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The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-18

times and scare them to the outside is- lands. Another scouts the idea and thinks that the ducks are in dire ex- tremity. As a matter of fact, the fioeks were there several weeks before the general public took any notice of them. Then the newspapers under big head lines announced that thousands of ducks lone said geese) were starving to death and that their dead and dying bodies were strewing the ice. It might be well to stick to the facts and let each have his opinion as to whether the birds were actually starving to death. am inclined to think the danger, if danger there was, ended when the rain opened up large tract of flats that were closed during the coldest weather, thus greatly enlarging the feeding ground. It is certain that the ducks were suffering from the lack of food all through the coldest weather, though number of kind-hearted men kept i them well supplied with corn. Some that were shot were found to be very thin, nothing but skin and bones, in fact. Yet they might have survived quite while longer even without help, for there is not real evidence that any one of them actually starved to death They might have found better feeding grounds elsewhere. perhaps, yet it has been hard winter for these same shoal water ducks even on the outer is lands. At Pine Point week ago I saw black duck that had been shot by a fisherman, and there was very little meat on the carcass. Now all the ducks there are living out in the vicini- ty of Stratons Island, where thous- ands of seabirds congregate during the cold weather. The Martins Point dab blers would not have improved their condition if they had been scared away to go farther outside after food. The fact is that they found here the best fare that Casco Bay afforded and did not care to leave it. Nevertheless, doubt if they would have perished if they had been let entirely alone, though If the bay was to remain closed many ! weeks at a time they could not flourish. The gathering of several hundred black ducks in so dense a flock has furnished the sight of a lifetime to many who have visited the bridge and observed how tame the birds have become.-Port- land, (Me.) Advertiser
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-18
4 RRAKE MAN.

Mr. Lawrence HolslEy is an Ohio man, and therefore thinks he knows what be- long to him. And being an Ohio man he is not backward in trying to get what he thinks belongs to him. Mrs. Holsky got tired of MT. Holsky. and sued for divorce. Having done this she thought she didn't owe Mr Holsky anything, and so left him to get along the best way he could. He didn't get along very well. and he ingeniously be- thought himsels that his wife, not yet being legally separated from him, was under obligation to take care of him. and he applied to the court for relief. The judge thereupon issued an injunc- tion restraining Mrs. Holsky from re- fusing to make the bed for her husband daily. from refusing to cook meals for him as usual, and from refusing to per- form any other household duties com monly performed by housewives. :.
 Just how much Mrs Holsky has been or will be restrained doth not appear. but our guess is that Brother Holsky will discover that there are injunctions that don't injunct. Still, it can't be de- nied that he has stood up like man, yea, like an Ohio man.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-18
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Spring bonnets are to be trimmed with small fruit; flowers will appear in the sum mer designs. This is done to prevent the women from wearing the spring hats all ummer.-AIillinery edict) A few potatoes on the brim,
 Arranged in some artistic plan, Will put the wearer in the swim,
 But only through the month or Jan. Some early lettuce. torn to shreds
 And woven in dainty web Will nod upon the stylish heads
 That know what is the nsede for Feb. Young onions of the Dalest green.
 Arranged to form sNaying arch Of tossing tops, will soon be seen
 As quite the only thing for March Strawberries. with net of lace,
 That stimulates the light whipped cream, Will form finish for the face
 That Aprils styles will cause 10 gleam. A bunch of cherries, and green peas.
 And little apples, too, will sway Upon the bonnets that vii. please
 The fashionable folk in May wreath of .roses-bear in mind
 That they must not come in too soon. You're out of style if we should md
 You wearing them proceeding June. The morning glory nat VIII Dt
 The idol of each womanS eye, When, garnished with skyrockets, she
 Will see it flourish in July. The popoy hat--now,. do not let
 Your recollection slip a cog. To be in fashion, don't forget
 You must wear poppy hats in Aug. The golden wheat and rye through which
 The zephyrs of the summer creQt, win make bonnet rare and rleh
 And rule the thirty days in Sept. If you should wear chrysanthemums.
 Your friends would be extremely shockeu Should you forget that bonnet comes
 Upon the fashion stage in Oct. 4 turkey wing and pumpkin shell
 Are mllllnery's treasure troYe-,, You'll find that they'll do very well
 To show you're up to date in Nov. A Christmas tree, with ornaments
 Of tinsel balls and candle grease, Will make a hat that represents
 The noblest design of Dec -,,.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-18
mIhS roDp,S oASN.

fiufda E. Todds case is closed, but if the truth is told perhaps it ought not to be. Miss Todd is the woman who was postmistress at Greenwood, Delaware, and was removed because she was particularly and personally obnoxious to Senator Allee.'
 John F. Hayes makes affidavit that he heard Miss Todd say that Senator Alice was an ignorant man. without education and without character or principle, and that his election was a disgrace to the state. MT. J. T. Wiley swears that when he was candidate for office he heard Miss Todd say: "He will be real sick after election There was no other candidate for office in sight, so MT. Wiley is sure that Miss Todd was speaking about him. Mir. Penniwell swears that he heard Miss Edith Todd, Miss Hulda Todd's sister, say of J. Edward Addicks that there was nothing to bad for him to do.
 The committee of three deputed by the National Civil Service Reform League to investigate in the report now published says among other things: Senator Alice and Senator Penni- well, who are commonly believed to have instigated Miss Todd's removal, are unwilling or unable to prove that Miss Todd was active in politics. 'sNo general belief Gf any) exists among the people of Greenwood that Miss Todd was ever active in politics, or dis criminated against any of her patrons for political reasons. Miss Todd her. self absolutely denies that she was active in politics, or allowed the post office to be used for political meetings, or discriminated against any patrons; and the circumstantial evidence seems to strongly support her contentious. ? Your committee is convinced, from the evidence secured, that Miss Todd's re- moval cannot justly be attributed to Iany pernicious political activity on her part, but was probably due to a request to the Postoffice department originat- ing within the so-called Addicks faction of the Republican party
 The Postmaster General has refused to reinstate Miss Todd, the Civil Ser vice Commission has declared it's inabil- ity to take any action in the case and the Leagues counsel has admitted that there was no violation of the strict let ter of the law in the removal. So Miss Todd will stay out
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-18
CERTAIN.

He-"Don't you think I'm a good nlayer?p She-"You are. You never let your right hand know what your left hand doeth."-Chicago Daily News.
 The Cook-"I've found sign of spring. Woman of the House-"The 50 pounds of ice the man leaves is getting lighter day by day. ."-Cleveland Leader.
 Sunday School Teacher-"Now, Tom my, can you tell me whose day this is?" Tonny-"Yes'm it's Bridget's. Della had last Sunday out. '-Philadelphia Press.
 You say that stout chap in the oppo- site box owes his fortune to politics?' Well. yes; he got so awfully defeated the first time he ran for office that he has stuck strictly to business ever since. Puck.
 Thomas. mention few of the proofs that the earth is round like an orange. Tommy Tucker-'I didn't know we had to have any proofs ma'am. thought everybody admitted it''-Chicago Tribune.
 Dyer" "Higbee and his wife are very devoted Duell-sro whom ?'--Life.
 Did Jerrold get anything out of his rich uncles estate9a Well, rather. he married the daughter of the attorney for the estate. Puck.
 T have bet a silk hat with that man I've times in the last year and he has never paid me one of them. J That so: , l didn't know he was in the habit oi breaking his word" "Oh, he isn't; he won the bets. Cincinnati Times Star.
 T understand that prima donna fail. ed to give her farewell concert because che had a cold. Yes. answered tfit manager. How did sine contract il?
 Well, it wasn't an ordinary cold. It k what is technically known as box. office chill. '- Washington Star Alone l sit in the silent house Alone the live0ng day. Not even the sound of a gnawing mouse My lornness to inlay,
 And my heart cries out from its lonely cell "Will nobody, nobody ring my bell?'' 1 Like q lion caged I pace in wrath The halls and parlors through ! Til at last l think I will take a bath, l Since there's nothing else to do. | But l barely enter the tub wheu-well, 1 Some one is certain to ring my bell. | Willis Brooks in Brooklyn Eagle.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-18
WINTER BIRDS IN MAINE.

Horned Larks and Other Species to Be
 Found There at This Season.
 The sun was shining brightly on the unsettled snowfelds and the thermomet- CT was only few degrees above zero, when my friend and I got off the Saco car at Dunstan and started to walk to Pine Point. Notwithstanding the crisp ness of the air we were rather too warm, if anything. in the direct rays of the sun. as we climbed the hill above Blue Point and gained magnificent view of the stretch of sea between Prout's Neck and Biddeford Pool We had not been at Pine Point since No vember, and were anxious to ascertain what birds might be staying there in February, almost the first of March. Before we had reached the settlement among the pitch pines we had observed several tree sparrows, who greeted us with their chirping notes from a road side clump of bushes and gazed at us leisurely as we passed. being apparently not the least bit timid, and from long association with mankind through a hard winter, quite willing to be stared at through couple of pairs of field glasses. These winter chippes were conspicuous in their red crowns, each bearing single black dot in the centre of his unstreaked breast
 As we passed the depot and started down the long narrow causeway which leads to the village, we observed a num- Der of birds busily engaged in feeding in the dirt in the middle of the road As we approached they flew up to the top of little pile of wood and from there retreated to the top rail of the low fence which skirts the driveway Here we had a close look at them, and saw that they were horned larks, plain ly marked in their characteristic man. ner but with scarcely trace of yell low on the forehead, chin, or over the eye. From their general appearance it could inferred that they might be the subspecies known as the prairie horn ed lark, but it is hardly possible with the opportunity we had to make this positive without one of the birds actu- ally in hand. It was sufficient to be sure that here were horned larks spending the winter along the shore, not an un- usual occurrence by any means. A sin gie snow bunting with little whistle flew over, and we watched him disap- pear in the distance, evidently to join the flock of which he was undoubtedly a stray member. Everywhere out on the point and along the shore we saw
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-18

4 Y INTER EsTING EXPLANATION.
 Count von Buelow's explanation in the Reichstag of the conditions in which a Russian police agent was per- mitted to operate on German soil is interesting. He declared that the ob- ject of the government was to cooper ate with other civilized nations in stamping out anarchism. It was to this end that a Russian agent had been allowed to live in Berlin to watch Rus sian anarchists. During the last de- cade Presidents Carnot and Mckinley. the Empress Elizabeth of Austria, Senor Canovas, NJ. Sipiaguine and oth- CTS have fallen victims to the revolver or dagger of murderous ruffians. Were they to shrink. he asked, from taking international measures against ruthless men whose creed was terror and mur- der? Permission to the agent was in any case only provisional. He was to restrict himself to watching Russian subjects, and to be careful to remain within the limits of the Prussian law, and he could not exercise any para mount Jurisdiction. His work was to be carefully supervised by the authori- ties, and was measure of public safe ty against tendencies which constituted a danger for every organized State. It in no way conflicted with the rights of hospitality enjoyed in Germany by every stranger pursuing legitimate ends. Nothing had been done to com promise the national dignity of the Ger man people. Tn five years only three Russian subjects, all admitted anarch- lists. had been sent across the frontier It was for the government, and not for 1 foreign Nihilists and their aiders and abettors in the Social Democratic par ty, to determine what foreigners could or could not do in Germany.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-18
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AnvERrIsING RATES.

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 Display advertisements. per inch' one III, sertion. 1.20; each subsequent insertion, 4o cents; one week. $S.2O; one month, Slo; one Obituary Notices, in prose or verge. ss rli ID cents per fine. Notices of Biftns, mall, each ages Deaths. and Funeral. JO cents eaen' I'ocal Notices, 15 cents per line
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-18

The imperial Russian minister of fna,iee has offered prize of 5o,OoO roubles (s25, ,75O) to the person or persons who will invent some way of making alcohol, undrinkable, reports H. Il. Warner. jr., American consul at Leipsic' Germany, to the department of com merce and labor.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-18

Teacher--"What do you know of Me sopotamia?" Tommy Cautiously at first but becoming more confident as he pro- ceeds)-" Mesopotamia is--is an animal that inhabits the rivers of Africa. You shoot 'em with big double -barrelled rifles" Tribune.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-18

Tulare lake, in California, once nav igable by steamers. is now perfectly dry. A man on foot can cross it safely at any point. and in some places the ground is hard enough for a team to drive over. The cause of this condition is the draining of Kern and King rivers of their water by irrigation canals.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-18

The British Bible Society, which is celebrating it's centennial, has issued over 1S0, 100000 Bibles or portions there of in nearly every language and dialect on earth. There is no speech or lan- guage where the Bible is not read There are now 37O different languages in which 1t is printed, and in many cases the Bible is the first or the only book so published.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-18

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE Clrr uCxxrs WEEK, 50 CENTS MONTE. styoR SIX MONTHS, ss YEAR THE SAME TERMS BY MAT.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-18

There isn't much that is new under the sun This truth was illustrated in the senate the other day, when Senator Bailey alluded to Speaker Reeds sar- castle remark at the expense of .JIdge Holman, of Indiana, ''the watchdog of the treasury" Mr Bailey said the wit tiest and bitterest thing Reed ever said was the remark when an appropriation that came very near Holman's home was up and the old judge was remark ably silent about it. Reed said: "The watchdog never barks at home folks. ]" That was said" interrupted Senator Hoar, lin 1869 or 1870, when l first came into the house." MT. Bailey was sure the remark had been made later. while he was himself member of the house. which was many years after MT. Hoar went over to the senate The Texas senator appealed to Senator Lodge. who was a member of the house at the time. Ledge nodded his head to confirm Ball. ey's story. Then Senator Hoar arose and said the witticism originated when E. B. Washburne was a member of the house He too, was a watchdog" He had not objected to a bill passed by his brother, Cadwallader who was mem- Der at the same time from Wisconsin. Some one,' said MT. Hoar, asked the speaker Games c. Blaine) if the repre- sentative from Illinois had objected. 'No, said MT. Blaine the watchdog does not bark when one of the family ~asses by.'"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-18

They tell fair story of Commander Booth Tucker while he was in the h. dian Civil Service. He was seated in 8 lonely railroad station when a German tourist, half drunk and very ugly, en- tered and tried to pick quarrel. Booth Tucker trtied to smooth him down, but it was no use and the German finally ex- claimed: 'One of us will not leave this room alive" Booth-Tucker went out at once, saying as he slammed the door s.Then stay there and die.''
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-18

A wise chap is going from office to office in New York selling information on the important subject, How to get rid of bores." He is the biggest one of the lot, and business men frequently buy of him in order to get rid of him. For ten cents he sells small manila envelope containing slip Of paper el which is written, Have but one chair in your private office and occupy that yourself. Pretend to have lot of tele- phoning to do. Let one of the clerks run in and out every second or two as if on urgent business. Put on your hat and coat nervously. Stare into vacan- cy Look at your watch every three seconds and frown."
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-18

A remarkable phenomenon is reported from the Russian rural commune of Schava. in the government of Ezareff Koksaka. Inexplicable sounds were heard for several days issuing from the earth. The sounds varied from some thing like the booming of cannon to the screeching of steam whistles and seem ed to come from forest skirting the commune. In this forest where the ter rified peasantry gathered in expectation of some calamity, the earth was seen to heave necessarily. Gradually huge cracks appeared and water was seen. At last the earth seemed gradually to sink. water rose and there appeared a new lake os considerable extent, which is now being examined by geologists.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-18

Spring bonnets are to be trimmed with small fruit; flowers will appear in the sum mer designs. This is done to prevent the women from wearing the spring hats all summer.-Alillinery edict)
Milford chronicle., 1904-12-30

district" Select some one of the
present Justices-of-the-Peace in
each of the said Senatorial districts,
who shall be called the Justice
for the First (etc.) Judicial Dis
triet' of Kent or Sussex county as
the case may be. The said Justice
must reside in the district for which
he acts, and have jurisdiction in all
cases of misdemeanor, similar to
that of the Municipal Judge in the
city of Wilmington. The crime
of larceny should be distinguished
grand" or petit" larceny accord
ing to the amount of the theft, and
permit the accused to elect whether
he will or will not submit his case
to the Justice-of-the-Peace in the
Judicial district wherein the crime
was committed. The service and
process can be the same as at pres
ent, and the pay of Constable and
the Justice be the same as now, by
fees actually earned.
Appeal to the Courts of the Cen
eral Sessions in the respective coun-
ties should be provided for in cases
where the sentence of the Justice
seemed unjust or onerous, thus as
suring the accused the right of tria
by jury. Many other provisions
would be found necessary, but this
is a crude statement, and we firmly
believe that change TO a system
based upon the ideas above ex-
pressed, would save thousands of
dollars to the taxpayers of the
lower counties aud diminute the
increasing tendencies to the COM
mission of crimes.
We submit these suggestions to
the attention of those who formu-
late the laws for the Legislature
and to the public, which is directly
Is not the possible saw I
ing worthy the mature thought of
every taxpayer Is it not worth
considering from the standpoint of
and reform
Milford chronicle., 1904-12-30

President Castro shall perceive the
error of his ways in the meantime.
The Venezuelan Government has
seized the entire property of the
New York and Bermudez Asphalt
Company after a semblance of ad-
jud;cation by a court selected for
the purpose by Castro himself and
the explanation which Mr.. Castro
has forwarded to the State Depart
ment of his reasons for expelling
A. F. Jaurett, an American editor
of Carcas, has been pronounced
most unsatisfactory and President
Castro has been so advised. Sixty
days will be given to Mr.. Castro to
undue the injustice he has perpe-
trated, at the expiration of which
time he will, in the absence of sat
isfactory action, be dealt with as
the occasion demands. 1t has long
been the pleasing custom of the
Venezuelan President to severely
discipline those members of any
court which rendered a decision
against the government and in the
case of the Asphalt Company he
calmly desolved two courts and
constituted a new Supreme Court"
consisting of those judges whose
opinions had accorded with his
wishes. In brief, he has been
ruling Venezuela as a tyrant and
has broken faith with the United
States which protected Venezuela
from the vengeance of Great Britain
and Germany and he must now be
summarily dealt with by this coun-
try, or foreign powers must be al
lowed to interfere.
Milford chronicle., 1904-12-30

are the guests of their parents, G. W. Collin.
and wife. ''ns
Miss Hattie Vinyard gave the pupils Of M.-
pie Grove School fine treat on Friday af1sr.
noon.
Miss Rebekah Harrington spent the Cbr,s,
mas holidays with Walter Coverdale ana
wife, Of Houston. Miss Harrington presen,sS
her pudils with souvenirs for Christmas.
VIII smith, wife and son Gordon, r. W
Ross ana whe,John Smith, Miss Grace Ross
and Miss Helen Satterheld, partook or a ,,'l
key and goose dinner at the hospitable bon,a
Of Geo. r. Ross and wife on Sunday. On 90,
count ofthe weather being unfavOrabIs the
greater number OF the invited guests were
unable to attend.
Miss Lola Willoughby is the guest ef rels.
tives and friends in Maryland.
Whl Smith and wife entertained relativss
and friends on Thursday.
Milford chronicle., 1904-12-30

THE Public Schools of Milford
were the centre of great pleasure
for the children on Friday before
the holidays began. Each grade
had arranged Christmas tree, on
which the children hung presents
for their school mates or the teach
ers, and the value of the preseAts
were not the interesting pait of the
affair, tor they took many forms !;
some were humorous, some were
useful and in the main, they ex-
pressed good humor. Professor
La Rue is fond of peanuts, and the
boys fixed him up in that line for
the balance of the winter. It was
a very pleasant affair, and should
be continued.