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VOL. LXVI...NUMBEB 5
Nobility.
ALICE CARY.
True worth is in being not seaming ;
In doing each day that goes by
Some little good—not in the dreaming
Of great things to do bygand-by.
For whatever men say in blindness,
And spite of the fancies of youth,
There’s nothing so kindly as kindness,
And nothing so royal as truth. '
We get back our mete as we measure,
We cannot do wrong and feel right;
Nor can we give pain and gain pleasure,
For justice avenges each slight.
The air for the wings of the sparrow,
The bush for the robin and wren.
But always the path that is narrow
And straight for the'children of men.
We cannot make bargains for blisses,
Nor catch them like fishes in nets;
And sometimes the things our life misses
Bel p more than the things which it gets.
For good hath not in pursuing
Nor gaining of great nor of small,
' But just in the doing, and doing
As we would be done by, is all.
,Thro’ envy, thro’ malice, thro’ hating,
Against the world, early and late,
No jot of our courage abating,
Our part is to work and to wait.
And slight is the sting of his trouble,
Whose winnings are less than his worth ;
For he who is honest is noble,
Whatever his fortunes of birth.
A Misplaced Kindness.
0n the death ofIVColonel Laking, no one
was more surprised at his not having left a ‘
will than Mr. Alfred Laking, his nephew and
heir-at-law. That gentleman had the best
reasons for knowing that his uncle was not
well disposed toward him—in fact, the Col-
onel had refused to have anything to do with
him for some years past. The truth was
that Alfred Laking was once guilty of an act
of meanness which his uncle never forgave,
and therefore the fortunate heir had not ex-
pected to benefit by his uncle’s death. But
even outsiders, who knew nothing of the cause
of the estrangement between the Colonel and
his nephew, were amazed at the old gentle-
man dying intestate. He had so frequently
expressed his determination of preventing
his nephew from succeeding to his property,
and had made so many wills at d=fiercnt
times with that object, that his intestacy
caused universal astonishment. It was gen—
erally supposed that his. somewhat sudden
death had frustrated his testamentary inten-
tions, or else that, at the last moment, he had
realized the force of the old adage that blood
is thicker than water, and had been content
to permit his nephew to inherit in the ordi-
nary course of law. ,
But while Mr. Alfred Lakiug received the
congratulations of his friends with equanimi-
ty and apparently acquiesced in the general
opinion that he was a very lucky individual,
he did not by 'an y means feel secure of his
inheritance. His natprai cunning and his
mean, suspicious nature suggested the idea
that his uncle had not failed to take due
precautions to guard against the contingency
which had happened. He did not believe
for an instant that the old man’s feelings
had softened toward him in his last moments,
any sentiment approaching magnanimity
being beyond the narrow limits of his moral
preceptions. In his heart of hearts he felt
convinced that there was a will in existence
and that he owed his inheritance to the ac.
cidental circumstance of the document having
been mislaid or overlooked.
But though this foreboding possessed him
so strongly that it amounted almost to a
moral certainty, he took no steps to verify
his suspicions. On the contrary be carefully
refrained from doing anything of the kind.
He did stealthily and in secret scrutinize his
uncle's papers,destroying all those which con-
tained suspicious memorands. But he omit-
ted totake the obvious course of advertising
in the newspapers, or applying to the various
legal gentlemen whose services—to his knowl-
edge—his uncle had from time to time em-
ployed. He thought it possible—probable,
in fact—that one of these might be in posses-
sion of a will; but he could neversummon up
courage to ask. He kept the fact of the old
man's death as quiet as possible, not even an-
nouncing the event in the‘daily papers. He
employed a strange solicitor to perform the
legal work connected with the administration
of the estate, and, in short, endeavored to
avoid publicity in any way. ~ .
For the first few months of his uncle's
death he was perpetually haunted by the
dread that his elaborate precautions would
be thrown away; but when a year had passed
he began to breathe more freely. The
chances were, he thought, that, if a will
existed, it would have turned up by this
time, or else it would probably rot away in .
its hiding place. Thus by degrees the phan-
tom conjured up by his pusilauimous imag-
ination became less appalling, until one day
his anxiety was revived by a very ominous
incident. »
A shabbily-drossed, middle-aged man,
called upon him. and said he had an import-
ant communication to make. He gave the
name of Crumber, and Alfred Laking then
recollected that he was a clerk in the ofilce
of the solicitor whom he had employed to
wind up his uncle's estate. This circum-
stance seemed reassuring, for Alfred Laking
supposed the man had been sent with acme
message from his master relating to business.
“I presume Mr. Baker asked you to call ?”
he said, nervously.
' “No, air; the fact is I left Mr. Baker’s
ofilce some months ago. I am at present in
, another situation," replied the man. .
“What is your business, than i” inquired
Mr. Laking, with increased uneasiness.
“I suppose we are quite alone, air, and
cannot be overheard 1’" said the man, mys-
toriously.
“You can speak out, though I cannot im-
agine what you can have to say that is so
important," returned Mr. Laking, glancing to
see that the door was closed.
'fWhen I left Mr. Baker's office, I took a
situation with another solicitor," said Crum-
ber, lowering his voice. “The gentleman I
am now with is Mr. Mayne, of Lincoln’minm
fields. I don't know whether you ever heard
of him, sir.”
Alfred Laking started, and turned deadly
pale. He happened to know that his uncle
had consulted this gentleman professionally
at a comparatively recentuate, and he there-
fore insiinctively guessed the nature of the
revelation in store for him.
”‘No! I never heard of Mr. Mayne, and I
don't believe my uncle did," he replied, al-
most fiercely.
,“Woll, sir, you see, Your uncle did not al-
ways consult you about his affairs," returngd
Mr. Crumber, rather disrespectfully. “At.
any rate, he knew Mr. Mayne, who preparcd
a will for him shortly‘ before he died."
{'How do you know i" demanded Alfred
Laking,‘ toossartied to conceal his agitation.
“Because I’ve seen it. I’ve not only seen
it, but I’ve read it. Your name isn't men-
tioned in that will, Mr. Laking," said the
man, with a grin. -
“A very fine story," said Alfred Laklng,
with a forced laugh. “Pray, how is it that
Mr. Mayne has never written to inform me
of the alleged will ?"
“Because, in the first place, I doubt if he
is aw are of the Colonel’s death; but,,if he is
he has probably forgotten that the Colonel
left his will with him, for his memory isn’t
what it was,” said Mr. Crumber, growing
more familiar in his manner as he remarked
Alfred Laking's white lips and agitated de-
meanor. “By some omission the will was
not indexed in the schedule of the contents
of the strong room. I came across it quite
accidentally while searching for something
else. Knowing the name of the testator and
all the circumstances, the will attracted my
attention. Otherwise, it would probably
have remained undisturbed for years."
“Then do you mean to say that Mr. Mayne
is unaware of the existence of the will ?”
said Alfred Laking, with voluntary eager-
ness.
"I believe everyone in the ofiicc has for-
gotten it. I might purloin that will from
the safe to-morrow and no one would be the
wis.:r," returned Crumber, impressively. I
It was impossible to ignore the insidious
purpose of the man's visit. Evidently he
was an unrcrupulous scoundrel, who desired
to turn the discovery .he had made to account.
Alfred Laking looked at him with newly
awakened curiosity, and was by no means
favorably impressed by his appearance. The
man had_a forbidding expression, and it sud-
denly occurred to Mr. Laking that this was
an impatient attempt to extort money by
false pretenses.
. “I don’t believe a word of what you say,”
he cried, suddenly rising from his seat and
confronting the unwelcome visitor. “Your
story is a tissuecf falsehoods."
“I was afraid you, might think so, sir, so I
ventured to bring the will with me,” said the
man slyly.
’ "What! you have actually stolen it i”
cried Alfred Laking. .
“I have it here, anyway," returned Crum-
ber. coolly, as he produced a document from
his pocket. “I can put it back where I took
it from within an hour. Of course, it is of
no earthly use to me." ' _
“Let me see it," said Alfred Laking, in a
hoarse voice, seating himself in his chair
again.
Mr. Crumber unfolded the document and
glanced at it, apparently reflecting whether
it would be wise to part with it. But after a
pause he laid it on the desk, saying:
“I'm treating you like a gentleman, sir.
You must promise to return it to me."
“'Yes, yes, " said Alfred Laking, stretching
out his hand impatiently.
Some moments elapsed before the agitated
gentleman could compose himself sufficiently
to take in the contents of the will. He first
turned to the final page, which bore the sig-
nature of the testator and the attesting wit-
nesses. .
So far as he could judge the signatures
were genuine, and -the document had evi-
dently been prepared several months ago,
the edges of the paper being discolored and
the ink faded. It was dated a few weeks
before Colonel Laking's death, and was,
therefore, in all probability, the last will he
made. When he came to read it carefully
Alfred Laking’s lingering hope that the docu-
pelled. From internal evidence it was un-
doubtedly genuine, the name of various per-
sons and places being mentioned which no
stranger could have fabricated. The Colonel
appeared to have left his property to some
distant relatIVes, subject’to a few charitable
brquests. His nephew’s name was not men-
tioned and an old military friend was ap-
pointed executor.
Mr. Alfred Laking read the will over two
or three times, keeping his face concealed
from Mr. Crumber, who manifested a good.
deal of impatience. At length he roused
himself from his unpleasant reflections, fold-
ed up the fatal document, and fixed a half-
frightened, half-defiant gaze upon his visitor.
“What do you propose to do with this i’"
he inquired nervously. _ . .
“Well, sir, that depends’upon you,” replied
Crumber. “If you advise me to put it back
and remind the Governor of it, well and
good."
But Alfred Laking did not hasten to sd-
vise this straightforward course. He kept
silent for a long time, fidgoting nervously
with the document be had in his hand, and
at length Crumber spoke.
" You see, air, nobody knows (if the exis-
tence of the will but you and me. Supposing
we were to throw it on the fire yonder, who
would be the wiser f”
“ How dare you suggest such a thing r”
cried Alfred Laklug, with a show of virtuous
indignation, “ it would be a criminal offense.”
“I suppose you wouldn‘t'sflit on me, air,
if I was to do it,” suggested Crumber,
speaking almost in a whisper. “ The fact is,
sir, I'm thinking of emigrating. I don't
mind the risk. Give me £1,000 and the
trick is done."
The indgnant expression had died out of
Alfred Laking’s face, leaving it. whiter than
ever, and he gazed at his companion with a
kind of terrified fascination. He was struck
by the boldness and simplicity of the course
suggested, which would efi’ectually reliéve
him from all further anxiety. But he shrank
from being a party to a deliberate fraud for
fear of the consequences, and he was rather
staggered by the large amount which Mr.
Crumber demanded fop‘his services. Yet,
when be reflected that he would lose his
whole fortune if the will should be discovered,
and also that Crumber might be tempted—if
he refused to accept his terms—to asllhis
secret to other interested parties, be resolved
to close with him at once. It was a sudden
determination, taken half in desperation and
half from sheer flight. The will was de-
stroyed, and early the next morning Mr.
Crumber started for America from Liverpool
with £1,000 in gold in his pocket.
Alfred Laking went and saw him off, hav-
ing, in fact, declined to hand over the
money until he was safely on board ship.
Upon his return to London, feeling, in spite
of suiidry misgivings, .more relieved and
light-hearted than he had done since his
uncle's death, his exuberant spirits received
sudden check in consequence of the receipt
of a letter from Mr. Mayne, which 'ran
thus : .
“leoom-Inn-Frnms.
“ SIB : ‘I formerly acted professionally for
your late uncle, Colonel Laking, and shall be
glad if you will give me a call at your
earliest convenience, on a matter of import-
ance. Yours talthiully,
“ JOHN D. Maxim.”
This communication gave him a great
shock, .as it naturally occurred to him at once
that this " matter of importance ” referred to
his uncle’s will. If the document had already
been missed, immediate steps would of
course be taken to recover it, which might
lead to the arrest of Crumber, and even
result in his own apprehension on a criminal
charge. The bars notion of such a calamity
brought beads of perspiration to his brow,
_and his first impulse was to flee the country.
But upon ,sccond‘thoughts be abandoned
the idea. Even supposing Crumber should
be suspected of having destroyed the will
there was no proof. Upon the whole, Alfred
Laking thought the wisest course would be
to face the matter out; and much as he
would have preferred to avoid an interview
with the lawyer, be determined to call upon
him without delay.
Accordingly he presented himself at Mr.
Mayne’s office the morning after receiving
the letter, looking very pale and nervous,
though making every cfiort to appear at
ease.
“ I wrote to you, Mr. Lakisg," said the
old lawyer, when they had exchanged greet-
ings, “ because I have reason to believe that
you have received a communication from a
man named Crumber.” ' ' ’
“ No,” murmured Alfred Laking.
His answer appeared to cause Mr. Mayne
some surprise, for the old gentleman stared
at him through his spectacles for a second or
two, and then said, lather sharply :
“Name of Crumber. Tno man was a
clerk in my office until recently.”
ment might be a forgery was quickly disfl'
“Certainly not,” repeated Alfred Lak-
ing. He intended his reply to be bold and
emphatic, but the attempt was a miserable
failure. There was a quiver in his voice,
and his eyes instinctively sought the carpet.
"A-hem l” coughed Mr. Mayne, in an
unpleasantly significant manner. “ The faei
is,” he resumed, “ your uncle made a will
shortly before he died, which he left in my
charge, but a few days later he called and
revoked it. He gave as his reason that in
did not wish his animosity against you to
continue after his death.”
“ You don’t say that l" exclaimed Alfred
Laking, with a start of genuine surprise.
" He revoked the will by tearing of! the
signatures on the last page," continued the
lawyer, still looking his visitor in the face,
" and the mutilated document being, of
course, mere waste paper, was tied to the
draft and put away in an old press. . This
man Crumber, whom I discharged a few
Weeks ago for dishonestyy seems to haw
purloined -tbe mutilated document, and,
thinking he might meditate attempting to
impose upon you, I conceived it. to be my
duty to warn you. He might, for instance,
have restored the last page by means 01
forgery, and passed off the will upon you as
valid and subsisting.” - ,
“ The infernal scoupdrel I” cried Alfred
Laking, violently, forgetting his caution,
when he thought of his £1,000.
“Yes, I’m afraid he in that," said, the
lawyer, dr’yly. “ So you see, 11:. Linking,
it walkinduess thrown dwayfibii y ur part to
take the troubleto see blip of! from Liver-
pool yesterday. I wish you 'a good morning,
air."
Speech of Senator Platt
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D. 0., rerun, JANUARY. ‘19, 1883,~
Mr.. PLATI‘ said : Mr.'Presidcnt, I hope
that this amendment will not prevail. I
believe that this proposition to reduce post-
age from 8 cents to 2 cents upon sealed
letters is premature, and I desire that Con-
gress shall have the opportunity for a second
sober thought before the law goes into opera-
tion. I will endeavor in the briefest manner
possible to give my reasons why I think
this proposed reduction is premature.
In the first place, if postage is to be
reduced, there are other directions in which
the reduction is as imperatively demanded as
in this direction. The additional postage of
1 cent upon drop-letters in cities having free
delivery is .a real burden upon the business
correspondence of those cities. I think it
should receive first attention, as I will on-
deavor to show as I proceed. It doubles
the postage upon letters as a penalty for
having free delivery which the Government
ought not only to give without additional
pay but ought very largely to extend.
Then I think the postage on unsealed
letters, business correspondence in unsealed
letters, might be reduced to 2 cents quite as
properly as this reduction; but I think that
the whole scheme of the reduction of post-
age at. this time is premature. ' I know that
there seems to be the opinion prevailing in-
Congress and in certain newspapers that
there is a very general ‘demand for this
reduction in letter postage. I confess I have
not heard it out of Congress and out of the
newspapers. Ihave not heard it among the
people, and I do not believe that the people
esteem it to be any hardship upon them to
pay 8 cents postage upon a letter sent to any
part of this country. Where one person has
spoken to me on that subject ten persons
have spoken to ,me on other matters con-
nected with the post-ofilca system, and I
think the general desire amBWple is
that there shall be no reduction of postage
till the revenues of the Post-Office Depart-
ment have been expended to develop and
perfect the post ofilce system and give the
people greater conveniences than they now
have, and make ,that system more efficient.
I make no criticism upon the Post-Office
Department. The growth and development
of the post-rfilce system has been great.
Postmaster-Generals have done all that they
could under the disposition in Congress not
to make large expenditures for the Post-
omce Department so long as there was a
deficiency. Many improvements which they
would have desired to introduce and have
recommended to Congress time and time
again they have not been able to carry out
because Congress would not make the neces-
sary appropriations, and the reason given in
Congress for not making the necessary appro-
priations always has been that the Post-Ofiice
Department entailed a large deficiency.
Now, for the first time in twenty years, I
think, the Post-Ofilce Department is self-
snstaining, and we have arrived just at that
point where we ought to improve this sys'
tem, where we ought to make it more efil-
clent, where we ought to. study the con-
venience of the people and see that the
United States is not behind the rest of the
world 1p the conveniences which it affords
to the people through this postal system.
Now, allow me to refer to some minor
matters. The matter of office accommoda-
tions at the third and fourth class emcee is a
matter in which there may be very great im-
provement. The convenience to the people
can be wonderfully enhanced. I will not
weary the Senate by going into details. It
is within the personal observation of every
Senator who is familiar with the post-ofiices
in the smaller places, that‘he, conveniences
might be increased a hundred and twohun-
dred per cent. with very little additional
expense. I think it ought to be done. I
think the expenses necessary to make this
increase should be borne now when the
Department is self-sustaining. If it is not
done now it never will be.
Another thing that I wish to speak of is
this : We should have more frequent mails.
Take New England ,and the Middle States,
and Senators will be surprised to learn, I
think, that certainly one-fifth of the mail
routes in the New England and Middle
States are less than daily. In there any
reason why in these States where a railroad.
reaches usually within ten or fifteen miles of
every town, every town should not have a
daily mail ? I know towns in my own State,.
within eight or ten miles of a railroad, that
have but a semi-weekly mail. I have on;
deavored to have it increased to a daily mail,
but I have been met continually with the
statement that Congress would not apprr-
priate siifilcieu’t money for that purpose, and
the reason Congress would not do it was
because there was a deficiency in the Post.
Office Department. Take the towns and
cities that are situated upon railroads, the
mails carried upon railroads should be in-
creased in frequency. A town of three or
five thousand inhabitants situated upon a
railroad should never be dependent upon
one daily mail. And upon this point, there
is no reason why we should not have special
.nail facilities by fast trains. That subject,
which was 'discussediehere yesterday, points
what I am saying upon this matter. The
speed of mails should be increased. We
should carry mails as fast as passengers are
carried in this country, and we should, not
stand here, giggling and debating whether
we will spend $185,000 in a year to increase
the speed of mails, to make it possible to
send a letter to Chicago or St. Louis and
get an answer a day quicker than we should
otherwise. What the peopb want in these
matters is to be well served, served as well
as it is possible that they can be served, no
matter what the expense is. -
Take the matter of box-rents. The whole
subject of box-rents needs re-adjusting.
They need to be cheapened. We want' better
oifices, better box accommodations, better
aoryice at ofiices.
But, Mr. President, ther’e is another thing
that we want still more.
delivery of the malls extended, and largely
extended. There are in the United States,
icc'ording to the census,'246 cities of over
10,000 inhabitants. ..- In those cities very
nearly one. quarter of the population of the
United States resides. There is no reason
why the .Government should not deliver. in
everyone of those cities of the United States.
without the additional charge of 1 cent upon
each drop-letter, the letters received in those
cities, at the doors of the individual. 0 whom
they are addressed. on, but 80 are any
that will cost money. Indeed it will cost
money, but I 'desire that the Post-Office
revenues shall not be reduced until ucon-
venience like that shall be extendcd'just as
far as it is practicable to extend it.
I find by the Postmaster General's report
that only 112 cities now liavc free delivery.
The law only makes it obligatory upon the
Postmaster-General to give a free delivery _of
letters in cities of 30,000 inhabitants, and
makes it discretionary with him to allow it
in cities where the population is 20,000, or
the gross revenues-are $20,000.» .
that the limitation in that law should be
repealed. I find by the Postmaster-General’s
report, desirous as he has been and desirous
as Congress has been that there should be no
deficiency in the Post-Office Department any
longer, that this free delivery system has
been extended to but three cities in the
United States during the past fiscal year.
Take my own State. From recollections I
say that there are something over fifteen
towns and cities having a populati‘oncom-
pact, I think, within a mile or two of the
postofiice to the farthest delivery, ranging
in population from five to twenty-five
thousand inhabitants. Ithink it much bet-
ter to spend the surplus revenues of the
Post-Office Department in seeing that within
such towns and cities as those letters are
delivered at. the doors of thsoe to whom they
are addresssd without extra charge for the
seivics, rather than that postage should be
reduced. I believe that the people think so
too. Ido not believe that the people are
clamoring at the doors of Congress to reduce
postage from 3 cents to 2 cents until these
improvements have been adopted. In Great
Britain more than 90 per cent, of the letters
are delivered to the individuals at their
residences or place of business, and, I think,
without extra charge. It is the principle of
the English system that the delivery of let-1
ters shall be universal. .
MR. 'SAULSBURY.—Does the Senator
mean to any that they deliver at everybody's
house in England ? ‘
MR. PLA I‘T.-——llfore than 00 per cent. of
the letters going through the Brtish postofiice
are delivered at the doors of the persons to
whom they are addressed. In the early
history of the postal system in England it
was the law that it should be so does. As
far back as 1704 there are cases in the re-
ports where actions were brought against.
postmasters for not delivering letters wher-
ever they were addressed, and it was decided
to be the law of England that they should
be so delivered. It 'was the law in this
country during the Confederate Congress.
Lettercarriers were always appointed in
this country at the discretion of the post- .
master to deliver letters without additional .
charge, until this free-delivery system, as it
called, came into vogue. It should be one
of the fundwlental principles of a well-rag-
ulated postal system that every letter should
be ,delivered to the individual addressed,
where it is possible and practicable that it
should be done.
, It Minimise“ improvement which the
people would hall with joy, tel’times the
joy that they will hail the reduction of pos-
tage, but it never will be done until the Post-
Ofii‘lce is t only self-sustaining but earns a
surplus $60.06.
I can not, with the pressure that there is
upon the. Senate, stop to dwell upon these
things: Ican merely outline them; I can
merely call the attention of Senators to what
I believe to be the real desire of the people
upon the question, and I will when I close
propose an amendment to change the existing
law with _rcference _to the free delivery of
letters.'
But there is puother subject to which I
desire to allude, a subject in which there is
already'a great interest, a growing interest,
an interest that will grow and make a voice
that will have to be heard and heeded in the
halls of legislation, and that is the question
of the transmission of messages by electricity
by the telegraph. The telegraph to-day is
the rich man's mail. The time is coming,
and it is hastening rapidly, when the peo-
ple of this country will demand that it shall
be no longer the rich man’s mail, but that it
shall be brought within the reach and ability
of evory’individual in this land. I can not
understand how it is that a Government
like ours, that professes to be in advance of
the world, that boasts of its progesaive
spirit ‘and tendencies, that boasts of its
invention, that boasts of the utilization of
the arts and sciences in its boarders, should
fall back on the slow railroad and steamboat
for the transmission of its messages, and al-
low quick'transmission to be in the hands of
a single corporation substantially in this
country. _ . ’
Isaid that the telegraph to-day was the
rich man’s mail. The transmission of letters
and messages is a Government function, it
pertains to the Government,’ and it ought
never to have been sufiered to go out of the
hands of Government. We ought just as much
to utilize the telegraph as to utilize thesending
letters by the railway. I remember when the
saddle-bags thrown across the horse containe-
ed the letters which were sent through the
country. Then we adopted the steamboat
and then the railroad, and then we insist
that we shall have fast trains. Why ? That.
we may get a letter to California in a week
and get an answer in a week, and the Gov-
ernment proposes to do it, for 3 cents. The
Government can send a letter of twenty
words to California and get an answer in a
single day at an expense, I verily believe, of
not more than 85 cents. Ought not the
Government to do it? Can the Government
excuse itself for not serving the people with
this new means of communiCuting messages P
Isaid that the transmission of messages
by electricity was mainly in the hands of a
coropration. Iam not continually talking
about monopolies, bu‘t Ildo say that this bus-
siness of carrying leflers, of transmitting
messages,.is a monopoly which belongs to
the Government of the United States and not
to corporations, and if thcse gentlemen who
are troubled with the power and the increas-
ing power of monopolies, and justly troubled
desire to look shed for the greatest monop
oly of the world in proportion to its capital,
they will find it in this same telegraph com-
pany. Its riceipts the last year were $17,-’
000,000 and its acknowledged profits were
$7,000,000, more. than 40 percent. oflts re-
ceipts. I say its acknowledgedproiits; what
its real profits were no one knows.
If the Government, as it ought to have
done under the statue of 1860 authorizing it
to do so, had taken control of the telegraph
system of this country it. would have saved
last year $7,000,000 to ,the people of this
country; and thatis a. better saving than the
saving which they propose to effect upon
postage, because with that saving would
have come the added convenience, as the
_~.tclegrapll would have been brought within
. the reach of the humblest individual. If an
individual in common life now receives a
telegraphic dispatch he fears that it means
death or disaster. It the Government in
1866 had taken the telegraph it would be a
common means of communication between
i
We_w0nt the free,
I think ‘
the common people of this country today.
The enormous profits which are lost to the
indibiduals of the country and are put in the
pockets of the stockholders of this corpora-
tion are nothing to what they are expected
to be. The president :of the corporation in
his last annual report estimates that the re-
ceipts of the company in the year 1887 will
be between $31,000,000 and $32,000,000 and
the profits $16,000,000. ' ' ,
I insist upon it that there should be no
diminution or the revenues of the Post-Office
Department until its surplus funds have been
used at least to make a fund for the purchase
at an appraised value, of the telegraph lines
of the United States. Looking forward five
years to 1887, taking the report and estimate
of the president of that corporatiOn in the
year 1887, it would save $16,000.000'to'the
people of the United States and aflord' them
vastly increased ‘faeilities for corresponding
with each other. I have no time to elaborate
this propOsition to-day. ‘ I believe that when
the people come to think of these matters
they will vastly prefer that the convenience
of the present system shall be extended;
that new improvements shall be adopted ;
that the frequency of mails shall be increased;
that the speed of mails shall be increased;
that free delivery shall be extended almost
indefinitely; and that ggongress sheik take
steps before the coming storm to Fee to it that
the control of _ the telegraph system of this
country passes into the hands of the Govern-
ment. ' , . ,
I submit my amendment at this time and
ask to haveit read for information as I shall
propose to ofler it : _
“All laws and parts of laws forbidding the
“employment of letter-carriers for the free de-
"livery of letters in cities heving,a popula-‘
“tion less than 20,000, or having a gross an-‘
“nual revenue of less than $20,000, are here-
“ny repealed, and the Postmaster-General
"is hereby authorized. to extend‘the free de‘:
“livery of letters from time to time accord-5
“ing to his discretion." ~ »,
Mr. President, I desire to agree with the
Senator from Texas inone thing, and that is
that there is no section in this country where
the convenience of the people should be
studied in the administration of the.postal
system more than another. I think one
reason why we have not greater improve-
ment and development has been sectional
jealousy, which did net like to see a,few_
dollars expended in one section unless some- ‘
thing could be expended ‘ also in another
section. I think we ought to do away with
all that thing. Wherever there is a demand .
for improvement, for more conveniences, for
greater service, there the whole county ought
to see that it is had. - ~ " - ‘1’
What Made the Pancakes Taste
so Queer. ~ ;
“I had a little quiet fun this morning at
the breakfast table,” said the bad boy. “You
see pa is the contrariest man that ever was.
If I complain that anything at the table don’t
morning I to‘ the syrup pitcher 'and em‘pg
tied out the white syrup and put' in some cod
liver oil that me is taking for her cough. I
put some on my pancakes, and pretended to
taste of it, and told pa the syrup was sour
and not fit to eat. Pa was mad in a second,
and be poured out some on his pancakes and
said I-was getting too confounded particular.
He said the syrup was good enough for him,
and he sopped his pancake in it and fixed it
down his neck. He is a gaul durned hypo-
crite, that’s what he is. I could see by his
face that the cod liver oil was nearly killing
him, but he said that syrup was all right,
and if I didn't eat mine he'd break my back,
and by gosh I had to eat it, and pa said be
guessed he didn't have much appetite'and he
woludjust drink a cup of coflee and eat a
doughnut. I like to dide. But I felt sorry
for ma. Ma ain’t got a very strong stummick
and when she got some of that cod liver oil
in her month she went right up stairs,
sickern a horse, and pa had to help her, and
she had nooralgia all the‘ morning._ I eat
pickles to take’the taste out of my mouth,
and then I laid for the hired girls. They eat
too much syrup, anyway, and when they got
on to the cod liver oil and swallowed a lot of
it, one of them, a nirish girl, she got up from
the table and put her hand on her corset
said. ‘howly Jayson,‘ and went out in the
kitchen, as pale as me is when she .has
powder on her face, and the other girl, who
is Dutch, she swallowed a pancake and said,
“Mine Gott, van de matter from me," and
she went and leaned on the coal bin. Tneu
they talked Irish and Dutch and got clubs
and started to look for me, and I thought I
would come over here. The whole family
is sick, but I guess they will get over it.
Pa and I are going to Chicago next week,
and I'll bet we’ll have some fun. Pa says I
need a changc‘of air, and I'think he is going
to try and lose me. It's a cool day when I
I get left anywhere that‘I can’t find my way
bpclr.”—1lz'lwouka Sim.
w:
Zero Weather.
Every section. of the Stale reports zero
Weather yesterday morning, and even in the
chore towns, where the temperature is
usually several degrees higher than inland.
In Hartford, at sunrise, the mercury marked
2 degrees below with a piercing wind. The
temperature moderated during the foreuoon,
to ten above at 1 o'clock. At 8 o’clock lat-t
evening the figure was the same, and the
wind having subsided pedestrianism was less
disagreeable. A warmer wave is reported
as approaching from the westward, with
indications of snow.
Figures from various points are thus given :
Glastonbury, Monday. night ten deyees be-
grees below: Sumeld, yesterday morning 10
degrees below; Bloomfield, 3 degrees below;
Windsor 2 degrees below; East Hartford 5
degrees. The horse reporter of the Times
oddly characterizes that town as “ the Maud
S. on zero weather.” However, East Hard-
ford lost the heat by 13 lengths, to Burrville
on the Naugatuck road, where 18 degrees at
5 o’clock yesterday morning is reported.
The above figures are nothing as compared
with those of some northwestern points:
Winnepeg, Manitoba, 46 degrees below;
Duflique, Monday, 27 degrees below; Chi-
cago yesterday morning, 20 degrees below;
various places in Canada, from zero to 85
degrees below—Hartford Gaul-ant, Gm. 24.
Threw her Diamondsin the Fire.
A Csilisle man and his wife remained
over night at a hotel in Harrisburgh re-
cently. Before retiring the lady wrapped
her diamond ear-rings, valued at $1,000, in
tissue paper, and placed them on the hu-
reali. Next morning after completing her
toilet she was arranging things on tho bu
reau and seeing the tissue paper, picked it
upand threw it into the open grate. As
she did so it flashed through her mind that
her diamonds were wrapped in the paper,
and she made a grab for it as the blaze
caught and consumed it. One of the ear-
rings was pulled out with the blazing paper,
but the other remained in the midst of the
red-hot coals, The lady forgetting her
pain, picked the jewel from the fire with
her fingers, burning them considerably.
sotting was very much tarnished—Allentown
Register. - , ’
Trying-Tor an Extension.
E'x-Senat'or Eaton of Connecticut, who is
now a member-elect to the next house of
representatives from the Hartford district, is
reported to' have said recently that “the
democratic party ,took out a patent fifteen
years ago for being fools, and 'are ’now busily
engaged in trying to get an extension of
time," all of which is true, but they began
further back than he says.—— Worcester y.
taste good, pa says that it is all right; This '
\
The diamonds were all right 'but their gold. .1.
‘NORWAL-ig GAZETTE,
PIILIIIIEII EVERY TUESDAY Infill".
I OFFICE IN GAZETTE BUILDING.
Subscription $2.00 per year, in advance.
Single Copies 5 Cents.
Entered at the Post Ofice at Norwalk, 001m,
as Second-Glass Matter.
Advertising Rates :
Four lines or less, 1 time 500., 3 times $1 00
One square, one insertion .. .. . . . . 1 00
One inch constitutes a square.
lpeelu Notices 25 per cent. advance on the '
above. C
Local fiotlces'in Beading Columns, 25=
Cents per line. ,
Yearly advertisers restricted to the business
contemplated at the time of eontract,hut are
permitted to make monthly changes of their ad-
vertisements. - . > ~ - ~- ' "
Marriages and Deaths inserted gratuitously.
Obituary or Funeral Notices 15 cents per line.~
All unusual cuts‘and devices'25 per cent. extra
, ,
A. H. BA LDWIN, M. ‘D..
lI-s fierstovddhis ofilce to'his New Residence
‘No. 11 wall street,‘Dr. Hill's place.
Hours till 9 a.«m.,’to‘3 and 7 to s p. m.
n 1.
I. ,: ALEX. , 8.1 GIBSON,
.Organist aria. ”First Congregational Church
,Teacher of :
Plano-lone. organ and Musical
Composition, '
Look no: 39, P. 0., nonws'nx. costs.
The Second Olden Paper In the Star c.
' WILL be sold at a. Bargain, ifnmlilcd fol' soon
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' tru
Runes-rare. .1...
M,W/vvwx'\/.\WA A, \ -.
For Sale or to Let.
Furnished or Uhfur'nished.
, HE Hogan on hipstllivenueiiccupied lgy 3:12;.
0. S. ‘crr . ‘n u to out epremise
istf - y q JAMES MlTolis’LL.
For Sale Cheap.
a small, neat Cottage, of six rooms. in good
neighborhood, and three minutes’ walk or the
Bridge. Apply at; GAZETTE or‘l’luh.
To Let.
' HElarge,commodious front rconr in Gazette-
Building just vacated by Francis Alcheon.
l‘ull particulars of
ll. .1. armless
. For Sale, or. to Rent.
11E well-known Farm at Winnipauk, formerly
, owned by Mor an T.Smith, is offered for
sale or to rent. The arm contains some macros
of improved land, in good condition, a commodi-
ous and convenient residence, barns,&c. Poe-
'session given immediately. Price low and terms
easy. For further articlilars enquire at the
FAIRFIEIJD UOUN ‘Y NATIONAL BANK. ll
To Let.
1
BE Lar c Hall recently occupied by the Odd
{1‘ Fellowgsmt’ the low yearly rcntnl‘of 8050.
Full particulars of.the‘ agent, .B.'J.-STURGES',
No.4.Gaaette building. . . .
For Sale or ,to Rent. -»
A House and One ,Agcl'loflfulid, on Prospect.
- . 1 . . : .' ~ .
tiny he had on reasonable terms. Apply 0 "
C
' , , a; E..W.STUART
3' Norwalk, March 16th, 1081.
iétl
Farm' for Sale, _
HE‘sub‘scrlber offers his-Farm forsale, situa-
i ted in ,the Town of Greenfield, in Saratogs.
Co.,lnthe state '01 New York, nine miles from
Saratoga Springs. It is.pleaaontl.y situated on
a rise of ground, 95 acres of land, which is favor-
my divided into pasture, plow, Zmeadolv and
voodlund; With a. large housc;;tho size of the
am 30 by 40, wagoh house and stabling, htiy loft
over-the same, 23:by.43, and .gruine‘ly 16 by 18.
Will he,so_id cheap; part of the purchase money
can remi-ln‘ on mortgage-it desired, or will ex-
change tel-village property Fonfurthor particu-
lars rupture of S LAS P. TUTTLE, '
l t51 . - .Norwalk.Conri,
t
. .
Desirable Property for sale.
A Very desirable place on East Avenue.
' . Also, aiew chorce Building Lots situated on
Osborn Avenue; for‘ sale cheap. .
l Also.a. nicelylocated House and Lot on Mer-
crin Street near West‘Avcnne,‘for sale at a bar-
gain, Enquire of x .
.. ,S. E. OS 0RN,‘EustAvenuc,
or to ‘D. W, Fi eh, W est Avenue.
. BERNARD COHN.
muonam- TAILOR,
wnnsvssw rnnstvu, want. an,
. arULLL'mE‘or '
Imported and iDomestic Cldhs
of..the latest styles, constant! enhand. Novel- '
ties in Scotch Suitings. . Satin action guaranteed
in every particular.
W. E. enthuse,
General Flil‘lllilllllli' Undertaker,
OPPOSITE HORSE B. R.DEPOT,.
H'Orders attended to pay or night. Residence
Main Street. 3 doors from Union avenue. . '
Telephone communication with the house. '
or. T. E. SWIFT,
D .E N T I ,s T ,
oloe and Residence No. 9 West Ave.
H'night Hand Bell.
The Nor—wall ,Fire Insurance 00.
Has now completed its
18th successful’ Business Year.
Andhaa not outstanding a Dollar of unpaidlosses
or of claims for losses.
In 800" GIMP“! IISIIIIESA‘I’ town RAT“.
Wmo .S'ralslar. Pres., s. E. Ohmsrnan, Trees.
'Gno.B. Cownlsfiee’y.
ETNA l NSUBAN CE Omar-HARTFORD.
Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual.
Capital and Assets, $8,902.272.64
lnsures against loss and damage by Fire, on terms
adopted to the hazard and consistent with the
laws of compensation. COWLES at MERRILL,
Sole Agents for Norwnlk and vicinity
J. Belden Hurlbutt,
Attorney and Counsellor altar,
Room No. 4, Up Stairs,
GAZETTE BUILDING, NORWALK
KABLES s. nocxwoon ,
Fashionable Draper and Tailed;
GENTS’ FURNISHING EMPORIUH
MainStreet,Norwalk.Oonn.
Mdllings Bros,
Carriages it Wagons
MADE TO ORDER.
Repairing in all its Branches.
0.x. MU'LI.ING8;. J.S . MULLING:
I Carriage Making.
AND
B E P A IRING .
AT \
H. TILLY’S
Main Street, South Nor-walk, Ct.
J. F. PeckvVell,
(Successor to L. 13‘. Marshall.)
Dealer in
llarliess k Saddlery
No. 7 James! Block Water Street.
REPAIRING
Neatly and promptly executed. 13-46
IRON FENCES.
VIIESUBSCRIBER having returned to Nor
walk, and located at 26 Leonard street. 1.-
prepared to furnish “’rougln neon Felic-
lngol‘ all styles. of the best material and best
workmanship. at. reusonabiepriccs. llavtng hatl
many years ot‘experlence in. the, making thercol
he feels confident t at he can satisfy all demands
Estimatesandplane cheerfull furnished.
EPHBAI M. MEitlthT,
Norwalk, Aug.1 .-. P.0. Box 657
’
' FIN-
Wllislties it handles
From PARK 65 Tranonnis,
Constantly on band; also, for table use,avery
Fine Brand of Claret,
FROM
ACKER, MERRILL Gr CONDI'I‘;
800de150 mills and Seltzer
Erom the es ebrsted manufeetory of
BBEEN a: BIBNE;
BASS ALE
Bottled by. GRIFFIN Jr CO. ,\l the London
Agents of Bass dt Co. £m5l
Adams House Billiard Parlors.
THOMAS McELHINNY,
Veterinary SliI'Ellllll and Dental,
NORWALK, CONN.
Treats'suceéaeiully all‘Cureable Diseases of
Home or Cattle. Orders received at W. E.
QUI’TARD’S, orIP._O. Box 49. 3
éfiélww '
Building-tints
FORSALE . .
0n Wilton. Avenue. .
Apply to
4
BENJ.’J. STURGES, or'O. F. WILSM
Gazette Building. _ at
P. W BATES.
AT HIS
Mirth lilaiilehrl,
' On; Water .Street,
' HAS NEW pasrexs is
Head Stones; Monuments and
al kinds of ,Memurlai Work.
cam. AND SEE THEM.
JOHN H.SMITE§,
F L O R I S T ,
EAST SIDE or MAIN STREET some
or RAILROAD,
City ofSouth Nor-walk, Conn.
Plants and Flowers at all seasons
Flowerstor-Funeralazrurnlshed and
tastefully arranged to order at alien
001500
Horse 8.11 o eing.
WILLIAM MCCORMACK.
N0. 111 Main St. Norwr-lk.
Shoeing in all its branches guaranteed’ to b
done in the best mariner. Special attention paid
to interfering, or tender footed horses. All work
\varrented. Give us a call. lylip
AGENTS Wanted eigfifiifimg
works ofchnrllcter; rest variety:
10W in tics; selling ask: needed cverywherczjnberaltem’is.
rad ey, Garreucn & Co. 66 N. Fourth St.. Philadelphia, I a.
no amateurs:
NO ALUM!
PEREZ:
.Awarded First Premium at American.
H KERsl
P Fscr
BA NGl
POWDER
ismnmomm GRAPE TARTAR. IT 15
PERFECTLY HEALTEFUL, AND ITS
some. cums CANNOT BE surmsssnn.
For Sale by all Grocers.
crooner. v. nrzcxrm A: 00.,
Enhances-Mills, 203 Cherry St, N.
"WW “J 5 .. fur...
10!.
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R
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Y
Ifycu 1|. young: and
discretion. f
‘ ried or elllgtt
poorliellltll or l
tllzit your}; uni
needs ctr-z: '
inz: or st ‘ . ,,
vrillloilti'.~r[o.i':i-ui.uu,
to lro [l O p
\' Bitters.
N‘ lilifllisqlllle .-
.l li'l‘CSlMil- _
l .
|
lfymini'o elm»!
_ it"
.w.‘ stiil‘itml. try
it may
Sold by d rug- :
friars. Sellillur ,.
g Circular. '
llOl‘ lttrrzrm
H‘P‘C 00.,
Rochester, ii. ‘3. t.
f it:
' Geo. Ward Sellecls,
Has in his New store,
HABDEIJRDBK’S IEW H.001, “All STREET,
' A completcassortmentoi the. best close or
(illflilElllES. PHDVISIDNS, FRUITS.
stonfor family use,at Popular I’rices. His stock
is at all times fresh and good, and ‘will stand com-
parison with those of any Groocrin tow-n. Call
in and leave your orders. can"
[asuraiuzra
In who]! way a Provolone lsv'll may be
shorn or as. Power so Harm.
Malaria is a. broad name for many diseases—~11“
originating in blood poisoning. Bilious fever.tlie
typhus and typhoid levers and chills and fever
ale prominent. members of the family. Malaria
delies all he the builders. the plumbers and phy-
sicians. Desnairmg of ordinary treatment. the
latter almost unanimously recommend is EN SUN’S
CAPCIN E POROUS I’LASTER us the greatest
anti-malarial specific ofthea e. These- lastcrs
ict upon the liver, spleen. b ole and hi ueys
Worn over the region at the liver. and upon the
back over the kidneys, they ward ofi‘iuitlnriu like
an armor. No other plasters do this.
When you purchase, satisfy yourself that the
word OAPCINE. lsout in the center of the plaster
Seabury &Johnson, Chemists,New York. High-
‘ chants
PB‘OPHYLAETIC
FLUID.
A Household Article for Universal
Family Use.
1 ' I For Scarlet and
.1 . ,0 Typhoid Feversp
Eradicaies Diphtheria. Sali-
MALARIA, “1‘10“. Ulcer-area
3? Sore Throat, Small
.,
.;:.., my": . 35.: 13 Fox, llIcasles, and
all Contagious Diseases. Persons waiting on
the Sick should,use it freely. Scarlet Fever has
never been known to spread where the Fluid was
used. Yellow Fever has been .cured with itafter
black vomit had taken place. The worst
' cases of Diphtheria yield to it. ‘ '
Fevercrlnnd SickPér-. . SMALL-Pox
sons refreshed and and
FITTING of Smitll
Bed Sores prevent-
ed by . bathing with For: mm
A member of my fam-
IDarbys Fltxli d
- mpure r ma e_ ., , -
harmless and purified. [51), fives taken avg}?!
' For Sore Throatitisn ““0 39°" ‘35: e
Fluid; the patient was
not delirious, was not
'3qu ClIl'C.
,pitted, and was about
Cantu on destroyed.
For routed. ' Feet, | the House again in three
an
Chublains, Pike 3,
. . week-5,. no others
Ramses... i=-—J-_“’-P.ARK-
50“: White Complék- msorl, Philadelphia.
sfin?ecuredbyitsusae. _ '5" ‘ 3-5- - -
. p > evergreventc . I ' ' .
To ur the Breath , ‘ ‘
Olgalggthe Teeth; Diphtheria.
it can't be surpassed. .
Cater-ch relieved and I...
cured. 1
'E’rysipelas cured. ' ,
Bumsrelievedinsrzlntly,
Scars revcnted.
Prevented. ,
The physicians here
use Dark 5 Fluid very
successfully in the traits
merit of Diphtheria.
A. S'r‘onnnxwzkcrr,
' Greensboro,'Al:l.
Tette'r dried up.
Cholera prevented.
Ulcers purified and
healed.
me .
onnds healed rapidly.
Scurvy cured. ‘
ArlAnfldoteforAnimnl
, or, Vegetable Poisons,
Stings,ctc. ,
I used the Fluid during
our present afllittibn wit
Scarlet Fever.:wilh,_dc. ,
sided. advantage. 1: is In cases ochath it
indispensable to the sick- should be used about
room. ~«Will. F. Saun— the corpse—it will
prevent any unpleas-
ant smell.
.4 The cminentPhy.
sician, J. MARION
IMS, M. D., New
Yorl}, sag: ”I am
3 convtriced ref. Darby:
- Proph lactic Fluid is a
- "vnluab c disinfecthnt."
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.
I testi (to the most excellent qualities,o_f Prof.
Darbys rophylactic Fluid. As a disinfectant and
detergent it ls both theoretically and practically
superior to any. preparation with which I am ac.
quieted—N. T. Lur'row, Prof. Chemistry.
Darbys Fluid is Recommended by
Hon. Aaexarmnn H. Stanislaus, of Georgia;
Rev. CHAS. F. Drums, D.D., Church of 'the
Strangers, N. Y.; . . ,
£05. LECONTB, Columbia, Froi'. ,Ifivérsity,S.C.
ev. A.- J'.‘ Bin-ran, Profi, Mercer University;
Rev. _Gso. F. Plnhce, Bishop M. E. Church.
.INDISPENSABLE T EVERY HOME. '
Perfectly harmless. scd internally or
‘ externally for Man or Beast. .
"The Field has been thoroughly tested, and we'
have abundant evidence that it has done everything
here claimed. For fuller information get of your
Druggist a pamphlet or send to the proprietors,
J. H'. ZEIIIN Sr 00..
Manufilcturing Chemists, , PHILADELPHIA,
noun, Eyrie, Ala.
lick Headache and relic
dent to c." bilio‘us sl'l‘e f i
ziness, Nausea, Dr .. . .
Paiuin the Side, .02. .7 . _ me:
able success has been shown in caring
Headache, yet C
valuable in (7
this annoying on
all disorders of t
Ache they would be elm
suffer from this i"
nately their gocdu (.
who once try them ill
able in so many
Is the bane of so many lives that}
make our great boa-st. Our pails
others do not.
Carter’s Little Liver Pills
very easy to take. C'Il" ' ‘1. c
They are strictly in ge _ .s
purge, but. by their gentle a
use them. In vials at 1‘5 cents
by druggists cvcrywl
PF”! '3
CARE-.3253 i. .. .
“ z. is Linn-u
J. G. GREGORY 5e 00., Agents for Norwrilk.
w. a. veers,
Bring-1313110080131,
A) D
llianufacluriil; Pharmacist,
21 Main Street, Norwalk, Ch,
Formerly Cor. 4th Ave. and 28th St., New York.
Announcement 2
Having [recently purchased the
drug store, at above location, form-
erly occupied by Mr. Monson Hoyt,
I have purposely deferred calling
attention to the change until I had
completed the entire reconstruction
and re-stocking of the establishment.
After many weeks of close and con-
stant devotion to the task, I have
now perfected all my arrangements
and can conseienciously solicit the
patronage of the public. It shall
constitute my aim and ambition to
establish a first-class Pharmacy in
every respect, stocked and equipped
in the most thorough manner, and
to attain'this end I shall devote my
entire time, attention, and the many
years of active experience as phar—
macist and chemist which I have
had. My kind patrons may rely im-
plicitlynot only upon the highest de-
gree of purity of my drugs and me-
dicinal preparations but also fair and
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Grandmothers Sermon.
The supper is o'er, the hearth is swept,
And in the wood fire's glow
The children cluster to hear a tale
Of that time so long ago,
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When grandma’s hair was golden brown,
And the warm blood came and went
O‘er the face .lbat could scarce have been
sweeter then. '
Than now in ill. rich content. '
The face is wrinkled and careworu now,
Anti-the golden hair is gray ;
But the light that shone iii the young girl's
eyes "' .
Never has gone away.
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And her needles catch the firelight
As in and out they gin-gt 3‘
With the clicking mgsic‘that grandma loves,
- Shaping the stocking toe.
And the waiting children love it, too,
For they know the stocking song
Brings many a tale to grandma's mind
Which they shall have ere long.
But it brings no story of olden time
To grandma’s heart tc-night—-
Only a refrain, quaint and short,
Is sung by the needless bright.
“Life israstocking,” grandma says,
“And yours is just begun :
But I am knitting the toe of mine,
' And my work is almost done.
“_With merry hearts we begin to knit,
. And the ribbing is almost play;
Some'aregay-ciilored. and some are white;
And some are ashen gray. ' '
“But most are made of many hues,
2 With many a stitch set wrong,
And many a row to be sadlyjripped ~
Ere the whole is fair and strong.
i
‘There are long, plain spaces-without a break
l That in life are hard to bear;
And many a weary tear is dropped
And we fashion the heel with care,
~‘tBnt the saddest, happiest time is that
_ We count, and yet would shun,
‘Wben our Heavenly Father breaks the thread
. And says that our werk is done." '
The children came to say good night,
- With tears in their bright young eyes,
'While in grandma’s lap, with broken thread,
The finished stocking lies.
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The Mortgage.~
'-w‘lr.r. M. cant 'rox.
We worked through spring and winter,
through summer and through fall,
But the mortgage worked the hardest and the
. steadiest of us all :
It worked on nights and Sundays; it worked
each holiday ;
It settled down among us, and it never went
4 away.
Whatever we kept from it seemed a’moet as
bad as theft;
It watched as every minute, and it ruled as
right and left.
The rust and blight were with us sometimes,
and sometimes not;
The dark-browed scowling mortgage was
forever on the spot.
The weevil and the cut-worm, they went as
as well as came ;
The mortgage stayed feraver, eating hearty
all the same.
It nailed up every window, stood guard at
every door,
And happiness and sunshine made their home
with us no more,
Till with failing crops and sickness we got
stalled upon the grade,
And there came a dark day on us when the
interest wasn’t. paid;
And there came a sharp foreclosure, and I
kind 0’ lost my hold, .
And'grew, weary and discouraged, and the
farm was cheaply.sold.
The children left and scattered, when they
hardly yet were grown;
My wife she pined an’ perished, an’ I found
myself alone. .
What she died of was “ a mystery,” an’ the
doctors never knew; '
But I knew she died of mortgage—just as
well as I wanted to, '
If to trace a hidden sorrow were within the
doctor’s art,
They'd ha’ found a mtfltgage .lying on that
woman’s broken heart. ' -
Worm or beetle, drought or tempest, on a
farmer's land may fall,
But for first-class ruination, trust a mortgage
'gaiust them,all.
The Origin of Coffee.
It is well known that the coffee plant'is
not indigenous to Arabia, but was imported
from Abyssinia at a date which cannot be
accurately given. The taste of codes itself
had a hard struggle at first to find a general
welcome among the more select'vcirclos.
Apart :frcm the oldest legend concerning
Shadeh's drink, the Medina Sheikh Abd el-
Kader is the oldest historical ,on the use of
the “blood-rad Kawehg.’ as the Tunisian Ibn
Waki named the beverage. In the year
1587, not 300 years ago, he tells us that in
Yemen, people made use of a drink which
so_lightened the night watches that the faith-
ful of the place were able to sing the praises
of God more fervently and cheerfully than
could be done anywhere else. According to
him Mufti Dhabani was the first to introduce
the insignificant little been on Arabian-soil,
having brought them with him from Africa.
Certain it is tigit the districts of Shoe,
Euarara and Kaila (whence the name), in
the south of Abyssinian highlands, form the
original home of the coffee plant. Dhablnl
was of a sickly nature and since he belonged
to the order of the Soil (Uitra-Pantheists),
who believe that eyerything on earth and all
being emanated from the Godhead, he re-
gardcd a means of excitement of this kind a
providential gift. The Medinese and faith-
ful Mec‘cans laid, their turbaned heads to-
gether in the public places when they first
heard the news; a pious sheik in Anen was
the first to drink in." "r. askjuice”as asort
of pulJLic spec'nee. l l Mecca itself violent
strife hl’:'Sl: a...“ after its iiisroduction as to
the propri. ty of using it. There In re great
meetings of learned a: ll pious men, who at
test, pin": ab'y after L‘Xlil‘lllc 3.165.411!!me the
lianimzlze governor, Khair Beg, declared
that. Coffee "disturbed the brain and intoxi-
outed like wiw ." But their opponents were
of another opinion, and adduced the authority
of the celebrated Bagdad physician, Avicen-
na, in their defense, which, however, did~not
prevent the tran-gn: set of the edict for-
bidding the use of voib - ; from being publ cl,
Walplit’a'l. At. the same time the zealots or
tile Hutsjas proclaimed that all coffee-
drinkers. would appear before t is All-Merci-
t‘ul on the resurrection day with black faces.
While the great anathema was being‘pro—
mureed at Mecca, the bretbers of the order
at Calm, the very Mamelukes themselves,
were already reveling in the newly-discover-
ed'luxui-y. A ccnfirmation'of the. Mecca
decree was, therefore, not to be expected
from :hc sultan, and he, Kanfu Algmfis,
quashed the ordinance of his governor and
sent the latter into exile. Then many holy ’
sheikins (for example, the celebrated Moharu~
.med Liarife, founder of one of four orthodox
schools of lellllll), look the side of the coffee-
drinkers. Tilll‘a‘ was the precious been fully
rehabilitated iii Western Arabia at least.—
London Times
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Heads of families cump‘ain that the only
popular than with children in the holiday
{season is “The Sweet Buy and Buy.”
Norwalk Chronicler