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Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1886-09-28
WIGGINS.

The perniciouS fraud called Virgins is
getting good deal of free advertisement,
though it is not of complimentary charac
ter His latest prediction has seriously
frightened many thousands of people whose
nerves are not in good order and who do
not stop to think. OF course, as neither he
nof any other being on earth knows positive
ly what the cause or causes of earthquakes are
neither he nor any other human being, by
any calculations or observations of the forces
above, or on, or within the earth, can proper
ly make such positive prediction as he has
given out But this fact is lost sight of by
many.
Professor Richard A. Proctor, who really
knows something about this world and other
worlds, speaks of Wiggins as half educated
and wholly unscienti6c employe of the mete-
geological Office in Ottawa, who has long en-
deavored to acquire cheap reputation by
weather prediction of that kind which of it
self assures the students of science that the
weather prophet is either utterly ignorant or
exceedingly knavish. Mr.. Proctor goes on to
squelch Virgins. He points out that certain
well known astronomical facts have probably
being the slight tendency of earthquakes to
increase during the months of August and
September, and another that earth -throes are
more apt to occur when the moon is in or
near her point of nearest approach to the
earth and in or near the line connecting the
earth and sun than at other times. The
moon will be in such position in the latter
part of this month; but such conditions, Mr..
Proctor observes, recur year after year and
resulting earthquakes are no more liable to
occur this year than in any September of the
coming century, On the contrary, he argues
that there has already been one great earth
quake and it is exceedingly probable that the
imprisoned forces of the earth beneath the
American continent have for awhile found
relief and that no great earthquake will occur
in the same region for many years, possibly
centuries.
Mr.. Proctor's opinion is worth much more
than Virgins prediction. Tomorrow is the
day selected by Wiggins for his cal thouake,
and unless he has extraordinary luck he will
be brought to confusion.
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| and 72 per cent. of water. The American
General Section of the Universal Union of
Culinary Art at its last session made several
culinary experiments with the new potato,
which proved very satisfactory.
Good Knights of Labor disregard the color,
creed and nationality of their fellow MEM
bers. District Assembly 40 of New York
colored men, and one of these colored men
has been chosen delegate to the general
assembly to be held in Richmond. When a
committee was making arrangements with
Colonel Murphy of the Merchants Hotel of
Richmond he said he could not defy the
custom and usages of the city by allowing
the colored man equal rig hts and privileges
with those of his white fellow delegates. The
colored delegate, when he heard this, secured
a place for himself, and said the other dele
gates could select any hotel they liked. The
other delegates, however, by a unanimous
vote, declared they would only go where
their colored brother was admitted on the
same footing. The assembly then looked
about to devise way out of the trouble. It
finally sent the colored delegate and white
brother to Richmond to secure board for the
entire delegation among co4ored families in
that city. Good for 40.
The New York Commercial Advertiser is
very outspoken against the Henry George
movement. It says: The truth is that the
Henry George movement is preposterous in
every way. At the time when the obvious
need is the election of practicf1 man of af-
fairs, who will keep professional politicians
in check, Mr.. George, who is not a man of
affairs at all, but a visionary theorist,
dreamer and public lecturer, is brought
forward, and wage earners urged to sup
port him as their peculiar representative for
an Office for which he has no apparent fit
ness whatever. He is not wage Garner,
though we believe he once was. He is a man
who has made and makes good thing out of
his theories by writing and lecturing, and
that is all. He is not identified with the in
dustres and interests of this city. If he is
specially we'll informed, or even reasonably
well informed, concerning the affairs of the
city, he has at no time given any proof or in
dieation of the fact. If he has capacity to
deal successfully with the w:ly politicians
and spectators whose schemes of plunder
the mayor of New York is called upon to
check, it is capacity wholly unknown to
There are hundreds of actual
ifed than he, both by general capacity and
by intimate acquaintance with municipal af-
fairs, to serve the public well as mayor.
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To Beaut1fy the Skin.


In Won Ziemssen's work on diseases of the
skin Heinrich Auspitz, of Vienna, makes
the following observations on the subject of
identifying the skin: First-A healthy skin
is not necessarily beautiful. Even if all re-
quirements concerning diet, residence, at
mospheric and climatic conditions, ETC., are
carried out, the complexion is often extreme
1y bad. The general condition of health has
no influence upon the beauty of the COM
plexion, though it has upon the health of the
skin. Second-Cleanliness is sine qua non
of the beauty of the complexion, though it
does not play great part in the health of
the skin. Third-Water is seryiceable to
the skin in only moderate amounts and at
moderate temperature. Very cold or warm
baths, when used in excess, diminish the
elasticity of the skin and its power of resis-
tance to external irritants. Fourth-Dis-
titled and so-called soft water are more suita-
BILE for washing and less irritating than hard
water. Fifth-The hard soda soaps are usu-
ally preferable to the soft potash soaps for
toilet purposes. The quality of the soap de-
pends upon the quality of their constituents
aud the thoroughness of their saponifcation.
Good soaps must not contain free alkal or
any foreign irritating substance. The addi-
ton of moderate quantities of perfumes does
not materially change the quality. Sixth
Simple, finely ground powders such as starch,
magnesia, etc., are entirely innocuous and
often act as useful protection against ex-
ternal irritants. Seventh-Frequent appli-
cation of alcohol (as in bay rum, Florida wa
ter, cologne spirits, etc., abstracts the water
of the skin, makes 1t dry and brittle and i'm
pairs its nutrition. This is also true of gly-
cerine. All toilet washes containing alcohol
to any considerable extent should be avoid
ed. Eighth-This is true to a still greater
extent of other additions to washes such as
corrosive sublimate, mineral acids, certain
metallic salts, etc. Ninth-Csmphor acts
merely as bleaching powder. This is also
true of benzoic resin, sulphur flowers and
substances containing tannic acid. Tenth
The use of sweet smelling oils and fats
should be employed to greater extent than
is now done for toilet purposes. Eleventh
This is particularly true with regard to the
growth of the hair. The nutrition of the
scalp should be increased by the rational ap-
plication of fat for example in the form of
oil baths by means of the application at
night of a sponge soaked in oil upon the
sealp) and the greater use of simple DO
mades. These should be applied to the
roots of the hair rather than the shafts
Twelfth Substances should be avoided or
sparingly used which abstract water from
the skin and the roots of the hair.
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| WRITTEN BY A BOSTON GIRL
To the Young Man Whom She Met in
the Country This Sumner.

To the Young Man Whom She Met in
the Country This Summer.
This is bon aide extract from letter " lit
ten by pretty Boston school girl to the Spring
field young man with whom she formed an
acquaintance in the country this summer
Dear Mr.: Am going to trust to luck on
getting through the next recitation and take
this study hour to answer your letter. We
came home Saturday. l knew pa would stay,
fast enough. Really could have bawled
with pleasure. julie Ward and Ned Haynes
went as far as Newbury with us, and the rest
of the gang saw us safely on board. {.
By the way, Will Dame gave me his
picture before 1 went-that's more than you
did. Say do you know it's fairly
rank to be back at school. Could chew my
self hate it so. Nasty studies this year
Virgil, English, history, drawing, chemistry
and physics. l smashed two test tubs and
burnt my finger on the first go off. The
master came prancing up with some good
advice about exercising tride more care,
ETC., and SO on:-old COW! Saw my Charlie
Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Wednesday
nights. You bet was glad to see the dear
boy. Tuesday night 1 went to the theater
You see haven't laid myself out studying
much as yet want to thank you for those
chestnut bells. We had great circus with
them. There goes the old gong for
next lesson-Latin; know I'll get left. Ex-
cuse paper and envelope; it's all l could
rake up here: had TO borrow one from one
girl and another from another. Well, ira la
Ii loo
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Many of the leading physicians of New York are
discussing the propriety of admitting the Moxie
Nerve Food Into their regular practice, as it is
harmless food and found TO be able to prevent re
lately put to the test and found to have stopped
a number of cases of paralysis and Brights disease
in the first stages, and it is well known that these
originate from depleted mel We force. 2tawaw
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The recent "defalcations' have brought
out the suggestion that all books be submit
ted to the reg llar examination of licensed
and swo1l accountants. In London such ac-
countants constitute a regular profession by
themselves, specially trained for the work
and licensed to practice. They are public
officials and when employed it is for their
interest to discover fraud or errors, if they
exist. Corporations whose books are regu-
larly examined by such experts cannot have
extensive frauds concealed for term of
yeais
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Captain Boggs' Trick.


Captain Boggs. Virginian, who held a
captains license on the Mississippi river be-
fore he was of age, and who for fou1te
years had the contract to supply the military
posts in Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and
Arizona with fuel, tells the following story:
'I was down in the Ute reservation in Col
orado, and had strolled down to the shores
of a small lake while my mules and team
sters were eating dinner, when 1 came across
party of about dozen Indians. They
were armed with rifles and were shooting at
a snag which stuck out of the water about
two hundred yards distant. The stakes for
which they were shooting were composed of
a quarter of dollar from each man. I
stood watching them for some time and then
decided to enter the competition. Each man
had three shots and the man who hit the
snag the most times won the pot The miss
es were told by the splash in the water; the
hits by the absence of the splash.
CATER some parley with the redskins 1
got them to allow me to enter the match,
though they compelled me to deposit half a
dollar while they put in but quarter. I
had a Henry repeater with me that, fortu-
nately for my purpose, was then unloaded.
1 was accounted one of the best shots in that
country, but knew that the Indians we're not
by any means slow. I slipped three Gait
ridges into my rifle and as did So 1 broke
the ball off, thus leaving blank cartridge.
OF course no splash followed any of my
shots and the Indians thought I had hit the
snag every time. I won that pot, but the
next time 1 Intentionally lost by not break
ing the balls off and by taking Indifferent
aim.
81 then broke all the balls off until had
won eighteen dollars. Then the Indians,
who began to look at me with suspicion
awe, refused to shoot any more. l invited
them up to the store and spent the money
on knick- -knacks, which I divided among
them. I then took them back to the lake
and showed them the trick. They were very
much surprised, but took it in good part.
''On returning that way few days after
found the same Indians on the lake shore
shooting big match with neighboring
tribe, whom they were rapidly cleaning out
of everything. 1 learned that they had
skinned every Indian in the country that
they could get to shoot against them. I said
nothing, but mused on the readiness of the
savage to adopt the white mans tricks"
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He Will Explain to Pat Next Time.


He returned from his yachting trip, and
when the luggage of the gander party was
conveyed ashore the array of empty bottles
that had not been thrown overheard was
something of a staggerer to look upon. The
gentleman not caring to dump them at the
anchorage in the face and eyes of his neigh
bors said hurriedly to mis- man, "Pat, get
those under ground about quick ss you
can. Bury them; do you understand"
eyes, soir, 1 do" was the reply; and the
yachtsman went home and tumbled into the
arms of Morpheus without delay. The next
he knew he heard his wife's voice calling,
''For goodness sake, my dear, what has Pat
brought all these bottles up here fors" 1t
was but one step from the bed to the win
dow, where the enraged gentleman called
out: "You blasted Irishman! didn't I tell
you to bury those botties?' eyer did, soir,
and its divilish quick I'll git 'em buried,
now have 'em SO handy soir." The yachts
man wearily explained it to his wife. Next
time he will consider it more valorous and
discreet to take Pat little into his conf
dence,
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she had read in an elder sisters book piece
of poetry about the egg of Columbus, and she
did not see how he could have laid an egg un
less he was bird.-Hartford Times.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1886-09-28

The Republican party is wide awake this
wear. The Massachusetts State convention
an unusually large number of leading Repub-
hsans. Among the more prominent are Sem
ators Hoar and Dawes, ex-Governors Clafip,
Rice and Long, Congressman Rice, Davis,
Ranney, Hayden, Stone, Alien. Ely and
Whiting, Hons. 6. G. Crocker, R. o. Fuller,
J. H. Butler, H, NJ. Phillips, E. Boynton, E.
H. Haskell, D. A. Gleason, R. S. Frost, L.
O. Wade, NJ P Walker, AIpheus H. Hardy,
John Q. A. Lothrop, F. D. Allen. E. B.
Stoddard, P. L. Moen, G. A. Marden and
others who are as we'll knoWl end thorough
ly respected in their localities.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1886-09-28

Judge Paul of the United States Circuit
court of Virginia had occasion in recent
case to decide when slavery legally ceased to
exist in that State. His decree was that
April z, 1864, the time when the Alexandria
Underwood State constitution was adopted,
was the date on which slavery in Virginia
DaSsed away
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1886-09-28

Warm work for the Democrats last even
ing, and it will be still warmer soon.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1886-09-28

Tuesday, September 2s, 1856.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1886-09-28


The first Japanese to settle in San Francis
Now there are more than eight hundred
Japanese in the city, of whom about foley
are women. Of these forty twenty are mar
ried and their children attend the public
schools. These japanese have come to San
Francisco partly to learn English and partly
to escape military service in Japan, and they
are generally well educated. They are mostly
engaged in house ser1 ice in San h Ftanclsco,
in which they are proficient. few OF them
are nominal Christians, while the rest are
atheists s'The tortures of hell" they say,
''are graded according to the amount of
money one has," When asked why more
Japanese women have not come over, one of
them said: ''The less women the better;
woman's tongue three inches long can kill a
man six feet high
What bids fair to be very acceptable ad-
dition to our table supplies comes in the
shape of new potato which has been re-
Gently discovered in Bolivia by a Mr.. SAGE.
The value of this new tuber may be judged
from the facts that it is the most farinaceous
of its species and yields four crops per an
num- The Indians esteem it highly, and
call it papa purcka. These potatoes grow
numerous bulbs, ten to fifteen in bunch
from one seeding, and the manifold stalks
are covered from base to top with soft beau
tiful leaves, brilliant with lovely yellowish
green The tubers weigh from 100 to $50
glammes aud contain 20 per cent. of fecula
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TINE F11Es.

THE SUMNER Is RAPIDLY PASSING,
AND THE HOT WEATHER has ONLY
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The curtain finally dropped in the long and
tedious Fitz John Porter drama yesterday
when the Senate confirmed Porter as a colonel
In the army. And now let US have peace,
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The ruin" OF the peach crop last spring was
gratifyingly complete. The Delaware peninsula
now comes TO the front With three million bas-
kets and the biggest yield OF the delectabIe
fruit since 1870
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1t looks as though Joseph Mulhaitan of story
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The conference committees decision not to
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