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Experience of a Man WhoSaid Doctors
\Vere Heartless.
'An opinion was expressed by a pro-
fessional man the other day that doc-
tors were a heartless lot of people, and
the man who expressed it backed it
up, says the New York Sun, with an in-
cident he had witnessed in a. hospital.
A patient was suffering from hy-
drophobia, and the professional man,
who was looking at the sufferer,
asked the doctor:
“Does the sight of water throw him
into a spasm?”
“You can see for yourself,” replied
the doctor, and he produced a glass of
water, the sight of which brought on
a spasm horrible to witness.
Some time later, when the ward
where the sufferer was lying was vis-
ited by two physicians, one of them
asked the attending doctor: '
“ ”that is his condition? , Has he got
any chance of getting well?”
“He ‘is very low,” was the reply.
“He’s likely to die any minute. You’ll
be at the autopsy tomorrow, won’t
you?”
“That shocked me,” said the profes-
sional man. “It was all right, I know.
The patient didn’t understand, but the
idea was shocking. It was cold-blood-
ed. It doesn’t seem to me that a hu-
man being should ever permit himself
to become so callous. But they do.
I want to say right now that if I am
ever sick I shall protest against going
to a hospital so long as there is breath
in my body. I’ll die at home or in the
street, but no hospital ever gets me,
remember that.”
OUTGROWN FRIENDSHIPS.
Sad Changes in the Sunny Fields of Com-
radeshlp.
Is there anything more distressing
in life than a friendship outgrown?
This doesn’t mean; one that has been
broken off through Some difference of
opinion, some misunderstanding that
a. few words could have set right, or
an estrangement the result Of a hasty
temper that prompted ugly words and
untruthful, bitter sentiments; no, a
friendship outgrown is the unhappy
product of too much worldliness on
one side or the other. Perhaps educa-
tion would be the better word, or a
knowledge of the world a more comely
phrase, but whichever pleases most the.
outcome of the same never varies.
Take two girls at school, says the
Philadelphia Times. chums they have
been through all the years of study
and fun they have passed together,
they separate at graduation swearing
eternal friendship, letters fly back and
for’gh for a time, and then one pays the
other a- visit. Ah, how many illusions
have been dispelled in that reunion?
Life has changed one, perhaps, from
the girl of a year ago into a woman,
while it has left the other where she
was. After the first good talk over old
times they cannot help seeing that
-there is Something different in the at~
mosphercthat was once so thorough-
ly congenial. The visit over. a few more
letters, then silence gin-d I.li"u'l-l'.’l‘ friend-
ship-lost in that great labyrinth of
change that has grown up on the sunny
fields of comradeship.
THE" MARINE BAND.
Formerly Made More Noise Than Music—-
The l-Ioom-I’ah Horn.
“The Marine band, now the pride of
the nation's capital,” said an old mu-
sician to the Star writer, “had but. few
brass instruments except bugles when
it was organized. Indeed, there were
but few brass instruments in use in
those days,'for comets. alto horns and
tubes are comparatively new. I re-
member to have seen the Marine band
marching through the streets of this
city, led by six violinists, .with two or
three Violas, a fiddle in size between
the ordinary violin and the Violoncello.
Nearly all the other instruments were
reed, flageolets and clarionets, with an
occasional French horn. The big at-
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traction of the band for street parades ,
~ was a chime of bellsnvhichwere carried
on a big stick above the player’s head.
lie shook them as the band marched
along, and made a great deal of noise
if, not musics Cymbals, drums, bass
and snares, were more in evidence as
features than they are now. The Ma-
rine band had the honor and credit of
inventing what was called the hoom-
, pah horn. It was a. horn of immense
size. It was not intended so much for
musical purposes as it was to carry
off plunder. Whenever the band ofii-
cia’oed at receptions, banquets and the
like the bandsmen packed it full of
good things for the children at home.”
African Tree Crabs.
In Africa. there exists" a tree-crab
which has a trick of crawling up a
cocoanut tree, biting ofi half a dozen
bunches and then creeping down again
backwards. The theory is that the nuts
are shattered by the all, and the crab
thus enjoys a hearty eal. Now the
T H II" E. EVE M 14o ;o 21’ ..
Inatives try to stop these ‘depredatiOns,
which often ruin the cocoanut crops,
and take advantage of the fact that
the lower portion of the crab is soft
and sensitive. When they are heard in
the tree the native climbs half way up
the tree and drives, in a circle of pikes
made out of thorns.~ The consequence
is when the crab comes down he en~
counters the thorns, and, supposing
that he has reached the ground, he lets
go, and is so crippled by the fall that he
is easily dispatched and eaten in his
turn.
A Hairy Boy.’
The greatest curiosity of western
France is a modern Esau, in the person
Of Leon Fernerod, ,the nine-year-oldl,
son of well-to-do parents living in the
little village of Yindieq. The boy was
born in May, 1886, and from the day of
his birth has been covered with aheavy
growth of curly, straw—colored hair.
Several attempts have been made to
remove this queer hirsute growth, but
so far all such attempts have been in
vain. The boy dislikes very much to
be called “the hairy boy,” and even his
parents are said to be very sensitive
on the subject.
LOFTY MOUNTXTNS IN THE SEA.
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A Cable Detour Around a Range Seventy-
Five Miles Long.
There exists in the great ocean be-
tween Australia and New (alcdonia a,
range of'mighty silbmarinr- mountains,
whose limestone tops rise within three
hundred fathoms of the saris-cc. The
discovery of thew pcaks. rising sheer
seventy-five hundred feet ll‘Ulll the bot-
tom of the deep sea, was made by the
men who have just finished laying the
first section of the trans-Pacific cable.
Sir Audley Coote, says the San Fran-
cisco Chronicle, who was at the head of
the cable expedition, arrived here re-
cently on the steamer Alameda from
Sydney, New South Wales. He said:
“The sea from Australia to New Cale-
donia has been surveyed by a British”
and by an American vessel. Your Al-
batross went there and did some very
good work, but, as it happened, both
this expedition and the other missed
the strange feature of the ocean that I
can describe. We had anticipated no
great difficulty in laying the cable sec-
tion, and did not find any until sud-
denly the bottom of the ocean began to
rise. We were forced to cut the cable
therein midocean and to buoy up the
ends. It was then found that what
had hindered us wasarangc of sub-
marine mountains.
“There is nothing else like this in
the world that I know of. The moun-
tains rise in abrupt peaks, and are hard
limestone and granite. By careful
measurement we found that the peaks
were more than seven thousand feet on
the. average, and the highest of them
seven thousand five hundred feet from
the bottom ofthc ocean. Less than
three hundred fathoms from the sur-
face of the water we found the tops of
the highest mountains. The range ex--
tends for nearly seventy-five miles:—
that is, measuring from the extreme
northerly to the extreme south-
erly point. To lay the cable around
this range took forty-eight miles
more Of cable than we had counted
on. We had to go around the peaks
as a railroad would go around a moun-
tain on land.”
I There are 633 patented fuels or meth-
Ods of preparing wood, coal and coke
for use.
FUNNY SNA’Ps.
First Farmer—“Has the lawsuit be-
tween you and Ileyseed been settled?”
Second F armer—“ch, and so are the
lawyers.” “How do you mean?”
“They’ve settled on our Iarms.”—I’hil-
adelphia- Record.
“'ife—“Shall I put your diamond
studs in your shirt, dear?” Husband
———“What on earth are you thinking of?
Do you want to ruin me‘.‘ I have a
meeting with my creditors this morn-
ing.”—Spare Moments. I
Circumlocutory.——A nun, caught by
the lady superior in the act Of kissing
a male visitor to the convent, said to
the abbess: ' “May I not then kiss the
man whose mother is my mother’s
inothcr-in—law ?”-—Fidelio.
As he paidthe amount of his check
to the restaurant cashier he remarked,
pleasantly: ““1 have only one criti-
cism to pass on your clam chowder.”
“What is that?” “There are no clams
in it.” — Pittsburgh Chronicle Tele-
graph.
Exploding an'Old Myth—“Are you
superstitious?” “NO; I got out of
that at a very early age.” “How did it
happen?” “I was born on Friday,
April 13, and the Friday that I became
13 years old a. rich uncle died, leaving
me $3,000 by will.”—Chicago Record.
Figs are aperient and wholesome.
They are said to bé valuable as food for
those suffering from cancer; they are
used externally as well as internally.
Apples are useful in nervous dys-
pepsia; they are nutritious, medicinal
and vitalizing; they aid digestion, clear
I
the voice, correct the acidity'of the
stomach, and are valuable in rheuma-
tism, insomnia and liver troubles. An
apple contains as much nutriment as a.
potato in a pleasanter and more wholc-
some form. ’
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Stomach
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FROM
EVERY POINT
OF VIEW
This season is brighter, in a mer-
chandise way, than any for years—
cheerier. Buoyant colors are every-
where. And nowhere more than
here. One can catch the spirit of the
new season without any effort just by.
strolling about from 'counter to counter
in any of the departments.
The biggest line of Belts we have
ever shown. Some in gold and silver,
others in silk in Persian and Dresden
effects, and lots and lots in leathers
Of at least a dozen different colors;
all brand new. Buckles in jewelled,
miniature, silver, x‘idize and gold,
either plain or fancy, together with jet
very newest shapes.
pic's one blindfolded you'd get
SPECIAL, in Nottingham Lace
Curtains, Brussels, Madras, Duchesse
and Novelties; beautiful effects.~
One lot, $1.08 a Pair.
1.29
1.83
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Cambric Drawers,
Reduced to very
Ladies’ fine
trimmed. 50 cents.
nearly half price.
The popular little Brass Buttons,
used so extensively in trimming, 10
cents the card—2 dcz.'on a card.
Novelties in Fancy Elastic, 10c. and
25c. a yd. Complete line Of colors,
5—yd. Pieces, Velveteen Facings.
Big waves Of good things,f0r almost
nothing.
_ Birds and Ca es reduced to $2.50;
reduced to quicken sales—haVen’t the
time to give to them—they’re too
good—natured to stay in a store.
Satin Stripe Challie,lin cream
grounds. Thebes}. wool Challis that
we have ever offered at the price—
25c. 21 yard.
Black Silk Skirts,$4‘.98. Sample
skirts that are worth anywhere from
$8 to $10 each, honestly worth it,
And now only $4.98.
If you.
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To FIGHT SLAzlfIll.
They ‘Vill Bfeet In Twenty Rounds at
Long Island City on May 22.
PITTSBURG, April 14. ~Peter Maher :znd
Frank P. Slavin will meet in a 50 round
fight before the Eureka club, Long Island
CityLN. Y.. on May 29 for a purse of $6.-
000. ”Tom O'Rourke came to Pittsburr‘;
from New York and had a. conference with
Quinn, manager for Maher. O’R‘ourke
had Slavin’s signature to the articles of
agreement. Quinn will sign the articles
on behalf of Maher. . ,
LONDON, April 13.—Sporting Life today
says that Frank Slavin will accept the of-
fer made by the Eureka club'of New York
for a fight betheen him and Peter Maher
in May.
This battle should attract-more than‘ or-
dinary attention. Both men are famous
in their way, having sustained more than
one defeat each. Slavin is regarded very
much In the nature of a has been. As a
matter of fact, he is several years Maher’s
senior and has been whipped twice. Peter
Jackson administered the first defeat, and
the second quietus Was received at the
hands of Jim Hall. Slavin is slow and al-
ways lacked science. He depended upon
his strong right arm to win his battles. It
is reported that he has been taking better
care of himself of late, and in that event
he wiligive Peter Maher 3 battle that he
Will remember. Maher is a strong hitter
and far from clever, but lacks what Slavin
possesses—courage. .
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Senator Quay Intlorsed.
AMBLER, Pa. April 14.——Tho Seventh
district Republican convention, in session
here to nominate delegates and’ alternates
to the national Republican convention
elected by acclamation Hugh B. Eastburn
of Doylestown and James B. Holland 01‘
Morristown as delegates. The alternates
were Senator‘Henry G. Meyer, Perkasie:
Isaiah R. Halderman, Harleysvillo. The
conventiOn indorsed Senator Quay for
president. '
Pacific Coast’s Blue Ribbon Bicycle Event.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 14.—The 100
mile relay road race from San Francisco
to Alameda and San Jose, the blue ribbon
bicycle event Of the year on the Pacific
coast, was contested by ten of the crack
clubs and resulted in a victory for the Bay
City wheelmen, whose favorite, Charles
Wells, crossed the line two feet in advance
of the Garden 0in club flier, Otto Zelgler,
in 4:56:12 3-5.
Ran Away to Avoid Punishment.
GREENWICH, Conn, April 14.——Deputy
Sheriff Fitzroy went to Morrisania today
and returned with Arthur Pierson, 12,
and Wilmot Plaistel, 15, Baltimore boys,
who are pupils at the Greenwich academy.
The boys violated school regulations on
Saturday, and fearing punishment. ran
away.
The “finite \Vili Case.
NASHUA, N. H., April 14.—Judge Par-
ker of the probate court rendered his deci-
sion today admitting to probate the will of
Jeremiah W. White.- The instrument leaves
the largest part of Mr. White’s estate,
valued at about $500,000, to Mrs. White
and her children.
Four Great Oarsmen to Meet.
LONDON, April let—Sporting Life today
says that the four champion oarsmen of
the world, Barry, Haines, Bubear and
Wingate, will attend the Vancouver re-
gatta in ,September if they get reasonable
expenses. I
Too Stormy For the hIarseilles Regatta:
MARSEILLES, April 14.—The continued
blowing of a heavy mistral has caused the
Marseilles regatta to be abandoned, and
the Ailsa, Satanita-and Britannia are re-
turning home.
General Tompkins’ ‘Vidow Dead.
BETH‘LEHEM, Pa, April 14.—-Mrs. Au-
gusto Root Tompkins, Wife of General
Charles H. Tompkins, U. S. A., died here
today of pneumonia after a brief illness,
aged 66 years.
Man and \Vife Killed by Arsenic.
MILWAUKEE, 'April 14. —— John Hosts
and his wife, Mathilda Hoefs, were found
dead in their bed. Both had died from
the effects of arsenic.
A German Professor Sentenced.
MUNICH, April 14. —-Professor Quidde
has been sentenced to three months’ im-
prisonment after having been convicted of
1029 majesty.
The lVeather.
Generally fair; “warmer; southerly
winds.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Closing Quotations of the New York Stock
Exchange.
NEW YORK. April 13.—Money on call nomi-
nally 3@31/§ per cent, Prime mercantile pa-
per. 5lé@6;é per cent. Sterling exchange
steady, with actual business in bankers’ bills
at. $4.88%@4.89 for demand and$4.87%@i.88 for
60 days. Posted rates, $4.83%@4.89and 34.89%
4.90. Commercial bills, $4.87. Silver certifi-
cates, 635/4@685fic.; no sales. But silver, 680.
Mexican dollars, 5434c. Government bonds
firm. State bonds dull. Railroad bonds firm.
Closing prices:
Atchison..:....... 24% New England..... 43
Bur. & Quincy. . . . 79 N. J. Central ...... 107%
C.. C.. C. & St. L., 35 North American" 5535
Chesapeake & O. . 16% Northern Pacific... 1%
Chicago Gas...... 69% Do. pref........... 1%
Cordage. ........ 4% N. Y. Central ..... 96%
Cotton Oil ......... 14%; Omaha. ............ 3t}é
Del. & Hudsou.. . . 126% Ontario & West. . R74
Distillers" 'l‘rust. . 18% Pacific Mail ....... 26,31
Erie ................ 14% Reading........... 12%
Rock Island.. . . . .. 71%
General, Electric.. 38%
Silver Bullion..... 653:
Hocking Valley. . . 16%
Lackawamia ...... 159% St. Paul; . . . . . . . . . . 76%
Lake Shore ........ 147 Sugar Refining. . .lfllifi.
Lead .............. 24%; Texas Pacific... . .. '6’le
Louisville & Nash 50% Union Pacific” . .. til-iv
Wabash pref.. . . . . 185%
Western Union... 83;».
Missouri Pacific. 24%
Northwestern . . ..103%
General Markets. .
NEW YORK, April 13.-FLOUR—State and
western dull and easy: city mills patents,
[email protected]: winter patents. 83.9034; city mills
clears. [email protected]; winter straights, [email protected].
WHEAT—No. 2 red opened steady, but sold
off sharply under weak cables and favorable
CTOD news. afterward reacting on covering;
MSW. 71%@72}§c.: J uly. 70§fi@71 7-16c.
CORN—So. 2 quiet and steady on scarcity
0f EpOt property: May.-35%c.: July. 36%0.
OATS—No. :3 quiet; May. 2450-: track. white.
state. 25@280. ‘
PORKTQuiet: mess. [email protected]: family, $10.25
@10.75.
nominal.
BUTTER—Steady: state dairy, 11@170.; state
creamery. 12@17c.
CHEESE—eQuiet:
small, 6@1n%c_
EGGS—Steady; state and Pennsylvania. 13
@135éca Western, llyésalzlc.
SUGAR—Raw firm: fair refining. 3%c.: cen-
trifugal, 96 test. 45“.; rennedfirm; crushed
uléq; powdered, 63cc. .
TURPENTINE—Steady: 28%@29c-
MOLASSES—Quiet: New Orleans, 291E1187c. .
RICE—Quiet: domestic. bdéilllicd Japan. Iii;
@Géc.
TALLOW—Quiet; city. 3%33 11-16c.: cou.:-
HAY—Quiet; shipping.-80c.: good to, Clitu: :;
950414.81.
state. large. I 5%®10%c.:
—Advertise iii-{he GAZETTE.
“—1. an“ —-5IU' v-—._~—v~ ”$52: om,
LARD—Dull; prime western steam. $5.30 ’
IT NEVER FAILS.
That is the Top Notch of Records,
and itis the Same in Norwalk, '
A remedy which always cures soon
becomes Widely known, and the rapid
growth in popularity of Doan’s Kidney
Pills rests upon the fact that they never
fall. We wish we were able to show
you the full force and weight of such a
fact. Cures have followed cures—in
the paper-and got. no further. Those
cured by Doan’s Kidney Pills do more
for the remedy than the papers can.
Voluntary letterslell us every day of
cures In all parts of the country. The
age of the patient makes no difference,
the stage of the disease no Obstacle.
From backache to Bright’s Disease.
through all the intervening horrors, the
result 18' always the same—a cure.
Something that helps is good. A cure
ls beet. Doau’s Kidney Pills never
stop short. of a cure. We tell you this
—so do Norwalk people. The kidneys
areuifectcd from many causes. Heavy
lifting, too much standing, too much
sitting,'a sudden strain, a severe cold,
and It.:begins—backacbe. SO every
condition of life is alike open to its
assaults, and thanks to Doan’s Kidney
Pills, every stage of the disease is cum-
ble. You need not take a trip to find
this out—there are plenty in Norwalk
pho are glad to give you their verifica-
Ion.
A case at point is that of Mr. Josiah
Dodge, No.2 Belden Place. Fortune
has smiled upon Mr. Dodge financially,
but It was not. so kind to him in the case
of his heallb,'for as he says:——"I have
had some trouble in the way of kidney
complaint and rheumatic like pains II]
the back. I got a bc-x Of Dean’s Kid-
ney Pills at hale’s drug store, began
taking them, and in a few words they
cured” me. I am now recommending
them to mv friends.”
Dean’s Kidney Pil's are for sale by
all dealers. Price 50 cents. Mailed bv
Foster—\Iilburn 00., Buffalo, N. Y.
Sole Agents for the,U. S
Hives are not dangerous to life, but
they are a piolllicl‘recder of misery
and profunizy. Dunn’s Ointmem Imus
mutant relief even in the uoni Czef-r of
this and other I X'stpel‘btlug LIIM here (I
the skin.
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4 Knight street. opposite
Street 1.18.1an) L‘eDOI
NIGHTBELL J ’l' (IFFIOF.
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will consult tllE’lI‘ own Inter-
ests by giving us a. call.
REM EMBER—lf you have
work to do, write to’us.
I, Because none but first- class workmen
are employed.
. ~ fl, Because an experience of forty years
' counts
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Reasons
Why
Schleich‘er’s
Because for years we have'given
special attention to designing im-’
proved features which none but our
pianos have.
Pianos
Lead.
IV.
Because they are low in price and
high in artistic beauty.
V. Because “hen Schleichersays It’s
so, it’s so.
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