' ' ; Is onlytngther name ' for‘ impure ‘ blood, fo’rino—‘person is weak and ner- vous whose blood is perfectly pure. . - ltheiithe blood is full of the germs ' of disease, and lacking in the red cor- puScles which give it vitality, when it fails to properly nourish the organs and tissues of the body, what can you . expect but that tired feeling and nor. ~ vousness? . . . 'Of course Scrofula', Salt Rheum, Catarrh and Rheumatism are unis versally recognized as'blood diseases, forwhich Hood’s Sarsaparilla, as the best blood purifier, is everywhere ‘acknowled the greatest remedy. _ Therefore, as Hood’s Sarsaparilla cures all blood diseases, it is the best remedy for that condition of the blood ' which causes Nervousness. ' It "is a false ideato think you are curing your nervousness when you are taking a preparation WhICh. only quiets your nerves 1 It is like. trying to “drown” your sorrows in the flowing bowl. They are sure to return. . We wish to make most impressive, then, this truism: You cannot purify your blood by panama or QUIETING your nerves with opiate, narcotic or nerve com- pounds. If you take such articles you are only TRIFLING With your troubles. There is soar. to be a BEAC- rron which will leave you worse than you were before. . Why not then, take the true course, follow the bee-line to the state of health, purify your bloed and cure your Nervousness by taking HOOD'S Sarsaparilla ARE. YOU come SOUTH? If so. for health. pleasure and comfort go :0 Plney Woods Inn. Southern Pines. N. C. Those desiring to escape the rigors of the tlimate'Norih will find a_ mild. dry climate at Southern Pines. N. C.. in the heart of the long leafed pine section of America. The elevation is 600 feet above sealevel. the highest point in ihe turpentine belt. delight- ful climate. with all the advantages of resorts further south and free from many disadvan- tages; itis the place the tourist and health seeker Will appreciate. It has the most perfect drainage. being a huge sand bank. and is Situatedgn .the heart of the long ieaf pine. It is Within the in- fluence of the giil stream. to which it owes much of the wildness or the climate. Piney Woods Inn, an elegant new hotel. is now open. The house accommodates 200 guests. has all modern conveniences. sani- tary plunib-ng. electric lights. call bells. wide verandas. sun i-a'lors. steam heat. etc.. In fact Piney Woods li. ! has been fitted up that guests may enjoy the comforts of every day life at home at moderate rates. Piney Woods Innis reached by the Seth board Air Line. For terms. etc. address. CHARLES ST. JOHN. (Mum). Southern Pines. N. 0. DAILY FREIGHT LINE , BETWEEN NORWALK. SO. NORWALK NEW YORK. Prapellers City of Norwalk, Vulcan and Eagle. Leave Norwalk at 5 p. m. Leave So. Norwalk at 6 p. m. Leave New York, Pier 23, E. PL, Beekman St., 5 p m, CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK. 746 WALL 511, N ORWALK. INCORPORATED SEPT. 1. 1876. AELTAL. - - - - - - 5100.000 . nus M.Hor.m:s, President. . 1... Bonus. Vice-President. WILLIAM A. CURTIS, Cashier . oranorons : user: M. HOLMES. H. E. DANN, . L. CUNNINGHAM, J. T. Pnowrrr E. L. Borax. S. H. HOLMES J. Cousms. J a. Discount nay, Saturday. ' iaiiiieii county National Bank. 44 Wall Street, Norwatle, Conn. INCORPORATED, 1824- Capital, $5. .000 Eowm-O. Kama President. DAVID E. ILLEB. Vice-President. L. C. GREEN. Cashier , DIRECTORS . EDWIN 0. KEELEB. Moses H. GLovan DAVID E. MILLER, A. J. Mariana, F. arr. J OHN Locxwoon, THEODORE E. SMITH IRA Cons. ' Cns F. TaIs'rauI. ' Accounts of Manufacturers. Merchants and Individuals solicited. Safe Deposit Boxes free to' Depositors. lncKwounls LIGHT PARCEL and. PACKAGE ’DELIVERYi Cheap rates. Will also take or are for mes- senger service Fl New York. Goods called or and delivered to all parts of the. town. Orders received at E P. .Weed’s Drug. Store. 33 Wall Street. with telephone connection ,un-_ - “13“” c E. Lockwoon. _ sell it by the choir."—-Chicago Tribune. l p ' ,‘KIIF‘FIR ' CORN. . Provesgto Flourish in Animals- of Climate. Is Remarkably Hardy, Prolific and Pro- duces a Cereal That Is- Better for Feed- ' ing Purposes "Than the. Ordinary Indian Corn of Commerce. The question of successful farming in the semi-arid regions of the great‘ west is solved at last. . Kaflir eorn, first introduced on the American Continent from the Kaifir country, in Africa, less than a decade since, is still an unknown product to nine-tenths of the people of the United States. At first planted here and there as a curiosity, it was found to grow readily in all localities and under all condi- tions, and experiments developed the fact that it would mature a. crop in the driest and hottest seasons on the high western plains. A more extended plant- ing of the new grain and a comparison of results obtained soon developed the fact that whether the season was wet or dry, cool or hot, long or short, this new product would thrive on all kinds of soils with the minimum of care and cultivation, and planted any time be- tween the first of April and the middle of July it would mature an absolutely sure crop of grain and fodder before the frosts of autumn. talk looks somethin like a, . _ The s g‘ ! flight 15 the only safe course. single shoot of common corn, but short- er, attaining a henght usually from 41A, to six feet, and having pointed leaves of a- rich green color. The. grain forms in a head at the extreme point of the shoot, where the tassel is on ordinary corn, the heads being from seven to 12 inches in length and six to eight in circum- ference, and when ripe look'like great white or red plumes. The grains are almost round, a little larger than a grain of rice and much resembling a. grain of wheat in interior structure. ‘ There are two varieties, red and white, the latter being the favorite crop. Though raised as an experiment here and there throughout the west for several years, it was not until the’pres- ent year that it became a prominent crop. When the drought of last spring killed the wheat and oats and seemed almost certain to ruin 'the corn, the few who had had experience with the new grain began to advise their neigh- bors ‘to plant Kaifir corn, as it would grow all right in dry weather, and they could thus at least raise food for their stock.- The newspapers took up the ad- vice and soon farmers «were planting Kaifir corn, utilizing the ground where wheat and oats had failed at planting on sod or scattered patches where early cbrn had been burned out. The planting was continued until well along in August, the acreage be- ing in many sections greater than that ever devoted to a. single crop. In Okla- homa alone nearly 50,000 acres were planted with. the new crop. And every grain of it planted grew and thrived to maturity, and before the summer was over the farmers began to wonder what they would do with it all. 'They knew it was good food for stock, but there was not stock enough in the territory to consume it, and the product was yet so new that! it was not recognized in the outside markets. ‘ Experience had already developed the fact that it made a. most admirable feed,.eithcr' to winter stock or fatten them for market, but with an abun- dance of the grain on hand Oklahoma. farmers soon discovered that it was bet- ter for horses'than either corn or cats, making them fat and stout, and giving them a sleek, glossy appearance. When it came to feeding hogs it was found that.they gained flesh more rap- : idly than when.fed on common corn, and poultrymen have found-the Iiaf‘fir grain an admirable egg producer, and when fed unthrashed the fowls are given exercise in picking it from the head. ' The boys and girls soon- discovered that it would pop as well as popcorn, the grains popping out large, white and tender, and women in the country found that boiled like rice the grain was excellent eaten with cream and sugar, that mashed into a. pulpy mass it made an excellent pudding, and it was also a first-class substitute for hom- iny. Still the quantity,produced- was so . great that the people continued to won- der what they would do with it. , The owner of the roller mills at Medi- cine Lodge, Kan., ran some of the grain through his cornmeal, grinder, and pro- duced a meal pronounced in every way equal to the ordinary cornmeal, but he was not content with this, but rigged up a special sct (“burrs and produced a new product that bids-fair to create a revolution in the world’s breadstuffs ——Kafiir flour. Some of this flour was made into light bread. The bread was fully as white as bread made from econd grade wheat flour, and was sw t and palatable.——St. Louis Globe-Democrat. ' The Southern Aurora. On February 1, in latitude 66 degrees, longitude 172 degrees 31 minutes, we ran into open water again, having this time spent only six days in the ice-pack. On the 17th the aurora. appeared, stronger than I ever saw it in the north. It rose from the southWest, stretching in a broad streamnptoward the zenith and down again toward the eastern horizon. The phenomenon this time had quite a different appearance from what we saw on October 20. It now presented long shining curtains rising and falling in wonderful shapes and shades, sometimes seemingly close down to our mastheads. t evidently exerted considerable influence upon the magnetic needle of our compass.— C. E. Borchgrevink, in Century. ~—-“How do you sell this music pa- per?” asked the customer at: the sta- tionery store. “I’m not certain about it,” said the new clerk, “but I think we ..._.v .1 . a. .;..'.. . g'i‘ QUEER SETTEE'MEhr. " Former’Guard the Latter's Nests. _ - , 0n the broad, brownisalt meadows that skirt the Housatonic river, just above its mouth, is a. vast colony-of marsh wrens, relates the St.~Pau1 Dis- patch. In the acres of tangled tules and cat-tails the nests, which are’as large as one’s head/are so compactly constructed and so thoroughly thatched as to be entirely weather-tight. As a rule the thrifty little chattering Wrens prefer not to occupy a last year’s nest, so there are every season hun- dreds of empty ones. They are not al- lowed to remain vacant long, for there are too manycreatures ‘seeking just- such snug quarters. Onespecimen of field or meadow mice take possession of a great many of them. .Big spiders, too, love to nest in the abandoned bas- ket-like abodes and live for many sea- sons in them. .The most desirable ten- ants of all are the big black and white hornets. By far the greater number of the old nests are inhabited by these fiery fellows, and, odd to relate, they are the best of friends with the land lords. As if by agreement with the Wrens. ”they keep a. perpetual guard over the new nests, as well as those where they. live. Let a dog,.an unconscious rail or snipe-shooter, a. bird-egging boy or any creature whatever approach the nests without warning, a cohort of winged warriors will fall on the intruder, and The wrens seem full conscious of the value of such scntincls, for they take care to build their nests always very near to the old. The birds are themselves entirely defenseless, and, their nests being easily located on account of size and the noise made by the wrens, they have been in some localities entirely wiped out by egg collectors. The boys have learned to give this colony awide berth. THE SULTAN'S SUNDAY OUT. It's a. Gallant Show When Abdul Hamid __ Goes to Prayers. Every Friday—the Moslem Sunday, of course—these moribund sea. mon- sters that comprise the Turkish navy, lying moored stem and stern, moored for a dozen years, impotent as turtles on their backs, within the golden horn, fly the crescent and the star. The ma- rines put on their whitest trousers, and perhaps they give a burnish to their arms; a wild sort of march, well played, sounds from near the Turkish admiralty, and the band and troops come striding up the hill. Everybody in the city, except our own military attache, who, I am told, generally de- prives this brilliant ceremony of his presence and the uniform of his queen, is going to the Selamlik, the sultan's drive from; his palace tohis mosqué,~a distance of about 200 yards. You pass several regiments of cavalry and in- fantry. Winding 11p "the hill to Yildiz Kiosk, and by the time you are re,- ceived, in a small pavilion opposite the mosque and just outside the palace gates, by a glittering nid-de-camp, the wide-curving road is filled with troops. The mosque is in front of you, and the palace gates to the left. Hardly have you swallowed your cup of coffee bo— regiments are heard. They are all fine fellows, and they advance with the queer pointed parade-step taughtthem by their German instruct- ors. INGENIOUS BIRD. Queer Performance of Feathered Resident of Somali Land. The honey bird, of which we saw sev- oral during our travels in Somali Land:- is well worthy of mention as a natural curiosity, says a writer in the Nine-. teenth Century. It is a little gray com-. Dion-looking bird about the size of a thrush. It first forces itself upon the notice of the traveler by flying across in path uttering a shrill, unlovcly cry. It will then sit on a neighbor-i ing trcc, still calling and waiting for: him to follow. By 'short, rapid fiights-‘ the bird will lead its guest on and on, till after awhile the traveler notices that the bird has stopped its onward course and is hanging about among a certain half-dozen trees. These being. visited one after another, and carefulr 1y examined, the search will be re- warded by finding a nest of bees in there will be honey in it. I have never known the bird mistaken. It is a mat- ter of honor with the natives to set aside a good portion of honey for the bird. Although this action of the honey bird is an established fact of natural history, it is none the less un- accountable, and it would be interest- ing to know whether he ever tries to entice quadrupeds also to assist him in obtaining his much-loved honey. A Question of Ancestry. Abraham Hayward, ' the _ famous Quarterly Reviewer, once thought that so he walked straight to a'picture deal- er’s. Selecting a portrait of a cavalier in half armor, with features not quite too high, he went his way. A few days later Mr. Hayward went to- dine with «Lord Houghton, and was astonished to find the picture in the dining-room. Seeing that it attracted his guest’s at- tention, Lord Houghtonsaid: “Very good picture, that! Came into my hands in a curious way. Portrait of -—an ancestor of mine.” “Ah, indeedl’ said Mr. Hayward; “he was very near being an ancestor 0f mine.” . Old-Time Doctors. Inthe 17th and 18th centuries doctors . carried canes with hollow heads, per- forated like a popper caster. These contained aromatic powders, and when entering a sick room the doctor would. apply its head-to his nose for the pur— pose of disinfecting that member and thus of preventing centagion. “ - .k ". ' ‘5 .f‘ 'Kometd and Birds Become Friends and the ' fore the bands of more approaching one of them. The probability is that , he would like to have some ancestors, . unlike his own, Mr. Hayward made a l - bid‘for it, but deeming the price asked : a. Milnes of the cemmonwealth period , strike the cane smartly on the floor and ‘ ,. i : V. classics?s'sasf‘iiifshfsl i iGunijarabic andcgumtragacanthin equal. parts, dissolved . in .rhot‘...» water-,3 , ': , make the best} and most convenient -‘ mucilage to keep in th‘chouse. ‘1 i _ —A Rich Pudding. —- one pound of raisins stoned, one pound of currants,, half a pound of beef suet, quarter of‘a. pound of sugar, two spoonfuls of flour, eight. eggs, 3. cupfuls of blanched al- ‘ monds and one of sweetme'ats. Mix well and boil in a mold for- eight hours. —-—N. .Y. Observer. —Jumbles.—(_)ne-half pound butter; one pound sugar mixed to cream; two eggs; two tablespoons extract of rose; add flour enough to make dough stifi enough to roll out. quite thin, out in any shape, bake on well greased cake tins, when baked should be One-sixth of an inch thick—Mrs. S. B. Sheeih, in Womankind. ' ‘ ‘ —Cofiee Cream Cake—For any 'good layer cake make a filling as follows: Three tablespoonfuls of coffee and a. cup and a half of cold water; steep and strain. Thicken with corn starch, sweeten. Add whipped cream to taste. Milk may be added to the coffee be- fore thickening, in place of the cream. It tastes like coffee ice-cream soda.— Farmer‘s Voice. —Apple Rice Pudding—Pare, quar- ter' and core three tart apples and ' spread loosely in a buttered agate pud- ding dish. Add three-quarters cup- ful of sugar and three tablespoonfuls rice to one quart of milk; turn the mix- ture over the apples,spread a. few bits of butter over the tops and bake in a moderate oven four hours. Serve hot with sweetened whipped cream.—-— Orange Judd Farmer. -—Stcamed Bread and Fruit Pudding. —0ne pint of bread broken into small pieces. Add one cup of milk, one-third of a. cup of molasses. one egg, Wel‘l beaten, and one cup of raisins, stoned and cut in halves. Mix thoroughly, then sift in half a teaspoonful each. of cinamon, grated nutmeg, salt and soda. Turn into a. buttered pudding boiler and cook in boiling water about two hours—Chicago Chronicle. -—Boiled Plum Pudding. —- Half- pound white bread crumbs, four ounces sugar, four ounces chopped suct, four ounces raisins, four ounces curra—nts, half- cofi'eecupful milk, one egg or two yolks, one teaspoonful mixed ground spices, a little salt and a. pinch of soda. Mix the dry articles together, the bread grated-or chopped very fine; add milk and egg with salt and soda dissolved in them; tie up in a bag and boil for £0.11:- hours.-—Chicago Record. Large Enough. A foot-traveler through one of the hilly regions of Ireland came one day upon a, curious little'cabin, so small as to seem hardly large enough for a human. habitation. While she *was whimsically considering as to whether it might not be the abode of the famous “good people,” about whom so many loving superstitions cling, the figure of a. short, stout old man emerged from the cabin, and stood confronting her in smiling silence. After salutations Is your plate glass or' safe insured. ?. I' will write you a policy in the Mutual Plate Glass and Sale Insur. ingly told the 'old man that she had half fancied—his dwelling the home .of fairies. “No, 'indade, mafam, but it’s a. good warm place, God bless it,” re-' plied the old man. “But surely you , cannot stand up in it?” said the trav— eler, curiously. “An’ fwhat bride to shtand, ma’am?” returned the owner of the,tiny house. “Shure, an’ Oi can come outside to do that same, an’ whin ’Oi’m insoide, it’s mesilfthat can either goxto bed or sit down, ma’am!” There was. such warmth in the smile with which this cheerful philosophy .was propounded that the traveler was not disposed to. pick flaws in it, and smiled panion. , . “Good.Morning" in Samoa I had to go down to Apia five or'six different times, and each time there were 100 black boys to say “Good morn- ing” to. This was rather a. tedious business; and, as very few*-of them answered at all, and those who- did,- several times in my mind to give up this piece of politeness. The last time I went down, Iwas almost decided; but when I came to the first pair of black boys and saw them looking so comic and so melancholy, I began the business over again. This time I thought more of them seemed to an- swer, and when I got down to the tail- end where the carts. were running, I received a. very pleasant surprise, for one of the boys, who-was pushing at the back of a cart, lifted up his head, and called out‘to me in wonderfully good English: “You good man—al- ways say good morning.” It was sad to think that these poor creatures should think so much of so small a.- piece of civility, and strange that (thinking so) they should be so dull as not to return it.—-—Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Letters to a Boy,” in St. Nichdlas. “Mother's Pies.” We none of us realize that it is our- selves who" change, and not the food that delighted us in our youth. Said :1. crusty, hard-to-please husband: “Wife, I ~wish you would make pies that would taste as good as my mother’s usedto do”; “Well, my dean-you run out and bring me in a. pailful of water, a hodful of coal and an armful of wood, just as you used to do for your mother, and maybe you will like my pies as well.” He concluded the pies would answer the purpose just as they were. -—Good Housekeeping. . . a I _. Anon-urmws had been‘e'xchanged, the travelerlaughe 1 acceptance of its truth.—5-Youth’s'Com-‘ I only with a. grunt like a pig’s, it was I: .\. by a. woman dentist, Dr. Luélla Cool. tonthe‘ police pension. fund a. check for $300.. This is 'a token of appreciation at Miss Vanderbilt’s wedding.‘ . Mrs. , Livermore’s objections to’ re— , other theories. “Reporters are a pestif- erous set,” she said in Boston the other. reporting his address-in full, thereby rendering it unfit for future use.” "--T i ter of the late A. W. Hendricks, and a niece; of Gov. Thomas A. Hendricks, -. was. admitted recently tof'practice law in the circuit. and superior courts of admitted to the bar in that county. TH E STAG E. trayer of Trilby, is said to be engaged . to Sir Henry Irving’s eldest son. I J Fannie Brough, the leading actress at the Drury Lane theater, London, re? fused toallovv the prince of Wales to be presented to her. ‘ ' Mrs. Keeley, the venerable actress whose 90th birthday was recently cel- ebrated in London, sang the “Mer-' maid’s Song” in la. performance of Oberon, conducted by Weber himself in 1826. Hubert Herkomer suggests that the . proscenium of the stage be made con- tractible, so that there may be a. dif» ferént sized frame for a. scene repre- senting a garret from-that used for an out-of-door picture. HINTS fro MAIDENS. . . A. girl cannot expect a. man to be made on purpose for her. V ‘ The girl who cherishes an ideal man that is half a woman, courts certain un- happiness. . . . , » The happiest marriages are those which develop and intensify the mental distinctions due to sex-not eiface them. ' . _ - ‘ The “friendship of chums” can never be arrived at by the man trying to be~ come a woman or the rwoman trying to become a man. ‘ _ . ', Every feminine gift has its mascu- line counterpart, and they are never the same. Therefore a girl should 100k for unlikeness, not likeness.—Phila- delphia Press. | l_f,n;it,rcall on me and ance Company. Glass will break and burglars use rlyiiiiiniteg; i in Case of Fire 0. J A You should be insured. A policy in the Reliance 01 Philadelphia; Phoenix of Hartford; Scotland Union of Scotland; New Hampshire 0.“ Manchester; Rochester German of Rochester; United States and Pacific of New York; Security of New Hampshire or‘Granite State of Ports- U mouth Will protect you against the fire fiend. W. er. sameness, ‘ I. . Real, Estate and General ”Insurance LOANS NEGOT'ATED AND'.iNVEsTMENTS-MADE. -}-~:§ ~ rj l noon 1; Gazn'r'rnnvn-nmef _‘.« .,,‘ AMERICA‘S , ‘oAuGHTERs. ' America is represented ianuatemala- ' * Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt‘has presented ‘ for the services rendered by thepolice ' ' porters are as unique as some of her ' day.- “They often ruinia lecturer by" Miss Caroline B. Hendricks, a daugh's Marion county, Ind. ~ Miss Hendricks! has the honor. of being the'first woman ' Miss Dorothea-Baird, the London'por-C e.
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