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on, heart that beat as mulli-
Havebestindaysof ‘, 'l.
l linger hergfor her, my, ,
Outside her father's door.
1 look and watch, mammal-a
- To see her at the gates.
And know with love's full mm
ll! being “Dim“.
There is a beauty in the night,
I .waigller " ' “fforfie light -' ,.
_ Which g,‘ . . ocular-L A -1.
Thb‘lo'velllght which sh’nll’ahed its rag.
Across the coming hours, -
And over all the future days
Shall scatter fadeiess flowers. ,
She comes l she comes! The alrgrows will"
Her loving face I see;
And even night is no more night!
When she is here with me,
0h, stars of heaven! with Jonoek down
Upon our perfect bliss.
She crowns my life with lova’s pure crown.
And giids it with her kiss!
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. Soulful ‘windows'of his old.
church,_re ctIiilg their many hues on the
green twined about the pillar, even apert-
ing among the pure white flowers with
which the altar was dressed; the organ
pealed forth its glad, triumphant Christ-
mas strain, then siowly died away, and al~
most lost itself, when, breaking the solemn
stillnessL-ii saloon which seemed '6 very
hush of gladness—one voice, exquisitely
sweet and pure, and clear, floated through
the vaulted aisles, higher. and higher, until
it seemed as though carrying the Christmas
t
anthem upward to Ithcfeet ofthe listening gthatamitgfinished the house had risen to
angels, that they might catch the strain
and bear it to their God. ‘
Instinctively Colonel Duncan Dare
turned, that he might view the songbtress.
He had scarcely known what motive had
led him this morning into the church, ex-
cept that his regiment had only recently
been ordered here, and he had strolled in
half from custom, half from ennui. '
'He had, 'so few friends here, except
among his brother oflicers, and a friendless,
Christmas is themest desolate d'ay-‘in ill
the calendar. No one had brought him to-
day a Christu‘nirgift, no one wished him a
Christmas greeting, but in this moment he
felt as though he had received both.
Yes, there she stood, the owner of the
voice, her eyes gazing dreamiiy into space,
'Ihcr little gloved hands simply clasped,
seemingly making no effort, scarcely con-
scious that she sang, yet with every stone
of the old church echoing the perfect mel-
ody.
It was over, and she took her seat; the
little curtain, behind which was the choir,
was drawn; the congregation settled them-
selves, as though having partaken of some-
thing which to them was daily food ;' but of
the restof, theses-vioeIDuiicdfi‘5-Dare knew
nothing—of the responses, the prayers, the
semen, he heard not a single word.
“Wholpshe?” . ~.
This was the one question uppermost in
his mind. It 'was ehsily 'answered. ‘ Her
father was a man of wealth and position.
'- Before a week had passed, Colonel Dare
had been invited to dine at his table, and
had been presented to his fair young host-
ess, Mobs Melville. ‘ ‘ . ' '
All in vain he strove to consume the deli.
cacies placed before him. For ten years,
in, his regiment, he had borne the chafiing
‘of his comrades, that his heart was as bul.
letpproof as his body, spite of the fact that
' he presented it to the broadside of the fair
sex as fearlessly and as bravely as he ever «struggle to forget, butl- find it has-all been
did his body to the enemy. He bore their
shading well. He was much- their senior
in years, as well as in rank, and none of ,
their number knew that in years agone one
bullet had gone to its mark—aye, to the
verylife-centre of his being.
Time had healed the wound, but had
also made him hard and callous. He would
hear the scar to his grave, even though hid-
den from every eye. "- ‘ . ’
That anything green could grow up out
- Icfthe‘barrefmess, he’rlefer dreamed, until
ll‘
so looked into Meta Melville's _ wenderfui -.
eyes,:pnd felt her‘little hand trembling in
his‘g'rasp. .
He was very incredulous of himself dur-
ing the days that followed. Miss Melville
was a beauty and a belle—some added, a
coquet. - Duncan Dare had reason to dread
the meaning of the latter word. He had
once learned to his cost all that it might
mean. Once he had looked into eyes
which seemed 'trauslucent as were this
girl's, which smiled to him a welcome even
as here, and Iall were false—the smile, the
welcome and the~glauce.
But, spite of his reasoning, the current
bore him on, until he had found that it had
caught him in its resistless force, and that
he was powerless longer to prove his own
pilot. Still, he could not put his passion
ilto_words—not even to her .who had in- l
' spired it.
Againand again he, listened spellbound
to the glorious voice, but when others
pressed round to thank and praise her' he.
' ’said nothing. Yet, if‘sbe noticed it, she
gave no outward sign. His silence, to her,
seemed highest praise. ..
But one day, passing slowly out from“:
church, waiting until she appeared, that he
might join her, Duncan Dare heard two
dowagers conversing in low tones behind
him.
“That is the gentleman who is 59 atten-
tiv: to Miss Melville," be distinctly heard
one say. ' ’
“Indeed! " exclaimed the other. “She
" will break her engagement than soon, I
suppose? ” ' - ' , ,I
'3‘ No, I do not think so. It is a binding
one—for one year, at least. He must wait
his turn." ' . I
' Colonel Dare felt his face pale, and,
' strong man though he was, his limbs
trembled. An hour before, and, listening
. to the sweet, pure strains of hervoica,’.tlicy.'
- had shamed his doubt of her truth into
what he fancied was eternal slumber, and,
lol it now- spnng into new and hydra
headed life. -He had, for thefirst time,
ocknowladged to his own soul that one
. pure flower of love had sprung up again in2
the barren garden of his heart, and that,
accepting the heaven-sent gift, he would
tend and and garner it;, now, with his own
hands, he would uproot and cast it out. _
With amazed, incredulous glance, Miss
Melville saw him pass her with a cold,
courteous raising of his hat'; than. with
strides almost fierce in their swiftness, vau-
lsh down the’ltreet. - A . .
The next week she learned that, through
’ O‘ch‘sng'e of Orders he himlielf had sought,
Colonel Dara had been removed to another
command.
The gossips said, next Sunday, in
church, that Meta Melville’s voice was fail-
ing. How could they tell that, looking
down upon the vac It place .flilmfgyvliich,,
ainc'éi‘tfiIit-ggllilstm _. Day, thél up, sow
confininsndziloiol been onions. until
have, a sense of- sudden lonelinesshad smote
upon her heart, until her notes of praise
had almost ended in a burst of bitter weep-
ing ? ' '
But, like many another of her sisters,
she bound up her heart, lashing it with
the thongs of pride until it stifled every
moan, while her eyes and lips still smiled.
But bitter-eye: sorrow was in store for her.
i 1; i1" '1, as he. he: ..n, dotinstethii?
died, liiving her orphaned and alone. His
. wealth, too, vanished under the Argus eyes
of executors and creditors, and from his
once vast fortune it was discovered nothing
was left.
This fact first roused Meta from her tor-
por of despair. Had he lived, he could
have breasted the storm brought about by
. ba‘ok monola-
fife. , A‘bufitofbdmmboialmost of awe,
. Such was her bitter musing, when the
servant of the hotel brought her a 03111;?
’ presence. ' .
. hitthe truth; “but the engagement they
. “Then you are free—‘free to lo've me? All,
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a sudden turn in the tide of financial af-
fairs. Happily, he was spared the knowl-
edge that his child was exposed, unpro-
tected, to its fury; but Meta new learned
the innate strength and force of her we-
manhood. .
Her voice, which had always been his
pride—on whose cultivation he had lav-
ished gold which new mighthave supported
.her inofimfork—pbefiofld at least turn
‘ ' ‘I ;i'but not here—not
where slid had’alwsys'livsd—where she had
dreamed the one brief love-dream whose
harsh dispelling none knew save the heart ,
which had suflered it. - '
It was Christmas Eve, and, in a distant
town, where she trusted she might know
or be known-by none, Miss Melville was.
evening she had laid aside her mourning,’i
wearing a white heavy silk, her neck and
arms bare, without a tinge of color in her.
dress, except uheh of deep-fed- relies in I'
, iii-ongliti'oirnnlibluoh to
litr'cli ' dud hfr‘feyes se’eI'm'aii ablaze with
followed her appearance, succeeded by' a
burst of applause. She seemed so young,
soexquisitely lovely, suchavery child in
their midst. Then the conductor raised
his baton, confidence crept reassuringly
into her heart, and, though she dared not
glance; IIong'Itha audience, she felt them
to be her‘frie'uds. ‘
Faint, and low, and sweet, began the
flute-like tones, until, gathering strength
and courage, they rose higher and higher,
endingiuatrillso perfect, so wonderful,
its feet, and the songstress’ triumph was
complete.
Rapturonsly they demanded an encore.
Smilingly she obeyed. Again the sweet
young tonesbroke the silence~this time
assaying some simple ballad. It was a lit-
tle song she had once sang to Duncan Dare
when they two had been alone together.
For the first time her glance swept the
house, and as though its notes had con-
jured up his wraith, she saw him standing
pale ahdosteru,‘ leaning against (me of the
stalls, hileyee IfixedIon her face. For a
ambient her voice trembled and broke.
The memory of all she had sufiered blotted '
voice,.caught the glance of pity- and um-
ps’th‘y rroln many faces; than, gathering
Motrcrlgth for the one supreme effort of
her life, caught up the broken .strain and
held it to the end. .
Smiling to the last, she bowed to the de-
lighted audience her adieu; then, feeling
their curious gaze no longer upon her, sank
fainting gamma stood. ‘ L . . .
It was Christmas morning. A year ago,
and how brl hi: and joyous had been her
welcOmd‘to— a day! Now all was sad and
desolate. Only the floral tributes stranger
hands had sent her genius, not herself, sur.
rounded her,» already'showing signs. of de-
cay. No single tribute prompted by love .,
was hers. /
bearing Duncan Darc’s name; and in a?
few moments he had followed it into’her
He started on seeing her deep mourning-
'robes.
. “My father,” she said, simply, inanswer
to his look. “You did not know it?"
“ I knew nothing," he replied. “ My
life, since I left you, has been one long
in vain. I cannot tell you the horror with.
which I saw ypu," last night, selling the
voice whose notes are priceless. How did
'it'all happen ? Meta, tell me i"
In a few words she told him all.
“But your engagement? "' he went on.
“Who or where is the man, that he allows
you .to do this thing—to bdrter that which,
should be his most precious treasure.”
She looked at him with wondering eyes.
"What do you mean?” she said. “I
have never been engsg " ~
Then he told her what he had ever-
heard. Thc blood mounted to her brow as
she listened. .
“They had no right to liukmy name
with yours,” she cried, indignantly, wou-
dering, with a spasm of wounded pride, .if
he would ever guess 'how nearly they had
referred to doubtless was with the choir, as -
that bound me for a year, and they sup-
posed mypossible marriage might inter-
fere withit." - . I.
“Meta, my level 'my level "’ be ex-
claimed, in the fullness of his grateful joy.
you knew long ago, dear, how all my heart
was yours 2 ,I need not now put it into
words, “Meta, you will be my wife—my
Christmas gift ? ” I
She looked. up, smiling, through her.
tears.
”I was just about to' make another on-
gagement," she said. .
His face paled.
“ Do not trifle with me! " he pleaded.
For answer she placed within his hands a
paper containing future terms of agree-
ment fbetween herself 'and her manager,
awaiting only her signature. .
‘ He read'lt thrcugh; than, crossing the
room, placed it on the burning coals in the
grate.
“ My little Christmas gift," he said, re-
turning again to her side, and taking her ‘
right into his strong, loving embrace, “you
have made better terms tie-day, and with
another manager. Henceforth, lny dar-
iling, all legal documénts must-besigned by
both colonel and—Mrs. Duncan Dare.
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'- ’ A private letter re’ceived‘in’this city from
a passenger on the Pacific Mail steamship
Colima, which sailed for Panninn‘ recently,
speaks in flatteringterma ‘ofi the godd quali-
ties of the vessel and herofiicem, and relates
the following incident of .the trip fdown the
coast: “0n theLtl‘lird day out,~*while set-
ting the awning,.a.s'a'_ilor‘ slipped overboard.
The ship was'going" gsome twelve miles an
hour. They had a boat in the water,
manned by four men and the third mate,
in fifty-two seconds after the sailor went
over, and in four minutes they had him in
the boat; along way astern. When he fell
in the water he had on boots with the legs
cut ofi, which he kept on. He lost his hat
and deliberately swam for it and put it on.‘
- When picked up he had his sheath-knife in
his hand, having drawn it to be preparch
for a stray shark. On being taken aboard
he took a, hand at an- oar, and helped hoist
the boat on returning alongside.~San fian-
os's Alia. .
The Garden of Eden, now called Gour-
nah, is forty miles northeast of Busreh. in
Turkish Afdbfi, at thejfconfiuence of the
‘ Tigris arid Euphratesh .sTha country is-dey-I
titute of vegetation, with the “captioning
date palms. The tree pointed out by the;
inhabitants as the true and original Tree' of:
in that the latter bears a bean and does not
ow to half the size of an ordinary tama-
rind tree. The eagerness shown by Euro-I
pens to possess a branch of this tree has
given rise to a good deal of impositionon .
the part of the natives, and unless a large,
purl-recs); lawlgorthconliug, theyiprevent all"
fa'it‘éliiptsoi'i’. o-‘f ’ fthe visitors to pos-
iess a branch.’ , . ~, I, :
Let us beware of loosing our enthu. ,
siasm. Let us ever glory in something,
and strive to retain our admrratlon for
in all that would enrich and beautify
billetted to appear in concert. For this‘- and
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"The specialty"of the English man
dulge in the airy flights of his French
. non'obf 7; but riding habits auditravelling
dresses’are his rage. His work is an
essential British 'prOduct, but it is
= English taste at its best. The-.Pasisian
may prepare the .best ball'dress or toll
gown, ,butnopnecan cut out a shooting
jacket like the English man milliner.
Neatn‘oss is. his. greet. point. and he
iunlOItsjustthut amount of the masculine-
eiemont intohis confections which be-
comes demure coquetry in a woman's
dress. Everything. he makes is solid
.. . .f-sood-i If. the? i!"'br51dms it is
“molliis‘lnnuonuy correct; a there isfnr,
itis the finest of its kind. His frogs
tweak: .tes are by. new the Work
or" ' _liy . y'lfathy; they are a genuine
imitation of .badges of different regi-
ments. Tiler-eds no skimping in his
designs; everything is stylish, but
.,ll-Ill_lple;‘I Inferior -.,artista, copy his ore-
»ations'," with the result 20f, achieving
dowdiness. Certain characteristics run
milliners, ‘whether they are of foreign or
of . native-growth. .Curates are fast
loosing all individuality in these days
. of ritualistic missions and church and
"st’age‘gdild’s, and if Sidney Smith lived.
now he would probably alter his im-
mortal definition of the third sex, and
substitute the word -‘man milliner for
that of. clergy. The man milliner unites
1n -singular'manner the attributes of
both sexes. He has‘all the caprices of-
awoman joined to the prompt decision
of aman. His determination is more
tban.‘.1nanly-—it is like that of the
.traditionalyoman whom Chaucer deé
fined as" loving above all things “herra
:ovm; will." His, gravity is tendered
with”: mildness, his countenance is
singularly severe, he has. attained a
sacred calm and sweet nmiability which ‘
nothing in the World can-disturb. . His'
masculine} decision comes in-now and
again, in the quickness with which he ~
throws aside any material or shade
which is not exactly to his liking. His ,
out the present. She heard somewhere in ‘ attendant priests look at him with awe
. the distance her manager's reassuring
' at these movements, as if he were some-
thing rvmore than mortal. In bodily
presence be is weak, if height is to be
considered as counting for anything in
looks, but he has a neatness and
delicacy of appearance that compensates
for this in the eyes of his admirers
Seldom is a man seen with such a. sw’eet
expression on his face, such a beautiful
calm upon his brow. He lives in an
atmosphere of dreams and. beauty. He
”is surrounded with a halo of scents and
sutins.
. sun's .mu'rn's mutation.
7 "If wegotbwnadeeplmine. we find that
the rock at the bottom is hotter tinn at
the top; if we sink a. very deep well the
? 'ivater comcs‘up wann. 13y observations
bfthis kind‘ it has been found? that the
earth gets hotter the deeper down we
go into it; the rate at which the tem-
perature increases is not everywhere
the same, but on the average it may be
put at 19 Eathrenheit for every 60
feel: we go down. We have been able to
get only a very little way down into the
earth, nowhere as much as a mile, and
therefore we cannot say how far down the
tempél‘amctlfitiuues to rise, or whether
the rate at which it' increases is the same
I at in depths. But what little we do know-
makes it all'fibutsoertain that the earth
is very muchhotter inside that at the sur-"
face. For, consider what would happen
if we were to put a coating of clay some
_inches._thick' round a red. hot cannon
ball. The heat from the bill] would
travel or. be/conduct'ed through the clay
slowly, because clay does not allow
heat topass rapidly thrc‘lugh it. Still
there would be a constant flow of heat,
from the ball through the clay, and
this heat when it reached .' the outside of
the clay covering would pass away or be
radiated into the air. In the end the
bail would grow cold. Now in the case
of the earth, we know that .we have an
. outside ooid shell which corresponds to,
the yco'isting. Whether the'earthis
'hot’all through like the cannon ball we
are not certain, but we have found that
a_ portion'ofzvit, an interior shell, is _
hotter‘tllanthe outside crust. The heat '
from this hot part mustbe constantly
flowing away through the outside shell
and passing ofi‘ into space, and unless
there is something which constantly
supplies fresh heat the inside hot shell .
would before this have grown cold as
outside crust. This has not happened,
. ~ So there must beisomethiug which keeps
furnishing the shell with heat and
makes it cool much more slowly than
it otherwise would. Several possible
ways of keeping up this supply of heat
have been suggested; the most likely
explanation ._m.Eat 'the inside of the
earth is very, much better. even than
these warm depths we havebeen able
-to get down to.
W
" Tar: USE OF THE LEECH.
The use of the leech is much more
common abroad than with us, and more
especially in France and Spain, where
the ciimatelends itself more tovtlie
Ikeepsa larger quantityIin stock, and
few of them are without their 400 or 500
where our. countrymen limit themselves
to 25. Beeches were already going out
Dijfaahion' when, in 1870, blood-letting
received a severe. shock from the death
of Count Cavour,“ whose end was
hastened by its injudicious use, but his
death threw additional discredit on
.tho practiceIin Europe, and since that
year the scale has declined more rapidly
than in the .20 previous. Poultices and
fomentations have taken their place,
because they are generally found
sufficient, and are certainly in every
respectjandier, but we imagine with
the result that nowadays the patient is
longerunder. the-doctbr’s hands than
housed to be. We have been told, not,
as may be guessed, by a member of the
professidn, that the greater popularity
. of thg lotion- over-the leechisto a certain
"exteilt'duéto the fact that the smaller
"practitioners have found they can make
more eat of the former than the latter;
against whom this charge (if it be a
charge) is brought as a. rule dispense
‘ ' tof eechesasout of their
canimake as "much
good. It is more likely that_';they find
that the idea or bleeding, and; biting
éfrightenstlieir potion "sullragjs true
one mm... means those.
blisteridelimhe” fetches by the leash
is speedier than that afforded by the
_ lotion"; and we“ have ourselves seen a
neighborh
visibly lose its suffused aspect under
' the; laboh’s bliss; and a knee. swollen by
cnekbt hallusubsidei'liko the ocean
after storm. With a, 0Qm89ous patient
and more especially whose timé is em~
. . , ..I ,mfig’nlly'money; or; with.tllose who
all that would 81mm" °‘“ mmwacsiro‘j'to cure 'th’eir lameness quickly.
” fer iu country matcly and find themselves
our life.
_....—-— -o v 1i ‘
tied tO'bed and the wet compress instead.
'millise'r ' is, snubs: , He does not in-.
neighbor; tarletans and gauge he will '
'lhr‘ongh ‘z-iulo .zwhole family or' man ,
appliCation. ,The foreign apothec'aryI
but as on inquiry it appears that those '
lotions, this explanation scarcely holds?
black, eyereceived: in combat in the .
' of Pentonville' road,’
Lv‘vhoisnbtparticularaatothemeansso'
long he arrives at the result, those ,
instances are likely tobeiively arguments '
NORWALK, CONNgTUESDAY. APRIL 14,1885. ,
TART.\ll-TOTAL ILIMINATION OF ALL LIMP.
IIIIPUsles—Nsw'msoonkns m 12]:er-
lNG-A LONG STRIDE TOWARDS PURE FOOD.
[New York Tribune] _
Discoveries of much importance on
account of the relation they bear toward
‘seqnentlyIupon the public health, have
fining cream of tartar. .Cream of tartar,
a's is well-known, is' a bitartrate of potassa
which collects in a Crysthlline deposit upon
‘the bottbm ‘or side's ofwine casks during
the fermentation of the wine. This tartar
in its crude state contains lime and other
impurities, which no process of refining
known prior toIthat here described was,
able to entirely remove. It has been pos-
slble, it is true, to neutralize the lime
to some extent by the aid of chemicals,
and this method was resorted to in order
to procure cream of tartar in small quan-
tities for pharmaceutical purposes; but it
was open to serious objection in view of
the fact that the chemicals employed for
this purpose were not always washed out
but remained in uantities that were un'-
certain and prejudicial to its quality. The
supposed impossibility of removing the,
line has, accordingly, caused cream of
‘ tartar to" be classed and sold as pure
when it did not cOntain more than five per
cent. of this impurity. The majo: part,
however, ofthat used in commerce, or for
' culinary purposes, contains the tartrate of
lime to a much greater degree than five
per cent., 'not inf equeutly being found,
upon analysis, de used to equahng one-
(with or more of its entire weight. '
In ' a report upon the subject of
food adulteration made to the New York
State ‘Bcard ,of Health by Professors
Chandler and Love, it is stated that of 27
samples of cream - of tartar bought from
dealers as pure 10 were adulterated with
various substances from 8 to 98 per cent.,
while of the remainder all contained tar.
trate of lime, some as high as 10.59 per
c at. -
be serious character of this adultera-
tion is more readily appreciated when it
is recoilected how largely cream of tartar
enters into the preparation of the food of -
every family. In connection with soda in
baking powder it is the chief agent nowI
emplo ed for raising and making ii iii and
digest his all our biscuit, cake, an . other
pastry, and is besides, in many communi-
ties, superseding the old-fashionedIyesst
for all leavening purposes, so last it ls'em-
pioyed to some extent in almost every meal
of which we eat. The amount of cream of
tartar used in this countIry in a year in bak-
ing powder and otherwrse in the prepara-
tion' of food, is estimated at ten million
pounds. 'If this were'90 per cent pure——a
hi h estimate—we ‘ would consume one
mfilion pounds or more of lime annually’
as a substitute for-bread. So large a. de-
terioration becomes appreciable in the de-
nutritive elements not only, but if, as ill
now supposed, this excess of lime taken"
into the system has a relation to the pain-
ful aficctions of the kidnevs so prevalent in'
this cOuntry, its bearing upon the health of
the entire community is too important to
be overlooked. .
The new process by which cream of tar-
tar is produced 100 per cent pure—that is,
with the lime totally eliminated,—by treat-
ing the crude material under pressure in-
stead of using any chemicals whatever for
the purpose, was the~discovery originally
o'f-a. German chemist, but has been devel-
oped and perfected by the Royal Baking
Powder Company of this city, through
whose efiorts afew years since in behalf
of a high standard of purity ‘in food, the
public was rid of the poisonous plum bak-
in powders at that time' so prevhleut.
he determination of this Company to
place upon the market only absolutely pure
gobds, and the impossibility of doing this
from the cream of tartar of commerce, made
it apparent that some new method must be
sought by which cream of tartar could be
rocured in large quantities, free from
ime and chemical! pure. The cream of
tartar refiners of th 5 country and Europe
when approached upon the subject, sle-
ciared the result impossible,vand declined
to incur the expenditure necessary to make
the trial. The Royal Baking Powder 00.,
accordingly, resolved to solve the problem
for itself; and having secured the aid of the
best chemists of Europe and America, pro-
‘ ceeded with its investigations "and discov-
eries until the result, after'several years of
labor and the expenditure of over half a
million dollars in the purchase of patents,
.operfecting of processes, and the erection of
'buildings and machinery, was reached in
- the complete attainment of the and sought...
The works (now owned by The New Ybrk
Tartar Co.) are located in Brook] n, and
exceed in size and capacity any ot er sim-
ilar refinery in the world. They produce
a chemically pure cream of tartar, which
is new exclusive] used for pharmaceutical
preparations, an in the manufacture of the
celebrated Royal Baking Powder.
The energy and outlay that have affected
this, will undoubtedly be fully rewarded
by the public which will chiefly benefit by
. the successful issue of the investigations.
People are coming daily to more fully
appreciate the, value of pure and whole-
‘ some food. By the exclusive use of this
chemically pure cream of tartar, the Royal
.Baki Powder is produced entirelyfree
from lune, and absolutely pure, qualities
made. A" airing powder entirely free
from lime or other impurity must
not only contain more strength orieavening
'power and produce better ood‘and there-
‘fore be more economical lforI use, but
what is more important, possess qualities
.of superior wholesomeness. .
Chemists and physicians have looked
upon the experiments with much interest,
and regard their .success as a matter of
much importance. .
TREATMENT OF THE DEAD.
A curious, story, showing ‘ the way _
in which the bodies of ‘suicides are
treated in China, appears in the native
paper Shell Pao. A wOmanIabout thirty
years of age, who found that: her good
looks were rapidly disappearing,I threw .
herself off a bridge in Pekin and
' was ,, drowned. Next morning the
ofilcers orderadthe corpse to be carried
on to the bridge from which the deceased
'had thrown herself, and forty blows,
with a whip were administered to it by
the soldiers. To punish a body after
death seems alike horrible and opposed
to all common suse. Yet it was but a
few years ago that the law in" England
ordained that the body of a suicide
should be buried at a cross-road and a
I stake driven thrOngll it. Indeed,- in .
many countries the fear of mutilation
after death is often greater than that of
death itself. In all our little wars, it is
looked upon as a point of honor with
our troops that none of our dead should
fall into the hands of the enemy, while
most ravage people areready to make
' desperate efl‘orts to carry. off their dead.
' The Arabs of the Soudnn, and aborigines
of America, the Kaflir‘tribes in South
Africa. are animated, alike' by this
spirit; and senseless and revolting as
the Chinese flogging of a dead woman
may appear, there can be little doubt
that it has a strongly deterrent effect
upon the living, and in that remct
stands on precisely the same footing as
capital punishment. ' -
POCAHONTAS’S OLD RESORT. ,
. .
_..___
Says the Richmond Dispatch: Nottb-1
way County in Virginia, the region.
' inhabited by the first settlers, is an old
country, madeinteresting by reminiscen.
cos of Captain John Smith and Poca-
hontas, but deprived of all modern
energy and industry it is fast turning
back-to the primeval condition. “In
twenty years it will be a wilderness,"
prophesied _ a' visitor. The residents
..areoid and sad. . '
"—-0.-.O.-O-o—- '
The blood ofI the lower animals is
comnlonly cobrless. It has, however,
a bluish cast in crustaceans, reddish,
yellowish or greenish in worms, and
reddish, greenish or brownishin jelly'
fishes. -_The blood .ia colorless in the
' muscular part of'fishcs; thatof birds is
'Of‘tho deepest ~red. The red liquid
which appears when. the. head of the
' fiyorushed, is not blood, but oomés'from
lilo eyes. - In vertebrates the blood is red,
'cxcepting in one species of white-'
blooded fish.
~‘\
.AN IMPORTANT FOOD REFORM.- - ‘
.____'_ ’i
PRODUCTION OF OHEMICALLY PURE CREAM 0!’ I
—-~
a more wholesome food supply and con- _
been recently made in the process of re--
purified from the crude tartar, or argol, .
privation of our food of a portion of its ' I
possessed b no other baking powders yet .
i .
lollllllnu
, ' .-. . rIIt'l. " ~. ,
BOLK‘ (Pawdprsoldlooso).....- . .
3111mm,th not—fresh. ‘ .
REPORTS OF GOVERNMENT
As to Purity and Wholesomeness Of the .Roynl Baking Powder.
1: ._ ' ' ” ’ ' ’ .
I havevtested a package of Royal Baking Powder, which I purchased in like
. open market, and find it composed of pure and wholesome ingredients. It, is a
.mgm ofytartar powder .of a high degree of merit, and does not contain-either
alum, or phosphates, or other injurious substanhos.
It is a' scientific fact that the: Royal Baking Powder is
any deleterious substance,
, .
v
l' ,
The RoyalBaking Powder has been used in my fa
0F - BAKING POWDER.
- ROYAL whom...—
amusinmn...;,..._ . .
Bumm,wheufresh.. I I. N ' I ‘ 5
BANNERS, 'when fresh. . .
. Erasmus ...........
immimivmdmr-o f .. ., ,
. M01; (Alum,Povlder)%.l._
.mmwvsmnsmfl
rlormlmmml...—"
, mam-- -------- o.—
‘ pa; men's. ......... ..._
SNOW Irmas,(o.oo.).,...z. ,
“Milnsab.g..n...ulal l
“mil . "
..... .-.. ..
{l
.-
r—.
'/
l
mum} , i.
l
.E. G. Lovs, PILD.
absolutely pure.
' H. A. MOM, rho.
. mily for many years, and
these practical tést, as well as the; chemical tests to which I have submitted. it,
have proved it perfectly healthful, of uniform, excellent quality, and freefrom
' ' Wu. Manama, E.M., Ph.D.
I have examined {package of Royal Baking Powder, purchased by myself in
the market. I find it entir‘ely free from alum, terra alba, or other injurious
'substance.1[' . H ' ‘
HENRY: MORTON, Ph.D.', President of Stevens Institute of Technology.
No other article of human food has ever received such high, emphatic
universal indcrscment from eminent chemists, physicians; scientists, and beards
. of healthall over the world. ' ‘
'NoTs.-,-,-The above DIAGRAM illustrates the comparative worth of varIOus
Baking Pewders as shown by the chemical analyses and experiments made by
Prof. Schedler. A pound can of each 'powder was taken, the total leavenlng
power'or'violume in each can calculated, .the result being as' indicated. This
practical test for worth only proves what every observant-consumer of’ the Royal
Baking Powder knows by practical experience, that, while itT costs a few cents
per pound more than ordinary kinds, it is far more economical, besides afiording
tho'advantage of better work. .A single trial of the Royal
convince any fair minded person of these facts. ‘
r
i
and
Baking Powder will
*While the Diagram shows some of the Alum powders to be. of a higher degree of strength
than other powders ranked below them, it is not to be taken as indicating that they luvs any
value. All alum powders, no matter how high their strength, are to be avoided as dancer?“
The Be
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wili surprise you.
NE FANG .
17 Main street, Norwam‘.
I I Sign of the Golden BOO
AN OTHER LOT OF
$1.25, worth $1.75.
repre sented and at
BOTTOM PRLCES. L .
VE TOP SHOES
A." Eh. HOE-”TS,
Under Opera House, Wall Street, Nor-walk.
3.001.3an SHfli
CONTINUED TO MAY 1315.
On account Of the very large stock Of goods on hand, I
'shaii continue to reduce-stock
REGARDLESS 0F, COST! .4
Until May let, in order that my successor Mr. BarroWs,
may select his own goods for Spring Trade.
In order to reduce stock as speedily as possible, I SHALL
‘ POSITIVELY SELL AT COST, and Everything shop-
Worn or out of style at MUCH LESS THANCOST:
We have goods enough to fit and suit all and the -p
EUGE HER,
2win2—39 '
- GREAT CLOSING-OUT. sill,
rices
' ‘Plain and Double Moulded Stair Rolls.
. owed French GalfS-hoes,$5
. .. ' 'A GoodHand Sewed Lace Shoe for $4.25. I .
(Sole Agentich James Means’ $3 ? Shes.
‘A Large Line of Boys’, Youths’ and Men’s Slloes. ’ Everything as
4. _, jEISSE‘HOPS'ON, '- .
' “FIN E
MANUFACTURER or
Carriage Repairing
- lyl'
CABBIAG
Coaches, Landaus Landaulets, Broughams. Mail. Phaetolls, T Carts,
Village Carts, Hearses and. Undertakar’s,Wagons. '
in all its Branches.
NORWA LK, CONN.
E S,
s
f
‘ the laws 0 com usatlon. COWLES ll: MERRILL,
G 0 0 D i GOO DS 04 filfoffEPECKWELL,
- LOW _ PRICES '
st French Kid Shoe ill-lToWn'
’ Style and Quality considered, $4.50.
The Best American Kid,
$3. 50; a. Very Nice One at $3.00; a GoodIOIne at $2.50.
' . Look at our :52 Kid. ShoesIf
. Also in Pebble Goat at $2.00.
A Good Grain Button $1.2
.' ._ , GLO
Men’s Hands
. Dibble Manufacturing» Company’s door
- 5 ll. BELDEN‘ HURLBUTT,
3 Beef, Veal, Mutton, Lamb. Pork,
REAL E-
TATE . ' ”
A.Fil1e sandman; '
residence of Mr. Geo Clark. 5A ‘ to .
3m‘.l ‘
.r
For'SaIe Clinch
Sneighborhood, and three at .. .
Bridge. Apply at GAZETTE: OFlijCE.
3 - Tll’iii-irzil’nuf- 119.592;
.,, '..,-l
, i
Buiidmg n?
- Apply {a
. . . := «.2qu Reverse. ,
‘1'»; H; .'i,_
.x i s/TUI.’ Jail"! « ' 1’ 52L}!
Morley to Loan.
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' ug, OI'WEIR, Conn.
“ 5 i L
_TWO Montague Cylinder Presses for N!
Size of Bed 30x46 and 30x41. Apply at , . .2 .
’l‘ms Orrlcs.
,For Sale.
AChestnut StandingDesk. Apply at ‘ ‘
l... . . mil Omen.
' For Sale-"Ir l ’ f
1 DOUBLE BARRELLsuRmhnrlns’de by John '
Blissett London. W 1 be sold hea 1'
cash. Enquiie at this oi‘iice'i.I .‘ c p or
FOR SALE“,
NE two seated square box side bar wagon.
One light imberbox wagon.
One second-hand square b‘ox wagon.
One one-horse cart.
ma
w. s. QUlN'i‘AllD,
FURNISHING [UNDERTAKER
OPPOSITE HORSE R. R. DEPOT,
Residence 143 Main Street. Telephone Connection.
- GEO.WARD cinnamon, '
‘usl‘lnsusaoors chcK. WALL smear,
FAMILY GROCERIES.
ALEX. S. GIBSON,
Organist of the First Congregational Church.
Teachér of
Pianoforte, Organ and Musical
' Composition,
Lock Box-3 P. 0.; NORWALK, CONN.
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Room No. 4, Up Stairs.
GAZETTE BUILDING, NORWALK, CONN
7 DRUNKENNESS
I. . . . . . . .
. Based in its Various Stoves-
Desire for stimulants entirely removed. Home
treatment. MedicineIcan be administered without
knowledge of patient, by simply placing .it in col-
fee, tea or any article of food. Cures guaranteed.
$100 WILL BE PAID
lor any case of drunkenness that Golden Specific
wil not cure. Circulars containing testimonials
and full particulars sent free. Address,
GOLDEN SPECIFIC co.,
iy-ze ‘ ' 185 Race Street, Cincinnati, 0.
PENSIONS
And Government Claims my
Sole Business. Thousands have
Rights Neglected.
ADDRESS, Free of Charge,
den. W. E. NOBLE, Bridgeport
TNA IS UBANCE Co., of HARTFORD.
Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual.
. - CAPITAL AND ASSETS, $8,902,272.04.
Insures against loss and dam by Fire on
terms ado ted to the hazard andaggnsistent ivith
Sole Agents for
‘ . FIRE INSURANCE
In NEW YORK and other. first-class
Companies. -
3le ll. BI. CRAUFUBD, 31 Main St.
A. CARD.
Having purchased the '
FURNITURE BUSIN ESS;
Recently carried an by WILLIAM Lookwoor) at
lie. 36 MAIN STREET. .
I am prepared to meet the wants of all prospective
purchasers of furniture, both STAPLE AND
ORNAMENT“. 1 have on hand a large
stock which I will sell
VERY CHEAP FOR CASH.
Ishall be pleased to meet all old or new friends
and will guarantee satisfdcticn in
orwalk and vicinity. ‘
every case.
H. RAYMOND.
ARC TEC'T, -
N0. .7 WATER STREET,
AGENT, son .
Gilbert Lock Company.
knobs.
New York Wood Turning Company.
Corner Blocks for window casings.
Round and' square Turned Baiusters.
“ .“ ‘K . “ NeweIS.
Also Flat Moulded Door and Window
Casings furnished at short notice. '
W. H. MEEKER.
.’ 54 Main :Street;
SOUTH NORWALK, 001m,
Practical Plumber, -
Steam and Gas Fitters, Dealers in Plumbers’ and
Steam Fitters Supplies, and Gas Fixtures.
Jobbing promptly attended to. 1.721
R. B. ORA UFURD,
31 MAIN STREET, NORWALK.
Insurance, _ ll'eal Estate, andln-
, v’estmellt Securities,
Stocks Bought or sold at NeWQYor-k Stock
Exchange for cash or en Margin,
zLOIANS 0N BOND AND‘MORTGAGE§.,
In ..-, . .» .
NEW .MAR’KET I
No. 6 Maln Street, Nor-walk. cc.
THE BEST on ‘ -
RAMS, POULTRY, ac" alwa s on hand at the
ivory lowest market prices. G Eof all kinds in
its season. Try me; I will trlyto suit. w. F.
OLCKWOOD, late with Adams ros. emis
Dr. GEO. c. BUDDINGTON,
SUCCESSOR T0
Dr. E's. Birch. .
is” herons attire om Number on an. some
3.1;?!” I and 4 p. mi, and and 8). an ,
lPel tenl.‘ iiesleln ilnltgage's.
muesli) ,slMalilSt’.‘ “ ’
ILL be gold attaCBargal'noif lied for" soda
asma uea ottage .0 rooms, inzgoed .1 , ,
' [inn . wilt of the _ I,
a. .r. 5T"““35'z.°! mu. wsusiis,’ ' em
“1“! 5?
En hire of o. E. WILSON, Nonsense pails; 3 ~ L’ '
. a.
I . r
or Poster work. Will be sold cheap forcaiiil. ’ ‘
' ' aud‘Liver complaints.
_ who
1 or nearly two acres on ProspectIlllll adjoining ,4
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. Tl WM.
1"
‘Onj‘Wilton Avenua
er pow
BAKINII c PIownlnlCo..
& , . I ‘
106 Wall St. N .
a. . ‘ 1"“
., ' Toinenl'.’
Three Rooms suitable for a small family on Main
street,Borough.. Applyto _
. - . J. B. Ems, Furniture Dealer.
For Sale.
A Small House with about one acre of ground at
Broad River. Opposite I James Pauton’s.
Apply to ' J.'B. , , Furniture Dealer.
A Small Cottage
With plot of ground at 'Winnipauk, ForSale Cheap.
Enquire of . J. B. ELLs, Furniture Dealer.
A Small Farm
, . ; : 1 ..
For Sale Cheap. - The Old Benjamin Biaho Home-
stead at North Norwalk, or old road to SirvperMiue.
consisting of Plow, Meadow, Pasture and Wood
Laud, will be sold as a. whole, or inparcels to suit
purchasers. A good chance to secure a. home-
stead.
Apply to J. B. Ems, Furniture Dealer.
Building Lots
Within 1 mile of the Center. A number of desira-
ble and ell hie Building Lots near the rendeuce of
Chas. Ke 10$, Esq., and Broad River District
School. E , ulre of
J. B. ELLs, Furniture Dealer.
For Sale.
House (1 Lot op site residence of Charles E.
St. Johnffiaiu streelifhot 70 feet fr
out.
Apply to J. B. ELI-S, Furniture Dealer.
For Sale. .
The Homesteado the Subscriber, No. 8 Camp
street. Good, new ouse and Barn,100 feet front.
on street. Apply to ‘
‘ B in ‘
Successor to
. E. Quintard’s Son.
apposite Holsefllailwal Hanoi,
Parlor Suits, .-
BUFFALO LOUNG ES.
.Rl'l'i'lil all REEDROGKERS,
Folding: Carpet Rockers.
Walnut Chairs & Rockers.
Upholstered? Easy Chairs
Chamber Suits,
CYLINDER ROLL TOP DESKS, LA-
DIE’S DESKS, and DESKS and BOOK
CASES COMBINED, LIBRARY, MAR-
‘BLE TOP, CENTER, and WALNUT and
ASH EXTENSION TABLES. '
Plush Top Stands-
FOLDING BED,
Wire Beds and Cots.
Hair. Cotton Wool, Rattan and Excelsior
Mattresses, Pillows, Bolsters, &c.
Husks, large or small quantity
le'e Geese Feathers." '
Call and Examine when in want of
anything. in my line.
J (lseph B. Ells,
lllllll 10R. SALT RHEUM
Another Glen. and Positive Recovery
An Elderly Lady’s Letter.
Among the numerous letters received by Dr.
Kennedy testifying to notable Salt Rheum cures,
the following will be found of interest to Our
readers, who may accept our assurance of its
perfect authenticity and truthfullness :-.- ,
WORCESTER, Mass, March 23,1884.
Dr. D. Kennedv,Ronaout,N. Y. .- ' :
Dm Sm :,—-Until recently I have been for three
years a sufferer Salt Rheum. It followed
upou‘su attack of Erysipelas, for which I was for
a longtime under medical treatment. I placed
myself again in the'hauds-of thgfghysiclans who
did, I have no doubt, all that co be done. One
thing is sure, however, I was none the better for
all the medicine they gave me. The painful and
unsightly disease made continual regress, until
I began to fear I should never get r d of it. -
By means of one of those accidents that often
result inlso much blessiu I had my attention
called to your FAVORITE ‘ ,which I was
told wou.d surely do me good. I used it, and
within a much shorter time than I would have
believed possible I received a permanent cure.
I am now perfectly free from Salt Rheum. What
a comfort this is, and how it places your wonder-
ful medicine in my opinion, you may guess at, but
never know. I keep it now constantly in the .
house as a family medicinc. Yours truly.
. MRS DINAH HAIR.
Mrs. Phair sometime since, when on a visit to
Kansas, found a case of Salt Rheum. could not
FAVORITE REMEDY, sent to New York C ty
for it, and cured the case. -
For all diseases of the Blood, Liver, Kidneys,
Bladder and Di ive Or Dr. David Kenne-
dy’s FAVORIT REMED , Readout, N. Y.
MALARIA.
. As an anti-malarial medicine
DR. DAVID KENNEDY’S
’ FAVORITE REMEDY
has won goldeuoplnions. No traveler should can
ider his outfit complete unless it includes a. bottle of
this mvlelne. If you are exposed to frequent
changes of climate, foodond water, Favorite Remedy
should always be within {slur feach. It expels ma-
nrlni poisons, and is the t reventatlve of chills
and malarial fever lathe worl . It is especial] of-
fered asa trustworthys file for the curl- of Hi nay
ustlpation and all disorders .
arisiuzfrom aulmpurestste a! theblood. 'I'o women
suffer from any of the ills peculiar to the. sex
Favorite Remedy is constantly proving itself an un-
i.."'""‘n. ‘n'ehlseay'u‘rl’fl' ' it“? ill." '° 5"
. . . ll Oll s e 0!
.5, by all druggists. . '
, mIpl'esenls alum away, send us 5
cents Wage, and by mail you will.
i getfree a kago of goods of large
value, that will start on work that will at once
bring you in money aster than anything else in .
America. All about the ammo in presents with
each box. Agents wanted everywhere, of either
an, ef-ail ages, for all the time or spare time only,
to work for us at their own homes. ‘Fortlines for
all workers absolute asmred. Don’t do by. H.
Hanna” in 00., Port , Maine.
Horne Qhoeing.
WM. MCCORMAGK,
so. 111 not an, mamas.
Shoeing in all its branches guaranteed to be done
in the host manner. Special attention paid to in;
rrlncl :unillnterestguranteed. Sate ' .
itableinggiltments. For saleb ' audprof
3
3m? R. B. CRAUI'URD. Bl, M
' ierferlug, or tender fooled horses.
_ ranted. Give us a call.
All work war-
1 yin)
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th? e multitude .o 10W... ‘ sill)
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Subsequent Insertions, per week, i I)
Funeral and Obituary Notices, one use.
mm Marriages and Deaths. hurled free.
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' Job Printing «owes-y Votes,
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t
.- THE MIRACLE PLAY IN FRANCE.
For many years the representation of
the mystery plays hail been regarded
by the actorst 'by'thIe audience as a
sacred show. Then by degrees the
,Iroverential feeling in ~the plays was
‘1 . lost. , People who had paid their money
I fbr'admission into the theatre wanted to
* be amused, and thus the whole spirit of
. the mysteries became changed. What
"had been looked upon as a divine
tron-ship came to' be considered a pas.
time. And this brought about a rupture
with the church. Until the excess had
'1 ' 81mm too great the priests encouraged
_ these prefer-mamas ;’ ‘ they'were so pop-
._ular that the hour of vespe'ra was ad.
yanced in order that all-good people
might attend the service - after they had
oome‘out of the theatre. But when the
mysteries had' definitely; broken with
. the church the plays became a question
of profit and loss to the manager. To
‘, :mako them se'munorative, the comic
scenes were lengthen ed,‘tlla devil be-
comes personage ofigreater importance,
and. discomfited 'aahevialways-was on
thetamge befo'reltha audience, it was
he who played the principal part. A
new character, the fool, wasintroduced.
more unseemly than. the devil, be-
cause of eccentricities,‘ and then the
wildest bufi'oonery was naturally the
most relished. The clergy could not
remain indifi'orent to these excesses,
which, eundera show of piety, were in
fact compromising religion in the
gravolit way; and. finally, when they
could not succeed in repressing the bar-
lesque, they got the representations
prohibited by the Parliament. This
wasin 1548. The prohibition extended
only to Paris and the. neighborhood,
for we. find that thasc'plays were acted
in the provinces for somavyears after-
ward. Salute-Beuve says; “From a
fiterary and dramatic fpoint of view,
that which essentially chacterizes the
mystery plays is the lowest vulgarity
and tn'vialities of the most- abiect kind.
The authors were troubled by only one
(sue—to retrace in ‘the almond things
'of former times therscenes of -, everyday
life. All their skill was devoted to
making this copy. or rather this faith-
ful fac simile.” ,
m
son Bums QUEER customs.
The manners. and customs of tho
Masai, as described by Mr. Joseph
Thomson inthe accountof his recent
travels in Africa, are, toput itiu the
mildest language, most pecuhar' , ands
whole chapter is devoted to the des~
cription of them. Their usual mode of
salutation on meeting isto spitin one
another’s faces, and more copious the
expectoration the greater the friend-
ship; aner. Thomson. having been
voted a great medicine man, was ex-
pectedtoheddiseasesinthisway; but
so greatwas the demand on his salivary
organs that he could only satisfy his
patients by taking repeated droughts
of water.
Equally strangeisthe custom of all
unmarried men and women living in
villages together, while the married
folks live by themselves; these latter
are allowed toeat what they like, but
the unmarried ones may only eat meat
and drink milk. As soon as a man
marries he ceases tobea warrior, and
hastotend the heard of cattle, He is
no mo‘allowedto joiniu cattle raids,.~
or the extermination of his neighbors
which is continually going on, and
which seems to bathe greatest delight
that the- young Masai is capable of en-
joying; and it is probably because they
would have to forgo the pleasures of
rapine and bloodshedthat these amiable
people decline entering into the state of
matrimony, which after all, is amere
form, 'for virtue, as we understand it, is
unknown to them. -
They have certainly a kind of religion
but verylittlc even of that, and seem to
have no belief in afuture, as all dead
bodies are” thrown to the hyenas, who ~
are so encouraged by being thus con-
'tinually fed that ifno one should die
to provide them with‘ a feast, they help
themselves to the living by taking the
children out of the hrits.
CHINESE PASSION FOR FLAGS.
The military define for flags in China.
has developed into a passion. Every
fortress, intrenched position, camp, city
gate or Oflicers’ headquarters has from
one to a 100, some of them of one bright,
solid color, but most are arranged in
stripes, the colors red, white and blue
being preferred. Were but three
stripes used the resemblance t6 the
French tricolor would be almost exact, .
but as they ordinarily use five or six the
similarity of color becomes a mere sug-
gestion. When blucis not obtainable,
black, and rarely yellow, takes its
place. At the camp of the Tso-tsung-
tang regiment, on a pleasant knoll just
outside the walls of King-chung-foo,
more than 100 large flags were displayed,
ranged with the precision of the rows in
a cornfield, there being one for nearly
‘every white canvas tent, in- which the
soldiers were comfortably installed. The
'material used is Manchester cotton,
bought white and colored by the
Chinese. As each is about .the size of a
common bed;blanket, and several
thousands must be required for the
100,000 troops stationed in and about
Hoihow and King-chow-foo, the quan-
tity needed is immense, and the mer-
chants who deal in the goods were
prepared accordingly. There is no
doubt that their number is often
unreasonably increased by the man-
darins commanding the troops, that
they may have the squeeze or differ-
ence in price, since they purchase at a
fair rate and charge the Government
double.
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CUTTING GLASS WITH SCISSOBS.
Many persons may not be aware that
glass can be out under water with
greatest ease, tonlmost any shape, by
simply using a pair of shears or strong
scisso' rs. In order to insure success,
two points must be attended to—first
and most important, the glass must be
kept quite level in the water while the
scissors are applied; and, secondly, to
avoid risk, it is better to begin the cut-
ting by taking of small pieces at the
corners and along the edges, and to
reduce the shape gradually to that
required, for if any attempt is made to
cut the glass to the shape, as we would
cut a piece of cardboard, it will be most
likely to break just where it is not
wanted. Some kinds of glass out much
better than others; the softer glass is
the best for this purpose. The scissors
need not depend 'on the state of the
edge presented to the glass. When the
operation, goes on well, the glass breaks
away from the scissors in small pieces
in a straight line with the blades. This
method of cutting glass has often been»
of service, where a diamond has not
been at hand for" cutting ovals. and
gegmenta. and though the edges are
not-as. smoothas might bedsdred for
some purposes, itv‘fill answerin. many
cases. The two hints above given, if
‘strictiy followed, will always insure
success, . .
Norwalk Chronicler