The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-06-20


 insertion. s1.2o; each subse auent snser- ton. 40 cents; one weex. ss.2o; one month. s10i one year. $40.
 There is said to be no word which signifies "graft'' in the Japanese lan- guage. but it may be found that it isn't too late for the introduction of such word.
 A French Canadian operative in the Pepperell mill in Biddeford asked his overseer the other day for a few days leave of absence. Being short of help, the overseer asked him if it was any thing very particular that he wanted to stay out for, and he replied: "Yaasir, I'm goin' to git marrit un I'd lak be there, that all.''
 A Princeton (Missouri) man took a smart revenge on his sweetheart after a quarrel recently. She had returned to him all the letters and gifts receiv- ed from him during their courtship. He, not to be outdone, sent her a half dozen boxes of face powder, and with them a note explaining that he had probably carried that much away on his coat collar.
 Over the body of the late Whitaker, Wright the financier, whose suicide at the conclusion of the trial in England caused such a sensation, a massive me- morial of dark granite seven feet high has been erected. The inscription is: sIn memory of Whitaker Wright. Born February g, 1s46. Died January 26, 1904. Lord of the Manor of Whitley. He loved the poor -.
 A Vienna naturalist declares that clearly all reptiles that die from natural causes close their lives between night fall and midnight, only a few between midnight and morning and fewer still in daylight. Most reptiles seem aware of their approaching death, seeking out particular places and there awaiting the end. while those whose lives are spent underground come to the surface before death.
 The Baly medal has been awarded to Professor Pawloff, of St. Petersburg. This medal is given every alternate year on the recommendation of the president and council of the Royal Col lege of Physicians of London for dis tinguished work in the science of phy- siology, especially during the two years Immediately preceding the award. The Bisset Hawkins gold medal for 1905, given triennially for work deserving special recognition as advancing sani- tary science or promoting public health, has been awarded to Sir Patrick Man. son.
 Liberia's forestry resources offer an inviting field for a lucrative business in hard woods. The virgin forests consist of woods of great commercial value, and there are ample water facilities for sawmills. There are two varieties of rlahogany-red and gray; four varie- ties of oak-red, streaked, white, and whistmore; cedar, rosewood mangrove, burrwood. white and black gum, mul- berry, birthstone wood, red peach, pep per wood, white mangrove, persimmon, iron wood, greasy peach, poplar, cher ", hickory, saffron, ebony, and many other woods common to the tropics Some of these possess singular quali- ties. The greasy peach lasts indefinite ly, and is proof against insect attacks.
 According to the just published re- port of pr. Austin Peters, the chief of the cattle bureau, hydrophobia for the past few years has occurred so seldom in Massachusetts, as to be practically unknown, although this statement may have to be modified somewhat if the cases recently reported from Lowell shall prove to have been cases of real hydrophobia. Glanders, on the other hand, is serious evil in the State. Three men died of it in 1904, and there were nearly 1000 cases among horses. The disease is disseminated by unscru- pulous dealers, .and pr. Peters warns the public, especially the rural public, so avoid bogus club stables, unknown ice companiese, coal companies going out of business. unheard of express companies that never existed, except in the imaglnations of the advertisers" and last but not least, widow ladies'"
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 She-"Is your wife's name very dear to you?' He-"Very. Every dollar I owned before we were married is in it." Detroit Free Press.