Weak. Tiled. Nervous
. “I was feeling as miserable as any one
could feel, tired all the time, many times
unable to go out on the street even after
I had started. If I went ‘15:)” flight of
stairs I felt as though I ould fall.
lpitation of the heart and suffered
mi“ with hoatarrh of the head and
Ihroa1y t. I finall decided to try Hood’s
Bursa 'rilla, an soon felt better. Insed
the t ird bottle and I then felt like
a different person. I ho others in ill
health will do as I d.i If on take
Hood’s Sarsaparilla and use it aithfully
I am sure you will be benefit have
also found Hood’s Pills to be of great
benefit and I highly recommend them.”
Miss J nests Fannonr, Saddle River,- N. J.
Hood’s Sareaparllla
Is the Only '
True Blood Purifiei
Prominently in the public eye today.
flood’s Pllls cure all liver ills. 25c.
Eds vou GOING SOUTH?
If so. for health. pleasme and comfort .go
'30 Piney Woods Inn. So uthem Pines. N.
Those desiring to escape the rigors of the
2! imate North will find a mild. (in! climate
at Southe1 11 Pin. 3. N. C.. in the heart of the
long leafed pine section of America.
The elevation is 600 feet above sealevel. the
highest point in the turpentine belt. delight-
ful climate. with all the advantages of resorts
further south and free from many disadvan-
tages: it is the place the tourist and health
see her will appreciate.
It has the most perfect drainage. being a
huge sand bank. and is situated 1n the heart
of the long leaf pine. It is within the in-
fluence of the gulf stream. to which it owes
111111311 of the mildness of the climate.
I'iney Woods Inn. an elegant new hotel. is
now open. The house accommodates 200
guests. has all modern conveniences: sani-
tary pl1111'1b 11g. electric lights. call bells.
wide verandas.sun m Yors. steamboat. etc..
In fact Piney Woods 1: has been fitted up
that guests may enjoy 11. comforts of every
day life at home at moderate rates.
Piney Woods Inn is reached bv the Seas
board Air Line. For tezms. etc. address.
CHARLES ST. JOHN.
(Manual.
Southern Pines, N. C.
DAILY FREIGHT LINE
BETWEEN
IIORWALK. .
SO. NORWALK
AND
NEW YORK.
Propellers
.9
City 111 131' 01-welk,
'1
Vulcan and Eagle.
LeaVe Norwalk at 5 p. 111
Leave S0.’Norwal k atG ..p n1.
Leave ha ‘York, Pier 23,
E. P... bkmau St. 5p m,
CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK,
26 WALL SIX, NORWALK.
INCORPORATED SEPT. l. 1876.
CAPITAL. - - - - - - 3100.000
GEORGE M. HOLMES. President.
E. L. Berna. Vice-President.
WILLIAM A. CURTIS, Cashier
DIRECTORS :
Gsoaon M. Hl'rLMES, H. E. DANN,
P. L. CUNNINGdAM, J. T. Pnowrr'r
E. L. Bevan. S. H. HOLMES
J. Cousms. J R.
Eiscounl ilay, Saturday.
Iaitiield county National Bank.
44 Walt Stret t, N01 walk, Conn.
INCORPORATED, 1821- - Capital, 5:00.000
EDWIN 0. KEELER, President. _
DAVID E. MILLER. V109-Prea1deut. .
C. GREEN. Caslner
DIRECTORS .
Enwm U. KEELEE, Mosns H. GLOVEB
DAVID E MILLER, A. J. Mnnxnn,
F or. J 011;»; Lookwoon, Tnuonoau E. SMITH
IRA COLE. Case 11‘. Tars'raln,
Accounts of Manufacturers. Merchants and
Individuals solic1te1l.
Safe DcpositBoxes free to Depositors,
l" LIGHT PARIWI. and
LUCKWIIOIIA PACKAGE DELIVEBYi
Cheap rates. Will also take Old-11s for mes-
senger Service in New York. Coeds called
or and delivered to alPI {‘v1ts of the town,
_ Ordms lac-“Veil atE eed’s Ding Store.
3-1 V at Street with telephone connection uu- a banquet
tllffxli
C E. LOCKWOOD.
,
l
. drunk.
’ 111111111119 11811-
An old fisherman who has plowed thé
waters of the Norwalk. river for many
years, stopped on EVENING GAZETTE
reporter last evening and imported to
him the startling information, that all
the fish in the creek were cn an awful
crooked channel,” said he; “and their
antics are something never seen by the
natives along the shore,” continued the
ancient mariner.
So impressed was the reporter with
the strange story that be accompanied
the piscator to the dock at the. end of
freight wharf. where sure enough were
seen several fish lying upOn their sides
and others swimming about with an
inebriated expreSsion and their gills
expanded by heavy breathing. A The
reporter watched them for some time
and finally came to the conclusion that
there was an item at the bottom of this
strange behavior on the part of the
usually sedate Norwalk river fish.
With this idea in his mind he pra-
ceeded to unravel the mystery. I:
was not long before he was at the bu!—
tom of the secret, and the facts gleaned
as follows: It seems that at the recent
raid upon Tuhey’s Franklin avenue
drug store there was a considerable
quantity of whisky, beer, ale and other
decoctions captured. rIfhese liquors were
ordered destroyed by Judge Hubbell
after the Tuhey’s had been convicted,
and Chief Bradley and officer Hunt
thinking to conform With the rules of
the health department, took them to
g—- - theSmith street wharf where the ves-
sels were emptied into the creek.
The officials made no attempt to mix
fancy drinks but poured the liquors
into the water one upon another until
the finest Tuhey cocktail had been pre-
pared for the fishes. And the fishes
sipped and sipped until every one of
them had become thoroughly intoxi-
cated, andvthus the mystery was ex-
plained.
a...—..__
History of the l7th Regt., C. V.
W. H. Warren of 43 Beers street,
New Haven, announces a history of the
Seventeenth Regiment, which he is to
begin this month in the Milford Ga-
zitte, a paper published in Milford,
Conn , and which will be continued in
that journal for about a year. Such a
work can hardly fail to be of much in-
terest to many veterans in Fairfield
County.
They Are Sick.
Mrs. Charles F. Raymond is sick at
her home on Knight street.
Charles J. Hill is seriously ill at his
home on Wall atreet.
The condition of Water Commissioner
Frederick Mead is thought to be slight-
ly improved.
Rev. Father Dougherty of St. Mary’s
church is on the sick list.
Michael Regan is criticilly ill at his
home on Cross street.
Mrs. Charles J. Ferries is sick at her
home on Harriett street, with pleurisy.
Daniel Deering Is sick at his home on
Main street. '
Wilhem Sheldon who is sick at his
home on Wilton avenue with the grip
remains about 1111; same.
Mrs. Michael McMullen is sick all her
home on Wiltonavenue.
The conditicn of John Harty who has
been sick with pneumonia at his home
on Franklin avenue, is greatly im-
proved. he being now able to sit up.
Ticket agent David Hughes is slowly
but surely getting the better of his
sickness.
Mrs. Johanna Hanlon is better of her
sickness. The condition of her 51.1.1
Daniel remains about the same.
Wheels! Wheelsil Wheels!!!
Decided changes are to be made in
the store of the J. '1‘. Prowitt company
on Main street. That portion of the
store at present used for the display of
shades and wall paper is to be utilized
for the display of‘ the largest line of
bicycles ever shown in Norwalk and
W111 embrace the popular Ramblers,
Stormers, Ideals, Gothams, etc., rang-
ing in pr1ces from $40 to $100.
The present stock of wall paper, etc.
Will be removed to the second story
where they can the vshown to the best
advantage 1'1 {1 '1 11.1 reached by a broad
and easy 01 no 1.11.11.11.15, running
from the present; "
If there is not a big boom in bicycles
the commg season it 11111 not be because
of any lack of efforts and good offers on
the part of theT 1 ..'1‘ Prowitt company.
—-<-—-— ———-a -
His Accounts Short.
General Manager C. N. Lawlor of the
P. E. St N. E. R. 3., who resigned Sat-
urday, has been found to ,be between
$4,000 and 35,000 short in his accounts.
J. K. 0. Sherwood, receiver of the
road, with his council, Gen. Armstrong
of Philadelphia, went over the books
and discovered the shortage. When
Lawldr was confronted he broke down
and confessed. His method was to
tamper with the payroll and charge up
bills for supplies which never were ob-
tained.
___.____....
Prisoners of War.
The fourteenth annual meeting of the
ex-Prieoners of War association of Con-
necticut will be held on February 22 at
10 o’clock in the forenoon in the Cheney
building, Hartford. The Robert 0.
Tyler Woman’s Relief corps will furnish
All err-prisoners of war are
inv1ted to attend.
“They zig zag'u'p and down the'
THE RETIRED BURGLAR RELATES HIS
MOST SINGULAR EXPERIENCE.
Be Had an Elegant Lay Out of Wedding
Presents at His Mercy “’hen He Made
an Unfortunate Step—In the End no
Made a Contribution to the Collection.
“In a house that I was looking over
in a town up the statqone night, ” said
the retired burglar, “I came across
something that I never struck but that
once in-all my experience, strange as it
may seem, and that was a lot of wed-
ding presents, all just as they were ar-
ranged for display. When I turned my
lamp into the room, I wished I had
brought a- horse and wagon; there Was
a good deal of it that wouldn’t Have
been of any earthly use to me, but it
seemed a pity to leave any of it behind.
But if I couldn’t carry it all off, I could
have the fun of picking, and I started
to look the things over. They were ar-
ranged on tables and'chairs and on the
floor around on three sides of the room;
on the side opposite to the side that I
had come in at, and on the sides to the
right and left; running around those
three sides in a sort of . irregular order.
On the side where I was there were a
few chairs. I thought I’d start in on
the left and work around to the right,
and I started from the-door and had
gone about three steps when I went
down through the floor, as it- seemed to
me, but what I had really done was to
step down through an open register. I
suppose somebody must have dropped
something down through it and have
taken it out to get it and forgot to put
it back.
“There was a wire screen under the
register over the pipe opening to keep
things from dropping down the pipe,
but it was very fine light wire, and it
didn’t; stop me at all; I just slid down
into the pipe, pushing that along under
my feet. When I dropped into the pipe,
I had been facing to the left; in‘some
way as I went down I got skewed around
so that when I got down as far as I did
go I was facing to the front; that is.
toward the center of the room. The
pipe didn’t go straight down, but with
a curve. I had threwn up my hands as
I went down, and I suppose I might
have gone plumb to the furnace if I
hadn’t clutched at the edge of the regis-
ter opening and hung on. A minute be-
fore I was going to take my pick of a
roomful; now where was I?
“I had started across the room carry-
ing my toolbag in one hand and my
lamp in the other. The shock when I
went down had shaken the bag out of
my hand, but I had held on to my lamp,
though it was lying on its side now
"with my'firgers 'clutching‘through the
- handle.
“ ‘ theatriking of- the'lamp ‘o'nthe‘floor
Tho falling of the-toolbag and
and the scraping of the wire gauze
down through the tin pipe must have
made all together a good deal of noise,
and I expected eveg’y minute to hear
somebody moving about up stairs and
coming down to haul me out. but no-
body did come, and I set my lamp up
straight, and after I’d waited a minute
or two more I started to see if I could
haul myself out.
“As I lay in the pipe my head was
below the level of the floor; by a great
effort I could raise myself so that the
upper half 'of my head was above the
opening, but no higher; there was no
room for play; when I got that high, I
found myself with my elbows close to
my body and fairly wedged into the
pipe , I couldn’t get any higher.
“I let myself down again, and after
awhile I pulled myself up again. and
held on by one- hand and held up the
lamp andswung it round on the things.
Then I let myself down again, and won-
dered what I was going to do. It wasn’t.
only uncomfortable there in the posi-
tion I was in, it was mighty hot and
unpleasant every way. If I let go, I
didn’t know but that I’d slide down
against the furnace, and, of course. I
couldn’t stand it for an indeflifie length
of time, and when I’d been in the pipe
I should imagine about two hours, I
made up my mind that I wouldn’t try
to stand it any longer; I’d get to come
out some time, and Imight just as well
come out then; in fact, better, for while
the chances of my getting away at all
were mighty small. they would be bet-
ter at night than they would be in the
daytime.
“So I made up my mind to kick on
the pipe and wake up the house and
have the thing settled. So I kicked
once. twice, and then I kicked again;
and by snakes: I kicked the pipe open
at my feet. There was a joint there, and
I’d kicked it apart, and the sectional
was in sagged down with my weight,
and I slid out on the cellar floor. The
sagging down of that part of the pipe
detached it. from the part above and it
fell on the cellar floor alongside of me.
That made noise enough to wake every-
body up; there couldn’t be any doubt
about that.
“I went out hy-the same cellar win—
dow that I came in by. It was the first
and only such lot of stuff that I ever
struck, and I never git a thing out of
it; in fact. I added something to it my-
self-«:1 1-1:: of tools and .1 dark lantern. ”
——l1’cw York Sun.
“The Pyramid Limp.”
“The pyramid limp,” as it has come
to be called. is that state of body which
falls upon one for two or three days aft-
ervmaking the ascent of the pyramids.
One is so much pulled and pushed at
the time that little or no inconvenience
is felt. There is no sign of soreness of
joint or muscle until after one has
slept, and then the trouble begins to
brew; the second dayof that man or .
woman is worse than the first; the cli-
max is reached at the end of the second
or beginning of the third day, and from
that time the patient begins slowly to
recover. —Cairo Correspondent.
A styluswith split point, apparently
for :- the purpose of writing with fluid
ink.’ has been found in an Egyptian
tomb.
- Advertise inlthe “Gazettd
IN THE HE____ATER PIPE. ’ A GREATERJIO RIVALK
A representative from the Gazm'rn
oflice called on ex-Mayo» Hubbell ves-
terday and interviewed him .on the
subj ct of a“Greater Norwalk. ” and we
give to our readers the result of the
call:
“What do you think of the action of:
the councils of the two cities In appoint-
ing a centerence committee to consider
the question of uniting the two Nor-
walks ‘2” asked the representative.
“I think,” said Mr. Hubbell, “that
the idea is: a good one, provided» the
plan adopted takes in the whole .town."
“Don’t you believe in consolidating
the two cities ? ” '
“No, I do not,” replied the ex-mayor.
“As mattes now stand each city is 20-
ing its own way in a manner satisfac-
tory to its own citizens and with credit
to its officials. What we need is less
machinery and fewer officials. This
would mean one less set of omcials, but
we could still have a wheel within a
wheel ”
“Well, suppose a generous slice of
East NorWalk was added, would that
meet your approval ?”
“'l‘hat,”replied his ex-Honor, ‘ ‘would
be Open to the same objection of being
a wheel within a wheel as is the case
now.”
“flow then,” persisted the reporter,
“would you arrange for a greater Nor-
walk? ”
“In my opiniob,” continued the ex-
Mayor, “the proper way is to re—incor-
porate the whole town as a c1ty. This
would give us one set of officials, one
Board of Assessors, one Board of Belief
and best of all, but one tax collector,
for all purposes. The school district
system should be abolished and the
whole educational system put in charge
of a Board of Education. The town
should be divided into wards and those
wards that would have electric lights,
sewers, water, and fire and police pro-
tection should, of course, pay the high-
est rate of taxation, and as fast as the
other wards received these benefits,
they too should pay the h1ghest rate.”
“The Selectmen being mentioned in
the Constitution,” said the reporter,
what would you do with them? ”
"The Selectmen,” was the reply,
“should beeas-ofiiceo members of the
council, and in that way their services
could be utilized.”
“ What other
advantages, ” asked
the reporter, “would be gained ? ”
" In myopinion,” said Mr. Hubbell,
“we would have an improved system
of public book-keeping, greater pub-
licity of expenditures, a settled salary
list, and in short improved methods in
branches of public administration.
The public affairs of the town have
grown so much and the .tax levy is so
great that good business management
requires things that fifty years ago
were not necessary. The system of
borrowing money town-wise is. crude
and the disbursements are made under
conditions that are open to criticism.
Our town officials are doing their best
to regulate and improve affairs, but we
can do much more to better them if
this whole town was under one form of
government, working under a carefully
graded charter. I believe the gentle-
men appointed by Mayors Wheeler and
Lee will approach this subject with in-
telligence and fairness and out of their
deliberations steps will be taken which
will lead to a Greater Norwalk.”
“It,” said the reporter, “a public
building should be erected where
would you put it, near the Armory?”
“No,” replied the Mayor, “the public
building should be placed either where
the ‘town barn’ now stands or else on
Washington street, South Norwalk. In
locating a public building we should re-
member that East Norwalk has got only
about one-fourth of its growth and the
conveniebce of that rapidly growing
section should be consulted. The Ar-
mory site would be a compromise one,
and compromises are never satisfac-
tory.”
“Under the plan outlined by you do
you think we could have a High
School? ” said the reporter.
“A High School,” was the reply,
“under the proposed plan would not
only be possible but practicable, be-
cause the present standard of ourschools
could be lowered so as to fit for the
High School only, and in that way the
expense for the district schools would
be less, and what would be saved there
could be applied to the maintenance of
a High School, so that our educational
advantages could be increased without
any additional expense. In regard to
this whole matter, ”said Mr. Hubbell,
“I do not wish to be considered as hos-
tile to any plans that. may be brought
forward. What I havesaid is merely
my opinion as to the best way to solve
the problem of a greater Norwalk.
New Haven and Bridgeport have adopt-
ed this plan with satisfactory results. A
united Norwalk stands for progress and
greater influence politically and com-
mercially. United we progress, divided
we stay where we are.”
Would Like a few.
I Among the bids for the new govern-
ment bonds, opened at the United
States treasury yesterday, was one
from 00!. Russell Frost of South Nor-
walk. Col. Frost wanted $75,000 worth
of the bonds and bid 110.250 for them
his bid coming in between that of J.
Pierpont Morgan and the Stewart com- -
bination who bid 111 687 and 110,075 re-
spectively.
ABSOLUTELY PURE
Powder
Youthful Prisoners at the Jail.
Sheriif Hawley has among his numer-
ous prisoners in the county jail, a 11
"months’ old baby. It is the daughter
of Lillian Olmstead, of New Canaan
and was brought to the institution by
her mother during the severe storm
Monday night. There were no papers
for its committmeut, but the kind
hearted sheriff allowed it to remain
with the mother, and it is still there.
He is endeavoring to have the authori-
ties at New Canaan take charge of the
child. The mother of the child, with
three other women and one man, were
arrested at a raid of a disorderly house
in New Canaan last Friday night, the
‘ quintet having been committed to jail.
by a justice. .
William B. Jones Dead.
William R. Jones, one of Fairfield’s
oldest and wealthiest citizens, died
suddenly at an early hourthis morning.
Mr. Jones, who was about 80 years
old, was one of the founders, with his
brothers, of Jones Superlative Flour-
mills.
WIND AND sea.
The sea is a'jovial comrade:
He laughs Wherever he goes:
His merriment shines in the.di.mpling lines
That wrinkle his hale repose:
He lays himself down at the feet of the sun.
And shékes all over with glee,
And the broad backed billows fall faint on the
shore
In the mirth of the mighty seal
But the wind is sad and restless
And cursed with'an inward pain;
You may lint-k at will, by valley or bill,
But you hear him still complain.
He walls on the barren mountains
And shrieks on the wintry sea;
He ache in' the cedar and moans in the pine
And shudders all over the aspen tree.
Welcome are both their voices.
And I know not which is best-—
The laughter that slips from ocean's lips
01' the comfortless Wind’s unrest.
There's a pang in all rejoicing,
A joy in the heart of pain, ‘
And the wind that saddens, the sea that glad-
dens.
.Are singing the selfsame strain.
--Bayard Taylor.
WHO CINDERELLA REALLY WAS.
Her Story .111 Very Ancient and Appears
In Sacred Hindoo Books.
The story of Cinderella is substantial-
ly the same as that told of Rhodopis
and Psammitichus by Elian, who lived
in Rome in the third century of the
Christian era. The story, as told by
Elian, is that while Rhodopis was bath-
ing, an eagle carried away one of her
sand ls and dropped it near the feet of
Psammitichus, king of Egypt, who, like
Cinderella’s prince, was struck by its
diminutive size, caused the maiden to
be sought for, and married her when
found. Make the sandal a glass slipper
and add the ugly sisters for the sake of
contrast, and. the stories are much the
same. The glass slipper, by the way, is
an acknowledged fiction, being in real-
ity a mistranslation of “pantoufle en
vair” H(a fur slipper). and not “on
verre,’
This, at all events. is what is claimed
by Perrault in his‘ 'Contes de Fees’
Both these stories have doubtless a com-
mon origin, but it is necessary to go
further back in the history of the litera-
ture to find it—-to a people who lived in
a period compared with which that of
even Elian is quite modern. It is in the
Vedas, the four sacred books of the Hin-
doos, that the origin is to be found.
After what has already been said, it
will not be surprising to learn that Cin-
derella is at dawn maiden, her sisters
being the powers ‘ of darkneSs, who
compel her to wait upon them. keeping.
her hidden from sight. The dawn maid-
en breaks from her bonds, and capti-
vates the sun, remaining with him for
a time. But she cannot linger with him
in the heavens; she can remain only
until a certain hour. Once'she lingers
too long, and, hurrying back, leaves on
the path she has taken a token of her
visit in the form of a fieecy cloud.
which had borne her-aloft when she left
the regions of darkness. The sun, deter-
mined to find her, sends out his emis-
saries (the rays of light). but does not
find her until she appears before him as
the evening twilight. In the Vedas the
prince is called Mitra, which is one of
the names given to the sun—London
Globe.
She Wanted Pink Cheeks.
' There is a girl on the North Side who
admires pink cheeks, but she will be
careful after this where she gets them.
On a recent afternoon one of the carettes
was being jogged over the holes in the
pavement of Rash street. At Huron
street the wagon was stopped, and a
young woman stepped in and took a
seat near the center of the car. She
knew several of the women, and return-
edi-Ttheir bows. She was a pretty girl,
fashionably gowned, and was on her
way to a public rehearsal. After sitting
quietly for a few minutes, she, in an
apparently unconscious manner, put her
hand to her cheek and gave it, a slight
pinch. On her hands were black gloves.
The day was damp and the slightest
trace possible of the color wq: left on
her cheek. Then she pinched the other
one. A black spot showed. This she
continued until Adams street was reach-
ed, and never a woman spoke. When
she reached the Auditorium, her cheeks
were a good color, but not what‘she ex-
pected—Chicago Chronicle.
Advertise now and catch the spring
trade
I
FACTS FOR FARMERS.
It is claimed that five times as much
fruit- of the first-class quality was
yielded by seckel pear trees at the New
York, station that were sprayed twice
after blossoming, as by the unsprayed.
The bordeaux mixture was used to pre-
vent pear scab.
If the farmer had something to sell
every month in the year, either of creps
or stock, he would find it less difficult
to manage on a limited capital. Cows
and poultry bring in daily returns, and
farmers who make a specialty of milk,
butter and eggs are usually prosperous.
It has been demonstrated during the
year that one bushel of wheatwill make
13 pounds of pork. Allowing five cents
per pound for the pork, the Wheat will
return 65 cents per bushel. The item.
of manure must be considered also, as
it'shonld more than pay for the labor.
Ewes whose lambs are weaned late
in the fall are not so liable to udder
troubles as when the feed is rank and
abundant. If it be necessary to wean
ewes in large milk, see to it that they
have poor feed for a week, and milk
them two or three times, 48 hours
apart.
The yearly growth of 50 apple trees
upon an acre of ground is worth $50,
at a very low estimate. At bearing age
a good free will make a good dividend
upon such a. value. Considering the
earning power of an acre, the orchard
should be given credit. for more worth
than is usually the case.
Fruit growing promises a good re-
ward in the near future. An increas-
ing export demand affords amarket for
selected products. Evaporation is a
recognized auxiliary, and affords an
outlet for the sulplusage and the de-
fective fruit. Horticulture is not ex-
tending as rapidly as our increase in
population.
The Indiana experiment station finds
that, other things being equal, steers
fed on cut clover hay will make a. bet-
ter growth than those fed on the whole
they, and in their experiment of 100
days the grain was nearly two per cent.
A slight amount of exercise was found
beneficial during the fattening process.
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.
Mr. Edison says: "Our present pat—
ent laws, which, as interpreted by the
courts, encourage perjury and put a
premium on fraud, are worse than a
farce.”
The pope is not overcareful of his
health. He has a habit. of getting up
in the middle of the night, putting on
a large flannel gown and sitting down
at his desk to write.
' ‘ Prof. Cesare Lumbroso, who advises
that children and youths of habitual
criminal tendencies be isolated as In-
natics, says there is scarcely a. child
who' does not. abuse his power over
those, who are weaker than he.
George Moore, a. working miner of
Grand Ronde, Wash., will celebrate his
102d birthday on December 20. He is
in perfect health, and does as good a
day’s work at his place'r as many of
the younger miners.
Senator Sl1c1 man has outlived all but
one of the men who were his rivals
in the convention of 1880‘. Of that
great army's—Grant, Blaine, “’indom,
Garfield, Elihu B. Washburn and Ed-
munds—Edmunds alone survives.
An old lady of 85, known as Mme.
Brice, recently died in Paris and left
her entire fortune to her two women
servants. As she died possessed of
over $120,000, the heiresSes feel con-
vinced that they also serve who only
stand and wait.
John Russell Young, of Philadelphia,
is collecting material for a. life of Gen.
Grant,‘ which be frequently promised
the latter he would write. Mr. Young
is now traveling in the west seeking
data and will extend histrip into Mex-
ico.
Some one with a taste for figures
has noticed the fact that Miss Braddon,
the novelist, has in the 33 years since
she began to write produced just (50
romances. Each of them is in three
volumes, making 180 in all. She has,
therefOrc, made copy enough for six
printed pages on each day in all these
veers. '
BREVITIES OF FUN.
Dora—“Mr. Spooner says he always
feels like a fish out of wate1 when he
is with me.’ Cora. — “Then . you ve
hooked him, have you?”—-Tit—Bits;
Uncle George — “Did you see the
eclipse of the moon the other night?”
Little Ethel—“No; we sat. up late to
see it, but the sky was so cloudy they
didn’t have it.”—-Chicago Record.
“Have you Seen the portrait of Miss
Dawkins by Marulous Boron? It. looks
just like an old master.” “Do you
think so? I thought it looked more
like an old maid. ”—Harper’ 5 BaZar.
Jayson—“Say, Wilson, do you ever
expect to pay me that ten dollars you
got from me some months ago?” Wil-
son—“Certainly not. Don t you re-
member you said not to pay it till it
was convenient?”—Llfe.
'An Illustrious Family—“The young
man Whom I wish to present,” said the
hostess, “belongs to one of the oldest.
' best-known families in the world.” ”
“Indeed!” “Yes. His name is Smit.
—Wasbington Star.
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