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Morning journal and courier., 1890-12-01
DEATH VALLEY,

Strange stories have been told about
Death Valley in California, though little
is really known about it. Soon, however,
fuller knowledge of it will be had, for a
government expedition will explore it.
The party consists of ten or dozen special
students under the direction of the depart
ment of agriculture and will aim especial
ly at detailed examination of the biology
of the region as it exists to-day, including
an Investigation into the influence of alti
tude on life and an attendant survey of
the locality for Typographical purposes. It
hopes to reach the valley by the middle
January, and probably will spend three
months in it's research, completing in that
time such exploration as will give to the
world far better information on the subject
than hitherto has been accessible. So far as is
now known, Death Valley is about forty
miles long and eight miles wide, for the
most part covered with rock and sand,
while the scant vegetation appears to be
chiefly growth of sage bush, grease wood
and cactus, with happy faculty of e1-
traoting sufficient nourishment from the
insignificant rain-falls which occasionally
occur. In portions of the valley a surface
layer of mud knee deep is reported, with a
coating of salt, carbonate of soda and the
like, and several localities are below the
level of the sea.
Astounding tales of the gold and silver
to be found in Death Valley have been
told We shall soon know.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-12-01
TO-NIOKROW,S DUTY

Tomorrow is the last chance we shall
have to vote this year, therefore let us go
to the polls early and cheerfully. And
we have in Mr.. Dewell candidate for
whom it ought to be pleasure, and most
certainly is duty, to vote. For several
years he has been asked to allow his name
to be used, and this year he gave reluc-
tant consent. 1t is a case of the Office
seeking the man, and the good citizens of
New Haven ought to see to it that it finds
him. We do not see why Democrats as
well as Republicans should not vote for
Mr.. Dewell, and we have no doubt that
many will. 1t is absurd to carry politics
into local affairs in the way it is often done.
The mayoralty of New Haven doesn't
have anything to do with the tariff. free
coinage, the solid South, ETC., etc. 1t has
to do with our streets, our parks, our sew
ers and the other business of the city. Who
is better to deal with those matters than a
man like Mr.. Dewell, whose business ca
reer has shown that he is capable of super
intending the city's business, and who has
taken a good deal of time from his own
business to attend to matters which con-
Germ the growth and prosperity of New
Haven't He is one of the most public
spirited citizens we have. No one will
question his conspicuous fitness for the
office. If he does not happen to be elect
ed it will be because Democrats fee
obliged to standby Thomas Jefferson and
Andrew jackson rather than the interest.
of New Haven
Morning journal and courier., 1890-12-01
COMMUNICATIONS.


The Study of Biblical Questions.
To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
Allow general remark on Biblical
questions like that discussed by your cor
respondent in the COURIER of November
90. By the kindness of some learned
friends, most of them disposed to be
friendly to the new critical views, we have
enioyed several extended conversations on
the subject and we have together examined
a considerable amount of the evidence in
detail. Again and again, with perfect
good temper and perfect harmony, we have
come around to conclusions like the fol-
lowing:
What may be called the traditional and
the advanced views belong to two systems
of thought which differ from each other
from the very foundation Most of the
facts can be quite well explained on either
system Some, however, seem to favor one
system and some the other; and this ap-
pearance is partly Though not wholly due
to the skill of the writer's who present the
facts. An explanation which, from one
side, appears forced and unnatural, may,
when taken in connection with other facts
of its own system, seem perfectly natural
and reasonable. Last, but not least, it is
difficult to find an argument on either side
WHICH Will nave lhuOh HOWCA
with one whose character or circumstances
have fixed him on the other side.
This particular question, relating to
Mts. Ebal and Gerizim, we have not as yet
examined: but we doubt not that if one
were to take time and look it calmly in the
face he would find it, like all the rest,
open, and widely open, to friendly differ
ence of opinion.
We do not enter ut all into controversy
with Your correspondent. He is perfectly
correct in saying that all the deductions OF
modern critical scholarship point to date
as late as the time of King Josiah, if We
take the words "modern critical scholar
ship" as he no doubt intended, in the spe-
cialized sense in which they are more gen
orally taken. But the result of the whole
great discussion is not that Deuteronomy
actually was written at so late date, but
that it may have been. And this may
have been" to the two different parties
will mean two entirely different things
Those who, on general grounds, arr
inclined to receive the new theory will
as soon as its possibility is proved to theil
satisfaction, feel that the theory is as good
as established, and will speak accordingly
But those who are favorably inclined to th'
view which makes Moses the author of Deu
| teronomy will make no change except to b
| less dogmatic in statement, and more hbera
in judging others.
While, therefore, We expect moderr
critical scholars to pursue their investiga
tions, we do not expect the masses of the
| church to make any change in their atti
| tude except to lay more stress on the essen
| tials of Christianity, and to be more kind
| ly, and therefore, more like their Lord, il
| their treatment of doubling Thomases.
EXAMINER.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-12-01
HOWe&Stets0n,
Insurance Building,
886-888 Chapel Street,
New Haven, Conn.
miscellaneous.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.

AN n UAL TOW N NlEEIlNG.
THE annual Town Meeting Of the Town Of
adjournment adj VI to the Atheneum, No s. Church
4th, for the following purposes, to Wit:
To elect Town Officers as provided by law and
fill all vacancies occurring by expiration OF terms
of office Of such officers as were elected at the
's Toi law a tax on the Polls and Ratabe Estate of
the Town of New Haven upon the Grand List of
1890
To vote from the Treasury of the Town a GER
tain sum for the salary Of the Town Agent
1891
To vote an appropriation from the Treasury of
the Town to the New Haven Dispensary for
medical assistance to the Poor OF the Town for
the ensuing year.
To vote an appropriation from the Treasury of
the the st. M Francis an Orphan Asylum, for aid in sup
porting the poor children of the Town for the
To vote upon the question shall any person be
licensed to sell spiritqous and intoxicating liquors
in the Town of New Haven for the term Of one
wear from the first day of January, 1891 a petit
tion for such a vote of the legal voters of the
Town upon the question having been made to
the Selectmen in accordance with the statute
law passed by the General Assembly of 1882.
To vote upon the question, shall free text
books be supplied TO all free schools Of New Ha-
Of the town upon on the question having been made
to the Selectmen as by law provided
The legal voters OF the the Town OF New Haven
they are registered, on the Revised Registry
List last completed, for such officers as are re.
auired, and for the decision of the above stated
License question, those in favor Of persons being
licensed will vote License ballot, those op-
posed will vote a mo License" ballot.
Boxes for the reception of ballots will be open
ed on Tuesday, the I'd day Of December, 1890, at
6 O'Clock am, and will remain open until o'cl'k
p. m. of the same day, at the following places,
to wit
First ward-74 Orange street, Loomis' Temple
second ward-supply house, corner Oak and
Third Ward-231 Congress avenue.
Fourth Ward-259 and 261 Water street.
Fifth Ward-5 Olive street, Thomas ]. Beers
s Sixth wards St. John street, Kenke's bar
s Seventh ward-sso Hamilton street, corner
Eighth Ward-s5s State street, corner Clark
Ninth ward-6s Foote street, Kirchof's car
Tenth Ward-s75 Elm street, corner Howe
Eleventh ward-Corner Exchange and Ferry
streets
Twelfth Ward-Q Quinnipiac Rink, Grand ave
Thirteenth Ward-Masonic hall, Westville
| Fourteenth Ward-Engine house, Grand ave
Fifteenth ward-aO5 Forbes avenue, near Foul
New Haven, Conn., November g. 1890.
JAMES M & RI MREYNoLDS, ,
JOHN I. GOODRICH,
JOHN N. ROWE,
FRANK D. SLOAT,
HORACE Fl. STRONG,
| HENRY HILLMAN,
| @ Board Of Seectmen.
Pursuant to the aforegoing call the Electors o
the Town of New Haven are hereby warned AM
tricts at the time and places as above stated.
New Haven Gonn MoyembeE q p1srIs 2S 1892 TRIP
n27 st Town Clerk
Morning journal and courier., 1890-12-01
Jew HAVEN CONN. MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER /, 1se

punching tickets passenger passed
through without showing his ticket. He
was thereupon seized by the gatekeeper,
who demanded to see his ticket. He
showed this, but the gatekeeper still held
him, saying that the train was already in
motion and that it was against a rule of
the companyfor any passenger to board
moving train. For this treatment the ag-
grieved ticket holder brought an action for
damages against the company. The Su-
preme court holds that a common carrier
has the right to make reasonable rules
for the conduct of its business, and that
the rules under consideration are
reasonable and proper. Passengers are
bound to observe them, and the company
is justified in enforcing them or preventing
a violation of them. Chief Justice Gilfl-
Ian says: The gatekeeper had the right to
stop him at the gate and demand sight of
his ticket to be punched, and if necessary
in order to stop him for that purpose had
tho right to take hold of him, and this
right did not cease merely because the
plaintiff had wrongfully got across the line
of the gate. The keeper still had the right
toenforce the rule. certainly while plaintiff
was 50 near tho gate as to be practically at
it, which was the fact in this case.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-12-01
MOoNSHINE.

'Is Hawkins bright studentp "Naw;
he couldn't pass an examination in the col
lege yell. Judge.
The self made man is always willing to
give the recipe to every body he meets
Somerville Journal.
Speaking of the man in the moon, the
general impression is that he is not in it
Pittsburg Chronicle.
A st. Louis lady has named her pet cat
Mince Pie, because it keeps people awake.
-Yonkers Statesman.
It's somewhat remarkable how so many
crooked men get into Strengthened circum-
stances.-Washingto Post.
In the market coffee is said to be strong
and growing stronger. But it isn't that
way in the estaurants.-Savannah News.
A man no sooner gets old enough to
know how to talk well than he also learns
the value of not talking at all.-Atchison
Globe.
The farmer whose wood pile was robbed
the other day relieved his feelings by
hnmming s'The Lost Chord. Lowell
Courier.
Mr.. Puffe-Have you busted the bottles,
Patricka Butler-Yis, sor; wan more
shovel full, an they'll look loike raal an
taques.-Puck.
We know a man who is SO hopelessly
insolvent that, not to mention pew rent,
he can't even pay attention to the minis
ter.-Binghampton Leader.
CT wonder why Bilkins wanted to be
eremated ~ ''Two reasons, / fancy. He
was always celd-blooded and passionately
fond of smoking.-New York Evening
Sun.
stM (hic) DEAR" said Mr.. Timer to his
| wife at a. M, ''Fm full of remorse.
am, honest" "John," said she, coldly,
sI am convinced that 'remorse' is no name
| for it.n-Washington Post.
| Freddie Fangle- "Papa, couldn't the
old patriarchs afford to buy their clothes 2
Fangle = Certainly. WhyW Freddie
Fangle-"Because the Bible says, They
rent their garments. Judge.
s'Who carried off the gates of GazaF
asked the Sunday school superintendent
1t was the second morning after Hallow
'een and twenty seven boys rose up at one'
and said they hadn't anything at all to dt
with it.-Chicago Tribune.
Proprietor of dry goods store to clerl
who had Just lost a sale-"What was tn
matter with that ladyl" "0h, we didn'
have what she wanted" Didn't hay
what she wantedF' repeated the proprieto
In amazement, s'anybody could have sol'
her what she wanted. The thing is to sci
her what she don't want.
Record.
Strive as we may, we never can
Tell who are happy, who forlorn;
The cutest little shoe of tan
-Yenowine's News.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-12-01
CITY ELECTION.
YUyO the Sheriff of the City of New Haven

To the Sheriff Of the City of New Haven
You are hereby required to warn the freemen
OF the City of New Haven to meet on Tuesday,
the second day of December, 1890 at O'Clock In
the forenoon until s o'clock in the afternoon, to
tor. CITY Treasurer and City sheriff.
Also the freemen registered and entitled to
vote in each ward in said city to further vote by
ballot for one alderman to serve from the first
day Of January, 1891, until the first day of jan
uary, 1893, and three councilmen to serve from
the first day Of January, 1891, until the first day
- The freemen Of the City OF New Haven will
vote in their respective voting districts as fol-
lows:
Second ward-supply house, corner Oak and
Third Ward-c81 Congress avenue.
Fourth ward-2592 261 Water street.
Fifth Wards Olive street, Thomas j. Beers
sixth wards st. John street, Klenke's bar
Seventh ward-2e9 Hamilton street, corner
MYRTLE.
street.
Ninth ward-ea Foote street, Kirchofs car
r'Ssa Tenth ahhos Ward-s75 Elm street, corner Howe
street.
| ry streets.
Given under my hand in the City Of New Ha
| ven, the 26th day of November, 1890:
The foregoing is true copy , Of the he, ,origina
warrant. JOHN COLEMAN, Ci.I sI,
M f oasy SneSin.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-12-01
Tansy.
JFrom the New York Sun. I

From the New York Sun.
BY messy gray rails and cobble stone wall.
The aromatic old Tansy grows up tall
Hardy and jolly in spite of its fall
From long since vanished gardens
Once priced as medicinal-good for the gout,
And valued in port -winey old mansions no doubt,
It struggled away, or else was turned out,
For vagabond life by the wayside.
Still in rural retreats, where the well sweep is
seen,
The farmer plucks sprigs Of its tender green,
When the sun lends the dew a silvery sheen,
And he scents his ham-and-egg breakfast.
Then gurgles in glass some smooth Santa Cruz,
Cor perchance there S perfume or juniper 1ulce,)
For the ruralist believes in its haying- time use
And tattoos the fragrant old tonic.
In this garden of ours, as in gardens of old,
The prodigal plant bloomed in buttons OF gold,
And traditionally knows it belongs in the fold.
For all circles of face-making pansies!
The old Tansy exults over lily and fern,
And its careless cling, and curl, and turn,
Give homely charm to a water-flled urn
And recall the acanthus of Corinth.
It's not to be named as the national flower
Tho it has a pioneer vim and go-ahead power
For the golden-rod rules, as gold does, the hour;
But what of the shy little arbutus,
The laughing old sunflower's lord Of the soil,
Radiant emblem of plenty-rich in honey and oil;
And to cite from Connecticut's sons of toll,
$4,000 GEO T. TOWNSEND.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-12-01
RonanIsrn andPolitic..


The New York Mail and Express in ac
party in the last election says in its issue of
November 6, 1890:
The democratic party is in league with
the Roman church, and the Roman church,
in trying too unite church and state in this
country, is true to its ancient legends and
principles, which change not, nor can. The
present Pope Leo XIII. in 1888 issued
an encyclical letter to ali priests all over
the world directing them to go into politics
of their respective countries; and in 1890
he went step farther and issued another
one directing them to nominate for Office
and to vote for only Romanists.
In accordance with these general in
structions the Bishop of Trenton appeared
in a public hall in this city in full cononi-
calls before a mass meeting one Sabbath
evening, and there he said substantially
that it was a good thing to have the Amer
lean public places. Priests all over the
country are in the habit of indicas ling to
their focks for whom they shOu,i vote;
| and the fiocks understand that these in
| timations are backed up by ecclesiastical
sanction; that is to say, by the threat of the
| Roman church to deprive the members of
the holy communion if they are disobedi-
| ent and if they continue contJlmacious to
excommunicate them, or as they under
| stand the matter, to send them to hell. The
fiocks, knowing of no other heaven than
that which the priests please to tell them
about, are terrorized into submission and
vote according to the priestly intimations
This is one principal reason why, in the
late municipal election, Hugh ]. Grant, a
romanist, was elected mayor, and why
Francis NJ. Scott, a protestant, was defeat
ed
The naughty Roman church, in the per
son of its American Cardinal Gibbons, has
put indignity upon the president of the
| United States and taken precedence of him
both at private and public banquets-the
one given by ex-senator Henry G.. Davis of
West Virginia, at Deer Park, and the other
one given by the Roman Catholic Univers-
ity authorities at the city of Washington;
and when President Harrison, "a presbyteri-
an, refused to allow the Roman church to
control the educational, system of the Unit
ed States, and against its protest appointed
| Gen. Morgan Commissioner of Indian af
fairs. the Roman church Immediately re
solved upon war against his administration
and has been Withdrawing from his sup
port. Those Romanists who voted for him
in 1888 are organizing the whole Roman
force all over the country IN behalf or ths
democratic party; for the democratic par
ty is willing to accept power not only a
the cost of establishing slavery, but also a
the sacrifice of religious liberty.
The campaign in the state of Wisconsin
where the Roman church openly declared
against public education and in favor o
! its own sectarian training, strikes the ke,
note to the presidential struggle of 1892
All these acts on the part of the RomaI
\ church are against the Constitution of tn
United States and the constitutions of tn
several states, because they are destructiy
of both civil religious liberty. But whs
care they for thati
Their church destroyed individual Libel
Morning journal and courier., 1890-12-01
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Sidney Dillon, the new president of the
Union Pacific railroad, is only 10 years Old,
but his ability is such that it was thought
best not to make him wait until he was
older.
When Woman sets out to have expert
ence she is apt to succeed. A Bradford
Pennsylvania) woman of 26 has been six
times married, four times widow and
once divorced
A Georgia man tried the experiment of
registering by telephone. His vote was
refused. He claims he complied with the
law, and now will try and see if the courts
will back up his experiment.
1t costs something to keep royal FAM
lily. The present royal family has cost the
British nation the sum of s173, 113, 115, of
which S125, 100000 has gone into the
hands of the Queen for her household and
state expenses and her private purse. She
is very shrewd investor and Englishmen
believe her to be the richest woman in the
world.
Owing to the blight which has affected
the tea plant in tho Chinese province of
Kiang-si the viceroy has advised the tea
growers to turn their attention to raising
rice and potatoes, and reports from Foo
chow indicate that many land owners have
taken the hint. Japan, Formosa, India
and Ceylon are rapidly usurping the tea
market, once monopolized by the Chinese.
The enterprising editor of the Arizona
| Howler offers a bottle of Koch's lymph
to any one who secures three new cash
subscribers for the Howler. On which the
editor of the Kicker makes the following
comment: "The coyote who thinks he
edits the Howler is royal arch jackass.
In the first place he couldn't tell Koch's
lymph from paregoric; and, in the second
place, the free and enlightened people Of
Arizona don't need any consumption cure
that disease being unknown in this favored
region"
The most eccentric man in the next con
gress will be Stewart, of Illinois. He il
fabulously rich, but he holds hard on Il
his wealth. During the campaign he re
fused to put up a dollar, saying that tn
Office should seek the man. He even repu
dated the assessment for printing tn
tickets, telling the committee that voter
could write his name on their tickets o
leave it off, just as they pleased. Yet h
was elected to congress over Republican
who had 10000 plurality two years ago.
The Supreme court of Minnesota say
that people must show their tickets whe
the gatekeeper at a railroad station says SC
In the case before the court while th
gatekeeper was occupied in inspecting an
Morning journal and courier., 1890-12-01
No. 2S7

ty and right of opinion on all subjects the
world over for ages back, and no one need
expect to see them take different position
in this country nor in the the twentieth
century. They have got to be deprived of
their power by the laws of the land or else
they viii surely exercise that power, and our
beloved country will become as much sub
jected to the Roman yoke as were the Pa
pal States until freed by Garibaldi and
Victor Emmanuel
Morning journal and courier., 1890-12-01
gry Gunds.
Howe & StetSOl.
GETTING READY!

For our LAST SHOW in the
Holiday Room down stairs,
which will be open a week
hence, but meantime we call
your attention to the follow
ing Big Values suitable for
Xmas presents or everyday use.
One hundred Black Hare
Muffs at CSC each. We bought
these early in the season, when
Furs were cheap. The close
price to-day at the factory is
soc.
10 Robes and Combination
Robes and Dress Patterns at
$50 each; former prices were
$12.5o and 1875.
10 dozen Gents outside
Jersey Shirts at soc each, reg
ular 75c quality.
Pocketbooks, Portemonaies,
Purses and Chatelaine Bags in
great assortment. Special Bar
gains at S, 10, 1o, rs and SOC
each.
Umbrellas in Natural and
Metal handles, all grades and
styles. You ought to see those
that we are selling at o8c,
$1.I5, Las, I.3o, I.5o, I.75,
$2.oo and $50 each.
Gents Kid Lined Gloves.
Special Bargain at $1.25,
worth $3.50; only a few doz-
ems left.
Our Special Drives in White
Blankets at $3.50 and 500
per pair (see last weeks adv. }
fill the bill for the Most Value
ever seen for the money.
Large line of Comfortables
at csc, $I.oo, 1.25, las, $50,
$I.75, 100 and 2.25 each, and
we guarantee The Best Value
for the dollars and cents in
vested.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-12-01
For the Holidays.

$3.50 for an English Decorated Dinner Set
Q12 pieces). It is nevertheless for us to
say this is great value
$1O.50 for an English extra fine Decorated
Dinner Set Q12 pieces.)
Actual value 1880.
$14.75 for Q12 pieces) Partisan Granite
Decorated Dinner Set.
A beauty for the money:
$1S.98 for 13O- piece Partisan Granite Dec
GRATED Dinner Set
Actually worth $500.
This ware is just shade heavier than
China, which makes it more durable.
$40 for 56-piece English Decorated Tea
Sets. Would be cheap at $4.75.
50 98 for 10-piece Decorated Toilet Set.
This is a lot we bought much under
price.
700 for Decorated Jardiniers. Worth $1.25.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-12-01
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