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THE cone or: THE GOLDEN HELEN:
Who wins his love shall lose her,
Who loses her shall gain,
For still the spirit woos her,
A soul without a stain;
And memory still pursues her
With longings not in vain!
He loses her who gains her.
Who watches day by day
The dust- of time that stains her,
The griefs that leave her gray,
The flesh that yet enchains her,
Whose grace hath passed away.
Oh, happier he who gains not
The love some seem to gain;
The joy that custom stains not
Shall still with him remain,
The loveliness that wanes not.
The love that ne'er can wane.
lln dreams she grows not older
The lands of dream among.
Though all the world wax colder.
Though all the songs be sung,
In dreams doth he behold her
Still fair and kind and young. '
-Thc World‘s Desire.
MRS. WILVERTON’S BALL.
Mrs. Alison sat in her easy chair and
tapped her foot impatiently as she worked.
Mr. Alison paced the floor uneasily and
frowned darkly. It wzw evident there was
a slum brewing in the domestic atmos-
phere. Indeed, the first faint drops of the
coming shower were already pattering
down on the dainty dress Mrs. Alison was
embroidering for her beloved baby.
“For pity’s sake, Maud,” broke forth her
liege lord, “don’t begin crying. Why can’t
you be sensible and look at the matter in
a.aensible way? It ought not to be so hard
fcryou to yield to my wishes, when I have
good reasons for asking you to do it be—
sides.”
“Idon’t know what you call good rea-
sons,” sobbed Maud Alison. “You don’t
know the Wilvertons that you should
.wishzme to give up attending their ball——
sucha magnificent affair as it’s going to
bestoo.”
“'flmt’s the chief of my reasons—because
Idon’t know anything about the family-—
neither for nor against them. But the
man’s face is enough to condemn him. I
wouldn’t trust him an inch out of my
sight.”
“You’re as unjust as you can be,” cried
Mrs. Alison indignantly, “to say such un—
just-things about a. stranger of whom you
know nothing. I do believe you are jeal-
ous of him because he was so attentive to
me at Mrs. Fitzgerald’s party.”
Mr. Alison whistled.
“Jealous! I should hope I wasn’t quite
such a fool. But I do think you are alto-
gether too careless in taking up with peo-
ple so rashly. You haven’t known the
family a month. and yet Mrs. VVilverton is
as much at home here as if the house he-
longed to her. I don’t like it, and I ex-
press] y desire that you will see as little of
either her or her husband as is possible
until something more is known of both of
them. Especially do I wish you to decline
their invitation to this ball. I don’t want
my wife known as the chosen friend of a
pair of adventurers.”
And having delivered this decision Mr.
Alison walked out of the room.
Thereat his pretty wife was justly indig-
nant as well as at what he had said. An-
ger had dried the tears uoou her checks as
she muttered: “Adventurers,indeed; as if
that were possible! I am sure that Mr.
and Mrs. Wilverton are as elegant and re-
fined as any people of our acquaintance,
and everybody says the ball will be mag-
nificent, and everybody is going, too, and
——and——so am I. I will not be deprived of
every little pleasure I chance to care for
because Fred chooses to dictate in that
lordly manner. I shall go to the ball in
spite of him; so, there!”
And the little foot came down with em-
pbasis upon the soft carpet beneath it.
Thus it was that Mr. and Mrs. Alison so
nearly quarreled this bright morning in
early December. The VVilvertons had is-
sued cards for a grand reception and ball,
to which nearly all the elite of the town
had responded favorably. Could Mrs. Ali-
son decline? She did not intend to, at all
events. ‘ .
Yet it was with rather a. failing heart
that she penned her acceptance of the invi-
tation and commenced her preparation
for the great event. She had never yet in
their pleasant married life acted so willful-
ly in opposition to her husband’s wishes.
But this time she felt herself in part ex-
cusable.
“If he had asked me not to go,” she
said, half pcuitently, “I might have
thought better of it. but I won’t be com-
manded. I didn’t marry to become my bus-
band’s slave, and I’ll go to this ball if only
to show him that I can think for myself
and shall act as I clloosqwhcther he objects
or not.” '
You see, the little lady was fast working
herself up to a. very high pitch of virtuous
indignation, and she was scarcely disposed
to pay any attention to the faint monitions
of conscience, especially when it dared to
whisper that she was wrong.
The night of the ball came around at
last, as all things do when patiently waited
for. At breakfist that day Mrs. Alison
had announced to her husband her inten-
tion of attending the ball.
“You are not in earnest?” he said.
“Indeed, I am,” was the defiant reply.
“My preparations are all completed. and
Mrs. Leighton has offered me a seat in her
carriage in case you persist in not escort-
ing me yourself.”
“I certainly shall not go,” her husband
answered firmly. “And I cannot believe
my little wife will go without me,” he add-
ed pleasantly. “Give me a kiss, puss, and
when I come home this evening I trust
you will have put all this nonsense out of
your head. By, by!” ,
But his wife would not look at him when
he kissed her, and stamped her foot angrily
as the door closed behind him and she
heard his careless whistle as he ran down
the steps.
“I’m not a baby,” she said to herself,
“and I won’t be treated like one. He shall
find out that I can go without him.”
And he did come to a realizing sense of
the fact when he came to dinner that
evening. Running lightly upstairs to their
room, the first sight that met his amazed
eyes was his pretty wife in 'full festive
robes,
“Well, dear,” she said with a slight af-
fectation of unconsciousness .that.:shc. was
vexing him in (the least, “-youzsee ’Iahave
decided to go, afterall. How do you alike
my dress? I dressed early on purpose for
you to see it.” '
Mr. Alison had stopped short as she
spoke, with hands uplifted.
“Maud,” he said in a vexed way, “what
does this mean?” '
“Have you forgotten so quick?” she an-
swercd lightly. “It is the \Vilvertons’
ball, you know. Itold you this morning
Mrs. Leighton had offered to call for me
and bring me home again. Don’t you re-
member?” 4 -
“I remember something .. you seem to
have forgotten,” was the cold reply; “that
in that Idid not and do not want you to
go to this ball. Those Wllvertons are not
fit people for you to associate with; of that
I am certain. The town is full of rumors
against them, and I predict that you will
find but few decent people there to—night."
“What nonsense you‘ are talking!” she
said, genuinely surprised now. “Why, I
know there are plenty of the bat people
going. I have scarcely met one who has
declined the invitation.”
"That may be,” was the quiet reply, “but
many men who have heard as much and
more than I have will change their minds
to-night, and keep themselves and their
families away. Those who do go will be
sorry for it, I am very sure.”
“What terrible things have you heard, I
should like to know .9” she asked, half con.
vinced. ‘ _
“Only rumors, I own,” he answered,“but
they are bad enough. There was never so
much smoke without a little fire. 1”—
Mrs. Alison interrupted him with blaz-
ing eyes. “Rumors, indeed! You need say
I do not believe one word of it at
no more.
all, and I shall go. That is decided."
“But, Maud”—
“I don’t wish to hear any more. I am
going. ”
And she went—went with Mrs. Leighton
when she called for her—went with u. smil-
ing face and an angry, rebellious heart.
The Wilvertous greeted her with effu-
sion. But there were very fcw of her set
present; somehow the atmosphere seemed
a different one from what she had been ac-
customed to. There were a number of
strangers present, ladies and gentlemen.
The former did not impress her favorably,
and the latter seemed rather demonstrative
in their devotions to the fairer sex. Mr.
VVilverton made her uncomfortable, more-
over, with his persistent attentions, and
altogether she was not sorry when Mrs.
Leighton proposed returning home. They
went early, and most of their particular
set followed in their wake—those, at least,
who had not gone before.
Very little conversation passed between
Mr. and Mrs. Alison that night—very lit—
tle for some days thereafter. He consid-
ered himself justly agrieved, and was in-
dignant accordingly. She felt herself in
the wrong, was too proud to own it, and
was miserable in consequence.
Meanwhile the whispers against the
Wilvertous increwed in number and im-
portance. It began to be generally con-
ceded that there was something wrong
about them; and people who had taken
them up on trust were gradually drop-
ping their acquaintancc. Mrs. Alison,
however, prided herself on beingr no sum-
mer friend, and her intimacy with the
VVilvertons seemed in no wise diminished;
seemed, I say, for she was growing to die-
like them both, as she Saw more and more
of them. Mrs. VVilverton’s dashing ways
seemed coarse now, and no words could
tell how she was growing to loathe the
man who grew more bold and outspoken
in his admiration of her each day.
But the end was very near.
Mr. Alison came up to dinner one even-
ing in a half subdued tremor of excite-
ment.
“Maud. dear, I have news for you," he
said, striving to speak calmly, but failing
signally in the attempt.
Mrs. Alison looked up a little surprised
at the “dear” which had fallen from-his
lips but rarely since that unfortunate ball,
but, truth to tell. rather glad to hear it
again.
“What is it?” .
“It’s about the Wilvcrtons. You see,”
he went on hurriedly, “there’s been, as you
know, a great deal of talk about them
lately—more, perhaps, than you are aware
of—and people haven’t scrupled to call
them adventurers, if not swindlers. It
seems that they are even worse than that.”
“What?” cried Mrs. Alison sharply.
“Criminals! At least the man is. He was
arrested this morning by a detective from
London, who has been on his track for
some time. His very boldness in coming
here and launching out in the style he has,
under an assumed name, and with all the
appearance of great wealth, had thrown
the police elf the scent for a little while,
but they have got him now, and he’s safe
foratwenty years’ term at Portland island,
at least.”
“What has he done?” asked Mrs. Alison.
“Perhaps you will recognize his real
name—it is \Villis”—-——
“The notorious bank robber?"
“The same.”
Mrs. Alison did not speak for many min-
utes. Then she remembered that she had
been, or had tried to be, a friend to Mrs.
W'ilvu-ton. She could not desert her now
that so terrible asorrow had fallen upon
her.
“Will you ring the bell for Lucy?” she
said to her husband very quietly. “I want
my bonnet and shawl. I am. going to see
Mrs. Wilverton. She ought not to be left
to bear this trouble alone, and I know of
no one who will go to her now.”
Mr. Alison stared, amazed. Even he had
never realized half the real nobility that
despite her faults was inherent in his
wife’s nature. She had risen now, and
was standing very pale and still by the
table. He went to her and put his arms
around her and drew her head down to his
breast.
“My noble Maud,” was all he said.
She clung to him sobbing.
“0h. Fred. you do forgive me for treat-
ing you so badly the other night?” she
pleaded. “I’m so sorry now.”
“I need forgiveness, too, darling, for hav-
ing been sullen,” he answered earnestly,
“and we will both forget and forgive.
Shall it not be so?”
She lifted her face and kissed him softly.
“And poor Mrs. Wilverton, Fred! Will
you not go with me to see her? I do not
like her really, though I have tried to,
but I cannot leave her to bear this alone.”
Mr. Alison held his wife in a close clasp.
“I had not told you all, dear,” he said.
“There is no Mrs. \Vilverton, or Willis, as
her name would be if she had any right to
bear the name of the man she has lived
with all these months, and who, if reports
say true, ruined himself and committed
the robbery to gratify her extravagant de-
mands."
“Fred!” and Mrs. Alison’s face grew very
pale, “you don’t mean that she”—--
“Was not his wife,” he answered sternl y.
It was a savere lesson, not only to Mrs.
Alison, but to the people of Bolton who
had admitted these persons into their so-
ciety without question, simply because of: ’
the lavish display of wealth they made,
and it is safe to say a thoroughly efiectual
one.
Moreover, there are few differences of
opinion between Mr. and Mrs. Alison now-
adays. She is more willing to take his
opinion of people as a. correct one, and he
has learned his wifels heart too well not to
trust her motives always, if he sometimes
doubts her judgment—New York World.
Cancer Mortality Among the Jews.
An English paper states that one of the
lecturers at O'wens college, Manchester,
has put forward the assertions (1)“that
no Jew or chess has ever been known to
sufier from cancer,” and (2) that “the im-
munity of the Hebrew race from this
frightful scourge was attrlbgted to their
abstinence from swind- flash.
Dlulcted by a Newsboy...
Two men jumped ‘upon the i'l'cilfit plat:
form of a Broadway car the other: night.
At the same moment an n; {lie .little
newsboy sprang upon then-em end. Quietly
he wormed his way through the {maze~ bf-
passengers, drew back the slidb in thf:
front door, tapped upon the glass. and JE
ceived two nickels in his outstretched
palm' l aw
The passengers who had beenemulcted,
as is usual with patrons of the front plat-
form, never looked behind them to see
who was receiving their money.
The newsboy turned around, sold a pa—
per or two, went out the front door and
swung himself of? the car just as the gen,
ductor came up and viciously jerked bhck
the change slide. Nobody paid any atten-
tion to him. '
“Fares, please,”
the door. ..
Nobody moved except to stare blankly'at
the conductor, and then gaze blankly at
each other. .
“Jim.” said the fare collector to the
driver, “didn’t you signal me that there
were two fares here?”
“Yes; there they are!”
The men protested that they had paid.
For a moment things looked very sq 1,‘ly.
Then a man remarked that he had seen a
newsboy get off the car a moment before,
and suggested that perhaps he had stolen
the money.
“What sort of a looking boy was he?”
inquired the conductor.
He was described.
“That's him, confound him!” exclaimed
the conductor angrily. “He’s done the
trick on me before, but he won’t do it
again.” ~
It is said that this urchin regularly taps
the Broadway and other car lines in a sim-
ilar fashion.——New York Herald.
he shouted as he opened
Courting on a Street Car.
A trim looking young woman got aboard
an up to‘wn surface car a night or two ago.
The car was by no means filled, but she
didn’t try to get a seat, and she didn’t even
enter the door, but stood on the rear plat
form and leaned against the rail. It was a
chilly night, and she and the conductor
had the platform to themselves. The other
passengers looked out in some surprise at
the sight, and beheld the pair enter into
conversation. That it was not their first
meeting by any means was as evident as
anything well could be. They talked long
and earnestly, and as block after block was
traveled they got closer and closer to one
another. There is always more or less jolt-
ing about a street car’s movements, and
pretty soon the young woman was bracing
herself against the brake handle. Then
in a minute or two the conductor was seen
to turn the handle so that it would give
her a better support.
His arm moved with the iron, and to the
most near sighted man in the car it was
very quickly apparent that the arm was
doing avast deal more in the way of a sup-
port than fell to the lot of the brake han-
dle. The car meanwhile was rapidly ap-
proaching the street at .which one of the
passengers desired to alight. He hadn’t it
in his heart to disturb the pair, and so he
» started to leave the car by the front dfioi‘.
The driver looked at him with a wink and
then spoke, as if to the world in general
and nobody in particular: “Jack’s in
luck.” he said. “Pretty girl he’s got, and
a good one. It looks queer to see her out
there with him, but it’s about her only
chance to see him with the hours we have
—-—and they’ve been married onlya month.’ ’
—New York Time-n.
A Mexican Centaur.
According to an Arkansas journal Dr.
Collins, of Little River county, that state,
killed a most remarkable quadru pad near
his place in the spring of 1877. From the
time of the war up until the year named
several persons claimed to have frequently
seen an animal in the form of a large red
deer, with the head and neck of a man.
On the day that the animal was killed Dr.
Collins’ wife and a negro girl were going
along an unused path when they saw," 13
queer creature peering at them through the
underbrush. They made haste and - in-
formed the doctor what had occurred. He
took his gun and started in search of,the
beast, which ‘he soon overtook and she _,
Closer inspection showed that the head,
instead of being that of a man, more near-
ly resembled that of a baboon. Its eyes
were'large and very prominently set to the
sides of its head. A long fringe of brown
beard covered the chin and neck. Dr. Col-
lins says that when he came up with the
creature and leveled his gun at itgit
seemed to be aware of its great danger, the
large eyes melting into tears as it saw the
utter hopelessness of the case.
When shot it uttered a. heart reading
scream and leaped high in the air, expiring
with awful groans which closely reSem-
blcxl those of a man in distress. It is gen-
erally believed that the creature was a spe-
cies of the Mexican centaur, a semi-legend
ary creature of the post conquest era.
Unique Advertising.
Bishop Talbot told a story in Boston the
other day showing that at least one r-
vard man didn’t leave his Wits behind rm
when he left college. The bishop, it seems,
arrived one day in a small mining town in
his diocese—Wyoming —— where he had
promised to hold a service. Walking up
the street he noticed some green haudbills
flying about, took one up and read as fol-
lows: “Bishop Talbot preaches to-uight at
Let him have a big crowd. Please
leave your guns with the usher.”
The bishop was not easily scared, but
thought the last sentence a little odd. On
inquiry he learned that one of the young
men in town, a Harvard man, by the way,
who knew the bishop, and wanted to raise
a good crowd to greet him, had issued the
handbills, knowing that many who would
not come to hear a bishop preach would
come at a hint of a disturbance of an y kind.
—New York World. .
To Protect the Feet.
A man compelled to stand or walk all
day on a hard floor or pavement is almost
certain to have tendcr feet and sore ankles.
The trouble is not so much with the hard-
ness ofthe floor as with the sudden jar ex-
perienced by the foot every time it is set
down on the hard surface. If he will take
a flat sheet of rubber and out out ftwo
pieces just large enough to fit on the in-
side of hisshoc soles be will find immediate
relief, for the rubber will break, the jar
when the heel strikes the floor and save
foot and ankle from the strain to which
both are subjected from a floor or- hard
pavement.——Intcrview in St. Louis Globe-
Democrat. _ j ' '
Food Preservatives and .Adultoratlon.
Many authoritative disclaimers have
been recently made against the indiscrim-
inate use of such preservatives as borax,
boric acid and salicylic acid, more .‘pe-
clally as applied to milk, cream. beer and
other articles of food and drink. Their
actual injuriousuess is not asserted, but in
many casesitla believed that their func-
tion can be performed. better and more
,merclal Advertiser.
safely by refrigeration—alien York Oom-
AH.
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WHAT FLOWERS BU FOLK.
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Observations on How ‘1‘th Affect a Man‘s
Character and Appearance.
The talk about the overwork and under-
pay of many sorts; of laborers tempts a
thoughtful person to take a rather critical
attitude with regard to his luxuries. An
enjoyment is easily spoiled by... the twinge
of reminding conscience, which insists
that the pleasure has been secured through
the.“ unduly painful toil of another. /
But at least one delightful extravagance
is entirely free from this taint of the
primal curse. Flowers have no clinging.
associations of unhappy workers in squalid.
surroundings, but call instead to the minds
of those who know them the most con:
tented class of manual laborers to be found
in the world. Among a good many florists
and gardeners whom I have known I can-
not remember a single dissatisfied or pessi-
mistic one. They are always a little pa-
thetic to look at, because constant stooping
makes round shoulders one of the marks
of the trade, and their general effect of un-
prosperousness is heightened by their pre
veiling indifference to personal neatness.
Indeed, their fondness for the soil is al-
most always so great that they} are not at
all troubled when an astonishing amount
of it adheres to them, and merely to say
that a. gardener is a better fellow than he
looks expresses very feebly the virtues of
the calling.
And the interest these men show in their
work! My gardeners have an almost ma-
ternal fondness for their plants. “Would
you like to see my houseful of sick roses?”
one asked me once. .-
“Of course I should,” I replied, expect-
ing to see some depressing spectacle of
languishing vegetation. Instead, I was
shown a roomful of .sturdy bushes of all
ages, but alike in the lustiness of their
growth.
“You see, in every lot which comes from
the nursery there are some which haven’t
stood the journey, and which would never
do to sell,” said my florist friend. “Their
value is not much, but I cannot hear to
throw them away, and a little extra care
makes them what you see here.”
“Isn’t the time worth more than the
young plants?”
“Of course itis. But I enjoy giving the
weak ones a bit of a petting.”
I have often noticed that generosity is al-
most a trade characteristic offlorists. It does
not take the form of making their wares
unnaturally cheap-but they are more will—
ing than other merchants to give a little
more than they have to. With most of the
craft a dozen means fifteen, and I have
rarely found one who would not’ ask a cus-
tomer to take an extra rose for a bouton-
niere. They seem to feel that flowers were
created to be given and not sold, and offer
this little implied apology for the sordid
necessity which makes them barter their
lovely merchandise.
Nothing pleases them better than a cus-
comer who is himself an enthusiast, and it
would be hard to convince them of the
hrsencss of a real flower lover. I went
(luv-:5 to the florist who had lately stocked
my little garden with a complaint that the
plants had all been stolen.
"Stole your plants, did they?” repeated
1,.._ with a quaint Scotch accent. Then,
thinking that the catastrophe appealed to
me. in a moral rather than a commercial
fight: “But they canna ha.’ been verra bad
if they liked flo’ers well cno’ to steal ’em.”
-Cor. Kate Field's W'ashingtou.
Fattenlng Terrapin Without Food.
We get terrapin from a little town down i
in Maryland. where they are bought up
from the fishermen who catch them in
nets in Chesapeake bay.
“There are diamond backs in other
southern waters~here is one that came
from Savannah—but none are supposed to
have the exquisite taste of those caught; in
the Chesapeake.”
“How long will they live?”
“For three or four months, and strange
to say get fatter the longer they are kept.
All the food they get is a little sea grass
put down for them to waddle about in.”
The average terrapin isn’t over seven
inches long, and in the shell don’t weigh
over two pounds. The late Mr. Wormley.
of hotel fame, was a connoisseur in dia-
mond backs, and bought as many as 300 at
a time. He put them away in a remote
room,,where no light entered, so that they
wouldn’t stir about,‘ locomotion being a
hindrance to the fattening promises—Inter-
view in Washington Post.
Guarding Against Counterfelt Bills.
The Lounger was sitting in a notary’s
office the other day when a man came in to
make an aflidavit to some papers. The
notary’s charge was twenty-five cents, and
the man handed him a $2 bill.
“Do you know whose picture that is?”
the notary asked in a genial tone, pointing
to the portrait on the bill.
“That's Hancock,” replied the stranger.
“Is it?” The notary did not seem to be
certain about it, and putting on his glasses
hc held the bill up to the light and scanned
it closely.
“Yes,” he said at last. “I guess you are
right. It is Hancock.” Then the stranger
received his change and went away.
“I always do that with people I don’t
know,” said the notary to the Lounger
when the stranger had gone. “You see it
gives me a fine chance to see if the bill is a
counterfeit. ’ ’——-New York Tribune.
Gun Protection. ‘
The importance of proper gun protection
has not been always rec nixed. For a
time France built ships in whichtheheavy
guns and their crews were protected with
thin shields only, while the water line was
heavily armored. Now, many French writ-
ers are in favor of removing the water line
armor entirely. France was not alone in
following the form of construction men-
tioned, but she is the most striking exam-
ple. All nations have at times constructed
vessels with weakly armored batteries.
“The life of the ship must be‘ preserved,”
has been the wutchword. but of what use
avessel can be whose chief "means of of-
fense is destroyed is not very apparent..—
New York Herald. '
Mechanical Plano Playing.
Sterndale Bennetsaid: “Nowadays n. is '
not worth any one’s while to take up pub-
lic performance as a profession; things are
so dlflerent from what they were when I
was a boy. Then no one ever thought of
giving himself entirely to it, unless he had
a natural and most unmistakable gift for
the pianoforte. In the present day the all
vanes in the mechanical [sic] (the means
which bring one to a certain point) is so
great that numbers of clever people who -
have but little natural talent for music-be.-
como players through a system of admira-
ble training."-—Musical Experiences.
The “House of Seven Gables,” which
Nathaniel Hawthorne made famous, is
stillto be seen on Turner street, Salem,
Mass. It was. built iu'lfim, but received
runny alterations by its sum'essive owners. '
until it became the curious structure
-~which attracted Ilawthorne’s attention ~ -‘
:gygflstfi one timebhism . _
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How nardtack 13mm.
Not one person in 100,000 knows how the
army “hardtack” is made. Let me induct
the world into the mystery. You take
some flour, a pinch of salt, a little water;
mix the three ingredients well, out the
preparation into regulation size and then
proceed to bake the same. Time hardens
the “tack” and improves it. When it gets
to the consistency of granite it is at its
best. The hardtack has imprinted on its
face the letters B. 0., because they were so
hard to masticate the boys in the army in-
terpreted the initials to mean that they
were made before the birth of Christ—In-
terview in St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
No Insanity There.
Fair Patron—Any new pictures,
Dobbs?
Mr. Dobbs—Only this one, a. lot of jolly
bachelors—myself among the number——
celebrating Christmas eve. . -
F. P. (pertly)—What will you call it? An
evening in a mad house? ,
Doan the contrary, I shall call it
“A_ View of the Seine.”—Pittsburg Bul-
letm.
Mr.
A Ghastly Discovery.
M. Gorex, a. learned physician of Burgos,
recently ascertained the fact that the figure
on the crucifix in the cathedral at that
placeisa real human body, in a perfect
state of preservation. It is said to have
been in its present position since the begin‘
ning of the Eleventh century—St. Louis
Republic.
In his long life of 80 years P. T. Bar-
num has had a most versatile career. Be-
fore becoming a traveling showman he had
been successively the proprietor of an oys-
ter saloon, an editor, a bartender, a negro
minatrel, a boarding house keeper, dra-
matic critic, preacher, bank president, au-
thor and partner in a clock factory. He
finally found his true vocation.
In cold countries like Canada the ears
are often forced to grow in an unnatural
way by the custom of forcing the caps
down. over the skull and making the ears
stickout. It isonly American ears which
get frostbitten in Canada. The cars of the
natives are inured to excessive cold.
The few clever after dinner speakers in
our country have a national reputation for
no other reason than because the art is so
rare, while the really great theologians,
lyceum speakers and political craters are
scarcely more than one to every halfmillion
of our population.
The fiber of the hop vine-now used in
France for paper—has great length,
strength, flexibility and delicacy, and is
claimed to be the best substitute for rags
yet obtained.
_“*l‘vi3fiV1ETAL——
FU R SA. L I? .
till" 3 Lil. Hundred Pounds of Old Type for
Sale, at 10 cents per pound. at this oliicc.
DETROIT 5”“ GRIP
I — STEEL’I'ACKLEBI.OCK
“3““ HALF THE COST of hoisting saved
5 A to Storekeepers, Butchers, Farmers,
Machinists, Builders, Contractors
and OTHERS. Admitted to be the
greatest improvements ever made
, in tackle blocks. Freight prepaid.
' Write for Catalogue.
7 Fulton Iron 8: Engine VV’ks.
10 Brush Sb, Detroit. Mich
bllshod, ls 52 13’
A. i'EAR ! I undertake lohriel‘ly
tench any fairly inlrlllgem person ofcither
sex, who can read and write, and who,
alter lnstructionflvlll work lndustrioully.
how to earn Three Thousand Dollars n
Yearln thelrown localliiesnvhrrcver they lire.l will also furnish
the situation orcmploymenl,m which you can earn that amount.
No money for me unless successful as above. Easily and quickly
learned. I desire but one worker from ouch district or county. I
have already taught and provided with employment in lnr 0
number, who are making over $3000 a yenreauh. lt‘s .v
and SOL] l). Full particulars FIKEE. Address at once,
E. C. ALLEN. Box 420. Augusta, Maine.
HUMPHREYS?
DR. Hrsranars’ Sracuucs are scientifically and
carefully prepared prescrl tlons ; used for numy
ears in privatapractlce w th auccess,nnd to: over
{hm yearsus by the people. Every single Spe.
clllc a special cure for the disease named.
These Specifics cure without drugglng. Purg-
ing or reducing the system, apd are in tact and
deed the sovereign remedies or the“ arid.
usr or PRINCIPAL nos. cums. rmc
Fever-s, Congestion. inflammation... .f
‘ Worms, Worm Fever, Worm Colic. .-
2 Cryln Colic, cr'l'cethlngotlnranzs .2
. Diarr ca, of Children or Adults... .2
Q Dzsenter Grlplng, Blllouc Colic... .2
I 8 olera Momma, Vomiting 2
7 ouklls, Cold Bronchitis ............. .2
8 Neural la, Toothache. Fat-cache. .‘é
0801110 on, SlckHeadache. Vertigo .21
10 spepsla, Blllous Stomach ......... .
1 Sll pressedor Painful Periods. .
1‘ Will, tea, too Profuse l'erlods ......... .‘
1 gran , Cough, Difficult Breathlug. .-
1 It hcum. Erysipclas, llru tlons. .2
1 R euma ism, Rheumatic? ns.... .2
1 Fever an Anne, Chills. Malaria .5
1 Piles, Blind or Bleeding ............... .5
din theHcad .5
General Debllile' yslcalWr-sakncss .
dnoy Disease ......................
ervous nobility .................... 1 .
r nary Weakness, Wetting Bed. .5
iseases of theHearIJ’nlplmtlcn 1 .0 l
Cigarrh, Influenza. (to
W ooplmz Cmuzh‘,1 Violent Coughs. .g
E
Sold byD ts, or sent ficstpaid on receipt
of rice. Du. mnmvs’ ANUAL, (144 pa es)
rlc bound in cloth and gold, mailed t e.
HUMPHREYS’ MEDICINE GO.
Cor. William and John Streets, New York.
SPECIFIOS.
_ :.’ —; -. . Snug lltlle fortuneslmvr-luecnmade“
“9‘ \i. work for us, by .lmm l'ugc, Austin,
6“; 2 ..~ 1:94:13, and Jun. Bonn, Toledo, Ohio.
..‘ .2. .
- 386 cm. Olin-rs ure dulnguswell. Why
'not you? Some rum over $500.00 a
month. You um do the work and live
' . at home, “'lll‘l‘l’Vt‘l' you are. Even be-
' sinners are easily eumlng from $5 to
1" a dny. All ages. We show you how
fl. and Murl you. (‘au work in r. are time
or all the lime. lllg money tor work-
. . ,. . era. Fnilm’e unknown muons: them.
. . NEW and wonderful. l‘nrtil-ulurs free.
ll.Ilullett ch 00., 150x EH50 l’orth: nd. 1“ 1|in
ATENTS !
G. :R. BYING'I‘ON,
Washington, D. C.
10 yuan m u. 5. Eu”: 1“ llllflllluls “3““ FM.
PATENT OFFICE.
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of;
& annunnv. ' upmn.
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Resume
—- LA UN DR'Y— '
51 Main Street, Norwalk.
COLLARS AND CUFFS Tnov S'rvna
“Begs to Inform the public that he is conducts
g n
First-Class lnmidry Business
at the above named lace and soil Its 1 ‘
patronage of all those $1.0 desire goo?! wait);
at moderate prices. He employs only skilled
Workmeu and guarantees satls action in evei y
case. No chemicals used. A reduction of lb
per cent. will be made on all Laundry work
amounting to $1 or more. Work ready when
promised. Do not forget, No. N Main street. »
oss'rnanpx’s LIST.
Shirts ................ 6c Und .3 ‘ ' ‘ '
NewShlrts.....L.... 3c Drau‘ragl'gfllmx'. iiiii 5“
Shirts With-Collar” 8c Night Shirts... 1" ac
Collars .............. iv, Vests.... "zoo
Cuffs, per al.r...... 2%.: Neckties . .. so
Haudkerc ie‘fs ..... 20 Coats..... .20 tome
Socks, per pair ..... 2c Pants. . . ... . ..20 to 100
Aprons ............ so
BED AND TABLE LINEN.
Table Cloths” .10 to 2.50 P'lllow Cases , '
Sheets ............... To Pillow Shaniéiilf :2
Towels ...... Two forac Window Curtains,
. ' snow
napkins .......... 2 to 4c Luce Curtains. 250550?
Lace Curtains. Window Shad
Work a specialty. (-5 and all ”we
liamlly washing taken at sacents a dozen.
'l‘hesc prices commence l_)ec.15th, 1590.
lcrms cash on delivery.
J. D. JENNINGS;-
UNDERTAKER AND EMBALMER
No. 4 KNIGHT STREET,
Residence, No. Elm Street.
Night bell at otllce.
NORWALK. CONN.
WAY’S
OLD FASHIONED
STOMACH - - BITTERS
A HE the. BestSpnng ’l‘omc Large Botto-
slMl; sum; is bottles free at
HALE's CORNER DRUG 5.130111:
21 3m
FURNITURE.
GEORGE E. RAYMOND.
FURNITURE DEALER, '
Has removed to the new and commodlous store
four doors above his old stand and stooketi
it with NE W GOODS ofthe A A'l‘El-l’l‘
STYLE and FINEST FINISH.
oEo. mnavmosn. .l g! n
Fonmsnmc .UNDERTAKER &. EMBALMEI;
I give my personal attention to laying out
and furnishing everything necessary
for the Interment at the Dead.
RESIDENCE, 3 BERKLEY PLACE, Nonwa l-l.
.‘ 1.1;-
And tibiae: lam [Alf/fl/ EN, lll%‘£‘%\§%
ever made, likeAla -
din's of old, a “won-
derfullampl" Ahmp ':
absolutely non-
explosive and un-
breakable, which
givea a clear, so“,
brilliant white light
of 85 candle flower!
Purer and brighter
than gas light, softer
than electric liiht
more cheerful t an
That lamp is
“The Rochester.”
And with it there is no smoke, no smell,
no érakm chimney, no flickering, no sweating,
no climbing up of the flame, no "tantrums "
nor annoyance of any kind, and it never
needs trimming. Its founta (oll reservoir»
being tough to led seamless brass, with cen-
tral draft, it is absolutely unbreakable.
and as safe a: a fallow candle.‘
Only five years old, and over a million auda
half in use. It must be a GOOD lamp to
make such a telling success. Indeed it is.
for lamps may come and lamps may go, but
the "Rochester” shines on forever!- We
make over 2,000 artistic varietiea,—Hangiag
and Table Lamps, Banquet Study, Vase and
Piano Lumpy—every kin , in Bronze, Por-
celain, Bran, Nickel and Black Wrought Iron.
Ask the lamp dealer for it. Look for the trade-
mark stamp: “Tux Rocnasran.” If he hasn't
the {exam Rochester and the style you want.
ori no lamp-store is near, send to us for
free illustrated catalogue (and reduced
price-lint), and we will box and send you any
lamp safely by express, right to your door.
ROCHESTER. LAMP 00..
48 Park Place. New York.
.‘i’m Larges! ”Gales-ale Lamp Star: in the World
Press the Button,
Vi
......
either!
The Eagle Self.“ hun
} Pocket Lump- No 1%)" no?
, film-crack, but areal cenulne
lump in ‘ Moire
tilt and 1000 extra lighters sent prepaid for 81. It
Eu write and mention this paper. will tell you how
,0 get one for nothing. Address Retell apartment at
Rochester Lamp 00.. 31 Barclay Street. New York,
can be earned at our NEW llno ofwork.
rapidly and honorably, by those of
either sex. young or old, and in their
own localitiesnvherever they live. Any
4 one can do the work. Euy to learn.
We furnish everything. We start you. '0 fig . You can devote
your spare momenta, or all your time to the work. This is an
entirely new lend,nnd bring: wonderful success to every worker.
Beginners are earning from $25 to 850 per week and upwards.
and more after a little experience. We can furnish you the cm-
plnynirut and leach you FREE. No spuceto explaluhcn. Full
information FREE. TRUE & (.30., AUGUSTA, “I“.
«cs-2%
OCTOBER.
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JULY.
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