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Morning journal and courier., 1882-08-28
HO" LONG :!

It is stated that they have cucumbers two feet long in Kentucky, but they do not say how long they have the collie.
 Buckwheat fields now dot the rural land scape and in a few months buckwheat cakes will dot the rural omplexion.-F Philadelphia Neaos.
 In Paola, Ks, there is gas we'll that pro- duces gas enough to light the city. It IS evl- dent that some politician is at the bottom Of it.-Neao Orleans Pic0yune.
 A little girl, travelling in the on the Eastern road the other day, told the conduc- tor she wanted to get out at 'Blueberry- port" She meant Newburyport.
 ''Jim, does you know de kind ob 'ligion I profess ?" "Why. de Mefodist, doesn't ye, Sam ?" ''No, sah no Mefodist for dis chile! ]! I'se g wine to git some O dat 'lgion dey has in Eglpt-dat Mo ham. edan, Sam !''-C0eE'- ier-Jour7aaI.
 A young man was struck by lightning the other day while reading the New Testament, but the careless reporter who gave publicity to the case forgot to find out whether the man was reading the old or the revised edi- tion Now don't know which to trust in. -PhtfdRel1,lain Neaos.
 We are informed that in ''best society," jelly ''is now carried to the mouth on 6 fork. " We'll if 'best society," has been in the habit of carrying jelly to the mouth with the fin gers, it is about time a change was made. They will find forks very useful article when they get used to them.-No1rtstoaon Herald.
 Courage: Suffering sisters" exclaimed the speaker, energetically shaking the hair pins from her hair in her excitement, 'wo- men will never obtain their rights until they display more courage. Let me say to you, in the words of famous French orator, Courage! courage courage y" At this stage of the proceedings somebody threw a box of caterpillars upon the platform and the meeting broke up in great terror and confu- sion.-BrookIyn Eagle.
 A Philadelphia boy said that he always said a prayer in church just before the sermon. It was, 'Now I lay me down to sleep ' When that boy grew up to be man he met the pastor of the church he was supposed to attend, and congratulated him on his sermon the last Sunday. 'Eh "' asked the clergy man, suspiciousy, "you there? What was my text2' The delinquent was bothered he stammered muraaured, but finally with g fine smile burst out, Why, doctor, is it pos i sible you have forgotten it ?" Then he hailed l passing car and got in.-Detrot Free Press
Morning journal and courier., 1882-08-28

tions in caps green, white, red, blue and
 black-fat azy-looking fellows-while out
 in the adjoining fields women lug and tug at the bundles of hay and grain and bend their backs in the turnip- fields, plying heavy hoes, horny handed and stiff, with weary, weather beaten, scanned, stupid faces. It is not an agreeable sight or an encouraging ono for
 the future progress of one of the most clvll-
 ized nations in the world. Everywhere are
 soldiers, soldiers, soldiers, marching, drilling,
 standing sentinel I told you of those we
 before o'clock this morning. At we
 went out to look at some sort of ancient
 rubbish and 8 splendid calvalry company
 passed us, full hundred strong Horse and
 rider seemed all one piece, and the animals
 feet seemed to move by clock work, per
 fectly trained were they. It was a fine sight.
 But the most magniicently disciplined stand
 ing army in the world is maintained at a cost
 which cannot fail to tell on those people in
 the years to come. The men are drawn oH
 to fight, and the women do the mems work
 At this day in Germany women blacksmlths are not very uncommon. What IS to become
 of the refinements of social life, the sweet sacredness of home But I felt sorrier, if
 possible, for the poor little dogs than even
 for the women. They have dogs life in
 deed They not very big-no larger than the common despised yellow dog' of Ameri- ca-yet two of them draw loads which seem
 heavy enough for horse. The little things are harnessed underneath sort of long,
 heavy barrow upon wheels this holds the load. man or woman holds the handles
 of the thing, and the dogs trot along beneath.
 Their ribs stick out, i'll padded with flesh, as
 though they were not very well fed. Their panting sides, lolling tongues and sorrowful, appealing eyes, would touch the heart of a stone. Everything hereabouts, too, seems done by sheer brute strength. There Is TO saving of labor, either by machinery or by the application of common sense. In the
 field we saw no American agricultural ma chinery, as in England and Scotland. Where in America load of baggage, trunks, valises and boxes would be piled high upon dray great truck, and transferred at one gulp for short distances here your porter takes it upon his head or arm, as the case may be, and Jugs it off slowly and painfully, one piece at time We have had more fuss and trou- ble to keep from losing our baggage, coming from London to Cologne, than we should have had at home ln going from New York to San Francisco and back again. Strange coun- try this where women and dogs do the hard work, and where they have no checks for baggage. Stockings are knit by hand instead of by machinery, and In Antwerp and Brus- sells the women are so industrious that they knit running along the streets going of err rands.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-08-28
Iothers-in-Law i'm India.
From the London Daily Telegraph.


 That the youthful wife or wives of the budding Hindu are very much under the per sonal jurisdiction of their mother-in law has always been regarded a peculiar fact in Indian sociology; but the appalling conse- quences which result from this arrangement have rarely been brought to light in so forci- ble manner as in a case of female suicide which has recently been the subject of inqui ry in Bombay. It was proved that the girl, almost child in age, who had committed the dread act of self fdestruction, had been driv- en to it by the persistent persecution which she had undergone at the ruthless hands of her husbands mother ever since her mar rage. In directing the jury, tho coroner stated the remarkable fact that by far the largest number of female Hindu suicides are those of women between the ages of 12 and 2O and 1t is beyond question that the cause which impels these hapless maidens to put an end to their existence, just when at all age to reap most enjoyment from it, Is in nearly every case the organized despofism of the motherin law in the interior of the zenana How this state of affairs Is to be remedied it is difficult to see, although in tho instance re- ferred to the coroner declared the need of n complete change in Hindu social habits. Tbe only change which would be effectual is for the young Hindu not to bring his wife home to the maternal mansion but to set up house for himself with his matrimonial part ner, according to European custom. This, however, would be such a complete revolu- tion in native habit, seeing that several gene rations usually live and have their being un- der the same roof tree, that centuries would be necessary to bring it about. We should rather, perhaps, look to the ameliorating and humsnizing tendencies of the noble efforts of those Christian ladies who penetrate into the secret depths of the zenanas and carry l into them the lessons of higher morality. Pertls of the Alps-Ciinging to a Tree On the Face of Preetpice, I,200 Feet From It's Foot.
 | short time since two schoolmasters from ] Morzine, a Savoyard village near the Swiss
Morning journal and courier., 1882-08-28

dispense with all other taxes, then let the in ternal revenue system of taxation be repealed, thus relieving the government and the people
 from the expense of5 maintaining double system of taxation"
 New Orleans must have a better water SUD- ply, and committee of experts have reported favorably on the Borgne Lake, which ia about twelve miles from the city. The company now furnishing the city with water, if it does not succeed in purifying Mississippi water, is willing to obtain the supply from Lake Borgne. Before 1892 the city relied on cis- terms and buckets and barrels of river water A company formed in that year supplied the city for thirty five years. The succeeding tns years the city conducted the water works, which were then sold to the present com pany.
 Two curious orders have just been issued by the police of Siegenruck, Germany. One notifies the managers of target clubs and sical and gymnastic societies that if upon the rolls of their societies the names are found of delinquent taxpayers or people who have not paid the school dues for their children, the societies will not be allowed to hold their annual merry -makings, while the other in forms tavern-keepers that if debtors on either of these accounts are found drinking upon their premises, those premises will be closed at earlier hour nights than rival establishments frequented only by taxpayers who pay.
 Thomas Kelly of Philadelphia thought tha' he could write his will better than any law yer and this is the way he wrote it: "I will that Margaret Kelly, my wife, shall have this property and house while she lives and do as sine wishes with it." The widow finds, how ever, that the will is obscurity itself. The first question arises to what property it re- fers to. Certainly not the Surrogate's office, | as it would seem to most people reading the | will there, but more likely the place wherein 1 the deceased happened to be when he wrote ! the will Assuming that the widow is per- mitted to prove what property hes late hus- | band had in his mind, the next question | arises, Did the testator by ''this property and l house. mean the house together with the per- sona1 property in it, or simply the house and l lot? Admitting that she should have both l personally and realty, another most import 1 ant question arises as to whether he intended l she should have only a life estate or fee simple in the realty. s'While she lives" creates only life estate, and do as she wishes with it' implies power to sell or otherwise dispose of it-gives her. in fact, complete control as owner in fee.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-08-28
A Ladv,s Plen for .sChip'' Smith.

To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER
 have noticed in one of the papers that 8 death-watch has been placed over 'Chip' Smith. Is it possible that he is to be gib- beted while so many murderers, whose crimes have been far more appalling, are now at liberty? For twenty years but one person has been hanged in Connecticut. The gal lows, with all it's frightful trappings, is a relic of barbarism and should be dispensed with. Surely Imprisonment for life would meet all the demands of justice and obvlate the necessity of another murder for the one committed. plead for "Chips" life on the basis of consistency. Crazed with liquor, on the impulse of the moment, while struggling with Chief Hayes, he shot him. If the gibbet must be erected, place it
 within the walls of Wethersfield and commence with Kate Cobb and her paramour.
 Did they not in the most brutal manner,
 murder MT. Cobb and Mrs. Bishop? Then execute Mrs. Alexander and Bassett, who de- coyed poor ''stuttering Jack'' into their den and there murdered him. Then place the rope around the neck of Anderson, who
 walked deliberately into the shop of Horatio
 Hall and shot him down like dog, All of | these cases are more hideous than that of | poor Smith. He is a mere boy in years, and, | when not under the influence of liquor, quiet
 and incffensive. I still hope that something
 will be done to avert the awful spectacle ar | ranged for the coming Friday.
 Mas C. B.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-08-28
COMMUNICATIONS.
Where Are the Police

To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 Day after day the reople living either side of and opposite the vacant lot on Hum- phrey street are exceedingly annoyed by the indecent conduct and silly language of the crowd of boys who congregate there to play ball, swear and fight. Can nothing be doue to put stop to the nuisance? It is unbear- able, not only on every week day, but on the Sabbath as well.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-08-28
Monday Morning, August 2s, 1882.


The Republicans in the several towns in this State requested to send the usual number of delegates to the State Convention to be held in Pecks Opera House (formerlv Music HalD, In the city of New Haven, on Wednesday, September 20, 1882, at 10 o'clock n to nominate candidates for State ofa- oers, to appoint State Central committee, to do any other proper business.
 All caucnses for the appointment of delegates to the State convention must be held at least five days before the convention
 The chairman of each Town committee muat send copy of the credentials of the delegates frona his town to tue secretary of the Republican State Central committee at least four days before tho convention. caucus Of the delegates will be held at tho New Haven House Tuesday evening. September 1s, at o'clock.
 County and district delegates will be held at 1O:3O of the day of the convention the purpose of nominating members of the State Central committee By order of the State Central Committee.
 GEORGE M. HARMON, Chairman ARTHUR F. EGGLFsroN, Secretary.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-08-28
Sights In Belgium.
The Hard Lot of ths Women and the
 Dogs.

Dogs.
 @ fCorrespondence of Cincinnati CommercaLl And nobody in this region seems to work any but women and dogs. The harvest hands," as they are called at home, were with the fewest exceptions women They were working like oxen. In shape they are short and wide out. Centuries of carrying heavy burdens upon their heads and shoulders have stunted their height and broadened them out. This minute--53O in the mornng-at Co., logne, hear the measured tramp of soldiers in the street outside, I look out. A squad of good sized, well-fornled young soldiers are passing with a lieutenant. They hold their heads up in spirited way, and march along timber and elastic. Immediately behind them follow three tawny squatty women, carrying upon their heads loads which look awful It is enough to crush their skulls in, one would think. The picture tells the whole story of life among the lower classes in this country. It is barbarism as complete as reign among the Indian savages of America, where the squaws do the drudgery and the men fight and hunt. Men in uniform fairly swarm. They waddle about the country railway ste
Morning journal and courier., 1882-08-28

There are 5000 canal boats on tho water ways of New York, employing sO,OOO horses and 100, GOO people and with $15, ,O0O, 900 in- vested in the property. Each canal boat coming to the city of New York means $15O spent in fees and charges.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-08-28

It's an ill wind that blows no good An optimist correspondent of the London Iimes asserts that the native population of Alexan- dria will be better off than they have been for the past ten years, on account of the amount of work in rebuilding necessitated by the bo obar dment
Morning journal and courier., 1882-08-28

The Chicago Inter Ocean thinks it about time to give the newsboys of that city chance to substitute for their every day cry, ''All about the murder!'' the more vel come one, ''All about the hanging!"
Morning journal and courier., 1882-08-28
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The great State of New York may yet be saved. The Hera1d has found one righteous man there, and his name is Wadsworth.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-08-28

E1-Senator McDona l, in recent speech before the Jefferson Club of Indianapolis,
 Indiana, gave what is to be regarded as the key-n of the Democratic campaign in that State. After referring to Republican extrav- agance, the spells system and political as sessments he said that the present unjust system of taxation must be revised, and that taxes levied as duties upon imports must be confined strictly to revenue standard, and if, in so doing, it shall be in our power to
Morning journal and courier., 1882-08-28
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Morning journal and courier., 1882-08-28
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Morning journal and courier., 1882-08-28

Some of the gossips have been talking about the nomination by the Republicans of Hon. Oliver Hoyt for Lieutenant Governor, with the understanding that he would be nomi- mated for Governor the next time. This is preposterous on the face of it, and we have the best authority for saying that no such scheme would meet MT. Hoyt's approval. Neither is he seeking the nomination for Governor, but, in our opinion, the party to him.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-08-28

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Morning journal and courier., 1882-08-28

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