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Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1889-10-24
e HAVEN, CONN. THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER

State" He adds-and this Is an important
matter-that "in most instances these farms
have not been abandoned because the soil
has become exhausted, or from lack of nat-
ural fertility, but from various causes ap-
pearing in the social and economic history of
the State, which will be more fully discussed
hereafter"
An amusing story is going the rounds Of
the French press, to the effect that during
one of the last days of President Carnot's
stay at Fontainebleau the president met sew
eral persons at the palace gate and stopped to
speak with them. There had been shower
of rain, go NJ. Carnot placed his umbrella
against the wall. Close by was an English
man, who wished to have souvenir of the
president. The umbrella caught his eye; he
seized an opportunity when he imagined he
was not observed, and ran away with 1t.
Some watehful policemen had, however, wit
messed the incident, and as he came running
by placed their hands on the disconnected
mans shoulder. At the police station 1t was
discovered that the prisoner was a member
of distinguished English family. He had
taken the umbrella to add to his collection OF
curiosities. NJ. Carnot, being informed OF
the circumstances, not only ordered the re-
lease of the prisoner, but gave him the COW
eted umbrella.
The Springfield Union says about some Of
the girls: The old fashion of working for an
education is not obsolete, and not only are
our girls working for their knowledge Of Or
dinary branches. but for musical educa-
ton. At the New England Conservatory Of
Music in Boston these are about thirty girls
working in payment for their tuition and
board. Most of them are employed in the
dining room, while some are engaged in
writing and others attend the doors. AL
though the dining room work is very tire
some, the directors receive numerous appli-
cations for these positions, over five hun
dred having applied for the winter term.
These young people are received from one
part of New England, and after a pupil has
attained certain degree of proficiency, she
can pay her expenses In various ways. There
are number in the conservatory now who
are studying music and at the same time
teach young children, sing in choruses or
choirs, and few play the organ In some of
the churches.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1889-10-24

From the 81. James GaxettoI
1t is now some nineteen years since, in q
ft of panic terror, we abandoned all that
was Oldest and best in our own fighting tra-
ditions and set about blindly to copy the
Germans. The German method of fighting
showed certain new and marked features;
and as this was the first time that two arm
les with brsech leaders had ever met, 1t was
hastily assumed that these features were
primarily due to the new arm, and not to
variety Of more deeply seated reasons in the
nature of the men themselves. We take it
that the arm itself had but little to do with
the matter, and that the same army would
have behaved in an exactly similar manner
under the conditions of fighting which We
from our Indian and Crimean conditions had
learned to lock upon as normal, always as
suming they had retained the same tactical
formations.
The primary cause of the confusion of
ideas lies at the door of the somewhat highly
colored accounts of the fighting which were
supplied by the German officers. But re-
cent statistics have shown-as we have lately
pointed out-that these blood curdling sto-
and, even when authentic, the instances of it
were far from being as frequent as they had
been in other wars. Again and again in In
dia, in the Crimea, and more particularly in
| America, troops had encountered equal tor
rents Of missiles in the good old British line
| formation, and, in spite of losses far in ex-
cess of those usually suffered in the Franco
German war, had swept everything victori-
ously before them. A little consideration
will show that this statement is not In the
least exaggerated. What the breech loader
enabled the French to do in the way of fill
ing the air with bullets, enormous numerical
superiority enabled our enemies to do for us;
and If agiyen number Of bullets have to be
faced In crossing given space, 1t would ap-
pear to us entirely immaterial whether the
number was supplied by ten men firing ten
times a minute or by one hundred men firing
but once-except that in all probability the
men firing more slowly would shoot great
deal straighter than those firing more rapid
". With regard to the question of range
increasing the depth of the dangerous zone
to be traversed, we are inclined to think that
1t had not much influence on the matter, for
losses are more decisive the more suddenly
and crushingly they are inflicted, and even
/ in the old days no troops have ever been able
to stand up to four deep volley delivered
by steady troops. But We can afford to sur-
render that point, for the conduct of our own
soldiers under grape and shell fire from
heavy siege artillery and guns of position
show us that, in the old days at any rate,
they could maintain their formations under
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1889-10-24
THE HAPPY TRAMP.
Professor Summers View ofHis ExIs.
tences


tence.
lFrem the Indepsndentl
"May not the tramp be the true free mani
He is civilized man. He lives in aoivilized
community. He shares in its constitutions.
He contributes his vote to its political well
fare. He takes a philosophical viewof wealth
and avoids its cares. He nourishes a pro-
found sentiment of its duties. He has no
property to perish, no investments to worry
about. The story is told of a tramp who
came to certain valley, which was inundat-
ed by freshet in a river. There was great
demand for help to carry persons and proper
ty in boats to place of safety. The tramp
threw down the bundle which contained all
he had in the world. and declared: "This Is
my harvest" He demanded $40 day, and
went to work at that rate. This WAS true
philosophy. He kept out of the labor market
until the conjecture Of supply and demand
was all on his side, and then he went in.
The tramp enjoys the true liberty of going
and coming, which, in the case of the barba-
rian is only apparent and delusive. He Is
free from the restraints of civilization. Wheth-
tional servitude of mind which marks the
savage, it is difficult to say. 1t does not be-
long to the definition of his case that he
should be so free. To the extent then to
which he is free to do as he pleases, he is 60
because although born into civilized society
and continuing in it, he has abandoned most
of the blessings in civilization, and wins tho
rest only by begging or taking them without
rendering any equivalent. He must endure
hunger and cold like the savage man upon
occasion. He must endure outlawry, suspic-
ion and contempt. In some states he finds
himself criminal, in fact, felon. In such
cases he is not merely drone or neutral, still
less is he tolerated parasite; he is at war
with society. That is to say, certain small
number of men can realize the dreamed-of
poetical liberty of the barbarian by seeking
it in the midst of civilization, if they will en-
dure contumely to get it, and if they will
sacrifice all the other blessings of civilization
for itu
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1889-10-24
KID GLOVES.

Now open, our special impor-
tation of Kid Gloves superb
assortment Of colors and styles.
Great drive in a button Kids,
new embroidery, choice shades,
at CSC; this quality usually re-
tails at Soc.
New colors and embroidery
in our well known Kids at 7oc ;
this quality sells for $I.oo every
where.
Examine our Biarritz Kids at
7oc; also our Biarritz Suedes at
$I.oo. Don't buy a pair of
Kid Gloves until you have ex-
amined our stock"
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How French Stenographers Are Paid.
[Ernm the Phonetic Journal

How French Stenographers Are Paid.
From the Phonetic Journal.1
The ordinary French tariff for shorthand
work Il am not speaking of the parliamenta-
ry salaries, which have already given) is
sixty francs two pounds and eight shillings)
for every hours speaking, which includes
taking notes and transcribing them. There
is no separate charge made, as among our
selves, for taking the notes. Sixty francs
an hour is considerably less than the English
figure of eight pence per folio of seventy
two words, in addition to the attendance
fee" of guinea. An hours speaking may
be taken roughly as representing one hun
dred tolios, which, at eight pence per folie;
amounts to three pounds, six shillings and
eight pence, or nearly twenty-five per cent.
above the French rate. But our French
confreres tell us that there are many persons
who regard their sixty francs tariff as an ex-
orhitant one -, ss,... s..s.z.-
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Correspondents OF the New YORK sunJ
Sitting in the rotunda of the Alexander
Hotel of Louisville, Proctor Knott told tnls
story:
Witnessed. Il occurred during my early
manhood, when I was attorney. general OF
Missouri. Robert Stewart was then Cover
nor Of that State. One day was In his
private Office when he pardoned steamboat
man for some crime. What it was I have
forgotten, but that does not matter. The
man had been brought from the penitentiary
to the Governors office. He was large,
powerfy GLOW. with the rough manners of
his class. .s--
ssThe Governor looked at the steamboat
man and seemed strangely affected. He
serutinized him long and closely. Finally
he signed the document that restored him tt
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REPORTS OF GOVERNMENT CHEMISTS As 10
PURITY AND wHoLEsoMENEss OF DR..
PRICES CREAM BAKING POWDER.
DIR. Prices Cream Baking Powder is the
only brand upon which the United States and
Canadian Governments have ever made a
favorable report. (See United States Nations
al Board of Health, Washington, D. c., Bull
letin, Supplement No. 6, page 3S-see Re-
port to the Commissioner of Inland Revenue
Department, Ottawa, seat of Government,
Canada, April Sd, 1850
DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder does not
contain Ammonia, Lime, Alum or any Adul-
terant. R. S. g. PATTON, Ph. D., Chemist
for the United States Government.
The Cresm of Tartar used in DR.. Prices
Cream Baking Powder is the strongest and
free from all lime and other Impurities
Prof. PETER COLLIER, Chief Chemist for the
United States Department of Agriculture,
Washington, D. G.
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liberty, but before he handed it to him said:
sYou will commit some other crime and be
in the penitentiary again, I fear' The man
solemnly promised that he would not, The
Governor looked doubtful, mused few mo-
ments and said:
"'You will 60 back on the river and be Q
mate again, ! supposeP
'The man replied that he would.
"'Well, want you to promise me ono
thing resumed the Governor, Il want you
to pledge your word that when You are q
mate again you will never take q billet of
wood in your hand and drive sick boy out
of bunk to help you load your boat on
stormy night The steamboat man said
that he would not, and he inquired what the
Governor meant by requiring such . prom
ise.
"The Governor replied: Because some
day that boy may become a Governor, and
you may want him to pardon you for Q
crime. One dark, stormy night many years
ago you stopped your boat on the Mississippi
to take on load of wood. There was q boy
on board who was working his passage from
New Orleans to St. Louis, but you went to
that boy with stick of wood in your hand
and drove him with blows and curses out
into the wretohed night, and kept him toll.
ing like slave until the load was compile
ted. I was that boy. Here is your pardon.
Never again be guilty of such brutality
And the man, covering and hiding mis- face,
went out. AS never heard of him again,
suppose he took care not to break the law"
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

New York has one hundred and twenty
five citizens who receive an income of $780,
600 year or more. It has also several hun
dred individuals or firms that do an annual
business of over s., 200. 900. And some peo-
pie are wondering why these rich men do
not follow the example of Chicago's rich
men in contributing to the worlds fair fund.
The last of the claims for damages grow
ing ont of the Bussey bridge disaster on the
Boston and Providence railroad has now been
settled. The amounts paid ranged from
$32, 900 paid to a man who was made so
violently insane by the disaster as to require
two attendants, to three dollars, and tho
whole amount paid out was about $500, 200.
An ingenious method of evading the Aus
tralian ballot law was used at the recent
sists of a sheet of tin with slots cut in It, ex-
posing the names which the Democratic vot-
or should cross out. This enables the voter
who cannot read to draw his pencil through
the exposed names and 80 vote the straight
ticket.
There are different notions about what are
the stnecessaries" of life. A>Maine contrac-
tor who had employed crew Of twelve men
for six months found on settling up with
them that the cost of -four for the whole
dozen had been but $51, while ten Of them
who were tobacco chewers had consumed $5s
worth Of the weed in this manner and GUAM.
tity Of cigars beside.
The possibilities of Arizona, as mentioned
in the report of the committee on irrigation,
are far greater than have ever been estimated
before they were carefully studied. The val.
ley of the Gila is said to be as fertile as that
of the Nile. In that section alone there are
10, ,000, 900 of acres that can be reclaimed
one-third FROM the surface waters alone. Ir
New Mexico there are 81, ,OOO, 600 acres and
in California 20, ,000, 900 irrigable, and Ger.
tain to be magni6cently fertile If irrigated.
Mr.. N. ]. Baohelder, the Commissioner o.
Agriculture and immigration in New Hamp
shire, has sent out preliminary list Of aban
doned farms in that State, which shows
conditioned things closely resembling tina
Of Vermont. The list embraces 115 farms
s'These," says the circular, "are unoccupiei
farms, and have been reported by the select
men of the various towns to have fairly com
Portable buildings. They comprise but
small part of the abandoned farms of tn
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THE BEST.

We claim that our stock OF
Furniture is the best, In all
points, ever shown In this city,
and we cordially invite your
Inspection.
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The Growth of Trees.

In the parish of Winfarthing are two mag
nifcent oak trees, one of which is known as
the "Winfarthing Oak" the other ia little
inferior to it in magnitude, but appears to
have been generally passed over in favor of
the more celebrated tree first mentioned.
These trees were inspected by Robert Mar
sham, +. R. S., the friend and correspon-
dent of Gilbert White, and great agricul-
turist, in the year 1744; and he has left in
his diary accurate measurements of both.
The larger tree measured at that time
thirty-eight feet seven inches in eircumfer-
ence, and the smaller just thirty feet. In
the year 1874, when these trees were meas
ursd according to Marsham's method, the
larger tree was just forty feet in circumfer-
ence, and the smaller thirty feet; it will thus
be seen that one tree had increased seventeen
inches in one hundred and thirty years,
whereas the other had remained in statu quo.
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The Laborers, Houses of Berlin.
la Dali Nall

Some startling and painful facts were
brought to light at a conference of the Socie-
ties for the Promotion of Morality held last
month in Berlin. In paper on the housing
of the poor in Berlin 1t was stated that half
(D of the dwellings consist of one room, to
which in some rare cases q small cupboard
like one is attached. In one of these rooms
are often found sleeping from ten to fifteen
persons, old and young; one hundred thou
sand men and more sleep In cellars and at
tics. In one house as many as two thousand
persons are to be found herded together.
The number of illegitimate births in Berlin
is sixteen per cent, or double the number IN
London. The prices paid for rooms are very
high, and one consequence OF this is that
very many of the fifty thousand prostitutes
in Berlin are received into families as lodg-
ers, with view to the lesssning of the rent
al. They are the ladies of the house, and
both parents and children shun them; and
the latter, seeing the idle life these dodgers
live, and the beautiful clothes they wear,
soon learn to enter on the same awful course.
Cured OF Flirting.
From the Nebraska City Prsss1
"No more flirting for me, boys" re-
marked drummer to some of his acquaint-
ances, one of whom was reporter for the
Press. "I used to 60 without smoking when
was dying for a cigar just SO could go in
the ladies' car. But I'm cured. On my last
run into Lincoln met nice young lady.
She was agreeable, and of course I made
myself as nearly 80 as possible. Had .
pleasant half hour with her before we
| reached the station, and of course when we
got off there asked her If there were any
parcels I could carry for her. She smiled
bewitchiugly and said might help her if
| would be so kind. Then she pointed to the
seat right behind where we were sitting. and
there were three babies, assorted sizes,
asleep. She said they were hers. Well, I
was in for it, SO picked up the biggest ones,
one ON either arm, while she took the kid.
| We marched out and found a carriage, and
put her in and was about to say good day,
when she smiled again 80 bewitehingly and
asked me to get in. couldn't refuse you
know, so went along. We drove out to
somewhere near the Capitol and stopped be-
! fore nice house. A man came running out,
lifted out the babies, kissed them, lifted out
the young woman, kissed her two or three
times and told the driver he could 60.
Would you believe it, she was SO spoony on
that husband Of hers she never said good by
to mo nor looked in my direction at all; and
that amt the worst OF it. had to pay the
carriage hire myself and lost half days
| time in the bargain. That woman cured me
of flirting SO long as live." l
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8cD OnndB.
Howe & StGtsOn
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INDIA and CEYLON TEAS.
AGENTS FOR
Messrs. Jos. Lettey & Co.'s
CoF LONDON. ENa)
Famous India 9 Coyl0n Teas.
Famous India 9 CoylOl Teas.

These Teas possess qualities
which lift them far above all
others. They have greater
strength, which makes them
more economical, and they also
possess in the highest degree all
those qualities which combine
to make a delicious and invig-
Grating beverage. These Teas
are packed in leaden packets of
the weight of one pound and
one-half pound.
No. quality sells for 7oc lb.
No. quality sells for soc ID.
NorE.-For further information
regarding the India and Cey-
lon Teas we refer you to an
article on Interesting Facts
on Tea" in the October
Scribner or St. Nicholas.
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T1ne anurmaI and Gnmrte

NOtlees
We cannot accept anonymous or return rejected
communications. In all cases the name OF tho
writer will be required not for publication, but as
guarantee OF good faith.
;. Situations, Wants. Rents and other small adver'
tigements, One Cent . Word each insertion.
one Insertion, Sl20: each euhsequent insertion 20
cents: one week 3.20; cnemonth, $1,000.
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line. Notices of Births Marriages, Deaths and fu.
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date business, (all matter to be unobjectonablel
end their contracts do not include Wants, To Lett
For Sale. etc.
Gpecialratesfurnished application for contracts
covering considerable length of time. or q large
1pace
Yearly advertisements at the following rates:
One square, one year, $40; two squares. one year
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WITH A SUITABLE
TRUSS,

Properly adjusted, every person with Her.
mia, or Rupture, may be made safe and
comfortable, and often
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3M1sIgIIaMenms.
Comparative Strength of
Baking Powders.

BARNES (
Gift Powders
Alum and Am
monia
Scheme Powders
Alum and Am
monia
Bulk Powder
Alum and Am
monia
RiMSEY'S
When NOT fresh
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-22
DISTRICT COURT NEWS.
Several Divorce Cases on the Cal
endar at the Special Term.

Several Divorce Cases on the Call
endar at the Special Term.
Four divorce cases were on the spe-
cial term calendar yesterday morning,
and three were disposed of. Judge Rea
heard the case of Horace Weaver
against Fanny =. Weaver, and gave the
husband a bill of divorce. The Lyon
divorce case was stricken from the cal
endar. Mary L. Tanning was granted
a decree against her husband, William
f. Judge Hicks heard part of the suit
for divorce brought by Martha Welles
against Clarence ii. Welles, and then
continued the case for one week.
Among the other cases on the special
calendar was that of A. ID. Smith
against G. b. Maben, which was con-
tinued for one week. J. L. BlaisdelPs
application for change of attorney in
ten civil suits was set for Dec. "a by
Judge Young. Judge Smith appointed
a receiver for the firm composed of
Theodore l.. Hays and w. E. Stirling,
former managers of the Peoples thea
ter.
Judge Rea, sitting in the general
term. heard the rest OF the StrOm case
but declined to grant a divorce. He
did not think that it had been proven
that Strom was a habitual drunkard
and advised the parties to the suit to go
back home and live happily as of yore.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-22
SPARKLING AND BRIGHT.

The smell of the mince pie is heard in
the charlottesville Breeze.
The smarteSt Aleck in the world is
Observation-Disclosures Capital.
a new fountain pen is called tn e
Ofliceholder. 1t doesn't work worth q
cent.-YonkerS Statesman.
When hen makes a dead set for a
family she gets it If she has half a
chance.-New Orleans Picayune.
A woman may refuse man her hand,
yet be perfectly willing TO give him her
arm. -kearney Enterprise.
Emile lola is anxious to visit this
country. No one will have any Objec-
ton as long as he comes in the original
French Rochester Pos t-EXpreSs.
phe claim that telephone business is
conducted on sound principles seems
plausible, but really it is supported
merely by hearsay evidence.-Balti-
more American.
When the boys on the schOolship Sar
atOga begin their first cruise the most
pertinent order, and one that won't be
promptly Obeyed, will be, "AVaSt
heaYing !''-Philadelphia Inquirer.