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The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-24

Istitution of learning, every individual to whom I have written on the matter.
 President Roosevelt, in his annual message, says:
 T desire again to urge upon the con. gTess the importance of authorizing the president to set aside certain portions of the reserves or other public lands as game refugees for the preservation of the bison, the wapiti and other large beasts once so abundant in our woods and mountains and on our great plains, and now tending toward extinction.
 And a little farther on he says:
 We owe it to future generations to keep alive the noble and beautiful creatures which by their presence add such distinctive character to the American wilderness.
 And surely no other animal appeals to the American people from 50 many points of view as this one does. An adult buffalo bull is a creature of inn posing grandeur. If you are an Amer ican, no doubt you take some pride in the fact that one of the grandest ani- mals of all time is a native of this country; urge you to let your pride in this matter prompt you to do some act, however small, tending to save this animal for future generations of Americans. If you have no time to do more, will you not write me ever so brief a note expressing approval Of a definite plan to preserve the buffalo, and I will see that your views are brought to the attention of the govern ment. Your letter will be in good com pany. and will be filed with letters from many of the leading men in the United States, including President Roosevelt himself
 If you are lover of animals, then you must be doubly interested in the fate Of the bison. sufficiently interest ed, feel sure, to raise hand to help in a reasonable movement for his pre- seryation. It is a good thing to be in favor of having desirable ends ae- complished, but Il is not quite enough. The desirable ends are never accom-. plished until somebody actually does something toward their accomplish ment, and where all are interested, all should help at least a little. If you de sire thing, surely 1t should not be toe l much trouble to ask for 1t.
 If you are a naturalist, no argument | is necessary; you know only too well that the passing of the bison would be an irreparable loss to the fauna of this country. Your assistance in this move.
 ment Is most earnestly solicited, for I
 Is to you and your brethen that ths country looks for advice in matters oi
 this kind. Perehance you are a member of some natural history society; If SC
 can you not bring this matter before
 the members at some meeting in tht linear future, and if possible urge then to pass d set of resolutions setting fortf the necessity of saving the bison, and
 expressing their sympathy with tht l nresent movement to save him. If yot
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-24

Gladys -''What did the Count give Ethel for Christmas?' Edith-"Some kind of a thoroughbred dog, I believe" GladyS-rHe didn't-er-offer himself, did he?"--Judge.
 Geraldine Why on earth doesn't Cholly go to work and do somethin2' Gwendolin Oh, let him alone he'd be sure to do it wrong if he did. It's better as 1t is Cleveland Leader.
 Did my diamonds call forth any comment?' asked Mrs. Cunrox. ''Yes, indeed answered Miss Cayenne. T heard several people refer to you as the human chandelier. - Washington Star.
 Do you keep silkoline?' asked Mrs. Youngwife of the dry goods clerk T am sorry, madam, but we are all out of it to-day. .Oh, what pity; I did want 1t awfully. But if you haven't it will have to make something else an swer. Please give me two yards of cottolene. -W Washington Life.
 Little boy, do you ever go to Sunday school?' The urchin looked up. q ain't been fur 8 long time, ma am. :, Don't you want to go this morning?' Nome" he said, flush of pride and resentment showing through the dirt on his cheek. .I'ln q bad boy. all right, but ain't one O thees Sunday School Chris'mus tree bad boysl'C Chicago Tribune.
 The Rev. pr Fourthly-''T hope, Brother Hardesty, you are not tinctur- ed with anthropomorphisni' Deacon Hardesty (wondering where he has
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-24
10 Miss Precocity-A Warming.

Nay gre you harbor this insidious That would nrmake the saint long praised to me. Reflect what Christmases would he without
 These evidences of his entity: This doll-that lacks but speech to be alive!
 This china-that might shine at grown-up teas! This sled. these slkates--what other could contriYe Such bright, bewiIdering wonder rlents as these? It's hard to understand? I know 1t is! The Journey from far north, the mys- In which he comes and goes. The se- Perhaps you'll have 1t from himself But now, see brother mount his fine, new steed
 In all the rapture of unshaken faith. Renew your your own and sintle--a smile. Less pitiably like the old ones wraith Iconoclast at eight! What will you be When nfes decline you wearifuils Oh. learn, m learn now, to hold tena- ciously
 To everything that makes for happ- And mark me we'll: When in this un- belief
 You are confirmed irrevocably-t then, Though santa Claus may sigh and share your grief, He'll never, never come to you again.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-24

heard that word before) We'll. some times I think I am, and then, again, don't know. When you've had the grip good and hard it always leaves a lot of aches and unpleasant feelings you don't get over for a long time-I know that. ]"
 -Chicago Tribune.
 "Mebby youse won't believe it., ma am" said the hungry hobo, ''butI I've been a-lookin' fer work fer more'n ten years" Well you needn't look no farther" said the stern-faced kind lady, 'Scuse me n1a'anl,' interrupted the patient looker As I sed,. I've been
 lookin' fer work, but now that I've found it me curiosity is satisfied. orry voor, ma am Chicago Daily News.
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SAVE THE AMERICAN BIsoN.

The passing of great and noble animal is q calamity which every in telligent person should seek to avert. It is a loss to the world which can never be repaired, since an animal once ex- tinet, has gone forever. At this time we are called upon to prevent a loss of this kind; l refer to the threatened extine- tion of the American Bison. cannot think of this magnificent creature which for untold thousands of years Nature has gradually been moulding until it is one of the grandest on the earth-I cannot watch it's fast-ap- preaching end without making an other earnest appeal to the people of the United States to take their last chance to save 1t.
 The importance of an immediate and active movement to preserve the last re- maining buffaloes. Is recognized not only by the press, which is devoting all necessary space to the subject, but by every natural history society, every in-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-24

King Edward has just presented the monks of the Great St. Bernard Mon astery magnificent new piano. to re- place the one given by Queen Victoria half a century ago.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-24

Kasper Griesser. who recently cele. brated his 111th birthday at Lorsch, in Hessen, is believed to be the oldest man in Germany. He has never left his na- tive district, where his occupation has been farming. He has fred cheeks, walks without stick. smokes his pipe nearly all day long, and likes good glass Of beer"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-24

Does your wife buy you any Christi mas cigars?" "she did one year. But tell her every November that I have made up my mind to quit the debasing habit" But isn't that too much of a sacrifice?" You wouldn't think so if you had smoked one of her cigars. - Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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ApVERTIsING 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. 40 cents; one week. ss-2O; one month. s1O: one year. $40.
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There is always something doing just before Christmas, says Kansas edi- tor. And the editor of the Kansas City Journal remarks: And there is always something dunning shortly after.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-24

T could have married Miss Roxley, but her father" "Ah! he put his foot down, chg No; he put his foot up good and hard. That's what hurt!'' Philadelpllia Press.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-24

According to the Philadelphia Record the Reorganization of the school system in that city has reached point at which radical changes are absolutely necessary. The school buildings are said to be Inadequate and imperfect, superintendents have to waste their time on clerical work because they are compelled to hear classes, promotion and tenure of office have little relation to merit, there is system of triple responsibility which results in no one being held properly responsible for gross defects, and so on and so on. The teachers themselves have now applied for q change in the system, and are trying to arouse public sympathy for tho appeal.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-24

44E "EEA44 souKNAL. Issued Thursdays. One Dollar Tear.
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Small Furs for
 Christmas Gifts.

The balance of our stock of Furs received from the Mus in the popular fus Look these prices and con sider:
 MJEES Baby f I Carriage m @ Robes .. 600 400
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HABFTUAL

Dyer-so Highbee has bevome bank rupt?' Wyld-"Yes. He tried to run a 4O-horse power auto on a 5-horse power salary.'-Town Topics.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-24

Pneumatic rubber leg forms are the latest. Advocates of these first aids to the unshapely man contend that no more violation of material propriety is involved in their use than in the em- ployment of padding to correct dropping shoulders or in using braces to remedy the effect of a stopped back. The forms may be so inflated as to round out un- natural bends. They can be had from stock, says the New York Sun, or made to individual measurements. They are light in weight, comfortable and invis fble, being worn on the inner side of the trousers leg, and they allow of easy adjustment. TaiIors view this innova- ton approvingly, as it assists them in producing proper results.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-24

The scene of this incident was Troy schoolroom. "on the one hand, said the teacher. pointing long finger at the map on the blackboard, lis the scene of the present complications in Russia; on the other hand VI Here he paused and looked sternly at a shock headed boy "on the other hand''- Warts. 7 hazarded the shoclxheaded boy, helpless with terror.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-24

THE OLDEST DAILY PAPER PUB LIsHED IN CONNECTICUT.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-24

By and by precious stones ought to be plenty Nearly every country now adays makes some contribution to the general stock. South Africa produces $26,OOO00o worth of diamonds every year; from every 100000 tons of blue rock excayated at Kimberley a ton of diamonds is obtained. Pearls are found in various parts of North and South America, emeralds in Colombia, rubies and opals in Australia, and sapphires, emerals, cat's-eyes, garnets, topazes, amethysts, turquoises, beryls, and dozen other precious stones in dozens of other places. Our own coun- try paid s81,47922s last year for jewel imports.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-24

Can a horse pull one hundred pounds of sand attached to a rope five hundred feet long? Many people claim that such thing can be done, while others say it cannot. Last week the question was settled in Springfield, Missouri. A rope goo feet long was tied to 1OO-pound sack of sand at one end and horse was hitched to the other end. A bet of s4O was put up on the event by the original parties and several side bets were made. The event came off on the market square on Campbell street and the owner of the horse won the stakes, the horse pulling the 1OO-pound sand bag, for some distance.
Barbour County index., 1904-12-07

the time is now here when one can
really wear what becomes one
If you desire to dress in a plain and
unobtrusive style you can do so-or if
you wish to dress in the latest fashion,
there are the lovely Directoire and
Louis creations; while as to the hap
py medium" styles, never has fashion
been so generous. A word, however:
do not wear the Directoire styles un-
less you are moderately tall and slim
as slimness is essential for this
style of dress.
There is absolutely no season of the
year, nor time of the day, when
blouses are not admissible-indeed,
blouses are worn as;much as ever-and
very welcome addition they are to
ones wardrobe
For morning use there are no end of
pretty blouses in flannel, with and
without yokes- -box-pleated. tucked
insertioned, and made more or less
fussy as fancy may dictate, and en-
broidered and embellished as time and
taste may allow. Some of the new
f1annels and such-like fabrics, includ-
ing Viyella, are manufactured in such
delightful colorings and designs as to
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CALLED BACK THEIR OWN.
An incident Which Illustrates the
FOndness of African Blacks for
Their Cattle.

The lrishman who kept the pig in
the parlor" was no fonder of the "gin-
tleman thot paid the rint" than the
Nigerian Fulani people are of their
cattle. The author of Affairs of West
Africa says that their negro neigh
bors declare that the Fulani talk to
their beasts, and understand them.
While French force was operating
IN the western Soudan some cattle were
commandeered from the natives and
were penned up. One of them was a
lani herdsmen.
In the middle of the night there
was terrible commotion in the pen.
and the officer in charge commanded a
rative soldier to tell him what was
wrong.
The cattle are mad said the ma
tive, for the Fulani are calling them.
From neighborhood hill came the
sound of plaintive chant At the same
moment violent disturbance took
place among the cattle The officer
hurried toward the pen, followed by the
soldiers. The chant meanwhile con-
tinued in cadence of inexpressible
melancholy. The commotion in the
pen increased, and before the French
men could reach it. one of the beasts
was seen to clear the enclosure at
bound and crash through the bushes
in the direction whence the sound
came, believing loudly as he galloped
away.
1t was the black bull. He had bro
ken the halter which bound him, and
leaped'a palisade five feet high. With
the disappearance of the bull the chant
ceased, and the next morning the Fu-
lani herdsmen were nowhere to be
found"
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"JoHNNY-oN-THE.sPoI."

The world has many golden gifts 'tis
eager to bestoW
On enterprisipg mortaIs who are not too
sly or slow
TO step right up and win their share OF
prizes when they can,
But, On! the worlds too busy. quite. to
seek the absent man.
AND those who mean TO do so much next
week or month or year.
away on In some misty cline, instead
of now and here,
May some day rouse themselves and find
q score of them have not
AS much true 'get there" as has one
brisk Johnny
When shy Miles standish sought to win
the fair PrisciiIa's hand
By courting her by proxy, 4 isn't hard
to understand:
The comely Plymouth maiden said she
really would prefer
Jonn Olden, who possessed the spunk to
come and speak with her
Ihat old, oft-quoted piece of fudge which
says that Absence makes
The heart grow fopder' must be classed
with those absurd mistakes
Which blunt, slang-using folks would say
are all bit of rot"
The chap that wins the lady is the
Johnny-on7the-spot."
against tremendous odds;
They never could have won had they been
slow, weak-hearted clods
Each mothers son of them seemed glad
to risk his precious neck;
Wherever duty called him, there it found
him, right on deck
Brave Washington was at the front, his
couptry's course to guide
With Adams, Franklin. jefferson and
Hancock at his side
No proxies could have done the work
of that immortal lot
whose every man was what you'd call a
'tJchnny-on-
In love or war or politics. or whatso'er
you will,
The wiser man is not the one to send a
boy to mill:
Oh, no! he takes the grist himself and
like a prudent man,
He makes the miller give him back the
best return he can.
And genius" properly defined, so sages
all declare,
Means being at the proper when" just
at the proper where"
So, of the many varied gifts the gods to
men allot,
The rarest ones are sure to fall to
Johnny
Nixon Waterman, in Success.
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TOOK COUNTY TO CIRCUS.
old-Time Kansas Rhillnthropist In
vited Entire District. to See
the Show.

T. M. Walker, of Atchison. Kan,
has in the hall of his home a hand
somely mounted pair OF antlers. They
belonged to the elk that killed Gen
Bull and two companions in Alton 25
years ago. Gen. Bull kept the elk as
pet in park adjoining his Alton
home. The arimal tecAme e1raged
and gored the three men to death.
Gen. Bull was state senator at the
time OF his death. He was a good
friend OF the POI persons who settled
in Osborne county during his re-i-
dence there.
Early in the spring of 1879 Ander-
sons circus appeared in Osborne. and
passed through Alton. At that time
Gen. Bulls house was practically the.
only one in town. He persuaded the
circus to stop in his town" however.
and furnished them with all the wood.
hay and beef they could use. He then
bought $50 worth of tickets at % cents
ticket and started out to tell the glad
ud1ngs. There was no street parade,
but the circus gave show that is still
talked about by the old settlers. When
all Gen. Bulls tickets were used, and
those who had money had bought
what they could. the remaining penni-
less ones wereN admitted free. The
whole county saw the circus. The
people of Osborne county still hold
Gen. Bull in loving remembrance, and
observe the anniversary of his death
every year. The twenty-fifth ami
versary was October II, and memorial
services were held that day in Alton.
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WOLVES HELD AT BAY
A GREEDY PACK OF ILLS SURROUND
A OLERGYMAN's WIFE. -
Through the Arrival of Timely Aid She
Escapes from tlie Terrors of a
Prolonged Siege

The Rev. w. A. Denton, of Girard.
Crawford county, Kansas, tells the fol.
lowing story Of a narrowing experience
OF one of the members of his family:
My wife," he says, was assailed for
fifteen years by combination Of all.
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spells, her limbs were swollen and pain
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it, amt she?" she said. Walk over
there. Seville, till see you! Now it's
real stylish you're lookin'. An it's me
as thanks you, miss.
I'm glad to see it on anyone to
whom it is so becoming. Oh, by sie
way, mama sent that basket of thanks
giving things. Mama is always happy
when she is giving away things, and
think she ought to be happy on
Thanksgiving day. Il you can't use
them, just give them away. And un-
Gle John sent this silver dollar to Sew
lille. He never before has known any-
one named for story-book heroine.
and he was so interested. And 1
brought one of grandma's pumpkin
pies. She makes such good ones, and
l couldn't resist bringing one - Cath
crime put the basket on the table as
she spoke, and gave the dollar to the
woman.
The woman was almost overwhelmed:
This girl had such pretty way of
giving! She evidently did not guess
that the little panery was almost
empty. Soft tears came into the
mothers eyes.
Il don't know what to say to YOU.
miss You've done. that much for me.
It's hard times I've had, but you're
like friend-an' you lady and me
a poor woman"
I'm just woman, too," said Cath
crime Eve have just lived differently.
don't you see?"
Il guess we have, miss, 1 guess we
have"
In the silence that followed. Cath
crime heard heavy breathing in the
room beyond the kitchen. She in
stinctively looked at the woman.
Its my husband. He's sleepin' off
the drink" said the woman.
"Oh!" said Catherine. "You will let
me be your friend, won't you? And
let me make hard times easier for you :?
You would for me, l know, and I'd let
you.'
AN it's glad I'll be to let you, miss.
You've been blessin' this day. Now
it's cup of tay you'll let me be maxim
for you?"
I'D love it! And We'll eat some of
mama's cake!" Catherine heartily re-
piled. The hesitation, mingled with
eager hope, in the woman's suggestion
was very touching, and Catherine un-
derstood the brightness of giving.
She asked no questions, but over the
thick cups and the broken teapot the
woman told her how hard the times had
been, and the girl seemed to under.
stand. "Now 1 am your friend" she
said, "and you must let me help"
When she went, the little girl. ar
rayed in the red cloak, accompanied her
to the corner. The woman sat alone,
leaning on the table. The sound of the
heavy breathing in the room next the
kitchen fell upon her ears, and the
shadow came again to her face. the
shadow of the too heavy burden that
will not be banished from human faces
until every person in the world re-
members to do the little or great SER
vices for others that he may do, that
it is his privilege, his birthright to
do.
The woman bit her lip. Her misera-
BILE eyes were dull and heavy. Sudden
ly her glance rested upon GATHERINGS
roses. The shadow lightened. The
woman's thoughts strayed to the girl.
She recollected GATHERINGS words
about giving thanks for special bless
ings. Again soft tears filled her eyes.
She bowed her weary head on the table
and whispered:
God, I specially thank you-for
maxim that girl. Youths Companion.