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Morning journal and courier., 1885-03-06
Desperate Battle with Rats.

FROM the Otlca ODSerVer.J
E. S. Barden, a well-known farmer of the
town of Condor, Broome county, entered a
pig sty on his farm few days ago to make
Some needed repairs. At the first stroke of
his hammer two large rats out of a hole
in the floor and attacked Mr.. Barden. He
kicked at one of the rodents, and it set up
loud squealing In response to the cry rats
swarmed into the sty from holes and crevices
on every side. They sprang upon him and
endeavored to reach his face. Barden called
his dog, large St. Bernard, which came
promptly up to the spot and leaped in among
the little animals. The rats turned their at
tention to the dog and gave Barden an op-
portunity to leave the sty. Aiming him
self with club, he returned to assist the
dog, which had killed a number of rats.
The survivors, however, fought as furiously
as ever. For ten minutes the battle ragged,
and then only half dozen rats being left,
they retreated The floor of the sty was COW
cred with dead rats. The dog was red with
blood from the savage bites of the rats, which
were of unusual size ,scme of them measuring
nearly foot in length They were of
deep gray color, and are believed to be
colony of the rats which have been annoying
the farmers of Bradford and Susquehanna
counties, Pa, for some months. None like
them have been seen anywhere else in the
neiphborhood
Morning journal and courier., 1885-03-06


I have thus far neglected to give due credit
to the tropical flea, to whose industry, enter
prise and assiduous solicitude all travellers
in this country are indebted for great de al
of diversion. At first his attentions were
somewhat annoying, and there was general
disposition to conceal acquaintance with him; {;
but when every man, woman and child in a
company is constantly scratching, it becomes
difficult to ignore conditions that are COM
mon and conspicuous; and everybody admits,
first with bushes and then with a brazen
shamelessness, that he's got 'en. There's no
use of trying to conceal the fact. They are
as common and as plenty as flies in base
ment-kitchen of a city boarding house, and
the Venezuela coat-of-arms would more truly
represent the condition of the country if it
showed man vainly trying to scratch in
seven places at once, instead of e wild horse
dashing over the pampas. They are little
black flies which will get into your clothing
in the most unaccountable manner. You
find them in your shoes and under your
shirt collar; you wake up in the night and
think you have somehow wandered into a
plantation of nettles, or, when you become
a little more accustomed to it, dream reg
ularly that you are lying on the priekly side
Of a cactus. To rub the flesh with brandy
does some good, but the better way is to grin
Morning journal and courier., 1885-03-06
A Rough Joke on the Boys


Among the prominent costumes of the
fancy dress carnival at the Providence skat-
ing rink last evening were two representing a
dude and a ballet girl, pictures in black
The make up of the black faces was notice
ably artistic-would have been creditable to
professional negro MINSTREL in fact
and, as later developments showed, was far
more real than the two young men who rep
resented the characters had intended When
the evenings fun was over the pair of jolly
fellows discarded their costumes and attempt
ed to discard the negro tint of their faces,
but, to their dismay, hard scrubbing and a
liberal use of soap and water failed to pro-
duce any more effect on the black than to
make it glow and become, if anything, the
more realistic. The pair explained the diff
ficulty to crowd of sympathizers and by ad-
vice Turkish bath establishment re-
sorted to; but at the late hour of the night
the bath was not in running order and in
despair prominent druggist was sought out
and while the embarrassing trouble was ex-
planned the druggist was begged to prescribe
some solution that would turn the black
faces white again. It transpired that the
gay carnivalists had, the recommenda-
ton of a friend, used lamp-black and lard in
the stead of the popular burnt cork, and the
man of chemicals assured them that IL could
not wash their faces and time alone could do
it for them
Morning journal and courier., 1885-03-06
Friday. March 6, 1855.
AN INTEREsTING CASE.

AN ANTEH kEST1NG CASE.
The Supreme court of Pennsylvania has de-
cided the case of Bradlee & Co. vs. Whitney
& Kemmerer The case is of no little i'm
portance to the mercantile world It involves
a question which is constantly arising in
transactions where an agent OF broker is
dealt with, and the point passed upon by the
court is as to the effect of a payment to a
and, further, what is the liability of the firm
after paying a broker for goods to
pay the money over again to the principal
because of the dishonesty of the agent. The
facts were as follows: Whitney & Kemmerer
were anthracite merchants. Bradlee & Co.
were manufacturers of chain and iron goods.
A. J. Cohen, coal broker, obtained from
Bradlee & Co. an order for a boat-load of
coal. This order he asked Whitney & KEN
merer to fill for him. The latter firm knew
that Cohen was insolvent and therefore
agreed to sell to anv of his customers who
upon inquiry were found to be satisfactory;
to bill and ship the coal to them directly, and
to pay Cohen a commission on sales when the
bills were paid. In accordance with this
agreement they consigned to Bradlee & Co. a
boat-load of coal weighing ninety seven tons.
The purchasers gave receipt for the coal on
the back of the bill of lading. The consign-
ment was in the name of Whitney & KEN
naerer and not in that of Cohen. About
month afterwards Cohen called for
and received from Bradlee & Co. the
price of the coal, giving his receipt
therefor, and shortly afterwards absconded
The referee found as fact that Whitney &
Kemmerer never in any way, or at any time.
gave Cohen authority to act as their agent,
and that Bradlee & Co. assumed him ito be
acting in that capacity without inquiry. He
therefore held them liable to pay to Whitnsy
6 Kemmerer the amount due on the coal
In affirming the decision Of the referee the
judge who gave the decision said that it is
true, as general rule, that where there is no
knowledge or notice that property involved
belongs to another, the rights of the pur-
chaser will be respected. In this case, how
ever, the transaction exhibited upon its face
what would put ordinarily prudent pur-
chaser on inquiry. The manner in which
Cohen was doing business was suggestive of
the fact that he WAS not acting on his own
account. Beyond all question Bradlee &
Co. acted in perfect good faith, but the exer-
else of a reasonable degree of prudence would
have prevented their paying the money to
Cohen
Morning journal and courier., 1885-03-06

Samuel Tildens steam yacht Viking, in
winter quarters at Winthrop cove, New Lon
don, was covered with flags and bunting
Wednesday, in celebration of the inaugura-
ton of President Cleveland. Aside from this,
the only public recognition of the event in
New London was the display of American
flags from the residence of ex-Collector
George T. Marshall and ex-Councilman L. NJ.
Allyn.
A large crowd gathered on Main street,
Bridgeport, yesterday noon, to witness a
kissing match between gentleman and lady
who had made this agreement provided that
their respective candidate for the presidency
of the United States should be defeated.
The impatient crowd waited until p M,
when Detective Frank Taylor came out and
tackled on tree a paper bearing the inscrip-
ton: "Owing to the lady's having severe
attack of the smallpox the kissing match is
postponed until March 4, 1889" The curl
osity and expectation of the throng vanished
at once and the hngerers disappeared in a
'twinklinp
Morning journal and courier., 1885-03-06
Says He.

Whatever the weather may be- says he,
Whatever the weather may be
It's plaze, if ye will, an I'll say say
Supposin' to-day was the wintriest day,
Wud the weather be changin' because We cried,
Or the snow be grass were ye crucif1ed?
The best is to make your own summer says he,
Whatever the weather may be-" says he
Whatever the weather may bel'
Whatever the wea her may be, says he,
Nv hatever the weather may be,
IT. the songs ye sing an the smiles We wear
That's a-makin' the shine everywhere.
An the world of gloom is world of glee,
Wild the bird in the bush an the bud on the tree,
Whatever the weather may be- says he 81 =
''Whateyer the weather may ber' 49, sIsaE@
Whatever the weather may be- says he,
Whatever the weather may be,
Ye can bring the spring. wild its green an gold,
An the grass in the grove where the snow lies
cold.
An yell warm your back, wild a s1llilii' face,
As ye sit at your hearth, like an old fireplace,
Whatever the weather may be, says he
whatever the weather may be!''
james Whitcomb Riley.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-03-06

and moderately hard.
The recent decision of Judge Tappan of
the New York Supreme court declaring the
tax title to certain State timber lands defec-
tive has been followed by bill introduced
by Assemblyman O'Neil at Albany making
all lands which have come or shall come to
the State through tax sales permanent pos
sessions of the State unless any technical ir-
regularity shall be taken advantage of within
two years of the sale. 1t has been found
that for twenty years or more large portion
of the forest lands reverting to the State
were not properly sold The law provides
that the board of supervisors in each county
shall not only levy the tax in bulk, but shall
approve of the roll of taxes for each piece of
property. The custom has been, however,
to delegate to the separate town supervisors
the task of making out the rolls for their re-
speetive towns without going through the
formality of approval by the whole board.
Judge Tappan's decision was based upon this
neglect.
According to the New York Journal of
Commerce, the experiment of planting Gu
calyptus trees by the Trappist monks on the
border of the Roman Campagna has proved
failure. There has been a belief that if the
trees were planted in large quantities they
would absorb the malaria The government
aided in the work and the experiment was
tried on large scale, with the result that
when the trees have attained the age when
their benefeence is supposed to be greatest
the poor Trappists have suffered worse than
ever. The Journal of Commerce concludes
that drainage is the true preventive. and it
says: The old Romans occupied the elegant
villas grounds which are now the hotbeds of
disease. Excavations recently made in the
Campagna and within the walls of Rome
disclose elaborate and costly system of
subsoil drainage unsurpassed in engineering
skill by the aqueducts of the Cesars Qui-
nine was unknown in those days. The pre-
scriptions with which malaria was treated
then have not come down to US. But the
old Remains had a preventive-which is in
finitely better than any cure-and that was
a systematic and complete drainage of the
tracts now most scourged by malaria.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-03-06

Rates of Advertising
SITUATIONS WANTED, one insertion SOC; each
subsequent insertion 25c
WANTS, RENTS, and other small sdve -tisements
occupying not more than six lines, one iEsertion
75c; each subsequent insertion &c.
One square lone nch) one insertion, $1.20: each
subsequent insertion, 40 cents; week. So 20;
month. $1,000.
Yearly advertisements at the following ra,es:
One square, one year, $40; two squares, one year,
$40; three squares one year, 800.
Obituary notices, in prose verse, Is cents per
lire. Notices Of Births Marriages and Deaths, 80
cen!seacb. Local Notices 2Oc per line.
Advertis. ments on second page one price and a
half.
Yearly advertisers are limited to their imme-
diate business. and their contracts do not include
Wants. To Let, For Sale, etc
Special rates furnished application for contracts
covering considerable length of time, or large
Morning journal and courier., 1885-03-06
HOPE !!

Swift's Specific has cured my cancer. which was
very bad. l now in fine health: never better
Have gained 25 pounds since began taking Swift's
Specific. K. S. BRANDFoRD, Tiptonville, Tenn.
CANCER FOR MANY YEARS-A servant has
been afflicted for many years with a cancer on her
nose which resisted all sorts of treatment She
cured entirely with Swift's Specific.
JOHN HILL, Druggist, Thompson, Ga.
NOSE EATEN OFF-A young man near this
town had an eating cancer on his face, which had
destroyed his nose and was eating toward his eyes
AS last resort put him Swift's Specific and it
has cured him sound and well.
M F. CRUMIiEy, NJ. D., Ogethorpe, Ga.
have seen remarkable results from the use of
Swift's Specific in 1t has cured several
under my eyes
REV J. H. CAMPBELL, Columbus. Ga.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-03-06
5Nisce11a 1a11eu11s.
The Yale National Bank.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 81, 1885.
Whereas, by satisfactory evidence presented to
the undersigned it has been made to appear that
The Yale National Bank of New Haven" in the
City of New Haven, in the County of New Haven
and State of Connecticut has complied with all the
provisions of the act of Congress TO enable National
Banking Associations to extend their corporate ex-
isence and for other purposes. approved July IL,
1892 Now therefore, l. Henry w. Cannon, Comp
troer of the Currency, do hereby certify that THE
Yale National Bank of New Haven in the City of
New Haven in the County of New Haven and State
of Connecticut is authorized to have succession for
the period specified in its amended articles of asso
ciatfon namely until close of business on January
31st 1905.
In testimony whereof, witness my hand and seal
of office, this 9th day of January, 1885.
Fl. w. CANNON,
No 796 Comptroller of the Currency.
ia0Q 30t
Morning journal and courier., 1885-03-06
EDITORIAL NOTES.

There is a man in Memphis, Tennessee,
who cannot live without noise. He ought to
be q Mormon.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-03-06

Swft's Specific is entirely vegetable. Treatise on
Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free.
The SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Drawer g. Atlanta, Ga.
or 159 23d ST., New York ma eod&wnr
Morning journal and courier., 1885-03-06
1rly Goods.
ABOUT SILKS
ONCE MORE.

"rhere is no such
thing as selling an arti:
Gle below it's value"
we are told. "What
you will sell it for and
another will pay you for
it is it's value" Strict
ly speaking, that is true.
What a man will and
can sell a thing for is
THEN and THERE it's val
ue. But in the ordinary
commercial use of the
word the "value" of a
thing is the price at
which it is sold COM
monty, all around, in
the usual course of bus
mess. And when we
say that we are selling
something below it S
value, we mean that, for
one reason or another,
we are selling that thing
at less than we could
easily get for it; less
than others n t h e
neighborhood are get
ting for it. Of course
usually we try to sell
our wares al their value.
Every child knows that
is how a dealer makes
his living; and the man
who is always saying he
sells everything at less
than any one else, may
safely be set down as a
quack.
We are selling Black
Silks below their value
to advertise our busl-
ness. We admit that.
We think it is a good
and legitimate way of
advertising. 1t is not
that we wish to make
you believe we sell
everything else as cheap.
But our expectation IS,
and it is justified by ex-
perience, that a good
Silk trade will bring a
large share of other trade
with it. We are willing
to advertise our business
at the expense of profits
on Black Silks, and just
now for other and diff
ferent reasons we are
willing to do SO even
more strongly than usu,
al. Of course to make
such a thing not a mere
sham we must sell the
very best and most
trustworthy makes that
we know of ; and we do
Such names as Guinet
Morning journal and courier., 1885-03-06
0lrniraI.


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to IMPURE BLOOD ''old, tried and true'' rene
dy Tried by the of time and practical USE it is
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Made strictly by the Old Indian Recipe, without
the slightest change Just it nearly century
ago. An excellent tonic and appetizer, eninently
adapted to troubles peculiar to women.
1t is a vegetable preparation, containing mer-
curry other mineral poison, and will not cure one
disease by producing another. Compounded under
the supervision of eminent ply scian of 60 years
practice. It is absolutely ilifallible cure for
every known form of disease, arising from Blood
Taint, be it
Syphilis in any stage, ScrOfuIa, Ulcers,
Rheumatism, R Catarrh, liberated Sore
Throat, White Swelling, Eczema, Tet-
ter, PtE.pIes or Eruptions of any kind.
Endorsed by practicing physicians. Sold by
druggists. Large bottle $3.50, three bottles 81,
six bottles $3.50. Wholesale by the 0. l. c. Co,
176 Fulton New York mr.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-03-06

The Cabinet makers got it about right
The President has chosen some strong men
for his advisers. He did not take any of the
Connecticut Democratic statesmen, but he
took two members from New York, which
will please all the Democrats of other States
and tend to promote that heavenly harmony
which is desirable in a victorious and an am
bilious party.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-03-06

law has just been passed in Bavaria for
bidding the marriage of people who have re-
ceived public charity within three years, who
have not paid their taxes, or who, by reason
of laziness or vicious habits, are likely to
make homes wretched. 1t will bs interest
ing to see how such scheme will work.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-03-06
NO. SIS.

and bear it. These pests are bad enough in
Mexico; they are worse in the West Indies,
but IN Venezuela-the less said the better.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-03-06
NEW HAVEN CONN. FRIDAY MORNING. MARCH6, 1885.

the consequent difficulty of working it. Kan
debwood is light red, shining, cross grained
and moderately hard.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-03-06
The 9unrna1 and Courier.
The oldest Daily Paper Publish cd
i'm Connecticut.
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SINGLE COPIES TWO CENTS.

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY, 10
CENTS A WEEK, AZ CENTS MONTH, $500 A
YEAR. THE SAME TERMS By MAIL.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-03-06

Judge Torrance has been made judge of
the Superior court, the Senate having fol-
lowed the action of the House and confirmed
his nomination. 1t is entirely safe to pre-
dict that he will do good service in the place
to which he has been called. Next week the
vacancy caused by his promotion will proba-
bly, be filed, and Judge Studley of the City
csurt seems destined to be chosen. His pro-
motion will give general satisfaction, as will
also the promotion of Judge Deming to the
place now held by Judge Studley.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-03-06

Quails are now so abundant in California
that they throng the rsadways. While re-
wards are offered by farmers in southern
counties for killing this bird, which destroys
much grain, the Alameda and Contra Costa
farmers say the quail is useful to them. 1t
attacks their grain only as a last resort, and
chiefly subsists upon insects. Their destruc-
ton of ants is of inealculable Importance.
The quail's great foe is the wildcat. A quail
nesting will cover fifteen to twenty eggs, and
nearly every egg will hatch. They nest once
year, and during such periods the male il
the most pugnacious defender of the mother
and young The willy wildcat, as large as
four ordinary cats, will stretch himself out
and put out his tongue; the male quail will
appear and peck it, whersupon the cat has
quail on tongue.
Immense quantities of woods are annually
sent from India to England to be manufac-
tured into furniture. One of the most high
ly valued of these, and universally used, is
the toon wood, which is light, soft and red,
having no heartwood; is not eaten by ants
and is adapted not only for furniture, but
for door panels and carving. Chickerasi or
chikrassi wood is another sort of grea tindus-
trial value. 1t is large tree with bark of
reddish brown and deeply cracked, the heart
wood hard, varying from yellawish to red
dish brown, with beautiful satin lustre,
seasons and works we'll and is employed for
furniture and carving. Nagasar wood has
dark red heartwood, extremely hard; it is
used for building, for bridges, gun stocks
and tool handles, but it's more general use is
prevented by its great hardness, weight, and
Morning journal and courier., 1885-03-06

For number of years readers of the At
lantic have been curious as to the author of
a series of powerfully written stories of life
in the mountains of Tennessee, the signature
'tCharles Egbert Craddock" being recognized
as pseudonym. The secret is out at last,
having been revealed by Mr.. Aldrich, the
editor of the Atlantic, who invited DR..
Holmes and Mr. Howels to dine with him
Tuesday evening to meet Charles Egbert
Craddock. The mysterious guest proved to
be Miss Mary N. Murfree, of st. Louis. Her
stories have always been well worth reading
and no trace of what is called feminine
weakness" can be found in them.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-01-29

II wasn't thought that the Register wing
Of tho Democratic party would look with
auv favor on the proposition to give a
minority representation in the governing
boards Of State institutions. Neither was
II thought that the Regi.cr would plunge
wildly into such contract as this;
The R.0iaer warns the Democracy Of
,he State in due season OF this systematic
attack upon our public institutions. Az
the proper time 1t shall be prepared 70
show that these institutions are IN sac
hands, and prosperous condition, ana !llat
changes eInaDating from kep9bHCan
sources should be regarded with Jealous
caution, as the experience OF the past
should teach that there is some ulterloF'
hostile and political object.
The ripping cadences OF q feDFuAfy
Good.like style cannot obscure the sacred
promise here made to the Democracy Of
West Virginia. The faithful are not only
warned to search every Republican's
clothes for dynamite, but promise q clean
hill Of health for the University and the
Insane Asylum. The ISTELLIoPSoEE ID
unable to say who has in time und rtaken
10 prepare the RcgilT to show that
the University, for example, is in q
"prosperous condition." but IL looks as
though some artiul old Borboun is thrilling
With the affections OF the young and too
,ns,on,;Ila FEATHER
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-01-29

Ts4aS Strings.

4t4LS oyIbVss
The pay-train stopped OF Willow Bend
to pay the railroad hands and TO liquidate
claims for cattle on the track in that sec
ton. 4 gaunt, hungry-looking Granger
stepped up to the smart young man who
was dispensing the cash in the rear end
OF the car. "Got my nane on your+books,
mister?" GLOW should know unless
you tell me your name?n "Kerrect you
are. You have got the edge on me there:
Well, my name is Rufus McConkey."
"Yes," said tho young man, referring to
his books, "Alr. NIcConkey, l have
got you down for a hog" "Haye
Inc down for hog, have you? Well,
I'll have you down for halt an hour, and
I'll be on top OF you, maxim it setter
cxcitin' TO you, II you don't revise HAT
expression. Now, say after me, Colonel
McConkey, School Trustee, yonrth Dis
trict-Your name, sir, iS on this here list
us honey fider creditor Of the /. {; G. N.
Railroad, which the amount are $40, the
yally OF one spotted berkshire hog; said
amount Of $40, II 10 ne proud to hand to
Yon, Won't You have cigar, Colonel p"
The smart young Assistant Paymag.er re-
heated after Mr.. McConkey word for
word, handed Colonel McConkey Che $40,
and then gave him cigar, Colonel Nc
Copkey put the hammer oA his six.shooter
back to half.eock, and then strobe out,
muttering: "Some city chaps think they're
smart, hut they'll find they has to come
ont on the perarics to learn perliteness AN
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