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The Negro world., 1892-07-23
PERSONAL PITH.
Presumptive. Possible. Probable and Posi-
tive.

Presumptive. Possible. Probable and POSI-
Geo. Kent can give all OF the clac-
quers cards and spades in the game of
politics and yet be first man out.
-.
Has Roach declined to run for gov
ernor? Well, ne wrote letter. That
letter certainly was not one of accep-
tance. Very good, but suppose the
party nominates him in spite of the
letter? Do you think he would yet
decline? Is he not the most available
man named for the governorshipe
And all of this without depreciating
any one else. Couldn't he beat Knute
Nelson? Wouldn't he beat Ives?
Won't be. if nominated. be the next
governor of Minnesota? We are not
giving tips. We are just asking infor-
nation on points worth investigating.
Don't get ratified brother democrats;
20 slow, go sure. This is the chance
Of your lives.
Benjamin Butler as democratic gov
ernor of Massachusetts appointed Geo.
Ruffin. colored, as Judge of the court
of common pleas. What recognition
has ever been given to the coIored men
of Massachusetts, BY her republican
governors?
Two eolored men on the Miuneapo-
lis police force-one appointed by the
democratic mayor Ames; the other by
the democratic mayor Winston. How
many appointed BY the scores Of Repub-
lican mayors who have lived and lied
and had their being here'
-
One of the most influential Colored
men of 81. Paul and vicinity. is Mr..
Hardy. assistant custodian al the City
Hall. He has the confidence and es-
tsem of the public generally. regard
less of race or polical faith. Like most
thinkiug colored men. Mr.. Hardy in
clines in his views TO the safe principles
Of the Democratic party. Though-by
force of circumstances man without
high scholastic training. he possesses
good English education and IL natur-
ally Of remarkable mental aeumen. and
has = knowledge Of nlen and fauail-
iafity with. ard practical appreciation OF
current events that wogld make him
desirable citizen In any community.
a.
T. = Minette. the popular young
Democrat of saak Center. paid Mime
spolis = hying visit Tuesday. Mr
Minetie u one Of the most active and
proaassing Young politicians Of Mime
apolis. ard. Il We err not. his l0ng aud
Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-31
Unconscio us FIim-Flam.

From the Savannah AOrnlD& News
 Even a mathematician will get mixed in his calculations sometimes when changing money back and forth. The telegraph op- orator at the De Soto realizes this fact, and nine men out of ten would have done the same thing that he did without thinking.
 One night last week a guest of the hotel handed in a message. The operator count ed the words and announced that the charge was fifty cents. The gentleman handed over e ten dollar bill, which the operator mistook for a one dollar bill, and gave him back a half dollar. The gentle man left the hotel without noticing the mistake. Presently he discovered it and returned to the operators desk.
 "Wasn't that ten dollar bill gave you @ while agol" he said.
 The operator opened his drawer and looked at the bill.
 "Why, yes," he exclaimed. .I thought it was a one. Here it is," and he handed
 "Now owe you fifty cents," said the gentleman.
 "Oh, no you don't" said the operator. "Ob, yes do," replied the gentleman. "The telegram was fifty cents, you know" " and he handed over @ half dollar and walked off.
 tTm into that fellow fifty cents," re- marked the operator to the bookstand keeper. "and can't make him see it." 'iNot much," returned the bookstsnd | man. "He's into you fifty cents," and the operator has been trying to figure i, | out ever since.
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FAITH.

It is case of faith with works with a man who buys cheap clock.-Washing- ton Star.
 A competing hotel says generously of another that 'it stands without arrival" The Kite.
 Man despises heartily a sheep killing dog. He is fond of mutton himself.-Gal- weston News.
 national conventions assemble. Bingham ton Republican.
 A man may really be said to have horse sense when he refuses to bet on the races. Philadelphia Record.
 If you feel discontented with your lot get out and dig in it and raise something. Indianapolis Journal.
 The man who laughs last is the one who is too thick-headed to see the point of the joke at first.-Cape Cod Item.
 When you hear a little child use profane language you can be reasonably sure that his fa.her slaves himself.-Elmira Ga zstte.
 Quack-So you prefer me to pr. Billi Mrs. Mulligan-Och, indeed, docther, dear, ye're dale better than the other old 'um- bng.-Harper's Bazaar.
 What difference there is between the kind of headache people have on rainy Sundays and the kind they have when the circus is in town.-Ram's Horn. Ethel-I hope the men aren't going to wear those horrid broad -brimmed straw hats again this summer. Msud-Whyi Ethel-Because they muss one's bang up so.-Harvard Lampoon. Father-That cat made an awful noise &I,o1 ,alr faDa lac sryl,f Arnold-Yes, sir. guess that since he ate the canary he thinks he can sing Harper's Young People. She-That Boggs girl expects to own the earth some day. He-Why, Jessie Boggs is one of the meekest little girls ever saw. She-Well, doesn't the Bible say that the meek shall inherit the earthl- New York Tribune. A lady of thirty married a wealthy old l bachelor of Dallas, Texas. A friend asked her: "But tell me, why didn't you marry your husband ten years agof' | "Well, you see, ten years ago I thought he was too old for me."-Texas Siftings.
 Jess-Why did George break his engage. l ment with Ethela Bess-He couldn't stand it; she treated him like a servant. Jess-How was he like a servanti Bess-The only time he had to himself | was Thursday afternoon and every other | Sundsy.-Truth. Brainly-How altogether intellectual and classic that young Mrs. Montlaug is! Skimton-Yes, indeed. She introduced me to Mrs. Terminus, the railway man. | ager's wife, and her two daughters the other evening. She said: "Mr. Skimton, | Mrs. Terminus and her daughters, the | Miss Termini. i."-Yankee Blade.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-31
CORA,s WILD RIDE.
Miles and Miles Like Mazeppa Fast
 10 n Hroucoss Hack.

Miles and Miles Like . Mazeppa Fast
 10 a Bronco,s Back.
 Casper (wyo.) Special 10 the Denver NewsI
 Miss Cora Arledge, ayoung girl fourteen years of age, with her father, arrived in town last night from the forests of the west and from the Big Horn basin. Miss Arledge met with a most serious and re- markable accident at her home recently. Her father is ranchman in the Big Horn basin, and one day last week a cowboy rode up to his ranch on 6 young horse that he was breaking. In 6 spirit of jest be dared Miss Cora to ride the horse, when, without thought, she vsulted into the saddle. throwing her leg around the horn, and the horse started in to bucking and pitching at furious rate, but she stuck to him, quieting him every jump. Then the horse began to run and ran for two straight hours over the prairie, with Mics Arledge hanging to the reins and three cowboys in hot pursuit.
 One of them at last succeeded in lasso- ing the frightened animal and gradually brought it to a standstill. Miss Arledge was told to get off, but che answered that she could not, and just then the horse made another plunge, broke the lasso and started again on Its wild career. It ran for over twenty miles and then dropped dead, and its daring rider was found un. conscious by its side. At first 1t va. thought her leg was broken, as she did not appear to have the use of 1t, but upon an investigation it was found that no bone1 were broken. but the muscles of the right leg, from the long and severe strain iu holding to the horn of the saddle, had losi their power, and the leg hangs limp and useless. She wss today sent to omahs for trSatmsnt.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-31
He Owned the Pew.

"That reminds me of an incident tc which was 8 witness" said Dan O'Sulli. van, the newspaper reporter. 'It was in the old Catholic church in Buffalo. There was some sort of a celebration on and the chuzch was crowded. In the midst of the service little old Irishman, who was in the enjoyment of fortune he had worked had to get, and who was the lessee of the second pew from the front, entered. He walked impressively down the center aisle. as becomes a man of independent means Upon reaching his pew he saw that several strange ladies were occupying it. There was room for him, but that wasn't enough. He placed enc hand on the back of the front pew, and with a wave of the other said in voice loud enough to be heard all over the church:
 "'Come out sv that now.'
 "Very much surprised and confused, the ladies obeyed, and then they were treated to another sensation by the lesse.'s saying:
 "'Now in wid yez again an make yer selves ter hum. Oi only wanted yez ter know az who owned the pew
 ''He was ss polite as they make them, and he accompanied his command with such a sweeping gesture and winning smile that the ladies complied and the interrupt ed priest resumed"
Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-31

privileges as passenger. Through trains, Pullman cars and the like which go from one State to another, are thus practically exempted from the operation of separate car laws.
 At last. A society has been formed in London under the title of the Witnesses Protection society. The objects of the as- sociation are to protect witnesses from insult by counsel, to put the matter of contempt of court into the hands of a jury, and to raise fund to indemnify contu- macious witnesses from pecuniary loss, provided always that the questions they refuse to answer reflect upon their honor, and are at the same time irrerelsnt to the issues of the case.
 Judge Pershing of the schuylkill county (Pa.) courts is 8 candidate for re- election, but some of the younger members of the local bar association have been hint ing that he is getting old and infirm and that it would be we'll to supersede him with a younger and stronger man. There fore the judge declares that he is willing to wrestle with the Republican sspirsnt for the bench or run a race with the Dem oorat who fig anxious to step into his shoes. This Is certainly fair offer.
 This is indeed growing country. The State of Nebraska, which has just been celebrating the silver anniversary of it's admission into the Union, has made @ re- markable advance during its twenty -four years of statehood. When it was admitted into the Union 1t had 8 population of bare ly 70, 900. The last census gives it 1,05S,- BIO. It has 5, AIS miles of railroad valued at $29, ,265,9 ,917. The year after its sdmis- sion the value of property was estimated at g, 600, ,000; to-day the actual value of real property is s1,5s5, ,16O,S 300. Its three great crops of corn, wheat and oats last year covered an area of 7,33S, ,167 acres, and were worth s67 ,965, ,792. When it first began its career as state it appropriated but $1a, 900 for its public schools. Now it appropriates s4 ,0O0, 900. It has 5000 school houses, valued with their apparatus at | Sc, 900, 900, and an enrolment of 220,53 school children. When the school lands | are all sold Nebraska will have a perma- | nent school fund of $50, ,000, ,000.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-31
A DIRECTOR ON DIRECTING.

It has long been suspected that direct ore do not always direct, and awhile ago the United States Supreme court rather star tied some people by remarking, in sub stance, that directors of national banks are not really obliged to direct if they don't want to. And now comes director and speaks for himself on this important subject. He is John 0. Parsons of Hart ford, president of the Society for Savings, director os the Connecticut Fire Insurance company, the Connecticut River Banking company, and various other corporations, counsel for several such concerns, and trustee of number of large estates. He knows what he is talking about when he says: "The popular notion-probably the notion of many shareholders, depositors, and policyholders-seems to be that director should be an active manager of the affairs of the corporation, with keen oversight of all it's transactions, conversant with its &C., counts, watchful of its assets and vigilant to prevent mistakes or wrong doing. Now it should be clearly understood it is the purpose of this paper to explain and emphasize the fact-that this ideal director does not and cannot exist. In reality he can know next to nothing personally of the details of the business" MT. Parsons goes step further and remarks: 'But 1t may be asked if the duties and abilities of directors are 80 limited, whether directors in moneyed corporations are of any ser vice at all. Ordinarily, in my judgment, they are not" He is astonished at his own stupidity and folly in ever consenting to serve as bank director, and thus tells what should be done: If the directors are doing good service to stockholders or
 policyholders. payment for that service i'
 legitimate expense; if they are useless,
 drop them altogether, or sbsolve them
 from all responsibility and blame in any
 event. And it does not seem very reason
 able or graceful that officers, at any rate who are receiving salaries of from three te fifty thousand dollars year, should insis that their coadjutors should work fol
 nothing.
 Those who know much about director
 will agree with MT. Parsons that as rul' they are not of much service to corpora
 tions. The officers usually elect the direct
 ors and practically run the business
 Paying directors probably wouldn't mak them more useful.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-31
The Parting.

lFrom the Detroit Free Press.
 It was five o'clock p. m., and George Montgomery had been spending the after noon with sweet Lillian Luray.
 Goodbye, darling" he said, fondly, as they stood in tLe darkened vestibule.
 Goodbye, George" she murmured, nestling her head in the time-honored place.
 Good bye"
 Goodbye"
 'In every parting, dearest, there is the image of desth,' he whispered, holding her close and kissing her passionstely, ''and We may never meet again"
 "Oh, George, dsrling," she said, cling ing to him almost fercely. "Who knows, my own, what may hap pen between this hour and when we meet againf'
 .Mizpah," ," she breathed, and threw her arms about him convulsively.
 "Yes, darling" he spoke tremulously, ''let us keep that word as our shield and | armor."
 And you will come back to me; to your own little loving Lillian. George; the same beautiful and brave George you have always beenf
 "Trust me, Lillian, darling; trust you, | George"
 "Oh, darling," she said, strong in the faith of woman, 'I do trust you. How could love you SO if did noti' and she kissed him fondly.
 ''Then I shall come again, Lillian, my own."
 "But when, George, Whenr she asked anxiously.
 "At eight this evening, darling" "Oh, George" she walled, twill it be SC long as thati So long, so longi" He took her in his strong arms tenderly. | Darling" he whispered, make 1t 7:30lH And it came to pass as he had spoken.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-31
Jones, the Cockroach Killer.


 G. W. Jones, the cockrosch killer, had a funny experience at local hotel the other day. When he is rigged out in full apparatus to protect his mouth and lungs from the dust and armed with bull's-eye, he looked every inch 8 burglar. He was coming out of room at midnight when he encountered a bell-boy carrying . tray with several bottles of beer and e few brsndies on board. The colored youth, in his fright, gave one yell and fell to the floor in a heap. There was e waste of good liquor and some broken glass, which came out of his wages on the next pay day. It took some time to resssure the boy that the roach man was not thief. MT. Jones says he often has experiences of this kind. In speaKing of the roach nuisance he said: "The anImsls like damp houses. In some places brick buildings are erected with scarcely any foundation. The bricks are away below the surface of the ground. Such houses are always moist, and sure to be invested with reaches. The dampness works its way from the cellar through the bricks and permestes the walls to the roof. This is true of Washington houses where you will find 8 green mold ell around the buildings just above the ground. The Pittsburg people are wise ir commencing their walls at least eighteen | inches above the surface of the earth"
Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-31

The New Generation fin Staxelaud,
 tPhiladeiphis Telegraph's London Letterl
 I hear that Henry Irving, jr., has jus, come down from Oxford, having taken ( very good degree with honors, in the sec. ond class. He is shortly to make bis de- but as an actor in London, but will not be under his fathers management, but under that of MT. Hare, whose son, 1t will be re- membered, lately made his first London appearance in the illfated "Lady Bounti- full" The piece in which these two young actors are to appear is, curiously enough, School" by T. w. Robertson. Mr. IT. wing, lr.. is to be Lord Beaufoy, while MT. Gilbert Hare essays the unpleasant part of krux. Miss Kate Rorke, Miss Annie Hughes and MT. Macintosh are associated with them in the cast. By-ths-way, the son of another famous actor, who, it is said, intends to follow his fathers career, Mir. George Bancroft, is just engaged to NIT. Hsre's daughter, Miss Fife Hare. Her mother, one of the handsomest woman in London, is an American. If it is true that MT. Bancroft, ir., intends to make the stage his profession, it seems @ pity that he should not make his appearance at the same time as Mir. Irving, jr., for the com biued forces of the sons or three celebra. ted actors would be sure to attract the public, while young MT. Bancroft could not find happier opportunity for his de- but than in his fathers fsvorite part of Captain Hswtrey
Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-31
K,p,inp and Pierre Lott.

Edmund Gosse on Rudyard Kipling in the
 Century.l
 His relation to his contemporaries Is cu- riously slight. One living writer there is, indeed, with whom it is not unnatural to compare him-Pierre Loti. Each of these men has attracted the attention, and then the almost exaggerated admiration, of 8 crowd of readers drawn from every class Each has become popular without cease ing to be delightful to the fastidious. Each is independent of traditional htera- ture and affects disdsin for books. Each is a wanderer, lover of prolonged exile, more at home among the ancient races of the east than among his own people. Each describes what he has seen, in short sem tences, with highly colored phrases and local words, little troubled to obey the laws of style if he can but render an exact impression of what the movement of phys icai life has been to himself. Each pro duces on the reader peculiar thrill, a vo- luptuous and sgitating sentiment of intel lectual uneasiness, with the spontaneous art of which he has the secret. Totally unlike in detail, Rudyard Kpling and Pierre Lott have these general qualities in common, and f ws want literary paral-
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RIfsce1laueums.
Committee on Streets,

Committee on Streets. TyHE Committee on Streets will meet Tn Rooms
 10 and Ii, City Hall, Tuesday, May 31, 1892, at o'clock p. n., when the following matters will be considered:
 Petition of M. E. Chatfield for the grading and curbine of south side of Chapel street, between Ellsworth avenue and Mott street.
 Petition of Henry Champagne ct altor gradlng, curbing and concrete walk on the east side or Dixwen avenue, between Munson street ana the city line. ,,,u,> ing and walk on the north side of Henry street, between Dixwell avenue and Ashmun street. Petition of William Konold ct al for curb ana walk on both sides of Atwater street, between Middletown avenue and Chatham street.
 Petition ot James T. McMahan ct al TOT the grading and top dressing Of Biatehiey at avenue Petition of Cornelius Smith ct al. for cuI D ana concrete walk on both sides Of Peck street, De- tween Ferry and Atwater streets.
 Petition of Charles Ott ct al. Tor concrete walk on the west si 1e of Baldwin street, between Coneress avenue and No. IS Baldwi street.
 Petition of Charles T. Coyle for the hardening of and cobble gutters in Washington street, pe- tween Columbus avenue and the Boulevard.
 Petition of Henry Fink ct al. for grading, curo- ing and concrete walks on both sides or Jonn street. between Lamberton street and the bouie- yard sewer.
 Petition of G. Lauber ct al. for the hardening of Chestnut street, betweet St. John and Cnapei streets. ,.+.x,, oe continuous sidewalks between New Haven anu West Haven. ..+, fled to attend and be heard thereon:
 Attest: JAMES B. MARTIN,
 Assistant City Clerk Per order: LYMAN H. JOHNSON,
 my2s St Chairman:
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GOOD ROADS.

GOOD ROADS.
 What good roads will do is we'll shown in the case of Union county, New Jersey. In 1889 the New Jersey legislature passed law giving county boards authority to issue bonds for the construction of mac adamizel or other improved roads. Against the strongest opposition from the farmers the board of freeholders in Union county voted to issue bonds to the value of $500, ,O00 for the construction of thirty five miles of macadsmized highways through the county, selecting sections of roads for this purpose that were most i'm portant lines of travel. The farmers of the county predicted financial ruin as result of this extravaganza. AS the work progressed it was found that there was not enough money to properly complete it, and against continued protests the county board issued $50, ,000 worth more of bonds, and the roads were made the finest in the United States. A statement of the result is both interesting and valuable. The roads have been built year and not one farmer, it is said, can be found who re- grets the expenditure. The markets are now always accessible to them, and busi- ness men are able to move farther and far ther out from the cities and villages with cons squent rise in the value of property everywhere. Land that before "went begging for purchaser at s100 an acre finds ready sale at sl75 and s200 an acre and there is not much offered even at those figures"
 It would perhaps not be wise for all the counties in the United States to closely initiate this example, but there are many (eight in Connecticut which could profita- bly go in for better roads than they have. It is to be hoped that the movement for better roads in this State will be actively carried on until there is at least one good road in all parts of the State.
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Tel to the former, the latter is certainly the only one that We can find. Nor is the attitude of the French novelist to his ssiI- or friends at all unlike that of the Anolo- Indian civilian to his soldier chum. To distinguish we must note very csrefuilv the difference between Mulvaney and mon frere Yves; 1t is not altogether to the ad- vantage of the latter.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-31
Itch and Salt Rheum.

Tt1O all afflicted with the itch, salt rheum or
 any skin disease that scales and drops on and then scales again. etc., make salve which b as harmless as butter, that will heal the dis eased parts in from to 10 weeks, no matter how long standing or what remedies you have tried, and build @ new skin as healthy as 8 new born babe's, the disease never to return again. Not sold to druggists. To be had only from F PETRE, East Haven, Conn, $1 .O0 and 1Oc stam fup maH) tar . far. v1b lys1
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Archbishop Ireland of St. Paul is called "the consecrated blizzard" because of his extreme activity in everything he under takes
Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-31

When you ask your gro- cer for Java, he does not offer you Maracaibo and say it is "just as good"
 Whenyou ask your drug gist for Scott's Emulsion of cod-liver oil, if he is honest, he will not try to sell you something "just as good"
 Why do you want ita The answer is in a book on CARE FIJI LIVING; we send it free. seen Bovx.. Chemist Iss South sth ArsnSs' Yosr drssris. ts-p. seesr,. Emulsion ofeod-l'sf sa-sn drsgShu svesyvhsrs do. tI.
 E. F. AEVINE, AttoEneyA at Law
 = 0Irch street.