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' The Gazette has the largest cir-
culation of any paper In Norwalk.‘
and furnishes the lowest advertisinc
rates. .
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Postal Revenues. .
The report of the fiscal officer of the
Post Office Department shows that,
while the postal revenues for the past
year were nearly $76,000,000, the ex-
penditures were. over $81,000,000, leav-
ing a deficit of over $5,000,000 to be
supplied by appropriation from other
sources. The sale of the Columbian
stamps did not meet expectation. The
reduction of the registry fee from ten
to eight cents still further reduced rov-
enues, being accompanied by no in-
crease in business, while the reply pos-
tal card failed to become popular. All
the proposed methods for making in-
come and expenditure equal proved
disappointing, and the usual deficiency
had to be bridged over.
Have Had Enough.
A Southern Free Trade newspaper is
telling its neighbors to get ready now
for a grand era of‘prosperity. The re-
‘ peal of the so-called Sherman law is to
set everything booming and we are to
have a radiant winter.
It is the theory of this exultant organ
that all the manufacturers of the coun-
try, knowing that the tariff is to be cut
down, have adjusted themselves to the
new conditions and are ready to go to
booming on that basis.
In the first place, no manufacturer
can tell until the new tarifi‘ bill becomes
a laW just how his industry will be af-
fected. He can neither contract for
future material nor_ can he calculate
closely enough the value of his goods
when' they meet the falling market.
Again, low tariff means low wages. The
first people to feel the “adjustment” to
the low tariff basis will be the working-
men of the country. When our manu-
facturers are called upon to meet the
foreign competitor their wage lists must
come down. We have had a genteel
sufiiciecny of hard times already and
there is liable to be more of it this win-
ter unless tariff legislation is dropped.
The workingmen of the country are
' about satisfied, we believe, with the
“change” and do not wish any more of
the same sort.
Mr. lngails on the Hard Times.
In his address at Wilkesbarre P3,,
Wednesday evening,which was devoted
in large part to the prevailing stringen-
cy of the times and its causes, ex-Sena-
tor Ingalls took the ground that the
large army of unemployed in this coun-
try is not so much the result of . bad
economic conditions, as usually under-
stood, or of over- population in the or:
dinary sense of the term, as it is of the
undesirable elements of our population.
The trouble is not that we have too
many people, but too many of a class
that do not readily assimilate or even
sympathize with American institutions.
Mr. Ingalls believes in immigration of
a wholesome sort, and emphasizes the
fact that the mingling of good foreign
blood makes nations strong; but all .ac-
cessions to the ranks of the unproduc-
tive, the illiterate, the anarchistic, the
seditious, and revolutionary are, of
coursejto be deprecated and should long
ago have been shut out. '
The ex-Senator is undoubtedly right
as to the undesirability of the immi-
grants thus particularized. If not dis-
turbers of society they are in multitudes
of instances liable to - become bur-
dens upon it and by sheer force of num-
bers to largely swell the grand army of ,
idlers. - _
There is danger to the public welfare
in the character of much of this immi}
gration, but‘ it is not the immigration it-
self that has paralyzed enterprize,stop-
pad the mills, and intimidated capital.
We must deal with the evil of immigra-
tion as with any other evil. Their elimina _
ion will aid in the work of relief, but
thecure is to be found in wise construe:
tive legislation looking to the complete
restoration of financial confidence,
which can only be done by letting the
tariff question severely alone. '
Union MEX—{{5} Training School;
As a result of the trouble with the
Central Labor union over the erection
of the Boardman Manual Training
school, at New Haven, the gift of Mrs.
Lucy Boardman, the donor may With-
draw her gift as it now stands at pres-
ent and build the school herself. The
union labor men do not want the school
built by any butf'union men and ask
that the city refuseto accept the gift
unless this stipulation is agreed to. To
decide whether or 1 not 'this shall be
done a special school meeting has been
called at which it is claimed that the
labor. men will triumph and non-union
men shut out-.v'It is now stated that
if _ this is done Mrs. Boardman will
withdrew her gift and build the school
. and then give it to the city. -
, TERSE TALES at THE TIMES.
V The Court of Buvrgesses will meet to-
. night'.‘
Thirteen states will hold elections
to-morrow.
Mr. Oliveerackson, of Chicago, ar-
' rived in town, Saturday evening.
Another case of diphtheria is report-
ed on Leonard street. »
-—-To~morrowi World’s Fair lecture,
South Norwalk Congregational Church.
The Westport fire department will
parade Tuesday afternoon.
“Jerry” 'Cahill has returned home
from the World’s Fair with a car load
of ghost stories._
—Hale’s Lung Balsam 250 cures all
colds. 693tf
Mr. J amesvH. Bundle has leased .the
first floor of the Abram Fitch house just
completed on Orchard street.
There was a family racket on Knight
street, this morning, between a colored
man and his ,wife. N o arrest-s.
Miss Shotwell 'of Bergen Point, N.
J., was a guest over Sunday of Mrs.
James Scofield, of Belden avenue.
The Stonington Mirror has entered
upon the 25th year of a very useful ex-
istence. It is a bright and newsy news-
paper. '
Commissioner John S. Seymour is
expected home to-night, and Will accom-
pany his family to Washington some
time during the week.
‘ Bryan Dufi'y, of Cold Springs, N. Y.,
pleaded guilty to being intox1cated, Sat-
urday night and this morning was sent
to jail for fifteen days.
Connecticut pensions :_—- Original .—
Lucius S. Styles, New Britain. Origi-
nal Widows, etc.,-——Janet McKinley,
Middletown ; J uiia A. Burke, Bridge-
port. ' '
Mr. Logic of W. B. Hall & Co., has
purchased 1,200 pounds of.the best
English breakfast tea, and it will be
distributed free‘during the coming
winter. .
Emma Goldman warns us that we
must prepare for the bomb throwing
woman. All right Emma, we will ap-
ply'for the position of tackle on a foot
ball eleven.
When a man gets so he opens grapes
with a nutcracker it is time he changed
his tonic.——Nundinae. .He should wait
until later in the season and open them
with a corkscrew.
What is the matter with Phoenix
Engine company organizing a foot ball
team and playing Putnam Hose of
South Norwalk ? A good eleven could
be gotten together from the members '
of old Phoenix.
~20 per cent discount on all cloaks
purchased at the Boston store, Nor-
walk, this week. 727-1w
- Mrs. Mar E. Lathrop, wife of the
late Col. athrop, of Hawkinsville,
Ga., is a guest of C. T. Cornwall, on
France street. Mrs. Lathrop Will be
remembered as Miss Robinson who
taught a private school on Union Park
about twenty years ago.
The game of foot-ball announced to
take place at Norwalk Park between
the Norwalk Y. M. C. A. eleven and
the Bridgeport team was postponed un-
til next Wednesday afternoon at the
same place. .
The Danbury Wheel club will have a
hare and hounds chase on wheels
Thanksgiving day. The hares will be
'three in number and as many wheel-
men as care to join in the chase ma
take the parts of hounds. ,
The motor on one of the trolley cars
not out of order on Wall street early
this morning. An unsuccessful attempt
was made to tow the car back to South
Norwalk. After a while it was gotten
up Mill Hill. Trafiic was not delayed.
A horse belonging to Charles L.
Glover stumbled and fell at the corner
of Chestnut and School streets this
morning. The driver was thrown head-
long out of the wagon but escaped in-
jury. The harness was considerably
damaged.
Miss Belle Doane, of Mott avenue,
has returned home after an absence of
over two months. During that time
she has visited the “ White City, ’3 Win-
netha, Chicago and Decatur. 111., Low-
ell and Indianapolis, Ind., Rochester,
N. Y., and Pittsburg, Pa.
Mrs. T. K. Noble left today for Port-
land, Maine, where she goes as dele-
gate , from the New Haven branch to
the annual meeting of “ The Woman’s
Board of Boston.” She will visit her
brother, Prof. Bradbury in Cambridge,
Mass, before her return.
The temperance pe0ple of Bridgeport
have fixed their gaze upon the tre-
mendous temperance upheaval in New
Britain following the saving efforts of
that handsome young temperance ad.
vacate, Thomas E. Murphy, in that
before wicked city, and are naturally
anxious to have him come to Bridge;
port.
'Theannual reunion and roll-call of
the First Congregational Church will
beeheld on the evening of Thursday,
Nov. 23d, supper being served at 5:30
and an hour of fellowship enjoyed. At
7:30 the Church Clerk, Mr. Wigham,
will call the roll of the church. There
Will be music and an address by the
pastor. ‘. , .
“Equal and Exact Justice to all Men of Whatever
tierwalk, Conn. Monday Evening. Nevember 6.1893.
Mr. George Lovelace has removed
to New York city.
I In New York Saturday 100 shares of
the New York, New Haven & Hartford
Railroad sold at 197;». '
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Scofield died
at her home on Spring Hill, Saturday,
aged about 70 years.
In the Walsh-Wolcott bicycle case on
Saturday Justice Coolidge decided in
favor of Mr. Wolcott.
The merchants say that owing to the
cold rainstorm Saturday night’s trade
was one of the smallest in months.
An advertiser received ten answers
to an adv. that cost him but twenty-five
cents in these columns, one day last
week. __
Eastern Girl—We have the .cradle
that my grandfather was rocked in.
Western Girl—We have the rope that
my grandfather swung in.
The names of Charles R. Townsend
and William McMuilen have been
drawn as jurors before the criminal
term of the Court of Common Pleas.
The Governors of Arkansas and
Louisiana announce that they Will have
no prize-fighting in their States. Thus
are the rays of modern civilization
penetrating the darkness of Egypt.
President Cleveland failed to mention
in his Thanksgiving proclamation the
nice things that we are to be specially
thankful for this year. He probably
overlooked the fact that the special
session of Congess has adjourned.
The funeral of George Oliver was
attended from his late home on Ellwood
Place, Sunday afternoon. Rev. Mr.
Pond officiated. The burial was at
Pine Island. The pall bearers were
Frederick Smith, Isaac Bouton, W
Bates and C. C. Munger.
A cloud of smoke frightened a pair
of horses at the horse railway depot
yesterday. One of them hurled an
iron whiflietree around in ‘a careless
manner and in unpleasantly close prox-
imity to a conductor’s head. The ani-
mals were quieted before any damage
had been done. '
- There was a good attendance at St.
Mary’s church fair, Saturday evening.
Asong and chorus, “Voices of Nature,”
was pleasingly sung; the Baby Show
was a happy feature, and the song,
“ Grandma’s Dream,” very pretty.
The Darymaids was a happy conceit
and the dialogue, “Entertaining My
Big Sister’s Beau,” was heartily en-
joyed. The usual number of door
prizes were given out.
USE DANA’S SARSAPARILLA.IT’S
' " THE KIND THAT CURES.”
.9.
Four Tracks Stop.
The Consolidated road has stopped
four tracking just at the Bridgeport
city limit. They will wait until the
next legislature before doing anything
in that city, it is said, including the
building of the new depot.
Reception .
. Concord Division, S. of T., will give
William A. Kellogg a reception at the
lodge room in the GAZETTE building,
to-night. Mr. Kellogg was the rep-
resentative of Buckingham Post, G. A.
R., at the World’s Fair. A musical
and literary programme has been ar-
ranged and all are cordially invited to
be present.
.9.
USE DANA 'S SARSAPARILLA, IT’S
“THE KIND THAT CURES.”
Sudden Death.
Word was received this morning of
the death at Grass Lake, Mich., on Sat-
urday, of R. Raymond Keeler of Ridge.
field. Mr. Keeler went to Chicago
some three weeks ago apparently in
usual health and the news of his death
was a great surprise. The deceased was
one of the wealthiest and best known
farmers in Ridgefield. .A wife and
three children, two sons and a daugh-
ter, survive him.
Encourage Your Boys.
Rippowam gives the following sensi-
ble advice in the Stamford Advocate.
“Don’t take any stock in what people
may say against foot-ball, or any other
out-door sport, even if the young fel-
lows do get bruised and scratched occa-
sionally. What finer spectacle is there
than a lot of strong, healthy, spirited
boys, flushed with the enthusiasm of
youth, engaged in a good, honest, out-
door game ? A boy who freely indulges
in that kind of recreation is usually
a brighter student and will be a better
man than any dude tenderfoot that
ever dawdled in the hothouse of indo-
lence. Encourage your boys to train
their muscles as well as their minds.”
oOo——-—-——————-
Noted Racing Arrangement.
Arrangements have,been made where-
by Monroe Salisbury, with his wonder-
ful horses, Directum, the fastest light
harness performer in the world, with a
record of 2:05}; Flying Jib, with 9. pac-
ing record of 2:04, only equaled by one
on earth,as to record,Little Albert,with '
a trotting record of 2:10; Charley C.,
with atrotting record of 2:147}; San Pe-
dro, With a mark of 2:10t}, at the pace
and 2:145: at the trot; Director’s Flower,
the most noted 2-year-old race filly in
the werld, with a record. of 2:20, and
winner of races without number,will ar-
rive at Charter Oak park tO-day, and
on Thursday, the ,9th, will give. a race
meeting in accordance with...plans that
Will be settled definitely “for .Tuesday’s
press. It is hoped-a contest'will occur
between Zimmerman, the foremost
wheelman of the world, and Directum.
It is already settled that both Directum
and Flying Jib Will race, to beat the
world’s record. , ’ . ‘ ' .
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FOR THE nEa‘jiinbrr ms WIFE.
Toomcr Brings A"otlier $100,000 Suit
Against the lf'iillman Company.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 0.——-As a sequel to the
conspiracy and damage cases instituted by
N athun Toomer _
another damage suit has just been begun
byhim against the. Pullman palace car
. company for $100,000. .
Too‘mer, who is perhaps the wealthiest
colored man in the south, came here from
Augusta to testifybcfore the. grand-jury
regarding the kidnapping of his daughter.
The excitementiof the case prostrated his
wife, and to get her quickly home he ar-
ranged for a section in a Pullman sleeper,
with the understanding that the . train: of
which the sleeper Was part would reach
Augusta in 24 hours.
At Columbia, ‘8’. 0., it is alleged the car
was side-tracked amid several noisy switch
engines and allowed to remain there for
some time. Mrs. Toomer died within 48
hours after reaching her home.
While at Columbia Toomer ofl‘ered $1,000
to have the car pulled away from the noisy
place and the trip continued. ,_
The suit brought is known as the Lord-
Campbell law, which permits one to sue in
the name of the state to recover for the
death ofanother. The previous suit, also
for $100,000, was brought on the claim of
Toomer for his own loss through the
death of his wife.
EIAEIRIOTH JUNK SALE.
Exposition Preparing to Dispose of
All Manner- of Material.
CHICAGO, Nov. 6. ——The World’s Colum-
bian exposition is about to establish a
mammoth junk shop in the annex of the
transportation building, where will be
offered for sale such material used in
making the show as can be carted into the
building.
Chairs and steam pipes, fire engines and
office furniture, speaking tubes and
benches, patrol wagons and cots, chains,
iron posts and other articles too numerous
‘ to mention will be for sale.
In this way the exposition expects to be
enriched by the sale of things that Were
necessary in the operationof the exposi-
tion. Efforts will be made to empty the
building as soon as possible so that it may
be used for the new purpose.
The exposition company wants to sell
the golden door of thetransportation build~
ing to some speculator, whom they claim
can make money by cutting it into chunks
to be sold as souvenirs. 7
Man y requests have come from fraternity
lodges for pieces of wood from various
buildings to be made into gavels.
Accuses the Chief of Police.
AMSTERDAM, Nov. 6.—Samucl Farmer,
who conducts a restaurant, is suffering
from dangerous injuries which he says
were caused by his bcin g pushed down
stairs Saturday night by chief of police
Charles Kline. *Farmcr called at police
headquarters to ask" if a man who had
been arrested in his restaurant could not
be liberated. The chief said that Farmer
was drunk and he led him out of the
office. Soon after he saw him lying on
the steps.
Instructions to Voters.
NEW YORK, New 6.—-—The democratic
state committee has sent out letters to
their local committees throughout the state
saying that all person whose names are on
the registry lists, whether men or Women
are entitled to vote unless the inspectors
are served by a person whom they know to
be a court oiiicer, with a written order from
a judge, forbidding them to take such vote.
Inspectors are to pay no attention to vor-
bal messages of any kind.
In the Toils at Last.
BUFFALO, Nov. 6.——‘t. J. Andrews, bet.-
ter known as ‘fDoc” Adrews, an old man
with snow-white hair, is a prisoner at
police headquarters here on several
charges of malpractice, performed in 1878‘.
That year he eluded the police and
skipped to Canada. Saturday he had to
flee from that country and returned here
and his arrest followed. His wife, barely
27 years old, is held as an accomplice.
One More Fight With Lobcngula.
CAPE TOWN, Nov. 6. ——-This despatcli
concerning the Matabele war was received
last night from Premier Cecil Rhodes, who
is at Fort Victoria: ‘ “Our people fought
every day since .Oct. l6, apart from. the
Shangani engagement. There will be one
more fight near Bulawayo, for the king
has evidently abandoned the idea of es-
caping over the Zambesi.”
Set Fire to a. Derelict.
NEW YORK, Nov. 6. -—Capt. Douglasu
of the British ship Hindoo, from H uli,
just arrived here, reports that on Oct. 31,
in mid-ocean, he boarded the wreck of the
bark Saigon, of Arendal, in a waterlogged
condition. Capt. Douglass set fire to her,
and when last seen smoke was issuing
from her cabin.
Ono Song- of Blightcd Love.
YANKTON, S. D., Nov. 6. ——South Daka-
ta’s divorce law will soon be called into
service by no less a personage than Wil-
liam H. Neidlinger, of Brooklyn, N. Y.,
the Well-known composer of love songs.
Mr. Neidiinger accuses his wife, Emilie
11., of dcsertion. ,
Arrested on a Hciiious Charge.
HANOVER, N. 11., Nov. 6.~Charles H.
Richardson, aged 55 years, a harness-
maker and well-known citizen, is under
arrest, charged with adultery with his 13-
year-old niece. Richardson has been mar-
ried over 25 years.
Its 225th Anniversary.
MIDDLETOWN, Conn.,.Nov. 6. —The First
Congregational church, of Middletown,
yesterdaywcommemorated its 225th an;
niversary. - - . ’
Fever Abatiug'at Brunswick. *
.Bnuszrcx, Ga, Nov. (fr—Only five
néw cases of; yellow. fever were reported
yesterday, and one..drath. , ’ ,
sOme time time ago, ~'
‘NUTMEG GRATINGS.
Joseph H. Hawley, of Danbury, suc-
ceeds George Sawter as clerk of the
House folding room, at Washington.
The First Congregational church of
Middletown commemorated its 225th
anniversary Sunday.
While taking a stove up stairs on Sat-
urday, Henry Beekman of Bridgeport,
was knocked down stairs and his left
arm fractured. ‘
Mrs. P. T. Barnum, who has recently
returned to Marina from England, will
shortly go abroad again for the winter.
Mrs. Barnum will be accompanied by
Miss Carrie Leigh.
Oliver Bontry, seventy-eight years
old, one of the oldest and best known
residents of Putnam,while driving home
Saturday night was thrown from his
carriage and killed.
William E. Farley an employe of the
Consolidated road, was attacked, rob-
bed and crually beaten by a gang of
foot pads while returning to his home
in Stratford Saturday.
. There will be a meeting on Nov. 15
in Meriden of all the cantons, U. R. I.
_O. O. F., when there will be a re~ad-
justment of the brigades and an elec-
tion of officers under the new code.
The Bridgeport ,Liquor Dealers’ As-
' sociation has appointed a committee to
visit every city and town in the state in
theunterest of consolidating all asso-
ciation into one state organization.
The twenty-seventh annual encamp-
ment of. the G. A. R. department of
Connecticut Will be held at Hartford,
February 14 and 15. There are at pres-
ent 71 G. A. R. posts in this state.
. While climbing a ladder in Tuthill’s
livery stable Saturday morning, Fred
Grumbel of Bridgeport, an employe,
10st his balance and fell to the floor,
breaking his left leg above the knee.
William. H. Goodrich, for many years
‘ prominently identified With the busi-
ness interests of the Hartford Courant,
left Hartford Saturday for New York.
fl: will make that city his home in the
u, ure.
All the messenger boys employed by
the Western Union telegraph company
in Bridgeport struck Saturday night
because they had not been paid for two
weeks. The strike resulted in a victory
for the boys. '
Captain Gordon of the Wesleyan
foot-ball team says there is no founda-
tion for the rumors that the team had
disbanded. He says that the team has
Withdrawn from the league, but "has
not giVen up foot-ball.
.Mrs._ Burckha-rdt, a German woman
living in West Cornwall. reported Sun-
house belonging to her, had disappear-
ed mysteriously. She thinks the man
hall? killed the woman and killed him-
se .
William Gamble and Charles Speh
became involved in a dispute over their
boarding mistress, Mrs. Margaret Hea-
ly, in New Haven Sunday evening, as a
result of which Gamble was badly
hacked and stabbed with a butcher’s
n1 0.
The Police commissioners of Bridge-
port at a special meeting Saturday night
discharged sixteen special policemen.
Some of them were dropped for having
committed various minor offenses, but
most of them because the city has no
use for them. ‘
The German residents of New Haven
on Sunday took steps towards placing
candidates in the field in the election
next week by nominating Charles J.
Henze for office. The movement is a
new one, this being the first time the
Germans have placed a candidate in the
field for any town ofiice.
Saturday afternoon the Bridgeport
High school football team was defeated
by the Hillhouse team at the Yale field.
The Bridgeport boys put up an excel-
lent game the first half and the .score
stood 6 to 4. In the last half the Hill-
house team had things its own way and
at the end the scorestood 20 to 12.
the docks at the foot of State street
Bridgeport. They beat each other on
the head with coupling pins. They
fought until they were near the edge
when the larger tramp tried to trip
his antagonist and send him into the
harbor. In doing so both fell into the
water. They were rescued.
USE DANATS'SARSAPAR—IL-LAJT’S
“THE KIND THAT CURES.”
...
Stricken by Apopiexy.
Mrs. John D. Taylor, colored, died
very suddenly at the Knight street
church Sunday _afternoon. Mrs. Tay-
lor, who hved in South Norwalk, at-
tended services in the morning at the
same church, and remarked that she
did not believe that she was to live
long. In the afternoon the services
were of an exciting nature. The woman
arose in her seat and shouting “Alle-
luia! Amen! ” fell back. in the seat in
an unconscious condition. Some of
assistance and she was taken to the
home'of' George Whaley near by,
‘where she expired before medical as-
sistance arrived.
Coroner Burke was, summoned and
after viewing the remains gave the or—
der for the transferring of the same to
the home of the deceased in South
Norwalk. I
She was about 46 years of age and
leaves a husband and three children.
The deceased was identified with church
work and is spoken of as a Christain
woma . - " ’
Coroner Burke decidedxth‘at- the
cause of the woman’s death was apoé
plexy. , . - _ ‘ . '
USE DANA’S sansarauinuam'r’s
_“THE KIND THAT CUBES."’ ;
‘8’ L “~ 1"
day that a man and Wife living in a-
At 6 o’clock last evening two drunken,
tramps became involved in a fight on.
the members of the church went to her ‘
Mr. Taylor will; receive the heartfelt '
sympathy ‘of , all'in his severe affliction. .
V‘power.’ ._ .
State or Persuasion, Religidus or Politico swarm .
A Teacher‘Dead. ’
Charles _W. Wilson, J r., died Sunday
at his .remdence on Greenfield Hill.
Mr. Wilson for many years and up to
the time of his last illness taught
school on Holland Heights. He was 34
years of age and was beloved by all for
his many acts of kindness. The funer-
al Will take place Wednesday afternoon
from his late residence.
An Ex-Postmasfcer Dead.
Saturday evening occurred the death
of Barzflla B. Banks, a wealthy and
highly respected merchant of Green-
field Hill. Mr. Banks was 60 years of
age, .und until a few months prevmus
to his last illness, was postmaster of
Greenfield Hill. He leaves a widow,
four sons and two daughters to mourn
his death.
The funeral Will take place Tuesday
afternoon from the Greenfield Congre-
gational church.
.0.
PHYSlQUE o’F'WOMEN.
Composite Statue in Anthropological
Building Shows Many Defects.
The Anthropological building at the
world’s fair contains a composite statue
showing the average physical develop-
ment of six thousand American college
girls. The exposition has few single
exhibits of greater interest and in-
structiveness to thoughtful people,
says the New York Press. This com-
posite figure should receive the careful
attention of every father and mother
who visits the fair.
For the statue shows many serious
defects; faults which cannot fail to
have a. serious effect on the health of
American women and the vigor and
Symmetry of their children. The pose
of the figure is incOrrect, showing that
the great majority of the college girls
did not know how to do one of the
simplest and most vital things in the
world; to stand gracefully and nat-
urally erect. The chest is lamentably
thin and narrow. The waist is too
small. In many other respects grave
physical imperfections exist.
The lesson which the statue enforces
should be heeded by parents and in-
structors and by young women them-
selves. Much has been done in the
physical culture of American girls.
Much more remains to be done. The
American young women of the pres
out day are notably taller, stronger
and more fully developed than their
grandmothers were at the same age.
They walk better, they spend more
time in the open air and they take a. .
great deal of wholesome gymnastic or
calisthenic exercise where their moth-
crs’ mothers took none at all.
All this is highly encouraging. But
the movement toward physical perfec-l
tion which has auspiciously begun
should be vigorously carried forward.
The happiness of American girls and
the welfare of generations yet to come
demand this. Harmonious physical
development means health, and health
means beauty, the enjoyment of life
and the ability to perform the duties of
life Without unnecessary hardship or
suffering.
HE CHANeEo Hi8 MiND.
.Tlie Singular Effect of a Pair of Specta-
cles on a. Patagonian.
The author of “Idle Days in' Patago—
nia.” was listening, out of doors, to a
conversation between two men, both
past middle life and of about the same
age, one an educated Englishman,
wearing spectacles, the other a native
Patagonian. All at once the native
fixed his eyes on the spectacles worn
by the other, and, bursting into a. laugh,
cried out:
“Why do you alwayswear those eye-
hiding glasses straddled across your
nose? Are- they supposed to make a.
man look handsomer or Wiser than
other folks, or do you really imagine
that you can see better because of
them?”
To this mocking speech the other
good humoredly replied that he had
ivorn glasses for twenty years; that
they did not only enable him to see
much better than he could without
them, but had preserved his sight from
further decadence.
» “How do you know that your own
eyesight has not degenerated with
time?” he continued. “You may try my
glasses if you like. Our years are the
same; it is just possible that our eyes
may be in the same condition.”
The gaucho laughed. The idea. was
too ridiculous. “What, see better with
these things!” and he took them gin-
gerly in his hand, held them up to ex-
amine them, and finally put them on
his nose.
He looked at one man,~then at an-
other; then he stared all around him,
with an expression of utter astonish-
ment, and in the end burst into
exclamations of delight. Strange to
say, the glasses exactly suited his vis-
ion, which, unknown to him, had prob-
ably been decaying for years.
“What is this I see?” he shouted.
,“_Wha.t makes the trees look so green?
They were never so green before! And
so distincti- I can count their leaves.”
It was hard to convince him that ob-
jects had once looked as distinct, and
leaves as green, to his natural sight,
as they did now through those mag-
ical glasses. But in the end he was
convinced, and then he wanted to keep.
the spectacles. He pulled out the
money to pay for them‘there and then,
and was much putout when theiowner
insisted on’ having. them back. -.
', , However, a, pair-was »;got3 for'lii‘rn;
5 Shortlyafterwzird,‘~' and} with these On
his nose he galloped about the country
exhibiting them to all his neighbors
and, ' boasting of their~ miraculous
Price One Cent. ' - ’
Held upon 101‘ Two Weeks.
Krucsroiv, N. Y., Nov. 6.-The motion
. of the attorney-general ordering the Biges
low bluestone company to show cause why
a receiver should not be appointed for it,
came up before Judge Parker in this city.
Judge Gilbert represented the attorney-
general, and a score of lawyers represented
other interests. The matter was held
open for two weeks. The property is now
being advertis for sale under a mortgage
foreclosure of 117,000.
For Illegal Registration. ""1" ‘
KINGTON, N. Y., Nov. 6.-—Seveu men
have been arrested for illegal registration.
They are Jewish pack peddlers Who have
been only a few months in this country, .
who swore out fraudulent naturalization
papers and then registered. Ju dge Cady
has held them to await the action of the
grand jury. Thirty others of a. colony are
said to have registered illegally and more
warrants are out.
Urge Women to Vote. .
NEW YORK, Nov. 6. —The woman suff-
rage party state committee from returns
collected by them estimate the number of
women registered as voters at 200,000, and
very likely more. They strongly advise
all registered women to vote if they are
able to do so, and to insist on voting, un-
less the lnspectors have been forbidden by
a court in writing to take their votes.
Celebrated Her Deliverance.
PARIS, Nov. 6.—Maubeuge, a fortified
town on the Franco-Belgian frontier, cele-
brated yesterday the one hundredth anni-
versary of its deliverance from the Aus-
trians on the battlefield of Wattignies. - '
Gift. to Philadelphia.
CHICAGO, Nov. 6.-—The government of
Costa Rica, has, through its commissioner,
donated the main portion of its World’s
fair exhibit to the trustees of the Fair~
mount park museum in Philadelphia.
A PERILOUS Fat-T.
An Exciting Experience in (Ln-larado Can-
you. >
In an interesting acdount of a. jour-
ney through the great canyons of the
Colorado river, Mr. Robert Brewster
Stanton gives in the Cosmopolitan a.
lively impression of the danger of -
scaling those marble cliflz's, “which
stand from one to two thousand feet in
vertical walls, with scarce a. bench or
ledge wide enough for a. mountain
sheep.” . "
We carefully pick our way around
the lower points of the marble, up
‘ through a. crack some two hundred
feetin height and out upon a. little
ledge perhaps three feet wide that
runs along the solid wall, till our
progress seems cut off bye. sharp but-
tress that projects beyond the ledge.
The buttress is V—shapcd, the sharp
point extending out over the bench.
On the other side of it is the same lit-
tle ledge. To reach it calls for
strength of muscle and something like
the niinblencss of a. cat, for with too
of boot and ends of fingers fastened on
little points of marble on one side, it
is necessary to reach just such points
on the other.
I hesitate for a. moment, look down
over the precipice, and carefully calcu-
late how long it would take to reach
the bottom. The wild flowers are
bloona'zig all over the slopes at the foot
of the cliff.
We cannot help each other, and
each must stand back while the other
reaches the ledge beyond or the dark
valley below.
Not a word is spoken. Each one ad-
justs his trappings, that nothing may
be out of place. Hislop first swings
around and reaches the ledge ‘in safe-
ty. I place my foot carefully on the
edge of the Wall, close to the buttress,
and secure a. good hold with my right
hand. My left foot is thrown round
and my left hand creeps along till it
catches a. little finger of marble which
seems left for the purpose.
Just as I start to make the leap I am
caught by my coat on the edge of the
marble, and held fast in mid air.
Again I look down, and calculate how
long it would take to reach the bot-
tom. With one strong efiort Ibend my ‘
back, louse the coat, and safelyland on.
the further edge.
Kane has longer arms and legs, and.
in a. moment we are all around the.
buttress, having swung our bodies!
.clean out in the air, a thousand feetof
sheer well below us, and as much more;
above. It requires a. cool head and‘
steady nerve, for, looking back, W3!
‘ see it is imuossible to return.
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OB SALE—A Phoenix 00. Piano Box End
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condition. Apply at GAZETTE Ofiice. , 688,1; ‘
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