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Morning journal and courier., 1883-10-08

A match between amateurs, although Che 1 difference between the amateur and profes. sional is sometimes not very great, is always I enjoyable because it is recognized as sport. When the match Is between professionals 1t may still be interesting as an exhibition of muscular skill and agility. but it has lost the principal charm of such contests, tho flavor of sport. A thousand people are interested tR a regatta between the two leading univsr- stties to where one Is interested i'm a rowing
 match between Hanlan and Courtney. h.
 deed, the fondness for athletic sports is in
 danger of dying out on account of the advent
 of the professionals. The present generation
 in New England can well recoIiect the time
 when every thriving village had it's wicket
 club, and some years later it's base ball nine,
 and when the matches between these clubs
 were the sporting events of the day. Now,
 excsptin the schools and colleges, these clubs
 are everywhere disbanding and the profes-
 sionals are taking their places. The amateur
 hssitates to contend his skill with that of the
 hired player. The young mechanics and
 young business men have ceased to take an active interest in these sports. We are afraid that this must be looked upon as stage of decline iR athletics. True, new sports like lawn tennis and bicycling have come in, but even the good report of these excellent diver siops is getting tarnishsd by the exhibitions of the professional
 We heartily wish the people of this country could be won to a more sensible frame of mind respecting recreations. We wish that the professionals could be treated like the great nuisances that they are instead of be- ing oourted like the distinguished men they are not, that recreation would cease to attract attention just as soon as it became business instead .of being diversion from business We think that will be It's ultimate fate, but it I will probably not be much hastsned by any thing that is said or written about it.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-10-08
Price Three Cents

Pendanee, and the addition of number of
 attlc bedrooms, enabled ths Bel Alp to house
 so many The grass Of the higher regions is
 now browsed to its roots, aod the peasants
 have Tn part driven their cows to the sapid
 pastures of AIetech, CT ir the direction of
 Matters, the chief village of the commupe.
 They have hats at each batting place. The
 sheep are the last to come down They are
 the most daring climbers, and fine herbare
 in places unattafnable by larger quadrupeds.
 The descent of the sheep ia in She highest
 degree picturesque. On the evening prior
 to tho descent the peasants come together on
 the Lusgen Alp, snd with songs and schnaps
 await the morning. They then mount and SCOUT the hills, collect ths sheep, and with
 wild cries miDgling with loud 'bahs" urge them st galop down the mountain. They are then collected in pens and claimed by their owners. The grass above us and around us belongs to the commune as a Whois; but lower down the rights of prop erty come into play, and the peasant feeds his beasts and cultivates his crops upon his own scrap of Bodep.
 On the Bel Alp is now being built a new English church, which will probably augment the number of visitors. The builders of the chuech are all Italians; for the Swiss, st all events in this region, know nothing of the art of masonry. Italians also built the new dependsnce already referred to. The timber Tor this edifice was carried up on mems packs from pine woods two thousand feet lower down. The leads thus borne consist ing in great part of long blanks, were enor- nous. Each man carried long pole, and Mnen rest WAS needed the pole was planted ln front to support one end of the sheaf of blanks, the other end resting on the ground. The carrier was thus entirely relieved from the weight of his load. The men were sin. gularly robust. Here and there might be noticed wan cheek and panting breast, but the burdens, for the most part, were borne steadily and sturdily, without apparent exhaustion. The food of the men vho did these things, and who seemed to thrive in doing them, was polenta and cheese. Their drink was water. Sir Wiifrid Lawson would be justified in pointing to them as a triuna- phant yindication of total abstinence but the vegetarian might also pat in a claim.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-10-08
- PRnEEagIoNAL ArHLnrIcs


 The season of outdoor sports is nearly over. Reports of rowing matches and games of ball have already ceased to form 6 pronni- nsnt part of the daily news. The impetus given of late years to athletic sports in this country has doubtless served es a healthful corrective among 8 people whose business habits are constantly becoming more and more sedsntary. 4 half century ago, when agriculture was the chief pursuit In the East, when the active life of our people was all ous of doors, athletic sportS were little known. Occasionally the young bloods of Yankee towns would gather of an evening around a roaring fire somewhere near the boundary line, to witness trial of skill at collar-aud- elbow wrestle between their respective cham pions. These were about all the matches that were heard of in those days. The noble art of self-dsfenos was wholly neglected. Basa ball in its present fezm was unknown. The science of rowing had not yet crossed the water. The velocipeds and the bicycle were to come in an age of invention that had hardly davned. The people wasted too nauch tissue in struggle with an unfEuitful soil to care much about play. In our day, where 1As sport is in some sort necessity
 And yet the present craze for outdoor sports is by no mssns an unmixed benefit Sports are carried far beyond the bounds of recreation When play becomes 8 business it ceases to be play, witheut being a success ss business. Horace Greeley said in his sRecoliecGioRs of Busy Life, !" published in 1868: ttI like popular smusementa esneoiaI- ly thess which develop the muscles, but do not Ike the modern matches made ap be- tween clubs located hundreds of miles apart According to my notion, the prize should be awarded in these matches to the side which makes the shorter score. In awarding the palm for sach . contest count my vote d. ways for She beaten party. They doubtless mind their business better and perform their duties aa fathers, husbands, sons, olsrks, jourAsyncn, apprentices, etc., more thorough ly than do the victors. It is an honor not to beat, but to be beaten, in Q match of this sort.'' IL is plain that the great iournalist was spealiRG of amateurs We doubt whether the hired ball player had as yet come into vogue. Sports had not quite reached that extreme of folly. We do not know of more utterly useless class of people than She professional athIetes-professional ball players, pugiiists, champion walkers and champion oarsmen. The country could spare the whole of them without loss. Their departure would not in the least diminish it's productive force and would decrease very considerably the needless consumption Of capital
Morning journal and courier., 1883-10-08

sicie in Science will interest sll who fear that
 they or their friends will fall victims to con
 sumption. The article discusses this country
 with regard to elevation, barometric pressure,
 temperature, humidity and prevailing winds,
 and gives verdict favorable to the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains, especially be- tween Denver and Santa Fs. The latter point in particular combines the high elevation of over 1000 feet with a mean temperature equal to that of Boston, and 8 precipitation of 14.77 inches against 49. 47 in Boston. The article says that rise in elevation increases the heartbeat and the rapidity of the oircu- lation. thereby hasteniRg the absorption of the morbid products in phthisis, and incrcas- ing the mstamorphosis of tissue, and hence the vitaf force; that 1t likewise produces greater depth of respiration. and 8 more healthy action of the diseased portions of the lungs; that 1t gives purer air, and affords an approximate immunity from tho disease; and, finally. that it affords an ageptic atmos- phere, in which the bacillus tuberculosis does not exist. The extent of elevation desirable for the production of this effect can be stated to be at least 5, 900 feet.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-10-08
COMMUNICATIONS.

I Good Word for the Stnto House and the Material of Which tt is BuiIt. To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 Professor Benjamin Silliman, senior, at the time of building the Stats House, testified to the perfect durability and fitness of concrete and stucco as a material to be preferred to any solid stone. The Virginia State House at Richmond is of the same model and ma. teHlal as ours. It is 8 notably fine edifice, famed for it's classic beauty and durability In the basement of ours excellent and con venisnt rooms can be handsomely fitted up for the G. A. R. or for public free reading room and Merchants Exchange if needed. One side of the upper area above can be ea- silly mada into tiers of Rlcoves for the books of large free public library, offices and waiting rooms, while the other side furnishes the fne rooms for the Historical society and for other similar public uses. Ample rooms can be reserved for public memorial hall for public meetings, exhibitions and recep- tions. The last is much and long nee dsd want of our city. Ths $50, GOO for 6 sol disrs' monument now that 8 memorial build ing is asked for can be devoted to transform ing the misnamed State House into the New Haven Soldiers Memorial building" Such grand gift to their city would keep the sol diers in constant and lasting remem branoe and honor. To the debt of gratitude va eve them for the sacrifice of their lives, this of saving costly ($1OO, GOO value) and useful edifies is added, and conferring with it 8 fine public memorial hall, the room for a free public library and reading room and rooms for the G. A R. Tablets of the finest white marble on the front or rear walls inside or outside, will afford ample and most fitting space to commemorate the name, age and birthplace of each of the hero martyrs.
 As write a vsGerated and worthy citizen adds: ''It ought to bs mentioned that to no building do the soldiers of our late war owe so much, because to our State House were sent, during the WAT, contributions of the workers as home in all our State and it's neighborhood and from it went forth the nseded supplies, medicines, provisions and comforts moro than any other place or building in the land Hoy wonderfully appropriate that the State House be the memorial building asked for by the Adni- ral Foots G. A. R. Post.
 To tho report of the 11Ah of June last of the Citizens committee on the Soldiers monument, that tths land on which the State House stands be dseded to the com missieners of the Soldiers monument" comes this exactly fitting answer from the given by the town of New Haven be expended fer Soldiers memorial building suitable for 1 the wants of free public library, provided that certain sum be obtained from addition. al sources" The intent and meaning of this resolution, passed almost unanimously. Is plain; that Q building be at once provided. | The s.arnay" has indeed brought 'tssIyation. ,
 A CITIZEN,
Morning journal and courier., 1883-10-08
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TIE best cure for diseases of the nerves, brain, and muscles, is Browns Iron Bitters,
 MARION, MAss.-Dr N. s. Ruggles says: ''I recommend Browns Iron Bitters as a valued tonic for enriching the blood and removing all dyspeptic symptoms. It does not hurt the teeth.'' .,r-s..s. says: "Brown's Iron Bitters is a good appetizer and merits attention from suffer. ers,n
Morning journal and courier., 1883-10-08
Alpine GessiP.

IOorre1BSndsnce of the Pal Mall GzzetSe.1
 As regards the mountain hotels this year also contrasts favorabIy with it's forerunner. In 1882 ths maxinnm number of visitors a. one time in the Bel Alp Hotel was 75; in 1883 1t was 115. The former maximum occurred on the 23d, and the latter on the 14th of August. The increased acccnmoda- tion provided by new and comfortable de-
Morning journal and courier., 1883-10-08
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Ben Butler, ''the friend of the working man" will travel through Massachusetts dur ing the rest of the campaign in a Iuxurians special car provided with everything nsces- sary for comfort
Morning journal and courier., 1883-10-08

During September the loss by fire in the United States and Canada was about ten mil lioR dollars. and for the nine months of the year the loss WAS sevsnty-two and half mill lion dollars. This is an enormous waste, and most of it unnecessary.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-10-08

The Trades and Labor Federation which has been in session at St. Louis doesn't want much-only that workmen shall enjoy the full benefit of their labor; that She forfeited railway lands shall be reclaimed by the gov ernmeRt; that election days shall be legal holidays; that aD laborers shall have half holiday on Saturdays; that the convict sys- tenn shall bs abolished, compulsory education be enforced, with school books free, eight hours days work, and that specific laws be passed holding corporations liable for iniu- ries to employees
Morning journal and courier., 1883-10-08

The Boston Transcript points out that the two-cent letter postage is but step towards the object of Charles Summers repeated sf- forts for cheap postage. He made an inn portant speech in June, 1870, in favor of one-cent rate, uniform throughout the coun- try, and that speech is 'san arsenal of facts' for the advocate of cheap postage to-day.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-10-08
Suits !

The other charming object of interest fs the sweet little miss listening t0 his tale of alteration. Apparently she seems ObIfviOus to Rais ear- nest emtreatfes, when sud- denly he behOI(is a radiant gIeaEm of delight that sIOvv- By steals over her semf.ca- daver0Eas cheeks. EReIuct- ansiy she hears EafFaa to the end, and after a few naO- EzaeHts more of effective per- slasiOn she consents! To tell her big brother that the
 best place to buy STYLISH
 CLOTHING at low prices is
Morning journal and courier., 1883-10-08

The Pennsylvania railroad company has done good thingin erecting in Philadelphia, at the point where it's line inserseots Fifty second Etreet, building for the use of men employed on freight trains, when they are of duty or away from home This neat and commodious refuge cost about S10, 900 and short experiences has proved that 1t was 8 good investment. It contains bath-roem with hot and cold water, smoking room, where checkers and dominos are provided, but other games are forbidden, 8 reading room well supplied with papers and maga- zines and library which already contains numerous standard works of fiction, bio. graphy and religion. On the third floor is a large room provided with iron cots on which the men can sleep for an honr or more when they have sufficient time at their disposal. The company makes no charge for the use of the building and it's privileges. There is similar institution at Harrisburg and another at Altoona.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-10-08

Laaorsed by the French Academy of Medicins for s aa...s nm aGnon or the Urinary OrRans Paa Paris Treatment Positive cure in one to three Sa E0csI treatment only required No naugeous pr;cs ai RG HYGIEN1G CURATIVE PREVENTIVE n et.oo, including Bulb Syringe. Sold by ali
 or sent free by mail securely scaled on re- eelPt of price Descriptive Treatise free on appcs Detroit, Mich, and Windsor Ont ''
 @ sold In FaiF Haven by Salisbury Bros
 naodafdson on e Co:, New Haven, wholesale Agents
Morning journal and courier., 1883-10-08
suuruaI an0 Gourier.
EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY HARRINGTON 6 CO.,.

ss. 500 state Street, Courier Building
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Morning journal and courier., 1883-10-08

The new bankruptcy act in England makes a change which pleasss workingmen. Hers- tofore the wages of clerk have constituted preferred claim against the bsnkrupts estate to the extent of four months salary, while similar protection to a workman ox- tended only to two months. Under tho nsw statute clerks and workmen are treated alike tn respect to the preference of claims.
 It nov appears that Jeff Davis 'tRiss and Fall of the Confederate States was not writ ten by him. It is said that the Appletons employed a Judge Tenney, of Newark, lately deceased, to go South and put Jsff's material into shape, and thiss after three years of use less labor had been put upon it by an amanu- ensis employed by the rebel sx-President He had prepared only 300 pages in that time. but Judge Penney took hold of it and in six months the 'cRise and Fall of the Confederate States" was done
Morning journal and courier., 1883-10-08

Congressman Reagan of Texas speaks with
 no uncertain sound on the tariff question In recent letter he says: I have bean disap-
 pointed and mortified by the action of the Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia Democracy in their recent State conventions on the sub-
 ject of the tariff. Their milk and water,
 Janus faced resolves which may mean any
 thing or nothing look as if thsy were pre-. paring to squivoca.e, explain, dodge, and de- fend on this great issue. This course cannot
 fail to discourage and dishearsen the rank and file of the Democracy. It would have bsen so much better, braver, and more sim csre for them to have said plainly and simply that they were in favor of ''tsrif for reveRue as contradistinguishsd from tariff for pro- tsetion.'' The people would have under stood this as fairly presenting the issue as to whether tbis Government was to be carried on for the benefit of special and favored class of millionaires at the expense of the people, or for the general welfare of the whole people
 It Is rather surprising to read that the ex- lsting Indian reservations number about 40 and sm brace an area of not less than 15O,- Ooo 900 acres. This is an area four times greater in extent than the whole Of New Eng land, five times greater than New York or 1 Pennsylvania, six times greater than Virginia, i four and half times greater than Illinois, 1 wish its 56,OoO square miles six times great CT than Indiana, and four and half times 1 greater than Ohio. The 260,00 Indians 1 scattered over that vast tract of country re- I quirs considerable governing. The Interior l department is bending its energies to the sn- couragement of the idea of dissolution of tribal relations among Indians. Secretary Tsller's views on that point arc of very pos- itiys kind. He is against the policy Of herd ing Indians together on reservations and feeding them st governmental expense, hold ing, as do nearly all who have given the sub ject any thoughtful consideration, that such treatment encourages the Indians to lead 6 life of idIeness and endless pauperism. He Is getting Indians to take Ep and cultivate land in severalsy as faat as they can be in- duosd todo so. and teaching them the bean. ties of independence and thrift
Morning journal and courier., 1883-10-08

Tho conolusions reached in an elaborate ar-
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-02-07
PROGRESS IN ARIZONA.

II our solemn contemporary, the
Tombstone Epitaph, is entirely correct In
a recent announcement there is no rea-
son in Arizona why every man should
not belong to the church. The article
alluded to tells of a grand dramatic and
musical entertainment to be given for
the benefit of the Methodist and Presby-
terrain Churches at Tombstone, from
which it must be assumed that the
churches named do not quarrel as SIN
ners try to believe all churches do. 1t
is also asserted that the benefit perform
auce will include the third act OF
Caste and the mad scene from "Artl-
Gle Az" so it is evident that Tombstone
Methodists and Presbyterians have not
only outgrown their UNCONVENTIONAL sus-
pieion of the theater, but have learned
to take their drama strong. Finally, the
entertainment will conclude with re-
freshmeuts Liquids not specihed) and
dancing. Church union, theatricals and
the liCht fantastic toe all in one evening
The Pope, the Archbishop of Canter-
bury and Col. Bob Ingersoll will have
to wake up and shake themselves or the
church universal will steal a march on
4ban
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-02-07
ELECTRIC LI6uEs AT SEA.

Since the sinking Of the Cimbria the
question Of the use of the electric light at
sea to prevent collisions in fogs has been
revived. A very brilliant light OF the
deck or masthead OF a steamer might
assist IN the prevention of collisions, but
too much dependence should not be
placed upon the power of the electric
light, or any other light, to penetrate a
thick fog. The New York Sun says
even the position of the sun cannot be
discerned through a heavy fog. When a
fog settles on the East River the blazing
electric lights in New York cannot be
seen from the deck of a ferryboat. After
steamships have been furnished with the
most powerful light that man can pro-
duce and with the best means OF signal
ing by sound, there will remain yet an
other most essential thing to be done be-
fore collisions can be avoided, and that is
the employment in the management OF
ships of men who will never take any
chances. Carelessness in one form or an
other is generally at the bottom OF great
disasters, whether at sea or on land.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-02-07
4 iz1a story.

The Minneapolis Tribune tells the fol-
lowing miners yarn 7 was in Cheyenne
after Jim had got rich, and persuaded him
to give me that dog of his'n, Bose. I was
out huntin' one day near Laramie, when
n Of them Hurricanes come up, and T
didn't know what to do. 1t was perrairie
all around. I could see the storm a COM
in but two miles off. If l run it would
ketch me. II I staid thar it was death.
SO I jes took and showed old Bosses nose
agin a bank and yelled "rats !" You orter
have seen that dog scratch He throwed
dirt behind him like a breaking pillow
drawed by twenty yoke Of oxen. Iheld on
to his tail aud he scratched, We hadn't
got in the ground more'n two hundred feet
when the storm struck US. But Bose kept
scratchin'. I let him go on for a mile or
so, when I told him to let up, which he
did, the surprisedest dog you ever seed be-
cause he hadn't caught up with the rats.
| got back to the top Of ground, went to
Laramie, and started the story that I had
found a cave. I made 500, 600 by shown
tourists that cave, but lost it all speoulatin'
in mines.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-02-07

SONS.

1t is reported that a s~pikemaker at
Troy. New York, who is the seventh son
OF a seventh son, is so steadily IN de-
mand by sick people, who believe that
he is a born healer Of diseases, that he
has been obliged to abandon the nail
factory and devote himself to his patients,
and that a baseball player, who is also
the seventh son of a seventh son, is gong
to start on a healing expedition. How
the accident OF being born seventh in a
line of sons can enable a man to scatter
health broadcast is something that pro-
fessors in medical colleges have never yet
explained, but should the system prove
satisfactory in practice no explanation
will be necessary. To be healed merely
by talking with a man who had half a
dozen brothers born before him is much
easier than going through a course OF
physic and being subject to the plumbers
OF careless prescription clerks. II some
seventh son will do some trifing thing,
like extirpatlng a cancer or restoring a
detective eye, just to show his genuine
ness, he will find business enough to
make him etarnally bless his birthday.