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The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-11-29
Thanksgiving.

Lord, give thanks! Last year. Thou knowest, my best ambitions failed: My back with scourgings of defeat was failed; My eyes felt oft the sharp salt wash of tea rs; No guerdon blessed the tlreless feet of years; Fast in the snares my helpless feet were tied; Yet in my woes Thou didst with me abide.
 Lord, give thanks!
 Lord, give thanksl Last year my one lone ship came back to III e., A ruined wreck of what she used to be, No cargo in her hold, storm-strained and scared. o Lord, thou knowest that it was hard, was hard, To watch her drifting hulk with hopeless eye. Yet in my desolation Thou vert nigh.
 Lord, give thanksl
 Lord, I give thanksl Last year the one loved the dearest died, And like desert waste became the wide And weary world. Loves last sweet star went out: Blackness of darkness wrapped me round about. Yet in the midst of my mad misery, Thou lent'st Thy rod and staff to comfort me.
 Lord, I give thanks! Susie M. Best, in December Lippincott's.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-11-29

the heirs of Mrs. Armour. who died at the age of ninety years. leaving almost all her property. either absolutely or in trust. to one of her daughters and the daughters husband, to the exclusion of her other children. A bitter contest arose over the win, and the case went to the Supreme court on some minor matter. and finally was sent for trial to the Court of Common Pleas. There were three judges on the bench, the pre- siding judge being a lawyer and the associate judges being laymen. The jury found verdict against the will. The presiding judge. however, without consulting his associates, afterwards ordered judgment. notwithstanding the judgment in favor of the plaintiff. A few days later the two associate judges directed a contrary judgment, support ing the verdict. A few weeks later the presiding judge filed another opinion and ordered another decree setting aside the verdict. The associate judges few months later made still another decree. overruling the latest previous decree of the presiding judge. Under the law the presiding judge alone or the two as- soclate judges might,in case the others were absent, hold the court. The Su- preme court, before whom the four contradictory decrees entered in the Court of Common Pleas were discussed, decided that none of them was valid. The judges could only render decrees when sitting as a court, and 1t was not proper for one of the judges away from court to render a decree and for the other two judges meeting privately to render some other decree. The Su- preme court regrets that "the personal antiquities engendered by litigation be- tween members of the family seem to have promoted hopeless discord in the tribunal appointed by law to settle strife" The judgments were all re- versed by the Supreme court, and the question may now come up in the Con- mon Pleas on a motion for a new trial.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-11-29

The application to the Vermont legis- lature for a charter to the Nicaragua Canal company calls attention to the new society recently formed in France for the completion of the Panama Canal, IL Is known already that this society, which asked for an initial sub scriptlon of 60.oOO.0oO francs, secured only 100000 from ordinary subscrlb- CTS, and that the balance was fur nlshed from the funds of the iiquidat ton of the old society, and from the pockets of contractors and financial companies, which had been condemned 10 refund ill-gotten gains. n restitution they have effected by taking up shares of the new society. The latter is, therefore. unpopular in France. where many newspapers, and notably "L'Homolo- gatlon." specially published by Joseph Aron in the interest of the former sub sorlbers to the De Lesseps company, demonstrated that the Panama society could not finish the canal. It says, in- deed. that Sl0o.OO0,0OO would be sufii- cient to do 1t, though the reports of the official French engineers estimated that the necessary amount could not be mlow s25O. .00O.O0 NJ. Aron and his colleagues in the French press assert. therefore. that the new Panama Society merely intends. after pretence of Gn- ishlng the canal, to declare that the enterprise is failure, and then gobble up the Panama railroad and the other assets of the old company, which have been surr endered to the new one.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-11-29

leaved variety is much favored. and also the new dwarf-palm from the Isle Of Bourbon. The feathNy asparagus is a fayorite too. with it's soft huffy fo- liage and tiny white blossoms. The araucaria Is another feathery-looking plant, though stiiYer than and dlfret- ing in shape from the asparagus piu- mosus; 1t is brought potted all the way from the coast of New Zealand. The hot-house ferns are shown in infinite variety and their delicate beauty al- ways appeals strongly to the careless observer as well as to the lover of plant life. These potted Christmas greens are stood In the window, beside the doorway, or upon small stands, just as they seem best to nt by their size and character Into their environ meht. and choice vases and jardinieres of porcelain or open-work silver hold them.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-11-29
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-11-29
Washington Versus Napoleon.
From Hnrper's WeelSly.l

Tho violent revival of Interest in Ma poleon suggests that the day will come presently when 1t will occur to some magazine editor or other observing person to organize n literary fesurrec- ton of General George Washington. Washington has by no means been forgotten in this country. Indeed, he is called to mind every year on his birthday, when his career and charac- ter are the subject of editorial articles In numbers of newspapers. Buy In that part of the country which has de- veloped in the last ninety years he Is by no means so conspicuously before the public as in the older cities and states that knew him personally and were honored by his presence. In these older localities his effigles abound and his digniHed figure is fla miiiar, but west of the Hudson Wash lngton monuments are scarce. and the Father of his Country is by no means as familiar to the eye as Lincoln, Grant and other heroes of the civil war. A Washington revival will be welcome and salutary whenever 1t comes, and if 1t brings a new crop of monuments with 1t, 30 much the bet ter. Meanwhile 1t Is interesting to note that controversy has lately been raging at great length in the London Times about Washington's pedigree. There Is no doubt that he derived from the Washingtons of Sulgrave, and came of an English family never pow erful or distinguished, but undoubted- ly ancient" The Times says that the Herald's Visitations came to an end in England in the first quarter of the sev- enteenth century. while few parish registers are older than the reign of James IT., and that 1t Is in the period between the two systems of records Ca period of emigrations and much dis quieD that it is difficult to trace the Washington line. It seascs to have been done at last with results which, though not especially interesting, seem to be accurate and satisfactory to the genealogists. No Washington has been discovered from whom our George would have been likely to have inherited his uncommon qualities, but his title is clear enough to any advan- tage that may inure to an ascertained derivation from English ancestors, who, though not noblemen, were gen. tlemen, and whose sole title to fame rests upon the distinction of their de- scendant
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-11-29
ARE THEY RIGHT?

As our readers well know, we have not joined in the present general out break against the brutality of football. On the other hand we have argued that if the United States of America is arn- bilious to be like ancient Sparta and Rome football may help toward the realization of that ambition. Filled with this thought, as Lecturer Stod- dard might say, we have not turned aside to record and approve any pro- test which the highly civilized faculty of Yale may have made against the manly doings on the gridron at Spring field We have not even praised the utterance of Bishop Potter at the Park hurst dinner when he said: 'I do not believe that the centurions in the days of John the Baptist, whose true suc- cessor in our day Dr. Parkhurst is, were guilty of the violence that our police frequently use towards the poor cowed people whom you often see in the police courts for petty offences. But alas, gentlemen, this brutality is not confined to our police. We had last Saturday in another city on an athletic field an example of a brutality which dlsgraces our civilization" And we have not commended any of the animadversions against football bru- tality" which have appeared in profu- sion in such journals of refinement and culture as the New York Evening Post
 AS we have not joined in the general outbreak we do not intend to, but d lit- tie incident has happened which causes us to wonder, if, in our zeal for war and
 conquest, we have failed to consider the situation in its true light. When we read that the Chicago police have broken up game of football because of it's brutality we do not know exactly where we stand. And when we read that the police authorities of New York are thinking of making similar move our uncertainty increases. Perhaps there may be something in the atti- tude of the Yale faculty, Bishop Pot ter, and the New york Evening Post. Or do they represent an effete form of life in which such e manly game of football can from its very nature have no place? .,- e.t4
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-11-29

The town of Hull, Massachusetts, Is 80 small that 1t cannot support high school for its children, but 1t makes adequate provision for their educa ton. The town has just appropriated SEPT fer hirh school purposes, 1000 of which is paid to the railroad for transporting the children to Hingham and the bal ance goes 10 that town for allowing the higs school pupils of Hull to attend the Hinghsm n high school.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-11-29
AcEIEBRATED U4sF,

What caii be done is set forth in a decision reckfitly reported by the su- preme court of Pennsyivania; In which decision the judge Who wrote it said that the record ii the case was so un- usual that he recalled no other case re- sstnsAns .t. II dispute afuse atfionx
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-11-29

Private Bad Boy. an Indian soldier. has been drummed out of the United States service because he was too much like his name.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-11-29
FASHION NOTES,
Advancement Now Counts,

There is little of news now in the ma terials of millinery; all that is settled, but the topic of the arrangement of the stuffs accepted as fashionable is one that is never exhausted till new set of acceptances is advanced. With dressmakers, the constant aim is for novel effects; with the milliners, the object of their aim is similar but larger; that is, the hat designers strive for ec- centric effects, mere passive unusual ness being unsatisfactory. By such methods there is good chance for over- stepping the bounds by designs that are altogether too fantastic, and that
 puts good skill at an even greater pre-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-11-29


 example; at it's left side there are two quills and a bow of double faced, green and beige, satin ribbon. The loops of the latter act as a foindatiot of a Spreading structure consisting Of the quills and stiffened ribbon ends. As here arranged the effeet is a iiaidsome one, but of the same size on { sfdaller hat 1t would surely remind with fatal strength Of spragsiinE arms Of $ wind ifiill: This hat is Of beige felt, its waved and bent bfim banded with two rows of satin ribbun,, ana besides the mentioned trimming there Is a plume that falls over the hair at the back
 The afdoift of fur used on hats this winter is surprising. Soms day 1t may come to be said of fur T ,!a as now. and in the past with jet, that Ut IS stiil much used.' All sorts of odd tofcsits for hat garnitures are nov isSdlhs from the furriers. Pompons in several furs are to be tad all wired And ready for mouhtihs. aisrsttes are made froih sa- bic tails that center iii , sable heAd, and sinSis taiis are iised iiauSh' &ss are the present fashionabls tiun1esl dfoop- ing and ,trSiiins or apfisht fhsix belt devices are welcome ad5unst9 to the miillners, for they are ct txtts fof more novel arrHn&efdenf than afV ttioge WhiSh sfftt 0f 6id4f 15e {. {. srssssss N s sSsit
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-11-29
Notice,

Wccannot accept anonymous or return re- .cttco communications. In all cases the name q the writer will be required. not for publica- noh. but as guarantee or good faith.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-11-29
WOMAN'S TRIALS. :, SOME LIGHT ON THE SUBJECT. So Many Suffer Without Knowing Why.
 Much Can Be Avoided.

ESPECIAL TO ouR IApr nrAprss.l
 So many feel the very life crushed out of them, wake up cheerful and happy,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-11-29

A railroad to the top of the Jungfrau has at last been authorized by the Swiss government. II Is to go up the interior of the mountain in spiral tunnels, such as are usSd tn the St. Gothard line, to a point l,2oO feet from the summit. There the great needle will be bored and pro- vi0ed with an elevator carrying the traveller to the peak. A narrow ridge at :he top will be leveled by blasting, and on the space thus secured a hotel or restaurant will probably be built. And now engineers are also thinking of a railroad Up the Matterhorn.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-11-29

determined 10 do so much before the day ends, and yet:
 Before the morn- Ing Is very old, the fearful backache or ! 1bcarlng-down feel. ging attacks them, the bravesplritslnks back in alright; no matter how hard they struggle, tho "clutch !" is upon them, and they sink into a chair, crying, |" Oh! why should l suffer SO ?
 What can I do ?"
 The answer is ready, your cry has
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-11-29

Something new in the insurance line has appeared in London. A man wish ed to give a charity concert and by it's means to raise a hundred pounds. In order tc be quite certain of the result, he went to an insurance company. Af- ter looking into the names of the artlstes in order to ascertain their pull the consented to insure" the concert for five guineas. It turned out as both parties hoped, and the sum se- cured more than covered the "insur- ance," with margin for the desired hundred pounds thrown in
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-11-29

The railroad marks invented by the Hungarian Minister Lugais will short ly be adopted on all Hungarian rail- roads. For the future no traveller on Hungarian railroads will be troubled to stand waiting at the ticket office for his ticket. He will be in a position to make out his ticket for himself. On a blank card he will write the name of the station from which he takes his departure, and that of the station he means to go to, and he will stick on to the remaining empty space on the card as many railroad marks" as his journey will cost. The blank cards will be obtaniable at all tobacco shops.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-11-29

The memorial tablet to Wendell Phil lips, which has just been placed on the house in Essex street, Boston, that occupies the site of his old home, bears the following inscription: Here Wen dell Phillips resided during forty years devoted by him to efforts to secure the abolition of African slavery in this country. The charms of home, the en |. joymert of wealth and learning, even the kindly recognition of his fellow-citi- zens; were by him accounted as naught compared with duty. He lived to see justice triumphant, freedom universal and to receive the tardy praises of his former opponents. The blessings of the poor, the friendless and the op- pressed enriched him. In Boston he was born, 29 November, 1911, and died ? February, 1884. This tablet was erected in, 1894, by order of the City council of Boston"
 There is a search about to be begun pr Fishers island by some Boston peo- pie who believe there is large amount of treasure at the bottom of the pond at the east end of the island. As the story goes, a ship was wrecked on the island more than a century ago, somewhere about 15O years back, and the crew Knowing that there was a large amount of treasure on board in boxes, some thirteen boxes of gold and silver, as probably appeared by the ships manifest, worth s250,O the crew possessed themselves of it and secreted it in the pond by throwing 1t in at points carefully marked on a map of the sheet of water. In the family possessions of some of the Bbs- ton people is this map, and now an attempt is to be made to recover the treasure. A diver was called into con- sultation some time ago and 1t is said that a caisson IS to be built and sunk into the pond for the purpose of get ting clear space at the bottom in which to work
The Portland daily press., 1894-01-02
BosToN's NEW YEAR.
1t Begins With the appointment of Rapid
Transit Commissioners.

Boston, January 1.-The newly
elected municipal officials were
inaugurated with the usual cere
monies in the varies cities of the Com
monwealth today. After listening to
the recommendation of the chief mag
istrates as set forth in their inaugural
addresseses, the aldermen and council
men organized and the various depart
ments of the city governments were
ready for another years business. In
Boston, Nathan Matthews, Jr.. was in
augurated for the fourth time,
Justice Field of the Supreme Court adj
ministering the oath of Office to the may
or who, in turn. swore in the members
of the city council. The aldermen elect
ed Alpheus Sanford chairman of the
board, and Christopher F. O'Brien was
chosen president Of the common council.
j. M. Calvin was elected city clerk and
City Messenger Peters was reelected
unanimously. Mayor Matthews's first
official act was to send in the nomina-
tions of George G. Swain, Thomas j.
Gargan and Charles H. Dalton to be com.
mssioners of the subway which it is
proposed to construct in the interest of
rapid transit.
The Portland daily press., 1894-01-02
WATCHING ANARCHISTS.
The Principal Occupation of the Police of
Europe just Now.

Rome, January 1.-During perform
ance in the Teatre Nuevo, last night, a
number of anarchist leaflets were thrown
among the audience by unknown per-
sons. The police Of this city are watch
ing Anarchists Groppi and Innocent, re-
Gently expelled from France. The social
lists of Sienna, ATTEMPTED to hold de-
mon stration today. They gathered in
force. carrying flags and shouting
"hurrah for the social revolution" Tney
were dispersed without trouble. The
towns people showed no sympathy with
them. The authorities in Turin had the
French consulate guarded tonight in
consequence of an organized demonstra-
tion against the verdict iii the Aigues-
Mortes affair." The people were pre-
vented by the police from gathering in
groups. A number of newspapers pro-
pose that the italian government refuse
the French indemnity and that a nation
al subscription be started for the benefit
of the families of the victims of the
Aigues-Mertes massacre. Two working
men were arrested in Genoa today for
throwing stones at. the French con-
sulate.
London, January IA dispatch to the
Central News from Paris says the police
all over France searched the dwelling
places of all supposed anarchists during
last night They visited 10000 houses
and arrested number Of persons, chiefly
Paris. Among those arrested in Paris
was Ellie Reclus, brother of..Paul Reclus,
the alleged accomplioe Of Auguste
Valiant. Ellie Recluse was liberated this
afternoon.
The Portland daily press., 1894-01-02
STOPPED A RECEPTION.
Flames Drove the Guests Out by WAY o
the Fire Escape and Windows.

New York, January IA New Years
reception. held this afternoon in Earle
Court, seven story apartment house at
136 and 13S Madison avenue, was inter
rupted by fire which for a time
threatened to destroy the costly structure
which is the property of Peter N.
Ramsey. The firemen succeeded in
checking the flames before they reached
the air shafts and elevator openings.
The fire was caused by the explosion of
an ammonia tank attached to an ice
engine in the basement The engineer
and his assistants had to run for their
lives to the street. The smoke assembled
through the halls, and for few minutes
the greatest excitement prevailed among
the twelve families and their visiting
friends. There was rush for the street,
Mrs. e. L. Glover, wife of downtown
broker, who rents the upper fiat, came
down by the fire escape. Col. Alexander,
his wife and daughter who occupied a
suite of rooms on the first floor were as
sisted out of the windows by firemen.
The total loss to the building will not
exceed $4,000.
The Portland daily press., 1894-01-02
ELEVEN DAYS IN A CELLAR.
Found with Water Trickling Over His
Frozen Limbs.

New York, January 1.-Charles Hen
rickson, a sailor, was found yesterday in
the cellar of an old stable on West SD
street. He was lying on pile of rub
bish, and his feet were frozen, as well as
part of his legs, as where he lay the cold
water trickled from the roof above him
in steady stream. The man was ema-
ciated and weak, barely able to beg for a
drink Of water. He was carried into the
house and attended to. He said he en-
tered the cellar II days ago, chased there
by whom he did not know. During that
time he had been without food. He
would make no further explanation. He
had no money. From papers on his per-
son it was found that he was discharged
December 18th from the ship j. a. Macy
of Maine. Hendrickson was taken to
the hospital. Today it was said he was
in critical condition, and would proba-
bly, die. The man is perfectly sane.
The Portland daily press., 1894-01-02
The Panama Scandal Again.

Paris, January 1.-The Figaro pub
fishes two documents, one of which it
claims, is an acknowledgment made by
the late Baron de Reinach that he was
indebted to DR.. Cornelius Here in the
sum of 100000 francs, and promising
to pay the amount in eight installments
of $50, 900 francs each, together with in
terest. at the rate of per cent. The
other document, also alleged to have
been written by Baron de Reinach, is an
admission that DR.. Herze owed nothing
to him. If these documents are genuine
they will cause a revival of the Panama
scandal