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Morning journal and courier., 1888-04-09
ToTTERING ON THE BRINK.

An Aged Clergyman Breaches His own
 Funeral Sermon.
 ADKINS, Ga. April 5.-Rev. Dr. Pridgeon, eighty-four years old, preached his own fu- neral sermon in a small church six miles from here. He had his grave dug and a coffin made for the occasion. He and his as- sistants sang the first song 'fShall we gladly meet?" He then read his text, II Cor, s, and gave the crowd short talk in a very faltering manner.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-04-09

MssA About May 1, second floor of new house si fitted with all modern conveniences, includ klask ing steam heat: Has pleasant verandahs and especially desirable for small family; 15 minutes walk from Chapel and Church streets: Address
 G. A. JEWETT, mar30 If Drawer 71. City.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-04-09
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. BLAINE COMING HOME Just Before The Repub-
 lican Convention. DEATH OF LILLIAN 0LG0TT. Votes at Auction In
 Rhode Island. SUICIDE IN THE T0MBS. Sharps On The Hunt For
 Farmers.
ruR. nLA1NE oon11NG HomE.

His Passage Engaged and He Will Sail Three Days Before the Meeting of the RenubIfcau Convention
Morning journal and courier., 1888-04-09
FOR RENT, Central Store Property.

dssA The three story brick building, Nos 293 and eis 2o5 State street, suitable light -manufac- 3tsW turing purposes wholesale business; de- sirable in every respect. Apply at
 BEEC HERS EXCHANGE, an5 et 76o Chapel street.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-04-09
TRANCE MEDIUNF.

TX ANCE MEDIUM. TAMES COPELAND, the young and gifted eJ trance medium, will remain for one week longer He can be consulted on all affairs of life business sickness divorce, or anything you may be Positively the last week. KENWICK HOUSE,
 ap9 2t+ 92S Chapel street.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-04-09
Rescoe ConkIinr lsatter.
ThIeves Ransack a Whole Town.

NEW YORK, April 9.-Roscoe Conkling is better to-day. Dr. Barker does not yet pro- nounce him out of danger, however.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-04-09
LOST

eood Rony & alsG ss To be sold for want of use. Inquire az 3tt 1,442 CHAPEL STREET
Morning journal and courier., 1888-04-09

MaxweIl's Father Makes a Piteeus Plea.
 ST. LOUIS, April S.-Samuel W. Brooks, father of Hugh M. Brooks, alias w. w. T. Maxwell, has written long and touching appeal to the American people to help him save his boy from the gallows. It fills near ly seven columns of the Post-Despatch.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-04-09

"A The house B. and 36 Dixwen avenue con - Al taining six rooms and store. The store has M5..A been for years established and doing a fine line. Only reason for selling is account of i'll health. Also house and store 104 Starr street. For particulars call at 36 Dixwell avenue.
 an7 6t CHARLES RIEGEL
Morning journal and courier., 1888-04-09
LEFT TO ARBITRATION The Dispute Between the United States
 and Morocco.

LONDON, April 5.-A despatch to the Standard from Tangier dated Sundays says: A treaty was signed to-day whereby the Sul- tan agrees to leave the dispute between the United States and Morocco to the decision of Moorish representative and the American consul. If they fail to agree European referee will be nominated, whose decision will be final
Morning journal and courier., 1888-04-09

Ills Passage Engaged and He Will Sail Three Days Before the Meeting of the Republican Convention.
 WASHINGTON, April B. s.-To-day's Capitol says: "Mr. Blaine has engaged his steamer passage for the United States and will sail OF the 18th of June. The convention at Chicago will meet on the 18th of June and will nomi- nate MT. Blaine, who will at that time be midway across the Atlantic. His sailing three days before the convention meets will cut off all personal communication with him and will enable his friends to rush his nomi- nation through the convention without any question to whether he will accept it.' VOTERS BOUGHT AT THE POLLS. A sensational Tale From, Rhode
 Island.
 PROVIDENCE, April 8.-The Journal to- morrow morning will publish story of scenes and incidents at the polls in the town of Warwick during last Wednesdays election showing the general and shameless use of money for the corruption of voters by heelers for both parties.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-04-09

4A A frst-class brick house on Bradley street sis with all modern improvements. Location Mnk neighborhood and house every way desirable The owner will remove from the city In few days and if sold soon will be sold low. will be rented to flrst-class tenant.
 MERWINS REAL ESTATE OFFICE, aQ Hhaya
Morning journal and courier., 1888-04-09
DYNAMITE BOMB
And how a Fool sacranced many Lives.

Some sarcastic person once defined fishing as ia stick and string, a fish at one end and & fool at the other" But for man, supposedly with some sense, to stand by unconcernedly and see smok ing bomb that he has plenty of time to pick up anu throw far away slowly burn it's fuse out and then explode, with great loss of life. is than fool he is a veritable criminal.
 But just such things are daily occurring. Substi- tuting Bright's disease of the kidneys pneumonia, paralysis insanity, etc., for the bomb of dynamite and we have an analogous case. Not one person In hundred thinks of paying any attention to lungs, kidneys and the like until the bomb of disease ha actually exploded and then they rush pell-men for the doctor fill themselves full of drugs that do al- ways much damage the disease and ha f the time die from the one or the other.
 The old proverb, "An ounce of prevention is worth pound of cure," is hackneyed, but cram med full of truth. People hear it thousand times, but don't make it applicable to themselves.
 Don't wait until you are hopelessly and incursbly diseased. Have just grain of common sense, that rare commodity.
 Scotch Oats Essence is not poison like quinine, mercury arsenic, opium, chleral, aconite bslladon na and the like. It can do no harm and does do good. It has prevented disease hundred times to every one it has cured. Doctors don't have either time inclination to prevent disease People don't go them for that, and besides they too busy trying to cure disease and collect their bills.
 Scotch Oats Essence will keep your head cool, brain clear, eyes bright, cheeks rosy, feet warm. digestion good skin pores open and working, bow. els gently moving, kidneys working; and where, in such case, is disease to creep in? If all people did this how little pneumonia, rheumatism and Bright's disease there would be- Don't forget Its name, Scotch Oats Essence.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-04-09

WAUUINHS O W 1hssA SPACIOUS, well lighted lofts in building No s. CPS Chapel street. Also at Mo- 424 SLate street, 5l!N corner of Court. Available floor surface over l2 O00 square feet. Entire premises especially de- signed and equipped for light manufacturing Steady steam power steam heat, freight elevators and other superior facilities. Will be leased for term of years either as a whole or in part. Apply to
 HENRY F. ENGLISH.
 nn2R 92 Orange street.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-04-09

FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN
 hssA ONE or two flrst-class Brick Houses, very 3i.:l centrally located, only a few minutes from
 siR the postof1ce; 12 rooms each; nicely finished with all modern improvements; hrst-class every way, Price low and terms to suit purchaser. In qufre at BEERS PHOTO PARLOhS,
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FOR sAEE OR RENT

&ssA From May the modern brick house
 fii: No. A Lafayette street of Ii rooms with all EzssG. modern improvements Furnace will be rented very low Ls a irst-class party. Apply on
 a9 3tt THE PREMISES.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-04-09

HfnmRn's Real Estate and Fire
 Insurance Agency. Money to Loan at Per Cent. Interest. Lhe=A Houses and lots bought and sold. .:G Farms for sale or exchange for city prop llN erty Rents and collections speciality. Fire, Tife and Accident policies best in the world.
 k. B. AMMAN, 68 Church Street. Open evenings.
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EnR RENT

R1 A black and tan bitch, answering to the
 @A name of Nellie: clipped ears and spot on the side where hair has fallen out A liberal re- ward will be given by J. W. BRADLEY,
 ap9 It's Tontine Hotel.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-04-09
Cheese.

Cheese.
 Very rich full Cream Factory, hard to equal. English Dairy, , iyears old Factory. French Rouuefort, Won Ros- Isem g Edam. Sapsago. Grated Parmesan. NeufchateI.
 Very old Brandy Cheese. Choicest Olive Oil. Potted Yarmouth Bloaters. Anchovy Paste. Essence Anchovies.
 Harvey's Sauce.
 Walnut Catsup.
 Mushroom Catsllp. Queen Olives in 2 quart jars for I$1. The price is very low.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-04-09
MARINE LIST.

&Ef& PORT OF NEW HAVEN. .&TR&,
 ARRIVED. Sch David Carll, Hawkins, Virginia, oysters Sch B. F. Jayne Reeves. do. do. Sch A. H. Parvere, Young, do. do. Sch Carrie BonneI, ,-. do do Sch varuna, Curtis Pegee, N. J. Sch John J. Hanson, Stevens, Norfolk, coal. Sch R. D. Bibber, Pinkham, do. do. Sch Mary Ann, Collins, -.
 CLEARED ANB SAILED. Sch Robert Morgan, Crossley, Norfolk. Sch Albert W. Smith. Berry, do. Sch Chide Harold, Manson, do. Sch B. F. Jayne, Reeves N. r. Sch Ocean Belle, James, New York. Sch Lizzie D. Barker, McPhee, New York.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-04-09
Sympathy From New York Engineer.


 NEW YORK, April S.-About fifteen thou
 sand members of the Brotherhood of Loco
 motive Engineers and Bremen mel to-day at
 Tammany Hall and listened to speeches by Grand Master Hannahan of the fremen and
 Joseph Porter of the Chicago, Burlington and
 Quincy as to what they saw on their recent
 trip over the 70" system from Chicago to
 Denver. Nr. Porter said one hundred and fifty seven engines had been disabled by in-
 competent scab engineers. The road was not doing thirty per cent. of its usual busi- ness The papers in Chicago from interested motives kept still about these things and the papers along the road were afraid to speak: Resolutions were adopted pledging continued support to the strikers and endorsing all that though perhaps defeated they had vim dicated their principles and asserting that the order is stronger to-day than ever.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-04-09

Laeal Weather Record.
 FOR APRIL 8, 1888.
 2. 3. 10
 AM. P.M. P. M. Barometer. S03s 30.26 30a6 Thermometer. 29 38 32 Humidity. 57 50 Al Wind, direction and velocity in miles . Weather.. ......l Fair Clear Clear Mean bar, S0.s2; mean temp. B: mean humid ity, 49, inches.
 Max hourly velocity of wind. 24 miles. Total excess deficiency of temperature since Total excess or deficiency of precipitation since Jan. 1, -t31a in.
 FOR APRIL g. 1887. Mean bar 30 62; mean temp. 37 Max. temp. 46: mn temp. 26.
 J. H. SHERMAN, Sgt. Sig. Corps. Note: \ minus dga l-lprefxed to thermometer readings indicates temperature below zero. 'tT'a' in connection with rainfall indicates trace of precipitation too small to measure. sSnow is melted and resulting depth of water ne- ted under rainfall
Morning journal and courier., 1888-04-09
FOR. SALE. !.

,MksA Or to Lease from May 1, the large brick :is building No. 36 Church street, now occupied SllN by Stahl 6 Hegel as a Furniture establish ment. Will be altered to suit. Will be leased for term of years to a responsible party.
 CHARLES H. WEBB, nnarao $50 Chapel Street.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-04-09
FOR SALE,

@e+A A very desirable House on Bradley street, #:s:l near Orange street. House has all the mod llN ern improvements in excellent neighbor- hood and is in perfect order. Terms will be made to suit purchaser. Can be bought for much less than cost. For further particulars call at
 MERWIN'S REAL ESTATE OFFICE,
 75o Chapel Street.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1888-01-22

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: I read in
my Sun the article signed Q with much pleasure, as 1t
%reopened a subject that should have q share of criticism.
l refer to the misquoting. misprinting. and bad render.
ing Of Shakespeare The manner in which that philoso.
pher. poet and tramatist has been handled from the
time he wrote his immortal works till the present time
should almost cause him to arise from his grave for self.
protection. Although 1t may be true las the eccentric
Ben Jonson claimed) that he wrote without ever
scarcely altering a word, 1t would not justify egregious
blunders and. as his contemporary was a Jealous dra.
matte writer. We would desire further evidence. Even
the epitaph on Shakespeare's tombstone is not quoted,
in my opinion. correctly, and I have reason to believe
that when rightly written ever, letter in the philoso.
piers name can be derived therefrom.
As an example Of my ideas: In Romeo and Juliet "
Act v. the latter part OF scene H., Romeo, speaking to
Art thou 50 bare and full of wretchedness p"
na now can DOUBT Ss ,d IL ID ssaS5ly !, th r.. ss q u sens GI the word sopi
dramas, meaning. in a hRurative sense, empty. Let US
dc!s 70 alter 81 ss same n,S ss ri a ,ssG ai s,Hhsd,o,. ~
Base w saSu used $50 In not a only IN I'M the { s sixseenth Su, in tn. sew.
enteenth century, when 1t was intended TO express .
cor se% n... i, iar q [o Do " syaa and P.ss,pes,s Of . sp,,i,, sps sor
i f %yss This s may be, be a . tGE,pPoy.apniraI error; there herr.
Need and ,oppressioa starreth in thine eyes"
s. Why an sho oppre assS 1 %oui HaPP Ss ina1os stes'f ~ N tn, the w sses,
being, or II specially determined BY tho face. demon
The cheeks viii SHOW Signs Signs of styarvstion sooner pHn. uniis
death be near thar. the eyes They visibly affect us the
and surmise the line to read:
Need and oppression tdreth in thine eyes"
used il to stare sch!eEei said: y , "ne" ""A'ufAi'
Lag doch Niemand Hand an Shakespeare werke
nm etwas wesentlich daran gu andern; es bestraft SIGH
Let no one lay hand on shak espeare's works to alter
It. A letter misplaced viii sometimes destroy An au.
thor s m 5Iss sbsi "A alt. yyos and Cleopatra doe. not
SoUTH WILTON, Conn.,, Jan. IL.
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To THE EDITOR OF The SuN-Sir: Toward
the abolition Of the death penalty. which is only q ques.
ton Of time. Americana. as FREQ agents and fashioners
OF their own laws, ought to lead the way. Hanging Is a
relic Of barbarism; hanging is as old as the hills: and
IL criminals are no longer drawn and quartered 1t ia
because advancing civilization sckens at the thought of
coarse brutality. But some will say. society must pro-
tect itself. Certainly. Yet when you hang one man
you make harder the hearts of a hundred-of a thousand
men, sowing broadcast the seeds OF murderi The first
murderer was not executed. Cain went forth q wan.
derer with a brand upon his brow, a terrible warning,
far more efhcacious In preventing violence in others
than II the Great Judge had cut him off in the blossom
of his sim" Statistics beyond all dispute show that
when sheep stealing was q capital offence In England,
more mutton disappeared mysteriously than after men
woke up, less than II hundred years ago, to the bar.
barism. of hanging a man for a sheep-or a lamb
worth five sliilings, Hanging, at the desperate moment
slavery as repul!s ive as possible, Take your lite takers
pose-and employ the hundreds you hang every year In
everything save civilization.
Some or these criminals would escape the pestilence
which deters Europeans from living In Africa, and
some OF them, perhaps one per cent IN all countries.
Every man can call up such mistakes uf Justice
too late 70 remedy Twenty five years ago two young
mel in ireland The jury was an average jury. the evi-
dence WAS direct aud supported. Above all. the circum-
stances pointed conclusiveiy at The ~Cormacks.
Agent Ellis had been shO: dead in Tipperary after
turning out these men. SO they were hanged, Yet two
years afterward a wretch dying in Marlborough jail
confessed this murder, and Judge Keogh, black par.
innocent young men. became hopelessiy insane, and
died In a madhonse.
such sometimes Ia the moral effect OF hanging, the
outcome OF capital punishment.
joins TIERSEY. 8a6 West Forty second street.
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LETTERS or POPULAR IxTKRRsE
tn. saos. Of New York and Boston.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: A
friend Of mine wrote from England lately to
this country to q lady correspondent, who
asked him to state frankly his opinion Of this
country. After expressing his regret at having
been solicited for 1t, he writes as I quote below.
I should esteem 1t a great favor II you will tell
me what you think Of what he says. In print.
You are aware says the late visitor. TINT
I was in possession Of the best letters OF intro
duction. only one or two Of which l made use
Of; that / requested to be known as Mr.. X, and
not as the son OF the Earl OF W. I was treated
with uniform courtesy. but was not shown any
particular attention until at an entertainment
l met a lady who had lunched with my mother
at Castle b.
From that moment. when my lineage was
revealed, 1 was overwhelmed with attention
which made me laugh inwardly for a republic
can country When l chaffed the women they
laughed at the idea, but did not blush. The
Astors. Goelets, Vanderbilts. were pointed out
to me. and when l asked what they had done,
in reply l was, told of their money and dia-
monds.. ! asked where are your gallant sailors
Cooks; your diplomats. Cabinet officers, and
the. men whose lives. had been devoted to
their country. Is wealth" the corresponding
your your h snHiiiSy hRs siSas f I %itness sei s May; syen 70 IN a
shocking degree, unheard OF on our side, and,
ho'1esco r%eterens, your women are frightfully
rude to each other.
when l was unknown I was comparatively
ignored: when my title, was. discovered l was
absurdly COMMUNICATED and overrated by all
your lovely women"
Frankly, sir, should like to hear your criti-
cism OF his remarks, Yours very truly
NEW YORK. Jan. ~. BUNKER HILL.
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From Tie Philadelphia Pres.

BUTLER, Jan. 19.-Several workmen were
engaged a. tho STANDARD Plate Glass Works
g%rindins tables twenty-five feet In Iiameter.
John Matthes, Bslgians. and John Kennick. an
Engiishman; Desiring that the table should
absent; 2 Belgian went to the throttle, and
started the machinery. Tho table moved too
rapidly. and he was ordered TO stop 1t.
but in his confusion continued to. turn
on more steam. The great table, witt, Its
burden OF glass and men. attained a
IGishtiul velocity, hurting scprning. and
glass projecting over the table cut them down.
The legs Of one Of tho unfortunate men were
cut completely of his body, .Both mem were
frightfully cut, and soon died, Kcnnick was
thrown to the centre OF, the table. whore he re-
NAMED a moment and WIS then hurled out OF
danger. He received no serious injury.
The Belgian ut the throttle Was knocked
Manager Brockman closed tho works for the
lynching tho ignorant Belgian who had caused
the death OF two OF the best men In the works
The terror-strtcken man hed. and Will probe
bly, not return.
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Ca. he Like the Poorest Actor,

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-Sir: A friend
and myself were talking about plays and actors. He
asked me II l ever saw Booth and Barrett told him yes.
He asked me which l liked best, and 1 told him Barrett
but / thought Booth was the better actor. He claims I
am wrong. He says that the fact OF my saying that I
liked Barrett the best would indicate that l constd cred
him the better actor, while ] contend that II the press
am no critic, / should give way to the press.
BROOKLYN. Jan Al. INFORMATION.
We see nothing contradictory in your prefer
ence for Mr.. Barrett and your belief that Mr..
Booth is a better actor. You may esteem public
opinion to be in Booths favor. but without dis
putting it. Barrett may be more to your taste.
The fact that a man preferred beer would not,
If he was sensible, require him to maintain that
lager was a finer thing than Johannisberg. He
would respectfully recognize the unapproach-
able merits Of one and none the less continue
to swig the other. And this discussion does
not necessarily concern the relative merits OF
Booth and Barrett at all.
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Free SOUP Houses.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: It seems
to DO necessary to explain at greater length than was
attempted in the letter protesting against Mr.. Keysers
plan of providing free food for unemployed men"
upon what grounds such protest is made, both In order
to convince the public that it is wise. and also to defend
those who signed It from imputations OF inhumanity and
want Of consideration for the suferiDgs OF the poor. The
Just and only valid ground upon which objection is made
to this as to all other "indiscriminste relief is that it
does not help any one, and only increases the evils
which are so real. and which Mr.. Keyser pities so much,
but no more than do others who object to his attempts
to remedy them.
II there are las Ii no doubt true) thousands of unem.
ployed men in New York, what has brought them here 7
First-The work which was furnished on The new aque-
duct and on the electric subway, and which has now
'ssrescUondHnThe theory that work is more likely to be
found in a large city than elsewher;i and
of iivinz xitnSS' work in he city man sswEsro
nv T asy ' nsI, iwR fs as.tcn arr Tn lstst Mi an ays be l. large = se1 nu@.
bers Of men seeking employment ~ New York, especially
sEea aiso |. s asiars spO' Wien "H't he, ssrss .tSp, or .he men mem
hnd IN. tn I, az. are n no t p,.Ssss e gesri nies se th ,nsa are l Iemp wsi
% remain ~ The En- ,iird ss% nslo msn' mss ca anI i've IN New ~
,n Tsw ri sas a,v,n ,sn ~ ts:s.s as i, Mr. tns ss ssiss,. or ri ass
ot'sr isdiseri,ninais aid 70 able.Sodied men only adds
Ss%s ts' a ' lsa f,ty /, 70 ! !iss On Of ?' ssEt, to Or stay hsI hs4s ' %ass
'" II , He% eI ts' ws1s u a state Of siege; and the nTs@PIgysa
<. ia -, ssefy sps you'd 4 s ". ss El, sse VI s sI;sb ,hs,
those here must be fcu ana tue very ponUic NV w"
protest against these methods OF heiplhR ihe uhem.
played men would be the lrst 10 suggest mem" OF
dong SO. ..
results In there being more hungry peoh,e ~ 'hs e nr
Instance MIR keyser feeds 200 mei; ana can ind
means 10 continue to feed them, and me knowlsdss tnat
he canaot feed or gets tired OF feeling these ~ men
viii have ROt more harm from his charity ,thlh tho %,hin
whom he has fed viii have got As y hlsii Aith3rlty
says. " IL II Is known that there Is q loal V De ~
nothing ten men will quit work in ofder 10 get INC ot
fered oar" ,..,on I'll. A..
This is OF course leaving out OF tho QUESTION me ae..
moralizing enect upon the 1000 men. who might ot
for this temptation have LEFT tho c'S' or sopp'f'ea
CaisiI1 b. KKLLooo. General seeTsssry.
JAR "a