WHOLE NUMBER 1592.
Daily Dying.
The maple does not shed its leaves
In one tempestuous scarlet rain,
But softly, when the south wind grievcs,
Slow, wandering OVer wcod and plain.
One by one they waver through
The Indian Summer’s hazy blue,
And drop at last on the forest mold, .
Coral and ruby, and burning gold.
Our death is gradual like these;
We die with every waning day,
There is no waft. of sorrow‘s breeze
But bears some heart-leaf slow away;
Up and on to the vast To Be,
Our life is going eternally !
Less of life than we had last year
Throbs in your veins-and throbs in mine,
But the way to heaven is growing clear,
And the gates of the city fair shine;
And the day that our latest treasures flee
Wide they will open for you and me.
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A School Ma’ams—The Sunflowers
of Society.
Who gave us our alphabetic start?
And boxed our ears to make us smart?
Who took our gum and broke our heart it
One Txaonna.
School-ma’am i there is sweet melody in
that classical appellation. It is crowned with
orthographical, cographicai and mathemati‘
cal majesty,that tears all the dipthongs,archi-
pelagoes and subtrahends out of our hypoth-
enused hearts. It unlocks the school-house
door of memory, and we rush in, jump over
the benches, and wrestle once_ more with the
pollysyllables of bygone days.
To us, looking through a pair of three-
shilling spectacles, a blooming, sweet faced
scholastic school-ma’am is the sublimest trav-
elling panorama on this hen-packed earth.
As we gaze, an intellectual current of elec
tricity darts through the mind,lights up every
gas jet in our heart, and leaves us in a shi-
ning bewilderment of beautified illumination.
In other words ' we feel like a young algebra.
Oh! the schoolma’ams are the ballast of
this world. Never shall we'feel quite ready
for the scraphic harp and the mansions of the
blessed until we have visited all the school
ma’ams on earth, gazed into their philoma-
thic eyes, reverently placed our oblong hands
upon their theoretical brows, and with
droplets of joy trickling down our summer-
faliowed cheeks have said, “the best of heav—
ens blessings, that being the best of husbands
and the best of homes, the tiniest of bonnets,
and the tightest of pullbacks, cut bias, and
with elongated 'trail bless your souls and
bodies!” ’
In old times schoolma’ams were made up
of smiles and frowns. The smiles were the
rewards of merit, which one moment we
framed with love and hung up in our little
hearts, and the next tore down and revenge
fully scattered to the four winds of forget-
fulness. COuld we have our choice to-day
between a little ~ illuminated “God bless our
home ” for a dellar, a chrome at the ninety-
niue cent store, or a school-ma’am's smile, we
should reach out all our hands for the school-
ma‘am’s smile.
But the frowns were the blasting powder
which blew our childish happiness out of all
latitude and longitude. In those days a
school-ma’am’s frown meant business—tender
wood-cuts, inconceivable emotions—back-
handed demonstrations—and other and slip-_
pery appliances to heal our soul’s sins, and
stuff the fibre of our leathery hearts, with
the wax of contrition, a toe-pegging of our
nether cuticle, to be supplemented with an-
other “licking” when we reached home. It
meant a laying on of hands, and there was
but a thin naukeeu background between us
and the wrath to come. .
The cares and solicitude of an old-fashion-
ed school-ma'am were only equalled by the
anxieties and embarrassment of the scholars.
Nine o’clock usually found us at the school-
house door with thecowlick brushed back
from our intellectual dash-boards, our pock-
ets crammed with a portion of everything
movable on earth, and our electric minds
halting between two opinions: whether it
were better to run away from school and die
eventually on the gallows, or go inside, take
up the cross, learn how twelve eggs make a
dozen, and grow up educated to keep books
forsix hundred dollars a year and die of con-
sumption. Once inside we hung up what
was left of a straw hat, waltzed to our well-
whittled bench, and blended our voice in a
matin hymn that informed the entire neigh-
borhood of an idle boy, and how
“That, idle boy he comfort had,—
His face was gloomy, dull and sad,” etc.
That reflection of maturer years convinces
us that the author of those lines was a poor
student of human nature, for, since the day
that Adam ate. those fall apples, there has
never been such a thing on earth as an idle
boy.
After the anthem came a chapter from the
Bible (usually .the prodigal son chapter,)
which was followed by a short comprehen-
sive prayer, for school ma‘ams prayed in
those days. Then the books came noisily out
frOm beneath the desks, slates banged, lips
buzzed, and the daily excitement commenced.
The four-year-olds took their calico covered
primmers and toddlcd up to the recitation
bench to tell their teacher that
A—stood for argus, arsenic and awl,
B—for boneset, babies and bawl,
P—for the paper wads upon the wall,
And T for the thrashingthat came to us all.
Sometimes the. school.ma’am's approving
smile would awaken within us a dormant
desire to become good and great, and for five
consecutive minutes we would devote our-
selves to studious , application; then some
mischievous apple-seed would come snapping
against our juvenile .nose, and away would
go all desire to knowwhether five times six
made thirty or a hundred and fifty.
Then there was the daily unloading of
. pockets. As fast as we took out an article,
became interested in its appearance. and had
tested its ability to make a noise, we were
summoned forward to lay the same on the
schoobma’am’s table. This was repeated at
short intervals, until our pockets were as
empty as a missionary’s, and the table resem-
bled a pawnbroker’s shop.
In thesedays how we hated Daboll's arith-
metic, with its slate-pencil enigmas and
blackboard conundrums. Our bosoms heaved
and the chalk trembled in our inky fingers,
and the teacher sent us to the board and
asked for mathematical information concern-
,ing a man who got trusted for two bushels of
red wheat. which he had ground and leafed
into bread. His wife ate one-eighth, his
brother-in-law one sixth, and his mother-in-
law more than the Kansas grasshoppers; how
many loaves of bread were there, supposing
half to be of hop yeast, half milk risings,
and the balance biscuit ? 4
How regularly Friday afternoon came in
those district. school days, and how regularly
it brought in' the visitors, that being the hub-
dominal day of wrath. How sweet the
school-ma'am looked in her Sunday all-wool
delaine, clean white apron 'and best earrings.
There were two or three short recitationF,
a brief recess, and then trembling under a
mighty weight of responsibility we sat in our
respective pews. awaiting the. approaching
crisis, ‘the f elocutionary and - Ciceronian job
being done in the viliagemeetin-hus. They
were opened. by alittle blue-eyed,pink._apron.
ed lass, who. trotted up on the platform and
poetically expressed a desire to accompany
her brother Charles to school, on account of
the atmosphere being peculiarly favorable;
and her petition closes with, “Oh! mother
say I may.” .
This was followed with a revolutionary se-
lection from P. Henry, by the “crack speak-
er" of the school. After bowing to the old
box stove, he flung his dexter hand to the
breeze, and in thunder tones informed us that
he had but one lamp by which his pedal ex-
tremities were guided. Then we would look
down at his feet and wonder if that lamp was
made to order. After this zealous patriot
came the generous little astronomical infant.
With eyes upturned to the wadded ceiling,
she kindly gave the little star permission to
twinkle twice, and finally branching ofl with
an allusion to diamonds, which was proof
enough that she had feminie taste and that
diamonds with her were trumps.
Then came the double cock-eyed bully of
the village, so strabisumized (eyesed,) that
Johnny Wilkes or Ben Butler would have
owned him as Boss-squint, who meekly in-
quired of every one he was trying to look at,
“Why the white man followed his path like
a hound on the tiger’s track."
After this boy, who was so annoyed by
followers, came four little maidens with braid-
ed hair and varigated ribbons, who were to
all appearances, destined to live forever, as
none of them could find an appropriate time
to die. The first emphatically declared that
she wouldn’t die in spring, and gave her rea-
sons therefor. The second was just as ch-
stinate about dying in summer. The third
said they couldn’t tuck autumn off on her
for a good dying time, and number four al-
lowed that death need not come after her in
winter. After this came declamatory recitals
of John Moore’s burial, and the incandescent
end of poor Cassabianca, the deck-hand.
These were relieved by the usual essays on
the four familiar seasons.
Never shall we forget those Friday after-
noons and our dignified endeavors to excel
Demosthenes.
Ohl carry us back to our school-boy days
Freighted with_an elementary cargw
When a twoshxlhng pnze,
Was more in our eyes,
Than a house and lot in Chicago.
Terrible Ride of an Aeronaut.
M. Lavelle, the young teronaut who gave a
balloon ascension at Falls Field, a few days
ago, was advertised to perform the same feat
in Victor yesterday, but it so happened that
the people were given an opportunity of wit-
nessing a sight not down in the bills and one
that not many of them would care to see re-
peated. lti. LaVelle makes his ascension by
means of a hot air balloon to which is attached
a trapeze, and on this slender bar the intrepid
aeronaut hangs by his legs, one arm, or neck,
and performs other feats not particularly
pleasant for nervous people to gaze upon. .
At Victor, his balloon was inflated within
about a rod of the old brick hotel, and when
the air had become sufiiciently heated, he
stepped forward dressed in his tights, and
grasping the trapeze bar in his hand,gave the
signal for the men to cut the monster loose.
The order was obeyed, but, thanks to some
one’s blunder, one of the guy ropes held fast,
which caused the balloon to careen terribly
before the cord snapped, and then as it shot
upward with resistless force, it swung the un-
fortunate man toward the brick wall. He saw
his danger, but was powerless to avert it, and
in a second he struck against the wall with a
sickening thud. The people could see that
he was badly hurt,but he retained his grip on
the bar and was drawn up the side of the
building, tearing off the wooden cornice, and
then sailed out into the clear air. The people
were horror stricken, and many turned away
their heads in expectation of . the awful fall,
but happily the man‘s nerve did not forsake
him in the terrible emergency. Slowly and
painfully he pulled himself up until he was
able to throw one leg over the bar, and with
his shoulder partly resting against one of the
ropes, he waited until the balloon should have
spent its force and commence to descend. At
one time he was seen to away as if attacked
by suddenfaintneSs, and then it was thought ‘
that. he must surely fall, but he recovered
himself in a moment and secured a firmer po-
sition.
' The balloon continued to speed upward,and
in a short time it had reached a high altitude,
while the body of the man could barely be
distinguished. Men, women and children ran
through the fields, following the balloon in its
course, and at last, to their inexpressible re.
lief, the air ship commenced to look larger,
and a cheer announced that the air was cool-
ing and that it was coming toward the earth.
In about half an hour it came within reach
of a score of outstretched hands and was se-
cured while the injured man was tenderly
cared for. He was taken to a house. and a
physician was summoned. who pronounced
the hurts of a most serious nature. The left
thigh was badly crushed, a bone in, the left
arm was broken and it was feared that inter-
nal injuries hadbeen sustained. Some idea
may be obtained of the force with which he
struck the wall when it is known that a new-
pair of shoes which he wore were split open
by the violence .of the blow. At the latest
report he was in a. dangerous condition. but
it was impossible to ascertain the extent of
his internal injuries—Rochester Democrat.
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Grocery Liquor Selling.
While public attention is largely directed
towards the saloons and tippling-houses,
there is another branch of. the liquor-traffic
which is doing immenée harm, and which
should have more consideration—viz., the
sale of bottled and other liquors by grocers. .
With many grocers, especially in the cities,
liquor-selling is a prominent, as it is doubt-
less a profitable, part of their business. The
result is an increase of home drinking, and
- the cultivation of an2appetite for beer, wine,
and stronger liquors, especially among many
women and children who are ordinarily be-
yond the reach of saloon influences. In
England, as in this country. the evil as-
sumes large and increasing proportions. It
is a noteworthy _ fact, in connection with the
present temperance efforts in Great Britian,
that over nine hundred leading physicians
have lately petitioned the British Parlia-
ment‘ for a repeal of the law under. which
the sale of intoxicating drinks by grocers
may be licensed. ‘Whowill initiate a kin-
dred effort . to abolish grocery liquor-sell-
ing here ?—National Temperance Advocate.
Canoes Tulane—No kind of robbery is
more annoying than that or plants and fruit.
In most parts of this country, the taking of
flowers and fruit is not looked upon as actual
robbery. and unless there is a special law, as
there is in some States, the depredator can
only be prosecuted for "trespass,” and the pros-
ecutor has to establish the fact that a certain
amount of damage in money.has been sustain-
ed. One may have a flower which is to him
of a value that can not be expressed in money,
or his tree may for the first time bear a single
pear, worth to the owner more than a bushel
of similar fruit in the market, yet the mutter.
of-faet: judge, will charge the matter—of—fact
jury tdfind damages to themarket value of
the articles “trespassed” upon. In a recent
suit in England, two scamps, who had stolen
snowdrops and other bulbs from a garden,
were 'sentenced to seven years of penal servi-
tude each A most sensible judge was on the
bench,who, finding that the thieves had before
served three and eighteen months for similar
offences, and were not cured, concluded that
it. was of no use to be lenient with them, but
gave them seven years each. “Most worthy
judge_i”-Amerioan Agriculturiat. -
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The following conversation lately occurred
in a New England railway station: Pat-7
“Phat is the fare to Putnam?” Agent—“Put-
' mm in Massachusetts or Connecticut?" Pat
-—“Phat is the fare?" Agent—“Five dol-
lars to Putnam, Mass. , eight to Putnam,
Connecticut.” Pat—“Well, bedad, Oi'll
take the cheapest.”
The Human Foot. ’
ITS BEAUTY, :AND ITS ABUSE BY SILLY FASH-
IONS. '
An exchange says :—No part of the human
body contributes so liberally to its loco-
motive powers as the feet. How rarely we
see the ‘feet of our fair sisters in the beauti-
ful and useful form the Creator made them.
Each trotter has twenty-six bones, most
wisely and, admirably fitted to each other!
They form a strong and elastic base. They
suppOrt the body, however heavy it may
be, and bear it easily on its wonted way.
These many bones vary in size in different
persons, but always, if treated fairly, retain
their natural form and relations to each
other. Wonderful to say, they are more
beautiful and delicate in the females of our
race, as if they were intended to be objects
of admiration. We rarely see them, unless
it bein the mazes of the dance, and then
they are covered. So we must say, that the
normal female human, foot ‘makesaright
angle with the body, flat and curved upon
its upper surface, . concave and wisely
arched below, and narrowest behind. The
number and beauty of its curves are wonder-
ful. It has no straight lines, unless made by
art.
The step has an arch on seven bones, the
number of perfection. These support and
protect all the adjacent part from compres-
sion and displacement. Attached by liga-
ments to the larger bones of the leg, or tibia,
of this lower limb is the astralagus. So this
tibia and astralagus form the ankle joint, so
useful in “shaking the light fantastic toe."
Below this is the heel bone, that not only
supports the body but aids in rising it as the
cultivated foot moves quietly-along. Too
many ladies do not move these lower limbs
with grace. They imitate the Indians of
our plains and forests, and throw their feet
straight forward, as if they expected to meet
obstacles in their walks. Projecting the
feet slightly outward lends grace and beauty
to the lower limbs. Some of the lower races,
if not all, are marked by a longer heel, n
flatter‘calf and straightforward_movement of
the feet. Grace of motion charms the eye
hardly less than the grace of character at-
tracts the soul.
In front of the astragalus are a second row
of fine bones. They form the arch from side
to side, and from front to rear. This arch,
or hollow of the foot, has been long admired
by all men of thought and science. Its elas-
ticity gives ease and comfort to the spinal
column and all its dependent parts
In the normal state of woman, the second
toe of each foot is the longest of the total row.
But in civilized communities, the length, di-
rection, and comfort of this leading member
“ofthe human form divine" is totally disre-
garded. Ill-fittingshoes change their course.
They displace the bones and compel the
several tees to ride upon each other.
No part of the human body, unless it be
the chest, is so much abused as those on
which it rests. A compressed and contracted
chest invites disease and death. A {com-
pressed and contracted foot invites corns
and bunions, sufferings and pains. Let the
toes be free to move easily among them-
selves, and let their common covering be so
large that they may retain the form, direction,
and beauty Nature gave them. High heels
should be as indicative of low life as long
ones are. Small feet even now indicates the
smallness of the mind. Let the arch so wisely
made he allowed to retain its beneficial
elasticity. A'c‘ompressed waist and contract-
ed feet form a pitible illustration of human
folly.
The beautiful arch of the human foot is
flexible and yielding, so as to adapt its form
to inequalities or surface, and so elastic as to
relieve the brain from shocks in the ordinary
walks of life.‘
The heel was made to be the chief basis of
support. The toes were made to steady the
action of the foot. If the balancing of the
body is changed, the whole body suffers. The
feet are distorted, the limbs are unsteadily
supported, the trunk is thrown into an ab-
normal position, the spine is very often
harmed. The whole process of walking is
unnecessarily laborious. The results are
fatigue, nervous and spinal irritation. Some
nations consider an arched foot a mark of
beauty and intelligence. They cOnsider that
female a slave under whose foot the water
cannot flow. In some degenerate races the
mental powers keep pace with the arching
of the foot. A fiat-footed race is always an
inferior one. Preserve the feet in all their
curves and beauty.
The Microphone.
Since as light is produced by vibrations of
the presumed ether, and sound by similar vi-
brations of the air, and since either can be
refracted and concentrated by appropriate
means, it has for some time been known that a
lens of thin, balloon like material filled with
a gas denser than air would magnify sound to
the car as glass lenses magnify‘objects to the
eye placed at the focus. The extraordinary
powers of the microphone depend, however,
on a totally different principle—on the effect
of strain upon the resistance offered by con-
ducting material to the passageof the electric
current. A tightly-stretched wire is strained
and may be strained almost to breaking by air
vibrations, and at the breaking point it was
found that sound was produced. Along series
of experiment assured the inventor that by in-
serting between the severed points of the wire
a number of points through which the current
might be passed with multiplied resistance the
object of magnifying sound could be attained.
The best form of such resisting apparatus is
found practically to be attained by filling the
pores of thme or four pieces of willow char-
coal, differently arranged, according to their
precise purpose, with mercury, the particles
of which are thus indefinitely divided and
diffused throughout the whole substance of
the charcoal. By the insertion of such an
apparatus into the circuit the faintest'sounds,
such as the movement of a fly on the disc of
the telephone, may be heard clearly, and with
even painful loudness, at the further end of
the electric wire. The microphone can cer-'
tainly be employed in medicine with invalu-
able eifect, enabling the doctor _to hear
sounds,healthy or unhealthy,infinitely fainter
than any that the stethowope can. gather, and,
thus facilitating indefinitely the diagonosis of
disease in its earliest and most curable stages.
For a great variety of scientific objects men
of scientific experience hope to make the in-
strument available; but the first and most
obvious of its practical uses promises to do
almost as much for the relief of human phy-
sical sufiering as the telegraph has done for
the communication of human thought—Lim-
don Standard. ‘
A fierce tornado or cyclone on Thursday,
evening week,totally demolished a settlement
in the suburbs of Chicago, and devasted the
county for a radius of two miles. A farm
house was blown down. Miss Bruner was in-
stantly killed. and two young children were
carried through the air and buried, dead to the
'round twenty rods awa . A labore was
ifted from the ground antihis legs broken by
falling. The destruction of property is very
serious. At Madison, Wis, a heavy rain fell,
accompanied by bail, and strange to say, a
slipwer of sticks, stones, boards, and swigs,
probablyiakeu n from the scene of devasta-
tiOn at neral oint. Fifteen or twenty
barns were destroyed between Mount Vernon
and Oregon. By the destruction of a farm
house two brothers 'named'Bergt was killed,
and a woman severely; injured. Three or
four persons arefreported killed near Paoli.
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Fond mother ( who is lookingiover her son’s
room previous to the long recess)-—“Why,
Charles, where did you get all these bottles?"
Charles—“Oh! ah! let me j see. They were
sent to me by some young'ladies to decorate,
after I had joined the art club.”—IIa/[oard
Lampoon. .
Cannon Memo—Bishop Clark of Rhode
Island, in an article in Sunday Afternoon
for J 'uly'says :
Church music should be strictly ecclesi-
slow, heavy, monotonous strains in the house
of prayer; for, while wailings of the soul,
when “out of the depths" it cries out to the
Lord, may fitly express themselves in long
drawn and measured notes, there are other
moods of worship which call _ for bright and
cheerful utterance, and then “we would cry
merrily before the Lord of hosts." And
still even his sacred mirth should seek for
another expression than that which is heard
in the house of feasting. '
The music of the church should also be
intelligible. , By this I mean that it should
not be of such a character as ,to confound
and bewrlder us by complicated involutions,
strange and subtle chords. and such feats of
art as only a. learned professor can compre-
hend. There-is no edification in listening to
a special exercise of their gifts on the part
of the choir, when it is impossible to under-
stand a word that is sung or even to tell
whether the are singing English or Latin or
Choctaw. here is a story told of a city
clergyman who was once invited to
preach in a small country church and the
choir thought they would get up a elaborate
performance for his benefit. .They were
more ambitious than successful; and when
they were through. before giving out his
text, the preacher looked up to the llery
and said: “My .friends‘ if the anges in
heaven should hear you sing, they would
come down and wring your necks. It Was
nor a courteous thing to do, but the prova-
cation was probably very great.
The music of the church should never be
allowed to become tedious. It is so when
there is too much of it; or when it is all of
the same sort; or when it issuinfully elabor-
ate; or when it is renders listiessly and
with apparent indifference; or when the
same words are repeated over and over again,
until one's patience is exhausted. Ihave
heard the Te Deum stretched out to the
length of an ordinary mornin sermon, the
closing sentence being repeats twenty-nine
times, until it seemed as if the choir “would
never be confounded.” When the entire
Psalter is chanted, as is doncin some of our
Episcopal churches, it should be sung with
such a movement as to consume but little
more time than is required to read it other-
wise it becomes a weariness and a vexation]
The music of the church should be such as
is, for the most part familiar to thepeo lo.
I would rather not prescribe the int ac-
tion of new tunes altogether, but there should
be a free proportion of old ones, in which
the congregation may join, if they areso
disposed. And when a hymn has for a long
time‘been wedded toa particular tune,so
that the words spontaneously suggest the
music, it is a great trial to. beobliged to
stand dumb, and listen. to some strange air,
which quickens no associations and sounds
like the voice of an unwelcome intruder.
TRAVELING m J aux—A long ride on a
Japanese pack horse is an epoch in the life of
any traveler. As the animals are shod with
straw, and as the roads are very rou b, they
never attempt anything beyond a wa k even
with the most violent inducement. The trav.
eler is perched high up in a hard pillion, in a
sort of a valley, the sides of which are com-
posed of his lug age, spare ha‘ts,shoes, girths,
and straps rolle into bundles; his legs are
doubled so that his knees touch his chin, and
the sensation is like that of being on the back
of a camel. Thus placed he must perform
his journey, or as an alternative he may be
driven to the kago, or litter. This may either
be a basket slung on a pole, or a regularbox
with door and sliding shutters. The litters
of men of rank, such as once were frequent
enough in the streets of Yeddo. but which
have gone the way of so many remnants of
old Japan, were often small rooms gorgeously
decorated and painted. and requiring a score
of coolies to carry them; but the litters which
the ordinary traveler must use are of the
basket type, and as provocants of suffering
and misery are second only to the pack-horse.
To the native, whose normal position when
not standing or sleeping is squatting on the
heels of his feet, a confinement of several
hours in a kago, with scarcely a change of
position, is no hardship; but to the European
the agony of sitting cramped up in the" space
of an arm chair, With legs curled up, tucked
in or huddled together, for an indefinite peri-
od. must be actually suffered to he apprecia-
ted. Temporary relief may be obtained by
sitting with the legs hanging over the sides;
but in this case they either graze the ground
or come in contact with the huge boulders
with which the road is littered; by stretching
them out in front, when they kick againstthe
coolie; or by stopping altogether and walk-
ing. which means less of time, but which is
the only efficacious method of escaping the
pains of cramp. The ka 0 is, however, much
more rapid than the pac horse, and far more
economical. The coolies are well-trained,
sure-footed, stalwart fellows—as a rule, four
to a litter covering easily their five to six
miles an hour, and resting but rarely. The
motion, however, is very unpleasant, and is
apt, like that of a swing, to make the unac-
customed traveler feel sick.—Belgram’a.
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CUTTLEFISII CASTING rrs INK—Mr. Frank
Bucklaud, the well-known English natural-,
ist, describes in Land and Water his good
fortune in seeing, under favorable conditions,
a cuttiefish casting its ink. Three or four
specimens of cuttles live in the Westminster
Aquarium. One of ’them in passing the
window of his tank evidently mistook the
naturalist for a foe. “So," writes Mr. Buck-
land, “as he swam along be ejected from
his ink-bag a jet of what looked like a cloud
of the most intensely black smoke that ever
came forth from a factory chimney. In-
stantly the water lost all transparency. Mr.
Cuttlefisn then went into the middle of the
water he had soartfully made opaque. When
there be ejected more ink, and in less than‘
half a minute the water round him became
blacker than the blackest thunder cloud ever
beheld. The ink gradually dispersed itself
through the water, forming clouds of the
most delicate shadings, fading oif from the
very black place under which the beast was
concealed. Not even Turner, the great
artist, ever imagined such a cloud. This ink
is used in the arts, sepia being the very sub-
stance taken from the cuttlefish and dried.
Without doubt this power of shooting ink is
a most wonderful means of protection to pre.
serve the animal from being eaten by its
enemies, and it may not be impossible that
the idea of gods and goddesses appearing
from the clouds and dies pearing into clouds
so often described by irgil, might have
taken its origin from the power of the cuttle-
fish to surround itself with a cloud of ink.
May we not also compare this cuttlefish to a
voluminous author, who conceals his identify
in clouds of ink." .
FEBLANTIIROPY.—“DOES eny ob dese gem-
men understand what fcrlanthropy means i"
asked Brother Gardner. “De ierlantherpist
sits down befo’ a rousin’ good fire on a cold
day an' wishes dat everybody else had such a
fire. He doanYt-take money out'n his pocket
to buy wood an' coal for- de poor, but he fig-
gers up some scheme by which all de money
an’ all de po' folks is to be divided up
somehow, so'dat ebe dollar will hab a man
an' ebery man a oliar. If he h’ars dat
any one starved to death,'he figgers up do
amount of de grain crop, divides do bushels
b dc number of poperlashuu, an' makes it
plain dat ebery pusson is‘entitled to ober thir-
ty bushels ob wheat dis y’ar. De ferlanther,
ist, wishes dat (is po’ chil’ren had clothes.
at he doan't buy um eny. He wishes dat
all de bad folks would reform, but he doan’t
walk 'roun’ among dem, for fear ob gittin’ de
shine off’n his boots. He adverkates homes
for crippled an’ aiged an' unfortunate, an'
next day signs a petishun to frow a one-armed
soldier out’n a posishun payiu' a dollar a day.
Gem'men, de cuil’d race am graded down
even below de Turk, but I is ob de .solum
opinyun data good square nigger am forty
rods ahead of a ferlantherpist, an' gatnm' at
ebery jumps—Detroit Free Press.
#
General H. V. Boynton, one of the most
careful of Washington correspondents, and
a keen and unprejudiced political observer,
sends to The Cincinnati Gazette a notable
letter on the tendencies of] the Dcmocratc
party in the last Congress. He insists that
nothing but {a fear that extreme measures
would jeopardize their success in the next
elections prevented the Democrats from r'e-
vealing their full purposes. One of these
. was to break up the army and clear the way
for alDemocratic reorganization with ex-iebel
material. “Beyond any question,” he says,
“it is the fixed purpose of the Democrats,
so scones they have control of both branches
of Congress, toclaim places in the army for
ex-rebcls, to place them. on the pension rolls,
to admit them to the national military any.
lums, and, in short. to give them a full
share in whatever the nation has done, or is
doing for Union soldiers or their heirs.” 0n
the questions of Southern claims he is equally
emphatic, saying: “An immense payment of
Southern claims will begin at once whenever
the Democrats secure both branchesof Con-
gress. It. is quite the style in many quarters
to sneer at those who make this objection;but
for'all that, those who are only surface obser-
ets here cannot fail to see that such payments
are a settled part of the Democratic plan."
astical. Not that we are to be restricted to‘
.Samuel B. Osborne of
$4,000.
The Epi 1 church in Ansonis made
Bethel has decided to issue 0 ,000 worth
of 5 per cent. water works bonds. .
and chain on the train from New ork.
Twenty valuable cows have died this spring
The grain area in the South is said to be
larger than it has been at any time sinbe 1865.
of the Yale University crew, is a resident of
Fairfield. ~
selling eggs two for a cent in Gainesville,
Georgia.
a grand banquet to General Grant to day at
Potsdam.
bug clgsely resembling the flea is devourin
the corn fields of Ohio. ’ g
Samson Goliah. It would seem to have a
prétty strong backing.
The new Masonic hall in Milfordwill cost
$500 by a festNal last week.
A sleeping Meriden man lost a old watch
in Watertowu from some unknown disease.
Julian Wheeler Curtiss, class ’79, bow out
Disrespcqtful to the hens. They are
Beans, J une 28.—The crown prince gave
A new pest, in the shape of a small black
A bill is before Congress for the relief of
A clerk of the Supreme court and an alder
man in Cincinnati have been fined for whips
ping their servant girl. » ‘
The editor who saw a lady .for the
only empty seat in a car, "found himself
"crowded out to make room for more inter-
esting matter.” _
Resolutions were put through two Illinois
county conventions the same day last week
in favor of General Grant’s nomination for
.President in 1880. . '
The town of Esston has paid nearly $200
for the damage recent] done to the sheep of
g by dogs be-
longing to irresponsible ci _, as of Easton.
Of the 51 democrats who Voted against the
constitutional amendment prohibiting the
gayment of rebel elai ‘ail but Cox of New
orig. and Morrison of , " . is were from the
seat . "
Mount Tom lake in Litchfield hasbeen con-
sidered almost fathomless, yet Dr. Deming
and W. H. Braman, in arecent examination,
could find no lace in that hke where the wa-
ter was over . feet deep.:
The dome of the new capitol has now reach;
ed the point where the twelve marble statues
by Ward arc to stand. Elem this int the
arch of the dome will be sprung. t will re-
quire an additional heightof seventy.five feet
to finish the dome.
It is to the perpetual honor of western Con-
necticut that its representative is numbered
dozed by the republican dhriek of “revoul-
tion" into declaring Hayes" title unassailable
by'peaceful means—Bridgeport Farmer.
- The followingis an exact copy of an in-
scription in theLitchfield cemetery: “Sacred
to the memory of inestimable worth of un-
rivaled excellence & virtue Mrs. Racnnt,
wife of Jerome B. Woodruff & daughter of
Norman &.'Lois Barber, whose etherial parts
became a seraph May 24, 1835, in the 22 year
of her age.”
The new 5 per cent. Bridgeport city loan
of $150,000 was awarded- to-the Bridgeport
and Peoples’ Saving bank‘s. These bonds are
equally divided betwecn'ihe two banks for
permanent investment. The price paid was
$101,52 for $100. < , '
An alli for thirteen f ' t and .six inchs
long was illed on the ‘ John's river in
Florida recently. It had‘dtscke‘d a cow that
had waded, into the water ten from
shore, and it was doingavell in the the beef
steak line when interrupted by a bullet.
A peculiar accident happened lately at a
barn in Brookfield, Mass. The hired man's
vest, hanging on a peg, was blownback and
forth against the post by the breeze through
the open doors till matches in the pockets
were ignited, and had not some one chanced
to be close by with a pail of water, the barn
and contents would havebeen destroyed.
Three boys, on a recent Sabbath, were
stopped on a street in this city by an elderly
gentleman, who perceiving that the had bats
and a ball with them, asked one o the num-
ber this question: 93,01; can you tell me
where all naughty boys go to who play ball
upon Sunday '2" “Over back of Johnson's
dam l" the youngster replied—Kannada:
Journal.
A fair maiden. fond of theatricals and stock
exchange speculation, consulted a friend of
mine upon the costume in which she should
appear at a fancy dress ball. My friend sug-
gested that she should go half bull and half
bear. The half‘bear she said, was easy, but
the half bull puzzled hen—London Truth.
Edward King writes from Paris that a copy
of the famous Mazarine Bible is about to be
sold at the Hotel Drouot. This edition. dates
from the fifteenth century, is printed on
parchment, only seven were made, and the
last copy discovered sold for $17,000.
Victor Hugo. rivals the American George
Francis in his love for children. He invites
troops of them to his home, loads them with
presents, romps with them and tells them
stories and the greatest difiiculty he finds is
to get them to leave. -
An article in a recent number of the Pekin
Gazette, written by Chin Hoo, says Kung
Foo Whing, distinguished philosopher who
flourished about the year 970, invented the
telephone—which is known in‘ China as
‘Thumth'sicn”—in the year 968.
The Navajo Indians have about 300,000
head of sheep, which they are grazing in the
eastern portion of Yavapai county, Arizona.
Their revenue from wool this year will be no
small item. Eastern purchasersare in the
Navajo country negotiating for the purchase
of their. fleeces.
There died in Berlin, last April, a gentleman
named Bersig, the greatest manufacturer of
locomotives in Europe. His father began
with a capital of $7, , lent him by a Berlin
tradesmen, and the son left $15,000,000.
Since 1837 the firm has turned out over 3,600
locomotives. I‘hey employ over 10,000 men.
NEW YORK, June l9.—The schooner
Eothen sailed this afternoon for the Arctic
regions in search of relics of Sir John Frank-
lin. The voyagers were escorted down the
bay by the tug-boat Fletcher, on board of
which was a party of distinguished ladies
and gentleman, who had assembled to bid
them God speed on the voyage and wish
them a safe return.
The first exposition on an international
scale was that of England, in 1851, which
was open for 141 days, and was visited by
6,039,195 persons-average. 42,831 visitors
per day. There were 10,200,000 visitors to
the Paris show of. 1867,. but this Was open
210 do, giving. an average of 48,506 visitors
or day. The averageof Vienna was much
. ower than either of them; the average of
‘ Philadelphia much higherthan all, 58,329 or,
9,857,025 visitors in 169 days.‘
In the last moments! of the. session, ex-
Doorkeeper Polk got a .vindication with two
month’s cxtragy; The‘ta'g'. and bobtail
of the House fared that not g had been
shown against his character, though the coun-
trywas under Ln contrary impression, and
etc ped on a plaster of back-pa besides.
a e Doorkeepers of ; the present and future,
lac the Doorkeepe'rs of the past, to do their
level worst. . . " , .
The regular monthly meeting ofithe board
of directors of ' the '0’ deellow’s' Mutual .Aid
Association, was held lastweek. There were
82 new members admitted. making the pres-
ent membership 8,402. Benefits were voted
from the an ice fund on account of the death
of Charles oot, of Ansonia, 01.500; J. A.
Parker, of Bridfiort, $1,500; J. H. Hoyt,
of Norwich, $2, . Assessments were laid
to y the benefit to the heirs of Me 1' Lyons
of gleWVHaven, amounting to 82. . and to
those of Abraham Hill, of South Meriden,
$19500- ' .
' Vicar General Walsh of Meriden, the Rev.
Dr. Hugh Carmody and the Rev. P. A. Mur-
phy of ew haven, the Rev. Father Tierney
cker of illimantic have been appointed by
Bishop Galberry a committee to prepare
"matter for the Catholic diocessan synod.
which will be held early in September. For
the next two weeks the3~clergy of the didese
can make any suggestions they may deem
proper for the cons' eration of the committee
to act upon. When the synod meets all the
clergy of the diocese will be present.
Mr. Christian K. Ross has been appointed
Master Warden of the Port of Philadelphia
at a yearly» salary of. $3,500. “I have spent
all the money I had and all 'the money I
could get hold of in my search,” said Mr.
Ross, when asked how much his efforts to
find his lost son had‘costv him. Mr. Ross
says that including the $20,000:given by the
citizen‘s committee, nearly $80,000 has been
expended in efforts to restore the lost child
to his parents. and he does not propose to
give up the search so long as he can get the
means to pursue it. .
Cdngresses, not one will be found which was
composed, on the average. of such small and
weak men, or whose performance was so lito
tle worthy of public respect. as the present
Congress. It‘ as proven itself by its acts, as
well as by its ommissions. to he at once the
least respectable and the most contemptible
Con ever convened in- America. Its
members .will retire for a time from public
observation—WWW Times, Dem.
among the fourteen who declined to be bull- ,
Th s is a reward of demerit, and w ll encour-h
of thisni , and the Rev. Father-De Bruy- .
Looking back over therecords of American '
NCRWALK, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY,.JULY 9, 1878. 1
NORWALK GAZETTE,
nstuntnmmmnr Illllll.
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Attorneys and Counsellors at Law,
Room No. 4, [up stair-,1
GAZETTE BUILDING.
ALEX, S. GIBSON,
Organist of the First Congregational Church .
Teacher of
Plano-Forte, Organ and illusion]
Composition.
Box 879 P. 0.. NORWALK, CONN.
EDWARD T. PRITCIIARD,
(Late with A. C. Bell a; 00., New York,)
Fashionable Tailor & Draper.
Dress Suits, $25to 935. Business
Suits $18 to $25.
Corner Wall and ,Water Sts.,Norwalk, Conn. 24
G. S. GOMSTOGK, M. D.
Homoeopathic Physician.
Office and Residence, Cor. MAIN STREET and
UNION AVENUE. Office hours? to 9 a. m.. 12
to 1. and 5 to 7. Slate at Glover’s Grocery Store
All orders will be promptly attended. .11m20
CHARLE. W. MANY,
Surgeon Dentist,
NoBWALK, _CONN.
Ofilce corner otIMain and Wall Streets. Nitrous-
Oxtdc Gas administered .
G. B. COOLIDGE,
DENTIST.
Successor to
Dr. Ana. H111,
fl' Gas administered for extracting teeth with-
out pain .
DENTISTRY
A 1' HA RD Haws PRICES, .
For Cash. — No Credit :
All work cxcutcd in the Best Manner, at my office
Corner of Main and Washington Streets,
SOUTH N OBWA-LK. CONN.
'r. E. SWIFT, D. D. .s.
REAL ESTATE.
mMI'W \I‘
To Rent.
The First Floor of a Dwelling House. with
kitchen, basement, etc. Apply to
R‘. L. ILLS.
\
' For Sale.
A cosy comfortable Cottage on one of the leas-
nutest streets in town, within live In autos
walk of the Bridge or Churches. will be sold at
cost price. A ortion of the purchase money can
remain on ban and mortgage. Price 80.000. En-
quire at this Ofiice.
Wanted.
BREE SMALL FARMS IN THE VICINITY
0F NORWALK.
Three Residences for sale cheap.
For particulars enquire of
16 _ J. S. RANDALL, P. 0. Box 68.
l Desirable Homestead for Sale.
HE valuable residence of the subscriber.
pleasantly located on high- ound on West
Ave., in the Borough of News , is closed for
sale. The situation is leasant and healthy, com-
manding fine views of rig Island Sound and the
surrounding country. Distance one mile from
Norwalk Brid e. and the some from South Nor-
walk depot. ouscblxbo; two stories and attic,
filled in- with brick, and pubstantlaliy built.
Rooms 18, with all modern rm rovemeuts. bath
room, laundry, stationary tubs, cebae’s cooking
range, hot and cold water, gas throughout the
house. The cellaris dry, having stationary furn
see. which heats the whole house. 'The attic is
spacious, and roof tinned. The house is in excel-
lent orderbeing comfortable for both a summer or
winter residence. Suitable for any gentleman do-
ing business in New York and returning the same
day. Land about three-quarters of an acre. laid
out in lawn. fruit trees, and garden spot. A ly
to JAMES MlTCHELL, Real Estate Agent, Rs-
walk. or to the subscriber, -
S. HAMERSLEY
A.
2m 8:. Nicholas liotcl, N‘. Y.
For Sale.
A Rare Chance.
llousc, Barn, good Mill-site and lift
ol‘land well proportioned in Meadow,
A acres
nature
and Woodland; also.twenty-two acres of wood-
land ali situated at the head of the Borough
Reservon- in the town of New Canaan, for sale
at abnrgain. Inquire of Dimon Finch. George-
town, Ct., James Mitchell or J. Belden linrlbutt,
Norwalk Ct. - 25“
Norwaik, 10th day of June 1678.
DESIRABLE PBflPBBTY
FOR SALE 1
THE very desirably located homestead. former-
ly known as the McClure place, pleasant)
situated on the corner of Main Street and No
Avenue. is ofi'ered for sale. It is near the busi-
ness center of the town, and still somewhat retir-
ed and shaded by grand old elms. It is on high
ground, and in a. and nei hborhood. Apply to
N G. TTS. Gazette Office.
To Rent.
The second floor of a house on the east side of
West Avenue, near the 2d M. E. Church, to asmall
family. Borough water. Apply at the GAZETTE
Ormcn.
FARMS FOR SALE.
Enquire .of
CHAS. COMSTOCK,
. New Canaan. Conn.
To Let. ‘
The Property in the rear of the Fair-
field County National Bank,
formerly occupied by Price do Bates, suitable for
manufacturingpurposcs. Also Barn on High St.
50tf E. B. PRICE.
ll
Desirable Property For Sale.
THE Homestead formerly owned and now 0:-
cupied by John Roberts. For Barticulars en-
CHAS. . STR .
quire of -
Fairfield Co. National Bank.
Farm for Sale.
DWELLING HOUSE situated in the Borough
of Norwalk. with or without twenty-eight
acres of land; said land is suitably divided into
pasture. wood, plow and meadow land. For fur-
ther Information apply at this Ofiicc, or of the sub-
scriber. HARVEY FITCH.
Norwalk, January 14th, 1878. 3
To Let.
Two NicelyIFurnished Houses.
ONE :1 Cottage, neatly furnished. with Hot and
Cold_Water, Bath. &c. The other richl fur-
nished. will be rented to parties without chi dren
onl . Both centrally located, and will be rented
to c. esirable parties at a low rent. Enquire at the
GAZETTE OFFICE.
The Norwalk Fire Insurance 09.,
Has now completed its
18th Successful Business Year,
And has not outstanding a Dollar of unpaid losses
or of claims for losses.
Ill SQUID “IPAIY IISIIIS AT [I'll RATES.
WM. C.Srnnn'r. Pram. Sam’s. LYNEs, Treas.,
7 GEO. B. Cownns,Scc'y.~
S a w . MITCHELL,
C
At the ever popular
UNION MARKET
has always the best of
Beef, Veal. Mutton, and Pork,
at fairliving prices. Union (formerly Model) Mar-
ket,on_tho Bridge. 18
' . HARLES S. LOCKWOOD,
Fashionable Draper and Tailor
AND
GENTS’ FURNISHING summon.
Main Street.Norwalk, Conn.
”WARD P . WEED,
D R U G- G- I S '.'I'.'
Wall Street,opposite Not-wall: Opera House.
A large and well selected stock of
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
Pcrfumexiymatent Medicines. all kinds Mineral
Waters, oilet_and Medicated Soaps. Flavoring
and Handkerchief Extracss, Hair Brushes,Combs,
Sponges,ChamoisSkins. Stationery. Cigars, the"
and is constant] addmgto his stock all the new
and popularmet icines ofthe day.
'I‘NA INSURANCE Co. ofIIAnTFORD.
Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual.
Capital and Assets, ~ $6,716,893.71
Insuresagainst loss and damage by Fire.on terms
adoptedto the hazard andconststent with the laws
of compensation. WLES a; MERRILL.
Sole Agentsfor Norwalk and vicinity.
GEORGE ll. RAYMOND,
Furnishing Undertaker,
' No. 53 MAIN s'rnnn'r,mp Stairs.)
B.SuBLASCER,
At his store in
MALI-032'. BLOCK,
has constantly on hand, a general assortment o
Groceries, Crockery, Glass,
Tim and Wooden Ware, Etc.
By dcvotiughis constantpersonal attentionto the
business he hopesto merit public patronage
Dr. C. II. Kendall & Son,
DEN
I
Are nowprepar-
.7 edtoreceive
:5 their patrons at
"‘ , . either Norwalk
Bridge or South
Norwalk. The
senior partner
has taken rooms
0 v e r Selleck's
Bookstore Nor-
. walk while the
- junior retains
the old office. Lender's Bloc . South N orwalk.
Teeth extracted without pain. and all dental ope-
rations performed at either olllce. .
o. H. KENDALL, M.D..
a. s. KENDALL, D. D. S.
1’. S. Dr. C. ll.Kendallwtll devote Mondays to
Ridgefleld.
John A. Homwcker,
'BAKER,
FOOT 0F MILL IIILL.
Bread, Rolls. Pies. Cakes,0rullers. &c..bahcd
fresh every day. Everything made‘ out of good
materialsmnd bycarei u land competentworkmen
Try our Batter.
w. E. ourarsan,
General Ftruixhint Entertain,
OPPOSITE HORSE R. R.DEPOT
flowersattendedtoda oral ht. Re ids c
MainSti-eet.3 doorsfrom UtilonAgenuo. s u
now run mun warm—sires.
Wm. Glover 5:7 SOn,
Are ready to put in yourWATER.ST EAM or GAS
PIPE. at very short notice and at as low a. rate as
“fitme- WROUGHT AND CAST IRON, TIN-
LI _ ED. LEAD PIPES. 350., of every size and de-
scription. PLUMBING in all its branches.
'For Sale Cheap,
Or Exchange for other property,
One of the neatest.and cosiest little Cottages in
the Borough. Will sell to a good tenant for little
I‘ll 3411‘] money down. Enquire at GAZETTE 0F-
O
Dcsn'able Property for sale.
A Ver ydesirable place on EastAvennc.
Also, a few choice BuildingLotssituatedon
Osborn Avenue, forsale cheap.
Also, a nicely located House and Lot on Mer-
wrn‘Strcet near West Avenue, for sale at a bar-
gain. Enqmreof
S. E. OSBORN. EastAvenue.
tfll or to D. W.FITCH,West Avenue.
For Sale.
A_ House and Lot. in a healthylocation on
E? Farr Street, above Catharine. The Houseis
‘ nearly new. well built,convenientlyarrang-
ed. and will make a comfortable and tenant
home for afamily of average size. The at runs
back to the river. There isawell of excellent
water on the place, and Borough water in the
Street. Price low. and part of the money can re-
main on mortgage. ‘A fine chance to secures.
home. Apply at GAZETTE OFFICE. 3ti
FOR SALE. ~-
/
Street. Apply at theGAZET’I‘E OFFICE .
BEOBIE WARD SEllEcK,
has constantly in stock at his new store,
No. 9 Main Street.
a choice and fine assortment of
Groceries, '
Provisions,
Flour,
Frau, &c.,
To which he would invite the attention ofall who
Wish to purchase first-class goods at
Reasonable Prices.
DRIED BEEF. SLICED. A SPECIAL”.
BESTof HAM: (1315': DER WHOLE OR
Drop in and see him at his new store
No . 9 MAIN STREET.
Carriage Painting _!
H E N RY A:I'I LLY’S,
Close to Depot, South Nos-walk.~
Call and examine my work and facilities for
doing it.
Sign 8. WagonAhgtteting, (lilting,
Glass Signs of every Description.
Carriages Stored and Sold on
Commission.
Furniture aFurmZture
1f youwish '
Pallet. library. Dining and Sitting
Room Sets,
Walnut or Cottage Chamber Sets,-
or anything in the Furniture Line,ofthe Latest
Style, Best Finish and 'Make and for the
Least Money. go to
WM. LOCKWOO D’S,
No. 36 Main Street, NORWALK, CONN.
Also, '
General Furnishing Undertaker.
Orders attended to promptly day or night. Rcsi
dcncc with Mr. C. T. Cornwall. France St.
Poulterer’s Friend !
cnrcnmmivownnn,
Is a certain preventative of
Gapes in Chickens and Turkeys,
And is highly recommended by those who have
used it. For sale by
H. M. k G. 8. PROWITT.
l' W0 verydesirableBuildingLotson WestMaln
Centaur ~
Liniments.
More than 1.000.000 bottles of the now celebrat-
ed Centaur Llnlmentn were sold last y-r.
We assert without fear of coutradicti on that no
man, woman or child will say that they did not
perform according to the advertisement. We do
not pretend that the Centaur Llnllssenlswill
mend a broken leg or perform impossibilities,
but we do any and mean that these Liniments
ever before discovered. We have thousands of
certificates showing how remarkable cares of ob-
stinate cases of Rheumatism, Neuralgia,Scistica.
Cased Breasts,Poisonons Bites,8calds and Burns
Swelled Legs and Still' Joints, 050.. have been ef-
fected by it. The certificates all read one way,
and the sale is constantly increasing; We will
send these certificates gratis. Some of them may
be found around each bottle of Liniment. The
Liuiments are quick, they are reliable. they are
safe and they are cheap Among the ingredients
used are Witch Hazel. Carbolic, Naptha, Rock
Oil, Mentha and Arn'ma. There is no flesh, bone
or muscle ailment which they will not relieve and
benefit. The White Centaur Llnlment is
for the human frame, while the Yellow Lini-
menl is adapted to the tough muscles and fibres
of horses and animals. For Stiff Joints. Lame-
ness, Spavin, Ring-bone, Sweeney, Gallo. Poll-
evil. etc.. the Yellow Centaur Lininsent is
worth its weight in gold to every farmer, livery-
man, teamster and owner of animals. A single
bottle has put a disabled horse in the harness,and
a few bottles have rendered a. useless spavined
horse worth two hundred dollars. There is no
mistake about these Li niments. They are simply
Wonderful, and they are naturally finding their
way into the uttermost parts of the earth. No
family should be without them. They are handy
as well as certain.
J .B. ROSE & 00.,46 Dnr 51.. NEW YORK.
children,
Maybe made healthyand strong by the use of
Dr. Pltcher’s Castor-la, aperfect substitute
for Castor Oil. It contains no morphine and is
superior-to any syrup or remedy in use. The
Castorla is particularly recommended for
children. It destroys worms, assimilates thefood
and allows natural sleep. Very efficacious in
Group and for children Teething. For Colds.
Feverishness, Disorders of the Bowels and Stom-
ach Complaints, nothing is so efi'ective. It is as
pleasant to take as honey, costs but 35 cents.
and can be had of any druggist.
This is one of many testimonials :—
“CORNWALL, LEBANON 00., PA., March 17, ’74
“Dear Sin—1 hnye used your Gasman in my
practice for some time. I take great pleasure in
recommending it to the profession as a safe, rellao
bio and agreeable medicine. It is particularly
adapted .‘0 children where the repugnant taste of
Castor Oil renders it so difiicult to administer.
. A. ENDEBS, M. D.”
Mothers who try CASTORIA will find that they
can sleep nights and that their babies will be
healthy. J. B. Ross: A: 00.. New York. 3m17
r
Free Reading Room.
HIS isacomiortable room fitted up for the
benefit of the public generally.-situated on
east side of South Main Street. over Bond’s Jew-
elry Store, Clark and Lane’s Block, nearly 0 po-
site Railroad Depot, South Norwalk. Ct. t is
open from 9 a. m.. to 9:45 p.111. The room is well
lighted, warm and comfortable. It IS supplied
With four dailies, two weeklics, and several
monthly papers and journals. beside a number
of instructive and interesting books.
COFFEE ROOM. -
There is a Cofi'ee Room on the same floor and a
lady in attendance from 911. m.. to. 9:45 p. m.. to
servellOME MADE articles mentioned below.
at the following prices :
1 Cup of Coffee,.with crackers, . 5 cent.
1 Cup of Tea. with crackers, - - 5 -'
Cocoa,~ - - - - . b "
Brown Bread and Butter. - - b “
Sandwich. - , - - .- 5 “
Cake, - - - - - 5 “
Doughnuts, - -- - - 5 ‘,
Piece of Pie, - - - - 5 “
Crullers, - , - - 5 “
am, — - - - - 19 "
Pork and Beans, with bread and butter, 10 “
Stewed Oysters, - - - 15 "
1 8 '7 8 .
EVERYTHING
DOWN ‘ T0 HARD PAN.
GROGFBIFS,
VEGETABLES,
1, FRESH FISH,
FRUITS, 850.,
as: run
Very Lowest Market Rates.
A full assortment constantly on hand, freshly re-
plenished every day, with
Ghoieest Fruits, Best Vegetables,
and Sea Food.
Goods delivered in any part of town. Leave your
orders freely with ‘
A Demmon & Newcomb,
53 Main Street, Norwalk. »,
William .Hindley,
sbconsson so
rnaononn 1:. SMITH,
DEALER IN
Hardware, Cutlery,
AND
statesman murmurs.
WALL PAPER, WINDOW SHADES. PAINTS,
OILS. GLASS, SASH. BLINDS & DOORS.
Main St., Norwalk, Conn.
sum PAINTING, PAPER HANGING. aw,
AT
Quintard’s Furniture Rooms
will befound a complete assortment 01'
FURNITURE, ac, .
‘neludjngeverything‘nsnaliyfound in a first-class
establishment, at Prices to suit the Times . Also.
a largeassortmentof
CHROMOS, PICTURE FRAMES,
nooxnve nnassns, are. ‘
Glassl’lates entto any size. Bepairingdonein the
best manner. at short notice. Also, old Ila ir Mat-
trusesmadeover as good as new.
Er‘DlIINTMlD’S 80H.
7 E. NELSON,
~ Manufacturer of
Battles, Sleight than Wants,
BROOK ST., NORWALK, CONN.
B'Broken Carriages or Wagons neatly and
rmtlyrepalrcd.
WM. B. SWAN,
Manufacturer of
FINE AND COMMON
HARNESS,
And Dealer in
Horse & Stable Equipments.
Particular attention paid to
REPAIRING. '
Thankful for the liberal patronage of the past,
the subscriber hopes to merit a continued share of
the busmesstavors ofhis friends and the public.
WM. B. SWAN.
Shop in rear of Residence. Main Street.Norwalk
TRY OUR ‘
Orange Flavored Soda Water.
M. a. 0. 8. PROWITT.
VOL. LXI-NUMBER 28
Uses of Adversity.
If none were sick and none were sad,
What service could we render ?
I think if we were always glad
We scarcely could be tender.
Did our beloved never need
Our patient ministration,
Earth would grow cold, and miss indeed,
Its sweetest consolation.
If sorrow never claimed our heart,
And every wish were granted,
Patience would die and_hope depart—
Life would be disenchanted.
Elijah in the Wilderness.
0b, the worry long day's journey!
Oh, the Welcome wilderness! ‘
L3 Oh, the juniper’s glad shadow
will come nearer working miracles than anything .
O’er a spirit in. distress!
Boughs that roofed a little temple
For the suppliant sheltered there,
For the presence of an angel, '
For the answer of a prayer!
Oh that prayer of wild complaining,
‘ That exceeding bitter cry:
“I’m not better than my fathers—
’Tis enough, Lprd, let me die !”
God has heard; Bis servant slumbers,
While the grass-blades thrill and stir
At the footsteps of an angel
Close beside the juniper.
Wake! he touches thee", sad prophet;
‘ See how heaven for thee is moved;
How, while thou art lost in sleeping,
God provides for His beloved.
See what servant spreads thy table ;
Rise, and eat and take thy rest;
For, since earth is very lonely,
Thou shalt be an angel’s guest.
Once again he sleeps. The angel ‘
Bends abovehim, 'neath the tree;
Watches his unconscious breathing.
Pondering what sleep can be;
Bends yet lower in the study
Of the moveless, wearied face,
Wondering how forgiven sinners
Ever can distrust God’s grace.
Yet, the infinite compassion
On his face and in his touch,
Fill those waking eyes with wonder
That he comprehends so much ;—-
Wonder at the unreproachful
Pleading of the words and tone :
“Eat, thou canst not'take the journey
In the strength that is thine own."
Ate the prophet “hidden manna”
(Man lives not by bread alone) ?
Drank he of that living water
Which proceedeth from the throne ? -
Thou shalt go alone, strong pilgrim,
In the strength of angel food,
Forty days and nights of trusting,
Till thou reach the “Mount of God.”
Oh, the weary, long day’s journey !
Oh, the lonely wilderness! .
Oh, the shadow God spreads daily
Over spirits in distress!
Oh, the prayer that daily rises
Hardly uttered in a cry:
“I’m not better than my fathers—
".l‘is enough, Lord let me die 1"
When our feet are tired with straying,
And “the journey is too great,"
When we stumblqin our praying,
Weak, and sad, and desolate,
Send the angel, whose compassion
MinWred by touch and word
To thy disappointed servant,—
Seud that angel to as, Lord.
Send him when some night of weeping
Overwhelms a prospered day;
When exultant shouts of gladness
On our ears have died away.
Send him when hopes newly cherished
Make them wingsfor sudden flight!
When the glories of our landscape
Darkeu into gloom and night ;
When our day’s work in the vineyard
Seems to us a thing of nought,
Stamping our discouraged faces
With a poor “Behold, I thought."
Send that angel, bright and holy,
To o'ershade us with his wings;
Let those calm and radiant features
Shame us into better things.
Send him when we sleep for sorrow,
Weary with a faultless strife;
Let him interrupt our dreaming—
, Let him touch as into life.
Let him bend o’er us with pity,
Let him feed as with thy word;
Strengthened by such grand communing
We shall reach the Mount of God.
—]lary G. Brainard, in Religious Herald.
One to Win Her.
With honest work he earns his daily bread;
His modest but sits level on his head,
And does not, as he walks the streets, appear
To habg suspended on his manly ear. ‘
“No vulgar pride,” no “tony style”he shows,
Wears no lean pants, no boots with pinching
toes;
His sturdy shoulders, broad enough, despise
The stifiening buckram, to increase their size;
His collar does not hide his head and ears,
Less slang than grammar in his talk appears.
He does not woo the noisy midnight hour
With smashes, straight and drinks of whisky
sour:
He has not trained his mental powers to play
At billiards twenty-seven hours a day;
He never swears 'nor smokes nor lies not
drinks,
And sometimes in his better moods he thinks
That in life’s ways himself he ought to carry,
About one-tenth as good as the girl he wants
to marry i -
Keep Up Your Heart"
“Calamity shows whether there is any
manhood about a man or not. It is hard to
brace up in adversity, but a strong heart will
pull a man throng ." So speaks a man who
a few years ago was a wealthy and prosper.
ous manufacturer of this city, but who “went
to wash," financially speaking, more through
the fault of incompetent partners and impe- '
cunious creditors than his own. Instead of
saving a share of his large property, as he
might easily have done by a little “crooked-
ness," he manfully sacrificed everything and
resolutely commenced trying to “get on his
feet” again. Notwithstanding the hard times
he has succeeded in doing so. He wasn’t too
proud to seek employment of men whom he
could buy or sell, commercially speaking,
before his misfortunes, but pluckily set his
brains and hands in operation. His words are
brave, and his actions correspond with them.
It may- require a fierce struggle to triumph
over reverses in life, but be is .indeed a cow-
ard who weekly turns to dissipation or sui-
cide instead of making the effort. There is
always room in the world for strong hearts
and willing hands—Troy Times.
0
Buck Wells obtained a shave in a State
street_ barber shop a few weeks ago on a
promise that he would come around that
evening and pay for it. Seeing him pass
yesterday the barber reminded him that he
hadn’t paid for that shave yet, “Oh, yes,"
said Buck, “but I have money now and if
you‘ll shave me a ain I’ll pay you for both.”
he barber agree to this, but when Buck
was half shaved he refused to proceed further
until the first shave was settled for. Back
protested that he hadn’t a cent, and implored
the barber to go on and finish the operation.
The barber was obdnrate however, and Back
with his face half shaved proceeded to skir-
mish among the other barber shops in a vain
jatgempt to borrow a razor to finish up the
0 s a
A country editor in Michigan thus bids
furewell to his readers, his paper having ex-
trcd; "Good-by l—Toll the bell gently !-
hts IS our last kick—Handle us with care!
Lower us gently to rest l—We die a natural
death—The wolf is at our doori—Bury .us
3??!“ a rose bush—Listen to the mocking-
“ ."
Norwalk Chronicler