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cials are an attraction to any young man,
and we are sure everybody would be far
more pleased to see men engaged in
them than in drinking, gambling and
kindred employnents. People who are
patrons of the Association may look for
dazzling moral convolutions. Should
they but once enter the field and see the
surroundings they would then not won.
der at slow processes.
To Wheelmen and Footmen.-There
will be a song service in the yard of the
Guide Board schoolhOuse, Sunday after
noon. at 4.15, in care of the Y. NJ. c. A.
Eversbody is urged to attend the first
outdoor meet.
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rTOwner wanted for black summer
shawl, recently left at Mrs. Sarah NJ
Browns North street.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-08-24
----------------- Some New England Characteristics.

Describers of New England life have
 fixed and perpetuated the common de-
 fusion that the typical New Englander
 is hard and sordid beyond comparison,
 that he lives on stale pies, that the con-
 Junction of mince pie and turkey once
 a year on Thanksgiving day is an event
 second only to the occulation of the
 planets. It is as if they had taken
 camera and gone and photographed all
 the back yards in New England, and
 great pains Is taken because no single
 pigsty nor mud-puddle is omitted. The
 New Englander Is painted with all his
 wrinkles. and we are told that this is
 a realistic picture. So 1t is-of the
 back yards and pigstys-but that is not
 all or even the half Of New England.
 Linked with one virtue and a thou
 sand crimes," is the description that
 would fit the New England rural wo-
 man in fiction, and the one virtue Is
 honesty. But honesty is scarcely a
 virtue when all of ones neighbo1s are
 equally on the watch to see that no one gets a farthing more than he or she is
 rigidly entitled to. So one may spend
 many summers in New England liv- ing at New England cottages and tav- erns, employing New England washer women and drivers and errand boys,
 and find them very much like the same
 class elsewhere, except a little more intelligent and loquacious. The taci- turn New Englander must likewise be thrown from his pedestal, along with the stingy one, for nobody on earth
 relishes talk more than the rural New Englander. Time may be money, but the man or woman who Is not perfect " willing to stop the most important work-unless 1t be thaying, when thunderstorm Is rislng-for the excite- ment of a confabulation with a strang- CT, has never yet appeared in these parts. Their minds may be fixed on the most economical division of the pie for dinner, but they give no sign of 1t. They will stop the horse, talk as long as you will listen, and cheerfully take you into the wagon and drive mile out of the way, for the pleasure of abusing the selectmen, describing laSI WlHleT teiHpeTHture, tHe pIospects for hay and the republican party, and other subjects of contemporaneous hu- man interest.
 The women are we'll up in township politics, but they are astonishingly ig- norant of national or even state af- fairs. This applies not only to the farmers and tavern Keepers wives and daughters, but the most intelligent wo- men in New England seem unable to take an interest in any public ques- ton except woman suffrage and pro- hibition., This singular ignorance ac- counts for the entire readiness of the woman suffragists and prohibitionists to flop on to any party that will prom ise to help them in these two points. The idea that there are great prin- ciples at stake, and greater issues than woman suffrage and prohibition, seems
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------------------- WOMAN 1S 4 CHAMBER.

Woman is climber in these days.
 She industriously surmounts peak af-
 ter peak, and none seems too high or
 too steep for her. And it is interesting
 to note that while she is winning vic-
 tories over mental and moral peaks
 she is also conquering the Matterhorn,
 that mountain peak which was the
 despair of mountain climbers until 1865,
 when Edward Whymper, man, suc-
 ceeded in getting to the top of it and
 getting safely down again. Woman,
 in the person of Miss Annie S. Peck, of Providence, has just climbed the Matter
 horn and lived to tell the tale. Her
 way has been upward for many years,
 although the many" does not mean that she is an old woman. She is a graduate of the University of Michi-
 gan, an ex-professor of Latin in Smith College. student of archaeology, a lec- turer, and-for her years-quite vet
 eran mountain climber. Her list of pre- vious ascents includes Mount Washing ton, the Clouds Rest (Yosemite), Mount Shasta, Hymettus, Pentelicus, the Gross Glockner and Monte Cristello. Wednesday of this week she put her small feet on the highest spot of the Matterhorn, and she tells about 1t in language which could hardly be improv- ed upon even by Lecturer Stoddard. She says: Nothing was wanting. The Mont Blanc range stood out clear and massive to the west. Northward, the Bernese Oberland, with its serried peaks, presented a picture of surpass- ing beauty. The Weisshorn in the fore ground, with what might be imagined as a troop of peaks in line behind. the
 Jungfrau cutting the horizon pure and white and noble, a fitting warder to such a noble band. One could hardly resist imparting a personality to peaks so grand, so individual as these Switzer battlements, and nowhere but from the Matterhorn on one of its rare. clear days, can one realize the picture to the life. Small wonder that Whymper
 and Tyndall and Giordano pined and struggled for long years to reach this coign of vantage.
 Three cheers for Sister and Neighbor Peck! The little State of Rhode Island has produced the largest woman noun tain climber of the day, and the pride
 of that State is so large that it over- flows into Connecticut. And three
 cheers for Woman! Ever upward is
 her pathway. And as she stands on
 the sky-piercing Mattarliorn her cry Is "Ad astra!'
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-08-24
DIFFERENT.

Warfare has It's romance; even the din of battle has sort of an engagement ring.--Texas Siftings.
 A man may assume a virtue though he hath it not, but 1t is different with an overcoat.--Texas Siftings.
 She (reproachfully)-You said you would die for me. He (stiff1y)-I was referring to my whiskers, madam. .--De- troit Free Press.
 Tramp-say, boss, could yer give a feller dime for a square meal? Kind ntleman--Certainly If the meal IS 8 good one. Where is it?-Harper's Bazaar.
 Alphonse-You never hear of women cashiers running off with their em- ployers' money Henri--Not often: but when it does happen they take the em- ployer illustrated News.
 "What fine collection of stuffed birds you havew eyes, am rather proud of it, as it cost me nothing. took the birds from my daughters dis carded hats. ."-Lustige Blaetter.
 A Peculiar Man.-Brown-D you
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In His omoIal Character.
IFtom the Detroit rree press.l

ltrOm tno DeJrOlb fr6e ITeSS.J
 I was waiting for the postoffice at Huntsville to open in tss morning and meanwhile talking bit to the colored janitor, who was sweeping and dust- ing, when negro boy, about fifteen years old, came along and halted. and beckoned the Janitor to step aside. The old man looked at him sharply, but did not comply.
 Say. yo!'' called the young man.
 There was no reply to this, and after q minute he called again.
 Boy! what yo' wants widl me?" sternly demanded the janitor.
 T wants to speak wid yo'."
 "Who is yo'?'
 "Yo' now who I Is. To Is dun en- gagged to my sister Evangeline."
 "Oh! you Is her brudder Sam. Waal, what yo' want?"
 ''Kin yo' lend me ten cents?"
 'On what grounds, sahy'
 "on de grounds dat yo' is gwine to be my brudder-in-law."
 Boy, dpan yo' know muffin tall bout philosophy?" shouted the janitor as he raised his broom over. his should -er. My bein' engaged to yo'r sister Evangeline as 9. private citizen, an my standin' heah representa- de United States guv'ment and talkin' wid a gem'lan besides. am two entirely differ ent contestashuns. As yo'r fuchei brudder-in-law I'd like to obleege yo' but as representative of dis guy. ment doan' know yo' from Adam, an if yo' doan' move onsI'il hev to smasf yo' to bone dust
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-08-24
THE FLEETING SHoW.
Some of It's Faets and rancres.
Written for the JOURNAL AND COURIER
 A REAIrTIEIIr. QIrTI ANY

Written for the JOURNAL AND CoURIEn1
 A BEAUTIFUL OUTLAW.
 An outlaw, but not in hiding-under the ban. but unconscious O. her dis grace, is that sprightly creature Dau- GUS Carota.
 One might think her defiantly care less of public opinion, but it is not so; she is simply unaware of her ill-repute. So, prodigal and happy, she claims the fields and highways for her own; smiles in the sunshine, sways in the breeze, and is not a bit down-hearted in the storm.
 It troubles her very little that many people do not think her beautiful. If she ever considered that matter she would know that it is because they have never closely considered her. If she were a Haunting, gaudy thing they might admire her, but if they cannot appreciate her airy gracefulness--wel that is the fault of their own natures Q Daucus Carota, would that you were rare! How we might love you, if instead of making glad the waste places everywhere, you hid yourself away in remote, almost inaccessible hooks, where we could capture you orly
 risk of life and limb. Then you would be treasure, a miracle, you who are now only riotous little torment, un- der the ban!
 Daucus Carota has round stem that is rather harsh to the touch. slender but stiff enough to keep her head well up. Her leaves are so deeply cleft that they suggest antlers, and they are few and far between. And antlers of pale yellowish grsen surround that fflmy web of airiest lace that is called a | flower.
 Gather one Of these flowers in its perfection and ask yourself if this is not Queen Titania's own lace-frilled parasol. Could anything be devised more 1avishly, elaborately beautiful? | Here is another flower that turns side wise at an angle with its stalk, and i suggests richly ornamented shield. Could an elfin knight, riding full tilt | into the fairy tourney, ask for a shield more delicately embossed, or stronger to resist the buffetings of his oppo- nent?
 This shield, or parasol, is made, ap- parently, of the finest lace, indeed, an old name for the flower is "Queen Ann's lace" It is interesting to see how it is put together. From a little knob at the end of the stalk start out, first, eight of the little green "antlers,' g each one trimmed part way up the sides with a band of white. A botanist would call these the 'involucre." Per haps that it as good a word as any. In the bud these pretty green sprays curl upward and clasp themselves pro- tectingly around the undeveloped flow CTS; as these open more and more they droop closer to the stalk. Then there are rows upon rows of tiny green stems, | of varying lengths, so that they, the ribs of the parasol, may take the form ! of a circle. These curve upward slightly so that the flower-head each one bears may be upon 8 level with
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-08-24
NEW HAVEN 1895

think Smith Is an exceptionally modest man? Jones--Yes, indeed. never heard him claim that his rheumatism was the worst on record.-Puck.
 ''Wen," said the camel In the cir- GUS parade, there's some comfort for me after all," What do you mean?"
 My hump Is pretty bad, but 1t might be worse. I don't ride a bicycle" Washington Star.
 Old Cashly (giving his son check)-- Now, be careful, my boy. Remember a fool and his money are soon parted Spendall Cashly-Yes, sir, and thank you for having obliged me so promptly. -Scribner's Magazine.
 First Lieutenant-By love, as we
 were going over the river on the plank
 bridge 1t gave way, and the men fell In. Second Lieutenant--What did you do? q ordered them to fall out, of course. ."--Household Words.
 Miss DeFashion-Mother, what shall we send Miss De Style for her wedding present? Mrs. DeFashion-Wil the list be published in the papers? NO; she says LHdl NuiBdr. 'Senu ueT d. pidteu saltspoon. ."New York Weekly. Retrospection. --Nuwed--According to you. I never told you single truth before we.were married. Mrs. Nuwed-- Oh. George, you weren't quite as bad as all that. Don't you remember you al-
 ways used to say you were unworthy of | me?-Life.
 Miss Coygirl-Jack Softleigh told me
 last night that I ought to accept him
 because he was willing to prove his
 love for me. Her Friend-What did you say? T said I couldn't see 1t in that light" Then what did he say?" Moth ing. He just turned the light out. ."--- Philadelphia Record.
 ! "Its all right, Mary" said he, pa tiently. "Go into politics and run for l office if you want to- But remember one thing, the cartoonists Fl be after you as soon as you're candidate" T don't care" And they'll put your pic
 ture in the paper with your hair out of
 curl and your hat on crooked" "Do you think they would do that?" she in l quired. apprehensively. "Of course
 And they'll make your Paris gownc
 look like ten cent calico and say that your sealskin coat is imitation" evil. liam" she saad,, after thoughtful
 pause. T guess I'll just stay right here
 and make home. happy."-washingtor
 Star.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-08-24
THE WAR IN MASSACHUSETTS,.

It seems little odd that Man, proud Man. is obliged to spend so much of his time in fighting various creeping, crawling and flying things which are small in size, but of great capacity for and pertinacity in annoyance and de- struction. But such is life. A very in- teresting fight is that which Is now go- ing on between the brains and the ener- gy of human beings in Massachusetts and the brains and energy of the gypsy moth For a long time hitherto the gypsy moth has had the best of 1t and it has been as cocky and trouble some as the Cuban revolutionists, but the latest news from the front is that the people of Massachusetts are gaining on the gypsy moth. It is true that the territory now known to be infested Is much larger than when the old Gypsy-Moth commission was abolished and the work taken up by the State Board of Agriculture, but there doubt less was an immense infested territory which was not known to the former body, as in the year following the change moths were found in numbers of towns outside of the supposed infest- ed region. The situation now is that in many localities the moths have been completely destroyed, more than a thousand colonies having been stamped out in Medford, Maiden, Everett and Somerville alone, while. in less badly l infested localities large tracts of ter ritory have been entirely cleansed. A steady gain has been made in every ] locality except in the great tract of woodland back of Woburn, Arlington and Lexington. The territory known to be infested includes about thirty | towns, with an area of about 220 miles, and besides this there is also threat
 ened territory outside of that actually | infested, and which must be continually  l patrolled, which brings the whole area up to about three hundred to four hun
 dred square miles. The men employed
 in the work, three hundred and thirty
 in all, do not say that all is being done that should be done towards the exter-
 imitation of the moth, but they do say i that they are doing all that is possible
 with the means at their command
 Negotiations have been entered into
 with the owner of a five acre lot in
 Woburn, by which the moth-hunters
 will be enabled to burn all the wood
 and brush that covers 1t.
 It is to be hoped that the people ot
 Massachusetts will finally overcome the
 gypsy moth. It would be decidedly hu-
 initiating to all mankind if the brainy
 and forcefu1 inhabitants of that State
 should be conquered by an insect.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-08-24

now treasured as very best. The mere say-so of 8 few dissatisfied ones surely will not be enough to put aside gar ments that are so serviceable and orna- mental, so one is offered for the consid- eration of toIday's readers, who may be sure that 1t will be safely fashionable for months to come. As sketched, It was in white silk, alike in the back and front, fastening at the side and orna- mented with alternate ruffies of narrow Valenciennes lace and narrow white Dresden ribbon. The yoke is embroi- dered with a flower garland showing the pattern and colors of the ribbon, and is finished with a folded stock col- lar ornamented with large rosettes. Sleeves are of plaid having large white squares and the general coloring of the ribbon. and have lace and ribbon ruffies and epaulettes to match.
 Here are some suggestions for the fall gown; choose a soft wool of canvas weave in dull green or clear brown as a little newer than crepon, make it with a Louis XVI coat in moderate adapta- tion of the style set in white wool loose vest, heavily ruff1ed with fine ivo- ny lace. Let white wool cuffs turn back, set about the edge of the skirt a band of white wool overlaid with lace, and with narrow fur on the lower hem. Such dress will suggest the coming of the new styles, and yet be modish if the change comes slowly. It Is always a good plan to have the new gown along the lines of change in fashion, and take advantage of the reduction in prices that change in style always brings to reinforce the wardrobe with the models still in vogue. FLORETTE.
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utterly beyond and outside of them. As for trying to make them believe that 1t is not possible to make people moral by legislative excitement, one might as we'll bay at the moon. The only an- swer these gentle New England ladies make Is. "Thers ought to be a law against"-speculatio in stocks, smokr ing cigarettes, and every other form of depravity. But after all, be 1t said, most of the disagreeable New England people are found only In books.-Bos- ton Transcript. t
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-08-24
FISHION NOTES.
Waists win Go slowly, if at All.


 The talk to the effect that fancy waists are going out of style entirely looks like big cry over very little wool It must have enamated from discon- tented folks, anyhow, for few styles have SO much to recommend them. Certainly no one item could become a bigger factor in enabling woman with a small wardrobe to dress as if she were possessed of a dozen dresses. Such need not be alarmed at the assertions about the waning waists, for signs of decline In this pretty fashion are slight, and, even if they are to increase to the prophesied proportions, the progress will be so slow that there will be time a plenty to wear out the mice waists
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ton that the Napoleonic wars caused great decrease of population in France. Thus, while the population in l7S4 was 24,75O,OoO, in 1901, after all the butcheries of civil and foreign wars, 1t was 27,5OO,ooO; In 1896. in the very mid de of the Napoleonic regime, 1t was over 2s,ooO,ooo, and in 1921, just six years after Waterloo. it had risen to nearly s0,5OO, 900.
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German economists are deep think CTS. One of them. Emil Huttenbach, at the Frankfort conference said that the increase Of 50 per cent. since 1873 in the number of insane persons In Germany was due to monometallism. He said that the progress of insanity and depreciation of silver were tier ribly significant facts.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-08-24
Mntica.

wecapnot accept anonymous or return re- sected accommodations. In all cases the name of the writer will be required. not for puonca- ton. but as guarante good faith.
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A Frenchman has been studying the figures of past censuses, with a view to disprove the commonly accepted theory that the population of France is de- creasing. The simple fact is, he says, that it increases less quickly than in other countries, but that it increases for all that. The only time when there was a diminution was after the war of 1870, but that diminution was appar- ent, not real, as it was caused by the cession of Alsace and best part of LOT raine to Germany. Since then the loss has been more than made up, for the population now is SOO,O0O more than it was in 1869. when the lost provinces were still included in the calculation. Nor do the figures available, he de- clares, bear out the common supposi-
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More good weather for corn.

There are nine thousand places H. censed to sell liquor in New York, Of which $500 are saloons and 2,5OO hotels.
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It is said that the Commissioner of Internal Revenue has matured plan for making the United States internal revenue stamp a guarantee of the gen uineness and age of whiskey sold at retail. Under the plan the maufactur- CTS would bottle their liquors and have them stamped in bond, each bottle be- ing dated and so stamped that the drawing of the cork would break the stamp.
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Rosaiie M. Blitzstein, a Russian girl, has been naturalized in the United States District court at Philadelphia, receiving all the privileges of American citizenship except the right to vote. Miss Blitzstein has been studying at the Woman's Medical college and she desires to complete her education abroad Her counsel stated that she required passport, and for this reason it was necessary that she be admitted to citizenship. The judge asked Miss Blitzstein number of questions, and in her answers she stated that she is 22 years of age, that after she has taken her course in Europe she will return to this country, and that she has read the constitution of the United States. She passed creditable examination as to her knowledge of our organic law, and got her papers.
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Convicts in the Michigan State prison are allowed to keep birds, and as a re- suit of this there are fully six hundred feathered songsters in the prison, all owned and cared for by the prisoners. Their carollings in the morning are one of the odd features of life at this in stitution. It is believed this and other favors are responsible for the good be- havior of the prisoners, as there are fewer outbreaks at Jackson than any, where else.
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The age limit of 45 in the new civil- service rules of Chicago is causing some trouble As it rules out all veterans of the civil war not already in the classi- fled public service, the old soldiers are making a strong effort to have the age limit raised or their cases made excep- tional; while now the Cook county equal suffrage association of women Is coming to their support in behalf of the scrubwomen in the public buildings. The women claim that the 45-year limit is too low, and calculated to debar from service as scrubbers and "janitresses" 11sany woman abundantly qualified.