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Morning journal and courier., 1883-05-30

There is malaria enough in Connecticut,
but we do not suffer from it as the Italians
do. Italy is the most maIarious country in
the civilized world. OF the sixty mine prov
inces of the kingdom only six are
nominaIIy free from what is known
as miasmatic OR Roman fever
and in twenty-one the scourge assumes really
serious proportions Every year no fewer
than 40, 900 men in the army are attacked by
the disease and it is calculated the prevalence
of malaria necessitates the annual expendi-
tare by the government OF something like ten
million lire for the maintenance of special
hospitals for public servants. 1t has been
found that the extension of the railway sys-
tenn throughout the peninsula has increased
the evil. The turning up of fresh damp
earth and the unavoidable formation of new
banks, deep cuttings and excavations which
speedily fill with water, breed the disease in
its worst forms. On one of the railway lines
which runs through much marsh land the an
nual rate of mortality among the employees is
36 per 1000
Morning journal and courier., 1883-05-30

In this sale we offer a large line Of White
Lawn and Cambria Suits. Also some very
handsome Madras Combination Suits and
other Costumes i'm Wool and Silks. All new,
fresh goods, which every lady should see be-
fore purchasing.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-05-30

Endorsed by the French Academy of Medicins for
Infiam nation OF the Urinary Organs
caused by indiscretion exposure. Hotel Dieu Hos
pitA Paris Treatment Positive in one to three
doses of Cupebs or CopSiba.
!NFALLIBLE, HYGIENIo. CURATIVE, PREVENTIVE.
Price $i.5O, including Bulb Syringe. Sold by all
ceipt of price Descriptive Treatise free appica
ton. AMERICAN AGENCY t.66'' MEDICINE CO.,
Detroit, Mich, and Windsor, Ont.
Sold in Fair Haven by Salisbury Bros.
kienardson q CO.. New Haven, Wholesale Agents
apo mon wed fri
Morning journal and courier., 1883-05-30

Mount Carmel cider.
I'd OTTLED for our retail trade. The quality this
] season. Ii very ane.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-05-30

AS doubtless there are bodies that caught
between rocks or buried in the mud of the
river bottom, never rise to the surface and
become :'foaters,'' SO many inquiries are
made at the morgue for persons known or
believed to have been drowned that are new
er answered. Some ''foaters' escape atten-
ton, are carried out to sea or cast up on the
Bay Ridge shore where the tide sets in
strongly and are never heard Of
Morning journal and courier., 1883-05-30

The tide sometimes washes the hoaters
against the bulTarks where they are found
and report carried to the police More
frequently boatmen and the deck hands on
tugs find them in the stream and tow them to
the nearest convenient pier. There they are
made fast until the arrival of the coroner
and after him the dead-wagon Policemen
have no fancy for the job of dragging a
drowned man from the river and gladly en-
courage the popular delusion that a dead
body may not bs touched till the coroner has
seen it. Accordingly the body is tethered to
the pier by the rope by which it was dragged
ashore and the gaping crowd on the string
piece sit by and watch the tide toying with it
till the coroner comes in haste and orders it
to be removed to the morgue. Then the
wake is resumed, and only ended when the
dead-wagon carts 1t off. Sometimes that is
not done in a hurry and the crowd comes
and goes by platoons with the curious inter
est in dead body that never wanes. 1t is
not long since a bereaved husband sat on the
bank of the Harlem river from Saturday
noon till Monday morning watching over the
body of his drowned wife, who had been
found and was left there The dead wagon
had other business, and repeated calls from
headquarters failed to bring it up. On Mon
day morning when the newspapers got hold
of the story, the wagon came quickly
enough, speeded on its way by sharp order
from the Commissioners of Charities and
Correction, whose employees had been neg
leeting their business Some lame story was
afterwards told to cover up the affair about
telegraph wires being out of order &c, but
it really furnished fair sample of the re-
suits of employing pauper help in official
business The work about the morgue and
the dead-wagon is done chiefly by paupers.
An instance in which mother kept similar
| vigil over her drowned child is On record.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-05-30

case of South American found drowned at
the Battery two years ago His hands were
tied firmly on his back with piece of stout
cord that was wound about the wrists. In
the excitement caused by the discovery the
police were ridieuled for trying to prove that
the man might have made the moose himself
and afterwards wriggled into it and pulled it
tight before he jumped in. This theory was
nevertheless proven correct in the end by
strong circumstantiaI evidence when the
mans identity and movements were traced
The full story of his life was finally told,
months after by two enterprising reporters
who, taking the mark "Demarara" on his
trousers buttons for their only clue, succeed
ed in tracing him to his South American
home and thence to New York. In the case
of boy who was found in the North river
with his hands tied on his back, the string
proved to be fishline in which his body had
become entaDpled
Morning journal and courier., 1883-05-30

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CRY, 1s CENTS
WEEK, 10 CENTS MONTH, $500 YEAR: /: BY MAIL, IN
COUNTY, IN ADVANCE, $T.0o AT EXPIRATION, $3.50 !;
OUT OF COUNTY, IN ADVANCE, $3.50, AT EXPIRATION,
m
Morning journal and courier., 1883-05-30
EDITORIAL NOTES.

A new road law before the Illinois legisla-
ture contains, among other provisions, one
doing away with that feature of the present
Jaw which gives the residents of a district the
option of paying their road tax either in cash
or by labor on the highways. 1t requires the
payment of the road tax in cash. The labor
feature of the old law has generally been
farce
Morning journal and courier., 1883-05-30

A gentleman who died at New York had at
the time of his death some shares of stock of
a speculative value. In his win he directed
his executors to sell his personal properly,
but no time was fixed by him for the sale.
At the granting of the letters testsmentary
the stock was worth about so. and the executors
in view of the fact that the shares had been at
par recently, and having the advice and ex-
ample of the etestator before them(he had left
a memorandum among his papers .tto hold
the stock frmly'') they did not SELL The
panic of 1873 followed, and the stock fen to
So and then rallied TO 81; bat the executors
held on, and then the shares fell to 20. at
which they were appraised in the inventory.
and then to 15 The benefciaries under the
will on the accounting asked that the executors
be charged with the loss, and they made the
point that as by the statute the period in
which to settle the estste-viz., eighteen
months-had been passed by the executors,
they were in default and not entitled to any
favor at the hands of the court. The sure
gate of New York decided In favor Of the
executors, and the Court of Appeals afdrms
the judgment. Judge Finch, in his opinion,
says: 1. In New York there is No arbitrary
standard as TO the time of accounting. The
test must remain the diligence and prudence
Morning journal and courier., 1883-05-30

One of the evils which flow from yellow
covered literature has been strikingly illus
trated in the village of Markham, Ontario,
where several young boys who had been in
the habit of reading the pernicious stuff
formed themselves into band of burglars.
For several months they have been engaged
in stealing. They used to meet near grave
yard in a cave Each swore fearful oath
to remain true to the band under any circum-
stances, and in case betrayer was found
among them he was to die the death of a
traitor. The father of one of the boys was
the first to receive a midnight visit. This
gentleman kept hardware store and from it
were stolen revolvers and bowie knives. All
the money and valuables stolen were careful
ly secreted, SO that no plunder would be
found upon any one of them, in case of sus-
picion and search. Their plan was to retire
at night as usual, and as soon as their rela-
tives were asleep to dress themselves, step
out of the house and go to the point of meet
ing. A large number of houses have been
entered by them and much plunder obtained.
The band has been broken up and owing to
the high social position held by the parents
of the young rascals the offenders will not be
prosecuted. It is to be hoped that their ex-
perience has taught them a useful lesson, but
it would not be surprising if the minds of
some of them were poisoned beyond cure.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-05-30

The experiment of propelling street cfr
by compressed air has been recently tried
don. Several steep grades are surmounted
easily and smoothly and the car is under per-
feet control. The company expects to aban-
don the use of horses entirely as soon as
enough cars have been built to perform the
service.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-05-30
Soarnal aaO Csuriet.
EDITED AND PUBLISHED By
SINGLE COPIES TaREE CENTS.

40. 400 state SIfRet, Courier RuAd&ng
Sozn p. aARRrEaToN.
mpwanD 7. oAnaIasroN JOHN n oAnR1sGEoN, IN
Morning journal and courier., 1883-05-30

From the year 1897 to the present time the
project of avoiding by ship canal the dan
gers of Cape Cod has engaged not only the at
tention of the general and State govern.
ments, but of private engineering and capi-
tai Several charters have been granted and
work has several times been begun, but there
is yet no canal across the Cape An applica-
tion for charter is now before the Massa-
chusetts legislature, and the COMMITTEES on
Harhors and Public Lands has reported in its
favor. The bill appears TO be well and wisely
drawn. Four months are given to begin the
work, which must be completed within four
years. The treasurer of the State, within
four months, and before shovelfull of sand
is excavated, must receive for the State, as
guarantee of good faith. 5000, 600. In a
word, the charter expires in four months un-
less its irenclad provisions are squarely and
fully met
Morning journal and courier., 1883-05-30

Promptly attended to, night or day, with care.
Bodies preserved without ice in the best manner.
Alsosole agents for Washburn's Deodorizing an
DtsinfectinR Fluid.
new of Folding Chairs and Stools to re mt 70
mar Enaaralz
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-04-20
He Wouldn't Practice Law for no Mans
Money.

''lsom, l understand that you have
taken out license to PREACH said an
Arkansaw colonel to an old colored
man.
''Yes, sir; Use cided to preach de
Lord an him crucifed."
"Why did you quit practicing law p
Use got too much conscience, sab. It's
agin my principle ter prosecute people
what's innocent, and work for people
what's guilty. Preachin' jes' fits me
Yer amt got no office rent ter pay, an
de bill collectors shuns yer It's chick
en- in de morning, turkey at dinner and
preserves when de sun goes down.
A sides de moluments, i has de feelin
dat Use tightin' agin de debi. No sab
| woyldn't practice law for no mans
money"
Il am sorry, Isom, that you have
quit. I've got little case in mags
trate's court and it will come up before
a colored jury. / want you to take W
the case for me-
"What's the case?',
You see I'm charged with forging &
note"
SLOWS de proof 7"
"rhe fact is, I'm guilty. I'd give
twenty-five dollars to get out of the af
fair"
"Well, boss, I'll take the case Lig
ion is intended fur de benefit ob man
an wouldn't hab a cross what you
co1l TT set aside on stretchin' occa
sioas."-Arkansaw Traveller.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-04-20
Electric Wires on Houses.


A verdict was given in the Superior
Court of Hartford county Conn, on
April IL, of very general interest to
property holders in cities where the tele
phone and telegraphic system of elevat-
ed wires have been introduced. In
Hartford the Connecticut Telephone
Company, when putting up their wires,
made free use of the roofs of buildings
without, in many instances, requesting
consent from the owner. In other cases
it was represented that Only temporary
use was desired; but frequently the
wires were not withdrawn aud are yet
or the roofs. Geo Robinson, the own.
er of a large block on one OF the princi-
Pile business streets, granted leave to
place wires temporarily or his roof. The
company wanted four days use only
and Robinson cheerfully granted a
week. AT the expiration of that period
extensions of time were requested and
granted until month had passed. Then
Robinson served formal notice upon
the company to remove the wires, under
penalty of having them destroyed. He
waited reasonable time, and the com.
pany taking no action Robinson went
upon his roof with an axe and made a
clean sweep of the wires. The company
brought suit for $4,000 damages for ma,
licious injury to their property. The
case was tried before jury and Judge
Andrews charged strongly in favor of
Robinson, and impressed upon the jury
the fact that the owner of building ex-
ercised the exclusive control Of every
part of it from cellar to roai. The jury,
after an absence of twenty minutes,
brought in verdict for the defendant,
with costs.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-04-20
Tit for Tat.

One day while Bret Harte and Au-
gustus Sala were walking arm-in ann
down Bond street, in London, Saia
suddenly said:-
"What on earth makes you walk so
close to the shop windows, old fel-
low?"
"To avoid being run into" replied
Haite, grimly. "The fact is, your
countrymen wear so many glasses
screwed into their eyes that they can't
see where they are going to save
EN-"
"Ah?' replied the English journal
ist, serenely."
Later in the day they CHANGED to be
passing the Langham hotel, whereupon
Sala suddenly seized Harte by the arm
and hurried him to the opposite side of
the street.
"What the deuce does this mean {?
Did you see ghost or your tailor?"
swell, no, said Sala, innoeently, as
he removed his hat and inspected it
anxiously, "but the fact IS that as we
both wore silk hats it wouldn't do for
us to stay on that side. There are so
many of your countrymen at the
Langham, and they are splitting out of
the windows continually"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-04-20
A Human Body Turned TO Chalk,

AT the Office of Leitch Brothers
steam printing works. in the cityof
Cincinnati, o., are the remains of the
mother-in-law Of Mr.. A. Leitch, one of
the members of the firm, in thorough.
ly petrified condition. The woman
has been dead about twenty five years.
The body, according to the statement
OF prominent physician, is in q state
of adipocere. Mr. Leitch has been
keeping it in his office since its arrival
in Cincinnati, undetermined what to do
with it, but his brother informed re.
porter that they were contemplating
placing it on public exhibition for the
benefit of science.
Several physicians, he said, who
have examined the body, consider it
rare specimen OF adipocere, and they
have broken off little pieces, a toe or
finger, and put them in their cabinets
OF snails and crawfish and other inter
esting articles. The lady died of apo
plexy, and she was buried in the grave
yard OF Dupont, Ind She was
seventy-two years of age at the time
of her death. The ground in which
sine has lain for the last two dozen
years is mainly limestone formation,
and small streams of water trickled
through the limestone and came in
contact with the body. A scientist
stated that it is unknown Just what it
is in the water that petrifies flesh, but
1t is some kind of mineral. Last No
vember relatives of the deceased decid-
ed to take up her bones and rcbury
them at Cincinnati. When the grave
was opened their surprise was great to
find instead of only decayed and
crumbling bones, well preserved box,
an apparently new coffin, and above
all corpse which requires no less
than six men to lift 1t is literally
chalk woman. The limbs and body
are preserved almost perfectly. The
limbs are there, but have shrunken and
changed so much as to be barely rec
ognizable. The flesh, or rather what
was once the flesh, is discolored, is
dark, and has an unnatural look.
Taking knife and cutting and scrap
ing this dark substance away the sub
stance is found to be almost exactly
like white chalk. The back of the
head is slightly decayed, but this is the
only part where decay is indicated
Some parts of the body are not brittle
like the rest of it, but are waxy aud
tough.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-04-20
An Editor Who is a Reoluse.

A new York correspondent of the
Press thus writes of the editor-in-
chief of the World newspaper
William Henry Hurlburt, mentioned
above, is perhaps less known to the
public than any other of New Yorks
great editors. His life is that of re
cluse, almost. He is bachelor and
lives in three rooms in the building of
the University of the City of New
York. The location characterizes the
man. The university building is one
of the most ideally beautiful structures,
externally, in the city. 1t Is of snowy
white marble, in castellated Gothic
style, and occupies whole block on
the eastern side of Washington square,
which, with its giant elms and syca-
mores, sparkling fountain and choice
parterres of flowers, is the loveliest
small park in New York. Henry
James has introduced it to the public
lately in his novel of that name, and
Theodore Winthrop ensconsced his
artist, Cecil Dreeme, in this very uni
versity building.
No visitor ever enters Hurlburt's
rooms. Their portal has no bell, no
knocker, no knob; only a slit for a
Yalelock key, and larger slit for
letters. But they are furnished, l am
told, in style of barbaric splendor
Trophies of travel hang thick on the
walls-rare paintings, china, glass,
silver and gold arms and armor. The
floors are covered with Oriental rugs,
and Arctic furs. And there are many
choice souvenirs, such as an autograph
letter from the Sha of Persia; a letter
from the Khedive Tewfk, giving the
city of New York, through Mr.. Hurl-
burt, the famous obelisk, and many
other similar tokens of Mr. Hurburt's
wide acquaintance among the notabil.
tiles of foreign lands
The editor of The World is hardly
known by sight to the general public
He seldom is seen Oh the streets or at
any public assembly. l think he is
never seen at the office of THE World
except by two or three privileged
members of the staff. He only goes
there in the late evening, and stays
until the very early morning AT
other times he communicates with his
lieutenants by means of a private tele-
phone line. He is very handsome
man, highly cultured scholar, and,
whenever he does emerge from retreat
into society, a charming companion
and brilliant social star.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-04-20
Some Remarkable Occurrences.

A Southern paper tells Of man who
broke his back by sneezing, That is
nothing A large-mouthed man in Kan
sas, a short time since, dislocated his
hip j int by yawning There is a man
living on the East side who is so round
shoul Tered that he has to use sticking
plas,,r TO hold his shirt on, The cham
pion thin person lives in Wayandotte.
E,ey time he shaves his face it nicLs
e r zor. An old chap living on San
IA Fe street has such long nose that
lie las TO take a snuff in April to
sneczc in July. The midget at the
Museum has such small mouth that his
mother kisses him through pipe stem,
Chicago girls when shey want a new
pair of new shoes shove their feet
down the throats of a couple of Texas
steers; they then have the legs of the
animals cut off and use the tails for
hoestrings.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-04-20
Employment Of Women and Children.

The census statistics relating tC
"gainGul occupations show some sig
nificant results as to the employment,
OF women and children. The whole
number of females reported as pursu
ing gainful occupations in the United
States in 1870 was l,S36,2SS In 1880
the number was 2,647,l57, showing an
increase during the ten years of Sl0,.
500. This result shows that the mum.
Der of females engaged in occupations
has increased at much higher rate
than the male population, and also at
higher rate than the number of
males pursuing occupations. 1t fur
tier appears that the rate of increase
in the number of females pursuing oc-
cupations has been far higher in man
ufacturing and mechanical industries
that is in factories chiefy-than in any
other kind of employment. Similar
results are shown by the census statis-
tics with reference to the employment
of children. In 1870 the whole mum.
Der between 10 and Is years of age
reported as pursuing gainful occupa-
tions was 739, ,l64. In 1880 the mum
ber was 1,ilS,356, or an increase du.
ring the decade of 379,l92. The rate
of this increase was greater than the
rate of increase in the population be-
tween those ages, and it was also
greater than the rate of increase 10 the
number of adults pursuing gainful oc-
equations AS in the case of women,
so in the case of children, the rate of
increase in the number employed has
been greatest in factories. Nearly
100000 more women and about 10000
more children were employed in man
ufacturiug industries in 1880 than in
1870. These facts show that while
high tariff manufacturers demand pro-
lection as benefit to their working
men they are themselves seeking cheap
labor in the increased employment of
women and children.-N y Herald
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-04-20
Harvest Dates Of the World.


January-Harvest is ended in mos
districts of Australia, and shipment
have been made of the new crop. Chill
New Zealand, Argentine Republic.
February-Upper Egypt, India
March--Egypt, India,
April-Coast of Egypt, Syria, Cy
prus, India, Persia, Asia Minor, Mexi
co, Cuba
| May-Persia, Asia Minor, Algeria
Syria, Texas, Florida, Morocco, mid
China, Japan, Central Asia.
June-California, Oregon, Southern
United States, Spain, Portugal, Italy,
Hungary, Turkey, Roumelia, Danubo,
South Russia, South of France, Dan
ubian Prncipalities, Greece, Sicily,
Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Geor-
gia, Carolina, (Nosth aud South), Ten.
nessee, Kentucky, Virginia, Kansas,
Arkanss, Utah, Colorado Missouri.
July-Southern, Eastern, and Mid
land English counties, Oregon, Nebras
ka, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Iii
nois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, New
England, New York, Virginia, Upper
Canada, France, Germany, Austria,
Hungary, Switzerland, Italy, Russia,
Poland.
August-United Kingdom, France,
Germany, Belgium, Holland, Manitoba,
Columbia, (British), Lowe, Canada,
Hudson Bay Territory, Denmark,
Poland.
September-Scotland Englan d
Hops and roots. America-Maizo.
Athabasca-wheai, barley, &c. Sse-
den, North Russia, Francc-beet root,
buckwheat.
October-Scotland, America--maize
crop. France, Germany--vintage
November-Australa (north), Peru,
South Africa.
Observation-Disclosures (south), Chill,
Argentine Republic