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Morning journal and courier., 1890-06-19
FIVE MILES HIGH ON A TRAPRzE
Adventure of a Parachute Man Whose
 Parachute Gos Away from Him. From the London Standard

AdVeutufo OH a Far0cnUSe NV0A WHOSo
 Parachute Gos Away from Him.
 From the London Standard
 Great excitement was caused at Croydon in connection with the ascent from the old fair field of Professor Higgins, the parachute ist, and for several hours doubts were enter tained as to his safety. The balloon, which had been named "The Dukes Motto," and was of the capacity of 12, 900 cubic feet, was fully charged by o'clock. Higgins said the direction of the wind, which was northeast, would necessitate his travelling considerable height, but he hoped to return to the field in about half an hour. When he gave the sig chine gradually rose, and appeared to go in the direction of NorWood. Upon reaching an altitude of something like 4,OOO feet, the l parachute bscame detached from the net of tho balloon, which was evidently proceeding .upward at great rate, as the parachute was I fully expanded, although inverted. It was now evident that something was wrong with the apparatus, and, amid breathless excite. ment, the parachute dropped from the bal l loon and fell into garden in East Croydon. The balloon rapidly disappeared in the clouds. When darkness set in ard no news had been received of the psrachutist much anxiety was evinced as to his fate. Shortly after o'clock. however, all fear was dispelled by the receipt of telegram; stating that Higgins had land- | eQ G6I6ly uoAI AuuUIlukOs AASSado 0AA AA1 balloon arrived at East Croydon by the 9:2o train.
 Ia an interview with a correspondent Hig- gins stated that he had experienced the most wonderful of all his arial voyages. When he reached the height of 4, 900 feet he began t?e@ srODg current, and the balloon twsaaS around. The current ther caught Riy parachute, causing the wooden ring of it to catch him very tightly under ths arms. The test cord which held the para chute then broke. Directly after that hap
 pened he saw that the parachute was hanginf
 below him fully inflated. and the pressur,
 on him was so great that it was impossibl,
 for him to descend into the middle of tn
 town with anything like safety. He there fore opened his penknife with his teeth an, cut the parachute away. This caused th l balloon to shoot up 6,000 feet higher, and O
 reaching that altitude he met another cul rent, which brought him back, and he sa,
 nothing until hs passed through some slee and snow. He oould hear, however, th } sound of trains.
 All of sudden he found himself in darl ness, caused, he presumed, by the snow an 5 thick atmosphere. He was in this sno storm for at least ten minutes, and when l a had passed through it the sun was shinir : beautifully. Below him he could ses whl
Morning journal and courier., 1890-06-19
THOSE OUESTTONs


 One prominent citizen of New Haven has been arrested because he wouldn't answer all the questions put to him by the census man, and 1t is said that others will be. Arrests for this reason have been made in other cities, and there has been not little un- pleasantness over the counting. Of course the enumerators are not to be blamed for this condition of things. They have simply carried out their orders and obeyed the law under which they have worked. But there has been vast amount of protest against some of the impertinent and unnecessary ques. tions. The people of this great, glorious and hitherto comparatively free country have fell that they didn't want to be treated by the officers of the government as the people oi some of the E European countries are treated And there is justice in the protest. The census has been carried on altogether too inquisitlvely. Some of the informa. ton demanded is really no business of the government of free people. And Is highly ridiculous to pretend that some o it will serve any useful purpose. Of oours there are many people who don't care any thing about the questions. There are other who do. Iu the case of dweller in a coun try town, where many people spend thei lives in trying to ferret out their neighbor' fortunes and misfortunes, census ma armed with the questions carried about thi year might be serious matter. And Ii city or country there are many who have in stinctive objection to telling anybody any thing about their private affairs.
 We suppose that most of those wh haven't wanted to answer the questions col rectly have answered them incorrectly. Th whole performance has undoubtedly been powerful agency for the promotion of lying.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-06-19
Thursday, Juno 19, 1890.
WHO OWNS THE OHILDRENe

WHO OWNS THE OHlLBREN4
 The Chicago socialists are getting on. They do not shrink from the logical outcome of their ideas. For instance, at socialistic meeting in tha. city the following extrsor- dinary resolutions were favorably discussed:
 Resolved, That the claim made that parents have natural right to direct and control the education of their children, and duty and responsibility devolving upon them to exer- else that right, is untenable and indefensible, because natural rights must presuppose na- tural abilities and because the state must regard children not as the offspring of their parents but as it's own future citizens.
 Resolved, That nationalized school sys- tenn and national compulsory education law, formed for the purpose of enabling the state to exercise supreme control oVnr all ed ueational institutions whatever, has become absolutely essential to the harmonious devel- opment of our national interests.
 This is bold doctrine, even for these times, but it Is not new. It was pretty thoroughly tested in Greece, and 1t worked we'll. But 1t will be long time betort American fathers and mothers can be per suaded that they do not own their children or, perhaps we should say, are not owned by them. Of course, much progress has all ready been made toward the control and ed ucation of children by the state, but thu greater part of the people of this oountr! think that the limit is already about reached
Morning journal and courier., 1890-06-19
COMMUNICATION.


 To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 was much pleased by the general correct ness with which the JOURNAL AND COURIER has printed my West rock song. Daily newspapers, we all know, are not made for fine work and have to be aet up and proof read in 8 very short space of time; hence g few mistakes are pardonable, none at all are phenomenal. la my poem, aside from the punctuation, which, with the readers coop eration in one or two places, indicates the sense fairly well, the only material and to the reader unapparent errors are these two: In the first speech of the rock "mountain'' should be mountains" (plural, not sipgu- lar):
 "when the mountains rose up out of the sea-" etc.
 Again in the third speech of the rock, s'oloud-drifts" should be 'tsand- -drifts.'' la justice to the author, hope that those | who read the poem in yesterdays CouRIEr will read 1t over again with the above cor rections. I hope, also, that those who have l not read it will turn back and do so, not or account of my literary ability, but because l of the truth which know there Is in it, ant l which commend to my fellow citizens o1 New Haven; my only anxiety being that tn | poem may contribute 8 ittle-probably very Nttle-to the accomplishment of tn l purpose for which it. was written. AZ, l therefore, not because am afraid to fathe my own rhymes, but because I wish to mak the poem and It's truth the one thing consid cred, have not signed it, and sign myssl now THE AUTHOR.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-06-19
All Kinds of NIen. From the Buffalo Courier. I

In the course of an excellent sermon . on character, which the Rev. Dr. Phelps of Delaware Avenue Methodist church, preached last Sunday, hs said that he once visited certain farming community to solicit funds for needy educational institution. He was
 accompanied in his calls by @ shfewd old
 farmer, who knew all the people in the set-
 clement end was 8 keen student of human
 nature. As they approached the first house,
 the farmer said: "If you want to get any
 money out of this man you must appeal to
 him on the highest motives, that's the only way to reach him." Coming to the next house he said: "Here's man whose pride must be touched. If you hope to get 6 subscription from him tell him what his nsighbors are giving" As they nesred the next farm he said: "If you want to get any money out of this man you must talk to him in his barn." ''In his barn7" "You must get him out of the way of his wife" :" answered the farmer. "She has such domin- ion over him that he does not dare say his soul is his own. So go for him in the barn, dear brother, go for him in the barn."
Morning journal and courier., 1890-06-19

strapped my wallet and paid her eight thou: me to take back some of 1t, but told her . few thousand one way or the other wouldn't matter. Our quartermaster-general will come along hsre,' said ss I left, land re- deem this Dixie money in specie before long I hope. At any rate it is the best have and all have, aud if it were greenbacks I'd give it for such . meal,'n
Morning journal and courier., 1890-06-19
EDITORIAL NOTES

It wasn't too hot for the base ball enthu- siasts last evening. They had something to talk about.
 ssThs Society for the Better Promotion of Relaxation from Business Cares and Enjoy ment During Luncheon Hours in the Munich pality of London" is the name of flourish. ing London society.
 The Senate Republicans are doing some queer things. If they ara not careful they will seriously hurt their party. For in- stance, the surrender of the Finance cons nittee to the sugar re6ners does not. at this distance, look like good policy.
 Certain German workingmsn had their ap- peal for reduced hours needed, getting eight instead of fourteen hours of work day. They are now asking to have their taxes taken of, because in eight hours they cannot earn enough to support themselves. There are some things that labor unions cannot do. There is one woman who has been enumer- ated. She is Mrs. Martha Gray of Virginia. She Is now living 1ith her third husband, and her record at rearing children is thus scheduled: Six triplets, eighteen; six twins twelve; seven singles, seven; total, thirty- seven children. When the census enumer- ater facetiously remarked, "Tally one fol Mrs. Grsy," that good lady exclaimed: "You tally thirty-seven, and don't you forget it1' | The celebrated German remedy for burn' consists of fifteen ounces of the best white glue, broken into small pieces in two pint | of water and allowed to become soft; theI
 dissolye it by means of w0ker bath and ado two ounces of glycerine and six drachms O bcarbolic acid; continue the heat until thor oughly dissolved. On cooling, this harden
 to m elastic mass, covered with shinini | parchment-like skin, and may be kept fo any length of time. When required for us
 1t is placed for few minutes in water batl
 until sufficiently liquid and applied by mean
 of broad brush. It forms in abont tw ; minutes shining, smooth, flexible and nearl
 transparent skin.
 There is saloon-keeper in Utica, Nebras
 ka, who doesn't want to do any more harr
 than he can help, He inserts the followin
 advertisement in the local paper: TT whom it may concern: Know ye, that
 the payment of $1 ,227. 40 am permitted l retail Intoxicating liquors at my saloon < this city. To the wife who has drunkar : for husband, or friend who is unfortr { nately dissipated,I II say emphatically: 'Giv me notice of such cases in which you a I interested, and all such will be exclude | from my placs. Let mothers, ,fathers, sister
 brothers, uncles and aunts do likewise. aI :. their rsquests will be regarded. Il It is all very well to charge druggists wi
 taking exorbitant profts.. but the char
 seems unjust, says the Toronto Empire.
 view of the fact that the chances for filling
Morning journal and courier., 1890-06-19
The Population in France and Ihe
 British Isles.

According to the latest official figures the population of the British isles is now equal to that of France. The number of people in this country is estimated by the registrar general to amount in the middle of the year 1890 to nearly 38, ,250, ,000. More exactly, the subjects of her majesty in the old country number 38, 227, ,000, while the population of 3S, ,2t8, ,000, which is 5000 less than the Brit ish figures. The rate of growth of the in- habitants of the United Kingdom is 50 much more rapid than that of Frenchmen that it is quite certain that in the present year 1890 this country will have passed France in point taken in April next year may confidently be expected to provo that the people of Great Britain and Ireland number nearly 39, 9,000,- 900, which will be some thousands ahead of France. The contrast is all the greater when | we remember that until within the last de- l cade the French had always outnumbered us | by several millions. Indeed, barely centu- l " ago the number of Frenchmen in France was double the number of Britons in the
 mother country. Such facts are suggestive
 of very curious reflections, and must soon 1econmapd the attention of the statesmen of
 the two coanttsies. It must be remembered,
 too, that France is~Eery much larger than the United Kingdom. former covers 204, GOO square miles, while the BfItish isles | together af6 only 1Sl,UUU square mlhS, KSs ing France au advantage of S3,000 square
 miles in point of area. France, in other
 words. is nearly seventy per cent. bigger
 than the United Kingdom. While our pop.
 ulation is thus so rapidly increasing on this
 small area, there are two lessons which
 statesmen will not fail to learn: first, that
 the indiscriminate and unchecked immigrs
 ton of pauperized foreigners into this coun
 try must be stopped; and, secondly, that VI
 cannot afford to lose any territories in othel parts of the world that are suitable for colo
 nization by our own surplus population.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-06-19

very profitable prescription bear but a s1nall proportion in many drug shops to the profit less services rendered to the public in many ways. The druggists are often driven to desperation by unproftable patrons. as a Toronto up town one was, who the other day posted above the telephone the following pIacard: "General Intelligence Office. Tele- phone, directory, postage stamps. all free of profit. Telephone messages sent to all parts of the neighborhood. Goods given on credit to any one. We get our profits in another
 world
Morning journal and courier., 1890-06-19


 Washington Gossip in the Milwaukee sentinel1
 For four hours the crowds poured around the base of the Lee statue and men had nothing to do but tell their stories over again.
 ''My last meal in the service was cork er," said one fellow. "It was after Gettys- burg. had marched thirty-two miles the day before the a battle. and then M for % tares went to farm house and asked the plump mistress that came to the door if she could give me Q breakfast.
 "'I'll pay you liberal1y,' said I, as she | looked a little doubtful at me. MsOh, that's nothing,' she said, but you 1 are . rebel and my husband might not like It.
 sBut she took me in and cooked the grand est meal had seen in @ year. There wal ham and eggs, coffee as was coffee, pieplan l pie and even toast. Whom was through eating there wasn't crumb left. I un
Morning journal and courier., 1890-06-19
FOrty.two RattIes and Button. From the Montezuma Record.l

Robert Jones,a colored man who lives near Henderson, in Houston county, told the Rec- ord about big rattlesnake he killed few days ago. He relates that he was in the field Fear his house at work. His dog near by was barking at some object, and as he turn ed to look he saw his dog jump at least three feet in the air and tEen yell as If painfully
 hurt. The dog started to him, and when
 within few feet began to reel and fall and
 in five minutes he was dead. The face of
 the dog was skinned from above the eyes
 down to the nose by the fangs of the mad
 dened serpent. He told his boy to go to the
 house and get his shotgun and pistol. When
 the boy returned they started to look for the snake, but could not locate him for some time, ,as the rattle sounds as though it was in every direction at the same time.
 The snake was found and the contents of the gun fired into him at short range, while still in his coil ready to strike again. The load did not stop him from rattling and the pistol then put two balls through his body; but 1t did not diminish the singing the least bit. They finally got two poles and had to strike him at least dozen hard blows before life was extinct. His body was as large as the l crown of @ Derby hat, 5% feet long, and | forty-two rattles and button, making him | 43 years old. His den was under large | rock, and Jones thinks there are more o them in the den. It is the largest snake kill | ed in this part of Georgia.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-06-19
NEW HAVEN, CONN, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 19 1890
arp E 1u!ds.
Howe .& StGts0n
 OUR PICNIC |

One case Beige Challies" in Grey and Brown MIXTURES, stripes, plaids and figures, at 4c per yard !; these are goods that usually sell at 7c.
 Biggest Drive in Wash Dress Goods yet offered-5o pieces (25o3 yds) of "ToR1No GRAPES" at 6Ac per yd. This fabric is a Cream colored Grape Cloth, 2S in. wide, with woven plain and illuminated hair lines, making most desirable, cool, handsome dress at less than calico price.
 One case Ladies Black Silk Mitts just purchased from an ovERsTocKED importer. A look at prices and quality will con- vince you that some one has lost money. Prices are 17c, 25c, 38c, soc, 5oc and 75c per pair. 9w Don't buy Mitts until you have examined this special lot. :.
 Surah Sashes, 3A yards long, deep fringes, at $I.oo each. Colors are Black, Blue, Pink and Cream.
 S dog. Ladies fancy Herms dorf Fast Black Boot Style Hosiery, summer weight, at 37t per pair, or 5 prs. for ST; wortf soc a pair on any counter. l One case Ladies Ribbed Vests, Lisle finish, ribbonee necks. 25c each; as extra value
 Ladies' White Skirts, DEEl HAMBURG FLoUNcE, FIVE ROW TUcKs, at 75c each would b good value at eSc.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-06-19

Bargain Day, Friday, June 20.
 Sale lasts ALL DAY. In EVERY department you will find SOME THING WAY UNDER PRICE.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-06-19

THE WEEKLY JOURNAL
 | PUBLIsHzr EvHRY THURSDAY MoRNIae. Single Copies 6 cents 81.0o yeeF
Morning journal and courier., 1890-06-19

It is all very well to charge drugeists with taking exorbitant profts.. but the charge sssms unjust, says the Toronto Empire. In view of the fact that the chances for filling .
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siasts last evening. They had something to talk about.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-06-19

lf.BxplanntOry. L. HARTFORD, Conn.,, Jan. IS, lS9O. Messrs. CASE BRos.: Geutlemen-Please send me at once fifty cases quarts Tonica, ten cases pints Tonica. We find this water sells better, by far, than
 any other medicinal water we have ever sold
 | and the trade is constant and increasing.
 Yours truly,
Morning journal and courier., 1890-06-19

The Senate Republicans are doing some queer things. If they ara not careful they will seriously hurt their party. For in' stance, the surrender of the Finance com- mittee to the sugar refners does not. at thii distance, look like good policy.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-01-10

ness. Ine p'sn o. giving 10 members o. oan-
vassing anc tscciornl boards . life tenure will
scarcely commend itself 70 the general ludQ.
ment. A. politicians. having personal or party
ends 70 serve they might easily b. led into
miscondnct which would make their continu.
nnce In once undesirable. but would not. per
haps be Sufficient 70 insure their removal by
Impeachment. Altogether Mr.. Sherman has
not, by this BILL enhanced his reputation Tor
statesmanship.
OF course men like Senator sherman
and "Bill' Chandler can not expect the
passage Of such schemes ~ they advo-
cate, because their own States OF Ohio
and New Hampshire would not submit
to such treatment Why. then. do they
bring them forward? Apparently for no
other reason than TO make them the
text for bloody-shirt speeches. But this
IL - short-sighted from the politicians
point Of view Is from tho statesman's.
30 far rs the South Is concerned, the
agitation Of such propositions insures
its continued solidity for the Democrats,
while, instead Of making the North solid
for the Republicans. the readiness OF
Republican leaders 70 support such
schemes renders independent voters
moro and more suspicious OF the party.
In short, II is clearly q losing game all
around. IN. Y. Evening Post.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-01-10
sHERMAN's SCHEME.


- Only object II 20 Make . rext Tor
Bioody-shirt Speeches.
Senator sherman has reintrod uced
his Federal Election bill, in substan tisl.
~ tho same form Is year ago. Ursefiy
summarized, 1t takes tho control OF the
election Of Congressman entirely away
from the people Of State, and turns Il
over 70 canvassing and electoral boards
appointed for life by the President OF
course tho Northern States will not
submit TO such treatment Indeed. Ill
that y seems necessary TO say about the
scheme was 90 well said year aRo bv
tho WoScester Spy, that We reprint its
comments % covering the whole ground:
6cnstor Sherman's plar would establish I
new end distinct system Of registration ana
election ~ every State. entirely independent ~
ano separate from the State election system:
end this intrusion Of m external authority
end substitution o. : novel and separate elec
sion machinery for that which Il familiar.
established BY State authority, and conducted
~ local o0icers would b unwcicomed and irri.
ses1ng everywhere, and not least IN thosc
states and communities where elections raw
e1wayS bess tsndusssd vtsh substastia, Salr