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The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-10
WILL RUSSIA PAI9

Is Russia bankrupt or soon going to be? The talk is that she is. The Lon don Times concludes that the Russian treasury is now worse off by 40O,000,O0O rubles than it was two years ago. in spite of the 677,O0O,OOO produced by the loan of last April But MT. kokovtsoff, the Russian Finance Minister, talks hopefully, as he ought to. He insists that Russia is to-day in not nearly so great straits as she was hundred years ago, or again at the close of the Crimean war. 1t is true that in those days there was no foreign debt to drain vast sums out of the empire each year for interest. On the other hand. he points out. Russia had no railroads, coal mines oil wells, iron mills or other great industries. Trade figures quoted by Mir. Kokovtsoff indicate some prog
 ress. The balance of foreign trade was Sl ,0UU,UUU III lltI lHNOI ldSI 9Sdly anu this years showing promises to be at least as favorable, or, if the balance is little smaller than last year, it will not be because of a decline in exports, but because of temporary increase in imports, which will in turn cause an in crease in customs receipts. Thus far this year, indeed, customs receipts have been more than S15OOOoO above the budget estimates. As to taxation. the Finance Minister reports that. without any increase in The tax rate, receipts from that source have been thus far this year $5O,OOOO 900 more than in the corresponding part of last year. In view of these things MT. Kokovtsoff confidently declares that Russia will pay; her creditors will lose nothing"
 Russia is a big and a rich country, but she isn't big enough and rich enough to stand much longer the kind of thing that has been going on there
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-10

Yes" answered the iconoclast But look at the owl He stays up all night, gets a reputation for wisdom and never gets shot Washington Star That man insists OF trying to be big ger than his party 1 Well" answered Senator Sorghum, If he keeps on trying he will probably succeed in at least being bigger than what is left of it. t."-Washlngton Star
 Cholly (who wants to kiss her-I-I- | I've hhalf a m-mind--
 Miss Summertype-O you needn't t | have hesitated so. would as soon have believed you if you had told me you had a whole mind.--Chlcago Jour nal
 Windig-Mlggles formerly opposed my views. but now he agrees with me 1 in everything Marks-How do you account for 1t? Windig-Give 1t up. I'm not sure whether convince him or only make him tired. Chicago Daily News.
 Charley is so pootical When ac- cepted him he said he felt like an im- | migrant entering q new world."" Well he was like an immigrant"
 What do you mean2" "Wasn't he just landed T--Loulsyille Courier Journal.
 Its dreadful queer, said the house. wife, that the potatoes you bring me should be so much bigger at Inc lop of the sack than they are at the bottom"
 Not at nll, mem" said the honest farmer; it's jest this a-way. Potatoes ' is growth sn fest jest now thet by the ! time l dig d sackful the last ones dug is ever so much bigger n the fust ones. --HaIpers Weekly
 To wed. or not to wed;
 That is the question
 Whether tis better
 To remain single,
 And disappoint a few womcn-- E Tor q time;
 Or marry.
 And dIsappoint one wompn--
 For life? -Lipplncott's.
 Chanco-Now that your summer va cation Is over. suppose tie principal thing you'll have 10 save money for il your girls Christmas present ! Bcndick-O! I'll have to buy two this year
 i Chance-Ah Two girls. ch?
 Bendick-No; two presents, hers to me and mine 10 hlr. l married her last week, k,-Philadelphia Press.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-10
The cards of lIrc.

Life's but gaule of cards we all must With Fate the dealer; in a puzzling way The deck is stacked upon us ana hc We sometimes hold we cannot under
 stand For one full house always, and for
 one A busted straight or Hush, so luck will A queen for an unworthy knaves And for a king a woman who's tho Diamonds for some. but better one true
 heart; For others clubs; and spades when ali
 depart Through life we plunge or pike we
 practice guile; Bluff maybe; try to win each others
 pile; Unti Death calls us, whcreupon we The table, with a few behind to griuve Then gather in our chips, while outward The soul upon that tourney no one
 knows. Grant when at Inst we stand at
 Heavens gate where GtltI lIpill hllShuull Hua LII Whlh That we can show hlmi grhnt np there
 that we Can tell the good saint, with a con
 science free, Master I know not whether l made
 good But stili I played my hand the best
 could, And on the square" then; even with our
 sin, Perhaps we'll hear those blessed words,
 Come !n" Iris not the cards that count beyond
 the skies. It is the way they're played wins Para
 disc! Puck.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-10
THE WEEKLY JOURNAL sAsued Thursdays. One Dollar fear'
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations. Wants, Rents, and other small advertisements. One Cent Word each insertion. Five Cents Word TOT a full week.
 Display advertisements, per inch' one insertion, s1.2O; each subsequent inser- tion. 70 cents; one week. ss.2o; one month. s1O; one year, $40.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-10
--------------7- - ---- FEAST OF THE DEAD,
One of the Queer Customs of Queer
 People

 One of the Queer Customs Of Queer
 People
 The Esquimaux of St. Michael and the lower Yukon river hold a festival of tho dead every year at the end of November or the beginning of Decena- Der, as well as q greater festival at in- tervas of several years At these sen- sons food, drink and clothes are provid- ed for the returning ghosts in the kashim, or clubhouse, of the village. which is illuminated with oil lamps Every man or woman who wishes to honor dead friend sets up lamp on stand in front of the place which the house. These lamps, filled with seal oil, are kept burning day and night till tho festival is over They are believed to light the stades on their return to their old home and back again to the land of the dead If any one fails to put up a lamp in the clubhouse and to keep it burning the shade whom he or she desires to honor could not find it's way to the place, and so would miss the feast On the eve of the festival the nearest male relative gos to the grave and summons the ghost by planting there small model of seal spear or of a wooden dish, according as the deceased was man or woman. The totems of the dead are marked on these implements.
 When all is ready the ghosts gather in the fire pit under the clubhouse, and ascending through the floor at the pro- per moment, take possession of the bodies of their namesakes. to whom the offerings of food, drink and clothing arc made for the benefit of the dead. Thus each shade obtains the supplies
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-10
GROHIAG,

Most things would go without saying if we would only let them go that way. Philadelphia Record.
 Conscience, which makes towards of us all, is being abolished, but the dress coat. which makes walters of us all, persists.-Puck
 "The early bird catches the worm, 9 said the aphorist.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-10

The President will soon designate the civilians who are to take the examina- tion for commissions in the army. The examination will be held at Fort Leav- enworth, Kansas, at the same time as are examined the enlisted men, some thirty in number, who have passed their preliminary examinations. It is not yet known just how many civilians will be permitted to compete, and, naturally, the army candidates are much interest ed in the list of the candidate who will come from civil life, as all of them are eligible to appointment to the existing vacancies, twenty-three of which are in the artillery, nine in the cavalry and twenty-four in the infantry. There will be scarcity of candidates for artillery commissions for which there is an ex- tra examination. Civilians will be ex- pected to take both examinations, while the army candidates may take the ar- tillery examination or not, as they please
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-10
NEW DAMAGN TO ROADS

New roads. new damages. The high way commissioners of Massachusetts announce that they are compelled ta ask for an additional legislative appro- priation of $5O,0OO to repair the damage to the State roads caused by automo- piles. The heavy touring cars, passing over the macadamzed ways al high speed. have torn up the top layer of tho road, which served te cover the broken stones underneath This top covering is disspated in cloud of dust or is washed away as mud. The result is that the roadbed becomes cracked and uneven, the stones themselves be- ing carried away in heavy rains, leaV- ing hard ridges and valleys to iounce the unwary traveller Perhaps inc worst havoc has been wrought by the automobiles along the beautiful park way which extends for miles from the end of Commonwealth avenue in Bos- ton. All over the State, however wher- ever there are macadamized roads and automobiles, the deterioration of the highways is very noticeable.
 Of course, and also never mind. An tonobiles do hurt roads, but we must have them, even if they do come high.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-10
Eamrattnm
YW WC.A. Educational Department

oct. 8th, Opening of GymnasIum Dept Oct. 9th, Opening of Cookery Dept. Oct. 9th, Opening of Commercial Dept, Oct. flth. Opening of Class in Art
 Needle Work.
 Registration for any of these classes should not be delayed.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-10

There are many honest people in this queer world Tn the first four or five days after the San Francisco fire when people could get no money from the banks, many applied to the railroads for tickets on promise to pay when they reached their destination, or when they could. They gave written promises and received tickets to all points in and out of the State. The officials took these promises to pay to an amount aggre- gating $60,O0O from nearly one thousand persons. It is announced that within five months of the disaster no less than $53, 900 or nine-tenths of the full amount, has been paid by remittances from the refugees to whom credit had been extended. Much of this came from grateful sufferers who had moi even been asked to sign promise to pay.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-10

On the southern slope of range of hills twenty miles from London an old and crippled keeper ekes out his slender pension by collecting and feeding snails, and finds a ready sale for them in the foreign restaurants. He also holds a standing order for all the au- tunn- caught bumblebees he can collect for exportation to New Zealand. These bees fertiize the flowers of clover plants.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-10

By virtue of connecting arrange ments to be made between the Russian Asiatic Steamship Company and the Japanese line to Yladivostok it will soon be possible to journey around the world in forty days, just half the time taken by Jules Verne's rapld-transit man.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-10

Of course the report that Chicago is forming an organization that is even more aristocratic and more blue-blood- ed than the Ancient and Honorable Ar tillery of Boston isn't true. It can't do it any more than it could form an organization that would overtop our own Foot Guards
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-10

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY. 12 CENTS A WEEK. 50 CENTS A MONTH, ss FOR SIX MONTHS S6 A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BY MAIL SINGLE COPIES. 2 CENTS
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-10

Bigger and bigger. More than three billions is the figure of our foreign commerce in the twelve months ending with August. The exports amounted to $1, ,759, ,417 S9S, exceeding the imports by the sum of $505, ,01S, ,163 In 1900 our for eign commerce passed the figure of two billions for the first time, the increase being 50 per cent. in one year. In 1872 our foreign commerce was about one billion. Our imports consist mainly of raw materials for our manufacturers.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-10
Eroal Notices.

District of New Haven, ss.. Probate Court, october 6. 1908. ESTATE Of MICHAEL, BERWICK. late of New Haven, in said district, de- ceased.
 The administrator having represented said estate to be nsolyent, this court has appointed IfarlIss P, Arylne and Matthew A. Reynolds, both of New IIq- ven, disinterested persons, commission CTS to receive and decide upon the claims of the creditors of said deceased against said estate.
 LIVINGSTON W. CLEAyELAND,
 Judge. Tho said commissioners will meet at room 501 on the 13th day of October. 1g06. and on the 27th day of October. lA0f, at ten o'clock In the forenoon of each nf said days for the purpose of at tending on the business of said apnoint- lncnt. PATRICK YOUNG.
 Administrators
 FARILTSS P. ARVINE,
 MATTHEW A. REY NOLDS, oS 3t+ Commissioners,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-10

Commenting on the Massachusetts, Re- publican tariff plank the Boston Tran script says: Here we have the af- f1rmation that the schedules of the Dingley act are not sacred and that our representatives in Congress did well in bringing forward the Massa- chusetts idea an approval that carries with it an expression of sympathy with Governor Guilds attitude on the same question. It should be acceptable to those who realize that the revision of the tariff Is no light task for leisure afternoon. but one demanding nice balancing of advantages and disadvan- tages."
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-10
NEW HAVEN, CONN.

HHB OLDEST DAILY PAPER PUB"
 LIsHED IN CONNECTICUT.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-10
To ths Vanderbilt Race. All College Events md Danbury Fair.
 Automobiles to Rent.
.A Real Automobile Is In Town.

ASK FOR A DEMONSTRATION. Our '07 demonstrating Wayne Flier" is ready to show its superiority over all others.
The Forrest City times., 1906-01-26

oy sauaws But sucn was nos the case. Tn searching about the house one of the men opened the door of the oven of the kitchen stove. where lay, roast ed to a crisp. the bodies of the infants.
 The effect of these shocking disclos- ures upon Mrs. Wiseman was so crush ing that she broke down both mentally and physically. and her life was de spaired of She rallied physically however. but her mind was partially deranged from that day till her death. 43 years later.
 l. is supposed that during tte ab- sence of Mrs. Wiseman a band of h. dians approached the house. probably with no hostile intent. The children saw them coming and were filled with fear.
 The eldest boy. a lad of about h. seized loaded gun and when the h. dians were few rods from the house, fired al them. wounding the leader. This enraged the rest and the massa- ere followed The dying Indian found by Mrs. Wiseman was the victim or the boys deadly aim.
 IL was some time before Niseman heard of the awful tragedy and fe- turned home His seven murdered children had been buried in common era9e on the hiil top near his mousse. There he fell on his knees and swore an oath of vengeance against the red men that lie would kill every Indian that should expose himself to his ritie And well did he keep his oath.
 Some years ago party of seologists passed I'D the Missouri 10 examine the formations on the Nebraska side. Dig ging al the base of the hill on the top of which the Wiseman children are buried their spades came ill contact with bones-human bones. dozen or more skulls were dug up, each cont ain ing bullet hole.
 Mrs Niseman died two years ago at an advanced age. but Wiseman still survives He is over so. in good health and still cherishes the same intense hatred for the red men.
The Forrest City times., 1906-01-26
PIONEER DENOTES
 LIFE ID REVENGE
NEBRAsKAN WHO SWoRE EYER
 NAL ENMITY TO INDIANS.
HIS SEVEN CHILDREN SLAIN
Terrible Massacre of Young Ones of Henry Wiseman While He Was at War-Has Lived Only for
 Vengeance.

Omaha. Neb-Fifty miles west of Sioux City. high above the Missouri river. among the wild. picturesque hills of northern Nebraska lives an eNtraor- dinary man. whose life has been thrill ing romance. full of tragedy, revenge and hatred.
 The story of Henry Wiseman is ia miliar 10 all the inhabitants in and about Cedar county Neb.. where the strange mah lives. ahd Viii he handed down from father to son for generations to come.
 man whose boyhood Was spent with in a few miles of Wiseman home can never forget the powerful effect Of the tale upon his imagination when ii was first unfoded 10 him
 Henry Wiseman was one of the firsl white inhabitants of Cedar county. set ting there before 1860. He hailed from Kentucky. and possessed the strength. agility and courage characteristic of kentuoll ans.
 He vas over six feet tall. and straight as the barrel of his long car bine. a fact well known to his enc mics, both in Kentucky and the west He was an abolitionist. who left his southern home because of slavery. When he went To Nebraska he had a wife and six children. a number later increased to eight by the birth of
The Forrest City times., 1906-01-26
LOST FOR NINE
 DAYS IN \ MINE
WORKER IS FINALLY EGS0U ED
 AFTER LONG ENTOMEHENT.
WANDERS IN iNKY DARKNESS
Almost Insane from Hunger, Thirst and Fear. He Collapses When Help Arrives-Lives on Scraps
 and Tainted Water.

Wilkesbarre, Pa-After wandering For nine days in the depths of the earth, suffering the torments of hunger thirst and fear. and traversng miles of corri- dors through impenetrable darkness. Joseph Davis. Pole managed to reach q part of the Pittston mine where his comrades were working and was brought unconscious to the surface.
 Davis started to work in the mine ou the fateful morning as usual. In some manner he became separated from the other workers and wandered into an abandoned part of the great undet- ground world, where he soon became lest in the tangle of corridors which ran in every direction.
 At first he was not alarmed. II did not seem possible that a miner, used te finding his way in such places, could be lost for more than g short time His light was burning brightly, ald he traveIsed corridor after corri- dor. only 10 find all end In blank walls or in pits sunk further into the earth.
 Finally the realization came over the man that he was hopeiessly lost. and that he must husband every re. source at his command if he hoped tD get out alive. His dinner pail wa5 well filled and he carried a flask Of tea. His first care was to make these last as ieng as possible
 He al. sparingly his first meal. and again started out on his ~waaderiD8s, He cried al the top of his voice. every now and then, but only the echoes sn swered him. Wandering unii Ie could walk no further. he sat down and dozed of. only 10 be awakened b. ths great rats which ran over his body.
 On the second day the Oil in hi lamp gave out. and he was left ir | darkness. His progress necessarily De came- more slow Any false step
The Forrest City times., 1906-01-26
BIG LION KILLS HIS
 UNWElCOME NElCHBORS
K;no of Beasts Breaks Down Partition Between Cages and Feroeious
 Comb Ensues.

London.-A titanic fight took place al Belfast the other day when a lion killed another lion and a lioness i'll a menagere The victor was Duke. who has the reputation of being the largest lion in captivity. and his victims were smaller lion and lioness. who were. for the first time, spending the night in the cage next 10 his.
 Hitherto Dukes neighbor had been a iicness named Duehess-fhe two were ehristened six or seven years ago by the Princess Royal. when laey Were exhibited a. cubs at charity bazaar in Edinburgh -hHt the eNieeHeies = she show had neaessitated d reargaaf.,~ ment of the animals Duke bore ne change wiGh apparent equanimity and the thousands who thfoneed the me- nageria saw uo suggestion tha his regal ire Was iossed.
 But when The audience deTsied and the trainers and keepers 'rft The show Dukes resentment est f1e bet CT os him He paced III, str. down his cage thinking matteiS e --r. and eaeh lime he sniffed ths sc.nt of strange beasts hi, wrath grew hotter and hotter. At last il h., anne uncomfortable. ALout i o'clocl. in the morning he began 10 attack the massive woodwork between him and the aliens. Splinter after splinter was ripped away. and the other animals iii the menagerie realizing that the king of beasts was Oh The war path. roared and beloved until fhe people in the neighborhood awoi.e and wondered what was happening
 Among them Mr Bostwick was aroused. and realizing that something was wrong he rushed into he menag- erie He found that Duke had lorn I
The Forrest City times., 1906-01-26
HIS HAIR TURNING WHITE.
Bright Bay Herse of Ware. Mass, Undergoing a Curious Experi-
 ence from Fright.

Ware Ma Dan 3 bright bay horse. and one of the pes of this Yll- Iage. is gradually turning white from the effects of shock which he suffered last summer Veterinary surgeons say the effect on the animals nerves are precisely like that on the nerves Of d human being whose hair turns white overnight through some severe fright or tremendous strain The white hairs have appeared gradually in patches all over lis body, giving him a queer mottled appearance. and he is becom- ing Whter every day
 Last July Dan was hitched in front nf livery stable while d heavy thun- derstorm wa in progress. Suddenly one of he bolts of lightning struck the edge of the stable and there was a tre- mendous crash and a dazzling flash of lightning. The horse dropped down to the ground as if shot and remained there in d shivering, trembling mass until he was literally dragged to his feet He was not hurt particle. and 1t was doubtful if he was even stunned hy the bolt of lightning. but he was nearly frightened out of his senses. He was taken 10 a stable and cared for, but continued 10 shiver and tremble rntil the next day.
 About a week later Dan's driver. A. r Thayer noticed a small spot of white hair on the horses legs. The next day there were several white spots on the animals back. Mir ThaNer made a thorough examination 10 detect the presence of an eruption or any skin disease. but the horse was found to be in the best of health. Daily new spots of white have appeared. until Dan is now nearly one-half white. and ] k one of he sights of the town.
 He is big. handsome animal weigh ing l.40o pounds. and does duty on a heavy wood wagon No load is loo big for him to handle. and his ready dis position to tackle any burden has made him d favorite with The team sters. as his kindly. friendly nature has made him a pei with the ehil dren. Since his transformation be gan he is receiving more apples and sugar lhan ever and Mr Thayer says here is danger that Dan will be spoiled