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Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-12
IT IS sAwIsR MAN.
That Beth Knows Who He Is an,
 Can Prove That He ls Hirnself.

That Beth Knows Who He Is and
 Can Prove That He ls Himself.
 A citizen of Detroit, who has resided there for nearly twenty years, and who has for the past dozen years run a small carpenter shop on his own hook, got . check on one of the banks the other day and stspped in to have it cashed.
 Have to be identified, sir" replied the cashier, as he handed back the paper.
 But am John Blank, the carpenter" ["
 Possibly you are, but you'll have To bring some one who knows you"
 "In bring twenty in five minutesl" eI- claimed the man as he walked out.
 Standing on the steps of the bank, he scanned the faces of the passers by, and, to his own great surprise, it was ten min utes before he saw the phiz of friend.
 The two entered the bank, and the lat ter said to the cashier 'sI know this man to be John Blank"
 "But who are youi'
 ''rm Stephen Dash"
 seNeyer heard of you He must bring some one whom know is responsible
 "See herel This is all nonsense,n eY- claimed the owner of the check, who was in hurry.
 Perhaps so," was the cool reply. ssMr. Dash, do you positively know this man to be John Blankf'
 "Of course do"
 "Have you ever had a legal paper with his six aaturei''
 "No-o."
 'tEver pay him an account or collect one by that name"
 "I guess not"
 "Could you safely make affidavit that that is his real namel"
 'T-I-don't believe I could. I've just heard him called John Blank"
 MT. Blank brought in three other men, each one of whom started in with the greatest confidence, but came out of the little end of the horn when asked the usual questions. At length he remembered a man to whom he sold piece of property four years ago, and he walked half mile to bring him to the bank.
 "You identify him as John Blank, do youi" queried the teller.
 "Well, he signed that name to the deed"
 "Would you make oath that he is the same person" --- ''Umi Uml think he is."
 t'But will you sign bond to make this S200 good if he isn'tl" "Oh, mol Now that look at him mora closely begin to see a difference" "What" shouted Blank Haven't ] lived within stone's throw of you for ten yesrsl"
 "Yes," was the hesitating reply. ''Didn't build your farm for youl' CT guess you did" Haven't you seen me almost every day for years and yearst" "Well, I've seen you or somebody who looks very much like you. think you aIe John Blank, but of course I can't swear to it."
 The money was paid and the teller af. terward said
 ''He was the right party, of course; but had I carried out my rule to the letter doubt if he could have found 8 man among all his neighbors to swear to his identity don't believe We have ten men in Detroit who can prove their legal identity without taking hours time to do it. One mar knows another as Smith, Jones or Green but that isn't legal knowledge, and il would bother some of our leading mer. chants to furnish legal proofs to establish the fact that they are the persons they claim to be-"
Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-12
only a Hired Girl.


 have s'hired girl" in this city who does not take offense when alluded to in such a manner. In fact sheconsented that i might tell about her and that 1 might call her sehired girl" Born the daughter of a Canadian farmer, having district school education and we'll versed in house work, from building fires, sweeping and washing dishes to canning fruit and mak- ing bread, butter and cheese, she came to the city to get an education.
 There isn't anything in the line of house. work that she cannot do well and she earns four dollars week and her board and lodging, with one afternoon and evening and Sunday afternoon and evening each week to herself.
 She has worked in one family for oyel five years. She has nearly $500 in tn. bank, she ownsa 8 typewriting machine ani can dtaken as 2 stenographer nearly 20( words minute.
 She has besides all these things men l tioned, had several offers of marriage dur I ing the past two or three years, none O which was accepted. What does she pur | pose doinga Her secret is this: Her father l not @ wealthy man was able and dssiret to give one of his two daughters athorougl l education.
 | He couldn't afford to educate both girls SO the elder one, the hired girl referred tc told him to educate the younger one. Thi I the father is doing, and the hired girl" kssplng pAns with her sistsr,
Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-12
UNFORTUNATE.

tJimmie is a very unfortunate boy. said Mrs. Simpson. "He joined an athletic club and the first time he went there he broke one of the best records they had. d."- Exchange.
 "Could you make e water-color sketch of met" asked MT. Sosker.
 "All but the nose," replied Palette. "1 couldn't get that color in water any more than you could.
 Clarice-And so your engagement with Maitland is really off 1sabel-Yes, got tired of machine made love. Clarice- Machine made lovea What do you meant Isabel-He wrote all his letters on type writer.-Boston Beacon.
 Fogg-Ah, Fendsrsonl You're coming to the club to-nightl
 Fenderson-I was coming, but I've changed my mind.
 Foeg-Gracious manl that is all the more reason for your coming.-Boston Transcript.
 .Do you think" asked Ruthers' wife, ''that there ought to be so much formality about calling"
 "Naw," said Ruthers earnestly. 'If you're with the right people all you've got to do is to shove in your chips. ington Post.
 "And the heathen cooked the mission ary in his clothes"
 "They did"
 "They were hungry, I suppose, and couldn't take time to undress him" stNo. I guess it was for the seasoning. You see he had on pepper and salt suit. ' New York Press.
 "That mskes me hot" exclaimed an F streetireal estate man, coming into his office and slapping package of papers down on | his desk.
 "What doesf" asked his partner, with more or less alarm.
 ssThat sunshine out there on the street, " responded the joker, with grin at his partner.-Washingto Star. l A New Year colloquy on Chestnut street Youth in new suit to evident tailor-Tell you what, I'll give you fifty dollar watch | and we'll call it square. Evident tailor Let me have it. Youth-WeIl, you'll have to wait till the close of the fair-but it'f all right-here's my ticket for the chance -prettiest watch you ever sawl-Philadsl phis Record.
 Mrs. Fizzletop, not being satisfied with the progress made by her son at the Uni versity of Texas, called on the teacher. Professor, how is my son Johnny coming on in his studiesi" she asked anxiously. q have great hopes of him madam-grea' hopes." 1T am glad to hear of that" "Yes madam, he is phenomenally lazy. l don't think ever saw boy who was so lazy q understood you to say that you had great hopes of him." s'So have, for think if he ever begins to study he is too lazy ever to stop."-Te1as siftings.
 A citizen of Santa Rosa lost a colt. | strayed away. His boy went to him and asked him how much he would give if he would find him. The father replied thai he would give him dollar. "How much would you give another boys" queried the son. s'I would give any other boy g 50, replied the parent. It was not long be fore neighbours lad appeared with the lost colt and the owner promptly paid the boy s2.5O. Then the neighbor's lad went around the corner, where stood the son of the man who owned the colt, and divided with him.-Santa Rosa (Cal.), Republican
Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-12
Back Door Yards,


 The back door yard should be quite ss neat if not as artistic as the front yard. Perhaps few suggestions on the subject may not come smiss.
 A necessary evil is the slop barrel or pail, ,-and many housewives will be glad to know how to get it out of sight and at the same time not cause extra work. A good plan is to have a box made with 6 cover fastened on with hinges. This bow should be large enough to hold three or four pails. Fails are better than barrels for sloPs be- cause they are emptied oftener, and con seauentIy not so apt to become sour. The | box should be tight and nicely painted. Another unsightly object which may be seen in many of the back door yards in | farming communities is the ash barrel and | leach. Plant sunfowers around them for a temporary screen, and get some shrub l bsry growing there as quickly as you can. Have screen of evergreens between the house and outbuildings. You can have nc idea until you have tried it how mucf comfort it will give you when it is vel | grown.
 The rubbish should be kept cleared ava, from the back yard quite as carefully g from the front yard. Have porch owe the back door and plant vines around it and put rose bush near the kitche window. As most of a woman's tim must be spent in the kitchen, her SUI roundings should be made e pleasant [ possible.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-12
WIFE OF A woRKINGMAN.
What She Brought 10 her Husband al
 the Noon Recess.


 the Noon Recess.
 From the Chicago Heraid-l
 One doesn't need the velvety side of life for the setting of every picture. The oth- CT day, when the noon whistles blew, . crowd of workmen left their tasks st the Woman's temple, now building at the cor ner of Monroe and LaSalle streets, and dis posed themselves in convenient hooks for the eating of their frugal dinners. After the slender luncheon four or five of them gathered under the staging on the Monroe street side, and were chatting quietly ,heck- ing the bits of mortar from their clothes, nursing a bruised place on the rugged hands, talking of the dismal little things which go to make up hard day's work, when woman, walking along on the ep- posite side of the street, attracted the at tention of one of the men.
 He rose instantly, his whole face losing the dreamy look which labor had left there, his movements frightened and quickened by the magic of love, his figure dignified in the blessing of paternity. For the woman who had come to see him bore in her arms | the child that bound them together in a union as strong as that which holds the world in order. He joined her on the far ther pavement, took the little one in bis arms, pushed back its humble bonnet, kissed the willing lips, and walksd with her away from the scene of his crucial toiL | The roar of busy city, the sunlight pris- | oned between stern brick walls, the greed, | the selfshness, the depravity of life, were | all forgotten in the moments contact with | those who were bone of his bone and flesh | of his flesh.
 When they had reached the farther cor ner and crossed over he saw that move ment among the men at the temple which told that work had begun again, and he lifted the child for parting kiss, looked love and goodbye in the woman eyes, and | hurried back to the station, better and stronger for touch of the tender side of | life.
 Just as he turned into the filtered en- trance carriage rolled past on the rough pavement of LaSalle street. A woman sat back in the cushions ,sd djusted her sunshade with 8 movement of impatience and frowned at the cumbered curb which slack | ened the speed of her horses. She had been | to her husbands office, and now carried ir the little bag at her wrist a check that would have made a home for the working man. Yet the woman who carried away the baby in the little white sunbonnet wa. happier than she, and the man who stood on . scafold up there above her was blessed above the husband whose millions could not purchase one glimpse of the high noor of love.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-12
NEW HAvENsC CONN. FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 12 1891
Hr1, @nntIs.

Mcintyre,
 MagQlG. < to. In looking for Bargains note the following seven lots at. just half the price asked one month ago: 100 dozen Ladies' Imported Colored Bor- dered Hemstitched Handkerchiefs, never retailed under 10c, usually at 1eic,
 Price for 25c. A few more pieces left 27 inch Hamburg Hemstitched Flounces, the 50e quality,
 At 2se yard. 38 pieces 45 inch $1 and $1.25 Swiss Hemstitched Flounces will be sold this week At 69c yard. We offer one case Printed Challies in French designs, copied from the all wool 12ic, Price 5c a yard.
 A Rare Chance.
 One case French Sateens in choice fig ures, light and dark effects, comprising Koechlin's best goods and other famous makes, always retailed at 25 to 373c,
 Our price only 10c yard. 24 pairs Scotch Lace Curtains, Brussels effect, $4.5O quality, At $2.75 pair. 1G pieces 50 inch Furniture Coverings, new colorings, At 55c yard. Dress Goods. at half the original price. Buy while the good styles last
 One case 40 inch all wool Checked Suit ings, marked down from 65c to 39c yard AS pieces Scotch Ginghams, 33 inches wide, in new designs, actually worth 379c,
 Price 25c yard. One case Wool Plaids and Stripes, 36 inches wide, At 19e a yard. Full line Black Nuns Yelling from soc to $1.25 a yard.
 100 dozen Mems Fancy Striped Half Hose, full regular made, the greatest value ever shown in this city, 3 pairs for 25c. Our s1 Foster Hook Kid Gloves
 At only 75c pair. 25 dozen Ladies' Fancy Stripe Vests, in pink, blue, black and white, rare bar gain, At 124c. 38 dozen Ladies' Black French Lisle Hose, actually bargain at soc, @ Price aSc pair. A bargain in Parasols and Fancy Shades
 At $2.25. 25 dozen Ladies' Percale Shirt Waists, in choice designs, will be sold this week
 At soc each.
 Cloak Room.
 10 dozen Ladies' Shirt Waists, plaited front and back, a bargain, At 75c. 15 dozen Ladies' Laundered Shirt Waists, in plain, white and colors, marked down to $1 each.
 Ladies' Shirt Waits, sateen nicely made, black grounds, with stripes and figures,
 At $1.25 each. Ladies' and Misses Summer Blazers, in stripes, cream, etc., etc.. good value, at $4.5O, $5 and $5. 50 each. W Return railroad fare paid to all out of town customers who buy $10 Cor over) worth of ooods r..--
Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-12
oA SnaiI,s Pace.

IFrOn lHe iSt- L0uls fepuDHc.I
 GA snaiPs pace" need not be used any longer as term more or less indefinite By an interesting experiment at the Flor ence Polytechnic institute the pace was as oertainsd exactly and reduced to figures which may now be used by persons who favor the use of exact terms. A half dozen of the mollusks were permitted to crawl between two points ten feet apart, and from this the average pace was aseertained. In working the calculation into feet, yards, rods, furlongs and miles it was found thai it would take snail exactly fourteen days to crawl mile.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-12

- Occasionally man is found who knows how to do his duty. One was seen on a Detroit street car recently. He had a let ter written by his wife stuck in his hat band so as to have sure thing on mail ing it.
 The reduction of postage between India and England is thus announced by Kulu Branch postmaster: "Sir, Europe postage, she is degraded, she is two annas six pie, registration fee she stands two annas, she intact"
 A Boston physician of repute has pre- dicted that this is going to be the greatest year for babies that the world ever saw. He doesn't say how he knows, but he ap- pears to think that he does know. Count lem, as the minstrel manager says.
 Mrs. Rosetta R. Hostetter, of Pittsburg, is one of the five richest women in Amer ica. She is the widow of the manufacturer of the celebrated bitters and enjoys an in come larger than that of most crowned heads. She travels great deal and is ac- companied only by maid and secretary who assists her in taking care of the $20,- GOO, 900 her husband left --
 The famous "Holy Coat of Treves," /" which thousands of good Catholics believe once belonged to Christ. will be exhibited in Treves this fall. Since 1S44 it has been kept in the treasure house of the cathedral and has been visible only to the priests and visitors of distinction. In that year moro than 1 1,0O0, 900 people made pilgrim ages to Treves to visit the relic. In these days of railroads and excursions it is be- heved that the pilgrims will exceed that number.
 The successful experiments which have been made abroad with dogs as military messengers have caused German authori- ties to employ them in yet another capaci- ty on the field of glory. There are, at the present moment, number of shepherds dogs in training for finding the wounded on the battlefield, as formerly the St. Der nards were trained to find the frozen wan, derers on the lonely paths of the St. Go thsrd. The regiment of lancers stationed at Huelben possesses g dozen of thes' shaggy coated members of the ambulance
 corps, which have been taught to hunt ul
 any soldier hidden in the woods and field
 in the neighborhood of the garrison. Ol
 finding soldier they run back and bar
 till the ambulance wagon arrives. T The1economic crisis in Mexico is prt
 dicted by Rev. Isaac Boyce of Saltillo. MI
 Boyce says that the vast investment dul ling recent years by forsign cspitalists ]
Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-12

The reduction of postage between India and England is thus announced by Kulu Branch postmaster: "Sir, Europe postage, she is degraded, she is two annas six pie, registration fee she stands two annas, she 3~k
Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-12
EDITORIAL NOTES.

- Occasionally man is found who knows how to do his duty. One was seen on Detroit street car recently. He had a let ter written by his wife stuck in his hat band so as to have a sure thing on mail ing it.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-12
81fsceI1 I1amenms.

A Practical Mechanical Tele-
 phone Without Electricity.
 a- For Private Lines and Business Purposes. THE Sunderland Telephone is not a toy instru- ] ment, neither is it a substitute for the public electric telephone. It occupies an unrivaled field between the two, and supplies a want the latter does not fill. Private lines growing necessity. This telephone reproduces the tone of the voice with natural, clear and distinct ar ticulation, vastly superior to the electric tele- phone.
 ITS SPECIAL USE IS TO CONNECT Main office in factories with distant rooms or floors.
 Physicians office with coachman.
 Coal or lumber yards with dock CT main of11ce. Cottages with hotels at summer resorts. Separate buildings in manufactures. Different departments of large dry goods houses.
 Warehouse with office.
 Cases could be multiplied where for instant and independent communication it's use would be invaluable
 Lines sold and guaranteed. All orders by mail promptly attended to. Send for circulars. Ad- dress all orders to
Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-12
Notice.

We cannot accept anonymous or return reject- ed commmnications. h sll cases the name of the writer will be required, not for publication, but sa guarantee Of good faith.
 Situations, Wants, Rents and other small ad- vertsements One Cent . Word each inser. eion. Five cents Q word for @ full week (seven times). - -
 Display Advertisements-One square (one hch), one insertion, 30; each subsequent in- sertion 40 cents; one week $3-eo; one month $10.
 Obituary notices, in prose or verse, IS cents per line. Notices of Births, Marriages, Deaths and Funerals, as cents each. Local notices % cents per line
 Yearly advertisers are limited to their own immediate business Gall matter to be unob1ec- donablel, and their contracts do not include Wants, To Let, For Bale, etc..
 Yearly advertisements at the following rates: One square, one year, $40; two squares, one year, $70; three squares, one year, $100.
 Special rates furnished on application for con- large space.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-12

A Boston physician of repute has pre- dicted that this is going to be the greatest year for babies that the world ever saw. He doesn't say how he knows, but he ap. pears to think that he does know. Count
Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-12

THE WEEKLY JOURNAL
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Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-12
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The Oldest Daily Paper ]
 ished in Connecticut.
The Wahpeton times., 1891-10-08
"The Ruling Passion" Etc.

Two well-known millionaires, who
have retired from the wholesale cloth
ing business, and employ their elegant
leisure in collecting their rents, were
walking together one afternoon along
Fillmore street, between California
and Sacramento, discussing the reluct-
ance of tenants to pay up, and their
manin for demanding expensive re-
pairs, when one of the pair stopped
suddenly, stopped, and gazed fixedly
through the sunlit space between two
of the planks of the wooden sidewalk.
The other stopped also. The beams
OF the god of day were illuminating
the glittering surface of a coin. Both
were intensely excited.
"Is it a fver?" one whispered breath
lessly. i,
"No, it's only a nickle.' gs
"Well," said the first, Idon't care
for the money; it's the principle of
the thing" And he seized the end OF
the plank at the curb. The other join
ed him. Their united strength ripped
up the board, and the discoverer of
the nickle grabbed it. "If I was a,
poor man." he remarked, turning the
com over and over, "I'd keep it be-
cause saw it first. Butsth money is.
nothing to me. Let's go and havesa
drink. a$tSi,
And entering q neighbofing grocery.
the nickle was squandered on one
large glass pf steam beer, which they.
divided with the utmost faripesg -,
San Francisco News Lstter. .qss,s 7, 4! 4:
The Wahpeton times., 1891-10-08
carlyle's Sense Of Humor.

With Carlyle, as with all persons OF
his temperament, the disposition to
lay the words on strong is half sport
ful, and under the gravest over-state-
ment lies a humorous intent. He has
no thought OF being taken literally.
He means much always, but he often
means much less than he says. and he
trusts to the readers sense of humor
to make the due deduction. If the
reader chances not to have u sense OF
humor, sad misunderstanding arise;
but if he have it, he comes to greatly
relish the tasks that Carlyle demands
Of it.-Scribner.
The Wahpeton times., 1891-10-08
A Splendid Herd Of Elk.

Reader, what would you have given
to have seen, as have, band of two
hundred and fifty bull-elk all collected
together on a beautiful piece of green
grassy turf at an elevation of nine
thousand feet? Here was q sight to
make mans nerves tingle. This was
he largest band of bulls, by actual
count, that have ever seen, though
my cousin and partner once saw, in
the fall OF the year, including bulls,
cows, and calves, fifteen hundred.
This was on the memorable occasion
when the only elk ever killed by any
OF my men gave up his life, and we
have all concluded that this particu-
lar elk, was frightened to death, for
though three men shot at him and
each was confident he hit him, they
always asserted afterward that no
bullet mark could be found on him.