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RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.


The largest school in the world Is
said to be the Jews Free School at
Spitalfelds, London. 1t has a daily
attendance of over $500 pupils.
--Rev. Phoebe A. Hanaford, pastor
of the Second Universalst Church of
Jersey City. has resigned her pastorate
of that church, having accepted cali
from church in New Haven, Conn.
Rev. DR.. II. NJ. Scudder points out
three effective things laymen can do to
make the church more attractive: l.
Set an example in attending church. 2.
Assume the right attitude toward
strangers 8. Try to bring in some
who are not accustomed TO attend
church. To do the first, have q def
mite purposes; and second, enter into it.
with enthusiasm. Chicago Journal.
n 1t will require full generation to
beat up the jungle of stolid ignorance,
and bride, coax or force our untaught
masses to consent to the fit education of
their children. Then will come, per-
haps, a longer generation, when the IL
literate portion of the land will be
cursed by superficial mental training
which pretends to do everything and
really does nothing. Journal of EducG-
tom.
An industrial school for candidates
for the ministry, in order that they may
be enabled to support themselves while
studying, is urged by Bishop Gallagher,
of Louisiana. ga garden farm" he
says, devoted to the cultivation of
small fruits and vegetables, could be
easily cared for by young men assem-
| bled for a course OF study, and the pro-
ceeds of their labor would make the per-
petual endowment of the institution"
The great objection to the present
| system OF teaching is that it is all dog
NAUTICAL of a conglomerated mass
| of disconnected facts, which are not
facts to the child, although the child is
lover of and searcher after truth. The
mind can only act on things; it can not
act on empty words; empty words can
not be formed in the Imagination;
words are not food for the mind of the
child. Colonel II. w Parker, Lecture
IA Brooklyn. .. 80 l
The Southern Baptist Convention
| recently concluded at Baltimore, was
made up of six hundred delegates, from
thirteen Southern and Southwestern
States. The white churches number
about $50, 900, and the colored 1873, 900.
The total sum of money raised during
the year for religious purposes was re-
ported to be Sl,240, 07S.44. The Theo-
logical Seminary at Louisville, KY, has
120 students, real estate amounting to
100000, and invested funds of S220.-
900. The convention was one of I'M
usual interest. Baltimore american.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-06-07
Fashions for Men.

.MH
b. Gloves are gradually creeping into
long Punishment.
but the toe is still round. Patent leath-
Ell shoes have uppers of silk or fine black
cloth, and all eccentricities of material,
such as tan colored uppers, are now out
of favor. -
The heads Of canes and umbrellas are
no longer so extravagant in design as
before, and the most fashionable head
is either a plain gold cap or a natural
stick with the small excrescences of the
wood tipped with the precious metal.
The scarf worn with the frock-coat or
four-buttoned outaway is the plain
folded scarf of dark color, patternless
and with a small pin.4 The sailors
knot is also worn, ,butzitsis considered
''bad form" to insert pin of any kind
in it. hi" NhF
The old-fashioned plated shirt front
for evening dress is taking the place of,
to some extent, the plain, stiff, front.
The reign of the single stud is nearly
over, and three small studs are now
worn by many, though some persons
may be seen with four. ''A'
As to coats, the frock coat will have
its skirts tribe longer, while the ''cut-
away" of either four or FIVE buttons.
will have no outside pockets save that
on the breast, and will be little longer.
The sack coat will be little altered, but
in this, as in all coats, the buttons will
be placed closer than heretofore.
Spring overcoats are, made of many
different shades of English corkscrew or
French cassimeres. The best tailors no
longer produce the short garment,
which allowed the tails of the under
coat to be seen. The materials used
for morning suits are either self-color
or checks and stripes of quiet and unob-
trusive appearance.
1t is in evening dress that the most
radical change has been made. The
shiny broadcloth of generations is be-
ing discarded by the youths of to-day.
Dress suits are now cut to fit the figure
like glove, and the material is some
one of the many varieties of black di-
agonal or dull-surfaced thin cloth. The
waistcoat is white, cut extremely low,
and the opening is rounded instead of
V shaped.
Collars are still high, though the
American makers do not run to the ex-
treme of their English rivals. A high
collar, meeting in front with the cor
ners turned down, is the latest fashion.
The white evening tie is rather narrow
and tied to a strictly horizontal and
formal bow. Colored cambria shirts
for summer wear are appearing in the
shirt makers windows.
"There is strong infusion of COM
mon sense in the new fashion for men, ~
said well-known tailor recently.
'There is no longer that absurd ten-
dency to run to extremes in every direc-
ton which for the last year or two has
marked them" Anew inquiries among
other tailors elected similar responses.
AS to cut, they said that trousers will be
a little looser, cut to display the shape
of the leg, but with more material in
them than formerly. Waistcoats are
hardly changed in cut,-At6Gny Arg4s-
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-06-07
The Parasites OF Money.

The Frdnktarter Zeitang states that
DIR. Rensch has found, as the result OF
q long series of minute Investigations,
that the surface of 50-pfennig pieces
(sixpences) which have been long in
circulation are the home and feeding
ground of minute kind of bacteria and
vegetable fungus. An extended series OF
observations showed that this is the
case with the small coins of all nations.
the thin incrustation of organic matter
deposited upon their surfaces in the
course of long circulation rendering
them very suitable for this parasitical
settlement. DIR. Reinsch scraped of
some of these incrustations, and with a
small scalpel divided them into frag-
ments, which were subsequently dis
solved in distilled water. The employ
ment of lenses of very high power
showed the bacteria and fungi distinct
W.. This is matter of no little i'm
portance from hygienic point of view.
1t has now been conclusivelY established
that bacteria form the chief agency in
the propagation of epidemic diseases.
The revelation that they have chosen
domicile in the most widely circulating
medium which probably exists in the
world presents us with a new factor in
the spread of infectious disease, There
is, however, a remedy. Where coins
have been in circulation for number
of years, if they are washed in boil
ing weak solution of caustic potash
they will be cleansed from their or
panic incrustation, and SO freed from
the unwelcome guests which they har-
bored. -ScieatiGc Anlerie1aa.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-06-07
"IT WAS ONLY YEsTERDlE.p

It was only yesterday
That the earth was common clay
only clay, so brown and bare;
Now the chill, dark garden mold
is ahame with crocus' gold.
Sweetwith lilies white and fair.
It was only yesterday
Ihat the fields were common clay.
Now the clay is waving grass.
Starred all through with many flower.
But who saw the wondrous Power
Through the fields and gardens pass2
Oh, how oft through many a day
We are Daught but mortal clayl
Then some spirit, sweet and strong,
Breathes around us airs divine,
Touches clay TO purpose fine,
And we blossom into song.
--Hdrper's IVseIIu
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-06-07

Miss Fairy G. Shafer, of Madison
burg, Pa, recently patched a quilt con-
tanning 4,91S distinct piecs. The young
lady is doubtless the champion quilt
maker of the keystone State Ettts-
bnrgh Post.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-08-05
Hodern.SCience M and SkePIiCiiSm=

What has Skepticism done for the world?
 Nothing but to suggest doubts. It has even suggested that Rheumatism cannot be cured Skepticism is as bad as Rheumatism.
 What has Science done for the world?
 A good many things; for instance, 1t has shown that Rheumatism can be cured
 It has shown that Neuralgia can be got rid Of. Modern science hasproved that Rheumatism is blood disease and has provided ATHLoPHoRos as the remedy which can completely cure It.
 It has proved that although the old doctors failed to overcome Neuralgia, ATHLoPHoRoS can reaeh it, and eradicate 1t from the system
 It has proved that though these tormenting diseases were 50 slow and obstinate, they can be overcome in little while by means Of
Morning journal and courier., 1884-08-05

cannot be, since the constant circulation pre- vents the breeding, and at any rate they could not live under the high pressure in the pipes"
 The Rev. W. J. Holland, after an examina- tion of the worms, found them to be vegeta- ble feeders, as those Mr. Stengle speaks of would surely be. Mir Holland who was mis- taken about the origin of the pests in that they originate at the hydrant, says:
 '1n company with my highly esteemed friend, Prof. J. H. Logan, the secretary of the Iron City microscopical club, had the priv ilege of inspecting several specimens of the water worms about which so much has been said in the papers. At first, upon the exami- nation of dried specimens on the slides, was inclined to decide them to be hydra but succeeding in getting live specimen from the bottle it turned out to be 'Nais' The worm is about one-quarter of an inch in length, and is very common in the slime and furry lining of stones and logs in streams. It is vegetable feeder and subsists upon the vegetable matter found in all slow-running streams. It is not found in the middle of
 large rivers, but near their banks. The speci- mems we saw, if it is truly alleged that they came from a hydrant, probably were intro duced with piece of the furry coating of stone or log which had become detached, as often happens, and was thrown into the
 pipes. If lodged in pipe they might multi
 ply for little while more rapidly, but as the
 vegetable food they subsist on must soon, in
 such place, give out, they are as likely to
 disappear as quickly as they came. Being vegetable feeders they subserve the purpose
 in nature of purifying the water, and can do no more harm than the trout which are often
 put into springs to keep the water pure,
 though it must be confessed no one cares to drink them in large quantity any more than
 one would care to swallow 8 trout whole in his glass of water"
Morning journal and courier., 1884-08-05
HARD ON THE GAMBLERS.
The Moral Sentiment of the Country
 Suppressing Gambling.
From the San Francisco chronicie.l

From the San Francisco Chroniclel Professional gamblers of high and low degree never were in as tight lines as they are now, and unless the tide soon turns in their favor they will be forced to abandon the green cloth and seek other vacations to secure even the necessaries of life"
 The speaker was veteran gambler, an in telligent Englishman, known as "Reddy, with probably as many aliases as cat is sup posed to have lives. For the past twenty years he has lived by his wits, making and squandering thousands annually. He can play an honest game if circumstances com pei him, but his aim ever is to have the odds
 immeasurably in his favor. He is an adept
 in dealing brace game of faro, or in swim
 ding at short cards, but the height of his ambition is to transfer an innocent mans money into his own pocket by means of some
 confidence game. In the last-named role he may be chased as an expert.
 q have just returned to the bay" contin- ued the disconsolate sport, ''after a two years professional tour, playing brief en-
 agreements at all the leading sporting centers in the country I had hoped to find things
 booming in San Francisco, but the hope was sadly blasted, for find more broken gam
 blers here than I found in any other city.
 High rollers who only few years ago squan-
 dered their hundreds weekly are now glad to
 capture enough money to lodge in twenty
 five cent room and subsist on a beer lunch. Where one gambler is in funds fully ninety
 nine are in distress"
 tsHow did you find the situation at other points2' asked the reporter
 "With very few exceptions just as bad for
Morning journal and courier., 1884-08-05
hartford, July 29
CLEvELAND,s RECORD.

It is pretty we'll settled by this time that Cleveland will not be elected by what is known as ''the moral issue" It is admitted that his personal character is not such as to make men eager to vote for him on account of it. But we are told that his political character is all right-very high-toned, in fact-and that vote for him will be vote for purity in politics, and vote for real friend of the people.
 The truth of the matter is that the record of Governor Cleveland's public life is not of kind that will bear very close scrutiny. His public life has been short, and his nota- ble public acts few. There is good reason for believing that he has while gov ernor served an interruptions ring. There are two rival rings of political mana gers, with various notifications, in the Dem ocracy of New York. The most notorious is the Tammany ring. The other includes the rivals of Tammany in New York city, equal 1y interruptions and more cunning, and the Albany ring, made up of the corrupt politi- clans of the capital and now in alliance with the enemies of Tammany. It was necessary for Cleveland to make his choice between these two factions, and he shrewdly chose the latter, for the reason that it is not only more cunningly managed, but is less bur dened with national disrepute. That he did serve this ring is made evident in his veto of the Tenure of Office bill in the interest of Commissioner Hnbert o. Thompson, it's head in New York city, and the zeal with which his nomination for the Presidency was urged by Daniel Manning, it's head in Albany.
 The most important and conspicuous meas ures of the lucky governors administration have been vetoes of measures intended to enforce the rights of popular franchise against monopolists and to alleviate the condition of the laboring classes. These were the veto of the fve-cent fare bill to compel giant monopoly to consider the de- mands of justice and be content with reasonable profit; the bill to provide that car drivers should not be worked twelve hours day; and the bill for the protection of mechanics in establishing liens upon the buildings and the products of their labor. All these were in the interests of monopoly and against the people, and were sharply condemned as such by the or gans of his own party at the time.
 When the facts in the case are examined it is impossible to see that Cleveland has any legitimate ground to stand upon as 8 candi- date for the highest office in the nation. Why should anybody vote for such a candi- date
Morning journal and courier., 1884-08-05
ADMITTED.

Englishmen admit that Philadelphia's elev-
 ems playing is the greatest cricket the
 hearth. ."-Boston Transcript
 Reader-The word "solitude" " probably
 comes from 'FSol," which means sun It
 is dreadfully lonely in the sun.-Philadel-
 phia Call
 Professor Proctor says the earth is still in
 her youth. That explains why she goes
 around so much and is out so late of nights. Texas Siftings. When a concern fails in China the debtors
 heads are cut off and thrown in with the as- sets That is the way their creditors get a head of them.-Pittsburg Chronicle Tele- graph.
 The admirers of MT. Oscar Wilde who were unable to grasp his meaning when he spoke of "unkissed kisses" will find clue in the Congressional Record with it's unspoken speeches.-Life.
 "A six-years-old girl with thick whiskers on her cheeks has arrived in New York. , She may be curiosity in New York, but sixteen years old girls with thick whiskers on their cheeks are common enough in this town at times.-Norristown Herald. Stephen Whitlock, aged IS years, of Lyons, N. Y., "after eating quart of peanuts two quarts of cherries (pits and alD and drinking several glasses of ice water died in great agony" The cause of his death is unknown, Oub uodEG uISedSe lS SuSpocGeu -NoTrlSGoWH Herald.
 'tIt seems to me, ," said Vermont judge to his daughter; ''that your young man calls a good many times week. My court doesn't sit anywhere near as often as yours does. " 'fOh well, papa" was the blushing reply, "I am engaged to him, you know, and that en- titles us to court of special sessions. ."- Burlington Free Press. Maud-F'What kind of COW is a Texas steer, Pa?'
 Pa-''Steerl steerl Oh, why it is a steer raised in Texas, to be sure" Maud-"Of course; but why is she called steer?''
 Pa-''Well aheml It's it's because no body outside of Texas can steer one when he
 gets loose. e."-Philadelphia Call. Trihing with an appetite.-A colored man
 was at police headquarters yesterday to com
 plain that some one had stolen his horse and
 wagon off the street and to request unusual
 energy on the part of the police. Oh,
 we'll get the rig back in little time, I guess, ,
 said the official. '' hope so, sah-I hope
 I hope you'll git him back .afore noon. 7" Got
 job for the afternoon s'' '' No, sah, but if
 de pusson who stole dat hoss feeds him oats
 fur dinner, which he probably will, it'll take
 me six weeks to get him back to whar he'll
 relish old straw bed ag'in !'-Detroit Free Press
Morning journal and courier., 1884-08-05
Mt. Washington Snakes.


 | The worm horror in the Mt. Washington water pipes has received it's death blow. Yes terday afternoon Supt. Stengel, of the Monongahela Water company, laughed when asked about the snakes and said: 'We visited the premises of MT. Boss, on Virginia avenue, | Mt. Washington, in. whose hydrant the worms or snakes, recently so much talked of, were found on Thursday evening. His hydrant is a common yard hydrant, sitting about two and half or three feet in the ground, with waste opening at the bottom, so as to prevent the water from freezing in the winter tilne When the hydrant was first opened the water flowing from it's nozzle contained live worms, but after leaving it run few seconds there were no more worms found in the water What is still more strange, a spigot hydrant in the kitchen of the ad- joining house supplied from the same ser vice pipe never yielded any worms. The same was the case with several spigots on the same street and in the immediate vicinity of MT Boss house. The ground surrounding Mr. Boss hydrant being in an exceedingly filthy condition, and the finest kind of place to breed these worms the explanation to the whole story is that the worms are generated in the ground surrounding the hydrant, and get into it when it is closed and the waste hole at the bottom consequently open. A thousand worms can then get in abreast. The moment the hydrant is opened the worms that come in through the waste are washed out through the nozzle and there are no more worms until the hydrant is closed and the worms are given another chance to enter the waste hole. The spigot hydrants having no connection with the surrounding ground the worms cannot enter"
 Persons having yard or outside hydrants, Mir Stengel continued, E'should be careful Tn drawing water to throw away the first How and thereby clear the hydrant pipe of any worms or other matter. As to the water ln our main pipes there are no worms in it and
Morning journal and courier., 1884-08-05
SPECIAL NOTICE. JAMES G. McAIPINE
sos CHAPEL STREET,

Respectfully informs his friends and the public that after association of eighteen years with the firm of J. B. KIRBY & Son, has opened the store
Morning journal and courier., 1884-08-05
EDITORIAL NOTES,

Colonel Charles A. Russell of Killingly and ex-Speaker Charles H. Pine of Derby are ''mentioned'' in connection with the Republi- can nomination for secretary of State.
 Our system of public education requires an annual expenditure of nearly $98, ,000, 900, only few millions less than all the nations of Europe devote to the same object Yet it is fact that Great Britain expends two thirds more than that immense sum upon her army and navy.
 The New England Homestead in March, 1883, offered six prizes for the best kept farm accounts for the year from April 1, 1883, to April 1, 1884. Eighty-nine farmers began the accounts and forty-two continued through the year. The prizes have just been awarded and the Homestead says it is proved that New England farming pays. The accounts show an aggregate profit of per cent, on an invested capital of s182, 2,5OO. Of the forty two accounts, thirty-six showed profit and six small loss
 A person injured in railroad collision brought suit for damages in Illinois. The company asserted that he had chosen an in competent surgeon. The court held that this claim, if true, was no defense to the ac- ton, and the verdict for the plaintiff was therefore sustained. The liability of the sur geon in the matter was not considered. The court said: ''The liability to mistakes in cur ing is incident to broken arm, and where such mistakes occur Ghe injured party using ordinary care), the injury resulting from such mistakes is properly regarded as part of the immediate and direct damages resulting from the breaking of the arm"
 A Philadelphia court has decided that pie lures are not liable to taxation as household furniture, on the ground that though by the usage of the best writers furniture includes pictures, yet that the assessors having for forty years limited it to housekeeping apph- ances, the public could not be taxed under
Morning journal and courier., 1884-08-05
Tuesday, August 5, 1884. REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
 FOR PRESIDENT, JAMES G. BLAINE, of Maine.
 FOR VICE PRESIDENT, JOHN A. LOGAN, of Illinois.
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION,
New Haven, Augu st 20, 1884.

NOW HaVens Augu st 2Os 1SS4.
 The Republican electors of the several towns of this State hereby notified to send the usual number of delegates the Republi- caA State convention to be held in the Grand Opera House in New Haven Wednesday, August %. 1884 at 10 o'clock in the forenoon for the purpose of nominating candidates for the State offices and presidential electors, and appointing State central committee. In accordance with the rules adopted by the Republican State convention in 1876 the fol- lowing additional notices are given:
 | All caucuses in the several towns for the ap- pointent of delegates to the State convention shall De held at least five days before the meeting of the State convention
 9 The chairman of each town committee shall send copy of the credentials of the delegates from his town to the chairman of the Republian State committee at least four days before the conven- tion.
 B. caucus of the delegates to the State conven- tion will be held at Loomis' Hall, New Haven, on Tuesday, August 19 1884, at o'clock p.
 f. Each town is entitled to two delegates for each Representative in the General Assembly.
 By order Republican State central committee.
 CHARLES J. COLE, Chairman. Hartford July 29 1884.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-08-05
READ ABOUT

Group it will in minutes, and positively cure any when used at the outset.
 Remember that Dr. Thomas Eclectrc Oil is only 50 cents per bottle and one bottle will go farther than half dozen ofany ordinary medicine.
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Morning journal and courier., 1884-08-05
HThIoPhorOS! !

Don't be skeptIcal. If you have any doubts as to what ATHLoPHoRos can do, write to some of those whom it has cured. For instance, Rev. $. R. Dennen, D. D., Pastor Third Congregational Church, Iof New Haven, Conn.,, the Rev. W. F. Corbit pastor George St. N. E. Church, of New Haven, the Rev. J. E. Searles pastor Wnlett St. M E. Church, New York city, MT. Brummel, the well known candy manufacturer, of New York, Ex-Gov. Bigelow, of Connecticut, and many others, equally well known.
 If you cannot get ATHLoPHoRos Of your druggist, we will send 1t express paid, on receipt of regular price-one dollar per bottle We prefer that you buy it from your druggist but if he hasn't it, do not be persuaded to try something else, but order at once from directed.
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