masons“ IN ENGLAND.
Acorrespondent to the Boston Com-
merclal Bulletin says; Any one who has
been a constant reader of Punch has no
need to travel up and down England
with me to discover that the traditional,
ingrained, agricultural- 'laborer of , the;
country isiin’very -_ many cases so stupid;
so ignorant, so devoid of all ambition to’
get out of the plough-rats in which he:
and his progenitors have been travelling
like cattle for many hundred years, as to
rank in the mind of the careful observer
only a shade above the domestic beasts
among which his life has all been spent.
I walked and talked with these Eng-
lish binds, and can testify that I never
met in my own country, outside of im-
becile asylums, so stupid, so stolid and
stunted a class of human beings. They
have a dialect of their own, which the
stranger can hardly understand; a
smock-frock fort of an attire which has
been in fashion for a hundred years, and
a way of life, as regards work and play:
and general home habits, that is the
same as was their fathers’ and grand-v
fathers'.
There are, however, lower depths of
human unintellectuality in England than
this. Underneath this last named class
is to be found a setof men and women
that is the natural outgrowth (down-
ward (of the stupid hind class. These
are a sort of “innocents ” who wander
about the country roads in a slate bor-
dering upon complete imbecility, and
are saved from starvation by the charity
of those who have pity for these un-
fortunates.
Downright imbeciles are cared-for in
England, to aslargefextent,‘ in her'im-
mense imbecile asylum; and these-in-
stitutions have to be large aud=numerous
to accommodate the stunted‘imbeciles
abounding in crowded old England. I
call to mind, in illustration of the charac-
ter of these establishments, one of the
largest of them. located in Watford, a
town which I walked through on my pc-
destrian excursion from London to Ox-
ford. It contains 2,000 chronic imbeciles
who are under the charge of Dr. Case,
an eminent medical man, and who are
maintained at a net expense of 20 cents a
day.
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CHARACTER IN FINGER NAIR.
Poets and imaginative people are apt
to have long, taper fingers and beautiful
finger nails. They have a handwriting
in which the long up-strokes and down-
strokes cut into the lines above and be-
neath them. The heads of their capital
letters are large; This handwriting
shows ardor and impulse. When it has a
markedly downward movement this
handwriting shows a tendency to melan-
choly. An aptitude for criticism is
shown among people who bite their nails.
They write a small, cramped and illegible
hand. However, there maybe good-
natured critics, men with versatility of
comprehension. They would have small
but well-shaped nails, and their hand-
writing would be somewhat angular,
showing penetration and finesse. The
nails of a musician are to. be observed,
although the piano somewhat injures
them. The great musicians have a slop-
ing handwriting. There is, however, an
eccentricity peculiar to the handwriting»
of executive musicians, as witnessed in
that of Beethoven. The finger nails of
mathematicians are apt to be square and
not beautiful The handwriting of such
persons shows a quiet movement of the
pen. The lines are straight with the
paper, the tip-stroke and the down-
strokes are short, while the capitals are
small and angular. Diplomacy has a
long, supple hand, and a long, beauti-
fully kept slender finger nail. But the
handwriting of a diplomatist is not apt
to be clear; it always looks’ like a snake
gliding away. There are no clear, gi~
gantio capitals, none of the fine curves
suggestive of generosity and expansion;
all is compressed and impenetrable. Cer-
tain inflexible natures express themselves
both by finger nails and by the hand-
writing—both are blunt and determined.
The Chinese have such long finger nails
that one imight almost write with the
ends of them. The tenacity of the
Chinese nail, which does not break,
shows they have more lime in their
bones than those of a difi'erent race. At
one time, when good Queen Anne bit
her finger nails, it was the fashion for all
the English aristocracy to bite theirs;
and in those days the English finger nail
was not what it is now. Fashion exerts a
potent influence on man, savage or
civilized.
—o-o—.O.-O——
now comes Is MADE.
Hereilieheaps of snowy cotton wool as
it has been opened out of the bales in
which it was carried across the Atlantic
Take up a tuft of the wool and examine
it. The fibres lie in all directions and
are apparently in a state of hopeless
entanglement. It is evident that before
theycan be formed intoa thread they
must be drought to something like paral-
lel order. Accordingly we find that the
first business to which the cotton spin-
ner applies himself is to give the fibres
the needful parallel arrangement. This
he does by means of a machine known as
a carding engine. This consists of a
series of drums or cylinders, covered
with fine wire spikes. As the wool is
passed through between the cylinders
the spikes catch the fibres and draw them
straight After this operation has been
repeated a sufficient number of times the
wool is drawn ofi‘ in the form of a soft
rope about the thickness of one's finger.
As yet it has received no twist and con-
sequently has to be dealt with tenderly.
The rope of fibres, having been wound
upon large bobbins, is taken to the first
of the series of spinning machines, by
which it is drawn out and slightly
twisted into a cord of about the thick-
ness of a quilt. This cord is then pas.
nod to another machine, which drawa it
out still farther, and gives it some more
twist. After it has been brought to the
desired degree of fineness by operations
such as these, it receives the final draw-
ing and twisting on the spinning mule, a
most complicated piec-o of mechanism.
So far we have only got a single yarn
toward the formation of a thread, and we
must follow that yarn to the doubling
machine. Before» being placed on' the
machine, 'however, the yarn has to be
passed rapidly through a gas flame, in
order to burn ofi' the loose ends of fibre.
Were this not done the finished thread
would have a rough exterior, and would
not be so easy the deal with. Two
lengths of yarn are now twisted together,
and then three of these double filaments
are formed into a thread. The thread is
reeled ofi into banks, and in that form is
either bleached or dyed as may be de-
sired. All that is now necessary to do is
to polish the" thread by passing it be-
tween rolle'rs having a peculiar" motions,
and to wind it upon the bobbins on
which it is sent to market.
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“"8 AS NOTE BOOKS.
.—
A Cincinnati laundress complains of
her patrons using their cuffs for note
books. "We have one customer, a clerk
in a bank, who is in the habit of figuring
on his eufi’s. Sometimes he uses an
analine pencil, and it takes a good deal
of work to get the marks out. Then he
has a habit of always turning his cuffs
and marking up the other ends, so that
by the time they reach the laundry they
look more like two dirty telegrams than
anything else. Quite a number of re-
porters have the same habit, and I found
the text and the leading outlines of a
minister’s sermon upon a pair the other
morning."_ A ‘
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CHAS. Houonros, Esq, lawyer, 28 State St,
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Open for the Fall Trade a full line of
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Some very fine square ones among
f.
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Wooden and Tin Ware,
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Garriage making
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Stainless.
AND
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AT
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Main St.. South Norwalk, Ct.
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(In rear of Horse Car Depot),
NOR‘VALK, CONN.
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C. M. NICHOLS,
MANAGER 0F JIDBBING DEPARTMENT.
DIAMONDS WATCHES. JEWELRY
AND SILVERWARE
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Owing to the great depression in most kinds of manufacturing
interests and the consequent dullness of trade, we are prepared to
offer extra inducements to buyers We have a full line of the above
named goods,and are confident that we can suit you both in quality
and price.
Watch 8L Clock Repairing & Jobbing
a specialty at
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SO. NORWALK, CONN.
6m42
This Space
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Donuell’s humps
And llurnevs
Gives the grca'cst light with least
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and be convinced.
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3 MAIN STREET,
Where you will find the largest
and best selected stock of
JEWELRY, WATGHES,
SILVER all] PLATED WARE,
Diamonds, Etc.
One of Wood’s Best
onomms
For Sale Cheap,
M. SCHWAB.
OPTICIAN and OCULIST,
\V'ilLL BE AT NORWALK,
November 25 and 26, L884,
A t Normal/e Hotel.
Having qualified myself by years of hard study
in the best institutions in Europe, and having had a
practical experience of twenty-five years in this
country, I am enabled at first sight to adapt lenses
most appropriate to restore the vision to Its original
vlglor and cure all the various diseases of the eye.
I ave therefore combined my practlce of an
Ocullst with that of an O tlclan, and am new en-
Spectacles and Eye.Glasses which are made to
order under my own supervision, to salt my cus-
Oonsultation Free.
References—Geo. G.- Blsho . Charles Olmstead
ex-Deput Sheriff Charles I? me, Mr. Clarence,
Nash wit J. F. Bonnet, Mrs. W. K. James.
Gold. Silver and Nickle Plating.
A USEFUL TRADE EASILY LEARNED.
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In order to meet a long fclt
PRIRE $3 .50 .wantf or acouvehient audport-
able PLATIMI APPARATUS, with whlch any one
can do the finest quality of Gold, Sllvcr and Nickel
Platliig on Watches, Chains, Rings, Knives, Forks.
and Spoons, I have made the above low- rice set,
consisting of tank lined with acld-proo cement,
three cells of battery that will deposit 30 penny-
wlghts of metal a day, hang bars,.wlre, Gold Solu-
tion, one quart of silver solution and a half a gal-
lon of nickel. Also a box of brlght lustre, that will
glve the metal the bright and lustrous appearance
of finished work. Remember, these solutions are
not exhausted but will plate any number of art!-
clcs if the simple book of instructions is followed.
Any one can o-lt. A woman’s ,work. For Fifty
Cents Extra will send slx chains or rings that can
Establish 1.1 1850.
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anon ovuuna
Formerly Valentine & Butler.
W. H. BUTLER, 291 Broadway; NeW'York.
be gold lated and sold for two dollars more than
the who e outfit costs. Our book. “Gold ana'stloer
for the People.” which offers unrivaled induce—
ments to all, sent free. If not successful can be
returned and exchanged for noun THANI'I‘S'VALUE.
Remember,‘thls la a practical outflt and I wlll war-
i'antlt, or ltcan be-retnrn' at my ex ense. Will
be seats. 0. n. if desired, upon receipt of $1.50,
balance to be collected when delivered. Next slze
outfit, wlth tank 12x10x6,"only 96.00.: TRY fr.
Profits, over-300 per cent. Book sent free.
Address,
JOHN BROWN’S GUN.
Many curiosities are owned in St.
Louis, but none are, perphaps, more
highly prized than the gun of “Old "
John Brown, whose "body lies moldera
ing in the grave.” This relic is in pos‘
session of Police Officer Tom Allen, who ,
preserves the peace among the bulls and
bears on ’Change, and he stands ready
on all occasions to exhibit it to his ad-
miring friends. When asked, recently
whether he really possessed the
gun taken from Brown at Harper's
Ferry he told this story : “Shortly be«
fore the close of the war I was employed
as a clerk at the Quartermaster's do.
partment at Harper's Ferry along with a
young man named Taylor. The young
man and myself soon became very in-
timate friends, and quite frequently he
' entertained me at his homein Harper’s
L Ferry. During one of my visits at his
: home he brought a long double-barreled
shotgun into the parlor and handed it to
: me to look at, saying as he did so:
I ‘That weapon is the identical weapon
' that was taken from John Brown when
his gang and himself were captured at
the arsenal or engine house. Nearlv
every man who assisted in the capture
secured something from some one of the
prisoners. Some of, the raiders took
awards and others carbines, but it fell to
the lot of my father to take this gun
from the noted Brown. At the time the
weapon was confiscated it contained
three balls in each barrel. Knowing
' the young man was a man of his word, I
became very much interested in the relic
‘apd tried to obtain possession of it. He
refused topart with it until four years
ago, 'when he presented it to me with his
compliments, retaining the bullets it
had contained as reminiscences of the
part taken by his father in aiding in the
historic capture. The gun is in splendid
condition, and but a short time ago
I killed several wild ducks with it
while hunting over in Illinois. It is
quite heavy, and has much longer bar-
rels than those of more modern shot-
guns; yet, in my opinion, it is one of the
best weapons in the country at the
present time.” The reporter, at the
suggestion of Mr. Allen, visited that
gentleman's room and examined the
weapon. Its stock, of black walnut, is
somewhat straighter than stocks are
usually made ; being 42inches in length.
The gun was made by a manufacturer in
Philadelphia named Rogers.
A annulus! on THE MIDDLE AGES.
Roccatederigi, in the province of Gros-
seto, is notable for being the worst
malaria region in Italy. Near midnight
on Good Friday a procession, composed
of about thirty individuals, passes
through the streets, most of them being
men from fifteen to twenty-five, the
others boys from ten to fifteen years of
age. Their bodies, from the waist up-
ward, are bare except for a kind of white
cape, which is open behind instead of in
front, and leaves the back and shoulders
bare. Their faces are veiled by a white
cloth with two holes for the eyes. These
each carry two instruments of torture,
one called the sferri, being a whip firmed
of many flexible thin strips of iron,
the other called the spilli, a whip made
of many strings of cord with knots at the
ends, into which are fastened so many
large and crooked pins. On each side of
the procession walk men called condini,
some of whom carry torches, which throw
a lugubrions light on the strange proces-
sion, and some carryingsticks with which
they direct and guide the flagellants.
These young men and boys walk a dis-
tauce of a mile and a half, now whipping
themselves with the sferri, now with the
spilli, the first producing red and livid
marks on their shoulders and the last
causing the blood to flow from a hundred
little pricks and scratches. The signal
for changing the mode of torture is given
by the condini, who strike their sticks on
the ground. at which sound the flagel-
lants change the action of their sferri,
or vice versa, with military precision.
After two or three hours of slow walking
the procession enters the church, and
the fiagellntion is more furiously con.
tinned. After this the sore and wounded
backs of the peniteuts are washed with
water mixed with vinegar and salt. In
the name of civilization, such a custom as
this should be forbidden by the authori-
tics.
”-
GARIBALDI’S RIOURNEIRS.
The death of Garibaldi has created a feel.
ing of most profound sorrow among the
Italians citizens of New York, discovers the
New York correspondent of the Washington
Republdi, and his life and services are the
uppermost topic of conversation. When
the news was received the Italian flag at the
Consulate, at Signor Bachignani's, on Third
avenue, and at other places was at half-mast
Mariuui, who has lived in this country for
thirty-six years, and who has for many sea-
sons played first viola in the orchestra at
the Academy of Music, was an old personal
friend of Garibaldi's. When the news
of the death of his former companion-
in-arms reached him, he cried likeawo-
man, and forthwith had a weed put on his
hat.
"Great man," he said to me, meaning
Garibaldi, of course. “Sapristil All
great men die and we live.”
Then he deluged me with reminiscences
and personal anecdotes of the dead patriot,
for whom he entertained an affection akin
to worship. Apropos of the time when the
Government tried to win Garibaldi’s men
from their allegiance to him, Signor Mariani
said: . I.
“They ofi‘ered money—medals—plcnty
decorations—everything. The men say,
‘Nol I go with Garibaldi—one hat—one
shirt—one crust of bread—one soldi—I go
with Garibaldi.’ "
Mariani has a cap which Garibaldi wore,
and a couple of cigars which Garibaldi him-
self made. _ He has promised to give me
one.of the cigars. I asked him what he
would sell the cap for. ‘
“Me poor! ” said the veteran.
(CH6
' wore berretta—it shall go into the grave
on my breast—here! " putting his hand on
his heart. This venerable ex-revolution-
ist is bitterly opposed to the Church of
Rome. -
WHAT Is 21:30?
Perhaps not one in a hundred can tell
ofi-haud why a point thirty-two degrees
below freezing point on Fahrenheit's
thermometer is called zero. For that
matter, nobody knows. The Fahrenheit
scale was introduch in 1720. Like other
thermometric scales it has two fixed
points, the freezing point, or rather the
melting point of ice, and the boiling
point of water. 'The Centigrade and
Beaumur scales call the freezing point
zero and measure therefrom in both di-
rections. This is a very uatm'al arrange.
ment. Fahrenheit kept the principle on
which he graduated his themometers a
secret, and no one has ever discovered it.
It is supposed, however, that he con-
sidered his zero—thirty-two degrees be-
low freezing—the point of absolute cold
or absence of all heat, either because, be-
ing about the temperature of melting
salt and snow, it was the greatest degree
of cold that he could produce artificially,
or because it was the lowest natural tem-
perature of which he could find any
record. The grounds on which Fahren-
heit put one hundred and eighty de-
grees between the freezing and boiling
points are likewise unknown. ’
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Flowers and fruit are always fit pres-
ents; flowers, because they are the
proud assertion that a ray of beauty out-
value all the utilities of the world.
These gay natures contrast with the
sombre'conntenauce of ordinary nature ;
they are like music heard out of a work--
FREDERICK “III, 96 d. 98 Fulton Sin New York.
house.
or draped in mourning. Signor Domencio-
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Southeast, and the West, Northwest and Southwest.
It Is literally and strictly true, that Its connectlons are all of the prlnclpal llncc
of road between the Atlantlc and the Paclflo.
By Its mam line and branches it reaches Chicago, Janet. Feel-la. Ovawa,
Ln Sane, Caneseo, Mollne and Rock Island, In Illinois; Davenport, Muscatlne,
Washington. Keckuh,’ Knoxville, Oskaloosa, Faltfleld, DesMolnes, West I. berry.
Iowa City. Atlantic, Avoca, Audubon, Harlan, Cuthrle Center and Council Bluf'e,
Cameron and Kansas City. In Mlasourl, and Leaven-
worth and Atohlson In Kansas, and the hundreds of cities, villages and town.
-- Inw
Awning Fixture. ’
' Co., AGTS.
DEALERS IN
HARDWARE.
IRON AND STEEL, ~
Carriage Makers’ and Builders’ Supplies, Agricultural Imple-
ments, Doors, Sash and Blinds, Paints, Oils,
Glass, Fertilizers, etc, etc,
my Norwalk Conn.
:iTI‘i's’, WILL
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“oases sock ISLAND ROUTE,”
As it Is familiarly called, offers to travelers all the advantages and comforts
Incldent to a smooth track. safe bridggs,;3:pln Depots at all connecting points.
Fact Ex res: Trains composed of C M
loaf-.7599, FINELV udflCLSTERED and ELEGANT DAY COACHES; a line of the
93051“ MACNlFICENT HORTON nscuumo. CHAIR CARS ever built; PULLMAN'S
latest designed and handsomest PALACE SLEEPING CARS. and DINING CARS
that are acknowledged by press and people to be. the FINEST RUN UPON ANY
RCA!) ll-I THE COUNTRY, and In which auperlor meals are served to travelers at
no low rate of SEVENTV-FIVE CENTS EACH.
‘ THREE TRANS each way between CHICAGO and the masons: RIVER.
TWO TRAINS each way between CHICAGO and MINNEAPOLIS and 81'. PAUL.
OUS, WELL VENTILATED, V‘lELI.
ALBERT LEA' ROUTE.
January I, I832, a new line wlll be opened, via Seneca and Kankakee, betweep
Newport Hews, Richmond, Clnelnnatl. Indianapolis. and La Fayette, and Councd
Bluffs, St. Paul, rallnneapolls and lntermedlate polnte. _
All Through Passengers carried on Fast Express Trains.
For more detailed information. see Maps and Folders, which may be obtalncd. as
well as Tickets, at all principal Ticket Offices In the United States and Canada. or of
E. 81'. JOHN,
Gen'l T'K’t "Patc'l' As'h
GHEGAO-O.
approved designs.
lyl
JESSE HOPSON.
MANUF " CTURER OF
FINE CABBIAGES,
Coaches, Landau Laudaulets, Broughams. Mail Plizetons,'T Carts,
Village arts, Hearses and Undertaker’s Wagons.
Hewould call the ltention of those desiring Fine Carriages in any style and
design, that he has had a. practical epericnce of twenty-five years in the manu-
feature of Fine Carriages, would also invite altemion of Liverymen and Under-
takers to his very Fine Hearses and Undertaker’s Wagons of the latest and most
He would also inform them that he was manager forthe Yonlc
Hearse Mfg. Co., for 10 yours and is now sole proprietor.
Carriage Repairing in all its Branches.
NOR WA LK. CONN
bymnl.
1 ever use here.
are prepared from
Y APPLE.
Mobcrly, Mo.
' I1'l' “‘"m'm‘ Gl‘m’" Gm Emonv’s thtle Cathartlc
.i'ttl‘t'do" mt“;- vanr-mca—Wm. 1...... mm.
box with wont'er'u' "r-~iilvs.—
mend menu—John Collins, III 1)., Athens. Texas. Why or.» exnt-Hgv t.—
R. Benson, Jackson, Miss. They are unexcclled.—Mrs. Elizabeth Iicyser
PRICE, FIFTEEN CENTS A BOX.
. v v
EMORY’S LI’I‘TLL UA’I‘IIAH'I‘IC PIL L!)
we die BEST EVER MADE ior Cosliveness, Indigestion, Headache. 0: e 150ml
xlosc of Home or war Emory's Mule Catnanic Pills. followed by one pill
every night for a Week or two. makes the human machinery run as regu.
.. r as clock work: they purify the blood and pm new life in a broken uown
"Olly. Purely Vegetable, Harmless, Pleasant, lnfallible, the youngest child may
take them. Snl-l hv ~le "Mini-ts and "edit-inc Dealers 8' 15 fits. a Box, 0
STANDARD CURE 00., Proprietors, 197 Pearl St, N. Y.
.- ’ are morclhsn in omimenl' they prove I." be the he;
E1110 5 Little Cathartlc Worth twice the money hskvgln- H". W. H Gnhcr
are the most ponnlarnf all the.
.
‘1 t -—Mva|:l'.-I mother used one
R v"? . ~.
I recom-
N. W Baker. LocustGrove, Ohio.
I y7cow
Consumers of COAL would
find it to their advantage .
to look at our Stock be-
fore laying in their
Winter’s supply.
UlllPl'lflfli All} Will DflWfl.
All Coal will > be delivered
free from Slate and Dust.
Ho 81' .,
South Norwalk. -
PENSIONS
And. Government Claims my.
Sole Businers. Thousands have
Rights Neglected.
ADDRESS, Free of Charge,
Goinw. E. NOBLE, Bridgeport
DRUN KEN N ESS
Cured in its Various Stages-
Deslrc for stimulants entirely removed. Home
treatment. Medicine can be administered without
knowledge of patient, by simply placing it In cof-
fee, tea or any article of food. Cures guaranteed.
$lilz0. WILL BE'PMD’
for any case of drunkenness that Golden Specific
wll not cure. Circulars containing technicians
nd full particulars sentfree. Address,
CCLDEN‘S P'ECII-‘IC 60.,
185 Rae Sta-es olnnati, 0
ly.
w. Guam .1. co.,
ms
FOR SALE. __.
asrrnisn
V l C T O R l A»,
Newly Trimmed and Painted.
A Fine Family Carriage.
Will be sold at a very low price.
HENRY TILLY,
CARRIAGE MAKE R,
SOUTH NORWALK.
otoh, Boilo lilo.
i .
gMANUFACTUERRS OF AND DEALERS IN
. LUMBER.
TIMBER,
g SHINGLES.
LA'l‘ll,
DOORS.
sass,
BLINDS
MOLDING;
WINDOW FRAMES.
PICKETS, ac.
Vcneercd Hard Wood Work,
Hard wood Cciling dz‘ Flooring
30. Norwaln. Conn.
‘ . . To those out of employment. '
, We want to engage four neat
; , 3p ng and respectable men
pearl
_ good address to introduce a
Musical Wonder appreciated by all classes. 820 to
$25 a week and upward csu'be made by any man
of ordinary ablllty- We are also in want of men to
sell 'a full line of Silver Ware, Bibles and Albums
on installments, new and latest 11 Samples
are free. No capital required. App y ‘ '
C. E. McCAR'i‘uY Manager.
25 Asylum so, Hartford, Conn.
MIBAGE 01‘ m IOWAN.
Colonel Colborne, an officer attached
to Hicks Pacha's ill-fated expedition,
thus describes a ride in the Soudan.
across the two hundred and eighty miles
of desert between Berber and the Red
Sea: The camels labored through the
yielding sand, sinking under their feet
at every step. The mirage was intensely
real. Before me lay a lake, its blue
waters laughing in the sun, studded with
gem like islets clad with verdure, and
bordered by castles, high turrets and
battlements, and again by gleaming vil-
lages and smiling hamlets—the whole
scene fairy-like in its beauty, and a pain-
ful contrast to the arid sand and fierce
heat and consuming thirst from which I
was suffering. It is in vain that one
rubs one's eyes and seeks to disabuse
one’s self of the illusion. The thing is
there, undeniable, apparently solid and
and tangible; you know it is mocking
you like an ignisfaluus, but the most ac-
curate knowledge of the physical laws
which govern the phenomenon will not
brush it away from the retina. There is
small wonder that the ignorant and inex-
perienced should have frequently yielded
to the delusion. Life is the price paid
for such a mistake.
Some years ago a company of soldiers
perished from thirst in this region. Dis-
regarding the warning of their guides,
the poor fellows, fresh from Egypt, and
mad with thirst, broke from the ranks
and rushed toward the seeming lakes of
transparent water which was presented
to their eyes on all sides. They pressed
on eagerly toward the ever-receding
phantasm, and one by one fell prostrate
to leave their bones to bleach on the
sand. On another occasion a detach-
ment was sent across the desert to Ber-
ber on its way to Khartoum. The sol-
diers, refusing to be checked by the
guides, consumed all their water when in
sight of the mountains of El-Bok, con-
fident of their ability to reach the well.
The heat was intense. The men became
prostrate, and in a few hours died one by
one in horrible agony. The Arabs call
the mirage baresh Snaylon-“the devil’s
m. I!
DIAMONDS.
An article has been going the rounds
of the press, copied from a French paper,
showing the power of diamonds to ab-
sorb and retain light. According to this
article, happens that a gentleman hav-
ingalarge-diamond subjected it to the
sun's rays for an hour, and afterwa'rds
removed it to a dark room, where it
emitted sufilcient light to render a piece
of white paper visible. The tradition of
thié power of the diamond is very old
and has been worked into romance, I
think, by Bulwer. This article reminds
me of an experiment of which I was an
eye witness, some twenty-five years ago.
Capt. Samuel Dewey, formerly well
known as the man who decapitated the
figure of Gen. Jackson on the frigate
Constitution, while lying in Boston Har-
bor, called, upon me one day, and, allud-
ing to the tradition, said he had in his
possession a very large diamond and
would like totry the experiment. The
city had a short time before introduced
the fire-alarm telegraph, and we obtained
permission to use their battery to obtain
the desired light, which was done by
placing the ends of two wires near to-
gether and running a continued stream
of electricity from one to the other. Ac-
cordingly one evening we repaired to
the omce of the telegraph company, and
after expoéing the diamond to this in-
tense electric light for fifteen minutes.
the current was cut off and the room left
become quite luminous and emitted light
for some ten or fifteen minutes, when it
gradually faded from sight. I have never
been "able to obtain any satisfactory ex-
planation of this phenomenon, but should
be very glad to hear a scientific reason
for it.
run WOMAN WHO 8110’!
ARNOLD.
AT
- An interesting incident of the Revolu.
tionary war not recorded in the books—
Benedict Arnold‘s narrow escape from
death ata woman‘s hands—is recalled by
the recent death of Mrs. Ann Hinman
Kellogg, of Fairfield, aged ninety.two
years. She was the daughter of Captain
Elisha Hinman, of the United States navy,
and her mother was the only American who
remained inNew London when the town
was burned by Benedict Arnold in 1781.
The latter knew Mrs. Hinman, and when
he saw her on her doorsteps as he entered
the town, he saluted her and offered to
save her property, if she would point it out.
She indicated several neighbors’ houses as
well as her own, and they were not burned.
The sacking of the town, the capture of
Fort Griswold and the massacre of Colonel
Ledyard and his soldiers followed, incens-
ing Mrs. Einman so greatly that she
hastily descended. from her house.top,
from which she had witnessed the out-
rages, and taking a musket from a
closet, levelled it at Arnold, as he sat
on his horse in front of the house. With
along and deliberate aim she pulled the
trigger. but the piece missed fire. Hearing
the snapof the lock, Arnold turned and
asked what. the noise was, but with great
presence of mind, she dropped the gun out
of sight sudsaidit was the breaking of a
_ pol your own.
chair.
*—
a REMARKABLE DRESS.
Yellow brocade formed the principal fa-
bric of a remarkable dress later seen in Lon-
don. The yellow was that of the primrose.
The bodice opened over a waist-coat of rich
dark brown velvet embroidered“ with prim-
roses in single flowers, without any leaves,
but rather aggressive stalks, unnaturally
prim and stiff. Otherwise the dress was
perfect. The brocade skirt opened over a
tablier of brown velvet embroidered like the
waistcoat, and down either side of both ta.
blier and waistcoat some lovely old lace was
arranged in loose and graceful folds, with
bunches of primroses tucked into them here
and there. The back was made with a short
triain, the end of which was a mass of ruf-
fied lace and bunches of primrose; the
stalks of these being made limp, they fell
in a thick flower-fringe over the lace and
brocade. . '
W . . -
m nux'rmu m" cnrmx.
The finest sport in Ceylon is elk hunt-
ing on the hills, which are 5,000 to 7,000
feet above the sea level. The hounds are
a mixed pack, comprising four or five
couple of English fox hounds, three
couple of mixed breed, and some
“scizers,"viz.. a thoroughbred Scotch
deerhound, a strong grayhound, perhaps
a kangaroo bound, and crosses of these
breeds with mastifi‘ and bloodhound.
After an elk had been found the run is
very fast, and it is generally impossible
to keep near up with the hounds. 0c-
casioually one of these-is snapped up by
a leopard lurking on the hillside. When
at last the elk comes-to bay, it is general-
ly in a strong-flowing watercourse, and
the seizers then rush in. aided by the
hunting men, whose only weapon ap-
pears to be the knife, with which the
quarry is stabbed as he faces his four-
perfectly dark, but the diamond had
. ._ , .
DANBURvo NOR-WALK an
Commencing June Shh, 1884.
D A l I. Y T R A l N S
South-
Iv; gorwalk, Lv .80. Norwalk, Ar. Wilson Poln
afln. 7 a? a. m. 1' 55 a. m
.22: .. 21° “ “
4 as "t ' all, '“m' :3: p"?!
North. -
Lv. Wilson Polnt, Lv.So. Norwalk, M- Home
ssoam. 92oam., ”'5
l40p.m. 213p.m. 8""
425 ‘1 455 “ “Sp'm‘
540 “ s15 “ ”gp‘m‘
c 20 p. m.
CHAS. M. CRAWFORD, Supt.
N. a, u. a. a n. neurone. “"
Trains leave South Norwalk for New York
4 56 p. m.
5 14 “ Boston ex 1:33pm. 113:8. Express
5 24 “ Adams ex 3 30 “ press
5 so “ S.N. special 4 41 “ “
a 11 :: Accom':lon 5 09 “ u
‘4 g: “ B't special 5 51' “ Boston Hm
'I a u S.N. Lo. ex 6 56 “ Accom'llon
s 25 “ chal ex 3 40 “ Mllk train
“ ‘ “ S 45 “ S.N. s set l
9 08 ‘ “ “ o 03 “ Expregs a
13 38 ‘ Accom’tlou 12 56 “ Wash ex
22 ohm. Looal ex Sunday Ac. 9 15 a. in.
11 4c Accom’tlon “ ‘
Local 6 14 p. m.
Milk, 3 40 “
Leaves South Norwalk for New Haven.
‘5
1 21 a. in. Wash. ex 614 in
6 3? ‘: ’ Accom’tlon 647 p'“ ' Eli]? an
1 2. :. Mllk train a 53 “ sonic ex
846 “ Accom’tlon 129 “ S. N special
919 .. Boston ex 7 44 “ B’t s'pecizu
104s Accom’tlon B 24 “ S. N. special '
12 19 phm. Boston ex 9 M “ Accom’tlon
1 46 “ Accom’tlon 10 55 “ Adams ex
2 12 “ Local ex 11 28 “ Boston ex
:33 “ Accom’tlon 11 47 “ "
5 “ Local ex Sundays 8 so a. in. Mail:
610 “ u a. 9,“ «A AC.
5 40 S. N. special “ 6 52 p. m.
SPECIA L NOTICE
—-——FOR———-
1» y .
WihTER ARRANGEMENT.
' ‘ fl ‘ ..__ —
0n and after October 15th, 1834, the Side Wheel
Passenger Steamer,
RIVER BELLE
Will take me place of the Steamer “Harlem?’-for
the winter. Leaving Pier 39, E. 8., New York,
foot of Dover street, every afternoon (Sundays
excepted) at 2:15, and East slst street, at 2:30
o’clock for Wilson Point and all stations on the
line of the Danhury .1: Norwalk and Shepaug
Railroads. Returning will leave Wilson Points
a. m., on arrival of the train from Danburr.
Frelght received and handled with care on the
above pier from ‘l’ a. in. until 5 p. m.
Rates as low as any other line and with prompt
delivery.
'EV‘For Special Rates for Freight apply to R. l.
\V llcox, Agent, Railroad Square, next door to Post
Office, South Norwalk.
Fare from Norwalk, Excursion 70 (Gilli.
u ll (5 V :10, ‘5 to
Faro from South Norwalk, Excursion to “
it t‘ il It Single 40 N
21“
Knickerbocker Sloomooao lo.
Freight Linc direct to New York
Landing at Pier 23 E. 11.,
foot Beckman Street.
Lower Rates than by any other Line.
TH E PROPELLER
City ofNo rwalk
Will leave Pier 28 Filtrat- rthe‘ am at twelve
o’clock, 51., daily on Monaiy, May ’26th, less, for
Norwalk and South ‘9‘orwalk. Leaving Norwalk
in the night time arriving in New York early in
the morning.
Frelght taken from and received for all points on
the Danbury and Norwalk, and Shepaug hallroads,
at very reduced rates.
Upon application to agents, City of Norwalk will
be sent for special lots of freight anywhere in New
Xork or its vlclnlty.
WAll persons are forbid trusting any of the
employees of the boats on this line on account of
the owner thereof.
Mae-mm
aoiww $‘s '
_ ‘ ' Examiner in
1876 to 1883. .
_ Offices, 436 Main Street,
U. 8. Pat. Ofile'q
BRIDGEPORT, CONN. .
: THE GREAT
German Remedy
' 1261' these death]
. anions Spells .
Bend on. _
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The Giant Dyspp oraeasewhere CI.-
ialscurcd byusm .» a n 13
um 13
Operativcswho ,_
_closely confined
x the mills and work
shops; Clerks, wh
do not procure suf- ; -
llclent exercise, an .
all whoare connn
in doors, should -.
Sm B
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ey will not th 1
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—-———-1 8171211111er
will cure Liver Com-
" D9n’tbedia-
mgedntwllleure
on.
Cleansethcvttlated
' lood when you see
- Itslmpurities burst-
gthrough the skin
PimplesJil
“‘Send two 3c. stamps to A. F 0rdway&Cz'r
Lawren Mass. and receive an ole t not
Funny Cclar‘ds free ' 53"
Cures Semfala, Emjpelas,
Pimples and Face Grabs.
Blotches, Bails, Tumors, {Iota
tor, Humozs', Salt Rheum, .
.9ch Head. Sores, Mercurial;
Diseases, Female Weakness
and Imgnlarz’tjes. Dadacssj
Loss 01' Appetite, Juandz'ce,’
Affections of the Liver. India
gestion. Biliousness, Dyspep-
sia and General Debfljty.
Accused Burdock Blood Bitters will satisfy the
most skeptical that it is the Greatest Blood Purine: on
earth. Sold medicme dealers everywhere.
Directions a eleven languages. Palcn. than.
FOSTER, .IWBN&CO-. Prop's. Bella‘s. ii?! 1
Stock Farm.
flc' is, Csya-s Co., . Y.
o my .: when of
Stud Bank of Frauen L
r1:n:=dlrc::l.rs. lNcw catalogue: our soon.
Szalicfl
Ensencrc, on South'n Central R. R. Joux W.Axm.
JUST WHAT You Anvil, Vise, Cut-
WANT. off Tool for Farm
and Home use. 8
sizes, assessor,
$6.50. Sold by
hardware dealers
To introduce. 1
legged fees. The elk weighs sometimes
as much as 28 stone clear.
W
.To rejoice in others' prosperity it to
give content to your own lot; to mild—-
gate mother's grief is to alleviate or dis-
W
It is astonishing how soon the who's
conscience begins to unravel if a single
stitch drops; one single sin indulged in
makes a hole you could put your head
Magus—Button.
—-——o—-.o-.—oo———
Fortitude is the guard and support of the
“hardness—Locke. -
free to first per-
son who gefs up
‘ ‘ aclub of 4. Agts.
wanted. Write for circulars. ‘
CHENEY ANVl-I. is: VISE Co. Detroit, Mich.
' ".‘ . .-; ~- -._ -'-"-.-"=»- 3r»
’ - WANTED SALEsPAEH
to canvass for the so e of Nursery. Stock. Ch-
u-led facilities. Solar and ex "st‘flpfllil- - '
Effie of the Largest Nurse-dyes in thcpgfulrs.
- w. '1'. E 1TH
Geneva Nurseries. ‘ Geneva. N ew 252k.
- hvrv
There is Money in it.
ANTED—Two or three live Agents to can-
vass Norwalk and vicinity for one of the
best selling articles ever on the market.
Call on F. H. PEllltWELL.
, f Watersu-eet
ms Nor-walk e
Norwalk Chronicler