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Morning journal and courier., 1881-06-17
Plain Speaking.


 Plain speaking was, and still is, conspicu- ous trait in the Arab character, although few, perhaps, would carry it to the extent which Bedouin is related to have done with the Cal iph Hisham, the son of Abd el Melik. One day the latter was chasing & gazelle which happened to pass by the hut of an Arab who was pasturing his hocks. "Ho, young man!" cried Hlsham, there IS some work for you; Bring me wonder gazelle." The Arab turned his head contemptuously and said: "A great deal you know of manners. You look at me scornfully, speak to me disdainfully, talk like a tyrant and act like an ass.'' Confound you!" cried the caliph, "do you not know mel" 'I know this much, that you are very ill-bred, for you began talking to me without saluting me first'' "Confound you!" repled the other. 'sI am Hishan, the son of Abd el Me lik." May good luck miss you, and may your grave be forgotten answered the Arab. The more you talk the moro you lose in dignity" At this juncture the soldiers and attendants came up, and the caliph, grown furious ordered them to secure the young man; this was at once done, and Hisham bade him prepare for instant death. The Arab only laughed and said: tIf Allah means to prolong my life, your words. little or big, can do me no harm" "Is it come to this, " struck in the lord chamberlain, ''that miserable Arab like you should presume to bandy words with the commander of the faithful" May every cNu ONoTtdAe you, Sdlu IAS AhcOl iASA- ble young man; '.have you not read that the Most High has said, At the last day every man shall argue for his own soul?' And if God may be argued with, who is Hisham that he is not even spoken to?" At sign from the caliph the executioner approached, but just as he was about to strike of the young mans head the latter burst out laugh ing The monarch, whose curiosity was pi- qued, staid the excution and asked what there was to laugh at when the other repeated some opposite and apologetic verses, and was, of course, pardoned. The answer of the young man when Hisham asked him if he knew who he was reminds us of an anecdote which is related of sentry at Woolwich doek-yard on certain important occasion when the public were vigorously excluded gentleman in plain clothes was about to pass the gate, when the sentinel barred his approach and said he had orders to let no one in. s.But I am Admiral Mandy" expostulat- ed the other. q can't help it." replied the faithful sentry, Eff you are Admiral Tuesday weekl''
Morning journal and courier., 1881-06-17

trial before an impartial judge and jury. That is the only way to establish innocence that gives it any value,-and the only way to satisfy justice. It may not do either, but it is the only way yet ordained and the best which fallible human wisdom has been able to provide. The county is not ready to sell it out, even for $6,OOO, in case of such gravity as this. People value too highly the protection of law and the proper distinction between bringing boys up to good citizenship and bringing them up to passion and vio- lence"
Morning journal and courier., 1881-06-17

Those who go to places of amusement where reserved seats are sold will be interest ed in decision made by Judge Adams of St. Louis, who has sustained the demurrer to the petition in the case of Charles E. Pierce of that city, against Charles A. Spaulding and Henry Mapleson in regard to the sale of reserved seats at an operatic entertainment. The judge ruled that the plaintiff had no cause of action; that theatrical manager has the right to sell his reserved seats to any body he pleases, and is not bound to give the
 first choice to the first conner. It is under stood that the case will be appealed.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-06-17
ANDREW GOODMAN
No. SS Crown Street.


 NEW GOODS! LUST received, very fine assortment of goods for ep the warm weather. and cordially invite all to inspect our stock of Fancy and Staple Groceries: Huckins Sand~ ich Turkey. Buckins Sandwich Chicken. Huckins sandwich Ham. Roast Beef, Corned Beef. Lunch Tongues. Fancy Jars Lambs Tongues. Fancy Jars Spiced Tripe. Spiced Brook Trout. Potted Tongues. Potted Beef. Richardson Robbins Boned Chicken.
 Plum Pudding. Gelatine of Turkey Dressing with Trufaed, Durkee's Salad Dressing. Antonia Leghorn Olive Oil Underwood G. Deyiled Chicken. Chicken
 |" |" HE4nsn' Es%s' Huckins Assorted Soups. Lea Perrins Worcestershire Sauce. Anchovy Paste. Ie Marchand Bonelees Sardines. Russian Sardelle.' Frouage de Erie Cheese in boxes to keep in warm weather Celery Salt, Celery Sauce. Savla- -Burguin Sartines Spiced Anchovies Pot Luck Anchovy Fine Teas, Pure joffees New Process and Family Liqriors Shsr ys and Ports. Rhine Wnes California Wines Angelica Wines, Clarets Champagnes, French Brsndiee and CognacS Call and examine our goods. Goods deIfvere al over the city.
 ANDREW GOODMAN, No S8 Crown St.,
 Near Music Hall doors from Church street.. je1B 60QUMANG BUILDING. Register and Union copy.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-06-17

An extreme drought is the cause of great anxiety among the population of the district of Orenburg, in Russia. The crops have failed for three successive years, and the danger that is now impending seems to stifie all hope The people form processions with images of the saints, and march about the fields. A dry west wind is blowing without intermission, and not cloud appears in the sky. This is accompanied by an unusually high temperature. As if this were not bad enough, the embryo of 8 locust that last year caused wide devastation in some places has been found in large numbers about the fields.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-06-17
HAVEN CONN., FRIDAY MORNING. IT. 1881.
e5uurnal alto Courier.

EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY
 HARRINGTON & CO.,, No. zoo State Street, Courier Building.
 JOHN B. DARLINGTON. EDWARD T. oABRraToN. JOHN B. oARRrNaToN, JR.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-01-13
"OUR FIRST GRAY HAIK.''

At the first big pattering drops that fall
With n splash Oh our lattice pane,
Makes us shiver and start as they warn us all
Off storm, or of coming rain,
SO it Is with life, when we growing old
And age steals unaware,
We shiver and start, if the truth We're told,
At the sight of our first gray hair.
We mark not the light of our MONDAY hours,
Like the first strealzs the dawn doth bring
We hail not the birth of the summer flowers
As we do the first snow-drops of spring;
ON the bleak winter wind we look not with grief
Though il howl through the branches bare
Ert we sigh when witness the brown autumn
leaf
And behold Natures first gray hair
Gray hairs may come when the beaming eye
Has none of its brightness lost,
When with buoyant heart we would fain deny
Youths Rubicon had crossed;
But the ivy-clad tree looks young and green
Though a sapless trunk may be there,
And naught of decay on our cheeks may be seen
When we witness our first gray hair.
Come early, come late, like a knock at the gate
is that first soft silvery thread,
And it joins with its silence the years that await
With the years forever fled;
1t silently tells us we're journeyng OH
1t silently questions us-Where?
Oh! faithful milestone, were the truth but known
Is seen our first gray hair.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-01-13
DON'T TYRANIZE
Over the Little Ones to Make Them
Obey.

hate to see children forced to do things
that are disagreeable to them, merely for thu
purpose of making them obey Where any
good end is to be answered. it is different
Little ones often object to what is good for
them, and, when frmness is necessary, peO-
pie should of course be firm. But, if little
powerless creature has a strong fancy or a
great repugnance, parent or guardian
abuses his power in ignoring it.
Why should your little boy be made to
eat the fat of his meat, if he loathes it, or
anything, no matter what, that is repulsive
to him? 1t may be necessary to refuse some
things at table, but seldom, if ever to force
anything upon them. Why make a child
miserable by forcing child to wear articles
of clothing of which its taste does not ap-
prove Or at which other children laugh? l
think little girls suffer more from this than
from any other one thing. Almost all Of us
have some such memory.
| know a lady whose childish life was
made very wretched for year by an obsol-
etc old bag in which she was forced to carry
her books to school; and another whose
mother forced her to wear some old lace,
which, though costly, was laughed at by the
ignorant children who made her little world,
and declared that she actually wished her
self dead until that lace was banished from
her wardrobe.
If you can afford it, it is wiser to give
your boy the particular top or knife he
wants, and your girl the very doll she covets
or the blue ribbon she admires And, at any
rate, you need not uselessly force upon them
anything from which they shrink, or which
makes them unhappy.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-01-13
A Bonanza Dinner Service.

Tiffany has just completed an elegant new
silver dinner service, wholly American, fol-
Mrs. Bonanza Mackey. The center piece is
Of oblong form and is in two divisions The
lower one has tray for flowers, resting on
sloping sides Of looking glass, which are set
on an elaborate silver framework of floral de-
sign. At one side on the looking glass is
Mrs. Mackay's monogram in silver letters.
The upper division rests on elephants heads.
six on either side, the tips of the trunks
touching the flowers of the framework below.
The upper division is set in broad band of
massive silver, elaborately wrought in rich
floral devices in Oriental style. It consists
of second tray for flowers, surrounded with
sockets for candles The whole is surmounted
by four branch candelabrum of small size.
The richness of the workmanship and its
delicate elaboration are beyond all praise.
The style of the whole is thoroughly Eastern
in character, recalling some of the fine pieces
of silver among the Indian magnifcences of
the presents offered to the Prince of Wales
during his travels in India, and exhibited at
the Universal Exposition of 1878. The ele-
plants heads in particular are most beauti-
fully wrought. The characteristic corruga-
ton of the skin of the forehead and trunk is
admirably reproduced, as are also the various
details of the rich tasseled and embroidered
head stalls wherewith the heads are adorned
The whole structure, which rests upon twelve
elephants feet in silver, is of immense
weight, and will tax the strength of two men
to lift it,
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-01-13
The Hands.

The minute lines and furrows on persons
hands are likely to receive far more useful
attention than the observations of the great
lines by fortune tellers. There is reason to
believe that the spiral whirls on the thumb
and finger points are peculiar to individuals
and races, and they may be as certainly used
to define the chronological class or positive
Identification of the being possessing them
as the measurement Of the skull or photo
graph would be- Dr. Henry Faulds, of the
Tsukiji hospital, Toxic, Japan, in an inter-
esting letter. directs attention to this subject
in a way which will attract the attention OF
naturalists and students of the theory of de-
velopment and heredity. The value of we'll
based rules of hand marks in judicial inquir-
les can hardly be over estimated. r.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-01-13
A Queens Kindness.

In Naples the papers tell very pretty
story of the Queen of Italy. 1t appears that
as she was driving to the royal wood of Lii.
calo, the coachman mistook the road, and
one of the gentlemen asked a cOuntryma1
the way. The man, seeing the fine carriage
and horses and the servants livery and all
the gay company, thought he was being
fooled. "As if you did not know !" he said
with grin. The Queen laughed, and assur-
ed him they were lost. Then only did the
countryman condescend to point out the way,
after which he walked off as if fearing to be
laughed at again.
'Give him 20 francs for his trouble" said
the Queen to one of her escort, who, going up
to the man, said:
Here, my man, is a little present from the
Queen of ITALY, who thanks you"
The Queen !" cried the countryman, re-
turning to the carriage. Forgive me that /
did not know thee, but 1 had never seen thee
before. Thou art as beautiful as May rose
God bless thee"
Having once seen the Queen, he wanted to
see her pretty face again, and the next day
he presented himself at the palace.
i know her." he said mysteriously Il
spoke to her yesterday and | want to speak
to her again"
Thinking he had to do with mailman. the
porter was about to have the poor fellow ar
rested, when the very gentleman who had
given him the 20 francs appeared, and told
him to wait. He informed the Queen of his
presence.
Bring him here by all MEANS" was her
answer.
When the man was for the second time be-
fore the Queen, he said:
'Yes, tits thou. l thought l had seen a
fairy. Thou art just an angel. / have two
little ones without mother. Wilt thou be
their mother 2"
THAT / WILL said the Queen.
Then there's the 90 francs thou gavestme
yesterday. thank thee, but do not want
money"
The Queen has adopted the two little ones
and they are in an institution under her spe-
cial patronage.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-01-13
Solomon as a Sea Cap'n.

Here is a story they are tellingjust now in
London of troop ship: In the ladies' cabin
were four wash basins, one Of which was
much larger than the others, There were
three ladies in the cabin whose husbands
were about equal in rank. The women al
ways think they have right to presume on
the rank Of their husbands when taking
choice of their berths, etc, and there was
great discussion as to who was entitled to
the use of the big basin. 1t was referred to
the paymaster of the, ship, who could, settle
nothing, and eventually to the captain. He
gave decision worthy Of Solomon. After
first asking them If they world abide BY his
verdict and not give any more trauble in the
matter, which they readily agreed to do. he
said he thought it was only fair that, the old,
est Lady should have the biggest basin. The
basin basin was never used during the. whole
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-01-13
THE LITTLE WOMAN,

Don't talk TO me of olympus maids,
"Divincly tall and fair
OF Cleopatra : imperial form,
Or .Juuo's stately air.
Those mighty DANES with redoubeG names
May crst have held their sway.
lis the little woman, bless her heart
Who rules the world to-day.
With her wilful, winsome ways
Her artful, artlcss smiles
Her airy grace. and her fairy face
Her wisdom, w.t. and wiles,
She mocks the pride and she sways the strength
She bends the will of man,
Is only such Gespotic elf
4 little Woman-Can.
Though herpath may lead thro' the darkest ways
She always finds light;
Though her eyes be daZZled by fortunes ray,
She's sure to Alright
Though her wisdom be of no special school,
Her logic lust because''
The first has settled Kingdoms fate
The last has made IFS laws.
'Tis the little woman that goes ahead
When men would lag behind
The little woman who see her chance
And always knows her mind
Who can slyly smile as she takes the oath
To honor, love, obey,
And mentally add the saving clause,
I'm little womans way
Would the diamond seem such perfect gem
If it measured one foot round?
Would the rose leaf yield such perfume
III covered yards of ground?
Would the dew-drops seem so clear and pure
If the dew like rain should fall?
Or the little woman be half so great
If she were six feet tall?
'lis the hand as soft as the nesting bird
That grips with the grip of steel.
'Tis the voice as low as the summer wind
That rules without appeal
And the warrior, scholar, saint and sage
May fight and plan, and pray,
The world will wag till the end of time
In the little woman's way
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-01-13
A Clock of All Work.
Boston Trayeler.l

One of the most efficient and wide-awake
clocks in the country is in the possession of
Darius L. Goff, of Providence, R. I. 1t is
hearty 200 years old, but has been improved
from time to time so as to keep pace with
The, march of modern ideas. Occupying a
POSITION in the front hall of the house, it reg
Hates the entire household. The front door.
g it is opened and shut during the day, per-
brms the work of winding Within the dial
y an ingenious mechanism by which the
light in the front Hall is turned up as dark
ness comes on, and again is. lowered tat the
Fthodox bedtime At dawn, whenit is time
fir the servants to bestir themselves. the
cock rings 8 bell in the back hall, summon
iig theE1 to work. An hcsfr. later, a bell IN
TIE 'front.' hall warns the family ytHatit Is time
Y rise, add hail ranshcar latertl& peal ofthe
bsll sumna6nsi heHio to break kfast.a Besides
tleae arrange en1eats, the sc1ockr,is connected
with another in iMf, Goffsa sleeping room,
whereby the two are struck simaltaneouslys
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-01-13
His Solemn Warning.

From the Wall Street Daily News.l
'Iaas, there's money made in stocks, no
doub, said the old man, as he removed his
hat aid ran his fingers through his gray locks
but it's reesky bizness its suthin' like
bettilg on whar lightnings going to strike
with the odds in favor of hitting the tree you
stand under"
"Tlen you never speculate ?"
"Nver. dig along on the old farm, takin'
one crop with another, and pulling out
stumls when I've nothing else to do; and if
l don't make any great shakes, I haven't any
thingto worry over. had purity solemn
warning during the coal-ile excitement, and
it cursd me O. speculatin'"
"Htw was that?"
Wal. was widower then: wife fell
downthe well and was drawn out as stiff as
a poksr. had a big farm, lots of stock and
was elled purity solid. We all got excited
abOutile, and all of us dug more OF less holes
in se,rch Of the stuff. All of a sudden a
widdG hvin' about two miles from me found
lie ina dozen places on her farm. She was
wider with bad nose, freckles all over
her fee, eyes on the squint, and built up
like acamel. But when she struck lie that
was adiferent thing Old Deacon Spooner.
who vas. q widower, got mashed right away.
Our preacher who had lost his third wife.
saw he spec. l thought it over and con-
cludd she was an angel l guess some six
or seen Of us begun courtin' that widder
within sixteen hours after the first sight of
lie. know the procession reached from the
gate b the house, J7 @ atE:IE
iei aid you got her?p sses.5go. -ras. -..f+
MT much / didn't, and that's what I'm
thankful for. Somehow or other couldn't
worsup to the pint That nose kinder stood
in tie way every time was ready to- pop
the qlestion. She acted like she wanted me.
eut .eaoon spooner got the best Of all Of us,
:, md what ?n
I thing, except she had dozzeed dzed that farm
barrepof lie, and thus got a husband
for .hrself and a home for her tive children.
Whe the news. came out Twas SO cold along
the hckb kbone that they had to kiyer, me up |
Wltha n boss blanket, and since that haven't |
had hs nerve to buy eggs at I cents 4 dozen
and bid Fem for araisensf y v7hss4,.s b
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-01-13
A Wonderful Pigeon ROOst.

most noted pigeon rOOst in the West is
located in the Southwestern part of Scott
county, Ind, and covers many hundreds Of
acres of the forest. TO this rOOst come night
~, In the fall season, when pigeons are
abundant, millions of these birds They com
mence arriving as early as o'clock in the
evening, and often until midnight the focks
pour in. The birds commence leaving at
daylight, and by 8 or 8 o'clock all have de-
parted for the feeding grounds, often hun
drods of miles away
during the roosting season this pigeon
roost is a notable and exciting place. Hun
ters visit it from all parts of Indiana. and
from Ohio and Kentucky. They come armed
with shotguns and long poles, and supplied
with torches and sacks, the latter to be used
in carrying off the captured birds. The
hunters usually commence their work about
. o'clock in the evening, and thence on
through the night the scene is an exciting
one. The roar of shOtguns is heard on all
sides. Added to this is the cracking and
falling of the limbs of the trees from the ac-
cumulated weight of the pigeons upon them.
Torches flash on all sides through the forest,
the crash OF the long poles through the
lower limbs of the trees as they sweep down
the birds, the shouts of the hunters and the
whir Of the wings Of the rising and settling
focks create confusion worse confounded.
Thousands of birds are killed nightly, and
during the day droves of hogs roam through
the woods to fatten on the killed and wound
ed binds left on the ground during the nights
foray. At intervals of many years the pigeons
change their roosting place, but never locate
far away from the former roost9 THE Scott
county pigeon roOst has been famous se-
sort for more than, eighty. years. Near this
roost the most noted Indian massacre that
ever occurred in this part of the State took
place in September, 1872 A party of mar
aiding Pottawatomies, out on, the, lwarspath,
attacked the pigeon-roost settlement, at that |
Tine the most remote in this direction from |
he Falls Of the Ohio, and murdered aall the
settlers but FIVE two members of the family |
4 John Collins and Mrs. Beadle and her two |
mall children-Mrs. 'Beadle flying with the |
.1hildren in her arms and ss6efetfhhxa her
Elf and them lin gasSinkr rhnla1t ti H. ;the,dn
hans had gene, when she took The, children
n her arms and ran to. the nearest settle
nent, six miles, and gave the alarm iss'sa' Il
80. :..sssss,i
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-01-13
Can Another Rhyme be Found Z?

She was the prettiest girl, ! ween,
That mortal eye had ever seen
Her name is Anabel Christine.
Her bangs were curled with bandoline,
Her cheeks were smoothed with vasaline,
Her teeth We're brushed with fine dentine,
Her face was washed in coaline,
Her gloves We're cleaned with gasoline,
She wore dress of grenadine,
Looped over a skirt of brilliantine,
Her petticoat was bombazine,
Her foot was shod with kid bottine,
Her wounds were healed with cosmoline,
She sailed away from Muscatine
In ship they called the Brigantine.
She fiirted with gay marine
Till they reached the Republic Argentine,
Where they We're married by a dean,
And lived on oleomargarine.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-01-13
An American Institution in Rome.

a Pretty waiter girls, or rather plain ones,
are one of the freshest novelties of Rome,
where has been opened a new restaurant, cof-
fee and beer saloon, inthe ground foorof the
building i'm Piazza Colonna, which was used
as q postoffice under Gregory XVI was after
wards French military club, was again a
postof1ice and was finally sold-to the banker,
Signor Wedekmd, who has added 2 story to
it and made many improvements. The white
marble columns, said to have beer brought
from Veiiqhavel been repolisheda 10 The pro-
prietors of the beer ssaloon' haveG introilnced
female walters, and thereby exposed them
selvesto the commentss nobalways fayorablei
of the Roman press. It issaid that the yonnE
men, instead. Of drinking their beer, gaze at
the fair mattresses. .S1Gdsqikfn1 - ssss =