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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-03-24

In summer time the air used for ven-
tilating the House of Commons in LON
don passes through blocks of ice. In
winter 1t is heated. In fog the outer
air passes through layers of cotton wool
six inches thick. During forty-eight
hours Of fog the cotton wool on one oc-
casion was as black as the back of
chimney. Thanks to these precautions,
the house has been absolutely free from
mist and the atmosphere is in normal
condition while dense fog prevails
outside. The normal temperature of
the House of Commons is kept at the
level of 60 degrees, except in sultry
weather, when it is raised to 65 de-
grees.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-03-24

A London dealer in such wares last
year received from India the skins of
six thousand birds of paradise to adorn
the hats of the feather-wearing British
women and to meet the export need.
At the same time he got about half
million humming- bird skins and an
equal number of those of various other
tropical birds. There is an auction
room in London where such things are
sold, and its recent record for a third Of
year was close to million skins, all
told, coming mainly from the East and
West Indies and Brazil.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-03-24

The South Norwalk Sentinel prints
letters from two persons who advo-
cate the hot water treatment for cere-
bro-spinal meningitis, claiming that it
not only cures, but prevents bad after
effects. In one case woman was
saved by being sweat with hot blocks
rolled in wet cloths. The writer of the
other, A. r. Fuller, Of Malone, New
York, writes that he had the disease
when a lad of twelve, in 1852, and was
sick ten weeks He was placed in a
bathtub, folded in a blanket, and, hot
water-as hot as could be borne-put
In the tub, the temperature being kept
even till the commissions were quieted.
He was said to be the only one in sixty
cases who recovered without deformity.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-03-24

Simeon Ford thinks it is well to listen
to the most dreary takers, for some
times they surprise everybody by say
ing good things. He was at a dinner
not long ago when the speaker of the
evening was phenomenally dull and
wordy, but near the end of his long
soration he said something very funny.
Every body was about ready to fall
asleep, when the speaker said: "And,
nowfi as Lady Godiva observed when
returning from her ride, I am nearing
my clothes The remark reused his
auditors to such fits of laughter that
the speaker was forced to take his seat.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-03-24

Writing in the Nineteenth Century
about primitive mans mental attitude
toward the furred and feathered crea-
lures, Prince Kropotkin says: Even
now, when savage is hunting, he is
bound to respect certain rules of pro-
priety towards the animals, and he
must perform certain expiatory cere-
monies after his hunt. Most of these
ceremonies are vigorously enacted even
nowadays in the savage clans, espe-
5cially as regards those species consid-
cred the allies of man. When jour-
neyed in Siberia / was often struck,
without understanding it, with the case
which my fungus or Mongol guide
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-03-24

THE OLDEST DAILY PAPER PUB
LISHED IN CONNECTICUT.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1905-01-25
A Curious Contrast to English and
American Free Public
Libraries.

An interesting and significant para
graph in the Birmingham Daily Post is
based on information from Toxic re-
garding the kinds Of literature most in
demand in the imperial library Of Japan.
While 12,4S6 works relating to theology
and religion, or only 1.6 per cent. of the
total number of books in the library,
were asked for according to the records
of the past year, there were demanded
b. readers 1857 volumes, or 21.6 per
cent, classified under the head Of math-
ematics, science and medicine. Works
on literature and language TO the num-
Der of 1853, 711-that is, 20 per cent, were
asked for, while Is per cent. of the ap-
plications were for books on history and
geography. Fiction, the writer says,
finds no place in the classified table OF
books in demand by readers in this Jap
anese library, "a curious contrast to the
experience in most English public free
libraries" and to the experience OF
American libraries. Works ON art, in
dustries, engineering, military, and
naval science figure prominently on the
list of additions made in recent years
to the shelves of the imperial library.
MARSHAL HALSTEAD.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1905-01-25
American Trade in Germany.

Undoubtedly the best way to open
markets in Germany is by means of
an expert traveller or representative
who will review the ground and ap-
point competent agents. Every year
this consulate general receives hun
dreds of inquiries from American firms
wishing to push trade here, and al
though every care is taken in supply
ing them with the names of reliable
firms to take up the sale of their goods
1t is impossible for the incumbent of
che Office to have such a wide techni-
cal knowledge as would be necessary to
give the exact information required.
An experienced travelling agent with
samples, and with attractive price lists
in the language and weights or meas
ures of the country, although at first
more costly, would, l am sure, prove
to be the quickest and most thorough
method of opening German markets
for American products.
WILLIAM F. WRIGHT
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1905-01-25

merchants are progressive and enter
prising. Nothing makes a town APP
pear in better light, and inviting to
live in than wide-awake merchants.
The merchants of this city are alive to
the necessity of competing with the
city trade, and they not only compete
with it, but they actually undersell
their opponents. The cause for this
is not hard to find. Our merchants,
to large extent, buy from the same
export dealers, the same source from
which the city merchant gets his stock.
They buy at the same price, but the
city merchant is compelled to sell at
higher figure for the simple reason
that his expenses are greater. He
pays much higher rent; taxes are
higher and labor is more expensive.
1t is folly for any one to 60 to the
city, pay their expenses of railroad
fare, hotel bill, ETC., and then expect
to save money by the transaction.
There is another consideration. ANY
thing that helps to build up the trade
of the home merchant, helps to en-
hanse the value of every piece of
property in town. If you stay at
home and buy your goods you save
money for yourself and help build up
the town in which you live. If you
60 to the city to buy your goods. you
get buncoed and help to discredit your
town. Take our word for it and stay
at home.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1905-01-25
A Washington dispatch saws:

Senator James r McCrearv will
not return tn Kentucky until after the
present session of Congress adiourns
He is one of the busiest men in the
Kentucky delegation and saws there is
nothing going on in the State to take
him away from his duties here. He
has never thought that there would
he an extra session of Congress in the
spring, and has commended from the
start that the Republicans would
never consent to revision nf the
tariff so soon after a presidential cleo
ton. He saws If by any chance the
President should call special session
he believes it will he to consider rail-
road rate legislation and not the tariff.
The Kentucky Senator's view is doubt
less correct. The President has had
his spring tariff revision ideas knocked
nto smithereens by the ''stand pat
GERS" in both houses. However, he j.
urging the enactment of railroad rate
legislation during this session and if
he does not get it, it would not be at
all surprising if he should take the bit
in his own mouth and tell Co gress it
had to stay here until it came to his
way of thinking.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1905-01-25
Winter Meat Eating
The Poor Stomach's Tale of Woe
Just Now Mi-O-na is Needed

The Poor Stomach's Tale of Woe
just Now Mi-o-na is Needed
At this season of the year thousands
of people are already showing the i'll
symptoms that are sure to result from
the usual winter diet. Indoor life,
meat-eating. hearty food, lack of exer-
else, OverwOrk and poor ventilation
spell sickness" and poor health.
If the stomach cannot do its work
properly, i'll health is sure to follow
Mona is the one medicine that as
sures a natural digestion. that
"trengthenS the stomach, that soOthes
and heals all irritation, congestion and
and Inflammation in the stomach and
bowels. 1t is this that makes it a GER
tain and guaranteed cure for all stom-
ach troubles.
If the digestion is impaired, the
blood is impoverished and becomes
filed with impurities, deranging the
whole system and causing sickness and
suffering. Mona, acting upon the
stomach and digestive organs cures
sleeplessness. nervous troubles, head
aches, backaches and general weakness
and debility.
If Won are weak and ailing the chan
ces are that it is due to a diseased stom
ach, hut you can be cured by using
Mona. Ask B. l. Middleton. the re-
liable druggist. to show you the strong
guarantee under which Mona is
sold Mona costs but SOC box. If
it does not cure you, the price is abso-
lutelv nothing.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1905-01-25
WOMAN HAS BROWN BLOOD
Autopsy on Patients Body Dis
closes Results Which Puzzle
New York Doctors.

New York.-Dr. Philip O'Hanlon. the
coroner's physician, while performing
an autopsy on the body Of a woman who
lied suddenly at the Presbyterian hos
pital the other day, found that the wo-
mans blood was of dark-brown. choco-
late color instead of the ordinary color
Of human blood.
The hospital surgical staff, when the
discovery was made, expressed much
surprise over the maIter, as did Dr. Sol
ley. the pathologist, who was also pres
emit.
The person in whose body the brown
blood was found was Mrs. Katherine
O'Leary, who became suddenly i'll while
visiting friend, Mrs. Mary Sheehan.
and died an hour later at the hospital.
Mrs. OLeary was hurriedly taken to
the Presbyterian hospital, where the
physicians were unable to diagnose her
case, but finding her heart failing, they
did everything in their power to save
her. DR.. Solley, who Is an authority ON
blood diseases, was present when the
woman died.
DIR. O'Hanlon, who has performed sew
sral thousand autopsies in the hospitals
Of New York, was directed by Coroner
Jackson to make the autopsy In this
case. 1t was then the discovery was
made of a color he had never seen be-
fore in a human being. DR.. Solley made
microscopic examinations of the blood
and found red corpuscles in the brown
blood, but he was unable to learn mucn
about the cause in the absence OF
chemical analysis.
In speaking Of the case. DR.. o'Hanlon
said:
81 found a peculiar condition OF the
blood fluid throughout, and a darh
chocolate color. All of the blood yes
sells were stained with this chocolate
brown. The brain was anaemic and
very pale Upon cutting the lungs nulC
emerging from them was of a DARK
I
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1905-01-25
More Abou. ..Under Southern Tkies. %

There is every evidence that the
great popnlace is forcing the managers
and playwrights back IN the sane and
wholesome PLAYS like Under Southern
Skies" and that in the near future we
Will have less of the abnormal and
overdrawn pictures of luckless black
robbed females and cOncience-less dress
suit Williams. If one were to inquire
why it is that dramas like Under
Southern Skies succeed, the answer
would probably be found in the fact
the piece contains rollickin9 humor, 2
cove story that abounds in quality 81
atmosphere. AS an experienced mana
ger and observer of things dramatic
remarked, the anther has three or fou'
couples we'll started toward matrimOnv
before the first act is over And as fol
comedy. nothing more sane and natnr
al than the halloween party. given in
honor of Leila Croftnn's eighteenth
birthday could he devised. There is
much THAT is amusing alsO IN the char
scterizatiOn of Amer LizAr. a comica'
Dickanninv. much resembling TOpsy
whose woOllv Digtails fairly vihrate with
mischief So far as the atmosphere goes
those who are really familiar with
southern life and characteristics car
hest PASS Judgment on the little tricks
If accent and the like. Rut there is nc
doubt about The fact that tho exterior
Of the first act is a very beautiful anC
elaborate conception which looks fresf
and new as though the difficulties q
ona-night stands were unknown t.
"Under Southern Skies. "-Detroi
Journal. Dec, 26, 1904.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1905-01-25
CONSENT MAKES MARRIAGE
Preacher inspired by a Breach Of
Promise Suit Delivers Sem
sationRl Sermon.

Quakertown, PA sermon which
may have been inspired by the breach Of
promise suit of Miss Blanche Keck
against Rev. Edgar ]. Heilman, of the
Wyndmoor Lutheran church, was
preached by Rev. F. K. Fretz in St. Johns
Lutheran church. In part Pastor Fretz
said:
THE tendency Of the day is to treat en-
gagement vows as frivolous and joke.
Let it be understood that, once man and
woman have pledged hand and heart, the
abandonment Of that pledge makes the
transgressor, in the sight of God, per-
jurer.
Consent. and not ceremony, makes
marriage. The promise of marriage is
as binding as the I WILL and not once in
10000 times is man justified in break
ing that promise. No one has right to
plead he had made mistake. The spec
ter of broken heart lying in the church
yard haunts many an otherwise happy
home"
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1905-01-25
Deafness Cannot be Cured.

By local applications as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear
There is only one way TO cure deafness
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an infamed con-
dition OF the mucous lining of the
enstachian tube. When this tube is in.
famed you have a rumbllng sound OF
imperfect hearing and when 1t is en-
tirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the inflammation can be taken
out and this tube restored to its nor
NAL condition hearing will be destroy
ed forever nine cases out of ten are
caused by Catarrh, which is nothing
but an inflamed condition of the mu-
cons services.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of deafness caused by ca
tarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars free
f CHENEY K Co., Toledo o.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
lPs.Family Pills are the best.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1905-01-25

The South is over run with indolent
negroes, whose very presence is
menance to the safety, of our COM
munity. Some of the most atrocious
crimes that have ever been committed
in the South are due to these law, in
dolent brutes, whose only real worth
is their patronage of the saloon. They
won't work, but depend upon what
they can beg or steal to keep them in
whiskey, and lay around dependent
on their poor mother or sister. who
are trying to make an honest living
by taking in washing.
There is statute in our town laws
which makes vagrancy punishable by
line or imprisonment. Why is it not
inforced? Lexington has such law.
and. had it been rigidly enforced. that
terrible crime which took place there
last Friday a. m. might not have been
committed. We believe in law and
order, and we believe in letting the
law take its course. when that law is
proven adequate to cope with the
crimes; but when it is not, then we
believe in Judge Lynch" Swift and
sure retributiOn is the only way to
cope with this evil that has so long
married the fair Southland. The law
is not swift enough in cases such as
that which occurred at Lexington last
week. 1t looks to much like petting
and caressing naughty child before
whipping it. There is too much hal
lubub raised over formal hanging;
there is too much sympathy aroused
by some Pettifogging lawyer, who is
looking for practice, and. to make a
reputation, who gets hold of these
brutes and spend days and days try
ing to convince jury of honest men
hat this fiend should go free or be
shown leniency, on no other grounds
than because he is his client. The
law is made by the people, and for the
people, and in cases of this kind the
people should be allowed to carry it
nut. The laxity in our laws is parti-
ally the cause of SO many repettions
of this brute's horrible crimes. idle
ness and whiskey" has done more to
corrupt this country, and has cost
more Innocent lives, than all the other
evils we have to contend with. The
saloons are not entirely to blame for
these crimes, for il we did not have
them it would be blind tigers or worse.
Some of our citizens are as much to
blame as any one. They give them
their old clothes, and allow their
domestic to carry off enough food to
support half dozen of these brutes
at time. and when one is locked M
for vagrancy, drunkness, or crap
shooting "Marse John" or aMarse
Henry" goes down to the police station
and pays their fines, or uses his infiu-
ence to get them out. Let our officers
make tour OF the saloon districts
ard the low dives in this community,
and arrest every negro who cannot
show some honest means Of lively
hood; and when they are brought into
court, send them to the rock pile or
to work on the streets.
streets.
Legal hanging does not seem to do
much good in Lexington towards
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1905-01-25

A man giving his name as Frank ID.
austin attempted to throw himself
from the Brooklyn bridge twice last
Tuesday, says the Louisville Times.
He claims that be has lost $50 900 IN
Wall Street, all on account of that
Frenzied financier, Thomas w. Law
son.
While we extend cur sympathy to
Mr. Austin in his hour of bereavement,
yet we cannot sympathize with him
as we never had that much to lose,
and we cannot honestly condemn MIR.
Thomas w. Lawson. for he has been
very gracious to the country presses
in his exposures of the different kinds
of Fakes, and get rich quick schemes.
But who can tell when ne is liable to
start our way. So, brethren of the
press. take warning, lock up all th,
loose $4,000 dollars you have laying
around and keep your weather eye
pealed for your Uncle Thomas W.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1905-01-25

The Climax deems it pertinent to
call the attention of tee people OF
Madison County to the advisability of
patronizing our home merchants.
The citizens in the county are Justly
proud Of Richmond. 1t is a flourish
ing little city and presents business
like appearance. 1t is us-to-date in
every particular; its population is
cultured and refined; its banks are in
a sound financial condition and its
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1905-01-25
PARASITE IN AUSTRALIA.
Great Loss of Wool and Sheep Caused
by Fly Which Works Havoc
in the Flocks.

A report has been received by the
minister for agriculture with reference
TO the sheep maggot fly, or blown
sheep" fly. in Australia.
Though comparatively unknown ten
years ago, it has been gradually getting
worse until last year complaints were
coming in from all quarters of the state
as to the loss on wool and sheep, not
TO mention the expense Of dipping and
treating the blown sheep all the fly sea-
son, which this year extended from the
end Of April to the middle OF September.
The dies chiefly attack breeding ewes
and lambs after they have tailed.
Wethers are seldom blown, but the wet
or soiled wool on the rump or crutch
OF the ewes is the favorite place to de-
post the eggs, where within a very few
hours maggots hatch out and burrow
under the wool, and feed and crawl about
IN hundreds over the skin, which be-
comes infiamed and covered with red
and black blotches. Later. as the dam
aged wool sloughs off, these become evil
smelling sores. II the sheep is not at
tended to within few days the mag
gots extend up the back and the sheep
wanders away and is eventually eaten
alive.
One can easily detect blown sheep"
from its restless manner and the way it
jerks its tail and shakes Its head. When
the sheep is caught the wool is shorn
of the infected part, and the wounds
and soiled wool are treated with some
mixture to drive out or kill the maggots
and heal the skin. 1t is found that it is
better to drive out the parasites than
kill them in the wool, for IL killed they
soon form a corrupt mass to attract
more flies. Maggots have been OBJ
tanned by the entomologist from infested
sheep, and efforts will be made to es-
tablish the identity and life history of
the fly. The results will be furnished
as soon as the matter is settled.
Many "squatters" dip their sheep six
weeks or more after shesring, as there
is more wool on the skin to retain the
mixture and it has a more lasting effect.
If there Is not much rain the dipping
protects the sheep from maggots in the
winter months. Most of the ranchmen
use Cooper's dip. The loss to sheep
owners from this pest is very considera-
bic, not only in wasted wool and lost
sheep, but in the constant attention and
time that has to be taken in treating
blown sheep. In damp, warm deather
they have to be mustered up every few
days.
What is wanted at present is uniform
mixture which can be applied to the
blown wool, heal the skin, and prevent
the flies from blowing it again before
the mixture dries. Carbolic washes OF
all kinds have been discarded In Scot
land. for though they kill the maggot
and heal the skin they have no lasting
effect. Sulphur and oil is chiefly used
and where the skin is not broken the 40
dition of arsenic is found to make a very
good mixture, which prevents the flies
from depositing their eggs, but arsenic
should not be used on wounds or broker
skin.
y Wy rODrN-r<
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1905-01-25

In this day of modern invention
and improvement, and rapid strides
toward perfection, nothing keeps up
with the spirit of the times more than
does the daily newspaper. 1t has be-
come a great and needed factor with
all classes. 1t is the cheapest medium
for educational purposes and is so be-
coming to be considered. With the
aid of the newspaper one, no matter
how remote may be his dwelling place,
is enabled to keep in touch with the
whole outside world. He can keep
posted with the ''doings" of Foreign
countries just as easily as with those
around his very door. The family
paper however does the thinking as it
were, for the great masses. Such a
sheet sent weekly or perhaps semi
weekly into the homes of the s'great
Common People" furnishes food for
thought and then moulds it into
tangible forms, thus creatitg policies,
society and regulating the moral as
well as the social phases of life.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1905-01-25
MATRIMONIAL.

HAGAN-MELLoN-A pretty but very
informal wedding was solemnized at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. P. F. Ad-
ans. Jr., on Fourth street, last We'd
nesday afternoon, when Miss Laura
Mellon became the wife of Mr.. George
w. Hagan. The ceremony, which
was said by the brides grandfather,
Rev P. F. Adams, in his usual inn
pressive style. was witnessed by only
few intimate friends and relatives
of the contracting parties. The at
tendants we're Mr.. Hugh Mellon and
Miss Lucy Adams and Mr.. Rucker
Lewis and Miss Bessie Jones. The
bride, who is daughter OF Mr.. Hap-
ilton Mellon, of College Hill, was at
tired in stylish tailored gown of tan
broadcloth with hat and gloves t.
match. She is of the brunette type
and is possessed of disposition that
endears all to her. She has those
traits of character that will make her
real helpmste to the man of her
choice. The groom is son of Mrs.
Nancy Hagan, deceased. and has been
numbered among our connty's most
substantial young farmers. After re-
ceiving congratulate and well
wishes of all present, the happy
couple were driven to the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Duerson, the latter
being sister to the groom Mr.. and
Mrs Hagan left Saturday for Okla
homa, where they will reside. The
best wishes of hosts Of friends follow
them to their new home, and may oil
happiness and prosperity attend them.