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Morning journal and courier., 1888-11-16

But It Was None the Less Bisaereea-
 ble on That Account.
 Boston Correspondence St. Louis Globe-Demo-
 crat.l
 A weird and startling adventure the other night befell a very respectable old gentleman residing on Commonwealth avenue in this oity. On the evening referred to he went to bed quite early, having come home tired from his bank that day, while his wife ven- tured out by herself to visit neighbor and gossip less than block away. About eleven D. m., as the clock on the bedroom niantsl- sound sleep by ring at the door bell, and surmising that the partner of his joys had returned without her latch key, he hastened to jump into g few essential garments and run down stairs. A dim light was burning in the vestibule, and as he opaned the front door a few rays were thrown upon 8 most extraordinary apparition which stood With- out on the top step, as If waiting to be ad- called-was of the feminine gender evident ly. It even wore skirts. But if woman, she was assuredly most peculiar and nn- pleasant specimen. For she was nos only headless, but actually did not appear to have any body above the waist. In short, it was the lower half of fashionably dressed fe- male which had apparently been ringing fol an entrance.
 Now the old gentleman is a worshipper oi the sex. He is notoriously ladies' man ir fact, despite his years. But, aa he subse- auently took occasion to remark, he wants whole women or none. Taken in sectionl l they are not nearly so attractive. For this | reason it was that, without pausing to fur. l ther examine his strange visitor, he slammed l the heavy portal to, excluding her. 1 Scarcely had the echoes died away wher l the silence of the house was again disturbed l by 8 series of unearthly rumblings from be 1 low, accompanied by sundry quasi human squeaks in creseendo. All was still sfta | that for about a minute, and then step wa l heard slowly ascending the stairs from tn cellar.
 Meantime the old gentleman had stood ir resolute in the hallway, not knowing whs on earth to do, as was altogether natural m
Morning journal and courier., 1888-11-16

Silks. $1.50 yard; 10 pieces best Guinet Black Silk imported; actual value $2.50. 98c yard; 26 inch Silk Pushes, in all colors. A bargain never equalled in this country; actual value $1. 75.
 Dress Goods. 69c, worth $1; 48 inch Black Wool Henri etta.
 59c, worth 75c; all wool Striped Cassi- meres.
 These two bargains in Dress Goods should create enthusiasm, as they are sold at the high figures elsewhere. 121Sc, worth 20c; No. 12 all silk Satin Grown Edge Ribbons, all colors; how is this for @ low price
 D0mestics. 25e yard; 25 pieces Plaid and Striped Flannels for "Children's Dresses" Ladies' or Gents wear.
 This is new. cloth, can be adapted to many useful things; actual value 50c. $1.29 per pair; one case Grey Blankets, exceptional value; sold in dry goods stores at $1. 69.
 614c yard; 50 pieces IS inch Checked Glass Cloth, surprising bargain; old price Sc.
 35c; complete for window, nice Dado Cur tains; sold elsewhere at 50c. SPECIAL REDUCTION in Flannels, Cot tons, Lace Curtains, Towels, Nspkins, etc.
 Notions. 5Oe for dozen Ceats' or Willimantic Cot ton; you all know this is cheap. Examine our prices on Notions and Fancy Goods. Space will not admit of enumerat- ing, but "6gures never lie." Look at our figures.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-11-16
FRENCH SOCIETY.
Tho Mighty Dollar Rules and FrivOlL-
 lY Ret&ns.


 IT Retgns.
 That the French race is in 8 decadenb phase the French are themselves the first to proclaim; on this point that intellectual faun Ernest Renan, agrees with the faRetical paladin Dlumont and the fearful patriot Jules Simon. The art, the literature, the newspapers, the whole life of contemporary France, has something Byzantine, as it were, an ostentatious magnifying of it's decadence. Time after time the the writer of this frivol- ous chronicle of Paris, says London World correspondent, has employed the words By zantinism, cosmopolitanism, dilletantism, lin explanation or in palliation of some incident or phenomenon of the life and thought of the | capital From the highest to the lowest ranks of society this spirit makes itself felt; the motto of modern France Is: Tout, pour vu qu on vivel' The great object is to have | plenty of money, in order to be able to enjoy | the spectacle of life. How that money is obtained society does not care, fo1 the pru- dish Arsinoe would be shamed to silence in the salons of today if she dared to attempt | to explain how the Comtesse de Z., with known income of S250 year, can manage | to spend e4000 year on her toilets alone. | NJ, Drumont very justly remarks that French society has changed with singular rapidity ! since the Comte de Chambord died, and with l him the great mOraI 1Dud6uC6 WHICH n6 6A0r- cised over the Catholic arstocracy. Now l there is no longer any restraint; the men and l the women no longer affect sad conferences, l but with goy smile they say to would-be remonstrants: Enough of tall talk about the raising up of France and our duties as | patriots and social leaders, The Comte de | Chambord is dead and buried, the Comte de l Paris interests us in no way; we wish him l neither good nor harm, We hate the repub- lic of course, and if there is another con- mune or a revolution we shall try to save our diamonds and go to spend few months among our friends in England and America, l where we have most of our money invested. l All we desire dow is to amuse ourselves, to dress, danes, firt and play comedies and lawn tennis" Society is not what it used to l be 10 years ago; it is simply sort of syndi- cate, whose members are admitted, not on account of their intellectual or moral worth, but on account of their capacities of contri- outing distraction, or, in other words of | their wealth. Hence 6nanciers like the Rotchschilds are accepted because they are rich and give fetes. Hence, too, the recent success of the Vicomtesse de Tredern, whom society tabooed while she was Marquise de
 Brissac nee Eugenis Say, daughter of sugar
 refner. Nowadays nobody would dare 10
 say to Mne. de Tredern, as the ironical M.
 de Choiseul-Praslin once said to her as she
 was handing him 8 cup of tea;
 fMarquise, je crois que veus ayez une
 tache de sucre sur votre robe.p
 "Cela nest rien," replied the ennobled
 pIebeian lady; ''il o'y a que les taches de
 sang qui ne 8 effacent pas
Morning journal and courier., 1888-11-16

much of sensation as the horses that Cort-
 es introduced into Mexico. Hodister's jour
 ney was a short one, extending only from
 Landana, on the coast, to Bona, on the Con-
 go, but it led the traveller through densely
 peopled region of which little is yet known.
 My horse" he writes, "rnade great sen-
 sation. At sight of him all the women in the villages at first were petri6ed with aston
 ish ment. They stood motionlesa with their eyes fixed onIthe strange animal. Coming to themselves at last, with their hands raised their heads, they raised their cry of tHo, ho, hor expressive of boundless astonishment. Some of them threw themselves upon the ground smittng their breats. Could it be it be they said, that such great beast with white man above him, was harmless? Such an animal must certainly eat black people. "When we convinced them at last that the horse was harmless and that he was a very useful animal they ventursd nearer. They had no eyes for anything but the horse. As we passed through the villages many of the inhabitants followed us. The men turned back after mile or so, but many of the wo- men, who showed the greatest interes. and curiosity, followed us for th1ee miles. When my horse trotted too, their eyes fixed on the beast. Udmindful of whers they were step- ping they fell into the furrows in the manioc fields, and tumblsd down in the tall grass. They kept pointing the animal out to the babies that were fastened on their backs From some of the villages deputatiens came to me asking me to stop 8 while in their towns that they might have time to admire the prodigy"
 A whole menogerie of African ouriosities would not excite so much attention in the civilized world as this horse aroused in 8 part of Africa where the zebra never roams and no species of the horse family is known. VegetarIanIsm in England,
 From the London Spectator.l
 Perhaps the most remarkable thing about such crazes as vegetarianism is their power ! believe they really are. On Friday Sept. 28, conference of London clergy, convened by the Vegetarian Society, was presided over | by Arehdeacon Farrar. Though stating in I his address that he was not a vegetarian, l Archdeacon Farrar declared that eff ever ! widely adopted it would prove the one ab- ! solute remedy for the cure of drink, and \ went on to say that Che believed that no \ vegetarian was @ drunkard." Yet surely Arehdeaeon Farrar must know that the Highlanders, who are practically vegeta- rians, are the greatest consumers of whisky | in existence, and that the drunkards of India and they are as bad as any drunk I ards in the world) are absolute vegetarisns. No doubt the English vegetarians, whose simple creed according to themselves, Is ! contomed in three words, "fruit, grain,
 nuts,n are not drunkards; but this is not
 I because they are vegetarians, but because
 they are mild minded, innocent faddists
 Archdeaeon Farrar's congregations are { all the mere to be regretted because veg
 etarianism, in teaching people how to make
 ! use of certain very cheap and nourishine
 forms of food, is real benefit to the world
 and ought not to be made ridiculous.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-11-16
MCINTYRE, NIGUlRI < CO. DRY GOODS, CLOAKS, Lower Prices Than Ever Offered,
 FIGURES NEVER LIE!
DRY GOODS, CLOAKS,

Laces.
 New importation of Real Lace Handker- chiefs and Laces by the yard; guarantee the figures are just one~quarter what are asked in most stores. Figures never lie.
 CIOaks.
 $10, actual worth s15; Ladies' Newman ket. This is daisy and bargain.
 $20, actual worth $50; the most stylish and best Plush Modjeska ever put on the market.
 Job lot of Astrachan Jackets reduced to elose out at once. Just ponder over these prices:
 $2.75, Astrachan Jackets; marked down from $5 50. $4.75, Astracnan Jackets; marked down from $9. $5, Astrachan Jackets, marked down from $10 and SIP. These are the greatest bar gains on earth. 75c pair; Dr. Balls famous Health Cor sets and Ksbo, the celebrated new, improved Corset; universally sold at $1. Flannel Skirts, AT CENTER COUNTER.
 $1 each; styles Flannel Skirts, either l worth $1. .25 to $1.50. Ladies' MefinO Wear.
 39c for Ladies' Merino Vests, positively I equal to any sold at soc; your opportunity is to look. Figures never lie. Mems Wear. $1 and $1. 50 each garment, Gents Scarlet | Underwear (Shirt or Fsnts). It is impos. 1 sible to compare these. as you cannot find goods made equal to ours under $1.75 to l $2.25. Figures never lie.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-11-16
A HORSE IN AFRICA.

He Makes Big Sensation, and the
 Natives Are Frightened.
 Several incidents of recent African explor- ation call to mind the stories that were told of the early travels of white men in this country, says the New York Sun. A white man on horseback is very unusal spectacle in tropical Africa, and the animal Mr. Hod isteE rode few months ago made almost aI
Morning journal and courier., 1888-11-16

der the circumstances. If he fled up stairs he might be followed by the bugaboos and corneTed, there being no escape by the roof The said bugaboos were certainly coming up the back way, and he could not get out the front door without encountering the lower half of the lady at the entrance. It was in- deed 8 painful dilemma, and one which might well nonplus respectable business man who was unaceustomed to the ways of spooks.
 But the step on the stairs was too much There was something about the deliberate ness with which it ascended that was in it. self appalling. Something awful it was bound to be-most likely the other half of the female at the front door, coming up to meet it's complementary part and make 8 whole one. One dash of the old gentleman made for the burglar alarm and rung in a bells ringing at the same time all over the house.
 "Why, William Henry What are you about2'
 It was the voice of his wife, who made her appearance the same moment through the door under the stairs, having evidently come up by that way from the cellar.
 'fG-goodness mel" stammered the hus- band, not yet recovered from his fright. "What are you doing here in your pstticest, and where is the skirt of your dressi'
 'fI left it out on the front step. Forgot my Iatohkey and didn't want to spend the night on the curbstone. I rang and rang at the bell, but no one seemed to hear me, so, the night being dark and not soul on the street, took off my skirt, slipped through the coal hole and here am. Think it was rather clever notion, don't yous only got two or three trif1ing bruises sliding down over the coal pile. But tell me, what en earth were you doing ringing those alarm bells?"
 Of course an explanation followed. The skirt left of the step outside had stood erect, as any fashionable skirt will, by the aid of it's multitudinous whalebones and steels, which form sort of skeleton in the lining. So it is sot surprising that the old gentleman mistook it for the lower half of sn actual woman. It was agreed that the joke should be kept in the family, but it was teo good to preserve in secrecy, and so it has leaked ont. The police were told 1t was mistake when they came.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-11-16


 those who are living in this vicinity nowa- days know it.
 Walter BesaHt predicts that the time is coming, and is not far distant, when writers will be able to make as large fortunes as bankers. This will make some bankers who are struggling to make both ends meet laugh. The Hon. Joseph L. Barbour of Hartford nails one lie by saying that there has never been @ word exchanged between MT. Bulke- ley and himself and that he is not candi- date for, nor would he accept any office whatever that would necessitste his with- drawal from active legal practice.
 A druggist in New York city was recently fined $50 for prescribing some simple remedy for 6 woman who came into his shop and complained of feeling i'll. The charge was l that he had praoticed medicine without a license, and the County Medical society caused his prosecution. The case seems hard ] but the principal is good one.
 ! The Australian government is building a fence of wire netting eight thousand miles | long, to divide New South Wales and Queens ! land, in order to keep the jack rabbits out | of the latter country. Australia is paying not less than S125.0 .000 per year to keep the pests down in what ara know as crown lands The offer is still kept up of $100, 900 to any man who will produce something that will exterminate the pests.
 An analysis of dozen brands of cigarettes has been made in Chicago, and the results | aI,a k<,o Almost every brand was found to have been stdoctor- ed" to greater of less degree. While the injurious ingredients (apart from the tobacco itself) vary somewhat, there is enough in each variety to induce smokers who value their health to give np cigarettes altogether.
 It is told of Fail River teacher that she recently gave an object lesson iD physiology and in the course of the instruction asked where the backbone was. Not receiving any answer, she indicated it's position on her owr
 body, and then asked what it was. No one could answer at first. Suddenly bright thought occurred to an observing youngster
 His eyes sparkled as he raised his hand tt
 attract the teachers attention. Well
 John," she said, "what> do you call ita'
 ttYer bustle," answered the lad promptly.
 Chauncey N. Depew has told how h'
 brought about the nomination of Genera
 Harrison by good dinner, and now arise William E. Haiaht, living in Chicago, wh'
 claims that he is responsible for Benjamin
 Harrison's elevation to the presidency. Fl , says that when the Republican convention was in session he went about the Hobbies Q
 the hotels distributing copies of g panphls
 containing description of the battle of TiI
 pecanoe. MT. Haight is convinced that i that way he created such enthusiasm fo
 Harrison that nothing was able to prever his nomination.
 The passage by the Vermont legislature (
 an act incorporating the Maritime Cam Ieompany of Niearaugua is an intesestiH
Morning journal and courier., 1888-11-16
Baedtca1.

4 saIvasor for InsaIids aud the Aged. Ass 1nSogaspeerSess g 1ssses n a,.s. {oT sns aGo" rpa
 ChtIdren. 4 Superior Ntstritiro
 tn Continued Fecers, aud
 Reliable ResnedtdL
 Agent SW aH Diseases or tIse Stomach Gsad
 THtestineS.
 w. c. VILE. M. D.. TEE NEw ESaLAsspI aasI lions of the stomach, when everything else has been rejected I have saved many lives by of the very best foods the physician can find to assist him in carrying through his patient to value in the later stages of Phthisis, Gastritis. Gastric Catarrh, Dyspepsia. and Dysentery," the fMPER1AIs 1 GRkNnG is both safe and nntri- tious. It has been on the market for many many others have found like results attending its use. The ChrfstidIs UfsfOsl," ~. r: which is simply Q solid extract from very supe rior growths of wheat, is uHexcelled, and is for iTlvaIids, for the aged, and for the very young.-"N 4 n Jottrndt2f Honloopdthy, ," N VI T. standard preparation. There can be no doubt and the successful results obtained with it in all cases where prepared food is required P. VARNuM MoTT, MD. Boston, Mass, 1.-THE MICRoCosM," New York;" There are hume their adherents. The sTMPERIGL PERI GRAsun.' IRA in my hands, seems to be all that is claimed for it. use use where It's special properties are indicated. In infantile diseases 1t has proved very effica- cious, and always direct its use when child Is being Weaned."
 The lives of untold thousands of infants have been saved by IMPERIAL, GRANuM, and careful mothers are loud in their praises of this well known food, and pharmacists can safely recom- mend it:-PToccedings Illinois Pharmaceutical Association.
 ..SOLD By DRUGGISTS.- .,
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Morning journal and courier., 1888-11-16
VOL. LVI.
1r1y 6nnds.

HOVG X SlGlSOl
 ELECTION IS OVER. "Now for Business. :"
 UMBRELLAS.
 This has been the greatest Umbrella season ever known. We have sold hundreds of our Glorias at $1.5o each, which are acknowledged to be the best ever made at this price. Have just received a lot mounted with handles that are usually sold at $2. 50; our price only $I.5o Also a job in Glorias, silver handles, at $1.25 each; common ly retailed at $I.75.
 Eight cartons No. fancy Ribbons at SC per yard, regular price is Ioc; desirable for fancy work. All Silk Crown Edge Ribbons at 8, 10, 12H, E and 18c per yard; this is a Special Drive.
 30 pieces 40 inch Dress Goods in checks and mixtures at 35c per yard; the lowest prices ever quoted on these goods is soc. We are offering Special Induce ments in Dress Goods, and this is one of our Leaders.
 SO dozen 5 button Real Kid Gloves, in blask, mahogany, tans and slates, at 7oc per pair. This lot will be ready for sale Monday morning, Nov. I2th, at 8 o'clock. Please make your se- lections while the assortment of colors and sizes is complete; the regular price is $I.5o.
 Gents Cardigan Jackets from $I to $3 each. If you need a Jacket just ask to see our num- bers at $I.5o, S2, $2.25 and $2.5 each.
 Cents Leather Gloves, in all grades from 35c to $2 per pair. Our Kid lined Gloves at $I.oo, $I.25 and $I.5o are special values.
 N. B.-We have introduced the electric light for day use and our customers will find the store better lighted than heretofore.
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The Hon. Joseph L. Barbour of Hartford nails one lie by saying that there has never been @ word exchanged between MT. Bulke- ley and himself and that he is not candi- date for, nor would he accept any office whatever that would necessitate his with- drawal from active legal practice
Morning journal and courier., 1888-11-16
EDEToKIAL NOT Es.

Into each life some rain must fall, and those who are living in this vicinity nowa- days know it.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-11-16

The passage by the Vermont legislature of an act incorporating the Maritime Canal company of Nicaragua is an interesting
Morning journal and courier., 1888-11-16

Walter Besant predicts that the time is coming, and is not far distant, when writers will be able to make as large fortunes as bankers. This will make some bankers who are struggling to make both ends meet laugh.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-11-16
ONLY HALF A GHOST.

But IG Was None the Less Bisaereea-
 ble on That Account. rRoston Correspondence St. Louis Globe Demo
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New York Mining Stocks,
Petroleum Market.
BOSTON, FEB. IT.
Pine Line Certificates,
Gloucester Fish Market.
[By Telegraph

FOR The WEEK ENDING, RED 10.
Mackerel in light stock We quote bloaters at
s25, is, at $181a, Is at $161s, and 3s at $1349
S13Ih Bulls Eyes, SIS: Nova Scotia rs, $1412
Is si51aG aisle extras S176S18.
Prime Georges Goldfish selling at S. W qtl for
large andS3% for small; trawl Bank 81 for large
and 1854 for small; hand line Western Bank at
sass and S3sl Shores S41s large Dry Bank at
S4s4 medium S3s4. Large Nova Scotia pickle
cnred So.
Large fresh Goldfish sold at Boston to-day at 4c
y ID haddock 114@1 IA; halibut &c.
Cusk quoted 3L ~ qtl; pollock at S214; Slack
sailed do So; haddock IS, and hake S21A.
Boneless and prepared fish at 31s9sc % ID for
hake, haddock and cusk, and 5a6s4c y ib for
Goldfish, as to style and quality. Smoked halibut
609ci{3 ID; smoked salmon 15c; do haddock sc.
Medium herring. at lie " box ;tucks 13c; length
wise Ice; No is at 12c; Bloaters at 75c; smoked
mackerel lie % ID. Canned do fresh at S112 per
doZ; canned trout 81 12 fresh hallbut STA fresh
salmon at Its; clans 70; Holsters TO-
Labrador Herring S5@S5A " Dbl medium split
S41a Newfoundland do So: Eastport $31a pick
led Goldfish So haddock 81 ;halibut heads at 314
tongues So sounds S12; tongues and sounds so
aleWives 25 trout $141a California salmon at
$14Hs; Halifax do $19. Clam bait 81 to STA
SliYers 81.
Refined medicine oil at eoc p gal; crude do at
40c; Blacklist oil 55c; cod do 27c; porgie at zoe.
Livers at 25c y bucket.
Fish scrap SO y ton; liver do 81.
Fish skins S20GS4o; fish waste S59S1o; h ali
but guano at Sc.