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The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-12
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"Rozhdestvensky has cleared for ac
 tion by throwing overheard all unnec-
 tssary woodwork reports a cable. II
 looks as if his officers had lost their
 heads once more!-Punch.
 Are your papa and mamma at lhone2' asked the caller. ..Ne,n' replied
 little Marguerite; "one of them may be
 here, but they never are both at home
 at the same time. ."'-C Chicago Record Herald. <. .s.T' Those Indefatigaible Japs-Tom--I ob.
 served a statemsnt in this mornings
 paper to the effect that Duke KrloWsk
 announces that Russia has long ac
 count to settle with Japan. ~;ss3 .r2 {, :.
 Harry-Yes, and it looks like a run
 ming account at that.s-Life. 3 5.si :
 Do you not love,'' said the Cadaver. ous Boarder, ito explore the Unknow able? To wiring from Chaos the secret of its Indwelling Entity ?" "You jus bet I do!' answered the stenographer smiling sweetly. will you please pas the ?''-Cleveland Leader,
 Defined. .Gladys-I call it an automo bile engagement. Z. ">3>. Maude-Whats an automobile engage ment? J s'>'.:= ~ '>' .
 Gladys-One that starts off all right but nobody's quite dead sure that i will be able to keep on going. Life. Are you going to Europe this sum mer?" T don't know answered Mrs Cumrox. Going to Europe isn't wha it used to be, you know. When a mar travels now a lot of people turn LII their noses and wonder whether grand jury is after him. ''--Washingto Star Miss Hiram Offen---' Insert this adver. tisement for girl but, for goodnes. sake! don't put Help Wanted over it., Clerk-"No?" Mrs. Hiram. Offen--"No that implies that I expect to do most of the work myself. The last girl . got this way held me to that.'--Phil adelphia Press. ~ s'.' '''
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-12

Our feet must look narrow and slim ttis season. How it is to be man aged in every case cannot very clear ly be understood, but the bootmakers are helping us all by building their pretty wares in such a maner that slenderness of appearance is induced. Women with small and daintily shaped feet are with much daring actually wearing at this moment in those cir cles where fashion reigns supreme and mud is not white kid boots with toe ing could be more charming.
 Alas that fashion should lay such a trap for those pedal extremities are not all that beauty would have them be. The wise, of course, will abjure white, which makes the foot look ever so much larger than it need do. but they may choose one of the other oolored feathers. such as dove and green. both of which have an excellent effect in the diminution of size
 Kid cravats arrive to match these new kid boots. They started their tri- umphant career primarily as the ac- compartment of motor car shirts, and were liked at the outset for their smartness and because they clean and even wash so well. White gloves and a white waistband complete the qlin- tet of smart adjuncts, and if the cravat be a colored one all the rest of the little ct ceteras must, of course, match. As this is quite a new note ill sartorial fancies it should at once be seized as the hall mark of smartness for a new spring toilette.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-12
MORE G0OD YORK.

The Massachusetts State Board of Health keeps at it. It is apparently making a special effort to secure purity in malt liquors. It began by bringing an action against the Harvard Brewing company on the charge of preserving it's product with salicylic acid, to which the company pleaded guilty and paid a fine. It followed this by a similar ac- tion against the Massachusetts Brew cries company, in which it secured a conviction on two counts. Tuesday, on 8 complaint made by the board, the Superior court of Suffolk county im- posed a fine of s70O on the Frank Jones Brewing company for using salicylic acid in it's ale, and also fined the New England Brewing company .$200 for placing the same substance in it's beer. Both firms had pleaded guilty to in- Gictments returned by the grand jury.
 A recent bulletin of the State board shows that of forty samples of beer and ale analysed eight were either adul- terated or varied from the legal stand ard. During the month of March forty- one convictions were secured against manufacturers or dealers in various ar- ticles, including cream-of-t tartar, mace. maple syrup, hamburg steak, milk, CO., coa, ale, tincture of iodine, zinc oint- ment fruit jam and distilled water. A wide range of foods, beverages and drugs is covered by these convictions.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-12
4 Wineglassful a Dose.

The shoenakers have discovered what the gIovsrs have also found out. that champagne colored kid makes the feet as well as the hands look their neatest and smallest, and in con- sequence it is being used now for out door and indoor shoes and has met with great popularity.
 Also he it known that very smart evening shoe is made of brown Russia leather treated in what is known as the zebra manner, with bars of mar row ribbon to match it in color. These are formed in stripes so arranged that the foot is made to look long and slend- CT whether it is naturally so or quite the reverse.
 It is rather odd that we should all try to follow one pattern of foot. A few years ago the girl with the del- icately small one did her very best to make it look athletic in appearance by wearing square toed and masculine looking boots. Now she is pleased to- show it as nature made 1t in shoe leather of the most fanciful and pretty type.
 Antelope skin is a favortite choice among the rich, and the very smartest walking shoes are built os pale gray shade of this skin, with pretty patent leather backs and fronts. White an telope is also used with patent leather fittings, and state gray is not despised, especially with the toilette to match. As all the grays are most modish now gray shoes are in great demand. Lon dnn DaiIy Mail
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-12
A Lesson.

 When caustic words drop like acid as.sys- Upon a gentle soul, When thoughtless criticism hurts the heart,
 Turns joy to dole. When love outreaching meets rebuff
 And shrinks dismayed, When in the lives about me can see
 These things portrayed, I turn averted eyes, and sigh, as5.s, To witness pain; And pledge myself to patience,
 Nor let the strain Of little frets that will appear
 To vex our days, Mix and corrode the gentIeness
 Should guide our ways. To keep this lesson in my mind
 Shall be my task, l Yet not unaided can do =, This thing, but ask Strength of the Gentle One; pray ...s Help me to see And do the things. dear Lord, this day
 That pleaseth Thee.
 keith Saint John.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-12

circumstanees Alter cases-''Every housskeeper must realize" said Mrs Prim, that cleanliness is next to god illness" Unless replied Mrs. Popley, she happens to have several growing boys around the house: then she real izes it's next to impossible. "-Philadel- pfia Public Ledger.
 ''I wonder who it was that saio, enough is as good as a feast"
 ''I don't know Why?"
 Well, I had scrap with Plugger the other day. and I got enough but it wasn't feast by any means. ."-Phil- adelphia Press. .s. s -,
 "A clergyman has said that it is a disgrace to get rieh.''
 Well, wish I weren't so darn re spectable. Houston Post. s5s {.
 Old Friend-I want to give you lit tie advice on how to save money. ss
 Young Chap-Delighted, sir! But would you mind prefaeing it with a few remarks on how to make it?-De, troit Free Press. .-.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-12
THE INFLUENCE OF INGEsTED
 BoRIC ACID AND BORAx.

From contemporary we glean some Iof the conclusions to be embodied in a bulletin announcing the results of the influence on the health of individ-
 Government Investigations regarding the influence to the health of individ-
 uals of food containing horic acid or
 borax. These investigations, under the direction of Dr. H. W. Wiley, were made upon twelve young men. and ex- tended from December, 1902, to July l.; 1903. Among the conclusions reached we
 note the following: When boric acid or
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-12
SIfnnI.D RE. .AMANDHD.

Connecticut's general railroad law is again up for discussion and it doesn't look any better than it has looked when it has been up for discussion be- fore. It is especially defective in its lack of provision for determining the necessity for new roads. Under this law any twenty-five men from outside the State can come together in a law Eyer's office in the State, organize a company and build a railroad wherever they choose, run it with steam or e1ec- tricity. and sell as many bonds and things as people will buy. Of course this means speculation, unnecessary parafleling. and in the end more bur- den on the public. 'r.>..
 The proposed amendment to the gen. eral railroad law which is now before the legislature is intended to correct, and will correct, this condition of things. The law should be changed. As we, have said before, Connecticut has all the railroads she needs or can support, and she doesn't need and hasn't needed loosely constructed general law to encourage or allow the building of others. Rather does she need the most careful examination of each new railroad scheme and the most open and sharp discussion of it. Let every such scheme come before the leg- islature on it's merits and be dealt with accordingly. ~.1#
 Nobody is more deeply interested in this. matter than the public. It is the public that in the end pays for the games of speculation. The Connecticut public will find safety and profit in having it's legislators look directly and critically after new railroad schemes.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-12

its equivalent in borax is taken in food in quantities not exceeding a half gram daily, no immediate effects are observed; after a time there occur oc-
 cassional loss of appetite. feeling Of fulness in the head. gastric discom- fort, and general ill-feeling. Only the more sensitive persons develop symp- toms from the amounts named. When
 the drug is given in larger and increas-
 ing doses, these symptoms in aeeentu- ated form develop more rapidly; most common is persistent headache with slight clouding of the mental processes.
 The quantity of boric acid required to produce definate symptoms varies greatly with different individuals. In some, one to two grams daily produce decided distress; in others, three gram cause little if any discomfort. Conclusions regarding the use of less than half a grain daily were not reached, but from the effect of the larger quantities taken for q short time. it is reasonable to infer that
 smaller doses during an extended pe- riod would also prove injurious. The re- suits in general indicate that is it not
 .ls advisable to use borax in articles of food intended for common and con- tinuous use. When placed in foods us- ed only occasionally and in small amounts, the quantity of the contain ed presservatiye should be stated plainly, that the consumer may know what he is eating. Considering the high standard of those experiments, they should go far toward settling the yexed question of the use of borie acid as a food preseryative. Above all, it is to be hoped they vii put an end to the wrangling of experts in test cases, an occurance which too often defeats the honest endeavor of authorities to pro- tect consumers from designing n1anu- facturer or merchant.-American Medicine. e. 5- a-. s.5 TO MAKE FEET LOOK SLENDER.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-12

The man behind the white apron in- dignantly asserted himself q wont be ordered around as if I was slave, he exclaimed. I'm as good as you It's no disgrace to be a waiter!" May be not said the dyspeptic guest, but it's q disgrace to be such $ waiter as you re.''-Chiago Tribune.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-12
THE WEEKLY JOURNAL, I..u.d Thursdays, One Dollar a Year.
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations. wants. Rents. and other small advertisements. One Cent Word each insertion. Five Cents word for full week.
 Display advertisements. per inch. one insertion. s1.2o: each subsequent inser- ton. 70 cents: one weex. ss.2o: one month. si0; one year. s4a.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-12

The Natives of Kikuyn. in the East African protectorate, go about well arm ed. They carry stout, ace-of-spades- shaped spear, real buffalo hide shield, heavy, double-edged short sword, a club and several strong sticks. Their principal garment" is a plentiful coat of terra-cotta earth and they wear numerous articles of metal as orna- ments. B" $.," @
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-12
THE OLDEST DAILY PAPER PUB LIsHED IN CONNECTICUT.

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY. 12 GENTS A WEEK. 50 CENTS A MONTH. ss FOR SIX MONTHS. ss A YEAR THE SAME TERMS BY MAIL. SINGLE COPIES. GENTS.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-12

Miss Nettie M. Stevens, a graduate of the department of zoology of Stan ford University, class of 1899, has been granted a prize of s1,0oo for the best scientific thesis submitted in the annual competition inaugurated by the ''Asso- citation for Maintaining the American Women's Table at the Geological Sta- .tion at Naples and for Promoting scientiac Research for Women" The competition was open to all the women scientists of the United States. Four years ago Miss Stevens was given the place at the Naples table, but at that time there was no competition. The money is to be expended in original re- search work in zoology at Naples. Miss Stevens took the degree of doctor of philosophy ot Bryn Mawr in 1903, and continued as graduate student there until the present year, at the same time acting as a reader and Carnegie re. search assistant in experimental mor- biology.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-12

Tn his Hampton Institute address Booker T. Washington said: ''The prin- cipal question the white people of the south ask is, When is this education going to reach our bitchens?' don't say that all our women should be cooks, but as nine-tenths of them are we want to educate them to be the best cooks. There is no disgrace in being a cook. but there is eternal dis grace in being poor cook. 1"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-12

< 5. E # < # 4 5
 Count Michael Michaelovitch Barzi- fnoff, commander of a Cossack regi- fnent in the Russian army, has arrived at Portland. Ore, to represent the Cau- casian provinces at the Lewis and Clark exposition. He attracts more at tention because of the fact that he wears the full uniform of a Cossack commander. The late Grand Duke Ser gius was once saved from assassina- tion by this officer. This was in Mos COW fifteen years ago. An anarchist was stealthily approaching the Grand Duke, dagger in hand, when the count observing the move. dashed the spurs into his horse and just in time cut down the would-be murderer.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-12

TO MAKE FEET LOOK SLENDER. Zebra Shoes Arc Worn Cravats.
 Gloves. Belts and Boots to Match.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-12

According to the Belgian press the king has laid before his ministers an original and unique plan for showing to the world what the Kingdom pro- duces. A boat having specially ar ranged exhibits of the products of Belgium is to be sent out specially equipped under governmental supervi- sion, and carry the Belgian flag: It is to carry guns for salutes, and is to be clothed with special governmental privileges to insure it's official recep- tion at calling ports. If the first boat proves that such a system of showing goods is beneficial, second one will be similarly equipped. The idea is enthu- siastically received by the people and the press; and it is thouht that such display will materially enhance the opportunity Of Belgian manufacturers to introduce their products into the markets of the world.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-12

In the years from 1870 to the last one which has turned in it's figures, Amer ican tropical and sub-tropical imports mounted up from, in round numbers, s15o,OOO,0Oo to s5OO,ooo,OoO, more than a treble increase in single generation. The last years tables exceeded any previous record by more than $3O,O0O,- 900. The item of sugar was largest on the list, amounting to 5000, O0,O0O pounds, bringing about 1-2 cents a pound. against cents in 1870. On the other hand, India rubber, which brought 36 cents a pound in 1870, shows an aver age of TO cents in the last tabulations, the imports in the former year having been 1o,OoO,ooo pounds, with about six times that amount in 1904.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-03
Ingcnlou. Revenue Measures.

Assemblyman CHARLES II. FRANCISCO,
representing the Twenty-frst district
Of Kings county, il firmly convinced OF
the wisdom Of supplying State revenues
without imposing a direct tax. He con-
tributes a plan, set forth in Bill l,6il,
whereby the telephone users Of the
State-they are a respectable majority
Of its inhabitants may be permitted 10
help pay the expenses Of government,
while those who do not use telephones
will be excluded from this privilege. His
plan is perfection itself when considered
from the standpoint OF the confirmed
indirect taxer.
If the measure he has proposed should
become law, every individual, associa-
tion, copartnership or corporation own
ing leasing or operating a telephone
line" would pay license fee Of IS a year
for each instrument in use on July l,
the amount thus paid to be shared equally
between the State and the municipality
in which the telephone was For every
telephone receiver and transmitter on
which the license was not paid, the owner
would be punished by fine of 500,
Take the case OF modern hotel con-
tanning 200 apartments, for instance.
In it there are at least 200 telephone
stations, each equipped with receiver
and transmitter. Here is $1,000 for the
State. Then there are hundreds Of
private telephones, connecting residences
with their owners places of business,
departments Of factories, and the like.
The United States Census Bureau con-
fesses its inability to make an accurate
count Of such lines. Each one Of them
would be worth $40 a year at least to the
State The commercial telephone COM
panies operate thousands Of stations.
Mr.. FRANCIsCo thoughtfully inserts a
clause prohibiting such corporations
from increasing their rates TO subscrib-
ers when his bill goes into effect. The
non-subscribers who pay tolls at public
stations would be expected to bear the
burden, and bear it cheerfuny.
The principle Of the bill might be eI-
tended. Why should not the man who
owns a cut glass punch bowl, or a sterling
silver dinner service, be required TO pay
an annual license on them? Wall paper
is a luxury, and those who decorate their
houses with il should be licensed. There
is no limit TO the number Of ways in
which the license scheme might be APP
piled. Mr.. Francisco deserves full pro-
fessorship in the Odel Economic Institute
and School Of Indirect Taxation.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-03

To rHt EnIroR or THE SUN--StT: In an edi-
torlal In THF SrS OF March "A on government reEu-
latlon Of railway rates Is the following extract
from an indianapolis paper Nothing can be
more foolish than for a people 10 allow tbe rail
roads and corpora Ions 70 elect their Governors.
senators and Legislators This IA followed By your
question. How Is government regulation OF rail-
way rates TO reform H." and the answer implied Ia
the only proper one II will have erect whatever
still. there might he a certain indefinite educa-
tonal value In making the fact more plain that the
corporations IN addition to running our business
for US are running our politics also.
There Ia. however, remedy for the evils which
every one knows exist, but the people who are 80
foolish "A 10 allow their public ofncep 10 be elected
by corporations are Just as foolish when seeking
this remedy. More legislation Is simply . vSste
OF time and energy, a. YOU recently pointed out,
for the reason that have more laws now than
are OF possibly can be enforced.
The only solution Is 10 take these great public
necessities entirely out Of the hands Of private
owners and operate them for the bench, Of the
people Instead OF for private p-oht. AZ that would
be going 70 the very extreme OF socialism, and a.
most people are a. present opposed 10 socialism,
we mus; needs endure the ms we have rather than
ny 10 those We imagine. L JULIAN MclNrTRE.
BRoOELTN, March 20.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-03
TRE SUBWAY
A PittSburg Brother Emits FeW Thoughts
About f.

To THE EDITION or TIE suK-Sr; My
brother told me that when ! came 20 New
York and rode on the underground railway
! would travel on the most NJ 10 date, mod
ern, best equipped transportation system
In the world went 10 New York. travelled
through the subway. and think less Of my
brothers Judgment On railway matters now
than ! ever did before There's not another
town In America whose people would be- sat
tshed with the line you New Workers boast
so much about
Who designed the NationsY Ne was a
genius for planning death traps. He care
fully provided curved platforms. between
the edges of which and the car entrances
there are spaces OF from four to eighteen
inches for passengers TO fall. or be crowded,
into In comes a train, slide open the doors,
and the crush IL on. II takes q cool headed
person to avoid slipping between car ana
platform AZ any time, ana In tho rush hours,
when, practically, panic conditions exist. the
danger II very great. stripe Of wood nave
been nailed along some platforms 10 close
5SSss sap. !? Pm 1. 3'' they DO" amount TO
Your subway managers are very econOni-
tions the lack Of light lent particularly an
moving, but the cars are as dark as the Cleya-
ted railway cars were before the gas ughts
company owned the biggest power house
IN the world that means New York In your
dialect II that's true, It isn't ~ big As
a dozen men growing to each other about
not being able 10 read their papers IN tie
cars | tried II myself No go. The electric
bulbs don't illuminate the cars. They merely
moderate the dark
Your Rincers exercised rare skill and JudR-
ment In arranging the exits and entrances
10 some Of the stations 90 ~ 20 bring
passengers going in opposite directions mo
collision The bridge station Ia wonder Tor
this. others are almost as bad
What skysoraping intellect devised me
! plan for placing the pillars that support the
roof Of the subway? Great man He got
them 40 close 10 the edges OF the platforms
that no passaPeway IL left between cars and
posts Excellent And who arranged the
starwavs al the express stations? lhey are
another part Of the man trap. See Fourteenth
street .
II isn't necessary, peThaps for me to tell
you that the signal lights OF the trains almost
Invariably are set wrong, so that a. Broad;
way train shows Lenoy avenue lights and
attent on 10 the fact that the express trains
are usually beaten by the locals. You've
noticed Of course how unscientinc and annoy
ing the arrangements for the ticket booths
are. Probably YOU know more things than
I've noticed. All have TO say Ia that II my
brother is right In saying that your subway Il
tn best in the. world, the world has got whole
lot n learn about subway building.
PITTsBURd, March 81 HIS BROTHER.