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Morning journal and courier., 1880-12-31

In 1868 young man employed ship
| ping clerk by large iron manufacturing firm
| of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, went to one of
his employers and respectfully told him that
he was not making enough money. The
| firm valued the services of the young man
highly and willingly offered him an increase
| in salary from $50 to $75 month. ''That
is not what I want desire an interest in
the frm," replied the young man. "Oh,
you can't have that" said the employer. The
shipping clerk at once told the firm to en-
gage man to fill his place, embarked in
business for himself, and in eight or ten years
| was at 1.-THE head of a concern which RI
! vailed that of his old employers. To-day he
is the leading member of a firm which en-
ploys nearly three thousand men and boys,
turns out So 900 tons of iron a year, pays
$1OO, 900 a month in wages and salaries,
works up into specialties most of the
iron manufactured in it's own mills and does
business of about 81 ,OOO, 900 year. The
young shipping clerk was Harry W. Oliver,
jr, the leading man of the firm, and now a
candidate for United States Senator. There
is moral to this pleasing tale, but we would
not advise every young man who thinks he is
not making money enough to demand an in
terest in the firm for which he works, and if
the demand is not granted go into business
for himself with the expectation of making
several millions in eight or ten years. If
they should all do it it would unsettle bust
ness.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-12-31
COMMUNICATIONS.
Bernhardt, Salvini and Morality.
the Editor of the JoURNAL AND COURIER:

Bernhardt, Salvini and Morality.
| To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
We have been accustomed to hear the
newspapers praised as the educators of the
people. 1t seems to me that if this is cor
| rect there has been recently great change,
| in one respect, as to what should be taught
| and that sundry old fashioned notions must
| be wrong I allude to the spirit and tenor OF
your references, in common with the other
| ton of going to hear the French
woman Bernhardt. AS nearly as I can
| understand you and those other teachers, it
| is proper and right beyond sensible question
| to go to hear Bernhardt-although it is no.
| torious that she makes no claim to chastity.
You say, or one of your brethren say: She
| is no worse in this respect than Salvini, and
| it will be quite the correct thing to go to
| hear him, because he is a man. This is put
| forward as a reason for patronizing the wo-
man, whereas, unless l am very much mis-
taken it ought to be used only as reason for
refusing to patronize the man.
If a man or woman who gets living by
catering to public amusement or giving pub
lie instruction is at liberty to be as Hcentious
or profigate or unprincipled in private char
acter as possible, without its making any diff
ference with his or her patronage by people
desiring public and private virtue, what rea-
son is there for paying any attention to the
character of a man or woman in any bus1-
ness?
Where should the line be drawn? Should
it be drawn at the drop-curtain? If SO, for
my part wish you would say SO. For, as l
read our papers now, see no teaching against
persons S raising the devil privately if he is
only smart in public. IT, however, you draw
| the line at the front of the stage, you will
certainly differ from those who believe that
| the highest excellence on the stage is consist
ent with good character behind the scenes,
| and that the stage, under the control of those
| who are decent and correct in sentiment and
| practice, may be an institution of general
public benefit, instead of being what it for
merly was, a nest of corruption. P.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-12-31
Friday Morning, Dec. 81. 1850.
THE PHOTOPHONE.

Professor A. Graham Bell, who went to
Paris to receive the Volta prize of so, 600
francs awarded him by the French Academy
for the invention of the articulating tele-
phone, has returned to this country, and has
been talking about that marvellous instr1-
ment the photophone, which he and Mr.
Sumner Taintor are now at work upon
The photophone transmits sound by rays
ofGght. Two kinds have been made-the mus
ical and the articulating. The musical pho
tophone Mr.. Bell calls very simple. An in
clined mirror throws rays of light through a
lens. These rays focus near the edge of a
wheel, the wheel being perforated near its
edge with forty-four holes. Each revolution
of this wheel interrupts the light forty four
times. The rays then pass through two
more lenses, which bring them again to TO-
Gus near a receiving disk to which tube is
attached and through which sounds areh heard.
Sound waves having greater velocity than
thirty per second are audible SO the inter
ruption of rays of light by the perforated
wheel thirty times or more per second gives
an audible sound, the pitch being determined
by the rapidity of the Interruptions and cor
responding with the vibrations of tuning
fork. Two hundred and fifty Interruptions
per second will give the same musical note as
tuning fork making that many vibrations
per second. The receiving disk is usually
ebonite or hard rubber. But byexperiments
Professor Bell and Mr.. Taintor have discov-
cred that all substances when in the shape of
thin diaphragms emit sounds when submitted
to Interrupted undulatory beams of light.
The articulating photophone is made by an
addition to the one just described. In the
place of the receiving disk is put silvered
glass disk one two-hundredth of an inch
thick. This reflects the rays of light to a
parabolic mirror at the focus of which there
is a selenium-cell receiver in telephone
battery circuit. This disk is also the part
of the instrument against which the
voice acts. When this is plane surface
and still, rays are thrown in parallel lines
to the selenium receiver. But as it becomes
alternately concave and convex the
rays reflected converge and diverge and a
greater or smaller proportion of rays are re-
fected upon the selenium, and this is SO SEN
sitive in an electric current to varying de-
Sie0s VI hBAG Ihat JIG souhus oI Ine voice
are transmitted by it to the telephone circuit,
and under favorable conditions are more per-
feet. natural and distinct than in any of the
telephones yet produced, the pitch, of course,
still depending on the rapidity of revolutions
of the perforated wheel
Articulate sounds have been transmitted a
mile by the photophone, and musical sounds
by the musical photophone 800 feet. An
eightieth of the light of the sun is sufficient
to produce results From some experiments
made in Paris, Mr.. Bell believes that with
minute selenium cell and a telescope properly
arranged it will yet be possible to hear on the
earth sounds of storms on the surface of the
sum What will the modern wonder workers
do next !?
Morning journal and courier., 1880-12-31

To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
Permit me to reply briefly through your
columns to the remarks in last nights Regis
ter drawing parallel between Bernhardt and
Salvini. That society does "smile on an Of
Tending man." and 'present swords
double-edged sword, we doubt lotto the
delinquent woman, no one can doubt. Nc
more can we help seeing that there seems tC
be something wrong in the economy of s
dispensation which places the heaviest bur
den on the weakest shoulders. He who can
give satisfactory reason for it would be
Omniscience itself The most that we can
do is to accept it as it is unless, indeed, we
90 back for an antecedent to the Eden1e Pc
riod and declare that if woman gets the
greater blame it is because she deserves 1t.
Women are said to be more cruel than men
in Judging their erring sisters. The charge
can be met with no denial, but, If defended
at all, must be referred to more delicate an
alysis of cause and effect than can be entered
upon here.
Nowhere in fiction can a more exquisite IL
Iustration of the charity that thinketh no
evil be found than in Daniel Deronda j"
when the anonymous Mirah is introduced to
the family who give her home. There is
no suspicious forethought on the part of the
mother lest near or remote evil come direct
" or indirectly to son or daughter. No gath
ering up of sanctimonious skirts on the part
of those daughters lest the touch OF the fallen
bring shadow of shame. The mother heart,
which has always in it something of the di-
vine as well as human love, gives the pass
word of welcome, and not prison bars, but
golden gates of love and confidence keep the
homeless wanderer within their safe shelter.
The action of the authorities in Montreal
in trying to prevent Bernhardt's appearing
was as unwise as well-meant Of course it
resulted, as might have been foreseen, in an
increased demonstration of enthusiasm on
the part of the people. No. However heavy
the die used, morality can never be stamped
upon the community. 1t must work from
within outwardly. And, to be genuine, must
proceed from each individual in a sense of
personal responsibility, as well as quickened
sense of the honor of virtue. x.
New Haven Dec 30
Morning journal and courier., 1880-12-31

The Naugatuck railroad have filed all their
ice-houses on the line from the pond at the
station. There are about 1000 tons in their
house at East Litchfeld and some 1000 or
5000 tons more have been distributed among
| other houses on the line. 1t is the finest
they have ever had,
Morning journal and courier., 1880-12-31
COLDER WAVES.

"What plan, " said one actor to another
''shal I adopt to fill the house at my bene
FTP" "Invite your creditors ~ was the surl..
reply.
A man advertises for competent perso1
To- undertake the sale of new medicine anl
adds That sit will be highly lucrative to th'
! undertaken
A Christmas presefis should in some wa,
suggest the giver. Philitde!sphtG Nesos- Grea
Scott We can't afford to give away a lot O.
casts of the Apollo Belvidere. Boston Post
little girl whose father was merehan
tailor said to her mother; Mother, car
always tell when pa makes a misfit, because
he always gives you and me fits when ht
comes home"
"Well, well, " said Ellington, majestically
1--WE mustn't be too severe on the young fel
lows. I suppose was as big fool as any Of
them when was young "Yes," replied
Fogg, land you are not an old man now, Bill
ington."
One evening, at Paris cafe, group OF
idlers were discussing politics and people
who change their opinions. ''Well," saio
one, ''Pve never cried, Long live anybody
"Quite So" remarked one "but then you'r
doctor"
Arctic explorers is that the length of the po
lar night is 142 days. What a glorious
place that would be-, said Brown, lin which
to tell man with a bill to call around the
day after tomorrow and get his money"
A South End teacher, in her little holiday.
vacation speech to her pupils, last Friday
trusted they would come back resolving that
their behavior should be unexceptionable
and that they would give up all bad habits,
when little girl in the back of the room
jumped up and said, 1.-The same to you
ma'am " TrDnSe9iDt
Receipt for modern composition: Begin
in march time, SO softly that it cannot be
heard. A few taps on the bass drum will do
turn on the full orchestra gradually bang
whack! bang! Shut off by degrees, P, PIP,
ppp, pppp, until nothing is heard but the
leader shaking his stick Let him shake his
stick in silence for some time after the piece
is ended. When he stops the public will ap-
plaud-Ihe Score.
1t was on the Burlington railroad train
and politics had given way to theology, and
the young man with the turban hat had the
floor and was denouncing the old-fashioned
idea of hell. 'I tell you," he cried, "man
was never intended for such fiendish pun.
ishment God never made me for kindline
wood" Reckon not, !" said the old parson,
back near the stove; ''too green" He didn't
go and elaborate and explain what he meant,
but somehow or other everybody seemed to
understand him, and the conversation gradu.
ally drifted back into politics.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-12-31

An eccentric Berlin philosopher announces
that he has discovered way to make trip
around the world in twenty-four hours. BE
says that he is informed by the captains of
ships that birds are seen at sea thousand
miles or more from land and pronounces it
self-evident that they must reach shore in q
very short time, since they cannot find rest
ing place in mid-ocean. From this he con-
ceived the idea that they merely raise them
selves aloft, and, with only enough motion to
keep afoat, remain as nearly stationary as
possible, while the earth revolves around
under them. All they then have to do is to
wait until the desired spot on the earth's sur
face comes along, and thereupon comfortably
to lower themselves to solid ground. This
ingenious practice on the part of birds the
Berlin man proposes to initiate for mankind
with the assistance of a balloon and passen-
ger car of peculiar construction that he has
invented, and which will soar aloft and re-
main stationary, while the restless earth rolls
on below. 1t does not appear that he has
successfully tried trip with his balloon him
self, but he has laid his theory before the
Polytechnic Society of Berlin and given an
elaborate exposition of it. The society re.
ceived it apparently with levity, but the in
ventor is in dead earnest.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-12-31

and child in the country. The statisticisn
estimates that one half of the population are
children, and too young to be consumers of
beer or spirits, and that there are half million
adults who are teetotallers. This method of
figuring would leave but l, 500, 900 people to
consume the 1O7, 1886, ,32O pints of proof spirit
and the 6, POI, ,213 gallons of beer which are
annually consumed in Canada. This enor-
nous quantity of intoxicating liquors, he
says, would be sufficient to make a river,
or canal, along which Hanlan might row for
the championship. Making a reasonable
estimate of the quantity of grain used for
distillation of the malt for brewing, and
allowing for the waste in converting barley
into malt, there was used in Canada, in 1879,
not less than 100, 600, 900 pounds of grain in
the manufacture of intoxicating liquors. In
estimating thequantity of spirits and beer
consumers, no account has been taken of
that imported from the United States and
other countries in bottles. If this were to
be added, the figures would be considerably
larger
Morning journal and courier., 1880-12-31
Price Four Cents.
Exciting Winter Sport.

Fishing for PickereI Through the lee
Pleasure and Profit in the Lakes of
Northern PsnnsyIvania-The Simple
Apparatus Needed-Watchfng for Tip
Ups'On a Good Day-Landfng the Vora-
cfnns EfaR.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-12-31

General Hawley's efficiency as president of
the Centennial Commission will be rewarded
by a testimonial to be presented to him at
Washington January 9th.
Willimantic has voted, with only one dis
senting voice, to build jail free of expense
for Windham county, if the Legislature will
pass an act to have the holding of alternate
terms of the Superior Court of the county at
Willimantic.
The movement to make new town out OF
the borough of Danielsonyille and adjoining
territory excites much opposition, and a meet
ing in Brooklyn the other night placed $50,
900 at the disposal of committee to prevent
any loss of territory.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-12-31
Something Like a Snake story.

sportsman who penetrated into the jun
gle living between Buddoh and Strangoon
came upon a lone hut In district called
Campong Batta, upon the roof of which the
skin of an enormous boa or python was
spread out The hut was occupied by Malay
and his wife, who told the sportsman the fol-
lowing extraordinary story: One night about
a week previous the Malay was awakened by
the cries of his wife. Supposing in the dark
ness that she had been attacked by thieves
he seized his sharp parang and groped his
way to her sleeping place, where his hand fell
upon a Shiny reptile. 1t was fully minute
before he could comprehend the entire situa-
ton, and when he did he discovered that the
whole of his wife's arm had been drawn down
the monsters throat, whittier the upper part
of her body was slowly but surely following.
Not daring to attack the monster at once for
fear of causing his wifes death, the husband
seized two bags within reach and commenced
stufing them into the corners of the snakes
Jaws. by means of which he succeeded in
forcing them wider open and releasing his
wife's arm. No sooner had the boa lost his
prey than he attacked the husband. whom
he began encircling in his fatal coils, but
holding out both arms and watching his op-
portunity the man attacked the monster SO
vigorously with his parang that it suddenly
unwound itself and vanished through an open
ing beneath the sides of the hut. The
Malay's clothes were covered with blood, as
WIS aAsO tne noor OF tne nut, ana tne Wlfe S
arm was blue with the squeezing it received
between the boa's jaws. At daylight the
husband discovered his patch of plantain
trees nearly ruined, the boa having in his
agony broken Off the trees at the roots, and
in the midst of the debris lay the monster
itself dead. The Malay stated that he had
realized $50 from Chinese who came long
distances to purchase pieces of flesh on ac-
count of its supposed medicinal properties,
and that he had refused Sc for the skin
which he preferred to retain as trophy
Morning journal and courier., 1880-12-31

Delegate Cannon, of Utah, who has four
wives and seat in Congress, is undisturbed by
reports from Utah which represent that Gov
ernor Murray will withhold his certificate.
Cannon says that the Governor is only a
ministerial officer and must leave the ques-
tion'of territorial delegates qualifications
to the House of Representatives.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-12-31
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Morning journal and courier., 1880-12-31
EDITORIAL NOTES.


Go West, young woman, go West The
census returns show that Iowa has fifty
thousand more men than woman, and that
the State offers splendid inducements to good
looking and good women. The Des Moines
Register promises such women the best homes
in the world, and in time, and not very long
time either, the best of husbands.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-12-31
&c. &c. SANFORD,
d24 1875 and 2OA Elm st.
Tontine Livery Stables

m WE are prepared at short notice to furniah
the best Carriages, either close open, for
HFNS Balls, Weddings and Christenings
49, 1t Is our intention to have good Carriages
st the depot and on boat landinge when needed.
Grateful for the hbeFal patronage in the past We
hope by ETict attention to the wants Of patrons
TO merit continuance Of the favors Of the public
WIS. LAHapoN. Foreman. nj
Morning journal and courier., 1880-12-31
HAVEN, CONN. FRIDAY MORNING. DECEMBER
Saournal allo Courier.

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Morning journal and courier., 1880-12-31

The temperance cause don't seem to be
very fourishing in Canada. Without count
ing the Illicit manufacture, which is believed
TO have been large, it is estimated that. dur
ing the past year, the people of Canada con-
sumed 1O7, ,s36, 800 pints of homemade proof
spirits. Adding the quantity of imported
liquors, the consumption was about thirty
and one-fourth pints for every inhabitant of
Canada, or about three pints a week for
every family of five persons There was also
an average consumption of beer of, at least,
two and 9 half gallons for every man, woman
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-03-17

Business on the Run is beginning ia
assume more activity. The farmers
have stopped ploughing since the
ground has been frozen, but ell ready
TO commence as soon as there is a
thaw. For the last two years The far
mers have made nothing, but with
increased acreage, better crops and
prices they hope to prosper.
There are many now complaining oi
colds; indeed. those that our not
afflicted are the exception.
J.'A. Dawson has been quite sick
but is around again.
Mrs. Lyman Handy is quite feeble.
Quite a number are moving this
spring.
We have MIR. Jno. Hud 1leson for a
citizen of Forest again.
Prof DeMunn moves to Neilltown.
Joe. Steinmetz goes East Of the
Mountains.
Rufe Copeland has moved to Craw-
ford Co.
/. Mrs. Metcalf and her mother have
moved back to the old homestead.
We welcome them again as neighbors.
Mr.. Wm. Young is moving on the
farm of Mrs. Allender.
Mrs. Flora Wachter and Mrs. Julia
Ferry, Of St. Petersburg, are here on a
visit among their old friends. We
are glad to see them again.
Mrs. j. ! Range will visit her
daughter in Kansas this month.
jim McIntlre rejoices ever II new
daughter. He calls it-well no matter,
he'll name it.
Our school closes this week. Miss
Kerr has given good satisfaction both
to parents and children.
We are to have Qua,terly Meeting
at the Wesleyan church on next Sab
bath. All are invited.
We hear it intimated that Harmony
will present some candidates for office
this fall but time will tell
G.. w. S.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-03-17
estate CAPlTALlSMS."

HARR1sBuRG, PA, March -, 80
For the past week The Riot Bill
cases have again been engaging popu.
lar attention. Considerable surprise
has been occasioned by the principals
entering a plea Of guilty. and that
judgment be pronounced. PetroG,
one of the defendants who plead not
guilty was yesterday convicted, and
will be sentenced along with the others
on the 29th Of the present month. The
trials OF the others, l think, will be
abandoned, as the prosecution seem
satisfied TO let the small fish 60 now
that they have convicted the larger
ones.
Mr.. John Cessna, the new chairman
of the State Central Committee, has
named Mr. Lucius Rogers, aud Mr..
Samuel Barr, as his secretaries, and
Philadelphia, as his head quarters,
which he will open about the middle
of June.
Our warm springlika weather, sud-
denly changed on Sunday last, when
il became considerably colder, about
two inches of snow fell when it agair
became clear aud warm. Twice
during the week we have had
several inches Of snow, which, however
was unable to long resist the continued
warm temperature.
Owing to the prevalence oftha small
pox in neighhoring cities, our mayor
has issued a proclamation, calling on
the citizens to get vaccinnated to pre-
vent it taking hold here. Il would ut
have been bad idea while he was in
the humor Of writing to call the item
tion of councils to the streets, which
are covered by about three inches of
mud, which I don't think is very con-
ducive to the public health.
WARREN.