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The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-08
EXCESS BAGGAGE.
Ships Have Many Unlisted Commodi-
 ties Among Their Cargoes.


 ties Among Their Cargoes. < A great many things arrive on the ships, that land at New York, or any other big port, besides what is men tioned in the invoice. Adventurous small boys and tramps are but a small item in the list of stoWaways that each ship brings. The ordinary passen- ger never sees, and rarely suspects, the many strange and weird insects that are almost always travellers with him ! from foreign port. @ Every one knows that rats aboard ships are almost Inevitable, whether the vessel is of wood or iron, and it Is an old superstition among sailors that a ship without rats Ia dangerous one one. l to sail on. A rat seen deserting ship | is quite enough to make whole crew also. Sometimes, however, the sailors get too much of a good thing When the rats, made bold by numbers, leave I the hold and invade the forecastle Jack is not such slave to his superstition as to refrain from pitching them over- board, dead or alive.
 | There are many insects that migrate from one quarter of the globe to an- other by means of the vessels which 1 ply between distant ports. Indeed, the spread of nearly all kinds of living creatures has been dependent on the ships of civilized nations. Winged pests and blessings have been steadily car ried to new countries by this means. l Not long ago ship from one Of the tropical countries was followed by a swarm of butterflies, which persistent ly lowered round the rigging of the vessel until the shore was lost in the mists. Then the insects alighted on the masts and decks. A few disappeared in the night and were destroyed in the water or reached shore safely. Some of the others hid away in the cabins and hold of the ship. fs- l After a trip of some thirty days the vessel reached England, and from their hiding places in the ship few of these butterflies emerged and flew ashore. Thus an entirely new species of butter. | fly was introduced into that countrN Cockroaches are too ancient an, lm- portantion to be worthy of more than a passing notice Grain carrying ships are overrun with weevils, and these grubs do an immense amount of harm | to the cargoes. -st. ..:
 Ships engaged in fruit carrying from warm countries are often visited by a miscellaneous collection of queer crea- lures. Concealed in the punches of
 bananas there may be poisonous re- ptiles and insects that have travelled half round the globe. They may sting
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or bite the hand of some receiver of fruit, or they may be killed before they nave inflicted any harm. Sometimes, however, they escape ashore, and if the new country proves congenial to their growth and multiplication, they may in a very short time establish progeny that will eventually spread in all di- recuons. Poisonous snakes of the trO- pics have thus been introduced into lands where none were ever known to exist before. Moths of destructive na- tnre constantly come to this and other countries in the fruit ships, and their spread is only matter Of time and op- portunity.
 1 A vast number of new immigrants in shape of bugs, bees and other insects are brought in with flowers and plants from other lands. They remain dor mant during the voyage, but when land Us reached, if the climate is suitable, they come forth and not only make ltheselves at home, but generally make themselves nuisance.
 ! Thus from the West Indies have been Drought insects by the hundreds con- teealed in the beautiful Easter lily blos- Isems, and from all parts of the world lstrange insects hidden away in the tcpp-like blooms of orchids, which Hunters risked their lives to obtain, lhave been introduced in this country
 to work destruction or add to their pleasures. Not all visitors on our in looming ships are obnoxious Some are lof distinct value to this country, and Itheir introduction in this secret way livery often works out successful pro- lblems of great public and commercial lYalue Nr
 | With the tramp ships that visit the lScuth Pacific monkeys and parrots Iare the most common visitors. It is a [very frequent occurrence after a l''tramp" has not touched at any port flor a week or so for the sailors to find lthat their food is continually being stolen. They know at once that mon keys are on board A vigorous search lis instituted with the result that at least one monkey is shortly afterwoard Hound, and sometimes half a dozen. These animals resist capture. at first, Ibut soon accept the. inevitable, and be-
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4 DHT,


 Spring didn't finger in the lap of sum- mer yesterday. Summer came and pumped itself right down in the lap of Spring. It was a warm proceeding and was generally felt to be such. The season has been called late, but few such days as yesterday will make up for the lateness. Yesterday was real ly good weather for corn, but as corn hasn't yet made its appearance it did mt enjoy the day. There will be other good days for corn, and just when they are needed. Such day as yesterday is sweet reminder of the good old Sum- mer time, which we so complain about when it is here and so long for in the bad old winter time. Soon it will be here and then the corn will wave An nie dear in the fields, and the popcorn will flourish at Savin Rock.
 Oh how hot it is! they said yester-. day. But why repine? We've had it cold, and it's time for a change Let us go gaily on until the shore dirrer season, and let us hope that bourr::!%.ll Providence has so exceeded the rapac- ity of man that there will be clans and things enough for the shore din- ners.
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tact: the sails were all set. The crews weekly wash hung above the fore castle: an awning covered the pcop. Pinnacle and wheel and rudder were complete. The sailors kits and dinners were seen in the forecastle. In the cab in was a sewing machine, with child's garment under the needle, and on the table half eaten meal. The. chrono- meter licked undisturbed in the chart room; the cashbox was unrifled. The log-book, posted to within forty-eight hours of the visit, showed the passage to have been favorable; the ships ap- pearanee proved there had been no storm. Evidences of struggle or piracy or muder there were none. Yet thirteen people had disappeared as if spirited away by some supernatural agency, and from that day to this the mystery has never been unravelled. though the United States government spared no eff fort to solve it.-P T. McGrath, in
 McClure,s Magazine.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-08
INSURANCE ON CROWNED HEADS
Monarchs of Europe Are Heavily In-
 sured Individuals.

Monarchs of Europe Are Heavily In-
 sured Individuals.
 A very simple sum in division will show mat the average assurance, ignoring the industrial department of the. business. is about e 325; but, as a matter of fact. British lives are as sured for sumes ranging from G5 to e750,0O0 The top figure, says An swers, is probably carried by our popular sovereign, King Edward VII, who fitly leads the way in this as in other practices vitally affecting the nations well being. '- >~.t '.~5.-s>r
 After his Majesty, Lord Rotchschild takes rank as the most heavily insured individual in the country. The great financier pays, premiums amounting to eS,000 for assurances totalling a quart CT of a million sterling, and there is hardly a life office of standing in the United Kingdom which does not count him among it's biggest policy-holders. The Earl of Dudley is another noble- man whose life is covered by policies in a large number of home life offices. He is insured for something like G150,000
 The Marquis of Londonderry, the Earl of Shrewbury and the Marquis of Tweeddale are other aristocratic patrons of life assurance, all owning large policies.
 Nor are distinguished ladies missing from the ranks of the heavily insured The Countess of Warwick was in sured in several offices some years ago, each office being invited to retain s10,- 900 on the risk; while only last July, immediately before her dangerous ill., ness, Lady Curzon was insured for no less than e10O,O0O. <
 But for some of the most remarkable insurance policies on record one must go to the chronicles of other nations. No one will be surprised to hear that it is an American-a citizen of Chicago who owns the largest single life as- surance policy now in existence, for everything grows big in America, and the three biggest companies doing life insurance business in this country hail from the land of Columbus. MT. Colgate of Chicago, who heads the list of private insurance plungers, is cover ed for the tidy sum of 930O,O00 sterling, but MT. George Vanderbilt runs him pretty close, with policies for an aggregate of $1,000,OO0, American millionaires, in fact, are only outvied by European monarchs in the magni- tude of their investments in this par ticular channel of finance. .,--.
 It is generally stated that the heaviest, life assurance on record was that held by the late King Humbert of Italy. The unfortunate monarch was insured in a large number of offices, and the total amount said at his un- timely death was not far short of $1,500,000, though the secrecy which envelops the private financial affairs of a sovereign prevents an exact compu- tation of the insurance moneys actually paid over. We can speak with more certainty of the insurance effected on the life of the present King of Italy; it amounts to total of s700,O00 s,.~s
 Of living European sovereigns, the
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come to a very short time gret chums with the sailors. r-s c-3
AN OCEAN MYSTERY.

Undoubtedly the most extraordinary
 of all the mysteries of the sea is the fate of the crew of the ship Marie Gel este, a more fantastic creation, appar- ently, than novelist ever wove. She left New York in 1887 for Europe, her per sonneI being thirteen, including the captains wife and child. Two weeks latersa a British bark sighted her in the Atlantic; there was no sign of life on board. A boat was sent to her, and most exhaustive search proved her to be as silent as the tomb, as desert ed as pesthouse. Everything was in its place-even the boats at the davits. The hull was undamaged, the cargo untouched. Rigging and spars were in-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-08
4FJER BnsE. y ,n..s QUITO Y.


 There is going to be an interesting at- tack on the mosquitoes of Breslau. The authorities of that place have resolved to fight the mosquito plague of the city systematically, and have worked out a plan. It is thought to be necessary, in the first place, to destroy, before warm weather sets in, the mosquitoes which pass the winter in the cellars and base ments of houses. These cellar and basement mosquitoes will be destroyed by municipal experts without inconven- fence to the people and without injury to property. In order to make it pos sible to carry out the plan successfully householders are asked to admit the disinfectors to the cellars of houses to take the steps necessary to kill the mosquitoes. The disinfectors will have Identification cards.
 The hibernating mosquitoes are found in damp cellars facing north, especially those of houses near open fields, parks, gardens, etc. They cling to the ceilings of the cellars by thousands, awaiting the return of spring. At the return of warm weather they make their exit and lay their eggs in any standing water they can find. Within three or four weeks young mosquitoes are produced from the larvae. By treating stagnant pools with lamp oil the larvae will be killed It is believed that a little sys- tematic work in the spring will reduce the mosquito pest to a minimum.
 Success to the osquito-fighters of fighters of our own east shore.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-08
IHnROnGH EORK.

The Japanese do their work thorough ly. The latest information from Port Arthur indicates that if any of the Russian ships sunk in the harbor are to go into commission again it will not be until they have been practically re- built. A correspondent of a London paper who has been Investigating this matter writes that the original dam age done to the ships by the p1Iaging fire of the 2S-centimetre shells was enormous. Tlse Russians adopted all sorts of devices. to minimize the effect of these projectiles, but all were equal ly futile; ,coal briquettes were carefully laid in layers on the decks-the Peres- viet covered her decks with sandbags- but the shells simply passed through this obstruction like paper. Neverthe- less, although enormous damage was inflicted, the shells could not sink the ships, for, after passing through the armored deck, they exploded in the in- terior The Russians, however, saw that the damage done would speedily render the ships useless; so they decid- ed to open the valves and scuttle them, rightly surrnising that the Japanese would be so anxious to preserve the vessels for their own use that they would cease the bombardment directly they were incapable of putting to sea. After Fort Sungshooshan had fallen, on the afternoon of December~31, and the decision to surrender had been taken, officers and men were told off to com- plete the destruction of all the vessels For this purpose mines were placed alongside and exploded, and charges of guncotton were placed in each turret and exploded. Then torpedoes were ex- ploded in the engine rooms, blowing the interior into a mass of scrap iron.
 
 Shells he an author?"
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Charles Lever, the novelist, had little faith in the sincerity of the claims of the Neapolitan beggars. He says that when he fthrew handful of small coin to them the blind were the first to see it, the paralyzed to run for it, the naiined to pick it ID, the naked to put it in their pockets, and the dumb to blaspheme their ill-luck in being out of the scramble. Kansas City Indepen-
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-08

Speaking concerning the recent pro- duction of "King Lear" in Paris, Mau- rice Maeterlinck says: Tt is safe to declare, after surveying the literature of every period and of every country, that the tragedy of the old King consti- tutesthe emightiest, the vastest, the most striking, the most intense dramatic poem that has ever been written. Were we to be asked from the height of an- other planet which is the synthetic play representative and archetypal of the human stage, the play in which the ideal of the loftiest scenic poetry is most fully realized, it seems certain that, aft CT due deliberation, all the poets of our earth--the best judges in the eXigency- would with one voice name King T.ear,tns.y. ,-.-
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Near the Tonga Islands, in the Paci- fic, fish net was sunk 2S,0OO feet below the surface. That is the deepest haul ever made. It took a whole day to sink the net and raise it. Life was, found even at that depth, over four miles. where the temperature was just above freezing and the pressure 5000 pounds to the square inch.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-08

A trained ape in an animal show in Indiana smoked cigarette during a performance and his. owner was ar rested for violating the anti-cigarette law of the state.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-08

Although the Hindoos are, for the most part, lacking in ambition and push, occasionally native of India dis plays energy and enterprise which would do credit to a wideawake occi- dental. Such a man was the late Sir ID. M. Petit, a Parsee of Bombay, who founded numerous cotton mills, became a millionaire, gave $2,5O0,OO0 to benevo- lent projects and was created a baron ct, an honor conferred on only one other native. The wealth and virtues of this great captain of industry and philan- thropist were inherited by his grandson, Sir Dinshaw Manockjee Petit, who is to-day one of the most influential men in his thriving city.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-08

Joseph H. Martin, a resident of the ceded Sioux lands in western Dakota, is eighty-one years old, but is the champion foot racer and pedestrian of his part of the state. He has a stand- ing challenge ito run against any and all corners over seventy-five years of age, any distance they choose from one mile up to ten miles. He says he prefers ten miles, as he gets just nicely warmed III" in that distance. He has packers who are willing to wager there isn't a man in South Dakota over sixty years of age who can beat him in a foot race.
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The Hartford Times points out that twice within less than three years has Frank B. Brandegea of New London been a congressional beneficiary of death. When Representative Charles A. Russell died in harness MT. Brande- gee was elected to fill the vacancy. Now, after the Grim Reaper has snatch ed away Senator Platt, the door is opened for the transference of MT. Brandegee from the lower to the upper house of congress. '"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-08

The Kansas City Journal thinks things are queer. It says: Call a girl a chick and she smiles; call woman hen and she hoWlsa Call a young woman a witch and she is pleased; call an old woman a witch and she is in- dignant. Call a girl kitten and she rather ikes it; call a woman cat and she hates you. Women are queer. If him; call him a pup, a hound or cur and he will try to alter the map of your face. He doesn't mind being called a bull or a bear, yet he will object to be- ing mentioned as calf or a cub. Men are queer too. *,r
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-08

Shells he an author?" He-"No; he's more of chemist. Ev- cry book he writes becomes a drug on the market. et.'-Pittsburg Dispatch.
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Evening journal., 1905-03-24
How to Raise Turkeys.

Secure a box about fourteen inches
square and about eight inches deep.
Put some dry dirt in this box first with
little Stacked lime mixed in it, then
some soft straw. Place not over ten to
eleven eggs in the one so prepared nest.
After they have been sat upon eighteen
to twenty days dampen them with a
little warm water. In four or five days
repeat it.
When the turkeys have hatched do
not be in a hurry to get them out Of
the nest. On warm day twelve hours
is soon enough, and upon a cold day
twcnty-four hours is better. When you
take them out place them in a dry,
warm, clean coop and feed on hard
boiled milk to drink. Feed regularly
three times a day for the first two or
three days, then feed FIVE times a day
regularly.
At first little turks need to be kept
quiet and warm and do not need much
food. After they are about five days
old feed light breadcrumbs and curd
four times a day, but at night give d
little egg. Give all the milk they will
consume il you can afford it. When
about three weeks old let them out foI
two hours in the heat Of the day, but
do not let them get wet or cold. After
they are six weeks Of age they will
give no more trouble than a strong
healthy chicken. 80 A. V. Meersch IN
Western Poultry Journal.
Evening journal., 1905-03-24
TRANSFERS WILL REAP
A HARVEST TOMORROW
1t Is Legal Moving Day
and Clear Weather Is
Predicted

Wilmington teamsters will reap
harvest to-morow. as 1t is the legal
moving day in this city. Notwith-
standing the fact that nearly all local
real estate men say there VIII be few
changes In comparison with other years
several hundred families will probably
move.
II the weather man knows anything
about IL the mowers will be favored
with a good day for the work, as he
predicts fair weather for Delaware.
The fact that March 25th falls on
Saturday will benent the working man
who intends 10 change his home, as
the majority OF them quit work on
Saturdays at noon, and will, therefore.
only nave to lose haif "A day from
lwOrlS
There has been a scarcity OF houses
for rent for some time, but most of
those who have been anxious TO make
"a change have managed to secure other
houses in which TO move.
Many of those who win move to-
morrow wll be person who have
bought homes. The large majority OF
changes will be in small houses as &
has been almost impossible. for the
last two months, to get a large dwell
ing.