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‘flie Married Man.
Adown the street the married man
Starts off with hurried tread,
But from the door a wifely vorce”
Calls, “Don’t forget the broad.
0,1,, and turns to 8°.
(1 many
t calls him —“0
I”
He smiles and n
The careless marrie
'When loud the servan
You havn’t got the can
He nods again, in fretful style,
' But pulloth down his hat, .
And, 10, his sister with a smile, ”
Cries, "Wont youbrmg my hat ?
“Oh, yes" he shouts. and, truth to tell,
He need not about so loud ;' .
But shrills his son with stunning yell,
"Theatre tickets for the crowd.”
Bil daughter from the window high,
Estops him with a call ;
She wants a fan, o. pair of gloves,
A new pink parasol.
He bears no more; for down the street ,
His echoing footsteps fiy ;
All day long in measure fleet, ,
He-‘hums “Sweet-buy‘and-buy.
But whenths evening respite brings,
And his day’s toil is done,
Though told to get ahu
He hasn’t brought home one.
ROUSTABOUT.
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As Seen at Work Along the St. Louis Loves;—
A Wiorll Night Scene.
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at St. Paul Palmer-Press:
The laziest, most good—for-nothing, yet
most contented creature on earth, is .an
uneducated ncgro. Moncylund time alike
are of no object to him. Clothes are
held in disdain. and labor he regards With
an aversion that nothing else can equal.
Give him a hunk of “pone” bread, a
liberal slice of bacon. the soft side .of a
board or stone pile, where he may in: on
his stomach in the hot sun all day long,
and his ideas of bliss are at once com-
plete and eminently satisfied. I have had
ample opportunity during the past fcw
days of observing the haunts and. habits
of this hybrid. Along the lcvees, in back
streets, and out-of—the-way places, did
curiosity lead, and, though lacking the
authority of extensive observation, I
picked up sufficient information to feel
assured that I can give you a good general
idea of a class of beings. that most North-
erncrs know little about. The opening
of the river trade and cold weather have
brought hundreds of descendants of Ham
from the South, whither they fled at the
first approach of winter. ~The levee,
junk shops. cheap lodging houses, are
alike swarming with these vermin, to
which cling other smaller vermin, gener-
ally known as parasites, in infinitesimal
quantities. From the bridge to Carondov
‘let, haunting the steamboat landings. are
they found strewn along the levee, sleep-
ing, quarreling and fighting all day long.
They have no fixed habitation, and work
only when necessity compels, Their sole
occupation is the loading or unloading of
steamers, for which they are paid at the
rate of twenty cents an hour. The
regular roustabout or “deck hand” force
of every large steamer is allowed to rest
while “in port," as the termini of the
routes are termed, and instead of then)
the wharf rats are employed. or allagcs,
sizes, but of one‘condition, fearing neither
God nor man and presumably doubling
the existence of the devil, without regard
for law, avengiug petty wrongs and satis-
lying quarrels by cold steel or lead, they
are the most God forsaken and incorrig-
ible class of beings I ever met. A Zulu
would be amodel compared with one of
these, singing, happy-go-lncky, knife-
carryiug, treacherous rascals. A few
nights since the steamer Henry Frank,
the second largest craft in the lower
Mississippi trade, was in harbor loading
for New Orleans. Curiosity impelled me
_ levee-ward. Stopping atahotel for-slight
refreshment, I met a member of the local
deteclive force who, on learning my des-
tination, remarked that it ivus ticklish
business for a man with fairly decent
clothes lobe wandering on the levee after
dark unattended, and offered to escort me
provided l’d “set ’em up.” “S’pose I
ought to let you go alone; wc’vc too
many of you blamed newspaper men in
this town, anyway,” be supplemented
after having concealed four fingers of
Licking county bourbon about his person.
A night scene on the river loses much
of its nicturesquencss when surrounded
by high buildings. Then, too. the white,
steady light of the electric lamps has
superseded the flickering, smokc-emittiug‘
fiambeau'x.' No longer does the captain
of one steamer wage rivalry with his
neighbor, and instead of the hustle and
hurry of steamboating in auto bellnm
:days, the rushing to and from of the
officers, roustabouts and teams, the duties
of each are performed in a very perfunc-
tory manner. There’s plenty of life, but
no activity. But viewed from the hurri-
cane deck of the Frank. the scene Was,
after all, cnlivening. The levee at Si.
Louis is but a long granite paved gm-
bankment, descending from the railroad
tracks to the water’s edge. Long wharf—
boats answer the purpose indicated by
their name, and long bridges reaching
from cobble to boat. serve as means of
access for teams. Freight is delivered on
the wharfboata. and with a good force of
stevcdores a large steamer can be loaded
to the water's edge in a remarkably short
time. On the night I speak of there were
probably 100 of these niggcrs (they cannot
be even dignified by the names of negro
or darkey) stowing away freight on the
Henry Frank. At the gangway stood the
clerk of the company, checking off the
bills of lading; The male and assistants
were distributing the cargo in proper
places, observing the necessity of easy
access when the distribution of the bill of
goods was reached. and at the same time
placing them in such a manner as to
“settle" the boat squarely in the water.
Nor is this easily accomplished. The
“ballast,” as the stowage in the hold is
generally termed, may be in perfect
shape when the process of loading is com-
plete, but the removal of a hundred
barrels of whisky from one quarter ould
naturally affect the position of the vessel
and cause her to lean.ihus retarding the
s ced. ;
p0n both sides of the boat, just forward
at the boilers. the hatchways of the hold
were open, and into that capacious maw
were two atlfivari fellows, sliding barrels
of flour down curved gangways, repeating
with tiresome monotony the refrain,
Corresponde
“look out below !” alwnyé: wailing for “'0'
“aye, ayc,” before sending down the bar
rel. And such rough handling does
freight of this nature receive that the
vessel's carpenter was kept busily em—
played in rcheadiug and putting new
hoops on burstcd barrels. The captain
sat on the vessel's rail smoking a cigar,
rivalling Munchauscn. while regaling a
party of listeners with stories of the
steamboat business "befo’ the wab," in-
terjecling oaths of a copious length,
breadth, depth andvigor at a lazy nigger,
who came up the stairway with a 200
pound box or bag on his shoulder. From
the depths of the hold came a refrain that
was weird, and yet musical, such only as
can issue from the broad chest ofa negro,
in which adozen more voices would occa-
sional] oin.
Theylgng line of roustabouta seemed
unbroken, an hour after hour tney stowed
away the freight. Each armed with a
long.stick, in one end of which wasa
sharp spike and a small hook-like projec-
tion, with which they pushed barrels and
casks, singing and whistling, each seem-
ing to vie with the other in lazy good
nature, regardless of knocks, kicks and
curses. The scene was a study for an
anthropologist, though I doubt much if
he could find aught' of resemblance
to humanity among these poor devils save
the attributes of form and speech.
One thing that-surprises me much is the
apparent fact that none but Soutlicrncls
are engaged in thc slcanibonting business.
It may be that I am mistaken in this
assertion ; but of all the captains, masters,
mates, clcrks, ctc, that I navu seen, not
one can “pronounce the letter “r," or say
“about,” “house," or any word with the
combination "on" in it, in a manner other
than that peculiar to the Gulf states.
They all dress well, wear loud jewelry
and plenty of it, swear like an Arkansas,
and drink raw whiskey in quantities that
would aslonish even the alcoholconsum-
ing Scandinavians. The river business is
far from what it was, however. Time
was when a steamer would clear from
$15,000 to $25,000 for her owners in a
single trip; but in these days of railroad
freight wars the shipper is prone to take
advantage of cheap. rates and quicker
transportation. It is difficult to even
approximate the earnings of 'slcum'crs
today, as the owners are reticent, and
business not over good, but it is fair to
assume that they are not so large by one
third as in those olden times when a
steamboat captain was a greater man than
the president, and cotton was king.
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Wilton Farmers’ Club.
The 17191 meeting of the Wilton
Farmers’ club was held at the residence
of John Dudley, March 17.
Presidenl-—The last few evenings a
decided interest has been added to our
meetings. It is no doubt owing to
the presence of so many ladies. They
have contributed much by their talks,
essays and presence. ,It was thought this
subject would be of interest to them when
it was chosen. I am glad they appreciate
it, and show it by being on hand.
Mrs. Susan Green—Tho first would be
running water to my house. Then I
should like to add a creamer.
Is it a woman’s work to milk? was
asked, and she answered, “Help to do it,
and occasionally, if necessary, do it all.
It is important to know how to milk.
Frcczmg cream will churn as quickly as
unfrozen, and my experience [caches me
will bejnst as good.” Oh working bulbz-r,
the ladies wcrc equally divided as to
whether the man or woman should do it,
SIme saying it needed man’s strength,
and some didn't want a man to work her
butter.
Mrs. Francis Smith had the imprcssion
that crcamery buttrr was of a softer
nature, and wouldn’t shunt up as well as
open system.
Mrs. D. H. VunHooscar, and others,
said it. was not so; lhat she took it. with
no special can: to tile Norwalk fair, and
it stood up wull on tho tablc all through
the fair. .
All universally said wash butler.
sinks were favored over wooden.
The sccretury saidz—Wc are told that
02° in winter is the right temperature
to churn butter; but I have experimented
on this somc and find that I- prefer 70°.
The butter may not be as hard when it
comes; but I can very quickly harden it
with cold watt-r.
The president agreed that this met his
experience (both have dairy floating
thermometprs) and said that to get good
butler working it in a good condition was
necessary, and he was delighted with the
creamery system of making butter, over
the open-pun system. The Krcbeil steam
cooker was recommended by two‘ who
had them. It needed a little longer to
cook victuals, but they are much better;
splendid for puddings, green corn, graham
bread, canning fruit, warming up or
keeping warm, ctc.
Secretary—Those I have sold have
given perl‘cct satisfaction.
Dudley said he didn’t know much about
housekeeping, but he could see that very
many things were very convenient, and
many more might be added to the list to
lighten the work of the ladies. He liked
to ace and meet a good natured woman,
and that if everything convenient had
been provided you might expect more of.
this nature. He gave his idea of a model
pantry. He did very woll. His mould-
ing board. for makiug bread and “mixing
up puddings on" created a smile from
some of the ladies; but they nodded their
heads of approval if they. could all have a
pantry arranged as good.
The president thought it was "well for
the wives to try new utensils if their
husbands got them, instead of saying
“Oh! I don’t know anything your new
style.” This trinig and inquiring into
these things would encourage him to buy
them for her.
Iron
conveniences better than the household.
It would hardly pay for a farmer to make
it too convenient, or his wife will not be
at home much of the time. She will have
more time to visit her neighbors. ‘ But of
course I am in favor of the necessaries
even in or about the house.“ ,
Bedient—W but do the ladies call house-
hold conveniences? Some would have
three parlors in their houses, but I don't
call them such. In building I should
first plan the kitchen, and then add my
other rooms to accommodate that. I
my farm, and then over the fence. My
living room should be my room, well
furnished with books, music, etc; a good
social place to live. Plenty of closets
down stairs. Not an oil cloth should
enter my house. To appreciate one, hop
out of bed when it last zero on, to an oil
cloth, and see how much better you like
them. Our houses are generally poorly
arranged. I wish somebody would give
us a practical, sensible, cheap,'convenicnt
house, adapted to our purposes hereabout,
There are. plenty of drafts sent out, but
they are most of them odd as Dick’s hat
band—go half way round‘ and tuck under.
The secretary said he was much in.
terested in the subject. [and if anybody
would convince him there was anything
within his reach that was worth in con-
venience the money paid, he would get it
at once. He would like to talk an hour
on the subject, but as it was then half
past ten o'clock he would limit himself to
five minutes. lic wont over, briefly,
clothes-lines, soap. butter-stamps, spice
boxes, wash benches, fruit cans, stove
pipes, bay windows, cutting boards,
carpet sweepers, etc, and said it was
every husband’s duty to look out for
these many important things needed in
the household.
adjourned:
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Mrs. Frank Leslie is giving a series of
very elegant receptions preparatory to her
expected marriage.
. It was a valuable scrap of newspaper
that JosephCowrrd, a printer, picked up
in a store at Carthage, Tenn, a few days
since. It had been torn from a Virginia
paper, and when he read it, to his delight-
ful surprise, he saw an advc’rtiscment
asking for infmmation' of his wherea-
bouts. He promptly answered it and
learned that by the death of an uncle in
southern Virginia he had fallen heir to a
fine plantation, much personal property
A. Jackson said he could talk on farm
should put the parlor on the back part of»
Personal Journalism.
New York Letter: The personal pro.
noun seems to be the latest “fad” in jour-
nalism. Nearly all the daily papcrs now
haveadepartmcnt written by mm.- one
person, who writes his own cxpcricnocs
and thoughts for the benefit of its readers.
The Tribune has two such dcpnrtmcms,
one of which appears exclusively in 'tbo
Sunday edition of that paper, called,
“The Broadway Note Book,” written by
George Alfred Townsend. On the other
days of the week there is a column of
“Town Talk,” written in a similar vein.
The World, in its Sunday issue, has a
column headed “The Valet," in which
is a great deal of gossip and personality.
The Times has just added a similar col-
umn to its pages, called “The Philosopher
in Sociciy." “The Philosopher” has not
yet the light touch of “The Valet” or the
“Broadway Lounger," but he will proba-
bly be light enough bcforc he has been
long philoao'phizing. It is astonishing
how popular such departments are. I
think the reason is that people like to get
right at the personal opinion of a 'writer.
In the ordinaryxncwspapcr writing there
is so much impcrsonality of‘ ‘thought and
expression that one docs not get up quite
the interest in it that hedocs in what is
knows to be one parsou’s ideas. The
Frcnch understand this, and therefore
the most of their newspaper articles are
signed. 1 am more interested in Mr.
Smallcy's letters to the Tribune from
London because I know they are written
by Mr. Smallcy andisigned by his initials
than if they were unsigned and I did not
know who wrote them. The “Tribune
Correspondent” might be anybody, but
Mr. Smallcy is a tangible person, and I
can take satisfaction to myself by praising
or abusing him as his notes and comments
strike me. One of the most popular
things that the London Illustrated News
ever did was to secure three columns of
personal chat every week from Mr. George
Augustus Sala. In his recent book,
“Living London," made up from this (is
partment in the Illustrated News. Mr.
Sala tells of the enormous amount 'of cor- .
rcspondcncc that he receives on account
of the “Echoes of the Week; and the
interest they cxcitc among people show;
that the editor of the Illustrated News
was wise in adopting it. I have had no
end of people tell me that the first thing
they turn to in the Sunday Tribune is Mr.
Townsend’s "Note Book.” Not that they
care for Mr. Townsend, not that they are
particularly interested in what he says,
but that they get at a certain frcsb person
ality. Them: personal columns that I
speak of are not to be confounded with
the society columns of these papers, which
give personal gossip about unintcrI-sling
people.
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Wealth of the Presidents.
Ulicn Herald: General Grant’s wealth
is estimated at £200,000, which makes
him the richest ex-prcsidcnt since
Buchanan. Hayes is not rich, though in
a well-to-do condition. Andy Johnson
and Abraham Lincoln each lcft $50,000.
Millard Fillmore made a snug fortune out\
of the law, and was comparatively rich
when he became president. General
Taylor saved his army salary, and was in
independent circumstances when elected
to the presidency. He held the office
hardly a year and a half, and left a prop-
erty worth $50,000. Tyler was a bank-
rupt when the death of Harrison made
him [Ircsidcnh and be married a forluue
in Miss Gardner. He went out of office
a rich man, but he became a leader in the
confederacy, and his property was sunk
in the general ruin occasioned by the war.
James K. Polk had a good opportunity to
make money before his election, and he'
was an economist by nature. He left
$150,000. Martin VanBuren was the
richest of all our presidents, his estate
being estimated at $800,000. He made
money as a lawyer and aleo'asa politician,
and his real estate purchases became in)-
menscly profitable, but his money has
been almost entirely wasted by his heirs.
' Andrew Jackson was not a money-making
man. lle lived nine years after the ex-
piration of officc, and left only a large
landed estate, commonly known as the
Hermitage. John Quincy Adams was a
methodical business man and an econo-
mist. He left about $60,000, which at
that time was a large sum,
Washington was arlch man for his day,
his wealth being solely due to marriage.
Mount Vernon was not a productive
property, but Mrs. Curtis brought him a
large fortune which she inherited from
her first husband. Viewing our presidents
in a merely pecuniary estimate, there are
‘a hundred men in this city each of whom
could buy out the whole of them. When
one contemplates their true worth, how
ever, one sees bow utterly poor mere
wealth becomes in comparison.
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Literary Notes.
Henry James’s new three part story
“Lady Barbarian," will be begun in the
May Century. The hero isa wealthy
young American, who goes by the title of
doctor, though his “practice" is more a
form of having something to do in tho
world than a reality. The story concerns
his courtship of the second daughter of
an English marquis—whose family have
views on New York as a home for aristo-
cratic English ladies and on the social
value of a medical title,—-and also con-
cerns the domestic problems growing out
of their marriage.
A soriesofprofuscly illustrated papers
on “Recent Architecture in America" will
be, begun in the May Century. “Pullc
Buildings" is the subject of the first
article. The writer of the codes is Mrs.
Schuyler Van'Rensselacr, whose recent
papers on “Art and Artist.” have shown
knowledge, careful study, appreciation,
and felicity of statement.
Chas. G. Leland’s articles on “Brass
Work" in the July St' Nilwolas proved so
popular a feature that the editor has
secured ‘a series of papers onkindrcd arts
from the same author, [The first one of
these, on "Leather Work,” will appear in
the May number.
Elizabeth Stewart Phelps has written
for the May“ St. Nicholas a short paper
entitled "Supporting Herself,” which
will be a concise statement of the obliga.
tions which she considers all girls are
under to suppbrt themselves, and of the
means of doing so.
H. C. Pedder of the great house of
Arnold, Constable _& Co. has pub.
lisbed several interesting volumes. and is
also a-contributor to the Manhattan, in
which he is a leading proprietor.
The appearance on Saturday last of the
first copy of the long-looked-for book of
the Hon. James C. Blain’s, untitled
“Twenty Years in Congress; or, Lincoln
to Garfield,” sets at rest the vast amount
of gossip and speculation as to whether
its issue would be delayed or not until
after the Republican National convention
in Chicago next J one.
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George Ehret is one of the wealthiest
brewers in New York, his property being
variously estimated at from two to. three
millions, all made since he landed on these
shores from Germany twenty-five years
ago
In eighteen months seventy-five new
young doctors have settled in Minneapolis,
bringingiug the whole number of physi-
cians in one of the healthiest cities in the
Union p to about 200. on the basis of
a popu ation of 80,000 this gives one doc-
tor to every 400 souls, which ought surely
and several thousand dollars in cash.
to be enough.
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.
Madjeroni is playing “Fedora" '1‘ im-
mense housesjn Australia.
Theodore Thomas has received u l on -'
of $5,000 by the death of a l'll'il : '1- ml.
Joe Jefferson will travel for adult."
weeks next season, and in a privalc cai-
Wallack’s company wlll start WEI-l. lll
May. They will play “Lady Clare" non
“Moths.”
Tom Nast is accused of wanting to
play a comedictta, and have Jimmy
Morrissey as his manager.
Tony Pastor has been before the public
for years and yet is no richer than he was
at the beginning of his career.
’ Minnie Palmer has been presented [0
their royal blghnesses the Prince and
Princess of Wales and is supremely
happy. .
It is erroneously stated that Cleveland
is the native city of Miss Clara Morrir.
The lady was, in fact, born in Toronto,
Canada.'
Mr. Charles H. Hoyt, author of the
farce of “A Bunch of Keys,” has written
a play called “A Bag Baby," which will
be produced at Tony Pastors' theatre.
Miss Ada Cavendish has a new play,
entitled “A Wife’s Victory,” in ~which
she appears at the Novelty theatre, Lon-
don. The author is Mr. Frank Harvey.
Quite a bit ,has been made at the
Madison Square theatre, in New York, by
Miss Ellie Hawkins, u little girl who
came out of the West [.0 study for’ the
stage.
Lydia Thompson is coming over here
in August with her pretty daughter, who
is u very good actress, known on the
London stage by the name of Miss
Tilbury. ‘ '
Mary Anderson would not play on me
evening of Prince Leopold’s funeral in
London, and the manager of the theatre,
where her engagement is being fulfilled,
is talking of suing her for damages.
It is icporfed that Boucicault will be
manager of a theatre in New York city
next season. He failed in the manage-
ment of Booth's theatre and has of late
hardly hold his own as a performer, but
still hopes for success.
Col. J. H. Haverly will sail for England
on May 17. The Mastodon Minstrels,
sixty-fivc in number, will sail on the
same vessel. The company will open at
the Drury Lane theatre, May 31, and
travel through England, Ireland, Sci“.-
land and France.
Wilkes Booth, to those who knew him
well, Was always considered more or less
of a crank, and if he had not been so, the
plot would have been blown upon by
several in time to save the president’s
life. Booth asked two or more actors to
join him, but they all thought he was
jesting. .
A St. Louis reporter saw Frcdd e
Gcbhardt in that city recently sitting in
his shirt alcoves in Mrs. Langtry's private
car, reading a newspaper. .Mr. Gcbhcrdt
has been traveling with Mrs. Laugh-y
since tho 5th lush, returning to New
York occasionally for the purpose of.
throwing ofi suspicion.
Miss Currie Swain, who made a success
all over the country in "Cad the Tomboy,”
is shortly to be married to Charles B.
Palmer, secretary of thc jElna Insurance
company in Hartford. Mr. Palmer has
long been a sincere admirer of the actress,
and helped her materially when she was
starting out as a star. It resulted in love
and will now end in marriage.
Mrs: Langtry has written home as
follbws t) a newspaper friend in London :
“My success here on this visit, unaided
by any manager, and without the assist-
ance of what is called ‘hooming,’ has
given me great courage. I believe I have
made a considerable advance this year. I
have assuredly worked and studied hard,
and I think this must tell, though I feel
that I have still a great déal to learn. I
return in July and play sixteen weeks in
the provinces. After that my plans are
uncertain; perhaps 1 may make another
four in America.
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PEOPLE WE TALK ABOUT.
Mark Twain is forty—eight years old.
The Princess Louise indulges in slang.
Bonnei’s Wealth is rated at $7,000,000.
President Arthur’s cook receive $1,800
a year. .
Jenny Lind lives in retirement in
London. ‘ '
Jay Gould's net profits are nine dollars
a minute.
Fanny Davenport is better looking than
she was five years ago.
Queen Victoria has developed quite a
. passion for letter wriling.
G. W. Childs receives an average of
200 begging letters a day.
Gail Hamilton has gone South and will
remain until the approach of summer.
G. W. Curtis says the American has lost
his sensitivcness to‘English criticism.
Edwin Booth is troubled witha hacking
cough which mars his performances.
The Misses Longfellow, daughters of
the poet, will return to America in July.
Secretary Lincoln resembles his father
in personal appearance only from the eyes
up; .
Tennesfisce believes that her defaulting
treasurer, ,Polk, is not dead, but living in
Mexico.
Senator Tom Bowen, of Colorado, is
said to be the best poker player in the
world.
Bob Bordello, the humorist. nails the
photographs of his friends on the inside
of his sanctum door.
C. B. Lewis, the humorist of the ,De-
troit Free Press, is to come cast and settle
down with the country.
Forty—three years ago last Thursday,
Horace Greeley published the first number
of the New York Tribune.
John Bright does not care for novels.
He thinks that the perusal of them is too
much like the more study of dreams.
Miss Chamberlain, the young American
whose beauty has attracted so much ad-
miration in Europe, is to spend a month at
Newport this summer.
‘ Ex Secretary and Mrs. Windom are'
now in Italy. They have not changed
their original intention of returning home
early this summer, probably by June.
Mrs. Kale Chase, formerly Mrs.
Spraguc, has taken a house in the
Avenue du ,Bois de Boulongc in'Parfs
and proposes to live there for a time.
Prince Bismarck’s 'annual revenues
amount to about $25,000. He lives quiet-
ly, but is hospitable, and wishes all his
visitors to feel at home under his roof. 0
Miss Voorhecs, daughter of the generous
and brilliant senator of Indiana, is perm
ing hcr musigl studies abroad and will
not return to America until bcxt s‘ummer.
Win. A. Croffnft,’ the well-known cor-
respondent, sailed on the 10th inst from
Vera Cruez by the steamer Alexandria,
expecting to reach New York on or about
the 218i.
Mrs. Pearson, until rcccutly Miss Ayer,
the medicine millionaire’s daughter, has
sent directions by cable for the purchase
of the Villard palace onMadiaon avenue,
New York.
General Boynton is the oldest corre-
spondent in consecutive service in Wash-
ington, and is generally respected and
liked. He isapparently about fifty years
of age. He is.a nervous, wiry-looking
person,~not above medium height, with a
full beard, which is sprinkled with gray
snapping eyes, jerky manners and simple
habits. Ho dresses plainly and looks
much as the average department clerk is
supposed to look.
TURKS WITHOUT PI'I T.
The correspondent of the Load on News
writes as follows of the atrocities at Klin-
sura : “ But the dead are less to b e pitied,
than the living. They have bee n reduc-
ed from case and comfort to the c ondition
of wild animals-without a home, without
shelter, without bedding, almost without
clothing, and living on what food they
can pick up from day to day. There are
women here who have known comfort,
who are weak and ill, and who bava
three and four little mouths to feed.
They go out in the fields, reap enough
wheat for the day's food,painfully thrash
it out with their. hands, pound it into
flour between two stones,and bake it into
bread for their little ones day by day;
and sleep, like the foxes in the corner of
a ruined wall on a little straw at night.
There are little children here, haggard
and thin and sickly, sleeping almost on
the bare ground, and, when it rains, on
the wet ground. Nobody who has not
seen it can imagine the misery caused by -
the burning of a village. The most
systematic and conscientious pillage is'a
mere trifle as compared to it. The
people in the case of pillage still haven "
roof over them; they still have their
hearths and. their fireplaces; they still
have their homes, in short, though strip-
ped and denuded. After everything
valuable has been taken there remains in
every household a mass of objects that
are not worth carrying away-bedding,
clothing, furniture,cooking utensils,even
food, among which the family will find
enough to replace, however poorly, what-
ever has been taken, enough for the first
necessities of civilized life. But if, after
pillagedzlie match is applied, these homes
are annihilated; these poor worn-out ob-
jects—the cast-off clothing, the rugged
bedding, the broken cooking utensils,
which are so worthless and yet so prec-
ious,are all consumed, and the people are
reduced to the condition of wild animals.
The authorities had sent some tents
here for the people, which were old and
ragged, capable of sheltering them‘from
the sun, but not from the rain. But
there were not enough for all. The Mudir
likewise received a little food now and '
then, which be distributed, which barely
kept those who had no harvests or other
means of existence from starving. But
there was not enough, and the supply
was uncertain, and might cease at any
moment. When we were starting the
women and children gathered around us
by the hundred, and blocked up the way.
They showed us thin, Jagged clothing,
and said, ‘See, we were rich; we had a
house, and furniture, and cattle, and
sheep, and these rags are all we have
left.’ They bared their lean, skinny
arms,to show 'us their fearful emaciation;
they bared their shrunken, .shriveled
breasts, at which lean,hagga.rd, wretched
babes were tugging, to show us they had
no milk. God knows,their hollow cheeks,
and sunken eyes, and despairing faces
were proof enough. They said, ‘We are
starving; our babes are starving—story.
ing to death. Can you do nothing for
us?’ And we could do nothing; nothing
but shed useless tears. '
And the Turks of the neighboring vil-
lages, who have taken the horses and
sheep and cattle of these starving women
and children, their clothing and bedding,
and the tiles from their roofs, come to
the village sometimes, and ride through
on the horses they have stolen, looking
upon this misery with indifferent eyes.
We saw several hero who had come out
of mere curiosity, well fed, fat, insolent,
smiling their contempt for the starving
beings around them. The Turk is not
only without pity, he is without patriot-
ism. He does not look upon these. people
as his neighbors, his countrymen. He is
too ignorant and stupid to know that in
injuring them he is injuring himself,that
lie is attacking his own country. He
knows no such thing as country. He
only knows Islam. The people of India,
the nomadic tribes of Central Asia, whom
he has never seen, of whom he has heard
once or twice perhaps in his life, are
nearer to him than his next-door neigh-
bors. The words country, patriotism, do
not exist in his language. That these
Christians, his near neighbors, are his
countrymen, that on them as much as on
himself depends the greatness and pros-
perity of his country, is a. fact which has
no place in his mind, which has no influ-
ence on his acts. He (only knoWs that
they form no part of the religion of Mo-
hainmed, and he looks no further.
When we left the «tillage a hundred of
these women ran after us for a mile,with
their cries and lamentations. It seems
bring them food or succor of some kind
and when they learned that we had only
come to make an inquiry, their disap-
pointment Was bitter and overpowering
and they sat down by the wayside, with
Llleil‘ little ones about them, crying and
wringing their hands,rocking‘themselves
to and fro, and moaning, rather to them-
selves than for us : ‘ What shall we do ?
What shall we do ? -We are starving!
We are starving! We are starving to
(IL nth .’ ”
5—9::
A Basorin DOCTOR.
A doctor, in the‘Landes,.as is Solognr.
or.Vendec, has no bed of roses to lie
upon. He is in constant antagonism
with a rival professional, the sorcerer, or
witch-healer, who cares ague and fever
by the aid of simples and charms; and
he finds himself eternally thwarted by
those malsficenthags, the “wisewomen,”
or “disuses,” who are the pest of rural
Franco, and who negative every precept
he can utfcrnstofreshairmlemliness
for the sick, and especially the hygenic
conditions necessary for the roaring of
weakly children. It may seem scarcely
credible that in the nineteenth century
there should be cranes who make a. living
by preaching dirt. vermin, and neglect
as essential for the health of the young ;
but every village practitioner from Tours
to Bayonne knows, to his vpxation, that
such is the case. Medical science does
not receive, in the country, s unbesi-
toting respect which it meets in the
greattowns. Ifa rural doctor is also a
skilled veterinary surgeon, as sometimes
happens, well and good. The cure of a
lame horse or a sick cow does more to in~
finance the bucolic mind than the mos
eloquent of expositions. '
Life underlies all action, death termi-
nates it. Every one admits this; but
few seomtorealizethatbetween fullness
of life and death existinnumcrable shades
or degrees—that just. in proportion to the
wealth of vitality that any one possesses
will be his powers in variyus directions.
2V9 1:31:21, condemn suicide ; bill we
orge every j, from the
cup of life to fibmmw par-
takes of the same _ g . If no gave
no right to take the whole, whit can $6
us a right to take the portion of it, ”or
There is something divine in tho soi-
enco of numbers. Like God, it lfoldsthe
seain the hollow of its hand. It meas-
ures the earth; it weighs the stars; it
illuminell the universe; it is law, it is
they thought at first we had come to _
c1 :1 blood ml or. Dr.
Hui
Absolutely Pure.
purity. strcn
murders.
v.1 l'ownnu 00., 106 Wall St. N. Y.
This Powder never varies. A marvel of
fill], and wholesor-icness. More
economical] an the‘ordlnary kinds. and can.
"OI-P0 gold in competition with the multitude
at low'test, short weight, ullum or phosphate
Sold only in cans. Koran Bax-
ly~l3
NORWALK, CON 1:, TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1884.
‘M~.———o_— .—
Two DOLLARS A- YEAR.
GAZETTE.
Number 17.
Questionable mlvrts. not inserted at any prion.
All Bills Colleclablc Monthly and Yea-rm
Accounts at pro rala Rates.
'Job Printinw of .
ever Var: t
Nanny, QUICK; a (7er 15an21:.
DR. D. HITCH COCK,
Cor. of West Avon
Berkeley Plac'g: and
Third house below
Ollico flours fro
‘0 do. in.
[llnliioOpathic I‘hyaici’l '
. . n and .5
Residence in the Charles I “no“.
' Wall st.. Nor-walk, Ct.
Ulhcc hours till flu. m..1toa and 7 to 8p m
l
E
l
l
l
the Methodist Church
m7 to 9 a,m.,2ro 3,and7
H. BALDWIN, M. D..
suacs Homestead.
Only the Best l-
a
W. A. VOGEL,
Mauritania Pharmacist,
AND
Dr. T.E SWlFT,
DENTIST.
Crowning system .
W [light Hand Boll.
43.14EX. '8. Gi-IBt-SON,
Teacher of
Composition,
Lock Box 30. P. 0., NORWALK.CONN. -
N
w
Druggiil mm? lpothecar ',
DEAL i} ll\
Drugs, Chemicals, Fain filmiii.
Toilet flrticlcs, Soups.
Perfumes, Patent .Medi
since, 673., 5‘0.
Appliance.
Proprietor of “I’iaistcd’s Cough
Remedy,” and “Old Well Co-
logne,” “Iron Tonic Bitters,” Our
'Own Condition Powders, and
Sfll'Sflpfll'lilfi.
Cor. Main and Wall sts., Norwalk.
62 Washington St, So. Norwalk.
it oh, Ballot Co
MANUFACTURERS 01“ .‘l'. DEALIC {SKIN
LUMBER,
TIMBER,
.SHINGLES,
‘ LATH,
DOORS.
sass.
BLINDS‘,‘
MOLDING
WINDOW FRAMES,
PICKETS, so.
Veneercd Hard Wood Work,
Hard wood Ceiling & Flooring
So. Norfcvalk. Goran.
Will be mailed FnEE to all a pllcants and to
customers of last year wit out ordering it.
It contains illustrations, rices, descriptions and
directions for planting al Vegetable and Flower
Seeds. Plants. eic. Invaluable to all.
D. M. F ERR! & ”mm“
. Illicit.
Vega-tine.
W ILL CURE
Scrofula. Scrofulous Humor, Cancer. Cancer-
ous Humor. El'g/slpclus, Canker. Salt
Rheum. Pimples or Humor in the face,
Coughs a Colds, Ulcers, Bron-
. chills. u'algia, Dyspepsia,
Rheumalsm, Pains in. the
Side, Constipation. (las-
liveness.1’lles, iz—
ineslecatlachc.
Nervousncss, Pains in the Back. Falnlness at
the Stomach, Kltlnc‘y ' Complaints, Female
Weakness and Genera chill‘ly,
This preparation is scientifically and chem-
ically com incd, and so strongly concentrated
from roots, hcrbs,.au rka, that its good ef-
fects are realized imm lately after commenc-
ing to take it. ’lhcre is no disease of the
human system for which the VEGETINE can-
not be used with Psnr‘ccr ’sat‘arr, as it docs
not contain any metallic compound. For
orndlcuting the system of all impurities of the
blood it has nocqual. It has never failed to
oficct a cure, givmg tone and strength to the
system debilitated by unease. Its wonderful
efi'ccts upon the com lauits named are sur-
prising to all. Many ave been cured by the
.EGITINE that have tried many other reme-
dies. It can well be called
The trial Blfllll 1111th
Dr. W. ROSS, Writes:
Hero/"Illa. Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia. Rheu-
matism, Weakness.
H. R. Stevens, Boston:
even the smallmt part ? have been practising medicine for 25 years
and as a remedy for Ucrofula, Liver Com-
‘N— plaint, Dyspepsia, Rheumatism, Weakness
and all diseases of the blood. I have never
found lts equal 1 have sold Vegetins for 7
an and have never had one bottle returned.
would hearth recommend it to those in need
W. BOSS. Drugglst,
sent. ‘18, 878. Wilton, Iowa.
order, it in beauty.
Vegetine is sold by all Druggists.
[lit B. PLAISTEIJI
Agent for Wilsonia Magnetic
orrosrrn HORSE n. monsoon
i
To the Public.
EEG tbhc firstfiand only one in this place
in. cm aim the dead success!
(iallzlutgcnugtiuliélgn oAf' thcpublic to ‘iiig’isuwczglsg
. _ . man by the nan '
gloom was drowned at the propcllcilcd‘ii‘clivbnri
. aturday cvcnrng,Sept. LEM. The body was
‘b‘uoughtto my place and cmbulmed by mo
. for being se_en by hundreds of people dur:
mg th: week, it was buried on Sunday Sept:-
3lst, inn remarkable stale of prescrvrition 8
(lays alter «mini. WM. E. QUINTARD.’
NEW .IIARKET:
N o. 6 Main Street, N orwalkflt.
THE BEST OF
Beef, Veal,lllutton,Lamb, Pork,
HAMS,POULTRY ac alwa
. .. s on b
gory lowest. markc't print. {JAMEagfdaali
India in its season. Try me; I willtrytosuit.
Vinita“. LUCK WOOD. late wmi Adams Bros.
BERNARDIC—OIHN.
sic-chant Tailor
'r- I! U) l'LDING, “’1! LI. ST"
A FULL LINE OF
rm; . ' :. e: .52 Domestic Cloths
ol li . -Iylcs, constantly on hand.
11:13,: . '. . . :i'h Suitings. . Satisfaction
m \' particular.
J. in bi n llurlbutt,
than} I i it: who u" Lav
[loom ... ‘lalra,
GAZETTE BUIL. " M)!:WA|.lf.
nova a a: snack,
54 MAIN STREET.
SOUTH NUIHVALK, CT.,
PRACTICAL PLUMBEES,
Steam and Gas Fitters. Dealers in Plumbers’
and Steam Fitters’ Supplies
and Gas Fixtures.
Jobbing promptly attended to. 1 y?!
AMERICAN HOUSE.
J. C. COLLINS, PROFILETOR
16 Main sir-cot, Norwalk, Conn.
We are prepared to furnish meals at all
hours and at lowest possible rates, in the best
manncr. OystersuSpec-inlty.‘ Good accom-
modation for transient. You will do well to
give usa call ly13
The Norwalk Fire Insurance Co.
Has now completed its
18th Successful Business Your
And has not outstanding a dollar of unpaid
losses or .of claims for losses. No sound
company insures at lower rates.
W.O.S'rnln’r.Pres..S.E.0Lusr1:.lD Tr as.
Gama. CowassSso’v; ’ e
Carriage Making
AND
‘Repalring.
AT
13:. TInLY’s
Main 51., South Norwalk, Ct
sonar 3. SMITH,
F L O R I S T,
EAST SIDE 01“ MAIN ST., SOUTH
OF RAILROAD,
City ofSouth N orwalk, Conn
Plants & Flowers alallseasons
Flowers for Funcralsl‘urnished and taste
fully arranged to order at short notice.
SMITH & HUBBARD,
’r .
ohfi‘ices 3.4 and 6 Exchange Building, cor
Main andWall Sta. Bridgeport, Conn. 1y51
4.;
Iichunn,
Is offering Special .Inducr ments
for the next 60 days in
Parlor Stoves, Chandeliers
and Hanging Lamps.
Prices on Decorated Din -
ner and flea Sets, China,
Porcelain and Glass Ware
are as Low as the Lowest-
teat Chamber Sets, from
$5.00 to $15-00.
I have several" Second-hand
Cook Stoves and Ranges all in
good order and at low prices.
Tin and Wooden Ware,
Silver Plated Ware, '
and Clitlf”""'
r
Everything you want in the
{0|le Fur-"ishing Goods line, at
1... .3 . ourtis’s,
0
MAIN STREET.
Money to Loan.
Enquire- of o.‘ E. WILSON. No. assume
Building. Norwalk. Conn. tfls
Artificial teeth without plates by the perfect
“mead; Residence No. 9 ‘Vost Ave.
Organism: tho First Congregational (ll'urch
Plano-Forte, Organ and Musical
.- 5. column}:
FURNISHING UNDERTAKER
EMBIIMER
Itcsidcnoc 143 Mnlh St. Tclephonecouncctian.
Mew patterns in Decorat-
tuuni on in Ines. -
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Druggist,
21 Main Street, Norwalk, Ct.
None but absolutely pure and
perfectly fresh and reliable medi-
cmal 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.
Izrlccs Reasonable! 6m30
Agent for Dr. Holland’s
fever and agile pills, an in-
fallible remedy for chills
and fever, dumb agile, and
all forms of malaria.
PETER L. GUIGUE.
FLORIST HUS YMAN
ION AVENUE,
North of Norwalk Cemetery,
NDEWAIJS, (EDEN.
Dealer in Green House and Hot House and
bedding and Vegetable Plants. Fruit and Dr
namenlal Trees.Shrubbei-y, Vines. Gut Flow-
ers always on hand and all sorts of designs in
Flowers arranged to order.
Grading and Ito-fitting Cemetery Plots
promptlyattcndcd to.
_l_
41y21
Orient Pulmonaire!
Orton! Pulmonafre cures Asthma.
orient Pulmonulre cures Bronchitis.
(II-lent rnlmonalrc cures Coughs and
flurrgencssb l
r eul. u monalro curcs' all Throa
and Lung Troubles. . I "
mrlenl Pulmonnlre contains no pow-
erlul anodyne.
Orient Pulmonnlre is pleasantto take.
. orient Pnlmonalre is speedy in its
effects.
(Irlenr Pulmonalro is manufactured by
PORTER & BENEDICT,
Loc . Box “7, WATERBURY, CONN.
PHILAIELHIA BRANCH:-—l37 W. 3d St
41-6m
P. W. BATES
AT [115
MARBLE & tannin]:
On Water Street.
HAS NEW DESIGNS IN
Head Stones. Monuments and
all kinds ofMemorlal Work.
CALL AND SEE THEM. llllf
TNA INSURANCE Co. of HART-
FORD. Incorporated 1812. Charter
Perpetual. '
Capital and Anon,~- 88.002.272.64
Insuresagal tloss and damage by Fire, on
t‘cirtuilstugopate ti; the halfll'tli andvconuvfstent
wso compcnsa on. CO LES
fignflilgmhh, Sole Agents for Norwalk and
Geo. Ward Selleck,
Baa in his New Store,
HAIIIIIIBOI'SIEW illlfl, "All “I!“
A completeassortmentof the best classot
GROGERIE8,PHOVIS|0N8.FBIIITS
acuforfamilyusemt Popular Prices. His
stockis at all times fresh and goodmnd will
stand comgarison with those of an Grocer
in town. all in and leave your or on. 28“
The Phonii 60.,
0F STAMFBBII, COIN... ‘
Manufacturers of and Dealers in
FINE EARRIAGES.
Established In 1850.
Have a good assortment on hand
which they will sell at 'n moderate
price, among which will be found
Fine Side-Bar Buggies,
End Spring Buggies,
Phantoms,
4 and 6-Seatedeockaways,
A T Cart.
A Village Cart,
A Victoria,
Wagonctt,
A Second-hand Coach,
A Six-Seated Rocaaway on
Bob Runners,
New and Second-hand De-
pot Wagons, &c.
PATENTS
(URN a co in mom son-
inus to not uns‘bllcltgrs for Patents, Cavggn'l‘r-ag;
Inks. 00 nights for the United sum.
Iceland. fiance. ny. etc. Hand Book abon
hunts sent free Thirty-seven ears' experts co.
Patents obtained throng MU cams cod
ntho 0 AMERICAN. he and
most wldelé circulated -sclentlflc no r. aims year.
cars. rm'enwmerl-gs'samc a... i... "'-
. o n
lo-nso choc. AddressMUNNkCO C
amour Office. an me. New York.
Geo. Ward Selleck,
HARDENBROOK'S BLOCK, WALL STREET,
Dealer in the Best Quality of
FAMILY GROCERIES.
PROVISIONS, FRUITS, dic-
Stock always Fresh and Complete.__ Agent for
hedgewood Farm Dairy. Families can be
an pplicd ivith Pure Bottlcd Milk daily;
IRON FENCES.
Ills SUBSCRIBER having returned to
_ Zorwalk, and located at 26 Leonard st.,
is prepared to furnish Wroulht Iron
Fonclngol‘ all styles, of the best material
and best workmanshipraireasonable prices.
Having had many years of experience in the
makingthereof he feels confident too: he can
satisfy all demands. Estimates and plans
chocrfull y l urmshed. .
EPH RAIM ILMERRITT.
For Sale Cheap.
OFFICE.
REAL ESTATE.
1L1. bcsoldat a Bargain,i1‘ 'appiied for
soon a small. neat Cottage, ofst rooms.
in and neighborhood, and three minutes’
wa k of. the Bridge. Apply at GAZETTE
1m SAans'r nvsnvnss.
There are about seventy-five men in
New York engaged entirely in the sawdust
business who employ about 100 wagons.
These men do nodiing else, and it is
probablgthat they average the sale of
To Let.
McKeon. Fullparticnlarsor
TEE large, commodions front room in
Gazette unildlnajnst vacated byFrancis
B.J. STURGES.
100 barrels 0f dust every day. New
York consumes on an average 7,500 bar—
rels of sawdust daily.
881mm 15 used extensively. by the
great wholesale dealer-sin lard and but-
For Sale or to Lot.
walk, Conn. Enquire of .
. O. E. WILS
35 tf ON'
For Sale.
A
Nor-walk. This lace ha 6
land with abuii’dance 3f w‘élllea of
good has
excellent well or water.
The barn and
amazed. This
on easy terms.
dry.
"hill? 1’5 on
- . INTARD
. Nomlk Shin Ma '
South Wilton, February 2611:, lgsiigactory.
For Sale.
late Henry T.
8. Bleach, and known as the st.
This J ohn’s plac
property is highly recommended for
)5 hours of New
ticut- rice 812,000. A l
Looki'voob, Fairlie] p “o F’ ST'JOH
walk Conn. or HOM
mne’St..1veirroxk. an MORGAN' 3105'
. Farm for Sale.
HE subscriber
Tsitnated in ofiers his Farm for so]
Saratoga 00., In
can remain on mortgage if desired, or wi
part‘ftcfilars inquire of SILAS P
For Sale.
containing fifteen rooms all finishe
off in the most substantial nianner with
I:
are very fine.
acresorland. There fans 1 '
premises, and in endid ham or. 1:1:
to be apapmiatei .
STUBG S for pqrmisslon to examine.
CHOICE
F‘OR SALE
Apply to
‘ Ga. ottc Building. in
Building
tyifurnishcd promptly.
Estimates for
Contracts for
Concrete, 0 e m e n t,
Brick or Gravel.
Building Stone,
Sand and
Coping,
it if ..
South N orwalk.
Gluing Out Sale!
In order to reduce my large
stOck preparatory to removing to
my new store which is being
built, adjacent to the National
Bank of Nor-walk, I shall imme-
diately commence and sell at .
Bottom Rates.
Hero is an excellent chance for
some
Real Bargains
In Stoves, RangesyCi'ockery,
Glassware and all the miscellane-
ous articles which come under
my line.
Came Early and avoid the Rush.
Iwi ii.
Wall Street.
Norwalk,Aug.185~2. P.U. Box 65':
45-”
The Coal Yard and Sheds w'fhl
Storehouse and ofiice near A.’ J .1 Mezkfi
&Bros’. yards on Norwalk river, Nor-
Room 3, Gazette Building,
SPLENDID conntr seat si ted in the
town ofWilton.wx’i-hin 6 minutes walk
or the South Wilton depot and 3}; miles from
818203
fruit trees and 300choice a ev'nll :l‘le
ring condition, lag-ropgai'dgn's ail:
one large and
convenient with 16 rooms besld
and closets in abundance, cows: 1319513113
wagon house are nicely
Eaceyvrll be sold cheap and
I39
HE ele'gantbuildingslte at Norwnlk Con-
T necticut,§cglo::ing to Ithe {state (if the
‘ . . in. pure ass b him d -
mg his life-time, upon which to linild lli‘irs
country residence, containing 9% acres. on
thll (groundwmi extensive views of Long
Is an Sound. flue ol_d_shades. This plot is
capable of being subdivided into several sites
of one or two acres each,and is located on the
green opposite the residence of the Rev. 3. B.
gentleman’s famfgy residence, and is within
our City. and in one of the
largest and most flourishing tovVns In Connect.
County Bank, Nor-
:g: Spay? o‘thGregrnlhkald,‘ in
. e o aw or nine
miles lrom Saratoga Springs. It is pleas-
antly situated on a rise or ground. 95 acres of
land, which is favorably divided into pas-
ture. plow, meadow and wood land; with
a large house; the size of the barn 30 by40,
wagonohouseand stabllng, hay loft over the
“mend by 43, and grainery 16 by 18. Will
be sold cheap; part of the purchase mono
exchange for village property. For further
. TUTTLE,
Norwafk.Conn,
West Avenue Property
THE large, elegant mansion on West Ave-
nue, (known as the) Dimon estate]
‘ all
the modern improvements. The rooms are
sand canaciousweilings high, and in ex-
cel en: condition, the piano. extends across
the entire front; and the walks and lawns
_ Shade good,and the location
the finestin the Borough. The grounds are
about 156 feet front. and contain about two
ood or er. Must be seen'
Call on BENTAMIN .l.
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Building'Lots
0n Wilton Avenue
B. J. STURGEU, or 0. E. WILSON
Material
of every kind, and in any quanti-
Graiiii, Excavating, Filling, 8t.
Walks made from Flag,
tor for packing their goods that are to
shipped. It is in great demand in tor-
pedo factories, in furnishing the filling
in the manufacturing of dolls, and in
making the patent asbestos walls. It is
well known that ninety-five per cent. of
the stores in Broadway use it in sweep-
ing their floors, and 'in drinking saloons
and in many eating houses it is almost
universally employed, In smoke houses
it is superior to all other fuel for curing
purposes, and nearly all the smoked
hams and beef and sausages that we see
in the markets have come from the thick,
heavy fumes of sawdust fire. Sawdust
never burns with flame. and even that of
the resinous Georgia, pitch pine does not
take flame. It smoulders and makes a
great heavy smoke. Sometimes the saw'
dust is mixed with oak wood in the
smoke house. The dust of Georgia pitch
pineis in greater demand inunderground
saloons and in other subterranean quar-
ters than the dust of any other wood-
The reason of this is, that in those damp
and unhealthy places foul gasses are con-
stantly generated, and if something were
not used to counteract them the apart-
ment would become uninhabitable. The
odor of the pine neutralizes these gases,
and more than that it. is an excellent oil
fox-the lungs. oftentimes preventing the
taking and aiding in the cure of colds.
There is a patent sawdust that is prefer-
red by some customers and discarded by
others. It is obtained by sifting the
coarse. heavy chippings that pass out
with the shavings from planing mills.
This so-called sawdust is used mostly
for packing purposes.
The business is liveliest from Jan- 1 to
July 10, and after that date sawdust is
morepr less admg in the market until
after Dec. 10. The explanation of this
isthat the markets are closed at noon
every day, and then, too, the weather
isldrior most of the time than at other
seasons; again, all business is usually
dull during a part at least of that
period.
The sawdust dealer procures his sup-
ply entirely from the sawing and plan-
ing mills. He is bound by a. strict con-
tract that compels him to take all the
dust that is made every day. In case
of failure to comply with these terms by
the dealer. the proprietor of the mill is
at liberty to break the contract. 0n the
other hand the latter guarantees to the
sawdust merchant that to no other per-
son shall any of the dust of the mill be
sold.
The prices of sawdust when it is sold at
retail vary considerably according to the
difficulty of delivery, and the amount that
is taken in the course of the year. The
price for the markets is 25 cents a barrel.
and this is the lowest figure at which it
is sold. Where they sell only a barrel or
two a. month,'and are compelled to deliver
the dust up or down several flights of
stairs, they charge as high as 40. to 56
cents.
Sawdust is used for bedding horses in
box stalls, as it cannot be kicked up in
heaps like lighter materials. The dust
of roséwood is used for cleaning fur, and
is worth from 75 cents to, $1.50 a.
bushel. The coarser dust goes to the
floors of cattle cars; it is sprinkled upon
carpets and floors in dry goods stores to
keep dust from spreading over the room;
it is used in all hotels for various pur—
poses. White wood dust is used by jew-
ellers for packing their wares. Fine
hard wood dust, especially that of black
walnut, is employed in brass foundries
for cleaning purposes, in bird stores for
lining the bottoms of cages. It 'is also
used in padding out thin legs of actors
and ballet dancers.
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THE SHADOW 05‘ AN ASS.
l The Greeks hada. proverb which ran
thus: “To dispute on the shadow of an.
ass.” This took rise from an anecdote
which Demosthenes is said to have re-
lated to the Athenians to excite their at-
tention during his defense of a. criminal,
which was being but inattentively
listened to.
“A traveler,” he said, “once went from
Athens to Megara on a. hired ass. It
happened to be the time of the dog
days, and at noon. He was much ex-
posed to the unmitigated heat of the.
sun, and not finding so much as a bush
under which to take shelter, he be-
thought himself to descend from the ass
and seat himself under its shadow. The
owner of the donkey, who accompanied
him, objected to this, declaring to him
that when he let the animal the use of
its shadow was not included in the bar-
gain. The dispute at last grew so warm
that it got to blow, and finally gave rise
to an action at law. "
After having said so much, Demos-
thenes continued the defense of his
client. but the auditors, whose curiosity
he had piqued, Were extremely anxious
to know how the judges decided on so
singular a. case. Upon this, the orator
commented severely on their childish
injustice in devouring with attention a
paltry story, about an ass’s shadow
while they turned a deaf ear to a cause
in which the life of a human being was
involved.
_.—_—__—-———____-
Car-toon—the driver’s whistle.
The girl of the period—Polly Tics.
The disease of the meter—gas-ti'ick
fever.
0116 may be told from another
by the mum of a pinion.
Waiting for a. rise—The young lady
who hangs on to a strap in a horsecim '
Some of the girls are thinking of green
grass and warm sunshine to come. It is
a for lawn hope.
It makes a red-nosed man ve . 81181“?
to have a little girl ask him in t e pres-
ence of others if it hurts my-
. Why isa United States Treasury note
like a caterpillar? Because it is hard to
counterfeit. (Connt-her—feet.)
_ Dr. Mary Walker says she will wear
trowsers or nothing. We gum 1t 18 bet-
.ter as it is ! She may keep them on.
_ An obituary notice contains the touch-
mg intelligence that the deceased “had.
algcumidated a little money and ten child-
( en.”
“ What are pauses? " asked the teacher
of the primary class. “ Things that grow
on cats? piped the small boy at the foot.
There are three tern'ble diseases now
before married men, namely: Spring
fever, Spring bonnets and Spring house-
cleaning.
A Southern editor asserfs that angels “1'9
all .blondos, but blondes are not all angels
It Is gainfully apparent that 1118 Wlfe 13
not a runette.
A woman alwa s carries her arse in
her hand so that’other women will see it;
a madam-id: his in his inside 13001“?t 5°
that his wife won’t see it. ‘
Amcnand his wife had a little diffi—
culty 1n the kitchen the other day, and
Prespntl matters became so qmet that
you co (I hear arching-Pin drop.
“.Yes," sighed old Mrs. Gumbo, “that
accident was horrible. When I read
about it, it exaggerated me so that I
901116111”; decompose myself for several
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