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Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-04
UNFORTUNATE PERSIA.

Persia must be in bad way if half the stories told about the condition of affairs there are true It is said that the Shah has about reached the end of his rope. He drinks bottle of brandy day. He con- sumes hashish and opium freely. No weight can be attached to any rumors of reform proceeding from his majesty or his present ministers. The mask is finally off. Europe has been fooled. The Shah's butler, the son of his cook, the grandson of a slave bought for e10 in the open market, is now sole and irrespon- sible grand vizier. In Persia there is no law and not a single court of justice. No enterprise is possible. No one dares own that he is rich. The rich bury their wealth. They are seized, tortured, i'm prisoned; in many cases they die without revealing their treasure. All that is re- spectable in Persia stands aloof, goes into exile, or hides away to escape the intoler-
 able degradation and misery of the times. A Persian gentleman the other day, not | so much smarting under personal injuries as rendered desperate Dy the nopeless
 misery of the times, forced himself before the Shah, and committed suicide in his | presence. There is noble element
 left in Persia. The people are sound
 but, up to within the last year or two | hopeless, and without organization. Most | of their princes and nobles-the men ot
 letters, and above all the great Moolahs 1 including the most learned of them all
 Sheik Djemal-ed-din, now in England
 along with the Shah's own cousin, hii
 Serenity Fakh-ol-molk-are in open oppo | sition.
 1 This is indeed sad state of things
 It is to be hoped that there will soon be {
 successful revolt against the worthless l Shah
Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-04
ENONERATED.

''Meeker was such a forgiving mani"
 "Yes; when he died he exonerated the doctor from all blame. Boston News.
 She-Ill never marry a man whose for tune hasn't at least five ciphers In it. He (exultingly) - Oh, darling, mine is all ciphers. Magazine.
 He-Darling, you remind me of my bank account. She (nestling up to him)-Why, because you think so much of me, He No; because you are so petite. Life. Philosophers have noticed that when a man makes up his mind that he has to practice economy he generally tries to be- gin with his wife's expenses.-Texas Sift- ings.
 "Papa, why does the drlm-major of a | band wear that big thing on his hesdf" ''Because the natural size of his head is not equal to the occasion, my Bal | timore American. Bouttown-Where did you go on your vacation! Laschance-I went out West to | look at corner lot bought by mail. "Find it!" "Yes, went swimming in it."- New York Weekly.
 'sThat young lawyer Blackstone is very | impertinent fellow" "What makes you | think sol' ''I asked him to come over to our party next Tuesday evening and he wanted a retainer. Judge. | Mir. Watts-If that isn't just like a wo- man. ButtoniDg her shoes with hsirpin. Mrs. Watts-I don't care. Didn't I hear you telling MT. Potts about having to put | on your hat with shoe ehorn2-Indianaolis | Journal.
 Jack the Terror (before suspension)- | Would one O you gents kindly gimme 8 drink Leader of vigilantes (handing up bottle)-Cert! Jack the Terror-An' now a clove, please. Leader of vigilsntes (sus- piciously)-What do you want O & clovei Jack the Terror-So St. Peter won't git onto m breath.-New York Herald.
 "Does 0 diet of baked beans improve the braina" asked MT. Porscen of Chicago, ad, dressing the lovely Miss Emerson of Bos, ton.
 "I do not know" she answered.
 "But the people of Boston are very intel lectual," he 8 i'd.
 'You mistake a cause for an effect" she said. Intellectual people eat beans. New York Press.
 She-I thought married the best man in town, but I find made mistake.
 He-I thought married the best little girl in town, and find thatI was not mis taken.
 She-Forgive me, Charlie. You know that don't always mean what I say. ne kSOttO FOct)-NoltutI OO 1-DfOOk' lyn Life.
 'sDo you hear that Chsuncey Winthrop had broken of his engagement with Pork entins Bacons'
 ''Yes, but he couldn't help it. He wal from Boston and she from Cincinnati, but he didn't mind that until she asked him enc day whether it was John Greenlesi Emerson or Ralph Waldo Whittier that wrote the Scarlet Letter."-New Yorl Times.
 "Since you think yourself so smart, said the exchange editor, glancing back ward over his shoulder, ''perhsps you car tell me the reason why the letter 't' is hk, Lord Byron. .'I don't believe it is" re torted the financial editor, beligerently
 ''The letter 't' is like Lord Byron," sait the exchange editor, raising his voice ''because it gives to immortality immortal ity." And the other man, with haunted | look in his eye, raised the window ana stuck his head out to get fresh air.-Chica . go Tribune.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-04

do not view them from a scientific stand point, they are nothing more than a nui- sance. But there are parrots and parrots, and, in whatever category one is disposed to place them, there is no gain-saying the fact that the attainments of some of them are noteworthy, if not always praise worthy.
 Up in the French quarter, just north of Washington Square, lives an old French man, an exile, of course, called NJ. Felix, says the New York Mail and Express He Is gentleman of the old school, and is supposed to have seen better if not hap pier days. For many years he has in structed his fellow-countrymen and coun- try women, too> for that matter, through the medium of a little circulating library over which he presides with great dignity. He speaks seven or eight languages In time not otherwise engaged he has in structed a parrot of which he is the DOS sessor in the rudiments of some of these languages, and with an uncommon degree of success.
 The other evening a call was made at the little circulating library, and a Mail and Express man was of the party. Fe- lix's welcome was cordial, and he seemed gratifed to know that the fame of his par rot was extending.
 "Ah, yes, Pierre, 'es 8 wonderful bird. not take dree, two, fl. tousan' dollaires for him. Is it not soi''
 "Oui! Quit" shrieked the parrot Then he shut up like steel trap and refused to be friendly for some little. time. Felix took advantage of his silence to extol his merits, saying he knew words in English French, German, Italian and Spanish. "Ot course, not vaire mooch, vous con- prenez. Mais! 6 'es not vaire well just now"
 As Felix said this he winked slyly at his visitors. The parrot ruffied up his feath- CTS at this and was extremely voluble for the space of minute or so, in which he remarked that his 'fsante" was tires bien." As if to prove it he hummed 8 few words of a song of the boulevards and wound up with a couple of bars of "The Marsellaise."
 "How is that for highi" he interrogsted as he swung gayly to and fro on his perch. The sntithesis to Felix's parrot is to be found in the possession of a theatrical manager up town. He is the owner of a | parrot, & truly beautiful bird, by the way. | who, while he has never been known to
 utter a word in any language familiar to man, yet seems to possess a keen sense of humor. This parrot is frequently pres-nt
 at operatic rehearssls, but it is when 8
 new aspirant for fame behind the foot lights is demonstrating his or her ability
 as & singer that this parrot comes out
 strongly. When the singer is in the mos,
 touching part of the music the parrot will
 break into a paroxyam of laughter with s | great "Hol Ho! Ho!" The sound is life.
 like in the extreme, and the effect on the
 oewildered singer is more easily imagined than described.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-04
THE COUNCIL CONCURRED.

THE COUNCIL CONCURRED.
 At the meeting of the Board of Council men last evening the action of the aldermen in favor of a long contract with the Water company was concurred in, and by vote which plainly showed the state of public feeling, or lack of feeling, concerning this matter. Thus endeth another lesson, and it is to be hoped that there will be no fur ther attempt to make the people of New Haven think they want to do what they don't want to do-that is, buy the Water company's property. If we must have a water question to discuss, let us ask each other if it wouldn't be well to occasion ally renew the dippers which are attached to the town pump, and if it would not be patriotic to have them made wholly of American tin. Such a discussion wouldn't frighten the taxpayers and would be quite as useful as the one which was closed last evening by a vote of 01 to
Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-04

months imprisonment and fine of S100, appeared before Judge Paul, who was also an old confederate, who said as he touched the empty sleeve: Come back here tomorrow morning and I will con- sider your case. We old boys are getting scarce, and, by thunder, you cannot go to jail" Both men wept, and the case was honorably disposed of the next day. Gambler Wells, whose great good luck at the Monte Carlo gaming tables attracts so many spectators to witness his win nings, plays coldly and silently. For ten or more hours he sits and plays with noth- ing to eat, nothing to drink. He never loses his head, never gets excited, but car ries out his system with inaexible regular | ity. He is the best advertisement the | gambling house has had, and the people | who flock there to initiate him more than | compensate the bank for his gains by 1 losing all they have.
 It is easy tostart run on bank. The managers of bank at Mansfield Valley, Pennsylvania, now realize this. A local clergyman wanted check cashed Satur- day, the money to be used in Sunday | school next day. The cashier said he could not cash any checks, ''you are toe late," meaning that it was after banking hours The minister told the children Sunday that he did not have the expected money because ''the bank couldn't cash the check" Of course the children went home with the story, and their parents immediately jumped to the conclusion that the bank had failed. The bank stood the run all right.
 1 Those who must have applejack will be | glad to learn that the supply in New | Jersey this season will be fully 0,90C barrels. No one but a Jerseyman can conceive the manifold uses to which appleiack is put. In some districts it ii regarded as a panacea, being prescribed for chills and fever, influenza, coughs colds, nervous prostration, and snak, bites. In Burlington county alone thert are eight distilleries now in active opera ton. While all apples can be made into applejsck, the Jersey variety is said tt
 produce the best results, both as regsrd
 strength and flavor. New applejsck O
 the first quality sells for two dollars a gal lon, and the price increases twenty-fiv
 cents every year.
 | A good story is told of a Chinaman wh'
 is employed as cook in a California fam
 fly. He recently saw in a confectioner'
 window a huge cake on which was mott
 made of frosted sugar. And knowing tha
 his master and mistress were very religious
 being especially given to reading the Bible
 he determined to give them pleasant sur
 prise by making a cake with text iron
 the Bible on it. He wasn't very familia
 with the Bible, but he happened to hay
 some tracts in his room which containe,
 numerous "texts," and he concluded t
 use one of these. So he went to work
 made most beautiful cake, and with trul
 Oriental patience emblazoned it with
 text. Bat the feelings of the family ma
 be imagined when John proudly placed hi
 masterpiece on the table, and they read O
 it these words: ''Ye generation of vipert
 who hath warned you to flee from tn
 wrath to comeN
Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-04
ODD WEDDING RINGS.
Kinds Worn By the Native Women iI
 Inc Upper Congo CounIrY.

the Upper Congo Country.
 From the New York Recorderl
 The late Lieutenant van Francois, the African explorer. described strange GUS tom among the Bsyanzi, who live for many miles along the upper Congo. The custom would seem to make life good deal of 8 burden to their married women Brass rods which are the fAvorite cur rency in the country, are welded into great rings around the necks of the wives. Many of these rings worn by the women, whose husbands gre well-to-do, weigh As much as thirty pounds, and this burden must be carried around by the poor women as long as they live.
 Frequently" said Lieutenant von Fran cois, ''one sees 6 poor woman whose neck Is raw ard sore under the heavy weight, and in places the skin is rubbed of by inc | ring This is A sure sign that the ring has been recently welded around the neck. for after & time the skin becomes calloused, and then the strange ornament produces | no abrasion. But the weight is An incon- venience. They never get used to it and | it Is a perpetual tax upon their energies. In overy crowd of women may be seen a number who are supporting the rings with | nl4A AlAHs 4Af1 n A4A44rs ENlAFNAlAB the weary shoulders of the heavy burden. It may be said that with every movement of their bodies the rings give them discOm- | fort.
 "A ring is never put around a woman's neck until she is believed to have attained her full physical development Once on, itEis no easy matter to get it off. The natives have no such thing ss a file, and, though they can hammer 6 lot of brass rods into one, it is very difficult for them to cut the thick mass of metal in two Women who increase largely in flesh, after the rings have been fastened on their necks, are in danger of strangling to death, and instan- ces of this sort have been known to occur
 ''Yet these women regard the cumbrous ornament with pride. imagine that it en- hances their importance and beauty, and wear the burden with light hearts. Brass | is the money of the country, and by put ting it around their wives necks the men are pretty certain that it won't be stolen or foolishly expended. But it Is an odd and cruel sort of savings bank"
Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-04
No. 2oi

youthful pleasures. He is an ardent col lector of birds eggs and postage stamps.
 The Emperor of Germany's hobby is playing chess, that of the King of Italy, fishing; the Prince of Wales finds his great pleasure, as all the world knows, in cards.
 James W. Husted and Dr. Seward Webb each has hobby of collecting scarfpins, of which they have a choice assortment. William K. Vanderbilt declares that he has no fsds or fancies unless dancing, of which he is inordinstely fond, can be thus named. Colonel Daniel Lamont would rather cast a fly for trout than eat.
 Augustin Daly's hobby seems to be his theater; but he has another, and that is his theatrical library, which is, perhaps, the finest in America There are rare vol umes of Shakespeare and no end of avail able plays in manuscript. The services of woman are engaged to catalogue these books and manuscript and keep them in order. Whenever MT. Daly hears that rare volnme is for safe he usually pur- chases it, if it suits his fancy.
 Jay Gould's pet fancy is raising flowers. He has some of the finest orchids in the country at his Iryington home. Mir Gould is an accomplished botanist
 MT. Cranes pet and particular hobby is book illustrations. He makes his own books by taking pictures which strike his fancy wherever he can find them, mount ing them on fine paper sheets, which are afterward bound in book form. He has about sixty books of this kind which he has prepared. rThe most important work is Irving's Life of Washington" which, as he has arranged it, contains 1906 pie lures, 10S of them being different pictures of Washington. MT. Crane has 8 coIlec- ton of autogrsph-in one box he keeps those of the presidents, from Washington to Harrison. With every autograph is 6 photograph of the writer.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-04
Time and Love.

gray old man. that men call Time, While resting in southern cline,
 And Cupid chanced to spy. "StopI' cried the sage, thou flutterer gay, too have wings. Teach me, pray, Thy art, that time may fly" Love smiled in assent and, hand in hand, They flew together OCT the land,
 When Love was heard to cry: ''Behold, ye maids who sportive tread The verdaut lawn and fragrant mead, With Love, how Time may fly" But Cupid's strength was quickly spent, So Time his arm the urchin lent,
 To bear him still on high. "Ah, sec" he cried, ''ye maids below, What. haply, ye one day may know,
 With Time, how Love may fiy!"
 -Harper's Bazar.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-04
Howe & Stets0l. OUR GREAT BARGAIN
 " EEK. Monday, Nov. 30, Tuesday, Dec. 1, Wednesday, Dec. 2, Thursday, Dec. 8, Friday, Dec. 4,
 Saturday, Dec. 5.

Every day this weekyou will find one or more Spe- cial Bargains in every de- partment throughout our store. As the same goods will not be on sale two days in succession you will need to be present each day in order to get the benefit of all the Great Bargain Reductions offer ed just for the week only.'
 You all know we mean just what we say when we advertise a Marked Down Benefit Sale and this week the large amount of mer- chandise you can buy for a small amount of money will surprise everybody. So don't forget this oppor- tunity and be sorry after wards.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-04
ALINGUrsrIc PARROT.
Can Speak in Five Lanzuages-A Bird
 Who Laughs at Singers.

Who Laughs at Singers.
 The parrot, according to the best au- thority on ornithology, belongs to the family of scansorial birds, remarkable for their beautiful colors. powerful bill, fieshy tongue and their power of initiating the human voice. According to others, who
Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-04
EDITORIAL NOTES,

Talking about the good old times, apples were worth 123 cents to 25 cents each in the reign of Henry VII.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-04

Railroad building is lively in places which have had to wait long for railroads. In the hot regions of Africa more than two thousand laborers are engaged in building the Congo railroad, and in the cold regions of Siberia many thousands of Russians are employed in the construction of the trans Cibariap railroad
Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-04
1tty 6nnds.

DXOOOAO \ AOXN
 SALE .,
 Mcintyre, | MaggQi1G & to. Extra Special Markd0Vl On the Following Lines of
 Goods sfOr Two Reasons. First-We must have money. Second-We must have room for the dis play of Christmas Goods, which we intend to mark so low that the entire lots will be sold out in few days.
 Our Extra Special Markdown is great reduction from the regular price of goods. A visit to our store the first three days of the week, before the best are sold, will at once astonish and please every buyer. Where we need room and where the ex- tra specials are most prominent are in the Silks and Velvets.
 We must have two fixtures.
 Dress Goods. We must have three fixtures.
 Prints.
 Where Books are going to be displayed we must have the entire side of right aisle. So 121c goods are going at 5c.
 CIOakings. We must have entire space; $3. % goods marked down to $1.50.
 Blankets and FIannels. We must have four fixtures and 30 feet of counter room for display of Lunch Sets, handsome Irish Linen Sets, Towels, etc., etc.
 We must have entire space now devoted to Hamburgs, Ruchings, Torchon Laces, Pillow Laces, etc.
 For display of Ladies' Fine Embroidered Handkerchiefs Stamped Goods counter) we must have space now devoted to all Stamped Goods and Worsteds, Pillow Rests Scarfs, etc. For display of Christmas Novelties in Plush, etc.
 Mems Furnishings. We must have half the counter now de voted to Underwear, Collars and Cuffs, etc. flor display of Umbrellas and Neckwear. Ladies' MerinO Underwear. Extra space must be had for display of Gloves and novelties in Hosiery.
 CIOaks.
 Extra space for Art Novelties which we expect to place in this room.
 Upholstery. Extra space for the display of Japanese Goods, Lamps, Vases, Rugs, etc. The stock in all these departments must be reduced. The extra special mark is a boon few buyers ever get.
 Information. For the guidance of buyers we wish to state that four floors are now devoted to the sale of Dry Goods, Fancy Goods, Kitch- en Goods, Crockery, Cloaks, Ladies' Cot ton Underwear, Upholstery and Rugs. next week.
 we expect and intend to clean out our en- We have made honest, big reductions on everything. Selling goods less than cost, we assure you, is not done for fun, but we have no choice and will continue to do SC until the shelves are empty and all debts contracted under the name of
 MCINTYRE, MAGUIRE 8 GO.
 PAID.
 CHAPEL STREET, New Haven, Ct.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-04
4umrnaI and Gnnrier.
Notice.

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 Yearly advertisements at the following rates: One square, one year, $40; two squares, one year, $70; threesquares, one year, $100.
 Special rates furnished on application for con tracts covering considerable length of time or . large space.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-04

The Michigan parole system, whereby boys and girls have been released from the State reform schools at the discretion of superintendents when the latter have been enabled to find suitable homes for them, has been pronounced unconstitutional by the State supreme court, and will have to go. As it has worked we'll it is pity that is not constitutional
Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-04

In the United States court at Danville, Virginia, the other day an old one-armed confederate, who had been found guilty of illegal distilling and sentenced to one
Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-04

What nextl The electric exhibition at St. Petersburg will show @ clock that speaks. It has a photograph attachment for announcing the hours, the half and quarter hours. There is no clock face but human face that opens the mouth and speaks the time. There is also an alarm which can be set at any hour. The clock then calls: cit is time to get up." Or, ssIt is time to go to work"
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-05-17

which is wide-brimmed hat
of silyer-gray lace straw, with soft
fluffy crown of gray china crepe At
the back and little to the left side, is a
big cluster of poppies and corn flowers,
not in their natural red and blue, but in
that lovely Russian violet which is so
tinged with pink that it can be worn by
those who have to forSwear all the hello
trope and lilac tintS. A knot of violet
velvet and silver tinsel ribbon is coquet-
tiShly dropped on the front of the brim.
Those girls who are fond of walking
should order tweed skirt, without
foundation, for any one who is in the
habit year by year, of treading the
heather and the gorse, knows we'll what
comfort the freedom and lac of weight
gives. The Harris tweed, woven by the
Scotch HighlanderS is the best and is
much sought after for its great dura-
bility. Divided petticoats should also
be worn by any one who aSpireS to be a
pedestrian or athlete.
Ibsen's latest play, "Hedda Gabler,"
has the lbsen property of impressing
an audience and exciting controversy.
1t is not distinguished by great strength
or slnglenesS of motive, it is rather a
play in which the incidents are sub
Ordlnated to the minute painting of a
central character. This character
is woman who is bored to
death by her surroundings, mar
ries an imbecile for an estab-
lishment, finds like Pauline she has
welded poor man, distracts herself
with lover, and when she has reduced
him to the acme of despair. puts pistol
in his hand and bids him Shoot himself
beautifully But the wretched man
does not shoot himself 'beautifully:' he
shoots himself in a very ugly manner.