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Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-02-03
Danger From Chicken Pie.


We are patient people and have permit.
ted modern science to stock the waters with
wicked animaleulae, to store the air with pois-
onous microbes, and even to sprinkle the
deadly bacili in every red globule Of our
warm pulsing blood. All this we have accept
ed because scientists had the microscopes and
people were hustling around earning money
to support and propagate these ALE
pervading germs. While this was not
exactly agreeable, there was q generally
accepted notion that these poisonous and
rapacious monads gave great deal of pleas-
ure to the professors and did not materially
increase the death rate among the people. On
this basis society has permitted science to
permeate space with fatal germs and insidi-
ous destroyers. But thinking people are
now called upon to draw the line on chicken
pie, or at least to pause in it's presence.
Attacking chicken pie Is something akin to
treason against the Gag or promulgation of
heretical doctrines. Yet at New England
dinner given In Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the most
virtuous and influential members of society
were made sick unto death by copious chunks
of this seductive and toothsome Wand. A
council of physicians sat on the pie, and de-
clared that the delicacy was dangerous to life
and health, their theory being that, the pie
crust not having been perforated, there was
generated fatal, poisonous gas from the
chicken.
This seems almost incredible, and while fat.
al results may be avoided by generously
puncturing the sappy crust, one is made to
shudder at the dire consequences of an over.
sight or an unsuspected closing up of the life
serving apertures. That civilization has for
many centuries indulged in chicken pie, and
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-02-03
\ BURNING QUESTION,

q
The argument that our insurance system is
chiefly responsible for the great increase of
fires is again going the rounds. With rare
exception every building, with it's contents,
Is now insured for nearly or quite its value
at the time its policy is issued. As people
have paid for having their buildings insured
they do not exercise the care they once did
in regard to them. If they are "well in
sured" end the value of them is decreasing
or the owner of them desires to raise money
at once, there is strong inducsment for set
ting fire to then, or allowing them to burn if q
fire is started in them by accident. Every
one is convinced. that the. number of incen-
diary fires is very large, and is increasing.
They are more common at times when prices
are declining and business is dull than when
property Is advancing in value and business
is brisk. Forty years ago people were very
careful about fires. At one time buckets of
water were kept for use in case of fire in al
most every room in the house. Now scarcely
anyone takes the precaution to keep vessels Of
water in building. Once the men in every
large establishment were trained in the use
of ladders and water buckets that were to be
used in case of fire. Sometimes they were
organized and drilled at regular times, and
generally they were provided with portable
engines and other apparatus for sxtinguish-
ing fires.
1t certainly does not seem necessary that
there should be such a great and increasing
loss by fire. But it will take more argument
than has yet appeared to show that it would
be better to 60 back to the old time when fire
insurance was not general.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-02-03
SPEAKER REEDS ACTION.

1t is interesting and amusing to see the
Democratic press bowling at Speaker Reed
and calling him all the names that they can
invent. The fact is that in the absence of
rules he ia proceeding according to common
sense, and also according to we'll recognized
parliamentary methods. The principle
which applies to the case is well set forth in
the rulings Of the highest Massachusetts, au-
thority on parliamentary law-President
Crooksr of the State senats-who says in his
"Principles of Procedure in Dsliberative
Bodies:"
If quorum Is present, . vote is valid,
though lees than q quorum votes. It may
be laid down "a general rule that II Is the
duty of every member of an organization
not only to be present at Its meetings, but
Hence II il that vote IL binding and valid
upon an assembly If quorum of the assem-
bly, is present, even If quorum does not
vote. II quorum is present q motion is
carried, If supported by q majority of those
who actually vote. Any other course would
enable small minority by negleoting their
duty, to have more power than they would
have if they voted. Thus, if Fifty members
constitute quorum and fifty members are
low one member who is opposed to pend
ing motion to prevent the passage of the mo-
tion by abstaining from voting, when, If he
voted, the motion would be carried by . vote
of 40 to l.
In all cases, however, where In . counted
vote 1t appears that quorum has not voted,
the presumption is thereby raised that a
quorum is not present; and unless this pre-
sumption il overthrown, the vote must be
considered void. This presumption can be
overthrown by proof that . quorum was
actually present at the time the vote was
taken, and, If II is 20 overthrown, then the
vote IL valid. If quorum does not vote,
but Ii in fact present. the secretary should
make entry in the records that on count Of
the assembly 1t was found that q quorum
was present.
The fact that Speaker Reeds position hap
pens to favor the Republican party has little
to do with the matter. Tho Democrats
would show more wisdom than they are like
ly to show by stopping their foolish efforts
to be absent while present.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-02-03
UNITIES.

Do not smile scornfully at the old bach-
elors and the elderly maidens. They are en-
deavoring to preserve the unities in the
drama of life.-Boston Transcripts.
A boy baby generally talks before girl
baby, it is said. But we've noticed that the
girl usually makes up for all the lost time
before she leaves this sphere.-Yonkers
Statesman.
1t is not at all strange that go many home
dect that an immense amount of courting il
done with the lamp turned down.-Terre
Haute Express.
1t is asserted by those who know that
every person who has ever applied for adj
mission to heaven has arrived at the gates
entirely out of breath.-New York CONNER
cisl Advertiser.
few men We have met are willing to give
up their seats in horse cars to the ladies, but
they are not disposed to give up everything.
They insist on hanging on to the straps
Yonkers Statesman.
Some day there will be trouble because
the purchaser of . load of coal insists on TAX
ing possession of the wagon and the driver
for no better reason than that he paid for
them by -Washineton Post.
In Imminent Danger. Jenny y-"Here comes
Jack, auntie. wish you would come down
duu stay III tuo IOoms Auut1o- Vuyf
Jenny-"1'm afraid he is going to propose,
and 1 can't trust myself-he looks 80 poor
and 90 handsome.
What was Wanted.-Tobey Weed (ner-
vously, just before the oeremony)-"Say,
Fred SEQ that everything goes off all right. I'm
so afraid there will be . hitch In the pro-
ceedings somewhere" Bestman-"A hitchi
OF course. I'll see that there il. is."-Lawrence
American.
Not q good judge: Maud-"You and Mr..
Featherly were talking about me just now.
Don't deny it," Clara-''Yes, We were. Do
you mindp Maud-"That depends upon
what you said" Clara-"Well, he asked
mo who that pretty girl was." Naud-"Oh
how nice of him." Clara-"Wasn't it
especially a. he had forgotten his glasses, and
you know how near-sighted he is."-Boston
Post.
Penelope-They tell mo you are an excel-
lent swimmer, Mr.. Rockaway.
Tom-Do they.
Penelope-Indeed they do. Now tell me
what you would do if you were caught on
yacht with six young ladies and it should
capsize. Could you save them alla
Toni wouldn't try. I'd grab the rich
est and save her.-Munsey's Weekly.
Sleeping car porter-Had pleasant trip,
sahi
Passenger getting into his overcoat>-De-
ightfull
.'Nothin' happened to mar youah pleasure,
saha"
..Nothing whatever. Game through safe
and sound"
''sonetimss gsm'men likes to give small
fee, sab, to"
"Good idea. I'll hand something to the
engineer. New York Weekly.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-02-03
Great Improvenaents.

Great Impf0voment9s
It Is not many years ago people Travelled on
horseback or By stages; now nifty miles an hour %
not fast enough for them. Formally people wrote
tion; now the telegraph flashes thought around
the world. Formerly doctors bled their patients
science Of the highest order Prof Austin Flint Of
Bellevue college says: "The judicious use OF a!co-
iscs Of in the practice Of medicine during
the last half century" Prof. Henry Mott, Fh. D.
found Duffy s Pure Malt Whisksy free from ednl-
terations or foreign substances and II deserves to
W. Hutchinson Of New York says: 81 highly 70
commend Duf!y's Pure Malt Whiskey and prescribe
Princeton. Iowa, esys: Il have used Dufty's Pure
Malt Whiskey with great benefit to my vile. who g
ID . pure and most valuable medicine: am also
using II in the case Of my son, who 2 threatsned
man and doctor Of divinity, but ! am not afraid
to recommend Duny's Malt Whiskey es the purest
and most efficient tonic that know OF, and my OK
periance Is Q large one.". MO oaW
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-02-03
An Indian Ghost story.
From the New York Times.l

From the New YORK Times.
The Chickasaws have superstition that
on moonlight nights during midsummer
theirsdssd xs5sls end noted ball players
meet md danc5 fnN hi-yoch-ah-chee. which
is asdance Of Defiance end play ball. Should
q livins person copeS6ithin the spirit circle
death soon overtakes him.
In 1910 the writer was commissary Of sub
sistence for the Chickasaws, and had three
depots for issuing rations. The principal
one was at Fort Coffee, on the Arkansas
river; there was one on the Canadian, forty
five miles west of Coffee, and another at
Pickens, thirty miles south of Coffee. About
five miles from the fort was the Choctaw
agency and superintendencv of the West.
Between there and Cheadles', the depot on
the Canadian, there was only one settlement,
Creek Billy's, named after Greek Indian
who had q Chickasaw wife. Half of the
distance was prairie. During the day in
midsummer the flies on the prairie were so
troublesome that it was almost impossible to
ride, consequently travel was mostly at
night.
On moonlight night in August, in COM
pany with two beef contractors, the writer
left Fort Coffee and made the ride to the
Canadian, issued rations and rested for q
alone on the return trip. It was a very dry
season. Creek Billy had good well, and
travellers usually stopped there to water
their horses. It must have been near mid.
night when the writer reached there, re.
freshed his horse and himself with a cooling
drink and left. In q vast wilderness, in the
stiffness of the night, ones senses of sight
and hearing become extremely acute.
About half an hour after leaving Billys I
heard the sound of horses hoofs, and soon
discovered an Indian on horseback coming at
full speed toward me. He recognized me
and drew up. Fear was depicted on his
face. It may well be said that the hair of
his head stood on end. He said: "Go
back, go back to Billy's. heard the spirits
hi-yoch-ah chee in that little prairie (Which I
had to pass through) and they will kill You
If you 60 on" He was little under the in
fuence Of liquor. asked him for his bottle,
which he handed me, and took o good
drink from 1t and rode on.
A short distance from where I left him I
heard some wolves howl. In his heated i'm
agination that was the hi-yoch-ah-chee he
had heard. I had passed the prairie he
mentioned, and was some distance from 1t,
riding into a sandy bottom creek which was
perfectly dry, when my horse took q sudden
fright and jumped. turned my head and
thought saw just behind my horse what
looked like an Indian covered from head to
foot with blanket, as the Indians wrap
their dead. Fortunately presence of mind
induced me to rein up my horse and take
second look. 1t was only a pillar of sand
which, in his jump, my horse with his hind
feet had thrown up. Had not taken SEQ.
my life that had seen something supernatu-
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-02-03
EDITORIAL NOTES.


A paper called Lies was started in New
York some time ago, but 1t found no field
and soon died. Lies cannot live in New
York.
Mr.. Dibble of South Carolina is, so far as
il yet known, the only man in the country
who thinks the United States needs two vice
presidents, but he is 30 sure of it that he has
offered an amendment Of the constitution
providing for the Office of second vice presi-
dent.
There il an agitation in Paris in favor of
giving to women engaged in business the
right that men similarly engaged have
10 vote in the choice of judges before whom
come for settlement matters of commercial
litigation. The scheme is advocated by
many of the leading French politicians, who
refuse to be frightened by the idea that this
will be only an entering wedge for universal
female suffrage.
It is hard to get ahead of messenger boy
when he gets started. Commodore Weld re-
GENTLY gave handsome reception at his
country.seat in Brookline, Massachusetts,.
His wife intrusted tho Invitations to mes
ssnger boy for distribution. After time the
boy grew weary Of his task and threw large
number of notes into the Charles river.
Then he retired to q secluded spot and took
. nap. The result was that many people
wondered why they had been snubbed by the
Yields.
Seattle didn't stay burned. It has been
largely rebuilt since the fire. and the new
buildings are much fner than were the old
ones. In seventy days after the fire brick
hotel containing 200 rooms was completed.
Nine street car lines have been completed, OF
nearly 90. $500, zoo rolling mill has been
established, and iron works to cost $3,000,-
600, are being constructed, while costly
opera house has Just been thrown open to
the public.
Two hundred and thirty public building
bills have been laid before Congress, larger
number than was presented during thu
whole Of the fftieth congress and twice ths
number offered during the first two months
Of its session. The bills ask for An averag,
expenditure Of little over 100000, Or
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-02-03

total ontlay on the part of the United States
of about $s5, 100000. Chicago asks for
81, ,0OO, 900 building, although the ono now
in use was erected only fourteen years ago
and Il one of the largest in the country.
States and nations are in number of in-
stances connected by bridges, but the bridge
proposed across the Bosphorus connects two
great ontinsnts-Europe and Asia. The
channel to be spanned is 672 yards wide, and
q bridge, while expensive, is not work of
any great engineering difficulty. The project
has been in contemplation for a number of
years, but it has been put of from time to
time on account of its cost. The railroad de-
velopment now justi6es the outlay, and the
historic stream connecting the Sea of Mar
mosa and the Euxine will soon be crossed by
the iron horse.
Il is asserted that Canadians are stealing
billions of feet of American lumber from the
great pine timber belt in northern Minnesota.
The lumbermen Of the region centering about
the little British post of Hungry Hall NUM-
ber of years ago discoysEed . way of piling
up 1luuouh0 1Oktuu06e 4u0 Oulte0 0tAL6b
government exacts 10 to 30 per cent. tariff
tax from the consumer on each 1 ZOO feet of
lumber cut or manufactured in Canada, while
it allows the Canadian lumbermen of that
section of the dominion bordering on the
Lake of the Woods to cut and carry off from
the unsurveyed timber lands of northern
Minnesota millions upon millions of feet of
pine timber each year practically unmolested.
From 15O. .Ooo, 900 to 200, 600. 900 feet of tim
ber and logs. every foot of which has been
cut in Minnesota, go past this post and down
the Lake Of the Woods every year.
The Italian heir apparent has reached his
twentieth year, but he still shares the quiet
family life of his parents, and always accom-
panies the queen on her visits to different
parts of Italy, and to her mother, who re-
sides at Saresa. The Prince of Naples,
though pale and slight for his age, enjoys
very good health, and has. since the age of
nine, never been indispossd even for sin
gle day. qHe, is grave and thoughtful, fond
of serious study, but also extremely fond Of
shooting. King Humbert intended to pre-
sent to the heir apparent, on his coming of
age, the Palazza della Consulta, which Is
situated quite close to the Quirinal; but
even kings cannot give way what is their
own, and SO many difficulties arose in con-
nection with the gift, that the plan has been
abandoned, and the prince will probably
have to be satisfied with the Palazzina built
by Victor Emmanuel.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-02-03
The Men VINO no NOT Lift.

The Men Who DO Not Lift.
The world is sympathetic. The statement mono can
doubt;
when AS In trouble don't We think that B should
help him outf
Of course We haven't time ourselves to care for
any one,
But yet we hope that other folks will see that it is
done.
We want the grief and penury Of earth to be re-
lieved,
We'd have the battles grandly fought the victories
achieved.
We do not care to take the lead, and stand the
brush and brunt,
At lifting we're q failure, but we're splendid on the
grunt
And there are Others so we find, as on our way
we jog,
Who want to do their lifting on the small end of
the log.
They do a lot OF blowing and they strive to make
That were there no one else to help they'd lift it
all alone.
If talking were effective there are scores and
scores of men
Who'd move mountain off its base and move it
back again.
But as class to state it plain, in language true
and blunt
They're never worth cent to lift, for all they do
is xrunt. Chicago Herald.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-02-03

bonnet and the other to merely wear false
hair. II looks as If there were only one de-
cent bonnet in the family.
The custom of throwing things On the
stage is not encouraged by the most eminent
artists.
Never send floral Tyre to the prima dom
na. A Tyre ts q more appropriate gift for
the manager.
Such expressions as "bravo," 'encore"
and "chestnut" are not considered sffAire de
occur. The bon ton will merely ejaeulate
"rodents" to express condemnation, and
"immenza" to express approval.
Gents will be sufficiently mise en- ecene to
abstain from having beer brought to them
during the performance. The beer is apt to
become fiat in transit, and therefore 1t is ad-
visable to wait till the act is over.
Opera goers from st. Louis can have their
overshoes stored in an adjoining building,
and thus avoid embarrassing the audience.
Playing progressive euchre in the boxes u
not esteemed entire nous in the most chic
circles.
Gentlemen will please not rise in the midst
of q cavatina and inquire: "Where In
thunder is the cuspidor?" Such an inquiry
is breach Of all that is protege.
Trousers are q good deal worn by opera
goers this winter.
We have jotted down these few pointers
for the unenlightened, without any special
thought and without consulting any works
of reference. If by these few words any
sonl Is led into the ways of behave, our
mission is accomplished and we are content.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-02-03
NrY 4nnAs.
Howe & Stets0n
STOCK INVENTORY OVER.
NOW FOR A ..
FINAL CLEANUP
WINTER GOODS.

All our Children's Cloaks in
a, &, 8, 10 and IL years, at half
price. viz: $500 Cloaks for
$2.5o, 5000 Cloaks for $500,
$500 Cloaks for $500, etc.
Ladies' fine Worsted Hoods
and Jackets at 75c, marked
down from $I.25.
Ladies White Merino Vests,
full regular made (Norfolk and
N. B. make). at 75c each to
close,
Children's Wool Ribbed Hose,
in small sizes, at I5c per pair.
All Wool White Blankets at
$a.e5 pair to close.
Large extra size and extra
heavy White Blankets at $3.50
a pair to close.
Our sale of Mill Remnants of
White Goods at I2Hc is now
on; the styles and values are
better than ever and far below
usual retail prices.
Just received another case of
Tetley's famous Ceylon Teas at
soc and 7oc per pound. This is,
without doubt, the best English
Breakfast Tea sold.
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that history points to but this one isolated
instance of sickness and of death, the more It
is reasonable to hope that the Cedar Rapids
may have been mistaken. II must also be
taken into consideration that the fatal case
referred to occurred about three years ago,
and was not reported in the dispatches until
last week, which rouses dire suspicion that
the ssnsibilities of pie-loving people have
been played upon, and that We are scarcely
justified in making further concessions to
science so long as the Cedar Rapids oatas-
trophe stands alone in the medical records,
and without verifcation by outside parties.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-02-03

A paper called Lies was started in New
York some time ago, but 1t found no field
and soon died. Lies cannot live in New
York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-25
MANY RESCUED FROM PERIL.
The Annual Report of the Life Saving Serv
ice Submitted.

The Annual Report OF the Life Saving Serv-
ice Submitted.
Mr.. s. I. Kimball, general superintendent OF
the life saving service, in his annual report
says that the establishment embraced at the
close of the last fiscal year 233 stations, 176
being on the Atlantic, forty-six on the lakes,
ten on the Pacific and one at the falls of the
Ohio, Louisville, Ky.
The number of disasters to documented YES
sells within the field of station operations dur
ing the year was 3S4. There were on board
these vessels 3,1T persons, Of whom SO were
lost. The number Of shipwrecked persons who
received succor at the stations was 788, to whom
1876 days relief in the aggregate was afforded
The estimated value Of the vessels in
volved in the disasters was S5, ,266, ,s5s and that
value OF property imperiled 81 ,565, ,9O8. OF this
amount 81, ,45l ,843 was saved and 81, ,104. .065
lost. The number of vessels totally lost was
seventy-six. In addition l45 casualties hap
pened to sail boats and row boats and ten per
sons and q, ,425 worth of property lost.
The crews saved unaided l67 vessels, valued
with cargoes at $685. 5,020, and assisted other
efforts in saving eighty-four vessels worth
~ ,5O2, ,2lO. Assistance was rendered to 213
other vessels in distress, and 227 vessels were
The cost of the maintenance of the service
during the year was 1913, ,786.47.
table Of statistics shows thas since the
service was introduced in 1871, 1851 persons
have been succored at the stations; property
valued ut $65, 1868 022 has been saved. A num-
Der of stations have been established during
the year and a telephone completed along Cape
Cod and Long Island coast.
The general superintendent renews his
former Recommendation that the compensa-
ton of the crews be increased, for the service
has been considerably embarrassed by reason of
designations to accept more lucrative employ
ment.