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The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-28
NEW COURIER WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28 leo

Is dropped in an emergency, the effect upon anybody on the ground would not be more of a whirl of dust than Is often stirred up by motor car. Balloonists are very careful to select the place where they throw out any thing as heavy as a bottle, as they know that an ordinary marble falling from the height of a thousand feet would kill man like bullet fired at close quarters. So likewise are they careful as to the use of the grapp1ing hook and the drag-rope which, weighing about two hundred pounds, breaks glass when 1t crosses a house.
 This Is as smooth an explanation as any of the explanations that were made when the automobile begun to 10 its deadly work. It Is, of course, possible that the airships will not drop much on peoples heads or hook many people with their grappling- hooks. But 1t Is well enough to be on our guard, and the Englishman who las complained of an "air-hog" de- serves commendation for his prompt perception and resentment.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-28

way out of the dilemma but to give them political independence whenever that can be done. Congressman spery Is quoted as favoring the sale If good price can be obtained. Gov Iernor Woodruff also favors their sale provided the proper discrimination is exercised.
 We allude to these statements be- cause they illustrate significantly the power of hindsight~ over foresight which was not exercised. We have on our hands what we do not want and what we do not know how to get rid of We have gone on so long holding people in subjection while living ourselves in freedom that the very thought of it makes us i'll. We would give more than the original price paid for the islands if we could part with them without violating the principles of plain humanity.
 The two things that are sure are these: First we have the islands on our hands. Second, we will never sell them for money.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-28
LoSING IRIDiScENCE.

The theory of municipal owner. ship of public utilities isn't as fri descent as it was. Some more shine is taken off it by the Brooklyn Eagles declaration that if an argument is wanted against 1t it will be found in a comparison between the works conducted by private enterprise in New York city and those conducted by the city. The work of enlarging the terminals of the New York Cen tral road, at Forty y-second street, 'n Manhattan, and above that street, iY- volving an expenditure of $70,000,- ,000 Is fast approaching completion. The work of tunneling the Hudson river and building a great station at Thirty-fourth street by the Pennsyl- vania company, involving $100,0 ,000,- 900 in expenditures, is so far ad- vanced that 1t may be said that the end is in sight The great improve ments conducted by the Long Island Railroad company, in Brooklyn and Queens, including the tunnel un1er the East river, involving about $3o- | GOO, ,000, are in a similar stage of ad- vancement, The Interborough has al- ready completed it's tunnel between Astoria and Forty-second street un- der the East river. These are all mo- mentous works conducted by private enterprise.
 The Manhattan bridge between Manhattan and Brooklyn, which was begun before the works of private enterprise were even conceived, and the work of which is conducted by the city, still languishes. Even the towers have not erept into place. There is a promise of completion by given date, but no visible sign of its performance. The subway tunnel | under the East r1Ver 10 JOraleIhon street, which was begun long be- fore the completed Belmont tunnel was undertaken, is said to be prac- tically finished. But there is yet only the promise of operation within a given date. Other public enterprises conceived some time ago, the necessi- ties of which are most pressing, have yet not been undertaken.
 And so forth and so on. Much com plaint has been made against private ownership and control of public utili- ties, but "the pee-pul" don't seem to be very good managers either,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-28

Dr. Max Moskowski German sci enlist has arrived at Java in charge of an expedition sent out to find the missing link" between man and ape. The expedition is being financed joint ly by the Royal Prussian Academy of Science and the Dutch government, and Dr. Moskowski, who is zoologlst. He is accompanied by geologists, engi- neers and an escort of troops provid- ed by the Dutch authorities. Java was chosen as the destination of this ex- petition because a Dutch scientist, Professor Dubois, said he found the missing link" there some twenty years ago. In the course of his ex- cavations in Java Dubois unearthed the remains of savage being which could have been neither man nor ape, but something between the two. These remains showed a striking re- senlblance to those of primitive man belonging to the Neanderthal race found in Wurtemberg. Dr. Moskow- ski will begin his excavations in the valley of the Solo River near the vol caho Lavu and will carry on the work for at least year in the hope of find- ing the lost link.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-28
NOTWITHSTANDING

Little MlllIe-Granddsd, what makes a man always give woman a diamond engagement ring?
 Grandfather-Th woman.-Pick-Me- Up
 Biobbs-Hes a hot-headed individual
 slobbs-Hot-headed Why, that fel- low Is so hot-headed that he has to wear a stoveptpe hat in midsummer Philadelphia Record.
 T see by the papers that they have had another monkey dinner at New pert"
 What of 1t. Where else would they have it."-Chicago Journal.
 Notwithstanding ali the exercises Dudley takes he seems to get fatter and latter,
 Joakley-Yes, all his exercise seems to go to waist-Philadelpfi Press.
 superintendent-What excuse did o1dbach offer for declining to buy a lot in the new cemetery?
 Solicitor-He said he might be lost at sea, then he'd have no use for it.-Chi- SdSo UN0WSs
 MT. Westake-Your husband is cer- tainly a tine-looking man, Mfrs. East mar
 Mrs. Eastman-oh, he'll do; but you just ought to have seen my first hus- band.-Chicago News.
 ''oh, just listen to me-" finally ex- claimed Mrs. Charters, annoying you with all this talk about Mrs. Mex dore's shameful treatment of me, and all my other troubles"
 Not at all, my dear." replied Mrs. Deeply, I'm glad to hear it."-Phila- delphia Press.
 What did you say was the name of that collar button?" asked the man in the big haberdashery.
 we call it the Rockefeller.'" re- piled the polite clerk.
 And why the Rockefeller
 ''Because when 1t once gets out of sight 1t is so hard to lCQate Chicago Eewt.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-28
TAFT AND BRY!N.

It was inevitable that William J. Bryan should answer the speech of Secretary of War Taft, inasmuch as that official made the views of MT. Bryan the subject of critical examin- ation in his recent Ohio address in- troducing himself to the country as, 8 candidate for the Republican nom- ination for President next year. It was not only inevitable but desirable that MT. Bryan should take hand in the game of cudgeling. The more We hear from these gentlemen and from those in charge of the govern ment at this time the sooner proba- bly, shall we be able to smooth out the confusion which at present afflicts the country, It is obvious that we are not to have peace, so let us have understanding of what it Is these leaders want us to approve.
 Secretary Taft told Mir. Bryan without circumlocution that he re- quired none of his counsel to see clearly the problems to be settled, that he is a destructive agent while President Roosevelt is a construc- tive statesman whom he elects to fol- low MT. Bryan tells Secretary Taft that he is stronger in his denuncia- ton of certain evils than he is con- vincing in his remedies for them. There is a good deal of English em- ployed by the gentleman from Me- braska to belabor MT. Taft, but we are not sure that we detect in it that "clear bugle note in favor of reform" which MT. Bryan says is altogether lacking in the Taft speech. There 1 is not a single question:" says Mir
 Bryan, Ion which he takes a strong advanced position" This declaration will disconcert the President of the United States and break violently in upon his play-spell. If there is any one thing the investors of the coun- try are shouting at President Roose- welt it Is that his bugle notes of re- form are too frequent, too incessant and too disturbing; that in fact they want fewer bugle notes and more of the solace which comes from the llv- ing of the simple life. And yet these are the bugle notes which Secretary Taft avowedly appropriates in de- fense of his chief, and they are the bugle notes which MT. Bryan has up- on more than one occasion charged were stolen from the Democratic li- bretto. It is bit hard on the faithful Secretary, who has become the em- bodiment of the principle of self-ef- facement, to be told that he lags in the race.
 | One of the sentences in MT. Bryan's reply to Secretary Tafts criticism which catches the eye is this: ''The railroads may object to his rhetorical denunciation of abuses, but they will hardly be scared by his remedies" Is one to understand from this that it is the purpose of those who blow clear bugle notes of reform to scare the railroads of the country? This is a decidedly new view of the move ment to bring the railroads under the control of the law. Admittedly the railroads, or some of them, have be-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-28
KoLOMAN ZANZT.

There is something in name, and there is much in Koloman Zanzi He is chimney sweeper in Budapest But that isn't all, His mornings and days generally he devotes to clear ing the sooty ways of the material world; his evenings to exploring the oDscurities of the region of 1I,- tellect. For years 1t has been his practice, once the working hours of the day were done, to retire for long evening of study. Science, his- tory and law were his favorite sub jects. Some years since he became pacnelor in arts; two years ago no qualified for a mining engineer, and now he has passed quite brilliantly his examination for the doctorate in law. Friends have asked him If he did not intend to go to the bar. "Why?" he inquired, quite simply. q gain good living among chimneys. have a good connection. I shall re- main chimney sweep"
 Contented and wise is Koloman zanzi. He can get living by hon. est toll and have his mental pleas ures without being eaten by ambition or soured by disappointment. And he may be as useful as he would be if he were mine promoter or a criminal lawyer, or both
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-28
oNWARp AND UPwARD.

That Man is deteriorating while Woman is rising In the scale is be- coming plainer and plainer. It doesn't need proof, but it Is we'll enough to notice that Dr. Davy, an eminent English scientist, has gath cred facts from the shopkeepers of London from which he has learned that where few years ago women were wearing shoes of size number three and four, they are wearing now slzes from five to seven. The same conditions were found in tho glove trade, proving beyond doubt that women are getting more heavy handed On the mans side the learn- ed doctor found that hats, shoes, gloves--all are decreasing in size.
 The funny men coAtinue to inti- mate that Woman is still sensitive about the size of her shoes and gloves, but perhaps there is no truth in that talk. And even if there IS 1t will not be long before women will take as proper pride in having big hands and feet as they used to in having small ones.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-28

A first experimental battery has just been completed of the new quick-flr- ing field gun adopted by the Austrian army, and the guns have been put through a series of firing tests under campaign conditions in the presence of the minister of war. The results of the shooting are spoken of in the highest terms. Artillerlsts of the highest rank and responsibility declare the new piece to be the most modern and effective field gun in the world. It's precision up to about 4,OO0 yards Is said to be literally enormous, and the rapldity of fire little less remark able. Twenty shots minute were delivered.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-28
WHEN ArR1S FULL oFAIRsH1Ps

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 The more civilization the more trouble, say some, By and by the air vii be full of airships, and then we may have to consider some such things as disgruntled Englishman has already felt obliged to complain of. He was sitting in his garden read ing when a balloon sailed along over his head and soon after he got a shower of the dirt that was used by the aeronaut for ballast This moved him to say much, a part of which was this: Suppose I am peacefully tracking a snail to It's lair and I am suddenly assailed with the tea-slops and heel-taps of a millionaire's tea party Multiply the instance and you have country oppressed as if under the domination of the Puritans."
 The justice am! the seriousness of this complaint were promptly recog- nized by the Aero club, whose sec retary pointed out that the ballast is fine sand and is dispensed by a small scoop, representing about handful. The balloon in flight is so nicely bal anced that the smallest quantity thrown out commonly sufices to change it's position as desired. More over, the material is so fine that be- fore it has dropped few yards from the balloon it is diffused over very large area. Even when a whole bag
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-28
Out in the Fields With God.

The little cares that fretted me lost them yesterday Among the fields above the sea, Among the winds at play; Among the lowing of the herds, The rustllng of the trees. Among the singing of the birds, The humming of the bees The foolish fears of what might happen east them all awav Among the clover-scented "rAss, Among the new-mown hay; Among the husking of tne yofn. Where drowsy poppies nod, Where III thoughts die and good are
 born
 Out in the fields with God.
 Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-28
SALE OF THE PHILIPPINES.

Senator Brandegee is quoted in the press as saying that while he has heard the proposed sale of the Philip pine Islands favored in private con- versation he never heard any one say that the sale is feasible. He is sorry ve have got the islands but sees no
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-28
TIE SAME R1cH couNrnE.


 A good many people are low in their minds because the prices of stocks and bonds are low. Such peo- pie need encouragement and some of them deserve it. It exists for them in the fact that this is the same country 1t has been during the last prosper ous ten years. It is the same enor- mously productive country, the same rapidly growl g country It is ia- creasing in wealth at the rate os about $7O0O, 100000 year. It has it's periods of dullness and depres- sion, but 1t always emerges from those periods with new strength and more resources. There has been no such boom in the history of the coun- try as the one which just now seems to be fading, But there will be other and even bigger booms, in which more money will be made than has been made in this one. So nobody who can hang on to either work or securities has cause for discourage ment. The time hasn't come, and Is still far distant wheu it will be wise to be a "bear" on the United States.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-28

The human voice will carry three miles through a twenty-foot speaking tube. And even then it may not reach the boy in the next yard who Is wanted by his mother
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-28
SAYINGS IND DOINGS.

The London Tatler wants to know who is to look after the British West Indies, and what is to become of them if the whole American fleet is sent to the Pacific.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-28

It is now asserted that Noah was captain of industry He was cer- tainly captain of the ark, and he had to be industrious to take care of his menagerie.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-28

A distinguished scientist says that alcohol alone can be depended on to kill reaches. But can people afford to have their stomachs inhabited by reaches?
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-28

Says Dr. J. W. Achorn in the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal: '"The mind rules the body. The spirit also must have help. One who has 8 spiritual nature can soon raise his powers of resistance to a high level and weld the link of faith in the chain of his life. so that it becomes as easy and comforting for him to talk with God as it is easy and helpful to talk with a dear friend, and more so."
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-28
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 seem to attract especial attention. It is a source of wonder ito note the different people who pause and examine, with more than a cursory glance, lot of tools, the uses of many of which they do not know. Fine workmanship appeals to the eye as does artistic elegance, though possibly to lesser degree, and the man who admires a fine piece of jewelry, can also appre- ciate a well-made tool. But the man who uses 1t will appreciate it more, and he will come here for it because he is sure of the quality of any tool that comes from us.
 Our Warrant iS back
 Of OUT Tools.
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-28

Bremen. of the type already familiar in many Scandinavian towns. An cpl tome of the local culture and art from the earliest days is to be offered in a park dotted with old peasant houses.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-28

An Indiana man has raised a mush- room weighing twenty-five pounds. Perhaps he could sell it for enough to buy steak
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-28

The world continues to move. A Russian engineer-s. J. Maxinovitch- Is at work on the plans for a new waterway, 1,525 miles long, to connect the Black Sea and the Baltic. utilize the power now running to waste over the falls of the Dwina and Dnieper rivers, and relieve the chronic con gestion" on Russia's Southwestern railroad. Estimated cost, s1SO, 900, 900.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-28

There is still good hunting. William White went frog hunting in Obion riv- CT bottom, Gleason, Tennessee, and killed bullfrog which weighed six and one-half pounds and measured eighteen inches. After the frog had been shot 1t would have got away had it not been for Whites dog grabbing 1t. White also killed rattlesnake which weighed twenty-seven pounds and had twenty-two rattles.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-28

An open air museum is planned for
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-28
Tns 9ra1rnas aud Gn1trter

THE HARRINGTON PUBLISHING CO.,
 OFFICE, 400 STATE STREET.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1907-09-27
Value Of an Idea.

Good ideas are too rare to be vast.
ed. Certainly many talented people
have uncommon ideas, but they will
not take the trouble to work them into
practicable form. A clever little Bel.
gian girl aged only IA or Is years. has
originated a new wagon appliance
which will be OF definite value to both
horses and men. She was watching
some animals struggling to move a
heavily laden wagon with its wheels
stuck in the mud.
The idea came to her that some
sort or revolving axle might be invalu-
able in such case. She went home
and with paper and scissors put her
theory into miniature practice, says
Home Notes. An expert saw the
child's model and Immediately grasp
ed It's possibilities. Now the Belgian
government is taking up the little
lady's invention and she will make
quite fortune out of her idea.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1907-09-27
Had Business Instinc..

United States Consul HaIstead OF
birmingham. England. tells this
story: "A farmer noticed customers
in the grocer's shop picking over the
celery to find the bestlooking
lunches, and 1t occurred to him to
take more pains with his celery and
see II 1t would bring better price
He bought some pink tape and tied
the celery with it in neat punches
and found that 1t sold quickly and
brought more money. After that he
marketed all his produce in the most
attractive manner, putting labels on
his fruit baskets with the name Of
the variety. wiping his apples. select.
ing and labelling his tomatoes. al.
ways treating his fruit and vegetables
as If they were worthy of distinction
The fame of his produce grew. he en-.
larged his business and became a
wealthy man all because of the pink
tape on the celery"
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1907-09-27
HARDLY A CORRECT COSTUME.
Dean Stanley Once Entered Palermo
Wearing a Niahtshirt.

The voice of the church went forth
full early against the proposal that La
Milo should ride through the streets
OF Coventry in raiment too closely
copying the birthday attire In which
the original Lady Godiva rode. But
the church itself was once In danger
Of being scandalized by one OF its IL
lustrious members in what appeared
much the same way. The culprit was
none other than Dean Stanley, who
was driving with friend from Mon
reale to Palermo. Both men were
reading. Stanley suddenly discov-
cred that he was shivering with a
cold. He mentioned the matter to his
friend. We'll, hadn't you better put
something on?" said the latter. point
ing to the deans bag, which was close
at hand. Stanley thought 1t rather a
good idea, and the friend went on
reading. AS they entered Palermo
there were shouts OF astonishment.
Stanley was placidly reading. His
friend found that the distinguished
churchman had absent-mindedly
drawn out a nightshirt from his bag.
and put 1t on over his other clothing,
and. thus arrayed, was riding tri-
umphantly into the city.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1907-09-27
WHERE ANIMALS BEAT MEN.
Many Species Are Incredibly Met
About Their Food.

Mature taking aside" said the zoo
keeper. mice won't eat oleo. 1t is a
fact. Lay a pat of oleo and a pat Of
butter side by side. and in the morn
ing the butter will be gone, but the
oleo will remain untouched. oh, yes.
some animals are incredibly nice
about their food. The otter, when liv-
ing wild. will only eat one piece, one
mouthful. out Of each fish he catches.
He will land beautiful trout, but only
one bite of it, from the back, just be-
hind the neck. is good enough for him.
The rest he tosses aside. This epicure
often kills a dozen fine big trout to
make one meal. Chimpanzees have
very delicate tastes. A banana or a
pineapple that to you seems delicious,
to a chimpanzee may be revolving. His
taste is keener. Grapes grown in hot
houses where sulphur fumes are used
as an insecticide taste all right to a
man. but a chimpanzee will have none
of them. The ichneumon loves eggs.
He can tell fresh from stale one
simply by tapping the she'll"
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1907-09-27

". r. Ferguson. while on trip up
the Missouri river recently dug up In
old Rec village one Of the few pieces
of unbroken pottery work OF the Rees.
The piece is bowl which will hold
about quart and is In perfect state
of preservation. Plenty of broken
scraps Of this pottery work of the resi-
dents Of this part Of the northwest be
fore the coming of the Sioux are to be
found at the location Of their old
towns along the Missouri river. but
scraps are about all which the search
er can secure by digging and search
ing. The bowl in its present state is a
rare find and will be presented by
Mr.. Ferguson to the state historical
society to be retained In the collection
OF that society.-Pierre Letter to the
st. Paul Dispatch.