\ 1111111111 B11113 1111111, ' use Ivonne‘ it thoroughly clean ‘ ‘ punfieswrtl‘cntharm Ivorincwhlcffcctu- rally remove dirt from the finest fabrics. : 4‘2W85h the Baby with White Glycerine -. Toilet Soap found in every package. . . It is absolutely pure and wholesome—Keeps the skinsof1'and'smooth For Bath and Toilet it is unsurpassed. You only pay for Ivorine, the Toilet Soap costs nothing. The 1ame of Williams’ Shaving Soaps guarantees excellence. The I. B.Willian1s Co., Glastonbury, C1 8C3 and l rflw\ ' '91-: We W “UAW" ‘ A Wise Man Keeps has Home Insured Against . Fire.__._l V 11E * i; 1' 11111111 ‘ REPRESENTED WH BYlNGTON, 111011 I. 11111111111111.1111.- GET YOUR JOB PRINTING AT THE AZETTE OEEI E 11001)” WORK. EEICES RIGHT. New Direct Fast Line —BETWEEN—~— 1111‘ York and the Mediterranean Regular Passenger Service -——BETWEEN-——-— New 10111, Naples and Genoa. During Entire Year. . OUTWARDS PREPAIDS. To Naples $18 From Naples $17 “ Genoa, 18 “ Genoa r7 '“ Messina 20 “ Messina 16 “ Palermo so " “ Palermo 19 TICKETS CAN BE OBTAINED AT THIS OFFICE. 51.0111 |$L00 Warranted Solid Gold. Beautiful Chaeed Holder. " use—£1112}: " LINCOLNgFOUNTMN Pr. . \ ’ ' ‘... you may think it cannot possess merit or durability, the price is so low; b1. the Lincoln” is a $2 .50 pen reduced to $1. 00. It is durable, always ready to “gu’ but never drips, the ink flowing steadily and uniformly. They are in use in mi oflice, giving the best of satisfaction, and they are in use in the be S, insuranc. and business offices and among all classes of users of pens in Norwalk and vicmity Orders are received from all parts of the country. Samples to be seen and orders received at the" GAZETTE OFFICE. 0U read this advertisement. If it had been yours and others had read ik‘how much good it might have done. Send in your adv. and we will do the: rest. Rates] on application. a 1111111111111, coili- . 11‘y postman. .- Ma.--.-——- LOST IN THE MAILS TAKINE CAEE VOF LETTEES AND PAR- CELS. THAT GO ASTRAY. ' Immense Deal of 1.1111111» Involved—The Government, Endeavors to Return Everything. It. Can—An Accurate Ac- count of Articles Kept in the Records or realize the amount of werk it takes to produce order in the chaos of letters and parcels gone astray. Ranged along’the‘ side'sVof the great room Where the openers are, and also in several 'rooms near by, are the book- keepers or recorders. Their labor is seldom appreciated because its results only are seen. About fifteen per cent of the seven million pieces received yearly contain valuables. An accurate record of each article is made, giving its address and disposition. Six sets of books are used for this purpose, one for money; one for papers which have a money value, as‘not‘es and'mortgages; one for other valuable papers such as receipts and certificates; one for stamps, one for photographs, and one for pr0pe1 ty or miscellaneous articles received in pack- ages. These are all returned to the sender if the address is given. 131132-11 is no address. but a legible postmark, they are sent to the postmaster at. the mail— ing office for delivery to the sender. If there is no address and no postmark, or if the postmaster fails to deliver the article and returns it to the depart- ment, it is filed. In the case of property the article: 1 . filed are kept two years and then sold at public auction, excepting such bucks as are selected for the department li- brary. Several hundred books are add- ed each year to the library, which is for the use of the officials and clerks excluaslve’ly. ' They comprise largely works of fiction and poetry intended for‘gi‘fts. ,T-he‘imoney, which cannot be' re- turned to the owner, is kept for three months and then deposited in the United States treasury. It may be re- claimed within four years. In these books one cent receives as much at- tention as $50, a. receipt being signed by each clerk through whose hands it paSses. No red tape is spared on ac- count of small values. The stamps are the most numerous of all valuables received. Every time the department issues a fraud order against any .swiridling concern that concern is not anewed to receive its mail. Itsletters are stamped “fraud- ulent” and sent to the dead letter of-. fice. _ Thousands of dollars yearly are thus saved by the department and re- stored to the people in money and stamps alone. The stamps which can- out be delivered are destroyed each month. The photographs and valuable ‘pa- pcrs which had been kept on file were illowed to accumulate until the sum- mer of 1893, when the oldest files were destroyed, excepting only such papers IS marriage certificates, wills and )thers of exceptional value. At pres- :nt, only these photographs and pa.- pers filed within the last three years ire kept intact. The rest are de-1 Itroyed. ‘ In addition to these records is a nook which gives the postal history of 'ost manuscripts, which number abOut one thousand yearly. " There is 111110 a iéCOrd of inquiries ’01 missing man, and a record of regis- 2e1‘ed matter. The registered articles received are not distributed among the six desks named, but a separate record 5 kept of them, so that these are the largest of the record books and the 11 tlcles kept on file here are miscel- lessons in character. Every mourn the periodicals which have gone astray in the mails and ‘eached the dead letter office are dis- :ributed among the charitable institu—- .ions of the District. Thé'y are the lepartment missionaries that cheer the rick and bless the lonely. The amount of matter received at the dead letter office has decreased in :he last few years. This is probably lue to the efficiency of the “Don’t” cir- :ulars. which are sent to all postmast- ers for the dissemination of ordinary ‘ules of precaution to be observed by )ati‘ons of the mails. This office might be called the head- luarters of Santa Claus. At any rate t is where his mail is received. Every Eutumn his letters come in. by hun- lreds and later by thousands. There s every variety of spelling and child- sh chirography. There is also a var- ety of places assigned as his abiding ilace, such as the North Pole, Fairy- and and other pie ces not within reach )f the postal service. But the little folks are not the only mes who send indefinitely addressed, etters. Twu examples will serve to Vshow the rare discriminating powers assigned to the postal employe by the sublic mind: _ “Please deliver to a physician who 5 a native of either Nova Scotla, New Brunswick or Prince Edward’s Ls- and." Ev'dcr.‘ ly the area involved was too wide and the authorities gave up the .ea1cb “I‘mwfll'd or give to a widow, age jhirty-two or over, with dark brown 11111‘ and eyes; height, five feet two riches; name unknown." At a glance this would seem an easier task. ,To find a widow is simple Enough. To find one with dark hair and eyes would be a more specific task, >ut still not objectionable, perhaps. But. making it plainer by using the age .imit put things in a different light. it was too delicate a task' for an ordin- He was human. and oved life. He gave up the job.— Washington Star. Visitors to' the dead letter ofiice nev ' PICTURES eYWma; Transmitted 11's Easilymn a Message—4m Liiillt as to Distance. ‘ Ernest A. Hummel, of St. Paul, Min , is the inventor of a device by. which DhOtOgraphs can be sent. from place to place by telegraph-unite as easily- as any ordinary message.” ' . There is no limit to the distance over which pictures can be sent any more than the limit to which electricity can carry an ordinary message. Mr. Hum~ mel’s experiments which proved the success of his device were made over a Wire 320 miles long. 1 . Mr. Hummel is a young manufactur- ing j’eweller in St. Paul, and his in- ventionvis the result of numerous e1;- periments thought out and carried out during- all his spare moments for the- las-t two years. He believes the 111- strument will be especially valuable in helping to catch criminals fleeing from justice by scattering their photographs over the country with the speed of electricity instead of by the compar- atively slow medium of the mails This, however, is only an incidental use for the invention. In scores of Will’s the device can be put to practical use. The Hummel invention takes up about the same space as a typewriter and its table, or a sewing machine. Its principal features, of course, are the transmitter and receiver. Each of these is operated by a diminutive elec- tric motor, hardly as large as the case of a pair of spectacles. ‘There is also a rather complicated system of clock- work which controls the movements as part of the machine. The transmitter and receiver each ‘has a moving carriage, operated by the electric motor. In these carriages are fixed the pencils which are used in copying the pictures to be sent. The carriage of the transmitter has» a pro- jecting arm'with a vuICanized rubber‘ extremity, in which is fitted a sharp platinum point. By an ingenious device the clock work moves this platinum point a Very, minute distance from the line in which it moved before. A screw and triple series of ratchets are provided by which the width between the lines can be regulated. When a picture is to be sent over the wire it is first traced through a carbon paper upon a metal plate. Then the lines on the plate are brought out by a solution of shellac, which is a non- conductor of electricity. After the machine is connected with the electric circuit and the platinum point is set in motion each time it en- counters a strip of shellac the circuit is broken. This break in the circuit throws down against the receiving pa- per int-he complementary part of the machine a. sharp needle point, which 'etches into the surface a line corre- sponding to the course taken by the platinumpoint while on the shellac insulation. When the platinum point has passed over the shellac and the circuitis again closed the needle point is lifted. ' It goes without saying that thehar- monious working of the delicate in- struments require the most careful ad- justment of the clockwork which con- trols the velocity of the machine. This adjustment Mr, Hummel reaches by seveial whirling fans, somewhat. like the governors of a steam engine, but with discs instead of spheres —-New York Herald. ‘ .11., “OLD COMPARISON. " ~ The Subriqnet Must Fittingly Applied to the Old )i'aiia The people around the little moun- tain town called him“Old Comparison.” , Oneday an acquamintance was passing his house as he was siting on the steps of the little vine- -clad po‘ ch in front. “Good morning,” said ma11.“It’s a lovely day.” , “Finer' ll silk,“ he responded. " “How are you this morning?“ “Fr‘iskiei' n a colt." .. _ ‘ “How’s your wife?” ,5“. ‘Peai .‘e1 ’11 a pullet. ” “The weather is very hot and 11152” for this cason, don’t you think?” “Hotter’n a run horse and drier’n a‘ clean shirt.” “I suppose you went to the wedding last night in the officiating-- house? A pretltv bride, I thought "’ ‘ P It: or" n a speckled. (Egg. "’ “"1he young man is rich”, 1 Bear.” ‘ “Richer-’n fertilizer a foot thick." “By the way, are you Willing to sell me those sawlogs Brown c‘ou ldn tE take off your hands?" “Williner’n a girl to get spliced. " “When can I see them?” “‘Quicker'n a lamb can shake his tail." And the old man grabbed his hat and stick and led the way to the river, oflering no remark, but answering all inquiries as usual.—-Yakima, Wash, Herald. the gentle: 3.... Mark 1191.11.11. Yell. Mark Twain, when starring on a tour round the. world, told an interviewer at'Winnipeg how he often felts." desire to “cut loose” from civilization and to get away‘ bynh‘imself where he could: run and yell to his heart's content. In this connection there is a story about the humorist and Canon Kingsley. Walking along the streets. one day Mark felt the impulse to yell coming on him with resistible force, and said to Kingsley: “I want to yell; I must yell!” The Canon said: “All right, yell away; I don’t mind.” “And with that,” said Mark; “I stepped back a few steps, and, throwing my arms above? my head, ‘let“out ‘a war whoop that could be heard for miles", and in less time than yOu could count'ten Canon Kingsley and myself were '3111‘1‘0;.111deo‘ by'a multitude or anxious cirizaua who Wanted to know what we 111-? "matter; ' _I told them nothing matter;-.I just wanted to yeah, a“. 1.--. 1 hr: 1.111; yelled."--Nashville. Banner. ' 1 ‘1 ' 110111111111 1 «ULDEEE THE ENTIRE PHYSiC AL ORGANKSM TRAINED FOR ENDURANCE. a . They Are Fitted to stand Hien-pII-ss Nights and Poor Fund and Still He 11111111111 Condition—This Instruction is Curried on Throughout lilo Army. ’ ' It is the generally aCC:‘f.ted opinion in the army to-day that [1121‘8 is noth- ing which deserves more close tit-rem tion, or which pays a larger interesi in beneficial results, than the physical training of the individual soldier. Not that the subject was ever less impor- tant than it is to-day, but it hasbeer. only within the last few years that the, army, Withdrawn from small andaisos lated posts and concentrntsdi ‘1. a- great. measure into large garrisons 1.11:1 'gy’r‘n- nasiurn facilities, has been able to de. vote to this subject the careful 111‘ d sys- tematic attention it deserved. ' .' . Marshall Saxe sound-z d the ceynotu when he said “the secret of success in, war lies in the legs of the soldier." And it might be added further that not only to the legs of the soldier Should the commander look for success, but? 11‘ the arms, the back, the lungs, in fact, the entire physical organism; for the. endurance or lack of endurance ofvallv of these may mean the difference -be.; tween victory and defeat.“ ‘All. other things being equal, that army which can cover the greatest distance in‘ the least time and with the least 5.. r _s :flhat army which can stand shortest! nights and tiresome marches 111111 1115;: . food and poorer comforts, and 51.11 bl in good physical condition, has its bat- tles half won before the first shot is fired. -. The only principle of strategy or tac- tics that old General Forrest', the Con- federate cavalaryman, ever pretended to know was that of- “getting the fries! men there first. ” And after all the vol- umes that have been: written on these subjects have been simmered down and digested, the whole thing narrows. down to pretty nearly that principle. The problem then is howjto “get the most men there first" and not have them exhausted when they do arrive. The only natural solution is, by uni- form and systematic physical training, to render their bogles almost inaus- ceptible to fatigue; This system of progressive instruc- tion in physical training is carried on throughout the entire army. An officer who has special aptitude for the Work ‘is put in charge of the course of in- struction at each post, and together with his assistant, takes active‘ part with the men in all the exercises. Drill halls or gymnasiums have been pro- vided at a number of the larger posts. The drill hall at Fort Thomas, Ken- tucky, is a model of its kind. It is 100 by 200 feet, with hard clay floor and gallery at one end for visitors. Ap- paratus has been bought from time to time, so that in one end is a fairly Well equipped gymnasrum, leaving-the main cportion of the hall clear for the drilling of several companies at a time in all manner of calisthenics. The system begins. with exercises of the mildeSt nature, such as calisthen- lcs, without apparatus of 'any kind. From these, dumb bells, Indian clubs, bar bells, medicine balls, running, etc. ., are taken up. When sufficient time has been devoted to the milder forq; E)“, «VII tr 1«=«- ""ooeds -. Ema-15 rtvvw~~9 t1? plastice 1n van“; ing, jumpiiig, running‘__fullyarn1ed and equipped, es‘calading.a and finally exer- cising .on the various gymnastic apa 93.118513. Though the rate of advancement 111w Sometimes seem slow and tedious :to those men who show special aptitude for athletics, they can put in as much extra. time in the gymnasium as they desire. The system is not devised for the making of a. few highly finished athletes, but for the tram 11g of the whole mass to as great a degree of pro- ficiency as possible. just as a chain should be made strong, not by welding a. few of its links to unusual thickness but by distributing th 9 metal as even- iy as possible throughout the entire length. After the course has been uell enJ teréd 11116111112111 days are hit-i1 at the various posts, prizes of no snail \alue being given to the 11111111111 of events. In some instances also ethic.” cameos between teams from diffeyen. post have taken place. The plan even 61" fcrniing an athletic association co.11po~“d of all the regiments or the army, 111111 a grand annual contest at some central locality, has been seriously discussed and is not among the 1111pcss-bililics in it near future. .. Facilities for gymnastic work are be- ing increased and impi‘ox ed as rapidly as possible at every post in the army Any one‘ interested in the work cannot ‘ but recognize the fact that such exer- cises 1161 only build up the constitu- tions of the soldiers and render them] insensible 'to fatigue; but by presenting a. free and interesting diversion 111.111 the monotony of pest life are powerful factors in keeping men from wasting their time in useless and possibly 15mm in] amusements. , Verily‘, instead ‘of being a'pa'ssing fad the system7o'fphysicathraini'ng in‘ the army has decidedly come to'sta‘yb-‘Il‘ lustrated American. Like to Convince the Fa mil‘r, An official if a bank in Tennessee says: “The German farmers of the mountains nearly all have a deposit in our bank, which ranges from a small amount to several thousand dollars. The depoSitis aA-time one, that we no.1 interest-on, and-generally once in two- yea-rsthey‘draw‘all of their money out and take it home. In a week or ten days they return with their 110.19%. _Which‘ they deposit again. Their 1‘111sor for this is explained by the fact 11.21 they desire. to take. their more; 31113. and show it to their families a: .111 ch dence that they. h-‘axe it." RECKLESS LORD' LAWRENCE: Can-ed 1111'. Kpltlnoor in file. Vest Pucker and Forget About It. , Tl: e Kohinoor, Queen Victoria's must famous jewel, and one of the biggest and meet celebrated diamonds in the world, has been much written about, and its adventures among Eastern poi - tentates and thieves traced With much research, but one of the queerest things - that ever happened to it befel after it came into English hands and is very little known. .The Punjaub was annexedw in 1815, and the East India Company took pos- session of the Lahore treasury, as the Lahore government was deep in their debt. The Kohinoor was the greatest treas- ure of the treasury, and it was stipu- lated in the agreements signed by both parties that it should be presented to Queen Victoria. At a meeting‘of the East 'India board the “mountain of light" was given into the care of John, afterward Lord Lawrence. Mr. Lawrence must have been in a singular frame of mind at the time, for he put the gem in his waistcoat pocket, an-d, in his own phrase, “thought no more about it.” This. is unaccountable but true, for he went home, changed his clothes for dinner and did not wear nor handle that waistcoat for a day or two. Then came a message from Lord Dalhousie to the board, asking for the diamond, that it might be forwarded to the queen. ' ' ’ 1 “W‘flb ” “did. @231 ' ‘wrence to his Mother" ”Henry, “send it at 01196. " fl ' “Why, you have it, ” said Henry. "“1 Lord Lawrence all his life would tell of the terror that then seized him. 1 “This is the worst trouble I ever got into," he. said to himself, as the cold sweat started on his forehead. But when he got out his discarded waistcoat there undisturbed was the great KohinoOr that Turk and Persian ~ and Hindoo conquerors had shed riv- ers of blood to possess—Golden Days. MATCH 53 IN MEXICO. The People There Do 'Not Like Thou Made \Vith Phosphorous. An inquiryin regard to the possibil- ity of profitably establishing an Amer- ican match 'factory in or near Mexico City has elicited the fact that there are no phosphorous matches in use in Mex- ico, or any with wooden sticks. The kind universally used there are made of wax, about 1 inch in length, and practically odorless. The heads are very similar to those used on the par- lor matches in the United States, and while they can be ignited otherwise, they light best on a small strip of sand- paper which is put for the purpose on one side of the box. In lighting these matches, a newcomer invariably holds them head down, as he would a. wood- en match; but he soon finds out that Adams watched him until he saw him they burn better the other way. They are sold in small boxes, for 1c, 2c and 3c silver per box. Travelers in Mexico who have bought strawberries at the railway stations, or even in the mar? kets, have reason to recognize the clev- erness of the seller in packing the fruit; in boxes w lob appear to hold a great deal more t an they 3191131115” do, The same experience hgldsg d111, the. 1,118.: ter of hu 111g matches. 9lie buxes loo 1 ‘63 be oi it size, and appear to hold a considerable number of matchej tut. RB culmination they are found to 1153}? ,ralsgd bottoms and stuffed sides, and 4thelr contents are decidedly slim. Prac. 119111135 no matches are imgrted 'into Mexico as the people do not like 11111.13? .the wooden sticks 01‘ the odor of the phosphorous 1111111111, and the other kind can be made there more cheaply than they can be imported. For this reason, it is doubtful whether a suc- cessful American factory for match 1 production could be started in Mexico, at all events at present. —St. Louis Globe- Democrat. "’7'? ‘ l' 7:1; Railroad Passes Made of Silver. Most people are quite pleased to have a railroad pass of common paper, with the general passenger agent’s signature acrawled in one corner, in the ink of sick ly hue usually found in railroad offices How would you like to have a pass, good for your Whole life, on solid silver, and engraved at a famous sil-V versmith' s? _ j‘PIesldent Thomson, of the Pennsyla vania lines, ‘has issued a silver passto Mr. Edgar Thomsou, Mrs. Thomas Scott and Mrs. George B. Roberts, Widows of farmer presidents 0f the road. The“ Vailvér transportation cards are good on any train or car of the whole system of the road. They are just a little larger than a ladies’ visit- ing card, and can be carried conveni- iently in the card case. :PresidentV Thomson is fond ofmak- lug his passes valuable souvenirs. He has presented the members of the board of' directors with a. silver pass, about the size and shape of a silver dollar .—New York Journal. Set Against High Hats. The Bohemians in Austria have made-up their -minds that a tall hat is a badge of Germany, and it. is as much as a man’s life is worth to appear in a Czech town wearing a “stovepipe.” The cowboy of the West used to shoot the hat for fun, but never killed the wear— er, except” by accident, but the Czechs are more bitter. A high hat or. a. Czech has! the same effect as a red flag on a' bull; if he does not kill the offen- der, it is- because he can’t The other day at: 'a railway statiOn a large" c’rowd assembled to bid farewell to a we ‘1- known deputy. As the train arrived, Doctor J 1ndrich a judicial functionary, traveling on official business, Stepped out, and he wore “a; high h‘at. Instantly it was knocked (111' and he had to run for his lifeé ‘1‘”11111 feat landed a dozen of :t-zhe mob in jail, 11111 the- Czechs 1112:: still on the w'warpathj- Golden Days. —_ _-.
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