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Morning journal and courier., 1894-01-09
How Dress Goods Prices have to take the
 Blue" mark

3o-inch Cloth Suitings, plain colors and mix lures, formerly 25 cents a yard.
 For this sale, II eeuts e yara
 Large line of Dress Goods, all wool and part wool, plain and fancy mixtures, no colors left out, used to sell at 25 cents a yard.
 For tAks sale, I2 I-2 etS. q ya.
 34-inch Picot, Armour and Nattee, diagonals and plaids, used to sell ing from 2e to 37 I-2 cents a yard. For fhfs sale, 1o ccnks q yarG. Fine all-wool Tweeds, English effects. plaids checks and mixtures. Retsil-d all the season from 50 to 15 cents A yard. For Mzs sale, 3o eenkS q ya,ra. Balance of our stock of fine imported novelty Dress Goods. fancy plaids, mix tures, etc, been selling for 7s cents to SI.00.
 For Mfs sale, 5e eents q Jard
 Also the remainder of our finest imported novelty Suit ings that have retailed from $I.25 to $2.oo yard, go into this sale at level 75 cents a yard.
 That's less than the cost to manufac- ture or import. Chances are very slim for duplicating an offer like this Our exclusive English, German and French Dress
 Patterns (no two alike) that have sold from $I2.oo to $2I.oo, divided into two lots and ticketed $6.oS and $7.eS. No such chances on fine new winter fabrics again
 this year, perhaps never.
Morning journal and courier., 1894-01-09
Blame Yourself

if you are caught by humbug. This bug huns very swessly and has very pretty wings; but 1t is not safe to fool with. If you want a good piano and fqusre and fair treatment call and see the Chiokering, Elm. srson and Ivers & Pond at O. M. LOOMS SONS, 933 Chapel street..
Morning journal and courier., 1894-01-09
Why? . Simple Question.

The eutire stock must bs sold ct once at Lyon's bankrupt sale of hats and furnish tngs, opp. the green. ja9 3teod
Morning journal and courier., 1894-01-09

what the |" Blue Figure Sale " is doing for l Wash Goods
 At 3-4 ecnkS q ya'ra,
 good Apron Ginghams,
 small staple checks, or
 dinary selling price, 5 cents.
 At 5 I-2 eenks q ya1-6,
 best Amoskeag Staple Ginghams, the seasons
 price, 8 cents a yard.
 At 5 3-4 eentS q Jard, best standard Calicos,
 all 8 cents goods.
 At 6 3-4 eents q ya1rR, red and black Flannel cites, fast colors, Cash mere finish Twills, dark grounds; also illumi- mated Picotines and fine Dress Ginghams, clean fresh materials, valued $II.oo.
 Ladies' Shirt Waists with prices too little to prop them up, but they're strong and pretty enough to hold them selves. All colors, plain cashmere and alpaca, ruff1ed front, plaited back, large sleeves, been retailing for $I.eS.
 For Mfs sale, oS eenks.
 Ladies Shirt Waists in fancy Chevrons,
 trimmed, latest styles in black. navy.
 hunter's green and plum, made to sell t0ff "BlHe FIsmre Prize, $1.4S. Ladies' Wrappers of the best prints, dark and light, full size, latest patterns, and made to sell for $I.oo. Blue Figure ' price. 50 cents. Finer qualities, eS cents, SIPS and $I.4S.
 Are you a close buyer2 Are you without a Cloak be- cause of strengthened purse?
 If you could meet the women who
 have been buying thoss. iss3 Reef
 CTS, you'd come directly herc and
 get one.
 Not entirely stylish, but good as a bank otherwise, selling from $I.5o to $S. so. Originally sold from $4. so to $27.5o.
 Cloaks, Wraps. Furs.
Morning journal and courier., 1894-01-09
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH.

Annual Meeting of the Church-Re-
 ports and Election of Officers.
 The annual meeting of Calvary Baptist church was held at 7:30 last evening. Re ports were read from the various standing committees, all of which showed the va rioua parts of the church work to be in a fourishing condition. The following off cers were elected: Moderator, Giles Potter; clerk, Leslie Moulthrop; church treasurer, Merrill Loomis; deacons, s. D. Lindsley O.. B. Curtis, 0. M. Parker, pr: E: J: Walker, s. B. Warren. G. Potter, Dr. E J. J.Walker, B. H. Taylor, Mrs. c. B. Curtis, Mrs. s. Johnson were appointed nominating com- mittee to appoint the various standing committees of the church and to report at the adjourned annual meeting week from Wednesday.
 Tomorrow evening the annual meeting of the ecclesiastical society will be held.
Morning journal and courier., 1894-01-09
Don't Ler Them catch You

in the net that some interruptions dealers in pianos are setting for the unwary pur- chaser, offering low grade pianos which will cost you no end of trouble as 6rst-clsss pianos, but call and select an instrument from the we'll known makes of Chickering, Emerson and Ivers & Pond; 135 instru- ments to select from at all prices. O. N. LOOMS SONS, S33 Chapel street.
Morning journal and courier., 1894-01-09
selectmen Approve Bills.

The finance committee of the board of
 seleotmen, consisting of Selectmen Stahl, Pohlmsn and Forbes, met last evening and approved the regular monthly bills Of the town. No other business was transacted.
Morning journal and courier., 1894-01-09
How a Lot of COrSetS Came to Sell so Low

Business depression brought the Sonnette" Corset Man. ufacturers (whose sole agents we are) to offer us what we never expected in prTee-hub- benfmsS. So we put them over to you at almost half value. A few are marked "seconds," which, in this in- stance, is merely slight soil. Made of best materials, most modern shapes and colors.
 Nearly 900 Dozen "Sonnette" Corseis.
 assorted styles, extra long and medium
 waists, some after the French pattern.
 some of heavy Jean material and besI
 French Horn.
 They are divided into 5 lots with the following prices, 5o, oo, 79, Se and oS cents.
Morning journal and courier., 1894-01-09
Tuesday, January 3. 1894.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS FOR To-DA,

NEW ADVEKTlSEMENISf fOH 4O-DA1' Auction Sale-B. Booth. = TNsjrvovsnt-12 Little Orange Street. Dr. Greene's Nervura-At Druggists'. Daily Chat-Malley, Nicely q %. Dr. Kenpedy's Favorite Remedy-At Dru2gsts'. Tur Capee.Burgess & Burgess. Furniture and Carpets-stahl Hegel. For Rent-Stable-440 State Street. 9rsud Shopping Emponum-F. M. bsoWn A Oo. Modern Gnods-11S4 Chapel Street. Streets Wheatino-At Grocers'.
 Trimming-Henry Hamilton.
 WantedVsecond 0irl--Mrs Babb.
 Wsntsd- -sitnstion-oO York Street.
 Wanted- -Situation-B, This Office.
 ws.ted- -Sitnation-2O8 Peck Street. Wanted- -Sitnation-476 Chapel Street. W.nted- -Sitnation-I12 Portsea Street. Wanted- -Situation-L. B. S., This On1ce. Wanted-Situation-M This Oface. Wantsd-Situation-2 Congress Avenue. wanted-Situati0n-151A Aehmun Street. Wanted-Situation-16OM Meadow Street. Wanted- ed-Situatisn-Progress This Onace.
Morning journal and courier., 1894-01-09

Every season brings . new crop of cough rem odies. but they cannot compete with that erand. old Dr. Bullb Cough Syrup. -
Morning journal and courier., 1894-01-09
\ uggestion that Saved His Life

Twenty per cent. discount on holiday gifts at Silvsrthaus', diamond experts.
Morning journal and courier., 1894-01-09

WEATHER RECORD.
 AGRICULTURAL DEPARTNE1sT, -
 OFFICE oF THE CHIEI
 Or THE WEATHER BUREAU WAAHNaToN, D. O., p. m., Jan. 5, lSsA. J For Massachusetts Rhode Island and Conne' ticut: Fair, west winds, becoming varianie.
Morning journal and courier., 1894-01-09

When you buy candy buy Huyler's. E, Hewitt & Co.,, Selling Agente. f7tf
Morning journal and courier., 1894-01-09

That's less than the cost to manufac- ture or import. Chances are very slim for dmnlicnflng an offer like this
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-08-17
ORIGIN OF THE EAR.

nature Made 1t Out Of the Gill Of tn
D. Fish Long Ages Ago.
When the fish came ashore, its water
breathing apparatus was no longer OF
any use to it, writes Prof. Henry
Drummond in McClure's Magazine. Al
first it had to keep it on, for it took q
long time to perfect the air-breathine
apparatus which was to replace it.
But when this was ready the problem
was, what to do with the earlier organl
Nature is exceedingly economical, and
could not throw all this mechsnism
away. In fact Nature almost never
parts with any structure she has once
made. What she does is to change Il
into something else. Conversely, Ma.
ture seldom makes anything new; her
method Of creation is to adapt some
thing old. Now when Nature started
out to manufacture ears, she made
them out of the old breathing al
paratus. She saw that if water could
pass through a hole in the neck, sound
could pass likewise, and she set to
work upon the highest up Of the five
gill-slits and slowly elaborated it into
. hearing organ.
There never had been an external
ear in the world till this was done, or
any good ear at all. Creatures which
live in water do not seem to use hear
ing much, and the sound waves in
fishes are simply conveyed through
the walls of the head to the internal
ear without any definite mechanism.
But as soon as land life began, owing
to the changed medium through which
sound waves must now be propogated,
. more delicate instrument was re-
CURED. And hence one of the first
things attended to was the construc.
ton and improvement of the ear.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-08-17
TURNING pELTS INTO LEATHER.
The Cost Of the Genuine and Imitation
Articlee,


Very few people have any idea OF
the number Of different animals which
contribute their skins for the adorn-
ment Of pocketbooks. purses, etc, and
make up the large number OF odds and
ends which people find SO useful.
Monkeys, pigs. goats, snakes, lizards,
alligators, sheep. calves, fish, seals and
even birds. all contribute. The great
majority Of these skins are imported.
The one thing of importance in leather
for fancy leather goods is the grain,
says the Trunk and Leather Review.
which influences the price to a very
great extent. The number and varie-
" Of grains is large, and the different
feathers are classified when received
according to the size Of the grain I'M
der these several headings-tish, Mo
rocco, gros grain, Levant, Turkey.
monkey. pig and seal. These grains
are all different sizes, the monkey be.
ing the largest, although the pig and
seal are very pronounced. The fish
grain is the smallest of all. Besides
these feathers there are a great many
limitations made-buffing, which Is .
split cowhide. and a skiver, which Is
split sheepskin. But these can be cas-
lily told, as what is called hand grain
is the natural grain Of the skin touched
by hand, whereas the ordinary imita.
tions are embossed by machine. Sew
eral other grains made by machinery
on skiver or buffing are called boarded.
being made by a brass tool which
gives fine straight lines close togeth.
er; the others showing wavv effects
OF water lines Oh the skin and dice
grain.
The most expensive leather sells TO-
from 800 to $40 per dozen skins Thi'
is the genuine Russian leather, which
has Of late temporarily lost popularity.
1t is in gros-grain. Levant goatskins
sell for $50 a dozen skins. Seal sells at
from $50 to $50 a dozen, and pig skins
are sold by the skin at $3.50 or 81 each.
Monkey skins are cheaper, selling at
80 per skin, but these latter are hard
to procure at any price. They are
made up by only one or two manufac-
turers that we know Of in Americs
into the finest grade of leather novel.
ties Of the imported skins. With the
exception Of the sealskins, which are
tanned in England, nearly all these
skins are tanned in Germany, although
sheepskins are tanned in France.
A very ingenious imitation of Rus.
sian leather has been made Of calfskin,
perfumed with Oil Of birch. 1t is q
dangerous counterfeit, for the reason
that the color is exactly the same, and
the appearance and odor very much so,
often puzzling the untutored buyer.
Time, however, destroys the false odor
and reveals the imitation. The most
important thing now, and the latest,
is to have the leather novelties which
women carry to match their dress in
color. The houses which import leath.
ers to this country used to send sam
Piles Of feathers to Germany and else.
where to match, so as to strike the ex.
act color. Now silk, cotton stuffs,
plush, ETC., are sent instead. Lizard
skins come largely from Borneo. as
well as Germany.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-08-17
FUNERAL OF A MONKEY.
4 Butte City Evangelist Delivers an Ora.
tiOn Over His Body.


A monkey named Jocko. which was
quite a character in the business CEN
tire of Butte City, died the other day
and Rev. Mr.. Rounder. who has tab
ernaclc there. thought him worthy OF
funeral Grafton. 50 the little body
was placed in a casket and carried sol
EMMY out to the place OF worship. Rev.
Mr.. Rounder mounted the platform and
spoke as follows, according to ths Ana
conda Standard:
God Almighty gave mankind ten
commandments to show him how to
live right. JockO was never given any
commandments. yet Jocko in his own
way managed to average up pretty
well with the general run OF mankind
even without any commandments.
When Moses brought the ten COM
mandments down from the mountain
there was one commandment which
said: Thou shalt not swear Yet.
judging from what one hears at any
time up and down the street, swear
ing with the general of mankind has
come to lie considered a manly accom-
plishmcnt, and the most fantastic
swearer is the most popular man.
Mankind was commanded: Thou
shalt not kill yet every year murder
becomes more frequent. Then there
is another commandment which man.
kind has revised SO as to require only
that women shall obey it. In these fin
de steele days the offense is pro-
nounced to be no sin so far as man is
concerned.
"'Thou shalt not covet was another
command given to man. This does
not apply to any who might desire
that a pack of cards should be COM
posed Of fifty-two kings and queens.
God did not help Jocko along by
giving him any commands, SO he did
not know how to do right. but he
seemed to do better than most people
you meet. / must admit that Jocko
used to steal whenever he got .
chance, but he was never told by any
body not to steal, and with all his
stealing he never took any more than
he wanted for his own use. He never
robbed widows and orphans, and he
died with nothing on earth but the
hair on his back.
"JOckO never bothered his head
about whether Fred Ritchie's monkey
was q hereto or not. Not knowing
himself whether he was orthodox or
not, he never wasted any time in try
ing to make everybody else believe as
he did, except when he was after nuts.
He made no pretensions to religion
and he was no hypocrite. Jocko was
not exactly civilized, but he never had
to take the Kelley cure; he never
smoked cigarettes, he never chewed
tobacco. Jocko never had Bible to
guide him, but he never forgot q
friend and he never betrayed friend.
His worst fault was that he was a
natural born thief, but he was born
that way. He was never told by his
Creator not to steal, and if there is a
Heaven for monkeys 1 think Jocko is
going to be close up to the throne
with q never-failing supply of nuts
and lettuce, and enough ink to swim
IN
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-08-17
TO REFILL TWO SEAS,

The Object Of . Great Movement That 4
ON Foot In Eastern Europe.
There Is . movement on foot in east.
ern Europe to cut canal between the
Black and Caspian seas; also to recon.
meet the Dead sea with the Mediter.
ranean. The Dead sea is nothing more
than small but very old salt lake now
In an advanced state of evaporation.
It lies several feet below the level OF
the Mediterranean, just as the Caspian
lies many feet below the level of the
Black sea. In both cases the surface
must once have been continuous. This
being the case, 1t is clear that the Cas-
plan and the Dead seas have both evap-
GRATED to an enormous extent. While
all the surroundings prove that evap-
Grafton has been the prime cause of the
shrinkage of the two bodies last men.
toned, there is one remarkable fact
which deserves particular attention in
this connection: While the surface of
the Caspian has fallen to . point only
eighty-five feet below the level of the
Black sea, the Dead sea has shrunk to
the enormous depth Of twelve hundred
and ninety-two feet below the Mediter-
ranean! am not informed as to what
the results would be If . canal should
be dug between the Caspian and the
Black seas, but it is said that a connec-
ton between the Mediterranean and
the Dead seas would drown out the
whole valley Of the Jordan, join the
last-named sea to the sea Of Galilee and
otherwise contribute to the complete
change Of Scriptural geography.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-08-17
TEMPLES OF WORSHIP.

GREEK temples erected in honor OF
the superior deities were always un.
covered or open to the sky.
TIE temple of the sun at Palmyra
covered square Of twenty-five yards
on each side. 1t was approached by a
magnificent avenue over half mile
long, inclosed by rows Of columns and
statues.
THE cathedral tower in Berlin was
blown up Tor rather DOWN. with dyna-
mite few days ago while the kaiser
looked on from a neighboring castle.
A new and more magnificent structure
Is to take its place.
THE temple of Diana at Ephesus
was four hundred and twenty-five
feet long, two hundred and twenty-five
feet broad, and with statues and col
umns innumerable. OF this magnif-
cent structure not trace remains
even of the foundations. 4
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-08-17
THE LABOR OF ACTING.
Great Results Obtained Only By the ~
Exact DlaclDllna.

Great Res ults Obtained Only By the ~
Exact Discipline.
On first visiting French theater an
American will be struck by its small.
ness, says writer in the Atlantic's
contributors club. True, the edifice
holds good many people, but somehow
the architectural conformation enables
the eager audience to cluster about the
stage, tier above tier, at no great dis
lance therefrom. Then can one note
how important is the finish of the actor,
the nuances coming into play admira-
bly,; not q shade of expression, not .
single mobilization in quality of tone
failing to deliver its message. Is it
strange that in France the art Of acting
should attain a polish unknown else.
where?
When Sergeant Talfourd's play Of
Ion was in rehearsal the production
was entrusted to the skillful hands OF
Macready, at once the ablest actor and
most exacting manager on the British
stage. He insisted upon having the
''curtain scenes" or picturesque group
ing at the close of an act, care.
fully chalked, the position Of each char.
acter accurately designated, and. the
last few effective movements clearly in.
Dictated by chalk lines drawn upon the
flooring of the stage. So patiently and
SO painstakingly was the piece re-
hearsed that the leading lady, Miss
Ellen Tree afterwards Mrs. Charles
Kean), was found, before the perform.
ance, to have contracted serious dis.
ease Of the knee-joint. caused by FIRE.
quently falling upon her knees during
rehearsals under the tutelage Of the
martinez manager.
Young and undisciplined actors, 20.
customed to rely upon the beautiful
spontaneities" Of an artistic nature,
were wont to regard Mr.. Macready with
something akin to terror. and to stig-
Matte a. artificial his relentless accu.
racy and precision in details. There ia
undoubtedly something perilously fas-
cinating about the effortless productive
ness which we are accustomed to regard
Is genius, and which, as it vouchsafes
no hint Of toll, is seemingly the gift Of
heaven, but fear the more we examine
the matter, the more we shall be inclined
TO accept the homely assurance of Writ
that ''there is no excellence without
great labor"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-08-17
NEW USE FOR CATS.
Here II . Man Who Extracts Electricity
to Run . Factory.

Hero II . Man Who Extracts Electricity
to Run . Factory.
II had large cork and bung factory
in Grand avenue, and 1 needed power
to run my machinery" writes q Mil
wsukeesn in Harper's Weekly. "You
know, of course, that there is an inn
mense amount Of stored up electricity
in cat. The problem for inventors
has been to invent way to extract it
probably. In the rear Of my factory
I constructed q one-story circular build
ing, come sixty feet in diameter. On
the floor of this coiled glass pipe
six inches in diameter. The first coil
ran around the outside Of the room,
the .coils gradually growing smaller,
till at last, in the center, it was no
larger than table. 1t gave me some
thing like . mile Of pipe. The top
and sides Of this pipe were lined with
rather stin hair brushes, the bristles
being q little more than an inch in
length.
AT that time Milwaukee was over.
run with cats. 1t was impossible to
sleep nights- put notice in the pa
per that would pay ten cents dozen
for prime cats, delivered At my factory.
I got sixty dozen the first day and
stored them in the basement Of the
power-house. The motor opersted
thus: Placing in the outer end Of the
glass pipe an imitation rat made Of
rubber and propelled by . small inte-
rior storage battery. would then id
just . cat immediately behind it. The
rubber rat would start OF at . terrific
rate-it was made to 60 through tho
mile Of tubing in from two to three min
utes-and the cat, of course, followed fu-
riously. thinking to catch the supposed
animal throughout the entire distance.
Gentlemen, it was exciting to watch .
healthy, active cat whip about those
spirals, with the mechanical rat about
foot ahead and going like . cannon
ball. The cats back and sides rubbed
against the brushes and her electricity
was thus extracted. With . storage
battery, and by sending . cat through
every five minutes, I generated enough
electricity to operate my entire plant,
light my factory and sell power to run
neighboring passenger elevators and
small machinery. 1t also took the
yowl out Of the cats and gradually the
city became quiet. At the end Of .
week cat could be caught and used
again."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-08-17

A novel kind Of swindle was prac
ticed in . German town the other day
A man struggling along under heavy
burden suddenly stumbled and crashed
through a plate glass store window.
The proprietor Of the store demanded
payment. The porter said he had NO
money. Passers-by advised that he be
searched. A thousand mark note was
found on him, which, he said, belonged
to his employer. The storekeeper, how
ever. deducted one hundred marks for
the value Of his window and handed
nine hundred marks change to the
porter, who went away swearing and
protesting. "A little later the store
keeper discovered the thousand mark
note was spurious.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-08-17
LITERARY NOVELTIES.

"KINa SoLoMoN's MINES" has been
translated into German, and one pub
Usher catalogues it as 'Old Testament
Literature"
In the seventeenth century q pam.
phlet was published entitled 1.-THE
Spiritual Mustard Pot, to Make the
Soul Sneeze with Devotion; Salvations
Vantage Ground, or Looping Sand
for Heavy Believers"
IT is said that when BENJAMIN Frank.
lin proposed to start q newspaper his
mother tried to dissuade him from it
because she said there were already
two papers in America and there was
NO room for another.
PUTTENHAM, in his "Arte Of English
Poesie." erected two pillars Of poetry
in honor Of Queen Elizabeth. Each
pillar consists of base Of lines in
eight syllables, shafts of four.syllable
lines, and . crown in the same meter
at the base.