swell: Gazette.
Tuesday, August 30,1881-
THE ROSE.
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MY Lilla gave me yesternoon
A rose, methinks in Eben born.
And as she gave it, little elf,
She blushed like any rose herself.
Then said I, full of tenderness,
"Since this sweet rose I owe to you.
Dear girl. why may I not posses
The lovelier rose that gave ivtoo ?”
, _ For the Gazette.
RAILWAY MAIL CARS.
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A PEEP INSIDE SHOWING HOW POS-
TAL CLERKS EARN THEIR MONEY.
AND FIGURES.
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In every community there are persons hon-
est and upright, also seemingly intelligent,
who, neglecting to post themselves on mat—
ters with which everybody is supposed to
be familiar, pass along from year to Year
ignorant of them. By way of 11111531131011.
persons come to town and walking into the
post office which they have visited a thou-
sand times, fail to cast their eyes at the large
letters near or over the door and ask, “Is
this the Post Oflice ?” And glancing at, it
may be their own box, they inquire, “Any
mail for us to-day ?” when the emptiness of
the box should he a sufiicient reply. Again,
, in the railway station, they pass by the time
table hung up for their special benefit and
want to know offithe ticket seller when the
next train leaves, and this official is expected
to impart the information sought as often as
called for and keep his temper unruflied at
the same time. That it is done is true, but
how, is a mystery which few can solve.
Without comparing reasonable seekers. for
intelligence to the class in question, but for
their benefit if by chance they have sought
but never found a fair inside view of a pos-
tal car, a clerk fully equipped for business,
and the workhe has to perform, the follow-g
ing is offered in the belief that it will prove
acceptable as well as useful.
A false impression prevails;with_ many as
to the character of the work done by postal
clerks, that all clerks have to do is to;enter a
car, occupy a comfortable seat, ride pleasant-i
1y along the railway,takc on and put of! mails
at certain pointé, wear good clothes, be free:
and easy while on duty, play gentleman;
while off, draw a big salary for doing little:
wck. and in short, have a glorious good
time. Further, it is thought, very erroneous-g
ly too, that postal clerks, working as they do;
but one half the time, laying off the other;
half, are the most fortunate people in theE
world. Nothing need trouble them,not even;
drawing their pay once a month, for “Uncle;
Sam,” who employs them is so considerate“;
a personage that he will overlook all their;
short-comings and patting them on their;
backs, exclaim. “Boys, obey my orders, pay,
no attention to the inuendoes slung at you?
by the uninitiated, and you shall continue to:
hover in perfect security under the shadow»E
of my wing.” This reads prettily, but it;
conveys a slender idea of the ality. Let;
us follow clerks on a single trip for instance i
from New York to Boston, and see what the‘
situation is.
The first requisite to a knowledge of the
postal service is study—study of the kind -
which calls for burning of the midnight oil,
and the cxercfie of the best effort of memo-
ry. A clerk has his lessons to, learn before
he can transact the business _of his assign-
ment. And what are those lessons 1’ In the
New England States are upwards of 2,800
post offices of which Connecticut alone has
460, at and from which letters are continual-
ly being received and sent. Then there is
Dominion of Canada, New Brunswick, Nova
Scotia and New Foundlaud containing many
post ofiices, and near all of which reside
people who are all the time sending and
receiving. As for New England herself, it
is well known she beats the world in her
patronage of the postal system. . Letters.
from all over creation are continually moving
toward her domain and there is an average of
one reply given to each letter.received.
Now how can this vast amount of matter
be handled and 'disposed of, so forwarded
that parties addressed can get their missives
promptly. That is the question, and settled
as follows: The Post Ofiice Department at
Washington employs agents to canvass every
railroad, steamboat and stage route in the
» country for the purpose of learning the
movements of every train, what towns it
connects with, and how often. From' data
thus obtained a schedule, or distribution is
made, showing what must be done to reach
certain points at certain hours. The clerk
takes the lists as described and commits them
to memory by long and arduous study.
After awhile he becomes What is called post-
ed in postal affairs. He steps in his car which
is furnished with boxes labelled for the pur-
pose, and he receives his portion of the
twenty-two tons (that sounds heavy but it is
nevertheless true) of mail which the New
York City Post Ofiice daily sends out, to say
nothing of the volume accumulating from
railroads leading into New York which he
- gets. The grand mass represents, it may be,
every one of'thc post officesfncnrly, three
thousand already alluded to, and it jargon—
pected of him that he take them. one by one
and send them forward to their destination
without error or loss of time. To prove how
difficult mask this is, let any doubtcr famil-
iar with towns in Connecticut undertake to
designate offices from a given list. He may
succeed tolerabiy well with names most fre-
quently occurring, such as New Haven,
Hartford, Bridgeport, Norwalk, Danbury,
and the towns near them, but, presently he
will find himself wholly at sea drifting
about even with the compass of distribution
Inhand, and finally, if the writer mistakes
not, he will be stranded high and dry‘on the
rocks and shoals of post offices with strange 1
names, and which he is willing to declare he
never before heard of. It is very pretty to
say how easy this or that task is, but try to
do it yourself! That will furnish a test.
Well i The trainhmoyes but the j clerk,
heading no outWai‘d" objects, or even the
train’s'speed,_k‘eeps on with his distribution}
At all points on his route Where anemones
center,- such as Norwalk, Bridgepor '
Haven, Hartfonl, Springfield anew rooster,
he causes to be put ennui matte .. bags
and pouches made upfforjfthose places r309:
agents, it may be miles away from them, for
he is supposed to know what each agent,
whether near or far, should receive. Then
he must attend to his registered letter matter
which at this time forms no inconsiderable
element of his daily work. The utmost care
must be bestowed by him on this class of
missives for,while he has no means of know-
ing how great or how little the value they
contain, the department requires special care
to be exercised with them, and any loss or
failure to deliver, can by means of receipts
given and received, be traced directly to
him. All these things detract from the “easy
time” he is credited with enjoying. Finally,
after an all night’s ride of two hundred and‘
thirty-four miles, he reaches Boston, the
“Hub” of the universe, correctly so nick-
named by reason of the network of railways
and telegraphs which surround it forming
the spokes of a progress wheel ever moving,
and wearily he seeks a place for repose. At
home or abroad 11 man to be of value to him-
self or anybody else must give some hours
to sleep. The day passes, night comes,
and he prepares to return. He takes the
shmé"¢7.r,-rldes-,uver “the same route and
handles lettters in the samé‘wsyas described,
using boxes labelled for the purpose, but the
observer may see that the train moving in an
opposite direction receives a class of matter
wholly unlike that first spoken of, compris-
ing as it does New York and Pennsylvania,
with nearly 3,000 post ofiices' each, New
York city itself, and the entire Southern and
Western states. and pretty much all foreign
countries, for New York rarely passes a day
in which one or more steamers do not sail
for Europe. It can readily be seen that the
FACTS
,colonel was made a few months since.
;
clerk’s western trip requires more study and
more applicationto details than the eastern _
trip, for the people on the great routes out of
New York, such as the New York Central
and Hudson River Railroad, the Eric, New
York and Washington and New York and
Pittsburg, are as anxious about their letters
as the sturdy New Englanders.
At last he completes his week’s work, and
reaching home finds two days are required
in which to straighten himself out—get rest-
ed, to prepare for his next run and all that
remains of his free and easy cocoanut is the
time of two days.
Contingencies are likely to arise in this as
in any other business, such as accidents, de—
lays to trains and the like, all tending to af-
fect the order of distribution, and clerks are
required to be on the lookout,that they may
bridge over delays and save time. By a rule
of the department clerks are suppohed on
duty every day in the year, the so-called lay
off being a privilege granted and which may
be any moment withheld. Further, he is
liable at any moment when oil to be ordered
on duty. Then the danger to which he is
exposed, for trains are often thrown from
tracks, and the physical and mental strain to
which he is subjected while to be on _duty,arc
when understood, sufficient to induce belief
that all the money received by him is fully
and fairly earned.
But some man. in pursuit of knowledge
may ask, when was this railway mail service
adopted and for what object. The answer is,
less than twenty years ago, and to save time.
How is time saved by the employment of
this service? Well, to explain, there was a
time, in the dark age of the republic just
after the establishment of railways, and
before they were a success as connecting
great business centres with each other, such
as New York and Boston, New York and
Buffalo, Washington, Chicago, St. Louis and
even San Francisco, when all mails, for in-
stance frcm New York for, Boston, were
made‘up and forwarded in closed pouches—
shipped like baggage, express matter or even
lumber, making the passage through unhan-
died, there being no means or authority for
doing so until after arriving at the “Hub"
post ofiice. It is plain to be seen that all the
hours required for the long journey to Boo
ton were, in one sense lost. How to save
those precious hours-was solved after much
theorizing and study by an ingenious indi-
vidual who suggested a plan which was
adopted and which has revolutionized mail
transmission in _this country, viz., the dis-
tribution of mail matter on railroad trains
while they were in m‘otion. Though it was
a grand idea it took some time fo the wise
men at government headquarters to see and
tion of its importance by the presence on
perfectly posted.
A postal car is simply a post office on
wheels, the difierence between it and what
made in twenty years. Government, and
well it might, has taken a lively interest in
the matter, making such appropriations an—
nually as Were needed, and today over every
line of railway, and on every stage and
steamboat route, the agents of Uncle Sam’s
great P. 0. Department may be seen faith-
fully executing his orders. The magnitude
of the work done under the auspices of the
department may best be shown by citing
figures. At this time in the United States
are nearly 44,000 post offices, employing from
one to six hundred persons each. There are
sixty-nine great lines of railway post offices,
(this is exclusive of the countless route
agencies in the country extending more than
20,000 miles, the clerks on them performing
daily nearly sixty thousand miles of service,
and over twenty millions of miles annually.
The clerks number 1,206 and require the
enormous sum of $1,378,160 every year to
pay their salaries? During the year 1880,
these clerks by way of earning their money
handled nearly 41,000,000 packages of letters
containing'an average of forty letters each,
6,527,978 sacks of papers, and 11,703,282
packages, pouches or'cases of registered mail
matter. The number of single letters pass-
ing through their bands was 1,670,286,520,
and the number of papers. 979,106,700.
It is a most wonderful thing to add, that
in accomplishing this only 763,511 errors of
distribution were made in an aggregate of
2,658,483,220 pieces handled, or only one
error in 3,482. “PAUL.”
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Burdotte to the Young Man.
Remember, my son, that the world is
older than you are, by several years; that
for thousands of years has been so full of.
smarter and better young men than yourself,
that their feet stuck out of the dormer win-
dows; that when they died the globe went
whirling on, ,and not one man out of ten
millions went to the funeral, or even heard of
the death. _
Be as smart as you can, of course. ‘ Know
as much as you can, without blowing the
packing out of your cylinder heads; shed
the light of your wisdom abroad in the
world, but don’t dazzle the people with it,
and don’t imagine a thing is so simple be—
cause you say it is. Don't be too sorry for
your father because he knows so much less
than you do. Remember the reply of Dr.
Wayland _to the student- of BrownUniversity
who said it was an easy enough thing to
make proverbs such as Solomon wrote.
“Make a few,” tersely replied the old man.
We never heard that the. youngvman made
any; not more than two or three, anyhow.
The world has great need of young men, but
no greater need than young men have of it.
Your clothes fit you better than your
father’s fit him; they cost more money, they
are more, stylish ;- your mustache is neuter,
the cut (of your 7hair is better, and you-are
prettier than “pa.” But, young man, the
old gentleman gets the biggest salary, and
his homely, scrambling signature on the ba-
siness end of a check will draw more money
out of the bank in five minutes than you
could get out withaream of paper and a cop-
per plate signature in six months.
Young men are useful, and they are orna-
mental, and we will love them, and we
couldn’t engineer a picnic successfully with-
out them. But they are no novelties, my
son. Oh, no, nothing of the kind. They
have been here before. Do not be so modest
as to shut‘yourself clear out; but don't be so
fresh that you will have to be put away to
keep from spoiling. Don’t be afraid that
your merits will not be discovered. People
all over the world are hunting for you, and
if you are worth finding they will find you.
A diamond is not so easily found as quartz
pebble, but some people search for it all the
more intently. ‘ '
m .
Col. James G. Benton for the past fifteen
years commandant of the Springfield armory,
died on Tuesday morning after a brief ill-
ness. Colonel Bentomwas born at Lebanon,
N. IL, in 1821, was graduated with distinc-
tion at West Point in 1842, and was at once
assigned to duty in the ordnance department
with Which he has ever since been connected
He was in command of the ordnance post at
San Antonio, Texas, from 1840 to 1852, and,
was subsequently at Washington engaged in
experiments to determine the model of the
new rifle musket. During the four, years
preceding the war he was inspector of ord-
nance and' gunnery at West Point. His
faithful service during the war won him ad-
vancement from a captaincy to a brevet col-
onelcy. His promotion to the full rank of
He
had served on many boards, had written a
textbook now used at West :Point,-and has
proven himself a valuable officer. In army
circles he was widely own and universally
esteemed. He leave a widow and two
children a son and daughter. His widow is
a daughter of General James Watson Webb
or New York.
appreciate the practicability of the same"
but are long they were brought to a realize-j
railroads of what were unworthily styled
postal cars, and an exemplification in a small
way of the work done in them by meqima:
' have good Sunday-school material."
is familiarly called a post office being, it
moves while the other stands still, and it.
does not deliver letters and papers to parties;
addressed while the other does. The scrvicei
ludeveloped with the railroads, and we all _
know what marvellous strides railroads have '
4" " :._
Contribntcdbylmdlcs of Norwalk Temp. Union
THE FILE—GRINDER’S s'ronv. .
or n. c. r. .
Imet an old "file-grinder,” a few years
since, and he told me the following story:
In the room where he had worked for
nearly twenty years, were twelve massive
grindstones. Each stone had its boss who
seat above. it, ground files. Occasionally a
stone while going at full speed would burst,
flying in all directions with tremendous
velocity, and as two men had been killed in
that room and a stone might burst at any
time it made the men quiet and cautious, yet
among them all there was no Christian.
It was just after the noon hour, and the
operatives had come in from a half-hour dis-
cussion about the genuineness of recent
conversions . among some of the “furnace
men." The general opinion was, that it was
all a matter of imagination, and if there was
a God, no man had ever heard from him,that
he never did either call or worn any one.
The “speed" had started, the grinders
were in their places, and work was pro-
gressing rapidly, when one of the then got
down from his seat pale and agitated, and
staggered to the other side of the room. He
was hardly able to speak for an instant, but
when pressed, said,
“Boys, something or somebody said to me,
‘Get down from your seat, the stone will
burst.’ "
He had hardly said this, when the very
stone over which he had been working, burst
in pieces, crushing his seat to a shapclcss
mass, breaking the heavy “guards” as if they
were glass.
There was no more scofiing that day.
“Sir,” added the old file-cutter, “we all
felt that if was God who spoke, and it made
us pretty thoughtful. The man to whom it
happened died lastyear a happy Christian,
and there are five of us in the room that are
trying to serve God. It’s hard work to keep
straight there, but it pays. A man can do
his work better, and he feels that if a stone
should burst and kill him that it will be all
right with him.”
“So you think that God really spoke to
that man, do, you i’" said I.
“Certainly I ,do, sir," said he earnestly.
“He saw that we were all asleep,that it would
take a loud strong voice to awaken us, and so
he spoke as he did, loud and strong, and. we
could not help hearing."
Friend, look back over your life. Has not
God spoken to you many times 1’ Have your
ears become so deafened by the clatter of the
_world’s machinery that you can no longer hear
his voles ? You are in danger.
. .
Why old They Die? -
“I find that Sunday schools have existed in
places in Louisiana which are destitute now,
and the wonder is why they died seeing they
So re-
ports a missionary of the American Sunday
School Union, and he adds: "I can tell flay.
They were denominational schools ; and the
result of my experience for years has been
that, in many rural districts these cannot suc-
ceed. Only in union is their strength."
As to the religious destitution prevalent in
portions of his field the missionary writes:
“A Christian lady told me she knew of fe-
males grown up to womanhood who never
heard a sermon ; and I learn there are many
such places in Louisiana."
He adds : “The Sunday schools that I have
organized are succeeding and increasing.
One in two months has grown from three
teachers and thirty-five scholars to seven
teachers and seventy-five scholars ; and three‘
from three teachers and twenty-one scholars
to five teachers and forty-six scholars; and
so with others.”--0hureh Union.
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Smoke! ‘
If it all ended in smoke it would be bad
enough; but it don’t. We mean the evil
habit of cigarette smoking by more boys and
very young men. It has grown of late to
alarming proportions. ’
We here have nothing to say as regards
old smokers. We have a very clear and firm
opinion as to the whole matter of smoking.
But men of mature minds and bodies must
be their own judges as to their personal con-
duct. '
But we do protest with all our strength
against our boys forming this habit of cigar.
ette-smoking. And yet the most casual ob-
servation will show anyone how the habit
has grown and is growing upon our merest
youths. Youngsters of ten or fourteen—and
not the street Arabs either—go about puffing
the villianous things, and thinking in their
puny little minds that they are men. The
boobies! - ‘
It would not be quite so bad if these cigar-
ettes were made of innocuous paper and
honest tobacco. Smoking,under any circum-
stances, for the undeveloped youth is :1 vi—
cious habit, leading to very ill results. But
these juvenile smokers are pulling the most
noxious compounds. The paper has been
bleached with lime and arsenic, and is manu-
factured in the first place from the filthy
scrapings of rag pickers. The tobacco is the
the refuse, doctorcd with valcrian and a
tincurc of opium, and flavored with a prepa:
ration of the tonca-bcan, from which a dead-
ly poison isanadc. Of course, these noxious
agents are present in exceedingly small quan-
tities in one cigarette. But the cigarette
smoker is not content with one. Cigarettes
are so cheap that the smoker uses a great
many of them, and, consequently, cannot
fail of meeting with the evil effect of their
noxious qualities. '
There were taxed in the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1880, in this country alone, 567,886,
08? cigarettes, at $1.75 per 1,000. A better
grade, which is taxed $6 per 1,000, was used
only to the extent of 0,000. More than half
a billion of the cheap—and nasty—ones;
only 0,000 of the respectable ones! That tells
the whole story. ' - '
. Whereunto this thing will grow is well
told in atrecent article in the New York 11m.
old, entitled “How to encourage idiogfl
That journal will‘not be accused of, squeam-
ishness; but commenting upon the proceed— .
ings of the recent National Conferehce of
Charities, at which the. general subject of
idocy' was discussed, and'the need“ pointed
out for the cultivation of the" power of
control over nerves and muscles, it goes on
to say: ,_ ' ' . '
“The boys and young men, and sympa-
thetically the girls and young women. of the
country should give this matter serious con-
sideration. Would that some power the gift
would give them to see themselves as others
see them, as with namby pamby lcgs' they
stand propped up on a little switch-cane,
puffing from the end of a vile-smelling cig-
arette until they are pale in the face, weak in
the chest, puny in the arms,and utterly worn
out before they have reached the plane of
early manhood. They are not idiots, but
they are weak-bodied, and will in time be
weak-minded. And even if they manage,
thanks to the bone and sinew of their pa:
rents, to live to a fair age, what stamina have
they for their children? Ten years of this
almost universal habit have left their mark in‘
the sunken eyes. the pallid faces, the weak
nerves, and the flabby muscles of these so-
called men. That many of them find no
real enjoyment in the practice is shown by
their habit of spitting. Aside from the vul-
garity and nastiness of this muscular exer-
cise is the detriment it does the general
system. No man—certainly no growing boy
fan expectorate constantly without injury
himself. Boot-blacks, messenger-boys,
school children, clerks,smoke and spit,smoke
and spit, as together in a great and multitu—
dinous army they move alongtowards idiocy
and imbecility. What a cheerful prospect it
is, to be sure 1"
ragga o
Tibbles, who married Bright Eyes, is
blessed with an abundance of mother-in-
law, for the father of his wife has six
squaws.
Johnny Skae of San Francisco was once
worth $10,000,000. One ni ht last week he
was committed to jail in Francisco in
default of the payment of 85 fine for drunk-
enness. -
The one cent contribution fund of The
Cincinnati Commercial has reached $850.17.
Over 35,000 persons had expressed in that.
way their satisfaction that the man who said
he hoped the President would die had"had
his mouth slapped. This is a great country,
and if it'enjoys one thing more thananOther
it is to see a mean fellow get his deserts.
'TEMPERANCE; - , .
daily “dressed” it, and,mountcd en's wooden '
An Unpleasant Hitch.
now run wannmo onrmnrosrss wsnn runo-
Locroannr rsrnnrnnsn wrrn.
Brooklyn Eagle.
“1 hate to see a'hitch in a weddin’," rc-
marked a farmer from out Jamaica way, as
he dropped into the counting room with a
nuptial notice. “It looks bad and it makes
talk." ’
“Anything wrong about this wedding ?’{
asked the clerk, .as he made change for the
old man. ' ' ?
“Nothing postively wrong, but it didn’t
launch like I want to see things of that kind.
You seen by the notice that Buck Thomas
was marryiu’ Mary Bill, and at one time we
begun to think they never would get through
that ceremon .
“What was the hitch ?"
“Why, Buck is a Methodist, and Mary is a
’Piscopalian, and as one wanted one service,
and the other another, they patched up some
kind of a scheme to have both. Neither
would go to the other’s church, but each had
their own minister and the wedin’ come off
in the school house. The ’Piscopal minister
married Mary, and the Methodist undertook
to marry Buck, and there they was takin’
alternate whacks at the thing.and neither
payin’ any attention to the other. The Meth-
odist brother fired off a sermon first, and the
bride sat down and went to sleep. Then the
’Piscopalian said as how we'd all dropped in
to see that. woman j’ined, but he wouldn’t
say who to, and wanted to know if there was
any objections. That started up the Metho-
dist who began to ask Buck if he know What
a solemn business he Was peggin’ at, and if
he really meant trade. All that time the
’Piscopalian was howlin’ around about ‘the
woman,’ and many was sayin’ she’d do this
and that and the other. The Methodist was
marryin’ away on his side and finally they
brought up agin a stump.” '
“How’s that i’” asked thé clerk.
“Well, the ’Piscopaiian wouldn’t recognize
Buck or his minister, and the Methodist
wouldn’t have nothin’, to do with Mary or
her preacher, and there was no way of gittin’
’em together. Everything was all ready ex-
cept askin' then? if theyfd take each other,
and neither one of ’em would do it. Mary
and Buck was standin’ hand in hand, and the
crowd was gettin’ hungry.” .
“How did they get through it ?”
“They had to compromise. They wrangled
arorind for a time, and finally Buck spoke up
of his own accord and said he'd take Mary
for his wedded wife, and then Mary chipped
in and said shed take Buck for her husband.
At that we all cheered and hollered. But
there they plumped on another snag.”
“In what respect 1’" inquired the clerk.
“Because there was no one to pronounce
’em man and wife. Buck tried to' reason
Mary into lettin’ the Methodist do that part,
and Mary argued with Buck and tried to per-
suade him into listenin’ to her preacher; but
it was no use. That brought on another row,
and as it was gettin’ nigh on to dark, we all
felt that something‘omht to be done, as we’d
been there most all day.”
“Well, did they get married ?”
tired clerk. '
“Yes; we fixed _it up. The ministers was
gettin’ pretty mad at each other, but they
agreed that they’d each, attend to their own
flock, so the Methodist said ‘I now pronounce
you man,’ _ and the 'Piscopslian said ‘I
now pronounce you wife,’ and they let it go
at that. - Then Buck paid the Methodist, and
the ’Piscopalian wanted to know where he
came in. Buck said he’d' hired his man and
paid him, and, as he was not responsible for
his wife’s foolishness before marriage, her
person could whistle for his wealth. I guess
ther’ll be a lawsuit about it, for the ‘Pisco-
palian says he’ll have half of that fi’ dollars
if it takes a log off to the armpit. I don’t
like to see them hitches at weddin’s. it don't
look right, and it ain’t business."
With which reflectionjthc old man buttoned
up his change and drove home in deep
meditation.
- asked the
\
The White House Family.
It is the "one touch of nature” that re-
veals the kinship of the race. The incident
of the president’s little boy, too anxious and
troubled to sleep in his own bed, wrapping
himself in a blanket and lying down on the
floor outside his wounded father’s door,
must have touched many hearts that were
unmoved by the accounts of distinguished
visitors at the White House, and the cour-
teous and kindly solicitude of queens and
dignitaries for the illustrious sufierer. The
parental heart, at least, is sure to respond to
a touch like that—just asevery man and
woman who knows what a noble and unsel-
fish conjugal affection is were more moved
by the president’s gender and reassuring
message to his wife on the day when he was
shot than by any other incident of that
dreadful time. In nothing is General Gar-
field more truly and worthily a representative
citizen than in the simplicity. genuineness
and affection of his home life. In thousands
of kindred households all over the land there
will be earnest prayers and wishes that little
“Jimmie" may soon come out every day
with a “shining morning face,” joyous as
only children can be, that “papa is getting
well. "
mm.
Prohibition in Maine.
In Maine, Democrats and Republicans
heartily unite in supporting the prohibition
of the sale of rum in the State, and in declar-
ing that it has'hccn a success. W0 have
published much testimony to this effect. Mr.
Plaisted,;the democratic governor,‘in a speech
at a temperance jubilee at Lake Maranacook,
July 28, said:
“In the army, intempersnce was a serious
injury to the boys in blue, and kept our flag
trailing ‘in the dust much longer than it
otherwise would. Previous to entering the
army Iwas not a total abstainer, but I there
learned a lesson that was of great value to
me. I there'saw the effects of rum in its
worst forms. Before going into the army I
had scoffed at the labors of Col. John S.
Kimball of our city, and others, but when I
returned-1 joined his society, and became as
earnest as any of,them, and passed through
all the honors of that society. I can say to-
day that I am decidedly and emphatically in
favor of total abstinence, and as Governor of
the State of Maine, I desire to declare
myself in favor of the strict enforcement
of the Prohibition law. Many people out
side of our State have the idea that we are
a bankrupt people, and the Maine law has
done it by depressing business. This isa
false idea. Temperance has blessed our
State, our citizens are intelligent,, and the
per cent. of illiteracy is so small, compara-
tively, that it speaks volumes for Maine and
its citizens. Men who live in other States,
and who are not in close accord with our
temperance principles, admit that Maine is
a good place to grow up a family of sober,
intelligent children. This argues in our fav-"
or.~ Itrust that total abstinence will pre—
vail more extensively: that the prohibi—
tory law will be more thoroughly enforced
until the last vestige of the rum power is
swept from our midst.” _
m
A Wise Old Lady.
At a recent prayer meeting in a Connec—
ticut town, the venerable mother. of ex-
Govcrnor Andrews sifld: “I hear the young
men praying for the recovery of the Presi-
dent. I hope he will recover ; I believe he
will. But '1 hope these young men will
learn the lesson, and vote so that such a sad
crime will never be attempted again. _-I hear
that the President has been .worried almost
to death by office seekers. God ordained
that man should earn his brand by the sweat
of his lgow.‘ I believe that many of these
office seekersfiwantlofiice because they are un-
willing to submit to. God’s ’laws. I am a
poor ignOrant,woman, but I think I could
improve'the present system of giving office.
I would have the applicants for office exam-
ined, and no man appointed that was not
willing to earn his‘bread by the sweat of his
brow."-—Ea:clmtge. .
King Kalakaua will be in the United States-
the last of September. . '
_&00.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
.M/vx/WMAWI\N\I\'J\n/\m
OBTHERN '1‘ XA 8 offers greater attrac-
tions in way of good, cheap lands, healthy
country, mild climate, abundance of” timber and
watcr.diversity 01 products, than any other region
now open to settlement. In this raplt y developing
section,the 'l‘nxas do PACIFIC RAILWAY has in op-
eration over 800 miles of road, along which are to
be had, at low prices and. on easy terms millions
of acres of cod and cheap Railroad an Govern-
ment lands. at recently opened for settlement.
For circulars and ma s giving truthful Informa-
tlon address W.A.A BAMS,LuIrd Commission-
'i'. or. Railway. Marshall. Texas. .
cousin’s COMMERCIALQOLLEGB
is the oldest institution of its class In America It
still continues to give superior instruction In all
the corms-norm. Bnaxcuns. Over Two flux-
mmn of its graduates were assrstcd to suitable
EMPLOYMENT last ycamvhrch vouches for its high
standing with business men. Send for the latest
catalogue. 666 Washington st.,corncr of Beach so.
Boston, Mass. ~
BAYARD TAYLOR. Poet and Trajoeler,
Said: "I take great pleasure in recommending to
parents the Acndcm ofhir.5w1thm C.Shortlidgo.’
HON. FERN NDO \VOOD, M. C.
Said (1880): “I cheerfully consent to the use of‘ my
name as reference. My boys will return to you
(for their fourth year after their vacation.”
For new illustrate circular address SWITIIII
. SI'IDII'I’LIDBE A. M, Harvard University tirad-
lclllw. MEDIA, r’a... 12 miles irom_l:f_ula_i_l_el_phm._
'l‘ololo, loo lrloo aol
toolbar Railway
First Mortgage 6 Per Cent.
Forty-Year Gold Bonds.
PRINCIPAL DUE 1921; INTEREST JAN. 1 and
JULY 1; TOTAL ISSUE, 31 .280,000.
Issued at the rate or $1 5,000 per mile.
These bonds were issued to retire an existing
mortga e of $750,000 on the old Toledo & Ann Ar-
her It. 1 . :46 miles), and with the excess to extend
it 38 miles to the Grand Trunk Railway to Ponti-
ac, and to other important connection. This or:-
tension Is completcd to South Lyons, 61 miles from
Toledo, The Toledo and Ann Arbor Division (46
miles) is now earning at a rate sdfilcient to pay
the interest on the whole $360,000, without any
business from the 38 miles of the extension winch
is also covered by this mortgage.
A limited amount offered at l 03.
'A‘NTHONY, POOR dc CLIPHANT,
No. 45 Wall street, New York.
Pamphlet, with map and full particulars, funk.
fished on application. '
Ell-GENE Formal,
17 Main Street,
Boots 8:- Shoes
For Sorioot Sooner Wool.
Lfilllli S’ FINE SKIES,
In all Widths and Styles.
Men’s Fine Hand & MaohineSewed
Boots and Shoes,
That. cannot Fail to Please you.
SLIPPERS IN GREAT VARIETY.
Trunks, Traveling Bags, Leather,
and Findings.
PRICES THE LOWEST.
Eugene Fancher,
17 MAIN STREET, NORWALK. CONN
Large Reduction 111 Prices!
CA
03',
SH SALE“
FOR THIRTY DAYS,
Looloool’s Foooilorollaro Rooms,
36 Main St., Norwak, Conn.
This stock must bcclosed out _to make room {or
my large stock of Goods for Spring Trade.
on sun: -A PLATE GLASS WINDOW
F with Sash: 6 Gallon E.O.KEELER.
Money
Gazette Building,
Beware
Fro
orosoo's
cooomr _
- PLASTERS'
Hays BEEN IMITATED, ,
And their excellent reputation in—
, jured byworthlessimitations. The
Public are cautioned against buy-
ing'Plasters having similar sound-
ing names. See that the word
C-A-P-CJ- -E is correctly spelled.
Benson’s 'Capcine ,
. ' Porous Plasters
Are the only improvement ever
made in Plasters. .. - -
One is worth more than a dozen
of any other kind. .
Will positively cure where othe
remedies will not even relieve.
Price 25 cents.
Beware of cheap Plasters
With lead poi'sbns.
snoopy a‘sonusou.
Manufacturing Chemists, New York.
”semsmmmnmea
grant antics.
To Whom it May Concern.
1118 IS TO CERTIFY, That I have appointed
Mr. Bony. J. Sturgcs n1 agent to represent
me fully and officially, in a lmatters pertaining
to real estate In Norwalk, Ct., owned jointly by
Jacob Weeks and the Estate ot‘Ezra Cu is. A 1
To LOAN on Real EstatcSccnrity.
orwalk. Ct.
made
and the future must be made joint y with my
agent. and one-half of all the rents and income
must be paid to him. and ouc-halfof all bills con-
tracted as above will be prud Ill him.
J AM 8 POTTER.
_ Executor of Estate of Ezra Curtis.
Bridgeport, March 18, 1881, 12
Limited Partnership.
E 11‘ KNOWN that the subscribers have form-
ed and entcrodinto a Limited Partnership
for thc' _urpose of manufacturing, buying. selling
and don mg 1n Tobacco, Cigars. and Smokers’ Ar-
ticles. The Compan name is Alexander Lauder
Alexander nuder, of Norwalk, Conn.,
is the general partner and is solely authouized to
transact the partnershi business and 51 n the
firm name. Margaret audcr, of Norwai , Ex-
ecutrix of the last Will of Alexander Lauder, late
of‘ said Norwalk, being authorized by stud will
is the special partner, and has contributed to the
ca ital stock the sum of' “.750, Said (go-partner-
g1"): flogggmmcnce at this date and terminate J une
!
Dated Norwalk. July 15th, 1881.
ALEXANDER LAUDER.
MRS. MARGARET LAUDER, .
M29 Executrix as aforesaid.
‘ 9
8
so.
o /.
.' amp... water, unhealthy climate, unripe fruit,
hnwholsome food, cramps, chills, malaria, ’ ex-
cessive heat and the thousand and one ills that be-
sct the traveler or family are nothing to those
fortified and sustained by the use of Sharon's
Orson. “the delicious." As a beverage: it
quonchcs thirst, opens the pores, relieves the ,
tea the stomach and bowels, eradicaten a
craving tbr intoxieants andim arts new hfebo the
languid, careworn, overworkc ,nervons and lep-
le’ls.‘ Beware rzfimllctwm‘ said to be or .
9r Samoan’s Oman: and take no ot er. ' ~
bold everywhere. Wnnrrs a Per-ran. Dom:
lilaol anmolol Carl Board, L
famine and Blue in: Fanov «all
a. marmeron a co. -,
NEW YORK
En uirc of 0.E.WILSON, No.6
32tf
contracts for the ensuingyear from A ri 13,1881, ‘
co'stvAch-zs
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-AND‘v-
NORWALK. '
We still aahéfi? to Lownaoes
FARE ONLY 35 CENTS.
Excursion Tickets to N. 1. 8.101111
50 031218.
TIIE POPULAR ANDSWIF'I‘ STEAMEP.
Will leave So. Norwalk, ovci'y morning,(5undays
excepted.) at 7:50 .\..\I..on_ arrival of the Don-
bury and New Haven trains. llcturmng wrll
leave Pier 22 E. R., foot of Fulton Street, at 2:4 5
A. m., and from foot of 31st Street, E. R., at 3:00
P. m., connecting surely With the tramfor
Danbury leaving at 6:12 p.III.,and the N cw llavcn
trains oing east. Passengers for Brooklyn can
take the Fulton Ferry at the bend of the Pier.
Passengers can precure Single and Excursion
Tickets for all Stations on the Dnnbury Railroad
at the Captain’s Ofllcc on the boat.
33)" Passengers and Baggage conveyed to and
from the Depot at South Norwnlk Free of Charge.
Refreshments served on board at all hours.
WIIITE’S PROPEL LEICS
Will continue to make regular trips botwcanor-
walk Bridge and New York. Freight; received
from and delivered at the freight depot of the
Danbury A: Nor-walk Railroad for all stations, also
the Shepaug Railroad. ‘ ‘
H’Spcciularrangcments forfreight to and from
New York can be made with this line 10 percent.
less than by the railroad. _
Produce sold free of commission and returns
promptly made at the highest market rates.
3‘ All persons are forbid trusting any of the
employees of the boats of this line on account of
the owners thereof.
IloN’T roses: on:
To take your Meals on the
Steamer
0n the down or uppassago and save an hour in
tho c1ty,for business or pleasure. The
Grand and Spacious Iloolaorool
0n the Steamer is in the Lower Cabin, and is run
on the'
1 European Plan,
'(a la cartel. Everything first-class, and the best
In the market.
Another Reduction.
This Season COFFEE und TEA will
be sold at 5 Cents per Cup,
And everything else at moderate rates.
A. R. ACKERT, Steward.
Meeker’s
I... :1: N :5: 2
N
hereafter make regular Weekly trips between N or-
walk and New York, stopping at South Norwalk,
leaymg Meeker Brothers’ Wharf, Norwalk, every
Friday night. Freight taken on board at Pier
43 E. R., footer ltntgcht., New York. on MON-
DAYS and TUESDAYS.
The Highest Market Rates Paid for
Bay, straw and Farmer’s l'roduce, by
A. J. MEEKER a; BRO.
Norwalk, Aprrl,18$0.
A FULL LINE OF .
Shipping Tags,
Merchandise Tags,
{arm} -*
DEAD LUCK TAG FASTENERS
IN LARGE on SMALL QUANTITIES, AT
Gazette omen.
Flores on Cologne
Alewhl'uhlnnahlol‘arfcar l‘r: sat, Beir-rsblug, Iatlw.
Buldbydealerslo lime:- a‘. :Ill. Ilz‘cnthcu 71.
wk 3.: ‘.‘;x' ’l'
Ginger, liuchu,
of the est mediciucsk ow
Kim’s GINGER 'i‘oxic, into :1 met‘.
ricd and effective 11037375,.15 to In
Blood Purifcr and Liv Ii ‘ "
Bestlicnltlikfjtreugm l
, It cures Dysp: Isis, 19h
sSlcoplcssncss, 9.21:. all (i .
Himvcis, Lungs, Liver
i1 .
combined in Parr:
of such va-
' :c grcatcsia
the t
I" ml ‘
..... ., licur. _.
of the {3:01 ch
cvs.
Schooner JOHN G. PERRY, Capt. nyxbee, wul .-
- arrive at and use the same joint Union Depot.
‘ the Lake Shorc.hfichigan Central, Baltimore 1%
: Handle Routes.
PULLMAN HOTEL DINING CARS
l Remember! This To In Family Tickets by this route, fill-ND IVILL TAKE
.Mcdicim: ever mu:lc,uudi t-xitzrclyr’. 1mm NONE OTHER. All Ticket Agents sell Tickets
Bitters, G' l’ -'u' d( ‘ by th2s Line. MARVIN HUGIIITT,
it novel in - 2d V. P. 6?. Gcn’l Manager, Chicago.
_gcnm: c w .
WESTWARD.
S U M M 11: 1t
Commencing June 27,1861.
9 A II. If '1’ RAIN S
LeaveNo-rwall: BridgeforDanbury.
ARRANGEMENT.
9 32 a. m., Mail.
2 22 p. m., Accommodation.
4 26 p.m.,N. Y. Express.
621 p. m. ,hlail.
b 07 a. m., Sunday Accommodation.
Arrive alNorwalk Bridge/r om Danbury .
7 34 a. m., Mail.
8 52 p. m., N. Y. Express.
1081). m., Accommodation.
5 14 p.m., Mall.
9 65 p. m., Freight.
to 00p. m. Sunday Accommodation.
L .W.S ANDIF ORTII ,8 no t .
~10
IE1}! Yfiilli, HEW HAVEII ft HARTFORD RAllliflMl.
Trains leave He. Norwalk for New York at 12 4':
a. In, Washington Ex.via Harlem ltivcr; if to. ex.:
5 18 ex.; 5 110, e 20, 7 .15 cm; 731, 9 or 93:4,!) 35,10 3c
11-15 ex. :1. m.,; 1 ‘20, 2 5:; ex.; .1 30 cx.‘,516,5 24. ex.;
0 10 ex.; 0 55,9 18 p. In. ex. For New Haven. 1 30
ex.; 6 52, 9 01, o as cx.;104$ n.m.,12 11 ex; 1 43. a 11
021.;313 c.\'.; i 1!), ex.; 5 12, 6 1'2. can; 6 55, 042, 11 05.
1128 cx.; ll 58 cx.p. 111.
For Springfield, 6 52, 9 28 ex. 11. m.; 12 11, 1 43, 211
ex.; 6 55 cx.; 11 05,11 58 p. m. Expressfm Boston
via Springfield 0 2B a.rn.12 ll, 11 58 pm. Via New
London, 0 52, 9 28 n. m., 2 11. 0 55, .11 28 p.m.
EW YORK 86 PHILADELPHIA N EW LINE
BOUND BROOK ROUTE
FOR TRENTON AND PHILADELPHIA .
Commencing May 30th,1381.
Leave New York from station U. R. It. 01' N. J.,
foot of Liberty ,Ht.,for Philadelphia.
Ninth St Green Streets, at 7:45, 0:30, 11:15 a.m.
1:30. 4. 4230. 5:30. 7, 12 p. In . On Sunday at 8:15 a.
In. 5:30, 12 p.111.
For Third a. Berksstrects, at 5:30, 7:-15.11:15,a.m.
1:30.430, 5:30, 7, . In. On Sunday at 8:45 a. m.
For Trontonfl arrcn and Tucker sts.,5:30.7:45
9:80.11:15a.m.,1:30, 4:00, 4.30, 5:30, 7:00, 12, p. m.
Sunday 8:45, 3.111., 5:30, 12 p. In.
Return trains lcuvcl’hiladclphiu for New York:
From stations I’hiln. a. Reading Railroad.
Ninth & Green Sts.. at 7:30, 8:30, 9:30. 11, a.m., 1:15
3:45, 5:10, 0:15.12 p. In. On Sunday at 8:45 a. m.,
5:30, 12 p. m‘.
From Third 8'. Berks streets, 5:20, 8:20, 9:15 a.m.,
1, 3:40, 5:25, 6:25, 11:30 p. In. On Sunday at 7:45, a. ‘
m. 4:30, p.m.
From Trenton,Warron and Tucker streets, 1:25,
0:28, 8.03, 9:05, 10:10. 11:34 n..m.2, 2:21, 4:26. 6:25, 720,
p.111. Orr Sunday 1:25. 9:20 0.. 111.,6:15_p. m-
Trckcts for sale armor of Liberty St.,2§l9, _261.
401, 944,957, 1323 Broadwaymnd at the principal
hotels; Nos. 2 and :1 Court St, and Annex ofllcc,
J cwcll’s Wharf, Brooklyn.
N cw York Transfer Company (Dcdd’s Express
wrll call for check baggage from hotel or residence
to destination.
ALL RA IL LINE AND
llAY ROUTE VIA SANDY HOOK,
. For all N ew Jersey Seaside Resorts.
Leave foot of” Liberty street. N. 3.:
All Rail-5:45. 7.45, 9, 10:30 A. 18L, 12, ill., 2.3.30
4.00. 5.30, 6:30, 7:30, P. M.
Vin Sandy Hook—9, 10.40 A. III ., 1.30; 3.45, 5.00,
6:45, I’. M. Sundays 9.3 A. M.
J OSEPl-l S. 11A is, General Manager.
II. P. BALDWIN. Gen. Pass. Ag’t.
Chicago 85—N3i'ili4Western
Y
18 the OLDEST! BEST CONSTRUCTED! BEST
EQUIPL’ED l and hence the '
Lead-ingflailway'
—01-‘ Trin—
West and Northwest.
It is lilo short and best route between Chicago and
points in Northern Illinois. Iowa, Dakota, Wyo-
ming, Nebraska. California, Oregon, Arizona,
Utah, Colorado. Idaho, Montana, hevadaamd for
COUNCIL BLUFFS, OMAHA,
DENVER, LEanvmnn, ‘
,Salt Lake, San Francisco,
DEADWOOD, SIOUX CITY,
Cedar Ba ids, Des Moiucs, Columbus, and all
Points in t e Territories, and the West. Also. for
Milwaukeeflrcen Bay,Oshkosh, Shcboygan , Mar-
qucttc, Fond du Lac, Vatertown,llonghton cc-
nah, Menasha. St. Paul._ Minneapolis, ron.
Volga, Fargo, Bismarck, Winona, LnCrossc, Own-
tOnnn, and all pornts in Minnesota, Dakota, Wis-
consin and the Northwest.
A iCouncil Blufi‘s the Trains of the Chico o &
North-Western and the U. P. R’ys depart rom,
At 'Chieago, close connections are made with
Ohio. Ft. Wayne and Pennsylvania, and Chicago
a Grand Trunk R’j s,anr.l the Karikakcc and Pan
Close contractions made at Junction Points.
It is the ONLY LINE running
BETWEEN
Chicago and Council Bluffs.
Plilllfilili SLEEPEES till All. liltiii‘l‘ TBAIIS.
Insist upon Ticket Agents selling you Tickets
via this road. Examine your Tickets, and refuse
to buy if they do_ not read over the Chicago do
North-WesternRailways. lf‘ycu wish the Best
Traveling Accommodations you will buy your
failed: a
.3)
zun line runs from Chicago to Council
-"‘“""3W“"-’"°"eitetr truth" 2.
Gen . . 11
t 301 Maren Brooklyn.Grlnne ,
[Shineflziilga‘lthetgdpltal 0 Iowa), Stuart, Atlan-
ic and Avocn: with branches from Bureau
Juiictlon to Peoria: Wilton Junction to Muses.-
uue Wash gton. Foirfield Eldon. Belknap,
Centrevllle. rinceton. Trenton. Ga latin, Came-
ron. Leavenworth. Atohilonk and none (My;
Washingtontostgtzmrney, Os 8.0088. and Knox:-
vllle: Keokuk to armin n, .Jonnpartckfilon-
tonspo Independent, E don. Ottumw fly.-
vlll Chisinau Fella. Monroe. and Des inns;
Mt. ion to Koosnuqua; Newton whicnroo. Des
to Indianoln and Winterset: Atlantic to
“mm“ “““rtlml'l’m‘txaltitlttalhftlt‘l
”“1 °“'°'li own: winner-ates a through line
' 0 into the State of Kansas.
xpress Passenger Trulnshwitb Pull-
ars attached. are runeac waydnily
Onwaao and PEonrA. Knxsas CITY,
COUNCIL Dunn's. Lnsmwon'rn and.A'rorII-
sort. Through cars are also run between Milwau-
kee and Kansas Cit . vie the 'Mllwaukeo and
Rock Island Short ins." - - .
- The “Great Rock Island” II In nlficcntly
' equip ed. Its road bed is simply per set. and its
track a laid with steel rails. ~
What will please you most will be the pleasure
of enjoying your meals while passing over the
beautiful rattles of Illinois and Iowa. in one of
our n1 nrfiwnt Dining Cars that accompany all
Throug Express Trains. You get an entire
rueal. asxoodflas lses‘etgved in any first-class hotel,
ven - ve c .
“If.“ mile... the fact that a majority of the
poo l I: prefer separate apartments for dlfleront
pur poses (and the immense passenger business
of fin line warranting it). we are p easedtoan-
uonuce that this Company runs Pullman Palace
n
PU LMA
‘ . KANSAS CITY A
OOUIN 0:1. Elg‘lfifisLine, known ”I110
all Ticket Agent:- In the United S
CABLE
3' you me.“
n.
Outfit furnished free, with full instructions
for conducting the most profitable business
any one can cage 0 in“ The busIncss 13 so
, easy to learn, an our instructions are so
5 mg“: and plain. that any one can make great
pro ts from the very start-— No one can fail who
In Willing to work. Women are as successfulas
men. Boys and girls can earn large sums. Many
havomadc at the business over onchundrcd dol-
lars in a single week. Nothing like It ever known
before. . All who on age are surprised at the case
and rapidity wrth w ich they giro able to make
money. You can engage in this busmess during
number-c time at great profit. You do not have
to . st capital In it. We take all the risk.
Those who need ready money should write to us
at once. All furnishcdfrec. Addressflhwn & 00.,
Augusta. Maine. ~
Carriage Making
AND
B E P A I R ING .
. AT: _ '
fi .fl'l' I I: 1'.- Y 7 S .,
Main Street, South Norwallr, Ct-
i
Coupe Roe oodiordcr, for sale.
/. _ .
“1 0A urn wi‘i ‘1.-
c- l _
L? 3‘5 BY EXAMIPHNC THIS MAP, THAT T135
:3 >5 V..-
'1: The caveat Connecting Link between tho East and the West! "
E m.
N PALACE CARS a” “2.62123 ’1 figurnnavrarvwou'ru.
T totes and Canada.
For information not obtainable at your home office.
unilateral! Manager. I !.
EAST SIDE OF MAIN STREET,SOUTI_I
Plants and Flowers at all seasons
tastefully-arranged to order at short
notice.
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.. T A («ours ' ._enas a {I . / %- ’ ‘
, .... ., , , .r o . as, :1 . its, GAZETTE OFFICE,
m a raglan ' 3 ~ 3 Isl:- . GROSS!) ' ‘Q‘. 3.;nIIER‘TJ‘ 1:: / -' ,
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* "‘- "m" ...J.,‘ 5.. i. 5&1 ”who. a, 'f‘ .. '" fl BY run anuowrvno
' . $5,“), -J“F§il"h F . 'v duG’cn 0' ’ I: t 1' B4
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" 2 40° ,1 » 4»! t a, 9.; .. ""“",‘.°—3’-" ‘ . “to“ . ll 15:.” 011 1100 ' amers.
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a 'V 9 - t .0.) 0-1 ‘3 ‘54-,04‘? lldlh the :filvHELft‘ _
‘3'. , o _ '° , " “a ‘78 T5"; '«y‘ . , ' om, WW“, m, I}, same rate as charged in New York City.
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“bill's:- .‘ - . .y‘. ~° ' ’bé, . fit. ,, "in... up ~
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(It " a .1 . '_ ‘ ' L '4. ' Val Ti; ' V -' FEMALE 3 gr'ca
. »,- . - .. 5’ 5% - .., ~ , . . . $1.50 per bottle. cum-:5 v1 AK-
- ‘— - » “resonators-and
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GHIGAGG. ROCK ISLAND & PACT-F RY markable preparation I: the only
.82 My Oars for sleeping purposes. and Palace
Dfefin Cars for eating purposes only. Onoothpr
rent nature of our Pa ace Cars is a. SMOKING
AIiOON where you can enjoy your "Havana"
at 11 [hours of the day.
M nlfiecnt Iron Bridfics s an the Mississippi
nudzfiissourl rivers at a {)0 nts crossed‘b t s
llne, and transfers are ave dad at Council‘ ,lufls,
Kansas Cit . Leavenworth and Alchlson, con-
nections b0 ng-mnde in Union Depots. -
The principal R. 12.. connections of,
this brunt Through Line are as follows:
At Caioaoo with all diverging lines for the
t nd Sent 1. -
nastwixgrécvaD alvvlth the Ls. at his. and P..
At Wasnrxemn Haronrs. with P., 0. 878?.
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Line." on cc 9 .
I'mngfvhghtrfinr with the Davenport Division
B. P.
Qfivgxssr Ianrrrvrv. with the B. 0. R. a. ‘3.th
At (Imminent, with Central Iowa. B.
At Due Mounts, with D. M. a; I. . . It.
AtConrvoIr. Bnnrrs, with Union Pacific ML
At OMAHA. with B. & Mo. 1!. ILR. (in Neb.)
At COLUamUB JUNOTION.witb B,C.R.&.N.R.R.
At OTTUMWA. tvlvl3thBCentgal Irgva it.
an, an .. . nn .
Sal‘k‘lfitgxux, with ToL, Pee. &War.; Wabagt.
Louis .2 Pac., and St. L. Ken (2‘ N. W. It. I‘
Al: CAMERON. with 11’. St. .1. It. B.
At A'rcrnsox, with Atom/repent .1; Santa For
Atch. .t; Neb.. and Con. Br. U. ‘. It. Rds.
At Lnavuxwon’l‘rravlth Union PM. and Kan.
“It: 151.033.; pier. wlth all lines for the West
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‘ Great Rock Island Route," areaold by
address.
ST. JOI—IN,
ht dPusenerA at.
General“: a an .CIIXCAEO. IIJ-o
JOHN E. snarrn.
F L O R I S T ,
or narnnoap,
City of South Nor-walk, Conn.
Bl'owenfor Funeralsf’nrnished and
the Kidneys, Liver,nn
Care.
(1
Is made from a. simple Tropical Leaf of ram :11-
1:0, and 1131:: {051113751 Rh ' v
( Iscuscs a cause runs in t c lowur net of the
body—for TorpId Lipver—‘Ilcadachcs— aundice—
Dizzmess, Gravel,MalarIa and all difficulties of
Urinary Organs. For
Female Diseases, Monthly Mcnstruations.
and during Pregnancy, it has no equal. It re-
stores the organs that make the blood, and hence
is the best Blood Purifier.
k‘nowu remedy that cures Bright’s Disease.
her llrnbctcsuso Evurner’u Sure Diabetes,
omedy for all the
For sale by Drugglsts and Dealers at $1.26
per bottle. Largest bottle in the market. Try it.
ILII. WARNER A: (10., Rochester, N.Y.
It is the only
a"):
[M ERISHABLE
35.
PERFUME.
Murray, _a‘ 'Lanman’s
FLSB'IDAaWATEB,
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MR8. avers E. PINKHAM‘,‘
0F LYNN, MASS.
DISCOVEPL'E 03'
LYDIA E3. li’dKfiflPfl’s
The Positive Cure
For all Female Complaints.
T1113 rrmpanaarorv mammos run 13ch re Ira
Norman coxmrrorr, DIIEC'I‘S m vrrsr. rem
amour, crusade-mascara mesons or run Uranus
awn LIFTS In more arson. sun owns Ir rem: Arm
srnsxerrz, so :rna'r run cum Israelical and en-
sfrc. ‘Ie strengthens run snot: arm rnnvro nu-
crox; rs owns mean we run vrnonn rtnrwons sve-
rsn; I'l'.‘ ansmmzs Drsrnncar: oncms we cant}:
3mm. ' rosmort. THAT rename or assume
DOWN, oausmo PAIN, monrmnsoksorm, IS
ALWAYS yummy cunnnar res can.
It will, a: all enchant! under all circum-
stances, act-In harmony with the laws that
govern the female system.
For theme ofKidney Complaints ofeftllu'
sex, this compound is unsurpassed.
Ly nE. Plnklrom’s Vegetable Compound
ls prepared attire proprietorslahoratory.
lie, 238 Western Avenue, Lynn, Mass.
Fries, ti.- ‘Slx- Battle: to one address, $5.
firs. Pinkham freclynnswers allletters of inquiry.’
Send for pain blots. Address on above.
- No famil s uldbe withoutLydiaE.Plnkhem‘s
P Ls. They earn Constl ation, Biliouo
ness. and T rpldity of the Liver. n cts. no: box.
JOHNSTON, HOLLOWAY k. 00.,
Wholesale Agents, Philadelphia, Penn.
’ DIAMOND snacrscms:
Those Spectacles are manufactured from"hfr-
ram: Cnrsrar. Resumes” melted together, and
are called DIAMOND on account of their hardness
and lmlliancy. Having been tested With the po-
larisco c. the diamond lenses have been found to
admit ftecn per cent. less heated rays than any
other pebble. They are ground with great scien-
ti tic accuracy. are free. from chromatic abberra
trons, and produce a brightness and distictncss of
Vision not before attained in spectacles. Mariu-
factured by th e
SFrtlEEi’. GFTIEAL asseraernslan 00., ii. I.
For sale by respon sible agents in every city in the
Union. A. JACKSON it 3110., Jewelers and Op-
tician s, are Sole Agents for Norwalk, Conn., from
whom they only can be obtained. N o pcddlars
employed. Do not buy a pair unless you see the
trade mark.‘ Celluloid Eye Glasses a specially.
European Tickets
’FOR SALE '
AT THE
SBlEll'l'Il‘lC agitation.
Satisfactory evidence shows that 2:. great
fire must have occurred in the outcroppings
of aNova Scotiu coal district at a remote
time. From the number of annual rings
borne by trees growing over the spot, it is
estimated that not less than three hundred
years have elapsed since the fire was extin-
guished. But three centuries have not
cooled the ashes, and an area of some two
acres is known to be now abnormally heated
to such a degree that frosts never penetrate
far in the severest cold, and snow very soon
melts.
. ”The present will be a memorable year in
astronomical history—41 year of rare planet“.
rY conjunctions, of great solar convulsions.
and;a year distinguished by the near gip-
proach of two great comets. Two other
events remain to be observed. The first is a
transit of the planet Vulcan. It is predicted
that this planet, whose existence is still a
matter of doubt, will cross the sun’s disc on
the 12th or 13th of October. The other event
is a transit of Mercury over the sun, which
will occur Nov. 7th.
A naturalist asserts that cranes carry small '
migratory birds—unable to perform the flight
of three hundred and fifty miles—across the
Mediterranean Sea on their backs. In
flocks of cranes traveling southward across
this sea, little birds of many different spe-
cies are observed, frequently 'flying from
their perches only to rcturn a 'moment after-
ward.
The rapidity of the circulation is such that
if it flowed in a straight line at the same rate
it would run one hundred and fifty feet per
minute. -
. The average descent or large rivers, ox-
clusive of cascade regions, is seldom more
than twelve inches to the mile, and occasion-
ally does not exceed a third of this amount.
From Memphis down,u distance of eight
hundred and fifty miles, the Mississippi has a
pitch of less than five inches at low water,
and above the Missouri, from its source, of
only eleven and three-fourths inches. The
Missouri, in its greatest length of nearly
three thousand miles, descends twenty-eight
inches to the mile; but from Fort Benton to
St. Joseph, over two thousand miles, only
eleven and one—half inches; and only nine
and one—fourth inches below St. Joseph to
the mouth, a length of nearly five hundred
miles. The average pitch of the Amazon is
a little more than six inches to the mile; of
the lower Nile,. less than seven; of the
lower Ganges, about four; The Rhone is
notable for a great pitch of eighty inches
per mile from Geneva to Lyons, and'thirty-
two inches to the mouth. _ .
Prof. J. L. Budd attributes actual antisep:
tic properties to the Eucalyptus Globulous,
which has accomplished so much in arresting
malarial disease on the fatal Roman Campaig-
us and in other places. By an application of
the leaves wounds are healed and foul sores
purified. He recommends the cultivation of
the tree as a house plant. He has a three-
years-old plant in an eight-inch pot, which
remains at a height of about five feet, with-
out losing the fine, large leaves of'tho‘trcc.
A piece of pine has been lately' shown
by Gopport which has been converted to a
half-carbonized state and reduced to one-
fourth its original bulk by the simple action
of pressurc,excrtcd during a period of two
years.
- Aremarkablc natural phenomenon occur-
red in Hungary on the 27th of June. The
Buznau Mountain, near the village of Pop-
telke, suddenly broke in two ; a great fissure
100 to 125 feet wide, 80 to 100 feet deep and
1300 to 1800 feet in length, being formed
by the rupture. _ _A landslip took place
at the same time, and a field was moved
bodily some thirty feet nearer to the village.
It is well known that the very feeblcst
electric currents produce audible sounds in A
the telephone, which is more sensitive to
weak currents than the most delicate galvan-
ometcr. ' M. Pellet lately declared that the
heat necessary to warm 3 kilogrammc (two
and a quarter pounds) of water one degree,
if converted properly into the energy of
electric currents, would suffice to produce in
a telephone an audible sound for ten thou—
sand ycars continuously.
Experiments by P. Hoglan show that calo-
mel may be decomposed in the human sys—
tem, with the formation of the dangerous
poison corrosive sublimate.
The precision of modern engineering is'
forcibly illustrated by the recently accom-
plished feat of picking up‘ a long unused
ocean cable from a depth of two thousand
fathoms. The scientific engineering which
locates a fault with so much exactness and'so
readily finds a mere thread two miles under
the sea must add much to the security and
value of ocean telegraph property.
M. Fleischen has made a comparison be-
tween the bark of young oaks grown rc—
spectivcly upon sandy'loams, upon peaty
soils that had been once burned, and upon a
similar soil that had bccmthricc burned, and
' found the proportion of tannin highest in the
product of peaty soils.
A private letter dated Hilo, Hawaii, July
15, contains the following description of the
flow of lava which has threatened to destroy
the city : "The lava flow continues to be the
leading subject of interest. The wonderful
advance it made of more than a mile in three
days (J unc 36—28) was the cause of much
anxiety. The great surface flow which
follows in the wake of the narrow advance
streams has at last reached the extreme and
of the June 26 flow, covering it completely
and spreading at the same time in the direc-
l' ble remed for the distressing
halogens of worlien. Sold by Drug-
t . . —-
attaining 00.111 Chambers St, a. r.
airfloueor.
2.00
2.50
3.00
3.50 .
4.50
5.50
6&7
Jacent
in Stamfordor ad
thing but .
"Ct.
Blankets, 5.00
Bishkets, $1.50
Blankets,
Blankets,
Blankets,
Blankets.
Blankets,
Blankets,
Blankets.
‘llOOlS pouuey,
11:30 seeq 1110.1;
sesimoid 9111
no peonooejnue
4
.4
16,
18;
25,
50,
75,
area than any person
pool to Gentlemen who Will have no
Runes,
mg save money. .
ARNESS, $10,
ARNESS,
ARNESS,
ARNESS,
ARNESS,
ARNESS. 100,
Fig
I up
10D.
petit
and by so do
Goods are offered at Lower
I invite Com
ENYEEWES
ALL SIZES and COLORS?”
NEATLY PRINTED
—-———A'l‘—- .
was now RATES,
tion of Hilo. It was ten days in running a
little over a mile. During the last twenty-
four hours _the lava run about 700. feet, and
is now moving at the rate of- fifteen to
twenty feet per hour. I visited it last night;
the scene was wonderful in the extreme.
Imagine if you can the appearance of a stream .
of lava running at white heat .six feet under - ‘
water. Again fancy the strange effect of a
cascade of lava equal “in width and volume
to the cascade of scalding water, both
pouring into the same basin. These falls
were not so very high, perhaps not more
than ten to twelve feet, yet they were won-
derful. I also saw a stream of lava which
seemed to be about thirty feet in length run—-
ning on an incline of about fifteen degrees,
completely encased with hot water. I ,am
fully convinced that water offers slight re-
sistance when compared with air, which to
me seems the strongest force with which lava
has to contend. As regards the safety of
Hilo, I suppose my opinion may be of little
worth, yet I must say, should the flow con-
tinue to move onward, keeping the general
couse at present indicated, it 'will in time
reach the sea, destroying at least a portion of
H110.”
What is a Home ?
A home is a place where character is
formed, where education goes on, and where
people are impressed for time and for etern-
ity. It is a place tobc happy in, pad to start
out from, for all good, honest and earnest
living. Very great is her responsibility Who
is queen of this kingdom. To a very im-
portant extent she makes 01‘ mars its com-
pleteness._ A frctful, fault-finding, narrow,
incapable woman, in the position of a wife
and mother, can cloud 3 home with misery,
while still she keeps house well, and scrubs
floors till they are white as snow.
recording angel, surveying her performances.
will surely say: "This ought you to have
done, and should not have left the other
undone”,
without license, time for family intercourse,
But the
In a home there should be liberty
and Bag Notions.
H'I'RUNKS,
-——-—:AT — ——
GAZETTE OFFICE;
u..o~. .
Traveling Bags and Valiscs. A full line of Trunk
FUR ROBES! .‘U hoses 1“
Driving Gloves at Lowest Prices.
' a- The above lines of
' 't0wnscan com
pete with.
Work to
1
come and see me,
JOHN MOORE, MainISt-. Stamford.
1‘ irst-Ciass
and space for personal solitude, room for the
entertainment of guests, and the maintenance
of social life, and over all, a tender, trustful,
daily atmosphere of true devotion and com-
munion with God. All this is not wholly.
but largely in the hands of her who is the.
central thought and the well-spring of
pleasure in every comfortable Christian home,
the dear, honored, and gracious mother. Let
nobody who is a housekeeper fear to magnify
her oflicc. It is a very sacred one, and if she
perform her duties faithfully, she is worthy
of no stinted praise.
Norwalk Chronicler