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Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1885-05-06
The High school MuddIe.

There is a growing suspicion in the COM
munity, which, unfortunately for those in
terested, receives substantiation from facts
which have from time to time been published
in the newspapers, that the affairs of ou1
school district are run more on political
principles than the interests of the public
demand. There are plenty Of evidences to
support the theory that, while on sur
face everything is as smooth as the
face of a mill pond, there are many
swift running and contrary currents under
meath, which remind one very much of the
preliminary wire work of a well packed ward
caucus. If we are to believe what we hear
and what see, there is long head back of
the High school troubles, which contem-
plates removals and substitutions of ma
ture calculated to benefit that particular per-
son. 1t is even stated that the Board of Ed
ucation itself is a point of attack and
that change in its personnel has been con-
sidered necessary if certain alleged desira-
bic plans are to be matured. We know, as
yet, very little of the actual truth of these
things, but we have proceeded far enough
with our investigation to warrant US in urg-
ing the board to look well and carefully into
the matter. Let the High school problem be
solved in the bright light of public hearings,
and let the taxpayers ard parents full
ly understand the necessity of removing
one principal and substituting another. It
may be that a change is desirable or that the
school can get along without any principal at
all, but so little up to this time has appeared
to warrant this opinion-though it may rea-
sonably exist-that one is inclined to the
contrary opinion, that there is something
wrong in the Denmark of our school man
agement The whole business has to us a
very suspicious look We therefore urge the
back of this trouble. We think he can be
found
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1885-05-06
The Mind Cure a Failure.


With very earnest desire to make a fair
trial took about thirty treatments, finding
it a very agreeable and interesting experience
up to certain point. No effect was felt ex-
cept sleepiness for the first few times; then
mesmeritie sensations occasionally came, sun
shine in the head, a sense of walking on the
air and slight frances, when it was impossi-
BILE to stir for few moments.
But when no bodily pain was alleviated and
instinct warned that something was wrong, 1
began to question and doubt theory
which claimed to cure cancers yet could not
help headache = = But when thirty
treatments left the no better and the
head much worse, dared lose no more time
and returned to the homeopathy and mas
sage from which 1 had been 1ured by the
hope of finding short and easy way to undo
in a month the overwork of twenty years.
This is my experience, and many others who
have made the experiment tell the same
story, while half the fabulous cases reported
to me prove to be failures like nv own when
investigated To rely only on the blind.
cropping, self delusion or temporary excite
ment whic the mind cure brings to most is
a mistake.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1885-05-06
The ant1rma1 and Courier.
wednesday, May 6, 1855.
OUR DEFKNsELEsS COUNTRY.

=
The war talk in Europe has called atten-
ton to matter which greatly needs atten-
tion-the defenseless condition of this coun-
try. In an open letter to the Century Com
mander Goodrich, of the United States navy,
discusses the matter with force and ability
We are living in FOOLS paradise, he says.
From one end to another of our enormous
coast and frontier line the forts are obsolete
in design and useless. We have no proper
guns ashore or af1oat; no torpedo boats and
no ships. "There is hardly power, Euro
pean or South American, with which we
might be embroiled, that could not send
here one or more armored ships whose sides
would shed our puny. projectiles as easily as
they would peas"
1t is folly to rely upon our resources to
prepare us for war when preparation be-
comes inevitable. It is also folly to settle
down in the Belief that such preparation will
not become inevitable. To be sure, we are
not very closely connected with foreign
countries, but Commander Goodrich points
out that we are only separated from Europe
by journey of week. He says further:
Every war office in Europe contains accurate
plans of our harbors and alleged fortifca-
tions, complete statistics of our actual force
and the number of troops, both regular and
militia, which could be massed at any place
in a given time, the extent and condition of
our moribund floating defense, together with
well matured plans of an offensive campaign
on our very soil. y To-day
Spain and France reach across the
Atlantic to bases of attack in Cuba and Mar
Unique, Germany's colonial aspirations may
make her a near neighbor; while England
lies along our northern and lake frontier,
and has threatening -coigns of vantage at our
very door, in Halifax; Bermuda and Nassau.
Do our western neighbors appreciate the fact
that Chill could with impunity pounce on
San Francisco; that at Vancouver England
is building the largest dockyard on the con-
tinent; that by the WeHand canal she could
turn a feet of gunboats loose on Buffalo,
Cleveland. Detroit and Chicago; or that we
possess absolutely no navigable water way
between the ocean and the great lakes, upon
which we are forbidden by treaty to keep
more than one armed vessel?
This is truth, and pretty solemn truth, too
If the Democrats who are in power want to
do a good thing for the country let them pro-
vide for it's defense. It is duty which the
neglected against earnest pro-
test. 1t should be neglected no longer.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1885-05-06
NO. L {
A Great Victory
A Terrible Case of ScrofuIa
Cured by
Hoods SarsapafiIia

"In the winter of 1879 was attacked with
Scrofula in one of the most aggravating FORMS
At one time had no less than thirteen large
assesses over and around my neck and throat,
continually exuding an offensive mass of
bloody matter disgusting to behold, and
almost intolerable to endure. 1t is impossible
to fully describe my sufferings, as the case
was complicated with Chronic Catarrh. After
three years of misery, having been treated by
three physicians, 1 was worse than ever.
Finally, on the recommendation of w. j..
Huntley, druggist, of Lockport, 1 was induced
to try Hoods Sarsaparilla. And now, after
having taken twelve bottles, within the last
twelve months, the scrofulous eruptions have
entirely ceased, and the abscesses have all
disappeared, except the unsightly scars, which
are daily becoming smaller by degrees, and
beautifully less.' I do not know what it may
have done for others, but l do know that in
my case, Hoods Sarsaparilla has proved an
effective specific indeed. AS an evidence of
nv gratitude I send these facts unsolicited,
and am ready to verify the authenticity of
this cure, by personal correspondence with
any one who doubts it" CHARLES A. ROB-
ERTs, East Wilson, N. Y.
This statement is confirmed by W. J. Hunt
ley, druggist, of Lockport, N. Y, who calls the
cure q great victory for Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Sendfor book giving statements ofmany cures.
Hoods SarsaparilIa
Sold by all druggists. 81 six for $5. Made
only by C. 1. HOOD s. CO., Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1885-05-06
INVESTORS ATTENTION !!

An exceptionally good opportunity to invest in
the bonds enc. stocks a new gas company in an
Eastern city having population of over 100000
The plan on which they offered insures hand
some profits. Fine substantial works built on most
approved plan Company will be in operation in
sixty days. Liberal patronage assured. Anyone
wishing to safely invest from 81 0c0 to $4,000 d.
vantagcouslN. should not miss the chance. F. NJ
DELAEO 5 Beekman street N. Y. Iuafieod3n
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1885-05-06

these thirteen roads for ten years has been
GIT per cent. Bought at the prices Of 1881
they yielded 4.55 to $40 per cent. At pres
ent quotations they yield 5.65 to iii per
cent, and Bradstreet's concludes that, taking
everything into account, ''there seems to be
nothing which should hinder cautious but
liberal and well distributed investments at
prevailing figures in most of these and other
standard shares"
Prince Bismarck's private affairs have
just been investigated by the committee
charged to purchase his ancestral estate of
Schonhausen, in Altnlark, as national
present to the Prince on his SEVENTEEN birth
day. The revenue of the estate of Varzin, in
Pomerania presented to Prince Bismarck by
the nation in 1857 is nearly e2, 1000 a year.
The great forest property of Friedrichsruhe,
in Lauenburg, was presented to the Prince
in 1871. The timber the estate brings in
"a 900 a year, and the farms about 81, 200.
The rental of Schonhausen is s1 900 a year.
Prince Bismarck has erected extensive paper
mills and manufactures both at Varzin and
Friedrichsruhe, and these have proved very
successful, and bring him in nearly 100000
a year. His annual income, therefore, is
upward of els, 900, exclusive of his salary as
chancellor (ea, 700 and allowances) and his
pension of e450 as former Minister of Lau-
enberg. The Prince is a most enterprising
landlord, and has greatly increased the value
of his estates by judicious improvements.
He is as thorough" in the management of
his private affairs as in his public ad minis
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1885-05-06
G9ledica1.
BILIOUSINE,

A two-cent stamp sent to Snow & Earle, Provi-
dence R. l., will obtain by mail trial package of
Biiosine thus enabling every body to ascertain by
personal experience and not by the testimony IF
others that there is cure for Headache, Dys-
pepsia, Constipation, Indigestion. Sour Stomach,
Heartburn, Liver Complaint and all diseases which
arise from diSOrdered a93
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1885-05-06

Swft's Specific is entirely vegetable. Treatise on
Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Drawer 8, Atlanta
Ga. or 159 w Esd St. N Y m1eodawnr
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1885-05-06

have had cancer in my right ear for three
years. tried every remedy the physicians prac-
wrought wonders for me. It is the best blood puri
fer in the world. JOHN S. MORROW
Florence, Ala.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1885-05-06

The wild West produces some astounding
stories, but nothing more amazing has lately
come from that region than the story that
and found five which did not register too
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1885-05-06
CANCER CURED.

have had cancer on my face for many years
have tried a. great many remedies, but without
relief: almost gave up hope of ever being cured.
DR.. Hardman, my son. recommended Swfft's Spe-
Gifc, which have taken with great results. My
face is now we'll and it is impossible for me to ex-
press my thanks in wor is for what this medicine
has done for me. MRS OLIVE HARDMAN
Monroe, Ga, Sept. 2, 1854
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1885-05-06
Farm For Sale,

O. CAN offer for sale on easy terms, might
#s;i.I exchange for city property, very fine farm
~ on the main street, easy drive from the city,
with large twostory modern built house, fine barn
of ample room, running water, &c.
The land is divided into meadow, plow. pasture
and woodland. Fine fruit just the place for Sum-
mer boarders. Call on
GEORGE A. ISBELL,
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1885-05-06

Swift's Specific has cured cancer on my face
and has almost made new man of me.
r. j. TEATE, Wacissa, Fla.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1885-05-06
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The prohibitory law in Kansas has been a
good thing for ''drug stores"
The Register wants more light on the school
question. So do others. Let us have no
more unnecessary and suspicious secrecy in
the proceedings of the Board of Educa-
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1885-05-06

FOR SALE.
o. NO 70 Bristol street, a nearly new and fine
@:;; residence property. The house has Is rooms,
ZssA conveniently arranged for two families, and
furnished with bath room, hot and cold water The
lot is 40 lat; price 5000 This is a very desirable
place and can be secured at bargain by a prompt
customer.
Twenty-six houses and thirty seven tenements to
rent in different parts of the city
Money to loan 1st mortgage security at and
per cent. interest.
ali
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1885-05-06

[=A At less than value, would be exchanged
#t;;;I for smaller place. of the most desirable
W4sAc cottage residences in the city; II rooms, all
modern conveniences in perfect order with large lot
of ground. Inquire at
HINMAN'S REAL ESTATE AGENCY,
a20tf ODDoSite p o.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-05
PEOPLE In THE SOUDAN.
A Glance at the Land of BIacks-An
thoroughbred People - The Slave
Dealers.
Philadelphia Times.

EnuaQelpnla Times.
The Archaeological Society Ct
Washington have just received from
the Anthropological institute of Lon
don an extremely interesting paper
on the etilnology of Egyptian Soudan,
prepared by Professor A. FL. Keane,
a member of the institute council.
This paper throws much light upon
the characteristics of the warlike and
predatory peoples, who, under a
leader of Islam, are to day disputing
the occupation of their territory by
one of the most formidable nations of
Christendom. The writer states
that the expression Soudan, or Beled-
es-Soudan, Land of the Blacks, :"
applies to the whole region between
the Atlantic and the Red Sea and
I from the Sahara and Egypt toward
the equator Ethnically speaking,
bit is the land of transition between
the Hamites of the north and the
negroes of South Africa. The East
Soudan, the scene of the British
military operations, the writer saws,
is the convereing point of nearly all
the African races. In giving the dis
the Somerset Nile connecting Lake
Victory and Albert Nyanza flows
through Bantu territory. The Bahr-
el-Jebel between Lake Albert and the
Sobat confluence is held by negroes.
The White Nile between Sobat and the
Blue Nile confuences, and the main
stream west is occupied on the left
chiefly by Senites and the right by
Hamites. From Dongola to Asnan,
on the Egyptian frontier, the valley
between the Lybyan and Arabian
deserts is held by NubFan. The whloe
region east of this valley, as far as the
R:d Sea, and between the Abyssinian
highlands and the coast round to
Cape Gardafui and south to the
equator, is held by Hamites. The
ariI wastes and steppes west of the
Nile are held entirely by the Semitic
nomads, while IN the outlaying
provinces of Kordofan and Darfur
Semites, Nubians, negroes and even
Hamites and Fulahs are intermingled.
Thus along the course of the Nile the
writer shows that the Bantus and
negroes occupy the south, the Semites
and Hamites the center ans Nubians
the north.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-05

up probabilities" for him. This
weather prophet was high III the
royal favor, and received an immense
salary. I hope that Mr.. Cleveland
will do as well by each one of us.
Well, one day the King was pursuing
a wild boar to his rocky fastness,
under a sky of unclouded blue.
Nevertheless, little old man who
rode past the hunting party cried out:
Best get under cover, for there is go
ing to be a terrible rain Storm
But the King and his comrades
laughed at the little old man to scorn.
And welt they might, for the sky was
without cloud, and the royal weather
prophet had assured the King that the
day would be all sunshine. Never
theless, it wasn't ten minutes after
the little old man had uttered his
warning. before the sky suddenly
darkened and the rain descended In
torrents. The King got wet to the
skin and had a bad congestive chill.
Just as soon as he revived he ordered
that his weather prophet should be
beheaded, and that his fat office
should be given to the little old man,
Accordingly the little old man was
summoned, and the King informed
him of his good fortune. "Ah. but I
do not deserve this" said the little
old man, ''for indeed I am not wealth
er-wise. The only way 1 have of
telling when it is going to storm is of
observing the ears of my donkey. /
have noticed for several years that
whenever the beasts ears seem to
wilt and lie against his name storm
surely comes"
Well, when the King heard this he
decided to give the fat office from
which he had disposed his weather
prophet not to the old man, but to the
donkey. All this happened several
hundred years ago, but the world has
suffered ever since from the course
the King pursued in filling his unfor
tunate weather prophets place.
This was the story told by the Ala
bama chap. Having finished it he
rose and requested the urbane bar
keeper to pour him out about three
fingers straight of Jeffersonian sim
plicity. While he was refreshing
himself his fellow administrative re
formers kept their seats. AS ne set
down his glass one of them inquired
with puzzled look. "How has the
world suffered by the action of the
King? Hanged if I understand"
There was gay CLEAN in the eye of
the Alabama chap as ne answered
with voice suffused with tobacco.
"Well, you see, it's Just here; ever
since that Kings day every donkey
expects fat Office"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-05
A TreacherOuS Metal.

For fourteen years State Geologist
Collect of Indiana has 0een expert
menting upon the belief that the best
of iron, when subjected to continuous
strain, would undergo changes in its
structure which would, after time.
render it's use dangerous, and that in
these structural changes was the ex-
PLANTATION of many other wsie unex-
plainable accidents, particularly to
railway bridges. He has lately un-
dertaken systematic investigation,
which has resulted in a confirmation
of his theory.
For experiment, he took from the
Wabash dam at Delphia a number of
bolts and spikes which were, when the
dam was constructed, the best quality
of malIeable bar iron, as is shown by
the battering of the heads when they
were put into the structures. He
found that 10 per cent. of the whole
number were as weak as cast iron,
while 80 per cent. of those which
were near the bottom of the dam were
worthless. Of those which were rotten
the tips, when broken, showed polish
ed ends to the connecting fbres, indi-
eating that the continued vibrations
Of many years had polished and
rounded the points of fbrous struc-
ture. A similar effect is found in the
"partings" or horseback" in mines,
which become polished and striated
by the continuous CULVER and motion
of the crust Of the earth. DR.. Collect
says that all car axies, after a reason
able run, become crystalized two
thirds of the length from the hub,
and one-third from the outside ex-
tremity, rendering them worthless.
On one Indiana railway bridge he
found that the bottom parts of the
vertical strain pieces were crystalized
from two to four feet 10 length, and,
as precaution against what would
inevitably have caused great catas-
trophe, they were replaced.
The matter is one of great interest
to railways, and the specimens which
DR.. Collett has collected In his expert
ments are to be sent to Stephens
chronological Institute, where an
investigation of the subject has beer
in progress for several years by a
scientist connected with the insti-
tute.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-05
THE READY-MADE SUIT.

He stood before the looking glass
With frowning face and red,
Scanning himself from head to foot,
And this is what he said;
s'No, they don't begin to fit me
l can see it plain enough;
They are not the right dimensions,
And I'm fooled about the stuff.
ssThere's a strain upon the trewsers,
And they're short an inch or two:
And the vest is bound to pucker,
No matter what | do.
'tAnd the coat that fit SO neatly,
In that stores deceiving shades,
Behold you how it punches
Beneath my shoulder blades!
ooh, let me find the fellow
That stroked me on the chest,
And said that / was neatly built
And big around the breast,
And said / had a bargain
AS he buttoned up my vest!
"Oh, let me at the mortal
OF the mellow voice and mall,
VINO patted me and fattered me
And even had the gal
To say: dot SCOT shust Wits you
Like de baper on the Vall!' >"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-05
The AIabamian's Story.

The New York Tribune gives a
story, told by an Alabama Democrat,
while waiting for his turn to see Mr..
Cleveland at his hotel ia New York,
as follows:
Once there was a King who was
passionately fond of hunting. In
order that he might not set out after
the game on a day which was to
prove stormy he engaged weather
prophet, wise ia his generation. to get
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-05

An expert purchased the other day
of an itinerant book peddler in Lon
don, for six cents, p rare volume by
Increase Mather, published in Boston
ton in 1898, the real value of which IS
estimated at 500
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-05

The manufacture of artificial ivory
from bones and scraps of sheepskia
is new industry.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-05

The first and only auger ever manu-
featured that will bore square hole
is now in the shops of the Cleveland
machine company. This auger bores
two-inch square hole, the size used
In ordinary frame buildings and
barns, but can be made OF the same
principle TO bore square holes of any
size. Its application is ordinary and
works on the same principle as round
hole augers. It's end, instead of having
screw Or bit, has cam motion which
oscillates a cutter mounted on steel
rocking knife which cuts on both sides.
In order to prevent the splintering of
the wood the ends of the cutter are
provided with small semicircular-
shaped saws which help in cutting
out perfectly square corners. It is
estimated that this new process will
save the labor of three men who work
with ch1sels, as one man can conven-
iently cut a two-inch mortise in the
same length OF time he can bore
round hole. The invention is the
work OF man who has given the
subject years of patient thought.
The editor of the Wisconsin To-
baccco Reporter thinks there is no
immediate danger of an over-produc-
ton of tobacco in this state. As the
Wisconsin leaf is the best cigarwrap-
ping tobacco grown, and as IL has one
quality no other leaf possesses III SO
high a degree, that of burning WELL.
all that can be raised will find ready
market. Besides, Wisconsin growers
can produce the weed much cheaper
than their Eastern competitors
can.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-05

The lists of pictures for the New
York Water-color Exhibition show
that over /, 900 works have been sub
mitted to the jury of admission. Last
year 900 pictures were sent in and 663
were hung. In 1883, COS out of /, 175
were accepted. Ia the memorable
year 1882, 1924 pictures poured in
upon the jury, but the exhibition in
cluded only GAS, OF the 1862 water
colors submitted in 1881, the jury ac-
cepted ia.