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NORWAEIC . 1., '
Absolutely Independent.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1895.
The Daily Gazette. established in 1890
The Weekly Gazette in 1800.
An Accident.
When the inside forms of the GAZETTE
ant to press on Saturday afternoon,
they were not securely looked upon
the bed of the press and were thrown
to the floor and pied. It being tro
late to have the-matter reset, stereo:
typel plates were called into service
and the paper was sent out to its army
of readers minus the local and state'
happenings but full of good reading
matter. We have endeavored today
to make up for the loss of Saturday by
printing a synopsis of that day’s news
under the heading of “Saturday’s Pi.”
Not In Town.
A widely circulated press dispatch
, sent out from Norwalk says that ata
special town meeting held Friday, A.
H. Byington, editor of the GAZETTE,
moved the investigation of the conduct
of the Selectmen, by examining their
accounts. Mr. Byington has been
absent from town since January 19th.
Candiemas Day.
Saturday was Candlemas day and a
snow storm visited us, but the ground
hog, desiring to show himself once
more before going into his long con-
finement, ambled up to the Town
House Friday afternoon, and exhibited
his bristles and exposed his manners,
and in his usual way attacked his victim
behind his back. But he can’t help it,
breed will tell.
Annual Town Report.
A copy of the annual town report
has been received and a glance is suf-
ficient to show that it gives as little
information as usual about what the
town money was expended for. The
names and figures are spread over the
pages and the footing of the “abstract
of disbursements” does not agree With
the amounts given. The same method
of giving an order upon one merchant
for supplies and charging to another
when paid, is still in venue, and only
in a. few cases is it possible to ascertain
from the report why the various indi-
viduals received the amounts set Op‘pO-’
site their names. '
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Town Meeting.
A lirge number of interested tax-
payers assembled at the Town House,
Friday afternoon, and voted that the
fiscal year of the town shall end on the
thirty-first dav of August in each year.
This action will enable the electors to
inspect the doings of the Selectmen
during the year, before being called
upon to vote for a new board of Select-
men in October.
It Was also voted to appoint a com-
mittee to examine the town accounts,
methods of book-keeping, manner of
. publishing the same, and to advise
what changes, if any, are necessary to
secure accuracy and publicity. An ap-
propriation of $500 was made for the
purpose.
Chairman Keeler has appointed a
good committe, which may recommend
important changes in the present sys-
tem of keeping town account-s.
Strange to say but two objectors to
the proposed investigation appeared,
B. W. Maples and E. A. Woodward,
and not a member of the board of
Selectmen demanded an inspection of
their books.
An Explanation.
As the embryo reporter of the News
appears to knowLothing of tne present
method of keeping town accounts, or
else he has been intentionally misled
by the wilcy Selectman, we would ex-
plain to him that his plea for not giving
the names of the persons who received
the money charged to the Holmes,
Keefer .9: Selleck Company “because of
the grief and publicity it would give”
to the poor of Norwalk, is absolute
“rot,” for the reason that as soon as a
check is drawn on the town treasurer
the orders for the goods are destroyed,
and the Selectmen nor anyone else can
tell at this time what name they bore.
As to their names being on the ledger
of the Selectmen is all right, but noth-
ing on that ledger will show that the
orders given to the town poor were
drawn on the Holmes. Kéeler & Selleck
company. '
What the GAZETTE called attention to
and what it desires corrected, is the
method in vogue of giving an order
for supplies on one merchant and when
paid by the Selectmen having it
charged to another, as is now done in
their annual report. The GAZETTE
does not desire the name of the poor
people published to whom the orders
were given, but the merchants upon
whom they are drawn.
To illustrate, the Selectmen might
have a relative or close friend keeping
a. grocery store to whom they could
give poor orders amounting to thous-
ands of dollars, and if these poor orders
were turned over to the Holmes, Keeler
in Selleck company and they received
the money for the gross amount, the
town report .would not show that the
relative or friend ever received one dol- '
Friday that voted to investigate the
consideration of having received 3500
,Toner’s, or was until. he was boiled.
far from the town, nor would any one:-
knowof the transaction.
= The GAZETTE does not desire to cast
any reflection on the Holmes, Keeler &
Selleck company, as they have given
dollar for dollar in every transaction
with the town, and have accepted these
poor orders simply as an accommoda-
tion to their customers.
As to the insinuation of the News,
that the life of the GAZETTE has been
spent in “nosing into the affairs of
everybody but themselves,” we would
say, that we do recall the fact that we
did interview a contractor relative to a
“certain celebrated macadam road,”
and it proved to be highly interesting.
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Saturday’s Pi.
Had the inside forms of the GAZETTE
been printed on'Saturday and not gone
under the press, our readers would
have read among other items the fol-
lowing:
Hattio M. Stone’s divorce from Steph-
en Stoue. _
Phoenix Engine company’s new
steamer" being housed in the ‘engine
house.
The death of Mrs. Robert H. Rowan,
wife of Representative Rowan, of South
Norwalk.
Peter W. Mcad’s horse being fright-
ened by the Street Railway’s sweeper
and running away.
The announcement of the engage-
ment of Stephen H. Holmes and Miss
Emily Pinkney.
That Norwalk Web Weavers had a
splendid time at the Elastic Web Weav-
ers concert and soiree at Bridgeport.
A partnership formed by Mrs. C. B.
Coolidge and Samuel Lyues, to carry
on the real estate and insurance busi-
ness.
Judge Curtis’ injunction against the
Consolidated railroad to prevent the
crossing of the Tramway tracks at Wil-
son Point. ,
That Miss Ida Sims of Harlem, and
Miss Grace Mulligan of Yonkers, are
the guests of Mrs. Mary E. Griffin on
Center avenue.
Mail carrier Bennett’s wagon suffer-
ing the loss of a wheel through Nancy
Hanks having trotted too fast around
the Mahackemo Hotel corner.
The twentieth anniversary of Finney
d: Benedict as Wall street grocery
dealers, having purchased their busi-
ness from Gould D. Jennings.
Ebenezer Hill having purchased the
entire block of $10,000 worth of bonds
recently issued by the directors of the
Norwalk street Railway, the price paid
being $110.
Deputy sheriff Toner having served
subpoenas on William M. Raymond and
Charles S. Lockwuod, for jury duty
before the Criminal Court of Common
Pleas, to-morrow.
The awarding of the contract to build
the new pest house to Henry L. Spicer,
and the refusal of Selectman Daskam
to give the GAZETTE representative the
figures.
Au account of the special city meet-
ing that voted to offer the Union Mnau-
facturing company $1,000 for water
rights. and if not accepted to proceed
to condemn.
An account of the town meeting on'
books of the selectmen, and the opposi
tion presented by' B.- W. Maples and
E. A. Woodvvard to the passage of the
resolution, together with the speech
made by Maples in which he tried to
defend his faithful friend Samuel in
from the town funds for his valuable
serlvices as a pretended school princi-
pa .
Also the appointment of Edwin Wil-
cox, James H. Bailey, J. R. Marvm,
M. H. Glover and J. C. Randle as the
committee to investigate the accounts.
To Disband.
The directors of the Derby Driving
association have decided to disband
the organization in consequence of the
passage of the pool bill by the General
Assembly. '
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' Boiler Explosion.
Asmallboiler blew up in the grain
house of W. J. Snow on North Wilson
street, Waterbury, last night. The
building was wrecked. Loss $1,000.
~. Connecticut Pensions.
Original—Geo. L. Robinson, Bridge-
port. Increase—James Pilling. Willi-
mantic. Reissue—Chester H. Backus,
New Haven, George A. Gardner, Wind-
sor Locks. Original widow—Catherine
Klein, Bridgeport.
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Sudden Death.
Ex-Congressman Moses D. Stivers
dropped (lead in Middletown, N. Y., at
3 o’clock Saturday afternoon. He was
reading in the Times office, when his
head dropped on his breast and before
medical aid could reach him he was
dead. He was President of the Orange
County Trust and Safe Deposit Com-
pany of Middletown.
Two Danbury Lawyers Quarrel.
Last week, Judge James E. Walsh of
Danbury, petitioned to the grievanca
committee of the Fairfield County bar
for the disbarment of Charles W. Mur-
phy of the same city upon the charges
of unprofessronal conduct. And now
Mr._ Murphy has made similar charges
against Mr. Walsh and asks for his
disbarmcnt.
_ That Horse “Euchre.”
One night last week the Shakers
presented the “never rattled” fireman
Smith Northrop, with a horse known
to the racing fraternity as “Tim How'-
arc.” Later Mr. Northrop in a game
of “Jacks and Tens” disposed of the
trottcr to Thomas McGann. who owned
him for a few hours, or rather until the
animal had made way with a bag of
oats and a bale of hay, when be dis-
posed of‘ him to Captain “Kidd” Betta.
Mr. Betts_lugged the :horse to to the
barn at his home on Main street, and
ordered a peek of cats and 100 radio
tickets. Yesterday morning, he went
out to feed his ,new possessions and
found them dead—even to oats. With
a tear in his eye he went directly to an
cmmissary of the Toner bone-factory,
slipped a $52 bill in his hand and said,’
_I am dead-on-to-a-dead-harse-take-
him-away.” To’day,_the horse is at
at The Times ofilce yesterday, afternoon;
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n A LL Y, ~ N OR WA Li: - G..A Z E T T E .
A Sharper Plays It Ion Several
South Norwalk Merchants.
Caught. in the Depot and Locked Up.
On Saturday evening a man giving
the name of George Hawkins, walked
into Theo. H. Olsen’s shoe store on
Washington street, South Norwalk, and
told him that he had an $1,800 contract
to put in a steam heating apparatus at
the Roth 8: thdschmidt corset factory.
He also stated that he had a number of
men under him and was looking around
to see where they could get supplies,
and that he had been informed that he
could get better shoes up town than at
SOuth Norwalk.
This statement caught Theodore, and
he allowed the man to purchase a pair
of overshoes on credit and then took
him over to Dickerman’s where he pur-
chased a pair of gloves and wife. He
then accompanied Hawkins into Frat-
cis’ and introduced him, and Mr. Fran-
cis sold him an overcoat, suit of clothesfi
dress shirt, etc., also on credit.
Hawkins then disappeared and noth-
more was heard of him until he returned
to Mr. Francis’ store and exchanged
his trousers, saying the others were too
tight. He then went into Dickerman’s
and returned the gloves and endeavored
to get a dollar for them, but as one of
the clerks was aware that he had ob-
tained them on credit, the money was
refused.
Prior to this he had seen Mr. Olsen
and informed him that a check that he
was expecting from his firm had not
arrived and obtained a dollar from
Theodore. During Mr. Olsen’s absence
he returned to the store and tried to
obtain the loan of another dollar, but
failed to get it.
When Mr. Olsen returned to the
store he was informed of the second
attempt to obtain money, also his at-
tempt to secure a dollar from Dicker-
man’s in exchange for the gloves. The
information set him to thinking, and
concluding that Hawkins? was a fraud,
he started for the depot and there
found him and made him take off the
overcoat- ar.d deliver up the suit of
clothes which he had in a package.
While obtaining thr se goods Sheriff
Toner walked into ' the depot and Mr.
' Olsen told him to arrest him, which he
did and locked him up.
This morning when brought before
Justice Austin he pleaded guilty and
was fined $7 and costs and sent to jail
for thirty days.
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The Church Caught Fire.
\Vhilc the services were in progress
at the First Congregational church in
Haddam, Sunday morning, it caught
fire. The congregation formed a buck-
et brigade and extinguished the blaze
with a small loss.
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Amusements. .
HOYT’s OPERA HOUSE.
The reputation of “Prince Pro Tom,”
which Will be presented at Hoyt’s next
Thursday evening, has preceded it, and
the amusement loving people will have
reason to feel satisfied that this enter-
tainment, which has been heralded as
one of the operatic events of the season
will prove as such. Perhaps that in-
imitable comedian, Mr. Fred Lennox
as Tommy Tompkins and charming
Miss Sadler have more opportunity to
make fun in their respective characters
than the other members of the com-
pany, but they avail themselves of
every opportunity, with the result that
their presence on the stage gives un-
ceasing cause for considerable cachiua-
tion.
Kerr’s OPERA HOUSE.
One of the many pleasing features in‘
Hoyt’s “A Trip to Chinatown,’ which
Will be seen at Hovt’s Opera House
tonight, is a complete set of scenery,
a fac-simile of that used in the original
production at Hoyt’s Theatre, New
York city. No matter how complete
may be the local theatre equipped, it
is always a pleasant feast for the 'eye to
see new and attractive scenery. The
work is that of Arthur Voeghtlin, one
of New York’s most celebrated artists.
Chamberlain-'5
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea. Remedy.
This is the best medicine in the world for
bowel complaints. It acts quickly and can
alw. ys be depended upon. When reduced
With water it is pleasant to take. Try it,
and like many others you will recommend it
to your friends. 25 and 50 cent: per bottle.
For sale by Gregory & Co.
from Will Die.
ATLANTA, Feb. 4.—-An empty train
backed out from the city and ran over a
man and a woman near the belt junction
last night, and both will die. They are
Henry Courtland and Miss Annie Lowrey.
President Davidson Dead.
MILWAUKEE, Feb. 4.——Thomas David-
son, one of the best known ship builders
and vessel owners on the great lakes and
president of the Wisconsin Steamship,
company, died suddenly yesterday, aged 67.
No Trace of Taylor.
PIERRE, S. D., Feb. 4.—-Attorney Gen-
eral Crawford has returned from the east,
whci’e he had attached a large amount of
property belonging to Taylor’s bondsmen.
He has no trace of the fugitive.
Father Dead; Son Dying.
NEW YORK, Feb. 4,—During a quarrel
yesterday David Salver fatally stabbed his
son William. The father, in trying to
escape, jumped from the roof and was
killed.
Signed the Scale.
PITTSBURG, Feb. 4.—The Monongahe-
la. Tin Plate company of this city has
signed the scale and will start up at once.
This makes the. fifth firm to sign.
, The Cratliie Not Arrested.
ABERDEEN, Feb. 4.——A dispatch to the
owners of the Crathie says there is abso-
lutely no truth in the report that that ves-
sel is in custody.
Colombia. Rebels Defeated.
COLON, Fob. 4.——The government was
victorious in the recent engagcinnt at
Tolima.
being captured. . 3'
The International Chess Match.
NEW YORK, Feb. 4.—Tho chess match
between the British and Manhattan chess
clubs will take place on March 2 instead
of March 9.
Died In His Chair.
MIDDLETOWN, N. Y., Fcb. 4.—-Ex-Con-
gressman M. D. Stivers. died in his chair
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The rebel loss was heavy, 300.
use TALES (Slims Tiiisé}
The City Council meets to-night.
“Birds of a feather flock together ?”
—Hale’s Rose Creampfor chaps.101
Samuel Smith, a Seymour jeweller,
was in town, yesterday.
Messrs. Woodward and Bishop leave
for the Azores on Wednesday. '
The annual meeting of the Baptist
society takes place this evening.
_ Don’t forget “A Trip to Chinatown”
at Hoyt’s Opera House to-night.
Dr. and Mrs. R. S. Higgins will cele-
brate their Silver anniversary to-night.’
The annual election of the Baptist
church socrety takes place this evening.
—Money saved by buying drugs and
chemicals at Haleis. , 1019 if
The Barbers’ Union will meet to-
morrow night at the shop of G. A.
Franke. ‘
The Old Folks Whist club will meet
at Mrs. Robert Van Buren’s on West
avenue, tomorrow evening.
The remains of the late Mrs. Jere-
miah Wright were taken to Bethel for
interment, this afternoon.
A reckless driver scraped considerable
paint from a car on the West avenue
line late Saturday evening.
The funeral of Miss Caroline Chi:
chester was held from her late home on
St. John avenue this afternoon.
Giles Seymour, this morning’furnish-
ed a bond in the sum of $300 to prov1de
$5 a week for-the support of his Wife.
A horse belonging to Mver Alpert
fell down on Main street, this morning.
The only damage was a broken harness.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Bap.
tist church has prepared a splendid
entertainment for Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Harriet Selleck, 6 years,
of New Canaan, who has been critically
ill, is reported as being somewhat bet-
ter to-day‘. '
Joseph Ross was arrested by Consta-
ble Hunt, Saturday, cn the charge of
having abused his wife. The case was
continued for one week.
—Pictures framed by Hayes’ Main St.
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"the new steamer will probably be
tested next Wednesday. Delivery En-
gineer Wessell is here and hard at work
placing the “accessories” of the ma-
chine in‘position. ‘
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A delegation froml‘Clinton Cemmand-
ery, No.3, K. T., will attend the annual
reception of Palestine Commandery,
at Madison Square Garden, next Thurs-
day evening. '
The GAZETTE is in receipt of a calen-
dar from the New York Engraving &
Printing company, of 320 Pearl street.
It is one of the handsomest received by
us this year.
Mrs. Betsey Smith of Colebrook, is
paying her daughters, the Misses
Amanda and Frances Smith, and Mrs.
Anna Twining, a visit at their home on
Franklin avenue.
There was but a small attendance at
the Y. M. C. A. exhibition, Saturday
evening. The entertainment was ex-
cellent and those who failed to attend
missed a rare treat.
You may have observed that the face
of Ralph Kellogg was wreathed with
smiles last week. It was caused by the
fact of one of his cows having given
birth to twin calves.
Architect and contractor Henry L.
Spicer is preparing plans for the pro-
posed new hospital building, which he
feels sure will meet with the appproba‘
tion of the building committee of the
association.
A large audience greeted Rev. Mr.
Parsons, the Latter Day Saint, at the
Broad River School-house, last night.
He preached a powerful sermon in
answer to one preached in the Chgpel
by Rev. Mr. Robbins in the afternoon.
—Tickets for the first annual ball of
Carpenters’ Union, No. 747, at the
Athenseum, Wednesday evening, Feb.
13th. 1895, are now on sale by the mem-
bers. Secure them early and enjoy one
of the most Social events of the season.
The Weekly Record credits Nor-walk
with eleven real estate sales last week,
and mortgages amounting to 37,500.
For the corresponding week last year
there were three sales and the mort-
gages aggregated $6,175.
Manager Hoyt of the Town Farm,
said this morning, to a GAZETTE re-
porter, “I suppose youknow Mary
Shannon has been sent over to the
farm as being crazy. She is no, more
crazy than Iam, and don’t show any
signs of insanity. What they sent her
there for I don’t see.”
Pastor Robbins preached a very in.
teresting sermon. iii the Broad River
Chapel, yesterdav afternoon. There
were, it seems, “Latter Day Saints”
present who wereinclined to take ex-
ceptions to some of the remarks made
by Mr.»Robbins, but the sermon as a
whole was conducive to much good. '
A Millionaire Kills Himself-
ASHEVILLE, N. 0., Feb. 4.——Samuel A.
Miller, a prominent citizen of Louisville,
threw himself under a train here yesterday
and wasdn'stautly killisd. He was a mil-
lionaire and was a director of the Bank of
Kentucky- of Louisville.
Insult and ’Miirdei‘.
VicxanRG. Miss. Feb. 4.—C. J. Mar-
shall (colorcd), formerly county assessor,
was shot twice yesterday and instantly
killed at Adams Landing by Willis Bell.
a white farmer. who claims that Marshall
insulted his wife.
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7‘ ~ A f‘NEW MEXICO BAD MAN.
Traits of the Real Article and’Those of- the
Man Ith Tries to be ‘Bad. '
“Sitting in Bob Young’s saloon at
Pueblo with that gigantic ‘old—timer’
Davenport, once of Cimarron,” said the
Western surveyor, “he entertained me
with quaint and tragic episodes of New
Mexico life and death in the seventies.
One was about a. Thanksgiving Day. In
the afternoon the cowboy contingent
came in to towrl to celebrate the day.
They were showing the effects of the
loads they had made it their first busi-
ness to accumulate. One foolishly drunk-
en‘ fellow from the range, who had got
separated from his gang, had strayed into
this saloon and was bracing himself up«
right with his elbost upon the counter.
None of the men playing cards or drink-
ing quietly at the tables paid any atten-
tion to his vaporings. From time to time
he jumped up and kicked his heels to:
gether to make his spurs rattle and an‘
nounced in defiant tones that he was
‘only a cowboy, but he was as good as any
man living, and if any man didn’t like
his talk they might go to hades.
“ ‘That fellow isn’t a bit bad, though
he tries to be,’ remarked Davenport con-
- temptuously. ‘The real desperado doesn’t
behave in that sort. of way. If you want
to know how a genuine shooting man
acts take Clay Allison of New Mexico.
\Ve’d been standing, for instance, in
Lambert’s barroom at Cimarron drink-
ing. There were plenty of men in those
'days who would be too glad to take Alli-
son’s life if they could only get a. sure
drop on him, and he knew it; but he
would stand there quietly talking with
me, to all appearances as unconcerned as
to danger as we are now. Only as he
drank and talked you could see that,
without turning his head, his eye—he
had an eye like cold, chilled steel—was
taking in the movements of everybody
who went and came in the barroom. He
had an old grudge against Reinhart the
Sheriff, and it was commonly supposed
that this feeling would lead to the death
of one of them. At sight of Reinhart
Allison’s bad blood would get to working
and he would ,say to me in an undertone,
so full of intense hatred and purpose
that it was appalling:
“ ‘Do you see that man? I’m going
to kill him today.’
“ ‘Well, a. man in my place needed only
to say the wrong word to bring on an en-
counter then and there by which Reinhart
would lose his life, for he was no match
with Allison in a. man to man pistol scrap.
His only chance lay in having his Sher«
iff’s posse about him. Allison liked me,
and I knew that the only way to turn
him from his purpose was to appeal to
his better nature. So I would say to
him:
“ ‘That’s all right, Clay, so far as you
and Reiiihart are concerned, but there’s
another thing to be thought of. Just
look at those who are dependent on him.
He’s got a. daughter 13 years old and two
little children, a. boy of five and a. girl
of seven, to whom she has to act as a
mother. Think what will become of
them if you kill their father.
“ ‘Well, that view of the case would
take the idea of killing Reinhart from~
Allison’s mind for that time, and the day
would go by without any trouble.
Missed Their Train After All.
The young Bittersweets were going
away on a visit, and after many vissitudes
they were in the street car on their way
to the station.
“Now, Amelia,” remarked her lord, “I
hope you will learn a lesson in punctual-
ity from all this. You nearly made us
late by running upstairs again at the
' last moment.”
“For the tickets which you had forgot-
ten, dear.
“H’m. That was because you fancied
you smelt gas and sent me to look for it
in the vacant room Where nobody has
been for six weeks.”
“Well, you said some one might have
been hidden there for days for all I knew
~——aud they might. I have been so busy
all week making my own dress, because
I couldn’t afford a dressmaker, that
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“Well, well, keep to the subject, Amel-
ia. Now, we would have missed the
train if my watch had not been in order
—yours was at the jewellers, as us-
ual.” -
“Because you tried to regulate it, dear,
and put it out of order.”
7 “Always some excuse. But, as I say,
punctuality is a great virtue—now I
never miss atrain and never sit at the
station half. an hour or so. You are hab~
itually late; you should make a habit of
winding and setting your watch at a. cer-
tain hour each day—say, when you go to
bed.”
“Yes, dear, I know. But sometimes I
go to bed quite early and sometimes I sit
up very late for you.”
“H’m. Here we are at the station.
\Vait a minute, my dear while I buy a
cigar. Now you will see that I have al-
lowed just time to get comfortably into
the train. Just give me the tickets, will
you?”
“\Vhy Chauncey, I—-I must have for-
gotten, and left them on the bureau
where they were lying. I remembered
some chocolate creams in the upper
drawer and 1 was afraid the mice would
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“And for thesake ofa few:chocolate
creams we shall looseour train. You
will never learn—” .
“What train did yez want?” queried
the gatekeeper.
“The 3:30,” snapped Mr. Bitter-
sweet.
“Went ten minutes ago,” was the
cheery reply.
“But—but my watch says 3:28 now,”
faltcrcd Mr. B.
“Watch is slow. Yez should wind and
set it at a. cer—”
But Mr. Bittersweet was out of hear-
ing—Chicago Tribune.
The “Grass Widow.”
The phrase “grass widow.” or rather
“grace widow,” for the first has no foun-
dation in fact, is simply a. barbarism, or
fungus, which has attached itself to the
English language. “Grace Widow” is a.
term for one who becomes a widow by
grace or favor, not of necessity, as by
death, and originated in the earlier ages
of European civilization, when divorces
were granted but seldom, and wholly by
authority of the Catholic Church. \Vhen
such decree was graute to a. woman the
Papal rescript stated “ duea de gratia,”
which interpreted is “widow of grace.”
In the laws of the French it would read
“Veuve dev grace,” which-in England,
gives “widow of grace,” or “grace wi-
dow,” veuve being translated as Widow.
Seeds.
Tlny seeds through summer hours
Grow to leaves and fragrant flowers;
True and noble thoughts are seeds
Tho-r. blossom into noble deeds.
‘ "Anna M. Pratt.
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:1« A FLIGHT, FROM eroav. '-
Onbe from the par’afilélfjéf'gems’ and glow. 3
.An angel said: _ “O_, God, the heart grows .
cold . ., ..
On these eternal battlements of gold,
Where all is pure, but cold as Virgin snow.-
Here sobs are never heard; no salt tech-s
flow; ‘
Here there are none to help—nor sick, nor
old; - '
No wrong to fight, nor justice to uphold;
Grant me Thy leave to live man’s lifebo-
low."
“And then annihilation?” God replied.
"Yes,” said the angel, “even that dread
price;
For earthly tears are worth eternal night.”
“Then go,” said God. The Angel opened
wide
His dazzling wings, gazed back on. :Heaven
thrice, - .
And plunged forever from the walls of Light.
DIVORCE IN JAPAN.
Causes as Compared \Vith Those of other
Countries.
Grounds for the divorce of wives in
Japan are reduced to seven fixed causes,
in which the most serious incentives are.
outbreaks of disobedience or temper
against a father! or mother-in—law; jeal-
ousy is next in importance; annoying in
any wise the peace of the husband’s kins-
men, gossip and over loud talking and
quarreling at home, stealing and leprosy
are mentioned also as just reasons for
legal procedure agaidst a Wife. Appaiu
ently no question of propriety on-tlie’
wife’s side or provision for her future
support “are considered and the father-
alwa'ys takes the children, which is a
plain injustice. On the whole, however,
reasons for divorce in Japan are not more
frivolous than in many other countries‘
that esteem themselves vastly her su-
periorl in point of civilization. In Italy,
and South Carolina only of all our
States, is death alone the legal dissolu-
tion of marriage vows. Our common plea.
of incompatibility of temper-is certainly
synonymous with the first four Japanese
causes.
In Massachusetts and Mississippi the
habitual use of opium permits divorce.
In France a wife who, for no apparently
good reason, refuses to accompany her
husband to the theatre can be brought to
the divorce court. In Portugal a wife
may not publish her literary work with-
out her husband’s consent, and both in
France and Portugal a wife can be forced
to accompany her husband on any and
every journey he takes, provided he does
not go beyond the boundaries of the
country. Certainly, then, Japan can im-
prove her divorce laws very slightly by.
studying those of her sister nations, and
as a. Japanese Wife can in turn divorce
the husband who thrusts an unpleasant
mother—in-law on her there seems no need
of dcploring her condition.
JAPAN’S EMPRESS.
Her Great Interest in_ the Cause of
‘Voinan’s Enlightenment.
The Empress of Japan is a fragile but
beautiful little woman, and has done a.
noble work for her people. She loves
them as a mother loves the babes at her
knee. Her Whole life has been given to
good works.
She is highly educated. She did what
no .empress in the world’s history has
done. Out of her own funds she estab-
lished free schools for girls of the Empire.
She thereby acquired a new title for
the respect and gratitude of the civilized
world. ‘ ’
Then, too, she erected a. magnificent
college for women. It is a beautiful
building, almost a palace, 'and stands
near the famous Temple of Confucius in'
Tokio. The empress presided in her
sweet, modest, womanly way and made
an address full of heart» and womanly
sympathy with the women. of her nation,
for whom she desired higher education
and privileges. .
ADVISED HIS CLIENT TO ABSCOND.
Though \Vanting Business Badly this
Lawyer was Honest. ‘
The young man had 'been admitted to
practice at the bar. He sat. within the
bar inclosure, speculating upon the
chances of clients coming to him, by mis‘
take or otherwise. He heard his name
spoken and started to his feet. '
“Mr. De Novo, the prisoner at the bar
is unable to employ counsel. Will you
defend him?” '
“Certainly, your Honor. May I go with
him to the bar office for a. few moment’s
consultation?” .
“Yes, sir: and give him your best ad-
Vice.”
A hardly perceptible sneer curled his
Honor’s lips as he uttered these last
words, but the young man did not appear
to notice it. Motioning for the prisoner
to follow him, he passed into the other
room. The door was closed, and for ten
minutes the lively clatter of many con-
versations filled the court- room. Then
the young man strolled into the room and
dropped into a, chair. The crier pro-
claimed: “Silence in the court room!”
His Honor gazed upon the young man,
and said:
“Are you ready to proceed?”
“Yes, your Honor.”
“\Vhere’s the prisoner?”
“I really don’t know.”
“What?”
“I’m sure I don’t know."
“Mr. De Novo, will you explain what
you mean by this most extraordinary
conduct?”
“Your Honor told me to give him the
best advice I could, I believe?”
“Yes, sir.”
“May it please the Court, when I con-
sulted him I found he was guilty and had
really no defense Whatever. So, in pur-
suance of your Houor’s so kindly meant
suggestion, I advised him to drop out of
the window and make himself as scarce
as possible. I presume—in fact, I know—
that he followed the first part of my
advice, and I believe he will also observe
the rest of it.”——Harper’s Magazine.
Foot Binding in China. .,
Miss Adele Fielde, who during fifteen
years residence in China, made a. special
study of the condition of the women of
that country says:
‘fiFoot- binding has existed 900 years.
There are numerous legends which are
supposed to account for it, but nothing
definite is known. The fashionable, shoe
is from 21.2 to 3 inches long. lThough
this process of foot binding is painful and
injurious, it is less; injurious than the
waistbinding in this country. There are
but few American women Whose internal
organs are not. displaced by tight lac-
ping.
The Bible in Cincinnati.
The following advertisement appeared
in a. local paper yesterday: Bible—Never
been used; will sell cheap for cash, or
Will exchange for anything usefu1.+Cinv'
sinnati Times-Star. '
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"MERIEEE. ‘Conn., 'Feb. '4.-—'—Tli~irteen—
year-old Alice Rich, daughter of Mrs. D.
F. 'Rich of this city is really married, and
there is trouble brewingfor the Methodist
performed the ceremony. ‘ The child wife.
had been living with her aunt,_Mrs. G. H.
Lyman, at Durham. In the same house«.
hold there was employed William Rich, 28
years old, a. cousin of the girl. On the
ing aunt chided Alice for tardiness in
leaving for school. ' '
“My school days are. over. {ifsdid the 13-
year—old, with a toss 30.134- eigprétty head.
”I’ve married William.”
* “Which William? When? Where?”
“My William. Yesterday, at Port.
land.” - . . '
Mrs. Lyman promptly discharged the
bridegroom and telegraphed for Mrs. Rich
to take charge of Alice. William threatens
to go to law to recover: his Wife,:an_dj his
indignant mother—in-law says he can‘ have
all the law he wants and more, too, but
The parson admits that the
bride seemed to be very young, but says he
accepted without - question the statement
of the groom, sworn to before the town
clerk, that- she was of legal age. -
Their Choice For President{
. CINCINNATI, Feb. 4..-—-'1‘he Commercial
Gazette prints today the presidential pref-
erences of Republican editors from every
state and territory. Vermont hasa kindly
Sen-
ator Chandler’s New Hampshire news-
paper has a leaning*toward’fSciiiator Frye
of Maine. Utah wants silver and Senator
Don Cameron. There is here and there a
touch of “favoritism,” but’the greatma-
jority line up for McKinley, Harrison,
Reed or Allison in the order named.
“Vault Immigratiom Restricted. :W
PITTSBURG, Fob. 4.——'I‘he AdvisoryiAs-
lociation of Patriotic Orders of Allegheny
county. representing 50,000 members,
adopted resolutions last night requesting
Senator David B. Hill of New York. chair-
man of the senate and house conference
committee on investigation, to call ameet-
ing of said committee to at once not upon
the matter of restricting foreign immigra-
tion. _ ' .
Cutting \Vill case Settled.
NEW Yonx. Feb. 4.+Robcrt L. Cut—
ting. who was disinherited by his father
for marrying Minnie Seligman, the ac-
tress, and who began a contest of the Will
before Surrogate Arnold, has made a com-
promiso with the executors by whicha
goodly share of the family wealth will de-
scend to him after all. He will probably
get $400,000. ‘
Cheap Murder.
BUFFALO, Feb. 4.—John Orlowski, the
young giant who killed Adam Eberle, an
inoffensive German, with a blow of his fist
on the night of Oct. 28 in John Binge-
man’s saloon, was sentenced to pay a fine
‘of $50 for the crime by Judge Hatch yes-
terday. His attorney, ex-Judge Lewis.‘
threw a $50 bill upon the clerk’s desk.
room a. free man.
_ , A Young General.
CHARLESTON, Feb. .4.~—40aptai_n Edvvar'd
Anderson of theCarolina Rifles has been
appointed general of the Fourth brigade,
state troops. He is 27 years old and a
graduate of the Citadel and the only cap—
tain of Charleston companies who insisted
on going to Darlington in obedience to
Governor Tillman’s order during the
whisky riot. '
. Military Drills In Schools.
ALBANY, Feb. 4.—State G. A. R. De-
partment Commander John C. Shotts has
issued an order asking all G. A. R. men
to write advocating the passage of a meas-
ure int-reduced in the state legislature for
the purpose of introducing military in-
structions in the public schools of the.
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morning after the marriage the unsuSpect- .
and Orlowski swaggered out of the courts '
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