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Tuesday, January 95, 1881 .
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She sits in the window-embrssure ;
She has wrinkles andjrogulsh curls;
Her teeth have. that ghastly glitter,—
You see,',they are borrowed pearls.
On her Checks is a satin of crimson,
- An autumn, of heroic red ; ~
:~. And under, in the hcllows,
‘4' '1" The summer roses'l'e dead.
She sit. in the “i ldOW'flIlbnSlll‘e,
Angular, acid. all lean;
she smiles with a bitter sadness
Upon the joyous scene:
A crush of pleasure a talking,
A laughing, a dancing, shrinks
Gf half-heard singing,—a party.
One crosses to her and speak: :
A sardcn‘c and world-worn visage,
Cold, with a frozen sneer,
Breakingfiin icy derision'
To meet her and greet her here.
Are they t liking of youth, my darling,
Of love long mocked away ? ‘ '
Let us make up that quarrel
We:had the other day.
Let us sit in the window-embrasure. '
‘ There is nothing here you see;
They were Presidential Phantoms,
The ghosts of what might be!
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From the New York Herald.
How to Live in Winter.
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nlelN’l‘ PHYSICIAN-
thn asked, “How shall the public resist
the sharp changes of temperature in this
variable winter weather '1’" Dr. Willard
Parker answered, “Keep up an equilibrium
, of the circulation and dress according to the
temperature,” This is the gist of a long and
instructive conversation, in which the Doc-
tor claimed for the New York Academy of
Medicine the. right to recognition as the
fountain-head of whatever excellence New
York may boast as to sanitary regulations.
The Doctor isapatriarch of the Academy,
vigorous and clear-headed at the age of
eighty. .
roux PABLOE a PART or YOUR arr-wax.
The conversation drifted from the Acade-
my to the mortality rates and the alarming
prevalence of diphtheria, and it was admitted
that legislation has not yet reached all the
evilh that arise from imperfect sewerage.
“Do the traps that have been introduced
into the best modern dwellings exclude all
noxious air?" the Herald reporter inquired.
' “Traps," the Doctor replied, “do their work
imperfectly,andsomethingbettarisrequired;"
and here the Doctor draw a diagram of the
so-called modern “trap.” .
“Now," air,” the Doctor continued, “the
water in the bend of the pipe I have pencillcd
is the trap. It is assumed to exclude all
gases from the sewers ; but it doesn’t do this.
Gases pass through the water, and the water
. becomes saturated with them and itself
throws off foul odors into every part of the
very houses it is supposed to protect. But
the water that- is assumed to stand in the
curved part of the pipe and thereto protect
the Muse may be siphoned'out, and then the
sewer gases enter the house, and every room
in the house becomes a part of the sewer,
sotojspeak. The contents of the sewers are
. undergoing fermentation constantly, and ex-
cept when Providence sees fit to send rain to
wash them' out they are charged with pbisons
that breed diphtheria and maladies akin that
dread disease.”
"What can be done, Doctor ?”
“There seems to be no help for it while
we have set bowls inside our houses. The
fact is, the sanitary appliances that are pro-
provlded for the interior of dwellings should
be attached to the exterior, or, better, sep-
- erated altogether from the structure in
which wedwell. True, we have improved
upon the old time life in this city, when the
troglodytes were undisturbed, and the in-
habitants of the upper stories led lives of
. misery and died prematurely in an atmos-
phere that was itself a ' pestilence. But our
sanitary safeguards are still iniperfect and
delusive. The pipes that lead to the sewers
must bebanished to the outside of houses,
where the foul air may be carried of above
the roof." '
The conversation turned to the exhalations
from the thawing snow and accumulated
abominableness of winter in the streets, es-.
pecially after salting has intensified their
danger to the public health. And here the
Doctor began a plea for personal cleanliness.
"You have,” he said, “hands, feet, arms,
limbs, eyes, ears, had a mouth. You say,
‘My hands, My arms, My eyes.‘ Who is this
My that owns all these servants ? I believe
in the immortality of this‘My. In my view:
the word annihilation-should be blotted out
of thegdiclionary. .Those arms, limbs, hands:
and foot—inshort, this body is the instru-
mentjvith which this My executes his pur-
poses. "This instrument is constantly chang-
ing; but the My is always the same. The
instrument is changed many times ere the
final dissolution ; but My is the same until
his instrument :is either destroyed or worn
out. Now, if theevcr-changirig instrument
with which this My does his work is not
kept in good order, the My cannot work
successfully; and if the instrument is suf-
fared to go to ruin, the My must abandon
it. This instrument—the body—ls constant-
ly wasting and repairing; the.operation of.
repair and waste is continuous, and in order
to accomplish this end the body is occupied
in making blood; and may therefore be
denominated a blood making machine. The
blood will be eitherfigoo'd or bad according
as the material or food, is good or bad. The
character of blood made depends on the
kindof food taken. In this country, asa
rule, too much meat is eaten; meat once a
day issufiicient, especially for brain workers.
The waste matter from a meat diet is elimi-
nated through the kidneys. Too ,much
labor thrown upon those organs produces
disease. An overloaded stomach is unfav-
orable to active brain work. Man is like an
engine with two service pipes, one for the
brain and one for the body,‘ and no man has
the requisite force to work both at once.
Generally Americans bolt their food. It
should be cooked. The first process of cook-
ing a steak is on the range; the second is in
the mouth, and this is done by working the
saliva into the food by chewing.. Thus is
the food prepared to be acted upon by the
juices of the stomach. Infants in nursing
move the jaws to. obtain the milk, and the
infant's jaws mixes the milk with the saliva,
and thus fits that milk to go into the stomach.-
After being subjected to the action of the
stomach for two or three hours the food
becomes fitted to'pass into the circulation by
absorption. 'To have good food, therefore.
it is newssary that it be made of proper ma-
terial, properly prepared” , _
“What ought that material to be i” the
Herald reporter inquired.
wnsfr TO EAT.
“Let us follow the dictates of nature," the
Doctor replied. “We are furnished with
milk to start with as we enter the world.
Had meat been the best diet we should have
beenzborn with beefsteaks in our hands. But
we are given milk. Milk and blood are
nearer alike than any other two fluids; a
large proportion of each is' water. After
milk, breadstufis and vegetables are the best
diet, and in warm climates, fruits. Then
meets. Sugar and fat go into the body not
so much to nourish it as to be a fuel to give
it warmth. Meats contains much nitrogen-
ous matter, and if we eat too much of it there
will be, as I have already said. more than the
kidneys can throw off. It is a question
wather Bright's is not to some extent
attributable to the undue quantity of meat
that. a, «399;, mm, country. "Thermal ffronf'th’ezexhalstionsfoflhhhiihiiliihg‘s‘ Wed |
"affair—1d be made of material suited to the oc-
cupation.‘ Men working in the woods can
throw offanything." , p .
“Now, Doctor, as to the q 7, ntityet food til-.3
.“We are “taught“ moderation et' all things. '
There should be moderation in eating, mod-
vexed question of temperance in the new use
of beverages." ,
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“1 am and always have been a temperance
man; but belong to no temperance society.
4 I have great respect for the teetotallers.
' Some men are so constituted that they must
ibe' total abstaincrs. There are four classes;
—The firfi are the teetotallers, among whom
if they drink at all. These inherit from
their ancestors somewhere in the past a taste
for alcoholic liquors. Depend upon it, some
one of their ancestors was an immoderate
drinker. Such unfortunate subjects of
hereditary taint must—mlnd you, sir, I say
must—abstain absolutely. Secondly, there
is a class of temperate users who take a
glass of wine or so at dinner and who, as a
rule, limit their beverages, as the Business
Men's Moderation Society limit theirs. These
persons are temperate. The third class is
made up largely of young men of good pur—
poses and social feelings, who are aiming
high and who drink unguardly and frequent-
ly until they create an appetite. Thy too
often fall into the fourth class-namely, the
drunkards, and if they do not stop in time
they inevitably become drunkards. It is a
question of time only, and frbm the time of
their fall to a confirmed drunkenness down
to the Potter's field. is a rapid and fearful
descent.
“A limited quanity of spirits at the prin-
cipal meal, especially for persons advanced
in life or of Weak digestion, may aid in the
combustion of the food. Spirits aid diges—
tion in feeble and aged persons; but only the
feeble or the aged require such a stimulus.
The young and vigorous do no need it, and
are better off without it, Middle aged
persons may, perhaps, drink a little spirits
with their meals without danger abut they
cannot safely make it a beverage. In small
quantities alcoholic drinks stimulate, and if-
not-enough is taken to coagulate the pepsin
and the albumen in the food they premote
digestion in proper cases, and thus help to
repair the system.
cohol is taken into the stomach with food
than is demanded it passes into the circula-
tion, disturbs the action of the heart, flushes
the face and confuses the brain. ‘ When so
much fermented or distilled liquor is taken
into the system that the functions of the
organism are disturbed positive harm is done
—the system has been so far poisoned. An
irritation has been setup instead of the de—
sired healthful stimulations of the stomach."
' amour's n'rsusn.
“Have any practitioners regarded alcohol
as a kind of food?” the Herald reporter
inquired. ' / .
“Their opinions," Dr. Parker replied,
haze been theoretical and it seems to me, not
borne out by facts. They have viewed
alcohol as a kind of; respiratory food, whose
use is to develop more animal heat and thus
eliminate more carbonic acid. This conclu-
sion is_ not sustained by observation and
experiment. Food is that which repairs
_some'waste in the system. We can repair
that only which exists. The human system
contu'rlizwater, fat, starch and sugltr, nitro-
' genous substances, iron,'._sulphur,phoaphorus,
animal quinine, sodium, potassium and
chlorinej;';but no alcoholyis found. 2‘th has
no like in. the system; hencethere is nothing
it can repair, and. ithcannot, therefore, be
ranked asa lfoodcofuany kind. "It possesses
an inherent deleterious property,whlch,when
introduced into the system, is capable of
destroying life, and ‘it' has its p1a'ce..with
arsenic, belladonn, prussic acid and opium.
Like these it is to be employed as a medicine
and has its true position in works on materia
medics. It is both a poison and a medicine.
“It has been settled by science that alcohol,
which passes into the blood when more is
taken than can be employed as a condiment
or tonic, undergoes no change in the blood,
but exists there as a foreign substance, crea-
ting irritation; and the excitement involved
in the effort to throw ofl the irritating sub-
stance 'wastes the energy and life of the
system. After alcohol has produced disease
of the stomach it next expends its force
upon the neighboring organs, inducing
disease of the liver and Bright’s disease both
of which are fatal to health if not to life."
“But assume, Doctor, that the spirit a man
drinks is pure i”
"I answer that alcohol, however pure, is
in itself a poison, and that it impairs the
whole living organism and cutsllife short—
cuts life short, air. The life insurance
companies understand it. Their figures show
that while a temperate young man at twenty
may reasonably look forward to forty-four
years and two months of life, the young
man of the same age who poisons his system
'with drink can expect not more than fifteen
years and six months. He who uses alcohol
geomes an easy prey of epidemics; his
stem cannot resist the poison of diphtheria,
cholera and fevers.”
“‘You .classify the immoderate .use of
alcohol among the crimes against the State ?”
“Yes; the disease of the parent is trans-
mitted to his offspring, and in the offspring
the tendency, to disease, such as consump-
tion, cancer or gout, is intensified, The
tendency of like to beget like is stamped
upon the whole organic ,world. Consump—
tive parents beget consumptive children, and
the taint or certain specific, diseases is sure
to Eplace its mark somewhere ‘upon the
constitution of offspring for several genera—-
tions. But of all agents alcohol is the most
potent in establishing a-heredity that exhibits
itself in the destruction of mind and body.
The drunkard by inheritance'is a more
helpless slave than his progenitor, and the
children that he begets are more helpless still,
unless on the mother’s side- there is engraft
ed upon them an untainted stoc .”- - ‘
“Now, air, as I have said before, 'a man’s
value to the nation is in the ratio of his
ability first to add to the wealth of the
nation,and secondly to produce progeny that
shall add to the strength and enlarge the
grandeur of the nation; and the nation owes
it to itself to restrict this destroying agent,
alcohol, arid relegate it to medical practice,
where it belongs. Let me add that every
individual drinker fishould exalt himself in
his own esteem by proving to himself that
he ' has the nerve to repress and conquer
whatever desire he has for indulgence in
destroying alcoholic drinks.”
Toasooo.
“What else, Doctor, will tend,,to fortify
thepublic against the perils of this season of
sudden changes in the atmosphere i”
"I ought, perhaps,” the Doctor replied, “to
have put personal cleanliness iuuhe front
rank—thatis. to have dwelt upon it earlier
in this interview; but the descent from
intoxication to beastliness—by which I mean
the useof tobacco, of course—is so natural
that it is well to speak of that destructive
agent here. You will hardly credit the
verified statistics of life shortening by this
insidious destroyer. The system that is
saturated with this poison cannot beget
healthy offspring. And not only does the
smoker shorten his own life and transmit
disease to his posterity, but he invades the
domain of his contemporaries. What right,
sir, have you to throw an impurity into the
glass of water that I intend to drink! Do
you expect me to drink it after you have
polluted it? The air is a fluidgthat I must
inhale. Imust have-it or die. What right
have you to vitia'te it and thus imperil my
life ? Chewing and shutting are not so hein—
ous, for they injure nobody . but the victims
themselves and their progeny. .
“I repeat, sir, air is an impalpable fluid.
It is an rmportantlpart of our food. ‘By what
righti does theismoker deprive me of this
indispensible means of life ? You have been
in crowded halls in which the air was so
impure that the gas burned dim. That came
oration in drinking And here I come to the :
_ {fireyouadeetotallen Doctor?'!. l -
are persons who: must drink. immodcrately .
But whenever more al- .
ir<tm:,gmmfiyr ”M ’3” '1 fithiii'mfi'A MW . CONVEYAN.CES‘ .- W W __ ' I It “A Joyili'orever."
to the combustion of gas. How much more
destructive to life if the assemblage had yet
furtherpoisoned the atmosphere with fumes
‘of-tobaccol ‘, ‘ _ .
H “To? make good blood |we; require good
food, pure water, pure air. sunlight and
exercise. Either foul air or impure water,
poisons the blood. If you don’t throw of!
two pounds and three-quarters of eflete
' matter every twenty-four hours through the
lungs and two poundsthrough theporesiyou
you "mu: expect sooner or later to fall.
Nothing is more essential than pure air.
Impure air is the source of our ship fevers.
Let me give you an illustration.”
.. Here.the-Doctor brought out his diary
and turned ‘back to 1837.. Then he said: .;-
“In 1837 the ship Phoebe, which had
arrived with 400 immigrants packed, on the,
orlop deck, where their breath had poisoned
. the air,.was drawn ashore at Perth Amboy
with eighty-two. persons .sick with ship
f :ver. There were more than we could
shelter at Bellevue Hospital. The best we
could do was to set up cots on the lawn and
put the patients out there and cover them
with anawning. What a shout went up
from the press of New York! Inhumanity
unparallelled} Mark the results. The pa-
tients that were under the friendly shelter of
the hospital died; those who lay out in the
free air recovered. It revolutionized medical
practice in fevers. It gave fever patients
pure air and cold watcr'for which nature had
been battling for centuries.
. EQUALIZE ' run oraoun'rrou.
“Cleanliness," the Doctbr went on to say
“has been classed as akin to Godliness. It
certainly takes high rank in equalizing the
circulation. The jockeys appreciate its im-
portance. ' How regularly and carefully they
groom their horses! Is not man as precious
as the horse ? Every man should groom him-
self every morning—sponge- hlmself from
of' the room in which he sleeps. 'The pur—
pose of wetting the surface is merely’ to
make the friction of a rough towel more
effective as it is rubbed Over the person. You
should not sleep in any garment that you
wear by ’day, and the room in which you
sleep should be perfectly ventilated by a fire-
place and a partly opened window if possible.
“If, after you have observed the rules of
hygiene to the extent that I have indicated
you still have cold feet and limbs and indi-
gestion and a tendency to vertigo. plunge
your feet into water as hot as you can bear
it and keep them there five minutes. Then
put them into cold water for a second-r1
don’t care if it is ice cold. ' Do as I have
pointed out and keep your bowels open and
you may safely walk the streets even in
the slush of a January. thaw,and_ hid defiance
to the sudden crispness of atmosphere that
freezes other men‘s feet."
. “How shall the feet be clad in winter P”
“ ‘Cool head, free bowels and warm feetI
is the old aphorism. If you suffer your feet
to get cold you hrs in danger of apoplexy of
the brain or of the lungs. Cold feet are very
likely to be associated with a sluggish state of
the bowels. The feet are cold~ because there
is too much blood in'dne place and too little
in another. Cold feet follow the breaking of
an equilibrium of the circulation. Sedentary
you keep the skin clean and the bowels free
and take moderate exercise you will maintain
an equilibrium of cirCulation, and this equal-
ized circulation will keep the feet warm.
When the feet are cold it is better to warm
them with exercise than at a fire. Look at
the woodcbopper, swinging his arms so that
his hands slap his sides. Thus he ‘carries
the blood to his hands, and it warms .them.
That is the best warmth for either the hands
or the feet. ' - _
“I have dwelt upon the means of fortify:
ing a managain'st the sudden changes of
temperature in winter to which all are sub—
ject who go out to business in the morning
and are busy at a distance of many miles
from home until night, as most New Yorkers
are. But why should not men take care of
themselves at all times—not only in yellow
fever time and in weather like that of an
average January or February in New York,
but at all times i There is a vast difference
between the longevity of men who take care
of themselves and those Who do not. It is,
as the life insurance companies’ tables show,
as thirty-five is to about seventy. The man
who bows to all the'known laws of hygiene
not only lives longer, but is able also to enter
into all the joys of life without the aches
and pains that insulted nature imposes when
in rebellion."
Tom Corwin’s Welcome to His
Son-in-Law.
At the marriage of his oldest daughter,
of Cincinnati, Corwin manifested so much
feeling that the occasion took more of the
aspect of a funeral than of a wedding; Dur-
ing the ceremony he shed tears, and at the
he suddenly broke out: _.
“Now I want it distinctly understood that
this thing is never going to happen again in
this house. There will never be another
wedding here." vaill get a nigger six feet
tall, and give him a pole ten 4 feet long, and
post himat the'front door, and instruct'him
to knock any young man in the head who
comes 'toseemy. daughters." _ ‘ ‘ -
General Garfield relates that‘shortly before
Corwin’s death, when'he'returued to Wash—
ington from afiyingf‘visit to Lebanon 'to at-
tend the marria'go of his youngest daughter,
ha referred.,to this marriage of Eva, and
said that'h'e shut himself 'up in his room for
three or four days. béfora it occurred,;and
could not "be persuaded to take any part
in the preparations, and only on the most
earnest solicitations did he come down to
witness the ceremony. He said: “I could
not endure the thought of my daughter lev-
iug another manbetter than myself; and yet
she married a noble ifellow. And now the
old feeling has returned. I tell you I had
a horrible time of it until the ceremony was
over."—.Detroit Free Press.
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Ruskin on Lincoln.
In the volume of Ruskins’s letters, re-
cently published in England, occurs this
passage which stones for crabhed criticisms
of America in some instances indulged'in :—
“I have not hastened my reply to your
last letter, thinking that your space at pres-
ent would be otherwise occupied; having
also my own thoughts busied in various di-
rictlons, such as you may fancy, yet busied
chiefly in a sad wonder, which perhaps you
would not fancy. I mourn for Mr. Lincoln
as man should mourn the fate of man, when
it is sudden and supreme. I hate regicide
as I do pepuliclde—deeply if fmzied ; more
deeply if deliberate- But my wonder is in'
remembering the tribe of the English peo-'
ple and press respecting this man during his
life, and in comparing it with their sayings
of him in his death. They caricatured and
reviled him when his cause was poised in
the deadly balance—when their praise would
have been grateful to him and their help
priceless. They now" declare his cause to
have been just, when it needs no aid; and
his purposes to have been noble, when all
human thoughts of them have become van—
ity, and will never so much as mix their
murmurs in his ears with the sentence of
the tribunal which has summoned him to
receive a juster praise and tenderer blame
than ours.” ‘
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Elopements are not once in Kon-
tucky by judicious parents. young lady
in Falmouth,who recently undertook to leave
her home in this romantic way Was overtaken
by her father and literally whipped home.
Afew nights afier, she repeated the attempt,
and her father went after her with a shot-
gun, firing once and sending some buckshot
unple‘asantly near _her ear. The fugitives
escaped by hard riding audare now happy as
doves. ,
222.32
During the past fifteen days the railroads
centering in Chicago have probably issued
80,000 annual puscs. The most of these of
"course are given in exchange for passes, for
officers and agents over all the railroads in
the United States.
head to foot with water of the temperature
' EUGENEFANCHEB,
occupations are prvooative of cold feet. If,
I the Liver. Stomach and
Eve, to Mr. George R. Sage, a young lawyer, AND N AUSE
supper, after a prolonged and solemn silence,
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. incomparable GEAR BAKING- POW'DEB. is proof
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Nothing but the pursuit and healthiest ingredient-
ever enter into its composition; IT IS WARRANT!!!)
TO CONTAJNNO ALUM, or anythingunhealthful,
and we solicit an unpredjudloed comparison with
any oflrernakfnglbwderm the world. '
Ethy oneoan. For sale hyallgrooersm
STEELE, Jr BAKERY, In?!» New Haven, Conn.
If you feel dull, drowsy, debiliared. have frequent
headache, mouth tastes badly, poor appetite and
. tongue coated. you arefisufi'erlng from ,torpid liver
or "biliousness," and nothing will cure on so
speedily and permantly as totakesmaloxs WEE
REGULATOR on MEDICINE
The Chea est. Purest
and‘Best nmily Medi-
’ cm the World.
Ennnorupn Srncr-
no for all diseases of \
Spleen.
CHILLS AND FEVER
MALARIOUSFEVERS
B 0 W E L C O M-
PLAINTSJIESTLESS.
NESS, JA U N D I CE
A R EG U L A
BAD BREATH.
-. Nothing is so unpleasant, nothing so common
as bad breath, and in nearly every caseit comes
from the stomach, and can be so easily corrected
if you will take Simmon’s Liver Regulator. Do
3?:olrlggrc0t1 tsowslulrele. remedv for this repulsive
. r a so improve our :1 etite
Complexion and General Good HZalth. pp '
PILES !
How many suffer torture day after day. making
life a burden and robbing existence of all pleasure
owing to the secret suffering from Piles. Yet re-
llef is ready to the hand -for almost any one who
Will use systematically the remedy that has per-
manently cured thousands. Slurrores’ Lrvrm
nneunaron 18 no drastic violent purge; but a
gentle assistant to nature.
CON STIPATION !
SHOULD not be regarded as a trifilng ail-
ment-ln fact nature demands the utmost
regularlty of the bowels, and any deviation _
from thls demand paves the way often to
serious danger. It ls quite as necessary to re-
move impure accumulations-from tllc bowels
as it is to eat or sleep. and no health can be
expected where a costlve habit ofbody pre-
vails. ,
‘ SICK HEADACHE i:
This distressing affliction occurs'most frequent-
ly. The dlsturbance of the stomachmrising from
imperfectly digested contents; cause a severe pain
in“ “:13: :1:ng 1accomp'nnled with disagreeable
s cons I utes w '
known as Sick Headache. M m popularly
ORIGINAL d: ONLYBCYEENUINE
nsxuracruxnn
J. n. ZEILIN so 00.,
, PHILADELPHIA.
Sold by all Drugglsss.
msunws 1
Liquid entail!
Till Bastille World.
No Chemical Gom-
bination or Soap
Mixture. I _
Warranted Pure Lin-i
seed Oil Paints.
For 8919 by
:J.'l'. Prowitl
V 47 Main street.
. Black Enameled Cali Buall, .
Carmine and Blue for Falter well
a. n. avnreron a co .
SAWING & PLANINGE
Band&ScrollSawingtlurning,
« MANUFACI‘UBIB 01'
Doors, Sashes;B_llnds,' Mouldings,
Boxes, Packarg Cases, Win.
dow Frames, Ere.
I have on handtools for I50 patternsof Koala.
ings,andwi_l_l‘. when desired. make toolsfor new
styles. Constantly in stock {.55 ' .
Plekels, planes] and polnted, Pess‘o
Balls and Trim ssalnza,
BRACKETS of'all descriptions, and WINDOW
FRAMES made to order at short notlce. INSIDE
TBIMMINGS got out ready to put up, from lane
and specifications. WALNUT and ASH A .
SCOTING and FLOORING. TURNING of al
descriptions. _ ,
..Kfndlfnp-.Wood Split'a’nd ready for me, put
up in Barrels. '
BURR KNAPP.
Foot of Marshal Street, South Norwalk,Ct
0. '1‘. Leonard h» Sen,
Maser: a" Mater/tots, .
‘GEME’N '1- - P I"? E
For Drains, Sewers, wells, &c.,
At Lowest Cash Prices;
Dreins‘and Wells hug and Piped
Also Sole Agentf or
Patent; Tinder Wood,
The Cheapest and Best Kindling out. Try it
fl' Branch Ofilcc at Spencer’s Jewelry Store
JJ. Spencer,
WATCHliAKER and J EWELER,
No. 8 Main Street.
A LARGE STOCK or
Diamonds, »
Rich Jewelry,
watches,
Clocks,
Bronzes,
Silver Ware,
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, to.
Constanlly on hand.
Also a Large Variety of
NOVELTIES for the lifllqllllls.
Prices very low for the quality of-'
fcred. All goods warranted.
ROGERS: STATUARY,
At J. SPENCER’S. .
15101311121 Y G oops
At J. SPENCER’S.
BETTS’
rornn norm:
FOR cursors ilAuns a. race.
Fine Lotion for the Face after Shaving.
25 AND 50 01‘s. PER BOTTLE.
PREPARED BY
Howard S. Bett's,
Corner Drus‘ Store. »
Large Reduction in Prices!
CASH SALE -
FOR THIRTY DAYS,
Luiwnui’s Furnihiellaie Rooms,
36 Main St., Norwalk, Conn.
This stock must be closed out to make room for
my large stock of Goods for Spring Trade.
Carriage Making
AND
'1» .71:
Main Street, . South Norwalk, Ct.
Coupe Bockaway. in good order, for sale.
OOOOOOOON *9“
EQEQEEQES o3
HNNMNV‘KDIOCD 0
so of on
nd‘rri‘ui‘ufi'ui‘ii‘nluiud‘ "Q15.
successes .%
SSAMSS’E'ES 0::
migraines. Ea:
mammmmmmm E;-
'>IOOlS PGW'BJ. 53‘ E
11130 qsoq mos; a:
.Cl
sosrmord sq; § e
no, parnqoegnuew 2,; 5
accesses Pug
; H H 5‘! ID no $37.:
/ v-t $85..
air/SUSUEUSVIM“ so.»
mpmmmwm £03
a: g is m names we a
2, oz; 2 zgz gr; 0
e e .. a me egg
“or
Hg
1
Bags and Valises. A full line of Trunk
I invite Competition.
and Bag Notions.
TRUNKS.
\,
' Driving Gloves at‘Lowest Prices. '
a- The above lines of Goods are offered at Lower F
t0wns.can compete with.
First-Class Work to comeand see me, and by so do
FUR ROBE! “crusaders
b
Traveling
UOHJN' MOORE,.M&1:D. St., .Stamrord, Ct. I
. M ACH'N'ST§ o... 'obt'zléfflrl
' I v _ m —
J 1;: AR. .i z. 1.: . -, .
nan-animation nwamnrn
SUMMER ARRANGEMENT.
Commencing.Nov._29.1880.
BAIL Y TRAIN S
Leachorwalk Bridgefor. Danbury.
9 31a. m., Mail. _ : , "
"4 sop. m., Accommodation.
6 161). m., Mail.
8 01 a. m., Sunday Accommodation.
Arrive atNorwalkjfn’Tigefrom Danbury.
7 34a. m., Mail. , _
l 09 p.m., Accommodation.
5 25 p.m., Mail;
9 05 p. m., Freight.
, L .WSANDII‘ORTH ,Supt ,
III "III, IN “A“! I. IIAIIFIII ilAllllllAI.
Trainslctwe So. Norwalk [or New York at 12 4'!
a. m, Washington Ex.vla Harlem River; 4 31. em;
5 18 cx.; 5 50, 6 37, 7 45 ex.; 734, 9 04,ex.; 9 35,10 50
ex. a. m.; l 20, 2 56 ex: 4, 30 ex.'. 5 38, 6 24 ex.; 6 55,
918 g. m. cx. For New Haven, 1 48 ex; 6 52 ex ;
9.01, 28 ex.;10 48 a. m.,1211 ex; 1 45. 212 ex.; the
ex.; 6 07 ex.; 6 50, 7 26, s 21, 9 42, ll 34 ex.;1158 ex.
For a rr‘nafleld. 6 52, 9 28 ex. is. m.; 12 11, I 45, 2 12
ex.: 5; ex.° ll 58 ex. p.m. Express for Boston
eta paring/left! 9 as am. 12 ll, 2 12.11 as p.m. Via
New Lon on, 0 52, 9 28 a.m., 2 12, 6 34, 11 15 p.m.
Fright Cheaper than Ever
PROPELLEE LINE TO
NEW YORK.
The Propeller City of N orvvalk
Will continue to make regular trips through the
winter (ice crmltting‘). betweenNorwaIk Bridge
and New _ork touc mg at South Norwalk each
wa to receive and deliver fret ht. -
reight received from an delivered at the
freight depot of the Danbury E N orwalk Railroad
for all stations,also the Shepaug Railroad.
B'Spccial arrangements fortreight to and from
New York can be made with this line 10 per cent.
leesthan by the railroad. v
. Produce sold‘free of commission and returns
promptly made at the hlgbest market rates.
3' All persons arefor id_trustrng any of the
employees of the boats of‘ this line on account of
the owners thereof. ,
Meeker’s .
1:. :s: N. E r "
Schoon erJOHN G. PERRY, Capt. Byxbee, will
hereafter make regular weekly trips'between Nor-
walk and New York. stop rug at South N orwalk,
leaving Meeker Brothers’ harf, N orwslk, every
Friday night. Freight taken on board at Plea-
43 E. 3., foot of But er St., New York, on MON-
DAYS snd TUESDA S. .
The Highest Market Bases Pale! {or
nay, Straw and [farmer’- Prod cc. by
' A. J. MEEKEB & BO.
Norwalk, April,1880.
NerwaIIlHorse Hailwaylimelahls.
COMMENCING DEC. 9111, 1880.
x
Lnavn Nonwanx. So. Nonwanx
2,15 “hm. New York Accom. " 6 35 mm.
35 “ New Haven Accom. 6 55 “
7 05 .. New York Accom. 7 25 “
7 25 n N. Y. Express. 7 45 “
7 4g .. s 05 u
8 0:) ‘ s 23 u
-s 23 .1 s 42 "
842 .. N. YEz.drN.H.Ac. 905 “
9 05 “ New Haven Express. 9 ‘25 “
3 :12 “ New Yorkidccom. 3-}; j:
9 as f; ' ' to is - -
10 15 “ New York Express. - 1035 "
:gig " New Haven Accom. fl :3 i:
ll 10 l: 11 30 “
Egg “ N H E fig?) “ '
gig 1"." . sw one» . spress. 12 Pftm.
l 00 " New Y x “
,, or]: Accent. 1 20
1 29 , , Newlflaven Accent. 1 43 “
a: " New;Haven‘Ezpi-eu. a $2 ::
3:2 I: New York Express. ggg ::
3 20 3 ~ 3 40 u
3 40, u , 4 00 H
4 00 " New Haven Accom. 4 20 ‘ l
4 10 u - New York Express. 4 30 u
:33. .. - :33 "
a.
6 20 x New York Accent. 6 40 “
5 40 A New Haven A'ccorn. 6 00 "
5 50 " New York Express. 6 10 N
6 10 u ‘ ~ 6 28 “
e 28 “ New Haven Accom. 6 48 "
6 81' ” New York Accdm. 6'57 “
6 57 u 1 l7 “
ii: -- iii 2:
8 10 ': 8 30 "
8 30 :5 8 50 H
:33 “ New YorkE 3h?) 3
2: recs. «
gig :: New Haven gccom. . 9 4.: "4
r . l I
10 00 “ i3 20 u
EW YORK'E PHILADELPHIA NEW LINE
BOUND BROOK ROUTE
FOR TBENTON AND PHILADELPHIA .
Commencing December 1,1880.
Leave New York from station 0. B. R. of N. J .,
foot of Liberty St.,for Philadel his.
1 $1111.11 guard) gore]? Street:j ats :45d 9:10. 11:15 am.
:,,:.:....m. :"..
5:319, 7.1!}:232; 12 3.1313} ‘n nn ay at 8 4.: a m
or it an or s streets at 5:30. 11:15 a. m.
1:30. 4:50, 5:30, p. in. On Sundhy at 8:45 a. m'.
For Trenton,‘Warren and Tucker sts.,5:30. 7:45
9:10, 11:15 a. m., 1:30. 4:00, 4.30, 4;45, 5:30, 7, 8. 11:30,
12, p.m. On Sunday 8:45, a.m., 5:30, 7.11:30, I2 p.m.
Return trains leavePhrladelphia for New York:
From stations Phila. & Beading Railroad.
Ninth it Green Sts.. at 7:30, 8:30, 9:30, 11. a.m., 1:15
2, 3:45.530, 6:40, 7:30, 12 p. In. On Sunday at 8:30
a. m., 5:30, 6:40, 12 p. m. .
1 230:?3n-lolhhtiofd11‘3gerk stregtss4z45, 8:20, 9:15 a.m.,
z',:,:,: .m.n‘und :,..
4:30, 11:30 1). m. p ay “8 10 a m
From Trentou,Warrcn and Tucker sts,l:-25, 4:25,
:32, $2.: p.m. On Sunday 1:25, 4:25, 9:20 a. m., 6:15
4;)'{‘ig}tr;ret9s;71'011'382glti}attarotof Lglcrtthtq239, 261.
‘ roa wa ,an att c r' ' l
hot'els,’Nev'I York. y p inelpa
INCINNATI. CHICAGO, ST. LOUIS
AND THE WEST.
Yin. Baltimore and WASHINGTON.
Leave New York, foot Liberty Street.
9 a. m. For Washington, Cincinnati, Chicago,
c. .
7 p.m. dally. Fast_Line. Through coaches and
Sleeplnglcars to Clncmnatl, Chicago, St.Louis, are.
11:30 p. m. daily, For Washington, Cincinnatl,
Chlcaho, &c.
Tickets for sale and baggage checked at foot of
, .
screen. N. R., C. R. R. of I
JOSEPH S. HARRIS, H. P. BALDWIN,
Gen. Pass. Ag’t.
General Manager. ,
Now for Your Orders!
AKINGfigd 9:11:13 all of my old stock and re-
p curs am new am now r o
serve the public with the p epared ‘
B-Es'noF EVERYTHING
IN THE
LIVERY LINE.
t most. reasonable prices. Single or Double
Teams either by the hour or da , with or without
drivers. ’ - A . N.
Opposite D. a N. B. It. Depot, Norwalk.
Free Reading Room.
' HIS rs acomfortablc room fitted up for the
benefit of thepubllc generally, sltuated on
east side of South Main Street. over Road’s Jew-
elry Store, Clark and Lane’s Block, nearly 0 po-
slte Railroad Depot, South Norwalk, Ct. t is
open from 9 a. m., to9z45 p. m. The room is well
lighted, warm and comfortable. It is supplied
wrrh four dallles. two weeklies, and several
monthly papers and journals. beside a numbe
ofinstruetlve and interesting books . .
COFFEE ROOM.-
There is a Cofi'ee Room on the same floor and a
lady in attendance from 9a. m., to 9:45 p. m., to
serve HOME MADE articles mentioned below,
at the following prices :
1 Cup of Coffee, wrth crackers,
1 Cup of Tea, with crackers, r
u I
ocoa , - -
.Brown Bread and Butter .
Sandwich. -
Cake.
Doughnuts,
Piece of Pie ,
erllcrs,
Ham, - - - . -
Pork and Beans. with bread nd butter 10
Stewed Oysters. 15
'Sollcitor of Claims.
Gnunnnfiusmrzss.
OFFICIAL INFORMATION.
L. A. GOBRIG'HT,
once 1,427 F Street Northwest, near
. 1811.. WASHINGTON, D. C.
Y former connectionwith Journalism for a
long period, has given me an extensive ac-
quaintance in all the departments of the Govern-
ment and shame tional facilities. Prompt at-
tention van to at orders requiring personal ser-
vice at t a National Capitol,which may be for-
warded through the ofllce ol‘ the Norman: _Ga
zlr'l'ls. 4'.— . _ 41,
JOHN E. SMITH,
FLORIST,
s-s
009909999
EAST. SIDE OF MAIN STREET,SOUTB.
0F RAILROAD,
City of South Norwalk, Conn.
Plants and Flowers at all seasons
Plowerator Funeral-furnished and
tnasemllyarrangeu to order at short
notice.
hh‘l‘hl 019E3-
ALL SIZES and corpus,
NEcIATLY PRJ N TED
VERY LOWgRA'l‘ES,
———T—-—.-—--
GAZETTE OFFICE.
5:40, 6:30, 8.00, 9:05, 10:08, 11:20 a.m.2, 2:44, 4:24, 8:30, .
- '— I-IEBIGco's _ -
coo B‘ T0110-
sf“
Highest Medals. lndorsed and Prescribed by
Medical Men of all Schools.
'Professor Duncan Car-ap-
bell, M.D.,- 1.14.11, President R0 al
was e 0 Ph siciane and Sur eons etc. o c.
23%;? {It hag more'than reallzed iny e’xpecz
ous. ' .
Professor J. M. Camoclaass,
111.11., Professor 0 Surgery New York Medz- ~
cal College, says : “ y patients derive marked
and doc dud benefit from it.” . . j
Professor 1!. 601111011,
M.D., Phystcza' ' n to the Grand Duke of
Saxony,- Knight of the Holy Cross, etc., says:
“ It gives more tone than anythingI have ever
prescribed.” '
Sir- Robcrt Claristigon, M.D.,
LLJL, F.R.. ., Physician to her Majesty
the Queen; President Royal British Anoma-
tion, etc., etc:, says: "The properties of the
Coca are the most remarkable of any knownto
the medical world. From repeated personal
trials I am convinced that its use is highly
beneficial and tonic.” , ~
Valuable in malaria; ague; malarial debility;
dumbague; low fever' marasmus; paralytic; .
spinal and nervous affections- female weak-
nesses; bilious and liver affections; weak
throats; paipitntion and other affections of the
heart; epilepsy or falling sickness ’ weakness
of the voice of actors,singers, public speakers
and clergyman ; colic ; flatulency; seasickness;
falling out of the hair; asthma; shortness of
breath ; wasting diseases ; etc., etc. It is grate-
fully refreshing nnd restorative after prolonged
mental and physical strain.‘ Itis pleasantand
agreeable, and is readilfiretalned by the most
delicate stomach. Dr. cBean (British Medi<'
cal'Journal) found it of great service in con-
sumption. Baron von Humboldt as. 5 he
has never known a case of consumpt on or
asthma among these accustomed to its use,
and that they live to a great ago, retaining their
mental and physical faculties to the last
(Cosmos). » ,
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
Prlce One Dollar Per Bottle.
ns- pnnmmzn ONLY BY .51
The Liebig Laboratory 81 Chemical Works Co.,
NEW YORK, PARIS. AND LONDON.
Flt]. it, Will'lll i'l‘Yllll
NOW READY AT
Mrs; W. Pawcett’s,
No. 3 Water Sta-hot,
flats in' all, the leading Shapes,“
In Feltp, Beavers,.and Plush. ’
Silks, satins, Flushes, Brocaded Satins, Rib—
bons, and Velvcts, Flowers, Feath—
ers and Birds. .
Choice Assortment of MOUBNING
GOODS on hands.
. Ladies’ own material made up after French
Patterns, $1.00.
Felt Hats dyed and pressed in‘ the latest
styles, 40 cents. -
"118.1me s. pl‘lsltuaur,
OF LYNN, MASS.
I creamer é '
l-YDIA E. INKHAM’S
WGETABL COMPOUND.
The Positive Cure
For all Female Complaints.
Tara mam BESTORES mnmonro m
warmest. common, primers m mar. rowan
moansmxermma rescues or run cranes
arm mrs rr :1er PLACE, AND owns r'r roux arm
STRENGTH, so run m cm rs and en-
tire. It slam neon mnnvro na-
crow; n- crvns 'rorui: co m wrrou: mobs ers-
nx; rr mans prsrnacrzn oncms no runs
res-roan. rosmox. Tum manure or assume
DOWN, oausnvo sane, men-r m cannon, In
anwars mar-2.x comer us call.
It Will, It I“ ”m under 8“ Chill.
manila mm with the laws that
govern the female system.
For theme ofKIdney Complaints otelther
lax, this Compound fa nuns-passe .
Lydia E. Plnkham’p Vegetable Compound
kprepared atthe proprretorslaboratcry.
No, 283 Western Avenue, Lynn, Mass. ‘
Pncs, Si. Six Battles in one address. $5.
Mrs. Pinkham freely answers alllettersof inquiry.
Send for pamphlets, Address as above.
No famd s ouldbe withoutLydiaE.Pinkham's
Th Consti ation, Bilious-
LIVER . cure
ness. and Torpldfwegftho Liver. cts. perbox.
JOHNSTON, HOLLOWAY s; 00.,
Wholesale Agents, Philadelphia, Penn.
Outfit furnished free, with full instructions
1 for conducting the most profitable business
in
any one can eags e 1n. The business is so
easy to learn, an our instructions are so
s is and plain, that any one can make great
pro ts_from the very start. No one can fail who
rs willing to work. Women are as successful as
men. Boys and girls can earn large sums. Men
have made at the buslness over one-hundred do -
lars In a single week. Nothrngllke lt ever known
before. _ All who en age are surprised at the ease
and rapidity wrth w 1011 they are able to make
money. You can engage ln this business during
your spare tlm_e at great profit. You do not have
0 inv st capital n it. We take all the risk.
Those who need ready alone should write to us
at once. All furnished free. ddress,TrmE & 00.,
Augusta, Maine. ,
gr , VEGETABLE »
4 Are the mildest ever
' _ . 3 (known, they cure HEAD-
; ' ' /' ACHE, MALARIAL DIS-
d EASES, BILIOUSNESS,
and INDIGESTION. These -
, LS
Tone up thesystem and restore health to
those suffering from general debility and
nervousness. Sold by all Drugéists, -
' 23 Cents per 0:.
it. E. .WthllllMB, .
Carriage Repairer & Painter,
Brook St., nears‘oos oflillll‘llill,
Coaches, Carriages, or Wallll'
Ropairedand Painted in the Best
Style and Manner.
ALSO
ill“ Mill FANCY lE'I'TEBINO.
Give me a call. .
is made of a simple Tropical Leaf of Rare Value
and is a Pollslyc Remedy for all the diseases
that cause pains in the lower parts of the'body—
for Torpid Liver-Headachea—Jaundlee—Dizzi-
ness, Gravel,Malarin. and all difficulties of the
Kidneys. Liver and Urinary Organs. Por- Fo-
mnle Diseases, Monthly Menstruations, and
during Pregnancy, it has no equal. It restores
the or ans that make the Blood. and hence II the
heat load Purifier. 1t 3° the only known
re edy that cures Bright’s Disease. .For Diabe-
te use Warner’n Safe Diabetes Cure.
For sale by all Drugglsts and all Dealers at 91.25
per bottle. Lar est bottle in the market. T it.
"a I. "l' ‘e'a Bookenler, Na . I
golden chance is offered, thereby al-
wayskeefilng Dovert from . your door.
Those w 0 always kc advantage of
the good chances for making mone that ‘ are of-
fered, generally become wealthy.w 'le those who
do not Improve such chances remain in poverty.
We “‘3'“ many men, women, boys and. glrls to
work for us rlght in their own localities.‘ The
business will pay more than ten times ordinar
wages. We furhish an' expensive outfit anda
that You need, free. No one who engages falls to
make money very rapidly. You can devote your
whole time to the work, or only your spare mo-
meats. Full information and all that is needed
sent free. Address 511111911 a 09» lemme. l
Yourselves by making money when a
' We rested at .1 window seat,-
: '[l‘rom-Nym Crinkle’s Feuilleton.)
_ we passed from out the dazzling light,
We leftthosustling throng of dancers;
Miss Smith had said to me, “We might,
I almost think, sit out the next Lancers."
And, wandering on, we lost our way-—
A country house is most perplexing—
Miss Smith was filled with sweet dismay,
And closer clung—'twas very vexing.
My hand detained a hand half williu; .
We murmured of the floor, the heat,-
_ And other things as wildly thrilling.
Some mistletoe, o’erhead entwined,
, Gave rise to arch but tempting banter,
I kissed her—lost my peace of mind-
And got a piece of hers instanter.
She stamped her foot, her bosom rose
And fell with maidenl'y vexation;
She said—but what she said, Lord knows!
For I was lost in admiration.
But there she stood, a deer at buy,
A picture for a master’s sketching;
I soothed her, as a mortal may,
And thought she never looked so fetching.
My deeds were rash, my words insane—
At length we could no longer tarry-
And when we joined the dance again
Ten years possession has not tired
My love, but I’m in this position;
The tantrums which I once admired
Have palled from frequent repetition.
22—:—
A busy retail grocer
Whom we all surely know, sir,
Was asked one day in a friendly way_
By a. country chap who had come to stay
Till the mail came in at the close of day,
, “What are your gross receipts sir i’"
“He,he! ha, ha! ho, ho! sir,"
Laughed the busy retail grocer,
As he pointed out, with laugh and about
The barrels and boxes ranged (about,
“You can plainly see, beyond a doubt,
What are my grocery seats. sir i"
Gold'wrnters.
[Chicago Inter-Ocean.) '
Of earlier cold winters, the most remark—
able in this country was that of 1799-80,
“when, as Jefferson says in his “Notes," the
Cheaspeakc'was covered with solid ice from
its head to the mouth of the Potomac; and at
Annapolis, where the bay is more than five'
miles wide, the ice was from five to seven
inches in thickness, and loaded wagons
passed over. It was at this time that troops
crossed on ,the ice from New Jersey .to
Staten ,Island, Washington supposing as
Ramsey says, “that an attack on about 1,200
British troops posted on Staten Island might
be advantageously made especially in its
present state of union with the continent by
an unbroken body of solid ice.” The Dela-
ware river was closed from the 1st of
December to the lat of March, the ice being
two to three feet thick. ' Long Island Sound
and the Cheapeake were so completely ice
bound as to be passable only with horses
and sleighs. The lowest temperature, ac—
cording to Dr. Webster’s observations at
Hartford, was—20 degrees on the 29th of
January. Back of that time the winterof
1740-41 was reckoned the coldest that had
been known. “My father,".said Dr. Noah
Webster, “who was a witness of the winters
of 1741 and 1780, considered the cold of the
former quite equal to that of the latter.”
The storm which has paseed into New Eng.
land history as the “great snow"'came in
1717, and was followed by very cold weather.
About six feet of snow fell in Boston between
the 18th and 22nd of February, and“the
extremity of the weather hinderedall the
three posts from coming in” for a good many
days. As late as the 5th of March The
‘Boston News Letter had this item from
Worcester: '
that the Sound is frozen over so that eople
ride every day from thence to Long stand,
which is three leagues across, which Was
never known before.”
He looked a bit hard up, but he had a pleas-
ant face and smooth address, as he walked
into the office of a rairoad running west and
, asked for the superintendent. When conduct-
ted to that ofilcer’s desk he began: “I want
the favor of a pass to Buffalo." "Can’t have
it," was the prompt reply. “I expected that
answer, and am prepared for it. I did not
come here with a tale of woe. I have not
been robbed.” “No ?” “Not a rob. I did not
lose my money on the street. I am not oblig-
ed to rush home to see my wife die. I am not
a consumptive who is anxious to die among
his friends. All these pleas are old.” “Yes
very old and thin.” “And yetI want a pass
to Buffalo. I feel that I have a right to ask
it.” “On what grounds '1’” “This morning I
saved the life of a passenger on one of your
transfer boats. He was a big, red-whiskered
man named Clark. Had be gone overboard
it would have cost you $50,000 to settle the
claim.” “Clark ? Big man with red
whiskers ? Wretched man, you know not
what you did _l That's the man who has
already got a claim for $20,000 against usfor
breaking his leg. If you had only let him
go overboard we could have settled with his
heirs for less than a quarter .of the amount.
Go out—go away. You have taken thousands
of dollars out of our pockets by your meddle-
some act.” The beat walked out without a
word, but as he reached the door he was
heard to grumble : “I thought I was the
best liar on the Atlantic coast,‘ but I might
as well hang up from this deal."-— Wall Strut
News.
Mam? TWAIN having been asked to con-
tribute to the newspaper issued at the fair in
aid of abused children in Boston wrote :
“Why should I want a Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Children to prosper
when I have a baby down stairs that kept
me awake several hours last night with no
pretext for it but a desire to make trouble 1
This occurs every night, and it embitters me,
because I see now how needless it was to
put in the other burglar alarm, a costly and
complicated .contrivance, which cannot be
depended upon, because it’s always getting
out of order and won't go,’ whereas although
the baby is always getting out of order, too,
it can nevertheless 'be depended on, for the
-reason that the more it gets out of order, the
more it does go, . Yes, I am bitter against
your society, for I think the idea of it is all
wrong; but if you will start a Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Fathers I will write
you ;a whole book.” ‘ ‘
There is a judge in Gslvestcn whose head
is as held as that of American eagle. ' A
little boy, living nex door, has got lt into
his head that lack of hair is rnseparably con-
'nected with the title of judge, consequently
when a lawyer, whose head is densely cover-
ed with hair, called, and was addressed as
“J udge,” little Tommy shook his head and
said: “You ain’t no judge. Can't fool me."
“Why‘ade no judlge i" "gins vcrlhair ain't
arte wi cenoug ,’ t e gui a can re 1 .
E-Galeeston News. ‘5 _ py
“Yes, I'm going to skate," he answered as
his teeth rattled together and his ears stood
out like sheet-iron medals. “They tried to
stuff me with a story of a boy who froze to
death on the rink at the park, but I wouldn’t
take it." Did one freeze to death a” “New!
Come to find out about it, he just froze his,
ears and nose and fingers and toes. and the
rest of his body wasn’t touched a bit. They
can’t scare we with any of their tales of
horror ?”——Frse Press. ‘
.>—.-———
It was the splendid jewels worn by Mme.
Bobillard, the wife of a tobacco, manufactu-
rer, at a_ ball at the Tuileries, in 1810, that
first gave Napoleon the idea of making the
tobacco trade a state monopoly. It yields
now to the French government an annual '
profit of about $50,000,000.
—————-.—Q.
Senator Jones, of Florida, although he is
admitted to be by all odds the ablest member
of the Democratic party of that state, finds
considerable opposition to his re-election be-
cause he is an Irishman. He will “boycott"
the Legislature. ‘ '
democratic majority in the House." . True ‘
cnough ; absentees have broken the democrat-
ic quorum and made the party coatemptible. i
Miss Smith was Kate and I was Harry.
“We hear from Stafford, in‘ Connecticut.
The Washington Post calls it “the alleged _
iii-SCIENTIFIC _llISlJELLlNl.
- The largest library of the world, at Paris,
contains many a curious and interesting work.
Among them may be found a Chinese chart
of the heavens, made about 000 years P. C.
In this chart 1460 starsare correctly inserted,
as corroborated byltho observations of mod-
'ern astronomers.
Among the petroleum springs of Baku, on
the western shore of the §Caspian, is one
1 communicating with the sea, which produces
at times a very striking phenomenon. The
floating oil that covers the surface of ' the sea
is frequently ignited by accident, turning the
smooth water into .a- veritable lake of fire.
The most famous‘of _ these. conflagrations—to
which the superstition, of the natives gave
the name of “Soaitaun Noor,” or Devil’s
Light—occurred in 1872. It broke out in
‘ the middle of thdnightmnd was declared by
a Russian naval oflcer, who witnessed it
‘ from the deck of a gun boat, to be the most
remarkable spectacle he . had ever seen.
The sheet of flame waved too and _fro in the
wind like a flag lighting up sea and shore for
miles, and throwing a deep crimson glow
into the sky which was visible to the inhab-
itants of several inland districfi far out of
sight of the sea itself. ‘
It has been found by several microscopists
that the cause of whooping cough is 8 pecu—
liar fungoid growth, which first germinates
under the tongue and. then {pervades the air
passages. Quinine is found to be a valuable
antidote by virtue of its well~established
power to destroy microscopic vegetable
(organisms.
Concerning the duration and character of
the Arctic winter, Lieut. Schwatka, the Arc-
tic explorer, makes these interesting com—
ments: “The generally_received opinion that
the Arctic winter, especially in the higher
latitudes, is a long. dreary one of perfect
.opaque darkness, is not strictly correct. In
‘ latitude 23 degrees 20 minutes, N., the high-
aest 'nt ever reached by man, there are 4
ban and 42 minutes of twilight on Dec.
22d, the shortest day in the. year in the
year in the Northern Hemisphere. In latitude
82 degrees 27 minutes, N., the highest point
where white men have wintered, there are 6
hours and two minutes in the shortest day,
and 328 geographical miles_ from that point
.must yet be attained before the true Platonic
zone, or one in which there is no twilight
whatever, even upon the shortest day of the
year, can be said to have been-entered by
man. The North Pole itself is only shrouded
in perfect blackness from November 13th
to January 29th, a period of 77 days. Sup-
posing the sun has set (supposing also a. cir-
cumpolar sea or body of water unlimited to
vision) on September 24th, not to rise un-
til March 18th for that particular point,
giving a period of about fifty days of uni-
formly varying twilight, the Pole has about
188 days of continuous daylight, 100 days. of
varying twilight, and '17 of perfect inky
darkness (save when the moon has a northern
declination) in the perlOd of atypical year.
sun shines continuously on both the North
and South Poles at the same time, owing to
refraction, parallax, semi-diameter and dip
of the horizon." .
Near Herculaneum the ruins of a once
‘ magnificent bathing establishment have lately
been. discovered by Prof. Guiseppe Novi.
The remains were found under a layer of
more than thirty feet of ashes and lava, and
are said to eclipse all previous discoveries of
asimilar nature both in Herculaneum and
Pompeii. The fountains and tanks are made
of oriental marble andadorned with sculp-
tures, the floors are of colored glass mosaic,
while the walls'of the various buildings are
elegantly ornamented with paintings and
,stucco-work.
. _. Dwellings which have long remained empty
may become fever breeders when re-occupi-
ed.~ It is asserted by an English sanitarlan
that typhoid, diphtheretic and other zymotic
affections have been found to arise under
these circumstances. The cause is supposed
to lie in the disuse of cisterns, pipes and
drains, putrifactive processes going on in the
impure air they contain, while this font air
gradually permeates the entire house. Per-
sons moving from the city to their country
homes for the summer should see that the
drains and pipes are in perfect order,that the
cellars and cisterns are cleared of rubbish,
and the whole house thoroughly aired before
being occupied. Catholic acid freely used in‘
the caller is a cheap and effective disinfec-
taut.
It was estimated at a recent lecture that
sixty tons of soot "are daily sent ihtq the air
by the chimneys of Sheffield. The opinion
is rapidly gaining ground in England that
the way to avoid smoke is to burn the solid‘
and gaseous constituents of the fuel sepa-
rately.
No S“ ords Found at Troy.
I also thought at first that I had found iii
the treasure a fragment of a bronze sword ; '
but, as visitors to the South Kensington
museum may see in my collection, the object
bronze saw; .the fragment is nearly nine in-
ches long and nearly two inches broad. If
swords had been in use at all, I should
probably have found some of them in this
treasure, among so many other weapons; or
at least I should have found them elsewhere
in this third city, which was destroyed so
suddenly-and unexpectedly by a fearful cat—
astrophe, that the inhabitants had not the
time even to save their treasures, of which
ten were left for me to discover. Even
with the skeletons of men apparently war?
riors I found only lances; never even so
much as the trace of a sword. Neither did
I find a trace of a sword in the ruins of the
two prehistoric cities. Moreover, had swords
been in use, I should probably have found
the molds in which they were cast; but
among the 90 molds or thereabo'uts, which
I‘ collected, and which have forms for all the
weapons I discovered, as well as for others
whichI did not find, there is not one for a
sword. This absence of swords is the more
astonishing to me, as I found hundreds of
bronze swords in the royal tombs of Mycente.
Their non-existence at Hissarlik even in the
latest of its prehistoeib cities, is the easiest
proof of the very high antiquity of these
ruins,and of the great distanceof time which
separates them ~from Homer, with whom
swords were in common use. But if from
the absence of this weapon, seemingly so in-
dispensable, we might be forced to infer a low
state of barbarism at Troy, ourminds are
bewildered‘when we look at the Trojan gold
ornaments, which in artistic execution come
fully up to those contained _in the Mycean
treasures; and we are still more bewildered
when we considered the Trojan inscriptions,
since written characters were altogether un-
known at Mycenae. I may here add that no
swords have ever been found in the ancient
ritis'h tumuli of the bronze period—Schlie-
man in Harper’s. ‘
- A missionary of the American Sunday
School Union in Colorado reports as his last
month’s work three new and promising
schools organized, 50 bibles and testaments
distributed, besides much other Sunday
school work done. Sunday school work is
progressing in Coloradé, notwithstanding
many obstacles. In a certain neighborhood
the missionary inquired, “Are there any Sun-
day school workers in these parts 7” “Don’t
know of‘ any.” "No christian people ‘1’"
“Why. they are all cattle men.” Au infidel
coachman. refused a copy of God's Word to
his son, saying, uI don't want any such stuff
around the place.” A good sister felt the
need of S. S. work in her neighborhood, and
opened her house to a class of seven, which,
in time, was transferred to a new school-
house. .A noble young christian came to her
help, and that class is now a Sunday school
of thirty. A brother made a similar move-
ment in his neighborhood, and the result is
'Table Rock 8. S., with 60 and three de-
nominations hold service there—Christian.
Mirror. ,
Edison is the most’promising man in the
country. He doesn't make light of his prom
ms either.
During the period of a little over 4 days the '
referred to is no sword, but merely a thin .
Norwalk Chronicler