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A Tell-Tale of Spring.
I’ve found out Spring’s secret ;
. I know why she’s late,
The mischief, the truant,
She cares not who wait,
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Who freeze, and who shivcr,’
And pine for the sight
Of one yellow dafi'y,
Or violet white.
Ah, yes, I‘ve her secret,
I’ll give, and not sell ;
I’ll tell it, I’ll tell it-—
My tongue burns to tell.
The mischief, the truant,
No wonder she’s late,
Coming all the way round
By the Golden Gate !
Yes, that’s where I tracked her,
I caught her to-day
Lying down by a river
With lambkins at play.
The mischief, the vagrant,
And spondthrii‘t, I swear
She was tossing roses
- Aloftin the air,
As children toss bubbles,
To shine one by one,
And float for a minute,
I Then die in the sun.
IIer grass lay all scatterbd;
Who chose, helped themselves ;
The hills were like velvet
Spread groén for the elves.
Her linnets were-with her,
And larks {and they sung
Such music it almost
Turned old men to young.
Her face was all sunny,
All guileloss of ruse;
I’d a mind to reproach her,
But what was the use?
Sweet mischief, sweet trunnt,
She well'might reply,
. ” Ifcalendaro blunder,
Who’s to blame? Not I l”
Ah, fairest Spring’s spring-tide,
’Twas thankless and bold
To spy out your secret.
I’m sorry I told !
——1'{. H., in Harper’s Magazine for April.
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Jay Gould’s Wealth.
New York Journal: Mr. Jay Gould,
the second richest man of the United
States, is credited with being the possessor
of wealth estimated all the way from
$50,000,000 to $75,000,000. The former
sum is very nearly correct. Werc his
railroad stocks worth their par value he
would he an hundred-millionaire. Just
before starting on his yachting trip to the
Spanish Main be carefully ‘ inventoried
his property, placed his affairs in good
shape "and added a codicil to'his will. ;
In round numbers the permlincnt in,-
vestment stocks appearing on Mr. Gould's
schedule Were 380,000 shares of Western
Union Telegraph, 110,000 .shares of
Missouri Pacific, 140,000 shares of Wabash
common, and 60,000 shares of the pre
ferred, 50,000 clinics of Kansas‘ and
Texas, 40,000 shares of'Texus Pacific. and
70,000 shares of Erie, besides many other
securities. The World building, nominally
owned by the Western Union company,
wasbuilt with his money. In real estate,
loans and mortgages, he has $5,000,000,
and three millions more in floating invest-
ments. Hi9 two residences represent
another million and his yacht $300,000.
His wealth, as nearly as he can figure it,
is $58,705,418, and his income $4,640,011.
Thus his fortune’cnrns him $12,888.88
everyday, and $8.05 each minute. To
_ this he expects to add a great many
millions a year by speculation.
The king of Wall street resides when in
the city at 579 Fifth avenue, a plain
brown stoae mansion on the opposite side
of 47th street from Windsor hotel. Ho-
pnid $300,000 for the property and spent.
as much more in furnishing and ornao
menting its interior. The visitor on
entering finds himself in a large ball
dorned with valuable paintings and a
few articles of bric—a-brnc. To the left
are spacious parlors richly furnished, the
prevailing color being a warm brown.
Throughout t e house modest good taste
prevails. Th re is no sign of extravao
gance or display of great wealth. Here
Mr. Gould resides during the winter. .
V 0a the approach of summer he flies to
his country seat near Irvington. This is
his favorite home. An old Knickerbocker
mansion, surmounted by a tower, he has
taxed his ingenuity to make it beautiful.
Improving and draining the grounds have
been his hobby. The whole eighty acres
bloom like a garden. A wide drive leads
through them to the house. The doors
open into a large reception room 'with _'
mosaic floor. This is hung wilh rare
paintings and fragrant with flowers. The
parlors are models of graceful elegance.
having cost $100,000 to furnish.
But the ,owner’s chief pride are the
conservatories. When they were burned
some years ago they were rebuilt in
grander style, and are now the largest in
the country and’ among the largest private
conservatories in the world. Tropical
flowers and fruits. bloom and near
throughout the year. Teaches, oranges,
pears, grapes, and strliwberries can be
plucked while all without is snow clad.
Theré‘ are 12,000-varieties of plants and-
more varieties cf orchids than tiny other
place in the world. The superintendent
of the conservatory is an Italian enthu-
siast. Mr. Gould spends hours walking
among this luxuriant vegetation and
'knows the names and peculiarities of
nearly all of his treasures. Here he
receives many' visitors. Ex-Governor
Tilden is. a frequent caller at the summer
residence of the Wizard. '
The great financier is domestic in km
habits and simple in his tastes. He
neither drinks nor smokes, although his
cellars contain a good store of choice
wines. 4 He does not care for horses. his
box at the opera sees him occasionally,
but generally he spends his evenings at
home with his family. Every day ag
about 10 o’clock a carriage drives up to
the Western Union building, at 195
Broadway. From it alighis the little
black bearded man. Therehe leaves his
negro valet. and enters his omcc. The
heads of his principal enterprises, the
Western Union, Wabash and Missouri
Pacific companies report to him. He ex-
amines carefully every new detail of
importuhce. When this is done he leaves
the building and walks quickly down the .
right hand of the street to his Wall strecl-
office, where at 71 Broadway the plain
sign “W. E. Conner 85 Co." appears. ’It
is noon when he’l‘euches it. The private
office, behind the formidable barriers of
walnut and ground glass, is within on the
Broadway side. It is a small compart-
lneni,und on the door in small letters is .
the name "Jay Gould.” Two desks, a
few plain chairs and a blackboard on
which Mr. Morosini has previously
chalked the dates of the important meet-
ings which he must watch or attend com,
plots the furniture of the room. Connor,
Morisini and his son George consult 'wilh-
him. At 3 o’clock his carriage awaits
him at the door. _ .
In dress the fifty-millionaire is unpre-
tentiour. Winter and summer he wears a
black or blue-black diagonal business suit
with cutaway coat. His collar is of the
turn-down variety and his tie. of plain
black. His silk hat is often almost
- shabby. Once in a while he appears in a
felt hat. Then the street looks out for a
tempest. Always well made and correct-
ly fitting, Mr. Gould may be said to be
well dressed. Cooper was formerly his
Volume .LXXXIV.
tlilor, but lately he has favored several
altists. He usually has five or six suits
of clothes on hand, all very similar and
hardly distinguishable. A former ont-
filler of the financier says that he is very
careless about the details of his apparel,
but sometimes grumbled at the cost of
fabrics, which he would say was more
than he could afford. Generally he
would send over his order by'n servant
with directions to make him a‘ suit of
about the same style and material as his
last, and from the some measure. .
In the matter of jewelry Mr. Gould is
still more modest. He carries a hand-
some gold watch of Swiss make. The
chased hunting case is somewhat worn.
A small gold, chain is attached to it.
Although he has a pair of costly diamond
studs they are rarely seen.
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The Tell-Tale Blush.
Chicago News : “But didn’t you see
him blush ?"
“Well, what of that ?"
~ “Don’t you think he was lying?" .
“No, I don‘t. I know he was telling
the square truth." . ,
“Do you know the circumstances r’
“Yes, and I know he told them just as
they were.”
"It soundcdflikefia lic, anyway ?‘:‘
“That is why he blushed," said Mr.
Ar
, Denison, for this talk was taking place in
his law otll'ce just after thc'depurture of a
young man who had been sued and was
seeking advice from his attorney.
“I venture to say no man has had more
trouble than I with'blushes, and I think I
know some of the causes behind~them.
You may have noticed that I blush on
every conceivable occasion. If aquestion
is put to me quickly I blush. If Imeel
a friend slap on the street—unless I see
him some lime before I reach him—I
blush. If anybody speaks my name from
behind or from some unexpected quarter
I blush. As much as I have been before
juries: I blush every time an opposing
advocate refers in me’ as ‘the learned
counsel for ihe defense.’ Hang it! I
blush on all sons of occasions, and yet I
don’t believe anybody would say I am an
especially modest or bashful man.
”No, sir.” continued the old attorney;
“I have blushed and blushed all my life,
and the more I blush the more I try not
to, the more I blush. Above all, the
meanest bluéh is just such a one as you
saw on the young man’s face just now. I
know just. how he fell. He knew he was
telling a pretty hard story, and he could
see in your face that you didn’t believe
him. That’s why he blushed. If he had
been talking to me alone he would not
have blushed, because he knows I am
familiar with the circumstances he reiut-t
ed‘; but you looked, doubtingly at him,
and he felt your mistrust so keenly lhat it
brought the blood to his face.” . .
After a little pause, Mr. Denlsou con-
tinued: I'I never pay the least attention
to blushes when examining a witness.
The blush is not, as is too often believed.
the evidence ofn lie. Nor is it. a true.
signal of embarrassment. I know that,
for I have been told that I was blushing
purple when} was as calm undiunemb'ur—
tossed as Ilam at this moment. There
are many causes for my blushes, some of
them purely physical, I think; but often
when 1 am telling something—some old
personal recollection, [perhaps that
amounts to nothing—I get it in my head
that somebody doubts some part of it.
Then I blush. 'l hen I 'feel that I am
blushing and I say myself: ‘Nowihe
will see me blush (1 will be sure to
think I am lying,’ and,,thut makes me
blush all the more, until finally I can feel
my face burn and glow likcta coal, and 1
any to myself: “Now that he is sure I
am lying, and he thinks that I iknow he
is sure of it,’ snd,‘so I stnudjand blush be-
cause I thinks he delibts me: until, per-
haps, I really make him:doubt me because
of my blushes."
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That Boy.
Almost every father knows about the
inquisitive boy, and frequently has occa-
sions to wish his boys were girls. A
North Hill farmer began shaving himself
in the presence of his 4-year-old hopeful.
The boy commenced~ and kept on, wilh
a result somewhat as follows:
“What you doing, papa ?"
"Shaving.”
“What you shaving for ?"
“To get my face clean."
“Why don't you wash your face to get
it clean ? 'At’s tho way I do."
“I shave to get the hair of." .
“What hair ?"
“The hair that grows on my face.”
“What hair that grows‘on your face If"
“My whiskers." _ '
- “What are whiskers, papa ?"
“Hair that grows on the face.”
"What. doos'th‘e whisker hair grow on
the face for f”
. "I don’t know."
“Why don’t you know why whisker
hairs grow on the face?"
“Because—” - .
The interview came ton sudden termina.
tion. A long-gosh and ,flojwipg blood was
thc’cnule, with‘the sudden departure of
Young America in his mother's arms as
coincident. . ' .
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Advertisement Literature. -
Detroit Free Prue; Not long ago a
man stood absorbed in thought at the
counter of a newspaper office in this city.
He was writing something on a scrap of
paper, and as a friend passed him he
caught at him as a drowning man catches
at a straw.
“Give me a word," he exclaimed.
“Ccrtainly,".laid his friend ; i‘what kind
‘of a. word ?"
“0h, anything you can think of. It
doesn’t matter what.”
_ “How would collaborate do F"
“Couldn't be better. Thanks, ever so
much,” and be inserted the word and
handed in the advertisement.
The next morning the friend read :
l,
parties desirous of goigg to collaborated
house-keeping.”
A Detroit paper gravely announced in
its advertising columns:
“To Rent—Au elegantly furnished
room to a gentleman already hosted."
Among the artistic advertising notices
are the following: ~
“Two young women want washing. ”
“Wood and coal split.”
“Teeth extracted with great pains.”
A cheerful advertisement in this :
"Try our coffins. You will never use
any other.” . /
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Use and Abuse of the Memory.
Popular Science Monthly: A man's
memory is like his stomach. To do its
best work it must have good treatment.
It must neither be neglected not over-
loaded. It can easily be so abused by
neglect or by irregular and unsystemnfic
employ meal, as to become chiefly scans.
of annoyance and discomfort; or. again,
if can be so overworked and heavily'ilixed
that it becomes practically the chief organ
or agent of the entire system, every other
portion dwindling in its comparison. The
latter course is the great danger of those
who value the helpof a tenacious memory.
Both memory and stomach are valuable,
not in proportion to the burdens they can
carry, but in proportion to their training
forztheir part of the work of the system
as a whole, and either of them is made
effective as much by what is kept from it
as by what is packed into it.
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. farm to probably'spend his days.
“Furniture sold on collaborated time to .
Wilto'n Farmers’ Club.
The following essay, written by Master
Clinton VanHoosear, was read before a
meeting of the Wilton Furmers’ club,
held on the evening of Feb. 25.
Does Farming hoId out Inducomenls at the
Present Time with other Occuymffonsfilr
our Boy: .9
Although i prefer a life on me farm
with its freedom, pleasure and health, I
amsorry to say that I do not think there
are inducements enough for our boys on
the farm. The merchant, shut up day
after day, does not find that; pleasure in
lifc,wllichihe farmcrdoes who has full
sway. . '
As to inducements for boys, I think the
farmer should chcourage them more than
they do, because lhey would be more in-
terested in the farm work. I think I
should be, if, once in a while. 1 had some-
thing to encourage me. But what does
the city boy have to encourage him?
Nothing. I’rol'. Brewer says that country
boys are smarter any way. The city
boy secs nothing bui gambling. Of
course, gentlemen, you must not expect a
lecture from me, but I thought I must
have a few words to say on this question.
There seems to be an increasing tendency
on the part of farmers’ sons to desert the
occupation of their fathers and try their
fortunes in other trades or professions,
lhus depriving the farm of much of its very
best material. Some boys have such a
love for the farm that, eucouragcmcntgor
n01. they will stay ,lhcrc. When you,
farmers get so old that you cannot work
the form, then you 'want the boys. They
would be willl you if you had encouraged
them in the first. and they would be ready
to help you how. I think one thing is
nccssary; if your boys want any goodim-'
p'rovcment llleir fslhcls ought to get
them, such as a good plow, barrow, culti-
vator, or mowing-machine etc. And if
lhe boys want a little spending money
give it to them; that will encourage them. -
I think if the boys would ntiendthc meet-
ings of the Farmers’ club they would learn
to love the farm more than they (lo. To
interest the boys give them a horse and
carriage; give them a piece of ground for
agnrden' and let them work it, and give .
them what they can raise. I think I
would like to attend Storr’s Agricultural
school which Mr. Geld spoke so highly of
at Greens Farms. ‘Work is the common
lot of man.’ By the sweat of thy brow
thou'shnll earn thy bread. I expect to
have to earn mine, and think I would
choose the farm to do so. Mr. Hamilton
favors the encouragement of boys on the
farm. He says, give them a good educa-
tion. He Says that in olden times they
used to think the three R.s were all that ‘
was necessary to make life successful:
“Redin, Rilin .and Rithmctlc." But
times have changed. Farmers should
cultivate such a love of the farm in their
boys that absence should serve to strength-
en rather than weaken their love, so that,
when'they: are 'Inwuy, to school or 'clse-
where, they 'willré’turn to the farm like
the carrier pigeon to the home dove-cot.
Fathers often get out of patience with
their boys if they make any mistakes or
have any mishaps by breaking anything
in driving a team and the like, forgettlng
some one but to have patience with them
once, expecting them to do as well as
themselves. Iiis believed that, for the
want of occupation, is the cause of so
' many young men seeking places of vice to
pass the time away. It is said that if you
fill a boys thoughts and time with what is
good, the Devil will hardly get a chance
to put a word in edgeways.
I have written this and don’t know as
you have cared to hear it ; but I have told
you as it seemed 'to me on the subject for
to-night.
Mr. Dudley—I am perhaps prejudiced.
If the boys had nothing better to encour-
age them than I‘ had few would stay on
the farm. » -
Secretary-flow many years were you
engaged-in other occupations but farming ?
Mr. Dudley—Aboutdbirty years.
- Secretary—Yet he has come back to the
Mr. Bedient—This is a good question.
I don’t know of a better trade at present.
It fastens a boy to the soil and gives him
an interest in the growth of plants and
elevates them in their culture. Science
has but just beguh its work in the farming
interest. There don't seem to be anything
of more interest to most people than their
stomachs. The farm feeds the king on
the throne and the poor man as well. If
he sows he may get sixty, seventy or even
' one hundred fold. The farm teaches the
farmer good examples. It treated well it
generally treats the farmer well. In this
working of the farm,man is the coworker
with the Lord. God has-moulded the
seasons so [batman may expect a time
for all work. They will surely come
round. On the farm, the boy is generally
isolated from the city, where so many
destructive temptations are brought to
influence the boy. Isn’t there beauty in
seeing the corn grow, commencing with
its first start and following it through its
varied forms? The surroundings of the
farm are such as make him grow healthy
and brings him a perfect man. The
farmer boy is not tempted to cheat and
steal, as many other—professions, we
might sayedo,for the husbandmun studies
not to cheat his neighbors. He may not
gain orget as much as the sharper, but
what he gets he gains honestly. Why'
should he not stay on the farm instead of
city enlistment. He may not wear as
good clothes or see as much gambling, but
he stays where he gains a good character,
which is never' destroyed. He grows
here tobe a principled man, and, we
'ssy, the inducements will drown the city
and generally prove to be the most re-
munerstive.
President——There is not a question in
all we have discussed that owakens more
Interest in me than this; not that I have
. ofnumber of boys. to educate for the farm,
but it‘seems robe one of general interest.
I think Mr._D. misapprehends the question
when he says "When I was a boy.”
Now. I would ask, haven't times changed
since then? When I was a- boy it was
considered that farming was below other
trades,and especially butters can recollect.
when in this town there were ten or eleven
but shops. No one was considered
worthy of notice except be be a batter.
By them the shoemakers were called
snobs, and the farmers .clod hoppers.
This latter name scared me so that I_
thought I must have a trade, and placing
my little bundle on a crooked stick, I
went to my instructor. I got a fnil‘ trade,
but 1 did'sée some pretty poor times
following that. I saw the time when I
could get no work, and would have taken
anything from a ran-cuck to a fair stitch
boot;but.l could get none. Alltrudes,
I suspect, are similar, and there are times
when it is more than dull— no work. The
farmer is never out of work. The system
of making boots and shoes l changed
and I was thrown on the furrr. I-ihought
then it was pretty tough. I have learned
to gain a fair livllhood. I'didu’t see the-
elevating power that was coming for
agriculture. If I. could have seen it as
I do now, I should have entered in this
with a better heart. Had I the encour-
agement that is offered boys now, I prob.-
nbly should never have left the farm.
Why. when I was a boy, I hoed every
other billnt half price and knocked all
the heavy clods to pieces, too, with a hoe
with sshort handle, (so I could get right 4
down to the work) and this selected from
the wood pile and contained material
enough for three hoes. Could I go back
there? No, nor would I try to farm as
they used to. The advice I give to boys
just entering this business is not to accept
ancient ideas—plodding along in the dark
—but commence right here. A boy goes
into a store. The boss says the first year
you must work for nothing; second year,
a little better, and relates incidents of
And this is all the hope they have, and
what they are after. I must impress the
farmer boy that the occupation is honest,
that farming is becoming a profession,
and that he may perhaps have "Prof.”
affixed to his name as an agriculturist.
Not long ago Lwas asked by a gentleman
how it was that an interest could be kept
up in our club. He thought We would
get it all talked over. How absurd ! It
in a life time talk. To encourage them,
give them young animals to bring up; a
piece of land to work. This will give
them an interest. Make it as social as
possible at home. For the last five years
Illavc learned to live at least. I cannot-
point out as many improvements and
new systems.” I would like to, but -I
have progressed so much that I can't go
back. I recall, however. some different
managements which, I‘ know, bring, as
much profit to me and with much less
labor. . .
Mr. Dudley—Mr. President, you and I
do not feel as a boy does. Your grandson
has expressed a desire to‘atteud the Storm
Agricultural school. It may be a good
school, but I don't. believe one out of ten
will locate on the farm. If a father can
give a boy nothing but his education, how
is he golng to start? Will he hire out and
earn enough to buy nfsrm? How can he
do it? .1
Mr. Charles Goppler—A boy can earn
as much on a farm as elsewhere.
President—A young man that will edu-
cate himself up to the times need not get
down to many things that even some in our
professions have to. Not long ago I was
at the house of a friend who was engaged
in an occupation controlled by combina-
tions and regulated by certain laws of the
trade. Slagnsncy of business told him to
waitalittle. ebought a load of coal
(in the city) (1 he forgot to think, until
after he had paid for it, how .he should
get it in his cellar (for he had no money,
to pay for its being carried in). It would
not do for him to be seen carrying in coal,
and it must be in‘ before dark (it was on
the sidewalk). ,‘Iput him in the alley,
and I carried it to him. I wasn’t afraid
it would spoil my reputation there or atl
home.
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Swallow Tails. ,
“ The best-dressed men were the wait-
ers,” said a young man to a Broadway
tailor, speaking of a dinner he had attend-
ed the night before. The tailor smiled
and said :
“ That is all going to be changed. You
am not the first man who 'hss been
crushed by the swell clothing of the man
who filled your glass.”
“How. are you going to help it ?"
“ By changing the material of which
the dress 'suits for gentlemen are made.
Broadcloth has been the only cloth since
the memory of man .for gentlemen and
for waiters. The elderly gentlemen and
other conservatives stick to the broad .
cloth, but the thing to get for your next'
dress suit is a diagonal or a basket pattern
in black. Coat, waistcoat, and trousers
are all made from the same piece. These
goods are lined with silk, and are bound
with a narrow braid. The cuffs are
bound around about four inches from the
end of the sleeve, and underneath two im-
itation buttonholes are worked and two
buttons sewed on. The costs are cut
closer to the figure than they used to be."
“ Is there any reasons for this?”
“ ’es. It is because we can do it.
The diagonals are an easier, more elastic
kind of goods. They give with ths'mo-
tions of the body- This enables us to
. fit the form better, and ”the same time
leaves the wearer as easy as if he was
dressed in a business suit."
“ What becomes of the white Mar-
seilles waistconts ?"
" They hold their own. Full evening
dress, where ladies are to form part of the
company, is not complete without a'
white waistcoat, and never will be. The
cut of this garment differs from the old
style a little. It exposes more of the
shirt front.”
“How about the coming out of trous-
ers ?" .
nTrousers are not quite so tight, but
they follow the shape of the legs."
“'13 it possible to revive the old silk
hose and knee breeches f"
“Not here. Possibly it could be done
among a class in the old country, who
devote no tfine lo business.~ The use of
.knickerbockers in Scotch cheviots, with
blouses, for gentlemen who are going into
the country is increasing. They are very
comfortable to tramp in. The line is
drawn at the city limits.”
. .“ Will there be any change in business
units .9.” .
“ No. The suck cost will have the run.
Many brokers down here will wear four-
bntfon cutIWsy coats in diagonals, with
striped trousers. That is really the most
elegant business suit. A man is ready in
such a suit to go anywhere except to the
opera or to a reception. lome prefer
Prince Albert costs, but the majority
fancy the sack coat, and the majority set
the fashion.”
“I occasionally see a gentlemen with
figured waistcoat of a rather loud color.”
“‘ Yes. I wish a few, not many. would
display a taste like that. I haves quanti-
ty of stuff thatI would like to sell. It
was left from three years ago.”
W
Definitions.
A well trained child—the one that be-
longs to me.
An obstinate cuss—tho man who will
not yield to me. ‘
An ill mannered brat—the one that be-
longs to my neighbor. '
A crank—the man whoseviews do not
coincide with my own.
Proper and self-respecting firmness—my
refusal to yield to him.
A foolish and widens piece of folly—the
one that Brown played on me.
A very intelligent person— the man who
agrees with me in everything—Life.
Witches “lifted,”
Goods “removed,"
Matter sifted,
Nothing proved.
No arrest,
Lucky thief,
Facts suppressed
By the chief
Man is slugged
In the park,
No one jogged,
Keep it dark.
*Washington Republican.
———.—0.o—.————
The Truth Plainly Stated.
Boston Herald: Congress has now
been in session more than three months
without affording any answer to the
question : “What is the Democratic parly
here for P"
C
An exchange tells us that one Chicago
cigar factory is manned entirely by wo-
men. As an offset to this we will state
that one Parisian dressmaking establish-
ment is womsned entirely :by men.—
[Bismark Tribune.
someone who is getting a large' salary.-
~Wives of the best men.
A‘rich joke -—the one I played on Brown. '
Bill Nye on Woman Suffrage.
St. Louis Republican: There have
been many reasons given first and lnse
why women should not vole, but I desire ' '
to say, in the full light of a ripe experience,
that some of them are fallacious. I refer
more particularly to the argument that it
will degrade women to go to the polls and
vote likea little man. While I am not
and have never been a howler for female
suffrage, I must admit that it is much
more of a success than prohibition and
speculative science. "
My wife voted eight years with my full
knowledge and consent, and to day I
cannot see but that she is as docile and as
tractable as whens he won my trusting
heart. Now, those who know me best .
will admit that I .am not a ladies' man,
and therefore what I may say here is not
said to secure favor and grateful miles
I am not attractive abduct/in. politics. I .‘_
believe that I am homelierihis winter "
than usual. Therenre reasons whyI
believe that what I my rayon thisnuba
ject will be sincere and not sensational or
selfish.
It has been urged that good women do
uotgenerally exercise the right. of suffrage
when they have the opportunity. and that
only those whose social record has been
tarnished a good deal go to the polls.
This is not true. .
It is true that a good, full vote always
shows a list of the best women and the
A bright day
makes a better showing of lady voters
than a had one, and the wendler makes a
more perceptible! difference in the female
vote than the male, but when things are
exciting, and the battle; isjred hot, and
the tocsin of war sounds lanou, the wife
and mother puts on her armor and her
senlskin sacquc and knocks things cross.
eyed. -
It is generallysupp’osed that thcflemsle
voter is n paniuloonatic, a half horse, half
alligator kindlof a woman, who looks like
Dr. lilary;.Wallrer,[and has the appear-
ance of one who has risen hastily in the
night at film alarm; of ;fire, nud,;dressed
herself,pnrtislly in llerlown garmentsfiand
partially in her husband’s This is a popu-
lar error. In Wyoming, where female
suffrage has raged for? years, you meet
quiet, courteous, and gallant gentlemen,
and fair, quiet, 'eensible women at the
polls, where there isn’t a loud or profane
word, and where it is an infinitely more
proper . place to send a young lady unes-
corted than to the post office in any city
in the Union. You can readily see why
this is so. The men about the polls me
always candidates and their friends. That
is the reason that neither party can afford
to show the slightest rudeness loward a
voter. The man who on Wednesday
would tell her to go and soak her head,
perhaps, would stand bareheaded to let
her pass on Tuesday While she holds a
smashed ballot shaved under the palm of
her gray kid glove she may walk over the
candidate’s prostrate form with impunity
and her overshoes if she chooses to.
Weeks and months before election in
Wyoming the party with the longest purse
subsidizes the livery stables and carriages.
Then on the eventful day every convey-
ance available is decorated witha political
placard, and driven by a polite young
man, who is instructed to improve the
time. Thus eyeiy woman in\ Wyoming
has a chance to ride o‘nee a year at least.
Lately, however, msuy prefer to walk to
the polls, and they go in pairs, trios, and
qu‘nrtettes, voting their little sentiments,
and calmly returning to their cookies and
crazy quills, as though politics didn't jar
their mental poise one minute.
It is possible, and’eveu probable, that a
man and his wife may disagree on politics
as they might on religion. The husband
may believe in Andrew Jackson and a re-
lentless hell, while his wife may be a
Stalwart and rather liberal on the question
of eternal punishment. If the husband
manages his wife as he would a clothes
wringer. and turns through life by a
crank, he will no doubt work her politi.
cally, but if she has her own ideas about
things she will naturally act on them,
while the inn who is benpecked. in
other matters till he can’t see out of his
eyes will be henpccked, no doubt, in the
matter of national and local politics.
These are a few facts about the actual
wokings of female suffrage, and I do not
tackle the great question ofthe ultimate re-
sults upon the political machinery if woman '
suffrage were to become general. I do not
pretend to any as to that. 1 know agreat
deal, but I do not know that. There are
millions -of women, no doubt, who are
better qualified to vote and yet cannot,
than millions of alleged men who do vote;
but no one can tell now what the ultimate
effect might be. So far as Wyoming is
concerned, the territory is prosperous and
happy. I see. also, that a murderer was
hung by process of law there the other
day. That looks like the onward march
of reform, whether female suffrage had
anything to do wilh it or not. And they
are going to hang another in March, if the
weather is favorable and executive clem-
ency remains dormant, as I think it will.
All these things look hopeful. We can't
tell what the territory would have been
without female suffrage. but when they
begin to hang men by law, instead of
moonlight, the future begins to brighten
up. When you have to get up in the
night to hang a man every little while and
don't get any per diem for it, you feel as
though you were a good way from home.
0»—
Litmry ' lions. ,
Mr. E. 1’. R00 is writing a serial story
for a future volume of St. Nichohw, and
not for the Century, as already announced.
The April Century will contain two
thoughtful papers on matters of current
discussion, in which Mr. Walter B. Hill 1
gives the Southern view of “U 10 Tom
without a Cabin,” and as a citize : while
Professor Samuel- Willard. reviews the
tendencies of the latesi scientific theories
. under the title, “The Destiny of the Uni-
verse "
Whether the United States are to regain
their former pro-eminent rank as common
cisl and navel power on the seas, is a
question that no American can contem.
plate wuh indifference. The subject is
discussed with marked ability in the
North American Review for April. by the
Hon. Nelson Dingley,M. 0., who opposes
the project of admitting foreign built
ships to American regiiter, and by Capt.
John Codmnn, who is well known as a
zealous advocate of thit’ measure. Judge
J. A. Jameson, in the some numberof the
Rem‘m,‘ discusses the question, “Shall
Our Civilization be Preserved”. pointing
out the means that are at hand for with-
standing-the various agencies, physical,
moral and intellectual, which threaten to
overturn our existing, civil and IOCIII
institutions . The Rev. Dr. Philip Bchnfl
givesasketch of the “Development of
Religious Fu-cdom". Dr. Felix L.
Oswald miles of “Changes in the Climate
of North America”, with special reference
to the increasing frequency of disastrous
floods. Prof. O. A. Eggert offers “A
Plea for Modern Languages" in the higher
education; and Julian Hawthorne dis-
courshs of “Literature for. Children”.
Finally, there isn discussion of ‘fBecent
Criticisms of the Bible”, by the Rev. Dr.
.R. Hebcr Newton and the Rev. A. G.
Mortimer. .
. Q
As a rule, the best huts do not cover the
best brains—[New Orleans Picayune.
-Q
Pure.
"Absolutyel
This Powder never varies. A marvel of
purity. stren h, and wllolesomoness‘. More
economical t an the ordinary kinds, and can-
'not be sold in competition with the multitude
of low test. short weight, allum or phosphate
powders. Sold only in cam. ROYAL BAK-
nvo Pownnn 00., 106 Wall St.. N. Y. lyf3
alumnuu,
Dlllggist and Apothelal ,
DEALER IN
a
null, Chemicals, Full Gulls,
DR. 0. HITCHCOCK,
Cor. of West Avenue an
Berkeley Place, a
Third house below the Methodlowhnroh.
Chloe Hour from
m 89- m. s 7 to 0 n, m.. ‘1 to Land?
A. H. BALDWIN, M. Du
[Homeopathic Physician and Surgeon.
Residence in the Charles Isucs Hom
‘ Wall at. Norwnlk, Ct. “mm“
Office hours till 9a. m.. 1 toll and -7 to 8 p. In
rDr. T. E SWIFT, -
D E N T I S T .
Artificial teeth without plates by the perfect
' Crowningsystem. .
one“: nosldonco No. 9 Wool. Ave
"‘Bight Band Boll.
ALEX. S. GIBSON ,
Organism! the I'm: Congregational Church
Teacher of
Plano-Forte. Organ and Mullen]
Composition,
“ Look Box 39, P. 0.. NORWALKJIONN.
w. s. QUlNTABD,
FURNISHING llllllEllTlKEll
EMBiiMER
OPPOSITE HORSE B. BJRPO’I’.
Residence 143 Moth st. Tolephorzeconnectisn.
To the Public.
BEING the flrst:and only one in this place
toembalm the "dead successful] 'Iwonl
call the attention of the public to thg'oncces‘:
1 have attained. A man by the name of Wm.
Moore was drowned at the p' “or dock, on
Saturday evening,8opt. 220. The bod was
brought to my place and embnlmed y mo.
After being seen by-hnndndn of people dur-
ing the week, it was buried on ennday. Sept.
31st, in a remarkable state of lrenorvntitlnfi
days after death. \VM. 1:. UINTARD.
NEW MARKET !
N o. 6 M'afnfitreet. Norwalk,Ct.
1m ans-r os-
Beof', Vealdfutton. Lamb, Pork,
HAK8,POUL_TBY,¢o ulwnyl on hand at
very lowest market on. GAME of all
kinds lnitl season. ry mo: I will trytoontt.
. w. I. LOOK woo D. late with Adams ‘Bros.
Toilet flrlicles, Soaps,
Per-flames, Patent .Medi
cines, (5-0., (5C.
Agent ' ' for Wilsonia Magnetic
Appliance.
Proprietor ol‘ “Plaisted’s Cough
Remedy,” and “Old Well Co-
logne,” “Iron Tonic Bitters,” Our
Own Condition Powders, and
Sarsaparilla.
Cor. Main and Wall sis, Norwalk.
462 Washington St., So. Norwslk.
Wall Papal!
llllllllu sou
20,000 ROLLS-l
More to Come.
All Grades. All Prioos.
Prices Lower Than Ever! '
Don’t fail to see tile JVezo
Designs at
J.l.PHflWlll'8.
47 Main Street.
®Special Inducements
to Buyers this month. m
Vegetine
WILD CURE
Hero/um. Scrofulous Humor, Cancer. Cancer:
ous Humor. Erynpelas, Canker. Salt
Rheum.meplea or Humor in the face,
00133:» apvd C’oéds, Ullgrs, Bron-
o is, cum gia, spepsl‘a,
'- Rhett/malt"), Pains in the
Side, Comgpation. Cos-
tiveness.‘ flesLDIz-
{nemfleadachm
Nervousness. Pains in the Back. Faiutness 'at
the Slormzch, Kidney ' Complaints, Female
Weakness and Genera chility,
Thl re aratiou is scientifically and chom-
fcally om inod,and so stroll ly concentrated
from roots, horbshand barks. at its good ef-
fects are realized immediately after commenc-
ing to take it. There is no disease of the
human system for which the Vson‘rml can-
not be used with Pnnr‘scr SAFETY, unit does
not contain any metallic compound. For
eradicating the system or all impurities of the
blood it has unequal. It has never failed to
elects euro. givin tone and strength to the
systemdebilitntod y disease. In wonderful
elects upon the com laints named are our-
» p’rillngto all. Many ave been cured by the
autumn that. have tried many other remo-
diol. It can well be called
Till Gilli ' Blllll Plllllfll.
Dr. W. ROSS, Writes:
Scrofula, Liver Cmnplaim, Dyspepsia, Rheu-
matism. Weakness.
EB. Stevens. Boston: ,
Ihnvo been practising medicine for 25 years
and and remedy for 'Hcrofula, Ll’vcr , Com-
plamf, {El/spezm'a, Rheumatism, Weakness
and an senses of the blood. I have never
found its equal 1 have sold Vegstino for 7
years and have never had one bottle returned. ’
would hoartil recommend it to those in need
0'! a blood ml or. Dr. W. 3053. Druggist,
um. 18, 878. Wilton. Iowa.
Vegetiue is sold by all Druggists.
ma ' 'tp all applicants and to
Gstomers of last ,. year without ordering it.
It contains illustrations, prices, descriptions and
directions for plsming all Vegetable and Flower
Seeds. Plants. etc. lnva unable to I.
I
D. M. may '& cored.
i
BERNARD .coun.
Merchant Tailor
wnnms nommnn, wan. st,
s run. an or
Imported _& Domestic Cloths
of the latest styles. oonstantl on hand.
Novelties in Scotch Sailings. » atisfaotlon'
guaranteodin ovary particular.
J. Bcldon Hurlbut
funnel and counselor at Law
Room No. 4, Up lulu,
GAZETTE BUILDING. ’ NORWALK.
HOYT & MEEKER,
54 MAIN STREET.
SOUTH NORWALK, CT.,
PRACTICAL PLUMBEBS,
Steam and Gas Fitters. Dealers in Plumbers’
and Steam Fitters’ Supplies
and Gas Fixtures.
Jobbing promptly attended to.
1y21
AMERICAN noush.
J. C. COLLINS, - - . ‘ PROFILLTOR
l 8 Main ass-cos. Norwnlk, Conn.
We are prepared to furnish meals at all
hours and atlowost slblo rates, in the best
manner. Oysters: peeinlty. (good accom-
modation for transient. You will do well to
glvonss call. . ly12
The Norwalll Fire Insurance to.
use now completed its
18th Successful Business Your
And has not outstanding a dollar of unpaid
lossos‘or of claims for losses. No sound
company insures at lower rates.
W . O .snnxr. P’ros..8. F.0LII'I'IAD ,Trou.
630.8. Oownnsfioo’v. ‘
P. W. BATES
AT BIS
MABBLEil GRANITE YARD
On. Water atrqot.
HAS NEW DESIGNS IN]
Head Stones. Monuments and
all kinds ofMomox-lal Work.
CALL ANDSEE THEM. 10lf
liJlCuuk,
Is offering. Special Inducunents
for the next 60 days in
Parlor Stoves, Chandeliers
. and Hanging Lamps.
Prices on Decorated Din -
nor and flea. Sets. China,
Porcelain and Glass Ware
are as Low as the Lowest-
~New patterns in Decora-
ted Chamber Sets, from
$5.00tofi‘15-00. '
Cook Stoves and Ranges all in
good order and at low prices.
Tin and Wooden Ware,
Silver Plated Ware,
and Cutlery.
Everything you want' in the
Home Furnishing Goods Hub, at
1.. .7. Curtis’s,
MAIN STREET.
SMITH a HUBBARD,
lain andWolIIStI. Bridgeport. Conn. iysi
IRON FENCES.
HE SUBSCRIBER having returned to
zorwalk, and located at 26 Leonard on.
is prepared to furnish Wrought Iron
lonclnxof all styles. of the best material
and best workmanshlpatreasonablo prices.
Having had many years of experience in tho
makingthereof he 'eols comment tun: hem
satisfy all demands. Estimates and plans
cheerfullyfurnisbed.
EPHBAIM M.IERRITT. ~'
Norwalk.An¢.f 082. P. O. Box 657
mom-mo. a 00.,
MIKE-Its m . moms,
as Broad Street. -' NEW roux.
Members of the New York Stock and Petro-
leu‘m Exchange. stocks bought and sold on
moderatetorml. Stock privileges secured in
small and large lots. Petroleum 1.000 bonds.
O‘ are filled by telegram or mail. amoral
notations and rural-motion sent free. Fm-
: onal lots ‘1 to 5 per cent. margin, no intone
‘ for carrying.
. 1m
[lulu Stalls and Ballet.
I have several Second-hand:
Ofiicos 3.; and 6 Exchange.‘ Building,oor'
Only the
w. A. voan,
Milllatllll‘lllll Pharmacist,
AND
Best I
WHOLESALE AN l ) If. ETA IL
Druggist,
21 Main Street, Nor-walk, Ct.
l
None but absolutely pure and
perfectly fresh and reliable medi-
cinal preparations, Drugs and
Chemicals ‘
A complete stock of
American and foreignl'aleni
Medicines
Perfumery and Toilet Articles.
Prescriptions compounded: at
all hours by careful, experienced
and skilled pharmacists only.
Prices Reasonable! 6m30
Agent for Dr. Holland’s
fever and ague‘pills, an in-
fallible remedy for chills
and fever,.dumb agile, and
all forms of malaria.
PETER IAGUIGUE,
FLfllllS'l‘ ll NURSERYMAN '
ION AVENUE, 9
North of Norwalk Cemetery.
' NORWAEE, CONN.
Dealer in Green Home and Hot House and
Bedding and Vegetable Plants. Fruit and Cr
namentsl Trees, Shrubbery. Vines. Cut Flow-
ers always on hand and all sorts of designs in
Flowers arranged to order.
Grading and lie-fitting Cemetery Plots ‘
promptly attended to.
My?!
Orient Pulmonai’re!
Orion! ruinous-fro cures Asthma.
one-t Pal-onus. cures Bronchitis.
none-r 'rnlnon-Iro cures Coughs and
owners.
. orient Pal-onnuo cures all Throat
and Lung Tronblel. '
[Orient Pal-Iona!" contains no pow-
erful onodyno.
Orion: Pnlnonafro is pleasant to take.
gaff!" Pnlnonnfro is speedy in its
a .
Orion: Pal-one!" is manufactured by
PORTER & BENEDICT,
Loo . Box 547, WATERBURY, CON N .
PHILADELHIA BRANCH :—137 W. 3d 8:
41-6111 - -
PATENTS.
A. M. WOOSTER,
Lute Examiner U. 5. Patent. once, 2
436 Main St,§.0r.Fah-fiold Ave,
BIDGIOBT, CONN. Having had eight
years experience in the Patent business, I
am prepared to give my personal attention to
all matters. Intrusion to me before the Pat-
ent Office and the Courts.
Iym
«T- G. PETER,
Dealer in First-Class
BllLflliNlS all] SAUSAGES.
Shippihg Orders Promptly Attended To.
259 DELANCEY 81‘.
now Your. our.
2mm
' mu ilvsun'nivon Co. of HAM.
I‘OBD. Incorporated 1812. Charter
Perpetual.
Capital and Assets, 08.902.213.84:
Insuresogsfnstlou and damage by Fire. on
toymlado ted to the hazard and consistent
with the own of compensation. COWLES
o nllngILLfiole Agents for Norwslk and
non: y.
Gem, ‘Ward Senock,
Ruin his New Store,
HAIIIIIIIII’SIII lull, Will. "I!!!
‘ A oompletousortmontof the best closlot
liflflllElllES.PflllVlSl0ll8.FllllITS
confoxfamily use.“ Popular Prices. His
stookin at all times froshhand good.ond will
Itsndoom arisen with: use of an Grocer
in town. all in and leave your or on. 28:!
The “Plank 00.,
or STAMFllllll, 00“..
Manufacturers of and Dealer- in
luluuuul
mum-nee In {350.
Have a good assortment on hand
which they will sell at a moderate
price, among which will be found‘
,Fine Side-Bar Buggies,
End Spring Buggys,
Phaetons,
4. and 6-Seated RockaWays,
A T Cart,
A Village can,
A Victoria,
Wagonctt, 1
A Second-hand Coach,
A Six-Seated Rookaway on
Bob Runners,
New and Second-hand De-
pot. Wagons, ltd
«so: wréimlfigdn‘egiw co’
II “been: Thermal-lion of carbon.“ an“:
uncut. We have 'ulim rted some very fine WHITE
GRAN!“ DUN 8 ("5 plow), which vs vs
any with To. facile. orders 0 Wondupwuds. or
THE GREAT AMERICAN TEA 00.
full puffs-kn, run
1’. 0-308 280. 31 d: 33 Vote: ‘53., New York
.8..." runs
CO 0 tho con-
nuto not Jeollolwrs to: menu. Gov Trade
1: tor the United marlin-an,
09. 1. etc- Band' Book anon
. science. can once.
bobbunodthro CO. otfosd
nmmm‘mt "on and
oovyof
. W undue W '10:
%s~wwnfiifi”v '°“
‘l
a;
REAL ~ESTATE.W
For Sale'Cheap.
WILL hosoldot a Bargainfii' opinion for
soon a small, neat Cottage, of or: rooms.
in flood neighborhood, and three minutes'
we of the Bridge. Apply at GAZETTE
OFFICE.
To Let.
'THE large, commodionl front room in
Gazette Buildingjuse vacated by Francis
MoKeon. Full particulars of
B.J.8TUBGls.
For Sale or to Let.
The Coal Yard and Sheds, with large
Storehouse and office near A. J.. M
eoker
d5 Bros’. yards on Norwslk river, Nor-
walk, Conn. Enquire of
0. E. WILSON.
Room 3, Gazette Building,
- For Sale.
A. SPLENDIO count seat situated in the
town ofoilton,w thin 6 minutes walk
of the South Wilton depot and 3)‘ miles from
Norwalk. This place has 6 acres of good
land With abundance of‘ well . selected
fruit trees. and aoqoho‘lce grape vinel,allin
good bearing condition, for e gardens and
oxcellept well of water. was large and
convenient with 16 rooms besides psntries
and closets in abundance, collar large and
dry. The barn and mg In house are nicely
arranged. This lace m l he sold cheap and
on easy terms. n aim of
‘EO. P. QUINTABD,
- . Norwnlk Shinbisnnfantory.
South Wilton. February 26th. 1883. am:
.__ For Sale.
THE elegant building site of Norwalk. Con-
neoiout. belonging to the Estate of tho
lute Henry Tznorgan. purchased by him dur-
ing his life-time, upon which to build his
country residence, containingfl)‘ acres. on
in h round, with extensive views “Long
Sound. flno old phones. This lot
capable of being subdivided into seven sites
of one or two acres enchant! islocated on the
con opposite the residence of the‘Rov. S. B.
. Blue! , and known as the St. John’s place.
This property ls highly recommended for a
gentleman’s family resrdsnoe,-and is within
)5 hours of N ew' ork City. and in one of the
largest and most fioumhingtowos in Connec-
ticut; rice. $12,000. Apply to F. ST. JOHN
LOOK OOD, Fairfleld County Bank. Nor-
walk, Conn.. or HOMER MORGAN. No. 2
Pine St., New York. tfls
‘ Farm for Sale.
HE subscriber-offers his Farm .for sale,
situated in the Town of Greenfield, in
Saratogn 00., In the state of New York. nine
miles from Santoga Springs. 1: is plou-
snrl situated on a mo of ground. 95 acres of
Ian . which is favorably divided into pso-
ture, plow, meadow and woodland; with
a large house; the size of the born 30 b740,
wagon house and stabling, hay loft over the
onme.23 by B, and grainery 16 by 18. Will
be sold cheap; part of the purchase mono?
can remain on mortgage if dosirsd,or wi l
excha‘ihge for village property. For further
partlo are inquire of s LAS P. TCT’I‘LE,
1151 Norwsfk.Oonn,
35 tf
'West Avenue Property
For Sale.
HE largo, elegant mansion on West Ave-
.nne. (known as the Dimon estate
containing fifteen rooms, all finish ‘
of! in the most substantial manner with all
the modern improvements. The rooms are
in e and capaciousmoilings high. and in ex-
cel on: condition, the piazza extends across
the entire front' and the walks and lawns
are very fine. Shade .nnd tholocation
the finest in the Borough. The grounds are
about 156 feet from and contain about two
acresof land. There is a s lendid barn on the
premises,andin ood or er. Mnstibe seen
to be a resin . Call on BENJAMIN J.
STUBG Sfor permission to examine. Stf
Building Luis
On Wilton Avenue
Apply to
B. J. STUBGEH, or 0. E. WILSON
Ga etto Building. 44“
C. 0. Brotherton,
HOUSE, sun l ORNAMENTAL
PAINTER.
muslin PAINTlllG
IN OIL OR WATER.
mm: lllmlllll.
Churches. Lodge Rooms and
Public Buildings Froscoed
in the Latest Styles in
- on or Water.
18 Water street.
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' A Race of Educated Mall-Enters,
The beautiful Island of Sumnta, two and
a half inns us large-as all New England, is
inhabited by 4,500,000 of people, among
whcm hardly any mimionary effort had, as
yet, been made. Parts of the island were
in possession of the Dutcb. and other parts
Were inhabited by independent tribes or
principalities, among whom the Butts peo-
ple, or Banks, were represented as the
most’intelligent and interesting; a tribe or
nation of about 350,000 souls occupying the
interior central portion of the islahd,im-
mediately South of the Achenese, with“
whom the Dutch are now at war.
The Bataks were generally mild and inof-
fensive, though fierce and revengeful in time
of conflict. In one respect they were the
most remarkable people anywhere to be
found-educated cannibals. They. had a.
written language, and books, and most of
the pepple could read, and yet they were
cannibals. They had an alphabet of their
own, consisting of twenty-two letters and
five vowel points. Their language was
quite original, yet Silee and melodionsr
much like the Italian, written like our own.
from left to right, and easily learned, and
' much used in all that region.
.Their books are written on the inner bark
'of a species of palm tree, their pen consist—
ing of a mere twig, or a fibre of a. leaf; their
ink made of a certain gum and the juice of
the sugar me. For ordinary purposes
they also wrote upon smooth bamboo sticks,
sometimes two inches in diameter and two
orlthreo feet long, making a letter, it might
be, big enough to knock a person down—
convanient for lovers delivering their own
epistle if they should not be graciously re-
ceived. '
Their literary works were really numerous
and yet not very wise, consisting largely of
buoks of divination,jugglery and the most
alsurd fables about the origin and destiny
of the great Betta nation. It will be seen,
therefore, that they had some ambition.
If they should, receive the Gospel they were
in' a good position to give it to others. Be-
sides, much of the island was nominally
Mohammedan, and, so far as the Dutch had
sway they had agreed to protect the Moham-
medan” religion from ullassult or interfer-
ence from without; but the Buttes were
simple heathen, and beyond Dutch control.
They believed in two Gods, one above and
one below—one good and one bad ; but their
'ideas were very vague and uncertain, and
they felt bound to pay greater homage to
the evil spirit than to the good, as they had
most to fear from him.
And yet, strange enough, French infidelity
and infidel books had found their way into
that country. The missionaries met one of
the former, who denounced the Bible as “all
a lie,” although he confessed that he had
never it, but boasted that he had read
Voltaire’s insane tirade against it ho less
than ten times. .
And, after all, this" cannibalism was of a
modified type. They did not seem to feed
on human flesh for mere love of it; nor
was it their settled habit, as with some
other people, to have regular feasts; but
portions of the flesh of their enemies, slain
in war, were tasted, as if in revenge, or as,
denoting complete triumph. The mission-
aries were, however, invited to one feast,
for ,which a boy seven years of age had been
Seized and killed and roasted, to be eaten
for the sins of his father, committed six
years before the little fellow was born.
The missionaries respectfully declined the.
invitation. ' . '
now srooLs ARE sums.
The birch is first sawed into sticks
four or five feet long and seven-eighths
of an inch to three inches square, accord-
ing to the size of the spool to be pro~
duucd. These sticks are thoroughly sea-
soned. They are sawed into short blocks,
and'jhe blocks are dried in a hot-air
kiln. At the time they are sawed a hole
Is bored'through them. One whirl of
the little block against sharp knives
shaped by a. pattern makes the spools at
the rate of one per second. A small boy
feeds the spool machine, simply placing
the blocks in .1. spout and throwing out
the knotty or defective stock.
The machine is automatic, but cannot
do the sorting. The spools are revolved
rapidly in drums and polish themselves.
For some purposes they are dyed yellow,
red, or black. They are made into thous-
:ulds of shapes and sizes. When one
sees a spool of thread “100 yar ” or
"200 yards,” these words do not signify
that the thread has been measured, but
that the spool has been gauged, and is
supposed to contain so much thread.
When a. silk or a. linen or a cotton firm
wants a spool made', it sends a pattern to
the spoolmaker. The pattbrn gives the
size and shape of the barrel and. of the
head and bevel. These patterns deter-
mine the amount of thread that the spool
will hold. One factory turns out 100,000
gross of 'spools per day, and consumes
2,500 cords of birch annually. Thirty-
five hands are employed in the mill.
During the Winter 250 woodochoppers
are sometimes employed.
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THE CHINESE EMPEROR.
The present Chinese emperor is a lad
thirteen years of age. He lives in a state
of semi-seclusion in the Palace of J an-
Chien-Tien, where he is waited on by a
staff of picked retainers, who never ap-
proach him ’otherwise than on their knees.
His mother visits him once a month, and
she kneels while uttering her first sen-
tence. Considering the extraordinary re-
spect in which parents are held in China,
no more cumplete recognition of the nuns-
cedent character of the imperial dignity
canbeimagined. His father goes through
exactly the same ceremonial. The em- ’
peror devotes two hours and a half daily
to the study of Chinese, and the same
time to Manchu. It is needless to say
that the professors approach him on their
knees ; but to mark the respect to letters
which Chinese traditions exact even from
the emperor, he invites, or rather com-
munds them to rise when the lesson be-
gins. He passes two hours each day in
riding and archery, and in winter he takes.
sledging exercise. Eight eunuchs wait
upon him at table, and have orders to
prevent his partakingl too freely of any of
his favorite dishes, as boys, even though
they be emperors, will sometimes do. He
sleeps in a magnificent Ningpo bed, the
frame of which is of massive gold . and
ivory, and which belonged to his distin-
guished ancestors, K’nng-Hai and Ch’ien
Lun .
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A POPULAR manusmzv.
‘It is generally urged that before one
can properly pronounce judgment upon
any mooted point. he must first hear all
that is to be said on both sides. This is
a fallacy. The proper course is to make.
up ono’s mindfirst, and hear the evi.
deuce afterwards. Having the mind3
made up, the evidence can easily be made '
to conform to one’s opinion; whereas, on
the contrary, if one is to listen to evi-
dence, first on one side, and then on the
other, one’s mind becomes confused by
the conflicting testimony, and it is well—
nigh impossible to come to any definite
conclusion. If one would judge rightly,
one’s mind should be unbiassed by evi-
dence either pro or con.
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Nothing so narrows the playground of
wit as when individual opinions and love
of truth stand therein as fixed, solid
pillars. . ,
Norwalk Chronicler