oUEEN VICTORIA‘S REAL ESTATE
She Owns 600 Houses in Various Parts-of
England.
The announCement that Queen Vice
toria isto leave, by will, Osborne House
to one daughter, the lease of Abergeldie
House to another, and Balmoral, the
royal residence in the Highlands, to the
Duke of Connaught, recalls the fact
that the man who ' would devour this
particular wid0w’s ‘hOuses must make
an uncommonly full meal. '
It was discovered a few years since
that the Queen owned 600 houses in var-
ious parts of England, not royal resi-
dences, but rentyielding property, and
that about six thousand houses had been
built by crown lessees on building lease-
, holds held of the queen.
She then had also rents frém markets
and tolls frOm ferries, beside the'pro-
ceeds of mines and other works updn
her property or the crown property.
She had large estates in Yorkshire, Ox-
fordshire and Berks, valuable (lands in
' the Isle of Man and in Alderney, Scot-
. land, Ireland and Wales. Of the New
Forest there are two thousand acres of
absolute and 63 acres of contingent
crown property. Her Majesty enjoys
income from the forest of Dean, from
several other forests and . from- rich
properties in London.
Osborne, on the Isle of Wight, and
Balmoral, in the Highlands are the pri-
vatef' property of the Queen. and are
maintained out Of her own income. But
she has the use of a few royal palaces
beside, and these are‘maintained by the
nation at an annual expenditure rang-
ing from $2,500 to $50,000. The Queen
is in the occupancy of Buckingham Pal-
ace, Windsor Castle, the White Lodge
at Richmond Park and part of St.
JaTnes’s Palace. The remainder of the
last named palace is occupied by other
members of the royal family—Boston
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A QUESTION OF LOVERS.
They Are Not as They were and Use too
' _ Many Daggers.
In one ‘of the old time burlesques a
terrible lover appears upon the stage.
He isall bespangled with daggers and '
pistols. Coming into the presence of
the beautiful object of his affection, he
advances toward her with measured
strides, tfolded arms and a frowning
countenance. Then he suddenly comes
to a belt, and in a voice of thunder he
roars out: -
“I love you! Just let me out your
throat 1” -
The audience used to laugh heartily,
because in the innocence of the good old
days nobody ever imagined that a time
would come when any lover would be
like that fellow. But, alas! we have
plenty of them today. The newspapers
are full of them. It is getting to be a
rather common thing for a young gen-
tleman to ask a young lady to be good
enough to commit suicide with him.
And as for shooting a girl in the street
or parlor, that is becoming almost an
every day occurrence.
. What can be the matter? In old times
lovers used to visit their ladies armed
with bouquets and bonbons. Now when
they go to see them they carry razors
and revolvers. This is certainly a re-
form movement that can hardly be com-
mended. But what do the girls think of ,
it?
They are deeply interested in the
thing, naturally enough, and some of
them might be able to give us light up-
on the subject. If the paraphrase could
be pardoned, one might ask: “Is it true
that whom the ladies love they first
make mad?”—N. Y. Sun.
. The Bicycle Icicle.
The professor is very punctilious
about the use of language. His young-
est daughter has learned to ride a
.wheel, and the fact is very apparentin
her conversation. N ow and then he
moved uneasily in his chair, but he
made no comment. After a time he
said: ,.
“Lucia, would you mind closing that
door? I am getting as cold as an ike.”
She arose to obey, and then turned
with a puzzled look and inquired:
“As cold as a what?”
a “As cold as an ike.”
“I don’t understand you.”
“That is very strange. It seems to
accord with your theory of verbal ex-
pression. If a bicycle can consistently
be called a ‘bike,’ I‘see no possible ob«
jection to my alluding to an ici'cle as an
ike.”—Detroit Fre Press.
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clear, bright and sparkling. You
‘ are 'drinking to your own health
when you drink
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[father’s hand ' on my collar.
POWDER
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, A WOMAN’S INVENTION.
A. Fireman’s Hat which Achieves Great
‘ Results.
Mrs. Tohn H. Miller, of Syracuse, has
invented a wonderful fireman’s cap.
Mr. Miller put on the, cap and entered a
smokehouse so densely filled with smoke
that it was imprSible to go near the
door without protectibn, and there re-
mained for thirty- five minutes, with no
possible chance of getting air from the
outside. ' A firemgn connected with No.
1. company entered the smokehouse
without the contrivanco, and remained
there eight seconds before coming into
the fresh air. half suffocated and gasp-
ing‘for breath. It was then that Mr.
Miller tried the invention and it worked
like a charm. ~
The cap is made of fine strips of as-
bestos conformed to the shape of the
head. It is-held fast in place by a rub
her band, making it air tight. Its
weight is only 16 ounces, and it is so
constructed as to enable a person, to
carry it on the arm without any incon-
venience. There is a strip of mica be-
fore the eyes, so no inconvenience is
suffered in this respect. A silk sponge
through which no smoke can enter. but
which permits the ingress of air in
plentiful quantities, fills an aperture for
the mouth, and when properly adjusted
the cap is so simple that its efficacy is
apparent ata glance.
When it is understood that firemen
are unable to remain in a smoking
building longer than three or four min-
utes at a time, an invention of this
character, which enables a man to
grope about in, a stifling atmosphere for
an hour, certainly reduces chances of
losing life through suffocation to a min-
imum.—Syracuse Standard.
IN MERRY VEIN. ‘
“You ought to be proud of your wife.
She is a brilliant talker.”
“You’re right there.”
“Why, I could listen'to her all night."
“I often do.”—Texas Sittings.
“Why does Bates insist on calling that
white horse of his cream colored ‘2”
“Because he used to be a milkman,
and still clings to the tricks of the
trade.”-Detroit Free Press.
“Energy,” said the professor, “is
never wasted.” .
“I guess.” said the young Fresh, “that
the old man never fanned the air so
hard that he almost pulled his spine in
two when two men were out and the
bases full.”—-Indianapolis Journal.
“I didn’t see you out fishing Sunday.”
said J ones to Manshuu Howze.
“No,” replied the latter, sadly.
all the fault of the Raines law.”
“Why, that don’t prohibit fishing,
does it?”
“No, but it closes the saloons so we
can’t get any bait.”—Buifalo Times.
- Smile y—I told Miss Pucker,when she
put her lips in position and \vhistled, I
felt like kissing them.
Wiley—And what did she say? ,
Smiley—Oh, she seemed to think the
remark called for an encore—Yorker’s
Statesman. t
A man one morning at family prayers
prayed for a good neighbor in great des-
titution. After the prayer his boy said
to him: _
“Papa; give me your pocketbook and
i will go over to Mr. Smith’s and an-
swer your prayer myself.-—Philadelphia
American. _ ,
DEPEW’S CRITICAL MOMENT.
ultra
as
It w... Not in Afl‘airs or the New You "
Central, Nor in Politics.
President Chaunc‘ey'M. Depew opened
his eyes wide when he was asked what
was the most critical moment of his
life. ~ '
“My life has been .replete with inc-i-
dents,” he began, “but there is none to
which I can look back with more inter-
est than one which occurred when I
was a boy. Our father was kindly but
strict. He did not believe in repeating
a request. On one occasion he told me
not to eat apples. It was at a time
when the fruit was unripe, and there
had been a number of cases of cholera
morbus in the neighborhood. Like all
boys, I was very fbnd of them, and one
day I climbed a tree and began select
ing some particularly juicy ones. I had
hardly eaten one when, on looking
down, I saw my father. There was a
stern expression on his face, and I knew
'what to expect when I was told to cut
off a fair sized limb and bring it to
him. . p
“This I did; slowly, to be sure, but
finally I reached the ground, to find
I had
often tasted the birch before, but an ap—
ple limb was a novelty, and I was won-
dering how it- would feel when I heard
my mother’s veice, just as a blow was
aboutto descend on my shoulders.
“Perhaps it was due to the uncertain-
ty or severity of my punrshment that
' the incident impressed me, or my
mother’s voice at a most critical time,
for when I heard it I knew that for a
few seconds at least I could expect a re-
spite. She. interceded for me, and I was
saved.”
SWISS SCHOOL LAWS ARE STRICT.
They Are Also Sensible and'l‘erid to Make
, , Good Citizens.
Primary education is compulsory
throughout Switzerland, and no mercy
is shown to people who attempt to keep
their .'9hildre,n away from school- In
Solothurn at! [not even ' allowed the
option of having- .their offspring edu-
cated at home or in privateinstitutions,
says the Pall “Mall Gazette.“-i: Considera-
blq trouble'e'is .taken, however to far-
range the school hours with due‘. re-
gard to general convenience. In sum-
me‘n the classes begin at 7 o’clockin the
morning; '"thus, when the children have
done working with their heads, they
still have time enough to work with
their hands. 'They have their holidays,
too, in the autumn, so that they may be
able during the harvest to help in the
fields. Not only is primary education
free, but in poor districts food and
clothing are distributed at public ex-
pense among such .of the children as
need them.» ‘ ‘
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MR3. CLEVELANd's MAIL. '
V‘EEhe Receives, Begging Letters hf Infinite
Variety.
So large is the volume of material.
which cOmes with each mail from
north, south, east and west addressedto
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-
questsfor charity, innumberless 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 ‘ thebegging.
- letters, says Harper’s Bazar, are thOSe
which crave the gift of a baby carriage;
they, are usually accompanied by a clip;
ping or copied quotation 'from‘an 'ob—
Scure lbcal newspaper, in {which an idle
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. ' ' 7', _
As a matter of fact no such? presents
have ever come to them; but. the fancy
of the average Washin t‘on letter writer
runs riOt on occasions d represents 35.
real happenings. What.,might . have oc-
curred'it' the whOle guild of American
carriage makers had, let the’ms‘elie:
loose in search of 'a great advertise-
ment. _ A
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 grouped 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 nar red as godmother for some bud-
din g genius of anew generation is rarely
refused, an autograph is given where
the circumstances ‘warmut the belief
thatthe courtesy will not be abused,
and in rare—very rare—occasions a
photograph is added. '
N ow 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'sucz-ess with the public the re-
sult is 511."; a deluge of appeals and de-
mands fr in chronic mendicants that
the kind-g feelingwhich prompted the
experimenx is turned to disgust, and the
lesson was thepnext thousand suppli-
cants a prompt denial of their prayers.
THE PREACHER AND THE MAN.“‘“‘
No Flapping of Wings in Either Instance.
” Says Myers.
The Rev. Cortland Myers, who, now
that Talmage has moved from Brook-
lyn, has the largest congregation of any
preacher in the city of churches, deliv-
. ered the last of a series of sermons re-
’ cently, the general subject of which was
“Why I.,_Am What _ I Am.” The spe—
cial topic was “Why I Am a Preacher.”
He said in part:
“The preacher" is a man. He is not an
angel nor a ghost, nor any new species.
The mere fact of his office does not
differentiate him from any other man.
His position does not make him wom-
anly nor‘a monstrosity nor anything pe
culiar. If the omce destroys the man,
then the man ought to destroy the of-
fice. The noblest elements in true
manhood should be seen pie-eminently
in the preacher of righteousness. If a
peculiar collar isolates me from other
men, I shall immediately be without
that collar. If a strange coat makes
me be a strange creature,-I shall imme
diately bid farewell to that coat. You
do not listen for the flapping of wings
when I approach; I walk, 1 do not fly.
Christ sent not a ceremony, nor a tra-
dition, nor a book, but a man. He
should be most vitally interested in so-
ciologY. and politics; and business, and
everything pertaining to man and his
relation to his fellow man. His field is
not a contrabtedaone, but covers the en-
tire planet. The Christian minister
should be the most manly of men, re
spected for manhood and not feared for
priesthood or laughed at for ghosthood.
That which men most need is a Gospel,
and that which the Gospel most needs
Is men. ' »
“Science is good, but men are not
saved by science. Philosophy is good,
but men are not lost for want of phi-
losophy. Medicine is good, and law is
good, and other life work is good, but it
does not touch the vital need.
A Dialogue inLthe Night.
The man in the upper berth leaned"
over its edge, and, jamming his frown
firmly down on his brow, cried in a
harsh, coarse voice that was audible
above the rattle and rumble of the en-
gine: ' ' °
"Hi! you, down there. Are you
rich?” ' ~ . ' , ,
“Heb?” ejaculated the man in. the
lower berth, almost swallowing his
Adam’s apple. “Whazzer matter?”
“I say, are you'rich?”
“What’s that, sir! Rich? What do
mean by waking me up, in the middle of
the night to ask me
that?” . _
“I want to know—that‘s why.“
“Well, then, confound you, I am rich.
Now I hope your curiosity is satisfied
and you will. let me go to sleep.”
“Very rich?” ‘ - .
mMillionaire, confound you.
Now
shut up, and——” ‘
“Well, then, why in torment don't,
you hire a whole train
_ in?” p to do you: :ncr-
Ing _ . ,
such a question as
Bruises, Sores, Ulcersi1 Salt
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' ing terribl-Zl,
‘7 ‘ ,‘Old People,.,, V
' ,uOldpeople who. require medicine to
‘ regulate"the bowels and kidneys will
find the true remedy in‘Electric Bitters. .
This medicine does not stimulate and
contains no whiskey nor other intoxi-
cant, but 'actslas a~tonic and alterative. It
acts mildly 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 excellent a ‘petizer and aids
digestion. Old People nd 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. '
Entry. blanks for the bicycle races to
be held at the Danbury Fair in Octo-
ber, are being received in town, “
Two Lives Saved,
Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of Junction City,
Illuwas 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.,Tho‘mas
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 the wonderfuleflicacy ’
of this medicine in coughs and colds.
Free trial bottles at E. P. Weed’s Drug
Store, Norwalk and.Monroe‘s New (‘a-
naan. Regular size 500. and $1.00.
Amov g the many other improvements
at the Norman: Savings’ society’s bank-
ing ro. ms will be a new tile floor.
. Relief in Six Hours. .
Distressing Kidney and Bladder dis-
eases relieved in siz hours by the “New ,
GREAT SOUTH AMERICAN KIDNEY
CURE.” This new remedy is a great sur-
prise on account of its exceeding prompt,
ness in relieving pain in the bladder
kidneys, back and every part of the urin-
ary passages in male or female. It re-
lieves retention of water and pain in pass-
ing it almost immediately. If you want
quick relief and cure this is your remedy'.
Sold by E. P. \Veed, Druggist. No'rwalk,
Conn. ‘
Snappers are biting. ‘ An Orchard
street lad caught seven yesterday, that
would weigh nearly half a pound each.-
Mother’s Delight With Hand’s Colic Cure
HAVERHILL, Mass, 11-30-’95.-—Hand
Medicine Co.——“I Wish to say that I pro-
cured a sample bottle of Dr. Hand’s Colic
Cure andam delighted with it. My baby
is now four months old. and has suflered
every day of her short life with col-
ic. I have tried almost everthing ever
heard of, but can truthfully say that any-
thing I have tried cannot compare ,with
Dr. Hand‘s Colic Cure. Yours respect-
fully, Mrs. G. G. Miller, 38 Arch St.”
Sold by all druggists, 25c.
The train on which companies D and
F will leave for Niantic on Monday
next will leave South Norwalk at 6:10
a. m,
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 25¢. Sent
by mail for 25c in stamps. Address,
Allen S. Olmstead, Le Roy, N. Y.
William Hubbard, colored, who suf-
fered a collapse yesterday by reason of
the extreme heat is reported as being
himself again today.
Shake Into Iour Shoes
Allen‘s Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. -
lt 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 ti ht-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. Olmsread Le Roy, N. Y.
A return'game between the Norwalk
and Danbury libation artists will soon
be played inthis city. The game will
be followed by a shore dinner.
Mother’s Find Nothing to Equal Dr. H and s
Colic Cure.
WATERBURY Conn, 4-2-’96-—Hand
Medicine Co:—~Dear Sixsz—“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.
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-
gist-s, 25.
Michael lIIcGown aged 29 years, died
in Danbury, Sunday, from an attack of
the black measles.
' Bucklln’s Arnlca Salve.
I‘he Best Salvein the world for Outs
Rheum
Fever Sores Tetter, C pped Hands
.Ghilblaius, (3 ,
tions, and positivelycures Price. or .no
Payrcquired. It is guaranteed to give
perfeotsatisfautionmr money refund ed
Price25cents' per box. For‘Sale by
E. P. Weed, Norwalk and Mon-roe,New
Canaan. ‘
Buckley ’s Elastic Web factory on
River street opened again this morning
to the delightgof the employees who
have ‘ ‘beep fishing” for several days.
The Best Remedy for Bowel ‘00:!» V
plaints.
I (It gives me pleasure“ to most heartily '-
recommend Chamberlain’s Medicines.
advertised them for a long time before I had
. occasion to use them in my own family. At
the time referred to, thelpatient was sufl'er-
fms it” shirts? am:
ur in. iwase -e W; epromp
geligfafigbrded bijhagiberlain’s Colic, Chol-
era and. Diarrhoea Remedy..—A.-M. EVER-
LAND, Editor and Proprietor of. the, Weekly
Globe, Mendon, Mich. For sale byE. ‘P.
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