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The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-05-26

He--A girl made fool OF me two
years ago.
she--I felt sure something had nap
pened In your past life that you never
got Ver.-Tllustrated Bits,
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-05-26

Queer minglIngs of plant and animal
ranges of sentient existence. New zea-
land now provides the biological sensa-
tlor Of ali --iral that changes into a
plant. In the Ping Terrace region there
Is a caterpillar which feeds on fungus
spores. Appetite satisfied the little
creature makes its way to a chosen
burrow, and there. keeping It's original
shape, undergoes transformation into a
ood-like mass Of fungus. In place OF
the former animal. there is nothing left
but a root, from which stew shoots
up eight of ten inches, dropping fungus
spores as II grows.
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Subscribers who rnu 10 receive their
'""rnnl' Courier regularly and on time
VIII confer n favor on the management
ny Immediately reporting to the Cir
roIn'ion Manager. Telephone 39sf.
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SAYINGS AND DOINGs.

Well nigh ree-fourths OF the
worlds diamonds are purchased In the
United States, The declared value OF
these gems by invoice presented at the
American consulate at Antwerp during
the year 1907, amounted to s5,2S05ls
for cut diamonds and si,053,057 for
rough stones. The bulk of the business
was done during the first nine months
OF the year, as there were practically
no diamonds sold to the United States
In the Antwerp market during Novem-
Der and December. owing to the finan.
cial crisis.
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The JoUrral-Couricr is Tor sale daily
IN New York City Mt HotnIing's News
stands, Corner 3sth street md Broad
WY, at goth street and Broadway, mt /
Park Place, and Grand Central station.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-05-26

THE WEEKLY JOURNAL.
ISSUED Thursday. One Dollar n Yenr.
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n. G. Osborn. .Editor-in- Chief
- ~ sloane. Managing Editor
T""i barnett city Editor
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-05-26

The health authorities OF Baltimore
have renewed with vigor their crusade
OF last year against mosquitoes and
their breeding spots. The campaign is
along the same lines as that waged by
Or. A. II. Doty on Staten Island, ex-
cept In one particular. In this city the
work of discriminating was carried out
with public funds, but In Baltimore II
IA proposed to hold property owners re-
sponslble for all breeding places on
their lands and to compel them to drain
swampy spots and sprinkle them with
oil. BY this plan the health department
expects TO he able to accomplish import
ant results on an appropriation Of So
900, one-third that of last year.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-05-26

In an article on Robert Louis Steven
sons horror Of the opium habit, the
Rev. W. r. Clarke. In the chronicle of
the London Missionary society, gives a
letter which the novelist sent when on
the island to the native king Of Samoa
on the subject, in which he said. Moth
ing Is more quickly learned ethan the
opium habit; II passes from one to an
other like a song; nothing Is so perni-
cious; II feeds upon unaccustomed races
like fire upon dry wood, And I as-
sure your majesty no race appears less
able to stand the results OF this drug
than that to which your majesty belongs
and over so great a portion OF which
your majesty is called upon to rule"
Stevenson concludes long letter by
suggesting to the king that any for
eicner. other than a doctor, who shall
be found to have distributed the drug,
either for money or as gift should
at once be dcported from the islands
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-05-26

J, ", Cnrrlnaron. Publisher
~ ~ street. '.'..... Business Manager
10 E' IL. Norman. Advertising Manager
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-08-08
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the latter which contains the small but hne
harbor Of Page =.
The island length and three four In
ana the inlet constituting the habor of ago Page Is ABOUT TWO
length half surrounded heavily wooded
The native with brown skim their houses without
attraoted
OF the judged
types who with and
be only be done during
he quite safe welcomed with aoa Tbs tap or @
OF the village cup
o. their favote beverage called Kava Poi as already men., n
faeo
goes
chief family OF high rank
vigorous
hardly equal 70 cup
Piper methyicum and its chemistry In
manipulation should rather masticaon Ihs
pest maids selected for Kava making they seated around
into small and after
girls required out their mouths they All proceed
when they
SUFFICIENT chewed for the
diluted and sdrSse
bunch 81 roots ana delivered IN nst p. most ~
uest drinks ~ ysslad for -
hey point rank and There few boys - Ws 49,
ngus salient brave enough y drink Ksva with "a ts
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the
When
wards the south Pacific the the
claim foot Of territory the southern barring island
long Germany 1t
Europeans; but 1t claimed
pied about
Intimate Pacific for long the Philippines
Hawaiian "a
It is claimed that the samoans the finest native in the world
The the
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and pleasing qualities
surrounding
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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-08-08


bounds animated with feeding focks
Punchbowl forms stable lofty
between the
ack all the boys this craterom punch
unconscious the busng city not far
the quail and the pover and the vanish
o he
metropolis
They found everything uptode
buildings substantial
the reetcars Beautiful
frond against the sky viss
the thoughfares
hibiscus spaIgles the hedge
novelty unfamiliar
i .sr III ~
comesible
Hawaiian
Gala lily
which, uinous without
Jack tried the pol
Before of the landing place to enter the city he the
tive The Kanaks
hours the
different
habit
chief attention
Chinese yee"
into trimming with $50 tf*,N
blu
Of the beech butter
erners boyhood be found chiefly
boy nom the with
which excellent substitute
lent wholesome refreshing
immediate suburbs
He did lieu thereof INDUCED
his rugverous
tie which weight
Some visited city
Mentioned few Of the mss interesting places and things that
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-08-08
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HONELLZZLI WITH cqR4NET AABORERS -

Hawaii and Samoa sailors of the Atlantic fleet saw
mid Pacific paradise peopled by noble race whose hos
pitaty is proverb beautifully expressed In their own
charming words of greeting Aloha in the Hawaiian ISL
ands and "Talofa" in the Samoans sgnying Love to
you' in both languages Our "alohas" and "talofas
("howdies" and 'haloes') formal and often hollow
and heartless while those of the Kanakas be count
ed sincere and heartfelt Not SO much does the
paradise consist shaven lawns, castle homes, and
pampcred luxury in domestic lfe rather in the SIM
Pile of the natives in the charming villas of the
foreigners nesting in tropical uxurance, and In eli
mate Of soft varabeness of only ten degrees,
eaping from rgors of Antarctic to crucibe caorics
as in the temperate which often not temper
ate but excessive in both heat and cold
When the navy lads entered the harbor of Honolulu
they saw to landward skyline of peaks and craters,
some grim somber in mail of ancient lava, others
fresh and green with boskage produced by unsnt-
cd and tropical warmth Many of these peaks
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-12-20
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through. Timid in the extreme, the deer
cover and cringe when approached by
their herders- The breaking process be-
gins when they are very young and when
they are hrst battered This familiarity
the deer bitterly resents. The halter
lead is securely fastened to firmly plant
ed post and the deer is left 10 fight it
out alone. He tugs and pulls and bucks
and swings until he becomes exhausted
aud then it Is taught to lead. When
sufficiently cowcd aud tanned the deer Is
harnessed 10 n heavily laden sled and al
lowed to run and leap and buck to It's
hearts content 1t generally takes any
where from oue to three weeks to break
a deer TO harness. and in many instances
Il Is year or more before IL becomes
thoroughly trustworthy and gentle In
harness
The reindeer is as feet as the wind ana
far stronger than dogs. and for this rea-
son they are almost universally utilized
In transporting Uncle Sans mails IN the
Frozen North, although experience has
show THAI tn y have not the endurance
of horse The driver of these deer
sheds invariably bitches up his team in
single fiIe; n Stout rope Leading from the
OF aniler of the leader back to the sled
is used by the driver to guide and con
troll the team. Their usefulness as beasts
of burden is best demonstrated in the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-12-20

mountainous regions. as they are a. agile
and as surefooted rs a mountain goat. and
for this reason they can traverse trails
that to the uninitinted appear to be I'm.
passable.
AS timid as the reindeer is, however, he
possesses a will of his own and. Ike all
children of nature, he is as stubborn az a
tow mule. Let a reindeer become tired or
take q notion that 1t needs a rest, no
amount of coaxing or beating can make 1t
bulge from its tracks Although the jour-
ney may be one of only a few miles,
reindeer is Just as liable to stop half way,
swerve from the beaten trail. pick out
soft spot and lie down, there TO remain
until It is good and ready to arise and
continue the journey. In this respect the
reindeer is like unto his new-found mas
ter, the Eskimo. Each is gentle, but each
is stubborn.
In one sense the reindeer appeals strong
~ to the Eskimo. The meat of no animal,
fish or fowl Is sweeter or more delicious
than that of the reindeer. Reindeer steak
is ever hailed with delight in a mining
camp. where 1t is regarded the one
delicacy of the season. This meat usually
brings from 10 cents to 81 pound and
the demand Invariably exceeds the supply.
A reindeer on the hoof brings $50: yet.
when butchered, the purchaser can quad
rupIe his money, FOR not particle of the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-12-20

the toy animals make q specially of some
particular animal, and for years he works
only on that especial pattern Men who
have been turning out horses for. per
haps, % years could not pattern COW
IL their lives were at stake One man
spends his life In turning out horse rings,
another cow rings and so on through the
entire meuagerie, no one man devoting his
time 70 more than one pattern. Seeming
~. they never tire of their work. have no
desire to branch out In other work, and
they are apparently perfectly satisfied IL
the fruits of this years labor compare Ia
yorabiy with that of the last
Perhaps, the most interesting class or
toymakers are those who manufacture
that style of animal of the ferry or heecy
tribe. For instance, there are hundreds
of families on New York's East Side who
manufacture thousands of toy sheep eacn
year. These are covered with fleece, ana
are made to bleat when their little sides
are pressed. Every part OF the WORK IL
done at home. The fleece is bieached and
carded at home and then glued 10 the MT
tie wooden frames. that also are turned
out in the tenements- The same applies
to the Teddy Bears, although the latter
became such a craze that factories de-
voted exclusively to their manufacture
sprung up all over the county One wom-
an who had been left with several chill
dren to support following her husbands
death found that all she had lett
from the wreck was $1,000 In the form
of life insurance This she used In start
ing a Teddy Bear factory. and In three
years she cleared close TO 100000 on her
investment OF $1,000
The mechanical toy industry ID tire
mendous one, and one In which many
millions of dollars are invested OF course.
each of these little devices has SOME real
mechanical or inventive merit. and they
are TO be had At prices rangtag all the
way from a penny TO $1,000 Fortunes
are spent each year IN the purchase Of
these toys Railroads, equipped with
trackage. switches. block systems. myrf-.
ads OF electric signal hKhIx and rnsl5n1
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stock, operated by storage batteries, are
popular, and these are go complete In
every detail that they are sold at prices
all the way from s25 to $500. Then, too.
the automobile is another popular toy for
the little sons of the rich. and these are
being shown this year at prices ranging
from 500 to $1,000.
Walking and talking dolls are ever popu-
lar and very expensive. visit TO the
principalitoy shops will prove that doll
OF this description finds a ready sale. and
these bring anywhere from SIS to $1,000.
Each year the toys are becoming more
elaborate, more complicated and more e1-
pensive. The man who, when child.
would have thought his cup of happiness
full to oyer6owing had Santa Clans
dropped 1ackknife into his wooden.
home-knitted sock, and who has since
made his pile, thinks nothing OF spending
thousa nds of dollars for toys Tor MS on
spring at Christmas.
Dolls. and not mechanical dolls at that,
are sold as fast as they can be manu-
featured, at prices ranging from 10 cents
Z for those OF the china and rag varieties
to hundreds of dollars. where faces are
of the finest grade OF French china, hand
painted and supplied with wardrobes that
would dazzle a child OF the tenement dis
rtricts One weIlknown firm In New YORK
employs so or 90 seamstresses all the year
round, who do nothing else but make
dolls clothes. All the little friiis ana
furbelows, exquisite lingerie and gowns
that bear the marks OF the latest Parisiad
modes are turned out from this work
room each day, and aside from this they
constantly receive orders for complete
change Of costumes from their little Gus
toners. who watch the change In styles
and desire TO have their dolls always ar
rayed in the very latest styles
Santa Claus Is compelled to invest BIZ
lions each year low for his stock Of toys.
and the end Is not in sight. for Young
America is annually becoming more cap
tious and more exactiDg in che seiecfios
his MIA fbfns~
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rabIe companions Lapisnd. or Eskimo.
dogs. which care for the deer. as eollies
care for sheep.
No animal In the world can navigate
ms well In the teeth of a gale or blizzard
as reindeer. When overtaken by biz
znrd OH the hills the deer invariably fol-
lows the wind. The further they go
North the better the mess. which they
dig out of the snow 18th their feet and
nose. So long do their antlers grow that
they often prevent them from hurrowing
deep enough In the snow to reach the
moss and il is then That the apprentice
has TO come TO their reScuP and shovel
away the snow ard thus enable his herd
to feed If this task Is TOO great he re-
sorts 10 still more drastic measures and
SAWS OF those pTOngS OF The antlers that
interfere with the deer's feeding
While the reindeer is 9pfoserbialIy shy
and timid, they nevertheless are beIIicose
among themselves. they attack with feet
and gore with their antiers- These ant
iers however. thcy shsd1tsz March and
April. although new ones Immediately
sprout forth Whereas. every American
boy aud girls eontef ti6Bssf u reindeer is
one In which The defr ~ harurssed to u
sled oT sleigh, nevertheless the breaking
of Il reindeer to harness is frnught with
moro perlls and difficulties than any bron
co buster WAS ever called upon TO go
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deer goes to waste. October and Noyem-
Der are the butchering months. when the
latest OF the herd are rounded up and
slaughtered. The meat IS prepared for
market, the skins are stretched and dried
and the antiers hung up and cured, ell OF
which is sold at a big proft to the rein
deer butcher. It f. no uncommon sight
TO see 50 or more reindeer sleds. each
hauled by from 4 to 10 deer. laden high
with dead deer, on their way to the sta
lions, where the meat II to be cut mp and
skins and antiers cured.
Uncle Sam has expended q vast amount
Of money In endeavoring to popularize the
reindeer In Alaska, and In one sense he
has succeeded. AS beast Of burden In
these regions the deer has no equal. Its
skin furnishes the warmest garments and
bed clothing for the Eskimo and its meat
Ii unexcelled as food. Yet, despite these
several virtues, the deer 81 far from popu-
lar with the Eskimo, who would rather
share his bit of jerked meat and crust OF
black bread with his beloved dog than TO
own the finest herd OF reindeer in Alaska
that is. If he should have to care for
that herd and give up his dog.
Experts IN Washington, however, are
not entirely discouraged ana the various
missions and reindeer herds are not only
kept intact, but each year plans are being
formulated for the extension of thls In
dustry, and, as the herds increase and
multiply, It must follow that their use
will become more general as time wears
on.
Uncle Sam, however, feels amply repaid
for all the time, thought and money he
has expended on his new venture. Each
year, when old Santa Claus pays him his
annual visit and makes requisition for
new Dasher. a new Dancer. Pranrer or
Vixen, Uncle Sam smiles his blandest and
throws wide the gates OF his stockades.
thereby giving Old Kris free rein to go
and restock his stable to his hearts con-
tent. Uncle Sam knows Santa Claus
work is cut out for him and be also
knows that not a house within his vast
domains must be passed by without stop
from Santa Claus, even though II takes
every reindeer In Alaska or Lapland to
make the journey.
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send her back to the factory. where the
finishing touches are put on her before
exporting her to the furthermost corners
of the globe.
Among the toys thus home made are.
for instance, the animals so often found
in the Noah's Arks that grace the play
room of nearly every child In the uni
verse. Dwellers In The mountains of
Saxony lead In this industry. In many
respects this section OF Saxony closely
resembles the Catskill Mountains OF the
United States, where little isolated VII
lagos dot the hills and valleys. with
their few dwellings scattered about at
rare intervals In simmer these noun
tain jewellers cultivate their little farms
and garden patches but Ia winter they
all devote their entire time to toy max
ing. working far into the night ut the
fireside OF their little huts.
Year after year these mountaineers
work at the same task, making the same
style of toys. making the same number
each year, and all is done In such Il
monotonously systematic manner as
would drive the average American to the
verge OF despair. They never tire of
their task. seemingly. and always work
provide food and clothing 10 carry them
through the winter, SO that their Toy
making can go on uninterruptediy.
Thus they work the winter through.
nv their combined efforts turning out lit
tie arks and their inmates to great
number 1t might seem. however. that
even with their combined efforts. every
member OF the family faithfully doing
his or her part, shat their output would
be limited. since there Is so much cutting,
caryip. and coloring 10 be done upon
even the toughest and crudest or the
I,ttIe tovs. yet they manage to accom-
plish a surprising amount OF work ahc
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cap a rich reward. according to the
wage Standard OF their respective coun-

reap rich reward. according to the
wage Standard OF their respective coun-
tries.
1t might be interesting to follow the
efforts OF one OF these families In the
manufacture OF animals from the tree
to the ark. The head of the family. and
skilled In that sort OF work. takes a
small block of wood cut out. not length
wise, hut across the grain, and upon one
end of this block he draws the profile
outline OF, say, a horse. Then with G
scroll saw he saws away from the block
down through its entire length. all the
wood outside the lines as drawn on the
end OF Ii for a guide. Now he has the
block OF wood in the rough outlines Of q
horse. but very thick and able bodied.
Then from this block he splits on. down
through 1t. and with the grain. as many
sections as the block will permit. three
or four and maybe half a dozen, each
one of these being complete horse In
outline, a little horse in blank These
crude little horses are then turned over
TO other members OF the family, and
each is fashioned into its finished form.
In this way IL can be seen that much
labor is saved at the start, but there Is
another way OF preparing the material
and this Is a more advanced method.
In this part OF Saxony there are many
wood turner's who make IL q business TO
saw out these toy animals into blocks.
and these they sell to the toy makers.
that they might complete them Then.
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x POW that the date for Santa Claus.
M annual descent down the family
= chimney approaches. interest natur-
ally centers in the myriads of toys he
sleds AROUND with him as we'll as In those
who make them For n year past an
army OF men. women and children have
been at work making Christmas toys,
while the wheels OF many of the biggest
factories of the world have been whirl-
ing around, each revolution resulting in
one or more of the finished product
Pie greater percentage of the toys
Santa Claus tucks into the little stock
ings that are carefully hung at the
Preside each Xmas Eve are made in Ger
many For several generations past Ger
many has led the world in toy manufac-
ture, although the tremendous influx or
Teutons 10 this country has resulted In
n big impetus TO the enterprise In all or
the big American cities Here wnoie
families can be found all steadily em-
ployed at toy making Children play
quite as important a part IN inc "osA
as their parents and eyince quue as
much pride and even iveiier interest
I'm the task than their elders
In Germany toy making Is regarded as
one or the country's chief industries.
and there are many factories In which
toys OF one sort and another are turned
out In their entirety; and then, too, there
are others where only portions OF the
work are completed and the remainder Is
done by piece work by workmen In their
homes Here is where. the entire family
IS assigned some portion of the work.
ing of dolls. The heads are made in the
factories. are their sawdust bodies.
Then these parts are assembled and
turned over 10 piece workers, who take
them home. put them together and pre-
pare the clothes for dolly. dress her and