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§ NORWAL
ESTABLISHED 1800.
Volume LXXXVI.
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FIATLY. QUICKLY O (Damn m
The Snow.
Let a ballad be sun; of the snow.
0: tho white and immaculato snow.
Raise our voices together
For the glorious weather
That wraps mother earth here below
In a mantle of exquisite snow.
Then here’s to the feathery snow,
The soft and magnificent snow.
Pass freely your glasses,
Young lads and fair lasses,
While the Yule Log does brilliantly glow.
Drink; drink to the mad. merry snow.
Hurrah l for the wild-flying snow,
The playful and frolicsomc snow; -
How it rushes and chases,
And lights on our faces,
Till they gleam with a. deep, ruddy glow,
The blessed and health-laden snow.
Then, come, let us drink to the snow:
Once again, to the jolly, good snow.
We’ll drink all together
For this glorious weather,
And the memory of those lying low,
Deep down, ’ncath the crust of the snow.
MH‘W
Bessie’s Choice.
...
It was a pleasant sight, that tall, stal-
wart young man, standing beside the
rustic scat where a young girl sat
fashioning some dainty article for her
own use, out of a heap of muslin and
ribbons in her lap.
His brow was frank and open and
there was an honest lookin the brown
eyes that gave his countenance a very
pleasant aspect, while her face was
fresh and sweet as a half-open rosebud.
While his eyes were fixed intently
upon her face, she did not lift hers
from her work, though the shifting
colorin her cheeks showed that she was
not so unconscious of his gaze as she
seemed.
Robert Gordon had been talking
absently and disconnectcdly upon vari-
ous topics, and which_were evidently
foreign to the subject which was upper-
most in his thoughts.
Then followed a silence of some min-
utes, when Robert, with a visible effort,
broke the silence thus:
“I’ve been coming to see you for some
time, Bessie, and I suppose you know
for what purpose i”
Bessie opened her eyes wide with an
air of innocent surprise.
“I, Robert? How should I know
what you have come for 2’" '
The honostyouug fellow, quite unused
to the contradictory ways of women,
was not a little staggered at a reply so
diflbrent from what he had expected.
“ I supposed that you could not help
knowing that I came for you. "
“Dear me! sucha thought never once
entered my mini," said the deceitful
little minx, shaking her head with
demure gravity.
Worse and worse! But that honest,
straight-forward heart knew of only one
way to the object he had in view, and
that the most direct.
“I did, Bessie; and I have come
to-day to ask you to marry me 1’".
Now, in spite of her affected uncon-
sciousness, Bessie was not ignorant of
the nature of Robert’s feelings for her,
and to what they tended.
Many times she had looked forward to
this hour, mentally rehearsing the vows
and protestations that would be poured
into her not unwilling ear, and she
' grew quite indignant at. a realization so
little like what her glowing imagination
bad pictured.
“She would show him that she was
not to be so easily won as he thought,”
was her inward comment.
‘ ‘ Really, I don‘t know what encourage-
ment Ihave given you to ask me such
questions as that, ” she said, aloud.
"Nevertheless, I do ask it, Bessie. "
Holding up the bow she was fashion-
ing, Bessie surveyed it with a. critical
eye.
“I like you very well, as a friend, of
course; but as to marrying you, why,
that is quite another thing."
Robert looked blank enough at these
, words, but he was not a man to fear the
truth, or tO‘ shrink from the pain it
brought him. ' -
“You don’t love me well enough for
that?"
Bessie‘s heart beat alittle more quickly
at this question. But she was deter-
mined to spur her lover into some
expression of disappointment, if not of
love, more in accordance with what she
thought the occasion demanded.
“No: I don’t think so." ‘
Robert drew his breath hardly between
his shut teeth.
“I’m sorry, I had thought—had
hoped! But it is useless to speak of
that now. "
“Sorry!” repeated Bessie to herself,
with scoruful emphasis, as she thought
how her favorite heroes of romance
would have expressed themselves on
such an occasion.
Then aloud:
~"0h, you'll easily find some one to
console you. "
"However that may be, I hope you
will be very happy."
He was gone. Bessie watched, him
as he sprang over the stile, into the road,
with a feeling of mingled disappoint-
ment and anger.
“Love me, indeedl" she ejaculated
witha scornful toss of her head; “I
don’t believe he knows the meaning of
the word i"
Then, as her thoughts reverted to Dr. '
Martin's bland and smiling face, she
thought how different he would have
expressed himself.
These reflections ended in asigh—a
sigh of mingled disappointment and
regret; for down below the surface.
covered by many foolish imagininirs.
more than a kindly feeling for the hou-
est heart she had rejected.
She neither meant nor expected that
he would have taken her quite so lit«
terally, and grew quite angry at the
thought that he could give her up so
easily.
As she stood" thus, she heard a step
on the graveled walk, and turning, saw
the shapely, well-dressed form of Dr.
Martin. .
Catching a glimpse at her among the
shrubbcry, he came eagerly forward.
"Ah, Miss Bessie," he said, with the
courtly bow upon which he prided him-
self. “Looking as charming as ever,
I see; the roses in your hair 1161: half so
bright as those blooming in your
checks." ' '
Bessie smiled; the roses alluded to
blooming still more redly at these words,
and the admiring glance that accom-
panied them.
" It's a delightful evening for a. walk, ”
resumed the doctor, who was not slow
to perceive the effect of his words upon
the unsophisticated girl before him.
“CanI not prevail upon you to take
one with me across the meadow down to
the wood yonder ?" '
Glad to escape her uneasy thoughts
and charmed with the words and man-
ner of her companion, Bessie assented
and together the two walked down the
lane in the direction suggested by Dr.
Martin.
. The doctor had ’a purpose in this,
having the same Object in view that
urged Robert Gordon on in his fruitless
suit. But ho'had an older and cooler
head, and was careful not to frighten
the bird he was dying to case by a too
abrupt announcement of his intentions.
He commenced by expatiat ng on the
beauties of nature, then s liking 0f
i
love in general, and from thence passing
in easy transitions to that of his own.
He allowed himself full play, declare
lug: his love in the most glowing terms,
and alencrtiug that he could not live if
she refused to rcqulct it.
Bessie had not learned, then, that the
man who expresses his love tho most
easily, generally feels it least. Her
imaginations, if not her heart, was cap-
tivaiml, by the forvid elequence of her
snilor, and she could not help contrast-
ins: him with poor Robert, and greatly
to the disadvantage of the latter.
Still she ventured to express some
doubt as to the sincerity of his vows,
perhaps for the pleasure of hearing him
repeal; them.
“Ah! exclaimed the gallant doctor,
with clasped hands and lifted eyes;
“If only some great danger menaced
you. that I may prove how easilyI
could peril my life in your defense !
On this turf let me swear 1"
Here he was interrupted by a. low bel-
low, aud on looking up he saw, to his
terror and dismay, a. huge bull on the
brow of a hill opposite, pawing the
earth and glaring at them with red and
angry eyes.
Receiving as a sort of challenge the
flourish of a white cambric which at-
tended tho doctor's eloquent appeal,
the enraged animal bore rapidly down
upon them.
The last that Bessie saw of Dr. Mar-
tin was the rear View of his long legs as
they disappeared over the nearest wall.
She assayed to follow, but, paralyzed
with terror, her limbs sank under their
burden.
Just then Robert Jordon sprang over
into the field, and with a loud whoop
and flourish of his arms, sought to divert
the animal from his course.
For a moment the bull paused and
then more enraged than before. charged
upon his new assailant.
When he got within a few feet of him
Robert threw the coat on his arm di-
rmtly across his horns and then jumped
nimbly one side.
Blinded by the garment, and by rage
the bull made directly to the spot where
he had stood, and passing by him, dovo
down to the valley beneath.
Robert lost no time in picking up’
Bessie, who had fallen on the grass, and
conveying her to a place of safety over
the wall, over which Dr. Martin had
made such a hlisty exit, placed her be-
neath a tree. ...
Then perceiving how pale she was
looking, he went to got some water
from the brook. just as Dr. Martin
came forward, who, now that all danger
was over, was profuse in his ofi‘ers of
assistance.
There came a sudden flash of scorn
to Bessie’s eyes that brought the color
to her face.
“Really, Dr. Martin, if this is the
way you peril life in my defense, I de-
sire to be excused from any further
manifestation of your love and devotion.
It is a thousand pities that you should
be interrupted in the pretty speech you
were making. "
“ I assure you, Miss Bessio—" stam-
mered the doctor.
Then perceiving that Robert was re-
turning he slunk away without finishing
his sentence.
Robert was somewhat surprised to
see Bessie standing erect, with her eyes
and cheeks so bright, though he might
have guessed something of the cause.
as he followed his discomfited rival's
retreating form.
The brave and modest young fellow
was considerably abashed by the thanks
with which Bessie overwhelmed him.
“You cannot be more thankful than I
am," he said, with some emotion, as he
thought of the danger she had escaped.
“ Fortunately I saw you going into the
meadow ; and, knowing that the animal
was there, came to warn you."
Drawing her arm in his they proceed-
ed homoward.
They walked on in silence until they
came to the garden-gate ; there they
both paused. ’
“Robert," faltered Bessie, "if you
should ask ms the some question that
you asked me a few hours ago, I would
not answer you as I did."
“How would you answer me?" said
Robert, a sudden light coming into his
eyes, as he spoke.
"Ask me again, and I will tell you.”
“ Will you marry me, Bessie P"
to Yes."
In otransport of joy Robert caught
her in his arms. Then a sudden doubt
crossed his mind.
"You do not say this from gratitude,
'Bessie f” _
“No, no, you foolish Robert 1" said
Bessie, smiling through her tears. “I
loved you all the time, only—J“
Here she made a full confession Of
her folly. .
Robert only replied by drawing her
still more closer to him. But certain it
is that as lover or husband, he gave her
no occasion to make any similar com-
plaint in the future.
mu MODERN SHAKESPEARE.
“Hist, boysl Didst thou hear grim-
alkin i' the night 2"
“Mine cars do hear resemblance O’
the same, but I’ll be sworn 'tis deadlier
than that."
“GO to Hem-ice! ”Eran 3 Thomas
cat with tubes cacaphonous all resonant.
there’s naught more dircful on the
echoing earth."
“Therein to prejudice thou’rt idol,
child. Cats be there, quotha, that will
jar the nerves as they were rooted deep
in bedlam's soil, and gramcroy, they‘ll
howl thee runs 0‘ night that will to ague
give the average spleen; but cots are
not competing for the cake when there
be settled in the neighborhood some
new aspirant for the concert stage,
fresh loaded with Wagnerian oaprice."
V“Ahit, and hathless not a. hit, thou
rogue. Thou hast eaves-dropper played
this early eve, when I did struggle with
arpeggios." , , _
“Forsootb, thine inference were
sometime pat. When thou'rt ambiti-
ons, and fortissimo doth fill the fullest
yawning Of thy mouth, thou canst out-
yswp the feline sonneteer;but Donna.
Guineahen, who late both come from
seven years’ cackling at Venezio, she
hath a shriek that would so bury thine,
that one would swear thou wast but
whispering. ’Tis her that now doth
split the atmosphere, and cracks the»
dome of heaven with such alarum as
makes good Gabriel turn to his horn,
with fear that fiend has spoiled him of
his job. "
CREMATION POPULAR 1N ALASKA.
.—
Most of the Indians of Alaska believe
in cremation, and hardly a day passes
when one cannot witness a peculiar
ceremony gone through during the
burning and after it is completed. No
dead Indian is taken out through the
door, but is ' either taken out through
the roof or through the side ofvthc
house. The body is then placed on a
pile of logs and the fire started, while
the people stand around and sing. beat-
ing time with curved poles while the
body burns. When all is consumed,
the ashes are placed inn box, and to-
gether with many articles belonging to
the deceased aroplaccd in a dead-house.
' many months.
wound AND Tnn STAGE.
Women desirous of entering the
theatrical profession cannot begin their
studies too soon after they have finished
their school education, it being advis-
able that acquaintance with the stage
should be made while yet the mind is
receptive and impressionable. And
here I should say that unless her talent
is quite exceptional no girl whose per-
sonal appearance is not favorable should
enter the profession, beauty on the
stage being estimated if accompanied
by average intelligence. No examina-
tion qualifies for entrance into the
dramatic profession, nor is any special
training necessary, but every accom-
plishment, no matter what it may be,
is of value on the stage, where the
strangest opportunities are given for
the display of all manners of attain-
meats.
Tho work of an actress of any ambi-
tion is always hard, as the study Of
character can never be said to be com-
plete, the gestures never too casy,.too
graceful, and the knowledge of human
nature never perfect. but it is hardest
of all during the preparation for a new
piece. At such times work may go on
all day long, and ~playing at night,
which would mean about ten or twelve
hours of work out of the twenty-four,
and, according to the nature Of the play,
wou1d~go on for several weeks, or for as
The easiest time for
those who are inclined to take things
easy is during the successive run of a
play, when no other work than the
actual playing before the public is
necessary. At such times the actress's
life may approach the idea], but with
the end of a play her anxieties often
begin anew; she loses her place, and
her possible savings melt down very
soon. Itfson account of this uncer-
tainity of employment, and the fre-
quent changes and interruptions in it,
that the actress Of medium talent is
hardly ever able to provide for old age,
and as there is as yet no special provi-
sion made for superannuated actresses,
her lot when she becomes unable .to
work is unonviablo. If, however, she
keeps her health, she may remain on
the stage as long as she could work in
any other capacity, there being parts
suitable to every age. Not a few
actresses leave the stage later in life in
order to become teachers in dramatic
reading and stage gesture, and if they
prove proficient they are able to make
a good living by the employment. By
the foregoing it will be seen that as far
as mere work is concerned, the, lady of
the stage is not very differently situated
from other women who work, but there
is a question to be dealt with whether
stage life does not unfit a woman for
home life, and for the sphere which,
whether she earns her own living or
not, is always allotcd to her in private
life-that sphere, I mean, in which her
womanly qualities are brought into
play; and the answer to this is that in
almost all cases it unsettles her for
domestic life. The continued excite-
ment, the publicity, the acting of dif-
ferent parts—indeed, the nature of all
work is such that, unless the compara-
tive quiet of private life becomes doub-
ly attractive by comparison, which can
only be the case with superior natures,
it unfits her for the part assigned by
nature to every woman.
o—O
THE AMERICAN GIRL.
Stylish to the backbone. Independ-
ent as independent can be, but very
pure. Is devoted to pleasure, dress,
spending money, shows her moral na-
ture nude—just as it is, so as to do-
ceive nobody. Flirt all winter with
this or that one, and dismisses him in
spring, when she instantly catches an-
other. Goes out alone. Travels alone.
When the fancy strikes her she travels
with a gentleman friend, or walks any-
where with him; puts boundless cou-
fidencc in him ; conjugal intimacy seems
to exist between them. She lets him
tell what he feels-talks of love from
morning to night ; but she never gives
him permission to kiss so much as her
hand. He may say anything—she shall
do anything. She is restless ; she gives
her heart and soul to amusement be-
fore she marries. After marriage she is
a. mother annually;is alone all day;
hears nothing all night. except discus-
sions about patent machinery, unex-
plosive petroleum and chemical manure.
She then will let her daughters enjoy
the liberty she used without grave
abuse. As nothing serious happened
to her, why should Fanny, Mary,
Jennie, be less strong and admit than
their mother! She originates French
fashions. Parisian women detest her.
Provincical women despise her. Men of
all countries adore her but will not marry
her, unless she has an immense fortune.
Her hair is vermilion, paler than golden
hair ;her black eyes are bold and frank ;
she has a patent shape which 'tis for-
bidden to counterfeit; spreads herself
ina oarriagoas if she Weroin a ham-
mock—the natural and thoughtless pos-
ture of her passion for luxurious case.
When she walks she moves briskly,
and throws every glance right and left ;
gives many of her thoughts to herself
and few to anybody else. She is a wild
plant put in a hothouse.
SAILOR! .AS SMUGGLEBS-
...——
In stalk with a custom house Omcer
a Philadelphia Times reporter elicited
the following: “All the sailors smug-
gle. They secret goods all over the
ship and derive a profitable trade by
bringing in dutiablo goods without sub-
mitting them to the appraiser. False
lockers are made in the cabins and:
thousand Odd nooks and corners can
ship are utilized to conceal smuggled
goods. They do not attempt to remove
these while the vessel is discharging
her cargo, because a great majority.
’of the inspectors are vigilant and hon-
est and the goods would be spttobe
confiscated They wait until the cargo
is discharged, and after tho inspector
hangono over the vessel and certified
that no dutiabio goods remain on her
they bring out their hidden treasures
and carry them ashore. All sorts of
goods are smuggled, and there are lots
of common sailors who are in league
with professional smugglers and bring
in contraband gOods on every trip.”
WEALTH O!‘ URUGUAY.
The great wealth of Uruguay is at
present in cattle and sheep, and its
chief exports are wool and beef, but
the agricultural resources of the country
will be the bases of its future greatness,
and it will enter into competition with
the United States in supplying the
world with breadstufis and provisions.
When a total population of Only 500,000,
including men, women, and children.
carries on a foreign commerce of nearly
$50,000,000 annually, or $10,000 per
capito, it can be inferred that there is
energy and industry at work, and a
productive field for it to engage in. '
W ..
Lotude, in the Bastile, made (mm-
panions of six-und-twenty rats who
inhabited his cell. He gave each Of
them a name, and they learned to come
to him at his call. Ho fed them, played
with them. and they thus greatly
relieved the ennui of his captivity.
NEW YEAR’S nvn nv LAPLAND,
About 6 P. M. a large dish or bucket
is filled with cold water and placed by
the fire. Then the master of the house
takes a piece of lead or tin, which is
cut into pieces and placed in alittlo
iron pot to melt. Some of the men are
then chosen to watch the metal, and
when it is melted tho master of the
ceremony pours it suddenly into the
water while he mentions the master's
name. The metal is then carefully
taken out of the water and placed on a
table or bench. The forms and marks
of the metal are then supposed to fore-
tell the fortune or misfortune that awaits
the master in the new year. Dark spots
mean sorrow and bright spots joy.
Then the mistress’s fate is foretold, and
so on through the whole household,
and, as is to be expected, the last melts
are the darkest; and so the last one
has, to say the least of it, a poor chance
of much good luck coming out of the
pot. Sometimes the last melting is for
the house as a whole, and the metal is
often kept by the mistress until the
next N cw Year's Eve, when it is mixed
with the new metal in the first melting.
This being over, supper, something the
same as that on Christmas Eve, is laid;
and that being over the old folks retire,
but the young ones have plenty to do.
Every girl now wants to see what sort
of a lover she is to have, and in order to
do so sets off to a neighbor's wood store
(or, if that is too for, it will do to go to
the wood stack near the house, only it is
not so good), and when she gets there
she must stand with her back to the
’ ‘wood and take a piece over her left
shoulder, which she must not look at
till she gets into the house. If the
piece of wood is a scemly log, why then
her lover will be a handsome fellow, and
vice versa. Sometimes the lads try to
read their future in like manner. Dur-
ing these solemn mysteries there must
be no talking or laughing; nay, not
even a smile. There is another way,
but it does not seem to be much prac-
ticed, as it is regarded as wicked. It is
as follows: In a vacant room, such as
the bath house, a table is placed in the
middle of the floor, and on it are placed
two glasses, one containing water, and
the other corn brandy. The girl who
wishes to know her fate takes a broom
and sweeps the room carefully three
times against the sun, and before she
has finished her third round, her lover’s
apparition will appear, and according to
the glass he drinks out Of, so will he be
a sober or a drunken man. Before
going to bed some folks pull off their
shoes and throw them over the left
shoulder toward the door. If the shoes
point to the door then the thrower will
either die or remove during the new
year. and vice versa.
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INTERDEPENDENOB OF, NATURE.
———-
The interdependence of all the pheno-
mena Of nature is such that a seeming-
ly unimportant discovery in one field of
investigation may react in the most
wonderful manner upon those which
are most widely remote from it. The
investments of science bear compound
interest. Who could have imagined
that a curious inquiry into the relations
of electricity with magnetism would
lead to the construction of the most
delicate instruments of investigating
the phenomena ’of heat; the means of
measuring not only the smallest inter-
vals of time, but the greatest depths of
the ocean; to methods of exploring,
some of the most hidden secrets of life i
What an enormous revolution would be
made in biology, if physics or chemis-
try could supply the physiologist with,
ameans of making out the molecular
structure of living tissues compared to
that which the spectroscopo afi'ordsto
tho inquirer into the nature of the
heavenly bodies. At the present mo-
'ment the constituents of our own
bodies are more remote from our ken
than those of Sirius in this respect. In
the next place, the vast practical im-
portance of the applications of scientific
knowledge has created a growing de-
mand for technical education based
upon science. If this is to be efiective,
it means the extension of scientific
teaching to all classes of the community,
and the encouragement and assistance
of those who are fit for the work of the
scientific investigation .to adopt that
calling. Lastly, the attraction of the
purely intellectual aspects of science
and the rapid growth of a sense of the
necessity of some knowledge of the
phenomena of nature, and some dis-
cipline in scientific methods of inquiry,
toevery one who aspiresto take part
in, or even to understand, the tenden-
cies of modem thought, have conferred
a new status upon science in the seats
of learning, no less than in public es-
timatiou.
«...——
LOVE-MAKING IN ZULIILAND.
—.——
The more refined sentiment of love is
unknown among these wild people.
The period of wooing is brief. A young
girl may have taken a liking to some
warrior. Unknown to her family, or, if
known, unrestrained, she will leave her
father's house, and at dusk will station
herself before the but of the favored
one. She will remain perfectly silent,
neither asking nor answering questions.
If her attentions are favored she will be
asked into the but and stay with the
man a. week or more. Then he returns
'with her to the father’s home, taking a
few cattle along. These are presented
and invariably accepted, a' sign that the
parents are willing to enter into negotia-
tions. The price is fixed and the couple
return, and henceforth are regarded as
man and wife. If, on the other hand, a
young warrior takes a liking to a girl he
will induce her to follow him, and like
any common buyer of cattle, inquire
,into her good qualities. Or he will
lead to her father's home some cattle;
if these are accepted, the bargain is
further discussed and finally closed.
Eight or ten head of cattle is the aver-
age price fora girl. Up to this time the
girl has gone almost naked, 3 sign of
her virginity; now, however, a narrow
grass covering hangs down from her
waist. .
WATER rs FATTENING.
It has been observed that water is
fattening, and that those: who drink
large quantifies of it have a tendency to
fulness and rotundity. That there is
considerable truth in this observation
the Medical and Surgical Reporter
fully substantiates. That excessive
imbibition of very cold (iced) water
(especially when one is very warm) is
not to be commended yet we have
reason to believe that the unlimited use
Of pure spring water, at its natural
temperature, is not only conducive to
health, but has an actual tendency to
favor a fuluess and roundness Of body.
Whether this is the result ofabetter
action on the part of the digestive, assi-
milative, and .depurative functions,
owing to the internal cleanliness or'
flushing of the human sewers produced
by large quantities Of water, or whether
water has some specific action in pro-
ducing this fulness, We do not know,
neither does it signify, since observation
confirms as a fact that the free use of
water does have this efi'ect.
continual. _
caravan:
When the Doctors could do
no more.
._. .1»- . . -..-
CHAS. A. GABERERA, 32 Zia-may Street,
Boston, Mass, writes :-—
“One year ago I was apparently so far
gone with Consumption that. my life
sccmcd only a. question of days rather
than mouths. Willi my faith in the ability
of physicians to help me all gone, I tried
almost every known remedy, with no
apparent bcuclit. Finally, as a last rc-
sort, I was induced to try Du. R C.
FLownu‘s LUNG CORDIAL. The very first
(lose gave me relief, and with the first
bottle I took a new lease of life, and I can
honestly say today that one spoonful of
this remedy is worth more to the sufferer
from Lung troubles than a gallon of any
other known rcmcdy. A bottle of it is
now one of my choicest possessions, and
at the first syinptou of a cough or cold
I fly to it for the relief it never fails to
give.“
Du. FLOWER’s LUNG Cou-
DIAL is without qrmstion
the most. Wonderful .lai'ilg
remedy ever
It‘ eradicatcs the
of Consumption as no remedy
has ever been known to do.
it stands without a rival for
Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis,
Asthma and Conszmzption.
Price $1.00 per bottle.
A copy oflh'. Flower’s Rules
for the Treatment of Con—
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bottle.
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FOR SALE.
A sTYLisn
VlCTORlA,
Newly Trimmed and Painted.
A Fine Family Carriage.
Will be sold at a. very low price.
HENRY TILLY,
CARRIAGE MAKER.
SOUTH NOR WALK.
in
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Hams,.
Shoulders,
Breakfast
Bacon,
AND
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ARE GUARANTEED ,9;
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Look Carefully for the Brand.
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Newspaper Ad this Bureau (10 8])
ve in;
were; NEW YORK.
be mom for it in
discl wcrcd. .
JOHN H. S lil'l‘li,
FLORl-‘ST,
IAST SIDE 01" MAIN STREET, SOUTH
OF RAILROAD,
on, of‘ South Nos-walk. Conn
Plants &Flowers at all seasons
Flowers for Funerals furnished andtuatcfully
arranged to order at short notice.
CHOICE
it?
is.
railing [tots
E‘fi'ZJtJE-‘l EEJSL ..‘i
(in Wilton Avenue
Apply to
v,
I). J. NTUINHES. or 0. It. “'IIJ‘ON.
GO TO
‘F. J. Curtis 81. 00’s.
Stores 81 Ranges,
Crockery, China,
AND FINE DECORATED
Tea and Toilet Sets,
TABLE GLASS WARE,
Stalin and Hillilli Lilllli
OF NEW PATTERNS,
OUTLERY.
HOUSE Filllllli Nil nouns
OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS.
l 847. I 886.
STILL AT THE FRONT
-——WI'l‘H——
The Largest Assertment
...—op.—
STOVES,
RANGES,
, HEATERS,
JR 00K E If Y,
GLASS iW
WOODEN l A
WILLOW
ALGA-rim " R
TIN E
And all kinks of Wares required In a house at
p it Prices Lower than Ever!
——A’l‘—-
No 1'7. Wall Street,
i. K. LO0KWO0D & 00.
E. K. Locxwoon. FRANK 1. Jesus.
For tale at Bargainsl
I Canopy Top Buggy.
1 Light Grqcery Wagon.
2 Heavy Grocery Wagons.
l Lumber Box Wagon.
1 Light Trotting Wagon.
1 Four Passenger Surrey.
Apply to
.I
W. H. Smith & 00.,
Norwalk, Conn.
COMPARATIVE WORTH or BAKING POWDERS.
EOYAL (AbsolutelyPure).. “ ‘ .
\-,'_. . . .
' GRANTS (Alum Powder)*. .l-
a)”. ’ H. 15., .5
‘, .1 ..H...’ v.1
Avg . . “.... .
RUMFORD'S. when fresh” m
KANFORD’S’ when fresh-u _
ill-IDIIEAD’S ................ _
CHARM (Alum P0Wder)*..- _
AMAZON (Alum Powder) 49-—
CLEVELAND'SOWMM—
PIONEER (Soul's-undue)... —
czsn .......................... —
nu. PRICE’S ............... —
snow rmxn (Grows) —
LEWIS’ ....................... _
PEARL (A'ndrews a 00.). . . . . -
nucxmrs ................. .—
GILLET’S ......... ' ........ ...— . '
ANDREWS&CO.“£2§I.I’_
Ill-“no, (Cum!
BULK (Powder sold loose). . .. -
RUMFORD‘S, wheuuot fresh -
mom or GOVERNMENT curators”. '
As to Purity nndWhOlesomeness ofthe Royal BakingPowder.
“I have tested a. package of R0 a1 Baking Powder, which I purchased in the
o n market, and find it composed 0 pure and wholesome ingredients. It isa cream
0 tartar powder of a high degree of merit, and does not contain either alum or
phosphates, or other injurious substances.
E. G. Love, PhD "
“ It is a scientific fact that the Royal Baking POwdcr isfibsAolnteiy pure.
. Mor'r, run."
“ I have examined 0 ch 6 of Royal
Baking Powder, purchased by myself in
the market. I find it out rely ree from alum, tel-rs alba, or any other injurious sub~
stance .
it is composed are pure and my me.
Haunt Mon'rON, Ph.D., President of Stevens Institute of Technology.”
“ I have analyzed a package of Royal Bakin Powder.
oleso
The materials of which
8. Al“. HAYES, State Assayer, Mass.”
The R0 in Baking Powder received the highest award ovér all competitors at
the Vienna
orld's Exposition, 1873; at the Centennial, Philadelphia, 1876; at the
American Institute, New York, and at State Fairs throughout the country.
No other article of human food has ever received such high, emphatic. and uni-
versal endorsement from eminent chemists, physicians, scientists, and Boards of
Health all over the world.
Nora-The above Dncxm illustrates the comparative Worth of various Baking
Powders, as shown by Chemical Analysis and experiments made by Prof. Schedler.
A pound can of each powder was taken, the total leaveuing power or volume in
each can calculated, the result being as indicated. This practical test for worth by
Prof. Schedler only proves what every observant consumer of the Royal Baking
Powder knows by practical experience, that, while. it costs a few cents per pound
more than ordinary kinds, it is far more economical, and, besides, affords the advan-
tage of better work. A single trial of the Royal Baking Powder will convince any
fair-minded person of these facts.
*- Whilc the diagram shows some of the alum powders to be of a higher degree
of strength than other powders ranked below them, it. is not to be taken as indicat-
ing that they have any value.
are to be avoided as dangerous.
All alum powders, no matterfiow high their strength,
- F or Sale Cheap.
‘ ILL be sold aiaBargain, if applied for soon I
a small, neat Cottage, of six: coma, in good i
neighborhood, and three minutes’ walk Of the .
bridge. Apply at GAZETTE OFFICE. . I'
For Sale.
A Chestnut Standing Desk. Apply at
This Orr-ion.
For Sale.
ADOUBLE BARRELLED RIFLE made by John
Blissett, London. Will be sold cheap for
cash. Enquire at this office.
W. E. QUINTABD,
FURNISHIRG UNDERTAKER
OPPOSITE HORSE R. R. DEPOT,
Residence 143 Main Street. Telephone Connection.
GE 0 - WARD SE Isl-E CK,
Hunozuanoox's BLOCK. wALL smear,
FAMILY GROCERIES.
F. H. PECKWELL,
' ARCHITECT,
N0. 7 WATER STREET.
AGENT FOR
Gill ert Lock Company.
Dibble Manufacturing Company’s door
knobs.
New York Wood Turning Company}:
Corner Blocks for window casings.
Round and Square Turned Balusters. :
u ‘ u u . n NEWClS. ’
Plain nd Double Moulded Stair Rails. l
Als Flat Moulded Door and Window f
Casings furnished at short notice.
Real Ills Trillium].
.Mr. Geo. B. I’laistcd .-
Dear Sir:
Knowing the formula from
which I’lajsted“ Cough.
Remedy is prepared we can
certify that the medicines
of which it is composed are
of recognized utility for
throat and lung troubles,
and that it contains no
opium or (my poisonous or
injurious drug‘s.“
ELERY C. CLARKE, M. D., Norwalk.
0. A. MURRAY, M. D., “
DEXTER HITUHCOCK,M. D., “
G. R. MCGONEGAL, M. D., “
WM. C. BURKE, M. D., SO. Norwalk.
C. G. BOHANNAN, M. D., “
E. S. MINER, M. D., “
G. W. BENEDICT, M. D., "
n. HUNGERFORD, M. D., Stamford.
w. s. TODD, M. D , magenem.
MANUFACTURED BY
Geo. B. Plaisted,
DRUGGIST,
(loner Main and Wall Streets, Hawaii.
62 Washington Street, South Norwali.
GRAIN,
FLOUR,
FEED,
GOAL,
WOOD,
AND
HAY,
Must be Sold Regardless of
Cost, at.
Raymond Bros’,
South Norwalk. :
ALEX. S. GIBSON,
Organist of the First Congregational Church,
Teacher of
Pianoforte, Organ and Musical
Composition,
Lock Box 3 P. 0., NORWALK, CONN.
J. BELDEN HURLBUTT. _
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Room NO. 4, Up Stairs.
gcaznTTn BUILDING, NORWALK, CONN
JAMES '1'. HUBBELL,
Attorney fllill Counselor at Law,
2 Gazette Building,
NORWALK, . - - CONN.
:. wm’rwonru,
Successor to B. Conn,
MERCHANT TAILOR.
WEEKS' BUILDING, WALL STREET.
I run. mun or
Imported and Domestic Cloths.
Of the Latest Styles, constantly on hand.
Novelties in Scotch Suitings. Satisfactionguaran-
teed in every particular. =
F. A. Gunther,
. F URRIER.
PURS REDYED, BEGLEANED la ALTERED
Furs Made to Order.
Samples on hand.
Mahabkemo Hotel, South N orwalk,
Under Banks in Snyder. 611137
SPECIAL BARGAINS
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Choice Building Lots
Situated on Spring Hill, Wilton Avenue,
Fair Street, and Riverside Avenue. En-
quire at GAZETTE Orricu, or of
B. J. STURGES.
PENSIONS
—-:AND:—
Government. Claims.
My sole business. Thousands have Rights
Neglected. Address, free of charge, or visit,
GEN. W. E. NOBLE,
91 Stratford Avenue, Bridgeport, Conn
IV. E. MEEKER.
54 Main Street,
SOUTH NORWALK. 001m,
Practical Plumber, ‘
Steam and Gas Fitters, Dealers in Plumbers’ and
Steam Fitters’ Supplies, and Gas Fixtures.
Jobbing promptly attended to. 1m
0. E. WILSON,
General Insurance it Real Estate Agent
Money to Loan.
Room No. 3 Gazette Building. Norwalk, Conn.
'r‘NA INSURANCE 0..., of HARTFORD.
Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual.
CAPITAL AND ASSETS, $8,902,272.64.
Insures against loss and damage by Fire, on
terms ado ted to the hazard and consistent with
the lawso compensation. COWLESAHKERRILL,
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
or claims for losses. No sound company insures
for less.
W. C. STREET, Pres. S. E. Omsrxm, Treaa,
Gno. B. Camus, Secretary.
A CARD.
Having purcxased the
FURNITURE BUSIN ESS,
Recently carried on by WILLIAM Locxwoon at
No. 36 MAIN STREET.
I am prepared to meet the wants of all prospective
purchasers of furniture, both STAPLE AND
ORNAMESTAL. I have on hand a large
stock which I will sell
VERY CHEAP FOR CASH.
i shall be pleased to meet all: old or new friends
and will guarantee satisfaction in
every case.
QEORGE H. RAYMOND.
PETER L. GUlGUE,
ELlllllS'l' till] ii YlilN,
UNION AVENUE,
North of Norwailr Cemetery,
Dealer in In Green House and Hot House and
Bedding and Vegetable Plants, Fruit and Ornamen
till Trees Shrubbery, Vines. Cut Flowers alway
on hand and all sorts of designs in Flowers arranged
to order. slys
Grading and Re-filling Cemetery Plots
promptly attended to.
J.
ABOUT BREATHING.
“Mouth-breathing,” said a distin-
guished physician, “is a curious afilic-
tion. Itis more common than is supposed.
occurs in infancy, at manhood, and at
middle age, and causes a good deal of
. snfi'ering; yet it is a strange thing that
the People in general do not seemto
pay any attention to this afilictiou when
occurring in their own families, in spite
of the manncf in which it distorts the
face, until some actual disease sets in
and medical aid is necessary. Even the
physicians do not seem to reflect that
this trouble may cause any one of a large
number of diseases affecting the system
in general. Why, you can tell one of
these mouth-breathcrs anywhere the
moment you see him. From disease of
the nose, his lips are retracted, his
mouth is continually open, his gums
recede, and his teeth protrude, particu-
larly those in the upper jaw, the flesh
that forms the lower part of the nostrils
is shrunken, the openings of the nos
trils are diminished in size, there are
wrinkles at the outer edge of the eyes,
and deep lines run from the nostrils to
the angles of the mouth. These all
give the person either an expression of
idiocy, silliness or suffering. But the
principal thing is the necessity of
parents and nurses watching children
when they fall asleep, and preventing
them from breathing with their mouths
open. In grown persons, diseases of
the nose and throat may lead to mouth-
breathing and the resulting distortions
‘of the features"; but it is the other way
with children.
to use the mouth for eating and speak-
ing only; and, if they fall asleep with
their mouths open the lips should be
gently pressed together. Thus, many
constitutional diseases, such as Spinal
trouble, pigeon breast, and perhaps
even rickets, may be avoided, not to
speak of affections of the throat and
nose." ‘
It seems that medical men are not the
only ones who have studied more or
less carefully the habit of mouth-breath-
ing. George- Catlin, the portrayer of
American Indian life and customs,
claimed in one of» his works that it was a
known fact that a man can inhale
mephitic air through the nose for a cer-
tain time in the bottom of a well without
harm; but, if he opens his mouth to
answer a question or call for help. his
lungs are closed, and he expires.
Catlin says :—
“I have seen a poor Indian woman in
the wilderness lowering her baby from
her breast and pressing its lips together
as it falls asleep."
Among two million people, he found
that deafness, dumbness, spinal curva-
ture, and deaths from teething and
diseases of the respiratory passages were
almost unknown. He attributes this
exemption from these ailments, so very
common in civilized life, solely to the
habit of breathing through the nose.
H.
A TREASURY GIB'L'S ROMANCE.
The story going the rounds Of the
press about the pretty Boston girl who
became the wife of the late King of
Portugal finds a parallel, though in a
less degree, in the marriage of a pretty
government clerk of Washington. About
ten years ago the name of Camilla Wood-
ford was borne on the rolls of the Treas-
ury Department as a Clerk in the Be-
demption Division. At that time Miss
Woodford was scarcely eighteen years
old. She was the younger member of
an old Southern family that had lost
their fortune during the war, and was a
gentlewoman by birth and education.
One day the Baron van Havre, the Bel-
gian Minister, who was visiting the
department, chanced to enter the room
where Miss Woodward sat. It Win a
case Of love at first sight. The Baron
inquired her name, and, through the
chief Of the bureau, requested anin-
trodnctiou. He called upon her several
times, and at last proposed marriage.
The lady then informed him that she
was already betrothed to a fellow-clerk
inthe department. He urged her to
cancel the engagement, but she declined,
although admitting, had she met him
first, that her answer might have been
different. Finding her obdurate, the
Baron resolved to leave América, hop-
ing in the destructions of some European
court to forget the pretty Yankee girl
who had refused his suit. He went to
St. Petersburg, but within ninety days
returned to Washington again. This
time the lady smiled more graciously
upon him and, in the end, consented to
become the Baroness van Havre. Shortly
after their marriage, which, I am told,
has proved a remarkably happy one,
they removed to Brussels, where they
still reside. What became of Miss
Woodford's former sweetheart I have
never heard, but he probably accepted
the situation philosophically, as what
poor devil of a Government clerk
would not when he had for a rivals.
young and handsome nobleman with an
income of $50,000 a year. '
STERLING IIONEY.
All readers of history know how bad
money abounded in olden times in
Britian and how much the poor especi-
ally suffered from its use. The right
of coinage has always, in every country,
been excepted as belonging to the
kings; but they have not only them-
selves been guilty of abusing this pre-
rogative by issuing debased coin from
the royal mint, but by granting the
right of coinage to cities, nobles, mon-
asteries, and private persons; even they
Opened the flood gates for the issue of
the most villainous coins conceivable,
both as regards Weight and quality.
While things, in this respect, were
daily growing worse, if that were pos-
sible, some money reached Britain from
Eastern Germany of great purity; there
was no more alloy in the silver than
was necessary for the purpose of coin-
ing it. In those times the inhabitants
of East Germany were called fEaster-
lings and the pure silver money sent
hither by them was called “Easterling.
money." Through the habit we have
of corrupting words through ignorance
and slovenly pronunciation, “Easter-
ling " money soon got corrupted into
"Sterling money." This is no mere
fancy of mine. There are old records
extant in which‘the words “Esterlingi
N umnii ” (Easterling money) frequently
occur. From this we see that the word
sterling added to any sum of money
implied that the sum Of money so
named was not to be paid in the de-
based coin of this country, but in that
of Eastern Germany; or zit-least, of an
equally pure standard with it. I have
heard the origin of the word sterling
explained in two equally absurd ways;
one that it was a corruption of the
word “ Stirling," from the fact that the
beat money in Scotland was made in
the town by that name. The fact that
the term sterling money was used
earlier in England than in Scotland
shows the absurdity of that explanation
of it. Another explanation was that
money at first was stamped with a star
—an equally groundless conjecture
with the farmer. .
W. E. Gladstone, England’s; ex-Primc
Minister, was an editor at 14‘vears of age.
Job Printing ofevary Vu no,
They should be taught .
Norwalk Chronicler