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Waiting.
When all the happy woods and hills
Are filled with summer’s melodies.
when the cold hand of winter stills
The rippling streams, the whispering trees,
M y heart unchanged sings still one song,
“ My love, my love,” the whole year long.
For all the mystery of life,
The hope of dawn, the night’s despair,
The greed of gain, the lust of strife,
And grinding want and gnawing care,
I' to drowned beneath the suniit sea
Of my great joy—she ioveth me.
The summer winds that come and go,
Laughing about the shady ways,
The waters in their ebb and flow
Have still one voice through all the days;
“ Love mocks at time, love laughs at fate!”
I wait because she bids me wait.
Nor would I wonder if she came,
In any place 011 any day,
From out the sunlet’s crimson flame,
Or down the morning’s misty way;
Nor dream it more nor find it less,
The marvel of her loveliness.
’A ’ Fortune Teller.
One day Mrs. Lorrimer’s daughter,
Violet. was nowhere to be found; neither
was the gentleman, ScnOr Espanol, who
.. taught the guitar. The whole city was
alarmed by the account of the mysterie
ous disappearance of a beautiful belle
and a hard-working, gentlemauly young
foreigner. However, when some one
had discovered that the last gave lessons
to the first, an inference was drawn by
some cool locker-0n. ,
‘f May they not have gone'together ?" A
The mother at once drove the slan-_
derer from her presence, preferring the
idea that her Violet was murdered.
However, before long a penitent letter
all blotted with tears reached the poor
old lady, all alone in her great Fifth
Avenuermansion. Violet was married
to Senor Espanol.
The more one loves a person the more
furious does any deception on her part
make one. A less loving mother might
have forgiven. Stung to madness, this
one wrote a terrible letter to the foolish
girl who had so hurt her. The husband,
a hot Spaniard, road it. It insulted
him, and he forbade his wife ever to
see her parent again. To do him jus-
tiee, love, and no mercenary motive;
had led him to elope with the pretty
heiress
So the gulf was fixed between the
only two of the some blood who lived on
earth, and Senor Espanol began to give
lessons on the guitar for two instead of
one. Then . for three, four and five.
If he had lived a little longer it Would
have been for six. But the day the
fourth child was born, a countryman,
who had mistook him for a rival, stabbed
him in the back. He apologized the
next moment, but the poor victim did
not live to hear him through, but died
trying to express the fact that the gentle-
man was perfectly excusable.
And so Violet, who had been very
happy with her music master, was left a
widow with four babies, no money, and
nonccomplishment that had been suffi-
ciently cultivated to earn a living by.
Of course she took in sewing, and of
course a day came when there was a
a very small prospect of supper and not
even a dream of breakfast.
Not a penny in 'the house, not a loaf
of bread in the closet, not a dollar’s
worth of work to be got anywhere, what
was she to do ? The poor little woman
walked up and down and cried. That
did not help her. She lucked over the
relics of the past. There were pretty
pieces of jewelry, worth nothing. Valu-
able things had all been sold long ago.
She glanced out of the window. A
woman with a very large new basket
and no shoes went begging from door to
door.
The basket was worth two dollars and
ahalf, the shees could be bought for
two. The singular circumstance preyed,
upon'her mind. She began to take an
interest’in the ways and manners of
beggars as the awful expectation of
becoming one began to haunt her.
"I could drown myself." she said,
“but I could- not well drown four chil-
dren, like a litter of puppies." '
Then leaning her chin on her hands
she watched‘ from her window another
woman-with a handkerchief over her
head going from door to door. Was
she begging ? It seemed not. Once or
twice she entered and stayed some
time. At last she saw her at her own
door, and heard her going from room to
room. There was a knock at the door.
She opened it, and the woman was
there.
" Well 3’" she said inquiringly.
“Let me tell your fortune-lady. I
only charge twenty—five cents," said the
woman.
"My fortune is told. since I have not
twenty-five cents in the world," said
Violet.
The woman turned away.
“Stop a minute," said‘ Violet. "In
this age do people say you tell their
fortunes f" .
" No age is too old," said the woman.
" I just told an old lady's fortune below.
It was in the cards that she was to have
a husband—her fourth. She gave me a
dollar. Look!” she opened her palm.
“I make money, I do. I'm a seventh
child; less the future. I’ll take any
bit of jewolry if you have not any money.
Have your fortune told?"
But Violet shook her head and closed
the door hastily.
“I can not steal, and to beg I am
asham " said she to herself. f‘After
it is dark tonight I will go out and tell
fortunes. Then she took two fiat-irons
to the junk shop, bought a loaf of bread '
and a pint of milk, and fed her four
children—she for whom nothing had
once been‘ dainty enough; and who had
ridden in her own carriage.
She put the children to bed. and left
the key with a neighbor, in case of fire,
a dread that haunts those many storied
houses like a ghost, and then, dis
guished in veil. hood and shawl. went
forth on her errand. It was a crazy
dream. She had not courage to attempt
fortune-telling. It was worse than beg-
ging. She wandered along the streets.
coming at last to the homes of luxury.
In the end she stood before her mother’s
window. There was a light in the base-
ment, and through the lace curtains she
saw a table spread, and the shadow of a
figure she knew to be her mother' s on
the curtain; and there, drawing down
the shade, was Martha, who had nursed
her when a child.
Tears filled her eyes. It was a para-
dise which she never hoped to regain.
Had not her mother written: ,
“A curse on you. Never darken my
doors more unless you wish to hear me
utter i. " .
But there at least she had not the
terror of strangers nppn her; she could
beg or tell fortunes. Martha was super- _'
stitious and always had dreams of mat-
rimony, and of the coming back of ‘o
lover who had gone to sea when she was
in her teens, and had never been heard
of since.
She crept up to the window and
tapped on the panes. In 11 moment
Martha opened the door. ~
The hooded figure drew near.
"Let me tell younfortune ?"' she said. .
“Bother," remarked Martha. “I are
past fortunes."
“What?” said Violet. “ With a lover
gone to sea .9"
“Lo1d save us i"' cried Martha.
“And in one place twenty years,"
said Violet.
“You know more than is good, " said
Martha Stop a bit. Are you one of
them clairvoyants ?"
“ Yes," said Violet.
“Could you see where people are,
what’s come of them and that ?" asked
Martha. "For instance, a gal that's
been gone eight years, could you look
for he1' 111 a dream, like as I have heard
they can, and find her ?"
“Yes, I think I could, " said Violet.
“ Sit he1e, then," said Martha) point-
ing to a chair in the hall, and hurried
into the dining-room.
She came back 1n a moment.
“Come and speak to missus." she
said. And Violet. trembling so she
could scarcely stand, entered her
mother's presence. -
No love is like a mother's. Violet
had known that since she cast it 03.
She knew it now, looking on the pale
the sad eyes, that were so bright when
she last saw them. 1
She longed to kneel at her mother's
feet. and beg forgiveness, but she dared
not yet;. had not she sinned too deeply
to hope for pardon ? She stood silent
with her head bowed down.
“ They tell me you are a clairvoyant,"
said Mrs. Lorrimer. “I have not much
faith in such things. andif the power
prospcrs its possessors so little it cannot
'be worth much; but still I have some-
thing Ishould like to ask you. You
search for lost things i’ ”
Violet bowed.
“If you can find something I have
lost I will repay you well," said Mrs.
Lorrimer. “ Here, sit down. Perhaps
if yOu have this knowledge, you can
tell me what I have lost. "
Violet sat down. — .
“It should be darker," she said—
"will you lower the light ?"
Martha lowered‘ the light and stood
by the lady's chair—and there was
silence. Violet had cost back her veil,
but the firelight was not bright enough
to show her features.
“Lady," she said in a low voice, ”it
is not gold or silver, that I see; itis noth-
ing that can be bought for money.
What I see is a girl."
“ Good heavens!" cried the old lady.
“A girl of sixteen, with fair hair and
blue eyes,” said Violet. “That was
what she was when you saw her last.
Am I right i"
“ Yes," said Mrs. Iaorrimer. .
“You loved her," said Violet; she
loved you. But she deceived you; she
was wicked—wicked—wickcd; but there
was an excuse for her. She fell in love;
she was mad for awhile. You cast her
061 She is gone. You will never see
her more. "
“ Hush! hush!" cried Mk8. Lorri mer.
“She was not bad. I was wicked: I
knew what it was to love. yet I forsook
her because she knew it also. Look
again. How does life use her? "
“She is a widow, and very poor."
said Violet. " So wretchedly poor that
she does not know where to getbread;
but she will not come toycu. You
would curse her. You will never see
her ‘ 1!
The old lady started from her chair.
”What are you? How do you know
the. secrets of my life. the words I most
repent uttering? Lock again! Tell
me I shall see her once more. Tell me
where to find the only babe'I ever held
against my breasti- My little one—my
Violet—where is she l" And the woman
she addressed fell upon her knees and
clasped her hands.
"She is here," she cried, “Mother,
she is here i” and- the two wept together
in each other’s arms, and all was for-
given.
The good mansion is no longer deso-
late. There ore little children's voices
there, and mother and daughter are
together once more. And in that other ‘
world, where we cannot believe that
wrath endures, doubtless the lover of
her youth rejoices that Violet’s mother's
for tune was told so well.
——-,—Ow-O—
THE BOATS OF GOLD.
The Museum of the Northern Anti-
quities in Copenhagen has just been
enrichened by a remarkable discovery
made at a small place near Thisted, on
the West coast of Jutland, Denmark
Two men digging in a gravel pit in the
neighborhood of an“ old burial mound,
called Thor's Mound, struck an earthen
vessel with their picks, disclosing a
number of gold pieces. On examination
it was found that unearthen vesseliOf
about seven inches diameter at the rim,
and covered with a flat stone, had been
buried about a foot and a half below the
surface, and this had contained about it
worked, varying in size from three to
four and a half inches. A guuwalc
and frames of thin strips of bronze
had first been formed, and these had
been covered with thin gold plates,
some of which were further ornamented
with impressions of concentric rings.
The boats, of which only a few are in a
fair state of preservation, are tapered at
both ends, and resemble the Danish fish-
in geraft of the present day.
This discovery, which may be regarded
as a deposited treasure of votic offerings,
and belongs doubtless to the close of
the bronze age. prayes that. frameibuilt
vessels were alreiidy, known at that
time, and that man was not satisfied
with the hollowed-out trunks of trees.
The gold of which these little fishing
models are composed was valued at
twenty-seven pounds, which amount.
together with 11 gratuity, has been for-
warded to the finders, who are both
poor men.
*OW— .
nxncuuoxs IN OLD FRANCE.
When executions were tolerably fro: '
queut and the bodies were left sus-
pended in chains till they fell to' pieces
a small range of . galldws did net'sufice.
M. Viollet 19 Due," in his "Dictionary
of French Architecture,” devotes an
article to the Fourches iputibulaifres,’
and gives several engravings of that of
Montfaucon restored. The place of
the gallows formed a quadrangular
platform about 44 feet square. This
platform was raised about six feet above
the level of the soil, and wasbuilt-over
‘ a vault to contain the home as they fell
from the gallows. Sometimes in addi-
tion to this vault it contained a chapel.
On three sides of the platform were
piers rising to the height of 30 feet,
united by beams of solid oak at the top
and 111 two heights below, so as to form
th1ee ranges 61- stories of gallows; Of
these stone piers there were six on each
side. One side of the quadrangle was
left free for the stairs and for the block
for executions with the sword. Thus,
on the Montfaucon Ecurches 45 men
could hang simultaneously-501' rathci
00,113 each opening was made to ac-
commodate two persons. In the middle
of the area was a stone with an iron
ring in it, which could be raised to
allow of the bones being pushed through
the hole into the Vault below. Access
to this vault was also obtainable through
a door at the bottom.
face where wrinkleshad come so thickly -
—-ou the hair, all turned gray now—on ,
hundred little golden boats, curiously ,
COMPELLED 10 TERMS.
Widower Smith rode up one morning
to Widow Jones's door, and gave the
usual country signalthat he wanted-to
see somebody in the house, by dropping
the reins and sitting double, with his
elbows on his knees. .
Out tripped’the widow. lively as a
cricket, with a tremendous black ribbon
011 her snow-white cap.‘ "Good-morn:
ing" was soon said on both sides, and
the widow waited for what was further
to be said:
“Well, Ma'am Jones, perhaps you
don’t 'want to sell one of your cows,
nohow, for nothing, any way, do you i’"
“Well, there, Mr. Smith, you couldn’t
have spoke my mind better. Apoor.
lone woman like me, doesn't know what
todowithsomanycreaturesandl
should be glad to part with one if we
can come to terms. "
So they adjourned to. the meadow;
Farmer Smith looked at Roan. then at
the widow, at Brindle, then at the
widow again, and so through the whole
forty. The same oallwas made every
day for a week, but Farmer Smith could
not decide which new he wanted. At
length, on Saturday, when. the Widow"
Jones was in a hurryto get through
with her baking for Sunday, and had
‘fevcr so much " to do in the house,”
all farmers' wives and widows have on
Saturday, she was a little impatient—
Farmer Smith was as irresolute as ever.
“That ere Alderney cow is a pretty J
fair creature," but he stopped to glance
at the widow's face, and then walked
round her—not the widow, but the cow.
“That ere short-horn Durham is not a
bad-looking beast, but I don't know—1"
another look at the widow. “The
Alderney cow I knew'before the late
Mr Jones bought her." Here he
sighed at the allusion to the late Mr.
Jones; she sighed. and both looked at
each other. It was a highly interesting
moment. “Old Roan 18 an old milch,
and so is Brindle, but I have known,
. bette1."
A long stare followed this
speech, and the pause was getting awk-
ward, and at last Mrs. Jones broke out:
“L01, M1. Smith, if I'm the one you
11 ant, do say so.’ .
The intentions of Widower Smith and
Widow Jones we1e duly published the
next day in church for the first time;
and as soon as they were published
three times, they were married.
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FRYING BACON.
The mayor of a country town discovered
a charter in which, as be interpreted it,
”frying bacon" after sunset without
the authority of the mayor was 1111 oil‘cuse
against the muncipal laws. Now, his
worship being anxious to vindicate the
dignity and add to the importance of
his office, sallied forth one night in com-
pany with the parish boadlc, totdetect
and punish all offenders. After permu-
bnlating every nook and corner of the
borough, they came to n thatched? cot-
tage on its puicincts. in which they
found a poor fellow who had just
1cturned f1om- a hard days wo1k, hun~
gry and worn out. in flagranta delicto,
and immediately arrested the savory
morsol, and consigned its cook to a sup—
perlcss cell. On the following morning
his worship ordered the unfortunafe
wight to be brought before him.
, “Simih,”quoth he, “ know you not
that it is a grave offense ng- ~1i11'st the
ancient rights, laws, and customs of
this ancient borough, to fly bacon after
sunset?"
“He! he! he!" giggled forth the
town clerk. “Ha! ha! ha!" roared out
the audience.
“What means this indecent uproar?"
shouted his worship, boiling over with
rage; “by Heaven, I'll commit you all
fo1 conicmpt of court !" '
”Ho! ho! ho!" convulsively jerked
‘. out he of the long robe; “if youplease, ,
_ your worship, it's a mistake."
‘ “A mistake? 11111.11; it isomistcke,
"but I’ll let you know that I am Mayor.”
At this culminating crisis, Master
Beadle, amid the roars of the court,
came to the rescue, and said that his
worship had read the charter wrong, for
that itiwas “firing a beacon," and not
“frying bacon."
OH—
I“! GOT H_I_S ANSWER. l
In New Hampshire 1s a well known,
eccentric individual, self-constituted
"cuter of all‘ ills—a sort of panacea,
"body and soul, heart and conscience
doctor", who with all his eccentricities,
has a fund of actual wit that 1s hard to
beat.
Not long ago the doctorwas called
upon the witness-stand. The opposing
counsel, who is said sometimes to wet
his whistle with “licker' pizen,."._.kn01v-v
ing the doctor's peculiarities; ventured, i
in cross-examining him, to show him up
a. bit.
“What' 15 your business?" pompously
inquired the counsel.
“My business is to do what goOdI-
can do to _my fellowmeh," modestly
responded the doctor.
“But that does not answer my ques-
tion," 'grufily answered . the counsel.
.. How do you spend your time 2" r "
. "Why, square, it takes about all the
time to do what I sci " replied the
doctor.
“ But Iwant something more definite. "
stoutly demanded the counsel. " How
do you go about your business i"
"That depends upon circumstances.
according to the nature of the one,”
explained the doctor. "E01- instance."
if I were going to begin on you, 'the
first thing I should do would be to
advise you to sign a temperance pledge."
W .
, DEFACING BANK NOTES.
._“,A bank cashier has junusu‘al' _oppor-"'
tunities‘ for- studying 'cnc curious pc-
cularit-y of many people, viz., defacing
coins and bank notes," said a local
member of that happyguild. ",Per-
sonal vauity' is the motive, in almost
every instance, which leads to such dee
facement, "continued the cashier. “ See
how! look at this pile of notes I've kept
foi f11n."..:
The cashier showed a 13.111.11.11 them. ;
Ti1e1e were, indeed, funny specimens.
one of ther bills bore, in exceedingly
fine writing, a verse of original. rhyme.
In the corner of another bill there was
executed in India ink, poled by the
’tou'ch of many. fingers. a eornuco‘piafi
scattering the bright, brood pieces, and
under ita pursy little man wearinga
faint resemblance} to Phil Mom was
gathering them into his lap. “M.
Masters had written mound it —
“Beware of the fate of the grungor
who dallied at the B. of T. and was
vanquished' 1n a brief tussle."
Names in red, blue, green and black
. ink were written in all: parts of bills,
sometimesacross the foreheads Of the
faces printed in the body of the notes, ’
many having some epigrammatic scut-
nncc tacked on it? With coins it was
similar. Name's were engraved, written
out in ink; dates and: initidls out into
the metal. some Of them were irre-
hievably mutilated, as for instance a
ten dollar gold piece, the eagle of which 1
had its wings clipped,‘ so .u to make it
look more like a plucked crow.
“I think,” said the informant, "that
jmt about one in every four bills is
mar‘ked 1n some way, and one in every
ten coins . -.
CALLING For: A sum.
A correspondent‘of the North China
Herald calls attention to a strange in-
stance of Chinese belief and practice
with regard to the human, soul, which
lately came under his notice. Lying
awake at 3 11.x. he heard' in the street,
close to his house two strange answer-
ing voices. Evidently two persons
were engaged in this weird dramuic
performance. one representing a depart-
ing soul. the other acting as the friends
and relatives deprecating the departure.
The. first actor gave alow, prolonged
cry, which was answered by a loud and
earnest "Come, come." After a pause"
the cry and the answering call were re-
peated; this went on for about ten min-
utes. when suddenly the inerticulato
cry ceased. The second actor, in an
agony of distress at the departure into
the unseen of the soul he had been en-
treating to slay, shouted loudly in a
voice which he no doubt hoped would
reach to the confines of the spirit world,
“ Return, return—come!" at the some
time calling by name. Then there was
another pause-presently the low cry
was heard as at a distance, “Cdme,
come, " eagerly rosponded the actor;
and now the cry and the answer follow-
ed one another more rapidly till theory
seemed close to the caller. and in a
smothered, chorus as of welcome the
performance which was probably direct-
ed by a Taoist neoromancer, ceased. It
isdeseribed as being strangely impres-
sive in the stillness of the night, not-
withstanding the grOtesqueness of tho
superstition; but of course it was not
known whether there was actual death
in this case, within 12 hours of which
the Chinese call for the soul tecreturn,
or whether it was only a case of serious
illness. fainting, or collapse. This
peculiar custom, it appears, varies in
different parts of China. Up the Yang-
tsze it is usual for two women to per-
form the ofiice. When a man dies
suddenly the woman walks through the
streets, one calling out the name of the
deceased, and the other responding
“Iam coming," the idea being to pre-
vail on the wandering spirit of the de-
ceased to return to its material abode,
which, it is presumed, it has Itemporuri-
' ly abandoned.
——o~.”——o—
HOW' HERRING ABE BONED.
A correspondent of the Boston Transcript
writing from Eastport, Me, says: Another
new and interesting work is that of boning
herring. A New York‘house has an exten.
sive establishment here, giving employment
to some seventy persons, mostly females.
The present capacity is about 12,000 fish per
week. An excellent account of the process
and businesslquote from the Journal of
Commerce: The fish are placed in numbered
barrels, holding about 2,500 herrings each,
and at suitable stands, numbered to corres-
pond, sit nll the girls whose deft fingers are
to remove all but the notable portion of the
fish. Large sharp shears are used to cut of
the heads, bellies'und tails, and with a sharp-
bladcd knife the golden yellow skin is strip-l
pod off, and half of the nicely-smoked mus-
cle detached. ’ The backbone and its ud-
boring ribs are as quickly removed from the
other half, and the prepared meat goes to
other operatives to be bunched and tied.
The prepared halves are rapidly bunched in
a min gauge, and secured by holding with
fancy twine, the object being to pack the
fish so closely as to retain their freshness and
flavor. This object is fully" secured by this
process, and in its entirety is secured under
letters patent of the United States, No. 207,-'
980, issuedto Mr. George Peters, the man-
ager of the Eastport establishment, Septem-
ber 10, 1878. The bezes srenow lined with
tinfoil, and five of the bunches just do. ‘
scribed placed in each, and carefully covered
with the upper layer of tin foil, after which
the covers are closed. Perfect cleanliness,
method and wcurecy are apparent through-
out the establishment, and, as the work 1s
xpaul for ,by the piece, the operatives are
‘- busy, intelligent and contented in appear-
ance,.tbe work going on with dispatch, al-
though the amount of noise and bustle is
singularly small. It isintendedsoon toship
the fish in the bunched form in barrels to
New York, thus saving largely in freight,
. where they will be packed in boxes.
inn .wmsrmo runs.
In Nanbia and the Soudan groves a
species of acacia grows whose scientific
appellation, as well as its popular name,
is derived from apeculiar sound emitted
. by the branches when swayed by the
wind. the Arabic name is the "soda,"
orpipe. and the'specific name of fistuh'a,
also, meaning a pipe, has been given to
“it for the same reason which prompted
the natives to give it its local designa-
tion. The tree is invested with insects.
- whose eggs are deposited in" the young
shoots and extremities of the branches.
.A sort of "gall-like excreseucc, about an
inch in diameteris produced at the base
of these shoots. and when larva has‘
emerged from this nidus. it leaves a
small circular hole, the action of the
wind m which causes it to produces
whistling sound like that produced by
a flute or by blowing any hollow pipe.
When the wind is violent, the noise
caused by thousands of these natural
flutes in a grove of Mes is most re-
markable. The description given by
Dr. Schweinfurth of these bladder-like
galls leaves it uncertain whether they
are true gall-nuts or whether they are
the secretion of a species of lac insects.
The valuable lac insect thrives on two
or three species of acpcia. while one
variety (the A. Arabian) also produces a
.pod or; gull-nut. which is useful for
tanning. In eithercase, these natural
> 1" whistles " of [the whistling tree would
form a valuable article of commerce if
they could be easily and regularly col-
, looted and exported.
.—.‘+.-»—-— .
A JAPANED MARRIAGE CUSTOM.
__—.
InJupan there are young men and
women who believe that their conjugal
bliss may be made to depend on the
growth of a plant. It is a plant called
omoto. 'Its chief charsctcristieis that
it’ 1s a lusty and rapid grower, throwing .
out constantly newshoots frimthe root.
Alador alasaon goifig’to his other
married homo. carries thither a care--
fully chosen emote. and. this being.
planted or tended. is watched from year
toyear, because, so long as it shows
healthy development, the permanence
and prosperityof'its master's or mis-
tress's marriage state are supposed to
be assured
> PATHSIAN FIE—3110136!“
The itinerant fishmongers of Paris, in
order to supply their customers with
well-cleaned fish, wash quantifies of
soles. whitings, plaice. etc. in the gut-
ters, which are plentifully supplied
with water. People who have the ads
vantageof reading in the immediate
vicinity of 1130011 flowing gutter can
. frequently observe these sanitary pre-
cautious, and are thus forest-med and
.forewmed. Othersintbisreepeotless
’fdrtunatelypleeedoonstentlypurchaso
in confidin'g innocence. fish cleaned in
gutter water flowing through Paris
streets and devour the same. prepared
with that skill for, whidl 111‘. Erench
cock is so. famed. a skill‘wbieh may eon-
cenl bad fiuvors, but cannot protect the,
consumer against the evil raults of de-
vouring eontamiuuhd fgyd.
. Breakfast
UUNSU'MPTIUN
UONQCBBBU!
When the Doctors could do
no met-9.1
CHAS. A. “DEBRA, 32 Hewley Street,
Boston, less, writes:—
“011e year ago I was apparently so far
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 11 last rc-
scrt, I was induced to try D11. R C.
FLowsn‘s LUNG 0011111111.. The very first
dose gave me relief, and with the first
bottle I took a new lease of life, and I can
honestly say to—day that one spoouful of
other known remedy. A bottle of it is
3?‘.'1.2"§.3l l'y’in‘iil‘é‘éwii $333333? $.33
give."
D11. FLowun’s 11m Con-
DIAL without question
the most wondcrfiil Lung
remedy even-i «incurs-ed.
It eradicates the germ
of Consumption as no remedy
has ever been known to do.
it stands withouta rival for
Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis,
Asthma and Consumption.
Price $1.00 perbottle.
iS
for the Treatment Of Con-
sumption accompanies each
bottle.
Flower Medicine 00.,
BOSTON. MASS.
A STANDARD MEDICAL WORK
For Young and Middle-Aged Men,
01m $1. 00 av MAIL, POST- PAID.
liiiuii TiliSElF. , .
A GREAT MEDICAL WORK ON ItiiHOOD.
Exhaustive Vitality, Nervous and Physical De-
bility Premature Decline in Man, Errors of Youth,
and the untold miseries resulting from indiscretion
or excesses. A book for every man, youn,m1d—
die-aged and old. It contains 125 presc ptions
for all acute and chronic diseases, each one of
which is invaluable. So found by the Author,
whose experience for 23 years is such as robaoly
never before fell to the lot of any physio an, 300
pagesboundin beautiful French muslin, embossed
covers, full guilt, guaranteed to be a liner work in
every sense—mechanical,- htersry and professional
-—-than any other work sold in this country for
$2.50, or the money wilibe refunded in every in-
stance. Price only Si. 00 by mail, post-paid.
Illustrative sam le 6 cents. Send now. Gold
medal awarded t e author by the National Medics!
Association. to the President of which, the Hon.
P. A. Bisseil, and associate Officers of the Board
the reader is res tfuliy referred.
The Science o Life should be read by the young
for instruction, and by the afflicted for relief. lt-
wiil benefit alt—London Lancet.
'lhere is no member of society to whom The
Science of Life would notbe useful, whether youth,
parent, guardian, instructor or clergymen — Arac-
maddress the Peabody Medical Institute, or Dr.
W. B. Parker, No. 4 Bulfinch street, Boston, Mass.
who may be consulted on all diseases requiring skill
and experience. Chronic and obstinate diseases
that have battled the skill of other ph y-
clsns a s lsity. Such treated sucHEAc
age, and we will mail you free, a roya
valuable sample box of goods that W!
put you in the way of making more money in a few
days than you ever thought possible at any business
Capital not required. You can live at home and
work in spare time on], or all the time. All of both
sexes. of all ages, ly successful, 50 cents to $5
easily earned every evening. That all who want
work may test the business, we make this unparal-
leled offer: To all who are not 11 ell satisfied wewil.
HELP!“ working people. Send 10 cents pos
, send :1 to pay for the trouble of writing 11s. Fol;
culars, directions etc. sent free. Immense pay
absolutely sure for all who start at once. Don’tde-
lay. Address, S'rmsox .i 00., Portland. Maine.
weootvceoO—Jo
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xfiurou Cal anhCure
I O
.0
,_ ,_ . rnornm'ron:
L. B. SUTTON, New Canaan, Ct.
For Cstarrh and Cold in the llead it has not an
equal. (lives immediate relief. Pleasant to use.
Cannes no sneezing. Restores the diseased nem-
hrsli‘é to a healthy condition.
—Perslstent Use Assure: a Perfect Cure!—
Alleviates Catarrhai Headache. 50 cents by. mail
and at druggis is. R. W. ROBINSON 81 Son, Whole-
sale Agents, 184 Greenwich street, New Y ork.
For Sale by Geo. B. Plaisted, Norwalx. 1y15
$2 00’ 00 cents postage. and 0 mail you will
getfree a package 0 goods of large
value, that will start on in work that will at once
bring you in money aster than anythmg e.se in
America. All about the $200,000 in presents with
each box. Agents wanted everywhere, of either
sex, of all ages, for all the time or spare time only,
to work for us at their own homes. Fortunes for
all workers absolutely assured. Don’t delay. II.
ilannxrr A 00., Portland; Maine.
RUPTURE
Clint-1D. —PEI-rl‘a 00.. 601 Sixth Ave., Cor. 801i:
St., New York. New Method. Holds an case
with ease and comfort. Relief at once. rties
m 121 2861118 given atom], send us 5
attended to and return home same day. Also, Va-
rieoceie Without sur cal o ration. Advice free.
11 day arid evenn undays till 9 p. m. Es-
tulilshcd 15 years. Book for 2 cent stamp. lys
Send 10 cents postage and we will
mallyou free aroyai, valuable sample
.box of goods that will put you in the
'wa'y of making”- more money at once
an anything else in Amerfiaa. Both sexes of all
$.11 can live at home and work in s e time. or
all the time. Capital not required. ewill start
you. Immense pay sure for those who start at
once. Srinson .! 00.. Portland, Maine. lyto
FOR S ALE.
, , A STY LISIl
Newly Trimmed and Pam‘ted.
A Fine Family Carriage.
Will be sold at a very low price.
HENRY TILLY,
CARRIAGE MAKER,
SOUTH N on WALK.
'l‘iie lies“ .1. World.
Sperry & Barnes’ '
Hams.
Shoulders.
Bacon,
_ _ AND_
Sausage
ARE GDARANTEED
T111: Brsr
' IN
THE MARKET.
Our KETTLE LAID is Strictly Pure
and rm from' all ndulteration.
Look Oarofully for the Brand.
We manufacture all goods bearing cm brand at
our packing house New Haven.
811111 & Barnes New Haven, Conn
a. mag,
nus "Pills... “m .. «at
am ),wherb adver-
DO mm b! It mmufifonK:
gone with Consumption that my life
A copy oiDr FlOwcr’s Rules -
pee .
WHERE: $135333? ‘i'ylHPI‘H YSE LF
this remedy is wonh more to the sufferer '- ‘ ‘
from Lung troubles than a gallon of “any 1
I fly to it for the relief it never fails to
' __3I Main Street. Norwalk.
33:31:11.1; Assurance (leap wa' {fig
11
.Moutank Fire ins. , 0926.011? W5:
J. G. Gregory In co,
Desiretostste that in addition to a' full line of
”ms-1111"“ was”.
on r es ey srep 0 ve
(rounder
Silk. Cotton or 1.1.1.1..
ELASTIC HosE
’l'or varicose or enlarged veins. Warranted to
fit, and at reduced rates.
They also desire to state that they have treated
the agency of the New York Vaccine 0.0 ., and will
keep a supply Of
PURE BilVlliI Vltfllllf VIRUS
Constantly on hand.
They have in stock ltlsotvielattertel,
will be acid at closetlgurcs.
assortment of Keystcne Writing Tug-W?
R B. CRAUFURD _
Issuance, Real Estate and-
Investment Securities,
" Agent. (or the
American Ins. 00., of Newark, N. J .,
Assets
.................................
Jersey City, of Jersey ...................
7 Bill Bill“. Bflllilf ani “mull”.
Of the Equitable Mortgage 00., of Kansas, and I
6 per cent. Bonds
ot the Middlesex Banking 00., of Middleton
Conn. Princi l and Interest of both guaranteed,
Securities 0 all descriptions bought and sold at
New York Quotations.
A large number 01 desirable dwellings and farms
for sale. ily!
GRAIN,
FLOUR,
FEED,
COAL,
WOOD,
AND
HAY,
1111.1. be Sold Regardless of
(Just, at
Raymond Brts’,
South N orwalk.
i
l847. l886.
STILL AT THE FRONT
—w1'rn—-
The Largest Assertmcnt
_. op—
STOVES,
RANGES,
HEATERS,
CR 0le E]: Y,
GLASS . 2W
WOOD EN if A
WILLOW . ._,
AGATE R.
TIN E}
And all-kinks of Wares required in a house at
it Prices Liliti than 1111!
——AT—
No 17. Wall Street,
1:. 1. LO0KWO0H8£ to.
E. K. Looxwoon. Fem: 1. Jonas.
c... S. Gregory.
Livery. Boarding Sale.
Feed and Exchange
Stables.
:s‘sro. 14.21.1511... 1
(1n rear of Horse Gar Depot),
NORWALK, CONN.
carriages furnished at all hours. Watson
ttentionsndgentlemaniydrivers. _ 1y
was 11. 15111111,
FLORIST.
ms'r sum or 1mm STREET, scorn
0r RAILROAD,
' City of South Nos-walk. (ion...
2111.111. tFlowers at all seasons
Flowers for Funerals furnished and tastefully
arranged to order at short notice.
ie'aiiiis 11111111]
Mr. Goo. B. Plot’s/rd :
Dear Sir.
Knowing theformulu from
which Plaisfed’. (' on, 6/1,
Remedyis prrpctrcd we um
certi/y that like medic mé.
ofwhich it is comma’eil are
of recognizer; utility, ,jor
throat and lung troubles,
M: that it contains rm
opium of any poisonous or
injurious drugs.
‘ ' Mill!" 0. CLAIMS, I. 11.30.111.11.
.1, ‘ as. MURRAY,‘ 11.; ..
3"“; “’DIXTIR‘HITLIDOCI'ED “
.4 =' 11.11. Immaculate 11.", u
WI. c. BURKE, M. D. So. Norwslk.
c. o. sessions, 11. 1)., _ u
I. S. MINER, I. D. ., 5 “ -
o. w. 311111111101: 1. 11.-J, “ .
H. HUNGIRI'OHD,‘ M. D., Stamford.
W. S. TODD, I. D, ,ltldgrtleld. .
.49 A...- .
ll AN UFACTURED DY
Geo. B Blasted
DRUGGIS T,
uncertain aniliallsnnis Diwali.
. 12 astronaut, bulimia.
Absolutely P , re.
This Powder never varies. A the el of pure
stunnh and Ioleaem economic
'than the Mmhm mas; and cannot sold 111 com-
. petition with the multitude of diovv‘ test, short
weight, mom or phosphate pow
lions. BAKING Pownn 1.0.,100 Wall St., N. Y.
w E. CUINTARD
illitiiiiiliiiiii “MEIER
OPPOSITE HORSE it. R..D
Residence us llainStrect. Tclephonchonnectlon.
GEO-WARD nutrition, '
ussossssoos's BLOCK. WALL grater,
FAMILY GROCERIFS.
ALEX. s. GIBSON,
Orgaulstof the First Congregational Church,
Teacher of
Pianoforte, Organ and Musical
Composition,
Lock Box 3 P. 0., NORWALK, CONN.
. i
.. Seven Years Experience 11 D. a; Patent once.
:Geo. R. Bying'ilo'n,
1. 1111 s.
:1
wssmuero’vi; p. c.
before Congress nESpeelnlty
Building huts
On Wilton Avenue
' Apply to
nae-ain- Clues
D. J. STUIIGEB. or 0. If. WILSON.
GAZETTE BUILDING
.1 GO 1'0 : . .
F. J. Curtis {it Co’s.
Stoves-81 Ranges
crockery, China,
AND FINE DECORATED
«1.. and 'l'oilet Sets,
TABLE: GLASS WARE
11111111 1111111 hills
Ol‘ NEW PATTERNS,
CUTLERY,
. -——AND—-
101111 1111111111 11111111
» OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS.
For Sale at BargaiiISI
1 Canopy Top Buggy.
pl Light Grocery Wagoni
2 Heavy Grocery WagOn‘s.
l Lumber Box Wagon.
1 Light Trotting Wagon.
1 Four Passenger Surrey.
Apply to
W.B;_ Smith 81.00..
1111.11.11, Conn.
2.5 BRWAIID.—~The above reward wilibe
paid for infor‘niatlou that will lead to
m‘ arrest Minute convtethn oft hearty who is
himself to DR. If.
BCKWAB, tile" and ocuitst. Dr. sehwsb
is to he found on y at the Norwalxsndmahackemo
Hotels. He employs no peddlers ro agents. use
_NORWALK, . ‘ -
’ Rescuing, . .
J. BELDEN HURLBZUTT.
Attorney and 6111181111511 Law,
Room-No. 4. Up Stairs,
GAZETTE BUILDING, NORWALK, CONN
ems r. mm
than all Counselor 11' Law,
a Gazette Building,
CONN.
1.1111111111011111; .
Successor to 13.001111. .
MERCHANT TAILOR,
WEEKS' BUILDING, WALL STREET.
a run. 1.11111 or '
Imported and Domestic‘Cloths.
0f the latest Styles, constantly on hand.
Novelties in Scotch Suitings. Satisfaction guaran-
teed in every particular.
PENSIONS
—:AND' —-
Government Clai ms.
My sole business. Thousands have Rights
Neglected. Address, free of charge, or visit,
GIN. 111.3. N03“,
91 Strntford Avenue, Bridgeport, ’Conn
W. H. ME BREE
54 Main Street; ‘
SOUTH NORWALK. CONN,
Practical Plumber,
Steam and Gas Fitters, Dealers in Piuinbers’ and
Steam Fitters’ Supplies, and Gas Fixtures. ‘
Jobbing promptly tended to. 1m
0. E. WILSON,
General insurance it Real Estatt Agent
' Money to Loan.
Room No. SGazette Building. Norwalx,Conu.
Erna msunaucr. o... of HABTFORD.
Incorporated 1815. Charter Perpetual.
CAPITAL 11111 ssslrrs. 88,902,21'2.“
lusures against loss and damage by Fire, on
terms adopted to the hazard and consistent with
the laws of comgnsation. COWLES it MERRILL,
Sole Agents for orwalk and vicinity.
THE
‘Norwalk Fire Insurance Cb.
HIS now completed It!
i801 SUCCESSFUL BUSINBS YEAR
And has not outstandlnga dollar of unpiud losses
foreman for losses. No scum! company insures
\V. 0. 8mm, Pres, S. E. Dumas, Tress,
6.110 R. Cowman Secretary.
A. CARD. ,
Having [11:21.st the g
runurrunn BUSIN ass,
Recently carried on by WILLIAM Lockfoon at
No. 36 MAIN STREET.
I am repared to meet the wants of all prbs tive
pu urghasers of furniture, both neural: piiin
consultant. I have on hand 11 large
stock winch I will sell
VERY CHEAP FOR. CASH.
lshallbepleasedtomeet at. old or new friends
and will guarantee satisfactionin
every case.
GEORGE H. RAYMOND.
PETER 1.. 111111111312".
FLORIST & liii it Hill
I . . )
UNION AVENUE,
V North of Norwalk Cemetery,
c- ; NR.
Dealer in In Green House and Hot House and
Bedding and Vegetable Plants, Fruit and Ornamen
ta] Trees Shrubbery, V ines. Cut Fiowerb ulway ,
on hand and all sorts of designs in Flowers arranged
to order. : 41y!
Grading and Re-filling Cemetery Plots
promptly attended to.
.1.
F. H. PEOKWELL,
ARCHITECT
NO. 7 WATER STREET,
sonar r01:
Gillert Lock Company. ‘ _
Dibble Manufacturing Company's door
kuo s.
New York Wood Turning Comphny I
Corner Blocks for window casings.
Round and Square Turned Balbsters.
“ Newels. ,
Plain and Double Moulded Stair Rails.
Also Flat Moulded Door and Wind0w
Casings furnished at short notice.
arise morn. NANCE-3 min
.Tocompctewithlargecoucerns, I have taken th
estab-
sgcuc of one of the eldest sin! is
Ishments in the state forthe :53“ of
Bernese. Saddles Editorsfiure
Cellars, m.
lshslfllsollake ..
Fine Harness to Order,
as usual,at the old stand,
No. 7 WATER STREET.
whereI will lee sreguiuriine MW 11 s
Chamois, Blankets, Robes,li' eedgogsnp,o ge
Tralve 1111; 8113s,.” '
.v. F .PECKELL
For Sale Cheap.-
lhhbesoldstsBar‘gain, u n lied foi’ seen
W annulment Cottage, ofsixlipooms, ill good
horhood, and three minntes’ walk oil the
I!!! . Apply at GAZETTE OFFICE.
Notice to Builders.
FIRST-QUALITYt BUILDING STONE 16.3.11.
cheap Appiyt o JAMS.
s K.
P. 0. Boxes. SELLECK
Norwslk.
’ - a stonm _s__ns. hear.
People often wonder what would be
theresultsofa grestnavalhattleatthe
present time. LWould many ships be
destroyed? Would HI. lot-or lifebo,
great? Lotus try U0. dolaiho. shortly.
a few of the prolnbls' feslln'es of. a fight
between two flesh of sidearm
Although two hostile fieeb mightap-
preach one another in some W
formation, this could notbe adhered to
for any length of time. and the battle
would soon become (series of'inde-
pendent duels between individual ships.
This is at once sppmt when we con-
sider that most, if not allof the ships
would have , rams. andl it would. there-
fore, be highly 'hecessary for a captain
to have perfect control over the move-
ments of his ship to prevent her being
rammed by an enemy.
At the outset of the action the torpe-
do boats would probably take a very
active part, and. until exterminated.
which they certainly'wnjfid’be in time.
would engage 'grea't ottention, and be
efiective in sinking a few ships. It
may be safely cueluded that every
ship would be steaniing {out during the
action, tlfi being necessary, p to avoid
beingrsmm' ' ed, to getIinfo' favorable
positions for discharging torpedoes and
to elude thefire Of an enemy. Heavy
gun fire would, of course, be main?”
mind from the commencement of the
action, and these ships whose engines
got disabled from this cause would
speedly be rammed ; and at this point
we consider that great loss of life
would take plwe, for the reason that
the boats of a ship, being always ex-
posed to the machine gun fire, Would at
an early stage of the action be riddled
and shattered by shot, and in the in-
credibly short time in which a ship
sinks after being rammed it would be
impoMble for the crew to improvice
other means to save themselves from
drowning. No-steps seem yet to have
been taken by theEnglish admiralty with
a view of providing for this contingency.
It has been suggested that a hospital
ship bearing the Geneva cross should
accompany a fleet into action to receive
the wounded.
We would make 11 further suggestion
—namely, that this ship should be pro-
vided with fast steaming boats, pecu-
liarly marked to show their pacific
nature, which should proceed to the
assistance of a, sinking ship. By this
means, a number of men might be
saved who would otherwise certainly be
drowned. It is not probable that the
loss of life from gun fire would be large
as a great part of the crew of an iron-
clads would be under water, the rest
being inside the armored portions of
the ship. Few ships would be able to
get into favorable positions for dis-
charging Whitehead torpedoes from
their tubes; even if they did so, the
course of one of these machines is so
erratic when discharged from a ship in
motion that it wouldin nearly’ every.
case miss its mark. The time for the
use of Whiteheads would be from the
torpedo boats at the commencement of
the fight.
‘ To sum up, it is the opinion of many
naval men of authority thata modern
naval battle would only occupy about
one-half the time of a fight in the old
Trafalgar days; that half the ships em-
ployed would be sunk, and that most
of the remainder would be so battered
as to be unfit for-further service for
months to c ome.
*—
ABLUTIONS IN ‘ AFRICA.
Giving the surplus baggage to a nap
five—one will always appear when
wanted—we hastened forward and en-
teredthe town of Ishore just as the sun
was veiling its face behind the-forest
line stretching across the‘western sky.
No new features were marked in the
town; the some narrow lanes, some mud
huts, same general appearance. A few
points of difi'erenoe may be noted.
They partake more of the Yourubn color
—a brown rather than a black. They
take no more of the energetic spirit of
the Houras than the Guinea nations to
the west of them.
We find a comfortable hutin which
to pass the night and to which we are
welcomed with true hospitality. This
is rendered more intense by a small
dash of tobacco. A good evening meal
is served, and we throw ourselves down
~ upon a couch of skins and with Outchie
where we can reach him withaword,
we fall ofi' to sleep-and dream. The
first son opens our eyes in the morning.
and to a novel wane. Cutehie gives a
short laugh, a cross between a choke
andasneeze, as he mes me with open
eyes, and attemptsio apologize for the
freshness of the morning custom. It
seems two or three members of the fam-
ily had occupied the room with us and
were now engaged in the morning abiu-
tion. Standing in a large bath-pan.
some three feet in diameter, was an
African Pocahontas, enveloped in a
cream lather from head to foot. A ser-
vant was washing her down, and with
soft native sponges made from the
shavings of an elastic bark he left her
dry and polished as a black marble
statue. A full morning bath is a daily
necessity in Afrimif health and com-
fort is a desideratum, and the afternoon
bath insome portionsof Guinea is an
observance seldom departed from ex-
cept by the lower classes. Our turn
comes next, and etc word from Out-
chic, Pocahontas and her attendants
vanish. and two servants put me
through the same refreshing ordeal,
finishing with the lime-juice bath.
PRETTY 1101161! on NEW JERSEY.
Calling at a wayside slab-house in the
hill region of Arkansas, the sun-bon-
neted mistress very cheerfully granted
a traveler's request for dinner; buta
similar petition on behalf of his horse
met with the reply:
"Jes’ 3611 see my old man; he's out
. thar in the bahn."
The traveler soon returned with the
report that no such person was to be
found.‘ “No one was there but an old
nigger milking a cow."
"Well. stranger, that’s my husband."
The "stronger," in his amazement,
burst out with:
"That nigger your husband 2 It
seems to me that a likely woman like
you might have done better thin that i"
“Well, I dunno." said the woman,
looking up rcfiectively from the-frying
bacon; “I dunno. My kin kind 0'
think I've done pretty well. My sister
married a New Jersey man."
A BLUE GRASS BEAUTY.
The women of Kentucky have long
had a reputation for beauty. An aver.
.age type is a refinement on the English
blonds—greater delicacy of form. feature
and color. A beautiful Kentucky
woman is apt to be exceedingly beauti-
fol. Her voice is almost uniformly low
‘ I. admit her hands and feet delicately
formed; her skin quite pure and beauti-
fulin tint and shading; her eyes blue
, or brown and hair nut brown or golden
brown. tom which' 1s added a certain
unapprod‘chable refinement. It must
not for a moment be supposed. however.
that there are not many genuinely ugly
women here as elsewhere.
Norwalk Chronicler