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Morning journal and courier., 1886-05-07
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 The "Rose of Sharon" has long been A disputed point. The Hebrew word khabats- eleth occurs only in Canticles, ii., 1, and Isaiah, xxxv., 1; the revised version reads ''rose'. in the text and Fautumn crocusn in the margin. We are of opinion that the naroissus N. Tazetta) is intended The scene of the Canticles is in the spring, when the narcissus would be in blossom; it is very sweet, has long been and still is a plant of which the Orlentals are passionately foud Hasselquist noticed it on the plain of Sharon Tristram in cultivated land and lower hills from Gaza to Lebanon; Mr. H. Chichester Hart in the districts between Yebdna and JatfaPlaln of (Sharon.) ''Some low-lying patches" he says 'were quite white with it' The October Quarterly Statement Palestine Exploration Fund.- contains a valuable paper by Mr c. Hart, entitled "A NaturaIist's Journey to Sinai, Petra, and South Pales- tine made in the autumn of 1983." The au- tumn crocus has no perfume, and would not be in bloom till late in the year. The mar cissus is bulbous plant, which is apparent isa iI part of it's Hebrew name-i e. betsel, ''buib, affaifs5aIsisa ali :. But quite 2 different plant has recently appeared as the true claimant to the honor of being the s'Rose of Sharon;" an Assyrian plant name is intro duced to us by Dr. r. Delitzsch Among the names of different kinds of konu, freed :" and of objects made of it, occurring on tab let in the British museum and published in 1.-The Cuneiform Inscriptions of Western Asia," mention is made of one called khab- atsillatu, which in sound is identical with the Hebrew name in Canticles and Isaiah so that Dr. F. Delitzsch, without moments hesita- tion, upset all other floral aspirants with one decided blow and reads freed of SLaron:n 'the desert shall rejoice and sprout like the reed"
Morning journal and courier., 1886-05-07
Friday, May 2, 1886.
THE NEW WHISKY SCHEME.

THE NEW WHISKY SCHEME.
 The whisky men are at it again. The ways and means committee has reported a bill indefinitely extending the bonded whisky period. It is called the Anderson bill and proposes ostensibly to set up special ware houses for distilled liquors, but the real point of the bill is that liquors may remain in those warehouses for any length of time and the internal revenue tax need not be paid until the liquors are taken out to be sold. In addition, the taxes are not to be levied upon the amount of liquor put into the warehouse, but only that withdrawn; so that the owner will not lose by evaporation or leakage The bonded whisky period is now three years, and since 1882 the whisky interest has been trying in Congress and by the decisions of the Treasury department to have it extended indefinitely, as this bill provides.
 Thus far this bill has attracted little atten- tion. It will probably get attention enough soon. It is said that it was through the eff forts of MT. Breckinridge, of Kentucky, that the ways and means committee was brought to favor this scheme. It is not probable that the bill will pass. for the Republicans and some oe the Democrats will resist this new attempt to secure special legislation in behalf of the whisky interest. The thorough defeats which the whisky men have hitherto met with do not seem to have discouraged them. Another defeat ought to satisfy them
Morning journal and courier., 1886-05-07
ARRIVED.

The Baltimore American notices the arri val in that city of jackass from England He probably came over to write book or America. Post.
 An old sea captain says he gets sick every time he crosses the ocean. It is inferred that although he may have not written any thing for the Century, he contributes to the Atlantic, monthly,-Puck."
 tAre you pretty we'll acquainted with you mothers tongue, my boyF' asked the school teacher of the new scholar. "Yes, sir," an swered the lad timidly. ''Ma jaws me good deal, sir. Burlington Free Press.
 Says g fashion writer, 'tHalf- fitting cloakt are worn by spsIn girls girls" We think we have seen some pretty big gffis swlhfasse eloa ks were know everything, by enough sight.-Boston Transcript.
 Minneapolis girl went out to buy gin gerbread the other day and returned home married. It is said that confectioners in that town cannot now begin to supply the demand for ingerbread.-Pittsburg Chroni- cle-Telegram.
 Mir. T., of prominent banking house, reached home at o'clock one morning this week. 'sWilliam, is that you ?" asked his wife. "Ww-why !" said William, with pro- found surprise, "w-who else d-d-did y-you expect g'-The Judge.
 s'What 8 murderous- looking villain the prisoner isl' whispered the old lady to her husband in the police court room. 'I'd be afraid to get near him." "Shi'' warned her husband, ''that isn't the prisoner; he hasn't been brought in yet. It's the jud ye."
 'What do you ask for potatoes a' inquired a woman of a passing peddler. s'Two thou sand dollars bushel marm." Gracious But ain't that a trif1e high a' "Yessum but then you see they are peaehblows." F'Are thev truly Give me four bushels f-Mer- chant Traveller.
 Mrs. Yerger is much given to gadding. She is everlastingly on the street, while Col. Yerger is much given to staying at home and smoking his pipe. ''I believe you love your nasty old pipe more than you do me-" she remarked indignantly. 'tI gusss I do. My pipe doesn't go out as often as you do."- Texas Siftings.
 Mrs. Mimosa-''Now, Johnnie, go and kiss your little sweetheart and make up." John nie-''No'm, won's." Mrs. Mimosa-"Go and tell her how much you love her and how sorry you are" Johnnie-ttGuess not. Pa says he got into breach of promise case by telling 8 gal that, and had to marry the old thing. I ain't runnin' no risks. l ain't. ."-Chicago Rambler.
 'fPa, does God make anything in vains'' "No, my child; but why do you ask such a question:" "Pa, didn't whole lot of gen. erals in the war get beats" 'fYes, my son. , "Got licked every time, didn't they?" "Yes, dear" t'Never licked the rebels once." "No, my son." "Got scared and run every time the rebels came near 'emY' "Yes." " "Well, didn't God make these generals in vaing" moh, no, my poor simple-hearted child. He made them to deliver learned lee lures and write long magazine articles and big books on the blunders and mistakes of the successful generals. flynn Union.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-05-07
THE OLD.FAsHIONED MAN.
A Realistic View of the Venerab
 Over-Praised Individual.

A Realistic View of the Venerable Over-Prafsed Individual. From the Detroit Free Press.l
 ''I was readin' in de paper yesterday, said Brother Gardner, as the meeting opened after the usual style, "I was a-readin' la
 mont bekase de ole fashun'd man an woman
 had died off an would be seen no mo- on
 airth foreber. Ize glad on it. De ole-fash-
 un'd man scraped off de measure when he
 sold wheat he believed dat al y sort of food
 an any sort of bed was good huff fur his
 chill'en; he took de biggest piece of pie at
 de table; he ate mo- like hog dan human
 bein' if he had sympathy it was fur his cat
 tie instead of his family. De ole-fashund man was reg'lar attendant at prayer-meet- in, but he worked his hired help twenty hours out of twenty four just de same. He'd drive five miles to church on Sunday to show his religun, but doorin' de odder six days of de week he was bad man to trade hosses wid. It took his wife six months to git up de courage to ax him fur a new caliker dress
 an mos of his chill'en growed up an went away from home widout Ieckoleckshun of dozen kind words.
 ''De ole-fashun'd man had two recipes fur his fellow -bein's. De fust was hard work; ; de nex' was boneset tea. He had but two ideahs in regard to boys De fust was lots O 1 work an leetle schoolin'; de nex' was lots O lickins an no holidays He had but two ideahs in regard to bizness. De fust was git all ye kin; de nex' was keep all ye git. He argued dat liar could neber enter de king
 dom of heaben, but would go out an lick a l sick OK to death without any fear about his
 hereafter. He prayed loudly dat de Lawd
 would increase his crops, but he kept his hired hands down to de lowest possible fig ger. He made great show of submittin' to | de will of providence, but if five hundred pounds of hay got wet in raiu-storm some l of de chilPen came in for lickin' befo' night.
 l 'tDe ole fashun'd man an woman hev de- l parted, an de world hasn't lost cent by it. l It was good depart. Wicked as some folks claim de world to be, I feel dat I kin walk
Morning journal and courier., 1886-05-07

fires of the last few years have been at vien- na, where 450 persons perished in the Ring Theater in 1881, and at Nice, where 70 per sons were burnt to death in the same year. Altogether 6,573 persons have perished in the last 1855 years, or AS persons in every year, this being very small percentage of the whole theater-3oing population.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-05-07
Jumping Herring. NaA

A correspondent gives some interesting particulars to 8 Norwegian journal of the habits of herring jumping out of the water when frightened. He states that be has ob- served whole shoals of this fish in their an xiety escape when pursued by whales, piled up above the surface of the sea to height of from three to six feet On one occasion the fish formed 8 mass even with the top of the mast of a fishing boat, viz, about 15 feet, and had part of the same fallen into the boat it would doubtless have
Morning journal and courier., 1886-05-07

the one fault of the views was the want of water"
 Was the man inventing that as g joke? Or had hs met Burnand or Gilbert in his travels and been hoaxsda I never knew
Morning journal and courier., 1886-05-07
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Morning journal and courier., 1886-05-07
DR. R. G. FLOWERS
Blood Purifier !

No physician in America to-day has such na- tional reputation as DIR. K. C. FLOWER for rad ically curing Cancers, Eumors, ScrOfula, and all those deep-seated and terrible blood disor ders that for centuries the medical world regarded well-nigh incurabie. Dr. Flowers Blood Pu- riAer, more than anything else, has contributed to his unparalleled reputation by it's splendid suits in speedily eliminating all poisonous germs from the body, and quickly supplying abund- of the pure rich blood essential to perfect health This preparation is no cheap medis cine made to sell; the contrary it is sci enti1c combination of the finest and most costly blood remedies
 One Bottle is equal tO eight of any other blood medicine fn the market.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-05-07
VOL. LIV.
9ru 9unffs. DRY GOODS BUSINESS
 T N New wHaven,Ct. FOR SALE. J. N ADAM & co.

Offer their business for sale. A lease of the store can be had on satisfactory terms; the fixtures can be bought cheap and the stock as per inventory.
 This is an opportunity to se- cure good going business, fully equipped in every particu- lar, and each department under the care of thoroughly efficient clerks. The location of the store is the most desirable in the city. The stock is well se- lected, we'll assorted, well bought and is almost entirely new, all old stock having been sold out during a recent sale. The busi- ness has always been and is pop ular, filling a demand for reli- able active one price store un- der management which com mends itself to the intelligence of the people.
 TOT particulars appIy to
 ]. N. ADAM, New Haven, Ct.
 The above in some measure explains the continuation of our business here beyond the time previously announced. Regrets having been so universally ex- pressed that our store should be closed, and no one having as yet made a lease of the prem ises, with Mir. Russells consent we shall remain a little longer to see whether someone will come forward to carry on the business. Meanwhile the clos ing out will continue. Our stock, though not half in volume what 1t once was, is still we'll assorted and whatever departments are depleted will at once be replen- ished with new and desirable goods. These will be marked on par with the low prices-the very low prices-which have prevailed since our sale began. We expect to have a large trade, we cannot but have a large trade, as we shall offer merchandise lower, great deal lower. than 1t could ordinarily be sold for. We shall not note any particular bar gains for this week, but on Mon- day we shall have great many special inducements to offer.
 An active, vigorous, com polling campaign will be carried on for some time by public's
 Faithful servants,
Morning journal and courier., 1886-05-07
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The Chicago Knights of Labor are out against the Anarchists This is wise move. The Knights cannot afford to have it thought that they were willing to have anything to do with such a gang
Morning journal and courier., 1886-05-07
NO. no.

into de aiverags crowd an pick out mo- char ity, humanity, rsligun, sympathy an moraIi- ty dan could be found in ten-acre lot of old -fashun'd men
Morning journal and courier., 1886-05-07

curious return has been laid before the
 Paris Statistical society by Dr. Chaquet with
 regard to the number of theaters which have
 been burnt down since 1750. He gives the total at 632, of which 51 were burnt down
 in the last half of the eighteenth century, 5l
 in the first quarter of this century, 100 from
 1895 to 1850, 76 from 1850 to 1860, 103 from
 1860 to 1870, 169 from 1870 to 1880, and 174 from 1880 to the end of last year; while three theaters in Detroit, Madrid and Or jeans have been burnt this year. The num- Der of persons who perished in the flames varies very much; for, while 1,01O were burnt to death between 1790 and 1900, and 2,144 between 1s40 and 1850, the total was only 241 for the ten years from 1850 to 1860. This is due to the fact that now and again some theater is burnt down while full of peo- pie, as was the case in 1794, when 1 ,000 per sons perished in the theater at Capo d'Istria; in 1886, when 800 persons were burnt at St. Petersburg; and in 1845, when 1 ,670 persons l perished in a Canton theater. The worst
Morning journal and courier., 1886-05-07

Governor Oglesby is very severely and gen. orally criticised, as he deserves to be. He has shown himself to be entirely unfit to deal with the matters that have recently demand ed his attention and action.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-05-07

Charles Dudley Warner writes to Forest and Stream concerning the millinery bird business: A dead bird does not help the ap- pearance of an ugly woman, and a pretty woman needs no such adornment. If yon can get the women to recognize these two things a great deal will be done for the pro- tection of our song birds.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-05-07

We are repeatedly and urgently asked to point out to the people of New Haven the merchants who are with the boyeotters of the JOURNAL AND COURIER. In answer to 8 number of these requests received yesterday we reply that those who are against this des- picable and illegal business can find the names of many business men in our adver- Using columns who are not afraid of the boy cotters. In our opinion they deserve the pat ronage of the good citizens of New Haven.
 Of the more than four hundred species of trees found in the United States there are said to be sixteen species whose perfectly dry wood will sink in water. The heaviest of these is the black ironwood of Soutk Florida, which is more than thirty p#-eent. heavier than water Of the others, the best known are the ignum vite and mangrove; another is small oak, found in the noun tains of Western Texas, Southern New Mexi- co and Arizona, and westward to the Colo rado desert, at an elevation of 5000 to 10,- 900 feet.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-05-07
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Morning journal and courier., 1886-05-07

The leading anarchists at Chicago who have been arrested are described as arrant towards. They are like most or their kind, who are willing enough to set other people to fighting, but don't want any fighting for
Morning journal and courier., 1886-05-07

The following eonundrum, constructed by the Boston Herald, awaits answer: If 8 man has found it all he can do to support his family with ten hours work, how can he expect to do it with eight, if prices of other things rise with the increased cost of labor, as they invariably do?
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-03-20

WHEREAS, The hand of Divine
Providence has taken from this life
and the midst of his friends, the dis
tinguished citizen of our state, and
the firm friend and benefactor Of the
West Virginia University, Hon. w.
S. Henshaw, of Martinsburg, and
WHEREAS, The Columbian literary
society, of the University, realizing
in his death the loss of friend and
benefactor, is DESTROYS of testifying
its respect for his memory and ex-
pressing its earnest sympathy with
the bereaved household, thus de-
prived of its earthly head. Therefore,
be it
RESOLVED, That the society hereby
extends its heartfelt sympathy and
earnest coincidence to the sorrowing
family of our deceased benefactor in
this dark hour of afiliction.
Resolred, That a copy of these
resolutions be transmitted to the
family of the deceased.
Resolced, That copy be publish
ed in the Martinsburg, Wheeling and
Morgantown papers.
r. S. BLAIR, JR.,
N. M. WATERS,
j. ID. Cox,
L. STRIBuNG,
Committee.
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY,
Columbian Hall, March 6.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-03-20

school Good patronage and full
school is predicted.
We were favored on Wednesday
with a call from genial "Dick" Fact,
the accomplished Clerk of the Mon
ongalia Circuit Court who came up
to the "hubv on his first trip over
the F. NJ d 2. Railroad.-West Vir-
ginidR.
Kingwood, we are glad to say, is
to have another good school the com
ing summer. Mr.. A. J. Hare will be
the principal, and the school viii have
a primary, an academic, and nor
nal department. Kingwood has new
er had a better teacher than Mr..
Hare. Ever since he taught here
before, our trustees and patrons of
the school have been anxious to get
him to come back. He is good
scholar, and is born teacher. His
school will afford the teachers and
young ladies and gentlemen, and the
lads and lassies of the county an ex-
cellent opportunity. = King,cood
Journal
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-03-20
Saturday, March 27th 1855,
TERMS or SALE:
VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE!

The valuable farm near CassviIle,
known as the Christopher Mankedick
farm is offered at private sale. 1t con-
tains 265 acres, two dwelling houses. a
fine hearing orchard; is well watered
and has a considerable amount of fine
timber.
This very desirable property will be
sold in whole, or divided in parcels to
suit purchasers.
For particulars inquire of John X.
Barrickman, Cassville, or Elias Kant
field, 1905 Carson Street, Pittsburgh,
Penna.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-03-20

The verdict of guilty of murder in
the first degree, rendered by the jury
in the Metz murder case will not
surprise anyone who has followed
the evidence as developed during
the trial, and published in full on
the first page of this issue. This
verdict rested mainly on the evidence
of w. X. Hoffman, J. S. Swindler,
Alfrey Carraco, Joseph Tichner,
James Odbert, w. w. Tichner, j. M.
Hildebrand, James Blair and Miss
Jennie Tichner, all of whom went
from this county. Miss Tichner
was to have been married to Metz.
and much against her will was COM
PEELED to testify against him. 1t
will be remembered that when Metz
was arrested he was with Miss Itch.
ner at the Wallace House.
Concerning the verdict the Con
nellsville Courier of the IL inst,
says:
The court house bell rang little
after nine o'clock last night. There
was a general rush for the court
house and wild scramble to get in.
The room and bar were soon packed.
The prisoner was brought in looking
as stoical as ever. The jury took
their places looking generally to the
front. They answered to their
names and the usual question was
asked. Guilty" said the foreman.
"Of what?" asked the clerk. "Mur-
der in the first degree" was the dis
tinct reply. The prisoner did not
change countenance when the YER
dict was rendered. There was
faint attempt at applause, but it was
quickly checked. The defendants
counsel requested that the jury be
polled. Each answer was unwaver-
ingly Guilty Of murder in the first
degree" The verdict gives univer-
sal satisfaction, but there is some
doubt that man will actually be
hung in Fayctte county. I'm bet
five dollars they won't hang him"
was the offer Of a bystandcr. 1t had
no takers.