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Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-15
EMPTY.

There are people who give themselves to
the Lord, but they thke all the money out
of their pockets before they do 1.-THE
Rams Horn.
Thatcher-Nixon seems like such dull
sort of fellow. Does he ever crack a
joker Boxton-Has te-always. Can't
see into it if he doesn't.-Kste Fields
Washington.
"I am going to open my museum this
week, and want you to print me some
drawing card that will attract the public
attention" "How will Admission Free
doP-Lowell Citizen.
Mr.. D.-Nothing in the world would ever
induce me to marry a literary woman.
Miss C.-Why not, Mr. Denning- Macy
Mr.. Dwell, blue stockings fade so
soon, you know.-Life.
"Were you waiting for mer' asked
Spstts, as his sweetheart opened the door
before he touched the bell.
''No, Dick" she replied, 81 heard your
new clothes turning the corner."-Truth.
She-I am afraid that bell ringing means
another caller. He Gmploringly-You
know there is such thing as your not
being home. Sne-Yes; and there is such
thing as my being engaged.-Brooklyn
Life.
Reason Enough.-Mr. Hardup-Why
didn't you send that tea and sugar and
things l ordered yesterdays Polite Trades
MAXWELL, sir, 1 find there is slight
honorarium due on the last three consign-
ments.-Fun.
Penelope-Men are 80 rude
Jack-What's anybody been saying OF
doing to you nowi
Penelope-A man gave me his seat on
the car to-day and never thanked me fol-
taking it.-Life.
Squiggs-what has the worst taste in the
| world?
Squaggs-Castor oil.
Squiggs-Get outl Castor oil isn't to be
compared with the man who wears a sack
| coat and high hat.-Life.
at have got a boy" said the proud
father, "who is destined ono day to shin,
brilliantly in the political armament"
! "Shows an aptitude for statecraft, doei
hes"
"No, but he can't write a letter. st
Joseph News.
care you going to wear the same bath
ing suit that you wore last summer"
81 ann
''Bu. fashion says that bathing suits viii
be fuller this year"
"well, mine will be fuller. 1 am a goot
deal stouter than was last season. ."-Nev
York Press.
Miss Bessie Nester (of Boston)-He
books are simply delightful. Indeed,
| think she is the most liberal writer / know
| of. Miss Hattie Bacon (of Chicago)-Well
| don't know. 1 don't think she is a
| liberal as Mrs. Southworth. Mrs. South
worth gives you 400 pages for quarte
every time.-Waif.
A couple from the humber walks of lif
came before justice of the peace. to b
married, when, the ceremony being over
the bride began to weep copiously
| "What's the mattera" asked the new hus
band. 'I never told you that 1 didn'
know how to cook, 'nsobbed the bride
"Don't fret. I'll not have anything +
cook. Pm poet.-Tsxas Siftings.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-15

David Graham Adee in Lippincott's.l
Thieves have stolen and broken into
several pieces, for better safety of sale,
some of the sarth's finest diamonds
worse sacrilege than the wsnton vandal-
ism of the Goths and Huns.
What stones have been SO treatedl
Notably the French blue, which was re-
duced by cleavage into one large and two
small fragments. 1t originally weighed
one hundred and twelve carats and was
worth three million francs. The famous
Regent itself was once stolen from the
Tuileries. On the morning of September
II, 1891, Monsieur Sergent and the two
other commissioners of the Paris COM
mune perceived that some time during the
night robbers had made their way in by
scaling the colonnade from the side of the
Place Louis XIV. and through window in
that direction. Having by these means
obtained access to the great halls of the
'Garde Meuble, they had torn off the seals
without forcing the lock, carried off the
| enormous treasures contained in the cabi-
nets, and vanished without leaving any
other trace of their presence. Several
suspects were arrested, but were released
Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-15
DE LESSEPS, FAILURE.

Sixty shareholders in the Panama canal
scheme have filed complaint which is e1-
pected to result in the trial of de Lesssps
on a charge of misleading" investors.
The aged viscount is now in his eighty
sixth year, and must feel deeply tho dis
grace which has come upon him. Less
than four years ago-on November 1, 1887,
he was jauntily predicting that the
Panama canal would be opened on Febru-
ary 8. 1890. He had accomplished such
wonders that the French people had pro-
found faith in his promises, and gave him
all the money he asked for. The company
received from the people of France more
than $3.50, 900, 900 in cash, and this
sum is represented by shares and bonds
whose par value exceeds $400, ,000,-
900. At the beginning of the company's
operations there were 102, ,290 subscribers
to the stock, but at the end more than
450, 900 persons were holders of stock or
bonds 1t has been evident for long
time that much of the money paid in by
investors wasn't very well spent. Millions
went for the creating and influencing of
public opinion" Extravagantly paid
agents worked in this and other countries.
The work on the canal was poorly di-
rected and wasteful. There were many
"bosses" with big salaries. Expensive
machinery was bought and not used
While the money lasted it was freely spent
But the golden stream ceased to flow ani
then came the crash. 1t is pity that tn,
great man who carried out the Suez cana
scheme should have made such failure il
| his old age. He evidently overestimstet
his RESOURCES
Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-15
French Medical women.
From the Exchange !

lFrohl tne EAcnAnRe
Since 1868 women have been authorized
to study medicine in France under precise
ly the same conditions as the men. They
are also permitted to be health officers, and
here, too, the conditions are the same as for
the male candidates. The school of phsr-
macy requires for the diploma of chemists
either a bachelors degree or teachers
certificate. The course lasts six years, of
which three are passed in practical work
in a pharmacy. For dentists there is q
school of odontology, founded in 1884, and
there, too, women are received under the
same conditions as the men. Midwives
must be furnished with the diploma of
first or second class. At the clinique d'ac-
aouchment women from eighteen to forty
may attend the weekly practical lectures.
After ten months course of study an eX-
animation for the second class diploma is
held.
The pupils leaving the maternity usually
posses first class diploma. All licensed
| midwives must possess a first class diplo
ma. From among these are chosen the
nurses who reside at the hospital. Tkest
receive in payment 500 francs the first year
| 1000 the second, and / 200 the third year
| Seventy-fve wet nurses are attached to the
| children's department of the clinique c'ac,
| couchement, and there are also certified
| wet nurses attached to the other hospitals
| They are paid three hundred francs a year
| For the post of lady delegate no condi
| tions are exscted. These ladies receiv,
from eighteen hundred three hundred
and sixty dollars to two thousand (foul
hundred dollsrs) francs year. The sicl
nurses can rise to be under inspectors and
even head inspectors of their wards
These sick nurses must also be furnished
with diplomas, but that given by the mu
nicipal schools is held sufficient. The,
receive from two hundred and thirty (for
ty-six dollars) to five hundred Zone hun
dred dollars) francs year, with lodgings
and from fifteen hundred three hundret
dollars) to twenty-five hundred -four hun
dred and forty dollars) without. There i
no regularly established school of nursing
i in France.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-15
Mr.. Ker,s Valuable Parcel
[From the Detroit Free Press.l


Simeon Ker, of Melbourne, Australia,
registered at the Russell House yesterday
forenoon.
81 came from Australia by way of San
Francisco, and am on my way to London, -
said Mr.. Ker. 81 merely stopped over for
a few hours rest, and take the train for
the east this evening Ny business is that
of common carrier" and Mr.. Ker
smiled complacent sort of smile ss he
placed a bulldog revolver on the table and
threw off his coat and vest.
"Don't be alarmed, he said, as the Free
Press representative evinced some little
nervousness at these warlike movements.
81 presume you have seen the stock of
some diamond salesman-worth anywhere
from twenty-five to seventy-ive thousand
dollars. Well, 1 carry q much larger
stock, and all in one piece. See here. Il
and Mr.. Ker drew a stout steel chain from
the opening in his open-back skirt, at the
end of which was a steel portemonnaie,
looked with a secret spring. This he
opened and exhibited diamond of most
wonderful size and brillianoy. 1t was
nearly an inch in diameter, and While
holding ii in his left hand Mr.. Kers night
hand toyed with the revolver on the table.
''That is a genuine African diamond of
the first water and is worth twenty-seven
thousand six hundred pounds, asdiamonds
go. said he: "but on account of Its unu-
sual size we regard it as more valuable.
II is insured for twenty-five thousand
pounds. No, am not afraid of losing it.
In the first place, it could only be obtained
by killing me, for it can never be removed
from my body while am alive. am not
afraid to show it, because desire all good
people to know have it. You represent
a well-known newspaper. 1 find it all
over the world. Now suppose was to be
chloroformed and robbed of it, you as
well as others to whom have shown IL
could testify that 1 had it, though the off.
eials to whom 1 should complain of the
loss might doubt it. In the old days, and
in certain localities at present, it would b,
O. well TO say nothing about 1t, per sp
Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-15
Cucumbers for Pickles.

1idSdZluc
The variety of pickles is numerous, but
the pickle which commands more respect
than all others is the little green cucum-
ber. Without entering on the discussion
of the sanitary view of pickles in general,
or the cooling cucumber in particular, it
seems evident people will have and eat
pickles of some kind; and it is most gene
rally the cucumber.
Those who make pickle growing a regu-
lar part of the crop rotation do not plant
the seed before the middle and not later
than the 10th of July; preferably before
the 25th of June. Planted at this time
| the plants come into bearing in August
| and September. Two advantages are
gained by late planting; the cooler nights
of late summer are favorable to produc
| tiveness, and the ravages of the striped
| bug are mainly escaped.
| A moist soil is essential to raising Gu
cumbers in their highest excellence. The
! cucumber runs its career in about ter
weeks from planting the seed, SO the
| ground needs to be well cultivated and en-.
riched. 1t is a hopeless case to expect 6
| good crop of cucumbers from hard, poor
| ly pIepdEeu SOll. blNc luc ScHc
rous amount of fine, decomposed manure
in the hill; and a sprinkling of phosphate
after they are half grown makes them an
tic in the race for distinction. / think il
has been proven that the cucumber patel
can be fertilized cheaper with stable ma
nure and a good proportion of chemica
fertilizer mixed than depending wholly
upon barn dressing.
| AS soon as cucumbers of marketabl,
size appear these should be picked, a.
leaving them upon the vines eIhausts tn,
latter to the detriment of the crop
Where sufficient help can be procured foi
daily pickings. and if properly cared for
near a ready market, a crop of cucumber
for pickles is one OF the most proftabl.
crops farmer can raise. selection o.
| the most suitable varieties, as in othel
specialties, is of much Importance. Greer
| Prolific is the first variety to name fol
picking. Early Cluster comes next, ther
Cleveland Picking, Early Russian, Earl,
Frame and Boston Pickling.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-15
4t1y 6nnds.
Howe & StGtSOl.
SUM MMER
WaSlDreSS Goods

The balance of our imported
French Organdies in handsome
printed dark and tinted grounds
at 2oc per yard.
linda Grape Cloth l SC per yd :;
a handsome, seasonable fabric in
white and cream grounds, with
unique printings.
Black Surah Novelties at &C
per yard. This fabric is war
ranted fast black, acid and per-
spiration proof printed in white
figures and stripes.
One case black and white
Checks, double fold, woven, not
printed, warranted fast collars, 11c
per yard also handsome Dress
Ginghams at 11c per yard.
The beautiful Shantong Pom
gees at l2ac per yard.
Two cases of first quality dress
styles in Flannelettes at 1oc per
yard; always sold at 12ac.
Warranted Fast Black Satin
Plaid. Lawns at l2ac yard, regu-
lar price 2oc. These plain black
Lawns are in handsome broken
plaids and very desirable.
This is a great season for Chi
ma Silks. We carry large line
of this popular fabric in all grades.
Special values this week in Black
China Silks at 25c, 38c, soc, 65c,
75c, 85c and $l.oo per yard.
600 yards all wool Novelty
Homespun Dress Goods, 25c yd.
Marked down from soc.
Special bargains in Black Silk
Demi-Flouncings, from 35c to
$500 per yard.
IS in. White Muslin Embroi-
dered Hemstitched Flounces at
25c per yard, usual price 30c.
Job lot Corset Covers, Ham
burg trimmed, at l5c each. No
thing better to be found in regu-
lar goods under ,35c.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-15

lowing complaint: ''Ths craze for young
clergymen has gone 30 far that 1t has had
an effect on the age of seminary students.
They are much younger than they used to
be. The result of this is that young men
are put in charge of congregations who
ought to be in college learning to think
and finding out what they don't know.
am firmly convinced that the clerical un-
rest of the present time is largely duo to
the fact that the churches ordain young
men before their opinions are formed. In
a few years they begin. to revive their
opinions, and we soon come to hear of
them as heretics. But even aside from
that, think it is mistake to make very
young men pastors of parishes. There is
something incongruous in setting a spring
lamb to teach lot of old grizzlsd sheep"
There is some sense in this, but it all de-
pends on the young man.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-15
Tests OF Maple Sugar and syrup
From the Utica Observer

INlCa OuccINcIl
In selecting cake of maple sugar to eat
shun the small, square, hard bricks that
look as though they were composed of
coarse sand and pounded glass, and choose
from the larger cakes that have fine
smooth grain and delicate golden brown
tint. To be fresh and pure it should cut
almost as easily as cheese, and melt in
your mouth without leaving any unpleas-
ant gritty taste. Some people have an
idea that the dark, wet, soggy cakes are
the purest and more like the old-fashioned
sugar made by their fathers. This is not
so. 1t is not natural for maple sugar to
be black any more than for it to be white,
and while the dark sugar shows the pres
ence of dirt and leaves and smoke from
the boiling place, and the addition of the
cheapest cane sugar, so the almost white,
glistening, coarse grained maple sugar
shows that it was made by melting over
some of the last years stock and adding to
| it the common coffee sugar of the store.
Maple syrup, to be pure and just right
| to eat, should weigh about eleven and one
| half pounds to the gallon. When poured
i out in glass il should be clear and amber
hued without containing dark streaks.
| If, after it has stood in the dish a few
| hours, dark sediment is found in the
| bottom, it is not pure maple syrup, even
| though the man who made 1t should cut
| down the tree from which he claimed the
| sap was drawn and haul it to your door in
| proof of his claim.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-15

after protracted inquiry. An anony-
nous letter was addressed to the COM
mune, stating that some of the stolen jew
els would be found in ditch in the Alice
des Veuves, Champs-Elysees. N. Sergent
at once hastened, in company with his col
leagues, to the spot indicated. Here, sure
enough, was unearthed, among other valu-
ables, the Regent diamond, which proba-
bly, because of its vast worth had been
obliged to be abandoned by the thieves
themselves. Finally one Of the culprits
surrendered himself to the police and
made complete confession His name
was Baba-but not Ali. The criminals
were convicted and condemned to the gal
leys, except Bahia and Bourgeois, who
were imprisoned at Bicetre. where they
died. This ended the affair.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-15
1r1J Goods.
Mcintyre,
HH
MaggQirG & Co.
Another Batch of Red Hot
Bargains for the People.

We have just bought another lot OF "a and Is
inch Swiss Flounces. 1t pays to wait. Just see
what you get for little money:
75c 27 inch Flounces for SOC.
81 45 inch Flounces for Soc
o 45 less and n e sss ser ss
above.
We are selling these ''hot days many novelties
in the millinery business, our prizes are just
SOC Caps and Hats for a5c.
75c Caps for SOC.
81 Caps for 69c:
Flounces in half widths and 40 inch. Customers
tell us we ought to sell more.
equal oHe yeur Is chantilly e Founee % 10
75c half width Black Chantilly Flounces for
81 half width Black Chantiny Flounces for SOC.
$1.75 AZ inch Black All Silk Chantilly Flounce
'Will you please cut me 12 yards?" is the often
repeated remark at the SC Challie Counter Nice
fast colors, good stylish combinations, cheap at
1Oc, is the least we can say about our &c Chaes.
sHow can you afford 70 sell those French Sat
eens at 1Oc?" Madam, we can't AFFORD to sell
but took at big loss and while Others
ours and pleasing the trade at 10c yard. Big
inducement to cross the street.
to be in great demand just now. The price is
only sc yard, but is worth &c.
The trade buy it in big quantities.
White and Black Goods, in plaids and stripes,
fast in color and low in price, 121sc yard for
goods sold at 20c.
and inch Hemstitched 42 to As inch Lawns
are fast becoming popular for street and picnic
dresses; s3c goods are sold by us for 19c ayard.
HamnockS necessity in these warm days.
We warrant ours the best in the market. Our
roc Hammock worth 81.
Flies and mosquitoes are growing in size and
fast increasing in numbers. We can prevent
both from entering your room at a cost Of Csc,
s9c or SOC. Our Screens are the best and adjust
able.
/ One of our S75O 112 piece English Decorated
Dinner Sets will add much to the comfort and
convenience of summer home in the country
or at the seashore. Actual value $40, or perhaps
Sc piece Tea Set English, you know) at SO. 40.
Tinware, Woodenware, Crockery, Glassware
and every other ware at lowest prices.
Cloak ROOm-EIevator.
Anything light, airy and durable is in much
demand now, particularly our Ventilating 4Sc
sonabe weather made the manufacturers weary.
We are always on the lookout for such men.
Your advantage as well as ours.
Cloak ROOm-EleVatOr.
Comfort ia what we are all looking for and an
article Of apparel that increases cold and de-
creases heat is what want. Ladies' Shirt
Waists in choice styles and patterns, at Soc, 75c
98c and S1.25
Cloak ROOm-EleVatOr.
One of our new Bathing Suits will increase the
pleasure of q sea bath You don't have to spend
a fortune to get one. We keep them in six styles
both ladies' and children's 81. .25, $780, S175 &c.
81. so, So.
Have you seen our So Parasol in black? Cheap
at So. We often astonsh our customers with re-
markable values, but the Black (fast color guar
anteed) Ladies' Hose we now show at 14c is de-
cidedly the best bargain shown by us in years
! 14c pair. More enumerations cut short on &C
count of space.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-15
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Wants, To Let, For Sale, etc.
Yearly advertisements at the following rates:
One square, one year, $40; two squares, one
year, SO; three squares, one year, 500.
Special rates furnished on application for con-
tracts covering considerable length Of time
large space.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-15

1t costs something to try to fill "a long
felt want" with newspaper. The New
York Recorder has sunk $3.50, 200 in the
few weeks of its existence.
A Sacramento man is in prison for try
ing to steal three locomotives. Foolish
man. He should have become president
of the road and speculated in the stock.
Fashionable horses can laugh now. Fol-
lowing upon the Duke of Portland's aglta-
ton in favor of doing away with the bear
| ing or check rein from carriage horses the
Queen has directed him, as her Master of
| the Horse, to take off the bearing reins
riages.
A new swindle has appeared. A woman
visited College Point, Long Island, few
days ago with beautiful collection OF
birds, which she called Australian warb.
lers. She sold them rapidly at 81 each.
The birds turned out to be common Eng
lish sparrows, with their feathers artisti-
cally painted.
1t is not generally known that John
Burns, the British Socialist and labor agi-
tator, is man of wide reading and great
cultivation. He was educated at one OF
famous English public schools and was an
early and profound student of Ruslkin, Car
lyle and Adam Smith. He is a hard work
er and man of considerable sagacity.
An international sporting exhibition
will be held in Scheveningen from June l
to September 80, 1892. 1t will have
twelve departments: Riding and driving,
hunting and shooting, bicycling, boating,
turning, games, travelling and picnicking,
sports on the ice, architecture, prize oom,
petitions and annual exhibits, miscellane,
GUS apparatus for sports. The exhibition
grounds will cover $4,000 square yards in
the middle of the town. The purpose il
to establish more friendly relations among
| athletes of all nations.
A New York architect has been talking
out in meeting. He says the fire-prooi
building is thing that cannot exist and
that the ruin by fire of any of the social
ed 6re-proof structures is usually mors
complete than in the case of an ordinar.
building. The reason is that in case O.
fire the iron girders and beams will 80 e1
pand that they will let the floor abov,
down. When one floor falls in an irol
beamed building they will all go, and thsl
the side walls fall. "We do not built
those iron fire proof fronts any more, be
cause in case of fire they fall forwar,
and demolish the building across tn
street"
| 4 Tribune correspondent makes the fo]