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The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-28
AN INDIANA NOTION

There are active minds in Indiana, as some of the literary products which are turned out there show. But they are not alone literary in Indiana. The h. diana legislature is considering a bill introduced by minister, the Rev. q. T. Sweeney, to incorporate an automo- bile railroad. The rails are to be Of concrete and so arranged that the cars cannot jump the track. These are to hold thirty to fifty passengers. The promoters talk that the road can be built for about half the cost of an elec- tric road, and operated at very low cost.
 Perhaps this notion wont look any more ridiculous in time than did the first wooden-rail steam railroad. But just now an automobile railroad doesn't seem to be really needed. The inde- pendent autoists don't want 1t, and the trolleys take such good and complete care of the common people that they (the trolleys) seem to cover the ground. We suppose an airship line would pay, but it wouldn't take and leave people as conveniently as the trolleys do. The proposed automobile railroad might be somewhat useful where there are no trolleys, but where is that? As for the cheapness of construction and op- eration claimed in behalf of the auto mobile railroad, we don't know, but we have noticed that things worth having cost money and that it Is not easy to do transportation business very cheap ly if it is done as 1t ought to be.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-28
LIVELY TIMES.

These are certainly lively times in high and low finance. Hartman and others "testifying," Senator Paterson loudly predicting that the government will own the railroads, and the stock market breaking the pocketbooks and the hearts of those who have listened to siren songs and bought stocks which they didn't need and cannot now turn over to somebody else at high prices, as high financlers could and did awhile ago.
 We are living, we are moving, in a grand and awful time, as the hymn says, but we can't help it and the best way to do is not to get unduly agitated over 1t. This is bread and butter world as well as high and frenzied finance world, For most people the bread and butter aspect of it is the most important. So it will be well for almost everybody to keep right along at work while the testihers are testify ing, big men predicting government ownership of railroads, and the stock market going down as fast as it went up. To and fro shadow and Illusion go. By and by something else will happen that will again call us to agitation. Then we can decline to be agitated, even as we do now. The job of run ming this world is too big to tackle. Eac.. one will do well to run his own little job as faithfully as he can.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-28
INCLUDED.

A cat never cries over split milk Philadelphia Record.
 I'm afraid you're an idle fellow, sam?" No. sah; I'm not idle, sah Why. I gifts my wife more work dan she can do Yonkers Statesman.
 The Agent-"1f you have this ma chine, sir, you won't take anHbodys s dust The Magnate-"Then I don't want it. I'm out for everybodys S dust ? Cleveland Leader.
 Mrs. Trust Magnate (newly rich)-"I want one of them octopus-shaped rooms for the library" Cynical Archi- tect-"so Appropriate, dear madam, ''- Baltimore American.
 Marriage frequently is the dyspepsia of undigested love.--Puck.
 There isn't anything much more un- comfortable than to jump at conclu- sions that are not there.-Puck.
 What class of people do you think has been most benefited by the libra ries you have founded?" I'm not sure" answered Mir. Dustin Stax But I kind of suspect it's the architects. ''- Washington Star.
 That fellow Jones you pointed out to me yesterday is a sword swallower, isn't he?" Nonsense! Did you think you saw him in dime museum?" "Oh! no, but saw him in restaurant to-day. y."-The Catholic Standard and Times.
 "This," said the guide in the Dresden art gallery, 'is the famous 'sistlne Ma donna This painting is worth close to $1, 100000"
 "Dnes that include the frame?" ask cd the tourist from Chicago. go.-Philadel- phia Press.
 That's an old fashioned looking motor car you have"
 "Is it? Anyhow, it carried off prize the other day."
 You don't mean to say you had fl at show?'
 No. Myrtilla eloped in 1t with me l Tit-Bits.
 T sat down in my easy chair las night and picked up that novel of Dc IRter's, and 1t was o'clock when got into bed" Really? Why, I fount the book exceedingly tiresome, and ---' Exactly It was o'clock when , woke up in my chair. r."-Philadelphit Press.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-28
SrRANGER THAN FICTION.

Queer things happen in this world. An old beggar known as Dr. Gerlach died in Budapest awhile ago. It was discovered that he left a fortune of more than S5O00O. Gerlach, it appears, was university graduate, and for many years held responsible position in the house of Baron Baldaczy, a Hun garian nobleman. The latter died, and his large fortune went to distant rela- tives. It was discovered that some $50, 900 In money and valuables were missing, but no one suspected the faith ful Gerlach The latter pretended to be wholly destitute, and frequently ap- piled for and received assistance from the heirs he had robbed. It was some years before the mystery was cleared up by bank employe, who accidentally discovered that the owner of a large ! deposit account and Dr. Gerlach were one and the same person Shortly be- fore he Gled in the hospital, Gerlacb confessed that he had originally intend ed to enjoy the fruits of his robbery quietly after the period of limitation had expired; but since then he had taken liking for the rowing tramp life he was leading and resolved to leave the money to charity.
 What a strange change of mindl Here was man of intelligence who deliberately became thief in order to live comfortably and pleasantly. Then he discovered that he didn't care to live life such as most people call comfortable and pleasant. So he be- came beggar, and as kind of com promise with conscience decided to leave the money he stole to charity Verify truth is stranger than fiction.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-28

with respect to the rate of increase than 1t was popularly supposed to hold. During the first period the Chicago record Is 78 per 100000, increasing to 1O7 for the second. In Philadelphia the number was p for the first and 65 per 100000 for the second period. The New York figures have not been completed. In Boston divorces aye increasing in relation to the growth in population, rising from 40 to 60. The returns from many counties in different States show that divorces are also increasing in the rural districts.
 What is the matter with love and loy- |alty? Are they suffering from laxity of principle and ease of living?
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-28
The spoiler.
A woman there was and she wrote for
 the press

A woman there was and she wrote for the press
 GAS you or I might do). She told how to cut and fit a dress, And how to stew many @ savory mess, But she never had done it herself, l (Which none of her readers knew). Oh, the hour we spent and the flour we
 took,
 And the sugar we wasted like sand At the hest of woman who never had
 cooked (And now we know that she never
 could cook),
 And did not understand. A woman there was and she wrote right
 fair
 GAS you or might dol. How out of a barrel to make a chair To be covered with chintz and stuffed
 with hair, 'Twould adorn any parlor and give 1t
 an air!
 (And we thought the tale was true). Oh, the days we worked and the ways TO hammer and saw and hack, In making a chair in which no one A chair in which no one could possibly Without a crlck in his back. A woman there was and she had her
 fun
 Better tLan yous or I) She wrote recipes and she never tried
 one, She wrote about children--of course she
 had none; She told us to do what she never had (And never intended to try)  And it isn't to toll and 1t isn't to spoil That brims the cup Of disgraeei It's to follow woman who didn't know
 beans GA woman who never had cooked any
 beans),
 But wrote and was paid to i'll space.
 -Congregationalist
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-28
rHr rNoRrAsr IN DrKoRcE.

While the agitation, if so mild a movement can be so called, for a uni
 form divorce law goes on, divorce that isn't uniform goes on at a rate that is ominous. The Census bureau has been engaged for some time in compiling di- vorce statistics in the States, and, while the work is incomplete in many particulars, preliminary estimates have been made. Upon the basis of the average annual population, it is found that during the twenty-year period from 1867 to 1886 there were B divorces per 100000 of population for the whole country and about 70 per 100000 for the period from 1887 to 1906. During the last-named period it is expected that the completed figures will show that over 100000 divorces were grant ed. A comparison of the figures places Chicago in 8 more favorable position
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-28

home, carrying the dead pet. Sooner or later the children must know; he could not keep it from them. Such bit- ter grfef-so needless! Yes, and unde- served.
 MRS MARY JOHNSON Auburndale, Feb. 19A
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-28

William T. McAndrews told the ban queters of the Southern Society in New York that the Irish people were the only people on earth that didn't have a com- ic weekly and tine only people that needed one.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-28
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants. Rents and other wmall advertisements. One Cent Word sAch insertion. Eve Cents . Word fcrl Q fun week.
 Display advertisements, scr inch, ene, Anssrtion. y1.2o; each subsequent insGT"I alon, 10 centa; one week. es.sei snel RaSnth. c1o: one year. $40.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-28

A strange story Is being told in con- neotion with the death of Samuel Hughes, a salt merchant, of Black wood, England, whose body was found beneath the railroad bridge at Crum- lin. His wife,. wilo was sitting up alone states that at the time of the ac- cident, early in the morning, she heard a loud voice calling "Bess! Bess!" She opened the door and saw a tall figure in black clothes and wearing a silk hat. In minute it disappeared and she went outside, but could not see any one.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-28

A new roadbed material Is being ex- perimented with in Europe which Is economical, easily applied and very durable. It consists of a mixture of liquid tar and fine gravel. The gravel is first beaten in revolving drum and then the tar is allowed to mix with it in the revolving chamber. After this it is dumped out and allowed to stand for several weeks, during which time a Fermentation Is said to take place and the tar is said to penetrate into the pores of the gravel very thoroughly It is then scattered on the roadway and rolled down In addition to the other merits claimed for it is the one that 1t is dustless,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-28

The Films can't do much in the way of government in their own country, but they can here. One of the largest plants of the American woolen com pany is in the town of Maynard, Mass The workmen in these mills are chiefly Films, and the Finnish popula- tion of the town is said to include more than ohe-talf its 5000 inhabitants. The Films have just walked up to the fact that by becoming citizens they can control the affairs of the town and they are now taking out naturalization papers by the hundred. One hundred and fifty of them were enrolled in Boston on Monday.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-28

When she will she will. The author ities at Grays, Essex, England have been called upon to deal with some what peculiar case of defiance at the village of Bulvan. An old woman named Mrs. Richards has there erected hut of mud and sticks, in which she is residing. The medical officer has con- demned the place as unfit for human habitation, and as a result of proceed ings taken against her Mrs. Richards has served term of imprisonment. Being free once more, she has returned to her little hut, where, in company with the ducks which have made the shelter their home, she has resided in apparent satisfaction during the recent bitterly cold weather.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-28

Everything isn't bad The Lanca- shire {England) Post mentions that the medical officer of the county has ex- anined recently nineteen samples of American canned goods, ''1n none of them" 1t reports, twas anything found indicating they were unsound or injur- ious to health"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-28

St. Louis didn't suffer from her big flair. Her grand list has advanced $116,OooOoO in the past six years
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-28

An instrument called the "snake bite lancet" has been introduced in India with splendid results. It is being widely distributed by the authorities to police outposts in Bengal and Assam, the central provinces and united prov- inces. and also to all village officials by some of the native states in Upper and Central India. A report by one person is to the effect that he had sav- ed the lives of twenty persons bitten by cobras and karaits within the last year by the use of one lancet. The use of this instrument may be the means of saving thousands of lives annually in India.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-06-22
Ehz7@BeMODkN
e m9 m9l!: aP WONZ1N

American women have much to
learn from their sisters in Paris as to
the art of wearing tailor-made gowns,
for it is certain that no women in the
world equal the Parisiennes in this
difficult art. Nature has made them
exceedingly careful of details. and
this in every walk of life, and from
early youth they are taught to regard
dress as an affair of paramount i'm
portance. To Parisienne it is a mat
ter of vital Importance that the dainty
little purse carried in the hand
should harmonic with some other
detail-with the sporting-looking little
necktie, perhaps, or with the embroid-
cries on the waistcoat of pale-hued
suede. Everything has its own mean
ing and nothing is too small to lack
Importance. 1t is natural to French
women to look at the subject from
this point of view and this is why
they can-when they wish to do So
dress perfectly on a comparatively
small income.
A popularity of the Partisan even
ing gowns this season is the close re-
semblance which they bear to tea
gowns. There is the same graceful
flow of supple material and the same
vague outline. The Parisiennes revel
in this particular mode and invest it
with exceeding charm and grace.
They never permit their picture gowns
The Colorado statesman., 1907-06-22

threatens to become universal in
cludes three-quarter coat of the sim
plest style in combination with short
skirt, both being made of black and
white striped coarse fibered material
of homespun description Such q
costume is suitable, however, only for
most work-a-day occasions, and lends
itself to be crowned only by straw
hats trimmed with ribbons and wings
or rosettes of silk, and will no doubt
look its very best when worn with a
white batiste or lawn shirt and per-
mitted to take its walks in the
country. Black and white check ap-
pears in every size and form; smooth
of face and rough of face, it alike finds
devotees, and an easy means of an
swering the question of what to wear
at the immediate moment in the morn
ings can be settled by killed skirt
of black and white check, a small coat
of whatever shape that may best
please and best suit you, with a white
waistcoat embroidered with black
braid and fastened with white pearl
buttons, and white lawn frilled shirt,
crowned with a green straw hat
trimmed with green rosettes, and a
short green spotted veil thrown over
the crown, to fall just to the nape of
the neck. The veil must be short if
the dress be short, the veil long if the
dress be long. Here lies one of the
The Colorado statesman., 1907-06-22
cHuRcHlLL's MAIDEN EFFORT.
First Speech in Parliament Hit the
Mark in Spite Of Faults of Delivery.

The first time 1 noticed Lord Ran.
dolph Churchill in the house of com.
mons was on May day in 1875, says
writer in Blackwoods Magazine.
Sir Charles Dixie had been making
merry at the expense of Woodstock,
then represented by one known in the
Parliamentary arena simply as a cadet
OF the ducal house of Marlborough.
From the third bench behind that
on which ministers ought to have
been sitting, rose a well groomed
young man, with protuberant eyes.
pale face and ponderous mustache,
with which as he spoke he neryously
toyed.
Members asking each other: who's
this?" learned that it was the mem
Der for Woodstock rising to defend the
corporation of the borough that sent
him to parliament.
Though assisted by notes, on which
the speech was fully written ont the
young member was so nervous his
voice was badly pitched, his delivery
SO faulty that there was difficulty in
following his argument. But here
and there flashed forth a scathing
sentence that made it worth while to
attempt to catch the rest. When he
sat down Lord Randolph had made his
mark had established himself as a
personality in an assembly in which
within ten years he was Predominant.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-06-22

to look in the least like robes de
chambre, and in this they display
much cleverness, for a semi-loose robe
has a tiresome way of looking bed
roomy unless worn with great dis
cretion.
The picture styles which are making
themselves so strongly felt in the
world of fashion this year are special
ly prominent where evening dresses
are concerned, not so much with re-
gard to gowns for dinners of cere-
mony as for those to be worn at
bridge parties and receptions amongst
intimate friends. A leading feature
of the new bridge gowns is the hang
ing sleeve. which can hardly be called
angel" but which is of that order.
This sleeve almost invariably falls
back from the elbow, leaving the
lower part of the arm quite bare.
From elbow to shoulder it is often
nearly tight. but the real picture
sleeve falls in graceful folds all the
way down.
Lace of every sort is as fashionable
as ever, If not more so. You may see
thick guipure doing duty on the cos
tune to left in our large illustration.
The bodice is of lace, while braces and
trimmings to the full sleeves are Of
taffeta, fringes decorating the sash
ends, which are held with enamel but
tons at the waist, and the plain full
skirt is of voile. The other dress
shows cinnamon brown cloth in COM
bination with black and white striped
silk. small bands of Irish lace being
used to trim the bodice, the hat being
of brown with brown shaded roses
in clusters on either side.
Roses have taken unto themselves
every conceivable tone. the most
fashionable being, of course. blue, and
these are usually allied to black CEN
ters and accompanied by black
leaves, wreath of the latter appear
ing with considerable success round
the base of the crown OF an open
brimmed crinoline straw hat.
But to turn to dresses of the COM
moner sort and of the greater utility.
All combinations of black and white
70 prominent, and a mode which
The Colorado statesman., 1907-06-22
The Value of a Smile.

1t Is wonderful what an effect
bright look or smile may have on one
we meet. If we only knew just how
much good it may do, we should al.
ways try to carry smiles about with
us.
The little woman who goes about
the street with such a bright, happy
face and CHEEKY word for all she
knows. seems to have the effect OF
sunshine. says Chicago Journal. When
she does her shopping everyone seems
TO brighten and respond to her nappy
greeting as naturally as a flower
opens to the sunlight.
A little smile. look of sympathy.
are things that cost nothing, and we
know from our experience how just
one may brighten whole day.
Life is hard at best. so let us do
all we can to brighten the lives OF
otbers, and thus brighten our own
lives.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-06-22

rules not to be forgotten by those who
realize the advantage of graceful pro-
portion. And again l remember that
this special virtue may be accredited
to the short-waisted dress, so that the
lines of the waist be chosen with spe-
cial care.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-06-22
The Genuine Test

do you believe that man is a real
musical critic?"
or course he is. Does anybody ever
know what he is talking about?r--Bel-
tImore American.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-06-22
How Many Is That?

Have you. heard the story OF the
section boss? He calls down the road
and he says:
How many of yez are there down
there?"
Three" comes the answer.
We'll, half of yez come up here and
help me-" ...... -.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-20
SUSPENSION OF night RATES
is The BONE OF CONTENTION
Company Recently Enjoined the Rail-
road Commission from Interfering
With Its Business and the Matter
Must Be Settled in the Courts.
Daily News Special.

Daily News Special.
Jackson, Miss October 19-At-
torney General Fletcher is in Nash
VILE, Tenn, taking testimony in the
case of the Railroad Commission
against the Cumberland Telephone
and Telegraph Company. Mr.. ]. B.
Harris, general counsel for the COM
pany for Mississippi, is also there
looking after the company's interests
in the case.
The case in question arises out of
the discontinuance by the company
of their special night rate, which was
just half the day rate, and their re-
fusal to obey the order of the Rail-
road Commission when ordered to re-
store the special rate. The com
pany got a restraining order from
the United States court to prevent the
interference of the Railroad Commits
sion, and proceeded as if nothing had
happened. In their application for
N@AA iiJoAANhAOAi " Niit ICuCldl COuIt,
the company set up the plea that their
Mississippi business was a losing
proposition and that the night and
Sunday rate was one of the main
causes of their losses.
Much of the testimony to be taken
on this visit to Nashville of the at.
torney general will be in the nature
of an investigation into the financial
affairs of the company, to ascertain
just what grounds, if any, they have
for the contention that they have not
been earning dividends on their Mis-
sissippi business.
This taking of testimony is done in
Nashville for use in the Mississippi
courts by an agreement among the
attorneys and officials, and on this in
vestigation depends a good deal that
will affect the conduct of that COM
pany's affairs in this state in the fu-
ture.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-20
SCHWAB FAV0RS
ARBITRATION OF
LABOR TROUBLES
Associated Press.

San Francisco, October 19.-In an
address before a meeting of the most
influential citizens of this city today
Charles M. Schwab said that he would
continue the operation of the Union
Iron Works and that he would begin
at once the task of undermining the
shipbuilding plants in this city at a
cost of more than $1,OO0,OOO. He de-
clared that he was not opposed to la
Dor organizations, but to the methods
adopted by some of them to enforce
their demands. He favors arbitra-
tion as last resort, but contends that
the men owe it to the community in
which they are employed to remain
at work until their demands can be
considered, or until the differences
can be submitted to arbitration.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-20
BISHOP POTTER
Sees NO WRONG
IN Dining COON

Richmond, Va, October 19.-When
interviewed today by a representa-
tive of the Associated Press regard
ing the report that he had entertained
the negro bishop, Ferguson, at din
ner yesterday, Bishop Potter said that
he considered that nothing strange,
and turning to a bishop from Louis
lana, he asked that gentleman if he
would not have done the same thing
to which the Louisiana bishop made
an affirmative reply. When ap-
preached later, the bishop from Louis
lana said that he answered Bishop
Potter in perfunctory sort of way.
Continuing he said: Certainly l am
Southern man and influences there
are different from those in the north" ="