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The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-22
THE 1JRErr,Orrs INFERIOR

No doubt the human race would con- slider it little short of a universal trag- edy if there were no looking glasses. Yet in spite of their widespread use 1t is an astonishing fact that we have never seen ourselves as others see us. In the first place, the reflection in the mirror does not portray our likeness with any attempt at accuracy. The hair is wrong in tone, the eyes are not correct in color, and our compleXions are hopelessly libelled by this spacious household deceiver. It is certain that if the looking glass spoke the truth the sale of various complexion washes would decrease to half, for any fair skin looks gray and pallid in the glass; and numbers of women who have splendid complexions ruin them by trying to im- prove them because they look bad in the mirror. You may be certain that, however plain your face seems, it is by no means so plain as it appears in the tell-tale mirror. Secondly, you cannot assume your natural expression while peering in the looking glass. The eye must be in a certain position before you can see 1t at all, and the eye, so far as expression is concerned, governs the face. The consequence is that you can see only one of your expressions in the glass, and that expression is one of at tentive examination. All the other ex- pressions by which your friends know you, favorable or unfavorable, you have never seen and never will see.-An- SWPrS
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-22
FOR sTAMp-COLLECToRs.

Another point of importance to col lectors is the knowledge of the different kinds of paper used. There are many yarieties-wove, laid, silk thread, ba- tonne manilla, quadrille, pelure, etc., but of these the first two are the most important. We've paper is the kind used by most newspapers, the texture being practically uniform throughout. Laid paper is the kind used for most writfng-papers. In this the pulp passes over a frame composed of parallel wires, which produce alternate dark and light lines plainly visible when the paper is held so that light passes through it.. Silk-thread paper is that used in the English one-shilling and the tenpence stamp of 1S47-8 It was also used by Bavaria, Switzerland, Wurtemberg, etc., in the f1fties Manila is coarse paper made of hemp, used for wrappers, etc. Pelure is Q very thin paper not much used. The New Zealand stamps of 1862, for instance, are found on this paper The materials used in the man. ufacture of paper and the processes employed make the same kind of paper in different shades. For instance, the United States stamps previous to 1870 are on white wove paper of cream ish hue, The 1875 reprints of these is- sues (rare and valuable) are on a snow- white wove paper.
 Water-marks are designs made by wires on the frame receiving the pulp, in the same way that laid paper is pro- duced. For instance, the English stamps now in use are water-marEed with crown.-Harpers Round Table.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-22
NoT1cE To CoNTRACvnRs

Sealed proposals will be received by tha Board of Seectmen of the Town of Milford, at their office until o'clock D. m. of We'd nesday, December 29, 1897, for the grading and hardening with crushed stone or gravel of sections of the New Haven turnpike, the Bridgeport turnpike, Derby avenue, or North street. and West River street, in ac- cordance with plans and specifications sub- mitted to the State Highway ommissioners Bids should give, the price per lineal foot for each or any of said sections (and when crushed stone is to be uesd, the price per lineal foot, the contractor to furnish the crushed stone, and the. price, provided the material is furnished by the Town), with the privilege of the Town. by its Selectlnen, to increase or diminish the number of feet on any section to be improved.
 Specifications and plans may be examined at the Selectmens office, Milford.
 The Selectmen reserve the right to reject any or all bids, as the interests of the Town may anDear.
 No proposal will be received after tha time specified.
 Amount of bond required, $1s,00o.
 Dated at Milford, Dec. 9, 1897.
 ELIAS E. BRADLEY,
 MILES B. PLUMB,
 CHARLES il. STOWE, die 12t Selectmen.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-22
MINISTER TO CHINA.
Charles Page Bryan Likely to Be u
 Man.

Charles Page Bryan Likely to Be the
 Man.
 Washington, Dec. 21-Senators who have seen President Mckinley regard ing the appointment of Charles Page Bryan as minister to China, find that the president has no present intention of reconsidering the appointment. Some suggestions have been made that MT. Bryan be sent to some other mission and a more trained diplomat sent to China, but they have not met with any encouragement at the white house. One suggestion made was that MT. Bryan be sent to Greece and William Wood Ville Rockhill, who has had long eXperl- ence in China and who is now at Ath- ems, should be given the Chinese mis- sion. The president made it clear, how ever, that he preferred MT. Bryan for this place and was not contemplating any change in the selections he had made for foreign ministers.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-22
CONDITION OF THE TREASURY.

CONDITION OF THE TREASURY.
 Washington, Dec. 21.-To-day's state- ment of the treasury shows: Available cash balance, $2S7572,611; gold reserve, $159, ,9OS,9 ,975; net silver, $14526,304; Unit ed States notes in the treasury, $46, ,463,- 190; treasury notes of 1890, $2, ,077; to- tai receipts this day, s799,909; total re- ceipts this month, S42, 2,S14,25S; total re- ceipts this year, $1S0,s2S,129; total ex- penditures this day, $76S,00o; total ex- penditures this month, s21, ,4540O00; total expenditures this year, $202,024, 119; de- posits in national banks, $6,1S8,S45
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-22
Patent Stove Brick are Warranted. d2 1y
4 Hurry Trip to New York.

MT Max Strouse, notion buyer for F. M. Brown & Co.,, was forced to go to New York yesterday to purchase 0 dou- ble stock of sterling silver nick hacks. These beautiful goods, which are of great variety and which F. M. Brown & Co. sell for 50 cents each, have had an enormous sale, more than 2,00O pieces being sold yesterday over the counter. They make the daintiest kind of gifts.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-22
"BIG BILL" BROWN DEAD,

San Francisco, Dec. 21-William Brown, known to all lovers of baseball throughout the United States as Big BilP' Brown, died here yesterday. About two years ago Brown, who was once a perfect specimen of physical manhood, became afflicted with lung trouble. He sought relief in the Ha- waiian Islands, Southern California and Arizona, but in vain. He was thirty two years old.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-22
No Heart Too Bad To Be Cure q. :.

Testimony could be piled high In com mendation of the wonderful cures wrought by Dr. Agnew's Cure for the Heart. No case stands against this great remedy where 1t did not relieve the most acute heart suf- ferings inside of thirty minutes It attacks the disease in an instant after being taken. Sold by E. A. Gessner, F. Hewitt &c Co.-29.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-22
BILLIARDrsT HUMPHREYS DIES

New York, Dec. 21.-Mortlmer Hum phreys, who ten years ago had a na- tional reputation as a billiardist, died on the street here to-day He was suddenly taken i'll at Fourteenth street and Third avenue. An ambulance was summoned, but when it arrived Hum phreys was dead. Humphreys recent ly had been sporting writer. He was f1fty-nine years of age. Death was due to heart failure
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-22
District of New Haven, ss: Probate Court.

District of New Haven, ss. Probate Court
 December 20th, 1897. ESTATE of THOMAS CAHILL. late of
 New Haven, in said District, deceased.
 The Administratrix cum testamento ans nexo having exhibited her administrations account with said estate to this Court for allowance, it is
 ORDERED-That the 27th day of Decem- Der, 1897, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, at a Court of Probate to be held at New Ha- ven, in said District, be and the same is appointed for a hearing on the allowance of said account, and this Court directs the Administratrix cum testamento annexo to give notice of the time and place of said hearing, by publishing this order three, times in some newspaper having a circula- tion in said District, and due return make. LIVINGSTON w. OLEAVELAND, d21 St Judge.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-22
1.-the Baby is Cutting Teeth

Be sure and use that old and well tried rem. edy, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, for children teething It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cureS wind collie, and is the best remedy for diar- rhoea. Twenty-Five cents bottle
 all MWF&W 1y
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-22
District of New Haven, ss. Probate Court,
 nooprn hnr o0fh 1907

District of New Haven, ss Probate Court.
 December 20th, 1897. ESTATE of ALEXIS PAINTER, late of
 Orange, in said District, deceased.
 William T. Reynolds, Trustee, having ren- dered his account and filed his resignation as such trustee, as by said account and apnears, 1t is
 ORDERED-That said account and resig- nation be heard and determined at Court said District, on the 27th day of December, 1897, at ten o'clock in the forenoon and that public notice of the pendency of said account and resignation, and of the time by publishing this order three times in some newspaper having circulation in said Dis-8 trict. LIVINGSTON W. CLEAVELAND, d21 St Judge.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-22
voN DER AuE srTTs HART

St. Louis, Dec. 21.-President Won der Ahe of the St. Louis Browns to-day sold Pitcher Hart to Pittsburg for Pitcher Hughey and $1,S00 cash.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-22
THE NEW HAVEN COUNTY NA-
 TIUNAL BANK.

New Haven, Conn, Dec. 10, 1897. The annual meeting of the stockholders of this bank, for the election of directors to serve the ensuing year, will be held at their banking house on Tuesday, January il, 1898
 Polls open from Il o'clock q. m. to 12 m. d11 2Tt W ja6 H. c. REDFIELD, Cashier. District of New Haven, ss. Probate Court,
 December 20, 1897. ESTATE of WALTER s. swAYNE. of
 New Haven, in said District, insovent
 debtor.
 ORDERED-That commissioners to re- ceive and decide upon the claims of the creditors of said estate be appointed at a Court of Probate, to be held Ut New Haven, in said District, on the 27th day of Decem- Der, 1897, at ten o'clock in the forenoon; {; and that the Trustee give public notice to all persons in interest to appear, if they see cause, before. said Court, at said time and place, to be heard relative to, said ap- pointment, by publishing this order three times in some newspaper having a circula- tion in said District and due return make
 LIVINGSTON W. CLEAVELAND, d21 3t Judge
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-22
District of New Haven, ss: Probate Court.

District of New Haven, ss. Probate Court
 December 20th, 1897. ESTATE of HOBART B. SACKETT, late of Hamden, in said District, deceased.
 ORDERED-That commissioners to re- ceive and decide upon the claims of the creditors of said estate be appointed at q. our of Probate to be neld at New Haven, ber 1897, at ten o'clock in the forehoon; !; and that the Executor give public notice to all persons in interest to appear If they see cause, before said Court, at said time and place, to be heard relative to said ap-. pointment, by publishing this order three times in some newspaper having circula- ton in said District, and due return make.
 By order of Court,
 JOHN CURMER GALLAGHER, d21 3t Clerk.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-22
ITO CAabez S.

The individual excellence and high standing of the Krakauer piano is un- surpassed. These beautiful instruments are sold only by A. B. Clinton, F Center street. d16 St
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-22

District of New Haven, ss. Probate Court,
 December 20th, 1897. ESTATE of BLIzABHTH KIRBY, alias LIZZIE KILFEATHER, late of -, In said District, deceased.
 The Administrator having exhibited his administration account with said estate to this Court for allowance, it Is
 ORDERED--That the 27th day of Decem- Der, 1897, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, at ven, in said District, be and the same is appointed for hearing on the allowance of said account, and this Court directs the Administrator to give notice of the time this order three times in some newspaper having a circulation in said District, and due return make.
 LIVINGSTON W. CLEAVELAND. d22 St Judge
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-22

A. B. Clinton, r Center street, is making many people happy with bar gains in pianos for Christmas. d16 St
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-22
TONTINE HOTEL

TUNTINE TiUTEII
 seems to be well filled with guests, and we learn that they are delighted with the Krakauer piano in the ladies' par Tor, which was purchased of MT. Clin- ton, 1T Center street. d16 St
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-22
District of New Haven, ss. Probate Court

District of New Haven, ss Probate Court.
 December 2Oth, 1897. ESTATE of LEWIS D. BROWN, late of New Haven, in said District, deceased. The Court of Probate for the District of New Haven hath limited and appointed six months from the date hereof for the credit- DTS of said deceased to bring in their claims against said estate. Those who neg lect to exhibit their claims within said time will be debarred. All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make imme. diate payment to
 HELEN D. BROWN,
 EMMA L. CHIDSEY, d21 St Executrices. x
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-22

FOR SALE,
 PIANO-Property of private gentleman; fully guaranteed and equal to new; ac- cept $150.00 stool and cover. Call SMED- LnI BROS. & CO.,, Storage Warehouse, l73 Brewery street. d2l It
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-22
DEATHS.

BISHOP-ln this city, December 20th, Lent Bishop, aged 61 years, 4 months, days Funeral services will be held at his late residence, No, $50 State street, on Thurs day afternoon at half-pnst two o'clock. Friends are invited to attend. BEACH-At her home Milford, December Fist after a long illness, Minnie O. Pres colt, wife of Dennis Beach, aged Al. Notice of funeral hereafter.
, 1897-11-04

The most wonderful cave in the
world is in the island of Tonga, in the
south Pacific. Byron called it "a chapel
of the seas. 1t is formed in Il rock that
is almost surrounded by the ocean, This
rock is about 60 feet high and broad
proportionatcly
Many years ago n boy, the Sol of n
native chief. was chasing II huge turtle,
when his game seemed to sink into the
rock. The lad watched and waited until
the tide fell, disclosing II small opening
i'll the rock about six feet under low
water mark.
Diving boldly. the young hunter en-.
tered the aperture, and. to his surprise,
came to the surface inside the rock. The
rock was hollow. and its interior was
found afterv'ard, when the natives ex-
plored it with torches. to contain many
beautiful stalactites.
When attacked and followed by enc
mics, the natives. who know the secret,
leave their canoes. plunge into the water
and disappear Their foes linger. aston
ishcd at their disappearance, for no per.
son not acquainted with it would sus.
pect that the rock was hollow. -Londop
telegraph.
, 1897-11-04

To make Il good portrait in the ordi-
nary room is quite Il difficult task, as
all the light to be had comes through
the window and leaves the shadow side
Of the portrait undercxposed. This can
somewhat be remedicd by the use of a
piece of white muslin about IL feet long
and about 3 feet wide or more.
Stretch Il string across the room par
allcl with the window and fGstcn it to
% point about six feet from the window,
and also six feet from the floor. Fastcn
the muslin owe the top of the window
and threw the other end owe the string,
allowing it to fall to the floor, This forms
a sort of ono half side of q tent, and
this somewhat confines the light and re-
fleets it Oh the shadow side of your OBJ
ject and helps to brighten and soften
the light. In using curtains for n back
ground place them back of the sitter as
far as the wall will allow, so rs to pro-
duce IL soft effect. Place the sitter about
three feet from the window and about
opposite the far side of the easement.
Pull the window down from the top. and
perhaps it would be best to cover up the
lower part of the window with some
dark cloth or paper. Close all doors so
as not to have any draft, and then make
the exposure j. A. Boos i'll New York
Mail and Express.
, 1897-11-04

A pack of cards was recently sold at
q London stntioner's for 5000 1t was
one of the handsomest Italian copper.
plate card games called 'tarocchi di
Montegna," made during the fifteenth
century. Another pack of cards recently
sold at Paris for almost $500. Each of
the cards in this pack is n master work
of the e~nsraver's art, and all the fig
ures in the game were historical por-
traits. The queen of hearts, for instance.
represented Queen Anne of England,
the king of hearts being her husband.
Prince George of Denmark. The queen
of diamonds was Queen Anne Sophia Of
Denmark, the queen of clubs the then
crow prime ess of Prussia, the wife Of
Frederick William |. and the queen Of
spades Princess Anna of Russia, later
OH the czarina. The jacks in this deck
Of cards represent the most prominent
diplomats of Europe at the same time
philadelphia Record.
, 1897-11-04
MEN BURN SPONTANEOUSLY


Combustion of Flesh From Within.
When Dickens used so effectively the
spontaneous combustion Of the human
body as Il climax for a novel, he had
back of him a great deal Of evidence
that such IL miracle had actually taken
place.
In an article on 1.-The Pathology of
Man, p" i'll the old French ''Encyclopcdie
Methodiquc,' D'Azyr gives the case of
Il N 80 years of age who had made
a practice of going to bed drank every
day for many years. Her bones We're
finally found i'll the bed with the flesh
charred from them, as scientists sup
posed, by spontaneous combustion.
The somewhat similar case Of Grace
Pitt is given in the transactions of the
English Royal society. She was the
wife of a tishmongcr who lived at Ips-
wich, and she was found stretched on
the kitchen floor by her daughter, burn.
ing, the girl said. without flames"
Her body and legs resembled smoldering
Goals and when water was thrown on
her gave forth the odor of scorchcCi
flesh, accompanied by n sutfocatin"
smoke. The girl ran from the house ard
called in the noighbors, who found
nothing but bones and charrcd flesh left
of the oma She, too, had been Il
hard driuker.
A third case, given in = French essay,
is that of Mime. de Boiseon, 80 years
old, who lived near Dol. 1t is said
she was very lean and that for several
years she had drunk nothing but spirits.
Her waiting maid found her burning
in her room, the fire i'll her case. as i'll
the others, seeming to originate in the
flesh itself and not III the clothing.
Water thrown on her failed to check the
fire, and she burned until nothing but
her skeleton remained i'll the chair.
The chair itself was only slightly
scCrched. New York World.
, 1897-11-04
o OF A WAR SONG.
The Man Who Composed the Music fol
eve Are Coming, Father Abraham"

The Man Who Composed the Music for
W Are Coming. Father Abraham"
Tho man who composed the music
for Mnittier's song, I'VE Are Coming,
Father Abraham, Three Hundred Thou
sand Strong" is an old and somewhat
decrepit piano tuner, who carries Oh his
business near Window, Mimi. His
name is A. b. Irving.
One dag o after Lincoln's call for
800, 900 more men, Irving, then 4 young
man. was en- his way to Defiance. O.,
from Fort Wayne for the purpose of
singing at a political and loyal meeting
He had considerable reputation as a
composer and singer and the Republic
ans had asked him to come and help
them On the way he read the poem,
which had just been published. Irving
studied it, formulated Il tune, bumnied
it and got the rhythm, and that even
ing at the Defiance meeting he sang
the song for the first time. When he
had finished, and the last echoes had
died away, men mounted their chairs
with wild enthusiasm, swung their
hats and broke loose in cheers that rang
with feeling. He sam it again and
again. and they would scarcely let him
rest.
The next night he sang the song at
Fort Wayne, and again aroused the
same enthusiasm. He wrote u the
music and sent it to the publisher who
had handled what hn had composed,
with instructions to publish it on his
usual terms of royalty, 1t was publish
ed, and inside of IL month more than
40, 600 copies had been sold In IA few
days the publisher failed and Irving
never received Il dollar for the music. -
New York Sun.
, 1897-11-04

A correspondent of Rams Horn mar
rates a pulling match between il sea lion
and Il farmer:
Near Tillamook, Or, an old German
farmer CHANGED to be driving along the
beach, when his watchful gaze was
greeted by the sight of Il large sea lion
some distance out on the sand, fast
asleep
1t was the work of a moment for ia
cob to make n lasso of Il stout rope he
had in his wagon. fasten the end of it
to the hind axle and adjust the moose
over the sea lions head. Then Jacob
jumped into the wagon and started
homeward with his prize.
The sea lion did the am and as his
team was the stronger of the W ia
cob started scaward at II good pace, and
only saved himself and his outfit by
%springiug quickly to the ground, grasp
ing his jackknife and cutting the rope
, 1897-11-04
CLOSED THE ROOM.


Does the Ghost of Washington Still Stalk
Through the Old Mansion?
1t was customary in the family of
George Washington to shut up unused
for two years Il room in which death
had occurred, says an exchange. So,
after the death of the first president in
the stately chamber with the great four
poster bed which is still shown to visit
ors, Martha Washington, with her lone
ly heart, nightly climbed the attic stairs
to lie in a ow ceiled. sloping rooted
room with one window-a room intol
erably hot i'll summer, with little or no
means of securing a draft except by a
triangular opening where the lower cor.
ner of the door had been cut off to make
room for the passage of the cat Martha
Washington died before the two year
period had ended.
If she had occupied the death cham
Der, would she have seen the ghost Of
her dead husband? They say that the
stalwart, stately figure of the BRAY,
general stalks through the passage will
martial tread and clank of astral sword
in spectral scabbard.
Again and again 1t has happened that
people detained at Mount Vernon on the
business of the Mount Vernon associa.
ton have declared, Oh waking from IL
slcepless night that they had heard
the ghosts sword and stride and seen
its tall, commanding figure, dressed in
the old uniform that in life it wore.
No lights are permitted in the old
house, for fear of fire, except during IT,
meeting of the regents, and then only
candles. Ghosts are said to love dark
or i'll lighted houses.
, 1897-11-04
THE MAN WHO is NOT NEEDED.


I'm sixty years q a." iclav,
And | have wui!-ri IA I .iavcd,
AM SOHO one cl,r s,llil PRESENTLY
Get a.l that ! hive saved.
But II ~ not
The simple thought
OF going that ! d"Tlcfe
It's ihis-whcn |
In the col earth lie
They'll think of me no TIor~.
I've laborcl on from day to day
With III hope in my mind.
Twas that hen | was laid away
I'd leave n void behind
Something, You know.
To always SHOW
That ! had lived and wrought.
But now at last
That dream is past
Nv got to share the common lot.
I've thrown n fever off today
And risen from my bed.
For months I've bccn but hclnlcss clay.
With wild thoughts in my head.
Id fondly thought
The mill would not
Run If | were not there to see,
But it's kept right on,
Though I've been gone.
And that's the thing that saddcns me.
S. l.. Kiscr il Cleveland Leader.