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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-05-01

of the strenuous world. then 1t win not
be this minister's fault. 1850
We consumed said he lone month
at White Horse in making prepara-
tons and getting my equipment to-
gether. 1 arrived there on June 10 and
left on July Z. I purchased from the
railroad and steamship company the
front or bow end of the river steamer
SIbyl, which had been cut in two for
purposes of their own. This made a
satisfactory scow for floating my min
ing machinery. It was sixty feet long,
and at the stern twenty-seyen feet
wide, coming to point at the bow.
From White Horse to the month Of
the Hootalindua river 1 had a dis
lance of ninety miles to go down
stream. With equipment and provisions
and six men aboard the scow we were
taken this distance by the current and
the wind
Mr.. Verooman here described the trip
in detail, telling about the passage of
Lake La Barge in a high wind, and
said: =,
''The anxiety of the three days con-
sumed in going down these ninety
miles caused utter exhaustion. /
shall never forget the sense Of thank
fitness and relief when we were safe
ly tied to in and eddy at the mouth Of
the Hootalnqua.
While the work of lining the scoW
up the river was in progress two old
time prospectors appeared on the
ed at the sight Of my machinery, and
said they had made discoveries where
Igold was sufficiently rich to Yield great
lreturns. One point in particular was a
| little river about It's miles from where
We were. 1 decided to accompany these
men. Upon reaching the little river
they mentioned / found that the gold
was there as they had described 1t, but
II also found that the powders were
so large as to prevent any dredging
machinery doing successful work.
In going with the two prospectors
up the river carried nothing but a
troll of blankets, q supply of food and a
few cooking utensils to use on my re-
turn trip. 1t was. understood that they
would build me raft upon which to
come back. Fortunately, however, for
returning I secured from them a row.
boat. In the arduous work of taking
the canoe up I started the first day to
do my share. My part was to use the
oars whenever it was necessary to cross
the river, and to pull the canoe. with a
rope over my shoulder, whenever the
conditions permitted walking. along the
shore, Many miles / did this pulling,
while wading knee deep in the swift
water over slippery gravel with gum
boots. ~ ~. 4.
'On my return trip, which had to
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-05-01
Fur Storage.

Dry air is the best protection. your
furs and fur lined garments can have
during the Spring and Summer, since it
not only preserves the fur, but brings
out its natural lustre as well. i. Ek.,n.,. !.
We have completed elegant new
vaults for receiving and storing Furs,
subject to full insurance against dam
age by moths or fire and against loss
by burglary.
Remodeling and repairing will be
made at moderate cost. E M.
Garments called for - request,
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-05-01
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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-05-01

faith-tliat a basis can be found upon
which all warning sects can be brought
together. But the work. the propa-
granda, needs money: and the Klondike
is being tapped. not in a spirit &C sor-
did commerciallsm, but rather cs al
trusisnl.-Bosto Herald.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-05-01

Pausing uncertainty before desk i'll
the big Insurance office, the Hibernian
visitor said to the clerk "Oi want to
TEX out a pawlicy."
life, fire or mariner" drawled athe
dapper clerk with infinite sarcasm.
"All three, Oi'm thinkin'," retorted
the applicant. "oi'm goin fer stoksr
in the navy Puck.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-05-01

DELIVERED By CARRIERS IN THE
CITY. Il CENTS A WEEK. so CENTS
4 MONTH. So FOR SIX MONTHS. Sc
4 YEAR THE SAME TERMS By
MAIL. SINGLE COPIES, 2 CENTS.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-05-01

There are several wooden railroads in
Canada and the United States. One of
them is in the province of Quebec, and
is thirty miles long. The rails are of
maple and trains are run over them
with remarkable smoothness at the
rate of twenty-five miles an hour.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-05-01

Mabsl--Now, Mr.. Sporty, supposing
YOU were Paris, which of us three
would you give the apple to-?
Mr.. S. thinking he sees brilliant
way out Of Neutrality-suspicious. see
there's such a sameness about you
alll--Punch. s.. ~.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-05-01

Eggs are mot is) eggs in Boston. In
recent week at Boston the total re-
ceipts Of eggs were 7O,937 cases, the
week before $3.50 cases, and three
weeks ago 53,252 cases, a total for the
three weeks of 1s1, 1923 cases, or 6a,o5s,44o
eggs. For the month the total receipts
were almost 100000. 900 eggs.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-05-01

Consul General Andrew D. Barlow
hears that about four years ago a bar
gain was struck in pursuance of which
the European manufacturers of explo-
sives leave the Mexican market to our
manufacturers-the one exception be-
ing small annual sale of German ex-
plosive caps and Eliminates. The i'm
portation into Mexico, he writes, of
TunpoWder, dynamite, high explosives,
fuse and decorators has within the past
three years shown a steady increase,
due principally to the great activity in
the development of new mineral lands,
TO the extension of railroad lines, and
to the building Of new lines. Dynamite
and black blasting powder form the
principal parts of such imports. At
santa re the Mexican government has
/ III operation a factory where black
powder and a small amount of smoke
less powder for its army rifle are man.
ufactured. but the government still i'm
ports the major portion of the powder
! it requires, as we'll as practically all the
explosives for it's artillery. Although
the American manufacturers, by agree
ment with European manufacturers,
control this market, each sells to Mex
lean consumers on his individual ac-
count.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-05-01
Special Sale
OF
aafks sj*y Il.
Covert Jackets

We received a letter from one OF the
best manufacturers Of Covert Jackets
in this country offering their line Of
sample Jackets; there were about forty
Goats in the lot in all lengths ana
styles, finely tailored, lined with best
quality satin, serge and silk :linings;.
following are the prices, viz:
Tsap,Iar nricn. Sale nrtnn
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-05-01

The Car of Russia has four separ-
ate services of horses and carriages
namely, the Russian, English, French
and gala sets. Each set comprises at
least fifty horses. The Russian set ac-
companies the emperor wherever he
goes. and at Gatshina it is used to-
gether with the English set. The gale
and French horses and carriages are
housed III st. Petersburg in the Winter
palace stables. The Gear gala turnout
consists Of fifty Hanoverian horses
which are perfectly white, with blue
eyes.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-05-01

The Federal treasury makes a rather
disquieting showing as the tenth month
of the governments fiscal year ends.
In the past week alone expenditures
have exceeded receipts by more than
two and third million dollars, and this
has raised the deficit for the current
year considerably above thirty-one mill
lions, while the total of available cash
has been brought down below a hum
dred and thirty-four millions.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-05-01

IN presiding at a dinner given to
Editor Frederick Greenwood, OF the st.
James Gazette, John Morley quoted a
paragraph from a New York paper thus
alluding to his speech at the dinner
given at the Chamber of Commerce:
t'Demosthenes and Cicero are all very
well. Mr.. Pitt and Mr.. Fox were good
speakers. But no orator in any coun-
try, in any age, i'm any town, ever ad-
dressed SO much wealth as Mr.. Morley
has DONE" The quotation proved the
hit OF the evening.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-05-01

DR.. Robert Koch had a caravan con
sisting Of seventy men when he visited
Morogoro in German East Africa last
month. The natives called him the
great medicine man. and were aston
Bished at the size of his expedition, which
had for its object the study of the
plague and of a kind of fever which
As communicated by the papasi, or
bedbugs, and which mas made one road
almost impassable. 1t Is not deadly,
but makes inyalids of the victims for
weeks.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-05-01

THE OLDEST DAILY PAPER PUB
LIsHED IN CONNECTICUT.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-12
Hogs Keen sense Of Hearing

From hc N,u prl'aH- Timcs-D,morloi
Hogs have a much hrruer sense Of h-nriu-
than most r"opl" seon 10 think. said % man
from the country They can sec wen and
az a considerable distance. but the nose and
ewes of the hog must give first place % the
ears
THIS is 50. uo doubt bccauso hearing i.
probably thc most useful of rho senses loo fi..
hog life. particularly OF that season OF tho
year when the hog 90 the wild state must RELY
upon the iru.tage Of trres in the main for
food. lN"n Wlth THE advantage d, I- fro
Gu"htly a fierce race 10 see ighiCL hog l.u
get there 0r-i II would BE-. interesting ~
know inst how far n hog can hear au acorn.
iaH u i- fraarkable how quickly fh.y
become ooRui1ani 81 fhe fact TINT an acorn
has been blown from it~ outer she'll and
'umhllng toward the ground aud io -a,u-
20 catch the sound quicker when be- knows =
Competitor Is near who viii run him taH-
Tor She nut. have Witnessed some ftrts
aud interesting races between hogs with m
acorn as tine stake
Put hog within twenty wards Of an oaK
ana 40 min" cases out OF ten be- viii beat 10
acorn 20 ihc place. To- liue cases or off fau
~" uoE Nlll i" within q i"W feet OF where
m" acorn sirlscs tho ground. another fa.t
winch ARGUES the superiority OF the InG
bearing ~" can apparently toll rret.v VOL
by ID" sound where the acorn Nli fall and
he al rarely miss d more than d lou feet.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-12

planted The old time wood rods even in
English trout streams and scotch salmon
rivers. is the chosen material .or he pass
outft. Tho length will be sone seven
feet the we ght from twenty -four 20 twenty
TX ounces, with independent butts and
the tips wei Ching fourteen ounces
The line is Of from tweuty-one to thirty
thread hand twisted linen. Of which the
large multiplying reel will hold some COO
feet. The hook is fastened by a length
Of German silver chain, which breaks the
rightly, 70 a smell Of piano wire. about five
feet In length, attached by -wiyel 10 the
line The rouRhcr smell used in bottom
fishing would Brighten on the tarpou in
the clear water Of the passes
There win be a drag 20 serve a- a brake.
ON the reel usually. whil- the book is Of
a ipecal device The tarpou. which thrive.
on hard shcll crabs and similar tropical
yea food If tough cpdermis. rejoices in
a mouth impervious 10 Il hook. as glass
will turn all materials less sharp than
diamond
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fore the par rot the annuity should con.
tmue 10 some Respectable female who SHOULD
not be "a servant. " The lucky bird was tC
be housed In cage to cost not less than
E2o, which should be roomy large and high
and was not to be taken gu OF England.
Dogs, cat, horses and parrots are, how
ever, not the only animals that have hene-
nled by eccentric testators for the Count
Of Mrandola. who died in the first quarter
Of the last century. left handsome annuity
Ia carp which he had had A. a pet in an
aquarium for upward OF twenty years,
with directions for the special treatment
of The iishy pet
A Ca-tllian left sum If money. amount
INK 10 about ESQ. the interest Of which was
e. ne expended IN The caro- and feeding Of a
lizard which the SIaniird for som, years
previous 10 his death had been IN the habit
Of treating Hs pet and companion
Quite larce sum was left hv Ra iput
Prlno" some thirty years ago for the main
teuance in comfort Of his three tavoritc
elephants aud pet tiger \ curious pro-
vision was that special trapping- and cloths
were 20 be provided for the elephants while
the tiger was - he RECALLED with specially
mentioned diet and wd- TO be provided with
a solid gold collar. studded with a large
numlcr Of precious stones.
Mr.. Garland who died n the early
part of last century, left d will containing
the following clause Il leuupath 20 my
inonkey my dear and amusing Jacko.
tIc sum ui 4lu per duuum, 20 De- employed
FOR his sole and exclusive use and benefit
To my favorite dog Shock and my well
beloved cat lib, pension Of Cj. and |
desire. in case of the death of either Of
the three the lap-ed pension shall piss
70 the other two. between whom IL is equally
10 be divided. On the death Of all three
the sum Appropriated - this purpose shall
become the property Of my daughter
Gertrude, TO whom give this preference
among my children bcca Of the large
family she has and the difficulty she find.
IN bringing them mp
Quite recently in the South Of France
an old lady left a sum Of more than 4OU
francs 10 provide an annuity for the monkey
OF an organ grinder which had been in
the habit OF amusing her almost daily
during long period Of illness There
VAS a provision that on the death Of the
monkey the interest upon this sum Of 400
francs which was 10 be invested In one Of
the accredited French loans was TO pas,
70 hospital run boy a certain veterinary
surgeon for the benefit OF animals who
might Toe brought TO him for treatment
Some twenty years ago q rich South
American died who left considerable
sum OF money IN trust for a pet alligator
which for some years had lived IN "A sfnall
artificial lake which had been made in his
owners grounds for the purpose. the
special provision being hat his scales were
10 be cleaned NJ least twice per anuun
and he was to be well fed and when III to
nave the attention Of veterinary surgeon.
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TINE LOON's T0rGH HIDE.
sometimes saves It's Ilfc-HoN Mother
bird Cares for Young

The loon differs from other birds in
number Of ways | have reason 10 think
that many people are unaware Of some.
at least. of these peculiarities.
The loon has hide ~ tough AZ that If an
OK and it, feathers cannot be plucknd with
out first scaldinR the bird as YOU would a
hog This incident will give some idea of
tie toughness of the hide. About thirty
five years ago, writes w. A Tinkletter in
Forea and Stream, when ! was living in
Michigan. a loon was shot at with a shotgun
ndustriou-ly all summer, without appar-
entity doing HIM any harm
In the fall ] Killed HIM with rife. lust
% convince the people that a loon could
Toe shot and killed He had many times
been shot at with a rife by the same people
who had used the shotgun, and they had
become convinced that he dove so quickly
that he lodged the shot in that way /
had seen them shoot at him a number Of
times. and could see the splash Of bullet
or shot IN the water before the loon divei
l rdiculed the idea Of the lodging, and
that led 10 my shooting him 10 support
my contention. When / skinned the bird
/ found and counted over a hundred No
shot ticking to the inside Of tho hide
and SO doing him no permanent harm. It's
remarkable that he was never hit IN the eve
nor sustained broken wing
another thing peculiar 20 the loon +
that after the chicks arc hatched. il tho
mother wishes to move far she will make
a shallow dive and come up under her
babies and swim of with them on her hack
The person that succeeds in photographng
her under such conditions may well cnim
the penuant.
Only once have / seen loon shoulder
her young, although for over twenty wears
] lived in the part Of Michigan where
there WAS the best chance Imaginable 10
watch looms. Now the timber has been
cut or around most of the lakes and such
favorable conditions for observation no
longer exist.
Although ! have only once seen n loon
shoulder her babies | have seen her SWIM
ming with them on her back many times
Once one swan within twenty feet Of me
and never suspected my presence
One Of their calls when sitting on the
water for volume beats that Of any other
bird or beast that know Of have heard
them in the night when they were more
than five miles distant for they only mako
that Kind Of call from the water and there
was no lake in that direction short Of that
distance To saw that the loon j. a very
interesting bird is A. mild a. can eKpre-sit.
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THE ATHLErIc C0NDrcTOR.
lie GETS Good Chance on the Night Ears
10 Keep IN Trim. and Takes II.

Some " tho surface car conductors
belong to athletic organizations and do
their training when they can while work
ing on the cars. Some OF them have little
exercising deyioe- Of their own
Those that have night runs have the best
opportunity for athletic stunts II is no
rare sight 10 see q conductor on au early
morning run when traffic is light. run
ming along- side the car within speaking dis
lance Of the motounau. The Eighth
avenue line offers the best opportunity for
sprint.ug ~ the conductor has all the ad-
vantage- Of a track running alongside the
Central Park wall. Conductors fond Of
athletics make An effort 10 get thi- ran
OF course. the conductor only leaves his
car when there are bat two or three
passengers Dn it II usually aruu-.-
the passenger 10 see tho conductor
running and the mptounan making
pace by turning on tho power for him
4 run 81 mile or so i- usually an that
the conductor wants al q stretch. Then
he gets on the car again. The other morn
ing about o'clock a conductor on north
bound + ghth avenue car took "a run. be-
ginning A. F.fiy-niuth street and stopping
AT NInety-uiuth street good two mile
bit He ran the distance lu l. minutes and
- seconds, good time in view ~ the fac;
that he wore his ordinary clothes and
heavy shoes incidentally. he won % cent
from the three passengers in the car. who
bet him a quarter each that he could not
cover the distance In 10 minutes
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No. n ruined city lay on the other side
Of the woods Nests wished away. hun
dreds Of broken eggs. showed how disaa.
trols the storm which had visited the bird
! city. The disappointment was acute
/ As a last hope Peter was sent away to
/ the old city Of 1902 Upon his return Joy
reigned in the rowboats The second city.
on higher ground than the first. had esca ped
the flood, and the fiamingoes were there
The party landed on the only point OF
solid sand large enough 10 hold their tent.
although they could reach hand into the
water on either side. Not bird was near.
but Peter pointed over the waste Of mud
to low lying pink cloud mile away
just flush Of pink on the ground
The orithologist plunged through the
mud. wading sloshing struggling. In ten
minutes he had reached point whore the
glass resolved the pink cloud into pink birds
An Undesirable feeling OF exultation pos
sessed him
Suddenly deep honk sounded the alarm
through Flamingo City Tho cloud moved
upward
The earth seemed to discharge birds. r
says Mr.. Chapman.
In a flaming stream they poured 10 n
lagoon not far away. Twice they swept
toward the intruders in a compact almost
terrifying mass but wheeled and returned
without attacking.
The next morning Mr.. ami Mrs Chap
man returned, and the birds fled as before.
Mr.. Chapman hastily raised his blind II
was a large umbrella with drapery or
valance sewed around the bottom so that
d. nj ba bapTl1a -,
ground. it made little round tent. colored
n greenish Rrly.
Mrs Chapman started back TO the boat
Mr. Chapman crept inside the umbrella.
a prey to intoerable anxiety Would the
birds return;
Twice they swept toward Mrs Chapman
and back to their lagoon. Then it was
proved that the faminRo cannot count
two. Their reconnaissance showed a NOV
ing figure rapidly growing smaller in the
distance. Their education had been neg
lected. They could not tell that two had
come and only one had gone.
They returned to their home and TO the
onithologist- intense a-tuuishment they
returned on foot. a stately army of rosy
forms, marching steadily across tho mud
flats The famingu does everything with
d gritty except his eating when he stands
on his head
forest Of slim necks waved in the air
a. each bird touched her own nest lightly
with her bill. Then they burst into CON
yersatioa each bird telling all -he knew
about il at the topof her VOICE.
Every bird hoped onto her own nest stood
perfectly upright for a moment and then
90, f,Il,, r.at,tpad tho t,rocpes Of incuhat-
ing Meanwhile there was an onithologist
inside an umbrella almost crazy with eK-
element, taking photographs like mad.
The second morning he moved his blind
into the very heart Of the city. within arms
reach ~ the nests. Every time he looked
out Of a crack in the umbrella he seemed
lie looking squaply into a birds eye, and
he could hardly believe the bird gazer did /
not recp gnize what she was looking into.
lie stayed all day and day after day. He !