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The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-26
HTG. BUT SLOW

Fuchau, China. has population of 1,000,00o How far behind the civilized times it is and how good a chance there will be sometime to sell it's in- habitants things is indicated by the statement Of Consul Grace that the place has not a single pump, windlass or other mechanical appliance for rais- ing water from wells or bringing it from the river to supply the city. Every householder takes his own pail and rope to the well and when supplied carries it away as his ancestors have done before him for thousands of years. There is no public water system in all southern China. Not only is this great city without water supply, but it has absolutely no system of lighting streets or public buildings. Kerosene is getting into general use for domestic purposes and there is great demand for for eign-made kerosene lamps. Most of the natives. however, use small cups or tumblers about three-fourths full of oil and with small piece of wood floating on the oil through which a tin tube containing small wick is placed.
 When China really wakes up it will be a great awakening. And perhaps her waking up will be an eye-opener to some other parts of the world.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-26
nature lad uses ol tae new dI.eovery.

Lady Constance Mackenzie, the Eng fish traveller and beauty. made a long trip through Texas At one place a wealthy ranch owner invited her to visit him. and she accepted the invita- ton. The owner of the ranch vas de- termined to give his guest a fitting re- ception. so he telegraphed his manager: Lady Mackenzie coming tomorrow; made every preparation. to treat her royalty" The manager had never heard of Lady Mackenzie. but. as the business of the ranch was raising bIooded horses. as well as cattle. he de- cided this must be some fancy race horse. The famous guest arrived the next day with her party. and found all ready. 4 clean box stall, with abundance Of fresh hay, awaited her.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-26
LING FROST FOR THE ,possTTM-

l
 Workmen were engaged in clearing rubbish out of the basement of the Turner Hall building. Among a great mass of pots. kettles. crockery, bits of iron piping, chunks of coal, and other debris that accumulated during years they found a live 'possum, .'in as good order as when received, ordinary wear and tear and inevitable accident except ed"
 This 'possum was one of a number which constituted a feature of the agricultural exhibit at the harvest dance given the night before Thanks giving.
 What did he live on all this time?' was the natural question asked numer- .ous people who saw the little beast throun out upon the sidewalk.
 We'll. he lived on faith, and when the faith ran short he lived on air and pieces of coal. You can always trust a 'possum the same as you can goat.
 Will Kreigner promptly took charge of the find, and it is thought he will soon be served up for free luncheon. He is in about as good condition as if he had been in the woods all these forty days and more re.-Chattanooga News.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-26

parently it has been cut in recent years. There are also evidences that parts of the dike have been broken and swept away by floods in times long past Trees over 100 years old growing on the crest of the dike also attest in some de- gree to it's antiquity.
 The surveyor. William Ashley. was at first inclined to the belief that 1t was an old morain of the glacial period. such as are frequently encountered in the Northwest. Upon close investigation. however, he was convinced that it was the work of man. owing to the singular regularity of it's form and the material which compose it. The earth's surface must have undergone some great changes since the construction of this dike, for the present geological forma- tion of the locality renders it useless. either for reclamation purposes or to keep the water. It could not have been the work of Indians. Its origin is sug- gestive of vast expanses of time and re- calls work of the ancient mound build ers.-Chicago Chronicle.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-26
A PREHISTORIC DYKE.

The Western States and Territories contain many evidences that this con tinent was once peopled by a race well advanced in the arts of civilization. A wonder of apparently prehistoric origin has been discovered recently by a surveyor in northern Idaho. It is the well-2reserved remains of dike, and lies along the east side of swamp known as Hoodoo Lake. Kootenal Coun- ty, in a country thickly covered with timber and underbrush.
 The dike is 5000 feet in length, is built carefully of rock and covered with earth. In dimensions it is four feet in height and three feet wide on top. The dike is broken in two or three places for rod or two, and at one point ap-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-26

So your husband tells you that he
 never plays cards for money" said the neighbor with a sheer. No" answered young Mrs. Torkins. Charles didn't say exactly that. He said he never gets any money by play | ing cards. .''-Washington Star.
 Miss Peachblow Cat the church fair)- Oh, MT. Dusnap, buy this sofa pillow.
 It has just been rdueed from s4 to T5 cents. Mir. Dusnap (ruefully)-Can't do it. l had 10 dollars five minutes ago, but now am reduced to.15 cents.-Judge.
 Cholly-such vuleah persons. they
 talked forevah about twade. don't y'know.
 Miss Peppry-And what did you talk
 about? Cholly-Nothing. Miss Peppry-The ideal how egotisti- Ical:-Philadelphia Press. Anyway. there's no marrying in Heaven,' growled the old bachelor passenger as he gIared fiercely at the bridal couple across the aisle. Well, ACA OcA lClO4 lSA tA-N bride, as she nestled her head on the
 manly bosom of her accomplice, there | is heaven in marriage, anyway.
 cago News. Jackson-It's a pleasure to play bil- lizards with Parker.
 Johnson-Hm! You can beat him, CT? Jackson-No; he beats me about four games out of five. Johnston-Then where does the pleas ure come in? Jackson-Why, he never remarks that when he was younger he could play a
 good game Brooklyn Life. To be aristocratic: Jaw the janitor. BroWbeat the butcher boy. Be spiteful to the hired girl. It is quite the thing never to be able to keep help. Never pay your milk bill. Or if you do, make the lnilkman wait half an hour in the cild while you write a
 check. Order things by phone from the gro- cery store. When they come have them taken back. Say you didn't order them. Hate your neighbor as yourself- Newark Evening News.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-26
OTHER SMAEr ON ES.

Some of the Yankee promoters" are smart, but it appears that there are smart promoters in England too. In that country last year 1929 companies became insolvent; the capital involved was ss11. .456,OOo, of which nearly s145.- 995, GOO was subscribed by the public. Tn the last ten years the capital involved by the insolvency of limited liability companies reached the astounding fig ure of s2.725, 24O,OO0, of which over s1,- 313, ,955, 900 came from public suhscrip- tions. Of course, much of this capital was nominal; it was never really repre- sented by assets to that amount: but after making allowances for every con- tingency the Inspector General comes to the conclusion that by the loss in shares subscribed for cash, the loss to creditors and the loss on vendors shares as the result of unsuccessful and misdirected company enterprise in the last ten years the English-invest- ing public has sacrificed s9S7 ,Sss,5OO in addition to $S71, ,1o3,5oO lost on vendors shares
 What is to be done in this and other countries to keep the public from being continually swindled by new or old schemes? Perhaps little can be done as long as the birth-rate of those beings elegantly called suckers continues to increase.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-26

TIME FOR BROWN TO WAKE UP.
 Brown University is slowly but surely sinking in the esteem of those New Englanders who either justly or un- justly, fear that the perverted idea of sport that prevails among it's students is typical of depressed standards in other lines of college activity. AS one of it's highest officials stated yesterday: Il sadly fear that we are attracting the wrong sort of young men; otherwise such queer notions of what constitutes recreation could not prevail here.' Or as a former Brown athlete has stated in print:
 NO one wishes to see college athle- tics on other than an amateur basis; many preparatory school would hesitate long before sending it's students and many a man would hesitate long before sending his son or brother to that college which first let down the bars and allowed the amateur to be sup planted by the professional. They can- mot go hand in hand, athletic history shows this; the amateur in every field, running, boxing, rowing wrestling, golf ing, who becomes a professional is for ever debarred from contests in his former class. The reason is apparent it is unfair for him who engages in sport for the love of it to compete with him who supports himself through it.
 Brown must wake up or take the last place in the list of New England col leges so far as wholesome amateur sport goes. No other college shows the slightest inclination to approve profess sionalism in athletics. s.-Providence Journal. x
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-26
zHE WEEkLx JOUkAAL. Issssd Thnrsdsys. On. DoIIsr !. Year
ADVERTISING BATES

Situations, Wants. Rents and other small advertisements One Cent a Word each in seI1ion. Five Cents Word for a full week.
 Display advertisements. per inch, one in serfion, S1 20; each subsequent insertion, 40 cents; one week, $3.20; one month, SlO; one year. $40.
 Obituary Notices, in prose or verse, 15 cents per line Notices of Births, Marrl- ages, Deaths. and Funeral. 90 cents each. Local Notices, b cents per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to their own Immediate business Gail matter to be unobjectionabIe), and their contracts do not include Wants, To Let, For Sale, etc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-26
NOT so com tKkRYwHERE.
increase.

People in this region who are not too mean will.be glad that the weather has not been extremely cold in some other parts of the earth lately. For instance, the tropics have been as tropical as usual, and reports received in the Hy- topographic office of the navy in Wash ington indicate that the winter in the far north has been unusually mild Re ports of icebergs in the northern Atlan- tic are already being received. One has just come in from the Danish steamer Island which reports having encountered several bergs off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. It is very early to get news of this kind, reports of bergs usually coming in some time in March and sometimes not until we'll in- to April. It indicates that the past winter has been very mild in the far north, and that the ice is already break ing up and coming southward. Some times a strong wind from the north will bring these bsrgs down before the ice is thoroughly broken up by the advance of spring, but the appearance of them at this period of the year is rare.
 We congratulate the Eslimos, and we hope that their blubber has tasted good this winter and that there has been plenty of it. There has been blubber enough around here this winter, but it hasn't been appreciated.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-26
II IsIla Was There

If Bill was there
 There where the. .Jap and Russ Are raisin' such a fuss The cables would be sizzin' hot A-tellin' Of the fights they fought, For Bill-he's got the whole thing planned: How each one ought to make a stalid. And just bow either could begin And, with no trick at all, could win.
 There would be trouble in the air
 If Bill were there.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-26

The gold output at Johannesburg in January was $5. 1922, 76O, which is the lar gest recorded in any month since 1899. In January, 1899, the output was ST. 305,655. The mining industry is evil dently making progress. In January, 1903, the output was but $4,097,67 and in January, 1902, but $1,493,9SO. Now that an increased supply of unskilled labor for the mines has been provided for by the authorization of the import ation of Chinese, the production of gold may be expected to increase and pass the maximum of $S,21O,125 in August, 1899. Immediate results are not, how ever, to be expected, since six months will be required to secure any consider able number of coolies.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-26

As wonderful. says Science Siftings,
 in it's production of high temperatures as liquid air in it's cold producing prop critics ranks thernlit, the latest inven- tion. This marvellous new compound is made by combining in the proper proportions two elements most fre- quently occurring on the earth's sur face, namely oxygen, in the form of oxides, and aluminium, the metal found in common clay. When these two sub stances are combined and then ignited, an enormously high temperature, equal to the intense heat of the electric arc light, is instantly produced. Alumino- thernlics, or alunino-thermic science, is the name given to the theory as to the
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-26

The two hundred and fifty students of Missouri university who tried the two meals-a-day plan for two months re- port themselves in much better condi- tion in every way. They have also re- duced their living expenses materially.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-26
If Bill was there

If Bill was there
 Hes stuck q dozen pins
 To mark the outs and iDs Of how he'd march million men Across the land and back again And put the foeman in the ditch. Whose men? What side! He don't car'
 which. He says sometimes he fairly aches To see how both sides make mistakes. There would be fightin' everywhere
 Ii Bill was there.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-26
If Bill were there

II Bill were there He'd take his submarines
 And raDid-fire machines And tow em Alowly after dark. Right up to where he's put | mark Near that there town-it's name, bgee! Runs out some fifteen miles to sea And then you bet there'd something drop. He'd fight below em' and on top.
 And some one sure would get 2 scare
 If Bill was there.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-26

DxnvEHED BY CARRIEEs IN THE CIrr JtCEnrs A WEEK, 50 CENTS A MONTH. ssron SIX MONTHS, e A YEAR TIE SAME TERMS BY MAIL
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-26
If Bill was there

If BlII WAS thefe--
 But he's at Miller's store Him and dozen more Of our towns keenest strategists, With stubby pencils in their fists, Concoctin' battles and campaigns That take in all the seas and plains. if either one-the Russ or Jap Is lookin' for likely chap To run the war with tact and SIKH,
 They'll send for Bill.
 W. D. N, in Chicago Tribune
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-26

The neWness of European civilization in Japan is amusingly shown in a story recently told by a correspondent of a London paper of having seen the Jap anese soldiers in China during the march to Picking carrying their new European boots in their hands and marching sturdily along in their bare feet or in the light straw sandals to which they had been accustomed. The thieving army contractor with his pa- per soles evidently cannot bring the Japanese army to a standstill. And the matter of comnlissariat is simple for an army which can march all day on a little cold rice.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-26

Architects of New York city base the prediction of the lowest year in build ing operations ever known, on the present dullness in their offices. They attribute this condition to scarcity of money and unsettled state of the financial world, lack of confidence owing to last years labor troubles, the extreme winter, which has delayed the starting of many contracts, and the draught on capital and contractors by the Baltimore fire. All these infu- ences have led, it is claimed, to the annulment in New York since septem- Der ] of contracts amounting to s2o.- 100000.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-26

Lloyd Morgan, professor of mineral ogy in the University of Oxford, tells with delight how a great English mer- chant came to consult about the in struction of the hopeful son and heir who was some day to run the vast bus mess interests from which "the pater9 has made his wealth. But mind you. said he, q don't want him to learn about strata, or dips, or faults, or up- heavals, or denudations, and l don't want him to fill his mind with fossils or stuff about crystals. What l want him to. learn is how to find gold and silver and copper in paying quantities, sir in paying quantities.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-26

Admiral Alexieff is thus described by the Russian Advance: He is perhaps fifty years old and instinct with ner- vous energy. His step is impetuous. The whole movement of the man is full of dash. His talk is the vocalization of force; his attitude, even when sitting in conversation. is that of bolt upright intentness. Alexieff is informed. very frank, open. never hesitating to for nlulate a reply and giving you his opin- ion quite off-hand. He is as quick as Admral Dewey, of whom again and again you are reminded when talking to him. His days are full of toil; in deed, most of his nights are full of toll also.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1904-03-23
Couldn't Indcratnn II.

The experiences OF CLERKS with thei1
customers are very peculiar. but toe
best that | have yet heard was related
to me yesterday by a clerk IN one OF
our local stores One day last week 8
large healthy looking man. whose talh
would give one to understand that he
was north of Highlander. came into
the store and wanted a stiff kat. When
the clerk asked him what size he
wanted, lie said that he did not know
as he had never worn hat. The clorl
told him that he would take about size
seven. which proved to be the right
size. After buying the hat he told the
clerk that he wanted a stiff collar. bui
he said that he did not know what siz,
he should require. as he had never
worn n nigh collar in his life. Tn,
clerk told him that he would re1rirf
about a size 10. "What?" cyclaic-o,
the astonished purchaser. "i.yc ~,
dickens do YOU make that cat. re tay,
to wear a size 10 collar md siz., &;
hat? Do you think my neck is !,r,ci
than my head? "-Lowel Citizen.
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Flood Crcntcs N Sutio,

Owing to disagreement betwec.
Austria and Servia the folk who hay,
taken up their residence on a Certain
little island in the Danube pay no taxer
and acknowledge allegiance 10 nobody
The island. which has very appro
priately been called Nobody's island
was formed many years ago by In,
accumulation Of mud and sand carried
down by the great river during a flood
Since then Austria and Scrvia have
been quarreling about its possession
At low water the island is almost con
nected with the Servian shore NV 4,
narrow tongue OF sand. while at hi-l
water il lies nearer the Austrian ialarc
OF Osztrovaer Consequently 80 QUE
can decide TO whom II really belongs
and. as the island is not worth enough
TO make it advisable for the Seryiar
or the Austrian government TO fight
over its possession, the inhabitants ar,
left entirely TO themselves -Stray
Stories.
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the rushing PROV. Non" snec ,an
country. nor wist how far the journey
might carry him. None knew as OF
certainty that he would ever in this
way reach the great Messasebe: o.
even II he thought that such would be
the case. did any one know how far
that Messasebe still might he. Ys
there came a time in the afternoon IL
that day. even as the chant OF I'll,
voyageurs still echoed on the wooded
bluffs. and even as the great birch-barH
ship still responded swiftly to thei:
Saiety, when, on n sudden turn in tho
arm or the river. there appeared wide
before them a scene for 'snich they
had not been prepared. There. rip
ping and rolling under the breeze. as
though itself the arm OF some Crea,
sea. they saw n majestic food. whose
real nature and whose name each man
there knew on the instant and in
stinctivcly.
'Messasebe, Messasebe." broke or
the voices of the paddlers.
stop the paddles," cried Du Mesne
"Voila'
John Law rose in the bow of tn,
boat and uncovered his head. II wa,
noble prospect which lag before him
His was the soul of the adventurer
quick TO respond 70 ci,alIenge. There
was a iiuttering in his .hroat as he
stood and Gazed out upon tljF solemn
mysterious and tremendous hc,.,. com
ing whence, going whittier. none nigh.
say. He gazed and Eazed. and II W..
long before the shadow crossed III.
face and before he drew n sigh.
Madam" said he. at length. turn
ing until he faced Mary Connynge
this IS the west We have chosen
and we have arrived
ITO BE Continued
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1hE TEAL TO EOYLANO.

Nhe.e ~ maple leaves "a" yellow
AND III apples plump and mellow
And the purple grapes are bursting with
their rich autusnral wine.
Ana the oak leaves rcdly flaming
All the blaze OF sunset Shaming-
10 a trail that waBders idly To a land OF
yours aud mine.
1t goes through the grassy hciiows
And across the hills: It follows
All the playful tunes and curvinSs of the
cNer-singink streams.
oVergrown with tangled grasses,
All the oldeu haunts II passes
TIL !, fades into a vista that is cherished
IN our dreams.
Past the pokcwceds and their berries
Ana the dance halls of the fairies.
over field and through the forest. il goes
ever on and on.
With the thrush and kildeC singing
And the redbird inadly winging
Far ahead Of us 20 somewhere. where the
sunset meets the dawn.
Ur and down. the hillside huggins.
With the hazel bushes Juggling
At our arms. and blushinE sumach hold
ing spicy berries out.
And the hawtrees and the beeches.
Hickories and plums and peaches
lust a young and just as pleuty-aI our
thoughts of age to fout!
So IL stretches and IL glistens
Far away-and lac who listens
Geays the echo OF the haiItngs and the
r1Urmur of song
That comes through the silence throb-
binE-
Haif with laughter. half with sob
hing
TT it clutches at the heartstrings and
would hold them overlong.
This is the traiI--the Trait to Boy
land
How it spans the miles to joyand.
Passing leafy lane and blossom tangled
vine. and bush and tree
CoaNinE bees till they. in coming.
Fiji the hush Of noon with humming-
And the wondrouS way to Boyland
stretches fair for YOU and me!
Chicago Daily Tribune
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1904-03-23

the accustomed bales and bundles In
their places in the great canot du Nord
La VOLTA" said Tete Girls. Here
she sits. this canoe. eager to 20 on.
'Tis forward again. mes amis, For
ward once more; and glad enough am
for this day. We shall see new lands
ere long"
For my part" said Jean Breooeus
l also am most anxious TO be away
Tor have eaten this whitefish until
] crave no more. ! had bethought me
how excellent are the pumpkins OF the
good fathers at the straits; and in
deed would we had with US moro OF
that excellent fruit. the bean"
Bah! Jean Breboeuf," retorted
Pierre Noir 'Tis but a poor-hearted
voyageur would hang about a mission
garden with hoe in his hand instead
Of a gun. Perhaps the good sisters at
the Mountain miss thy skill at pulling
weeds"
Nay. now. I can live az long on
FISH and flesh as any man." replied
Jean BrebOeuf, stoutly. nor do I
hold myself. Monsieur Tete Girls. one
jot in courage back Of any man upon
the trail
"Of course not. save fin time OF
storm" grinned Tete Girls. Then. II
is Holy Mary. witness my vow of q
bale Of beaver II is"
Well. so be IT," said Jean Breboeuf.
stoutly. Tis sure a bale Of beaver
will come easily enough in these new
lands; and-though ! insist again that
] have naught OF superstition in my
oul- when raven sits on a tree
near camp and croaks Of morning be-
ore breakfast-a3 upon my word Of
onor was the case this morning
here must be some III fate in store for
rs. as doth but stand TO reason"
But say you so?" said Tete Girls