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Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-24
COMMUNICATIONS.

How an Ingenious Man Escaped. To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 In your issue of the 23d you copy an interesting item, Pinned to the Table" from the New York Herald. On the Mis- sissippi thirty years ago personal friend of mine made himself exceptionally agreeable to the ladies on board one of the crack boats. Chess, backgammon and any game of cards he was ready for, but of carving, it was hand to mouth, roast beef and turkey having always come to him in slices on his plate. The boat had been making up time, and the dinner from some unknown cause delayed, so just as it was announced the captain approached our friend, the most popular man on board, and said: Heath, we are just about to make landing, and as I must be
 on deck allow me to ask you to take my
 place at the table" Escorting the com pany to the dining saloon, he placed Heath in the seat of honor, and lowing courte- ously to the ladies excused himself. The soup and fish were enjoyed and then the turkey, roasted to turn, was brought on and placed before Heath. He turned pale, but took the elegant carving knife in his hand, prepared ito do or die" when it suddenly flashed across his mind that his father used to pat his thumb on the knife ! to test the edge, and this he did, and the next moment said: "Waiter, take this turkey to the steward and have it carved don't like the looks of this knife" It is 1 needless to say the turkey came back in such shape that it could be distributed l without trouble and Heath's reputation | was saved.
 After dinner the boat made another | landing, and to break the monotony of s river voyage all the passengers were or deck. Some cattle were to be landed. One jumped off the plank and swan for free 1 dom. One of the drovers instantly plunged | in after it, and seizing the bullock by the | tail, so retarded it's progress that it wa'
 soon captured.
 The incident caused no little amusement
 and when the cards were resumed Heatf | inquired of the ladies why the drover wa
 like an English lawyer. In due time the!
 gave it up and called on him for the an
 swer. "Because he understands the re
 covery of entailed property"
 | TRAVELEE.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-24
No. VI

ture large enough, rolling over each other in the attempt, and screaming most unAc- countably. Babies screeched as tbey were tossed around in the panic, little boys dropped from the posts and rolled from the roof In less than a minute the house was empty, excepting the missionaries and an immense hog, which quietly made its bed on the straw in the middle of the floor.
 At the beginning of the disturbance the missionaries supposed that it was a sud den attack from hostile tribe or an up- rising against themselves: but they soon ascertained that the black hog which lay grunting in comfort on the straw, a4puaa anans" Ia six-foot hog, as the natives call those of that size. belonged to queen KaA- humanu, and was held sacred by the na- tives: that the canoe house was its aocus- toned resort in the heat of the day, and its abrupt entrance among the crowd, swinging its sharp tusks from side to side with perfect contempt of the common people, was sufficient to cause the exodus described.
 There is no reliable authority that the missionaries made any satisfactory pro gress at Hilo till kAahumanu's pig died.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-24

one cubic centimeter is to cost marks; a bottle with cubic centimeters, 9 marks.

one cQDlC centlmeper ls lo cosl uaEhss a bottle with cubic centimeters, 9 marks.
 Captain Goldman recently wrote to the Churchman concerning the horses which are kept standing tightly checked for seve- ral hours in front of Grace church, New York, on Sunday mornings. Dr. Hunting ton, the rector of Grace church, replies, deprecating any cruelty to animals, but at the same time suggesting that it is snwise to be more thoughtful for brutes than for men. '1 thank God," he says, "for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, but thank him still more fer vently for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children; and sometimes when notice the attention lavished by the women of NewYork on pugs and fox terri CTS, am led to fear that what ought to be the children's bread is being given to the dogs. In fact, so far from believing that the quadrupeds of New York have as a class hard time of it, am honestly persuaded that if one half the attention that is here given to the housing of the horse were to be devoted to the housing of the poor, our civilization would be a long way in advance of what it is. Had Captain Goldman, instead of appealing to me in the name of the horses, taken up his parable in behalf of the coachmen, and emphasize the hardship of their being cut off from the privileges of the rest day, my sympathies would have been far more deeply stirred. With so much Anglomania in the air, it is a pity that the good old English usage of walking to church on the Lords Day should not be revived, and our man-servants and maid-servants allowed to rest as well AS we"
Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-24
THE WEEKLY JOURNAL
 IS PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING. one Dollar per Year, Gin Advance.) Single Copies cents.
A RAY OF HOPE.

The situation at Hartford is little more encouraging, aside from the petty per formances of Staub and his henchmen. It is evident that the disposition to come together is increasing, and the sensible men in both parties are apparently willing to 'stalk it over" in spirit which promises well. The Seymour plan appears to be looked upon as the one best calculated to make peace. IL is generally recognized as thoroughly honest and well meaning. It involves no surrender of pride or obsti- macy, or whatever it may be called that has thus far sustained and cheered the contestants. If it needs modification it can be modified. The main thing is to get the matter before the courts, where it should have been long ago. It will be rightly settled there if it can be anywhere.
 It is to be hoped that this week will not come to an end without decided progress toward a settlement. The people are more hopeful than they have been, be- cause in the Judson and the Seymour bills they have seen at least an honest purpose
Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-24

tain cases can be used as it comes from the mine, or may be made to serve the needs of the shelter after it is converted into coke. The average distance of the iron ores from the coal needed to reduce it to the metallic state does not probably ex- ceed one hundred miles. The ores of the Lske Superior district have to be trans ported from seven to ten times this dis tance to find an appropriate fuel. It is true that the average richness of the Lake Superior ores in metallic iron is probably nearly one-third greater than those found in the southern states, and the former yield Bessemer iron, which, save in rare instances, cannot be produced from the southern deposits. On the other hand, the southern ores are generally won with considerable ease. Enough ore to make ton of iron can at many points be mined and put in the furnace st a cost of between one and two dollars, while to bring the same amount of raw material from the earth about Lake Superior to the smelling point costs, at the present time, from nine to twelve dollars. Moreover, there is a method of making steel known as the Basic process, which, for general purposes, is as good ss the Bessemer sys- tenn. This method is well proven, and, with the expiration of certain patents, which in few years will cease to be valid, will doubtless come into general use in the southern states.
 The peculiar ease with which the south ern ores are mined is in good part due to their geologic conditions. They are gene rally in the form of true beds which once were limestone, and have been converted by percolating waters containing iron in a dissolved form into iron ores; being beds of this origin the deposits are more con tinuaus than those of other nature, such as those about Lake Superior, where the ore occurs in much more irregular depos- its. Moreover, the southern country was not occupied by the glaciers of the last ice period: thus the soft oxidized ores were not worn away as has generally been the case in the glaciated fields, nor have the outcrops been hidden by the deep ac- cumulations of drift materials which are so common in northern districts In part also their advan tageous cond: lions are due to the fact that the southern climate per mits work to be carried on in open pits throughout the year, while such uncovered openings would not be workable for more than seven months of the year in more northern climes
Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-24
WATCH ED.

Wise sign in a Ridge avenue hardware window: Domestic tranquility promoted by sharp carving knives. es."-Philadelphla Record.
 A watched pot never boils, but it often makes the man that watches 1t boil to see the other fellow rake it in.-Binghamton Leader.
 "We are so busy" said clerk in an ex- press office, ''that we can not guarantee said a girl in the crowd.-Philadelph Record.
 Richfello-That Miss Forundred belongs to the blue bloods, doesn't she. Rival Belle-Yes, indeed. You just ought to see her nose on cold day.-New York Weekly.
 ''On what grounds did Henshaw get | his pension? I never heard that he did any fighting during the war" "He didn't; but he claims his sympathies were en- listed. Pluck.
 Mistress Bridget, where is the ice | cream I ordered for dinner. Bridget Shure, mum, nothing came but can of | milk froze up stiff and put it on the fire. -Binghampton Republican.
 Professor-How is it that you could dare say behind my back that l looked like Me thusaleh. 'I confess did say it, profes- sor, but only like Methusaleh when he was young. -Fliegende Blatter.
 That's a fine big diamond of yours, Buffer" ''It is dandy, isn't it:" "Yes. I wish my friend Bronson could see it; He's an importer" "Of gems:" 'No. Of plate glass"-Harper's Bazar.
 Signs of wealth. h.-Gilhooly-Are the people who live next door to you rich Gus de Smith should say so. You ought to see the silverware they carry to the pawnbroker.-TexasS Siftings.
 Mrs. Upton-Henry, want you to dis charge your typewriter girl. She was out last evening in bad company. MT. Upton Why, my dear, how-er-do you know Mrs. Upton-Oh, know all about it. saw you-New York Sun.
 Mild Old Gentleman (goaded to madness by next room lodger)- gracious! Wha are you pounding the furniture that wa! forl Idle Party-Trying to kill time Mild Old Gentleman (after deep thought Well, I suggest also that you try t deaden the sound!-American Grocer. Countess, leaving her box at the theste before the conclusion of the play, entirel. worn out with the stupidity of the per formance, and finding the servant who ha been sent to escort her to her carriage fas asleep on the floor outside the box door s'He must have been listening. -Fliegend , Blatter.
 The only man we know of that don , know what to do in case of rheumatisr is an Atchison doctor. We called him fo
 a pain in the wrist once, and he did nc
 suggest anything, although he talked cheer fully and tried to be entertaining. Finall 8 we told him we didn't want to be amused f we wanted to know a remedy for rheumi
 tism sI don't know anything that's gJo ' for it," he replied. eff you hear of a ren s edy send me word; Ihave had it 40 years. D -Atchison Globe.
 @ "sTis sweet he said, 'tand tastes like more, !"
 AS in the dark hallway he kissed her, ; But he scooted out and slammed the door, a When he found it was only his sister. 70 Boston Herald.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-24
NATURES CRUELTY. The Sort Of Torture iI Can Put Wan 10 and Not Let Up n Hit.
From . Springfield lO.D Dispatl

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 News was received here 10 day that Ja- cob Weaver, who left short time ago to become miner in California, had died af- ter suffering tortures equal to those on a rack. He and his partner, William Rob- son, lived on the mountain side near Lun- dy, Mono county. Ten days ago they were missed from their usual haunts and a par ty of searchers started out to. learn what had become of them. They found their hut reduced to splintcrs and their claim covered with huge bouldrrs and debris.
 Weaver was found. scarcely able 10 speak under rock waighing several tons, only the upper part of his body Eorolrnding- His limbs had been terribly crushed He had lain in that condition for five days without food or drink His cries for as sistance had been unheard. After consid- erable work he was released. He spoke a few sentences and fell back dead. The poor fellow had made laboTious efforts to release himself with hand saw. He sawed of a stick four by eight inches This must have been a tedious task, As the space would not permit of a stroke of more than an inch ar two
Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-24
A MISSIONARY EPISODE.
How the Good Work In IIilo Was Interrupted br the Queens Sacred

Interrupted bC the Queens Sacred
 Hog.
 From Paradise ot the Pacific.l
 Shortly after the arrival of the first missionaries at the Hawaiian Islands small party of them landed from a schOon- CT at Hilo on their way to visit the volca- no of Kilauea At that time no missiona- " had been stationed at Hilo, and conse- quently but few of the people of the place had ever had the opportunity of hearing preaching.
 As the party were detained ih the viii lage over Sunday they appointed morning and afternoon services. It so happened that the only building large enough for the proposed meetings was canoe house situated on the beach. Thither the con gregation assembled at the appointed time in the forenoon, filling the house to its ut most capacity. There were old, scared and white-headed warriors, who had | fought in the wars of Kamehameha, sit | ting in their kapa kiheis, through whose | quiet dignity of manner there shone a cer- tain expression of expectation; there were dried'up old crones, to whom the emancl- | patton from the kapu had come almost too | late, and there were younger people and | DdbASSf A4oAc OA ASoo according to the convenience or whim or | wealth of each individual The posts | which supported the roof of the house were appropriated by some of the more agile boys to elevate themselves above the crowd. where, clinging on like monkeys, they awaited proceedings with countenan- ces expressive of the greatest triumph and delight. Others, with equal ingenuity and greater comfort, climbed on to the outside of the roof, and by stealthily enlargine small holes which they found through tho thatch, or making new ones, had an unob structed view of the inside, and the enor nous size of their eyes, visible from be low, showed how they appreciated it Under these favorable circumstances tn, meeting commenced; the preaching wal listened to with great attention by the au dience, and the missionaries felt that thel were making an impression.
 Suddenly, when the meeting was abou half through, there ensued scene of tn widest confusion, men and women rushet out of the building through the uncov cred sides, or wherever there was an sper
Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-24
Professor shaler on the Iron Ore. of

the South.
 Professor N. S. Shaler in the August Arena.l The iron ores of the south are not only extremely abundant, but occur in several widely separated fields. The Shenandoah district of Virginia and the neighboring valley of the Roanoke, western North Car olina, eastern Kentucky and Tennessee, northwestern Georgia and northern Ala bams, all districts belonging to the sys- tenn of the Appalachians, abound in work able deposits of this mineral. Texas, Ar kansas, Missouri, also contain valuable iron ores, but they lie remote from depos- its of good coal The peculiar advantage of the Appalachian district is found in the fact that the ores lie in the neighbor- hood of excellent coal beds, which in cer-
Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-24

Woman is beginning io discover some of the wrongs that go with her rights. A woman justice of the peace at Chey- enne complains that her husband and three sons, while willing to help her in her official duties, will not do the washing, ironing, cooking, scrubbing, and other work about the house.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-24

The Australian ballot in Missouri has proved so satisfactory where tried that the provisions of the law have been extended from the large towns to every voting pre- cinct in the State.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-24

The Sun makes the pat suggestion that the Italian residents in the United States are the people who ought to take the lead in suppressing the Mafa in the United States.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-24
gr1J 6nnds.
Howe & StetsOl. Last Easter at the Old Stand ! Our Neighbor Wants
 the Earth.

Examination will prove our Kid Glove stock to contain, as usual, the latest and largest variety of styles. Easter Gloves in our special selection of shades, viz: Beaver, Rose Mode, Primrose, Pearl and Cordova Tan. Evening Gloves in Heliotrope, Turquoise and Sea Foam, as we'll as the staple shades of ecru and cream. Easter Handkerchiefs in all the Paris and London Novel, ties. Tinted and embroidered Null, Mousseline de Soie and Silk Handkerchiefs.
 Special-Black silk drapery nets, in stripes and figures at 75c, o8c and $I.oo per yard.
 New patterns in Black Chantilly drapery nets at $1, $I.25 ana SI.5O.
 Great assortment Black Silk Demi-Flounces from soc to $2. 25 per yard.
 Easter Garments-We have just received the newest styles for Ladies, Misses and chil- dren. We offer this week spe- cial bargains in Reefers and Blazers at $3 4S, 5.o8, 4.e8, $6.5o, 7.5o and 1000.
 Dress Goods at soc per yd. We offer an endless variety of stylish fabrics at this popular price. You will find all shades in plain colors, all sorts of homespuns and rough goods. plaids, checks, stripes, etc.
 Silks and Velvets-This isa busy department. For this week we offer a great bargain in Black Surah Silks, 24 in. wide, at CSC yd. Just look at it.
 Ladies pure spun Silk Black Hose, with spliced heels and toes, at o8c pair, worth $1.25, and less than old low tariff price.
 Our Ladies' Spun Silk Rib bed Vests at 59c each have created a sensation and they ought to, for they are wonder 1 full value. We shall open an other large assortment or Tuesday, March A. at the same low price of 59c each.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-24

Boston has seventy millionaires, and this, too, after the performances of Atchi- son, c. B. St O., and other Boston fa- vorites.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-24

Thomas w. Knox concludes that his tory has fully established that Captain Kidd buried no treasure except on Gard ner's Island, and this, amounting with what he had on board his vessel, to about S7O,OOO, was secured by the Earl of Bella mont, Governor of the British colonies in New England. Still the industry of locat- ing Kidd's buried treasure may be expected to go on indefinitely.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-24
The Legend of Cerealine.

Kept 1t clean from weeds and insects Drove away, with Scoffs and shoutingS, Kahgahgee, the king of ravens"
Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-24
EDITORIAL NOTES.

'T am Hercules" wrote Lawrence Bar rett two days before he died.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-24

The Socialist colony established by Count Leo Tolstoi on the estate of wealthy man in the neighborhood of Charkof, Russia, has been broken up. The owner of the estate gave the colonists every opportunity to fulfill their utopian dreams, but the continued quarrels, the dissatisfaction and the impossibility of ac- complaining the desired results led to the abandonment of the settlement. The land of the colony has been divided among fifteen peasant families.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-24

A stringent control is to be exercised in Germany over the sale of Tuberculinum Kochil. According to recent decree, it can be purchased only in drug stores which receive the "cure" from Dr. Lib berte. The doctor is to continue the man. ufacture of the lymph. It is to be placed in bottles containing quantities ranging between one and five cubic centimeters.
 With each bottle there is to be paper containing specific directions for using the medicine. The bottles are to be kept among the poisons in all drug stores and to be sold only upon the requisition of reputable physicians. A bottle containing
Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-24
BROWN & DURHAM, COMPLETE HOUSE FURNISHERS, Open Monday and Saturday evenings.
 CASH OR CREDIT.
E. H. VETTER, Furniture Upholsterer.

All work guaranteed to be done first class, at reasonable prices. All orders by mail promptly attended to and estimates given.
 43 Washington St. cor. Liberty.
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9nnrnal aud Courier.

The Oldest Daily Paper Pub
 liShed in Connecticut.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-24

"Day by day did Hiawatha
 Go to wait and watch beside 1t; Kept the dark mould soft above it,
The Somerset reporter., 1891-03-19
Australian Ballot Bill.

On Friday In the House Mr Clsson Of
Gardiner said # would ask the chair "
RUE on the present position Of House
Document lG3
ChAif-"Tle chair will state that early
In The session bill was introduced In
this House known as the 'Clason' BIZ,
providing for secret system If voting
aud tpr distributing ballots. That bill
was received by this House and referred
10 the committee on the judiciary. Since
'hen two reports Of the judiciary commit
lee hsye been presented 10 this HoUse.
Neither Of them has been accepted, and
~ the opinion Of the Chair there ID at the
present time before this House the origi-
nal ClasOn bili which night be BY this
House recommitted 10 the committee re-
ferred to Il committee of the whole, re-
ferred TO the next Legislature or indenn-
tely postponed, but notw thstauding my
opinion, and inssmuch as II II q question
OF some doubt, and at the special request
Of both the friends Of the bill and those
who are opposed to it, and with their ex-
press consent. and for the purpose Of
expedting legislation. | propose to rule
and do bow rule pro forma that this
House has nothing further to 90 with the
matter at present, and now order the
clerk TO send all papers TO the Senate
Senator Spear introduced a bill 10 the
Senate similar to the Clsson ballot bill,
providing that it shall apply to towns and
cities Of the State and not apply TO plan
tations. This bill was laid on the table
on his motion, pending reference to the
judiciary committee.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-03-19
Maine at the Worlds Fair.

The Committee ON the Worlds Fair
has recommended an appropriation of
$1,000 to defray the expenses of the
Maine exhibit at Chicago. which is re-
garded by the members for Maine of the
National Commission as little enough to
give the State representation. Maine
stands at the front In The number and,su-
periOrity of It's summer resorts, and an
especial effort will b. made to give this
prominence. All the leading hotels and
summer resorts IN the State are expected
to have lace. Pictures and photographs
OF these are to be shown. 1t is also the
plan to have mounted specimens of nearly
every animal and bird indigenous to the
State. The varions industries of the
State will of course be given a goodshow
ing, Including the lumber, agricultural,
shipbuildiug and granite industries The
fishing industry will be given a prominent
place as well as the manufacturing. The
Maine building 1t is proposed,to have con
structed of material coming entirely from
this State, the wood, granite, brick, etc.
Maine should make a creditable show and
to do it must have a fair appropriation
from the State.