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Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-01-12

Some Interesting Statistics Relative
TO the Issue of American Money.
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to the Issue OF American Money.
From the Boston Herald
At the club one of the members pulled
out handful OF small change to pay his
bill.
"Hsve you any quartersF' said one, who
was sitting near.
Eyes, four. Do you want to borrow
them"
"No. But what will you bet that 1 can
not guess the dates on themi"
81 do not know what your trick is, but
for 1ier will bet the coins themselves I"
.tDone. 1 will name the dates- 1853,
1854 and two of 1876. Am rightE'
sIet me see One is 1854, this is 1877,
this is 1875 and this is 1858 You guessed
three correctly and missed one. So you
nwe me "a quarter and owe You seventy
five cents. Now explain your trick"
at is no trick. The fancy tOOk me a
few weeks ago to examine the dates on
coins, and found that almost every quar-
ter bears one of these dates, with an occs-
sional 1858, 1857, 1858, 1878. ] suppose
NOR. of them were coined in those years.
During the weeks Eayc been interested
In the subject have seen one 1861, but
not a single other quarter bearing date in
the COS or in the 70's, except as / have
mentioned. If one wanted to bet, as we
have just done, he could be a sure winner
in the long run"
witnessed this transaction, and it in
terestsd me 90 that looked the matter up.
says a writer in the Albany Argus. In the
report of the director of the mint found
full explanation. In that is y table Civ
ing the coinsge in different denominations
for each year since the organization of the
mints. The coinage of quarters has fuc-
tuated in a most remarkable way. Begin
ming with 1850, for three years the coinage
averaged about forty thousand dollars q
year. Then in 1858 it jumped up to S3,
S13, ,555. In 1854 il was almost as much,
S. .095. 900. Then it dropped TO s7l4, ,260
in 1855. In 1856 it w%s 81 SIG 600. in
1857 81, All 900, and in 1858 81 ,S42 600.
Then it dropped again, never rising to
four hundred thousand dollars. and in war
time averaging only Eve OF six thousand
dollars, except in 1861, when it was ST.
213, $50. In 1875 it was 81 ,075, ,375; in
1876, 81, 453. ,2S7 so; in 1877, So. 727, ,227.-
so. Then began the coinage of silver dol
lars by the millions, and the production of
| subsidiary coins dropped wsy off For
the past ten or fifteen yetrs the coinage of
quarters has averaged only three or four
thousand dollars q yssr.
Just examine the dates on the quarters
that come into your possession and see
how they bear out these statistics. For
| distance, in 1886 there were only 81 All. SO
| in quarters coined, and there are q thou
| sand chances to one against coin of this
date coming into your hands
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caught him sterling the silverware.-Te1as

caught him sterling the silverware.-TeIas
Siftings.
"Where's the daughterI" asked Bedou-
in chieftain of his wife. "oh, she's sit
ting out on the steppes with her young
manI"-Puck.
THAT'S such big tooth, too. should
1t will cost me q pang to part with it,
Chicago Tribune.
The banana has q great variety of uses.
1t is said that -four is now made from it.
1t is no secret that the akin makes low
slippers.-Lowell Courier.
Katy Didd-It isn't proper for girls to
climb trees, is it. mammal Mrs. Didd-
Not this season, dear; but you can ride
your safety bicycle.-Puck.
Every man in the world is telling what
he would do if he were a woman, and eve
ry woman tells of things she would not do
If she were man.-Atchison Globe.
Showter-why do you swallow that
fiery whiskeyl 1t doesn't quench your
thirst, does iti Hennessey-Quench iti
Well, should rather hope notI-Puck-
sIve had good deal of trouble" said
the milkmsn confdentially. yes" re-
piled the cook; 'frve noticed that even
your milk has the blues. es."-Wsshington
Post.
'Does your daughter speak the Ian
gusgesl" "Not to any extent. She can say
'yes,' though, in Eve of 'em, in case any
foreign nobleman asks her to marry
Puck.
, "Why do yon not eat your apple. Tom
myf" ''rm waitin' till Johnny Briggs
comes along. Apples tastes much better
when there's some other kid to watch you
eat 'em. m."-Indianspoli Journal.
':When girl repudistes my Affection"
said Jack Spurned, 81 always soothe my
disordered nerves by writing a poem upon
her." Why" said his friend. because
it ia composing. of courss.-Philadelph
Record
Bob Bunkum (actor)-"Failurei 1 should
think it wasl Why, the whole play was
ruinedI" Fair hostess-"How was that"
Bob Bunkum-"Why, at the end of the
last act steampipe burst and Missed me
off the stsgel'-Comic.
The wife-You know you promised to
swear off tomorrow. The editor-How
much whisky is left in the jugf The wife
o. about three quarts. The editor
Heavensi have got to drink three quarts
of liquor before dsylight.-Atlanta Con-
stitution.
Jessie-Harry, do you regard marriage
as failurei Harry-No; Pm told it is
more like a mutual benefit association.
Jessie-That must be nice. Harry-Yes,
it is You put in every dollar you earn
and never get back a blamed cents. G.
& Co.'s Monthly.
Playwright-Is her acting naturali
Manager (enthu husiasticslly) lis it naturaH
Why, when she appeared last night as the
dying mother life-insurance agent who
has her insured for twenty thousand dol
lars and who was in the audience actually
tainted.
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THE ENDO WMENT CRAZE.

The collapse of the ''endowment orders"
is a severe blow to thousands who have
expected to get great deal for nothing
The manager of one of the largest life in
surance associations has recently said that
the endowment orders have had no per-
ceptible influence on the growth and pros
perity of the organization which he repre-
seRts and of kindred societies. That is,
that his association is largely composed of
intelligent mechanics, clerks and men en-
have pretty clear idea that there is no
means of manipulation or computation of
which one dollar can be suddenly trans
muted into two dollars. In his opinion
the losers by the endowment craze have
been the great mass of the unintelligent-
that is, persons easily deceived by fabulous
promises. The Boston Herald thinks those
who have suffered have had some compen-
sation in the practical knowledge of bust
ness laws they have acquired, and it adds:
1t is probable that in no other way could a
practical knowledge of business laws be 30
firmly acquired. 1t goes without the say
ing that if the promoters of project offer
cd hundred per cent. or more upon an
investment, this to be secured within a
year, and without the accompaniment of
of-setting risks, there are large number
of men representing enormous amounts of
capital that would quickly take advan-
tage of it. When money is seeking
investment at per cent. interest
the holders of it would not refuse
so and 100 per cent. if they could be as.
sured of the certainty of receiving these
earnings. But this was something that the
members of these endowment orders never
seemed to take into account. The fact
that there was no legitimate way in which
such profit could be earned, and that
people having plenty of money to invest
would not go into these operations, sp
parently proved nothing to those who were
deluded. They went in blindly, and hav,
now realized the foolishness of their hopes
A large number of people have beer
pretty we'll plucked by these orders, ant
it is to be hoped that the Herald is right ir
thinking they have learned useful les
son. Time will tell, but it is pretty Ger
tain that the next ingenious scheme fo
relieving the people of their spare casl
will work about as successfully as the 9th
ers have.
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KNEES AND BRAINS.
weakness OF q Woman. X nee One of
Her Drawbacks.

Her Drawbacks.
The difference of weight in the brains
of men aud women has long been q source
of deep interest to all who discourse of
equality and rights. Those extra ounces
remain more or less a stumbling block to
the unwary. Metaphysical justice refuses
to regard them other than iniquitous.
Yet certain structural differences escape
such close scrutiny, notably that of the
knee.
The structure of the knee feminine con-
stitutes in itself q permanent disability for
many masculine pursuits, says writer in
the Medical Record. The knee joint in
women is a sexual characteristic, as DR..
Ely Van de Warker long ago pointed ont.
Viewed in front and extended, the joint in
but slight degree intercepts the gradual
taper into the leg Viewed in a semi-fIed
position, the joint forms a smooth, ovste
spheroid The reason of this lies in the
smallness of the pstella in front and the
narrowness of the aricular surfaces of the
tibia and femur, and which in man form
the lateral prominences, and this is much
more perfect part of q sustaining col
umn. Muscles designed to keep the body
Fixed upon the thighs in an erect position
labor under the disadvantage of shortnsss
of purchase, owing to the short distance
compared to that of man-between the
crest of the ilium and the great trOchant-r.
A man has q much longer purchase in the
leverage existing between the trunk and
extrenities than q woman. The feminine
| foot. comparatively speaking. is less able
/ to sustain weight than that of man, owing
\ to its shortness and the more delicate
| structure of the tarsus and the metatsrsus.
| Women are not well constructed TO stand
many hours consecutively and every day.
1t is safe to affirm that they have instinc-
lively avoided certain fields of skilled Ia
bor on purely anatomical grounds, in
| which the smaller quantity of brain sub
stance proves less an adverse factor than
the shallow pelvis, the popularity of the
knee and the delicate nature of the foot.
These, as parts, of . sustaining column
undsniably leave something to be desired
Even the right to vote would not confer or
womankind the right to be soldiers
Equality, it appears, is quite as much or
| sffair of the knee as of brains.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

DR.. HERSHEY says that people have been
cured of severe gastric troubles by sticking
to ice cream as steady diet. Young
ladies, cut this out and paste it in your
summer hats.
This has been a great crop year, and it
should not be unnoticed in such a year
that Mrs. Ellsworth Miller, of Cold
Spring, New York, is the mother of two
sets of triplets, three pairs of twins and
two other children, making in all four
teen children, born to her within eight
years.
/ Woman is active in politics in England.
The Women's Liberal society, at the head
of which is Mrs Gladstone, numbers now
fully 100, 900 members, and the Primrose
league, which is an older organization,
made famous by such women as Lady Ran
dolph Churchill, is even larger. DR.. Kate
Mitchell, the English temperance worker,
who is now visiting America, says she
thinks the time is not far distant when the
women of England will be granted the
right of suffrage.
A letter from Moscow lately received in
| London declares that the czAr does moi
| know of the sufferings of the Russian peo.
pie in the famine stricken districts. It ID
said that when the governors of the famine
stricken provinces submitted the mos
gloomy reports to central famine commit
tees as to the condition of affairs in thos'
provinces the committee refused to allow
the reports to be sent to the czar and in
sisted that they should be modified befor,
his majesty was allowed to see them.
was accordingly represented to the cza
that affairs in those provinces were i'm
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proving, when in reality the contrary was

proving, Wnen IN reauGy tne contrary was
trne.
A rather lengthy document is the con-
tract of matrimony between His Royal
Highness Prince Albert Victor Christian
Edward, Duke of Clarence and Avondale,
and Earl of Athlone, Knight of the Most
Noble Order of the Garter, and Knight of
the Most Illustrious Order of st. Patrick,
eldest son of His Royal Highness the
Prince and his consort Her Royal Highness
the Princess of Wales and Her Serene
Highness the Princess Victoria Mary Au-
gusta Louise Olga Pauline Clsudine Agnes,
daughter of Her Royal .Highness the Prin-
cess Mary Adelaide Wilhelmina Elizabeth
and His Highness Francis Paul Charles
Louis Alexander, Duke of Teck, Knight
Grand Cross of the Most Honorable Order
of tho Bath.
The city of Nashville, Tennessee, buried
with the highest civic honors the bodies
of the three colored fremen who were
killed while on duty at the recent large
fire there. The bodies were taken to the
state capitol, and funeral services held
over them in the hall of the house of
Representatives, the mayor Of the city
and other leading white citizens taking
part. From the capitol a procession was
formed to escort the eofias, which were
on an elaborate funeral car, to the ceme-
terry. In the procession were the fire de-
partment, the city government and delega-
tions of white citizens, besides the colored
societies to which the dead fremen be-
longed. No color line here.
It is sometimes hard to do good even
when you want to. When the compulsory
education law took effect in Chicago the
fact presented itself that many children
could not attend for lack of decent cloth
ing. This matter was taken in hand by
the women's club" which raised money
and bought clothing, 95 children being fit
ted out for school by the club in November
and 225 more last month. Now it is dis
covered that many of these children, after
getting new suits of clothes, have disap-
peared from school, and the parents of
other children, many of them no doubt
able to clothe their offspring themselves,
are employing this means of shifting a
considerable family expense upon other
shoulders.
Richard Vaux, of Philadelphia, has just
celebrated On unusual semi-centennisl.
For fifty years he has been one of the in
spectors of the Eastern penitentisry, an
Office without pay, and in all this time he
has seldom missed his regular semi-weekly
visit for the performance of his duties. As
might be supposed, he felt profound in
terest in the subject of prison discipline
and the welfare of convicts. 1t was his
ambition to make the Eastern penitentiary
the best institution of its kind in the
world, and he devoted himself earnestly to
that object. 1t has been his desire, like
wise, that all other civilized communities
should share the benefit of his observa-
tions, his experiences and studies. To
that end he has written and published a
large number of books and papers.
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Educating Our Girls Abroad.
Mrs. A G. Lewis In the Ladies' Home Jour

lMrs- A. q. Lewis In the LADIES' Home Jour
nal
As rule the American girl seeks Eu-
rope for special study, either of music,
art, or for the purpose of acquiring one or
more of the continental lsnguages-Ger-
man, French and italian. The question
where, when and how to use time and
money most proatably, i. e., to which
province or cities to co. whether TO enter
At once Q pension school where only
French, German or italian is spoken; or
to live in some family where either Ian
guage is spoken exclusively; or to take
rooms and live en- fAmille, taking, perhaps,
some meals at restaurants. Each method
has certain advantages, also some obiec-
tions. In deciding where to go, for in
stance, to learn German, the Berlin cult
will say: "In Bavaria the language 10 not
spoken 30 purely as in northern Gsrma-
ny;" while the south German habitant
claims the better accent, the Saxon and
Austrian Germans have each local claims;
but in point of fact Germsn is veil spoksn
and well taught by educated people
throughout the German empire; yet, in
each separate province, peasants and la
oorers and their children speak dialects
which are as distinct as are the languages
of the different tribes of American Indi-
ans, and can be understood nowhere else
Hence the conclusion that, all other things
being equal, one province is Is good an an
other for acquiring the language.
One of the greatest objections to the
pension or boarding school is the insult
cient diet. European cooking is so differ
snt from American, and at first SO unpals-
table, that yonng girls who ought to have
appetiIing and nourishing food, and plen-
ty of it, could not be sufficiently fed.
Then, again, though tbese schools guard
very carefully their pupils, association
with girls SO differently taught. and whose
moral training may or may not have been
the best; also the absence of home and re-
ligious helps. is a vital objection to pen
sion schools. OF these schools the Swiss
are said to be the best, AMI in them
French is far more readily acquired than
in the Paris schools where so many Ameri-
c n girls are sent, and where, as would
naturally be the case, the English speak
ing pupils associate, and, as a matter of
course, communicate in their own Ian
guage.
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THE GREAT
Substitution SHOE SALE!
NOW GOING ON AT
OF

854 Chapel Street,
Bristol & Sons are selling out. Our con-
nection with the new 'sBristol Shoe Manu-
featuring Company" on Orange street
makes this imperative. Our entire stock
of boots and shoes must be out of our
store within the next six weeks. $50, 900
worth of boots and shoes must be sold.
Former prices knocked out, positively.
This sacrifice beats them all.
Friday morning, December 11th, our
prices will be cut all along the line, and
bargains unheard of will be offered.
We determined after 80 years of business
to manufacture and sell our own goods,
and as consequence our Bristol Shoe
Manufacturing company was organized
ready for our disposition. We must use
our own new shoes and therefore must
clean out all other makes.
The consideration for cost or former
prices is out of the question. 'Twould be
folly to Hook elsewhere for shoes of the same
grade ct our prices. Raw leather cannot
Be bought as cheap. We mention few OF
our unapproachable bargains:
Ladies' Pat. Tip Button, value $3.50
now 80 cents.
Ladies, $3.50 Pat. Tip Button Shoes,
now $1.85.
| Ladies' So. so Fine Kid Shoes, $2.65.
Ladies' So. so Fine Wauk. Button, $2.75
Misses at general discount.
| Children's Shoes-big bargains.
Mems Shoes that were 81, now 50 80.
Mems Boots, $3; worth now $3.50.
Mems Rubber Boots, first quality $2.20
Boys Rubber Boots, first quality, $1.75
/ Youths sizes, $1.25.
Mems $3. so Pure Gum Boots, $3.50.
I'M. BRISTOL & SONS
| 6b4 Chapel Street.
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De Smithers-Do you object to colored
walters at tho clubi Bjones-I object to
green ones.-The Club.
Stephen Tehee has been elected second
chief Of the Cherokee Nation. Well, we
should giggle Memphis Appeal.
s'I am at your service, ma'am," as the
burglar said when the lady of the house
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I'm NEBRASK

farmer takes his hogs riding in afumher
wagon when they lose their appetite. lolf4ng
them over the rougbost roads. Such severe frcai
ment may DO for the porcine. but not for the
human race. To restore the appetite take O. O.
taylor Old Bcurbon er G. o. Taylor Pure Rye
whiskey They are pure and medicinal, and
have been known and used for years for inrAtios
well as Social purposes Druggists and Grocers
sell th.m- Our frm name Is on the label and
over the cork CHESTER H GRAVES & SONS
49,
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AGENTS WANTED

In every house In the country TO advocate thu
purity Of O. o. Tsylor's Old Bourbon and Pure
Rye Whistles By agents we mean people Of
mature sge. that know and appreciate good
thing when they see Il. Many o the best phys
tc4Ans write for, and advocate the worth OF,
these pure s;imulanfs. Druggists and 6rocers OF
reputation sell them. do the prorrSetorsA Cbes-
Ter II. Graves & Sons, whose firm name Ia over
the cork In each bottle Unbranded cases n
wnnted CHESTER n GRAVES a SONS. Sole
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Country Newspapers.

IBy the Author Of "A Country Town" In the
Century.l
Although country editsrs are nearly al
ways poor, there are plenty Of persons
who believe that half the paragraphs in .
country newspaper are paid for with enor-
nous bribes- There are always two sides
to every question, and which ever side An
editor falls on, the partiEAns of the other
accuse him Of being bought II is ht-
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Itch and Salt Rheum.

mo all afflicted with the Itch, salt rheum or
i any skin disease that scales and drops on
and then scales again, etc, make a salve which
Is as harmless as butter, that win heal the dis
eased parts In frem to 10 v eeks, no matter how
long standing or what remedies you have tried,
and build q new skin as healthy as new born
babes, the disease mover to return again. Not
sold to druggists. To be had only from r.
PETRE, East Haven, Conn.,, 81. 90 and l0c STAN.
Cor maid Tor . 4 OF. jar. 1ylb lys
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Pure Rye Whisky

Is bottled by us, under the brand G. O. Taylor
Pure Rye Rock candy IL pure sugar. The two
in continuation make syrnp that viii relieve
the most .tubborn Cough OF Lung trouble. Buy
the candy and any eading druggist or grocer
viii supply the @ o Taylor Pure Rye by the
bottle or dozen Our fIm name should be on
each liable and over each cork. CHESTER Il,
GRAVES & SONS sole prnpri~inrs- Boston
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CAUTION.

The greatest care should be tAE@n In preparing
uaedIcine for the SICK n has been taken In The
dissfIlAsxon Of the ARTICLES known @. o. Taylor
Qua Bourbon or O. o. Taylor Pure Rye, bottled
by C. a. Graves & SONS. and for sale by all lead
inK Druggists and 6rocerS- fhysicians can
sasely prcscriee them O. r. GRAVES q SONS.
poae prupriesorA Boston. Nsak
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THE ATLANTIC

Ocean, II drained OF. would reveal billions OF
hidden wealth There Is also untold wealth in
good health and long life. The 5Ddicious use o
pure stimulAuts is not only wise. but profitable
such as thee. o. Taylor Old Bourbon and @. o.
TAYLOR Pure Rye Whistles They lead the world
being given high rank because Of age and purity
Druggists and Grocers sell them Our firm name
Is on the label and over the cork. CHESTER h
GRAVES & SONS Sole PraprSeinrs. Rosizsa. Ms
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