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The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-19
ANorHrn pRoPH1r IN 3RoUBbE.

Prophets have never been very popu- lar. In time past they have been stoned and otherwise persecuted And In all times they have been despised and re- Jected when they didn't prophecy smooth things. Therefore it is not at all surprising that Prophet Horace Johnson of Connecticut Is getting his share of the inconvenience of being a prophet. It appears that Prophet John son has become 80 impressed with the remarks of one who isn't pleased with him that he has ask ed protection from an attack threat ened by an anonymous enemy in Ban gor, Maine, who attributes the death of his wife to worry caused by reading Mr. Johnson's alleged prediction of an earthquake in that section. The Maine man has taken the trouble to inform the Johnson family that he intends to blow up the house in which they live, and that he Is coming on one of the Hartford Transportation company's steamers, bringing an internal machine with him.
 Perhaps Prophet Johnson does well to be scared, but he might get crumb of comfort out of the thought that if the Maine mans prediction of what is going to happen to the Johnson family doesn't pan out more truly than most of the Johnson prophecies do there will be no disaster. Still, things do happen
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-19
onrxA,s ANal. orrcM nrrorM.

When we realize that Kentucky has gone back on it's own whisky, and Is now almost "dry" state, 1t seems not Improbable that the progress reported of the anti-opium campaign In China Is real. Tang Shao-yi, the Governor elect of Mukden, who has been the moving spirit of the anti-opium cam paign in Picking. speaking to a foreign CT who expressed fear that his de- parture would mean a weakening in the movement, declared that this would not be the case, that the move ment was too deep-rooted. He had but erystallIzed the sentiment of the best people in the nation against opi- um; the sentiment was constantly gaining force and he was satisfied with the effect of the new regulations. especially in Picking province, where the public use of opium had almost disappeared, and in his own province of Canton. He said that the difficult ties in the way of the reduction of the growth of the poppy in the interior were not insurmountable, but the question of morphia caused grave con- cern. He cited the significant fact that since the issue of the new regula- tons with one Or two exceptions he had known of no new office given to a known opium smoker.
 Morphia is expected to present a for midable difficulty. All the manufae- turing Powers except Japan and Ger many have given their assent to the enforcement of the clauses in the American and British treaties forbid ding the importation of morphia ex- cept for medical purposes. Japan is the largest manufacturer of hypoder- mic needles and other appliances for the use of the drug, which is snug gled into China in large quantities. Only 8 few ounces are shown in the customs returns, but the actual import is said to amount to many tons. Offl- cial statistics before the increase of duty showed an import annually of more than four tons; when the duty was increased from five to 200 per cent. ad valorem the quantity import ed apparently fell to few ounces, but the consumption. nevertheless, is known to have increased,
 Success to the anti-opium reform, even if 1t does tend to make the Chinese as wide-awake and as smart as the Japanese.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-19
EXPANDING.

Gerald-weren't we engaged last year?
 Geraldine-I presume 50, if you were here when I was-Judge.
 What is the most aggravating thing in married life?" asks pertinent Dorothy Dix. Sometimes its the hus- band and sometimes It's the wife, Birmingham (Ala) Age Herald. ' Church-Do you suppose they will ever get that awful smell out of the subway?
 Gotham-I don't know. know take a lot of it out with me every day! -Yonkers Statesman.
 Tho Surely 1t is worth something to man to live in coun- try where he dare call his soul his own" The Pessimist-"Well. yes, suppose he can get more for it, when he comes to sell it,"-Puck.
 What" asked the fond mother, do you think of my little boy's compost tion on the rabbit?" Tits very amus- ing" replied the little boyls teacher, 'but don't let 1t be brought to the at tention of the President. Chicago Record Herald.
 T suppose" said the inquisitive young man. "there is nothing that pleases woman more than the de- voted attention of the man ot her choice "No," replied the wise girl, except, perhaps, the devoted atten- ton of the man of some other girls choice, Philadelphia Press.
 See here" said the lady, "you told me that work would only cost me $1S, and here you've sent in bill for $14." 'Yes'm," replied the carpenter; you see, when I came to think the thing over afterward was afraid maybe you'd be supsrstitious about that IS" Catholic Standard and Times.
 Helen-I wonder why old De Think, the inventor, wears such long halrH Grace-His head contains such valu- able ideas that they have to be pro- tected by locks.
 Helen-But they are not metal.
 Grace-oh! yesi they are silver locks. Brooklyn Eagle.
 The impecunious nobleman twisted his raven mustache. 'T come to ze great land to be one gallant he con. fided. That so?" responded his American acquaintance. "Yes, I will kneel before the bootiful ladies of zt land' Indeed! Well, think I car help you, count" You think that you can help me, monsieur? How2" Why I happen to remember the street where l saw the sign; Shoe clerk wanted. Chicago Daily News,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-19
pUB11o UTILITIES COMMISSION.

The purpose of Governor Woodruff In asking for the power to appoint com mission, charged with the study of the public service charters already enact- ed, needs no extended consideration at the hands of The Journal and Courier. It Is as clear as the monday sun. He knows that the State of Connecticut has acted without policy in granting charters in the past and Is convinced that for the future general law should undertake to guide the public service destinies of the commonwealth. If we understand him aright he is in learch of public utilities law patI prned after the New York law.
 We are in sympathy with the gover-
 F's purpose though we regret the
 Cd that has arisen, from modern cor
 'ate organization, for broader State
 2ection and oversight. It is not al-
 ther the fault of the public that it
 become necessary for the govern ifsust to increase it's power of super vision, though the public can be charg- ed, through it's law-malting bodies, with more or less shocking indiffer- ence to, or ignorance of, the problems which have been created As Governor Woodruff points out in his special mes- sage to the general assembly, it has done things which it should not have done, and 1t has left undone things it should have done in aiding in the char tered organization of public service cor porations. But a larger responsibility rests upon the shoulders of the corpor- ations themselves in having to defl- nite degree overlooked the tacit part nership which exists between them and the public. They are not to be charged with deliberate indifference to mod ern principles of organization. In sense they too, have been the victims of the spreading doctrine of consolda- ton and have been forced to create new corporate outlook. President Mellen has testified before a committee of the Massachusetts legislature, that he took over the Boston and Maine because 1t was made clear to him that if he did not do so the New York Central would. That Illustrates comprehensively the influences which have been at work to produce a situation which at least de- mands more careful study of the facts, though the mastery of them may by no means lead to a more eontented condition of mind on the part of the public toward these monster corpora tions.
 We must admit on the other hand, that the experience the State of Con- necticut has had with special commits slons of inquiry is not such as to en- courage us in the belief that this proposed commission will accomplish
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-19
NO cz4R IN ooNNEcrIcrr

There has been much loose and some tight talk about there being Czar in Connecticut, but the Connecticut Douma is still in session. It was to ad- journ itself to-day. but 1t has changed it's mind, and is now going to adjourn sometime, if nothing happens. So it may we'll be believed that there Is no Czar in the State. If there was one he would surely dissolve the Douma. He couldn't help being tired of it. And he would know that he wouldn't have to call out the Governors own Cossacks to keep the people down. The people are quite willing the Douma should ad- journ, and also a little afraid that 1t wont.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-19

more. It was not necessary in the State of New York to appoint a commission for any such purpose. It was threshed out, as 1t should have been, by the representatives of the peo- pie, in the regular halls of legislation. There is nothing so complicated about public utilities legislation that 1t re- quires a special commission to consider it. It Is comparatively easy task except here in the State of Connecticut where the general assembly dodges is- sues and movements of public concern. It is then the Inability or the unwlll- ingness of the legislature to act that compels the Governor to recommend the creation of a commission. But 1t Is one thing to understand the reason for the failure of the legislature to act, and an entirely different thing to feel a confidence in the willingness of that body to accept the recommenda- tion offered by a commission. The State has expended thousands and thousands of dollars in the past ten years In the support of commissions which have done their work well but whose reports have been either ignor- | ed or rejected. This legislature has shown no interest whatever In reports made to it by special commissions, though in each case the recommenda- tons made have been worth its atten- tion. It Is for this reason that we doubt the usefulness of the commis- sion Governor Woodruff would have created, though we are in sympathy
 with the purpose of It.
 If our faith in a government by Icommission, supplementlng the work of the government itself, Is bit weakened, it is because we have been able to detect no progress under it.
 The State has received no such ser vice at the hands of the railroad com
 mission as was predicted and expected at the time of it's organization It has never been regarded as an instrument of public protection. When 1t could have served the public, as, for example, when the Connecticut Railway and Lighting company was seeking it's wide open charter, it's eyes were clos ed to the proposed legislative iniqui- ties and its tongue was silent, though it must have known that the special rights and privileges granted were against public policy. We are con vinced that a more persistent and in telligent supervision must be exercised over the public service corporations, and that Governor Woodruff is proba- bly, right In his desire to have 1t en- forced as scientifically as it can be, but the inability or unwillingness of the general assembly to undertake the task of arranging for it, and the ne- cessity there seems to be for a special commission, bespeak nevertheless a not pleasing lack of faith In govern ment as we have it. The State must not desist on that account from its task to find better way, but too much confidence should not be had in the probability of this particular scheme succeeding.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-19
The Bird nnd the Baby.

A baby watched ford, whereto
 A wagtail came for drinking; A blaring bull went wading through, The wagtail showed no shrinking. Atstallion splashed his way across,
 The birdie nearly sinking; He gave his plumes twitch and toss And held his own. unblinking. Next saw the baby round tho spot
 A mongrel slowly sinking; The wagtail gnzed, but faltered not
 In lip and slip and prinking. A perfect gentleman then neared:
 The wagtail in 0 winking, Rose terrified, and disappeared.
 The baby fell a-thinking, Thomas Hardy, In Albany Review
 London.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-19
THE TfACHERs, SALARIES.

The next step in the movement to increase the pay of the teachers in the public schools of New Haven will be taken tomorrow evening before the board of finance. The board of edu- cation has acted and has refused to give them what they asked for and instead offered compromise more ap- parently because It was a compromise than because 1t had solid reasons to give which could be supported in public school experience. The teachers now turn to the board of finance f1r the more intelligent consideration of their petition,
 This turn in the movement of t,te teachers places the board of finance in rather embarrassing position, though not one that need necessarily tie their hands. The theory upon which our local government turns is that the de- partments will recommend to the board of finance their estimates for the year and that the board of finance will do the necessary pruning. This usual lily leads to liberal action on the part of the administrative boards, in order that if they are necessarily denied the full amounts asked for, they will not be actually embarrassed by what Is al- lotted them. But this is exactly what the board of education has not done. It has exercised an arbitrary judgment in an arbitrary manner, on the one hand, and 1t has on the other hand usurped practically the function of the board of finance in anticipating its view of the rate of taxation. In other words, instead of appearing for their employees the board of education accepts a brief against them and sets up the theory that they know better than the teachers themselves what the art Of tSdCllluB lo WoAtA @hu WAdL thS AS- cessary cost of living is for them. This they did too in spite of the attitude of representative citizens and taxpayers which was one of favor towards the teachers petition.
 There is, however, no practical rea- son under the sun why the board of finance should not in this instance gently usurp the function of the delin- quent board of education and accept a brief for the teachers. Their doing so involves, of course. two considerations first that the teachers know better what they should receive than the board of education, and second that
 the money can be found to meet the increased expense. What possible req
 son is there for believing that the
 board of education knows better than : the teachers what 8 fair wage is? Not one of them is teacher; not one of
 them is more patriotic than a teacher;
 not one of them is more solicitous for the taxpayer. Had the board of edu- Ieation during the years which have
 gone given any consideration to the
 rise in the price of living which each
 one of them has been obliged to do in , his own case, and realized that teach- CTS are not different in their needs than
 other people, their judgment in the
 matter of salaries now might not have ] been questioned. It is because. they have been willing to let the teachers
 suffer in silence, and it is because now
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-19

It is figured that in 1850 Vienna will have population of 100000. The city council, looking far ahead, Is ai- ready considering how best to preserve for the coming generation goodly supply of open air spaces. It is propos- ed to surround the city with a broad girdle of forest lands and meadows, a somewhat ambitious project, which it Is estimated would cost more than D. O0O,O0O pounds.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-19


 The feat of shipping steel mast 1SS feet long was recently accomplished by the Great Western railroad of Eng land. The mast was three feet in dia- meter and weighed fourteen tons. The transportation was accomplished by loading the mast on seven cars, the great column being supported by bolsters on the second and fifth cars The bosters Were eighty-five feet apart, and the mast was successfully transported in this manner from Iiv4 erpool to Plymouth, Considerable dif- ficulty was experienced in turning some of the sharper curves of the line and traffic was interrupted for a while at one or two points.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-19

A Michigan man has discovered that in three hundred years every man, woman and child in the United States will be an idiot. The Democratic par ty should feel encouraged to persist. 1t may win yet.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-19

awakens the dog. The dog sits up, howls and awakens the man. The man swears at the dog and awakens the baby. The baby yells and awak- ems mother The mother growls at the man, who forthwith proceeds to go to sleep and start the fun all over again.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-19

A small yellow dog took the shine off the tour Of the king and queen of Denmark across London recently. A gay parade had been arranged to es- cort the visiting monarchs from their palace to the Mansion House for luncheon, and the guards and other show things were lugged out. But the little yellow dog insisted in trotting solemnSy ahead of the procession all the way, and made people laugh so hard that they forgot to cheer
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-19

Japanese politeness sometimes pays Because of hIs winning politeness in the courtroom, Student Hashi Ahoho- shi of the University of Pennsylvania son of the Japanese minister of fin- ance, got off with a s10 fine (and costs) when he recently speeded his motor car through Harrington. Camden county, New Jersey, faster than the law allows. He was such a nice lit- tie fellow" said Squire Klein after ward, that didn't want to be hard on him."
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-19
sAyINGs ANp poINGs.

Horace White says that with the ex- ception of Lincoln, he believes Carl schurz to have been the loftiest char acter joined to the most commanding intellect that has adorned our political life in the past fifty years.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-19

Governor Hughes wants damper put on the man who insists on talking without thinking. Good idea, but who would feel justified In asking for the position of damper-putter?
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-19

There Is queer talk about summer hotel landlords not wanting student walters because they flirt. Don't the landlords want summer boarders either?
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-19

A baby who has just arrived at Chanute, Kansas, weighed forty three pounds, but it is honestly admitted that the scales were borrowed from the ice man.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-19

Things continue to happen in Kan sas. The Museotah Record tells about a man who snores so hard that he
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-19

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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-08-17
ryina orr FurnIture.

When YOU 60 to bug . suit Of furni-
fure nowadays Id one OF our depart
ment stores you don't haye to speeu-
late ais to how It will look TN your room
nor whether it will at iii or not. AS
soon as the salesman sees that d par
tfcular suit has met your fancy he calls:
for d porter or two and turns them
loose In one Of several rooms fitted up
around the main showroom, setting.
them at work removing all the furni-
ture in it. Then the suit that you seem
to be laundering after is placed in APP
propriate positions in this room, and
you can see at glance just how the
bedroom or parlor or dining room will
look If you buy that particular suit.
There are a dozen of these smaller
rooms around the main showroom, and
as each one Is decorated in a different
manner It IS easy to pick one out that
approximates the scheme Of your room
at home Like many modern ways OF
selling goods 1t is expensive In the be-
ginning, but it pays In the end, for this
plan of showing goods seldom fails Of
its intended effect New York Press.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-08-17
Pleasures Of CANOEING.

T The canoeist Is the most Independent
of men. He can push his craft through
a stream three feet wide and FIVE
inches deep, and he can safely nego-
stiate any bit Of water that a catboat
or moderate sized launch would care
to attempt. Canoeing is popular be-
cause it brings its devotees out into
the open freedom and lets, them live
their summer life as they viii. The
canoe does for humanity what the BIZ
cycle failed to do. The bicyclist was
tied to roads, was dependent upon ho-
tells and restaurants for food and loeig-
ing. When the. hill was steep he must
salight and walk. When the road was
bad or the foot Of the hill dubious he
must do likewise. The canoeist suffers
none Of these restrictions. He carries
with him his place of abode his bed,
his food and the means OF preparing 1t.
He Is not combined to well worn high
ways. He Is able to penetrate and ex-
plore out Of the way streams and pitch
his tent In spots inaccessible to the
average wanderer achting.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-08-17
First Publication. Aug. II, 1907 !.
Notice and Citation, Hearing Of Final
Account and Distribution Of Estate.

First Publication. Aug. II, 1907 q
Notice and Citation, Hearing Of Final
Account and Distribution Of Estate.
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, S
Ia County Court, Before Hon. n y Mckenzie,
IN the Matter Of the Estate Of Pat McGrath,
Deceased s
Geo. Al WEIGH, Administr ator, Petitioner,
All persons interested in the estate OF said
deceased, Respondents. Is
THE STATE or NORTH DAKOTA, To the above
named respondents :s i,s Il
You, the said resp tents, are hereby notified
4 that the final account OF the Geo. Al. WEIGH, Adj
niinistrator, OF the estate OF Pat McGr late
of the Townshipof Mekenzie, in the County OF
Burlegh and State of North paketa dsSSeasaa
that the estate Of said, deceased y ready for
Il final settlement and distribution, and petition.
& ING that his account be allowed, the residue of
said estate lie distributed to tho persons there
unto entitled. his adIninist ton closed and he
be discharged that Monday, the. 2Srd day of
folpenooD 81 that DAY tho @ Of this
Court, in the City Of Biamagck, County of BUR-
leigh and State Of North Da kota, has been duly
appointed by this Court for the settlement
thereof, at which time and place any person
interested In said estate may appear and hle
his eseeptions il writing, to said IS account and
And you, the above named respondents, and
each Of yons are hereby cited and required then
and there TO be and appear before this Court
and show cause il any yon have, why said ac-
count should not be allowed, the residue OF said
estate distributed, the administration Of said
estate closed and said Geo, A. WEIGH, admini-
strator discharged, ss
Dated this 18th day OF August. a. d. 1901. asss
BY the Court. NIB
N. j. MCKENZIE,
= rsEAL i N. Judge of the County Court.
% Lat service hereof be made by publication.
M y. McKEsNzIE
Judge of the County Court.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-08-17
vvouidn,t Risk ii.

Tired Tatters Say, Weary, wot's de
matter Wild US walkin' down de rail-.
road track
rs Weary Walker Not fer me. ain,t
goin' to disgrace meseif BY havin, PEG
PIE t'ink I'm q actor Chicago News.