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Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-19
COMMUNICATIONS.
Dull Times and the Cause.


To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
We notice what J. Metz says about it, and
in measure he is no doubt correct as to
"underconsumption," but he must see that
underconsumption, from whatever cause, don't
change the situation. He probably has had
some experience and must know that who
ever does business and gives employment to
others must supply capital to do it, conse-
quently takes all the risk. Therefore it is
proper and his duty to SO conduct his husi-
ness that he can pay for his material used
and his workmen promptly as he may agree
to do, and in order to do this he must sell
his productions, and it is with him
in selling as it is with his work
men-he has to be governed by
the market price. He must sell as
pays his workmen much as his COM
petitors. This is all that can be expected in
either case. And this is all any reason able
man, whether the workman or the business
man, can expect. And where the market is
glutted the production must cease until such
time as more goods are wanted. 1t is i'm
possible for anybody to know just how much
of anything will be consumed in any given
time, and the business man who insists in
building machinery, ETC., takes great rick
while his employees take none at all, except it
be to get their pay from week to week or month
TO m0nLQ, as may De agreed UPON AuQ Gu0
market is open for labor as it is for the goods
labor produces. When one branch of bust
ness is dull labor can go to some other branch
of business where it's production in the mar
ket is not overstocked. In this labor has the
advantage, for the man who has invested his
all in venture is tied down. He must
either make success or fail. The writer's
experience comprises starting as poor boy,
learning trade, working as a journeyman at
one dollar and fifty cents per day. l saved
little money, had an opportunity to take
another'ss business who had not made sue
cess, and with great struggle to get along
havo found that success in any business
is no easy thing. There are exceptions
of course in almost every walk in life. Some
apparently move through the world with
ease-troubles never touch them. Yet al
most every rose has its thorn, though we
may not know it until we pluck it. It is no
argument to say that while warehouses;
are loaded down with good ''food and cloth
ing" hunger and nakedness exist. This state
of things does exist and no doubt always will
exist, but, as we said before, be prudent and
saving in good times that you may tide over
dull times. The unfortunate will always be
among us, and such should be cared for from
overstocked warehouses, or, in other words,
by those who have been fortunate, and this
is the law of our blessed land of plenty.
EXPERIENCE.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-19
Thursday, February 10, 1858.
MIR. DoRsHEImER,s BILL,

The Democrats in Congress who have
walked up to the fact that there is silver
question in existence are late, and it is not
probable that they will accomplish anything
this session, even if they mean to. Still,
the bill introduced by Mr.. Dorsheimer of
New York is interesting, especially that part
of it which says: "And silver coinage shall
be free for silver dollars of the United States
and for standard silver bullion, the product
of the United States; but no silver coin shall
be made at any mint of the United States
from any foreign silver coin, from any for
eign silver bullion, or from any bullion in
which foreign silver is mixed. No foreign
silver bullion or foreign coin shall be ad-
mitted into the United States without the
payment of the highest rate of duty now i'm
posed on any manufactured silver coming
from abroad" 1t would be pleasing to know
how Mr.. Dorsheimer expects to determine
whether silver coined under his plan con-
tains any foreign silver.
The friends of Mr.. Dorsheimer's bill have
much to say in its favor. They say that its
ger, caused by present laws, that the govern
ment will some day pay its interest and
other obligations in an eighty-fve cent dol
lar. They urge that if dollars worth of
silver be put into silver dollar it will be
easily convertible into gold dollar, and that
the two coins, being of equal value, will pass
current side by side. That, they add, will
extinguish the silver question. They say
that the issue of silver certificates based on
4S0 grain dollars will provide sufficient
currency for the country, with the security
of a dollars worth of silver held
in the treasury against every dollar
issued, and thus do away with the necessity
of special legislation to preserve the national
banks and relieve Congress, which seems un-
able or unwilling to preserve the national
banking system from troublesome ques-
ton.
The feeling in Washington against the bill
is based on the idea that it substantially
makes the United States silver country;
that it is only an expedient; that it goes very
far in doubtful directions, as in providing
for the unlimited coinage of silver, while the
value of silver in the worlds markets is still
unsteady.
It seems to US that the opponents of the
bill have decidedly the best of the argument.
1t is really preposterous measure. 1t will,
of course, please the silver men, but their
interests are not the chief thing to be looked
after
Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-19
NO. 42.

About 100 persons were present at the
meeting in Waterbury on Tuesday of the
Grand lodge, K. of P, of the State The re-
port of the grand chancellor, the Rev John
Lyon of Bridgeport, showed that the society,
now twenty-one years old, has 150, 900 mem
bers. Grand K. of R. and S. H. o., Case of
Hartford, reported that there has
been no increase or decrease in
the number of subordinate lodges dur
ing the year. Forty-five new members were
admitted during the day. The officers cho-
sen were: Willis Isben of New Ha.en, G. c.;
A. J. Smith of Danbury, v. G. c.; John h.
Hall of Waterbury, grand prelate; H. o.
L. Morgan of Bridgeport, G. NJ. of
E.; P. Selbie of Bridgeport, NJ.
of A; A. Muhlberger of Hart
ford, D. g.; Daniel Brown of Fair Haven,
o. g.; DIR. Soul of Jewett City, representa-
tive to the Supreme lodge. The Rev John
Lyon, P. g. c., of Bridgeport, was presented
by the Hartford members with gold jewel.
Daniel Brown, aged II years, for seventeen
years outer guard, was presented with a
purse of $212. The next meeting will be
he in Meriden the second Tuesday in Feb
ruary, 1885.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-19

only few months ago, and it has for its
purpose the promotion of personal purity
among men, that women may be more fully
protected. It is in short an agitation for the
observance of the seventh commandment,
not only in its letter but in its spirit. The
order of ''The White Cross"has the following
very commendable planks in its platform:
l. To treat all women with respect and protect
them from insult and harm.
2 To put down all indecent language and coarse
ing on men and women.
4. To keep thyself from impurity and to spread
these principles among young men, and lead them
to adopt them.
The annual report of the managers
of the Peabody fund, established to
benefit the poor of London, is encour-
aging Ths total amount of the fund is
now "a, ,0e6, ,595, on which building loans to
the amount of 81, FOG, ,666 are owed. During
the year the trustees opened eleven blocks of
buildings in Pear Tree Court, Clerkenwell,
containing 514 rooms, all of which are occu-
pied; eight blocks at Little Coran street,
containing 450 rooms, now being let; five
blocks at Islington will be opened before
midsummer, and five blocks to be erected at
Westminster will be ready for occupation at
the end of the present year. Up to the end
of last year the trustees had provided for the
artisan and laboring p6or of London 10, IA
rooms, besides bathrooms, laundries and
washhouses, occupied by 18,453 persons
The average weekly earning of the head of
each family at the close of the year was
So. 81, the average rent of each dwelling was
$1.17 per week, and of each room twenty
eight cents. The rent in all cases includes
the free use of water, laundries, seulleries
and bathrooms. The expense of the manage
ment of this great trust for the year was but
s. 67O
Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-19
And Then.
-

So long agol and yet it seems
But yesterday you passed me by,
And what I'd dreampt in shadowy dreams
Became sweet reality.
You turned and placed your hand in mine;
whispered low and where and when;
You answered with smile divine
And then-rly love-and then
The golden days few by-too fastl
One binding fash-and all was DER;
Our love thing of some vague past
Our lives a wreck forever more
No single word of last adieu-
You went-and never came again;
I'd lost my all in losing you
And then-my God!-and then
All. years have passed of grief and pain,
But, faithful still, watch and wait,
Though love for me dawns not again
On this side of the silent gate
For in some fair and distant land
Beyond the bounds of mortal ken,
Wen wander ever hand in hand
And then-dear love!--and then.
London World
Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-19
Titles I'm Sam Francisco.

Probably no American city of its number
of inhabitants has SO many of its own citi-
zens with titles as San Francisco There is
the Marquis Oliver, a member of an old Gal
way family, who received his title from the
Pope; the Baron Murphy, who received his
title from the same source; and Sir Claus
Spreckles, who was knighted by King Kala-
kaua, whom he furnished with pocket mon
ey, and whose kingdom he virtually owns.
A weakness with this monarch is the receiv-
ing and distributing of decorations, and it is
quite the thing at a reception in San Fran
cisco to see dozen or more blue and white
or red and white buttons of the order of Ka-
mehameha in the lapels of mild, inoffensive
citizens who have at Some time or other done
Kalakaua favor.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-19
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Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-19

Frank M. Baker has rendered his resigna-
ton as superintendent for the Bassett Corset
Co., Birmingham, to take similar position
with New York firm,
Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-19
ESCAPE ID.

A burglar got into the house of a lawyer
the other day. By superhuman efforts he
escaped without losing anything but his
time.-Puck.
''My heart is in the Highlands" sang the
aspiring young soprano. Better go after 1t,
and leave your voice there" muttered old
Podgkins. Times.
The Transcript has published two articles
lately on "Religion at Harvard" Of course
they are not very long articles, but even so
much is encouraging. Journal.
Pointing to a ragged scar on his cheek, a
tramp said to pal: GLOW dyer think it
happened?' "Bull-dogg' ''Nope'' ''Tom
cat?'' s'Nixey" EsWhat then?' ''I slept
with my face on the edge of a poorhouse
pillow."-N. Y. Journal.
ssWhat One Girl Did" is the title of story
in an exchange. We haven't read it, but it
is safe to wager that if she went to the rink
and put on skates for the first time what she
did was to sit down two three times un-
pectedly.-Norristown Herald.
A Very Orthodox Animal - Bishop -
Doesn't shy, eh Mr.. Perkinss Horsedealer-
Shy? Never. Stop, my Lord. I must be
honest with you. 1 did know him shy once,
but that was at Salvat.cnist Army passin'
by! Bishop buys horse at once.-Punch.
Voices of the Night.-''Does your hus-
band sleep soundg' asked Mrs. Cobbs in the
course of a call upon Mrs. Dobbs "Sound!"
responded Mrs. Dobbs. ''Well, I should
say I don't believe you or anybody else
ever heard such sound. It's enough to stop
an alarm clock The caller murmured tina t
some men were that way.-Boston Jonrnal.
''Only apsnsy blossom
Only some simple rhymes,
But they lose their dainty freshness
when you've heard them hummed and whis-
tied and sung, pounded out on the piano by
the young woman on the floor above, or
strummed on a twangling banjo by the
ing of hearing them assassinated every day
by that little German band for
At least fifty thousand times.
-Semerville Journal.
"Ma," said Johnny one Saturday morning,
'swhere do good little boys go?" 'fTo heaven,
I suppose replied ma. "I don't mean
when they're dead" answered Johnny, in a
tone of disgust; "where do they go when
the mother absently. 81 suppose they stay
at home with their mammas." ''Oh,' said
Johnny, ooh, I thought maybe their mann
mas sometimes took 'em to the theater." "
Johnny's mother caught on.-Exchange.
Customer-sI suppose ice will be cheaper
the coming summer won't it?" Iceman-
'sNo, indeedl higher if anything" Customer
-tBut, great heavens, mani hain't there
been plenty this winters" Iceman-'tOh,
yes." Customer-'Well, then, how are you
going to make it cost more?" Iceman-
s'Well, you see there has been SO much ice
and it has cost so much less to cut that our
| houses are overcrowded and we are compel
led to go to great expense in building new
houses. That's where the extra cost will
come in." Customer-"Oh!n-Bo Post.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-19
EDITORIAL NOTES.

There is quite boom in real estate in New
York city. The sales within week have
aggregated over 100000 and the brokers
say that an immense amount of capital is
seeking investment. Real estate is cheap
enough in New Haven.
The last of the prisoners taken during the
Franco German war have just left Germany.
Some Tureos, who, during their imprison-
ment, had killed keeper by whom they had
been badly used, and who, in consequence,
had been condemned to imprisonment in a
fortress, reached Cologne the other day from
Wesel They were dressed in new uniforms,
which had been sent to them by the French
government.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-19
9r1J Goods.

UNTIL 9th UF FEB.
That is, until we take
account of stock, we
shall not have much to
say in advertisements.
We have quantities Of
new goods bought to
arrive early in March.
Some are coming innow,
for instance the new
wash fabrics, Ginghams,
Seersuckers, Indig O
@-Cambrics, &C.; but in
the meantime our ch1et
aim is to reduce stock,
and to that end there is
only one way that we
know of, namely, max
ing things cheapenough.
You may not want a
winter dress at this late
part of the season-1f
you do, you can buy the
material now ch e ap
enough IN all conscience
but how about Silks?
Black Silk is never out
of season, and the time
for Sumn1er Silks is
coming. And yet just
on these two articles at
the present moment you
will find unprecedented
prices IN our store-un-
precedented is just the
word-prices never be-
fore seen on the same
quality of goods.
Never mind why we
are selling these goods
now in such a way. We
have reasons that are
cogent enough to our
selves, and for YOU
why, if you get the
goods at three-fourths
to two-thirds of value
it's all pure saving. Our
competitors are worried,
not to know why, but
hozO we can sell Silks
in that way. Well, we
are not under any obi
cation to explain, and if
you get Silk SO cheap
you needn't puzzle over
the reason.
By the way, just one
word in anticipation of
first week in March.
We are laying the
pipes "-conspiring with
alargc maker of Ladies
White Underwear for a
great dynamite explo
sion (fguratively) r
that department. JUS
wait till you see!
d n H0HW * CC
Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-19

Every traveller in France will welcome q
long-expected reform effected by the Minister
of Public Works. A circular has been sent
to the Boards of all the railway companies,
requesting them to arrange by the 1st of
April that free access shall be given to the
platform and trains to all passengers pro-
vided with tickets. The misery of prolonged
incarceration in waiting rooms will soon be-
come thing of the past.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-19

According to the Louisville Courier
Journal, there is great deal of useful work
for the Kentucky legislature to do. The
abuses of the past dozen years have been de-
veloped through legislative enactments. The
State debt has steadily increased, with little
to show for the money expended. Justice is
stone-blind and laggard. Criminal prosecu-
tions are burdened with charges that breed
corruption. In its convict system, Kentucky
is ''half century behind the most advanced
methods"
Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-19

A Canadian has been conducting some
promising experiments in the manufacture
of gas from sawdust, and the results show
that vast amount of useful material is lost
every year from the saw mills. White pine
sawdust produces an Illuminating gas of
from twelve to fifteen candles, and yellow
pine produces even better gas. It is shown
that 100 pounds of dry wood contains three
times as much carbon for gas as 100 pounds
of bituminous coal, and the gas is free from
sulphur and ammonia, and does not give off
offensive odors.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-19

The coming man of Congress, says the
Cleveland Leader, is young Irishman, still
under forty, who is now serving his first
term His name is John J. ONeill, and he
comes from st. Louis. He has had curious
career He started life as newsboy and
wharf-rat in st. Louis He saved his money,
got in some way a common school education,
and finally engaged in manufacturing. He
became very popular in his district and was
sent to the legislature. Here he made a
reputation, and two years ago he was elected
to Congress. It is all well enough for the
Leader to think that Mr.. O'Neill is the COM
ing man. Possibly he is. But what this
Congress most needs is some men who are
already present
Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-19

The "White Cross" movement, which has
lately been started in this country, deserves
hearty encouragement. 1t is crusade or
ganized by Rt Rev. DR.. Lightfoot, bishop of
Durham, and introduced into this country
Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-19
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RAraRp HrLn 1NourRE.
The Secretary Says Accused Ameri-
cans Shall HIVE Fair PLAY.

New YoRK, April 1.-The following
is Secretary Baynrds letter in reply to a
request made TO him TO take appropriate
action in regard TO the cases of Burton
and Cunningham, who are awaiting trial
in London for completely in the recent
dynamite explosions. II is addressed to
james Flynn, corresponding secretary of
the Irish National League of New York
City, No. vi Third avenue, New York
hive received and given due consider
alton to your letter Of the 2sth ultimo and
the resolution therein communicated, This
department is ready to lend promptly nll
lawful aid in its power to secure "a just and
fair trial" TO any American citizen, whether
native or naturulized, crlminally charged in
foreign countries and triahle In such iuris-
dction. There IL, however no provision
by existing law Ia defray the expenses Of
employing legal counsel for the defense Of
citizens 20 accused and held for trial or for
The employment of agents to attend ind re-
port the proceeding. | trust, however, the
President will recommend aud that Congress
will provide n reasonable and adequate SUM-
Of money IN order that careful supervision
nf such important trials ~ may involve the
lives or liberties of American ritiaohs may
he had and M intelligent report Of the pro-
ceedings bo made, especially whore the
charge is serious and the accused destitute
of means and without friends.
| This department will take spdulOus
interest in the treatment of law-abiding
American citizens whilst in foreign coun-
tries and do whatever lies within its power
to secure for them the fullest protection OF
the laws, and when charged with olfenses
NIL their rights to u fair and public trial and
all legal defenses.
No other information Of the citizenship OF
| the parties charged or of the crime alleged
than Is contained in your communication
has been received at this department. Due
inquiry will he made and proper stops
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