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Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1884-05-03


There are faults of style perceptible, no
doubt, in poets of real greatness. Words
worth's, for instance, are vexatious to the
most loyal and thankful student in no small
degree; but they are such faults as are pos
sible to a great poet in moments of great
perversity; Byron's, most distinctly, are not
His lava Ekisses and his baby earthquakes
bis walls which have scalps, and pinnacle
those scalps (was ever such jolter-headed
jargon heard before, from Redlam or Parnas.
sus?) in cloud less thick than the confusion
of such chaos of false images; his stormy
nights that are lovely in their strength as is
of all things on earth-the light Of woman's
dark eye, or dark eye in woman; his day
that dies like dolphin; his ''gFecer's shop
kept by one Nightingale''-as Landor in
geniously expounded the long insoluble
oonundrum with which the bride of Abydos"
coufronts all .comers on the threshold; these
and other such hideous absurdities as these
oblige us to reconsider the question, whether
the generation of our fathsrs may net have
been right after oil In deciding-as we know
from SO illustrious Spokesman as Thaokeray
that his young contemporaries, in the fresh
ness of their enthusiasm for Wordsworth,
Keats, and the rising star of Tennyson, did
most enthusiastically and vehemently decide
that this idol of our grsndfathezs or grand
mothers could maintain no higher title to
fame than one whioh is the appanage of
evers successful press man or improvisatore
the title of a very clever man. One thing is
very oertain no man with a touch of true
spiritual instinct could have perpetrated such
monstrous stupidities. The perpetrator had
fancy, Wit, fire, natural and ertifcial, with
very remarkable energy and versatility, but
in all the composition Of bis highly composite
nature there was neither a note of real music
nor gleam of real Imagination. If these
certainly rather considerable defects are held
sufficient to deprive man of all claim to
the title OF post, then undoubtedly Byron is
no more poet than any one of the tribe of
ounces decimafed by Pope. But the came
may be said of Pope himself, and the present
writer at lsast is not WoEdsworthian enough
to insist, In the name of critical accuracy,
that the title OF poet-"with differerce"-
may not be granted to the authors of Don
Juan" and the 'sRape of the Lock"
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1884-05-03
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Saturday. May B. 1884.
TIE BLAINE oUE1TTOW


Mr.. Blaine's boom has received bad ''set-
back'' from the revival of the old charges
against him, whish revival has been most
vigorously fostersd by the New York Even
ing Post. The Post Is not missing any
chances in its endeavor to show that Blaine
is not fit man for the Republican party to
place at its hesd in the coming campaign.
The Chicago Tribune commented very Sc
Herely upon the Posts attack upon
Blaine, alleging that it was t'false and mali
cious, " prompted by mali ce." and t'devoid
of common justioa." The Post vary neatly
turns the tables on the Tribune by referring
to the files of the Tribune for 1875 and show
ing that when the Blaine investigation was
fresh, and at the very time when the testi-
mony was coming out, and even after it had
been brought to close by Mr.. Blaine's ILL
ness, the Tribune held precisely the same
view of the moral character of Blaine's trans
actions that the Post holds. and precisely the
same view of the disastrous eject his nomtna-
ton would have upon the party in Presi-
Dental campaign.
On the 18th of June, 1876, the Tribune
felt afraid that Blaine would be nominated in
spite of the repeated warnings against such q
proceeding which it had given. It dwelt
upon the folly of nominatinga candidate who
would have to be defended by the party
from the opening to the closing of the CAM
paign." No matter what platform the party
might adopt, it said, ''the only platform
which viii figure before the people will be
Mr. Blaine's own platform. written by him
self in his sales of stocks. and his correspond
ence with Fisher, to which several letters,
not yet published. have to be added" II
considered the nomination of Mr.. Blaine 'san
attempt to assassinste the Republican party"
Such a nomination would be ''the act of
Machine politicians who prefer that the par
ty and the country shall both persih rather
than their corrupt and oorrupting control
shall be broken and Overthrown."
Thus the fight goes on. It will be interest
ing to see what the Tribune will have to say
in reply to this knock-doWn blow. Is is
difficult to see how it can say anything with
6ut making matters worse then they are
now
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1884-05-03
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cial arm" Decker says he has a little pain
In his arms now and then, particularly in wet
weather, but that he never lost a nights
sleep over them from the day they were lost.
There is also an employe of the House-a
doorkeeper also-who had beth legs shot off
in the battle of Yorktown, ia 1852 His
name Is Fernando Rage. He uses cork legs
and canes, but he cannot get about to do
great deal, SO he is stationed at the west gal
lery door. He says that he did not feel any
pain to speak Of when he lost his legs, but
that the stumps had to be Rmputatsd three
times before they were all right. He has no
pain from them now at all. He and Decker
have become quite ''ohummy" through the
similarity of their misfortunes and their
present occupation, and they are often to be
seen together. They say also that they have
an old army friend in Minnesota who lost
both legs and 10th arms in the war. He of
and the government % psvs % him ina e"n n.nsiop ps; Of
one hundred dollars per month.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1884-05-03
Taking Care of New Dresses.

tFrom the Boston Press.1
There is an old proverb that says lady il
always to be known by her boets and gloves
Quite Crucial test Is the faculty of taking
goo0 care of her costumes, and one that quite
as distinctly marks the well-bred lady. Any
ons can buy an elegant wardrobe if she have
to keep it fresh and dainty requires some
thing more than a check-book. OF keeping
nice dresses, q lady writes:
t'Eaeh dress should have its own wrap or
cover to keep 1t from chafng or fading
Take fine, firm cotton cloth, something over
yard wide, cut it into squares, then hem
and wash tbs squares. They should be fine,
take no room and weigh little; firm, to keep
away from dust; hemmed that you may keep
the same side next the silk, and washed, to
do away with the bleaching chemical g. which
are liable to change the color of t1e silk.
Fold the bottom of the train back and forth
in about eighteen or twenty-three inch folds
SO as to fix the box you have for it. The
bottom now being all together you will cover
it with small cloth or towel to keep the
dusty train from rubbing against the cleaner
parts of therobe; roll the wholedress loosely to
the size and shape of the box, lay it upon the
white cloth and fold the corners of the same
over the top of the package and place it in
the box. Now loosen the roll and adjust it
to its space so as to favor any delicate or
easily crushed portion of the dress-as Medici
collars, flower garniture, embroidery, etc.
relieving crowded places and distributing
the thick and thin spot. When you come to
use the robe shake it out and you will find it
in good condition. The fold of a dress or
shawl will often work up between the trays
of boxes and by motion of cars, wagons, ETC.,
get ohafed into holes. To avoid THU pin the
cloth over it 80 it cannot jut over the box.
To pack laces, fold them in blue tissue paper
or soft linen, because white paper contains
bleaching acids and discolors and decays the
ribbon or lace The same is true of white
shoes and gloves, and especially of silver or
naments. The latter, though worn every
evening, retain their purity and brillianoy for
months if if kept closely in blue
tissue paper. Shoes and slippers should
never be folded together without cloth or
paper between them, as tho sole of one soils
the upper of the other. Put one in cloth,
turn it over and then add the other.
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4 Life, and oandle-snds and blubber will form

of life, and candle-ends and blubber will form
no part of their diet while the ships are
above water. A famous restauratsur has
cooked and canned the most unusual supply
Of terrapin, and Chanlberlain's feat of send
ing eight buckets of terrapin stew to San
Francisco is distanced by this introduction of
this diamond back to the Arctic circle.
Housekeepers will be glad to know that the
the teTrRpin 10 stewed with all the spices and
wine that regularly accompanies it, then
scald dramatically and kept on ice until ready
for use. When these ships reach the icy seas
the cook win chop out the frozen terrspin,
warm it up. add little more cherry and
make those waits believe for the moment
that they are back in the dear elub-houses
again. For this reason many people regard
the whole relief expedition as a pleasant
summer picnic for the carpet knights, who
win be back by cold weather and ready again
to lead the German.
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PolftfcalNickrames.

The following are the political nicknaaes
for the people of the different states:
Alabama, lizard; Arkansas, toothPick;
California, gold hunter; Colorado, rovers,
Connscticut, wooden nutmeg; Delaware, blue
hens chickens; Florida, fly up the creeks;
Georgia. crackers; Illinois, suckers; Indiana,
hoosisrs; Iowa, hawkeyes; Kansas, jackhawk-
ers; Kentucky, corn crackers; Louisiana,
crsoles; Maine, foxes; Maryland, craw thunp-
ers; Michigan, wolverines; Minnesota, gophers;
Mississippi. tadpolss; Missouri, pukes; Ne
braska, bug eaters; Nevada, stage hens; New
Hampshire, granite boys; New Jersey, blues
or clam catchsrs; New York, kAickerbockers;
North Garolina, tar boilers and tuckoes; Ohio,
buckeyes; Oregon, web fost and hard cases;
Pennsylvania, leather heads and Pennantes;
Rhode Island. gun hints; South Carolina,
weaselB; Tennessee, whelps; Texas, beef
heads; Vermont, Green EaouhtaIn boys; Vir-
ginia, beadles; and Wisconsin, badgers.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1884-05-03
The Greely Relief Picnic.
rrra,o wasb;ro&o-, .4+.-

In secret girls toiled over knit comferters
for the dandy officers, and sristlets and other
soiaces Of an Aro.ic climate, and the heroes
were as well supplied with slippers and fancy
work tribes as a young minister. The ships
are provisioned with no end of substantiaIs
By the government. and in addition each
mess has laid in an abundance of the luxuries
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1884-05-03

Mr.. TiIden has not yet Withdrawn from
the Presidential contest, and does not seem
to be in any Immediate danger Of dying. Il
is about time for another letter from him to
show that sven If his bedy is little weak
his mind is still streRR.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1884-05-03
EEsETOIslAL NUIkS.

are nineteen Thousand more boys than
girls.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1884-05-03

One of New Haven's burning questions
namely, the soldiers monument question
has been settled. Those who never expected
to live to see it settled will have to confess
that they miscaieulated the power of New
Haven to deal with great questions.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1884-05-03

In these days of fading margins and failing
dividends the attractions of real estate as an
investment become prominent. An illuatra=
ton of what good Investment in real estate
may amount to is furnished by lot on Wall
street, New York. eighteen feet by sixty eight
feet, which was bought in 1903 for SO, ,750.
In 1862 building was put ap at cost Of
$12, 600, which has ever since rented for 412,.
900 to $16, 900 year Il has been, until
a few days, owned by the same family all
these years. Last week they sold it and re-
ceiyed for the property $500, 900.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1884-05-03

Reform is making great progress in Phila-
delphia. Two policemen of that city have
been fined one dollar each for gossiping and
flirting with servant girls.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1884-05-03
JNAsc,r,,&@
DRESS GOODS.

Sometime a go u
,1rencA manufacturer
made a consignment 10
a NezV York Commits
sion H0mse 0f ab0WE a
hmndrea th0mSama dol
lars qO0rth Of Nuns
Veilings ana Albatros
Cloth. The ma1ket10r
them br0vedsAoq0. Most
merchants had gzvem
IMPORTATION orders for
them and had similar
goods on hand, the
qOeakher 7OaS against
business, and no bmr
cAasers could be 10mmG.
At last came znstrWc-
homS TO sell the entire
lot to the highest bid
der: The highest oHerI
qOas Ao7V emomgh-Me
cost OF the goods zy1zh-
out any dmhes aaaed
simply. We haR6ened
10 be IN NeqO York
zOhem The sale zOas made
and The bmyer oNeredho
sell us a portion at a
very small advauce.
The 0Her 70aS accebtea
by MS and the goods are
here. These are Me
particulars:
50 pieces Nuns
Yelling; A. inches
qOlde, aHc0A0rs, at 37H
cents a yurd;' Oormer
retail Ualme zOas 62 H)I
50 PCS Nuns Vell
mg, AZ inches 7O1de, aH
c0Zors, a 1enyH fine qmaE
zty, at soc a gard;
Go1mer retail vaIme
q0as 85c.)
so pieces AI1atros
Cloth, A inches qOlde,
aHc0A0rs, 62 Hc gard;
G0rmer retail 0alme
7OaS 81.
The goods are aA
z0o0k, and zOere made
by tie test maker IN
france and dyed by
GmzAAammek: THIS IS
an 0bbor'tmmzty a0hzch
should be taken adam
tage QfqmlckN. AtMe
same time zOe shall 0fGI
fer q large number g.E
pieces 1deslra6e Dress
Goods of Uarzoms kinds,
much beAozO UaIzbe.
T. ". ADAM G. co.
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Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1884-05-03

The death rate in England for ths Arst
quarter of the year was remarkably low, the
rate for London being 20.4 per 1,o00. and
for the whole of England and Wales about
1911. The mean annual death rate in Eng
land and Wales during the corresponding
three months for the ferty-six gears that sta
tistios cover has been "a per 1000, so that
the rate for January, February and March
was more than fifth below the average. The
exceptionally mild weather of the winter had
much to do with this reduction, but large
share of it is doe to the more thorough en-
foreement of better sanitary regulations
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1884-05-03

Philadelphia lawyers are sometimes puz-
zied, but they usually charge what their
services are worth, and get it, too. + is re-
lated that Philadelphia lawyer undertook
on Eshalf of the city to negotiate the pur-
chase of the Kensington and Oxford turnpike
at cost not to exceed $4,000. Then he
went to the turnpike company and got from
them-they were most anxious to sell-sn
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-03-21
ANoruEa ARKANSAs AFFAIR.

Old bow-legged Jake, colored man
of high standing and extreme blackness,
entered the County Clerks office and
said:
"Boss, I wants a par OBJ marriage
license. Use ole man, but Use gwine
ter marry one oh de youngest gals in dis
community"
"Have the parents of the girl any OBJ
jecIions to the marriage?" asked the
Clerk, hesitating as to whether or not
the license should be issued.
"Hit doan' seem so ter me-" replied
Jake.
"Did you ask the old mans consent?"
"No, sah."
"fTow do you know, then, that he does
not obiect?"
"Well, yer see I has been a calm on
de young lady for some time, an las
night de ole man come in, tuck down q
army gun an said dat he reckoned me
an Liddy aughter git married. Dis
mornin' he comes ODER ter my house wild
de gun an SAID suthin' about my goin'
at once an gettin' de liscense. 1 tole
him dat 1 had a wife somewhat in de
country, but he cooked de ole gun an
looked so sad like, dat I struck trot fur
dis office"
"If you have a living wife, old man,
can't issue a license"
"But, boss, dis is one OBJ desc hear
stringent cases. De fodder of de gal is
stNndin' out at the corner OBJ de house
wild that army gun. It's better, boss,
for man to hab two libin' wives den it
is fur oman ter hab one dead husband"
Finally the old man with the gun was
induced to come into the Office and ex-
plain. "Well, yer see, boss" he said,
"ole Jake hab been burnin' my oil an
wearin' out de bottoms of my chairs long
enough. He's been eatin' at my house
morn year, courtin' my gal, an now
1 wants him 10 board de gal awhile. Ef
he don't III hab to injur him." After a
while, however, the old man agreed that
if Jake would pay him SIS the affair would
be settled without marriage. The
money was paid over, and the two men
contemplate establishing a catfish res
taurant. -ArkanSaS Gazette.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-03-21
ANIMALS AND TIME,

1t seems evident that some animals at
least know when Sunday comes. A
friend of mine has dog who always
runs with the wagon. On week days
the wagon turns to the right from the
gate and goes down to the factory. On
Sunday it turns to the left, and goes to
church. The dog runs ahead on Sun
day he turns to the left, and no intima-
ton is given. Six days the sagacious
animal runs in advance to the factory.
Even the horse understands the day as
well as the way to church. No one that
.ias passed week day in Venice will
nave failed to see the pigeons fed at the
hour Of noon. More than 100 of these
little birds have come at noon for their
food. They never mistake the hour.
When the bell of st. Marks begins to
clang out the hour of noon, not bird
can be seen; before the bell ceases the
air will be black, and doves by the hun
dred fly to the windows. On Sunday
no grain is given. The old bell jars out
IL o'clock, but no birds appear. They
can count-they know when Sunday
mes.-EGchange.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-03-21

When Auerbach, the German novel;
list, was young man he was persuaded
to try his luck in lottery. He dreamed
that II, 586 was the lucky number. He
discovered that this had been in the pos
session of rich family, who had played
with it for sixty years, and who, al
though it had drawn nothing, would not
part with it. The agent offered him IT,
$50 and II ,5S7, which, in spite OF warn
ing that a refusal of tickets under such
circumstances was unlucky, Auerbach
refused, and from package of tickets
drew No. l. No. l won nothing but
1855 came out with the capital prize
of 100000 Prussian dollars. Auerbach
never afterward permitted himself to
be tempted.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-03-21
81 had supposed" the proprietor re.

81 had supposed, the proprietor re.
marked, "that the General was more Of
q gentleman than to- But just then he
thought of the enye ofe deposited with
him, opened it, found money enough to
more than meet the Generals board bill
and bury him, and corrected himself.
/" Yes, he was, he was perfect gentle
man and that was the verdict OF all.
Down to tho raggedest boot-hlack
about the hotel, up and over many states
to the wisest and best men who knew
him, everywhere the same phrase sealed
and silenced al comment "What
gentleman he was with it all perfect
gentleman"
But I feel that what I have said of him
cannot be understood; You had to know
the General yourself Like dodo and
apteryx he belongs to an extinct species.
You would search his own habitat to-day
in vain to find his like. The very type
has persisted He was far, very far from
being good man, and yet, with every
body else, liked him, fear, so very
much more than l did some who, in GER
tain respects, were as saints in compari.
son. l am aware that l should be
ashamed of myself, but at this moment
the tears como 10 my eyes as l think Of
him; l cannot help it;-Congrcgation
aliSt.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-03-21

THE New York Court OF Appeals mas
decided in favor of the legality of the
marriage contracted by the late VIM. r.
Efynes, wealthy citizen, with Mrs.
May T. Saunders in 1871, while in Lon
don. He gave her ring in the pres
ence of witnesses, and told her he would
recognize her as his lawful wife so long
as she remained true and honest
woman. He repeated the ceremony
while crossing the channel, and repeated
his declaration in France. She remained
with him up to his death, in 1874; but
the sisters of Mr.. Hynes refused to
recornize her OF her children as legal
heirs, and litigation ensued as to the
validity of the marriages. The decision
of the Court of Appeals confirms the
decisions of the two lower courts, and
the sisters of the deceased will have to
vacate the property owned by their de-
ceased brother, and account for the
profits derived from the estate since his
death.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-03-21
FEMALE DRUMMERS.

All the devices OF drumming up trado
through the country have been tried
over and over again by our metropolitan
merchants, with an ingenuity and liber.
ality that have resulted in great Gnan.
cial gains and booming sale Of goods
each season. The travelling business,
however, has been rather overdone the
past two seasons. Every small concern
has its five OF SIX commercial travellers
roaming through the country Low, AMI
the novelty has quite worn OIL this
branch. The drummers sUur!n ubou.
the offices of merchants throughout the
country in such numbers now, and the
rivalry has become SO fierce, that the
business men find them great bore,
and have taken lately to the heroic policy
of showing them the door and rudely
slamming it in their faces. 1t will not
take long, at this rate, to bring the bus
mess of drumming up trade into such
disrepute that it will be worse than use
less to engage in it at all.
In their dilemma they are prudently
casting about for some means of adding
fuel to their fire or of reviving tho al
most defunct spirit of the palmy days
! Just after the war, when a drummer had
only to take fine quarters in q first-class
hotel, and get all the merchants in the
town boiling drunk, to be able to rake in
the orders for goods at the rate of cool
couple of thousand dollars q lick. Two
great firms, at least, in New York city,
think they have hit upon tile very idea.
They have each taken two of their
youngest, best-looking and checklist
salesladies, ana sent them out ON the
road with samples to work up the trade,
which, under the old system of drum.
ming, was fast slipping away from them.
The success of the ladies has been quite
phenomenal. We are informed that
hardly in single instance have they
failed to secure large orders from the re,
calcitrant merchants who have gone back
on the drummers of the bifurcated gar
ments. Surely the astute tradesmen Of
Gotham are ahead when it comes to the
ways and means of securing and hold
ing trade. -1riGme and Farmer.