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The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-12-06
ARTIFICIAL EMPHASIZES
 FRANCE.

Artificial eyelashes appear to be the latest French novelty. False hair is an ancient institution, and we have long been accustomed to false teeth and even eyebrows Henceforth, according to the sMedicine Franchise" there is no reason why an otherwise beautiful face should be disfgured by red eyelids or ragged eyelashes. The process may appear a little painful needle threaded with hair being passed through the lid and the threads cut in the middle with a fine pair of scissors, each end becoming an eyelash But what will not beauty endure if thereby it may become more beautiful-London Chronicle.
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The
KERAMIC LEAGUES EXHIBIT.

Miss Jennie E. Hanson of New Ha- ven shows over thirty pieces on a table in the first parlor at the Keramic Art exhibit shows diversity in methods and execution and originality. She shows also fine porcelain painting. Among her exhibits are an odd vase of the pussy willow, and a deep brown East Rock sketch on an odd bit of delft. Each article on this table has beeT selected for some special point of merit in ker- amics and all are supposed to show the highest work ot the club.
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WEATHER RECORD.
Agricultural Department

Agricultural Department, Office of the Chief of the Weather Bureau. Washington, D. C., Dec 5, 1899, D. m. Forecast for Wednesday,
 For Massachusetts and Connections: Gen orally fair Wednesday and Thursday, brisk to high south to west winds Wednesday. For Eastern New York: Fair Wednesday Rnd Thursday, except rain or snow in nor thern portion, fresh to brisk south to west winds.
 Storm signals are displayed on the Allan tic coast from Sandy Hook to Portland, Me
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OYSTER sCHOONERS ARRIVED.

H. c. Rowe & Go. have just unloaded two large schooner loads of Narragan- sett Bay oysters. These schooners were the A. T. Miner, Captain George How land. with 3,012 bushels, and the schooner Emma, Captain Henry Goken, with S,22O bushels. These Narragansett Bay oysters are in fine condition and the demand for them is very great.
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1.-the Baby Is Cutting Teeth.

Be sure and use that old and well-tred rem edy. Mrs. Winslows Soothing Syrup, for childrens teething. It soothes the child, softens the gums, alays all pain, cures wind collie, and is the best remedy for diar- rhoea. Twenty-Five cents a bottle.
 d11 NEW X 1y
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THE LADY GROOM" FOR LAD
 RIDERS.

The lady groom is the latest acquis- tion to the ranks of feminine employ ment It is certainly Very 5ul for a young lady to ride in the park or else- where with only groom in attendance riding far behind her at discreet dis tance; it must be far more agreeable fer her to ride in company with chearful person of her own sex, where social po- sition allows of her riding side by side. A London riding mistress has hit on this happy idea, and no doubt the pro- fession of riding companion will soon find many followers both in town and country.-The London Chronicle
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Gift Waists.

bought particular for the of Christmas giving efrom
  nd that dosth
 But thev have permit prices
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Health for ten cents Cascarets make the bowels and kidneys act naturally, destroy microbes, cure headache, bilious ness and constipation All druggists.
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The Christmas Air.

And iseems o have blown feel the Christmas the sharp air Now bundles
  Christmas
  of theC tfromthe Letus addth the tmporan o anshob avLy
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Have It Sent to You.
 The Journal and Courier will be sent to any address by mall at the same terms as it Is delivered in the city-1b cents a week, 50 cents a month.
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Women's silk waists of French taffeta, handsomely corded and tucked, in the newest colors. Made to sell for from 5000 to $500. At $3.oS.
 Shob EarT.
 Keeb to the Rsght.
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Women's silk waists of fine Givermand taffetas, hem stitched, hand drawn and elaborately tucked on back, front and sleeves. In grays, cerise, pink and blue. Made to sell for $500 to $I2.oo. At $4.oS.
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Women's silk waists of finest quality taffeta, very deliberately tucked and hand hand drawn hemstitched, delicate colors and white. Each one of these waists is a copy of a French waist. Made to sell for $1o.oo to $15.oo. At $7,o8.
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New Books The Other Fellow, by F, Hopkinson Smith. Publish ed at 1.5o. Price, r.1S.
 Those Dale Girls, by Frances Weston Carruth. Published at I.25. Price, o8c.
 Adventures of Freshman, by Jessie Lynch Williams. Published at I.25. Price, o8c. Chronicles of Aunt Minerviy Ann, by J oel Chandler Harris. illustrations by A. B. Frost. Published at 1.5o. Price, I.I8.
 Stalky & Co.,, by Rudyard K ipling. Illustrated by L. R aven Hill. Published at I.5o. Price, 1.1S.
 Land of the Long Night by Paul Du Chaillu. Publish, ed at 200. Price, 1.5o.
 Where Angels Fear to, Tread, by Morgan Robert, son. Published at 1.25. Price, o8c. '
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Manure specially composted for fer tilizing lawns
 CONN CONCRETE CO, d2 If 49 Church St,
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Howe & Stetson.

CLAlRVOYANT.
 MARY J. WRIGHT, NJ. D., and business clairvoyant, has returned to P High st. Dr. Wright is the best known Clairyoy- ant in the State. Twenty-Five years in New Haven. Her predictions on health and business never fail. She treats all Chronic and Women's Diseases. Witn or without medicine. Consllltat sn by ittc Send age and lock of hair. Hours 9 to 5 and evenings. s25
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Eiderdown
 Sacques and Robes.

i'd colors- pink, blue, red and gray -daintily finished with crpcheted edges and ribbon at neck; the more expensive ones, satin bound and of ripple eiderdown.
 Sacques 5oc, 75c, o8c, to A$1.o8
 Robes-fnished with cord and
 tassel. $3. 50 to 1000
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MORE ABOUT SUPERVISORS
4 SHORT HERRING BEFORE THE
 SPECIAL COMMITTEE.

Held Last Night-AttorneyC Charles H. Fowler Appeared and Favored the Supervisory System-Goorge l.. Fox Will be Heard Further Next Wednes- day Night-Two More Hearings at Least.
The Washington weekly post., 1899-11-08
The Fox and the Owl.

| An Owl who had a No. l hoot to her
voice and was well content with il was
| doing q rushing business one night from
| the limb of a thorn tree when the Fox
came along and halted to observe:
"Ah, me, but if you could only sing like
the Nightingale how many more admirers
you would have!'
''But my hoot can be heard mile fur
| ther than her notes." protested the Owl
Yes, | know, but there is an awful diff
ference in the music"
Thereupon the Owl began trying to imi.
tate the Nightingale's song. but made
such muss of il that the Crows and
Buzzards awoke and pitched into her and
drove her far away The Fox followed
on, and when he found her with tears in
Ler eyes and most Of her tail feathers
gone he remarked:
They've got a new whistle over at the
sawmill which can be heard four miles
away If you only had hoot like that
you might call yourself some pumpkins. ''
Il never tried a four-mile hoot," replied
the Owl, but ! believe l can do it,"
I'm afraid you can't"
But I'll have a try at it,
Thereupon the bird got a fresh hold
with her toes and made such an effort
that she cracked her voice and could no
longer hOot at all.
Morals:
well good night" said the Fox as he
turned away 1--WE got a touch of collie,
and ! wanted some one else 10 be miser-
able also
If you've got good enough hoOt let ii
alone.
The Washington weekly post., 1899-11-08
The King and the Truth.

One day the king got the idea into his
head that his cOurtiers might have been
piling it on too much, and he therefore
invited his subjects TO come before ilim
and speak the truth. One after another
in long procession, they bent before him
and pronounced him the greatest general,
the most eminent statesman, and the wis
est ruler of earth. Everything was said
to flatter and increase his conceit, and he
was getting 10 think he owned the gloDe
when a rugged-faced peasant paused be-
fore him to say:
Before speaking my mind, o, Kins.
/ pray thee to come down on the lawn
and see what 1 have brought
The King descended with him 10 behold
a beehive with three holes bored in its
face for the bees 10 come and go.
''Dost care to trifie with thy Kingr' de-
manded his highness as he saw only the
hive before him.
Not on my life" replied the peasant.
'You, who are so great and eminent,
must know into which hole to thrust your
finger after honey"
why, the middle one, of course" said
the King as he advanced and performed
the little trick.
An hour later after the poultice had
began to ease the pain little and the
royal physician had assured him that he
would live through it, the King sent for
the peasant and held up finger as big
as baseball bat and said:
What you wanted TO prove was that
the wisest man has still something to
learn, and you hit me plumb-center. For
the lesson thou hast taught me in the bee
business l give thee this gold chain"
Thanks, o, King"
Don't be in a hurry. A subject may
never make a fool Of his King, and for
the lesson hath taught thee in manners
I'll have the boys give thee two hundred
on the bare b2ckr'
MORAL:
''B'gosh, but suppose he'd tried finger
in every holep groaned the peasant as
he iimped homeward.
The Washington weekly post., 1899-11-08
QUEER MEDICAL THEORIES.
Gross Ignorance Often Masqnersdes in
Guise of Truth.

From the Medical Journal.
There is type of character or charac-
terlessness that springs up in people from
whom the restraints of tyranny, law, or
custom have suddenly been taken. The
doings of the countryman in the city, of
TIE traveller abroad, the excesses of the
brand-new atheist or Of the fortune-getter
are the worn-out subjects of the satirist
and Of the dreary comic paper Now.
identically the same law holds in regard
TO nations. and whenever a new nation is
suddenly relieved of restraint and tute-
lage then at once arises economic topsy-
turveydom, a legislative and adminstra-
tive opera bouIfe which Is the delight OF
laughers, at least until the time of bill
paying arrives These tendencies are ac-
centuated even to farcicalnesS when un-
limited material prosperity puts power
into the hands of irresponsible ignorance.
Beyond all question nation may become
hysteric Or monomaniac as exactly and as
literally as does an Individual The eco
ncmic and social experiments and intoxi-
cations which we as a nation have gone
through with and are still bent on trying
would amuse the Olympians tired of AriS
tophanes. The distinguished character
istics of this craZinesS is the most pro-
found ignorance of fact or science,
coupled with the most cocksure dogma
tiSm, about IL.
logic danger, and is accurately analOgiZed
by the spawn of medical crankeries We are
so actively engaged in bringing forth. We
have here the same gross ignorance mas
querading truth. Men without the
faintest knowledge of a single anatomic,
physiologic or medical fact are all over
the land asserting with imperturbable
dogmatism and egOtism their possession
of all knowledge. In every city there are
hundreds and the country is filling with
them We have long been gathering a
library of crank literature One who has
not investigated the subject has not a faint
conception of the extent and degree of
medical crankery. We judge that hundreds
OF volumes, hundreds of journals, and
thousands of pamphlets are annually
issued in the United States only describa-
bic by this term. Institutions, offices,
journals &c, multiply, wax big and then
SLOWLY or suddenly die out, only to be sup
planted by fresh growths, slightly vari-
ant, though essentially the same 1t is a
strange phenomenon and we greatly fear
the facts are being missed bv the his
torian. Morbid national psychology is not
generally studied until the sorry facts
have been long buried in oblivion We
await the historian of American medical
Csankery.
The Washington weekly post., 1899-11-08
Wanted to Rob a Bank.

~ ihr nan entered the smoking car he
began ing"'-'ng Of the dozen passengers
II AIRY D. going to get OF at Scotts-
dale. As skse TO me ans / replied IN
The affirrs ,a- he sat down beside me
and said N
Well IL Tol are going to get
Scottsdale, I've proposition 70 M -sF
YOU want to make $3.50 in abb ii zen
mlnutes?"
| replied that did. and he sla.Ied iLe
on the leg and continued: .
Just the man I'm looking Cor. iran
named Holden has just started BAH III
scottsdale. He's only got one clerk. I've
looked the two men over, and ion'S be-
leve they've got much sand"
But what has their sand cot to do
with it, / asked
Why, / propose that we hold up he
bank. 1t only needs two of US. When we
go IN ycu stand by the door and keep
IOiHs out. and III take care OF Holden
ana his clerk II I'm not greatly mis-
taken, they hand over all the cash the
minute ] shove a revolver under tkeir
noses. ItH be haul OF s10,0o at least,
and we'il divide on the square. What do
you say?"
4 beg 10 be excused"
Don't want TO go into il, eh %
no. sir
It's dead sure thing that wen di-
vide the ten thousand dollars, and / rant
see what better thing you want II won
take over half an hour"
But I'm constituti0nally opposed to
robbing banks" / replied
"oh, see. Never taken hand In the
business P'
NO. sir"
We'll, that's all right. There's the so
90 waiting 10 be picked up. and TWO good
men could 10 it in a few minutes but
If you are eonstitutionally opposed it's
no use 10 waste any more breath. | just
put II 10 you as a business proposition,
you know"
Yes, / understand"
And you don't take offense?"
No"
That's right. It was for you TO come
In or stay out. You decide TO stay out. /
get some one else, and we carry the thing
through and the goose hangs high. Sorry
TO have taken up your time, and l wish
you goOd-day"
The Washington weekly post., 1899-11-08
Imprint of Bloody Fingers.

'To their utmost horror they found Don
Garcia lying dead upon the floor. He had
been strangled, but in addition. his body
was q mass OF wounds and had been
partly dismembered. There was no sign
OF the murderer TO be found save the
bloody imprint of monstrous fingers on
the white wall OF the chamber The only
window in the room. and a second door.
were firmly fastened from the inside. The
eoor by which the men entered they had
been compelled to burst open. Thus no
exit for mortal assassin was apparent
With a sudden access OF hideous fear the
men gasped out. FL diablo esta con noso-
tros' and fed from the house out into the
night.
1T Is but fair to Juan Lobo to state
that upon being captured by The author
tiles short time after this he proved
10 the satisfaction OF ali his entire Inno-
cence in regard 10 the Fonseca murders
though he was promptly hanged for high
way robbery.
After this period the villa fell into
such evil repute that the church took a
hand In the matter Upon the Inherit
ance Of the property By remote rela-
tive OF the family. the superstitious and
deyout young heir was easily persuaded
by the bishop OF the diocese 70 have the
villa razed- This .as done amid the
exorcisms Of priests and the sprinkIinx
OF holy water. and the stone OF the dead
hand was rolled into deep pit and buried
from sight No evil consequences are
known 10 have followed this last under
taking. A; all events, the demon has
slumbered for century and half"
The Washington weekly post., 1899-11-08
Not a Case OF Fever

one day a miner nsmed Bascomb came
I into Reed City after provisions. and af-
ter couple OF hours. and when ready 20
start for home, he said 10 the proprietor
OF the general store:
Look here, Bill. I'd about forgotten
sumthin' on the claim next TO me is a
, Chinyman. and he 'peared 20 me this
mornin 10 be mighty sick he2then- In
agin he Cbinyman as a rule, bat this
feller seems TO be purity decent, and nieb-
4 be I'd better take some medicine back
with me"
What kind Of incidence" wes asked.
I Dunno. but suthin or other"
Has he got feyerZ'
Seemed that way"
''Takin' on anyg'
'Jabberin' ali the time, and his eyes
ro!lin'. l left him a dish Of water"
/ Il think he has got the mountain fever, .
said the dealer. "and / guess you'd better
take him some salts. No white man kin
ever tell what ails a Chinyman, but salts
viii be as apt 10 hit as TO miss him. jest
give him the salts. and IL you feel like
doin' any more rub the soles Of his feet
with pork fat"
Bascomb went away with the salts, and
II was two or three weeks before he show =
ed up again. He was after provisions.
and the dealer suddenly IecOllected the
sick Chinaman and said:
"Oh, by the way. hOw's that Chinyman
you got the salts fur"
why, he was dead when / got back, "
was the reply. Il told you he was party
sick, but / didn't think he'd 90 CT 50
soon. Yes, he was as dead as a herring,
and / took the salts myself
Anybody find out what he died off"
"Oh. yes"
Il was thinking II might not have been
fever. Them Chinymen are great hands
TO hev fits"
'Noap. it wasn't fever. I examined the
Dody, and l seen IL wasn't fever. IL WASH I
fits, neither. II would hev bin all waste
TO gin him the salts, anyhow"
what allied the critter?"
Somebody had put a bullet into him.
and I'm kind o. 'fraid it was me. In the
night / heard somebody spookin' around
TO git my tools, and 1 blazed aw'ly and
driv him of. Yes, sir, he had a bullet
right through his body. but didn't let on
to me. and them salts would hey bin
wasted. Gurus kusses, amt they? Didn't
let on about the bullet in him fur fear
of hurtin' my feelingsr'
The Washington weekly post., 1899-11-08
He Couldn't Stand the Mule.

What We saw from our miners camp al
Black Hill one morning looking across
the deep ravine with a creek at the bot
tom was a big grizzly bear sauntering up
the rough trail in our direction, and one
OF our old white mules plodding down ths
trail toward the Chinese camp. They
we're bound TO meet where the trail
curved around a mass of rock. and 2s
men held their breath and started with
open eyes. The bear and the mule finally
c. me bead-On, and not more than ten
feet separated them. The meeting aston
ished both for a few seconds. Then. when
We expected 20 see the bear rush forward.
smash that mule with one stroke OF his
mighty paw. something else happened.
With bray OF defiance the mule reared
The Washington weekly post., 1899-11-08
Americans in south Africa,

From Golfers Weekly.
The war in South Africa will cause a
less of millions of dollars to American
manufacturers, whose commercial rela-
tion. with that country have been stead ly
growing in volume for many years. Ever
since the tension between the TWO gov
eTnments began the business has been de-
cTeasing, and since war was declared il
has practically suspended. Even if the
war should continue only six months and
il may not end for a year, it will require
another year for business relations to be
firmly re established, so that American
manufacturers will lose a years volume
of trade, at the very least, because two
diplomats were unable TO agree. America s
trade with South Africa last year was es-
timated at about $50, 900 000 and before The
British demands were made the indica-
ticns We're that the United States would
this year 0raw fully sl0000.000 more Nat
urally, the British army will require great
Quantities of canned meats and provisions
IN this war but as these necessities were
purchased here in times of peace, no great
Increase in the volume of business can ba
expected from that source
The Washington weekly post., 1899-11-08
A Flash of Memory.

"Yes. I'm getting old and sbsent-mind-
ed" said the man who had returned to
the grocery for a forgotten package. 81
had a worse sample OF it than this last
week, however"
walk into some neighbor's houseg'
Queried the grocer.
"Oh. no. l got up one morning and
found my false teeth missing. Wife and
hunted the house high and low for two
days, but couldn't find EN- ] was begin.
ming TO suspect the cook of having gob-
oied them up when all al once the mys-
tery was solved
"You found EN-, eh?"
NO. sir but the next thing TO II.
suddenly remembered that / swallowed
them on the street car going homei"
The Washington weekly post., 1899-11-08
SWORDS FOR MACARTHUR AND KING
Citizens Of Milwaukee Make Gifts 10 Two
Of the Pishtins Generals.

Milwaukee. Wis. Nov. 4-MaJ. Cen.
Arthur Macarthur. now doing duty In the
war against the Fflipinos. and Brig. Gen.
Charles King, who was mustered out Of
the service in August last. were to-day
made the recipients OF beautiful swords.
the gifts being purchased by large fund
which was contributed. through the MI
yaukee Journal. by the citizens Of Mil
waukee.
The presentation took place on the floor
Of the chamber OF commerce. Thomas II
Bowles being master OF ceremonies. Gov.
Edward scofieId presented the sword for
Gen Macarthur. which was received for
MIN by Gen r. C winkier. Gen. MzcAr-
thur wired his acceptance in the following
cablegram:
Manila.
Te the Joarnzl. Mlixankss:
seesr, viva areeasoAzts greetings 70 sebserib-
era MACARTHUR
Gen. King was present and received his
sword from James g. Flanders. who made
the presentation. Gen. King responded In
q few appropriate remarks. The ceremo-
nies ended with an address By Ger
Thomas NJ. Anderson. T. 3 A.. command
ing the Department Of the Lakes
The Washington weekly post., 1899-11-08
SLEEP, lI'L CHILE.

Der night am long an de col win roar.
Sleep. III chile, go sleep.
Your pappy he dOan' come home no more.
Sleep. Ill chile, 90 sleepi
] wonder be see US all alone
Nif nudn 20 eat except a bone;
An do he hear 30 nanny moan,
sleep. lii chile. 20 sleepi
De stars an hid an de sky an blackf
Sleep. III chile, 90 sleepi
lO' father an gone an he doan come back,
Sleep, III chile, go sleep!
He say sOod-5yei' an he gone erway
Till comes dat eyerlastin' day
An II seems sech long. long while 10 stayi
sleep, lii chile, go sleepi
De trees dey ben an de branches break.
Sleep. III chile. go sleepi
Nah heart ben. too. an il ache an ache.
Sleep. lii chile. 90 sleepi
! reckon ef pappy looks down below
he say, Mistah God. please me 20:
kase nah Eife an chile dey needs ne so'''
Sleep, III chile. 20 sleep.
GEORGE Y. HOBART.
The Washington weekly post., 1899-11-08

'In my humble estimation, Mexico is
the inmost SHRINE of the spirit OF ro-
nance" remarked Mr. William Morancy,
of New Orleans. 1T is par excellence the
oSsuaia of the multi-colored marvellous,
al = equally fitted to be the arena for
TIE man Of action or the Mecca OF the
dre&uler."
1T IS out of my opulent experience that
| award this honor to the land of Monte
ZuZha- / know its people, language, his
tJry, and customs to deep degree
Aside from the brilliant showing Mexico
makes from a mere material standpoint.
want 10 say right here that there is
many a weird and fantastic thread woven
by the fates into the texture of this land
and people which enmeshes the real with
the unreal When you are taking your
chocolate in the bright morning you
won't hear TO anything uncanny about
Mexico. outside Ot musIy chronicles. but
wait until the twilight hour is upon you,
and you will swear that from peak to
peak and coast 70 coast the ancient en-
pire OF the Aztec is the roosting place for
phantasies, as well as the cradle of all
which is gorgeous but bizarre in flesh
and blood
TO Illustrate Mexican. romance just
where II merges into the occult, will tell
you the story of the House of the Dead
Hand. You are the devil himself, if you
can tell whore the fact leaves off and the
fancy begins. TIE story was told me by
high ecclesiastic of the Catholic Church
in Mexico City. The narrator was a man
of sterling reliability, and his tale was
eorroborated by the statements of several
other people of good standing.