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Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-22
Let Elm Fight.

met Q queer philosopher the other day, who has novel theory about the treatment of pocketbook troopers, skin gamblers and bunco players. He claims that all these sharpers help to prevent dishonesty and crime, says writer in the Brooklyn EdgEe Questioning him as to his reasons, he said:
 "Take the pocketbook dropper, for in- stance; whom does he victimize? Not an honest man, but only the man that claims pocketbook not his own. If the law did not interfere the dishonest countryman who is perpetually trying to get money not his own would be punished as he deserves by the city sharper, but the law steps in and takes the part of the dishonest countryman, and prevents the sharper from teaching him a wholesome lesson"
 But" I said, ''you would not defend the three card monte-men on such grounds?''
 Certainly. Every man who expects to win at three card monte thinks he has dis covered sure way. He supposes the cor ner of card has been turned by accident, and he can make money out of the monte man by picking out the card thus marked. His plan is dishonest one. He ought tob @ punished for his dishonesty. But no. The law steps in and takes the part of the dis honest player, and prevents the monte player from giving him costly lesson in morals"
 ''But how about the dealers who promise to sell man counterfeit money and then sends him box of sawdust?"
 ''Has man right to buy counterfeit money? Should he not be punished if he undertakes to get it for the purpose of swindling his fellow men? 1 think he should But what does the law do? When a country man who tries to buy counterfeit money gets victimized, the law steps in to punish his tutor. It seems to me the law ought to en- courage and reward every man who can pun ish his tutor It seems to me the law ought to encourage and reward every man who can punish another who is trying to commit crime. In this way the bad forces in society could be made to neutralize one another"
 "fhen you would of course, encourage rowdies in fighting with one another?" re- marked. 'T would. The worst rows in New York have been in cases where the bad fellows killed one another. Instead of inter- fering to prevent it. the police should encour- age the contestants
Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-22

Senator Platt has given notice in the Sen ate that he intends to present 8 bill or an amendment to the present postal laws that will secure an extension of the letter carrier system to the smaller towns and cities. It is to be hoped that this matter will receive the attention it deserves.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-22
Rowing on Paper.

The amount of stationery which Harvard and Yale have used this winter in endeavor- ing to settle the terms of their proposed race next summer would, it is estimated, provide each crew with a paper boat one hundred and sixty-four feet long and two feet six and three-quarters inches wide. Since September or early in October the two colleges have been doing any amount of racing on paper, and the postofices in Boston and New Haven have been so overburdened with matter that the postmasters have threatened to resign if the professors of the rival colleges did not put stop to this reckless waste of stationery and postage stamps. We would advise these epistolary collegians to lay down their pens and take to pulling on the weights They have been haggling for about four months over the challenge sent by Yale to Harvard and are still unable to agree as to it's definite acceptance or refusal. It has been suggested that they are all act
 ing like set of foolish boys who deserve a good dose of the maternal slipper before be
 ing packed off to bed-a suggestion which the public will heartily endorse if they con- tinue much longer in their present course.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-22
Nervous Dehillfv

II kR E. o. VESTS NERVE AND BRAIN TREATMEJT,a D specific for Hysteria, Dizziness Convulsions Nervous Headache, Mental Depression, Loss of Mem sions, Premature Old Age caused by over-exertion, sehabuse over indulgence, which leads to misery
 decay and death. One box will cure recent cases. Each box contains one months treatment. One dol lar box, six boxes for five dollars sent by mali prepaid receipt of price. We guarantee six boxes to cure any With each order received by for six boxes, accompanied with five doIars,we will send the purchaser our written guarantee to return the money If the treatment does not effect cure. Guar antees issued by E. A. Whittlesey, New Haven, Ct to whom all orders should be addressed n28dawtf
Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-22

Baltimore is not g very healthy place just now. From September 3 to January 13 there were 619 deaths from smallpox in that city, and from November Il to January 13 there were 193 deaths frem diphtheria.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-22
EDITORIAL NOTES.

1fSome one has been careless, D said Super. intendent Fillmore when asked about the aw full accident on the Southern Pacific railroad It is time that this kind of carelessness should be severely punished.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-22

There is bill before the Texas Legislature to punish ''the use of profane language in the vicinity of dwelling house." If it be- comes a law and that law is enforced there will be no need of taxes in Texas
Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-22

The railroads are not all bankrupt yet. A leading car builder says that sixty thousand cars will be built to order in this country within the next six months. Several of the large manufactories are now two months be- hind on their orders.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-22
Another Great Reduction in Canned Goods.


 Canned Goods. Andrew Goodman. SS Grown St., Offers to the public more cases of Can1ed Goodf at aston1sh1ngly low figures. Come early to secure your bargains. One thousand dozen already sold. Best Table Peaches in heavy syrup 19c. Splendid Peaches 12c. Fine Red Cherries 14c. 3 ID can Tomatoes Sc. Fine White Wax Cherries 16c Bahama brand Pineapple 1Sc. String Beans 10c. Fine Strawberries 13c. Fine Marrowfat Peas 12c. Fine Blackberries 10c. Fine Early June Peas 14c. Fine Lima Beans 14c. Fine Sweet Corn 11c.
 Peas 1Sc. Genuine French Mushrooms 20c. Best brands of Canned Lobster and Salmon. Peaches, White and Red Cherries, Black berries, etc., fn glass jars at less than cost price. Just received, New Porto Rico and New Orleans Mo lasses, Sugarhouse Syrup Hecker and Royal Bands Prepared Buckwheat. lb. pails of New Mess Mackerel. Brazil Filberts, Pecan, English Walnuts and Hickory Nuts, Paper Shell Almonds, etc. Florida, Jamaica, Porto Rico and Valencia Oranges Raisins of all grades, New Leghorn Citron, Figs French and Turkish Prunes, Dried Whortleber- Iies, Cherries, Blackuerries, Raspberres and Pit ted PlumE. Extra fine Cape Cod Cranberries 18c per at. large assortment of Imported and Domestic Honey Cake. Maple Syrup in at. bottles 34c bottle. Baldwin and Grsening Apples. Don't forget-Henuine Rock and Rye 65c per b0tt1es Choice Wines, also 8 fine German Rhein Wine at AUG per bottle, or SAYS per case. We should be pleased to have you examine goods before purchasing elsewhere. Telephone connections).
 ANDREW GOODMAN. No. 8s Grown gt., Bet. Church and Temple sts., Goodman's Building
Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-22

Governor Begole of Michigan wants to be
 called ''the principal servant of the people"
 but he is not the only governor who is 'um-
 ble. On inauguration day Governor Patti
 son of Pennsylvania walked to the capitol
 alone, leaving the procession to go it's
 own hook, and because there is no legal war
 rant for the usual title of ''his excellency''
 his private secretary marches to the law
 makers with communications ''from the gov ernor.'
 Dr. MulhaIl of the St. Louis medical col
 lege adds his opinion to that of many others
 that cigarette smoking is injurious, because tho smoker inhalss the smoke. He is satis fled that smoke in the process of inhalation comes in contact with four times the extent
 of mucous membrane that it does in ordinary
 smoking, and hence the absorption of nico-
 tine is excessive. The Doctor remarks that about all cigarettes manufactured in this
 country are cheap and vile.
 Professor A. Graham Bell, whose unsuc- cessfu1 efforts to find, by means of an 'in- duction balance, the exact location of the
 bullet in President Garield's body will be re-
 membered has not yet lost confidence in his invention Indeed, he is confident of ulti-
 mate success, and that time will put him in
 possession of valuable agent in alleviating
 human suffering. He says Eff people would
 only make their bullets of silver or iron there
 would be no difficulty in finding them in any
 part of the human body" Lead causes less
 disturbance in the adjustment of his sensi-
 tive instrument, and is consequently harder
 to locate with accuracy.
 Chaplain Miller, who prays for Cor at) the
 New Jersey Legislature, has made himself
 famous by the following petition: May the
 members of this body not ask themselves, How shall I curry favor with the bosses3 nor, How shall line the vest of some editof and so make myself the subject of editorial squibs, dripping with sweetness but may they ask themselves continually, How shall I conduct myself 50 as to win the indorse- ment of my own conscience, the approval of my constituents and the favorable judgment of Almighty God? May these assemblymen so act as to escape the necessity of explain ing to an inquisitiEe constituency how, leav- ing home poor on the meager salary of $500, they return rich" This is pretty plain pray ing.
 The commission appointed by the mayor of New York to examine the question of an ad- l ditional water supply for the city has al- 1 ready heard number of interesting witness | es. The chief engineer of the Croton sque- 1 duct said that the Croton watershed could be depended upon for two hundred and fifty l million gallons of water daily in the time of
Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-22
iSournaI xuo Gonrier.

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Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-22
DR. EDWARD EARIcKsoN, Secretary Baltimore College of Phar-

indorse it as an excellent medicine, a good digestive agent, and non-intoxicant in the fullest sense"
Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-22
Dr. RICHARD SAPINGToN. one of Baltimore's oldest and most reliable physicians, says:

"All who have used it praise it's standard virtues, and the well- known character of the house which makes it is sufficient guarantee of its being all that is claimed, for they are men who could not be in- duced to offer anything else but reliable medicine for public use."
Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-22
A Druggist Cured,

Boonsboro, Md, Oct. IF, 18so. Gentlemen: Browns Iron Bit tcrs cured me of a bad attack Of Indigestion and fullness in the stonl- ach. Having testedit, take pleas ure in recommending it to my GUS. toners, and am glad to say it gives entire satisfaction to all. ''
 GEO. W. HOFFMAN, Druggist.
Delta chief., 1883-12-05
Fattening Girls.

Throughout the Empire of Morocco
there are villages where the eldest men,
bers of the adult population follow pro-
fessionally the pursuit of fattening
young girls for the matrimonial market
of Barbary. The Moors, like the Turks,
give decided preference to "moon-
faced' wives over lean ones, and are
more solicitous as to the number of
pounds which their wives weigh than
about the stock of accomplishments
which they possess. The fattening pro-
cess begins when the girl is about II
years old. Stiff maize porridge knead-
ed up with grease is daily fed to her in
the form of boluses. If she declines to
take them they are crammed down her
throat.
Delta chief., 1883-12-05
New York in 1888.

Mary A. Ball. in the Manhattan for December.
1t is so long since it became evident
that New York would be the greatest
city in the two Americas, that few per-
sons now living have little recollection
of time when it was thought that New
York would be surpassed in size and
importance by other towns in the
United States. Some of the elements
of New York's greatness, indeed, ex-
listed long before the white man first set
foot on Manhattan Island. Then, as
now, the safe and capacious habor, the
broad and deep river giving access in
to the interior for hundred and fifty
miles, the health-giving climate, show
ed what nature had done toward max
ing a great seaport. Yet Philadelphia
has all the advantages save the harbOr,
of which she does not feel the want, by
reason of her easy access to the ocean,
while Newport, with a harbor in some
respects finer than New York, has a
more delightful climate. At the close
of the revolutionary war,it was undeni-
able that Philadelphia was, and had been
for more than quarter of a century,
the most important city in the country.
But knickerbockers, who thought
themselves sagacious, did not hesitate
to confess their apprehension that New
York would not only remain inferior'to
Philadelphia, but become much less i'm
portant than Newport; and the citizens
of the latter city would have smiled
with disdain at the idea of its turning
ont mere collection of luxurious vii
las for the rich and the idle to pass the
summer months in. A century ago it
had not yet been perceived that the
leading town Of the future would be the
seaport which should first open easy
communication with the vast and fer
tile west. And it was not until after
the statesmen, OF whom DE Witt Clin-
ton was the leader, had succeeded in
opening the Erie canal, in 1925, that
the destiny of New York became ap-
parent.
Delta chief., 1883-12-05

Valera, the new Spanish Minister to
Washington, is reported to be especially
charged to look after the interests Of Cuba
and the facilitation of treaty OF commerce
which shall satisfy the Cubans.
At GAINESVILLE, Ohio, on the Goth, Ev-\
ans Davis put cap on supposed empty gun,
pointed 1t at the breast of his eight-year-old
son, and called his four-year-old boy TO pull
the trigger. The sou was killed
An ex-convict named Howard, on the
2tjth, palmcd himself off us Il detective upon a
Michigan Central Railroad superintendent, got
an engine and went to Mason, Michigan, where
he arrested an innocent farmer as the Crouch
family murderer
In three hundred wrecks which oc-
Cured In the year in the fields Of the life-sav-
ing service, out of three thousand seven hun
dred and ninety-two passengers only fifteen
were drowned; and OF 100000 OF property
only s1,5O0, 900 were lost.
General Wallace, the United States
Minister to Turkey, complains to that govern
ment of the delay In Furnishing those who re
Gently assaulted the American missionaries,
and demands their speedy punishment.
Delta chief., 1883-12-05
A Give Away.
Austin News,

Austin News.
An unbleached Austin domestic in
the employment of the Pettigrew lam
lily was caught very neatly in n lie not
long since. Mrs. Pettigrew..sent her with
a note to Mrs. Col. Percy Yerger. AZ
ter having been gone an unreasonably
long time, Matilda returned.
''Did you take that note to Mrs. Yer
gerp'
Eyes, mum, but she was done gone
down town to make some calls"
Then you left the note with the ser
vant?"
"Leff de note wild de sarvint?"
Eyes, that's what said.'
mo, mum; de sarvint was done gone
out, too"
"If the servant wasn't there, how did
You find out that Mrs. Yerger had gone
out cslling?"
"How did Yes, NUM- jess spic-
ioned she had gone out calm, bekase
thar war nobody at home? De house
was done locked up, an de shutters
was turned down, SO brung de note
home"
"Well, go right back, now, and see il
Mrs. Yerger has not returned
"Yes, mum. but"
But what?r
II don't know whar she Ibis
Delta chief., 1883-12-05
Fishing for Antiquities.

Peck's Sun.
A Frenchman has organized compn-
ny and raised large amount of money
for the purpose of exploring the Red
Sea and Bitter Lakes of Egypt for the
chariots and treasures Of Pharoah's ar
my which pursued the Israelites. or
what real good or advantage such
discovery can be is hard TO tell. Those
chariots are out of date and the pieces
Of money won't pass current. II the
Frenchman wants to fish for cart wheels
let him designate the water he intends
to fish in, and deposit n reasonable sum
to pay for the wheels. and he will have
no trouble to hook the kind Of fish h.
wants. Any Yankee will see to il that
he don't come back empty-handed.
Delta chief., 1883-12-05

10 on the 2Sth, while passing through en- route
west, and presented with a magnificent dia-
mond, as a slight token of their esteem. A
banquet followed.
Riley Lambert, Silverton dance
house keeper on the 94th, quarreled with
Thomas Cain, the city marshal, because the
latter had locked up the formers bartender
for drunkenness and refused to release him.
Lambert was shot through the cheek, and
Cain was shot through the stomach and may
die.
Delta chief., 1883-12-05

No. use talking, the whole world is
"mashed" on America. Lord Coleridge
says American women are the most
beautiful in the world" Fred Geb-
hart and the rest of us know what Mrs.
Langtry thinks Of the men.
Lord CoIeridee said that John Bright
built himself up on Milton. If Mr..
Bright were an American and an Ar
kansaw man, he would have built him
self up on Bacon.
'I'm down to bed rock said hem
pecked Pittsburgh husband, as he sway
ed the cradle containing his howling son
and heir.
Truth crushed to earth will rise
again'-provided the yeast is not sour.
Delta chief., 1883-12-05
Crippled Operators.

II is claimed by the officers of the
government secret service that every
man in the United States who Is known
ever to have been engaged in counter
feiting Federal money or securities is 10
closely watched by the detectives that
cr countcrfciters without detection.
This claim Is supported by the fact that
when city detectives were recently de-
tailed to watch suspected gang Of
countcrfcitcrs they found the criminals
already, closely "shadowed" by secret
service men. The requirements of sue
cessful countcrfciting are in this ago
such that one man working alone can
accomplish nothing.
Delta chief., 1883-12-05
The Mission Press.
Chicago Evening Journal.

Chicago Evening journal.
David c. Cook, the well known Sunday
School publisher, has given q $500 Cottrell
steam printing press to the American Mission
Publishing House, of India This Cottrell ma
chine will be the first and only machine except
the ones used for English Government purpos-
es, and will be of the same make as those in
the Government Printing Office at Washing
ton, and Mr. Cooks establishment. The ma
chine will soon be on its way and serving the
missions of various denominations.
Delta chief., 1883-12-05
What Became Of His Deg.
Detroit Free Pr~sa.

D~froit FREE fr~sa
A hopping mad man nj the Union de-
pot wanted to see the President, Secre
tary. Superintendent and Treasurer sll
at once, and it would have done him .
heap Of good could he have got within
striking distance OF even \ 100000
stockholder in any Of the railrods en-
tering Detroit. To the several queries
NJ to what was on his mind he finally
replied:
II was coming in from Dearborn this
morning. a-wnlking on the track. Nv
dog Bombo was with me. I've had that
dog five years, and have been offered
$50 for him, He WAS = little green
about railroads; but on everything else
he was sharp as = razor. We had got
down about mile this side Of the viii
lagc. when heard n train n-coming."
And stepped aside9'
.-Of course / did. own one hun
dred and sixty acres Of land. and am
Highway commissioner; but amt fool
'nough to think I'm bigger n n railroad
train
but the dog"
"He stopped. too. reckon il WAS
the fust time he ever saw train; but
he'd have been all right II the engineer
tNKNu W bpt. Ht HilHit Ho
heard that tootin Bombo began to bris-
tie, and while the train WINS five hundred
feet away he started down the track To
meet IL. "
"Thcn-?"
Wall" said the man. rs he moppcd
his forehead at was little too much
for him. An engine and five cars ought
TO get away with dog any day in the
/ Vp rig ahntt ~ f,nf ht,vb I
reckon, took slant to the left and
when he came down he broke the top
of small tree"
"Well?"
Il motioncd for the engineer to stop
the train as soon ms the dog started.
He could have done il, but he wouldn't.
Indeed. when the train went past me he
leaned out and laughed-ycs, sir laugh
ed in my face"
"And you want damagcsP'
II do! | want the worth of that dog
and $500 for the shock to my nervous
system"
"Havc you any proofs?'
II should smile! Even when I'm all
broke up dom: try to put the left boot
on the right foot See thatr'
And he drew from his pocket hind
leg, two paws. an ear, and n piece of
the lost caninc's tail and spread them
on the bench. There was an express
sive silence in the crowd, and then the
Highway commissioner called out:
'P-roofs! Proofs! II them amt
proofs what be thcyp Gentlemen, I
never had a lawsuit nor struck a man
in my life; but II | don't take home
wad of grcenbacks to settle this case.
the Micigan Central road will want
hull new board Of officers to-morrer!'
Delta chief., 1883-12-05

"No. sir, my daughter can never be
yours" ~ don't want her to be my
daughtcr?' broke in the young ardent.
~ want her to be my wife"
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-05-15
WARRENSBURG WISDOM.
Minor Pebbles from the Quarry
City, Lifted By the Bazo0
Derrick.

j. H. Christopher is visiting in Cass
county.
County court has been in session for
several days.
The examinations for commencement
at the Normal will begin June 4th.
Mat. Brown, of Brown & Duncan, con-
tractors, is visiting friends in the Lone Star
state
Mr.. and Mrs. BraLnum, of Clinton,
were visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan Land,
last week.
In the criminal court, Tuesday, Harry
and Dick johnson, charged with felonious
assault, were discharged.
Street Commissioners Magoon has mad
force of workmen on South Miller and
Broad streets for several days.
Cora Van Tassel as "Capitola," and
Edwin Young as wool" in The Hidden
Hand, will play here the evening of the
2lst.
Criminal court convened last Monday,
Judge Ryland ON the bench. Considerable
business has been transacted during the
week.
Thieves are making almost nightly
~
and if caught, should be punished to the
full extent OF the Law.
William Lowe will soon begin the
erection of large carpenter shop and lum-
Der Office ON the lot east of OF. Ailler's
paint shop, Culton street.
The building adjoining Eads hotel on
the south, and formerly occupied by Saw.
yer & Donnell as q clothing store, has been
fitted up as dining room for the hotel.
"A number of people from this city will
attend the dedication of a new Baptist
church in Jefferson township, to-day. Rev.
A. NJ. Cockrill, of this city, is expected TO
preach the dedicatory sermon.
The board of regents of the Normal are
making preparations TO apply the special
appropriation made by the last legislature
to the erection of an addition to the build
ing. Architects are at work on the plans,
and the construction will begin imme-
diately.
The following is list of the grand
Jurors for the present term Of criminal
court: John E. Robinson, foreman; Lewis
Pemberton, George 8. Young, ]. j. How
arJ, Joseph HerndOu, G. B. Boothe, A. s.
Mayes, Jack Kinney, NJ. Russell, j. E.
Hendrix, r. B. Corsen and J. j. Farmer.
MIR. and Mrs N. ]. Thompson, late of
Pleasant Hill, who have been visiting Mrs.
Thompson's parents, Mr.. and Mn. N. p.
Brown, north of this city, left, Tuesday
night, for Jonesboro, Ark, where they will
make their future home. Judge Thomp-
son has made large investments in land in
that section, and will engage in the prac-
tice of law in Jonesboro.