T HE E v E N 1N (I . Caporail . . Little ‘ C iga rs for (its. SOLD BY, ALL DEALERS. . ~ ’v’ 7-- _~-. . LONDON TENEMENT HOUSES. - Laws That Govern Construction in That . City. ' First of all should be mentioned the provisions for the two great requisites of light and air. The buildings will be four and five stories high, and each building must be separated 1n all direc- tions from any opposing building by an open space at least equal to its own height. It was with the greatest dif- ficulty that the New York commission secured the passage of an act limiting the ground area to be covered to 75 per cent. These official London tenements will not 0 ver more than 55 per cent. of the building lots. Habitable rooms must not be less than eight feet six inches in height. Rooms must have efficient ventilation, “ the principle on which ‘back-to-back’ houses are built beingcarefully avoid- ed.” This precludes the construction of a building more than two rooms deep. If such a rule were enforced in New York, the city would be revolu- tionized. The aim of tenement house architecture in America is to get at" least two, and perhaps four, families on each floor of 25 feet width. The London houses, as a matter of fact, will be only one room deep. Living- 1'ooms in them must be of not less than 144 feet superficial floor area. Bed— rooms must be of not less than 96 feet superficial floor area nor less than seven feet nine inches wide. Staircases must have horizontal ventilation di- rect to the open air; corridors must be ventilated on the open air; staircases and halls must be lighted day and night. The last-named regulation is with a view to prevent the immorality and frequent accidents which lack of light in such places is known to pro- duce in tenement houses. A proposed statute calling for light after eight :1. in. until ten p. m. aroused much opposi- tion in Albany. After light and air, safety from fire may be regarded as the next essential of model tenement house construction. The London law provides that all walls shall be of “fire-resisting” material, and that all staircases must be fire- proof, and so separated, from apart- ments that they will not afford a fine for the conduct of fire from one floor to another. as so often occurred in the tenements of New York. But the county council has learned that it will pay to go beyond the law, and to make the buildings absolutely ' fireproof. The first cost will be very little greatc1, and will be far more than ofi'~ set by the decreased cost of repairs and the greater permanence of the buildings. Without going into techni— cal details of construction, it may be said the stairways are of iron, stone and cement; that floors are built with iron girders and brick arches; that the wooden surface is laid on‘solid cement; that as little woodwork is used in the rooms as possible; and that the plaster, even of the partitions between rooms of the same apartment, is laid on iron or wire instead of on wooden lathing. Of the buildings completed it is no idle boast for the architect to say thuta fire might be started in any room without endangering any other room. The cost of repairs is thus reduced to aminimum, and the life of the buildings is increased until it is estimated at 450 years, simply because it seems absurd to name a longer period. As a matter of fact, the buildings, if undisturbed, will practi- lcally last forever.—Edward' Mmshail, in Century. I FOR HOME ADORNMENT. Convert an Old Mantelpiece and Fireplace Into Things of Beauty. How to modernize an old-fashioned mantel-piece and looking-glass is the puzzle to many a housekeeper. Most old-fashioned mantel-pieces are so narrow, therefore it is advisable to have a board made at least 12 inches in width and several inches longer than the original shelf; have this fixed by screws to the shelf, and have a. curtain rod fixed beneath the board; cover the top of the board with plush or fine cloth, fixed by tacks; the front drapery may be of embroidered satin or plush, or of .the pretty tapestry now sold in so many soft colors. The curtains may be of Indian silk, Roman satin or plush; they are edged with fringe; .the drapery of the looking-glass is of the same ma- terial as the curtains, the center being embroidered with a garland of roses and foliage; the drape is 14 inches deep, and is cutlone-half yard wider than that on the curtains; it is plaited once and slightly looped up midway between the center and the sides, which gives it a festooned appearance; the center is slightly raised at the top under a TD- sette, and the ends are ornamented with loops of silk and chenille cord and tas- sels; the sides of the glass may be cov- ered with the same material as the drape in small, straight folds, this may , however, be omitted if the sides of the glass are pretty and 1n good condition. An ornamental banner screen, brass mount, is placed in front of the Ifireplace in the center; the curtains may either be opened slightlyor may be drawn to, according to inclination. -——Chicago Inter Ocean. 1 A Soft Answer. Young Sloam was ever noted for his perfect breedlng, and though as a col- lege student he was sometimes a trifle the worse for a late supper, he never forgot to be true to his code. On one such occasion. after a most- determined eifort to en ter a house which he believed his own, he was met at the door by the scantily attired master of the mansion with information as to his whereabouts, and the added news that the household- > or had’ a sick wife and‘child upstairs who had been disturbed. Sloam made abject apologies, and departed; but his home seemed to elude him, and again the same irate householder was brought, to .his door by Sloam's knocks for ad- mission. “Didn’t I tell you this was my don’t you remember that my wife. and child are ill?” “I remember perfectly,” answered Sloam, sobered for the mo- n1ent,‘_‘and I merely returned, sir, to ask how they were getting along ”— Harper’ 5 Magazine. ITEMS OF INTEREST. Boston is growing. A late census gives that city a population of 496,920. ’ One-third of the butter used in Great tritain last year came from Denmark. Foxes are multiplying so rapidly in Australia that the farmers consider them a pest. ,-About one-fourth of the voters in Stonetown, Me. ., aie old soldiers and pensioners. The governor’s mansion in Frankfort, Ky, has been occupied by 33 governors. it was built 98 years ago. Pulverized tiger bones are used as medicine in China. It is believed that they impart to the invalid the strength of a tiger. Venezuela. has 200, 000, 000 acres of forest, in which grow all varieties of ebony, as well as rosewood, satinwood and mahogany. There are in Russia 36 mortgage banks, the only business of which is to loan money on real estate. The fees for searches are very light. A paper mill in Berlin, N. IL. daily converts 80,000 cubic feet of lumber into paper. Every year it. uses 25,000,000 feet of lumber for this purpose. The fruit product of Santa Clara val- ley, 011., has almost. doubled since 1891. In '1805 the. shipments were 5,000,000 more pounds than during the previous year. A salt. mine has been discovered under the town of Little River, Kan. It is 500 feet below the surface of the earth, the vein is 300 feet thick, and the richest in the w orld. A German chemist has hit upon a new method of making delicious cham- pagne of apples. It so closely resembles the genuine article that. only expert judges can distinguish them. in Gosport, Ind., the other day at the age of 76 years, and who had lived there most of his life, that no one ever saw him laugh. He was in no sense a recluse, but an active business man, and was highly respected. DIET AND DIGESTION. Bean soup may be digested within three hours. Beans may be properly digested in two hours and a half. Melted butter requires three hours and a half for perfect digestion. Oyster soup requires from three to four hours for proper digestion. Alexis St. Martin digested broiled ven- ison steak in an hour and ahalf. Three 6hours are required for the di- gestion of broiled or boiled mutton. Baked sponge cake 1 equires two and a half hours for proper digestion. l-Iashed meat and vegetables will be digested in two and a half hours. Carrots are considered difficult of di- gestion, requiring over three hours. Green corn, properly masticated, will be digested in three and a. half hours. The capacity, of the stomach is varied greatly by age and habits of gating. Boiled parsnips are completely di- gested at the end of two hours and a half. , Boiled turnips will be properly di- gested at the end of three hours and a half. The frying pan is said by physicians to do almost as much harm as the beer- mug. MY LADY’S DAINTY CLOTHES. Grass linen embroidered in white is a choice novelty summer dress goods. Veils with very large dots are con- sidered the correct thing this season. Some new spring Wraps are gay little fantasies of brocaded silk and velvet. The crepe veil reaching just. to the waist line is worn by the youthful widow. . Narrow black satin ribbon, combined with lace insertion, makes a. smart sum- mer bodice. An evening collarette of ermine .cut in deep points is edged with a jabot ef- fect of white chiffon. house?” cried the indignant man. “And ' It is said of Alfred Glover, who died ‘ Quickens The Appetite Makes the Weak Strong. 1 t THE- ONLY (101.11 11mph. Sarsaparl Ila Has Cured Others And Will one 1.... with I i Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral for Coughs. BRIDCEPORT. THE _ D. M... Read COM PANY. ‘STANDARD’ FASHIONS FOR APRIL. A trifle late perhaps, but twice as good for being so. Fashion Sheets and Delinea- tor. More new styles in Fancy Dress Goods. Checks and checks, that seem to be one of THE features for skirts; numbers of different kinds, some large and some small, some very pronounced and others more quiet seeming—— black and white, navy and white, brown and - white, green and white. Then there’s a line of Scotch effects, something like five or six dilibrent colorings. Two 01' three of these are prominent in very pretty shades of green—a popular shade this season. There’s beautiful effects, goods, figured in self and self colors; one, of three cords running ' lengthwise with every third cord shot with silk ; another, the groundwork being covered with what you’d call spider- wcb effects; the third line composed 1’>1'incipally of geo- metri. :11 figures. The differ?- out colors are myrtle, emer- ald, olive, navy, 111a1'ine, tan, golden blown, blown, old blue and reseda. Little trifles for Easter; not costly but kindly remem- brances. Prayerbook marks, toilet sets, manicure sets and trays, files, scissors, letter seals, paper cutter, pen Wiper, shoe horns, bag tags, key rings, match safes, stamp boxes; picture frames, calen- dars. Hundreds of things. The Keystone Beater is not a 1171 .st-tn 111 p1 ocess—lt pie- 1 outs. You get better results in a quicker and easier way. We are giving a daily exhibi- tion of it in ' the Crockery department. Will our window, corner of Fairfield Avenue and Middle Street, give you anyideahow to have yours drse sod—what to 11.1 vc? also three lines of HIS GRACE’S SUSPENDERS. Clever Ruse by Which the Dure of Wel- lington’s Autograph \‘v’as Secured. It is well known that", toward the lat- ter years 'of the duke of Wellington's life, it was next to impossible to coax 'or wheedle his autograph out of him. All the stratagems used to get a reply from him to letters failed; he either did not. answer them at all, or directed his pri- vate secretary to do so; and thus the famous signature of “Wellington” be- came a rarity highly prized by collec- tors. ’ _ Apropos of this, Answers tells of a. London lady who had an album' gar- nished with the autographs of most of the great men of the day, but wanted that of the “Great Captain.” She men- ti oned her distress to a friend, a certain Mr. H., and a few days after he, to her great surprise and pleasure, brought her a note from the hand of the victor of Waterloo. It ran thus: “Field Marshal Duke of Wellington never ordered a pair of braces of Messrs. Simkin. If F. M. duke of IVellingtou had ordered the articles he could not forget it. F. M. duke of Wellington al- ways pays for his braces.” This was a very odd document for a lad y’s album, but its authenticity was undoubted, and it therefore found the best place in the interesting collection. The way in which this singular note was elicited was this: Mr: H. filled up one of the bank- ruptcy court forms and signed it, in- forming the duke that in winding up the aflairs of Mess ..rs Simpkins, he (the assignee) found on their books the sum of 6s 0d due by his grace for a pair of braces, which he requested the duke would immediately pay or have paid. Mr. H.’s ruse was founded on pure fiction, but it succeeded. THE EFFECT WAS STARTLING. Consternation Caused by :1 Cry of Fire in a Philadelphia Tailor Shop. Next door to the office of a popular magistrate in the central portion of that city there is a small tailor shop which has this Sign in the window: “Trousers pressed while you wait.” Quite a number of politicians frequent the magistrate’s ofiicc, says the Phila— delphia Record, and they often drop into the tailor shop to have the “bags” taken out of their trouser knees. One day lately Select Councilman “Tommy" Ryan and a number of tip-country dele- gates were sitting in the tailor’s back room while their respective pantaloons were being ironed. Representative John H. Fow, who is forever on the lookout to play a practical joke, passed the door of the shop and took in the situation at a glance. Mr. Fow raised his mighty fog-horn voice in one wild cry of “Fire!” The effect was in- stantaneous and startling. Mr. Ryan, the first to dash through the shop door, was clothed, as to his bnether extremi- ties, in flaring scarlet. Two of the country politicians wore- gray white, but the third wore, besides the startled look upon his face, not much of anything. His “biled” shirt was pretty long, but it did not prevent the few pedestrians on the street from see- ing his bare knees knocking together with fright. When the victims real- ized the trick that had been played upon them they scurried back to shelter. A Story of Pluck and Sacrifice. A Dockland (Me) woman whose story is briefly outlined by the Courier-(3a- zette has particular reasons for thank- fulness that the last years of her life are spent in the land that celebrates July 4. This lady, Mrs. Hanrahan by name, lived in Ireland at the time of the potato famine. At last things got so desperate with her family that they held a council to see. what could be done to keep thein from starvation. Ameri— ca was thought of, but if the husband went to the United States what would keep the mother and children? So the brave woman decided that she would go. By hard exertion and bitter sac.— rifice her passage money was earned, and, taking a. sad farewell of her home and little ones, she crossed the ocean She procured a situation in New York, and while. the father kept the family to- gether and earned enough to give them a scanty living the mother worked night and day in the far-off city to get the funds that would bring her dear ones to this country. At length the years of probation were over, the. fa- ther and children landed in New York and the family was once more united. “ Ah!” said the old lady ,“it was a hap— py day when I saw me man and the chil- dren landing from the steamer.” Love and Tattooing. When young and poor one of the now wealthy citizens of Wateibuly, Conn., loved a poor and beautiful maiden. So much did he love her that he had her name and a st11k1ng portrait of her tat- tooed on his right arm. Her parents ‘opposed the match and forced her ' to wed a rich suitor. The young man vowed. he would never marry, and for forty years he remained a bachelor. He became many times as rich as the man who had wrecked his youth’s dream of love. A few weeks ago he capitulated t0 the charms of one of Derby’s fair belles, and proposed marriage. She ac- cepted on condition that he should have the tattooed reminiscence of his first passion removed. The sight of the symbol could not fail to prove embar- rassing to both. A doctor was called in and performed a painful but not dangerous surgical operation, and the counterfit presentment of his first love was replaced w ith an ugly scar as a re- minder, so he now says, to his soon- -to- be bride of the folly of youth. Punishing a Slanderer. A Puritan preacher named Boyd was in the habit of inveighing against Crom- well. Secretary Thurlow informed the latter, advising him to have the man shot. “He’s a fool, and you’ re another,” said the protector; “I’ll pay him out' in his own coin.’ He asked Boyd to din- ner, and, before giving him any, prayed for three hours. and ‘ RIGHT THERE. Covers the Same Territory ln Nor- waIK as Elsewhere. ._X___. You don’t have to find it. It’s right there—11nd stays there. And you (ll n’t forget it. . .It. aches and then aches some more. Ever have that backache ? Found it man ’t your back, didn’t-you? 'lhe kidneys ule great giumlllers when sick. Hear them clear through the back; Feel them clear through the body . It is kidney disease. And many tortures follow. Urinary troubles curse the life. And 1t’s not worth the living. Cure it and you’ll have peace. You can do it easily. By taking Doau’s Kidney Pills. 'lhey cure every wrong condition of the kidneys. Norwalk people are learning this fact. Our cases are not confined to any class, condition, or 31 x. For example, M13 C.- Malone, who resides at No. 31 Plattsville avenue, has reached the al- lotted span of life. being seventy years of age and is the mother of eight chil- dren. She 511in, “I had kidnev and urinary trouble for years. Severe headaches and scantiness of 111i11e.I got a box of Doan’ s Kidney Pills ul Hale’s drug store. I did not take them all for I had no need for them. "‘hey cured me sad I am clad to be able 111 recommend them to anyone wLo sui fered as I did.” Doau’ s Kidney Pills do this' if 111k“ 11 as diu'ctcd. ’1 hey tone up the kidnevs and force them to perlorm their func- tions properly. 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