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fl rains leave South Norwalk as followsf
FOR NEW YORK -—- AccOmmodation
trains at 9.36 a. m., 1.11,‘ 3.04, 4.07, 5.333,.
6. 4'1. 8. 11, 10.20 p.111. Express trains
at. 4.55. 5. 45, 6.15. (local), 6.55, (local).
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9.53. 10 35, 11. 37, (loca1)am.12.47,
2. 2'3, 5 05 5. 55, 7. 55 p. m. For Washing-
ton 771a Hailem River 12.53 a. m. (daily)
SUNDAYS—Accommodation 9.15a. 1n.
5. 43' (loc‘al),7 ' 7.2‘3, (local) 9.28 p. m. Ex
pres: 4. 55, 5. 45 a. m.
For: NEW HAVEN AND THE EAST—
Accommodation t1 ains at 6. 32, 7. 42,
8.46 and 11.42. a.” m.. 1. 37, 2. 42 ,(to B’p’t),
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“THE.
THE 'PRO'FIT IN\POSTAGE STAMPS.
How Hustling ’Postmasters About New.
. York ~Blake Money.
"‘I‘he1e' is one point ” said an old in-
spector. of the Postofiice Department,
"that has not yet brought out in
connection with the consolidation 0f
the smaller posioflices around New
York VV 1th the New York office. Nev-
cr,tl1elcss it is one that .by consolidat-
ing' the smaller postoflices with the
'711"01 ones the department expects to
do away, to a large extent, at least,
with the systematic robberyx which it
is now unable to prevent. I mean
by this the traflic in stamps by which
the gross receipts of the smaller
offices are swollen t0 undue propor-
tions and the postmaster's salary cor-
respondingly increased, while the
larger offices do the work.
“This practice is carried on around
all large cities, but especially in and
about New York, and it results in
great injustice to the postmaster and
As is
well known, in the smaller fourth-
class oflices the postmasters are paid
in proportion to the stamps cancelled.
In the larger fourth-class offices and‘
the P1esidential offices the'salary is
dependent on the receipts. Take a~
small office in the neighborhood of
New ,York. The postmaster depends
on his cancellations for his revenue.
In the same town lives the secretary
of a large insurance corporation, who
happens to be a personal friend of
tho postmaster. The latter goes to
the secretary and explains that his
salary is dependent 011 the cancella-
tion of stamps, and says that it
would be very easy for the secretary
to bring down at night, on his way
home fiom his oflice, all 01' a large
part of the letters of the company
which are to go in the night mail. In—
stc ad of depositing them in the office
at New York, or in one of the sta—
tions. sub-stations or letter boxes,
where they will do no good, why not
mail them in the smaller oflice and
thereby help a. friend? The Govern-
ment loses- nothing and the friend
gains. So, as an act of friendship the
secretary often consents, and the
postmaster of the suburban town is
enabled to 1ep0rt a large amount of
cancellations, and is paid accord-
ingly.
“When the pay depends on the
gross receipts another course is pur-
sued. Instead of bringing the letters
out from town the obligd'ng friend is
requested to purchase his stamps at
the office and mail his letters in New
York. In this ‘1\ ay the receipts ale
swollen and the salary of the post-
master expanded in proportion.
“In other cases the suburban post—
master is a commuter, and has an of-
fice in the city. Here. he makes
friendswith those in charge of large
corporations and requests them to
purchase from him the stamps they
require, offering to deliver them on
the premises. This is frequently done,
the postmaster bringing into town
every day several thousand stamps
and selling them to the large firms
and corporations. Of course. the more
he sells the larger his salary, and he
is usually very industrious. The evil
does not stop here. Sometimes the
secretary does not prove so obliging,
or the corporation is not friendly to
the postmaster. It then becomes a
matter of business, which means a
split in the commissions. The post—
master oifers to divide his salary, or
rather pays a commission on each let-
ter mailed at his office by the repre-
sentative of the concern. Where a
firm is sending out a thousand letters
a day this soon becomes a matter of
considerable profit to both the post-
master and the obliging friend; 01'
else the postmaster offers a small re-
duction 0n the stamps. As he is paid
for selling them he can afford to sac-
rifice a part of‘the profit, and by sell-
ing ten or twenty thousand stamps in
a lump he can put the price down
considerably. Even if the firm saves
only a few dollars, it is a reduction it
could not obtain at the general post-
office, and many of the large houses
in New York buy all their stamps in
this way. There are a hundred con-
cerns in New York, such as wholesale
firms, commission houses, insurance.
railroad and steamship companies,
that use more i than a thousand
stamps a' day, and the saving of a
few dollars on each 10.000 means
something in the course of the year.
"This business is well known.
there is good reason to believe that
some persons in New York are.
shrewd enough to make a. fair living
by beating the department, for this
is a scheme that can be worked both
ways at once.- Suppose. for instance,
that you are the secretary of a large
insurance company, using a thousand
stamps a dajx The postmaster
your town is paid by the amount of
his cancellations. You are on friend-
ly terms with him, as you are with
the postmaster of another town near
by, ‘who is paid according to his gross“
receipts. You agree with the first to
bring out your mail every evening.
and are met by him at the train.
With the other? you arrange to take
six thousand stamps a week, which
he delivers at. your house in the sub-
urbs or at your olfice in town. From
both you get a commission, from the
one for the stamps and from the
otherfor the "mailing. Now put the
'two together and you will find thai
you are getting at least one-fourth of
your stamps for nothing. The Stump
bill of your firm is $6,000 a year, and
you are receiving $1,500.51 year for
your trouble. Quite an agreeable ad-
dition to the ordinary salary. and you
also have the pleasure of knowing
that you are helping two friends. A:
there are many " men in New'Yorl;
who are just as, wise as you. the dc
partment believes that this sort 0!
thing has been going on for years.
()fcourse nothing can'be doucwitb
the-individual. and: with the 11081:.
master the department is restrictm}
to a dismissal.
and
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A RARE PIECE OF GOOD LUCK. ,
A Turquoise IOI-ine .Discovered in [Death
Valley, ~Cnlifornia.
' A mining expert, who for seven years
,has been employed by a rich mining
corporation visiting mining sections in
Central and South'America, is reported
to have recently'discovered a thrquoise
mine in Death Valley, California,
which, it is believed, will bring him a ,
fortune.
As there are but two other tur-
quoise mines on the American Conti-
nent—one in Northern New .Mexico
and the other in Southern Nevada—the
next nearest being in Persia, it is prob-
able that the owner will to a. certain
extent have a monopoly in the sale of
these gems.
The formation in which turquoise is
found is a tale containing aluminum.
In this vein the turquoise is embedded
like pebbles in White clay. In some
parts of the mine it was discovered
that the tale was a pure boxi-te, which
is a form of raw aluminum, and this of
itself will prove to be of value when
raw aluminum can be converted into
the merchantable article.
It was at a depth of at least twenty
feet that the best turquoise were found
——st0nes, in the peculiar shade which
makes them most rare and eagerly
sought for by experts not being found
nearer the surface. ,Turquoise is com-
posed of aluminum, sulphurous acid,
copper and water. The proportion of
component parts are about forty—nine
per cent. aluminum, eighteen per cent.
'sulphurous acid, from two to three per
cent. copper, and the rest.water. It is
the copper that gives thepeculiar blue
shade, almost pale green, and upon
the percentage of copper depends the
degree of blueness—New York Herald.
ASLEEP BUT STILL DOING DUTY.
Though Unconscious He Rang the Bell
. for Two or Three Hours.
“We. have some pretty long stretches
of duty,” said a locomotive engineer. the
other day, “and it isn’t an uncommon
thing for a man to go for forty-eight
hours without sleep. Of course, it isn’t
the best policy for the railroad compa-
ny to allow such a thing to happen,
but sometimes it can’t be helped. It
would be a pretty serious thing for an
engineer to go to sleep at his post. You
think it would be hard for a man to
sleep under such circumstances, eh?
Well, I never heard of the engineer do-
ing it, although sometimes they come
pretty near dozing, but my own fire—
man went sound asleep during one of
my runs recently. The p001 fellow
had been kept on the jump for three
days without a wink of sleep, and
when we started on the run in question
he was simply dead tired. He man-
aged to keep awake, however, until we
reached the outskirts of the city. It
was his place then to ring the bell con-
tinuously until we got into the train
yard. He kept that bell going with
regularity, and I wondered at' his vi-
tality. When I ran my engine into
the round house he never moved out
of his seat, but. still yanked the bell
rope. Then I saw the he was asleep. I
called the other fellows, and we watch- 7
ed him for two or three hours, sleep-
ing away, and yet pulling dutifully at
the bell. When we finally woke him
up his arm was sore, and he was mad
as'a hatter.”—Philadelphia Record.
Her ldeniifieution.
“There,” she said, as she finally got
.the check properly indorsed and hand-
ed it to the paying teller; “I’d like to
have the money, please.”
.“Before we can let you have the
money you will have to be identified.”
“But the friends I am visiting took
a trip out into the country with my
mother this morning.”
"Then you will ‘have to wait till to-
morrow.’
“Well, I suppose I can manage it.
Will the bank be open for an hour?”
“Yes.”
“Then I’ll hurry home and put on .my.7
evening gown. It’s a great deal of
trouble, but it’s the only way. I have
a. strawberry mark on my right shoul-
der, and everybody who has read any-
thing at all knows there isn’t any bet-
ter identification than a strawberry
mark—Washington Star.
San Francisco a “'aifless City.
There are no “waits” in SanFrancis-
co. Occasionally a family is discover-
_ed struggling in dire poverty, but as
soon as their condition is known they
are cared for. If any of the members
of the family are capable of self-support
they are put in the way of earning a
livelihood; and if they are too young to
work or the natural bread-winners are
incapacitated by sickness or other af-
fliction ample provision is made for
their necessities. There are hundreds
of boys and girls in San Francisco,
children of parents who are poor, earn-
ing money with which they assist to
support their families, but there is not
one Of these who would answer the de-
scription of “waif.”—San Francisco
Post.
Conflicting Evidence.
“Was that a man’s valise or a wo-
man’s that the police found down by‘
the railroad track?” asked the city
editor.
‘I dunno,”- answered the police re-
porter. “There was nothing in it but
one of Zola’s stories, a copy of ‘The
Dolly Dialogues,’ a paper sack of cara-
mels and a pack of cigarettes.”——In-
dianapolis Journal.
The Chicago Times-Herald says that
an Evanston woman the other morn-
ing instructed her new cook to order
certain provisions of John, the mar-
ket-man. “Did John have frog legs
this morning?” asked the mistress,
upon her next trip to the culinary sanc-
tum. {Sure I. don't know, mum,"
was the semi-apologetic answer 07
Bridget. “He had on rubbe. boots am!
an ulster " ' , _
7/
HOLBIEN A FAVO'RI'TE OF HENRY Vlll.
By Tact He Managed to Retain the King’ a
Apni- obation.
At the court of Henry VIII” Holhien.
. the painter, was a favorite. He made a
careful study of the '_King’s vagaries,
and with much dexterity contrived to
"keep his head on his shoulders, though
it was many times in peril.
At the death of Jane Seymour Hen-
ry sent his favorite to “Flanders, with
orders .to paint the portrait of Christi-
na, in order that he might judge of
her fitness to become his consort.
The pertrait was painted and sent'to
England, and the delighted King sent
back an immediate proposal of mar»
‘7"1age. . “
It was fortunate for the Flemisza
painter that he was not at hand when
‘3}:11s1ina‘s answer was delivered to his
patron.
V"l-511fortunately I possess
Z1ead.
1 would gladly have placed one at your
2.;.- -.:y‘s disposal!”
‘7. 3721' to conciliate the angry King,
his Minister, Thomas Cromwell, sug-
c.1271 that Holbein. should be sent on
to _. 111 Anne of Cleves, who seemed
11. .77: likely, to prove a Willing bride.
71-: name was a flattering one, and
.73: :\ made every arrangement for the
;;.171:1'c:ge.
711711ying off to meet his bride, Hen-
7y was so much disgusted when he
saw "zhe' Flanders mare," as he called
her. that he sent her back. The in-
(lent cost Cromwell his head. For-
1171:71er for Holbcin, it did not st1il7e
ne King that he was in any way to
: me.
'lhe Fleming was not liked by the
English court, and various plots weie
formed to turn the King against him.
To a complaint from a favorite Min-
ister that Holbcin had thrown him
downstairs. Henry’s reply was charac-
te1istic.
‘ I tell you that of seven peasants I
can make as many lords, but not one
Holbein.—Philadel’phia Ledger.
but one
TO CATCH BICYCLISTS.
A Net Set on a Bad Curve Near Nice,
France.
The touring cyclist runs many risks;
but nowhere probably was there a more
te11'ible death trap than the Ramingao
bridge, on the road from Nice to Men-
tone. This bridge. which spans a
chasm between twenty and thirty yards
deep, is the meeting place of two par‘
allel roads, which approach it at right
angles, and with a somewhat steep as—
cent. Consequently cyclists and ve-
hicles which approached the bridge in-
cautiously and were not able to turn
with sufficient promptness came into
violent collision with the parapet, and
were not infrequently hurled over it
into the chasm beneath. In less than
three years a hundred persons—-
among them twenty
in this way been either
seriously injured. The French
government has at length undertaken
to make such changes as would obviate
the seribus danger. Seeing, however,
that the necessary measures would not
be completed in less than four or five
years, the Touring club de France have
had constructed a protecting network.
Strong iron supports are lettinto the
masonry of ,the bridge, and over these
is stretched copper wire netting capa-
ble of supporting the weight of two
horses should they be thrown upon it.
'The work .éwas finished last spring.
Five days after its completion a cyclist
came into collision with the parapet of
'the bridge, his machine was smashed,
and he was hurled into the netting, and
escaped uninjured Several other per-
sons have since been similarly saved
from disaster.-—-St. James Budget.
A llIoving Mountain.‘
There is -a mountain of da1k-br0wn
basalt onthe Columbia river, nearly
2,000 feet in height, and stretching
along the stream for six or eight miles.
When the white settlers first came in-
to the country the Indians told them
this mountain was traveling; that
some day it would move across the Co-
lumbia and form a lake; which would
reach from the cascades to the dalles,
What the Indians said has been found
true in some respects. The mountain
is in motion. Its movement is forward
and downward. The railroad builders
who constructedfiheir line along the
base found the tracks continually forc-
‘ed out of place. In some places the
movement has amounted to eight and
ten feet in a few years. Geologists at-
tribute the phenomenon to the fact
.that the mountain rises on a substrat-
um of conglomerate, 01' soft sands-tone.
which is' steadily being washed away
by the current of the big river.
Grave Cause for Anxiety.
The maiden aunt of a San Francisco
official, according to the News Letter.
has gradually cultivated a fondness for
sensationalism until a love for
reading horrible descriptions in the
newspapers and morbid imagining; in.
books‘has gained a complete ascendan-
cy0vefr.her. An old friend of the fam-
ily inquired a few days ago of the
nephew concerning the health 01' 3;...
aunt.
,“We are rather anxious about her.’
was the perfectly seiious reply. “She
is not exactly ailing, but hei snllitn‘
seem depressed. She does not seem to
be enjoying her muiders and lynching;
as much as usual!”
A Queer Notion.
Some women, as well as some 1117-11
have queer notions. The day that Mr 5
Leonora McMahOn, of St. .Joe Kan.
was married she had her first bus-
band's body taken up at Wichita and
sent to her at Kansas City: The bride
and bridegroom joined the remains
there, and accompaniéd them 70- Wis-
consin ~' for j reinterment.-
mote. .
Had I been endowed with two
cyclists—have ‘
killed or,
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THE GREA'T JOKE osmium. ‘
The Perpetrator of It Made 32, 400 by
His Obstinacy.
Paris has been laughing over a com-
"edy in real life, entitled “Le Locataire
Recalcitraint," or “The Obstinate Ten-
ant.” '
M. Dauphin insisted on occupying his
flat on the fourth fl001' when all the
rest of the building except a modicum
of wall had been removed. When he
finally went away, it was with much
pecuniary prbfit. ‘
Early in July the owner of a house
in the Avenue de Clich'y decided 70'
pull it down and build another on the
site. The occupants of the various
flats accepted notice to leave on Octo-
ber 15. Subsequently the landlord
found it would beto his advantage
to have the house pulled down at 011cc,
and he offered his tenants $200 com-
pensation apiece if they would
remove before July 15. All agreed
except one, M. Dauphin, a law-
yer’s clerk, occupying a fiat 011
the third floor in the back of the
house. He stood on his rights and de-
clined to budge before October 15.
Nevertheless, the contractor was call-
ed in and his men began to pull down
the premises. '1 he gas and water
were cutoff, and the whole of the front
part of the house was demolished, but
the lawyer’s clerk remained obdurate.
Then the workmen attacked the back
of the house', and took off the roof and
all the flooxs above the third. M. Dau-
phin‘s ceiling suffe1ed a good deal, but
be spread a tarpuulin OVer it and ap-
peared as contented as ever.
Then the staircase between the
ground and the second floor was re—
moved, but the tenant replaced it by a
ladder. Fully appreciating the humor
of the situation, he hung out a placard
bearing the words, “Co111l‘orlublc flat
to sub-let.” Occasionally the "Plaster
Hermit," as he was dubbed in the
neighborhood, would/take his after-
dinner‘ cup of- coffee outside his front
door and beam upon the crowd be-
low. .
The contractor was obliged to slop
work, and for three days M. Dauphin
remained in undisputed possession of
the ruins. The proprietor was forced
to come to terms. M. Dauphin pockct~
ed $2,400 compensation, and retired
with all the honors of war.
A MYSTERIOUS 4-YEAR wouosn.
A New York Boy with Phenomenal Pow-
ers of Memory.
Lavender Richardson, a four-year-
old New York boy, is a mystery in
point of mental development. in ap-
pearance and action he in no way dif-
fers from other little boys of his age,
but in his co'ri'ect answers to questions
that puzzle most grown people he is a
marvel. ,
_,, It is related of him by his parents
that when he was twenty-two months
old he commended to talk plainly, and
that then they were astonished to hear
him repeat facts he had heard told
with an accuracy that would have been
amazing in persons of much greater
age.
, When the boy was three years old he
had memorized thetnames of the capi-
tals of all the European countries. His
feats of memory were not like those of
the parrot,'for his knowledge appear-
ed to be so judiciously arranged in his
mind that he could utilize any portion
'of it whenever occasion required.
Then people who were told of his
marvelous powers of memory began to
test them, and Speedily found out that
the stories they had heard were true.
Everything told the boy seemed to
be retained by him without the slight-
est change, and the result of the men-
tal training, constant questions, ac-
companied by the ceaseless imparting
of information, was to soon make him
a veritable” encyclopedia. Statistical,
historical, Biblical, psychological, p0-
litlcal and other queries he answered
without hesitancy. Where he gained
all his information was another mys-
tery.
As the months have passed physi-
cians whose curiosity has been excited
[ted by the boy’s strange feats of mem-
by the boy's strange feats of mem-
cialists have subjected him to various
tests. None of those. however, has
been able to detect any indications of
the physical degeneration that as a
rule, invariably follows such remarka-
ble mental development.
Learned men from various Eastern
colleges have visited the boy for the
purpose of satisfying themselves of the
truth or falsity of the remarkable
statements made concerning him.—
New York Journal.
.. . -.—- D
Never Goes Abroad,
“There’s one thing I’ve notedabout
the charity that begins at home,”
sneered the crusty old bachelor. '9’"
“What’ 5 that?"
"It becomes so extremely domestic
that it never calls on the neighbors.”—
A good old preacher down in Indiana
was a little bit confused over his an-
nouncement: “Remember our quarter-
!y meeting next Sunday. The Lord
will be with us during the morning ser-
vice. and
evening."
the presiding elder in the
' California.
. " AMER CAN BUNTING
.777- Requisition: by the Government for
177771 Navy Flags.
7' _ 7 erativc requisitions by the Gov- ~
2 1, 11173111 authorities for- the production
1 rating for navy flags are what in-
2'13 the 3'.- periority so well known to
3173121 no the American article. The
.iaticns prescriberthat the fabric
Cf
729 made entirely of wool of the best
t'V, and ’ show no imperfections,
.119 weight to be five and one-fourth-
72071nds avoridupois per piece of forty.
yards of 10-inch width; the, yarn to be
evenly spun, (the warp and filling to
contain no less than thirty-four
threads to the inch, and the warp two-
ply with one-ply filling, properly
twisted; further, a tensile strength is
required of sixty-five pounds for the
warp and forty-five p0unds. for the fill—
ing, in test pieces two inches wide. The
colors must be as “fast” as 'it is pos-
Si'olc to make them, and not liable to be
seriously affected by being soaked con-
tinuously for twenty-four hours in
fresh water and then thoroughly wash—
ed in water with 'which is combined a
good grade of laundry soap. Every
stripe and device on the flags made-of
this superb material are measured with
the most perfectgeometrical accuracy,
and the stars are put-2 on so carefully
and evenly that when the flag is held
up to the light the stars, which are
made of muslin and put on both sides,
appear to be a part of the fabric. The
stars are cut with chisels out of bleach—
ed anuslin laid thirty thicknessess to-
gether on a large open block—Boston
Transcript;
7.
THE FRENCH PEASANT.
Harvest All the Fields Become
Common Property.
The French peasant has, an inde-
pendent means of existence.‘ He owns
the soil he tills. If he employs labor-
ers they, at 165st,'will own a house and
garden, and hopeto own a. plot. The
English villager is either "a small
tradesman or a laborer. A garden
which he cultivates but does not own
is, as a rule, the extent of his passes-
sions. There are two classes in an
English village, and these may be sub-
divided into various religious sects.
There is only one class in our French
commune—a fact which has a material
bearing upon the social economy of
the community. Every inhabitant of
the commune is a proprietor of some-
After
' thing, and all are bent on saving, yet,
with all their individualism, they com-
bine for common and‘mutual interest.
This is illustrated by the organization
of the syndicate for buying at whole-
sale prices. They unite for' the cul-
tivation of the soil, lending each other
horses and making up teams. Every
commune has a field, which is common
property, and where, on payment of a
trifling fee,-animals graze. After the
harvest all thefields become common
property, and the gros betail and the
other betail 'are allowed to' roam at
large—Contemporary Review. '
BIGGEST WINE TANK IN THE WORLD.
Haifa Million Gallons of \Vine Pumped
Into It by Steam in California.
Half a million gallons of wine, all in
one still, deep, red la e, are the feat—
ure of this year’s ne industry in
The lake is the biggest vat
in all the history of wine making. The
famous great tun at Heidelberg held
only 50,000‘T gallons. London boasted
tanks twice as large as Heidelberg, and
in San Francisco is one which holds
150,000 gallons. Before. this huge un-
derground cavern at Asti, in Sonoma,
where 500,000 gallons of grape juice
are to take on sweetness and flavor, all
former feats in storing vast quantities
3f wine are insignificant.
For one solid week two steam pumps
forced into this reservoir four-inch
streams of grape juice before it was
filled and corked. For this huge
storage tank is in reality_a sort of
"Brobdignagian bottle, buried well un-
derground to preserve it from‘ changes
of temperature and the heat of” the
sun’s rays. Its construction was a mat-
ter of sudden necessity. It unexpect-
edly became known that there was -
more grape juice in Sonoma vineyards
than there was room in which to put it.
The idea of a big concrete cistern was
broached and quickly adopted, and in
forty-five days from the time the first
shovelful of earth was thrown out the
steam pumps began their task of filling
it. —New York Sun.
Paper Bath Towels.
The most curious use to which paper
is to be put is that suggested by the
blotting paper towel. It is a new style
of towel, consisting of a~fu11 suit of
heavy blotting paper. A person, upon
stepping out of his morning bath, has
only to. array himself in one of these
suits, and in a second he will be dry.
' An Easy Test. _
Timmins—I have never been able to
make up my mind whether I am gen—
ius or not.
Simmons—It is easily tested. Just
act like a hog when you are in society,
and if you are a genius pe0ple will ad-
admire you for it.—-—Indianapolis Jour-
nal.
T THE ORIGINAL
4 Stamped ‘5 B'osS ,; .
' ' ' ' ' Always the Same
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Norwalk Chronicler