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Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-04-18
COMMUNICATION.
Terrible Example Needed.

ATerribIe Example Needed.
To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
Absorbed as am in the lofty and en-
nobling study of sanitary science, my life is
placid and my passions very seldom ruffaed.
But the other day report appeared in the
newspapers which excited my righteous
indignation. This report was to the effect
that a member of the Scientific staff of the
board of health-in fact, Scientific in
spector-had entered a house in the per-
formance of his Scientific duties and had
been ignominiously elected therefrom.
Whether this Scientific gentleman had
been kicked out, and if so, what portion
of his person was injured, the report did
not state.
But the bare fact that Science, in the
person of one of its exponents, had been
insulted made my blood boil. The more I
ponder upon this outrage upon Sanitary
Science the more I am convinced that q
terrible example should ts made OF some
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-04-18

MORNING. APRIL 1S. 1891.

of the misguided, ignorant men who pirate
about the t'sanctity of mans house" and
that the board of health are ''needlessly
invading private rights and liberty" The
sound doctrine enunciated in France in
1871, "The public safety is the supreme
law" should be enforced by suitable laws.
AS soon as possible the legislature
should be petitioned to enact law similar
to this: Whoever kicks, or otherwise as
saults, or treats with contempt, any board
OF health, or any member thereof, or any
Scientific employe of such board, shall be
deemed guilty of felony and, upon convic-
ton thereof, shall be sentenced to confne-
ment in the state prison for ten years at
hard labor.
At this time, when all kinds of contagi-
GUS diseases are threatening to destroy the
whole population, we should not hesitate
but at once boldly apply the proper reme-
dy, to wit: Immediately vote More Money
and More Power to the noble band of sci
entists who compose our board of health.
AN OLD SANTTARIAN.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-04-18
the youth who personifes resolute endeav-
or and aspiration
"bore mid snow and ice
A banner with the strange device
ExcelsiorIn

A banner with the strange device
Excelsior!h
and that when found lfeless and half
buried in the snow he still grasped that
banner sin his hand of ice." It is no.
where intimated that he strapped excel
sior," which with little is used by up
holsterers for stuffing furniture, upon his
back, but it is possible that he wore it as q
pad to break the force of the fall should
he go reeling backward upon the spectral
glaciers" 1t would have availed little had
the lawful avalanche" rushed down upon
him.
In this case accuracy may have been
willfully sacrificed for the sake of sprignt-
liness or aippancy of style, sometimes con-
sidered entertaining and attractive, but
whether brought about by ignorance or
an attempt at playfullness, the blunder is
o blunder still.
Another mistake, caused by haste or
carelessness and lacking the comic ele-
Gently published, on "The power of the
state to protect against cruelty" 'If, :"
says the writer, "any legislator shall still
have doubts about the propriety or right
to enact laws preventing cruelty to the
human race, let him turn over another
page in the works of the same great
genius IDickens) and read the horribly
truthful story of Bill Sykes and his vic
tim, poor little Nell'" This will sur
prise all readers of Dickens.
Mixed metaphors are as amusing as they
are astonishing. To the Eng
lish statesman, Labouchere is
attributed the expression, "the
bleating of the bruised worms" and Col.
Sanuerson, in the House of Commons,
asserted that Mr.. Dillon had "fred a
bsrbed arrow at Col Caddel in order that
some of the mud might stick" Another
British orator. in a burst of impassioned
eloquence, declared that ''the British lion,
whether it Is roaming the deserts of India
or climbing the forests of Canada, will not
draw in its horns or retire into its shell. ="
Perhaps as amusing as any recent mixture
of this kind is the one planned and perpe-
trated by lady who puts this question in
the mouth of one of the characters in a
farce written by her for Harper's Bazaar:
"Who is this creeping, crawling, serpent
of cat that dogs your footsteps!"
Children who remember the sound of a
phrase rather than its meaning. especially
when the meaning is not made clear to
their comprehensions, often make droll
mistakes of this kind. With one example
these ''short and simple annals of blund-
erers must close. "Esau," explained a
small boy to his teacher, "was man who
wrote fables and sold the copyright for a
mess of potash" HILERY.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-04-18

Woman is sometimes little too ambi-
tious. A young woman at Phillipsburg,
Pennsylvania, having heard that another
woman somewhere had eaten two quarts
of peanuts at sitting, allowed that she
was some on peanuts herself and essayed
to outdo the woman who was satisfied
with two quarts So she ate three quarts
and died.
This bids fair to be great year in
more respects than one. South Carolina,
Georgia and Alabama will plant $4,000
acres of melons. Last year only 10000
acres were devoted to this crop, and they
estimate that the additional acreage in
the southern states east of the Mississippi
river will increase the crop to double that
of last year.
Sometimes Englishmen are just little
slow. IN the year 140O or thereabouts,
workmen were employed to put choir stalls
in Lincoln cathedral, England, and were
told to hurry the job up, as several big
functions were soon. to come off. But
there was delay and now, if nothing hap
pens to prevent, the choir stalls will be
| finished soon.
In connection with the equipment for
| fire protection it is recommended that a
gallon pail filed with fine sand, be al
ways placed within convenient reach.
This practice might we'll be followed wher-
ever there is possibility of fire starting
in oils or oil-soaked materials. There is
nothing which will souelch fire in it's in
cipency more quickly and effectually than
sand-and there are no afterclaps in the
way of water damage, either.
Cremation is not an entirely new thing
in this country. F. B. Sanborn thinks
that the first American to direct cremation
in his will was Henry Laurens, the South
Carolinian of revolutionary fame. HI
died at Charleston in 1899, and his will
said: 81 solemnly enjoin it on my SOD al
an indispensable duty, that, as soon as hi
conveniently can after my decease, h
cause my body to be wrapt il twelv
yards of tow cloth and burned until it i
entirely consumed; and then, collectin!
my bones, deposit them wherever he ma.
think proper"
If you do business with the Unite
States it must be done right. AComanch
county, Kansas, postmaster deposited on
cent the other day on account of defci
to that amount in his last quarterly settle
ment. For one cent lot of trouble wa
made. The postmaster of Wichita d'
posted it in a national bank and notife
the department at Washington. The SCI
ond assistant postmaster-general noti6e
the auditor of the treasury, who demande
a receipt from the United States treasure
and this receipt in triplicate has been sel
to the postmaster general, the Unite
States treasurer and the Comanche count
| postmaster
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-04-18
These Prices Tell the Story i:

These Prices Tell the Story:
5000 yards good style
Challies 4c per yard.
Full width 80 inch Fig
ured Satines z 1-2 cts yd.
1900 yds Printed Chi
ma Silks 35c yard, worth
SOC.
.68 inch Bleached Dam
asks SOC, reduced from
70 and 75c.
l case Ladies' Fast Blk
Hose 19c pair, reduced
from 25c.
IL dozen Wash Poplin
Skirt Patterns, warrant
ed colors, 29c each, re-
duced from 48c.
Surplus lot Long Waist
ed French Corsets, clean
goods, 79c per pair, usual
81 goods.
40 dozen z hook Foster
Lacing Kid Gloves in
tans, modes, states and
black, 98c per pair, actual
value $1.38.
35 pieces all wool Dress
Goods in Plaids and Mix
lures at 800 per yard. re-
duced from 500.
Z pieces all wool Black
Serges, ~ inches wide, at
500 per yard We have
never sold this quality for
less than 75c.
100 pairs Nottingham
Lace Curtains at 79cpair,
marked down from ST.. 90.
You will find cut pri-
ces" on surplus lots all
through the store. It will
pay to give us a call every
day.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-04-18

An increase of 1876 in the population of
Vermont during the past decade is not
very encouraging to those interested in the
growth and prosperity of the state.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-04-18
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Friday is called an unlucky day, but
such Fridays as yesterday are very cheer
ing.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-04-18

And whene'er some lucky maiden
Found q red ear in the husking,
Found a maize-ear red as blood is
'Nushka!' cried they altogether,
'Nushkai you shall have q sweetheart,
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-04-18
Just Received.
C. PICKETT,S

NEW Haven Nurseries, P. O. address Box
IN 1906, city. Go out Whitney avenue to Lake
Whitney, cross the covered bridge, turn north
and go one half mile, where you may see grow
ing the choicest fruit trees and grapevines berry
plants, rare imported and native evergreens and
thousands Of ornamental trees, shrubs and vines.
mh&i u
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-04-18

To improve the bread or pastry.
IT'S the product most in favor
With the cooks, who by profession,
Serve the best hotels in cities.
IT'S the pride of private pantries,
Excellent for hundred uses,
Unsurpassed for cakes or mullins,
Mames, porridges or puddings,
Easily prepared for table.
Cerealine is most nutritious,
Very readily digested,
Suited to all tastes and ages,
Good at any meal whatever,
Both for staple and for dessert.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-04-18

From the red tribes of Virginia
White men learned to tell the maize-plant,
Called it Indian corn, Mondamin;
And they likewise took another
Pleasant custom from the savage,
Learned the secrets of the husking
And the meaning of the red-ear
With its fateful rite of kisses.
Traught with blessing is the cornfield,
rom the bounty of its harvest
derived the chosen product
rcaline, the Flakes Of Ceres,
NY essential to all bakers,
j in wheaton flour at all times
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-04-18

mere outline, will be sent free to any address
Qp receipt OF a tw o-cent stamp for postage
TIE CEREALINE MFG Co., Columbus, Ind
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-04-18

.ccealine Flakes for sale by all grocers. 1.-THE
atures by H. F. Farny, of which above is q
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-04-18
The Legend of Cerealine.

On the border of the forest,
Underneath the fragrant pine-trees.
Sat the old men and the warriors
Smoking in the pleasant shadow.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-04-18
9umruaI aud Coulter.
FRATERNAL INSURANCE,

The Oldest Daily Paper Pub
Iished in Connecticut.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-06-03

fool to remember all she'd told the
fellow at the shop. WAITED, Of course,
till she'd settled down bit, and till
there was nothing neither to keep me
hereabout, for / must cut it. The
woman s such a plain born fool, she'll
not be for making stir just at once,
but If shelets on to any of the know
ing ones about her, it will be blown on"
SID ha' give five pound now to ha'
heerd you a goin' it, in your play
house talk.
''Ah, I pitched it rayther high, you
may swear
'sWhat a soft one she must be!''
II should say she was; it really.
quite hurt me. Pretty cretur, if it
hadn't been for keepin up the respect
able covey, I could ha' kissed her.
eyes, you'd better!' and the fair
tripe-myer did not look over-pleasant
for the moment.
''Well, if women will be such fools as
to go tell all their pedigree in a pawn
shop, what are they to look for?'
ooh! Jimmy, Jimmy Lowther, you
brick! there Amt a cleverer cove, no,
not in London streets, I don't care
who the other may be!''
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-06-03
Sneezing Ones Teeth Out.

The report OF the physician in
charge OF the Ningpo Missionary Hos
pital for the past year contains some
interesting observations on tooth
drawing in China. DR.. Daily remarks
that Chinese teeth are much more
easily extracted than those OF Euro
peans. The native dentists are said
to possess q wonderful powder, which
is rubbed on the gum over the affected
tooth; after an interval OF about five
minutes the patient is told to sneeze,
whereupon the tooth falls out. DR..
DAILY has offered a reward of 500 to
anyone performing the operation in
this way in his presence, on condition
that he is allowed to choose the tooth
and examine the mouth before and
afterward. So far no one will consent
to perform the operation on these con-
ditions.-New York Medical Record.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-06-03
Boxing For Bows.

There is absolutely nothing in the
way Of recreation so beneficial in every
respect to a boy as boxing. I am
positive-and I know whereof I write,
for as a boy and man I have tried
them all, fencing, wrestling, rowing,
swimming, riding-that no one of
them has the many advantages OF
boxing. AS an all-round developer it
is unequalled; not one Of the boys
muscles remains Inactive; back stom-
ach, legs, arms, all are called upon for
vigorous service. But what l consid-
er its best feature in it's recomenda-
ton for boys is the very thorough
drilling which the disposition of the
boy must undergo. II a ladis quick
to lose his temper, boxing will cure
him; it will teach him that no one
who let's his temper get the best OF
him will become an expert sparrer;
it will speedily convince him OF the
absolute necessity of keeping cool
and in entire possession of his wits in
order to sustain his efforts and avoid
defeat. The boxer who can not con-
troll his temper is practically at the
mercy OF a cool skillful opponent.
One can not spar successfully and be-
come hustered. A boxer must ever
be on the alert, his wits constantly
alive, looking for all opportunity Of
assaults; he must be able to act in
stantly, and with cool elaboration,
as distinguished from wild, undirected
Acknowledgements Young People.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-06-03
A Spelling Match,

Our young readers who are interest
ed in "puzzles" will like to try their
photographed powers on the follow
ing. It contains as many words diff
t1cult to spell as it is possible to put
in a given space. Let some one read
it to the company, each member OF
which is to write it down, and then
let the papers be examined for errors,
and the prize (of course there ought to
be prize) given to the best speller:
The most skillful gauger ever knew
was a maligned cobbler, armed with a.
poniard, who drove apeddler's wagon,
using mullen stalk as an instrument
of coercion to tyrannize over his pony
5shod with calks He was Galilean
Sadducee, and he had a phthisicky
catarrh, diphtheria and the bilious
intermittent erysipelas. A certain
Sibyl, with the sobriquet of "Gypsy,''
went into ecstacies OF cachinnation at
seeing him measure bushel OF peas,
and separate saccharined tomatoes
from a heap Of peeled potatoes, with
out dyeing or singing the ignitible
queue which he wore, or becoming
paralyzed with hemorrhage. Lift
ing her eyes to the ceiling OF the cupola
Of the Capitol to conceal her unparal-
leled embarrassment, making rough
courtesy, and not harassing him with
mystifying, rarefying and Supplying
innuendoes, she gave him couch, a
boquet of lilies, mignonette and fuchs
las, a treatise onmnemonics, a copy of
theApocryph a in hierogl yphics, daguer-
reotypes Of Mendelssohn and K osci-
usko, a kaleid oscope, a dram-phial Of
ipecacuanha, a teaspo onful Of naptha,
for deleble purposes, a ferrule, a clari-
onet, some licorice, a surcingle, car
nelian of symmetrical proportions, a
chronometer with movable balance
wheel, box Of dominoes and cate
chism. The gauger, who was also a
trafcking rectifer and parishoner
OF mine preferring a wooden surt tout
This choice was referable to yacillat-
ing OCCASIONAL occurring idiosyn-
crazy wofully uttered this apot hegm:
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-06-03
Bad Company.

A young lady Of sixteen, who had
been piously brought up, was invited
to party at which certain persons Of
undisguised infdel sentiments were
expected to be present. Her father
objected to her going
II know, papa" she said ssthey
speak against the Bible and against
Jesus; but you can be quite sure they
will do me no harm. I can't help
that: but shall not allow them to
affect me in the least.'
"My child" said her father, invent
ing an excuse for the sudden request,
"my work can't be interrupted; I
have need of a coal; will you be kind
enough to fetch me one?"
"Do you want a live coal, papa?''
"No-one that is dead-burned out"
The coal was brought. The young
lady had brought it in her hand.
'Dldn't it burn you, my child?"
asked the father.
"Why, no, papa-how could it? It's
dead"
"Of course it couldn't; but look at
your hand, Florence.'
"Oh, papa, how black my fingers are!
l must go and wash them"
"Wait moment, Flossie; here is a
little lesson for you while. you are
washing them. It is this: 'Compan-
lonship with the wicked and worldly
may not necessarily burn you and de-
stroy you, but it will certainly soil
YOU Remember all your life time
what the apostle says: Evil commu-
nlcations corrupt good Manners -
Selected.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-06-03
The SOudan Raven.

In Soudan the respect for the 'tbird
of the shade" is unbounded. He is
endearingly known to the Arabs as
their ''uncle," and they are more ex-
orbitant in exacting blood-money for
his chance slaughter by the hand of
the stranger than if it were really the
relative in question. Shoot their
dove, their ostrich, their varied scav-
engers Of the vulture kind-their once
sacred ibis overland they grin and
bear it; but once aim bolt at the
"Noah bird' and a hundred lean but
and the bereaved, White-teethed rela-
tives will gesticulate and shout around
you, while they explain how black
hued was your accidental crime.
Apart from this, the raven, with it's
jetty plumage, will always be a point
Of interest in the Soudan, from the
strong contrast he presents to the or.
binary "desert colored birds which
preserve neutral tint OF gray orfawn,
which renders them almost invisible
All The Year Round.
young folks Fun.
There are three things that beat
drum for noise,-one is a small boy,
and the other two are drumsticks.
Chow is it your Tommy is so small
for his age, Mrs. Briggs?" 90, the
little dear always was a shrinking
child, ," exclaimed his mother.
Aunt: Didn't you get another
thrashing in schooltoday?" Johnny:
eyes, indeed I did; but it didn't hurt
a bit" Aunt: "Did you cry?" Johnny:
eyes, bellered like everything; but I
only did it to humor the teacher,
sN1y little girl, how do you wear out
your dress sleeves so fast?'' asked a
mother when her child came home
from school with a rent under her
arm. 'Iguess it's holding up my hand
SO much to let the teacher know / can
answer the questions was the quick
response.
"Oh, what charming plantp' ex-
claimed a visitor; and his hostess re-
piled, aYes-it belongs to the begonia
family" "Why, no, mamma" said
the youngest daughter; tit belongs to
the Brown family, and they lent it to
us for the EVENING""
A little girl who had mastered her
catechism confessed herself disap-
pointed, because" she said, Though
I obey the fifth commandment and
honor my papa and mamma, yet my
days are not a bit longer in the land,
because T am put to bed at seven
/ o'clock
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-06-03

Life is checkered; but schlsm, apos-
tasy, heresy and villainy shall be pun
ished. : The Sidyl apologizingly an
swered: "There is a ratable and allege-
able difference between a Comfortable
elllpsis and a, trisyllabic diaresis."
We replied in trochees, not impugning
her suspicion.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-10-11

Q great railroad magnate. She is a sister
law of Mrs. A. O, Alexander of New York.
Miss Ada Dougherty is a sweet, winning
El, who finds admirers in both ladies and
ntlemen. She is perfect in language,
usic and art, ~inclines to literature and ro-
ancs writing. She assists her mother,
RS. Charles Douaherty, in entertaining ex-
nsively, and although an heiress in her
kn right. is not foolishly extravaganza.
he shows much discretion. and although
ry young, with an income in her own
kht inherited from a grandmother of at
Rst $500 a month, h dresses in good
ste and quietly, without a particle of af-
citation.
Miss Alice Hobart is one of last years
Pbutantes, and though she cannot DO ex-
ktly called a beauty, her winning manner
kuse her to be much admired. She is the
dest daughter of the we'll known wealthy
lining man. The family live in grand
yle and have the finest tennis court in
wn. She is slight in figure and dresses
chilly.
Miss Maud Younger is the winsome
hughter of the swell dentist who thinks
Dthing of charging $50 an hour. Miss
ounger is one of the brightest girls in
Pciety. She is fluent IN French, German
I'D Italian; excels in music. both vocal
I'D instrumental; s~proficient in art, and
bvotes much time to study. One of her
nief attractions is generosity. She is q
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-10-11
a Automatic NrannerH.

But time changes minds as we'll as man.
ners, though even now when making
changes from one circle to another, it often
requires that adaptability which could be
said found in one who has automatic man.
ners. However, such radical changes not
only appear in d~rawing-room repartee,
the ~conveniences and luxurieR AFFORDED
mankind. Railroad travel is one instance.
4 few years ago, comparatively, one had to
consume much valuable time in an uncom.
Portable way to make what is nov thought
.othing of as a nights Journey in a sleeper.
The most modern equipment and trans
faat trains of tbs Minneapolis Il st. Louis
railway to Chicago, st. Louis, Hot Springs.
Kansas City, etc. 1nqaire of any agent OF
the company, or G. M: Pratt, general ticket
and passenger agent. Minneapolis MINE.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-10-11

Ed eyes ave won many admirers, and
naver looks for partners when a dance
nnounced
isa Mamie Scott, a new addition to So
a IL = niece of Mrs. Monroe Salsbury-a
minent societv leader. The young lady
arv nretty and attractive.
ia Maggie Gwin-a lovely GIRLS a
nher of an old southern family and a
nadanrhter Of the late United States
ator William M. Gwin. She is possessed
rare heautv. with light blue eyes and
.. hlank hair.