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The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-12-14
NEW HAVEN, Thursday, December IA, 1899.
Holiday Books Year Round Friends.

If there's one gift in the giving of which good judgment and appro- priateness count for most, it is in books. Jerrold says a book ftly chosen is a lifelong friend. So whether for giving or to add to one's own library, choose books that will be helpful companions and which will afford instruction and enter tainment.
 Flnd here Just Such books. Our showing is one of the best in town. Book Department in gail lery together with Holi- day Games.
 YOUNG PEOPLES LIBRARY
 A series of good literature for children. se- lected from popular works; all are printed on good paper from large type and profusely ilu' s.rated--a most attractive series for young peope.
 Palmer Cox's Juvenile Budget, Z9c
 Chatterbox, 6oc
 Little Folks at Play, 45c
 Pansy's Sunday Book, 48c
 Bird Tales, 25c
 Robinson Crusoe, 2Sc and soc
 Mother Goose, 48c
 Miles Natural History. illustrating in colors the nature, habits and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, insects, etc; nice.y found in cloth cover, Soc The Dore Bible Gallery, with 100 superb i lustratons, 48c WORKS. The Pocket Shakespeare series, complete in l3 vol. with glossary $2.4S the set Kiplings masterpieces-5 vols, green cloth cover, nicely bound, good clear print
 $I.3S the set BOOKS OF THE DAY
 Hall Caine's two most popular novels. The Manxman and The Christian. $l.30 the set Capt. Kodak-,by Alexander Black, author of Miss Jerry. This is a camera story and is il ustrated throughout with snapshots one of which shows the Yale boys at football practise 1t Yale Field. Ire story entire is truly fascinat ng, doubly so from the local bit that is so cley- ,rly introduced. $i.48 ELSIE BOOKS
 Complete, for girls, including tbe later Or aes- Elsie at Ion and Elsie on the Hudson. Re- luced for Thursday from o8c to 7oc. ca The foregoing is but hint 'Twould be impossible to give you an idea in print We in- lite you to come.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-12-14
At Howe & StetsOn's. Closing Out Sale of Comfortables and Robe Blankets.

The season is nearing it's end and rather than carry over stock we shall close out at less than cost. They're all this seasons goods, of selec- ted patterns and will make very desirable Hol' iday gifts.
 ROBE BLANKETS At $1. 3o ca. -37 wool Blankets in
 plain colors with fancy borders,
 also all-over fancy stripes. Size
 72x86 inches. They're splen-
 did soft quality and have sold this
 fall at s2.25 and 3D. ca. At ST. .o8 ca. 40 wool Blankets
 in figured effects. in a varied as- sortment of colors quality of the best. Size 72x86 inches. These have sold as high as $3.5O { DOWN COMFORTABLES At $3.75 ca. -2l full size Comfort- ables, best fluffy down filling.
 covered with excellent quality ss- tine in this seasons prettest pat terms. Former prices were $6.5O and $7.OO
 At $5. % ca. Full size Comfort- ables, with best down filing cov- cred both sides with China silk in the choicest patterns; sold as high as $l2.OO
 Only few of these. COTTON FILLED COMFORTABLES At 85c ca. Full size Comfortables, with white cotton filling, covered both sides with pretty prints. Regular value Sl.25 At $1.o5 ca. l5 full, size Con,- fortables, white cotton filling, covered both sides with best twill led prints warm and durable. r& gg ]. Regular selling price $l. SO At $I.I5 ca. -l6 full size Com fortables, best cotton filling. cov- cred with best twilled prints in ' choice patterns; were considered abig bargain at $l.75
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-12-14
Bring the children tt

Bring the children to see the Brownies the Germand band is station ed on top of the Soda Fountain and Uncle Sam close by keeps a watch full eye upon them, while the football player gazes down savagely from a nearby shelf.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-12-14
Stylish
 Dress 
T will cost little to give a friend a


 pattern if you take ad- vantage of Thursdays s offerings. The follow ing have been selected from our best styles and goods and priced won- derfully low. We'll fix them in pretty gift fash ion for you with bands of ri b b 0 n, without charge.
 BLACK DRESS GOODS
 AS inch all wool, wide vale. Serge, a good lustrous black; goods worth 75c. Thursday only soc yd COLORED DRESS GOODS-
 l2 pcs. so to 52 inch. all wool Cheviots in invisible plaids and check brown, green, blue and gray. These goods are very popu- lar and are sold every day at $l.0O
 Thursday only 6oc yd TAFFETA SILK
 27-inch, heavy quality all silk Taffeta, a good durable quality that will give good service. Actual val ue $l.l9 Thursday only Sac yd
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-12-14
TOYS! DOLLS! AND
 GAMES!
ND

SF'S' NJ and glistening Christmas trees, laden with gifs for all good children. The vision is realized here. The whole store thrills with the inspiration of the season. You will feel it, too as you walk under the miles and miles of ropings of evergreen mixed with bright red holly bernes that are arched from pillar to pillar throughout the entire store. The breath of the Christmas woods is here, and, drinking in the fragrance of the evergreens, your heart grows young with the recollection of the days when you used to play with your doll (if you are woman) or soldiers (if you are man).
 Of course we couldn't begin to enumerate the many things in Toys, Dolls and Games which we have collected to delight the youngsters We'll mention just these few:
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-12-14
Carpet Sweepers.

a Christmas gift-lots of labor saved by the use of one of these. THE "QUINNIPIAc" s1.5o This is manufactured exclusively for us and is the very best Sweeper in the market at this price. The entire make-uo is perfect-rubber tired wheels, broom action, japan ned frame, nicely polished wood case ia birch, oak and mahogany finish. Worth $2.O0 easily.
 Then we have a complete line of Bissel's sweepers, namely;
 The Pequot, o8c
 The Standard, $l.06
 The Grand Rarids cyco bearing,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-12-14
At the Handkerchief Bower.
Every day will
 b e ''Hand-

kerchief Day" in this store until the holiday season is over. On each of these days hundreds will have good reason to remember that there is no other place where Hand kerchiefs of highest merit can be found in such variety and so reason ably priced. In most cases handkerchiefs may be bought here by the single one as reasonably as tney are Sold else- where in dozens. At 6 fot 25c.-
 All white with fancy corners of embroidery and lace; hemstitched and spared; fancy printed in fast color and good quality cambric. Many of these worth Sc, each. At 5 for 25c.-
 All linen hemstitched; worth Sc. each.
 At 3 for 25c.-
 Special values in pure linen hem A, 14 and l-inch hems. Actual worth 12Hc. each. At ? for age
 A large and varied assortment including all linen plain hemstitched in 1s, A. A and l-inch hems; also all linen fancy spared and em- broidered; Swiss embroidered and scalloped and hemstitched; Japanese hand embroidered, scalloped and and all linen hand embroi- iered initialed.
 Many of these are actually worth | 25c. ca. All are of exceptional ,alue as to style and quality.
 Others at 25c, 38c, so, 75c. l sl.00. l.25, up to 3.25 ca. REAL LACE dANDKERCHIEFS-
 SI. .OO to 8. 87 ca.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-12-14
Scrap Baskets

'1sl1S1T7 uuvs,vE@1te1|111y FzSE1y gifts when tied with a bow of ribbon. For Thursday we will offer Scrap Baskets that have been selling at 29c, 55c and 45c., at 25cI All baskets that hav. been selling at SIC, 65c, 6oc and 7oc. soc
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-12-14
Wo1nen's Underwear.
This is a
 broken 5H1 q

underwear which we will close out very much un- der the regular price. They're heavy weight cotton, in plain goods, with vests daintily finish ed with silk edge; draw CTS to match. Always sold at so cents.
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Thursday only 35c
PERCALEs-

PERCALES--
 Our very best quality one yard Percales, such as the Windsor, Sea Island. English. Merrimac. Puritan and Punjab-goods that regularly sell at l21a cents; we will offer for
 Thursday only at Sc yd
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that will hurry them out in double quick time.

They're of Beaver, Kersey, Covert, Melton and Fancy Mixtures in the prettiest and brightest colors imag- inable-scarlet, navy and cadet blue, garnet, brown, tan and mode. Made single or double breasted; fancy collars; some with the new box back all prettily trimmed with braid. Former prices were $3.o8 to $8. o8. Reduced to
 $1.o8, 2.5o, 3.o8, 4.o8
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-12-14
Women's and
 Girls Mackintoshes.

men appreciate Mackin- toshes as gifts-but they like them to have full skirts. It's a point that we're careful about. Just a hint
 WOMEN'S MACKINTOSHES--
 Of all wool serge finish in navy blue and black with pretty plaid lining; double breast ei military effect, velvet collar, single cape an uncommonly fine garment that sells every day at $4.9S Thursday only $3.oS GIRLS, MACKINTOSHES--
 4 to IA yrs. In blue and brown checks, with checked lining; double-breasted with single cape, velvet collar Regular price $l.o8 Thursday only 1.6o
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-12-14

COM MEN CING TO- NIGHT, STORE WILL REMAIN OPEN EVERY NIGHT UNTIL CHRISTMAS.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-12-14
Wornen's
 Warm Wrappers.

cloth Ca fine quality of outing flannel in pretty broche patterns--pink, gray and blue.
 They're made with yoke front and Watteau effect in back; ruff S over the shoulder and outlining the yoke; fitted waist lining; extrs length and width. Regular value Sl.98 Thursday only o8c
 These are a big value at this price.
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 We are prepared to furnish schools, churches, etc. with pure, wholesome candies a t lowest prices. Make our own Candiesyou know factory at 293 State St. -so we know what they're made of. Get your orders in early.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-12-14
HOLIDAY UMBRELLAS.
Not another stock Ii k e | h i s-n O

other store shows such variety and such values. This is not a care- less statement, but a fact that can be verified quickly. Up- wards of 10000 Umbrellas-the lowest-children's at 3oc. the highest-for man-has handles
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-12-14

STEAM YACHT
 An alcohol lamp makes the steam "a safety valve makes the steam safe. Soc HALE'S PARLOR CANNON WITH SOLDIERS
 Shoots dart and is perfectly harmless. Price of gun and paper soldiers complete, roc STEEL TRAIN
 Two cars and locomotive. the biggest train for the money in the. city, . 25cl IRON TOYS
 Mule Carts, Hook and Ladder,
 Engine and Train Mail Wagon,
 Fire Patrol, Artillery,
 Phaeton, Grocery Wagon, etc. TOOL CHESTS
 We have tool chests in prices from
 60c to $500 STEAM TOY ENGINES, 4Sc to sa. ao STEAM PROPELLERS, oSc PILE DRIVER, 83c PRINTING PRESSES Fully fitted with type, cards, rollers, ink, bronze, etc.
 $I.OO upwards MAGIC LANTERNS-Fully equipped with slides, etc. 48c to $z. z.2o SOLDIER sU1Ts-with helmet, leggns, cartridge belt, etc. 75c. to O8c GAMES
 Then up stairs in the Gallery are the Games, together with the Holi- day Books. These are merely
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-12-14
Handsome Pillow
 Tops.

of satin in white, rose pink, blue, ivory and green grounds with rosy checked cupids printed on them; excellent quail tv of satin. Worth $1
 While they last 6oc
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-12-14

DOLLS
 A fine showing of Jointed and Kid Body Dolls, dressed and un-l dress.d d.
 Flaxen-h haired little dears, that can turn the toes in and out, ,and bend the knees, elbows and wrists anyway they want to. They stand l2 inches high and are dressed in the daintiest of frocks-b blue, white, pink and yellow, with bonnets 10 match.
 While they last PIC Kid Body Dolls, undressed.
 Jointed Dolls, dressed. ass to $4.o8 Kid Body Dolls that go to sleep, ,undressed, both brunette and blonde; with kid slippers and lace stockings; regular soc doll.
 2oc each DOLLS FURNISHINGS
 Bureaus, with swinging mirrors
 In white enamel, soc, $I.0o, 2 .46
 III odkJ VyS Auu /y( Sideboards, in white enamel. $2.o8, High chairs, Soc Oak Extension Tables, zoe Trunks, all sizes, soc to $I.30 Also the following:
 Houses, Settee, Go Carts, Commode, Hammocis> Brass bed, Sw ngs, Pianos
 Rocking chairs, Fur sets, Bedsteads, Crotcheted Cradles, Sets, etc. And everything for the play kitchen, play parlor and play bedroom, etc. DOLL SETS
 Dolly must also have ope of these very stylish sets of Furs-muff and boa.
 7sc to $I. % Or perhaps dainty Crocheted Set would be more becoming. SOC Opera Capes with satin lined hoods. 4sc DOLL SWINGS Of Indian wood, 20 inches high, l2 inches wide, 38c | 30 inches high and IA inches wide, 7oc KINDERGARTEN BLACK BOARDS
 Only few left-going rapidly, size l2xl5 inches, with re olving copies of Kindergarten pictures, the alphabet and figures--also 6 colored 'rayons. Price oc CHRISTMAS CANDLES All colors; l6, 3o and AS in box, according to size. oc box MECHANICAL TOYS STEAM ENGINE
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-12-14
The Name in Your
 Glove.

Rosa monde, Monceaux,
 Madeleine, Bordeaux,
 Constance, Reynier, in a glove tells the whole story in a word. It ans wers every question. If the gloves are a gift, you know that the best in quality, style, color, fit and finish is yours. Come and see the beau tiful soft shades and ex- quisite embroideries. The following are our own impor- tations, every pair made by noted European makers.
 "CONSTANZE"--
 3-clasp in glace and suede.
 Prices ST.. .38 and $I.5O "MoNCEAUX"-
 3-clasp dace in black and beautiful line of colo,s. Our price $l.15 pr "MADELEINE" AND "BORDEAUX''- 3-clasp and Bordeaux, hook, in glace only, the equal of any $l.85 glove.
 Our price $I,Eo pr "ROSAMONDE"--- Our own importation, is the best $l.0o glove in the market. It is a 2-clasp glace glove in black, white, pearl, slate, tan, mode, brown, navy and green. Compare it witt usual LOO gloves.
 Our price $I oo pr We offer as our best glove the famous "Reynier,' 3-casp glove, glaze and suede, in black and staple colors. also in all the dainty pastel shades.
 Prices $I.75 and $2.oo
 At $1.oo pr 2-CLASP MOCHA
 Specially manufactured for us and in fit and finish, the equal of any SIPS glove. 2.CLAsP DOGSKIN-
 Pioue sewed, hand embroidered
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-12-14

We have the finest showing of Fancy Baskets in town.
 Make asvf,,i1v y,resfx,
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hlghest-for man-haS handles of toTtolSe SheI with gold band-$1250
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MECHANICAL TOYS STEAM ENGINE
 With safety valve. pulley on fly wheel for working toy machinery and above all "a real whistle. ROC
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-12-14

2-CLASP MOCHA
 Specially manufactured for us and in fit and finish, the equal of any SIPS glove. 2.CLASP DOGSKIN-
 Pioue sewed, hand embroidered
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-26
Helena In the Old DAYS.

A little group of old timers were
talking about the palmy days of wide
open gambling in New Orleans. 1T
used to be pretty lively, I admit said
one of the veterans, "but the only sure
enough Monte Carlo this country ever
saw was out in Montana. I'll never for
get the first time I struck Helena. It's
a good sized, handsome city, and I took
a stroll down the main street looking at
the stores. Pretty soon I was struck
cold by a monster sign Of Licensed
Gambling House right over the door of
n Of the finest places in town.
"In less than a block I ran across a
dozen other signs of the same kind, and
then I began to ask questions. I found
that the law required all gaming places
to put up such boards. They had to be
Is feet long and 2 feet wide, with
plain white letters on a black ground.
The original bill didn't specify the size,
so some of the houses had signs made
about half an inch long, that you'd
need a microscope to read, and that's
why the particulars were laid down so
exactly. The gambling shops were sand
WICKED right in between groceries and
shoe stores, and one of 'em was next
door to a church. It locked funny, I
tell you.''-New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-26
Speechless With Rage.

"Strong emotion, says Darwin, Gin
terrupts the steady flow of nerve force
to the muscles" This prevents the
proper working of those muscles which
are used in speaking; hence the STUN
bling and incoherence of the speech.
1.-The voice sticks in the throat" to use
the words of Virgil. In some cases
speech is for a short time impossible, as
is seen where a person is said to be
''speechless with rage" The hoarseness
Of the voice is due partly to the fact
that passion causes an %overaction of
all the organs, partly by the fact that
for generations harsh and fierce sounds
have been made use Of to terrify oppo-
nents in quarrels, and so have come to
be associated instinctively with anger.
Possibly the fact also has it's influence
that the utterance of sounds such as
those referred to is in some way or the
other a relief to the feelings.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-26
Wonderful Hairdressing,

Hairdressing in Zululand is an i'm
portant feature, both to the bride and
bridegroom, and the attention paid to
the coiffnre Of the pair would shame the
performance of a west end hairdresser
who arranges a brides locks and fastens
the orange blossom chaplet.
A cone shaped erection, for instance,
is the lawful couture Of a Zulu wife,
and this cannot be legally worn till the
marriage rites are duly completed. Save
for the all important cone, the head of
a Zulu bride is closely shaved, an as
sagai being used for the purpose, while
as 500 as a. youth is of manageable
age his. head is shorn to leave a ring
around the scalp and then literally be-
smeared with fat and ocher, without
which unguents nc Zulu would feel fit
tingly decorated for his bride.
When the bridegroom elect has been
shorn of all his hair save the wool on
the crown, which is trained in a circu-
lar shape and some four inches in diam
eter, a ring is sewed to this gum and
charcoal. In this the Zulu thrusts long
snuff spoons, needles and small utility
articles and is very proud Of his ring,
which is the badge of manhood Gas
sells Magazine.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-26
The Queer Dunkards.

The Dunkards are one of the most
peculiar religious sects in the country.
Their name is properly Thinkers and is
derived from the German word ''tunk-
en- to dip. They are also called Tum-
blers from their. method Of baptism,
which is to put the person. while kneel-
ing, head first under the water. The
sect was founded in Germany in the
seventeenth century. but its members
were prosecuted and in 1925 accepted
an invitation from William Penn to set
tie in Pennsylvania. They live largely
in communities and follow somewhat
closely the customs Of the Quakers in
regard to dress.
They never engage in lawsuits, take
no oaths and no active part in politics.
They do not believe in war, and divorce
is unknown among them. Twice a year
each congregation has a love feast, in
which the members wash each others
feet and salute each other with the kiss
Of fellowship, men kissing men, and
women women. Until recently the tax
ing of interest for money loaned was
not allowed among them. They are an
agricultural people. and as Pennsylva-
mia and the other eastern states have
become more thickly settled the Dun
kards have gradually removed to more
western s~tates.-Washington Post.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-26
Two DANGEROUS Trades.

File cutting and glass polishing are
the two trades in which the operatives
are constantly subjected to the slow and
stealthy growth of industrial disease.
The danger in their case is even more
alarming than in those which have been
previously dealt with, as the power
which daily menaces them is that most
pernicious and treacherous evil, lead
poisoning. In the case of file cutters
the mischief is contained in the bed
upon which the file is placed for cut
ting. This il composed of metallic lead,
for, although other substances have
been tried, it is declared that none of
them give the desired amount of re-
sisrance without residence obtained by
a lead bed.
Glass polishing is dangerous in that
the powder with which the edges of cut
glass are treated contains so to 70 per
cent Of oxide of lead. Here, again, the
same remedies are demanded, and for
tunately they are not so difficult Of at
tainment. In both these cases the poison
pursues it's victims with a malice as re-
lentless as it is appalling, which kills or
mains as surely as does any explosion
or accident by violence. -Fortnightly
Review.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-26
How Banks Use Their Millions.

Many people wonder how banks use
all the money deposited in them and
how they manage to pay interest there
on and yet come out at the end of the
year with a big profit on the business.
What they do is trade with the mon
ey. To the deposition they pay between
1 and 2 per cent, but the money they
lend brings them in 8. s., 6, z and ever
8 per cent.
For instance, they give loans on all
sorts Of securities, such as railway
debentures, government stock, public
company shares, dock warrants, bills of
lading, etc.
They also lend money on the security
of houses and land, but not to a great
extent, as repayments are slow.
When a couple of substantial business
men or farmers or professional men
back a bill, the bank often lends with
out any security at all, but now and
again they have heavy and ruinous
losses on these loans.
All banks, however, have large sums
of money constantly lying idle. for they
must keep sufficient cash at the various
branches to pay checks and even to be
more or less prepared for panics. Still,
the difference between the 1 or 2 per
cent they pay and the 8 to 8 they re-
ceive on millions of dollars leaves them
an immense profit on the years bust
ness.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-26
A Life Worse Than Death.

It is said that DR.. Tufier of the Hos
pital de la Petite, Paris, succeeded in
bringing a man to life temporarily. The
man operated upon was Jean Soulie,
who had been pronounced dead. DR..
Tuffier, it is alleged, in the presence CT
a large number of students, took the
body, and. after the application of sew
eral recognized methods of proving the
total extinction of life, exposed the
mans heart, and, holding the organ in
his hand, pressed first n side with the
finger and then on the other side with
the thumb, and, keeping it up continu-
ously. caused an artificial action, and
after a time there were u~nmistakable
evidences of life. 1t is said that the mar
answered one or two questions put to
him. It was impossible to maintain this
artificial action very long, and the man
sank back to his second death.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-26
A conscientious Sentry,

Washington, hearing that the colored
sentinels could not be trusted, went out
n night to ascertain if the report was
correct. The c~ountersign was ''Cam-
bridge" and the general, disguised.
as he thought, by a large overcoat. ap-
preached a colored sentry.
"Who goes there?" cried the senti-
mel.
"a friend, replied Washington.
"Friend, advance, unarmed, and give
the countersign," said the colored man.
Washington came up and said, "Rox-
bury
"No, sahl" was the response.
"Medford," said Washington.
"No, sahl" returned the colored SOL
dier.
"Charleston," said Washington.
The colored man Immediately ex-
claimed, II tell you, Massa Washing
ton, no mar 60 by here out he say
Cambridge"