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Volume LXXXVI.
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An Enterprising Republican Journal, especially devoted to Local News and Interests.
NORWALK,-CONN., TUESDAY FEBRUARY 23, 2.1886.
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Yes, 'tis Enough.
Yes ’tis enough; a silken tress
To love, to fo‘ndlc and caress,
To twine with adornation's care
Some unknown being’s chestnut hair,
To think, imagine, dream and plan,
As disappointed lovers can,
0t some dear being all unknown,
A cross, a shrine, a queen, a throne.
Yes, ’tls enough; I would but own
A love like angels near the throne;'
I will imagine at your feet
I kneeling hear your words so sweet,
I will Imagine that 'tis bliss
To even dream I feel thy kiss.
For The Old Love’s Sake", ‘. -’
"I feel, Mary, I shall be jealous of!
this cousin of yours. Already she
seems tooccupy all your thoughts, and
when she arrives, 'I dare say she will
engross all your attention. But, there.
I will not scold you. Good night,
dearest," and Philip Gilbert, my be-
trothed, pressed his first kiss upon my
lips..
In the fullness of an almost perfect
happiness tears came into my eyes as I
turned into thelhouse, and asked my-
self, have I lived the last few moments
in a dream, or is it. a reality—has the
love so long yearned for been given to
me at last i I have known Philip Gil-
bert for many years, and looking back-
ward then, I could not recall to memory
a time when I did not love him. Tall
and fair and blue-eyed, and with a
symmetrical form of an Apollo, Philip
Gilbert would attract attention among
a crowd of handsome men. I was some
years older than he, and had never
been regarded as a beauty. Yet he had
asked me to be his wife. And yet, and
yet in the solitude of my own room
that night more than once this thought
occurred to me: Will our union secure
my future happiness after all? He was ‘
a man of quick and generous impulse,
but. with nestability of purpose and little
strength of chaiacter. Those who
believe that a girl is blind to the faults
or weakness of her lover. know very
little of my sex. I had fomed'perhaps,
a truer estimate of Philip Gilbert's char-
acter than any one or his most intimate
friends. Still I. lov‘ed him with all my
heart and soul, and for no better than a
woman's reason—because I could not
help it. ‘* ‘ _
My cousin, Gertrude Harland, an:
rived on the marrow. Her father, a law-
yer of some prominence in Boston, had
but recently died, and when we learned
of her bereavement, my own dear father
insisted that the orphan child of his
only sister should make her home be-
neath his roof. I had not seen her
since she wasa child of ten, and she
was now eighteen. AsI held'her hands
in mine and bade her welcome to our
country home, I thought that I never
beheld a being so radiautly beautiful.
She was a brunette, with an almost
perfectly Greek profile, and the pure
olive complexion, with just a touch of '
color to give it warmth, so rarely to be 5
seen by American women. The old
farm-house where I had lived since my ?
father, Mr. Maxwell, had retired from
the active practice of his profession, ‘
overlooked the Hudson, within a short
distance of Yonkers, a town which had
not reached the importance it has since
attained. Gertrude was delighted with
her new home, and was never weary of
dilating on the scenic beauties of the
noble river she had seen for the first
time. She was a week with us before
she and Philip met. He was away in
the northern part of the State, negotiat-
ing, .I believe, the sale of some property
which he owned there. How well I
remember the evening that meeting
took place. Ibriefiy introduced them,
’ and with marked embarrassment Philip
stammered forth the usual conventional
phrases. But his glance was fastened
on her face as she stood before him with
downcast eyes and a demure smile on
the full red lips.
Philip’s whole attention was given to
-Gertrude, and whatever powers he pos-
sessed _.as a conversationalist were ex-
erted, it was evident, tomake a favorable
first impression on my beautiful cousin.
When he had bidden us good-nightI
went up to my own room, and with an
aching throbbing of my heart I sat be-"
side the open window, and tried to re-
call the incidents of the past two hours.
Was I jealous of Philip Gilbert? Had
he only been courteous to a stranger,
and that stranger my own cousin? Was
this my loyaltyto a lover, tonurture
within my breast a woman's mean and
pitiful suspicion of his fealty to a
plighted troth 9 And while thinking
thus Gertrude Harland entered the
room. She seated herself on a low
stool at my feet, and, crossing- her
hands on'my knees, she looked up in
my face. I thought it was in a tone of
millery she laughed: '
“He is rather a good-looking young
man, your friend, Mr. Gilbert; or shall
I call him by a dearer name "
“Most people think Mr. Gilbert a
. very handsome man,"I said quietly.
“But you have not told me, Mary.
Perhaps, as those odious politicians
‘would say, he is still astride the fence,
',Less than a lover and more than a
friend.’ The line is very suggestive,
Mary, and very tantalizing to a girl
under certain circumstances."
“Mr. Gilbert is my betrothed lover,”
I answered almost defiantly. _ ~
"Why, I guessed as much. Yes, as
you say he is very handsome, but you
mustn't make a hero of your lover for
all that. It is not good farm, Mary,
and men are so intolerably vain. Well, ‘5
it is a sweet hallucination that lasts the
lover until he emerges into the husband.
‘No man _is a hero to his valet'it is
said, nor is any man, my Mary. a hero
to his wife. Did you ever hear this
story about Sir Walter Scott? The
gods lcddy of a Scotch laird once visited
the great novelist's wife, and snifi‘ed con-
temptuously at the shabby. carpet that
covered the sitting-room, and the wife of
the man whom all the English-speaking
world revered explained apologetically.
'I must make that foolish Scott write
one of his ridiculous love stories to buy
me a new carpet.‘ But. as you 5&7.
Mary. your betrothed isvery handsome.
and let me congratulate you. "
At an earlier hour than usual Philip
called the following afternoon.
“Mary," he said, “I’ve rigged up a
lag sail in your father's boat, and it is
just the pleasantest day imaginable on
the water."
While addressing me, I felt his words
were directly intended for my cousin.
who the evening before incidentally
mentioned how delighted she would be
at a boating excursion on the Hudson.
She clapped her hands with the 1’1‘3‘7-5‘11'6
of a child, and our preparation being
quickly made, we went down tothe
river. As we took our places in the
boat. Philip said:
"The wind is blowing down stream.
Mary. Suppose we run as far as Spay-
ten Duyvil."
“Oh! what a funny name, Mr. Gil-
bert," exclaimed Gertrude.
"But you would know the legend
that gives the creek its name, Miss Hur-
land, if you read Washington Irving.
You sce,’ once upon a time a Dutch
trumpeter wanting to cross the creek,
and not being able to find a boat, swore
he would s'wini across ‘éu spifyt den
duyvil.’ But his Satanic majesty, it is
alleged, indignant at the challenge,
when 'hc had him in the middle, caught
him by the legs and pulled him to the
boll-om forevermore. ”
Almost every afternoon for many days
afterward found us on the river, often
lingering in the shadows of the Pali-
sades, when darkness had descended on
the bosom of the waters. And the sus-
picion that Philip's love was being trans-
ferred to another, struggle as I might
against it, daily drew into the bitter-
ness of a settled conviction. '
The day had been oppressively sultry,
and portended an approaching thun-
, tier-storm. To seek relief from an
aching head, I threw a shawl around my
shoulders and left the house. The very
stillness of the night was painful to me,
for not a breath of air was stirring
among the foliage of the trees. . The
full moon of the summer night threw
the long gaunt shadows of the syca-
mores along the grass, and the shadow
of a. man and woman, too, standing by
the orchard gate. My heart gave one
sudden bound, and then it secmedto
have ceased its beating. My .recreant.
lover was standing there, his arms en-'
folding the lithe and graceful form of
Gerti'ude ~Har'land. The shimmer of
the moonlight lit up the pale beauty of
her face as it rested on his breast, and
her arm coyly stole around his neck, as
he stooped his head and pressed 9. kiss
of such passionate intensity upon her
lips as mine had never known. I saw
no more-I remember no more until I
found myself in _my own room lying
prone upon the bed, and fully conscious
at last ofhow basely I had been, duped.
:I’resently. I heard a knock upon the
door, and my cousin's voice calling me
in accents which seemed to me then as
if modulated to a laughing mockery. I
did not answer her, for I dare not trust
myself to meet-her face to face, and
listen to the ’fiippant utterances of a
woman's insincerity from lips thatliis
had pressed so lately.
In the lull of the storm at times I
heard the voices in the room below;
and then as its violence increased, and
the rain dashed in fierce and fitful gusts
against the window panes, I sank into'
a troubled sleep.
How long I slept I know not, but I
was awakened by a clamorous knocking
at _my door and the voice of our old
gardner calling in terrified tones : “For
heaven's sake, Miss Maxwell, open the
dour. The house is on fire, and there
ain't a moment to lose, if you would
escape." , on
"My father," I gasped, ssI reached
the open air ; “where is my father. "
~"He was summoned to the bedside
of some popr fellow ‘ who, was badly in-
jured by the storm, and he ain't got
back yet; but LI must go now, Miss
Maxwell, and tryand find some help to -
save the house if possible. "
“One word more. Are my cousin and
our servant safe 3"
"Poor young lady, she was almost
scared to death. Yes, they are both
safe; you will find them somewhere
round-n. - ‘1‘.“ ' ..
*As the old man hurriedly left me, a
sheet of flamc’ leaped from the. upper
windows with an angry roar. and for a
moment. lit the scene round with an
awful brilliancy, and in that moment I
saw the white-robed figure of my cousin
rushing towardme. She clutched my
dress in both her hands, and, crouching
at my feet cried out :
"Oh, ~Maryl Mary! for the love-of
heaven, try and save him I" '
"Save whom I" I asked, as I looked
down on the white, upturned face of the
girl who had wronged me. "Is there
any living soul within that burning
house i" '
"Philip! The storm wasso fearful
your father insisted he should remain
over night. ' He is sleeping in the
visitors’ room. "
“Philip—Philip Gilbert, the man
your beauty lured away from me, sleep-
ing in that house? Do you love him.
Gertrude Harland f" . -
“As God will judge me, yes. I know
we've wronged you, Mary; but on my
knees, though you never may forgive
me, I appeal to you to try and save him
from this frightful death.”
No, I could not forgive her, but 1
would try and save his life at the risk
of my own. .I looked round in a wild,
despairing way,“ but no help was near.
I remember rushing into that burning
house and attempting to climb the
stairs. but the woodwork had already
taken fire. Tongues of flame coiled‘
round theflbalusters. with a crackling
noise, and the heat and smoke drove me
back. Again I assayed the forlorn
hope, and reached the. landing above.
I dashed my puny strength against the
door of Philip's room with _unavailing
effort, and in the frenzy of despair
called out to him by name. Suddenly
the door was opened, and Philip, half-
uudressed, was standing there, and a
sob of joy escaped my lips, and, sinking
in his arms, I remembered no more.
C C O
4':
O O O 0
When I returned to a consciousness
of rational existence, they told me that
the excitement of that night had super-
induced brain fever, and that the angel
of death had hovered round my pillow
for many nights andfdays. The summer
was over, and I had gained just sufiici-
ent strength to come down to the sitting-
room 'in the evening, where, seated in
an easy-chair, I sought to forget the
past in the pages of some favorite book.
It was thus that Philip Gilbert found
me one afternoon. I had‘ not seen him
since the night that he and Iso narrowly
escaped a frightful death.
“Mary," he said. “I've called to
thank you for the noble heroism that
saved a worthless life.
“That worthless lifcis yours, Mary.
Will you forget the past and let me‘try
and make your future a happy one.”
“ And what would Gertrude Harland
_ say ?" ~ .
“She, too, is willing to make the
sacrifice.” He paused, ‘ embarrassed,
and his face flushed hotly.
“You need go no further, Philip. I
know the rest. To a sense of duty or
what men sometimes call honor you
would sacrifice your love. You would
give me the hollow mockery of the name
of wife while your heart was given to
another, and you would as surer regret
that heroic act of self-abnegation befére
the honeymoon had waned."
.“I would be a faithful husband to
you, Mary. "
" Even while you loved another 7"
His eyes were turned from my face as
he answered: .
“ There is a fate in love, Mary.“
“Philip, here now and'forover, this
subject drops between you and me.
We can be friends, Philip, for friend-
ship m'uy exist between a man and
woman, although poets and philos-
ophers will not let us believe it. And
now’good-night, Philip, and God bless
you.”
usI write these lines to-‘night, a fair-
haired, blue-eyed boy is calmly sleeping
on my lap. He is Philip's child and
hers. Poor boy! he is doubly orphaned,
for father and mother sleep their last
long sloop side (by side beneath .the
palm trees‘ of a 50113119111 land. My
Iam a gray-haired woman now, and.
father is this little Philip's guardian,
and if by his own winning, Winsome
ways he had not already stolen into my
heart, still would I love him "For the
old love's sake."
A sons-mun mar sons.
A stranger in the little cities of South-
western Texas is ofteu awakened at early
down by the beautiful but sorrowful
song _of the house, or sobbing, wren. If
the stranger has been long away from
home and friends, and is particularly
sensitive to impressions of external na-
turo, he never forgets the peculiar,
melancholy note of this tiny songster.
It begins in a highyclear key, like the
twinkling of silver bells, and descending
gradually from one sweet chime to an-
other still sweeter, it suddenly falters,
breaks off and sobs like a little child—
the song dying away in a gasp. The
listener is touched with sympathetic emo-
tion, and may find it exceedingly diffi-
cult to suppress the uncomfortable feel-
ing that one of the little ones in his
own family circle—far. far away, per-
haps—is weeping and sobbing for his
return. This mournful song is heard
only in the twilight of dawn. and is re- -
peated but a few times. After which,
the singer, with its plump brown breast,
thickly speckled with shreds of black,
retires through some crevice in the
housetop, and is but rarely seen during
the day.
We.—
AT THE NEW YORK momma.
The morgue proper is a large brick
room with a stone floor. It has no fur-
niture of any description, save six
granite slabs, eight feetlong each, raised
on four iron posts toa height of four
feet. These slabs are slightly inclined
toward the foot, and have a groove run-
ning along the outer edges. About two
feet above the head of cachfislab a spray
of water from a hanging jet sprinkles
the entire slab. On these slabs the
remains of the unknown dead are placed,
and the spray, of_ water is allowed to
sprinkle the body, running’off in gutters
at the sides. The morgue is kept cool,
and the bodies are held for identifi-
cation as long as the weather will per-
mit. Next to the morgue proper is a
room of equal size with several smaller
slabs. This room is used for coroner’s
inquests, forpost-morfem examinations,
dissecting and embalming. Very many
of the cases which come to Bellevuc
hospital are in such an advanced stage
that the patient dies before a full un-
derstandingpf the case has been gained.
Under thé’sef-cirdumstances the coroner
orders an inquest to ascertain the cause
of the death, and the hospital physi-
cians further examine toucquaint- them-
selves with the disease. The room 'is
frequently used by medical students
for dissecting, the subjects being far-
nished them from the cloud-house, ac.
cording to the law of the state.
The second story of the morgue is
occupied by the Wood Anatomical
museum, whom may be seen 'many
human curiosities and monstrosities.
Every peculiar case that has come to
Bellevue for treatment has been pre-
served for the museum. Either in. the
original or casts of the original are
shown the steps of the development of '
all the complicated diseases which have
undergone treatment there. Before the
bodies are removed to the dead-house
appear. There is a gallery of these
pictures numbering over six hundred.
It. is a ghostly collection. The dull,
cxpressionless eyes and distorted feat.-
ures, the dishevelled hair and bruised
skin unitein producing a horrible ef-
fect. -
This-‘ystem of photographing the un
known dead is the invention of the pres-
ent superintendent of Bellevue hospital
and has proved invaluable to friends
who, after the lapse of months, have
been able to recognize the likeness. In
addition to this the clothing is accurate- _
1y noted and peculiarities of dress or
person are carefully recorded in a book
kept for that purpose. ‘ The clothing is
removed from each ‘body and is kept
for three months, together with what-
ever wus found upon the person of the
deceased. These bundles of clothes,
with pbrhaps a ring or watch, have often
served to identify the owner long after
the remains have been buried.
The oiliccrs‘in charge of the morgue
are required to keep an accurate account
of the age, weight, color, sex, nation-
ality and general description of every-
body that comes to the morgue. The
data is kept in the morgue book. _ Here
can be seen a record of every unknown
person who has died in New York for
. more than twenty-five years. The ut-
most care is exercised in all details, and
the authorities in charge have had long
experience in their peculiar duties.
Friends looking for missing persons are
courteously received and assiskd in
every way to identify the lost.
——-——.-O-.—O-0—-—
KATRmONIAL ADYEB'I‘ISING.
Some years ago the number-of persons
who, being anxious to marry, advertised
for a husband or a wife, was very
restricted; butin the prescntrday con-
tinental papers especially contain
numerous advertisements of the kind,
and the services of matrimonial agencies
are less in request than they used to be.
Marquisses. counts and barons make
known their willingness to shnro their
title with widows and spinsters having
a small fortune; young ladies with
magnificent -expectations ofier them-
selves to eligible bachelors; and seeing
how this class of advertisements
increases, it is to be sax-mined the plan
is found to answer. A French writer,
however. suggests something which he
believes might answer even better than
the newspaper marriage advertisement.
He has noticed the quantity of cabs,
wagons, and other vehicles crawling‘
along the principal Paris thoroughfares,
well lit up inside, and serving to call
the attention of the public to, the latest
novelty in hats, the best house for per-
fumery, the most fashionable tailoring
establishment, and so on. He gravely
suggests that if the ladies and gentle-
men anxious to many were to go about
the city in luminous vehicles—Wilma
printed catalogue of their requirements
and odors well in view—it would spare
them the trouble of enumerating their
personal attractions, age, and similar
particulars. as well as the exchange of
photographs and various other prelimi-
nary proceedings now indispensable.
W
ILLEGITIMAOY IN EUROPE.
Illegitimacy is something wonderful
to contemplate in' several of the Con-
tinental nations of Europe. The pro-
portionis often one-fourth, and some-
times even more, of the entire number
of births. as shown by the ofilcial record
of births, which are strictly kept and
tell the tale with infallible accuracy,
under a system of records which makes
civil record. The causeyof this social
laxity is largely to be found in the
severe restrictions which control the
marriage contract and prevent marriages
against parental consent. and in the fact,
that a property qualification is often
necessary in'order to become a caudi~
date for matrimony.
.cr trimming for this.
they are photographed and the negative _I‘
» preserved for friends, should any ever
marriages births and deaths a matter of '»
Encounter canons.
A French chemist .who has made har-
mony of color on especial study directs
his theories to ladies' toilets. He has
hats and bonuets: A black hat, with
pink, white or red feathers is especially
becoming to a fair complexion. Bru-
nettes ought to choose black, yellow or
orange feathers. A completely white
hat demands a very bright complexion,
'all the same whether for fair or for
dark wearers. A fair lady should al-
ways wear a pink or blue feather in a
white hat. For decided brunettes blue
is, decidedly unbecoming; they ought in
preference to wear red or orange. Light
blue bonnets are particularly becoming to
very fair faces. If dark ladies venture
to wear such bonnets, they should at
.least have them trimmed with yellow.
A green bonnet makesa delicate soft
complexion look even more beautiful;
white or pale pink flowers are the prop-
A red hat or
bonnet ought never come close to the
face, but must be relieved by a green or
white inside trimming. White flowers
with full foliage have a good effect on
red. A dark red but can only be
worn by ladies possessing a very bright
color. Violet hats and bonnets are not
to be recommended; if worn they should
have a yellow lining. Yellow hats
should, in reverse to this,.ha~ve another
color against the face. And yet, with
all his learning, the chemist has given
very few hints that will be of use to
average American woman. Half of
them are neither light nor dark..but of
that undecided state which is half way
between. Moreover, at least half of
them beyond the age of twenty-five
havo~become sallow and pale in our
trying climate. Some of the sweetest
of our sex are afflicted in this way.
Malaria plays the fiend with womens'
complexions. What,’ therefore, shall
the great army of saffron-tinged com-
plexions bring next to themselves that
will be becoming? Well, after a barrel
of ink has been shed on the subject
sallaw women must finally fall back on
black as the safest thing to wear. It
should always be lightened with some
thing white next the skin; creamy white
is best. The red roses or brilliant
orangeacolored flowers and ribbons may
be worn effectively. Sallow women
mayalso venture on dresses of navy blue,
or of a deep, rich dark red without
anything of purple in it. They can
sometimes wear warm, golden tinged
browns, but asarule brown should be
avoided. Grays make colorless women
look still more‘colorless, while brown
gives them the tint of a tallow candle.
Grayis a very severe color. Look at
that portrait of Martha Washington,
the mother of the country, in a. gray
kerchief I Some shades of strong yol-
low make becoming evening dresses
for women with poor oomploxions.
AN INCIDENT OF THE STAGE.
“One evening, about thirteen years
ago, I was on my way from London to
the Isle of Man," relates the allthorof
“The Truth About the Stage." “I
had to wait a day and two nights at,
Graudport, and to kill the time I went
in front‘ of one of the theatres. which
was situated near the docks. The first
was a modern drama. In the second
act I was astonished to see a Bed In-
dian, armed with u tomahawk, crawl
on, and strike a blow at the actor, 'who
was playing the heavy part. 1 wire still
more surprised when I heard tllé villain
cxclaim, “Get off. you fool; ybu're not
on in this piece I” The Red; Indian rc-
fused to leave the stage, and the not
had to be quickly ended. ' As the In-
dian and the scalping {lusiness ‘ had
nothing to do with the modern play, I
made'fo'r the stage-door; to learn the
cause of the curious s eneI had wit-
nessed. There was a [terrible commo-
tion behind the curtai . In the centre
of the stage stood thylJ Indian, arguing
with the manager, who, was in a fearful
passion. ‘Don't t 'lk to me, sir.‘ said
the Indian, shaking the tomahawk in
the stage manager's ace; ‘I have done
‘my business, and Iimean to go home !'
"My friend,‘ the lessee of the theatre
turned to me and‘éxclairned, ‘what do
you think of this drunkenvhound ? He
was cast for the ’pah-t of Plankishaw in
“ Nick of the W00 3," and he went on
scene of the first
piece, and struck he heavy man with
his tomahawkl e’s so drunk that he
imagines he has . nished for the night,
and swears he'll 0 home.’ The Indian
would not be c vinced that “Nick of
the Woods " b not yet commenced,
and insisted o departing. A substi-
tute played th part in due season, and
the audience njoyed a'double scalpiug
episode." .
W—
AN ARTISTIC BLOT'I‘ING-BOOK.
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I
There arel several colors of blotting
paper from which to select the shade
desired, or sclwcral’ colors may be com-
bined, but the cream or buff is prettiest
for decorating.’ Place together four or
six of the leawes or pages for one book.
Before tyin them together, however,
mark, half a inch from the top, two
places for sli, s, which must be cut with
a sharp knife. Thedistancc between
the slits should be about two inches,
and each slit shOuld be at an equal dis-
tance from each side of the leaf. After
one has n accurately marked and
cut, the ot rs must be done the same
way. Run hrough them a ribbon, the
color of whi h should harmonize Well
with the" (I sign to be painted on the
cover, and tile in a bow with ends. The
ribbon must. be run through the slits
from the back. » The cover should then
be decorated} with a design of any kind
which may I be pleasing. One, for
instance, is in. broken pen, from which
several little pigs are making their
escape with great rapidity, and in the
upper right-hand corner are the follow-
ing words in gill; and brown letters:
“Excuse haste anda bad pen." The
whole design my be outlined in meno-
tint with water-colored paint, or if
desired, can} be more elaborately
painted. ‘
W
A ruin-s roansronr. .-
In California the woodpecker stores
acorns away, yalthough- he never eats
them. He bur-es several holes, difi‘er-
ing slightly in size, at the fallpf the
year, invariany in spine tree. Then
he finds an acorn, which he adjusts to
. one of the holes prepared for its recep-
tion. But he does not eat the acorn,
for, as a rule, he is not a vegetarian.
His , object ’in storing away the acorns
exhibits foresight and knowledge of
results moric akin to reason than to
instinct. T e saweeding winter the
chain rem s intact, but, becoming
saturated, ' predisposed to decay, when
it is attacks by maggots. who seem to
delight in this special food. It is then
, that thcerodpécker reaps the harvest
his wisdom- has provided, at it time
when, the gfound being covered with
otherwise i'n obtaining suitable or
palatable foo'd. .
the more character it has, is the old-
fashioned theory.
given the following opinion regarding
snow, he wduld experience a difilculty ‘
The poor-ergo man's handwriting is
ADDING 10 run: name.
“ You can't always tell a man's height
when he has his clothes on," said the
sergeant. “Why, there's 8—. He
looks like a man of no more than medium
build, but his limbs and chest are extra-
ordinary well developed, and he weighs
more, and is of bigger proportions than
several other men I know. whose uni-
forms make them seem as big as he is.
Talking about him reminds me of how
I got him on the Force by stretching
him in length three-quarters of an inch.
That sounds, queer, but it is a fact,
nevertheless. It was at the time of the
Metropolitan police, and he wanted to
get on. He went to New York, and I
went with him. He got through all
right’ until he came to height, and he
fell jbelow the standard three-quarters
of an inch. _ I felt very downcast about
it, for he was a friend of mine, and I
was very anxious that he should get on
the Force. Aphysiciau with 'whomI
was acquainted happened to .be there at
the time, and he asked me if 'I was
interested in the man who had failed to
reach the height standard. I told him
I was. ‘Wc‘d,’ he said, ‘ you can
remedy that. ,Take your man to some
hotel near hogs, give hima-warm both,
then put himfto bed. W Make him stay
in bed until tc-morrow morning, about
an hour before the time for him to be
measured again, and tell him to sleep
all the time ifhe can. Ifhe does this-
he will be three-quarters of an inch
tailor, and come up to the standard.’ I
didn't. know what to think of the sugges
tiou. My medical friend was not given
to joking, but‘I thought he had begun.
.However, I was anxious that my man
should‘get on‘the Force, and was will-
ing to try anything. I told him what
the physician“ had said, and he agreed
to it. The next. morning he appeared,
and when he was measured he not only
came up to the standard, but was a little
above it. We were both as much sur-'
prised as gratified, and when I told the
doctOr about it, he said : ‘Well, I told
you so.” TheflIwus curious to know
how it was that such a thing could be
done, and asked him. He said: ‘Every
one of the numerous joints in the human
immc is supplied with a natural oil;
When a man has walked a good deal, or
gone through much exertion of any
kind in a day, the oil is used up, and
the joints come close together. The
difference this ‘would make, if there was
butasingle joint, would be but very
little;'but since there are so many, it
reduces the. height in some cases .as
much as an inch at the end of a day's
work. Let a man take a warm bath,
and a- long, resfful sleep, and the joints
will be recsupplied with oil, and the
consequence is that—he will be taller.‘
You may not all believe this, but it is a .
latch. ' " .
AN aNncnorE.
A prominent Methodist bishop asked
President Lincoln. early in the war,
what was to be his policy on the slavery
question. _“ Bishop." said Mr. Lincoln,
“ your question is rathera cool one, but
I will answer it by telling you a story.
You know Father B., the old Methodist
preacher, and you know Fox River and
its freshets P Well, once in the presence
of Father 3., oyoung Methodist was
worrying about Fox River, and expres-
sing feurs that he should,» be, prevented. -
from fulfilling some of his appointments
by a freshet in the river. FatherB.
checked him in his egravest manner.
Said he! 'Young man, Ihave always
made it a rule in my life not to cross
Fox River till I got to it.’ And," said
the president, " I am not going to wOrry
myself over the slavery question till I
get to it." The bishop smiled but said
nothing. A few days afterward a young
Methodist minister called on the presi-
dent, aud on being presented to him,
simply said: “Mr. President, I have
come to tell you tilatIthink we have
got to Fox Bivcrl" Mr. Lincoln thanked
the clergyman and laughed heartily,
adding,_with a smile, “ Some of us have
been troubled of late about the stories
of corruption to be developed by inves-
tigations at Washington; but now we
have got to Fox River, and it don’t
seem to be much of a storm after all."
o—‘OH
BUCHANAN IN COSTUME.
Another gentleman whom I met lately
told me of a’ call he made upon Presi-
dent Buchanan while passing through
Washington in 1860, on his way to
Charleston,” a delegate to the demo-
cratic convention. There was 30an
parley over his admission at the door of
the White House, till it was learned he
was a national delegate. This settled
the matter and he was ushered in. The
president was found in close consulta-
tion with Mr.- Slidell, afterwards noted
throughout the world as one of the co'n- ,
federate commissioners taken from the
Trent. , Although it was late in the day, .
and when most gentlemen are clad in
their neatest attire, Mr. Buchananhad
on a rusty bottle green coat, trousers
that shone at every seam, a linen shirt-
front, rufile , frill and choker stained
with toba ‘juice, and a pair of doom
cloth slippers. The‘popular likenesses,
as the reader may recollect, all repre-
sent him as the most immaculame
dressed gentleman in the world—his
clothing and himself looked as if they ,
had just been run through a mangle
together. These pictures I am interned,
are calculated to mislead, as Mil-«Buch-
anan had auction that a slouchy cos- ‘
tumc was more democratic in style, and
likely to take better with the masses.
than a neat one. But what astonished
the callers more, cven,"thxn'thc slovenli-
ness of the president’s‘appearancc, was
the accent of rural Pennsylvanian with
which he call out to the colored servant:
“Jeems, sit some cheers." »"It was
hard to believe," said my informant.
“that this was the man who hadbcen
chosen, but a few years before, to
represent the culture of our country at 4
r a polished European court. I doubt if
anything will ever efiace from my-
memory the impression which that,
slattemly coat. that soiled linen, those '
slippers worn at an afternoon interview.
and that rustic 'Jeems.‘ sit some
cheers,’ made upon it. It was a shock
to all my anticipation"
W
rm: some ,1!me IN wan.
I'll‘tell you when a man feels real
badly. It's when he's forming hismen'
into line for a big battle while a little
skirmishing fire is kept up all the time.
Every minute or so some one, maybe
your best friend, standing right next to
yOu will shriek out, "Oh, my God.“
and fall back~ dead. yet you cannot let
your men fire, for the army mustbe
drawn up first. There is plenty of time
to think. You don't dare to retaliate in
any way. The next bullet may find
your heart. and your children willbo
left fatherless. It is .a moment that
tries the bravest man. because he has to
stand quiet andtake it all. Butth
‘the order comes to fight andthe excite-
ment of the bottle arises. fear passes
away. You have something to do.
W ‘.
. Pennsylvania statutes allow a man
tomarry his mothsr-in-law. Is it for.
this reason that Pennsylvania-is spoken,
of as provincial and pnelvlllud. 3'
l w. n. Parker,No.
corsrhrnoll ‘
ourourrrnl
When the Doctors could do
no more. ‘
CHAS. A. CABERERA, 32 Hawloy Street,
Boston. Mass" writes:-
“Onc year ago I was apparently so far
gone with Consumption that my life
seemed only a question of days rather
than months. . With my faith in the ability
of physicians to help me all gone, I tried
almost every known remedy, with no
apparent benefit. Finally, as a last rc—
sort, I was induced to try Du. R C.
FLownn's LUNG CORDIAL. The very first
dose gave me relief, and with the first
bottle I took a new lease of life, and I can
honestly sayto-day that one spoonful of
this remedy is worth more to the sufferer
from [Lung troubles than a gallon of any
other known remedy. A bottle of it is
now one of my choicest possessions, and
at the first sympton of a cough or cold
I fly to it for'thc relief it never fails to
give."
Du". FLOWER’s LUNG Cou-
DIAL is without Question
the most Wonderful Long
remedy cvcr discm'ered.
It (indicates the germ‘
of Consumption as no remedy
has ever been known to do.
It stands without a rival for
Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis,
Astkmagmd Consumption.
Price $1.00 per bottle.
A copy of Dr. Flower’s Rules
for the Treatment of Con-
snmption accompanies each
bottle.
Flower Medicine 00.,
BOSTON, MASS.
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AID.
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which‘ is invaluable. So found by the Author,
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pages bound in beautiful French muslin, embossed
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illustrative sample 6 cents. Send now. Gold
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P. A. Bisscll, and associate officers of the Board
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for instruction, and by 'thc afflicted for relief.‘ It
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There is no member .of society to whom The
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u
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y ' Co.,Portland,Maine. 1y46
onec. Srrnsou
FOR SALE.
A STYLISH
VICTOR-l
Newly Trimmed and Painted.
A‘Fine Family Carriage.
Will be sold at a very IOW price.
HENRY TILLY, ,
' CARRIAGE ' MAKER,
SOUTH NOE WALK.
in
The Ice. W worn.
Sperry & Barnes’
llama.
Shoulders,
Breakfast
Bacon,
AND
Sausage .
ARE GUARANTEED
THE BEST ‘ ‘
, IN
THE MARKET-
u.-
and Free from all adultcration.
Look Carefully for the Brand.
We manufacture all goods bearing our brand at
our packing house, New Haven,
turn I Barnes, New Haven, Conn.
- — :unybo found
an Gao. -
THIS PAPER will. 8. 00's
it . .
meadow
shhfiddksvmnl
condemns:
.
work in spare time only, or all the time. All of both .
A,"
Our KETTLE LAB]! is Strictly Pure.
For Sale Cheap.
ILL be sold at a Bargain, if applied for soon
. a small, heat Cottage, of sixr coma, in go'od
neighborhood, and three minutes’ walk of the
Bridge. Apply at GAZETTE OFFICE.
For Sale.
A Chestnut Standing Desk. Apply at
’1 ms Omen.
‘ O
Fo r Sale.
DOUBLE BARRELLED RIFLE made by John
lilissett, London. Will be sold cheap for
cash. Enquire at this Olllce. -
~—T VJO— —
Wheeler—8. Wilson Sewing Machines
For Sale at a Great tannins!
' One old style Wheeler «It Wilson Sewingfihfachlnc
in fair running order, which cost $65, will_be'sold
it applied for promptly, for 310.
One ditto, cost new $70, will be sold for $25. I
is in perfect order, and no machine ls capable 0
doing better work. It is really worth $40. ‘ Appl
at the Gazn'rrs Or‘rrcs.
r. n. ,‘PECK WELL,
ARCHITECT,
N0. 7~ warns STREET,
AGENT ron
Gill crt Lock Company.
Dibble Manufacturing Company’s door
knobs. .
New York Wood Turning Companyfigj
Corner Blocks for window casings.
Round and Square Turned Balusters.
H H 6‘ H Nowels.
Plain and Double Moulded Stair Rails.
_Also Flat Moulded Door and Window
Casings furnished at short notice.
Inimhiuhnni;
Mr. G’co. B. Plaistcd:
Dear Sir.-
Knowing? tlwformwla from
which Piaf-sled" C nigh
Remedy is prepared we can
certi/I/ that the medicines
' of which it is composed are
of recognized utility [or
throat and lung troubles,
and. that it contains no
opium or may poisonous or
injurious drug's. .
ELERY C. CLARKE, M. D., Norwalk.
C. A. MURRAY, M. D.,
DEXTER IIITCIICOCKJI. D., “
G. If. MCGONEGAL, M. D., “
WM. C. BURKE, M. D..‘SO. Norwalk.
0. G. BOIIANNAN, M. D., “
n. s. MINER, M. D.,
G. w. BENEDICT, M. D.,
H. IIUNGERFORD, M. D., Stamford.
\V. S. TODD, M. D , Ridgetleld.
Il
MANUFACTURED BY
Geo. B. Plaisted,
.‘jga‘didrcss Incl’fiab‘cllrl‘yflllfedicai Institute, 'or-Dr.'« #‘W'BRUGGIST', ~- .
Curler Main and Wall thesis, Hawaii.
62 Washington Street, South NlrWalk.
g; RAIN,
. FLOUR, .
FEED,;
'COAL,
‘ irons,
AND
HAY,
Must be Sold Regardless of
(lost, at
Raymond Bros".
South Norwalk.
OLD FACTS
WITH
NEW FACES!
ILL TASTESS ILL PUIS'IS.
This is a careful selection of
household receipts for Cooking,
Curing, Cleansing and in short
giving the most approved modes
of doing everything eomwcted
with our daily family living, It
is a book of 155 pages and every
receipt given has been practically
tested ”and approved. The book
is issued by the compiler and sold
for the purpose of liquidating the
debt upon the Episcopal Parson-
age at New Canaan,
Bound in' Cloth, 75 Cents.
,“ “ Paper, 50
For Sale at all news stands and
at the GAZETTE OFFICE. “23:
MRS. L. A. DENSLOVV.
NEW CANAAN, June 1, 1885.
V FLUBIST Mill
w. s. :oumriso,
FURI‘IISHING ll iliiil‘l'IKER
orrosrrn uousn n. R. DEPOT,
Residence 143 Main Street. Telephone Connection.
GE 0. WARD SELLECIS'
nrscsnssoort's eLocK. WALL STREET,
FAMILY GROCERIES.
ALEX. ‘s. GIBSON,
Organist of the First Congregational Church,
Teacher of
Pianofcrte, Organ and Musical
Composition,
Lock Box 3 I’. 0., NORWALK, CONN.
J. BELDEN HUBLBUTT.
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
Room No. 4, Up Stairs.
GAZETTE BUILDING, NORWALK, CONN
F', A. Gunther,
-. .PFURRIER,
maneuver, BEGLEANED to ALTEBED
Furs Made to Order.
Samples on hand.
Mahackemo Hotel, South N orwalk,
Under Banks .9. Snyder. 6m3'l’
SPECIAL BARGAINS
-—IN
Choice Building Lots
Situated on Spring Hill, Wilton Avenue,
Fair Street, and Riverside Avenue. En-
quire at Gazer-rs Orrxcn, or of .
tf18 B. J. STURGES.
PENSIONS
Government Claims.
. My sole business. Thousands have Rights
Neglected. Address, free of charge, or visit,
GEN. W. H. NOBLE,
91 Stratford Avenue, Bridgeport, Conn
W. H. ZIIEEKER.
54 Main Street,
SOUTH NORWALK. CONN,
Practical Plumber,
Steam and Gas Fitters, Dealers in Plumbers’ and
Steam Fltters’ Supplies, and Gas Fixtures.
Jobbing promptly attended to. 1y21
O. E. WILSON,
General lnsurance It Real Estate Agent
. Money to Loan.
' Room No. 3 Gazette Building, Norwalk, Conn.
Erna INSURANCE Co.; of HARTFORD.
incorporated 1312. Charter Perpetual.
CAPITAL AND ASSETS, $8,902,272.64.
Insures against loss and damage by Fire, on
terms adopted to the hazard and consistent with
the laws of compensation. COWLES at MERRILL,
Sole Agents for N orwalk and vicinity.
THE
Norwalk Fire Insurance Co.
, Has now completed its
18th SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS YEAR
And has not outstanding a dollar of unpaid losses
.r’rr cilaims for losses. No sou-ml cmnpany insures
or ess.
W. 0. Similar, Pres, S. E. Onxsrlran, Tread,
GEO. R. Cowman~ Secretary.
A O ARI).
[Having p '.':..ased the -
FURNITURE BUSINESS,
Recently carried on by Winners Locxwoon at
No. 36 MAIN STREET. '
I 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.
lshallbe pleased to meet a1; old or new friends
and will guarantee satisfactionin
every case.
yGUEORGE H. RAYMOND.
rerun L. emails,
8* YMIN,
UNION AVENUE,
North of Norwalk Cemetery,
NOEWALE, -- CORN.
Dealer in In Green House and Hot House and
Bedding and Vegetable Plants, Fruit and Ornamen
tal Trees Shrubbery, Vines. Cut Flowers alway
on hand and all sorts of designsin Flowers arranged
to order. . 41y2
Grading and Re-filliug Cemetery Plots
promptly attended to.
JOHN H. SMITH,
FLORIST,
EAST SIDE OF MAIN STREET, SOUTH
OF RAILROAD,
City of South Norwulk. Conn”
Blunts &Flowers at all seasons
Flowers for Funerals furnished ahd tastefully
arranged to order at short notice.
J. G. Gregory 8t 00.,
Desire to state that in addition to a full line of
Drugs, Proprietary Medicines and Druggists’
Sundries they are prepared to receive
orders for
Silk, Cotton or Linen
ELASTIC HOSE
. For varicose or enlarged veins. Warranted to
fit, and at reduced rates.
They also desire to state that they have accepted
the agency of the New York Vaccine 00., and will
keep a supply of , ,
PURE BOVINE uncut nus
Constantly on hand.
They have in stock Electric Batteries, which
will be sold at close figures. They carry also a full
assortment of Keystone Writing Paper Packets.
CHOICE
Building Lots
F‘OR SALE
0n Wilton Avenue
Apply to
I]. J. STURGES. or 0. E. \VILSON,
GAZETTE BUILDING 4t!
Money to Lean.—
En uire of 0. E. WILSON, No. 3 Gazette Build-
ng, orwaik. Conn. tf13
an agency for the best selling book out. Be‘
firmers succeed grandly. None fal.. Terms free
ALLET Boox 00.. Portland, Maine.
Sewmg Machines Repaired
By. F. D. UTTER, the Practical SewingMachinist.
Attachments and parts for all machines. Orders
bypostal will receive prompt attention. Residence
corner Wes on road, near Episcopal church,
Norwalk. Or are left at post office newstand. lyso
$2 REWARD.——The above reward will be
paid for information that will lead to
the arrest and conviction of the party who is
false! representin himself to be DR. M.
SCH AB, theo tie and oculist. Dr, Schwab
is to be found on y at the Norwalk and Mahackemo
Hotels. He employs no peddlers or agents. tire
WINmor money than at anything else by aking~
DREAMS AND FULFILMENTS.
AFrench writer says that to dream
well we must not well while we are
awake, and to bring down beings cf
celestial origin to converse withusin ‘
our sleep we must struggle in the cause
of virtue during the day. The dream
of Caesar’s wife, when the Ides of March
had come, as related by Plutarch,.is full
of interest. Caesar was much disturbed -
by the groans she uttered in her sleep,
and awoke her., She then told him that
she had dreamed of holding him mur-
dered in her arms. On the following
day, so deeply impressed upon her
mind, and so great the terror it inspired,
that she implored him to remain 'at
home that day and adjourn the meeting
of the Senate. He was, startled, and
knowing her to be a woman of fearless.
mind and in nowise superstitious. he~ ’
ofi'ered sacrifices and consulted astro-
logers, by whom he was advised to
adjourn the Senate. But he was per-
suaded to do otherwise by one of thcf'
conspirators against his life, " who
laughed at the dream and urged Omar
not to ofi'end the Senate just when they
were about to crown his ambitious
desires. Caesar listened to the Ill-cachet.
one voice and went to meet his death.
Lord Bacon. records a dream he had
in which he saw his father’s house in
the country plastered over with black
mortar, and he had no doubt On awaken-
ing that he would hear evil tidings.
His father died on the very night on
which he dreamed. .
A gentleman relates the following:
“One evening sonic two years since,
my brother, an' officer in the army, sur-
prised 'me with a late visit, just as my
family was retiring to rest.
“ ‘Brother,’ exclaimed he, in an
excited manner, ‘m‘other is deadl'
“ ‘When and how did you hear it ?'
I replied, as she was living at some dis-
tance from the town where we were.
and was, so far as we knew it. in perfect
health.
“ ‘I have seen her pass mo twice this
evening, in my room, while I was in
bed, with her head bandaged up, and I
could not rest until I saw you,’ was his
answer.
“ In consequence of his entreaties and
conviction, we determined to take the
first train to the locality where our
mother resided, and upon our arrival
we found, to our great surprise, that
she died the evening before, quite sud-
denly, at the exact hour my brother
dreamed he saw the apparition."
The celebrated dream of Thomas
Lord Lyttlcton, in which he dreamed a
bird flew into the room where he slept,
and while he looked at it it changed
into the form of a woman whomhe had
wronged, who told him to prepare for
another world, as in three days he i
would die. He was well then, and
Iaughingly said he .did not look much
like aman so near death, and that he
intended. to “ bilk the ghost." Some
hours after saying this he went with
Mr. Fortescue and Capt. WolSey to Pitt
Place, Epsom, ate for supper an egg,
went cheerfuny to bed, and suddenly
expired inafil: in the presence ofhis
servant.
rm: nun cnoss. .
The inadequacy of ofiicial means to
meet the requirements of sick and
war-indeesglew ‘ ' . my ‘ hm!
lopgbdefi felt ;'and, as regards our own
" army, it was clearly demonstrated dur-
ing the Crimean war. The campaign
in Italy in 1866 brought this more home
to the heart of Europe, and it will ever
redound to the honor of the city ., of
Geneva that within her walls the first
international conference was held in
1863, with aview to the mitigation of
some of the horrors of war. On that
occasion the institution of National Aid
Societies was established, and a few
Swiss gentlemen were formed'intoan
International Committee for the pur-
pose of acting, on the neutral territory
of Switzerland, as a link between the
aid societies of all countries. In the
following year a diplomatic conference
was held in the some place, which was
attended by the representatives of several
States, and the treaty known as "the
Geneva Convention of the 22d of August,
1804," was then drawn up by the repre-
sentatives of _16 Governments. Within
four months. it was signed by eight
European States—tho English Govern-
ment attached its signature in February,
1865—and at the present time it hasbeen
accepted by 83 States. A second diplo-
matic conference was held at Geneva in
1868, and there have also been three
other conferences of delegates from the
Red Cross Societies-one in Paris in
1867, ouein Berlin in April, 1869, and
the last one at Genevain September,
1884. ' The treaty was designed to
remove soldiers when sick or wounded
from the. category of combatants. and to
afford them relief and protection with-
out regard. to nationality; this protec-
ftion is also extended to all persons
officially attached to hospitals or ambu-
lances, and to all houses. so long as they
contain invalid soldiers. Inhabitants of
a country occupied by a belligerent
army, and who may be engaged in the
care of the sick and wounded, enjoy the
same privileges. Provision is also made
for the return of invalid soldiers to their
respective homes. The distinctive mark
of hospitals and ambulances is a white
flag with a red cross upon it—the colors
of Geneva reversed—and individuals
wear a white armlet with a red cross.
Every red cross flag must .be » :wuomi
panied in time ofvwar by tbs national
flag of those using it. . '
THE JUDGE' EerarNE‘n no man
The other night I overheard the fol.
lowing conversation between two society
women—cue a‘ young girl:
“ Have you seen Sudic ?"
“No " (with a sigh).
“Why not?" , _ .
“ 0h, momma won't let ‘ us go-she .
says she’s so improper." '
“Y-e«e-s——p-e-r-haps—so. I remem-
ber when ‘ Lili ’ first appeared in Paris.
I didn't know but three words of French
at that time, and Iwas taken to see it
by Judge and Mrs. S-—. I watched
the play very carefully and asked Judge
S‘— a host of questions. He only
answered me shortly, and didn't seem
to be communicative. AI: last, when I
saw Phinchard in Amelie’s bedroom, I
said: ‘ Now, judge, do be a dear, and
tell me why that young. man is in her
room ?' The judge turned round very
solemnly to me and said: ‘Because
the lady’s husband is not there.’ I shut
up completely after that." '
nu FIXED 11'.
“My dear sir, it is current that you
are a veritable slave to your wife. Now,
a man should have some independence;
he should fix the line somewhere."
“I kuowit; I fixed it last night."was
the doleful response.
“You did, eh? Glad to hear it."
“ Yes, I fixed it.’ It was from the
back stoop to the henhouse, and con-
tains yesterday's washihg."
W
There are two things some men find
it extremely difficult to do—toll the
immortal truth and shine up their own
shoes.
Norwalk Chronicler