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Darin, EXOELSIOL Livery and Sales Stable. “MW“ Opposite Danbury and Norwalk Railroad depot Norwalk. Conn. Stylish Single or Double Team with or without drivers: Safe horses for women ' , audehildren. . SADDLEHORSES 'A SPECIALTY . ‘ 3 - 13‘ -700 smoke clouds. REMARKABLE JAPANESE WOMAN Continued Brilliant and Helpful Career of Stelmatz Rama Kana. ’ All college women of America must feel an especial pride in the career of , the charming Steimatz Rama Kana, one of the three young Vassar women edu- cated at Vassar college, 20 years ago, by the Japanese government. Private letters from the island em~ pire continue to bring interesting word of this remarkable woman, the wife' now of Marquis Oyama, one of the heroes of the late warand beloved of his nation. The marquise seems to be fulfilling the prophecies of her class- mates of two decades ago, who" felt that her personality must make an im- print on her time. Intensely loyal to her country, she yet left here thor- oughly imbued with American prin- Ciples, and determined to aid in the uplifting of her sex in Japan. Her last words to her friends here were to the effect that her ambition in life henceforth was to enlighten and raise her native sisters to the American standard of education and dignity. 0f noble blood, 'her position, with her edu- cation, has afforded her unusual_op— portunity to promote this desire. Her home is the very essence of refinement, with a decidedly foreign style as to arrangement, though the gardens about. are royally Japanese. With three charm-6 ing children, Steimatz—for so her classmates affectionately speak of her-— is dispensing a beautiful and uplifting influence to all who come in Contact with her. While the war lasted her practical work was constant. She sent out from her own hands, aided by wom- en of all grades of society, enormous quantities of ,carbolized gauze, with great packages of other sanitary sup- plies, to the seat of battle. She is pro- moting many philanthropic schemes, but none of them has she so much at heart as the education of her sisters. She is using the influence of her own and her husband’s position to bring about a change of native opinion con cerning Japanese women. Bglieving firmly in education as the chief factor in the elevation of women, in this direc- tion she bends all her energies and argu- ments. There is little. question that her early American education has been, through her constant application of it, the keynote to the growing lib- erality of the Japanese toward women. and an American policy in general. Her progressive spirit. was no transi- tory notion, but a. deep, underlying conviction and motive of action, which she has been able to direct upon the thought of her compatriots at a most fortunate time—N. Y. Times. . HARVEST OF THE SEA. A chuliar Occupation Followed 03 the Coast of Ireland. Along the northwest coast of Ireland, on the borders of the Atlantic, dwells a. hardy race of men whose chief occupa- tion, when not. engaged in fishing, con- sists in the manufacture of “kelp.” ' This “kelp” is of great commercial importance, as from it is obtained near- ly all our iodine—a. body of vast use in medicine. ' During the winter months the kelp- burners set out in their frail little “cur- raghs” (small canoe-like boats about 1‘2. feet long, made of canvas) and, proceed- ing along the coast, fill the boats with sea-weed, from which the kelp is made. In this they are assisted by the women, who, barehead ed and shoeless, take their turn regularly at the. oars, and are almost as expert at it as the men. After a storm is the time selected for obtaining the seaweed, as by the force of the waves it has been torn from its bed and is cast in along theoshore in large quantities. When the boats are. laden, the sea- weed is brought to‘ a small creek, and there placed in heaps out of reach of the tide. From this it is carried in creels on the backs of men and women to a point further inland, where it has to un- dergo a process of drying. The drying consists in exposing it to the sun and wind, and the: better to do this they have rows of loose stones laid about 20 yards in length and a few feet in height. Along the tops of these they scatter the seaweed. spring is Well advanced ere it is ready for burning. This does not matter, however, as owing to the fuel—the peat or turf got from the bogs at hand—not beng yet cut and dried (or “win” as it is termed) it is summer before the burning in the kilns can commence. The kiln is a deep trench dug in the ground. Alternate layers of turf and seaweed are laid in this until full, and the whole is kept burning for about three weeks, until it cakes together in a large black mass resembling coke, but much more solid and heavier. This is the “kelp.” ' ' It is then broken into blocks about 14 inches square and brought by boat to the villages, where it is sold, to be. shipped to more profitable markets.— Boston Post. ' u-Southern Educational Advancements. According to Prof. Alexander Hogg, state manager of public schools in Tex- as, while the south has gained 54 per cent. in population in the last 20 years, the increase in the enrollment of'schoo] attendance has been 130 per. cent. In the same period the value of the school property has increased from $16,000,000 to $51,000,000, an addition of nearly $2,- 000,000 per year. Of all the people in the south, white and black, one in five is in attendance at'school during some part of the year. This is the proportion in Saxony, which excels all countries in Europe. It is estimated that of the $320,000,000 expended for education. in the south in the last 18 years one-fourth has been for the colored race—Detroit Free Press. Figures in Smoke. A man, says a statistician, smoking a pipe-of medium size, blows out of his mouth for every time. he fills his pipe If he smokes four pipes a day for 20 years he blows out 20,440,000 smoke clouds—Detroit Free Press. - The drying takes months, so that , .\ ing properties in‘Ecuador, South Amer- ‘ica. .. _ " o 1 ' IN THE REALM OF'NATURE. The joints endure much use because they are constantly lubricated by an oil' secreted by glands esp’ecially adapted to that purpose. - In tropical forests so large a propor- tion of the plants are of the sensitive variety that sometimes the path of a traveler may be traced by the wilted foliage. , ‘ There is no doubt that the hair of the scalp protects the head against ex- ternal cold, and also prevents the loss of heat through the very low thermal conductivity of the hair cylinders and of the cushion, of' air mingled with them. Some of the medical journals report a new affection of the eyes, caused, it is said, by the prevailing method of seat- ing in street cars. The effort to fix the gaze upon passing objects causes an. annoying strain and twitching in the external muscles of the globes. A cure for rinderpest is said to have been discovered at Salisbury, in- Rho- desia. It consists in keeping the ani- mals from drinking water and dosing them with linseed oil. Cattle in the first stages can be cured by purging them, washing the mouth with paraffin and salt, and applying Stockholm tar to the nostrils. Prof. King asserts that insects freeze . solid during the winter and thaw out when warm weather comes. Others claim this has never been demonstrated. If once the power of evolving heat is lost, life goes with it. At least this is a great principle in biology. There are liquids which do not freeze under a low temperature, and these may possibly enter into the insect organism. ODD AND INTERESTING. Each salmon produces about 20,000,- 000 eggs. It is said that the Greenland whale sometimes attains the age of 400 years. A frigate bird can remain an entire week on the wing, without stopping to rest. ‘ The czar of Russia has two hobbies— the collection of postage stamps and birds‘ eggs. In France, when a railroad train is more than. ten minutes late, the com- pany is fined. In Wyoming the women have the right to vote for all offices, even for presi- dential electors. The most effective Krupp gun has a range of 17 miles, and can fire two shots a minute. . . One hundred persons have been fatal- ly shot during the past 12 years on the main street of Jackson, Ky. An ordinary tortoise lives from 100 to 150 years. Instances are on. record of‘ some of them attaining the age of 250 years. In its course of 120 miles the Jordan plunges over 27 rapids, and from its source to its mouth has a descent of 3,000 feet. Peruvian cotton is in 12 different hues. from white to a deep red. The seed from each shade produces cotton of the same color. A strange coincidence is noted in the statistics of Steuben, Me. In the past year there were 16 deaths, 16 births and 16 marriages. SENTIMENT 0F WORDS. Absolution—Theological benzine for taking out moral spots and stains. Amiability—The powdered sugar of politeness, very apt to- be adulterated. Ancestors—The only luxury denied to .the nouveaux riches and the one most desired by them. Abridgment—A collection of the bEd points of a good book and the foolish points of a poor book . Aristocrat—One who washes his hands oftener than others. Hence the others are the great unwashed. Austerity—The gold foil and iron wire of the champagne of life. Be- ware of thecork when the seal breaks. Age—We have three ages. The real bona fide one; that which others think we have and that which we 'say we have. Abstention—T he s Jur-grape virtue of the fox who couldn’t get what he want- ed and didn’t want what he couldn’t get. Ballroom—A place where society goes to be in the swim, especially the sum- mer bathing contingency. Look out that you don’t get beyond your depth and beware of sharks—Good House- keeping. BITS OF MERRIMENT. Bloozin—“I see that the election did not result as you predicted.” J azrig— “Yes, it did. You're not the only one I predicted to.”—Roxbury Gazette. A Difference in Terms.—-“Shc plays the piano a great deal, doesn’t she?” “It may be play for her, but for us it is far more serious.”—Detroit Free Press. A Bad Time of Year.—“Hasn’t Mr. Simpkins proposed yet, daughter ?” “N o, mamma; I can’t get him to talk about anything but baseball.”—-Chi- cago Record. That Dreadful Boy.-—Her Admirer-— “Well, Reggie! How’s your sister‘s cold, eh?” Her Little Brother—“Oh, that’s all right. But she’s got a jolly big corn.”-—Moonshinc. Impatient Traveler—“Er—how long will phe next train be, portah?” Por- ter—“Heaw long? Weel, sir, ah dunno heaw ah con saay to hauf an inch". Happen there’ll be fower or five coaches an’ a engine or soa.”——Punch. THE MINING WORLD. More than 4,000 stamps are at present in operation in California. ' , The aggregate capital of the 526 Aus- tralian mining companies floated in London in 1895 was £ 53,796,394. ' A shipment- of_ 150 tons of copper from— the Ducktown (Tenn) mines has been made to Swansea, Wales. ‘ _ An American exploring syndicate is developing some newlyracquired mini THE EVENIN GGAZET TE xi 1 Assets, . Liabilities . Surplus . Total Income . N et gain in 1895 general transacted. WILLIAM P. SANDS, Cashier GUSTAVUS S. WINSTON, M. D. OF NEW YORK. ‘ INSURANCECO. Total‘Paid Policy-holders in 1895, Insurance and Annuities in force, parison with the assets of the Company. . The Committee have 'Carefully performed the duty assigned to them, and hereby certify that the Statement is in all particulars correct and that the assets Specified therein are in possession of the Company. In making this certificate the Committee bear testimony to the high character of the investments of the Company and express their» approval of the system, order and accuracy with which the accounts and vouchers have been kept, and the business in H. 0. Von Post, Charles R. Henderson, James C. Holden, ISAAC F. LLOYD, Second Vice-President, WILLIAM J. EASTON, Secretary, FREDERIC CROMWELL, Treasurer. IOHN A. FONDA, Assistant Treasurer. \ JOHN TATLOCK, J 3., Asst. Actuary. CHARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor, RICHARD A. McCURDY President. . emen fur heYear Endingflec 31.189 $221,213,721 33 194,347,157 58 ‘- g, .1; _ $26,866,563 75 $48,597,430 51 $23,126,728 45 $899,074,453 78 1 $61,647,645 36 NOTE—Insurance merely written, ls_ dlscarded from this Statement as whollv misleading. and only insurance actually issued and paid for m cash Is Included. I have carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the same to be correct. CHARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor. Robert Olyphant, Wm, P. Dixon, J . H. Herrick. From the Surplus a dividend will be apportioned as usual. Report of the Examining Committee. Office of the Mutual Life Insurance Bclpany otllew York, February 11,1896. . At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of this Company, held ”on the l'8t h day of December last, theundersigned were appointed a Committee to examine the annual Statement for the year ending December 31st, 1895, and to verifythe same by com- Committee ROBERT A. GRANNIS, Vice-President. ' WALTER B. GILLETTE, General Manager. HENRY E. DUNCAN. Jr., Cor. Seoy. ALBERT KLAMROTH, Asst. Seoy. JAMES TIMPSON, 2d Asst. Trees . EDWARD P. HOLDEN, Asst. Cashier EMORY MCCLINTOGK LL.D., F. ,1. A., Actuary. WM. W. RICHARDS, Comptroller. HENRY S. BROWN, Asst. Comp. JOHN C. ELLIOTT, Superintendent of Domestic Agencies, EDWARD LYMAN SHORT, Gen. Solicitor. , MEDICAL DIRECTORS , ELIAS, J. MARSH, M. D. . A’ ELQAM’: f C GRANVILLE M. WHITE. M. D. JOHN w. Nicholas. New Haven, General Agt. for State of Connecticut. .. vet-1'"
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