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orders received at E.P. Weed’s Drug Store.
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Instructions given in
BOXING
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CLASS_
Now fo.ming, and ap-
plicants desiring to
join should apply at'
once to
Prof. Geo. Yoerger,
South: Norwalk,
or at this office.
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can AUNT BETESY.
typical Characters “'hom Everybody in
( ottonville Knows.
Aunt Betsy, writes Wallace P. Reed,
.9 the Chicago Times-Herald, is a. priv-
ileged character in Cottonville, where
she is a leader in church or society cir-
cles among the colored people. She is
shrewd and thrifty, and has accumu-
lated enough property for her support.
When my attention was first at-
tracted to Aunt Betsy she was quar-
relling in the kitchen of my boarding
house with the landlady over some
wretched looking peaches she was try-
ing to sell. ‘0.
The old woman was very proud of
being a. “Ferginny niggah,” and her
tongue wagged freely when she was
talking to her white neighbors. On
this occasion my landlady felt it nec-
essary to speak very plainly about the
peaches, and she finally shcceeded in
getting them at about double their
value.
Then the old woman’s brown and
wrinkled face assumed an expressiOn
of serene satisfaction, and she “began
to talk to a little colored boy who had
been listening open-mouthed to the
war of words. The boy was one of
the house servants, and Aunt Betsy
did not want him to think that there
had been any unpleasantness.
“Yer heerd me,” she said, shaking
her bony forefinger impressively at
him. “Yer heerd me. an’ yer heerd
Miss May. Now, some foolish pussons
mought think thet Miss May wuz
a-quarlin’ wid me. But she wuzzan’t.
Nottertall, nottertall. Yer see, hit’s
jist a way Miss May has. Hit’s all on
account of her noble voice. Dar’s
whar, all de utrubbul comes in. She
jist lets out her noble voice when she
talks, an’ folks think she’s quarlin’.
Lor’ bless yer, boy, I know’s better.”
“Are you going to town?” asked
Miss May, with a. view to changing
the subject.
. “Yassum, terreckly. I’se got ter git
some redemption milk and some con-
secrated lye.”
“What does she mean?” I whispered.
“Condensed milk and concentrated
lye,” was the answer in a low tone.
Aunt Betsy heard us, and her black
eyes snapped viciously.
“People neenter think thet they’s got
mo’ sense than me jist ’cause ther
skins is white,” she said. And with
this parting shot she started off.
It so happened that I walked to
town a short distance behind her, and
all along the road I could hear her
singing in a jubilant and almost tri-
umphant voice. The words of her
song, repeated many times over, ran
as follows:
Oh, my Re—deemah. great Jehovah!
Bin a-brekin of de bread,
An’ a-drinkin of .de wine,
Fer fo’ thousan yeahsl
Oh, my Re-deemah, Oh, sweet Jesus’
Bin a-drinkin’ of de wine,
An’ a—breakin’ of de bread,
Fer three thousan’ yeahs!
“Aunt Betsy,” I shouted, “why do'
you first say four thousand years, and
then drop to three thousand years?”
“Oh, I don’t mind whut white folks
say,” she replied. “Some of ’em ain’t
got no mo’ sense than my old man
Buster.”
Electricity at Play.
Electricity has become so powerful
an agent in the great achievements of
the nineteenth century, that its equally
wonderful successes along minor lines
are in danger of being eclipsed. In the
lighter matters of life, however, elec-
tricity“ is a‘ valuable servant, and its
results are often as fascinating as they
are wonderful.
A dish. of ordinary jelly can by no
means cdmpete in attractiveness with
the concoction of the same name in
whichelectricity performs an import-
ant function. The dish, hidden be-
neath a silver cover, and still further
shaded by a skillful arrangement of
flowers, cannot fail to be a brilliant ob-
ject when the cover is suddenly re-
moved and the transparent jelly is dis-
closed to view, bright, glowing, ablaze
at its very centre, where an electric
light is ingeniously placed so that its
rays shine through the jelly in every
direction.
More wonderful still was a table or—
nament once displayed by Edison. It
was an aquarium containing goldfish,
every one of which was a living light.
The tiny fishes were all ablaze within,
and their delicate bodies showed clear—
ly the details of their anatomy. Each
had been induced to swallow a tiny
electric lamp connected with a dyna-
mo by a hairlike wire passing out of its
mouth.
Apples Shipped in Boxes.
Apples still go in nearly every sea«
going vessel that leaves this port, and
not all in barrels, for Mr. R. W. Shep:
herd is sending lots of boxes packed
like eggs.‘ They have been grown in
his own orchards at Como, where he se-
lects the suitable kinds for the English
and Scotch‘markets. They bring bet-
ter pricesdone up in this way than
they do in barrels, and the quality is
better adapted for family use. (The
shippers prefer the boxes to the, bar-
rels, as there is no space lost with the
boxes, and they pack better. A box
contains about 200 apples, and a barrel
nearly 500 of the ordinary size. The
box costs wholesale 40 cents, with a
paper compartment for each apple.
His Royal Highness, the Prince of
Wales, having received Fameuse ap-
ples from Mr. Shepherd some time ago,
ordered another lot recently, and they
were shipped in the cold storage com-
partment of the new Dominion Liner
Canada on Saturday last. The fruit
was the very best obtainable, being
the largest, reddest, and most perfect
specimens that could be selected from
about a thousand trees, and will do
credit to this Province and the wlirtr
Dominion.
cacauveo BY A MIRAGE.
The Experience of i. Thirsty Traveler on a
Western Desert.
John Wickersham'of Los Angeles,
who, for some months past, has been
riding an Indian pony in the North-
west, partly for his health and partly
while prospectng for gold, has re-
turned here on his way home. He says
there is a stretch of desert lying be-
tween the Columbia River and what
is known as Coulee‘City, in the Moses
Coulee of the Big Bend country in
Washington, that enormously surpass-
es in dreariness anything that he has
ever before seen. '
“It was while I was lost on this des-
ert that I saw a beautiful lake before
me.‘ It could not have been more than
a mile away and came suddenly in
view. I wondered that I had not seen
it before. As I rode toward it I saw
that some willows were growing on the
opposite side of it, and to my right was
some waving green grass. At the time
a refreshing breeze swept over my
face. I thought I would soon have
plenty of water and pushed forward
as fast as I could toward it.
“Strange to say, my pony showed no
energy, and I was surprised at this,
for you know that a horse half fam-
ished as mine was can scent water
,even if it is ten miles away, and as
| .
this was in full sight I could not make
out what the trouble was. I urged the
pony forward and must have ridden
a mile in this way, and still the lake '
drew no nearer. I had thought that
in the distance I saw wild fowl on the
lake, and my perplexity increased; sud-,
denly it‘ dawned on me that this was,
no fake, but that it was a mirage,
which in truth it was. Then I made
all possible haste to'retrace my steps,
but the pony was nearly fagged out.
"‘By dint of great exertion I man-
aged to get him back over the plains,
and at last, after two days of strug-
gling, I reached a little house about
five miles from Coulee City, where a
lonely rancher had inclosed a little
piece of ground and dug a well. There
I got water, was enabled to recuper-
ate, and at length pushed on to the
railroad. Talk about frightful stretch-
es of country, that is the most grew-
some and weirdly fearful of any that
i ever saw. I want no more experi-
ence like the one I have just had. Even
gold would not tempt me to go again
into a country like that.”—~San Francis-
co Call. ‘
NOVEL IMPORTATION METHODS.
How it. Happens that Japanese Fans and
Toothpicks are So Cheap.
It has often been a matter of won-e
der to Americans that articles of- Jap-
anese manufacture, such as toothpicks
and fans, could be sold at such low
prices. The small fans are sold at a
cent a piece, while the dainty little
toothpicks command the same price per
bundle.
When one examines either of these
products and speculates upon the
amount of labor that must be spent
to make them in any quantity, the
natural inference is that the well-
known smallness of Japanese wages
contains the explanation. Such skilled
workers as watchmakers get but a tri-
fle more than a dollar a week for their
services, and the less skilled and more
mechanical trades command a pittance
that to_ our Western ideas seems in-
credibly small. Q.
But small as the wages of the Jap~
anese worker may be, there are con-
siderations that indicate at once that
some other cause must be found. There
is a duty on both the articles mention-
ed, and in addition to this it-must be
remembered that Japan is a good piece
away, and that in the natural course,
freights would give 'a considerable
price in the markets to articles that
were without cost in the Orient.
A visit to several Japanese import‘
ing houses, which deal exclusively in
fine Satsuma and other native wares
and in Japanese curios, revealed the
secret of the prices at which the small
wares could be offered here. The large
vases, which form the staple import
of the concerns called upon, require
the most careful packing, lest on their
long journey they come to grief; and
here is where the toothpicks and fans
not only work their passage but legally
escape duty. Packed in and around
the vases are many thousands of these
articles, and by this use they lose their
character as merchandise and become
merely so much “packing.”—Jewellers‘
Review.
Short Skirts in the Treasury,
Freedom, which shrieked when Kos-
ciusko fell, is shouting with delight
in the Bureau of Engraving and Print-
ing in the Treasury Department at
Washington. '
The unappreciative Chief of the Bu-
reau had prohibited the girls employed
there from going to their business at
the office in short skirts or bicycle
dresses. The inartistic official is the
enemy of bloomers and knickerbock-
ers. A ballet is his abomination. As
many of the girls are bicyclists, the
order caused almost a rebellion in the
department. _
Yesterday it was reversed and fiber
ty was given the women employees to
appear in abbreviated skirts, bloomers,
knickerbockers or any other new wo-
man costume they might think it
proper to adopt. The girls are, of
course, delighted, and with the excep~
tion of a few from Chicago, are hold-
a jubilee over their victory and per-
forming skirt dances and practising
high kicking on the sly in leisure mo-
ments all over the building.
an Johnny Bull Wants. '
“Aw, what part of the Turkey do
you prefer?” asked the carver.
“Give me,” replied Johnny Bull, “a
couple of drumsticks, a wing or two,
some of the white meat. and a lot of
the stuffing.” '
,I-n curing com .1
sum tion there‘s
nothmglike taking
Time by the {ore-
lock. Doctors say
consumption can’t
be cured; they
2'” have arguments to
they see it cured ‘
right under their
face and eyes by
Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery,
they admit that there’s something wrong
about their arguments and something
wonderful about the “Discovery." It.
isn’t miraculous. It won’t cure every
case; but it cures a suprisingly large per-
centage of cases ; even when the patient
is pretty far gone with a bad cough, and
bleeding from the lungs, and reduced al-
most to a shadow. Consumption 13 a'
blood disease. The lungs want a fresh
supply of pure rich blood and plenty of
it ; that is what .the “Golden Medical Dis.
covery” gives them. It is a blood-maker.
It gives the blood -making functwns
power to produce a large quantity of the
nourishing red corpuscles which make
healthy lure-giving blood. Tlusstops the
wasting; drives out the impurities; heals
the ulceration and be 'ns a rapid build-
ing-up process, of 5011 , substantial flesh
and v1tal energy. . >
It isn’t only consumptives who need
the “ Discovery.” It cures every form of
chronic blood-disease and all scrofulous
and eruptive affections.
MR. Isaac E. DOWNS, of Spring Valley, Rack-
and County. N. Y., writes: " Iforrthree-years I
had suffered from that terrible disease, consump-
tion, and heart-discese. pefore taking Doctor
Pierce's Golden Medical Dtscovery I ha wasted
away to a skeleton; could not sleep nor rest, and
many times wished to die to be put of my misery.
Step by step. the signs and realities of returning
health slowly but surely developed themselves ~
while taking the “Discove ." Today I tip the
scales at one-hundred—and ghty-seven, and am
well and strong. The ‘ Golden Medial Discov-
cry' has also cured my daughter of 3;. ve bad
ulcer located on the thigh. After trying a most
eve hin without success we purchased three
bott es of your ‘ Discovery’ which healed it
perfectly." Yours truly,
2,461.46. 5 firm 0
CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK,
26 WALL 811, N OB WALK.
CORPORATED SEPT. 1. 1876.
CAPITAL. ' I D ' I. I 3100.001:
GEORGE M. HOLMEs. President.
E. L. BOYEB, Vice-President.
WILLIAM A. CURTIS. Cashier:
DIRECTORS :
GEORGE M. HOLMES.
P. L. CUNNINGHAM, J. T. Pnowrrr
E. L. Bonn, S. H. Honours.
J . CousINs. J n.
Ilisoountgllay, Saturdav.
DAVID . w. RAYMOND
Funeral Director aunt Entaluor
39 Washington StreetJSoulh Norwalk
Residence. Mahackemo Hotel.
H: E. DAWN,
one unzunre
.. prove it. Butwhen .
Department.
WORD
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WISE
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Manuiamm.
ers, Lodges and Someone:-
will consult their own inner
est-s by giving us a call.
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work to do, write, to us.
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— Our
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in
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Instruments.
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take and we are.
hurt.
That is the Reason
Why
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ARE WHAT THEY ARE.
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Let , us build you a piano to match you.
Iurniture. Come'and see our factory.
Pianos Sold uni Easy Terms and Old lines Taken in
Exchange. factory: Pacific Sh? Stamford.
_ A Hind Bar-gainer. v
She-fpers in one of the big- Chicago
stores last bargain day curiously
watched the movements of a blind wo~~
man at the dress goods counter. She
was about 30 years old, her face show-
ing great intelligence and refinement.
She was richly dressed for the street
and a girl about 20 years old accom-
panied her. ' .
The blind woman examined the fab-
rics placed before her by passing them
through her hands. She depended up-
on 1-:r own sense of touch, apparently,
for she seldom spoke to her companion
and then only in answer to questions.
She appeared to be quite critical, and
before she made her selection the
counter was piled high with patterns
of -all kinds. ».
After she had examined a large num-
ber of pieces, she took up one of the
first that had been shown her and de -
cided to buy it. A
When the clerk had measured it she
verified the length herself by meas-
uring it with her outstretched arms.
Seemingly satisfied that the piece con-
tained as much as she had bargained
for, she took a transfer ticket and went
to the counter where trimmings are
sold. There she selected the material!
with which to finish her dress, exam-
ining the laces and other delicate fabu
rics most critically.
After the blind woman had left the
store the floor manager said her shop-
ping was not an unusual thing. She
was but one of the many blind cue
tomers who came into the store regs
ularly. This woman, he said, was not
only able to make. the nicest discrimi.
nation in the matter of trimmings, but
so delicate was her touch she could of-
ten distinguish colors. He added,
however, that she never depended en-
tirely upon her touch in matching
shades, but verified her selections
with the eyes of the uclerk and her
companion—Chicago Tribune.
Trained Chamel'e-ons.
The Washington Evening Star says
much has been written about the -
beauty, the stupidity and the vicious-
ness of the lizard tribe, and I want to
say a word about the intelligence of
the chameleon, a little reptile belong-
ing to the great lizard family, and in
size the antipodes of the alligator, its
big brother.
The incident I now relate came un-
der my personal observation, and
demonstrates that the chameleon is
susceptible of education and can be
ranked with animals classed much
higher in the scale of intellectual de-
velopment.
Miss Henrietta Keene, a little lady
of 12 years, living in Philadelphia,
was- presented with two Florida
chameleons, and she at once began
instructing and educating her pets.
By continued gentleness and kind-
ness she won their confidence, and at
her call they would raise their heads,
listen, and then come running quickly.
’ Soon they responded to their names—
Brinton and baby—and nodded their
little heads knowingly.
She then taught them to stand up
on their hind legs and put their little
fore paws together and stand in the
attitude of prayer, looking solemn and
closing their eyes. At a signal they
would quickly prostrate themselves,
roll over on their backs and pretend
to be dead, lying without motion un-
til told to rise and embrace. which
they would do with every sign of joy.
Fanle Didn’t Bother Bin).
Shakespeare never took any trouble
to hand himself down to fame and
posterity, says the London Chronicle.
Superbly indifferent to renown, writ--
ing only as the sun shines and the
winds blow, because it was the work
he was created for, he dashed oif
those marvelous productions, and
when they had accomplished their ob-
ject of paying his current expenses
and pleasing the public of his time he
retired to Stratford-on-Avon, utterly
careless, as it seems, whether his
splendid plays lived in the memories
of men or died out of recollection.
It was part of his royal and lofty na-
ture, this large indifference, so grand-
ly contrasted with modern yearning
to be advertised, the latter-day ache to
be lauded and remembered.
German Stupidity. /
The Boston Transcript tells a good
story about a consignment of goods
made in Germany to a Boston china
store. A representative had ordered
in that country a variety of goods,
and among them a lot of cups, which ,
are beautifully labelled, “To My
Brother,” “To a. Friend,” andso on
through the list Of human relations.
He had ordered with, the rest a lot of
mustache cups. "They were well and
duly made, but great was his aston-
ishment when the consignment are
rived to find the greater number of
the cups so contrived to protect the
' bevera,,e against the masculine hir-
sute adornment labelled thus: “To My
Sister,” “'i‘o My Mother,” “To My
Wife,” “To My Betrothedl”
Among the Shades.
“Brigham". observed Socrates to the
late head of the Mormon Church,
“I’ve been thinking a great deal about
you lately, and, really, 1' think you
played in great luck."
“How so?” asked Young.
ing seventeen wives?”
“Not by a long shot!”. cried Socrates.
“Seventeen Xantippes? Great Scott,
no! But you lived at a convenient
time. Suppose you’d lived thirty years
later during the bicycle craze. It
would have cost you $1,700 to provide
wheels for Mrs. Young.”
“In hav-
,—
One on Him. ‘
Deacon Goodman (to small boy cry— '
ing)—What’s the matter, my hey?
Boy-I’ve just lost ten cents.
D. G.-Well, don’t cry, here’s an-
other; but how did you lose it?
'Boy—Matching pennies—Yale Bec-
ore-
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