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Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-05
COST OF INTERPRETATION.

NJ. de FOville, 8 French engineer, has re- gently made 8 careful and interesting esti- mate of the cost of transportation in various parts of the world, taking into account the methods adopted for carrying on this form of human labor. In making a geographical die vision he finds that on fully one-fifth of the land surface of the world the only means for the transportation of merchandise is on the backs or heads of human beings. In quite three-6fths of the remaining land surface transportation Is carried on by means of mules, horses, camels or oxen, without wheeled vehicles, and of the remaining ones fifth more than three-quarters of the trans- portation is carried on by means of wagons, carts and other ordinary wheeled vehicles; while not more than one-twentieth of the habitable surface of the globe is supplied with railroad accommodation. The cost of carrying merchandise by human beings he states to be on the average 3 francs B cen times per ton per kilometre; on the back of mule, horse, camel or OK, s7 centimes per ton per kilometre; by wheeled vehicles, 20 to 25 railroad in France, 6 centimes, and in the United States less than 9 centimes per ton per kilometre.
 The cost of carrying merchandise by human beings in central Africa involves & cost 500 times more than the cost of sending the same merchandise like distance over one of our great trunk lines of railroad. This fact leads the Boston Herald to remark: The price of labor has nothing to do with the costs of these processes. One intelligent man by the use of hydraulic machine can raise 8 weight which 8 thousand men lifting with their hands could not stir; hence, whether move> nent in manufacture is cheap or expensive will depend not upon the wages paid, but on the quantity of the intellect applied to the work. Rates of transportation by rail are lower in the United States than in any other country in the world, simply because of our greater intelligence. So, too, the labor cost of manufacture is cheaper here than in any other country because we excel in having brought the powers of the mind into the ser- vice of the body.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-05
EDITORIAL NOTES.

It looks now as if some of the western railroad managers might have trouble with stockholders whose property they have used for purposes of stock speculation. They de- serve to have trouble.
 The disbursements for pensions during the last year constituted thirty -ons per cent. of the total expenditures of the government for the same period. and were equivalent to 21 E per cent. of the gross income of the United States. And yet there are many who are unhappy because they have no pension.
 They do some things well even in Russia. There has recently been adopted on all Rus sian railroads an ingenious device. It con- sists merely of 8 tablet, eonspicuously dis played in each compartment of the train, bearing the name of the next stopping-place. A simple bit of mechanism enables one of the train hands to makethe necessary change for each station. Such an arrangement Is comparatively inexpensive, and it is of very great service to passengers.
 General Harrison can be trusted by the south as well as by the north. General Chalmers of Mississippi reports that in the course of recent talk at Indianapolis, Gen- eral Harrison said to him: There is no such thing as southern question. So far as I am concerned, while am president, shall only insist that the people Of the whole coun- try shall obey the laws of the nation, without 1 reference specially to the section of the coun- I try they may live in. It is an insult to me for the southern people to think that it is my desire to deal harshly with them. It would 1 also be an insult to them for me to anticipate
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-05
MCINTYRE, NAGU|RI < co. ANOTHER SUPREME EFFORT TO FURTHER REDUCE STOCK, AS JUSTICE TO .OU R SU PE RIB L N E. CHRISTMAS GOODS. Monday until Saturday, December 3d to 9th, AN UNPARALLELED REDUCTION Dress Goods Cloaks. Blankets, Comfortables, La dies and Gents Underwear, COttOns. Prints, Ginghams, Towels and Damasks,
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Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-05

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Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-05
RUSKKN,S MEROKNKs.
where He Finds Them i'm Lffe
 Fiction

where 1Ae EAM0s Enem 1n LAfe and
 F1ctfoms
 In the course of his rsnning commentary to Gotthelf's 'FUlric," l" (the concluding parts of which have just been pnblished), MT. Ruskin gives some interesting notes on types of noble womanhocd as drawn in various works of fiction.
 'fThe essentially right life for all woman kind, says MT. .Ruskin elsewhere, is that of the Swiss Paysanne, and Gottelf,s French (the heroine in 'sUlric") is the perfect type of it. Hence 1t is after French that Mir. Ruskin calls the Alpine Violet in the pretty nomenclature with which he has proposed to supersede the barbarous Latin of the botan- ists; she is ''the entirely pure and noble type
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-05

 Howe & StGtsOl CHRISTMAS WARES. ON FRIDAY, DEC. !. We Will Open Up Our SANTA CLAUS ROOM

In the basement with large and varied stock of Holiday Goods that have been carefully selected with a view to pleasing the GUS tcmer every time. We have no old stock carried over from for mer Holidays to work off on customers, but have new, clean, fresh lines of Toys, Games, Bas- kets, China Wares, Leather Goods, Plush Goods, Wooden Wares, etc., etc. These goods are the result of careful culling from Foreign and Do- mestic manufacturers ever since last spring, and we most confi- dently solicit your inspection of the same.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-05
MONDAY, DEC. 3,

We shall open on the street floor our first invoice of a popu- lar edition of 12mo. Books, cloth bound, gilt back, etc, at 25c per volume. It is sufficient to state that this is the same edi- tion that proved such a success with us last year at 2oc per vol ume, and contains the same standard works of poetry and prose.
 Please do not forget that our Santa Claus Room will be open Friday, December 7.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-05
NO. 2Ss
WHAT IS cATARRHp

Catarrh is an inflammation of the mucous mem- branes, and may affect the head, throat stomach. bowels or bladder. But catarrh of the head is the most common, often coming on so gradually that that 1t has firm hold before the nature of the trouble is suspected. Catarrh is caused by a cold or succession of colds, combined with
 IMPURE BLOOD.
 It's local symptoms a sense of fullness and heat In the forehe ad dryness in the nose and back part or the throat, and a disagreeable discharge from the nose. When the disease gains firm hold on the system it becomes chrouic and is then ex- ceedingly dangerous and treacherous liable to de- veiop into consumption. The eyes become infamed and red, there is throbbiug in the temples ringing noises in the headache capricious appetite and sometimes loss of sense of smell and hearing
 HOODS SARSAPARILLA Is the remedy for this ever increasing malady. It attacks at once the of the disease by purify ing and enrichiDg the blood, which in passing through the delicate passages of the mucous mem. brane soothes and rebuilds the tissues giving them tendency to health instead of disease and ultimate ly curing the affection. At the same time Hoods Sarsaparilla builds up the whole system and makes one feel that he has taken new lease of life.
 HOODS SARSAPARILLA Sold by all druggists; $1, six for $5 Prepared only by C.I. HOOD CO.,, Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass
 100 Doses One Dollar.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-05

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The Springdale news., 1888-10-12
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

IN the Senate, on the 9th, the confer ence report on the Deficiency bill was presented and read Nr E lmunds ex pressed regret at the action of the con- ference committee in striking out the provision granting the balance of the years salary to the widow of the late Chief-Justice Waite, and gave notice that he would introduce a bill for the especial purpose. The conference report on the Deficiency bill was adopted. Mir. Hoar's bill fixing the day for the meeting of the presidential electors, was, by unanimous consent considered and passed. Senate bill for an investigation into the assassination of Joseph Hoffman in Washington County, Texas, was passed. MT. Blair addressed the Senate on his resolution to investigate the exe- cution of Louis Riel, in Canada, in 1885. MT. Hiscock delivered his speech on the Tariff bill, and Mir. Bate obtained the floor, when the bill went oyer....,..Ia the House, the bill appropriating S5l0U3 to enforce the Chinese Exclusion act was passed, as was the Senate bill relating to presidential electors. The remainder of the session was occupied with considera- ton Of the General D ficieney bill, but action was prevented by the point Of order of mo quorum"
 THE American seiner Matthew N. Y. NJ urray, was dismasted off Louis burg, \. s.. on the 9th. She afterwards anchored near the entrance to Louis burg harbor, but dragged ashore and went to pieces.
 \ NUMBER of buildings at Moscow, Idaho, were burned on the 9th. Loss, so QUO; one- third insured. It is believed that ''tin- horn gamblers" recently ex- ba ara ,gib f the fire.
 MIME. JANE HADING, the eminent actress of the Paris Gymnase, made her debut in America, on the 9th, at Palmer's Theater, New York, in Le Maitre des Forges. Her success was complete.
 MR MooDY, the evangelist. will spend the winter on the Pacific coast and is ar ranging a series of meetings in San Francisco, Portland and other cities Of the coast.
 THIRTY FIVE journeymen coopers, em- ployed by the North Star cooperative shop at Minneapolis, Minn., struck, on the 9th, becau use the stockholders refused to grant tel cent rate instead of the old seven cent rate for barrels. The flour mills are all grinding to their full capa- city, and the demand for barrels is there- fore improving daily. Strikes in other shops will no doubt be inaugurated.
 IT is said that every player in the worlds base ball championship series will get S20), win or lose.
 GEORGE C. HAYWOOD an inmate Of Longyiew (O.) Insane Asylum for twen- ty-three years, has been granted pen sion of seventy-two dollars a month and l2,o01 back pension, dating from 1s65 Harwood was member Of Company K, ighty- 0. Y. l., aud is fifty year, old.
The Springdale news., 1888-10-12
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS,
Arkansas' Convict Labor.

The convict labor question is coming rapidly to the front in this State, and it is settled fact that the ques tion will come before the Legislature. The policy of the Governor elect Hon. ]. P. Eagle of Lon ohe, is outlined by him as follows:
 1t IS my intention to have an inter- view with Colouel Miller, of the Arkan- sas Industrial Company, with view to the State taking back the pris oners if he desires to give them up after the Legis- lature meets."
 Are you in favor of the State taking them back?"
 ''l am, most certainly"
 'What are your ideas in regard to ham, ding them:"
 'I think the short ter m prisoners should be separated from the long term and the vicious convicts, and also that the boys should ka kept entirely from the older ones, with view of their reformation"
 How would you employ them:"
 ''Ia is my opinion that the vicious and long-term men should be employed with in the walls, and the short-term men should be put to farming or running a garden in connection with the prison. The short-termers could raise vegetables enough to supply the prisoners"
 ''What do you think about the baggirg matter;''
 q have read Colonel Feb Wards arti- eles on this subject, and am very favora- ably impressed with them. For my part, do not see why bagging could not be successfully manufactured by the prison CTS inside the walls. The whole question is one which has received great deal of study from me. It is of great interest to the State, and it seems to me the wish of the people in all parts of the State that the prisoners be confined within the walls, and that under no circumstances should they be permitted to come in contact with honest labor. or be scatt cred in differen, parts of the State"
The Springdale news., 1888-10-12
MISCELLANEOUS

AT the imperial banquet in Vienna, given on the 4th~ in honor Of Emperor William Of Germany, the table was ar ranged in the form of horseshoe, the distinguished visitor being seated at the center between the Emperor Francis Jo- seph and the Empress Elizabeth.
 PRESENT indications point to the stormi- est session Of the British Parliament that has been witnessed for years.
 NEXT year an international congress will be held in Switzerland, to discuss means for the suppression of immoral literature.
 RECENT extensive floods in the region of the Alps and the Jura in Switzerland, have rendered many families homeless.
 THE damage caused by the lat frost to the tobacco cropin the South Side section of Virginia is very great, and nore taal one-fourth of the crop has been con- pletely ruined.
 THE English col,ieries situation is be- coming critical. The 3Jo, ,0o) miners in- sist on the ten per cent advance in wages, and threaten to strike unless their demand is compiled with. Meantime the price of coal is steadily increasing
 OF the l,1o0, 009 foreigners in France. only 100000 are naturalized, an q only one-fourth of the citizens os foreign ex- traction were born in France.
 THE statement Of the Caicago Burliny- ton & Quincy railroad for August shows decrease in gross earnings Of >i0s. 6l9. an increase in operating expenses O: Sl6T,- 1lj, and decrease Of net earnings of >275. 515.
 BEFORE the over-worked and under paid employees of the North Side Chicago street-car men had actually quit work, scabs were hurrying from all parts of the country 10 secure their places.
The Springdale news., 1888-10-12
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE Co., MAN left Washington, on the Ith, for Chi cago, where he will meet and confer with leading pork packers in refereace to ex- hiblts from this country for the Paris Ex- position next year.
 JOHN DILLON, writing on the Irish land question, says: Recent events add new courage to the evicto-s and rack renters, who last season were utterly beaten, but now seem inspired with new hopes. The land courts are rapidly becoming branches of the machinery for oppress- ing tenants, To whom they are delusion and snare.o
 AMONG the exhibitors receiving prizes in the American section of the Iaterna- tional Exhibition at Brus sells, Belgium are: Mccoy. Of Brooklyn, for pneumatic tubes, and the Indurratei F bhr Com- pauy, Of Meehanicsville, N. Y, for paper tubes. The Americans have received fifteen dipjam1s of honor, twenty SIX gold, six silver and three bronze medals Of progress.
 THE appointment Of John H. Oberly. of Illinois, 10 be Commissioner of Indian Affairs, was confirmed by the Senate on the Sth.
 PAULINE LUcaA, in recent interview at Vienna, declared that the American tour on which she starts in November will c.ose her career on the stage.
 LAND COMMISSIONER ST0cKsLAGER, 6n tie eth, directed the local land officers to allow the applications for lbs settlers located on the indemnity lands of the Marquette, Houghton X Oatouagoa Rail- road grant in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
 NOTHING had yet been heard, up to the Sth at the State Department, about the reported protest of the British Govern nent against the Presidents Retaliation message.
 TIE story published in London jour- nal of gossip to the effect that Mrs Gen. eral Sheridan was to be married to a titled Englishman, was denied. on the s.h and pronounced absurd by the lady's friends.
 MELVILLE ". FULLER, oe Chicago, was sworn in as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States on the eth.
 MR. HENRY J. CAMPBELL, Member Of Parliament for South Fermanagh, on the s.h, brought an action against the London Times for having stated that he was the author of the alleged Parnell letters
 MAYOR HEWITT of New York, on the s h. accepted tue nomination of the Citi- gems and County Democracy for re-elec- ton.
 PREMIER MAcDoNALD, on the sth, said the Liberal party of the Dominion was committed to union with the United States, and that the coming election will hin ge on this point,
 A BIOGRAPHY of the late Emperor Fred erick, of Germany, believed U have been written by his widow. and revised by Lord Salisbury, will soon make its ap- pearance in London.
 PREssEY. WHEELER & Co. grain and stock commission men. of Minneapolis, Minn., suspended on the sth. They claim To have S5100o due them in margins which they can not collect
The Springdale news., 1888-10-12

IN speech in London, on the Sth, John Morley said that the apathy of the gov ernment had raised the question of Home rule i'll Ireland, and was now raising a similar movement ID Wales. 4 Liberal victory in the coming election was cer- tainty
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-13
FAIR HAVEN.
The Elegant Present Made To Chief !
 John J. DRYton By the Fire Boys.

The Elegant Present Made TO Chief
 John J. DRYtOn By the Fire ROys.
 The ball of the John J. Dayton hook and ladder company was held at Quinnipiac rink last night, and was as great 6 suceess as any of the previous balls of the Fair Haven fire department have been. There were about
 100 couples present, and some of the cos-
 tunes worn by the ladies were particularly
 fine. A most enjoyable time was experienc-
 ed by all. The event of the evening, how-
 ever, was when Attorney ". P. Miles pre-
 scented Chief J. J. Dayton with an elegant
 silver speaking trumpet. MT. Miles made
 most felicitous speech in presenting the handsome token of MT. Dayton's popularity to that gentleman, and Mr. Dayton responded in a happy manner. The trumpet was suita- bly inscribed, and was valued at $76. Mir. and Mrs. E, l.. ParmAlee are visiting in Tallapoosa, Ga.
 The supper given by the W.C.T.U. at Gen. tral hall last night was well attended and quite sum was realized from the entertain ment.
 George Mccormick of Kansas City is visit I ing his parents in this place. Fred Fischer, formerly of this place but l now of Yonkers, N. Y., has been visiting here.
 The interest in the boys' club increases
 constantly, and so does the attendance. AL
 ready there are the names of over four hun- ! dred boys on the clubs books. All that the club needs now is money, and enough of it. Ferry Path where it crosses the Shore Line ! railroad tracks has been abandoned.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-13

An eleven and one-half (1114) mill tax on
 the grand list of 1888, estirnated at
 gross $48, ,OO0,oOG, will yield $552,o0o
 of which it ia estimated there will be collected by Dec. 1st, 1889, say nine ty per cent. equaling $40e,s0o co And they respectfully recommend the laying of a tax of eleven and half (l11 mills the dollar the poll and ratabe estates within the limits of the city to meet the expenses of the year 1889. All of which is respectfully submitted by order of the Board of Finance.
 BERNARD J. STANLEY, d12 St City Clerk
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-13
THE NEW LIBERTY POLR
Raised in Broadway Yesterday After
 nOon-DfgginE Up the ola Bex.

Raised In Broadway Kesterday After
 nO0n-DfgginG Up the ola Hex.
 Broadway will soon have it's new liberty pole erected as it arrived yesterday. The lowest mast and topmast tower Is 130 feet high. The men who were digging yesterday found a box which was placed at the bottom of the place where the old pole was. It con- tained the business cards of all the mer- chants doing business in Broadway or vicini- ty, Connecticut Journal, dated May IS, 1901, a JOURNAL AND COURIER of June l, 1876, complete set of cartridges presented by Charles s. Wells, contractor in the cart ridge department of Winchester Arms com pany and specimens of ancient and modern coins. The box also contained a centennial letter signed by the business men of Broad. way. The box was not disturbed but placed beside another one.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-13
STATE CORRRsP0NDRNCE.

Milford. December 12.-Mr and Mrs. Charles Fl.
 Trowbridge spent portion of last week in
 Yonkers, N. Y., and assisted in the twen- tieth wedding anniversary reception given by MT. and Mrs. Albert Patton. MT. and Mrs. Frank Smith and son of Mr. Haven have been visiting in town at the home of Mir. E. s. Smith. Representative-elect o. ". Reardsley has
 been making some extensive improvements on his property.
 Assistant Department Inspector Captain Frank M. Lovejoy inspected George Van Horn post, G. A. R., last Tuesday evening. Mrs. Belva Lockwood lectures in the First church this Wednesday, evening. Otis Peck went on trip to New York city last week with his employer, M. T. Gregory. The annual business meeting of the First church will be held next Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock.
 Ferdinand Baldwin has returned with his bride and they will reside in this place in the future.
 Carswell division, s. of T., invited in their friends on Monday evening after their regu- lar meeting, and an address was made by Rev. F. L. Ferguson and the remainder of tee evening was spent in a musical and liter ary entertainment
 The Children's Mission band will hold fair and entertainment in the parlors of the First church next Wednesday evening to which they invite all their friends. Rev. F. L. Ferguson preached an excellent sermon last Sunday morning on the theme,
 s'That my house may be filled, ? Luke IA, 23. He showed the failure of the present system pursued in Protestant churches to draw in the massess of the people into the churches. The practice of renting the peWs was one great obstacle that debared large numbers from enjoying its privileges. The arguments in favor of free pews were clearly and forci. bly, presented.
 Richard D. Welch, 8 young man who has friends for the passed month, during which time he has been an invalid, was relieved of his sufferings on Saturday evening. He was 21 years of age and was the adopted son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Wslch. who had center ed in him their hopes for the future. The funeral services were held on Tuesday after noon.
 Miss Elizabeth Downs alsd q ths rssi.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-13
The Land or FIowers.

The rapid mann sr in which Florida is res covering from the yellow fever scourge may be seen from the following extract from 8 letter written by one of our former citizens, MT. o. Howes, who has lately returned to the land of fruits and flowers:
 was very much surprised to see the large numbers that are returning to Florida. Our train brought six coaches filled with Flori- dans.so you sec that they are not very scfred. St. Augustine has been very healthy and all is tranquility. Democrats here are only 2 matter of history. In our city the Republi- cans made clean sweep. The fever business was of secondary importance dnring election. We are anticipating . large brade during the cpming Wiuter,