’.1\ T "H E E v EN l N G a. A'Z E TTE L CITY STATISTICS. Chicago has 21,835 Norwegians. Chicago has the largest Bohemian col- ony, 25,105. V .. ' Boston is said to have the crookedest streets. Kansas City is worth $58,967,300, and owes $864,123. Portland, Ore., claims to have 10 millionaires. - . - Albany and Austin-have the finest state buildings. Pittsburgh is worth $275,650,166, and owes $8,483,994. Philadelphia has the largest English colony, 38,926. ‘ ‘ Galveston, New York and Key'West are island citilés. New York has the largest colony of Germans, 210,723. ' The most northern city in our terri- tory is Sitka, Alaska. Charleston, S. C., is worth $23,800,000, and owes $3,880,900. St. Louis is the fourth. manufactur- ing city in this country. New York has the greatest number of Austrians, 27,193. ‘ The leading city in the manufacture of iron is Pittsburgh. Cincinnati is worth $188,751,350, and has a debt of $26,240,197. The estimated population of Phila— delphia in 1805 was 1,200,000. The debt of Chicago at the beginning of 1895 was $17,772,950. ‘ The city having the longest blocks is said to be Louisville, Ky. New York has the best water supply. Its aqueduct. cost $30,000,000.—Globe Democrat. FROM ENGLISH SOIL. The London Carlton club has about 4,000 members, and is the richest in the world. ' A return of the Dublin board of trade shows a very large falling off in emi- gration. _ Dr. Young records that at Gibraltar the human voice has been heard at a distance of ten miles Bombay can now be reached by fast steamer from London in 13 days and the Cape of Good Hope. in 14. Doubleentry bookkeeping, originally Italian bookkeeping, was used by Burgo at Venice in the 15th century. The number of unmarried women in England and Wales exceeds the number of unmarried men by a majority of nearly 200,000. The city of Sydney, Australia, has im- posed a fine of one pound upon any per- son convicted of spitting upon the floor of public buildings or upon the street. The manuscripts of the fifth and 12th centuries were written with very good black ink, which has not shown the least’signs of fading or obliteration. _Indian criminal statistics, according to Le Figaro, show that there is one criminal to every 274 Europeans, 509 Eurasians, 709 Ilindoo Christians and ii ,361 Brahmins, while the prOportion of Buddhist criminals is only one in 3,787. IN THE SIoK ROOM. Give the room which has the best means of ventilation and the most sun- shine to the invalid. Have dark-green Holland shades at the windows. Green tempers the glare of the sun in a way very soothing to tired eyes. Have a big screen in the room, which may be used either to shut out the bright light when the patient. wishes to sleep or to keep off draughtswhen the windows are raised and lowered. Change the bed linen as often as pos- sible. Once a day is not too often. In making the bed be sure that the under sheet is stretched as tight and smooth as a drum cover. Wrinkles in the under sheet cause continual discomfort and sometimes soreness. Keep the medicine bottle, glasses and spoons out of sight of the patient. Every sick room should be provided ~ with a. small bottle cabinet where medi- cines may be kept. If this is out of the question a couple of swinging shelves curtained in silk may be used. Danish creaking chairs from the sick room. Nothing so grates upon the pa- tient's nerves and so irritates him as unnecessary harsh sounds. Don’t whis- per outside the door. That is intensely aggravating;r to him,'and conversations with the doctor may be just as well car- ried on outside the invalid’s hearing. COMMERCIAL NOTES. There are in Russia some 36 mort- gage banks. whichare established for the sole purpose of issuing loans upon real estate. The Pros,’:cetors’ association, which is interested in west Australian mines, declared a dividend the other day of (>60 per cent. on ordinary shares and 400 per cent. on vendors' shares. The street- railways of Baltimore pay nine per cent. of their gross earnings into the city treasury. The receipts from this source during the last fiscal year amounted to $221,458.99. , South Dakota has over 6,000 business firms and is charged with only 27 fail- ures during 1895—onc of the hardest years that the business men of the West have ever seen. . ATHLETIC HAPPENINGS. One hundred and sixty plows started in a row in a recent plowing match at Dartford, England. Afootball match at Dover was broken up recently by the appearance of a fox, when spectators and players rushed .in to catch. him. The fox es- caped. Bicycles have been admitted into the grounds of the exclusive botanical gar- den in Regent’s park. They must not, however, be brought near the museums and conservatories. Sunday g'olf was forbidden recently by the council of the Edinburgh Bur- gess Golfing. society, but at a later meet- ing the anti-Sunday bylaw was con- demned and pronounced invalid by a. vote of 108 to 96. GHOST OBJECTED. Wouldn't Keep Quiet Until the House Was liloved. It is told in the Washington Star that a correspondent had occasion to stop all night in a West Virginia cabin, where he had been entertained a year before. The cabin at his first visit had faced the road; it now occupied a posi- tion at a. considerable distance from the highway and faced the other di- rection. When asked about the change the owner of the cabin said: “Had ter make it. Dad made seCh a fuss ’bout it, my wife ’lowed we’d hev ter move back. Yo’ see, she never knowed the ole man in his lifetime, an’ she didn’ like bein’ pestercd by him 20 y’ar after he wor dead.” “How was that?” inquired the cor- respondent. “Waal, the heuse uster be hyar, ”fore tha-r war any road, an’ when dad died we buried ’im over yonder by them oaks. The ‘road war cut through, 'an’ we moved the house over dad’s grave. He never had cut up none, though he war a great. cavorter when he lived, but when we moved the house he uster come every night to our bed an’ try to sw’ar at» me—only he couldn’t talk. It kin’ 0’ tickled me to see the ole man kicked erbout it an’ I moved the cabin back ag’in. The ole man haiu’t come back sence, an’ I’ll reckon he’ll hev his way; he allus did ’fore he died, an’ he hain’t los’ none of his uppishness scnce.” ' oNE WELL-MORTGAGED cow. A Tale Illustrating the Gulleless Sim- plicity of an Agriculturist. ours,” remarked the carpenter, “and we sometimes drive screws with a ham- mer.” A few days ago, not more than 1,000 miles from Lake county, says the V’ermillion (N. D.) Freeman, a collector called on a farmer for the payment of a note secured by chattel mortgage. The farmer was obdurate and gave no satis— faction that he would ever pay the note. Finally the collector said: “Well, I’ll have to take the 11 cows named in the mortgage.” “011, no; you haven’t got a mortgage on 11 cows on this farm.” “Why, yes, I have.” And the collector pulled out a copy of the mortgage and read as follows; “One red and white cow, one cow spotted red and white, one red cow with white spots, one cow with white spot in forehead, one red cow with two white hind feet, one white cow red cow, one red cow with two white fore feet, one white cow with red spot on shoulders, one red cow with white spot on hips, one white cow spotted with red. Now, how do you like that ‘3” .continued the collector. “Oh, that‘s all right; I see you’ve got 11 mortgages on my old red and white cow; there she is down in the pasture; the boys will go down and help you catch her.” A MEXICAN CEMETERY. Where Graves Are Rented at the Rate of One Dollar Per Month. A correspondent describes the queer cemetery of the Mexican village of Guanajua-to. There ishardly room in Guanajuato for the living, so it be- hooves her people to exercise rigid econ- omy in the disposition of her dead. and consists of an area inclosed by what appears from the outside to be a high wall, but which discovers itself from within to be a receptacle fer bodies, which are placed in tiers, much as the confines of the native'valleys compel them to live. Each compartment in the wall is large enough to admit one coffin, and is rented for one dollar per month. The poor people are bur- ied in the ground without the formality of a coffin. though one is usually rent- grave. As there are not graves enough to go around, whenever a new one is needed a previous tenant must be dis- turbed, and this likewise happens when a tenant’s rent is not promptly paid in advance. The body is then removed from its place in the mausoleum, or exhumed, as the case may be, and the bones are thrown into the basement below. TAKING CARE OF BANK BILLS. Soiled Currency Is Not So Common as It “’38 Several Years Ago. Bank notes are cleaner than they used to be. It is the policy of the New send their soiled notes to the United States treasury to be destroyed as soon as a. sufficient. number accumulates to justify it. Banks in the west send on whole batches of soiled New York notes to their correspondent banks in- this cijy, and the bank that receives them sorts them out and sends round each little batch to the bank by which they were issued. These sorted notes are then sent to the treasury to be de- stroyed and others issued in their place. New York is thus a sort of depot for soiled and damaged notes of its own issue. The printing process for bank notes has been so developed of late years that the government has adopted this policy of frequently destroying soiled notes and reissuing good ones. Births in Holland. In several towns in Holland a birth is announced by the exposing at the door of a silk pincushion, covered and edged by plaited lace, the sex of the in- fant being shown by the color—for a. boy red; for a girl, white. The house which shows in this manner that the number of. inhabitants has been in- creased enjoys by..an ancient law and custom various immunities and privi- leges. ' Floral Tracery on Metal. By chance it has been discovered that even the most delicate tracery of the petals of flowers can be reproduced in metal. During the trial of\a new fuse the other day a small leaf fell be- tween a dynamite cartridge and an iron block on which the cartridge was fired. As :1 result, a perfect imprint of the leaf was left on the iron. when he couldn’t swar, but my wife “There are tricks in all trades but , with red spots on side, one white and' The burial place is on the top of a. . steep hill, which overlooks the city, ‘ ed, in which the body is conveyed to the . York banks, says the New York Sun. to - Fl RESI DE FRAGMENTS. —No receptacle for sciled' clothing, even if handsomely decorated, should be kept in a sleeping apartment. —Ste¢.med Fig Pudding.—Moisten two cupfuls of finely grated graham bread crumbs with half a cup of ric milk. Mix into it a heaping cupful of finely chopped fresh figs and a quarter of a cup of sugar. Add last a cup of sweet milk, turn all into a pudding dish, and steam about 21/5, hours. Serve at once with orange sauce—Good Health —Poaehed Eggs—Break two eggs into scalding water to which have been added a little butter and half a tea- spoonful of vinegar. Let cook till the yolk is set, then dip out with a skim- mer. On a heated platter place small squares of toasted bread moistened well with cream, and place an egg on each, dust with salt and serve.———Orange Judd Farmer. . ——Piquante Sauce—Put a tablespoon of butter in a small saucepan and set over the fire until brown; add a table- spoon ot flour and mix until smooth; thin with‘a cupful of stock and stir until it boils. ’Have two tablespoons of finely chopped onions, one gill of vinegar, one tablespoon of capers, a sprig each of thyme and parsley cooked in a saucepan; add to the sauce; sea- son with salt and a pinch of cayenne; stir all together well and serve—West- ern Rural. - —A Stuffed Steak of Beef.-—Cut a thick slice of beef from the round, say about two pounds, have it free from bone; two gills of bread crumbs well seasoned with salt, pepper, onion; spread out your beef, and spread the seasoned bread crumbs all over it, roll 'up close; tie it up carefully to keep it in shape. Fry,‘and brown a slice of salt pork; take from the spider, lay in your roll of beef, brown it on all sides. Then stew it slowly in a little water, keeping it closely covered, having in the water a little salt and tablespoon- ful of Vinegar. Let it stew two hours or more, then take off the strings. It cuts nicely through the roll, and it keeps well. The water makes a good gravy.——Farm, Field and Fireside. GEROME’S GREAT PICTURES. They Cover 8. Wide Range of Subjects and Arc World-Renowned. Gerome has painted so many im- portant pictures having a world-wide reputation that it is impossible to go into many particulars about them in the present article. The illustration of “Na- ; poleon before the Sphinx” will, how- ever, give some idea of his remarkable powers of invention and his fertility of ideas. The incident was suggested. by the Egyptian campaign of the great mysterious stone figure, the origin or the meaning of. which no man has yet been able to explain. In the distance we see the legions of the French army, while on the horse, calmly, and with speculative eye, sits the marvel of his age. The little man, humble of birth, without influence or money, rising by the force of circumstances and his own strong will and character to the migl ..i~ est position among the rulers of the : earth, gazes steadfastly at the storm- beaten, time-worn monument of past The contrast is full of sugges- ages. tiveness. Or let us take his “Thirst.” \Vhat wonderful strength is here! On the hot, shimmering, sun-dried sands crouches the mighty King of Beasts, a very baby in his weakness, overcome by the desire to wet his parched tongue, and panting for a drop of water. What awful loneliness! What fearful soli- tude, and what a dreary waste! It were more pleasant to turn to the glimpse he gives us of the great oriental city whose housetops, minarets and spires gleam under the brilliant eastern sky, where the pious Mussulman calls the faithful to prayers. Here may be noted the artist's wonderful powers of observation, and the extraordinary finish, nothing, apparently, escaping ‘ his attention. So, too, in the “Pacha’s I Runners,” where the reproduction does not, of course, give an idea of the color, though Gerome’s coloring is not al- ways fine. His best skill appears in drawing and in the arrangement of his . compositions. In the "Bull-Fighter" ' we find that the artist is quite as much at home in Spanish scenes as in class- ical, oriental, or modern French life. He enters into the brutality of the bull ring, and, showing us theeoarse pic- adors and the excited audience, brings the incident before us very vividly. In "short, no matter what he undercakes, he prepares himself for the task with much earnestness and great delibera- tion. He makes careful studies. he looks well into his subjects, and he i takes no end of pains. Pictures do not come of themselves, nor are they exe- cuted without almost endless trouble. Artists are generally supposed by ' thoughtless people to be more or less ' inspired, and to dash off masterpieces , at will; but the truth is, a picture that has any claim to live and to deserve -high appreciation is undertaken with as much forethought as the building of a ship. First the painter makes a sketch, searching out, in a general way. the best method of putting hislidea on canvas; then, after many changes and alterations, studies are made of the principal figures, of the draperies, and of the accessories. Now the scheme of color must be arranged, and finally comes the painting, and the painstak- ing completion of all the parts—Arthur Hoeber, in St. Nicholas. ‘ There Are Others. Mr. Cityman—I say, Mr. Madders, the advent of the bicycle and the consequent decline of the horse must have hurt you farmers considerably by cutting off the demand for one of your chief prod- ucts. Mr. Medders—éWhat product is that? Mr. Cityman—Why, it must be of lit- tle use to raise oats now! ' Mr. Medders—Yes; that’s sol, The bicycle has done us onithat; but when one door shuts another always opens. We raise the arnica plant noun—Puck. I FORGOT COLORS. Experience of a. Man Who Was‘ Nine Months in a Dark Room. The human eye, though trained to distinguish colors, may by want of use forget how to distinguish them. The unique experience ’of Dr. R. Harley, F. It. 8., related in the London Spectator, establishes the fact that color can be forgotten, as well as learned, by human sight. , Dr. Harley, in order to save the sight of one, perhaps of both eyes, when one . was injured, voluntarily immured him- self in a room made totally dark for nine months. I The fortitude which enabled him to adopt this course and the ingenuity by which he preserved his health and fac ulties in this, the most mentally and physically depressing of all forms of imprisonment, are sufficiently remark- able; but Dr. Harvey also kept an ac}- curate record of his impressions when he at last looked again upon the light. after the supreme moment at which he satisfied himself that he was not , blind, but could see. He found that in the nine months' darkness his eyes had lost all sense. of color. The world was black. white ' and gray. They had also lost the sense of distance. picture wrongly. touch the object meant to be grasped. Practice soon remedied the last induced defect of sight. Experiment ,with skeins of various-colored wool. in the presence of One who had normal color vision, restored the first. THE CHEWING GUM FACE. Certified-Check Face Seems to Be the Best Artificial Countenance. The chewing gum face is the latest scientific discovery, and it is argued by the discoverer that no one who chews gum can possibly be beautiful. This will not have any influence upon the homely, but to actresses and others who imagine they have good looks that shOuld not be wantonlgy chewed away it should prove a deterrent. Per- chanee the ceaseless chewing habit of the dromedary, who chews as fastid- iou-sly and industriously upon a pea- nut as upon a squash, is the real cause of that useful quadruped’s haggard, guant and infinite homeliness. We should think that smoking cheap ci- gars, through the incessant hard puff- ing devolved on the smoker, would ab- normally develop his masseter muscles and give him a tobacco face thatshould prove instrumental in securing for him the position of cigar store Indian. We will not allude to the cigarette face, says Truth, or any other face that, like the chewing gum face, is a false face, inasmuch as it is not a natural face. A happy, well-fed, con- tented-looking man, who is the picture of health, is the man with a certified- check face. From the constant hand- ling of certified checks drawn in his favor his face becomes a sort of palpi- tant rose garden. This is so much bet- ter than the chewing gum face that we wear it more from preference than from force of circumstances. TOOK HIM LITERALLY. Unfortunate Mistake Made by a Green Reporter Causes Trouble. The polite stranger who called to see the city editor rose to his feet in alarm as he heard some man who was just leaving the room complaining at a terrible rate. He was roasting the paper, says the HoustOn (Tex) Post, from editor to devil, and calling down all sorts of'maledictions upon the. heads of everybody connected with the. ofiice. “Don’t be alarmed,” said lbe city editor, as he drew a match from his pocket and asked the stranger for a- cigar. “That’s one of the most promi- nent and well-known citizens of Hous- ton. You see, we had a man try to in- terview him yesterday and get his views on a certain subject. and he made the reporter solemnly promise he would not print what he said in the paper.” “I see,” said the polite stranger. “And it got in owing to some mistake. and was published, and made him mad.” “No,” said the city editor. “It was accidentally left out.” ' His brain interpreted the This Is Another Story. All sorts of stories have been circu- lated over the alleged “nearness” of John Jacob Astor. It has been fre- quently said he is the thriftiest Astor of the line. These stories may or may not be. true, but. Assemblyman John B. htanchfield, of New York, tells quite a (liifercnt story about Mr. Astor. It oc- curred on the recent trip of Gov. Mor— ton and his staff to the Atlanta exposi- tion. A number of democratic legis- lators, including Mr. Stanchfield and Senator Jacob A. Cantor, went along. As the train swung along towards AI.- lanta the republicans aboard the train thought it would be a fine thing for them to give the governor a send-off in Atlanta. They wanted funds for fire- works and bands and refreshments. Mr. Stanohfield spoke to Mr. Astor, and without a. murmur he pulled out his pocketbook and in a second Mr. Stanch- field had a check for $2,500. An Unpopnlzir Match. The betrothal of Princess Maud to her Danish first cousin, who is three years her junior and not in the line of succession, is extremely unpopular everywhere in England. She is the one member of the Marlborough house family who is reputed to be above mediocrity mentally. and the public had the idea that she would do some- thing worlh while in the marriage market. I-ler choice is so disappoint- ing from every point of view that some excuse sec-ms 10 be neocssary. The story has been started ‘that her be- trothed is Russia’s secret choice for the Bulgarian throne, and that Ferdinand is to be frozen out to make room for him this winter. Satisfaction Either Way. A famous advocate confessed him- self: “I am never so happy as when I am defending a prisoner I know to be guiltyi for if he is convicted he will get his deserts, and if I get him off it 1.11 7’ will be a tribute to my s»... . His hand did not- \ I NINE: 4.: ~ AZETTE. ~ ~—-——.>—v «Ge-Q-ofiw *— llnly, Eight-Page line“. Gaul; No other Paper in Norwalk compares SOLD lIN and NorOton. Local and General \ Its loo-11 news is bright. reliable and well written. 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