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Morning journal and courier., 1892-12-16
A SensatIonfn the Deacons, Pew.

"Some curious stories are told in con- nection with old Puritan church customs" said Mir. HeEskiah Butterworth to a Jour nal reporter. ''Some of the old customs seem very funny as we see them now. It
 was little less than crime not to attend church in those old days unless detained
 by sickness. In fact, & person was thought
 very little of who even came late to Sun day worship.
 "One Sunday morning in early autumn
 Puritan woman, whose reputation for
 housekeeping, spinning, and church at
 tendance was excellent, was belafed in her
 morning work. She took her long necked
 pitcher and went to the pasture where her COW was waiting to be milked. This duty done, she found-f0r she could see people on the road-.hst she hsdn't time even to carry her milk back to the house and get to church in season. So shs took her long necked pitcher along with her and sat in the gallery right near where the singers and bass viols were displayed. After the singing was over and the long sermon had begun-sermons were an hour or two in those dsys-she grew sleepy. Her long ! necked pitcher sat on the floor near by and near the front of the gallery. She was soon oblivious of either milk, sermon, or A dog that came pit-pattering up inc gallery
 stairs. The milk soon attracted the dog He smelt and wsgged his tail. then smelt
 and wsgged again, then looked inquiringly at the unconscious milkmRid. He made up
 his mind very soon, and into the long neck
 went the dogs head, and neck too. He
 couldn't get much milk ,and wanted to pull
 back and try again
 But he couldn't His head ras wedged
 fast in. He pulled and used his pAws and
 tried to back away Blinded of coarse by
 the pitcher, his steps were cratic. and sud denly, to the sstoniEhed people below, there appeared sudden parting of the balcony
 curtain, sn almost blood-curdling yell was
 heard, and there was fash and down. pouring straight In among the four un- conscious deacons in the deBcons' pew be- | meath, of snow-white milk. Iong-necked pitcher. and a milk soaked frightened dog. "For once there was great awakening
 in that church, but the poor woman was frightened nearly out of her wits and the l supersritious deacons were greatly sean | dalized.
 Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup takes the lead of | all cough preparations on ou' shelves Car penter & Palneter, Jamestown, N Y.
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No. 2e4

blocks of wood, with horseshoes attached,
 the task of fooIiDg people into the be. Her that horse in a mad gallop on a hard
 road IS being refined in front of feudAl cas-
 tie or bsronial hall, or in S paved court yard, ts not an easy one. This falls to the
 iot oi the drummer. Portrsying in sound the flight of railroad train by means of two sheets of stovepipe iron and two switches made of punches of wire gives sn diculouss unless the work be well done. Jinglina a string of sleigh bells st the proper time does not overtax the musician, nor does the manipulation of champagne pop, mere popgun on sn enlarged scale, call for ability of high order; neither does the use of 6 baby cry, nor yet the rub ping together of two blocks of wood coy- cred with sandpaper, to produce the choo- ohoo of an engine. There is an art, how ever, In doing clog dance with two wood en hammers armed with jingles. In the arrangement of gas pipes so that beating upon them will call to mind the vsyside forge and the brawny smith there is more or less knowledge of sound and harmony necessary.
 Few drummers are averss to following the suggestions of their orchestra leaders ss to the introduction of effects, and all of them are proud of the creative faculty which suggests the causes of the effects. A drummer will twirl on & rosined stick strand of horse hair fastened st the other end to bottle head covered with kid, and will see in the noise clever imitation of the locust of the seven-year variety. He will not take umbrkge if asked to initiate rainfall by upending st the proper time 6 section of stoyepipe, through which count less wires have been passed literally, End pouring through the machine quart or two of dried peas or beans, whose drop ping from wire to wire sounds like the steady down pour of rain. He doesn't ob- iect to beating together the oval ends of de- spoiled eocoanuts for the sole purpose of maxim gs "hollow sound" In fact, the drummer is collectively willing to do al- most anything he is called upon to do in an orchestral wsy, and to do it to the best of his ability.
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told her pastor how worldly she was and all about 1t. Then she lifted up her blue eyes and said: "What would you adviser He sighed and looked at her, noted the Parisian gown, the mutinous droop of her lips, the brightness of her eyes, the rings on her fingers and everything about her, and replied: "I should advise reincsrns' ton first"
 There are several new things in hats and bonnsts, especially in the Directoire and Empire styles. The picturesque was al ways the aim of the fashion makers of these periods. and 1t Is the same at the present day, though our new models. arc exaggerated and more becoming. The oldest hat have yet seen represents lit tie packet turned downwards on the head It is covered with satin drawn over the shape, and the top of the crown Is edged
Morning journal and courier., 1892-12-16

THE ELECTRIC 1CKAILROAD BOOM.
 If the legislature falls in with the schemes which have been concocted by the electric railroad boomers about every high way that now exists in the State, or may hereafter exist, will be electrified. The situation is decidedly interesting. A line is proposed from New Haven through West Haven, Milford, Stratford, Shelton, Birmingham, Derby, Ansonia and back to New Haven. Another line proposed is to join New Haven to Middletown by way of the towns of Durham, North Branford and North Haven. There is also 8 plan, or a combination of plans, to connect New Ha- ven and New York with electric lines. One of the companies will ruu it's line to Milford, another wants to build line to run from 'there to Bridge port, and other schemes are proposed between Bridgeport and New York. The Meriden street railroad company has given notice of it's petition for an exten- sion of it's line from that city to Middle town. Lines are proposed to connect Hartford with West Hartford, Bennington, Plainville, New Britain, Avon and Collins vile, Wethersfeld, Rocky Hill, Cromwell, Middletown, Windsor, Poquonock, East Granby, Manches ester, Vernon, South Wind sor, East Windsor and Enfield. There is a plan to connect Hartford with Worces- ter through Manchester, Talcottville and Rockville, Stafford Springs and South bridge, Mass. It Is also proposed to con- nect Norwich with South Coventry, run ming through Willimantic, and South Windham and Baltic. And branching out from New London is wanted.
 All these schemes, and the others which are in the works. indicate that some people are getting little excited over the pros pect of making money out of electricity. | Electricity is indeed wonderful agent, | but it may not make everybody rich. It | is possible that if such a general outbreak of electric road building as now seems to be at hand does come to pass there will be a good deal of disappointment and loss be- fore the roads all pay. It has been so with the steam roads, as millions of investors know to their cost. But probably no such gloomy thought as this will be allowed to
 stand in the way of modern enterprise, and
 certsinly not until after the franchises are
 secured. While they are pending there
 will be some very cheerful pictures of the
 benefits which will come to the public from
 them.
 When the roads are all built and when
 all the towns in this and other States are
 connected by electric roads there will be (
 great change. Ease of communication will
 stimulate enterprise and there will perhaps
 be lively times Aninte.esting question ii
 what effect will all these new lines have
 upon the old railroad systems. Nobody
 can tell, but 1t is fair guess that they
 will not, as a general thing, injure them
 They may be great benefit to them b,
 helping to increase travel and genera
 business. It is not probable that the line
 in this State will seriously det,act iron
 the value of the New York, New Hsvel
 and Hartford Railroad compsny's deben ture certificates.
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THE WEEKLY JOURNAL -,.,,
 Is PuBLI9HHD~ .s EVERY THuRsDAY MORNING. 4 as one Dollar per Year, Gin 5AdyaHse.S Single Copiee cents, s
A PHILOSOPHER.

r'1s- PHILOSOPHER.
 Human nature is curious stuff, but 1t crops out occasionally in hopeful and encouraging way. As is well known by readers of the daily papers, love and mur- der are often found in close companion ship. A man who has fastened his heart and mind on some charming woman and has been allowed to marry her suddenly finds that she is faithless and has been fooling him. He snatches gun, pistol or a knife, and stays the man who has been so unfortunate as to take. her fickle fancy, and perhaps he rounds out the tragedy. by shedding her too ardent blood. He feels that he has done right and often his fellow men and women feel so too. He may escape punishment, marry another charming woman and live happily ever after. But if he does not call him self murderer he cannot justly claim the noble title of philosopher. He has let the passion of love and the passion of anger destroy the philosophical judgment which stands in the way of nasty action of any kind, and which does not allow man to feel certain that to kill anybody on account of disappointed love is entirely wise and justifable. There are. however, real phil osophers, and, ss indicated above, they are encouraging to the friends of human ity. One of them has just become con spicuous in Binghamton, New York. He was the husband of charming and lad fbnf she would love somebody besides him, and as she had a boarder who seemed to her about right she transferred what she called her affec- tions to him. She made up her mind that an elopement with ths boarder would suit her. and, like dutiful wife, she told her husband that she felt that she would be happier if she should fly with the boarder. The wise husband, thinking that perhaps she didn't know her own mind, tried to persuade her that she didn't. But she finally convinced him that she did. And then what did he doa Did he spatter the house all over with blood and make spec tacle of himselfa Not at all. He gave her his blessing and what money was necessary for her to elope with, only stipulating that she should wait two weeks until he could get his bearings in tho new and trying pre- dicament she had put him in. She waited, and, the two weeks being past, she calmly and in good order eloped, and is now prob ably very happy.
 We congratulate the deserted husband. He hasn't the worthless woman on his hands, and be hasn't blood on his hands.
 He is wise man, if he does live in Bing- hamton, and he has set Q good example.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-12-16
Why He Wepr.
J A10 NNPhs From the Springfield Republican ]

lEEom lne cIsIlnsnelQ hepOOlfc6n-l
 One stormy night eighteen years ago, SO runs the story, Maine girl living in the town of Biddeford expressed her determi- nation to attend a pound" party st 6 neighbours house But hsr parents said her nay. She, however, persisted in her de- termination, and finally her father said, "You are no longer child of mine if you go." She went. She never returned home. Years rolled by and nsught was heard from her. A few weeks ago hack drove up to the house where she had spent her youth, and the broken hearted father for he had long ago repsnted of his hsrshness- with joy his missing child
 "Father," she said, in sobbing accen ts, "father, I've been gone long time, but I've come home to stay with you and be faith ful daughter hereafter" The old man said nothing but the glad light which beamed from his eyes and the warmth of the embrace he gave her told her she was forgiven And then she turned toward the hack and said. "Coms." Aud To, siy children got out and came. "Tbese are all mine too, father" she said, "and how hap py we will all bs together" And the old man sat down on the steps and sobbed like A child
Morning journal and courier., 1892-12-16
FIRST FLOOR, CLOAK ROOM.

rLOOAy SAOAA 1SOOA.
 Here you find Coats, Jackets, New markets, Russian Capes, Austrian Closks, French Garments and English Top Coats, Inverness Coats, Edinburgh Mackinioshes, Ladies' Woolen Shawls and Knotted Shawls, Tea Gowns, Cor sets, Ladies' Underwear Zine stylish garments for gifts), Skirts of all kinds, Leggins, Children's Coats, Infants Outfits, etc., etc., all at the LOWEST PRICES.
 SECOND FLOOR,
 UPHOLSTERY ROOM.
 Lace Curtains, Chenille Curtains, Por- tieres, Poles, Rugs, Draperies, etc., etc. All Are Invited to Examine This Wonderful Showing.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-12-16

ples. You can buy them at one-third less than regular prices.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-12-16
FASHION NOTES.
Not a Hat for Sunday

Girls who dress thoughtfully as we'll ss elaborately are apt, nowadays, to put rak- ish or fsmboyant hats under taboo for church. So the hat pictured here may be described ss a style for week. day wear. It represents a model in winter favor. Extremely artistic dressers now indulge small still and have altered but little in shape. As rule they are fiat with Asa tian bows and an aigrette in front, the most fashionable feathers being peacocks' feathers rising above the bow.
 Speaking of modish girls in church, one of them was young and very frivolous. She wanted to be good, and she went and
Morning journal and courier., 1892-12-16
Consolation From the Bench.

IFEOIN LIe LtWlsion JournAl
 A story of kind-hearted trial justice is told in central Maine. The sorrows of the offenders brought before him touched him deeply, but despite his efforts st condo fence he was strict in doing his official duty. On one occasion an offender be- walled his fate. e.when found guilty of crime Have you ever been sentenced beforeI" asked Judge e. kindly. f'No o-o," boohooed the oulprit. bursting into tears "Well, well. don't feel SO bad about 1t, !" said the judge, sympathetically; you're going to be, now"
Morning journal and courier., 1892-12-16

with 6 plisse of the game bacterial. A. alan IS the orim, which is bent fn all directions so..har sht. s1s race. In front bunch of black teatners towers high above the forehead.
 FLoRKTTR.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-12-16
4r1y Goods.

From now un- til Christmas we offer our high grade Dress Patterns,
 no two alike. at $7.50 and ces from $12.00
Morning journal and courier., 1892-12-16

Just purchased
 from the larg- est manufact-
 urers ofAprons in this country
 their entire stock of sam at one-third less
Morning journal and courier., 1892-12-16
Christmas-hme IS near, Brohfest ofhe year.

ChrIstm1s-hme IS near, Brightest ofthe year. SWfter than q star Shooting from ofar Santa Claus draws near, Countless hearts to cheer. How his reindeers fly From tie northern sky! See his loaded sleigh Decked m cOIors gay! On ifs side behold, Writ m ietters 6old,
 Health q Merry
 Christmas makes: Eat Perfection
 BuckWheat Cakes :"
 SH STREET 4 co.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-02-23
NOW HE is A DUKE.
LORD HARRINGTON SUCCEEDS TO
THE TITLE OF DEvoNsHIRE.

He Has Long Been n Prominent Figure
IN Enelish Politics, and His Con-
stancy as a Lover Has Added to His
Fame.
At last Lord Harrington, SO well
known by his courtesy title of marquis,
has come into the full glory of his birth
right by the death Of his good old father.
The dukedom is just upon two centuries
old. Rarely has an heir had to wait SO
many years as Lord Harrington has done
before entering into full possession,
though Lord John Manners, the present
duke Of Rutland, had passed his seven
tieth year before he succeeded his BROTH
or in the title The loss to the house of
commons is greater than the gain to the
house of lords by the transfer. By tenn
permanent the new duke was just born
to fit the languid upper house, yet cir
cumstances conspired to bring degree
of stalwart manliness out of his sluggish
nature that astonished as much as it de-
lighted his compatriots of every party.
England will sooner or later have duke
for premier, and perhaps the equal in
greatness Of its ''great duke" Yelling
ton.
A singular character is "Harty.'
Nothing could be more abhorrent to his
nature and taste than to pose as hero
In any sense, least of all as hero OF
romance, and yet the Fates have made
him just this very thing-a hero of ro-
nance in spite of himself. He is now
fifty-eight. The mass of his country
men persist in knocking a score of years
of, SO much do his ways and looks belle
his age. And they scarcely take him as
Los Angeles herald., 1892-02-23
RUSSELL SAGE.

financial center of the country, almost
before the echoes of the explosion died
away, and brokers, bankers, capitalists
and spectators rushed to the scene of
the tragedy. With them went jewelers.
from Maiden lane, leather merchants
from "the Swamp" wholesale traders
of all sorts and descriptions--in fact, a
well informed onlooker estimates that
the throng surging about Sage's office
could raise enough cash in twenty-four
hours TO pay off the national debt and
''not use up 80 per cent. of their assets
at that"
1t was emphatically ''swell crowd"
and a very assertive one too. In the
presence of SO much wealth the police
seemed paralyzed. They recognized the
fact that it is one thing to club some
poor laborer and quite another to whack
a man whose check is good for million
dollars, and who would be sure to enter
complaint if balked of his desire to see
and learn everything in connection with
the sensation. Consequently there was
little Intervention with the ebb and flow
of the human tide. After the capitalists
had learned that Sage was but slightly
hurt, and that the only dead were a
clerk and the bomb thrower, they went
back to their offices and then laughed at
the utter insanity of any one ''trying to
make Pap Sage give up his money"
Los Angeles herald., 1892-02-23

dance good deal better than most of the
professional dancers of the day. She was
born in Chilli, where her father was ply
sician. He came to this country two years
ago, but soon returned to Chill, leaving his
wife and children in New York.
His wife found it hard to make both
ends meet and taught Mildred to dance
and recite, accomplishments for which she
had shown much talent. But as soon as
their relatives learned that little Mildred
was to appear in public family quarrel
was started which occupied good deal Of
space in the newspapers Mildred's grand
papa, the late Rev DR.. Ferdinand G. Ever,
was once prominent New York clergy
man. Mildred's professional name is La
Regaloncita.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-02-23

Sherman was so CLIFFORD GRAPES.
delighted with his performance that he
gave the little fellow medal. At Nash
vile he entered a competition drill with
twelve men and won the prize. There
after honors were showered upon him
and he is said to have 121 medals, of
which he wears only the most valued
Captain Grapes, as they call him, is in
other respects very boyish boy, not
large or precocious for his age, but ap-
parently a natural soldier.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-02-23
A Relic Of sherman,s RAID.

The digging of the trench for the Ho-
tel Dalton sewerage unearthed a railroad
at depth of four feet below the surface
of the street, which put old Daltonians
to straining their memories. Chestnut
ties and pine stringers were used when
the road in question was built, and they
were in fair state of preservation. 1t
was claimed by some that this was the
original right of way and track of the
Western and Atlantic railroad, but this
is known to be mistake. Others claim.
ed that it had been built before the days
of Dalton, and by some it was suggested
as an underground route to China.
AS matter of fact, we learn that the
road was built by some of Sher1nan's
quartermasters while the old National
hotel was used as Federal storehouse
during the war, to facilitate the unload
ing Of freight without drayage. Cor.
Atlanta Constitution.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-02-23


The final arrangements in the matter
were concluded about month ago and
the remains of the saint have been trans
ferred from their resting place in little
Swiss church to the grand altar Of the
handsome Pittsburg edifce. They came
to Father Duffner, through the Adams
Express company, a few days ago, in
closed in a small iron bound oaken chest
In addition to the bones of the martyr
there is a vial containing few drops of
his life blood.
Father Duffner during his trip to
Europe visited a great many shrines,
and among others one at the town of
Mettern, in Switzerland.
In the old church at Mettern he found
the bones of st. Vincent. AS is the case
at great many other churches in the
Old World, there were numerous evi-
dences of decay and neglect about the
edifce, and for this and other reasons
Father Duffner decided to secure the
sanity remains if possible.
He learned that the parish congrega-
ton was very poor and unable to main
tain the agreement under which the
bones had been committed to its care.
This agreement was to the effect that
certain elaborate golden shrine should
be erected in the church in which the re-
mains Of the departed saint should be
exposed. The congregation had been
unable to provide the stipulated shrine
since the sacred relics had come into
its possession, in 1771. They had been
delivered to it inclosed in the -caslzet in
which they still rest, but bound by seal
which no one dared break until the
golden receptacle was prepared.
Satisfying himself that the Mettern
congregation would probably never be
Los Angeles herald., 1892-02-23
ST. VINCENT'S BONES.
HEREAFTER THEY WILL LIE IN 4
SHRINE AT PITTSBURG.

How Father Duffner Secured the Relics
of Martyr for St. Peters Church.
Safe Arrival os the Sealed Casket from
Switzerland.
Some time in January the remains of
a real saint will be exhibited in the
sanctuary of st. Peters church, on
South Twenty street, in the city
of Pittsburg.
Rev. j. B. Duffner, the popular rector
of the Smoky City church. secured the
sacred relics while he was making tour
through central Europe last summer.
He obtained them after months of nego-
tiation and not a little diplomacy. They
are the bones of st. Vincent, who died a
martyrs death, in the latter part of the
Fifteenth century,
Los Angeles herald., 1892-02-23
a. what q Oouxh.

win you heed the warning7 The signal per-
haps OF the sure approach OF that more terrible
can afford for the cake of saving SOC. to run
the risk and do nothing for 1t. We know from
experience that shiloh's Cure will cure your
more than Million Bottles were sold the past
year. It relieves Group and whooping cough at
once. Mothers. do not be without IT: For
lame back, side or chest, use Shilohs Porous
Plastor Sold wholesale by Haas, Bar7ch &
Oo., 6nd al retail druggists
Los Angeles herald., 1892-02-23
Loaded Down with Medals.

Little Clifford Grapes, of Hamilton,
O., is but nine years old and has already
won as many medals as veteran. When
he was four years old he heard some
stories about the war and grew so inter-
Los Angeles herald., 1892-02-23
A CROWD OF Rich MEN.

The Throng Gathered at the Scene Of
the Sage Tragedy.
A noticeable thing in connection
with the. excitement that followed the
throwing of dynamite bomb with in
tent to kill Russell Sage at II Broad
way, New York, the other day was the
makeup of the crowd. The widest
rumors had startled Wall street, the
Los Angeles herald., 1892-02-23

to drilling. In
two years OF SO he
was master of the
manual of arms
in Options Tao
tics" and as well
drilled as any
man in the regu-
lar army. In 1888
he was at the
8 t a to encamp-
ment at Colum-
bus, and General