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3.353%“? volume'LXXXVI. NORWALK, 00am.L TUESDAY MAY 18, 1886. Number 20. gggfiggggng~mv
Why Should Lucien?
Why should lassles start and tremble
At the glance of honest love? .
Vain their efforts to dissemble,— .4.
All their pains but weakness prove.
Why should checks suff'use with blushes
. > At the mention of a name?
Deepest guilt to crimson rushes,—
_ Honest love is not a shame.
Why should lovers seek the shadows
0f the dark, the lonely wood?
Sunlight floods the flowery meadows,
Fitter light for love’s sweet mood. ..,
Wisdom is a. fool in seeming; " .. ..
. Foolish hearts are wisest yet;
Fickle thou—how deep the mourning
If the world thy laws forget.
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Uncle Jake’s Little Girl.
I.
“ No, Mister," said Uncle Jake, “I
ain't spliced, nor never was." -
For many years Uncle Jake had kep
a little tavern near one of the inlets
where the sea breaks through the long
. sand-bar into the Great South Bay, at a
point about fifteen miles from New
York. Of a pleasant Sunday in 11. Sam’-
me]: it was a pretty lively resort. Uncle
Jake made a jovial host, and people
used to say that he owed his good health
inqa great measure to the frequency with
which he drank to it himself. Most of
the fishing parties from the harbors along
the bay stopped here for a clambake and
a cocktail; yachtsmen anchored near the
inlet and sportsmen would put up at the
tavern for a week or two at a time. But
in winter it was a dreary spot. The
monotonous turmoil of the surf was
broken only now and then by the shrill
cry of. a gull or the shrieking of the
wind as it whirled across the bar.
A real Bohemian freak had brought
us down to ”Uncle Jake's that night.
The evening before a dozen of us artists
had met at a little reunion in the studio
of one of our number, and one of us see-
ing a sketch of Uncle Jake's tavern on the
easel, had pmpmd paying him a win-
ter's visit. We all knew Uncle Jake,
and the idea of a winter’s visit to him
was too much of anovelty to be resisted.
So we set out for the tavern the next
day, and arrived there before night
time. UncleJake knew that the trip
across the bay had been a rough one.
So he started a roaring wood fire; and
when we had finished supper he put a
steaming bowl of punch on the table.
But despite his attention and the jollity
of our party, he wasn't in the best of
spirits. Not that he didn't dip his glass
into the punch bowl pretty often, but
he seemed. moody and didn't talk much.
His low spirits seemed also to have had
a depressing effect on Samson, his big
mastifi‘, who was about as well known
along the coast as Uncle Jake himself.
Usually he barked a friendly Welcome
toevery one who came to the house.
But he had been sullen and silent all
the evening and had sat near Unclc
Jake, resting his head on his master's
knee and now and then looking up wist-
fully at him.
I had known Uncle Jake and his big
dog longer than the others had:5 and I
noticed that something was wrong.
Excepting the last two years, which I
had spent in Europe, I had been to the
tavern off and on for about adozen sum-
mers. I had always liked the place—it
was so far removed from every-day
affairs. There was usually a fresh
breeze coming over the broad expanse of
ocean, a. fine surf sending its cool spray
over the beach: and here and there a
white sail outlined against the blue sky.
Besides, Uncle Jake was always halo and
jovial with young fellows and few of
them ever paid a visit to the tavern .
without returning to it at some future
day. The old man seemed glad enough
to see me again and made me sit next
to him. But I felt that since I had
been there some change had come over
‘ him and the dog and theold place; and
at times he looked as though he would
like to tell me something but hesitated
on account of the others.
I remembered a pretty, bright-eyed
lass, about seventeen years old, when I
last saw her, who was at the tavern in
former years, and whom we used to call
“Uncle Jake's little girl." She made
herself handy about the place, and was
so simple and graceful in her hear-
ing that she was a favorite with all
who went there. The sun had browned
her face and arms, and the wind had
played with her fair hair until it hung
over her forehead like tangled sun-.
beams. She was tall and lithesome,
and as strong asshewas graceful. Often
when she was a more girl of ten or
twelve, I had seen her pulling her skiff
across the bay and hailing the old fisher-
men as ,they scuddcd past in their
smacks. Many a time they would lay to
and take her aboard and tow her skiff
home; and then she would take the helm
from the skipper, trim the sheet and
shout with glee as the spray came dash-
ing over the how. I wondered what
had become of her and asked Uncle
Jake, but he didn't seem to hear my
question, though the dog sprang to his
feet and roamed about the room uneasily
before he slunk back to his master’s feet.
I was about to ask the question again
when one of our party proposed a song.
While they gathered in a group around
the old piano in the corner, the old man
stole quietly to the door of another room
and beckoned me to follow him. As I
joined him he was steeping over an old
bureau fumbling among some papers.
while the dog, who had slipped in after
him, watched him intently until he put
his hand onetintype which he drew
out and showed me. It was the icturc
of a child, and in the features recog-
nized “Uncle Jake’s little gir " In the
next room some one was playing a jung-
ling accompaniment and the rest were
shouting a boisterous song. I thought
then would be a good time to ask him‘
what had become of the girl whose
childish features we were looking at. 80
I inquired. by way of introduction, if he
had ever been married. It was to this
he replied: “No, Mister. I ain't
spliced, .nor never was. "
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“ But yer sec, " he continued,” though
he knew what I was driving at, “it's un- -»
common lonesome here in winter, an’
many a time when I've heard 0’ some
young one ashore yonder as wasn’t cared
for at home, I’ve got its folks tolct me
take it out herewith me. The children
kind a chemd .me up durin' the long.
winter cvenin's. an' when summer came
I'd ask to have'em stay a bit longer.
The little ones would bog real hard too,
for I made a good deal of 'em and they
thought kind 0' well 0’ me for it. Some
~ 0' them stayed a few years, but as they
got big an' could be handy at home their
folks fetched 'em away from me; an' so
at last they all went; all but little
Maggie. her as they used to call ‘ Uncle
Jake's little girl.’ It wasa bad home
I’d took her from, an' afore she'd been
with me long her father wandered off
an' her mother died in the poor-house.
There wasn't no oneto take her from
me then. so she stayed here; an' right
glad I was to keep her. She was a
smart little thing, an' I thought as I'd
care for her an' lay by a bit 0' money
for her. ’ When she first came here she
was no more than five, an’ when yer saw
her two summers ago she was goin' on
eighteen. Yer know Maggie ‘was as
good-lookin' a girl as yer could find
1
have it, for it was often as he'd take
, didn't give ’em up.
back on me. I’m sure yer forgive me.
herea'boiits, an' many 'a”felle‘r' 'as' has
come here with his boat in summer has
been kind 0' took wi' her. I was kind
0' proud to have 'em so too, for I’d a
precious good opinion 0' Maggie, an’
I liked to see 'em back me up. It
weren't every one she’d take to neither;
for she‘d make her choice like any lady,
would Maggie. I let her go sailin'
whenever she wanted. I knew she must
behind o' lonesome here in. winter. an’
in summer I was for her to have all the
cheer she could. Not that she ever
complained. She was a good girl an'
a comfort to me summer an' winter, was
Maggie.
“ It’s goin' on three years now, Mister,
that a little after J unc Maggie got to be
eighteen, there was a young feller as
come over here to stay. He was a good-
lookin' chap, strong an' quick, an' as
handy in a boat as any one I ever see.
He seemed to kind 0’ like it here. In
the beginnin' he hired one of my boots
by the week, an’ when he'd had [it that
way about four weeks he took it for the
season. Well, I was glad to let him
Maggie out, an' I felt easy when I knew
Maggie was with him, for as I told you
he was strong and handy in a host, an'
I felt as no harm could come to her
when she was with him. One bright
morniu' in September just afore they
sailed away she came a runnin’ in to me
an’ says as they was a-goin' for a long
sail an' wouldn't be back till late. Well,
it wasn't unusual for 'em to stay out till
after sundown, especially 0’ moonlight
nights, when they could come in on the
tide an’ the night wind; an’ this time I
didn't begin worryin' about ’em until it
got to be very late an' they hadn't come
back. Some folks as was at the house
walked the beach between the inlets
with me till late in the night; but we
saw nothin' of them. But bless me, I
It had been a fine
day, an' it was a clear, bright night, an'
I kind 0' trusted the young feller. for
he seemed kind 0' fond 0' Maggie. an' I
thought he wouldn’t let no harm come
to her. An', sure as yer live, next day
early in the mornin' we spied the boat
sailin' up the inlet. an' I began wavin'
an' shou‘tin' to 'em for joy. But some
one as had a spyglass said they wasn’t
aboard—an'—mister—they wasn't. The
feller as was in her came from the Jersey
coast, an' he said as a man and a. girl
had landed there the day before, an' the
man—n young, good-lookin’ chap, he
said—had paid him to bring the boat
over. I'd kept up pretty well till then,
but when I know'd she wasn't come
back, an’ felt all 'of a sudden as she
might never come back, I hid my face
in my hands an' cried like a baby.
Folks tell me as I wasn't a good one to
be gettin' along with for the next few
days an' I guess they were about right.
She was all the world to me, was Mag-
gie. I took her to me asaohild, an‘
brought her up, an' set my heart on her;
an’ for her to leave me in my old days
was mighty hard. When I got quieted
down they began to comfort me a-sayin'
as she might come back. Ah, mister,
if she only had, I'd have welcomed her,
for she was still my little Maggie, an'
I'd he’ loved her as much as ever. But
it got to be winter an’ spring an' sum-
mer an' on toward fall an' I heard
nothin' of her.
“It wasn't much more than a year
after she'd left when one mornin' a feller
came sailin' over from the shore with
what he soidwas a telegram for me.
It came from the city, an’ it read that if
I was to goto one of the hospitals there,
I'd find a girl as would like to see me;
an' it told me to come quick, too, for
she was very low, perhaps a-dyin.
Yer may know who the girl was; an' it‘s
likely yer know, too, as I wasn't long
a-gcttin' to her. But I wasn't any too
soon. She was iyin' on a cot. an’ when
she saw me, itwas justlall she could do to
stretch her arms outto me, so eheoould
put 'em around .me. an’ press. her. poor,
pale face against mine.
"‘Father,‘ she whispered, ‘I went
back on yer—on yer who'd been so good
an' kind to me; an' father, I want yer
to say beforeI die as you'vcforgiven
me.‘ ,
“ I couldn't say nothin', mister, I just
held her closer, but I guess as when she
felt my tears a rollin' down on to her
face she know'd she’d got what she
wanted. I held her till they told me
she couldn’t speak no more, an' then I
laid her back. It was only afew min-
utes after that she lived, but afore she
died she opened her eyes once more an'
moved her lips. I bent down to her
an' she could just whisper:
" “Father, I’m sure yer haven't gone
But—father—I want you to forgive him,
too. For—fathcr—I've forgiven-J ”
~ The old man buried his face in his.-
hands and sobbed, while. the dog moved
up close to his master and howled
pitcously. The piano was still jangling
in the other room and the singing was
at its loudest. But he didn't seem to
hear it. After a while, though, they
got through, and missing him, began to
call him. But before he went out he
passed his hand gently over the dog's
back and said, turning to me :‘ “I for-
give her, mister, an’ I’ve tried to for-
give him. But it's more than a poor
old man like me can do. I'll try again,
mister; I'll try hard for the little girl's
sake. I know as his sin's a-goin' to
drive him back here some time—drive
him back that he may go on his knees
to me an' tell me how he wronged her
an' me.”
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I had always been fond of Uncle Jake,
but after what he had told me I liked
him better than ever, I knew that his
“ little girl's" death weighed heavily on
him; and so after that I got up as many
partisans I could to visit the tavernto
cheer him up. One day toward autumn,
two years afterwards, he called me aside
and said: "Mister, it's gettin' kind 0'
lonesome for the dog an' me down here
winters, an' I guess I won't stay here
no longer after the fall. I've got a
house as I took over in the village
ashore yonder, near to where the li.tle
girl's buried. The dog an'I wants to
be near Maggie. an' if yer'll come down
ofi an’ on we‘ll be glad to see yer, for it
ain't much company we’ll be havin'."
Well, Uncle Jake took the house and
I did go down there as often as I could.
He made things right comfortable in
.the little house. On the cold winter
nights he had a big log fire blazing on
the open hearth and a kettle of hot
water for the punch singing cheerily over
the flames. In front was a big woolly
rug on which the dog stretched himself,
raising only occasionally to come over to ,
his master and lick his hands. The old
dog had learned the way to the "little
girl's" grave very soon, and on days
when it was too stormy for the old man
to go to it himself, Samson would trot
ofi‘ and see that all Was at rights.
The blazing logs and the singling
kettle seemed particularly cheery one
January night. A fierce , wind was
howling around .the house. It had
been snowing all day, but as it grew
colder the snow had stopped, and now
the gusts sent icy particles rattling
against the windows. The dog seemed
sleeping peacefully—at least lie-hadn’t
stirred—when Uncle Jake went to the
the black figure of the dog speeding
. ence between the habit of-thc green
hearth to lift off the kettle. The old
man had brewed a punch, and was just
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raising the glass to his lips, when sud- l
denly Samson sprang toward one of the
windows with a furious bark. As I
turned in the direction in which he
sprang, what I saw might have been an
illusion, it vanished so quickly—a m-m's
face, pale, haggard and driven, pressed
against the pane. 'A_ moment later the
dog was leaping against the door. I
sprang toward it and threw it open.
The fierce gust that sweptin nearly
threw me back, but I held on and saw
toward the gate where he stopped, still
barking furiously as he tried in vain to
overlcap it. I called him back. but he
would not come, and there he remained
barking and howling for half an hour'
after I had closed the door. I told
Uncle Jake that I thought a man had
been out there, but all he said was:
“I guess it was one 0' them tramps as
comes around. Samson ain't particular
fond 0’ them. But if the fellow was
cold an' wanted a drink why didn't he
knock an' ask for it decent-like. Sure
he'd ha’ got it."
The next morning was bright and
clear and very cold. As the wind had
subsided, Uncle Jake proposed to go
over to the graveyard—he hardly let a
day pass without going there. The
grave-yard was a little enclosure a
trifle further out of the village than our
house. As .we entered the gate the dog
suddenly darted forward, barking furi-
ously as he had the night before. Fol-
lowing him hastily we saw what he was
barking at. A thin, white hand had
clasped the headstone, and over the
grave lay, face downwards, the body of
a man, perfectly still. Uncle Jake
grasped me and held me back ‘a moment.
Then he tried to loose the hand. But
it was clasped so firmly that we could
hardly draw it from the stone. At last
it fell, and we turned the body over. It
was the same pale, haggard, driven face
that was pressed against the window
the night before. “Mister," said Uncle
Jake, solemnly, "he’s come back. An'
—an'—I think I’ve forgiven him, as the
little girl asked me for to do."
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CUBIOSITIES OF PLANT LIFE
Ifwe selects plant which possesses
no green color we may be prepared for
some startling revelations respecting
the mode of life of such a plant. Ex-
amples of a total want of chlorophyll
are seen in the fungi, that large group
of plants which harbors our mushrooms,
toad-stools and like organisms as its
familiar representatives. - If we inquire
how the non-green fungus lives we shall
discover, firstly, of the gas on which it
feeds. The green plant we sawtofeed
oncarbonic acid gas; but the fungus,
like the animal, inhales oxygen. Fur-
thermore, a still more remarkable fact
must be detailed respecting the differ-
plants and their non-green neighbors.
When an ordinary green plant takes in
the carbonic acid gas which it has ob-
tained from the atmosphere—whither
it has come from the lungs of animals
and elsewhere—it performs a remarkable
chemical operation. The green color
enables it, in the presence of light, to
decompose the carbonic acid gas (which
consists of carbon and oxygen) into its
elements. The carbon is retained by
the plant, and goes to form the starch
and other compounds manufactured by
the organism. But the oxygen, which
is not required, at least in any quantity,
in the living operations of the green
plant, is allowed to escape back to the
atmosphere, when it becomes useful for
animal respiration. Thus, what the
animal exhales (carbonic acid), the
green plant inhales; and what the green
plant exhales (oxygen), the animal in-
hales. We have here a remarkable
cycle of natural operations which sug-
gests how beautifuny the equilibrium
of nature is maintained. Itvmay be
added that the want of light converts
even the green plant to somewhat animal
habits. In the dark, the decomposition
of carbonic acid is suspended, chloro?
phyll alone being insufficient for the
analysis. Then, the green plant seems
to inhale oxygen and emit carbonic
acid, like the animal and its non-green
relative; to return, however, to its nor-
mal habit with the returning light. At
the same time, the plain difference of
habitinrespect of the want of green
color in the fungi and other plants is in
itself a remarkable fact of plant-life.
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‘ LITERATURE-To PLEASE.
Cooks, warriors and authors must be
judged by the efi'ect they produce;
toothsome dishes, glorious victories,
pleasant books—these are our demands.
We have nothingto do with ingredients,
tactics or methods. We have node-
eire to be admitted into the kitchen,
the council, or the study. Thecook
may clean her saucepans how she pleases,
the warrior place his men as he likes,
the author handle his material or weave
his plct as best he can—when the dish
is served we only ask, is it good i’ when
the battle has been fought, Who won ? ~
when the book comes out. Does it read 7
Authors ought not to be above being
reminded that it is their first.duty_to
write agreeably—some very disagreeable
men have succeeded in doing it, so
there is no need for any one to despair.
Every author, be he grave or gay,
should try to make his book, as ingrati-
sting as possible. Reading is not a
duty, and has therefore no business to
be made disagreeable. Nobody is
under any obligation to read any other
man's book. Literature exists to please;
to lighten the burden of men's lives;.to
make them for a short while forget their
sorrows and their sins, their silcnwd
hearths, their disappointed hopes, their
grim futures—and those men of letters
are the best loved who hevo;bcst per-
f"rmed literature's truest office.
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The explored coal beds of Ireland
contain 209,000,000;tons of coal, chiefly
anthracite - .
D. H. Modem-tho president of the
Denver and Rio Grande railroad, began
lifein Colorado as a stage driver. '
Dr. Iansdoli, theiEuglishmissionary,
in a single year distributed no less than
50,000 Bibles among the exiles in
A trade in gephers is springing up in
New York. They are bought by the
Chinese. .who consider. gthem a great
?‘ People blew their noses cu mm! in
England until the time of Edward IV.,
when pocket handkerchiofs were in-
vented.
Itis said that birthmsrks may be re-
moved bytheuse of a sunglass. It
must be,cmplcyed judiciously, so so
not to blister the skin.
The Caucasian petroleum, which ex-
cels all othegs in illuminating power, is
said to be greatly inferior as a lubricant
tothe American oils.
A Denver newspaper describes the
finding in Middle-Park, at the depth
of 80 feet. the spilled timbers of a ship
of unknown ‘-length, “evidently moved
by sails. "
Mate, a Paraguayan tea, is a very
popular drink in South America. which
has never been introduced into the
United States. It is said to be very
stimulating. 4, o .
THE DIVINING non IN CRIME.
Of the employmentof the divining
rod for the detection of criminals there
are many cases on record, but the most
famous in comparatively recent times is
that of Jacques Aymar, of Lyons. The
full details of the doings of this remark-
able person nre given by Mr. Baring-
Gould in his ”Curious Myths of the
Middle Ages;" but the story as told
there is too long for us to repeat. It
will do to serve our purposes to quote
the following condensed version by
another writer: “On July 5, 1692, a
vintner and his wife were found dead
in the cellar of their shop at Lyons
They had been killed by blows from a
hedging-knife, and their money had
been stolen. The culprits could not be
discovered, and a neighbor took upon
him to bring to Lyons a peasant out of
Dauphine named Jacques Aymar, a
man noted for his skill with the devin-
ing rod. The lieutenant-criminal and
the procureur du roi took Aymar into
the cellar, furnishing him with a rod of
the first wood that came to hand.
According to the procureur du roi the
rod did not move till Aymar reached
the very spot where the crime had been »
committed. His pulse then beat and
the wand twisted rapidly. Guided by
the wand or by- some internal sensation,
Aymar now pursued the track of the
assassins, entered the court of the arch-
bishop's palace, left the town by the
bridge over the Rhone, and followed the
rightbank of the river. He reached a
gardener's house, where he declared the
men had entered, and some. children
confessed that three non—whom they
described—had come into the house one
Sunday morning. Aymar followed the
track up the river, pointed out all the
places where the men had landed, and,
to make along story short, stopped at.
last at the door of the prison of Beau-
cairo. He was admitted, looked at the
prisoners, and picked out as the mur-
derer a. little hunchback, who had just
been brought in for a small theft. The
hunchback was taken to Lyons, and he
was recognized on the way by the
.people at all the stages where he had
stopped. At Lyons he was examined
in the usual manner, and confessed that
he had been an accomplice in the crime,
and had guarded the door. Aymar pur-
sued the other culprits to the coast, fol-
lowed them by sea, landed where they
had landed, and only desisted from his
search when they crossed the frontier.
As for the hunchback, he was broken on
the wheel. being condemned on his own
confession. "
“Woo——
FAILURE THAT TEACHES.
In art, as in other and greater matters,
it is only failure that teaches. No one
who can go on quite bravely and sin-
cerely making mess after mess from
nature, but comes to the time when, he
does not quite know how it is, he makes
messes no longer. Somehow from the
failure grows up the fruit. I remember
Borne-Jones saying to me, some years
ago, on this subject, apropos of the
designing and arranging of drapery,
that he had tried to do it vainly for
nearly two years, day after day, till one
morning the sun shone, the earth
cracked, the flowers bloomed, and he
could design drapery forever. This is
very much the experience of all genuine
art workers. " I can't do figures," used
to say the irrational members of my
drawing club, “and so I won’t try;” as
if “doing figures" was a God-sent gift
that came down from heaven in a basket.
It is this shivering on'the brink of any
little deeper water than ordinary which
prevents progress. Bad swimmers in
their depth can always manage to keep
up an, appearance if they leave one too
on the ground, but will never learn to
swim. Let them flounder. about a little
in deep water, and get it down their
throat and up their nostrils, and after a
certain time of spluttering. and gasping,
and striking out wildly with both arms
they will probably learn to take care of
' themselves. The right frame of mind
for any ordinary student when he sits
down to reproduce a bit of nature is not
far removed from terror7not very dif-
ferent from what our imperfect swimmer
might feel if suddenly‘flung into deep
water. Lethimnevertheloss take heart;
he is traveling the road that every artist
in the world has traveled before him,
for there is that grand compensating
law that the greater the native genius
the further removed is the goal of attain-
ment. Thebest painter is, use rule,
more dissatisfied with his work than the
worst. Painting was never easy-yet,
except to those who were incapable.
W
A MUSICAL smut: mounds.
Since there seems no likelihood of
the human family being relieved of the
necessity of labor, it is well that work
should... made as pleasant as possible.
A decided move in thisdircction :has
lately been taken by 0. Berlin inventor,
who has produced a musical machine.
This interesting piece of mechanism
turns out an average amount of work,
and atthesame time,it plays lively
melodies in great variety, ~the music
drowning the noise of the sewing
machinery. Here is a combination as
novel as ,it must be agreeable. The
innovation is .one which may, \with
advantage, be extended in innumerable
directions. and with equal chance of
popularity. Who knows but one day
the “concourseof sweet sounds " may
be heard above the din of factory wheels
and the rumble of the streetcars?
W
Some Japanese military oflicers have
invented hemp boats, each of which is
capable of carrying eight men, and can
be folded up for transportation so as to
occupy very little space.
The ground under clumps of china-
berry trees in .thevicinity of Tampa,
Florida, is covered with intoxicated
birds almost every day, they having
become tipsy through eating too many
berries.
- It is estimated that the United States «-
produces enough lumber each year to
load 1,438,581 railroad cars, each train
averaging 7,000 feet. This would make
a train 8,500 miles long, or about one-
third around the globe. 5
The extraordinary fact in connection
with the Russian conscripts drafted into
the ranks in 1885 is shown by some
statistics just published. The total
number of conscripts, accepted was 847,-
689. of whom no fewer than 43,830 were
Jews. If we take the approximate
Russian population among whom the
conscription is operative at fifty mil-
lions, and the Jewish population at
three millions, this remarkable dispro-
portion is abundantly apparent, and
would indicate a determination on the
Imperial Government, through the mili-
tary authorities. to check the hitherto
steadily increasing monopoly of the
Jews in nearly every branch of Russian
industry. Jewish trade enterprise is
less remarkable in the capitol, where
stringent and repressive by-laws are
still enforced. but in South Russia gen-
erally, and in Odessa more especially, ,
it, may safely heaven-ed that four-fifths:
of the entire home and foreign trade of
the province and. the city are in the
hands of the Jews
GONSUMPTIIIN
IIONQIIBBBD I
When the. Doctors could do
no more.
__._._.___..
CHAS. A. GABERERA, 32 Howley Street,
Boston, Mass, writes :—
“One 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 rcmcdy, with no
apparent benefit. Finally, as a last rc-
sort, I was induced to try Dn. R C.
FLownn’s LUNG CORDIAI.. The very first
dose gave me relief, and with the first
b0ttlc I took a new lease of life,_and I can
honestly say to-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 the relief it never fails to
give.”
DR. FLOWER’S' LUNG Coa-
DIAL is w‘ith0ut question
the most wonderful Lung
remedy ever discovered.
It eradicates the germ
of Consumption as no remedy
has ever been known to do.
it stands without a'rivai for
Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis,
Asthma and Consumption.
Price $1.00 per bottle.
A copy of Dr. Flowerls Rules
for the Treatment of Con-
sumption accompanies each
bottle.
Flower Medicine 00.,
BOSTON, MASS.
A STANDARD NIEDICAL WORK
For Young and Middle-Aged Men,
ONLY $1.00 BY MAIL, POST-PAID.
( 1-
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Exhaustive‘Vitality Nervous and Physical De-
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for all acute and chronic diseases, each one of
which is invaluable. So found by the Author,
whose experience for % years is such as probably
never before fell to the lot of any physician, 300
pages bound in beautiful French muslin, embossed
covers, full guilt, guaranteed to be a finer work in
every sense—mechanical, literary and professional
—than any other work sold in this country for
2.50, or the money will be refunded in every in-
stance. Price only $1.00 by mail, post-paid.
lllustratlve sample 6 cents. Send now. Gold
medal awarded the author by the National Medical
Association. to the President of which, the 11011.
P. A. Bisseil, and associate officers of the Board
the reader is res ectfnlly referred.
The Science 0 Life should be read by the young
for instruction, and by the afflicted for relief. It
will benefit all.--London Lancet.
There is no member of society to whom The
Science of Life would not be useful, whether youth,
parent, guardian, instructor or clergymen —-Argo-
miut.
Address the Peabody Medical Institute, or Dr.
W. B. Parker, No. 4 Buifinch street, Boston, Mass.
who may be consulted on all diseases requiring skil:
and experience. Chronic and obstinate diseases
that have haflled the skill of other HEALphy-
clans a specialty. Such treated suc cess
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HELPmr working people. Send 10 cents pos
age, and we will mai‘. you free, a roya
valuable sample box of goods that wi
put you in the way of making more money in a few
days than you ever thou ht possible at any business
Capital not required. on can live at home and
work in spare time only, or all the time. All of both
sexes. of‘ali ages,grandly successful, 60 cents to so
easily earned every evening. That all who want
work may test the business, we make this unparal:
leled offer: To all who are not well satisfied wewil.
send $1 to pay for the trouble of writing us. Fuit
particulars, directions etc., sent free. Immense pay
absolutely sure for all who start at once. Don’tde.
lay. Address, SriNsoN & 00., Portland, Maine.
cents postage, and by mail you will
getfree a package of goods of large
value, that will start on in work that will at once
bring you In money aster than anything else in
America. All about the $200,000 in presents with
each box. Agents wanted everywhere, of either
sex, of all ages, for all the time or spare time only,
to work for us at their own homes. Fortunes for
all workers absolutely assured. Don’t delay. Ii.
IIALLETT A: 00., Portland, Maine.
Send 10 cents postage and we Will
A GIFT maiiyou free aroyal, valuablesample
I
200 00 .: m presents given away, send us 5
l
box of goods that will put you in the
way of making more money at once
than anything else in America. Both sexes of all
ages can live at home and work in s are time. or
all the time. Capital not required. ewill start
you, Immense pay sure for those who start at
once. STINSON & 00., Portland, Maine. 1y46
M. SCHWAB.
OPTICIAN and OCI‘ILIST,
WILL BE AT NORWALK.
May filth and 20th, 1886,
A t Norwalk Hotel.
Havin ualified myself by years of hard study
in the 1.5.3 institutions in Europe, and having had a
practical experience of twenty-five years in mi
country, I am enabled at first sight to adapt iense
most appropriate to restore the vision to its origins
vigor and cure all the various diseases of the eye
I have therefore combined my practice of an
Oculist with that of an Optician, and am now on-
abled to furnished all kinds of lease and styles of
Spectacles and Eye.Glaoses whii‘are made to
order under my own supervision, to suit my cus-
omers’ visionary ailments.
Consultation Free.
References-Geo. G. Bishop, Charles Olmstead
ex—Deputy Sheriff Charles Adams Mr.,Clarence
Nash with J. F. Bennet. Gen. D. is. Couch, Mrs.
W. K. James. Dr. E. C. Clarke.
FOR SALE.
~ A srrmsn '
V l- C T 0- R I A ,
Newly Trimmed and Painted.
A Fine Family Carriage. .
Will be sold at a very low price.
HENRY TILLY,
CARRIAGE MAKER,
SOUTH NOR WALK.
The lies . "1,,
Sperry at Barnes
Hams,
Shoulders,
Breakfast
Bacon,
AND
Sausage
ARE GUARANTEED
THE BEST
IN
THE MARKET.
World.
9
Our 1:2!an man is strictly rm
and Free from all adulteration.
Look Carefully for the Brand.
We manufacture all goods bearing our brand at
our packing house, New Haven.
harry .35 lane New Haven, 001111.
be! _ n
TIIIS turn “me .m... «..
- : Bonn. , 00's
is
Bureau on Spruce
Advertising
eerie..- IIEIV you
con 1'“
m“ for a in I
hem
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. Warrantcd to
fit, and at reduced rates.
They also desire to state that they have accepted
. the agency of the New York Vaccine (30., and will
keep a supply of
PUREBIIVINE VACGINE VIRUS
Constantly on hand.
'l'hey have in stock Electric Batteries, which
will be sold at close figures. They on also a full
assortment of Keystone Writing Paper octets.
R B. CRAUFURD,
Insurance, Real Estate and
Investment Securities,
3| Main Street, Norwalk,
Agent for the.
American Ins. 00., of Newark, N. J.,
Assets ................................ 8 1,721,424
Northern Assurance 00., of London.... 15,225,422
Germaine. Fire Ins. 00., of New York.. 2,700,000
Montank Fire ms. 00., of New York. . .. 339,006
Jersey City, of Jersey.... . .. . .. . 310,803
7 1181‘ till. BUIIIIS and Mortgages
0f the Equitable Mortgage 00., of Kansas, and
6‘ per cent. Bonds
Of the Middlesex Banking 00., of Middletown
Conn. Princi a1 and Interest of both guaranteed,
Securities 0 all descriptions bought and sold at
New York Quotations.
A large number of desirable dwellings and fame
for sale. . ' 1y34
I 847. I 886.
STILL AT THE FRONT
—WITH——
The Largest Assortment
_ ow__
Srovrs,
RANGES
HEATERS
01: 00K. Eh‘, ii".
GLASS lW
WOOD TEN j A
WILLOW
AGATE: R
TIN E
And all kinks of Wares required in a house at
it Prices Lower than Ever!
—A'l‘——-
N0. 17 Wall Street,
E. K LIIIIKWIIIID 85 III].
E. K. Locxwoon. FRANK-I. Jonas.
Hitch, Baileyiio,
MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN
LUMBER, TIMBER,—
Shingles, Lat/L,
Doors, Sash,
Bid .9, Moulding,
Ii’imlow flames,
Piclccts, 5'0.
" leneersd Haul flood Work. ,
Hard Wood Ceiling and Flaming.
' South . Norwalk,100nn.
Geo. ‘ S. Gregory. 4
Livery, Boarding, Sale,
Feed and exchange" ,
'S t a. b 1 es.
No. 14. Knight 81.
(In rear of Horse Car Depot),
NORWALK. CONN. .
'Carrlages furnished at all hours. Courtjeyou
ttention and gentlemuniy drivers.
JOIIN n. sum-n.
._FLORIST.-
EAST SIDE’ or MAIN STREET, scorn -
OF RAILROAD,
City of South Nor-walk. Conn“
Plants art‘lowersat all seasons
Flowers for Funerals furnished and tastefully
arranged to order at short notice.
Rail this Tiiimiiiil.
.Mr. Geo. B. Plaistcd :
Dear Sir:
Knowing the formula/ram
which Plaistcd’s {laugh
Remedy is prepared we can
certify. that the medicines
of which it is composed cm;
of recognized utility for
threat and lung" troubles, ’
and that it contains no
opium or any poisonous or
injurious drug‘s.
. ELERY Jc. CLARKE, M. 1)., Norwair.
c. A. MURRAY, M. 1).. «
DEXTER IIITCHCOCK,M. 1)., “
G. If. MCGONECAL, M. 1)., "
WM. C. BURKE, M. D., SO. Norwalk.
0. o. DOIIANNAN, M._D., ' u
n. a. MINER, in. D.,,~ “
G. W. BENEDICT, M. 1)., “
H. IlUN‘GERFORi), M. D., Stamford.
\l'. S. TODD, M. D , llidgcfield.
Geo. B. Plaiste‘d,
, DRUGGIST,
can an and Wall Streets, Noun.
62 Washington Street, 8011111 Nirvall.
CHOICE}
Building tug
F‘OR EiALE'
On Wilton Avenue
Apply to
B. J. STURGES. or 0. E.'WI'LSON,
GAZETTE BUILDING iii
Seven Years Experience 11 U. S. Patent Office.
Geo-R. Bymgton,
SOLICITOR OF
PATENTS.
Firemen!- Insurance Building,
WASHINGTON. D. 0.
xtenslon Crises before Congress a Specialty
GO‘TO '
F.:J. Curtis & 00’s.
—FOR——
Stovesillanges,
Crockery, China,
AND FINE DECORATED
Tea and 'i'oilet Sets,
‘TABLE. GLASS WARE,
8100112 and .Hiiillli Lani
OF NEW PATTERNS,
' CUTLERY.
——AND-.—-
nous. run i. i iiins'
0i" ALL DESCRIPTIONS.
—
For Sale at Bargains!
’1 Canopy Top Buggy.
1_ Light Grocery Wagon.
~ 2:,Hea‘vy Grocery, WagOns.
‘1 Lumber Box Wagon.
‘l Light Trotting Wagon.
‘ ‘ "1 Four Passenger Surrey.
Apply to _
W.‘H. Smith a 00.,
Norwalk, Conn.
$2 5 RE‘VARD.—The above reward willbe
the arrest and conviction of the party who is
false! rcprescutin himself to be DR, . ,
SCI“ AB,theo tie up and no list. Dr. Sehwuh
I5 to he found on y at the Norw kandeahackemo
NORWALK, .
paldrfor information .that will lead to ,
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\w‘
em
Absolutely Pure5 ;
- This Powder never» varies. A marvel of pure
strength and wholesomeness. More economic
than theordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in com- '
petition with the multitude of low test, short
weight, allum or phosphate powders.
ROYAL BAKING Pownnn 00.,106 Wall St. ,N. Y.
a. E. QUINTARD,
FURNISHIIIG UNDERTAKER
OPPOSITE HORSE R. R. DEPOT,
Residence 143 Main Street. Telephone Connection.
GE 0. WARD sEI-I-ECK,‘
HARDENBROOK'S BLOCK, mu. Smear,
FAMILY GROCERIES,
ALEX. s. GIBSON,» :
Organist of the First Congregational Church,
Teacher of ~
Pianoforte, Organ and Musical
Composition,
Hick Box 3 P. 0., NORWALK, CONN.
J. .BELDEN HURLBUTT,
litany iii Uiiiiflllil‘ at Law,
Room No. 4, Up Stairs,
GAZETTE BUILDING, NORWALK, CONN
JAMES '1'. EUBBELL,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
a Gazette Blinding,
CONN.
E. WHITWOBTII,
Successor to B. Court,
MERCHANT TAILOR.
WEEKS’ BUILDING, WALL STREET.
A rum. LINE or
Imported and Domestic Cloths.
0f the Latest Styles, constantly on hand.
Novelties in Scotch Suitings. Satisfaction guaran-
teed in every particular. ,
. PENSIONS
—:AND:—
. ' 4
Gooernmcnt Clacms.
my sole business. Thousands have Rights
Neglected. Address, free of charge, or visit,
GEN. W. E. NOBLE,
91' Stratford Avenue, Bridgeport, Conn
W. H. MEEKER,.
54 Main Street,
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.,
Practical Plumber,
Steam and Gas Fitters, Dealers in Plumbers’ and
.Steam Fitters? Supplies, and Gas Fixtures.
Jobbing promptly attended to. 1y21
o. E. WILSON,
General insurance It Real Estate Agent
Money to Loan.
Room ,No. 3 Gazette Building, Norwalk. Conn.
a? TNA INSURANCE (10., of HARTFORD.
Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual. _
CAPITAL AND ASSETS, $8,902,272.04.
Insnres against loss and damage by Fire, on
terms adopted to the hazard and consistent with
the laws of compensation. COWLES it: MERRILL,
Sole Agents for N orwalk and vicinity.
THE
Norwalk Fire Insurance Co.
Has now completed its
18m SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS YEAR
And has not outstanding a dollar of unpaid losses
gr ciéums for losses. No sound company insures
or see. .
W. C. STREET, Pres, S. E-Onnsrnsn, Trena,
Geo. R. Cowms Secretary.
.A. CARI).
Having purchased the
FURNITURE BUSIN ESS.
Recently carried on by WILLIAM Lockwoon at
No. 36 MAIN STREET.
I am prepared to meet the wants of all prospective
purchasers of furniture, both STAPLE AND
ORNAMENT“. I have on hand a large
stock which I will sell
VERY CHEAP FOR CASH.
lshali be eased to meet a1; old or new friends
an will guarantee satisfaction in
every case.
QFORGE H. RAYMOND.
Penna L. emcee.
FLORIST illll iH YMAII,
UNION AVENUE,
. North of Norwalk Cemetery,
NOR-VALE, " - CQNH.
Dealer inIn Green House and Hot House and
Bedding and Vegetable Plants, Fruit and Ornamen
tal TreesShrubbery, Vines. Cut Flowers alway
on hand and all sorts of dcsignsin Flowers arranged
to order. 41y2
Grading and Re-filling Cemetery Plots
promptly attended to.
_F. H. PECKWELL,
ARCHITECT,
’, No. 7 "WATER STREET,
AonN'r ron
, Gill crt Lock Company.
Dibble Manufacturing .Company’s door
' knobs.
New York Wood Turning Company.
Corner Blocks for window casings.
Round and Square Turned Balusters.
H H ‘5 U NeWCIS.
Plain and Double Moulded Stair Rails.
Also Flat Moulded Door and Window
Casing-s furnished at short notice.
some mm to commons
HARNESS
To compete with large concerns, I have taken th
agenc of one or the oldest and largest estab-
ishments in the state for the sale of
. Earness.Sadclles,Ea1tei-s,Sur-
omglos, Dollars, are.
I shall also Make
Fine Harness to Order,
as usual, at the old stand,
No. 7 WATER STREET. ',
where I will keep a regular line of Whi S n
Chamois, Blankets,'Robes, Feed App? 8“
Travohng Bags, to. *
'3'. F. P'eckwell.
For Sale Cheap.
- WILL be sold at a Bargain, if applied for soon
a small, neat Cottage, of six: coma, in good
neighborhood, and three minutes’ walk of the
bridge. Apply at GAZETTE OFFICE.
Notice to Builders.
.FlRST-QUALITY BUILDING STONE for sale
cheap. Apply to
tie JAN?“ K. SELLECK,
Willis 6 a
' Scientific. ,-
Grease may be removed from marble
by a paste made of whiting and benzine,
and whiting and chloride of lime, spread
upon marble and left to dry in the sun,
will remove stains if not too deep.
Prof. Moseley discovers that the
shells of the chitcnidse are endowed
with eyes. and in some of them 11,000
eyes have been counted. New eyes are
formed at the edge of the shells as they
grow.
Ifa stem of the Phytolam dectricais
broken, the hand receives a shock like
that given byan induction coil. The
magnetic needle is affected at the dis-
tance of six metres. The energy of the
action has its maximum about two pm.
and declines during the night. Itis
especially increased during storms.
Neither birds nor insects settle upon
the plant.
Brass cannot betempcrod in the man-
ner in which steel is tempered. Hence
the only method to make abrass spring
is to compress the metal either by rolls
or by hammering. If the springs are
to be flat, hammer them out to shape
from soft wire or sheet brass somewhat
thicker than the finished spring is to be.
If the brass shows a tendency to crack
in hammering, it must be annealed,
which must be done by hating to a
light red and plunging into water. In
hammering, use a light hammer, but do
not spare the blows.
By means of the new and ingenious
little instrument known as the hyalop-
hototype,for hot pen, drawings can be
made on glass or glassy substances with
a waxy composition, which is solid and
somewhat hard at ordinary temperatures.
The pen is so contrived that it can be
heated either by gas or by an electric
current, and the waxy material flows
easily from the heated pen, setting so
quickly on theglass that cross-hatching
can be done more rapidly than with or-
dinary pen and ink, without risk of
blocking up the angles; corrections, too.
can be made with the greatest ease by
means of a pen-knife, which leaves the
surface afterward intact. After the
drawing has been made, the plate is
etched by fluoric acid, and when com-
plete, it can be either clectrotyped,
stereotyped, used direct, or applied to
any purpose for which engraved sur-
faces are required.
The influence of acids in retarding or
arresting salivary digestion is further
of importance in the dietectie use of
pickles, vinegar, salads and acid fruits.
In the case of vinegar it was found that
one part in 5000 sensibly retarded this
process, a proportion of one in 1,000
rendered it very slow, and one in 500
arrested it completely; so that when
acid salads are taken together with
bread the effect of the acid is to prevent
any salivary digestion of the bread, a
matter of little moment to a person
with a vigorous digestion, but to a
feeble dyspeptic one of someimportance.
There is a very widespread, belief that
drinking vinegar is an efficacious means
of avoiding getting fat, and this popu-
lar-belief would appear from these ex-
perimental observations to be well
founded. If the vinegar be taken at
the same time as farinaceous food it
will greatly interfere with its digestion
and assimilation.
A new mother] of disposing of the
human body after death has been pro-
posed by Kergovatz, a chemist of Boost.
His system is'un antiseptic one, stated
to be much simpler and less expensive
than the old process of embalming, and
is nothing more than a new galvanoplas-
tic application. The body is coated
with a conducting substance, such as
plumbago, or it is coated with a solution
of nitrate of. silver, which, after decom-
position under the influence of sunlight,
leaves .a finely , divided deposit of
metallic silver. It is then placedina
bath of sulphate of copper, and con-
nected for electrolysis with $1301.99}?
' . of a gravity or other battery of constant".
current. ' The result is that the body is
encascdin. a skin of copper, which pro-
vents further change or chemical action.
If desired, this maybe again plated -
with. gold . or silver, according to the
taste or wealth of the friends of the
dead. M. Kergovatz has employed the
process eleven times on human subjects
and on many animals-and states that in
all cases it was perfectly satisfactory.
There seems reason to believe that
every orb in space passes through stages.
of orb life which may be divided roughly
into three; the sunlike, the earthlike.
and the moonlike; and, therefore, we
must recognize in the past history of
our earth a time when her energies were
far more active than those she now has.
We cannot infer her power of ejecting
matter from her interior, when she was
in the sunlike state, from that which
she possesses now when she is in the
middle of the‘life-bearing portion of
her career. When she was a can she
was a very small sun, a more dwarf
compared with the giant Jupiter when
he was a sun, and a more Speck of light
compared with the mighty sun which
rules our system. Yet she probably
possessed then eruptive powers com-
pared with which those she now pos-
sesses are as nought. But Krakatoa
taught as recently, as at other times the
earth-throes cf Peruiand Chili, of Sicily,
Naples, Spain, and Iceland have taught
us, that the earth’s eruptive energies
are even now in no sense coutemptible.
W
mvnnroon—rrs NAME.
At a recent meeting of the Philologi-
cal Society Prof. Skeet called attention
tothe use ofthe word litherin Middle
English in the sense of stagnant or
marlin-ions. Does not this account for
the name of Liverpool? __ (formerly
Litherpolc). Perhaps this suggestion
will not be very acceptable to the local
pride of the citizens of that famous
town,'but it would not, I think, be easy
todisprove its possibility. There isa
curious analogy to this etymology on
the other side of the island. Asuburb
of Hull bears the name of Drypool,
which does not mean "dry pool,” but
is, as the Doomsday Book spelling
shows. a corruption of the old Norse
drit-pollr, “dirt pool.” It is by the
merest chancethis did not become the
name of the town itself. If such had
been the case the two great northern
seaports would have been curiously
alike in the unsavory significance of
their names.
mow-ov—
Ifyou employ your money in doing
good, you put it out to the best interest.
“Just my Iuc ” muttered the crimi-
nal who was about to be I ched at the
jail door. “I never co d stay any-
where. I was suspended from school,
suspended from_ college and now I am
suspended from jail. "
" Where does lying be ' ?" excitedly
asked a lecturer. f‘ a], stranger,"
shouted at beck-woodman from the for
West, who hadn't heard a ubh'c lecture
before; “wal, that depen a how long a
man's been married!" ,
Mr. Fogageading from the morning
pa er)—“ y. my dear, this is very
in: den. Our friend Mrs. Smith has
died.” Mrs Ffig—"Mrs. Smith? You
don'tsa sol ow
Hotels. lie employs no pedillers ro agents. “29
P. 0. Box 23. Norwaik.
v lad I am the
wehad ertotealestfie‘lfl" -
Questionable advrts. not inserted at mm
'c.
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