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TITIANA's VEIL

is carelessly tossed upon "a pillar where
the fairy might have flung it on her
way To Diana's bath, one of the many
crystal pools at our feet. Here is the
Saracen's tent. The folds of the drap-
cry on one side touch the ground, on
the other they are carelessiy lOoped
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1884-05-09

the State constitution declares than all citi-
gems of the State possess equal rights and
privileges, and section IA Of the same article
declares that ''any citizen may speak, write,
and publish his sentiments on all subjects,
being responsible for the abuse of that hber-
ty." Many of the school officers of Virginia
are Republicans and the object of the Law
which the Republicans believe is unconssitu-
tional is TO deprive these officers of influence.
The solemn Hartford Courant thus dis
courses: Stocks &nctuate. Properties
fade away. Men who thought they were
rich find they are poor A great question is
what is safe to buy. 1t isn't the part OF wis
dom to advise in such matters, but the facs
stands out Significantly plain that the present
bench show in New York aggregates $780,
600 worth of Dogs that, in spite of the gen.
eral decline of properties, dogs never were
30 high as now; and that in the past thr es
years the public has been bitten great deal
worse by stocks than by dogs. Perhaps the
judicious thing is to buy a dog" We feel
obliged to differ with the Courant We be-
lievs dogs are high enough. and that there is
a good chance to make money by selling out
and "gofng short" of them. They will
probably act jast as ''the cats and dogs" of
Wall street have acted during the last three
years. Sell 'em!
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1884-05-09

performances of many of these are utterly
disroputable; some of them are simply
wrstehedly poor; q few are respectable both
in art and morals. Whether for good or for
evil, the theater il far too influential to be
passed by with Indifferent silence by the
Christisn parent or the Christian pastor.
Our children cannot but know about it, and
become more or less interested In it; for there
is scarcely q single daily journal or literary
magazine which does not call attention to and
criticiss theatrical performances. Our
children cannot be taught that they are only
wicked, and that continually; for that 10 not
true. It remains to teach them to discrimi-
nate between the good and the bad. This is
q most difficult task; but it is none the less
necessary because it is difficult. Indiscrimi-
nate attendance. We do not recommend the
pastor to recommend the theatsr, either by
his counsels or by his example. We do not
advise the parent to advise his children to at
tend it. We do not counsel private theatri-
Gals of any description, the evils of which,
though different from, are perhaps quite as
great as those of professional performances.
But We do counsel to overcome evil with
good. We recommend the pastor to sncour-
age q careful reading and study of Shakes
peare; for a love of Shakespeare is an anti
dote to the ssnsuous and sensational drama.
We recommend the father not to leave his
child to stray of to theater of his own
choosing and with his own chance companion;
if he goss choose the play for him and be
his companion. Keep him from the "Black
Crook by taking him 20 Hamlet, nom
the opera boufe by taking him to "Pinafore. !"
In q word, teach him how to use the drama
as not abusing 1t; teach him its uses, and
make clear to him its evils; teach him es-
pecially to distinguish between the drama and
the theater, between the dramatic and the
theatrical; and il every stage performance of
the drama is an abuse, as most of them are,
SO educate his taste and develop his conscience
that his own nature, not your law, will be his
protector, both from vitiated taste and
questionable merals. If you can teach him
to abhor that which is evil in the drama as in
everything else, he will not go where that
which is evil is Haunted in his face.
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The Strong Roem.
An Apartment Where Half a Million
Dollars are Handled.

An Apartment Where Half Milton
Dollars arc Handled.
Five or six hundred million dollars are
handled in this room every year." said a
Washington postoffice official to a Star re-
porter. The reporter stood in little room
forming part of the registration division at
the city postofice. 'See how strongly it is
secursd,' - said the official satirically pointing
to row of himsy wooden Stats nailed over
the trsnsora of one of the doors. Outside
the door is a wooden railing with swinging
gate which divides this part of the Office
from the common passagsWay. A window at
one end of the room is guarded by an old
fashioned cast-iron grating, designed, evil
IDENTIFY, more for the sake of ornament than
of security. The walls are of plaster and
lath and in one corner ia hole broken
through the plaster, by means OF which g de-
tective in an adjoining room some time ago
was enabled to observe dishonest messen-
ger in the act of stealing package of mon
ey. Down stairs is another little room or
pen divided off from the other parts of the
Office by light wooden railing ''Up in the
treasury" continued the official, tin the In
ternal revenue bureau, where they have val
liable packages of stamps, the rooms are
guarded Win BGrOuR iron Auu
nation locks. There il always a man ready
who has nothing to do but to knock you
down In case you put anything in our pock-
ct. Men are kept there for that purpose.
Nov these same stamps are brought here
and taken to that pen down stairs. The
contrast is simply ridiculous. We guard this
property to the best of our ability, that is, to
the extent of the force allowed us. The
postmaster here is required to give bonds to
q large amount and is responsible for any
loss Now 1t is hardly fair thing to hold
him responsible when the government fails
to provide strong and secure place. fire
here would go right through the building.
As to skillful burglars, these walls and wood
en- stats would offer about as much obstruc-
ton as a net of cob-webs." Oa the counter,
while the reporter was In the room, lay a
heap of packages containing, it is supposed,
valuable matter. The clerks in the Office
never know the contents of these packages,
except in cases where they are not properly
sealed. Sometimes packages of greenbacks
are sent through this Office to the treasury
for redemption, SO arranged that the ends of
the bills can be seen Banks frequently
send packages done up in such manner as
to expose their valuable contents. This is
partly the result of the confidence felt in the
registered letter division. In the Washing
ton Office nothing has ever been lost except
some small amounts, stolen by messenger,
who was finally detected.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1884-05-09
EDITORIAL NUItS.

The committee on mercantile affairs has
reported to the Massach usetts House o bill
imposing fins of Eve hundred dollars for
placing electric wires upon . building with
out the consent of the owner. Ths penalty
provided is not any too severe. considering
the way some of the wirs-stringers treat
other peoples property.
In an address to the students of Edin-
burgh University, on Darwinism, Professor
Virchow recently expressed his belief that no
relics of any predecessor of man had pet been
discovered. He cautioned the students against
loose speculation on this subject, saying thss
every man who goes beyond the sphere of
observation becomes transoendsntalist, and
transcendentalism has always been danger
ous to science
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1884-05-09
SET.

In the social circles of the chicken yard
the lines are very distinctly drawn, fer each
hen has her own set.-Merchant Traveller.
Greenburg, Penn, men shot tramp for
| stealing potatoes from their fields, Such
conduct is tuber-rootal for anything--Pitts-
burg Telegraph
The poet wrote the line. ''Oh. my sad
eyed sailor" but the intelligent oompositor
made it appear stORe my mad-eyed tailor. p"
Another case of "builded better than he
knew."-New York Journal.
ssWhat kind of sauce will you have with
your steak ?" asked the waiter of a diner in a
restaurant where the condiments were served
with the orders. eff the steak is as tough
as yesterday's, send in couple of circular
saws"-Boston Gazette.
When one rejects upon the amount of ly
ing which attachessto one. even great moral
show. and then remembers that ancient
Rome had eight circuses, one can understand
something of the causes which produced the
overthrow of the Eternal City.-Boston
Transcript.
A romantic New Yorker and his bride will
make their bridal trip this summer in ca
noe This Is bad beginning for the groom.
Whenever they encamp he will not only have
to gather the wood, but build the fires. The
habit once begun can never be changed
Philadelphia Call.
her brother jim, sin this affair I obtained
the gibbosity on Amy" You did what ?"
inquired the boy obtained the gibbesity
the protuberancy, you know" is it any
thing to eat 2'' was the next question. 80,
dear, no, you stupid boy-merely figure of
speech-what sou call got the bulge only
that is horrid slang oil City Derrick.
Drug store boy to prescription clerk
t'Here's prescription, and the man says he
wants to know how long it will take to put
it up" Prescription clerk, meditatively-
''Let me sect is about dinner time Five
minutes to get over to dinner. eighteen min
utss to get back, and two minutes TO put up
the prescription Tell the man it will take
about half an hour to put It uP."-Lowell
Citizen.
Old Mr.. Squag2s was somewhat irritable
when he came down to breakfast, and when
his wife rsproved him for negecting to tie
up the dog bsfore going to bed the previous
night, he answered her rather snappishly.
Then they had some words, and she said,
'sWelI, I'm sure don't know hoE you ex
psct we'll agree in the next world if we can't
agree in this one." "Oh, we'll agree well
enough in the next world" said Mr.. Squaggs
sareastieally; 1--WE won't see much of each
other there. The Bible says there's great
gulf fixed between the two places" Having
said this the old gentleman caressed his bald
head and snickered to himself. Mrs. Squaggs
was thoughtful for moment; then, with a
twinkle in her eye, she said, ''This is the first
1 knowed of your hsvin' given up all hopes
of going to heaven The conversation drop
ped.-Somerville journal.
The poultry nan in sore alsrm
Now gathers eggs from ali his 'rens,"
And makes excursions to each farm
To buy few ''good ssttin hens"
Evansville Argus.
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zuurnaI zna Gearisr.
SINGLE COPIES TWO CENTS.
Friday, May Q. 1854.
THE DIVIDED DEMOCRATs.

The more the defeat of the Democratic
attempt to pass the Morrison bill is considsr-
ed the palmer does it become that that defeat
was very bad thing for the Democratic
party. It is true that of the one hundred
and ninety-six Democrats who voted on the
bill only forty-one voted against Ii, but the
vote revealed what is apparently fatal split
in the Democratic ranks. The free-trad
Democrats in the House are evidently very
much disturbed and angered by the turn the
matter took. Morrison is reported as saying
defantly that no more tariff legislation win
be undertaken by the frss-trsders. Black
burn. when asked hew he thought the affair
would affect the elections. replied that the
Democrats would hardly carry Northern
State. The Democratic majority in Congress
is now more savage toward the protsc
tlonlsts IN their own ranks than the Rspub-
licans. ''They can seem to find no words to
express their disgust of the Democrats, de-
clared member of the ways and means
committee, ''Vho voted againss their own
party. Only eight are from States which
will go Democratic this fall. These so-called
Democrats from Republican States have put
the party in position humiliatinR and dis
graceful. We care nothing about their States
and we did not expect to carry them, but
they have seen fit to take stand that will
prevent us from taking any position on the
tariff. We are absolutely without party
issue outside of Randalrs parsimony, and
Springer's ridiculous investigation. The
sooner We go home the better"
NJ Eokar
traitors bear the reprosches cast upon
them with more or less meekness, and de-
clare that they have saved the party from
suicide; and that with Randall for the nomi-
nee New York, New Jersey and Connecticut
can be carried. And speaking of Randall,
the careful and reliable Washington cor
respondent of the Boston Advertiser has
this to say, which is certainly interesting:
He (RandalD is known to be in constant
communication with Tilden, by whose per-
sonal effort several wavering Democratic
votes were thrown against the Morrison bill
No one knew until the last moment how the
four California Democrats would stand.
Night before last they agreed to 60 with the
majority but before the test came they had
changed front Your correspondent has re-
liable information that this overturn was due
to Tilden. These Califsrnians, a few weeks
ago, made pilgrimage to New York to call
on him. and since returning they have been
in CO amunication with him, and yesterday
received an urgent request to side with Ran
dali. In obedience to is they changed the
result of yesterdays crucial division.
But though the vote IN the Morriaon hill
was great victory fer Randall Al we'll as for
the Republicans, his victory will probably
not do him much good. If the Republicans
make good nomination at Chicago there is
nothing to fear from the divided and
disguised Democrats, even if Randall heads
them
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FOR THIRTY DAYS.

We have a large line of .Suitingss
OvercOatings and TrOuserings
which we will make up at a great
reduction for the next thirty days
to make room for spring goods.
N. B.-Pants made to order at 6
hours notice.
Z. II. FREEDMAN.
90 CHURCH STREET.
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A DYERTISERS send for our select Of local news
"A papers. Geo. P. Rowell Co. 10 Spruce st, ny.
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DRESS GOODS.

OOZNeIlUZe "a go "
Trench manufacturer
made a consignment 10
a NeqO York Gonspszs-
sion House Of a60uz a
hundrea Momsand dol
lars zOortA Of Nuns
Veilings ana Albatros
Cloth. ZHe.nearkett0r
them brovedsA07O. Most
merchants had gzUem
am6o2Kat19m @yaescs ! sf01
them and had similar
goods on hamA, khe-
z0eakher. zOas against
business, and no bmr-
chasers could be 10nma.
At last came zmStYMc-
koms 10 sell the entire
lot to the highest bid
der: The highest oHer|
q0as A0q0 em0mgh-the
cost OF the pods zOzzh-l
out any duties addea
SIMPLY. Ne haR6emed|
10 be IN Ne7O York
zOhem The sale zOas made
and the 6myer oHereato
sell us a portion at a
very small advamce.
The oHer qOas accebtea
by ztS and the goods are
here. These are the
particulars:
SO pieces Nuns
FEELING; A. zmchesl
zOlde, aHc0l0rs, at 37H |
cents a yard;; O0rmer
retail valme qOas 81 ~
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mg; A. inches q0lde, AL
c0A0rcs, a very tine amaE
zty, at soc a yara
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SO pieces ADahros
CH0kh, A. inches qOlde,
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N0rmer retail UaImel
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The goods are aAE
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by the test maker in
france and dyed 6y|
GmlMammek This IS
an Q1b0rtmm1ty q0AzeA
sh0uLd be taken advam-
tage Of quickly. AkHel
same. time zOe shall 0El
fer a large mmmber Of
6leces 0fdeslruble Dress
Goods ofVarzoms kinds,
much beL0zO value.
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A ChrIsofam mt the = heater.
from the Christian Union


A clergyman writes us: How far is it the
duty of the pastor to frown upon church so
cieties which are formed for elocution and
literary improvement if they tend to dramatic
performances2 A mother writes: My son is
very desirous to hear Booth; shall refuse
my consent or go with him and give him my
countsnance2 A young man writes: Is it
consistent for Christian ever to go to the
theater? I would like to see Irving; all my
comp panions are talking of him, but my pastor
thinks the thsater is wicked. 4 layman
writes: Our pastor has recently given a
Shakespearean reading; some of the church
think it wrong, and are distressed about it:
what do you think? We cannot answer these
questions categortcally. We cannot counsel
the Christian teachar-whether pastor or
parent-either to leave the drama alone or
to engage in a war of extermination against
it. He ought not to launch into indiscrini-
nate denunciations of the drama, because
such denunciations are unjust. The modern
drama is full of vices, but the drama is not
itself vice; and it is the business of the
Christian teacher to teach his hearers how to
distinguish between the thing and its acci-
dents; between art and its prostitution: be-
tween liter and its degradation; between
tho drama and its vices. He ought not to let
the drama alone because it is altogether too
important a factor in the moral life of his
people. especially of his young people. The
theater is to-day the most popular amuse-
ment of all orr great cities. Travelling COM
paules carry it from the great cities into all
the larger towns. There are some five
hundred OF these itinerate companies, The
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EXCLUSIVELY
DRY GOODS !.

As we carry On stock that
fs 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
titled i'm saying that we cam
at the present time show
ONE of the largest and best
lines of Dry Goods ever
shown In the city.
Our prices are unusually low for
the quality of goods shown. Every
thing is marked in plain figures,
and only one price.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1884-05-09

years experience. 1t has successfully reared more
children than all the other foods combined In cams
a5c, $50, 81 as and $1.76. WooLRICH co.,
rny2dAW Ina Palmer MAaE,
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1884-05-09

Ridges Food for In
fante and Invalids. The
most reliable substitute
at present known foE
mothers milk,and . sus-
tanning, strengthening
diet for fnvalidA. 1t Ia
nutritious, easily digest
ed and acceptable to the
most irritable stomach.
Its superiority to other
lsimtlar preparations
rests not only on scien-
ltific Analysis but on the
icrncica1 tent NJ Shirko
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The Fury of an Italian Mob.
The Curious way i'm Which They Tried
to Get Rain for Their Crops.

The Curious Way i'm Which They Tried
to Get Rain for Their Crops.
IFrom the Boston Berald
The long drought that has prevailed in
Southern Italy was beginning to work even
worse effects on the minds of the country
people than on the crops themselves. Irasci-
BILE and excitabls enough at best, such mig
gardly treatment at the hands of the heaven
" powers was fast exciting a revolutionary
fury that boded mischief OF the wrathful
temper growing ripe judge from the folio "
ing incident: A lady who has just come here
from Sicily told that in a village near
Vaormina, where she was staying, the peas
ants, in their despair, took out of the sacristy
an old and rather dilspidated image of the
virgin, and had il handsomely rsgilded, as
sho wing disposition on their part to do the
generous thing by her, and so make sure of
her help. Then, forming procession, men,
women and children went out to a neighbor-
ing hill the priests bearing the sacred image
under a canopy, and spent several hours IN
loud outcries for rain. The position was
favorable one for the blessed lady to see just
what the state of affairs was throughout the
whole parched and gaping surrounding
country, and to rob her of every excuse that
she had been shut up in the sacristy and
knew nothing about it. Then, the service
over all marched back to their homes, and
the venerated image was reverentially restored
to its placs.
The first day followed and still no rain,
then a second, then q third. This was too
much fer hpman patience, and when the
fourth day came, dry and arid as before, the
popular fury broke loose Storming the
sacristy, the cruel image was torn down,
rope tied round its neck, and then dragged
for two hours through every dirty street of
the village, the children hooting, the dogs
barking, and the men and women heaping
blows and imprecations on it AS a final
mark of hatred, swampy place was sought
out, in which little water remained and in
to this was thrown the hard hearted and un-
grateful lady. All were determined on one
point, namely. to give her soak, even if she
would not give them one in turn, and to let
the heavenly powers understand, SO far as
kicks and curses would express it. just what
the inhabitants of that village thought of
them. Strange enough, the day after this
outbreak of fury rain actually fell. Then an
equal action toward remorse set in. The
image was reverentially taken out of the
ditch, money raised to repair and regiId it,
and service of thanksgiving offered for its
celestial aid.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-08-15

Lieut. VIM. II. jacques ordered to
temporary duty with the Ordnance
Committee, of which Senator j. X.
IIawley is chairman.
Lieut.. l.. l.. Reamy ordered to
duty at the naval observatory Sep
tember |.
Passed Assistant Engineer L. w.
Wooster ordered to the Passaic.
Passed Assistant Engineer A F.
Dixon ordered to special duty in the
bureau of steam engineering.
Assistant Engineer J. b. Wilmer
ordered to the Yantic, Goth inst.
Ensign Hero Taylor detached from
the naval observatory, 18th inst, and
ordered to the training ship New
Hampshire, 18th inst.
Assistant Paymaster j. G. Kerr
detached from the naval station Port
Royal, goth inst, and ordered to set
tie accounts and wait orders.
The Navy Department is Informed
that the IT, S. s. Powhatan was ex.
pected to sail on the both of July for
New York from Lisbon, arriving 0e.
tween the Goth and 25th of August.
Naval Cadet John 7. McMillen. OF
the 2nd class, has been granted leave
of absence, with permission to visit
his home, in California; and Naval
Cadet j. j. Welcb, has returned from
his sick leave.