1 J l ./ . Absolutely Independent. \ .— . :SA'IUBDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, ’93. The Daily Gazette, established in 1890 The Weekly Gazette in 1800. l'he Weekl Gazette circulates throughout ‘Norwalk and the a ‘acent towns.w1th mail subscribers scattere throughout the world. It goes to the homes of the most thnfty and intelligent peo 19. those who have money to spend an tastes. to gratifyi and . as an advertising medmm it has no ocal the merlclhgntl. thed Igg- ‘ borer are a a1 y an - :ggddlcreadiibrlsa of .th'e Daily Gaqettc. En- terprising. attrac tive and honest, its readers - behave in it anddpgause tit thtéigptggglgltyglggd ' ‘ ‘ ver 1sem . Its Editorials ando the columns of less re- user. The manufacturer, attention than spected papers. MAIL SUBSCRIPTION 5. 0“all. one year. $3.00; six months. $1.75; three months, 51-00; one month 30c. . Weekly. one year. in advance, $1.00; s1x months, 606: three months. 35c. = POSTAGE .PRE-PAID. \, TERMS OF ADVERTISING. he LoweSt of any local paper on basis o_' circulation. and no cut rates. WEEKS’ ARREST. How the Embezzier Behaved When An rested In Costa Rica Just as He Was Preparing to Flee. SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, Sept. lift—Francis H.Wecks, the New York absconder, is now under guard in the municipal palace. He was arrested while preparing to take his departure. When ‘Weeks was arrested, he assumed an air of imperturbability and Oflfered no resistance. N 0 documents bear- ing upon his rascslities have yet been found. He will be detained at the munic ipal palace for 40 days, or until a reason able time has elapsed for the arrival from \Vashington of the official documents show- ing proof of his guilt. Weeks’ arrest was made upon intima tion from the Costa Rica-n minister at \Vashington that the surrender of the man would be regarded as a great favor to the United States authorities, who were de- b’arred, in the absence of a convention of extradition, from demanding his arrest. 1 After Weeks was arrested yesterday he Offered bail in any amount through his lawyer, but it was refused. ; Although \Veeks was preparing for flight, he did not intend to leave his faith- ful wife without funds. He endeavored to negotiate a draft through J. J. King & Sons 011 the Barings in favor of Louise Weeks for £200. From this circumstance it is supposed Mrs. \Veeks intended to leave here for England. Her condit'm'n causes much sympathy: ' - Off After “'eeks. NEW YORK, Sept. 16. —Detectives Riley and Von Gerichten sailed this afternoon on the steamship Alvena of the Atlas line for Costa Rica. They carry with them all the necessary papers that will enable them to bring back with them Lawyer Francis H. Weeks, at present sojourning, under ar— rest, at San Jose, Costa Rica. The trip down will take 10 to 12 days. The officers will be back with their prisoner in about six weeks if they do not have any trouble. ,_._ . _, _ q. A Famous Physician Dead. NEW YORK, Sept. 16.—-Dr. Henry B. Mil- lard, the eminent medical authority and one of the foremost physicians of this city, died in Paris of typhoid fever. Dr. Mil- lard’s wife. is a daughter of James Harper, ex—mayor of New York city and the found- ,er of the firm of Harper 85 Bros. Fatal Collision Between Horses. TRACY, Minn, Sept. 16.—Oscar Christen— son of ‘Lanesboro, Minn, was killed in a Collision on the fair grounds track betWeen Kitty, runner, and a trotter from Pipe- stone. Both’horses were“ killed. FINANCIAL AND COMBIERCIAL. Closing Quotations of the New York Stock . Exchange. ,NEW YORK, Sept. 15.—Money on call easy at quer cent. Prime mercantile paper, 8@12 per cent. Sterling exchange steady. with actual business in bankers‘ bills at [email protected]}§ for 60 days and $4.84%@4.85% for demand. Posted rat-es, [email protected]., Commercial bills, 60 days. 34.80%,@4.81}é, and demand. [email protected]}4. Gov- ernment bonds lower. State bonds dull. Rail- road bonds weak. After 11 o’clock General Electric ran off to 48%, but the stock later rose. to 49%, only to drop again to 48. The movements in the remainder of the list were quite unimportant, and at noon the market was dull and barely steady in tone. The clearing house loan committee at their early session canceled $2,280,000 certificates, leaving amount outstanding $34,155,(XD. Closing quotations: Atchison .......... 20% ur. & Quincy.... 84 N. J. Central ...... 110 North American. 5% ., C., C. &, St. L. . 37 Northern Pacific. 7% Chesap’kc & Ohio. 10% Do. pref ........... 24% Chicago Gas ....... 59% N. Y. Central.. . . .10‘2r}{3 Cordage ...... ' ...... 26% Omaha ............ 34% Cotton Oil ......... 33% Ontario «Sr. West. . 15 Del. & Hudson....119}§ Pacific Mail...... 16 Distiller-3’ Trust... 21% Reading .......... 18% Erie ................ 15% Richmond'l‘erm‘l. 3% General Electric. . 7% Rock Island ...... 64% Hocking Valley. .. 20 ' Silver Bullion. ...74}4b Lackawanna . .. .. .141 St. Paul ....... . 60% Lake Shore... ..... 122 Sugar Refinery.. . 87% Lead ............... 29% Texas Pacific ..... 7% Louisville& Nash. 54% Missouri Pacific. . 25% North wester . . . . .100 New Englan ..... fail/é Union'Paclflc..." 21% Wabash pref ..... 16 Western Union... 82% ,. General Markets. New YORK. Sept. 15.—FLOUR—-State and western quiet; firm; low extras. [email protected]; city mills, $3.90; city mills patents. [email protected]; win- ter wheats. low grades. [email protected]'.5. WHEAT—No. 2red WMc. up; steady; dull. September, 73%c.: October. 73 0-16@73%c. RYE—Quiet; nominal; Western. 50@540. CORN—No. 2 firm; dull; October, 48%48Mca November. 49@49}§c. _ OATS—No. 2 quiet; easier; state. 37®41%c.; October, WWMc. PORK—Quiet; firm; new mess, 817@17,50. LARD—Quiet; firm; steam rendered. 89.10. BUTTER—Quiet: steady; state dairy, We; state creamery, 26%@%c. CHEESE—Fair demand; firm; state, large white. 7%@9%c.; colored, 7%@9%c. , EGGS—Quiet: steady: state and Pennsylva- ma, 19@20c.; western, 17%@18}§c. ‘ ' SUGAR-:Raw. quiet; firm; fair refining, 3%04 centrifugals, 96 test, 39.40. bid; refined active: $2111; crushed. 5%@5 13-16c.; powdered. 5 7-10@ c. . TURPENTINE—‘Dun; weak at 28@28}fic. MOLASSES—Quiet; steady; New Orleans. open kettle, good to choice. '30@380. RICE—Active; J firm; domestic, fair to extra. 40. TALLOW—Quiet; firm; cit ,, 47 c.; coun 47mmi,a§tpq&mlity. y A 017. -— air emand; stead; h‘ i 70%;)??ng choice,80@95c. y s lpp ng,.65@ ‘ teddy; quiet' state. common to choice, loom; Me .5... 19am. - as ruggedas onecould wish to see. Bis appe- ‘A midis 0. Lamb ' ‘ “ My little boy had bad fainting walla-almost fits, rollovved by vomiting. We gave him— three bottles of Hood‘s Sarsaparllla. and he is now Hood? 3.42s Sui-es tits is good, his checks are like twin roses and the” neighbors notice he is gaining daily." Mas DAVID LAMB, Bond‘s Village, Palmer. Mass. Hood’s Pius cure liver troubles, indigo. tion and headache. Try a box. 25:). “t For Rendering : Pastry Short or Friable 0 BECAUSE h,“ It has none of its disagreeable and indigestible features. Endorsed by leading food and : cooking experts. us YOUR csoczn r012 1r. 7. (If \I st../5s" Made only by ”\l‘ ’/ TH“ ill/prep! \‘fi’l ~:\\ , lJ ‘\ I/ I CHICAGO, and Produce Exchange, N. Y. 224 State Street, Boston. .‘I ['4'- . (7 , ' Send three cents in stamps to N. K. ’ Fairbank 81 Co., Chicago, for hand- some Cottoienc Cook Book, contain- .— .g‘ ‘imz six hundred recipes,preparcd by " Q nine eminent authorities on cooking World-wide, means world-tried. The high reputation and enormous sale of Beecham’s Pills (Tasteless) reflect» the W1sdom of two generations. 25 cents a box. a Guinea Worth ( a Box. . \\V I, d. . \ W. L. 0U LAS' ' WI I. ' $3 SHOE nor a p. Beet Cali Shoo in the world for the price. W. . Douglas shoes are sold everywhere. Everybody should wear them. It is a duty zggtggegouréen to get $9 beg: value (or . oonoxn so your ootwearb'y purchasing W. L. Douglas Shoes,whloh represent the best value at the prioes ud- voniood above, as thousands can testify. ‘ I? Take No Substitute. 4:: Beware of fraud. None genuine without all]; Dou la: name and r1 tori when you bug. ce stamped on bottom. W. L. Douglas. Brockton. Mass. Sold by A. E. EOYT 8t SON: I IT or sous FINGERS on crosses; sec-rum. Do YOU EVER sum. ms, err srormr INSTANTLY removes IT- 1 n... -—...—.. H SEOTIN: instant] removes spots and stains of all kinds. without highly to the finest fabrics. Makes a' glossy silk Orchiny coat look like now. Has no bad odor never leaves a. ring on cloth after using;o Useful in a. hundred ways in lessening gerbsehold la rs. For ry during the day and night waiting for mail. when the water taken along is consumed. fused to marry him, regained his liberty to- aale by Grocers. Druggiste, an Goods Stores. cc, 25 cents. - J Scenes Among the Waiting Cherokee Strip Home Seekers. MANY RUMORS ARE CURRENT One Is That Well ltIounted Men “’1“ Burn U Bridges Behind. Them—Several \Vom- en Among the Expectant Crowds. - Scarcity of Water Feared.'_ Aux-Anus CITY, Kan, Sept. iii—“Are you going in the race?” is the question heard on all sides here. Final arrange— ments are being completed for the rush .to the Cherokee strip. that has, never had an equal in the history of the country. The Cherokee strip is practically the last vast body of land in the United States to be opened for homestead settlement. It is regarded as part of the most fertile agri- cultural land in the west. As the time approaches for the opening of the strip the unusual uneasiness and ac- ‘ tivity among the thousands of intending settlers now encamped here becomes more noticeable. Every incoming train adds its hundreds \to the thousands already here, until the rush has became a genuine stam- pede. For hundreds of miles around all the talk is of the strip. Standing room 'on- the incoming trains is at a. premium; and scores of passengers on trains from the north and east passed the whole night standing in aisles, notwithstanding the , fact that the roads ran from three to five special trains. ' . Many Are Speculators. The rush to the Cherokee lands is simply a speculative venture on the part of a. large percentage of those now here awaiting 1; 6 opening. Large numbers will enter into the race for choice quarter sections for no other purpose than to relinquish their rights to persons who have failed to secure desirable land and are willing to pay a satisfactory sum. This sum will in most cases reach several hundred dollars. The same can be said as to the intentions of many who ' will secure lots in the new towns. They will procure them for the sole purpose of selling them at a, good figure to persons who wish to buy. Thousands if not tens of thousands of dollars will change hands in this way. Arkansas City, although it has only 7,000 or 8,000 population, is doing everything possible to care for the thousands of set- tlers who are here temporarily. The ap- pearance of the streets is a decided novelty. The main business streets are packed with immigrant wagons and saddle ponies all day and.all night. As far as the eye can reach on side streets prairie schooners in two long rows can be seen driven close up tothe curbstone to get the benefit of the slight shade afforded by the trees which line the streets on each side. The throngs who fill the streets are composed of every known type of American citizenship. Ev- ery state in the Union has representatives on the ground. _ \Vomen After Lots. More than 150 passenger coaches, loaded to the platforms, have arrived here since 4 o’clock yesterday morning. Among the arrivals today were Mrs. E. B. Smith and Mrs. W. J. Griflith, both from Kansas City and both preparing to enter into the race for town lots in a. new town to be lo- cated 25 miles south of here. ‘ 1 . ‘ Q A I L- Y’ No R v? LK f GAZETTE _- ‘ BEFORE ’1“_H_EBIG BUSH; ‘ / IlilifllllIfllllillllllllllllllllllllll“Ill-mum HllullllllllllllllfllllflllllilmfllmlllnlIBW. nus. LOUISA BOMMEBS, . 8 L311“, MC . DANA AB ARILLA 0.: Grumman. I have been troubled with In- Eflmnmatory Rheuma cm ever since 1 ii“ lei-Tm“ F“°‘i....’°“it‘.'o‘.‘:a i —— live I cram linm sn . gcould not sleep ”11"! would be alluvial“l to "a Ithe floor all night. My breath Y— thort, could hardly go up stairs. I coplulted I= =Ph pinion who came from Boston; he and that I! .hnd and could not be cured. —— llllllllll \ ( EIhafietnl’ell‘l‘R: illelof E g DANA’S 'is' g SARSAPABILLIIA g '"nnd the Bro Iy has entire! !pcared, the Ethenmatism andyCr-amplg gore gone, can run 11 stairs as fast as any one,- .aud can 0 to bed and s eep all night- __ ectfull = 0“" mp .y LOUISA some i Rear No. 50 Park St, Lynn, Moss. E This is to certify that I um acquainted with Mrs.— _ iSommers and have no doubt of mfiglfithfuh! ness of her statement :- rdin 8 SAIL-E SAPARILLA. CHAS. . BRCWN, Druggm. % - HllIllllI Lynn, Mass. Dane Sarsaparllla Co., Belfast. Malne. o ‘ENGBMH NB! " FOB illlll GARD'AND WEDBING INVITAIIONS Leave vour orders at the GAZETTE OFFICE. DAILY GAZETTE’S Classified Business Directory. Cards under this head $2.50 per line per year BANKS. FAIRFIELD COUNTY NATIONAL BANK. Wall st, N, Incorporated 1824. _Gapital_,$200 000. .Presldent, E. O.Keeler ; vice-pres1dent Dav1d H. Miller: cashier.,Lew1s C. Green. Safe Deposit Boxes, Free to Depositors. CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK. Wall st. N. capital. $100,000; surplus. $16,100: George M. Holmes.~ resident: E, L. Boyer. vice-presi. dent : mm A. Curtis. cashier. FAIRFIELD COUNTY SAVINGS BANK. 51 Wall st,N. Depos1ts. $500,000: surplus. $20. 000. Winfield S..Moody, president ;_ Martins. Craw. vice-presld’t: James H. Bailey.treas NORWALK SAVINGS SOCIETY. Wall st. N be os1ts over $2,000,000.5ur lus $90 000. Geo. M. .olmes, president; R. . Craufurd.v1ce- president : Geo. E. Millentreasurer. INSURANCE, The north- ~ ern boundary line of the Cherokee strip‘ ORWALK FIRE INS. 00.. N.In successful proper is about 10 miles from here; thus these women will have to ride horseback fully 15 miles at a mad gallop. Extreme suffering from the intense heat has been experienced by those forming the lines before the registers’ booths. The addition of extra. clerks in the regis- tering booths has hurried the work some- what, and where formerly a person would have to remain in line more than 30 hours before being reached six hours or so now suffice. Trouble to Distribute Mail. Great difficulty is being experienced in the distribution of mail. Several branch postoffices have been opened in various parts of the town, but long lines of patient men are seen standing before the postoifices Those who intend to make the race on horseback are on the streets frequently, testing the speed and endurance of their horses. Among the horses are thorough- breds as well as little Indian ponies or bronchos. The latter are very wiry, and al« though not so fast on a short race have excellent staying qualities in a long dis- tance race. From the vicinity of Guthrie, O. T., comes the rumor that an organized band of robbers will take advantage of the ab- sence of a large number of the citizens and raidthe town to loot the stores and banks. Some Guthrie citizens say such a. report is all nonsense, and that it was started by rival town site advocates, who thus hoped to bluff an influential Guthrie town site company, which intends starting a new town in the Cherokee strip. Every county seat lOcated by the govern- ment will be opposed by another town started as a rival, and the fight between the towns will be very interesting, if not decidedly bitter. There are various big schemes being worked quietly by the town site companies, but nothing can be learned as to the details of the schemes. This was registration day for the women who have decided upon securing claims in the strip, and they bore the severe strain of standing in the hot sun as well as if not better than the men. It is asserted that certain fast horsemen in this city and on the south line of the strip have arranged to burn all the railroad bridges on the outlet so that trains cannot get through when the strip is opened. These horsemen, it is alleged, are after the town sites and fear the trains having on board rival town sighters will get there first. To carry out their plans they must stop the trains from running at all. Dep- uty marshals will be on hand to guard the bridges and prevent the carrying out of such a scheme. The scarcity of water is reaching a seri- ous point at many of the places along the strip. Every settler who enters the strip will take a supply of water with him, but it is feared that great suffering will folldw Illinois’ Longest Term Convict. J OLIET, Ills. Sept. 16.—Peter Zowar, who was sentenced to state prison for life in 1866 for the murder of a girl because she re- day, his term having been commuted by Governor Altgeld. Zowar has been in prisém longer (than any other convict ever con ned in Illinois. ' ' .. . A Canadian Highwaymen. _ MONTREAL, Sept; iii—Lexus Papineau while driving from St. John’s to La P l‘rie_ was held up by highwaymen and robbe , of mm whirl}: 1... hot] inst drawn from a bank. Readthe Gszu'rrn. ~. ' usiness since 1860: no outstanding claims WILSON. O. E., Gazette bldg. N. Invest- ments and money to loan. so insurance written in best of companies at lowest rates ATTORN E Y8. HUBBELL. JAMES T.. 9 Water street. N. HURLBUTT. J. BELDEN. Attorney and Counselor at Law room'4, (up sts1rs) Gazette Building. Norwa . FAMILY GROCERS. SELLECK. GEORGE WARD. 18 Wall st.. N Choice Teas and Coffees. a speciilty. LIVERY STABLES. DANN. H. E., 8 River st.. Livery Stables. HOTELS. "‘ NOBWALK HOTEL opp. Danbury «in Norwalk depot and Post-Oilice; M. McPherson. prop MODEL MARKET 20 Wall st.. N.; beef. veal lamb pork. poultry. etc. W. Wardell, pro; UND EBTAKERS. RAYMOND. G. H.. 46-48 Main st..: telephone MARBLE YARDS. BATES. P.W.Water st..N; Steam Stone Works Monumental and Bld’u. The WEEKLYGAZEHE For Farmers, is the BEST, PAPER in the STATE Subscribe for it and get the New York Tribune at the same time. HORACE E. D'A'N N. Excelsior Livery and SalesStable. Opposite D. «h N. B. R. Depot. NORWALK, : : : ' : CONN. Stylish, Single or Double Teams. WITH OR WITHOUT D81 VERS Safe Horses for Women and Chil- dren. Saddle Horses 0. specialty. aggro! GREGBRY’S POINT: HOTEL. CL Ans, ovsrnns, ETC. sHORF‘ [DINNERS A SPECIALTY. Under the management of John E. O’Sullivan. Muss. A. BATES; DRESSMAKER, ' ' ' I of that amount was nii'ul'e from New York. ' intendent Fox gave a receipt for the gold, . shortage of about 5,000 ounces was then receivership case of the Iron Hall. The ‘ let the members examine the books. 88 WALL STREET NORWALU .- -'l‘he Philadelphia Mint Is snort 5,000 Ounces of Bullion. LOCKED UP SIX YEARS AGO. The Vault Was Sealed and 3 Receipt Given For the Precious Metal—No Claw to the Mystery—Loss Will Proba- . bly Aggregate $105,000. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 16.—Superintend- ent Bosbyshell of the United States mint refuses to confirm or deny the report from Washington that a shortage of 5,000 ounces of gold bullion, valued atabout $105,000, has been discovered in a reserve vault of the mint. " ‘ ' ' ' The reserve vault‘wss supposed to con- tain $15,000,000 in gold bullion. A transfer to this city in 1887, when ‘D'a'ni‘el M. Fox was superintendent cf the mint. ,1, . - Officers of the treasury superintended the transfer of the metal, and it was de- posited in one of the reserve vaults at the: mint. ‘ '. ' Mr. Preston, who is now acting directori‘E of the mint, had the bullion weighed under his supervision before it was placed in the vault. It was then transferred tothe vault. N 0 one except the treasury officers, Mr. Preston and his assistants were present - when the bullion was weighed and stored. After the work had been completed Super- and he and Mr. Preston sealed the vault. From 1887 until a short .time ago the vault remained unopened. Recently it be- came necessary on account of the secre- tary of the treasurer’s orders to coin more gold to open this vault. A Surprise For Everybody. Superintendent Bosbyshell requested Mr. Preston to be present at the opening of the vault. Mr. Bosbyshell had receipted for the bullion in the vault without having it weighed when he took charge of the mint. When Mr. Bosbyshell therefore asked that Mr. Preston be present at the opening of, the vault, Mr. Preston reminded the su- perintendent that he had rcceipted for the gold and was therefore responsible for it. Mr. Preston, however, detailed William E. Morgan of the mint bureau here to rep- resent the treasury when the seals were removed from the vault and the bullion was reweighed. The report from 'Washipgton is to the ef- fect that the reweighing of the bullion was completed on Tuesday last, and that a discovered. .. Mr. Morgan, it is said, went to VVashing- ton on Wednesday and reported th shortr. age to Acting Director Preston. he act- ing director sent Mr. Morgan back to this city with instructions to make another weighing of the bullion. The'report goes on to say that Mr. Pres-. ton himself left \Vashington for this city on yesterday afternoon in order to make a personal investigation. Henry S. Cochran, who has been em- ployed at the mint for 43 years; was in charge of the vault when the bullion was deposited in it iii 1887 and has remained in charge ever since. . ’ An entrance into the vault could only have been made through one of the walls, which are said to be only 4 inches thick. The condition of the seals. before they were removed showed that the vault’s doors had not been opened since the seals were placed on them. William R. Morgan, the treasury agent who discovered the shortage, was at the mint today and is supposed to have re- weighed the bullion. He refuses to be seen. Confirmation From Headquarters. WASHINGTON, ,Sept. 16.—Acting Mint Director Prestéif‘ioday confirmed the state— ment made in the Philadelphia Ledger that an examination of the vaults in the Philadelphia mint had disclosed a shortage of more than 5,000 ounces in gold bullion, valued at $134,000. The vault in which the gold is short had when it was sealed in 1887 about $16,000,600 in gold bullion. The superintendent of the mint at Philadelphia. is under bond of $100,000, and some of the wealthiest men of the city, including George W. Childs, are on it. A thorough examination is being made to fix the fault. '\~ Aid Asked For Cyclone Sufl'erers. NEW Yong, Sept. iii—Mayor Gilroy to- day received an appeal from the Sea island relief committee, which is addressed to the American people and asks for aid to vic- tims of the \Vest Indian cyclone on Aug. 27. The appeal states that the disasters exceed the loss of more than 800 human lives, while fully 2,000 persons have become homeless, and fully 6,000 more are depend- ing on charity for existence. City Officials Accused. MEMPHIS, Sept. 16.—A special to The Commercial from dot Springs, Ark., says th e prosecuting attorney of Garland county has filed proceedings against ex—Mayor John Longhein, ex-City Clerk W. E. Shan- non and ex-CityTreasurer B. D. Rapley, who are charged with embezzlement. The shortage is 822,275. Suit ' was also filed against their bondsmeu. Fortunate Bank Depositors. NEW YORK, Sept. 16.—The affairs of the Madison Square bank appear to be getting free from the tangle they were in when the institution closed its doors a. month ago. The books have been thoroughly examined, and now the prospects are that the depos- itors will receive the full amount of money due them. ' Father Dent In Court Again. BROOKLYN, Sept. 16.—Rev. Father Fran- cis Dent was before Judge Cullen in sup- plementai y proceedings. Some time ago Father Dent sued Bishop Ryan for $100,000 for slander. He lost the suit and was or— tiered to pay costs. He refused to pay. The case was adjourned for threeweeks. French and. Belgian Miners May Strike. PARIS, Sept. 16.-—~The situation among the coal miners in the department of Pas de Calais is critical, and it is expected that the threatened strike will be inaugurated Mondfiy. The Belgian miners will proba- bly inaugurate a sympathetic strike. The Iron Hall Muddle. INDIANAPOLIS,» Sept. 16,—Iron Hall rep- resentatives. have decided to ask J 11de Winters to take‘immediute action in the members claim that the receiver will not , Prince Bismarck Worse. ' BERLIN, Sept. 16..——I’rivate telegramsre- ceived. inthis cit-yfrom Kissingen state that ' the condition of Prince Bismarck has ht come-worse. n ‘ ' ‘ I. ' ‘ Shield .1 d can. '1' '- to see howsoon fashions‘become general- ized in Paris. A “creation-"1 a new fash-~ of the Rue de' la. Paix4—hai‘dlyout ‘ofethe" workrooms, it mightbeisaidéwhen you see it copied ”in the show- windows of the Louvre and the Bon Merche, where it can be-boug‘ht for less than _.one-_fourth 0f the price asked by the great couturiers. At first the rulers of dress thought that Iome of their workpeople were bribed to givepoints, but they soon-discovered that the. pilfering of ideas- took place in the handsome, distinguished looking young women, dressed them as if they balm,- 7000 a. year and were accustomed from" , infancy to having and wearing‘the best, f. gave them a. private carriage and had them go to the great costumers to order garments "just come out." of things which the week after you might buy by the dozens. The large shops resort to this means to obtain nov- élties'not Onlyin the beginning of the couturiers' have no way of avoiding the, sales, for their showrooms are open to all who wish to purchase and give or- tiers, To be sure these couturiers make meat” of their creations for authentic he shops getfthe .best of them—Cor. New York Tribune. An Eccentric Washington Woman. There is a woman‘- in .Washington so- are so well known as", to pass without comment. Her position as a. matron of literary proclivities is the motive for sun- dry gatherings at her house;- during the upon arrival that they must enter by a side door, as the morning-being rainy much a respecter of persons as of things is further evidenced byher conduct at an afternoon reception. , ‘ Those of' her guests whose garments were ornamented with jet were asked during their stay to remain in the second parlor, where the furniture wasof ma- hogany. This sorting cut process was explained by the frank announcement that if people would wear sharp orna- ments on‘their clothes she must protect her own property by excluding them from the sacred precincts of the first par- lor so that the rosewood furniture could not be scratched—Kate Field’s Wash-. ington. How to Keep a Chameleon. The Florida. chameleon, which alsois frequently brought home by the tourist, "is a bright and intelligent creature. " He requires almost unlimited Sunshine to bask in, and flies, which he catches on the end of his long tongue, to eat. A fernery is a comfortable place for him. This fellow, it is said, has a temper, and if not well treated or if teased he will show fight, though he can hardly do much harm. The genuine chameleon, after whomvthe Florida lizard is named, is one of the quaintest and oddest of pets, but he is a native of the old world and rarely seen in our country. . Another American of the family, often sent from the west and south to pet lovers, is called the horned toad, though he is no toad, but a lizard. He is said to be an interesting pet and capable of be- this race live on insects and need to be kept in very warm quarters—Olive Thorne Miller in Harper’s Bazar. . Tho Boomerang Is Not New. . The boomerang, the Australian native’s weapon of oifense and defense. referred to in all reference works as an instru- ment unknown until, after the discovery of Australia, was doubtless known be- fore the time of Christ. Pliny the elder, a contemporary of our Saviour, writes as follows in his "Natural History” re specting an instrument made of the wood of the aquifo'lia: “If a staff made of this wood, when thrown at an animal, from want of strength in the person throwing, , falls short of the mark, it will come back to- ward the thrower of its own accord, so remarkable are the properties of that tree.” It is altogether probable that the learned Pliny did not consider. the shape of the “stafl” and referred its peculiari- lt was made.4t. Louis Republic. Blunder Worse Than Guilt. There are some penalties on innocent acts essential to human safety, and the signaler whose failure has destroyed a train must be punished, even though, when he pleads that he was in a “dwam,” he is to his own mind telling the simple End sufficient truth. Nature is even order on blunder than on guilt, and though man has no right to be as stern as nature, which, for example, executéd p. dynamiter at Madrid—not for his in- tention to murder, but for his careless. sees in dropping his bomb—still, there pinpoints upon which he must be nearly “hard—London. Spectator. Colonel North’s Strong Boom. Colonel North is said to have at Elthant pne of the strongest of strong rooms pinb- arrangements being made for “taking. care” of their jewels during the night. The “room” is floored with cement and walled all round with weighty granite. 1‘0 get into its interior you must urglar alarm. The treasures are kept iron cages, and the “room" is 80 feet Imder ground.—-London._Tit—Bits. " The Difference. ' . Two soldiers lay under their blankets looking- up at the stars. Says Jock. "What made you go into the army, wife and I loved war, Jack, so I went. 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