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The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-15
REMOTE.

| Lady of the House-Would you be willing to work if you had a chance? Weary Willy--How remote is the chance ce?-Puclz.
 "Pd like to hear you play the violin, Mir. Tillinghast," said 7-year-old Tom my Dillingham;, who was entertaining 1 the caller. "But I don't play the vio- | lin, Tommy Then papa must be mis- taken I heard him tell mamma that you played second fiddle at home. ."-De- troit Free Press.
 "What's that?'' asked Derringer Dan, as he paused in astonishment to listen | to the efforts of the parlor quartet. That's something taken from Wagner. What do you think of it& & 2'' &"WeH.'' was the carefully considered reply, what ever it 1t Is, Wa Wagner sss,r,er seems to be givin' 1 it up mighty hard. ."-Washington Star.
 More Entertaining -"Dickie, you must not play with that little boy in the lower f1at-his family isn't as good as ours''
 'tWhy, mamma, his family is a heap bettern ourn; he's got cousin ats 1 crazy, an brother ats in jail, an a blind uncle, an a deaf grandma. - ] Chicago Record.
 E.-You say you saw everything in Rome in three days? That's impossi- ble!" F.-"But you must remember that there were three of us My wife took all the churches, I visited all the picture galleries, and my son went for the restaurants and cafes. Then we met in the evening and swapped exper- l fences. ."--Tit-Bits.
 Theory and Practice.-Doetor (to brother physician)-Y sir, the sover- eign remedy for all ills is fresh air and plenty of it. People don't let enough air into their houses. Well, I must hurry off; I'm on an errand.
 Brother Physician--Going far?
 4'No, only down to the hardware store to get half a mile of weather-strips. .''- New York Weekly.
 Reducing the iSurplus.-"Thats a pretty good idea, mother said MT. Jones, the father of seven quite aged daughters, to his wife. What's that, John?" asked Mrs J. "Why, the sec- retary Of the navy advertises for pro- posals for building some torpedo boats. We might advertise for proposals for the sr'-lHarlem Life.
 She Inherited It.--How much do you love me this evening, Grace?" asked papa, putting away his cane and talk ing off his gloves and overcoat.
 That bends on how much candy you've brought me papa" replied Oracle, rummaging his pockets.
 How like you, dear" rejoined papa, absent-mindedly, your mother was ten years ago!"-Chicago Tribune.
 Col T. A. Dodge is responsible for the following story of a negro preacher whose congregation habitually made a great racket every Sunday. Upon be ing questioned, the old man, with evil dent sorrow for the ignorance of the colonel, said: ''Doan' you know the Lawd's Prayed?" "Of course" replied the colonel: "but what has that to do with it ?'' 'Doan' de Lawd's Prayer say hollered be Thy name?" replied the all- wise reacher.-Argonaut.
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tlHi.

Instead of being pulled off" it is probable that the great prize fight has been scared off. Prize-iighters are brave men, especially in their "dehs" and in their newspaper interviews, but no man, however brave he may be, can feel comfortable when surrounded by Texas rangers and Mexican dangers. The law amounts to something when it's majesty is embodied in firearms which are liable to go off and hurt those in front of them. The majesty of both Texas and Mexican law has been and is in plain sight around Fl Paso, and the sight is not good for sore eyes. Many of the sports have already left the place, and it is probable that all of them will soon be gone, and that an- other "big fizzle' will be recorded. Times have changed and the manly art of prize-fighting has fallen into sad dis repute, in spite of the fact that its chief exponents nowadays are all gentlemen, oratons and writers.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-15
srHE NORTH POLE STORY.

If Norwegian has really discovered the North Pole he has shed lasting glory upon himself and his country. He has also taken the shine off several other people and several other countries. pr. Nansen left Christiana, Norway, June "A, 1893, with the intention Of penetrat- ing to point north of the New Siberian islands and then drifting with the ice pack wherever the current might bear the ship. This was the plan of DeLong, and the Jeannette sank while inlbedded in the ice north of the New Siberian is lands. It is possible that Dr. Nansen drifted northward and back again, so berian mainland. But until it is cer- tainly known that the startling report which has been received is true there will be much doubt about it. Most of those familiar with Arctic exploration are already out with their doubts. Scott Kettle, who is Nansen's agent, and Q member of the Royal Geographical so- ciety, said the first messages from Nan sen would doubtless be to him and to Nansen's wife. Clements R. Mark ham, president of the Royal Geopraph- ical society, thinks it likely that Nansen has found the North Pole, but highly improbable that any message has come from him at this time of the year. Gen. eral Greedy, the Arctic explorer, says the fact that the dispatch does not say where Nansen was when heard from is suspicious. His own opinion is that it is more likely that Nansen has perished than that he has sent the published message. MT. Henry G. Bryant, who was a member of the first Peary expedi- ton, takes little stock in the story. A dispatch from Christiana says that Nansen's relatives there have heard nothing direct and do not believe the story. Colonel Glider, the Arctic ex- plorer, is another who sees no reason to believe the story. On the other hand,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-15
ENCOURAGING,

In another part of this paper the in- teresting and significant announcement is made that the executive committee of the Mills meetings will continue for the present the Sunday afternoon services at the Grand Opera House. This is a good move and we hope it will be suc- cessful. It indicates an intention on the part of those making it to try to bridge the chasm that exists between the Church and the people. It is possi- ble, if these meetings are judiciously conducted, to make them both popular and useful. Bishop Potter had some thing to say the other day about the duty of the Church which has a. bearing on such efforts as the one which is to be made by the New Haven commit and of luxury, wicked, wasteful and Wanton, as before God I declare that luxury to be, has been matched step by step by a deepening and deadening poverty which has left whole neighbor- hoods of people practically without hope and without aspiration. At such a time, for the Church of God to sit stll, and be content with theories of it's duty oat- lawed by time and long ago dempnstrat- ed to be grotesquely inadequate 10 the demands of a living situation, this is to deserve the scorn of men and the curse of God! Take my word for !t, men and brethren, unless you and I and all those who have any gift or stewardship of talents, or means Of whatever sort, are willing to get up out of our sioth and ease and selfish dilet- the people who are battling amid their poverty and ignorance-young girls for their chastity, young men for their bet ter ideal of righteousness, old and young alike for one clear ray Of the immortal courage and the immortal hope-then verify the Church in it's stately splendor, it's apostolic orders, it's venerable ritual, it's decorous and dignified conventions, is revealed as simply monstrous and insolent imper- tinence!
 These are true and forceful words. It is encouraging that there is going to be an effort by some of the teachers of religion in New Haven to get down among the people.
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---7------7-7-E97=--7- THE b,LEEIING sifOU.
some of Its Facts and rancies.

Written for the JOURNAL AND pURlER.l
 WINTER vIoLETS. Nestled amid the shadows of the
 leaves
 The violets, at the greeting of the sun, Lift up theirheads with shy, responsive
 smile.
 Their curling petals lilac, purple white, Half folded, as to veil in mystery The source of that sweet incense which
 they pour
 With lavish fervor on the wasteful air. They are so humble, yet so bountiful! So there are souls, courageous, tender,
 pure,
 Held in the limits of iowly sphere, In sun, in storm, in stress ot eircum-
 stance,
 Pouring the impulslve sweetness of their
 hearts
 In helpful deeds and words of kindli-
 ness,
 Spontaneous as the fragrance of the
 flower,
 And asking no requital: scarce they
 know
 More than the violet-their claim to
 praise
 Of such the Master saith, These are
 Mine Own.
 POET AND CRIMINAL.
 The complexity of human nature is a matter so universal, so unquestionable, that one need hardly be amazed at any instance of it. The good and bad are strangely intermingled in us all; gener- ous impulses sometimes overpower the selfish, honesty gets the better of deceit, while, pnhappily, evil qualities struggle to the surface and for the time control even those whose usual impulses are toward the good and true.
 It is said of Paul Verlaine that he was half criminal and half angel" that with the head of philosopher and the face of a satyr, revelling in grossness and defiant of all the laws of life, he did nevertheless produce some of the purest and most spiritual poems that the world has ever seen, written in lines of such strange, haunting harmonies as the French language never before knew" To those who know him only by these exceptional poems how fair and pure his character must appear, and how mistaken would be their esti- mate-as false. as that of others who would judge him only by that which The had written in his worst, most reck- less moods.
 Perhaps America's Paul Verlaine may be found in Irving, the burglar poet" now serving a sentence in the Maine State Prison. When free, he was bur glar from choice, apparently, enjoying the excitement and the hazards of it. Now that he is in the house of bondage he writes sonnets in his hours of recre- atien. WeII-tunned =sennets they are. too, usually in correct form, with ideas, II, ynles and meter that are original ffu- ent and musical.
 Some of these poems, we are told are too horrible to print, others so au- dacious as to be startling. Others seem to have been written while his good angel stood beside him, and all the mans good impulses had risen in their strength to dominate everything in him that was base. Tn such moments, when his best was supreme, he must have written the impressive, joyful Easter sonnet, or the one, so sweet and quiet and sympathetic, that follows here:
 IN THE WOODS Now quiet Nature sets ajar for me Her inner sanctuary cool and sweet, Where overhead the branching arches
 meet
 And tiny brooks trip down toward the
 sea
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-15

the speedy spread of education is being furthered by the suppression of an in- stitution which has done so much for schools and libraries all over Russia, but in case there seems to be a deter imitation not to permit any more secu- lar education or voluntary schools, As in nearly everything else, the govern nent and the church seem resolved to take this matter also entirely upon themselves. It Is only pity that there is not more real education and less on paper only"
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MneInon cs.

Prof. A.-"Would you believe it, my dear colleague, I actually do not know the ages of my children"
 Prof. B.-"Such a thing could never happen with me. I was born twenty three hundred years afer Socraes; my wife eighteen hundred years after the death of Tiberius; our son Leo two thousand years after the promulgation of the Licinian laws by Tiberius Sem pronius Gracchus, and our Amanda if teen hundred years after the com mencement of the great Migration. Very simple, is it ot?"-Zondaas6lad.
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punched at either side of the collar on the shoulders and there finished with ribbon bows. The blouse has a deep yoke of heavy cream lace edged with narrow frills that fall over the sleeves and which partly covers the plain stock collar. It fastens in front, the draped parts concealing the hooks. It's belt is garnished on either side with large rib bon bows and the sleeves have narrow cuffs banded with lace.
 Silks in cashmere designs were a little overdone by the weavers, and the re- suit is that though they are as pretty as ever and likely to be the right thing for a full season longer, their prices have come way down. Go in for one of them if possible. Nothing wears better than these firm, crisp silks of all-over design. Another recommendation for them is explained by the experience of the woman that spilled cup of coffee all over her skirt. She sponged it off and that helped the bad matter, but still it showed enough to have ruined a plain silk. As it was, it really did very little damage, as it only looked like a shadowy part of the design.
 FLORETTE.
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some German geographers and a few of those in London are inclined to think It well founded,
 Time will tell Of course the world will not be easy until the North Pole is reached, Many have already lost their lives in trying to reach 1t. If Dr, Nansen comes back alive with a good description of it he will be as famous as he may want to be.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-15
An Unluclsy Prince.


 The Duke of Orleans is a singularly unfortunate young man. He seems al- ways to be in trouble of some kind, either because of his thoroughly Gallic instinct of gallantry or from his inabil- ity to stick on his horse. While out riding with the Duke of Aosta at Man drla on Saturday his horse stumbled and fell. The Duke of Orleans had his left shoulder dislocated and his right ankle-bone fractured. His condition yesterday morning Was reported to be as satisfactory as could be expected. The shoulder gave little trouble, but the ankle was still inhamed. This is the third accident which has befallen the prince within recent months In the first he was supposed to have been the victim of an attack by some Span ish peasants whose jealousy he had-of course, quite consciously-aroused The second was in the neighborhood of Seville, when his horse deposited him upon the road and went hunting on his own account. This accident was rather serious, for the dukes leg was badly in Jured. and a suggestion went around the newspapers that amputation was not improbable. Scarcely has he be- came fit for the saddle than he suffers ejectment again.--St. James Gazette.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-15
FISHiON NOTES.
Looking Forward.

Present indications point to an aouh- dance of simplicity gowns for next sum mer. All the new cottons are Of the daintiest sort, and simple dresses prom ise to toe the rule. Nothing is more De- coming, and no woman need be afrald that she will spend too little money, for she must have three times as many or the dresses as if they were more elapo- rate, or else be unfashionable. Fortu- nately one doesn't need to be intensely fashionable in summer. Many summer stuffs are semi-transparent, which means a continuation of the pretty ef- fleets of last season gained by underlin- ing of color.
 As to summer silks there is every req son to believe that taffeta will be fa- vorite. Few goods are prettier than tai feta, and a good quality wears well. The artist contributes here a dainty blouse of black taffeta, made with q plain bias back and with draped fronts
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-15

Horses are as cheap as shirts, Sew eral carloads of horses that started from Oregon for Kentucky last week were stopped at Shoshone, Idaho, by the owners and the horses were taken from the cars and sold for fifty cents apiece.
 This was more profitable than to pay the heavy freight bill with what the horses would have brought in Kentucky.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-15
GoING OUT RUSINESS.

yJyHE real estate having been sold to trust-
 ! ees of Yaie College. buildings to be im- mediauely demolished, all the pc nal prop erty of E. E. Sawyer. known as the Sta ldard Cab Co. s stables at 66 High street. New Ha- ven Conn.,, cOnsis ing of seven horses, oie land au five cabs, one surrey. sour top bug gies. four double harness. six single harness. two sIeighs. robes. blankets, whips. etc., also ONE FIREPRO0F SAFE, nearly new. and ONE ROLL TOP DESK in good condition, PLATFORM SCALES office fixtures. tc., will he sold at public auction to the big hest Iiider on Thursday next. February z0tb. IS9 i at ? p. n.; no postponement on arcouns of weather, C. H. TUFTS,
 fI4 Ct Auctioneer.
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An attack has just been made upon the rights and privileges of one of the oldest institutions in Russia, the Im- perial Free Economical society, the statutes of which have been confirmed iby every Russian monarch since Cath crime II. The most active section of the society, called the Committee of Ele- mentary Education, which has worked energetically for thirty-fve years in the interest of secular schools and the pro-
 motion of education among the people, is to be separated from it and tneoreti- cally transferred to the Ministry of Public Instruction. This is due to the influence of M. Pobedonestzeff, the Chief Procurator of the Holy Synod, who is credited with trying to destroy everything that ne thinks can stand in the way of giving the church the mo- nopoly of popular education. More than three hundred members of the commit tee, including the most active, have re- signed, and the news of the abolition of She committee is said to have caused much indignation through the country. After mentioning these facts, the St
 Petersburg correspondent of the London Times says: IL is very questionable whether the Czar's ayowed desire for
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-15

The Pacific Coast Whaling company in fitting out fleet for next seasons whaling has ordered that each boat be provided with a complete kodak outfit and that every fish sighted be instanta- neously photographed.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-15

A new system of packing butter which does away With cold chambers is being tried in Australia, The butter is pack ed in cubical boxes made of glass, the joints being covered with adhesive, grease-proof paper. The boxes vary in size, holding from one pound to two hundred pounds. When a box is filled it is covered with quarter of an inch of plaster of Paris, and this with pre- pared paper or canvas. The plaster, being non-conductor of heat, preserves the dramatically sealed butter.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-15

DELIVERED BY CARRIERs IN THE CIrY, lS CENTS A WEEK, b0CENTs MONTH, $3 FOR SIX MONTHS. $G "A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BY MAIL.
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Next May the National Electric Light association will hold it's annual conven- tion in New York city. Tn anticipation of that event, an electrical exposition company has been organized for the purpose of making a display of all the latest devices of electrical inventors and experts. Its president is Harrison V J. Smith, superint tendent of the Edison Illuminating company. The seven-story industrial building on Lexington ave snue, in the rear of the Grand Central railroad depot, has been hired by the company. Those at the head of this en- terprise say that the entire building will be filled with exhibits of all the latest wonders in electric illumination, heating, casting, welding, forging, mo- tors, chemical, dental, surgical and gen.
 oral manufacturing appliances. It will be fully equal to the electrical display a the Columbian exposition, and con- tain multitude Of inventions that have been perfected since that time.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-15

The Gloucester (Mass.) Relief associa- ton holds it annual memorial services next week for the men of that city who have been drowned on fishing trips during the past year. It seems that 131 men have been lost from that port alone the past year. and in the past twenty two years, for which statistics have been kept. the loss in this way has been 2,19S The relief association un- dertakes the very practical and neces- sary work of relieving the widows and orphans of these men, and last year dis tributed $1,114.
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The scheme to encourage negro emil grafton from South Carolina has the approval of the Charleston News. 'We cannot expect it says, "any consider able white immigration to South Caro- lima so long as the present negro major ity is maintained. We need more white people and fewer colored people in South Carolina, and the legislature should re- gard the question from higher and broader standpoint than the conven- fence Of the landholders, who regard the negro as profitable tenant only, and not as an undesirable citizen"
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Some figures showing the amount Of money spent for theatrical and musical entestainment in some of the great cit les are published, from whichsit appears that during last year the theaters of Paris, exclusive of the Grand Opera House and those theaters and concert halls at which r1usical performances only are given, took ii f f.22e, 20 ,o9a COG eco, or 2 ess4 & 600 900. The theaters of London, which are more numerous than those Of Paris and charge generally more for ad- mission, took in last year $7,000,000. A recent computation ot the revenues of New York theaters puts the total for 1895 at about $2,5O0, 600, exclusive of the Metropolitan Opera House, whose re- ceipts would probably bring the total up to $3,O00,OOO.
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Dinner Ware

continues, and we have secured several addi- tional crates from the New York importers. They cost us more, but the prices will be the same to you.
 Tea Plates, 6c Breakfast Plates. zc Dinner Plates, Sc Soup Plates, 7c Covered Vegetable
 Dishes, large size, 49c Soup Tureens, T0c Cups and Saucers, 1Oc
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