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Morning journal and courier., 1891-02-14

and from being honored guests sank into
oppressed and sorrowful servitudel
Might not Eve have taken a hint or two,
even in the garden of Eden, from those
canny little spinners and weavers, the
spiders, or from the birds, as she watched
them draw the woof of grass around a
warp of twigs, Putting these ideas into
practice latter on when she began to take
thought for her raiment, afterward find
ing out the facination of embroidery, the
charm of color and leaving the love of
these as an inheritance to all her
daughters.
At any rate, the woman who loves rich
and ornate fabrics, or who, since spinning
and weaving are no longer done by hand,
takes delight in beautifying with cunning
needlework her garments and household
furnishings, seems to have the authority
of the ages behind her, for support and
direction Perhaps but for the recent re-
vival of all kinds of embroidery, and the
craze for needle-wrought ornamentation,
carefulness and neatness in hand work,
might be almost unknown to many, since
SO much of the sewing of to-day is given
over to that most helpful-hsrmful inven-
ton, the sewing machine, which creates a
want almost as fast as it satisfies one
She who sits down at leisure, and with
skilled fingers places the rows of dainty
stitches has all the romance and poetry of
the world from its beginning with her, and
might keep her mind full of pretty fancies,
if she only knew it, while she who bends
at the sewing machine is at the mercy of
these practical, driving, grasping days,
when How Much, instead of How Well
has become the rule of action.
HILARY.
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SORRY.

She-I am sorry yOu must be going. He
1t doesn't matter When one meets YOU
he is already gone.-Life.
Sanso-Hsye you been playing poker for
money, Rodd (disconsolately)-No but
the fellows I've been playing with have
New York Herald
''Do you think Brown is really sincere
in his religionf' Undoubtedly. He prays
longer in private than he does in public"
New York Herald.
A philosopher is man who can feel as
easy over his own troubles as he does
over his neighbor's. There are no philoso-
phers.-Atchison Globe.
Florence-The idea of saying you were
only %. Bessie-You forget mamma told
us that it is always better to underrate
than to exaggerate, my dear.-Chicago
News.
az do not sink re Anglish a melodeeyus
tongue for to spik," said FrenchmAn.
why mott" Ivy not' For because it
babble along not easily You have no be
lief! Just hear me how I spik,"-Harper'
Bazar.
Strange thing how Winks ever got the
reputation of being wit" said Jaggleby.
why, the only decent thing he has gotten
OFF all the evening is his sixty dollar over
| coat, and he owes his tailor for that
| Shoe and Leather Reporter.
Father-Does that young Simlkins fel-
low call on you every night in a dress suit.
Daughter-Yes, father. Father-What do
you think his intentions ares Daughter
1t looks to me as If he intended to wear
that dress suit out.-The Clothier.
If you remember how much easier it is
to remember what you would rather for
get than remember, than remember what
you would rather remember than forget:
then yOu can't forget how much easier it
is to forget what You would rather re
member than forget, than forget what you
would rather forget than remcmbeT-El-
mira Gazette.
The Genesis of Personal Items.-"Are
you the editor of the paper Il am
What can do for you.'' "Well thought
I'd step up and see how you are. My wife
and are going to Cape May tomorrow"
''Indeeds'' Yes, but / wouldn't have
anything said about it in print, Of course.
| Ny name is Simkins-Azariah SimpKins"
"Glad to meet you, Mr.. Simpkins, I'm
sure" ''Now don't go 10 putin anything
| into the paper about our going away.
| We start. at 4 O'Clock and reckon we'll
| be gone pretty near n month l
| need the rest and Mrs Simpkins
was getting run down OF course / know
how anxicus you newspaper men always
1 are for an item, but we are plain people
and don't want any notOriety Ny wife
always likes to see 'Simpkins' spelt with
l out 'p,' but the old-fashioned way is good
enough for me. Well know an editors
4 time is valuable, so I'll say good day. -
| Phuenixville Pa Messenger.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-02-14

The mad king of Bavaria sometimes
smokes as many as 100 cigarettes day.
No wonder he doesn't get better.
Baron Hirsch is only a Jew, but his
charities to the poor of his race in Austria
and other parts of Europe already amount
to $12, 100000.
A bill has been introduced in the Penn
sylvania legislature forbidding any one
under sixteen years of age using tobacco in
the public street of cities and towns. This
is queer reformatory attempt.
St. Louis is now the largest fur market
in the United States. At recent sale of
pelts in that city more than million skins
of tho coon, muskrat, skunk, mink, gray
fox and opossum were disposed of.
You can sometimes lead where you can't
drive While the London school board
spends 5000, 900 year enforcing the at
tendance of children at the public schools,
the Paris board gets them there without
trouble by simply providing good lunches
which are served at the school houses.
The French are thrifty. There were
5,759, 1855 savings bank books in France on
last January 1, against 1924, s56 on jan
uary 1, 1890. The deposits for 1890 were
s69, ,5OO,O 900 francs, or 104, 10000 more
than in 1889. The total sum of savings
bank deposits in France has increased in
the last year from 1858. 500, 900 francs to
2,9O6, 100000.
Detroit furnishes striking example of
the way the chattel mortgages enable the
sharks to rob their victims. Mary E.
Morse between January ], 1889, and April,
| 1890, borrowed $13S in small sums, giving
| promissory notes and chattel mortgage
security. Upon these notes she made pay
ments aggregating Sis, and yet in May,
| 1890, the money lender claimed $124 still
due, and foreclosed when the poor women
got where she could pay no more.
| A bill has been introduced in the lower
branch of the Minnesota legislature provid-
ing that any public officer, State, municipal
Or county, accepting any gifts, free passes
VI oIhCA laNolS, hOo i1iAoSN w eAAO S5SAAoA al
public from any railroad or other corpora
ton in the State, shall be held guilty OF
felony and be punished by fine not less
than ST 900 nor more than So, 900 or by
imprisonment in the State prison not less
than six months nor more than one year
or both.
Frances legislative committee on labor
matters has received %, ,262 answers to itt
recent circular to the workingmen an6
workingmen's societies of the Department
of the Seine Fifteen thousand six hun
dred and eighteen of these answers favol
legislative interference in labor matters
the rest are against it. Five Thousand
four hundred and nineteen workingme1
are for legal eight-hour day withou
choice of extra hours; 1913 for lega
eight-hour day with choice of extra hours
1,249 for a nine-hour day, 7,010 for ten
hour day, 106 for an eleven-hour day an,
1853 for a twelve-hour day.
| Mrs. May French Sheldon, who is goin
Morning journal and courier., 1891-02-14
In the Vault beneath

where many of his ancestors and his mother are
Buried lie the remains of
George G rdon Noel Byron
Lord Byron of Rochdale
In the county of Lancaster
The Author of Childe HaroIds Pilgrimage.
He was born in London on the
2snd of January. I7sS
He died ct AisSolongh in Western Greece ON
the 10th of April, 1924
Engaged in the glorious attempt TO restore that
country to her ancient freedom and renown
Morning journal and courier., 1891-02-14
4r1y Goods.
Howe & StetsOl,
MUST UNLOAD.

We have surplus lots of
Blankets and Flannels
which we will sacrifice on
to close out surplus only,
as the balance will be sold
at market price. We offer
25 pairs, only, 1 1-4White
Wool Blankets at $3.50
per pair; balance of lot
will be marked $3.50.
25 pairs, only, ia Vic
tor White Wool Blankets
at $3.50 pair; balance Of
lot will be $3.50.
Lot of Scarlet All Wool
Shaker Flannels at 2Oc
per yard, to close out.
5 pieces Scarlet 5 ounce
Twill Flannel, Medicated
dye, 378c yd, worth SOC.
Small lot of heavy all
wool yard wide Shaker
Flannels 45c yard. Our
regular price is 62 1-2 cts.
We have about rs yards
left Of the Big Drive in
Real Scotch Cassimeres,
Sc inches wide, at ST. y'd.
Assortment still good and
no such value will be seen
again.
8 pieces all wool Black
Surah, 3S inches wide, at
SOC per yard. This is the
90 1-2c quality.
ALI Wool Ladies' Cloth,
SO inches wide, all desir-
able colors at 800 per y'd;|
cannot be matched for
less than SOC.
90 winter garments at
prices that will surprise
the closest buyers. Many
of them at less than half
price. You will find La
dies Plush Garments,
Cloth Newmarkets and
Jackets, Misses and Chill
dren's Jackets and Cloaks
all marked way down.
We are bound to sell them
before moving. Look at
them.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-02-14

David D. Porter, the great naval leader
who died yesterday, will occupy very
conspicuous place in the naval history of
this country. His term of service in the
United States navy was very long one
about sixty years-butit was not until the
War of the Rebellion broke out that he
had an opportunity to do great deeds. His
part in the capture of New Orleans, the
relief of Fort Pickens, and his work as
commander of the mortar division of Far
ragut's feet showed him to be man of
great courage and capacity for quick and
wise action Such men as he were
needed in the neighborhood of Vicksburg,
and during the campaign which resulted
in the capture of that place his operations
were brilliant, judicious and immensely
effective. His work here won him his
we'll earned rear-admiral's commission,
which was dated on the day of the sur
render of Vicksburg. His Part in the cap
ture of Fort Fisher was also very i'm
portant and useful one, and it brought
him the thanks of congress. He did much
other work which though not snowy was
extremely useful.
Admiral Porter, like all other great mill
tary and naval leaders, was quick to see
and quick to act. He was good judge
of men, was loyal to his surbordinates
and they were loyal to him. He accom-
plished extraordinary results because he
had dauntless courage, an energy that took
no account of obstacles and fertility of
resource which made it impossible to cor
ner him. In the later years of his life he
took to writing, and it is only just to say
that his success in this field of effort was
not as conspicuous as in fighting.
He died full of years and honors. His
fame will endure as long as patriotism and
skill in naval warfare are appreciated.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-02-14

u Et 1"AN
One of the most troublesome annoyances
in the Offices of newspapers and magazines
is the case of unsolicited contributions,
which are sent in great numbers to all
publications of Importance. 1t is impos-
sible by any number or kind of published
notices to make contributors understand
that their contributions must be treated
according to the judgment of the editor.
Contributors want to know why their con
tributions are not used, and many of them
want them carefully saved or sent to
them. What seems easy to them is fraught
with trouble to the over-busy editor, but
they do not understands that.
1t sometimes happens that manuscript
is lost, and if the contributor has kept no
copy the loss is a serious matter to him.
He thinks the editor has been cruelty and
needlessly careless. But he does not often
take such action as did Thomas Murphy
against an editor of the World who
failed to keep track of manu-
script left with him for consider
alton. Murphy had called at
the World Office, had seen one of the
editors, who had received him courteous
ly, taken his manuscript and placed it
carefully in compartment of the desk in
front of him. The editor had promised to
have it considered and r. let the writer
know the result of the examination. Sub
sequently, as matter of fact, owing to
confusion of moving, the article was lost.
The plaintiff sued the editor for $50, the
value he put upon the manuscript. The
defense admitted the statements, substan-
TALLY, but denied any specific promise to
return the manuscript. The justice de-
cided that the plaintiff had no case. He
held that the position of the editor was
merely that of bailee; that whatever
benefit could accrue must accrue to the
bailor; and the absence of negligence be-
ing established by the plaintiffs own testi-
mony his case fell to the ground.
This is hard on MI. Murphy, but if he
knew the trouble which unsolicited contri-
buttons make in newspaper offices he would
be somewhat Modified.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-02-14
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The mad king of Bavaria sometimes
smokes as many as 100 cigarettes day.
No wonder he doesn't get better.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-02-14

to travel in Africa, is remarkable woman

to travel in Africa, is a remarkable woman.
She has among her personal friends not
only Stanley but every other man who has
been in the interior of the dark continent.
She was one of the witnesses for Stanley
at his marriage in Westminster Abbey.
She is also translator for Gustave Flau-
berts ''Salambo." Mrs. Sheldon's object
in penetrating Africa, in which she ex-
poets to spend four months,is to study the
problem of the native women-what their
status is, what their capacity for civiliza-
ton, what their moral and intellectual
character. She will ride in palanquin
and takes with her an educated Arab cook.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-02-14
D ! nun
Born
Jan. -, l.SS.
Died
April 10. 1921

Beneath this is the Byron vault, now
Theoretically sealed Besides the scattered
bones of his wild and reckless ancestors
the vault contains the remains of the poet,
preserved in a lead coffin, which rests di-
rectly underneath the tablet, and the bod
les of his unhappy-tempered mother, to
the right hand, and of his daughter Ida
"sole daughter of my house and heart
on the left
All this can be learned from the parish
register, a quaint old parchment book
dating from the time of Henry Ill, ODE
fender of the Faith" The fact and date
recall that on the dissolution. in 1910, q
certain Sir John Byron, lieutenant of Sher-
wood forest, was given the priory of New
stead and all irs tithes and possessions.
The old abbey being ruined by the savage
brutality of the Roundheads, this insig-
niicant chapel of that time became the
place of worship, and, finally. as the own
ership of the seat of the Byrons twice
passed into the hands of strangers. the
burial place of the fated line. Go back
through all its history and there will be
nothing found but irascibility, insanity,
homicide and regicide. The wonder is
not that the poet Byron was a no more
calm and steadfast soul. The marvel is
that from the heart and brain of any one
against the eccursed taint of heredity, en-
abling the enmeshed blood, brain and soul,
in SO brief n struggle, to add such surpass-
ing luster to the pages of genius. That is
the only just attitude in which any one
can approach the study of the poetry, the
literature, above all the character of By
ron, or in which the conscience should per
init any right minded person to kneel al
this almost unknown and wholly union,
ored grave.
When you recall that the remains of
| this great poet were refused admission to
the stately portals of st. Paurs and West
| minister; when you learn as you may the
| aplysia-brained first families of Noting
hamshire that ''no more is made of By
ron's grave, because he was never quite
approved of in Notts;" and when you
leave the spot. standing in the desolate
churcbyard of ST. Mary's, you shudder-
| ingly contemplate the mental and material
! beastliness and CRIME OF this shrine's envi-
ronment: it will all remain one of the
| saddest memories Of your life. And it is
a heart-aching thing that. in The infinite
compassion with which humankind is
wont to hold its dead, the ashes of Byron
| could not at least have been placed near
| the murmurous waters and the gray walls
of the wraith-peopled Newstead he so
loved and mourned. Englishmen are not
themselves, if this meager tribute to an
| Englishman of immortal fame be not
| some time bestowed.
| EDGAR l.. WAKEMAN.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-02-14
M S S I ii c..
283 Housekeepers in
NEW HAVEN

are missing from our list, and
have not received a trial guam
tity of ELECTRO-SILICON, the
famous silver polish. We desire
that every housekeeper in this city,
z0he las sllz,er7aure, and IS not
usiug ELECTRO SILICON, should
have trial quantity of this cele-
brated household article, which
will be sent to them 7olthout cost,
the address being all that's neces.
sary. If yoH haze not recesvea
one, please send your address tc
THE ELECTRO SILICON Co.,
II John Street. New York
Morning journal and courier., 1891-02-14
His sister. the Honorable
Augusta Mary I leigh

There are also q small tablet in memory
of Byron's daughter, Augusta Ada, who
became the Countess of Lovelsce, and died
in 1882 at the age of thirty-six, just her
fathers age at death; mural monuments of
the second Lord Byron and his six sons;
and the Indictments OF the poets mother.
These are the only adornments of the bare
walls of st. Mary's. But the most in
tense and solemn interest of the dreary
place is where you will kneel, just within
the chancel-rail, upon the raised stone
floor. Set in this chancel-pa is a square
block of rare ROsso Antique marble, a
gift of the King of Greece. 1t is about
two feet square. Upon this marble with
in wreath of laurel wrought in brass is
the simple inscription:
Morning journal and courier., 1891-02-14

Some of Its Facts and Fnncfes.
Written for the JOURNAL AND CoURIER.l
"GooD MORROW, IT'S SAINT VALENTINES
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4nurna1 aud Gnt1rier.
DAVID d, PORTER.

The Oldest Daily Paper Pub
Hshed in Connecticut.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-02-14

He ION his knees)-Miss Watelong-
Edith am too full to speak. / She
(anxiouslyl-Go on, Mr.. Bullion. Do not
wait until you sober up.-New York Her
aid.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-09-19
HOW,A Your Wfae ,

Does she feel poorly all the time, suffer
from lack of energy and general ''no
account" listless enervation? She needs
a tonic. Something is wro 20 with her
blood. Run for doctor? Not at all,
my dear sir. Get her bottle of p. p. p.
.Prickly Ash, Poke Root and Potassium)
the very best woman's regulator and tonic
extart 1t re oh the source of trouble
quietly and quickly, and before you
know it your wife will be another woman
and will bless the kind fate thai brought
p. p. p. t. her notice and relief. Our
best physicians i"dorse and recommend
it, an no well-conductcd household
where pure blood and it's concomitant
happiness is appreciated, should be with
out it. For sac by repu' able medicine
dealers everywhere.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-09-19
Pointers on Tobacco.

The farms and wheatfields Of
Onondaga County are being rapidly
transformed into tobacco lands
more tobacco being raised there
than In any other county in the
State.-Brook6eld, n. Y, Courier.
"A healthy looking tobacco
plant OF spontaneous growth is -four
lshlng in front of the Planters Ma.
uonal Bank, Danville, Va. This is
IN the eternal fitness Of things.
A silver scarf-pin in the form of a
pipe, with a garnet in the bowl to
represent the growing tobacco. is
the latest novelty in jewelry.
Here is a case tor the anti .tobac-
conists to ponder over. The Times
Paris correspondent has discovered
an individual in France who has
smoked between eight and nine
thousand pounds of tobacco, and is
now none the worse for it.!
The present duty on Sumatra
wrappers averages So per pound on
unstemmed and 1915 on stemmed,
instead of Is cents and 81 respect,
lively, and the growers of competing
tobaccoes in this country expect to
get about double prices for their pro-
duct this year.
We are made of the dust, and the
closer our companionship with Moth
er Earth III summertime the longer
we will keep above ground.-Aban-
doned Farm.
Mangel-wurzel is especially adapted
to hot, dry regions, where the ruta.
baga will not thrlve.-Farm Life.
Sometimes suggestion is worth &
great deal if the ear which hears j,
uses it aright.-N. Y. Witness.
The employer and the hired mar
should be friends, and if either is un
worthy the respect Of the other /.
severing of the relations should a
once take place.-Western Rural.
{ 1t is not enough that we kee1
weeds down and the land in fairl'
good condition, but in dry weathe
almost constant stirring Of the sur
face is necessary among cultivate'
, crops.
Put little mulch of thought
Around your head,
Keep a thinking when you wor
Or when in bed.
Keep brain working whether 20
Are young or old;
Brains are slow as chilled molasse
When they are cold.
fl Get rid Of rats. Catch one in a
ordinary box trap and smear it wit
t soft pine tar all over except heat
i Then turn il loose where caught.
9 assure you, you will not be trouble
with rats very long. I tried it La
Il fall, and in three days after there We
r no rat to be seen, nor has any bee
y seen since.-Practical Farmer.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-09-19
MASCULINE MENTION.

President Harrison loves sea bathing,
and IL a very good swimmer
Benton Mcmillan, the tall, handsome
Tennessee congressman, is native of Ken
lucky though a resident of Tennessee for
many years
Justice Field, of the United States su
preme court, once declined to pay q, 500 for
a San Francisco lot that has since been
sold for 81. 100000.
Senator Vest, of Missouri, Ia short and
rather thickset man, who dresses in a bust
ness suit Of gray. On his upper lip Is a
heavy sandy mustache.
Emanuel Gricsner. Of Lebanon, Pa, who
n forty years old. has been in this country
twenty years, married twenty years and
% the father Of twenty children. r
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-09-19
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