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The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-14
THE CHINESE BOYCOTT.

Wu Ting Fang, formerly Chinese Minister at Washington, and now big man in China, disclaims all responsibil- ity for the boycott on American goods, which is threatening serious injury to our mercantile relations with China. He regrets that anything should occur to disturb the friendly relations that have so long existed between China and the United States, but it is evident that he syrnpathizes with the sentiment which has inspired the boycott, and he says that such an expression of public sen- timent means extraordinary progress in the direction of the growth of a real nationality. He is very earnest in his desire that the Exclusion act should be materially modified, and that the in- sulting provisions which rhave aroused the bitter resentment of the educated classes in China should be eliminated.
 During his sojourn ill the United
 
 States Minister Wu made courteous but constant protest against the terms of the obnoxious act, and the arguments he advanced were unanswerable, but they had no apparent effect upon the minds of cur statesmen at Washington, The boycott on American goods prom ises to have a more potential influence upon the situation. As Wu Ting Fang points out, the enforcement of that boy colt has been accompanied by no vio- Ience; there have been no attaaks upon the persons or property of Americans. The people have just made up their minds that they will net buy our goods or permit their sale in any Chinese sea-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-14
port while the Exclusion act in it's
 present form remains in force.
The Homesiek Man.

An. my hand is mighty hungry for a
 tiny, sweaty fist: Both my lips are fairly famished 10 be
 warmly, welly kissed; And my arm is simply starving for q
 fuzzy little head That, when 1 am home and happy, loves to use 1t for bed. Can it be that once I fretted at a peev- ish midnight vail That will seem like sweetest music when I've hit the homeward trail? Was it 1 who put her from me with feeling of relief whose soul is sick to see her, be the absence long or brief? Was it I that grew impatient when she made me drop my pen, And consume q precious hour soothing her to sleep again? Would l think that hour wasted could l swathe and sOOthe her now As 1 fOndly play I'm smoothing out the puCkvrs from my brow? Could I feel, when next I hold her, all that now I feel and know. Could 1 then recall the yearning as my lonely way I go- But, alas! When Love possesses, it is blind and deaf and dumb, Saving it's appreciation till the heart with grief is numb.
 Baltimore American.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-14
LAND WHERE WOMEN RULE

Nair of India Declared the Worlds
 Most Perfect Race.
 Members of the Central Countless Woman's Suffrage Association have sailed from England to investigate and report to their association on a system of government in which the mother is the head of the family and the recog- niZed ruler.
 They are bound for India to inquire into the workings of the system which for centuries has been in existence among the Nairs, one of the highest caste and exclusive tribes of all India. where maternity counts for everything and paternity for practically nothing. They propose to investigate thoroughly this system, and if it's workings are found satisfactory, to urge it's estab- llshment in England and throughout the world, relegating man to the back ground and rising woman to her pro- per sphere-in short, claiming for wo- mankind the right to rule that they think belongs to her because of her function in the establishment of the human race.
 The Nalrs, among whom the mid land counties woman will conduct their
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-14
HENRY woLLMAN ON TRUSTS.

Whatever the surface indications may
 be, there is at this time no real and
 genuine public sentiment in this coun- l try against trusts, per SC.
 If you were to ask the first hundred | men you meet on the street or in any average assemblage whether they are
 for or against trusts, possibly nine- | five or more out of each hundred would 1 instantly say: "Of course we are against trusts and yet I venture the assertion that not five out of the hun- dred really has a fixed and unchange- able opinion one way or the other on the subject.
 Those publicists and political econo- mists who fight trusts, advocate the
 ohliteration of all trusts, on the ground that the distinction sought to be made between good trusts and bad trusts Is spacious and fictitious and that all trusts in and of themselves are neces~ sary bad and under any and every cir
 cumstances are ''enemies of the Re- public" All legislation thus far has been bottomed on that theory.
 During the early periods of the anti trust agisation in this country prob ably 90 per cent of the people believe that all trusts were wicked monsters. which would impoverish if not devour the people. It was prophesied that every economic i'll would come from them; that if they were allowed to in- crease, prosperity would fade away.
 and that the masses would suffer star ,vation. It was believed tha tthe rank and file of the workingmen would be driven out of employment; that very many officials occupying night places
 in commercial and manufacturing es-
 tablishments would be froced to look
 for work of mental character, and
 that large percentage of store keepers
 would become tramps.
 Within the past decade this country
 has become thoroughly ''trustized."
 The growth of trusts has been marvel
 lous. Scarcely any line of industry or
 commerce has been immune. And vet
 within that period no land on earth has
 be so blessed with prosperity as this.
 do not wish to convey the impression
 that think that in any the growth of trusts has contributed to that pros- psrity, nor, on the other hand, that we
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IMPRESSIONS.

l Mrs. Whittier Lowell--"In disobeying me, Emerson, you were doing wrong and I am punishing you to impress il upon your mind!" Emerson-'Aren' you mistaken, mamma, in regard to the location of my ?"-Life. |, Governess Cooking. over geography paper) Whats this? The people of Lancashire are very stupidl Where in the world did you get that idea from? Pupil-"Out of the book. It says that Lancashire is remarkable for its dense population. Punch.
 Newitt-'No; of course Batcheller doesn't keep house. He just has, apart ments at the club Wrounds-''He doesn't know what life is. Why, half the fun of going to your club is lost ! unless you've got a home to stay away from Philadelphia Press. MT. Kornersloon-"I'v half mind to start for Dawson City, Sarah. Here's fellow went up there six months ago, and has just got home with $15,OO0 in that would never do for you, John. You cant even get home Saturday nights with your little fifteen dollars. Judge.
 Uncertain.-"What are you going to do now, Scribblets?"
 Why, l am just about to start a magazine"
 Under what name?"
 "'The Age of Woman Do you think it will be a success?'
 Well, it is doubtful. Chicago Daily News.
 Why do you put that young man forward so prominentlX?" asked the politician. Do you think he is quali- fled to be a leader in public affairs?" 'No," answered Senator Sorghum. Sometimes man goes to the front un- der the impression that he Is leader, when he is merely cow-catcher, to keep the track clear and receive the bumps. s."-Washington Star.
 Pardon me, sir,'' said the waiter to the diner who was about to leave, but haven't you forgotten something, sir?'' Well, if I have you may keep 1t for your honestly" growIed the man who belonged to the Antitippers' club. Thank you, sir" answered the waiter. You left this pocketbook on your chair-slipped out of your pocket, suppose. Again I thank you sir. Chicago Daily News.
 How She Regarded It.-The former head of large private school in Cleve- land was gentleman of dignified bearing, refined and correct always in manner and speech. By birth and early rearing he was a Vermonter, and doubtless of straight Puritan eXtrac- tion. One day in his boyhood his mother called him from the yard, where he was playing with some other boys, to say to him, in a tone suggestive of mingled sadness and severity:
 Noble, my son, I never thought to hear you say a swear word!"
 Why, mother" said the boy T did mt use any swear word. I only said the devil. Nobody thinks that's swear ing"
 T don't care" said the mother quick ly; it's making light of sacred things Cleveland Leader.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-14
ANEK KHAKEY SEYDAY.

If Day of all the week the best. Elm blem of eternal rest" was sung in any of the New Haven meeting houses yes terday it was not appropriate or cheer ing. Yesterday was a pretty poor day for those who keep their eyes and minds on the weather, and those who do not were rather compelled to no- tice it. Most of the day was full of heat and unprecipitated humidity, and the rest of 1t was full of heat and precipi- tated humidity. And such precipitate precipitation. In other words, how it did rain! And how the good clothes did suffer! Perhaps $50 900 damage was done to the clothes by the rain, and perhaps more. And the damage done to human or woman pride cannot be estimated in figures. But it's an i'll rain that rains no good. The dry goods merchants will profit by the downpour because many new things will have to be bought. The streets will be clean for few minutes. And perhaps there will be less humidity in the air for a day or two. Certainly enough came out of it yesterday to warrant such a perhaps.
 Let us press on, forgetting that yes terday was what it was. We may see better days, and we can hardly see worse. After the last six days perhaps We ought to thankfully feel that we are spared monuments
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-14
ANGLo-FRENcH MARRIAGES


 Al last practical arrangement has been concluded with regard to Anglo French marriages which will put an end to cruel abuses. It has just been settled between the two governments mat no Frenchman will be able to wed an English girl in England unless he can produce a certificate from his con- SUI. The document must be drawn up ln English as well as in French, and must, moreover, have been approved by the authorities Of the two countries me intending bridegroom will have to go through all the formalitles which are de rigueuT in his native land, just as II he was about to marry one oI his own felloW-cOuntrywo This. as I nave remarked, will put a stop to CITY, Ing scandals. The French marriage laws are very strict and precise. and ignorance of them has brought many an English girl to ruin. She had gone through the usual service in church ar chapel and had considered herself a lawful wife until one sad day. when She was cynically informed by the man to whom she had confided he,. sutura that' as the civil ceremony had been omitted she had no legal claim on him "hateVer' Many heart has been broken, mny 6 little fanAly turned out lnto the street, owing to the trust "hich the poor girl had reposed in her unworthy suitor. That these iniquities nave too often been committed With uehperate calculation by unprincipled II tFehchmen is truth that has been de- hiohstrated over and over again,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-14
FOR BETTER WATER.

The world is learning. Professor G. Sims Woolhead is a distinguished Lon don physician who has been president of the Royal Medical Society, has con- ducted many important special inquiries in anatomy and pathology, has been assistant commissioner to the royal commission on tuberculosis, surgeon captain of the volunteer medical staff corps, and is writer of authority in
 his profession. He has brought forward a proposition for the creation of a na- tional board to have control over Brit isE inland waters, the primary object being to limit the pollution of streams in the United Kingdom. It is believed that "so-c called river boards and county councils, which now exercise more au- thority when questions of contamina- tion arise, have not as large powers as could be desired, and the conclusions reached in one locality do not always harmonize with those in another. Greater uniformity of policy and strict CT regulations of water supply would be possible with a central organization, such as is now proposed"
 Professor Woolhead's idea ought to be promptly adopted and acted on. The value of pure water is becoming very
 apparent.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-14
The Chase Sale,

Negligee shirts. 17c half hose. straw hats and 25c Handkerchiefs are all gone.
 s12.5o English silk pajamas are now on sale at S6.0o $5.5O Fine White Batiste Pajamas, ss.OO s5 and 7.5O Fancy and White Vests, 2.5o Odd Vests, 1oOi $1, 1.50 and 2.5o Scarf Pins, soc $1, 1.50 and 2.5O Cuff Buttons. 5Oc Rain Coats. Bath Wraps. Bath Slippers Just E price, and some s1.5O and $2.50 Neckwear not put on sale last week,
 ..... soc Together with 10 dozen English Wind sor Scarfs, 75c and $l quality for, 12kc Store closes at 5:8O P. M. Saturday at r. M.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-14
ONE MORE.

The expositions are not yet over. New Zealand, it is officially announced, will hold an International Exhibition at Christchurch during the summer of -O7"-from November 1, 1906, to April, 1907. The nations of the world are invited to participate with exhibits. The object of the exhibition, it is stat ed, is educational, the intention being to demonstrate the resources and pos abilities of the colony as food pro- deer, as mining country, as affording unrivalled scenery and thermal won ders and as offering exceptional oppor- tunities to sportsmen. It Is desired that other countries shall advertise their products and advantages, but the special purpose is to bring to the mo- tice of industrial nations the fact that the colony of New Zealand offers an outlet for enterprise and a market for up-to-date appliances, manufactures, etc. The exhibition is to be held in Bagley Park, four hundred acres in ex- tent, within three minutes walk of the center of the city of Christchurch.
 Success to the New Zealand exposi- tion, and to all other exDositions that anybody may have pluck and enter prise enough to get up,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-14

Henceforth the English girl who may contemplate a matrimonial venture with a Frenchman will be properly protected. but it would be just as well if she had additional inquiries institu- ted as to the exact social position, character and means of the foreigner who. has expressed a desire to obtain her hand. MatromOniaI arrangements are conducted in France on very busi- ness-like principles. and this Is an ex- ample which might be followed with advantage on this side of the Channel Paris Correspondence Of the London Telegraph.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-14

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 a YEAR THE SAME TERMS BY MAIL SINGLE COPIES. CENTS.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-14

ADVERTISING RATES.
 Situations, Wants, Rents, and other small advertisements, One Cent Word each insertion. Five Cents a word for full week.
 Display advertisements. per inch, one insertion, s1.2O; each subsequent inser- tion 40 cents; one week. $S.2O; one month. $1O; one year. $40.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-14

Concerning the enormous rise in the price of rubber this year and the de- crease in that of coffee, the Brazilian Review, of Rio Janeiro, says: By over- planting we have succeeded in produc- ing tWo-thirds of the total coffee supply of the world but drove prices down to such a figure that only in Brazil can they give any profit at all. In other countries planters were ruined and gave up the struggle. Here we hang on in expectation of better times when, as is inevitable, consumption overtakes production. With rubber it is differ ent; the increase of consumption has driven up prices, and exchange and cost of production with them. In this case all the benefit is on the side of the oth- ger countries, where there has been no increase in the cost of production; and the temptation of enormous profits would, if rubber could be produced in- Hefinitely, like coffee, in five or six years lead likewise to overproduction.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-14

Lady Curzon is the recipient of yer itable wonder gown. It has satisfied her exacting fancy to the full, and has caused a stir in blase London. It was sent to her by an Indian rajah and is composed of 1000 wing-cases of Indian robe, and lend shimmering rides robe, and lend a shimmering irrides- cence to the flowing folds of the gar- anerlt. No wonder she describes it as dream, for it's coloring and texture is almost as elusive as the fabric that dreams are made of. Nearly every woman who has beheld the marvel has broken the commandment against cov- etousneess, and though many have tried to duplicate it, their efforts have been in vain Both because of the rar- ity of the wings and of the difficulty in affixing them such a gown can only be fashioned by years of work.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-14

Alphonse Bertillon, the inventor of the finger-print syster2 of identifying criminals, is described as quiet, mod est man, with more the appearance of a scientist than of a hunter of men. A high forehead, well-balanced brow, a thin, oval face, a pair of serene, dark eyes a dark moustaehe, obviously French, but not too pronounced in curl, Da trim, dark beard, complexion strongly reminiscent of parchment, long and delicate fingers, tallish, lightish frame-such, in brief, is AL phonse Bertillon, the terror of crirni- nals.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-14

The watches made in this country haven't yet destroyed the watch indus try of Switzerland. There are about 25,OOO persons employed in the watch factories of Switzerland, not including several thousand included in the mouse industry" There are 627 factories, 21S of which manufacture complete watches, 2O9 cases and the rest dials, crystals, hands, springs, jewels, etc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-14

The biggest rope ever used for haul- age purposes has just been made for a district subway in Glasgow. It is seven miles miles long, four and five-eighths inches in circumference and weighs nearly sixty tons. It has been made in one un- .iointed and unspliced length of patent crucible steel. When in place it Will form a complete circle around Glasgow crossing the Clyde in its course, and will run at a speed of fifteen miles an hour. F
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-14

It is reported that two Nova Scotia men, one of whom is an enterprising blacksmith, have discovered a method of hardening copper. To demonstrate the degree of hardening that may be attained, by the new method the black smith has forged crude razor out of the new material. and it is announced that this has an edge which permits of actual shaving. The matter is being followed by the United States consul at Halifax.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-14

New York is a big and busy place The opening of the subway has not mas terially lessened the travel over the surface and elevated lines of the city. There was more travel than could be accommodated always and the new fa- cilities only took up the surplus and en- couraged the addition of more. The July earning of the Metropolitan street system were the largest by about ESQ., 900 of any previous month if its history. of any previous month of it's history.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-14
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ADVERTISING RATES.

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The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-15

stand as he passed the end, and she
saw the missive, the gage, tied tightly
in the strings Of his cap, cleaning
white against the dark blue silk.
Slade caught Beth's eye as he looked
at the sea Of faces, and she felt a
warm flush scorch her cheeks. 1t
yexed her. She did not caree for him;
it had been only banter.
They were all stringing out for the
start, now-eight Of them, eight of the
best steeplechase horses in all India
Capt. Frank on the big, angular Chang,
looked the finished horseman that he
was; the easy grace of his seat told
of the perfect mastery; it was like
my lady in her rocking chair. And
the thin, determined, bony face of the
rider; it would be Changs fault If that
pair did not win.
Win! The captain was not thinking
of winning thinking of something else
thinking Of the dark-brown horse
just in front of him, Diablo. Cold
finder held Chang quite safe as far as
winning went, he knew; his business
was to take care of Diablo, and may
hap his rider, for Capt. Franks sus-
picion had become certainty.
A steeplechase of three miles and a
half is not a spring in which the start
counts for much; SO they were soon
away, the silk jackets of the riders
swapping and cracking at the wind like
frost breaking away from the tightened
bark of trees in winter.
Beth said to herself that she
shouldn't care much; shouldn't take
much interest in the thing; but when
the roar, They're off" beat up from
the Enclosure below and went echoing
through the stand she felt that she had
three or four hearts in her breast, all
beating ana hammering away with a
suffocating quickness. Still she did not
care-it was the excitement.
Over the first three fences they raced
like mad things; not at all like COOL
headed riders in big steeplechase.
They'll soon crack up at that pace
racing men said; "it's too FAST
Jovial's rider was racing for the lead,
and Diablo, with blood-red nostrils
spread wide, his small. wicked ears
laid tight back on his cobra-like neck,
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-15
SECOND PRIZE
A Christmas Present

When 1 was six years old my father
took me down town the week before
Christmas We went into big store and
there was big cage with five little Scotch
collieS for sale.
would have stood there all day If my
father hadn't scolded me and made me
come.
was teasing him all the way home to
get me one, but he pretended that it
fore Christmas he went down town and
he wouldn't take me. When he came
home he went into the wood shed before
he came into the house. The next morn
Ing when We had taken everything off of
the tree papa told me to go out and get a
stick of wood. Just as I opened the door
one of the little dogs that saw came up
to me- He was my very own.
Clara Louise Stevens.
84S East Thirteenth street; Franklin
school, grade B fourth; age IL years.