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negro aadrssang a., har-, Mae al
ysrs s.oil.f,n Ca lsiius noticed 4ai ~issu
81 pusson sl,1bofs "a yer. he Aint grins tsf
st1p al dat bot l. g~inr iurisr. Just then
Ne hor,s kick-i "a ei ursr'. .cniiug bim
sprasIug ca a. Ereuai Oar, diin
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do.n dem at ysr SCAT fcri Aka ban'hn
dsm hoofs - mighiy fre. IL. 80 into "a
habit - klckin m' ones an krp "a ~ sid.
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beais,i - sn h. kep oa er klekin IN
ssp' on Or Al l.n doNn hls oats Nov whAi
u ksi lAy.n cat yABier Ia tbs oous yard.
Ysr.sf L. cut dar n ysr desn nina Nhoa,
heAh Bo~. an lsassse so on yef.
Just A. hs ssatsd hl0l.slf oa The her-s'
IAsk. The animal kicsei w and thre~ him
OF With a jar that made Tie whites u Ia
eycs t~inkle
IN. 10 gTuntsd. aFising win dunsaiJ
sKssp ca an 80 IA De habit y d. thing.
split er pa..on opsh ergin De face q De Law
ermig htys yssth an dsn spsck tsr h
tr~aisd llks ons . ~ faulty. kesp on.
tails ysf. bai de slsain wksn yer poks lat
ulOuf y youn la DE- trough ysr want ans ~
oats dAr Ivn yerll hsah % bud laugh
Den yerll lcok up a. 49, me srttin' GA De
rack pole. Oh. - 80, yer ao~n'
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she Caused . r.nls on the spot.

'I>ovs yoa7 schocd yoang man. why
Ia walk through tlls firss q Hades to AZ by
your ale tn minutes"
That's awfally nine. wish "a loved ma
that way fbe askci him Al dinner tho other
day Tor a t3uo csmeis hair sLA~l, AI-d he
made her cry.
How
why. he aid that with wheat touching q
dollar. aud h. half q million bashels short IN
a deliVery AZ ~ osnfs. sAsd better Ia think.
ing Il calico st IN cents yard. Why, what
ails you. Augastusr
"I-l-that Il. I've got ~ mect a man 81
sharp thrce. Half a million bushels short.
chi Good day. Ms Fsirbsnks
And h. went 81 kieking hlEnssf for no,
l.sng Ia love with an Zoe dealers dsaght>r.
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The honor u naming a newly disc lversd
planet a.Ay now b. b9aghi Tor 80 Ths
usllknosn Venues astr1n0msr Mr..
PLisa. who last year discovered an fresh
small planets. ofsrs - name tie late q founi
after any one ws0 VAL gave him ths above
amount toward the erpsn.ss q an srpeii.
tion b. wants b ht out Tor Observing ths
scup-s q the sun In August, issh Here.
snggssts some on. l. an olportuniiy fos
-osDs dsyOtsi swain D. pay psrfsctly novel
oompllmsnt y bis LAZY lovs
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A sti.torir.l Note.

PlutArch says that DcI8othenes made .
gloomy fEzls q his nrst sT.cch. This did not
discourage him 10 finally became the
enOo,hesi oratOr IN that country, and II was
NJ uurnmmon thlng Tor him ~ OIL IL f.Ist
isap,At Chulch u Athsaz fsll
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seemed 10 deep thought That's q crack.
stopper
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vas,urru edItor, Is trained journalist,
aud bis success has been well Deserved
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MAN nus sr.rIuL~r.

HWssafHftff .th neafsE.N IN ~ 49, -
ma tuss aastIr fu go 90 L. lsis ~ D.,
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a IHni,
stllsunh, Prov u.
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SSicK HEADACHE. BILIOUS
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NEVER saw a~srmSs LisE ar,

.ansne. p'rntnsat fsiisi almost .a'i'aii
ISAIAH slitiANs,
toseI. MAS.
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,nou rur FAMOUS SHOOTER.

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-. u.vstnssa nsnF others Do ms neisl
go "A - 1 80 4 fof rh.Iffa unftas le.fi q
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one. ArFay~i On bright gay costume. - D..
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Ne.
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sYou' nsiis'ns sells -su. ani or Customer
GAgDSsg. HUFTUH co Bslsu u
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Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-05

An examination of 3,726 prescriptions in a
Boston drug store showed that 504 drugs
were called for by the doctors. Quinine took
the lead by appearing in 292 prescriptions,
morphine appeared in 172, bromide of potas-
sium in III, iodide of potassium in 155 and
muriate of iron in 1884,
Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-05
Heliotrope the Fashion.


Heliotrope is the fashionable flower, the
fashionable perfume and the fashionable
color. Perhaps I ought to say colors, for
there are three or four different sad and tend
er shades of mauve in the blossoms of the de-
licious flower I have seen lovely gown
made of heliotrope plush, lined with pale
blue satin, and opening over plastron of
palest blue crepe de Chine, the soft folds of
which were all drawn towards the left side of
the tablier, where they were held by long
loops and ends of heliotrope-colored velvet
ribbon, pale blue on the reverse side. With
this becoming gown a bunch of heliotrope
cially when 1 found the vicinity of the wear
er, and indeed the whole room, impregnated
with the penetrating, delicious odor peculiar
to this sweetest of natural perfumes. 1t seems
my hostess where she had been able to get
such magnificent flowers at this season. ooh, :"
she replied, g am delighted you are taken
in too. Every one who sees them thinks
them real Look ~ And unfastening the
clasp that held them to her dress, she laid the
flowers in my hand. They We're artificial,
though so beautifully made and so fragrant
of their prototypes that the Queen of Sheba's
bees would be the only critics who could de
tect the difference. 'tBut the perfume % I
asked, bewi1dered ts Here it isl she said,
producing bottle Of GosnelPs Cherry Bios
son. which is so strong an extract that it was
sufficient to place the flowers in the same
drawer with it.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-05
SIGNS.

1t is no sign that man has attained to g
ripe old age simply because he goes home
mellow every night.-Boston Transcript.
He-''I see that the latest idiocy of women
is to have monkey for pet" She-''That
is not new. 1t was SO when we got mar
ried. Progress.
GLOW were you struck by her perform
ance?' asked gentleman of musician al
an amateur pianist's debut. 'sNot half SC
hard as the poor piano was" he replied.-N
Y. Journal.
A New Jersey girl is charged with having
traded her engagement ring for a pair Of
roller skates. She undoubtedly desired 6
larger circle in which to distinguish herself
Lowell Citizen.
Amateur concerts are forbidden in New
York on Sunday. Anybody who has spent
Sunday night in the metropolis will have OBJ
served that the cats do not consider them
selves amateurs. Burlington Hawkeye.
''Forget-me- -nots are the novelties of the
week, :" announces an exchange. We've had
plenty of them since January 1. They have
sprung up and blossolned all around us, and
every blamed one of them is as yet unreceipt-
ed.-LoweI Citizen.
Jones: ''Ever take anything, Smitha
Smith ssThanks; don't care if I do. Yes, L
take small drink of whisky occasionally,
but not very often" Jones: "You don't
look like a man who would take small
drink of whisky very often. Burlington
Hawkeye.
T.G. Appleton once advertised a fine horse
for sale 'tfor no other reason than that the
owner wished to leave Boston" The inner
facts were that the horse always refused to
go over bridge and that it was impossible
to leave Boston without going over bridge
Prisoner" said Prosecutor Buxton, ''you
are charged with gambling" Gambling
What is gambling" playing cards fol-
money" "But l did not play cards fol
money; played cards for chips" 'sWell
Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-05

you got money for your chips at the end OF
the game, didn't you?" ''No; didn't have
any chips at the end of the game "-Cleve-
land Herald.
The heather rageth: One of the Japanese
students, while out for stroll, was accosted
by sophomore with the inquiry, 'tWhat's
your name?" The gentleman from Japan an
swered politely, giving his surname. ooh, "
rejoined the questioner, S'you heathens don't
have but one name, I see.n 'sWhat was the
first name of Moses?'' was the reply.-Har-
ward Lampoon.
Father-"Come, young man, how long do
you propose to keep my daughter waiting on
your slow movements? IF you don't intend
to marry her, leave her; if you think of
marrying her, marry at once, and have no
further nonsense about it'' Young Man
''But my dear sir, Pm engaged to her You
wouldn't have me break my engagements
No? Well, if leave her break it, and
break it if [ marry her. And there I am
between the horns of a dilemma. Boston
Transcript
Conversation in a iewelry store: 'What
are you buying nows' 'I am looking for
some present to give my wife on her birth
day. l tell you, making presents costs
heap of money" "Why don't you do as
do? 1 have never failed to make my wife
present her birthday every year for
twenty-five years, and [ am not out a cent
thus - "How do you manage it?" f'It is
very simple. After we were married, when
her birthday came around 1 gave her
twenty-dollar gold piece. When my birth
day came around she gave me the twenty
dollar piece back, and we have kept that up
ever since, and neither of us is out cent -
Texas S1ftings.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-05
Footprints in the Snow.


The snow is the great betrayer. 1t not
only shows the track of mice, offers, ETC.,
etc., which else we should rarely, if ever,
see, but the tree sparrows are more plainly
seen against its white ground, and they in
turn are attracted by the dark weeds it re-
veals 1t also drives the crows and other
birds out of the woods to the villages for
food. We might expect to find in the snow
the footprint of a life superior to our own,
of which no zoology takes cognizance. Is
there no trace of a nobler life than that of
an otter or an escaped convict to be looked
for in ita Shall we suppose that is the only
life that has been abroad in the night! 1t is
only the savage that can see the track of no
higher life than the otters. Why do the
vast snow plains give pleasure, the tw1-
light of the bent and half-buried woods? Is
not all there consonant with virtue, Justlce,
purity, courage, magnanimity; and does not
all this amount to the track of higher life
than the otter's. a life which has not gone by
and left a footprint merely, but IS there with
| its beauty its music, its perfume, its sweet
we perceive is the impress of its spirit. If
there is perfect government of the world
according to the highest laws, do we find no
trace of intelligence there, whether in the
snow or the earth, OF in ourselves, no other
trail but such as a dog can scents Is there
none which an angel can detect and follow,
none to guide man in his pilgrimage which
water will not conceal? Is there odor of
sanctity to be perceiveds Is its trail too olds
Have mortals lost the scenta n Are
there not hunters who seek for something
higher than foxes, with judgment more dis
eliminating than the senses of fox-hounds,
who rally to nobler music than that of the
hunting horn? As there is contention among
the fishermen who shall be the first to reach
the pond as soon as the ice will bear, in spite
of the cold; as the hunters are forward to
take the field as soon as the first snow has
| fallen, SO he who would make the most of
his life for discipline must be abroad early
and late in spite of cold and wet, in pursuit
of nobler game, whose traces are there most
distinct a life which we seek not to destroy
Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-05
THE PRINCE AND HIS PALS.
An Interesting Young Man who Has
Been ShamefulIy BeIied.
/ GEroIr Iata Lott

Been ShamefulIy Belted.
From Late London letter.
Much has been said and written concern
ing the noble gentlemen and the society
ladies with whom the Prince of Wales
chooses to surround himself. The so-called
pious and proper people find very little in
the character and ways of the prince with
which to sympathize or to commend. He
does not affect piety or propriety He governs
his great royal household after the fashion
of English sovsreigns and noble people. He
has household worship conducted by his pri-
vate chaplain, and he sets worthy example
in his religious observances at home and in
public. He is a constant attendant at church
worship, and, as all gentlemen do, he con-
forms to the religion of genteel society, what
ever that may be- wherever he is. Whatever
infdels and unbelievers and radicals may be
morally, usually they are somewhat socially
vulgar, but he is par excellence gentleman.
But he does not read proper Sunday school
books, and does not go to Mr.. Spurgeon's
prayer meetings. He is neither worse nor
better for this, only certainly he is more nat
ural, human, honest and after the fashion of
his own manhood in not doing it. Like all
English gentlemen, he loves outdoor life,
dogs, horses and racing. The men who love
outdoor life, dogs, horses and racing are his
companions. More than this, he does just
as he has perfect right to do; he has about
| his royal person the gentlemen and ladies'
whom he likes and loves. He simply does
what every man and woman does who can,
and that is he has about him congenial peo-
pie. These always persons of birth and
breeding. The advantages and facility of his
station give him the choice of his compan-
ions, and SO he is saved from the society of
Doors and the vulgar.
Like all men of artistic and poetic temper
ament like all men of the Greek intuition
and perception, he has unbounded and
unrestrained admiration for beautiful youths.
He is always surrounded by certain of the
handsomest young 'swells" of the aristocra-
cy, and he throws his Greek glance upon
pretty girl whenever one is within range of
his vision. A pretty girl is his fascination,
as pretty girl-chaste, cultured and affabls
is the most engaging object in the universe
of which we know. Only very silly or
sembre people, or, at least, only very un-
human and undivine people, affect indiffer-
ence to such fascination.
1t is simply the misfortune of ordinary
mortals-men and women who have no royal
or aristocratic blood flowing in their veins
that they cannot always have lovely and
chaste women and handsome and cultured
men as their comrades and "pals."
Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-05

but to make our own; which when pursued
does not earth itself, does not burrow down
ward, but upward, take not to the trees, but
to the heavens, as its home; which the hun
ter pursues with winged thoughts and aspi-
rations Ghese the dogs that tree it), rallying
his pack with the bugle notes of undying
faith. Do the Indian and hunter
only need snow-shoes while the saint sits i'll
doors in embroidered slippersa
Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-05
VOL. LII.
FEBRUARY.

o. When it comes to February we do no
stick at trife We take inventory about
the end of the menth, and we would rather
not have anything to list, about the value OF
which there is any doubt. LACES are of
rather uncertain value lately. We have laid
out large quantity, or we should rather say
"a large variety, Of laces, (Which SO far as we
can learn were at least as cheap at the prices
on them as anything in the city,, and in
stead of marking them down separately, have
instructed the clerks to deduct just ONE
HALF from the amount of each sale from
that lot. That ought to make them go sure
ly!
Those 38e ribbed wool hose for ladies (that
is, the Soc hose at &c., are not all gone yet.
We told you last week we had good many
of them. We couldn't say that now, but
they will go round for day or two anyway.
We sold some eottons too cheap last week,
and shall likely do it again this week, but
you will have to come and see We don't
care to ''give away these things too freely
in the papers.
About the best selling dress fabric at pres
ent is the tricot weave. We can buy that
kind of goods good deal cheaper than we
could some time ago; and, besides the low
prices, that 10 per cent. discount should not
be forgotten We shall keep these discounts
going till inventory-1O per cent. on plain
colored all wool dress goods, 10 per cent. on
plaids and fancy wool goods, and 25 per cent.
on cotton and wool colored goods.
There is no discount on Silks: there can't
be. Our prices on these are altogether too
ow to admit of any further allowance.
All announcemen ent that we made in some
Of the papers lately about our 75c white
shirt-a kind of challenge it was-caused a
little ripple. Quite a number of people actu-
ally did, to our knowledge, compare our Toe
l1ol lo11 o1,i ,irf hot
advertised at 75c, and every time we came
off with flying colors. We have no doubt
good many more made the comparison with
out saying anything to us about it. Let 9th
ers try it; that is, let them try to find any
where dollar shirt at 75c that is as good as
our 75c shirt.
Gentlemen should drop in when passing
and see how cheap they can buy fine scarfs
of us at present The counter is at our east
ern door,
Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-05

There is trouble in the Office of the New
Bedford Standard. The editor attempted to
say that the Friends are noted for the sim
plicity of their garb and diction, but the in
telligent compositor end the argus-eyed
preofreader made it "grub and doctrine"
The Labor enquirer., 1885-01-10
Miners, Relief Fund,
Late Telegraph.

CHICAGO, Jan. 6.-The President of
the North Chicago Rolling Mill company
states that the mills in this city
will suspend operations in about
three weeks. These mills employ about
1000 men. ,rA
WILKEsBARRE, Jan. Cit is reported
that the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal
company will soon suspend operations
in number of their collieries, throwing
out of work 1000 persons. 3
PIrrsBuRG, Jan. THE Posts Green's
burg. Westmoreland County, Pensyl-
vania, special says: A rumor is current
here tonight that English detectives
have obtained evidence to the effect that
powerful secret society of dynamlters
are in existence within the boundaries
of this county and also that this society
is directly responsible for the recent ex-
plosions and assassinations in England.
These detectives have been on the
track of this society, or brotherhood, for
several months, and have found that it
'is well and thoroughly organized, some
what under the plan of the Mollie Ma
Iguires that its treasury contains large
-
The Labor enquirer., 1885-01-10
Campfire. Of the Tramps.

1t was quite gypsy touch that we had last
week from our correspondent In Kansas City,
"Along the line. !" he said, "along the line of
railroads crossing the state of Missouri,
wherever there Is timber, camp-fres are
seen, with men that society calls tramps
grouped around them, fighting the frost"
Perhaps they are not always very merry
groups of tramps that gather around these
December camp-fres beside the edges of the
wintry timber; there may not be very much
game or corn-juice to keep up their spirits;
and the farmers scattered about are not apt
to be over-friendly yet no doubt they do
the best they can. Now and then some sup
plies are got hold of; corn meal is always
cheap enough once in while newcomer
turns up with little money; stray quad
ruped or biped may be caught ready for the
fire; yonder comes a traveller with more
coats than he is entitled to, or wagon with
more canvas than it needs; take tour
around the cabin of a settler who has gone
telped roll up the old logs to keep the camp
fire going; say, stranger, have ye any tobacco,
or do you carry a flask ? hullo, there's train
rushing up, and what do ye say to boarding
her
The camp fires ofthe tramps among the
timber are not as cheerful as Longfellow's
'shousehold fires" which '.gleamed warm
and bright, but they are better than sheer
frost, when ornamented with stories of the
road; and it would appear that they are the
best thing going, fof a great many squads OF
Missourians who 81 a-gypsying in December,
though they are moi gypsies, and who were
all taught that theyhad a chance Of becom-
ing president of ths United States.
J.S.P.
The Labor enquirer., 1885-01-10

amount 81 money, uhlch has been OBJ
tanned By assessment and other sources
from all paris Of the state. Some Of the
recent explosions hsve been traced di-
rectly to- this county. as we'll As num-
ber Of assassinations which were COM
mitted ii England.
These English detectives. it is claimed,
have mingled with the suspects for 9
year and have departed for Washington.
with the evidence which they will lay
before the proper English authorities
This evidence, which has been obtained
and is in the possession: Of these detec-
tectives, is Of such nature that it will
show beyond the peradyenture of doubt
that citizens Of this country have been
and are now engaged in sending to Eng
land trusted men with large quantities
Of dynamite and men who have the
nerve 10 use it after it is there.
Those Irish Americans who have been
spoken to scoffsd at the|idea. They say
that such thing would be impossible
here, but there was a sort of look about
their faces that denoted that they proba-
bly knew more about the matter than
they cared toadmit II is certain that
there has been something in the wind in
this country for some time past of an ,if-
usually exciting nature.