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manded his fee, s, but the widow did not have ii, unless mayhap 50 much as $3could be found in her little boys safe, and she could not open that. Heider was equal to the emergency, however, and broke open the safe, counted out the 8 in nickels and pennies, and departed.
 The United States Board on Geogra- phic Names has issued its first bulletin. The board was formed to bring uniformity of nomenclature into the work of govern ment bureaus charged with the production of charts and maps. The first bulletin eI- plains the general principles that have been adopted as to the choice of one out of several varying names, spelling and pronunciation. It also contains list of 226 names already decided, each followed by the name or names previously in use. For instance, the name Bering Sea is adop- ted in place of the former Behring, Beh- rings or Kamchatka. In this instance an appendix is given discussing the orthogra- phy of the word. Among the changes noted are these: Chile for Chili, Fiji for Feejee, Haiti for Hayti, Kongo for Congo and Puniab for Panjob, Punjaub or Pand- iab.
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@isce1Ianeu1ts.
WHO?

WHO keeps the largest variety of Housekeeping goods? WHO aims to sell only the best goods WHO thinks more of gaining and keeping GUS toner than of the profit that may be in the goods WHO gave all an opportunity of furnishing 6 home on easy terms WHO never took advantage of opportunity or straight and liberal hand to everyone, rich or poor
 WHO in time of trouble was always willing to wait ''til the clouds rolled by s'' WHO are the agents of the Taunton Iron Works Company's Stoves and Ranges-the best made? Buy the Quaker Range" WHO always keeps full stock of all kinds of Carpets WHO has the sole sale of the Peerless Chamber Suits, with Adjustable Mirrors can be changed to 16 different positions-a long de- sired Improvement WHO are always on the lookout to get the best
 of everything for their customers?
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Girl. Behind the Counter,

Kate Tannatt Woods in Ladies Home Journal
 If were asked to give a set of rules ol suggestions for girls whose days are spent behind the counter, they would read some thing like this:
 Remember that all the time spent in the store belongs to your employer.
 That courtesy behind the counter wins the most captious customer.
 That gossip about young men, or with them, is unbusiness-hke, and, under the circumstances, rude.
 Never attempt to instruct a customer; while you may suggest, or politely ques. ton, the desirsbility of this or that
 Do not say, ''Here Sade, hand me youl pencil, l" to your neighbor.
 Never say, "No we haven't got it." in g short, crisp tone; far better polite, 'I am sorry to say we do not have it in stock"
 Do not thrust package at a customer as you would pistol in the face of high wayman.
 Never throw down goods with an air which seems to say, 'I do not care wheth- CT you buy it or not"
 Remember that the purchaser often sees more in the seller than she thinks, and re- fined young women have made valuable friends for life by their courtesy to an ac- complished customer.
 Always remember that duty to your em- ployer demands your best service, and duty to yourself also.
 Seek to be a model saleswoman and some one will recognize your merits.
 Dress modestly and avoid cheap jewelry The best ornaments are promptness, po- iteness, well modulated voice and strict attention to duty.
 Have your hair neatly combed, your teeth well brushed and your finger nails tidy. Customers are often repelled by un- tidy clerks of either sex
 Remember always that you are superior to circumstances only when you make yourself so. The most selfish, exacting employer will gladly recognize the merits of an efficient clerk
 Frown down with womanly scorn the nonsensical title of 'fsaleslady." It is a grand thing to be a woman anyway; if you are a true and good woman. A good clerk is infinitely more respectable than so- called ''saleslady," and the term has 6 shoddyish ring which is totally un-Ameri- can.
 Out of two hundred clerks in large es- tablishment, the favorite with nearly all of the customers is young woman who invariably dresses modestly in black, and has such charming manners that it is a positive pleasure to visit her department.
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Sermons For Snle.

The country clergyman, who finds il hard to do his preaching on Sundays, can procure weekly sermons at reasonable prices from several of the literary syndi. cates of this city, says the New York Sun He can have his choice of many kinds, the strictly edifying. the strongly hortatory the purely expository, the highly eloquent, the very sensational, ,or the plain and pure He can have sermons applicable to the af fairs of the times, with illustrations drawr from the current news, or he can have ser mons containing allusions to the HolyLant and the places spoken of in the scriptures The system is a convenient one, but, so fla as can be learned, it has not yet met witt suceass
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Mcintyre, Mcguire
 & to.
Unparalleled Reductions :!

Winter Garments Offered For Sale at Less Than Cost of Ma
 terial They Are Made Of. It Will Pay You to Examine
 These Wonderful Bargains.
 Neat, Hobby and Stylish English Plush Jackets, guaranteed to fit, finest quality Satin Lining, at the following reductions 1:
 5000 Plush Jackets, now $12.5O.
 $22.50 now $500. $25 OO q now S17 RI
 Our make of Plush Sacques has always been considered the best manufactured. Quality of Plush is the finest imported |; superior to all other makes. There is as much difference between the cut of Sacques as between a frst-class tailor's clothing and what are called third-rate tailors. We offer our superior make ''Best Satin Lined' Plush Sacques at less money than was ever thought of by those who handle inferior goods Remem- Der, our goods are made by first-class workmen and have the stamp of excel fence in each garment.
 $27.50 Plush Sacques, now $20.
 $32.5 50 Plush Sacques, now $22. 50
 $37.5O Plush Sacques, now $27.50
 PLUSH WRAPS. A few that are Bargains at our prices.
 5000 Plush Wraps, now $1S.5O.
 $35.00 Plush Wraps, now s25.00.
 Have about 30 Astrachan trimmed Reef CTS that will sell quick at prices reduced. 5 300 Astrachan Reefers now $ $50. $15.OO Astrachan Reefers now 5000. $25.00 Astrachan Reefers now $150O. Enormous reductions on Ladies', Misses and Childrens Newmarxets, Gretchens and Reefers half price is about the figure at which they will be sold at.
 Of course we do not anticipate big rush on these goods, as many have already bought, but if there are any who have held off and have not purchased garment yet, the prices above, quality and style considered, are the lowest ever named and will undoubtedly meet with a ready re- sponse.
 Our entire line eff Infants and Chil- dren's-1 to years old-Garments mark ed down to half price.
 Ladies' Knit Leggings and Jersey Jackets at about half price.
 Bargains in Every Department
 on Main Floor.
 I Return railroad fare paid to all out of town customers who purchase Ten Dollars worth of goods from us.
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endeavored to thrust through the msshss of the grating.
 ssOhf' she cried as the wasp made des- perate dive close to her face, "givs me that, quicki' and she stretched out her hand to me.
 ''I cannot, !" replied; 'T can't push it through. It won't go through. Take your bonnet"
 At this my nun seized her bonnet by & sort of floating hood which hung around the bottom of it and jerked it from her head bringing with it certain flaps and Hga- lures and combs, which, being thus rough ly removed allowed a mass of wsvy hair to fall about her shoulders.
 Waving her bonnet in her hand, like & slung shot, she sprang back and waited for the wasp. When the buzzing creature came near enough, she made a desperate crack at him, missing him: she struck again and again, now high, now low; she dashed from side to side of the room, and with one of her mad sweeps she scattered dozen pages of manuscript upon the floor.
 The view of this combat was enraptur ing to me; the face of my nun, now lighted by a passionate determination to kill that wasp, was delight to my eyes. If I could have assured myself that the wasp would not sting her, would have helped him to prolong the battle indefinitely But my nun was animated by very different emo tions. She was bound to be avenged upon the wasp, and avenged she was. Almost springing into the air, she made a grand stroke at himi as he receded from her, hit him, and dashed him against the wall He fell to the floor momentarily disabled, but Tapping and buzzing. Then down she stopped, and with three great whacks with her bonnet she finished the battle. The wasp lay motionless.
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Generally Docs.
From the Chicago Tribune. j

T Johnny-What did mamma say when you asked her if old Santa Claus was go. ing to give you pair of skates for Christ mass
 Willie-She said mebby.
 "What does mebby mean, anyhowi 'It means little yes and great big no, That's what it means"
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A Great Head.

From the Philadelphia Times
 'tMy wife is the most reasonably woman in the world. She never wants to know about where I have been at night, but sim ply about where I haven't been"
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Notice.

Notice.
 We cannot accept anonymous or return reject ed communications. In all cases the name of the writer will be required, not for publication, but Situations, Wants, Rents and other small ad- vertfsements One Cent a Word each inser- ton. Five cents word for @ full week (seven times).
 Display Advertisements-One square Gone inch), one insertion, $1.20; each subsequent in- Obituary notices, in prose or verse, 15 cents per line. Notices of Births, Marriages, Deaths and Funerals, 2s cents each. Local notices % cents per line. Yearly advertisers are limited to their own immediate business Call mat ter to be unobjec- donable), and their contracts do not include Wants, To Let, For Sale, etc.
 Yearly advertisements at the following rates: year, so; three squares one year, $iO0.
 Special rates furnished on application for con- tracts covering considerable length of time or 6 large sDace.
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ENGLISH

Language is spoken by s7,ouo,ooo. Spanish by 7a,- oooooa German by 5soooooo, and French by <s.- oooooo, but language fails to name a product that equals the c. O. Taylor Bourbon and Rye whis- ky for whoiesomeness, purity and medicinal vir- tue Every reliable Druggist and Grocer sells and indorses it, and 1t Is bottled and guaranteed Ho. H. GRAVES RoNR. Boston. u
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E0R SALE

AT sMEDLEYrs STORAGE WAREHOUSE One pair Kentucky bred Mares. bsy with black points; well broke and all sound. One pair dap pie grey geldings. weight 2 600; well troke, good drivers and suitable fC r private coach. A large lot of office hxtures-Desks, Counters and Railing complete
 A number of single and double Farm Wagons single and double sleighs, Beer Wagons, Express Wagons, Trucks Peddler Wagons, etc. We are agents in Connecticut of the only Pole Road Cart Inspection invited
 Finest Storage Warehouse in New England Waterproof Vans for moving Furniture. Paint ing. Statuary, etc, etc
 Heavy Trucks for moving Machinery, Boilers, Monuments, etc, etc.
 Express calls answered at all hours Telephone SOS and Sss0z OFFICE SIS STATE STREET.
 SALE STABLE I69 BREWERY ST. storage Warehouse Il Fl 10 IFS Brew- err Street. n8
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DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CrTY, 15 CENTS WEEK, 50 CENTS A MONTH, 8 FOR SIX MONTHS, $6 A YEAR. THr SAME TERMS BY MAIL.
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 It costs nearly nine hundred dollars a minute to keep the government of the United States going. Sometimes it doesn't seem worth it.
 Mrs. Harrison never touches wine, punch or liquor of any description, and if her wishes were carried out the strongest beverage served at White House state din ners and banquets would be Apollinaris water. On the Presidents private table wine is never served.
 It doesn't always pay to sell intoxicating liquor in Vermont. A man who kept place for the sale of beer not far from 8 college has been convicted on 716 charges of violating the prohibitory laws. Each each of these charges the fine was fixed at $1O, making s7, ,16O in all. The law pro- vides that if defendant cannot pay a fine he shall be imprisoned three days for each dollar, and as the beer-seller is poor, he may have to serve about sixty years in prison.
 The man who is eligible to be governor of Massachusetts must have been an in habitant of the State at the time of his election "for seven years next preceding" and "shan at the same time be seised in his own right of a freehold, within the commonwealth, of the value of e1 ,000." It has been discovered that until October William E. Russell was not possessed of so much land as the constitution requires, but by deeds recorded this month Mrs. Rus sell has tranferred to the governor-elect the land on which their Cambridge house is built, valued at $6,000. - Thomas Heider, Philadelphia medical student, deserves free advertisement The doctor with whom he is studying hap pened to be out when he was called to at tend man taken suddenly i'll and Heider happened to be in. He responded to the summons, but found the man dead when he arrived on the scene. Heidsr then de-
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s2.50, s3.o0 and s3.5o Each.

They comprise plain centers with handsome colored bor- ders, also figured centers ; all at prices never before shown.
 The best of values in Scar let. Navy Grey and Blue Mixed Twill Flannels at 25c per yard The extra high grade goods at 30, B and 35c per yard.
 Great Bargains in our Cloak Room. Ladies' Jackets, new est styles, marked down to 5000, 7.5o and o.5o each i; former prices from $8. 50 to $15.oo.
 Cape Seal and Astrachan Fur Capes at $8. 50 each; reg ular prices from $13.5o to $17.
 30 Black Fur Capes at $5, worth $7.5o.
 Ladies' and Misses Lined Kid Gloves, fur wrists, at 75c, $1.oo, I.25 and IFS. All extra values.
 Bargain Day, Friday, Jan. 2, 1881.
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SINGLE COPIES THREE CENTS.

SlNGLE COPIES THREE GENTS. THE HARRINGTON PUBLISHING CO. All letters and inquiries In regard to subscrip- dons or matters of business should be addressed to
 THE JOURNAL AND COURIER,
 New Haven. Conn.
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Hfsce1Ianenns
GRATEFUL COMFORTING. Epps's Cocoa.

BhEAhfASI.
 By 6 thorough knowledge Of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nu- triton, and by a careful application of the fine properfies of well selected Cocoa Mir Epps has provided our breakfast tables with e delicafely Favored beverage which may save many heavy doctors bills It Is by the judcious use of such articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until strong enough 10 resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us ready 10 attack wherever there is weak point. We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well for tifled with pure blood and a properly nourashed frame."-Civl Service Gazette.
 Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in half pound tins, by Groccrs, labeled thus: JAMES EPPS& & O., Homeopathic Chemists, d3l wed&thiy London. England.
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It costs nearly nine hundred dollars a minute to keep the government of the United States going. Sometimes it doesn't seem worth it.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.
1891, and don't you forget it!

The Happy New Year didn't start off very cheerfully so far as the weather was concerned.
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SnurnaI aud Courier.

The Oldest Daily Paper Pub
 Ished in Connecticut.
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9r,J Gnnds.
Howe X StetSOl.
 WE JUST ACHE, Now the Great Sale is Over,

To clean up the fragments left by the ebh of our great Holiday Sale. We accom- plish this end by grouping to- gether on tables the balance of Toys, Games, Picture Books, Chinaware, Baskets, etc., out of which you can take your choice at SC, LOG, 15c, 25c and 35c.
 w Please bear in mind that these prices are but a fraction of their original value.
 WRAPPER BLANKETS At a Great Gut in Price.
 We offer a line of Robe Blankets that we closed out at a loss, etc., at the remarkable
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c. B. MATTHEWMAN, Board of Compensation for Assessment of Sewers and PavementS
 City of New Haven, August 29, 1890. ORDERED-That the sum of three thousand and thrty-five and 29-1OOths dollars GSs,oS5;sO be and IS hereby assessed ,11a upon from Ashmun street to Dixwen avenue, being a proportional and reasQnable part of the expense of constructing sewer in said Lake Place. The names of each party and the amount of benefit assessed against each being herein par
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R1fscr1lanen1ts.

Lake Place Sewer Assessment. YNO the Honorable Court of Common Council l of the City of New Haven:
 The Board of Compensation for Assessment of Sewers and Pavements, to whom was referred the cost of sewer in Lake Place, for the assessment of benefits and the apportionment of the cost of said sewer, among the parties in have attended to the duty assigned to them. That they caused reasonable notice to be given to all persons interested in the said public i'm visions of the charter of said city, to appear be- fore them and be heard in reference thereto; and they fully heard at the time and place specified in said notice, all persons who appeared before them.
 They therefore respectfully recommend the adoption of the accompanying order. All of which is respectfully submitted.
 MICHAEL FITZPATRICK,
 SIMEON J. FOX,
 n ID A A M
The morning call., 1891-09-24
FROM THE ORIENT.
Property Destroyed by Rioters-Lives Lost b,
Bridge Falling.

Property Destroyed by Rioters-Lives Lost by
Bridge Falling.
VANCOUVER (B. c.. Sept 23.-The steam
ship Empress of China, from Hong Kong,
brings the following adYices:
j. A. Leonard, United States Consul Gen.
eral at Shanghai. telegraphed Admiral Bel
KNAPP, September 81: "a Shanghai morning
paper has telegram, received last night
saying there was a riot at Ichang at noon Of
September I'd. The mission and all foreign
property were burned. No lives we're lost"
Admiral Belknap sent Immediately the Alli-
ance and Palos to Yang-tze.
A special t. the Japan Mail OF September
Sd says: A riot occurred at Ichang yester-
day. All the foreigners property at the
port was burned, but no lives were lost.
Foreign residents are under arms.
few cases Of cholera have appeared in
Kobe and a general outbreak is feared,
Twelve cases were reported at Yamagachi.
with four deaths.
landslide at Togiro September I'd buried
twenty workmen; four persisted.
In tue Oita prefecture, Japan, 5000 cases
Of dysentery are reported, with 692 deaths,
During the celebration of the Feast of
Lanterns at the Jokotecho, Akita project
uTe, one night the bridge fell, owing to the
pressure Of the throng. and over one hun
dred persons were precipitated into the wa
ter, Of whom over twenty were injured and
several lives were lost
The China arrived at Vancouver at noon
to-day with GO passengers, 107 Chinese, 252j
tons of rice. tea and silk She left Yokohama
on the 18th inst She brings forty-one bags
Of mail.
The morning call., 1891-09-24
THE DEBT OF KANSAS,
Report Of the Census Bureau Concerning
the Mortgage Indebtedness.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 23.-Superintendent
Porter of the Census Bureau has made
public additional statistics as to the farms.
homes and mortgages in Kansas. Accord
ing to the results obtained direct by the
agents of the Census Office from the official
records of municipalities and counties, it
appears that the recorded realestate mort
gage debt of S432, 500, $40, excluding State
and railroad land contracts, was INQUIRE
In Kansas during the decade 1SS0-S9, large
portion of which has been paid. OF this,
S343, 26S, 234. or I'LL per cent Of the total,
was on incumbered "acres," W ich are
almost entirely agricultural real est ate, and
the remainder incumbered "lots" in villages
city and other real estate. The total number
mortgages recorded during ten years was
were on acres, the remainder on lots. The
existing debt of the State January l, 1890.
secured by real estate mortgage, aside from
State and railroad land contracts. aggregates
$685.. ASS, 10S S167. 145, 039, or 1898 per cent,
being on acres, the remainder on lots. The
average amount of debt in force. per as
sessed acre, was So 81; the average amount
of debt in force, per mortgaged acre, was
Sc 90. OF the total debt in force against
western half of the State, where values
acres, "a per cent Ger, was on real estate in the
are lower. This has a great effect
on the State averages, based ON the
values. The debt in force per carita is
81 Go, and per family of five SIS %; but these
ratios are not sound, because of the many
nonresident owners of moItgaged real es-
tate. The recorded debt of the State de-
creased 40. 40 per cent from 1887 to 1889. In
examining the motives it is safe to say that
fully three-t ourths OF the debt of the State
was incurred for purchase money and i'm
proyements. The property in the State ex-
empt from taxation aggregates $50, 7i5 1876.
Mr.. Porter concludes that the mortgage in
debtedness Of the State is 1876 per cent of
he true valuation of all the property in the
taf
The morning call., 1891-09-24
DISTRICT FAIRS.
Good Racing Throughout the
Coast.
The Talent Lose Heavily on The Oregon
Races.
ROSirIS Wins at Stockton AbbOtSfOFd Cap
lures the Great Stallion Stakes
at Martlnez-0ther Races.
Epecial to THE MORNING GAIT

STOCKTON, Sept. 23.-The attendance at
the second days races was far larger than
last year and the races were well contested
The day was pleasant for the spectators.
but brisk wind blowing In the faces OF
the horses made the time slow. The first
race was for district two-year old trotters,
best two in three heats The starters were
SpenceTs Rosiris, MOsher's Perfection,
Young's Maud. Huntley's Orator, Wallis
Antioch and Richards E. Rio. Rosiris was
a big favorite, selling at SIS against 81 for
the field. Rosiris won the race In two
straight heats, shutting out all but Antioch.
Time, 2:4734-2:4O1a.
The next was a three-year-old district
trotting race, with Richards Ella NJ,
Morse's Fitzsimmols and Jordan's Spur
wing. Fitzsimmons was q fayorite at $50,
Ella NJ S37 and Spurwing IS.
Ella NJ won the first two heats, when the
pools changed and she was big favorite.
Fitzsimmons won the third heat, and the
fourth was declared no heat because Ella Nj
crowded Filz into the fence although she
came in first In the fifth heat Ella NJ won
the race, FItzsimmons second and Spurwing
dislanced. Time, 2:4l x, 2:56. 2:5215, 2;4235.
The third event was a special trot, best
three in five. The starters were Goldsmth's
Annie E, Thornhil's Matte P and Maryin's
Clarion. Annie L was big favorite in the
pools and she won the race. winning the
second, third and fourth heats. Clarion won
the first heat. Time, 2:20A, 2:2S1a, 2:26A.
2:26h. The last race was for fOur-year-old
troiters owred in the district. The starters
were Mor>e's jessie, Shippee's ThOrnwood
and Funck Bros Lizzie Z. Lizzie was the
favorite and won the race easily in 2:35.
2:AA, 2:35A Thornwood was second III
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