.. T1311: nvnni GAAFTID FOUNDLINGS IN RUSSIA. ‘ ' An Institution Supported by the Mann- facture of Playing Cards. The id ea for an institution for foundlings in Moscow was first ad- vanced and the institution was found- ; ed by Catherine II. After the tender-hearted Empress had long worried over her inability to take care of the hund1eds of little waits, she thought of a b11111ant idea. At that time the playing cards in the country whre manufactured by pri- vate enterprise. She would reserve that monopoly for the Government, and with the profits accruing from the sale of the cards, she would found and maintain a comfortable home for Mendless babies. It was impossible to suppress gambling in the Emphe, lent it was thus turned to the benefit of a noble cause. " The crimes of malpractice and in: ranticide are rare in Russia and the penalty is exile to Siberia for life. And there is no need Of a. reso1t to crime as there are numerous institutions throughout the country where infants are taken charge of. But of the many foundlings’ homes the largest and most finely equipped is the one established by Catherine II, where fifteen thous- and babies are taken care of each year. - The conditions for admission are the easiest possible. No embarras- sing: questions are asked. Only three quesies are made: “Is the baby bap- tir- :d?” “Is it vaccinated?” and “What is its age?” The new inmate receives the name of the saint whose name appeais in the calendai for the day of its admission. It receives a Christian name from the doctor who is in attendance. A 1e- ceipt is given to the person who biings the child, upon which appears the number given to it. A careful record isfmade on the institution’s books, and the corresponding number is placed on. a tag, which never leaves the neck of. the infant. In case it is ever desired . to reclaim the baby, it would be an easy matter. This is the only institution in the world where no artificial food is used. There are eight-hundred wet-nurses, each of whom receives the care of a‘ child in turn. After registration the baby is treated-to a bath and dressed in the uniform, which is of fine white material. The child is then measured and weighed, and a recozd made of the numbers. One of the things which shows how carefully the children are t1eated is the fact that the little bathtubs are lined' with flannel to prevent chills. 'Oflhi-«ldren prematurely born are put in- to.-i’ndividual cribs: These fit into a larger crib, in which water is kept at the temperature of the body. 1 The children, as they grow up, are fitted for useful occupations. The girls become seamstresses or nurses in the institution which cared for them in their youth. No mention of parentage is everal- towed. It is said that some of the most talented and brilliant people in the kingdom have been raised in the foundlings’ home in Moscow. Their .seclet, however is religiously kept—«- New York Tribune. 1: HER WEIGHT OI- MUCH UTILITY. A ‘Unlque Way of Printing a Newspaper “Then a Press Was Not at Hand. General Joseph S. Smith, of Maine, tells how he published a. paper without I a press in Bath, Me., many years ago: “When I'd. get my paper all set up and l EIIISTLY IIEGOIID. How Fifty Thousand Lives Were Lost That .Nlight. Have Been Saved. More than a hundred thousand die annually of consumption in the United States, and a careful classification has revealed the sta1tling fact that fully fifty thousand of these cases are caused by catarrh in the head, ,and had no known connection with heredltui v cases. A large share of these cases might have tbeen cured Many those ‘lllhcted with this terrible dis- ease weie in the mo1 ning of life, and their young healts, now cold in con- sum-ptive’ s grave, struggled haid against the enemy that laid them low. ‘atarrh ls a. discharge of fluid for m the Schneiderian 1nemb1ane, which lines the nasal fossae and extends to the different cavities connecting with the nose: Symptoms of this disease are as follows: In most cases, after a. suc- cession of colds, theie is noticed an increased discharge f1 om the nose. and especially into the throat during the night, and there may be at first, or if not. there 1s sooner or later, more or head, cheeks and eyes. Generally, if the disease be not arrested, the dis- charge becomes offensive, the sense of smell is gran mally impaired, and in some cases finally lost; the pain in the forehead increases, 01 becomes more constant and distressing, the eyes be- come weak, 'atery and painful; the s1ght becomes more or less impaired; a constant hawking or spitting becomes necessax y to clean the throat, a trouble- some cough supe1venes, and if the dis- ease continues. perhaps deafness, dizzi- ness and va1ious other unpleasant symptoms are liable to arise. At any stage in this disease Califm- ma Cataz rh Cure will arrest. its pro- gress and effecting positive and perma- nent cu1 e, save the sufferer from a con- sumptive’s g1 ave It is the new anti- septic t1 eatment by the only scientific method is safe, 3111 e, and immediately effective. Its success is proved byh un- dreds of cm es in N 01 walk. Sold by all dr uggists: :30 cents; thr ee times as much, one (lolla1.~~ JAPANESE WOMAN WRITER. (1111111) “'al‘unna “'i‘ites CleverStories 01 Life in Japan. or family name of the clever Japanese girl who is winning fame by writing for the magazines and newspapers 01 Chicago and the east under the pen name of Otano Watanna, while more dollars come fromher work as steno grapher. Miss Hasche, or as she pre- fers to be called, Miss- VVatannar-the two names meaning the same thing, but belonging to diflferent Japanese dialects—although scarcely past her twenty-first birthday, has seen more of life and experience than the average woman of twice her age. The realism which makes her fiction so true to life a: -d so keenly interesting is based on a. knowledge of life and the world which has been acqui1ed in the most p1act1cal way. Born in Yokohama, Japan, she was taken by her parents, and in company with the three brothers and nine sis- ters, who" shared with her their care and superviSion, to Liverpobl, England and from thence to. Manchester, be- fore she was eight years of age. The journey from Japan to Englanad was made by sailing vessels and occupied an entire year. From Manchbster the family emi- ready for the press, I’d lay the type on 1 a- washstand, get it all levelled down; well in the chase, or the frame in“ which ’twas locked up, and then I’d call the hired girl. She weighed about two hundred and ten pounds when she ‘ sat down. That's ting down weight. So, after the hired what I wanted—sit- : girl cam’e- :in I inked the type, laid over 5 ft the sheet of paper, and on top of chat the blanket, and then I politely invited the hired girl to sit down on the washstand. Two hundred and ten ,,,pounds, remember. The result was 'iust as good an impresison as you could get on any $100 hand press made in the United States. My edition in these days was about two hundred copies, and the hired girl was good for the job at one sitting—no, two hun-‘ dred sittings. And she took an inter- est in it, too, and was just as ready for business every publication day as a $20,000 Hoe perfecting press would he." Blurred Shop-“'inrlnws. Shopkeepers often find their fine dis- play of goods hidden from the public eye by the frost forming on the in- side of the panes. A simple remedy for this is a thin coat of pure glycérine applied to the glass. This will fire« vent any moisture forming thereon, and last until so much dust collects upon it as to make the window cloudy. Surveyors use it with advantage on their-instruments in frosty or foggy weather; In fact it can be used to ’prevent moisture forming upon anything, and engineers find it particularly useful to Keep their windows clear from steam aswell as cold or mist. ~ Not a Buy Had :1 Button Left. “That‘s right, that shows you are a careful boy. Whenever you find a but- ton bring it to me," said one of the ”catholic sisters in charge of the 0r- phan Boys’ Home in Westport, and to encourage the boy to do so she gave him a piece of candy. The other boys in the home heard of this and. during the next two or three days a great many buttons found their way into the hands of the sisters. Ev- . cry boy who brought one was reward- ed as the first had been. Sunday came and the sister was busy making- the boys clean and tidy for chu1ch. She was laying out their best clothes when she made this rather startling discOv- cry: Not a button was left onI-th'e coats of those twenty-seven boys. —Kansas Elly»: Star. ‘ . grated to Canada, settling in Montreal, and it was in this city that Miss Wa- tanna received most bf her education. Shortly after entering her teens she taught herself shorthand, totally un- aided except by a book on the Pitman system of shorthand, and she left Mon- treal when only sixteen to- go to the West Indies. as court reporter and cor- respondent for the__,News Letter of Kingston, Jamaica. While filling this position she was the only woman al- lowed to be present at the sessions of the British parliament, and her re- ports, differing from those of her fel- low workers in that they were unoffi- cial, were witty and sarcastic enough to call general attention to- theirwrit- er. A severe attack of yellow feverhwith its consequent weakening of the entire system, made necessary her return to New York, and Miss Watanna’s older sister now occupies her former posi- tion in Jamaica. Another sister, also a. writer, is married to one-of‘the‘best known‘pliiloSophical and scientific wri- ters in America. At present the Japanese writer is busily engaged with stenographic work during a portion of every day. The remainder of her time, including many midnight hours, she devotes to the writing of .short stories and poems. Some of these stories, nearly all of which deal with Japanese life and customs, and which are peculiarly fresh and ‘unhackncyed in treatment have been recently accepted by the editors of Munsey's Magazine, the Ladies’ Home Journal, the Black Cat, and the Iroquis Magazine The Met- 1opolitan Magazine was the first to bring out a bit of we Japanese writ- er’ s work, and she has also contributed to some of the leading‘newspapers in eastern cities—Chicago Times-Herald Inedlble. "' The Goat’s better half laughed mockingly. “So that poster girl isn ’t nice enough to eat, after all?" she sneered. “No, ” faltered the Goat, subduedly. ’She is thoroughly stuck up. ”-—Detriot Iourna1_ , A Georgia_pastor, who resigned be- cause he couldn’t collect his salary, said in his farewell sermon: “I have little else to add, dear brethren, save this: You were all in favor of free salvation, and the manner in which you have treated me is proof that you ‘got it!” ‘ i! of' less pain experienced in the nose, for e- ' I Kitishima Kata Hasche is the real. T H “E“: E _ 3E NI N C. CHECKER—BOARD BUSINESS DIRECTORY. N ORWALK F113 11111111103 CO. [11 Successful Oper- ation Since 1860, Mo Outstandino Claims. Sales For Boni- vnumts’sronio ' IN Safe Deposit Vault ‘ or 11111 NATIONAL BANK or' uonwanx. FRED A. WALT ER “ “KAREB 0F ’ EALEB IN HARNESS AND PIEL 3303’. 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CT or} I $111.11 TOOIO PURI 11111111 A POSITIVE CURE F 0/? OYSPEPOIL’MOLORIO. 11111.1 .1» 11111. 111111; .. BILIOIISIIES-S. SICK-HEADACHE .. 1. COIISTIPIITIOII 1!” GEIIEIIIII. DEBILI'I'Y. .f‘ PRICE 50 01:8. AT ALL DRUGGISTS. DYSPepsir‘ 49 and 51 SAVER LIVER PILLS as CENTS. Purely Vegetable. W111 cure Biliomncss, Consclpotlon, Piles. Sick- Headache and Small Easy take . Will Keep your Stomach in Healthy not. genuine smut "Trade link" blown in my bottle. BLOOO. Condition. I l I No \Vomau ought to be without the SAVER FEMALE REMEDY (SUPPOSITORJESL Sand for Pamphlet. L AOVOO‘NO IHII PAYS. The Successful MerChants in N or- walk all advertise in The GAZETTE, because itkeeps them in touch with -_ 11w. entire, nurcha‘éms community SGHLEIOHER 81 SON’S- l P I! There is simply no use comparing this piano With an» other’on the market. I’I‘ L JADS when it comes to TONE. , i FINISH, DURABILITY, . RIGHTNESSIN PRICE. -0flice and. Factory, PaCific Street STAMFORDJONN I INIO~ ..- ..._,~_..>
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