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, 1888-12-23
Died for want of water.

In the Australian bush more people
perish from the lack of that necessary
article. water, than from any other
cause. In consequence of the almost
waterless condition of some of the
tracks in the remote interior Of Aus
tralia, numbers of men who perhaps
have simply depended on the water
bag they carry in their hands. or the
chance Of obtaining adrink from some
other traveller they might meet on the
way, finally become exhausted, and
having managed TO stagger into the
bed of some dry but shady creek, have
lain down there and persisted, to be
found some day and buried by a chance
stockman passing that way, or perhaps
never discovered at all.
Many men go out into the Austria
liam bush whoare never heard of again.
Having nonewsf from them their friends
at home advertise in some of the Aus
tralian papers. or place the matter in
the hands of "a colonial inquiry agent
but no trace can be found of poor
Tom or Bill. and those interested in
haps he has migrated to some other
country. So he has, and in the far off
corner Of the Australian bush his
bones lie bleaching in a quiet nook,
where they may be discovered some
day by a stockman or police trooper
who chances TO drop upon them.
The writer himself assisted last year
to bury three men who had persisted
for want of water on the Cooper's
creek. -Harper's Bazaar.
, 1888-12-23

Women have happily been preserved
by their tailors rather than by their
own good sense from the o~ifenses
against taste which disligure the mod
ern costume of men. 1t is hardly pos
sible to imagine anything better in the
way of dress than the toilets which
have been created by the first Paris
houses for the adorument of women
during the last ten or fifteen years.
These costumes can be produced in
portraiture without alteration, and are
as picturesque on canvas es the soul
of any artist can desire. They are, it
is true, chiefly combinations of the
costumes of the Fronde, of the Direc-
toire, and of other epochs, but they
are thoroughly artistic combinations.
Dress is, in its essence, an artificial
thing. Nature has nothing to do with
dress; and the blanket of the savage
squaw is every whit as artificial as the
court train of the European duchess.
When the human form is covered in
any ray, art, more or less elegant, more
or less clumsy, must be called in to
cover it.-Ouida in Chicago Tribune.
, 1888-12-23

Nature will generally be found TO be
one of the best teachers of gracefulnes
No artificial rules can teach us the ex-
act amount of force requisite for the
various motions and attitudes we as
sumo. The infant in his innocent glee.
and the child in his bounding sports,
are seldom ~ungraceful- 1t is when we
contract an excessive self conscious
ness. and think more Of the appear
ances we make than of the objects we
desire TO accomplish, that we become
the most ungraceful.-Once a Week.
, 1888-12-23
A Hospital Built by Verdi.

The Gazzetta Musicale of Milan gave
an interesting account Of the hospital
at Villanova, entirely built and sup
ported by Verdi, the composer. Vii
lanova is situated about twenty miles
from Piacenza and in close vicinity to
the Villa di SAINT Agata, the country
seat which Verdi has made his home
and where he lives in the manner of q
farmer, abandoning all music from his
thought and without so much IS a
piano in his house. The new hospi-
tai, an unpretentious but large build
ing, lies in a commanding situation
overlooking the Pc and with a distant
view of the Apennines. There are two
wings-one for women, the other for
men, and a separate ward is SEASIDE for
contagious cases; there is also a hydro
pathic establishment, and most elabor-
ate arrangements have been made for
the disinfection of linen and other
sanitary purposes. An efficient staff
of nurses and attendants is also pro-
vided, and Signora Verdi has made the
housekeeping department her special
care. The large sums required have
been contributed by Verdi, who has
also deposited sufficient funds for the
maintenance of the hospital. The
muniicence of the great composer is
only equaled by his modesty. The
opening ceremony, which took place
OF the 9th inst, was of the simplest
kind, only Verdi and his family, the
physician, and the Sindaco of Villa
nova being present. No speechifying
was allowed, Verdi remarking that
the only Inauguration necessary was
the admission of the sick aud ailing,
twelve of whom were received then
and there. The Sindaco proposed that
the new building should be called
Verdi hospital, but to this also the
donor objected, and the name Hospital
of Nnlanova was finally adopted.
, 1888-12-23

It Is far better to teach your chill
dren all they can easily learn at home,
until they are 6 or z years of ago
then send them to- school-unless the
mother has plenty of time and is COM
petent to continue their education. It
is simply cruel to keep young children
confined SO closely in the school room,
sitting upon hard benches, when they
ought to be exercising in the open air
and gaining strength and muscle. /
have known children treated in the
former manner to overtake and go
ahead of those who had been kept In
school from early childhood. Then it
is a mothers precious privilege to keep
her children with her as long as she
can.--Mrs. B. in New York Mail and
Express,
, 1888-12-23

The one indispensable requirement
of a president in these later years is
that he be an enthusiastic fisherman.
Arthur and Cleveland and Harrison
all furnish notable examples of the
piscatorial instinct. Arthur caugh
Florida tarpon and Yellowstone trout
Cleveland angled for Adirondack
trout and deep sea bluefsh, and Har>
rison goes TO Middle Bass island and
to Broad Ripple after bass and redeyes.
Fish and craftsmanship in these days
walk hand in hand, as it were.-Chi-
capo News.
, 1888-12-23

The amount of tobacco grown in
Germany of late years has been con-
siderable. The effect upon American
trade has been felt To some extent.
The German production in 1885 81 was
"a ,s77, 600 pounds, while the average
production for fifteen years has been
50, 3C4. OOO pounds annually. Poor
crop conditions in 1856 81 caused a
falling oil in production. The West
ern Tobacco Journal says that, TO the
great body Of the American trade, it is
O revelation that so much tobacco is
grown in Germany, and will explain
to them the dizziness in late years in
the German export business.
, 1888-12-23

Fenelon, who often bothered Richie
lieu for subscriptions to charitable pur
poses, was one day telling him that
he had just e a capital portrait of
him. And I suppose you asked it
for a subscription7" said Riehelieu,
with n sheer. "Oh, no; | saw there
was no chauce-it was too like YOU"
, 1888-12-23

A Swedish scientist claims to have
discovered the secret of petrifying
wood by artificial processes. He thinks
it will be possible ere long reconstruct
edifices Of wood and convert them into
stone. AS it takes three months and
costs about $500 TO pctTify a block OF
wood of the dimensions Of one cubic
inch, it will probably be some time
before his process will be gener=ily
ndonted
, 1888-12-23
How can parents allow theirchildren to

How can parents allow theirchildren to
cough and strain and cough and calmly
saw: ''Ohl it is only a little cold.' apd
keep giving them cheap and dangerous
medicines, until they are down with lung
fever or consumption, when they can be
so easily relieved by Beggs' Cherry
Cough Syrup? 1t has no superior: and
few equals. For sale by w. N. Hunt,
druggist. .
, 1888-12-23

An unmarried man recently drew a
crisp, new IS bill out of the bank. A
happy though struck him and he wrote
an ardent love letter across the face o.
It in blue ink and signed his initials
and address, Then he spent the S..
He received fourteen answers, many
Of them inclosing photographs. He
will marry one Of them mot the pho
tographs but the original of one of
them).-Buffalo Courier.
, 1888-12-23
SITTING ON THE STYLE.

Tn sitting on the style, Mary,
That you've maintained before
MS 100, too tendencies, my love.
Have cramped my shekel's store
Those annual bills from Worth. Mary.
My check book quite uproots.
Besides the lace and gloves. Mary,
The twenty button boots
The diamonds you afcct, Mary,
Quite extirpate my Pile,
And 50 I'm sitting down. Mary.
Upon your reckless style.
-Yonkers Gazette
, 1888-12-23
Great 1'enssa amt sale cont
sneMcing Tuesday ut
Myers.

What in the world is the reason you will
cough and keep coughing and still keep try
ing inferior medicines when Beggs' Cher
ry Cough Syrup will positively relieve your
cough at once? This is no advertising
scheme, but an actual fact. and we guaran-
tee it. For sale by W. N. Hunt, drug
gist.
, 1888-12-23

The ORIGINAL ABIETINE ONT
MENT is only put up in large two ounce
tin boxes, and Is an absolute care for old
sores, burns, wounds, chapped hands and
all skin eruptions; Will positively cure all
ABIETINE OINTMENT. Sold by DR..
W. N. Hunt, at % cents per box by mail
30 cents.
, 1888-12-23

A Boston man has invented q new
carpenters rule, which can also be
used as n cockscrew, O stove handle, a
plumb, q bludgeon, q hammer, q nail
puller, a glass cutter and a glazing
lnife
, 1888-12-23

A Michigander drove all the way to
Jasper, Ala, in his carriage, and lie
says 1t was the longest, incest picnic
he ever had, as roads and weather
We're good. Detroit Free Press,
, 1888-12-23

Robbie's mamma put on. by mis-
take, a light stocking on one foot, and
q dark one on the other, when he re-
minded her that ''they were not
twins"
, 1888-12-23

T lie largest stock of fine ~brandies, old
whlskies, choice Rquenrs and superfne
cigars at George Masten's well known
house. corner Sixteenth and Ferguson
Sheets
, 1888-12-23

The largest college in the world is
said to be a Mohammedan institution
at Cairo, which is credited with 300
teachers and 10, 900 students.
, 1888-12-23

Oysters on the hall shell at the Saddle
Rock.
, 1888-12-23

Re2aesssIer Thar ZehMer,
RMechner + Go. HtgCe a
beautiful display of choice
goods for the holidays.
, 1888-12-23

Job Printing neatly executed at the
Leader Job Printing Rooms.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-03-10
HIS FATE IN THE BALANCE.
Jacob ScheeIe,s Trial for the Murder el Constable Dracker Drawing to 8 CIose-To be Decided To Day.

Constable Drucker Drawing to a
 CIose-TO be Decided To Day.
 BRIDGEPORT, March 9.--The taking of tes- timony in the trial of Jacob Scheele of New Canaan for murder was finished yesterday, and the opening argument for the State was made by Attorney Holt this morning. At torney Curtiss for the defense also made an able argument. The closing arguments were made this afternoon. Judge Lockwood spoke for the defense He strove to mako it ap-- pear that the declaration of Drucker that Ee would get into this house and take Scheele living or dead had a tendency to excite the prisoner, who, having been brought up to believe that his home and property were his all, everything to him, must be protected, and that it was his duty as well as his right to resist the invader. Scheele was in his house, as he had right to be, and he had the right to shoot. There was prevocation for Scheeles act, but no malaee in the act it. self. In conclusion he touched on the ques- tion of insanity under conditions of excite ment, asserting that majority of those com- mitting suicide or other violent acts are at the time of commission insane. As shown by his characteristics and his acts, ,the prison CT was of unsound mind.
 State Attorney Fessenden made the closing argument for the State. He said: "This prisoner had repeatedly said he wanted re- NouSe anu III Luo l6tIcEs Uy AIu Ioho HI CouLo had declared he was willing to die for the sake of having it. The remark of Drucker on the fatal day, I can shoot as well as you can, though significant, did not mean he re- ally would perpetrste an injury. The evi- dence and every circumstance in the case pointed to the fact that Scheele meant to kill his victim, and the system in his conduct, the coolness with which the gun was thrust through the window, aim taken and dis charged made the killing of Drucker delib- crate, cOld-bleoded murder" After referring to the plea of insanity and unsouRdness of mind in the prisoner, showing it to have lit tie if any warrant for support in the facts or evidence, the State attorney pictured the enormity of the crime.
 After Judge Torrance had made fair and impartial charge to the jury they retired at 2:53. At 5 o'clock they returned, having been unable to agree on verdict. They were sent out again and returned at 7:30 with the same result. They were excused until ten o'clock this morning. The indications are they are divided on the question of first and second degree and that compromise may be reached in favor of the latter.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-03-10
THE GREAT SPRING
 MEDICINE.

LIVERY one needs spring tonic-a remedy Ilwhich will strengthen and invigorate the nerves tone up the action of all the organs, and thus by creating a healthy condition of the nerves, blood stomach, kidneys and bowels, assist Nature in the effort which she always makes this season of the year to cleanse, purify and invigorate this system The spring is the time above all others fer the sick te get we'll; it is the time for the comparatively well to keep in good health by the use of a judi ciously selected spring medicine.
 The greatest of all Spring medicines is DR. remedy is recommended by physicians, druggists and the people everywhere being the most mar velIous in Its effects of any known medicine. If you are nervous irritable depressed and cannot sleeI nights, use this remedy by all means, and your nerves will become strong and steady, and youl sleep calm, natural and refreshing. you wake tired mornings, with dull head, bad taste in the mouth, appetite for breakfast and feel week Jan guid and exhausted, this remarkable remedy vii clear your head give you an appetite and restor your strength, vigor and energies. If you hav dyspepsia indigestion, biliousness, constipation kidney complaint pain and weakness in the back this remedy will give you sure relief and cure. I nervous or sick headache heart disease, ,palpitaton paralysis. nunlbness, trembling and all nervou diseases.
 Use this remedy and you will never regret it. l is purely vegetable, and it's wonderful effects aor' safe, and positive cure. Do not be persuaded
Morning journal and courier., 1888-03-10

BRIDGEPORT, March 9.-The people here tonight almost went wild over the work of the home team. The game was played in the new rink, and that was one of the reasons why Hartford was defeated. The Hartfords were defeated on the merits of the game They played strongly, but it was one of those times when the home team played such a game that no team could have beaten them. Not foul was called. Pierce and Parsons and John Smith did phenomenal work. George Smiths blocking at center was one of the features. James Kelly as referee gave entire satisfaction, The score:
Morning journal and courier., 1888-03-10
A Fraud.

A man named Charlie Smith was arrested for fraud last night. He was trying to sell tickets for one he called widow Monroe, whose husband was killed on the Consolidat- ed road. The tickets were for 6 benefit dance to be given at the Hyperion on March 16. He had paper purperting to be signed by the yardmaster of the Consolidated road here and one by the yardmaster in Holyoke rec- ommending him and saying he was engaged in worthy cause Both were in the same ndwriting. He was arrested for defrauding people as everything he represented was found to he false
Morning journal and courier., 1888-03-10
Good samaritans.

Tonight the regular Saturday night meet ing of the Good Samaritans' temperance so- cisty will be held in Samaritans' hall, 75 Orange street. There gill be short speeches by reformed men and other interesting exer- cises. William H. Conklin will conduct the meeting. Tomorrow evening Charles H. Fowler will deliver temperance address. There will be good singing and other attrac- tive features. President W. G. Dickinson will preside. The public are invited
Morning journal and courier., 1888-03-10
LAID AT REST.
The Funeral of Kathar1ne N1eYer

Ihe FuneraI OH Aatnaf1ne MeYefss
 The funeral of Mrs. Katharine Meyers of 166 Grown street took place from St. Boni- face R. c. church, George street, yesterday morning, requiem high mass being said by Rev Fathers Schaele and Schneider. There was very large attendance Of sympathizing friends Miss Mary A. Reynolds presided at the organ and sang beautiful solo, "Rest, Spirit, Rest" The floral tributes were very
 beautiful, including large and elegant pill
 low with the inscription ''Rest, Dear Moth-
 ." and also a crescent from the family; a beautiful crescent from Mir. NJ. Zunder and family; a sheaf of wheat with sickle from Aug. L. Traeger; a sheaf of wheat from Dr. A. Ruickoldt; 8 sheaf of wheat from MT. Henry Spiegel; a wreath from Mrs. F. Bucholz; an elegant pillow with inscription "Rest, Dear Friend," which came from
 Major Clark Peck; bouquet and sheaf of wheat from MT. Rudolph Mani beautiful standing cross from MT. A. Taferner, of New York; and a bouquet from Mir. John Gan l non and family, of Westville. The pallbear- ] CTS were: Louis c. Ffaff. George Ehrler, F. P. Pfleghar, George Meyer, Philip Hugo, Joseph Goebel The interment was in Ever. green cemetery.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-03-10
The Rev. Ohauncey R. Brewster.

The Baltimore papers announce that the Rev. Chauncey B. Brewster has resigned from Grace Episcopal church in that city at the urgent solicitation of Grace church on the Heights, Brooklyn, N. Y. MT. Brewster was class orator in Yale in 1868 and ranks among the brilliant Yale graduates of the past twenty years. He has many friends in this city. and his father, Rev. Joseph Brew ster, was formerly pastor of Christ church have
Morning journal and courier., 1888-03-10
Denmark Hears Ne Resentment.

COPENHAGEN, March 9.-In the Rigsdag to day the president referred to the death of the German Emperor. He said: Although to the Danish people painful 'recolleotions are associated with the name of the powerful sovereign who has just passed away, this will not prevent us from duly recognizing man of worldwide reputation, and it is hoped that past wounds will be healed by the grow ing peaceful understanding between the two nations. He referred to the illness of the new Enapercr in sympathetic terms.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-03-10
TWO FHoUsAND WITHOUT HOMES.
Clara BarGOn's Appeal for the Sufferers
 at nHE. KArnnn.

at Mt. Vernon.
 BOSTON, March 9.-A private letter from Miss Clara Carton, president of the American Red Cross association, soliciting aid for the sufferers by the cyclone at Mt. Vernon, III. :, says: About two thousand persons are with out homes. The weather is cold and rainy and the mud so deep that scarcely wagon can be moved and not a dollar of insurance is to be paid. Only $40, 900 have as yet been received and this and even more will be in- adequate to provide for the sufferers. If $100,000 could be secured these people could be again domiciled and would be perfectly satisfied. The business men do not ask for 8 cent for personal relief and are content to lose their $500, 900 if the funds could be raised for the needy ones"
Morning journal and courier., 1888-03-10
0ffor the Rermudas.

Dr. w. w. Hawkes. sails Wednesday next by steamer Bermuda from New York for the Windward Islands. The trip occupies month of time and stops are made at six or eight of the islands, including St. Kitts, Antigua, Martinique, St. Lucia, Barbadoes and Trinidad, arriving in New York again about April 14.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-03-10

There was great excitement here when the result of the two games was heard. It seemed almost incredible that Bridgeport had beaten Hartford by such score. This puts the New Ravens and Hartfords sven for cham pionship. Each has won forty three and lost twenty-one games. The game in Hartford to- night between the two teams will be an exciting one. Should New Haven wi to night she may yet secure the championship.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-03-10
PResPEROUS LODGE.
CoIum bia Lodge, Daughters of Re-

becca.
 Columbia lodge, D. of R., No. 15 held a very interesting meeting last evening. There was large attendance of members and guests
 from sister lodges. The new work was per formed, and eight or ten members were
 added. At the next meeting about ten more new members will be added. The lodge is very f1ourishing and has over S6.000 in it's treasury from which benefits are paid in case of the sickness of members.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-03-10
MECHANICS, cOuRsE.
Hon. Colin M. Ingersol1 Delivers . Very Interesting Lecture,

| 1ARGfS011 Very Interesting Lecture.
 There was a very large attendance last
 evening at the eighth mechanics lecture in North Sheffield to hear Hon. Colin M. Inger-
 soil deliver very interesting lecture entitled My first winter in Russia" On the wall l back of the platform hung fine oil painting of Nicholas. It was presented to Mir. Inger- soil while he was in Russia. He started on the "Prussian Eagle" up the Baltic May IT, 1e4s. ''In the far distance, covered with
 snow, fields of ice about us, ploughing our
 way through, what contrast from the Der
 lin we left three days ago. The sun did not set last night till about o'clock, and at g o'clock am reading this evening by daylight
 Cronstadt, May 19.-Coldest looking town have ever seen It is the naval station and of it's forty thousand population thirty thou sand are soldiers and five thousand are pris- oners. As we approached St. Petersburg on the steamer we first saw the immense gilded dome of St. Isaac's cathedral and the needle shaped steeple of the admiralty. At last we are in the city. From the hotel windows can see the serfs in their sheep- skin coats. The city is improving. Every
 thing has been planned and arranged on grand scale, with wide streets and spacious public squares. The men met on the street are generally fine looking; the women are not so-curious freak of nature; their com plexions coarse and their profles with neg re- trousse unattractive. While there visited the museum of natural curiosities. May 30th I was presented to Nicholas and his imperial family at the winter palace. We went in 6 coach and four from the legation to the Gate Of the Ambassadors, where we were met by 8 superior officer with his breast covered with orders. He conducted us to the grand master of ceremonies, who preceded us to the first saloon, from where we were ushered into the pres ence of the Emperor. I was entertained in elegant style at the English legation.
 While in St. Petersburg saw MT. Golden,
 the famous English free trader. I visited the military hospital There was told by the physicians in charge that the prevailing disease was consumption induced by home sickness. The Founding hospital was next visited. The ground plan of this immense building covers several acres of ground. One thousand babes were ia charge of one thousand wet nurses" The above are jot- tings from the very interesting diary of Mir. Ingersoll. The lecture was highly enjoyed.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-03-10
A CHILD FOUND.
Dennis A. Blakeslee Finds a Child Two
 Days old in His Yard.

Last night about o'clock Dennis A. Blakeslee, who resides on the corner of George and Orchard streets, found an infant boy in his yard. The police were notified and the child was taken to the almshouse. Officer George Hyde shortly before nine o'clock saw a man and woman going up George street wheeling baby carriage. Later he met them at College street coming down. He is of the impression that there was no child in the carriage when he met them last and that this is the party that left the infant in Blakeslee's yard.