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, 1880-07-26
An Old.FaSlliOned Girl.

She fourishsd thirty or forty years ago.
She was little girl until she was fifteen.
She used to help her mother wash the
dishes and keep the kitchen tidy: and
she had an ambition to make pies so nice
ly that papa could not tell the difference
between them and mammals; and she
would try griddle cakes at ten years of
age, and darn her own stocking before
she was twelve, to say nothing of KNIT
ing them herself.
She never said II can't" and "I don't
want to-" to her mother, when asked to
leave her play and run up stairs OF down
on An errand, because she had not been
brought up in that way.
She arose in the morning when she was
called, and went out into the garden and
saw the dew on the grass, and if she lived
in the country, she fed the chickens and
hunted up the eggs for breakfast.
We do not suppose she had her hair in
curl papers or crimping-pins, or mad it
changed" over her forehead and her
flounces were no trouble to her.
She learned to sew by making patch>
work, and we dare say she could do an
"over and over" seam as we'll as nlne>
tenths of the grown up women do nova
days.
The old fashioned little girl did not
grow into young lady and talk about
her beaux before she was in her teens,
and was not fancying hero in every
plow-boy she met.
She learned the solid accomplishments
as she grew up. She was taught the art
Of cooking and housekeeping. When
she got husband she knew how to cook
him dinner.
, 1880-07-26
RATS.
Mrs. Benedict's Remarkable
and Valuable Discovery.

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and Valuable Discovery.
1t has always been easy for housewives
who are troubled with rats to poisen
them, but the problem has been to induce
them to die upon the field of honor, so
to speak-to-wit, the kitchen foo..-
They have usually preferred to retire to
their inaccessible retreats in the walls as
soon as they have felt the symptoms of
arsenical poisoning, and the low state of
sanitary science prevailing In their com-
munities 10 such that poisoned rats are
never properly buried or incinerated by
their associates. The problem has been
how to kill rats without bringing un>
pleasant odors into the house.
Mrs. Benedict has solved the difficulty
and is entitled to the honor we give an
inventor and benefactor. She was en-
gagged, it appears, in the domestic manu-
facture of plaster casts of various kinds.
Complaint having been made of tue fra
gility Of these wares, Mrs. Benedict be-
gan course Of experiments with the
hope Of giving greater durability to her
casts. One of her devices was to mix
wheaton flour with her pulverized plas>
ter of Paris, SO that the gluten OF the
flour might make the paste less brittle
One evening she had visitors, who rang
her door>bell just as she was sitting the
mixed plaster for the third time, by way
of mixing them intimately as the chemist
says. She had already set dish Of wa
ter at hand, intending to make cast at
once, and when the door-bell rang she
hastily removed her apron and went to
welcome her guests, leaving her materials
upon the kitchen table. The guests stay>
ed until late bedtime, and when they
babe her adieu, Mrs. Benedict went to
bed without returning to the kitchen.
What happend in the night was this:
A rat, shifting the odor of flour, made up
tho legs of the table to the top, where he
was speedily Joined by other foragers-
his brethren. The dish of flour and
plaster Was easily reached, and the rats
ate freely and hastily of it, as it is their
cuctom to do. 1t was rather dry sup
per, and water being at hand, each rat
turned from the savory dish Of flour and
plaster to slack his thirst with water.-
Everybody who has had to do with plas>
ter Of Paris will guess at once what hap
pened. The water drank first wetted the
plaster in The rats stomachs, and then,
in technical phrase, "set" " it; that is to
say, the plaster grew hard in each rats
stomach, making a cast of all its convo-
lutions. The event proved that with
such cast in existence, it is impossible
for rat to retreat even across kitchen.
The next morning thirteen Of them lay
dead in a circle around the water dish.
Mrs. Benedict, like a wise woman, kept
her secret and made profit of it. She
undertook, for consideration, to clear
the premises Of her neighbors Of the
pests, and succeeded. 1t was not long
before the town was as free of this sort
of vermin as if the pied piper of Hame-
lin had travelled that way. Then Mrs.
Benedict advertised tor agents to work
up the business throughout the country,
selling each the secret for fair price
N. Y. Ecening Post.
, 1880-07-26

You are hereby required to appear in an
action brought against you by the above
named Plaintiff, in the District Court of the
Third Judicial District of the Territory of
Washington, holding Terms at the City of
Seattle, in the County of King for the COun-
ties of King and Titsap, and to answer the
complaint filed therein, within Sixty days or
Judgment by default will be taken against you,
according to the prayer Of the complaint.
The said action is brought to obtain a de-
cree of this Court for the foreclosure of a GER
tain Mortgage described in the said complaint,
and executed by the said George White, on
the I'd day of June, A. D. 1877, to secure the
payment of a certain promissOry note, dated
June Cd, 1877 for the sum of Six Hundred
Dollars, gold coin, made by said George White,
and payable on the I'd day of June, A. D. 1873,
to Charles V. Tompkins, or order, with inter
est thereon at the rate of two per cent. per
month, from date until paid: that the prem
ises conveyed by said Mortgage may be sold
and the proceeds applied to the payment OF
said promissoty note with interest thereon, at
the rate aforesaid and costs of suit, and in
case such proceeds are not sufficient to pay
the same, then to obtain an execution against
| said George White, for the balance remaining
due and for other and further relief, And
| you are hereby notified. that if you fail to ap-
pear and answer the said complaint as above
required, the said Plaintiff will take default
against you, and apply to the Court for the
relief demanded in the complaint.
Witness the Hon. R. S. GREENE. Judge ol
said Court, and the seal thereof, this Sth day
of June, A. D. 1880.
|
, 1880-07-26

A THRILLING SToRY.-Foreign papers
get localities in this country sadly mixed
up. and occasionally publish some start
ling tales. Sangalli, the danseuse, is now
doing Europe, and is in Paris. She has
evidently been putting up job on a
newspaper man. She makes herself the
heroine of the following thrilling tale:
Once, when a manageress of travelling
circus IN the wids oi Ohio, she was sud-
denly attacked by band of savage Sioux
Indians. led by Sitting Bull. Everybody
fled, and all was CONSERVATION and des>
pair, many persons being drowned IN the
tempestuous waves of the Amazon -
Suddenly this heroine sprang upon an
unsaddled horse, rallied round her P. 7.
Barnum and few other of her employees,
and with a revolver in hand attacked
and dispersed the murderous red devils.
Kansas City awarded her commemora
tive medal. and Col. Buffalobili, Of Lieut..
Gen. Sheridan's staff knelt at her feet
and offered her his hand and fortune.
, 1880-07-26

A 'sBluo and Gray Hancock Club has
been organized in san Francisco.
, 1880-07-26
Gen. Pearson for Hancock.

Gen. Pearson distinguished Repub-
lican citizen of Pirtsburg, has taken the
stump for Hancock. The following are
his letters of resi- gnation of distinguished
positions he held in the Republican par
ty:
PTrTsBURG, Pa, July 3, 1880.
To Gen. u S. Grant, Chairman Union
Veterans National Committee:
GENERAL After seven years. connec-
ton with the Union Veteran National
Committee, over which you have the
honor to preside, am compelled to ten
der my resignation As the member from
Pennsylvania. I have reluctantly come
to the conclusion that the influence of
the great historic party is ended and
ought 10 end; that those who pretend to
keep up its organization are doing so for
office and gain, and that its encourages
ment of sectional hate is constant mems
ace to the Union. No permanent issues
worthy of being called National issues
divide the two parties. Free trade and
protection are alike the accident of local
tiles, and hence we find free trade Rcpub>
licans in the West and East with plotec-
tive Democrats in the Middle States
The entire issue that divides the two
parties is the issue of hate and usurpa-
tion on the side of the Republican party
with military dictatlon at the polls
Against this dangerous policy the Demo-
cratic party has arrayed itself and has
chosen for ITS standard bearer the gallant
General Winfield Scott Hancock, who
has placed himself squarely on that issue
by proclaiming that the right Of trial by
jury, the habeas corpus, the liberty Of the
press, the freedom of speech, the natural
rights of person and the rights of prop>
erty must be preserved. In choosing be-
tween these two parties cannot see how
a patriot can blunder. Surely every sol>
dier who fought with Hancock to con-
uuer peace will vote with him and for
him to make that peace effectual and
permanent. Entertaining the highest re-
spect for my fellow Committeeman, and
earnestly hoping that they will view this
important matter in the light that do
and come to the same conclusion, viz to
vote for Gen. Hancock, am, very respsct>
fully, your obedient servant.
A. L. PEARSON.
, 1880-07-26

STRUvE g. LEARY, Attorneys for Plaintiff a9e
, 1880-07-26

The Oregon Railway and Navigation
company has performed very creditable
act in allowing the wife of the late Cons
modore Connor, long in the employ of
that corporation, pension OF 500 per
month, doring her wldowhood.
, 1880-07-26

Rev. NJ S. Hunt, pastor of the Congress
gational church at South Vernon, Mich,
committed suicide recettly in Galesburg.
, 1880-07-26
Summons.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
Third Judicial District of the Terri>
tory of Washington, holding Terms
at the City of Seattle, in and for the
Counties of King and Kitsap.
D. T. WHEELER, Plaintiff,
vs..
GEORGE WHITE, Defendant
Complaint filed
In the County of King, in the office OF the
Clerk of said District COurt.-No. 2439.
The United States of America send
Greeting, to George White Defendant:
, 1880-07-26
PITTsBURe, July 3, 1880.

PITTsBURG, July 3, 1880.
W. N. Decamp, Esq, Secretary Of City
-Pepu6lican Eesecutiue Committee Of
Pittsburg::
DEAR SIR: Having concluded to sup
mort Gen. Hancock for President, very
respectfully tender my resignation as
Chairman of the City Republican Exec
utiye Committee OF PIttsburgi. Enter
tanning the highest regard for every mem>
Der of that Committee, yet conceive it
my duty to sever my political connection
with the Committee. Very truly yours,
A. L. PEARSON.
.tpIr. and Crav3 HspcOck Cluh has
Morning journal and courier., 1880-03-22

upbraided for his cowardice and his life threatened by Brandt if he did not kill the old man. He then employed Frank Stichler, only 19 years old, for $100 to assist him in the murder of Raber, and on the after noon of the 7th of December, 1878, Stioh- Ter threw him in creek, and with the assist ance of Drews held him under the water until he was dead. The crime was witnessed by daughter of Drews and a son -in-law, who afterward gave the principal testimony in the trial of the Six naurderers, all of whom were convicted. Zechman was awarded new trial, and owing to the contradictory statements of Wise, one of the conspirators whom the commonwealth had used as wit ness, he was acquitted. Wise strongly i'm piicated Zschman, but let no opportunity pass without screening himself. Judge Pearson, who tried the cases, after the evil dence had gone to the jury is credited with saying that he did not know what Lebanon county jury would do, but he would consign him to the gallows. For his testimony Wise supposed that he would not be sentenced to death At the recent meeting of the board of pardons application foE the communication of the death penalty to life imprisonment wss refused. Brandt and Hummel, whose cases had been unfavorably considered by the Su- preme Court, expected to be heard on a simi- lar application, but the board refused to con- sider their plea because the necessary papers had not been filed. The board will probably hear the cases soon, but there is no chance for Interruption of the hanging.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-03-22
THE FIRE RECORD.

Newspaper Offices sBurned--EEeavyL Loss
 of ahe Boston 5aurnaI--Othsr Fires.
 BOSTON, March 21.-Shortly after o'clock this evening fire was discovered in the press room of the Boston Journal. An alarm was quickly sounded, but before the arrival of the department the flames had crept up through the elevator and in B short time appeared through the roof. There were several com posters, editors and reporters at work in the building at the time. but they escaped without injury. The Herald has kindly offered it's press to the Journal and the paper will be published there in the morning. The building, which was entirely gutted, WAS owned by the Rogers heirs and was fully insured. The loss to the building is estimated at $1OO 900 and the loss to the stock cannot now be estimated.
 The competitors and staff of the Journal have been transferred to the Herald and the paper will be issued on time, though to the reduced size of the Herald. F. A. Searle, job printer in the same building, suffered severely though the amount cannot be ascertained. The stock he values at $5, GOO, and the loss may be approximated at $15 000; covered by insur ance.
 COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 22.-The office oi the Evening Republican was nearly destroyed by fire yesterday. Loss $6,OOO. It will be replaced at once. The Daily Democrat ten dered the use of it's material, and the Repub- lican was issued as usual.
 WASHINGTON, D. O., March 21.-About 2 o'clock this evening fire was discovered in the City Hall building devoted to the uses of the United States Courts of the District, and for the office of recorder of deeds and register of wills. The cause of the fire was defective fue, but as it was discovered early the flames were extiDguished with small loss of $1, 800 and none of the valuable records and papers in the building were injured. In the room of the Circuit Court in which the fire first broke out, and immediately in the neighborhsod of the flames, was valuable original portrait of George Washington by George Cudlip, which WAS saved without injury by the fremen.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-03-22
THE OLD WORLD,
Ireland.

ParnelIs Arrival---A Welcome from
 the Land Leagues.
 QUEENSTOWN, March 21.-The White Star steamship Baltic, from New York, March 11th, arrived here at seven o'clock this morning. Among her passengers were Charles Stewart Parnell and Miss Parnell. Mir. Parnell looks well. deputation from the Irish Land League and the Homo Rule League were on hand to receive him. A full military band was also present, and together with the deputa tions escorted Mir. Parnell to his hotel. The demonstration, owing to the early hour, was not very large. A number of addresses were presented to Parnell, including one from the students of Queens College in Cork, where he arrived at eleven o'clock. MT. Parnell left for Dublin this evening.
 DUBLIN, March 21.-A dispatch from Cork says that the Parnen demonstration at Cork was most enthusiastic and that large crowds met him at the railway station and escorted him to the hotel. In the evening the Cork Farmers Club entertained him at grand ban quet, during which, in rsp1y to toast, he said he deprecated emigration and referred to his reception in America. He urged Ireland to support at the elections his active policy, by which he hoped to crush out the infamous landlord system. On Mir. Parnells departure for Dublin he was escorted to the station by long procession of his admirers. All the in- fuential citizens were absent.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-03-22
Kceley Motor Experiments.

PHILADELPHIA, March 21.-A body of twen- ty New York and Boston capitalists came to this city yesterday in 6 very mysterious man ner and departed in the afternoon. They left the Pennsylvania railway at Germantown Junction and transferred to the Reading rail them at the Ninth and Green street depot, was stopped at the crossing of Columbia ave- nue, where the party was set down. Thence they proceeded to the workshop of MT. KeeIey, alleged inventor of the Keeley motor, No. 1,418 North Twentieth strest, where doors. Every member of the party was 8 and the utmost secrecy WAS maintained re- correspondent visited Mir. Keeley's house, No. 2'D22 Ridge avenue, tonight, but all infor-
 nation was refused. Calls upon two directors of the company resulted in like refusal to reveal anything that occurred. It was as- serted, however, by 8 well known lawyer, who is connected with the company, that very important facts are about to be made public He declares that the perplexing difficulty which has so long retarded the con- plete success of the Keeley motor has been overcome-iu fact, that the inventor has tri- umphed. He is very sanguine and is likely, from his temperament and interest, to be much so. He points, however, to the fact that Keeley motor stock has gone up steadily in price for several weeks past. Other per sons to whom 1 have spoken cautiously on the subject declare that the scheme is a shallow one to bolster up worthless concern.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-03-22
The New York city Strikers.

NEW YORK, March 21.-The most interest ing feature of the difficulty between the piano makers and their employees yesterday was the unconditional promise of Haines Brothers to reopen their factory tomorrow and restore thsir seventy-fiva or more locked out men to their places J. $ 0. Fischer yesterday morning met their men and informed them that they could return to their places to-mor- row if they would renounce the union. The offer was, of course, rejected. A oommuni- cation, received by the union from St. Louis yesterday, offers pecuniary assistance from all the trades of that city, if it is needed.
 Herman's 500 striking cabinetrnakers and varnishers look upon his last offer with sus- picion. They positively assert that they will not return to work unless they are given an advance of fifteen per cent. in addition to the increase of ten per cent. they received last fall.
 Gabler $ Go. have notified their men that they can return to work internationally to- morrow. The locked out workipgmen of Steck & Go. have announced that if they are not taken back by tomorrow they will only return on an increase of ten per cent. in their wages. Billings & Co.'S men resolved that if the firm did not open the factory to them by noon tomorrow they would not return ex-
Morning journal and courier., 1880-03-22
MARINE LIST.
Stocks For Sale.

& Wilson Sewing Machine Go. Stock. w Meriden Gas Co. Stock. First National Bank, West Meriden, Stock. For sale by
 Samuel H. BarrOws,
Morning journal and courier., 1880-03-22
E1aaIeloy ment sDfflCc.

sE AS constantly hand help suitable for priya E families, ss well as for hotels, boaIdiDg house and restaurants Great attention is paid by the pro- pr1eor of the establishment in the choice of girls and women before sending them to i'll situation. Coun- try calls sny distances promptly attended to.
 SSH Orange street, near Grown street.
 ja24 GAUDEFROY,
Morning journal and courier., 1880-03-22
News 1y Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. CALIFORNIA'S PEST. Good Effect of the Protective
 Union. YESTERDAYS SAND LOT MEET
 ING. The AgitatOrs Abating Their In-
 cendiary Language. ParneIi's Arrival in Ireland. A GREETING FROM THE
 LAND LEAGUES.
| GREETING FROM THE
 LAND LEAGUES.
THE PACIFIC COAST.
California.

The Sand Lot OratOrs-Less Fire in their Speeches-Kearney's Appeal The Sentence of Cannon.
 SAN FRANCISCO, March 21.-Kearney and Cannon spoke at the sand lot meeting to- day, but the destruotiveness has disappeared from their vocabulary, and everything is now ds- voted to influencing voters for the frseholders' election. Kearney says he will carry his case the determination to have his rights as against the tyranny and unjust sentence of Judge Rix. Cannon jokingly alluded to his impris- onment and treatment, and said he was about to have his hair cut and the officers of the prison saved him the expense. He alluded to Judge Riz as g tool in the hands of the Re- publican party and acting director of the council of citizens. General B. F. Butler has written to the ward presidents that he will corporation law. His fee may be $1, ,OOO or 5000, according to the length of timo con- sumed.
 Agitator l.. J. Cannon, who has been un- pleasantly prominent in the processions and other sand lot demonstrations here, was ar- raigned for sentence yesterday morning at the Police Court on 8 charge similar to the one for which Kearney was convicted. He was sentenced to six months imprisonment and to pay fine of $1 900. After the rendering of the sentence motion was made for a new trial, which was denied by the police magis- trate. An appeal was immediately taken, but the judge committed Cannon to the House of Correction pending the decision in default of $3, 900 bail. Later in the afternoon the coun- sel filed motion of appeal and furnished the necessary bond for 3,000 whereupon Gan al Sa6 frnu fha Of ton. It is rumored that further arrests will shortly be made.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-03-22
SITUATION WANTED,

FHY A GARDENER (Germau) who has had q large experience in all branches of the cultivation plants, in cold and houses, grapertes hower aud vegetable garden and orchard. Best recommen- dations can be given. Inquire of
 MIR. E. VEITCH SON, mar21 2tt 42S Chapel street, New Haven.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-03-22


 N experienced Shirt Cutter. Apply to A ELM CI CY SHIRT CO, fI6f Cor. State aud Court Sts
 WANTED rsTo BUY, lot of Second-Hand Furniture and Car a pets Highest cash price paid. Orders by mail promptly attended to, at o2O 2S CHURCH STREET.
 S. SSs Sessrte, Surveyor and Civil Engineer, No. Conn. Savings Hank Building, o7 S1 CHURCH ATREET.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-03-22
NEW YORK.
Work of tl,e Salvation Army


 NEW YORK, March 21.-As the result Of five days labor the Salvation Army count up fourteen rescued sinners, whom they class in to divisions as follows: Thoroughly saved, two; saved, ten; entering the Kings high way and nearly saved, two" In addition to this they count five persons who are ''strug- gling to escape the bondage of Satan," one of whom 'fhas just given the devil warning that he will leave him. The latter is an engine wiper on an Elevated railroad, and, when asked to leave his work to attend meetings, replied: 'sThe bread and butter for my wife and children is important. I'm going to get that first. then I'm after my soul; and I will get it shining before I finish the job. Pears to me-" he continued, refectiveiy, ''as if souls arc like iDgines. They come off the line dirty, all over grease and ashes, the brass work black as 8 boot and some of it green like. You know that it was clean once, and you grab big piece of wasts-thats cotton rags we use for cleaning-and you go ct it and give her 8 rough wipe all over; then you wipe it little finer then you go for the brass with pummy stone and oil and she comes out shining That's the way it is with the soul-got to give 1t rough wipe first, then polish up it's brass"