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The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-05
ANOTHER sHoWER ON THE COAST.

ANOTHER SHOWER ON THE COAST.
 Another fine shower on the coast" last night, and more promised for to- day With a few more showers the coast will be wet enough, and occasion ally it looks as if the coast line might be obliterated. But probably it will not be. It will be needed for use in the geographies and the children will want to continue to be able to say that New Haven is situated on Long Island sound instead of in Long Island sound. So let us hope on even if 1t never rains but it pours. It cannot rain forever or if it can we shall not be asked to stay through eternal showers, even with our long practice in living through showers. And if it should happen to clear off before we are called to the land of everlasting sunshine it will be a jubilee day for us, and we can feel with good Queen Victoria that we have lived through a long rain.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-05
LIKE.

His Trouhle.-"Dear mel" exclaimed the fly; these bald-headed men are very annoying. Not one of them will sit still a second after I light on his head'-Puck.
 Cruelty.-Bel1e (to cadet)-"How you do resemble my old aunt in appear ance All you need to make the re- semblance perfect is a moustache,"- Fliegende Blaetter.
 Anent the Tariff.-Tommie- -"The story of the wolf in sheep's clothing is nothing but a fable, Is it, pa? Tonpkins-"Well that was all it was before wool schedules were devised, my son Truth.
 But, sir," persisted the spiritual ad- viser kindly but firmly, you can't take your real estate with you" The dying man opened his eyes feebly 'No," he gasped, but I'll he right in 1t, just the same. e."-Detroit Journal When a woman goes off to spend the summer at a cool resort leaving her husband at home to work through the heat and dust, she starts a story about how gay the men are when their wives are away.-Atchison Globe.
 Ethel-"Well, Jimmy didn't blow his brains out, after all, because you re- fused him. He proposed to Miss Go. | lightly yesterday"
 | Maud-"Did he? Then he must have got rid of them in some other wayl'- London Punch.
 | ''They say that Lester fell in love with his wife at first sight" 1T guess he did. They met just after he had fin. ished serving as member of an auditine 1 committee that had been appointed te examine her fathers accounts."- | Cleveland Leader.
 We rest,'' said the distinguished lawyer for the defence.
 An such is life.' added Raggs, Rufus, recounting the circumstance tt | Plodding Pete; I've rest, and git tn, dog set on us. He rests, and gifts pait fur it!'-New York Truth.
 Perhaps He Told the Truth.-"wat old Billinger telling the truth, do yol think, when he said he had always pu principle above mere party success 9
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-05
ONE WAY TO SILENCE A BRASS
 BAND.

Did you ever, in a spirit of friskiness suck a lemon in full gaze of the mena- bers of the Electric Band while they were engaged in rendering those sweet and seductive strains for which they have become noted? We'll, don't. Nor before any other band for it may not be such a scathless escape as boy met with who figures as a principal in a story a friend relates.
 It was when the little German band was playing for drinks before saloons and incidentally picking up some small coin of the realm atother business hous- es. In front of Demmler shop they started to tear the "Wacht Am Rhine" to pieces. They fared pretty well and had switched off to Sweet Rosy O'Grady ' when a small boy, who had evidently been put up to do the trick, made his appearance and stood near the band. He was sucking lemon, and at his appearance a look of dis gust spread over the faces of all the members of the band. One by one the musicians gradually and reluctantly dropped out of the game until at the last there was left only the bass horn player. He had to quit after a little while. It was raining, and this, with the lemon episode, rather combined to put the bass horn player in bad
 humor He walked over the boy, and, catching him by the ear, he said: Vat for you come aroun' here init a lemon and kveer der whole tam pand? It's tough luck to sthand about in der rain mitout being kveered py a poy init dot tam lemon"
 There was subdued laughter in a store near by as the German band left for other worlds to conquer. It is a fact slightly known that the presence of any one sucking a lemon in front ot a band will cause panic The musi. clans mouth fill soigapidly with saliva l that they cannot lay.-McKeespor 1 Times
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-05

adornment It was white Swiss mus lin, tucked from hem to belt, and under each tuck was a tiny frill of narrow black lace. The bodice was tucked up and down, the black between the tucks. and a bodice belt and bow on the sleeve were spangled turquoise silk. It is an entirely new notion to have the girdle and shoulder bow match and contrast with all the rest of the gown. The idea of spangling the accessories of a gown is also rather late one. A grass linen gown trimmed with black braid has a bright green velvet girdle and shoulder bow. and both are span gled. It is not considered good form to wear one girdle set-girdle and shoul- der bow--with different gowns; you are supposed to have a full collection
 The prettiest dancing skirts are made with the edge scalloped, pointed or scrolled, p1eating of satin, mouslin or liberty appearing beneath. This latest touch, which appears on swell importa- tions, is just the thing for that last years skirt which has grown a little queer at the hem. AS Q rule, the pleat- ing under the cut-out edge matches the cclor of the skirt, though it may be of another material. but this is not im- perative, and she who is fixing over may find it convenient to make the un- der pleating contrast in color as we'll as in material with the rest. For this she has that sanction of the fine mod el that is a comfort to the heart alike of the girls who wear the original and who fake up copy. FLORETTE.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-05
FASHION NOTES.
Tucked Into StyIishness.

Statistics are not obtainable, but ap- pearances indicate that fully half of the dresses made in the last month were elaborated with tuel1ing in some form or other. In the dress shown here tucked chiffon furnished collar and yoke, the rest being silver gray crepe broidery of steel and coral beads was liberally used on both skirt and bodice. the sleeves were gathered with a nar- row head at the outside edge, and the belt was silver gray silk.
 Another gown that was set off with tucking illustrated new trick of
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-05
THE EXTREMITY OF LOYALTY,

Loyalty will sometimes induce strange sacrifices. If we are to be- lieve a serious contemporary, there was a member of Parliament at the Windsor garden party whose devotion to the Crown carried him far. When the ser wants handed round gold-tipped ci- garettes, this legislator took one and essayed to light it, His wife standing by, reproved him with connubial solici- tude and candor You know, dear, she said, you never can smoke without being very sick" But the member of Parliament was not to be deterred. "If my Queen," he nobly answered, 'in- vites me to smoke, will smoke, cost what it may" The name of the loyal legislator has not been recorded nor his subsequent proceedings that eventful afternoon. We hope his wife got him home safely.-St. James Gazette.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-05

T think he was. He has run for office about forty times, and has never been elected yet. t."-Cincinnati Inquirer.
 A New Hercules-'I should like to have seen that old-time strong man Hercules. This writer says his strength was equal to that of 200 ordi- nary men, That isn't anything great. Tom Reed did the work of $50 men for four months running "- Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 A parish beadle was lately much ex- ercised at the appearance of a strange old gentleman who, when the sermon was about to begin, took an ear-trum- pet, VI two parts, out of his pocket, and began screwing them together. The beadle watched him until the pro- cess was completed, and then, going stealthily up, whispered: "Ye mauna play that here! If ye dae, I'll turn ye oot!"-Tit Bits.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-05
AnVNpTJSTNC RATNS

Situations, Wants, Rents, and other small advertisements, One Gent Word each in sertlon. Five Cents Word for full week (seven tin1es).
 Display advertisements, per inch, one in- sertion, $1.20; each subsequent Insertion <, 40 cents; one week, $3.20; one month, Slo; one year, $40, ,-
 Obituary Notices, in prose or verse, 15 cents per line. Notices of Births Mar riages, Deaths and Funerals, 50 cents each. Local Notices 15 cents per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to their own immediate business (all matter to De include Wants, To Let, Nor Sale, etc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-05

keeps settling to lower levels of value.
 Yet our silverites want silver dollars to be the dollars of final redemption" in the United States Just as in Mexi-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-05

Make way for Woman. A woman headed the list of 221 persons after an examination for position as ward and street inspectors in Chicago. Her mark was almost perfect, being 9S.s6 in rossible 100.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-05
" Hy t1lC t This is the

which holds the shirt waist fast to the skirt, and which 10 neat woman would sell for $ro if she couldn't buy another all it costs you is 25c The lady demonstrator will show you in minute what a good servant it is.
 Bargain Table, West Store Here are Goods N uNeed at Special Prices for Thursday. | Afb box fine Note Paper,
 30 sheets, 30 envelopes, Sc Carter's 5 oz. Fluid Ink Pc bottle Cotton Tape, black and white i C pc Crows Fast Black Mending Cotton,
 zc dog. Kings 5oo yd. Machine Cotton ac Hooks and Eyes, gross box 15cs Pure Rubber Gum Shields, 7c Standard Ammonia, Sc bottle Bay Rum, Sc Witch Hazel Jelly 6c Buttern1ilk G1ycerine Soar, !, 5 cakes in box for Sc Perfume Aton1izers, soc kind 25c
 West Store. Main Floer
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-05

In Leeds, England, the sign over a Salvation Army barracks ls' SOULS Renovated While You Wait.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-05

saves them a great deal of hunting for brown sugar which, as said before, has disappeared from the market. "--East- port Sentinel
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-05

Business in Mexico has been con- ducted till recently on the valuation of the silver dollar of from AS to 50 cents
 Profits in many cases depended on sil- yer dollars maintaining this price. Im- porters who buy with gold and sell for silver were practically concerned to see silver keep to it's usual value. The tum- ble of the dollar to 45& cents according ly causes great inconvenience in Mexi- co. wiping out profits and inf1icting se- rious distress in some instances. Bus mess, Mexican merchants find, cannot be conducted safely when the dollar of final redemption" fuctuates and
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-05

The Kansas City Journal maintains that Jerry Simpson has "$35,000 worth of stock, lands and other property at his Barber county (Kansas) ranch, every dollar of which "has been wrung from the blood-sweating people, in the form of salary and perquisites," and "every dollar of it is in the form of 'un- earned increment and none of it was produced by the toll which the Popu- lists hold to be the only honest means of acquiring wealth.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-05

DEIIvEREp BY CARRIERS IN THE CTY, 1h CENTS WEEK, tdCRNTs A MONTH, g FOR sIxMoNTHs. Se A YEAR. InE SAME TERMs BYMAu.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-05

Some men are not afraid to say what they want. A rich sheep owner, named Smith, in the Sierra valley, California, held up railroad train by putting ob- structions on the track and thus com polling the train to slow down, when he brought his rifle to bear upon those on board and ordered all the men to get out and help him put out fire in his pasture, which had been started by sparks from preceding train They lost no time in obeying. The fire was put out and the sheep-feed saved.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-05

Tn 1870 a religious procession was for bidden it Italy, and none has been seen on the streets of its cities until recently, when the Marquis di Rudini, the Italian prime minister, informed the ecclesiastical authorities that, provid- ing they warn the local police com- missaries beforehand, no further ob- jection will be offered to their resuming religious processions along the streets and public thoroughfares, which have been strictly forbidden since 1870. The clergy have been quick to avail them selves of this act of tolerance, and re- ligious processions through the streets are now the order of the day in Rome, as we'll as in all the towns, cities and villages of the kingdom, the people manifesting the utmost reverence and good behavior.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-05

Siberia, by recent ukase, is to have Ia new system of law courts. removing the inhabitants from the arbitrary rule of government officials. Justices of the peace will be appointed by the Grown; there will be Superior courts at Tomsk. Tobolsk, Chita, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, Yakutsk, Blagovestchensk and Vladi- yostock, and a Court of Appeal at IT. kutsk. The change is made, the decree states, on account of the development of the country and the changes in civil life brought about by the Siberian rail- road.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-05
dfS T1 7h1F R 2V als Yy s1 " fIRtT 1 1taJ aR @N
 gs S4k HA!y THE CENTRE OF SAVING GREATER NEW RAVENS GREATEST STORE

;;. ;I.!|l, E ,; II|||| ] < || l 1 l 7 5; li|;j'' .ig;5''' ,; !| 3 B Y E 3 finished and we ing the cost Of nual Cleara ance mer Goods Whi here Thursday
 Of course, some
 small, but that $
 are so little. LINENS!
 Oddlengths bleached and unbleached table linen, IN to 3H yds., at half price.
 Odd half dozens of $ and 4 Napkins. All White Hemstitched Huck Fringed and Damask Towels,
 worth a5c and 3ec--a bit soiled now for 19 cents
 Bargain Table, East Store Rustleine Skirts,
 fancy stripes, umbrella effects, with braid stripes, worth $r.25, will sell them Thursday for 9S cents cambric Umbrella Drawers, 25 cents Empire Gowns, trimmed with Hamburg inserting and edge, IS cents 12c and 15c Ribbons. and inches wide, short lengths,
 Sc yd. 2oc, 4-inch Moire Taffeta, all coloss,
 f9 cents Ladies' String Ties, plain and fancy colors, 12H cents a5 Windsor Ties, 12A cents 12A fancy edge Handkerchiefs, Sc 25c early Fall Imported Ladies
 Handkerchiefs, f2A cents 3o Canvas Outing Hats s-the kind
 most wanted, 19cents
  25c Fine Vests, 12A cents Bargain Table, Centre, West Store Children's Pants and Drawers
 and Shirts (sn1a1l sizes only in Shirts ) were 3Sc garment, for 12Hc 5Sc Ladies' All Silk Shirt. lace shoulders, six different colors,
 39 cents and T rib Boys fast black Cotton Hose, double heel and toe and double knee
 2 pairs for 25c Mems Balbriggan 25c Shirts and Drawers, grey mixtures, 19 cents Below Cost
 Linens. French Organdies and French Dimities.
 All our 2sc yd. organdies and Fancy Lawns and Linens on Thursday fol 15c yd 1Oc yd. Outing Flannels, F 6Ac yd 11-4 Silver Grey Blankets.
 Sf.21 for camping, yachting and shor' | houses.
 East Store, Main Floo1
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-05

THECARRlNGTON PUBLISHING co.
 OFFICE 400 STATE STREET.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-05

No more will women need to get down on their knees to scrub the floor An Eng1ishman has invented machine which does in two hours the work of ten women working on their knees for two days. It resembles lawn mower, and is propelled in the same way Hot water is placed in a receptacle, and when the machine is moved flows forth gently and is automatically gathered up by wiping cloth and brushes to be found in the rear. The rapidity with which the machine scrubs the floors and dries them is remarkable. It is especially adapted for use in office buildings, hospitals and factories.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-05

A San Diego (California) man makes the interesting suggestion to the New York Tribune that instead of having any such permanent tariff commission as some congressman favor, the best the president, the secretary of state, the secretary of the treasury and two citi- and confirmed by the senate, tariff commission, and to give it full power to change the duty upon any item or class of items. formally and quickly, to meet such new conditions as may arise
, 1897-04-24
WEDDED A RAINY DAY.

There was a time in Oregon wnen the
male inhabitants mostly wore buckskin
trousers, because there was not other
material available for garment making,
says the Corvallis (Ore) Times. Ore
CONS climate, Of course, is damp. and
buckskin once wet shrinks frightfully
in drying. This reminds an old pioneer
of the first wedding he aver went to in
Oregon. He said:
1T occurred in the winter of 1S45 at
Oregon City. The bride walked two
miles through mud to get to the church.
She was arrayed in white, and when she
appeared in church her gown was sadly
bedraggled. The groom wore buckskin
pants. Once they had beer wet, but at
the wedding they were dry. They bag
ged at the knees until there was room
inside for a swarm Of bees, but they fail
ed to reach his shoe-tops. They ended
somewhere about the calf OF the legs, and
the groom wore no socks. 1t was a
strange costume for the chief contractor
at the wedding, but the groom was I'M
daunted. His name was Sharp, and the
name Of the bride was Edes. Though
they were welded in unsightly suits, it
is presumed that they lived happily I'M
til the husband, years afterward, killed
a man and went to the %penitentiary, and
the wife married another man."
, 1897-04-24
ATTENDED BY A LEOPARD.
The United States Consul to Zanzibar
Creates a Sensation.

The most interesting animal, histori-
dens, in Washington, is a handsome
African leopard. 1t was a gift to his
native city from Richard Dorsey Hohun,
the distinguished African explorer, and
United States consul to Zanzibar, and
has been christened by him Dijini, an
African word signifying devil, says the
Washington Star.
1t seems that the inhabitants Of a GER
tain village in which Mr.. Mohun was
stationed were kept in terror of the safe
ty OF their children by the periodical in
%cursions of a fierce female leopard, who
bore away, in her powerful jaws, pigs
sheep and any other domestic animal
which CHANGED to tempt her feline appe-
tite. The consul, accordingly. resolved
to rid them OF this nuisance. and. having
laid her low with a discharge from his
rifle, discovered that he had orphaned
an interesting young cub. This cub,
which he adopted. was Dijini. Under
his care the animal grew SO tame that
he followed him about the streets like a
dog, and finally accompanied him on Il
visit to Germany. When the carriage
which he had taken stopped in front of
one Of the principal hotels in Antwerp
and the consul sprang out, Dijini leaped
after him, and the two entered the build
ing together.
The long intimacy which had existed
beteewn them prevented Mr.. Mohun
from realizing the sensation the intro
duction of so unique a pet would create
among the inmates OF a well-regulated
establishment. In an instant the floor
of the office was cleared, and guests were
seen scaling pillars and clinging to the
balustrades. while the proprietor, from
his vantage ground behind a windowed
partition. poured forth volleys of expos
lulations in broken English.
Hes as tame as n cat" urged Mr..
Mo hun. Il raised him from a cub"
But explanations and reassurances
were powerless to dislodge such preju-
dices. Poor Dijini had to be Gagged; and,
after refusing several flattering offers
for him from owners OF menageries, Mr..
Mohun shipped him to America. Six
months afterwards. upon his return to
Washington. the consul drove out to the
gardens to see his pet, and Mortified the
man in attendance by jumping over the
railing which fenced in his cage.
Get back" he exclaimed, rushing
forward. at isn't safe to go so near.
The animal is fierce"
Il don't think he'll hurt me-" replied
Mr.. Mohun quietly, thrusting his arm
between the bars.
Are you crazy?" broke forth the
keeper. Selling him by both shoulders.
Don't you know you'll get our urn
chewed off"
But at this instant Dijini's eyes fell
upon his master. Uttering a hideous cry
OF joy. he sprang forward, and. fawn-
ing before him, thrust out his long red
tongue and licked his extended hand.
, 1897-04-24
COURTING ILL LUCK,

John T. Sample, the veteran Of the
Mexican war who was to have been
married to Eugene Emerson Kaufman,
but whose son stopped the wedding
while the couple were before the minis
ter waiting for him to pronounce the
words that would make them one, has
had his wedding postponed for the sec
ond time. The couple had notified Rev.
DR.. Bruce that they wanted the cere-
mony performed last night. Shortly be-
fore the appointed time they again no
titled him that q postponement was de-
sired. -.
1t was developed that the cause Of this
was that their home vas not entirely
ready for them to occupy it. There was
no family interference. 1t was all done
by the groom himself. He was seen
later in the evening and said he had
selected the 18th Of this month as the
date for the service.
Don't you think you are kind of
tempting fate, Mr.. Sample, by getting
married on that date?" was asked him.
mo. I do not. Some people cay
there's no luck In 10, but ~ my mar
riage has failed to take place On the
two dates already ct, l intend to try
, 1897-04-24
the 18th for luck. 1t will come off for
certain on that date
COST OF A WEDDING MESSAGE.

COST OF A WEDDING MESSAGE.
When a MIN gets married away from
home he naturally feels it necessary to
acquaint his folks with the joyful news
as DOL as possible. John Liddell, the
handsome Englishman who led Miss
Marion Hellyer to the altar in Riverside
last Saturday. before a large party of
f~ashionables, was thoroughly impress
sed with his duty in this respect, and
so he hunted up the nearest telegraph
office and set about to compose the mes
sage telling Of his good fortune, says
the Chicago Times-Herald.
Some men would have gone into de-
tails to the extent OF naming the bride
and the time and place, and soliciting
the parental blessing. But telegraph
companies do not handle messages for
nothing, no matter now felicitous they
may be in their character, and, as every
body knows, every additional mile trav-
eled by the message makes it that much
more profitable to the grasping corpora
ton.
lnasmuch as Mr.. Liddell's home is in
Shanghai, China, he prudently refrain
ed from committing the fault of verbos-
ity. OF course, his people were expect
ing something in confirmation of what
had been discussed in letters from time
10 time, and he found it much easier on
that account to practice brevity and
economy without sacrificing the mean
ing of his message. This is what he
sent flashing over the wires and under
the ocean on its long journey to Shang-
hal:
"Hurrah!'
AT any other time the receipt of such
a telegram or cablesram by Mr.. Lid
dells people might have caused them
some concern. but the happy groom was
thoroughly confident of being under
stood. He has money to burn" and
could have cabled a full account of the
wedding without creating any financial
distress to himself. As it was, there
was nothing cheap in the message.
1t cost $50.