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Morning journal and courier., 1880-04-30
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 Jones had engaged man to dig well at his suburban place. Seeing him a month later he asked how he was getting along with his work, and was told that the we'll was half done Judge therefore of his surprise when, a week after this conversation, upon visiting the premises, he found only a circle marked in the earth. Of course he hunted up the man, and of course he asked him what he meant by saying the well was half done. The man very coolly replied: ''So it is; well begun is half done, you know. w.'-Boston Transcript.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-04-30
Sonrnal and Courier.

EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY HARRINGTON & CO.,, No. 400 State Street, Courier Building.
 JOHN B.. CARRINGToN. EDWARD T. cARRNGroN. JOHN B.. oARRINGroN, JR.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-04-30

General Joseph R. Hawley has accepted an nvit,tion deliver the address before the Adelphic Union at the coming Commencement at Williams College.
 James B. Bradley, an old and respected citizen Of Stratford was found dead in his bed at half past six Wednesday morning. His age was about seyenty-two years.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-04-30
PREFER RED.

Tie du11-eyed donkey droops his head,
 Wrapped in himself, With patent perspicuity, And meekly follows where he's led
 The cunning eff i; But, when his heels begin to shed, His latent assiduity
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Morning journal and courier., 1880-04-30
(Gtticura
 Blood and Skin HumOrs.

Outicura Remedies for the treatment of Blood and Skin and Scalp Humors When of Serofulous, Can cerous or Syphilitic origin the Cutcura Resolveit is the principal remedy and if there at the same time Ulcers Sores, other External Affections, then the Cuticurs assisted by Cutcura Soap must be used externally If disease is Of the Skin and Scalp the principal remedy will then be the Cutcura, with the 1Juticura Soapand such of the Resovent is sug gested by the following conditions: In all Skin and Scalp Diseases when the skin is hot and the blood when the virus of Scrofula or poison of Mercury is Turk in the system, or when the has been shattered by Malaria and AntiPerodic Fev ers and Debtating Diseases, always take the Resol vent while using the Outcura cure thus made will be permanent and satisfactory.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-04-30

The Baltimore Gazette claims to have knowledge that the exact amount of United States per cent. bonds held by Mir. William H. Vanderbilt is $47, ,o5o, 900, and that he is also an investor in 4 and 5 per cent. bonds to a small extent-say three or four millions. Is that all :?
Morning journal and courier., 1880-04-30

Messrs. Weeks Potter,-I commenced to use your Cuticura last July, having only used large and one small box and one bottle of the Resolvent. My face and head and parts of my body almost raw. My head covered with scabs and soree, and my suffering was fearful.
 had tried everything had heard of in the East and West. My case WAS considered very bad one. One very skal physician said he would rather not treat it, and some of them think only cured tenn porary. think not, for have not particle of Salt Rheum about me, and my case is considered wonder ful. My case has been the means of selling 2 great many of your Cuticurs Remedies in this part of the
 MRS. s. E. wHIFPLE. Decatur, Mich., Nov. IT, 1878.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-04-30
Is Superstition IIenceFOrward Imp0ssi-
 bIel


 Leslie Stephen, in North American RevIewJ
 If it is not an idle optimism to assume that superstition is henceforth impossible, kshould at least be glad to know distinctly upon what grounds our security rests. Is it that we in dividually ase so much wiser than our fore fathers? I do not wish to underrate modern progress, but surely there is something gro tesque in the hypothesis that the average shop keeper or artisan of the present day is too clever to believe in the creeds of his forefath- CTS. I fancy that no one has yet ascertained that the brain of to-day is more capacious than the brains of the contemporaries of Cesar St. Paul. Or if I fancy for 8 moment that minds trained by modern schools are above the reach of sophistry, the doctrine becomes very untenable when I take journey, say, on the Metropolitan Railway from Kensington to Blackfriars. Take a cursory glance on such an occasion at any of your companions: look at that respectable grocer studying the Daily Telegraph, or the intelligent citizen absorbed in the records of the great Mir. Peace, prince of burglars and murderers. Can you pierce his armor of solid indifference by arguments about the principle of evolution and the sur vival of the fttest? Will the teaching of Comte or MT. Herbert or Hegel be as savory to him as the rhetoric of his dissenting oraclep Is he likely to see through fallacies which inn posed upon Augustine or Aquinas Macaulay prophesied that the Catholic Church would endure forever, on the ground that, If Sir Thomas More could DeIleV6 ln the nonsense of transubstantiation, men might always be- lieve in it. If some modern intelects are in advance of More, the great bulk are still far behind him. To found any hopes of an emancipation from superstition upon belief in the elevation of the average intellectual standard is, indeed, to build upon @ fimsy foundation. am quite unable to see that the cultivation of the masses has reached a point at which, will not say Catholicism, but organism is made impossible by the intelli- gence of mankind. If even witchcraft has become obsolete, it is not because it's absurdi-s ty has been demonstrated, but because mems imagination has been directed elsewhere. In- deed, the phenomenon of asurvivaI of supersti- tionin the upper classes is too common to ex- cite astonishment A mind which can be edi- fled by the tricks of 'tmedium" is saved, not by intrinsic ability, but by the accidents of time and place, from sharing the grossest supersti- tions of Zulus or Esquimaux.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-04-30
Buntings.

We say without fear Of contradiction that stock of this desirable kind of dress material is equal to anything shown, and that prices, quality for quAl ity, are the lowest made. We have Plain Buntings, Momie Buntings, and Lace Buntings, single and dou- be width, various grades, black and in all the new and fashionable coors There is no doubt about it. we are giving ths beat choice and the best value these goods that be got either in low priced in the finer and finest qualities.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-04-30
Saving the Country.

''They are saving the country in Nobles- vile today" the fat passenger remarked be- fore we came away Monday morning.
 ''Yes," the sad passenger said, ''it is disuu- ion and anarchy, or Diffsndorfer for trus- tee."
 Elect Diffendorfer trustee" said the cross passenger, land the throes of dissolution seize this wretched and ensIaved country the next day"
 "A vote for Diffendorfer,' shouted the tall, thin passenger, dement's more closely, and binds mere firmly, the Union already laid in the best blood of our fathers"
 'tElect Diffendorfer," the fat passenger said, land tho malice and hate of 500 centu- ries of despotism is crowned with success, and the fair republic that has repelled the assaults of all the world, dies by the parricidal hand of it's own ungrateful traitorous and blood dyed children"
 'sElect Diffendorfer," said the man with the green goggles, land the reeling thrones of the effete monarchies of Europe crumble to the dust, and the barbarous despotisms in the far Orient fall to the earth amid the crushing of broken dynasties that have been upheld by centuries of lawless and pit1less powers"
 'iElect this man Diffendorfer," snorted the fat passenger, land you will live to hear the death knell of liberty ring through the land. Make him township trustee and you will see the sacred rights of man, the honor of citizen ship, the gIories of the republic, the sanctity of the fire side, the purity of the home, the holiness of the church, the sacred retirement of the cloister, trampled ruthlessly under his cruel and polluting feet; elect Diffendorfer"--
 ''Diffendorfer ain't runnin'," said the wo- man who talks bass, and as usual, when she croaks she cuts of the debate as with the previous question, to the great disappointment of the man with the green goggles, who was just ready to laugh out with 8 crusher as soon as the fat passenger was out of breath. And so we came away from NoblesVille.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-04-30
EDITORIAL NOTES.

It is perhaps unnecessary to explain that in our remarks yesterday upon the Democratic convention at Hartford the clause, s'The unit rule was enforced" should have had 'not'' in it.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-04-30
Our Cloak Room

tions to this stock: Spanish Laoes-black and white, Torchons and Russian Laces Muslin Ties at every price, Antique Llces, Lace Fichus, Iridescent and Chenille Pelerines, Fancy Illusions for neckwear.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-04-30

Platt'e Patent BuckWheaG. n TONE fresh received this morning for sale to the = trade at mill prices, freight added.
 3sSl E. E. HALL BON,
Morning journal and courier., 1880-04-30
Salt Rheum

On Face, Head, and Parts of Body. Head covered with Scabs and Sores.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-04-30
PARASOLS.
Cretonnes, sc.

Furniture and Curtain oretonnes in very great va- riety the stock being constantly repenished with the choicest new designs Curtains of Linen scrim with Antique lace. very elegant goods at low prices win- dow and vestibuIe Curtain Lace, Lambrequins.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-06-09

One day in January, 1S4O-a long while ago, but as the anecdote is unpublished and the actors were all eminent, 1t will bear tell ng-several professors of the University of Berlin were assembled in the council cham Der and were talking One of them held The Voss Gazette in hand Turning to Pro- lessor Boeckh (famous as Greek scholar and as poSsessoNRf a wonderful memory,) he asked DO You think you could in twenty four hours get by heart the first page of that newspaper !'
 ''I am sure could" Professor Boeckh, I don't think you could Tm so sure you could not that I'll bet twenty bottles of wine that you could not''
 Strike hands. I take your bet"
 Professor Boeckh took the newspaper and was little shocked to see that the first page contained nothing but list of persons who had, at recent festival of the Order of Prus- sia, received the ribbon.
 The insipid itany was, of course, much more difficult to get by heart than editorials and intelligence; still, Professor Boechk would not back out. At this moment Prof. Haupt, the philologist, who was likewise famous for his tenacious memory, entered the council chamber, was told what occurred and dared to make a similar bet. He smiled and struck hands. Thereupon Professor Benary one of the young professors, declared that if the veterans of the faculty could do so much, the lawyer recruits would not be be- hind them; and to sustain the honor of his youthful brethren, he, too, would take the bet.
 The next day all these professors were as- sembled again in the council chamber Pro- lessor Boeckh began and recited the whole page without missing one name or even the Christian name, one Enitial, or one grade of the long list of persons who had received the ribbon from the ministers of state to the humblest clerk. He rattled it off as easily as If it had been the alphabet Then Professor Haupt recited the long nomenclature, but he gave it slowly and corrected himself often. Twas now Professor Benary's turn to prove himself the peer of these grayheads. He exclaimed Brethren, do you really think me capable of fatiguing able men with so stupid htany for the third time? Mo- col leagues, I'd rather pay for twenty bottles of good claret." A peal of laughter shook the council chamber Did Professor Benary dis trust his memory? Did he really think it shameful to waste the valuable time of such men? Nobody knew, nobody asked, so de- lighted were all at the supper table to see score of bottles more of good claret reinforce the forty already won.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-06-09
Price Four Cents.

and sabbath schools, and making the quie observance of the sacred day, which has been the pride of our New England civilization, degenerate into the noisy gaiety of conti- mental city.
 Could the ashes of a large majority of the dead heroes speak their views they would say, Do not, in order to make a display of yourselves, make mock of honoring us by such unholy usage of the sacred day Why IS ? o'clock in the afternoon fixed upon when there will be ample time after 3, when all the houses of worship are closed.
 It Is doubtful if the request for flowers will be generally responded to by many who would be glad to donate large quantities if more appropriate day had been selected.
 The Grays have been honored among us as high types of what our citizen soldiery shoull be, and men who have been in full sympathy with the traditional customs and tastes of the better classes of our people, and it is to be regretted that their repeated disregard of them should modify, in an increasing degree, the respect and regard in which they were formerly so justly and generally held. D. A.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-06-09
I" THE BREAK.s'

When the balloting was begun yesterday morning the work that had been done during the night showed itself in the vote for Sher- man, he receiving 116 votes on the first bal lot taken. Grant began with so5, less than his last vote the night before. Blaine began with PTS, less than his last vote the night before. Shermans gain came princi- pally from Edmunds, and Windom's solid column of 10 was broken. Garfield began with votes, of which dropped of on sub sequent ballots until the thirty-fourth, when he got 19- This was the turning point. The next ballot showed 50 for Garfield and the next 399 which nominated him and ended a most remarkable contest. On the last ballot Connecticut headed the rush, giving Il of her 12 votes to Garfield
Morning journal and courier., 1880-06-09
British Decorations.


 There are now in existence seven British orders available for the sterner sex, both civil and military, namely the Garter, the Bath the Thistle, the St. Patrick, the Michael and George, the Star of India and the Indian Elm pire and to these may add the Guelphic Hanoveriafi order. For the softer sex there are the English Maids of Honor, the Victoria and Albert. the Grown of India and the St. Katharine for nurses-the last named by the way, being jet black, 8 color which we should have thought more suggestive than appropri- ate in hospital. Of purely military decora- tions, awarded for various campaigns wars, we have fifteen, namely, the military war medals for services between 1901 and 1874, the gold modal and the gold cross for certain battles in the Peninsular war, and the follow ing medals: The Waterloo, the South Africa (three wars, exclusive of the Zulu war, the China (three wars, the Afghan, Scinde and Gwalior; the Sutlej, the New Zealand (three wars the Punjab, the Indian or frontier medal (which includes one Persian three Burmese, and endless little wars such as the Umbeyla, Hazara, Looshai, Jowali and Perak campaigns, ) the Crimean, the Mntiny Abyssinian and the Ashantee medals. In ad- dltion to the above there various military decorations for exceptional or gallant services such as the order of British India for native officers, the Indian order of merit for native soldiers, the long service and good conduct medal, the distinguished service medal, the f1ctorla cross, bhe empress Of india com memoration medal and the best shot of the army medal. There are also eight different decorations awarded at different times by for eign potentates, such as the legion of honor and the Turkish and Sardinian medals. Of purely naval decorations have eight namely, the naval war medal, 1703 to 1840; the naval gold medal 1794 to 1915, for supe-- rior officers the Arctic discoveries, the good conduct, the Baltic, the conspicuous gallan- try, the Arctic medal, 1S75'76, and the Victo- ria cross which in the navy is suspended by a blue ribbon, whereas red is by the army Wherever our land and sea forces CO., operated, as in the Crimea, China, etc., the navy received medal similar to that award ed to the army. Lastly, there are sundry medals open to all classes, such as the royal humane society, the royal ife-boat institu- .tion, the shipwrecked mariners, the Tayleur medal for saving life at sea, the Albert medal for saving life by land and sea (two classes,) and the St. John ambulance order
Morning journal and courier., 1880-06-09
Wednesday Morning, June 9, 1880.
THE RESULTS.

That which has been accomplished at Chi
 cago is richly worth all the time and trouble it has cost From the beginning there has been 0 succession of victories for the whole of the Republican party, instead of the de feats that were freely predicted for it. Early in the proceedings MT. Cameron undertook to take the control of it's business from the Ma tional Committee. He was thoroughly whipped, as he ought to have been. He, Senator Logan and Senator Conkling were defeated in their plot to car ry out the work of suppression of the popular voice which they began in their own States The unit rule was killed, and the principle of district representation more firmly established. And finally man was nominated for President upon whom the party can unite. Senator Conkling declared a week ago that only an act of God could prevent the nomination of Gen eral Grant. Many pious people are think ing to-day that all the bitter strife of the factions at Chicago has been overruled for
Morning journal and courier., 1880-06-09
COMMUNICATIONS.
The Grays, .Deseeration" Day.

To the Editor of-the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 Great regret is expressed by many of the friends of the Grays that they have again de- cided to have their decoration on the Sab bath. They should know by this time that it is in direct opposition to the Christian and patriotic sentiment of the community. It was stated that last year was to have been the last time the holy day was to be used for the purpose, ,and the understood decision was warmly commended generally. What has led to the repetition of the dissertation of the day
 If it must be on the Sabbath why IS 1t thought necessary to have band of music disturb the grateful silence of the day, an moving the afternoon services in the churches
Morning journal and courier., 1880-06-09
The Bonapartes.
Memebr of the Family States the True
 Order of the Imperial Succession.

l MeInebr of the Family States the True l Order of the Imperial Succession. 1 We are enabled, says the London Morning l Post of May 18th, to publish the following
 letter of Prince Louis Lucien Bonaparte to an English friend, which sets forth distinctly the
 difference between the headship of the family
 and of the dynasty and the order of the l succession of each
 l My Dear Friend-You wish to know from me who are the persons of the masculine sex
 who, according to the laws of the second en- | pire, are legally entitled to bear the name of Bonaparte. l can hardly refuse to satisfy l this curiosity of yours were it only for the l sake of preventing false notions about the per- sons of my family. Of the four brothers of Napoleon l., Lucien, my father, and Jerome | are the only two represented by living de- scendants Cardinal Bonaparte being Charles Luclen's eldest sons son. and Luien being Jeromes eldest brother, the cardinal is incon- powerfully. whatever may be said to the con- trary, the sole and real chief of the Bona parte family in the ordinary sense of this word. Prince Napoleon Jerome, and after him his two sons, thanks to Napoleon III, and according to the constitution of the sec ond empire, whose fall the prince now ac- cepts by his adhesion to the republic, was undoubtedly the immediate heir of the Elm peror, and after his death and before his ad- heslon to the imperial dynasty. This fact, however, can by no means entitle him to the or CQ161 or the bOnayarte faml- ly, given to him by his political friends, who ignore, or pretend to ignore the difference between what is dead, although capable of | being revived by the grace of the Almighty and the national wish as the imperial dynas- ty is, and what is still in all the vigor of life l as the Bonaparte family. The cardinal, I re- peat, IS the only chief of my family, and all its other members can only succeed to him
 in this qualification in the following and no other order: l. Napoleon, commonly called
 Napoleon Charles brother of the cardinal;
 2. Louis Lucien, the eldest living son of
 Lucien, brother of Napoleon l. g. Pierre
 Napoleon, his youngest brother; Jerome, ison
 of Jerome, eldest son of Jerome, the younger
 brother of Napoleon I. 5 Jerome his son;
 G. Charles, uncles of the last :. Napo- leon Jerome, the only living son of the first Jerome; S. Victor, his eldest son; g. Louis, his youngest son. Sincerely yours,
 LOUIS LUoIEN BoNAPARTE
Morning journal and courier., 1880-06-09
 SANITARY NOTES.
words.

While the curtain up there storms of ap
 And laughter frequent and loud While my simple conclusion respecting the cause Was that something delighted the crowd; And to join, if I could in their cheerful delight I attempted first this way, then that,
 Bent forward, leant sideways, sat very upright
 Yes, and so did the Gainsborough hat
 But what was the use The obstructive in front
 From her movements refused to desist,
 So found myself utterly out of the hunt,
 And the pleasure paid for was missed.
 That the play of the evening was good I'll engage
 But to me its performance was fat,
 Since, though hearing at times what said the
 had seen-well, a Gainsborough hat
 Unknown Sufferer.
 Some men can't take cold without blowing about it.-Boston Transcript
 An old lady with several unmarried daugh- ters feeds them on fish diet because it is rich in phosphorus, and phosphorus is the essen- tial thing in making matches.
 Dr. Ely claims that tobacco iniures the eyesight. That is all we'll enough in theory, but if you have got an extra cigar about your person smoker is pretty sure to discover it. -Danbury News.
 Business men frequently advertise for Ia boy to run errands" The way boys crawl to and from the postoffice indicates that the boy expected to run has never been found.-New Orleans Picayune.
 'sHow do you like me now ?'' asked belle of her spouse as she sailed into the room with her long train sweeping behind her. Well said he, ''to tell the truth it is inn possible for me to like you any longer"
 Pass me- said the man with bad eye to the barkeeper-"pass me an appropriation of water and add clause not germane to the general bill" The astute barkeeper drew up a toddy, and the man with bad eye gave it his approval.-Atlanta Constitution.
 People who hold up their prayer books conspicuously when they ride in the horse cars Sunday morning should keep them out of sight when they come home with bouquets made up of trailing arhutus and skunk spruce, lest their deception of the morning give them dead away.-Boston Globe.
 poet in an. exchange makes the very per tinent inquiry, ''Where can I find heart that is true ?'' He has probably been de- ceived some time by some butcher, who gave him kidney or a chunk of liver, and swore it was heart. The best way to do these things, if you are not judge, is to let your wife do the marketing. g.-Marathon Independ- ent.
 Are you prepared for death ?" the clergy man asked, with tremor of emotion in his voice as he took the sick woman's hand in his own A shade of patient thought crossed the invalid's face, and by and by she said: 'sShe didn't hardly believe she was; there was the little bedroom carpet to be taken up yet, and the paint up stairs had hardly been touched, and she did want to put up new curtains in the dining room, but she thought if she didn't die until next Monday she would be about as near ready a woman with big family and no girl ever expected to be-" P. S.-That woman got well.-Burlington Hawkeye.