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Morning journal and courier., 1884-07-29
FLATS.

The English is wonderful language. A New York tenement house fifteen stories high is called hat.-Chicago Herald
 An illustration of the eternal fitness of things-Cucumber baskets have twisted handles.-New York Journal. "Truth is mighty and must prevail" A little fishing pole attachment has been in vented which registers the number of fish caught.-Boston Post.
 A new England poet has written bird poem entitled sEChirrupI Chirrup!" yet he would get mad if anyone should call him a chirrup-
 A little girl who was watching balloon ascension suddenly exclaimed, 'FMa, shouldn't think God would like to have the men go up to heaven alive"
 ''My dear" says the czar to his wife, the czarina, s'has the milkman left the milk yet?'' 'sYes" ''Well, will you drink a little to see if it's poison?'-New York Sun.
 clones is miserly man, but is very pleas ant,'' said Brown. ''Yes," replied Smith; ''but it is his miserliness that makes him so pleasant" ''How's that!' ''Why, don't you see, he hates to lose anything and therefore keeps his temper. ."-Somerville Journal.
 ''Waiter!" Yes, sah" ''There's ittp chicken in this boiled egg you brought me. 7 Waiter eyes the egg curiously to satisfy him self, and then answers assuringly: "Dat's all rite, boss, don't spose de ole man'n mek en- ny extra charge for de lowell. ."-Atlanta Constitution.
 Heraldic.-Mr. Gubbins: Look here, Sophia, what is the motto on this letter? ''Tiens ta foi." What does it mean? Sophia (who knows French): ''Tiens" means ''keep;" ''ta" is thy" and ''foi" is-let's see-oh yes, ''foi' means ''Hver." ''Keep of unnecessary advice, doesn't it?''-Life.
 
 weeka'
 Smith-"Down to the seashore.'
 Jones-"Did you have a comfortable time?'
 Smith-'Oh, yes, made friends with the cook, and she let me sit by the stove. '- Philadelphia. Call.
 A sorrowing widow pledged herself not to marry again until the grass was green on her husbands grave and was found by the sexton three months later planting some grass seed on the mound and hastening it's germinat1on with daily applications from watering can, that no time might be lost in freeing her from her un1ucky promise.
 eve must have picture of Blaine's birth place on the first page tomorrow, remarked the editor But we have no cut, ;" said the foreman ''No cut" cried the editor. "Why, ain't you got that axle grease ada Saw off the wagon and leave the horses two heads sticking over the fence It'll make it more natural. Name IL cradle or Greatness, py our special artist. .'-Pittsburg Chronicle.
 stFor ten years past" says the new board CT, stmy habits have been regular as olook work rose on the stroke of 6; half an hour later sat down to breakfast; at I was at work, dined at 12, ate supper at 6, and was in bed at 9:3O; ate only hearty food, and hadn't a sick day in all that time" Dear me,'' said the deacon, in sympathetic tones, s'and what were you in for?" And in the syvfuI silence which followed you could hear the hash grate it's teeth.-Brooklyn Eagle
Morning journal and courier., 1884-07-29
NO. 199.

Queen of Fences When Porter and Irving committed the Patchen-avenue burglary she furnished their means of escape, and found them a refuge in Paterson. She never al lowed any of her four children to carry sto- len property for fear of trouble It is fnoJTy, that she very recently directed thieves not to operate in New York, as she suspected that she was being watched and if arrested sbe thought she would have no influence with tbe district attorney" - '-Ao
 Mrs. Mandelbaum invariably refused to give money to wives of thieves unI,1cl,iIv caught and sent to prison, telling them to % oo MoiA A Ghey wanted money It is also oi".11 :,l'I sLle hao arrangements often with clerks Tn large dry goods houses to allow shopilfters to work at their counters n,onis- Ing them certain percentage
 Dlo she always keep her word ?" was asked .<,,,3 AI"ays Tn this respect he answered. When robbery of this kind was to he committed she would send A shonIiftoI 10 tbo store to locate the silk, estimate its I,a1ne and gauge It's bulk. Then, if it was worth while a bag was made and somebody dispatched for the plunder. These bags fit in the fold of a oress Ike pocket, and will hold a shawl or fUI UIl oI SIX SIX very easily. Two work together. w hen plunder is secured the one with if fol lows about two feet behind the other. so that the plunder ln the dress may strike against nobodys legs and attract attention When two shopllfters go out of store in this WAY IL IS always safe to nab them. Many of the thieves who have dealt with her lafelv have grown up under her eye and have received Chelt instruction from her-the children of prison" '''''' VI III Was it dificn1+ + + ,
 hands.'' 'oo e0ooS to her Generally it was until we got man in her confidence. Since that silk has been re- turned to merchants two days after being stolen, and before they had discovered their loss From four to ten days after leaving the hands of the wholesaler, the goods have been returned to the retailer from whom they were lifted Sometimes her goods were moved to half dozen of her places of con ceal1nent Tn succession before being offered tor sale With silk, in which she dealt ex
 tenslVely y, she was very particular that all marks De removed before it was offered to her She warned thief if the marks were left; It left a second time she never dealt With hlm again. She kept thieves under her thumb by her claim of influence with off clals and her ability to have them sent to prison at any time. Mrs Mandelbaum had the advantage in having money of her own. Other receivers of stolen goods in New York have no capital themselves but are backed up by merchants who deal with them, or politicians. One fence is brother of one of the leading politicians of this city"
Morning journal and courier., 1884-07-29
COMMUNICATIONS.
The Beautiful East Rock Park.

An6 Ek0auIIIH1 East ROCK Fafks
 10 the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 As this is our city's centennial year ought we not, as dwellers within it's limits, to make it more of a holiday summer than any pre- ceding onea We have read with great interest the history of our elms as published in your columns, also the Outline History of New Haven" by Henry Howe, dis tributed so freely, with the compliments of o. A. Dorman, in honor of our memorial Fourth. The crowning glory of our outdoor life is our East Rock Park. Those of us who once and again have strolled up the driveway and taken advantage of all the rare views af- forded by the road loops can only await the completion of this grand work with great ex- pectations. The soldiers monument, the Campbell memorial of humanity and the overhanging fountain sprays sporting in the rainbow light which we have seen suggested from time to time as among the possibilities of the near future, we can enjoy in the antic- ipation. But as recent notice in one of your editions gave us to understand that very soon we may expect fresh spring water in abundance on the summit for both man and beast, and also plenty with which to lay the dust on the driveways, we feel as if we ought to receive such blessing with great gladness. Half way up the bridle path there is good cold spring, where in our early days we often quenched our thirst Among the special at fractions of this spot was a sheep-fold, the stone wall of which was tumble-down and an old hermit named Turner (so the nursery story goes) was once ''upon time" shepherd to the scattered sheep in this wilderness
 Thirst is perennial among children and often among those of a larger growth when on a pleasure trip, and if plenty of good water is provided free to all, it helps by it's practical
 benevolence to the unraveling of the temper ance enigma more than many preeepts. There are many places not far from the foothills of the Park, where thirst can be quenched for a little time, but these artificial draughts soon
 beget burning, crying physical drought
 which continually cries for more more !! Some years ago the Rock was not a safe place to visit except in crowds for mutual protection A veil of mystery and unclean- ness hung as 8 pail over the height, and the stories told of dark deeds and carousals in the hut located thereon have awakened
 many an imaginary ghost to haunt us in our midnight dreams. AS liquor is not to be sold on these pleasure grounds one black de mon is already chained, and we are looking with glad expectancy for that time when in the hemlock shades near the driveway open air religious services may be held without let or hindrance. On returning from the Park we feel as if we could worry through the midsummer without visiting either Newport or Saratoga. Our homes are located in a garden city, and our East Rock Park is the crowning glory of this garden. SEE.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-07-29
EDITORIAL NOTES.

It may be remembered that just before the recent astonishing rise in prices in Wal street the report was current that Jay Gould was about to fail. It is now be- lieved that he will not have to fail just yet.
 The Irish World in it's last issue gives the result of canvass of the workingmen in forty-seyen manufacturing and business es- tablishments in New York city and Brooklyn, the majority of them Irish-Americans The canvass shows great lead for Blaine.
 A party of capitalists are negotiating for the purchase of large tract of land in Utah between one and two hundred thousand acres, as is stated-to be applied to the pur- pose of founding self-supporting Irish col ony. Sucy colony would not help Mormon ism much.
 There are now only seven regularly nomi- mated Presidential tickets in the field, and General Benjamin F. Buffers name appears on two of them. They are the Democratic, Republican, Prohibition, Home Protection, American Prohibition, National Christian, Anti Monopoly, and Greenback-Labor. The names of the nominees for President in the order named are: Grover Cleveland, James G. Blaine, John P St. John, Samuel c. Pomeroy, Jonathan Blanchard, and Benja- min F. Butler
 The city of Cincinnati has an empty treas ury, and general statute forbids borrowing in advance of the.receipts. The consequence is that the police have not been paid for sev- eral months, and the infrmary, house of
Morning journal and courier., 1884-07-29
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refuge and other institutions are without funds. The embarrassment is due to the re- fusal of liquor sellers to pay the Scott tax. Hundreds of suits have been brought to com pei payment, but as these are all contested and appealed it is said that the city treasury may not be relieved for months
Morning journal and courier., 1884-07-29

The Mantle band supper Thursday evening netted $62. Under the leadership of John Chapman, formerly of the Third regiment band, the organization has been made good one.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1884-01-10

there, till they learned that the @. s. L.,
BY survey, made Il road down the canyon
Of the Snake river to Lewiston. a highly
practicable route. Since then they can
fonce no chance to hedge them from the
Pacific shores with line Of their own,
and now their pooling is to conquer them
BY compromises, if possible. But the
managers of the Union Pacific, though
not personally as wei! acquainted with the
Pacific side of the mountains in the North
west a come Of the managers of the
other companies, yet they seem to be fast
drinking in the situation Of things and l
spprehend they will not be asleep nor
suffer their rights and advantages to be
abridged BY compromises, or stragetical
movements Of any one Of these companies
They had . little foretaste Of good faith
e the o. X. L N. Co., when that COM
psny jumped the game on them 10 the
Burnt river canyon, game no doubt not
vel sustained, yet it has resulted in the
very best Of good fortune to the o. S. L.,
BY inducing them to demonstrate that the
canyon Of the Snake river was far bet
tsr route for railroad, at less cost, and
leading TO a much more productive coun-
<fY, 4, l..
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1884-01-10

The movement to divide Washington
Territory seems to us unwise. Better to
have one large State with varied resources
than two small ones. With its present
boundaries, Washington has all the ele-
ments of great prosperity-fertile plains
for agriculture, magnificent harbors for
commerce, immense forests for lumber
Ing inexhaustible mines of coal, and al
most every kind Of mineral wealth. The
people Of the interior should be proud Of
the tide water region and those Of Puget
Sound and the Pacific coast should be
equally unwilling to be separa tcd frou
the vast farming and grazing country eas
Of the Cascade mouutains.-NeW Yorl
Northwest.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1884-01-10
RAILROAD 6CRAPS.

The Boston TronScrjpt enters ire
mend,u, iudictm n' III sven counts
against Henry Wizards man. -em-n'. 1t
charges him with bein. blind and OK
travagant manager; that he ha- paid con-
mission. on loan., etc, OF batwe-n 81
000.9Jo and 2!0.p5p.Gt0; that wh
coinlleted the part Of the ralitgai b has
built will cost over $50, Uju LII! that
the Oregon AMI Trar-continenta l com any
with It's 3:;D1 ,Gbu pJ1 oa,ital was terribly
ovcrwcightcd sor The email yoruIatiyn i
the territory over which IL Iny.stnc n;s
were to extend. and that speculation in
this company had been cxt.u!yl 10 a
dan ,erous Ioin,, tina, Hard showed a
lack OF judgement regarding tn attrac.
tons OF NV road for inyc.ior- VA. n he
invited the world to his celebration, Il e
rt,ut Of which was the selling Of hi, st
curities by the excAIsionist,, that he mis-
led the public and his associate IN regard
t. the increase in stock Of the Ore,.s
and Transcontincntal company, to the
amount OF $50 5000. The Iyanscr'pt
says it is able e confirm the report that
. new Indebtedness Of 81 ,000, 900 ha.
been discovered for the Oregon Improve
ment company. Here is company With
8, On, 900 capital and about $1,000 900
funded debts, which recently sold to Bos-
ton investors S2,oO0,O0 worth Of capital
stock, making total issue of s., 900, 900
TO cancel all its floating Indebtedness. 1t
then raised its dividend to per cent.
Within the last ten days new indebted
ness Of 81 100000 is discovered in the
Oregon Improvement company, and in
dorsed a, genuine, yet Willard says he
never heard Of it before Idc0md
| Nelrs.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1884-01-10
RUN OVER,

A Palou.o Junction saloon keeper,
named VIM. Wcstbrook, met with fear
full accident on Friday last while attempt
ing to board construction train while in
motion. 1t appears that he missed his
footing and fell to the ground with one
Of his legs on tho track, and before he
could withdraw it it was caught by the
car wheel, scverlny the foot tr ON the lee
near the ankle. Everything possible was
done to relieve the sufferer Westbrook
was taken to Walla Walla oh Saturday
last, aud is now under the care Of DIR.
Blalock and the sisters of St. Marys hos
pital.-Paiouse Gazette.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1884-01-10

No matter how long man may have
been called Bill, he rises to the dignity
Of William when he comes in for 81 ,O00,-
600. There is a good deal of life to
money.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1884-01-10

Clover is the name of the naval officer
who will marry Miss Dora, daughter of
Senator Miller. As the Senator is worth
several millions there will be Clover all
around
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1884-09-27
Marvellous Horsemanship,

A St. Petersburg correspondent, writing
to the London Standard, says: "This
morning witnessed wonderful display
of horsemanship, 1t took place in the
Petroffsky park Here, in the presence
of the Grand Duke Nicholas and most of
the foreign officers and guests, the regiment
of Cossack Guards went through an extra
ordinary series of exercises which threw
the most daring feats of the circus into the
shade. The entire regiment passed at full
gallop, in loose order, with many of the
the men standing upright in their saddles,
others upon their heads with legs in the
air, many leaping upon the ground and
then into the saddle again at full speed,
some springing over their horses head and
picking up stones from the ground and yet
regaining the seats. While performing
these feats all were brandishing their sabres
and firing pistols, throwing their Carbines
into the air and catching them again, and
Yelling like maniacs Some men went
past in pairs, standing with leg on each
others horses-one wild fellow carried off
another dressed as woman. The effects
VI Iu6 oCcuG Was
and it seemed as if the whole regiment had
gone mad. Upon signal being given,
the regiment divided into parts, Onerode
off; then halted and made their horses lie
down on the ground lie ann beside them,
waiting as in war the approach of the en-
emy. The other section of the regiment then
charged down, and in an instant every
horse was on his feet, every rider in the
saddle, and with a wild yell they rode at
the supposed enemy. When the maneu-
ers were over the regiment rode past, sing
ing, and uncommonly well together, mil
itary chorus, Altogether, it was mar
velous exhibition of daring horsemanship
and one hardly knew whether to admire
the docility and mettle of the steeds or the
skill aud courage of the riders. All the
the foreign officers and guests were no less
astonished than delighted
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1884-09-27
Is it Economical P

Fran Rural Ne,V Yorker
At recent sale of the effects of broken
up household, l was astonished to see the
accumulation of trash, that for forty years
had been gathering in the attics and lob
bies of that house. There were broken
chairs, bottomless baskets, broken down
bedsteads, old tinware, and a large closet
full of garments worn by the ancestors Of
the family, whose original had, full so years
ago, returned to their mother dust, and
these relics had been preserved as heir-looms
to perpetuate their memory. They were
exposed to the gaze of thoughtless crowd,
and struck off, by the auctioneers' hammer,
to the highest bidder. Divested of the best
claim to veneration or respectful memory,
they were sold for the sum of 25 cents.
The question arose, why such good-for-
nothing articles of furniture should be kept
to cumber house? When chair or bed
stead is broken, and cannot be repaired,
why is it not burned and got out of the
way, and not kept to gather dust, and oc-
cupy room in dwelling? If anything can
be mended or made useful, why of course
it is best to save it but If it Is past re-
demption, there is no use in keeping it
longer. Old baskets are neither useful nor
ornamental, and the best use that can be
made of them is to kindle fires. Tin dishes,
too, are of no account when they are rusted
SO that solder cannot stop the leaks, and
why they should be kept is a mystery.
Gast=off garments only breed moths in a
house and gather impurity in the air, and
are much better in the ragman's cart than
hanging up in the way. Economy is es-
sential to prosperity, but there is such a
thing as carrying it to excess, but this
gathering up fragments" that are of no
earthly use, is folly. Old worm-eaten box
es and barrels are far better burned than
preserved, for they can be turned to ac-
count in that way. | would not advise to
waste anything that can be made useful in
any form but this ever-increasing pile of
rubbish in house, is not economical or
desirable.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1884-09-27

The knowledge which we crave aud work
for, which we look for and find, which we
thik out or dig out for ourselves, which we
rejoice in as in newly found treasure
that is the knowledge, be it small or great,
that is worth having. 1t is like the food
for which we hnnger-it gives us fresh
power and fuller life. 1t matters far less
even what this knowledge is than the way
in which it was gained. The most syste-
matte and well-prepared course Of study
worried through by student whose only
care is that he may get his diploma is Of
far less value to him or to the world than
the vital thought of the young mechanic
who, anxious to master the secrets of his
trade, patiently studies its details, discovers
its principles, and infuses into it his own
fresh and living force, perhaps in the form
Of some new invention, on perhas in more
skillful touch or more delicate finish than
it has yet received.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1884-09-27
How VIII You Punctuate P

Ones opinion of the individual described
in the following words will depend very
much upon the punctuation given: 'sHe
is an old and experienced man in vice and
wickedness he is never found in opposing
the works of iniquity he takes delight in
the downfall of his neighhors he never re-
joices in the prosperity of any of his fellow
creatures he is always ready to assist in
destroying the peace of society he takes no
pleasure in serving the Lord he is uncom-
monty diligent in sowing discord among his
friends and acquintances he takes no pride
in laboring to promote the cause of Chris
tianity he has not been negligent in endeay-
oring to stigmatize all public teachers he
makes no effort to subdue his evil passions
he strives hard to build up Satan's king
dom he lends no aid to the support Of the
Gospel among the heather he contributes
largely to the evil adversary he win never
go to the abode Of the good he must 90
where he will receive a just recompense.