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7 Room a GAZETTE BUILDING.
NORWALK, - - -- CONN
MONEY 'ro LOAN-
REEIIING FOR BLIND.
A UNIQUE” FEATURE OF THE CON-
hi GRESSIONAL LIBRARY.
Pleasure Taken by the Signtleas in the
Room Set Apart for Them—Fields of
I Literature Opén to Them—A Daily Sys-
tem of Readings. I .
All good Americans should hope to
visit the Congress Library before they .
die. It istone of the world’s wonders,
well worth a trip across a continent to
view.
A Sign. points a. directing hand to-
!the reading room for the blind, and
following it you enter the strangest
room in the library, and, indeed, the
strangest reading room in the world,
for this is the only library known to
contain special provisions for the
blind. The idea of having reading
room for the blind was suggested to
Mr. Young, the librarian, by a woman
whose «heart had been touched by the
pla-int of a blind girl friend that there
was so little Opportunity for the most
helpless class of persons in the world
to have access to the literature for
wln'ch they longed. #
The room dedicated to this purpose
is of good proportions, shady, cool,
with great windows filled with growing
plants, the touch and scent of which
are a. constant delight to the readers.
The furniture suits the room and num-
bers among its pieces an unusually fine
carved desk of historic value and a
table to match. The blind appreciate
this furniture very much and are
proud of it, often feeling of the carv-
ing and speaking of its beauties.
Around the walls of the room are rang-
ed the cases containing literature for‘
the blind, and the room is divided ml
the center by a. large screen, behind:
which the readers can retire and so es-
cape the observation Of casual visitors.
On the carved table is a beautiful vase,
a. gift from a Washington wOman, and
it is daily filled with cut flowers, which ‘
come as offerings from seeing people
to their less fortunate friends.
The special attendant in bh-arge of'
this room has a large responsibility'
resting upon her. She as Miss Etta
Josselyn Giflin. The privilege of read- I
ing in a. room by themselves mean-t two
things to the blind. It afforded an op-
portunity to read books that Ed hith-
ert-o been unobtainaible, and it was an -
acknowledgment of them as a class.
This acknowledgment is especially dear
because their complete dependence on.
the good will of their seeing friends;
has made them looked upon as objects '
of charity, and this public recognition
of them as a. class possessing the in-
telligent needs of seeing people is sooth-
ing to their natural desire for inde-
pendence. The collection of literature
at their service embraces all the stand-
ard.works, the Bible, encyclopedias,
Dickens, Thackeray, Eliot, Emerson,
the great and minor poets, &c., and
many musical compositions.
The cost of printing for the blind is
so great that only the well-to-do can
attempt the collection of an individual
library; hence the benefit of a reading
room to them. The Bible, for instance,
which can be condensed into a pocket
edition for ordinary readers and bought
for 2 cents and even less, when publish.—
ed (111 finger print covers a series of
eight volumes, and costs $100. A pray-
er book sells for $20, and a common
writing slate for $1.25. This slate con-
sists of a. table, guide and stylus, and
the rapidity with which the blind write
is marvellous. As they read, they fre-
quently pause to jot down on the
slate some comments on the book they
are studying. Their writing is done
from right. to left, though they read
from left to right. The correspondence
among themselves is a great source of
entgrtainment, education, and comfort,
and where several are gathered in the
reading room, after rthe reading is fin-
ished, a smart interchange Of slates
goes on, each reading with his fingers
the thoughts jotted down by the oth-
ers.
After the reading room for the blind
was opened the library officials were
anxious that everything possible
should be done which would tend to-
ward its successful and permanent op-
eration. One suggestion that has re-
sulted in constant and increasing pleas-
ure came from David Hutcheson, su-
perintendent of the general reading
room. It occurred to Mr. Hutcheson
that if each day a good reader could
be secured to read aloud to the blind
visitors for an hour, they could become
acquainted with much literature that
has not yet been reproduced in the
publications for the blind. With the
co-operation of Miss Gifiin, this plan
was worked out. Mr. Hutcheson was a
little timorous of its continued success,
fearing it would be difficult to secure
readers for each day, but, on the con-
trary, more readers have offered their
services than dates can be found for,
and very celebrated readers at that.
The first person to read aloud was Mrs.
John Russell Young, wife of the Libra-
rian. Thomas Nelson Page, Kate Doug—
las \Viggin, Grace Greenwood, Frank
Stockton, and many other authors have
contributed their quota to the daily
reading matinee. On several occasions
celebrities have given little talks rath—
er than readings, and these are espe—
cially appreciated, particularly when
they relate to travel. These readings
have proved a. most interesting fea-
ture of the reading room, and greatly
extended the scope and opportunity of
the room’s frequenters. Many blind
persons desired to avail themselves of
the privileges of the reading room, and
were unable to do so, because they had
no one to bring them to the library, so
Miss Gifl‘in interested a number of wo-,
men who were willing to act as escorts
to the afflicted ones, and these escorts
day by day bring their charges to the
readings. ~ ~
It is interesting to'note that their is
no distinction of color or nati-onalltf.
. varying degrees of hardness,
I and inhabitants, and'over twenty thou-
‘putting his lips thereto the host would
your health.”+Chicago News.
The first reader Was a colored man,
and the second a young white girl.
Who asked for Emerson’e Essays, say-
ing she was “hungry for Emerson."
The literature called for by the read-
ers is of a remarkably high order. The
very concentration required of the
blind for their reading creates a high
order of intelligence, and a desire to
learn of the best. The room is well
patronized every day, even in bad
weather, though on wet days more
men than women are observed. Many
pleasant and lasting friendships are
formed among the readers, and a sys-
tem of correspondence maintained
Many letters of inquiry about the room
are constantly received from residents
of other cities—New York Sun.
THE THREE KRUPPS.
And Their Wonderful Gun Works at E8-
sen, Germany.
The city of Essen is located in the
center of a hilly valley, which abounds
«in coal and iron ore, and the digging
for both and the melting of the ore and
casting the metal into ingots and roll-
ing it int-o bars have been the occupa-
‘tions of the inhabitants for centuries
past. Frederick Krupp, the founder
;of the great works bearing his name,
Was born in 1787, and when Crucible
.cast steel was first introduced into-
England, and its importation from
there into Germany had been made im- I
possible thrgugh the edict of Napoleon,
called “the continental sperre,” F.’
Krupp began to produce crucible castI
steel, first in small quantities for files,l
stamps, rolls for coins and shears, but
only slowly could he convince and per-
suade German manufacturers to use
his cast steel, and after a life full of
disappointment and hardships, he died
in 1826, after a long and severe illness,
leaving to his son Alfred little else
than the old homestead, which still
stands in the midst of the great works
and the secret of his invention.
Alfred Krupp's energy and enterprise
soon conquered. His first success was
to be able to furnish a' cast steel of 0
thereby
increasing its adaptability for many
new purposes. Next came the inven-
tion of the weldless car w'heel tires,
which were patented ' in 1853 in all
countries, and furnished him capital
for enlarging his plant. In 1865 the in-
terested himself in coal mines, iron ore
mines and furnaces, which should fur-
nish the material for his own works,
and in 1867 he began to reap the har-
vest from his experiments, inaugurat-
ed long since, with steel cannons, and
the great Franco-German war of 1870-
71 proved beyond doubt their superi-
ority as against the Old bronze can-
nons. Since then the success of these
works and their growth has been phe-
nomenal, and when Alfred Krupp clos-
ed the busy and successful and philan-
thrOpic work of his life in 1877 at Villa
Huegei, his'princely 'home on the side
hills of the valley of the Rube, the
city of Essen, in recognition of his
great work, erected in his memory a
beautiful monument on the most prom-
inenIt square Of the city, and deputa—
tions from many nations mourned at
his grave.
Essen is a city of ninety-six thous-
sand of this population are employed
in the works of the able and energetic
son of Alfred Krupp, Friedrich Alfred.
Over 1,200, acres of ground are covered
with buildings and machinery. Many
coal mines furnish fuel for the works,
over 400 iron ore mines furnish the
metal and large iron ore deposits in
Spain, near Bilbao, have been purchas-
ed Iin addition. and a special fleet of
steamers has been built which bring
over 300,000 tons of this Spanish ore
from Spain to the German coast and
up the Rhine. Twenty furnaces at
Duisburg and Neuwied-on-the—R‘hine
are reducing this ore for the Krupp
works and are owned or controlled by
them.—-Iron Age.
“TOAST” IN A CUP.
Origin of the Use of the Word for After-
Dinner Speeches. ,
The word “toast” used for describ-
ing the proposal of a health in an af.
tor—dinner speech dates back to the me-
dieval times, when the loving [cup was
still regarded as an indispensable feat-
ure of every banquet. The cup would
be filled to the brim, with wine or
mead, in the center of which would be
placed a piece of ttoasted'bread. After
p355 the cup to the guest of honor.
seated on his right hand, and the lat-
ter would in turn pass it on to his
right hand neighbor.
In this manner the cup would circu-
late around the table, each one present
taking a sip, while drinking towards
his right: hand neighbor, until finally
the cup would come back to the host,
who would drain what remained and
sW-allow the piece of toast in honor of
all the friends assembled at his to.-
ble.
History teaches that the ancient
Greeks, the Romans”. the Assyrians and
the Egyptians were in the habit of
drinking one anO-tiher's health at din-
ner. Indeed, at Athens, the etiquette
concerning what may be described as
the liquid courtesies of this kind was
very strict and elaborate, being known
by the name Of Ph'ilothe.” The partici-
pants in the repast were in the habit of
drinking 'to one another till theyr could
carry no more, and they would pour
out the remainder of the wine on the
altar of any pagan deiIty that might
happen to be handy.
At Home the same custom prevailed.
Post-prenatal oratory, however, was
severely condemned as-ouIt of place,
and while the Greeks contented them-
selves with e3tclaimIing, as they put the .-
cup of wine to their lips, “I salute you;
be happy,” the Romans restricted
themselves to the exclamation, “Pro-
pi-nc,” which is the Latin for “I drink
Warranted Solid Gold. . _
Beautiful Chaseclrflolder.
we , a I $1.00
You may think it cannot possess merit or durability, the price is soi‘low; but
the “Lincoln” is a $2.50 pen reduced to $1.00. It is durable, always ready to “go”
but never drips. the ink flowing steadily and uniformly. :l‘hev are In use In this
office, giving the best of satisfaction, and they are In use In the ba 5, Insurance
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 GA ZI?.'.I.".I?I£‘.~ OFFICE. '
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BICYCLE REPAIRING
In SPECIALTY 2......
None But First=Class Workmen! No Boys! °
AM THE ORIENT.”
Have that old puncture in your tire vulcanized.
The best work at the Lowest Price.
H. A. SAUNDERS, 12 North Main Street.
”THE ORIENTusM~
‘ FIRST ON'TH'E NLIINIIIIIE _
GOLDVMINING AND DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF YUKON.
PRICE OF SHARES TO BE ADVANCED AUGUST 3|. “398.
Mr. Joseph Ladue, the pioneer of the Klondike, and founder of
Dawson City, aided by some of the most conservative and successful finan-
ciers of New York, is operating the strongest company yet formed for
mining and trading in the Yukon gold fields-J
- To this Company he ha. transferred placer claims on Hunker and
G01d Bottom Creeks, the “Marguerite” Quartz Mine, his Saw Mill,
is Timber Lease, that virtually menopolizes the saw timber on the
‘londike, and large holdings of Choice Town Lots in Dawson City.
The Company also owns the S. S. “ Morgan City ” now earning 1$20,000 per
month, and has shipped up the Yukon several hundred tons of merchandise,
for trade, upon which a very large profit is assured. The U. S. Government
reports Certify that the saw mill produces about two million feet of lumber .
in the open season, sales price of which is from $I4o to $240 per 1,000 feet
according to class. 4.
CAPITAL OF THE COMPANY.
Preferred Stock, 6% cumulative, $1,000,000
Common Stock, 4,000,000
Total Capital, par value, 510 per share, MT)
The preferred stock has a first lien on earnings for its dividend,
and on the assets of the Company for its par value, and after all the
stock of the Company has received 6 per cent, the surplus earnings are
shared pro rata by the preferred and common stock.
Thus the preferred stock practically offers the Safeguards and advantages
of a first mortgage bond, coupled with an earning capacity as great as that of
the common stock.
The undersigned has obtained a. short option on a. block of this preferred
stock which he now offers at par, $10.00 per share. This option terminates
August 3Ist, 1898, after which the price of the preferred stock will be
advanced by the Company to $12.50 per share.
This is the last opportunity to get the preferred stock at par, and
in time to participate in the autumn dividend. Shares will be allotted in the
order subscriptions are received.
Send for map of Dawson, and data respecting Klondike.
w. II. SPO0NEB,.*
146 WESTMINSTER ST.
PROVIDENCE, R. I.
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the entire Durchasingzcommunity. .
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