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Morning journal and courier., 1883-02-07
Great Reputation Ruined by T,
 ZeRI.

Great Reputation Ruined by Teo
 Much Zeal.
 From the Carson AppeaLl
 Years ago, in the early days of the Con- stock excitement, Pat Holland, now post master and coroner in the little town in Oachise county, Arizona, was the most re- spected man in the State He had the repu- tation of being dead shot with pistol. Of course this accomplishment made him feared byseferybody, and there was no man in Vir- ginia so bold as to cross him in public. Pat acquired his reputation by shooting on the stage, and could knock an apple of his sons head with an accuracy and carelessness which combined to impress the public far more than the manner in which the painstaklng William Tell performed the feat with an ar row. Finally Pat secured a young lady who would allow an apple te be shot off her flax en roll, and when Pat executed the feat he would throw his keen eye at the girl and then roll his orbs up into the gallery, and without looking at his mark, send bullet through the fruit. This was put down on the bills as ''Pat Hollands psychological feat of shooting from memory" and drew crowd ed houses. One night he advertised to shoot apples from twelve young ladies' heads in succession, and only take one look at the crowd. Piper's Opera House was packed with men at one dollar head and when the curtain rose twelve immaculate ballet dan cers were in line along the wings, each with an apple on her head Pat stepped to the footlights ard bowed amid tremendous ap- plause. He had six-shooter in each hand and the stage manager announced that he would shoot. the last six apples with his left hand Casting his eye along the line, he took long breach, 8 steady position and then faced the audience. Lifting his revol- yer, he began to shoot in rapid succession, and the apples began to fly out of sight amid the breathless silence of the audience. The curious part of the performance, how ever. lay in the fact that by the time Pat had fired six shots all the apples had disappeared, yet he kept right on banging away with his left hand, amid roars of laughter and deri- sion. To cap the climax, two apples got en- tangled together and remained dangling from the edge of scene in plain sight of the dience. The trick was at once apparent. Each apple had fine thread attached and at the shot was jerked quickly out of sight. The supes behind the scenes who pulled the strings got confused at Pats rapid firing, and half the apples disappeared before the time. Two were snatched off simultaneously, and the strings overlapping in the air brought the apples together, where they hung to the edge of the scene. the strings being on each side. This ended Hollands career as pub lie soloist on the pistol, and the public grad ually came to look upon him as an ordinary mortal. Soon after this he got into street row in Pinche and fired twelve shots in 8 densely populated portion of the city with out killing man. But for attempting to do too much at once he might have gone to Congress from this State years ago.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-02-07

is wrong who declares he attends the opera to hear the good music. Is he not assuming good deal when he says that hear the good music? Such assertions do not strengthen an argument. We shall be rejoiced to see the evils of the theaters put an end to, but we cannot agree to such broad statements as .'The theaters are ruin all the time, "',I pronounce them criminal and the opera too, and tsOne can hardly con- ceiYe how a church member would make an apology for theater or opera.'' Let all Christians work against the evil faithfully without decrying what is innocent, and if a man decides that there is so much evil con- nected with the low class of plays that he ought not to attend those which are elevated then let him stay away and use an argument which all must respect.
 A CHURCH MENIBFR
Morning journal and courier., 1883-02-07
J. N. Adam l:lt n 6 70.

fully prepared, that the best footing, for and goods will be put sale as as they wanted. The ladies of New Haven have never yet been undefsOAd by amy competitor keeping tue quality of and when remind them that now, Gin cOn- junction Buffalo bsiness) buyers of dry goods three times the extent of amy other New Ha- they will readily that 1t is extremely un-
 to mildly that shall be umdersOAd 1t will therefore be simply prudent to our styles Goods before buying Rut it 1s rather early delicate fabrics Spring and RAa0pSENFm A@ pmttanM fhaADA sale before they wanted.
 Besides, have not got through with bargains yet i'm goods closing Out Our sale has been an unprecedented success, want at least another week of and do many Of our customers he ard of she bargains. The most remaining in Black Silks Pushes, Vevets CIoaks, Hosiery, and Table Linens We shall not with prices Beached and Brown Cotons just yet.
 paragraph advertisements fn the evening
Morning journal and courier., 1883-02-07
THE FAT OF THE LAND.
COMMUNICATIONS.
Information Wanted.

To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 Will some one give information through your columns or to s'Box 600, city, as to the date when the Franklin House, corner of Church and Grown streets, ceased to be 8 hotel where stages of the New York and Boston line stopped? Was it then changed to stores on the lower floor, with hall on the second story, or was it at once used by James Brewster as carriage factory?
Morning journal and courier., 1883-02-07

In a recent lecture in Boston on the sun, Professor Samuel P. Langley said that if 8 column of ice having diameter at it's base of forty-fve miles and extending to the moon was erected on one of our western prairies, and all the heat of the sun were concen- trated suddenly upon it, it would melt and become vapor in single second.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-02-07

A bill making the vote of nine out of twelve jurors sufficient for verdict in civil cases has passed one house of the New Jer- sey legislature. If this bill becomes 8 law the working of the experiment will be watched with great interest
Morning journal and courier., 1883-02-07

Editor Parsons was nominated for Insur- ance Commissioner yesterday, and now the question is, Will he be confirmed? We think as most of those who have held it. As we have said before, there is no good reason why Republicans should vote against him. To do 90 would not be courteous to Governor Wal Ter or good party policy.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-02-07
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Morning journal and courier., 1883-02-07
NOTES ON THE ELEPHANT.

In Siam the people worship the elephant. In this country they only want to see him Ne,o Orleans Pseayssrse- -z-- It has now become fashionable in eastern cities to be married as early o'clock in the morning. This gives fellow long day to repent in.-DetroSt Free Press.
 When Democratic editor writes a .26O- line editorial on ''The Susceptibility of the African Race to the Influences of Civiliza- tion'' it means his colored washerwoman has agreed to take out her bill in old ex- changes ia lieu of actual cash.-1erGs Sift- iH9s
 Oh! see the girl Is the girl pretty Oh, yes, indeed, the girl is pretty. She is yory pretty, and she knows it, too. Do all pretty girls know that they are pretty? Oh, no j; they do not They never know it until they are told SO; that is whya great many homely girls think they are pretty.-PUck. When he had called the meeting to order Brother Gardner arose and said: ''Gen'1en, if it wasn't for de wheels on a wagon the wagon wouldn't move. When de wheels is on, den what ?" t'Grease!" solemnly ex- claimed an old man; 'tKerrect!'.' whispered the president, softly rubbing his hands to- gether. ''We hez de wagon an de wheels. We will now pass de hat aroun' for de grease. ."-Detroit Free Press
 A man and wife who had lived together in this vicinity nearly thirty ears got to guar reling, and it was arranged to have board placed in the center of the.bed as a sort of dividing line. This lasted some time, until one morning, when the old man was lying about half asleep, the old lady peered over the board and ejaculated tBless his dear old heart !'' The husband, starting up said : "Do you mean that ?'' The answer was in the affirmative, and the old fellow roared |: ''Take away the board l"-EurekG (Nev.) J LeGder.
 THE FAT OF THE LAND.
 o, I'm a round Protection Baron,
 With diamonds in my shirt
 I'm not yet ready for old ChsroD,
 For I'm gay old hirt!
 My waistcoats growing more protrusive,
 And every day I've pie
 So what if people are abusive?
 It shant cause me to de
 The infant industries cherish;
 They fatten me- you bet
 tell the werkingman he'd perish
 If were made to fret.
 I bully Congress and the nation;
 [The nation is a chumpO
 To save the funds from dissipation,
 I'd have them in lump.
 O, m a round Protection Baron,
 And I'm the bossy boss
 can't why that I'd be carin'
 For anybody's loss
 -L0uisUiUe Courier Journal.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-02-07
Boston. November a6. 1881,

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 30 Maverick St., E. Boston.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-02-07

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 Baltimore, Md.
 See that all Iron Bitters are made by Brown Chemical Co.,, Baltimore, and
 have crossed red lines and trade
 mark on wrapper.
 BEWARE OF INVITATIONS.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-02-07
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Next Friday is the last day for the recep- tion of new business by the Legislature. There is no reason now apparent why the time should be extended
Morning journal and courier., 1883-02-07

A bill to tax telephone companies three per cent. of their annual receipts has been fayorably reported in the Indiana Senate. At this distance it is hard to see how such an apparently outrageous proposition could find any favor.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-02-07

The politicians of Pennsylvania are much bothered by the prohibition question this winter. The legislature has before it three forms of prohibitory amendment; one in the usual shape, prepared by the amendment association of tho State, another drawn by Judge Agnew and including ''vinous' liq- uors, and third reported by the House committee which is like the first, except that it provides for indemnifSing brewers and dis tillers whose business is ruined by the law.
 The State of Illinois is ont of debt and doesn't know what to do with it's income. It receives yearly half million dollars from the Illinois Central railroad. It is suggested by the Chicago Tribune that this revenue be set aside as road fund, to be distributed among the various counties for tile draining their roads provided each county raise as much more for the purpose as comes from the State. Chicago is excepted from this scheme. The fund would afford about dollar for each voter in the State. Good roads are very much needed in Illinois
Morning journal and courier., 1883-02-07

Recent official reports show that in Prus- sia there are about seven million acres of State forest. about eleven acres of woodland,
 owned by private persons, and about two million acres managed by the local corpora tions- Very little of this is planted with any thing except pine, fir, or beech, and almost the whole extent is cropped according to the
 strietest rules with view to profit The net return per acre, taking the State forest and private properties together, amounts to about 90 cents, which is made up by deduct
Morning journal and courier., 1883-02-07
,sournaI anO Courier 1.

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 OARRINGTON & CO.,, Ko. 400 State Sareet,z Comr1sr Building
 JcHz D. oAanzEazoz. EDWARD T. oAaRraazoE. 5oaE a. oARRIEsToa. JR
Morning journal and courier., 1883-02-07

One of the great questions which are now agitating the people of Massachusetts is whether or not bells are to be rung early in the morning. Some time ago Mir. Charles G. Davis, of Plymouth, obtained from the Supreme court an injunction to restrain the owners of factory there from ringing 8 bell in the early morning to awaken their operatives. The bell disturbed Mr. Davis and other good people who liked to sleep later than factory workers can afford to. The court held that MT. Davis had a right to his morning slumber, and that the bell which disturbed it was an unlawful Interruption
 This being the law of the commonwealth, as declared by the Supreme court. numerously signed petitions are now before the lsgisla- ture asking for change that will authorize the ringing of rousing bells to awake the working people.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-02-07

Those who care to encourage the bathing of dead bodies in rosy light can do so by taking shares in the United States Cremation company Qimited.) The capital is $50,00O and the shares are 1925 each. 4 circular which has been sent out by Rev. J. D. Ben gless, Prof Felix Adler and others thus describes the process of cremation: "The body, covered with pail or winding sheet, is placed in catafalque in the chapel or re- ception hall, whence it descends noiselessly by means of an elevator to the crenatory chamber. This, by means of superheated air, has been raised to white heat at tenn perature of about 1,5o00 Fahrenheit. When opened to receive the body, the in-rushing cold air cools this chamber to delicate rose tint, and the body, after an hour in this bath of rosy light, is completely decomposed, nothing remaining but a few pounds (about four per cent of the original weight) of clean, pure, pearly ashes, which are taken ont and put in an urn of terra cotta, marble, or other suitable material, and placed in 8 niche of the coIumbarium, or buried, or delivered to the friends to be disposed of as they desire.''
Morning journal and courier., 1883-02-07

ing the cost of culture, cutting and carrying from the gross return produced by the sales of timber. In Bavaria the State forests cov- CT considerably more than two million acres, and the gross return is rather under g mill lion marks, or almost exactly $2.50 per acre. The expenses come to thirteen million marks In France the forests form an important part of the public domain, yielding more than two-thirds of the total revenue derived from it. The net annual profits may be set down at an average of million and half sterling; but then large part of this sum, especially since the fall of the empire, has been made by letting out the forests by auction for sporting purposes.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-02-07

In Siam the people worship the elephant. ] this country they only want to gee him
Morning journal and courier., 1883-02-07
The Hero of the Comstock.

A CHURCH MEn1BFR,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-05-08
BY TELEGRAPH.
A Denial from the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company Of Rev. Mr.. Rid
dicks Charge.

Rev. Mr.. Riddick, Pastor of the Au
gusts street Methodist church, (colored, J
of this city, has charged the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company with re-
fusing to accommodate him at the Via
duct Hotel The Baltimore and Ohio
authorities deny the charge, and the
following telegram was sent us yester-
day evening:
BALTIMORE, Md, May 7th, 1883.
The statement attributed to the Rev.
Mr. Riddick as to the Baltimore and
Ohio Company refusing to serve colored
people at its Hotels is entirely without
foundation. Mr.. Riddick, who has
himself been served heretofore at the
Viaduct Hotel, was simply not served
with lunch at this Hotel. at which
there is no lunch counter, at moment
when one of tho trains was stopping
for breakfast, when all the walters were
fully engaged. The orders of the Pres
ident of the Company are absolute on
the subJec that all colored patrons oftbe
IOUau SAldll US bECGtOQ Nsbl
.tesy and attention and had Mr.. Rid
dicks request Deen for breakfast, he
would have been served at once with
the same politeness and attention as
other passengers. So far from the in
structions of the Hotel Managers being
not to serve colored passengers, the exe
act contrary is the case, uniform and
absolute instructions having been given
by President Garrett and all the officers
to the effect, that all patrons of the
Road must be courteously and politely
waited on and served in it's Hotels and
on its trains. The solitary complaint
for many years is that made by the
Rev. Mr.. Riddick. Whilst, on the CON
trary, colored persons from all parts of
the U nited States have frequently and
generally expressed their entire salts
faction With their treatment, and, as a
result, travel constantly and largely
upon the lines of the Baltimore and
Ohio Company. In the case of Mr..
Riddick a rigid investigation is being
made by the authorities of the Railroad
Company.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-05-08

How IT IS AT DANyIII,E.-A repre-
sentative of the Lynchburg Vrgsntan
who has recently paid a visit to Dan
vile, in speaking of matters there,
says
'Mahoneites are in the ascendancy,
and already, of tbs three Justices. one
is negro and two are white Malone.
ties. How sad to chronicle that ia a
city Of the public spirit and enterprise
Of DanVilie should be ruled by those
who have really so little at stake in her
welfare and prosperity That her citi-
zens may soon awaken from EiaaiE polit-
ical lethaFgy, burst the letters which
the Boss would fam fasten upon them,
and array themselves with the Dem c
racy, is SO contamination most devout-
ly TO be wishe6.j'
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-05-08

MEETING OF THE SHENANDOAH
VALLEY R. r. CoMPANY.-The annual
meeting of the stock holders of the Shen.
andoah Valley Railroad Company was
held at Luray last Wednesday. Ninety
five per cent. of the. capital stock was
represented. The annual report of the
president was an interesting statement
of the condition Of the road, and showed
q remarkable growth of business, as
wellas the rapid development Of the rich
country through which it runs. The
business of the road has increased sever
81 hundred per- cent. during the past
year. Several large blast furnaces have
boon erected along its line, and very ex
tensive banks of rich ore have been
opened and are being worked. Several
branch lines have been built and large
orders given for new equipments to en-
able the road to meet Its traffic demands
Roanoke, the southern terminus, has
grown from a village offs year ago, with
five hundred Inhabitants, to q thrifty
little city with a population of more
than five thousand. T. J. KimbalI vas
unanimously re elected president, and
the following directors were chosen: G.
A. Clark, E. w. Clark. G. f. Tyler,
Charles Hacker, E. 7. Steel, of Phila-
delphia; Sidney F. Tyler, of Boston
VIM. Mines, Jr,, U. L. Boyce and John
7. Lowell, of Virginia; VIM. II. Travers,
A Il. Boteler aud II. 3. Davenport, of
West Virginia.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-05-08
From the Roanoke Timesl
4 Dream.

In 1854 had the scarlet fever in my
family, one died. My other child tool
the same disease very severely asked
the good Lord 10 show me something il
a dream that night that would cure my
pine leaves fFdln btH Ff ted ad IS rgat fEe8en
about old fields, and boil to strong tea
and thicken with corn meal, and poul-
tice the throat This I did nezt morn
ing, and by evening my child had re-
covered SO she could be up Two other
children in the neighborhood had the
same fever, and the doctors said they
must die. Their parents heard of my
dream, and used the same remedy, and
both recovered. AS the Same fever is
now prevailing, give this,fog the good
it may do my beings.
Il. D. L,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-05-08

DISTRICT OFFICERS
BEVERLY MANOR DISTRICT.
For Sup ervisor-J. N. Hendren.
For Commissioner of the Revenue-W. Ar
For Constable-John Sullivan.
For Overseer of the Poor-Michael McA!eer.
For Justices of the Peace-J. NJ. Lickliter,
Jos. T. Mitchell, E. M. Cushing.
PASTURES DISTRICT.
For Supervisor-H. B. Seig.
For Commissioner of the Revenue-D. +.
Hoover.
For Constable-W. T. Lightner.
For Overseer of the Poor-Wm. Kunkle.
For Justices of the Peace-B. o. Ferguson,
J. S. Guy, VIM. ]. Euritt.
MIDDLE RIVER DISTRICT.
For Supervisor-John Firebaugh.
For Commissioner of the Revenues. N.
Patterson.
For Constable-N. G. Watts.
For overseer of the Poor-N. G. Watts.
For Justices of the Peace-K. B. Koiner, Ed
ward G. Crawford, E. o. Peele.
SOUTH RIVER DISTRICT.
For SUPERVISORY. S. Ellis.
For Commissioner of the Revenue-Wm. L.
Mowry.
For Constable-A. Il. Curd.
For Oyerseer Of the Poor-R. d; HensIey'
For Justices of the Peace-Jacob Koiner, j.
W. Churchman, +. NJ. Bell.
NORTH RIVER DISTRICT.
For Supervisor-W. II. Gamble.
For Commissioner of the Revenue-Wm. A.
For Constabie-N. z. Wheeler.
For Overseer of the Poor-Waller Oder
For Justices of the Peace-John A. Mills,
John j. Cupp, H. V. Bell.
RIvERHEADs DISTRICT.
For Supervisor-James n. Callison.
For Commissioner of the Revenue-J. Frank
Wilson.
For Constable-Thomas A. Brownlee.
For Overseer of the Poor-A. Blauth.
For Justices of the Peace-J. N. Mitchell W
w. Gale. T. Nj. Smiley.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-05-08

It has always been mattex 81 great
surprise TO Us that the coiored people
will still stick to the party that after ev.
cry election denies that It got the col
ored vote. Can they not sse that thev
are being used as so many dumb cattle :?
Colored men, who are your friends /? TO
whom Go you 60 when you are in trou-
bic is it TO your Republican friends /?
No. You go to the men against whose
interests you work in every election.
You go to your former owners for aid,
and nearly always you get it. Now
think of this !-A6angdon Standard.