MRS. CLEVELAND’S MAIL. She Receives Begging Letters of. Infinite ' Variety. So large is the volume of material which comes with each mail from north, south, east and west addressed to the President’s wife that it has been found necessary to divide into classes ' those letters which appear deserving of any notice whatever. First in this category comes the re- quests for charity, in numberless forms. Appeals for money are abundant, of course. Next come calls for food and clothing. Then come demands that she make an apron for the fair in Podunk, or dress a doll for a church exhibition at Smithville. Perhaps the funniest of the begging letters, says Harper’s Bazar, are those wwhich crave the gift of a baby carriage; they are usually accompanied by a clip- ping or copied quotation from an 0b- scure local newspaper, in which an im- aginative contributor describes the Clevelands as receiving a carload of baby carriages as presents from inven- tors and manufacturers all over the country directly after the birth of each child. - ‘ As a matter of fact no such presents have ever come to them; but the fancy of the average Washington letter writer runs riot on occasions and represents as real happenings what might have oc- curred it' the whole guild of American carriage _ makers had let themselx cs loose in search of a great advertise- ment. To the third class belong letters ask- ;ing the use of Mrs. Cleveland’s name as - a subscriber for a book, or as subject of a dedicatory paragraph. In a fourth class are grguped the con- ventional printed invitation to take part in some festivity—a wedding, a re- ception, a christening, a birthday party, the anniversary of a society, the laying of a cornerstone. - The almost unbroken rule in all these cases is for one of the executive clerks to write a stereotyped form of answer, consisting of a polite acknowledgment and a declination. ' Here and there a missive will have some distinctive feature which causes it to be set apart from the rest and brought to Mrs. Cleveland’s notice when she retires from the breakfast room and seats herself at the desk. A request that she will allow herself to be named as godmother for some bud- ding genius of anew generation is rarely refused, an autograph is given where the circumstances warrant the belief that the 'courtesy will not be abused, and in rare—very rare—occasions a photograph is added. Now and then, at long intervals, one of the other requests receives a favora- ble response; but when the recipient is ungracious enough to share the news of his success with the public the re- sult is such a deluge of appeals and de- mands from chronic mendicants that the kindly feeling which prompted the experiment is turned to disgust, and the lesson costs the next thousand suppli- . cents a prompt denial of their prayers. YVETTE REM EMBERS US- She Thinks New York is Lovely at £120 . a Night. . “I have been coming to this country for three years now, and it is the first time that I see the sun.” and Yvette shook her head until the red roses in her hat [bobbed in unison. Red roses next to her hair was a dangerous experi- mept, but th_ey lqoked all right. “I am IIIllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllli‘llllll:. . >1> _ WElGH IT CAREFULLY. in your mind and you'll realize why economy and health, together with quick and satisfactory results may be obtained by using 3055 BAKING POWDER "The [1in Boss makes his Biscuits with." ' 'llllllll ‘Over 3,000,000 pounds of them sold in the past year, show their perfec- Etion; and your pics, cakes and biscuits can also be “ light as a feather” if you make use of the secret of their success. . C. D. BOSS & SGN, New London, Conn. ALL GROCERS. uuuuumnnInImunIuunnmlmumunmunnumm inIIIIIIIIiIuiIxiilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllg ATV , _ P. W. BATES? “WATER STREET, you can find as fine an assortment of Monumental & Gemeteiillnik As can be found in any Yard in the State Look it over and get prices before goingel‘sewhere. . HAND ' LAHHDHY. 26 m smear. The undersigned will7 on SATURDAY NEXT, open a Hand Luandry at the above place. Satisfaction guaranteed ; a share of public patron age solicited. ANNA noxELr. MARY onuNE. .. " THE EVENING high up in the Savoy Hotel to get the ”breeze because the climate here is sti- fling.” - . “What do I think of New York? Well, it is magnifique, and the quick movement of every one is wonderful. The audiences comprehend the value of song; they are attentive to ever word, and no one in the gallery amuses him- self by interrupting my songs in tragic passages with cat-qalls, nor does he try to join in singing the chorus. Fur- thermore they paid me £120 a night. The high houses are not beautiful, but they are practical, and the little lights at night amuse me," and Yvette stretch- ed up an arm in demonstration of the Cloudkiss Flats of America. ' “I went to New York, to Boston, Philadelphia, and Chicago, and I think I like Boston the best. In the train we take for Chicago I asked my black man for a bottle of claret for lunch, and I had it. But when I ask him for a bot- tle of claret for dinner, he says: “ ‘No;- in the province of Ohio you can’t have claret two times a day, or I will have to go to prison.’ “I said: “Very well, then go prison, but get me the claret first ;’ and after much ceremony I got it. It’s a queer country, isn’t it, where you can’t have a bottle of claret without so much c'ere- mony.” She said: “I have great offers to go again to America, but I have to do the Ambas- sadeurs in Paris for four months, com- mencing the 1st of June, which is £4,- 000. See how they do things in the American press,” she continued, bring- ing a huge scrap-book to me and open- » ing a page devoted to illustrations of Yvette's face in its various expressions. “They are net pretty, to be sure; but did you ever see a- pretty face that was very expressive? And an expressive face is rarely pretty; but anyway, in art more than beauty.” “Expression is a kind of an atmos— pheric effect?” I suggested. “Precisely,” said Yvette, dubiously.—— Pall Mall Gazette. Centurial Years. Centurial years—years which end a century—are not leap years unless they are divisible by 400. This is one of the rules of the Gregorian calendar, and helps to keep this calendar in such close touch with the movements of the sun. Thus 1900 will not be a leap year. A South Atchinson girl has a record well worth being proud of. She landed a husband in a 27 cent dress.—Atchin- son Globe. . Conditions Differ. A cynical humor had caught the phi- losopher when his youngest son in- quired: “Did you ever read Esop’s fables?” ssYes.” . . “Things are very difierent now from what they ’ were when ZEsop was alive.” “Very.” “He couldn’t get birds and other ani- mals to talk now, could he?” “No, my boy. The only thing out- side of the human race that talks new is money. And it is generally too busy looking after its own affairs to give much good advice.”—Detroit Free Press. Princess Henriette’s (of Belgium) wedding presents and clothing, sent af- ter her from Brussells to N euin,where her husband, the Due de Vendome, has his villa, filled 170 boxes and weighed 11 tons. The Explanation. “Dear me l” said the good looking fe- male visitor to the superintendent of the insane asylum, “what a vicious look that woman has we just passed in the corridor? Is she dangerous?” “Yes, at times,” replied the superin- tendent, evasively. “But why do you allow her such free- dom ?” “Can’t help it.” “But isn’t she an inmate and under your control?” “No, she’s neither under my control nor an inmate. She’s my wife.”— Washington Times. Welcome to the day returning, Dearer still as ages flow, While the torch of Faith is burning, Long as Freedoms altars glow! See the hero whom it gave us Slumbering on a mother’sbreast; For the arm be stretched to save us, Be its morn forever blestl —Holmes. 6 When you are thirsty a glass of Williams’ Root Beer, so sparkling and full of life, touches the right spot. You can drink all you wish without harm. Being made from choicest roots and herbs,it aids diges- tion and promotes health. Don’t be in- duced to accept any other kind Called “just as good.” Insist on having 9 urns. WILLIAMS &. CABLETON 00.. Hartford. Conn. - it is the expression which counts f0: . SlGNOR .CRISPI’S CAREER. He has Long Ranked among Great His- tory Makers. One of the great figures of the last decade of the nineteenth century is Francesco Crispi, the distinguished Ita- lian statesmen, ‘whose life from his earliest manhood has been crowded with important events and who stands in the front rank of modern history makers besides Cavour, Bismarck and (33th- ta. His career is a striking illustration of what one of the common people can do and of the phssibilities of national expansion. He has been by turns law- yer, conspirator, soldier, orator, news- paper man, but always an intellectual giant. He is to day, literally, the power behind the throne in Italy. Although gifted with an intelligence" and fore- sight which place him far ahead of so called Latin statesmen, he shows how true it is that intellect of the highest SIGNOR CRISPI'S CAREER. order may yet be accomplished by those weaknesses that are characteristic of a lower temperament and a more circum- scribed range of thought. fie lives ac- cording to report, in daily fear of assas- sination and is superstitious to a marked degree, He not only takes the precau- cantipn to provide againt sudden death, statesmen have been removed from the political arena, but he is also a firm be- liever in the perils arising from the “evil eye.” In the one case he seeks the aid of the police as a body guard, and in the other he wears a coral horn as a charm on his watch chain,- con- vinced that it will protect him from the machinations of the powers of darkness. Crispi is a Sicilian by bl'l‘th,’ having been born in Ribera, province of Gir- genti, 1819. He is consequently in his 77th year. GEN. ANTONIO MACEO. The Cuban Chieftain’s Career. Five of His Brothers Died in Battle. Jose Antonio Maceo, the Cuban Gen- eral, was born at Santiago de Cuba July 14, 1848. Five of his brothers died on the battlefield fighting for Cuba. Maceo himself was wounded twenty- three tin-es by the Spanish troops. His chest is pierced through and through, and itis .i source of wonder to every physician who has examined him how he can live. A wound in the chest prevents him from speaking very loud. His voice is so low that it is necessary to approach him closely to understand what he says. .\ , l . 1.. \' / \ '- 2‘s ”'5; ,~ (7‘ NV, ANTONIO MACEO. Maceo’s feelings at present are the same as in 1878. He says that death is better than any treaty with Spain not based on the absolute independence of the island. He will never accept an- tonomy or reforms. He hopes only in the final success of the war, and with respect to the work of the Clibans in this country to obtain belligerent rights for the patriot army, he Wrote a few days agoto them: “I am more confident in the force of arms than in the abilities of diplomacy.” ALCOHOL FROM MOLASSES. A Process Whereby Alcohol is Cheaply liIade. An enormous alcohol distillery is just being complete} on Long Island, which has cost $150,000 and is of par- ticular interest on account of the new and cheap mode of producing this product, so much used in the arts. Re~ cent discoveries have made it possible to produce a high grade of alcohol from a very low grade of molasses; so low a grade, that heretofore it has been con- sidered worthless. By this process the refuse of sugar plantatations and sugar refineries may now be turned into alcohol at a cost far below that of producing the alcohol from grain. From some experiments made, itisstated that alcohol can be Very . produced from this refuse for about seven cents per gallon, That the efiect of this discovery must be serious to the distillers of alcohol from grain cannot be doubted; ' The great reduction in price will no doubt also largely increase the con sumption. The quantity ~ of refuse which runs into the rivers and bayous in Louisiana is sufficient to supply one- half the alcohol required in the United States. An enormous quantity of this low-grade molasses and “tank bottom" will no doubt be imported from Cuba.— Boston Journal of Commerce. Answer to a Talker. “Why, he yaw-ned three times while I ”was talking to him.” ‘ “Perhaps, he wasn’t yawning. I71; may have been trying to say some- thing.”—L f3. _ ‘ or by that form of exit by which many , b soaznrr Old Poop la, Old people who require medicine to . regulate the bowels and kidneys will find the true remedy in Electric Bitters. This medicme does not stimulate and contains no whiskey nor other intoxi- cant, but acts as a tonic and alterative. It actsmildly on the stomach and bowels, adding strength and giving tone to the organs, thereby aiding Nature in the performance of the functions. Electric Bitters is an excellenfi appetizer and aids digestion. Old Peep e find it just exact- ly what they need. Price fifty cents and $1.00 per bottle at E. P. Weed’s Drug Store Norwalk and Monroe's New Ca- naan. The frame of the new Chapel of the Latter Day Saints was raised at Broad River on Monday, and will be pusli’ed forward to completion as rapidly as possible. ' Try Allen’s Foot-Ease. A powder to be shaken into the shoes. At this season of the year your feet feel swollen and hot, and get tired easily. If you have aching feet, new shoes or tight shoes, try Allen’s Foot-Ease. It cools the feet and makes walking easy. Cures and prevents swollen and sweating feet, blisters and callous spots. Relieves come and bunions of all pain and gives rest and comfort. Try it to-day. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores for 25c. Sent by mail for 25c in . stamps. Address, Allen S. Olmstead, Le Roy, N. Y. If Senptor Teller should get the nomination at Chicago, after his St: Louis weep, what sort of a campaign cry it told his supporters get up? Slzakelnto Your Shoes Allen‘s Feet-Ease, a powder for the feet. It cures painful swellings of the joints and instantly takes the sting out of come and bunions. It’s the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Allen’s Foot-Ease makes =tigh‘-fitting or new shees feel easy, .It is a certain cure for sweating, callous and hot, tired, aching feet. Try it to-day. Sold by all drnggists and shoe stores, 25c. Trial package free. ‘Ad- dress, Allen S. Olmstead Le Roy, N. Y. No one has yet presented the lucky number 21,862 at the Boston Store, on presentation of which they will receive a bicycle. . Rheumatism Cured 1n D Day. “Mystic Cure”for Rheumatism and Neuralgia radically cures in 1 to 3 days. Its action upon the system is remark- able and mysterious. It removes at once the cause and the disease imme- diately disappears. The first dose greatly benefits, 75 cents. Sold by N. C. Bauer and Edward P. Weed, Drug- gists, Norwalk. jan-4-ly President Cleveland is assiduously at- tending to his fishing at Gray Gables just now and isn’t saying a word. Two Lives Saved. Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of Junction City, Ill. was told by her doctors she had Con- sumption, and that there was no hope for her, but two bottles of Dr. King’s New Discovery completelycured her and she says it saved her life. Mr. Thomas Eggers, 139 Florida St., San Francisco, suffered from a dreadful cold, approach- ing Consumption; tried without result everything else, then bought one bottle. of Dr. King’s New Discovery and in two weeks was cured. He is naturally thank- ful. It is such results, of which these are samples, tn at prove thewonderful efiicacy of this medicine in coughs and colds. Free trial bottles at E. P. Weed’s Drug Store, Norwalk and Monroe’s New (‘8.- naan. Regular size 50c. and $1.00. The Misses Barry of Franklin avenue, have leased a part of one of Abram Fitch’s houses on Orchard street. Bucklln’s Armca Salve. The Best Salvein the world for Cute bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum Fever Sores, 'i‘etter, Uhapped Hands Chilblaius, Corns and all Skin Erup tions, and positivelycures Piles. or no Payrcquired. It is guaranteed to give porieetsatisfaction,or money refunded Prite250ents per box. For Sale by E. P. Weed, Norwslk and Monroe New Canaan. . Miss Jule. May Brennan of Belden avenue has returned home from a visit with friends at Long Island City. Mother’s Find Nothing to Equal Dr. Hand’s Colic Cure. WATERBURY Conn, 4-2-’96—Hand Medicine Coz—Dear Sirsz—“I am using Dr. Hand’s Cough and Croup Medicine and Colic Cure for my children and find nothing *to equal them. They work like magic. I would not be without them in my house. The little ones love Dr. Hand’s Colic Cure and cry for it ; it relieves them almost instantly. Mrs. Frank Smith, 22 Wood St. At all drug- gists, 25. Mrs. Charles L. Mather, of Troy, N. Y. is a guest of her sister, Mrs. F. St. John Lockwood, on East avenue. The people have long since learned that the most disagreeable medicines are not nec- essarily the best. In fact, as a rule, they are not. \Vhat is wanted is something mild and sure, such as Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. That is really pleasant to take when reduced with water and sweetened. Then it is acknowledged everywhere to be the most successful remedy in the world for bowel complaints. Ask any number of druggists for the best remedy they have for diarrhoea and fully, " .out of ten will recommend Chamber . - . In speaking of this medicine, Mr. B. B. Bufl‘um of Friendsville, Susquehanna Co., Pa., says: “ We have used it in our family for pain in the stomach, colic and diarrhoea and found it to be a most effective remedy.” For sale by E. P. Weed, druggist.’ The Letter Day Saints will hold a convention at Broad River next month. 2! base are what “Ike” Ives of Dan- bury would call “da mp gummy days.” Arthur Ells, son of George N. Ells Of Waterbury, wheeled down on his bicy- cle from that place yesterday and is- now visiting relatives in this city. Mr. LeGrand Raymond of the firm of, Raymond &. Sons, commenced to-day a course of lessons at the New York Em.- balming college. i ll \ Now is ime , .. To Send in Your Advertisement anpringllade. THE. EVENING GAZETTE Is” THE RIGHT HEIlIllH Tnnouan wnicn TO REACH THE HEADIHG‘ PUBLIG. 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