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sentence by some brutal remark or ribald
jest as to the prisoners antecedents. When
his victim was allowed to escape out of his
hands, no one doubted that the judge had
been freely bribed, or that by no manner of
straining could the Law be called upon to deal
out punishment. From the nonstrous record
of pitiless ruling on this occasion, history
has taken care TO pick out few of his decf-
sions Is Indicative of the temper and conduct
of the man. Upon lad, still in his teens,
who had been conducted OF uttering ''sedi-
tious words, " sentence was passed of impris-
onment for seven years, with q whipping dur
ing that period every fortnight at the differ
ent market towns in his county. The clerk
of arraigns had the courage to interpose in
mitigation of this awful Judgment while the
women in the gallery sobbed audibly out of
sympathy with the prisoner. ''The punish
ment is not half bad enough for him." grow
led JeHreys; mot ali the interest in England
shall save him" Fortunately the lad was
seized with smallpox, and softened by ruin
GUS bribe, the judge remitted the sentence.
One of the girls who had been found guilty
of embrofdering the colors given to Mon
mouth at Taunton was SO parslyzsd by the
feroclty with which Judgment was given
against her that scarcely had she returned to
| her cell than she fell on the floor a corpse.
Seldom was woman sentenced to whipping
without some coarse joke being made as to
the exposure which must necessarily ensue
ut may be cold morning to strip in, ~ said
he, ''but we shall try and keep you warm,
madam! See that she is vhipped-whipped
i soundly till the blood runs down. Well
| tickle you, MADAME prisoner with some
| knowledge of the Law, made technical objec-
| tion to the course being persued at his trial.
VILLAIN! REBEL" cried Jeffreys "I think I see
thee already with halter round thy neck"
The prisoner was convicted. LET him be
hanged the first, laughed the judge, ''for if
any with the law come in my way, shall
take care to fix them" One rebel begged for
mercy on the ground that on the eve of Sedge-
moor he had sent important information to
| Faversham, the general of the kings forces.
You deserve double death, "said the Judge,
not without reason; "once for rebelling
against your sovereign, and the other for be-
trapping your friends" We are told that he
particularly piqued himself upon this bon
mot. To repeat the stories as to this circuit
which history has preserved would be to fill
good volume. Chronicles differ with re-
spect to the numbers of Monmouth's follow
ers hanged and transported after this revolt.
According to the official list before me, for
warded to the treasury, 32O were sent to the
| gallows, and $40 were transported
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1884-05-16
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SINGLE COPIES TWO CENTS.
Friday, May 10, 1854.
FACTS FOR FREE-TRADGRs.

When these who think protection Is good
thing for this countryi talk about the differ
ence between the wages of workmen here and
traders are ready with assertions to the effect
that dollar is worth great deal more in
Europe than it is here, and that altheugh
workmen there do get low wages what they
get will buy great deal more than the same
amount will here.
Mr.. NJ. s. Brewer. United States consul
general at Berlin, has furnished the State de-
partment with schedule of the wages earned
by mechanics in that city. The schedule
gives some information well worth she con.
sideration of the revenue reformers. Mr.
Brewer says that nearly all the necessaries of
life csst as much in Berlin as In New York
Meats of all kinds, -four, bread, butter, fish,
and fruit are even more expensive than In
New York; wooden and linen goods, boots
shoes, and clothing generally are cheaper
All mechanics work from eleven and half to
thirteen hours a day. Stonecutters earn 81 20
per week; glass-outters, $4.9o; brass-foun-
ders, $4.76; flecutters, 1892; toolsmiths,
1857 (working thirteen hours day.; mold
ers, 81. so; masons, $7.14; carpenters, 81 80:
painters, 81 SO, and SO on to the end. These
are the highest-priced workmen. Appren
tices get from $1.66 to So week. and labor
ing women in the mechanical trades get from
$1.90 to 2.14. Women in Germany perform
labor which in the United States Is naenopo
lized by the strongest men.
In Berlin wheat -four is $5 to $6 per hum
dred; eggs, 25 cents per dozen; butter 80 to
38 cents per pound; beef and mutton, for
roasts, II to 20 CENTS pork. 16 to 20 cents
per pound; pound loaf of wheat bread, 10
to IL cents; black bread (rye). about half the
price of wheat bread. This bread ia pre-
ferred by very many among the wealthy
classes and is universally used by the labor
ing classes.
From this it is apparent that the workmen
of Berlin are not any better off than the
workmen of this country. and it is not pro-
bable that the free traders of the United
States could make them think that their lot
is very happy one. If similar condition
of things to that which exists in Berlin pre-
walls throughout Germany it is not surprising
that two hundred thousands Germans leave
their native land each year and come to this
land of protection and plenty
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1884-05-16
NO CHOICE,

It is foolish girl who will ask her lover
which he likes best, beauty or brains. No
matter which way he answers she is sure to
get mad.-Philsdelphia Call
The unanimity with which the people of
this country think the money for Bartholdis
pedestal should be raised is only equalled by
the uaanimity with which it isn't subscribed
Oil City Derrick.
The caterer says that late suppers are not
bad if properly eaten. OF course not. The
suppers are good enough. They are too
good. in fact It's the dyspepsia that's bad
Burlington Hawkeye.
When a man can walk 610 miles in less
than six days, people can understand how
women can go shopping six days in the week
without complaining of feeling tired.-PhiI-
adelphia Chronicle Herald.
A New York paper used ''G' instead of
q &C. and printed it the New York Cab
company" It is said that the members of
Sorosis feel very much hurt about it. and
will boycott the paper.-Norristown Herald
One thing to the credit of Kansas City is
that she is the only city in this country of
100, 900 population that has no professional
base bali club. The grown people of this
metropolis are too busy to sit in the sun and
listen to eighteen men quarre1lng with an
umpire re.-Kansss City Journal
s'I see the newspapers say a good deal
about confidence men," remarked old Mrs
Juneberry, 'tbut never seed any, and /
don't believe there is sich men. I haven't
put no confidence in men since my darter
married that worthless editor of newspaper.
There amt no sich thing as confidence men,
-Philadelphia Call
esOh, dear!" exclaimed Fanny Smith, II
wish somebody would break into our house
some night!'' 'SWhy, what a wish, Fanny"
said her mother; "what in the world put that
idea into your head?" ''Those horrid Robin
sons had a burglary at their house last night,
and the papers tell all about the fine jewelry
and splendid silk dresses that the thieves got.
Strange that nothing of the kind ever hap
pens to us! The kobinsons will hold their
heaps higher than ever now, the hateful
things!"-Boston Transcript.
Jane-''An' are yez out of place al
ready?''
Mary-s'Yis; left this mornin'."
Maryland phat for?"
Mary-'tShure, an wasn't the family regu-
lar swindlers? 1 niver saw such rascality."
Jane-''An' is that thrue nos7 Phat did
they do?''
Aary-'.Ye know ingaged with em to
tend childers, and they said they had only
three
Jane-''Yes"
Mary-''Wud ye believe it, I was not
there a wake before they showed their knave
~ by havin' another one."-Phnladelphia
sWhat was cats made for. mother" asked
Somerville little boy who had been
scratched by household tabby. Seats made
for? Well. suppose to kill mice" "Wbo
made 'em?'' ''God made them" ''What
were mice made for? For some purpose, I
suppose. For cats to catch, perhaps" Did
God make the mice, too?" He did. He
made all things" well, if the cats is made
for catchin' mice, God wouldn't needed to
make cats if he hadn't made any mice, would
he?' mo, suppose not " ''What did he
make 'em for. then?" make what?" 1.-The
mice. "Child, it's time for you to go to
school Hurry, or you'll be late. Sooner
pilIa IonrnaI
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She Wanted TO X now.
IE1OL4 V0S NHAo11BO 441~o
"Kiss me again"

AlSS LIS hSdlu
Sibyl Sartoris spoke these words in a
grave. calm manner thatbetokened the serious
import in which she held them, and as Her
bert Holdfast bent tenderly forward and
pressed his lips softly to hers shs looked at
him in the shy, cation the-back-fence fashion
that had so witched him in the golden-hued
days of courtship-those days when all the
world seemed filled with sunshine, when
every breeze spoke whispers of his love for
this beautiful girl, and the cloudless skies
seemed only to reflect the deeper azure of
her eyes.
There was no tint of deception in the pure
nature of this girl, and her every act was the
result of reflection often profound Brought
up in Boston, she had all her life been accus
toned to put to its best use the power of dis
eernmsnt which thoughtful mind gave
her. Surrounded as she was by the mystic
Influences of Emerson, the Concord School
of Philosophy, and several large warehouses
where mackerel were sold, it is small won
der that when. standing on the threshold of
womanhood, she beheld suitors of her heart
and hand approach; she had analyzed with
critical care the hopes and fears of each
had subjected the character of every wooer
to the rigid scrutiny of mind that, seated
crosslegged on the starry summit of psychol-
ogieal research. looked upon man as only
vivifed protoplssm, and the deepest emotions
of the heart as merely the manifestations of
too active nerve center.
Herbert knew this. He knew that this
nirl-the rounded curves of whose figure and
the dewy sweetness of whose lips would
have made an anchorite leave his job without
a pang-had naught of passion in her nature.
And so when he had complied-oh, SO gladly
with her request. that stalked from out the
bauouet halls of his Imagination where they
had SO long been unwelcome guests the sheet
cd ghosts of doubt and apprehension He
knew now that Sibyl loved him with love
that would never fsiter or fall-a love that,
securely built upon foundation of respect
and admiration was now crowned with the
large, roomy, mansard roof of deathless,
never-changing passion. Her words proved
IT, Never before had she even SO much as
hinted at kiss, and when he had sought to
take one she had submitted to his caresses
more as dutiful wife than as an ardent
lover. Bot now all was changed, and it was she
who sought the bliss that large, well-regu-
lated, hree-story-and- basement kiss alone
can give The thought was ecstasy.
ssYou love me better to day, Sibyl," he
said, ethan you did yesterday. Is it not SO,
darling?'
ssNo," she answers, standing there calm
and pulseless as clam at high tide
s'Then why" he says, s'did you ask me to
kiss your"
ssBecause," Sibyl replies, aI desired to
ascertain whether or not you had been drink
ing Medford rum"
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1884-05-16

[Alex. Charles EdWald, In the Gentlemans Aagazne]
The cruelty which characterized the SEN
tences passed by this hateful judged Jeffreys)
upon the prisoners brought before him was
always apparent. Never did he once err on the
side of mercy. If hescondsmned man to
the Rallows or to transportation, he was al
ways caSeful to add to the severity Of the
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1884-05-16
CHOlCE GOODS
AND
Low PRICES
FOR
FLOUR, GRAIN, FEEDS,
Baled Hay, Straw, &C.,
rREMEMBER THE PLAoEa
$50 and I5 State Street, Corner whiting
JOHN KERIAEY.
STEAM RAILROAD.
COMMTTTEE ON STREET

COMMITTEE ON STREETS.
TNHE Committee Streets will me.t Friday even
Il ming. May 16. 1884, at 7:S0 o'clock, in Rooms 10
and IL, City Hall.
Parties in the following petitions are re-
specfuy invited to be present and be heard in refer
thereto:
Petition for dIscontinuance of Canal street. be-
tween Sach+m m and Lock streets.
Petition for change of name of portion of Lock
street to prospect Place."
Petition for a sidewalk the south side of Mum
son street, between Dixven avenue and the Canal
Railroad.
Petition fer a new layout Of Dixwell avenue from
Manson street to the Hamden line.
fetition for the curbing and grading OF the west
side of Sherman avenue. between George and Oak
streets.
Petition for concrete walk on the south side of
George street, between Sherman avenue and Elliott
street.
and paving of gutter the west side of Eddy street,
between Hedge and Thorn streets.
Petition for ths extension of Second street, from
Hallock avenue to the tide water and remonstrance
against the same.
Petition for sidewalk on both sides of Com
merce street, between Congress avenue and Broad
street
Petition for curb and concrete walk on west
eide of Mill River street, between Walnut and Laurel
Petition for a Sidewalk on the south side of War
street.
Petition for the tnrnpking of Mulberry street, be-
tween Winthrop avenue and Day street.
Petition for sidewalk the wet side of State
street between Edwards street and the entrance to
East Rock Park.
Petition for a concrete walk on the south side of
Pine street, between Perkins street aid Clinton
Petition for a. concrete walk on both sides OF
Cedar Hill avenue, between Grace and State
streets.
Per order of Chairman
TIMOTHY J. CROWLEY
MIA st Assistant City Clerk,
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1884-05-16

The German Turner's of st. Louis have
formed corps of athletes who will under
take to form living pyramid before a burn
ing building of any height and hand down
the children and women safely
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1884-05-16

The state of affairs in Wall street was
cheering during most of yesterday, but the
failure of Fisk & Hatch made more trouble
1t did not, however, affect the market as dis
astrously as it might fairly have been ex-
pected to, and there is still reason to believe
that the worst is over.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1884-05-16

1t costs dollar in Milwaukee to say that a
man is personally very fine fellow, but
politically . seoundrel." Cheap enough.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1884-05-16

In six of the southern States since this
year began-to wit, in Tennessee, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia. Georgia
and Alabama-more than 81, 600 900 has
been invested in new cotton mills
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all wires and poles found above ground with
in their corporate limits.
A French physician, DIR. Laye ct. has jus
published the result of his Inquiries into the
nature of singular malady known as wan
illism," which science has, it seems, lately
added to the sufficiently long catalogue of
human disorders. Bordeaux is the chief en-
porium of vanilla, some 10000 pounds of
that spice being annually imported. The
men employed in cleansing and sorting it
have long been known to suffer from pecu-
liar af1iction, of which DR.. Layet's investi-
cations have now revealed the cause. It's
symptoms are redness and itching of the
skin, often attended with desqusmation of
the cuticle, and usually accompanied with
general malaise, lsssitude and giddiness. All
the trouble is caused by minute white aca-
rus which lives in the vanilla, and finds its
way to the person of those handling it. DR..
Layet's labors have not as yet been crowned
with the discovery of any cure for the new
disease.
singular stroke of irony has settled the
-fate of the little town of Sedan. It RANKS
high in the list of French fortified places.
The late emperor took refuge within its walls
as stronghold that had the reputation of
being impregnable. short time ago the
minister of war issued a list of all the for
tresses and strongholds of the country, and
from this catalogue Sedan was absent. The
town was judged as being of no military i'm
portance whatever. It was not even worth
while to retain the defenses it possessed. The
great keep, with its lofty walls and subterra-
mean passages, is in process of demolition,
and such fortifications as remain are spared
merely because they are not worth destruc-
ton. The little cottage on the road to Ba-
zeilles. where the emperor had his memor-
able interview with Prince Bismarck, and
where the four gold pieces which he gave to
his hostess as he left her roof still hang
framed over the chimney piece, will survive
one of the great national strongholds of
France.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1884-05-16
".ATCH
THE KIDNEYS!

They are the most Important
secrefory organs. Into and
through the Kidneys flow the
waste fluids of the body, con-
tanning poisonous matter
taken out of the system. II
the Kidneys do not act prop
erly this matter is retained,
the whole system becomes dis
ordered and the following
symptoms will follow: Head
ache, weakness, pain in the
small Of back and loins, f1ushes
of heat, ehills, with disordeped
stomach and bowels. You can
thoroughly protect the Kid
neys by BURDOCK BLOOD BIT
TIERS, and when any of these
symptoms N anife st them
selves you can quickly rid
yourself of them by this best Of
all medicines for the Kidneys.
BURDOCK BLOOD BITTERS are
sold everywhere at 81 per bot
tie, and one bottle will prove
their efficacy.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1884-05-16

The House committee on invalid pensions
has agreed to another bill concerning pen
sions. The bill provides that all persons
on. or hereafter placed on, the pension roll
who, while in the military or naval service
of the United States. have lost an arm or q
leg, shall be entitled to q pension Of $40 q
month, land those who have lost q hand
per month, and if they have received wound
or other disability in addition thereto, they
shall receive pension of $50 per month, and
all persons who have leg amputated at the
hip joint, and all persons who have lost an
arm at the shoulder joint, shall be entitled to
pension of $50 month, and all persons
who have lost an arm and leg shall be enti-
tled to $72 per month.
The bill requiring telegraph and telephone
wires of all kinds to be put under ground,
which has been passed by the New York leg
islature, is q very sweeping measure. II ap-
plies to New York and Brooklyn, and pro-
vides that ''every corporation, association or
person owning or controlling telegraph, tele-
phonic, electric, or other wires and cables,-
including what is known as telegraph poles
and other appurtanances thereto, shall, be-
fore the first day of November, 1885, have
the same removed from the surface of all
streets or avenues" In case the owners of
the property above enumerated fail to COM
ply with the provisions of the act within the
time specified, the local gosernments Of the
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1884-05-16

Two young men of Kent died recently Of consunp-
tion Mr.. W. B. Leonard aged 29. and Mr.. C. A.
ron. aged So Il was rather singular coincidence,
he former died the morning of the 30th ult thS
latter the evening OF the 1st inst. Mr. Leonard
caves . wife. and Mr.. Waldron wife and daughter
bent years Of age
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1884-05-16

The Spanish government recently arrested
the manager of a newspaper in Madrid for
publishing seditious article. The manager
laughed in his sleeve and went to prison. In
few days the government discovered that
the offensive article was an extract from
Macaulay'a History, and the newspaper man
was let out.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1884-05-16
EDITORIAL NUItS.

The financial disturbance will not hurt Ar
thurs business" boom any.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1884-05-16

This is time when the advantages of pow
erty stick out, SO to speak. Blessed be moth
ing, for you can't lose it.
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EXCL LUSIVELY
DRY GOODS !

AS we carry a stock that
lis exclusively Dry Goods,
and have devoted our time
for the past forty years to
the selection of goods that
are best suited to the wants
of the public, we feel JUS
ti6ed in saying that we can
at the present time show
one of the largest and best
lines of Dry Goods ever
shown i'm the city.
Our prices are unusually low for
the quality of goods shown. Every
thing is marked in plain figuress
and only one price.
Wilcox 4 Company,
OLD NO. NEW NO.
245 and 249 767 and 751
CHAPEL STREET.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1884-05-16

A London gentleman visited q telegraph
Office in Old Broad street the other day,
being desirous of asce, tanning how far COM
munication on single circuit could be ex-
tended. First the operator connected with
a German town, then with Odessa, then with
Teheran, then with Agra, and finally, to the
visitors great delight, with Calcutta, 1000
miles away.
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Ihose sp6cLHGOfB n6a
whispered dialogue:

'WnbFo pIBLOI'
I've forgotten it,
What shall we do?'
sHit him, and he must fall"
carte raised her pretty little hand and
knocked out the villain with one blow. But
the actor who had to come on and feel the
wounded man was not prepared for the
change, and his reference to the supposed
bullet wound brought down the house."
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1884-05-16

It is said that there are In New York .
great many women who speculate in stocks,
grain, oil, whisky and other commodit hiss, but
brokers, as a rule, refuse their custom. The
reasons for this were expressed by a broker
thus: ''rheir risks are small, and il they lose
-phe-e-wl" ''But supposing they make q
hit?" "Well. then they grow confidential.
They tell you they knew it was coming SO.
They dreamed of black cat or the baby
cried twice in its sleep or something like that
They swear by their dreams. If a woman
has a certain dream and puts her money on
that dream, and then the market goes the
wrong way, why, she has been swindled by
the operator
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cities are directed to remove without delay
all wires and poles found above ground with
in their corporate limits.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-12-05
The Evils of Smoking.

In talking with an eminent phys-
elan the other day, he told me some
rather startling facts about the effects
of excessive smoking. 'My friend"
said he, ''if you knew rs know the
ravages of tobacco poisoning, you
would throw away that cigar and here
after abjure the worship of the god
dess Nicotina forever. I'm perfectly
aware of the arguments YOU will bring
forward in favor of moderate smOk-
ing, but that doesn't make any differ
ence. Let me feel your pulse. All! |
thought SO. The action of your heart
is affected; every smokers is. Not
only is the beating of the heart feebler
than it should be, but your nerves are
in II bad state. The reason why peo-
pie don't realize the entire danger of
using tobacco is because it seldom is
the direct cause of organic disease.
Tobacco gets its fine work in insidious-
lv. ltkills thousands. but the diseases
to which it gives rise cannot always be
traced to the real cause. Tobacco is
the curse of the American peoplc-it
is responsible for more shattered con
stitutions than drink. and the number
of the victims annually is terrific. -
NeW York star.