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The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-06-11
JEAN PARDEE,s SUIT.

The trial of the suit of w. Vernon Somers against Miss Jean Pardee to recover $60 on an alleged breach of con- tract took place yesterday afternoon before Attorney George ID. Hall as jus tice of the peace. Somers claimed that Miss Pardee had agreed to pay him $60 for taking the leading part in her play, Bobby Melville of London" The only witnesses examined at the trial yesterday were Somers and Miss Par dee.
 Somers testified that Miss Pardee had agreed to pay him $50 for two perform ances in the evening and BIO extra for the matinee performance. He also told how after he had gone over the play with Miss Pardee and she had told him what hit he would make in the part, she had called him up by telephone and told him that she wanted him to work cheaper and unless he did so, she would get some one else to take the part. q said I would not act for less and then she asked me if was mad and if I wouldn't come to rehearsals. I said I wasn't mad and that I might be able to see some of the reharsals and she said 'thats a dear boy" Miss Pardee later wanted to- substitute Tileston Bryce for the part and said MT. Bryce was desirious of appearing before a New Haven audience and that his terms were more favorable. By the change witness was deprived of opportunities for engaging his services elsewhere. 5 In her own behalf Miss Pardee tes- tified that she had authorized the writ ing of an article in a local paper, which stated that MT. Somers had been en- gagged to take the leading part in her play. Attorney Goodhart appeared for somers and Attorney Webb for Miss Pardee. After a brief session Justice Hall decided that the plaintiff should recover $60 and costs and Attorney Webb gave notice of an apepal to the common pleas court.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-06-11
Wrotohed Condition.

Wichita, Kan. June 1O.-An appeal for aid has been received here from Medford, Oklahoma. The citizens are in a wretched condition, so far as food and clothing are concerned, and ask for relief immediately.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-06-11
PRoPERTY ATTACHED.

Property on Lake Place belonging to Margaret Flarnagan was attached yes terday for $2,0O0 in a suit brought by John and Margaret Collins to recover $2,OOO for alleged slander, Attorney Charles s. Hamilton represents the rIaintiff
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-06-11
Order of the Orient.

There will be a conclave or. Tuesday evening at Pythian lodge room, Odd Fellows building, when eighteen knights will be raised to the sublime rank of princes. A jolly, good time is expected. Visitors of upper realms are invited to be present.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-06-11
RET. FATH ER SRNOTT
Comes to the Sacred Iroart Church

Rev. Father Synott, formerly of Dan- bury, has been appointed curate at the church of the Sacred Heart, succeeding Rev. J, Curtin, who'was recently assign ed to the charge of the Westville and West Haven churches.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-06-11
NoRwALK TRAMWAY CASE,

The supreme court has found no err TOT in the case of Horton vs the Nor walk Tramway company Judge Bald- win writing the opinion. Gilbert H. Horton and wife sued to recover for injuries on Sunday. She was injured in collision of two cars caused by the negligence of the company's em- ployes. The case was defaulted and heard in damages before Judge Shum- way. The defendant claimed that the plaintiffs were obliged to trace their cause of action through an illegal con- tract for transportation on Sunday and could not recover more than nominal damages. The superior court overruled the claim and gave judgment for actual damages. The defendant also claimed that the plaintiffs cause of action was founded on a contract entered into in violation of the general statutes, which provides that any person who shall en- gage in sport or recreation on Sunday shall be fined not more than S4 nor less ihaD RI
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-06-11
ARMSTRONG

In the probate court tomorrow mornL ing hearing will take place on the con
 test over the admitting to probate of
 the will of the late Lorenzo Armstrong. The contestant is a daughter of the de- ceased, Elizabeth Armstrong of New York city. Ex-Judge Stoddard will rep resent the contestant. The deceased left an estate which is estimated at be- tween $100, 900 and $2o0, 1000. He made several legacies to his brothers and sis ters and his grandchildren, and gave to the contestant $5,00O. The residue of his estate he left to his three children, Charles P Armstrong of New York, Richard w Armstrong of New Haven and Mrs. Arletta Fennessy of New York, Charles P. Armstrong was named as the executor. The contestant in the case is a daughter by a second wife, MT Armstrong made a settlement upon this daughter and her mother some years ago, providing for them quite handsomely, and therefore in mak- ing his will he gave only $5O0O to Elizabeth. The ground upon which the contest will be made is undue influence and mental incapacity. The will was drawn last December, only a few months prior to the testator's decease. Judge Stoddard will appear for the con- testant
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Tt was this way; he came up to me and shook his fist under my nose and said I had to fight" And you did?" "Of course I didn't. DO you suppose there is a man on earth who could get me to do anything by saying had to do 1t? Any man who expects me to fight has to say please, "-Washington Gfar
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ment the other day, and with single ques-
ton, brought out enthusiastic information
about the south.
III what you say is true" asked, why
dont the south encourage immigration?
why Is 1t that the west gets all the emf
grants?"
The tide of emigration has been toward
tHe west on account of the public lands and
the railroads. The big western roads have
mad large tracts of land to sell. and they
have Disseminated in favor of that sec
ton. This is now somewhat changed. The
public lands of the west have been largely
taken up, and our southern railroads are
helping us. AS to our not wanting immi-
grants. that is not true We are now do
ing all we can to get them. Ex-Governor
Northern is now at the head of an immi-
grafton bureau for Georgia, and he is push
ing the interests of the state in all parts af
the world. Colonies are being formed all
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A RAILWAY NUISANCE.
1t Is Not Always Tobacco Smoke
Which is the Most objectionable

1t Is Not Always Tobacco Smoke
Which Is the Most Objectionable.
FICm Harper's Bazas
The sign mo Smoking Allowed is con-
sp:cuous in the waiting rooms Of our ferries
and elevated road stations On our rail-
way trains there is always a smoking car
attached. to which he who desires to enjoy
cigar, cigarette or pipe may repair. The
man who would attempt to smoke in enc
of the coaches reserved for general Use
would be promptly reprimanded by conduct
or or brakeman, and regarded by all the
women present as an unmannerly brute
To many women tobacco smoke Is Often
sive. To her who is so unfortunate IS to
possess a sensitive stomach there exists
in car and ferry boat a still greater nuisance
than the filthy weed That is, at least
kept out of her way. The other and grea Ter
pest is INDUCED in by those of her own sex
and is consequently allowed.
1t is the habit irrepressible and all-pervas-
i've, of eating in public conveyances. On a
warm Day IN summer, or on winter days.
when the windows and doors of the rail-
way car are closed tightly and when the
steamppes have sent the mercury up to
seventy five, then 1t is that orange peel end
peppermint give forth a smell that is far
from goodly, and make the owner of a deli
cate diaphragm wish that she might seek
shelter in the smoking car, where there are
men who do not, as a rule eat eycent q
eating hours.
The car is full and hot. BY the window
sits the lady who hates railway travel, as it
often nauseates her slightly Her seat is
shared by stout woman whose small how
SITS upon her maternal lap. The starting of
the train IS the signal for the mother to
open a basket from which she draws two
hunks of inger-bread-one for johnny.
one foT herself. These are followed by two
huge red bananas. these by oranges disgust
;ngly juicy. and the whole repast is capped
py PINT OF peanuts and paper of sticky
peppermint candy. The car gets hotter the
train swings sickeningly, the combined o1or
OF coal gas and eatables makes the air sill
nins, and the victim of the vile combinat ton
reaches her destination with sick head ida che
that puts her to bed-prostrated but resent
fuI Evidently there are other nuisanc.s he
sides tobacco, and the perpetrators thereof
are not men. SiS oi
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MAN WHO ATE SINS.
Until Recent Years He Took Part in
Welsh Funerals.


Welsh Funerals.
From the London Exchange.
The principality OF Wales has within liv-
ing memory possessed an official known as
the '"sin-eater." 1t was the practice for a
relative-usually a woman-to put on the
breast of a deceased person a quantity of
bread and cheese and beer, and the sn-eater
was sent for to consume them and to pro-
nounce the everlasting rest of the departed.
1t was believed that in doing this he abb
solutely ate and appropriated to himself the
sins symbol:zed by the viands, and thereby
prevented their disturbing the repose of the
sinner who had committed them. Such an
arrangement would obviously leave nothing
to be desired on the one side, but how it
worked on the other side We are not told.
What was supposed to be the condition of
this spiritual undertaken after the ceremony
was concluded? Did his appropriation" of
the dead mans sins imply a sort of moral
assimilation of them, answering to his
physical assimilation of the bread and
cheese" The question would obviously be
one OF some Importance to a sin-eater in
large practice. If the responsibilities of his
profession were as great as they would ap-
pear to have been on this hypothesis he
would need to retire from it early and to
devote a considerable portion of his closing
years TO repentance and good works
Again, II is natural to ask what happened
at the decease of popular or fashion
able sin-eater. Would any one among his
professional brethren undertake to eat his
sins. even in the first flush of satisfaction
produced by stepping into his Shoes If SO,
then, indeed, has the epithet of gallant
peen rightly bestowed upon little Wales.
1t is as though one doctor succeeding to
another's practice should consent to assume
the moral responsibility for his late coll
leagues treatment of all his deceased pa
dents, in addition to his own similar bur-
dens. We yield to none in admiration OF
the quiet and homely heroism of the medi-
cal profession. but we doubt whether it
as this.
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HAD TO WAIT HIS TURN.
A Large List of Invitations to Take
Pant in Duels.

Large List of Invitations to Take
Pant in Duels.
From the Knoxville Journal
In the days of Gen. Sam Houston, duel
ing was much more common than now.
After removing 10 Texas, Gen. Sam Hous-
ton happened to give offense to a political
opponent, who felt his honor disigured to
such an extent that he sent challenge 10
Houston. The bearer of the challenge was
received with courtly civility. He handed
the written challenge to Gen. Houston,
who read it, and taking up his pen, wrote
something across the back of the folded
paper and placed it in a pigeonhole of his
desk. He then went on to entertain the
bearer of the challenge with the pleasant
conversation for which he was noted. AZ
ter time the man began to grow impa-
tent. and reminding the general of the
challenge, asked him if he was going to
reply.
oh, yes" said Houston, Il am going TO
reply"
Well are you going to accept the chal-
lense of my friend?'
Certainly 1 will accept it."
win you fix the date for tomorrow"
mo, not tomorrow
Next day?"
mo, not the next day, either"
well, will you fix a date?'
"No, 1 am not able now to fix a date.
You saw me number your friends note: II
is No. 40. There are forty-eight other
blanked scoundrels ahead of your friend,
and l must take them in turn. AS soon as
1 have killed them off. ! will attend to
your friend; but he will have to wait until
his turn comes"
The bearer of the challenge bowed him.
self out: but of course his friends turn
never came, and 1t is not probable that he
was anxious for it to come.
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San since early in July. The July man
wanted to introduce cash registers into
town, but he eminently unsuccessful.
The storekeepers prefer a peculiar check
system of their own. 1 am not clever at
examining things of this order, but as
near as 1 could figure it out, the system
consists of n box with two slots, for
the slips of paper showing the amounts of
the purchases. the other for the coin pre-
of small change. When the change gives
out business is temporarily suspended, the
store closed for a few hours, and all hands
except the proprietor go home for some
thing to eat and drink while the boss goes
to the bank for more change. This state
ment may reasonably be contradicted, but
i simply tell how the autom ltic cashier
system of Magdeburg appeared to me after
casual inspection AS to the closing of
the stores at intervals during the day.
there can he, of course. no denial. 1t Is
almost a rational custom. and a very good
one everything considered.
Slow, hut PrOsperOus.
Magdeburg deserves it's reputation of
being a SLOW going, prosperous old town.
with little of interest except a few ,e-
markable and ANTICIPATED churches, sup
plemented by few old gates and build
ings in no repair to speak of, and a few
memorials to job. lot of emperors, kings
and dukes. 1t Is in addition one of the
cleanest cities in Germany, and as far as
its municipal affairs are concerned possibly
ahead of any other community of its size.
1t has no floating population to boast of
except those who float around on the queer
looking boats on the Elbe: but its citizens
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nut. When I wanted to read anything
smaller than the hotel rules. which were in
long primer, I'd have to ring for step
ladder or light the low candle on the man
, telpiece. That was an English sample.
In Hamburg there were also two little in
caEdeScents in the room, a spacious, pro-
fusely decorated and sumptuously furnish
ed apartment IN hotel conceded to be
he best in town, and overlooking the wa
ter park Called the Bnnenalster), in the
heart of the city. But even there only one
incandescent could be used at time. By
an arrangement, ingenious if parsimoni-
Gus, the affair was SO fixed that when one
light was turned on the other was switch
ed off. Luckily one bulb was low down,
and afforded light to read by If one hap
pened to be in bed.
In Magdeburg it is different. The hotel
where l am stopping has the finest rooms,
the most lavish supply of electric light,
the most sumptuous furnishings, the finest
cuisine. and the best arrangement of any
1 have yet come across on this side of the
water; and have invariably tried to stop
at the best in town. The prices here are
not much over half of those in Hamburg;
but there isn't enough of interest to at
tract tourists and the hotel is seldom more
than half full.
AS l think l intimated once before, the
officials in England and Germany, how
ever stupid and adhesive on themselves
they may be, are never at heart quite so
savage as their facial expressions, supple
mented by warlike uniforms and dragging
l saw young man connected with a
band of strolling actors who were perform
Ing at the kirmesS go up to a burly po-
liceman and tell him something that sound
ed like an explosion in a German type-set-
ting machine factory. He said it too fast
for my understanding, but it was evidently
very personal. And the policeman said
something back that to my ears was no
more Ineligible than If some one had sub
mitted to me a proof of form of the
Magdeburg Central Anzeiger after it had
been pied by the government officials. Ger
man is nice. easy language to under
stand in n book with English notes, or
when it's spoken in calm. distinct voice
at the rate Of about eight or ten miles an
hour: but when the brakes are let loose
and the words fly along at a sixty-mile-an-
hour gait an outsider can only stand by
and look on, waiting for the collision-that
seldom comes.
Well. the policeman and the citizen used
inflammatory language, waved their hands,
CRASHED their teeth, and pointed their fin
gers in each others faces I fully expected
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COMFORTABLE PEOPLE.
They Know What to Do and Say Mt
the Right Time.


From Harpers Bazaar.
1t is often said that it takes all sorts of
people to make the world, and of the many
varieties, to The credit of human nature
be it spoken. not the least numerous is
the comfortable or comfort-making species.
These people TO be found everywhere,
doing their duty in such a sweet, modest
fashion that one scarcely analyses the ele-
mentS which make up their attractiveneSS
even while basking in the warm glow or
their kindnesses AID feeling how good and
pleasant it is to live with them.
They are endowed with the rare gift of
knowing what TO say and what to do at
the right time and in the right way, SO
that they never jar upon ones SenSibili-
ties nor give the impression that they are
anxiouSly on the watch to help which lat
ter is often too apt to produce feeling of
burdensome Indebtedness. Indeed. it is not
always in wha; comfortable people do it
is quite as much in what they judiciously
leave undone, that their peculiar charm
consists; and positive and decided as is
their influence, yet it may be fully and
thoroughly described by negatives. They
never fret and fume over the inevitable
they make no arrogant pretensions, and
naturally therefore they indulge in no
marsh structures, no ungentle criticisms
They are equally free from that distressing
mock-Inodesty which practices a morbid
self-intrcspection. and bestows the results
OF the process on a small public too bored
and indifferent to appreciate the conf
dences. They never attudinize as martyrs,
no matter how great the sacrifices they
make, their self-effacement being so gen
ulne that it is truly invisible. They never
stroke one the wrong way, nor do they in
dulge in nagging, that annoying and per-
haps most intolerable of the small foes to
the peace of the household, while the dis
agreedbeness inflicted by those who do
practce the irritating art is borne with
such placidity that the sharp tongues are
reduced to silence through very shame.
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adopted country and to the government
that sent him here-why. only the State De-
partment and Mr.. Muth know.
That the reasons are good and sufficient
! doubt not. Mr.. Muth explained it all 20
me. but the explanations were like the
wonderful machinery for making great
guns at Krupps branch establishment at
Bakau. a suburb of this city. The ma
chinery is on very grand scale and prob
ably answers the purposes to which it is
applied quite we'll, but 1t is too intricate for
my very limited mechanical understanding
Some Of my friends still like to remind
me of the time when I tried to fake up
a realistic picture of an engine, and put
the smoke stack in the center of an OBJ
trusive boiler. Well. Mr.. Muths being here
has something to do with our tariff. At
any rate Mr.. Muth is the only consul m
town, and the welcome he gave me was
conspicuous by its cordialty. He isn't ac-
tually overrun with visitors from the land
of stars. stripes and trusts. My visit was
the first he had received from an Ameri-
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nerves and blood. and Paine's celery compound
| as in the case Of Mrs. Turney and her family, Will
make them well again.
Rheumatism and neuralgia too. grow more dam
gerous and more painful with cold weather.
This increased pain points to increased activity
Of these disorders.
There is positive danger in allowing the system
TO meet the perils Of winter handicapped by rheu-
matism and neuralgia, any disease that comes
from poor blood and bad nerves.
There is the same certainty Of getting rid Of
these two diseases that there is OF n complete
recovery from sleeplessness, weakness hys-
teria or any other result Of impoverished nerves
and blood Physicians today get rid OF rheumatism
and neuralgia they do sleeplessness melancholia
and nervous dyspepsia by building up the system
and supporting its delicate parts with Paines
celery compound
Paine's celery compound restores vitality to tired
nerves; 1T feeds every tissue Of the body when I'M
usual waste has reduced the weight and strength
OF the body, as is frequently the at the close
OF the heated season. 1t gives new appetite and
Keeps every part of the body, and blood
&c well nourfshed that the nervous exhausted,
tired, run down. feeling from worry and hard
work soon disappears. Try it.
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THE BRIDEGROOM SAID, 81 Do :,
He Knew Tint Was the Imnort,n
Part of the Ceremony

He Knew That Was the ImDort,nt
Part of the Ceremony.
From the Kansas City Star.
AS during the months of October and
November weddings follow each other in
quick succession, it might be well for tn.
prospective groom of the coming DAYS 70
see to it that he does not make the mistake
that nervous groom made not long since.
Although veil aware of the fact that the
guests all observe the bride and ignore tho
groom, nevertheless he is generally wor
ried. and wonders If he will answer all
questions correctly.
At one of the Kansas City weddings each
detail of the ceremony had been carefully
and studiously gone over. They, the happy
couple, were positive that not single mis-
take could occur to mar the stately cere-
mony in which they were to be the prin-
cipals.
The expected guests waited in the parlor
decked with costly flowers and vine-fes-
TONED for the bridal party to enter They
came slowly down the stairway, across the
reception room, and at last stood before
the officiating minister.
Sweetly conscious was the bride of the
solemn service, nervous was the groom as
he stood with eyes gazing intently at his
fair brides pastor
After the usual kindly words of advice,
the pastor commenced the services by ask
"You, Edward, declare, in the presence of
God, that you do not know any reason, by
precontract, or otherwise, why you may not
lawfully marry Louise, whom you hold by
the right hand?'
with his hand clasping tenderly the hand
of his bride, he murmured II do"
Quickly, but in very low tone, the pastor
prompted him by saying: Il do not"
The dazed groom modestly responded by
repeating the pastors words, and not un-
til then did he realize that he had not yet
reached that most pleasing part of the
ceremony in which he was to say Il do
and do it properly.