A REMARKABLE LOVE STORY.
A Californian of 78 Woos a. Florida Di-
vorcee of 74, _
One of the most remarkable love
stories ever told is that of W. S. M.
Sorrel] of Golden, COL, who, last week,
at the age of 78 years, married Mrs. A.
C. Acken, who is 74, at St. Augustine,
Fla.
Mr. Sorrel met Mrs. Acken fOr the
first time three years ago, but he had
been in love with her picture for more
, than half a centuy. .As the story goes,
Sorrell became the possessor some fifty.
years ago of the likeness of a very at-
tractive woman. He felt violently in
love with it and vowed he would wed
only the original Of the picture.
Whether because of his vow or because
he moved into a country where women
were {very scarce, he never married,
but always declared that the original of
the likeness was and would be his only
love.
The history of -the,photograph is not
told, but three years ago Sorrell learned
that the original was Mrs. Acken of St.
Augustine. j He had made considerable
money in Colorado and he went to FlOr-
idea to see Mrs. Acken. He found her
and also her husband, and very proper-
.. 3y he'went forthwith back to Colorado.
But a year later Mr. Acken disappeared
mysteriously. 'Sorrell heard of it and
returned to St. Augustine. After the
lapse 'of two years he induced Mrs.
Acken to sue for a divorce on the ground
of abandonment. » The divorce was
granted, and last week Mr. Sorrell and
Mrs. Acken were married.
\Vomen to the Front,
Dealers in bicycles are authority for
the statement that the business aspect
of the bicycle trade has materially
changed during the past year. Instead
of the main business consisting in deal-
ing with men’s wheels, quite the con-
trary is true. Dealers are now doing
their utmoet to attract the eye of the
women, and it is announced that before
long there will be three wheels sold for
women where one will be sold for men.
." The [rind Boss makes his Biscuits with. "
PURE, srRONo. RELIABLE.
Is the verdict arrived at by
Chemical Analysis of
BAKING
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Economy, Health and Satisfactory
Results attend its use. ’ '
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‘I . DIRECTORS .
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THE GREELEY COLONY. V
I A Happy People and as High Standard at
' Public Morals. p
The Greeley colony was composed of
the best elements of eastern citizen-
ship; and the first and most} important
lesson it teaches is that people ofthis
class are responsive to such a call as
Mr. Meeker put forth. He did not apv
peal’ to the instinct of speculation. He
pleaded for new institutions, and aimed
at high ideals; and he found that men
of culture and of means were ready to
cooperate heartily in such an under-
taking. This fact lends encourage-
ment to those who are hoping for great
thingsto come from the development of
the arid region.
The site of the Greeley colony, writes
W. G. Smythe in Century, was not
well chosen—or, at least, it did not in
all respects meet the expectations of
those who selected it. They were there-
fore unable to realize all their plans.
TheyD made some serious miscalcula-
tions. For instance, they estimated
the cost Of their canals at twenty thou-
sand dollars', while the actual cost was
more than twenty times as great.‘
Fruit-culture was mentioned in the
prospectus as certain to be an impor-
tant industry, but ' the soil and climate
proved unsuitable. The‘ dream of an
improved household economy, based on
a plan for cooperative bakeries and
laundries, also proved delusive. There
were other disappointments; but the
fundamental claims of irrigation were
all vindicated at Greeley, as they have
been whenever and wherever brought
fairly to the test.
A few years of intelligent labor
brought a. high degree of average pros-
perity, based upon substantial founda-
tions. Even the severe panic of the
summer of 1893 did not materially dis-
turb these foundations. During those
trying weeks, when mines and smeltefs
shut down, and banks and stores closed
their doors, water, soil and sunshine
continued to do their perfect work in
the Union colony.’ Greeley seemed
like an oasis of prosperity in a desert of
The farmers received as the
reward of the summer’s labor more
than a million dollars in cash for the
single item of potatoes. But this is the
chief crop at Greeley, after the neces-
sities of life have been provided for;
and the wide reputation and handsome
financial returns won for the Greeley
potato illustrate the wisdom of, a sur-
plus crop of the highest quality.
Greeley’s civic institutions are like
her potatoes. They represent the best
standard available, and are the pride of
the people. To sell any kind of intoxi-
cating liquor within the boundaries of
the Union colony invalidates the title to
the soil. This is one of the original plans
that worked Well; and the schools,
churches, libraries and lyceums are all
in keeping with this high standard of
public morals. A Careful study of the
development- of Greeley, alike in its
social and industrial aspects, would
throw much more light upon the prob-
lems of arid America; but this cannot
be entered upon now.
DUPLICATE NAMES.
Honorable Gentlemen Who Are Likely to
Be Mixed Up in Congress.
The Fifty-fourth congress will con~
tain a considerable number of members
of duplicate names, says the Washing-
ton Post. There are two members {by
the name of Arnold, one from Pennsyl-
vania and one from Rhode Island; three
Bakers, from Kansas, Maryland and
New Hampshire; two Bartletts, from
Georgia and. New York; two Bells,
from Colorado and Texas; two Blacks,
from Georgia and New York; two Bur-
tons, from Maryland and Ohio; three
Clarks, from Alabama, Iowa and Mis-
souri; two Cannons, from Illinois and
Utah; two Cooks, from Illinois and
Wisconsin; three Coopers, from Florida,
Texas and Wisconsin; three Curt-ises,
from Iowa, Kansas and New York;
two Cobbs, from Alabama and Missouri;
Gillett from Massachusetts‘and Gillet
from New York; two Henrys, from
Connecticut and Indiana; two John-
sons, from Indiana and North Dakota;
two Millers, from Kansas and West
Virginia; two Murphys, from Illinois
and Arizona; two McCalls, from Massa-
chusetts and Tennessee; Miner from
'New York and Minor from Wisconsin
bear the same name with the distinc-
tion of one letter; two members bear
the name of Russell, one from Connecti?
cut and the other from Georgia. There
are two Smiths, one from Illinois and
one from Michigan; two Stones, both
from Pennsylvania; two Turners, from
Georgia and Virginia; two Walkers,
from Massachusettsand Virginia. Then
we have more men bearing the name of
Wilson than any other—four in all—
from Idaho, New York, Ohio and South
Carolina.
r95.
To Manufacture Glass Pipe.
A new method of manufacturing glass
pipe has been discovered which prom-
ises to revolutionize that industry. It
has hitherto been found impossible to
mold large glass tubes of any great
length because the glass would cool
while running into the mold, and the
structure of the tube was not homo-
geneous. The new method consists of
using a mold» with a movable piston.
The piston is just enough snfi' ller than
the outer shell of the m‘ol ‘ to allow
for the thickness of the tube to be
made. The piston is placed the bottom
of the mold and as the molten gla‘ss is
poured in the piston is 'forced upward
by hydraulic pressure. Pipes are made'
by this process in sections six feet long
and are used for sewers-and water pipes.
. In a Woman’s Stomach.
In 1892 a woman died at Albany, N.
Y,. who had for a number of years been
to swallow all sorts .of indigestible sub-
stances. A record. kept by the physi-
cian who performed the autopsy gives
the following as a list of the articles
found in her stomach; Fifty-one hair-
pins, sixteen needles, tliree darning
needles, thirty-two nails of all sizes,
two screws, three pieces of an iron rod
three inches long and one~fourth of an
inch thick, two rolls of hair,. two.
pieces of wood and three pieces of
clOth, each of the latter beingabout
five inches longand oneinch wide; . , j
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rr-re SOLLigFés eovs.
There were many more native-born
soldiers in the union armies during the
civil war than there were foreign—born -
soldiers. ' ~ .
Each German army corps is to be
equipped with a portable crematory. It
resembles a huge baking oven, and is.
drawn by eight horses.-
. Osman Latrobe, J r., andStewart J an-
ney, two young men well known in the
social life of Baltimore, have created
somewhat of a sensation‘in that city by
sailing for Cuba in order to join the
insurgents. “ ' .
No less than 535 discharged soldiers
were among the 4,050 persons who
passed through the casual ward of the
Nottingham (England) poorhouse dur-
ing the first three months of this year.
Burglars broke into the barracks of
the One Hundred and Thirtieth infan-
try regiment in the Rue de Babylone in
Paris recently, carried off the safe with
$25,000 bodily, and forcing the colonel's
safe stole his private valuables.
A famous regiment’s colors, those of
the Seaforth Highlanders, are to be
sold at auction in London soon. They
formed part of the heirlooms belonging
to the grandson of a former colonel of
the regiment.
Cordite does not shatter the body as
much as gunpowder. The inference is
drawn from the condition of the head of
a royal art-illeryman at Dover, who had
fired into it the cordite cartridge of a
. new Martini-Metford rifle.
Chili has a new Esmeralda, just
. launched in England, protected by an'
armor belt six inches thick and seven
feet high, extending over 350 feet of
her length, in addition to the armored
deck. The Esmeralda is expected to
make 22 knots under natural draught.
IN BEATEN PATHS.
Italy has two kinds of naturalization
——the one under the law'and the other
conferred by royal decree.
A train runs now between Paris and
St. Petersburg in 48 hours, the only
change of cars being at the Russian
frontier. _
It is a popular superstition i1: GS?-
many that if a young girl Duties 5. Crop
of her blood under a rose-Push. shewill
be sure to have rosy checks.
The Danube flows through ‘: .‘untries in
which 52 languages and c‘. ;.’.:cts are
spoken. It bears on its current four-
fifths of the commerce Of eastern‘
Europe. .
England proposes to reform its Sun-
day laws; a committee Of the lords has
been appointed to amend them, the
lord chancellor and archbishop of Can-
terbury at the head. .
Barely 52 per cent. of the household-
crs of London take amorning newspaj
per, (59 per cent. take either a morning
or evening newspaper and 31 per cent.
purc3:;.se neither.
A .I.r:':;don court recently condemned
to time months’ imprisonment a man
who 11:11 supported himself 15 years by
means of begging letters. Over 500 Of
these were'found in his room. He had
squandered his wife‘s property, worth
$75,000. .
I ELECTRICAL SPARKS.
The Laohine rapids are to be used to
generate electricity for lighting Mon-'
ireal.
An electric vulcanizer for the repair-
ing of pneumatic tires is one of the
latest inventions.
Horseless mail wagons, propelled
either by electricity or naphtha, will.
soon be running through the streets
of Boston. .
A wealthy gentleman in Vienna stip-
ulated in his will that an electric light
must be constantly burning in his tomb.
and another inside his coffin, for 1:3
months after his death.
There are about 120 public electric
lighting systems in Operation in the
United Kingdom, of which 19 belong to
London. No less than 54 systems
are now run. by the municipal author--
ities. .
W. H. Preece states that since the
electric light was introduced into the '
general post Office, London, the days of
absence among both officials and em-
ployee have been reduced at the rate
of two per annum for each. The sav-
ing is sufficient to pay for the light.
MEDICINAL VALUE OF FOOD.
Honey is wholesome, strengthening,
cleansing, healing and nourishing. ‘
Peanuts for indigestion. They are
especially recommended for corpulent
diabetics. _
Celery is invaluable as food for those
suffering from any form of rheuma-
tism, for diseases of the nerves an
nervous dyspepsia. . .-
Fresh ripe fruits are excellent for
purifying the blood and toning up the
system. As specific remedies oranges
are aperient. Sour oranges are highly
recommended for rheumatism.
Eggs contain a large amount of'nutri-
mentrin a compact, quickly available
form. Beaten up raw with sugar they
are used to clear and: strengthen the
voice. With sugar and lemon juice the
beaten white of eggs will relieve hoarse-~
ness. . .
Raw beef, proves of great benefit to
persons of frail constitution, and to
'those suffering from consumption. . It
is chopped fine, seasoned with salt and
heated by placing it in a dish of hot
water. It assimilates rapidly and af-
fords the best nourishment.
NOTES AWHEEL.
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An inscription has been put on the
Matterhorn reading: “Notice.
hill is dangerous for bicycles.”
Thére is but one scarlet bicycle in
London, and Sir John Gorst, vice presi-
dent of the council, the minister for
education, rides it. Archbishop Walsh,
of Dublin, also rides awheelfi.
Count Tolstoi, who went among the
bicyclists last year, aged 67, recently
applied in Moscow for the permit which
‘wheelmen need who wish to ride within
the city lines. . \ V --
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oral mm,
who i‘ require medicine
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:Old people to
find the true remedy, in Electric Bitters.
. This medicine dOes‘ not stimulate and
containsno whiskey nor other intoxi-
cant, butjacts as a tonic and alterative. It
acts mildly on. the stomach and bgwels,
adding strength and giving tone, to the
organs, thereby aidmg Nature in the
performance of the functions. Electric
Bitters is an excellent appetizer and aids
digestion. Old‘People 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.
Mrs. Charles E. Trio]: is ill with ma-
larial fever at her home On Molt ave-
nue. _
Two Lives Saved.
Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of Junction City,
Ill. was told by her doctors she had Con-
sum tion,land that there was no hope
for er, 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 Consum tion; tried ,without result
everything e are, 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 wonderful efficacy
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 50c. and $1.00.
.Mr. and Mrs. Addison Brown who
have been in town for the past two
we: ks expect to return to their home
in Brooklyn, next Tuesday.
Relief tn Sta: 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.
gold by E. P. Weed, Druggist. Norwalk,
mm.
The bicycle is no longer a wheel of
fortune. Another large manufacturing
firm has failed, with assets which its
best lamp would fail to find.
Mother’s Delight With Hand’s Colic Cure
HAVERHILL, Mass, 11-30-’95.—Hand
Medicine Coé—“I Wish. to say that I pro-
cured a samplebottle of Dr. Hand’s Colic
Cure and am delighted with it. My baby
is new four months Old. and has suffered
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.
Mrs. George B. Gregory who for
some months has been seriously ill at
Cranbury, was able to return to her
home on Isaacs Place, this week.
' Try'Jll’en’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 corns
and bunions of all pain and gives rest and
comfort. Try it today. Sold by all
druggists and shoe stores. for 25¢. Sent
by mail for 25C in stamps. Address,
Allen S. OlrriStead, Le Roy, N. Y.
The Misses Belle and May Wolfhagel
who have been the guests of Mrs. G.
Fred Austin on River street. returned
to their home in Patterson, N. J., to-
day. '
Snake Into Tour Shoes v
Allen’s Foot-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 tight-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 drnggrsts and shoe
stores, 25c. Trial package free. Ad-
ress, Allen S. Olmstead Le Roy, N. Y.
Major McKinley interpreted the Ver-
mont election as meaning that the peo-
ple were determined to have sound
money, a protective tariff and recipro-
city. "
Mother’s Find Nothing to Equal Dr. Hand 0
Colic Cure.
, WATERBURY Conn, .4-2-’96—Hand
Medicine Co:—-Dear Sirsz—“I am using
Dr. Hand’s Cough and Croup Medicine
and COli'c 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 aud cry for it ; it
relieves them almost instantly. Mrs.
Frank Smith, 22 Wood St. At all drug-
gists, 25." ‘ __ .
AbOutsixty entries for the '1'. C. W’s.
15 ,mile, road race, have been received
by the committee. ’
Bucklln'o‘ Amlca Salve.
The Best Salvein the 'world for Cuts
Bruises, .rSores, Ulcers. Salt , Rheum
FeverSores .
Ohilbleins...éorns.and: all .Skin vErup
tiOns, and pOaitivelyouresl’lles.,or “no
Payrcqui'red. '.It is guaranteedto give
rfeotsatisfaotion,or money refunded
rice25 cents per box. For Sale by
Oanaa‘n.
The cars wrecked in the recent col-
lision, at- the freight yard, were this
morning taken to the Consolidated Ire-
pair shops. ' , -
E.P. Weed, Norwalk and Monroe, New Y
The Best Remedy forpBowel Com-
‘ plaints.
It gives me pleasure to most heartil
recommend Chamberlain’s Medicines. ‘
advertised them for a long time before Iphad
occasion to use them in my own family. ’ At
the time referred to, the patient was sufl'er-
ing terribly from cramps, yomitmg and
purgeing." I was delighted With the prOmpt
relief afforded by Chamberlain’s COhc, Chol-
era and Diarrhoea Remedy.—A. M. Evan-
LAND, Editor and Proprietor of the Weekly
Globe, _Mendon, Mich. For sale .by E. P.
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