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ROCKY MOUNTAIN SCENER .
From Chicago to Omaha—Sights and Scenes.
Enriufe —Meeling Old Friends.
BY uni. ~nuowrrr.
D New Yulk no excursion
tickers lo the west are sold, yet from
Chicago and all Wrsltl‘ll cities excursion
tickets have for flu: last two seasons been
sold at considerable rrductfou from the
fugul..r~ fare. There reductions have been
made from July 15 to Oct. 31, consequen'n
ly most persons have purchased these or
cursiou tickets in Chicago. There are
also some extra advantages allowed as to
special excursions into the mountains,
etc. There are, however, restrictions to
which the purchaser must submit, once
as to the limit of fifteen days going west,
and five days coming east. The pur-
chaser must also sign an agreement on the
face of the ticket and any transfer or
other violation of the printed rule, for-‘
felts the ticket. Each member ot-the
family must sign his own ticket. In these
excursion tickets a choice is made of four
lines, or he may go west by one route,
and return by another, thus affording a
variety of scenery. In addition to the
usual course pursued of taking Kansas
City on one way and Omaha on the other,
a special advantage was afforded us to go
round by St. Louis on our return.
Leaving Chicago at noon by the Chicago
and Northestcrerad, we pass over a
lchl country and through the rich agri-
cultural lands of Illinois and Iowa. The
thousands of acres of corn, as far as the
eye can reach in every direeiion,show
that there will be no excuse for high
prints in this production. Again, the
large stacks of hay and wheat everywhere
abound, while the pulling steam from the
threshing machines Shows lhpl. farmers
are engaged in collrcling their grain and
preparing it for market. All along this
section the farms are thickly settled and
fenced in. Thousands of miles of barbed
wire fence are made in the wear, and in
many casts with blocks of wood on the
upper wire that cattle need not run
against them. These barbed wires are
cruel things for cattle because they do
not see them in time to prevent injury.
Saddlers tell us that these wires make had
work with hides, rendering them very im-
perfect. To remedy these difiiculries,
blocks about three or four inches square
arestiun‘g on the top row about a couple
of feet apart. These, the cattle can see,
and after once or twice being injured by
running against them they learn'lo keep
clear of lhem. Atb p. m. the Mississippi
river’was crossed, and a large number of
the passengers stood out on the platform
of the cars while going over this bridge.
The evening was very pleasant and the
rays of the declining sun imparted to the
river a lowly appearance. The announce-
ment that the dining-car was attached to
the train, and that supper was now ready
appeared to give pleasure to many, who,
on account of the train starting at 12
o’clock had taken but a scanty lunch at
Chicago. Those only who have until re-
cently been obliged to rush into a dining
saloon where the cars stop for twenty
minutes for refreshments, and who have
been obliged to take their meals in great
haste, know what a luxury a (lining-car
is. Travel ng with the train, meals may
be taken at leisure and no time lost on
the road. It is said that rlicsediuing-cara
ave nul been a source of much benefit to
the companies using them,but certainly
.they are a source of luxury to lhc'passcu-
ger. .
Early next morning passengers are It]-
terested in looking over the farms through
which lhc train pakscs. Teams are being
attached to the farm wagons or lo the
various instruments for work. The steam
threshers are pulling out the smoke and
steam. Some are carrying the milk pails
from the fields to the house; while here
and there the wagons are crossing the
prairies to go to their daily avocations.
While I
.‘ Didit ever occur lo you that the farmer
must be up with the sun; and that his
morning meal frequently requires some
work by lamp-light; and that his noon
lunch may probably be taken some long
distance from home, taken from the din-
ner pail which in early morning is seen
suspended from his arm or hand?
Iowa is filed noted for its fine agricul-
tural productions. But with how much
more pleasure would'it be admired were
it not 'that these sections of county are so
noted for their distilleries, and that much
of these productions must be destroyed in
this destructive manufacture. Here we
.are passing large corn cribs not emptied
from the produce Of 1882. . .
It is nearly 10 a in. when the union
depot at Council Bluffs is reached. The
Chicago and Northwestern train is ap-
proaching it from a northeasterly direc-
tion as the Chicago and Rock Island
comes in from a southeast course. Both
trains left Chicago within five minutes of
each other and have jou'rneyed about five
hundred miles and now they both curve
in towards the depot and run in side by
side. We look for our traveling compan
ions of the previous day whom we knew
were going by the Rock Island train,
while they, espying us, send out a hand-
kerchief wave to which we reply in the
same way, and we see no more of. them
until we reach Omaha. It appears rather
' strange that all eastern trains butt up to
this Union depot side by side, while the
western train comes close to the western
side of the depot. It may be asked why
this forms a barrier against both trains,
beyond which neither can pass. This
may be answered by stating that this
depot in on the eastern side of and adja-
cent to the Missouri river; that the bridge
across the river has been built by the
Union Pacific Railroad company.
Council Bluffs is a. transfer point for all
pisseagers, and it is from this place that
all Union Pacific trains have their starting
point. It is also the western terminus of
all the Iowa trains. " A recent decision‘of
the United States supreme court fixes the
terminus of the Pacific railroad on the
east side of the Missouri river. The city
of Council Bluffs is about three miles
east of the river and has a population of
between 18,000 and 19,000. The place
seems to have derivud its name from a
s
council which some explorers in the early‘
history of the country held with the
Indians at the blots. The many stores
and public buildings in this city make it
the centre of a large trade from the towns
in'Iowa, and it is surrounded with a rich
farming country. The large iron bridge
which connects'it with Omaha is made of
eleven spans of 250 feet each. Its clove.-
tion is about filty feet above high-wafer
mark. This bridge, with the necessary
approaches, including some 700 feet of
trestle work sixty feet high, is nearly
10,000 feel. and cost over two and a half
millions of dollars, and the supreme court
has drcidcd to consider this as a part of
the Union Pacific railroad.
To accommodate travel from One cily
to the other, the company runs frequent
transfer trains daily, which is called the
Union Pacific transfer. In order that
Vehicles may be transported, a train com-
pased of four or_ five freight cars with
both culls removed and the platforms on
connected that houses and carriages drive
rito them from a raised road way, as into
a ferry-host. Whenever lhc transfer
crosses the bridge it backs up to this cir—
riage train, and after crossing the river is
detached from the passenger train, and
allowed to run on a side track, where
patch. ”
another raised roadzallnws them to drive
off as from a ferry—boar. There is in ibis
arrangement no chance for a ream to be
come alarmed, as they can see nolhinp
outside, all being on! lised. While at
Council Blufh westopprd for a few hours
to visit Henry Seaman, a friend of ours.
formerly from Brooklyn, L I , offer
which the Union Pacific transfer convey-
ed us to Omaha, where wefircmaiucd four
or five days as the guest ofjalllr. Yourigs.
Mr. Charles G. Youngs and family are so
well known in Norwalk thatit will doubt-
less be a pleasure to many of your road-
ers to learn that since their removal to
Omaha his health has considerably im-
proved. At Omaha we found Mr. Wil-
liam Seaman busily engaged at his desk
I: usual, at the head of his extensive
paper warehouse. Our visit at this place
becoming known to the [Pennell’s and
Bell’s, all of whom were until the last two
or three, years citizens of South Norwalk,
and foremost in their musical organiza
tions, they called upon us. While it was
doubtless pleasant for them to see those
w'io were from Norwalk, it was :. qually
so to us, when at the distance of fourteen
hundred miles from home to see and
'converse with them upon topics in which
all had a common interest—the affairs of
our town. It 'was rather unfortunate
when Mr. Panel], with his mother and
sister, called upon us, that, for want of a
piano~forte, we were unable to enjoy a
musical treat. With Mr. and Mrs. Bell
and mm his brother, we had another
enjoyable occasion the evening they lion-
ored us'with a call. -
UUPID AT THE KRIS:
Minnie A. J. Odell was the daughter of
a manufacturer of paper boxes at St.
John, N. B., who dying left his wife and
Minnie almost pennilcss, and in order to
aid her mother in the struggle for a main-
tenance the young lady undertook toiearn
telegraphy. She mastered the art, and in
a year she became a' proficient Operator,
and was engaged by the Western Union
company at St. John. She remained in
the company's employ with satisfaction
for a year without anything happening to
change the current of her easy and une—
ventful life, until about eighteen months
ago. At that times man went into the
subofilce where she was employed to send
a message in Fort Worth, Texas. The
message was very brief, and the lady took
it and transmitted it to its destination.
The operator at Fort Worth who received
1!. was a young man named Harry Ailing,
ham, whose father, a Confederate soldier,
had been killed during the war, leaving
his young son,in care of his widow, almost
pcnniless. Young Allingbam received
the message which was sent by the
lady from St. John, and something in
the mechanics of its transmission—known
only to telegraphers—atrracled his atten-
tion. He telegi-aped back to know who
was sending it. The answer was returned:
“A young lady." With the natural gal-
lantry of the chivalrous southerner young
Allingham replied: "You send well."
No: to be outdone. Miss Odell replied:
“And so do'you.” From this simple In-
serchauge Of compliments great fruits
were borne. The St. John young lady
and the Fort Worth young man fell into
a conversation over the wires. They
describrd the places where they lived,
they told who they were, and many other
things. In time the wire from Fort
Work, it was n'oriced, was pretty much
always “hitched on" to the wire from St.
John, when the Texas operator had noth-
ing else to do. In like manner it. was
observed that the St. John young lady was
talking very frequently with the other
end, almost, of the antipodes. This,
after severalmoulhs, became alarmingly
frequehl. The Fort Worth young man
called on the- young lady in St. John be-
fore breakfast (by wire). He called her
, up at midday to take lunch with him (by
wire), and in ,fhe evening he s-it on-the
sofa with her, clasping her fair form with
his sturdy right arm, and pressing her
heaving bosom against his starched shirt
front (by wire). He even went to the
theatre with her (by wrre), and finally,
and as a matter of course, he bade her
good night at 11 o’clock every evening (by
wire). The St. John damsel and the Fort
Worth youth fell in love (by wire). It
Was in the nature of the case that photo-
graphs should be exchanged with “dis
Here the far-separated couple
were obliged to waive the use of the wire
and employ the mails. The letters which
accompanied the interchange of photo‘
ngphs Were the only ones which the pair
ever wrote to each other. They acknowl
edged their veer-ipl. by wire. As easily as
though it were done in the parlor of her
mother’s home, Miss Odell last September
received what she long expected and
longed for. Over the wire from young
Allingham came the question : “‘Will
you be mine ?" Answer was returned in
the affirmative by wire, and the happy
day was set for Nov. 26. Mrs. Odell and
Mrs. Alliugham gave their consent to the
union, but the great question was as to
how the engaged couple should meet. It
was finally decided to split the distance
and meet at a point midway. The point
selected was Chicago, and on the 24th of
November a motherly lady and a bright,
vivacious young girl with brown eyes and
wavy golden hair appeared at the Briggs
house and registered as “Mrs. Odell ‘and
daughter, St. John." On the following
day a good-looking young man, with a
sun-browned face and an easy carriage
registered in the running hand of the tele-
graph operator “H. A. Allingham, Fort
Worth,” and inquired for Mrs. Odell and
daughter. He was shown to their room.
The young lady had been anxious and im-
patient nll day, and as the brown-faced
young man entered Mrs. Odell's door, the
young lady, radiant and loving, ran for—
ward fo meet him.
“Harry 1"
“Minnie !’-’
“I should have known you in a minute
by your picture.”
“And I you.”
Then she jumped into hisarms and he
gave her a hug and a kiss. A few hours
after, one of the proprietors was sum-
moned to the room. Mrs. Odell told him
the romantic story of the couple, and
asked his permission to have a wedding.
He readily consented, and in a few min-
utes a Presbyterian clergyman was sum’
moned. All the arrangements were com-
pleted. alicensc procured, the ring pur-
chased, and in the proprieLOi’a own room,
with himself and wife and Mrs. Odell as
witnesses, the young lady from St. John
and the young gentleman from Fort
Worth were made one, and the sequel to
the romance ended. The proprietor of
the hotel gave the party a quiet little din-
ner, and Mr. Allingbam took his wife to
Fort Worth and Mrs. Odell returned alone
to St. John. '
I have been RE much benefited by one
50 cent bottle of Ely’s Cream Balm. When I
began using it my catarrh was so bad I had
headache most the whole time and discharged
a. large amount of filthy matter. That has al-
most entirely disappeared and I have not bad
headache since to amount to anything. Please
send me two bottles. John H. Summers,
Ste hne . Conn. _ ,
Tllie sgringfield druggist and Ely 5 Cream
Balm for cafsrrh : .
The best remedy for its purpose I have said.
John Hooker, druggist,.Springfield, Mans.
An article of real ment. 0. ’. Alden, drug-
ist S rin eid.Mnss. . _
g Tboge w 0 use it speak bi hly of it. Geo.
A. Hill, (1 gist, Springflel , Mass.
Cream Ba in has given satisfactory results.
W. P. IDraper, druggist, Springfield, Mass,
HINTS FOR SANTA CLAUS.
Appropriate (oils that Will Delight the Young
and Please the 01d.
A couple of pairs of \rrisllr'ts would I»;-
a good present for :r‘ little girl in buy lll‘f
father and brothers. Tun lin-lils is ill ._buy
a nice pair. but of (:‘llll'~i.‘ liigln-r prico d
ours are better.
A prcttylililc alarm clock inlllc tq'lhli
shape will cost only 75 ovals to $1 and be
appreciated by many mnurhnrs of a family.
'I‘hcsr: clocks keep cxccllclll lune and are
‘very little lronblc. When givrng a pros
cut of this kind a dainty bracket and
plush or velvet mat should go with it.
. A CULlplr: of la-autil'ul unframed cugrav
lugs may be purc'nasl-d for $1, and two
simple polished piuc frames for another
dollar. These will make a handsome gift
and be greatly valued by one who is fond
of good pictures.
Autograph albums. which are again
coming in fashion, are gotten up in unique
and tasteful (lesions. One. of the prettirsl,
which will cost $1.25. is of crimson plush
with the monogram of the owner (in the
outside in silver lettering. - ' '
Every house should have a photograph
album. There are so. many dierrcnt kinds
to choose from that ii is a difficult task- to
be suited. It is best to Avoid plush, hand-
pafnlcd ones, or lllllSI‘: of slumped" and
colored red leather. A plain crimson or
Olive plush is the best, or one of fan alli-
gator skin, although the latter is most cx-
pensive. A good album, measuring 10x
.13 inches, can be purchased for $3
A box of light evening glows wrii make
a handsome present for a young lady.
White, cream color, palest tau and silver
gray urc Lhr‘ bcsl [this to gel, and :1 thin,
flexible kid should be rillrisr‘ll. "
,A canary bird in a gill. cage will make
a match“ present. W hen going to pur-
chase one do not take the word of the
\‘ellcr, but sit down and listen to the birds
sing and then a good one can be chosen.
A spiral spring wire and a pretty Swiss
covcr should go with such a gift.
The designs in writing-desks, inkstands,
£10., are very numerous. A pen-rack of
hard wood seen during lhu week was in
the design of a music-stand. the pens all
having dogs’ heads carved at one end. A
dainly little inkituud and penholdcr com-
bined was In the form of mo carved
wooden owls, Scaled side by side, their
claws serving to hold the pens, and their
heads coming off and disclosing the Ink
receptacles. ,
Little nail-sols, with all the implements
to keep the linger-nails polished and in ex-
cellent condition. come in pretty plush
and velvet boxes for from seventyflve
cents to $1. Such a present would be
appreciated by a yJIng lady or a small
boy. .
A box of embroidered sill; of assorted
colors will be rcceivud-with dcllght by -
lady who does much embroidery.
In thinking so much of fancy articles
we are apt to forget the useful. Every
mother should‘prcsent her little daughter
with a. dainly plush or velvet work
box and a writing-desk.‘ Very
h-indsome lap writing-desks can be
bought for from $1 to $2, and dainty lit-
tle work-baskets range, at all prices.
One of the-prettiest presents to give a
young girl would he a velveteen dress,
the material being very fashionable at
present. About ten yards will make a
very handsome suit, and is easily made
up into a skating or walking toilet. If
for the former, a cap and muff should go
with if.
A present which will be useful as well
as entertaining is a plush box containing
comb, brush, etc, willi a music box con
cooled inside which plays several lively
tunes upon filming a screw. Such a gift
will oust from $8 10 $12.
A handsome clockgand ornaments of
bronze can be bought for $15 up. Little
marble clocks are very pretty, and some
quaint clocks at cheaper prices are in de-'
signs of monkeys, who put out their
tongues at every quarter hour, and clap
their hands at the hour.
A folding bedstead is one of the most
useful presents that can be given to the
occupants of a flat. A handsome one can
be purchased for from $20 to $30, and ex-
cellent ones for less. The bedstead can
be made like a bureau or wardrobe dur-
ing the day.
Some of the new hat stands or racks
are unique in dcslgu. ’I‘hose.of ricer
antlers, tipped wirh brass, are very elc-
gant. Smaller ones come in designs of
dogs on their hind legs, bears and even
cats. Plain black walnut or Eastlakc
stands are also very suitable articles for
presents.
Dainty J apaneze umbrr lla stands. which
are so ornamental to a hallway, come in
any variety of shapes and sizes anda
very handsome one can be purchased for
$3. A plush mat of scarlet, out-lined
with gold braid, should be given with this
stand, and the effect produced by both
articles is more artistic.
Candle stands are ‘in great demand
among fashionable people, and give a
very aislbetic appearance to a drawing-
room. Two or three single candle slicks,
or a brace of three, should be placed in
one room and hold pale pink waxeu can
dies, shaded by little pale pink shades.
The light from these is very soft and
throws a pink cast on the room. These
small brass stands will cost from $2 to $3.
A pretty suit of cottage "furniture 'will
not cost much and will be greatly appre-
ciated by a daughlcr who likes pretty
things, but has a shabbily furnished room.
A ,set of dove-gray painted in blue,a
cream color with pink roses, a yellow set
with brown trimmings, are all tasteful.
Twenty dollars will briy a nice set. A
square mirror on the dressing bureau is
always the best to purchase. A dollar
and a ,half will buy two handsome has-
socks, which articles no family should be
without. Cheaper and prettier ones may
he made by stuffing the cushions yourself
and hovering willr squares of crimson
velveteenembr-oidered in daisies.
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A OLERGYIIAN AND HIS ROOM-MATE.
ANaugatuck passenger by the New
Haven boat to New York tells the fol-
lowing stery: “The slate rooms were
all taken,but at last a clergyman. at the
suggestion of the clerk consented to
share his room with the Naugatuck man.
The former look the Bible from his
pocket and read a chapter to himself and
then knelt in prayer without asking the
other to join him in his devotions or
noticing him at all. He-thcn divested
himself of his clothing, placed his wallet
carefully under his pillow and said to
him: “There, I have put my money and
watch under my pillow for safe keeping
and if you get up in the night and steal
it the Lord will punish you." “Well,”
said the other, hI have left my watch
and money in my pocket on that chair,
and if you get up and run away with them
you are a much smarter man than I think
you are.”
WIT-IS USELESS,
for young ladies, who are troubled with
freckles, pimples, moth and fan-and a. bad
skin generally to use liquid paints .Ol.‘ drv
powders, for they onlyniake the skin look
well for the time being. To have a. good
complexion you must have pure blood. Use
Sulphur Bitters and your skin Will be fair
and complexion rosy.—[Young ladies Maga-
zine.
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'I‘ctter, {salt rhcum, scaldg- head, ctc., Will
certainly yield to the great relative ofl'ecfsof
the Vegetinc.
Fractures.
A Nubraska man drove
1,200 miles.
The Harvard annex has f-iitv-two f0-
malc aludoufs. '
A New York cuifcctioucr Says that
thirty per cent. of the candy sold is while
Eiiltll.
The New York Tribune building is the
greatest newspapnr headquarters in the
World.
Five feet eight inches is “ medium
height” in a man, and forty years “inro-
dlc age.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes has his name in
more autograph books than any other
man in the country. .
A pearl weighing one grain is worth
only about one-eight of the prize of a ‘
diamond of the same weight.
The use of arsenic as a cosmetic is at-
taining dangerous popularity in fashiona
ble circles both here and abroad.
The. New York Evening Post will
change its size and make-up on January
1, becoming an eight-page paper.
If the area of the United States was as
dinsely settled as that of France, there
18.500 slicrp
‘ would be room for 680,000,000 people.
English doctors are talking about 'the
evils of over-education, and urge the aban-
donment of competitive examinations.
Miss Josie Mansfield. who is notorious
in connection with the Fisk-Stokes
assassination, is said to be living in France.
A North Carolina young men agreed to
work a year for a farmer, a shot-gun and
the farmer’s daughter being the promised
DEY- ' _
W. A. Croffut says there are too
many dailies in New York ; someof them
have got to go to the wall within the hem
year or IWU.
OCEANS 0F MILK.
“There are nearly $2,000,250,000 in-
vestedin the dairying business in this
country," said an officer of rhc.Erie Milk
I’roduccrt’ .lssociaiioe. "That amount is
almost double the money invested in
banking and commercial industries. Ir
is csrimafcd flint it requires 15,000,000
cows to supply the demand for milk and
its producrs in'lhc United Slales. To
feed these cow's 60,000,000 acres of land
are under cultivation. The agricultural
and dairy machinery and implements in
use arc'worih over $200,000,000. The
men employrd in the business number
700,000, and the horses nearly 1,000,000.
The cows and horses consume annually
30,000,00 tons of bay, nearly 90,000,000
bushels of corn meal, about the same
amount of oatmeal, 275,000,000 bushels
of cats, 2,000,000 bushels of corn, to say
nothing _ of the brewery grains and
questionable feed of'various kinds that
is used to a great extent. It costs $400,-
000,00010 feed these cows and horses.
The average price paid to the laborers
necessary in the dairy business is prob
ably $20 a month, amounting to $168.-
000,000 a year.
“The average cow yields about, 450
gallons of milk a year, giving a lotal
product of 6,7 50,000,000 gallons. Twelve
cents a gallon is a fair price to estimate
the value of this milk at a total return
to the dairy farmer of $810,000,000.
Filly per cent. of the milk is made into
cheese and butter. It takes twenty-seven
pounds of milk to make a pound of
cheese. There is the same nniountaol
nutrition in 35- pounds of milk that there
Is in one pound of beef. A fat steer fur-
nishes fifty per cent. of b’oneless beef, but I
it would require about 34,000,000 steers,
weighing 1,500 pounds each, to produce
the same amount of nutrition as the an-
nual milk product does.”
Farmers’ Convention.
The Connecticut board of agriculture
hold their annual meeting at. Waterbury,
December 19, 20 and 21. An extensive
and interesting programme has been pre
pared, consisting of lectures, essays, (ISO.
After each lecture there will be an Op-
portunity for questions and discussion;
all interested are invited to be present
and engage in the discussions. Special
invitation is extended to farmers’ clubs
to be represented by delegates and their
members. The ladies are especially
invucd. A question box will be provided
to receive quesrions upon any agricultural
topic lo be presented to lhe convention
for answer or discussibn., Volunteer
papers are solicited to be read if time
allows. Meeting for lectures and dis-
cussions at the city hall. Headquarlcis
of the board at the Scovllle House, which
will give accommodations at reduced,
rates; also, other hotels. An exhibition
of fruits, grains, nuts, and other farm
products will be held under the charge
of the pomolglst, P. M. Augue. An.
opportunity for testing :fruits and ex-
changing scions will be offered, and
specimens and Scions of choice varieties
are solicited. Fruit growers are especi-
ally in ‘tcd to contribute fruits carefully
labelled, fruit photographs, casts or
models, implements used in culture,
pruning or gathering of fruits, new or
improved packages for shipment, and
cultivators generally to bring or send
collections of corn, and other agricultural
products, nuts, sorghum syrup, and
sugar ; poultry growers—samples of eggs,
Six each distinct breed, also, models of
coops, feeding arrangements, etc; bee
keepers—improved hives. honey boxes,
honey, etc. All articles for exhibition
may be sent by express ‘at the expense of
the board, in the care of the secretary at
Waterbury. '
The following railroads will give free
return toluene. in allcndancc‘ who have
paid one full fare, return tickets to be
obtained from the secretary: New York,
New Haven and Hartford and branches .
embracing Shore Line, New York and
New England and ibranches embracing
Norwich and Worcester, New London
and Northern, Connecticut Western,
Naugatuck, flousatonic, Danbury and
Norwalk, Boston and New York Air
Line, New Haven and Northampton, and
New Haven and Derby.
HONEST.
In these days of ndulteration and fraud, in
all branches of business and pursuits, it is
pleasing to know that there is one medicine
prepared which is strictly pure. _ Such a
me 'cine is Sulphur Bitters in curing serol-
ulu; you can depend on them every time.
W. B. Everfs, A. M., Charleston, P. 0‘
-———.—‘.—¢.e—.-————
Brooklyn (Conn.) people are so indig-
nant because the telegraph companies
wantonly mutilated their trees that they
have instructed the selectmen to secure
the removal Of the telegraph poles and
prevent any more going up. .
o
HOBSFORD’S BREAD PREPARATION
is a. superior article for making light bread
biscuit, cakes and past It is better on
healthier than ordinary baking powder, and
costs much less.
.n—o—-—-———-
Catarrh is an epidemic among the We-
terbury dogs, and 50 have died in two
weeks, while only one got well. The
horsemen fear that the horses will catch
the disease. ‘
.y—H—I
J. M. Gardener .1: Co. (Druggistl,) Oberlin,
Ohio, writes: “Dr. Wishart’s Pine Tree has
sold well with us, and is giving universal sat-
isfaction to our customers.”
-——————-——— --—.o.-+.
The Yale fool. ball team has a surplus
of about $6,000 in llie treasury. The re
ceipls of the lust Yale-Harvard game Were
$1,437.
—--——-—~.——‘.
. Mr. David Lockwood, Black Rock,
while plowing in his garden unearthed a
nest of 20 striped snakes.
”Sill
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BAKER’S
Breakfast Cilia.
War-ranted Absolutely Pure
Cocoa, from which the excess
of Oil has been removed. It
has three times thestrcngth
of Cocoa mixed with Starch,
Arrowroot or Sugar, audio
therefore]armoreeoonomical.
81 50.
It is delicious, nourishing,
strengthening.easilydigeste ,
and mivably adapted for id-
valid as well as for persons
in health.
Sold by Grocers Everywhere.
W.BalCfl..00[GIlBSllll,MaS$_.
Money to Loan.
Enquire of O. E. WILSON, No. 36320“:
Building. Nor-walk. Conn. 13 ff
(Continuedfrom last week.)
How Watch Cases are Made.
It is a fact not generally known that the
fame: Boss’ Gold Watch Chses really can.
tuiii more pure gold than runny “solid”
gold cases The demand for these watch
cases has led to the manufacture of a very
poor grade of solid gold watch cases—
low in quality, and deficient in quantity-
These cases are made from 4% to 10 karate,
and a 5 or 6 karat case is often sold for 12
or 14 karate. It is NOT economy to buy a
watch case so poor in quality that it will
soon lose its color, or one so 500: that it will
lose its shape and fail to shut tight, than
letting in dust and damaging the works, or
one so thin that a. slight blow will break
the crystal, and perhaps the movement.
It IS economy to buy a. James Boss’ Gold
Il'ulch (fuse, in which xoxu Of these things
ever occur. This watch case is not all experi-
ment—«it has been made nearly thirty.years.
Hazmn‘orr, PA" Oct. 24, 1882.
I sold two James Bosa' Gold Watch Cases thirty
years ago, when they first came out, and they are in
good condition yet. One of them is carried by a
r-arrcutcr, Mr. L. W. Drake, of Hazlcton, and only
shows the wear in one or turn places: the other by
Sir. Bowman, Of‘ Cunningham. Pa; and I can pro.
duce one or both.of these cases at yfime.
, anvnarxn NGLR, Jeweler.
Rein! :1 cent stamp‘to Keystone Walsh Cue Factories, Phile-
delplrla. l'n., for handsome Illustrated Pamphlet showing how
Jam-I Buss' and “systems Watch Cue- nre mule.
(To be Confirmed.) 4
Q
, 'tions.
TNA INSURANCE Co. or HART-
FORD. Incorporated 1812. Charter
Perpetual.
Capital and Assets, 08.902.272.04
Insurcsagalnstloss and damage by Fire, on
termsado ted to the hazard and consistent
With the awe of compensation. COWLILS
c MlggtRmLflole Agents for Norwalk and
viola y.
PENSIONS
And all other claims on U. S. Government
promptly attended to. Any disabling in-
,iury or disease entities to a pension. Re.-
jectcd claims a specialty. Every day's
delay counts against nonapplicanfs.
Charges of desertion can be removed for
cause. Every honest claim will succeed.
W. H. NOBLE, Bridgeport. Office at 01
Stratford Avenue.
Geo. Warp Selleck
Basin his New Store,
IIAIIIIEIIIIIII'S It! llllcl, WALL 8111!!!-
A completeassortmentof the best class of
GHOCEIIIE8.PIIIIVISl0IIS.FIIlIIT8
Seniorfamily use,“ Popular Prices. His
stock is at all times fresh and goodmnd will
otsnd congarison With those of an Grocer
in town. all in and leave your or an. ear:
J. F. Peckwell,
(Successor to L. F. Marshall.)
Dealer rn
HARNESS & SADDLERY
No. 7 James’ Block “’nter Street.
RIPAxi-LING
Neat! y and promptly executed. 1y!
1
l, chlailey IIIUII
MANUFACTURERS 01" At DEALERS IN
LUM BER,
TIM BER,
SIN GLE,
. LATH,
DOORS.
. ‘ SASH,
BLINDS ,
MOLDING,
WINDOW FRAMES,
PICKETS, &C.
Veneered Hard Wood Work,
Hard wood Ceiling a. FloOring
So. Norwalk. Conn.
‘ IMPORTANT
TO THOSE WHO \VISII TO PURCHASE
ll ll
Ihavc been engaged in the
manufacture ‘of Confectionery
about six months and selling at
wholesale only,bul; now. tlil'ough
the
friends I have opened a candy
urgent request of many
department in my Store, where I
shall sell at wholesale and retail.
Confectionery in every variety of
my own manufacture, which I
will guarantee pure and unadul-
terated. Not as cheap as ‘some
sell it in Town, but as reason-
able as Pure Sugar Candy can be
sold. People do not realize the
depraved character of some of
the Candy sold throughout this
country. Much of it is made out
Ofterm alba or white clay with
enough gum to stick. it together.
our gli sugar" to sweeten it, and
enough coloring matter to make
it look gay.
‘ Iliave also the usuallinc of
fog Boo/rs and holiday publica-
Cliat‘lerbowcs, 5 different
kinds, ranging in price from 50c
to $1.00. A beautiful line of
Boa: Paper. Diaricalor 1883 in
endless variety ranging in price
from 10c to $3.00, and every
thing in the smoking line.
Very Respectfully,
S. K. STANLEY.
No. 43 Well a.’
Norwslk, Dec. 18, 1382.
Cor. of West Avenue and
Berkeley Plate :.
I‘hird house below the Methodist Church.
o glitcgjtloura from 7 to 9 a, m., 2 to 3,nnd7
its HI BA LDWIN, M. DI,
(Homeopathic Physician and Surgeon.
Residcnccin the Charles Isaacs H omesteurl.
Wall st.. Norwalk, Cr.
0 lice hours till 98.. m..l ms and 7 to 8 p. m
Dr.T.E SWIFT,
DENTIST.
Artificial teeth without plates by the perfect
Crowning system.
0ch6: Residence No. 9 West Ave.
W flight. Hand Boll.
ALEX. as. GIBis-ION,
Organism! the First Congregational Church
Teacher of
Plano-Forte. Organ and Musical
Composition,
Lock Box 39. P.0.. NORWALK.CONN.
w. s. ournrran,
FURNISHING UNDERTIKER
AND
. OPPOSITE HORSE R. R.DEPOT.
Residence 1153 Mirth St. ’I‘el'ephonecounectian.
To the Public.
BL: b lflr~ht and only one in this place
‘oem a nil edead success]
call the attention of‘ the public to [3111): £31322;
1 have attained. A man by the name or' Wm
Mmire was drowned at the propeller dock or;
Sanir‘day evening, Sept. 1120. The body was
blflllgllt'to my place and embalmed by me
After being seen by hundreds or" people dur;
Lngtli- week. it was buried on Punday Sept
.-.ls.., in a remarkable state of ireservrltion,8
daysarfterrlcath. . WM. E. UINTARD.
ADAMS BROTHERS,
Dealersin
IIIEATII VEGETABLES.
N0. 22 MAIN. STREET.
Fish and game in their va '
All goods prom tl dcl' .I‘IOIIS seasons.
aSpccialty. p y ”fled Low {fillies
NEW JWARKET !
NO 6 Main Street, NorwnlkJJt.
.‘ THE BEST 01“
' 1'
Beef, I cal,IIutton,Lumb, Pork,
finals, POULTRY, &c always on 1 '
vei‘ lowest ‘ .1- ' “land at
kiiivslsiuits 88:2?ka pm as. hAML of all
W. F. LOU
Iimh’v K‘VUUI). late wrth Adams lime.
{Tasman-Oi OBI-in,
lifter-chant Tailor
w tank’s In; ILDING, WALL s13,
A FULL LINE OF
Imported .23 Domestic Cloths
Of’ the latest styles constantlv on b
_ . . _ and.
Novelties in Scotch Siiitings. Satisfaction
gu: ranteedin every particular.
J. Beldcn IIurlbutt,
Attorney and CllllllSBIllll al Law
Room No. 4, Up Slain,
GAIZE’I‘TE BUILDING. NORWALK.
HOYT & MEEKER,
54 marmsrnnn'r.
SOUTH NORWALK. can. ‘
PRACTICAL PLUMBERS,
Steam and Gas Fitters Dealers in P1
_.. . iinib ’
andStcam Fitters’siipplics era
and Gas Fixtures.
Jobbing promptly attended to.
' lyzi
AMERICAN HOUSE.
J. C. COLLINS, - - - _ PROPRIETOR
{6 Main street, Norwalk, (7mm.
Ve are prepared to furnish meals at ll
hours and at lowest possible rates. in the bgst
$33 [$53.11 Oystters a Specilalty. Good accom-
_ r or ransient. i
give us a call on w ll do wleyl‘lllim
The "small Fire Insurance to.
Has now completed its
18th Successful Business Your
And has not outstanding a dollar of '
rib and
losses or ,of claims for losses. No 302ml!
company insures at lower rates.
W.O.~lrnnnr. Pres. S. E.0Lusrxan
Gno.n.cowr.ns.8eo’y. 'Tmu'
GOLD WATCH FREE !
The Publishers of the Ca ital Cit Home
Guest, the, well known Illustlllaterl LitJe/ray and
l-anuly Magazine. make the following liberal
ofl'ez: for the Holidays: The person telling us
the ”ingest verse in the Bible before Decem-
h-ir lfuh. \vrll receive a Solid Gold Lady’s
Hunting Case Swiss Watch, worth $35.00. If
there be . more than one correct answer. the
secoprl will receive an elegant Stem— Winding
Geihlcman’s Watch. Tile third a. key-winding
Elimish .Watch. Each person must send 25c.
With their answer for which they will receive
three month’s snbscri tion to lhe Home Guest.
a_5o page Illustrated oli‘day Book. a Case of
20 articles that the ladies ‘will appreciate and
p}: l‘Il'CODSalllll’lgllle names of the winners,
1 1. LS. HUME GITEST, HARTFORD. CONN
Try me; I will try to suit 4
on. D. VII-lITCrt-ICOCK. ._ Only- the Best!
'W'. A. VOGEL,
Manufacturing Pharmacist,
AND
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Druggist,
21. Main Street, Nor-walk, Ct.
None but absolutely pure.and
perfectly fresh and reliable medi-
cinal preparations, Drugs and
Chemicals
A complete stock of
American and Foreign Patent
' Medicines
Perfumery and Toilet Articles.
Prescriptions compounded at
all hours by careful, experienced
and skilled pharmacists only.
Prices Reason able! 6m30
Agent for Dr. Holland’s
fever and ague pills, an in-
fallible remedy for chills
and fever, dumb ague, and
all forms of malaria.
Stiles, Ranges llll
‘ . Furnaces,
Now is the time to select your
Winter Stoves. call and see
the Best Made Ranges.
THE nucrmss
unions: NICK,
OUR OWN,
anvocamn,
And several good low priced
Ranges, I have something
entirely new in
PARLOR STOVES,
Square shape, Round and Nickel.
Crucial and Glass Wall,
GilleilailSilierPlalellWale
Lamps all thailalieu
You will find the best assortment
of Stoves and Ranges, at
n. nonsense
MAIN STREET.
P. W. BATES»
A'I‘ HIS
GRNTE YARD
On Water Btréet,
HAS NEW onerous IN
Head Stones. Monuments and
all kinds ochmorlal Work.
CALL AND SEE TIIEM. lOlf
:
SPECIAL
dos gns.
NOTICE I
» JESSE HOPSON,
MANUFACTURER OF
ll EIRRIIB .
Coaches, 'Landaus,La.nda.ulets, Broug-
hams, Mail Phaetons,'T Carts, Village
Carts, Hear'ses and Undertaker’s
‘ Wagons. ' ‘
He would call the attention oi'those desiring Fine Carriages in
any style and design, that he has
tWt iity-five- years in the manufacture of
luv to attention of Liverymen and .Undertakors to his very Fine
Hearses and Undertakers Wagons of the latest and most approved
He would also inform them that he was manager for the
Yoirle Hearse Mfg. Co., for 10 years and is now sole proprietor.
_ CARRIAGE REPAIRING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES.
' JESSE HOESON.
P. 0. BOX 216,
ad a practical~ cirperience of
me Carriages, would also
NOR WALK. CONN.
SDIN’S UP—TIIWII MARK
11‘ !-
Fish,Fruit,Vegetables, Canned Goods,
EVERYTHING PERTAININI T0 A FIRST-GLASS MARKET.
Fine Delaware PeaChes.
FRESH BLUE FISH,
LOBS TEES EVERY SATURDAY. .
Orders Attended to Promptly.
WILLIAM HILSDON,
.99 WALL STREET, NORWALK. m,
‘ tf'll
' 1}; hours of New
M REAL ESTATE.
’ To Rent.
[115 upper: part of a house on Warren
Street. hive rooms. Rent low. Enquire
at this ofllce. 10tf
To Let.
THE lower part Of‘ the house corner of
Union and Beldcn avenues.
Enquire at
LCCKWOOD’S MARKET.
To Let
I
Rooms To RENT in Brick Buildingin
. Leonard street. Possession imme-
diately. Enquire of C. T.’LEONARD d: SUN.
May 7th, 1883.
39tf
For Sale Cheap.
WILL besold at a Bargain,il‘ applied for
soon a. small, neat Cottage, of six rooms.
ood neighborhood, and three minutes’
15 ot the Bridge. Apply at GAZETTE
“CE.
To Let.
13;: butt-gilt clgmmpdipus front room in
. e or in: us vacatedb F ‘
Mckcon. Full particularsof y rancrs
B.J . STURGES.
Ffll‘ Sale! A Bargain!
A desirable dwelling house and 30 acres of
good land, in h ground 20 minutes drive from
depot. (:0 out houses. large variety of
fruit, two good wells. spring water. Price
very reasonable. Enquire of
THE MESSENGER
3t36 New Canaan. Con'n.
H For Sale or to Let.
The Coal Yard and Sheds, with large
(Storehouse and ofiice near A. J. Meeker
&Bros’. yards on Norwalk river, Nor-
walk, Conn. Enquire of
. 0. E. WILSON,
65 tf Room 3, Gazette Building,
In
we
01"
For Sale or to Rent.
A House and One Acre of Land, on Pros-
pect Hill. .
May be had on reasonable terms. Apply to
. .STUARI‘.
Norwalk. March 16th. 1381. let!
‘ ' III P I ”1
1181111 I finally 01‘ a t.
A. Very desirable place on EastAvenne. ‘33
Also, a few chorce Building Lots situat-
ed on OsbornAvenue. for sale cheap.
Also. a. nicely located House and Lot on
Mervin Street near West Avenue,l‘or sale
at a bargain, Enquire of'
S. E. OSBORNJcastAvenue,
or to D. W,Fitch. West Avenue.
For Sale.
A SPLENDID country seat situated in the
town of Wilton,within 6 minutes walk
of the South Wilton depot and 3}; miles from
Norwalk. This place has 6 acres of good
land wrth abundance of well selected
fruit trees, and 300 chorce grape vinesmllin
good bearing condition, for e gardens and
excellent well of water. ouse large and
convenient with 16 rooms besides pantries
and closets in abundance, cellar large and
dry. The barn andwagon house are nicely
arranged. This place will be sold cheap and
on easy terms. Enquire of
GEO. F. QUINTARD,
. Norwalk Shirt hlanufactory.
South Wilton, February 26th, 1383. 39tf‘
For Sale.
1113 elegant buildipg site at Norwalk, Con-
.necticut, belonging to the Estate of" the
late Henry '1‘, Morgan, purchased by him dur-
ing his life-time, upon which to build his
cguntry residence, containing 9); acres. on
high round, With extensive views of Long
Islan Sound. tine Old shades. This plot is
capable of being subdivided into several sites
of one or twp acres each, and is located on the
green opposite the residence of’ the Rev. s. B.
S. Busch, and known as the St. John’s place.
This property ishighly' recommended for a.
gentleman’s fem? residence, and is within
err: City, and in one of the
largest and most flourishingtowns rn Connec-
ticut; price, $12,000. Apply to F. ST. JOHN
LOCKWOOD, I-‘airfield County Bank. N Or-
walk, Conn., or HOMER MORGAN, No. 2
Pine St... New York. tf‘lS
Farm for Sale.
rIiliE subscriber offers his Farm for sale,
. situated in the Town of Greenfield, in
Saratoga. Co., In the state of New York, nine
miles from Saratoga Springs. It is pleas-
:nxcfysrtuntcdfou a. Ilse or ground. on acres of
.and, which is favorably divided into pas-
ture, plow, meadow and woodland; with
a large house; the size of the barn 30 by 40.
wagon house and stablfng, bay left over the
same. 23 by 43, and grainery 16 by 18. Will
be sold cheap; part of the purchase money
can remain on mortgage if desired, or will
exchange for Village property. For further
particulars inquire of SI LAS P. TUTTLE,
ttal Norwalk.Conn.
West Avenue Property
For Sale.
THE large,elegant mansion on West Ave-
pile. (known as the Dimon estate]
containing fifteen rooms, all finished
off in the most substantial manner with all
the modern improvements. The rooms are
large and cancerous. ceilings high, and in ex-
cellent conditron,the piazza extends across
the entire front; and the walks and lawns
are very fine. Shade good.and thelocation
the finestin the Borough. The grounds are
about 156 feet front and contain about two
acres of land. _’I‘here is a e lendid ham or. the
premises, and in good or er. Must] be seen
to be up reciated. Call on BENJAMIN J.
STURGLS for permission to examine. Stf
uildilig Lots
F‘OR SALE
On Wilton Avenue
Apply to
B. J. STURGES, or 0. E. WILSON
Gazette Building. lit:
RAYMONII Buornnns’
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soars as. SMITH,
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EAST sins or MAIN ST., some
or RAILROAD,
City of South Nor-walk, Conn
Planfstflowers afallseasons
flowers for Funerals furnished and can
fully arranged to order at short notice. to
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Emacrmmsrrcs or GHOST STuluES
The common type of ghost story varies
very little except in dgtail. Some beloved
one far away appears, so to speak, in person,
, and in more or less substantial form, of
‘ course to the intense astonishment and ter-
ror, to use the mildest term, of the‘witness.
Iater'on it is discovered that this beloved
one has at that identical moment been in
great peril of his or her life, or has actually
died. This is the pith of the commonest
sort of ghost story, and has férmed the basis
of many popular traditions, novels, dramas,
that of the “ Corsican Brothers" being a
notable example; and, in a way, its very
commonness seems to make it confirmatory
Of what few people doubt—via, that the
mind of one person may be under the Sway
of another, either through intense sympathy
or love, or through a superior strength of
will, and whichsway is not appreciably les-
sened by what we understand as physical
distance. Given, then, the existence of this
sway in some-particular case of a seeing per-
son, and where the natural conditions are
favorable to him-favorable, that is, in that
he iseither ordinarily or temporarily, through
a low state of health, nervous and sensitive,
and is, moreover, normally what is called a
person who lives in the clouds—and it shall
be quite possible for him, according to any
notion, to pass into a mental state entirely
consonant to that of the blind. OblIVIOIIS
of all thoughts around him, wrapped up in
the thoughts—and which, if not consciously,
are nevertheless tending towards the absent
one whom he dominates or is dominated by,
or between whom ahd himself there exists
some sort of bond—he sits brooding or is
lying in bed, when, hey, presto! he suddenly
thinks he'sees the absent one standing before
him, palpably, unmistakably, and precisely
as a blind man would do in similar circum-
stances. He may have seen some object ;
but he has been blind when he saw it.
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PBOGBI‘SS IN OCEAN NAVIGATION.
If this were not an age in which men had
almost ceased to Wonder, and had altogether
ceased to wonder much and to wonder long,
the swift: development of" our merchant
steammarine of iron and steel might well
be ofiered to the astonishment of mankind.
A hundred years ago Henry Cort's great
invention forrolling iron bars and plates Ina!
not been devised, and nothing in the shape
of ixon plates of which ships could be built
existed. Eyen fifty years ago, although
several canal boats and some few cons-fur:
steamers had been constructed of iron, in")
or three of which had made sea voyages on
the way to their destinations, the construc-
tion of ocean steamships for ocean naviga-
tion, if thought of and spoken of, had not
yet commenced. But now it is a. iiintrer of
daily practice for the American and English-
man to step on board a steam palace of steel,
and sweep across the vast sea desert that
separates their shores at the rate of twenty
miles an hour. In eight days you pass from
Pall Mall to Broadway. The City of Rome
and the Alaska each steamed over the dis-
tance between Sandy Hook and Queenstown
in six days and twenty-two hours. As a
means of comparing this ocean speed with
- what was happening before the days of iron
hulls propelled by steam engines, it may be
instructive and amusing to refer to a piece
of evidence once given to a. committee of the
House of Commons. The captain of a sail-
ing troop transport stated that on one occa-
sion he was lying windbound in the Downs,
with troops for the West Indies, in company
with another vessel similarly employed, and
having the same destination. A slant of
wind came of which the Witness was just
able to avail himself, and he got away down
Channel. After an. ordinary' outward voy-
age he exchanged troops, and made an or-
dinary voyage home again, many and many
a. long week elapsing, nevertheless, before
he again cast anchor between the Forelands.
_But when he did so, he had his Old com-.
panion for a companion again, for the slant
of wind that sufiiced for the one was insufli—
cient for the other, and there she had lain
” above her beef-bones" ever since. It is
to the introduction of iron and steel into
Shipbuilding that we owe the vast improve
ment in ocean speed. Neither the strength
to resist the enormous strains of modern
engines, equivalent to ten thousand horses,
nor the strength and fineness of form re-
quired for the acceptance, so to speak, of
high speeds, could have been Obtained all
the time wood was the sole ship-building
material. With iron and steel as our ma-
terial we may be a long way at present from
a. limit to speed and size. And yet the
change in size has been very striking. We
may give an instance which will illustrate
this, and at the same time illustrate the
growth of professional opinion on these
questions. M. Dupny do Lorne, afterward
chief naval architect of the French Navy
under Napoleon III, made a professional
visit to this country in 1842. He went to
Bristol and there inspected the Great
Britain, then building. In a report which
he subsequently made to his governient he
referred to that ship as “ the most gigantic
experiment ever tried in the naval depart-
ment," and stated that “the proportions of
the hull depart altogether from any experi-
ment previously made." The Great Britain
Win 274 feet in length; the City of Rome is
586 feet.
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THE ROMANCE 'OF ARITHME’I‘IC.
There is a. clever story about Mohanimerl
Ali and the camels, and though it will be
familiar to many of our readers. they’will
scarcely be sorry to be reminded of it. A
Persian died, leaving seventeen camels to be
divided among his three sons in the follow-
ing proportions : The eldest to have half,
the second athird, and the youngest a ninth.
Of course, camels can't be divided into frac-
tions, so, in despair, the brothers submitted
their difficulty to Mohammad Ali. “ I'll
lend you another camel to make eighteen,
and now divide them yourselves,” The
consequence was, each brother got from one-
eighth to one-half more of a camel than he
was entitled to, and Ali received his camel
back again; the eldest brother getting nine
Icamels, the second six, and the third two.
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WODIEN SMOKERS. ,
English or American women who have
traveled much in Egypt generally come
home confirmed smokers, and find to their .
discomfort that they must keep their new
taste very dark indeed, or else be looked at
uskunce by the virtuous of their set. If
they dare to smoke friendly cigarettes with
their: male friends, they will find themselves
ranked among the rapid women who are
dangerous. Now the question is, by what
process do we civilized people arrive at a
conclusion so strange? The Chinese lady
smokes from childhriod, and one of the ele-
gances of her attireis asilken tobacco pouch.
But what would be said of one of our soci-
ety women who dared appear in public simi-
larly decorated?
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A SILVER SKULL.
One of the queerest curiosities on the globe
is a man with a silver skull who is now visit-
ing in Louisville. Kentucky. During a
fiercely contested battle in the late war, this
interesting individual was struck in the head
with a piece of shell, which tore away the
entire top of his skull, leaving the brain
most horribly exposed. Strange to say, he
survived the terrible wound, and a noted
surgeon, who was one of the physicians in
attendance upon the late lamented (Infield,
succeeded in fitting a silver plate over the
opening, which shielded the brain equally
as well as the skull. This plate is about the
size of a man's hand and works on hinges,
and may be raised up and down at will.
The re-skulled man does not. experience the
least pain, and as he wears a wig all evir
deuce of a shattered skull is concealed.
Norwalk Chronicler