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The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-25
Those Misty Blue Eyes.

She sold me book and do not know She sold me book I'd sworn not to declared up and down I would not
 even look, But broke my resolve and she sold me
 her book. What it was don't know, and if ever I
 did, I've forgotten; sg; I know that somewhere On some dusty high shelf, piled with
 rubbish and stuff. And she sold it to me nolens volens-
 enough. She was such sweet Iass-so unwit-
 ting and shy, With wealth of dark hair and fetch
 ing blue eye; And frowned upon her with threat But she paid me no heed-only took out
 her book. I had sworn not to look, but she told me
 tale Of mother bed-ridden, so worn and so
 frail, And of sisters and brothers, so young, And herself lsqi ali alone, for dear father
 was dead. Quite unfitted she was for the winning
 of bread Father had been so good, but dear
 father was dead; And the fortune they'd cause to believe
 had been his Well--a rascally partner; you know
 how it is. So the bread must be won, and the rest
 were so young, With the mother bed-ridden-sOme le-
 sion of lung But, of course, if I chose, she would
 never insist And her eyes shone with tears like two
 stars through a mist. So she sold me the book, and the reason
 is plain; She would sell me another if she came
 again; But they tell me dear father is hearty Content to be dead for the sake of a
 sale. And the bed-ridden mother, so feeble
 and slight. AS she said, is -ridden-but only at
 night; And there are younger children, all cry
 ing for bread, But all she knows of them is what she
 has read. So she sold me and sold me her book
 it is well. But here, all alone, for my life I can't If it was was her sad story could not re- Or her eyes that shone wet like two
 stars through a mist.
 New York Times.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-25
R4TLROAD VALUES.

The Census Bureau recently gave out some figures as to the value of railroad property in the country. the study of which is very interesting. The com mercial value of railroad property is figured in it's total at s11.244S52 900. There is a statement of commercial railroad values by States, and among these Pennsylvania stands first with a valuation of $1,42O,6 sos, ,OOO. Next comes New York with $898, ,222, 900; then Illi- nois with s8O5, ,O57, ,OOO, and Ohio good fourth with S6SO, ,797,OOO. These are the four great States in railroad valuation, no other approximating their class. The nearest to these is Minnesota with $466, ,734,OOO, and there are six others California, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Mis- souri, New Jersey, which exceed $3OO,- 100000. Connecticut has valuation of $105, 1869, ,0OO and in the list given of State valuation for taxation Connecticut alone exceeds this commercial valua- tion. her assessment putting the prop erty at $12O,4sS,64S.
 These figures indicate that Connecti- cuts railroad isn't imposing on the State in the matter of taxation.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-25
ALL ON A PIN HEAD.

Government Expert Has Succeeded in
 Placing 61 Letters in Tiny Space
 It remained for one of Uncle Sam's experts in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to perform what is probably one of the most remarkable and diffi- cult feats of engraving ever accomplish ed.
 Not so very long ago it was believed that the man who first engraved the Lords Prayer on the back of a one dollar gold piece had about reached the limit in the matter of wonderful feats with the engraver's tools. Then about a year ago a Philadelphia bank note expert engraved the entire alpha bet of twenty-six letters on the head of a large pin. This delicate bit of work won considerable fame for the man who did it, and was generally considered to be the record in freak engraving until the bureau expert en- tered the field. Now, however, the rec- ord of the Philadelphia engraver has been greatly surpassed.
 MT. Clarence K. Young, for years an employe of the government money factory is the man who accomplished the seemingly impossible feat of en- graving two full alphabets, date and a name on the head of a tiny pin only sixty-fve one thousandths of an inch in diameter.
 Last fall MT. Young and another expert in the bureau had a friendly dis pute as to just the amount of delicate work that an engraver could do. Fin ally MT, Young made the statement that if the Philadelphia expert had en- graved the alphabet on the head of a large pin he could put the twenty-six letters on the head of small pin and still have some room left. A wager was
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-25
GROWING.

Caller-"Are yon sure your mistress is not in?' Bridget Oi am not; but she sames to be. so 'tis not for me to doubt it. t."-Philadelphia Ledger.
 Prisoner-Good morning, Judge! How is your honor this morning?
 Judge-That's not the question. How's yours.-Cleveland Leader.
 On an Ocean Steamer.-The Wife Shall I have your dinner brought to the romm, dear??" Husband (feebly)- NO. Just order it thrown overheard" Life.
 Mrs Paddock-I thought Robbie had a system for playing the races.
 Mir. Paddock-He had, but he bet on a horse named Sarsaparilla and it cleaned his system out.-Puck.
 "speakin' of the tariff" said tine rep resentative from Shuckville, some of us congressman are thinking great deal we don't say.'
 Didn't know it could be done," an- swered2 Farmer Corntossel. "Allus s'posed your speciality was sayin' a great deal you didn't think. Wash ington Star
 Editor-Look here, young man; you say in this paragraph that Brown was knocked down and relieved of $50. Did anybody ever rob you?
 New Reporter-No, sir.
 Editor-Ah, that explains it. If you have ever been robbed or swindled you wouldn't describethe loss of $50 as a relief.-Chicago Journal.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-25

ing the engine rooms. There are many graduates yearly from our technologie- al schools who ara as capable as any that can be found. The engineering de- partment of the navy ought to be re- cruited in part from this outside talent, which has been educated in the art of ship construction, management and re- pair. It is possible to carry too far the policy of keeping all appointments in the navy for naval officers, especially when no exception is made of classes of appointments for which Annapolis graduates have no special qualifica- tions.
 This seems to be good sense. If we must fight again soon, or late, it wont do to have our ships weak in the en- zine room.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-25

stone in a slightly different version Of the English Gothic design, a certain
 architectural harmony will in time dominate the once heterogeneous as-
 sortment of buildings in that most beautiful of American university towns. ] The imposing group of Gothic build I lngs projected for West Point (Craim, lGoodhue, and Fergusson) is another
 illustration of the serious study of the problem of artistic harmony and mOnu mental grouping, though it's realization is still in the future. The new build ings of the City College in New York another Gothic group, in gray stone and white terra-cotta George B. Post) I-constttute another notable work of striking originality and vigor of design
 In the South, the rebuilding and en- largement of the University of Virginia the earliest example by the way, of a
 monumentally planned university group in this country-and the measure taken by the University of the South to secure a comprehensive plan fof
 future building, are evidences of the
 spread of this new conception of aehi- tectural propriety. Amherst College has
 meanwhile placed the future develop
 ment of its beautiful grounds and
 buildings in the hands of a special committee of experts, among whom
 are Mir. c. F. McKim and Mir. Daniel
 Burnham.
 The Gothicists, however, are not in
 control of all the universities; Co.,
 lumbia, like the University of Cali fornia, refuses to be diverted from the
 path of more classical develop
 ment. The Morningside Heights are at present a scene of great activity, and the students of the School of Architecture of Columbia
 University have about them object lessons in modern construction which should be of great practical value. Two great dormitories McKim Mead 6
 White), noble chapel from plans by HOWells and Stokes, and a building for the School of Mines, by A. ". Brunner, are now in progress of cree
 Lion, and ground has been broken for the much-needed. building for the col lege. All these are of the most solid and thorough construction, and carry perceptibly toward realization the great plan d'ensemble of the architects for the whole university group. Plans have been drawn, though not yet final " adopted In detail, for Barnard Col lege group, to be erected on the pro- perty given to the college a year or two ago, south of the present building and adjoining Columbia University on the west. Union Theological Seminary is about to build close to Barnard on Claremont Avenue, and thus a most extensive and impsoing group of edu- cational buildings will soon cover q large part of the historic battlefield ot Harlem Heights.-Forum.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-25
FREEDOM.

United States women feel that they are not yet entirely free, but they are already too free to suit some observers. Forteza Khan, Minister from Persia to the United States, who is making 8 tour of the summer resorts, expresses himself quite strongly concerning the freedom of the American women. Con- | ing from country where women, to use his own words, are religiously guarded behind high walls, he finds an abandon at our summer resorts which startles him. He is particularly im- pressed with the fact that women, ar Irayed in abbreviated costumes, go bath ing with the men, that they sit side by side in undress uniforms upon the beach. and that at night they prome- made together without the presence of guardian. All this is done, he notes with some surprise, by the sons and daughters of representative people, whose social standing is unquestioned. T hold up my hands in horror,'' he calculates, lat the thought of the con- sequences if the American habit of sea- shore life were introduced into Persia'
 Forteza Kahn is slow. If he stays in this country long he will see more. Let independence be our boast is the feeling of United States women as well as men,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-25
REGENT IMPROVEMENT IN COL
 LEGE ARCHITECTURE.

In educational architecture the ten 'dency becomes more marked" each year to consider not merely the individ- ual structure, but the group. Colleges and universities which have grown up in the haphazard American fashion, with ill-assorted buildings of various styles and colors grouped in a hit-or-
 miss way around green or "campus," have begun or are now beginning to study plans for a symmetrical and harmonious architectural development. Washington University in St. Louis occupied the new buildings erected just beforethe Louisiana Purchase Exposi- ton as a part of the extensive and picturesque scheme planned by those gifted architects, the lamented Edward Cope and John SteWardson. These are stone buildings in that adaptation of the English collegiate Gothic style which the same architects used so suc- cessfully in Blair Hall at Princeton
 Princeton University is about to erect a new recitation hall, in memory of President McCosh, from plans by MT. Raleigh Gildersleeve; and this is to form one side of a new quadrangle in the rear of the Marquand Chapel,
 which will be the central feature of it's western side. This quardrangle will be in the English collegiate style; and thus, with the new dCrmitory recently built from plans by MT. B. W. Morris jr, and with the new gymnasium and Blair Hall, all in the same general style, and the library, which is of
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-25

The learned counsel for the defense" :" said the plaintiffs attorney, appears to be afraid of losing his case. Other wise, why isn't he ready to go on?" I've good excuse" replied the coun- ssel for the defense. Nonsense! Ig- norance of the law excuses no one."- Philadelphia Presses.
 ''Yes,'' said Grimes to the author of an unknown new work, "your book is perfect in its way. While reading one feels as if he were in some royal court" |" Does he?" asked the author with eagerness. "Yes," said Grimes, there are so many sleepy pages in it, you know. w."-Boston Transcript.
 Diok-'I hope after we are married you won't take small change out of my vest pocket like the joke writers picture" Helen-"Well, you know how you could prevent my doing that?" kDick How?" Helen-"Put few notes ln the pockets and I'll skip the small Achange. Chicago Daily News.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-25
CORN IN MISSOURI.
men,

Corn continues to grow, and reports continue to come of it's growing in the great and growing West. The Missouri corn has been heard from. It is related that Bill Harris, who has eighty acres of corn two miles north Of Chula, con- cluded he would go through it once with a cultivator. He drove into the field one morning and started down the TOW. But he found it impossible to keep his mules in the field. After re- peated efforts he drove home and un- hitched. The corn was growing so fast that the popping sounded like artillery, and his mules never having been in battle would not stand the awful din. The noise of the growing corn drowned the word of command with which MT. Harris was wont to control the wild impetuosity of the hybrid steeds in time of peace, and he has been compelled for the month past, and even up to this day. to drive out of his way to keep from passing the noisy eighty. The conditions are getting better because of the fact that the popping and snapping is where the new ears shoot, that is pretty we'll up the stalk, and already the corn is so high, that you can only hear muff1ed reports. Bill says that by next week the corn will be so high that you will not hear it at all except the echo from the Medicine Hills at night time.
 Meanwhile, nothing has been heard from the adventurous boy who clombed a western cornstalk that was growing so fast that he couldn't get down. He was pretty good boy, and it is thought that he may be in heaven by this time.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-25
4 NEED OF OUR NAVY.

The Baltimore Sun points out that it may be questioned in view of the Bennington explosion whether the Navy departments policy of restricting engineering appointments in the navy to graduates at Annapolis is best for the service. The graduates of the Naval academy are bright fellows, no doubt
 but only few of them have a talent for mathematics, physics, mechanics and other like sciences that underlie the engineers equipment. It is well known that there is difficulty in getting from their number enough men to take postgraduate courses at the Boston Pathological School and thus prepare themselves for the engine room and machine shop of the molern battle ship or cruiser. The result is that the service is short of capable trained men who know how to handle boilers, en- zines, repair shops, electrical installa- ton, etc. The Bennington is not the first of our warships to be injured by reason of insufficient attention in the engineering department. The remedy, it seems, is to inject some new blood from civil life into the engineering de- partments of our ships. It is all very we'll to reserve good berths for Annap" oils graduates, but the practice is car ried too far when it results in starV-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-25
THE WEEKLY JOURNAL.
sssued ThuEsGays. One Dollar . TeaR'
 ADVERTISING RATES.

situations. Wants. Rents, and other small advertisements. One Cent Word each insertion. Five Cents a word for q full week.
 Display advertisements, per inch, one insertion. SEQ; each subsequent inser- tion 40 cents; one week, SS.20; one
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-25

A band of Christian golfers" has been formed by clergyman who has found it possible to play the game with out even occasional profanity.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-25

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY. i2 CENTS A WEEK. 50 CENTS A MONTE. ss FOR SIX MONTHS. s6 YEAR THE SAME TERMS BY MAIL SINGLE COPIES. CENTS.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-25

A Japanese caricature very popular ln the Russian army represents Kuro- patkin rushing into battle hung around with ikons, surrounded by headless generals and officers with asses heads.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-25

Miss W. S. Pratt of Atlanta, Georgia, Is said to be the only woman south of Chicago in the lumber trade. When the firm by whom she was employed went out of business, without losing a day hunting position, she opened an office and began operations. To-day she is head of a firm handling hun dred cars of lumber monthly.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-25

The late legislature of Oregon set up the whipping g-post in that State for wife-beaters. Two of them have made its acquaintance. To Zion Herald a Portland correspondent writes: '"The eff feet has been wholesome, not only on the two offenders themselves but upon others given to the pastime of pum- meling helpless wives. The police re- port great falling off in thnt particu- lar indulgence"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-25

In treating red noses Paris physi- clan uses an instrument resembling 8 very large tooth brush, but having for ty platinum wires instead of bristles. This instrument is as heavy as an or- dinary household hammer. It is con- nected with an electrical machine, and is then used in hammering the trou- blesome nose. rather sharply for sev- eral minutes, or until bleeding is pro- duced. It is claimed that two hammer ihgs a week for some months will tone down the reddest nose to a delicate pink.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-25

an entire new stock last Spring. We won't carry over any tackle if low prices will prevent #. On a large part of our stock we have cut the prices right in half although the goods a+e new and fresh and the fishing season not more than half over.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-25

THE OLDEST DAILY PAPER PUB- LIsHED IN CONNECTICUT.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-25

The London Tatler tells why no hymn with a number less than 37 is sung at the English church at Monte Carlo. A member of the. congregation once used the hymn sung at a morning service, No. 32, as tip, and left the church to put the maximum on 32. It turned up. Gossip about his 'inspiration' led a number of persons the following Sum- day to play the number of the last hymn. Again it won. The next Sun day the church could not accommodate the crush of worshippers, but their in- tent was frustrated. as the highest number on the roulette table is 36, and 37 is now the lowest number ever given out in the church.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-25

In charge of one of the Pennsylvania railroad trains that runs from southern Delaware into Pennsylvania is Isaac Parker. He is the conductor and he is lieutenant governor of Delaware and quartermaster general of the National : Guard of that commonwealth. In the thirty-f1ve years General Parker has acted as conductor of Delaware trains he has become acquainted with nearly everyone in the State. The lieutenant governorsbip pays no salary and it's functions do not prevent the railroad man from running his train.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-25
CLEARANCE s A L E o F Fishing Tackle

AST year our bargain sale" was a big success.
 We closed out our tackle and so Were able to oet n
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-25

The space under the new Williams burg bridge, on the Brooklyn side, which covers nearly city block, is to be utilized as a free gymnasium and playground for the children and youth of that section Trapezes, swinging bars and other apparatus have been placed there, and an instructor will be put in charge to teach the proper use of the various paraphernalia, and to
 see that the children do not injure themselves by over-exercise. Five hundred may play without crowding in what would otherwise be waste ground.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17
Raaistratiun in Philadelphia.

The ease with which Philadelphia in recent elections has cast one vote to every three of it's population is ex- plained-officially explained. Mayor Weaver has through the police un- earthed 60,603 names that had been fraudulently placed on the registration lists.
 It should be remembered that the republican bosses of Pennsylvania have consistently refused to grant the re- quirement of personal registration. They needed surreptitious registration in their business, and as they con trolled the legislature they shaped leg islation to suit their own interests as bosses. Today personal registration is not required A policeman or any politician can register as many names as he can devise, and they did register in Philadelphia 60,603 names that no- body knew and that were strictly i'm aginative. On election day men were of course found to impersonate those names and vote the republican ticket. Thus Philadelphia's vote was carried up 10 New Yorlk's, although the latter has at least twice as much population.
 The infamy of boss politics bids fair to be uncovered in Philadelphia. That state needs, first of all, primary cleo tions. The "boss" can not control pri- maries-that is to say, primaries pos sessing a secret ballot. Primaries would lead to legislature that would give Pennsylvania honest elections. There is no other road to honest poll tics. The primary system is the key, the arch and all. Direct action by the people is the sole road to decent poll tics. and Pennsylvania need not hope to secure it until it first demands and secures the installation ol the primary system.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17
Politics in Cuba.
system.

The presidential election day in Cuba is December 31, and the campaign is in full swing throughout the island. President Palma desires another term of four years, and he commands the support of the conservative element. He stands by the Platt amendment both in letter and in spirit.
 The radical candidate is Jose Miguel Gomez, now governor of the province of Santiago. It does not appear that he is related to the patriot Gomez, who died a few months ago. Candidate Go meg accuses Palma of all the crimes in the calendar, and he repudiates the Platt stipulations.
 The truth is, the Platt proviso is the chief issue of the campaign. It will stand part of the Cuban constitution if Palma is reelected, but if Gomez cdrfleS lnc iblduu tIOubic VIII ouiS'J come to it. The chief objection to the Platt terms seems to relate to the limit it places upon the debt-creating power of the young republic It's restrictions are no doubt galling to Cuban pride, and the radical Cuban never stops to consider it's advantages to his country It brings to the entire island peace and protection, and few needful restric- tions in return ought not to be un' endurable.
 The prospects are that President Palma will be reelected, and that the government at Havana and the big gov ernment at Washington will continue to get along prosperously and amica bly.