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The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-24
Confession.

A bard at the confessional know is not professional, But just the same 1t is but fair to let
 us here indite An answer to the query that So often makes us weary; that Recurring Bromide phrasing, Say do
 you mean all you writer? Our coal man IS no bugaboo As we have pictured him to you; Our iceman is friend to us--a prince
 of princely chaps! Our butcher is a genial cuss Extending credit unto US Our grocer is friend in spite of jour-
 nalistic raps!
 We groan of millinery bills And nodistes claims and kindred
 ills The most of which we've never had
 (She NEVER buys a hat!)- We scold about our tailor's duns And likes of that, but, tarnal guns, Our clothes cost under twenty bones
 and ready-made at that! Our wife is NOT the Amazon That jokingly we've dwelt upon She's sweet and even-tempered nigh
 perfection in our eyes; Her mother. whom we're wont to
 poke
 With what may seem stingins
 joke, Lord bless her, how we love her for her
 tarts and pumpkin pies! There is no noise or likes of that As claimed, within the upstairs
 flat No pianola, graphophone or whistling
 or song;
 The ash gang doesn't bother much (Though frequent we've complained
 of sueh); There's absolutely nothing here that we'd define as wrong. Our conscience now is easier That we've confessed. We think Vt hear You asking us: Then why do you mis- represent your views?" We answer with alacrity: Because the public wants 1t! SEE l And for the further reason that tn babies must have shoes"
 John D. Wellsin Buffalo News.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-24
.ENTERPRISE IN CHINA.

How China Is waking up is indieat- ed by the fact that she has begun the production of the iron and steel need ed for the extensive railroad systems of the country, and it is predicted that before the end of 1908 the home industry will be competing with vest ern nations in neutral markets. This development of the iron industry has been most prominent on the Yang-tse river, and the rails provided for the Ham -Kau-Peking railroad are report ed to suit the requirements of rail- road practice. The government en- couraged the industry by decree | that, as far as possible, all materials required for the railroads must be purchased from these native works, l which are close to ar abundant sup ply of ore and coal With the cheap ness of labor and the excellent quail ty of the coal at hand, iron smelting is likely to prove exceedingly profit able, as the home demand alone is enormous. and will certainly extend as the railroad system grows. It is reported that large plant for the manufacture of rolling stock and structural steel is to be erected next year at Han-yang, which indicates that the Chinese are beginning to real ize the saving that will be effected by the complete equipment of their rail roads by home industries.
 The Chinese may yet be as smart as the Japanese, who are called the Yankees of the East When that time comes competition between the Yan- kees will be livelye
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-24
SECTION SIX.

The trusts which have been trem- bling in their shoes will not shake less as they contemplate the action of the government in applying sec- ton six of the Sherman law to the case of the American Tobacco com- lpany and it's allied corporations. This section says that any property owned under any contractor or by any com bination or pursuant to any conspir- acy and being the subject thereof, and being in course of transportation from one State to another or to a foreign country, shall be forfeited to the United States and may be seized and condemned by like proceedings as those provided by law for the for feiture, seizure and condemnation of property imported into the United States contrary to law. The property seized was nearly nine million cigar cites The proceeding is new inas- much as 1t is against the property it. self and not against Individuals. The consignment was in transit from the British-American Tobacco company Limited, located in Petersburg, Va, and Durham, N. C., to New York and for eign countries. It is claimed that ir this contract the corporations divided the world for the tobacco business | among them. The counts charge 'com. bination in restraint of trade, pursu' ant to a conspiracy in restraint oi trade" and other infractions of tht law.
 It will take a long time to ge this and all the other questions set tied, but when they are settled there will be a better state of affairs.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-24
4 GRAND AND GOOD SCHEME.

That is comprehensive scheme for the improvement of inland wa terways, which is to be recommend ed in the report of the Inland Water ways commission The report will be submitted to the President about the first of next month. The expendi- ture involved will be upward of $200,- 000,000, almost equal to the cost of the Panama canal This appropriation will, of course, be spread over a number of years during the work of construction. Two great schemes are
 veloped, one for deep waterway from the lakes to the gulf, and the other for a deep inland water route from Massachusetts Bay to Beaufort, N. c.
 Of course these plans are good ones as we'll as grand ones. They will have a powerful backing before con- gress, and they may go through right off. But the country wont feel quite as flush this winter as 1t has been in the habit of feeling, and it may takd more than one winter to get the great work started Money looks much more like money than 1t did.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-24
MORE GLITTER.

The horse-racing season has been a large and lively one, and there is big talk about the results of 1t. For in stance, 1t is said that $5,oO0,OO has been won by owners of fast horses The leading winner, James R. Keene, received $382,577 from events in which his thoroughbreds took part. Next to him is Harry Paine Whitney, whose winnings for the season amount to $129,7S9. Thirty owners received win nings aggregating $1,7O6,SS1. It is es- timated that the whole amount spent at raeetracks during the season reach ed $25,OOO.OOO.
 This looks golden--about as golden as the stock market used to look be- fore it's glitter was dulled. But doubt less in the racing as in the stock mar ket men who estimated" with hope and joy realized with sadness and dis couragement Hard work and simple living continue to be reliable, and there are indications that they are go. 1 ing to be more respected than they have been.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-24
PLAUSIBLE.

Penitent Old Lady-d have been a great sinner more than 80 years and didn't know 1t.
 Old Colored Servant-I knowed it all de time!-Christian Instructor.
 '"They say as how the twentieth cen tury will be one of 1narvels."
 Among them, mebbe, we'll see the Democratic party git in power fer four or eight years, hey, Jabez"-Louis- vile CourierIJournal.
 My son." said fond father, exam ming his offspring on his return from school, how did you manage when your teacher asked you to spell meten1- psychosis?'' "Father" said the boy, II just stood spellbound. ."-T,ondon Globe. Unsophisticated Visitor Crying to use the telephone) kitty, what do you say when you take this thing off the hook
 Little Girl-Papa always says, Darn you, Central, you've given me the wrong r1umber!" Chicago Tribune.
 Patron--I want to get book called Benevolent Trusts"
 Ltbrarlan-Yes?
 Patron--But don't find 1t in the cat alogue. LYbrarian-Have you looked under the head of Fiction ?"-iCleveland Leader.
 "You wish to employ one of our de- tectives to watch your husband?"
 q do"
 "May I ask what has aroused your suspicion of him?"
 "He sent me bunch of violets and a box of candy from town yesterday" Houston Post.
 "Yeh,D said the flrst gallery god, de- scrIbing the melodrama, "de hero done de villain up all right, all right, but de villain wouldn't admit it."
 "Gon!" exclaimed the other.
 Nc" the first continued, "de last woids he sez wuz: T am undone. "- Philadelphia Press.
 Smith--Excuse me, Jones, but may I ask how you manage to have such de- licious things to eat?
 Jones-It's quite simple. I always kiss the cook before dinner and holC her on my knee after dinner.
 Smith--But what does your wife say Jones-Oh, she doesn't object. She the Brooklyn Life. The through train from the West ha, , stopped at the little station where tn, overland flyer from the East was t pass it. "What is the population of your vii lage?" asked one of the passengers. T don't know, sir" said the statiol agent; 'but if your train doesn't leav,
 within the next five minutes, you
 have time to count 'em for yourself
 They're all here at the deepo." o."-Chica so Tribune.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-24
MASSACHUSETTS HUMANITY.

Massachusetts has a benevolent and benefcent attitude toward the dependent and defective within her borders. This attitude has again been manifested in her establishment of State hospital for tuberculous prison CTS. It received it's first patient about ten days ago. The State purchased several years ago 1000 acres in Rut- land and a prison camp has been con- structed there. There are accommoda- tions for one hundred sick men, doc tors, nurses and other employees. Un- der an act of 1905 it was provided that when the buildings were ready the prison commissioners might remove thereto any male prisoner in the State prison, the Massachusetts reformatory, , the State farm or in any jail or house of correction who appears by the cer- tificate of the prison physician to be suffering from consumption or any disease of a t20ereular nature. As far as is practicable the prisoner sent to the prison hospital will receive the same treatment as is given at the Rut- | Hand State sanatoripm.
 This is certainly humane. Tubereu-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-24
4 WORD IN CONFIDENCE.

We are printing The Journal and Courier these days under strenuous conditions. The painters have taken possession of the outside of the build ing, which they reach through office windows opened unceremoniously to the despair of clippings and news sheets. Inside the building every trade which can possibly cater to the estab- lishment of larger conveniences in the printing trade is noisily at work to pro- duce the result nearer daily in sight. In few days the new press will be here compelling immediate attention from the master mecnaniclans. At the same time the business offices will try on their new raiment on the ground floor. while the editorial rooms will un- dertake their complete transformation.
 It is great fun, this renovation of a newspaper office, for it means shortly the increased facilities which will en- able us to more fully redeem our seri
 ous pledges to the public, but 1t does no make for orderly conduct while at work Nor does 1t as it might otherwise dc provoke profane thoughts. Everything of compromising character gives willingly away to the opportunity soor to be realized of serving the newspa, per readers of New Haven as they should be served by newspaper hay
 ing in mind the welfare of the cit. first, last and all the time.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-24
lous criminals may not be very valu- able, but humanity is.
4 sFrRAcK 10 4 rHLoKr.

Pittsburg isn't exactly the wild and careless place it has been represented to be by industrious and needy hu- morists. It now appears that they don't justify a policeman there in killing a man without due provocation. David Bowles of Pittsburg, member of the police force, shot and killed Herbert Gowland while he was at tempting to evade arrest and carry ing his evasion to the point of flee ing. Bowles was indicted for murder and convicted of manslaughter, and Judge Brown, in passing sentence, took into consideration the fact that the jury had recommended the in- fiction of the lowest possible sentence and one year in the county jail was Imposed. But Judge Brown added, with emphasis, that the punishment in- 1 fiicted on Bowles must be taken as a | warning to others on the force not tc discharge firearms in attempting tc capture persons charged with misde' meanors when the culprit was not en- dangering the life of the officer, add ing that "the theory that policeman is Justified in winging a prisoner, nt matter how trivial his offense, hai been in practice too long,"
 As the theory on which Policeman Bowles acted is apparently popula among policemen the treatment of i in Pittsburg deserves the attention 0 those who need to give it their at tention.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-24
Character Tells.
(Wall Street Journal.l )

tWdll 6CreeL JOurndl.J
 Is it not a remarkable fact that in the past two years of government in- vestigation, anti-corporation agitation, sensational revelations of financial mismanagement severe strain in the money market. and enormous depre- citation in the prices of stocks, there have been so few financial disasters as to afford evidence of a great inner ent strength?
 Is it not significant that the men who have been forced out during this period of liquidation and strain, the men who have displayed weakness, have not been the conservative bank CTS and merchants, those who have conducted their business along lines of sobriety and decency, but the men who have adopted sensational and manipulative methods to achieve large results quickly?
 The weakening and elimination of these men is good thing for the sit- uation, and 1t is also valuable object lesson of the sustaining power of character in business.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-24

Tho classical philosophers taught it., ana the Christfan religion has done it's pest for two thousand years to incul.- cate in the human mind the faith that there are other things better worth striving for than money. The only fault that can be found with Sir Franks s suggestion for doing away with panics bv Education is that it calls for a re- form of human nature. Panics like all the other ills that society is heir to, could be easlly remedied if only man could be made over.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-24

Women now have large share in the purely scientific work of the gov ernment. At the United Stotes naval observatory women assist in making the astronomical calculations for the Nautical Almanac-the sea bible of the mariners-and at the Smithsonian Institution and the department of agriculture women are directly re-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-24
If Man Could Re Made Over.
New York Tribune.l

That the love of money is the root of all evil is an immemorial saying
 Probably the little boys in the time of old Hammurabi used to transcribe it as a writing exercise in their copy books, and the learned archaeological of those days used to tell them how he had dug up evidence that the little boys of five thousand years before had also been set at the double task of learning chirography and improving their nor als with the same edifying sentiment.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-24

Concerning the height of elephants, ten feet in males and eisht feet six inches in females-vertical height at the shoulders, measured as {, horse are very rarely attained, and aye net exceeded by one animal in five hun dred.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-24

Mrs. Russell Sage is tired of rcceiv- ing suggestions as to what she ought to do with her money. Her late hus- band would know what to d3 with it if he were alive ill theso days
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-24
OUR CONTEMPORARIES.
Mfr. Roots Quiet Labors.
(The New York Sun.)

VT HU INVW IUIN pUII.J
 Had MT. Root, as Secretary of State, done no more than establish new and closer relations between this country and Latin America, his country for that alone would owe him a great debt of gratitude. It has all been done so quietly that its value is little under stood by the public and less appreciat- ed. It is ever restful to see good work done in such way, and it is reassur- ing to know that good work is possi- ble without exploding of fireworks, shooting of guns, and beating of tom toms,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-24

City air contains fourteen times as many microbes as that of the country. And yet people seem to like such air just as they do microbic kissing.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-24
SETTINGS AND DotXGs.

Already more than ten thousand schools have been established in China, where Chinese are taught pre- cisely as the youths are taught in the schools of this country.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-24

Regarding the great Kaiser VII helm dividing bridge at Wilhelm shaven, which has just been completed at the instance of the naval admin istration, interesting details are pub lished. Military requirements have been primarily studied in the building of the bridge, under which, when open, two modern battleships could pass side by side, even if larger than the largest battleships which Germany is now laying down. The bridge which is the largest in Germany and the second largest in Europe, is open ed and shut by electricity in period of ten minutes.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-24

Tn the last eight years Kaiser Will helm has killed 25,732 head of game. And yet there are those who speak of President Roosevelt and him in the same breath.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-24

Colonel Philip Reade of the Twen- ty-third United States infantry Is the author of the following "epIgrams of the range: 'The ultimate of the sol dier's profession Is to know when and where and how to pull the trigger; i; "other things being equal, that soldier who can hit with measurable accuracy what he aims at is the best soldier; i; the way to learn how to hit is to find out why you miss; brains must be mixed with gunpowder"; soldiers who are not good shooters are apt to be turned into good scooters"; most good shots are made good shots by systematic instruction and practice; there is no royal road to success"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-24

Tobacco smuggling is one of the Japanese industries. The traffic has been carried on mostly through fish, ing boats along the coasts of Tsushi- ma, Xxi, Northwestern Kiushu, and other places. A fisherman cannot smuggle more than ten or twenty ci- gars at time, but the total amount of tobacco smuggled represents a good deal. Cigarettes smuggled from foreign countries seem to be sent over to Korea, and thence Into Japan. Some time ago smuggling of cigars on great scale was discovered Three army officers of high rank, two mo- bles, and a journalist were involved, and the total value of the tobacco was estimated at f8,825. Much smuggling was done with the assistance of gov ernment officials, aud many ingenious devices are resorted to. The govern ment, however, is now engaged in checking the practice, the authorities of all departments being united In e joint effort to this end.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-24

.sponsible for much or the intricate
 technical work.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-04
THREE ARRESTS
IN THOMAS CASE
Young Danville Men Will Be
Asked to Explain Murder and
Robbery of Contractor.
HAD BIG ROLL OF MONEY
Was Seen to Flash Many Bills at
His Boarding House-Police
on Still HINT.
HAD BIG ROLL or MONEY


.DANVILLE, VA, January 3.-'rhree ar
rests were made this afternoon In the
case of James A. Thomas, the superin-
tendent for Lane Brothers railroad con-
tractors, whose dead body was found In
a deep ravne near the city yesterday.
The parties under arrest are Fletcher
Harris, George Stevens and Albert Adj
kins who are supposed to have been the
companions of the dead man on the after
noon and the night prior to the discovery.
Two of the men under arrest do not
deny that they were with Thomas during
Tuesday, but protest that they are inno-
cent OF having anything to do with his
death. Adkins denies that he ever saw
the victim before. That Thomas was
robbed. II not murdered, is now an as
sured fact. Tho lady with whom he
boarded and others in the house saw
on Tuesday with large roll Of money,
and In addition to this he carried q
valuable gold watch. He often kept
money with him to pay off the laborers
working under him.
The police are making a silent invest-
cation of the case, and 1t is asserted that
when the time comes they can produce a
man who will testify that he saw a man
throw into the river on Tuesday night
the purse belonging to Thomas.
Harris. stevens and Adkins, while
young men, are old offenders. Mr. w.
c. Thomas. brother OF the victim, ar
rived In the city to-day from Roanoke,
and will go back to that city probably
with the remains tonight. No post NOR
TEN examination has yet been made If
Thomas was murdered the deed was no
doubt accomplished by placing poison In
the whiskey he drank.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-04
LONG LIFE FOR MEN
AD0PT INC kTHLET TICS
DR.. Anderson Makes Study of 8o7
Subjects, Covering Period
: of Fifty Years.

NEW HAVEN, CONN, January s.
Yale athletes who We're prominent IN
the major sports-rowing, baseball. track
athletics and football-in the period of
fifty years from 1855 to 1905 have enjoyed
more than the ordinary mans share OF
long life" says Dr. w. G. Anderson. after
an exhaustive study of the life records
of so7 athletics in the alumni weekly.
Dr. Anderson says in part:
Judging from the investigation it is
reasonable to say there is no undue strain
put on the athletes while they are in
training, and their later history seems
to show they were benefited rather than
harmed. Heart disease Is not a CHEF
cause of death. Consumption was re-
sponsible for twelve of the llfty-eight
deaths but the percentage was not great
er than among non-athletes. Pneumonia
carried off six. typhoid fever and typhoid
pneumonia two.
Those who wish to push their argyll
ment that high athletics are bad for The
lungs and heart might find some ground
for that inithe fact that twenty-for of
the tifty-eight deaths We're caused by
lung trouble of various kinds and henrt
failure. Nine men of the tifty-eight met
violent deaths. two We're suicides, and
one died of dissipation, which was rot
traceable to participation in athletics."
DIR. Anderson adds that If the nylil1,s
are not conclusive, they at least point
the value OF specialized athletics.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-04
TRYING OUT. ALCOHOL.
Joe Tracy En- Route to New York
To Make Test Of FueI

TRENTON. N. j.. January S.-"Dare
Devil Joe Tracy. the automobile driver
and racer, passed through the city last
night, en- route from Philadelphia to New
York, in an automobile propelled with
alcohol instead of gasolene for fuel. He
stopped here for an additional supply of
alcohol. and while here talked enthu-
siastlcally of his experiment.
He believes that the use of alcohol in
stead of gasolene for fuel will revolu-
tionize the use of automobiles in this
country. greatly reducing the cost of
running the machines. and permitting
them to be run in many places where
gasolene IS now barred by the insurance
companies. In cotton, paint, oil and
similar manufacturing concerns the use
OF motor vehicles is prohibited because
of the inflammable character of the gaso-
lene which has been used in the past
with alcohol as the fuel, 1t is believed the
insurance people will be less strict.
Tracy has applied for patents on some
inventions to enable tho use OF alcohol
for motive power. and when these are
granted he will proceed with the chang
ing automobiles now using gasolene. The
new Federal law, which permits the I'M
portation of denatured alcohol without
duty, will also be Of benefit to the auto
lists II the use OF 1t for motive power be-
comes practical.