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The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-25
No aPRIL FooL ABOUT THIS.

Stocks have been going down, but April of 1905 holds therecord in showings of the trade and commerce of the Unit ed States over all previous Aprils, the imports and exports for the past April having been $225,41s,o0o, as against s19s,0oo.eOo in April, 1904; $1s7,- oOOooo in April, 1903; sls3. 100000 in April, 1902, and $19s,0o0,ooo in April, 1901. Prior to 1900 there is no instance of the combined export and import trade of April exceeding 1SO,Ooo,ooo. <,
 The export trade of April exceeded by ss,0oO,0oo the best presinps reeord-- that of, April, 1901. Nhsn it reached $120, ,0oO. On t!se 4,lspost side of the question the figures were $95,66S. 900 for April 1905, as against slol, ,s3s, ,ooo for April, 1897. The best part of the show ing is in the fact that the export trade continues to increase, the world de-. manding the goods of American prod uct much more than America demands --or needs-the goods produced in other countries. ss@@s
 The figures show that the import trade of April, 1905, increased 11s per cent. over the April imports of 1875, while the exports for the same month. show an increase of 225 per cent. over April of thirty years ago. #@.... # x
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-25
NOT ALI RAD IN PHILADELpHIA.

NOT ALL BAD IN PHIL4DELPHLI.
 As we saw the other day, Philadel- phia is corrupt enough, but she has her bright spots. For instance. it is in Philadelphia that the city lot gardening scheme has been most successfully car ried out. In that city R. F.. Powell. who seems to be an enthusiast. a phi lanthropist and practical agricultur- ist, all in combination secured some twenty-seven scattered acres and cut the lots up into gardens 70 by 100 feet. Each Of these spaces was allotted to an applicant. and under capable instruc- ton an extensive system of horticulture was inaugurated. During the first year the association which sustained MT. Powell expended s1.s25. and the ninety six families to which gardens had been allotted gathered vegetables valued at s6,o00. In 1904 the acres under cultiva- ton In Philadelphia had increased to 19s, which were cut up into 756 gardens and allotted to that many families The association sustaining tie plan expend- ed $5, 900 for seeds, implements. etc, and the yield of the cultivated lots was val. ued at s5o,0oO. ss- ''
 Good work. Whats the matter with initiating it in New Haven?
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-25

 early spring all closets. cupboards and bureaus can be cleaned. and all useless articles disposed of. All articles that require iaundring can be done and laid away, and when the weather is so mild that heating stoves are no longer need ed, one room at time can be cleaned. After that, all pictures and bric-a-brac can be cisaned, and stored there. and the next room tackled When the housewife gets wear and the lyarder gets empty, she can saop and bake little for the good man, who will then be more willing to help her lay te car pets. Do not neglect the routine of wholesome meals during rouse-clean- ing, and do not try to renovate your house in such haste that you will suffer the Ill effects for months to come It is the height of folly to ave the whole ouse in a state of confusion at a season when the human isystemh has been weakened by winters seclusion in- doors I have learned by many years of experience that the horrors of house cleaning may be banished by cleaning one room at a time and taking now and then a day of rest between rooms Farm and Home.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-25
,rhe Editor,s Recentton.

t #sr The editor stood in spacious hall, In a swallowtail coat, starched shirt.
 and all. ...sss57s sls- .ba --s.-z The crowd filed past him. in close array, And every man had a word to say. Hello, old man.'' said the first to pass, Don't you know your old friend, Neri- tas? %4 E'A Shake hands with Justitia." Glad to know sa-.-a--7z-s5 ssi g. Put CT therei I'm Pro Bono Publico." I'm Constant Reader. oh. by the by You remember me; I'm Fox Populi." Hurry up therei Don't stand in the
 way. gs5
 Your fllpper, old chap! I'm your friend.
 Fair Play. 3 a, Then Old Subscriber and One Who
 Knows, ty5L<,..a.-sz.-s..g .2- And Pax Vobiseum trod on his toes. Inquirer and Vindex wrung his hand, And buzzed in his ear to beat the band. Then came Well Wisher. One Who Was There,
 Americus, Candor. Truthful, Beware, Eidus Achates, A Grateful Guest, Nil Desperandum and all the rest. Then Many Voters came trooping along, And gathered about him a hundred They seized him. Tn tones of thunder
 they spoke. ,astss g#tsstss And then the editor shrieked-and
 .e4s -Chicago Tribune
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-25

giving cut. A report from Consul Smith. at Victoria. tells of a big de- cline in the production of gold for that. territory last year. The value of the gold output fell of last year nearly S1 ,50O. 900 as compared with the preced- ing year. the production being worth $lO,7O0.OO0 as compared with s12, 100, 900 in 1903 The. dryness of the season is given as enc reasonlfor the poor show ing. The steady reduction in the gold product has had a depressing effect on business in that region. Consul Smith says that mining in small way at Dawson and vicinity is no longer prof itable. Operations on a large scale give more promise of success. How ever. the 1904 receipts of the Canadian offices for miners certificates, placer grants, renewals. etc, all show de- cline as compared with the receipts of 1903 and 1902.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-25
SMARTER AND SMA RTER.

Sir Frederick Treves, the eminsnt British surgeon, in a speech at the din- ner of the Japan Society in London the other evening, spoke enthusiastically of the medical and surgical skill of the Japanese. He said that anybody de- sirous of seeing the last thing, the most | ingenious thing and yet the simplest thing in the equipment for war must 20 to Japan. Many of the problems which concern European armies, and have been. to a large extent, terror of war in European countries, the Japan ese were solving or had solved. British troops, he said, enter a war with many determinations. One is 10 per cent. of sick. It is what they are accustomed to expect to get, and they get it. The Japanese are quite content with l per cent. of sick, and they get it. It was a question of ambition, perhaps, he said,' but one which might well be initiated. Proceeding, the speaker said he was convinced that Japan not many years hence would provide one of the most remarkable schools of surgery that the world has ever seen. ''You will under |stand why" he continued; there is the infinite patience of the people, their in- finite tenderness. Kinder, more sym
 
 pathetic people do not exist. Then comes one very important factor, at least, in the making of a surgeon; they have no nervous system. Nerves is an untranslatable term in the Japanese language. I am confident that we shall find in the islands of Japan, not many years hence, one of the most curious, interesting and progressive schools of medicine that this world has seen.''
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NATURAL.

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 Little sister-oh. mamma, I've got a canker on my toe! t5 u Big brother-That isn't canker. A cailker ist what they throw oyerboard on ship to make the ship stand still. What you've got is popcorn. Wor1- ans Home Companion Aesse rs F
 Dealer--Don't you want some straw- berries, lady? We've got some splendid ! one-natiyes.
 Mrs. Toney Natives! Mercy no. Everything native is so excessively vui- gar! We never have any but imported berries on our table.-B Boston Tran script.
 Miss ElephantI wish you wouldn't keep looking behind you as if you be- lieFed you were pursued. You never see me doing in. ts S,..,.t =. Miss Rabbitt--No; your left hind foot doesn't happen to be in demand as a vest-pocket charm. r Woman,s Home Companion. zsy fs.-. E44 .zss- ,4''s
 Mrs. Nearbye.-Tm glad you've got such a good servant. H5srH ~. Mrs. Hunter-Good? @ 4 Mrs. Nearbye--Wh yes; .yelur hus- band says she works like lightning. |. Mrs. Hunter-Exactly. She leaves ruin and disorder behind her.--Phila- delphia Public Ledger. s ss4@ fl
 Mrs. Hiram offen- Insert this adver- tisement for girl, but, for goodness sake! don't put Help Wanted" over it.
 Clerk-No? sg A.. # < sEz =sg..5 .s sss.sy p E.
 Mrs. Hiram Offen-No; that implies that expect to do most of the work myself. The last girl got this way held me to that.-Philadelphia Press. A soldier of the legion lay dying in
 Algiers; .@ Across the battlefield there came a
 round of rousing cheers. 4 '1tf "oh, comrade," cried the soldier, "ere
 my spirit is no more, -'sz--.
 And I have joined the angels--tell me,
 comrade, what's the scorer,
 . % s.s, Chicago Journal.
 Ibid you ask papa2"
 T certainly did. You can't bluff me-" >4 5 srf% &a7h d
 Well, how did he take it?" 5 @~:
 His manner of taking 1t gave me quite a start. " t:'~r F.
 What did he say that gave you o start?" ,s , L .,, t:
 'It was not so much what he said as what he did."-Fort Worth Record.
 Johnnie was dining Sunday evening with his parents at the Hotel Balti- more, and was enjoying everything irn- mensely. As he passed his plate for a third helping of rfoast turkey he said to his mother in a voice that attracted attention all around him: Nom, here's where we don't have to leave any for the hired girl, ain't it?"-Kansas City Star. ,..r ~.r -1ar-e77t .tg53,T t
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-25
Iways calIed Whistler Jlmny.

always called Whistler Jimmy.
 He posed me standing, I sketched in the shadows first and had begun to draw in some Of the outlines when Whistler began to get fidgety. At last he could not stand it any longer. so he walked around behind me, and after Joking over my shoulder for a mo- ment, he said: "Hm, yes, yes, but don't you think this line ought to be so?"
 He reached for the palette and brush, and at once he forgot everything my work. the sitting and all; he saw only picture in front of him, and his idea of how it should be done. Away went my shadows, out went one line, another was changed, and in a mo- ment the whole was Whistler's, not mine.
 Lady Colin Campbell saw my em- barrassement, and she stepped into the breach with a protest. Jimmy" she said, leave it alone. MT. Alexander was beginning to make a real likeness of you, and now it doesn't look any more like you than it does like me-
 That woke him up, and be handed me back the brush with shrug. Very well, very well! how do you want me to stand?"
 "A little more to the left, please.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-25

s q ther said that if certain rates alleged by Senator Lake were truly given by other New England roads, then the managers of these roads were liars They had agreed to stand by the rates adopted by their association. For him self, he said, he preferred to deal open Iy and honestly, and he would not agree to make one rate and then make an- other, nor would he trust or expect others to trust a man who lied. In conclusion he called attention to the statement that had been made that his predecessor had threatened" the legis- lature and the shippers; he said he would make a threat, too. That threat was that, just as fast as possible and just as far as possible, he would re- duce the rates on his road.
 That's the way to talk to 'em. The Hartford Courant pertinently says: Mir. Mellen may not have weighed any more on the trip home than on coming up yesterday, but he went home big gsr man, all the same. It is immensely satisfactory to have man of his large caliber at the head of the great road that serves this whole state and can do so much, for its benefit or injury. It is by this time evident that his pur- pose is to get out of 1t all the benefits to all concerned that he can. and that he believes he can identify the two in- terests-the roads and the publie's.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-25
SENSIBLE HOUSE CLEANING.

Do Not Try to Do Everything in One
 Day and Take Enough Rest for Fresh E Attacks
 different ways. but this is the way I find best: As soon as the weather be- comes little settled. start in. so that my work is completed before the very warm spell we usually get in the spring sets in. One room a day is sufficient for the housewife to do when she at tends to all other work herself. Decide on something for dinner that requires little trouble. Sometimes I prepare the vegetables the night before, if I am to have some that will not spoil. for in- stance: Carrots, potatoss, parsnips, turnips, etc, keep very nicely pared when they are covered with water. lThis plan find works admirably for Sunday, too--the vegetables can be done Saturday night for the Sunday dfnner) I commence hcuse-cleaning with the garret and finish with the eel lar. I start right in after I have done the breakfast dishes. If can conven- iently do it. the day before dust the krlick-knacks and pictures in the room intend doing, and pack them into a basket, then in the morning it Is clear sailing. And as a rule have only the finishing touches to do after dinner. I used to start right in and do another room, but find that does not pay, as 1t makes me too tired, and after had finished my work, I usually had sick spell, so you see, 1t was not worth while. When finishing a room put up the screens to the windows right away, so have very little trouble with flies all summer long.
 In the average home, house-cleaning time is a season of danger and disfo-m fort. To my certain Knowledge. many life has been lost by overwork and exposure, due to unwise methods of housecleaning. This need not be. In
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-25
HOW WHISTLER POSED.
John W. Alexander. the Painter, Tells
 About It.


 John W. Alexander, the Painter, Tells About It.
 There is little in the quiet manner of John W. Alexander. the painter, to suggest the stern determination that took kim through the early struggle which led him to his present eminent 1 position says the World at Work. ''The story of his early days is a story of hard work, Drivation and cheerful pluck, lighted by his friendship with Whistler, which began in a curious way on a canal in Venice.
 Mir. Alexander had no teacher but his own taste and judgment At six teen he concluded that he would be- come painter and that he would go to New York. He left Pittsburg with $50. He carried some sketches with him, but none of the editors to whom he showed them could use them. He applied for a position in the art depart ment of monthly magazine. There were no vacancies. but he heard that a messenger boy was needed in the de- partment at s3 a week. He took the job and for eight months he ran errands and lived on s week and what was left out of the $50. At the end of eight he was promoted and he then received SIP a week and later $15 8 week, on which he lived. On SIS a week he saved $500 to go to Europe. He was twenty years old when he reached Munich. Munich soon proved to be beyond his means, and he joined a colony of American artists who lived together in a ruined monastery in Bavaria .z...---
 He went to Venice from Bavaria, and it was there that he met Whistler. Here is his own account of it: One day I was painting on one of the canals, surrounded by the usual little crowd of idlers who watch an artist, over his shoulder when he paints out doors. Suddenly I became conscious that somebody unusual was behind me. don't know why, but I couldn't help turning my head and instantly I jumped to my feet as if the stool had suddenly become red hot. It was Whistler, posing characteristieaIiy and fourishfng his mustaches. I spoke to him; and then he sat down on the stool and instead of criticfsing the picture. he spoke onlv.in the kindliest manner: suggesting where the composition might be improved, and where bit of color needed higher tone. He knew that I knew the picture was crude, and that I was just as harsh critic of my work as he could be. He did not try to be censorious at all only helpful. I was much surprised at this manner, for l had heard of his being always brutaily frank. The acquaintance soon became a friendship, which afterward had the pleasure of enjoying in London. where had curious ex- perience with him.
 I was commissioned by magazine to make wash drawing of MT. Whist Ter to be engraved Whistler agreed to a sitting, and Isappeared at his studio with several canvases, for II rnade a practice of carrying enough to discard one and take another if I did not like the first. Lady Colin Campbell was there. beside several other people, and they embarrassed me a good deal She
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-25
HTS OHN REST LORE FIST.

President Mellen of the. New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad is his own best lobbyist His talk be- fore the railroad committee Tuesday afternoon was most direct and open. He told the committee that there was one railroad president in the United States who had not been down to Washington crying about the dire re- suits that would follow government regulation of railroad rates. He fur
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-25
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations. Wants. Rents. and other smaii advertisements. One Cent a Word each insertion. Five Cents e. word for . full week. ...-.s.. .--..
 Display advertisements. per Inch. one insertion. s1.2o; each subsequent inser- tion. 70 cents; one week. ss.2o: one month. Si0; one year. sas.
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just a trifle more: there. that's right.''
 T was furious by this time; and, when had him posed. caught the canvas and fairly flung it across the room with a crash, and reached for a fresh one. Whistler didn't even quiver an eyelasfl.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-25
FUR LINED STRAW HATS

A suggestion was made to us the other day that we try some such, impossible combination in order to meet the condition of this im-. possible season.. The theory was that people like to be reminded of their apparel as to what season it is and that nothing except an oc- casional straw hat on a radical students head has suggested that this IS Spring. To wear straw and be warm might be popular.
 The sun came out the day we thought of trying the announce ment and 1t may come out again. against which event we can pro-. vide you with various shapes and designs and weights Doubtless some kind of straw hat will be worn more or less this Summer.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-25

An odd church Is that in the redwood forest of California, near San Jose. It is maitained by the miners, and has a miner as minister. It is built In one of the hollow trees and accommodates a congregation of twenty-five, with space for recess chancel, which contains small organ. Y
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-25

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY. is CENTS A WEEK. 50 CENTS A MONTH. 8 FOR SIX MONTHS. ;s A YEAR THE SAME TERMS BY MAIL SINGLE COPIES. CENTS.
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Recently Barcelona invested the ar chitects of the world to send in com- petitive plans for enlarging the town, beautifying the working class quar- ters and unifying the five or six su- burban towns. The first prize, ss,ooo, has been won by young Frenchman. Only five architects, two Spanish, one French, one German and one Italian, competed.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-25

THE WEEKLY JOURNAL, issaed Thur.days, One Dollar a Year.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-25

In the Pekin Times appears the fol- lowing edict: We have received a memorial from A Cha-pen stating that Li Yu-yung, Shantung merchant, wishes to establish a company for building the Pekin Kalgan railway for a share of the profits. The railway is an important government affair and having great consequences. The cen sor sending in such 8 memorial is very bold and evidently seeking gain. Let his name be handed to the board of punishment and the memorial cast back at him"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-25

The Massachusetts legislature has passed a bill providing for the recon struction of the railroad station in the city of Worcester and for the elimina- ton of grade crossings. The total ex- penditure involved is nearly three mil- lion of dollars, two millions of which will be for getting rid of the grade crossings and three-auarters of a mill lion for a new union station. The State will pay 25 per cent. of the grade cross ing elimination, and the city will con tribute 10 per cent. of the cost of the new station, making the expense to the city of Worcester not less than $2S5, 5,000. It is proposed by the railroad compa- nies to take additional land for a sta tion site at a cost of half a million of dollars, and to erect a building which will cost at least s35O,O00 .
 The Yukon gold fields show SionS of
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-25

At Baltimore wharf, Sunday aft ernoon, aboard one of his own boats, died Captain Robert Henry, negro, aged 7S. He had brought load of lumber down from Philadelphia the day before. His rating at the commercial agencies was $6o,Oo0: he's said to have been the largest individual taxpayer in his na- tive place, Pocomoke City. At 16 he was cooking on 8 bay vessel. He saved his earnings until he had enough to buy small schooner and go into the freighting business on his own account. He prospered therein and invested his profits jndiciously. He had very com- fortabfe home in Pocornoke City, and three of the finest farms in the county brought him in handsome rentals.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-25

Pitcairn Island is a lonely little spot of land in the southern Pacific. It has 169 inhabitants. Their only link with the outside world is a cutter of fourteen. tons, which. with luck. gets to a neigh. boring island now and then, whence about four times a year communication may be established with Tahiti. A man of the name of Mccoy has been presi-. dent for some years. President Mccoy is member of the Seventh Day Adven- tist Church, and has lately been to America. The Pitcairn islanders are eminently religious They are exem- plary In their attendance at weekday prayer meetings and church gatherings. They do not use intoxicants.
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The Pekin correspondent of the Jap anese paper Asahi states that Chinese opinion is not in favor of Japan insist ing on the opening of Manchuria. as that would give to foreign Powers the right to interfere with the affairs of that part of China, which China itself does not wish. No serious objection, he says, will be made to the stationing of Japanese troops in Manchuria until China is ready to occupy it with an army of her own. The pro-Russian party at Pekin, having changed it's views with the progress of the war, would settle matters with Japan with. out the intervention of a third party.