ANECDOTES OF MACREADY. V ‘ no Played Better When in a Genuine Pas- sion Before Going on the Stage. ' Mr. Sala charged Macready with having habitually used foul and blasphe‘mous language behind the scenes. An apologist hints that Mr. Sala may have been led astray by. the fact that in the last act of “Mac- beth” Macready invariably lashed him~ self into a sort of fever, which he ag- gravated by using all sorts of strong cxpres‘sions. When Mr. Phelps played Mdcduff to him for the first time, he was not a little amazed during the fight at the close of the last act, to hear g‘hiacready call him a beast, a scoundrel, 1r. hell-born villain, a base-born cur and .11 devil. F1111 of resentment, Phelps "mini-ed back the_epithets with energy, and? heaped foul names upon Macready. At the close Macready said: -— “Thank you, Mr. Phelps, thank you; Ive never been so well supported. ” In another play, where it was neces- sary to entel in a panting fury, full of rage. exhibiting the gasping exhaustion of mad passion. v Macready used to have a hired “super” whom 'he would grapple and shake and curse at, off the stage, so‘that he could entei naturally. 0119 night the regula1 “super” sent a substitute who did not quite under- st: nd the business. He resented Mac- rc dy's rough treatment, which de- lighted the tragedian, who went at his team with increased vigor. The sub— ;titute presently “let him have it,” and the pair fought savagely a good round. i~1acready that night burst upon his a11- ience in a splendid rage, out- Macrea- 1:: 111g llac1eady. When the substitute learned the tl‘tie state of affairs, how- . ever, he bolted; but he was unearthed, i‘cr Macready came off after the first gasping,— lia! Where is he? Hum. 1121, A splendid fellow! Pay him every were. “53.12111. 1110! e and let me'have 111111 “an ,9 A’NCIENTS VALU ED GOLD. livery liil'urt Made Even the Committing (al‘Crime to Obtain It. Gold was probably the first metal ob- €Gl'll3tl and collected, because of the ' ‘11:: ive undeistanding of its in- .ic value. About it superstitions giew; religious and ‘ceremonious rites and strange crimes were committed for its possession in the days when it was believed that is was of such stuff that the sun itself was made and the halls ufl.‘tliaihalla paved. Rock paintings and carvings of Egyptian tombs earlier than the days of Joseph indicate the operation. of washing auriferous sand, and a subsequent melting in furnaces by the aid of blow pipes. Less than twenty years ago the old mines of Nu- bia, so graphically described by Dio- dorous, were discovered on the shores of the? Red sea, together with a line of ancient wells across the desert; the un- derground workings where ore veins had been followed with the pick, the rude cupelling furnaces for assaying, pi ks oil lamps, stone mills, mortars and pestles, inclined warming tables of stone, crucibles and retorting furnaces trins of bur‘ned‘ tile, by which the entire pro‘ | cess can be traced. Here slaves and hapless prisoners of war exchanged their life 'blood for glit- tering dust to fill the treasuries of their captors. In India and Asia Minor the powdered ore was washed down over smooth; sloping rocks and caught gold in the fleeces of sheepskins sunk in the stream. It was literally a. golden fleece that Jason brought back from the Cau- casus. Further north and following the eastern foothills of Mount Ararat ”to the southern slope of the Ural mountains in Russian Siberia, where fist year millions were taken out of the old mines, the ancient Scythians broke up rock and gravel with copper iniplzements, scraped out the glittering dust and nuggets with the fangs of wild boars and carried their gains away in bags of le;1ther.-—Modern Ma- I rhinery. USING A FROG TO CATCH A FROG. The Strat'agem of It. Now Jersey Hunter of the Succulent Logs. AiNew Jersey genius, who makes a living along the banks of the Raritan and contiguous swamps by catching frogs for the New York market, has, during the past season, surprised his patrons, Who me restaurant keepers in theWashington square district, by the large quantities bf toothsome legs, so highly prized by epicures. Thede- mand for frog legs has always exceed- ed the supply, as the agile hoppers are I difficult to bag. I IillIlSTLY ntconn. How Fifty Thousand Lives Were Losthhat Might Have Been Saved. More than a. hundi'ed-thoiisand die annually of consumption in the United States, and a careful classification has revealed the startling fact that fully fifty thousand of these cases are caused bv catar1h in the head, and had no known connection with hereditai y cases. A large share of these cases might have been cured. Many of those afflicted with this terrible dic- ease were in the moi ning of life, and their young hearts, now cold in con- sumptive’ s grave. struggled ha1d against the enemy that laid them low. Catarih is a discharge of fluid f01m the Schne1de11an membrane, which lines the nasal fossae and extends to the d1iiei ent cav ities connecting with the nose. Symptoms of this disease are as follows: In most cases, after a suc- cession of colds, there is noticed an increased discharge from the nose, and especially into the thi oat during the night, and there may be at first, 01 if not. there is sooner 01 later, more or less pain experienced in the nose, fore- head, cheeks and eyes. Generally, if the disease be not arrested, the. dis- charge becomes ofi'ensive, the sense of smell is 011 ar uallv impaired, and in some cases finally lost; the pain in the forehead increases, or becomes more constant and distressing, the eyes be- come weak, waterv and painful; the sight becomes more or less impaired: a constant hawking or spitting becomes necessary to clean the throat, a t1ouble- some cough super venes, and if the dis- ease continues, perhaps deafness, dizzi- ness and vaiious other unpleasant symptoms are liable to arise. At any stage in this disease Califor- nia Catar rh Cuie will arrest its pro- gress and effecting positive and perma- nent cure, save the sufferer from a con- sumptive e’s g1ave.1t is the new anti- septic treatment by the only scientific method. is safe, sure, and immediately effective. Its success is proved by hun- (beds of cm es in N01 walk. Sold by all druggists; :30 cents; three times as much, one dollar. AN INCIDENT OF INDIAN STOICISM.‘ An Old Squaw Having Outlivcd Her Use- fulness Prepares Her Own Death. A. striking illustration of India; sto- icism was enacted recently in the vi cinity of the VVichitz'I Mountains, in the Indian Territory. blanna-Socij-Wan, a Commanche squaw who had been known as the oldest woman in the tribe. decided to put an end to her ex- istence because of her inability to long- er assist in any of the doings of the other Indians. She had attained the age of over one hundred years, as near as could be told by Indian calcula- tions. She made preparations first by send- ing out to all her relatives to assemble at her tepee at midday. All her imme- diate family have long been scattered or dead, and she had .ived entirely alone for years. After all had assembled she arose and addressed herself to them, telling them that she was no longer useful, that she could no longer do anything but await death, and that she had decided to die of her own accord. The assembled Indians did not utter a sound, but stood as though they were glad to be rid of the old woman, who had been old ever since they had known her. She first kindled a. fire in the center of the tepee which had been her home for so long. ' She then arose and took all of her dresses, of which she had several, and put them all on, one over the other. She then put on her regular buckskin‘ dress, embroidered with beads, in In- dian fashion, and about her waist wrapped a large amount of cotton cloth, burlap sacking and other inflammable material tion. The fire’s voluntary victim was then quickly burned to a crisp, the body at last separating into tw0 smoul- dering bits of sizzling flesh and bone. The tepee and everything in it was also consumed. I All thewhile the other Indians stood The Jerseyman has, however, resort-1 ed to a strategem“ that makes frog catching as easy as potato digging, and ‘ is ,on the road to wealth. He took his idea from the success with which pot hunters employ the decoy duck, and he operates With a decoy frog. A fine spec- i‘snen of the elderly male is captured and placed in a large glass jar, on the hop of which is placed a wire netting. The jar is- placed at some convenient. point near the swampage, and the hun- iler lies in wait with his spear. The Adaptive hoarsely voices his discontent, Mscurious fellows are attracted to the spot, and their curiosity is aroused by the peculiar spectacle. They gather around in numbers, and the hunter, -with his long barbed spear, deftly adds them to the stack in ‘his game bag. The visiting frogs are, very strangely, ~ not frightened by the disappearance ot-any of. their number, so intent are they in contem‘platipn of the prisoner and in listening to his guttural tale of _ woe. ' 1 This hunter has been known to bag as-ma’nyas a hundred greenbacks in a single day. These he skins and dis- poses of their legs at 25c. per pair; very fair wages for o fisherman—Now; York Journal ‘ .. ..__...:‘.- W“ Ina-l.” ‘ ' about and did not change their expres- sion during the whole grewsome spec- tacle. It was also witnessed by two white men who live in that part of the country, and it was through them that the particulars were learned by a correspondent of the Journal.——New York Journal. .‘ . MISTOOKV HIM FOR 'A‘ KING. In the German Court Circles the HighesI in Bank Walks on the Right. A famous naval architect was the I guest of a prince of the German im- perial family, and, when out walking with his host, observed that the side of the path he occupied was smoother and easier than that upon which the lat- ter was walking. Thinking it to be only ordinary politeness, he changed from the left to the right Side. Then he noticed that the notables whom they met saluted the prince with pro- found respect, :but stared at him as it they were very much surprised and wondered who he was. In a short time the prince said: Did you observe that after you changed to my right side the people whom we met looked at you in great surprise?" “Yes,” was the architect’s reply; and then he explained why he had changed his position. . “Ah, yes! just so!” laughed the prince. “Well, I will explain why they looked so intently at you. It is a rule of the German court that the person of 'the highest rank shall oc- , cupy the right-hand side. All the peo- ple whom we met knew me, but when they saw you on my right-hand, they supposed you to be'n king, and wond- ered who you could be.” The guest promptly got back to tilt .left side. —Odds and Ends. , .‘5‘ THE nvanisc GAzETTn. T H E E VENI NC. CAZE CHECKER-BOARD BUSINESS DIRECTORY. NORWALK Fire Insuranca Co. In Successful Oper- ation Since 1860, Illo Outstandino Claims. Sales For llonl- mumts stunts OF THE NATIONAL BANK OF NORWALKy ensr Goons. is WALL ST. ‘l. Frank T. Hyatt DENTIST, 8 West Avenue. NASH 81 VANSUUY —Dealers in— Cnocnnnr. CHINA AND GLASS WARE. D”MINNIE. STEAM AID IAS FITTING. Cor. Main .1 West ts so. NORWALK. or ll. Ward Sellock, TEAS and GOPFEES' GAZETTE Ans. BRING GOOD RESULTS IN Safe Deposit Vault . 6e0- ~W. Raymond, DEALER IN Staple and Fancy Groceries AND Provisions No.9Main St. Edgar Buttery, N u rseryman , NORWALK. cons. Trees. Shrubs and Plants Strawberry Plants 1:. Specialty. 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