Morning journal and courier., 1884-09-04

l get about $5, 800, 900 of the award About 1 6OO of the first class claims remain to be ad- judicated, but it is certain that large
 proportion of them will be thrown out
 Those already settled and now in process of
 settlement amount to about $3,000,O0 There is at least one man in Paris who knows something about the art of advertising One of his advertisements reads as follows: Tea and coffee contain tannic acid the es- sential part of oak and hemlock; milk con tains albumen and fbrin in the same manner as flesh and skin. Add milk to coffee and a turbidity ensues, of which each particle is a tannate of fbrin, i. e., an atom of leather
 In lifetime man thus consumes 8 hundred pair of boots, but no man could thus con sume the elegant and scientific footwear only
 to be found at Ru de-
 The Hartford Telegram having referred to the Hon. Henry B. Harrison as 'Esomewhat of disciple of George William Curtis in po- litical matters the Bridgeport Standard very properly retorts: MT. Harrison could teach Mir. Curtis the rudiments of political consistency and political honor, and when that had been done could instruct him in the true bearing of moral character in the avaiIa-
 bility of candidate and the duty of all honorable men to their country in that con nection. MT. Harrison would as soon 20 to Daniel Manning for instruction in political principles, or to William H. Barnum, as to George William Curtis. Mr. Curtis could sit at the feet of Mr Harrison with great advantage and learn some possible method for recovering portion of the respect and confidence which he has abused and thrown away.
 Remarkable revelations are reported at a recent meeting of the medical committee at Marseilles. Experience has shown that cholera will rage during two consecutive years in the same place. It has been ascer- tained that cholera made it's first appearance at Marseilles last year, a case followed by death having occurred in the hospital, in a room containing numerous other patients The disease made good many victims The Mayor, who was immediately advised of the l fact, proceeded to the hospital Energetic measures were taken to prevent further con tagion, and in order to avoid panic in the town the Mayor solicited and secured the silence of all persons aware of the facts The chief surgeon, two house surgeons, warder, and two Sisters of Mercy took an oath to di- vulge nothing, which was strictly kept till the whole proceeding was made known to the medical committee.
 There is good evidence that Cleveland is a free trader. Henry L. Nelson, Speaker Car
 lisle's private secretary, writes to the Boston Herald that 'Fthere is no doubt of MT. Cleve- lands position, and he is as thoroughly in earnest in the cause of revenue reform as his friend MT. Dorsheimer In the contest in congress last winter he stood with Carlisle and Morrison, and against Randall It is within my personal knowledge that he wrote letters to New York members of congress urging them to vote with Mr Morrison, both on the question of consideration and on the motion to strike out the enacting clause of the Morrison bill. At least one vote and perhaps more were gained for the bill by these letters.' The position held by Mir. Nelson gave him an opportunity to know whereof he speaks, and he goes on to say that Mr' Cleveland lis as aggressive against protection as any of the men who made MT. Carlisle speaker