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Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-09
ImpecunIous, But Not Humble.
From the London Tid Bits

"A few days ago I met with the toughest case in my whole experience" said the agent of very successful debt-collecting firm, ''I tackled my man for g he owes to a restaurant He's an artist.
 "'I'm sorry said he, leaving of work on the picture and pushing his velvet smoking-cap on the back of his head, while he looked lazily at the bill, but cannot pay this for A few months yet
 Why notF said l.
 "'Because have more pressing liabil- ity.' =, said I, sarcastically.
 "'Yes good deal, said he I'm buying pair of shoes on the installment plan, and the second shoe is to be delivered today, if can make partial payment. The coin is here, said he, tapping his waistcoat pock, ct.
 ".All right I said, but you just give that coin to me on account, or I'll sell you up
 :" Sell what upf he drawled out.
 "'Why, these pictures,' said l, sweeping my arm iu a comprehensive way round thu studio
 "'These picturesl All right, my boy; gt ahead. If you can sell them, Iii be mucl obliged to you. Its more than I can do- With that he lighted his pipe, and went or | painting as tranquil as a summers day. admired him, and asked him out to have { | drop of something. "'Excuse me, The said, standing back ant regarding his picture with one eye closed but not even glancing at me. T neve have social relations with my tradesoeo ple.'
 'tI was faint when got down to tn | street"
Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-09
RIGHT.

Cora-Do you think Mir. Jimpson's heart is in the right place! Dora (smiling with triumph)-It is. He has given it to me- Philadelphia Press.
 He-They had a lover's quarrel, parted, and she married her fathers coschman for spite. She-WLat became of her loveri He-Oh, he married her sister and hired the coachman.-Waif.
 American hostess-I wonder why women never fight duels. am sure they get angry enough Foreign visitor-Zey know noz- zing of weapons, madame. Fey would hurt each ozaire-Washingto Star.
 Laura-I wish George wouldn't smoke. To be kissed by a man who smokes is horrfd- Irene-Eat onions, Laura, and you won't notice the odor of the cigars. Laura (sghastl-Why, then he'll never kiss me at all.-Chicsgo Tribune.
 Rev. Dr. Primrose-I hear your hus- band is dangerously ill I hope he Is pre- pared if the worst should comet
 Mrs Surface-Pm happy to say he is. Pa insisted upon his taking out the policy before he married ms.-Epooh.
 Tom De Witt-Vassar cannot take the same rank among the colleges as Yale oI Harvard. Kitty Winslow-Why noti Tom De Witt-well, for one thing, she never publishes the name of her oldest living graduate-Kate Fields Washington
 Young Mr. Lsriat lof Arizons>-I ain'
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have a nice mosque where they worship Allah, and call on Mohammed, his prophet. At this mosque three marriages were cele- brsted last week, one of Meersn Buksh, 6 young lawyer, and scion of one of the oldest families in the Punjab, to Miss Amelia Davis Bright, a young English woman, whom he had converted to the faith of his fathers. The bride wore blue, trimmed with gold, but the groom was dazzling in eastern costume, shawls, gold and jewels.
 The population of France is not grow ing in a way to please true Frsnchmen. The figures for the years 1889 and 1890 show that the number of marriages has fallen of materially, there having been 3,602 fewer in 1890 than in 1889. Di- vorces increased in number in the former year over the latter, for in 1890 the ratio had grown to seven in every 10, 900 of the population, or total of 5,457. The fig ures of the births and deaths in the two years show that there were SS0, ,57s births for 1889 and s3S, ,059 for 1890, @ decrease of 42,520. It is no- ticeable that the annual birth rate has not fallen so low before since 1S70-71 and the 1890 rate was but little larger than that of the war period. The number of deaths in 1890 was S1 900 more than in 1889, an increase supposed to be largely due to the grip. The net loss in population from natural causes alone would thus be 14S, ,000 in one year. The average number of children per family ir France is now three, which is much smaller than that in the United States, which ii about i've"
 All the swindlsrs don't live in this ooun' try. A Rev. Dr. Clutterbuck, an Anglican clergyman, holding the government office of Inspector. of Warehouses, living in a good position in Bath, induced seven oI eight of his friends, educated men and women of the "upper middle class" ir easy circumstances, to sell their securities to the amount of $500, 900, and place the induce them to do this was that ths Chancellor of the EKchequer, an intimate friend of his, was going to issue anew loan, to consolidate local indebted ness, and was determined that "the City the English "Wsll Street'0 should gel none of it, and, as he expressed it, that il should not ,'salt Capel Court; that it wa. to be reserved for nice people not in busi ness, and was to bear ten per cent. inter est, and that the allotment of it was to bI kept a profound secret. He used th' money himself in wildcat speculation ana lost it all, paying the ten per cent. for while out of the principal. His victim actually believed him for two or three years and never made inquiries. Exposur only came through ono of them, widow calling in her brother on her death bed t advise her about her will.
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a-going to stand no more nonsense, LII You've got to choose between us Is Il Jake Roundup or is 1t mel Miss Kscktu, (surrendering grsciouslyl-It's you, Gabe l see you've got the drop on me.-Chicsgc Tribune.
 Brown-Do you believe there's such 6 thing in married life as perfect lorei A case where both are of the same mindl Fogg-Oh, yes; there are the Goodleys, for instance. She thinks there never was 6 man in the world like her husband, and Sd does he.-Boston Transcript.
 ''Well neverF exclaimed Mrs. Snagss "You never whatg' asked her husband Here's piece in the paper that 1t is pos. sible to become intoxicated on rarefed air. Did you ever hear of such thingE' "Oi course l have. The expression 'air tight obtained its origin from just that faet.'- Pittsburg Chronicle.
 A Wonderful Memory.-Bulfnch- -Mis. SmilaI has simply a wonderful memory.
 Wooden-Why, what proof has shs given of itl
 Bulfnch-Why, I met her at 8 supper last night, and she not only reminded m. about our being engaged last summer, bu gave me number of the details.-Bostor Courier.
 Things One Would Rather Have E1 pressed ntly.-Doctor-How is th, patient this morningi
 Nurse-Well-he has been wandering good deal in his mind. Early this morn ing I heard him say, "What an old woman that doctor isl" and think that was abou the last rational remark he made.-Puneh
 At Monte Csrlo.-Young English lady t, MT. Coiney, who is stopping at the sam hotel)-''Do you know I must put five Number 33 wins)
 Little Sister-oh, say, Ethel, what pityl Now, if you had really put it or your right age you wsuld have won wouldn't youl-Funny Folks.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-09
The necaf nfHome Life

Frances Courtenay Baylor in Lippincott'a1
 "Don't tell me that house which is given over to the servants half the time, father, mother, children, all going separate ways, and always on the rush, a house with gas fires and unopened books, a house in which there is no evening lamp, no morning prayer, no time for music, for talk, for all the occupations and interests and pleasures that link each to each, day by day, year by year, in natural piety, '- don't tell me that that is homel I am not sure that most of us want one. We have survived home, perhaps, and prefer thousand roosts to one nest. The decay of home life, in our cities at least, is the most striking of all the changes that ob- serve after a long absence from my own country. We were once the most domes- tic of all the nations-drearily so, foreign CTS said; but that can no longer be made 6 ground of complaint. I am not complain ing. My own idea is to march with the times and look facts in the face. l am for making our houses as plain as possible, containing only the ordinary conveniences provided at triiing cost. Let us furnish our streets and public places of every kind sumptuously, l say-Fifth avenue or Broadway enclosed in glass from Novem- Der to May, adorned with statuary, bric-a- brsc,, pictures, easy chairs, comfortable sofas, meals to be served Ia carte; from May to November, awnings, ices, cane fur niture, palm leaf fsns,-in short, modern comforts where we moderns most need them, and that is emphatically abroad and not at home. As an asylum for poor rela' tions, for the temporary screening of in
 tending absconding bank cashiers, for the insane, cases of infections disease, and s few similar purposes, private house may still be a useful thing to have in the fami | ly; but that is all. Let us improve all oui | public places and conveyances,-havf | drawing-r room street cars, for instance | with buffet attachment, every seat 8 dis | tinct easy chair, Corot opposite insteal II of Epps' cocoa, grateful and comforting, library of select fiction, cut flowers, gooS II stained glass,-no more straw, dTaughts banging doors, squeezing and pushing ant | ampling-discomfort in short. l am 1T them on an average two hours daily, and | will give the 'Corot' to the first one set uI | on these lines. He is my fayOrite artist
 and I shall see a good deal more of hin
 there than where he now hangs-in m!
 wife's Louis Quinze boudoir; and so vii
 she and sll her friends; so that l shall no
 be a selfish brute, but a public benefactor | OuE sLlOHs, OuA LCcAAAA~AlAos pAA
 our waiting rooms, are all susceptible o
 vast improvement. and the benevolent
 millionaire, instead of building public Ii
 braries which are used by five hundred
 people in the course of the year, fifty o
 them students, the remainder of then
 idlers, loungers and cranks-can make fiv
 hundred thousand-millions, in fact-o
 his fellow citizens rise mp and call him
 good fellow and sensible man, by takinI this hintm
Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-09
THE WEEKLY JOURNAL
 IS PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING. ne Dollar per Year, Gin Advance. Single Copies cents.
SOME ALLIANCE NOTIONS.


 The representatives of the Farmers al. iance in congress have some great schemes. John G. Otis of Kansas has one which provides for pennies and nickels, silve, and gold coins and the free and unlimited coinage of both and also for $2,000, ,000, ,OOC of paper money, each being absolutely money and not in the form of promise. II provides that each and every kind of money mentioned shall be interchangeable with each other at par and full legal ten der for all debts, both public and private. It provides further for three treasury funds, the general revenue fund, the real estate and revenue fund, and the national food and clothing fund. .i<.t ...
 This is comprehensive. Senator Peffer, of Kansas, says he is in for an increase ir money. He doesn't appear to be quite as wild as MT. Otis. He talks as follows We claim that farming has been uuproft. able for number of years, and it is not because of poor crops, for the trouble is general. It has been felt as much in New AoAh oAo HI l CAhoJ Afo oAih u6 i1 Aas III Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas. The trouble comes from altogether different source and it is this, that interest for the use ot money under our laws and customs ii much higher than the profit realized ir the industrial products. The average legal interest rate in the country if about per cent, the average cost tc the borrower is 10 per cent, while the profits on farming and kindred industries do not exceed 8 per cent; so part of oul work will be to convince the nationa legislature that the people do really need more money, and that they ought to have the use of it at such rates of interest al they can afford to pay.
 Senator Peffer's idea appears to be tha a man ought to have everything he wants Perhaps he had, but there is no evidenc' yet that the world is arranged in tha | way.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-09
A REAL STORY,

No government report in recent years has made deeper impression than that of the secretary of the navy. It shows that it is time to stop laughing at the United
 States navy. The increase in the navy has been rapid since March 4, 1889. During that period the naval force of the United
 States has been strengthened by the addi- tion of thirteen new vessels. Among these are the fast little torpedo boat Cush
 ing, the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius and the reconstructed double turreted monitor Miantonomoh. At present, aside from a few old style wooden vessels whose term
 of usefulness is nearly over and of which the historic Kearsarge, now in the West Indies, is the most powerful, the effective fighting force of the American navy con- sists of thirteen modern steel cruisers, and the Miantonomoh, whose low free board, heavy armor and battery of four 10-inch rifles, hurling 800 pound steel projectiles, would make her formidable antagonist for European battleships. No less than eleven armored ships of different | sorts and ten cruisers, besides the Ammen harbor defense ram, are in various stages | of construction. The last of these vessels | to be completed will be the three battle ships, Indiana, Massachusetts and Oregon. It is believed that these will be ready for service in 1894 at the furthest. The completion of all the vessels now un- der way, in addition to those now in com mission, will give to the United States a
 fleet of twelve armorolads carrying heavy
 modern guns and twenty-three cruisers.
 Of the armorclads three will be battleships
 of the first class, the equals in all around
 offensive and defensive powers of the best
 fighting ships afoat.
 The people of this country take pride ir
 what has already been done toward mak
 ing the United States navy what it ough
 to be. And they are heartily in favor O
 such further work as may be necessary.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-09
Christmas Novelties,

In Table Linen and Table Sets, purchased last Spring to be delivered in December. These goods were manufactured in Ger many, Austria and Belfast.
 We show the finest line ever displayed in New Haven and as we must sell these goods before January, you have an elegant opportunity to procure bargains in fine sets with Napkins or Doylies to match, or by the yard.
 You know we want money and have marked these fine goods at prices we are sure will command your attention.
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When you buy diamonds to give your friends Christmas see that you get good ones. By solution of aniline blue, yell low stones are readily made to assume for time bright and sparkling white, en- hancing their value from $50 to $500 a karat. A thin film is formed, which is transparent and does not stand wear. Ex- pert jewellers put their diamonds into so- lution of boiling vitriol to avoid any chance of deception.
 Protection continues to protect. The census of 1890 estimated the production of plate glass for the whole of Europe at 22, 2,030, GOO square feet year. It is now asserted on reliable authority that the production of this glass in the United States, when the addititions contemplated and theI enlargements of present plants now under way are completed, will amount to 24, ,O00, 900 feet, 2,000, ,000 more than the entire output of Europe in 1880.
 The queen of England is the greatest Mohammedan sovereign in the world. | That is, she rules over more believers in | Mohammed than the Sultan. Most of these are in India. But few are scat. tered in England, and those at Liverpool
Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-09
EDITORIAL NOTES.

A Kansas City woman announces that the world will come to an end at just 5 o'clock on the afternoon of Christmas day. Her husband has concluded not to work any longer and has resigned his place as hagman on the railroad
Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-09

These are great days for "cures." A new remedy for hydrophobia comes from Africa where certain Dr. Engels is said to have prepared an extract from the palm tree that does the work. The remedy Is injected under the akin and it takes from five to seven days to effect the cure. A loss of but two out of 67 patients treated is claimed for the new treatment.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-09
CAUTION.

The greatest care should be taken in preparing medicine for the sick. It has been taken in the distillation of the articles known as G. O. Taylor Old Bourbon or c. O. Taylor Pure Rye, bottled by c. E. Graves & Sons, and for sale by all lead ing Druggists and Grocers- Physicians can safely prescribe them c. H GRAVES q SONS, aole prcyprietnrs- Boston. Mass
Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-09
COMFORTABLES,

10 bales, special s1.371 quality, we will lef out at $1.00.
 $1.75 quality, 4 bales left, going at $1.39. No more to be had.
 $2.50 quality, which is a magnificent Comfortable ; only 24 left. Yours at $1.9S. 20 Robe Blankets, the balance of our $4.50 quality. These we will close at $3.25. $5.50 grade, only 10 left. Yours al $4.25. Our s1.9S white Bedspreads down te $1.50.
 Our 2.5O quality down to $1.9S. Embroidered Flannels $1.25 and $1 .371 | former prices of these A Embroidered | Flannels. Your choice at 9Sc. One case White Domet Flannels. Dowr to 4ac. Magnificent line of Tapestry Covers, G. | size. Down to 59c.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-09
BOOKS.

1000 Children's Picture Books down to 4c.
 800 Children's Picture Books, with board covers, down to 5c.
 15c Children's Picture Books, with board covers, down to Sc.
 25c 12mo. Cloth Books, all the leading authors to choose from, down to 1Sc.
 Cooper's Leather Stocking Series A. vol umes), publishers price $3.50, down to $1.79.
 Thackeray's Complete Works Q0 vols. ), publishers price $1O, down to ss.39.
 Dickens Complete Works Q5 vols ), pub fishers price $15, down to $2.99.
 Encyclopedia Britannica, (25 vols.) in cloth, for S175O.
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HANDKERCHIEFS.

Magnificent Line at Unheard-of
 Low Prices. Main Floor
 10c Ladies' Colored Bordered H. &. Handkerchiefs down to Dc each.
 10c Ladies' Hand embroidered Handker- chiefs, in white and color, down to 5c.
 25c Ladies' Hand-embroidered Handker- chiefs, in choice designs, good value at @ quarter each, down to 121c. broidered and Swiss Handkerchiefs down to 19c.
 25c Ladies' H. S. Initial Handkerchiefs down to 123c.
 An unusual line of Gents H. s. Colored- bordered Handkerchiefs, goods worth from 124c to 25c, your choice down to 10c each. Cents Colored- -bordered H. S. Japanese Handkerchiefs down to 25c. 100 dozen Gents ] inch H. s. Japanese Silk Handkerchiefs, usual retail price soc, down to 39c. 50 dozen Brocaded Silk Handkerchiefs, all colors to choose from; cheap at 39c, down to 25c.
 75c to $1.OO Brocaded Handkerchiefs, in choice designs, down to soc. $1.75 extra large size White and Black Brocade Muffiers down to $1.00 Greatest bargain in America. Special lot, 50 dozen only, Ladies' Elm. broidered Japanese Handkerchiefs, with scalloped edges, would be great value at 25c, down to 19c. 37!c and soc Ladies' Japanese Embroid l cred Handkerchiefs, choice down to 25c.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-09
Home of Santa Claus
BASEMENT. Dissolution Prices.

Dissolution Prices. 1Oc Tin Gothic Banks down to Sc. 15c Kitchen Ranges down to 5c. 20c Tin Kitchens down to 10c. 10c Tin Animals on Wheels down to Sc. Doll Parlor Furniture, sofa, table, two chairs, your choice down to % each. 10c Doll Wooden Bureaus down to Sc. 15c Bureaus down to Dc.
 10c Scholars Companion down to 5c. 25c Dolls Book Rack down to 13c. 33c Drums down to 17c.
 25c Wash sets down to 19o. soc Dolls Trunks down to 38c. 25c Children's Carts, two wheels, down to 19c.
 75c Sleds down to 45c.
 $1.OO Children's Rocking Horses down to 75c.
 $1.25 Writing Desks down to 69c. 60c Iron Railroad Trains down to 39c. $1.50 Iron Hook and Ladder Trucks down to S5c.
 $1.5O Fire Engines down to 95c. $1.75 Hose Carriages down to SLY. 25c Tool Chests down to 19c.
 soc Book Racks down to 38c.
 LAPBOARDS.
 $1.OO Ladies' Lap Boards down to 67c.
 UPHOLSTERY ROOM. Second Floor.
 Art Novelties, in addition to the marvel ous display of Rich Curtains and Rugs, are sold in this room:
 $33 Japanese Vases, gorgeous designs, down to $19.
 $25 Japanese Vases down to $12.50.
 50 Japanese Vases, in beautiful designs, from 9Sc to $25 each, all at cost price.
 $500 Baby Carriage Robes, in wolf, fox, etc., white and colors, down to $3. 25.
 $400 Plain Skin Robes (odorless), in black, grey and tan colors, down to $2.75. $1.00 Smyrna Rugs down to 69c.
 $500 Smyrna Rugs, 26x54, down to $1.s9.
 s4.oO Smyrna Rugs, 30x6O, down to $2. 39.
 $500 Smyrna Rugs, s6x7s, down to s3.39. $6.0O Chenille Curtains, handsome fringe top and bottom, 10 shades to choose from, down to $3.9S pair. JAPANESE GOODS. 37Ac Decorated Cups and saucers down to 19c. 25c Japanese Tea Pots down to 13c. 33c Japanese Rose Jars down to 19c. 50c Japanese Sets, Sugar and Cream down to 25c. 75c Japanese Cracker Jars, down to 46c 15c Decorated Cups and Saucers, dowr to 10c. 15c Decorated Tea Pot Stands down tt 10c. 200 Decorated Fruit Plates down to 10c l soc Easel Black Board down to 35c. l $7.OO Roll-top Writing Desks down to s5.4s.
 Japanese Crying Dolls down to 4c.
 5Oc Imported Dolls down to 25c.
 S91c Imported Dressed Dolls down t 59c.
 10 dozen Imported French and German Dolls, all worth and bought to retail a $1. 50 to $1.75, down to $1.00.
 We offer few Dolls bought specially t retail $3. 50, eyes open and close, genuin hair, down to $2.25.
 $2.25 Doll Carriages down to $1.65.
 33c Doll Cradles down to 19c.
 25o Doll Tea Sets down to 1Sc.
 BLACKING CASES.
 s1.25 Backing Cabinets down to s9c.
 BLANKETS.
 All Marked Down Lower Tha Ever. 1 case Gall we will have) White Blanket coIored borders, same as retailed at S1. 2 down to $1.39 pair. 1 case, no more, as it exhausts our pu chase, 11-4 White Blankets, soft ar | woody, actual value $2.25, down to $1. .69 pair. 1 case 11-4 Wool Blankets Gall we shs | have), cheap at $4. 50, down to s35O pal Our famous 11-4 California Blanket, su, as you pay S6 50 for, almost all sold, on 40 pairs left, price s4. 9s pair. MCINTYRE, \!
 CHAPEL STREET,
Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-09
HAVEN, CONN. WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER
4t1J 6nnds.

Howe & StetsOl. CHRIST M AS 1891. In great assortment. Special values at 25c, soc and 58c each. Indian Baskets Shipped to us direct from the Caughau- wauga tribe. Prices from 90 to $2. 9s each. Ladies', Cents and Children's
 Handkerchiefs.
 We are showing in this department the largest and best assorted stock ever offered by us. You will find many special bar gain lots that cannot be duplicated.
 Novelties in JeWelry.
 Stylish Pins, Combs, Drops, Rings, Sleeve Buttons, Bracelets, Chains, etc., in great variety, at prices from 5o to $2.50 each.
 We also call attention to Real Tortoise Shell Combs and Hair Pins, in beautiful shades of red, wine color and amber, made from the very best San Domingo and Ba- hama Tortoise Shell. Styles are Louis XIV, Fleur de Lis, Castillian, English Darts, Ribbed Loops, Plain Loops, etc. Small Hair Pins in all sizes.
 Framed Pictures Speciality. Please notice our Bargains at 35c, 71c, $1.48, $1.68 and $1.9S each.
 Bamboo Easels from 39c to $1. .99 each.
 Leather Goods.
 Purses from 5c to soc. Pocketbooks from 25c to $3.5O Card Cases from 25c to $3.50. Chatelaine Bags at all prices. Ex- tra bargains at 25c. Leather Writing Ia blets, Toilet Cases, Music Rolls, etc., etc. McLoughlin's Games and Blocks in com plete assortment.
 Celluloid Goods, Mirrors, Picture Frames, Music Boxes.
 Lace and Silk Tides and Scarfs, Silk and Plush Saddle Bags,
 Fans, Perfumeries, Umbrellas,
 Neckwear, Gloves, Linen Lunch Sets, Chenille Table Covers, Blankets,
 Rugs, Flannel Skirts, Dress Goods, Silks, Shawls, Cloaks, Hosiery, Worsted Goods,
 ALL MAKE EXCELLENT
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500 Pictures, beautiful subjects to choose from, nicely framed, all to be sold at about half original price. Prices range from 39c to SPAS. 100 Easels down to 39c. 200 Oak Easels down to 9Sc.