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Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-01-03
THE NEW EXPLOsIvE.

If the new explosive called Emmensite will
do all that is claimed for it, those who find
pleasure or profit in explosions will have
reason to be satisfied. for time at least. It
is the invention Of DR.. Emmens, of the vii
lage of Emmens, in Pennsylvania, and has
some peculiar properties. While exhibiting
it the other day he manufactured the En-
mensite used over an oil stove in the pres.
enee of his guests, and then showed by a
number of experiments that it was not af-
fected by moisture, heat, nor percussion,
that it weighed less than gunpowder, and
exerted many times the explosive force of
the best dynamite. By exploding 220 grains
of it under an inverted mortar weighing sew
enty-eigbt pounds the mortar was thrown
upward out of sight. By exploding three
ounces of it on piece of sheet iron one-half
an inch in thickness, suspended in mid-air.
the iron was shivered to pieces and buried in
the ground. When used in firearms it is
said to be smokeless, to produce no more re-
coil than the swapping of cap, and to be ac-
cempanied with almost no report. The most
important claims made for Emmensite are
that it is the most powerful explosive yet
discovered, and that it is absolutely safe to
handle. From the way it is spoken of one
would receive the impression that nothing
will explode it until the exploder is ready to
have it explode. If this, or anything like
this. be true of it, it is no wonder that
joint stock company with a capital of
$4,000, 900, has been formed to manufacture
IL. that orders for IL are nonrin0 in from
miners, and that the United States govern
ment has appropriated $4,000 to defray the
expense of testing it at Willet's Point for
use in shells and submarine torpedoes.
With the new weapons and the new ex-
plosives it is becoming more and more dan
gerous to 60 to war. Perhaps by and by it
will be so dangerous that disputes between
nations will be settled by simple exhibition
of warlike apparatus, the nation that has the
most deadly being given the championship
without contest.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-01-03
COLO h ED.

She-"Fred Douglass is colored, isn't he 2"
He-"On, no. He was born that way."-
Life.
Girls, don't write verse! There is decree
against it: ga poet is born not maid. ~
Philadelphia Press.
There was death in the heel of Achilles;
and the same is true of the heal of many q
man of medioine.-Boston Transcript.
A woman is never so badly in love that
she does not try to find out the cost of
her engagement ring.-Atchison Globe.
The rooster is one of the most tidy of all
members of the animal kingdom. He always
carries comb with him.-Merchant Travel
Ter.
After saying: els it hot enough for yous"
ask, Chow is your cold" Something like
that seems to be expected.-New Orleans
Picayune.
Observant.-Miss X.-"That Italian count
seems to lead rather monotonous life."
Mrs. Y.-"Yes; notice he never has any
change. Life.
Hell don't see why there should be no
marriage or giving in marriage in Heaven!
She-Probably because there won't be any
men there.-Life.
On Lake Michigan's Shore. -Judge-Are
you a married man? Prisoner-I don't
know. haven't been home for ten days.
Terre Haute Express.
A farmer given to long drinks asked
tie would you advise me to adopt" s'Short
horns, was the significant reply.-TexasSift-
ings.
One captivating beauty of the English
language to foreigner is illustrated by the
statement in yesterdays stock market report
that "the remainder of the list was ustless."
Utica Herald.
There is a slight additional difference be-
tween a hill and pill other than the differ.
ence of one letter. The first is hard to get
up and the second is hard to get down.
Burlington Free Press.
she-1 don't see why you did not build
get more than a ton at time. she-I
know; but it would look as If we could get
more-to the neighbors. a Week.
Secretary of the Navy-Well, sir, what is
ita Observation-Disclosures of the naval vessels
has got stuck in the mud off Long Island,
sir. Seoretary-How often have I got to tell
you that don't wish to be bothered with
matters of purely routine natures-New
York Ledger.
ley!" "No, what is it.' "His boarding house
caught fire last night, and if he hadn't acted
with great presence Of mind he would have
been dead at this moment" "What did he
dos" Gle awakened himself Just in time to
escape drowning.
City Engineer Goodwin of Portland tells
story of a little Portland boy who had COM
mitted some misdemsanor for which he was
about to receive punishment at the hands of
his mother. The boy begged to be FIRST
allowed to go to his room. Permis-
sion was granted, and the child
went up stairs to his own room and
closed the door behind him. The mother
followed him and listened outside, after tell
ing him he must hurry and come down again
to receive his punishment. The boy went to
the side of the bed, knelt down. and this
was his prayer: "Dear Lord, if you love lit
tie boys and want to help one out, now is
your time" The prayer was answered.
Lewiston Journal
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-01-03
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The new year opened pleasantly enough as
far as the weather is concerned. It can
hardly hope to make worse weather record
than that Of 1889.
Tho cause of tho death of little boy in
New York was reported as "Sat on by his
father" A good many fathers in these days
consider themselves fortunate if they are
not sat on by their sons.
DR.. Alanus, the leading vegetarian Of
Berlin, has abandoned a purely vegetable
diet, as he finds that it causes chalky degen-
Grafton of the arteries. French scientists
confirm him in this conclusion.
The trials of the new submarine boat LIE
Gymnote at Toulon are being continued
under the supervision of Admiral Duperre.
The Gymnote has passed through all the
tests to which she has been subjected with
perfect success. On one occasion she went
about three uarters Of a mile under water,
and she dived under the ironclads at anchor
with the greatest ease. The periscope per-
mits the commanding officer to distinguish
| objects on the surface of the sea for a wide
| radius while the vessel is at considerable
depth.
The trial of the revolutionist and dyna-
mitard Pourbaix before the Belgian courts
has Just closed with the sentencing of him
| to two years imprisonment. The testimony
| against Pourbaix showed him to be the mad
dest kind of . creature. He had repeatedly
held workingmen's meetings, at which he
pledged every man present to hang the Bel
gian king and the Belgian ministers, and
distributed dynamite bombs, with instruc-
tions that they should be used in blowing up
the royal palaces. He also caused the pic
lures Of Bismarck and the German emperor
to be publicly burned, to provoke trouble be-
tween Germany and Belgium.
Iron houses win perhaps soon be popular.
A large number of iron villas have been sent
from one of the large iron works in England
to seaside resort, and there erected on plots
of land purchased or rented for term Of
years. These houses are put together, accor-
ding to tho London Standard, like child'e
puzzle, and can be taken apart, compactly
packed and removed elsewhere. Such houses
can be built rapidly and at comparatively
small expense. While iron does not stand
the intense heat of FIRE in thickly bull
business section of city, it would be prac
tically FIRE proof when used for dwelling
houses In places not 80 favorable for th'
spread Of FIRE.
The women Of the Russian telegraph ser
vice are relsing . great outcry in the prss
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Indigestion

~
rs not only distressing compls of
itself, but, by causing the t,Jod to
become depraved and the system en-
feebled, is the parent of innumerable
maladies. That Ayers Sarsapari1la
is the best cure for Indigestion, even
when complicated with Liver Complaint,
is proved by the following testimony
from Mrs. Joseph Lake, of Brockway
Centre, Mich.:-
silver complaint and Indigestion
made my life burden and came near
ending my existence. For more than
four years suffered untold agony, was
reduced almost to a skeleton, and hardly
had strength to drag myself about. All
kinds of food distressed me, and only
the most delicate could be digested at
all. Within the time men Toned several
physicians treated me without giving re-
lief Nothing that took seemed to do
any permanent good until commenced
the use of Ayers Sarsaparilla, which
has produced wonderful results. Soon
after commencing to take the Sarsapa-
condition. My appetite began TO return
and with it came the ability to digest
all the food taken, my strength inn
proved each day, and after a few
months of faithful attention to your
directions, found myself well
duties. The medicine has given me q
new lease of lfe.''
Ayers Sarsaparilla,
DR.. J. c. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Price 81; six bottles, IS. Worth IS bottle.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-01-03
BRACELETS In HISTORY.

lsraelites of Olden Times All Used the
Golden Bands-saul Wore a Brace
let.
from the San Francisco Examiner]
The history of the bracelet is chapter of
the history of ooquetry. It is one of the
The history of Jehan dc Saintre, chamber
lain of King Charles vi. and of the Lady des
About 1880 bracelets assumed great Inn
portance, and ranked even with literature
THE NEW ENGLISH RIFLE.
It VIII Hit . man, Point Blank, 1t
500 Yards - Extreme Range $500
Yards-EiEht Shots Kept Ready In
the Magazine.
From the Manchester Guardianl
An official army order gives all the details
of the mechanism of the new magazine rife
with which the army is to be supplied. The
weight, with magazine (smpty), is pounds
8 ounces, the new sword bsyonet 15H
ounces, the scabbard ~ ounces, the maga-
zins when filed with eight cartridges 13
ounces. The length of the rife is feet l
inch, and the sword hsyonet foot inches.
The magazine consists of p sheet-steel box
inserted from under the bedy in front of the
trigger guard through AN opening In the
body. It is held in position by spring in
the body engaging in . notch on the maga-
zine. It will contain eight cartridges, and
may be filed when in position in the rife,
or when detached by inserting the cartridges
one by one. Aspiring at the bottom of the
magazine presses upward q moveable plat
form, forcing the column Of cartridges also
upward. A "cut Off is fitted to the right
side Of the body. which when pressed in
ward stops the supply Of cartridges from the
magazine, 90 that the arm may then be used
"a single loader. When the cent of"
is pulled ont the lower edge OF the bolt on
hang driven forward engages the top edge
Of the uppermost cartridge in the magazine
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HAMBURGS.
VALUES THAT WILL CAUSE A SENSATION.
Ladies' and Misses Garments
We Ts be ] s :as tss: .:i
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plush Jackets. Neat, Best Made.
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Black, ereen chevio' and Brown
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a1 H * .:: hss si i s's ssRs'
CLEARING OUT SALE OF DRESS GOODS.
and stripes 19c yard This
marked down from 7So we have only
desirable shades % yd marked down from 81 co.
lsss @ a., s,.,.n,. .,,
n, o ] e . ct sss @
CLEARING OUT SALE OF SILKS.
Grain Satin Rhadame Silk on hand at soo $s6
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[t Will Hit . man, Point Blank, 1t
500 Yards Extreme Range $500
Yards-Eight shots Kept Ready In
the MaEazlne.
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All letters and inquiriesir regard to subscription
OF matters Of business should be addressed to
THR JOURNAL AND COURIER,
New Haven Conn.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-01-03

The new year opened pleasantly enough as
far as the weather is concerned. It can
hardly hope to make worse weather record
than that of 1889.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-01-03

ndS whole
a ito 70
Elder Flanna in plain and
kand dnaketh oeprces o turn
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Ene 1nnrua1 aud Gnmrter.

The eldest Daily Paper Pub.
lished in Connecticut.
Wood River times., 1890-12-19

Total snowfall to date. loA inches of which
about inches remain.
Wood River times., 1890-12-19
How 10 Help Yumr Digestion.

Almost every day We 'eel the un.
pleasa t sensations of indigestion
Try ALLCoCK's P. RUS PLAsTEIs
and be relieved. j. F. Davenport, o!
Canarsie, New York. writes:
IL have heen very much troubled
with violent pain below my chest
hone. l was told by several phys,.
clans that it vas rheumati. m of the
diaphragm. 1t resulted from cold
and exposure. had yer. little appe.
tit" an Dig tsted my food with grea,
difficulty. | placed one ALLcoCK' s
PoEOUs PLASTER below the breast
bone and two on each side. In the
course Of "a hours all pain ceased,
and coul! eat and d'ges, a good
square meal, something l had not
done before in two weeks. got
better constantly, and at the end OF
seven days found mysrlfentirely we'll
Since then ! have used ALLcoCK s
Porous PLAsTERs for colds. cough.
aud pains i" my side, and | have
alwa,s found them quick and eff.
fective."
Wood River times., 1890-12-19

pushing character Of the American to
day.
Tho use Of the telephone was
adopted by the miners q, once. Most
miners are to = certain extent IN d,ih
cult positions ON preciri.ioas mount.
aims. That instrument enabled ths
manager to be in close communication
with his mine at all hours, bu,h day
and night. When difficult ground or
heavy Aows Of water were encoun
tered, arrangements could b. made to
control the situation vt once, without
the loss OF hours in communicating
the necessity.
The .lect.ic bell and annnnciatnr
now tell the story "f what is wanted
aud what is gong en- below in deep
shafts or inclines.
The touch of button tells the top
men aud engineers il ore Or waste.
tools or men are coming up and t.
what level they are coming from.
Another signal tells if if.imher, wedges,
tools or the foreuan is required below.
Formerly, hen = he'll. rope from
500 to l 600 fe. in length WAS us d.
II was 20 heavily counter weighted or
held by such counter spring that it
took al able. hoii-d man with . six.
fo"t run to sound the gong above.
Wants were only known by tickets
attached to the bucket or skip. or after
the ,oiIsome climbing Of messenger
10 the surface.
Now the stool nippe,s" and the
powder monkey" are the only travel.
ing men l" the. ground below. The
r~m~ini-r Of the SHIFT stays 1t the
level until relieved.
When you take into consideration
the fact the human voice Cannot be
heard over one hundred feet under
GROUND. and that the last mi,,e | mxn
aged hat over two miles 1T under.
ground work, yo" ca" s~- the benefits
of electric communication.
he ha'tery for firing shts is an.
other Rrra, assistance, especially when
''rounds" Of holes are fired, a. they
can b- controlled and fred together,
while hv another means thare GER
tni'lv would be p-rc-ptible differ
ence Of time between 81 OTIS.
The for. going x,e the lighter uses
OF electricity that probably all novice 8
in the use Of that force fully under.
stood; hui there are later develop.
mrnts that have opened up u greater
and wider field of operations for the
uses Of electricity. The lighting Of
mines by electricity is -oon to revo'u.
'ionixe the system Of lights in ali
kinds Of mines.
The smoky lamp Of the miner d..
strovs as much oxygen Ms fifteen mn,
willie the flame Of the candle Of the
silver miner uses Ms much air as +ip ht
men. Tie electric liz ht do-s not con.
sumo the air ut all, but l-aves it en-.
tirelv for the use of the workmen. i,
is gradually gaining ground in this
field. You electrical engineers and
inventors should see that some bette,
form OF insulation is made for this
purpose, ~ most mines are damp, and
the present wiring is expensive, so
much a., that the candle is a far
cheaper luminnnt.
Wood River times., 1890-12-19
LOCAL JOTTINGS.

The Legislature will probably ad
lourn Tomorrow for the holiday recess
The chilirrn's slippers of the Altu
~ Ssddlery Company are just the
thing for holiday gifts.
Smoke Davey's home made Cigars
For your Christmas turkey, leave
orders with Cramer, in the Postotiice
st0re.
You can save time and money by
getting your loans through
LENNON Il BOONE
Il. W. Berry and Chief Justice
sullivan have returned frua, Boise.
Take look ut Hugh Cramer's can.
d'eS /" thr Pus,ollice store. They are
u hue as any ever seen in the world.
David NJ. Carson has purchased
webrr's barber shop. He has 10
'uper'or in his line.
The best of everything in Boots,
Sn'es and Rahbers, aud prices that
oF'y competition are our speciality.
ALrURAs SADDLEEY COMPANY.
furdum, the Ice man, will deliver
.ee every other d.y. through the win
~'. All perso"s Meeting ice can :eave
on,sfs at Alex. Will,nau's, xni they
Will o' promptly att-nded to.
ihe celebrated Ston-wall Whisky,
quart aud pin, TASKS, at w. L.
~e""e'y' Famous Sample Rooms.
Tho Rev. J. o Burroughs will con.
S.o' services in tne NJ. T.. church, in
'"'' c'tv, At IL o'clock y. NJ, Sunday,
The ', bet place to buy Boots, Shoe.
ON. ' ~ nuo"r' Goods cheap. Ask any OF
0af cu,tom-rs.
ALruR.s SADDLERY COMPANY
oo'. 'u'e your property in reliable
"np.n'es. Non. others xr- renre.
ny LENNON & BOONE.
No. 'oaa a O'Brirn, Of the Wood Rive.
sho;s ' M"'ket, keeps nothing hut the
'''ss1 meats on hand. Try him.
,,.S. = carload Of common sense bob.
I.',, , cutters (>~ell:body and port,
..y 'na pass~''aer sl-ighs on the
H,;i.. Inquire Of J. Ii. BsAMra
:, WI prices, etc. d&w.
ST.. o'"e' dealers can touch ou,
no.sv "u ", fuhber Goods for the
W. defy competition.
"LruRAs SADDLERY CoMpANy
build" Trip of the new a,r.ship
&n.i. =" NJ Mount Carmel, Ill.,, will
hip i, =. VI Two or three weeks. The
1850 lhs "'u"'nnm, aud win w-ixh
nj. Us; i,.l The ships will cos, $500
'"ey Can be used for com.
Wood River times., 1890-12-19
THE GUILD ENTERTAINMENT.
u was Well Attended - The Gross r..
c,iptx.

The entertainment Of the Yonnp
Folks Gmld, last +ve:,i, g, was we'll
attended. 1t began with t.- r~cita.
tlon "t ,he l,u rarv and musical
Wood River times., 1890-12-19
ELECTRICITY AND MINING.

Two Sciences that Are Closely Allied
E. F. Browne, before the Chicago Electrical Club. |
The American is recognized As a
man who is composed Of that kind of
stuff which does not allow any obstacle
to prevent his attaining the end in view
Our proficiency in mining has bee"
acquired within the past forty years.
The miner Of the present day has TO.
vet become fossilized or welded to
his gods, hut is willing to try every
new and live Invention that appears.
throwing away that which is vaIue!ess
and fostering that which is useful.
Thus, when electricity was intro
duced and presented to tho miners
by you electricians in various forms
to be tested, the new agent was met
in friendly, progressive spirit and
the results of the past few years have
been astounding.
Electrical .cirnce has been Of shor,
duration. No graduates in electric Al
sci-nce have As vet grown old. they
have AS VET tn fr- aud ambition of
youth or sturdy manhood to push
them on to conquest and to wealth.
Til. is the reason that the sciences OF
mining aud tle' tricity are so closely
allied. TIE, are to,h vonne. vigor-
Gus and ofr,r just that field # action
that is compatible with the driving,
Wood River times., 1890-12-19
Halliday GNOds.

Our Holiday Goods are all in. We
cannot enum-rate, but we want every
body to step into cur store and stay
long enough to see what we have in
the wav oe Christmas Goods.
Don't buy unless you see something
YOU want.
We have a large stock OF Vases
which we are selling ut cost.
Fresh candies just received.
t25 STEWARD Bros.
Wood River times., 1890-12-19

PROGRAM
Chorus--"venite A aor-nu." Az
"t.eueAd OF anon, M,ss y ~ MIio."
snhn c"o .:............... Mr.. Geo. LaMuny ON
Duet Autumn Winds"
Misses Pilliner and HartunQ
~ Rose ElikWt.f h
u Hul.ar s"i" .......... .........Mrs Geo. Ihoste
h-citat on IS 'm+body's Mother" Mast D Chase
Dfalosu --"G ose CEildren'
Aa'tin Mallory. Mernie Msllory, Jack Rilry
Geo Van Wtnkte, Helen Kingsbnry, Eer.
th1 kil,y. Cs rn-lia Piliiu-r
hec,tation- rhe Ell Child'. Miss Edna T. Picotte
solo-'"Bonny. White, Tender Flowrrs"
Miss B. Hartung
VISION 81 Xmas" .......... Miss Lou. She pherd
Ih'$ WIS followed by an "oprn
hour," during i:h the children con.
d"ctrd fishing pond, and soll lot
OF useful and fancy Articles and home
made candy and r fresh,nrnts.
The amount realized was }3S so.
Wood River times., 1890-12-19
Tho WOrll H,r,ch.s

Inc facilities ofthe preset day for Ii,
production of everything that will con.
uuce to the material welfare and comfor,
OF mankind are almost unlimited .ns
wnen y, Syrup Of Figs was first produced
the world was enriched with the or,,,
perfect laxative known, as it is the onlv
remedy which is truly pleasing and re-.
ireshing to the taste and prompt and
ehectual to cleanse the system gently in
the Spring time or, in fact, at any time
and the better it is known the more non
ular i: becomes,