liquors forming by long odds the largest of any of the business transactions. To become a commercially profitable en- terprise 1t was necessary that the in habitants of Manehuria should make use of this means of transportation for the purpose of carrying to the seaboard the goods which they sent abroad for
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-06

but stayed there by choice. I had no intention when I went to Nebraska Of going into politics. It is easily proven by the fact that at the time I went there the State was Republican, the district Republican. the county Repub- lican, the city Republican, the ward Re- publican and the voting precinct Repub- lican, and I regret to add that there has not been 50 great a change in their political complexion as would like"
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Grimes-of course not, but the things she wants to know.
 Grant-My dear fellow. those are the things I don't tell her. I use up 50 much time telling her the things she doesn't care to know that there is no time left for her to question me about the things she does want to know Boston Transcript.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-06
ApYERTIsING RATEs.

Situations. Wants. Rents. and other small advertisements. One Cent Word each Insertion. Five Cents Word for full week.
 Display advertisements. ger Inch. one insertion, S1.2o; each subsequent inser- tion. 70 cents; one week, ss,2O; one month. Sl0: one year. $40. .-.~.,s
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The Baltimore Sun rises to remark that those who have read the prize stories in the Boston magazines will not be surprised to know that the best one was written by a crazy woman in Min nesota.
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William Evans, formerly protector of Chinese in the Straits Settlements, who was induced by the British govern ment to go to South Africa to superin- tend the arrangements connected with the importation and housing of Chinese csc in South Africa, has refused to re- main there. He said he would never consent to be a slave driver. and that the conditions under which the Chinese worked in South Africa were indescrib- able.
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DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY, 12 GENTS 4 WEEK. 50 CENTS A MONTH. 6 FOR SIX MONTHS. s 4 YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BY MAIL SINGLE COPIES. ? CENTS.
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Automobile trains are to be run on wagon roads in German East Africa as feeders to the railroad lines.
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2 collection of books. manuscripts, paintings bronzes. statuary, carvings and antiques which will equal in it's entirety that now owned by MT. Mor- gan.
 At present this great collection is scattered all over the world. Some
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-06

It is a common practice in Kansas
 when one man buys the business of an other, to provide in contract that the seller shall not engage in the same business in the same town for a stipu- lated term of years. A case. of the kind was tried in Neosho county the other day. A lumber dealer had sold out un- der the agreement not to open a yard in the town for five years. He opened yard within a year after the sale had been made. When the case came up in the district court it was held that he had the right to do 50, in that the pur- chaser with whom the contract had been made had sold the business to a third party. As we understand Judge stillwell's decision, sucn contract Will hold between the original parties, but will not pass with a subsequent sale.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-06
SOMETHING PERSONAL.

5 y #54A A E If the Christmas gift is one that can be used as well as admired, and come more or less into the ey- eryday life of the person who re- ceiyes it it more fully carries out its idea as a. reminder of good will and friendship. For a number of years we have made a. speciality of personal effects in the line of fur nishings for gentlemen, and also gifts of the same sort for ladies in the way of nice umbrellas, scarfs, rugs and things in leather. We will be glad to show them to you.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-06

Race suicide doesn't seem to be much of a menace in Quebec. For fifteen years that province has had a law upon its statute books giving one hundred acres of land to any father of family in the province who has twelve or more living children, and in that time the prize has been paid to 3,4a7 fathers. There may be some who have qualified and not made the demand, but taking the number known, and supposing the average family to be no more than twelve. they would represent at least a population of 1.244.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-06


 Paris will have forty miles of subway when the work now begun is completed. It is carried out in sections, and at present two of the sections are finished and have been in use since the latter part of October, One of them runs across the central part of the city. and connects at each end with one Of the existing lines. It passes the St. Lazare station, the Opera and the Bourse The line runs entirely in tunnel. One of the remarkable points of construction is the huge masonry and iron work block which lies in front of the Opera. It contains three superposed tunnels, as in the future there will be three roads crossing at this point.
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THE WEEKLY JOURNAL. Issued Thursdays. one Dollars Year.
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Great indignation has been caused in Germany by the latest case of lese-ma- jeste. A thirteen-year- schoolboy named Adelbert Grzabka, who was brought before the criminal court at Lissa, in Prussian Poland, and accused of insulting the emperor, was sentenced to three months Imprisonment. As a rule, cases of this kind attract little attention in Prussia, as they are fairly common, but the tender age of the ac- cused in the present case has caused an exception to be made to the rule. The \ Yossische- -zeitung protests against the action of the authorities in sending a shoolboy to prison for such an offence as lese-majeste, and points out that the sentence will be Inscribed on the off, cial passport which every German is bound to carry. He will probably be ruined for life.
 My first ambition, said w, J. Bryan iii q lecture at Topeka, Kansas, was to be a Baptist preacher. dropped that ambition after I had seen a baptizing when was still boy, but my repub- lican friends have been mean enough to say that my giving 1t up was due to the natural aversion of a Democrat for water. My next ambition was to be farmer and my third to be law yer. fell into politics accidentally,
The Washington times., 1904-04-28
RUSSIAN BAZAAR
TO Be REPEATED
Will Be Held at the En-
bassy Saturday Afternoon.
DINNER FEATURE LEFT OUT
Some Unknown Friend Sends Check fol
$4,000 to Salve Disappointment
az belmont"

Nothing dauntcd by the constant
downpour of rain for the past two days.
Countess Cassini viii yet have her
bazaar. If all plans carry. the Russian
embassy will be the scene of the tea
and bazaar on Saturday. All of the
features planned for the first fair will
be carried out with the exception of the
dinner party.
Countess Cassiai deserves all the
sympathy and aid which is being ex-
tended to her, for a more pathetic scene
was never witnessed than that of Tues
Day. when the brave little Russian
struggled on in the rain. battling with
every possible adverse circumstance the
weather man could contribute, and
fought up to midnight 10 maintain the
brilliancy of her charity for the Rus
sian Red Cross. She received a check
yesterday for 5000. but Its source has
so far been kept secret. Because Of
the disappointment over the garden
party, many other substantial cash
offerings were made.
The public will be welcomed TO the
embassy Saturday. and there will be a
fine display of the French articles and
other wares offered for sale on Tuesday
About the same corps Of assistants will
surround the countess on saturday as
braved the rain for her sake the first
of the week.
The Washington times., 1904-04-28

history has been simply the working
out of ideals which never had a
chance to be worked out before; and
the power of this idealism has been
so great as to counterfeit mistakes
which might have been fatal in any
other country. Our geographical po-
sitiOn is also in our favor There
are two things which may, at some
time in the future, nuIlify the power
of our tutelary deity, Luck; one is
the disappearance of idealism from
our civilization, and the other is the
humiliation of our geographical po-
sition. Increasing facility in trans
portation may bring Europe and Asia
so near us that we shall no longer
be isolated in splendid independence;
and we may lose all faith in the
ideals which have dominated our ira
ditions thus far, and take to copying
older civilizations, root and branch.
But neither of these things is likely
to happen for several generations
yet, and by the time the Monroe Doc
trine dies of its own accord, or is
crushed out by other traditions, both
Prof. Munsterberg and the generation
wh.ch reads his book will long have
been under the sod.
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THE TROUBLE IN UTAH.
b. Editor q The Washington Times:

To the Editor CT The Washington Times:
The declaration Of Moses Thatcher-I
am glad TO say that l feel that am
a good American citizen since l am not
an apostle OF the Mormon Church
strikes IRE with much force.
man who is proud of being = good
American citizen need not aspire TO pro-
motion or more wives than one. Yet. I
think that every good American citizen
is entitled to one good wife. Tor really
/ think that an American citizen without
q wife IS only half man, or less.
Utah has lots of trouble, so has Kan
sas. It can't be the atmosphere, II must
be in the laws OF the State
This Government is founded on Chris
tian principles. that fact cannot be
wiped out; and those States whose con-
stitutlon or fundamental principles Of
law are not in harmony with the Con-
stitution of the United States, naturally
have tough time Of II, and they ought
to have. OF course. They ought 10 move
to Turkey or select location in the
FhiIippine Islands and make laws Of
their own.
am not particularly interested in this
Utah business. but / think know q good
thing when I sec IL
This Government cannot WHIP and will
not try 10 whip on honest man, yet they
get whipped by shysters occasionally.
BRO. W. w. WATKINS.
one thousand miles from hansas,
Washington. April &c.
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THE ASPEN TREE.

The little aspen tree stands high
Upon TIE h.il that guards the lane:
Her leaves are green as emeralds,
Her prdttle is like dancing rain;
She gOssips 10 the wind. the sky,
AnG we are comrades. she and l.
J climb the hill at evenfall;
She stands so high she may look down
And whisper me II you have turned
The winding highway from the town
And in the winds arm bend to see
And murmur that you haste to me.
And with her hundred voices tell
Itch step you take TO reach my side,
mi laugh in merry mockery.
Pretend &c scold and weep and chidc
And stand a moment mute in grief
Then laugh with every rustline leaf.
Ana when ~ last you take my hanrs
And call my name in mimicry,
Shc chatters ii a.dozcE times,
And tn"n liz gay and e!Esh Glee,
= ttunes her happy leaves TO tbs
The lispins cadence of a Kiss.
-Thcodosia Garrison.
The Washington times., 1904-04-28

amount of inconvenience and discom-
fort as a result of it. Where is the
sense of making other peopre. uncom-
Portable by preventing them from fol-
lowing a practice not essentially
criminal on account of scruple of
conscience felt not By them, but by
a small number of sectarians, with
whom they have nothing to do? We
are told that the Founder of the
Christian religion, once walked in a
cornfeld on the Sabbath day, and
plucked therefrom ears of corn for
Himself and His followers. Suppose
He had been walking down a city
street, where no corn was growing
but eatables were for sale. Would
He have bought anything to eat, or
not?
The Washington times., 1904-04-28
Accidental Presidents.
The Exceptional Situation in This
Election.

The Exceptional Situation in This
Election.
Some time ago, in rather a feeble
and half-hearted way, attempts were
made to prove that President Roose-
velt's election is impossible because
no accidental President ever was
elected. The argument ignored one
important point: it was that no "ac-
cidental" President heretofore has
had the qualities Of strength neces-
sary to election.
Mr.. Roosevelt not only is an "acci-
dental" President; he was an acc
dental Vice President, so far as any
desire of his own for the Office was
concerned. 1t has never before hap
penod that man was roped into the
Vice Presidency because he was too
strong a man to be allowed TO run
at large, but that was practically
what happened to Mr.. Roosevelt. The
party managers did not want him
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inconvenient to their plans; so they
appealed TO his party loyalty and
put him, as they thought, on a shelf.
They would probably have preferred
some meek, innocuous, obedient par
ty man for the second place on the
ticket, if they could have had things
just as they preferred; but that would
have left Mr.. Roosevelt in the open,
without any obligations to fit into
their scheme. If the meek, innocu-
Gus party man had been left by tragic
accident in tho White House, there
would by this time have been half q
dozen candidates stronger than he In
the field, Mr.. Roosevelt probably be-
ing one of them, and once more IL
wsuld have been proved that an ac-
cidental President is Aever elected.
But it was Mr.. Roosevelt's strength,
not his weakness, which made him
Vice President, and that IS why the
rule about accidental" Presidents is
not likely to work in his case.