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those who is working for Irish separation. On the contrary he proposes to abolish the island of Ireland by means of an isthmus. He points out that the water passage between the Null of Cantyre. in Scotland, and Tor Point, in Antrim, is but 19 miles wide and 474 feet deep in the middle, the water to wards either shore being much shallower. Here he wsuld make his artificial isthmus. The high bluffs of Cantyre on the Scotch coast and the still higher land comprising Mounts Gladly, Escort and Carnlea on the Irish coast-from 900 feet to ], 200 feet high offer facilities for grsvitating the materials requisite to form the isthmus between the opposite shores. The superficial extent of land required would be little more than a square mile, the average breadth and depth about 100 yards. Not only would large quantity of marshy land be thus reclaimed, but 'sthe more perfect homogeneity of the united peoples would, he hopes, be ob- tained.
 The Army, or at least that part of it com posed of officers, is discontented. It is felt that promotions have been made on account
 
 Hayes has been too lenient in the cases of officers tried and convicted of drunkenness In November, 1877, the President promulga- ted general order, in which it was declared that officers found guilty of violation of the eighth article of war, which prescribes dismissal for drunkenness on duty, would be vigorously dealt with, according to the find ings and sentences of courts-martial. Off cers of all grades approved this order, and indulged the hope that it would be faithfully carried out, in order that those whose con- duct might tend to bring reproach on the army should be summarily dealt with. The Sunday Hesald of Washington has made review of the record made by the President in cases of this kind, and the result shows that of the sixty officers tried and convicted of gross offenses, and whose sentences were presented to the President for approval since the order in question was issued, nineteen only were confirmed, while forty-one were so mitigated as to retain the offenders in the military service, to the reproach and scandal of the army. In several inst ances, when the sentences of courts martial were set aside by the President, it is declared that the offenses were of the most fragrant and scandalous character, the conduct of the convicted off cers having been quite as disgraceful as the worst case of drunkenness and blackguard- ism known to the police courts of New York or any other large city.
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NEW HAVEN, CONN. TUESDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 1881.
Sournal allo Guurier.

EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY
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 JOHN B. oARRNaToN. EDWARD T. cARRINeToN. JOHN B. cARRINaroN yR.
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COMMUNICATIONS.
A Question.

To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 In aesthetic Boston when the e.snow becomes burden in the streets, it is removed and de- posted upon Boston Common. The business men would not submit to the delay nor the taxpayers to the expense of a distant re- moval. Is either the upper or lower Green in New Haven more sacred than the Boston Common
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I'm MemOrfMms

Now let us all sing
 Of toddy and sling Farewell, old we'll Farewell, the hidden spring What blessing to the poor it used to bringi
 Now, mere monument-a useless thingl Some say that Jack Frost shook his frozen wing; Some say handle, handled by a ring.
 Well, pull the ben-rope, friends of hygiene,
 Toll for the good old we'll upon the green, And ye tall belfries echo ding, dong ding Tell s. P. c. sthst water Kingl
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1881-05-06
SOLDIERS!

A. A. THOMAS, corner Ninth and T
streets, Washington, d. c., attends to Pen
sion and Back Pay. Bounty Claims col
iected Contested Land Claims, Mineral
and Agricultural, attended TO before the
Department of the Interior and Supreme
Court Land Warrants, Land Scrip, and
Additional Homesteads purchased and
sold tt.
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Administrative Notice.

TEnRIToRY OF IDAHO, Tn tha probata Court.
County of Boise.
In the matter Of the estate of Charles Mautz, do
ceased.
AnoTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN BY THE ,UN-
III dersigned Administrators OF the estate OF
Of Charles Mauz, deceased, TO the cred tors
Ut. and all persons having claims against tne
said deceased, to exhibit them with the necessary
vouchers, within ten months after the first publ.
cation of this notice. to the said Administrators at
her re sdence, on the corner of Commercial and
Main Streets in Idaho City, !. i.
CATHERINE MAUrZ,
Administrators of the estate of Charles Mantz,
deceased
JAS. X. HAwLEY, Attorney for Administrative.
Dated Idaho City, May 29th, 1880
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FOR SALE.
A House and Ranch.

Also some Placer Diggings, on Pine
Creek, mile and a half east of town, will
be sold very cheap for cash. Inquire on
the premises or at this office.
MRS. GEO. TREGASKIS.
March 7th, Slim.
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Lfnimcnt is needed by somebody in
every house. Every day brings news OF
the agony of nn awful scaId or burn
'subdued, of rheumatic martyrs re-
stored, or q valuable horse or OK
saved by the healing power OF this
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And atpriees 30 per cent below
our fermsr rates.
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consisting in stock at Publisnei,, Iey d|
If we do not have the Book OF yot
Music wanted, will procure IL 'notbA
Give us trial and you will lose
Mar.5, soft.
Sharp County record., 1881-03-31
Cold Snaps.

The recent cold weather has brought
up "reminiscences of the phenominally
cold winter of 1779-S0, during which
one snow-storm followed another, until
the ground got so deeply covered that
pedestrianism, or travel of any sort, be-
came well-nigh impossible. Wild tur-
keys froze to death, domestic fowls died
on their roosts, deer and buffalo sought
shelter in civilized quarters, and innu
merable wild animals persisted in the
forests, which were almost buried in a
shroud of snow. The rivers North and
West were ice-bound, and even as far
south as Nashville the Cumberland was
frozen with ice three feet thick. The
winters of 1913, 1884, 1885, 1888, 1892,
1896 and 1899 were all phenominally Sc
we're. From December, 1888, until
March, 1889, the Delaware and Ohio
Rivers were both frozen, and naviga-
ton suspended. In 1892 snow fell two
feet deep in Ohio, and the river was so
firmly frozen that mounted troops and
artillery wagons rode across by the
hundred.
"Cold Friday" still forms a subject
for many grandsire's tale of terrible
winter weather. On Friday, February
Z, 1907, the day opened mild. Rain fell,
changing to snow, and followed by
frigid wave of unexampled severity,
and accompanied by high wind which
changed to a hurricane. The frozen
trees were broken by the dozen, each
as it fell giving forth report like that
of cannon. The whole land was ice
bound traffic was stsisiss ste Il and ot=J0Ur
work of every sort suspended. Many
froze to death in their beds, while the
mortality among wild and domestic ami
mails was equal to the ravaging of
plague.
Sharp County record., 1881-03-31
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

H. B. Claaln pays S02Opew rent in
Beecher's church.
New York's public schools cost last
year so, 100000.
The report that Mrs. Embry, of
Elkton, Ky, has left 100000 to Van
derbilt University at Nashville, Tenn,
proves unfounded.
Even Siberia has its University, an
institution that is located in the city of
TomSk, possesses a library of $4,000
volumes and has already cost several
hundred thousand dollars.
Statistics of the Congregational
Churches and ministry, just published,
show that 1O5 churches have been
formed the past year. 2O5 ministers or
dained Or installed, 70 pastors dis
missed, AZ ministers married and 76 de-
ceased.
There are $50 Baptist Churches,
white, in South Carolina, with 80, 1873
members, or one member to every
seven in the population. Of the 639
churches only 81 have preaching every
Sunday. The total of contributions for
missions the past year was less than
$4,000.
"A Protestant Defensive Union has
been formed in the island of jersey to
counteractthe influence of the Jesuits
who have recently established them
selves there, and who are said to have
begun an active propaganda by domi-
ciliary visitationS as well as the opening
of schools.
-Whittaker'S Church Almanac for
1881 will show that the Protestant Epis-
copal Church has gained the past year
20,S46 communicates and III clergy
men, and increased its contributions by
S430,7S3. The number of clergy is 81
43j, and of communicates 345, ,S41. The
total of contributions was S7,013,7 1852.
The trustees of Cornell University
have appropriated $50, ,0O0for the build
ing and equipment of physical de-
partment $4,000 for the building and
equipment of veterinary and anatomical
departments; $4,000 for greenhouse
and other equipments for botanical
department; $4,000 for the library; and
$4,000 for civil engineering and other
departments.
The AdUGnce invents a new name
for the church debt raiser: "Finan-
gelist." Itregards Mr.. Kimball S work
as one of the grandest Christian phe-
nomena of the time. He has visited
about sixteen churches. He has raised
about $5,000,000 for the payment OF
church debts. He estimates that some
100000 more have been raised or
saved in various ways, under the inau-
ence of this work.
Sharp County record., 1881-03-31
Authorship Without Eyes.

The Literary World gossips thus en-
tertainingly on the above theme, alluding
first to w. H. Prescott, the historians:
Mr.. Prescott's eyesight became serious
ly impaired by an unhappy accident
when he was at college, and for the
greater part of his life he could
only read for a few moments
at time and could scarce
ly write at all. When, about 1925, he
got fairly launched on his study of
Spanish literature and history, his eyes
became worse than ever, so that he had
to depend almost wholly upon a
"reader' in the investigation of au-
thorities.' Those were ''tedious hours"
he says, " in which, seated under some
old trees in my country residence, we
pursued our slow and melancholy way
over pages which alfored no glimmer-
ing of light to him. (his reader did not
understand the Spanish language),
land from which the light came dimly
struggling to me through a half-intelli-
gible vocabulary" Mr.. Prescott would
do his first composition in his head
while taking the five-mile walk which he
made regular feature of every day.
This rough mental draught he then
committed with equal roughness to
paper, by means of an ingenious writ
ing-machine-,the type writer was not
then invented-making however, a
manuscript so illegible that it required
trained secretary to decipher and
copy it. This copy was afterwards
read to him over and over for final re-
vision. Authorship under such condi-
tions was slow and painful. Ittook ten
years to get the History of Ferdinand
and Isabella" ready for the press and
ten years more of equally unremitting
labor were devoted to the Conquest
of Mexico and the Conquest of
Peru"
Milton became totally blind when he
was forty-four; not until after the COM
position of many of his poetical writ
ings, but before the composition Of
paradise LOST and " Paradise Re-
gained" both of which were meditated
and dictated from behind sightless eyes.
Singularly, his eyes remained perfectly
clear and without spot, mark or disfg-
urement of any kind. Much of the
reading to him, and of his dictation was
done in the early morning hours before
his rising. Munkacsy's great painting
of " Milton Debating Paradise Lost
to His Daughters in His Blindness,
now in the LenoX Gallery at New York
preserves an historical expression of
this experience and the "Sonnet on
his Blindness will forever be remem-
bered, if for no other reason, because
of the celebrated line with which it
ends:
"They also serve who only stand and wait"
Sharp County record., 1881-03-31
A Former Slaves Gratitude.

Mr.. and Mrs. j. J. Warren, of our
city, have been made the recipients of q
beautiful Gift, which came to them in o
grateful way from a family servant. On
Christmas morning Mrs. Warren was in
her kitchen, when she was interrupted
in her work by Robert cambridge, her
favorite dining-rOom servant of ante
bellum days, who came in all smiles,
with compliments of the season for his
old mistress. Mrs. Warren received
him very cordially, and bethinking her
self of the duty of the hour, handed
Robert silver dollar for his Christmas,
with good wishes in return for his affec-
tionate greeting. But the faithful serv-
itor had not come to receive anything
except the good lady IS welcome. To her
surprise he gently refused the protfered
dollar, and producing from his pocket
an elegant morocco leather case, said:
miss Anaise, l didn't come to get a
present this morning, but to make one
to my dear old master and mistress,
whose kindness to me | never can and
never will forget" Robert opened the
case, exposing to view two large napkin
rings, made of pure gold, encircled each
by silver band, and inscribed with the
Warren monogram. These he handed
to Mrs. Warren. Some years before
the war Mr.. Warren purchased Robert,
who was then boy. In the service of
the family he grew up under uniform
kindly treatment, and remained with
them until after hostilities had well set
in. At last, however, his military ardor
led him to enlist in the Federal army,
and fer the camp he left his masters
home. He was wounded in battle, and
on recovering his health he came back
to New Orleans to collect his pension
money. But this he could not obtain
unless some well-known citizen here
would vouch for him. and to his old
master Robert applied for surety. Mr..
Warren at once interested himself in
his case, and by personal effort enabled
Robert to collect his claim, amounting
to some 81 800. He is nova coachman
and trusted servant in another family,
and well-to-do in the world, as may be
seen by the costly present he has been
able to make to his former owners. NJ
0. Picdyatne.
Sharp County record., 1881-03-31

him to be in love with anyone; but,
after all, Mr.. Gretton's emotions were
not of the kind that unbalanced pru-
dental considerations. In Violet's alb
sence he reflected that she was the most
charming of women, to whom he should
infallibly propose one day, but he could
not shut out the vision of an inSeparable
mother-in- who was not immaculate
in the matter of aspiration, and who was
liable to wear too much jewelry.
1t was, therefore, with feeling OF
hurt pride and profound astonishment
that Gretton read one morning in the
Times the following announcements
"At the British Embassy, in Paris,
Violet, only daughter of the late Tobias
Woods, Esq, to Richard Cadbury, OF
Cromwell road, S. W."
Mr.. Gretton's self-love received a Sc
we're blow; but he was not one who
sighs long after the unattainable. Vio-
let, then, had married the respectable,
middle aged gentleman, and before
many months had elapsed Andrew man.
aged 10 shrug his shoulders over the
affair.
As for Beesly, who did not get the
news for months afterward, his friends
say he has become a changed man.
They wonder what could have happened
him on that voyage round the world oil
why he suddenly gave up studying law.
His health seemed about this time to
have completely broken down. and now,
though nearly seven years have passed,
he rarely, if ever, comes to London. He
wanderS about the continent, seldom
staying long in one place, telling him.
self that it is his business to forget one
incident in his life.
Perhaps the perseverance with which
he pursues this end is suggestive that
he is not one who easily forgets.-AH
the Year ROl11d.
Sharp County record., 1881-03-31
"The Member From MacOmb."

Half an hour before the train left for
Lansing, yesterday morning, battered
looking man about forty years old,
whose breath gave away his last drink,
and whose face was anything but pretty
appeared at the Union depot and intro
duced himself to one of the officials OF
the Central Road with:
"Sir, my name is Jones. | am the
member from Macomb. Igot left here,
have been robbed, and l want to reach
Lansing and enter upon my duties as q
legislator.
. The official looked up from his writ
ing, but made no reply, and after a long
silence the man said:
"Suppose | should ask you how | am
to reach Lansing, what would be your
replyP"
answer.
Cant l get passP"
"No, SIR
"Let me inform you that the men,
Der from Macomb is 4 man of few
words,n said the applicant, as he drew
a long breath. II will charter 4 locomo-
tive and proceed to Lansing. will at
once 90 to the State House. As soon
as am in my seat will introduce
resolution to repeal the charter of your
blamed old road and sell the rails for
Scrap-iron."
The impostor did not wait to be
coaxed not to do so, but walked out as
stiff as a poker, made for saloon over
the way and placing bogus nickel on
the bar commanded:
"Gimme sunthin' to tone me up
Detroit Free Press,
Sharp County record., 1881-03-31
MALARIA.

Our baby lay on its mothers arms,
All sweet with its tiny dimpled charms;
Rut little tongue and mouth were sore,
And of lis food 'twould take no more.
The Doctor hemm'd and shook his head,
And. looking wise, he gravely said:
4sMalaria-'tiS plainly SEEM
Three times n day give him quinine!
said GraYdmamma: Dear me, that's new;
When | was young we called it sprue."
f)nr urchin, Tom, ne'er off his feet,
One day his dinner could not eat;
His head ached so, he was so Ill,
Poor mothers heart with fear did fill.
The doctor felt his hands and head,
And looking wise, he gravely said:
1Malaria-'ts plainly seen;
Three times a day give him quinine!
Said Grandmamma: THAT can't be so!
He has been smoking, sir, know!
Our lady Maud, at seventeen
AS bright girl as eer was seem
One day turned languid, white and frail,
And roses red did strangely pale.
The Doctor felt her pulse and said,
While wisely he did shake his head:
'sMalaria-'tis plainly seen:
Three times day give her quinlne!
Said Grandmamma: THAT cant berght!
Why, my good sir, she danced all nlght!
Our pride, our oldest Harry dear.
One night did act 50 strange and queer
That MOtler, IrlEnlCHtu' poutlllS' oaiu'
"Run for the DOctOr-he'll be dead!'
The Doctor came, and shook his head,
And looking at him, grandly said:
"Malaria-'tis plainly seen;
Three times day give him quinne.
"What stuff" said Grandmamma: 81 am think
ing ,.v,
Thai good-for-nothing boys been drinking!
The head of the house, forever WE'LL
One day fell i'll, and, sad to tell,
Could not arise, but loud did cry:
"If this keeps on, I'd rather die"
The Doctor came, stood by the bed,
And looking solemn, gravely said:
"Malaria-'tiS plainly seen;
Three times a day give him quinlne!
GrOwled Grandmamma: so, tiddle-de-dee!
He's only bilious-Seems to mel
One day our Grandpa-eighty-fOur-
Complained that he could see no more;
That, at his age, it worried him
That his good eyeSight should grow dim.
"Pve often seen it act that way"
The Doctor SOlemnly did say;
"Malaria-'tS plainly seen;
Thrce times a day, sir, take quinine"
But Grundmamma cried: ~ never see!
Old IN, you re growing old like me-"
Isabel II. Reid, in Chicago Tribune.
Sharp County record., 1881-03-31

"Where is your mother?" asked
Beesly, in hard voice.
"Stll shopping, l suppose re-
turned Violet. "But why do you ask
like that; are you-frightened of me?"
she asked, with little hysterical laugh.
"If you like it, | am frightened of
YOU" said Beesly, sitting down; "per-
hapS am frightened of myself" "
Have you any message for Gret-
tOn?" he asked, making a sudden reso-
luton. Il think | shall have to go
over to London tonight Or tomorrow
morning"
Something has happened~ she
asked, TREMENDOUSLY, turning her face to
him.
Nothing, 1 assure you. I've been
idling so pleasantly the time has slipped
by" he answered in the same cold tone,
and avoiding her eyes. 81 must get
back. Have you any message for Gret-
ton?" he repeated.
THANK you, none," she answered,
haughtily, and she stood up with her
back to him and leaned her arms on the
chimney-piece.
He was going, and in parting had
nothing to entreat but message for
Gretton. She had been living in fool S
paradise in supposing he would ever
have anything else to entreat.
Another long silence.
A little flame blurted out from the
fire, lighting the room and throwing
their gigantic shadows on the ceiling.
'' am sorry mamma isn't here to bid
you goodbye" said the girl in dry
voice without turning her head. " Fol
my part, hate leave takings."
The flame hickered little and then
went out; it seemed somehow to Bees
ly, gazing DULY into the fire, as if with
it his hope went too.
You don't hate saying goodbye
more than l." he murmured, as he
dashed his hand across his face.
Then he got up and took possession
of her hands.
" There are moments" he said, look
ing with a kind of fierceness into her
eyes, "when we cannot ask ourselves
what we like; we only know what, with
Heaven S help, we must try to do"
The next moment the door was shut
and he was gone.
Sharp County record., 1881-03-31

something special about that girl; there's
p fine cut, anicetv about her; she wan t
ready-made, nor, | take it, turned out
of mold.
"Yes, yes, of course; the girl is every
thing she should be, but, my dear boy,
the mother; what mother-in-law! 4e
heavens! no, bv Jove, | should have for
gotten myself long ago, and gone in for
the girl, but for the mother" exclaimed
Andrew. "By-the-by, my man, you
heard what they were saying tonight,
They want us to come over to Paris for
Christmas. It's ike my luck to have
booked myself for almost every week
in January, and to be obliged to 60 and
eat my plum pudding in Yorkshire. l
wish YOU would run over and look after
the Woods; they will want some one to
see them about, and take them to the
theaters, and you can trot Violetround,
and see those little French fellows don't
get at her."
"We're not sure we want the bone
ourselves, but we object to anybody else
having it, eh? Never mind, my boy;
I'll 90 over and carry Miss Woods par
GELS. Am | to make meteorological re-
ports? Weather fair, daughter calm,
mamma moderate, and that sort Of
thing?"
"Of course, you must let me know
what is going on, and perhaps | shall
be able to run over" replied Gretton,
who always had ahundred plans. "Did
you hear that old fellow Cadbury to-
night saying he would go?"
"What, the silent old boy with the
whiskers?" asked Beesly. 81 never
know what he does at the Woods; he
never speaks, but he is always there.
One gets TO look upon him as part OF the
furniture"
"He's got lot of money" returned
Andrew, I" and has proposed no end of
times to Violet, Mrs. Wood tells me.
The old idiot hangs round, casting les
yeuD dO1tr at Miss Wood. Isn't it acap-
ital joke? Ha! ha"
Sharp County record., 1881-03-31

An editor who was told that his last
article was as clear as mud, said,
"Well, that covers the ground, any
how
Sharp County record., 1881-03-31

A Nevada critic, speaking Of a
harpist, said, 1--WE never before knew
there was so much music in gridirop.
Sharp County record., 1881-03-31

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