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The Gazette has the largest cir—
culation of any paper in Norwalk.
and furnishes the lowest advertising
rates.
An Expert at Work. -
At the meeting of the directors of the '
Norwal‘k Horse Railway company last
evening, Mr. Lewis C. Green was elec-
ted a director to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of Mr. Hyatt. A~ reso-
lution was passed authorizing Presi-
dent Kimmey to equip the cars with
fare registers. which will be done at ‘
once. The duties of the superintendent
of the road were defined and the score-
tary notified to have the same typewrit-
ten and posted in the office. Under the
new regime the superintendent will
have care of the men and the tracks,
horses and cars. A resolution was also
passed to have the books examined by
an expert accountant, and Mr. George
H. Broomfield is to-day going over the
same.
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Well Known in Norwalk.
The Walliugford correspondent of
the New Haven Courier writs thus of a
journalist who has a record—such as it
is—in various parts of the state :
Colonel Darwin C. Pavey, formerly
editor and manager of the Wallingford
Weekly Times. now associate editor of
the Portsmouth, N. H. Evening Times,
and Miss Annie E. Smart. 9. drawing
teacher in the public schools, were
married in the Episcopal church in
Portsmouth, N. 11., Sunday afternoon.
Colonel Pavey’s former wife is still
living here on Elm street, with her
five children, and says that if she and
her husband are divorced she does not
know it. Colonel Pavey’s record while
in this town was not a very creditable
one. -
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Another Sudden Death. ‘
Bridget McMullen, wife of John
Harty, died very suddenly, this morn-
ing, at her home on Franklin avenue.
Mrs. Harty got up shortly before 6
o’clock, as was her custom, and com-
menced to prepare the breakfast for
the rest of the family. As she was about
her .work she became suddenly ill, and
calling her daughter Mamie, bade her
summon a doctor as she feared that she
was geing to die, and was then assisted
to her bed. Dr. W. J. Tracey arrived
soon after, and did all in his power to
save the woman’s life but she sank into
an unconsciousness from which she did
not awaken, and a few moments after
7 o’clock she was dead. She leaves four
children, Charles, John, and Mamie
Harty,and Mrs. M. Hard, of Danbury.
She was about 60 years of age.
Quartermaster General’s Report.
Quartermaster General Rudd’s re-
port—to September 30, 1892—is issued.
No extensive improvements have been
made at the state camp grounds ; it is
recommended that the mess houses be
‘provided w1th floors. The report cov-
ers two encampments. The expenses
from July 1, ’91, to September 30, 92,
were $90,329.25; receipts $100,535.07.
The special account, made necessary
by the dead-lock in the Legislature,
shows that Governor Bulkeley advanced
$45,000 July 23, 1891, which was paid
b‘uck with $684.64 interest May 21, 18-
The C. N. G. requires new trousers
and forage caps ; 700 blouses have been
drawn from the United States govern-
mfint and 1,800 more are needed, as the
ol blouses are worn out. The Peabody
rifles, with which all the regiments but
the First are armed are considered as
unserviceable and the national govern-
ment should furnish something better.
New York East Conference.
About 300 ministers were in attendance
upon the New York East Conference
which opened in Danbury yesterday.
Since 1855, when the body aesembled
there before. it has more than doubled
its membership and quadrupled its
benevolent collections. At that ses-
sion the amount received for missions
was $9, 753.53—for the Tract society $3,-
970.37, for the American Bible society
$2,069.20, and for conference claimants
$4,131.14. Last year the contributions
were: For pastors, presiding elders
and bishops, $365,365; missions, 51,-
549; conference claimants, $11,934;
church extension, $4,553 ; Sunday
school union, $1,330; tract cause. $1,288;
Freedmen’s AidISociety, $4,336 ; educa-
tion, $3,609; American Bible society,
$2,340 ; Woman’s Foreign missionary
$0.500;Womau’s Home missions, $4,-
290 ; Pastoral and Church Aid society,
$3,039 ; and for miscellaneous objects,
$33,437. *
Presidential Nominations.
The President sent the following
nominations to the Senate yesterday :
James S. Ewing of Illinms, to be en-
voy extraordinary and minister pleni-
potentiary of the United States to Bel-
gi in.
Thomas T. Critteudcn of Missouri,
to be consul-general of the rUnited
States at the City oerexico.
Louis 0. Hughes of Arizona, to be
governor of Arizona. ' '- - '
William T. Thornton of New Mexico,
to be governor of New Mexico.
William M. Maize of Ohio, to be
surveyor of customs for the port of
Columbus, ,0. _
The Senate confirmed the following
nominations: William H. Seaman,
United States district judge for east-
ern Wisconsin. James Blackburn, .Uni-
ted States marshal for Kentucky; Ezra
W. Miller. UllthCL States attorney for.
South Dakota; FelixfifA,’ ;Beevé"éf.'1‘en.j
nessee,,solicitor of” the tre'aSuryE‘Hér-y
man Stump of Mary. and, on crinten‘d-
illianll”
bur-y, C.
3Wm.. Denning, [John Rourke, John
" Collins George. Bollard. “Additional-r
- ' fi?fl§$fifig€i or landfill???
NorWalk,Coun., Thursday fawning, April. 6, 1893. '
“Equal and Exact Justice to all Meir "Of Whatever State... Or Persuasion, Religious or PoZitica .”-—J6fi"ersoa
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Price one Cent. ,
TERSE TALES OF THE TlM'ES
Danbury is to have a new almshouse.
There was quite a _ flurry of sno
this morning. ___________« , .
N ewsman Morris Benedict is conva-
lescent of his Sickness.
Rails for the new tramway are being
distributed along East avenue.
There promises to be as big crop of
tent caterpillers about May 1st. .
Enos Foote, a retired New Haven
hotel keeper, died yesterday, aged 74
years. ___.______ , .
There is a bad break in the water
main in front of the National Bank
of Norwalk. .
A pointer for Norwalk: For the
next five years garbage of Hartford
will be buried.
The funeral of Mrs. Roswell Reg-d
will take place at her late home in
West Norwalk, to-morrow afternoon.
—Nothing so good for a. spring _m' d-
icine as Hale's Sarsaparilla, and me
price is but 50 cents. 13 t f
The Spring Opening of the Misses
St. John new millinery parlors at No.
49 Wall street will take place on Satur-
.day next.
The Neversink Engine company, of
Reading, P9... with a band of music,
propose visiting the Danbury fire de-
partment, in October.
The Second Methodist Church in
Long Island City is split into factions,
and as a result the Rev. Joseph Baird,
the pastor, has resigned.
_ The ladies of Grace church, netted
over $65 at the luncheon served in the
vacant store in the Norwalk Club build-
ing, yesterday afternoon.
The condition of Mrs. George H.
Raymond, of Harriett street, is very
critical, and it is not believed that she
will survive through the day.
Henry, Sutton, the well known ship
builder, will soon begin work at his
yard in West Haven on a four-masted
schooner, to cost about $65,000.
Professor Vaughn called at the GA-
zurrn office last evening and announc-
ed a storm for to-morrcw, after which,
he said, there would be several days of
fine weather. '
A new locomotive built at the Con-
solidated shops in New Haven. came
out yesterday. It is No. 78, and is the
first locomotive built at the shops in
New Haven in seven or eight years.
Burton Mausfield,of New Haven,who
has been nominated for- insurance com-
missioner to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of John S. Seymour,
was a classmate of Mr. Seymour in the
Yale Law school.
The members of Grace Church choir
are making good progress with their
entertainment to be given in the Cp-
era House. Wednesday evening, April
19. Tickets are selling rapidly and all
indications point to success.
The celebration of the 25th anniver-
sary of Steuben Lodge, I. O. O. F.was
celebrated in Bridgeport, yesterday.
The present membership of the lodge
is 221. The property owned by the
lodge is valued at about $14,000.
——Do not miss Philip Phillips Illus-
trated Lecture in the First Congrega-
tional church next Monday evening.
Bishop Vincent says his entertainment
is “most unique and instructive.”
Tickets for sale at Pinueo’s & Gregory’s
Drug Store.
The hearing of Mrs. Jane Mannering,
of Roxbuiy, charged with the murder
of her husband Edward by poisoning,»
was brought to a close Wednesday
afternoonv and the accused woman
bound over for trial at the next term of
the Superior court.
Manager Adams, of the Opera House,
wishes it stated that he has no connec-
tion with the store on Wall street, for—
merly conducted by C. & A. A. Adams.
Nor has he been in any way interested
in the business since he ‘ sold it out
something over a year ago.
Robert Powell was arrested last night,
.on the charge of non-support of his
wife. Justice Austin found him guilty
and ordered-that he furnish a bond of
$100 that he would provide for his fam-
ily. He was‘unable to‘get bonds .in de-
fault of which he was taken to jail.
In his report at the Epworth League
meeting in Danbury, Tuesday night,
_D. G. Downey, of Stamford, represent-
ing the New York East district, which
includes N orwalk, said there were fifty-
seven societiEs of the Epworth League
in‘the district with a total member-
ship of about 5,000. .
Albert J. Kane, who cut open a mail
bag in Greenwich and has recently
been in jail pending an investigation
into his mental condition, was brought
into the United States court at New
Haven, and was sentenced to pay a fine
of $250 and costs. Kane will probably
serve out his sentence.
Connecticut pensions:—Original—Hen-
ry church, 0. ‘Grifiith, William Stam-
ing, G. Bisbe,’ Alfred Weed. Charles F.
Davis, George B. Baldwin, Moses P—ils-
E. Andrews, Wm. Stowell,
Frank Day,‘Johu Elm- l' ,‘G. “Henry
guru all. .Rggsmteé- f'vah Clam.
. $113] idc ,H a- mammal
J llh. , ' ,
a .
. there has been
George W. Booth of Norwalk, 'who
was brought up before Judge Curtis in
the common pleas court, civil side, on
habeas corpus proceedings was dischar-
ged by the judge.
, Funeral director George H. Ray-
mond accompanied the remaiusof the
late "Mrs. Walter Godwin to Danbury,
this morning. They will be interred in
Wooster cemetery.
{.':.;Rev. Fat-her Downey, curate at St.
“Augustine church, Bridgeport, was re-
ported as being at the pomt of death
yesterday. The last rites of the church
- have been administered. He assisted
at the Easter services.
Much excitement is reported in Dan-
bury over an incendiary scare, and the
scenes of two years ago are being re-
peated. The patrol duty of the police
force has been doubled and extra
watchmen have been placed all about
the factories. The series of fires be-
lgau last Wednesday, since which time
several fires. Every
efi'ort is being made to detect the guilty
parties.
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Stole a Ride.
' homas.McCabe stole a ride on a
train from Bridgeport to New Haven,
last night. In jumping from. a car he
fell, broke a leg and sustained inter-
gal injuries. He belongs in Birming-
am. ‘
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‘ His Neck Broken.
William H. Moore, aged 25 years,
while intoxicated last evening, fell from
the hayloft in the American Hotel burn
at Warehouse Point, and was instantly
killed. his neck being broken. A moth-
er aud two sisters survive him.
Elected New Members.
The executive committee of the Dem-
ocratic State Central committee yester‘
day afternoon elected four new mem-
bers, Fred Brown of Waterbury, secre-
tary of the committee, to sucbeed J. H
Swartout, recently appointed postmas-
ter at Stamford.
USE DANA’S SARSAPARILLA.IT’S
“THE KIND THAT CURES.”
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Routing the American.
A Danbury press dispatch says that
the city United States Eexpress com-
pauy invaded that town yesterday and
a three-cornered war was in progress
between it, the Adams and American.
No freight is moving. The United States
The American is handicapped because
the Nh Y. &. N. E. will not handle its
freig t. ‘
To Hold an Autopsy.
Coroner Doten has ordered an autop-
sy to be held to-day on the body of
Mrs. Lewis Olmstead. It is believed
she died from the efi'ects of aicriminal
operation performed in Bridgegort.
She was 20 years old, and had been
married but a short time. She died
last week and the burial certificate
stated the cause of death to be. pneu-
monia. Her maiden name was Aggie
Kent, and her home Eastou.
Poisoned.
Another case of alleged poisoning
occurred in Bridgeport last night.
Stella Engsigu aged 20 years and her
sister Emma, somewhat younger, were
seized with a severe attack of cramps,
accompanied with profuse vomiting, at
a boarding house. Both had drank hot
lemonade prepared by another boarder.
A stomach pump was used and the
girls are out of danger. The attend-
ant physician said the symptous were
those of arsenical poisoning.
O.
The State Prison Matter.
There are eight less employees at the
State prison to-day than there was
Tuesday. Last night Overseer F. J.
Martin was suspended for a month by
Warden Chamberlain, and in conse-
quence seven others refused to go to
work to-day. ‘ It is supposed that Mar-
tin,s suspension arises from suspicions
of the Warden that the sensational
statements about the management .of
the prison which have recently been
published have been given out through
Martin. ‘ .
USE DANA’S SARSAPARILLAJT’S
“THE KIND THAT cones. "
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Commissioners at County Home.
The new board of county commis-
.sioners yesterday paid a visit of in-
spection to the county home on the
Westport road. They reported the
seveity-five children the institution
contains to be fat, rosy, happy and ap-
parently in the best of health. They
also spoke in laudatory terms of the
cleanness of the buildings and of the
evident care exercised by the matron
and her assistants in their work. _ The
statements were made by Commissmuer
Rowland, and were confirmed by Com-
missioner Houlihan, who had seen the
home in his ofiicial capacity for the
first time.
USE DANA’S SARSAPARILLA,IT’S
"THE KIND THAT cusps".
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To Chlcago in a Skiff.
Knud R. Knudsen, a young Norwe-
gian and resident of Bridgeport. start-
ed for the World’s fair yesterday morn-
ing» at 7 o’clock. Knudsen’s only cou-
veyauce between Bridgeport and Chi-
cago will be a boat, of which his own
muscle and a pair of stout oars Will be
the motive power. The boat was built
under his direction. It is a staunch
little craft of the skiff pattern, ten feet
long, four feet wide and thirteen in-
ches deep. The top is covered w1th a
canvass awning which may be erected
or taken down at will. ‘
He expects to :complete his journey
in about ten weeks, although the dis-
stance, in the roundabout way in which
he must travel, is at least 4,000 miles.
His plan is to reduce the danger to a
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alias bufelgfinitifa f «tier.
. lawyer.
proposes to handle business to-morrow..
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At Hartford.
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‘ There was an exciting wrangle iu the
House over the appointment of alj‘udge
of the common pleas court for itch-
field county. .Some time ago a resolu-
tion appointing A.‘» C. Roarback, are-
publicau, to fill that position .was
passed by the House. Later on a reso-
lution appointing Arthur. D. Warner,
a democrat, to the same position was
passed by the Senate. A- majority of
the judiciary committeehad reported
unfavorably upon Warner’s nomina-
ion. —
The resolution, appointing Warner
came up in the House, and it passed,
120 for 95 against. A few minutes later
Gunn of Milford moved that the reso-
lution authorizing the appointment of
a special committee to, investigate the
state prison scandal be taken from the
table. This motion was defeated 106
to 92. - ' , ‘
It was apparent that there was some-
thing wroug, and a warm discussion
ensued. Judge Wood finally moved to
reconsider, but more members had in
the meantime arrived, and the motion
was -lost. 121 for to :98 against. The
Litchfield republicans” “entirely favored
Mr. Warner’s appointment.
When the turmoil. subsided some-
what Judge Wood moved for the'resolu—
tion ordering the regular prison com-
mittee‘to proceed with the investiga-
tion. Mr. Gunn substituted a motion
that the special committee resolution
be‘ taken up. The latter motion pre-
vailed, 107 to 92 against, a number of
republicans voting in its favor. «Sen-
ators Jones and Root are upon the
special committee, but the House has
not yet named its members.
The sweeping pool room bill was tak-
en up. As reported by the committee
it excepts nothing from its stringent
provisions against gambling. Judge
Beardsley of the committee spoke elo-
quently from manuscript in behalf of
it. '
Mr. Healy offered an amendment in
favor of inclosed grounds where games
were being held but on the vote on the
bill his was the only dissenting voice.
Mr. Hamersley’s bill to prevent cor-
ruption at elections, after a statement
by Mr. Wood, passed without discus-
sion. ' .
Governor Morris sent to the Senate
the nomination of Burton Mansfield of
New Haven to succeed John S. Sey-
mour as insurance commissioner. , The
latter’s resignation was accepted yes-
terday. Mr. Mansfield is a New Haven
lie was born in New Haven
and is 36 years of age. He was gradu-
ated from the Yale law school in 1878..
The'nomination was referred to the
committee on executive nominations.
There’ was a. lengthy discussion on
the bill ordering selectmen in all towns
of the state to display the stars and
stripes on all public schools. Anamend-
ment was offered making it compulsory
for selectmen to do this only upon the
application of five tax-payers of the
town. Senator Morgan spoke in favor
of the amendment, and the whole mat-
ter was recommitted to the committee
on education. _
The bill which recently passed the
House ordering manufacturers to re-
port to the factory inspector all acci-
dents occuriug in their factories, was
indifiuitely postponed.
The committee on education met and
discussed at length the normal school
matter. They have reached a decision
and are now preparing their report.
They said. however, that they will not
make public the result before next
Tuesday.
The Sunday fishing bill to which op-
position has arisen in all the towns
along the shore will be rejected by the
Legislature. Senator Jones of Green-
wich who introduced the bill appeared
bel'ore the judiciary committee in Hart
ford and stated thathe desiredto with-
draw it. He had no desire that it
should become a law and there was a
great howl against it. The bill provid-
ed that persons caught fishing on Sun-
'day should be fined, not to exceed $10.
A petition was presented, asking that
the state locate a training school in
Norwalk andmake an appropriation of
$5,000 for the same. Hon. John S
Seymour, Representative E. O. Keeler
and H. B. Wigham were before the
committee on education in support of
the petition. There is no school of this
kind in the state at present and Nor-
walk wants the honor of starting one,
hoping to develop it so that it will be-
come an important factor in the educa-
tion of boys who expect to make their
living by manuel lab or.
The judiciary committee is well along-
with its work and will finish hearings
.on all measures it as soon as most of
the committees. This committee has
disposed of its bus1uess very systemati-
cally. The committee _on incorpora-
tions is also rapidly domg its work.
The important cities and boroughs com-
mitteehasbeeu necessarily delayed by
the general street railway bill, and has
not been able to dispose of individual
bills because the general law has not
yet passed. .
Before the committee on temperance
a hearing was held on a bill which, if
passed, would give to hotel proprietors
keeping a hotel where at least 25 sleep-
ing rooms are provrded, the right, un-
der their license, to serve intoxicating
liquors to guests at the table or in their
',room, at any time on Week days or
Sunday.
Major John'C. Parsons, A. Elijah
Hart, Ward W. Jacobs and ex-Senator
Catlin of Bridgeport appeared before
the committee on banks on the bills
conceriug the investments of savings
banks and enlarging the field of legal
investments by savings banks. Sena-
. tor Ferris read the provisions of a pro-
posed bill under which savings banks
could invest 30 per cent. of their de-
posits in other than real estate loans“
and 10‘per cent. on ’personaLnotes with
two—indorsers. Under the presentlaw
savings banks may loan not to exceed
5 per cent. of their deposits on mer-
cantile paper. _ Treasurer Hart of the
Society'for Savmgs said that he didn’t
believe it was good policy for_s3.vings
banks to take paper of” that kind.
indorsed by two persons. ' Either
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has but $35,000 to $40,000 invested in
such loans. He thought that possibly
the'smaller banks, located in manufac-
turing towns and villages, might be
disposed to invest in such securities.
Men representing oyster interests in
Bridgeport, Stratford, Milford, West-
port, .Norwalk, Five Mile river, Siam-
ford Greenwich, and New Haven ap-
peared before the fisheries committee.
Facts'were presented to show that beds
were injured by the indiscriminate op-
erations of vandals by night chiefly and
by day when the chance offered, and
that there should be enacted some
strong measure to prevent and protect.
A question came before the commit-
tee ou roads and bridges which inter-
ests all towns with a navigable stream.
Mr. Landau of G-uilford, stated that
two drawbridges in his town had been
closed by the railroad company against
precedent and right. according to his
view. He stated that inconvenience
had been the result of such closing.
As the channel over which bridges
passed would permit vessels of 150 tons,
loaded to move. He thought a bill
should be passed compelling the com‘
pany to re-opeu the draws.
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USE DANA’S SARSAPARILLA,IT’S
“THE KIND THAT CURES.” ‘
The Cow’s Tail Eaten Off.
The jury in the case of Wilbur Den-
nison, of Westbrook, who was charged
w1th cruelty to animals, found him
guilty “w1th a recommendation of mer-
cy.” He was arrested by state agent
Thrall, Feb. 23d. The agent on visit-
afi'airs almost incredable. Twelve head
of neat stock, two horses and one hog
were found starving to death. The
hall of one cow had been eaten ofi' by a
orse. ~
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Resignation of Employees.-
_ Martin, Kellogg, conductor, and Wil-
liams Barnes, driver, on the Norwalk
Horse. Railway company have handed
in their recignatiou to take effect Satur-
day night owing to the directors hav-
ing placed them under the direction of
superintendent Edwin G. Hoyt. Con-
ductorIsaac Bowe will also hand in
his resignation today. Mr. Bowe says
that he has worked for nineteen years
under a gentleman, but does not pro-
pose to work under a man with bristles
on his back. It is quite likely that a
number of the other employees will fol-
low suit.
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Amusements.
MUSIC HALL.
The announcement that the “ U and
I ” company Will be a pleasant one to
theatre goers who have followed the
events of the theatrical world, and who
know of its long run at the Standard
that greeted it for over 100 nights. No
more clever skit and satire, filledwith
the latest musical gems and novelties
has been given on the stage. The com-
pauy presenting it include well known
farceurs, comediennes and dancers, be-
sides such novelties as Winsman, the
London whistling wonder; Miss Lock-
ette, the Parisian dancer ;Miss Arnold,
the Whirlwind dancer, and Miss Payne,
the premier assoluta.
New Goods,
Easier Week.
Special offerings in all ou
departments. .
Millinery.
Untrimmed straw hats in
open work,. . .39 cts to 98 cts.
Trimmed Easter Bonnets,
at $4.50 and upward.
Boys’ Clothing.
School Suits, strong and
durable,..............$I.98.
Our Bargain Suits formerly
sold for $7.00. . . .. . . . $4.98.
- Silks.
Figured Taffeta Gla‘cé, Peau
'd‘e Soie Surah Silk, 98 cts yd.
Crystal Bengalines in all
the newest shades for street
and evening wear, .59 cts yd.
1.071159" T cry/[0r
Grand Street Stere, N. Y.
lilorwalli Hz»; Gazette
. V. Jul) Printing Establishment. ‘
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Wedding Cards. Posters.
Visiting Cards. Handbills. ,
Business Cards. Programmes.
«Fancy Show Cards. Dodgers. '
’ Ball Cards. Billheads.
Statements. Circulars .
Tag Cards. Receipt 8
Hotel Registers. . Letterhead
Books and Pamphlets. ~ Noteheads.
Town and Probate Records. Milk Tickets
“qr-w
ing Deuuisou’s barn found a state of.
Theatre, and of the crowded houses
t in newscast. Suits and outlast
T rained Fish.
perform tricks, and . it would appearas
if they had much more intelligence than
is attributed to them. Mr. J. A. Bailey
of circus fame once had two brook trout
in a small aquarium in his private resi-
dence thatwould jump out of the water
and take flies held between the forefinger
and thumb and would also ring a little
bell when they required food. They
would also leap over little bars of wood
placed about two inches above the sur-
face of the water. .
. It is a very simple matter to teach the
fish these tricks. At first a little tower
containing a tiny, sweet toned silver bell
was fastened to the iron work of the
aquarium with a piece of string attached
to the tongue of the bell extending into
the water where the trout were. On' the
loose end of the string an msect or other
fish would at once seize, and pulling the
cord the bell in the tower would natu-
rally tinkle. After this had been re-
’peated several days the fish were left
without food for some little time until
they made the discovery that they could
obtain it by pulling at the string to
which the delicacies had been attached.
This they never failed to do ever after-
ward when they were hungry and as
that was nearly all the time the little
bell was constantly tingling as the fish
were continually pulling the cord, and
it was quite a pretty and novel sight.—
New York Herald.
V The Hawaiian Death Prayer.
Upon the minds of such a people as
the Hawaiians were, while under their
ancient form of religion, it was but nat-
ural that superstition should , gain a
rooted hold. The most curious and ef-
fective belief .to which they were made
subject was that a man can be prayed to
death—a belief that survives among the
natives to the present day. For the suc-
cess of the tragical death prayer it was
necessary to obtain some hair or a piece
of finger nail of the intended victim. A
priest was then employed to use incantae
tion and prayer for his destruction. Al-
ways informed of the doom that the
priest was invoking upon him, the vic-
tim generally- pined away and died.
There is a story current that an Eng-
lishman in the service of Kamehameha
I, having incurred the displeasure of a
priest, the latter proceeded to “ remove”
him by the death-prayer process. The
Anglo-Saxon, however, set up an opposi-
tion altar in derision, and jokingly pro-
claimed that he intended to pray the
priest to death. Alarmed at the threat
and overwhelmed at the failure of his
Own incantations, the sorcerer died, prov-
ing by his death his faith in his religion.
--E. Ellsworth Carey in Californian.
He Was His Own Grandfather.
Of all genealogical curiosities the one
set forth below is probably the oddest—
a singular piece of reasoning to prove
that a man may be his own grandfather!
Here it is: There was a widow (Anne)
and her daughter (Jane) and a man
(George) and his son (Henry). This wid-
ow married the son, and the daughter
married the father. The widow was
therefore mother (in law) to her hus-
band’s father and grandmother to her
own husband. By this husband she had
a son (David), to whom she wasof course
great-grandmother. Now, the son of a
great-grandmother must be grandfather
or .granduncle to the person to whom
his mother was or is great-grandmother,
but in this instance Anne was great-
grandmother to him (David), therefore
David could not be other than his own
grandfather.-—St. Louis Republic.
Gibraltar and Spain.
It may be objected that, although Gib-
raltar might be useless to us as against
Spain, it would still, in wartime, be use-
ful to us as against any other power. It
certainly might be useful to a very mod-
ified extent. It is nevertheless a matter
of notoriety that Spain ardently desires
to_ regain possession of the fortress, and
it is scarcely conceivable that, unless we
were actually fighting for the protection
of Spanish interests, Spain would remain
rigidly neutral while another power was
attempting to expel us from the rock.
In order to secure the more or léss ac-
tive co-operation of Spain the other pow.
er would merely have to give some se-
cret pledge that, having 'once gained
possession of Gibraltar. she would hand
it over without charge to its ancient
owners. France, there is no doubt,
would, with things standing as they do
at present, be very glad to see Spain
take our place there, and though Italy
might not like it she would not spend a
smile centesimo "to prevent it.——Fort-
nig tly Review.
A Creature From the Fire.
Aristotle believed that some creatures
were capable of supporting life even
though confined to the devouring ele-
ment. He says: “In Cyprus, when the
manufacturers of chalcitis (lime) burn
it many days in the fire, a winged crea-
ture something larger than a great fly is
seen emerging from the stone and leap-
ing and walking about in the fire. These
creatures perish immediately upon being
removed from the furnace.”—St. Louis
Republic. , .
‘ Godd Authority for ‘fBOughteu.”
“Boughten” has the authority of age,
example and well-considered use by Cole-
ridge, Southey and others. Still more
weighty authority is found in astory told
to us by Roscoe Conkling, who was pres-
ent at' a fashiOnable hotel in Philadel-
phia thirty years ago, when a lady asked
.g.- .3
for tea ' fa'mply was “Will We ‘
‘ mas ' "g . ‘ orvvbougll’tlln figs-”NOW
in... ._
Fish have many times been taught to -
tempting morsel was placed, which the ,
Colonel Hale‘s Short Visit to Town.
Colonel Hale blew into a rapidly grow:
ing Western town recently and quickly I .
grasped the fact that there was'no cable
road. "With everything gone but a silk
hat d $125, he spent $100 for admission.
in a Well" local club and proceeded to. ~
exist on the remaining $25. He gathered
about him the leading moneyed men and
laid bare the scheme of millions in a ca.-
ble road. He agreed to obtain the fran-
chise and put it through for $30,000, part
of which was to paid down as a guaran-
tee cf good faith; The colonel dusted up
his silk hat and attacked the aldermen
next. By dint of promising and pompous
appearance of Wealth he secured an or-
dinance, was voted stock, drew what ‘
was coming, to him and blew out again,
leaving every one to wonder.—St. Louis
Globe-Democrat. -
Drummers In King Henry’s Time.
King Henry V had a band which dis-
coursed sweet music duringhis expedi-
tion to Harfleur, each member being
recompensed for his services with the
sum of 12 pence per diem. When the
citizens of London were mustered in the
thirty-first year of the reign of Henry
VIII, we hear that “before every stand-
ard was appointed one dromslade at the
least.” Each company of 100 men at
this time possessed a couple of drum-
mers—All the Year Round.
A Curious Naval Law.
A. curious discovery was some years
ago made among the archives at South-
ampton of a box containing the original
naval laws of that port as early as the
fourteenth century. One of them was
that if the majority of. the sailors of a
vessel on the point of sailing were of the
‘opiniou that the wind was unfavorable,
and the vessel was wrecked afterward,
the captain was responsible for the value
of the goods lost—St. Louis Republic.
Curious Mode of Catching Turtles.
A curious mode of catching turtles is
practiced in the West Indies. It consists
in attaching a ring and a. line to the tail
of a species of sucker fish known as the
remora. The live fish is then throvm
overboard and immediately makes for
.the first turtle he can spy, to which he
attaches himself very firmly by means of
a. sucking apparatus arranged at the top
of his head. Once attached to the tur-
tle, so firm is his grip that the fisherman
on drawing the line brings home both
turtle and the sucker.—~E:§hange.
A Well Filled Head.
“Chappie know anything? Bah! His
.head is empty and always has been.”
yet of teeth and a cane handle in it last
time I saw hiin.”—Harper‘s Bazar.
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leading case for dressed and undressed kid
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or Foster’s kid gloves. 347 1 Y
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