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Morning journal and courier., 1891-05-22
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE, 1A On Grown street, near State street, a ;ii valuable property, fast coming into busi- s'e ness use. The lot is 46 feet front, 100 feet deep. It is one of the very few properties for sale in the center of the city. A double brick house covers the whole front of the lot, and into stores. If sold soon will be sold very low. For particulars call at
 MERWIN'S REAL ESTATE OFFICE, my15 750 Chanel Street.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-05-22
FOR, RENT.

fnA A new store with good cellar, corner
 :l Meadow and Water streets, near Derby de-
 Rk. pot good place for wholesale and retail fruit and produce store, fish market or g res taurant. Rent very reasonable. Enquire of
 my15 1t CT DRISCOLL 157 Church st.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-05-22
FOR RENT

hA A building three CS) stories and base ;;i ment, centrally located, we'll lighted, suit Wnk able for any manufacturing business:
 Apply to 5: B. OVIATT, mh2O If S7 Church street.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-05-22
Base Ban Games Yesterday.

The Rochester New Haven game was called at the end of the third inning because of rain No runs.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-05-22

Suburban Fruit Farm.
 EHOR SALE!-On the beautiful Lake Whitney, I twenty minutes easy drive from Yale uni versity and city hall. Income large with small outlay. Address, my4 If BOX 1406, New Haven, Conn.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-05-22
MINIATURE ALMANAC.
DEATHS.

FARNswORTH-In this city, on the Fist inst, Jesse H. Farnswortb, aged "A years, months, 14 days.
 dence 86 William street, Saturday afternoon at o'clock. Friends are invited to attend. .st DAGGETT-In this city, Wednesday evening, of Rev Oliver Ellsworth Daggett D. D. -. Funeral services Sunday at 2:30. St
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-12-12
Cut Ont for q shopper.

A little Chicago girl, just arrived at
the dignity Of being allowed to go
down town alone once in awhile, is
very fond of buying things, no matter
what, only so that she can ask, receive
and pay the money herself. One day
she saw in newspaper that a firm was
going to sell sugar the next day for q
half-cent pound; of course, for an
advertisements, and on one day only.
She decided to buy some sugar with
her entire capital of two cents She
persuaded her mamma that her happi-
ness depended on purchasing four
pounds of sugar. and next morning at
eight o'clock she left the house. Ten,
eleven, twelve, three o'clock came and
no little girl. At four o'clock an anx-
iors mamma started for the store and
found a line of people facing a side
entrance. The thirty-seventh face from
the door was her little girl, and tightly
gripped in her hand was the two cents.
AS she spied her mother, she said:
''Oh, mamma, I'm almost there now!'
And no amount of coaxing could per
suade her to leave until she got her SUI
gar.-Golden Days
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-12-12

A .oomass r,s-dososs,"
overworked, weak, nervous and de-
bilitated-that's woman that III.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription L.
made for. 1t gives her health ana
strength. All woman's weaknesses
and all woman's ailments are cured'
by it. It's legitimate medicine
not a beverage an invigorating, re,
storative tonic and a soothing and
strengthening nervine, free from al
cohoi and injurious drugs. 1t I'M
parts tone and vigor to the whole
system.
For all functional irregularities,
periodical pains, organic displace-
ments and uterine diseases, it's q
positive remedy. ;.
And a guaranteed one: If it
doesn't give satisfaction, in every
case, the money paid for it is re-
funded. No other medicine for
| women is sold on these terms.
That's because nothing else Is
.just as good" Perhaps the
dealer will offer something that's
"better." He means that it's bet
ter for him.
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The sewage Of Paris.

Paris, like all other great cities, has
been much concerned with the question
how to dispose of sewage. At present
most of the outflow of the collecteurs
pours into the Seine, to its serious pol
luton. But some years ago the muni-
cipality purchased several thousands OF
acres Of land in the plains of Gennevil.
liers, a few miles down the river, and
began the experiment of sewage farm.
The project has been an unqualified
success. An extension from the Pere-
Lachaise-St. Denis collecteure carries q
large quantity of sewage to the farm,
where it is used by irrigation ss'a fer
tilizer, with the best of results in every
way. At present one-fifth or more OF
the total sewage effiuent OF Paris is
used on the land at Gepnevilliers; and
in due time the whole Quantity can be
diverted from the river to this and
other tracts of land which have been. Sc
lectea as snisahle, Ter the purpose. ?
century. E-f ttF-lrW go isest.t A. sfjss :.
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with the left hand tried to arrange the
tangled lines, while the bullets
whistled by In the dark. He got the
stage into Tombstone with the express
box safe. but two dead men were taken
from the coach.
That was not the work of profess
sional road agent The main purpose
of the robber is to secure plumber, and
il he does any killing it is either to
prevent somebody from killing him or
70 insure the success OF the robbery.
The attack upon the Tombstone stage
was the work Of . man-kilIer. who had
turned road agent for one night only,
knfl for that and other good reasons the
fob was generally attributed to Doc
Holaday, q man who left tran OF
blood across every state and territory
between the Mississippi and the Sier'
ras.
A man who understands the art Of
AighwN robbery ese bold w eal
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either by running his knife around the
sack near the bottom, or by making
two slashes criss cross in one SIDE OF
the sack. Thanks to Uncle Sans kind
consideration and foresight, he isn't
obliged to ransack thousand letters,
but finds all the valuable mail sorted
ont and neatly done up in an easily
portable pouch, which he takes along
to open at his leisure in the brush.
of all the devices and inventions for
the protection of treasure and the CIR
cumvention of the road agent, the only
one that has stood the test OF time and
experience is a big, ugly-tempered
man with a sawed-off shotgun on the
box. OF course, when the other fellow
has the drop shotgun is OF no more
use than a piece of lead pipe; but the
lone road agent can't watch lot OF
| messengers and driver. and at the
same time keep the drop on man who
has been hired to shoot him full OF
holes, and only wants half a chance
to do it. If the robber gets the drop
ON the messenger and keeps it, and
contents himself with ordering the
driver 10 Throw Ou1 ehC uo>s NJ --,'J
win; but, it is the business OF the man
with the sawed-off shotgun not to let
him get the drop, but to blaze away as
soon as he shows up. The gun is sawed
off for the greater convenience of the
messenger in potting road agents II
is loaded with buckshot and scatters
like charge of bribery fired into
California legislature. The length o.
the gun is such that when the muzzlt
rests upon the footboard the locks art
, level with the messengers knee, ane
, he can swing it up into position verl
readily. If he gets it pointed any
, where near the robber, some OF tn
buckshot are sure to hit
An old Nevada drivers modification
: of the messengers gun was single
| barreled shotgun worn in his righ
boot, the muzzle protruding throug
' the bottom near the heel. When hel
q up he stuck out his leg toward the rot
e Der, as if he were feeling for the brake
e and pulled the trigger. But one han
. was required to work the gun and tn
d effect was something in the line {
S painful surprise.-San Francisco E.
q amiuer -snf.tts
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-12-12
pUNcENr pARAeRAeHs.

New York - "Shall we go the
beach?" Boston--'No; the waves are
| too wild for me to associate with
Truth.
As if He Had Ai,y.-Jim-"1 think
Rob is conceited" Harry-.'Why SOP"
Jim-"He said he wa S going to blow his
brains out. t."-Bostons Democrat Z
Miss Ugly Girl-''Thc whole affair
was so absurd that, l assure you,
could hardly keep my countenance
Miss Flip-'Why did you want tor
-.Isn't this your prayer book. Miss
Chaser?" 'sWhy, yes. thank you; 1t Is
4 How did you know it. Mr.. BluntYs ;
"When took it up it opened at the
marriage service"
| -Flattery.-Belle-"He said 4 was
handsome Bess (enviously) HE
wouldn't have fisttered you, am sure,
# he knew that you didn't like hat
Yankee Blade.
Hstars.-"What do you think Of these
sliding roofs for .theaters?" Capital.
When the stars on the stage are dull
YOU can see bright ones overhead.-
Brooklyn Eagle. . -
-"If YOUR husband stays out so late
every night 1 should think he would
suffer from loss of sleep" 80. he has
all day to sleep-he is serving on q
iury"-N. Y. Press Ia ,<-ae
-Jinks -"It costs Waite pretty
) steeply for beard at his new place,
doesn't it?" Fillxins-"Yes. but nothing
to what it costs him for his sideboard. +"
N. Y. Herald. ~
-Wife-"Our little Willie ought tc
have a white flannel suit TO wear at the
seashore, dear" Husband--"Then.w why
don't you send my old one ont and have
It washed?"-Clothie and Furnisher. ?
-she rowed with me one moonlight night,
And we are married now.
We row no more: we're altered quite;
Now we pronounce 1t row. 80
-Somerville Journal
, -Papa-sT wonder what will be th'
most durable color to paint our house.
Maude-"Red, papa, red every time!
"Why do You think SOP" Look at oh
Soaker's nose! 1t never fades, bu
grows redder every year!'
Telegram.
"A Lost Art.-''I had asletter from
INV son John to-day. Mrs. Briggs. H
is studying to be civil engineer" .
am very glad to hear it, Mrs Jones.
wish some of our young men woui
study to be civil conductors Lowel
Citizen. i,i's -.
he Warden (of insane asylum) - Th'
lg poor woman imagines she is shoppin
OF all the time. Sometimes she sits in s
nd leuce for whole weeks" visitor.."Whs
1t is she doing then?" Warden-'ft
IS, supposed that she imagines she Is wal
ed ing for the change. Cloak Review.
y Miss Guitar-'.Arc you musicial
W Mr.. Phiol?" Mr.. Phiol (who practic'
slightly on a violin, in well-populatt
or district)-.I-I am sfraid can not pa
lr on that. Miss Guitar. Opinion seems
~ be divided on the question in my neig
nu borhood colorado Sun.
ssa Their Next Scheme -Gazzam-"l
no you know what the silver barons pr
Nv ~, posed to do after they have sold the pro
- uct of their mines to the government
Maddox-"No; what?" Gazzam-'Th
~ will start balloon line and extract t
~ silver lining from the clouds. "-Epoc
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-12-12

Tombstone was infested by Doc Hoila-
dav and other people Of that sort. Inc
Earps managed to hold things level IN
Tombstone, but the road agents bosseo
the highway, and in Benson q man was
liable to be held up at noon on tne
depot platform while waiting Tor q
train. Budd Philpot, brother-in-law OF
Charlie Foss, the king of stage drivers,
was driving the Benson and Tombstone
stage, and one night somebody tried TO
hold him up not many miles from Tomb
stone. Philpot had had experience
with road agents, and when he heard
the order to halt came from the dark
ness little behind the off fore-wheei
he concluded that the robber was
green hand at the business, and instead
of putting ON the brake he gave the
horses the silk and sent them ahead on
the run.
In nine cases out of ten the trick
would have won, as the robber would
have thought it hardly worth while to
fire at q rapidly escaping stage, and
the darkness would have spoiled his
aim If he did FIRE. But the crack OF
Philpot's lash was answered by the
crack of q Winchester, and Philpot
half sprung to his feet, dropped back
with q moan, and swayed in his seat.
The messenger, who sat beside him,
threw his right arm around the driver
and with his left seized the lines as
they fell from Philpots'relaxed fingers.
The Winchester cracked again and
again, and a cry from the inside OF the
coach told that one of the passenger
had been hit. The frightened horses
few over the road. The messenger
held the dying driver with one arm, ,anf
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-12-12
A rsther,s Foresight.

Speaking of Judge Calhoun suggests
a good story about his middle name,
which is Ezekiel. W
s.I asked my father once" said the
Judge, '.why he ever put such thing
as Ezekiel in my name,sas to the best
of-my recollection no family precedent
or close friendship with anybody oz
that name warranted it.
"'My son, said he. i did it to keep
you from ever parting your name in
the middle and the judge has never
parted ik-Atlauta Constitution
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-12-12
a FloHT WITH MuskRATs.

= q - =.
A Fishernan in ohio Has Remarkable
~ rs, Experience.
Samuel LOTUS spent q dag on the
banks of Hogan creek fishing !, He was
not very successful, and as the sun
dropped down in the west he laid the
two fish he had caught on the bank and
meandered up the creek. He returned
in Short time only TO discover that the
fish were tones 80 = ~ - ..-s'''.'ss Z.
Samuel was angered at this, and he
made up his mind to find those hsh if
they were anywhere in the neighbor-
hood Finally he saw the tail Of one of
the fish protruding from beneath .
ledge Of rock just at the waters, edge.
Lotus at once began. TO tear away the
rock and earth from above the fish.
when to his surprise he discovered q
nest of muskrats nearly full-grown.
The young rodents had pulled the fish
into their hole as far as their size would
permit and had begun to make a meal
of them.
When LOTUS broke into their hiding
., ace the baby rats began to squeal in
fright, and the cries. attracted the at
tention of the parent rats, who were in
|, the neigborhood. With. screams the
| little animals, anxious to save then
| Lyourg, attacked the farmer, swapping
with their long, sharp pteeth at hishandi
and arms. Their cries attracted othel
rats near by, and from dozen nests
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-12-12
CRADLE SONG.

Baby. let us both 70 sailing
In our fairy bark away.
With its sllken wings outspreading
To the country Of Cathay.
Let the two Of us make voyage
Where in other days have gone
Men and babies, dolts and sages,
All in quest of Prester John.
Baby. let us both go sailing
To the Persian land away,
There to visit rosy gardens
AT the dawnjng Of the day.
AS the sun begsh its journey
Wen begin the pleasing tramp.
Seeking Aladdin, the lucky,
And his genius OF the lamp
Baby, let US both 60 sailing
where the calm Pacific les
With its sweep Of deep blue surface
Spread before our eager eyes.
Let us leave its shores that gladden.
with their palm trees fruits and flowers
Till we come to Crusoe's island
BY this fairy bark Of ours.
Baby, let us both go sailing
Stormy seas Arabian DER,
Till we md where Sinbad's valley
Has Of diamonds countless store;
Then with gems Of priceless value,
Joyfully returning here,
Some shall shine on baby's trinkets
Some shall deck its mother dear.
Baby, let us all 60 sailing,
Sailing to the land afar.
Where amid the four-leaved shamrocks
Dancing nimbly fairies are;
Let us ut their mirthful revel
Take o sly and curious peep
Ahl the rogue has sailed without me,
Sailed and found the land OF sleep.
Baby by himself is sailing
- In shallop built Of dreams.
Over lakes with blossoms circled,
Through the friths Of placid streams.
Crowned with poppies, robed with siicnce'
In his bark reclined at ease.
Who may know how far he wanders!
Who may tell what sights he sees!
Thomas Dunn English, In Harper's foun
People.
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-12-12

with the WelIs-Fargo box safely slowed
under his feet.
The scheme of building an iron box
into the body of the coach worked Tor
a time, but the road agents beat that
game by sending the driver and pas
sengers along the road afoot and
breaking into the box at their leisure
with cold chisels. As they usually con-
cluded the evenings entertainment by
setting fire to the coach and burning
mn one thousand dollars worth of the
company's property, besides running
awav with the horses. the stagemen
concluded that the iron-box scheme
didn't pay.
Going through the mail sacks used to
be a tedious job for road agent, and it
didn't often pay for the time wasted.
Besides, it doubled the number OF pur-
suers by setting all the United States
marshals on the hunt for the robber,
and when caught it landed him In the
United States court and insured a
heavy sentence. Nevertheless great
deal of money is sent by mail, and, Tor
the convenience Of road agents and
other thieves who may desire to take
the chance of being caught, Uncle Sam
invented the registered letter and Its
especial pouch. No other reason FOL
the invention of the registered letter
system can be imagined. A registered
letter is not issued, and Uncle Sam vii
not pay for it if it is lost or stolen
The registered mail is put into htti'
pouch, which is put inside of the regu
lar mail sack. When the road agen
pets hold of a mail sack he rips it open
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-12-12
4 FXEsIKE FFkoMENTE

cankered throat. sore mouth,
,tc., use borax and honey; drink sage
or slippery-elm tea -
Corn Critters: Mix with one pint Of,
grated corn four tablespoons of sweet
milk and four of : -four; salt to taste,
then fry like oysters.-Detroit Free
Press. ~y4a ~ sfs
Washing the hair frequently is
about the only harmless way OF keeping
/ it light All blonde hair tends to darken
with age. Soda is apt to make the hair
stiff and wiry. - M !
'-Itis as desirable to have vacant
spaces in room to give relief as 1t is
to have decorations. in order that it
| shall be truly beautiful A room clut-
| tered with pictures aud bric-a- brac,
however good in themselves, is fail
ure. There is no good thing that may
not be carried to exces&--N. f.' Trlp-
une.
| ~-Blanc-Mange with Vanilla: Make
this the same as the chocolate, except
that the chocolate Is to be omitted, and
teaspoonful of vanilla extract and
two tablespoonfuls, of sugar used. Or
half the vanilla may be poured into
mold and the chocolate mixture bt
added to the other half; in which case
use only two tablespoonfuls of sugar II
dissolving the chocolate. - Ladies
Home Journal
/ Fruit Rolls: Take bread dougi
ready for the oven, and roll it thin
spread over it a thin layer of butter
and sprinkle with currants, seeded o
halved raisins, and little cinnamon
Cut into three-inch wide strips and rol
up like jelly cake. Lay them fat in
baking tin or pan, cover and set in
warm place and bake when light L
be eaten within three or four days
Boston Budget. - sA
-Rissoles of Lobster: Mince up th
meat from one boiled lobster very fins
season it with little pounded mac'
pepper and salt; add two ounces {
melted butter and sufficient quantit
OF bread crumbs to make 10 into ball
brush them over with the yolks of tw
well beaten eggs; strew bread crumt
{ thickly over them, and fry in boiled fl
3 nice brown. Serve them in dis
with some good gravy.-Boston Heral
To loosen tight ring when the fi
Q ger has became swollen. begin at Il
/ end of the nah. and wrsp q stror
l thread, having a needle attached TO
4 close about the finger until it reach
J the ring. Pass the needle under Il
ring, and, pushing the thread again
s. the ring, slowly unwind the thread.
g too swelled to admit the passage Of Il
i needle under the ring. touch the sri
It with mercury on opposite sides; sha
IS blow of hammer will then cause it
r drop in halves from the finger. -Drak'
Magazine.
!, When q year old child should ha
3 bread and milk, hominy, oatmeal p'
d ridge. q soft-boiled egg three times
IS week, cracked wheat. or any of
10 cereals, bread and butter, oatms
D. bread and little treacle, or molass
If it likes it When the double tee
10 are through it should have beef-ste
O. mutton-chops, or chicken finely mines
d. The juice from rare roast beef, or M
ton, on bread Is good for it. Baked
" stewed apples, boiled custard, bre
ne pudding. rice and stewed prunes T
b pudding. fgs, ETC., may be gradua
added, as we'll as potato, and any "
prepared SCUM
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-12-12

great q fence pichct - % MsSHeJ - -
two-shot scatter gun. The Gilroy stage
was toiling up long hill at dusk some
wears ago when the driver saw some
thing white fiuttering just ahead, and
his leaders stopped with their breasts
against q rope sire etched across the
road. A handkerchief was fiuttering
from the center of the rope. The
driver put on the brake, and then
somebody standing by tree at the
| side of the road told him to throw
down the box. He glanced toward
the person who spoke and saw
masked man pointing something at
him. He threw down the box. the
masked man cut the rope and told him
to drive on, and the stage went on its
way. The next day the officers found
the broken express box. the rope, ano
an old fence picket in the road, but they
never found the masked man.
The express box is the main attrac
ton for the road agent, and sometimes
| il is an affiiction to his soul In thu
natural order of things it ought to con
. tain wealth, but the heartless express
companies sometimes load it will
, bricks and cause great loss OF tim
J and anguish of spirit to an industriou
, and painstalxing robber. When rob
, berries were the rule and safe trips tn
! exception in California, the expires
companies invented the dummy bo.
and worked it of. frequently on the en-
3 terprising agent, but the joke didn'
! last long. The agent acquired tn
0 habit of bursting the box in the pres
r ence of the driver and then profanel
!. requesting him to hand out the othe
e box, and no blanked foolishness "A
the drivers weren't hired to be sho
!, they discouraged the use of the DUNN
e box, and it was abandoned by all th
c well regulated lines, although 1t Wa
4 worked in occasionally on some ann
Y teur robber. When Budd Phiipott~ W;
= driving the Lakeport stage q robb'
held him up. and Budd cheerily tosst
II out an empty box belonging to Il
Y Greet Western mine, and drove elos
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-12-12
At THE TELEPHONE
How ~ Brown worked Mr.. Smith b

How ~ Brown :Worked MI. Smith by
Wire.
They were bosom friends, but resided
in different cities. Browns homo is in
Bapdad. Smith resides in Oshkosh. Each
has telephone connections in his parlor.
Ding-a-ling-a-ling-a-ling. Mr.. Smith
hears the telephone late at evening
Hello, hello" ~ .
sTs that you. Smith?"
s.Yes, is that you BROWNE
.sYes. how's your health?"
"Well, thanks. How's Mrs Smith?'
sVery nice, thanks She sends her
regards to Mrs Brown"
"very kind, to be sure. Mrs. Brown
desires to be remembered to Mrs Smith,
such good friends you know"
Anything in particular, Brown"
moo, only desired to ask after yon
and your family and say good night"
"Very kind and thoughtful, old
| friend" y.
..Say, by the way. Smith, have you
any ready money!" 's
| sYes, want some?" ssSa :.
'sPerhaps, shall know tomorrow.
Don't forget to give Mrs. Browns re-
CARDS to Mrs Smith"
"By the way, Brown, how much
money will you want?" -..s.f
20, perhaps hundred or two thou
sand"
"All right. will see you tomorrow
Good night"
Good night, and don't forget Mrs
Browns regards-and see me to-mor
row." 's s.s = .,
| Brown and Smith meet on the follow
ing day in the streets of Bagdad. Brown
gets loan just in time to. make al
assignment Some 6ne says "poo
Brown" Some one, "poOr Smith
They are not such firm friends as the
. were.-Shoe and Leather Review. =
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uIsturb.nk |. Quiet Spot.

He-Tkis Is 4 vsiy quiet corhsas'bA
the park, isn't it?
She-I thought SO until l saw your
nav hunting suit-Munsey's Weekly