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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-12-02
FOUR BARNS BURNED.

The Work of Incendiaries-Loss is Two
Thousand Dollars.
Norwalk, Dec. Mrs. Roswell Ray
mond's four barns at Strawberry Hill
were burned last night with their con-
tents. 1t was an incendiary fire. The
loss is $4,000; insurance $1,000. Mrs.
Raymonds barns adjoined that of A.
G. Taylor, which was burned Sunday
night. A COW was saved and the ami
NAL was placed in Mrs Raymond S
barn and burned.
Last nights fire is thought to have
been set from a motive of spite against
Taylor
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NEW TODAY
WAS GOULD INSANE?
NEW TO-DAY.
Financial Worry and Physical Exer-
tion Not the Greatest Destroyer
of Human Life.
For Humanitys Sake After Thirty-Six Years
of Nerve-Creeping Slavery, He Tells
How he Was set Free.

CALDWELL, n. j., Jan. 4-One of our
prominent citizens, S. ]. Gould, who has
suffered terribly from tobacco tremens,
has, IN behalf of humanity, made known
his frightful experience. In his written
statement, which is attracting widespread
attention, he says: 81 commenced using
tobacco at thirteen. l am now forty nine,
so for thlrty-SlX years | chewed, smoked
snuffed and rubbed snuff till nv skin
turned a tobacco-brown and cold, sticky
perspiration oozed from my skin and
trickled down my back at the least exer-
ton or excitement. My nerve vigor and
my life were being slowly sapped | made
up my mind that | had to quit tobacco or
die. l tried to stop tobacco time and
again, but could not. | saw double and
my memory was beyond control, but still
knew how to chew and smoke, which l did
all day until toward night, when my sys-
tenn got tobacco soaked again. Finally I
gave up in despair, as | thought that l
could not cure myself.
Now, for suffering humanity, I'll tell
what saved my life. Providence evidently
answered my good wlfe's prayers and
brought to her attention a booklet called
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life
Awayp What a sermon and warning in
these words! Just what | was doing. 1t
told about guaranteed cure Tor the to-
bacco habit called No-To-Bac. | sent to
Druggist HasIer for a box. Without
grain of faith | spat out my tobacco cud
and put into my mouth a little tablet
upon which was stamped No-To-Bac. [
know it sounds like lie when l tell you
that l took eight tablets the first day,
seven the next, five the third day, and all
the nerve-creeping feeling, restIessness and
mental depression was gone. 1t was too
good to be true. 1t seemed like a dream.
1 used one box. 1t cost me 81, and it is
worth thousand. I gained ten pounds
in weight and lost all desire for tobacco
from the first day. 1 sleep and eat well,
and have been benefited in more ways
than | can tell.
II firmly believe No-To-Bac will cure
any case of tobacco-using if faithfully
tried, and there are thousands of tobacco
slaves who ought to know how easy it is to
get free. There's happiness in No-To-Bac
for the prematurely old men who think as
did that they are old and worn out,
when tobacco is the thing that destroys
their vitality and manhood.
THE public should be warned, however,
against the purchase of any of the many
limitations on the market, as the success of
No-To-Bac has brought forth a host of
counterfeiters and imitators. The genuine
No-To-Bac is made by The Sterling Rem
edy Co.. Chicago, Montreal and New York,
and sold under a guarantee 10 cure by all
druggists, and every tablet has the word
No-To-Bac plainly stamped thereon. You
run no physical or financial risk in pur-
chasing the genuine article"
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Nuzhet-el-Fuad: Truly, every thing that
is slippery is not q pancake, and not every
time that the jar is struck doth it escape
unbroken. 1t seemeth that the old woman
hath gone and related her story to the
lady Zubevdeh and she and Mesroor have
contended together and so the Khaleefeh
and the Lady Zubeydeh and Mesroor and
the old woman have ali four come to in
quire respecting our death. Now we will
both fe:gn to be dead, and bandage our
eyes and Law ourselves out, holding our
breath And she assented to his proposal
So they stretched themselves and held
their breath. lying with their heads toward
the Kibleh, and covered themselves with
the iZar.
And the Khaleefeh and Zubeydeh and
Mesroor and the old woman entered and saw
them lying thus, and the Lady Zubeydeh
wept and said: By their assertions they
have killed my slave-girl, for 1 imagine
that she hath actually died because of her
excessive grief for the death of Abu-l-
Hasan the Wag. And the Khaleefeh
said Cease thy talk, for Abu-l-Hasan
came to me with his clothes torn
and his turban disordered, and striking
his bosom with two clods. and | gave him
a hundred pieces of gold and piece of
silk. and promised him another wife in
the place of Nuzhet-el-Fuad. But it APP
pears that her loss was to him unsupporta-
Bile, so he nath died after her So have
won from thee thy wager But the Lady
Zubeydeh denied, and between him and
her there arose a great dispute, and be-
tween Mesroor ana the old woman.
Then the Khaleefeh seated himself at
the head of the two corpses and said: By
the tomb of the prophet of Allah (may
God bless and save him) and by the tombs
of nv ancestors, if any one would tell me
which of them died before the other |
would give him q thousand pieces of gold.
And upon this Abu-lHasan sprang up
and said 1t was | who died first, Q Prince
of the Faithful, so give to me the thousand
pieces of gold and acquit thyself of thine
oath. Then uzhetel-Fuad sat up and
arose. and the Khaleefeh and the Lady
Zubeydeh rejoiced at their safety, but
Thou shouldst have appealed to me
and not have tortured my heart in
this manner. my mistress, replied
Nuzhet-el- Fuad, | was ashamed. But as
for the Khalee feb, he was almost senseless
with laughter, and he said to Abu-l- Hasan:
Thou hast not ceased to be wag. Abu-l-
Hasan said: O Prince of the Faithful,
this strategem l practiced because of the
destination of my wealth, for | am not
tenacious of wealth, and since thou hast
given me this slave-girl if I possessed all
thy wealth | should make an end of it.
Therefore, l practced this strategem by
which I obtained as an aims from thee
this hundred pieces of gold and the piece
OF silk And now make haste to give me
the thousand pieces of gold and acquit
thyseH of thine oath.
And the Khaleefeh said Thou re-
mindest ne that | promised to thee a
salary. So they returned to tue palace,
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pieces of gold and piece of gold brocade,
and said Go and make a handsome
funeral for her.
And he took what the Khaeefeh had
given him and went to his abode joyful
and Nuzhet-el-Fuad rejoiced, and they put
these pieces of gold upon the other and the
piece of brocade upon the other, and sat
regarding them and laughing at each other.
But when the Khaleefeh had lett his hall
of Judgment he went in to the Lady Zubey-
deb leaning upon Mesroor, his executioner,
to console the Lady Zubeydeh for the loss
OF her save-girl. He found her, however,
sitting weeping ana waiting for his arrival
that she might console him for the loss of
Abu-l-Hasan the Wag. He said to her:
May thy head long survive thy slave girl,
Nuzhet-el-Fu But she replied, o, my
lord, Allah preserve my slave-girl! Mayest
though long survive thy boon-companion,
Abu-l-Hasan the Wag. And the
khaleefeh smiled and said to his
eunuch, Mesroor, o Mesroor, verify
women are OF little sense. By Allah
was not Abu-l-lIasan just now with me?
/ Upon this the Lady Zubeydeh laughed,
/ from an angry bosom, saying: Have done
thy testing. Is it not enough that Abu-l-
/ Hasan the Wag is dead, but thou must
make my slave-glrl to be dead also, as
though we had lost them both? And the
hhaleefeh replied Verify Nuzhet-el-Fuad
Is the person who is dead. And the lady
Zubeydeh said: 1t is Abu-l- Hasan who IS
dead, and none was with me just now but
Nuzhet-el-Fuad, who was mourninS and
weeping, and | exkorted her to have pa
tlence, and gave her a hundred pieces of
| gold ard piece of silk, and | was waiting
for thee, to comfort thee for the loss of thy
boon-companion, Abu-I- Hasan the Wag.
AND the khaleefeh laughed and said: None
is dead but Nuzhet-el- Fuad And the
| Lady Zubeydeh said: mol No! Mol NV
lord None is dead but Abu-l- Hasan the
Wagi But the Khaleefeh became enraged,
and the vein between his eyes, which was
rem arkable in the members of the family
OF Hashim, throbbed, and he called out to
NJ esroor: Go forth and run to the house of
Abu-l-Hasan the Wag, and see which of
/ the two is dead. Mesroor therefore went
| forth, running. And the Khaleefeh said
to the lady Zubeydeh: l will wager you
my Garden of Delights against thy pavil-
ion, the Pavilion of the Pictures, that
Nuzhet-el-F uad is dead. And she said: |
take the wager, and | say that A bu-l- Hasan
the Wag, is dead.
Now, as to Mesroor. he ran without
ceasing until he entered the by-street
wherein was the house of Abu-l- Hasan the
Wag. Abu-l-Hasan was sitting in the
window, and saw Mesroor running. So he
said to Nazhet-el-Fuad: Probably tn e
Khaleefeh, when I left him, hath gone
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urer to give Nuzhet-el-Fuad hundred
pieces of gold and piece of gold erocade,
and said: Go prepare his body for burial,
and be comforted in thy affection, for will
take care of thee. And Nuzhet-el- Fuad
took the pieces of gold and the piece of silk
and departed in state of Joy, and went in
to Abu-l-Hasan and acquainted him with
what had happened to her, upon which he
arose and girded his waist and danced and
took the gold and the brocade and laid
them up.
Then he laid Nuzhet-eI-Fuad along, and
did with her as she had done with him,
after which he tore his vest and disordered
his turban and ran swiftly to the Khaleefeh
(where he sat in his hall of iudgment)
iamenting and beating his bosom. SO the
Khaleefeh said: What hath befallen thee,
. Abu-l-Hasan? And he wept, and said !:
my lord, would that thy boon COM
panion never had been, nor his hour came
to pass! And the Khaleefeh said: Tell
me. He replied: May thy head long sur
vive, O my lord, Nuzhet-el- Fuad! Ard
the Khaleefeh said: There is no deity but
God and he struck his hands together
He then consoled Abu-l-Hasan, and said:
Mourn not, for l will give thee wife in
her stead. He then commanded his
treasurer to give Abu-I-Hasan hundred
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A BARBFOOTED WEDDING.
A Newspaper Correspondents Expert
ence in West Virginia.

ence in West Virginia.
1t is not far from Washington to the
mountains where people live in the most
primitive style j. c. Moffett, the we'll
known correspondent, went into Mellow
ell County, w. Va, on professional trip,
and among the stories he did Tot write,
but preserved for private friends, is one too
good to keep out of print.
He stopped at log cabin and was soon
on good terms with his host, who after
supper said:
stranger, I reckon yo' won't hev good
time tonight"
What is up2" queried the newspaper
man.
"Goin' ter be weddin.' Reckon yo' kin
go with me an the ole ooman."
The invitation was accepted and the
three started for fve-mile walk over the
mountain. When they reached the cab n
that was the center Of festivities, Il cracked
fiddle could be heard, and several men
hung around the doors and windows. for
none but the dancers could be admitted
inside.
They were met by a rough mountaineer,
to whom the newspaper mans presence
was explained
That's all right" said the newcomer,
"but thar's one thing. 70 see the bride
an groom air po', very POI an they never
wore no shoes befo' Christmas in thar
lives an haint got none now, so them as
had shoes didn't wear 'em. jim, the
groom, is sorter sensitive like, an high
strung SO eff yo go with them shoes on he
might take it as a reflection on him an
the bride an 60 to shootln.'
The shoes were taken off and ten min
utes later the correspondent and his host
were dancing with the mountain bellies,
occasionally having to stop to pick splint-
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enter the street, so he said to Nuzhet-el-
Fuad: Q Nuzhet-el-Fuad, it seemeth
that the Lady Zubeydeh hath not believed
Mesroor when he said to the Khaleefeh it is
Abu-l-H asan who is dead, and she hath
sent thither her kahramaneh, to see who
1t is that is dead in this house. Now,
therefore, it is best that | lie along with
my feet toward Mecca, that the old woman
may see that | am dead and the Lady
Zubeydeh viii believe thee. So he laid
himself upon the sheet and Nuzhet-eI-
Fuad covered him and sat at his head
weeping. And the old woman entered the
house and saw Abu-l-Hasan laid out, and
the slave girl sitting at his head,
weeping and shrieking: See what
hath befallea mel Abu Hasan
hath died and lett me solitary. And
she said to the old woman: 0 my mother,
how goou was he The old woman re-
piled: Truly, thou art excusable, for thou
vert become habituated to him, and he
was become habituated to thee. And she
added: But the Khaleefeh and the Lady
Zubevdeh are perpleXed concerning .thv
state, for Mesroor hath told them that
thou vast dead, and the Lady Zubeydeh
declareth that none is dead but Abu-l-
Hasan. And Nuzhet-el-Fuad said: o my
aunt, / was but Just now with my LADY
and she saw my atf1ictiou for Abu-l- Hasan,
my husband, and she gave me hundred
pieces OF gold and piece of silk for the
burial And see thou. my condition, and
what hath befallen me. Would that had
died, and that he had lived. And she
wept, and the old woman wept with her.
and consoled her and went forth from
her, and told the Lady Zubeyden what
she had seen, and the Lady Zubeydeh
said: Tell it TO the Khaleefeh, who hath
believed his arrogant slave, who hath lied,
But Mesroor said: Verify this old woman
lieth, for L saw Abu-l- Hasa in good health,
and it was NuZhet-el-Fuad who was lying
dead And the old woman said: It is thou
who liest, and thou desireth to excite a
quarrel between the Khaleefeh and the
Lady Zubeydeh. Mesroor rejoned: None
lieth but thee, 0 ill-omened old woman,
and thy lady beIieyeth thee, for she is of
disordered mind And upon this the Lady
Zubeydeh was enraged, and wept.
Then the Khaleefeh smote hand upon
hand and said | lie and my eunuch
lieth and thou Hest and thy femaie slave
heth. The right opinion is that we four
90 and see who among us speaketh the
truth And they all four arose. laying
wagers one with another and quarreling,
the Lady Zubeydeh and the old woman
with Mesroor and the KhaIeefeh AMI
Mesroor with the Lady Zubeydeh.
And they entered the street wherein was
the house of Abu-l-Hasan the Wag, and
when Abu-lHasan saw them he said to
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and the Khaleefeh gave Abu-l-Hasan the
thousand pieces of gold, saying: Receive
these as gratuity on account of thy
escape from death. And the Lady Zubey-
deb gave to Nuzhet-el-Fuad thousand
pieces, saying 10 her the same words. And
the Khaleefeh made Abu-l- H asan an am
pie allowance and gave him abundant sup
plies, and he ceased not to live with his
wife in the most enjoyable existence until
they were visited by the terminator of de-
lights and the separator of friends. the
devastator of palaces and homes and the
replenisher of the graves. Extoled be the
perfection of him who is everlasting and
who dieth not
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in to the Lady Zubeydeh to console her,
and she on his entrance hath arisen to
console him, and hath said: May God
largely compensate thee for the loss of
Abu-l-Hasan the Wag! Whereupon the
khaleefeh hath said May thy head long
/ survive Nuzhet-el-Fuad And they have
persisted in these sayings and have be
come obstinate, and have laid wager
and sent Mesroor to learn who OF US is
dead. Do thou, therefore, lay thysef
down, that MeSroor may see thee and 60
| and inform the Khaleefeh, who will then
! believe me. SO NuZhet-el-Fnad laid her
self along, and he covered her lace with
her iZar, and 10, Mesroor the eunuch en-
tered and saluted, and saw her stretched
out. Whereupon he uncovered her face
and exclaimed: There is no deity but
God Our sister, Nuzhet-el-Fuad, is dead
How speedy was the stroke of fate! May
Allah have mercy upon her and acquit
thee of responsibility!
He then returned and informed the Kha-
leefeh OF what he had seen, and upon this
the Khaleefeh said to the Lady Zubeydeh ::
Thou hast lost thy pavilion in thy play
And he laughed at her and babe Mesroor
relate to her what he had seen, but when
the Lady Zubeydeh heard the words OF Mes
roor she was enraged and cried out: None
is deficient in sense save he VINO belleveth
a slave. And Mesroor was displeased and
SAID to the Khaleefeh: He spoke truth
who said: Women are deficient in sense
and religion. Then the Lady Zubeydeh
said: o Prince of the Faithful, thou
jestest with me, and this slave deceiveUh
me for the purpose of pleasing thee. But
I will send and see which of them is dead.
The Khaleefeh said: Do so.
So she called an old woman, a kahra-
maneh, and said TO her: Repair quickly
to the house of Nuzhet-el-Fuad and see
who is dead, and delay not thy return.
Khaleefeh and Mesroor remained, laug ching.
And Abu-el Hasan saw the kahramaneh
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MEATH THE TREAD OF THE MEN OF FAME;
AND THE MIST FALLS
DER THE SILENT TOWN
To WELCOME THE PIONEERS.
AS THEY PASS EACH PLACE OF THE EARLY DAYS
EACH FACE WEARS TENDER SMILE;
AND EACH RIGHT HAND, IN sALUTING, sTRAYs
To BROW THAT IS FREE FROM GUILE.
AND THE oLD-TIME LIGHT
SHINES SERENE AND BRIGHT
In THE EYES THE PIONEERS.
AND SOME MEN THINK OF THE GOLD THEY GAINED,
AND SOME OF THE GOLD THEY LOST;
AND SOME MEN THINK HOW THE SOIL WAS STAINED
By THE BLOOD THAT THEIR CONQUEST COST.
BUT ALL ARE SURE
THAT THEIR LIVES WERE PURE
THE LIVES OF THE PIONEERS.
AND SOME MEN DREAM OF THE BoYHooD's LOVE
THEY LOST WHEN THEY vENTURED WEST;
OF HER EYES THAT DAzzLED GODS SKIES ABOVE,
OF HER LIPS THEY HAD NEVER PREssED;
AND STRONG MEN WEEP
AS THEY ONWARD SWEEP
In RANKS OF THE PIONEERS.
AND SOME SIGH THEY SEE THE SIGNS
OF THE PREMATURE DECAY
OF A TOWN WHICH GODS sPLENDoR SHINES
AND THE GREAT WINDS BLOW AWAY
AND A TINGE OF
FILLS THE HEARTS AGAIN
OF THE ROUGH OLD PIONEERS.
For THEY HATE TO THINK THAT WEAKENED RACE
SHOULD MAR CALIFORNIA; BREAST;
THE WAYS OF THE MIGHTY WEST,
AND SOME MEN FRoWN
AT THE SLEEP DRUGGED TOWN
THAT HEEDs NOT ITS PIONEERS.
For. THEY WE'RE MEN TO THE UTMOST INCH,
AY, MEN like THE ANCIENT GREEKS;
AND THEY GRIEvE TO SEE THEIR CHILDREN FINCH
WHILE THE STERN VOICE OF DUTY SPEAKS
AND THEM
To THE BEATEN TRACK
MADE CLEAR BY THE PIONEERS.
BUT 10, IN THE END, THEIR EYES GROW KIND
For THE FAITH THEIR HEARTS IS VAST:
AND THEY KNOW THAT ALTHOUGH SOME MEN ARE B1s1N
THEY WILL FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT AT LAST
AND SPEECH WILL COME
To
THE SPEECH OF TRUE PIONEERS.
AND A VISION CONES TO UPLIFT EACH MAN
OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE
THE MIGHTY WEsTLAND THE
WITH VOICE LIKE THE THUNDERoUS SEA
AND THE MARK OF GOD
Upon EACH SOD
BELOVED OF THE PIONEERS.
AND RACE OF GREAT-soULED MEN AND MAIDS
A THOUSAND FINE-PURE GOLD
AND FRUITS AND FLoCKs, IN FIELDS AND GLADEs,
AND LAND, UNBoUGHT, UNsoLD.
GOD SPEED THE DAY.
Is WHAT THEY PRAY
The PRAYER OF THE PIONEERS
NOT A STREET NOR AN ALLEY BUT FEELS THEM PASS
On THEIR LONELY, BUT MUCH-LovED ROUND;
LIKE FADING FILM A GLASS
THEY DEFILE WITHOUT HALT OR SOUND.
AND THE STRAY OURS PEER
THROUGH THE FEAR
AT THE GHOSTS OF THE PIONEERS.
AND WHEN, IN THE EAST, THE GRAY-EYED DAWN
FIRST SINGS TO EACH PAssIoNLEss HILL,
AND CITY'S REBORN,
AND THE FOGHoRN's VOICE IS STILL,
THEN BACK THEIR DOOM
In GLOOM
Pass THE GHOSTS OF THE PIONEERS.
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NOTICE.

Know all men by these presents that the
undersigned have this day formed a corpora
ton to be known BY the name OF The Nebraska
Pant and Suit Company, with the principal
place OF doing business at the city of Lincoln.
business shall be the making of pants and
suits generally, and the doing Of all things
necessary for the prosecution Of said business.
shares OF Size. each all fully subscribed and
paid for. The highest amount Of indebtednese
shall not ut any time exceed the sum Of 81 600.
Said business shall be conducted by board of
three directors, chosen at the annual meeting
provided for in the articles of incorporation.
and until such time the incorporators afore.
said shall constitute such board.
OSCAR r. OAKLEY,
J. E. THOMPSON
leABELLA A. OAHIEY
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-11-21

the womanis club to their gentlemen
friends Friday from eight to ten. in the
rooms. on Twelfth and n streets. Tho
following program was much enjoyed.
Il Want to Hear the Old Band
Play. james Whitcomb Riley
ia. Maxwell.
The Slumber Song.
Mrs. g. S. Lippincott
"Tradin' joe" james Whitcomb Riley
7. A. Maxwell.
The Sweetest Story Ever Told. -.
..............M Mrs. c. S. Lippircott
The numerous ercores given these
numbers were gracefully acknowledged.
Mics Maud Oakley was unable to sing
on account of cold.
The refreshments were served in the
south part Of the hall under the man.
agement Of Mrs. NJ. H. Everett and the
committee on domestic economy. The
remainder Of the evening was agreeably
passed in conversation. Credit is especi-
ally due Mrs. Oliver Rodgers for the
success OF this reception.
The New Book Review club met with
Mrs. Kelly. Mrs. Campbell, our guest
Of honor, treated us to musical selec-
ton as an opening to our afternoon.
Miss Erb gave an interesting account of
Mr.. Harold Frederic, the writer Of
March Hares." Mrs. Reh,ander re-
viewed the book most charmiDgly. Had
the afternoon been longer they would
have called for more thorough reading
OF the pretty story. Over the coffee
cups toasts were given by our hostess.
In that way many interesting topics are
discussed. Mrs. Kelly and Mrs. Scott
were made delegates to the city FEEDER
alton from the New Book Review club.
Adjourned to meet with Miss Erb, De-
cember 2.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-11-21
A GREAT NOVEL
of the
American Revolution,

its leading serial feature for 1897 and the mas
tsrpiece OF its author, DIR. s. Weir Mitchell.
The story. Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker" pur-
officer on Washington's staff, Social life in
Philadelphia at the time of the Revolution is
most interestingly depicted, and the characters
include W ashington, Franklin, Lafayette and
Others well known in history. 1t is safe to say
that the readers of this great romance win
obtain from it a clearer idea of the people who
were foremost in Revolutionary days, and of
the social life of the times, than can be had
from any other single source. The work is not
only historically accurate, but is a most inter-
tiers are in the November number Howard
Pyle will illustrate it.