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The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-12
NOT ALL PIE.

Massachusetts is good old State, but there is fly in every ointment. When in the last report of the Massa- chusetts Railroad Commission it was stated that many of the trolley lines were not on paying basis, and that in many localities the public must make choice between higher fares or no service, the announcement was some thing of a surprise to many. Since the publication of this report the board has authorized increasing the rates of fare when evidence showing that cars were run at loss was presented. The posi- tion taken by the board is that invest ors are entitled to a reasonable return on their securities, and that good ser vice cannot be furnished unless the companies are prosperous.
 The latest order of the board applies to Wakefield, Reading, Melrose, Stone ham and Saugus, in the territory of the Boston and Northern. Doubling the rate of fare was questioned, but the board has no hesitation in authorizing the withdrawal of transfer privileges, which, 1t is expected, will increase re- ceipts. Not long ago there was clam or for increased wages, and a twelve per cent. advance was granted. This, with other extraordinary expenditures, seriously affected earnings, and now the public is called upon to make good the shortage.
 It has apparently been thought by some good Connecticut people that the trolley lines in this State could pay better wages and reduce fares too. but it might be found that they couldn't.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-12

to play in. When I read about Mir. Phipp's garden and fountain the other day, it made me think of my aesthetic plans to civilize the heather of the slums. Now, I don't disap- prove so much of foreign missions as used to. know that they are appreciated just as much and are not half as expensive.
 T had a roof garden, a yard for drying clothes, and a play room for the children on the ground floor, giV- ing up for this purpose the room that could have rented for shops. I was the talk of the neighborhood for a while, and then my house became as notorious as the Coney Island of those days. The court and play room be- came the rendezvous of all the chil- dren of the neighborhood, and my ten ants established class distinctions, and there were faction fights. The roof garden became place for lovers quarrels and mixed-ale parties, and one night man fell off and was killed.
 The house became so unpopular after a while that boys used to stone the windows to revenge themselves upon the occupants, who, it was said, put on airs But I tried to be busi- ness-like, and any tenant who caused trouble was made to move, until I finally got lot of the quietest people, that gave me no trouble, paid their rent promptly. and have stayed for years. In fact. don't think I could get them out if wanted to. They know a good thing-a clean house, low rents, light rooms, and conveniences almost unknown elsewhere in the neighborhood."
 The woman who had failed beamed generous congratulations. "Well, you have succeeded in doing the slums some good, after all, haven't you?" she said.
 Don't envy me-" said the other woman with her grim smile. ''I may be doing good, but not to the people who need it, not to the people that you and I and other emotionel philan- thropists are trying to drag out of the
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-12

The latter was willing to accept the post. When General Bobrikofr, how ever. became aware of this ne succeed ed in persuading the Imperial Senate of Finland, through the secretary of state. T. G. Linder. to declare, in spite of the unanimous contrary feeling in the Landtag and the country. that Gen eraI BobrikofT's retention of the gover- nor-generalship was absolutely neces- sary for the carrying out of the new army conscription law. Thus General Bobrikoff proved victorious. Ho and II. de Plehve assured the Czar that the Films greeted the new law with the deepest thankfulness. The truth was that never was any law hated like this one. The young Films in great num- bers refused to place their names upon the army lists or to meet at the enroll ment stations. The Dowager Empress, adds the Finnish witness, did her best to secure the withdrawal of the con- scription law, and almost succeeded in doing so. Moreover, she labored con- tinuously to restrict the powers of Bob rikoff up to the time that the latter was assassinated.
 This is as likely to be true as false If it is true it indicates that the Elm press Dowager knows a thing or two and has some feeling.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-12

around the bier set fire to a curtain. and the panic that followed neeessi- tated the services Of three smbulances and the Fire Department. When the excitement was over it seemed as if every city department was cfter me with threats of Sing Sing. was to blame because the fire escapes were blocked up with boxes and flower pots and cradles. was to be sued because there was no light in the hall when the fireman rived on the scene have too much civic pride, not to mention self-respect, to divulge how I strengthened out these difficulties but didn't go to Sing Sing.
 The next news was that the wax flower maker and the tenant whose wife had died were having daily alter cations because the latter would not pay for the wreathS and stars he had ordered for the funeral, and which had been destroyed in the fire. It seems that these flowers are not left on the grave but are brought back from the cemetary after they have served their purpose of impressing the public, and are framed and hung Up in the parlor as mementoes and or naments. Pursuing my matriarchal attitude, persuaded the flower maker to make the bill a little less and on condition that the bereaved husband pay it at once, and to my surprise they agreed to do tnis.
 T didn't mention that I had put baths in the house, and one day when on a rent collecting tour I noticed that the daughter of the family, who was preparing dinner, made frequent trips to the bathroom. AS she left the door open I peeped in. In the center of the tub was a piece of ice wrapped in a newspaper, and all around it were vegetables, butter, milk and all the other things usually found in a well-stocked refrigerator. After this discovery looked at the other baths in the house. One was used as a coal bin, another, filled five inches deep in clay, served as sort of fore ing bed for my lady's window garden. Most of the tubs were used as general scrap heaps, but on the top floor was one in which geese were being raised
 T sold the house in a year, to a man who turned it into sweatshops and is growing rich in the rents he gets for the rooms. My venture cost me the savings of IS years, a mort gage on my future and a case of nerv- ous prostration."
 The woman with the stiff collar tried to look tolerant, but only man. aged to smile grinly. You didn't go at 1t in the night away" she said One has to be business like as well as as philanthropic these days. The charitable enterprise that hasn't a green-papered office and a few stenog- raphers is not going to get any checks from rich folks who have made their money, and I intended that only ten ness like. Self-made people are al- ways great admirers of their creators, you know, I was sentimental, too. when l invested in down town prop erty. I wasn't averse to making money, and I intended tha only ten ants that would pay their rents regu- larly should live in my houses, but I was content to make small profits. and do my fellow creatures good as I went along.
 made two old houses into one. with central court for the chi1aren
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-12

The late s. Bing, who was considered the leading expert in Paris on Japan- ese art, was a Hamburger by birth. but like many other Germans, chose the French metropolis for his home. He got his knowledge of Japanese art at headquarters, and on his return to Paris became the adviser of Edmond de Goncourt and others who were inter- ested in his speciality. After devoting himself to this hobby for two decades, he suddenly seemed to tire of it; he sold out all his treasures, and took up the cult of the so-called Art nouveau, of which his studies became the focus The interest in this fad, however, presently abated, and Bing returned to his first love. Once more he rebuilt his house, decorating it again in the Japan @ese style, but before it was finished death overlook him at the age of sixty seven.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-12
INTERVIEWING, IF TRT,E.

You can read almost anything about Russia nowadays For instance, the Dannebrog of Copenhagen, on the au- thority of a Finn "who fought and suf- fered for the rights of his country" de- clares that the Dowager Empress of Russia has been an active opponent, in- stead of a supporter of the recent re- pressive policy of M. de Plehve and General Bobrikoff. This witness ayers that when the Empress Alexander saw that General BCorikoff brutalized Fin
 land, she did all in her power to secure the appointment of the liberal Prince Sviaitopolk Mirski as governor general.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-12
4 SOUTH AFRICAN pRoB1Ew.

While the Yale Faculty and the city authorities of New Haven are trying to find out if anything happened on York street, let us turn mild eye upon something that is happening in South Africa. The ports of South Africa com pete for the Transvaal trade, and bit ter fight is now being made by the Jo- hannesburg Chamber of Commerce against efforts of Natal and Cape Col ony to obstruct traffic via Delagoa Bay. Till recently Lourenco Maruues, on Delagoa Bay, was badly equipped for receiving and handling traffic. Portu- guese management of the portion of the Pretoria-Delagoa Bay railroad within the province of Mozambique was very bad, and this added to the obstacles to trade. But recently improved facilities for shipping have been provided at Lourenco Marques, and traffic has greatly increased. To the extent that the Delagoa railroad handles the Transvaal's import and export business the state-owned Natal and Cape Colony railroads lose business. Distance is all in favor of Delagoa Bay, especially as regards bulky, heavy and low-priced articles. Railroad ties, for example. pay for transportation from Lourenco Marques to Pretoria but $1.15 per ton. while via Durban, Natal, the charge is $6.4O, and via Port Elizabeth, in Cape Colony, $61S. The cause of the differ ence is the greater distance over the Natal and Cape Colony lines. The Brit ish colonies are negotiating with the Transvaal government for a preference as against the Portuguese port. There is high politics in the matter. Politi- clans are seeking to unite all the Brit 1sh colonies in South Africa into one commonwealth Union is in the air. But Johannesburg wants low rail rates in order to cheapen the cost of mining and living. The business question. ac- cordingly, interferes with the political one. Johannesburg does not want union based on high rates.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-12
EASTER.

"How are his norals?" "why, they'd gain him entrance to the best society,"" Judge.
 Biffkins-"Do you mean to say that suit you have on was made to order?'' Miffkins-"Sure thing Biffkins-"Who for?"-Chicago Daily News.
 ''Why certainly. a married woman should be a law until herself. Oh, more than that. She ought to be a law unto her husband" "-Brooklyn Life.
 "A man always gets on easier by talk ing his wifes advice" "Yes,' answered Mir Meekton. When things turn out badly there isn't so much said. ''-- Washington Star.
 Bob-'Miss subbubs has asked me to call tonight" Dick-"Yes?" Bob 'Yes. What shall wear?" Dick (who has been thereD--" Ware the dog!"- Philadelphia Ledger
 Diggs-I thought your friend Jig smith always had a horror of being buried alive.
 Biggs-So he has.
 Diggs-Then how do you account for it?
 Biggs-Account for what?
 Diggs-The fact that he is about to move from Chicago to Cincinnati.--Chi- cago News.
 'BiFbsby insuBted me to-day by invit- ing me to attend one of these flimsy musical farces," said the eminent legis- lator to his wife.
 Why, I thought you liked musical farces, John," said the lady.
 "But this farce," responded the en1i- nent legislator, with some degree of bitterness, twas called The Grafter.' D Cleveland Plain Dealer
 The following anecdote is being told of Miss Helen Gould, who recently en- tertained at luncheon a party of little girls. Afterward Miss Gould showed the children about herAhouse, pointing out some of it's interesting contents. "This," she said, stopping before a bronze in the hall, lis statue of Min- erva." Was she married?" asked. a little girl. "Oh no, my dear,' replied Miss Gould, You know Minerva was the Goddess of Wisdom. "-Harper's Weekly.
 Charity is no longer virtue in Eng land; it is a, necessity.-Truth.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-12
Last summer. down at grandpa's,
A Pertinent Question.

TO Editor of the Journal and Courier:
 What the citizens of New Haven are interested in at the present time is not whether the Yale authorities will tackle the Pierson hall outrages with the courage of the Yale spirit but wheth CT the city authorities will prosecute these ill+bred rufffans by days, in jail, as they would other ruffians if the dis turbance had occurred in hall on East street. Quidnunc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-12

slougk and savagery. I am simply pHss ling a home at ehear rates for thrifty souls who could verJ well afford to live somewhere more expensive. One of my tenants haa two daughters teaching in the public schools. Another is a saving Ger man plumber with a fiourishing busi. ness Of his own. Another is an old miser, whose relatives are rated by Bradstreet. Oh. yes: I am keeping house for the encouragement of thrift, if you will-but lifting the masses out of the gutter? Leave them alone, my dear. They love to wall low!'-JOsephine Meighan in New York Globe.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-12
MODEL TENEM MENT.

Experiences of a Woman Who Tried
 to Make One Livable-Finally Fore
 ed to Sell Out.
 They were discussing the soulful idea of the rich Mir. Phipps, who is going to uplift the masses by building tenemcnts with electric light, foun- tains, porcelain bathtubs, roof gar- dens, and kindergartens.
 Tt is the thought of a great mind embodied in bricks and mortor," said the girl with the eyes. And then she sighed because she was not a steel magnate and could not afford to give libraries to towns that need good wa
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-12

One of the Chinese imperial eunuchs having the i'll luck to die after smok- ing cigarette, the Empress Dowager arrived at the somewhat nasty conclu- sion that it was the little weed that was responsible, and she has strictly forbidden any one to smoke cigarettes in the palace. Another eunuch who en- deavored to point out the mistake of tnis order and the harm it would do to native industry has been handed to the board of punishment.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-12

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY. F CENTS A WEEK. 50 CENTS 4 MONTH. ss FOR SIX MONTHS. Ss . YEAR THE SAME TERMS BY MAIL SINGLE COPIES. cENTa
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-12
THE WEEKLY JOURNAL.

gssasL ThuradnSa. One Dollar YeaH'
 ADVERTISING RATES.
 Situations Wants, Rents, and other srnali advertisements, One Cent Word each insertion. Five Cents word for . Snll week.
 Display advertisements, per tnch' one insertion, SEQ; each subsequent inser- tien 4G cents; one week, sS.2o; one
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-12
"well," said Dumley, self-comnl

"Well," said Dumley, self-complacent- ly, after his first er-dinner speech, ''you didn't think I could speak, did you?" ''I confess" replied Knox, "that can t think of anything so marvellous that has happened for years. Not since Balaam's time, in fact. Philadelphia Press,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-12

An agreement has been reached be- tween the Belgian and Prussian gov- ernments for the cession to Belgium of the neutral territory of Moresnet, in exchange for strip of land adjoining the town of Eupen, in Prussia, eleven miles from Aix-la-Chapelle, and close to the Belgian frontier. Thus the small- est European state has been plotted out. The existence of Moresnet as an independent state dates from the treaty of fAix-la-Chapelle. Later it was under the joint protectorate of Russia and Belgium The latter country now takes over the entire sovereignty of the territory.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-12
Pas BIighted BOyhOOd.

I wish I knew what my pa knew When he was just as old as me; 1 He'd read the Bible through and through, And when it came to workin-gee. Why, he says that when he was ten He hardly ever thought of play, But took his place behind the men And did what they did every day. 1 He drove his fathers team to town And hauled the grist home from the mill, And in the evening he'd set down And learn his lessons and keep still It makes me sorry for poor pa To think that he was treated so; Sometimes it almost seems that ma Don't more than half believe him,
 though;
 But once when he was tellin' me
 About the fun he never had And how he worked, thought that she Would cry, because she looked so sad, And then she said she wished that
 they'd
 Of let him SOW his oats before He got growed up, and pa he stayed Upstairs that night, and kicked the
 door.
 Last summer, down at grandpas,
 where
 They used to make pa work so hard, They told me how he'd rip and tear
 Around the place and in the yard There was a tree, where grandma said lie used to practice circus tricks All day till it was time for bed
 It seemed as though they'd six old
 Nicks
 Around there always raisin' Ned.
 But grandpa come and put his hand Down kind of softly on my head
 And said that l would underStand- He winked at grandma and he smiled Some day, when 1 would have q child.
 Chicago Record Herald.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-12

At an editorial conevntion in Kansas one of the country editors offered the following toast: "To save an editor from starvation take his newspaper and pay him for it promptly. To save him from bankruptcy advertise in his paper literally. To save him from despair send him every item of news of which you can get hold. To save him from profanity write your correspondence plainly on one side of the sheet and send it in as early as possible. To save him from mistakes bury him. Dead people are the only ones that never make mistakes. Newspaper readers would do we'll to remember that there are no perfect people-editors or read ers.''
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-12

Colonel Mike Donahue of the 10th New Hampshire was somewhat fond of drink. After the war the 10th, wishing his picture, commissioned an artist to do the job. After the painting was fin- ished, the artist, according to the Bos- ton Herald, seeing one of the veterans of the 10th, an Irishman, called him in to ask his opinion of the picture. The old Irishman walked up to the easel, scrutinized the picture, and was about to put his hand on the canvas, when the artist cried out: Don't touch it! Don't touch it! It's not dry.'' Not --Allsryt-Not dhry"- shouted -Patts,--s'llsaeT be jabers, it's not Mike Donahue.''
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-12

GTAH HERE'S always door some-,
 where around your house or
 office that seems to stand N open in cold weather out of pure cussedness and lets the chilly wind blow on your back. It couldn't do it if it lad Blount or Norton Door Check Then your door would always close and more gently than if closed by hand. There would be no slamming, no broken glass, no cracked walls. no shattered nerves. ,,.t
 The prices xanse from $a.4ol
 upwards and tVe put them on
 for q small additional charge
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-12

An interesting municipal campaign is in progress in Salt Lake City, where the influence of the Mormon Church was So successfully exerted in the Re- publican and Democratic nominating conventions that it was found neces- sary to organize a new American" party to oppose the political hierarchy. The Mormon newspaper organ at Salt Lake City refers to this party as ''vi- imperative, frenzied and false accusing combination" and urges every Mormon to work against "the avowed foes of his religion, who are endeavoring to arouse the country for the destruction of that to which he has devoted his life and his interests and that relates to his eternal welfare"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-12

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The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-12

"Iow are his morals?" "Why, they'd gain him entrance to the best society,"" Judge.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1905-05-19

putting clear money in the peck
cts OF their owners and will do
it here if given half a chance.
AS the Brand says, il may re-
quire 'conSldera ole preparation
in the way of woIf-proot fences.
shelter, etc, - but this invest
ment amounts TO no great sight
anyway when you consider that
one section will run a thousand
mead and that a low shed 4Oxl2
feet will house them comforta-
bly,.
Now, if it is a fact that this
proves to be a good sheep coun-
try. and it surely is if we can
put confidence IN our near ma
bOrs, what else in the way Of
stock, investment consid cred,
will yield such profits:
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1905-05-19

Can sell
Several good residences in
Canyon City for sllc; terms rea-
Sonabe.
600 acres. II miles west, fine
land improved S per acre, bonus.
3-Four league ranch and 1900
stock cattle Fine land we'll inn
proved for ranch purposes, terms
reasonable.
ALSO acres in a body 10 miles
south, fenced and 90 acres in Guilt
walton. Fine land, $3.25 for the
patented section, and s.. 50 bonus
for school section.
$40 sections situated from *
to p miles S. w. patented land
price g % per acre, 5 cash bal
ance 1, ,, 3, and 4 years, 7 per
cent interest.
o-One section, all or half of it,
- miles West, 81 90 bonus.
7-I28o acres IS miles S. W.,
81. 50 bonus, or will exchange for
cattle.
$40 acres miles N. W.,
mile running water, SO acres alfalfa
land, 40 already set-together with
all stock and farming implements.
Terms reasonable.
0-I02o acres mi. S. on public
road, near church. Sold in quanti-
ties to suit purchaser.
Call in at my office east of Court
House, or write
b. Frank Buie,
Canyon City, Texas.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1905-05-19

To the casual observer it look 5
like the Texas Plains would be
subject to the same cyclonic dis
turbances prevailing on al the
worlds great plateaus, but such it
seems is not the case, or the Oldest
lie. Just why we don't
have them here certainly has an
explanation, but for the present, at
least, he News Will not undertake
TO give it.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1905-05-19
WhoOping Cough.

This is very dangerous dis
ease unless properly treated.
Statistics show that there are
more deaths from it than from
scarlet fever. All danger may
be avoided, however, by giving
Cham berlain S Cough Remedy.
1t liquifes the tough mucu< +,
making it easier to expectorate,
keeps the cough loose, and
makes the paroXysms OF cough
ing less frequent and less severe.
1t has been used in many cpl
denies of this disease with per
feet success For sale by S. V.
Writ druggist.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1905-05-19
Epworth League and {. f..
PrOnTa

At the c. P. Church, May 81.
$3.50 p. m.
Topic-"Growing up for God, "
Ep1. 4:II-I6.
Leader-Miss Thompson.
Song.
Prayer.
Song.
Scripture Lesson by the Leader
"How can we tell whether our
Faith is growing "a 5. Rollins,
"What is to be said to one who
thinks he has grown enough in
spiritual life"-Mrs. Leonard.
Duet-Mrs. Coffee, Miss Bran.
don.
Short Talk Bro. Wallace, con-
Guided with Sentence Prayers.
Song.
G.. E. Benediction.