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LOCAL" AND OTHER INEWS.
Mrs. Joseph Cox of Roton Hill, is
visiting in» New York. 9
Mr. and Mrs. George A. Hoyt of
' New York have returned home after a
visit with South Norwalk friends.
Mrs. Mary G. Townsend of Elmgrove
place, South Norwalk, has returned
from a visit in Bayonne, N. Y.
Adaughter has been born to Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Bouton of ‘Cranbury.
Mrs. Fanny Beers of Lewis street,
has returned home from a visit in
Elizabeth, N. J.
A Tramway car going to Dorlon
Point on Sunday, ran over and killed
a number of young ducks belonging to
John J. Walsh.
—Prof. M. S. Rosen, the well-known
oculist Optician, can be consulted at his
ofice in the parlors of the Mahackemo
Hotel, South N orwalk, Tuesday from
a. m. to 8 p. m Eyes examinefd5frfeel
-t .
Mr. Charles Merritt and Miss Lillian
Sampson of Paterson, N. J ., are visit-
ing at the home of Mrs. William
Goodfellow. ‘
A decidedly patriotic meeting was-
that held by Douglas Fowler, 'G. A. R.
Post, last night.
The organ recital announced to take
place at the Congregational church last
night was postponed to Friday evening,
on account of the storm.
Egbert S. Benedict, one of Danbury’s'
old residents, died in that tOWn on-
Monday. ,
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Bryant of East
avenue, entertained Mr.._ . and . Mrs.
Burr Mills of Georgetown. '
I A son-has been born toMr. and Mrs.
Calvin Snyder Of Lowe street.
Mrs. O. E. Wilson, who went to Den-
yer, COL, to be with her daughter,
Miss Birdie Wilson, who was quite ill
in that place, writes that she is much
improved. ' ‘
Anton Stommell is confined to his
home. on .Camp street, with the mumps.
_ Miss Genevieve Reed of‘ New York.
was the guest over Sunday of Mrs. E-'
J. Thomas of Berkeley street.
Dr. C. F. Boutwell is in Hartford to-
day attending the State convention of
"Dentists.
Miss Jennie Murphy of Danbury has
been visiting friends on Orchard street.
Mrs. Hiram Bell of South Norwalk,
is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Jesse H. Tolles
of Binghamton, N. Y.
Mrs. Milton B. Clarke of 43 VVai-d
street, held the lucky ticket which
drew the bicycle at the Boston Store
Saturday evening.
Mrs. Imogene Coley of South Nor-
walk, is visiting Mr. aners. James
E. Miller of Danbury.
Mrs. Milo H. Parsons of Brookside,
will give two of her inimitable recita-
tions in Danbury to-night at an enter
tainment given for the benefit of the
Y. M. C. A. of that-place.
The shore resorts will soon open for
the summer campaign.
Steps should be taken by the city
council towards paving Water street.
The Woman’s Exchange is enjoying
an afternoon of whist at Lockwood’s
hall this afternoon.
in H. A. Saunders" ad.
Riding on the wrong side of the road
is extensively practiced on West ave.
nue, many riders being of the opinion
that the trolley tracks divide the street
into two separate roads.
Rev. and Mrs. I". W. Norris will
arrive home from their European trip
the latter part of next week.
Stamford expects to furnish a 00m-
pany for the Hibernian Rifles under
the direction of Col. T. J. Murphy of
Waterbury. ~
Editor Kirk of the New Canaan Mes-
,genger is confined to his bed by a severe
attack ofkidney trouble.
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- ' THE'EVENING'GAZETTE
Remember the Maine.
“Like a thief in the dark,
With an electric spark,
It was done in the night by Spain;
But in God’s bright light
In an open fight,
Dewey made them ‘remember the
Maine.’ ”
HOYT William
The Danbury Counterfeiter to
be Released from '
Whethersfield.
President McKinley Granted the Pardon
Yesterday.
. President McKinley on Monday
granted a pardon to Russell D. Hoyt of
Danbury, now in the State prison at
Wethersfield, and the warrant for his
release has been sent to Warden Wood-
bridge.
For over two years Hoyt has been in
the prison hospital and is gradually
failing.
Hoyt was convicted of counterfeiting
in 1894 and was sentenced-to eight years
in State prison. His sentence would
not expire until 1901. The President
granted the pardon to allow -Hoyt to
die out of prison. He is a helpless
invalid, being confined in the prison
hospital with creeping paralysis and
kidney trouble.
He is about 50 years of age.
to his incarceration he was employed
for a number of years by R. Dunlap 6t
Co.
' WILTON" 'uusnEnEns. _ ‘
Previous 1
Grand Jury To-morrow Will be Asked to ,
.. Find True Bills;
Sheriff Sidneyl_E_.xHawley has sum- ~
moned the grand jury which is to pass
on the cases of Benjamin Willis and
Max Brockhans for the murder of
David SR. Lambert atWilton onDecem
her 17th last. The jury will come in
tomorrow morning.
The authorities are confident that
they will be able to satisfy the jury as
to the guilt of the two men which will
warrant it finding a true bill for mur-
der in the first degree against both of
them.
It is akin believed that the authorities
will be able to do this without using
either man against the other. An im-
mense amount of evidence has been
gathered and sufficient has been se-
cured to satisfy the authorities that
they have the right men.
The probabilities are that the men
will be tried separately. Just which
case will be taken up first has not yet
been decided, but the chances are that
Willis will first face the jury.
The criminal superior court which
will try these cases will come in this
afternoon and Judge John M. Thayer
will preside. The court jury will not
come in until tomorrow morning. This
afternoon will be devoted to putting
prisoners to plead.
The following will sit on the grand
jury: Ferdinand B. Smith, John H.
Colgan and John Brown, Bridgeport;
Christian Swartz and Edwin O. Keel-
er, Norwalk; Schuyler Merritt and
John H. Swartwout, Stamford; VVil-
liam S. VVortman, Bethel; William A3
Braum and James W. Porter, Danbury,
George E. Scofield, Greenwich; H.
Allen Smith and Clarence E. Vroman,
Brookfield; John Brophy, Ridgefield;
Simon C. Bradley, Fairfield; John B.
Sanford, Bedding: Orville B. Burton,
Trumbull; Burr Hawley, Monroe.
—-——~——-—A - ‘C- 0» . ——--—-
Miss Dorothy Lewis of Danbury, is a
guest of South Norwalk friends.
A number of the members of Har-
mony Lodge of New Canaan, will wit-
ness the working of the M. M. degree
by Old \Vell Lodge this evening.
Among the passengers on the steam-
er “Norgee,” which sailed on Satur-
day, was Mrs. Marie Elizabeth Thues-
sengeng, booked for Christiana, Swe-
den.
Contractor Sheldon has commenced
laying the foundation walls for the
proposed Secor residence on Spring-
dale avenue.
——No claims, no amdavms, out a.
GAZETTE advertisement gets there
every time.
—4ARVARD’S DELAYED DISPATCHE.
"re-rich Manager at Fort de France
Says Capt. Cotton llsed the Eng-
lish Cable tOrVVashington.
Fort de France, Martinique, May
_17.——The manager here of the French
Cable Company explicitly denies the
statement that a dispatch filed by
Capt. Cotton, of the United States aux-
iliary cruiser Harvard, was delayed
twenty-four hours at St. Pierre, this
island. The manager explains the mat-
ter as follows: " '
“Capt. Cotton presented himself at
the office of the company at St. Pierre
and asked by what cable line cable
messages were transmitted to Wash-
ington. When he was informed that
such messages went by way of Fort de
France and Hayti he refused to give
us his dispatch because a. Spanish -.tor-
pedo boat was at that moment at Fort
de France, and not taking into account
professional secrecy, he told the Ameri-,
can Consul, in the presence of M. La-
lung, that, under these conditions, he
preferred to give his dispatches to the
English company, in spite of the delay
of twenty-four hours which they would
have to submit to on account of the
accumulationof business on the lines
of that company.”
VICTORY FOR GOMEZ.
He Compels the Spaniards to Reun-
quish Forts and Retreat.
Kingston, Jamaica, May 17.—In an
engagement seven leagues from Glen-
fuegos last Monday Gen. Gomez de-
feated 1,600 Spanish troops and com-
pelled the Spaniards to retire to the
city.
The Spanish were also obliged to
abandon the minor outer fortifications.
and they notified the neighboring plant-
ers that they must protect themselves.
A fortnight ago Gen. Menocal passed
Cienfuegos with 2,000 troops from
Puerto Principe and Santa, Clara on
the way to invade Havana Province
and co-operate in the protection of the
American landing party.
Gen. Gomez is undoubtedly in posses-
sion of the JucarO-Moron trocha, the
most important one near Cienfuegos,
as all the Spanish troops guarding. it.
were recently withdrawn.
AMERICAN REPORTERS HELD.
Blanco Would Not, Exchange the
Two Newspaper Men.
Key West, May 17.—Lieut. Brainard,
who took the auxiliary tug Uncas to.
Cuba under a flag of truce to secure.
the release of the scout Charles E.
Thrall, and the artist, HaydenJonefs.
returned this, morning. The plan fell
through.
The Uncas entered Havana flying a
flag of truce.
Her commander saw Blanco’s aide,
who'said he had no authority to release
Jones and Thrall without an applica-
tion from the American Secretary 01:
War or State. This the Uncas came
back to obtain. ' _, - : l
A cable message from Jones-received
here says he is comfortable. The of?
cumstan’ceszp‘ermit of their being treay-
ed well. f , ,, ‘ _ ':
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"CONNECTICUT TROOPS SLOW.
No Volunteers- fro‘ITI‘JTllut Stute' Hove
Yet Been Must'ei'ed In.”- " ..
Washington, May 17.—'—The slewn'ess
with which Connecticut is making up
its quota of State troops has caused ‘
some remark at the War Department.
Differences of opinion among the State
authorities have arisen, and the result
of this and other causes is that no “sol-
diers have been mustered at N'iantl‘c,
and not more than One-half of .the re-
quired quo‘ta has even been passed
upon by the mustering officer.
Representative Sperry and Col. Bur-
pee, of the Second, called on the Secre-
tary of War this morning for a confer-
ence. The Second-ls said to be entirely
equipped for field service and the men
are eager to go to the war.’
Bitter Against Consul McGarr.
Kingston, Jamaica, May ‘17.——The
American refugees from Cienfuegos
who came away from that place by the
Adula have been released from quaran.
tine. They reiterate the statement that
Consuls McGarr and Casanova left,
without notifying the residents of their
departure, on the Beverley.
An English passenger on the Adula
says McGarr “acted the part of a cow—
ardly scoundrel.” He came to the
British Consul, Mr. Fowler, and said
the Beverley’s departure was a State
secret and he must not let out what
her mission was.
“He gave no notification to Ameri-
cans, more than 150 of whom remained
behind, who did not know what the
vessel came for.
“Persons who knew and applied were
allowed to go, but the majority did not
know the vessel’s object until after her
departure.” '
Doubt 3 Second Fleet.
\Vashington, May 17.—The Navy De-
partment takes with great allowance
the report that the Spanish strategists
have succeeded in sending a second
squadron, under Admiral .Villamil, to
the “fest Indies, and that it also is Off
Martinique. Even if the alleged in-
formation did not bear the suspicious
earmark of a Madrid date, the depart-
ment would not be surprised to hear
that Admiral Villamil, as well as Ad—
miral Cervera, was with the Spanish
force in the Caribbean Sea. The fact
that the report came from Madrid sat-
isfies the ofl‘icials here that this is an-
other Spanish ruse to centre our at-
tention o'n Martinique, while their
ships have passed westward.
Funeral of Ensign Bugley.
Raleigh, N. 0., May Iii—The body of
Ensign Worth Bagley reached here
yesterday and was borne on the should-
ers of a detachment of six men to the
home of his mother. Along the route
from Jacksonville handsome floral de-
signs were presentnd.
The body lay in state in the rotunda
of the Capitol upon three gun cases
covered with flowers. The capitol and
all public buildings and Stores were
draped in mourning. Immense crowds
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naive Gray. 1'5: J.
_, Fancy "WOT-k.
A very dainty bit of pick-up work
is the covering of yokes, guimpes, nar-
row vest-fronts, cuffs, and standing
collars of fine white ladies’ cloth with
French arabesque or vermicelli designs
in braiding, or merely =.edging them
with rows of very narrow gold gimp
or cord. When completed these can
be given to the dressmaker to com.
plete the bodice of the new spring cos-
tume of colored cloth. An imported
suit of this description is very expen—
sive. If finished in a. perfect manner,
beginning with the braided accessories,
9. most satisfactory and not costly copy
can he made of these stylish and be-
coming gowns; but the dressmaker
must understand the ,tailors’ art or she
had better not attempt the making of
the costume. Some of the Paris mod-
els finished with these braided decor-
,ztions have also revers ofwhite satin
overlaid with point applique net. with
D. tiny'edglng of fur or a. narrow frill
pfpleated chiffon.
\Vorth Remembering.
Do not sleep with flowers in your
Toom,for.durlng the'night they will
give off the carbonic acid gas they have
leen liying on in the day, and will
consume some .of-the oxygen, all of
which you need for your own use. Sleep
is the time when brain repair takes
place, and two hours of slumber ob-
tained before midnight are worth more
than three afterwards. Sleep is sound-
est in the first three or four hours. If
you wish to preserve your youth and
good looks, you must not indulge in
late hours; insufficient sleep effects the
nervous system, the skin loses its
freshness and elasticity, and becomes
prematurely lined and wrinkled, and
the eyes get a. tired. drawn look. '
Ought to be Stopped.
Mayor Glover would receive the
unanimous thanks of the ladies Of N or-
walk, as well as the lovers of the wheel,
if he would put a stop to the unneces-
sary flooding by the watering cart of
the new Wall street pavement.
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.—Tho Pioneer of the Klondike.
Mr. Joseph Ladue, who was summon
ed to Washington recently for a con-
ference'with the Secretary of War re-
' garding the means of furnishing relief
to Dawson City miners. has sold a large
number of his choice lots 'in Dawson
City, some of his best placer claims,
and a magnificent quartz mine, besides
his rich timber limit, including a saw-
mill which is earning $1350 a day net,
to the Joseph Ladue Gold Mining and
Development Company of Yukon. The
directors of this company are-among
the most Conservat ve and prominent
men in the financial circles of New
"York. Those who are interested in
‘the Klondike” should read the notice of
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I l 1008--
1. ,.Vivian Soderst-rom,“ r at," 705:. .- , r '
J Olin Murphy, ,. 1000‘
Fred Smith, 704 ’
Lester Comstock, :- _ - 712‘
,fMary Duffy, _ . I, ., 151-
Fred E.',Con1ey;, , 236
‘Be'ssie M. Stanley 341 ,
Joseph Methia’s, 100
Lucy Wicks, 22
George Bertine, 59
R. M. Rose, '21
Annie DauChy, ‘20
'Willie English " 72
Edith Foster, 129
Arthur Evans 51
jMay Smith, ' 23
{Annie Clune, ,. 12
‘May Williams, ' 8
S. Louise Sutton, 22
Charles Mott, 31
Thomas Hunt, 10
GeorgeH. Hewitt, 56
Hugh Marron, 21
Frank Fitzgerald, 16
Mena Ambler, 3
Eugene Davis, 3
J. H. Carpenter, 2
J. McNerney, 9
C. F. Osborn, 43
Tillie Spicer, 25
F. McNaughton, 59
Lillie Hyatt. ' 2
Florence Carl, - 6
The coupon can be found in H. A.
Saunders adv.
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NEW YORK LETTER. l -
Special Correspondence.
While it is true that no man is in- ,
dispensable, there are some men, who
cannot well be replaced. The late An-
ton Seidl was undoubtedly the greatest
interpreter of Wagner since the death
of the composer himsalf, with whom
he once had close personal relations. As
a. conductor in W'agnerian opera Mr.
Seidl gave much of his attention to the
more delicate characteristics of the
score, and avoided anything in the na-
ture of coarseness in the stormiest pas-
sages. He died in his prime at the age
of forty-eight. His last work was to
engage in the organization of a perma-
nent orchestra for New York, and
funds to support it for several years
had already been guaranteed.
Asphalt Kept Dry.
The bicycle riders in New York have
made an energetic and apparently suc-
cessful effort to have a strip of each
asphalted Street left dry for their ac-
commodation. Viet'asphalt is a. great
nuisance to the wheelmen, and also to
the horseman, because of its slipperi-
ness; but dry asphalt, under the con-
ditions prevailing in most American
cities, is an equal, if not greater nui—
sance to the citizens generally. Dust
vies easily over its smooth surface, and
arises in annoying clouds upon every
disturbance. .There is a judicious me-
dium by observing which the asphalt
can he kept damp but not wet, and in
this condition it is good for footmen,
wheelmen and horsemen alike.
Thursdays in Brooklyn.
Traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge takes _
an unusual direction on Thursday
evenings, when a. crowd of unusually
large proportions sets out toward the
Manhattan side. This Brooklyn con-
tingent is" concerned with a matter no
less important than dinner. Thursdays
and Sundays are critical days in the
existence of every Brooklyn family.
Then the “girl”—as the present eleva-
tion of her position requires her to be
called—goes out. That means that din-
ner goes out with her and it must be
sought. So the patient procession of
hungry Brooklynites starts toward
New York and scatters itself among
the uptown restaurants. There are not
many restaurants in Brooklyn, and the
citizens who are obliged to search. for
dinner abroad prefer to make the trip,
to New York and combine some fes-
sion. It is on Thursday and Sunday
nights that those Brooklyn clubs which
provide table d'hotes are most crowd-g
ed, and their llberality in admitting
women to the club'restaurants is said
to be due to the strictness of the an-
cillary outings. It. certainly 'sends 'a
small crowd to New York as surely‘as
the apostles walk around. the St'rass-
burg clock whenever the hour strikes.
Sngo’s Dissatisfaction. .
”Suchhaste has been made by that
ever admirable patriarch, Mr. Russell
Sage, .to express his dissatisfaction with
the offers of the Rapid Transit Com-
mission, that it is not unfair, perhaps,
.to suspect the existence of some appre—
hension on his part lest the other Man-
hattan directors should be disposed to
give the proffered franchises careful, if
not favorable, consideration. Mr. Sage,
of course, is opposed on principles to
the spending of money for any'purpose
whatever, his ideal corporation being
one with receipts as large as possible
and no expenses at all. It is not prob-
able that he expects even the elevated
railway to attain this degree of per-
fection, but he has kept the lofty‘mark,
ever before the eyes of its managers,
and naturally objects to a plan which
plainly hints that public convenience
and interest must be put almost on a.
level with the dividends of stockhold;
ers. This is a view which several of
the Manhattan directors have shown
a disposition of late to take, and Mr.
Sage can hardly be blamed fOr getting
in an anticipatory argument against
any such weak yielding to popular
clamor. He is well advanced in years,
and prospective profits have no such
attraction for him as do those which
are immediate. Extensions of the ele-
vated road into parts of the trans-Har-
lem region where vacant lots still
abound do not promise instant returns,
and therefore heopposés them. His
partners in this business of selling‘
pink tickets are younger, and it is just
possible that his arguments will be no
more impressive when uttered in the
board room than they are when printed
in the newspapers.
Change of Editors.
Henry Dumars has resigned the edi-
torship of the Criterion, his successor
being J. 1. Clarke, who has won an ac-
knowledged position in the profession.
He was at one time on the Herald, af-
ter which he was managing editor of
the Journal, and hence is well fitted for
his present position. The spring brings
many removals, in which journalism
bears its share, and Outlook has left its
narrow office in Astor place for better
accommodations in Fifth avenue.
Hearst also, it is said, wants more
room for the Journal, and this led to
the report that he had bought Ham-
merstein's opera. house. He would no
doubt like to purchase somewhere, for
all the leading newspapers own the
buildings they occupy, which gives
them great advantage. Pulitzer's
building proves a fine investment, not-
withstanding its enormous cost. He
paid $600,000 for the land and then
erected a half-million sky scraper, but
the latter brings such an enormous in-
come that the World may bc said to be
rent free, while the Journal is under a
rent of $10,000 a. year and perhaps
more. The Tribune Association also
has such a benefit from the rent of of-
fices that all the paper occupies is free.
Bennett, however, did not desire any
tenants in the new Herald Building.
and he is thus an exception to all other
newspaper men, the Herald Building 3
indeed being the only one in the city
solely devoted to .the paper. .
‘ “ ' CYRUS THORP.
fil-
. highly. as heriditary‘ jewels Or ganeest‘ral
I beauty of the toilet. '
A Doc THAT COULD COUNT. "'1
She \‘i’as Blind 'but Knew When One of.
Her Puppies \Vns Missing.
In the instance about to be given,
I think that thedog evinced an ab-
:‘1‘act idea of numbers, or else showed
phenomenal powers of observation and
discrimination. The animal in question,
a high-bred collie, received an. injury
a year or so ago through which she
became permanently and totally blind.
Recently she gave birth to a litter of
six puppies, all of which were uniform
in size and in markings. Immediately
after the birth of the puppies, the dog’s
owner had mother ,and young removed
from the dark cellar in which they then
were, and carriedto a. warm and well-
ventilatcd room in his stables. In the
darkness of the cellar one of the pup.-
pies was overlooked and left behind. '
As soon as the moth'ercntered the box
in which her young had been placed,
‘ she proceeded to examine them, nosing
them about and licking them. Sud-
denly she appeared to become very
much disturbed about something; she
‘jumped out of the box and then jumped
back again, nosing the puppies as be<
fore. Again she jumped from the box
and then made her way toward the cel-
lar, followed by flier astonished owner,
who began to have an inkling as to
what disturbed her. She had counted
her young ones, and had discovered
that one had been let-t behind. Sure
enough, the abandoned puppy was soon
found and carried in triumph to the
new home.
So astonished was the gentleman at
this blind creature’s intelligence that he
removed another puppy and held it in
his arms. It was not long before the
blind mother showed her distress so
plainly that her lost young one was re-
stored to her, whereupon she lay down
in the box and gave herself up to this
chief function of maternity, suckling
her young.—Lippincott's Magazine.
HOW SARDINIAN WOMEN DRESS.—
Some of the People Wear Gorgeous Cor
tumes Handed Down {or Generations.
The women of Sardinia are described
by a visitor to that island as being of
elegant figure and graceful. carriage,
with large black eyes, dark hair and
brunette complexion. They dress in
very much the same style as women
in other parts of civilized Europe, ex-
cept that there is not the some extreme
haste to adopt the latest fashion. The
wives and daughters of the farmens
and tradesmen, by the gorgeousness of
their costumes, amply compensate for
the simplicity .of dress among the up-
per classes; “and at their religious fetes
andother festivals, whenlthey appear
in gala. dress, they present a. wonderful
spectacle. These costumes are a. sort
of family heirloom, handed down from
mother to daughter and treasured as
portraits. The fashion never changes,
and instead of feeling ashamed of‘being
seen in the same dress at two different
entertainments, they glory in its an-
tiquity and in the number of occasions
on which“: has been worn. The cos-
tumes of the women vary greatly in
different parts of Sardinia. .In some
districts, 3 small black jacket, Open in
front, is worn over a very short
bodice of bright colored silk and bro-
cade, which is loosely laced before and
cut rather low; there are apparently
no corsets. The pettieoat is of light
brown cloth, very-full, and between it
and the bodice is a. sort of. neutral
ground of protruding garment, which
by no means adds .to the general
was.
Yaos and Manganj‘os. V 1
Both are interesting types Of African
primitive races. The Yao, mostly men
of splendid physique, are a. strong and
warlike race, in past times a standing
terror to their weaker neighbors. Their
original home was in the mountains
east of Lake Nyasa, whence, in 1861,
they poured down like locusts and “ate
up" the country now known as the
Shire Highlands. They now dwell
peacably side by side with the Mang- .
anja, though looking down on the lat-
ter in something of the spirit in which
Rob Roy regarded the Glasgow bur-
gasses.
A good many years ago the first man-
ager of the African Lakes Company
was giving a magic lantern address to
a. mixed audience of both races, and
took occasion, while explaining a pic-
ture of angels,>to dilate on the pros-
pect of heaven. The Yao part of the
audience listened to the description,
and then inquired whether there would
be any Mang'anja there too. “Certain-
ly," was the reply, “if they love God
and obey His laws.” “Then," said the
aristocrats with one voice, “we do not
wish to go there."-—Good Words.
Could Not be Returned.
This is one of the yarns Of childhood.
Six-year-old Tommi-e was sent by his
eldest sister to the corner grocery to
buy a pound of lump sugar. He played
allies on his way to the 'store, and by
the time he arrived there he had for-
gotten what kind of sugar he was sent
for. So he took home a. pound of the
granulated article. His eldest sister
sent him back to the store ‘to get lump
sugar. After the proprietor of the gro-
cery had made the change for'the lit-
tle lad 'he engaged Tommie in conver-
sation.
“Tommie," he said, ‘ “I understand
there is a new member of your family." ,
“Yes, sir,” replied the kid, “I’ve got
a. little brother."
"Well, how do you like that, hey?”
inquired Ithe groceryman.
“Don't like it at all," said Tommie;
“rather have a. little sister." , .
“Then, why don't you change him,
Tommie?"i.~f ' ‘ ' ' '
“Well, we would if we could; but I
don't suppose we can. You see, we
have used-him four days now!"—Wgsh-
inzton Star. ,
Norwalk Chronicler