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Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-08
THE WEEKLY JOURNAL
 IS PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING. One Dollar per Year. Gin Advance Single Copies cents.
BICYCLE DAY,


 Yesterday was bicycle Sunday and to- day will be bicycle Monday, if it doesn't rain too hard. These meetings of the bicyclers show an increase in numbers and enthusiasm each year. The bicycle is rapidly growing in popularity. It is but a few years ago since the velocipede made it's appearance and awkwardly served it's purpose. Since then there have been great changes and bicycling has passed through various stages of dan ger and development until the climax ap- pears to have been reached in the swift running, easy-working and reasonably safe Safety" machines. Old men and young men and young women now ride, and they enjoy it and grow healthier by it. It is little singular that tho doctors haven't discovered more diseases caused by bicycling, but perhaps they will make up for the omission by and by.
 We hope the meeting to-day will be a great success, and that the riders from out of town will enjoy their stay and their riding in this city. They will be eagerly looked at by thousands interested in their art
Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-08
THE HEADsMAN

His Methods as Exemplified in the Beheading of the Murderer Schni- edicke.
 From the Philadelphia Times.I The public .executioner of Berlin is a curious functionary. I made his acquain- tance short time ago, when he visited me in order to get some facts about the first American electrical execution. He then promised to invite me to be present when next he was called upon to take criminals life In accordance with this promise he | ing early last month requesting me to call at once at the Plotzensee prison, as pris- oner named Karl Schmiedicke was to be beheaded at o'clock precisely that same day.
 This is the ingenious way in which the | German officials seek to deceive the Argus eyed representatives of the press. When it is decreed by the unwillingness of the Kaiser to grant pardon that a convicted 1 felon must die, the local journals are in yariably led to believe by the bland off cials that the victim will be handed over | to the headsman at distant date. Not un- l til the morning of the execution is a word whispered as to the preparations, and then these journals are suddenly informed that the prisoner is about to die and permission is given to them to send reporter forth with. In nine cases out of ten these inti- nations come too late to be of any value to newspaper men. This, of course, is hates everything in the nature of publicity, and always likes to keep the reporter at arms length.
 On my arrival at the jail I discovered that the time-honored trick had worked as successfully as usual. In the courtyard of the prison, which served as the place of execution, I found about fifty people wait ing who were evidently on the same er- rand as myself. Among these were only three newspaper men, the little official trick shutting off the rest There were al- so present in addition to half dozen armed warders, the states attorney and his sec retaries, the judge and the jury who con- ducted the trial of Schmiedicke, represen- tative of the municipality of Berlin, and also representative burgess of the village of Motzen, the scene of the crime
 There has been no doubt of the guilt of the murderer, for Schmiedicke was clearly convicted of having slaughtered whole family in order to rob his victims of z paltry sum of twenty marks. The crime mortified everybody, and the felon's owr wife, with whom up to that time he had lived on comparatively good terms, wa. the first to turn against him, and by hel evidence shatter to pieces his clumsy alibi Everybody present at the execution wa handed paper clearly setting forth tn , facts of the crime and the penalty. , At five minutes to eight o'clock tn state's attorney directed everybody t stand or sit at the exact position regarde
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COMMUNICATIONS.
KesDect the Aged.

To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 Often, on pleasant day, an old man, shuffling and feeble, may be seen wander ing aimlessly up and down one of our city streets. He has passed the Clean and slip per'd" age, and has reached the ''last scene of all" second childishness.
 Sometimes, when the day is wet, with an umbrella held in his shaking hand or tucked away under his arm, he shuffies feebly by. Then for days miss the un- certain footstep, and think never again will it be heard, when suddenly he reap pears and resumes his monotonous walk.
 He seems to be kind and gentle, making friends with all the small children he meets standing still for minutes at time to watch a beautiful baby or to speak to little child. He pets all the dogs he sees, and even makes friends with the horses, whom he caresses as they stand at the hitching- posts.
 A few days ago an ice-cart stopped be- fore a house in the neighborhood. In the cart were two great stalwart fellows, who, springing nimbly out, were soon busily engaged in weighing and brushing and chipping off the uneven edges of the pure crystal block suspended from the scales at the rear when the old man passed. With the curiosity of a child he stopped, and, with feet wide apart to steady his tottering 1 frame, he watched them at their work. Looking up, the taller of the two, who | seemed to be chief spokesman, accosted him thus: "Why, hello, old man! you alive yita' "T am alive yet," was the softly spoken, pleasant reply. "Well, | that's strange" responded the man. 'I l thought you'se hung at the Jail long ago;" | and more talk followed-of & like nature probably, which did not hear, but which seemed to please them both immensely, as indeed, it also appeared to please the ob- l ject of their pleasantries. Then with one hand on the shoulder of the feeble old l man, as if to support himself, he leaped l the meantime.
 No doubt they thought this rare fun. Indeed, do not think they meant to be malicious, but it was pure thoughtlessness. Had they stopped to consider that they, too, might live to be helpless and old doubtless they would have seen that their wit was ill-timed and misplaced.
 Once they would not have dared to speak to him in such manner; for he was a stern and imperious man-a terror to evil doers.
 Old age should be sacred Gray hairs
 and trembling limbs ought to command
 our pity and respect Life, for the aged
 must soon be over; therefore their frail
 ties and infrmities should meet with oul
 ready sympathy. The swiftly-rolline
 years-if we live-may bring us to state
 of senile dementia, and we. too, may wan
 der helplessly and hopelessly through oul
 streets, 'ssans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste
 sans-everything. RACHEL ROGERS.
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made over his s20, 900 to the other, and e satisfied the will

There lately arrived at Memel, seaport town of Prussia, bent, white haired and careworn man whose coming produced Q sensation such as could not have been made by the appearance of any other iv- ing person. He was Gustav Gebhardt, who forty years ago was butcher in Memel, and was accused of having com mitted double murder and was condemn ed to death. On the morning set for the execution his cell was found empty, and he never could be tracked After some years respectable citizen, when on the point of death, confessed te his pastor that he was the murderer, and therefore that Gebhardt was innocent. Advertisements of this news were inserted in all the na- tive and foreign papers, summoning Geb- hardt to return to Memel, but nothing was heard of him. At last, However, the facts reached his ear, and he came back to his home.
 There are only four eggs of the great aux now in this country" says an oologist, ':and they are valued at $500 each. It seems odd to think of bird becoming ex- tinct, but no one has seen a Labrador duck, either, since 1856. There are but five mounted specimens in existence, and none of theeggs are in existence. Kirt- lands warbler is another bisd that is rare. Until recently but seven had been captured and these were all found in a region near Cleveland, Ohio, less than mile square. Specimens were worth $100 piece. But little while ago naturalist who chanced to visit the Bahama Islands came upon a colony of the birds, and knowing what a mine he had struck, shot about twenty and brought them to this country. When he began to unload, the story came out and the market sagged, so that now you can get a Kirkland for $5 or $6. The Con necticut warbler is another bird of interest to oologists, because no one has yet seen it's eggs. It passes up the Mississippi river in the early spring and probably mates far in the interior of British North America, and goes south in the fall by the way of the Atlantic seaboard. If anyone can find the nest of this little fellow with four eggs in it, it will be $200 in his pocket"
Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-08
4r1y 6unds.
Mclntyre,
 Mcguire & 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 123e, Price for 25c.
 A few more pieces left 27 inch Hamburg Hemstitched Flounces, the 50c quality, At 25c a yard. 39 pieces 45 inch $1 and s1 .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
 imported material, and made to retail at 123c, Price 5c 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, $450 quality, At $2.75 pair. 10 pieces 50 inch Furniture Coverings,
 new colorings, At 55c yard. Dress Goods. Choice assortment of Combination Suits 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 373c, Price 25c yard. One case Wool Plaids and Stripes, 36 inches wide, At 19c a yard.
 Full line Black Nuns Yelling from soc
 to $1.25 yard.
 100 dozen Mems Fancy Striped Half Hose, full regular made, the greatest value
 ever shown in this city, 3 pairs for 25c. Our $l Foster Hook Kid Gloves At only 75c pair. 20 dozen Ladies' Fancy Stripe Vests, in
 pink, blue, black and white, a rare bar gain, At 124c. 3S dozen Ladies' Black French Lisle
 Hose, actually bargain at soc, Price 33c pair A bargain in. Parasols and Fancy Shades At s2.25. 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 S1 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 l $4 50, $5 and s550 each. 1 GY- Return railroad fare paid to all out l of town customers who buy $10 Cor over) worth of goods.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-08
9n11rmaI aud Gu1rier

Notice.
 We cannot accept anonymous or return reject. cd communications In all cases the name of the writer will be required, not for publication, but s guarantee of good faith.
 Situations, Wants, Rents and other small sd- verusements One Cent a Word each inser- ton. Five cents word for full week (seven nmes). Display .Advertisements square Gone tnch), one insertion, $120; each subsequent in-
 Obituary notices, in prose or verse, 15 cents per line. Notices of Births, Marriages, Deaths and Funerals, 25 cents each. Local notices % cents per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to their own immediate business Gall matter to be unobjec- donable), and their contracts do not include Wants, To Let, For Sale, etc.
 Yearly advertisements at the following rates: One square, one year, $40; two squares, one
 Special rates furnished on application for con- tracts covering considerable length of time or . large space.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-08
ELECTRIC LUSTRE STARCH.

The genuine is always ia Blue Paekages, ias eseh- BEwkKH or LIMITATIONS. For sAlo ey Gu grocers-
 The Electric lust-c Starch stands peerless among Starches used for Laundry purposes. Itnakes thrs4 collars and cuffs look Ike new. No other sr1reh docs the same work or produces ths same rcsaitk"- tFrum New England Grocer.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-08
HONESTY

Is the best policy, and old and well worR maxim, but if the headline serveS to call your at- tention to the fact that the c. O. Taylor Whis- keys are honest in purity, natural flavor and old age. and the truth that multitude of Druggists and Grocers in this country sell these whisErys, our purpose Is partially accomplished. Be bon est to yourselves and buy these whiskeys when you need them Chester H. Graves & Sons firm name covers the cork in each bottle Unbra nd ed cases sent on request CHESTER IL GRAVES 6 SONS. Sole Proprietors. Boston. MaRs.
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Woman is making hereself felt every where. Western trainmen complain that the female tramp is rapidly growing nuisance. They are not so daring as the male tramp in jumping off and on trains, but they stow themselves away and hang on in dangerous places that the male tramp would never think of utilizing.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-08

An umbrella can be kept. In the will of the late J. Linton Waters of Salem, Massachusetts, is the following: I give to my cousin, William 0. Waters, my ven- erable umbrella (now in perfect order), with the carved handle bearing silver -"Purchased of the late Stephen Osborne in 1847." I hope the said um- brella may be always kept in good condi- tion.
 Financial affairs in Philadelphia may be said to be complicated. The city treasury has been robbed of about half million dollars belonging to the city, and of about a million belonging to the State. One bank president is in jail and another is fugitive from justice, the city treasurer is in prison, two bank cashiers are under | bonds to answer criminal charges and two l national banks are found to have hypothe- cated false issues of the stocks for loans | There is no telling what further investiga 1 ton will disclose.
 A celebration in which the citizens oi this republic should be interested is te l take place in Switzerland this summer The three cantons of Uri, Schwytz ano Unterwalden are to celebrate their joining in perpetual league in 1291-and that wal the completion of temporary confeder ation made in 1246. To those three can tons the others were gradually joined; Lu cerne in 1882, Zurich in 1851 and slowl. others until they numbered 13, and finall. after two or three centuries g, the Presen number. From this first confederation Switzerland has been practically ire country, and it's people will celebrate thi summer the 600th anniversary of thei declaration of independence.
 A queer case is to come before the Prus sian courts. Some years ago an old mill tary official by the name of Wilson,
 very rich man, died in Schleswig. H was bachelor and pronounced enem of married life Out of his large forum he left O,000 to his housekeeper an $20, 900 to his body servant with the pro
 viso that, should either marry, his legac
 must pass to the other and he lose it.
 few months after the old fellows deat
 the two got married to each other, an
 now the other heirs claim the $40, ,00
 But they claim that on the wedding da..
 in accordance with the condition, eas
Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-08
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Experiments in tea culture are to be made at Los Angeles, California, and the minister to China has been asked to pro. vide the seed.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-08
Sunderland. Me-. TeIenbQ1e Ga..

P. O. Box 513, New Haven, Ct., Or to Company's office, 1855 Middle st., Room
 Portland Maina
Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-08

His Methods as Exemplified in the
 Beheading of the Murderer Schmi-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-30
CHILDREN'S COLDS.
A Few Simple Remedies for Their Treat
ment.

ment.
During changeable weather little
children are exceedingly likely to take
sudden colds. Nothing requires more
careful watching than such colds, which
in few hours may develop from APP
parently harmless symptoms into the
most alarming form of sore throat or
lung disease Do not for a moment
neglect such a cold in young child.
Keep the little one within doors and
properly clad, being sure that its feet
and the vital parts of its body are well
protected with fiannels. A simple rem
edy for a cold is a teaspoonful of sirup OF
ipecac dissolved in a glass of cold water
and administered by the teaspoonful
every hour If there seems to be any
hoarseness in the breathing, flannel
cloth dipped in camphorated oil and
heated quite hot and laid across
the chest with a number of pieces
of flannel over it to keep in the
heat will often give relief. 1t should
be renewed frequently. Special care
should be taken not to expose the child
to draughts or in any way by which a
fresh cold may be taken while this
medicine is given. The perspiration in
duced by this, and almost any medicine
administered for a cold, renders the
patient doubly sensitive to draughts or
any change of temperature. A simple
cold in the head and throat may often
be eased by rubbing the nose and throat
with camphorated oil. If this is not
convenient mutton tallow or simple
olive oil with few drops of camphor
sprinkled in it, will answer the same
purpose. In case of a cold, give the
child as much nourishing food at its
meals as it will take. The system is in
a weakened, debilitated condition, and
may often be completely rallied by rich,
wholesome, stimulating food.-N. Y.
rTribupa
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-30
TRELLIs FOR BLACKBERRY VINES.


below the branches so that it is much
more convenient to tie them, and less
Irvine is required, while the tops are in
better shape for picking. remove
the old canes as soon as the
fruit is off, and tie the new ones to
the wire to prevent their being
twisted off by the wind. / am well
aware that a large number of fruit
growers dispense with stakes or wires;
but after having used both for three
years, | regard them as Indispensable,
if one wants the crop TO be the best
would not advise anyone to use saw
dust as a mulch for anything, as its
effects on the soil are not desirable,
and it also makes an excellent breeding
place for injurious insects To keep
the soil moist, cool and rich each winter
cover a space about two feet wide
along the rows with manure, and start
the cultivator as soon in the spring as
the soil is in fit condition, and continue
its use until August. Blackberries re-
quire the same treatment if one wants
to be sure of a good crop. During the
drought at fruiting time in the past
season, / noticed that the neglected
berries on the wild as well as the tame
bushes were drying up, while mine
were ripening nicely and in large guam
titles. Mr.. Powell says: "Set this berry
in your lowest land;" that would be
bad advice for growers in Ohio, for
instance, on account of the liability of
the vines to winter-kill. | say, set
them on the highest land, and thus
avoid this danger to a considerable eX-
tent.-E. A. Trout, in Rural New
Yorker
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-30
RURAL ARGENTINE.
The Character and Appearance of the
Inhabitants.


Inhabitants.
All the country traversed by the rail-
way lines is devoted to pastoral and
agricultural industries, and the land
scape, with the exception of the billy
district of the Sierra de Tandil and the
Sierra de la Ventana, is always the
same-bare pampa, with stretches of
marshes and small lakes Astounding in
wild fowl. As for the estancias, towns,
villages and colonies, when you have
seen one you have seen all, and all are
equally unpicturesque. The life, too,
has become less fertile in picturesque
incideI0 IS since the Enclosure of the
land with wire fences, which makes the
management of the herds much simpler,
and enables the estancieros to dispense
with the guard of mounted gauchos,
who are now to be seen only in the
very distant interior. At present the
majority of the population has no par
ticular character, being composed of
Italian and French immigrants, of
Basques with red or blue cloth caps,
and few native gauchOs with broad
belts consolidated with silver coins,
long ponchos, and wide Oriental trou-
sers like petticoats. generally black but
sometimes striped with brilliant colors.
Nowadays, however, the gaucho is
losing his individuality, abandoning
his peculiar costume and becoming
assimilated in dress and habits with
the swarms of miscellaneous Europeans
who have peopled the modern Argen-
tine, and made the hundreds of colonies
and towns that have sprung into exist
ence within the past ten years. To
visit these young centers of so-called
civilization is no pleasant task.-Theo-
dore Child. in Harper's Magazine.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-30

If you want a good bit of steak, have
a clear. hot fire, set your clean, empty
pan on the spot, cover it up. then pound
your steak, and when your pan is very
hot lay in your steak and cover quick
". AS soon as it has crisped enough to
let go its hold on the pan, turn over
and cover quickly. Turn again as at
first, and continue to do so about every
two minutes until you have turned it
six or eight times. Have a hot, but
tered dish ready for it and lay it in; add
a sprinkle of pepper, salt and sugar and
cover tightly. Now, ifyou wish gravy,
put bit of butter in your pan. When
hot, put in pinch of -four, add small
teacupful of boiling water, let it boil a
few minutes, then put in a gray bowl,
instead of putting over your beef to
draw out the juice. Now try this plan
just once, and you viii see you women
know nothing about how TO cook good
steak. An Old Butcher.