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Morning journal and courier., 1884-12-22
THAWED OUT

Howe1ls is to write comedy on the smok- ing car. Here is title for him: G 'Tis true 'tis spitty and spitty 'tis, 'tis true. .'-Boston Courier.
 Don't fret if you cannot get into society. The oyster is often present at a supper when he would perhaps prefer to be at home in his bed.-Boston Courier.
 A Kansas prohibitionist wants maple sugar included in the list of intoxicating drinks, because it is 8 product of the flowing bole.-Burlington Free Press.
 f'Who was it that said it was not good for man to be alone?" asked @ Sunday school teacher of his class. A bright boy answered. ''Daniel, sir, when in the lions den."
 A little girl objected to being an angel be- cause she then would have to give up all her pretty playthings and fine dresses to wear feathers like hen.-Waterloo Observer.
 A fashion paper says Skeleton bonnets are all the rage.' The husband is the one who performs the ''rage" act when he is call ed upon to pay small fortune for the ghost of 8 hat.-New York Journal.
 ''The secret of long life is to keep nov ing" says philosopher. We know families who move every year but although their con stitutions not shattered, most of their mirrors are.-Philadelphia Call.
 personal item informs us that s'Victor Hugo mostly goes to bed on a cracker and a herring" A funny notion, that. If the cracker should get mashed and scatter itself, Victor would be apt to pass very restless night.-Norristown Herald.
 'T hope you maintain family altar at your home, said the parson, "and have reg ular prayers morning and evening"" EsWell, yes, I did have lem for awhile" replied the backslider; ''but finally quit I was afeard I was making myself obnoxious. "-Boston Transcript.
 'FWhen you go to bed you should always hang up your watch. It is better for it, re- marked Wilson to his son recently. The next night he asked the young man what time it was. E'I don't know" replied the youth. 'fWhere is your watch?" ''I hung it up, sir."-New York Graphic.
 Only youth-but he stood out there
 In spite of the wind and the biting air
 That stung like bee and cut like knife
 And he really appeared a thing of life.
 Only a whistle-loud and shriIl-
 Which weS executed with a will
 And seemed to exhaust the oxygen
 Which that gentle youth had stored within.
 Only window-overhead,
 Which opened fast and exposed a head
 That was banged before and curled behind,
 AS if to confine it's owners mind.
 Only 6 girl but she slipped belowe
 To pass with the youth an hour or SO,
 And list to the words of love intense
 And some gush, if it so pleased providence.
 Only boot-of dimensions fair
 But it made the sweet youth soar in air;
 And youth and cane and a pomade scent
 '-ie. All 0-'e 9''>- New York Journal
Morning journal and courier., 1884-12-22
The Wet Man and the Dry Woman
 


 Behold these two-the wet man and the dry woman-alone in the gloaming. HNoble lady, he exclaimed, laying his dripping head upon her shoulder and permitting her arm to encircle his waist, 1.-the life you have saved is mine."
 'Is tyours,' you mean doubtless, replied the lady; ''that is the regular formula"
 'sThat is what said, D he remarked; lit is mine''
 The lady regarded him for moment with look of pain and distrust. 'We do not seem to understand one an other, but your idea doubtless Bis that hay ing saved your life, you will devote it to mak ing me happy-you will give yourself to me in marriage"
 s'Are those your terms 2" asked the rescued Algernon Augustus Dehoward coldly. HThat," said she with stony stare, is tht usual price" He pulled aside his obscuring forelocki dashed the sea water from his eyes and at tentiveIy considered her. He walked around her and prospected her with the skill of aI expert. He measured her back, ,thumped hel chest; wiping her face with his damp sleeve he inspected the wipe. He ran his fingers through her hair and tried the stanchness ot her teeth. Then he paled with a desperate purpose, cast his eyes upon the beautiful world and the glad blue sky above, and witt sigh of everlasting regret, said in low but firm tone: "Put me back in the water!"
 
 She mt him back in the water.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-12-22

ribly. But the profession has about run its race. In ten years the dictionary makers will put the stereotyped word obsolete after the noun tmillstone' Modern inventions have regulated the time-honored millstone to oblivion. New processes have been discover ed for extracting the wheat from flour, be- side which the millstone has no show"
 The young man began to grow interested. He drew his companion into the doorway of little switch shanty, secured permission for the two to sit down for moment before the fire, and asked him to continue.
 Nowadays" said the old man, ''wheat is crushed between rollers, and the flour pro- duced is much superior to the old make. Then, too the bran that was once thought to be worthless, is now sifted by a new pro cess, and quality of four is separated that is worth forty to fifty cents more per sack than the common variety. You have heard that the best part of potato lay just beneath the skin. Recent scientific experiments have shown that it is true of all vegetables, espec- ially the wheat This suggested the construc- tion of sieve that would separate the little particles of the kernel that cling to the shuck when it has been broken up and ground to pieces. It was successful, and the flour secured in this way, while small in quantity, is of superior quality. This latter process was only made possible by the new method of grinding wheat that has been generally adopted by all the large mills in the country But in the meantime my occupation has been gradually undermined. Once in while l have a call to go somewhere in the country to dress stone, but it is very seldom.
 E'Most of the mi1lstones in use in this country are of French burr, silicious rock containing many small, rough cavities, and requiring less preparation than a perfectly plain stone It is quarried in the geological basin known as the Paris basin A quarry has been worked for many years in the valley Of ho CavaTnah river ahO11f 70D miles from the city of Savannah, and the quantity of the stone secured is said to be almost equal to those produced in France. The lower stone has generally a smooth grinding surface. The moving stone is hollowed toward the center to allow the material ground to flow freely between the grinding surfaces. The faces of both stones have to be cut with straight grooves in the direction inclined radii. The edges of the grooves are thus given 8 cutting action somewhat resembling that of scissors blades, and tendency to force the grain outward toward the circum- ference is secured, this accelerating the feed ing and avoiding choking. To do this work perfectly requires enormous amount of practice, and an apprentice must serve four or five years on cheap stones before he is al lowed to touch the most valuable ones. Ma chimes were once invented to do the cutting. but they were not success. It was hard business to learn, and in it's day was very profitable. Modern innovations, however, have no sympathy for workingmen, and in ten years it is doubtful if there will be millstone in use in this country"
Morning journal and courier., 1884-12-22
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Some of the British journals do not like the Nicaragua treaty, but fortunately it does not make any difference whether they like it or whether they don't.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-12-22
LOST ART.

Lament or Am old Mi11vright = How
 The HEfI1stone Has Keen Relegated
 Out Of Use.
 From the Cleveland Leader.l
 A number of heavy white millstenes were piled up on one of the docks along the river yesterday, They were consigned to some in terior towns forty or fifty miles from the city, and were of the style, make and finish 90 long in use. An old man, with slouehed hat pulled down so far over his face that his small, fast blinking eyes were almost hid from view, stood little ..way back on the wharf and talked to a young man he had halted and asked for match. "Millstones have pretty nearly gone out of date, said he with half mournful air, ttand with them have gone the occupation have followed for thirty years. See here," and the old man crowded his hat on the back part of his head and lifted his face for the first time into plain sight. It was pitted all over with number less ugly dimp1es, depressions, and cut, and looked as if he might some day have had the smallpox.
 tsDo you know how that was done?' he asked. The young man did not know. By niekino rnillstones," was the quickly volun- teered information. ttNo one who has ever followed the business of giving those stones that keen cut texture that enables them to crush and grind grain can escape these cuts and scars Why, my face is literally filled with the little particles of steel and stone, and my eyes have seasons of paining me ter
Morning journal and courier., 1884-12-22
NEW HAVEN CONN.

veterate pipe-smoker from boyhood The case deserves investigation as contribution
 to the annals of longevity.
 That was a fine victory for the cause of ed ucation which was won in the South Carolina legislature the other day. One of the Bour- bons tried to push through the House a
 scheme for cutting down one-half of the ap- propriation annually made for the State uni versity. The friends of popular education promptly came to the rescue of the institu-
 tion, their most eloquent spokesman being ex-Attorney General Youmans. The matter and the manner alike of his speech deserves
 the heartiest praise. He said that he stood
 there as the advocate of every poor boy in
 the State; the rich could take care of them
 selves and make their choice of colleges, but the poor could find their means of education only in the State institution. He went on as follows: Education was what made the rock bound coast of Massachusetts to blos-
 som as the rose. South Carolina could fol
 low no better example. South Carolina
 might as well write Ichabod upon the walls of it's temples of learning" When it came
 to vote, the reaetionists were beaten by
 the overwhelming majority of 76 to 29 At 8 recent meeting of the Neurological
 society Dr. c. L. Dana read an interesting
 paper on spinal eoncussion and it's results
 He thought the fact was now established
 that railway accidents produce severe shocks
 to the nervous system which impair it's ac- tivity and sometimes cause hysteria The
 sufferers are sometimes as much injured as
 though they had lost limb or actually in
 jured the spinal cord. The trouble is to de- ternine how ill such people are, how much they are shamming, how much the prospect of damages affects them, and how many are predisposed to disease, for a road cannot be called to account because it does not provide perfectly for valetudinarians. The term spinal eoncussion was, the doctor thought, a misleading and often incorrect one-nen- tai shock and physical bruising expresses the idea better. The prospect of partial recov- cry from these shocks to the system is good, but not so good as regards complete recovery. Concussion of the cord alone, followed by temporary loss of function or by myelitis, does occur in some instances.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-12-22
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Morning journal and courier., 1884-12-22

This is the third or fourth time Kossuth
 has had the pleasure of reading his own obi
 tuaries. But as he is now over eighty years old it is not probable that he will last much longer.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-12-22

Another fight over. the Derby railroad scheme in the board of councilmen this evening. Those who are standing by the interests of the taxpayers in this matter de- serve the gratitude of those whom they rep resent It is quite possible that those who are not may find that their action will turn out to be boomerang
Morning journal and courier., 1884-12-22

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Morning journal and courier., 1884-12-22

out to be boomerang.
 The carpet-making business is very exten- sive in Philadelphia. There are ITO estab
 ishments, and their average annual output is g, ,OOO, 900 yards. They give employment to $500 hands. Ten years ago the price of the best ingrain carpets at the factory ruled at $1 .05 per yard, shading off into the lower grades. On the day preceding the recent strike the price was from 55 to 60 cents at the factory. These are the prices fixed by the manufacturers who sell to the retail trade. The prices to jobbers, of course, are lower Most of these factories are now idle.
 The women students of Girton and Newn- ham colleges, England, have shown such in terest in scientific research, that number received from them to the payment of de- monstrators for their special benefit. Labor atories have been established and worked for the same object. Some of the advanced students have distinguished themselves by original research and have made contribu- tions to the Cambridge Philosophical society and to well known scientific journals. One student of Newnham college gained more marks than any of her msle competitors in the last natural sciences tEipog. There are 30 scientific students at Newnham and near ly as many at Girton.
 There is lively old man named Frederick Weigmann in Cincinnati, who is said to have lived 105 years. He is said to have served twenty-three years in the German army, and bears deep scar on his head, the result of wound inflicted by 8 French sabre at Waterloo. Strange to say, he did not leave Germany till he was ninety, and though he 1 has been in this country for fifteen years, he
 has made no attempt to learn the English lan= guage. He came over with his two children,
 with one of whom, daughter, he now re-
 sides, and he feels bound to live long enough
 to bury them. In height the old man is only a trif1e over four and g half feet, and he
 weighs about ninety pounds. He is remark
 ably well preserved, and takes short walks, and goes on errands with the aid of cane. Though he has not drunk glass of intoxica- l ing liquor for fifty years. he has been an in-
Morning journal and courier., 1884-12-22

A gentleman of this city had his hand
 frost-bitten Saturday morning and fell down in the nice warm slush Sunday afternoon. Such is life in the glorious climate of New
 England.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-12-22
E. |. WASHBURN. We have now in our show cases and are 6ailJ opening new goods for the
 HOLIDAY SEASON. Consisting in part of
 Opera and Field Glasses,

Fancy Thermometers, Pocket Compasses, Ear Trumpets and Conversation Tubes of the latest pat terms.
 Gold Spectacles and Eye Glasses mounted to or der at an hours notice
 Choice Leather and Plush Goods. Jewel Boxes, Work BSxes, Glove and Handkerchief Cases, Dress ing Cases and Mirrors in great variety, Ink Wells, Portfolios Side Books Letter Books, Purses, Match Safes, Calendars, Pocket F1asks, Whisk Broom Cases, Game Boxes, Cigar and Cigarette Cases. Pic nic Cases and Drinking Cups.
 TOILET SUNDRIES-Ivory, Celuoid and Solid Back Hair, Cloth, Tooth and Nail Brushes, single and in sets; Cut Glass Bottles. Odor Stands and Cases. Imported and Domestic Soaps, Handker- chief Extracts and Toilet Waters, Shaving Cups, Lather Brushes Razors, Pocket Knives Nail Scfss- ors, Puffers and Powders Nail Sets and Manicure Goods of every description from the best makers. All our goods are selected with care and bought for cash from the best sources at bottom prices; marked without waiting for them to become shop wornl at prices which should move every piece be- fore the season closes,
Morning journal and courier., 1884-12-22

veterate pipe-smoker from boyhood. The case deserves investigation as contribution to the annals of longevity.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-09-17
BUSINESS.

There is ne good ground for distrust in
business circles, albeit commercial failures
and heavy decline in nearly all commo-
aities are apt to produce feeling of suspicion
and uneaslness. 1t is clear that all strictly
legitimate enterprises are rock.rooted, so to
speak, and it is only those possessed of a
speculative disposition that are in any way
affected by what is termed overproduction,
which is but another name for speculation.
An insane desire to become suddenly rich
seems to have taken possession of good
many business men in the past few years,
and the very liberal offsrings of specula.
tive railway and mining stocks and
bonds, with their seductive promises of fab
ulous fortunes, have exerted powerful in
fUence for evil among this class in the busi-
ness world. insomuch that the wrecks of
business enterprises can be seen on every
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-09-17

cloths of 100000. If we assume that the
tariff of 70 DER cent. on wooden cloths ad-
vances the price of the home product fifteen
cents per yard, the tax amounts to the sum
of $4,000 year. If we were to take into
consideration women's and children's wooden
dress goods, upon which the tariff tax is 20
per cent, the showing would be equally as
founding, and the same would hold good in
ready made clothing, upon which the tariff
tax is Sc per cent. There is not an intelli-
gent dealer in the State who is not willing
to admit that the tariff is a tax upon the ar
ticle protected, and there is not a single In
stance where the facts do not apply. This
being the ease, the demand is that the tariff
tax upon the essentials of life shall be res
duced, in the interest of the Government and
M QOneumprg
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-09-17
Resentment of the BIeines.

Washington Letter to the Philadelphia Pressl
It is well known in Washington among
those well acquainted with the present Sec.
Tetsry of State and his family and Mr. Blaine
and his, that the latter have never felt kindly
towards the former since Mr.. Frelinghuysen
succeeded Mr.. Blaine rs Secretary of State
Neither Mr.. or Mrs. Blaine have ever. as the
writer knows, taken the slightest pains to
conceal this ill-feeling Mrs. Blaine is al
ways especially frank in mentioning openly
her dislike of any one. More than one per
son who was at q dinner given in January
1889, by President Arthur to members of
his cabinet and q few Others has
told me how openly both Mr. aad
Mrs. Blaine, who were preseDt
showed that they felt sggrieved with
President Arthur and also with Mr.. Blaine's
!. h ccessor as head of the Departmental State.
q dinner occurred not long after the sue
AcesSlon had been effected Mr.. Blaine sat
opposite the President, and the latter, with
an evident desire to make himself agreeable
to Mr.. Blaine, addressed him several times
across the table as Mr.. Secretary" The
first time he did it Mr.. Blaine, as my inform
ant, who was present, said, looked annoyed.
and, when it was repeated, said TO the lady
next him: IF he calls me that again I'll
take him up" "Oh. DON'T" pleaded the
lady; don't notice it." But, deaf to her
wise counsel, Mr.. Blaine. the next time the
President called him Mr.. Secretary" cleo
trihed the whole community by exclaim-
ing with acrimony: "How can you call me
by that title, of which you have deprived
meW With colsummate tact the President
answered: "Oh, ! thought once a Secretary,
always a Secretary-like once a General, al
ways General once Governor, always a
Governor" But even this diplomatic re-
ply did not dissipste the unpleasant feeling,
and more than one who was present has said
to the writer: ct was the most uncomfort-
Oh 4, I - r.
and Mrs. Blaine's evident desire to make il
So"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-09-17
Indiana Inventors.

A weekly list of United States patents
issued to the inventors of Indiana for the
week ending September9, 1884; and each pat
ent in the list viii bear that date. Reported
expressly for the Indianapolis Daily Sentinel
by A. II. Evans & Co.. American and Foreign
Patent Solicitors, Washington, d. c. Charge
for obtaining patent $50. 4 copy of the
patent laws sent free on application:
Il. K. Allen. Indianapolis. embarrassing ma
chine
II. X. Allen, Indianapolis. cutting apparatus.
Elder J. NJ. Indianapolis, culuvalOr spring.
Gent J. F.. Columbus, making a product from
Indian com known rs cerealne.
hlnkle. c. c. HaZeltOn, fence.
Ogbcrn, H., Richmond machine beit-holder.
Rter. J. L., Brownsville, fertilizer distributor.
Sager, C. ". Fulton. pump.
Stockholm, e. W Indianapolis, water-eooler fol
re Iigerating and ice machines.
Siocs man, c. W, indianapolis. cooling and sb
sorhing apparatus for ammonia reirigeratins OF
ice machines
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-09-17

TIE daily papers of Monday contained big
headed, double-leaded accounts of the burn
ing OF some lumber yards at Cleveland, o.,
entailing loss of 100000 The Indian
apolis Times headed its account 1.-THE Burn.
ing of Cleveland's Lumber Yards" A
rather elderly gentleman from one of the
out townships was reading the paper, and
when his eye struck this head line, he
dropped the paper, exclaiming: 1--WE been
a Republican all my life and believe in fair
play in politics. but when it comes to pass
that my party will set fire to the lumber
yards of Mr.. Cleveland Just because he is
runnin' fer President agin' Jim Blaine, I'll
be dod gasted if 1 hain't notin to quit 'em
that's the sort of hickory elm am, and
don't keer who knows it, nuther. "-Ko-
komo Dispatch.