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The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-04-13
COMPOSED.

The road to heaven also is paved with good intentions, but they are more dur able than the ones on the other route.- Puck.
 It is always foolish to kick about things that you can't help, but it is a whole lot worse to kick about things that you can help and don't--Puck.
 Hoax-By the way, old man, how was that cigar gave you yesterday?
 Joax-Fine., My wife made catnip tea out of it for the baby.-Chicago News.
 Physician-Do you have any chronic trouble with your stomach? Patient (with an impatient retort)- Doctor, my salary is only $14 a week. Chicago Tribune. ..' Salvation lassie---My poor friend, are you living an upright life? Homeless homer-Well, you don't need ter guess again. pawned me bid sterday!-CleveIand Leader.
 You enjoy classical composition more after you have heard it a few times"
 T don't know" answered MT. Cum FOX, whether I enjoy 1t or whether I lget used to 1t and don't notice it so much. h."-Washingtcn Star. An oyster knife has been the syno- |nym for dullness from time immemori- Ial. It seems, however, that even a duller instrument will do the business. A Harlem fish dealer hung out this sign not long ago: Boy wanted to open loysters with reference. New York | Sun.
 Methuselah's father had just bought two reserved seats.
 II didn't want to go myself" he ex- plained, pointing to his 1oo-year-old off, spring, "but I had to take the boy to the circus"
 Investing in some peanuts, he blithe- ly passed inside.-New York Sun.
 "No," said Subbubs, Ines not living ! in Swamphurst now. He's been in Florida all winter and now he's in~ Cal ifornia for his health" T should think he'd go back to Swampnurst for it." remarked Citiman.
 Really" .:~ "Of course. That's where he lost it." Philadelphia Press. | Belle-I didn't see you in church, Easter. 1 Ida-No it looked so much like rain that I was afraid of spelling my new hat. Belle-But couldn't you have worn your other hat?
 Ida-How could |? That Notus woman was sure to be there--Brooklyn Life.
 Its pretty hard to determine g. boys vocation"
 Well, it seems to be pretty we'll set tied that my boy is bound to be con- tractor"
 Showing an aptitude for it already, eh?"
 Well, he contracts nearly everything that comes along; had the chicken-pox and humps last month, and now he's got the measles. Philadelphia Press
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-04-13

over so feet wide at the entrance, hav- ing a depth at rhe sill of S4 feet, ena- bling practically any ship in the Thames to enter at any state of the tide. The extent of the wharyes allows for twenty ships. each of 300 feet in length, and drawing any depth Of water up to 30 feet, to be alongside at one time. The wharves will stretch across a bend of the river in the Long Reach, with frontage shorewards of 145 feet beyond the line of low tide, thus af- fording a sheltered area of water on the inshore for barges; and, as the depth will be 30 feet at low water, very little dredging will be necessary. The scheme does not contemplate any al- iteration of the existing embankment. The equipment for the wharves will in- clude ten double travelling iron chains; thirty powerful capstanss or more for use along the wharves, and fifty 2-ton cranes, ten 5-ton, two 1O-ton, and one 2O-ton. for the disposal of cargoes from ship to shed or barge. Apart from these implements there will also be twenty 2-ton and twenty light hand cranes. The whole equipment will be worked hydraulicaIly. Ample storage room will be provided.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-04-13
BUSIxas.. NOT POLITICS.


 New Haven and most of the other cities in this country are getting their public work done more in a political way than business way, although it is fair to say that New Haven is still better off than most Of the important cities of the country. But she and the other cities can afford to keep an eye on the experiment that is to be tried in Houston, Texas. Houston, having watched with interest the recent expe- rience of Galveston, proposes to take a step forward by concentrating the re- sponsibility for all city legislation in the Mayor, the Comptroller and four Aldermen. Galveston a few years ago was overwhelmed by a tidal calamity. There was no time or disposition for anything but the best possible methods in local government, and, accordingly, the city's prolNms of rehabilitation were put in the hands of very few men. So notable has been the success of the Galveston experiment that Houston has obtained from the Texas legislature permission to take sin1i- lar step.
 Six men ought to be able to take care of the public business of Houston, and do it well. If they do, they will set a good and an encouraging example.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-04-13
,JIPaN,S BIC STTCK.

Japan may not intend t6 be world power," but she evidently does intend to be able to take care of herself. In the armament of the battleship Kashi- anese make significant use of their very up-to-date experience of naval warfare. The Kashima, a vessel of 16,- 400 tons, carries four twelve inch guns, four ten-inch guns, twelve six-inch guns and twenty-one smaller guns. She IS a floating fortress of stupendous power, strong in the weight and range as well as the frequency, of her fire. She is armed on the theory that the best battleship will knock her adversa- ry to pieces before the latter can get close enough to use smaller guns effec- lively. The twelve-inch guns will throw shot weighing S50-pounds with such force as to pierce at a distance of two and one-half miles the armor of any ship aHoat. The British navy has or is to have, a number of vessels car- rying twelve-inch guns, and one carry ing thirteen-inch guns, and they are smaller than the Kashima and have weaker secondary armaments. The same is to be said of the American navy, which has some vessels with twelve and thirteen-inch guns, but the vessels are smaller and their secondary armament weaker.
 We and the other folks must brace up. It won't do to allow little Japan to rule the wave, though she will be en titled to distinguished consideration if she knocks Admiral Rojestvensky' $ fleet to pieces.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-04-13

in the, investigation would be the gra- dual tendency toward concentration in the larger cities, and the gradual re- cession of manufacturers outside them. certain sections of the country are full of decaying communities. once active. but from which the chief industries have been withdrawn. If investigation disclosed the fact that certain centers of manufacture had become such through the possession of pre-enlinent natural advantages, such a condition would be easily explained; but in fact, natural advantages have conn paratively little to do with the matter
 A country consisting mainly of large cities with merely incidental rural
 population has taken long step to-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-04-13

ward final disintegration. Moreover,
 even if actual distintegration is not
 imminent. there exists the curious and
 anomalous condition of . community
 in which the transportation and dis
 tribution of commodities is the pre-
 dominant element-in which producer
 and consumer stand at the, ends of a long chain of intermediates. It is bad enough in this respect even at present.
 but every step toward further con- centration of industry and population
 makes it worse. No country in which the productive forces are steadily be- ing subordinated to an intricate (and upon the whole. Wastefu) mechanism of distribution can long remain pros
 porous. The Engineering Margarine.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-04-13
AduIterated.

With sawdust food they sapped hi!
 power;
 They fed him chalk instead of flour: From bright glue jelly dieting He got coal product aavoring: Straight from the can he used to cat Prepared 'dnd ptonldine-seasoned meat And when he thirsted he would sop His throat with nitric acid pop Tastefully dyed with aniline And labelled Good a.a Genuine" when in despair, he turned at length To liquor to revive his strength Twas fiery haywood cIaret first He swallowed to decrease his thirst, Then multiplied his vision queer By bitter salicylic beer, Adding to this a long highball Of prune juice and wood alcohol The jag he carried down the line Was labelled Good as Genuine" No wonder that his lips were blue, His eyes were of a codfish hue; That thoughts were poison or inane- Within his imitation brain: That both his morals and his talk Were undetermined as his walk: That in the guise of truth he spent False logic and false sentiment Nourished on sham, the man within Was NOT as Good as Genuine,
 New York Globe.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-04-13


 strut is the steel arm that holds them in position. Ships masts, like men, have partners" which, though wood en, strengthen them and make them firm. These are ''payed'' with pitch. Awnings have ''backbones," strong backs" a sharks mouth," "dog's ears'' and earrings"
 The trimming tanks" are huge com- partments for holding sea water which may be let in to change the trim or in- clination of the ship, due to the fact that the coal may have been used from lonly one side, giving the ship Hist" 4 queer commodity in the engineers istorerOom is ''loofa," kind of Jap anese sea cucumber, used for a filter in the boilers. Ground glass is also car red to grind valve seats and bearings. The wardroom country is the space around officers quarters. The ham mock nettings" are no more an affair of thread mesh than is the main sheepr part of the sail; the former being stowage space for the crews hammocks when not in use, and the latter a rope made fast to the clew, or corner of the sail. Even anchors have 'shanks," rings" crowns" arms" and ''flukes." ."-Detroit Tribune.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-04-13

Michael Finn, brought into the police court at Minneapolis the other day on the charge of vagrancy, swore that he was eighty-four years old, and he re- fused to give his true name on the ground that his father was an old man. who might die from shock if he should hear that his son had disgraced the family His word was doubted, and there was talk about the workhouse, although the judge admitted that it was no place for a man of MT. Finn's ago. The accused thought it over and determined to run the risk of shocking his venerable parent, who was then lsunmoned. The father appeared, grasp cd the boy by the collar and marched him home. for the judge, amazed, con sented The father was over 100 years old.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-04-13
THE cnicaGo srqUlrIoS.


 Judge Dunne, who was elected mayor of Chicago on the idea that he would immediately, if not sooner, bring about municipal ownership of Chicago's street railroads, is still ''sanguine," as, of course, he is obliged to be. His talk is that Chicago will have an efficient sys- tenn of street cars owned by the muni- cipality in operation within two years. The chances are that, in spite of the sagest counsel he can derive from Mir. Dalrymple, of Glasgow, who has kindly consented to show him how American trolley cars should be run, there will be enough of legal entanglements to keep the bulk of Chicago travel in the hands of private corporations for good deal more than two years. Probably the ex- isting corporations would be perfectly willing to dispose of their stock to the city at their own valuation, as speedily as possible, but Chicago is not likely to make bargain on such terms. Judge Grosscup, of the United States District court of Chicago, isn't as ''sanguine" as Mayor Dunne is. He says: doubt if Mayor Dunrie can put into successful execution his plan for municipal owner ship of the street railroads. The city has not money enough to buy the com panies outright, and so obtain control. About the only plan which Mayor Dunne can pursue in order to accom- plish his purpose of municipal owner ship and operation is to. take over the ownership of the lines whose franchises have expired and let their operation to responsible parties until the revenues are sufficient for the city parties to un- dertake operation
 Municipal control isn't municipal ownership, and Chicago may be quite a distance away from either.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-04-13
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 it's natural lustre as we'll. .g
 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.
 Garments called for on request,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-04-13
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations. Wants. Rents. and other small advertisements. One Cent Word each insertion. Five Cents a word for a full week.
 Display advertisements, per inch. one insertion, $1.20; each subsequent inser- ton. 40 cents; one week. $s.2o; one month, sto; one year. s4a-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-04-13

Daniel Murray, long an assistant in the library of congress, is preparing a historical review of the exploits of ne- groes and persons of mixed blood in literature and other fields. MT. Murray said in a recent interview: ''To the great mass of readers it will be news that Robert Browning was an octoroon. The same may be said of Alexander Hamilton. Alexander Poushkin, Rus- sia's. greatest poet, was a quadroon,"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-04-13

czarina could think of nothing that would be more welcome to the soldiers in Manchuria, and she is said to have spent sl6O in satisfying their craving for sunfower seeds. As the seeds are very cheap that sum represents an aporp,ous consignment
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-04-13
MORE WH4RYES ON THE THAMES.

New Haven doesn't need any more wharves than it has, or if it does it is not likely to get them, but the Thames Conservancy has just approved, a scheme which will add greatly to the shipping facilities on the Thames. The plans of the promoters show that they contemplate the construction, at Stone
 a little below Gravesend, of line of wharves, 6,600 feet long, and 5S feet wide; ten transport sheds, each of a length of 300 feet, and width of 61 feet; and graving dock 750 feet long,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-04-13

Connecticut's invention habit is steady. According to the report of the United States patent commissioner fol the last year, BPS patents and designs were issued to Connecticut citizens, oi one to every 1,o97 of population No other State ever maintained such ar average.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-04-13

The new Federal pension commission CT, Vespasian Warner, has served mo- tice on several members of the board of review to show cause why they should not be dismissed or reduced In rank. The offense for which the mem- bers of the board are to answer is all lowing pensions to members of a regi- lnent that was never in the service of the United States, having been organ ized in Pennsylvania under Lincoln's first call for three months men, and remaining in camp at Pittsburg until dislbanded. Pennsylvania quota being full. These men applied for pensions under President Roosevelt's famous Executive Order No. 7S,' demanding pensions on the ground that they were sixty-two years of age, and, though they never served in the army, they got the pensions.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-04-13
Sale of
 Sample X k s$sh .a .,
 ..: Suits

Brooks & Co. have just received 45 Suits, Samples offthe newest garments for Spring and Summer wear. The styles embrace Redingote, Bolero and Frocks, and .Frills. The materials are Panama Cloth. Henrietta Cloth, Serges Cheviots and Shepherd Plaids. Each suit is elegantly made. Prices:
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-04-13
THE OLDEST DAILY PAPER PUB- LIsHED IN CONNECTICUT.

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY. 12 CENTS A WEEK. 50 CENTS A MONTH, ss FOR SIX MONTHS. $s A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BY MAIL. SINGLE COPIES. 2 CENTS.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-04-13

GREAT CITIES A SIGN OF DECA- DENCE.
 The distribution of manufactures in any country would be a most curious and interesting subject of study. The first thing to stand out conspicuously
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-04-13

It is related That the judge of one of the Missouri county courts went to his home the other afternoon, and, becom- ing acquainted with some fragrant act of his seven-year-old son, summoned the lad before him. Now, sir, lay off your coat he said sternly. q am go- ing to give you whipping that you will remember as long as you live" If 1t please your honor," said the boy, e.We desire to ask a stay of the proceed ings in this case until we can prepare and file change of venue to mothers court. Our application will be based on the belief that this court has formed an opinion regarding the guilt of the defendant which cannot be shaken by evidence, and is therefore not compe- tent to, try the, case" Stay was grant, ed and the boy allowed 25 cents attor- ney fee.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-04-13

A French physician, Dr. Marcou, says that one of the first things which struck him on his arrival in Russia was the enormous quantity of sunflower seeds consumed in that country. The seeds, which are oleaginous and have an agreeable taste, are constantly chewed by the people. The outer husk Is detached with the teeth and spat out. These husks are seen scattered about on pavements and garden walks, in railway carriages, tramway cars and cabs, and on the floors of restaurants and private rooms. On days of public festivity the ground everywhere is cov- cred with them as thickly as the streets of Paris are strewn with confetti dur Ing the carnival. At every street cor her a brisk trade is done in the seeds by old women. A striking proof of this passion--for it is nothing less--of the Russian peasant is the fact that the
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-04-13
THE WEEKLY JOURNAL,

zs.ued Thursdays, One Dollar a Year.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-04-13

The road to heaven also is paved with good intentions, but they are more dur able than the ones on the other route.- Puck.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-08-15
Save the Good SoWs.

Too many farmers, and breeders Oh
pedigreed hogs as well, delay selecting
the brood sows for their next years
pig crop until almost time to breeo
them. There is no better time to select
the brood SOW than right now before
the pigs are weaned. This applies to
both old sows and young ones. In
the case of the old sows, mark those
which have good sized litters THIS
spring and take good care OF them.
Breeding has a lot to do with the size
of the litter, and the manner in which
it is raised as well. Some sows far-
row good sized filters OF strong pigs
but are naturally cross or nervous ana
kill a large percentage OF the litter
during the first week or ten days.
These are good sows to get rid of and
the sooner they are pushed for market
the better. Other sOws seem to be
natural mothers, gosu mixers, anu
raise their filters with practically no
loss. These are the ones to keep,
and the thing to do is to mark them
right now before the pigs are weaned.
In selecting the young soWs select
those from large, fine filters. If you
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-08-15

have a capacity of not less than one
cubic foot, extending along the sides
of the cars from the doors to the end,
and that the cars shall be so arranged
that the racks may be readily filled
with hay through openings in the car
roof
Second, that the cars shall be fitted
with semi-cylindrical watering troughs
of galvanized or cast iron, not less
than Is inches deep by not less than
IL inches wide across the top, inside
measurement, with the inner edge
curved to retain the water and tacili-
tate filling The troughs to be placed
in proper positions along the sides of
the cars and extended from the doors
to the end. All troughs to be so ar
ranged that they can be readily filled
with water and emptied on the outside
of the car, and the troughs to be free
from all litter and filth.
Third, food and water to be supplied
at intervals not exceeding % hours,
while the shipments are in transit, and
in supplying water each car to be
stopped for at least five minutes, dur
ing which time the trOughs shall be
kept filled with clear water and all
the animals given opportunity to
drink.
Fourth, in order that the cattle may
have sufficient space and opportunity
to rest, the cars shall not be over
loaded and in all cars there shall be
room in each for at least onethIrd OF
the cattle to lie down at the same
time. The number of head Of cattle
that may be carried in a 36-foot car is
shown in the following, according to
the live weight: 700 h., % head; 800
h., 20 head; 900 h., Fl head; 1000 h.,
20 head; LOO h., 10 head; 1900 h.,
10 head; 1900 h. II head; 1,4OO h.,
16 head; 1,500 h., Is head; 1000 h., IA
head; LOO h., 13 head; 1900 h., II
head
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-08-15

finch curved shInning knife, an S-inch
straight sticking knife, 14-inch steel,
2S-inch meat saw, a candle-sttck
scraper and an ak are all the tools
really essential to rapid dressing.
Some means of raising the carcass
up from the ground or floor and a
place to hang the lighter animals
should be provided. What these ar
rangements shall be depends largely
on the amount of work to be done
and the circumstances. block and
tackle with 6-inch pulley will answer
the purpose very we'll when they may
be had and a suitable place is at hand
for suspending them. Age affects the
flavor and texture of the meat to quite
an extent. While it is not possible
to state the age at which an animal
will be best for meat it is a well-knoWn
fact that meat from old animals is
more likely to be tough than that from
young ones The flesh of very young
animals frequently lacks flavor and Is
watery. An old animal properly fat
tened and in good health is preferable
to a young one in poor condition.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-08-15
Quality of Beef.

The most valuable cuts on the beef
animal are the loin, prime ribs, the
seven ribs next the lOin, the rump and
round; in other words, the cuts taken
along the back and from the thighs,
the former being of much greater value
than the latter, says l.. d. Hale, Illinois
Experiment Station.
AS to whether it is possible to deter
mine by means of the feed the part OF
the carcass which will be most highly
developed, no experimental results
have been published which are suffl-
GENTLY we'll grounded to warrant a
conclusion on this point. Any hgures
to be trustworthy should be based upon
the slaughter test of large number
of animals fed by different methods.
So far as our present knowledge goes,
it cannot be said that the method Oh
feeding eXerts any material influence
upon the relative development OF the
different parts. That is to say the
carcass of steer in thin condition has
about the same percentage of loin and
rib cuts as that of prime fat steer
Not only does this seem to be true,
but much less difference seems to exist
between well-bred animals and scrubs
in this respect than is commonly sup
rosed. More evidence is needed upon
this point also. However, in the light
of present knowledge, it would seem
that the advantage of intelligent feed
ing is far more in the rapid gain and
better finish secured than in the de-
velopment of certain parts of the car
cass; and that the advantage of AMI
mails of beef mutton or lard types over
those of dairy, wool or bacon conforma,
ton lies rather in the more rapid
gain, higher finish, higher percentage
of carcass to live weight and better
quality of meat, than in the percent
age of valuable cuts.