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Morning journal and courier., 1891-05-23

forty bhssful years; and that the melodies of the Rydal waterfalls are just behind.
 From Rydal through Ambleside to Win dermere is one mad rush of your coach. meeting and passing coach and vehicle of every description, tourists of every nation ality in every pleasant means of going and coming, and altogether one wild whirl of entranclng associative interest. Here is Elleray, sentineled by its giant sycamore and rife with memories of Professor Wilson. There is Fox How, where lived noble Dr. Arnold. Behind that mass of beech and laurel lived Harriet Martinesu. and the sun-dial on the fragrant terrace still bears the inscriptive echo of her lofty, lifelong souls desire, Come light, visit mel" Ambleside haunted by the wraiths of all these folk and hidden in its mass of foliage and bloom is whisked behind. And then through an almost unbroken avenue of beeches and sycamore you are whirled along one of the grandest roads in England: :: with swift glimpses to right and left of cottage, hall and hostel old: until, with aching bones, whirling head, hungry stomach, and heart athrill for its royal stirring, your coach is brought up with a crash and a bang in front of John Riggs famous Windermere hostelry. The grateful ordors of broiling char Calmost as ravishing as those of Thompson's Gloucester 'planked shsd!'O ascend to your eager nostrils; and before your eyes lies one of the sweetest scenes on earth transcendent Windermere, queen of all the Umbrian lakes, dotted with dreamful sails; and from her silvery shores uplead- ing the gladdening vision to measureless masses of mountains swathed in emerald and purple and crowned with sun kissed glories, to the high, far horizon line, that hints of but repels the tempests of the thunderous Irish Sea.
 EDGAR l.. MARKHAM.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-05-23
THE LICENSE QUESTION.

A committee of the United States Brew ers' association has something to say con- corning legislation on the liquor question which is worth attention. The committee favors "moderately high' license fee, urging that such system twill necessari- ly reduce the number of retailers who live from hand to mouth, constantly in debt to their dealers and barely able to pay the very lowest license fee" while it twill not in itself be an inducement to violate the law, the possible gain being out of all pro- portion to the risk to be incurred" It is urged that a moderately high" fee will cause considerable reduction in the number of saloons, but not so great that the ordinary demand cannot be supplied by legitimate dealers, and, hence, the profits of the illicit ven dor will je exceedingly small, while an "exorbitantly high" license fee is in itself temptation to evsde the law. "When an absolute limitation of the number of saloons far below the needs of the com munity is added to it," the report con- tinues, "the prospects of enormous profits become irresistibly alluring and thousands will engage in the traffic whom the condi- tion of things under an ordinary high license law (within the $500 limit) could not tempt to an unlawful action"
 This is plausible. The question of course is, when is license really high?
Morning journal and courier., 1891-05-23

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.
 Our trade always increases, so do our improve ments. We are the
Morning journal and courier., 1891-05-23
OLD.

"Well, ther wos lots O killin' in tn las act."-Street & Smiths Good News.
 Young Lobbylounger-Have you seen Mile. Charmli, the new premier danseusei
 Old Graybeard-Not since I was a boy. New York Weekly.
 First Newsboy-What did yer see at de t'eater.
 Second Newsboy-A play called "Ham- rnerlet, ," by fellow named Shakespeare.
 "Goods"
 Mrs. Slimpurse-What is the price of this suite of furniturel
 Dignifed Clerk-This is not a suite, madam. It is one of our S25 sets. The suites are on another fioor-S100 apiece New York Weekly.
 Reportah-How did your banquet go of, i, Banklurki Banklurk-Not as well as it might, you know. The toastmaster called on gentleman who had lost au eye, ,an ear and leg to answer to the toast "Our ab- sent members. ."-Harper's Bazar.
 Mrs. Newwed (handing tramp several biscuits) )-Here, my poor man, are some of my home-hade biscuits You will find the saw and axe in the wood shed. Tramp (closely examining the biscuitsl-Are they as bad as that, lnumi-Brooklyn Life.
 Minks-Don't say again that detectives never ma anything.
 Winks-Huh! Why not!
 Minks-I see by the papers that Detec- tive OMalley of New Orleans has found himself.-Street & Smiths Good News.
 "There's Prince Spaghetti still bidding adieu to his fancee. By the way, isn't their wedding to be a fortnight earlier than was announced!"
 ''Yes. The board of immigration de- n,I Ial ha ha rat1rnal Inv. s,a .-asSe1 that brought him. life.
 At the Zoo-She-'Is that the rattle snakei" Attendant-"Yes, mar'm." "How ton." "May make him rattlef' Ger tainly, marin" ''What must I dot" "You touch the button and he will do the rest. st."-Arkansaw Traveller.
 Johnny-Pa, when I become a man could be elected President of the United States!
 Father-Certainly, Iny boy; you were born in this country.
 Johnny-And could be policeman if wanted to!
 Father-why, no. You were born in this country.-Life. The Last Resort-Mrs Wickstaff-My dear, this ribbon you have brought home for Fido is shade too light. Wickstaff- All right. I'll try 1t over. Mrs. Wickstaff (the next day)-My dear, rm sorry, but the ribbon you have brought home to-day is shade too dark Wickstaff (wearilyl- Then wait until tomorrow and I'll change the dog.-Cloak Review.
 Ethel-It's too bad it's cold. I prayed for a warm day. Does God always answer prayer!
 Mamma-Yes, if you ask for a thing in the right way, and if he don't he reproves you by not giving it.
 Ethel-Oh, see now. The governess told me to try to say my prayers in French this month, and guess made mistakes Life.
 Employer-"What education have you hadi'' Applicant College education; University of Pennsylvania, and-er-' Emplover-''Well! Go on!' Applicant (reluctant, but honesD-'I was expelled, sir; but I afterwards graduated from Yale" Employer-''Young man. don't care where you graduated, but will hire you on the strength of your expulsion from the University of Pennsylvania. "- Princeton Tiger.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-05-23
4nnrna1 and Gna1tier.
The Oldest Daily Paper APub-
 lished in Connecticut.
FAILURES.


 MT. A. 0. Stevens, the editor of Brad streets, has made an interesting study of "the commercial death rate." Some of his discoveries are interesting. Thus the state ment that ''95 per cent. of all who engage in business fail at some time during their commercial life'' has been so often repeated that in the popular mind it has come to be accepted almost as settled fact. But the statistics do not bear it out The number of failures is greatly exaggerated in com mon imagination. Indeed, MT. Stevens finds that the total number of actual fail ures, in the sense of bankruptcies, is only ten to eleven thousand year in the whole United States, while the number of firms and individuals doing business is not much less than million. Here is rate of only per cent. of failures each year; and if we estimate that the average busi- ness career of man is twenty years the proportion of men who fail could not be more than one-ffth. Indeed, it would not probably be as high as that, since we must make some allowance for those who fail repeatedly. On the other hand, however, in considering what proportion of business men fail to succeed we have tosallow for those who, without being actually forced into bankruptcy, quietly drop out of business each year without inficting any loss on their creditors. They merely wind up their affairs and disap- pear. The number of these is very large. In 1890, MT. Stevens puts it at 229, ,000, or nearly quarter of all the firms doing bus mess in the country.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-05-23

rooms, dingy as most east-side houses out wardly, but very attractive within. Its household consists of a salaried superin- tendent, Miss J. G. Fine, who resigned 8 lucrative position in an uptown seminary for the sake of engaging in this work, and eight or nine residents" college girls, who remain here from two to ten months, paying their board and giving their labor as house maids. while teaching their poor neighbors and helping them in every possible way. Their work began among the girls of the nelghborhood, then the mothers asked per mission to enter the charmed circle, and lastly the boys clamored for admission. So many came that division into clubs was necessary, with stated hours for meet ing. Sewing, dressmaking, cooking and all household acts are taught, gymnastics and military drills delight the boys, while music, games and readings make every evening attractive. Even the yard is filled with seaside sand in which the children frolic on Saturday.
 The story of this "Palace of Delight;" the good it has already accomplished; the happiness it has brought into hundreds of shadowed lives, and it's far-reaching plans for the future, will surprise and delight many reader, and perhaps lead to the establishment of other such settlements, centers of loving helpfulness and self-sac- r1hcing labor. They are needed in every large city, where there is usually to be found an 'East side," squalid and un- wholesome, the haunt of the miserably poor, and the refuge of criminals.
 HILARY.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-05-23
THREE REMARKAB ABLE FISHES. What Two of Them Did 10 Distin- suish Themselves, and What the Other Has a Habit or Doing.

othef a oi
 'I was sitting on my front porch Sun day morning." said MT. Tiff to Albany News reporter, "when I was startled by noise and fiuttering sound that came from the side yard. Jumped I and ran to the porch just in time to see what was the cles of my life I have in the pool sur sounding nay fountain several fish, trout taken from the creek, and on the edges of the pool the grass grows thick An Eng fish spar row had alighted on this grass to get some water, and one of the fish, seeing the bird, swam near him, made snap and caught him. The bird screamed and fluttered, but it was too late. When ] reached the end of the porch the fish swal- lowed the bird and went swimming around in the most satisfied way.
 They are catching fresh water whales at Holland-nuskallonge weigh from fifteen to twenty-dv pounds, says the De- troit Journal. 4 gamier fish than these are rarely found, and it takes an expert to land him. He no sooner feels the barbed steel in his gullet than he commences a series of writhings and contortions. He makes a semi circle of himself, springs back to a normal position as suddenly as a tense bow when the string is cut. He zig gags horizontally, darts upwards, darts downward, spins around. turns somer- saults, and finally, if all these dodges fail, launches his 1.-the body, with 0 quiver, fully six feet into the air, and coming down head foremost darts of at right angle like streak of lightning. If this last maneuver does not break the tackle, the muskallonge gives in and suffers him self to be lifted out-of the water without more ado.
 R. w. Norton, of Hightstown, had 8 small private greenhouse on his farm, which was attended to exclusively by him self, says the Newark Journal An ob- scure corner contained a tank which held water to supply hose. One day he deposi- ted small catfish in the tank, one caught while fishing in the pond near by. No one but Mir Norton was aware of the exis- tence of the fish. He fed it daily, and 1t soon learned that the rap on the side of the tank was signal for food.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-05-23
NEW HAVEN, CONN. SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 23, 1891.

the profit from the Clarendon Press was
 5000. It speaks we'll for the administra- tion of the university property that "agency and management" cost only e22O. Professors take about e10,00O, university officers ~e5, ,00e, examiners e5,00O, and readers e2, ,50d The Bodleian cost @, 800, the museum ea 300, the Taylor Institution e2, ,O00, and the botanical gardens e1, 100, while e6, 900 went in various internal ex- penses, and the interest and sinking funds in loans accounted for e5,5 ,500. The uni versity income does not now vary from year to year, except in quite small amounts.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-05-23
A ohinaman Arrive. a. Mall Matter.

4 handsome maroon-colored box wagon now carries the royal mail between Wind sor and Detroit. It is open only st the rear end and the doors which close that end are kept securely locked. Besides two post masters only the customs officials on each end have key to those doors.
 A few weeks ago William Henry 0ffut, the dignifed and garruleus colored official who sweeps the Windsor post office and makes up the mails, was performing the latter duty. Itwas evening, and, of course, it was dark. William Henry Offut is nat arally timid when, as in this case, he is alone ;n the big post office at night. His nervousness was increased when the back door began to creak, and slowly open.
 'Mah goodness, ''chattered William Hen ", "wo-wot's de meanin' O dat, Minus DC a wa'nin' ob tribulation, sho'." Imagine William Henry Ofut's relief and surprise when, instead of some ghestly visitor, the yellow face of a Chinaman 3D. peared.
 "G'way fun dah, you fool yaller man, g'way," shouted William Henry, who had become once more brave. ''Oh, gcodee blackee man, me goodee. aic dsAcc rOu lAS ma44A n4cSp shed. Alice lightee.' "Ys-as, guess you kin sleep in de shaid, if yo' don't hurt nothin'" ''Goodee blsckee man, me cold. Me wan tee blsg. Me givee blag back to-moIlow." 'tWell, ah guess you kin have de bag, val Ter face''
 The generous Henry handed out a mail bag, and the Mongol curled himself up in the rear of the office snd went to sleep apparently.
 The next day, when the driver of the mail cart was going through Woodbridge street, Detroit, he heard a noise in the wa gon.
 He turned just in time to see China man, who much resembled the one who had interviewed William Henry the previ- ous evening, jump from the wagon and disappear.
 The cunning heathen had come over in side the mail bag, and had thus escaped the vigilence of the United States customs off, cers.
 The Canadian post office authorities were notified. They determined that no more contrabsnd humanity should get into Un- cle Sam's territory in this way. Hence the brand new lock wagon
Morning journal and courier., 1891-05-23

that you need no better view.
 Above this, almost on level with your coach, which is just beginning the long southern descent of Castle Rigg, lies huge moving cloud. It is slowly passing down the valley. Suddenly you realize you are above the clouds, for "See the Striding Edge!" is chorused by many of your companions. There it lies, this grim, yellowy-black and curved ridge of Helvel- lyn, majestic monarch of all this grand lake region. It seems across that cloud to be the mighty mural walls of some weird isle, nnattainable beyond sea of noun tainous waves. A curve in the road for 8 few moments hides cloud and mountain
Morning journal and courier., 1891-05-23
Bounded on Wash Day.

ItTUH IIIS OHIN1
 "were you ever in Boston, and did you ever dine at the Temple club of that city" asked A well known club man of Chicago. Then he added: Nearly eighty years ago several merchants of the Hub took to din- ing down town on Mondays, for the req son that that day was wash day at home, and their wives gave the order that there would be no regular dinners on that day there. In this way the men became cro- nies, for they were in the habit of dining together at a down town restaurant. They looked for Monday to come with the inter est of boys, and they saved up their best stories for that meeting.
 1"This was kept up for some years, Ehsz
Morning journal and courier., 1891-05-23
No. t23

it occurred to them that the town WAS growing, and they had not as much time as formerly. It was suggested that if the good wives could get along better with the housework on one day for the absence of husbands they, the wives, could do much better if the husbands took dinner down town every day. On this suggestion the Temple club, one of the oldest in the city, was founded. Of course the membership has changed since its formation. Many of the original members have passed away. It is now club of eighty members and most of them are bankers. The building in which the club rooms are fronts on the old Boston Common. The bay windows are large and look out on the most fash ionable promenade of the city.
 ''In those windows every afternoon one can see & number of the older members, every one a banker worth from a million to two or three millions, watching the la dies as they pass by. The members have a peculiar reverence for Monday. That is the day on which they invite their guests to dine with them. On that day the din ner isserved to the members without card. It is home dinner, and the walters card is dispensed with for the reason that 1t is the intention to make the dinner free from
 everything that has any semblAnce of bus mess n
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1891-12-21
Gin OFFER oes morpbtums.

9em SelbitmOrb Der 16iGbrtgen @ertie
Sonja, tpelAe am Montag in tbrer @obs
lINnggto. 697 Otorganitr. our1 Worpbiumz
Nergtftuna tbrem Qeben elm Gnoe ma9te,
ltegt etne traurige @el6ihte au @runoe.
Jta6 Der GraGblurg hires Glteren 8ruoerS
uno raD ben bon 6er 8oli3ei anaelteuten
unteriu1ungen per bas Mdb6en cine
Recommendations WtOrpbiumelerir, Die ii@
0urd 9efdll6te Geiteuungen auf ben gta>
men tbreS Nrbettgebers S. 8. Gdbart,
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aus elmer bena6barten @pot6efe an Derz
i6affen DuBte. Die @%jelegenbeit bot it1
Da3r bur6 Die &ranfbeit Der Srdu Sd.
bart, Der, als fte nod in SEQ. II 9aflinitr.
pobnte, bdufts Meoicin beri9rieben tprrbe,
tpelbe Wtorpbium entbielt. @ertte murbe
trteOerbolt ausgei6ift, UNI bic Wteoicin
MAIDEN su laiien unb ais Die 9ausfrau gez
mas, entbefte lie, ooB @ertrie iih ben @ez
nuB oes Wforp6tumS angetpDbnt babe. 9aS
WtGb6en CAB ii6 III SoIge be1ien einent
let1tItn1tgen SebenstDanoeL bin u1o febrte
oft ipdt gfa6ts in 3peifelbafter @eleai6aft
beiml.
Oils Dor ettpa feds @o9et Die Gdbart'>
t6e Santlte rrr1aog, Duroe @ertte entlaiien,
bod fubr lie fort, auf gefGli6te 8eIteQun>
gen bin Wforpbium aus Der Wfaion'ihen
Qpotbefe su bolen. 9lm Wontag gta6z
mittag erbielt fe auf cine ioL6e 0(ntpeiiung
bin ID @ramm Worp5tum unb begab it@
Dalnit na6 6auie, mo ibre @Gtern tie aIsz
bulb inter benz ginfluiie bes @iftes FAM
ben. 3pet StunOen ipater mar ite cine
2ei6e.
9te8ritber 6esWfGb6ens 6robtenD ienffag
benz Qpotbefer @. g. Wfaion nit elmer
&laoe, neil er 6erielben bas @ift berabfol9t
babe, bod seigte 0ieier tbnen bic gefalidten
0eiten aette[.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1891-12-21

ndbme Der 8eftrGge Db1e fe0e Menoerltn9
perlonqt. Die 8i9tigteit Der Sade l6loB
ieoen @iberitanO oage9et aus. gSel11
Bismard Derglei6en getproert bate, nllroe
fid Der 9tuf iiber Gerrorismus erDoben
boben. Oem gel6nelotge1, aalglatteit
@aprlpi 9egenilber Dsrl1abll l11alt rt0ts
9erarti9es. Wtan beIpnnoerte lDll .ut1o gap
nab.
Sic g8i6tiofeit Ser Sa6e fam lit Der
Shot ttidt ftarf genug betDrlt tDeroen. Ser
0retbuno erbGlt banlit Die feite tDirtbi6att1
lihe sSntereiiene @runbla9e, tDeIde letlle
feite 0aner Qe9el1 politiide Sodungen nno
Sutriguen uno gegen Dirtllbe Tfte9sallz
9rifIe nod me9r pie ieir!e Wttlltoneil bon
8aiontetten %garanttrt. SeBt erlt Ut CT
gum grlnoliden, 5unl tDa9fe1 SrleoenS>
bunoe Guropa's gew0roen.
0oH CT einen iolden @Daratter tr09t,
Benefit ber8eifQu, SEN er ilberaa in europa,
ieIblt i'm freibGnoleril6en @n9la1o, ftnoet
- nit eirSiser Nusnabmc BON st. Peterss
bura un0 Yarts. Ser SeipeIS oapo1 lit
ferner Der 3utrttt DOn 8elglen unO per
Sdmeis uno ieine NnSie0ungstraft, mslGe
bereitS in Jtumdnien, III Sparlen uno III
6ouanb gum 9lnlhluB al t6n tretDt.
SIN 8etersburg uno in Barts 1T MOI. IT'D
Ser Mt6tigfeit DteieS groBeil ~europatlden
Staatsafts pohl beDubt. Der Suno Der
mirtbl6aftliden Snterpiien bon fat ganS
europa biftirt Srieoen fir Die &rtegSgeluite
bes GuBeriten SitenS uno Beitets. Ser
bewaffnete Srieoen bat our6 ibn etl1ert GEE
ipQltiaen Wtitttreiter erDattelt.
SnBariS empfinoet man oas u1o duBert
man oas bereitS III beftiger Welle. Ste
N~egierun9 Sranfret6s, iagt ma1 bort, bat
ourG iDre 0odi6uB3DQe, tDelde lie I'M
eSntere1ie Der WtouppDle OeS 2anoes our67
leben mill, Die GerbanOlungen itber etnen
neuen Sarif 10 large ueri6leppt, bis tbr
9euti@lano nit bieier groBen ltberalen
.2ollunipn Suporeefommen 1T. gfun miro
man IS niGt mebr nit ben ein5eInen GGltz
bern au ,tbun baben, benen ma nit Gor1
i6Idgeu BET @egenletti9feit nabt, lonoern
nit etneli1 groben 3oa>Uuno, tpeldet
Oeuti6lanb fontroQirt, un0 Doour6 Die
!3~useftGnbniiie fit Sranfrei6 regulirt fperz
Den, tpenI DieleS bon letnem 0o6l1uB6ou
Derabseben mill.
9ie NuSii6ten auf Grbaltung beS Srtez
ben5 iinb bur6 bieien sroBen l3oubunb
nod am S6LuB bes Sabres better 9etpOroen,
ais ie ieit LANCER 3eit tpareu. Die Deuti6e
9teihsre9terung beroient Die polite Qnerz
tennung fir bteies bebeutenoe SrteDensz
perf uno miro le aud pobl aaerlettS err
6alten.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1891-12-21
8rano zines Dampfers.

Ser 0ampTer 6prace 81. Guttle, zines
Der 9roBten auf Dem Wti6igam See fabren1
ben S6tfte, tpuroe 3ur friben Stunoe
OOnnerltag Wforgen bur6 Seuer bebeuteno
bel6Goigt. Ser 9ampfer tDar III 80. gto>
BENDER unter 8efebl oes Captain Gornez
illus youna, BON Buffalo fommenD, in
Chicago e%iuselaufen. unb Der Captain be-
abit6tigte, lein S6iff ben 0inter iiber bier
Iiegen gu laiien. BUR i3eit Des sSeuers be-
fanD it6 Der 9ampfer am SuBe Der Blads
batptitraBe. Ser Captain, lopie Der
Wfal6inlit 81. W. WtcDpnalo llno ie6s
S6iffsarbeiter l6liefen in ben S6iftSz
rdulnen n tpGren itder Derbrannt, ooer
pom 9tauAe eritidt morben. mare ni9t
WtcOonalO ertpa6t uno 6Gtte leine &amez
raoen nit 0etpalt aus benz S6lafe ge<
rilien.
Inn 3 1br 9onnerita9Wiorgen iabgoli3it
Seleale con Der Observation-Disclosures Station
Jtau6 aus benz Jtumpfe 0es 0ampfers aufz
1telgelt u1o moute ben Mlarm aboeben,
tonnte ieoo6 nit ieinem S1liiiel ben
Nlarmfalten nt6t Dffnen ltno muBte an
Der anoeren Selte hes Slu11es .1ib einem
Wtanrle bentertbar MAIDEN, ben er aufforz
berte, 10 ldnea Die m0gli6 Die Seuertpebr
au alarmtren. sSwDlf 9ampflpriBen famet
BON Der gSeltlette beranserallelt, tonnten
1eoo1 tetne l~ofortiae 6ilfe b%ringen, ba bos
brennenbe S9iff on Der Sftisite bes sSluIles
Lag. giel !3eit tpurbe baburd perloren,
oaB bic Seuertpebr bic 9tniiionltrabenz
8rlde freuser muBte, UNI in Die gidbe Des
0anlpfers su ~gelangen. Sin atpetter uno
orttter Nlarm e~rfol9te, bod fonnte Die
SerleriDebr Dentg rtebr be3tpeden, ais bas
Seuer BON ben benadbarten 8retterb0fen
uno ben rd6it liegenoen S6iffen fernsuz
bolten. 0te rSuttle" brannte Bis sun
N~ai1erlpiegel ab unb na6 beenoetem sSeuer
ragte nur Elm Sbeil 0es &umpies aus benz
NalIer berpor. Ser bon Dem sSeler qnoes
rthtete Shaoen miro auf 500, 900 aeibGBt.
ueber Die @ntitebung bes Seuers fonnte
ntdts in Grfa6rung gebradt peroen.
Sas Seuerboot vgolemtte" fonnte 1td
bet ben Sol6orDeiten geitern Morqen be-
lonoerS niiBli6 MAIDEN, oa es falt ar, Der
Settle bes brennenben S6iffes 5teuuna
f1ebnlen fonnte.
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rem in Gleuelano gebaut tporoen unb pur6e
BON Dem ieBigen BeliBer q. g. Mtnd fir
800, 900 angetauft.