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Water in the Kslaharl Desert.

The bushmen-in the Ealahari des-
ert often live scores of miles from
places where water comes to the
surface. During a certain part of
the year sharp storms pass over the
Kalahari, covering the apparently
arid region with the brightest Of
verdure and filing, for q few short
days, the water courses with roaring
torrents. The bushmen know how
to find water by digging in the bot
toms of these dried up river beds.
They dig hole three or four feet
deep and then tie sponge to the end
of a hollow reed. The sponge alb
serbs the moisture at the bottom Of
the hole, and the natives draw it
into their mouths through the reed,
and then empty it into calabashes
for future use.
The animals that inhabit such
wastes as the Kalahari are of course
accustomed to living upon very small
and infrequent supplies of water.
The Bechuana do not lead their cat
tie to the drinking places oftener
than once in two or three days. 1t
is said that goats in the Kalahari fire.
quently pass months without water,
and, according to Mr.. Mackenzie,
there are certain antelopes which are
never seen to visit the drinking
places. New York Sun.
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Music, welsh and Basque.


Having two American friends stop
ping with us, we brought nice Welsh
cirl from Dolgelly one evening to sing
to them the national songs. Miss Madge
Roberts, q sweet, pretty young lady and
excellent singer, went over an immense
repertory of Welsh music, and Hiss S.,
who is a very scientific musician, made
many remarks on the peculLarities of
the Welsh scale, etc. Suddenly she eS-
claimed: II cannotytAink what music
it is that know that these Welsh tunes
so much resemble. Stay, it is BasQue!r
and she proceeded to hum three or four
typical Basque songs Miss Roberts
and all of us instantly recognized the
similarity of these with the Welsh, es-
pecially the oldest Welsh, songs which
she had been singing.
Miss S. was very much surprised when
! told her that Professor Boyd Dawkins
believed in tho original identity of the
Basque and pre-Celtic Welsh, q theory
of which she was quite ignorant, SO that
her testimony to the similarity Of the
national music was entirely spontaneous.
am not musical, and my opinion Is
OF no value, but there does appear to me
to be in the old Welsh music, as in q
great deal Of the Welsh character, dis
tinctly non-Aryan spritelike character.
irrcducible to the order so dear to the
Saxon soul. The music goes on for a
few bars with even, exaggerated eia-
phasis on time as in soldiers march;
then suddenly, as if tired OF it, bounds
off among the bushes, hop, skip and
Jump and never comes back!-Londcn
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Untiifurther notice. VIII run ITriFs'StiuriS Ne
follows, weather nermlttlnG,) leaving South NJ
Wharf AT $50 O'clock p. m
steamer EAsTFEN SHORE.
CAPT G. II. RtYNoR.
SUNDAY receive fight saturday fT CIlshoiO hni
mnn's Evans Boggs'. Nandun, Concord, d.
Wis, Reads, Mlles'. Shields md Eues. RE-
TURSING-lcnve Euo's Tuesdays ana tIiutys
n. ~. M, Shields 9, Miles 9lo PAWS 10.
Reads 1920. Concord IL. Nsndua lZ.Su' 6o@gs
2.Ih.Evans'3 ., Uonman's BIS
WEDNESDAYS for Ford's, Crsncid, no'nah o.
Evans. Boggs. ChescnnnossoA, uuntEg creek,
CuIIford and MessongO. Returning. leaves
Mrssorgu Fridays Il. NJ. Guillnfd o. hu,.tlmE
Creek Q, o. Chesc"nnessrx HE. Nandun l2M'
Dnsgs 2.i5 y. M. Evans 3. H01manSo lo' Crio
1eld a1 above Fol ds 7.30.
steamer P0CnMOKE.
CAPT. uEwAliD.
Tuesday and Friday for Crisneld Tancierlsian1'
F'nney's, Onuncock Fits Wharf CEDAR Bill,
Eehohnth. occmoso City and snow Hill. NE-
TCENING-MondRys and Thursday. lca'es
snow Hill a.ni., Pocomoko City g, Rohob"th
Q, Cedar Hall $50, Pits wharf IN, OnnncocK
$50 p. m, Flnney's ,, TanGier Island :.
-AllSteamers leave Crisneld tot Rald
more. On arrival Of last down Train
Freight ana paseen. GERS received or All peihVS
OF tie x. Y, Philn snd Norfolk, Hlcomlco an9
Pccomokc Il. r. daily, Delaware, MarylSna IN"
Virginia Railroads ON Tuesdays ana Frioays
only.
Positively no freight received after 30 p, m
and must be lropeid TO all points, except
ontheN Y Phln. and Norfolk Railroad.
PR. CLARK. General Agent,
los South street Baltimore
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"Elue Hens Chickens"

Everybody knows that natives of
Delaware are called the "Blue Hens
Chickens" but not one in hundred
can tell you why they are so called.
The epithet is said to have had it's
origin in the following:
One of Delawares most gallant
fighters in tho war of the Revolution
was Captain Caldwell, who was
notorious for his fondness for cock
fighting. He drilled his men admir-
ably, they being known throughout
the army as 'Caldwell's Gamecocks. !"
This same Caldwell held to the
peculiar theory that no cock was
really game unless it's mother was a
blue hen.
AS tho months wore away Cald-
wells men became known as the
"Blue Hens Chickens" title which
only increased their respect for the
old gamecock captain. The nick
name became famous, and after the
close of the war was applied indis-
criminately to all natives of the
Diamond State. Louis Republic.
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storped the Miracles.

The tomb Of Saint Etienne dc MuroA
canonized in l0SS, in the Abbey u
Grandmond, was so great an offender
on account of the number of miracles
that the religious wcrecompletely worn
out by the rush Of votaries- The prior
devised, however, very simple but eff
fectivc remedy for this grievance. Be-
taking himself to the tomb, he spake as
follows: Servant of God, you preached
to us the delights of solitude and yet
YOU assemble in our retreat as many
people as if it were a market or fair.
We are sufficiently persuaded OF your
sanctity not to 10 curious about your
miracles. If. then, you will not leave
of working them, we protest and declare
on high, in virtue of the obedience we
have promised you, that we will I'M
earth your bones and throw them into
the river" As might be expected, the
threat was sufficient, and Saint Etienne
do Muret did no more miracles.-All the
Year Round.
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THE LAST DECADE.

When murky clouds that pail a summer clay
Do Gre its close, dissolve and drift away, -
What Joyous smiles break DER the sunllt pam
How stirs the dormant pulse of life again!
And In the nftcrglow of fading light
There brcatheS promise of morrow bright
So nj this ccntury's cvontde--whoso years
Vain hopes have wrought TO merge in dirken-
Ing fears
Doth man rejoice; for from riftcd west
Assuring rays beam cross his weary quest,
Dull lca,lcn skies now change to gladdcning
hucS
The waiting heart Its cherished song renows;
Tina, song divnc.--not less its power than
when e
Twas first heard-"rcaco on earth. good will
Gilbert S. Fletcher In New Nation.
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! If you want your umbrella, and es-
pecially good silk one, to last twice as
long as it otherwise would, always leave
it loose, whether in use OF not, ard dry
it open, handle down.
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WINEK SCHEDULE.
OF THE .1 S - :,
Eastern Shore Steamboat Company
BALTIMORE
DE BALTIMORE,

unt,iturthcr notice. will run trrir steamers ae
follows, twenther rermttlnC,) leaving south NJ
Wharf at 80 O'Clock p. m.
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.t"stops for passengers oil signal tcnonductor
x"daily, except sunday.
Cape Charles City, va.
r. b. Cooke, Gent Freight and Pas
senger Agent, Norfolk, Va.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-04-13
VERMONT REPUBLICANS.

VERMONT REPUBLICANS.
Their State and District Conventions
To.Nfght-TheG Gentlemen Mention.
ed for observation-disclosures
Thomas b. Reed to Speak This Az
ternOon.
MONTPELIER, VT, April 12.-Seven hun
dred delegates to the republican state and
district conventions are here tonight. The
delegates are gathered in the corridors of
the Pavilion discussing the political situa-
ton, and stranger would think that the
convention, which meets tomorrow, was
to nominate governor instead of dele
gates to Minneapolis. The gubernatorial
candidates are all present looking after
their fences. Fuller stock on the
east side is at premium and
he received an ovation as he
entered the hotel. The universal opinion
is that Hon. 81. Henry Powers of Norris
vile will be elected tomorrow to head the
Vermont delegation, with Colonel George
T. Childs of St. Adams second delegste-at-
large Others named are Colonel Fred E..
Smith of Montpelier and L. D. Hazen of
St. Johnsbury.
The state committee met in the Pavilion
parlors this evening to receive credentials.
Charles M. Wilds was selected as presi-
dent and Charles A. Prouty of Newport
chairman of the committee on resolutions.
Hon. Thomas B. Reed of Maine will ad-
dress the convention tomorrow afternoon.
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THE BOARD OF sELEcrmRN.

$4,000 Worth OF Q uinnipiac Bride,
Bonds to be Paid-East Side Church
Building Line.
At the meeting of the board of select
men last evening Rev. Mr.. Smith appear
ed before the board in respect to estab.
hshing line for the East Side n. E,
church, over which there is some dispute.
The board voted to visit the premises at
2 O'Clock next Saturday afternoon and act
upon it at the following meeting.
The committee on finance recommended
that $50, 900 of the 500, goo worth of four
per cent. Quinnipiao bridge bonds be paid.
The board voted to accept the recommend
alton and pay the bond. This Is the first
time In great many years that any of
these bonds have been paid. And now 1t
Is due to tho efforts of the board of select
men that half of them are to be paid.
After paying out this large amount the
board will still have sufficient money in
Its treasury to conduct the town business.
1t was voted that Henry Marsh, who
petitioned for the abatement of school
taxes on property in Westville, formerly
owned by L. B. Cheney, be allowed to
withdraw his petition. It was voted not
to buy piano for the almshouse, but nav
a quarters rent for one.
A petition for power to build an cleo
trio road down the east shore was present
ed and is referred to elsewhere.
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THE REPORT DENIED.

There is to be No Strike on the New
York and New England Road.
Boston, April 12.-Regarding the pub
lished report that strike was inevitable
on the New York and New England rail-
road because of the reduction of wages in
the salaries of clerks, engineers and fire.
men, General Manager Mellen said to-day:
"There is not the slightest truth in the
report. The question of reducing the sal
aries of any employees of the road has not
even been discussed, and don't believe it
ever will be. We have been reducing the
force and making changes, but that is all.
can't conceive who it Is that circulates
these false stories" In conversation with
| several clerks it was learned that there
was no. dissatisfaction in the company's
| Offices, nor was there any. cut in salaries
| expected.
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News lettings.

Horace g. Chatfeld, jeweler, of Water
bury has made an assignment.
The proposed new hat shop in East
Norwalk Will, 1t is believed, ere long be an
assured fact.
Sunday nights frost was not so severe
- was at first feared. The peach buds
are apparently not injured to any extent.
Reginald Wells 10 to be tried in Rocky
Hill to-day for setting fire to his brothers
in New London.
The scheme to open q railroad to Lake
Warsmaug Is being revived with added in.
terest in the vicinity of that summer re-
sort in LitchAeld county this spring.
William J. Dafforn, aged sixty-two, OF
Meriden, committed suicide by taking
arsenic. He was respondent. For many
years he had worked at the Meriden cut
lery shop.
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TELEGRAPHIC JOTTINGs.

Harvard easily defeated Lehigh UNIVERSE
ty yesterday, 16 to /.
The Amhersts defeated the Manhattan
college nine yesterday by a score of 90
to 5.
The senate has appointed Messrs. Dawes,
Cullum and Call conferees on the Indian
appropriation bill
The house of commons adjourned yes
terday for the regular Easter holiday. 1t
will reassemble April 25.
The legislature of the Brazilian province
of Matte Crosse has declared that the
state is independent of the republic of
Brazil.
The grand lodge Knights of Pythias of
Rhode Island and Connecticut at is an
nual meeting in Newport yesterday elected
officers.
1t is announced that Prince George of
Wales, only son of the Prince of Wales,
will make a visit to Canada in 1898 and
will attend the worlds fair.
The president yesterday issued procla-
nation opening to settlement on April 10
at noon the surplus lands of the Cheyenne
and Arapahoe Indian reservation in Okla
homa.
J. S. Clarkson, of the Republican Ma
tional league, said yesterday that the Ma
tional lesgue convention would probably
be held at Buffalo, N. Y, the last week in
June.
The Joint resolution for constitutional
amendment with Mr. Chambers amend
ment to it, was referred in the senate yes
terday to the committee on privileges and
elections.
A dispatch from Sierra Leone says that
the British have captured and destroyed
Tambi, in the interior. The loss was nine
wounded, two of whom were not expected
l to recover.
A hitch has occurred in the negotiations
between the Spanish and British tariff
| treaty commissioners owing to the Spanish
commissioners adheriny to an absolutely
protective tariff.
The London Chronicles Vienna CORES
pondent says it is reported from st. Peters
burg that the prohibition of the exporta
| ton of grain from Russia will be with
drawn this month.
The Old Colony steamer Plymouth ha
| Deeu IopAocoo upou 1no iino ny enS uAA
tan, which grounded at the torpedo sta
ton in leaving the harbor at Newport, bu
came off Immediately uninjured.
Representative Cooper of Indiana yes
terday made . statement before the hous
pension Office investigating committee il
denial and in explanation of the charge
made against him by Commissioner Raum
President Harrison has ordered the sec
rotary of war to concentrate enough sol
diers to cooperate with the authorities o
Wyoming in efecting a settlement of tn
difficulties between cattlemen and Rust
lers.
Rev. DR.. J. II. Williams, who has com
} pleted his third year as pastor of 81
Paul's (M. E.,) Fall River, will immediate
| " connect himself with the Episcopacy
He has been four years in the Methods
| church.
The Exchange Telegraph compan
states Home Secretary Matthews has d,
oided to release Mrs Osborne of Londor
/ who is serving a nine months sentence fe
, the theft of Mrs Hargreaves' pearls an
!, subsequent perjury.
n. Remsen Whitehouse, first secretar
. of the American legation at Rome, VII
! has been acting as charge d'affaires sine
, Minister Porter was given leave of absenc
has started for Boston, where he wi
marry Miss NJ. R. Burney, daughter
Henry Williams of that city.
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CLEVELAND s.; HILL s.

Committeeman I'm Favor OF an Un'
pledged Delegation-The State Con.
vention May 10 In This City.
All but five of the members of the dem,
ocratic state central committee were pres
emit at the meeting in this city yesterday.
A canvass of the committee showed the
following presidential preferences: Clsve-
land 8; Hill 8: no choice 5; non-commit-
tai 8.
All are opposed to free coinage of silver
and the majority favor the appointment of
an unpledged delegation to the national
convention.
The day for holding the state conven-
ton was fixed for May 10. 1t will be held
at the Hyperion theater, this city. Cor
nelius ]. Lyons, city auditor, of Hartford,
was elected unanimously to fill the vscan.
cy in the First senatorial district caused
by the death of Frank Grogan.
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NOW IT'S "PLAY RALL.o

Opening OF the League Championshfr
Season-Large Crowds Attend-ThS
Winners.
NEW YORK, April 12.-The new Leagues
baseball championship season was for.
mally opened to-day in Philadelphia, Balti-
more, Washington, st. Louis, Cincinnati
and Louisville. The attendance in each
city, Notwithstanding the cold weather
and increased admission fee, was very
large, and the season fairly opened in q
blaze of glory. The scores of the various
games played are as follows:
At Philadelphia Philadelphia 4, New York s.
At Observation-Disclosures 8, Brooklyn IS.
At Observation-Disclosures 4, Boston IA.
At Ciacinnati-Cincinnad5 s, Pittsburg 2.
At Louisville-Louisville5 s, Cleveland2.
At st. Louis-St. Louis 10, Chicago Il.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-04-13
FOR RENT.

A From May list, second floor, 116 Howe
WI street. Eight rooms set range, set tubs,
steam heat and all modern convenience. Apply to
s. W. Hurlburt,
mh2g If 1914 Chapel, cor. High.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-04-13

whisky Trnst still Doing Business.
BosroN, April 12.-Liquor dealers in
this city say that the whisky trust is still
doing business in this state in spite of the
recent indictments. The rebate checks are
still being sent out, they say, and there
seems to be- no disposition to stop that
part of the operations. 1t was expected
by some dealers that the trust would stoI
the rebate business at least until the cases
in the district court were decided.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-04-13

A short Term Concern Wiped Out.
BosToN, April 12.-Judge Lathrop in
the supreme court to-day entered a final
decree, winding up the affairs of the
Oriental Endowment order, short term
concern. The certificate holders will re-
ceive So per cent. of what they paid into
the order.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-04-13

WASHINGTON, April 12.-Senor Bolet-
Perazs, the Venezuelan minister at Wash
ington, has received the following cable
message from the Venezuelan minister of
foreign affairs, dated Caracas, April 10:
"Peace is assured; general tranquility
prevails throughout the country"
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-04-13

The first floor of cottage dwelling No.
il Greenwood street. five rooms.
EDWARD MALLEY,
ap13 1T 92S Chapel Street.
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Hall to Fight Fftzsimmons,

NEW YoRK, April 12.-Jim Hall and
Bob Ftzsimmons have agreed to meet in
the prize ring and fight to finish for a
purse not less than s12, ZOO and a side bet
the largest purse. The fight will be at
catch weights
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FOR RENT,

FOR RENT.
- The End floor at al Sherman avenue.
::g Closet bath, set tubs, etc., in first class
IIg condition. Also half Of stable on the
promised Inquire at GA to THIS OFFICE.
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To Increase the Stock.

OTTAWA, April 12--At a meeting of
the house of commons committee on bank
ing and commerce the act respecting the
Bell Telephone company, empowering
them to increase their capital stock from
$500, 600 originally to $4,000, 900, was ap-
proved and reported.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-04-13
Russian and Turkish Baths,

The Russian and Turkish Baths and Ns-
tatorium, 1ss York street, of which Mr..
Ernst Krause is the proprietor, will be
found the most complete in every respect
with all the latsstimprovements. Strangers
passing through the city will find in the
bath sure relief from the fatigues and
WEAKNESS of travel. The Russian or
Turkish bath is the most effectuAl method
yet devised for producing and maintain
ing healthy action of the akin. The
warm air opens the mouths of the seven
million little tubes, and the Precipitation
comes trickling forth laden with the i'm
purities of the body. The pure water
drank while in the bath goes immediately
into the blood, absorbs more of the i'm
purities, and floods them ont through the
open pores.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-04-13

Office of the DOMESTIC SEWING MACHINE Co.
Broadway, cor 18th St., New York.
March 30, 1892.
TINE regular quarterly dividend of 21 per cent.
i on the common stock Of this Company has
been declared, payable at this office on and after
April LIST, 1892.
Also the regular quarterly dividend of ~ per
been declared and is payable on and after May
list, 1892.
ais 1t GEORGE BLAKE, Secretary.
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WILLIAM GAY

WILLIAM GAY
Nathaniel g. English, the heirs, rep
resentatives and creditors of Ho-
ratio Wilkes, late Of New York
city, deceased and the heirs, rep
resentatives and creditors of Cor
don L. Ford, late of the city OF
New York. deceased.
State of Connecticut, New Haven County,
NEW HAVEN, April 18th, 1892 {
" pom petition of the said William Gay, pray
" ing for reasons therein set forth, for de-
cree quetng his title to certain real estate pend
ing before the city court of New Haven, to be
holden at New Haven, within and for the city Of
New Haven, on the fourth Monday Of April
A. D. 1892. ~:
1t appearing and being found by this court
that said petition relates TO certain real estate
situated In the city of New Haven. in which real
estate the heirs representatives and creditors of
Horatio Wilkes, late of New York city, deceased,
Gordon L. Ford, late of New York city, deceased,
claim or may claim an interest, and that such
persons ought to be made parties said petition
pursuant to the statute in such cases made and
provided, and that the residences Of such per
| sons are unknown to the petitioner.
| THEREFORE ORDERED, That notice of the pend
ency of said petition be given by publishing this
order in the MORNING JOURNAL AND COURIER,
| newspaper printed in New Haven, three week,
successfully, commencing on or before the 18th
| day of April, A. D. 1892.
By order Of the court,
| JAMES BISHOP,
| Clerk Of the City Court Of New Haven.
| ap13-1S-25 St
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Tho Leei.lature RepubIicap.

PROVIDENCE, April 12.-The result of
to-day's election in Newport makes the
complexion of the next legislature sixty
six republicans, thirty-one democrats,
with eleven sssemblymen to be chosen.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-04-13

Bied on Neighbours Doorstep.
PROVIDENCE, R. l., April 12.-James
w. Miller of Pawtucket was found dead
on a neighbours doorstep this morning.
Indications appear to show that he fell
face downward on the step and was suf-
located.
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THE Loss REACHES A MILLION.
The Floods in Northern Mississippi-
MANY Dead Bodies Picked Up.

The FLOODS IN NOrtnern m1sslsslpp1-
Many Dead Bodies Picked Up.
ST. Louis, April IA special from
Nashville, Tenn, to the Post-Dispatch
says: The appalling character of the foods
in northern Mississippi is just beginning
to be realized. Hundreds of lives have
been lost. Last night one man rowed
several miles in the dark on a raft with
twenty six bodies that he picked up. The
food came 80 suddenly that none were
prepared, Sixteen small streams in north
ern Mississippi became raging torrents
within few hours, and swelled the al
ready full banks of the Coosa and Tom
bigbee rivers into inland seas. All sorts
of crafts are being improvised to go to the
rescue of the survivors who are perishins
on the highest ground without shelter OF
food. The loss of property is incalculable
at present. There is no e1aggeration,
however, in the statement that it 10 over .
dollars.