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Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-08
Sixty Feet Under the Sea.

! "1 was once a diver-not wrecker, but a pearl diver-and hard business it was," re- gently observed the captain of Spanish brig to reporter of The California Times. s'We worked off the Mexican and Panama coasts, principally on the Pacific side. Sometimes
 we worked alone, but generally on shares, and sometimes for pay. We went to the grounds in small sailing vessels, then we took to the small boats and covered as much
 ground as possible. Each man had basket,
 weight, and knife. For sharks? Yes, but
 it is poor defense, for it is almost impossi-
 ble to swing the arm with any force under
 water. The best weapon is a short spear
 When you reach the ground you strip, put
 your feet in big sinker, take the basket that
 has rope for hoisting, drop over, and soon
 find yourself at the bottom.
 ''Then your business is to knock off as
 many oysters as you can, and pile them into
 the basket before you lose your wind It Is
 a terrible strain, but could stand it in those
 days for six minutes, and have known some men who could stay down ten but it is sure death in the long run. If the ground is well stocked you can get twenty more shells.
 but it is all luck. When the basket is full it is hauled up, and after you come up for your wind down you go again, the sinker being hauled up with a small cord for that purpose. It was one of these trips that ran afoul of the animal that gave me lasting fight You will smile when say it was only star fish, put that It really was. l went down sixty feet with rush, and landing on the edge of a big bunch of coral, swung off into kind of basin. The basket went ahead of me, and as I swung off to reach the bottom something seemed to spring up all around me, and I was in the arms of some kind of monster that coiIed about my body, arms and legs I tried to scream, forgetting that I was in the water, and lost my wind.
 ''It was just as if the plant had spouted under me and threw it's vines and tendriIs l about me. There were thousands of them, ooiling and writhing, and I thought I had l landed in a nest of sea snakes I gave the 1 signal as soon as I could, and made break | upward, part of the creature clinging to me- | while the rest, could see, was dropping to | pieces. They hauled me into the boat, when | reached the surface, and pulled the main part of the animal from me. It was oval, bout three feet across, and the five arms eemed to divide into thousands of others.
 probably landed on top of that one, which t this time was the largest had ever seen.
 afterwards saw the body of one that was washed ashore on the Isthmus that must have lad spread of thirty five feet. Their power if grasping is considerable, but touch them n certain way and they throw off their rms in regular shower, and are soon re- uced to an oval body"
Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-08
FIoridn Shell Heaps,

The material and preparation of the Flori- da Shell Heap vessels differ from that of other mounds, as those along the coast region of that same State and others found through out the United States; the clay elsewhere is mingled la:gely with broken shells and sand, in the Florida specimens almost pure clay is used, seldom showing any admixture of sand, though at times vegetable fibre is present,
 which produces a cellular and porous struc-
 ture, which the original makers have in part
 overcome by the of an outside film of,
 slip clay. In ornamentation the specimens
 are markedly inferior to those from other
 localities, less elaborately adorned, and dis
 play only rude and primitive conception
 of artistic design. They indicate in this re-
 spect an earlier origin than tho fctile wares
 from the coast mounds or those found in
 later burial-places. Stone implements were
 found in inconsiderable numbers, though nu-
 merous enough to prove the acquaintance of
 the shell heap makers with flint chipping,
 and though but seldom buried deep in the
 piles, incontestably coeval with their
 formation. They consist of rudely cut celts
 stone chisels, knives or scrapers, arrowheads
 chips and fragments, all clearly the work of
 mems hands Implements of bone were
 more frequent, but apparently limited to
 awls and piercers, m office for which bone,
 then and since, seems very generally re-
 served. Implements of shell, as might have
 been anticipated, were common, though very
 slightly, if at all varied in form, consisting
 of rectangular bits, ground down to edges on
 ono side, forming an efficient scraper, cIean-
 CT, or bone wedge. Perforated shells, possi-
 ply used for ornament, are found near the
 upper surface of the mounds, and drinking cups made from the large univalve, Busyco51 perpersa, are similarly found near the surss face. These last objects are recent, and may have been known to tho Indians who suc- ceeded, at long remove, the aboriginal in- habitants. Pipes and metals are both ab. sent. Human bones were found from top to
 bottom of these heaps-skulls, logs, arms and bodes-and while some were unbroken and entire. the condition of others suggested the unwelcome thought of their having formed part of . cannibal's repast, con clusion which some recent examinations by Lieutenant Vogdes strengthen. He found large bones, whose marrow might justly form attractive feature in aa aboriginal dinner, opened lengthwise and bearing every evidence of designed cleavage. Cannibal- ism was really so common among our Inli ans at the arrival of the white men that It would scarcely seem surprising to find it's an- tecedents hidden in these early works.-TAe American AHtigua7Y.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-08

desk. Frequently the panels are either painted or pieces of embroidery are mounted upon them.
 Oddly shaped tables are much in demand Some of them are round and just low enough to reach lady's elbows as she sits at work and are rotatory. Others are round in front and straight at the back, and are supported upon half recumbent figures. Tables of every shape are to be had for decoration at home, and are covered with jute plush embroidered in raised figures or simply finished off by a deep fringe.
 Ornamental figures in terra cotta are seen everywhere. By the introduction of color an immense variety in effect is gained, and where only moderately used it is as beautiful as ef- fective.
 Menu cards can be beautifully decorated at home. They should be in three folds, like miniature screens, and each fold should bear a different floral or emblematic device. The outer one, if possible, should have as decora- tion the monogram of the. guest by whose plate it is placed.
 Vegetables may be esthetically beautiful, but the attempt to introduce them as appro- priate decoration for table mats and doylies has not proved successful; fruits, blossoms or fancy figures are far more suitable
Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-08

Members of the House Commerce commit
 tee are said to be much dispIeased because
 Secretary Lincoln has, in answer to re.
 quest for such information, notified the House that $970.50O of the last river and harbor bill for improving eighty-six rivers andcreeks in this country cannot be advan- tageously expended for the purposes named. Chairman Page of California, who was de- feated by the bill, when asked what the com mittee proposed to do, replied 'I will tell you. When we report our river and harbor bill this session we will preface it with a statement which will vindicate us. We pro- pose to take up every item of Mir. Lincoln's schedule, and show that these appropriations are based on estimates from the War depart mont, and many of them directly recon mended by the President. Why, we appro- priate $250, 1000 for the Sacramento river and he says that it is unnecessary On that stream more commerce floats than on any stream of it's size in the world. We will make showing that will make him sorry that he ever sent that list to us You can expect to hear from us in about week"
Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-08
Monday, Jan. 8, 1883.
THE BONDED WHIsRY RIGI.

THE BONDED WHISKY BILL.
 The bonded whisky bill which passed the
 Senate last week by a majority of only three
 votes is, to say the least, remarkable meas
 ure. It provides that manufacturers of
 whisky that is now in bond may kesp it in
 bond for two years longer. There are now
 in bond about 90, ,000, 900 gallons of whisky,
 and the taxes now due or about to fall due
 thereon amount to $s0, COG, GOO. If the bill
 which has passed the Senate becomes law
 ment for period of two years. Other inter-
 ests will continue to pay their taxes when l they fall due.
 There is big lobby in Washington work | ing for the success of this bill, and they have
 some very plausible arguments One of I them is that if the bill is passed the whisky makers will reduce their production, the 1 whisky in bond will be sold, and the crash which might take place if relief were refused 1 will be avoided. It is said that the banks of Cincinnati and Louisville and their New York correspondents are carrying $50, ,OO0, GOO or SAC, 900, 900 of whisky paper and that all of their influence has been brought to bear to help their friends out of trouble and thus protect themselves. If the bill becomes a law the banks interested may.proft by it. but it | may fairly be doubted that it will accomplish l lasting good. It is pointed out that four l years ago the whisky men got an extension | of time on the taxes on 15, GOO, 900 or 2O,- l 900, 900 gallons of bourbon by promising to | taper off the production. They tapered the | other way, and now they ask and expect postponement of the settlement day on taxes about to fall due on 9O,Oo0, 900 gallons, threatening to precipitate crash if their demands are not acceded to. 1.-Two years hence," says an opponent of the bill, 'they will come up signing and tell Con- gress that unless another relief bill is passed they will be crushed under 12o, ,OOO, ,OOO gal Ions of bourbon. They will ask that they be released from the payment of all taxes, which at the present scale would be over $1o0, ,0Oo, ,0OC, and at 50 cents gallon would amount to $6O, ,O0O, ,OOO. This threat of financial ruin to the country will be more potent because the sum in jeopardy will be whisky and whisky securities will be inter ssted to the extent of from $12O, GOO, 900 to $150, 900, instead of $50, 1000, 900 or ] S90, 900, 900 as now. Should Congress re- C use to grant relief there would be a smash, | ponds would be worthless, and the govern nent would find itself loaded down with T whisky which it would have to take for 7 7 axes.'' i
 The whisky men in Washington appear to l 'e confident that the bill will pass tho House. 'erhaps it will, and perhaps President Arthur T Vil sign it.. But many will ask, why should f he whisky makers be helped out of trouble G y the government, and is the country likely p Q receive any real benefit from assistance 2 iven them?
Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-08

Things are getting mixed in New Orleans. A rabbi recently performed marriage ser vice at his own house. uniting his niece. a Jewish maiden, to a Protestant gentleman |; and colored servant of the Assistant Epis- copal Bishop of Mississippi, who was Ro- man Catholic, was buried from the rectory of Trinity church, a Catholic priest officia- ting at the services, and four white boys act ing as pail bearers.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-08
C0NQUER0R OF ALL KIDNEY DISEASES,
THE BEST KIDNEY YAND LIVER MEDIC CINE MEYER KNOWN TO- FAIL

had suffered twenty years with severe disease of theskdneys before using Hunts Remedy two daysI WAS relieved, and am now we'll"
 JOSHUA TUTHILL. "My physicians thought that l was paralyzed on one side. I was terribly afflicted with rheumatism from 1869 to 1880. l was cured by Hunts Remedy"
 STEPHEN G. MASON. My doctor pronounced my case Bright's Disease and told me that could live only hours then took Hunts Remedy and was speedily cured"
 M. GOODSPEED. "Having suffered twenty years with kidney dis ease and employed various physicians without beipg relieved, was then cured by Hunts Remedy"
 SULLIVAN THINNER. 'I have been greatly benefted by the of Hunts Remedy. For diseases of the kidneys and urinary organs there is nothing superior"
 A. D. MCPHERSON II can testify to the virtue of Hunts Remedy in kidney diseases from actual trial. having been much benefited thereby" REV. E. G. TAYLOR. "I was unable to arise from bed from an attack of kidney disease The doctors could 5t relieve me. I was finally completely cured by using Hunts Reme- dy." FRANK R. DICKSON. q have suffered extremely with kidney disease; after using Hunts Remedy two days was enabled to resume business" :" GEO. F. CLARK. q sold in two years (3s12O) thirty-three thousand one hundred and twenty bottles of Hunts Remedy. It is q valuable medicine for kidney diseases"
 W. B. BLANDING. One trial will convince you. For sale by all Druggizts. Send for Pamphlet to
 HUNTS REMEDY O., Providence, R. I. Prices, T5 cents and SLAB.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-08

They have bank failures in Russia which equal in completeness any that occur in this country. The municipal bank of Sapajok failed for number of millions of roubles. and the assets, exclusive of the furniture, are only twenty nine roubles.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-08

Senator Joseph E. Brown, of Georgia, has published long letter in which he seeks to show that it is absurd to say that there were any constitutional objections to the accept. ance of his ''donation' of $50, 900 to the State University with the restrictions he i'm posed. He says that he adheres to his plan and intends to appropriate that sum, either in or out of the State, to the object contem- plated in his proposition to the University and the Legislature.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-08

thing in his remarkable message but the liquor question, and the omission has attract ed much attention. It is thought, however, that he means to discuss this important mat ter in special message ten or dozen yards
Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-08

are eager to learn the acquisition of our Christian ideas would give them broader manhood and make better citizens. 3. Chris tianize them. This work has begun. A visit of inspection of the Chinese missions through out the islands, made last summer, shows great encouragement for this work.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-08

Gsmbetta's funeral was great event. If he saw it and heard the orations made over his coffin he must have felt that he had rot lived in vain
Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-08
Ho1u+rv Ru44o-

LUST received, few pots of Litchfeld County eD Butter; it is very nice.
 We cutting up native Fork cons 'antly. People wishing nice piece of countrySparerib some pure Leaf Lard will do well t give call.
 We are selling Pillsbury's Best and Washburn's 8 Superlative Flour for $9.50 a barrel. The best St. Louis Flour in the market for S7 barrel, at
 R. G. BALDNIN'S, A WhaIIey Ave-,
 ja3 d&w New Haven Conn
Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-08
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Last year property worth four hundred million dollars was destroyed by fire in Flu rope and this country
Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-08

The fourth anniversary of the existence of the cremation furnace at Gotha was celebra- ted recently by the burning of it's one hun dredth subject. During the first of the four years there were 1G cremations at Gotha dur ing the second, IT; the third, 34, and the fourth, 32. Thuringia, including Gotha, contributed 41 of the 100; Saxony, 14, and Bavaria 10. As to sex, 75 were men and 25 women, while as to religion, 66 were Protest snts 2s Catholics and Jews.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-08
GATARRHEIy' Cream Balm

Efectually cleanses the
 nasal passages of Catar- rhal Virus, causing healthy secretions, ,a1Iays inflammation, protects the meu brane from ad- d1tional colds, complete ly heals the sores and re- stores the sense of taste and smell. Beneficial results are realized by a few applications. A thorough treatment vii
 cure Oatarrh, Hay Fever, &c. Unequaled for colds in the head. Agreeable to use. Apply by the little finger into the nos trils. Will deliver by mail 5Oc. a package sale and retail druggists. 1M CO, Oswego, N. Y.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-08

25O dozen aIl.linen HOneycomb Towels, size 22x4O, at 123c each, regular 2Oc goods. 125 dozen aII-linen Dice and Striped Towels, 24x42 size, at 124c each, worth $2.OO per dog. 200 dog. all-linen Damask Towels, 2Ox4O size, at 124c each, cheap at $2.4O per dog.
 50 dog. alI-1inen Knotted Fringe Damask Towels, 2Ox4O, $2 per dog. or 168c each; never sold less than $3 per dog. 25 dog. all-linen Barnsley Huck Towels, 23x45 size, at 200 each; would be bargains at 25 cents.
 100 dog. al1-linen Barns1ey Bath Towels, 24x5O size, at $3 per dog. or 25c each half the usual price.
 50 dog. aII-Iinen knOtted and open work Fringe Damask Towels, 26x5O, $6 per dog. or soc each; worth $9 per dog. YOWELINGS. 10000 yards 16, IS and 20 inch | BIeached and Brown Scotch | Crash, every thread linen, at | 64c, 8, 1Oc.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-08

A Yankee Trick.
 Yankee shreWdness has long been q truism A oood trick was discovered by Connecticut man as far back as ls25 The people were then, now prone to contract coughs and colds. Our ancestors wanted t find certain cnre for theGe maladies Muob cera study and labor were employed and the resulting Ire scr1pton has been known and successfully used m x, years in the section where it nrst Compounded it's merits being passed from mouth to month ISos old standing coughs, with all their attendant ills symptoms leading to Consumption and death its equal can not be found to-day, and on fresh cold if acts like magic It is now offered to the public uner the name of American Cough Drops. Your Drnguist but liquid. kALLocRINE Is pleasant and soothing to the scalp, curing headache and allsying Inflammation so cents
 ja5 eodAw1nn W -~-A'S
Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-08
tSOnrual arlS Gourier.

EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY
 HARRINGTON a CO.,. Nc. 800 State Street, Courier ga1ldInR
 SozH B. oARRNazoM. EDWARD T. oARRIHGroz. yoHMp oARRrraroH xa
Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-08

When the English law courts rose for the Christmas vacation the sittings at westmins- ter, which have continued eight hundred years were ended. Tho Times says of the removal: It is no small thing to carry away the sword and the scales of justice from the building which has seen the condemnation of Wallace, and More, and Strafford and Charles himself, and the acquittal of the seven bish ops and of Warren Hastings or from that other and no less famous hall where Surrey was condemned for an imaginary treason and Lady Jane Grey and her husband heard their doom. The judges who have left their "au- gust abodes" may well be excused If they quit with deep regret the places that have been consecrated by those great judgments of past time which have entered into the very body of the law of England. They nay well admit some fears that the new system, and the new hall and the new courts, and even the new titles which are in store for some of them, will lead to no results so splendid and so dignifed as did the old.
 The Chinese question has become impor tant in the Sandwich Islands, where the vel. low men are numerous and prosperous, and 1t appears to be discussed there with more justice and iberality than it was here. sue. gestions for meeting the situation are made in the Honolulu Friend as follows: l. A treaty with China. Under this the imnigra- tion can be regulated and the Chinese be compelled to bring their families. They are nearly all bachelors now. And yet nowhere on earth is the idea of the family higher than It IS In China, nowhere else is the family SO cherished and so important. The Ohinaman IS domestic being, and the presence of his family would stop one source of demoraliza. ton ID the islands. 2. Educate the China men, not only in schools for children, but by wisely planned instruction of the adults, who
Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-08
BOTTOMS.

One case each b1eached and ha1f- bleached Pillow Case Cotton, 42 inches wide, at 123c. No better goods made. One case each yard wide Bleached Cotton will be offered in this sale at 64, S. 9, 10 and 11c; best values ever given in Amer ica.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-08
PROCTOR, GROSS 6 MAGUIRE.
 LINENS AND HOUSEKEEPING GOODS.
NAPKINS.

200 dog. a1I-linen Napkins, 5-5
 size, at $1 per doz. Splendid values in Napkins in all
 prices up to $1O per dog.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-08
QUILTS.

800 large size Heavy MarseiIles
 Quilts at $1 each.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-07-19
Kearney Kicked.

NEW YORK, July 15.-The announce
ment that Dennis Kearney would be
present this afternoon at the meeting
of the Central Labor union drew a
larger number than usual OF delegates
and outsiders to Clarendon hall Be-
fore the meeting began kearney har-
angued crowd from the outer steps
until the proprietor of the hall ordered
him to stop. When his name was an
nounced within the hall. and motion
made to give him the privilege of the
floor, uproar and confusion began.
''What labor organization does he
represent" "Where did he get the
money to come here?n was called out.
His friends yelled: .'Who is the father
of the Chinese act?'
At length the motion was lost by a
vote SO to II, and Kearney strobe out,
denouncing the members of the Labor
union as blatherskites and dirty loaf
ers. Some of Kearney's admirers hir-
ed another room in q building, and
there Kearney made speech denounc-
ing the Labor union anew, announcing
himself and all workingmen as pro-
tectionists, advocating higher railroad
freight and passenger rates, claiming
this would result in higher wages, for
employees of railway companies. and
abusing corporations. He finally an
nounced that he will call an open-air
meeting for Thursday night in Union
square.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-07-19
NUMBER 20.
Death OF ..Tom Thumb.o

MIDDLEBoRo, Mass, July 15.-Char.
les Haywood Stratton, better known as
''Gen. Tom Thumb died at his resi-
dence this afternoon of apoplexy He
had been slightly indisposed for few
days, but nothing serious was antici-
pated. The remains will be taken to
Bridgeport for interment. The time of
the funeral viii be decided upon the
arrival of the widow from Cincinnati.
Gen. Tom Thumb was born at Bridge
port, Conn, Jan. 4, 1883. At the age
OF IA he entered the service of p. T.
Barnum, and ever since has been be-
fore the public. 1t was curious coin
eidence that the year the famous Polish
dwarf, Boruluaski, died, the line of
publicly exhibited dwarfs was continued
by the birth of the American pigmy.
1t was in 1874, after n tour in the
United States, that Barnum took Tom
Thumb to England, where his grace,
vivacity aud good humor made him
popular, from the royal family to the
general public before whom he acted
at the Lyceum Theater in London. He
was presented in person to the Queen,
and appeared in most of the Continen-
tai cities, receiving recognition from
the crowned heads of Europe. and
many valuable medals which he always
took great pride in displaying. After
extensive travels in both hemispheres
he again visited England in 1857. but
the dwarf-man, despite his personal
and intellectual qualities, was less at
tractiye than the dwarf-boy. In 1868
he was married to the very minute
lady, Lavinia Warren, who was born
in 1912, with whom he has travelled
around the world and visited many
lands.