.-' H'— He Desired His Money’s “forth. King Milan of Servia once went to the house of a distinguished lady who was giving a bazaar for the benefit of the poor children of Paris. As soon as the king appeared upon the scene, she advanced toward him with a splendid silver salver in her hand, on which were beautifully emblazoned the family arms. On it lay a .preny little bunch of violets. “How um '11, madame?” asked the king. “Twemg- :‘our louis, sire,” was her soft l'eSpOllsr. Milan paid her the sum she had asked, with a courteous bow, took the salver from her hands, placed the bouquet in his button-hole, and walked off with the tray under his arm. Advanced Organ Grinding. 'A capital story is told of Mascagnl and an organ-grinder. Infuriated at the rapid rate at which his “Intermea 7.0” was being performed on the instru- ment in question, the composer rushed into the street and,’ seizing the handle, proceeded to grind the tune at the proper pace, explaining that he had written it, and ought to know; where- upon next day,,.the organ-grinder ap. peared with the placard, “Pupil of the celebrated Mascagni.” Spectacle Charity. A useful charity, called the London Spectacle Mission, provides spectacles for needlewomen \md other deserving persons dependent upon their eyesight for a living. Last year 726 applicants were provided with spectacles—Pitts burg Dispatch. (:Jicailci:ss Munyon’ 5 Cold Cure cures colds in the head, colds on the lungs, old colds, new colds and obstinate colds, and all forms of grip. Stops sneezing, dis- charges from the nose and eyes, prevents catarrh, diphtheria, pneumonia and all throat and lung troubles. ’lhese pleas- ant little pellets are absolutely harmless, have saved thousands of lives and pre- . vented much sickness. Price 25c. MUNYINS Improved Homoeopathic Home Remedy Company put up a separate cure for each disease. At all druggists, mostly 25 cents. Guide to Health free. Personal letters to Prof. Munyon, 1505 Arch street, Philadelphia, Pa, answered with free medical advice for any disease. it’s a, death tap at‘your life door. 11 HALE’S u inéii. Hiuai wouuldn’ t HUREHGlIiiII neglect such ‘AND a cough. TAB Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar is a simple remedy but it acts like magic in all cases of throat orb: onchial trouble. Sold by druggists. ' Pike’s Toothache Drops Cure in one minute. Special to Readers of This Paper. ' ported. Good Teas and Coffees 25¢. per lb. We w; , Send this “ad. ’ and‘ 10 7 ‘ 1 cents in stamps and we will mail y on 1-4 lb. of will send 5 lbs. of FINE FAMILY TEAS on receipt of this “ad. " and $2.00 All charges paid (3 I1.) any kind of Tea you - may select, the best im- THE GREAT AMERICAN TEA 00., 31 and 33 Vesey 51., 1v. 11., P. 0. Box 289. cf iHorace E. Darin. ' EXCELSIOL Livery and Sales Stable ’ Mmuvuuw m\ Opposite Danbury and Norwalk Railroad aepom Norwalk. Conn. Stylish Single or Double Teens . with or without drivers' Safe horses for women tndehildren. . SADDLE HORSES A SPECIAL‘I Y II'EIIE’S YIIIIII IIIIIIIGE. A fine building lot on Wilton ave- nue. If you intend to build, look at 11.15 before purchasing. Water, gas and sewer on the avenue. Will be sold at a Bargain. w. H. vacrou, Real Estate and Insurance Room I. Gazette B’l’d. DAVID W. RAYMOND Funeral Director and Emhalmer 89 Washington Street South Norwalk Residence. Manackamo Hotel. LOEKWOOII'S "i%“TGE“%%i‘.i‘vm”R”% Cheap rates: Will also take orders for mes. wager service in New York. Goods called for and delivered to all parts of the town. Orders received at E.P. eed’s Drug Store We‘gstroet. with telephone connection 1m- 0 E LOCKWOOD. . mm". ' A Tunnvmme oAzn T'rn 'ALCOHOL’S ABUSE. DR. E..C. PELLEW EXPLAINS HOW IT, IS BOTH FOOD AND POISON. Used in Excess it is Worse Than Opium 11ml Vitiates Character and Intellect— to Treat Im-hrivty in \Vomen Hardel Thu” in Hen—The Gold Cure. C. 13. l'ellew of Columbia University gave 11111 last of his series of lectures on "Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages” in the New York State Museum of Natural History recently. He' dis- cussed the "General and Special Prop‘ erties of Alcohol” before a. huge audi- ence, 11 1111 h followed him closely. He first talked about the theory that alco- hol is a food, and admitted that it is such when taken in quantities below a. certain limit, beyond which it becomes a poison. \tht this limit is he do scribed later. Usually, he said, from one to two ounces can be consumed by any person in a day. "When in such quantities, alcohol is entirely consumed in the stomach, and is a food,” he declared. . In legard to its efiect on the gastric juice in aiding digestion, he said: “According to Chittenden’s experi- ments, alcohol has no effect on the fluid when taken in such quantities as' to comprise 2 percent. or less of it. From 2 per cent. to 10 per cent, it is usually helpful in the digestive pro cess. Above this it is only harmful. The notion that alcohol produces warmth, he declared, is utterly wronc. “This was discovered first in. Arctic explorations. For fifty years the ex- plorers have left the ingredient behind entirely, and have also left behind those addicted to its use. It drives the blood to the surface, and while it thUS , 1 diffuses warmth through the skin and makes one comfortable for a. short time, the blood has left the Vitals, and pretty soon the temperature of the body is 2 degrees below the normal. “If you wish to endure the cold,” he said, "take something to keep the blood inside. Food will do this. So will coffee. But if you have got wet and come in cold and fearful of pneu— monia, take some whisky, which will drive the sluggish blood about in your body, and then take food and go to bed and you’ll be benefltted. But notice, take your whisky after exposure, not before it.” He placed great stress upon the fact that alcohol becomes a poison very quickly. ' “It is the most destructive of all poi- sons,” he declared. “It destroys one‘s life, intellect, character, and the happi- ness of others. Coffee and tobacco dc- stroy only those who use them. Alco- hol emphasizes man’s weaknesses. If he has a taint of the brutal in him, his 'brutal disposition is aggravated by its use. If he has passions of any kind, they are aroused by its overuse “Opium isn’t as bad as rum for this reason. rThe Chinaman got it right when he said: ‘If me 'dlink lum, me go home and kick; if me eat o'pium, me go home and wife kick me.’ Men know there are certain things they are un- able to do, but if they drink enough rum they will attempt to accomplish them, and thus will make fools of themselves, even if they don’t go fur- ther and become beasts.” The alcoholic habit, or inebriety, which becomes a disease, Dr. Pellew said, is much less prevalent among the upper classes than the lower, because their superior intelligence and various business and social relations act as a restraint. “It won’t do now for a man to get drunk at dinner and be obliged to go to bed, as was once the case,” he declared. “The business and social world would not tolerate one who did It. This fact is having its eifect oh. la- borers. To hold their positions they must be strictly sober, and the more responsible the position the severer is this rule, while the firms that will not tolerate an employe’s indulging even in the social glass are becoming more and more numerous. This is working a great revolution.” The first requisite for curing the dis- ease of inebriety, he said, was to strengthen the will, and he paid his rc- -spects to the Keeley cure. “It’s called the ‘gold cure,’ ” he ex- claimed, “but there’s nothing gold about it. Its success is due to the fact that two newspaper men took it and then printed in their newspapers that it had at last been discovered that drunkenness was a disease and Mr. Keeley had had sense enough to find ii: out. This flattered men, and they flocked to Mr. Keeley. “His method is this: He administers solutions of strych-nine and two or three other drugs that brace up the nerves, and then gives his patient a bottle of whisky or brandy, and tells him to drink it, if he must. ‘But don’t drink it if you can help it.’ he’ll say. “The patient of course drinks it. The next time the doctor sees him he gives a dose of apple morphine. This has the effect of producing the most fright— ful seasickness when one drinks rum. So that after the dose of apple mor- phine, if one takes a drink of whisky, he’ll never want to take another. That's the Keeley cure, which, by the combination of drugs and enthusiasm works a temporary cure. But it is ter- ribly exhausting to one’s system, and if a patient backslides and takes the cure a second time his constitution is likely to be so shattered that it may kill him. The true treatment is to build up the. patient’s nerves and system by slow and hygienic methods, such as physi- cal and mental exercise, with a judi- cious use of drugs.“ But it should be remembered that uhen a man once has acquired the habit. no matter 101 how long he may leave it 0d, it is like- ly to return again with one glass of ._._1....2._..-._.--.__:.. . _ . .. _...,-_-........ THE WHITE PEBBLE PIT Strange Discoveries of Mining Carried 0r. Centuries Ago. It has frequently happened that miners have discovered curious traces of former workings, hundreds of years ago, and tools have been found which belonged to the ancient miners, and many other relics. A singular discovery was made, a few means since, by some workmen engaged tn the Spanish silver mine known as the White Pebble Pit. While 013W their subterranean pas sages they suddenly founda series of apartments, In which were a quantity of mining tools. left there from a very remote period. but still in such good preservation that there were hatchets,’ and sieves far sifting the ore, ‘ a smelting furnace, and two anvils. which proved the earliest miners had great experience in their operations. Several objects of art, and some re~ markable instruments, weie also found, which have led scientific Del- sons to think that the workings might have been. made by the Phoenician, the people who, as is Well known, were, in the time of Solomon, famouJ for their manufacturing and commer- cial genius. In 1854 a discovery was made by some miners excavating on the other side of the mountain on which t :1 White Pebble Pit is situated; this wan a fine figure of the heathen god Her— cules, which was found in an. old working. In digging for copper on the shores of Lake Superior, in this country, tho miners have made many similar dis coveries, showing that the mines were worked'ages ago—Detroit Free Press. WIT AND HUMOR. “The place was robbed last night." “Indeed! What was taken?” “Nearly everything. In fact, the only thing not disturbed was the watch~ man.”——-Tld-Bits. “Unlucky? Well, rather,” growled the Chronic Kicker. “Why, say, if I went to a professional matinee and all the actresses removed their hats. I’d be dead certain to get a seat behind the Circassian Beauty!”-"Truth._ Mrs. Levi—Bud afder o‘ur marries young Colin, do you subbose ‘ she vill own his heardt? Levi—I tondt gare a g-ontinendal vod- der he has a heardt or not. He has a life insurance bolicy for feefty thous- and dollars und only vou lung.——"ruth. “Dunn has good cars for music, h‘asn’t be?” asked one member of a Choir of another. “Well,” was the reply, “he has good ears, but I didn’t know they were for music; I thought they were to brush the flies off the top of his head with.” Two Scotch elders were discussing their new minister. “Mon Sandy,” said one of them, “it’s an awfu’ pecty the 1100 minister speaks through his nose.” “Yes, mon,” replied the other, “it's an awfu’ peety, and it’s no like as if he was pinched for room through his mooth.”j—From Answers. “I knew that fellow, Storms, Jingle: the comedian. would. come to the front.” ' Weller: “And he has, has he?” “Why, certainly. You remember he used to play the part of the hind legs of the elephant in the pantomime?" “Yes.” “Well, now he‘s playing the front legs.”——Tid-Bits. ' Hungry Harry (the tram-p): “Me and you was born before our time, matey.” ‘ Wandering Willie: make that out?” . Hungry Harry: “I’ve been readiu’ the papers, an’ I see the experts agree that by the next century the wimmin will be doin’ all the work in this werld.” "How do you First socialist (to pal, who has some- how come in for a bottle of gin)— “ ‘Alves matey?” Second ditto—“Not me! take me for? First ditto—“VVell, you’re a purty s0- cialistl Don’t we preach ‘share and IVot d’yer 'share alike?’ ” . Second ditto—“Certainly; but while I’m drinkiu this ’ere gin I’m a bloom- in’ tory.”~—London Fun. In Old TVayback. A few years ago, in the interior of Schoharie County, one of the land- lords concludcd to have a dance. Guests were plenty, but it was diffi- cult to find music. Finally a fiddler was procured, who said he had “played for dances all winter.” Af- ter dancing nearly an hour one of the guests called out, “Cherrytrec, why don’t you turn your tune?” Cherry- tree replied, “I haven’t learned the other half» of it yet.”—From Judge. Orange, Marmalade. To make orange marmalade, cut the oranges and remove all the pulp and juice toa bowl. Boil the, rinds 'in salted water until tender, changing the water two or three times; then mash and add to it the pulp and juice, being careful - to remove the tough threads. Put into a saucepan with twice its weight of sugar, and boil slowlv for half an hour. Cover tightly. ' Beauty and Other Beasts. “Beauty is only skin deep,” said the zebra, with an attempt to liven up the gloom of the menagcrie. “I know it,” said the rhinosoeros; “that’s where I come in.”-—-From Pick-\Ie-Up‘. , - The crane 1’01 things Scottish has in. vad-ed Afiica. The Sultan of Morocco has engaged a “h'raw hielandmran" to play the bagpipe at his Court Repecca' ’ CURRENT COMMENT. A party of Cuban revolutionists are said to have captured $600,000 01 the report is true, the aflTair will rank as the most successful free silvei movement of the year. ii: is com- puted, will have 464 miles of car track within its limits. Philadelphia has 400, St. Louis 291, Baltimore 225, San Francisco 231, and Louisville 150. Chicago has 593 miles, and Buf- tale about 600. ' E The Greater New York, ~' sf Furniss, the English caricaturist, has discovered a wonderful resem- blance between the face of Senator Gorman and that of the new Arch- bishop of Canterbury. It should be stated, however, that the resemblance ends right there, says the New York Mail and Express. : An inventive genius has devised a scheme by which to make a hen stamp the date on every egg she lays. An ancient egg is easily detected any- way, hence the invention. will not be very useful. Now will somebody kindly invent a machine to stamp the age of spring chickens? Church cars are a recent Russian improvement. They are intended for [the Siberian Railroad. The cars look like ordinaryfirsthlass carriages, but the windows are shaped like those of Byzantine churches. One- third of the space, shut off by the holy gates, is devoted to the priests, and the rest is for the congregation. The German carp introduced in American waters a few years ago prove destructive to other fish, and fortunately they seem to be on the de. crease. The Legislature of New Jer- sey imposes a heavy fine on any pen son who introduces these fish in . the waters of the state, and the fish com- missioners of New York have come to a like decision. . In two states of the country, and in only two, California and Kentucky the electoral vote was divided be- tween the two candidates. Mr. Mc- Kinley received eight of the votes of California and Mr. Bryan ,one, and Mr. McKinley received twelve of the votes of Kentucky and Mr. Bryan one. These were also the two states, and the only two, in which the vote for Palmer and Buckner was large enough to exceed theMcKinley plu~ rality. In California McKinley’s plu- rality was 1,822; Palmer’s vote was 2,006. In Kentucky the McKinley plurality was 281; the Palmer vote was 5,114. '_' The attention of financiers all over the world has been drawn to the financial budget of the Russian Min- ister of Finance.‘ His “prosperity budget” shows an increase of revenue of nearly 79 million rubles over last year's, and an increase of ordinary expenditure of only 53,750,000 rubles. Of the immense expenditure of 129 million rubles, ‘64 million were ex- pended in building the Siberian rail- road and its branches. It is especial- ly interesting to note that this hand- some increase of revenue came chief- ly from railroad systems. In devot— ing the surplus to further extensions of those systems, therefore, she is in- vesting her capital in the very enter- prises from which it has been de— rived. L‘ By the census just completed in France, the population of that coun- try is shown to be 38,517,975, which is‘an increase of only 175,027 over the population it had in 1891. This is an ominous showing, but the Minister of the Interior is trying to minimize the alarm it has produced by pointing out that of "late years there has been a pecially to Algeria, and that more troops are now kept in remote posses- sions than formerly. At the same time he is compelled to confess that there is a marked tendency in the popula- tion to remain almost stationary, and that it does not increase in anything like the same proportions as its neigh- bors. While in twenty-four depart- :ments the inhabitants have increased, there has been an absolute diminu- tion in sixty~three. 1 I .' The immigration restriction bill re- cently adopted by both houses of Con- g'ress, and designed to exclude after the 1st of next July immigrants who are unable to read and write, pro— vides a peculiar test. At each of the inspector’s offices of the United States there are to be pasteboard slips with print-ed extracts from the Federal Constitution in double small pica type of not less than twenty nor 'more than twenty-five words. These slips are to be kept “in boxes made for that purpose,” so that they shall be concealed from view, are to be du- ,ly numbered, and printed in different languages. The immigrant, having designated the language in which he claims to be proficient, is “required to draw one of said slips from the box and read, and afterward write out in full view of the immigration oflicer the words printed thereon.” It will be seen, therefore, that the plan af- fords a practical test of the immi- grant’s ability both to' read and to write his own language. I, Spanish silver in a recent raid. If large emigration to the colonies, es“- .. vorm P0“... CAKE OF TOILET SOAP IN EVERY PACKAGE. an; EXAMINATION VAGARIES. An Instance Where an Engineer Was Not Able to tell What 80 Know. “There are some men who cannot stand examinations,” commented one of the examining engineers of a great western railroad. “I know one of the best engineers in Chicago who four times failed to pass the simplest kind ofan examination. The moment he came before us I saw how nervous the man was. He got eferything mixed up and broke down completely. Several months after he came before us again. He was as nerv- ous as ever and failed to pass his ex‘ amination. After the trial was over I heard him talking to some of the other applicants and explaining things per< taining to the models. I listened and saw that this man was thoroughly posted. He had studied deeply into the subject, was logical, sound, and ex- tremely intelligent. He knew as much about the subject as I myself. Yet this man had hesitated and blundered; blu'ndered and hesitated. “ ‘Here,’ I said to him; ‘if you can’t stand an examination, examine me.’ “He did so, and I answered him in- correctly. He corrected me in as clear- headed a manner in every instance as could be. You see, examination hour was over. He asked puzzling questions which showed he was a fellow of brains. But as he had not passed the examination, I could not give him em- ployment. Now, however, I am glad to say that he is one of our engineers and an excellent man. WVe have al- ways found him quick, smart, reliable and steady. This only illustrates what school teachers will tell you that the brightest scholars often do the worst at the examinations, while the worst pupils frequently distinguish them- selves upon such occasions.”—Detroit Free Press. THAT PRETTY WIDOW. 'M-P-pwy I see her almost every day As she goes by— I can but. mark her modest way ‘ . And droo: ing eye: Her timid tuucaes of display — Her manna; shy. Sometimes she almost lifts her eyes To meet with mine, And then her startled face denies Such mad design; And in that look of sweet surprise She seems divine. Sometimes I wonder if her lord Was fond and true, And if their souls in sweet accord Together grow—- And if I should be quite abhorred As number two. ~ , i Got Rid of Lord Russell; . Lord Russell had occasion to call on Prince Bismarck a number of years ago, and, in the course of conversation, asked his host how he managed to rid himself of callers whom he could not refuse to see, although they bored him. “I have a very simple method,” re- plied the Chancellor. “My wife knows them pretty well, and when they are with me she generally con— 'trives to"come in and call me away on some pretext.” No sooner had this explanation been given than the Princess made her ap- ‘pearance. “Otto,” she quietly remarked, “you must come and take your medicine. You ought to have taken it ten minutes ago.” W A Mixed Citizenship. An old man named Whittaker, in Gen- eva County, Ala, has lived in the same ‘lillCe for fifty years, and yet he has W11 :1 citizen. of two states and four Li‘erent counties. At first he voted =11 paid taxes in Jackson County, a: then a readjustment of county mos showed that he was in Holmes County. 10 which his duties as a citi- zen Were transferred. Later a survey 111‘ 1110 boundary line between Alabama ;1l:1i i-‘lorida showed Mr. IVhittaker 111:1: he was an Alabamian, and a resi- dent of Dale County, in which be con- ninml until Geneva County was cre- ulmi. when he found himself a citizen 11f 1l1:11 county—New York Tribune. HOW TO QUIET THE BABY...“ The Best Way is to Gently Shut Off an In- fant's Breath. An infallible method for quieting a crying baby probably will never 'be discovered. Someentirely new methods have re cent-ly‘been introduced in some of the New: Yorkhospitals which prove suc~ cessful- in‘a: larger percentage of cases than. moron-fashioned ways. The new scientific. method for quiet‘ ing cryingbabies pro¢eeds, upon‘an entirely new principle. It disregards the cause or source of- irrltation, but on the other hand triesto train the baby to practise self-control. The scientific method is based upon the theory that. the average baby is strongenough to control itself in all but casesof very severe Illness. It is, incidentally, very much more :dignil fiedand. entails far less effort than the attempts most peoplemake to quiet their children. The old plans of try- ing to catch the baby's attention by standing on" one’s head and by similar .violent methods are. quite discarded. I Iwnstead as soon as the child cries the nurse catches it up, and, h'OldiIlf- it gently, places her hand ove1 it: mouth and nose so that breathe. The crying will obviously soon come to a stop. The hand need not be held very tightly over the face, since the object is merely to produce a slight smothering. As soon as the crying ceases the hand is removed. If the crying recommences, as it is very likely to do, the same operation is in: stantly repeated. This is continued until the baby imagines that the more or less painful stoppages of the breath! are caused by its own efforts to scream. :As soon as it grasps this idea. it is calre- ful to keep quiet. It is claim-ed that the plan works like a. charm, and that wonderful self-Control is exhibited «by infants treated in this way, even when - less than three months old—New Yorl: . ,‘lVorld. Origin of the Three Goid Balls. , People who are compelled to go to their “Uncle” for temporary-fidvanccs on personal property have often_spec- ,ulated as to the origin and signifi- cance of the/three balls which are the :most conspicuous exterior advertise- ments of the establishments apper- taming to the aforesaid “Uncle.” The Ipatvnbroker’s Sign was, originally, the arms of the famous family of the Medici in Italy, whose ancestor was a physician. and adopted as his device three pills. The Medici became bank< jers and money lenders, and amassed enormous wealth from lending money, at the:high:ra1tes of interest prevail- " 'ng inthei-rtimle. When banks were established in other cities than F101u once, the Medici sign of three sus— pended balls became the mark of a bank, and the practice spread into gh‘rance, Spain and Germany. By and by, however, as this sign was adopted by a lower class of money lenders, who made advances on personal prop- City, it fell in to disrepute among the higher' grade of financiers, and, being chopped by the bankccts, was still continued by the lOwc-r class, and finally was restricted entirely to such! money leaders as received pledges as secmity for loans—St. Louis Demo- . rt"? 1 mid. V'ng 1 ‘ . He Was Made 1). Sergeant. : A pretty story, savmiug of the ro- mantic, is told in the French press about the kaiser. Recently his ma~ jesty went to the Berlin barracks one. The corporal on guard recog- nized the kaiser immediately, and sa- luted him. The kaiser was «pleased, had, approaching the soldier, said: ,“Why do you look so sad, corporal?” The corporal did not reply. The em— peror then asked If he was disappoint- ed in love. At this the corporal found his tougue,~-and replied that he wished to marry Marguerite, the daughter of his sergeant-major, but that her fath- 'er would not give his consent until he became a. sergeant. “And do you love her very much?” asked the laiser. ,“Oh, yes,” was the reply. “';__.__,". said the emperor, “go and tell your future father-in—law that William 11. makes you a sergeant.” a. '. Auostnnian's Neglected Education. “Browning, dear,” said Mrs. Emer-' son to her husband, “what is :1 cu- taneous pastime?” “A cutaneous pastime, love? I never heard of such a thing.” 3;.Well, I heard two men on the street car talking, and one of them. spoke of a skin game.”~——Brooklyn Life. .- m He—Do you think your father would Oder me peronal violence if I were to ask him for you? She—No, but I think he will if you don’t pretty soon—Cleveland Plain Dealer. SSC THE ORIGINAL Stamped :1 BOSS” Always the Same it cannot '
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