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COMFORT OF INSANE PATIENTS.
If Wealthy They May Enjoy the Luxuries
- of the Sane.
Although as a rule patients in an
asylum for the insane differ little in,
habits from the ordinary run of ra-
tional persons, some have queer fads,
especially in the matter of diet. One
male patient in the Bloomingdale asy-
lum at- White Plains, N. Y., insists upon
having an omelet every morning for
breakfast, and refuses to eat anything
until he is given one.
A female patient declines to eat food
which is not brought to her in the
original package so she may open it
herself. After it is opened she insists
upon keeping the contents constantly
under her supervision. She will eat
none but raw eggs, breaking the shells
herself. She eats oranges and bana-
nas only whenallowed to peel them
herself. She imagines that her food
will be poisoned unless she protects
herself in thisway.
In a large asylum like Bloomingdale
there are always a number of patients
that imagine that their food will be
poisoned, and consequently flatly re-
fuse to eat. All the food such patients
get has to be passed through a tube
into their stomachs. One woman at
Bloomingdale imagines that on account
of some great sin which she has com-
mitted all her food is cursed, and she
has to be artificially fed.
There is no restriction on a patient’s
diet if he can afford to satisfy his
whims, except to keep him within the
bounds of hygienic law. Many of the
inmates reared in luxury, have cham-
pagne appetites, and they do not go un-
satisfied if they have money enough to
pay for Wine. A small supply of cham‘
pagne is always kept at the asylum.
Not infrequently the friends of
wealthy patients visit them and bring
lunch and champagne, which are often
served in the patient’s private apart-
ment, but always under the supervis-
ion of an asylum attendant.
Many patients demand rare game in
season, and often out of season, and
they get it if they can afford it. Some
also have extravagant tastes in cigars,
and, while a 15-cent cigar is the best
kept in stock at the asylum, the au-
thorities place no restriction on friends
sending in cigars of any grade. Cigars
and smoking tobacco are scheduled as
luxuries, and are charged to the pa-
tients who use them.—TVorld.
ELECTION BETS lN JUNEAU.
How a Clever but Unscrupulous Fellow
Made a Pot of Money.
“Political excitement in Alaska runs
high for about a month after it is
ended here,” said a caller. “It takes
several weeks for the slow coast
steamers to carry the news of the elec-
tion results to far away Juneau, and
the Alaskans will discuss and debate‘
and wrangle until nearly December be-
fore any one up there will know how
the tide of battle in the United States
proper has gone. '
“I was in Juneau four years ago and
if I had had a little more money I
could have owned the town,” be con-
tinued, with a chuckle. “There was a
great deal of excitement along about
the lst of December. when the steam-
er which would bring the election news
was due. As soon as a (annon shot
told the village that the steamer was
in sight business was suspended. Par-
tisanship in its fiercest form developed
and every one was betting or offering
to, do so. Odds favored Harrison,
whose re-clection was considered prac-
tically a certainty.
“I watched the little steamer through
a glass as she slowly came toward
port. When at last I could make her
out clearly I. too, caught the partisan
infection, and, dropping the glass,
rushed into the street and took all the
bets I could, backing the Cleveland end
of the game until I load nothing left
to put up.”
“Well, that took a good deal of nerve,
didn’t it?” commented a bystander.
“Not a particle. The captain of the
steamer was a friend of mine, and we
had a little private conversation be-
fore he left for San Francisco two
months before. The steamer usually
came into port carrying a lantern on
her mainmast. That day she had
tivo.”
A Bread and Butter Diet.
The new diet suggested as productive
of longevity is bread and butter. There
is in Hythe, England, a lady who lives
entirely on bread and butter, and has
done so all her life. She has never
tasted meat, game, fish, vegetables,
jam and only a few kinds of biscuits
and sweets. She has never had a day’s
ilness in all her life and never had re-
course to medicine of an description.
Her friends have tried invain to in-
duce her to eat something besides .
bread and butter, but she confines her-
self entirely to the diet on which she
has existed for at least thirty years.
She is strong and healthy in every re-
spect, healthier, in fact, than a great
many people who have lived upon ex-
actly the food that is supposed to make
us feel as if illness were a total stran-
ger and always would be.
Imagination and Disease.
General Joe, Johnson used to tell of
an incident when he was a lieutenant
in the Regular Army of the United
States, and before he had become a
leading officer of the Confederate
troop. Himself and a number of com-
panions, in order to test the effect of
the imagination upon the human sys-
tem, one after another accosted a
young man in robust health and com-
mented upon his seeming illness, ex-
hibiting their concern in their alarmed
visages. The result of the practical
joke was an illness of the victim so
severe that he actually died—Philadel-
phia Times. ‘
Mrs. Benham—Where shall we sit in
church next year?
Benham—I don’t care; I’m getting so
I can sleep anywhere. ‘
TO RAISE REVENUE.
Proposition For a License Tax on_tho B.-
tail Tobacco Trade. '
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. —Now that it seems
so well settled in the minds of those per-
sons who have canvassed the opinion of
the leaders in congress that there will be
no serious attempt at the coming session
to pass the Dingley bill or any other equal-
ly ambitious tariff measure, the inventors
of tentative projects of all sorts are begin-
ning to bring them forward. The most
popular of these so far is a plan for levying
a license tax on the retail tobacco trade.
The advocates of this scheme reason that,
as the government charges retail liquor
dealers $25 and wholesalers $100 for the
privilege of doing business, the same prin-
ciple might properly enough be extended
to the retail tobacconists, who have their
shops in hundreds and perhaps thousands
of places where local prohibitory laws have
driven out the legitimate and taxable trade
in liquors. ,
It is estimated roughly that although a
license tax of $10 a. year would be scarcely
noticed by dealers who had any trade at all
it would bring in enough to make up a
third at least of the yearly deficit. Singu-
larly enough, no opposition seems to have
come thus far from the tobacconists them-
selves. The better class of these dealers
have complained for a. good while of what
they suffered from competition with every
little stand keeper by the roadside and all
sorts of petty and temporary trade at times
when the legitimate trade would, in the
nature of things, have thriven by sudden
increase of population or travel i a. par-
ticular district. It is this kind (.3 compe-
tition of which they would expect to be
relieved by a license tax—not the perma-
nent and wholesome competition of the
poor with the well tr :1“.
”-4133," 1-153 Robeson.
SAYV 7.1:, N. Y., Dec. 4.—Two tramps
demanded food of Jessie Robeson at her
home today. She gave it to them. Then
they demanded money. She refused it, and
one of the tramps struck her. Miss Robe-
son seized a double barreled gun and or-
dered them off. When the tramps refused
to go, she fired one barrel over their heads.
They fled to the woods.
Snowstorm In Georgia.
ATLANTA, Dec. 4.——A snowstorm of al-
most unprecedented severity for this sea.-
son of the year broke upon this section
yesterday morning. Snow began falling at
6 o’clock and fell without cessation until
11, when it lay four inches deep. The
street car service is badly impeded.
Baby Hanged In a Chair.
MASSILLON, 0., Dec. 4.-—The babe of .—3.
W. Thompson of Portsmouth was left with
a handkerchief tied around its neck while
the mother was absent. The child. tipped
out of its chair, the handkerchief caught
on a projection, and the little one strangled
to death in this position.
May Confide In Thurston.
CANTOX, 0., Dec. 4.-—Senator Thurston
of Nebraska and William E. Mason of 111i-
nois arrived here today. It Is expected
that Senator Thurston will be made the
custodian of McKinley’s private convic-
tions regarding the Dingley bill.
A Maine Village Burning.
BANGOR, Me, Dec. 5.——Word has been
received here that East Corinth, a town
Of 500 inhabitants, about 20 miles north-
west of this city, is threatened with de-
struction by fire. There is no fire depart-
ment in the place, and the residents are
fighting the flames with buckets, with lit-
tle success.
An Ocean Record Broken.
BOSTON, Dec. 5.—The Cunard steamer
Servia has again broken the record for fast
steaming between Europe and Boston.
She arrived off Boston light, having com-
pleted the run from Daunt’s rock in 6
days, 14 hours and 8 minutes. The time
from Liverpool was 7 days, 8 hours and 24
minutes. '-
Pillaged by Kurds.
LONDON, Dec. 5.—A Constantinople dis—
patch to The Daily Mail says that, under
the pretext of revenging an old grievance,
10,000 Kurds raided the province of Ma—
mouratul-Aziz, where they burned and
pillaged the village and massacred the in-
habitants.
.Bank of France Charter.
PARIS, Dec. 4.——The government has dc~
cided “to accept the principle of the renewal
of the charter of the Bank of France for
24 years. . The decision will be announced
tomorrow. The select committee opposed
all schemes for a state bank.
France Against Our Hogs.
LYONS, France, Dec. 4.—At a mass
meeting held here of the organized farmers
unions the dealers in salt meats adopted a
resolution in favor of the exclusion of
American pork products, in view of the
fall in the price of swine.
Pentecost Likely to Come Back.
LONDON, Dec. 4.—It is stated here that
the Rev. George F. Pentecost, the Ameri-
can evangelist, is likely to accept a call to
a Presbyterian church in Yonkers.
Postmaster: Appointed.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.—-The fourth class
postmasters appointed today were:
Pennsylvania—Schoeneck, L. M. Wiest;
Wastondale, H. H. Musser.
The annual meeting of St. John’s
Lodge, No. 6, A. F. Ar A. M. will be
December 17th.
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The book of
woman’s life is di-
vided in t 0 three
chapters: Girl.
hood, womanhood,
motherhood." A t
the time when a
oung girl passes
into Womanhood—
turning the leaf as
we may say bet-
ween the first and
second chapters of
her existence — a
little care and
thought ful use 5
will double her
chances of future
happiness and
save many hours
0 f s u fl'e r i n g .
Every young wo-
. an intelligent un-
,. derstanding of her
own physical make-up. Half-knowledge
which is little better than pure ignorance,
opens the way to an untold amount of pain
and wretchedness.
Few women'realize the influence exerted
on their bodily and mental well-being by
the special organism of their sex. 'It is hard
for them to believe that the little drain
which goes on from day to day is suficient
to sap away the very life forces. Yet it is so.
The weakness, exhaustion, melancholy ; the
periodical prostration and sometimes almost
torture has no other cause, two-thirds of the
time, than the abnormal unhealthy condi-
tion of the generative organs. Strangely
enough even doctors often fail to recognize
the truth, For this condition there is no
other remedy in the world so helpful and
certain as Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription.
- It restores health and vigorto the feminine '
functions and renewed Vitality to the'entire
body. It heals inflammation, stops dis-
char es, strengthens the ligaments and
buil s up the internal tissues which cannot
be reached by “local treatment.” It is of
inestimable value to young women and to
prospective mothers, greatly lessening the
pains and perils of childbirth if taken dur-
ing pregnancy. During the “change of
life ” it is invaluable.
Dr. Pierce‘s great book, “The People‘s Com-
mon Sense Medical Adviser,” has 1008 pages,
profusely illustrated. Over pages are de-
voted to women’s diseases wit suggestions for
cine-treatment. It will be sent free by World's
is cnsary Medical Association, 663 Main Street,
Bu ato, N. Y., on receipt of 21 one-cent stamps
tooover cost of nailing only.
CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK,
'26 WALL 812, NORWALK.
CORPORATED SEPT. 1. 1876.
CAPITAL, - - - - - - $100.00C
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E. L. Berna, Vice-President.
WILLIAM A. Comm, Cashier:
° DIRECTORS :
GEORGE M. Honmns, H. E. DANN,
P. L. CUNNINGHAM, J. T. Pnowrr'r
E. L. Bonn, S. H. Honmrs,
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A RAVEN’S MISCHIEF.
The Antics of a Pet Raven; Funny but i
Troublesome. , '
The chief bird pet of my life in no '
toriety and interest was a raven. We
—my husband and I—bought him in
Leadenhall Market with the down of
youth .among his feathers; we brought
him home to Yorkville and called him
Grip. He was a sapient fowl, and a.
past master in mischief. At first we
gave him full liberty, but rued our
confidence; for after several misde—
meanors he culminated his crimes by
flying up into a guest’s bedroom win-
dow, picked eve cork and stopper
out of all bottles, spoiled a gown ly-
ing on the bed and damaged her prop-
erty generally. So we clipped his
wings and confined his misconduct to
the ground floor. He used to hop
about with his head on one side eerily
watching one’s every move. One day
I had labored in the heat to arrange
my flowers in hall and drawing room,
and then went out for a stroll. On my
return Grip was basking in the sun,
half asleep, so virtuous in aspect that
with misgivings I entered the house.
Every flower was out of every vase,
the little vases all on the floor—strange
to say, unbroken—the larges ones all
upset. .A favorite fan was picked to
shreds, all the letter weights gone,
’and other mischiefs perpetrated. Grip
must have been diligent, for my ab-
sence was brief. ~5
After that we wired the lower win-
dows. My husband’s room had a
glass door, from which steps went
down toward the stables. On cold
winter nights we could hear a tap—tap-
ping, like Poe’s bird. on the glass, and
the opened door admitted Grip glisten-
ing with wet. He did not remark
“Nevermore,” but proceeded to mount
the back of the chair nearest. the fire,
and shake and preen himself till he
was dry. Then he would jump down
and seek occasion of mischief all
around the room, till we tired of herd-
ing him, and once more committed
him to the outer dark. He used to
carry things ed and hide them; a big
muff of mine, thrice his own size, suf-
fered from a two days’ exposure in a
distant field.
But Grip was best fun with seven
black collie pups, when these were old
enough to play on the back premises.
I believe he was jealous of them, for
they attracted much attention. If a
hapless pup got anything to play with,
Grip at once took his toy away; and
if the pack started in lumbering pur-
suit of the treasure, the raven would
turn, cowering and fluttering, and,
opening wide its beak, would croak
and scream in ludicrous “Can’t you let
a poor d—l alone?” fashion. If the
pups blundered at play together, roll-
ing over in heaps, Grip saw his
chance, and, hopping sideways, would
bustle up to the palpitating pile and
nip the most prominent tail in his
strong bill, till the insulted puppy, yelp-
ing with pain, assaulted whichever of
his brethren came nearest as the of-
fender. Meantime, Grip, retired and
apart, sat looking as if such games
made him sad—till he saw his next op-
portunity—Lady Middleton in the
Badminton Magazine.
‘ HEATABLE SHOE FOR WINTER"
Cold Feet 3 Thing of the Past and Grumb-
lers Must Find Some Other Subject.
Cold feet are an affliction common to
the human race. Many .plans have
been tried to attract a shy and retir-
ing blood circulation to the extremi-
ties, but ndne has afforded any but the
merest temporary relief. The cold— .
feet brigade may take heart, however,
for a benefactor has arisen in the per-
son of Paul Wonneberger, of Gruna,
near Dresden, who has invented what
he calls “Heatable shoes.” 1
Wonneberger has devised a heatable
shoe, which is now being worn by cold-
footed Europeans. and may soon be
looked for on this side of the water.
This novel remedy for cold feet con-
sists of a tiny boiler and furnace in
_the heel and sole of the shoe, which
causes a continuous circulation of
warm water around the extremities.
Within the heel of the heatable shoe,
which is hollowed out for the purpose,
the inventor has placed a glowing sub-
stance similar in its nature to that
used in the familiar Japanese hand-
warmers. The soles of the shoe are
hollowed out for the reception of a
rubber bag covered with asbestos. and
containing the water that keeps the
feet warm.
This water communicates with the
receptacle in the heel of the shoe, and
derives its heat from the heated sub-
stance located there. When the owner
of a pair of heatable shoes wishes to
go out into the cold and sloppy street
he opens the receptacle in the heel of
the, shoe, lights the punk-like sub-
stance. closes the perforated band that
holds it in place, and then sallies forth
to bid defiance to his old enemy, the
ch'lls.
Walking keeps the water circulating,
and at every step the grateful warmth
is felt, the upper, as well as the lower,
surface of the feet feeling its effects.
There is no danger of the feet being
uncomfortably warmed, for the water
cannot be heated by the tiny furnace
in the heel to a. heat more than 70 de-
grees Fahrenheit. The inventor has
provided against the bursting of the
little boiler by the insertion in the
soles of a‘small safety valve.
The shoes are a trifle heavier than
the ordinary ones. The sole is but
very little thicker than that of the wet-
weather shoe sold by New York deal-
ers. The inventor is at work on a new
shoe that will be no heavier than the
ordinary one—New York World. .
A Definition.
Tommy Kutum: “Papa, what is re‘
partee?” .
Mr. Kutum: “Repartee, my boy, is
a very clever answer when you say
it to anybody. but a very rude answer
when anybch says it to you."—-Punch.
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