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Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-03-25
The CoIonel,. Promotion.
From the Detroit Free Press.l

ZIG DckiO.s 6iSO kAtos-4
81 amt q man" )" remarked the veteran as
the crowd settled down to listen, ''thAt U.S.
ually gets any espscisl pleasure out of the
bad luck of other people, but once while
I was in the army did, and it was unpa-
triotic, too, but enjoyed It just the same.
There was colonel in our brigade who
was as pompous and overbearing as any
man served under, and there wasn't q boy
in his regiment that liked him. One day
down on the Potomac he thought he would
do little scouting on his own hook, for he
had a good deal of nerve, and about fifty
of us went along with him The result of
it was that we Were surprised by abot 900
Johnnies, who scattered the squad and cap
tured the colonel and dozen or more of
his men. / was in the lot and after the
scrap was over the Johnnie officer ranged
Us up in front of him TO examine his find
He was a hard-looking citizen-soldier, and
his mon were no better. Old clothes,
slouch hats, boots out at the toes, and q
general air of tramp pervaded the entire
organization. The colonel was thoroughly
disguised ard mad. no effort to conceal IL.
"'Who are your asked the Johnnie, pick
ing him oct first, of course
Il am a colonel in the Union army sir
replied the colonel in his most pompous
manner.
/" oh, are you! smiled the captor. Il
thought you might be the president of the
United States or Napoleon Bonaparte.'
% This is no time for levity, SIR retort
ed the colonel.
"That depends on which side you air,
colonel again smiled the captor, and to
show you that have no personal feelings
in the matter he continued, Pm going to
promote you
Sir exclaimed the colonel haughtily.
I'm going to promote you, / ssid; right
here on the field of battle, too; I'm going
to promote you he said proudly, from a
colonel in the Union army ID a prisoner in
the Confederate army, and give you a uni
form suitable to your new Office and then
he swapped his rags for the colonel's nice
new uniform, the other chaps traded with
us on the same terms, and when we
marched into the Johnnies' camp we were
about the worst looking lot of Union SOL
diers you ever PAW But the joke was on
the colonel and l think We rather epjoyed
it, particularly We were recaptured next
day and the colonel had to buy a new uni
form"
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-03-25
9nmtna1 atld Gunriet.
The Oldest Daily Paper Pub
lished in Connecticut.

THE TRIAL OF THE BIG FOUR.
The Big Four trial increases in interest.
The session last evening was decidedly
sensational in spots. As tho testimony
comes in the true nature of the Big Four's
performances becomes palmer and palmer.
Those who thought the case wasn't going
to amount to much may yet feel obliged to
change their minds.
The star witness of the evening was the
deposed clerk, Mr.. Waldron. His testi-
mony is intensely interesting, and the man.
ner in which it was given ought to cause
increased regret that the city has been
deprived of the services of such clear
headed, acute and methodical man. He
evidently knows all about the work of the
different boards under which he has
served, and it is plain that he has at
tended we'll TO the city's business during
his long term of Office. He gave Commits
sioner Atwater q bad quarter of an hour.
The testimony which was given by
Messrs. Bradley, Ruff, Thompson and
Crawford is important, as bearing upon
the claim of the friends of the Big Four
that the deposed officers have not been
very capable or efficient. We have no
doubt that there will be abundant proof
that they have been. If they had not been
it would have been cheerfully and clearly
shown before their removal.
Judge Stoddard is conducting the citi-
zens' case in mastery way.
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COMMU NJ ATOMS.
A TAXPAYERS Complaint.

To the Edit II OF the Journal AND COURIER:
Great debts and great salaries make
great taxes of which the people complain.
not without cause. The government takes
fully one third of all that can be realized
from our taxable estates. The majority of
the taxpayers have moderate means-a
home, a small amount of taxable property
A home assessed at s., 900 must pay nearly
$50 tax, which many from their meager
income pay by great hardship and self
denial. New Haven pays interest on q
large amount of debts which are frequent
ly increased by the issue of bonds. Our
schools are no better than they should be
and no better than they might be at a
quarter less cost. This school tax does
not pay expenses, and debts are being con-
tracted which may be an Incubus upon the
taxpayers for hundred years. The Off
GERS under the government have . passion
for great salaries. The auditor was paid
81 400 per annum. Not satisfied with
that, assisted by few friends, he obtained
So 500, which is more than is paid the
town agent, whose services require great
wisdom, prudence and enter
prise, and the highest respon-
sibility. Surely 1t is more to look after
the great interests of the town thal.to
audit the accounts. Men by kind words
and generous deeds secure q nomination
and election to Office, and now they ray,
Raise our salaries from 81 800 to S., 900
If you do not you may find your property
assessed enough higher to give it to us
by law. The selectmen, whether fright
ened out of their wits or not, being averse
to contention Weld to their reouest and
now we must have horse and carriage
Although the cars 60 to every part of New
Haven within short walking distance, we
must ride. and our Office must be put in
order, and what else for the taxpayers to
pay. If men are elected to Office who can
not afford to give their time and services
for just and reasonable compensation
they should resign We have plenty of
men every way competent and reliable who
would be glad of the situation at S100 per
month, whict is all the service is worth.
The great salaries are a fraud on the tax
payers.
TAXPAYER,
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Some Maori Traits,
All the Year Round

dusky worshipper, whose requests for
blankets had at last elicitated decided re-
fusal from The missionary, replied: "Ka-
pal" (good): ''no more blankets, no more
hallelujahs, "and thereupon returned to the
faith of his fathers. No less humorous,
though In another way, was the remark Of
Maori who had claimed a piece of land,
and had been asked TO tell the court on
what proof he relied for his title. Pointing
to the rival claimant, he said simply, 81
ate his father
On one occasion the late Sir Donald Nc
Lean was commissioned by the colonial
government to purchase large tract of
land from a Maori chief. For three days
Sir Donald remained the chiefs guest.
They rode, talked, ate, aud smoked toseth-
er. Each night the bags of gold contain
ing part of the purchase money were SOL
emnly handed over to the chief for safe
keeping, and restored to the commission
er's attendant in the morning. But not
word was said about the purchase of the
land. On the third morning Sir Donald
prepared to return. The horses were led
round and fsrewells were exchanged.
go on your way in peace" said the
chief -.
Dwell in safety in yourvillsge," 5" renlied
the commissioner.
Then at last the Mscri, beaten at his own
game, gave in,
"Does not my friend know that 1 wish TO
sell the landt Why does he not speak
about itf'
After that, of conrse, the business was
soon settled.
A story like this prepares us for the in
formation that the Maoris have taken very
kindly to the game of chess, and that they
make excellent players. Like all primitive
peoples. the Msoris are very inquisitive,
and, in the manner of children, are in
clined to bring everything TO their mouths
to test its qualities. In tie early days q
party OF Msoris came scroes some bars of
soap which had been washed ashore from
a wreck. Finding that the stuff was too
sticky to be eaten raw, they resolved to
cook 1t. Accordingly they cut it up into
small pieces and sPrinkled these pieces
over the sweet potatoes and fish which
formed their evening meal Finally. they
covered the whole mass over with fern
leaves ana mats, and, putting earth on top,
left everything bake quietly In the ovens
till the evening. The scene at that evening
meal rnust have been very funny. Not on
iy did the tribe have to go supperless to
bed, but the whole set of ovens were
spoiled, and new once hsd to b- construct
ed before any further cooking could be
done
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-03-25

Mr. PETER BREDBER6.
My stomach became irritable would have
to throw up my breakfast -veTy mo- ming. wzs
very tired and had q dull headache. pains IN
back and sides unpleasant dreams had rbeu-
matlsn all over me j c .uld not stand on my
feet more than 10 minutes AT a iimr, before my
legs would get numb and so Ia tleep.
Before went and took DIR. Ro;h's treatment
had tried seven doctors and asy gaaniItv OF
sure cure peteur ucdicines without relief Under
DR.. Roth treatment in. pro-ed II ooce, and IN
side Of two months am cured and my advice
TO the AFFLICTED Is 20 70 and take the treatment"
es the charges are rrAsonsble AID shall gladly
verify the above statement
JOHN J. HYLAND os 81 ChnTel street. q brass
molder by trade, had asthma bronchitis and
dyspepsia had 20 eire UP work two years ago
had terrible cough I; could not sleep Without sat
ting up /: attacks OF asthma severe; short brealhs
pains ali over body no smell or taste : terrible
sneezine and headaches appetite tried
doaea doctors- no relicf under DR.. Roth's treat
men he gets we'll
ven, well known railroad man. had rheuma-
tism dizzy spells lAst five minutes 81 a tine
ringing noises In the ears poor appetite not
sleep over two hours in rweufy-four headache
over eyes most OF the time. and eyes would blur
and run water had dyspepsia bad and would
belch wind after eAt1nE. Now be csn cypress
himself 50 highly In regard to DR. hoiA tEea'
meut-
Mr. Shea corroborAies this statement, made
Dec 10. 1901. three months age
No cases arc Published without the
full ana free consent OF the parhes
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Great Robbery from a Hindu Temple
IN r11on.
From the London Time,


FROM the London Timesi
The last mail from Ceylon brings news
of n daring burglary from famous Swan
temple in the heart Of the populous town
of Jsffns, in northern Ceylon. On the
night of January % the psdlocks of the
strong room were broken, and the box con-
tanning the jewelry of the temple was ii
fed of its contents. All the precious gems
and the gold TO the value Of about s5. 900
Was carried off, only the silver and gilded
ornaments being lift behind. The robbery
created the utmos; excitement all over the
district, and crowds flocked in from all
the villages in the neishborhood to view
the scene. The result of the police inves-
legations WAS the discovery Of the imple-
ments us.d by the burglars in a lake in
the grounds of the temple, including q
new key which exactly fitted the lock of
the strong room. This was followed by
the arrest of twenty persons, six of whom
were Brahmins connected with the temple:
but none of the jewels were discovered up
to the time the mail left. The temple In
the most richly endowed Hindu religious
foundation in CeylOn. 1t was built in the
latter part of the last century, and was en-
dowed with landed property Of great
value in many parts Of Ceylon and of
southern India by Hindu who was born
of Indian parents in Jsffna, and who, though
born very poor, acquired before his death
vast wealth. The temple 10 managed by
his descendants, who are able out of the en-
dowments to maintain the usual festivities
and ceremonies in n most imposing style.
For some years past, however, there has
been q constant litigation between rival
| claimants for the managership, and in
some cases offices, with the incomes at
tached, have been divided between two or
more persons. Riots also have been fire.
euent between the partissus of the various
parties interested, and the tenants of the
! temple lands have taken advantage of these
Disputes and in some cases have paid no
rent for some time. There Is no law in
Ceylon, similar to the Indian acts, enabling
the authorities to prevent the dissipation
of Hindu temple endowments, for the re-
cent Buddhist Temporalities ordinance ap-
plies only to Buddhist endowments.
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THEY GATH kss< 4 ID TIA EM IN.
Long ago a shrewd old poet said:
Doubtless the pleasure is as great
OF being cheated as to cheat"
Had he lived to see the way the endow-
ment orders have been taken to the bosoms
and the pocketbooks of the people of Mass
change his opinion. They have allowed
themselves to be cheated as if they really
liked it. The record of these orders is
now pretty well made up, and parts of it
are decidedly interesting. In one of the
first which went to the wall the officers
sold out the business to another gang of
freebooters for $27,700 and cleared out
with the money. The next one was sold
out in the same way for $4,000; another
for $50, 900; another for $76, 900, and so on.
GERS at Lowell are to-day riding around
behind spans of fast horses in elegant car
riases which had been bought with the
money OF old women and cash girls and
charged of on the books of the order to
travelling expenses" In another order
of jewelry to grace the silver wedding an
niversary of one of the supreme officers,
which had been approved by the officer in
question and settled out of the funds of
the corporation. The officers of this
order paid themselves salaries of $4,000
each and from time to time voted them
selves extra compensation, often to the
amount of $4,000 each. In another case
the officers sold out their business for
$50, 900, which they pocketed. There was
$4,000 left in the treasury at the time,
which they would be compelled to turn
over to the new crowd; but in order to
pocket that, too, in Legitimate" way,
they created on the books a fictitious
lodge of 800 members, made out certif-
Gates of 500 each, which were dated back
and represented as having been paid, and
made off with the $780, 900. In the case of
the Golden Lion which came into court,
one of the officers was asked what position
he held. It proved to be that of chaplain,
whose duty it was to open the supreme
session with prayer. He was not clergy
man, but had been a clerk in grocery
store at SIS q week. he received $500
salary. As the supreme session was held
but once in two years, the cost to the GER
tificate holders for the services of this su-
preme chaplain was SIS 900 for a single
prayer.
And SO forth and 80 on. 1t is evident
that the limit of gullibility in the human
race has not yet been reached.
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atoms, but in the city you are only an
atom of an aggregation.

Indiana has a boom in zinc-mining.
Forty years ago German resident of Car
roll county, who had worked in the mines
of the old country. found evidence of the
mineral on Rock creek, but failed to in
terest anybody in his discovery. About
1000 acres of land in the vicinity of the
creek have been leased recently by COM
pany that expects to make a great deal of
money out of deposits of zinc that appear
to be present in the soil. The second dis
coverer of the treasure was one of those
rowing fellows who are eternally scratch
ing the hills for specimens" An analysis
of some of the rock found by him on the
bank of the creek showed traces of xinc,
and, more fortunate than the original
prospector, he induced capitalists to
make an investigation, which proved to
be satisfactory. Shafts have been sunk
ON the land. Experts pronounce the de-
posits unusually rich in zinc, and Rock
creek may yet become famous. There
seems to be no reason why the mineral
should not be mined in Indiana, for the
adjoining State of Missouri is quito rich In
zinc strain
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No. 72

tails chewed of, swsrmed up from below
in never ending thousands, sqaeaking and
squirming over one another in q manner
sickening and horrible TO behold, particu-
LARRY to those of us up in the rigging. At
last we cut of some looee ropes, knotted
them into convenient lengths, and %
armed we descended and attacked the ro-
dents, eventually succeeding in beating
passage to our bost. Any one would have
supposed that they knew by instinct the
impending fate OF the vessel, for they no
sooner saw rs over the side than they be-
gan to swarm down the ropes and try TO
enter the boat, and il was only with diff
Guilty we were able to beat them off before
casting the boat clcar; and they squeaked
in horrible manner in their anguish and
mad frenzy as We rOwed away from the
vessels side. They were too far both
from the Island and the mainland to swim
ashore. They could not feed on the tim
Der and coal, and so that WAS washed
a.hore to warm the sbins of the coast
folk. While every other part of the ves-
sci seemed TO go TO splinters, the deck
house, strange to say, came ashore on the
island intact"
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-03-25
Starving Rats en- n Wrecked steam
ahln.

A correspondent of the Newcastle Chron-
icle, describing scenes on the Northumber-
land coast, tells a curious story about rats.
"What q scene of devastation did st.
Mary's Island witness as the result of the
breaking up of the Gothenburg City. I
was one of party that went on board
that Inflated vessel few days before she
broke up and saw q sight to be remem-
bered. 1 shall never forget it. To all
appearance, as We approached her, the
vessel might have been sailing comfortably
out of harbor, save for the absence of any
apparent life on board of her. But we
had no sooner put foot on deck than we
were Immediately attacked in such q man
ner that such of us as had got on board
had TO make tracks for the rigging, while
the rest fell back into the boats. Ratsl !
never saw 30 many In my life and never
hope to again. Great hungry, lanky, lean
looking rats, many of them with their
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The Man should be Around.

;
Congressman John Allen told story the
other night of an electioneer down the Mis-
sissippi who grsndiloqaentiy referred 20
the old sAying, The Office should seet the
man, not the man the office A few days
afterwards the speaker was noticed cleo
tisneeriDg in old-fzshioned style. with
drinks and oigArs, etc. Being called down
aud asked about his assertion of few days
before, that 1.-THE office +hould seek the
man." he replied: II still maintain my
position. The Office shouid indeed seek the
man, but, by Cad, sab, TIE Insn should be
around when the oiiice is looking for him. I"
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-03-25
The song OF tho Shad.

With donkey weary and worn,
With garments scaly and grim,
The huckster sits In his creakinS cart
Venting his vernal hymn.
Yawol Yawp! Yawp!
Till the ueighborho goes mad.
With vice of a broken c-liiope
He sings the song OF the shsd.
Bawl! Rawl, Bawi!
Thro' the winding village streets
This flend with the cracked sheetiron lungs
His echoing cry repeats.
Tho weary women and men
Do their ears with cotton pad
To the aural drums yet wildly comes
The vendors song OF the shad.
o man OF metal mouth!
o chap with exhnustless windl
'Tis not yourself you're wearing out
But the patience Of mankindl
Yell Yell. Yell!
Till the whole town prays, egad,
That a thunoerbolt would bore clean through
This shouting. snorting, brawlug Sioux
That sings the song Uf the shad-
Boston Courier.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-03-25
DIR, EDWARD ROTH,

,nlt Ia graduated physician of
Bellevue Hospital Medical College, also
a graduated druggist and chemist Of the
New York College of Pharmacy, and pre-
mares all his own medicines from selected
drugs, of which he is from experience a
Q Judge. his charges in every case are
reasonable. BE Is located permanently al
81 Church street, opposite the Postofice,
where he cures catarrh, as well as all dis
eases of the noee, throat, lungs, stomach,
heart, liver, Kidneys, akin and nervous
diseases, rheumatism, asthma, bronchitis,
consumption, dyspepsia and deafness
Once hours from Q to IL O. m, 10 A
and 8 to 8 p. NJ, Sundays excepted. Con
sultstion free.
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Bruuistums, &c.

A drop of ink is nothing but a
blot, but the same amount of ink
flowing from a pen held in the
hands of a thinker has produced
on paper thoughts which have
startled tho world, - even as
Washburn, Crosby Co.'s Flour
startled the world with it's won-
derful bread quality.
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They are little slow in Pennsylvania.
Divorces have been granted in that State
for thirty-four years under law that has
just been found to be defective. The de-
feet discovered is that desertion in a for
eign country is not legal ground of di-
vorce in Pennsylvania, as has been sup
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In NEBRASKA

farmer takes his hogs riding in ahlmber
wagon when they lose their appetite, joitin1
them over the roughestroads Such severe treat
ment may do for the porcine, but not for the
human race. To restore the appetite take q. o.
Tayior Old Bourbon er @. o. Taylor Pure Rye
Whiskes They are pure and medicinal and
have y,-pn known and rsed for years for lnvaIids
- we'll as social purposes. Druggists and Grocers
seli them Our firm name 10 on the label and
over the cork. CHESTER II. GRAVES & SONS
ao5e Proprietors, Boaton, Mass.
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AGENTS WANTED

In every house In the country to advocate the
purity of g. o. Taylor's Old Bourbon and Pure
Rye Whistles. By agents we mean people of
M.ture age, that know and appreciate Z good
thing when they see It, Many the best phys
these pure stimulants. Druggists and Grocers Of
reputation sell them, as do the proprietors, Ches-
ter H. Graves & Sons, whose firm name is over
wanted: CHESTER II GRAVES & SONS. Sole
T,voprtet0ra ROatnn. Maas = !
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-03-25

We suspect, from the communication in
yesterdays New York Sun, signed can
Old Banker" that our ''Old Sanitarian"
doesn't really need an Office. He writes to
the Sun like a rich man. Is it possible
that he too is humbuga
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Ed OR NOf ES.

"Hope springs eternal in the human
breast" If it didn't there wouldn't be
any new papers started in New Haven this
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-03-25

The French Canadians of Lewiston,
Maine, have an election trick that throws
moet Yankee devices in the shade. 1t has
been discovered that several of the astute
Canucks voted in one ward under their
French names and in another ward under
the English equivalents, thus: In Ward
/, Antoine Boisverte; in Ward 2, Antoine
Greenwood.