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Unorowned. full many a hero fella,
Before the encircling cordon,
The patient deiver In the mine
Its wealth may not discover.
And bosuty’s grace and tenderness
nopsy not fqndest lover.
Yet still the level balance waits.
Poised true by fate unswerving :
No perfect gift of heaven rewards
The recrcsnt undeserving.
The tinselled bcubels fame bestows
Arc tarnished in the winning ; .
The coll attained through tears and unit,
not mocks the grand beginning.
0 soul that seest thy longed-for prize
Bestowed upon another.
130 brave to bear thy sore defeat, '
Thy grief and anger smother,
Nor back upon thy toiling years
look with regret forever;
Thou have the best that life can giver.-
The rapture of endeavor.
”OM——
An Evening Party.
Even if Tom Bayne did only get a sal-
hry of two hundred a-year, that fact
alone did not hinder him from mingling
in the best society of the town ; for he
was not by any means engaged in any
menial calling; on the contrary, he
stood proudly at his desk in the bli’dk-
like office of a huge distillery.
“Position is everything!" cries a well-
known adage, consequently T. B. took
his place in society, and kept it because
he had a position—a position in the ful-
filling of whose duties he did not soil
his hands. He was comely—comely ap-
plied to a man sounds queer—sleek-
faced, swell-developed figure (the orders
to his tailor regarding the quantity of
padding for his coat were very liberal),
his walk was pompous, and struck envy
to the hearts of the admiring tape-
measurers; and his conversation—grac-
ious! how it terrorized the hearts of the
helpless girls who felt themselves yield-
ing to its persuasiveness?
Of course he belonged to the “Gentle-
men’s Club," and had his share in the
manifold expanses of that very expensive
concern; he attended the same church as
his employers, and contributed freely
and ostentatiously to the poor-box. And
in spite of all this long-tongued people
would insinuate that perhaps the balance
of his bank account at the end of the
your was like the number of days, re-
maining in the year—infinitesimal short.
But when with John Hightonc and
Joe Abram the fiowingbowl was qunffed,
or the “champagne, you know,” his ’
tongue dealt in flowery eloquence, and
he was unanimously crowned laureate,
because of his attractive, polished man-
ners, and the abundance of spicy stories
always at command. Often haveliis com-
panions sat open-mouthed at these tales,
to which the Arabian Nights sank
promptly into utter insignificnnce, and
Baron Munchausen shadowed away into
nothingness.
Butthis divergence has been made as
a text to be, and as a base for the story
of Tom’s trouble and what came about
through the evening party. And if the
personal savers too strongly of a photo-
graph—which is to be dreaded, because
who ever knew a photograph album
filled with strangers’ faces and figures to
be interesting P~the indulgence of an
indulgent public is asked.
On this particular morning, at about
nfne o’clock, the run broke through the
veiling clouds, and a ray of his welcome
light cutting its way down through the
'. smoky atmosphere disclosed to Tom’s
eager eyes an envelope bearing the fam-
iliar monogram of a society belle lying
before him on the dusty desk. It re-
quested his company, &c.; but why on-
large? ' .
“Are you invited ?” “Mind your own
business!" , ‘
These were the only remarks or replies
of Mr. Tom for .the customary saluta-
tions of his fellows. Then on a Thursday
evening he made his glad way alone and
in a hansom to the Scene of action—to I
.the evening party. He was attired in
full dress, regardless of cost (although ‘
‘ his taller threatened to seize on Collater-
- al), andin the reception room took every
possible'occasion, and there were many,
forisneering at those who had not come
similarily attired; 'And as carriage fol-
lowed Carriage to the hospitable door, _
and the “expected" did not come, Tom,
whose bosom had long been agitated
with a harrowing doubt, which this very
night hehadresolved to fathom, grew
more and more dispin'ted. And the ,
cool, climactic Fred .Grayner, sitting
easily in a tilted-back chair. and clad in
aplaiu tweed suit, by several opportune
remarks added to his discomposure.
"The confounded follow 1" quoth our
hero. , “Thinks himself my equal, I do
believe, and in that miserable suit 1"
All of which reflections were lost on
Fred. and by T. B.'s particular inten-
' - tion, for he assuredly respected the ro-
bust physique of thishatred critic.
The utterances of a fellow who isin
love my be overlooked, especially when
that love is at fever heat, and 'we over-
look and are diaritable with T. B. for
these inflamed sayings concerning Mr.
Grayner, who, all the town knew, was
a rival for Miss Bartholomew's hand.
The reflections .of the rivals glaring at
each other umbr the bright sunlight:-~
Fred: “Won't Agnes give him fits
this evening if he comes near her again
with his sickening pleading for marriage
and blatant tales of his own acquire-
mentsl If she doesn’t, I’ll take the job
out of her hands and rid her presence of
the shallow-blamed cub. Whatamiser-
able air of utterly-utter! "
“If that young jackauapes ‘in the
Tweed suit dares/lo approach Miss Ag-
nes" thought T. 13., won't she send him
to the right-about! The idea of his dar-
ing to dancewith her—vane clad in white
‘satin, he in that old business'suit l"
Arustle of rich, heavy satin on the
"concise, and through the half-open
door" our gentlemen witnessed the en-
. trsnce' Off‘ihe expected ;" and with a
little further description of Mr. Grayner
we leave the amiable and welhwishing
pair, and. make the acquaintance of a
few of the assembled—just to fill in the
corners of our drawing. -
He wasn't- notoriously well-to-do, but
he came from arespectable family, and
being a hard and willing Worker, had
rapidly risen in the estimation of his
employers and acquaintances.‘ Hewas
only an assistant in a wholesale crockery
' warehouse, but was studious and unos-
- mutations in all things. Being such, he
had gained Miss Bartholtimew’s esteem,
and the reciprocated feeling had become
so intense that this evening was to be a
red-letter evening of his young life, an
assault on Cupid's battery (it forlorn and
hopeless combat sometimes) having
been resolved.
Now Agnes, if he only knew it, loved
him and despised the blatant Tom. Not -
knowing this, he felt the usual anxiety,
and, poor fellow was trembling In his
boots. _
The corners and the background of
the sketch.
‘ Here are a- couple trying to talk “blue-
stocking," literary, and they are—where
do you think? In Macaulay's Essays,
and the topic Machiavelli. How they
murder the famous author's meaning,
and how well they are : afiiafied with the
high-sounding talk! We move on. It
~ is too much. Next the Misses Dostey—
whose father is a wealthy miller—igno-
rant and_fond of display, and flirtipg .
'of ours.
surrounded with silks and overpowering
frengipani perfume, and we come back
to fill in the “black-and-white,” and put
on the finishing touches to the main fig.
ures. -
I said that Tom made his “ glad way ”
to the party, which was perfectly true.
Now, if I had added that at the door of
tho entertainer’s house a shabbily-drcss-
ell-girl had handed him a note, and
earlier a gentlemanly-dresscd person had
handed him another, both concerning
him deeply, I might have been thought
to be again diverging. These notes dis-
turbed but did not trouble the almost
imperturbable Tom. What does it mat»
for to him if he owes his washerwoman
for three months’ work, and his tailor
for a year's clothes ? Why, nothing at
all!
Owing to the division of the guests
in their respective cliques, Fred Gray-
ner was able to isolate Miss Agnes soon
after her coming; only to get the poor
satisfaction that he must escort her home,
the carriage to be sent on ahead.
But Fred had noticed, and so had T.
B., with failing heart, that she detached
the rose Bayne gave, and wore the bum-
ble spray of mignonette.
On finishing a waltz and promenading
gaily over to an alcove, T. B. ’s spirits
rose, cheered with the exciting dance,
and then he began. Why at this junc-
ture should those notes that had been
given him drop from his pocket, unfold-
ed and open to the keen glance of Miss
Agnes? This we cannot divine, and as-
cribe it, like all mysterous willings of the
Unknown, to fate—cruel fate.
One glance sufficed her. “W. W.
Fashion & Co., clothes, £20 ; Mrs. Mur-
phy, three months’ washing, £2."
Mr. Bayne’s protestations as to his en-
tire independence of the mercenary
world amply atoncd for her breach of
etiquette, and she determined to give
him a lasting lesson then and there. A
woman quickly decides withan impostor.
“What are those, Mr. Bayne 7”
“Ah! letters from friends—invitations
I suppose? .
“Invitations, yes! To what '9"
The dire truth was revealed to T. 13.;
stern yet amused face; he was beaten;
the flood-gates of. shame spened, and
hastily exousing himself he gained the
open air, and vented his excited feel-
ings under the cold and unsympathetic
light of the stars.
Father time has been busy for nearly
two decades now since Fred Grayner and
his inamorata took their gay homeward
walk under the sympathetic starlight.
It is at least ten years since an entry op-
posite Tom Bayne’s name in the club-
book read, “Unable to pay fees." And
at least five since he was summarly dis-
charged from the office of the great dis-
tillery. Then, after that “Black Fri-
day" of his, he subsisted through the
medium of miscellaneous jobs; forming
all the while, however, the main figure
of the group that every evening occu-
pied the spacious arm-chairs of a well-
known sample-room. Finally his fami-
liar face, with its scarlet nose and the
rag-clad form, were missed altogether.
On our voyage ,of inquiry we ended in
> an obscure Cornero'f the cemetery, and
by looking at “No. Forty-three." on the.
head-board of a grassy mound, and Com-
paring with the guidebook, we found
that the name was that of Thomas
Baynes. .
Fred Grayner did not marry Miss
Bartholomew after all, and is comfort-
ably settled with a cheerful, warm-heart-
ed little .wife. He possesses large busi-
ness interests. interlinked with the
duties of a prominent public ofiice.
His well-stocked and well-used library
and the handsome etchings, paintings
and articles of vertu which his house con-
tains, betoken the full enjoyment of the
higher pleasures of this transitory life
I He has attained the respect of
all, and retained what is still greater-
his self-respect. When he folds his lov-
ing wife in his arms, he realizes that in
giving up the match with Agnes Bart-ho-
lomew—marryiug a woman,,not money~
bags—united with one who loved him
and would continue to do so whether he
reached a pinnacle of fame or no, he did
the wisest ofsall possible things. He
has reached that pinnacle, and thinks
that had he married Miss Agnes and not
acquired fame, there would have been
an everlasting picnic in the household.
My sketch'is now done, but the colors
not having dried in, a few touches here
and there seem to be in order. In
writing it I did not propose the rendi-
tion of a homily on temperance—though
I incline that way—but rather have
endeavored to show the effect of
early companionship in the formation of
character.
Many others have done so before me
and maybe-will again, but the fact re-
mains and always shall, that the greater
care a young man exercises in choosing
his companions and occupation, the sur-
er he is of ultimately getting a high
place on a stout rung of the celebrated
ladder which we all climb more or less.
M.” -
UNADDRESSED PACKAGES.
What is termed nice service in the
post-office is the discovery of the owners
of unaddressed packages. Every day
there is a great hamper full of mail mat-
ter, the addresses of which have been
either jostled off by the rough handling ‘
of the mail pouches or which have never
been put on. The problem is to dis-
cover in the heterogeneous mass of
packages and addresses which package
belongs to a particular address. One of
the methods of discovery which has been
adopted is to sort out all the wrappers
which contain the address of the sender.
Each wrapper or part of an address, or
anything, to identify the package, is
enclosed with a note from the postmas-
ter to the sender, asking a description of
the article it covered, or"to which it was
attached, in order that the rightful
owner may get the property. In this
way many valuable things are restored.
At one time the carelessness of pub-
lishers of foreign journals was so great
that a large part of the delivery was
from the inquiry window. Last year
more than seven thousand wrappers
were identified in this way, and about
five packages restored to the owners,
In many cases, .however, research
proved fruitless, and, for one cause and
another, about five thousand packages
went to the Dead Letter Ofiice.
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A CRAB-SHELL BAROM ETER.
Acurious barometer is used by the
inhabits the southern-most province of
Chili. It consists of the castoff shell of
a crab, which is said to be extremely
sensitive to atmospheric changes, re-
maining quite white in fair, dry weather,
but indicating the approach of a moist
atmosphere by the approach of small
red spots. which grow both in number
and in size as the moisture in the air in-
creases, until finally, with the actual oc-
currence of rain, the shell becomes en-
tirely red, and remains so throughout
the rainy season.
his game was over; he saw rain in her '
remnant of the Amucaniau race which.
below than above this. In the sleeping
apartment sixty degrees is a very com-
fortable temperature. A. higher degree
of heat than this would be quite admis-
sible where there are young children.
The gentilation of rooms in which hu-
man beings must remain hours at a time
is a very important matter. Separa‘e
rooms can only be kept anywhere near
reasonably ventilated by raising the win-
dow sash one inch from the bottom and
lowering it a like distance from the top.
By this means the air in the room is
constantly renewed and drafts are avoid-
ed. The efi‘ect of muscular activity on
the production of body heat is well
known, and this makes it appear that an
active habit is the best for the winter
season, which is a fact for more reasons
than the one just given. For winter
wear woollen fabrics are best because of
their pliability and of their lightness as
compared with the weight of cotton
fabrics that would afford the same pro-
tection against the cold. The sub-
stances to be eaten and drunk in winter
should be used as hot as possible and
should contain a maximum amount of
fat. Hot milk, beef ten, chocolate and
soups are especially well adapted as food
for winter use, and now fat fries of
oyster, sausage. etc.. are admissible to a
greater extent than at other times. At
this season liver oils, such as that of the
cod, are very useful to those who can
stomach such matters.
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COWCUMBEIB.
Although it may be doubted whether
“fifty years ago the fashionable pronun-
ciation of the word was cowcumbcr,” yet
the statement that it “was ever written
otherwise than cucumber, at least by
persons of any education," was certainly
in error. In old dictionaries, as a rule,
the latter is the word used; in Barrett’s
{‘Alvearie" (1580) it appears as “a eu-
camber." The cow-prefix is deemed a
vulgarism. at the . present day, and was
obnslidered’ so‘ even in the seventeenth
century by some ; for we read in West-
macot's “Scripture Herbal," (1695) ”Gu-
cumbers, or cowcurnbers as the vulgar
style them,” (p. 110). Notwithstanding
this assertion, the ”vulgar" term found
general acceptance in a large section of
the community, if we may judge from
the following extracts from works of the
seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Withal's “Little Dictionarie for Child-
ren" (1608) contains “a garden of cow.
cumbers.” We find oowcumber in the
“Gozophlacium Anglicanum,” (1689),
and cowcumber or cucumber in “A New
English Dictionary," by J. If(ersey,)
(1702.) In "Praxis Medicines,” (1632
and 1639), written by the famous and
worthy physician, Walter Bruel, " I have
counted 14 examples of the word cow-
cumber, but have not found one of
cucumber. The former I have met with
in other medical works of the same
period. At page 47 of Westmacot’s
work in the line “Cucumbers or mutton
numbers."
IF—HOO—O‘o
CABINET DEFECT] 0N8.
The diary of Mr. Adams shows that,
while he never complained to his Cabinet
that they had deserted him, he felt bit-
terly disappointed that he was not the
choice of the politicians and of the
people for re-election. He would not,
however, even write a few pleasant
words of thanks (when asked to do so)
to an editor who supported him; neither
would he appoint to or remove from
office any one because of an individual
preference for or against himself. Dis-
'tiuguished politicians from different sec-
tions of the country, who would call on
him while sojourning at Washington,
would be treated with glacial frigidity,
and perhaps be unceremoniously dis-
missed, that he might take a solitary
walk or ride on horseback. Gen. Jack-
son was meanwhile being brought before
the public, under the direction of Aaron
Burr, Martin Van Buren ' and Edward
Livingston, as a “man of the people.”
They had persuaded him to resign his
seat in the Senate of the United States,
where he might have made political mis-
takes, and retire to his farm in Teunes- .
see, while they flooded the country with
accounts of his military exploits and his
social good qualities. Daniel Webster
told Samuel Brock, as the latter records
in his diary, that he knew more than
fifty members of Congress who had ex-
pended and pledged all they were worth
in setting up presses and employing
other means to forward J ackson's elec-
tion.
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lflAVING HATS.
“One of the hardest posts in a hat
factoty," said a boss hat maker, “is that
of a’shaver. Few people know that
there is such a person in a hat factory;
but there is, and liiarwork is as important
as it is difficult. He is armed with a thin
narrow-bladed knife, twelve inches long,
and as sharp as steel can possibly be
made, in which condition it must be kept
at all times. The'hat body comes to the
shaver in its raw condition. It is in the
shape of s V, and is covered 'with short,
fine hair, and perfectly dry. The hat
body is pldeed over the knee cap of the
man, who is to shave it with the‘ point
up. The knife is then taken in the right
hand, and, with the edge from the body,
is drawn back and forward with such
quickness that you would wonder that
an arm could be moved so fast. In the
mean time,- great care must be taken, as
the least pressure of the. edge of the
knife cuts the'hat, and it is spoiled.
“In the factories where nothing but
first-class goods are made these out hats
are thrown on the hands of the workmen,
.but in others the workmen lose only
'about one-half bf the'value of the hat,
and the firm sells it to somesecoud-class
manufacturer. , The {only difference is
that a ’ smdler-siZed hat is made; the
body being first worked over, so that
the top pomt is drawn away from the
out'u'ntil the latter isabout midway be.
tween the tOp and the outer edge, after
way. Hats made in this way, from bodies
est priced hats can be sold for about half
price, and also be of the best material.
A number of retail houses who sell low-
priced gdods deal in these hats.
“When the knives are worn down by
constant sharpening, the workman takes
them home for use in his kitchen, and
they are without doubt the finest knife
ever made for such use. The blade be-
ing so thin, its own weight will almost
takeaslicc from a loaf of bread, as?
the thinness of a slice of roast bee
which it shaves ofi‘ would make your
mouth waiter.- The only trouble is that
whenever the edge touches abone, or
other hard substance, it is dented or
would make a. barber’s razorblush."
Mirth is like the flush of lightning
that breaks through the gloom of the
clouds and glitters for a moment ; cheer-
fulness keeps up a daylight in the soul.
filling it with a steady and perpetual
serenity. ,
which the hat is made'up' in the usual ’
which'havc been intended for the high- '
' bent. The edge of one of these knives'
ought to be in asylums. Dr. Johnson
would have been considered insane be-
cause he insisted on touching all the
gate-posts he passed in London. There
is a chief of an important bureau in
Washington who has the some habit.
He admits that the tendency is almost
irresistible. Sometimes when he is ap-
proaching a gate-post which he cannot
touch because it is surrounded by_other
people, he will turn back and go some
other way.
He will stop in the hardest rainstorm
to put his finger on a post. This ec-
centricity has gotten him into a pre-
dicament more than once. The owner
of a house in Connecticut avenue once
pursued him and demanded to know
why he had tampered with his gate,
threatening to call the police. On one
occasion, while traveling 111 the country,
he rode back a mile 'to touch a gate
whiCh he had passed and omitted to
touch. The late Secretary Folger had
an insane idea that there was a charm in
the figure 3. When a boy, and later on
in life, he had a fashion of doing a thing
three times thatonly had to be done
once. He would eat three peaches—no
more, and no less. If he had four he
would throw one away. —
If he should eat more than three he
three. If he was to ride horse-back he
would mount three times before starting.
Up to his death he had a way of saying
“ good day ”three times to those he mot,
and in letters to his family he invariably
wrote on three pages. Judge Folger
often alluded to the 'idiosyncrasy. He
said that from his earliest remembrance
he had an overpowering belief in the
eabalistic power of the number 3. He
thought it had been transmitted to him
from his father, or that he had gotten it
from a superstitious nurse. When a
small boy he walked a mile to school,
and he afterwards acknowledged that
he had on more than one day traversed
the distance three times, making six
miles in all, before he felt safe in enter-
ing the school-house.
It we; said of Thomas Jefferson that
he would never permit any person to
cut his hair. He used the scissors him-
self. He had a superstition that his
strength would depart if- he allowed any-
one else to cut his hair.
The late Theodore Stevens could not
pass a pin without picking it up.
Furthermore, he always walked around,
if necessary to get the point toward him
before picking it up.
The venerable philanthropist, Mr. W.
W. Corcoran, will not sit down until he
has raised up the chair.
If Senator Vance hears a cock crow
before midnight he is nervous for a week
for fear that some calamity is about to
happen.
A PETRIFIED FOREST.
The visitor to the petrified forest near
Corizo, on the little Colorado, will be-
gin to see the signs of petrificatiou
hours before he reaches the wonder;
here and there at almost every step in
the road small pieces of detached limbs
and larger stumps of trees may be seen
almost hidden in the white sand. The
road at a distance of ten miles'from
Cerizo enters an immense’ basin, the
slop being nearly a semi-cirole,‘ and this
induced by high banks of shale and'fiue
white clay. The petrified stumps, limbs,
and, in fact, whole trees. lie about on all
sides; .the action of the waters for hun-
dreds of years have gradually washed
away the high hills roundabouts, and
the trees that once covered the high
table-lands now lie in the valley beneath.
Immense trunks, some of which will
measure over five feet in diameter, are
broken and scattered over a surface of
800 acres. Limbs and twigs cover the
sends in every direction, and the visitor
is puzzled as to where he shall begin to
gather the beautiful specimens that lie
within easy reach. There are numerous
blocks or trunksof this petrified wood ,
that have the appearance, for all the
world, of having just cut down by the
woodman's axe, and the chips are thrown
around on the'ground so that one in-
stinctively picks them up as he would in
the log camps of Michigan and Pennsyl-
vania. Many of the small particles and
even the whole heart of some trees are
now become thoroughly crystalized,
and the beautiful colored cubes sparkle
in the sunshine like so many diamonds.
Every color of therainbow is dupli.
cated in these crystals,- and those of an
amethyst color would pass the eye of a
novice for the real stone. The grain of
the wood is plainly shown in nearly
every specimen, making the pieces more
beautiful than ever.
' . ——d~.W‘
A CROWN OF our.
_.'-<
A crown of oak was considered by the
Romans worthy of the highest emulation '
of statesmen and warriors, To her who
had saved the life of a Roman soldier
was given a crown of oak leaves, one
indeed which was counted more honor-
able than any other. In Coriolanus, *
Volumnia says: “He comes the third
time home with tlge oaken garland" And
again : “To a‘cru'él war I sent him; from
whence he returned. his brows bounc
with as ," -
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THE WIRE ' AGE.
'In history. we have the golden age,
the iron age, the brass, and other periods
similarly marked. Future annalists
may well describe the present period of
our history as the wire age. In no part
of the economy of our daily lives are we
divorced from’wi'rc.‘ It ‘is our slave,
and yet an ever present master. Sleep-
ing, we repose on wire mattresses.
Eating, we see'foods which have passed
through sieves, and which are sheltered
from insect appetite by wire gouge.
Travelling. we are conveyed by cable or
electric railwaya"hoisted by elevators
hung on wires, and . hurried over wire
bridges. ,We announce our coming by
telegraph or telephone wires, and we
tread our way by night through streets
lighted? by means of electric cables.
Across our fields are strung thousands
Cf miles of barbed wire. Our clocks are
set by‘ wires, our wntches are run by
wires, our books are stitched with wires,
our pictures hung by wires, and our
politics managed by wires.
A DIODEST BEGGAR.
The modesty and honesty of Japanese
beggars are worthy the imitation ofgtheir
' profession all the world over. To save
themselve the trouble of answering the;
calls of mendicants, the shopkeepers of
Japan hang Copper coins to strings on
nails in front of‘ their shops, and when a
beggar comes that way he takes one,
only 8119. ‘ He never abuses the mer-
chant's. generosity by taking two or
more coins, nor by entering the shop to
solicit a larger amount than that hung-on
the nail.
W
No grace is more necessary to Christian
worker than fidelity.
. ment made of rubber.
would out twice three or three times .
For instance, the ball known as “ Beach's
Professional," adopted by the American
and Inter-State Assoc‘ia‘ion, is patented.
In the controls a round piece, of the
best Para gum, to which is added the
requisite amount of stocking-yarn. The
atter is stretched by machinery toils
utmost tension. Then it is wound by
hand so tight ,that it seems perfectly
solid. The winding is done‘one strand
at a time, which makes it more compact.
Around of white yarn is now put in,
and the whole covered with a plastic ce<
When this be-
comes hard, it preserves its spherical
shape, and prevents the inside from
shifting from its place every time the
ball is struck. .
Sometimes a ball gets knocked egg:
shaped the first blow it receives; but
it will never happen if this cement be.
used. Then colricsi more yarn, and
finally the cavei'j. The latter, for all
first-class balls, are made of horse-hide.
Long experiencehas proved this to be
the best. Cow-hide or goat-skin will
become wrinkled or loose. There is as
much change in the method of making
these balls in the last ten years, as there
is in the game itself._ The sewing on of
the covers is done by‘haud; the thread
used is caf‘gut. . .
The ball must pass through several
hands. One may become an expert in
the first winding, then another takes it
and does his sharé'ofthe‘work. The
third puts on the cover; but there are
very few who become proficient "in the
art of sewing the latter. A' dozen men
in the course of-Ja day will turn out
twenty-five dozen first-clans balls. and as
a mle they make good wages. Some
manufacturers put carpetlist inside, but
this can easily be detected, when the
batting begins, since the (ball very soon
loses its shape. ' " .
Of course, for the‘cheap'balls, such as
the boys begin with, not so much care is
taken in the {manufacture They are
made in cups, which revolve-in the fast
moving machinery. The insides are
formed of scraps of’ leather and rubber,
which are wound " with carpet-listing.
It takes a man about ten‘ minutes to turn
out one of these complete. ,
The Beach professional ball weighs;
from five to five and one-fourth ounces“
and is nine and onesfourth inches in cir-
cumference. Allatho other balls used
by professionals andlligh-class amateurs
are made every year, and these are not
sidered that upon every vhéant lot in the
large cities, and upon every village green
in the country, there are crowds of men
and. boys banging away at a ball when?
ever the weather permits. And yet
people say the National game is dying
out.
«CO—OI—
THE SHOP GIRLS' FRIENDS.
If American ladies really want to make
'the proprietors of the big dry-goods
stores provide seats for the saleswomen-—
or salesladies, if that is the proper terme-
they can probably do so by following’
that city ladies sign and transmit to the
managers of the shops whOre they deal
a petition like this : “Sir, it would
give great satisfaction to a large and in-
creasing number of your lady customers
if in your otherwise admirably-managed
establishment you would provide sliding
seats wherever women are employed be;
hind counters. It is certain that all
women must ultimately suffer from pro-
longed standing, and, as in the busiest
shops there are moments when business
is slack, it is hoped that you will see
your way to attaching seats to the
counter, on which they might rest while
sorting buttons, tidying boxes, or other
work not requiring a standing position.
In the inolosed list of ladies and will re.
cognize some of :your best customers,
all deal at your shop; and they would
not only continue their custom but per-
suade their friends to do the same. It is
hoped that you will return a favorable
answer or at least state any difficulties
you may have to contend with." Thus
far the plan has worked admirably, and
a good many swinging seats have bee
introduced.‘ -
“V.-—Oo
QUEER CURRENCY.
In some portions of Dakota, where the
country authorities pay a premium of
five cents apiece for dead gOphers, the
animals' tails are currency, and are re-
ceived as such everywhere, from the
saloon bar to the church contribution
box. The old bounty of fifty cents each
on woodchucks Was until recently paid
' by the Selectmen of the adjoining towas
of Avon and Canton, in the Litchfleld
Mountains of Connecticut. In Avon the
tails were required as vouchers, in Cam
ton the ears. By accident it was dis-.
covered that the waodchuck bills of the
two towns for a given period were the '
same. Following up the clew, the far?
mer boy hunters were discovered to be
collecting two prices for one animal,
offering the ears to one set of Selectmen.
and the tails to those of the next town.
There is at- present no tariff on chucks
in the Litchfield Mountains, and local
crises are impending. ‘ These are stories
that recall the days of Davy Crockett
and his electioneering tours.
suwrss _IN PETTICOA'I‘S.
In Germany women do most of the
menial out-of-door work. Switzerland
is the only country in continental
Europe where peasant women are not
obliged to do all the hard work. A
woman was seen recently in Naples car-'
rying apcofiln on her head, chatting
gayly with amen who walked empty-
handed at her side. Not infrequently a
woman and a cow are seen together pul-
ling a coal-cart through the streets of a
North German city, a man touching
him up. gently, to be, sure. with a whip
'as-he Walks beside them. In Denmark
it is not unusual to see awoman high”
up in a cherry tree picking the fruit,
while a man lies at the foot waiting to
place a ladder when she shall be ready
to come down with. her burden. “In
upper Austria," writes a correspondent,
“ I saw a slight and very pretty young
girl carrying the mortar up tothe second
story of a building while a man waited
there to put it re place when she ar-
rived." A correspondent reports having
seen a woman in Holland drawing a
canal boat, bent nearly double with the
leathern harness as she trudged along
the towpath, a man sitting at his ease in
the boat smoking.
MON——
Charles V. of Spain to send Gomez (who
had circumnavigated the globe in Magel-
lan’s expedition in 1520-22) to find a
northwest passage to the Pacific Ocean.
Ho sailed to Cuba (1525), thence to
Florida, and then northward to Cape
Race, latitude 46‘! north, and returned
without making any discovery. He
kidnapped some of the natives.
are of the same proportions. It is csti— j
mated that at least five million baseballs ,
extravagant figures;- when it is com .
the example of nhje‘llondon ladies... 1m“
The Council of the Indies induced
when Gen. Scott was promoted, although
he was then upwards of eighty years of
age, and unfit for military duty. Tall,
spare and erect, with snow-white hair
and keen eyes, he presented a striking
contrast to his small, vivacious and en-
ergetic wife. who was at that time com-
mencing one of the most celebrated of
the causes celebres of the United States.
Amiable, courteous and afi'ectionate,
Mrs. Gains became a heroic litigant, and
went from court to court seeking to
establish her rights as the lawful heir of
her father, Daniel Clark. Mr. Clark,
was, in his day, one of the most am-
bitious young men of New' Orleans,
who divided the confidence and respect
of the people with Gov.. Claiborne. He
was a high-spirited, ambitious young
Irishman, full of energy, and wealthy.
Embarking in . politics, he was elected
the first delegate to Congress from,
Louisiana, when he fergot the vows to
marriage to her, been divorced from her
first husband, a oonfédtionerinamcd De
Grange. Their ehildfdvas Myra Clark,
subsequently 'Mrs. Gaines. At .Wash-
ington he became infatuated With'the’
beautifuliMis‘s Catch of Baltimore, and
he returned to New Orleans, determined
to hilVe’his marriage with MadameDe
Grange, pronounced illegal, that he
might-wed Miss Catch. Pecuniary em-
barrassment fortunately arrested this
resolve, and induced a fatal sickness,
during which he repented, and sought
to make reparation to Myra‘by making a;
will in her favor, in which he ac-
knowledged her as his legitimate,
daughter. When, shortly afterward, he
died, the will could not be found,,but a
previous one was produced which con-
tained no recognition ,of Myra. Under
this will his real estate in the; city of'
New Orleans was administered on and
sold. Nor did his daughter Myra, then
a child, know anything about her
parentage and history until she had
fiwn up and .become the wife of Mr.
itney. She at once commenced the
prosecution of her claim to be recognized
as the ligitimafe daughter and heiress of
Daniel Clark. This she continued, and
when, after the death of Mr. Whitney,
Gen. Gaines addressed her, she consent-
ed to become his wife only after he had
promised to second her litigation. The
great number of persons interested to
defeat her, and their large means,
3 rendered the contest apparently a most
unequal one. But what has been wantr
ing in means, influence and array of
great legal talent has been made by the
singular heroism, pertinacity, patience
and indomitable will of this remarkable
lady.
0H0”.
SUICIDE OF A SNAKE.
Acorrsspondent writing says: I was
one day following one of the large
breaking-plows cOmmon at that time.
It was drawn by five _or six yoke of
oxen, and there were two men to manage
the plow and the team. As we were
going along one of the men discovered a
rattlesnake, as I remember, about twelve
or_ fourteen inches in length. They
rarely,exceodod_oighteen .0, twenty in-
ches, so that this one was probably
about two thirds grown. The man who
first saw it was about to kill it, when
the other proposed to see if it could be
made to bite itself, which it was oom- .
monly reported the rattlesnake would
do if angered and preven fed from escap-
ing. Accordingly they poked the snake
over into the plowed ground, and then
began teasing it with theirlong whips.
Escape was impossible, and the snake
soon became frantic at its ineffectual
attempts either to injure its assailants or
to get away from them. At last it
turned upon itself and struck its fangs
into its own body, about the middle.
The posion seemed to take effect in-
stantly. The fangs were not withdrawn
at all; and it not perfectly dead within
less than five minutes, it at least showed
no signs of life.
That it should die so quickly will
not seem strange if it is born in mind
that the same bite would have killed a
full-grown man in a few hours’ time.
The men watched it long enough to be
sure that it would not be likely to move
away and then went on with their work.
I trudged around with them for an hour
or more, and every time we came where
the snake was. I stopped and looked at
it, but it never moved again. In this
case'I do not remember that the snake
had been injured at all. I have often
heard of rattle-snakes hitting themselves
under such circumstances, but this was
the only case that ever came under my
observation.
_ ,7 , ,_,. .._.
A GREAT MEXICAN PYRAMID.
The pyramid of Cheops isdwarfed by
that near Magdalena, Mexico. The
Chihuahua “Enterprise" says that it
has a base of thirteen hundred and fifty
feet, and is seven hundred and fifty feet
high. There is a winding roadway
from the bottom, leading up an easy
grade to the top, wide enough for car-
riages to pass over, said to be twenty-
three miles in length. The outer walls
of the rdadway are laid in solid mason:
my, huge blocks of granite in rubble
work, and the circles are as uniform and
the grade of regular as they could be
made by our best engineers to-day.
The wall is only occasionly exposed, be
ing covered with debris and earth. and
in many places the sahuaro and other
indigenous places and trees have grown
up, giving the pyramid the appearance
of a mountain. ‘
Wo——
nossrns FOR BALLASTINO,
. Some years ago a most interesting
“ find ” of fossils was made at the Port~
land stone quarries. They were of high
scientific value, and kit was decided to
send them to Yale College for preserva-
tion and study. They were acco'rdin gly
loaded upon a flat Car at Middletown and
sent' on‘their way via Berlin4a car-load
of them. It was at that time that the
fine stone bridge of the Cdnsolidated
Road was being built across the Farm-
ington River at Windsor. After the
arch of the bridge was set, the space
was filled in on top with quantities of
broken trap rock from the company's
quarries in Meriden. This broken
stone at just this time was being drawn
to Windsor by the cars for this purpose.
The conductor 'of one train discovered
the car-lead of fossils side-tracked at
Berlin, and 'felt sure at once that it was
a lot of ballast for the Windsor bridge,
which had been accidentally left behind.
With commendable zeal be fastened to
it at once and drew it on to the bridge.
There the rare‘fossils were dumped with
the other stones, and there to-day‘they
lie inthe solid flooring of' the massive
bridge.
Mm»...
It is said that the grasshopper has
proportionally 120 times the kicking
power of amen. A poor young grass-
hopper never goes to see a rich Miss
Grasshopper when old man Grasshopper
objects.
his wife, who had corpus-tho finnecfhia :
the extreme care exercised by
attained by a twenty years’
each “ingredient, so that its
. Nothing is trusted. to chance,
_’ llis‘partimilar branch of the
I. the Royal Baking Powder is
ness, and thousands of tests
i'rfirillvl'f. unrivaled.
ON THE ENGINE.
Running a Locomotive while Dent-lily Sick—Some-
thlng the Passengers Did Not Know—A Physi—
cianfiaves an Engineer.
TAL’N’I'O‘N, MASS.
Dr. D. Ken-way, Rondout, All. .-
l)r:xu $11!: I am an engineer on the Old Colony
Railroad, and run the Fall River boat train between
Fall River and Lowell, residing in 'l'aunton. Fon
ten years I suffered everything but death from
dyspepsia. Often I had such binding sick heath
aches that I could scarcely see. I think this was
due partly to irregular habits of eating, and pamy
to the jar of the engine. Sometrmes my head
would snap 'llke neuralgia, and again the pain
would settle in my eyes, which would feel as big as
a, man’s lists. My breath was very offensive, and
my food soured us soon as it entered my stomach.
In fact my stomach felt as though it were 9. great
raw and sore surface, and what agony It gave pcr-
hope you can imagine. 4
In the summer and fall of 1876 when we 11ng the
heavy centennial travel, the constant jar b ought
on acute attacks nearly every week and I thought
I should have to leave the road. But I kept at
work until the next sprin , when I grew so much
worse that Icould virtual y eat nothing, and con-
cluded that my labor, and my life too, were about
over. :
Remember that I had tried every medicine I
heard of, and had been treated by some of the best
physicians in Tauutou and Lowell. At this critical
time Dr. DAVID KENNEDY’S FAVORITE REM-
EDY was recommended to me. Itwns new to me,
and with my experience of medicines, you can
easily forgive me saying that I had not a particle
of faith in if.
I had taken it but a few days when I began to
get better. The raw and sore feeling left my
stomach, and the snapping pains left my head,
and soon I was all right, and have been ever since.
It is the only thing that ever did me the least good,
and it drove every ache, pain and discomfort com-
letely out of my body. Now I keep Kennedy's
avorite Remedy with me on my engine, and it
goes wherever I go. '
Why. I beilevc Favorite Remedy will cure any-
thing. Oue nlght. a while ago, John Layton, an
engineer who runs the main lne boat traln from
Boston, came on my engine sick as death. He was
worn out with work. had a high fever, and was so
nervous he almost broke down crying. “Nonsense
John," I said, “cheer up, l’ve got something on my
engine that will set you up in a jiffy.” .I took out
my bottle of Favorite Remedy, lifted his head and
gave him a good dose. He went to hell. Twir
days after I saw him looking healthy as a buther.
“Dun ” he said, “what was that stuff you gave me
the ot Ier night?” “It was Dr. David Kennedy’s
Favorite Remedy, Rondout,N. Y.." said I. .“Weli,
I don’t care whose Remedy it is, It’s the thing for
a man on the railroad." So say we all.
Yours. etc.. DANIEL Fl'r'l‘s.
This preparation goes the root of disease by pur-
ifying the blood and rousing every organ Into
healthy action. It is useful at home, shops, in
Chloe—everywhere. . .
Dr, David Kennedy, Physrclun and Surgeon,
Rontltou. N. Y.
W. B. HALL
& C0.,
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BRIDGEPOIRT.
SACClBlPPl BLACK SILKS
We shall offer on Monday a full line of
those justly celebrated Black Silks, made
by the Haskell Silk Company. and known
as the SACCARAPPA SILKS. Prices,
$1, $1.25, $1.50, $1.75 and $52.
On the above line of American Silks we
will give a written guarantee to every cus-
tomer warranting them not to break, crack
or shift, and we shall make good every
justifiable claim made within six months
from date of purchase.
[inn Sfllll 01. lilllllll «81113.
We will also offer twelve numbers of the
best Guinet Silks at lower prices than the
goods were ‘cvcr offered or ever will he
Silk Department
In connection with our great. doles of
this .week, we shall offer 700 Pieces of
Fancy Summer Silks, , ~
37 1,2 cts., 50 'cts., to 5‘8 cts
PER YARD. '
We will silnply’susie that for styles and
qualities these goods are the greatest vul-
ucs ever offered in Summer Silks, and pos-
itively-cannot be duplicated. We shall
also offer 200 pieces _
LYONS BLACK SILKS '
At the followiue extraordinary low prices:
42 1-20., 500., 62 1-25., 750.
‘ _ ' ‘ PEP. YARD. ,
GINGHAMS-ANDSATTEENS.
Will Offer 200 pieces on Monday at start.
ling prices. -
w. B. HALL & op.
' n. l. alums, »
Phn ngraphe
2- ILL an on cuss.
ill 'Sailsiaclln Guarani.
.A Tilllll' IS' SULICITED.
‘No. 11 Main St. NorWalk, Conn.
o. E. WILSON,
General Insurance it Real Estate Agent.
Money to Loan.
A rEnFEchme Powers
The great success of the Royal Baking Powder is due to
the manufacturers to make it.
entirely pure, uniform in quality, and of the highest leaven-
' ing power. All the scientific. knowledge, 'care, and skill,
practical experience are con-
tributed toward this end, and no pharmaceutical prepara-
. tion can be dispensed With a greater accuracy, precision,
and exactness. Every article used is absolutely pure. A
number ot’c'hcmist-s are employed to test the strength of
exact power 'and effect in
combination _‘witb ‘itsncobihngredients is definitely known.
and no persOnis employed in
_' the preparation 10f the ,~inaterials who is not an expert in
business. As a consequence,
of the highest grade of ex-
cellence, always pure, wholesome, anduniform in quality.
Each box is exactly like ever ' other, and will retain its
powci'saml produce the same and the highest leavening
‘ effect, in any climate, at any time. The Government Chem-
ists, after having analyzed all the principal brands in the
market, in their reports placed the Royal Baking-Powder
at the: head of the list for strength, purity, and Wholesome-
s
all over the country have
' further demonstrated the fact that its qualities are, in every
D . LESLIE’S
SPECIAL PRE‘SCRIPTIUNS
SIEK
HEADACHE
. SEASIOKNESS.
TESTIMONIALS:
'l‘kov, N. Y., Aug. 19, 1880.
S. B. Altman—Dear Sir: I have suffered from
Nervous Sick Headache all my life. Nothing gave
me relief until I tried Dr. Leslie’s Special Prescrip-
tlon for Sick Headache. Have used it for the past
five years and It works like a charm. 'I‘ruiy yours,
Jon): N.Fr:xsr, with \V. H.Frenr.
1582 River street, Troy, N. Y., Sept. 12, 138-1.
5. B. ARCHER—Dear Sir: For over twent years
I have been troubled with sick headache, living
an attack every two weeks which confined me to
mybed for two or three days each time. and 1 have
been unable to find anything that. would help me
until I tried Dr. Leslies Special Prescription about
a year ago; since then I have had but. one attack,
and that was caused by overwork and anxiety over
the sickness of my" daughter. I can therefore
heartily recommend it to. all afflicted with head-
ache. Yours sincesely,
CHARLOTTE PE’I‘RY.
8:32 River street, Troy, N. 1'.. Sept. 6, 1534.
S. B. ARCHER—Sir: In reply to yours asking
wllelherlliud any more trouble with headache
will say that I have not been troubled with it in all
the five years, and that my general health has
really improved, and I feel that I owe it all to Dr.
.eslie’s Special Prescription.
'onrs very truly
CHARLOTTE Parnr.
0N E DOLLAR 2
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Ol'dP/‘b‘. A 0A RD,
We, the undersigned, havrng received great and
permanent benefit from the use of “COMPOUND
OXYGEN ” prepared and administered by DRS.
Snukm’ PALEN, of Plilludelphla,'and being sat-
isfied that It is a new discovery in medical science,
and all that is claimed for it, consider it a duty
which we owe to the many thousands who are suf-
fering from chronic and so-called “incurable" dls<
eases to do all that we can to make its virtues
xnown and to inspire the public with confidence.
We have personal knowledge of Drs. Starkey .1:
Palen. They are educated, intelligent, and con-
scientious physicians, who will not, we are sure,
make any statement which they do not know or
believe to be true, nor publish any testimonials or
reports of cases which are not genuine.
Wu. D. KELLEY,
‘ life/ricer of Congressfl'om Philadelphia.
'1‘. S. ARTHUR
Editor and Publisher “Arthur’s Home Mag-
' azine," Philadelphia.
1’. I.. Coxuan, _ .
Editor “Lutheran Observer," Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA. PA., J we 1. 1332.
In order to meet a natural inquiry in regard _ to
our professional and personal standing, «nu to give
increased confidence ill our statements and in the
genuineness of our testimonials and reports of
cases, we print the above card from gentlemen
well and widely known and of the highest personal
character. .
Our “Treatise on Compound Oxygen," contain-
ing a history of the discovery of and mode of action
of ”unremarkable curative agent, and a large rec,
0rd of surprising cures ln Consumption, Caim‘rh,
Nostalgia. Bronchitis, Asthma. etc.. and a rude
range of chronic diseases. Will be sent free.
Address,Drs. STARKEY & PALEN
1109 and 1111 Utrm'tl Street, l'hilada., a.
w Nmor moncv than at anything else ny taklng
I an agency for the best- selling book out. Be-
ginners‘succeedgrandly. None Iu1.. ’I’err’ns free
Inims'r'Boox '00., Portland, Maine. ,
$.13. WILSON.
l ‘ - "5 °
tarpcntcrrllullder,
Steam Band & Scroll Sawing,
Windchrames, Blinds. dc.
Packing Boxes. Mouldings and
. Brackets Made to order
Orders by Telephone or Mail promptly attended to
- First-Glass Turning Inc in Order.
Shop and Residence, 11, Summer, Street,
‘13? Norwslk, Conn.
"NEW MARKET!
No. 6 Main Street,Norwa*, Ct.
. .rnn BEST or
Beef, Veal. Mutton, Lanib,1’ork,
RAMS. POULTRY, Inc... always on hand .at the
very lowest market prices. GAME of all kinds lp
its season. Try me; I will try to suit. W. _l:.
OLQKWOOD, late with Adams Bros. 65qu
’1‘ II E
Norwalk' Fire insurance Go.
. Has now completed its
f8ih SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS YEAR
And has not outstanding a dollar of unpaid losses
or claims for losses. No sound company insures
or less. .
{it C. srussr, Pres. S. E. Gunman, Tress,
GEO.. If. (Own-:5, Secretary.
PETER L. GUIGUE,
FLORIST Milli YMIN,
' UNION AVENUE,
North of Norwalk Cemetery,
“0 BWAEE’ ‘ .
Dealer in In Green House and Hot House and
Bedding and Vegetaule Plants, Frult and Ornamen-
tal Trees Shrubbery, Vines. Cut Flowers always
on hand and all sons of designs in Flowers arranged
to order. sly-1
Grading and Re-filling Cemetery Plots
promptly attended to.
Room No. 3 Gazette Building, Norwallr, Conn.
‘treatment.
GONE. I
Or’mwo o'n Arch street, and one on Franklin sve.,
as may be leslred f l .
sma ( , '13.]? (:en‘fllys‘gl‘tb, taillight.
For Sale Cheap. .
ILL be sold at a Bargain if a lied for
W a small, neat Cottage, fit sixlfpooms. In 333
neighborhood, and three minutes’ walk of the
Bridge. Apply at GAZETTE OFFICE.
‘cx—Iérlom
Building Lots
F‘OR SALE
On Wilton Avenue
Apply ‘0
n. a. s'rununs. or o. s. wasoN.
oaznrrn BUILDING: ' '
Money to Loan.
En ulre 010.3. WILSON No.3 ’
11g, orwalk, Conn. ‘ Gazette ltafllgd—
FOR 841.2.
M I LCll COW.
. Address Box 421
324! . _ 'Norwirlk, Conn.
- For Sale.
W0 Montague Cylinder Presses for News
T or Poster work. 'Wlll he sold cheap for 113.3%?
Size of Bed 20x46 and 30x41. Apply at
THIS OFFICE.
For Sale.
A. Chestnut Stunding-Desk.‘ Apply at
. '1 ins OFFICI.
For Sale.
ADOUBLE BARRELLED RIFLE made by John
Blissett London. Will he sod
cash. Euqniie at this omce. ] Cheap M
FOR SALE,
NE two seated sqiiare box side bar wagon.
One light lumberbox wagbn.
One second-hand square box wagon.
One one-horse cart.
tf-16 . A: LYON. Knight Street.
w. s. omnrsnn,
FURNISHING UNDERTAKER
OPPOSITE HORSE R. If. DEPO’I‘,
Residence '143 Main Street. Telephone Connection.
GEO-WARD CELLECK,
HARDENBROOK'S BLOCK. WALL STREET,
FAMILY GROCERIES.
Stock always Fresh and Complete. Agent for
Lellgewood Farm Dairy. Families can be a
with pure Bottled Milk daily. applied
ALEX. s. GIBSON,
Organist. of the First Congregational Church.
Teacher of
Pianoforte, Organ and Musical
Composition,
Lock Box 39,1). 0., NORWALK. CONN.
J. BELDEN HURLBUTT. _
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
.Room No. 4, Up Stairs.
GAZETTE BUILDING, NORWALK, CONN
W IIINKLING and,
BANKERS (ii. BROKERS, ’
48 BROAD STREET, NEW YORK.
Members of the New York Stock and Petroleum
Exchange. Stocks bought and sold on moderate
terms. Stock privileges secured in small and large
lots. Petroleum 1000 burrels- Orders filled by
telegram ormail. Official quotationsantl informs.
tlen sent free. Fractional lots 1 to 5 per cent.
margin, no interest for carrying. 1y9p
DRUN KEN NESS
Cured in its Various Stoves-
Desire for stimulants entirely removed. Home
Medicine can be administered without
knowledge of patient, by simply placing it in cof-
fee. tea or any article of food. Cures guaranteed.
$|00 WILL BE PAID
lor any case of drunkenness that Golden Specific
wll not cure. Circulars containing testimonials
and full particulars sent free. Address,
GOLDEN SPECIFIC 00..
_- 185 Rae Stree cinnatl, 0
And Government Claims my
Sole Businers. Thousands have
Rights Neglected.
ADDRESS, Free of Charge,
Gen. W. E. NOBLE, Bridgeport
‘TNA INSURANCE (30., of HARTFORD.
Incorporated 1312. Charter Perpetual.
CAPITAL AND ASSETS, $3,902,272.01.
1 y‘zil
Insures against loss and damage b Fire, on
terms adopted to the hazard and cons tent with
the laws of com eusatlou. COWLESN; MERRILL,
Sole Agents for l'orwalk and vicinity.
FIRE INSURANCE
In NEW YORK and. other first-class
gfompanies.
‘lll‘l.
If. ll. UNITE”). Bl Main St.
A: CARD.
Having purchased the
FURNITURE BUSIN ESS,
Recently carried on by \VIIJJA)! Locxwoon at
No. 36 MAIN STREET.
1 am prepared to meet the wants of all prospective
purchasers of furniture, hoill STAPLE AND
ORNAMENTAH I have on hand :1 large
stock which I will sell
VERY CHEAP FOR CASH.
[shall be pleased to meet all old or new friends
and will guarantee satisfaction In
every case.
grocer: H. RAYMOND.
same UNABLE. ro Hammers
H A R N E S 5
To compete with large concerns, I have taken the
agency of one of the oldest and largest estab-
lishments in the state forthe sale of
Harness. Saddles, Halters, Sur-
angles, Collars, are.
I shall also Make
Fine Harness to, Order,
as usual, at the old stand.
No. 7 WATER STREET.
where I will use a regular line of Whips, Sponges
4 Chamois, lankets, Robes, Feed Bags,
Traveling Bags, ac.
3.1:“. PEOKELI...
F. H. PECK WELL,
_ ARCHITECT,
N0. 7 WATER STREET.
AG EST FOR
Gilbert'Lock Company.
Dibble Manufilcturing Company’s door
' knobs.
New York Wood Turning Company.
(‘orucr Blocks for window casings.
Round and Square Turned Balusters.
“ “ “ “ Newels.
Plain. and Double Moulded Stair Rails.
' Also Flat Moulded Door and Window
Casings furnished at short notice.
W.-H. MEEKER,
54 Main Street,
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN,
Practical Plumber.
steam and Gas Fitters, Dealers in Plumbers’ and
Steam Fltters’ Supplies, and Gas Fixturels.n1
y.
Jobbing promptly attended to.
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Norwalk Chronicler