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Morning journal and courier., 1888-02-09
He Was Used to 1t.

A rather shabbily dressed man, with a large book under his arm, inserted his nose into the orifce through which railroad tickets at the Union depot at Austin are sold.
 ''What can do for yous' asked Pete Law less, the genial ticket agent.
 "How much does a ticket to Dallas cost.'
 fSeyen dollars and fifty cents"
 "Wsll. I've got all but the seven dollars. :"
 That's hardly enough"
 'Look here, my friend, I'm book agent, and got roped into ai,tle game of poker and want to get out of town. Now, if I stay here I'll have to drum, and I'm terror. I've talked lots of people into the lunatic asy- lum. You don't want nae to talk you silly, do yeua"
 "In the interests of the people of Austin you want to help me leave this town. My staying here week will retard it's growth ten years"
 ''So you are really book agent. What book are you sellinga'
 face, like lot of butter on a hot batter cake, and in a sing-song voics he remarked:
 "I am offering the public, in seventeen volumes, 'Dr. Bumblebees Observations in Palestine,' a book that should be in every household, book that not only contains the views of the learned savant on what he saw in the Holy Land, but numerous speculations and theories about what he did not see, alto gether forming complete library of deep re- search, pure theology and ohaste imagery. am not selling this incomparabls encyclop@- dia, but am giving it away at 8 ridiculously low figure" = The agent paused. He expected that the ticket agent would be bored, but he was not. On the contrary, he seemed to be amused and pleased.
 "Hadn't you better give me ticket, instead of having me talk you to deatha"
 "Talk me to death! Why, man alive, I like to hear it. Say it over"
 ''Say it ever?" queried the bewildered book agent.
 "Yes; was book agent myself, before I went into the railroad business, and what you say is music to me- It calls back hal lowed memories of the past and makes me want to go on the road again. Why, man alive, l could listen to- you all day. I wouldn't have you leave Austin for anything. Come around every day, and we will swop expert ences."
 The book agent closed his book with a bang, and faded away like beautiful dream in the direction of 8 saloon where they set out free lunch. He had met his match for once
Morning journal and courier., 1888-02-09
TW HAVEN, CONN, THURSDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 9,

It provides that the city or town, through the proper commission, may examine candidates for liquor drinking, and if it appears that they are, by character, constitution, etc., qualified to drink moderately, they will re- eeive licenses which will entitle them to en- ter any saloon, bsrreom, restaurant or other drinking place, and call for and imbibe what ever they please. If, on examination, the candidate it found unable to drink streng liquors without becoming drunk, he will be licensed to drink lager beer and light wines only, and others, less self-restr aimed, will be limited to "three per cent" Persons who have been known to drink to excess will be refused licenses altogether, until such time as by proper examination they are able to show that they can drink moderately. Sa- loon keepers, of course, will have to be li- censed also, in order to keep them under proper surveillance, for the bill provides that they shall sell liquor to no one who does not hold license to drink. Any infraction of this provision will cause the forfeiture of the saloon keepers license, and in order to guard him against trickery or the transfer of drink ing licenses, the moderate drinkers docu- ment will contain his photograph, which he will be compelled to exhibit whenever he calls for a drink, unless he is well known by the saloonist as licensed thinker.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-02-09
Thursday, February 9. 1888.
COTTONsEED OIL.

The cottonseed oil business is getting in- teresting. There is opposition in the South to the enactment of federal law to regulate of Mississippi has sent to Congress a memor- ial in which the pending Senate bill is de- nounced as @ measure whose enactment would ssgreatly impair the use and value of large product of the cotton States, with no com pensation or benefit to the American people. ,, The exchanges of New Orleans have taken similar action. The exchanges of Memphis declare in resolutions, "the imposition of the tax in question (a tax of one cent 8 pound on adulterated lard will practically destroy the manufacture of cottonseed oil, render worth less the mills in which millions of dollars of the hard earnings of the entire country are invested, throw out of employment thousands of poor operators aud laborers, and drive from the markets of the world one of our chief products"
 If anybody has had any doubt that cotton seed oil is extensively used in the adultera- ton of lard these protests ought to remove it. And at the recent hearing in Washington the representative of Armour & Go. testified that the firm made and sold last year 60,000, ,000 pounds of o-called refined lard, of which only sixty per cont, or sometimes 6 little znore, was lard, the remainder being cotton seed oil and beef fats This useful oil does not find it's only employment as an adulter- ant in lard. Olive oil is now largely cotton seed oil. The refining of the eottonseed oil is now carried on to such degree of perfeo- tion, and so clear is the color thus insured that in using it for the adulteration of olive oil there is no longer any reddish tint to in- dicate it's presence, which can only be proved by chemical analysis. The extent of this ad- mixture is sometimes found to reach and even exceed seventy-five per cent.
 Great Britain has taken action against the adulteration of lard with cottonseed oil, or, at least, against allowing adulterated lard to be sold for pure, and there is quite stir about the matter in some other countries. Of course nobody claims that such adultera- tion is harmful to health, but great many people seem to want what they pay for. There is no doubt that they are entitled to 1t and that it is swindle to give them any, thing else. Success to all efforts to expose and defeat such frauds.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-02-09
EDITORIAL NOTES.

An exodus of large numbers of Manitobanr to St. Paul and other points in the United States has been in progress for several months. Manitoba is a very cold place in the winter, and it has not been well governed.
 If Russian girl marries without her par ents' consent she can be sent to prison and deprived of her share of the family property. The girls of this country would think such restrictions upon their freedom of action ttreal meann
Morning journal and courier., 1888-02-09
I91edical.
lIMaonetic Treatment,

DR. E. W. CLARK, the gifted magnetic healer and electric physician, successfully treats the fol lowing diseases: Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint, Asthma, Lung Diseases Rheumatism, Humors of all kinds. Diseases of the Eye Ear and Throat, Ner vous Difficulties, Uterine Complaints. Female Dis eases and in fact all conditions of either aris ing from impure impoverished blood or disturbed to g p. m. and evenings. Consultation free.
 ia4 If 22S GROWN STR EFT.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-02-09

It takes English newspapers to give accur- ate pictures of life in this country. A rural paper in one of the northern countries of England the other day gave emphasis to its assertions that all Americans board by saying that large convention of American Boarders was held in the State of Springfield 8 short time ago.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-02-09
9rp 9nnds.
Howe & StGtsOB Semi Annual Inventory
 COMPLETED.

Ii has been our aim in the
 x months to offer strictly
 5t-Class Merchandise in all apartments at the lowest living
 es, and judging from the in- -dse of sales over the core spending six months of last sea- son we feel sure our efforts have been appreciated, and we shall endeavor to make 1t still more interesting for our patrons in the future. |.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-02-09
The 9nmrma1 aud Gnmrier

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY, 15 GENTS A WEEK. 50 GENTS A MONTH, $500 FOR SIX MONTHS, $500 YEAR. THE SAME TERMS By MAIL.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-02-09
CLAlRVOYANGE.

MRS. J. J. CLARK, Business, Test and Healing Medium 22S GROWN STREET, convinces all who visit her that she is genuine medium. Her veget- able curatives, compounded by herself, have a surprising control over disease. Hours to 12 m, 2to p. m. and evenings. Diagnosing by lock of hair.by letter, $2. oc14
Morning journal and courier., 1888-02-09
The Best Tonic and Restorative
 Ever Known.
 DIR. GREENE'S N E R V U R A NERVE TONIC,

The Great Strengthening ard Invigorating Remedy.
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 Nervousness. Weakness, Nervous Debility, Nervous and Physical Exhaustion. Nervous PrOstra- ton, SIeepIessness, DeSpOnd- ency, Depression of the Mind, Hysteria, Paralysis. Numbness, Trembling, Neuralgia. Rheu. matism. Pains iN tho Side and Back, Cold Feet and Limbs, ApoPlexy. EpiIeplic Fits. St. Vitus' Dance. PalDitaliOn of the Heart, Nervous and Sick Head. ache, Tired Feeling, Nervous Dyspepsia, Indigestion and Loss of Appetite. and ail Dis eases of the Nervous System.
 95 MILK ST Boston, Mass. have suffered from nervous exhaustion and dis turbed sleep for number of years My physician prescribed Dr. Greene's Nervura Nerve Tonic. Jus tce forces to acknowledge that after taking two bottles of the Tonic find myself so greatly inn proved that I feel like new man. refreshed and able to do an immense amount of arduous labor
 E. R. FOWLER. It's use will convince anyone of It's wonderful powers and marvellous
 effects.
 GUARANTEED PURELY VEGETABLE Dr. Greene the great specialist in the treatment consulted free of charge personally or by mall at his office 35 West Fourteenth street, New G TOTE. The valuable book, Nervous Diseases ana no" to Cure Them {" sent free by mail to any address.
 PRICE S1 PER BOTTLE.
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Morning journal and courier., 1888-02-09

their growth before the snow is all of the ground and with the very first cessation of the vernal cold. I have seen flowers in bloom so close to the snow, on King Williams Land, that think the foot could be put down and leave an impression on the edge of the snow and crush the flower at the same step; while Middendorf, a Siberian traveller of note, says that he has seen 8 rhododendron in that country, in full flower.
 It is hardly to be expected that any useful or cultivated plants should be found within the limits of the frigid zones, and yet both are known in this unexpected locality. There is the scurvy grass, rough crucifsrous plaRt that is famous for the good it has done among explorers in that rough cline, in contending with the terrible disease which has given it it's distinctive name. Barley is grown in good crops as high as Alton in Nor way, in latitude 70 degrees north, or about 250 miles above the Arctic Circle It is June, July and August in growing, and the rapid ity of this polar growth under @ never-set. ting sun may be plainly shown by stating that these barley stalks have been known to grow two and half inches in tweRty-four hours. Where the heat is held by little valleys this Norwegian barley may, in fav- orable seasons, be ready to cut in about two months after sowing; and thus two crops secured in one summer; just California brags of its two crops of certain growth in one season. But what would California think of bleak Norway as a competitor in raising three crops on the same piece of ground in one yeari There is tradition in the province of Thelemarken-the place from whence come the celebrated snow-shoe- men of Norway-that certain farm known as the Triset gets the first syllable, tri Ithree), from the three crops once reaped on the land in one season. Rye, which is not so hardy, is cultivated in Norway for 150 to 200 miles above the Arctic Circle, and even in Sweden it is carried up to that line. Barley was raised in Iceland from 870 to 400 and then abandoned for more prfta- ble cattle raising, but is again being cuItivat- ed to avoid famines which are sweeping that land
Morning journal and courier., 1888-02-09
0verCoat Bargains,

We keep them up, or they keep them selves up, by their own good qualities. The $16.50 coats, marked down from $a5, have all the perfected points that any good coats have. The $12 coats, marked down from $22, $20 and SIS, are simply inoomparable at the price with anything offered you else where, and the same is true of the $8.5O coats marked down from $16, $15, $l4, SIS and SIP. All wearers of good overcoats, es- pecially young men, will think these bar gains worth more money, even to buy and to hold oyer
Morning journal and courier., 1888-02-09
Artistic Gineerbread.

When the train put us down at Villeneuve, says MT. Howells in little Swiss sketch, among railway people as indifferent as our own at country stations, and much crosses and more snubbing, the demand for grapes began with the party who remained with the baggage while party of the second part went off to find the pension where we were to pass the next three months. The grape seekers strolled up the stony, steaming streets of the little town, asking for grapes right and left at all the shops in their imper- feet French, and returned to the station with paper of gingerbread which they had bought at jewellers. I do not know why this artist should have had it for sale, but he must have had it long time, for it was densely inhabited. Afterward we found two shops in Villeneuve where they had the most delicious petite gateaux fresh every day, and nothing but the mania for unattainable grapes prevented the first explorers from see- 1 ing them.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-02-09
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Morning journal and courier., 1888-02-09

Mrs. M. L. Rayne recently called upon Frank R. Stockton in Washington. Speak ing of ''The Lady and the Tiger" MT. Stock ton asked Mrs. Rayne what she would have done had she been in the position of the Princess. 1T should have had the lover eaten by the tiger" said Mrs Rayne. t'Se would any woman who loved the man," re- marked Stockton instantly; "that is, if un- derstand womans nature correctly"
Morning journal and courier., 1888-02-09
Spring Sateens

We are now displaying our direct importa. tion of French Sateens, both plain and fancy, from the best European printers; also a new, fresh assortment of best Domestic Sateens. Early selections are the choicest.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-02-09
PantalOOms,

We yield the palm to no dealer, or dealers anywhere in the matter of furnishing a req. sonable, indeed the lowest, price the best styles of pantaloons in their seasen-in all
 seasons. There is bargain chance for all men and young men in ou, 80 50 trousers.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-02-09
Children's s5 Suits and OvercOas

One of the good things in present oppor- tunities. Choose for $5 from suits and over costs of best patterns sold satisfactorily all the season for $9, $s.5O, $7.5O and $650 Mothers wishing to make great saving in clothing for their children, and wishing to clothe them well, will find this opportunity to their purpose. Toboggan and Skating Jackets and Sleigh ing Coats on the go. Your style, your color, your price.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-02-09

c. E. LONGLEY & CO.,,
 1O1, 1O3, 1O5 Church Street, NEW HAVEN,
Morning journal and courier., 1888-02-09

A physician in the American Magazine describes February as the month of colds. He advises extra effort to guard the space between 6 mans coat collar and hat brim. Beneath this exposed skin lies the cerebro- spinal axis, whence proceed the nerves that govern both heart and lungs. The face is supplied with blood vessels twice as plentiful as the neck, enabling it to resist external cold in that proportion. For diet in Febru- ary he advises fatty food and fresh lettuce and spinach, anti-scorbutics, which should be eaten freely.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-02-09

Cremation continues to find favor in this country. In Chicago steps are immediately to be taken for the erection of crematory. Dr. Oscar 0. De Wolf, the famous health officer of the city, is one of the persons in- terested Cremation has had most success in Italy, but has been introduced in Ger many, at Gotha; in Denmark, Belgium, Switzerland, Holland, Sweden and Norway, and in Paris a crematory has been construct ed at the cemetery of Pere la Chaise under the direction of the municipal council. An ef- fort has been made to establish this mode of disposing of the dead in Australia, but as yet it is unsuccessful.
 Connecticut has fine State House, built within the appropriation, and in no danger of falling down. But the people of New York and Massachusetts are not so fortunate. The proposal is made in earnest that the cap- itol building in Albany be taken down and re erected in the Central Park of that city, al cost of $10,soo,Ooo. Some $1s,oeo. .ooC have already been used up in gathering this architectural aggregation together, and now the members of the assembly dare not sit in their chamber for fear that the heavy stone ceiling will drop upon them. In the Massa- chusetts State House great cracks have ap psared in the ceiling of the executive cham Der and the governors room, the pilasters ars starting from the walls in the lobby and 1T the house chamber wide cracks appear in the supports of the arches.
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Morning journal and courier., 1888-02-09

A curious bill is talked of in Massachusetts.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-02-09
NO. 3s
lru 8nuds.

A Large Line now being opened which we
 shall offer at
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-08-17

Whether farmers get their rightful
share OF the farm profits depends not
only upon their ability to work snd
plan, but also upon their ability to mar
ket what they have to sell, says the
Baltimore Sun. For instance, the far
mer may be very careful about feeding
his COWS, keeping them clean, ETC., but
unless the housewife supplements his
close attention with the same care of
the milk, cream and dairy utensils, his
extra work amounts to but little. We
hove now in or minds eve, u farmer
Who receives five cents above the mar
kct price for his butter, from the fact
that his city customers found that the
quality was the same throughout the
year and as good as any to be found IN
mar ets Now this extra five cents is
all Of and he is entitled to it. Nor
is thai all the profit, for when once a
customer is obtained it is usually for q
whole season, and n market thus
opened for other produce. In this way
much time is saved in marketing, and
middlemen entirely dispensed with. 1t
brings him in the cash, and thus ena-
bles him to buy where he can get tire
most for his money, which is another
profit he reaps. 1t is always best Tor q
farmer to establish a reputation for
selling a good article in order to get his
full share of the profit of any thing he
has to sell. Another thing, farmer, in
order to make ready sale of any kind of
produce direct to the customer, shOu d
establish reputation for honest deal
ing, l. e., never representing an article
to be little better than it really is,
for confidence once lost is never re-
gained.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-08-17
The Re sains un.sr Ros Rnle.

STANDING Rock AGENCY, Oak, Aug. 3
via Bismarck The commission in this
mornings council with the Indians sue
ceeded in drawing out the fact that four
chiefs, John Grass, Gall, Mad Bear and
Big Head, backed by Sitting Bull, are
holding the Indians back from assenting to
the act OF congress by intimidation The
Chiefs were asked in open council, in the
presence of all the Indians, to get
up and say that every Indian might act as
he pleases and accept OF reject the offer of
the government, and that in thus express
ing his mind he would give no offense to
the chiefs and would not be hurt or in
teriered with on account OF his action
The request was made and repeated twice
The chiefs sat sullenly in their places and
said mott ing. The commissioners then
stated that they regarded the sileucel OF the
chiefs as an admission that they were
keeping the people back under iutimida-
ton. and that the people We're not allowed
their true sentiments. This caused couSiI-
cradle sensation, and the commissioners
adjourned the council till Monday Every
provision Of the treaty has been fully ex-
planned, and all the objections answered.
The commissioners still bel eve that a
favorable result may be obtained bv tax
ing time The Indians have been assured
and treasured that each Indian shall have
he right to give his assent or dissent, &C
CO-ding 10 his wish aud desire.
The commissioners are IN Ormed through
reliable sources Il a. the number who
would sign but for intimidation IS iucreas-
ing. John Grass spoke to-day He showed
a more comprehensive knowledge Of the
details of the act than any speech made yet
by any Indian. This fact encourages the
commissions to persevere and take more
time and care in their acts TO have the act
fully and clearly placed before all.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-08-17
Jumped From the Brooklyn Bridge.

NEW YORK, August 3.-This morning
an individual, name unknown, evaded the
police and jumped from the central span
of the Brooklyn bridge into the T yer.
Friends in a tug picked him up and spir-
tied him away. When picked up the man
was in a semi unconscious condition and
the tug conveyed him TO Hamilton ferry,
where an officer summoned an ambulance
and he was conveyed to Long Island hos
pital. He is evidently ba ilY hart, and IS
suffering from internal mi uries and severe
shock, which might prove fatal, so the sur
peon says. lie gave his name as Matthew
Byrne, age q. of Port Rich nOnj, State n
Island, where he is employed as coachinan.