Cats on Guard for Uncle Sam.
Uncle Sam’s oflicial New York cat
family is in the General Post Office.
There are half a hundred faithful fe‘
line employes of the United States gov—
ernment there. and the monthly appro-
priation for their support is $5.
money goes to an Ann street restaurant
keeper, who furnishes the bill of fare.
The duty of the four footed servants
of the administration is to keep the big
Post Office building free from rats and
mice. Theiremission is an important
one.
The sweet gum on postal cards,
newspaper wrappers and envelopes.
cost the government much mon-
ey and trouble before the cat system of
protection was perfected. Now the
animals are recognized as an indis:
pensable adjunct. They are an inter-
esting family. Their headquarters are
in the basement of the Federal build-
ing, where they wander at will. Some-
times one is promoted on civil service
rules—sent to the Registered Letter
Department—but the salaries remain
unchanged.
,The- dinner hour is at four o'clock
each afternoon, when a basket full of
oysters, pork, chops, shad roes, ham
and remnants of other food arrives
from the Ann street restaurant. Cook,
who feeds the“ cats, has been
thirty years in the employ of the gov-
ernment, and every cat in the building
loves him. When he has arranged the
daily meal on rows of pans he sounds
a long, shrill whistle. Then from un-
der counter and behind boxes and bar-
rels and mail bags and newspaper
cases spring a mob of gaunt felines,
from whose impetuosity Cook seeks
escape in the upper story of the build-
mg.
ne' Played rodtoau.
Frank Maltby, a conductor on the
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
railroad, received a telegram dated
Buffalo, N. Y, from a woman passen-
ger on the way to an Eastern city, to
look out for a package containing $12,-
200, which she had lost on a sleeping
car on his train. He remembered see-
ing a package similar to the one de-
scribed, and which he thought con-
tained a pair of overshoes wrapped in
a paper, and had played football with
it, kicking it under a car-seat. Upon
receipt of the telegram he recovered
the package and sent it by express to
the owner. whose name he refused to
divulge.
College Smokers Go Down Foot.
Prof. Fiske, official physician at
Yale, gives as a page from his experi
once, that of a. class of 147 student‘
the 77 who did not use tobacco sac"-
passcd the 70 who did by 10 per cent
increase in weight, 24 per cent, in-
crease in height, 26 per cent increase
in chestgirth, and 77 per cent in lung
capacity. The highest fourth of the
class in scholarship were almost all
nonsmokers, and the lowest fourth
almost all smokers—Philadelphia
Times.
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ub your poor, tired feet
with
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instantly. Strained or
over-worked muscles,
chafings, 'or any soreness
or stiff ness—-they’re all
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way.
It’s the best remedy for
Sprains, Piles, '
Rheumatism, catarrh,
Heuralgia, Sore Throat,
Burns, Bails,
Bruises, Skin Diseases.
Two sizes, 25 and so cents.
At druggists, or by mail.
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is what an eminent painter once replied,
when asked with what be mixed his colors.
We might make the same reply if atked
with what we mixed our flour, to make
our crackers so famous. 3,000,000 pounds
of our LUNCH MILK BISCUITS alone sold
{asghyear show their popularity. But in
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proved it by 32 years’ experience. Ypu
can prove it by the bake of a. batch of bus-
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THE'EVENING GAZETTE.’ _, " .
UNPREUE_D_E_N_IED GAIN.
Thousands Added to the Number Who
Are Able to Buy Supplies.
A SPBCULATIVE REACTION.
B. G. Dun &. Co.'s \Veekly Review of
Trade Tells of a Very Promising Con-
dition In the “'orld of Business.
The Failures of the Week.
NEW YORK, Nov. 21.—P- G. Dun & Co. ’5
weekly review of trade sa ‘: _
The gain in volume of business contil’r
aes entirely without precedent. More than
390‘establishments have started work since
the election which were idle, and at least
800 have increased working force, making
690 concerns which are known to have
added largely to the number of hands at
work, and these are only part of the whole
number. Every day thus adds thousands
to the number of those who are able to buy
a week’s supplies and to make up gradual-
ly for many months of enforced economy.
Already this brings great increase in the
volume of business, and the clearing house
exchanges, for the first time in several
years, not only exceed those of last year by
10 per cent, but also exceed those of the
same week in 1892 by 9 per cent. Business
men are all anxious to prevent anything
like the fictitious exxcitement of last sum-
mer, and in nearly all branches an excess-
ive rise in prices is prevented. But with
more hands at work there is inevitably a.
greater demand for supplies, materials and
products.
The speculative markets have been re-
acting, which is also natural. Wheat had
risen with wonderful rapidity, so that ex-
ports had been checked by the higher prices,
but after a, fall of 3% cents there began a.
recovery, and the price closed 1% cents
lower for the week. It appears that Pacific
exports of wheat, flour included, were
nearly 3,000,000 bushels larger, July 1 to
Nov. 1, than last year, and all other ex-
ports about 15,800,000 bushels larger, or
more than 50 per cent, and in November
Atlantic exports have been 4,494,106 bush-
els, flour included, against 4, 763,745 last
year. The demand for freight room, both
here and on the Pacific coast, is still so
large as to disclose an extraordinary for-
eign demand. Western receipts for the.
month thus far have been only 14,796,888
bushels against 23,398,311 last year, but
the visible stocks continue to increase, al-
though the milling returns slightly exceed
those of the last or any previous year.
Cotton’s Decline.
Cotton has declined from 8 to 7.69 cents
in spite of the starting of many cotton
mills, and the controlling fact for the mo-
ment is that reports of a. yield smaller
than 8,000,000 bales are now entirely dis-
credited. The quantity coming into sight
has exceeded last year’s by 820,000 bales,
and it is not: expected that the decrease in
the remaining months of the year will
bring the aggregate below 8,500,000. The
export demand does not abate, although
temporarily checked while prices were
above 8 cents, and the increase of $9,400,-
000 in value of cotton exported in October
contributed more than any other single
item to make the aggregate exceed that'of
the same month in any previous year.
In 1891, when all Europe was scram-
bling for American wheat, the value of all
exports was in one month, December,
about $7,000,000 larger than last month,
but: in no other month has that record ever
been exceeded, and it is noteworthy, with
the increase above named in cotton, and
increase of $7,600,000 in breadstufi‘s, and
$1,400,000 in provisions and oil, there was
still an increase of $8,400,000 in miscel~
laneous products. In November thus far
the gain in New York exports has been 21
per cent and for the last week 40 per cent,
tholatest week having been the largest on
recbrd since the second week of October,
1890, while imports were 17 per cent
smaller than last year for the week and
25 per cent smaller for the month thus far.
Under such circumstances, in spite of
heavy payments on loans abroad, the move-
ment of gold this way would undoubtedly
be resumed if foreign buying of American
securities should set in.
Securities Disappoint.
The course of securities has been disap-
pointing for the moment because of con-
tinued realizing by American and foreign
holders and because multitudes refuse to
see that. the reported earnings refer to an-
cient history. In November thus far the
earnings have been 14.1 per cent smaller
than last year and 14.3 per cent smaller
than in 1892, but the decrease was much
less in the second week of the month, and
the east bound tonnage from Chicago in
two weeks of November has been 143,158
against 144,552 last; year and 123,436 tons
in 1892. The money market has caused no
disturbance, and rates have tended stead-
ily lower. The treasury has been gaining
in reserve, and the excess of receipts of
money over shipments to the interior has
been about $4,000,000. For the time mon-
ey returns to this center as rapidly as it
went out in the days of apprehension and
boarding.
In a. transition period industries record
gains slowly, but; the slight decline in
prices of bessemer pig iron and of finished
products of iron and steel is partly due to
realizing on speculative purchases before
the election and partly to the selling of
nails by jobbers below the combination
price. For most manufactured products of
iron there is a better demand and a. slow
advance in prices. Shipments of boots and
shoes for three weeks of November have
been 183,027 cases against 174,178 last
year and 225,281 in 1894, but; while the
works have orders for some time ahead
neither manufacturers nor dealers are dis-
posed to do much because of the uncertain-
ty about prices, those of boots and shoes
being about; 11 per cent above the lowest;
point, leather 16.3 per cent; and hides 51.4
per cent, the latter again rising at Chicago.
Failures for the week have been 344 in
the United States against 320 last year
and 40 in Canada against 42 last year.
Trolley Lines “'orked by Niagara.
BUFFALO, Nov. 21.——-Yesterday the trol-
ley cars of two lines operated by the Buf-
falo Railway company were propelled by
power from the falls. The practical test
was a. complete success in every way. To-
day the same lines and one or two others
Were operated.
Henry Watterson Coming Home.
LONDON, Nov. 21.-—Among the saloon
passengers who will sail from Southamp-
ton for New York on board the steamship
St. Paul tomorrowa'rc Mr. Henry Wattcr-
son and wife, General Herman Stump and
Mrs. Jesse Seligman and daughters.
M. Henri Meilhnc Seriously Ill.
PARIS, Nov. 21.-—M. Henri Meilhac, the
dramatic author and member of the acad~
cmy, is dangerously ill.
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Prince Lobanofi‘s Successor.
P._ARIS,'Nov. 20.-—A dispatch to Le Fi-
garo from~ St. Petersburg says that; M,
Shishkine, the acting minister for foreign
affairs, has been appointed minister for
foreign afiairs in succession to the late
Prince Lobanofi' Rostovsky.
An Argentine Sugar Tax Ind Bounty.
BUENOS AYRES, Nov. flu—The chamber
of deputies has passed a. bill placing an in-
ternal tax of 6 centavos (a. little less than
6 cents) per kilogram on sugar and pro-
viding for a bounty of 12 centavos on ex.»
ported sugar.
The Russian Grain Product.
Moscow, Nov. 20.—-According to the
official report, the yield of the principal
cereals in , 50 governments of European
Russia and the Caucasus in 1896 is 16,250,-
000 quarters below the average of the last
13 years.
Internal Tax on Sugar.
Bunxos AYRES, Nov. 20.—The chamber
of deputies has passed a. bill placing an in-
ternal tax of 6 centavos per kilogram on
sugar and providing for a bounty of 12
centavos on exported sugar.
Mothn‘, Have Your; Baby .9
If so, get from your druggist to-day for
25cabottle of Dr. Hand’s Colic Cure.
Every baby often has distressing colic.
Dr. Hand’s Colic Cure gives immediate
relief by removing wind from the
stomach and quieting the nerves, giving
restful sleep. Mother, think of the
worry and anxiety this saves you. If
your baby is teething Dr. Hand’s Teeth-
ing Lotion for 250 soothes and relieves
all pain. Sold by all druggists.
Annie Gill Roach who attempted su'-
cide by taking carbolic acid is now suf-
fering from an attack of pneumonia.
Mother’s Find Nothing Egual to Dr.Hand’s
Colic Cure;
WATERBURY Conn., 4-2-’96—Hand
Medicine Coz—Dear Sits—”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.
A plate glass front is being put- in the
Quintard building at the foot of Mill
Hill.
Two Lives Sa ved,
Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of Junction City,
111. was told by her dOClurS she had Con-
sumption, and that there was no hope
for her, but two bottles of Dr. Kin g’s
New Discovery con ~,. letelycured her and
she says it saved I er 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, tnat prove the wonderful eflicacy
of this medicine in coughs and colds.
Free trial bottles-at E. P. VVeed’s Drug
Store, Norwalk and Monroe’s New (‘21-
naan. Regular size 50c. and $1.00.
Judge Hubbell fined Fred Fairchi‘ld
35 yesterday afternoon for assaulting
Charles Gehebe. He took an appeal
from the decision.
Old People,
Old people 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 acts as a tonic and alterative. It
acts mildly on then-stomach and bowels,
adding strength and giving tone to the
organs, thereby aiding Nature in the'
performance of the functions. Electrlc
Bitters is an excellent appetizer and aids
digestion. Old People find itjust exact-
ly what they need. Price fifty cents and
£51.00 per bottle at E. P. \Veed’s Drug
Store Norwalk and Monroe’s New (Ja-
mean.
The ladies of St. Mary’s church will
give a turkey supper and entertainment
at the Athenseum next Wednesday and
Thursday evenings.
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Relief in star flours.
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. Norwalk,
Conn.
Work is progressing on the new Cow-
Ies tomb at Riverside cemetery. One
of the granite roof-stones. and weighing
five tons was trucked through Wall
street: this morning. The load made
the tunnel covering crash as it passed
OVer the same.
Buckltn’s Arnlca Salve.
The Best SeJVein the world for Outs
Bruises, ,Sores, Ulcers. Salt ‘Bheum
Fever Sores, Tetter, Chopped Hands
Ohilblains, Corns and all Skin Erup
tions, and positivelycures Files, or no.
Payroquired. It is guaranteed to give
perfectsatisfaction,or money refunded
Price 25 cents per
E.P. Weed, Norwslk and Monroe, New
Canaan.
Lumberman and Councilman A. B.
Hill, has contracted to have his new
house hé-ited by the latest. and hes
improved hot water system. -
The Best for Children.
“I believe Chamberlain’s Cough Remedv
'is. the best for children I ever used. For
croup it is unequalled. It is a splendid seller
With us.-—T. M. ECKLES, Pl]. G", Llanager
\Vampum Pharmacy, Wampum, I’a.”
When used as soon as the first symptoms
appear, that is as soon as the child becomes
hoarse or even after the croupy cough has
appeared, it will prevent the attack. The
mothers of croupy children should bear this
in mind and always keep the remcdv at
hand. It is also the best remedy in‘ the
world for colds and whooping cough. For
sale at 25 and 50 cents per bottle by E. 4P.
k Weed, Druggist.
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THUNDER CLOUD AND HIS BRIDE.
Misséhashagan Falls in hove with 'a ‘slb'ux
2 _ . Brave, _
Hattie Hashagan, an artist, whose
decorative paintings have delighted
thousands at the art .exhibitionsuis
now Mrs. Thunder Cloud. She. has
married ,her Indian model, the. hand-
‘somest Warrior. of the Sioux tribe. He
is, "a, -big,,;_stalking brave, whose. face
and figure adorn many a canvas rep-
,i‘esenting life 99 .tile frontier. » ;
.__T,h_e .brideis romantic by. nature, as _
might; easily-,be, guessed. She. is .22
years old. Her eyes are black and, as
fascinating as dazzling gems. They
are 'curtained by dark, heavy lashes.
She has black hair, .worn in fluffy
style, a' lithe figure, rather small, and
:1. face plump enough not to be angu-
ar. ' ‘ ’ '
Thunder Cloud was lucky from the
time he was big enough to bend a how.
He lived in luxury until he was 20
years old, and then attached himself ,
to a Government surveying party. He
met Buffalo Bill, and was one Of the
first redskins brought out of the We'St
by him. He was with the show in Eu-
rope, and was the most admired of
the redskins who appeared before the
nobility. '
Thunder Cloud is as straight as an
arrow, thick set and has Indian fea-
tures. He allows his jet-black hair to
fall over his shoulders, and. takes
pride in his appearance. He has
piercing eyes, a brighter face than
most Indians, and is a remarkably
handsome red man, not only in the
opinion of Mrs. Thunder Cloud, but of
many New York artists. ‘
While employed by Buffalo Bill,
Thunder Cloud posed occasionally for
artists. A few years ago he adopted
that business. «He bought a stock "of
tomahawks, war paints, bows and ar-
rows, buckskin suits, Indian dancing
costumes, and everything an artist
would want in a picture. This made
him valuable as a model. He added
to his income by selling Indian relics.
Miss Hashagan heard of Thunder
Cloud through a water color exhibited
by Otto Wix, in which the Indian
brave was the central figure. It was
two years ago. She was then 20, just
out of art school, and the noble red
man excited her enthusiasm. She
pleaded with her mother to let her
paint him. Mrs. Hashagan finally con-
sented. She and her daughter were
living in Miss Hashagan’s studio, and
there Thunder Cloud posed for his
brid ..--to-bc.
The marriage ceremony was per—
formed by the Rev. Henry St. George
Young, an Episcopal rector. In the
bride’s studio in New York. Thunder
Cloud adorned the walls in advance
with tomahawks, bows, arrows, pipes
of peace, buckskin clothes, eagle
feathers, war bonnets and everything
to be viewed in a. warrior’s wigwam.
In a conspicuous place there was a sil-
ver medal his grandfather, Trohak-
wente, received for gallant conduct in
a. frontier battle. A war bonnet, made
by Thunder Cloud, was given the place
of honor.
The wedding took place in the even-
ing. The witnesses Were Otto Wix,
whose water color.- had started the
courtship, and Ella. Mockridge. The
bride wore a pretty costume of white
silk, with orange blossoms. Thunder
Cloud ignored the traditions of his
forefathers, and appeared in a. frock
coat, over the shoulders of which his
jet black hair fell in a glossy mass.
To Stop Bicycle Thieves.
The popularity of the bicycle in all
classes of society has been the means
toward the development of many and
varied inventions appertaining to the
two wheeler. The device suggested
by a- young bicycle enthusiast who
had the misfortune recently to lose
his bicycle, which he had left in front
of an office building while he entered
to execute a commission, has the nov-
elty of being absolutely original, and
also of putting to practical use one of
Wizard Edison’s most complicated in-
ventions. .
This device he has named the “bicy-
cle stop thief,” ’and if the apparatus
actually works asthe young inventor
contends that it can be made to do, it
’will do away almost entirely with bi-
cycle thefts. The young man has af-
fixed a miniature phonograph to his
bicycle directly under the saddle. The
phonograph is enclosed in a square
box, and the apparatus only weighs
two pounds and a half. In the centre
of the box is the tin foil cell upon
which he has imprinted the words
“Stop thief!” many times. A wire con-
nects with the rear wheel of the bicy-
cle, and with that the apparatus is
complete.
When the young man enters a build-
ing he presses a button, and his thief
catcher-is set.‘ When the thief, who
is always near by, to take advantage of
any careless person leaving a bicycle
on the sidewalk, jumps into the saddle
and starts to ride away. he is stopped
by a voice which shouts apparently
behind him, “Stop thief! Stop thief?l
The faster he rides the wheel the
louder the. voice pursues him, until
finally the thief in disgust vaults off
the wheel and leaves it to its fate. A"
pressure of the-button by the owner,
and the mechanism is detached and
the wheel runs smoothly. The young
inventor intends to apply for a patent.
as soon as he has the contrivance per-
fected.
Sarcasm.
Sarcasm generally doesn’t pay, un-
less it be of the pleasant kind used by
an Irishman to his employer—a coal
dealer—who proposed to discharge
him because "he couldn’t learn any-
thing.”
“Well, I’ve learned ode thing since
I’ve been with you,” said Pat.
“What’s that?” ‘ -
. “That eighteen hundred make a ton.“ *
Pat was retained.
Norwalk Chronicler