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Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-11
JUST LIKE CINCINNATUs.

Lucius Qainctius Cincinnatus was a noble old Roman, and he will probably sl- ways figure in history ss the splendid centre piece in the magnificent tsbleau, The Office Seeking the Man. When he was made dictator messengers from Rome went to tell him of 1t, and they found him busy blowing on his small farm. entirely out of Roman politics and indifferent about any more of the honors and emoluments of office.
 Modern ofice-seekers who are SO anxious for flee that they can't understand this fine performance have hinted that old man Cinoinnatus knew what he was aboCt when he contrived that the messengers from Rome should find him peacefully blowing and apparently without anxiety to be boss. They insinuate that he know very we'll how the report of such specta- cle would strike the Roman people who just at that time wanted a boss who wasn't too anxious to be boss. But we look upon such hints and insinuations ss un- worthy and baselees. And we do not need to go back to old Rome to gather proof that there Ia in human nature such 8 qual ity as that which so conspicuously cropped out in Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus- There are just as noble old Romans (ro Compassion. Please do not make this read rum 'uns'D In our day. Yea, we have them right here and now in New Haven. Three of them will be on their little farms this evening, blowing peacefully and induetriously by electric light, en- tirely unconscious that some mes sengers from the meeting in the Cham Der of Commerce may come and notify them that they have been nominated. | They do not even know that there Is to be | such meeting. They haven't been seek ing a nomination. They haven't been writing letters to people asking them to go to the meeting and vote for them. They haven't been planning to have people there who will tell what magnificent things they have done in the sacred cause of Educa
 tion. They haven't carefully provided
 against having their supporters disturbed
 by charges that they have extravsgantl! 
 and even illegally spent public money; tha
 they care too much for offices that don
 pay and bring nothing but abuse and in
 gratitude; that the secret history of tn
 long squabbls over the High School sit
 would be interesting to those who don
 know it; that there has been wonderful
 patchwork ir the matter of some buildin
 plans, etc., etc.
 Oh no, the ancient times were no bette
 than the modern times. And Luctu
 Quinctius Cincinnatus was not nobler ths
 those who will be found blowing this ever ing by the messengers. We hope the me-
 sengers will be able to go early, but the
 will be sure to find those whom they wi } seek busy with their blowing even if the
 don't go until 1 or 9 a, m. People wh l don't care for office have 10 do their ploV ine sbout nomination time even if 1t talk
 all night.
Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-11
AIaska,s Abundance Of Fish.

Correspondence of the Omaha Bes
 The Alaekan Steamship company is al- most as accommodating as regards fishing as the railroad trains down south, which stop to let the passengers pick flowers But one of the skipper's bulletins amour cling fishing excursion was regarded by everybody as s sample of Captain Car rolls good -nstured humor. l. read some thing like this: "We will go on shore at two p. m. for two hours, aud all psssen- gsra wishing to catch salmon can do 20. All that you will require as fishing gear will be sharp hnger-nails. battUn-hOOks and hair pins"
 At two o'clock we were led 10 a little stream that rushed foEning through the pines and oedaVs to zee sight that would make old IEssk Walton turn Tn his grave. There were salmon by the thousands. In places for twenty feet the fsh were go thick you could not see the bottom of the shallow stream, and where the water rushed over a small fall ynu could Eee line Gf black tails from shoge to shore. This may sound very much like a Sunday fish story, but can bring witnesses who will swear 10 1t with photographs taken on the spot as indisputahle evidence. The passengers gathered enOugh salmon 10 lssi the ship for some tine. SevsrAI succeeded In catching them with ;tesf hands Oth- CTS went at Il IndiAa fashion and speaTtd them with s barb pointed spear. A uet drawn at the month of the stream by the salmon cannery day or 20 before pulled in twenty thcusand p5uuds of salmon, tsn tons of fish.
 There is a peculiar kind of fish fouud in Alaskan waters which is quite plentiful. | called the csudlr- S-h II is ab0nt the EiAs of a smelE. which is retemblss In appear ance. The candle ti 4h Is caught by the In
 diAns or bright moonlight nights with q kind Of rake suue Fix Ur seven feet long
 the teeth brlpg III de of bone or char | pointed usils Wna!- .ls canoe ls pad
 dle5 by enc Iu3lSr ci,-e 'n A sheal of ish
 another aweep@ 'a@ r-ke through tas dene'
 mass. generally bringing up three or fUu | fish on esch tooth The c~n8ls-ish hr' carefully packed away aud used for light ing purposes. To ne them candles
 wick or piece of dry pitch is passed
 through the body of the fish ~ith bod
 kin of hard woed, and ths tail being plscft
 in a cleft or bottle, the wick .s lighted aEt
 the oily hsh burns with . bright. clea | fiame.
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around screaming, wringing her hands and
 saying: 'I don't believe I can ever save
 my baggage. The railroad will never pay
 for my sealskin sack"
 It doesn't pay to be careless iu making
 out bills. Samuel Randall, New York
 professional services through neglecting to
 use calendar. He swore that each item
 in the bill was entered on the day on which
 the service was rendered, but the bill pro-
 duced in court showed charges on Febru-
 ary s9 and 30 and on April S1. The court
 unkindly regarded these entries as sus- pioious and threw the case out.
 It was in 1884 that Peter E. Armstrong,
 and Hannah, his wife, of Sullivan county, Pennsylvania, desded four square miles of
 land to Almighty God and to his heirs in Jesus Messiah" The intention was to re-
 move the land from bargain and sale for
 ever, as testimony against individual ownership of land. "rhe deed was prop erly recorded, and both makers died few years later. Recently the land was sold at auction for nsn-payment of taxes" The corner stone of the First Presbyter ian church at Seattle was laid last week. la addition to the articles usually placed in corner stones for the edifcstion of re- mote posterity, this stone contains blank book in which this statement Is written: A bank has never failed In Seattle to date. We have tuenty banks. We have just passed through 8 commercial and financial panic which has been worldwide. There has not been failure of any kind In Se- attle.
 A few years sgo the idea was prevalent that the operations of fishing steamers had nearly swept the menhaden out of exist ence and incidentally diminished the schools of bluefish which fed upon them. How ever, all theories based upon the short sup l ply of fish at that period appear to be de- | stroyed by the unusual abundance of both kinds this seaeon. Bluefsh have not been
 so large or plentiful for years as they are
 this summer, and the menhaden steamers | have had an excellent season.
 | It may interest those who have rbeaua- | ful double eagle of the coinage of the United | States to know that it is equal 10 20 pa takas of Abyssinis, 30 kwans of Ansm, q
 piasters Arabia, 20 pesos of Argentine, about A forins of Austria, about 103
 francs of France, S6 milries of Brazil, 9 condors of Chile, 36 rigsdalers of Den mark 400 uiatsrs of Eyypt E4 of Great Britain, 103 drachmas of Greece, S4 marks of Germany, A rupees of India, 10S lire of
 Italy, 20 yens of Japan, 50 scudi of Malts, 103 lei of Roumanis, 50 guilders of the
 Netherlands, 27 rubles of Russis, 8 tomuns
 of Persia, 251 piasters of Servls, 8 ticols
 of Siam, 103 pesetas of Spain, 200 gwush
 of Tripoli. tillss of TurkestAn, 2l psto
 cons of Uruguay and 25 pesos of vene \ zuala
Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-11

cycle. In such instances 1t Is love which makes the wheels go rouHd.-Buffalo Ex- press.
 It Is interesting and somewhat disqulet- Ing to note how much more Identification 1t takes to cash 8 cheek than it does to get lynchsd. Washington Star.
 ssThis, suppose" said the stranger in the city, "Is one of your clubhousesf' "Well, you might call 1t one. It's po- lice station Washington Star.
 It Is no doubt good habit for 8 woman to do her own sewing; but the woman who many bad habits.-Boston Transcript. Visitor-Whose exhibit is thail Colum- bian Guard (obligingly inspecting it)- Some Russian's, l guess. His name seems to be Handsof.-Ohicago Tribune. A lady reader wants to know if We be- lieve In cures by 'qsyipg on of hands" " We do, madame, we do, most fervently. But slipper or pine shingle Is better Galveston News.
 He bought a sorrel trotting horse,
 Which was so pesky slow,
 He named him Chinese, very soon,
 Detroit Free Press. "Do you still have colored servants, AlSkct "CAls lh a cSAsC "u have negroes any more, but we've got three of the gresnest girls yon ever saw h the house. ."-Hsrper's Bszar.
 "You don't go to Bobbley's ss much as you ued to, do you, MEgsins" No. Bobbley's boy is getting tc lke age when be likes stories" Cant you switch him off" ''Yes; on to more stories "-HarpeE's Bazar.
 "Did you come acEoss any hTigauds in Sleilyl" "Plenty. But I always got the better of them" How sol' "Oh, sim ply snouRh. Every lime met suspicious looking character on the road went up to him and asked an aims. ."-Courier du Mid.
Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-11
WORDS AND LOGIC.

"onDS AND AoUASs
 It is better to be lepidopterous than lid derous, and we freely admit that in dis cussing public matters there is great need of precision in the use of words and of careful attention to logic. It therefore does our lepidopterous viscera good to see both those needs so thoroughly recognized in Register editorial ostensibly devoted to the discussion of the school question.
 The Register wants woman to run. That we may not be again charged with ambiguity we will explain that the Regis ter doesn't want a woman to run with her legs and other parts of her frame while it sits on the fence and laughs at the un- graceful performance It wants one to run for place as member of the fosrd of Education. Such 8 run might be, and would be, in the Registers opinion, very dignifed and graceful performance. But what we desire to call particular at tentien to is the inducement to so run which the Register holds out. And here is where the Registers machine-like pre- cision in the use of words comes iu. It shlS iHC AaShJ "oA1oA "AAA DS embraced ss candidate" What a pleas ing and cheering prospect this sentence opens "Warmly embraced ss a candi- aatel" Many, as the Register says, are now hoping that woman will run, and as soon as the idea which tue Register has so precisely, officially and chastely promul- gated gets around there will be more.
 Aud now for little logic. The Regis | tsr's lucid and we'll built argument is: There should be 6 woman on the Board of Education. Eighty courageous and pub | lic-spirited women have enrolled them selves as voters to vote at the school cleo tion. Those who want a woman to run and be warmly embraced az candidate are ready to "embrace as a candidate" any one of the eighty. Therefore any one of the eighty would be 80 embraced by the Regis
 ter and the others who are waiting for the
 opportunity. Logic is logic. And wouldn't
 it he au inspiring sight to see the gallant
 Democratic editor of the Democratic Reg
 ister warmly embracing as candidate the
 courageous and public-spirited colored | woman who Ia ore of the eightyl
Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-11
Democratie Days.

The Democratic days have come, The saddest of the age When countless spindles cease to hum. And, written on the page or history there seem 10 be The dark blue lines of pain; The people do not want 10 sec These sad days come again The poor mans blanket is As cheap As 1t was pledged of old! And wool from backs of honest sheep At bedrock price is sold. All things are going cheap os smoke And some a grad. below, But does this help a man who's brokef That's what I'd like 70 know The dinner pail that sold last year For twenty cents or less, Can now be purchased full Of beer For bout that price guess; And even the Mckinley bill
 Has lost it's power to rob. The wheels of industry are still And no one has job. Yes, Democratic days are here The days we read about And everything is cheap, my dear, Without a single doubt The blanket and the stove pipe hat. Have had a wondrous fall, But human labor-think of that Is cheaper than them all always thought 1t would be fun If I might live 10 see The days of Jeffersonian,
 And such simplicity: But when hear the hungry horde Cry out it makes me sick And in my heart I cry, 70, Lord, Don't spread IL on too thick. Cheap food and clothing suits me when Ihave the cash for such, But it have no money. then
 It asgravstes me much; And as for good old days" ah-hem- It fairly makes me cough I think the less we have of them
 The batter we are of.
 From the Nebraska State Journal
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No. 2t7

quAintanee among them, and sssked him to take Mrs. Morgan out to dinner. My dear sir, can't do that, said Bruce. 'TAs- sarra's the dean. It's his right 'oh, the de-l,' said I. 'EnslAnd Is A bigger coun- try than Spain. Besides, you are an old friend of ours. Let ihe etiquette go.' But I daren't,' said Bruce. Just then Seward came up. Hearing what was going on he called me to one side and said: This may not seem of Auy importance to you, Morgan, but 1t is of immense consequence to me and the country. Spain is friendly to us. Tssssrs, being & SpAnisrd, is ex- tremely punctilioGs, If, st s diplomatic dinner his right of prscedeEee Is 6iEregard ed, he would take IL ss deliberate insult to his nation. So, for hesFen's sake, let him take Mrs. Morgan out; otherwise he will write to his government and we will have no end of a row over It. Of course, with this view before me-" said Governor Morgan, 'I could only comply with the re- Tuirements of courtesy and etiquette, and asked Senor Tassars to take my wife out, which he did, snd We had no TOW with Spain"
Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-11

William whiskers-w'oi's all this ere talk erbout free silver, Hanfl Does Ii mean hard dollars for ncthiug Henry SIowboy-Ssw; it's jest like free trade, an don't mean nothin'l The time won't never come, Bill. when yer kin git any thin without askin' fer h9-Puck-
 ''Sol" te HAid. after few minutes Of si- lenoe, "you reject me"
 'I do,' che replied, calmly"
 After these years of devotion to yon that have shown"
 She maintained naughty silence.
 "But beware" he went or, ''the worm will turn"
 Then she gave 8 shrisk-Rn ear piercing, heErttending mixture of gurgles and VOW els
 "Ohl" she gAspBd. lyon were right when you said the worm would turn"
 "Whst do you meEBl"
 GA caterpillar has just done R soraersEult and landed on my nerkl"-Wsshingtun Star
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gown. A fuieh of baby blue narrow rib bon may be added to each of the ruffles on the bodice. This gown is not pointed out as charming for the bride or the young wife. It is charming for every woman who has husband to please, aud every woman who has husband at all should have this sort of gown, not one of them, indeed, but several. A big apron, and not necessarily an ugly one either, can keep 1t fresh and pretty while the wearer flies about getting things ready for what gush- ing writer's are fond of calling the ''sim- pie meal" and out of ssid apron Miladi can come as sweet as 6 rose There is the objection that these gowns need lsunder- ing Of course they do, but SO do other garments, and We must have them just the same. You may wear cute little calico petticoats If you like, they will not need laundering quite 30 often as the white ones, and you may have very big aprons to save the dresses, but their beauty is that
 they wash fresh and sweet and clean. A
 gown on the plan of the one shown may have red spots, tiny ones, mind you, and the string of beads will be the very one of
 red coral you wore when you were child,
 You can say so, any how. FLoRErTE.
Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-11
FASHION NOTES.
With Dots and Beads 10 Match.

With Dots and Heads 10 Hateh.
 Dotted muslin comes In many new dots and noth'~ for house and break a more simply made the prettier they are. The model presented is of white muslin with 6 tiny blue dot. It Is made with plain skirt a little wide towards the bottom, az the present fashion demands. and with 6 finish of bretelles on the bodice. The neck Is left slightly exposed. With these gowns the pretty old fashioned string of heads suits chsrmingly, and the one about to be put around the neck of the dainty little woman Is of the old time blue coral, just the shade of the pretty dots in the
Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-11
CRUELTY.

A man always feels abused when he goes home and finds the housc locked up -At- chison Globe.
 The coal miner Is one of the many who can hope to succsed only by getting down to hard work.-Buffalo Courier. The latest method of elopiug is by bi-
Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-11
Probate Court, District of New Hayen, & IS.

Probate Court, District of New Haven, ss. l
 New Haven. September 2, 1898. { UPSTATE of THOMAS MCDONNELL, late of Hi New Haven in said district, deceased.
 Upon application of Mary Quinn, a creditor, praying that letters of administration may be Application on file more fully appears, it Is
 ORDERED said application be heard and determined at Probate court to be held at New Haven in said district on the 14th day of Sep tember, A. D. 1893, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, and that notice be given of the pendeney of said thereon by publishing the same three times in some newspaper having & circulation in said dis dis, trict, and by depositing in the postomSe @ at New lev p5ieatioa, and this order of notice addressed tc each and all of the heirs atlaw of said deceased and at their usual places of abode, on or before September g. 1s93 By the Court.
 TIMOTHY F. CALLAHAN, ] ss3t Clerk of said Court.
Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-11
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Lost, strayed or stolen. One big storm The finder will not be rewarded by bring ing it to New Haven.
 The wages of sin is death, and occasion ally extra pay Is given in the shape Of a cross examination like that which young Cash has been undergoing.
 woman's calmness and unselhshness in times that try mems souls have long been known and admired. A fine exhibition ot these qualities was given by woman al the Chester catastrophe the other day She escaped without 6 scratch and wen'
Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-11
Tbc suteIae ofHa,tIr.nnke..

Mr. E s. Holden, If the Lick nbservA tory, writes to Nature As follows: "I mo- tice in your issue of June l, 1893, page 107, an inquiry by R I. Pooock As 10 the suicidal habits of scorpions His conclu- sion Is that if scorpions sometimes kill themselves the verdict must be accidental suicide, CT suicide while of uEsouEd mind have no evidence to offer ss 10 the hab- Its of California scorpions, bu. l have myself witnessed the deliberate suicide of rattlesDske, and think that brief sc- couut of 1t may be worth recording. In the summer of 1888 Professor Keeler saw large rsttlssuake with seven rattletl crawl under the foundation of the dome of the sIx-inch equatorial With the nios manipulation for which he Is famous, Dr. Keelsr fastened a pair of blaoksmith's tongs about the animsrs neck, Bnd brought him into the large marble vestIbule of the observatory. The snake was furious and was practically uninjured. After every one had seen him 1t became a question | what 10 do next. It was resolved to put him into gallon jar of water. Dr. Kse- | Ter had the task of getting the very lively | animal (which was some three feet long | into the jar, and of letting go with the | tongs, while I undertook to put in the | stopper of the bottle st suspicious mo | ment. All this was accomplished very | nicely, and the next step was to drown the snake by inverting the jar st intervals | After little time 1t became obvious to every one, the snake included, that inc an imsl mus. soon be drowned. At this mo ment the spske ceased any attempt to rise to the surface of the water in the jar, and in the most deliberate manner struck its fangs deep Into its body. I have no doubt | whatever that the blow was intentional,
 and with sui eidal purpose. It wss a sin gle deliberate blow. There was no Hurry.
 As far as one could see the animal was of
 sound and disposing mind and memory.
 It had been full of fury st first, but latter
 ly had only sought to escape from the Wa
 ter to the air st the top When this be
 came hopeless the snake ended its owr
 troubles. had often beard that EnaksE
 land scorpionsl put an end to their owr
 lives. Here Is an instance which occurred
 before my eyes. The snake Is now pre-
 served In alcohol st the observatory, and
 the marks of the fsngs are plainly 10 b' | seen.n
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plstrss, e: New Haven, Hs. Probate Court,
 Ser. .srsat.cr z nGAg [

TsTATE Of JEREMIAH MALoNEY, late Of tl New HAven, in said district deceased.
 TTuon fhe application of John M6loDsy, admin fstra,or praying for power and authority 10 sell and convey certain real estate belonging to said estate, Es per application on file more fully appasrs, itts
 '6RDERED-ThAt said application be heard and determined at a Probate Court 10 be held at New Haven in said district, the Isth day of SerseFnber A D. 1898, At len o'clock En the fore noon. and that notice be given Of the pspoency of said application and the time and place of hearing thereon, by publishing the same three times in some newspaper having circulation in sstd district. By the Court Ea at TlMnTHN y. cAII.AHAN raerE
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omciaI Etiquette at Washington.

In regard to the importance of the gues- ton of rank and precedence in Washing ton, the late governor and United States senator, E. D. Morgan, used to tell s story that perfectly illustrates the strict punctil- lio of the diplomatic circles here. and also how much the new senator has to learn no matter how well acquainted with the ussgss of the grande monde he may be elsewhere. Governor Morgan, by the way, was born to the purple, had seen much of good sO- ciety before his elevation to the chief mag istry of his own state of New York and the United States senate.
 ''The matter of etiquette embarrassed me s good deal when I first went to Washing | ton ss A ssnaror," said ho "It was in the early days of the war, and Mr. Seward, who was sn old friend, was secretary of state. | There was s good deal Of dinner giving that winter (lS63l, and did as the others were doing. During the holidays In 1863, l in | yfted the members of the Diplomatic corps | to meet the secretary of state at dinner. The times uers squslIy and Seward hsd social aid hs could get, especially with the foreign ministers in Washington Sil Frederick Bruce was the English minister then. He was 8 special friend of my wifi and myself and had often visited us as oui home in New York. Senor TasssrA. th, Spanish minister, was the dean CT the sen for of the Diplomatic Corps. At the con
 gr.ss of Vienna In 1910 the rule was sdop
 ted and is still In existence, that diploms
 tists' precedence al & court is regulated b
 the term of service st that court. So, 6 my dinner was to diplomats. things had | be regulated according to diplomatic Ei
 age.
 "sIr Frederick Bruce WAS my oldest &
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District of New Haven, ss Probate Court,
 September .. leQg {

September [, is9&. ( UPSTATE of DANIEL TROwBRIDGE late of 1Z New Haven, in said district, oecaksed-
 The Court of Probate for the district of New Haven hath limited and allowed six Enoaths from 1he date hereof for the creditors of sad 1s tA,e to exhibit their claims for Eetz1eneuf Ihote who neglect 10 present their MccountA tlFSPSr8 Attested, within said time will be debaGTeo @ 1S coFery. All persons indebted fo ssAa esta"S 1% LANE K MATTEIAsr sasiw AdEl1igtratrix-