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Morning journal and courier., 1894-03-29
COUH 4 REGOR ID.
Superior Court - Civil Side - Judge
Wheeler.

Wheeler.
In this court yesterday morning the
motion for q new trial of the suit of Caro-
line e. Dowd of Wallipgford vs.. Augustus
a Bartholomew, administrator of the es-
tate of the late Henry L Morse of Walling-
ford, was argued. Last week the jury in
the case awarded the plaintiff verdict to
recover 81 LOCO and costs for services rem
dered her brother, d. L. Morse, as house
keeper for seventeen years previous to his
death. The defendants counsel, Alling,
Webb & Morehouse, claimed in support of
their motion that the verdict was contrary
to the evidence, inasmuch as no attention
was paid to the evidence of one Saxton. a
witness for the defendant, who testified
that he was positive that the plaintiff and
d. L. Morse adjusted their accounts in
1890. H. 6. Newton and 81 F. Hall, rep
resenting the plaintiff, argued that Ss1ton't
evidence was properly thrown out by the
jury, IS the story was not worthy of Gre
dence. Judge Wheeler reserved his de-
cision.
Mr. xACHER APPOINTED RECEIVER,
Edmund Zacher was confirmed as tenn
porary receiver of the Newport News and
Mississiesippi Valley company, and the
second Tuesday in April fixed as time for
hearing of the sffsirs of the company.
Morning journal and courier., 1894-03-29

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Morning journal and courier., 1894-03-29
i Common Sense " School Suits
The New Eaton and Junior Suits
Our Stock Of Boys Long Pant Suits,

For boys ID to ID years, at $50
$3.50, $40, $11, $12, $3.50, 81
$1s and $40, in single and doubl
Suits, (coats cut extra long is the f
collection Of Suits we ever owned.
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Some Japanese Fans,

Among the folding fans, or ogi, the hi
wood fans are the most beautiful. They
are painted with flowers and tied with
white silk. Anciently they were hung with
artificial flowers made Of silk. These were
the court fans, and different flowers were
appropriated by different great families, SO
that fan answered the purpose Of armo-
rial bearings. Sometimes these beautiful
court fans were made of ivory and partly
lacquered, thus becoming fine works OF
art. Folding fans also served the purpose
of ensigns in war, and an enormous fan,
mita ogi giant fan, was carried in process
sions in honor of the sun goddess.
Children and dolls have fans of their
own, as exquisite as they are tiny. Dancers
and jugglers carry peculiar fans. There is
tea fan, rikin, used at the ancient tea
ceremony, solemn feast among the Jap
anese. This is not for the undignifled pur-
pose of tanning, but for handing little
cakes. The ogi fan is vulgarized nowadays
by being covered with European advertise
mems, and till newspapers found their
way into Japan twas the only gazette 1t
was also used as medium for caricatures,
chiefly of western manners.-London Spec
tator.
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The Newshon,s Solution.

There was crowd on Fourth avenue
about little girl and dog. There were
a couple of policemen, half dozen women
and dozen men. The little girl was lost.
The policemen knew it, the women knew
it, the crowd knew it, and the little girl
herself knew it. Now, the problem every
one was trying to solve was where the lit
tie girl belonged. That neither the police
men, the women, the crowd nor the little
girl knew.
where do you ive?" asked a police
man.
The little girl looked up in a frightened
way and shook her head.
Poor little dear Where does your
mother liver" asked one of the women,
thinking to get at the problem in a round
about way.
Still the little girl sLook her head
Finally the newsboy appeared on the
scene. He eyed the assemblage contemptu-
ously
Here" he said to the dog, Ego home,
SIR" Of started the dog, the little girl
hanging on to his shaggy coat and the
crowd following behind, down Fourth
avenue a few blocks, around the corner,
straight into the arms of an anxious wom-
an, who looked half frightened to death,
and who took the little girl in her arms
and Rugged and kissed her. The dog went
quietly into the house, the newsboy disap-
peared, the policemen and the crowd went
away, and it was all over.-Joe Howard in
New York Recorder
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How Patent Leather Is Made.

Japanned leather, generally called pat
emit leather, was first made in America. A
smooth, glazed finish is first given to calf
skin in France. The leather is curried ex
pressly for this purpose, and particular
care is taken to keep it as free as possible
from grease The skins are then tackled
on frames and coated with a composition
of linseed oil and lumber in the proportion
of 10 gallons of oil to of lumber, boiled
until nearly solid, and then mixed with
spirits of turpentine to the proper consist
ency Lampblack is also added when
the composition is applied in order to give
color and body. From three to four coats
of this are necessary to form a substance
to receive the varnish. They are laid on
with a knife or scraper. To render the
goods soft and plant each coat must be
very light and thoroughly dried after each
application. A thin coat is afterward ap-
piled of the same composition of proper
consistency to be put on with brush, and
with sufficient lampblack boiled in it to
make perfect black. When thoroughly
dry, it is cut down with scraper hav-
ing turned edges, when it is ready to var
nish The principal varnish used is made
of linseed oil and russian blue boiled to
the thickness of printers ink. 1t is re-
duced with spirits Of turpentine to suit
able consistency to work with brush, and
then applied in two or three separate coats,
which are scraped and pumiced until the
leather is perfectly filed and smooth
New York Telegram.
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EARTHQUAKES IN ENGLAND.
Record OF Some of the Famous Shocks Felt
In That Country.

Record OF Some Of the Famous Shocks Felt
In That Country.
An English exchange, in talking Of
earthquakes in that country, says: In 1101
William of Malmesbury tells us that all
England was terrified with horrid spec
tacle, for the buildings were lifted up and
then again settled as before" Thirty-tw
years later many houses were overthrown,
and flames issued from riffs in the earth,
and in 1855, according to Holinshed, there
"chanced sore earthquake throughout
all parts of this land, such one as the
like had not been heard of in England
since the beginning of the world, for stones
that lay couched fast in the earth were re-
moved out of their places houses were
Overthrown, and the great church of Lin
coin rent from the top downward. " On
Sept. 10, 1875, St. Michael's church in
Glastonbury was destroyed by an earth
quake, and in 1861, in The Metrical Chron-
icle of John Harding, we read that sim
liar visitation greatly gan the people all
affraye, so dreadful was it then and peril
GUS" Indeed there is scarcely decade
during which one of these shocks did not
terrify the nation, some so severely that
Queen Elizabeth caused special form Of
earthquake prayer" to be issued. 1t is
even affirmed, though the statement lacks
confirmation, that in the fifteenth century
Lyme Regis was nearly destroyed, and it
is certain that London escaped no better
than the rest of the kingdom.
On Easter Monday, $780, the great bell
at Westminster and the bells of the vari-
GUS churches were set jangling. The peo-
pie rushed out Of the theaters in conster
nation and the Templars, leaving their
supper, ran out of the hall with their
knives in their hands. Part of the Tenn
pie church was cast down, some stones
fell from St. Paul's, and two apprentices
were killed at Christ Church. On Sept. 8,
1892, the merchants were driven from
change and the streets filled with q pan
ic stricken crowd of swooning or wander
ing people. In 1850, as the readers of Hor-
ace Walpole's gossip will remember, there
were so many shocks that Whites was
kept busy betting on the event. Grub street
inditing pamphlets regarding them and
quacks selling pills 'good against the
earthquake" Five years later the Lisbon
earthquake agitated the waters of the fish
pond at Peerless pool, in the City road,
and as late as 1852 1859, 1860, 1868, 1885,
1871 and 1899 various local shocks have
been recorded
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A MALAeAsY HONE.
House, Furniture, Garments, Food and
Drink Are Mostly Forest Products.


House, Furniture, Garments, Food and
Drink Are Mostly Forest Products.
To know something of the products Of
the forest-at any rate, such products as
are employed by the natives-one must ex-
anime Malagasy hut in the neighbor-
hood The walls are probably built Of
bamboo beaten out fiat, or occasionally of
long flattened pandanus leaves, the floor
being of the same material. The roof most
probably CONSISTS OF Uhe large bananalike
leaves of the travellers tree, overlapping
one another the whole being fixed to a
framework Of round poles and fastened to-
gether with the stem of some tough climb
ing plant. The very waterproof is not pot
ut ALL but long bamboo or 8 feet in
length and 4 to inches in diameter, with
all the partitions except the bottom one
knocked out
In a corner of the hut may probably be
seen quantity of honey in a portion of a
tree trunk followed out: The mortar in
which the rice is pounded is also part Of
trunk similarly followed out. Hanging
from the roof is the anchor shaped mahatia,
part of small forked branch of tree an
inch or two in thickness, with the side
branches cut off within three or four inches
of the stem at the end and hung so that
the prongs point upward. This is used in
stead of pegs on which to hang various
articles. Perhaps the good lady of the
house is engaged in threading large Seeds
those Of the physio nut, Jatropha curcas
containing much oil, on stiff stem of
grass. When the night comes on, one end
of this is lit, and it takes the place of o
candle.
The good lady's snuffbox even, for tastes
and fashions are not the same all the world
over, is the fruit of the rofa palm, or a
beautifully polished piece of bamboo, and
the thread with which her lamba, the chief
garment, is sewed together is not improb-
ably vegetable fiber, if indeed the very
lamba itself is not the pounded and fat
tened bark of tree. 1t may be, and in
all this speak from what have seen, that
she has anointed her hair not with lard,
the common unguent, but with the oil from
a forest fruit, and not only her hair, but
her face, neck and shoulders. She takes also
an occasional beverage in the way of toddy,
liquid obtained from some palm tree,
which is said to be very refreshing" And
SO the house, the furniture, the garments,
the food, the drink, the light and even the
cosmetics are mostly forest products
Cornhill Magazine.
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Fighting tho Inevitable.

Nearly all great scientific discoveries
have been combated and misunderstood
even by the intelligent! Even Sir Charles
Napier fiercely opposed the introduction OF
steam power into the royal navy and one
day exclaimed in the house of commons:
"Mr. Speaker, when we enter her maj
esty's naval service and face the chances
of war, we go prepared to be hacked In
pieces by cutlasses, to be riddled with
bullets or to be blown to bits by shot and
shell; but, Mr.. Speaker, we do not 60 pre-
pared to be boiled alive!"
The last words he brought out with
tremendous emphasis Steam power in
men-of-war, with boilers which at any
moment might be shattered by an enemy S
shot-this was a prospect he could not face.
Yet in q few years he found himself in
command Of the largest steam navy the
world had ever seen.-Youth's CompaD-
ion.
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IF THE SUN WENT OUT.
What Would Happen If the Orb Of Day
Suddenly Became Extinct.


Suddenly Became Extinct.
The boldest imagination may we'll stand
appalled, at the consequences Of q sudden
extinction of the sun. For ST minutes
the length of time that it takes the light
of the sun to reach the earth-we should
not know that anything had happened.
Then the darkness would fall upon the
world neither the moon nor the planets
would give any light, and the fixed stars
would shine like tiny points of fire out of
a coal black sky. The moisture of the at
mosphere would instantly CONCEAL in a
universal deluge of ice, the small stack Of
heat possessed by the earth would rapidly
radiate into space, and the temperature
would go on falling till degree of cold
more than 300 degrees below zero would
be reached, and the very gases of the at
mosphere would be hquefed and fall on
the frozen surface of the planet.
Absolutely total darkness there would
not of course be and never could be I'M
less all the stars were extinguished But
relative darkness would continue for an
enormous period which can only be ap-
proximately calculated. The solar system
is moving through space toward a point in
buC COuSuGlldUlOu VI uU u ppCCu VI
100, 900, 600 miles year, or four miles a
second. But 'there are no self luminous
stars within distance equal to 200, 900
times the distance between the earth and
the sun; therefore this gigantic gulf would
have to be crossed before starlight became
sunlight, and this it would take some
118, 900 years to do.
Toward the end of that period, suppos-
ing always that the other star systems had
not moved correspondingly, stars in Her
cules would begin to shine as suns, and
the long darkened solar system would be
reilluminated by rays of ever increasing
intensity until it fell into it's appointed
place as portion of those distant systems.
1t should also be mentioned that the tire
mendous journey might not be performed
without collision with some other burnt
out sun or darkened system now invisible,
in which case the shock would regenerate
light and heat, and out Of the wrecks of the
two systems new one would DO evolved.
Self Help.
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Upstate oFAUDR1A M. CARPENTER.


VIII Presented,
STATE OF VERMONT,
District of Bennington,
In Probate Court held at Probate Office in Ben
nington, in said District, on the 18th day Of
June, A. d. 1894.
Present, John V. Carney, judge.
An instrument purporting TO be the last will and
testament Of Audria M. Carpenter late of Pownal
in said district, deceased, being presented
named for probate, it is ordered by SAID court
that all persons concerned therein be notified to
appear at a session thereof to be held at the Pro-
bate office in Bennington. in said district on the
9th day Of June, A. D., 1894, at 10 O'Clock
in the forenoon. and show cause, If any they have
against the probate of said will for which pur-
pose it Is further ordered that this order be pub
lished three weeks successfully in the Bennig.
ton BANNERa newspaper printed at Bennining-
ton in this State previous to said time ef hearing.
BY the Court, Attest,
13T JOHN V. CARNEY. Judge.
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CLEANSING BY COMPREssED AIR

CLEANSING BY COMPRESSED AIR
Speaking of cleaning Pullman cars by
compressed air, this device is at present
applied to cleaning cars, but it is only a
question of time when it will come into
use for other purposes. Hotels and
large buildings might be swept and dust
ed in an incredibly short space of time.
Carefully managed, this air pressure
would rid the room of every particle of
dust, clean furniture, carpets and the
heavier articles of bric-a-b rac and orna-
ments. tt would dc the work Of q dozen
people. No doubt it would rid a room
of dust, and the brio a-brac would follow
it; blast of compressed air directed
against most of the litter which encum-
bers modern sitting rooms would most
effectually renovate them.- Chicago
Tribune.
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The latest disclosure made by the
police investigation in New York is that
the flooding of Vermont and other States
with ''green goods" has been made pos
sible by the system of organized extor-
ton which has been practiced by the au-
thorities in the metropolis.
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A Note ON Wakefield.

A small child of my acquaintance, who
is a regular little bookworm, has lately
been absorbed in a well known work. Dur
ing the usual schoolroom catechism the
question was put to her, "For what is
Wakefield famous?" With happy inspira-
ton she replied in all seriousness, "Vio-
airs. "-London Gentlewoman.
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Monkey Talk.

Here are some words which are selected
from the monkey vocabulary as Professor
Garner understands it:
W-h-o-o-e, meaning food, bananas and
the like.
Ch-u-y, drink, water, milk.
Chi, the sound used to attract atten-
ton, equivalent to the SAY or "look
b"re' Of everyday parlance.
E-g-c-k, the cry Of alarm, meaning 'dan-
ger" or a similar word expressive of warn
ing.-Journal of Education.
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And so it makes the merry United
States senators laugh that it should be
thought necessary to call them up one by
one and question them as to their stock
speculation. 1t makes their country
men weep.
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Wrote Whittier to friend eff I eyer
feel like envying any one, it is not the
world famous author, but some serene, de-
vout soul who has made the life of Christ
his own, and whose will is the divine
will -
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The first botanical garden in Europe
was laid out by Cosmo de Medici at Pisa
in 1914. 1t was enriched with plants from
every part of Europe and many from AT
RIGA and Asia.
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Franklin Falls, N. II.
Considered InCurabIe
Heart PaIpItation, Stomach
Troubles, Etc.
Took Hoods SarseparIlIa and Is
Now Able to Work as Usual.

TOOK hOOo'S SdTSdpdIlHd dnO lS
Now Able to Work as Usual.
&C. /. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass:
al had been a great sufferer for seventeen
years. My trouble began with stomach diff
culties, brought about by overheating the blood
and then suddenly changing the temperature by
drinking cold water. 1 doctored with home
physicians, but did not receive benefit Igrew
worse at times and was troubled at night by
FIutterlng of the Heart.
My food hurt me considerably, In fact during all
these years have had to be very careful about
what ate, and much OF the time 1 went with
out any supper. became all worn out Two
doctors agreed that my case
Was Incurable
and was liable to die any moment. Hoods
Sarsaparilla was recommended to me and it has
been the only medicine that has given me any
relief. My heart trouble apparently sub
sided, and there is decided change for the
better In the pains in my head. Since commenc-
ing to take Hoods Sarsaparilla my food does
not distress me and eat heartily. 1t has been
possible for me to work most of the time for q
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A tombstone is about the only place
where the average man doesn't really care
to have his name in print.
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Ohio raises 100, 900, 600 bushels of corn,
81, 900, 900 of wheat, $1,000, 900 of oats
$4,000, 600 of potatoes, 30, 900, 900 pounds
Of tobacco and 5000, 900 tons of hay. The
vineyards produce $500, 900 gallons Of
wine and 80, 600, 600 pounds of grapes.
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A FEW copies of History of Metho-
dism in Bennington, W.T." now remain
unsold at the BANNER Office. They may
be obtained for 50 cents per copy.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-30
AUBURN NEWS.

The Y. p. 8. G. e. celebrated their an
niversary in the Baptist Church Sunday
evening. The following is the order OF
the services: Voluntary, Organ; Singing
by congregation; Anthem, Choir; Scrip
ture Reading by Mr.. Winslow; Prayer,
Mr.. Greene; Singing, Congregation; c. E.
work in America, David Stone;
G. T.. work Abroad, Benz
+. Briggs; Singing, Congregation;
Twenty young people representing the
numerous sects, united in G. f.. work.
G. l.. relationship to the church, by Geo
M. Colwell; Committee conservation, by
the various committees; Endeavor Bene-
diction.
Mr.. Winslow on behalf OF Y. p. 8. c. f.
has taken up the work the Kings Daugh-
ters began in helping the city poor. He
has found forty cases of destitution and
asks the assistance of all inclined toward
charity.
The annual meeting OF the Library
Association is to be held in Masonic Hal
this evening At hslf-past seven an in
spection OF the library will take place,
followed by business meeting
and election of officers for the
next year, in the hall. A collation.
will be served followed by short enter
tainment. Hon. It. B. Stockwell, Mr.
Palmer, II. NJ. Coombs, Mrs. Sanders oi
Pawtucket, and Prof. A. II. Keyes of the
Cranston High School will speak.
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HARPER 4 BROTHERS, Publisher.

have an opportunity to enjoy them
selves at the Westminster Theater this
week as no better exhibition OF a certain
kind OF terpsichorean skill was ever given
in this city. There is some very
good singing, too, ard the
considerable entertainment in the spec
tacle entitled "South Before the War" q
the title suggests the purpose is TO convey
an idea OF life in the South during slavery
days. Plantation melodies generously
besprinkle the performances and several
interesting specialties are introduced. 1t
is altogether an unique entertainment set
to lively jig time. "South Before the
War" will be seen every afternoon and
evening during the week.
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Passenger Train Service, Week Days
Corrected TO Jan. z, 1894.


Corrected to Jan. z, 1894.
Trains leave PROVIDENCE as follows:
For Boston--s:05 a. m, ~ M; 4;2o p. m; RETURN
$3.50, a. M; 2:2O, $3.50 y. m.
HYDE PARK, WALP0LE-s:05 a. m, IL m; 4:2o
FRANKLIN-s:o5 a. m, ~ m f:2o, 7;15 p. m.
WEST wRENTHAM, ARNoLD'S MILLS AND
ADAMSDALE-s:05 IA. m, 12m.; 4:2o, 7;i5 p. m.
MILFORD 500 q. M; 4;2o p. m.
ARLING rON7:l0 II 80 a. M 80, $50. sTll'oo PM
KNIGHTSVILIE-7;1o $40, ll:35 a. M; 2;ao, o;j5,
$50, II 90 p. m.
CRANsTON. NATICK RIVER POINT, CENTRE-
VILE, WAsHINGToN-7;i0, esio, 1i:s5 a. ms
1905, 2:45. 4;So, $3.50, $50, ell 90 p. m.
oAKLAwN -7iio. $40, n'SS, e. m; 2;d5 $50 o'@
PONTIAC. ARCTIC, QUIDNIcK-7:i0, II IS q. m;
2:is, s 80, $3.50. al 100, p. m.
ANTHONY -7iO, s:lO, iiiS5. a. M; a45, 400, $50
SUMMIT. oNEco, srERLINa-7iO, sao, a. M,
2s45. $50, p. m.
COVENTRY, GREENE. MoosUP, PLAINFIELD
--7.IO s.Io, Q. m; 1905, 2;aS, 4;5o p. m.
JEwErT CITY, VERSAILLES, BALTIC, SOUTH
wINDHAM, wlLLIMANTIC-s:i0 a. M; 2;os,
4s30 r. m.
HARTFoRD-s:ios n. nj 1905. $50 p. m.
WATERBURY, FIsHkILI-ei0 a. m.
NORWICH -7;i0. 9;10 q. m; u :o5, 4:30p. n.
EAST THOMPSON WEBSTER, s0UTHBRrDoB
and WORCEsTER-s;56 a. m; 100 p. m.
CHICAGO AND THE WEST VIA NEWBURG.
AND ERIE R'Y-9:10 a. m.
PASCOAG AND INTERMEDIATE STATIONS
$50, s;56. n a. M; 400 and $40 p m satnr-
DAYS only at II i5 p. m. Leave Pascoag at S:ls,
7:i0 and s;l5 a. M; 1890 aud 4;63 y. M; ssiur-
days only at 90 p. IA.
All t.ains leave from west end OF Union Depot.
Providence
saturdays only. s-sundays only.
Tickets between Boston and Providence (liiaitcD
IS cents, unlimited 81.
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