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PEASANTS STILL», FLOGGED.
Tolstoi Denounces with Vigor a Plan for
' Only Partial Reform.
' Count Tolstoi, in a characteristic let-
ter to the Bourse Gazette, gives- his
views on a question which is causing
considerable agitation of mind at pres-
ent in many circles of Russian official
and private life—namely, that of the
abolition, in whole or in part, of the
punishment of flogging in its various
forms.
The provincial zemstvos of a large
number of provinces, as well as several
highly placed officials in Asiatic Rus-
sia, have formally decided to petition
for the exemption from this degrading
penalty of all peasants who have
learned to read and write. Count Tol-
stoi, with the ardor natural to the
artistic temperament, cries “Shame!”
upon their niggard asking, and, in an
article headed with that word, very
broadly hints that, while the peasant,
for the last'three-quarters of a. cen-
tury, has been steadily advancing, his
masters have in some respects failed to
keep their place in the van of the march
toward civilization.
Count Tolstoi is a foremost authority
on the life of the peasant, and the spec-
imens he gives in this article of the
abuse of. the power of flogging by the
small fry of ofiicialdom are certainly
striking. These insignificant members
of the lower governing ranks have no
uniform, but, when engaged on official
duties, wear some kind ofi outward and
visible sign of authority, generally a
large medal. For “speaking his mind”
to one of these village “elders” who
happened to have the sign_of office on
at the time, a. fellow villager was duly
flogged, although his only fault ap-
pears to have been that he overlooked
the'medal which converted an ordinary
neighborly difference of opinion into
an insult to the czar! The poor fellow,
Tolstoi relates, consoled himself with~
the remark that “Christ suffered
stripes, and bade us suffer, too.”
There are, however, many in Russia
who think that the moujik is still suf-
ficiently brutal to make the entire
abolition of flogging a. measure of mis-
taken humanity, and Tolstoi’s cry of
“Shame” upon the moderate reform
prOposed by certain zemstvos will,
doubtless, be met by the not unnatural
reply, that Tolstoi is before all a lit-
erary artist, with all the artist’s native
scorn for practicalvmeasures which fall
short of the ideal aimed at. The par-
tial exemption from flogging which
practical men desire would certainly
prove a very powerful stimulus toward
popular education, .even as compulsory
service in the army keeps the Russian
universities filled to overflowing with
men who, in a large number of cases,
would do the state better service in
other ways than by learning discontent
in a sphere unfitted to their natural
capacities or station in life—London:
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ATHLETICS AT ATHENS. _-i~:.j~'
The Great International Contests That
Will Take Place in April.
The principal part of the 'festival
will be at the ancient stadium on the
Athenian plain near the city. Here
were once celebrated the games of At-
tica and her allies. A wild waste for
many centuries, it was excavated a
few years ago by King George of.
' Greece. Now it has'been restored in de—
tail for this occasion by the generosity
of Georgius Averoff, a. rich Greek of
Alexandria, Egypt, at an expense of
000,000 francs, so it will appear in its
old splendor of white marble. The
amphitheater seats from 50,000 to 70,000
spectators and incloses a course 670
feet in length by 109 feet in breadth,
giving a level area of 8,100 square yards
for the gymnastic and field sports,
with a broad foot-race track as well.
One of the most interesting features
of the games will be the long-distance
race of 20 miles, from Marathon to
Athens, in memory of the brave courier
who died of exhaustion after he had
brOught tidings of Miltiades’ great vic-
tory over Darius. To the victor, M.
Victor Bren], of the French institute,
has offered the prize of a silver am-
phora or wine vessel. The general
prize of each cont-est is a silver olive
wreath, to commemorate the simple
wreath of wild olive that in ancient
times was the only token of victory.
In addition to the athletic games and
field sports it is proposed also to rep-
resent an ancient drama in some well-
preserved classic Greek theater. The
dances of to-day, believed by many
scholars to be relics of the classic age’,
will be rendered by peasant dancers in
costume, and various musical societies
will furnish the music for the festival.
For the inauguration the date of
April 6 has been selected, as it is the
75th anniversary of Greek independ-
ence. The middle month of spring.
too, is the most delightful in the Greek
year—much like the American June.
The 'Ath 'ans have completed exten-
sive prep tions for making the mod—
ern revival worthy of the ancient fame
of the. Olympic games and for the en-
tertainment of visitors. It is pleasant-
tolnote that the first to send a contri-
bution to the festival committee was
Mr. Alexander, the United States min-
ister to Greece, who is known to be
an enthusiast in Hellenic studies—G.
T. Ferris, in St. Nicholas.
Living for Self Alone.
The man who lives to himself he-
queaths his own folly and poverty and
meanness for his monument. He has
benefited nobody, while he has dwarfed
and warped his own powers, and
senseless stone or marble, however9 lav-
ishly supplied to mark his resting
place, does him no honor. He has lived
in himself, he has died in himself, and
all that he leaves in memory of himself
speaks no word of praise in his behalf,
no word of justification“ This is no
true life. It is the worst of failures.
There are glorious opportunities in
this world for service. He who wisclv
uses them enriches both his race~ and
himself, and dying leaves a monument
which outlasts granite and is brighter
than polished brass/w-Detroit Free
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MISHAP TO A SMUGGLER.
A Cab Runs Over Him and Betrays an
. Ingenious Device.
Near one of. the gates leading into
Paris an old man of stout proportions
was seen one day wending his way,
when a. cab, driven at great speed, ap-,
proached, and as the man paid no atten-
tion to the warning cry of the Jehu, he
was knocked down and the vehicle
passed over his body, to the consterna-
tion of the spectators.
A crowd gathered round the vener-
able individual, who lay on the ground,
not in a. pool of-blood, but. in one Of oil.
The hero of thismisadventure, who had
only'been slightly stunned by the shock,
soon rose to his feet, with profuse
thanks for all the sympathy and com-
passion which his accident had elicited,
and then, disregarding further offers of
assistance, began to shuffle off as fast
as his legs would carry him.
One of the eyewitnesses of this on-
rious scene went up to an employe of
the octroi and gave an account of the
episode, upon which the official, run-
ning after the victim of the accident,
extended to him a. polite invitation to
rest in his office.
“I assure you I am not hurt,” re-
plied the old gentleman, who displayed
great anxiety to take himself off.
“So much the better,” replied the em-
ploye, “but I want to have a. little talk
with‘you, all the same.” '
Some gentle force was required to in-
duce. the corpulent one to enter the of-
fice, but once there he was made to un-
dress, when he was found to be. almost
a. skeleton. The mystery was soon ex-
plained. He: had between his waistcoat
and his shirt :1. skin receptacle which
was capable of containing from' six to
seven liters of liquid. On this particu-
lar occasion it. had been filled with oil,
and, while it had saved the bearer from
severe injury, it had betrayed him, and
he was removed to the depot at the pre-
fecture of police amid thelaughter of
the people who had witnessed the acci—
dent.
A quantity of receptacles of the kind
described have been found at his dwell-
ing, and another individual has already
been arrested on suspicion of being an
accomplice. It need. scarcely be added
that the oil was thus introduced into
Paris with the object of evading the
octroi dues. As a matter of fact, all
sorts of devices are employed by per-
sons who make a specialty of this fraud,
but it is not often that a person is de-
tected in these tragi-comic circum-
stances—Paris Cor. London Telegraph.
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She Thanked Him.
An effective reproof was that given
by an elderly man to a fashionably-
drcssed young woman, who, as it seems,
must have been surprised out of her
“manners.” The young, woman Was
walking rapidly along a. street shaded
by many trees, when the elderly man,
coming up behind her, saw a large fuzzy
caterpillar on the collar of her coat.
“I beg your pardon,” he said, laying a.
detaining hand on her arm as he spoke
and removed the obnoxious crawler,
“I wished to take off this caterpillar,
which was almost at your neck.” The
young woman stared haughtily and
with an air of resentment at the cater-
pillar and was-about to pass on, with no
word of thanks. “If I made a mistake,
and you would prefer to have the cater-
pillar replaced, I can easily put it back,”
said the gentleman courteously, suiting
the act-ion to the word. “Oh, no, no,
please take it off! ” said the young wom--
an, her haughtiness quickly vanishing;
and with his second removal the elderly
man got his “Thank you,” and the. cat-
erpillar found another resting place.—
Youth’s Companion. L” ' _ . . ,
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Complexion Hints.
Overfrequent washing of the face
should be avoided. Some physicians in-
sist that the face should be washed but
once a day, and then 1n tepid water.
A certain amount of exercise is in-
dispensable. Brisk morning walks,
regularly taken and persistently ad-
hered to, produce a healthy glow that
defies artificial imitation.
Avoid rich and greasy foods. Though
it is practically useless to tell a woman'
to abjure sweets, it may be suggested
that they are complexion destroyers,
and that the fewer one eats the fairer
one’s skin is likely to be.
- Massage is recommended by many
who have made a special study of the
fine art of complexion-preserving. A
gentle kneading of the face at night and
in the morning makes the skin soft and
healthy.
Famous beauties nearly all unite in
giving testimony that a thorough
steaming of the face at night is wonder-
fully effective in producing a clear com-
plexion. This is done by holding the
face over a bowl of hot watch—Chicago
Iieeord.
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Father Pat’s Hospitality.
A's to Father I’at’s hospitality, it may
be rude and rough, but there is no
mistaking its warm and generous
whole-heartedness. The dinner in a
country parish invariably consists of a
roast turkey, a boiled leg of mutton
with turnips, boiled bacon with cab-
bage, and potatoes served in their jack-
cts. Claret is the wine principally
drunk. It isonly on. very important oc-
casions that champagne makes its ap-
pearnce, but there is always a plentiful
supply of the best Irish whisky, and, if
made in the district, of “potheen.”
Father Pat has, it must be admitted, a
liking for whisky punch after dinner,
in judicious moderation, of course, and
his only other dissipation is a smoke
—always a clay pipe, never a cigarette
or a cigar. ' When a “suspended” or dis-
frocked priest is met with in Ireland—
and that very rarely happens—his mis-
fortune is usually to be traced to
drunkenness. There is never a lady in
the case.——Contemporary Review.
Gluten Gravy.
To one pint of good milk add one
tablespoonful of gluten meal. Leave it
surrounded by boiling water 15 or 20
minutes. Salt .to taste and thicken
with flour to the desired consistency.—
Good Health. . , _ t...
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THE OLD vsLLow RIVER.
Romance of the Wreck and Recovery of
, the Twilight’s Cargo. -
One foggy morning jast about dawn in
August, 1865, the side-wheel steamboat
Tivilight was making her way cautious-
ly up the Missouri river. In the wheel‘-
house the pilot stood, 'dripping with
the heavy mist. calling; to the wheel-
man: . - "
“Keep her jackstaff on the lone cottons
wood on the starboard shore and swing
her stern around.”
The Twilight was chug-chugging
along slowly against the current. Right
ahead was a bend in the river. Sudden:
1y there was a jar. The hog chains
snapped with a report like a cannon and
the boat, heavily “hogged” or- bulged
up in the middle, began to sink. She
had struck a huge submerged sycamore
tree of huge dimensions, having got out
of the channel in the fog.
The'passengers were cared for by
the farmers in the vicinity and taken to
Kansas City, 20 miles distant, by a boat
that came up the river that night. The
cargo of the Twilight was very rich. It
was composed of 300 barrels of whisky.
hundreds of cases of wines, liquors and
canned goods and a large stock of gen-
eral merchandise.
For several years she lay on the log,
in the river, visible when the water was
low and again covered. She was a
thing of fascination to country boys,
who dreamed of all sorts of exploits to
get the treasure out of her. There was
an air of mystery about her that thrilled
the farm lads like the tales of Capt.
Kidd or the stories of the adventures of
wreckers.
Four years after she was sunk an un-
successful attempt was made to get the
cargo. Several years after that farmers
in the. vicinity got two barrels of
whisky out of her and when they went
for more she could not be found. The
treacherous river h’ad shifted and she.
was buried in a sand bank. Then the
river cut in along the south bank close
under the bluff and the great rise of
1887 made a sand bar on top of her,
buried her deep and left her far inland
under 30 feet of sand, 100 yards from
the bank of the river at high water and
half a mile from shore when the river
was down.
Last year a number of Kansas City
gentlemen organized a company to re-
cover the sunkcn cargo. By a series of
ingenious mechanical devices they 10-,
cated the wreck in 30 feet of water and
found the freight in ' comparatively
good condition. There have been many
interruptions of the work, but a large-
part of the merchandise has already
been recovered.
The 300 barrels of whisky in the hold
are in a perfect state of preservation.
One of them was tapped and the whisky
was found to be beyond compare. A
glass of is, which was poured out before
a company of men in the Kansas City
club. filled the entire floor with its
arozzza. It was thick and oily, almost
of 11c consistency of New Orleans mo-
lass. 5, and after the glass was emptied
it c: dug to the sides as sirup would.
The whisky will not be taken out
until the government officials shall be-
come satisfied that it is tax free. The
taxes were paid at the distillery where
the stuff was made more than 30 years
ago. ,
There is a rumor that abaft of where
the whisky was found is the purser’s
cabin, and in it is a safe containing a
large sum of ‘money, which was being
carried from St.‘ Louis to up-river mer-
chants and army posts. The money
question, however, is forgotten for the
present-in the joy of the wreckers at
the finding of the whisky. Speculation
is rife as to what will be the profits of
the wreckers. Experienced dealers say
that the whisky will sell readily for at
least $400131 barrel.——St. Louis Globe-
Democrat.
THE FACE IN ILLNESS.
To the Trained Eye It Quickly Shows a
Patient’s Condition.
The face is a good index 10 the state
of one’s physical being, and from it
symptoms of disease can be detected
almost before the patient is aware
that anything serious is the matter
with him. For instance, incomplete
closure of the eyelids, rendering the
whites of the eyes visible during sleep,
is a symptom in all acute and chronic
diseases of a severe type; it is also to
be observed when rest is unsound from
pain, wherever seated- ._ .
Twitching of the eyends, associated
with the oscillation of the eyeballs, or
squinting, herald the visit of convul-
sions.
Widening of the orfices of the nose,
with movements of the nostrils to and
fro, point to embarrassed breathing ,
from disease of the lungs or their
plural investment. ‘
Contraction of the brows indicatm
pain in the head; sharpness of the nos-
trils, pain in the chest, and a draw
upper lip, pain in the abdomen.
To make a general rule, it may be
stated that the upper third of the face
is altered in expression in affections
of the brain, the middle third, in the
diseases of the organs contained in the
abdominal cavity—The Trained Nurse.
Purifies and Beautifies
The Skin
by restoring to healthy.
activity the Clogged, Ir—
ritated, lnflamed, Slug-
7 gish, Overworked Pores.
Bold througgrtfize wBoflz; {pi-g“ Dluo' Ann
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county’s ~ '
Greatest
Store.-
Auction Silks.
On Tuesday of this week there was the
greatest Auction Sale of Silks that ever
took place in 11115 country. Over 63,000
yards sold in one day. Our syndicate
were present and secured their share.
Here they are: ,
15 pcs._ Black Brocade Gros Grain Silks,
the quality that we sold at $1.00, auction
price, - - - - 500
Come before they are gone.
5 pcs. Black Armure, 98c quality,
auction price, - - - 690
5 pcs. Black Satin Rhadame, $1.50 a
yard, auction price, - - 98c
5 pcs. Black Satin Rhadame, $1.25 a
yard, auction price, - - 75c
Dress Goods.
It is hardly necessary for us to men-
tion this stock for the people of Norwalk
and vicinity know that we have the best
lines in the state. '
anybody can afford to buy.
away by selling it,
stock.
Ladies’ and Misses’ combination Suits,
made of fine Egyptian yarn, . fleeced
lined, all sizes, per suit, - - 50c
Misses’ fine Egyptian shaped Vests.
Pants to match. Sizes 3 to 7,;‘worth 39¢,
per garment, - - - 25c
~Boys’ and Girls’ heavy fleeced ribbed
EVENINGIGAZETTE ..
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monwanx,
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N. Y. Office, 442 Broadway.
40 in. Fancy Mixtures, - 25c
38 “ Novelties. N. Y. gets 50c, we
ask, - - - - 39c
- 50 in. all wool Suiting, - 50c
38 :‘ two tone Tanias, all N. Y. gets
59c. our price, - - 49c
_2 in. two tone rich effects, N. Y.
price, $1, our price, - - 870
Our iPreistly and Gold Medal Black
Goods are the best qualities, per yard,
from- - - 500 to 5 I .75
Domestic Goods.
Just a few items. '
Apron Ginghams per ard, 30
8c Doet Flannmel, peryyard, 50
Se Brown Sheeting in short lengths,
' ' ' I ’ 5I c
All wool Red Flannel, - I go
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mens.
54 in. Half Bleached - 250
§4 “ The best full ’bleached for the
price,
58 N
j - - - 5 c
Irish full bleached Damask,
89c
Vest. Pants and Drawers, all sizes, 25:
Misses’ natural Australian wool Vests
and Pants, sizes 16, 18, 20 and 22 at 50c;
Sizes 24, 26 and 28, at 75c; sizes 30. 32
and 34 at $1, just 25 per cent. less than
regular prices.
The celebrated Luzerne Underwear,
White, ecru and natural, for ladies, guar-
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We. sellas low as
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YOUR/ PURCHASES HERE PAY YOU!
Because you secure not only the Lowest Prices, bul inlrinsio merit-HONEST
llllLllE—m every purchase. Nowhere else is there so complete a gathering of new '
FALL AND WINTER MERCHANDISE.
The cream of Fabric Production, Perfection of Garments and costumes, Ilivor-
sily‘ of Seasonable Merchandise.
'OUR FAMOUS .
GLOAK ROOM
l5 Boucle Jackets, all sizes, $5.00
12 Plush Capes, - - 3.50 ~
10 Cloth Capes. - - | .98
10 Irish Freize Jackets - 7,98
15 Freize Boucle Jackets, | | .98
10 Boucle capes, strapped, 4.50
10 Kersey Capes, fine quality, 5,50
10 Boucle fur trimmed Capes, 3,50
12 fine Kersey Jackets, green, tau and
black, ‘ | 4-98 .
We have the largest stock of Jackets
and Capes in Connecticut.
11 in. Coney Collarettes, - 6.98
13 “ Electric “ 9.98
Electric Seal Capes, - | 8.50
Coney Capes, - - - 7 .50
Astrakau Capes, - -' - 25.00
TIME TO CHANGE YOUR. UNDERWEAR.
The weather tells the need 'of warmer.underclothiug. We have all kinds as cheap as
We also keep as fine qualities as anybody wants.
kind, we do not keep. If you want lhis kind, we are not going to help you throw your money
The list below will give you an idea about What can be found in our
The trashy
anteel nu-ishriuking, made of finest
grade _wool, sold everywhere at $1.25
our prlee, - - - $1.00
Ladies’.white wcnl ribbed Vests and
Pants, long and short sleeves, the 75c
quality at - _ - - - 57c
_Men’s gray and white merino and
ribbed fleeced lined Underwear worth
75c, all sizes at - - - ' 50c“
In case
You should be insured.
of F ire
lH BflSlflN sum. for. Main and Wall 33.
A POINTER
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ance Company. Glassgwill break and burglars use dynamite.
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