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The results of a bombardment by modern warships are exhibited in the ruins of the palace and forts of Zan- zibar. plaCe since the bombardment of Alex- andria, fourteen years ago, and as that is a period more than sufficient for warships to becomeobsolete, the Zan- zibar incident may be considered the first illustration of the powers of the ships of to-day. In less than forty minutes the ab- solute ruin depicted by the photographs reproduced in the Sunday Journal was efiected. The palace and the forts of His Imperial Majesty the Sultan of Zanzibar were in that time reduced to dust and broken stones. . It was child’s play for the British warships engaged. -. ~ '3. - f'e . "r === ZANZIBAR’S WRECKED CASTLE. A few months ago this Sultan, by name Mohammed bin Thwain, died. The succession is not fixed in Orien- tal as in European countries, and in accordance with tradition Seyyid Kha- lid gin Bhargash, his cousin and most powerful near relation, seized the throne. He also set the garrisons of the palace and forts in order and pre- pared to rule with a strong band. This did not suit the English, who appointed Seyyid Hamoud, another cousin of the late Sultan and their obedient servant, to the throne. Two British cruisers, the Racoon and the Philomel, were on the scene and ordered the new Sultan to get out. He refused very defiantly to do so. The English ships waited for the St. George, a powerful battleship, and the flagship on the South African station, and for the cruisers Thrush and Spar- row. The Sultan hurled defiance at his foes. Precisely at the hour fixed the ships opened fire. The Racoon had the first shot, and struck one of the tow- ers of the palace with a shot from one of her six-inch guns. Instantly the S111- tan’s plucky gunners replied from all quarters. But the missiles either mis- sed or failed to injure the ironclad. The five British ships then began an incessant cannonade. Twelve-inch, six-inch and small rapid-fire guns poured a destructive fire on the antique Zanzibar fortifications. The walls crumbled away steadily. -It was no great feat of arms on .the part of the British, but it is claimed that their marksmanship was good. For exactly thirty-seven minutes the shower of shot was poured on the pal- ace. The British fired 1,382 shells. The Sultan and his soldiers were then obliged to run. They had stuck to their places until only a few pieces of tottering walls were left. “The terrible results of the bom- bardment were seen on going ashore,”' writes a correspondent who was pre- sent. “The Palace square was strewn with wreckage. and 'anrid the debris lay the dead. some even in the burning matter. Everywhere were fragments ——here and there horrific protrusions—— which only Zola could describe. Five hundred were killwl and wounded— the greater part of 111» former. All Loyal to 1 “lug“. There was a touchirg scene at the conclusion of Senator .l. B. Gordon’s lecture on the “Last Days of the Con- federacy,” before the Lincoln Club of Rochester. General Gordon spoke for two and a half hours, under appeals to “Go on; go on.” In conclusion he said: “As I stand here to-night in your presence and in the presence of the great God who is the judge of us all, as the selected chief of all the living Confederate soldiers, I want to present to you my honor, the honor of all the living Confederates, the honor of a great people, that we are ready to join with you in waving aloft this proud banner [here he caught up the Ameri- can fiag from the table and held it above his head], and we join with you all who love this flag in saying that, by God’s help, there shall never come to it one blot or stain; that as long as the ages remain that flag shall be the most proud and potent emblem of hu- man freedom in all this world.” The large audience arose as one man and fairly went wild with enthusiasm. 01d soldiers, with empty sleeves and hobbling on crutches, rushed forward with tears streaming down their cheeks and greeted their former foe. General Gordon was much aifected. The Cream Was Bought. The other evening quite a chill was In the air, but George ventured out on Washington street with his girl. “The night is chilly,’ he said, with a little shiver. “If you were more warm- ly clad, I would ask you to have some ice cream.” ‘ “I am not at all cold; to be sure I might have thrown something heavier over my shoulders; but, Georgie, dear, think how warmly I am wrapped up in you.” At this George’s fears gave way,- and a few minuteslater a smartly dressed waiter was deferentially inclining his can—Roxbury Gazette. “Hello, Bluifly! You didn‘t get around last night to hear your wife’s excellent lecture. on the faith cure.” “No, I was laid up at home with the deli headache.”-Detroi~t Free Press. Nothing of the kind has taken p .-£I Preparations Are Completed For the Opening Next Week. LARGE APPROPRIATIONS. 'It Is Feared That the Usual Heavy Ex- penditures of "Last Sessions” Will Be Made — Chairmen Arriving and Getting Into Harness. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.—When the sen- ators and representatives gather in the capitol on Monday of next week for the Opening of the short session of congress, they will find everything in readiness for them. The entire building has been reno- vated and the halls of both houses cleaned and. the furniture repaired and put in order. The most important improvement is a new ventilating system in the senate Wing, which is expected to do away with the com- plaints made for so many years of the un- healthfulness of the air senators have been compelled to breathe. If the new system works as well as is expected. there is no part of the chamber that will not be sup- plied with perfectly fresh and healthful air. Another marked improvement is in the ~ lighting of the capitol grounds, where here- tofore a. few widely separated gaslights have only served to make the gloom more marked. These have been replaced with electric lights on ornamental posts, which make the grounds reasonably safe or pe- congress to provide an adequate watch force. ‘ Members of both houses are arriving in Washington on nearly every train and are locating their families for the winter. Vice President Stevenson is expected late this week and will be at the Normandie hotel, where he has lived since the commence- ment of his term of ofiice. Speaker Reed, his wife and daughter, will be at their old quarters in the Shoreham. Senator Sherman, who, as chairman of the committee on foreign relations, will have charge of the Cuban matter and all other foreign questions in the senate, has been for several weeks in his elegant home in K street, and most of his colleagues on this important committee have also ar- rived. Senator Hawley, chairman of the committee on military afi'airs, is here pm- paring to push to their final passage, if possible, the bills providing for the reor- ganization of the army and for the revision of the militia laws to make them conform with modern conditions. The Appropriation Chairman Dingley of the house commit- tee on ways and means and leader of the house is expected at the Hamilton House on Friday next. Chairman Cannon of the house committee on appropriations is ex- pected tomorrow, when the whole subject of appropriations at the coming session will be gone over and the various bills will be assigned to subcommittees. The clerks of the committee have already prepared the groundwork for the bills, and the com- hand by the time congress meets, so as to bring forward some of the most important appropriation bills early in the session. It is expected that the total appropria- tions for the session will be about the same as for the last session, notwithstanding the fact that there will be no river and harbor bill this year. Three very powerful influ- ences will be exerted, however, to keep the expenditures as low as possible. These will be Speaker Reed, Chairman Cannon and Representative Sayers, the leading Demo- crat on the committee on appropriations. One of the bills which are expected tobe fortifications bill. It is the established policy of the war department to push the work on fortifications up to the full limit of the facilities for doing the work proper- ly, and both houses of congress are disposed to support this policy, so that practically all the money asked for by Secretary La- mont will be appropriated. River and Harbor Works. On account of the delay of the war de- partment in entering into contracts for river and harbor work under the continu- ous contract provisions of the last river and harbor bill there will be comparatively little money required for these wor 's dur- ing the next fiscal year, and the sundry civil appropriation bill may not be much larger than last year. The naval bill will probably be somewhat larger, for the work now in progress will have to be provided for irrespective of any new vessels which may be authorized. The greatest pressure will be brought for the passage of bills authorizing new public buildings. There is scarcely a member of either house of congress who has not one or more such bills in which his constituents are interested, and he will push them with all his ability. Speaker Reed succeeded in keeping most of these bills back in the last session, but there was a great deal of complaint in consequence, and it is. not probable that he will be able at this session. The second session of a. congress is al- ways a difi‘icult one in which to keep down appropriations, and it is doubtful if all that Speaker Reed and his supporters can do will prevent the total for the session amounting to more than 8600, 000,000. —Aivertise in the Gamma. SUBSTITUTION , the FRAUD of the day. See you get Carter’s, Ask for Carters, Insist and demand Carter’s Little Liver Pills, The only perfect - Liver Pill. Take no other, Even if Solicited to do so. Beware of imitations Of Same Color Wrapper, RED. destrians, notwithstanding the failure of mittee expects to have its work Well in‘ larger this session than in the last is the ‘ to prevent the passage of a large number ‘ ‘t. Did you ever worn. . der what that heavy weight on one side of a locomotive- wheel was there for? Anyone-who under- stands mechanic! knows the need of a counter-balance to equalize power and keep the machinery , going withga steady even motion. With. out it the machinery would wrench itself out of shape. It is the same way With the machinery of the human-body : it needs to go on steadily and regularly to be in good health—not by fits and starts. The sudden wrenching medicines which peo- ple sometimes take to overcome cgnsti- pation, give a violent strain to the mice- tines which weakens them, so that the costiveness is afterwards worse than be— fore. . What costiv'e people need is a natural laxative like Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellet. which are powerful without bein vio- lent. They move the bowels gra ually and comfortably but surely. You can regulate the dose—one, two or three “ Pellets”—exactly as you need. They strengthen the intestines to do their own work, so that after their movements have become regular they keep on naturally of themselves. The “ Pleasant Pellets” gently stimu- late and invigorate the liver to throw off biliousness; and tone up the stomach to secrete the digestive juices, and over- come dyspepsia. The entire digestive, or alimentary, tract is put in motion in the regular“ steady way of nature and health. This is what makes the “ Pleas- ant Pelle ” so immensely superior to the numerous purging pills which wrench and weaken the system. Druggists may get more profit out of those other pills but you don’t. The “ Pleasant Pellets ” are tiny sugar- coated granules—4o or more in a little one-inch vial tightly corked, hence, al- ways fresh and reliable. Send 2: one-cent stamps to cover cost of mail- ing only, and get his cat book, The People‘s Common Sense Medical Adviser, absolutely Flinn. Address, World's Dispense Medical tion, No. 663 Main Street. Bu alo, N. Y. CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK. 346 WALL SIX, NORWALK. CORPORATED SEPT. 1. 1876. CAPITAL. - - - - - - $100.00C GEORGE M.Hor.mrs, President. E. L. Berna. Vice-President. WILLIAM A. Gnarls, Cashier: DIRECTORS : GEORGE lit. Roms, H. E. DARK. P. L. CUNNINGHAM. J. T. Pnowrr'r E. L. Born, 8. H. Human, J. Cousins. J 3. Discount Day, Saturdav- DAVID . W. RAYMOND Funeral Director and Emhrlrner 89 Washington Street 'South Norwalk Residence. Mahackemo Hotel. THnanleNGTGAzErTE. _". nonnr r‘oeoononnos. '.e' The enznrrn * rnrttrrne .- Department. A ‘ . were TO, \THE . wrsr Merchant-s, M anniam on. ere, Lodges and Secretion will consult their own inter ests by giving us a. call. REMEMBER— -If you have work. to do, write to us. § ' SGHLEICHER .& son’s, l-P AINIO " i There is simply. no use comparing this piano with any other on the market. IT LEADS - when it comes to TONE. ‘ . FINISH. ' DURABILITY. ' RIGHTNESS IN PRICE. A --Office and Factory, Pacific Street-- . ‘ STAMFORD CONN... GIVES UP HER HOME. MAGNIFICENT err-r or: mas 'MINNIE .L- CUMMINGS. The Authoress Donates Her Magnificent Home at Elberon, N. J., as 8 Residence for Worthy Women—An Elaborate Scheme of Beneficence. ‘ ' Mrs. Minnie L. Cummings, the wealthy widow and authoress, and noted for her many practical schemes of philanthropy, has just made her most notable gift to her less fortunate sisters by giving her palatial residence at Elberon, N. J., The ToWers, which was for a long time the summer resi- dence of the late Ambassador Runyon, to the Woman’s Property Protective League, an association founded by her for the protection of homeless and un- fortunate ~women of gentle birth and education who have lost their homes and station in life through no fault of their own. The Towers will be a place where these women may reside until supporting or recover property to which they may have a claim and have been unjustly deprived of. To recover this property will also be one of the aims of the association. ' ' Another purpose of the Protectivg League will be to found other homes such as The Towers will be. They will be maintained as private residences and will in no sense be known as homes of charity. The Towers is a grand and imposing building, built upon- a scale of lavish magnitude in keeping with the great wealth of its owner. It has forty—eight rooms and is surrounded by magnificent lawns. Into this residence Mrs. Cummings, , who is the President of the Woman’s Property Protective League, with lov- ing kindness welcomes all those who come within the scope of the objects of her association. In this home Mrs. Cummings not only proposes to supply the members with a refined home, but also with clothing in keeping with their surroundings. Women of all ages will be admitted. Proper marriages Mrs. Cummings pro- poses to encourage, and'will even pro- vide a trousseaux and pay for the wed- dings, as well as to insure the welfare of the newly married couples. The chief object that Mrs. Cummings has in view, however, is to save for the unprotected women her home. If foreclosed upon for non-payment of interest on mortgage, or if the princi- pal of mortgage be due, or the home is seized for debt on fictitious or real claims, the Protective League will pay up such claims and redeem it and deed it back to its owner, take back a mort~ gage from her, and if the revenue from the property is only sufficient for the support of the owner or of her fam— ily, who are dependent upon her, the interest shall be permitted to accumu- late until the owner shall be in a posi- tion to pay., If necessary, the 1nort~ gage shall remain without being fore- the income is not sufficient to provide her with the necessaries of existence she shall become a guest in the league home. Here a member will pay for her accommodations. If she has no income at all she will be cared for from the funds of the league, the same as those able to contribute something toward their support. _ The league will also endeavor to sup- ply those of its members who can and are willing to work with congenial home employment. Mrs. Cummings has been led to this step by the reverses which have be- fallen a great many of her friends. Notably among these is the widow of the late General Custer, who is now reduced to poverty. Mr. Hanna’s Pineapple Patch. Mark Hanna is growing pineapples. This statement will come as somewhat of a shock to those who think of Mark Hanna only as a political engineer. Al- though he is a city man, he loves the little pineapple patch that grows green and spiney out of the white sand of Dade county Fla. Twice within the last eighteen months has he turned his footsteps from the North to the South. Several times has Mark Hanna slept in the palmetto-thatched shack that stands Shaded by whispering pine trees on the edge of Mark Hanna’s pineapple patch. ' ' It was about two years ago that the pineapple fever broke out in Florida and became so virulently epidemic in that pine and flatwoods lands. } The germ of the pineapple contagion "entered his blood, and- he bought an acre of pine land from Representative Linton of Michigan, who owns a big ' tract along the Bicayne Bay canal. Mr. Hanna’s acre lies between the Atlantic and the Everglades, 300 miles south of Jacksonville. Uncle Mose Hawkins, a Florida Republican. f‘tends” it and sends a monthly crop ‘ report to Mr. Hanna. Uncle Mose told the writer that he would sooner ' :“grub” an acre of hammock land with he sun at meriden and the mosquitoes in full bloom than to write out “dat 'port ter Marse Hanner.”—Washington Star. A. Perfect Brute. Mrs. Nubbins: My husband is a per- feet brute. Friend: You amaze me. Mrs. Nubbins: Since the baby be- gan teething, nothing would quiet the little angel but pulling his papa’s beard, and yesterday he went and had hisbeard shaved oif. Nothing at All. “Bobbie, I should think you,were too old to allow your mother to put youto bed at night.” _ “Pooh! That's nothing. Father is a good deal older than I and she’ puts him to bed every morning.” , it they are .in a position to become self- . closed, during the life of the owner. If .
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