Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-10-11

| postage stamps to be issued next year as q
| special commemoration of the discovery OF
America. The new stamps will be about
twice the size of the present series, but
oblong in Shape. There will be various
illustrations ON the different denomina-
tions, from columbus Asking Aid of
Queen Isabella" to columbus Reciting
the Story of His Discovery to Isabella
After His Return" including "The First
Sight of Land, columbus Fleet at Sea, u
"The Landing of Columbus" etc.
The Jewish Progress is disturbed by the
decline of Orthodox Judaism. 1t says:
''There are Jews among us, end plenty of
them, who do not believe in circumcision,
claiming that it is a relic of bsrbarism;
and GENTLE; who do not believe in the
divine origin of the Bible; who are willing
to do away with Hebrew in the synagogue
aud Sabbath school and have religious
services conform to those of the Unitarian
Church" The Hebrew Observer has sur
prised soms of its readers by saying that
s.the time has come in this country for
the miserable barriers between Jews and
Christians to be torn down. To help tear
them down shall be one of our distinctive
aims We believs further that many habits
and customs are practised by the Jews
which are not essential to the preservation
of our religion, and that the abolishment
of these customs would be a good thing
for our people"
There is one piece of real estate in Maine
which is entailed as far as such property
can be in this country, says the Bangor
Whig and Courier. 1t ia known as 'sDun-
dee" and is situated in the town of Lining
ton. III 1868 Francis Small bought it with
other lands from the Indians, the original
deed being yet preserved in the family.
Having descended from father to son for
several generations, Humphrey Small pur-
chased a small section of his fathers land,
which he named "Dondee," and he stoutly
affirmed that Dundee should remain in the
ownership of the Smalls forever, and that
it should be allowed to become forest
again Twice he was offered more than
double its value, but although hard pressed
for money, he remained true to his declara-
ton. On the 28th of November this
property will have been in possession of
the family 224 years, and to commemorate
this, and also to celebrate the centennial of
Limington, which was organized in 1892,
the family had reunion and picnic last
week. Next year they propose to celebrate
their 225th anniversary with larger
gathering, to include all of the Small
family that can be gathered together.
The shop girls of Paris held meeting
the other evening to protest against the
refusal of the Chamber of Deputies to ex-
tend to them the protection of the law for
the regulation of the conditions of labor
in factories. The girls declare, and ap-
perently with reason, that their situation
is one of great hardship. Although their
pay is extremely small they are compelled
to be in the shops for thirteen or fourteen
hours day, in most unhealthful atmos-
phere, and ere not permitted to rest them
selves by sitting down. Their complaints,
in short, closely resemble those of their
sisters on this side of the Atlantic, but
their case seems to be the harder Of
the two. 1t is only at the Bon Marche
that they are treated with any
thing like consideration. Some recently
published statistics seem to prove that the
girls who work in factories are much bet
/ ter off than the shop girls. 1t appears
that out of the 1O,35s, 900 artisans of
France, there are 4,415, coo women who re-
ceive in wages or dividends no less than
EOS, 100000. Notwithstanding the dis
advantage they are at in being paid less in
proportion to what they do than men, they
draw 35 per cent. of the entire sum spent
in wages. There are in Paris 5000 women
doing business on an Independent footing,
and out of 1858 business suits decided last
year, 1,674 concerned workwomen.