. We.
resume sane Luck.
,aleaateewltkamomabtlhirt.
liewj'ashed (or Money.
The formerly famous sllver king, ex-
flov. Tabor. is “down on his luck.” For
Earl he was considered the richest man
Colorado, and the splurge he made
witha mo night shirt“ and other accesses
, when newest to fill ashort term in
, the United States Senate was the culmi-
lltion of his remarkable career. in fact.
his luck turned when he put oi! his old
wife and took up with a new one in the
, III-OR situation of New Mexico, where.
theysay. he hired the clerk of the court
to paste the pages of the docket together
so that no one could see the entry ot the
, ease.
The first Mrs. Tabor came across the
,plalns with him in a wagon,and wandered
, h gulches and over the crests of
the mountains with him for twenty
' M She kept a boarding house for the
miners, and often did the laundry work
Kathe whole camp. It was not until he
’ me a millionaire that Mr. Tabor de-
tected her defects: but he saw then that
she was not able to shine In society and
J decided to cut her off. She was a sensible
as well as a plain woman, and went into a
the courts of Denver and asked them to
let the New Mexico divorce aside. This
was done and a decree was granted in her
favor with a large slice of Taber’s mil-
lions for alimony. " ‘
According to the rule of the Sunday
school books the good woman’s property
has increased in value, and she is now
perhaps the richest woman in the State,
while he has had a succession of financial
difliculties that have nearly ruined him,
and his horses and carriages were sold by
a constable to satisfy a judgment the
other (hiya—Chicago Record.
WHALEBONE IN MY LADY’S STAYS.
Elly Who Imagine that They Wear the
Real Article are Being Deceiver]. I
If a woman were asked for pointers
about whalebone she would probably
promptly respond that whalebone, as rep-
mented in corsets, is growing thinner
and shorter and scarcer and dearer every
year. And, as whaleboue is now almost
exclusively used for corsets. and corsets
almost exclusively by Women, these point.
era are valuable as far as they go.
But every woman will also tell you that
science and mechanical art have been
taxed to the utmost in the production of
a substitute for whalebone and produced
nothing which, compared to the genuine
article, is not a miserable makeshift.
Many an old lady, and many a lady not
yet considered old. can remember the time
when the crinoline epidemic swept over
the loud and entire skirts were ribbed
with whalebonc. Not in the thin and
sickly guise of the bones in her stays and
corsets to—duy, but in long and subsinn- .
tial strips that made the complctc circle ‘l
of the broadest skirt.
Such a skirt now would be Wort h more
than the dress that covered it. The same
material was then used in mnbn-llus and
very largely in \vlllpslocks. There are
whalcbouc whipstocks still in tin- market,
though the real amount of wimlc-bonc in
them is hardly enough to protect the
dealer from the charge of false prctcnccs.
For our consumption now we dept-ml on
the Arctic whale chiefly. livery Arctic
whale is good for from 5oo to 2.04". pounds
of bone, the average bring about 1,500
pounds. The price of this delivered in
New York fluctuates constantly, but of
late years it has ranged from $5 to ill per
pound. The Japan whale is next to the
Arctic in the general supply. The Japan
whale furnishes about fifty to one burr
, tired pounds.
Scarce-1y one hundred w holes are taken
in the Pacific in a whale season now, and
not more than 20,000 pounds of bone are
furnished by the Atlantic catch. The
latter is mostly by English vessels, and
what is known as the Dundee ilcct. From
this itwiil be such that the wlmlrboue of
the world. us was formerly the case with
the whale oil of the World, is practically
supplied through the l'nitcd States.
TEMPERINGMDAMiASCUS BLADES.
An Old Its-cord Says that l-Zach Operation
(lost. a llurrmn Lifo.
Advices rcccivod from l'roicssor vou
Eulenspicgcl and party Halo limit in
delving among the ruin of ancient Tyre
there has bccn um-urthcl a parchment
inscribed in ancient Syrinrclmracters and
in a fair state of preservation. The pro-
lessor, oftrr months of close study, has
pronouum-d ii an extraordinarydiscov«
ery~onc r.i‘wul:|iml to coal much light
upon tlli' ln'i'clol'ori- inystvrics of (in! un-
cientcrai‘l of \n-opoumaking, giving in
detail lllt‘ lili‘lllmls iIIlith'Il lll making
the perfect llunnwuis bladcs.
The unmmrol iwuporiiig tin-so blades
when inlrndod for u rulrr or no oillccr
of high rook was as follows, "lad. the
high digounry furnish nu l‘Illllop of lair
fame and lot him bt' bound down, shoul-
ders upwm'd, upon the block of the god
Bel-lull, his arms lash-owl nmln-rm-uth
with thongs; a strap of gonlskln oVor
his back and wound iwim- around ibo 1
block, lllM im-i olosc logutlwr, lusln-d to a
doweloi’ wood. and his low! and neck
projecting over and beyond the block
ASTRIDE ‘
eyes as she finished her talc,
succeeded by one young woman after an-
other, all with stories of injustice.
shake of her head.
ageous speech caused much excitement
and hand clapping. As soon as it had
subsided, a small, mild maxim-red woman
arose, and with a wave of her hands
made a speech advocating the use of re-
volvers, knives and other gore~letting in-
struments. The proposition had diiler-
tint effects upon the difierent members of
the club. Some turned pale, others seem-
‘ed fired with a burning desire to slaught-
er the next man who shouted at them,
while others were too astonished to ap-
prove ordisapprove.
the worst, though.
every lion- i go out,
and that my bloomers llll|lli‘ mo look
sloulor, but i likc tin-m. and am going to
wear ilwm on much us I lili'flrti’.
days ago a man insuliml mo and i went
around lo the Wm»! Sixty vinhlh sircet
pollccslalion and rouipluim-il about it,
and told lbc Hcrgo-hni. l was going to got
me a [llilll'i' whistle and use ll.
mo to go nhcnd, that it was all right and
DENCE BY FAIR CYCLISTS.
'l'roasered Wheelwoasea. Aaured at the
Treatment they Receive from the lea
or Croatian. Threaten to Carry Revolvers.
and Police Whistles, and to Use Them too.
There was an exciting meeting of the
the Women's International Cycle Club in
New York the other day.
discussed (and to an extent the “dis"
could be omitted) was man of the bad,
giblng
Hollahan and Mrs. Bell made some re~
marks reflecting upon masculine haters
of bloomers, and then a pretty little wo-
man, slightly built,
hair, and big blue eyes arose and told her
tale of misery.
The subject
and ungallant species. Mrs.
with flatly brown
"I was going over the mom street just
yesterday," she said, “when a beast of a
man up on top of a big coal wagon, with
his face all black, yelled at me. ‘You bet
If I was your husband, you (crazy idiot, ac
scaring my horses, I‘d make you do some-
thing else than ride around liken man on
blasted bicycle.’ "
Tears came into the young woman's
She was
Mrs. Ilollohau waited patiently until
they hadall finished, and then, like Mrs.
Bell, she asked, “What shall we do about
this?” Mrs. Bell rose again, and every
one kept quiet while she spoke.
"ljustiellyou," she said, “when any
man makes a remark at you, and keeps
on insulting you, why, if he is worth the
attention dismount from your wheel and
slap him real good right in the face. if
the man ain’t worth slapping, why, of
course you have to let him go.
second woman to ever Wear bloomers, and
l was the
have had some experience. [have al-
ways found that when you slap a man
once I'l'lll hard he will let you alone."
'l‘iu-n ~ho~ sat down with a determined
0! course this cour-
A long and heated discussion followed
upon pistols and knives and whether the
police Would allow tin-m to carry weap-
ons. It was ilnully ended by Mrs. llollir
bun rapping for order and giving the club
scvcrr- talking to about tlw silliness of
tho idca of carrying weapons. Filo said
that if such a discussion should roach the
cars of their enemies, tho anti-woman
bicyclists, nothing would
bctlcr and that thoy would be ridiculed
by cvc-ry onv.
please them
Sonic of the members looked upon their
l’n-sidonl udmiriugly, \vliilo ollicrs were
not rcady to drop the fascinating topic
of pistols and oiln-r bloodvcurdling implrL
monts.
mur:
Mrs. liell‘wns heard toinur-
“Well, l'vo got a pistol and i am going
to carry it."
A Sun reporter called upon .\lr~. livll to
ask about line pistol she curriml.
"Now, really, you don’t suppose l
Would have a real big pistol, with bullets
in it, do you?" she asked in answer to a
question as to what. make of rcvolvcrsln-
preferred for bicylc llni‘.
ununonia pistol m..- of ibu-s . you squirt
at a dog to nmko him quit bii log at yolir
feel. Wile-ll you are riding."
“l moan a little
“Oh, you don't currya gun. tin-n, do
you?" said lin- reporter.
“('c-rminly I don't," roplicd Mrs. lii'll,
”and i think it just horri l for the papers
to Mly l do.’Y
Mrs. Merry. the runs! l'nlll-isizlriil‘ mom-
bcr of lilo club, says sln- hn~ rwluccd licr
Weight from L’IiH pounds to :1”,
soul. Wright, She ln-licws in carryinga
tvliistlo, and when asked about it, said;
but prtL
"\\'liy. yrs, I lnu'ogolu polir'vman's
wliisllc mull am going to nw it when-
cvrrl mod n policcnmn.
woe-kl was coming down Won't Iioillb-
vard when a boy doliln-rnhdy throw a
large stoni- tit nu- and hit in» wil b it, too,
Uh, but «lidn t l whip him, though! I
just got down from my win-cl and grab-
bcd him .‘Illll beat him until ln- ycllcd for
mcrcy.
Wily. jn~t lasl
“’l‘ln-sc rnllinns who lll'in' wagons arc
'l‘lwy you at me
i know l mu stout,
1‘ {OW
lie told
am going to do no." .
(idd Little Home
or s 0 rpm.“ pq, the "Hm”. workman 'l'clcphuni-s.onpluy lo,ooo,\,,,,.ri,.,”m'
having cold bannucred tho Mum. u, l; A HlllHl" llfllr will bear a uvight of 1.151
smootlinnd iiiln edge, thrust it lnlo the grains.
fire of Cedar Wood coal», in iIlI , out, im-
while reciting the prayer totlu-god liai-
hai, until the stool lli' of the color of tho
red of the rising sun, when he coon-u up
over the «insert toward the vast; and then
with a quirk motion pass the milllt', from
flu hot-i tin-roof to the point, six limes
through the most fleshy portion of the
Islam’s bark and thighs, when it shall
have lmronw the color of the purplo of
the King. Then, if with one swing and
one stroke of the right arm of the master
workman it never the hood of the slave
from his bo-lyand display not nick nor
crack along the edge, and tho blade may
be sent round aimnt the body of a man
and break not. ii. shall be accepted as a
perfect weapon, sacred to the service of
the god iial-iml, and the owner thereof
may thrust it into ascoblmrd ol asscs'
skin. brazen with brass and hung to a
girdle of camel's Wool, dyed in the royal
purple."
A Unique Dinner Hervlre.
Mrs. John W. Macksy, wlor-o- magnifi-
cent jewels have excited world-wide ad-
inflation. if not envy, hos. perhaps. the
“unique silverdlnner service made.
In ‘ . at least, is distinctive. if its
Mind decorations are not. It Is said
,lrrtoii'eworth “90,000. Mrs. Mackay form
' Med 015,000 in weight of pure silver. and
the: paid “21.000 for the work done
upon it.
WW,
frat» from Mr Hilbert.
‘Wt’sdn r k (301.1“ 1”
W) . ’31,?!“ m. M
‘mbhllgmt “HIM M” " ,
‘flhelvshperdesmh. Whitman's
,fli”
lodion Wool. and is flexible
brittle.
enough ferhetodriakiexoed «his :3.
Phologrnphs lmvn- bm-u lukou Milford
limb-r wuinr.
’l'ln- «noon-s of a first-class nmn-obwm
cost uboui $00.4”).
’l'he l'rrsidcni of Franco resolves b200,-
one {room > ~$‘:IU,Imr--a your.
Asparagus is the oldest known plant
that has been used for food,
In Russia poople may not \‘i'I-(l a fourth
time nor after they are No.
The Hm: of a woman‘s shoe should just
be ball that of her glove,
The total missionary gifts of i'hriston-
dom for ifllill are estlmaiml hi. Mi,7l:l,il27.
A telegraph line now irawrues lilo Gobi
Desert. in (Halon. three thousau . miles in
length.
Substituti- for glass ls made from cel-
and not
The earliest book in which copper plate
engravings were used was issued in I470,
lo the Argentine Republic drnnkarde
are sentenced to sweep the streets for 8
days
Many slicer-s of beetles haVe two eyes
on each side of the head, one superior and
one inferior.
The tongue recovers from an injury
much more quickly than any other part
of the human system.
Beep bubbles are round because every
part of their nurlsceis pressed equally by
the atmosphere.
Boiled water testes list and insipid be-
cassette glass it contained harsher:
driveir‘ oil‘ or the lint. :
:lu‘ Wind he mm mm
to suppl‘ ‘tiiewood m- m ell
Mom’iitfleesaam. ”-
E BIKE. ~
A new orcuifilon or moms.
wears sures m c m.
Their Owners are on.- !Iontaal Chi-le-
5, “ans; Prices Vary.
Slavery and polygamy seem to be twine.
They went hand and band together in
Biblical days, and they go hand in band
together in China to-dny.
Slave girls are purchased from their
parents or guardians when they are quite
young. From three to seven Is the favor-
ite age in the market, as the child then
shows about how it will look when fully
grown. The price is then quite low,
ranging from ‘10 to 380, and the danger of
It becoming homesick and running away
amounts to nothing. These girls are
brought upas iadies' maids and receive
an education which, while very deficient
from an European standard, is equal to
that of their mistress. They are treated
kindly, and at fifteen are ultra admirable
housekeepers. They receive no wages, of
course, and as for lodgings, they are sup-
posed to be able sleep anywhere—on two
chairs, a board, a stone bench. or a tile
floor. At any time the purchaser has the
right to sell his slave girl again. This is
very seldom done, and only win-n business
troubles or accidents have reduced the
master to poverty.
At 16 the girl is marriogcublc. and, in
the next five years, usually at 20, she is
married. Sometimes hcr owner is the
happy bridegroom, he choosing her as an
inferior wife. Generally she is nmrried
outside, and, in that case, her nuptials
are celebrated with nearly as much eclat
as those of a daughter. There is, how-
ever, one curious point of difference. All
her wedding presents go toha-r owner llll-
der the thmry of recmxping him for the
loss of her scrvices,whercas in the case
of a daughter, they are her nmrriage
portion with which she starts her new
household.
A slightly difl'eront kind of slavery is
that where widows and old maids buy
children, especially boys, as an invest-
ment for surplus money, with a view to
their support in old age. These are known
as “pocket children” and their owner as
the"pm-k¢-t mother.” Boys bring from
810 to $30; girls from $20 to $75.
SOME FABULOUS FEASTS.
Cleopatra's Pearl and Stories of Other
Dinners that Induces Dyspepsia.
Tile fronts of the ancients, while they
lacked the refinement of modern civiliza-
tion, Wore far more costly and extraordio
nary than any experienced in modern
times. Lucius liucullus, on his return
from his Asiatic campaign. gave feasts
upon a scale ncvcr beforc attempted by a
Roman gem-ml. On one occasion wines
were served that cost Milan ounce, and
young pig was catch that had bm-n roast-
cd over a ill‘t' of burning nuts and raisins.
i’oacock‘s tongues, livc fish from distant
sens, oysters from liritain and tropical
fruits from A robin wi-rc some of tho lux-
urics oil'crc-l llic gucsls. 'l‘lio cost of the
feast itlnlle’ was $1oo,ooo,
(‘icoro and l‘ompcy visited Lucullus’
villa win-n the host was nlm-nl. Acting
undorbis instructionslo mnkoiln-mm-lvcs
at homo while they re-nnnnc-ul, they gave
sowrai dinners, which cost in lli" uggnL
gate you”, Caligula, lln- Emperor,
whose wickedness shocked rho most
brutal of his uswciulcs, built .1 bridgc of
boats lhrcc milcs long. in lbw conirc of
which bccuuwd a banquet hall to be con-
structed. in this was served a {rust that
is said to have cost half a millioudol-
lars.
It was in imitation of Autumn-2, the
spendthrift son of the great actor, that
(,‘lcopnlru drank a Moon) pl'url in a glass
of winc at one of the illlllqlll'l~ given in
honor of Antony. Vin-Hills. lilo lloman
Emperor, oncn- gave a dinner Hm! cost
over Mimi”. Huotouius status that the
guests bad the clioirooltw.» ilmusund
dishes of llsli and sevon ”mound of
game and fowl.
‘ ilus Vrrus, a Roman liolnlc, gm‘c n
supp om- niglii lo u down of his cronies
that. mmln- a hole of 82mm!“ in his blink
account. Elngabalus, anlhor of Rome's
curly l‘lmprrors. win-n ciglilccn years of
age, cutoriuinwl some of his friends at
dinln-r, om' dish costing llilll S‘Jilo'mnl.
EQUINE STORIES FROM MAINE
A lleligous Home That Know “'lwn Sun-
day (‘mnm
.\ lln-xlcr nmu bus :1 more llznl knoWs
sovvrnl thiu'gm and union: illlii‘l‘ :u-oom.
plisbmrnh. nppnrenily can lml [in-day
of tho Work. The other Sunday. lho
gentleman lolcln-d up and having unlist-
ed his \vift- into the currixiuc. got in him-
sclf. llc “‘ilri busicd fora mono-oi in or
ranging the robe, and before be loud lulu-u
up the ruins the horse started out ofihc
yard iulo lbw slroc-l. ills purpose was to
attend chum-h, and as the horw look the
din-Minn ho decided in li'i lwr go willioiit
guiding. in m'u who! all“ would (in.
The I'nllti' is ultogctin-r down-ill from
that lakon in ilii‘ \vm-k‘duy drnlng. lii‘
loft the ruins hanging on llu' duslu‘r, but
nevi-rihclms was curried us slralglil. to
llmrlmrrli as ho Would Inm- gonc if he
lunl‘ri-inrd the boron
Without n \vord, win-n slw bnd lurnml
nptoibo church door-and llw curring:-
was in poi-lilo" nl. Ibo Mops, lbo mare
atoppml for her master to slight.
A llixuo-ul man has one io lull (halls
fully as odd as lin- foregoing llc had a
young boi‘wcullvll llii'k, rvnlo'ully pon-
Husuml oi brains and ialcnl for doing fon-
ny ”moo, lii‘ had a barnyard HII‘l‘UIIilIi’
ed by a high fence, and into this ho lurir
ed the animal soon after he bought him.
llick snillml around fora while and thou
bounded out of the enclosure and wool
racing down the highway. The farmer,
reinforced by oil the other members of
ilirhouwhold, gave chose, but the colt
was llllli‘ll loo frisky for lilo-m.
ll» capcrrd near and far away aslbc
spirit moved him, and apparently lauglr
ed at. their efforts. At length ilm clones
was given up as novices and the folks
wentimck lo the house. 'l'lwu inlothe
yard of his own accord canu- lllrk on the
run, and. giving a bouml. b»- Wont over
the [mice into the barnyard, and for the
rest of the day he was as quiet as a lamb,
Time and again nfierihai, the man says,
Dick did on» same iiiing. always going
back into lhc cuclosureol his own free
will.~~» Imvlsion Journal.
Time For Them To “peak.
A recent story from l’itmun Grove, N.
J..says that William ’I‘honms of that
place, a man of seventy years when call-
ed up to sign a deed said that he and hi:.
wife had quarrelled twwuy years ago.
and that not a Word had passcd lictwesh
them since. although they live under the
name root
W
Ills Other be".
Squire (giving Pat s drinkch-ll. Pat,
6 't that make you feel like another
More it does. our leaner; and the
other else wears a rinks-Jim»
‘ipli
Gentleman’s,
UNDERWEAR
Ladies’
or
Children’s
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look at them. we think the price Will sell
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Repairing of all kinds. Jobs milled for and delivered.
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payable lo himselfifho live-s. and his pooplo
if he (lies, so do not neglect to '
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if you want your horse clipped notch and
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58 North Main St..H
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Prices to Suit All.
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.
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South Norwalk.
We sell goods cheaper than any other
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that we offer, do more to advertise us
than any thing we can say in the news-
papers.
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DOUBLE l 280.
ROLL. 55c.
White blanks,
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Pointing, Paper Hanging and
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N
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‘ They are built on honor snd:will
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h
700 MILE
SEA TRIPS
By the beautiful new steamships of the
Old Dominion Line.
To 01d l'olnt Comfort or Virginia
Beach and Return,
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Mostdellghtful resorts on the Atlantic coast
for a SUIMER OUTING. Maybe made for
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A day and a quarter at either hotel.
INCLUDING EVERY: EXPENSE.
Of meals and berths on route and a,day and a
quarter’s board at either hoieL
This trip is an ideal one. as the course skirts
the coast with little likelihood of wnslrkness.
and passes in review many watering. places
and points of interest.
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iylli 4m
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