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Morning journal and courier., 1882-03-02
The Proposed FaotorIxing Law.

To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 For three years past there has been O con- test over the fsctorizing law in the Legisla- ture, the result of an effort to increase the exemption of wages from attachment. There ought to be unquestionably some leg islation in that direction. The present ex- emptions operate, so far as factory operatives are concerned, unequslly. This class is far less favored than other classes. The present laws exempt. for instance, ten sheep, two swine COW and the tools of the debtors trade None of these avail the factory op- eratives. They have nothing but their wages A farmer may, under these provisions, enjoy an exemption from $1O0 to $500 Enechan- ic working for himself with his own tools may have the benefit of much greater amounts. Indeed, in his case there is nc fixed limit The factory operative has at best but $25 exempt, and in cases of debts for rent and groceries only SIC; in cases of debts for board nothing at all. Of course the laws which exempt sheep, swine, COW and tools apply to him, but generally he does not own these kinds of property, SO they do not benefit him. Noth- ing but an exemption of wages can be of any great benefit to him. This of course is not fair. The exemption laws should be so framed as to favor all classes equally, But the present proposed law exempting the wages for forty days previous to attachment is a veryt ytunfortunate measure. It is unfair and unjust for the same reason that the pres ent laws are, viz, because it will result in unequal exemptions. Forty days wages for one man may mean $1 ,OOO, for another S100,
Morning journal and courier., 1882-03-02
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

St. Nic1t0las for March has beautiful en- graying of Titian's portrait of himself, which is accompanied by paper on the artist, by Clara Erskine Clement. The story of ". O.. Stoddard, about ''Men and Animal Shows, y is concluded. The continued stories, ''The Hoosier School Boy, by Edward Eggleston; ''Donald and Dorothy" by Mary Mapes Dodge, and 'Recollections of Drummer Boy" by Harry M. Keiffer, are all of excep- tional interest this month. "The Three Gifts'' is beautiful fairy tale, by Thomas Dunn English, and is handsomely illustrated. Mr. w. O. Stoddard has very readable and timely story, entitled ''Thin Ice," and there is prose article by Ernest Ingersoll, and poems by Rose Terry Cooke, Bessie Hill, Nellie L. Tinkham, Thomas $. Collier, Celia Thaxter and others The illustrations of the number are unusually fine works of art and embrace work by Titan, Walter Satterlee, Allen Redwood, Douglas Volk, James c. Beard, Jessie McDermott, E. B. Bensell, Frank T. Merrill, J. G. Francis, George D. Brush H. P. Share, R. B. Birch, H. Sand ham, Miss R. H. Muller and many others.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-03-02
Price Four Cents.

for another $3O. The law should exempt the same amount for every man That is the aim of the present laws,
 and so far as the amount of sproperty they exempt is concerned it is the same for everyone. The man who has a salary of $1O,OOO year ought not to have an eKemp- ton of forty days at all It is manifestly unfair that one man should be able to meet his creditors with an exemption of one or more hundreds of dollars, and another with one of only thirty or forty dollars. The policy of the law is to exempt that only from attachment which is necessary to support life. All the rest of mans property ought to be subject to execution for his debts. Before the law we are all equal. What is HecsSary to support life, must be the same for all ranks. Any other rule will exempt luxuries for one man and only necessities for another. The Legislature ought not, and probably will not pass law which recognizes distinctions. 4 certain amount of wages, and not certain number of days wages, should be exempt. Probably exemption of $50 would be suf- ficient, as it would practically put an end to factorizing the wages of working men Moth ing would be lost by such provision, as it will scarcely be claimed that any mechanic is trusted with view to collection by suit. 4 man whom tradesmen cannot trust without being compelled to sue, they will not and ought not to trust at all. It is not probable that much reliance in actual trade is placed upon the faetorizing process A.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-03-02
The Religious Character of the Chinese
 Newspaper.

lErom the Fortnt tghtiy Review
 To begin with the ordinary and numerous decrees acknowledging the good services of deities "The Governor General of the Yel- low river" says the GazetS of November, 1878, requests that tablet may be put up in honor of the river god. He states that during the transmission of relief rice to Ho-
 nan, whenever difficulties were encountered
 through shadows, wind or rain, the river god interposed in the most urmistaknbie
 manner, so that the transport of grain went
 on without hindrance- Order Let the prop
 CT office prepare a tablet for the temple of the river god. :" "A memorial board is grant ed, ,n says the Gazette of April, 1880, ito two
 temples in honor of the god of locusts. On the last appearances of locusts in that pro vince last summer, prayers were offered to this deity with marked success" February, 1880. A decree ordering the Imperial Col lege of Inscriptions to prepare tablet to be reverently suspended in the temple of the
 Sea Dragon at Hoyang, which has manifested its divine interposition in a marked manner
 in response to prayers for rain In another GGzette the Director-General of Grain Trans
 ports prays that distinction be granted 90 the god of winds, who protected the dikes of
 the Grand canal, whereupon the Board of
 Rites is called upon for 6 report Also the river god is recommended for protecting fleet carrying tribute rice; and the god of water gets a new temple by special rescript. In fact, decrees of this kind, which merely
 convey public recognition of services render
 ed by the State gods, appear in almost eEery
 issue of the Gdzette The following decrees
 refer to the process of qualification for di-
 vine rank: ''The Governor of Anvhei for
 wards (November, 1873 petition for the gentry of Ting Chow, praying that sacrifices may be offered to the late Famine eommis- sioner in Honan, in the temple already erect ed to the memory of Lis father. The father
 had been superintendent of the Grain trans port, and had greatly distinguished himself in operations against some rebels. The son had also done excellent service, and the local gentry had heard of his death with great grief. They earnestly pray that sacrifices may be offered to him well as to his fath-
 CT. Granted" {" "A decree issued May, 1873 sanetioning the recommendation that tenn
 pie to Fun Tsung, statesman of the Ming
 dynasty, may be placed on the list of those at which the officials are to offer periodical
 libations. The spirit of the deceased states
 man has manifested itself effectively on sew
 eral occasions when rebels have threatened the district town, and has more than once
 interposed when prayers have been offered for rain"
Morning journal and courier., 1882-03-02

ton of the Territory, not counting in the Apaches and Navsjos, is composed of 108, 721 whites, 998 blacks, 56 Chinamen, and 9,769 Pueblo and other tame Indians. There is very little mixing of races, he says. The Spanish speaking citizens do not hate the English speaking ones. They are polite, hospitable, generous, patriotic. The schools are not as good as they should be, but, such as they are, one-fourth of the entire territo- rial revenue is spent upon them. The people draped their houses in mourning when Pres ident Garfield died. They are not fond of whiskey The women of the respectable classes are ''good daughters, faithful wives, and noble matrons" The Spanish speaking population, as whole, is quiet, orderly and law abiding. The Territory is growing rap idly and substantially. It has valuable gold and silver mines, coal beds, rich valleys, and vast prairies which feed immense herds and
Morning journal and courier., 1882-03-02
Thursday Morning, March 2. 1882.
THE STATE PRIsON.

H EANASON'
 The Commissioners of the State Prison strongly recommend the building of a new prison on new site. In support of their l recommendation they urge the age of the prison, the fact that it was built in days when prison management was radically diff ferent from what it is to- day, its unhealthy position, and that the experience of many other States has shown that such buildings as that at Wethersfield are not so built as to allow of the best results under improved and intelligent management. In his message to the Legislature the Governor said Tt may well be that the time has come for Connecti- cut to take into serious consideration the whole matter and show it's appreciation of the improved conduct of it's prison by equip ping proper building" A hearing upon this important matter was had yesterday be- fore the Committee on State Prison.
 There is no question about the defects of the old building, although it has recently been improved. It has also been generally supposed that it was unhealthy. But the Hartford Times brings evidence to show that Wethersfeld is not an unhealthy place, that the site of the prison is not an unhealthy one, and that the death-rate in the prison is not large in comparison with that of other pris- ons. The death rate insW Wethersfeld is pro- portionately less than in such places as Hart ford, New Britain, Meriden and Waterbury It is asserted that the number of people who attain the age of 60 years is from two to four times greater in Wethersfeld than in LI. which might be named. It. is also claimed that the number of very old inhabitants in Wethersfeld is remarkably large. It is said that the percentage of people between the ages of so and 100 years is greater there than in any town in the State, in proportion to the population, @ goodly share of them living in close proximity to the prison. The prison itself is on high enough ground to al- low perfect drainage, and 1t is therefore ar gued that it's location is mot especially un- healthy. As to the death-rate in the prison an investigation made some time ago showed that it compared favorably with that of pris- ons in Massachusetts, Maine, New Hamp- shire, Rhode Island, New York, PennsyIva- nia and Maryland. Beginning with 1870 in the Connecticut State prison the percentage in the death rate has been about as follows: In 1870, 1-2 per cent. 1871, 3-1O per cent; 1872, 1-2 of per cent; 1873, per cent; 1874, ? per cent. 1875, l 1-4 per cent. 1876, 1-4 per cent; 1877, 0; 1878, 3 per cent. These are certainly not startling figures.
 It is well to have this matter fully discussed and if those who favor 8 new building in another place can show that there is great need for the change, it ought to be made and this year.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-03-02
COMMUNICATIONS.
Tine Annual Dinner of the Bridgepol
 Board or Trade.

Tine Annual Dinner of the Brfdgepol {
 Board or Trade.
 Ts the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 It was the pleasure of the writer to be pres ent on Tuesday evening at the seventh an- nual dinner, at the Atlantic House, of the Bridgeport Board of Trade, and to enjoy it's Inequalities. Over one hundred of that city's most worthy men, consisting of mer- chants bankers, manufacturers and capital ists. sat down to one oAthe best .'spreads'' ever partaken of. Hon. David NJ. Read, who is well known by many of your readers presided, and, as he is the most genial of men, the whole gathering soon partook of the same spirit and kept it up to it's close.
 The principal speakers were Mayor Wes- sells, Hon. Nathaniel Wheeler, Curtis Thomp- son and several members of Governor Bige- lows staff, who came to represent him, he not being able to be present in person They certainly did credit to our city, and 1t was not to be wondered at that they did so well, when they were so pleasantly surrounded. All the speeches were short, exceedingly pithy, full of wit, and until the ''small hours" it was one constant stream of qualification. Nor were the words spoken on this occasion simply those to give merriment, but some excellent ideas were expressed of a most practical nature, particularly those by Dr. Warner (the corset manufacturer upon the working women of Bridgeport, of whom there are no less than 1000 employed in the various shops. The public library of the city was paid handsome compliment by Bridgeport's leading newspaper man (Afr. Candee), and the public school superintend- ent, who had lately come on from Burling- ton, Vermont, made very happy address, and the lawyer-poet, Mir. Sumner, and Bridgeport's representative at Hartford, and many others made very excellent and brief points upon the ''situs- ton" of Bridgeport and it's advanta- ges. No more striking. feature was brought out than the love every speaker had for the third city in the State and the inducement she offered to manufacturers to locate under her protection. To one who did not know the facts as well as your correspondent what was said there might seem like egotism, but to anyone who knows exactly what effort Bridgeport is ntting forth for progress the language by the speakers and the figures they quote were not idle boasts.
 Surely every one present, including those who went from our city to join them in their social meeting, could not have failed to have had pleasure indeed NJ. c. S.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-03-02

The three hundred of the Heavy Brigade who made this famous charge the Scots Greys and ond squadron of the EnniskiIlsns, the remainder oz the Heavy Brigade subsequently, dashing up their support The three were Elliott, ScArlstt aid-ds- camp, who had been riding by his side and the trum peter, and shegog. the orderly, who had been eloEe behind him ALFRED TESSxsox.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-03-02

MT. Paul Bert has been making some curious and valuable experiments with an@sthetics. He claims that an anesthetic acts 'tnot by the quantity respired, but according to it's pro- portion in the inspired air" In order to establish this principle on a scientific basis a number of dogs, mice and sparrows were subjected to a series of experiments. The animals were placed in chambers containing air and an@sthetics in various proportions. The strength of the drugs was increased by degrees, and record was kept ofthe strength required to produce insensibility. The strength was.then increased until death re- suited.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-03-02

The first proof of the new fve-cent postage stamp, bearing yignette of President Garfield, is to be presented to Queen Victoria by the American Bank note company. The stamp is set in frame of ebony, containing mat of sterling silver, upon which is engraved an exquisite border of fine geometric lathe work. This is surrounded bySa rod of solid gold nearly quarter of an inch in diameter, cut in barley-corn work of new design with bril- liant facets. This rod is between the silver mating and the royal purple velvet on the concave portion of the frame. A French plate glass, with bevelled edges, covers the picture and mating, and the whole is en- closed in a fine cedar box lined with royas purple velvet.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-03-02

They have a new license law in New Zealand which ought to satisfy those who believe in a stringent law of this kind. One of its clauses provides that the licensed seller can recover no whiskey debts; another directs that he be fined about $50 if detected in receiving pledges for debts of this kind; another pro- vides that he be fined about $1OO for allow ing drunkenness or disorderly conduct on his premises; and still another that he be fined for harboring or suffering to remain on his premises a constable during any part of the time that constable shall be on duty.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-03-02
Charge of the Heavy Brigade.

The charge of the gallant Three Hundred the Heavy Down the hill, down the hill, thousands Of R1s- Riass
 Thousands of hOrsemen drew to the varsy-And For Scarlet and scarIstts Three Hundred were riding by
 When the points Of the Russian lsnoes broke in oa the sky;
 And he saIed ''Lett wheel into H8e .7 and they Then he looked at the host that had halted he knew And he turned half round. and he bsde his rum
 peter sound 'ro the charge" and he rode on ahead, he waved To the gallant Three Hundred, whose glory will never die. Follow and up the hill ,- Up the hill, the hill, followed the Heavy Brigade. The trumpet. the gaIop. the charge and the might the hght,
 Down the hill, slowly. thousands of Russians Drew to the valley. and halted Last on the height
 With wing pashed out to the left and q wing to But scsrleft was far on ahead and be dashed up
 alone Through the great gray slope of men; And he whirled his sabre, he held his own Like an Englishman there and then And the three that were nearest him followed with wedged themselves in between horse and horse. Fought for their lives in the narrow gap they had Four amid thousands; and up the hill, up the hiu. Galloped the gallant Three Hundred the Heavy Brig ade. | Fell. like cannon shot, Burst, like a thunderbolt Crashed, like hurricane, Broke through the mass from below. Drove through the midst of the foe. Plunged up and down, to and fro, Rode flashing blow upon blow, Brave Enniskillens and Greys, Whirling their szores in circles Of lizhf: And of all in &uzze, Who were held for s<nils from the fight And only standing at gaze, When the dark mufned Russian crowd Folded its wings from the left and the right And rolled them around like 6 eloud- Oh mad for the charge and the battle were
 When our own good red coats sank from sight, Like drops of blood fn a dark grey sea: And we turned 10 each other, muttsrfng all dis
 mayed,
 Lost are the gallant Three Hundred, the Eez7y Brigade! But they rode like victors and lords, Through the forests of Iznces and swords: In the heart of the Russian hordes
 They rode, or they stood at bay;
 Struck with the sword hand and slew
 DoV with the bridIe hand drew
 The foe from the saddle. and threw
 Under foot there in the fray; Ranged like a storm, stood like rock
 In the wave of stormy day; Till suddenly, shock upon shock,
 Staggered the mass from without:
 For our men gAloped up with cheer and shout, And the Russians surgsd. and Sayered and resled Up the hill. up the hill, up the hill out of the field
 Over the brow and away.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-03-02

A committee of the Kentucky Legislature is making an investigation of the convict camps in the State, and the testimony thus far taken seems to bear out the worst of the charges against them. In one camp only thirteen out of fifty convicts survived year of excessive labor at numbering, insufficient food scant clothing and entire absence of medical attention. Suicides have been com mon among the prisoners, and deliberate murders by the keepers, under the plea of enforcing discipline, have come to light. In coal mining camp, when the men protested against going into 8 dangerous tunnel, the keeper drove them in at the mouth of a cooked revolver. Three hours afterward a fall of earth killed eleven of them. The lash and the thumbscrew have been in use.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-03-02
HEGKER'S
 Perfect Baking Powder to consist essentially of Cream of Tartar and Bi-carbonate of Soda, or, in other words,
as a Pure Cream Tartar
 Baking Powder,

free from alum, terra alba, or any other in- urlous substances. find the "Royal' Ba- king Powder to consist of Cream Tartar and Bi-carbonate of Soda, with the addition of sesqul-carbonate of ammonia. As regards the carbonic acid gas, which believe to be the only efficient constituent in the use of these powders, I find it to be developed in practically identical amounts in each. The ammonlacal gas (better known to the public as 1t Is found in hartshorn or in smelling salts) obtained by the introduction of sesoui carbonate of
Morning journal and courier., 1882-03-02

Glory to each ard ss all and the cS41ss that ssasy
 ulade Glory to all the Three Hundred. the Hssyy Brigade
Morning journal and courier., 1882-03-02

The Gentiles in Utah, who number 32 1000, own nearly all the 500 miles of railroad in the territory half of the taxable property belongs to them they own much mining property, and have invested $500, 900 during the past ten years in schools, hospitals and similar institutions.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-03-02
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The Boston Hera1d does not expect to see Gray and Conkling addressing each other on the supreme bench as "Conky' and ''Hod."
Morning journal and courier., 1882-03-02
Nervous Debility i!

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 NJ specific for Hysteria, Dizziness, Convulsions Nervous Headache, Mental Depression Loss of Mem ory, Spermatorrhoea Impotency, Involuntary Emi
 sions Premature Old Age, caused by over-exertion, decay and death. One box will recent cases. Each box contains months treatment One dol lar box, six boxes for five dollars sent by mail prepaid receipt of price, We guarantee six boxes to any With each order received by us for six boxes, accompanied with five dollars we will send the purchaser written guarantee to return the money if the treatment does not effect cure Guar
 antees issued by E. A. Whittesey, New Haven Ct, to whom all orders should be addressed. nov7 eod&w1y
Morning journal and courier., 1882-03-02

An increase of rents in Chicago is pro- posed, and the Central Anti Monopoly Club of that city calls upon tenants to rise in their might and resist any increase. If the pro- posed increase goes into effect it will add from three to five millions of dollars to the burden of tenants. Therefore, Sin the spir- it of fair play, and in the knowledge that men get only what they demand, and that it is not only their privilege but their duty to demand justice in this matter" the people of Chicago are urged to sign and circulate the following pledge: We, rent payers of Chicago, in justice to ourselves, our families
 and the public interests, pledge ourselves to pay no increase of rent for the year begin ming May 1, 1882 and further that We will lease no premises from which anyone has been ejected for refusing to pay rent"
Morning journal and courier., 1882-03-02
HOODS SARSAPARiLLA

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Morning journal and courier., 1882-03-02
GSournal a1r6 Courier.

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