Morning journal and courier., 1894-05-21

1t takes the English to accurately report
what goes on In this country. Co1ey is
spoken of by the London Daily News and
the Pail Mall Gazette as an Ohio congress-
man.
A German physician has found that 80
per cent. of the children of total abstain
ers from intoxIcants are sound, and only
II per cent. of the children of those who
drink.
"If you re.clect me-" shouts Colonel
Breckinridge to his constituents, 'there
will be but one master for your rsprssen-
tative, and that my own conscience" And
they are wondering what kind of a con-
science he has.
Augustus Boneparte Caesar Dundrealy
Emerson Ferdinand Grant Hannibal Isaiah
jackson Knox Leonidas Meredith Nicholas
Oscar Tate Ring is g resident of Martin,
Tenn, a2d Is putting all that name into q
race for the Office of constable.
The arst series of pictorial stamps ever
issued by the Mexican government will be
cent out in September. The stamps will be
of the usual denominations, one, two, four,
Ave. and ten cents, and will represent the
divers stages of Mexican mail trsnsporta-
tion from man to steam.
1t is said that the drink known as the
cocktail was invented and named by
Elizabeth Flanagan, the wife of an Irish
soldier who died during the revolution.
She then became q sutler and followed
the troop of Virginian horse which In
1779 wintered at Four Corners, between
White Plains and Tarrytewn, Westches-
ter county, New York. Betsy Flanagan
set up hotel, which the American and
French officers frequented. They would
come In after night at the card table for
a t'bracer," and Mistress Flanagan would
provide them with drink that made them
feel as "fresh ss cocks tail" In time the
compound received tie name by which 1t
is now known.
The Nicaragua Canal bill has been re-
introduced into congress In the form of 9
bill amending the charter of the Maritime
Canal company. 1t differs from all former
bills of the same name and general chsrsc-
ter In only one respect, that the government
is to buy stock of the company and pay for
1t with United States notes. The secretary
of the treasury is to buy $40. .000, 900 in
took at par, So, 600. 900 is to be given to
Nicaragua, $500, ,000. worth to Costa Rica,
81, 200, COO in the securities is to be issued
to persons and corporations designated by
the company, and the remaining s15, ,500,-
600 Is to be deposited In the treasury Of
the company, the United States having an
option on Its purchase.
1 witnessed an incident last year, said
Oswald Grafton, in the st. Louis Globe
Democrat, that showed that there is a
strong feeling of pity among birds, and
that sometimes they are az charitable as
men. A pair of robins had their nests In
the fence near by the house, while a pair
of catbirds had built theirs In bush close
by. The two pairs hatched out their young
at abou. the same time, and for a short
while everything went along smoothly.
Then the robins disappeared entirely and
I concluded they had been killed. The
young robins, which had depended on
their parents for food, appeared to be
starving. When the catbirds came with
worm or bit of food for their young the
young robins would thrust up their heads
and make great noise. Presently 1t was
noticed that the cstbirds were feeding the
hungry orphans. Every night, too, while
one of the cstbirds covered Its own young
Its mate performed the same service for the
young robins. In this way both broods
were reared. the robins growing up as
strong and lively as though they had been
reared by their own parents.