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Morning journal and courier., 1889-06-13
PLAIN TALK.

Man talks from sun to sun, but woman's talk is never done.-Yonkers Statesman. The parasol is mightier than the pen when 1t stops the horse oar.-Nsw York Journal. Doctors are mean people; even when they treat man they make him pay for it.-Bal- timore American.
 Children in arms should not be taken to 8 sailing regatta. Yachtsmen dread squalls.- New Orleans Picayune. Plenty of sleep is conducive to beauty. Even garment looks worn when it loses its nap.-Binghampton Republican.
 "How is it your Tommy is so small for his age, Mrs. Briggss" "Oh, the little dear always was shrink~ ing child" explained it's mother.-Nsw York Sun.
 "Well, doctor, how did you enjoy your African journeyf How did you like the sav- agess" ssOh, they were very kind-hearted people; they wanted to keep me for dinner" " -Fliegende Blatter.
 visitor-I am surprised that your daugh- ter Clara does not marry. She is certainly not too young.
 Widow-o, no, she is quite old enough, ter. Texas Siftings. Mrs. A. Continuing the discussion)-And, pray, what age were you, Mai. B., when you were marrieda
 Maj. B.-Really, my dear madam, do not remember with any exactness, but certain ly had not yet reached the age of discretion. Life.
 Now just as soon as this country can con- vince Canada that we have a right to catch fish anywhere on earth and that she has no right to catch seals except on her own coast, we shall be st peace with all the world and prepared to take heap of comfort.-Detroit Free Press.
 Police Judge-"State how the trouble or iginated." Accused-"We wuz holdin' 8 debatin' society, and I said I had the floor and he called me liar" Judge-"What followedp Aceused-"From that time un- til we were arrested we both had the floor" Omaha World.
 Why a West Point Resignation was Re- embellishments you know enough to salute your superior ofioers" New Sentry-''I did, sir" Lieutenant-"I failed to see you" New Sentry-"Just as you came along said, 'Ah, there!' but guess you didn't hear me."-Judge. Fitzmaurice Browne-''It seems to me that Delancey Jones exhibits about as poor taste as any one I ever saw. Yesterday he ap- peared wearing 8 flannel shirt" V. Mont gomery Robinson-"Thats correct; that's good taste; that" Fitzmaurice Browne "And eelluIoid cuffs" V. Montgomery Rob. inson-"Great Scottl"-Puok. Mathematioal.-Prof. B.-"Mr. Addle- pate, notice that you invariably add up up your columns from the bottom; may 1 ask the reason?" Mr. A. C93)-"Economy of time, professor. In the ordinary way you ada from the top and then, as 8 proof, add from the bottom. Now by my method the addition and proof are obtained by one oper- ation. n."-Columbia Spectator.
 First tramp Gin the suburbs)-"Say, bill, I've got reg'lar job, and 'taint werk, nuth- CT. It's just like reg,lar profesh. and Pm gettin' big fees. See that tennera" Second tramp-"Jimminy criokets' What does yer doi' 'I sneeks around at nights and throws peoples lawn mowers out of gear" "But who pays yer fer thats' ''Next door neigh bor wot wants ter sleep."- York Week. 1v
Morning journal and courier., 1889-06-13
Gene-aI Herney,s Prowess

I have heard my father say Che served un- der Harney In the Seminole war and also in Mexico) that he was the biggest, strongest, most powerful soldier that has worn a uni form since Frederick the Great, says the San Francisco Examiner. He was 8 giant in stature, Hercules in strength. His powers of endurance were phenomenal. In the Semi- nole war he once went without food for four days and nights, and at the end of that time took Billy Bowlegs, who had caught him in the swamps, by the nape of the neck and threw him distance of ten feet The sav- age had an old bayonet pointed at his heart at the time.
 Another time, when surrounded by lndi- ans, he cleaved his way through them with a sword, and when their arrows had him weak ened and almost helpless by loss of blood, he made final rush, and, seizing one savage, hurled him against another with such force that both were disabled. That same night he swan three miles. trudged nine miles through a swamp and finally reached an out post in safety.
 Indians were always afraid of Harney He could shoot an arrow better than they. He was dead shot with rife, and when il came to physical violence-something that an Indian has no taste for-hs could throw their mightiest athletes about like so many rubber balls. It was no trick at all for him to knock truculent savage down with one hand, and with the other take his mate, Tiff him clear of the ground and dance his legs over his fallen comrade. The Indians uE about Fort Smelling, when Harney was 6 captain at that post, used to call him "Thun der Bull"-who roared like thunder and wal stronger than buffalo.
 The old general was, even in 1861, when he retired from service, the finest looking man in the army. He was six feet four in ches and built like an athlete.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-06-13
CATCHING oROCODILEs.
A Reporter Takes Lessons in the Busi' ness from . Scientist.
 From the Chicago Journal.l

ness from . Scientist.
 From the Chicago Journal.1
 Almost any day the visitor to the work shop of the Academy of Sciences, in the Ex- position building, will find a middle-aged gentleman eontendedly puffng at pipe and engaged, with long needle and stout thread, in sewing up the hide of one of the largest crocodiles ever captured in American waters. This is Dr. J. w. Velle, the Curator and Secretary of the society, and the reptile is one of number he captured during a re,sent scientific and hunting trip to Flor ida.
 It is not generally known, and, fin fact, is scarcely as yet admitted by many of the learned professors, that there are orocodiles in Florida, but Dr. Velle has demonstrated that fact beyond doubt. He tramped and padded about lower Florida for several weeks, in order to satisfy himself that the al- ligator has companion in the scored reptile of the Nile, and met with a success beyond his utmost expectations. He captured thir- teen crocodiles in all one of them alive, and if she is content to hang on to existence in this northern land, attendants at the next exposition will be given an opportunity to see her iu all her glory. Her crocodileship occupies quarters at the north end of the building labelled Police department, where it puts in it's time sluggishly lying in shal- low tank of water. The breast is in what is known as the hibernating stage, never eats, and scarcely moves. It is female, and last week presented the society with sixteen eggs. It is probably one of the largest crocodiles, or alligators, that has ever been transported any great distance, measuring feet inches from the snout to the tail.
 TI,ak Fell fnf1 f1U now," said the doctor, prodding 'the fellow with board, "but he made things decidedly lively when he was captured. It took foul men to hold the reptile, whose tail flew
Morning journal and courier., 1889-06-13
Thursday, Juno I3, 1889.
DOEs NOT PROHIBIT.

The voters of Rhode Island are soon to de- eide whether or not the prohibition amend ment shall remain in force. For three years it has been more or less enforced. When the amendment was adopted there was enough law on the statute books to carry it out. Not content with that, the people, through their legislators, enacted further and special legislation on this subject. That leg islation has been amended from time to time and always in the direction of greater strin- gency and with the purpose of making 1t stronger and more effcaoious. A State police was organized, an officer created and put at its head with practically no other duties than to make the law reality, and an in- cumbent put in that position who was slect- ed and approved by the Prohibitionists themselves. In some localities the enforce ment of the law has been left to the local oonstables. In others it has been under taken almost entirely by the State police. The employment of "spo.ter testimony" has been tried The device of frequent raiding has been resorted to. The prosecuting off cer of the State has shown unusual vigilance and persistence in pushing liquor cases to 8 conclusion.
 What has been the result of all thisa The Providence Journal says: But the results from all these methods have been nothing but barrenness and disappointment, or worse. It is true, perhaps, that the thorough ness and sincerity of the attempted enforce ment have varied in different localities. But even in places like Newport, where the efforts of the officers have been most vigor- ous and best supported, the failure is no legs conspicuous than elsewhere. But surely this failure, whether in places like Newport or in the State as whole, cannot be sscribed to the insuficiency or unfairness of the trial. To the enforcement of no law has Rhode Island given so much money and thought and time. It with all these statutes and legal machinery, over and above the force in- herently residing in the State to carry out its own legislation, prohibition is still a failure, it must be because 1t is inherently incapable of enforcement, and not because it has not had "fair trial"
 Prohibition that does not prohibit is very
Morning journal and courier., 1889-06-13
THE CAME OF CHESS.
Invented by the Chinese over Two
 ThOueaDd Years Refore Chrtat.

Thousand Years Before Christ. The Chinese game of chess is very ancient, for Wu Wang invented it in 1120 B. O., but it's rules of playing are very different from those used by western nations, says the New York Times. In the playAroom large table is erected, the surface of which is divided into seventy-tWe squares, of which eight are run together to form river, leaving thirty two on each side; but the men stand on the intersections of the lines there are nine ty positions for the sixteen pieces used by each player, or twenty-six more than are used in the European game. The pieces are like checker men in shape, each of the seven
 kinds on each side having it's name cut on top and distinguished by red or black col- ors. The four squares near each edge form
 the headquarters of the tsiagor general" l"
 out of which he and his two BE- or "secreta-
 ries," cannot move. On each side of the
 headquarters are two elephants, two horses
 and two chariots, whose powers are less than
 those of our bishop, knight and castle,
 though similar. The chariot is the most
 powerful piece. In front of the horses stand
 two cannoneers, which capture like our
 knights, but move like our castles. Five pao, soldiers, or pawRs, guard the river banks, but cannot return when once across it in pursuit of the enemy, and get no high CT value when they reach the last row. Each piece is put down in the point where it cap lures it's man, except the cannoneers. AS l the general cannot be taken, the object of l each player is to cheokmate him in his head quarters by preventing him from moving ex- oept in check. Ths want of queen and the limited moves of the men restrict the l combination in the Chinese game more than 1 in western chess, but it has it's own elements of skill. The Chinamen in Mott street have had several tournaments which the papers did not report as the one in which Black burne and Mason are now engaged. But ! some of the players have attained an amount 1 of skill that would put an American on his ' msttle to defeat. For more than seven cen 1 turies chess has been great game with the Chinese, and it is held in great respect in China and here.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-06-13
CONTRADICTIONS.
sOr Stop She Papers,,

G
 To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 We notice that the State House article of yesterday is signed "Many Readers" There is vast difference between newspaper read CTS and newspaper subscribers; and he or she who lives in a community of human be- ings, and feels to carry his or her portion of public opinion and public burdens, would never have written or signed such an article, not that we object to its publication, but that it evidences 6 class of people in this city who don't care enough about anything to respond to the common duties of citizsn- ship, and are willing that anybody shall do anything they please, so long as they do not help themselves to what they own or possess.
 How are we to get our views before our selves except through the newspapersi We have no public hall for discussion and no mode whatever of giving or getting informa- tion, facts and opinions to and from our selves or to our public servants except by our newspapers, unless they compel us to resort to circulars, which we do not believe our public journals will force us to do, for if they did it would simply be a loud call for another newspaper, and we protest against that, for we have one too many now. Besides we want to know whether the people own the State House or the mayor, aldermen and common council own it.
 This communication we write and sign by request of MANY SUBSCRIBERS.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-06-13
BAD cOMPLEX!ONS.
The Secret of their Cause Fully Ex-
 Plained-Why Ladies are Sallow and Men PailId-SOme Valuable Facts on
 the Subject.

h passing along the leading streets in almost any city in America, to-day, one will meet with but few ladies who have clear complexions Many persons have tried to account for this sad fact be cause of the severe climate of America, but such reasoning is wrong bad complexion is caused by impure blood and no lady can be really beauti- full and DO man ruddy who has diseased or impure blood.
 The best known way of keeping the blood pure is by keeping it circulating. In this way 1t passes rapidly through the lungs, kidneys and liver, and
 is constantly purified. But supposing the system is clogged up, Is frequently the case, then of course the blood becomes impure. Then far too often men and women take some powerful purga- quickly, weakens the strength, and leaves the sys tenn in worse condition than before. The only sensible way is to take gentle, pure and natural purgative, moderately but regularly, and the high est known medical authorities of the day agree that the genuine imported Carlsbad Sprudei Salt Is infinitely superior to any other natural preparation known to the world It is gentle, yet stimulating; 1t is pure, yet powerful Containing only natural properties being evaporated from the celebrated
 Carlsbad Sprudel Spring. it cannot in1ure the body
 in the least and yet it has never failed to renew life, purify the bloed and thus clear the complex ion. Hundreds of doctors have given 1t their un- qualified endorsements; thousands of people go each year to the Carlsbad Springs. but they can obtain greater benefit than bg taking the Carls- bad Sprude Salt in it's powdered form, such as can be procured at any drug store in tae lana. when tically little than the cheap, anu often injurious Salts, purgatives ana bIter ;s that are in the market, one bottle belng suclens for nearly month, all persons who Keep pace Wltu
 if ia to their interest to only the Carlsbad Each bottle is in light blue paper cartoon ana nas tne sivnature Eisner & Meudeson O., sole agents on every bottle. One bottle mailea upon @ rece,pS Is mailed free upon application. Elsner & menoeison Co., 6 Barclay street, New York.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-06-13
Special Town Meeting,

A SPECIAL Town Meeting of the Town of New A Haven will be held at Loomis' Hall, corner of Orange and Center streets, on Thursday afternoon, June 13 1se9 at o'clock, to accept or reject the resolution of the General Assembly of the State, passed at the present session thereof. which thorzes the Town of New Haven to issue bonds for the Extension and Improvement of it's Park Sys- tenn and also if said resolution should be accepted to take action with respect to the issuing of said bonds and to adopt suitable regulations respecting the form, terms and ultimate payment of the same (Signed)
 THERON A. TODD,
 EDWIN W. COOPER.
 WILLIAM F. STERNBERG,
 WILLIAM S. BEECHER,
 GEORGE M. WHITE.
 ALFRED W. FORBES,
 ERNEST KLENKE, jes5t Board of Selectmen.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-06-13
AIR LINE BONDS
 OF THE Town of New Haven, Conn

SEALED PROPOSALS will be received by the D undersigned at his office in the town of New Haven until Tuesday, the 18th day of June, 1889, at 7:50 m for the purchase of the whole of the above named bonds, amounting to five hundred thousand dollars
 fayments to be made and bonds delivered on or before the 29th day of June, 1889.
 Said bonds series of five hundred thousand dollars. authorized by act of the General Assem- ply. session of 1889, and by the provisions thereof made free from taxation.
 The Air Line bonds are made due and payable at the office of the treasurer of the town of NewHaven S25,OO0 being payable twenty years from date and $25 coo annually thereafter until the last payment shall have been made. Said bonds bear interest at 315 per cent. per annum payable semi-annually on the first days of January and July in each year, at the office of the town treasurer upon the surrender of the interest coupons thereunto annexed
 The right is reserved by the selectmen to reject any all bids if the interest of the town requires it. Proposals less than par will not be considered. Proposals must be endorsed on the envelope, Pro posals for Town of New Haven Bonds"
 T. A. TODD, President Board of Selectmen, New Haven, Conn. New Haven, Conn.,, June 18th, 1889. jl2 St
Morning journal and courier., 1889-06-13
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40 dozen Ladies Fancy Lisle Thread Hose, that are retailing from 75c to $I.oo per pair, we have closed from an importer and shall sell without reserve at the extraordinary price of 48c per pair. Styles are frst-class. Please do not mistake and wait too long before making a selec- tion, as they will sell from the word go, and we know of mo- thing to take their place.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-06-13

 Howe & StetsOn THREE HuStlers! ]. No. l. Ladies Black Lisle Thread Hose, superior value, at 25c per pair.
 
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100 dozen of Ladies "Silhou- cite" Fast Black Cotton Hose, in all sizes, at 25cper pair. This Stocking is a magnificent quail ity, very fine, we'll shaped, and IS beyond question the greatest 25c Fast Black Stocking ever shown.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-06-13
BONDS Town of New Haven, Conn.

SEALED PROPOSALS will be received by the o undersigned, at his office, in the town of New Haven, until Tuesday, the 18th day of June, 18S9 7:30 p. m., for the purchase of the whole of the above named bonds, amounting to Two Hundred Thousand Dollars.
 Payments to be made and bonds delivered on or before the 29th day of June 1889.
 Said bonds are series of S200 ,000 authorized by an act of the General Assembly, session of 1SS9 and by the provisions thereof are taxable.
 Said bonds are made due and payable at the office Of the treasurer of the town twenty years from advisable by the selectmen Said bonds bear inte- rest at 3ls per cent per annum payable semi annu- ally, on the first days of January and July in each year, at the office of the Town Treasurer upon the nexed.
 The right is reserved by the selectmen to reject any all bids if the interest of the requires it. Proposals less than par will not be considered. Proposals must be endorsed on the envelope, Pro- posals for Town of New Haven Bonds''
 T. A. TODD, President Board of selectmen New Haven, Conn. New Haven Conn, June 18th, 1889. je12 3t
Morning journal and courier., 1889-06-13

The legislature of Louisiana is tempted to renew the charter of the Louisiana lottery
 for fifty years by the offer of that gambling concern to assume the entire debt of the
 State, amounting to $1a, ,OoO, 900, in return for the privilege. This offer ought to teach
 the buyers of lottery tickets that the chances are very much against them.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-06-13

Jones-"Congratu1ase me, old fellow, Miss Dashaway has agreed to marry me-" Smith '1 do, indeed, Jones. Glad you're coming into the family" Jones-''Ooming into the familya" Smith-"Yes; Dashy is sister to me."-Bipghamton Republican,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-10-09
The Castle OF the DougIases.

But now, as We turn our back on the
Bass, another ruined castle, grander and
far more massive and lofty than Dirle-
ton, fills the eye. On lofty, Jagged cliff,
that seems to run out into the sea, and is
washed on three sides by its waters,
stands the far-famed castle of TantallOn.
Sir Walters description of it in Mar
mion,7 if not in the highest style of poet
~, is wonderfully correct word-pictGre-
The origin of Tantallon Castle, the re-
nowned stronghold of the Douglases, is
unknown. For centuries twas the great
citadel Of the family on the east Of Scot
land. Its situation was so remarkable,
the structure so strong, and the means Of
defence so skilful, that it seemed to defy
military attack. In 1919, the barony Of
North Berwick and the castle Of Tan
TALON having been forfeited some time
before by the Earl Of Douglas, were given
by James ". to the Earl Of Angus, the
famous @BeIl-the-Cat' Of Scottish history,
who figures in @MarmiOn" as the lord of
the place. In the days of the next earl
the castle stood siege by King James
v, bat the king was unable to take it.
In 1889, however, it was taken by the
Coyenanters thereafter Cromwell's troop
besiegvd it, and after feeble defence it
was taken again. About q hundred and
fifty years ago the castle became the
property of Sir Hew DalrymPle, Lord
Presidentof the Court of Session, in whose
family it still remains.-Harper's NagG-
-i,,,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-10-09
Making a Hog Happy.

We we're sitting in front Of Taylor's
grocery on a summer day, when a big
black hog came nOsing along the gutter
and started new train Of thought In
the crowd of loungers was a man from
St. Louis and, after watching the porker
for awhile. be remarked;
Il wonder il that hog ever had real
good time in all his lie"
Hogs allus have a good time, guess"
remarked the village cooper, who had
knocked off work and come over to hear
some politics
4 doubt ii, said the other. @He must
feel his degraded position in life, and so
he cannot be happy I wish could do
something to make him feel that life is
worth the living"
"Fust man / ever saw who pitied a
hog !" grunted the blacksmith, who oHght
to have been lacking a shoe on a waiting
mule.
"Yes, I do pity him. I have been
down myself and know how it is. Tay-
lor have you got any cherry whisky ?"
@SIighty little, if any. More cherries
than whisky, guess
~If you have two quarts Of cherries
VIII ch have been in liquor. bring en- out,
and III give you half a dollar. I'm go
ing to make that hog happy for two
hours"
The grocer got the cherries, which had
been lying in liquor for a couple Of years,
snd the St. Louis man poured them out
into the gutter for the hog. They were
devoured with astonishing ayidity, and
the porker stood and looked at US and
hungered for more. It was doubted by
some if the liquor would affect him, but
after few minutes he began to frisk and
play, and was evidently under the inhu-
ence.
THAT does me good, said the donor of
the cherries. "He Is becoming light
hearted, and life will now take on new
charms to him. Hang a man who
won't give a hog show =
Just then the animal uttered hoarse
@xoof," and charged for the crowd We
scattered, and he entered the grocery,
took two or three turns, and shot out and
down the street. Squire Smith was COM
ing up, and the hog charged and upset
him. lie then headed for horse and
buggy in front Of Snisier's, crashed against
the horses hind legs, and in another mo-
nent there was runaway. The widow
Watkins vas sailing along with can OF
kerosene in her-hand, and the hog rolled
her offthe walk as II she had been struck
by q locomotive he then charged a
double team aud started them of, drove
into Gaylor's dry good store and out, and
the old man Sabin turned in from Elan
street Just in time to be lifted three feet
high and rolled in.o a puddle.
Fiffy men we're out AMI after the pork
er BY this time, but he started another
runaway, upset baby carriage, and
knocked the register Of deeds of bis pins
before We cornered him and got a rope
around hind leg Thea every body was
mad and wanted vengeance, but when
they came to look for the st. Louis man
he had skipped. He. however lefs mes
sage for the public, saying to boy who
had Skinned up an awning post to De out
Of danger:
MY son, if yoa veDtadopted mot