/ \ where ‘ NUMBER l544. I“ 4 The Ark and the Dove. There was a noble ark, Sailing o’er waters dark. And wide around; - Not one tall tree was seen, Nor flower, nor leaf of green— All, all was drowned. rI'hen a soft wing was spread, And o'er the billows dread A meek dove flew; But on that shorelcss tide No living thing she spied To cheer her view. So to the ark she fled, \Vith weary, drooping head, To seek for rest. Christ is the ark, my love, Thou art the tender dove; Fly to His breast. —le Rainbow. Miss Drake’s Enterprise. Dorothea Drake was by trade a milliner, and dress maker; and, “according to her own showing, a better was not to be found either in the goodly city of IIubbubblc or its sur- rounding.” It is one great thing in life to be satisfied with one’s self; and Dorothea’s air to a phy- siognomist, plainly indicated that she had al- ready arrived at that aim. Further, she had imbued others with her own ideas, not by selfladmiration,for the milliner was modest in regard to words, but she hadaWuy of setting a flower, adjusting a bow, and plaiting a rib- bon, finishing off with a toss of the head, which said more effectively than words, “Show me the woman that can do better than that.” Yes, she was satisfied with herself and her business; for the latter was steadily increas- ing and she was able to live comfortably, pay her help better than others in the trade, and still add to her bank account something every month. . “According to newspaper account, you are to have a rival soon, in the new six-story building opposite,” said Joesy Wilton—a ro- guish girl, who liked to get up what she call- ed an excitement in the workroom. “A what ?” fairly screamed Miss Drake, thrown off her guard by this piece of aston- ishing news. ‘ “A rival. The papers are full of his ad- vestisements. It is the rich Jones, who made so much by gold speculation in war time; but that doesn’t satisfy him; he‘s go- ing into the women’s clothing business on a grand scale. “Thank Providence none of my customers will patronize him, from principle, and be sides they never buy ready-made garments.” Miss Drake concluded the speech with a be- coming tost of the head. Then she picked up a copy of the Morning. Speculator, and glanced over the pages cf advertisements. For a moment only, her heart sanklwithin her as she read, “Made to order, every article per- taining to a lady’s wardrobe, and at reduced prices. A grand opening on the 15th.” “Well, we shall see about this,” said she, dropping the paper, and going into the store to wait on a customer. - N o sooner had Miss Drake dissappearcd than Jessy said : “I didn’t tell her out of spite. A But you know she is airways saying that she would like to see a rival of the opposite sex that talent and energy could not rent ; I thought it a good time to let her know that she will have to practice what she preaches.” “The wonder to me is that she hasn’t seen- their advertisements before,” said LuCy Wade. “I expect we shall see a grand display, on Monday, said athird. “I know some girls that are going into Jones’ workroom and they say his dresses and bonnets are elegant.” “I’d be ashamed to Work fur Juries, or any other man, in the millinery or dressmaking business,” said Lucy Wade, as the girls were preparing to leave, for it was Saturday night, and the six o’clock bell had just struck. “So would I; but there are plenty of others that wouldn’t, it seems, for he has over a bun- dred in his workroom already,” said Jessy \Valton. On the following Monday, Miss Drake’s cs- tablishment was, as usual, open to the public, but the little lady herself seemed ill at ease. The girls were left to themselves in the work- room; for the shutters were drawn up from the highly decorated front of the monster building opp0site, and Dorothea seated her- self whcrc she could obtain a view of the in- terior of the store. In the center of the‘deep show window revolved a figure dressed from bonnet to boot, in the latest Parisian style— at least so said the pla'card. Spectators soon began gathering in crowds round the window, and before noon the store was thronged with customers, many of whom had formerly patronized Miss Drake. Young ladies and misses were there, chaffer- ing over the various under-garments which are necessary to lady’s toilet, with snobbish clerks. Dorothea Drake saw it all, and was as— . tonished and indignant. To tell the truth, her store might have been closed all day, as far as business was concerned, for they had actually done nothing. . “I’ll be mistress of the situation yet,” said the little milliner, as she ordered the blinds put up. Her plan was formed, and she ap- pealed to Mrs. Wolf,,a widowed friend, who had a mint of- money. lying useless in the bank, to furnish her with capital. The widow listened to Dorothea’s project, but raised her hands in horror at the absurdi- ty, and exclaimed: “Dorothea Dean, I think you must have lost your senses. You, a woman, to harbor the thoughtvof erecting a six story store, and going against a big com- pany like the Jones! I should do wrong to give you a dollar to squander in such a way. You see, times have changed,and the small milliners must give way to the big ones.” “That is to say, the seven kine, in the shape of Jones & Co., and other large firms, who arc‘ dipping into business heretofore conducted by women, are to devour us, and we must sub- mit to the swallowing without resistance,” said Dorothea. “Since the world began might has conquer- ed right, and, however women may rant and rave, I don’t look for a speedy change. The best, in fact the only thing for you. to do, in my opinion, is to leave what money'you have in the bank, sell off your goods, give up your store, and take a position under Jones A: 00.. or some other man milliner, on a salary. You- might command good wages, I should judge, from your experience.” . After delivering her opinion, Mrs. Wolf smoothed the folds of her crapc robe, and set- tled back in her easy chair. Dorothca’s face reddened and paled by turns. She looked searchingly into the calm face of the widow and asked, “Is that your advice to me, Mrs. Wolf?” ‘ It is ; and you would do well to follow it, child.” “Don’t call me child ! I arrived at years of discretion long ago. As‘to your advice, I would not follow it'to save me from the poor house; for, however I may fall short of the end to which I hope to attain, I know I shall with God‘s help, do good to some poor strug- gling woman.” ‘ Disappointed, but not disheartened, Dor - then made a second call on- a wealthy lady, and with the same result. “One more rebuff, and I’ll try the opposite sex !" said she to her- self as shc made her third call. Mrs. Amy was at home, and Dorothea was shown into the plain parlor. As the tail gaunt figure rose to receive her, and Dorothea looked up into the hard gray ,eyes, she felt the utter hopelessness of the appeal 3 yet it was made, and those cold eyes rested calmly on Doro— thea's face as though she was speaking the truth, when she said, “I am sorry I have no money at my disposal. » If your scheme is furnish the capital.” For a moment Dorothea looked her steadily in the face, then said: ‘lWhat if this night God should require your, soul of you P Would not those who came after you find money lying useless in your well secured safe? Glittering gold. Yet it will shed no light on the dark path from this to the future world. Remember this, Jane Amy; remem- ber my words.” The rich woman stood staring in surprise at Dorothea, who passed out of the door ere she could collect herself to reply. . “I ought to have turned her out of the house ; and I 'will too, if she ever presumes to call again," said the indignant lady; but she failed to keep her word. One short week and she lay in her cofiin. It was the mistress of the mansion who had been turned out, not by an earthly potentatc. but by the will of One from whose divine commands there is no escape; and Dorothea Drake again crossed the threshold to attend the funeral. ‘ > With the small group gathered there, sat Harry llart, himself the only mourner, a nephew of the deceased. Though he had not counted on it, it came to him—the half 0. mil- lion his aunt had so ‘zealo'usly boarded. The jolly captain of the “Plover” was henceforth to bear the burden of a fortune. In childish days Harry Hart and Dorothea Drake had been schoolmates ; but they had not met for years until now, and the cofiin of Jane Amy was between them. Though their eyes often met during the solemn ceremony, _ no sign of recognition passed between them; and when “dust had been consigned to dust,” and Dorothea walked sleivly back to her shop Harry returned to the dismal mansion think- ing over the past. He had parted in anger from his aunt years ago, without her knowl- edge, shipping as second mate on board a ves- sel bound for the East. Time had brought changes to both. His aunt’s property‘had in- creased rapidly in value, but Harry had grown neither frugal nor rich, though he returned to his native city the captain of as fine a craft as floated in the harbor. Ills great desire was to make reparation for the hasty words that had parted them, ”and then put to sea with a clear conscience," he said; but alas! when he ar. rived at the well-remembered mansion the crapc-scarf at the bell-knob told him he was too late to crave her forgiveness. The fortune she had left him he felt he did not deserve. It seemed to have brought a leaden weight to his heart, crushing out all happy thoughts and aspirations. in this dungeon,” he said to the old house- keeper. “If you don’t like to stay here alone lock up the shell; as for me, I’m off “to the ‘Plover’.” ' Sauntering along one of the principal streets black-bordered handkerchiefs in a shop win- dow, and going in to purchase some, he was again brought face to face with Dorothea Drake. Shaking her warmly by the 'hand,he dropped, without invitation into the scat she had just vacated saying. “I made a lucky blunder for once, Dora. I call you by the school girl name you see, for it recalls old times.” . “And report says you are now one of the richest men in Hubbubble, Harry,” remarked Dorothea, as she put up the parcel of hand- kerchiefs. ' ' . “ Confound the money! I don’t want it. You see, the old lady and I quarrclled, and I put off to sea without as much as saying by your leave. And I was coming home with the sole purpose of making it all right, when she must up and die, and leave me with a load forever on my conscience.” “If [host was anything 0U fUI'gIVC you Wore long ago forgiven,” said Dorothea, in a sub- dued tone. ' “Did you see her often ?” asked Harry eagely. “No; though when we did meet she was al- ways talking of you,expecting you back, and grieving at your absence.” Then Captain Hart fell to questioning Do- rothea, and by degrees her own troubles and perplexities were made apparent. The trans- actions of Jones & 00., her ruined business, her aspirations, and rebuffs, together with the hopes she entertained of benefittiug her sex by her example were descanted on in such a manner that the gentleman was made to see the state of things in its proper light; and the conclusion of the matter was that Do— rothea was to have capital to put up a seven- story building if she liked. The Captain was to mrnish her with India and China goods at a price that would enable her to undersell Jones & Co, and for all this he was to “take a mortgage on the body, so that if she failed to pay him in greenbaeks he should not be a loser,” he said. “ Oh, this is indeed a fortune too great for an insignificant creature like me," she said “Nonsense! you’re a trump, Dorothea,and you deserve success, whether you obtain it or not; my heart is already made lighter with the thought that my aunt’s money will do somebody good.” The nextday the firm of Drake .827 Hart was formed, and everything settled in asatisfac. tory manner. And immediately thereafter there was an auction sale of the good’s’arid ‘ chattles of Dorothea Drake. Jones «fr Co. made merry at the finishing up of the little millincr, as they called her; but when the little frame building she had formerly occu- pied and its neighbor, disappeared,and blocks of granite beganto accumulate _on the side- ‘walk, they wondered ; and reports began to circulate, and sly hints were thrown out by the papers, that a dry goods establishment was being built that would rival anything in the city. All wondered, but none knew whose hand furnished the capital'for the ele- gant building which soon towered above all others, and bore the sign of Drake & Co. Nor was Miss Drake idle. While the build- ing was being reared, in ‘an immense work- room‘ hundreds of girls were employed in making up a large assortment of ladies’ wear from materials and patterns received weekly from Paris. Tiny bonnets of Parisian fame, and dainty little round hats London notoriety together with the India shawls, muslins and Chinese .goods that had already been received from Captain Hart, gave her an opportunity to makesneh a display of choice goods as had never before'been seen in that city'. It was a day of triumph for the little milli- ner. The store was literally packed with customers. The French clerks who officiated. at" the counters _ where Parisian goods were displayed were obliged . to call in the aid a gauche Americans; and thus it was in the Chinese department, where in gown and quee two Celestials presided. Miss ,Drakc, herself rushed to the rescue of. the dark-lined sepoys who were stationed Were the Indian goods were displayed, forthc ladies seemed about to crush one another in their anxiety to ob- tain the most desirable of these choice and expensive articles. ' One day the store of Jones A: Co. was scare- ly entered by a customerworth waiting upon; ’ and, to increase their chagrin, Sally Sparks, the superintendent of the work room, and Belle Robbins, the best cutter and fitter,gave notice that night. - “Going to be married i” asked an importi- nent clerk. “We are engaged at Miss Drake’s,” was the cool reply. “Dusty times ahead,” said one of the firm to the others, when the store was at last closed; and-th'c Jonesesrctircd to‘ their lodg. ings with gloomy forebodings. It was with wondering eyes that Miss Drake beheld the proceeds of her first day’s sales in her new store; indeed, her success kept sleep from her eyes nearly the whole night. She really agood one, there are plenty who will “I would rather flounder at sea than live ' in a careless manner, his eyes fell upon some . was up betimes on the following morning,and as she glanced over the morning paper she laughed outright, as anfiariug card of Jones & 00, met her eye. “Fortunately for ourselves and the public, we are not driven to the necessity of arraying street loafers in foreign costume to delude customers into purchasing bad representations of India and Chinese goods. Genuine articles of foreign and home man- ufacture will be found as usual in great varie- ‘ty on our counters, and only Americans will be'employed in our establishment. Jones & Co.” “The ladies of Hubbubble know a good India shawl when they see it, andreal point lace, too, I reckon,” said Miss Drake as she selected some of the finest patterns for the window, and gave the finishing touch to a magnificent morning robe which one of the girls was preparing for display. There seemed to be magic in her fingers. WhateVer she touched she improved, and as- sistants soon learned that bonnets fashioned by the tasty proprietl'ess were in greater de. mand by the IIubbubblians than the costliest of Paris importations. I It was she Mo fashioned neat prints into those delicate morning 'robes which comfort requires; and so great grew the demand for these inexpensive articles that new assistants were daily added to the. already large corps employed in the dress department. A busy year was this first year to Dorothea yet it was the happiest she had ever experi- mnccd; and with a heart thankful for her suc- cess, she resolved that not one human being should go ‘out of her establishment with a heavy heart that night. .One by one, from the Book-keeper down to the little floor- sweeper, they were summoned to her pres- ence, and each made the recipient of some valuable token of her'csteem and an increase of salary for the coming year. Fatigued with the unusual exertions of the day she went early to her lodgings, and was an hour after surprised'from her dreamy,iist- less attitude on the sofa by a knock at the door, and immediately after the announce- of “Mr. Jones,” by her landlady. Yes, it was her rival from across the way, A little smile—Dorothea could not help it— swept across her usually calm face as she rc- questcd to know his business. He stood before her in the blackest of black broadcloth and the shiniest' of patent leather, fresh from the hands of the barber, and with a smile that meant to be captivating, he re- plied, “ I called to express my high apprecia- tion of your talent, madame, as a business woman.” ‘ Miss Drake bowed and he proceeded.— “You must find the cares of such an estab- lishment as yours a tax on your nervous sys- tem.” “I doubt if I have anervous-system; I feel no‘ indications of it as yet.” "Ah, indeed! I sometimes find myself shat- tered completely by the perplexities of the business.” ' “That is probably owing to your being out of your sphere. We women were calculated for it, so we do not .find ourselves npset‘by the difiiculties which you men complain of; indeed, wer’c my assistants to leave me in a body, as I am told yonr’s do occasionally, I could trim a bonnet, plait a frill, or measure and cut a garment, without the aid of scam- stress or milliner. I doubt if you could do as much.” ‘ “I confess I could not, and I feel forcibly the need of a helpmate; in fact, I am miser- able withdut a companion. My dear Miss Drake, man was not made to be alone.” “ Nor woman to be trodden upon, and her means of subsistence - wrest‘ed from her by grasping individuals ho am. rm? ”1.--. - .. , appropriate to themse ves those avenues of labor which God designed for us.” Right, my dear madam; I would make of woman a companion, a helpmeet. She com- mands my respect, my love, my devotion; in a word, my dear Miss Drake, I would make you my wife; yes, I am conquered at last, I —the imperturable." Miss Drake stood like a statue; and feeling sure of successs in his suit, he continued: “ As proprietors of the most extensive es- tableihments in the city, with our congenial tastes, we may live such a life of peace and prosperity as princes would envy.” Miss Drake, who had' now' recovered her breath and her composure, asked, “ So you propose with marriage to unite the business?” “Certainly; I think that would be the bet- ter way; all could go in the name of Jones 85 Co." “My establishment is going to be made a woman’s cooperative uniou,and every woman employed, besides , her salary, will receive a profit from the sales. Though I shall remain the chief superintendent, my bookkeeper and the heads of the various departments will be paid an equal share according to their ability. ~ As for-male clerks, I shall employ only a suf- ficient number to wait upon such ladies as in- sist on being served by men. As for your offer of marriage, I despise you too deeply ti) reply.” - . ~ .And Jones departed a wiser man. Rain was staring him in the face. Miss Drake not only made a'better show, but she drew a bet- ter class of custom, and she contrived to' un- dersell him at everypoint; There wasn't a woman worth having in his workroom that would not kayo/and go over to ‘Miss Drake at the firstoppdrtunity, and none came back. As this dealer iniwoman’s apparel walked home that night he wished .himselfWell out of the business. Six months after,the stanch clipper, the Plover, again made the port of Hubbubble, and Captain'Hart‘, as joll y as ever hastened to pay his respects to Miss Drake- He found her busy as uslial, and so glad to see her old friend that a pretty little flush stole over-her face, and a stray tear rested on her eyelashes. _ The captain actually kissed it away before all the girls, which made the little milliner blush in earnest. “The fact is,” said the mat- tersef-fact Harry, ‘-‘ I have considered you my property ever since I induced you to en'- ter into partnership with me in the dry goods line. And now you have got your co-operative union in regular working order, with Such leaders as Lucy Wade and Jessie Wilton, I think‘I’ll take you'on the next voyage to se- lect our own goods. I’ve sailed n clipper without a mate long enoug .” “ Oh, Harry!” was all the reply he got then; but he proved a good band at pressing a suit. And when he sailed again he took the milliuer with him—no longer Miss Drake but his own dear .wife. Jessy and Lucy, tried and faithful, were left in the care of the establishment, and many. a tearful eye followed the kind-hearted pro- prietress as she bade them adieu. Across the way the red flag of the auctioneer hung con- spicuously on the morning of her departure. Jones 8; Co. had proved a failure in every sense of the word. And now they were be- ing sold out. “I’m sorry for him, and for - every other mah who is so foolish as to at- tempt women’s business," said the little lady. m NEW YonK, Aug. 7.—The total of debt this city, including the sinking fund, is $161,764,- 500, or $175 for every man, woman, and child resident in the city. ‘ “ In a little more than two weeks half the citizen soldicry of the State will be on the movefor Norwalk for their six days encamp- ment. The drums and fifes are reported in good order,and the band needs no encomium. Catering arrangements are begun in earnest. J. G. Reynolds 85 Son, on State street, are to take care. of the. Grays, Co. I, of Meriden, Col. Smith and staff of the Second, the non- commissioned staff and the band, which will make one-hundred and‘fifty. boarders for this firm‘alone._ Twenty waiters have been en- ga ed, and five cooks. Three dining tents an .a kitchen are to be erected—Courier. ' ” airy allusions on the part of the thrifty house- chestnut and maple, *mamas,.eoNNECT'Iafi;_-:erUE-s From the N. Y. Eveninf/ Mull. Rural Notes. ‘ Nestling amid the hills and valleys, the white houses playing bo-peep with each other, a simple gem-c picture is presented, and apparently nothing more, as the travel- er speeds on his way to the home of the world-famous Danbury News Man. But’bidc awhile in this lovely village of Georgetown, in the Nutmeg State, and only two and a half hour’s ride from New York, and she will offer you endless comforts, and unfold picture after picture of infinite variety and beauty. When people leave the city for rest and change, they want the change complete and entire. They do not wish to exchange the real fora poor imitation. Neither do all city people seek rurality merely for the sake of breathing purer oxygen, as many good country people devoutly believe, and what" is more, act upon, unfortu- nately. City people are not air plants, and .need something more substantial. A, table plentifully supplied with all the inviting pro- ducts of the farm yvill soon dispel all such wife. Georgetown gives you of her best, and that, Lee, abundantly. Even the cows and chickens are your firm friends. Eggs freshly laid,,vcgetablcs of all kinds, rolls_of golden butter, bread fresh and light, great heaping dishes of berries, with the pitcher of , cream, adorn the snowy table-cloth, orna- mented With its dainty old china and gleam- ing silver, during the month of June, on hillside and in meadow, under the daisy, lie the sweet luscious strawberry, blushing so consciously at its rare perfectncss. All along the railroad, over the stone walls, in fact lift their little heads. By their side, unequal contestants in the race for maturity, looms the tall blackberry bush, with its heavily laden branches reddening . in the sun. Through the woods in the Marshes are the lead-like huekleberries. “Verily” this is a land running over with berries .of all kinds. The houses are large and spacious, with roomy chambers, through whose many win-_ dows dance in and out all day long, the sun— beams, coquetting with the climbing rose bush. The nights are devoted to hours of blissful repose, no' sanguinary struggles and inglorious defeats with those modern harpies, the horrible‘mosqulto. The altitude of the country, and the absence of malarial poison in the atmosphere, probably accounts for' their unfrequcnt presence in this region. So much for the homely comforts, but they are much conducive to filling us with ahappy conceit for all outward beauty. ‘ Nature, with all her different attributes of hill and valley;;glen and forest, surrounds you on every side, wooing you at times so lovingly, at others gsb-grandly and boldly, holding a responsive-key to every chord of human joy or suffering. God’s minister to man. The woods are deeply shaded by elm, and inviting you with delightful coolness, to enter and enjoy their sweet tranquility. The large family of ferns from the delicate Venus onmaiden hair to the hardy brake, grow in happy confusion and profusion everywhere. Lilliputian at- tendants 'on the: forest kings, inhaling the rich woodsy odor, “the aroma -of the con- tented soil.” We, ruthless vandals, comfort. ably seated on the moss and lichen-covered, rocks, transfer to our folio of old papers the " fairy frondes to brighten and adorn the winter home. In our search for picturesque efifect, we are ever ascending or descending with but two striking exceptions. One is a drive through a rocky defile, the great gray ' . 0' VF. Hm "an! ‘0- T9953...‘§‘.‘lflll’a. plopeya horts, sus amed in their equipoise by some unseen law of attrac- tion and cohesion, a few trees only standing on these dizzy pinnacles like grim sentinels. The other through a romantically beautiful spot, familiarly known as “Knob Crook,” but with more poetic justice sometimes named “New Switzerland.” Through this sylvan dell the serpentine road winds in and out, ever bringing some new beauty to our delighted vision. On one side of the road the diaphonous brook gurgles, ripples along. until it vanishes into the gorge below, its blue depths sometimes golden, sometimes silvery. On the other side of you are great overhanging brown rocks. We emerge from these pleasant places to ascend the high hills, and to be rewarded forour labor by realizing many a brilliant painting to hang on memo- ry’s walls; sometimes a forest foreground to the blue crescent, lying in the background, looking as though a cloud had floated down to earth, but in reality is the Sound. Again along stretch of rolling meadows, with their forest walls. . ~ . Taken altogether, Georgetown, with its pure atmosphere, is as delightful a place for mental and bodily recreation and recupera- tion as may well be imagined. Too invigor- ating to lull us into the soft forgetfulness of the “Lotus Eaters,” it still possesses a serene tranquility that leads into many an idealizing and romantic mood. J. H. C. It is quite a coincidence, to say the lenst, that a Paris letter to the Philadelphia Press, which was written several days before the recent strike began, contained the following significant passage: ' The Communists, despite the infamy with which they covered themselves in 187], are yet secretly organized, and by no means des- picable in numbers,. Through the Interna- tionale they correspond with afilliated socie- ties, not only in the Continental States, but also in England and America. They are re-, cruited from the worst elements, such as have no sympathy with the existing order of things, and who desire a social as well as po- litical revolution. They are as hostile to the Republic of the United States as to the most absolute despotism. They, in fact, hate it more than any other, as its demonstration of the possibility of self-government prevents the success of Communism, * * * The Internationale is a secret crganization, with salaried officers and agents actively at work in Europe and America, the declared enemy of the political institutions of every country and every religion, atheistical, anarchical,and subversive of established notions of right and justice. When the mat d'ordre is given to stir up strife, to raise mobs, to kindle insur- rection against governments, it must be obeyed. Its orators are specially instructed to denounce corporations, the accumulation. of capitalists, the right of anybody to rule but the Communists, and to advocate the re-- distribution of property, the abolition of all distinctions created by individual effort, and the entire reorganization of society. One of, the leading Intelmatt'onalalsts reccntly boasted that the American Republic would era bang be be supplantal by Communism, and that as there would then be no capital there could be no further strife between capital and labor. I! ‘* * a They Were the legitimate suc- cessors of Robespierre, Danton and Marat, and the men who during the Reign of Terror covered France with havOc ond massacre. Foiled here, their aim is now to repeat the same scenes in Republican America, and on the ruins of youninstitutions to .23qu their own arbitfiry fulefivfi’ith tthguillotinelns the instrumentcb'f their vengeance. ' A western paper boils down a business man’s ballad into the following concentrated extract : ' Trust, Bust. ' I . Apatent has been granted to F. E. Weed fund R. Messenger, New Canaan, for device .for clamping the bolts of fish-plates of rail. everywhere, the glistening, shiny blackcaps; l $25,000 mortgage on the mill and machinery, 'first service, new papers were served upon one dwelling-house is'owned by the cempany, and no other. real estate, except that which is connectedwith the mill. The gentlemen agent; C. E. Clark, Superintendent,.and Mr. Gibson, bookkeeper—possess the entire con- fidence of “114,4“, know them. Quite hkcly Johnson, therefore, changed her usual man- the concern will go into bankruptcy, so that new 0f composing herself to ”St: and 190’: 113 all the creditors will be made to share impar- tially in the final dividend-stifle}: thewes‘tate villas; more. If this is so, the loss to the Rockville banks will not be so serious as has been feared. out on the sand as startled as Godiva. little feet look accusations to her downcast eyes upon such im'modesty? stature, short of skirts, and in coarse woolcns ‘arc‘doing bravely! Don’t go new! If you From ”if! Sirinofiehl Republican. Aboutthe Rockville Mill. ILL EFFECTS OF ITS FAILURE—ITS HISTORY AND PREVIOUS PROSPERITY. The failure of the New England Company at Rockville, Conn., is a heavy and unex- pected blow, as it was one of. the. oldest, and regarded as one of the staunchest Woolen manufacturing companies in the State, hav- ing been organizedin 1837. A year after building it was burned, but immediately re- built on an enlarged scale. Capt. Allen Ham- mond was the chief owner and successful agent for many years. Upon his death A. Park Hammond took his father‘s position as manager, retaining it until his removal to Iowa six or eight years ago. E. C. Clark then took the management, and under him nearly $100,000 was laid out in improvements chiefly in new machinery. This outlay laid the foundation for the present disaster- On Mr. Clark leaving, about four years ago, J. C. Hammond, Jr., was appointed agent and treasurer. Luke W. Thomas, senior member bf-the firm of Thomas & Co., commission merchants, New York; who had Sold their stockholders, paying about 25 cents on the dollar. To Mr. Hammond, the agent, he ‘ transferred one-fifth of the stock, and to Mr; Clark an equal amoun.. 'M'r. Clark died soon after leaving so that. Mr. Thomas and Mr. Hammond are believed'to be the only acting stockholders. The mill has been run on fine fancy cassimeres. ' Their goods have been popular and sa‘nble. Mr. Hammond well represented the company at the Vienna Ex- hibition. The Norwich Savings Bank hold a and the Rockville Savings Bank has some of Thomas & Co.’s acceptances, but net '9. large amount. The RockvilleNational Bank hold of their paper about $25,000, and the First National Bank about balf- as much, making less than $40,000 in all these two banks. The capital of the former is $300,000, and of the latter $200,000; It is not supposed that the loss on this paper will interfere with future dividends. There hasbeen a little flutter in the stock,- and one owner of 50'shares in the old Rockville Bank has sold at par. Before the trouble came 105 was oflered, but no sell- ers. Thomas & 00., are under heavy ad- vances to the company, and have about 025,-, 000 of goods unsold, but to secure their debt- they attached the mill two weeks ago, with the balance on depositrin‘the Rockville Bank and other assets held in Rockville. Discov- ering a flaw in the writ a few days after the the bank. Hobbsds Co., of Boston, claim to have sold the New England Company wool, to be held by the seller until: it was paid for. Upward of 20,000 pounds of. wool from this firm is on hand, some’of . it taken from the original bags. For this Hebbs & Co , have levied an attachment, and the wool has been resacked preparatory. to being returned to them at Boston,- but the creditors at Rock- ville look suspiciously at this claim, and there is a prospectthat its return will be contested. As it was their custom to pay the help every week, only about $2,500 is due to them. But who have operated the mill-Mr. Hammond, «(7103:, will pay 50 per cent., or The maid‘s first bath: Take a timid young woman’s first battl with the breakers—a light-built, frailish, illy creature. She is tempted, after much persuasion, to put on a bathing-suit, and shyly and ashamed walks Her IIer belittled that reveal every deficiency of plumpness and all scrawnyplaces, depresses her confidence still more. The breath of the air searcheth out her shining, skin, as if the little cupids riding on the spray laid claim to her so un- sexed. She scarce dares look at those bold, ~ gazing damcs who sit on the dry sands un‘dcr parasols and seek to penetrate her incognito._ Then there is a man, a real man, with a pot belly and big, blue-valued feet, and allazy, impudcut, prying stare. “ O Lord,” she says, “ let us go back. I am awful! I didn’t think it was like this! Don’t let us go l” But there is no retreat. ' The cold water "tenches her feet and lays its cold clutch above her in- step and deriving audacity enters the little trousers, and then riotously the fringe of surf leaps and chills to the knees. Her breath seems to leave her. She lays hand on the rope and gasps: “ I can't stand it. ” Then there are little coaxings, and she ventures in again on condition that nobody approaches her, and once consents to duck to the neck. Led on by encouragements, she tries thenear- est breaker and‘is' pitched headlong, but, sus- tained by the hands of a friend, ariSes drip- ping from it, as nervous as ever. Nothing new prevents hcr escape but the male friend, who holds her firm. with the nerve and deli- cacy of a doctor. “ Courage,” he says. “You go frightened you will never appreciate the sea! It's coming—there !” Raised in those confident arms to'let the body of the wave pass beneath, she feels only buoyancy, and a new sense develops—of admiration for man's strength. As terror subsides this confidence in her appearance and performance brings back the happy vanity. Yielding to instruc- tions implicitly, a sense of purity revives and a steady glow replaces her blushes. Her arms are around Mr. Smith's neck. She floats face upward, on his hand. They tumble to- gether and don‘t apologize. “Ah !" says Mr. Smith, “ I’ve learned something to-day. Be kind to her, and any woman will love you!” “ Well,” she says, " I am sure I never enjoy- ed myself more in my life.”—Graphb;. 1% A Sagaclous Mouse. Yesterday afternoon the writer witnessed a strange sight in The. Corinne, (Nev.) Record ofilcc. Our attention was attracted by several lusty squeaks from the inside of a pail, almost Wholly filled with water, into which a half- grown mouse had fallen. The alarm had scarcely died away before four or five mice appeared on the scene and began clambering to the edge of the pail. For several moments after gaining the top of the pail and catching sight of the mouse in the water a squeaking coufah was held. First one mouse and then another would chug to the rim of the bucket with his hind legs, and while almost touching the water .with his nose, squeak out .either consolation or advice to the immersed, but while all this was going on the swimming. powers of the unfortunate mouse in the pull were rapidly giving‘out. At last a happy thought seemed to strike the biggest mouse in the crew, and almost without a squeak he firmly fastened his fore feet to the edge of the pail and let his body and tail hang down. The drowning mouse saw it, and, making a desperate effort for life, swam to the spot, seized the tail of his brother mouse, and amid squeaks of delight from all the mice present, was hauled high and dry out of the water and over the edge of the bucket. An enthusiastic miss exclaimed, as the sun broke througha shower, “What an elegant trimming. that rainbow would make for a- goods from the ‘first,,bought out the Old- Miss Johnson’s Plan. One of the most striking characteristics'of woman is her cheerful perseverance in looking under the bed for. a man. No man in his , senses ever looks under the bed for a woman, but there are millions of women in this coun- try who would fiud it quite impossible to sleep in any bed under which they-had not searched for aconcealed man. Experience is lost upon them. The average unmarried wo- man of 40 years of age has usually looked un- der the bed at least 7,500 times, without ever once finding the expected man, but she is not in the least discouraged by so long a course of failure; and 'it would be easy to find women of 80 or 90 years who still night- ly search for the man whom' they have never found. ‘ , ~ Miss Johnson, of Evansmn, will hereafter be famous as a woman whose long persever-' ance has been slightly rewarded. It would be indelicate to inquire into her precise age, had she not described herself in a recent afil— davit as having been born in the year 1834, and we may therefore take it for'granted that she is at least 43 years old. If we me tha she began to look under the bed at - e age of' 15, it follows that she has performed that cer-' emony more than 10,000 times. Until last Friday night she never found the slightest fragment of a man under her bed, but on that eventful night her perseverance was reward- ed, aud the long sought man greeted her as- tonished gaze. ‘ Miss Johnson being an unmarried lady, not wholly unconnected with the milliner‘s trade, and full of womanly independence, resides entirely alone in a small house containing but three rooms—a kitchen, shop and bed-room. Dogs she despises, and cats she mistrusts while as for men, she regards them as poor creatures who may possibly have their uses in time of drought, when water must be" carted from the creek, but who, as a rule, make more trouble about a house than their necks are worth. Helding those views, it naturally fol- laws that Miss Johnson lives alone, and the cool bravery with which she locks up her house at night. and seeks her solitary couch. no matter if a first-class thunder-storm is in progress; has for years been the admiration of the more timid of her sex. It.was about 11 o’clock last Friday night when Miss Johnson stooped down and looked under her bed for a possible man, preciselyas she had done on ten thousand previous nights. Whether she was or was not astonished at perceiving 'a large-sized man lying under the bed with the back of his head tcward her, will never be known, but at any rate, she gave no sign of astonishment, and did not even inform the man thatahe saw him. On the contrary, she resumed with great deliber- ation the nocturnal twisting of her back hair, and even softly hummcd “Hold the Fort,” with as much distinctness as could be ex- pected of a woman while holding a comb between her teeth. Her back hair being finally finished, she opened her window, turned down the lamp until it gave forth a dim and modest light, and then stopped grace- fully into bed, but not to sleep. That sagacious woman was perfectly well aware that the man under the bed, not sus- pecting that he had been discovered, would creep forth with a view to plunder as soon as he found that she was asleep. The bedstead stood in the corner of the room, and from the position of the man it was plain that he would creep out. at the side of the bed. Miss she subsequently expressed it “flat as a pan- eskc.” withbcr hcgaawatklsllglsztt't‘ 3.328 expected the man to appear. For at least half an hour she lay perfectly still, watching for the man with a stealthy vigilance that would have done credit to an astute and ex- perienced cat. Not a muscle or a hairpin of her frame moved,.and _her breathing was as slow and regular as that of a profound sleep- er. At length the man, confident that she was asleep, softly began to worm himself from under the bed, moving after the manner pre- scribed by way of penaltyto the original ser- pent of the Garden of Eden. Little did he imagine that a pair of pitiless gray eyes were waiting for the appearance of his head, while a pair of lithe and nervous hands were ready to pounce upon his cars. It was not many minutes, however, before each car was sud- dently caught in aninexorable grasp, and his head began to oscillate with remarkable speed between the floor and the edge of the bedstead. Von Moltke himself could not have surpass. ed Miss Johnson’s tactics. She had the man completely at her mercy, and he was as help- less as though his head were in the stocks. At first his captor maintained a grim silence, but after she had bumped him sufficiently to ease her mind, she addressed him upon the wickedness and folly of seeking to robber. In vain did the man protest that his motives were innocent; that he had mistaken the house, and had merely intended to take a quiet nap under his own bedstead, where the flies could not find him. Miss Johnson stem- ly told him that he could not make her be- lieve any such nonsense, and that she would “let him know,” and would also “show him.” These threats were carried out by' a renewal. of the bumping process, until the man yelled for mercy so loudly that the neighbors were aroused and rushed to Miss Johnson’s house with the firm conviction that a gang of her. glars had murdered that excellent woman, and were quarreling over the division of her spoils. It was not until a strong force, armed" with clubs and hatchets,had recklessly enter- ed the room that Miss Johnson surrendered her captive, with the remark that the sooner they took themselves off the better, and that if any other man would like tohiddjndcr her bed, she was entirely ready to knock a little bitof sense into him. - Thus this intrepid woman not only defend. ed herself with the most signal success, but she pointed out the true way to deal with a man under the bed. Most _ women would have tried to poke the man out with a broom, at the same time requesting him to “shoo.”_ The result would have been to expose them- . solves to an attack at a very great disadvantage. Miss Jolinson’s‘plan, on the contra places a man under, the .bed entirely at the mercy of a Cool and courageous woman, and those women who may at any time hereafter find a man un- der their respective beds will do well to imi- tate her example, and share her' well earned . glory. ——.N. Y. Times. . ; Telegraphic. The New York Tribune, which is bound hand and foot to the Western Union Tele- graph Co., by reason of being a leading mem- ber of that very close corporation, the “As- sociated Press,” talks tfeason outright, by telling this exact truth, which business men ought not to Overlook :— . The opening of - the Atlantic and Pacific Telegrah Line to New Orleans, marks the ra- pid progress of a com t and admirably managed organization, w ich already _reache_s all the principal points for telegraphic busi- ness at the North, and promises soon to cover the South with an equally efilcient servrce. Every forward step taken by this healthy and aggressive young Company is .a cause for special congratulation to the business public. It has for the first time in this country made telegraphing really and continuously cheap. The service it has rendered, especially to the press, deserves a less grudging recognition than it has hitherto received. The Western UniOn hasunifOrmly refused to reduce rates except when driven to it. Every reduction is due solely to the enterprise of the Atlantic and Pacific. If people want low rates, they ought to maintain the Company that secures Its managers yesterday denied au- them. . thoritatively the malicious stories about .1ts Its steady policy intending to raise rates: ‘ for years has been to reduce, and It seems to ”WALL STREET, NORWALK, out pain. DAY, AUGUST 14,1877- j; NORWALK GAZETTE, 'IILIIIIEI EVE" IIISIAV IOIIIII. OFFICE IN GAZETTE BUILDING. A. II. BYINGTON & CO. A. H. BYING'I'ON, J. B. Em,- Subscription $2.00 per year, in advance. Single Copies 5 Cents. __.~__ Advertising Rates : lullColuu'mmne year, - - - . -.- - 15000 - One inch space constitutes a square. Special Nollcos 25 percent. advance enthr- above. Local Notices in Reading Columns, 25 Cell- per line. Yearly advertisers restricted to the business contemplated at the time of contract, but are per- mitted to make monthly ch inges of their adver- tieements. Marriages and deaths inserted gratuitously. Obituary or Funeral Notices 15 «its. per line. All unusual cuts and devices 25 per cent. extra. -ALEX, S. GIBSON, Organist of the First Congregation] Church . ' . Teacher of the Plano-Forte, Organ and Musical Composition. ' Box 379 P. 0., NORWALK, CONN. J. Beldon Hurlbutt, Attorney. at Cornelia at Lav, loom No. 51, [up cult-,1 GAZETTE BUILDING. EMILY V.D.'PARDEE,M.D., (Graduate of N. Y. Medical College for Women, Cor. MAIN d‘c MARSHALL STREETS. SOUTH NORWALK, CONN. Office Hours, unti19 a. m., andfrom 3 p.,m. At- tention to all classes of diseasesineidcnr’to a. gen- eral practice of medicine and surgery. Fam- ilies supplied with Hommopathie remedies. References by permission :—s.Lilenthal, M. 1).,- The Second Olden Paper In the flute. G. N. Eats. , back to the river. There is uwellof excellent REAL ESTATE. va/xnn Street. Enquire of JAMES FINN EY. lTCII, 51 Main street. For Sale or Exchange, I REAL ESTATE WAL‘r A Farm in Amherst, Manama main road maze House, Out-buildings, and new Barn, Orcfiar 5, Woodland. Mr. Fine locality, near ohurches schools, colleges. and railroad. Isnthre of D .MOSMAN, er E. J. IliLL, Nor— wat . ' 23ft For Sale or Exchange. THE Large, Elegant and Pleasantly Located Dwelling of the subscriber, on East Avenue; House has 15 rooms, with all modern improve- ments; about two acres ground attached. Will Four lines or less, 1 insertion 50 cts.; 3 times :1 00 ggfi¥fl§§§gg§filyf ’Xicoi oig’gfihfi’fifigbr New One Square, one insertion, ------- l 00 2 . GEO. W. CRANK Sex 4.52.Norwalk, (It. For week, for continuance, ------- 50 Also one of the handsomest Building Sites'on One Square, Six Months. -------- 7 00 Eggthgoergfgfi $3.953”; ,0; '0“; “3:8,? being the u u , _ . _ . _ 5 Col‘ an'an omestead- Two H on: 3 9‘5"? W‘l‘m Pfil’e' . _ ' :5 g Tar-1:5?“ Orchard of chorce hunt and line Shade Three u u n u u _ . _ _ 30 00 Quarter of a Column, one time, ----- 5 00 To Rent One int i 0 car - - -- - - 50 00 . ' - One 31‘1“, :zlcffi‘mg’ctfm’; '_ .. . _ _ lo 00 THE elegant residence known as the “Dimbn . , l n, n , ' Place," pleasantly located on West Aven'ue One half Column, one year, ----- ,o 80 00 one ol‘themost desirable places in the Borbllghlof Full Column, one time. ______ . . 20 00 Norwalk,is offered to rent on moderate ter s. Also,a large Carpenter Shop, located on Arch Street, on the Benton property. Will be rented very low. For full gartieulare enane 01' ' 0t! JAWS F NNEY, Real Estate Agent. For Sale Cheap, Or Exchange for other property, One of the noatest, and easiest little Cottages in the Borough. Will sell to a good tenant for little giaogmoney down. Enquire at GAZETTE OI“- House for Sale. HE subscriber, being about to leave town, . otters lor sale his residence on High Street. It is a two story frame dwelling, containing ten rooms, wrth'pantry. closets, water, gas, &c.. let about 80x201).leel,_wlt.‘1 choice variety of fruit. " given immediately. For terms and I further particulars enquire oi . D. S. BARTRAM. Nor-walk, Apr112d. 1877. 4:14 For Sale. A House and Lot. in a healthy location on Fair Street, above Catharine. The House is . nearly now, well built. conveniently arrang- ed. and Will make a comfortable and leaaant home for a family of average size. The ot runs water on the place. and Borough water in the Street. Price low, and part of the meney can re- main on mortga e. A fine chance to secures home. Apply at AZETTE OFFICE. 3t! Desirable Property for sale. Verydesirable place on East Avenue. Also, a. tow chorce Building Lots situated on Osborn Av.cnue,forsale cheap. ~ . Also, a nicely located House and Lot on Mer- wi_n Street near West Avenue, for sale at a bar- gain. Enquire of . ’ . . 8. E. OSBORN. East Avenue, tfll ‘ or to D. W.FITCII, West Avenue. A BARGAIN. 0R SALE—A first-rate built House,(on East _ Avenue.) containing nine rooms; will be let if notsold. Also BUILDING LOTS for sale. Apply to D. H. FITCH. ' Prof. of Theoryand Practice,N.Y.cl ; C' Dozier, M. D. Dean of Colle e, N. Hills, M. D.,Prot‘. Materia Me iea. CHARLES w. MANY, Surgeon Dentist, Honwnnx, come. once corner of Main and Wall streets. Nitrous- Oxido Gas administered. ' e. B. coomnon, DENTIST. Successor to Dr. Asa. Hlll, Office over . C. J. Grumun’s Dry Good. Store. ' F _Gas administered for extracting teeth with- . .I - '. ~ 7 pm“; .mm‘fifif ' For Cash—No Credit I All work excuted in the Best Manner, at my office ' Corner of Main and Washington Streets, SOUTH N ORWALK, CONN. 'r. E. SWIFT, D. D. 9. Just Received, a Fresh Supply of . Geyser Spring, Selser, VIBHY and illllBtllllc All!!! WATER, At S. GRUMMAN’S 51% mars eraser, NORWALK, coax. OEOROE ll. RAYMOND, Furnishing undertaker, No. 53 MAIN srnnur, (Up Stairs.) E. NELSON, Manufacturer of [0118, N N. Butler, Shirts that! ill BROOK ST., NORWALK, CO “Broken Carriages or Wagons neatly and promtly repaired. o 1 a '7 '7 . . Provisions, . ' Groceries, Poultry, CRIICKERY Alli GLASS WIRE: ' Fruits, Nuts, etc. . F‘ I s n , ’ (Fresh, Salted endowed.) . OYSTERS, (Opened or in the Shell.) CLAMS,&O. ALSO Vegetables of all Kinds, (Fresh and Canned.) Canned. Fruits. BREA”. PIES, CAKES, &ce. ‘cl A'l.‘ ~ banner &. unweonn’s, 153 &'55 Main St., Norwalk. ll. H. Donuts. Manufacturing Confections, Keeps constantly on hand a large‘vaxloty ol Pure Confectionery Always Fresh and of the Best Quality, at Wholesale and Retail. Also a superior article of . IO '4‘ CREAM - JJ ’ SODA W ATER . with fruit syrups, and OTTAWA BEEB,drawn from Matthews Patent Steel Foun- tains. Fruits, Nuts. fine Importedand: Domestic Cigars. No. 91 main Street. An Elegant Ice Cream Saloon and Bestsunn (‘orLadiesandGonticmem - , c. H. DOUGLAS-s, Proprietor. , John A. Honncclcer, FOOT or run. HILL. Bread, Rolls. Pies, Cakesflrullers, Sequined. fresh every day. Everything made out of good materialsmnd bycaret at and competeutworkmon. Try our Baking. CEMENT PIPE F0ll filillliEiS Square and Round Cement‘i’ipe, with plain and ornamental tops, for chlmneya;have amore r- fect draught, and are cheaper and better t on brick; also ' DRAIN PIPE, Thebest in the Market. War-ranted to givesatil- faction, and from 25 to 30per cent. cheaper-than any other. Manufactured and for sale by CHAS. '1‘. LEONARD a SON. can obtain Macumisrs “an... m GAZETTE OFFICE white over-ares road rails. have prospered on it. Nor-walk, Nov. 27th, 1875. 481.1 .: Alfred K. 3m23 FOR SALE . . W6 verydesirable Buildin Lotson West Main i N’th River Blue StonqLime, Cement . ALSO ‘ in all‘Branchesrof the Business. 'I‘ C. W. LOCKWOOD’S SONS Have taken the Store, No. 4 Skiddy’s Block, Main Street. where they will open a first-class Fish, Fruit, _ Vegetable ' . and Poultry Market. They intend to keep it well stocked with Fresh. Salt, Smoked & Canned Fish of all the choice varities, and Fruits and Vegeta- bles of all kinds. in their season. The furnishing of POULTRY, either alive or dressed, a specialty. Also EGGS. - Norwalk, Conn., February 20th, 1877. ED‘VABD P. WEED. Street. Apply at the GAiETTE OFFICE . -——nov’ - - I) R 1'1 (“— (2'— 1-. A large and well selected stock of DRUGS AND MEDICINES, Pei-rumor ,l’atent Medicines, all kinds Mineral Waters. oilet and Medicatedfioaps. Flavoring and Hand kerehief Extracss, flair Brushes,Combs, Sponges,0ha‘mois Skins, Stationery, CI are, to» and is constantl adding to his stock at the new and popular me icrnes ol‘the day. S. It W. MITCHELL, At the ever popular UNION nanxna has always the best of Beef, Veal, Mutton, and Pork, at fairliviugprices. Union (formerly Model) Mar ~ hot, on the Bridge. 18 “AISLES S. LOCKWOOD, Fashionable Draper ant! Tailor AND GEN T .S' FURNISHING EMPORIUM. Main Street, Norwalk, Conn. OBWALK INSURANCE 00., ,NOR lVALA', CONN. Charter Caplul $500,000 Puld up Capital - ~ - 100,000 Wu. 0.5nnsnr. Pres., Gso R. Cowr.ns,Sec’y. 'I‘NA INSURANCE Co. ofHABTl-‘ORD. Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual. Cupleul and Ana", $5,052,880.19 Insure: against loss and damage by Fire. on terms adopted to the wizard andconsustent With the laws of compensation. COWLES & MERRILL, Sole Agents for Norwalk and Vicinity. w. s. QUlNTARD, General insulin Undertaker, OPPOSITE HORSE BALDEPOT H'Ordersattended to dayor night. Besideucé Main Street. 3 doors from Union Avenue. 'c-aAs [LEONARD a son DEALER IN 0 o A L .“ WOOD AND BEIGE, GEIEI‘I' II?! III SEWER. WELLS All GIIIIIEYS, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. Water St, Norwalk, Conn C. W. Burritt Has Removed To No. 4: thnix Block, Wall St., Foot of Mill llill.whcrc with increased facilities he is prepared to do - P_:I:.UM:BING, in all its branches. ”Also special attention given to Tin Roofing. Tin and Sheet Iron Work anleob~ hing. Gas Fixtures of all kinds kept on hand. Norwalk, April. 1870. Furniture -Eecrniture Parlor,’.tibrary, Dining and Sitting ' Room Sets. 'Walnut or Cottage Chamber Sets, or anything iuthe Furniture Line,ol‘ the Latest Style, Best Finish and Make and for the Least Money, go to WM. LOCK‘WOO D’S, No. 30 Main Street. NORWALK, CONN. Also. General Furnishing Undertaker. Orders attended to promptly day or night. Resi deuce with Mr. C. T. Cornwall, France St. :E. APELL’S MODEL Halrllresslngllnums, - Over Finncy d: Benedict’s, Wall Street. ' _ lOnly First-class Work Executed Ladies and Children’s Hair Cut and Shampooed 'm the mowoved manner. osed on the Sabbath? 25ft Billlleatls all else- sndstyles canbe badat the INI‘NUU‘I‘ANUU UV ‘ I I,“ II SILL—The St. John House on 11:51; Hogs!!! Men noon: 'ro Lump; NBA! atom- VOL. 1.x...rmn—E; Empty Hundsp Too soon the sun has dropped adown the west, ' Too soon the light has faded in the sky; Affrighted I behold the summer day Sink wearily upon the hills to die! Into thy‘ presence, Lord, how'can I come, Without one sheaf cf ripened golden wheat ? Up to thy face I dare not lift my own, But how it low beside thy gracious feet! For lo! thou seest I have n'othing brought Save these poor field flowers dying on the stem; Dear Lord, my master, sorrowful I kneel, . And hide my empty palms beneath thy garment‘s hem.» The dewy silence of the cool, dark wood Enticcd me to its leafy, odorous rest ; Asoft-voiced brook laughed slily ’twixt its banks, Where violets and daisies thick were prest. And when a bird’s wing stirred the heavy air, And a soft thrill of notes dropped from the sky. I smiled and thought, “ He blessed them by His words, ‘ My Father hears the lost one's lonely cry." The present slipped from off me; as adrcam I txod ’neath Orient skies the J udcan hills, And saw, as in the ages gone, green fields, And heard the sparrow’s sweet and tender trill. And so the golden day has flitted past, With all its hours misspent, its chances lost ; The sweet delay for rest—the fond desires Were gained,my soul,at what afearful cost ! —Sa'n Francisco News letter. Losses. Upon' the white sea sand' . There sat a pilgrim band. ' W; .. Telling the losses their lives had kfi While evening waned ‘away I From breezy cliff and bay, And the strong tides went out with a weary moan. «\ One spake with quivering lip, Of a fair freighted ship, With all his household to the deep gone down. ' But one had had a wilder woe, For a fair face long ago, Lost in the darker depths of a great town. There were some who moumed their youth ‘ With a most loving truth, For the brave hopes and memories ever green- And one upon the West Turned an eye'th'at would not rest, ‘ For fancfi hills whereon its joy had been. Some talked of vanished gold, Some of proud honors told, Some spoke. of friends that were their trust no more; And one of a green grave, Beside a foreign wave, That made him sit no lonely on the shore. But when their tales were done, There spake among them one, A stranger, seeming from all sorrow free, “Sad losses have ye met, But mine is heavier yet, For a believing heart hath gone from me." “Alasl.” thesemilmriMmhl. . Fer fortune’s cruelty, for love’s sure cross, ' For the wrecks of land and sea, But, however, it came to thee, Thine, stranger, is life’s last and heaviest loss.” —L¢mdon Athenarum. The South American States. ' The condition of the South American Con- tinent, taken as a whole, is not a satisfactory i- one, whatever way we view it. Politically, ‘ it is split up intoa number of separate States, few of which possess any political vitality, and nearly all of which are too poor to obtain any stable position as,traiders among the na- tions of the world. The same dominance of - the soldiery which has nearly destroyed Old Spain has helped to prevent hitherto the de- velopment of most of those offshoots from her which form the States of Central and South America. There is, to all appearance, an absence of the capacity for creating solidly based civil institutions in the Spanish race, ani‘tmugh these Spanish colonies have all thrown off the yoke of the mother country, they have made next to no progressin the art of self-government. Not one of them can show an orderly, welt-knit system of authori- ty, such as Prescott, for instance, says—no doubt with exaggeration—the Incas of Peru or. the, Aztecs of Mexico possessed. The Spaniard of America is civilly a degraded be- ing,-though the superstitions which have so long molded the quality of his mind, and the mixed races and natives whom he has called into being or subdued, have never risen to the position of the peaceful order-loving citizens of- free States. ,Therefore we find continual wars going on, brigandage and murder rife, in even the most promising of the States, and an absence of any progress ‘wort-by of, the mine in every Spanish Republic save one. Public offices are filled through corruption, and integrity and square dealing are qualities almost unknown. When contrasted withjthe United Statesthe utter backwardness of. all South American States. comes with startling. ’ force-on the mind of the political student.— .The very beginnings of life which society evinces thereserve but to suggest, as-it were the corruption which makes one despair of these States ever developing into healthy po- litical organizations. Chili alone-among the Spanish States of South America has made real progress in the art of self-government, and has been blessed with internal peace for a generation. Among the rest, the Argentine C6nfederation,Peru,and Mexico stand'promi- nently forward as . communities of whom much has been expected, but which have yet performed little. The Argentine Confedera- tion hada ,war on the occasion of the election of. the last President, and has had. more than one civil disturbance since. Thego’ve'rument is too weak either. to repress the soldiery. or to prevent crime, and its outlying provinces are' subjected to a terrorism from bands'of ruf- fianswhich at times threatens to depopulate the country. . What progress and enlighten- ment the Republic has is due mainly to the influence of people of other than Spanish na- tionality—English, German, and Italian—and if these cannot get and maintain the upper hand, revolutions, bloodshed, pomibly dis- memberment, will attend the future of this state. More disheartening perhaps, is the condition of Peru, where the Spaniard has more exclusive possession of the destinies of the country, and wastes its wealthto the top of his bent. To find another orderly govern- ment we have to leave Spanish possession al- _ together, . and betake ourselves to the vast Portugese Empire of Brazil, which under-the old reigning house of Portugal maintained to if certain importance and order. Poet as this may be, compared with the higher civil. izatious of the old world, it nevertheless places Brazil first ornong the States of South America—Frazer’s Magazine. .tohu McLaughlin, a brakeman of this city, had three ribs broken Wednesday, by- being thrown from a car at Norwalk. He was brought home on the next train.—.Ncw Haven Courier. Brooklyn isa great place for sensational novelties. A new thing in funerals has just been introduced there. A funeral procession while passing up Fulton street, Monday, halt- ed in front of a saloon, and lager beer was Gazette Job Prlutlug Oflce. l l 5' served to all the mourners in the carriages.
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