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Morning journal and courier., 1891-05-09
What one Hears in NaoI,neo.

From the City of Mexico Anglo-American
 Five leagues from Jalapa on the road that goes down to the hot lands lies Mao linco, of which town they relate many things that go to prove the superior wis dom and intelligence of its inhabitants. They say, for example, that once when there was much grass on the church tow CT, and the matter was brought before the town council, after many plans for get ting rid of said grass had been proposed and discussed, it was agreed to put a jackass up there, who should eat the grass. And the jackass being procured and got upon the tower, not without diff culty, he remained there for the space of a day, well contented, there being a sufi- ciency of grass. But early on the morn ing of the second day, after he had re- peatedly called the attention of the inhab- itants well as he could to the fact that there was no more grass, he endeayOred to get down from the tower himself, in the doing of which he broke his neck, and the town council had to pay for him.
 They tell, moreover, how a certain gam bier of these that go round winning their cattle from the "haciendados' came into Naolinco once in fiesta time, when there was much gambling in progress. And he stood and watched the game awhile And he heard how this man had won three hundred head, and how that man had lost ,, sve hundred head and so on And he concluded to sit down and play himself awhile, which he did. And he hal short ly won over one thousand head. And he said he would play no more that day, and he inquired where he should go on the day | following to receive the one thousand head that he had won. And they told him in such place. And he went there at the | time appointed, with several vaqueros
 supposing that he was to receive one thou sand head of cattle. Rut he received in stead one thousand head of csbbages. For Naolinco is famous for its cabbages, which they send to Jalapa, and to the hot lands, and to all parts, as any man who has travelled that road knows we'll.
 They say, also, that a certain stranger | once came to Naolineo and entered a bar | Der shop to be shaved, and the barber | spit upon the soap, whereat the stranger
 complained; but the barber told him he | had no cause for complaint, seeing that
 only in shaving his best customers did he | spit upon the soap, and that in shaving
 ordinary folk he spit upon the man,
 whereat the stranger went on his way wondering. They tell besides of the same
 barber that in shaving common people he
 was wont to put his thumb in their
 mouths to bulge their cheeks out, but that
 in shaving those of the better class he
 used small apple, which was hung from
 the roof by string for the purpose; and
 one of his best customers entering one day
 to be shaved, the barber put his thumb in
 his mouth, and the customer inquired for
 the apple. whereupon the barber told him
 that the last man that had the apple in his mouth had eaten it So the customer had
 to content himself with the barbers
 thumb
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TRIALS.

4 Trial.-She-"Is Jack trying for the chorus" He-"Well, he must be, if they are at all sensitive. ."-Harvard Lampoon
 Why did you name the girl Helen Blazes, Mrs. JonesF'
 ''Beeause that was the name their father mentioned when he first heard there were twins Philadelphia Times.
 A Recommendation n.-'rwhAt. you think the lock of this bag no goods My dear madam, I assure you that rather than try to open it any thief would carry of the bag. g."-From Ffegende BlAtter.
 Bachelor Uncle (sarcastically) suppose you think your baby the prettiest that ever hveds
 Happy Mamma-oh, no. We think he looks strikingly like you--Harper's BAzar.
 All He's Had-'This," said Jacouasse, ''is portrait of my first wife" Ewhy. it's the perfect likeness of the present NJ ITS J., returned Smitherss '1 know it, g said Jacquasse. ''Mrs. J. is my fret wife, Brooklyn Life.
 Municipal Jeslousies.-New Yorker You are a stranger here, I presume. Chicago Man (haughtily)-I am from the great city that New York is jealous of New Yorker-AhI How are things in dear old Lunnons-New York Weekly.
 Kingsley-Don't you st times lose con fidence in yourself and feel utterly weak, as if, in fact, you weren't worth a conti- mental!
 Bingo-Yes; felt so the other day, when my wife showed me her dressmaker's bill.-Clothier and Furnisher.
 The Voice of Experience-Guilde "Hamlet's uncle must have pro posed to Queen Gertrude several times be- fore she accepted him" Rosencrantz Ric- l Gotleft-''Because he speaks of her as our sometime sister, now our queen .'"- Puck.
 Tom and Caroline? They used to be eter- nally together. Hope there's been no trouble between them.
 kate-No, dear, no. l supposed you'd heard the news. They've been married more than year.
 Harry-Oh, I see.-Boston Transcript.
 ''I wish you would renew this note. My father will endorse for me-" said a Texas youth to Nose Schaumburg, the merchant prince of Austin. "Ven fader has got no more sense than endorse for such a son as you vas, yst se- gurity ish dot for mel Dot shows dot your fader was an old block of the young chip" Texas Siftings. 'Does de coh't tax me hbe dollars fah hittin' ob Sam Stoper," asked the defend ant.
 'Five dollars fine is the penalty" re- piled the judge with tinge of impstience in his voice.
 "Well, jedge, doesn't want'er git de bes' ob nobody, and I tells yer. homes, twas wuf moh'n dat. Post Dr. Freshcot-Ailow me, professor. to present you to my wife The prof.ssor (regarding Mrs. S. with some curiosityl- So this is your new wife, eh.-er-as you know, have never interested myself in the study of-the sex-snd my opinion on such a matter is therefore not valuable however, I am inclined to the opinion you have secured very fair specimen I ifa
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4umrmaI aud Gnmrfrr.
COME EAST, YOUNG MAN.

COME EAST, YOUNG MAN.
 Facts are facts, but there is often gen. eral ignorance of them. For instance, most people, we suppose, believe that farming in the West pays great deal bet ter than farming in the East. But the de- partment of agriculture has been looking into this matter, and it's discoveries are rather surprising. It publishes tables of the production per acre of various crops, averaged for each State returns of the ten years 1Ss0- 1890, and crop values per acre, averaged for each State in the same way for the same period. These tables are set forth not only in figures but in large maps, so that casual glance serves to show in what States produc- ton was greatest and prices highest. These things show that asa rule much more is raised to the acre in New England than in the west-of the same crop, we mean-and good deal more money per acre is returned by the crop. Here is one of the tables showing the profits of farm ing in Connecticut and Kans.s:
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NEW HAVEN, CONN. SATURDAY MORNING, MAY g. 1891
er's daughter, now a school teacher in

CTS daughter, now school teacher in Evansville, Indiana.
 Another young essayist tMissAnnieMooney of Arkansas, recently won the life scholar ship award by the Kansas City Business University for the best paper on the i'm portance of business education.
 All this seems like honest, earnest, prac- tical work. Let us praise the prize-win- ners and be thankful for them, for they 'sstudy household good," and public good, and thus promote good works in others.
 THE KEYNOTE OF THY WILL.
 Lord, in the discords and the strife
 That vex the sounding chords of life,
 My waking heart doth listen still
 To hear the keynote of thy will,
 And strive to catch its rhythmic beat,
 That makes life's harmony complete
 Q Lord, through pains dread monotone
 Breathe thou thy loves sweet undertone,
 Amid the boding hush of fear,
 And when the floods and tempssts break,
 And all the deep foundations quake,
 Amid the tumuit let me hear
 Thy changeless keynote, sweet and clear.
 So may thy will, attuning mine
 With sweet constraint of love divine,
 From chords and discords, smiles and tears, Evoke at last, beyond the strife,
 One grand, triumphant psalm of life!
 -RKv. H. B. HARTZLRR.
 AN UNFORTUNATE FAMILY.
 Is it not rather singular that of over three hundred words in the English Ian guage beginning with the initial S fol lowed by very few of them have a mean ing that is other than disagreeable. They seem to belong to worthless, disreputa- ble family; nouns, verbs, and adjectives alike lack energy, honest purpose, or a lofty aim. Such words as slothful, slack, r, sinking, sloven, slime, sly, and slum, are miserable things without one redeeming feature; Islander" is criminal hiding from jus tice, and most degraded of all is ''slave" and its combinations, slave-hunt, slave ship, slsve-driver, and the rest, so sug- Some members of the family who appear to be innocent and inoffensive have their bad traits, such as "slab" and sleeve, " even "sleep," name of that '1esser mys- tery," so necessary, so consoling, is made to do double duty and to signify the great CT mystery, death-"the sleep that knows not bresking!'i
 'Sloop" and "sleigh" appear to be en- gagged in useful occupation, though it can not be said of them that they are always steady. They are, however, ornaments of the family and have a small following.
 Perhaps the etymologists can tell us why this combination of consonants should be so unfortunate, so lacking in the gifts and graces that adorn words beginning with other letters. We see families of human beings of low estate and miserable, cursed with an inheritance of worthless traits; we see sometimes the reason of their condi- tion, though we question the justice of it, but what is the trouble with this family of wordsa They begin badly, that is evident, but after all, what is there is so depraved about an s and L? If there is anyone who can explain this enigma let him do so and receive the grateful thanks of the per ple1ed. HILARY.
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No. ttt

brood by Easdsle tarn, with an intensity of passion, on those images of n ature which his noble fancy brought from near and afar, and nodded into fadeless forms for the measureless world of poetic thought EDGAR L. WAKKNAS.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-05-09

How the girls have worked! The net profits for the last five years of the princi- pal firm engaged in manufacturing chew ing gum are said to be $855, 735.39.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-05-09

There are some pretty tine points. It has just been decided that imported queen bees must pay duty of 20 per cent, be- cause they can't furnish pedigrees.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-05-09
FIVE FLOORS,
 40 FEET DEEP, '. STRAIGHT AWAY.

For the convenience of our large Carpet trade we have removed our Carpet department to the Annex on the First Floor. Oilcloths, Lace Cur tains, Draperies, etc., on the same floor. EOur trade always increases, so do our improve ments. We are the
Morning journal and courier., 1891-05-09

A similar comparison is made between other New England and other western States. The abandoned farms' of New England may yet be wanted.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-05-09
PEOPLES HOUSE FURNISHERs. P. J. KELLY & co. Grand,hyenuessand Church Street.

Query-Are you "a customer of P. J. Kelly & Go. SxIf not join the grand army you will never be sorry.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

Another good Friday; but the day has a bad reputation
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FOR SALE,

ffsA farm in the town of New Haven for E:;i One Hundred dollars per acre, buildings .0ksAk thrown in.
 George A. Isbell,
 787 Chapel street.
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FOR SALE.

AA House on Chapel street, twelve rooms. ;;J ten minutes walk to postof1ce, modern sk. k. improvements, location excellent. Will be sold at a low price if sold soon. w-Possession immediately.
 JOHN c. PUNDERFORD,
 Room 3, Glebe Building, . Nv2 (Onen eveuinps1 116 Church street.
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Real Estate
FOR SALE CHEAP.

fa:sA ONE of the best and most central located #i;i| residences in the city. House is large and Rsk has all the modern improvements. Lot is 50 feet front. For particulars call at
 MERWIN'S REAL ESTATE OFFICE, ap1 T59 Chapel Street.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20
Davis Museum-Theaker,

The Fftzsimmons escape has awakened all
the old interest in the murder of Detective
Gilkinson last March. So Harry Davis finds
that the exhibit of the identical furniture in
Fftzsimmons' room, when he killed Gilkin-
son, Is very attractive to the people who
have read about this desperate criminal, and
who want to know all they can about him.
At the Fifth Avenue Museum there is the
room arranged just as it was, with the blood
stained mattress and carpet, and all the other
etceteras of the apartment. In addition there
are bars from the jail sho wing what FitZ-
simmons had to cut through, with the saws
that he used. One can get better idea of
the escape, as well as of the murder bv see
ing these things than in any other way. Mr..
J. Frank Stanley delivers very interesting
lecture on them every hour in the afternoon
and evening. Colonel Cooper the tallest man
in the world, nearly feet in hight, has been
engaged for q week, and Alf. Sidney the
yankee whittier" who can make ANYTHING
with a jack-knife and a bit of wood. In the
theaterium there will be Charles Diamond,
the man who plays q harp and sings and
dances to its music at the same time He has
been q favorite with the European and
American public for over a decade, and is
as pleasing as ever. He has q good company
of specially artists in his train, including
Leslie and Swah, knockabouts: Fernando
Fleury, character vocalist, Mazel, child
artist, and several others. The Hungarian
Band, from the Eden Musee, has made itself
4 great fav orite in Pittsburg already, with
It's free concerts from the balcony of the
building every afternoon and evening.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20

The taste Of Delsarteism that Pittsburp
enjoyed last season has only whetted its ap-
petite The graceful Edmund Russell, with
his advanced ideas OF what is necessary to
make perfect woman, was the idol of So
ciety while here and when he was reluctant
Y allowed TO depart. it was with the hope
that he would soon be in the city again, to
1--WE more instruction to those who were try
ng so hard to benefit by his instructions.
Now, it is stated, Mrs. Russell, who knows
IS much about Delsarte as her talented hus-
and, is to visit this city in November and
December, through the agency of Mrs.
Iaurice l. Coster. a series of lectures on
ne beautiful in life will be delivered by
:jTs Russell, and she will in effect take the
lace her husband occupied in the Pitts
urC social world last winter. What new
aeo-ies she may advance We must wait to
--e.
She Will come fresh from sojourn in state
= Newport In that aristocratic resort, it
said, she has made members of the -Four
Hundred twist and turn themselves in the
process OF forcing themselves into graceful
poses, in a way calculated to horrify those
who relfgiously believe that the Astors,
Thitneys. and other of that stripe, must be
handled very tenderly by the common peo-
nle. In one Of her Newport lectures Mrs.
Russell said: 81 am merely trying to show
) eople how, by studying principles OF art,
they can make an art of life itself. We can
not all be poets or painters, but we can con-
vert our daily acts into graciousness and let
our conversation be replete with beauty"
The Lady's Personality.
This woman. who is to undertake to
teach the leaders Of Pittsburg society how
TO sit, stand, smile, bow, walk, and so on, is
described as not a handsome woman, but
extremely fascinating and magnetic. Her
beauty consists in her expressive blue-gray
eyes, fringed with heavy dark lashes, and
ourvtng lips parting over two rows OF pearly
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20
Carleton's Opera Company.

On Monday, September 2s, at the Du.
quesne Theater, ". T. Carleton's Opera
Company will present for the first time in
Pittsburg Strauss latest composition,
Indigo" This opera is said to be one of
the most tuneful and melodious the great
German composer ever attempted. Not
only is the music of the most entertaining
character, but the hbretto sparkles with
wit and humor. The opera is making big
success In Baltimore at present. The scenery
for Indigo" is entirely new and will be
used In this city for the second time only.
1t was painted under Mr.. Carleton's super
vision by Clare, of New York, one of the
most famous scenic artists of the day. The
costumes are from Worth, of Paris, and are
wonderful examples of dressmaker's art.
The chorus and orchestra have both been
enlarged, and nothing has been neglected
to make this production the feature Of the
operatic season. The company has been
summering at Atlantic City and their voices
are in the finest kind of trim. J. K. Murray
and Miss Clara Lane are in the production
OF Indigo" Mr.. Murray, who is Pitts
burg boy, has made a name for himself
throughout the country, and his part OF
High Priest in Indigo" allows him, it ts said,
ample opportunity for magnificent work.
The sale OF seats will begin at the box ofhce
on Thursday morning at 10 o'clock.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20
Harry Williams. Academy.

Lnfy Clay's Colossal Gaiety Compeny IS
Manager Williams offering this week. The
company, according to the press notices in
other cities, is better than ever. The Kan
sas City Globe says: 1t is not only big COM
pany, but among the very best of its class
now travelling, and yesterday its two per-
formances at the Midland were received by
large audiences with every manifestation of
approval While there is abundant display
OF the form divine, there is not an objection
able feature in the entire performance. And
there is something, too. besides pretty girls.
There are some good voices in the company,
some 11rst-class specialists and at least two
clever comedians George 3. Leslie and
Robert Van Osten. The first part is entitled
Beauty in Dreamland," which reveals
andsome stage setting and introduces the
company by some new songs and witticisms
and living statuary. Half dozen special
lists are introduced in the olio, all good.
Two broad burlesques, "Robin Hood" and
"Antony and Cleopatra" close the per-
fOrmanc6.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20
The Alvin Theater.

This week will be made noteworthy by o
revival Of Often bach's celebrated opera, la
Belle Helene" by Miss Pauline Hall and her
eminently successful opera company. All
the costumes were made especially for this
production by A. r. Van Horn & Son. They
were designed from accepted Grecian mod
els, and in material workmanship, correct
ness and general beauty have never been ex-
celled, 1t is said, on the comic opera stage.
The scenery will likewise be new and ap-
propriate. For some time past "La Belle
Helene" has been in daily rehearsal, and
1t will be given q presentation that, in the
minutest details, will evidence the greatest
care and lavish expenditure of money. It
has been years since this melodious work
was heard here. The scene of action is laid
partly in Sparta and partly at the seashore
Trojan War. The story tells Of the love of
Paris son of King Priam, for Helene, Queen
of Sparta. The oracle has decreed that
she must abandon her husband, MeneIaus
and fly to Troy with the son of P7iuna. After
yainly struggling with fatality, the fair
Helene enters a golden galley with the young
prince and departs from her native shore
amid a storm of indignation and threats.
The incidents throughout the piece are ex-
6remely amusing, while the plot is in itself
romantic and interesting. The cast will be
as follows: La Belle Helene, Miss Pauline
Hall; Orestes, Miss Homie weldon; Cyns6er-
Mne, Rosa Cook; Bdcchns, Kate Uart: Peoered,
Helen Marlborough; Parthenis, Nellie Dun
bar; Cdlcltds George Boniface, Jr.; Paris,
Arthur E. Miller: MereEaus, William Blais-
dell; Agamenlnon, C. B. Burrows: Ajaz L,
j. B. Simpson; Altar IT., 7. T. Warhurst;
Achilles, S. C. Porter; PhiLocome, Britton Ste
yens; Euthycles, j. K. Newman; Grand Augtr,
Harry James,
:La Belle Helene" will be presented on
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings
and Wednesday matinee. Madame Favart'
on Thursday and Friday evenings and Sat-
urday matinee. "Amorita" will be revived
on Saturday evening by request. Miss Hall
and her entire company will appear at each
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The Duouesne Theater.

Tomorrow evening the Duquesne Theater
Will present to its patrons GA Fair Rebel" a
new play of native workmanship. This in
teresting drama was on view for long time
at the fourteenth Street Theater, New York,
and was there greatly commended by the
New York press. In sentiment it is whole
some, there is considerable dramatic feryor
in its incidents, which deal altogether with
personages connected with the late war.
Before he wrote "a Fair Rebel" Henry
Mawson, the author, was not widely known.
though his pen had long been busy. For
years he has contributed articles to the
great Journals and magazines of our coun-
try. He declares he merely wrote "a Fair
Rebel as an experiment.. 1t was pro
duced in New York in midsum-
sr pspg most aH hit
metropolitan press. For its production
here at the Duquesne Theater this week a
spectacular scenic display is promised SINH
Theater, New York. A stress is laid on a
tunnel episode defeating an escape of linton
soldiers from Libby Prison in 1854. The
company is headed by Fanny Gillette. an
earnest and praisewortt actress, and Ed
Il. Mawson, a conscientious actor. Others
in the cast are Maurice Pike, Joseph P.
Leslie Tilson, Miss Belle Buckiin and Mise
Emma Forsytne. Manager Mccullough has
had all the stock scenery removed SO that
the entire stage can ant be used m in the presenta-
carload of scenery and alP the ward. |
robe, horses, carriages etc., to give
us identically the same company and
scenery as was seen in New York.
Some so people are introduced in this pro- !
duction. Competent critics unite in pro- |
Fair Rebel" the equal. if not |
the superior in many respects, OF the other !
war dramas. Read what "Nym CrinlSIe ), |
the able critic of the New York World. saws: |
"The representation of "a Fair Rebel'i at |
the Fourteenth Street Theater won the |
hearty approval last night of as many peo-
pie as could get into the Fourteenth Street
Theater. The singing of the prisoners whiIe
awaiting the hour set for attempted escape. |