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LOCAL AND OTHER NEWS.
Mrs. George Robbins and Miss Mary
A. Robbins of‘R'eed street, are visiting
in Brooklyn.
Miss Carrie Wood of Prospect street,
East Norwalk has returned from a visit
in High Ridge.
The Broad River school district
holds its annual meeting to-night.
’ A'fi'ag staff 86 feet in height was
erected at the Chlldl ens ’County Home
on Saturday.
Miss-Julia ‘Allen of South Norwalk,
is visiting friends in Massachusetts.
Miss Kate Tripp of West avenue, left-
Saturday for a three weeks’ visit with
her sister in Massachusetts:
—-The Patriotic tea under the au-
spices of the Woman’s Guild of Grace
church will be held Tuesday evening
June 21st at the Central club, from 6
till 10; Entertainment and orchestra
music- No charge for admission. Sup-
per 35 cents. . J 20 2t.
M1ss Sarah A'. Baker of West avenue,
left today for a visit in Ramsey, N. J.
The; Cl‘ofut (St-Huapp Hat Co. has ;
closed its factory for 10 days.
Mrs. Henry A. Wood of East Nor-
Mia-and Mrs. Fred Hallock have
moved into one of the Cunningham
houses on West avenue, South Nor-
walk.
\Iiss Mary Wood of East N orwalk is
visiting in Westfield,’ Mass ' '
Miss Elizabeth Birchard of Sprlno
street, is a guest of her uncle, James
Birchard of Darien.
-'-Prof. M. S. Rosen, the well- known
oculist Optician, can be consulted at his
office 111 the parlors of the MahaCkemo
Hotel, Scuth Norwalk-7 Tuesday from
9 «1.111.608 p'. m Eyes "examined free
f5-tf.
Miss Margaret Deppler of New York,
was a guest over Sunday of her aunt,
Mrs. F. J, Curtis of. Mott avenue.
Mrs. Richard'Noight and daughter
Viola, of South Norwalk, are visiting
in Danbury.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Richardson of
Chestnutstreet, South Norwalk, have
returned from a visit in Brooklyn.
Mrs-"Richard Abendroth,Miss Louise
Abendroth and Miss Jennie Bump are
visiting in Fishkill, N. J.
An adjourned meeting of the city
council willbe 'held this evening.
The Haydn Musical club will give
an entertainment in Lockwood’s hall,
to-morrow night.
Mrs. E. H. Hotchkiss of Arch street,
has been spending a few days in Dan-
bury.
Miss Nina A. Lewis of West Main
street, has been visiting Miss Lula M.
Sniffin of Danbul y. ' ~
Elmer E. 131111, of Milford, N. H. spent
Sunday with W. N. Simons, of Union
Park. . '
1. Miss Frederica Quelch of Franklin
street will entertain friends to-morrow
evening.
George Wood formerly of South
Norwalk, but now of New Haven, is
captain of one of the companies in the
Third regiment which will soon em-
bark to fight the Spaniards. One
armed war veteran .Caleb Wood of
East N orwalk is his brother.
Confirmation services were" conduct-
ed by Bishop Tierney at St. John’s.
church, N oroton, yesterday.
A children’s day concert was held in
the Methodist church last evening.
M. D. Randall, of East Norwalk, has
been appointed trustee of the assigned
estate of Henry Taylor, of New York. I
The Epworth Leaguers of the Meth-
odist church are makingxarrangements
to give.__ a “Midsummer Flower and
Fruit Festival” at an early date.
' Business is not booming at the Win-
nipauk Mills, and a number of the em-
ployees are laid off indefinitely
The Good Templars of Cranbury,
ill give an entertainment next Thurs-
y evcnlnnr which includes a drama.
- !
The public schools _close on Friday _
next, for the usual summer vacation.
Mr. and Mrs. L J. Reynolds celebra-
ted their twentieth wedding anniver- .
sary, Saturday evening. A number of
their friends assisted in the celebra-
tion.
Miss Marian Blandford of Franklin
.. avenue, left to-day'for a two months’
visit in Ohio.
Mr. and Mrs. James Paul of Grove
. street, spent Sunday in...Stamfox:.d.
The red brick in the rear construc—
tion of the new 'Methodist church at
South Norwalk, has been painted a
bufi color to match that of the front
and sides.-
The pupils of Thomas E. Perkins,
formerly organist of the South Nor-
walk Congregational church, will give
a recital to their friends Tuesday night,
June 28th, at the residence of Mr. and
Mrs, Nelson H. Hoyt, 20 Bayview ave-
nue.‘ _
George Merritt, of Yonkers, N. Y
spentSunday at the home of his par-
ents, corner of Water and Chapel
streets. . ' “
George Seymour, of South N orwalk,
who has been ill for several weeks,
leaves for western New York to-day,
hoping to improve his health by a.
change of air.
The home of Constable Goodwin on ~
Haviland street has been quarantined.
Mr. Goodwin’s son Victor is ill with
the scarlet fevers?“
The improvements at the ReedHavic
land house on Bell Island are nearly
completed. The house now boasts of
twenty-five or more commodious rooms,
eight of which open on as many sep-
arate balconies from which a fine View
of the sound is at one’s pleasure. The
house will be opened to-morrow.
Charles Morton, who has had charge
of the construction of the new Methodis'lt
church, return§11f3 Saturday to his home--
in Brooklyn.
Joseph Goldschmidt the Greenwich
"jeweler, spent Sunday with his parents
walk, Iisv131t1ngin Troy, N‘ Y ' WM and Mrs. E. R. Goldschmidt on
Water street.
Alphonso Roso, ~0f Russia, is regis-.
t‘ered at the Mahackemo
-. 5,. ..u-.\....,I:.. “ ‘
Landlord Isaac Hamilton of the Nor-
walk hotel, and»W1111ang W 'mb‘} of
«the Warwick hotel, left to‘Wn 15."1i'1"'l)""thiss
a short Vlslt “at Spripgl,
field. ~-
TheD. A. R. exhibition of, Bevo 111,. i
Red Men’s
morning,- for
tion’ary pictures Upelis ’a't'
hall, South Norwalk, :to~night. The
exhibition. will be open ~eVery 5a‘fter-‘
116011 and evening until Sunday; June
26th. Week days from 2 to.lO p. . 1n. .,
and on Sunday from 2=to 6- p: 111.1
The funeral of the. late Ambrose
White will be attended from St. Mat-
thew’s church, Wilton, thls afternoon,
Rev. Hooker and Selleck officiating.
Ofiicer'Morehous’e took charge of a
flag bedecked bicycle, boy’s size, Satur—
day night, Which had been resting
agaigst Spencer>& Co’s store window:
all daywith ‘no apparent Owner "of the
same. The owner can secure it by call-
ing at the police station.
James M. Reed of Brooklyn, spent
Sunday with his brother Benjamin
Reed of Taylor avenue, South N orwalk.
"Al” Kendrick who is engaged as a
ticket agent ata railroad station n__ot
far from Boston, is visiting at his home
on North Main street, South Norwalk“
. Miss Hattie Reed, of Bridgeport, is
visiting Miss Edith Wilson for a few
days.
Martin Kearney, of New Haven, is
visiting relatives on Plymouth avenue.
Mrs. Stephen Scofi'eld has gone to
Naugatuck to spend the'summer. ‘
P. F. McMahon of Danbury, is visit-
ing friends in town, to-day.
Our Brothers Lodge, 1. o: o. F. 'will'
meet this evening.
A regular meeting of Douglas Fow-
ler Post, G. A. R. will be held to-nightr
The St} Paul’s church Mission will,
give a lawn fete on the lawn opposite
the Mission rooms in W'innipauk,Tues-
day eveningh June 28th.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Loomis,
Jr., and William Loomis, of . Water-
bury, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Charles F. Loomis, of Belden avenue,
and returned home in 'the evening.
Ralph Bray of the Street Railway is"
visiting friends 'in Worcester, Mass.
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took at Your Checks.
The ticket drawing the bicycle
' given away at the Boston Store Satur-
day night is as follows :
June 18; salesman, No. 6; 2:} yards
goods at 251: yd., 63c; amount received,
$1: 00; red number, _10.
The wheel given away on June 6th
has not as yet been called for and cus-
tomers are roguested to examine their
old tickets and see if they (19 not hold
the check. The-ticket wasfor a pair
of corsets at 50 cents.
,their' guardians pleaded: guilty at,
Bememher the Maine.
“Like a thief in the dark, -
With an electric spark, ' ‘
It was done in the night by Spain:
, But 1n God’s bright light
In an open fight,
Dewey made them ‘remember the
Maine.’ ”
YOUTHFULBURGLARS
Enter Finney & Benedict’s
Store Sunday Night.
Captured by ("hour Morehouse and Lock-
ed Up.
About 6 o’clock Sunday night James
White, aIsmall colored boy, informed
Officer Morehouse that two boys had
. effected an entrance into the store of-
Finney & Benedict on Wall street.
The officer wentto the rear of the.
store and found that the shutter and
window had been opened-by means of a
knife. The window being open the
officer entered and found William
Petrie and Thomas Webb, two boys
about 12 years of age, inside.» . .-
The youngsters had collected two
baskets of fruit and some crackers,
and twenty-five .Cents in money from
the money drawer. The. ..f-ruit- iwas-i
p1_aced near the, window, while""th‘d
boys searched the store further, but
the'ofiicer’s sudden appearance put an
end to their investigation.
They were brought before Judge
Gregory this morning and through.
sentence suspended until 2 0 ’cibck this
afternoon- ,3..-
.1? m: Tramway Collision.
There was a collision on. _the. Tram~
=
way line near Meadow street about .9 g
‘0 ’clo'ck Saturday, but which fortunate.”
1y did not résult' 1n loss of life or limb.
The car was speeding along at a pretty
rapid pace at the time. Ahead of the
car was a man leisurely jogging, along
in a two wheeled gig. '
reached him the horse shied, and the
driver was thrown out, but the horse, ,.
failed to take advantage of an oppor- -
tunity‘to run. The car was stopped as
quickly as possible audit was found
that apparently the only damage done.
was the wrecking. of’ one wheel of the
gig and a- lively shaking up of the
driver. Immediately after, the acci-
dent the horse strayed over to the side
of the street and commenced browsing
on a fine growth of grass.
0..»
Darlen and Noroton,
Miss Elizabeth Birchard, of South
Norwalk, is a guest of her uncle, James
Birchard, of Darien.
Bishop Tierney, confirmed a large
class at St. John’s church, Noroton,
Sunday.
The Wee Burn Golf club of N o‘roto'nr'
have issued a handsome little book'
bound in red containing the names of
the members of the club and. the con?
stitution and rules. The GAZETTE'is
in receipt of a copy for which we
extend thanks.
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The Oyster Industry.
Oyster growers say that shells for
planting will be higher this cseason.
The price last year was ‘four cents a
bushel, and the prospects are that it
willbe seven this year. Early next
month growers will begin their annual
planting. The government has been.
buying a lot ‘of shells ' for Chesapeake
bay, and in consequence there is a
short tage in the market.
V
Disgraceful Fight.
There was a disgraceful fight at the
corner of Cedar street and the turn-
pike early last evening It occur red
outside of the juriSdiction of the local
police, else the participants might
have been brought into court this
morning; ‘Howe'ver, these 'rows are
getting to be of too frequent occurrence
in that neighborhood and the attention
of the town constables is respectfully
called to the fact.
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More, Improvements. . '
The bricks for the paving of South
Main street, South Nor walk, have ar
rived and are being piled up along the
line of the proposed improvement to
the street. Work of tearing up the
street'fOr the reception'of the same
will probably be commenced this. week.
. .
As the car; the
'1‘ 11 E Evan 1 N GGAAET T o
1'1 '.l'n Search of His. Boy.
A man named Brownstein and be-
longing in New Haven, came to South
. Norwalk this morning in search of his
. son “Sammy” who has been missing
from his home since last Friday.
Brownstein says that the lad was a
member of an excursion party that left
New Haven Friday afternoon for Roton
Point, and said that he had been given
to understand that the boy was among
“the lefts” when the boy left the Point
He describes him as being about 14
- years of age and large for his years.
He wore a blue sweater with white
,stripes and light corduroy trousers.
iMr. Brownstein visited Roton. Point in
gsearch of the lad vvho he admitted was
well able to take care of himself.
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W. N. Simone of Union Park, left to
,day for a. weeks’ visit in. Ohio.
NV! ‘VILL POSITIVELY PAY YOU 81 00
If one bottle of Smith’s Green Moun-
'tain Renovator does not benefit you in
_‘case you are troubled with any blood
disorder, chronic rheumatism, or
neuralgie affection. It is endorsed by
the best physicians in the country and
is warranted to do what is claimed for
it. John A. Riggs, Norwalk, Conn.
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BICYCLE VOTE.
Olive‘ Gray, 1999 -
Vivian Soderstrom, 1911
John Murphy, 1875
Fred Smith, 869
L‘ester Comstock, 1913 ‘
Mary Duffy, 151
Fred E. Conley, 236
Bessie M. Stanley, 366
Joseph Methias, 100
Lucy Wicks, 22
George Bertlne, 59
R. M. Rose, 21
Annie Dauchy, 20
'Willie English, 110
“Edith Foster, 129
'Arthu'r Evans, 51
May Smith, , 23
Annie Clune, _ ‘ 12
May Williams, -- . ; . 8
S. Louise Sutton, ' - . - 22
Charles Mott, 50
Thomas Hunt. 10
George H. Haw-11.1, 84
iHugh Marron’, _, - = 53
Menu. Ambler, ; v: 3
Eugene Davis, - 3
J. H. Carpenter, _ ‘ 2
J. McNerney ‘ 3 ~ . ' 9
C. F. Osbmn, , — . .. 64
iTlllle Spleen . , 65
F. McNaughton, 59
,Lillie Hyatt, .. -, - 2
Florence Carl,., - - '
The coupon can be found in H A.
Saunders adv.
L. ':LA‘
ed t] Washingtnn recently for a con-
fere cos with the beeletary of War re—
délngrthe means ‘of furnlshmo relief
wson City miners, has Sallie. large
City, some of his best placer claims,
and . magnificent quartz mine, besides
this? h timber limit, including a saw-
lwhich' IS earning $1350 a day net,
Joseph Ladue Gold Mining and
'tot
directors of this company are among
the mbst conservat ve and prominent
men in the financial circles of New
Yor, .“1 Those who are interested in
l'ondike should read the notice of
the new company printed in this' Issue.
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9“" , DEATHS.
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CUNNINGHAM—1n Bridgepmt, June
17, Cdrnelius, son of Bridget Cunning-
ham, aged 34 yea1s.
H6MANe-In Stratford J line 18, Har-
riét P. Homan, aged 74 years.
MACHALOWSKI—In Bl idge port June
17, Ainos Machalowski, aged 40 years.
“STAPLETONe—In Bridgepbrt June 17,
W illiam E. son of George and Bridget
Stapleton, aged 22 years.
Annual Sales ovoro.ooo.ooo Boson
We
('03 BILIOUS AN D NERVOUS DISORDERS
such as Wind .and Pain in the Stomach.
- Giddihe‘Ss. Fu'lnese after meals. Head- ~
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of Heat. Loss of Appetite. Costlveness.
Blotches on the Skin. Cold Chills. Dis-
turbed Sleep, Frightful Dreams and all
Nervous and Trembling Sensations»,-
THE .I'IRST DOSE WILL GIVE RELIEF“
IN TWENTY MINUTES. Every sufferer
will acknowledge them to be
A WONDERFUL MEDICINE.
“column PILLS.taken asdlrect~
ed. will quickly restore Females to com-
plete health.» They promptly remove
obstructions or irregularities of the sys-
tem and euro alck Headache. Fora.
Weak Stomach
Impaired Digestion
Disordered Liver
IN MEN. WOMEN .OR CHILDREN
Beecham’s Pills are
Without "a Rival
4 . LARGEST hSALE
ofuy Patent Medicine In the World.
250. at all Drug firm-no
YOur Last
Summer’s Suit
Can, be made to 100‘;
as good as new.
Repairing, Altering, Clean-
ing and Pressing a Spec—
Iialty.
Trousers from $5. 50 up.
Fit and WOrkmanship
Guaranteed. _ ,_
FRANK COCA,
36 Main Street,
i ' f__ cNORW‘ALK.
'= .-_ J as eph Ladue whowas summon-
num er' of his choice 1th in Dawson.
Deve'ilopmentComepany on di'ron. The'
DIASTARDLY ASSAULT.
A Silver. Nine Carpenter is Now Under
Arrest.
John K. Austina Silver Mlne cai-
penter is confined in the station house
on Smith street, on a serious charge,
which if true, entitles him to more
than ordinary punishment. Indeed
there seems to be no punishment to
fully fit'such a crime.
He 1s charged with assaulting a six
year old girl named Ruscoe. The de-
tails of the case as told a reporter are
unfit for publication.
He was brought to this city Saturday
for safe keeping, and will be given a
hearing before Justice Chichester in
Wilton, to-morrow.
This morning, in company with his
father and Deputy Sheriff Lyon who
first placed him under arrest he visited
a barbor-shop and was shaved.
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THE NEW STAMPS.
South” Norwalk Post Office in Receipt
of a large Quantity.
The South Norwalk post-office is one
of the first post-offices in the state to
receive a consignment of the Trans-
Mississippi Exposmion postage stamps
recently issued by the government in
the interest of the great exposition
which opens at Omaha.
They materially differ from the reg-
ular stamps in size being i of an’inch
w1de and 1% lOng. In color and design
they are far superior to the Columbian
stamp, the medallion or center being
distinctive and on the different value,
stamps being illustrative of western
scenes.
The 1-cent stamp is dark green, with
'a medallion picture of “Marquette on
the Mississippi.”
Two cent—Carmine;
“Farming in the West.”
Four cent—Reddish brown}, picture,
“Indian hunting Buffalo. ” '
Five cent—Dark blue; picture, “Free-
mont on Rooky Mountains.”
picture of
Eight cent—Dark . 1i1ac;II__ picture,
“Troops Guarding 'Tr ain. ”
Ten cent—Light brown; pictfipey._.
“Hardships of Emigration."’,
Fifty cent—Orange; picture, “Mining
, When his friend from. Queens called .
in the morning to see how' it had fared '
Prospector. ”
One dollar—Copper, _.red; picture,
“WesternCattlIe Stocm ”. .. .
Two dollars—Sapphu'e blue; plcture,
“Mississippi River. Bridge
There has already been a great de-
mand for the stainps. at the South N or-
Walk office by stamp collectors and the -
series will be' valuable acqulsmons to ‘
their collections. ,f' '
REOKILESS BALL PLAYING.
A 'Youngster, Narrowly Escapes Being
Killedat Roton. '
Several young men were engaged
yesterday, in the rather reprehensible
practice of playing base-ball on the
beach at Roton Point, and 'a five year
old boy of Mrs. Lannigan narrowly es-
caped bemg killed as a result of the
game.
The little fellow sat on the plank
walk in front of the bathing houses.
watching the game. One of the players
struck a' ball and as he did so careless?
1y hurled the bat to one side. In' its
flight it struck the youngster on the
forehead, causing a severe wound, and
a slight variation of the blow might
have caused death.
The wounded boy was cared for and
later taken to his home and is reported
as getting along nicely.
Bicycle Contest.
Just two weeks more remain of the
contest for the bicycle to be given away
by H. A. Saunders. ' At the close of to-
day’s .voting Miss Olive Gray is in the
lead, but only by a slight majority.
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Base Ball. I
The St. Josephs and the Catholic
club base ball nines played a match
game of ball on the Baxter grounds,
Saturday which resulted in a victory
for the latter by a score of 7 to 4.
That New Schooner.
The four-masted schooner Rachel
Stevens, largely owned by Norwalk
parties, and now being completed at
'Bath, Me., will, it is expected, be
launched on or about August 1st.
HOD—_—
l-lorses Burned. '
Six horses were burned to death early
yesterday morning by a fire which oc-
curred at Charles Harvey’s livery
stable on Columbus avenue, at the rear
of the Garde hotel in New Haven.
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Beagan Assault Case.
The case of John Beagan charged
with assault with intent to killWilliam
Buttery, Is on trial before Judge Greg-
ory to-day. . .
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I'Inclaime'd Letters.
The following letters are unclaimed
at the Norwalk postoflice, June 18:
' James Corcoran. Miss A. Dickerson,
Miss Kenney, 19 Putnam St.
W. H. M '
were chased by the “bulldogs ”
TIOFA MINE 'REDISCIOVERED.
A Blonklvu Man Entitled to finite! the
Mexican Government’s Reward.
J. Newton Fowler, of Brooklyn, N. Y.
and a friend recently rediscovered the
famous lost gold mine ‘of Tiofa. The
discovery was made in a deep narrow
canon, through which runs Ithe Rio
Chico. a tributarvpf the Aras River.
Mr. Fowler, while chasing a. Wounded
deer, came across a stone wall inclo's-
ing an opening. On cutting through
the wall an old mining shaft was dis—
:losed. At its mouth. were -a number of
crude, old mining implements. 011 go-
ing down the shaft awfew feet some
very rich specimens of gold'were found.
If this is the old' Tiofa. "mine. as is
firmly, believed, Mr. Fowler and his as-
sociate will receive $15,000 in gold from
the Mexican g0vernment, this being the
standing "feward it has offered for the
rediscovery of the wine. The records
of the mine were in the hands Ior the
priests, who have searched the country
for it.
More than one man has lost his life
searching for this mine. In 1882 Picni-
can, ‘then chief engineer of the- Texas
and-Pacific road, was killed by the
Apaches while he was searching for it.
J. Newton Fowler is from Booklyn.
N. Y., where his father is a. contractor
and builder, and Singleton is an old ex-
Texas Ranger. The Tiofa mine was
fabulously rich in gold, and was walled
in when its owners were driven out of
the country by the 'Indians‘in 1819.—
New York Sun.
3REAT NOVELIST’S COLLEGE DAYS.
. Charles Rondo Not Alway'o a Model 'for
Other Youths.
When Charles Reade was at Oxford
he was not always, from a proctor’s .
point of view, a pattern for others to
be guided by. One night he and a. com- "
panion, being without: cap and 'gown, '
fleet of foot they soon reached their re-
spective colleges. Hls chum was able .1
:0 square the porter at the Q’u‘eén' s and, ' .
passed in, but there was no such luck' , _
for Reade when he arrived at Magda-"'"’
zen.
Being a. young man of resources. he 1..
was not to be easily caught, and, look—
ing about him in the moonlight h'e‘ .98 .
pied a ladder. Elantin; this 'under his"
chamber window, he was soon in biw-
own rooms. But the tell- tale ladder re-
mained behind, so he managed -to draig‘ -‘
It up after him. He always. carried a, In.
capital sportsman” s' knife—'whlch would
saw, as well as cut—and with it he he'- '
gan to convert the ladder into fuel. '
“I shall be
for I've been
with Reade. he was' tdld;
all right dlrectlyrsol'd m
up all night burning-'24 the
have: just put the last bit of the blessed
1111ng on the fire. ”—‘Washinkt'on Star.
.TH'E KAFFIR AND THE MONTH
Co'uldn't Understand.,0ur Dlothod of
' ' Reckoning. .I-,,
At a' dinner party in South Africa th'o., .. 4,
' hostess told the Ka't'flr boy to “bring ,
the. champagne!’ The boy left and re— '
turned: without the wine. wShe com-
mended him again to bring the charm
pagne with "the same result._ Then he .
whispered "No ”wine! , .
Nonsense,” Solid the woman, “there
In plenty. "' ‘1: = .. ___.
.“No, " persisted the native, “me look'
at all the bottles; all say extra dry." ' '
A 'second w'omanengaged a boy in
September and at the end of the month- V~
gave him his wages. At the,.end~,of 0nd, 3 _
tobér she again proceeded to pay him,
when he surprised her by objecting to,
the amount. He wanted ' to'be paid
more for thirty-lone days than for (thir-
ty—not unreasonably. The woman' re-
monstrated and broke into . poetry:
“Thirty days hath September,”
"No, " said the Kaffir cutely, “n'o menth
thirty-one day, all month thirty day. '
Your month thirty day, then th-irty- -one,
then ‘thirtyétwo. No, me no stop here," ' '
and no legic could “induce him to ,con-
sent to an arrangement that seemed
likely to progress indefinitely in favor
of his employer.—New 'York Tribune.
How Po‘mp Wan Converted.
Dr. Payson, the famous and beloved
preacher of Portland, Me., saw: the
Christian Endeavor World, used to tell
the following pointed story:
One very stormy Sunday he went to
church, more from habit than because
he expected to find anybody there.
Just after he had stepped inside the
door an old negro came in and askedif
Dr. Payson was to preach there that
day, explaining that he was a stranger
in town and had been advised toga, to,
his church. - _
“Upon that” said Dr. Payson, "I
made up my mind to preach my sermon
if nobody else came.’
Nobody else did come, so the doctor.
' preached to the choir and the old ne-
gro.
Some months afterward he happened
to meet the old negro, and, stopping
him, asked how he enjoyed the sermon
that stormy Sunday.
’Enjoy dat sermon,” replied the old
man. “I ’clare, doctah, I neber heerd
a. better one. You see, I had a Seat
pretty well up in front, an' wheneber
you’d say somethin’ I’d jess look all
roun’ ter see nobody only jess me. An'
I says to m’self, ‘He must mean you,
Pomp, youse sech a dreadful simmer.
Well doctah, dat ar sermon set me a.-
thinkin’ '1) hat a. big sinner I war, ' 'an' I
went an' jined de church down home.
[ze a deacon, now.’
, ' The Chinese Foot.
It is a curious fact that the women
of Manchuria, China, are forbidden by
imperial edict to bandage their feet
into littleness. The Manchus are- the
strong governing race in China, and I
the fanciful might hold that there was
some connection between strong
stride of its women and . stout. _
hearts and strong bodies ., .
Being '
hdder, and, I
etc. ,.
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