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have; Gazette.
Tuesday,May 2, 1882.
The Baby’s Picture.
“We must carry our beautiful baby to town,
Some day when the weather is fair we
said,
“We must dress him up in the prettiest gown
And wave the hair on the top of his head;
For all his cousins and all his aunts,
And both his grandmothers, .proud and
dear,
Declare it is shameful and every way blame—
i'ul
To 1: we had no picture of him this year.”
We car'iml 0111' child to the town one 11:15.:
The skies were soft and the air was cool,
'We robe-d llim richly in fine array—-
liihianm and laces, and Swiss and tails,
He looked like a prince in the artist’s chair,
Sit! in ; erect, and brave, and grand,
' With a. big red apple llc scarce could grapple
Held close in the palm of one dimpled hand.
“He is taking it now i” We held our breath l,
we quietly pceped from behind the screen!
“What a pose!” we whispered, then as still
as déath
Waited—and baby was all serene ,
Till the critical moment, when, behold,
The sun was catching thatfilovcly look,
Such a terrible roar it shook the floor!
And that was the picture the swift sun
. took. Australian News.
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Odd-Fellowship.
Wednesday, April 26t‘ll—the sixty-third
anniversary of the birthday of Odd Fellow-
ship in America—was celebrated in all parts
of the world where the ‘order is established.
The initial movement toward the formation
of the order in this country was originated
by Thomas Wildey, in the city of Baltimore,
on the 26th day of April, 1810, when five
men who had been connected with the order
in England, called a meeting and met at one
of the public houses in Baltimore, called the
“Seven Stars,” and instituted Washington
Lodge, No. 1. ThomaSEWildey was elected
N. G., and John Welsh, V. G. Soon after
the lodge was instituted,’John Pawson Eat-
wisle was made a member, and did good scr-
vicc in building up the order. John Boyd,
8 Scotchman, joined the above lodge in
1810, and was a faithful worker, Augustus
Mathiot connected himself with the order in
1823, and was the originator of what
was previously known as the “Maryland
Reform,” and it was tthrough his exertions
that the banishment of ardent spirits from
the lodge room during the sessions of the
lodge was accomplished. Richard Marley
also joined in 1823, being a member of
Franklin lodge, No. 2. He was a valuable
member to the order, .and rapidly passed
through every office of his lodge. These
men of whom mention has been made, have
all held positions of honor, not only in the
grand lodge of Maryland, but also in the
grand lodge of the United States, and it is
to these brothers that‘Qdd fellowship in this
country owes its birth. They cared for and
protected the interests of the order, and were
, brave soldiers in creating and protecting an
institution of human brotherhood, a band
which will be cherished by all man kind as
long as the world exists.
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What Constitutes an Editor.
Some people estimate :the ability of a pc-
riodical and the talent of its editor by the
quantity of its original matter. It is com-
paratively an easy task for a frothy writer
to string-out acolumn of words upon any
and all subjects. His ideas may flow in one
weak, washy, everlasting flood, and the
command of his language may enable him to
string them together like bunches of onions,
yet his paper may be a meager and poor
concern. Indeed, the mere writing part of
editing a paper is but a small portion of the
work.. The care, the time employed in se-
lecting, is far more important, and the fact
of a. good editor is better:shown by his selec-
tions than anything else; and that, we know,
is half the battle. But, we have said, an
editor ought to be estimated, his labor
understood and appreciated, by the general
conduct of his paper—its tone, its uniform,
consistent course, aims,msnliness,its dignity
and its propriety. To preserve these as they
should be preserved is enough to occupy
fully the time and attention of any man.
If to this be added the general supervision of
the details of publication which most editors
have to encounter, the wonder is how the
they find time to write at all.— Henry Wat-
tea-son.
A Corner in Peanuts.
There isa corner in peanuts. Lovers of
the not will regret to hear of the remarkable
advance in prices. At this time last year
peanuts could be bought at from 3 to 6 cents
a poundaccording to the quality, but' today
the same kind of nuts cannot be purchased
for less than from _G to 10 cents a pound.
The cause of this advance in price is due to
the scarcity of the nut, owing to the poor
crop in the south last year. The fact that
only about 800,000 bushels were grown,'the
usual crop is over 2,000,000 bushels, led the
planters to hold back a large part of the crop
for the purpose of boiling the lllarkct. As a
result, the consumption or the nut has great-
]y decreased, and many of the retail dealers
have been compelled to withdraw from the
business. The stands that could be seen on
almost every street corner have quietly dis-
appeared, aud the wholesale dealer has very
little demand for the nut. The reports from
the south this spring are very favorable, and«
there will probably be large crops in Virgi-
nia, Louisiana and Alabama. '
It is stated that recent experiments in
Philadelphia have proved that it is possible
, to propel street cars smoothly and rapidly by
!
the expansion of powerful steel springs,
the difficulty of'giving a uniform and perfect
temper to the metal having been overcome.
The company controlling the patents makes
the following claims : Tlls motor consists of
six springs coiled upon a cylinder. Each
spring will be'made of a flat bar of steel 300
feet long, 6 inches wide and & inch thick.
These springs are tempered by the new pro-
cess so uniformly and so delicately that their
power becomes tremendous. After first.be-
ing coiled so that their diameter is 18 feet
they are tempered, and then wound up until
the diameter is 7%: feet. In this condition
they are placed upon the motor truck and
the appliances of the patents adjusted. A
stationary engine at the terminus of the road
then winds the springs to a diameter of 40
inches, and it has been demonstrated that
the power of the expansion of the six springs
from 40 inches to 7% feet in diameter is suffi-
cient to drive an ordinary street our full of
people five miles on any track in Philadel-
phia. The springs are so entirely under the
control of the brnkcman that he can use the
power of all of them at once or limit the
power to one, or in going down a steep grade
he can shut them all "off. A check prevents
the car from running at a greater rate of
speed that nine miles on hour.
Mr. Russell Sage says it’s a shame to an
intelligent people that the Legislature should
reduce the fare on his elevated railroads to
five cents; and being nothingif not a logi-
clan, he proceeds to prove it in this wise:
“We spend our money to get the best of ev-
erything in New York. I am just going to
achurch meeting where we pay $12,000 a
year to a preacher. We give $12,000 for him
because he is smart. We spend money for
elevated railrdsds which give the best scr-
.vicc, and the Legislature tries to take away
our profits. It is an outrage." But why
should people who have to get along with a
fifteen hundred dollar preacher be compelled
to pay exorbitant fares ill order to supply
Mr. Sage’s pulpit with a twelve thousand dol-
lar article ? The analogy is not so clear that
he who rides may read.
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THE REV. GEORGE H. THAYER, of
Bourbon, Ind., says: “Both myself and
wife owe our lives to SHILOH’S CON-
SUMPTION CURE,” Manson Hoyt,a.gent.
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“The minntom City.”
elcr, John L. Stephens, while acting as spe-
cial ambassador of the United States to Gen-
tral America, made a tour of exploration
through the wilds of that country for the
purpose of investigating the ancient ruins
there abounding. On his returning to the
United States he published a work, in two
volumes, entitled “Incidents of Travel in
Central America, Chiapa and Yucatan."
Three years later he again visited that re-
gion and afterwards published “Incidents of
Travel in Yucatan." There works are very
popular, and are to-day justly considered the
richest contributilm on the subject of
American aulhplilic; ever Ill ml; by one man. _
.lo llli‘fit: \'.vlllill - Ii'éllll;llin’ill‘ii explorer
not only g1 -::lll alcohol! or wll l‘. he actually
saw, but n15) llarrn'c; oer: till Hl'lfVUIUllli
still" .5 as txlld him by the natives, whose .
reellracy he was unable to verify by personal
investigation.
011C of these stories, possessing peculiar
interest, was with regard to the existence of'
{great inhabited city in the Sierre dc Guerra
(land of war), an extremely mountainous re-
gion in the northwestern part of Guatemala,
occupied by the Coadones or Lacandones, a
warlike tribe of peOple said to perpetuate
the traditions and the mode of life of their
Maya fore fathers. Though nominally sub-
ject to the laws of the republic of Guatema-
la, the Lacandones are in fact absolutely in-
dependent and jealously refuse white men
entry into their settlements. The most di-
rect information regarding the alleged city
obtained by Mr. Stephens was from the aged
parish priest of Santa Cruz de Quiche. This
priest assured the explorer, that he himself
when a young man and living at Chajul, a
village near the confines of the region of the
Lacandones, had climbed toltbe summit of a
bare and lofty peak of the neighboring
sierra, and had then, at a height of 10,000
or 12,000 feet looked over an immense plain
extending to Yucatan and the Gulf of Mex-
ico, in the midst of which, at a great dis-
tance, he saw a large city spread over a con-
siderable space, with turrets white and glist-
ening in the sun. This place was, accord-
ing to the priest, “a lively city,‘ large and
populous.” From other sources Mr. Ste-
phens learned that from the sierra a large
ruined city was visiblfl, while others who
had climbed to thq same elevation had seen
nothing, owing to “a dense cloud resting on
it.”
Later writers pretty generally relegate this
city to the class of phantoms and mirages, or
of fables, and “The Phantom City” is the
name ordinarily applied to Mr, Stephens’l
alleged discovery. The explorer himself.
however, never appeared to doubt the priest’s
story. holding that there was nothing im-
probable in it, inasmuch as there were
throughout that entire region, in Guatemala,
Yucatan, Chiapa, ctc., to be seen, in ruins,
it is true, hundreds of cities, which, while
.they flourished, must have had very much
A the same appearance as that presented by
the city of the Lacandones. Now the re-
port comes that the city has actually been
visited by Desire Charney, the French ex-
plorer. Mr. Charney has been making ex-
plorations among the ruined cities in Central
America for the last year or two. He has
been acting under the direction of A. T.
Rice, editor of the North A men‘can Roofers,
and the'expcnses of the expedition have been
paid jointly by the French government and
by Pierre Lorillard. Some time since Mr.
Rice requested Mr. Charllay to make an at-
tempt at exploring the cou'ntry of the Lacan—
doses, and nothing had been heard of him
since until last Friday, when a dispatch was
received announcing that he had overcome
this piece de resistance of previous Central
America explorers and had not only pene-
trated the country, but had visited “The
Phantom City.” The dispatch appears to
have been aggrevatingly brief and devoid of
particulars, leaving no ground to infer
whether Mr. Charnay found the city “living
and populous” as described by Mr. Stephens’s
aged priest, or merely another one of the
many ancient ruins which abound in Guate-
mala and Yucatan. In either event,;howcv-
er, the discovery promises to be of great
value to American archzeology. The full de-
tails of Mr. Charnay’s discovery, which are
doubtless now on their way from Guatemala
by courier and post will be awaited with
mubh interest.
Putting away the “Pathies.”
In “Topics of the Time” for May, the
Century Magazine commends the New York
State Medical Society for adopting the new
code permitting a physician of the “old
school” to consult with any physician in good
standing of other schools:
. Under the new regime, the public ought to
be able to judge more clearly of the charac-
ter and ability of their physicians. The
question will not be so much of the school
as of the honorable standing of the individ
ual among his comrades of both schools.
When he is called hard names by his follows
it ought hereafter to mean something more
than a difference of opinion of matters of
theory. Let the ‘public new be on its guard
against supposedly “regular” physicians,
who are known their brethren as “commer-
cial doctors.” These men, with the iadorse-
mcut of tillcs, or a. membership in some re-
spectable society, prostitute their learning
by learning by indulgence in “clap-ll'np,”
by the recommendation of “cures” and by
useless and unnecessary ( perations,performed
on every occasion and upon every patient,
_no matter what may be his disease. One
will discover that some particular part of
the body is the seat of a morbid process, and
will proceed’to remove it by a'mysterious
operation: while another will prescribe a
remedy which can be procured only at :i
certain place, and can be taken only in a
certain position. A more matter-of-fact
practitioner will suggest the extent and value
of his practice by means of a pile of bank-
notes of large denominations exposed upon
his desk. With these men no code of ethics
is of the slightsct use, and their most honest
and plodding fellow-physicians must bear
the disgrace thus brought upon their calling.
But if the profession itself finds a dllll‘cult
to deal technically with such men,the public
as we have said, ought to be better able to
discern them now that the allopaths are dis-
posed, in their public attitude and private
conversation, to reserve their harsh criticisms
for real offenders.
Dr. Cuyler has been examining Mr. Long-
fellow’s poetical works with special reference
to their religious teachings.
his great gratification that none of the poet’s
verses are infected by the “miasmia of ra-
tionalism in certain cultured circles of DOS.
tom”. 113 is grateful that Longfellow was
not afraid to draw from “Shiloah’s Brook.”
With all respect to Dr. Cuyler, all that is
what the boys call “taify.” Mr. Longfellow
was a Unitarian, as everybody knows. That
was a pure, lovely Christian character, and
that his poems are pervaded by the Christian
.spirit, only shoyvs again, and most conclu-
sively, that Christian life is not monopolized
by orthodox churches or communities. “Shi-
loah’s Brook” is not yet Presbyterian prop—
erty. Why not stand up and say that this
man was a Christian who belonged to the
Unitarian denomination P—Harfford Oom'ant
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Gardening is now ill order. It is remark-
ble the amdunt of work one set of gardening
toolsyvill do. In a neighborhood of forty
familles one set of tools will make every gar-
den excepting that of the owner.——Danbury
News.
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“How no YOU MANAGE," said a lady to
her friend, “to appear so happy all the time?”
‘ ‘I always have Parker’s Ginger Tonic
handy,” was the reply. and thus keep my-
self and familyin good health. When I am
well I feel good natured. See other column.
4t15.
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David Swing of Iowa, who is 83 years old,
has had to come down with $3,000 for kiss-
lng his hired girl. He thought he had cheap
help and was sadly disappointed—Detroit
Free Press.
. In 1839 the distinguished Americauutravr
He expresses,
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The Bugle Notes of‘ Spring. i
Marissa; ‘ '
‘ Now Winter, on his ice-bound ear,
Is rattling north o’er crag and sear ;
The thrush and blackbird cheery sing. ,
Blowing the bugle notes of Spring-—
Saying, “Coming! coming! coming 1
The Spring is coming, man, to thee 1”
I've heard for many a year, ah mo !
Those bugle notes so wild and free,
End tho' each year its wrinkle throws,
That music aye the sWeetor grows,
Saying, “Coming! coming ! coming!
Perennial youth I bring with me.”
The celandine's bright cup of gold
ls nestling by the brooklet cold ;
The coltsfoot to the warming days
Is streaming luck its yellow rays——
Stylug, "Coming! coming! coming!
Sweet Flora cometh, fair t i see.”
The chestnut bursts its shining hoods,
The poplar scents the leaflng woods,
Where, cheerfully among the bouglls,
The birds are warbling tender vows,
Saying, “Coming! coming! coming!
And spend the summer wild and free."
And my dull muse it faiu would sing
Of the bonnie bugle notes of Spring—
“Blackbird, in thy ecstacy
Chant thy loud clarion checrilyl
While hummingl humming! humming !
The woods repeat thy song for me.”
— Good Words.
Canada and the Queen.
I remember a curious in ident that hap-
pened in Canada in conn tion with the
British national anthem. In one of my
lectures I described the pathetic abandonment
of state ceremony at Sandringham, while the
Prince of Wales lay sick there of what
threatened so formidably to be a fatal illness.
The audience listened spell-bound. I uttered
the sentence: “The Queen strolled up and
down in front of the house, unattended, in
the brief interval she allowed herself from
the sick-room." Suddenly came an inter-
ruption. Atall, gaunt figurefiin the crowd
uprose, and, pointing at me a long finger on
the end of a long arm uttered the word
“Stop!” Then, facing the audience, be ex-
claimed : “Ladies and gentlemen! This loyal
audience will now .sing, ‘God save the
Queen 1’ ” The audience promptly stood up
and obeyed with genuine fervor,I meanwhile
patiently waiting the finale of the interlude.
When it had fihished. I preceeded with my
narrative, and, as a contrast to the sorrow
of Sandringham, depicted the happy pageant
in St. Paul's Cathedral on the thanksgiving
day for the Prince’s recovery. It is the cus-
tom in Canada to propose a vote of thanks
to the lecturer, and the chairman rose and
uttered the usual formula. Again the tall,
gaunt figure was on its legs. "Ladies and
gentlemen,” said he, “I— rise to propose an
amendment to the motion. I move that the
lecturer be requested to repeat the portion of
the lecture referring to four gracious sover-
‘eign. And repeat it I did—Archibald Forbes
in the May Century.
Folly of Presidency-Seeking.
The whole business of seeking the ofiice of
President as a selfish thing is a mistake, says
Gath. I‘he last five Presidents of the United
States have been men who did not lay pipe
for their own nomination. Arthur did not
do so, and he had a very faint hope of be-
coming Vice President. Providence gave him
the place, and not pipe laying. The same
was the case with Hayes, who would not let
delegations go to Cincinnati in his favor; and
he told me at Columbus two or three days
after his nomination, that he had refused to
let his friends abuse the hospitality ,of the
State in which the convention was held by
physical demonstration in his favor. He re-
ceived the nomination because the self-seek-
res were all beaten; while Mr. Tilden,who at
that time was aself—seeker,lost the Presidency
after all his pains and by the concessions of
his own party. Grant was not drumming up
delegates to nominate him in 1868, when he
was elected, nor yet in 1872. Lincoln never
wrote a letter outside of Illinois to work up
his case for the Presidency, although the
western people, warm in his support, did
make a great deal of noise at the convention;
but he was not a self seeker in the Way a
dozen men are now trying to get the Presi-
dency~—laying the pipe in every direction for
it. It is therefore plain that none of these
men who are candidates for the Presidency
three years in advance are going to come
anywhere-near it. The first step to lose the
Presidency is to get it on tne brain.
“Do we believe in miracles,” Alonzo ?
Well, we should preach. When a man can
sit down in a New York restaurant and eat
brook trout, spring chicken, vension steak,
and reed bird served off the same old soup
bone, we are ready to take in any miracle
you ever saw in print. Believe in miracles?
When the American farmer can put a quart
of strawberries in a box that went hold a
pint of sand; when almost any coal dealer
can make seventeen hundred weight a ton;
when a common looking clerk can measure
a whole yard at one sweep of a thirty-three
inch stick ; when a tea pound block of ice
looks small alongside a four ounce llailstone ;
when any barkceper turns water into whis-
key before he opens up in the morning .
when you can put out a fire with illuminating
oil ; when soap fat stalks abroad as Al clover
fed butter : when you find a miraculous
draught of fishes in the sky blue milk ; when
a committee of women at a church fair can
make a barrel of soup with one cove oyster;
when—~do we believe in miracles, doubting
Alonzo? It is an age. of miracles. The
world is full of miracles or overrun with ras-
cals. You may accept either interpretation.
—Hawkeyc.
Daniel Webster’s Advlce-
Other people may find the advice of Dan-
iel Webster to his grandson of value for
themselves. He wrote it about four years
before his death:
“Two or three things I wish now to im-
press on your mind. First, you cannot
learn without your own efforts;
teachers in the world can never make a schol-
ar of you, if you do not apply yourself with
all you: might. In the second place be of
good character and good behavior—a boy of
strict truth and honor and conscience in all
things. Have but one rule, and let that be
always to act right and fear nothing—but
wrong doing. Finally, ‘Remember thy
Creator in the days of your youth,’ You are
old enough to know that God has made you
and given you a mind and faculitiea,and will
surely call you to account. Honor and obey
your parents, love your sister and brother, he
fretfulness, be patient under restraint. Look
forward constantly to your approaching man-
hood, and put off every day, more and more,
all that is frivolous and childish."
“lIACKMETACK,” a lasting and fro.-
grant perfume. Price 25 and 50 cents.
Morison Hoyt, agent. tf
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When at home, the Chinaman is a men-
golian. When in the lUnited States he is a
Mustgolian.—Chariot-Journal.
It is against the law to take from any
stream trout less than five inches in length.
This explains a good many tough fish stories.
-—Lozccll Citizen.
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tion, Constipation, Dizziness, Loss of Appe-
tite, Yellow Skin 1’ Shiloh’s Vitalizer is a
positive cure. Monson Hoyt, agent. ti ‘
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“Some other folks would deceive you about
these goods, but I have been in the business
twenty years and never told a lie,” said the
guileless dry goods clerk. “And why do you
begin now?” said the gentle fair one in front
of the counter as she gathered lher draperies
together and glided :away—Boaton Commer-
cial Bulletin. ' ‘
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The speaker of the house is generally
known as “the chair," so called because he
is sat down on so often. ‘
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' 'Lamns’ FINE suons
, In all Widths and Styles.
Men’s Fine Hand~Seived Boots and
Shoes, .
01 orir own make, warranted to at and wear well.
Heavy Boots and Rubber Goods
Of every description. '
Heavy Béots. . . . .. .. $2.00 upwards
Calf “ . . ...... 2 00 “
Ladies’ 0 db Top Button . .
u I‘
Men’s
5 t
(I
u
CI
1 1300 -
Ki 1.00
Slippers...... .25
Trunks, Traveling Bags, Leather
and Findings. '
Rep-lung Promptly Done.
Eugene Fancher,
I7 MAIN STREET, NORWA LK, CONN
REMOVAL :
B.S.BLASCER,
10
foot of Main. which has been refitted and turn-
ished with 9. choices took of
Groceries, Crockery, lllass, ta!
He gives his praonal attention to hisbuslnes
and invites pub lc patronage.
SPENCER’S
. Jewelry Store,
you will find a large assortment of
Rich Jewelry and Precious Stones,
Fine Gold Watches and Chains,
French Clocks & Bronzcs,
R o g e r s ’ Statuary,
Soldid Silver &.
PlatedWare _
Faience .Vases and Lamps, Musical
Instruments, Opera G1asses,’
&c. Also, the celebrated
Rack Crystal Spectaales and Eye
Glasses,
In Gold and other Frames.
No. 3 Main Street, :Norwalk, 01;
LA. MEEKEIB it (30.,
Druggists,
21 Main St, N orwalk, Conn,
YOU WILL FIND
Strictly Pure
Drugs and Medicines,
At Reasonable Prices.
Prescriptions carefully compounded.
tenteilln overml‘
night wor ,. to roa-
Iore brain nerve-lad
waste, use Hop 3.
mflorln from any In-
tlon; 1 you are mar.
{ouugmmferhlg from
In on a‘bed of sick-
' ct."- .
- Thousands die on.
' nunlly from some
that your system 1 for!" of ldney
needs clenmillg,ton- ’- J disonso tint-Inlght
In or Stilnlllflullgfl ii” have beenpreventcd
wlIhontinlazicangg ‘ by n time] y use of
take 0 p " HopBltteu
n It t e I’ 8 .
. Have yondun. .
reps-'9, kidney :
orurmarucomo
.nlal'nt, disease
of the nlonlach, “ '
.baluls, blood g .
Mr or nemuf ,1 >-
You will be ll
cured lfyouuso ;‘ l,
Hop Blttem ..
. Ifyounreslm- 5:
1y weak and ii.
ows lflted,try 11.,
in ft m a y l,
3 av o 1.0 u v
Ilf'oa ~lt-flau .
caved hun- .
grads. -
your duties avoid
Itinlulants and In 0.
' Hop Bitten.
snever you feel ,
r. .
lrle c u r o for
idrunkenne a I ,
use of opium,
to bncep , or
uu-eotlcl.
Soldb dru -
glass. Sglldl'gl‘
Circular.
. Inhaler, N. I.
A Town :0, Cal.
If fig]-
uasa MOVED HIS
Mill-S IO STORE
To Opera. Honse Block, in
Store with A. W. Austin,
Jeweler.
\IVvV\/uVQQVWW\/\Jvu\l\tx/x/xluxn 1
Newaork'f
....C.ON.VEY'ANC~ES~ .
_AND._
FARE ONLY 35 CENTS.
Excursion Tickets to N. Y. 8. Return
Fifty Cents.
Tl-IE POPULAR AND 81me srnaalna,
” A. DE’LPIII,”
I Will commence her Regular Daily Trips on
Saturday. April 1 st, 18/82,
.leavlng New York from Pier 22 E. 11., foot ol‘Ful-
ton St., at 2:45 p. m , and from foot of 31st St.,
E. R., at 3:00 p. m., connecting surely With the
Train for D nbury leaving at 5:55 p. m., and New
Haventrai for t w east. Leave South Norwnlk
every morning (Sundays cxceptcd,) at 7 :50
o’clock. on arrival of the Danbury and the New
Haven trains. . .
Passengers can procure Single and Excursion.
Tickets for all Stations on the Danbnry Railroad
at the Captain’s otl'ce on the Boat.
Passegers and Baggage conveyed to and from
the Depot at South orwalk, Free of Charge.
Refreshments served on board at all hours.
WHITE’S PROPELLERS
Will continue to make regular trip a DetweenNor-
walk Bridge and New York.
Freight received from and delivered at the
freightdepot of the Danbury & Nor-walk Railroad
for all stations, also the Shepang Railroad. '
'Spccialarrungemems for-freight team! from
New ork can be made with this line 10 percent.
least an by the railroad.
Produce sold free of commission and returns
promptly made at the highest market rates.
FA]! persons areforbidntrusting any of the
employees of the boats of this line on account of
the owners thereof.
Meeker’s
:- I. N E :
Schooner JOHN G. PERRY, Capt. Byxbec. wilI
hereafter make regular weekly trips between N or-
walk and New York. stopping at South Norwnlk,
leavingMeekcr Brothers’ Wharf,’Norwalk, every
Friday ill 11:. Freight taken on board at Pier
43 E. 11., ootof Rutgerst., New York, on MON-
DAYS and TUESDAYS. -.
The Highest Market Rates Paid for
Bay, Straw and Farmer-3| Produce. by
‘\
Ngrmlk. '
a
3;. :\-..’,,| 1': "'3" i
,_ _ Danifiifiu; "a, VN-onvvann'n'. lei
' “-'-SUM1“E'31'-A'n n AZNG E
NV '1‘ is
CommencinsJune 27,1881.- ‘
.DAILY'I‘RAIN 8
Lean cNorwalk Bridge/or Danbury .
9 32 a. m., Mall.
2 22 p. m. , Accommodation.
4 20 p.m., N. Y. Express .
6 01 p. m..Mall.
8 07 a. m., Sunday Accommodation.
Arrive a tNorwalk—Igl-tr—lgefrom Danbury.
734a.m.,Mall. .
S 52 p. m., N. Y. Express.
08 p. m., Accommodation .
14 p.m., Mail.
05 p. m., Freight.
00 p. in. Sunday Accommodation.
L .W.S ANDIFOR'I‘H .Supt .
OCOC‘IH
NEW YORK, IEW HAVEN a. HARTFORD BAIlROAD.
Trams lcgn'c So. N orwalk for New York at l2 4?
a. m, Washington Ex.via llarlem River; 1 56. ex.;
5 18 ex.; 5 as, 5 50, 6 20. 7‘25, 7 45 cx.; 9 0-1 ex.; 9 35,
1031,11 45 ex. a.m.;120, 2 56 ex.; 4 30 ex.; 5 27 ex.;
629 cx.;655,918 p.m. ex. For New Haven, 1 36
ex.; 6 52, 8 56, 9 21 ex.; 10 48 u.m., 12 11 ex.; 1 43. 211
ex.; 4 l9,ex.; 4 52,5 52,ex.; 6 32mm; 942, 11 01, 11 28
.ex.;1150 ex.p. m.
For Springfield. 6 52, ex.9 21, a.m.; 12 11, ex.; 1 43,
2 ll, 6 32 cx.:11 01.11 50 p.m. Expressfo: Boston
via Springfield 9 21 am. 12 11, ll 50 p.m. Via New
London.0 52.9 21 a.m. 2 11. 6.32, 11 28 p.m.
EW YORK .t PHILADELPHIA NEW LINE
BOUND BROOK ROUTE
I‘OR'I‘ILENTON AND PHILADELPHIA .
Commencing November 7,1881.
Leave New Yorkfrom station 0. lt.It. of N.J
foot of Liberty St.,tor Philadelphia.
‘Nlnth & Green Streets, at 7:45,9:30,11:15 8.111.
1:30. 4, 4:30, 5:80. 7, 12 p.111 . On Sunday at 8:45 a.
.m.5:30,12p.m. .
For Third a: Berks streets, at 7:45, 11:15,a.m. 1:80.
4:30, 5:30, 7, p. In. On Bands at 8:45 a. m.
For Trenton, Warren and uck er ats., 7:15.930.
11:15 a.m., 1:30, 4:00, «30, 5:30, 7:00.12, p.m. Sun-
day 8:45, a.m., 5:30, 12 p. m. _
Return tralnaleavcl’hlladelnhia for New York:
From statlons Phila. &- Reading Railroad.
Ninth 85 Green Sts., at 7:30, 8:30, 9:30, 11, n.m., 1:15
335,530,635, 12]). in. On Sunday at 8:30 a. m.,
5:30, 12 p. m.
Frquhird A Berks streets, 5:15. 8:20. 9:15 a.m.,
3,3??? 6:30, 11:80 1,). in. On Sunday at 8:15, a. m.
: , .m.
From Trcm on,Warr-en and Tucker streets,1:25,
6:20, 8.03, 9:04, 10:08, 11:34 a. m. 1:58, 4:25, 6:24, 7 2S,
p.m. On Sunday 1:25, 9:19 a , in. 6:14 p. m.
Tickets for sale at foot 01 Liberty St.,239, 261.
401,944,957, 1323 Brondwuymml at the principal
hotels; Nos.2 andd Court St, and Annex olllce,
AJewell’s Wharf, Brooklyn. . -
New York Transfer Company will call for and
check baggage from hotel or residence to destina-
tion.
ALL RAIL LINE For. LONG BRANCHJJCEAN
GROVE, ASBURY PARK. POINT PLEASANT
. And all New Jersey Seaside Resorts.
Leave foot of Liberty street, N. 3., 5:00, 8.15,a.m.,
11 P12. m., 2, 3.30 6 n m
- A. . EEKER a BRO.-
Norwulk, April. 1880. , .
“" . \ -‘ .
WHO IS UNACQUAIN'I’ED WITH THE
sea or E'xammmc
”I" ‘57 r/o...:',o:-7
A ‘ =
\-
12
It Is literally and strictly true, that It
. Washington, Keokuk, Knoxville, Oskalo
Iowa City, Atlantic, Avoca, Audubon, H
iiawfiiii ROCK
incident to a smooth track, safe bridge
HEATED, FINELY UPHOLSTERED and
the low rate of SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS
THREE TRAINS each way between
vla the inmoua
Newport News, Richmond, Cincinnatl,
R. R. CABLE,
Vice-Pres’t a. Cen’l Manager,
Carriage Making
3 EPAIR'ING.
n.--1-;x..x.~:z ..-
Main Street, South Nor-walk, Ct.
JUST RECEIVED 3
New styles of Box Papers very cheap.
The MaeKennon,
Cross and American
StYlograph Pens
Comtantly on hand.
Artists’ Materials :1 Specialty.
Andrew Selleek,
Bunks,81aliunery & Fancy Bonds.
49 WallSt., - - - - - Non-walk.
__..
TEE! CELEBRATE!)
THEITE
Sewing Machine
Best, Easiest Running, & Cheap-
est in the World.
Free Readlng Room. .
THIS is a. comfortable room fitted up for the
benefit of the public generally. situated on .
east elde of South Main Street, over Road’s J ew- l
elry Store. Clark and Lane’s Block nearly 0 p9—
slte Railroad Depot, South Nor-walk, 012.. t is .
openlrom 9 a.rn., to 9:45 p. m. The room is well '
lighted, warm and comfortable. It is supp‘leu
With four dailies, two weeklies. and several
monthly papers and journals, beside a number of
instructive and interesting books.
There is a. Coffee Room on the same floor and -\
lady in attendance from 9 a. m., to 9:45 . m.,
serve HOME MADE articles mentione belo
at the following prices :
1 Cup of Collectwith crackea, - - 5 cen: *
1 Cup‘ of Tea, With Crackers. - - 5 “
Cocoa - - - - - 5 ”
Brown Bread and Butter. - . ' 5 “
Sandwrch, - - - ' 5 "
Cake, - - . - ' 5 .'
Doughnuts. - - - - 5‘ ‘
Piece of l’le. . - -'-' “
Crullers, - - - '- 5 "
Ham, 10
10
Kit
Stewed Oysters,
European , Tickets
FOR SALE
GAZETTE OFFICE,
2 'BY THE “NOWNED
Ghion Line of Steamers.
Choice ofejther the Abyssinia,Arlzonia.lNeva-
do, Wfsconsrn, or Wyoming. W111 sell you at
same rule as ehmcdm New York ultr',
Pork and Beans. With bread and butter
a
COFFEE ROOM. 1"
i
.wlll "trim
F
:1 U
>CV
or
These Tickets,or buucxa, may-J . ............
round in form, about the size of a. silver quarter.
and the edges are completely protected by a. brass
rin . They are printed on one or both sides as
dcs red, then varnished to protect them from
water or fluids. They are very convenient to
handle, and will last a. long time. Milkmen, Sa-
loon Keepers and others using checks should cx-
amine them. Also printed to order, the ordinary
styles of .
Milk Ghacks,Restaurant 0hecks,&c
A. H. BYINGTON or 00.,
. A'I' rim '
Gazette Job Printing Office.
ALBERT LEA R0
January 1, I882, a new line will be opened, vla Seneca and Kankakee, between
CHICAGO.
4.5 . .
nannwm‘. Gch.Pass. am. .
. c.a.n. of N. J.
GEOGRAPHY OF THIS COUNTRY, WILL
THIS MAP. THAT THE
Clil‘eaeo, Rock ISLAND a. PACIFIC va,
Belng the Great Central Line, affords totravelers, by reason of Its unrlvaled geo-
graphical posltion, the shortest and best route between the East, Northeast and
Southeast, and the West, Northwest and Southwest. -
3 connections are all of the principal lines
of road between the Atlantlc and the Pacific. ,
By Its main line and branches It reaches Chlcago, Jones, Peoria, Ottawa,
La Salle, Geneseo, Mollne and Rock Island, In Illinois; Davenport, Muscatlne,
osa, Falrfleld, Des Molnes, West Liberty.
arlan, Cuthrle'Center and Council Bluffs,
In Iowa; Callatln, Trenton, Cameron and Kansas City, In Mleoourl, and Leaven-
worth and Atchison In Kansas. and the hundreds of cltles, villages and towns
ISLAND ROUTE,”
As It is famillarly called, offers to travelers all the advantages and comforts
3. Union Depots at all connecting points,
Fast Express Trains, composed of COMMODIOUS, WELL VENTILATED, WELL
ELEGANT Y COACHES; a line of the
' MOST MACNIFSCENT HORTON RECLININC CHAIR C RS ever built: PULLMAN’S
latest designed and handsomest PALACE SLEEPING CARS, and DINING CARS
that are acknowledged by press and people to be. the FINEST RUN UPON ANY _
' ROAD IN THE COUNTRY, and In which superlor meals are served to travelers at
EACH.
CHICAGO and the MISSOURI RIVER.
TWO TRAINS each way between CHICAGO and MINNEAPOLIS and 81'. PAUL,
UTE.
Indianapolis and La Fayette, and Council
Bluffs, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Intermediate points.
All Through Passengers carried on Fast Exprea Trains.
For more detailed information, see Maps and Folders, whi
well as Tickets, at all principal Tlcket Ofilces in the United States and Canada, or of
may be obtained, as
E. 31. JOHN,
Cen’l T’k't a Paas'r Ag't.
.Mullings Bros.,
Carriages to "Wagons
MADE TO ORDER.
Repairing in all its Branches.
F0 81 [E H! 'IIIE HOLIDAYS.
A line of SLEIGHS of our own
manufacture, made from Selected
materials. Neat, stylish and durable.
0.x. mm was, J. S.MULLINGS
Jessa: H. SMITH,
- F L O R‘ I S T ,
EAST SIDE OF MAIN STltEET,SOUTB
OF RAILROAD,
City ofSoutll Nor-walk, Conn.
Plants and-Flowers at all seasons
Flowerafo r Funeralsl’urnllhed ahd
tuntemllyarranged t order at short
notice
A FULL LINE OF
”Shipping Tags,
Merchandise Tags,
-{ xxx) )9???
C
DEAD LOCK TAG FASTENERS
‘IV‘
{tut 01f SMALL QITAN'J'J’J l} 3, AT
assette Office.
trainers
Ll. SIZES and COLORS,
aer PRINTE,D
L—AT—
YERY ELOW RATES,
——AT .—
l
GAZETTE , oracr.
. . - . ‘
.. . .. - —— 0‘ '
. 'l‘o Gratily His Wife.
An Iiitcrenun‘g StoryI—‘A Repel“- Case
cured. A goodreanon forflapplneu-
ol‘ MrJVashington-Monroe ol Catskill,
Greene County,'New York.
“For many years I had suffered from a
Complaint which the physician called gravel
I had employed some of the most noted doc.
tors without obtaining any permanent relief,
and for along time my case was regarded as
hopeless. All who knew the circumstances
said I must die. Finally, my wife induced
me to try a bottle of Dr. Kennedy’s ‘Favori,e
Remedy’ which she had somewhere heard of
or seen advertised. Without the slightest
faith in it. but solely to gratify her, I bought
a bottle of a druggist in our village. I used
that and gwo or three bottles more, and—to
make along story short—I am now as healthy
8. man as there is ill the country.
Since then I have recommended ‘Favorite
Remedy to others whom I knew to have suf—
feted from Kidney and Liver complaints;
and I assure the public that the ‘Favorite
Bemcdy’ has done its work with a. similar
completeness in every single instance, and I
trust some other sick and discouraged mortal
may hear of it and try the Favorite Remed
as I did.” 41:4.
firgslilatiwa.
Vv\r‘ \ [\I"\I\l \I\ /V\/\ I\ I\I\IV\I\’\I\/\ [\M
Commissioners’ Notice.
[115 subscribers appointed by the Court .of
Probate for the District of Norwalk, Commis-
sioners to receive. examine, and decide u on the
claims of the creditors of the estate of TI- OMAS
FINN ERTY, 'flll insolvent debtor, of Norwalk, in
said district, ln settlement as an insolvent estate,
hereby give notice that we will attend to the bum-
ness of our said appointment, at the Oflice of the
Selectmen in said Nor-walk, on the 14th day of
June. A. D., 1158-2, and on the 14th day of. July, A.
D., 1682, at 10 o’clock in the forcnoon 01 each of
said (lays. '
Said court hath limited and allowed three months
from this date for the exhibition to us of claims
against said estate.
Dated at Norwalk. 11er 11th, A. D. 1882.
MARTIN s. CRAW,
“16 ALFRED E. AUSTIN,
Commissioners.
Statement
April 101b, 1852.
Estate of JOHNF. RAYMOND, late of Nor-
walk, in said District, deceased. _ .
The Court of Probate for the District of Nor-
walk hath limited and allowed six months from
the date hereof for the creditors of said estate to
exhibit theirclaims for settlement. Those who
neglect to present their accounts, properly attest-
ed. within sald time.wlll be debarred a. recovery.
All persons indebted to said estate are requested
to make immediate payment to .
3t15 SILAS 1’. TUTTLE, Admlnistrator.
Coughs, Colds, Hearseness, Sore
Throat, Bronchitis, Influenza, Asth-
ma, Whooping Cough, Group, and
every Affection of the Threat,
Lungs and Chest, includingflon'
snmption. Sold by all Druggrsts.
Wanted, Salesmen
ocanvass roi- the sale of Nursery stock.
Unequalled facilities. No experlence re-
h‘rllit and Ornamental Trees. Shrubs, Roses. etc.
(in: W. a: '1‘. SMITH. Geneva, N. Y.
72a. week. 512 a. day at home easily made,
Costly plltllt free. Address TRUE as 00.
Augusta, Maine. lyll
Notice.
. IIE_ subscriber would announce that he has
disposed of his well-known Livery Stable
and eqmpments to his son Horace L. Dunn. who
Wlll hereafter run the establishment himself.
Grateful and thankful for the long continued
patronage bestowee upon him by the public. the
subscriber would request a continuance of the
'same to the successor, feeling confident that he
Will ment and deserve the confidence ol'the pub-
lic generally.
WILLIAM E. DANN.
Norwalk . Oct. 4th, 1881.
’llaksafsgslncsa Tr.
Ginger, Buchu, Mm-
drake,’ Stillingia, and
many of the best medL
as known are com-
bincd in Parker's Ginger
Tonic, into a. medicine
of such varied powers, as
to make it the greatest
‘ Blood Purifier and the
' Bestflealthsztnngth
l Restorer Ever Usgd.
- It cures Rheumatism,
Sieeplmsness, & diseaess
of the StomachfiDowcls,
lLungs, Liver Sr Kidneys,
litisentirely'difl‘aentfi'om
lBittcrs, Ginger Essenccis
as t .
. Parkerls
Hair Balsam
The Des Clenne t, land ‘ . .
Most ECODOIXtI’k-‘fll Hairs Dress- and 0,31“ :10!“
lug. Never falls to restore the newrmtommtes. .
yuuthful color to grey hair. 8; Co" Chemists, N. Y.
50c. and $1 sizes. Lame Saving Buying Dollar Size.
natural.
FEMALE COMPLAI 1's rice
$1,350 per bottle. cuass WEAK-
N 88 NERVOUSNESS _ and
GENERAL century. The re-
mi'lib” ”'eiala’il’l.‘ 'i-i'lfisé’lfl’
' ereme or o Is
disgases of worynen. Sold by Drugg-
SIS. .
ancienberg Go. 111 Chambers St, N. Y.
carnation-n.
per day at home. Samples worth 85
free. Address, Stlnson &. 00”]???-
_ y
R R H DIRECTIONS.
, For Catarrh, Hay Fe-
ver, Cold in the Head,
- &c,, insert with little
finger a particle 01‘ the
Balm into the nostril ;
draw strong breaths
through the nose. It
will b e absorbed,
cleansing and healing
the diseased mem-
brane.
For Deafness,
Apply a particle into
the ear, rubbing in
thoroughly.
—A fair trial wrll con-
vince themost skepti-
1 Av. FEVE ca .
H sus' caged BALM
Eifectually cleanses the nasal passages of eatarh-
al virus, causing healthy secretxonsmllays inflam-
mation, and irritation, protects the membrane]
linins of the head from additional colds,completely
heals the some and restores the sense of taste and
Imell. Beneficial results are realized by a few ap-
plications. A thorough treatment as directed will
cure Catarrh. As a. household remedy for cold in
the head and snufiles it is unequalled. 'Ihe. Balm
is easy to use and agreeable. Soldbydrugglsts at
50 cents. On receipt of 50 cents_w11 mm! a pack-
age. Send for-circular with full information. -
ELYS’ CREAM BALM 00.. Owego, NJ .
For sale by the Norwalk Drugglsts,, and by
Wholesale Druggists generally. 50 e o w 1y
$51082
and, Mame.
"C
meme
Po: M cull":
aluminum
1 W
5 awe'el: in your own town. Terms and 85
§6 outfit free. Address ILHALLETT «it 00.;
o t and, Maine. , lyll
IERS,
HAVE BEEN lMlTA'l-ED,
And their excellent reputation in-
jured by worthless imitations. The
Public are cautioned agaimst buy-
ing’l’lasters having simii. r sound-
ing names. See that the word
C—A—P—C-I-N—E is correctly Spelled.
Banson’s tannins
Parana Planers
Are the only improvement ever
made in Plasters.
One is worth more than a dozen
of any other kind.
Will positively cure where other
remedies will not even relieve.
Price 25 cents.
Beware of cheap Plasters made
with lead paleons.
SEABL'RY 8L JOHNSON,
Manufacturing Chemists, New York.
'1‘ LAST. Price 256“.
and BONION PLASIEB. ,
EMEDYA
l's‘ «littlest-‘01!"
7,,‘4‘4
ISTRICT 0F NORWALK, ss. Probate Courh
quired. Salary and expenses paid. 500 acres of
Sundays.
How sweet the sum of holy days
Along life’s pathway given—
Blest waves that pour on Time’s dark shore
The dawning light of Heaven!
Sweet, sacred days of peace and rest
That lead the soul above
Earth’s careworn ways to courts of praise—
Deur proofs of Heavenly love 2'
The poor made rich; the life of toil
Illumed by these bright days,
As one by one they swiftly come,
Is filled with light and praise!
A sweet and solemn hush they bring—
A glowing deepening sense
Of life’s vast worth, of power on earth,
Unveiled Omnipotence! ‘ -
The Father‘s face of holy love,
The Father’s gracious hand,
Shine through these days we rest and praise
By his divine command.
0 sweet, 0 wondrous mystery,
No mortal thought may span-—
The Christ of heaven so freely given,
God’s love uplifting man!
Our Father, God, to whom we pray,
Our refuge, strength and light,
Who walks with thee across life’s Sea
Will find no star-less night!
—C’lu'cago Tribune.
A woman enters a dry goods store,
Steps to a clerk who stands near the door,
Asks him to show.her the latest style,
And she pulls over the goods meanwhile,
Says she : “I want a dress for my niece,
Will you please show me that under piece ?
Oh! I didn’t see ’twas a polka spot,
That is too near like the one she's got.
That piece with the stripes would just sell me,
It’s just as prettyas it can be;
But she wants a better covered ground, '
With a sort of vine running all ’round.
She don’t want too__ dark, nor yet too light,
Or a striped piece, nor yet very bright ;
I think she’d like what you showed me last,
But do you think the colors are very fast?
Cut off a bit, before I decide,
I'll take the piece home and have it tried.
I had a dress like that last fall,
And the colors did not wash at all.
I like those patterns there on the end,
I'll take a few samples for a friend.
Now a bit of this, if you’ll be so kind,
And a bit of that, if you’d not mind.
They’re the nicest styles I've seen this year,
I most alvvaya do my trading here,
I have got a. piece that came from here,
I forgot the price—’twas pretty dear.
It’s a sort of dark alpaca stuff,
I want to match it, I've not enough.
Do you think you have it in the store?
My dress is spoiled if I can’t get more.
Will you put these samples in a bill I
I’ll know where I got them if you will.
I'll take them home, if she thinks they’ll do,
You’ll see me back in a day or two.
Protidence Press.
SCIENTIFIC JISCELLANI.
The appropriations of the British govern-
ment for scientific purposes this year incIude
$4,000 to the Meteorological Council for
furnishing weather forecasts to newspapers
without cost. The same liberal patron of
science will be called upon to contribute
$75,000 to defray the expense of observing
the transit of Venus in December.
The micro-telephone has been applied by
Count Von Eugenberg, in the Tyrol, to
the discovery {of underground streams of
water. He buries several microphones in the
soil, connectingleachyith a telephone. With
this arrangement he is enabled, in the quiet
of night, to distinguish the gurgle of flowing
water at a considerable depth in the earth.
Mr. Arthur Morin, .of Paris, states that
experiments continued for anumber of years
by garrisoned cavalry regiments in various
parts of France have been proved that horses
are healthier and stronger when kept in sta-
bles with doors and windows open night
and day in all seasons than where they are
kept shut. Similar observations have been
made in stables containing large numbers of
cattle, which are by good ventilation relieved
from epidemic affections of the respiratory
organs. ,
Prof. Nordenskjold during his Attic
voyages was perplexed by the question,
what becomes of the bodies of animals which
, die a natural death. He very seldom found
such remains, and declared that on Spitz-
bergen it was easier to find vertebrae of mon-
ster extinct reptiles than the bones of the
seal, walrus or bird of the present day. The
problem is yet unsolved.
A curious burial place was lately revealed
in New Zealand, Animmense tree,supposed
to be many centuries old, was blown down,
and a large quantity of human bones was
disclosed in the hollow intericlf. some of the
skeletons being quite perfect. The existence
of the cemetery was unknown to the Moor's
of the vicinity, who assert that it must date
from a very ancient period.
Aremarkable cloud, observed in Guate-
mala during eight consecutive days of last
February, was found to consist of seeds
floating in the air. The stream of particles
resembled snowflakes in appearance,aud was
only visible when between the observer and
the sun. . .
The havoc wrought by lightning is often
frightful; A few weeks ago a thunderbolt
struck a chimney 150 feet high—located in
the north of France—and cut a deep fissure
in its entire length. Among other examples
of like powerful elfects,-Arago states :that
in 1762 lightning destroyed the turret of a
church at Comouailles, and threw a stone
weighing not less than 225 pounds to a dis-
tance of 150 feet: and in‘1809, a wall near
Manchester, weighing more than 26 tons, was
lifted from its foundation and removed nine“
feet _at one end by a very heavy thunder-
bolt.
Dr. Elliott Coues’ new list of the birds of
North America mentions 888 species. Only
about 500 were known in Audubon's time.
The dazzling effect of the electric arc is a
source of objection to its use as a locomotive
head-light by the French engineers who have
been trying it.
An oriental writer has recently given an
interesting description of an ancient burial ‘
in the Chinese empire. It was the custom '
for the wealthy man to procure his coffin
when he had reached the age of forty. He
would then have it painted three times a
year with a compositiog resembling silicate
paint or enamel, which formed an exceed-
ingly hard coating, The process of making
this paint is now one of the lost arts of Chinaw
If the owner of the coffin lived longenough.
the frequent painting—each coat being of
considerable thickness—caused it to assume i
the appearance of a foot or more in thlckness
of this bank stone-like shell. After death
the veins and cavities of the persona stemach
were filled with quicksilver for the purpose ~
of preserving the body. A piece of jade
would then be placed in each nostril and ear,
and in 'one hand, while a piece of bar silver
would be placed in the other. The body '
thus prepared was placed on a layer of I?
quicksilver within the coffin; the latter was?
sealed, and the whole deposited in its final ~
restiag~plaee. When some of these sarc'o- ‘
phagi were opened after a lapse of centuries,
the bodies were found to be perfectly pre-
served, but they quickly crumbled to dust on
being exposed to the air. I ~
A London Medical ofilcer, Dr. Gibbon, is
authority for the statement that the Jews of
London average twice as long a period of
life-as the Christians. Pulmonary consump- ,
tion and scrofula are almost unknown among
the Jews of the metropolis. Their children
seem to suffer less from disease than do those
of the English and Irish Gentiles in neigh-
boring localities.
Mgr.”
“What Alexander Might have
Done."
The late Czar of Russia was eminently a, ,
great man, as his actionin liberating thirty- ‘
six millions of serfs from. slavery qualified
him to be. Yet with all his greatness, Alex- . .
under left it to Dr. Swayne, to liberate the
world from the annoyance and pain of scores '
of skin diseases, by producing Swayne’s
Ointment. Think of the tens, hundreds,
thousands, it has cured, and then remember
it is economical, effective, reliable and pure,
and if you will only‘ try it you will have a
cure. ~4tl5
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