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Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-19
UNCERTAIN.

First Hod Carrier-What did the walkin' diligate fine ye for, Mike?
 Second Ditto-Fur comin' down the lad der two rounds at time.
 Bishop Gullem-So you think heaven is like Boston, do yous
 Mrs. B. (from the Hub)-Oh, of course not exactly don't expect too much Life.
 She-Oh, yesl I quite believe there's @ simpleton in every family. Don't yous
 Hs-Well-er-my opinions rather biased You see I'm the only member of our family. Boston Budget.
 "That man Slosher is getting to be a terrible drinker," said Drosher. "What makes you think sol" inquired Brosher. "Why, every place go into after drink, I find him there. ."-Bradford Era. She-An unfortunate alliance, that of Miss QuicHy's, wasn't its -..s.
 He-Maybe, but he was just her kind,
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pany. Each has waited for the land to rise on its hands and each has waited in vain.
 The contest between the history of Block Island companies and that of the Watch Hill company is stiking and instructive There each member of the syndicate agreed to build and did build. Roads and paths were laid out all about connecting their residences and beyond. The res ult was that when last year the residue of the property was sold at auction it brought such prices that over one hundred per cent. was cleared on the original invest ment and each member of the original syndicate has his plot in addition without its costing him a cent. That the same thing might be done hundred times over on this island will be evident to anyone who looks into the matter It is certain to be done one of these days. But who of this generation will be alive to enjoy iti The highest reach of the barometer during the late heated term was eighty-six de- grees. But one point higher has been occurred on the September day years ago known as the yellow day. When the thermometer marked eighty-two degrees here it marked ninety-three degrees in Newport, ninety-eight degrees in New r London and at ninety-seven degrees in New Haven. This has been the ratio of difference for the last ten years, placing Block Island ahead of all the shore places on the Atlantic coast. There must be an atmospheric stratum of torpor in which the island is imbedded, for with such &C., tualities and such possibilities it seems otherwise impossible to account for the absence of enterprise from its history Its neglected and crumbling wharves and its ever half finished breakwatar show that even Uncle Sam becomes soporifc when within its waters; while the abominsble and insufficient means of communication with neighboring states show that they too share the fated somnolence. The contem- plation of these mournful facts is enough to knock all fun and enjoyment out of visit. As to who are here you must con- suit other records. Four-ffths of them are from the west, and at least one-third from that particular western city, which, to judge by the specimens furnished, shows no desire or ability to adopt the ways and manners of eastern polite life, while its own ways and manners may not with impunity be adequately described ex- cept at & safe distance. A foundation of bison; a superstructure of burro and top dressing of pig form combination of which the activities should not be excited near by. They go and they come, but the incomers are precisely like the outgosrs stand-bys very few are left They have lost hope and gone away seeking for fellow men and women with whom to have pleas ant converse. The oddity of the place charms for season, but when the charm has worn you fly away unless you be invs- lid or enthusiastic fisherman.
 FERNANDEZ.
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No. i9S

village, the woman must make use of the saddle. This necessity of the country, where the roads are bad, becomes the hsb- it of the city, where the roads gre better The southerner has been in the saddle con stantly for many generations, and to-day boys..and girls alike ride the colts in past ure, with only a stick to guide them. In the north these conditions and habits ceased long ago. Riding is mere fashion of very recent origin, though it has &C., quired such an impetus that it may have come to stay.
 The southern seat is practically the same as the true military seat; and except that the bridle hand is wont to be held 6 trihe too high, which is habit caught from the high pommel or roll of blankets or other baggage in front of the soldier, this seat, when not exaggerated, Is, all things con sidered, the best for road riding, and pre- hsps would enable man to do & greater number of things in the saddle than any other one style. And though the English pigskin is perhaps heater and more avail able rig, the southerner is, in gaits and style and knowledge of road work, by far the best model for us to copy, as his saddle-beast is the best for us to buy.
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ornaments amounts to 9350, ,000, ,000. A competent authority calculates that fin Amritsar City alone there are jewels to the value of e2,000, ,000." As regards some other districts the figures that have been furnished are not less astonishing. The miserable waste of Montgomery is esti- mated to possess about 50 lakhs in orna- ments. The hilisides and valleys of Ku1u are put at 34 lakhs. In Jhulem two-ffths of the wealth of the district is said to be vested in property of this nature, and in Kohat, 'probably one of the poorest dis tricts of the province in this respect, the estimate is taken at 800 rupees for each Hindoo family and ten rupees for each Mussulman family, and lakh in aggre- gate for the Nawab and other Baises, making a total for the district of 75 lakhs. <" A lakh is worth about e7 1000.
 The Novoye Vremya is much pleased vised against the Jews. In order to rise the especial taxes which are imposed upon them and the means to provide for their poor brethren who are expelled from the interior, the Jews of the towns where they are allowed to live hold meetings for the purpose of taxing themselves each accord ing to his means. They elect their officers and employees to dispense the funds which they raise in this manner. The Ministry of the Interior has now issued an order that such Jewish meetings should be held under the supervision and control of the Government officials, and that the money collected or subscribed at these gatherings should be deposited in the general com munal treasuries of the respective towns and distributed according to consideration of the communal assemblies. "The Jews shall not be allowed to hold any meetings or to collect or spend any money for social purposes without the approval and super vision of the Government agents, except ing in matter that concern exclusively and directly their religious rites."
 Those who have heard Marguerite sung enough may be interested in the fact that an intimate friend of c. A. White says that the song Marguerite" came to be written in this wise White had been very ill, and the first day he could sit up he was wheeled out of his bedroom. Dur ing his illness his wife had had the rooms outside repainted. "Where is my old mahogany" White asked. "My dear" said his wife, t1 had it painted white so that the room would look more cheerful" /" It was a bright afternoon and they wheeled the invalid over near the repainted wainscoting. When they had left him to himself and the sunshine, he began to pick the white off in the hopes of getting down to his favorite color. His nail had grown long during his illness, and he soon found that it cut like @ knife. As he picked away the plaintive notes of ''Mar- guerite' began dimly to make themselves heard in his brain. He ceased digging for the mahogany and with his nail scratched the notes as fast as they came to him. When his wife returned the skeleton of Marguerite" was on the wainscoting.
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THE WEEKLY JOURNAL
 IS PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING. One Dollar per Year, Gin Advance ! Single Copies cents.
THE BURGLARS, TRUST,

ID U ID VI AAxAS> OSxa The latest trust is the Burglars trust Its formation and methods were exposed In Milwaukee, where one of it's members was arrested on suspicion. 1t appears that the first Burglars trust was formed in New York city by confidence man nearly year ago. He got about twenty-five men together and with capital stock of 1000 he mapped out route, sent scouts or travelling lookouts ahead and furnished transportation for the men. The syndicate
 was made up of burglars, safe breakers,
 bank sneaks, pickpockets, balcony men, etc. The plan of work was for the men to
 jump into city or town at night, ply their vocation and then move on to the next place. In large cities they played 8 week. 8 engagement.
 This is applying a great commercial principle with a vengeance. But this ap- plication of it isn't safe. Those who try it are almost sure to get into prison as a result of carrying on their business. Their method of doing business is too harsh. The other trusts don't break into mems houses and steal. Neither do they knock men down in the street and rob them. Oh no! They wait till man wants to buy something. They know that he will buy
 and they can wait. They use their time
 and effort in getting into their own hands the making and the selling of what must be bought. Then when a man comes to buy they don't knock him down and rob him. Oh mol They mildly and courteous ly inform him that he must buy at their price and that he can't help himself. He finds out that this is true and buys
 The Burglars trust must change it's business methods if it hopes to succeed.
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ssyvhat Lovely Big Ears"
From the Louisville Post.


 Among the tribes of Borneo the men and women wear very little clothing. The former always carry the arms. They are very warlike and always ready to pick a quarrel, especially when intoxicated by a beverage which they manufacture from the root of peculiar tree.
 They have a custom like that of the American Indian. They always preserve the head of their victim as trophy. Hence the name head hunters" As many as fifty human skulls often hang from natives roof.
 The Dyak tribe women have a liking for particular marks. They consider it 8 great addition to one's beauty to have the lobe of the ear touch the shoulder. They pierce the ear and attach heavy weights to hold it down. The weight is gradually increased. Should the ear break no great, CT misfortune could happen.
 They believe that 6 great spirit exists in the different kinds of birds that abound | on the island. The Dyaks have certain code of traditional laws, according tc which all crimes are punished and theiI various disputes settled. Punishments are usually paid by fines in the form oi plates, jars and similar articles. They have craze for old jars and pay immense sums of money for them.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-19

You said, you know, that she wanted a husband bad, and she certainly got it, Yonkers Gazette.
 We mentioned last week the fact of a large shipment of New England rum (a ship load) from Boston to Africa. It is passing strange that the American cutlery manufacturers have neglected this immense field for the sale of razors.-New Britain Herald.
 Clara-Charlie Jackson prefers blonde girls.
 Laura-Indeedl am quite brunette, you know, and he is always very atten- tive to me.
 Glara-Probably because your income is fair-Munsey's Weekly.
 Little Carrie is very fond of going to entertainments. Her mother had been reading aloud notices of different kinds, and turning the paper over, said: 'The Russian plague is coming" Carrie hopped up and down and exclaimed: Mamma, let me go, let me gol"-Youth's Compan- ion.
 "You say you are ambitious to be presi- dent, eha Well, Pat, it's hopeless. The constitution requires that you shall be born in this country before you are eli gible"
 "Ah, the constitution Phwat's thata Me fr'inds in Washingtonn fix tn consti- tuition. n."-Puck.
 She-It is useless to urge me to marry you. When I say no mean no. He Alwaysl She-Invariably. He-And can nothing change your determination when you once make up your mindi She Absolutely nothing. "Well, l wouldn't care to marry a woman like that, anyhow. New York Weekly.
 A Yale college student, being hard up, wrote to his father in New York:
 "Send me hundred dollars by re- turn mail. He who gives quickly gives double"
 The old gentleman replied by the next mail, inclosing $50, with the remark that as he had responded promptly, the $50 in closed were equivalent to the desired s1OO. Texas Siftings.
 "The accident, madam" said the young surgeon, encouragingly, as he made his preparations to sew up the wound in the lip the infant had received by falling down stairway, twill leave a scar, of course, but twenty years from now, when the lit tie fellow has grown to be man and raised moustache, it won't show a bit" .sIt isn't baby of that kind, doctor," replied the anxious but entirely self-possessed mother -Chicapo Tribune
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New Mountain Railroad.

lI>ondon llnaes EseEalaAW GoEEettoE1eBCeH
 The new mountain railway, which has been in course of construction for the past two years, between yiege and Ter matt, was formally inaugurated to-day, when the first train, containing the direc- tors of the new company and about one hundred other persons, went over the line. It leaves the main line of the Jurs Simp- lon, which runs up the Rhone Valley from Geneva and Lausanne to Brieg, at Viege, and goes thence through Stalden and St. Nicholas to Zermstt, thus bringing tour ists into the very heart of the Alps and to the foot of the Matterhorn. The difficult ties encountered en route were exceedingly great, and the railway altogether is a mar vicious piece of engineering skill upon the part of NJ. Stookalpe, who took part in the construction of the St. GOthard rail
 way. Hitherto passengers have only been taken as far as St Nicholas. The formal authorization of the Federal railway de pertinent is now only required to open the whole route This will probably be grant ed within the next fortnight. The new
 railway will bring withing easy reach one
 of the widest and most picturesque dis tricts of Switzerland, the journey from the Simplon railway at Niege to Zermati | occupying but three hours, instead of nine or ten as formerly
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4r1J Goods.
Howe & StetSOD.
 ODDS AND ENDS.

We are bound to close out odds and ends before inven- tory, August 28. We submit a few values
 s dozen Ladies' Ribbed Vests at SC each.
 Odd lots Ladies' Fancy Hose (about 20 dozens) in full reg ular goods, at 12Hc per pair, usual 25c goods.
 Ladies Black Silk Plated Hose, .35c per pair, our regu- lar soc quality.
 54 pairs Drab Corsets, all in IS size, at 25c per pair bal ance left from best 75c corset.
 A line of White Nainsook Cheeks at LOG per yard, re- duced from MC.
 IS inch all linen Brown Crash o4c yard, 20 inch do. Sc yard /; just 34 our usual price.
 Lot of No. I Ribbons at Sc a piece of 10 yards.
 Black Embroidered Hem- stitched FIounces, 45 in. wide, 3Sc, 45c, soc and Goo per yd :; reduced from 75c, goo, $I.oo and $1.25.
 White Embroidered Lawn Ties SC and 1oc each, marked down from 2Hc and 25c.
 All Linen Embroidered Handkerchiefs, subject to man. ufacturers' imperfections, 4 for 25c; perfect goods, worth from 25 to soc each.
 Ladies Silk Waists at $2.5o, $3.75, $500; former prices were $3.8o, $65o and $7.5o.
 All wool Printed French Challies, 32c per yard, reduced from Goo.
 Best quality Gents Scotch Cheviot Negligee Shirts oSc each, marked down from $1.5o.
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Horsemanship at the south.

[Coionel T. A. Dodge in Harper's MAgaZtns.l
 It will be accepted as truism that the man or people that does any given thing the most constantly will be apt to excel in that one thing. Apply this to the riding of the southerners. Now the climate and soil, the thicker population, and more in dustrious habits of the eastern and middle states produced excellent roads at much earlier period than in the south. In fact, there are few places in the south to-day where the roads can be called tolerable. Good roads are wont to be followed by wheeled transportation; poor roads force peaple to cling to the saddle. When the northern farmer goes to the nearest town he drives, because the roads are good, and he can carry his stuff to better advantage; the southsrner rides, because the roads for a great part of the year are impossible to wheels. This breeds the universal habit of horseback work The same thing ap- plies to woman. To visit their neighbors, go to church or shopping in the nearest
Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-19
A LESSON TO CORNERERS.

The recenr boom in wheat lends interest to story that is told concerning the dis aster which overlook some men who tried to put wheat too high last year. Two mil lion bushels of wheat have recently been sent out of Minneapolis and it is related that this wheat is being sent out of the country by Pillsbury, and every bushel of it represents loss of twenty cents to the big English syndicate running the Minne- apolis mills. Last fall MT. Pillsbury was a persistent bull and was loud exponent of $2 wheat and $10 flour. In this way he loaded up with great quantity of grain at prices ranging from s1.10 to S1.1 bushel, and has carried good share of the year as high as 40,000,OO0 bushels Since then wheat has gone off pretty steadily, and a short time ago the Mime apolis syndicate found itself with enough wheat to make million barrels of flour right on the eve of the biggest wheat crop the United States has ever seen, and with the stuff worth about 90 cents, or less a bushel, some of this wheat had to be got oue oA GAo way I1odCo uLo SulpLuSuG ol 2,00O,0 900 bushels.
 A similar fate has overtaken nearly il not quite all those who have attempted ts corner wheat And it is very pertinently ! asked, would Farmers alliance syndicate
 have any better luck than the other syndi l cates have hada Is it likely that the man
 agers of this syndicate are any better able to forecast the future and succeed in
 wheat corner than MT. Pillsbury or any other operator or operators on larg'
 scalei How could the farmers syndicat,
 hope to succeed in speculation wher'
 "the big English syndicate running thu
 Minneapolis mills" fails9 These are ques
 tions which may well engage the prayerfu consideration of the members and mana gers of the alliance. The truth is that i
 they should really attempt to run a corne
 in wheat they would be whipped befor
 they began.
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Peculiar To Itself

It will cure, when in the power Of medicine' Scrofula, Salt Rheum. Blood Poisomng' Generous and all other Humors, Malaria Dyspepsia, Biliousness, SICK heaoaene, Catarrh, Rheumatism, and all dlnicniuies with the Liver and Kidneys.
 It oyercomes That Tired Feeling, Creates an Appetite, and gives great mental, nerve, bodily, and digestive strength.
 Hoods Sarsaparilla is sold by all druggists. s1; six for s5. Prepared only by c. I. Hood & Co, Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. NIB. Ifyou decide to take Hoods Sarsapa- rilla do not be induced to buy any other.
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CAUTION.

The greatest care should be taken in preparing medicine for the sick. It has been taken in the distillation of the articles known Es O. O. Taylor Old Bourbon CT 0. O. Taylor Pure Rye, bottled by c. H. Graves & Sons, and for sale by all lead ing Druggists and Grocers. Physicians can safely prescribe them c. H. GRAVES & SONS, sole prppristork Boston, MAsss
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4r1y 6unds.

Mcintyre, MaggQire
 :& CO. AUGUST PIcKIMes
 BELOW COST. DRY GOODS,
 KITCHEN FURNISHINGS. India Pongees, the best styles sold this Old isRa price, NeT sla price, Best quality Outing Flannels, choice Old price, New price, 123c. Sc. 200 Fancy Chenille Door Mats, good styles, Old price, New price, 4Sc. only 29c. 100 White Crochet Bedspreads, Old ps1iice, psi NeW oop price, 9 cases Langdon Bleached Cotton in short Old io price, New price, pieces "A inch Black Faille Francaise, Old price, New price, $1.373. $1.0O. All remnants of dress goods, Old price, Hundred cents on the $.
 New price.
 About soc on the 5. 15O Ladies' Scissors,
 Old 5op price, New zl price, Ladies' Curling Irons, patent filters, Old price, New price, 13c. 5c. Tray Cloths, Splashers and Stand Covers,
 stamped, Old price, New price, 45c. 25c. Ladies' H. s. Initial Silk Handkerchiefs,
 beautiful quality, Old price, New price, &C., 25c. Gents inch H. s. Initial Handkerchiefs,
 white,
 Old price, New price, 18c. 124c. Lace Caps, all styles,
 Old price, New price, S2.0O. soc. Full line all wool 37 inch Suitings, Old price, New price, soc. 39c. New assortment of Fall novelties in Knick- erbocker and Homespun effects, Value, Price, 75c 50c 50 dozen Mems Tecks and Four in Hands,
 latest designs, Value, Price, 75c. 50e. 62 dozen Mems Tecks, choice styles, Value, Price, soc. 25c 100 Gloria Umbrellas, with natural and
 silver handles, Value, Price, $1.624. $1.25.
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 We cannot accept anonymous or return reject ed communications. In all cases the name Of the writer will be required, not for publication, but sa guarantee of good faith.
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 Display Advertisements square (one inch), one insertion, $1 20; each subsequent in- sertfon 40 cents; one week $3.20; one month $10. Obituary notices, in prose or verse, 15 cents per line. Notices of Births, Marriages, Deaths and Funerals, 25 cents eash Local notices % Yearly advertisers are limited to their own immediate business Gall matter to be unobjec- ionable), and their contracts do not include Wants, To Let, For Sale, etc.
 Yearly advertisements at the following rates: year, $70; three squares one year, $1o6. O'' Special rates furnished on application for con tracts covering considerable length of time or large space.
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Hoods SarsaparilIa

Is a concentrated extract of Sarsaparilla, Yellow Dock. Pipsissewa, Juniper Berries, Mandrake, Dandelion, and other valuable vegetable remedies, every ingredient being strictly pure, and the best of its kind it is possible to buy.
 It is prepared by thoroughly competent phar- macIsts, in the most careful manner, by peculiar Combination, Proportion and Process, giving to it curative power