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NOVEMBER 28, 1897.
Trains leave South Norwalk as follows:
‘FOR NEW YORK—- Accommodation
trainsat 9. 36 a. 111., 1.11, 3.04, 4.07, 5. 3,3,
6. 41 8. 11, 10. 20 p 111. Express trains
at 4 55, 5. 45
7213, (local), 7.
9.58:(10.35, 11.37, (local) 11. In. .
2 2.5, 5. 05 5. 55, 7. 55 p. m. For Washing-
ton via Harlem River 12. 53 a m. (daily)
SUNDAYS—Accommodation 9.158.. m."
5 43, (local), 7. 23, (local) 9.28 p. m. Ex

‘press 4.55, 5. 45- a. m.

FOR NEW HAVEN AND THE EAST—

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4,20 5.27, 6.27 728(toB’p t), 841, 9.41
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1.20, 9.11,10.05, 11.08 a. m. 12.02, 3.,05
5. 04 (Naugatuck Express)7. 10 p.111
SUNDAYS—AccommodatiOn- 7.42, 9.12
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' for Spanish Irritation.

NOTE 1111 GET BE. PUBLISHED

No Reason for W’ithholding Except.

that the Previous Negotiations
Have Not Been Made Public—Gal-
vez “’ill Be Prenlier of. Cuba

Washington, Dec. 28.—The officials
here are somewhat surprised at the ex~

latest note of Minister Woodford, de-
livered to the Spanish Foreign. \tfice
thilc “ the
note itself will not be made public at
present, it is said that there is no rea-
son whatever why it should be with-
held save the fact that the preceding
steps in the negotiations have not yet
been published, and it is desirable when
publication is made to preserve the

complete chain of events in natural or—~

der. Possibly the correspondence will

be shortlylcalled for by Congress, in.

which case it is not'likely to be with-
held on grounds ‘of public policy.

The last‘ note presented by.Min!ister
Woodford was in answer to the Span-
ish n-ote called forth by Mr. Wood-

. ford’s first communication after his ar-

rival at Madrid. In the initial note the

United States Minister pointed out the

Interest of his country in an early ter-
mination of the present struggle in
Cuba and asked when such a conclu-
sion could be expected. The Spanish

Government in its reply acknowledged

the American interest in the matter,
but suggested, after stating what it in-
tended to do to ameliorate conditions

In Cuba, than; the United States could .

exercise its good. oifices by stopping
filibustering. It is said to be a. purely
argumen'tati e statement of the posi-
tion taken by the United States,
and_ the facts presented are
substantially those so strongly set,
in the President’s message to
Congress, of which it was supposed the
Spanish public had been fully advised
through the newspapers. The most
forcible statement in the note is based

upon the facts collected and published ‘1-
paper, the peculiar qunlifications which

recently by the Treasury Department
exhibiting the great expense to which
the United States had been put by rea—
son of its effort to patrol an enormous
coast line in the pursuit "of a few fili-
busters, and the remarkable success of
the Government ofiicials in stopping
these expeditions, as contrasted with
the feeble efforts of the Spanish au-
th'orities to maintain a patrol around
the island of Cuba.

All of these facts were included in
Mr. Woodfo-rd’s note, and while he put
them in his own language in present-
ing them to the Spanish Foreign Of-
fice, it is said that the statements con-
cern only events that have already
been touched upon.

 

Rivera. Arrives in Spain.

Madrid, Spain, Dec. 28. —The insur-
gent chief Rivera has arrived at Cadiz
flom Cuba. He will be incarcerated in
a fortress. Rivera said he believed
nothing would induce the Cubans to
cease fighting before they attained in-
dependence. He justified the killing of
Lieut-Col. Ruiz, the Spanish peace
emissary, as a. means of arriving at
this end.

 

Probably Gen. Rius Rivera.

The Rivera referred to in the above
lispatch is probably Gen. Rius Rivera,
who “as the late Gen. Antonio Maceo’s
success 01 as commander of the insur-
gent felces 'in Pinar del Rio. Rivera
was captuled by the troops under‘ the
command of Gen. Hernandez de Ve-
laseo, on March 28, this year, in the
hills near Cabazandas de Rio Hondo.

 

The New Cuban Cabinet.

Washington, Dec. 28.—The new Cu~
can Cabinet, which, with the Captain-
Gcneral of Cuba, will form the execu—
the organization under the new auton-
‘3mous legime, will be announced dur—
ing the present week. There is no
doubt that Senor Galvez will be the
ill st Cuban Premier.

 

SENATOR MORGAN’S WARNING.

Great Deal in the Chinese Problem
that Interests Anlericans.

ll'ashington, Dec. 28.—Senator Morr—

gall, of the Foreign Relations Commit-

tee of the Senate, says there is a great
deal in the Chinese problem that vi-
tally interests Americans, and which
seems to demand consideration from
the State Department and Congress.
He thinks that while the United States
can take no part in the combination to
obtain territory from China, she should
be adWsed whether the territory to be
ceded to other nations shall be abso-
lute or only temporary.

If the cession is absolute, then Amer-
ican interests must be taken care of
through the treaties between America
and the countries to which the abso-
lute cessions are made. If the territory
is given up merely for a. time, there
will be a mixed responsibility.

Senator Morgan thinks it is a. good
place for the exercise of American dip-
lomacy. He regards the German oc-
cupation of a part of China and the

prospective. occupation of other parts

by other European nations as an effort

to complete a cordon of offense. to

American commerce all the way

':around from Vladivostock to Mar-

seilles, or to Liverpool.

Gen. Delgado Slain in Battle.

New York, Dec. 28.—News of a des-
perate battle between the Cuban and
Spanish forces, fought on Dec. 24, was
received by the Junta in this city yes-
terday afternoon. It is saiW that 500
Cub‘ans and as many Spaniards were
killed, the, chief loss of the Cubans
being the death of Gen. Ricardo Del-
gado, who was killed just before the
close of the battle

The battle was fought near Bahia
Honda and the Cubans succeeded in
landing a large expedition, to intercept
which was the object of the Spaniards.

 

Watching for Filibusters.
Washington, Dec. 28.—Treasury offi-
cers are receiving frequent telegmms
from Jacksonville, Key West and other
Florida ports, reporting unusual (vigif
lance to prevent the departure of any
one of the several rumored filibuster—

. lng expeditions. The Dauntless is being

watched, and evidence meanwhile is

, being collected with the expectation of
affording grounds on which to libel the
vessel. , .

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Mrcov‘ CHALLENGES FITZSIMMONS. '

Will Fight the World’s Champion
for $10,000 a. Side. ,_

New, York, Dec- 28.—Kid McCoy,
the conqueror of Creedon, wired the
following challenge to Fitzsimmons
yesterday afternoon for a finish fight
for the middle-weight championship of
the world:

“I desire to challenge Robert Fitz-
simmons to a finish fight for the mid-

dle- -weight championship of the wmld.‘

I have backing for $10, 000, and Wish, to
post the entire sum as a side stake;

“If Corbett does not meet Fitz, I am
willing to take his place in any tour-
nament Dan Stuart may arrange. I am
anxious to meet Fitz and will waive
every condition save one—he must
meet me within the middleweight
limit. . KID (CHARLES) M'COY.”

The young middleweight announced
that he has backing for $10,000 and will
post a forfeit as soon as called upon to
do so. ,He desires to meet the present
champion for a. purse and a side stake
of at least _$5, 000.

Mchy at once communicated with
Dan SflIart, the promoter of the Cal‘-
son fight last Spring, and offered to
take Corbett’s place in case the Cali-
fornian fails to sign articles with Fitz.

“Even if Corbett is willing. to fight,"
declared McCoy in his letter to Stuart,
“I believe that I am entitled to the

first chance. Corbett is 'a beaten man, ,
while I have not yet been defeated._

Fitzslmmons should take me on first
and deal with Corbett afterward.”

 

SINGERLY KEEPS HIS. PAPER.

Record Stock to Be Assigned to
Creditors of the Closed Banks.

Philadelphia, Dec. 28.—The conferees
selected to formulate a plan of settle-
ment of the affairs of the Chestnut
Street National Bank and the Chestnut
Street Trust and Savings" Fund Com-
pany, of which William M. Singerly,
proprietor of the Record, was presi-
dent, and which closed their doors on
Thursday last, last night presented a
plan for the consideration of depositors
and creditors. The chief measure sug-
gested is the issuance of Record stock
to secure creditors. 1n the course of a
statement the conferees say:

“It is believed that if Mr. Singerly
will continue to give his entire atten-
tion to the development of his great

enabled him to build up a property
earning, it is stated, in the fiscal year
1896, $310,000 net, and earning also, it is
said, in the last seven years an aver-
age annual net earning of $243,000, will
enable him to do what not merely will
changed condi-
tions—'namely, to maintain the present
great value of the property—but also
to increase it.”

Overnlnn Wheel Conlpany anils

Springfield, Mass, Dec. 28. —The Ovel-
man Wheel Company, of Chicopee
Falls, Mass, with agencies in all the
principal cities of'the country, manu-
facturers of the Victor bicycle, made
an assignment yesterday to President

. Bowman, of the Springfield National

Bank. The liabilities are estimated at
$539,000, and assets at $1,318,000. It is
one of the most prominent wheel con-
cerns in the country. A meeting of the

creditors has been called for Dec. 31.
The shops closed last night, throwing
several hundred employees out of
work. ‘

They Object to Judge Paxton.

Washington, Dec. 28.—It is stated
that organized railroad men are bring-
ing pressure to bear upon the Presi-
dent to prevent him from appointing
Judge Paxson, of Pennsylvania, to suc-
ceed Judge Morrison on the inter—State
Commerce Commission. They are seek-
ing the appointment of some good rail-
road man as a. member. They contend
that the commission as now made up
is composed entirely of lawyers, and
that it will never be what the law in—
tended until some one familiar with

the railroad business is made a mem-l

ber of the commission.

\ ——-———-—-——_.__._—_—-
Christmas Tragedy in Mississippi.

Glendora, Miss, Dee. 28.—It is just
learned that on Christmas Day at the
plantation store of Charles L. Tanner,
three miles from Glendora, a negro
named Joe Hopkins, alias Snowball,
murdered John W. Luckie and Sam
Eskridge, two preminent white farm—

ers, and robbed the store of a small

amount. The negro brained Luckie
with a shotgun, then fired two barrels
into the body of Eskridge. Searching
parties have been organized and the
country is being secured. If Hopkins is
apprehended he will in all probability
be lynched.

 

Traceuble to Miss Herbert’s Death.
Washington, Dec...28.—The suicide of
Miss Anna Virginia Wells, daughter of
Mr. Lewis N. Wells, a. well—known at-
torney of Washington, following so
closely upon the death of Miss Herbert,
has added to the gloom which pervades
Washington society. Miss Wells was
prominent in society of this city, and
was a. close friend to Miss Herbert,
and her self-destruction is indirectly
traceable to'her friend’s death. The
funeral of Miss Wells will take place
from the family residence this __afte-r-
noon, and will doubtless be largely at-
tended, as she had a hos-t of friends.

'Russian Emnbezzlcr Arrested.

New York, Dec. 28.—Itzig Japko,
who sailed under the name of Max
Japko, and who is wanted in Russia
for the embezzlement of 3,200 roubles
($1, 600), was arrested yesterday after
landing from the Cunard liner Etruria.
He was much surprised when a Pink-
erton detective teak him in charge.
Japko came in the steerage. He is 25
years old, and a blond mustache 'and

‘the faintest symptom of a. goate'e

adorns a shrewd but not striking face.
He wore a crushed Alpine hat, blue

- eyeglasses and a long brown ulster.

Double Crime a. Mystery.

Pittsburg, Dec. 28. ——The mystery sur-
rounding the double tragedy at Jack-
sonville on Christmas has net been
cleared. The Coroner held an inquest,
but being unable to decide .whether
Milton Neal and his aged wife had
been murdered, or whether the farmer
had shot his wife and then killed him-
self,’ he continued the hearing until
Thursday. '

__n'.

Disastrous Fire’ut Charleston.
Charleston. W. Va., Dec. 28.—The

wholesale grocery house of Lewis Hub-
bard fin Co., was burned yesterday. The
building was valued at $20, 000; ix". sured
for $5, 000: the stock was valued at $100, -
000; insured for $80. 000. .,,. J

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W'IIY HE FAILED TO LAUGH

i‘hu Way Sn Amusing He Couldn’t ‘Talm
. '1‘ me In Express Ills Enjoyment.

Among a party of “personally con-
ducted" tourists doing "England one
summer was a gentleman with rather
Puritanical notiOns about theaters.
Nevertheless, rather than . interfere
with the pleasure of the party he con-
sented to go out for the evening with
them.

The play was one of those hilarious
adaptations from the French, where a
staid householder of mature years
takes a night" off and makes the most
Of it in an atmosphé’re of champagne
and general revelry. As the perform-

er and more furious the other members
of the party looked at the man of rigid
views with considerable solicitude.
Might he not rise from his seat and de-
nounce the performance? ‘

But, no, he sat there quietly enough,
his face fixed in a. look of frozen in-
tentness, and his eyes glaring through
his spectacles at the spectacle beyond
the footlights. However elSe he might
regard the performance, he certainly
"wasn’t amused. Not a. ghost of a
smile crossed his face. He sat stolidly
through it all to the fall of the cur-
tain.

When they were all going down the
stairs, one of the party had the tc~
merity to ask him how he liked the
show, and the others waited with
bated breath to hear his withering de—
nunciation.

“Why,” be pleasantly answered, ‘ ll“.
was the funniest thing I ever saw in

my life.”
“B- but, ” stammered the astonished
questioner, “you didn’t laugh—you

didn’t even smile all through the per-
formance.”

f‘No,” answered the other, “I didn’t
9laugh because I was afraid I might lose
some of it.”

 

USE FOR EMPTY BARRELS.

I‘hey Serve Over and Over Again and

With New Ones Always in Demand.

When second-hand barrels are col-
lected from the retail dealers, they are
disposed of in- various ways. Many of
the flour mills take their pick of the
best flour barrels and use them
over again, and the molasses
barrels and hogsh‘eads are re-
paired and shipped to Cuba or
the Southern States to be refilled.
‘The rest of the barrels are shipped to
large farming sections of the country,
to be filled with vegetables. In the
winter season large consignments of
empty barrels go to Norfolk and oth-
er southern points, where the market
gardeners are in need of them. The
glue factories are on the lookout for
empty sugar barrels, and, generally,
they have standing orders with' the
second—hand dealers to supply them
With so many thousand a year. The
farmers of Jersey and Long Island,
and even the turpentine farmers of the
Southern States, are all in the market
for second—hand barrels. It would
seem as if all this demand for second—
hand barrels would limit the output
of new barrels, but it does not in the
least. New ways of using old barrels
are being found every year, but they
would not be so utilized if only new
ones could be obtained. The cost
would be an insurmountable barrier.
A flour barrel is sometimes filled
twice with flour then it is strong
enough ,to be filled with potatoes, or
pickles, and then it may be used sev-
eral times for lighter vegetables, such
as lettuce, kale, and spinach, after

 

which it goes into somebody’s stove.
OLD I-lOG MONEY.
Coined in Bermuda. in 1615 ~Highly

Prized by Collectors.

Hog money is rather a queer name
for currency, is it not? Yet that is
the name by which the brass money
which began to be struck in Bermuda
'2. 1615 came to be known. On'one
face of it was a hog, on the other a
ship of that period. These coins are

lectors. 9

The histur y of this device is cdridus
and interesting. A Spanish vessel,
commanded by Juan Bermudez, and

hogs, was wrecked there. This was
in 1515. Later in the same century,
when the English discovered this land,
they found a country inhabited by
hogs.

It is also interesting to note that
the English discovered it in the same
way as the Spaniards. An English
.ship was wrecked there. Is it any
wonder that the treacherous coast got
from Spanish and English alike the
name of “Devil’s Land?” Yet it is one
of the most beautiful coasts in the
world, and it has been claimed that in
brilliancy, Mediterranean effects are
..not at all equal to those of Bermuda.
Bermuda is said to _be the island of
Shakespeare’s “Tempest.” The strange
noises which mariners heard coming
from this island, and which they did
not then know were produced by hogs
caused them to say that it was haunted
and to report weird things of it --Phil-
adelphla Inquirer.

 

The Richest Town.
. The richest town in the United States
1:; Brookline, near Boston. Its popula-
tion is 17, 000, and valuation $60, 000, 000,
yet it is governed through the typical
'New England town meeting. It has
a public library containing 45, 000 vol-
umes a. $300, 000 high school, a $40, 000
f1 ee bathing establishment, and spends
$100 ()00 a year on its parks and well‘
shaded streets. Boston would gladly
annex-it, but Brookline pnefers to go

on as it is.

 

“’hy It Was Never Broken.

 

 
 

er break my word. " '
“Too flexible, eh?".—'Life.

.n-i

ance progressed and the fun grew fast- ‘

very rare and highly prized by col-'-

on its way to Cuba with a. cargo of

His Plea for Mercy—“No, sir, I new.

EVENING GAZETTE

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, ‘the deaf gallery."

 

THEAIREj—EOING IN JAPAN.

1 Law Prohibiting a Performance to be
Longer Than Eight Hours.

It will interest many, to. hear that the
Iapanese laws now prohibit theatrical,
Jerformance lasting more" than eight
lOllI‘S. The plays, in, the first-class
rheatres begin at 10 mil, and are not
ended until after sunset.
ntervals, of course, for refreshments,
1nd 3. recent innovation is a theatre
rard for exercise, lined with eating
moths and fancy stalls. Boxes are se-
lured three or four days beforehand
’rom a‘ neighboring tea house, where
lrrangements are made for attendance
1nd refreshments during. the day. Full
iress is never wern. ‘ '

The following articles, unless other-
wise ordered, are brought to each pat-
'on: A programme, a cushion, a to-
aacco fire-box, . a. pot of tea,
sakes, fruit and sushi, a
if rice dumpling flavored with
Vinegar and topped with a piece

it fish. Valuables may be left at the »

tea house, and the inclusive charge,
excepting the waiter’s tip, is not more
:han 1.80 yen a head. The gallery is
:he most aristocratic place, but the
mace unreserved, occupied by the
iapanese “gods ” is quaintly called
—Westminster Ga-
'ette.

 

New Year’l.

From time immemorial the new
rear has been the season for fresh and
good resolutions.

But indeed the making of good reso-
rutions has always been so easy that
me marvels why any day in especial
should ever have been set apart for.
1he purpose. Yet the" fact is that al-

. nost- every one likes to postpone the

time of relinquishing the particular
naughtiness which for any reason has
become objectionable, whether the
:eason be the bare fact of its own
tharacter or be the injury it works.

It is so easy to be good next week
9r the week after, because that person
who is going to be good next week or
the week after is another individual,

the person of that time another
person, not one’s self, not the
person of this time. It is so

difficult to say, Now, now, now is the
lime to leave ofi! because the person
Whom “Now” addresses is one’s self,
and experiences the Whole bitterness
of the renunciation. And for this rea-
son we may observe that usually the
lime for carrying the good resolve in-
to effect is seldom this moment or
this day, but is always among the to-
morrows; and thus uncounted good
resolutions are made in any part of
the last year, the time for their bud-
:ling into action being always left for
the first day of the new year. ‘

 

“ HOT FAVORITES.”

 

 

Had Daniel “'cbstel' Down Fine.
Some years ago an Eastern farmer,
in trying to repeat Webster’s dying
words, “I still live,” gave an amusing
rendering of the spirit, if not the ex-
act letter of the phrase. A gentleman
had remarked to him, “Life is very un-
certai' .” “Ah, yes,” replied the farm-
‘ that’s true, eveiy word of it; and,
bv the way, Captain, that makes me
think of what one of youl big Massa-
chusetts men said when he died a spell
ago."
“Who was it?” inquired the Captain.
“Well, I don’t jist call his name now,
but at any rate he was a big politician-
er, and lived near Boston somewhere.

..My newspaper said that when he died
' the Boston folks put his image in their
windows and had a funeral for a whole

day.’
“Perhaps it was Websmr, ” suggested

the Captain.

» “Yes, that’ 5 his name! Webster. Gen-

eral Webster. Strange I could not

think on it afore. But he got off .a

good thing just before he died. He riz

up in bed and says he, ‘I ain’t dead

yet!’ ”—Gum Bog.

 

Striiies for Letter Car-Hers:

Chicago’s postmaster has introduced
an innovation that will be popular. The
letter carriers of that city will hereaf-
ter wear service stripes, one for each
five years of duty. The stripe is annar-
row black 'broadcloth‘band, one~half
inch in Width, to be worn on both
sleeves above the cuff. Each stripe is
outlined by heavy white silk stitching,
and’the whole forms an attractive and
striking badge of honor, as it r‘eposes
on the cadet gray background. One

“carrier in that city will be diStinguish-

ed with six stripes, indicating thirty
years’ continuous service. The idea
is borrowed from the army and navy,
and is ‘worthy of imitation. .

There are '

sort' "Poland and North Germany.

 

BRISTLES FROM ABROAD.

The American" Hog' Not Capable of Fur-
' ishing the Supply Ne eded Here.
Almost all the bristles uséd in this
country in the manufacturing of brush-
es are imported, and notwithstanding
the increased production of pork in this
country the supply of American brist-
les is now even smaller than it former-
ly was. Hogs. are fattened and killed

young in. this country, and with the-

constant and widespread improvement
of the breeds here the hogs have run
less to bristles. Some extensive pack-
ers collect bristles, but the American
supply is probably less than 1 per cent.
of the consumption.- The longest
American bristles are about four and
a half inches in length.

Imported bristles come from various
parts _of Russia, but most largely from
Some
finer soft bristles come from France.
The bulk of the supply comes from cold
countries, where the hogs are well pro-
tected by thick coats, and many of the
bristles are those of wild hogs. The
hogs shed their coats as many other
animals do, and there are men Who
gather the bristles of wild hogs, know-

ing their haunts and where the bristles.

are to be found. Other bristles are col-
lected in the ,usull manner when the
hogs are killed. The bristles are sub-
jected to various processes of curing
and preparation before ,they become

‘4, _'

 

1

commercial bristles and ready for the _

market.
Imported bristles range from three

and a half to seven and a half inches"

in length. Various vegetable fibres are
now used extensively in the manufac-
ture of cheaper brushes, but for many
uses bristles . are
their importation continues steadily.
-—New York Sun.

 

STATUS OF WOMAN IN FRANCE.

indispensable and

In France the “7119 is Ditch the Real Head 1

0t Shopkecping Establishments.
' For fifty years woman in this coun-
try has owned her own property, so
that now there is no American, prob-

. ably, who ev e1 thinks of a woman as a

human being Wh oparts with all her
possessions at her malriage. In Eng-
land a married woman’s property act
was passed in 1882. The Danish wo-
man has had the right to collect and
to diSpose of the product of her tell since
1880. The Swedish woman since 1874,
and the Norwegian since 1888, have
had the same property rights. Even
the woman who is the subject of the
Czar is‘ the mistress of her own, But
in France the woman of the humbler
class who is married works for the
man, keeps her money only if he will,
and must give it to him if there is the
best of reasons why she should be per-
mitted to withhold it—eas, for example,
if he be an idle drunkard, spending for
his pleasure, the earnings of the Wife
and mother that are needed for the
household. Among the s‘hopkeeping
bourgeoisie the woman works also
alongside of the husband, is often the
real head of the establishment, es-

especially in the little business whose -

prosperity depends upon good taste,
patience, tact and unfailing courtsey.
And for the toil which knows little rest
the possible maker of the family’s pros«
perity receives what is granted by the
head of the house, whose temper and
awkward- mindedness may possibly
prevent the wife’s achievement of a
still greater prosperity, involving a
larger dot, and therefore a more shin-
in’g marriage forthe daughter.——Harp-
er’s Weekly.

' Round-Eyed Fish.

The jeriopphthalmus, a fish of China,
Japan, India, the Malay archipelago
and Eastern Africa,I is probably the
oddest of creatures with its eyes out
of place, The poor fish gets its name

 

from its eyes; all the terrible cognoe

men means after all is round-eyed.
These organs are very round and
prominent, and possess for a fish, the
rare property of looking around on all
sides; they are situated at the top of
the animal’s head. This fish is pe-
culiar also in that it heps out of wa-
ter to pursue its prey, jerking along
on its pectoral fins and breathing the
oxygen from‘quantities of water which
it has stored up in its immense gill
cavities. _
Clocks all Agree.

Brussels has a very complete system
of time service which the merchants
use generally, and one cannot go any-

where without being faced with the ex~~

act time. There are 451 electric clocks
in service, all governed by the master
clock, which in this case is the town
clock. Each minute all the hands of
the clocks in the circuit are advanced
one minute by the action of a current
impulse sent out by the master clock.
The cost of the service is $25 for the
initial installation, but after that the
vearly cost is only about $2.—Chicago
Inter-Ocean.

 

Need of Hasr‘e.

“Do you think you can suppox' my
daughter, Mr. Sooter?”

“Yes—if .we are married right away,
sir," answelecl the young man. “1
can’t stand the expenses of a long en-
gagement, though, sir. ”—Halner’ 5 Br.-
lar. .

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

Stamped I! 'Oss ”
‘ Always the Same _.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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