blended
to suit
will"!
usnvsplscs. Hamilton. as them
nym by which she has been so long
known. In ordinary conversation she
Was piquant and forceful, and she
tsughtwith ‘someof Miss Dodge'svim, ’
asthey called the issuable something
which distinguished her mode of teach-
ing. the herself might have called it
soul.‘ as she one day roused spill)“.
listless for the nonce, with ‘Oan’t you
give us a little of that soul of yours,
Miss Blank? She believed that ‘fun
" and frolic do not lower the life they im-
1’
made B. L.
Tobacco the
best chew
" this immense variety
. purse and taste will surely
fainting, Paperhanging and
,_ ng. We guarantee satis-
‘ on in all our work.
PAINTERS’
SUPPLIES,
ARTISTS’
MATERIALS,
eLAss, Elli.
E. E. Gorham,
”than First Ave. and llsw 8t.
EAST NORWALK.2
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Penn! Medicines
II“ “D PLEASANT TD TIRE.
us one raters.
Is not. nun nor T0 TAKE,
measurably lighten.’ She was reverent.
deeply so, where reverence was due, but
, shecould aim little arrows of wit, boa
times, so as topierce the dignity of dull-
ness and leave it to collapw at leisure.
She dressed plainly, chiefly in blues,
greys and browns, without taste, prob-L
tinny, for dress was an incident with
r!
“It was whispered that she had the
largest salary ever paid to a woman for,
teaching. and that she had already lifted
a mortgage for her father. It may
have been more schoolroom romancing, .
but it was believed by many who wor-
shiped her afar ed, as also the floating
idea that she had refused innumerable
odors of marriage from teachers, doo-
tors, lawyers and priests. It may have
been“ in the moral science Monday class.
when. something suggesting, she turned
abruptly with, ‘If you are any of you
going to be robbers—mind. I am not
urging you to robbery; but if you should
some day set out to be robbers. be high-
way robbers!’ and then followed briefly
res and cons, esthetics and morals.
' hts on truth and hypocrisy that ii-
lumined that day and has sent beams
across the long bridge of years till
now.
“ ‘She-talks faster than any one I ever
knew.’ was the general verdict. She
was exquisitely facile and apt in quoting
from here, there and everywhere. It
was a treat to have one of her own fav-
orite authors given into your hands for
reference. On blank pages, spaces and
margins were copied extracts galore, in
the clear, even, open handwriting.which
only beautified ‘the text. Perhaps the
new woman was foreshadowed when
she said: ‘It is not my fault that I was
-brn a woman. It might have been dif-
ferent had I been consulted in the mat-
ter,’ but it only seems as if she were one
who had a mind of her own and dared
to speak it marvelously well if occa-
sion arose. Fascinated listeners sur-
rounded her,to challenge her quick re-
partee, and they ‘knew their place.’
“When the girl graduates, robed in
white, Wearing bud bearing flowers,
were huddled together, ready to form in
procession for the final exercises, she
was there to encourage and praise and
sympathize. Her final bracing word
was: ‘And now, girls, just imagine you
are arrayed for your wedding, that you
are to marry the world; that's the way I
did.) i,
The Trinidad Lake of Pitch.
The pitch is quarried by excavating
areas from a few feet to many feet cheep
and wide. As soon as the work ceases
the cavity begins to close, with n rapidi-
ty depending on the location. Near
the place of supply an excavation four
feet deep and eight feet squme. for in-
stance. would fill in loss than two days.
Were it made where the asphalt was of
average hardness, it would became cu-
” tirely obliterated in five or six days,
though it would substantially fill up in
less time. Outside the lake the refilling
is much less rapid. This fipt‘elly closure
00 of artificial cavities has led to the sup-
position that the aupply of asphalt is
inexhaustible, the substance being pro-
duced or generated as fast as rcmov ed.
The circumstance arises from the pines
tic nature of the ordinary bitumen.
88 which invariably yields to pressure,
$200 Forfeit
mummmtasuolron
.menr
until a ,new equilibrium is established;
thus. whore excavations have been
opened in the solid asphalt the pressure
of the sides forces up the bottom and
the cavity gradually closes. It will be
manifest that this property of suscepti-
bility to pressure is sufficient to account
for the appearance of the solid and semi-
solid pitch nt the surface. The greater
the depth. and consequent pressure of
the superincumbeut strata, the greater
will be the force propelling the material
upward.
This lake appears to be simply a great
mass of pitch, which has been expressed
from sandstone or shale and collected in
a basiullke depression of the strata.
Thsformof the surface has been pro»
eminently‘fsvorable for a large accumu-
lation, and the sources have been very
rich. Taking into consideration the prov
sinned amount of the contents of the
cavity, the forces concerned in the ele-
tlonof all this matter to the position
it “occupies must have been considerable.
~Uhnmbers s Journal.
lira. Julia Ward Howe thinks that'
m of the encouraging signs in women’s
advancement during the pasttwenty-
five years is the organisation of the
women “Bofcrethewsrthey had no
“unissued.” she says. ""l’hs war
seemed somehow to bring them to-
”the; This mayhsvebssndeelsrgsly
to! man
’eumshntlsl evidence. and has
MM
when“n ‘atitsfvsl. -‘
“hitherlorlous pin slorloustfdlnnerlnr outniphtsn’
ynestles ain‘t yet settled. but the
ontheway. .
lest-arms" hear' no lie!!! WOW”
2 horrible: united-let this wrnsun‘ growl:
For the country's safe or sunbeam ‘roend
the homes 0‘ peoplepla '
lveryhody' s nappy-own“ ythe melon’s on ‘
the way.
. ~Atlanta Constitution.
MINERAL AND METAL PRODUCTION.
'l'lss Output Wall Installed Under lost
Adverse Conditions.
The statistics of the mineral and
metal production of the United States in
1894. cernpared with the output in 1898,
are published in the Engineering and
Mining Journal. The total value ofth
mineral and metal production was
1898, $615,846,806; 1894, $553,272, 002;
showing a decline of no less than $69,-
578, 904, or 9 per cent. This great fall-
ing of! was, however, due far more to
lower prices than tolessened quantity of
the product. Thus the value of our coal
production declined last year $18, 788.-
828, or only 7 per cent, while in quai-
tity it fell 03 only 6,220,970 short tens,
or 8 1-2 per cent'. This comparatively
small decline in the volume of coal pro-
duced is substantially a measure of the
whole mineral output of the country.
The copper output increased 8 per
cent, from 827,255,788 pounds in 1893 to
358.504, 814 pounds in 1894, though in
value it declined no less than 81, 089, 508.
or 5 1-2 per cent.
The production of gold increased from
$85,955,000 in 1898 to $89,701,201 in 1894,
but the commercial value of t e silver
produced declined from 347.3 .450 in
1893't0 $81,403,531 in 1894,n fall of 315,-
907,929, or 31 per cent. This was par-
tially due to a reduced production from
00,500,000 ounces in 1893 to 49,846,875
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WEIGHTS y DAIIIIIADE IIEPDSIIDDD
Corner Madison and Franklin Streets. South 'NOrwalk.
THE BEST MALE menus or ALL nuns.
Repairing of All Kinds.
hlna
Matt
10 cents to 20 cents.
ounces in 1894, but the price also de- -:
clined from 78.2 cents an ounce in 1898
to 63 centsin 1894.
Pig iron showed a heavy decline in
quantity from 7,047,384 long tons in 1893
to 0,057,388 tons in 1894, but the value
declined much more than the quantity,
or from $93,888,309 in 1893 to $71,966,364
in 1894, a falling off in values of 23 1-2
cent., and in quantity of only 5 1-2 per
cent. The value of spelter declined
81,000,000, though the quantity pro-
duced fell 03 only 2,250 tons.
On the whole the mineral industries
of the United States have made a highly
satisfactory record in 1894 in the quan-
tity produced under such an enormous
shrinkage in values. With prices lower
than ever before thought possible, and in
the majority of cases lower than similar
articles are produced anywhere else in
the world. the output has declined very
little. The low prices, no doubt. main-
tained in large consumption, and ,now,
with reviving prosperity and prices, the
producers will reap the harvest for
which they planted in the hard times.
A PRISONER’S LADDER.
Used for Climblng Out and Back When
He Visited Ills Sweetheart.
Warden Patten,“ the Indiana prison,
south.ut Jeifersonville, has now on ex-
hibition one of the most remarkable
contrivances of a prisoner that ever
came into his collection. It is a ladder
made of thousands of small .pieces of
twine, thread, cords and rope, such as a
convict would secretly collect through
years of Aafiort. With the rope Thomas
Shepherd used to climb a» thirty-foot
wall and get out of the penitentiary The
night after night to visit on old sweet-
heart. He never attempted to escape,
and when his ladder was found one
night he returned before his absence
had been discovered, rang the bell at the
front gnteand-surrendeml himself. On
his arm he canied a rubber (unit, which
had been used to conceal his striped
shirt. He wore moccasins over his
shoes.
Shepherd told a stmightforward story,
so far as it went. He had made the lad-
der, he said. in order that he might
vislta woman outside the prison. He
had gone to her house only four timeqsusrsn
he said. Last Sunday night when he
returned he found his ladder gone from
the wall and at once he decided to
give himself up. He would not tell the
women‘ a name, but the prison oflicials
think they have discoveml her {don ty.
She went from her home in dull
county, lud.. some years ago to live in
Jeffersonvillc, near her convict lover.
Shepherd said that he wove his ladder
at night, and that it took him mouths
finish it. it contained threads,
3s. and bits of con] of every size,
length and color. They were woven,
knotted and twisted skillfully.
Shepherd was sent to prism to serve
a life sentence in 1875. A new trial
was secured two years later, and he
was rscmnmittcl on the same sentence
on April 19, 1878. He has continually
petitioned for executive clemency, and
tire years ago his sentence was com
muted to Monty years. He will be re-
leased. consequently. on April is, 1898.
He was a country sihool teacher. One
night at an apple poring he had a quar-
rel wlth 3 than named Money Eagle
over a girl. Eagle lied shaman] ar-
rested, and one night. before thocass
was tried. Eagle was nominated.
Word was crmvicted purely on elm-
vm
maintained his innocenceuuvm’c‘snuss
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