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Morning journal and courier., 1882-02-10

A tea party was given by the First church
ladies Wednesday evening, many attending.
1t was highly pleasant affair. A decorated
cup and saucer was given to each person talk
ing tea Following came an attractive pro-
gramme of recitations, charades, readings
and music.
Howard lei. Hanscomb is getting out at his
yard the frame for large schooner for Bos-
ton parties.
Mr.. Munson, the pie baker, while On route
to Springfield, Wednesday, on Conductor
Brompton's train, lost his pockethook con-
tanning about $50 in money and $500 in
notes and checks. 1t was found on the train
by Hartford insurance man, who gave it
into Conductor Brompten's keeping. Mr..
Munson returned from Springfield to Hart
ford on the same train Conductor B. asked
him if he had lost anything. Mr.. Munson
then discovered his loss. He had not missed
the property before. He gave an inventory
of the contents and received back the lost
treasures
Morning journal and courier., 1882-02-10

Pork, hams, sausages, ETC., etc. The best
and cheapest place in the city to purchase the
above is at the establishment of Jacob
Dryfus, stalls and Central market, Con-
gress avenue.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-02-10

The seven leading fire insurance compan-
les represented at North's Insurance Agency
aggregate over 1894, 583, 600, or six million
five hundred thousand dollars more than any
other seven companies doing business in this
country
Morning journal and courier., 1882-02-10
Beef, Veal, Mutton,

Attend Malley & Co.'s great bankrupt sale of
Nottingham Lace Curtains, offered at un-
heard of prices,
Morning journal and courier., 1882-02-10
1900 Pairs
ERu1nor in the Stomach.

OF Nottingham Lace Curtains for sale this
week at E. Malley & Co. s at SO per cent less
than importation prices
Morning journal and courier., 1882-02-10
RWDher STAMPS.
Housekeepers!

dates, metal bodied rubber type, pencil
stamps and desk pads at A. D. Perkins, IL
Center street. fe1O If
Morning journal and courier., 1882-02-10

Much of the distress and sickness attribu
ted to dyspepsia, chronic diarrhea and
other causes is occasioned by humor in the
stomach. Several cases, with all the charac-
teristics of these complaints, have been cured
by Hoods Sarsaparilla. Other cures effected
by this medicine are SO wonderful that the
simplest statement of them affords the best
proof that it combines rare curative agents
and when once used secures the confidence OF
the peopIe
Morning journal and courier., 1882-02-10

We are strongly disposed to regard that
person as the best physician who does most
to alleviate human suffering. Judged from
this standard, Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham, 1888
Western avenue, Lynn, Mass, is entitled to
the front rank, for her Vegetable Compound
is daily working wonderful cures in female
diseases. Send for circular to the above ad-
dress. fl 6d1w
Morning journal and courier., 1882-02-10
The Telephone and the Banks.

That the telephone is great convenience
for banks in their daily business has been
fully demonstrated. During the last few
days connections have been made with the
Citizens National bank and with Holmes &
Parsons, private bankers, of Waterbury
Ansonia National bank Of Ansonia, Birming-
ham National bank of Birmingham, Walling-
ford National bank of Wallingford. the Mer-
chants and the New Haven county of New
Haven. Now all the banks in New Haven
county have telephones. They all have pri-
vate lines, and both they and their customers
find tha talenhona very useful
Morning journal and courier., 1882-02-10

Am Alarming Spread of Smallpox.
The most potent remedyto stop the spread
of this great scourge is Darby's Prophylactic
Fluid, which is ready for use at all times.
Persons are liable at any moment to 'catch"
the disease, and should get the Fluid at once
and use it freely about, as places cannot be
infected where the Fluid is used. Persons
attending the sick or in other ways exposed
to the disease will be protected by its free
use. feb6 6d1w.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-02-10

Use Brummell's celebrated cough drops
The genuine have A. III. B. oneach drop. B.
81. Douglass & Son, E. A. Whittlesey, G. S.
Leete & Co., and Richardson & Co. whole
sale agents. f3 2mo
Morning journal and courier., 1882-02-10
" est Haven

At Gessner's ship yard large three-masted
schooner, to be 1000 tons burthen, will be
built the coming season. The keel will soon
be laid She will cost about 1886, 900, and
will be commanded by Captain William Stan
nard, of Westbrook.
The funeral of Ulysses Isbell was held yes
terday. The remains were taken to Meriden
for interment. The deceased was former
resident of Meriden, having worked there in
the carriage business, and leaves three sisters
who reside there, Mrs. e. II. Chapman, Mrs.
S. J. Sherman and Mrs Henrietta Yale
Morning journal and courier., 1882-02-10

A druggist in New Richmond, o., Mr.. E.
j. Donham, writes US the following: con-
best things made use it altogether in my
own family and can therefore recommend it.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-02-10

Use B. I'll. Douglass & Sons
Capsicum Cough Drops for coughs, colds and
sore Threats. They are the result of over
forty years experience in compromising cough
remedies. jail Ind 3mw
Morning journal and courier., 1882-02-10

Those Brass Banner Rods,
Which SO many ladies have been waiting
for, are now on sale at Cutters Art Store.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-02-10

Katie Putnam, supported by her own talent
ed company, will appear at Carll's Opera
House. On Monday evening the play will be
elena, the Madcap," and on Tuesday even
ing the charming play of "Child of the Regi-
ment'' will be given. Reserved seats are on
sale at Loomis', popular prices being the rule
Morning journal and courier., 1882-02-10

The Committee on Annual Reports held a
meeting last evening in room IA City Hall.
Bids for publishing eight hundred copies
of the City Year Book, some of. them to. be
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-01-19
AcauisitiYeness.

In the Introduction to his pamphlet on
Chow TO Grow Rich" Dr.. Bland gives
the following definition and analysis of
this organ 1.-THE faculty of acquisi-
tiveness is common to brute and man. It
is not an intellectual faculty, but q sell
fish instinct. Its office is to desire,
coyet, long for, grasp, appropriate any
thing, everything that can in any way
minister to the physical nature It is q
legitimate organ, whose functions are
necessary to the continued existence
alike of the insect, the animal and the
human being. It is devoid of moral
sense, as well as intellectual perception.
hence it has NO recognition of the rights
of property, nor any knowledge of how
to get what it desires, nor yet m idea.
of the relative value of things. It is
simply the instinct of ac-quisitiveness.
1t is the controlling faculty in each. The
insect and the brute having no other
than a sensuous existence, their wants
are limited to food and shelter. Man.
while allied to the animal kingdom, on
the sensuous plane, is lifted infinitely
above it blythe fact of his being endowed
with reason, and crowned with moral
sense and spiritual aspirations. By
NEAR of his Superior intellect, man is
able to subjugate the earth and all its
forces, compelling it to yield its fruits
and treasures in rich and varied .abund-
ance to supply his needs and crafty his
desires. Through the guiding wisdom
of his moral faculties he recognizes the
brotherhood of man and the equality of
the race, the foundation of the princi-
pies of justice" Accepting these propo-
sitions as correct, it is clear that the man
whose life is spent in the service of ac-
quisitiveness is simply an Intellectual
brute.-Phrenological Journal.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-01-19
The Gaze-at-the-Girls Young Man.

Among the curiosities of every large
city, is the gaze-at-the-girls young man.
That he finds his pursuit agreeable is
evident from the way in which he sticks
to his business and the rapidity with
which he multiples. There is no trou-
BILE in identifying him. He is his own
Identification. From shortly before noon
until dusk the gaze-at-the-girls young
man may be seen on the leading thor
oughfares. Every pretty face that comes
along claims his attention and he ut once
proceeds to investigate its charms. He
does not do this quietly and unobtru-
siyely not he. The gaze-at-the-eirls
young mans chief stock in trade is the
power of gazing long and impudently.
Then the gaze does not go alone. With
every gaze goes a smile, a peculiar
smile, a sort of a cross between the lop-
sided smirk of a Guiteau and the @s-
thetic shipper of a Bunthorne. This
combination is bestowed lavishly. The
modest blush is brought to the cheek of
virtue by the insolent glare of the young
man. He brushes against the girls and
fairly forces his gaze into their faces.
The gaze-at-the-girls young man will
stoop and look under a hat in order to
discover what kind of a face is hidden
beneath it. He has no hesitation in
doing all sorts of uncivil things in order
to satisfy his girl-gazing, and that is
why he is noted for impudence, impo-
likeness and stupidity.
The gaze-at-the-girls young man is
ordered to be arrested in New York
whenever he is caught adding some in
sulting words to his gaze, which is quite
often. It would be well if the same or
der were issued in other cities. A few
weeks behind the bars would do the
gaze-at-the-girls young man good. He
would be careful where and how he gazed
thereafter. -Philadelphia Times.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-01-19
John Bull at Table.

No people delight in eating and drink
ing more than the English. -Four meals
per day, two light and two heavy, barely
,ontent them. The total abstainers
drink large quantities of tea, coffee and
temperance drinks, and eat amazingly.
The moderate drinkers take as much as
would, in this climate, make a man a
1runkard. They are very hospitable, and
Dickens drew a true picture of MI. War
die at the head Of his table. I have seen
an Englishman with ten children and six
guests, making eight on each side, his
wife at one end of the table and himself
at the other, a twenty-pound roast of
beef before him and a quarter of mutton
before her, and heard this strange, but
not inappropriate. blessing asked "Bless
this food. Help us to be thankful and to
Eat what shall be sufficient for strength
and comfort. Help our guests to feetat
home. Bless us every one and accept
our thanks" Then came the huge slices
to each plate, and in a short time the
vast conglomerate of bread and beef and
mutton and potatoes and pudding was
being transformed into human nature.
The impression made on q stranger is
that they are the healthiest race on
earth; but the prevalent ruddy complex
ion, when not produced by inhibition, is
attributable to the climate, and not espe-
cially indicative of health. Apoplexy,
paralysis, govt and rheumatism are very
common in England, and consumption
carries off great multitudes. The preya-
lent tendency is to excess of adipose It's
Bue.-ReU. DR.. Buckley in NeW York
Christian Advocate.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-01-19
American and European Girls.

In Europe every girl learns cooking as
IN art, and that part of her education is
as essential as that of reading or writing.
Every restaurant and hotel has a number
of these volunteers, who pay for the
privilege of learning under the tuition of
q chef, in addition to which they do
work around the kitchen. No matter
how rich q man is, his daughters must
learn In this manner, SO that they can
supervise the household and learn to
cook well and economically. This
custom has been imported to this coun-
try in a different form, and is now per-
meating the East in the shape of schools
of cookery. In Europe the girls are also
taught cookery in the schools, and the
consequence is that they are wives in
fact as well as in name. When girls in
this country stop looking down on
housewifery as dishonorable, and begin
to learn cooking as an art, they will all
pass out of the state of single blessed
ness, but until that time the crop of old
maids will continue to increase alarm
ingly. The oft-heard remark that two
can live as cheaply al one, is rank nom
sense. Any young man can live like a
fighting cock, dress well and smoke the
best cigars on 81, 900 per year. He can
not marry on 81, 500 and do the same"
kansas City Times.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-01-19
The Danger Signal.

As the express train to San Jose was
slamming along past San Mateo, with
both valves wide open, the figure of a
man was seen waving a red shirt about
half a mile up the track. The engine
was reversed, brakes were whistled
down, and with a.tremendous effort the
train was stopped just as it reached the
man.
"What's the matter? ?" shouted the
conductor, running forward.
els this the lightning express to San
Jose 2" asked the stranger, earnestly.
Eyes, yes; of course it is" said the
ticket puncher, while the passengers
crowded up with white faces.
"That's right" said the man, pocket
ing his flannel and bracing up for a grand
break. Always tell the truth, and
people will respect you"
And before even the engineer could
seize a hunk of coal he had o hundred
yards start to winward with a fresh
breeze on his weather beam.-San Fran
cisco Post.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-01-19
SeIf.Denial.

Who can look upon an intelligent and
wellordered household without being
struck by the happy faces that surround
the family table or the Preside? Of
course there Is much conscious self
denial practiced by all, but by far the
larger proportion Of the right actions
performed are pleasant to both doer and
receiver. In an enlightened community,
the numberless little acts which seem to
imply some slight sacrifices are really
the natural outcome of q gracious and
pleasant frame of mind, finding its own
happiness largely in that of others. In
q good-natured crowd this may often be
seen. Instead of q selfish pushing and
elbowing, which would soon put the
strong in the front and the weak in the
rear, there will be o mutual giving way
and waiting, with an occasional pleasant
word or helpful motion, implying SYM
pathy and goodwill. To many persons
It would be truly painful to be rude or
unkind, and this is certainly a far higher
condition than that of one where every
act of politeness or suavity costs q self
denying pang.
Not for q moment would we underrate
self-denial. It has q noble mission to
perform-that of leading us gradually
from regarding duty as a hard and pain
full taskt considering it our highest Joy.
Whenever any action is at onc right for
us to do and yet unpleasant, there self
denial should reign supreme. Yet we
cannot afford to overlook or ignore the
large proportion of pleasant right-doing.
It is the flower Of the plant we call duty,
the final result to which We may look
forward with hope and joy in all our eff
forts.-PhiLGdeLphiG Public Ledger.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-01-19
seyenth.Day Adventism.

In the course of the history of the
Christian church many sects have arisen
by whom the speedy coming of Christ to
set up a visible empire has been pro-
claimed. The S~eventh-day Adyentists,
says Professor Schem, originated as
early as 1874, and n of the first organ
izers of the movement was Elder James
White. Their headquarters are at Battle
Greek, Mich, where they have q -four
ishing publishing house, etc., and they
have several denominational papers in
various languages. The same writer
adds that they hold strict temperance
views, including the prohibition o. the
use of tobacco, and abstinence from
pork. tea, and coffee is recommended.
They have about $50 churches and q
membership in the neighborhood of g.
600. They set no time for the coming
IF Christ
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-01-19
Contempt of Danger.

If dynamite balls were planted under
q Washington street crossing, at first no
one knowing the fact would go over the
ground; but should they remain there
for a week, the old way would be re-
sumed by the people. Familiarity not
only breeds contempt in the social world,
but people living constantly on the verge
of danger, in time, come to regard it.
with carelessness. The human race has
always fought shy of the destructive
forces of nature and art at first, but
familiarity with them has reduced the
fears. The New York Sun says: "When
kerosene was introduced, there were
many fears in regard to its use, on ac-
count of its liability to explode under
certain conditions, and particularly when
a considerable quantity of it ignited
through the medium of its vapor brought
into contact with fire. Yet In a few
years thousands of people were using
this feared agent even for kindling fires,
and every day there is a fresh story of a
house or O woma or a child burned up
from this careless practice. Precisely SO
it has been with dynamite, which at first
was regarded with terror from its destruc-
tive power Yet the other day, in New
York, q house was blown to pieces by
dynamite cartridges hung OF a stovepipe
to warm, and in PENNSYLVANIA a miner
put a a of dynamite on his cook stove
to dry, and only fragments of himself,
his wife, and four children, and splinters
of his house remained to hold an inquest
over. It is the old case of contempt of
danger bred by familiarity with it; but
since the lives and possessions of a great
many people II imperiled by the habit
which near neighbor may have of keep
ing dynamite cartridges in his house
and warming them on his stove, the laws
relating to, this and similar explosives
seem to need revision"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-01-19
FASHIONABLE BRIDE.

"
How Clara Belle say, she aefs Ready for
The time appointed for the marriage
ceremony In church was three o'clock In
the afternoon. Borealis Brown, the
bridegroom, and Aurora White, the
bride were in q close carriage ten blocks
away, at six minutes before three
eve shall get there right on time,"
said he, looking at his watch.
Now, it is dreadfully questionable to
get to the church promptly, and Aurora
would have felt Just like dropping
through the floor don't You know, if she
had walked up the aisle IN time.
"Don't you think, my dear, it would
be better to be ten minutes late p said
she, leaning against him in a kind of a
harmless hug.
"No; I pride myself on punctuality."
give minutes, then?"
"Now, my darling, don't ooa1."
"Just as you say"
She put her hand carelessly on his
shoulder, and then let it drop slowly
along down over his coat to a small
pocket set in at the waist seam, where it
fingered for q few seconds.
"You have the ring where you can
find it readily" she remarked, laying
placidly back in her seat. "There is
nothing SO awkward as to tumble for the
ring at the altar, you know"
"Oh, I've made sure on that point, as
I told you," he said confidently, "I
slipped the ring right into his handy
little pocket where, I-good lord IN
heaven !"
What Borealis-what ?"
"The ring is lost"
He thrusted his fingers into the
pocket madly, again and again, but the
ring surely was not there. He made
wild coniectures, felt in all his other
pockets, and concluded he must have
left it at Aurora's residence. He ordered
the coachman to turn about. When they
had gone back almost to the house, a
public clock struck three.
"What is that ?' said Aurora, point
ing to the bottom of the carriage.
The ring lay glittering in a corner.
Sc must have dropped it" said Bore
ais, picking it up, "but 1 swear I
looked in that very spot two minutes
ago."
He had looked there, as q matter of
fact, just before Aurora threw the ring
down.
"Well," he remarked, looking at his
watch again, "you will have your way
after all. We can't get to the church
before ten minutes late anyhow"
"To be sure"
Acute presence of mind is character
istic of brides. They may blush but they
know exactly what they are about. Their
eyes may be dim with tears, but they
can see a misplaced thread in their dress.
Two blocks from the church Aurora ex-
pressed a fear that she was as pale as a
ghost.
ssSay as fair as alabaster," Handsome
suggested.
"Now, my DEAR" she retorted, "this
is no time for compliments. Is there the
least bit of color in my face?"
"Well no, but"
&c must look CHASTITY"
Would you like to blush as you go
IMP"
"Yes.n
He threw his arms around her, drew
her to his breast, with the grip of q
wrestler, and kissed her loud and long.
He was through with it just as the car
riage door was opened by an usher, and
she walked into church with a satisfac-
tory amount of pink ON her cheeks.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-01-19
The Golden Ladder Of. Charity.

There are eight degrees of steps, says
Maimonides, in the duty of charity.
The first and lowest degree is to give,
but with reluctance or regret. This is
the gift of the hand but not of the heart.
The second is to give cheerfully, but
not proportionately to the distress of the
sufferer.
The third is to give cheerfully and pro-
p~ortionately, but not until we ri solic-
tied.
The fourth is to give proportionately,
cheerfully, and even unsolicited but to
put it in the poor mans hand, thereby
exciting in him the painful emotion of
shame.
The fifth is to give charity in such a
way that the distressed may receive the
bounty and know their benefactor with
out their being known to him. Such
was the conduct of some of ances-
tors who used to convey their charitable
gifts into poor peoples dwellings, taking
care that their own persons and names
should remain unknown.
The seventh Is still more m~eritorious,
namely, to bestow charity In such a way
that the benefactor may not know the
relieved objects, nor they the name of
their ~benefactor; as was done by our
charitable forefathers during the exist
ence of the temple. For there was in
that holy building a place called the
Chamber of Silence o Inostentation,
wherein the good deposited secretly
whatever their generous hearts sug-
gested, and from which the most respec-
table poor families were maintained with
equal secrecy.
Lastly, the eighth and the most meri-
torious of all is to anticipate charity, by
preventing poverty namely. to assist
the reduced brother either. by a consid-
cradle gift or a loan of money, or by
teaching him q trade, or by. putting him
in the way of business, SO that he may
earn an honest livelihood, and not be
forced to the dreadful alternative of hold
ing up his hand for charity.-4Jter the
Ialmud.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-01-19
Mount Ararat.

Ararat is divided into two peaks, Great
Ararat on the northwest and Little Ara
rat on the southwest, whose bases blend
while their submits are seven miles
apart. The summit of Great Ararat is
1923 feet above the level of the sea,
and IA, 800 above its base; and for more
than 5000 feet below the summit it is
always covered with ice and snow. Little
Ararat is ID, 600 above the sea level. The
apex of Great Ararat was visited by Par
rot October 9, 1929. DIR. Schaf, in com-
mon with Smith, says that Ararat in
Scripture refers to the lofty plateau or
mountain-highlands which overlook the
plain of the Araxes. The same author
ity states that the mountains of Ararat
(Gen. viii, ~ more properly refer to the
entire range of elevated tableland in
that portion of Armenia, and upon some
lower part of this range, rather than
upon the high peaks, the ark more prob
ably rested; and the following
are given in support of this view: This
plateau or range is about 5000 or 1000
feet high it is equally distant from the
Euxine and the Caspian Seas, and be-
tween the Persian Gulf and the Medi-
t-erranean, and hence a central point for
the dispersion of the race the region is
volcanic in its origin, does not rise into
sharp crests, but has broad plains sepa-
rated by subordinate ranges of noun
tains; and the climate is temperate,
grass and grain are abundant, and the
harvests are quick to mature. These
facts, he believes, illustrate the Bible
narrative.