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The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-15
THE AUSTRIAN EMPEROR.

In consequence of the weekly audi ence given by the Emperor having been cancelled for next week, repeated rumors as to the health of the mnnarch are current among the public. The correspondent of the Hungarian paper, Magyar Venuzet," accordingly ad- dressed on this subject to the court of his Majesty and the reply received was as follows. q am always immediate neigthborhood of the Emperor. I do not know whether 1t is habit, but his Majesty alaways have a doctor near him. appear every morning in the presence of the Emperor with an in quiry after his health, and receive al- ways the same answer, Nothing is the matter with me. fl
 "At the present time the health of his Majesty is as good as possible. The Emperor belongs to that category of persons who throughout their lives never even suffer from headache. His Majesty and the Archduke Rainer, who is three years older, have the soundest COuSlltullOuS dulOH5 tiAC LANsPSoNi . VI Ss The approach of age Is not visible in either of them This miracle as regards his Majesty may be explained by his manner of life. The Emperor who, formerly smoked ten to fifteen strong Virginia cigars daily now contents him. self with two light ones; he drinks daily about tive glasses of beer and some light wine; he sleeps much, and great care is taken during his sleep that cold is avoided.
 While travlling, the Emperor thinks much of personal neatness. During his recent journey to Reichenberg the train was stopped in order that he might be shaved. The time thus lost had to be made up, as the Emperor allows no un- punctuality A dentist attends his Ma jesty once yearly, but has rarely any thing to do. His Majesty has only lost three teeth. In word, We have not the slightest occasion for uneasiness, His Majesty enjoys, Heaven be praised, excellent health."-Vienna Cores pondence London telegraph
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-15
S0ME BIC CANAL TALK.

There are big doings nowadays, and a lot of big talk that may result in big doings. For instance, the talk by the promoters of the plan to construct an uninterrupted canal system from Cape Cod to South Carolina, the beginning of which is contemplated in the develop ment of the existing Chesapeake and Delaware canal, between Baltimore and Delaware Bay. It is intended in this talk that the important industrial cities inland shall have free access to the open sea for their shipping. Like the German canals, the proposed inland route just inside of the Atlantic coast line of the United States will be plan ned for sea-going ships rather than merely to accommodate barge service. The present canal between Baltimore and Delaware Bay, fourteen miles long, has depth of nine feet and is used by a regular line of steamers and thou- sands of barges annually, affording a great saving over the trip via Chesa- peake Bay and the open sea. A widen ing and deepening of the channel would undoubtedly greatly advantage com- .merce. The interest of the government in the canal lies in it's utility as a short cut from one bay to the other, provided it is enlarged sufficiently to accommodate the warships. It is point ed out that in the event of a fleet be- coming blocked by superior force at the mouth of the Chesapeake or the Delaware, such back way" would be of extraordinary military usefulness.
 There is no need of getting ready now to invest in the securities of the back way canal, for there is no definite pur- pose to proceed farther to the develop .nent ofa secure inland water route that shall extend on to New York in one direction and down toward the Caro-
 inas in the other, but that the ship canal now being considered will in time become a link in such chain is held by those who are interesting themselves in the project.
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CULTIVATFD.

'Who was 1t said I am monarch of all I survey, my right there Is none to dispute? q don't know some single man, probably. Houston Post.
 What does that expert witness evi- dence go to show?" inquired the man who was trying to understand the trial. ''It goes to show which side has paid him a retainer answered the lawyer. Washington Star,
 Some folks pull at doors marked Push" Do you?-Puck
 stella-"Did you enjoy your Euro pean trip, my dear?" Bella-"Yes, in- deed; We went to 117 souvenir post cards. Pluck.
 "Jimsby would have had that fat ap- .pointment of his yet, if he hadn't lost his head" What did he do?" Moth ing" ''Then how did he lose his .head?" "The official axe cut 1t off, Baltimore American.
 You're laughing at mel"
 I'm not"
 You are"
 
 q don't see anything else to laugh at. ."-Cleveland Leader,
 Did your daughter take physical culture lessons while at college?" ask ed the visitor. "Oh, yes,' replied Mrs. Goldrox proudly. She's got so now she can elevate her little finger just lovely when she eats soup."-Milwau- kee Sentinel.
 You should cultivate a more cheer full disposition" said MT. Cheerup. Believe in the honesty of human na- ture."
 Yes" answered the man with the acid countenance; . most everybody does till he has indorsed notes for a few people. Washington Star.
 Why has old Gotrox made a now will?' His doctor advised a change of heir. '-Harners Weekly.
 Askitt-Isnt that new umbrella Noitt-No; it has been in my possess sion for nearly two years. Askitt-- Don't you think 1t about time you re- turned it?-Chicago Daily News
 Tt just flashed on me who that young man was that spoke to me just now"
 "Who Is he?H
 q forgot his name, but I was en- gagged to him in the mountains before I went to the seashore, Baltimore American.
 Flow are your United States senat- ors elected?" asked the student from abroad.
 By unpopular vote" replied the na- tive who had gone to the bottom of things in his own country. ."-Cleve- land Press.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-15

wires, and railroad tracks. In an in- stant the city was deprived of water. food, light, transportation facilities, and means of communication. The tremor that shut off the water set the city on fire and burned the small stores of food Street railways were paralyzed,, the telephones and telegraphs were useless, and human beings were reduced to aboriginal methods of living and loco motion. By mere accident single rail- road trak was left So little damaged as to be easily repaired, and by super human work sufficient fod was brought into prevent starvation. If the out side world had not rushed to their as- sistance, the people of San Francisco would have perished in the midst of a land of running waters and flowing with milk and honey.
 Such complete wreckage of urban facilities is rare in history, and could only occur through convulsions of na- ture of warlike assault and siege. It is comparatively easy however, for the delicate mechanism of any city to be thrown out of gear temporarily by reason of accident or lack of foresight. This fact should be borne in mind by those who act as purveyors of food, ice, water, nd other necessities of life. In providing for a city they are dealing with nonstrous, hungry, witless cera- ture, of enormous capacity for con- sumption and absolutely without thought of the morrow.-W Washington Post.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-15
CANDLE POWER.

In the German cities candle power is no longer a measure. They laugh at it, and in Berlin the ordinary fishtail burn CTS with which candle powder is measured are as scarce as hens teeth. For use with the mantle, for the stove and the gas engine, heating power is what is needed rather than candle power. In London two of the com panies are now supplying gas of less than fifteen candle power, while here in Boston one of the tests made last year showed as high as twenty four candle power, and on the siXty-slx tests made the average figure was 1928. High candle power gas is not only wasteful to burn under modern meth ods, but 1t Is actually not so good for fuel and power purposes as that with less carbon closes holes and vents and makes some frequent cleaning necess- ary. The only plants in the United Kingdom still sticking to high candle power are those located near the can nel coal fields-the city of Edinburgh being an example Many of the Eng fish gas engineers told our correspondent last summer that they hoped and be- lieved Parliament would adopt twelve candle power standard in the near fu- ture. Such move would permit of a reduction in the price charged for gas and an increased consumption for all purposes, particularly heat and power. Boston Herald.
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THERE ICE IS PLENTY IND CHEAP

WHERE ICE IS PLENTY IND CHEAP
 It is cheering, though somewhat tan talizing, to know that there is a place In the world where ice Is so plentiful and so cheap that it cannot be given away. The largest mass of ice in the world is probably the one which fills up nearly the whole of the interior of Greenland, where it has accumulated since before the dawn of history, It is believed now to form a block about COG 900 square miles in area, and aver, aging a mile and a half in thickness. According to these figures the lump of Ice is larger in volume than the whole body of water in the Mediterranean.
 Perhaps the ice trust has been too busy to notice this ice, and perhaps it doesn't want to notice it. Before it does notice and annex it wouldn't it be wise for the consumers to notice 1t and get hold of it? Some inventor, pressed by mother necessity, might invent way to slide it down here, and then we could all be cool and happy As 1t is We can console ourselves a lit tie with the thought that there is ice enough in the world, and that it may yet be available.
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APPLEs IND THE rARIFF.

This is going to be a great year in this country for apples, and apple ex- porters want to make all they can. The Germans like our apples. and our apple exporters are greatly alarmed lest the tariff relations between the United States and Germany be allowed to as sume a phase that will result in the loss of the German export trade in apples, which has now reached a volume amounting to hundreds of thousands of barrels annually. Until 1896, Germany figured only in a small way in the con sumption of American apples. During that year it commenced taking them quite extensively, and since then the demand has been steadily increasing. Should the tariff relations result in the elimination of this business, the result would be quite serious, both to the ex- porters and the producers of apples, as the production has been greatly in- creased. and now demands all available outlets,
 It will be remembered that a tariff arrangement was made between the State department and Germany which congress was expected to ratify at its
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4 SUFFERING REPUTATION.


 The reputation of St. swithin's day Is suffering, but the people who believed in that reputation are not suffering, and they don't care because it doesn't rain forty days. 1t has rained enough days, and it will probably rain enough more. If it doesn't we can complain because it is too dry. Now it is not too dry. Just dry enough to check the ravages of mildew and give hope that we can get thoroughly dried out before it rains on us again,
 Yesterday was an indication of what celebrated woman preacher was won't to call "the golden glory of the au- tumnal days" Probably the autumn hasn't begun for keeps, but 1t will soon be on us, and then we shall all be hap py. The mosquitoes and the feas will be gone, or, at least, will be fewer the price of ice wont be so important, and there will be many other things to make us happy. If it happens that we are not quite happy in the fall we can then look forward to being happy in the winter, and so on and so forth until we catch up with that flor which we bear to live or dare to die"
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enoe By boarding out all children as far as possible the death rate has been reduced from something like an aver age of thirty per cent. to less than five per cent, If Mir, Sinclair and his friends will take the trouble to ascer- tain the facts relative to the Infants Hospital on Randalls Island, New York city. they will learn without dif- fculty that, in one of the most splen- didly appointed institutions for the expert, raising of children ever de- Vlsed, with no lack of conscientious
 women directors" little babies died at a much more alarming rate than in the very crowded and unwholesome tenements When at last a good wo- man had the inspration of suggesting that an ignorant mother was better than the most perfect institutional in- genuity, and the plan was tried of boarding the little ones out with poor women, mostly Italians, there was an enormous decrease in the death rate.- John Spargo, Expert, in the New York Times.
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CONFERENCE AT SILVER BAY.

New Haven Representative Reports
 Valuable Lesson From Celebrated
 Teachers and Speakers.
 The annual conference of the young peoples missionary movement at Sil- Yer Bay, Lake George, N. Y, has for the last few years regularly attracted representatives from the churches of New Haven and vicinity.
 Mrs, M s. Larrance, of Norwich who was at the conference for the full ten days from July 20 to the 18th, re- ports a most profitable session, enjoyed at this, the fifth annual conference Mornings are devoted to classes and conferences, afternoons to recreation, and evenings to platform addresses. The total registration this year was 5l8, the Methodist delegation number ing l49 and the Congregationalists 11S. One of the characteristic features of the conference was the institutes held each day. These institutes had as their leaders men and wofen who in been engaged in doing the work. This 1 school of methods has been always one of the helpful features of the summer conference.
 The purpose of the movement is to cultivate the young people in the vari- ous young peoples societies, junior so- ! cieties and Sunday schools, in order that they might be brought in closer relation to the missionary agencies of | the church; also to bring us face to face with Jesus Christ; to see our re- sponsibillty to send the gospel to every land as well as our own, to see the need of the boards, and to face God in l seeing where we shall labor and what wo shall do
 The aim of the mission study class is. 1. To help those who are leading classes by discussion of advanced methods, by object lessons, and by practical work,
 ?, To show those who have never led before the best way to begin. l 3. To inspire those who have come to the conference without any idea of leading to take up this work, The Bi- ble study is planned to meet two needs, First, there are those who de- sire training in personal work; second, there are those who desire intelligent devotional study, based upon careful analysis and constructive study of the life and teaching of Christ and other New Testament themes.
 | It is impossible to measure the spir- itual power of such gathering, ex- cept as 1t Is seen in the lives of the in- dividuals who have been in attendance, Purposes have been formed and vi- slons have been seen that will with in creasing power add to the glory of Him who has been chosen as Lord,
 This young peoples movement was organized at Silver Bay, July IS. 1902. It is clearing house of home and for eign mission boards of the United States and Canada. It has board of managers, which is composed at the present time of secretaries of twelve mission boards and the movement Is furnishing matter to more than thirty missiosary boards.
 During the four years of it's existence the movement has furnished more than one hundred and fifty thousand copies Of its text books, besides the new edition of "The Christian Con- quest of India" which alone has sev- enty-fve thousand copies.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-15

The women nurses and the soldiers, the former in attendance and the latter under treatment at the army hospitals in Alaska, have come near starving to death on the allowance which was per- mitted under the law at 30 cents a ra- tion. The military authorities in the territory have reported that the allow arce is altogether inadequate and does not begin to furnish funds to buy food to sustain those to whom it is issued by the government. It will be necessary to make an exception on the part of the nurses and the soldier patients, and to this end the regular army ration has been sanctioned by the Secretary of War-an action he might take by vir- tue of statute and service regulations in cases of such emergencies as exist in Alaska. The problem comes about through the price of food in the terri tory especially at the army posts, and notably at Fort Gibbon. Provisions which must be brought from distance are expensive, and such commodities as eggs. meat and milk cost from four to ten times the market price in the states.
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Grandna,s HOuse.

Strap up the trunks, the satchels lock, The train goes north at seven o'clock, And then we're off-a jolly flock
 For grandmas house in the country. There's milk to skim and cream to
 churn,
 There's hay to cut and rake, and turn, And brown our hands and faces burn At grandma's house in the country. There's water bubbling clear and cool, And sneckled trout in the shady pool, And not one thought of books or
 school,
 At grandma's house in the country. And when it rains and skies are gray, There's big old attic made for play, There are cookies, crisp with caraway, At grandma's house in the country. Each day is just brimful of joys; When grandpa says, Tut, tut, less
 noise" When grandma smiles, Boys will be
 boys,
 At grandma's house in the country. If you will go just once with me I'm sure you'll every one agree Iris the only place in the world to be, At grandma's house in the country. Alice D. Allen In Good Housekeeping.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-15

Business men of Shanghai who have been examining business conditions in southern Manchuria report that most of the Russian and Japanese money disbursed there in the last few years must have gone to the enrichment of exploiters and coolies; the merchants have seen very little of 1t. "The Chi nese," say the committee, fare sustain- ing their reputation for rapid recupera- ton, the natives having returned to their usual villages or towns, and the work of rehabilitation is progressing as favorably and quickly as can be expect ed. Their homes are still, in some cases, under reconstruction, and the crops, 1t must be noted, are still to be harvest ed"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-15
COOPERATIVE BABY RAISING
 DOESN'T WOORK.


 Had MT Sinclair been half as famil- jar with the history of cooperative home colonies, cooperative nurseries, and the like, as he is with the condi- tion in the meat packing trade, he would have known that long and sad experience has clearly shown that no amount of science and skill can ade- quately take the place of maternal care and affection, Many years ago the managers of the Enfants TrouVes in Paris entertained notions similar to MT. Sinclair's, that children could be brought up scientifically" In buildings specially devised for the purpose, D and free from all the dangers and dis comforts of the homes of their elders" there were boards of women direc- tors" trained nurses, physicians and kindergarten experts, all la Sinclair. What happened is familiar history to all students of the subject. The chill dren died like flies. In the finest and best-equipped institution in the world, with very efficient and devoted man. agement. the babies died at an alarm ing rate, and the placing of the chill dren in the homes of ignorant women, foster mothers, resulted in rapid and startling death rate, In Australia a paternal state tried the expert rals- ing of babies, with like results. In Naples the experiment of raising ba- bies Ay experts was tried for some veara Everything was done which science could devise for the health of the little ones, but the mortality was enormous. In the first nine years, out of 259 infants received, 1881 died.
 The Massachusetts Infant Asylum, always managed with conspicuous care has had a very unusual experi-
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SAN FRANCISCO LABOR TEMPLE.
 The Building Trades Council of San Francisco has had plans made for new labor temple to be erected in this city, which will be one of the hand somest and best equipped structures of its kind in the United States. The
 council has acquired the site on the southwest corner of Fourteenth and Guerrero streets, 90 x14O fet, which will be entirely occupied by the building, a three-story loni temple. The first floor will be arranged for the main office of the the council, offices for members of the council and also for the use of busi- ness of affiliated unions, reading and billiard roms, and an assembly-room in the rear. The two upper floors will contain ten large assembly halls, with committee and anterrooms, and press- room equipped and fitted for the ex- elusive use of reporters and news gatherers. The exterior will be made attractive by large Ionic columns, the harmonious symmetry in the arrange ment of windows and trimmings, lead- ing the whole. tone of soft, but pleas- ing architectural beauty. The cost of
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"Mr. Smith, don't you want to come up stairs and ride on my rocking horse?" why, no, Willie; what makes you ask that?" "'Cause I heard papa say you were never satisfied unless you were riding your hobby, and I thought you might like mine "-Baltimore American.
 Suburbs-"sir, your chickens have been coming over Into my garden" KommewtAr-"I was wondering what had become of 'em. Do you fry em, or boil Cleveland Leader. l
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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. sl.2o; each subsequent inser- ton. 70 cents: one week. ss.2O; one month. S1O: one year. $40.
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the building is estimated at S75,0Oo, and P. H. Mccarthy, president of the Build
 ing Trades Council, states that it will be finished and ready for occupancy in four months. E. J. Vogel has been selected as the architect for this im- portant work.--San Francisco Chronicle.
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HErprrssNrss or CTTIFs.

The helplessness of a great city was never better illustrated than when the earth tremIoled a few seconds under San Francisco on April IS This tre-
 nor did comparatively small damage to buildings, but it worked havoc by snapping water and gas mains, electric
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We have not noticed that girls are dtopp1ng dead while eating ice cream, but man dropped dead the other day while cutting grass,
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Oh dear! A friend of the Countess Castellane intimates that she will mar " again when a reasonable time has elapsed after her divorce decree Is made final. The gentleman in the case is said to be a young Frenchman who has been a guest at the Castellane Tranon in the Avenue de Boise, Paris.
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DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY, 12 CENTS A WEEK. 50 CENTS A MONTH. $2 FOR SIX MONTHS $o A YEAR. THE sAMN TERMS BY MAIL SINGLE COPIES. 3 CENTa
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She (sentimentauy)-'' Wouldn't it be just splendid if all our dreams came true?" He-eNot for me; I'm fond of Welsh rabbit. Boston Transcript.