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NIOVING AN ARNI'Y.
Genghis Khan got around the world
twice somehow, and great Tartar armies
used to move about Russia ages before
roads were, and in regions where they must
have carried a large portion of their own
supplies. The Turkish armies before Vien.
na must have been fed. The Asiatic mon-
archs made war with huge armies inroadless
lands, and sometimes, as in Persia, where
no kind of requisition would have pro.
dnccd supplies. The commissariat of
Xerxes and Alexander, and Baber and Nadir
Shah, was supplied somehow, and they all
must have moved through very desolate re-
gions. Of course, the numbers attributed
to Xerxes are pure nonsense. Nobody ever
did or ever will match the population of
London as an army straight on, and from
any place to any place whatever. Still,
large armies have moved, very often in very
desolate regions, particularly in Asia, with-
out any of the difliculties being visibleto
historians which seem to paralyze Lord
Chelmsford. We think, however, it will
always be found on examination that there
were certain peculiarities of such armies
not tolerated now ; that nobody cared who
lived or who died; that the wounded and
sick perished or got through as they could,
as Turkish soldiers do now; that there was
nothing to carry except bare food, and very
little of that, except flour, each man carry-
ing his own arlns,'und there being little ar-
tillery; and that. scarcely any attempt was
made at wheeled wagons. Whatever had
to be carried was carried on camels, oxen,
and, above all, ponies, which were fed on
anything, like the men, overdriven, starved
and used up ill great herds. _ Requisition
did almost anything—nobody was paid;
the man who did not get along was killed
or left to die, and the track of the army
was marked by skeletons for a quarter of a
century after. The great difficulties of a
modern army, expense and humane feeling,
were entirely absent. We suppose Alexan-
der cared for his Macedonian Hoplites, but
everybody else might die without attracting
anybody’s notice, except the vultures’ ; and
if enough men are sacrificed the elite can
be carried along. Hyde; Ali said he would
have sent the Europeans to battle in palan-
quins, so sacrificing eight non-fighters to
each fighter, and in principle this is what
the Asiatic warriors did do, and so did the
small Spanish armies which conquered the
New World. If a regiment used up 10,000
Indians in a march—Mr. Helps puts the
igurcs fur higher-«what did it matter?
Give each European in Zululand a couple
of slaves and a pony, and leave artillery be-
hind, and the force would get along some-
how easily enough. And then there is the
element of time. The frightful expense of
campaigning makes modern impatient, but
the old warriors and the Asiatic warriors
knew no more of time than they did of
elm-ks, and marched as the Chinese Gen.
cral in Kashgar does now, as if the proper
way of Spending life was to keep marching.
He does not care if 200 miles; takes him two
years, and on one occasion, if we remember
)ir. Donlgcr's story aright, made a halt just
to sow and reap a crop! We cannot but
suspect, if a few engineers and irufiic—man-
agers, and people accustomed to popular
demonstrations would give their minds to
'it, the movement of armies might be made
easier; but the best. soldiers declare that
supplies must be carried on wheels drawn
by animals, and if they are so carried,
transport will always be a most formidable
dilllculty. -—- Tile Spechllor.
CHOO—Ov
NATURE IN INDIA.
There is nothing in India that is so con:
stant a surprise as nature. Your eyes are
accustomed to your own flowers and forms
of forest and garden growths—the oak, the
ash, the sycamore, the modest daisy, tho
wholesome, virtuous clover' that blossoms
over meadow and valley. You look in vain
for the old forms that were so pleasant to
you in childhood~that were always friends
when the world grew dark and sorrows
swefl't'over your young and trembling life.
The trees are new. You have heard of
them in poems, in ghost stories, in Arabian
tales, but in India they are around you.
Here is the mango, a noble tree, that gives
a pleasant fruit, said to be among the atone-
ments of an Indian residence, but which
we shall not see, leaving Hinllostan before
it ripeus. Every one has; been telling us of
the comfort we shall find in the mango, and
that, although we come from the land of
fruits, we shall surrender our peach and
pear and Newtown pippins to the mango.
All we have seen of it has been some can-
died mango, so killed by the sugar that it
might as well have been pumpkin or melon
rind, sent to us by some of the Maharajahs.
We have also had it as a carry, but the
spices reducedit into such a condition that it
might have passed for radish or celery. As
a tree it is royal and green and rich. Here
we see the tamarind, under which you are
forbidden to pitch your tents, because of its
nnwholesome exhalatio'ns. Here is the
pipe] and the Japanese acacia; the banana,
with its hospitable leaves; bamboos, the
orange and the lemon ; cactus until you are
weary of cactus ;, a very world of ferns, and
the rose in endless profusion. Animal life
has a freedom that is unusual to our rapa-
cious eyes—accustomed as we are to look
upon' everything that God has made as
something for man to kill. Here the reli-
gion of the natives, which throws over all
animal nature protection, has its influence,
As you stroll out over the walks of an Indian
garden or look out upon an Indian forest,
you see animal. life in all forms. The
monkey is more colnann than squirrels at
home, and over your table as you gather
about. it, the birds of prey assemble and
circle around and around until your meal is
done- and it comes their turn to take your
place. « - Ullcuml Leiler.
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FASIIIONS IN BEARD ‘VI'IlA-BING.
English spies whO penetrated into the
Norman camp before tin: battle of Hastings
brought back word that the Normans were
mostly priests and shavelings. Harold
laughed and said these priests would prove
good man at war. It seems that the habit
of entirely shaving the face thus prevailed
among the Normans, while even the dandies
of the English court wore lnustaches, and
the less fashionable people probably did
not shave at all. In England only priests
were shaved, whereas in the Greek Church
priests set more store by their beards than
did even Julian the Apostate. If Peter the
Great fined all bearded men, our Elizabeth
also raised money by taxing beards. It was
in her reign, however, that the beard was
lipped into as odd shapes as a Dutch box-
wood bush, while the more distinguished
courtiers dyed theirs a bright red color.
The beard was valued at 205. in that old
English law in which everything had a
price, while the thigh, if broken, could be
paid for by a fine of 125. The free wear-
ing of the heard in private life was long
thought “ nil-English "—that is to say,
monstrous. It was connected with revolu-
tions and Leicester-square. The reform,
the liberty to do as peoplevpioase, is almost
In! adult of the last thirty years. Com-
psmtively few people find it necessary to
present themselves with what Macaulay
“ gave the person who shaved him,” name-
ly, “three cuts in the chin."—London News.
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Love is a cement without which it is
impossible for Christians to unite and stick
together.
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Itislmpossibie to make an angel or a
young lady who persistently uses bad gram.
mar.
RINGING mil CHURCH BELLS.
“It is the spirit of ‘vandalism still
extant which wishes to do away with the
time-honored custom of ringing church
bells,” . said a prominent divine.
.,,“Civilization {annulus that many
obnoxious customs and foolish laws
should be done away with, but the pro-
gress of science, the morals of the people
and general every-day business are, in
my opinion, not effected ill the least by
church-bell ringing. The bell was
adopted before clocks were invented to
call people to worship. It was a time-
piece itself, informing all in hearing of
the hour. In England at one time the
curfew tolled the knell of parting day,
just the same as the cannon at our
military forts are discharged at sunset.
“The atheistical iconoclasts, who
would be delighted to have not only the
bell ringing stopped, but the very foun-
dations of the churches razed, are the
chief instigators of the hue and cry that
the church bell must go. The old, loud
and continuous ringing has been
stopped, and merry, silvery chimes pea]
forth that gladden the hearts of those
who hear it, and sound like music in the
heavens. Civilization does not neces-
sarily require a dead silence. Iadmit
that any noise persisted in for several
consecutive hours becomes monotonous
and disagreeable. The church bells
only ring at certain hours, and then for
a brief period. The old agnostic next
door to the church howls against it and
writes an article to a scientific magazine
Setting forth what a great nuisance the
church bells is and, how civilization
should blush to tolerate such a relic of
superstitious days. A newspaper copies
the article and the general public is led
to believe that unless the church bells
stop ringing, not only will civilization
be throttlcd in its onward march, but
that the world will soon turn into a
howling pandcmonium, maddened by
bell ringing. They also allege that
every house has a clock and nearly
every person a watch, so at the
appointed hour they meet without being
called together by a bell. This is to a
great extent true. A great many
churches do.not ring their bells to
signify the time for services. They
frequently have stated hours for the
chimes to pea], and on Sunday these
hours are just before services or after
the close. As long as churches are
built with tall spires the bell with its
chimes will be with them, to sound at
certain hours of the day: Then, too,
there is poetry in the ringing of the
bells. A man who objects to them is
rather lnatter-of-fact and disposed to be
hypocllondriacal. A large city has a
great deal of noise made from many
different sources, but of them all, Ido
believe that church bell ringing is less
detrimental to head, repose and health
than any. The church bell may go,
but it will be many generations hence,
when a different order prevails and
when sound is less popular than at
present." '
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BEAT]! FROM 'I‘HIIIST.
Sixteen surveyors in the employ of tho
government left Trinidad, Col, recently,
for a tour eastward to the Indian Territory
line. Major Medary commanded the party,
which was composed of educated young
men, among whom were S. M. Winchester 1
and his chum, William Johnson, both Bal-
timoreaus. Stretching south from the Santa
Fe track and east from the town of Trinidad
are sterile plains. Water on these plains is
very scarce, there being a few trickling»
streams that are far apart and made almost
unfit for use by the strong impregnation 0f
alkali. A squad of five lncu,commanded by
Mr. Sheets, were sent out from a point on
Willow Creek, with orders to run a transit
eighteen miles due north. The task having
been performed, the five set out at nightfall
for camp. In a few hours they realized
that they were lost, with nothing but thirst
and boundless sterility before them. On
the next morning a consultation showed
that Winchester and Johnson wanted to go
one way and the other three another.
Sheets, with two companions, then left the
Baltimore boys with the idea of striking
Curiso Spring. After sixty hours of con-
stant labor, during which they suffered the
torments of the damned, no water passing
their lips, the three arrived at. the spring.
As soon as they could communicate with
camp they did so, and men at once set out
to find Winchester and Johlgon. The
search was conducted with an é'xcitement
bordering on frenzy. On the third day,
about two o’clock ill the afternoon,
poor Winchester was found lying on the
open plain. He was still alive. A few
drops of water were given him. He took
them, and said ill a weak voicez—“Bless
you, bless you; tell mother -——.” He died
within five minutes. Near by was a rock
which towered strangely above the plain.
In a crevice of the rock was found a note
from Winchester, telling of their aim
less wandering. Six miles from the rock
wasfoundJohnson’s canteen. The prairie
was scoured for three days, and John—
son’s body was finally found. .All around
the ground had been clawed and the
brush torn in the delirium of his thirst.
The Denver Republican says that the bodies
were buried on a green hillside. The
Trinidad News and the Denver Tribune
state that within two months Winchester
would have come into possession of $30,000
left him in Baltimore.
D'ANiEL \"EBS’I‘I‘JR’S FIRST PLEA.
When Daniel Webster and his brother
Ezekiel Were boys on their father’s farm in
New Hampshire, they were greatly annoyed
one year by the ravages of the squirrels,
and traps were set to catch them. Ezekiel
brought the first capture to the house in
triumph, and was, boy like, eager to kill
him at once, as a punishment for his mis-
deeds, or to make him a prisoner for life in
a cage; but Daniel would consent toneither
sentence—he wanted to set the poor fright-
ened little creature free. The dispute
waxed warm, and the boys appealed to
their father. He proposed to hold a court,
and have the squirrel tried, Ezekiel appear-
ing for the prosecution, Daniel for the de-
fense. This was a grand idea. The court
was organized in the family sitting-room,
with the father on the bench. Ezekiel did
his very best. He enlarged upon the
iniquities of the squirrel and the necessity
for punishment, and supposed he had cov-
ered the whole ground. But Daniel rose,
his young face lighted with enthusiasm,
and his young heart full of pity for the
helpless creature whose life he was to
plead for. Boy as he was, he poured out
such a flood of eloquent speech on the
beauty and worth of life, even to a squir-
rel, on the great wrong ofimprisonment for
an unconscious offense, and on the charm
of freedom, that when he sat down his
bearers wiped the tears. from their eyes.
Thé picscclitor‘was thé'zfirst td'liéliver the
little prisoner, and Daniel and Ezekiel set
no more traps. ’
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The Milkado of Japan is a sensible man.
He recently gave a dinner to his ministers
at which he made a speech censuring their
extravagance and luxury. He has reduced
his own household expenses.
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Let us not imagine evils we do not feel,‘
but injure life by misrepresentations.
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It is more profitable to look up ourdefects
THE EFFECTS or OPIATE.
The first indulgence is in some sense
legitimate—is almost enforced, either by
acute pain or chronic insomnia. The
latter is, perhaps the most dangerous.
The pain, if it lasts for weeks, forces
recourse to the doctor before the habit
has became incurable. Sleeplessness is
more persistent, and to most people a
much less alarming thing, and it is
moreover one with which the doctors
can seldom deal save through the very
agents of mischief. Nouralgia, relieved
fora time by chloroform or morphia,
may be cured by quinine ; sleeplessness..~
admits of hardly any cure but such com-
plete change of life as is rarely possible,
at least to its working victims. And the
narcotist habit once formed neither pain
not sleeplessness is all that its renuncia-
tion would involve. The drunkard, it
must be remembered, gets drunk, as a
rule, but. occasionally. Save in the last
stages of dipsomaniii he can do, if not
without drink, yet without intoxicating
quantities of drink, for days together.
The narcotist who attempts\ to go
fora whole day without his accustomed
dose suffers in twenty-four hours for
more cruelly than the drunkard deprived
of alcohol in as many days. The effect
upon the stomach and organs, upon this
nerves as well as on- the brain, is one of
indescribable, unspeakable discomfort
amounting to torture; a disorder of the
digestive system more trying than ~sca- '
sickness, a disorganization of the nerves
which, after some hours of unspeakable
misery, culminates in convulsive twitch-
ings, in mental and physical distress
simply indescribable to those who have
not felt it. Where attempts have been
made forcibly and suddenly to withhold
the accustomed sedative they have not
infrequently ended in a few days in
madness or death. In other cases the
victim has sought and obtained relief
by efforts and hardships which in his or
her best days would have seemed
impossible or unendurable. One
woman thus restrained escaped in des-
habille from her bedroom on a winter
night of arctic severity, {ran for miles
through the snow, and was fortunate
enough to find a chemist who knew
something of the fearful effect of such
privation, and had the sense and coat
age to give in adequate quantity the
poison that had now become the first
necessary of life. In a word, narcotics,
one stud all, are to those ”who have once
fallen under their power tyrants whose
hold can hardly ever be shaken off ;
which punish rebellion with the rack
and with all those devices of torture
which mediawal and _ ecclesiastical
cruelty found even more terrible than
the rack itself, while the most absolute
ublnission is rewarded with sufferings
only less unendurable than the punish-
ment of revolt.
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A CELLAR DISCOVERY.
During the Napoleon wars, when the
allied troops occupied the Ilressuu, five of
their officers entered the chateau,thc owner
of which was absent, but his servants gave
them some rcfrlshments. In the
time the master of the house arrived, and
after apologizing to his guests for their not
having met with a reception suitable to
their rank, invited them to a splendid din-
ner. Some excellent wine was served up.
One of the officers atked the master of the
house whether that was really the best in
his cellar. The latter replied, without
hesitation, it was.
“I am, however, convinced,” replied the
officer, "that you have still better.”
mean-
This incredulity displeased. He was in-
vited to the cellar and accepted the offer.
The oflcer asked for a pickax, removed
some casks, struck against the wall, and an
opening soon appeared which led into a
small secret cellar, where were concealed
several casks of wine of the highest value.
“Did I not tell you, sir,” said the officer,
“that there was better wine in your cellar
than that which you gave us at dinner?”
“Sir," replied the owner of the cellar, “I
give you my word of honor that I had no
knowledge of this secret place. I pur.
chased this chateau without having any sus.
picion of such a vault."
“I can readily believe you,” said the
oflicer, "because it was myself who caused
it to be constructed, in order to secrete my
most valuable property from those who
might possess my chateau during my emi-
gration; and to prove it to you, you have
only to dig in the cellar, and you will find
there gold, silver, plate, and other valua-
bles, which belong to me, and which you
have not purchased. I hope you will per-
mit me to take them away.”
“Nothing can be more fair,” replied the
existing owner of the cellar; “that property
had no existence for me.”
The ofllcer loaded two baggage carts
with them and departed, after thanking
his host for his honest entertainment.
«w-Oo
THE NUMBER SEVEN.
The powers‘ of a seventh son were
regarded as miraculous throughout
Europe down to a very recent date, and
it is not quite certain that the belief is
entirely exploded to this day. Aper-
- son of this sort was known in France as
a “maroon," and was supposed to
possess the faculty of curing certain
diseases by touc We reserved our
credulity in England for the seventh
son of the seventh son; and in the
early part of this century 8. Hampshire
laborer, answering to this description,
was regarded as endowed with extra-
ordinary healing power, and was looked"
upon with no little awe and wonder by
the ignorant. Certain it is thathehad
to large collection of sticks and crutches
said to have been presentedto him by
crippIes whose inflrn‘aities he had
relieved. 4A belief in similar powers
also very generally prevailed in the
west of England. in Wales, and in
Ireland; while the Scotch female for-
tune teller constantly assumes the
character of a seventh daughter in order
to obtain credit of the gift of second
sight. It is not eighty years since a
Bristol tradesmen was on this ground
widely known as “the doctor," and in
1851 there was living in Plymouth a
lady ohirurgoon on whose doorplatawas
incribcd “Mrs. -‘ , the third seventh
daughter, Dootress."
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A FANIOUS WINE»
The most famous Madeira ever known
was the “ 1814‘ pipe.” It was fished up
from the bottom of the Scheldt, above
Flushing, ill 1814, having remained there
since 1778 in the timbers of .3 ship which
had been wrecked at the mouth of the river,
in that year. It was sold by auction at Ant.
werp, the greater portion being secured for
Louis XVIII, who dispatched an agent
with instructions to secure it regardless of
expense. Thejting (or the agent) presented
the French consul at Antwerp with several
dozens, which he sold tothe Due de Raguse.
In 1858, after the death of the Duchesse de
Ragnse, four dozens remainedin her cellars,
and they were sold for something over
their weight in gold to Baron Rothschild.
On one occasion when the duchess enter-
tained Taglioni. at dinner several bottles
were produced, the hostess rightly consid-
ering that to be thought worthy of the pre-
cious liquor was the greatest honor that
lll'li) to boast of our attainments.
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could be paid to anybody.
In ILA ”DRESSES IN 'l'fllfiA'l‘fll‘lSo
Most people who have been in Paris are
aware that ill many of the theatres there
ladies are not allowed to sit. in the orchestra
stalls, or what- we in London generally cull
illu'pit stalls.
however, whether many of them, or, ill-
decll, of the Frela-h themselves, know what
is the reason of this apparently ungallant
rule. The explanation most commonly
given is that for some time it was not con-
sidered quite “the thing" for ladies to sit
out ill the middle of the area, to be gazed at
by every one in the house ; and that from
this idea some of the managers went on to
make it a positive law that no ladies should
do so. A much more simple and correct
solution of the difiiculty is to be found in an
Old_leiter written nearly a hundred years
ago by the lieutenant of police to the come-
dians of the Italian Theatre. In this docu-
ment, which is reproduced by the Revue dell
Documents IIistm-ique, the ocfliers direct at-
tention to an “abuse ” which had evidently
called forth many remoustrances before—
that is to say, to the sight “which is still
daily seen of women whose headdresses and
hats, loaded with feathers, ribbons and
bowers, and of a large size, intercept the .
view of the spectators ill the pit, and give
also to complaints which it is important to
put a stop to at once.” Several of these
high-crowned ladies had already, it seems,
received warnings from omcial quarters,
and a general notice had been published in
the Jou'Fital de Paris; but this time the
manager was desired to refuse admittance
to all women whose heads were extrava_
gantly bedecked, or at least to relegate
them to a room where they could unload
some of the finery before taking their seats.
“ Otherwise,” the lieutenant of police con.
tinues, “ it will be necessaryto resort to a
measure which has already been adopted at
the Comedic Francoise—that of altogether
excluding ladies from the use of orchestra
stalls." This communication is dated Jan—
uary 6, 1784, and it does not appear what
effect was produced at the time. But the
“abuse ” which provoked so many mur_
murings in Paris a century ago was far from
being unknown on this side of the Channel
in much more modern times. Concert
rooms, as well as the areas of theatres, used
to be favorite places for the display of that
form of vanity which delighted in spoiling
the pleasures ‘of others—Landau Globe.
HOG—o.
A NEGRO’S GIIA'I‘I'I‘UDE.
A reader of the Times, who perused in
Sunday’s issue the interesting story con-
nected with the burning of Pennsylvania
Hall by a pro—slavery mob in 1838, re—
marked yesterday : “ When the mob got.
around in Thi:teenth street, above Callow-
hill, and started to apply the torch to the
African Orphan Asylum,it was felt to be the
crisis of the disorder. The old Good Will
Engine Company are entitled to the credit
of breaking the backbone of the riot. They
were the first and, I believe, the only com-
pany that had the pluck to endeavor to save
the city from the disgrace and monetary re-
sponsibility of the destruction of the Home.
The other companies were cowed by the
threats of the Southern students and the
rufiians who had threatened to cut the hose
when Pennsylvania Hall was burned. But
if fight was what they were after the Good
Will fellows were just on it. They stood
to their pumps and kept the crowd away
from their hose. As soon as the first stream
fell on the asylum a deafening cheer went
up. It was the quietus of the mob—the
restoration of sober sense and good citizen-
ship. The disorderly slunk away, and the
people turned in and heiperP-fife firemen,
and the building was saved. And all
through a little pluck. Well, years rolled
on, fifteen of them, I believe ; some of
those orphan black children grew up to
manhood and womanhood, and I suppose
the share the Good Will boys had in
the riot was lapsing into a tradition. One
night—it was somewhere along in the ’505-—
the boys were having a little social time.
They were interrupted by the appearance of
a Well-dressed young colored man, who car-
ried a case under his arm. The visitor had
a quiet audience, you may depend. He re-
moved the cover of the box and displayed a
handsome silver pitcher. In a few grace-
ful words he referred to the gallant act of
the undislnayed Good Will boys, and added,
‘I was one of those orphan children. I
can never forget that kindness, and take
this opportunity of showing my' gratitude.’
It was all done so quietly and easily that
the members could‘nt help giving a big
cheer.”—-—.Pllilude1pllia Times.
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POISON CLOTHING.
It is surprising to find the number of
articles in daily use which contain
arsenic. It seems to be entering into
the composition of nearly everything.
It. is used foolishly and needlessly in a
majority, if not ill all, cases. I find
candy toys colored with it. Articles of
clothing are by no means free from it.
Green tarletan has poisoned the people
who use itso frequently that it is sel-
dom used asa part of an article of
apparel, but you will see it on the wall,
church fairs for an ornament and it is
not uncommon to see strips of it thrown
over cakes or candles to protect them
from the flies. The arsenical pigment
so loosely adheres to the cloth that a.
portion of it will separate upon the
slightest disturbance. It is estimated
that twenty or thirty grains of the
poisonous pigment would separate in
an hour from a dress worn in a ball-
room.
Foulard cambric contains arsenic,
and wearers of dresses made from it
have suffered from nasal catarrh,
pharyngitis and gastric iritation ill con~
sequence. Painful irritation of the skin
is not infrequently caused by wearing
stockings colored with arsenioal
pigments. Poison is most often found
in light red, magenta-colored and brown
stockings. Some cases of death from
poisoning by this means have been
reported. Persons have been fatally
poisoned by the green flannel lining in
hosts, by maroon flannel shirts, coat
sleeves, hat linings and collars. Some
manuflwturers of paper collars and cuffs
introduce arsenic into the finishingin
order to impart a brilliant gloss.
been discovered that the “secret ” which
so many ignorant laundry women guard
so closely, and upon a knowledge of
which they rely for producing beautiful
polish on linen, is the use of arsenic in
the starch.
W
TICKLED TO DEATH.
The degree of'annoyance caused by a
small object like a hair, a. grain of sand
or a tiny splinter depends entirely on
the location.
hypersensitive at the same place: Some
can be thrown into paroxysms _ by tick-
ling the feet with a straw, others go
into spasms if a feather is drawn under
the nose, while others almost go into a
fit if tickled in the ribs.
It is said that the most exquisitely
horrible torture practiced during the
inquisition was that of tickling the feet
of sensitive heretics.‘ Every nerve in
the entire body was set on an end and
made to dance at a maddening pace.
This must have been the refinement of
torture indeed. In order to satisfy your
curiosity on this score have younhands
securely tied and your head held firmly,
while some one slowly, gently tickles
your nose with a feather or even sl- hair.
Qtis much to be doubted,‘
It has.
All are not ticklish or,
A
RllYAl. Bilimll PownEll.
Free From Lime and Absolutely Pure.
The Royal Baking Powder is
made from Cream of Tartar spe-
ciall y refined and prepared fer its use by patent~ processes by which
the Tartl'atc of Lime is totally eliminated.
This highly important result has been attained only with great
care, labor, and expense, in money alone a quarter of a million
dollars has been invested in patents, Inaclliner , and appliances by
which the. crude. Cream of Tartar, being procured direct frOm the
wine districts of Europe and subjected in this country to these ex-
clusn'e processes, is rendered entirely free, not. only from the
objectionable Tartratc of Lime, but. from other foreign substances.
'I
This adds greatly to the cost
of manufacturing Royal Baking
Powder; blinds all its other ingredients are selected and prepared
With the Same precise care, and regardless of labor or expense, an
article is produced that is entirely free from any extraneous sub-
stance, and chclllieally pure in all respects.
/ I
NO lime, earth, alum, or impurity of any kind can, by inad-
vertence or by the use Of adultcratcd articles or otherwise, be intro-
duced into the“ Royal,” and it contains no ingredients except those
certified by the most eminentchemists necessary to make a pure,
wholesome, and perfect Baking Powder.
It. costs more to manufacture the Royal Baking Powder than
any other, but it is, as shown by c
llcmical analysis, the only “ abso-
lutely pure ” Baking Powder made.
REPORTS. OF GOVERNMENT CHEMISTS.
I have testeda package of Royal Baking Powder, which I pur-
chased in, the open market, and fill
some ingredients.
(I it composed of pure and whole-
It is a cream of tartar powder of a. high degree
of merit, and does not contain either alum or phosphates, or any in~
jurious substances.
It is a scientific fact that the Royal Baking Powder-is
133 pure.
E. G. Love, Ph.D.
absolute-
. II. A. MOTT, Pll.D.
The Royal Baking Powder has been used ill my family for
many years, find these practical tests, as well as the chemical tests to
‘.lllilll I have submitted it, have
proved it perfectly healthful, of ~
- a . ' o . ‘ ,
‘.'=‘I:!, excellent quallt ', and tree from any deleterious substance.
.
WM. MoMull'rnls, E.M., Ph.D:
—::0 T0——— ,_ l Dr. LESLIE’S
' I i" l I i ' ISPEUIAL PRESCRIPTIUNS
F. J. lllllll'll it L083 ~ ' -
l —‘ —FOR-i-- : s I c I:
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RANGES HEAEf‘GHE
SIC" ”5 , SEASICKN E88.
The Duchess, Our Own, 'Un‘cie” U _
TESTIMONIALS:
Nick, Hector and others.
Coal and Wood Stoves,
Agate ’i‘ca and Coffee Pots,
Kettles and Sauce Pans.
TIN and WOODEN WARE.
CHANOELIERS,
Gold Finished Hanging Lamps,f
. Fine Table Lamps with Du-
plex Burners.
NEW SHAPES IN
PLAIN .lNl] DECORA'I‘ED TEA SETS.
A Full Lille Of
DINNER WARE.
Table Giasswnc ill New Patterns,
HOUSE FURNISHING GUflDS,&c.
Fl ll - la
THE- BEST
Potato Fertilizer.
Bradley’s SflDBl‘llllllillllalfl,
Milli Special Ftrliliurs,
Pacific Guano,
lil‘llllllll are.
AT
. Hill,
South Norwalk.
Seven Years Experience in I‘. 8. Patent 0mm.
Geo. R. Byington,‘
.‘iOLlCl'l‘OR (ib‘
PATENTS,
Fireman’s Insurance Building,
WASHINGTON. o”. c.
Extension Cases before Congrcés 11 Specialty
TROY, N. Y., Aug. 19, 1880.
H. B. ARCHER—~Defl1‘ Sir: I have suffered from
Nervous Sick Headache all my life. Nothing gave
me relief until I tried Dr. Leslie‘s Special Prescrip-
tion for Sick Headache. Have used it for the past
five years and it. works like a charm. 'Truiy yours,
J our: N.FEASY, w1th W. H.Frcar.
1882 River street, Troy, N. Y., Sept. 12, 1884.
H. B. ARCHER—Dear Sir: \ For over twenty years
1 have been troubled with sick headache, havmg
an attack every two weeks which confined me to
my bed 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 Parnv.
352 River street, Troy, N. 1’., Sept. 6, 1884,
. S. B. ARCHER—Sir: Ill reply to yours asking
, wheinerl had any more trouble with headache,
i will say that I have not been troubled with it in all
i the five years, and that my general health has
I sally improved, and I feel that I owe it all to Dr.
.cslie’s Special Prescription.
Yours very truly
CHARLOTTE PETRY.
PRICF. ONE DOLLAR!
\
GEO. B PLAIS TED.
,NygflWAlK and SOUTH NORWALK.
RUPTURE
CUBED.—~PEET .r (30.. 501 Sixth Ave., Cor. 80th
St. New York. New Method. Holds any case
with ease and comfort. Relief at once. Parties
attended to and return home same day. Also, V -
ricocele Without surgical operation. Advice free.
Open day and evening. Sundays till‘zp. m. Es-
tablished 15 years. Book for 2 cent stamp. 1y9
W. B. Hall 8100.,
BRIDGEPORT.
OPENING
——OF—-
FOR SALE BY
SPRING NOVELTIES, NEW SATEEN
CLOTHS, CASHMERES. AND ALBA-
TROS CLO’I‘HS. MANY NEW STYLES
0F WORSTED GOODS.
S] LKS.
100 pieces of Black Silxs ill (lulnet, Alexandre,
Beliou and Bonnet makes.
Five (5) makes of American Silks.
Six lines of Colored Silks. .
Six grades of Colored Rudmirs.
Six lines of Sarah Silks.
Three lines of Merveilleaux.
SPECIAL rlnc IS.
0 cents
i u
..... ’3
.La
30 plcces good Saran Satlns ........
25 pieces pure Silk Brocadcs. . .
25 pieces good Plain Silks at. .. .4‘2 _. "
32 pieces rich Plain Silks at. .. _ ..... 6 ‘-
22 pieces much heavier at .......... . ’15c, worth $1.00
Colored Dress Goods.
38 inch all-wool Cashmeres, at 39 cents.
44 inch Armnres, 69 dollar goods.
Best 42 inch Satin finished cloths.
100 new Spring Style Novelties.
50 handsome Scotch Fluids.
50 new shades Dress Flannels. '
50 pieces Dress Flannels, 31 xworih sue.
25 pieces 48 inch Sailings 29c.
50 pieces All-Wool 2? inch 12,142
Ginghams and Saieeus.
100 pieces Best Satecns 15c.
50 secs 321nm Giughams 15c.
25c ODDS.
One case Ginghams 69:51:.
T“ ESE ARE
Linen Damasks.
20 pieces Best $1.25 quality 92c.
2,000 yards Turkey lied Tabllng at 42c.
best quality.
25 pieces good Damasks 25c.
22 pieces Turkey Red at ‘25.
snap FOR Saunas;
W. B. HALL & 9430.
This is
For Rent. .
THE Little Store beneath the GAZETTE publica—
tiouofiice. A most desirable location.
me Apply to B. J. STFROES.
REAL sou
For Sale Cheap.
ILLbc sold at a Bargain, if applied for soon
a small, neat Cottage, of six: coma, in good
neignborhood, and three minutes’ walk of the
Bridge. Apply at GAZE‘l‘T I»: OFFII 1E.
CHCSIOE
Building Lot‘s
F‘OR SALE
0n ~Wilton Avenue
Apply to
u. .I. s'f‘l‘lllGES. or o. 1. WILSON.
GAZETTE BUILDING: or
Money to Loan.
En ulre of O. E. WILSON, No. 3 Gazette Build-
ng, orwnlk, Conn. my,
A
For Sale. .' z
A Chestnut-Standing Desk. Apply at
’l‘ms OFFICE.
For Sale,
DOUBLE BARRELLED RIFLE made by John
Biissett, London. Will be sold cheap for
cash. Enquire at this ofllce.
FOR SALE.
NEtwo seated square box side bar wagon.
Ow light luulberbox wagon.
One second-hand square box wagon.
One one-horse cart.
”46
a]. r. QUINTABD,
FURNISHING flilDER’i‘lKER
OPPOSITE HORSE R. R. DEPOT,
Resilience 143 Main Street. Telephone Conuecl ion.
A. LYON, Knight Street.
GEO.1VARD SELLECK,
HARDENBROOK‘S BLOCK. WALL STREET.
FAMILY ' GROCERIES.
ill-Ex. ls. GIBSON,
Organist of the First Congregational Church.
Teacher of
Pianoforte, Organ and Musical
Composition,
Lock Box 3 P. 0., NORWALK, CONN.
— J. mm HURLBU’i‘T. _
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Room No. 4. Up Stairs. .
GAZETTE BUILDINH, NORWALK, CONN
DRUN KEN N 13.88
Cured in its Various Slaves-
Desire for stimulants entirely removed. Home
treatment. Medicine can be administered without
knowledge of patient, by simply placing it in cof—
fee, tea or any article of food. Cures guaranteed.
$IOO WILL BE PAID
ior any case of drunkenness that Golden Specific
wll not cure. Circulars containing testimonials
and full particulars sent free. Address,
GOLDEN sescmc co.,
185 Race Street; Cincinnati, 0.
1y29
PENSIONS
And. Government Claims my
Sole Businers. Thousands have
Rights Neglected.
ADDRESS, Free of Charge,
Gem'W. E. NOBLE, Bridgeport
ETNA IS URANCE Co., of HARTFORD.
incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual.
CAPITAL AND ASSETS, 38.902.272.04.
lnsnres against loss and damage by Fire, on
terms adopted to the hazard and consistent with
the laws of compensation. COWLES a. MERRILL,
Sole Agents for N enroll: and vicinity.
.A. CARD.
Having purchased the
FURNITURE BUSIN ass,
Recently carried on by “'IIJJAM' Loexwoon at
No. 36 MAIN STREET.
1 am prepared to meet the wants of all prospective
purchasers of furniture, both STAPLE AND
ORNAMENTAL. I have on hand a large
stock which I will sell
VERY CHEAP FOR CASH.
[shall be pleased to meet all old r new friends
and will guarantee satisf 'tion in
every case.
grouse H. RAYMOND.
.F. If. ‘ BECK—WELL,
ARCHITECT,
N0. 7 WATER S'I‘REE’I‘.
Aouxr FOR
Gilbert Lock Company.
Dibble Manufacturing Company’s door
knobs.
New York' Wood Turning Company.
COI‘DCI‘ Blocks for window casings.
Round and Square Turned Balusters.
(6 H 0‘ it Ne‘vels.
Plain and Double Moulded Stair Rails.
Also Flat Moulded Door and Window
Casings furnished at short notice.
W. H. HIEEKER,
54 Main Street,
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN,
Practical Plumber,
Steam and Gas Fitters, Dealers In Plumbers’ and
Steam Fitters’ Supplies, and Gas Fixtures.
Jobbing promptly attended to. :y‘21
NE W 31.4 BRET .’
No (5 Main street, Norwallc, it.
THE BEST OF
Beef, Veal, Mutton, Lamb, Pork,
RAMS, POULTRY, ac, always on hand at the
very lowest market prices. GAME of all kinds In
its season. Try me; I will try to suit. W. F.
OLCKWOOD. late with Adams Bros. GIIM5
FOR SALE.
A STYLISH
VICTORIA,
Newly Trimmed and Painted.
A Fine Fumil y Carriage.
Will be sold at a very low price.
HENRY TILLY,
CARRIAGE MAKER.
SOUTH NORWALK.
+5.. I. GRAGIN,—~
(Late U. S. Senator From N. H.)
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law.
01? till STREET, WASHINGIOX, D. It.
Will practice before the Departments, Congres-
sional Committees, Supreme Court. and
Court of Claims.
French Spoliation Claims A Specialty.
amt: Correspondence Invited.
Dressmakihg.
Miss A. G. COLLINS
Is now ready to Cut, Fitgand Make Dresses by
' S. '1‘. TAYLOR’S SYSTEH.
A LIBERAL anounr or rxmouxon ls DESIBED
scanner FIT AND SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.
No.16 MAIN STREET, NORWALK, CONN.
3m6 '
fer.
.I
Absolutely, Pure.
’i‘ms I‘O‘WGE? never varies. Amarvel or pure
strength, and wholesomeness. More economic
than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in com
petition With the multitude of low test, sno
weight allum or phosphate powders.
Earn. BAKING PownsaCo.. 106 Wall st. , N.
1M3
To Rent.
Three Rooms suitable for a small family on Mam
street, Borough. Apply to
J. B. ELLS, Furniture Dealer.
For Sale.
A Small House with about one acre of ground at.
Broad River. Opposite Mrs. J amcs Pantou’s.
Apply to . J. B. ELLS, Furniture Dealer.
A Small Cottage
With plot of ground at Winnlpauk, For Sale Cheap.
Enquire of J. B. ELLS, Furniture Dealer.
A Small Farm
For Sale Cheap. The old Benjamin Bishop Home-
stead at North Norwalk, or old road to SilverMine,
consisting of Plow, Meadow, Pasture and Wood
Lam], will be sold as a whole, or in parcels to suit
pturcglasers. A good chance to secure a home-
s ea .
' Apply to J. B. ELLS, Furniture Dealer.
Building Lots
Within 1 mile of the Center. A number of desira-
ble and eligible Building Lots near the residence of
Chas. Kellogg, Esq, and Broad River District
School. Enquire of
J. B. ELLs, Furniture Dealer.
0
For Sale.
House (1 Lot opposite residence of Charles E.
St. Joh_u, Iain street, Lot 70 feet front.
‘ Apply to J. B. ELLS, Furniture Dealer.
For Sale.
The Homestead of the Subscriber: No. 8 Camp
street. Good, new House and Barn, 100 feet from
on street. Apply to
B I E I]
Successor to
E. Quintard’s Son.
AT THE OLD STAND
Opposite Horst Railway flaunt,
Parlor Suits,
BU FFALO LOU NG ES.
RA'I‘TAN all REED ROCKERS,
Folding Carpet Rockers.
Walnut Chairs & Rockers.
Upholstered Easy Chairs
Chamber Suits.
CYLH‘IDER ROLL TOP DESKS, LA-
DIE’S DESKS, and DESKS and BOOK
CASES COMBINED, LIBRARY, MAR—
BLE TOP, CENTER, and WALNUT and
ASH EXTENSION TABL .S. »
Plush Top Stands.
FOLDING. BED,
Wire Beds and Cots.
Hair. Coil-1.x, \Vool, Rattan and Excelsior
Mattrasscs. Pillows, Bolsters, the.
Husks, large or small quantity
Live Geese Feathers.
Call ands Examine when in want of
anything in my line.
Joseph B. Ells,‘
ill-l I-‘I-lLl. STREETS
fares a Terrible Case of Gravel When Other
Help Failed.
PITTSPIELD, Mass, March 1354.
Dr. David Kennedy:
DEAR Sim—You have a right to know and I
desire the public to know my experience with
Gravel, and my remarkable recovery through the
use of your “FAVORITE REMEDY." I am a
carpenter living in this place, and there are plenty
of witnesses to the truth of what I say. My first
comparatively slight attack of Gravel was in the
year 1818. It passed away. and I had little more
trouble until last July, 1583. One day when at
work in my shop I was suddenly se zed with a"
keen and terrible pain in my left side. I consulted
two physicrans at once. One said: “I can do
nothing for you. Your case is incurable l" I was
frightened and went to the second, who said little,
but gave me a prescription. It did no good. -
Then began a series of experiencesthc agony
and horror of which words cannot depict. Think
of it. Iwas sometimes taken in the street, and
would fall,writhiug with agony, u on the side-
walk. It was death in life. Thank eaveu.1then
heard of “KENNEDY’S FAVORITE REMEDY,"
through Mr. P. P. Cooley. I had not used half a
bottle when I passed three stones in succession,
one of which was nearly one-half an inch long.
I persevered with the medicine, the symptons
gradually abated, and I have bad no more trouble
since. I am,well. thanks to you and “FAVORITE .
REMEDY." Yours most gratefully,
JAMES D. KENNEDY.
What “FAVORITE REMEDY” did in this case
it has done in many others. If you desire to do so
Address—Dr. David Kennedy, Readout, N. Y.
5. LS. F55 i it. .
A; an anti luai; ' '
lilo. D). II 9 ix. 5.53.
. a .- ms r» «:1
FAVO‘ E5 E's. e: --
has wan goldenopluions. No traveler should con
alder his outfit complete unless ll: incllldrs a. bottle of
this medicine. If you are, exposed to frequent
changes of climate, food and water, Favorite Remedy
should always be within vonr reach. I: expcls ma-
larial poisons, and is the best reventatix c or chills
and malarial fever Ill the \vorl' . it is (specially of-
fered asn trustworthys eciflc for the curl- of Kidney
and Liver pamphlms. onstipation and all disorders
arising from an impure state of the blood. ’i'o women
who suffer from any of the ills peculiar to their sex
Favorite Remedy is constantly proving itself an un-
failing friend—a real bicssin . Address the tproprie-
i
{.11 i .4
4&5?
ail
for Dr. D. Kennedy. Rondou N. Y. 1 not e b to:
.5, 'by all drusgisls. ' 8 '
: In presents given away, send us 5
200 0" l. cents postage, and by mail you will
I 'getfrcc a package of goods of large
value, that will start you in work that will at_ once
bring you in money faster than anything else in
America. All about the $200,000 in presents with
each box. Agents wanted everywhere, of either
sex, of all ages, for all the time or spare time only,
to work for us at their own homes. Fortqnes for
,all workers absolutely assured. Don’t dc ny. II.
Hauhsrr an 00., Portland, Maine.
‘ H o r s e Shoeing.
WM. MCCORMACK,
No. 111 MAIN su, NORWALK.
Shoeiug in all its branches guaranteed to be done
in the best manner. Special attention paid to in-
terfering, or tender footed horses. All work war—
ranted. Give us a call. 1y39 ,
AT’I‘ACKED BY LOCUSTI.
.—
A detachment of Russian troops, bound
for General Lazareil’s expedition against
the Turcomans, is reported by the Karina
tohavc met. with a curious misadventure
near the Georgian town of Elizavetopol.
At a few versts from the town the soldiers
encountered the wing of an army of locusts
reputed to be twenty miles in length and
broad ill proportion. The ofilcer in charge
did not like to turn back, repelled by mere
insects, and, pushing on, soon became sur-
rounded by the locusts. These appear to
have mistaken the soldiers for trees, and
swarmed by thousands around them,
“crawling over their bodies, lodging them-
Seives inside their helmets, penetrating
their clothes and their knapsacks, filling
the barrels of the rifles, and striving to force
. themselves into the unfortunate men’s cars
and noses.” The commander gave the
orders for the troops to push on double
quick for Elizavetopol, but the road was so
blocked with locusts that the soldiers grow
frightened, and, after wavering a few min-
utes, aregnlar stampede took place. Led
by a non-commissioned officer of keen vis-
ion whohad observed a few huts a short
distance from the road, the troops dashed
across the fields, “slipping about over the
crushed and greasy bodies of the locusts as
though they had been on ice.” The huts
were soon reached, and the oficers rushed
inside, but the refuge proved to be of little
value, as the premises were already in the
possession of the enemy. The peasants
told the correspondent of the Kat/tat that
for days they had been besieged by the
vermin, the insects filling the wells and
fainting the water, crowding into the ovens
and spoiling the bread, and preventing any
food being cooked or stored. At intervals
the villagers issued from their houses and
made onslaughts on the locusts, killing
them by thousands, and carting them away
afterwardto the fields for manure. The
soldiers were detained prisoners by the in-
sects for forty-eight hours, and on their
march to Elizavetopol, in the rear of the 10-
cust army they found every blade of grass
and green leaf destroyed, and the peasants
reduced to beggary.
- My”
,LO‘NG AND SIIORT SLEEPERS.
Seumen and soldiers, from habit, can
sleep when they will and wake up when
they will. Captain Barclay, when performing
his wonderful feat of walking 1,000 miles in
as many consecutive hours, obtained such a
mastery over himself that he fell asleep the
minute he lay down. The faculty of re-
maining asleep for a length of time is pos-
sessed by some individuals. Such was the
case with Quin, the celebrated player, who
would slumber for twenty-four hours suc-
cessively; with Elizabeth Orvin, who slept
three-fourths of her life; with Elizabeth
Perkins, who slept for a week or a fort.
night at a time; with Mary Lyell, who did
the same for successive weeks, and with
many others more or less remarkable. A
phenomenon of an opposite character is
sometimes observed, for there are other in-
dividuals who can subsist on a surprisingly
small portion of sleep. The celebrated
General Elliott was an instance of this
kind; he never Slept more than four hours
out of the twenty-four. In all other re-
spects he was strikingly abstinent, his food
consisting of bread, water and vegetables.
In a letter communicated to Sir John Sin-
clair by John Gordon, of Swine, mention is
made of a person named John Mackey, of
Sherry. who died in S rathnave, in the year
1797. aged ninety-one ; he only slept. on. an
avercge four hours in the twenty-four, and'
was a remarkably robust and healthy man.
Frederick the Great, of Prussia, and the i1-
lustrions surgeon John Hunter only slept
five hours during the same period. The
celebrated French General Pichegro in-
formed Sir Gilbert Blaine that during a
whole year‘s campaign he had not allowed
himself above one hour‘s Sleep in the twen-
ty-four.
A NEW BONNET.
It is a shame that women cannot be per-
mitted to wear their new bonnets and pull-
backs in peace. If there is anything in the
world that the female heart delights in it is
those beautiful gew—gaws with which they
adorn their dainty persons. And for ridi-
chle or religion to step in and attempt to
interfere with their pleasures is wicked and
inexcusable in the last degree. The News
has been led to these reflections by reading
in an exchange that the religious denomi-
nation of “Brethren,” which is quite large
in some sections of the country, is ina state
of great commotion regarding the head
gear of its feminine votaries. Inthe spring,
all in a flutter and a flurry, they went and
bought and concocted and construed some
new bonuets. Of course they did. It was
natural. Who can blame them? Not we.
There is something wrong about a woman
who doesn’t like a new bonnet in the spring.
They are too lunch on the order of the phe-
nomena, and if there is anything that the
world can spare with the least loss, it is the
phenomena. Evidently these sisters were
ordinary women. They chatted and con-
sulted and devised, they put together and
tore up and rebuilt, like unto other women,
until those bonnet-S were finished. They
lay awake thinking of them nearly all of
Saturday night, and dreamed about them
the rest of it. Sunday morning, ah! Sun-
day morning, they had those bonnets on an
hour and a half before church time, and
sat around stiff and prim until the bells
pealed out. And then, and then—long
looked for moment l—they hied them to
church and walked with stately step up the
aisles in all the calm complacency and glory
of new bonnets. But the “Brethren” were
horrified, dumbfounded, and they arose in
this matter and extcomnlunicated the sis.
tars. The sisters are justly indignant, and
the subject is to be finally; settled at the
“annual meeting“ of the-“Brethren,” when
that body proposes to inquire into and de-
v' - definitely decide just what kind of bonncts
the Bible says women shall wear, anyhow.
—Rocky Mountain News.
ow...”—
a‘rzri BARBER AND THE DOCTOR.
The worthy governor of a lunatic asylum
in Cork, Dr. E., (says the Paris Boulevard)
is the central figure of a story that was told
us the other day by one of his fellow-lolli—
zens. Dr. E. is the possessor of an uncom-
lnonly fine board, which he occasionally
finds it necessary to have thinned. Some
tilile ago he called in the assistance of a
harmless lunatic, an old soldier, who now
and then acts as the Figaro of the estab-
lishment, and requested him to shave oil
some of the superfluous hair.
“Mint? though, that you don’t draw a
drbp of blood, for if you do I will cut you
down like a dog,” said the doctor, pointing
significantly to a sword that was lying be.
side him. The poor old barber, however,
professed his readiness to undertake the
job even on these terms, and the operation
began. It was ended without any unlucky
slip or accident, much to the doctor’s satis-
faction. When he rose from the operating
chair, he remarked pleasantly to the Figaro
that he must really be a very brave follow
to venture to shave hiln, for, continued Dr.
E., “ I should certainly have carried my
throat into execution.”
“ Oh," replied the courageous barber,
,smilingly, “you would not have had time
for that. If I had drawn the least drop of
blood, I should—"‘
“What? ”
“ Well, I should have cut your throat ? "
Dr. B. will not employ the gentleman
again, we believe.
Norwalk Chronicler