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Volume LXXXV.
Secret Thoughts.
I hold it true that thoughts are things I
Endowed with being, breath and wings ; '
And that. we semi them forth to fill
The world with good results or ill.
That which wc.call our secret thought
Speeds to the earth’s rcmotest spot,
And leaves its blessings or its woes
Likc trucks behind it, as it. goes.
1 t is God's law : remember it
In your still chamber as you sit ‘
\\’hh thoughts you would not (larchave known.
And yet make comrads when alone.
These thoughts have life, and they will fly
And leave their impress, by-and-by,
Like some Inarsh breeze, whose poisoned breath
Breaths into homes its lcvcred death.
And after you have quite forgot:
Or all outgrown some vanished thought.
Back to your mind to make its home,
A dovc or raven, it will come.
Then let your secret thoughts be fair ;
They have a vital part and share
in shaping- worlds and moulding late— .
God’s system is so intricate !
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An UlinCOllimOn Sense Match.
The weather-Chad been very cold
even for January. For days nobody_
had stirred out unless compelled; by
necessity, and I’ve no doubt our dear
mother had longed many times for a
change which would allow her noisy'
. children to exercise their lungs and
muscles out of doors.
At. last the change came. During
the forenoon the temperature indicated
a rise, and about midday the “old
woman up in the sky began emptying
her feather-beds."
Thick and fast the downy snowflakes
fell, wrapping every tree and shrub in
a. garment of pure white, and making ‘
even the stake and rider fences, the
log barns and corn-cribs, things of
beauty which were too truly “joys not
to last forever.” '
Hastily we children were clad in
coats, scnrfs, mittens, and all the
paraphernalia of outer garments which
loving mothers provide and insist upon
being worn, despite‘ the protests 'of the
wearers. At last. we were free and out
upon the hill near by, where there was
grand sport, sliding, snowballing and
making snow men. .
~The afternoon slipped quickly by,
the-snow ceased falling, and the evening
was settling down clear and cold, when
upon the opposite hilltop there came
in sight :1 farmer’s box sleigh, drawn
by n :zpan of bay horses. Hastily we
drcxc our sleds to the foot of the hill
and reached it just intime for a. “hitch”.
The driver of this establishment was in
nowisc visible} The hand which guided
the team seemed not a. hand, but a. huge
wad of bucksnin and 'yain, and it pro;
ceedod from a sort of tower of bed-quilts,
blankets, buffalo robe; comforters, ,
. surmounted by a head-piece enveloped
in a green and red “Bay State " shawl.
'Thc-rc wasa little crack, undoubtedly
left for the eyes, but. no eyes could be
seen. ' . »
Edging around< a very little, but.
probnb'y as much as circumstances
would allow, tliea'oll of ‘dry goods
. inquired ~-_.
“Is you house'Squire Black’s?”
We: replied affirmatively, and settled
down to'thc enjoyment of a ride to
our mm door, during which we ex-
changed whispered speculations as to
whom the stranger might be.
When 'we stopped at the door in
committee of us reported the arrival,
while the remainder watched the tying
nnd‘blnnk‘eting of the horses, and then
formed a voluntary escort.
In answer to a muffled rap,
opened the door. '
“Squire Black, I suppose '3”
“Yes sir; come in. Getting quite
cold outside,” said father. eying his
guest- curiously.
“Yv'ell, yes; we‘ve had a fearful
spell 0’ weather, and I’ve been on the
road for the last. two days of it. I see
you don‘t know me, squire, and I swan,
my eyes were so full of frost I hardly
knew you; but I reckon you’ll see who
I am when I get this toggery off.”
From the moment our visitor had
stepped inside he had been engaged in
unwrapping one garment after another,
a process for all the would like peeling an .
onion. At last there stood revealed a
young man of four or five and twenty, a
six footer, with broad shoulders, face
bronzed by exposure to the weather,
but a goodlyfnce to look upon, with its
rather squarejaw, ruddy cheeks, smiling
lips, brown hair curling over a broad
foréhead, and blue eyes, which answered
my father‘s questioning look by a merry
twinkle. I
In a moment my father extended
both hands and grasped the stranger’s
most cordially. ‘
“ You are one of Aunt Anna’s boys.”
A hearty laugh preceded the reply—
“I wasn’t: afearcd but you’d git it
right, squire, give you time enough,
I’m the little Joe Tolon you taught
long division to.”
Vc know Ath Anna was a former
landlady of father’s when he was a
pcdagoguc; that she lived forty or
fifty miles from us—a great distance in
those days -- and our interest began to
flag after mother came in from the
kitchen, and the conversation was con-
tinued about old neighbors of whose
existence we were ignorant. We he.
took Ourselves to the kitchen, and
- mother soon followed.
Presently, while Joe was caring for
his team, father came in, and all Im-
mindful of the old adage about "little
pitchers, " said— '
“Ma, what do you
come for ?"
‘."I' am sure I don't know,” replied
mother, ‘composedly stirring another
handful of meal into the boiling mush
which was to be the piece lie resistance of
our evening Inca]. -
“ Helms come for a wife l”-
“A wife! I did not. know he was
' ncpuninted around here. ”-
“He isn’t. He wants me to recomg
mend hint. to some 'girl who is strong,
able, and willing to work, knows “w to
run a house, and"—liesitating a little
. ashesaw 'tné contemptuous curv’e on
my mother’s mouth— ‘ ‘. I’ve spoken about
June.” ‘
“Squire Blackl” exclaimed mother,
emphasizing her words still further by
a dash of the pudding stick which sent
the mush flying in all directidns, over’
- the stove, ‘
Jane was a farmer‘s‘daughter, who
worked for us summers and went home
winters to help to do up the spinning,
weaving, and the like. A mutually
satisfactory agreement, as Jane’s ser-
- vices were'more needed at home in the
winter than in the summer, and mother
thereby saved the board and wages of
a girl during the winter when the work
was not so heavy. , Moreover, mother
Often said that Jane put the work ahead
so when she was there that she could
not keep her busy the year round.
But to return to our kitchen. Father
.had changed his position; getting a
little out of the way of another charge
from the mush—pot. where the beating
was going on vigorously. '
After a pause he began again—
“IVell, ma, June is not bound to
marry Joe unless she wants to. But
perhaps she’ll never get another chance
as good. You know yourself that any
one of Aunt Anna’s boys is bound to
' father
think Joe has
' here and a. yoke of oxen beside. I don’t
'might thereafter proceed as he liked.
. the house and held a conference with
' description.
asif wishing to make amends for that
stock, in telling the scanty news, and In
.if she could wnsh her face and comb her
make a good man and a smart one.”
“None too smart, if he thinks to get
a. wife in this way,” snapped out
mother.
' “Let him try, ma, if he wants to :-
lct him try. It won’t hurt him any to
have the conceit taken but of him. ”‘
No reply, but the mash was stirred
as was never mush before; Another
pause. '
“ You know, ma, J one has been keep-
ing company with that trifling» Dan-
Marcy. " _ '
“Why don’t he marry a. girl who
knows him if he wants to get married ?”
sourly inquired mother; but the pud-
ding stick relaxed its vigor slightly, and
father ventured a little nearer the
speaker. . .
“He says the girls up there are all
squaws, and that down ' by his mother‘s
they have too high notions.” '
“,Well, it’s a heathenish way of court-
ing a wife,” replied mother; “and if he
were to come about me in. that way,
if I were Jane, I’d empty a bucket of
water over him!” ‘ .
“Maybe she-will, maybe. she will,”
chuckled father, who probably would
have enjoyed that termination of the
affair as well as any. “But, mu, ,you
know J one is tgrribly homely, and—”
What further he would have said .Was
cut short by the entrance of Joe bearing
a package and a jar. -
“Mother sent these to you with her
compliments, Mrs Bloc '.” '
Mother, who knew the flWOI' of Aunt
Anna’s cheese and honey of old, was
somewhat mollified by these presents,
but she remained rather sulky all the
evening; even when Joe filled her
wood-box and the. water pail, cut the
kindling, did the milking, bringing in
the pail, she condescended to tell him,
as clean as she did herself, or—but she
checked herself and did not say, “or
Jane." She would beno party to that.
iniquity. '
'He nearly won her when he repeated
his text promptly and correctly and
knelt reverently at prayers, and she told
father he was “a. likely young maul"
but her lips shut close and she shook
her head when she thought of his
'mission. '
Before morning the. sky cleared and
things were hurried around for an early
start to Jane’s: ~ _
During the ride it was arranged that
father was to introduce J eds errand to
the elders, and if they were will ing Joe
So upon reaching the farm father and
Mr. Holton left Joe and the boys to
put up the team, and they wene up to
Mrs. Holton, while . J one was busy
building a. fire in the best room. ’
The best room of an old-fashioned
farm-house was dreary enough. This.
one had a bright yarn carpet, several.
split-bottom and wooden chairs with
patch-work cushions, a low-backed
rocking-chair, a. wooden settee, a table
with , the Bible, on almanac, and a file
of the “Christian Era” upon it. A few
silhouettes and prints from magazines
were on the walls ; but its only orna-
ments were the scrupulous cleanliness
and its big fire-place. _
Jane hustled in and out, on hospitable
cares intent, being given, by general
consent, _ some opportunity for acquain-
tance and a chance to see and be seen
before being told our errand. .
You already know what Jane saw.
What did Joe see? Jane was; asfnther
had said, undeniably homely. She was
tall and angular. Her feet and hands
were large. Her hair wash. trifle too
red for auburn, and not yellow enough
for gold. “Carroty” is the proper
Her complexion was
frecklcd,_but her cheeks would have
shamed the roses. Her eyes were gray,
her nose had grown very long, and then,
mishap, had shaped itself into a decided
pug. , Her mouth was large and always
smiling, and disclosed What was Jane’s
only beauty-n. set of as regular and
white teeth as ever came from a. dentist’s
hands. Her dress was blue flannel,
every thread spun and woven by her-
self.‘ , . .
The hour or two until dinner was
spent in viewing and discusing the
talking over “.Uncle Tom’s Cabin,”
which was then‘appcaring as a serial. 111
all of which Joe took his part. sensibly
and modestly. ,
At noon we were summoned to-an
excellent and bountiful farm dinner.
It was quite evident that by this time
J one had been informed of our errand,
for from perfect. unconsciousness she
became suddenly preoccupied, nervous
and blushing. Joe enjoyed hisdinner
and did ample justice to it.
After we were all done there suddenly
came a break and an awkward pause in
the conversation. Joe cleared llis'throat,
but without other sign of embarrassment
began} ~ ,
“Miss Holton, I see somebody ms
already told you what I've come or,
and it’s right I should tell you some-
thing about myself. The squire here
will tell you about my folln. I
am twenty-five years old, have never
been sick in my life; I don’t drink,
whiskey or swear or chew tobacco. I’ve
been raised to work and can hold up my
end with any man. I have one hundred
and sixty acres of land about half
cleared. There‘s the paper to show for
it, and Squire Black will tell you they're
all right. '
“I’ve a- good house, log stable, and
so on. I own the horses I drove down
owe any man a cent. ' I shall have cows
and chickens when ‘I’ve a. wife to take
care of them. ' Now if you think you
can make up your mind 'to marry me I’d
like to ask you a few‘quest'ions. ” "
J one said nothing. and Joe, evidently.
taking silence for consent, preceeded—
“Did you cook this digger. 3”
Still {lane wus silent, but her mother
answered “yes " for her. - ‘
Joe smiled.- . .
“ Well, the squire told me you’were a ’
good cook or I wouldn’t have come out
here. Can you make good bread ‘2"
A faint but rather indignant “ yes "
was heard from Jane, as if lrehad asked
hair. .
“ Can you milk and tend to the milk,
butter and. cheese I?” -
“ Yes, ” a, little louder.
”Can you run a house and do all
kinds of housework ?”
The cat; seem to have gotten Jane‘s
torigue again, and my mother, pitying
hcr embarrassment, replied with an
exhaustive catalogue of Juno‘s virtues as
a housewife. Then suddenly checking
herself as one who had said too' much,
or said it in a wrong cause, became,
silent, but the questioning went Oil—-
“Can you sow 2’” .
“ Yes. ”
“Can you knit 2‘”-
“ Yes.”
“ Can you spin and weave?"
“ch." ~
“As you’ve got used _to saying ‘yes'
I‘d like to go right on and ask you to
have me; but I’ll go out and feed my
heroes, and you can talk with your
folks and the squire and his wli‘e, and
give me the ariswc-r to that question
/
-\vl1en I come in. I want to say first
that if you agree to marry me I’ll agree
to do the fair thing by you, and expect
you to do the same by me. You can
always have what you can make from
the but-tor and eggs and half the wool
for your own spending. It will be very
lonesome, for there won’t be another
white woman nearer than live miles for
a while yet, and the work will be hard,
but. maybe no harder than you're used to.
you go we'll have to go day after to-
morrow. The roads are rough and it
.will take two, maybe three, days to
travel ‘thc sixty odd miles.”
It took Joe along time to feed his team,
and during his absence-a great deal of
talking was done. When he returned
Mr. Holton stood by the table, looking
very sober, and there were tears in the
eyes of all the women when he said»-
“J on, Jane has concluded that she’ll
chance it with you. She’s been a. good
girl always, and we hope you’ll use her
' well.’
“I will, Mr. Holton, so help me God!”
solemnly answered Joe, and he walked
over to where Jane stood and put his
aim around her and kissed her.
Then there was a general hand-shak-
ing, and arrangements were made for
the wedding next afternoon, after Which
Joe and hi. wife were to come back as
far as our house, and the following
morning start for home. .
The wedding was an old~fashioned
country one, and not_long after the:
ceremony JOe’s sleigh was packed with
- a cargo of feather—beds, quilts, blankets
and housekeeping goods of various
kinds, for Mr. Holtou would not let his
daughter go empty-handed-
Every second year after that for many
years Jane came home for a short visit.
The intervening year she. could not come
because “the baby was too little to
bring,” and the numerous little Tolons
grew up in regular succession, their
heads mounting one. above the other
like the rounds of a ladder.
- Father regularly asked J one when she
made these visits if she had come for a
divorce. Jane always replied—
“ Not. this time. I don’t see but Joe
and 1 get along as well as those who
take more time for their courting."
And Joe would say npprovingly—
“ That’s so, J lute.”
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“Dear me,” said’Jane, as, leaning on
Dr. Joe,Tolon's arm, she threw back
her widow’s veil, which she had worn
ten years now, and wiped her glasses
before “The Heart of VVildcrness' in
the art gallery, “that looks just like the
old piece of woods opposite the old
house when you father brought me
home. I’ve seen the deer browsing
there many a time. I didn’t think then
it would ever be a. city, but your father
said it would, and now the cars run
over that very spot. It’s been a long
time, Joe, but the‘last ten years have
been longer than all the rest."
W
THROUG H THE BALKA N.
The path grows steeper as we ad-
vance, for we are making a short cut
over the shoulder of the mountain, and
so we struggle up in single file, with
occasional halts to breathe the horses,
until, rounding an extremely rugged
corner where some caution is to be
shown in passing, we find ourselves at
the top of a steep grassy slope, leading
down to the gree‘n valley of Sveti Petkn
Monastery. Some maize fields tempt
the sportsmen of the party to wander
from the track in search of partridges.
but evening is coming on, and we have
still several miles to go before reaching
our halting-place. After‘n short rest in
the courtyard of the monastery to allow
our pack horses a chance of catching
up, during which we are amused by the
determined attacks upon our "dogs of
two gaunt 'sows in" defense of their
numerous litters, we mount again, and
night has fallen as we clatter through
the straggling village of Tcherova and
enter the Khan yard. When our horses
have been attended to we begin to think
about ourselves. Tired, cold,
hungry, it isiweary work waiting. for
the arrival of our pack horses with our
food and wraps. There is a great
granary behind the Khan, its four sides
open to the winds of heaven, and here
we make up beds of clean hay "and
settle ourselves down to wait for our
truant Ella. and liisllorses. From time
to time’we make descents upon the
Kuhn to see what eatables can be
found there. The. result is hardly
satisfactory. The room is low, dirty,
and full of smoke. A large square hole
in the earthen floor contains a ,wood
fire, over which culinary operations are
going on. There is no chimney, and
the roof is smoked as black as ebony.
Round the fire are grouped half a
dozen men and women, clad in sheep—
skins and course white woolen cloth of
the country, redolent of. garlic and
innocent of soap. They are good,
hospitable souls, however, and what
theyhnve is freely offered us. Two or
three dozen eggs are boiled; and maize
heads and paprikas (red pepper) roasted
in the embers. But three-fourths of
the eggs are of ancient date, and those of
of us are rash enough to try the papri-
kas will remember for many a day that:
Europeans cannot boast the leathery
toughness of Bulgarian months and
throats.
-o;~oo"-oo—.;
AN EAST INDIAN'S BED.
The bed of a dweller in East India is
sprout], upon the floor, and for a. pillow
is. used a sort of blanket, which is
utilized at the some time for containing
the valuables of the house. The cover-
ing for the sleeper is made of cotton,
woven by hand. There are no choirs,
and the. occupants sit on the floor with
crossed legs, or in a reclining posture,
with one leg over the other. There are
no musical instrumenst, no_ notes, no
set music. The East Indians 1i? down
without undressing, and on rising, roll
up the bed and slow it away, Their
principal food is rice, which, those who"
are at the table cat with the some spoon,
There are no puddings, no desserts, and
whoever is the last to rise from the
table is compelled to wash the dishes,
quanhas scarcely any place in society,
literature or art. Man is the master,
and rules. The language is simple,
consists of twenty-five letters for an
alphabet, and can he‘learned in a year
and a half by one associating with the
people. . , .
A ”*OO—Qo—q—
ANTIQUITY on GLAsa .,,
The oldest specimen of pure gluSI
bearing anything like a date is a little
molded lion's head, bearing the name
of an Egyptian King of the eleventh
dynasty, in the Slade collection at the
British Museum. That is to say, at the
period which may be moderately placed
at more than 2,000 years B. 0., glass
was not_ only made, lmt'made with a
skill" which shows that the art was
nothing new even at that time. . .
cHO.—oo
Be courteous with all, but intimate
with few; and let those few be well
tried before you give them your confi-
' deuce.
'
‘ studies on the spot for the construction
navigation in the canal, according to
and .
- nation.
.ful development. So complicated and
'nnd dumb, but ideas.
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‘ THE AFRICAN INLAND'SEA.
A party of French engineers and.
.hydrographers has left for Tunis,
charged -with making the necessary‘
of the hhrbor in the Bay ofNabes, at
the mouth of the Oued Mnllnh,‘ in
connection with the canal which is to
establish navigable communication
between the Mediterranean and the
Chotts. It‘will be remembered that, in
the early spring of 1°83 M. de Lesscps
made'a trip to those great marsh lakes
in Southern Tunis, which it is the in-
tention to convert into a vast {inland
sea, with the view of testing the results
of the late Col. Roudaire’s survey, and
that he has came back convinced that
the scheme was practicable. The ex-
pedition which has now started will
also make investigations as to the
feasibility of sinking artesinn wells
along the route, and a. survey for a
railway which it might hereafter be
thought necessary 'to construct. The
head of the expedition is Commandant
Landos, professorofjtopogi‘aphy atthc
school of Saint Cyr. I He—is accompanied
by M. Baronnet, who assisted Col.
'Roudaire in making the preliminary
surveys, and several others engineers.
It may be advisable to recall to mind
the chief features of the report on the
lmdertoking which M. de Lesseps pub-
lished after his return from Tunis in
1883. It states that the estuary of [the
Oucd Mcllah, which is to be the begin-
ning of the canal leading to the Chotts
to be inundaut, offers apart, covered
at high water, of sufficient breadth
which might easily be excavated, and
would forms. port sheltered by nature
from all the winds from northwest to
such passing by the west. The winds
from nortlieast'to south passing by the
cost would not be dangerous to the
breakwaters. The roads in front of the
entrance are, moreover, in exactly the
same situation as those of anes. ' The
the report, would offer no difficulty, as
the canal woufd form almost a straight
line. The. calcareous rocks found by
Col. Roudaire’s soundings in 1879 at the
base of the Gabes bar, but of com-
paratively unimportant extent, are an
advantage rather than an inconvenience
at the ni'outh of the couch They will
furnish the requisite material for the
construction of-the pier and port build-
ings. M. de Lesseps thinks that, con—'
sidering the nature of the soil traversed,
it. will be sufficient to cut, in the alluvial
part, a canal. on the average 80 to 100
feet wide, which will be further widened
by the action of the current. This
cutting could be executed in the maxi-
mum period of five years, at an estimator]
cost of £6,000,000. The proposed in-
land sea. would be fifteen times as large
as the lake of Geneva. It ' has an
elevation much lower than the level of.
the Mediterranean, ' the depression
being in some .places as low as 165 feet
below the level.
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How To Insulr AN ITALIAN.
Among the Italians spitting is a mark
of supreme contempt. Historians claim
that Romulus was not so much angered
by the fact that Remus leaped over the
wall he had built around Rome, as he
was to see his younger brother expector-
ate upon the stonas of that fragile
structure. The writer, a. few years ago,
was present at the rehersal of a. spectuc- ,
ulor play, ~in Niblo’s Garden, where
two Italian ballet girls' engaged in a
bitter quarrel over their respective
terpsichorean merits. Finally the
smaller and more irate of the two ladies
spat on the floor in front of her talland
stately five], and rubbed it indignimtly
into‘the boards with her tiny foot. "In
an instant the great beauty’s eyes lit
up'with a. murderous fury, and she had
drawn a dagger on the little woman,
when a dozen spectators interfered and
probably prevented a tragedy. In
speaking of the matter afterward the
stage manager said :—~ .
“ These Italian girls regard that as a
supreme insult. It. signifies the height
of contempt, and can only be washed
out in blood. It is a peculiarity of the
1f you want. to test. the matter
buy a pint of peanuts from that Italian
vender on the corner, munch one of
them, spit it out with disgust upon the
pavement and rub:it in at his feet. You
had better have a policeman beside you,
though, when you try the experiment. ”
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LANGUAGE OF THE RED INDIANS.
_ One singular fact is the infinite diversi-
ty of language. Not only every tribe, but
every hand, of which there are some-
times fifty in a single tribe, has its own
dialect or jargon, perfectly unintelligible
to all who do not belong‘to the band. In
all times the Indians have disdained to
learn eveh a few words of on enemy’s
language. Stranger yet, the Cheyen‘nes
and Arrapahoes for three-quarters of a
century have been firm friends, camping
and hunting together 'and making war
upon q; same enemies at the some
time. - to children constantly romp
and play together in the common camp.
Yet not one in ten of either tribe ca'u
hold the most ordinary conversation in
the language of the other.
Unable to speak each other’s language
the Indians of theWest have constructed
a wonderful sign language by which
they hold intercourgfe, Gestures. signs,
are more or less natural to every one.
Among the plains Indians "alone
have they reached their most wonder,
elaborate is the sign language, consist-
ing of countless gestures and movements
the slightest variation in which marks
wide differences in meaning, that only a.
few_Iudians in .a .tribe are complete
masters of it, and the masses can only
useit slightly. The signs do not indi-
cate letters nor words, as with the deaf
There is one .
sign to indicate hunger, another for
"stop talking," another for summer,
and so all infinitely. Yet on expert
sign talker will either make or interpret
a long speech, which consists of an
infinite number of signs following each
other with lightning-like rapidity. Two
strange Indians will meet on horseback,
each unable to understand a spoken
wordof the other, and while holding
the reins with the left hand, will coh-
verse for hours with their right, telling
stories or relating their experience
without a single misunderstanding.
EFFECT or MUSIC.
The effect of .music on the senses was
wonderfully verified during the morn-
ing for the ‘ Duke of Cumberland, uhcle
of George III. A tailor had a. great
number of black units which were to be
finished in a. very short space of time.
Among his workmen there was a fellow
who was always singing ‘jRuIe Brit-
tannia,” and the rest of the countrymen
joined in the chorus. The. tailor made
his observations and' found that the
slow time retarded the work; in conse-
quence he engaged a blind fiddler, and,
placing Inn near the workshop, made
him play constantly the lively tune of
“Nancy Dawson.” The design had the
desired effect, the tailors‘ elbows moved
obediently to the z'melody,‘ and the
' NORWALK, 'CONNv-‘I’I‘UESDAYMAY 12;, 1885.
”Turns
lilitlliESllllli.
Shall ' we,
It is a fact no longer questioned that all the baking."~
catLime with our Bread? '_
w .1.___...‘_. -.....____ ...
- powders, with the single exception of the Royal, contain
lime or alum, Prof. Love’s report as. analyst of the New
-York State. Board gif'lljleal'tlj,,reiiealing lime impurities, and ‘
Go'vernnient,Chemist Mott’s resQrches Showing the alarm-1
‘ ing use of alum,liaucicouclhsively established the presence.
of these substt’iucesi" Eminent. analysts have found in some
of the powders, notably" those so prominently advertised," ‘
10.7 per cent. ofligmcl alonen":
. Every'bcdy'is interested in «this Wholesaledebasement "
of food. . Tlfejuiblic health-ls
by the large; lainount ”of lithe
ho doubt injuriously affected .
. thatjstlius taken into the
system, fox—agithough peliéflfifle‘fggg‘i's'prducedi'by the
.114» A
,) _l,,.oy ,, {“3- -.‘ ... ..
use of Royal Baking Powder, which is free from lime and
absolutely.‘lirmhmanyof these adiilterated bakipg‘powders
are still imposed upon‘con'sumers by the false advertisements
with which they. are placed before the public. ..
No Laser... 3...... Baking” Powder.
Chemical tests have likewise proved the Royal Baking
Powder to be. free-from lime and absolutely pure." This
results from the exclusive use ol’.._<-ream of tartar specially
. H.) . ,. _
refined and prepared by patent processes by which the
tartrate of lime is totally eliminated. The production of”.
chemicallyipure cream of'tartar involved many experiments
5:5.“ _ ~
and greatgcxpensc, winch add largely, of course, to the cost
. ti , o I
of producing the Royal-linking Powder.
But. its manu-
facturers are, amply rcwardedthi thus being able to give
consumers a baking powder absolutely pure in all respects
—-tlic only absolutely pure
In
baking powder made.
emphasis of this not, the report of Prof. McMurtric, late
chief chemist for the United States Department of Agricul-
ture at VVashinMou is n‘ivcn :
«'2‘ 7 D
“I have examined the cream of tartar manufactured by
the New’York Tartar Company and used bytlie Royal
Baking Powder Ccmpauyin the manufacture of their .bak-
ing. powder, and found it perfectly pure and free from lime
in any form.-
,“The chemical tests to which I have submitted ”the
Royal Baking Powder, prove it perfectly healthful, and free
from err-r) deleterious substance.
' “ Chemist in
“ WM. MchiR'l‘Ril’, ll}.l\l., Pill),
Chief U. S. cpl. of Agriculture.” .
in nuncuur sr’ cIALrv
‘..
FOR In: _ OFFICE,
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.1
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Send for our. Specivrl Ojfer and Illustrated Cat-
plantguef containing testimonials Frce; also, price
i so
The F. M. Libby Pcnholder, 11 kinds.
Linney's Improved Newspaper Files, 10 sizes.
“Triumph " Steel Pens, 13 Nos. Samples and prices
on receipt of six cents.
"Thet only” Pencil Holders. Sample by mail 10
cen 5.
Order through your local dealer or direct of the
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Headquarters fe?‘ crerylfiing in the Stationery and
. Ill/meg Goods line,
No. 19 BOND STREET, .1
P. O. Box 3755. New York
. .
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HALLET B001: 00., Portland, Maine.
.rn'rnn L. oUIoUE,
111.0113le My, 3;; , an,
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Dealer in In Green Docs; and Hot House and
Bedding and Vegetable Plants, Fruit and Omamen
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to order. . . 41372
Grading and Re-filling Cemetery Plots
promptly attended to.
S. B. WILSON.
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Steam Band & Scroll Sawing,
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Packing Boxes. Mouldings and
Brackets Made to Order
0rders by Telephone or Mail promptly attended to
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Shop and. Residence, 11, Summer, Street,
1:39 Nor-walk. Conn. ' ‘
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parties, in first-class neighborhood. A ) ly to
- S. B. W .SON.
' BERNARD COHN',
—MERCHANT TAILOR—I'—
WEEK’S BUILDING, WALL STREET.
A FULL LINE or ‘
Imported and Domestic Cloths.
0f the Latest Styles, constantly on hand.
Novelties in Scotch Suiting. Satisfaction guaran-
teed in every particular. ‘
Seven Years Experience in U. S. Patent Ollicc.
Geo. R. Byington,
somm'roa on
PATENTS.
Fireman’s Insulin! mm ,1: uildl ng,
WASH|NGTON.~D.“C.
Extension Cases before Congress a S\icclnlt,v
for working people. Send 10 cents per
HE age, and we will mail you five, a roya
valuable sample box of goods that wi
put you in the way of making more money in a few
days than you ever “wright possible at any business
Capital not required. 11 can live, at home and
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sexes, of all 11328,ng 1y successful, 60 cents to so
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particulars, directions etc, sent free. Immense pay
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O
. Dr. LESLIE’S
SPECIAL. PRESCRIPTIUNS
Sign:
HEADACHE
'SEASIOKN ESS. .
TESTIMONIALS:
. Tnov, N. Y., Aug. 19, 1880.
S. B. ARCHER—Dear 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
tive years and it works like a charm. Truly yours,
Joux NFEAév, with W. H.Frear. .
1882 River street, Troy, N. 1'., Sept. 12, 1884.
l S. B. ARCHER—Dear Sir :‘ For over twenty years
. I have been troubled with sick headache, having
. an attack every two weeks which confined me to
my bed for two or three days each time. and I have
been unableto find anything that would help me
until I tried Dr. Leslies S eclal Prescription about
a year ago; since then I ave 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 PETRY.
532 River street, Troy, N. Y., Sept. 6, 1884.
S. B. ARCHER—Sir: In reply to yours asking
whethethad any more trouble with headache,
will say that I have not been troubled with it in all
the live years, and that my general health has
greatly improved, and I feel that I owe it all to Dr.
Leslie’s Special Prescription.
Yours very truly
CHARLOTTE Pnrnr.
PRICE. ONE DOLLAR !
rb'u SALE nv
GEO. B PLAISTEf).
”gunman SOUTH NORWALK.
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A PRIZ celve .tree, a costly box of goods
hich will help you to more money
right away than anything else in this world. All of
either sex, succeed from first hour. The broad road
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at once address. TRUE a: Co., Augusta, Maine.
For Rent.
TEE Little Store beneath the GAZETTE publica-
tion office. A most desirable location.
tf16 Apply to B. J. Smons.
lia? ' in...
REAL ESTATE.
For Sale Cheap.
ILL be sold at a Bargain, il' ' applied for soon
a small, neat Cottage, 0! six: ooms, in good
aeignborhood and three minutes’ walk of the
Bridge. Apply at GAZETTE OFFICE.
CHOICE ,
F613 SALE.
Apply {0 h
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n.‘ J. srmansmr o. n, Wmson.
. GAZETTE BUILDING." my
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u'g, orwalk, Conn.
. A “WSW“ 'Awyfigg 0mm-
' ' 1441 .
Edgy ”5“;
A‘ DOUBLE BARRELLED RIFLE made by John
Blissctt, London. Will be sold cheap for
cash. Enquire at‘thisomce.
FOR SALE,
NE two seated square box» side bar’wagon.
One light lumberbox wagon. ‘
One second-hand square box wagon.
One one-horse cart. V '
a
((46 A. LYON, Knight Street.
- w.;' s. oninnnn,
FURNIS‘HI’NG ' UN‘DERTAKER
OPPOSITE nonsn R. R. DEPOT,
Resilience 143 Main Street. Telephone Connection.
GEO-VVARD SELLECK,
nanoausnooa's BLOCK, WALL STREET,
FAMILY GROCERIES.
ALEX. S. GIBSON,
Organist ol' the First Congregational Church,
Teacher of '
Pianoforte, Organpand Musical
. Composition,
Loaf Box 3 P. 0., NORWALK, CONN.
J. BELDEN HURLhUTT. A
Attorney and Councilor at» Law,
4 Room No. 4, Up Stairs.
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ADDRESS, Frecof Charge,-
vDNA IS ORANGE (30., of HARTFORD.
- Incorporated 18171 Charter Perpetual.
CAPITAL AND ASSETS, $8,902,271“.
Insures against loss and damage by Fire, on
terms adopted to the hazard and consistent with
the laws of compensation. COWLES & MERRILL,
Sole Agents for Norwalk and vicinity.
A. CARD.
Having purchased the
Recently carried on by WILLIAM LOCKWOOD at
No. 36 MAIN STREET.
1 am prepared to meet the wants of all prospective
purchasers of furniture, both STAPLE AND
ORNAMl-INTAL I have on hand a large
_ stock which I will sell
VERY CHEAP FOR CASH.
Ishnll be pleased to meet all old or new friends
and will guarantee satisfa‘ctiou in
every case.
yer,.‘i‘n‘ll:l.GE H. RAYMOND.
F. H. PEC'II' W’ELL,
ARCHITECT,
no. 7 WATER STREET,
Gilbert Lock Company.
Dibble Manufacturing Company’s door
knobs.
New York IVood Turning Company.
Corner Blocks for window casings.
Balusters. .
Newels.
Plain and Double Moulded Stair Rails.
Also Flat Moulded Door and, Window
Casings furnished at short, notice.
17. H. MEEKERI
54 Main Street,
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.,
Practical PliImber,
Steam and Gas Fitters, Dealers in Plumbers' and
Steam Fitters’ Supplies, and Gas Fixtures.
Jobbing promptly attended to. . ' lyfll
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No 6 Main Street,Norwaik, ct.
THE BEST or" .
Beef, Veal, Mutton, Lamb, Pork,
DAMS, POULTRY, &c., 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.
LOCKWOOD. late with Adams Bros. 0m~i5
FOR sALn.
VICTORIA,
Newly Trimmed and Painted.
A Fine Family Carriage.
Will be sold at a very low price.
'HENRY TILLY, ,
CARRIAGE MAKER,
SOUTH NORWALK.
——.A.. E. 635G111,—
. (Late U. s. SenatorFrom N. D.)
Attorney and Counsellor-atyLuw.
01'? 7th STREET, WASIIINCIONJ). 0.
Will practice before the Departments, Congress
sionnl Committees, Supreme Court, and
Court of Claims.
French spoliation Claims A Specialty.
3m6 Correspondence Invited.
RUPTURE
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Building Lot's
On Wilton Avenue '
V'." 7:
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Eu 0' or o. E. Wilson, No. a Gazette page: pet
$I00 Will. BE PAID.
G-eu.W. E. NOBLE, Bridgeport
FURNITURE BUSlN ESS,
' two physicians at once. One said:
- walk. It wasdeathinlife.
pen day and even ug. Sundays til; 2 p. m. 155-,
.. up
«nan-war neverF'v‘u‘rie’a‘.’ ' Amary'ei oi' pin-e
t
..utrength,-und wholesomenes‘s; *Mareeconomic
than the ordinarykinds, and cannot be sold in com
- _ ltlon Mair-the multitude of low test, 3110.
. weight diam on nuoepuute powders. ' '-
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3 . - ‘1 ' - . _ v
To Rent.
Three Poems suitable for a small family on Main
street, Boroughs. ~ ~
' ‘. . ELLs, Furniture Dealer. .
Flir‘ Sale.
ASIdall House with about one acre of ground at
Broad River. Opposite Mrs. James Panton’s.
Apply to ’ J. B. ELLS, Furniture Dealer.
‘ A Small Cottage
Willi plot of ground at Winnipauk, For Sale Cheap.
Enquire of J. B. Ems, Furniture Dealer.
A Small Farm
For Sale Cheap. The old Benjamin Bishop Home-
stead at North Norwalk, or old road to Silver Mine,
consisting of Plow, Meadow, Pasture and Wood
Land, will he sold as a whole, or in parcels to suit
purchasers. A good chance to secure a home-
stead. .
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.
For Sale.
House and Lot opposite residence of Charles E.
St. J 011p, Main street, Lot 70 feet front.
Apply to J. B. Buns, Furniture Dealer.
For Sale. at
‘ The Homestead of the Subscriber, No. 8 Camp.
street. Good, new House and Burn, 100 feet front
on street. Apply to
,3. El
Successor to
, E. Quintard’s Son.
.' THE OLD swarm
Opposite Horse Railway ilepct,
Parlor Suits,
.BUFFALO LOUNGES. ‘1.
nun ail REED ROCKERS,
Folding Carpet Rockers.
Walnut Chairs & Rockers.
Upholstered Easy Chairs
Chamber Suits,
CYLINDER ROLL TOP DESKS, LA-
‘DIE’S DESKS, and DESKS and B 0K
CASES COMBINED, LIBRARY, -
BLE TOP, CENTER, and WALNUT and
ASH EXTENSION TABLES.
. Plush Tot) Stands.
FOLDING BED,
Wire Beds and Cots.
Hair. L‘Otb‘Ju. Wool, Rattan and Excelsior
h’lattrasscs, Pillows, Bolsters, 62:0.
Husks, large or small quantity ‘
Live Geese Feathers.
Call and Examine when in want of
anything in my line.
Jo'sephB. E-lls,
HE min. a. sums
KENNEDY’S FAVORITE REMEDY.
Cures a Terribie_(}use of Gravel When Other
Help Failed.
Pr'r'rsrmLD, Mass, March 1384.
Dr. David Kennedy:
DEAR Sim—You have a right to know and I
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use of your “FAVORITE MEDY.” I am a
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trouble until last July, 1883; One day when at
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keen and terrible pain in my left side. I consulted
“I can. do
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frightened and went. to the second, who said little,
but gave me a prescription. It did no good.
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JAMES D. KENNEDY.
. What “FAVORITE REMEDY" did in this case
it has done in many others. If you desire to do so
Address—Dr. Daviddicnnedy, Rondout, N. Y.‘
MALAREA.
As an auti~malariul medicine
DR. DAVID liENNEDT‘SE
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i get free a package or goods of large
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Then began. a. series of experiences the agony .
JEFFERSON as A NATURALIST.
Soon after Mr. Jefferson completed the
‘ ‘Notes on Virginia” he was sent abroad on
diplomatic service. The years that he
French Court were busy years in many
ways, but his official duties were of such
character that he had more time than
ever before for the prosecution of scien-.
tific study and investigation. He was
new introduced into a society where the
- work of a scientist was looked upon
with a. much Warmer sympathy than was
opportunity of' making the personal
acquaintance of'the ablest men in the
various branches in which he was
interested. Among them was Bufi'on.
The‘presen’tation of a copy of the ‘ ‘ Notes
on Virginia” had failed to convince him
that animals do not degenerate in
America. In fact. Jefferson found a
very general disposition in Paris circles
to look contemptuously on everything
‘in the New World except political free-
dom; the‘Abbe Raynnl Went {even so far
as to assert that the Caucasian had
deteriorated in mind and body when
transplanted to American soil. How
. wittily Dr; Franklin answered _ this
charge, at one of his dinner pubic. at
Pussy, is known to every reader of
Franklin’s or Jefferson’s biographies. '
That such opinions in: Kme’rican animal
life should still be held, In. Jefferson’s
love of scentific truth, and perhaps even
more, his love of country, Would not
permit. . Steps were at once taken to
secure a practical illustration of the
falsity of the French view. He wrote
to several friends in different parts of
America—more especially President
Sullivan, of New Hampshire—request-
ing them to send him the bones and,
skin of the largest moose obtainable, the
horns of the caribou, elk, deer, spike-
horued buck, and other large animals
which by their size; might give ocular
proof of the point he wished to estab-
lish. After many vicissitudes the moose
reached Paris in safety, but was accom-
panied by such a bill of expense as made
Jefferson think, for a. moment, that
scientific controversy was indeed a very
costly recreation. However, he felt
amply repaid when Bufi'on,. fiter an”
examination of the specimens and con-
sideration of other demonstrated facts.
receded from his former position and
said to MI. J efl'erson, in hisstately way :
“I should have consulted you, sir, be-
fore publishing my ‘Natural History.’
and then I should have been sure of my
facts." In a similar way he obtained
and added to the Royal Cabinet of
Natural History many other American
specimens with which he had found the
men of science unacquainted.
——o~—.-o-.-oo—
A BARK CANOE, CANADA.
A bark canoe is only one man’s load;
he turns it upside down, and walks with
it on his head. A man toiling across a
portage inthisattitude isa. somewhat
grotesque sight, suggesting a monstrous
new kind of snail. Themtheucanoe will
go over shallows where anything else
would stick, and as for handiness, an
expert canoeman will almost turn it
round with one twist of the paddle.
Repairs are frequent but simple, con-
sisting mainly in the free application to
damaged places of a. resinous gum kept
In store for that purpose. Speed is a
secondary consideration ; you cannot go
fast paddling up, and you cannot-help
going fast coming down. . We came
down a. reach in half an hour that ‘we
had taken half a day to work up. Often
to to make way against a. heavy current.
Paddling, though a more wasteful
application of muscular work than
rowing, is less fatiguing when the pace
is not forced, and after a little practice
becomes a very delectable exercise. The
traveler embarked on a. canoe voyage
has to carry most things with him:
Along the river there are only scattered
farm houses, and the only certain and
comfortable way of morning shelter for
the night is to camp out. The tents
and other necessaries form the cargo of
the canoes.
stuff can be stowed away in a. canoe that
looks quite small—another merit of the
savage birch-bark vessel as compared»
with European boats. Every night we
choose our camping ground, pitch our
tents, and make our camp fire; this last
is of great importance, not only for
warmth and brightness, but for driving
away insects, the only drawback in a
life otherwise perfect. When people play
at camping out in England they make a.
fire a foot or two across over which they
hang a kettle on three sticks. In Ganada
you make a fire of logs five or six feet
long, or maybe whole roots of 'pine or
cedar, which will burn all night, The
trouble of chopping the wood up small
would be greater than that of- burning
it as it is, and its cost is nothing. In
many places, indeed, the best fuel is
drift-wood, which could in no way be
made otherwise useful. Even in summer
nights the fire is a welcome companion,
and after a day’s work at paddling hot
tea is the best of drinks whatever the
temperature my be—not that other
drink would be easy to get if one
- wanted it, but no such want is felt.
“no—-
no oucoMFonTABLE surrotm.
Two old women lived at Castle Pooh, a
rambling old place, once magnificent, and
the scene of wild revelry so long as its
owners had anything to squander. But
the spendthrift landlords were dead on“
gone, and of the Depnis family only two
members, an aunt and- a niece, remained. .
They were called “ the ladies" by their
poor neighbors, and were greatly looked up.
to on account of their ancient name; but
they had not any better education 1than
that which a village schoolmaster could
give 50 years ago.
The elder Miss Dennis had a snnu annui-
ty, and it was no wonder that Miss Honor
7 was almost. crushed by grief and selfish anx—
iety‘whep she became very ill, and was given
up by the doctor. “Come here, Honor,"
whispered the dying woman from her pil-
low. “There‘s £10 in that box; you’ll have
that, an’ my clothes and the furniture, an’
you’ll be sure to wake me decent, 1111’ put
my fine .linen night-gown Will the frills 'on
me. Bring it outta let me see _if it’s all
right.” --
Miss Honor promised to obey, but mi-
serliness overcame her, and .she grudged
the corpse so fine a dress. She happened
to have some black calico covered with
white spots,which she had bought at a great
bargain from a country pedler, and- she'
made the shroud of it, intending to -turn
the frilled night-gown into money at some
‘ future time: The villagers from Clopcok
who came to the wake, wondered at Miss
Dennis's “dead dress,” but nothing was
said about it. _ .
The funeral took place; and now began
a direful visitation for Miss Honor. AB
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regular as darkness fell, Miss Dennis ap— . -
poured in her black and white shroud at
her niece’s fireside. She pointed to her
dress, and never spoke a word. Miss
Honor could not bear it. On the third
night the coffin was taken up and opened,
and the frilled night-gown put, upon its
shroud. The ghost was now nppeased;
she did not again sumac—All the Year
Round.
tenant instead of the black and white,; f
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