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" Down Brakes, Down Brakes, My Boy i"
The world is brlght~a beautiful world.
Its paths are strcwcd with flowers,
And its gardens glow with the golden fruit
That gladdens life’s tolling hours. "a“
But, with all its beauty and regal wealth. is»
There are ways that will destroy
All that go therein: and so take heed-
“ Down brakes, down brakes, my boy!”

Your spirit strong, and language weak: ,
So, one by one there will steal . ‘4

Through your speech the idle, unseemly words i
That a sullied heart reveal.

At ilrst you would blush.shonld your mother hear
The phrase she could not enjoy;

Let not Vice be master. and you the slave—
“ Down brakes, down brakes. my boy!” ‘

You would tell a story: it must be good; 1;
You're in trouble, and so you say,

“ I will add to this l—I will keep back that! .
And still walk the shining wayi”

But, ah! remember. you’re forging chains
Whose weight will soon annoy;

You are sowing nntruth, and will reap distrust—
" Down brakes, down brakes, my boy!"

All, all that is wrong beneath the sky, u.
Or dark beneath the sun; ‘

All that dims the manhood, or dwarfs the soul,
Have the courage, my boy, to shun!

Though Pleasuse allure from a thousand hills,
And Duty seem barren of joy,

Fear the perils that ever dethrone the MAN—
" Down brakes, down brakes, my boy!”

W

THE mvsnnLur Putnam:

Clowns-Lines Innumernble and the Our-
ments they Hold.

REASONS THAT ACCOUNT FOR THEM.

\

The Cabmcn of Palermo and the Mode of
Getting to Town.

— l

csnsrnnr or runsnnvan nouns.

An American correspondent traveling
in.Europe writes as follows: Few tour~
ists in Italy visit Palermo. The visit
involves a. sea voyage of at least seven-
teethours from Naples "to Palermo,
which ordinarily involves soventee
times as much soasickness as the pas-
sage of the British Channel. The Medi-
terranean is a most dclnsive element.
To the passenger who embarks at Naples
the Mediterranean is as profuse in plans-
ant promises as a Neapolitan hackman
who insists that a rainy day is virtually
dry, and in all respects the very day for
a long excursion; but no sooner does
the steamer. pass the islands of Ischia.
‘und Capri than the passengers wish
they had never been born. Fifteen
minutes of the open sea usually rolls
all the passengers into their berths, and
if it so happens that there is one man of
such purity of heart and nobility of
character that he escapes seasickness he
is filled with such self-righteousness
that even the most wretched of his fel-
low-passengers yearns to get up and
kill him.

Palermo is really an extremely pictur-
esque place, although the average pas-
senger after seventeen hours of the
Mediterranean would regard any port
as an earthly paradise. The city has
been built by Saracens, Normans, Ger-
mans, Spaniards. Frenchmen, and
Italians, and the architecture is
decidedly mixed. Over a stratum of
Samoenic arches are superimposed strata
of Gothic and of Spanish Renaissance,
and here and there crop out veins of
other architectural styles. There is cor—-
tainly a great deal of interesting archi«
feature in the place.

Two broad streets crossing one another
at right angles in the heart of the city
divide it into four quarters, intersected
by miles of extremely narrow streets
devoted chiefly to the display of freshly
washed underclothing. I have no idea
to whom this underclothing belongs,
but if it belongs to the residents of
Palermo they are certainly well sup—
plied. I estimatc from the appearance
of the clothes lines that every adult:
resident of Palermo sends'weekly to. the
wash 86 shirts, (male and female) 29
pairs of drawers, of assorted sizes,) and'
51 pairs of stockings, with say 300 (in
round numbers).collars, cuffs, and cor:
set covers. _ '

There is a Lincoln-street in Palermo.
'A Palermitan gentleman has published
a. little "Dictionary of Palermo," and
under the caption “Via Lincoln " ho
furnishes some novel and important
information. He informs his readers
that “Samuelo Lincoln" was at one
time President of America. European
monarchical ideas of the most roprehenr
siblo character had at that time difi'uscd
themselves in South America, and when
Samuclo Lincoln abolished slavery
South America made this a pretext for
rebelling against him, doubtless in the
hope of carrying out its nefarious mon-
archical ideas; Lincoln, however, con-
quered South America, and fell by the
handofan assassin. Tothis briofhisv
tory of Mr. Lincoln the captions critic
might, perhaps, take exception on the
ground that Lincoln’s Christian name
was not Samucle, but Giovanni. and
that he failed to conquer the whole of
South America, inasmuch as Patagonia
and Alaska, with the, aid of their power-
ful fleets, succeeded in’rosisting him.
I am sure, however, that the Palormiten
writer, now that his attention has been
called to these errors, will correct them
in the next edition of his book.

Philologists speak of a “Sicilian dic-
loct." which they allege to be the lan-
guage spoken by Sicilians. This fee
mistake. What the philologist imagines
to be a language is simplyjsgcme.‘ The
Sicilians, who are a childish light-
hearted pcoplo, constantly play at a
little game in which each player talks a
formless and meaningless jargon and
accompanies it with incessant gestures
Each player must make his meaning
known to his opponent by gestures, and
must not hesitate a moment in his
duent utterance. If he fails in either
of these respects his opponent scores ,
one against him. Ten points usually
constitute a game, but the Sicilians are
such skilful players that a single game
between two or three contestants will
last an entire evening. Just as in the
game of “metro," which is so popular
all over Italy, no stakes are publicly dis-
played whilo the game is in progress.
but judging from the enormous extent
to which the Sicilian game-is daily _
played, enormous amounts of money
must be won and lost.

Of course, when a Sicilian really talks .
he speaks Italian It may not be the
very purest Italian. but it is at all events
a real and recognizable language
There are acme grave philologists who
will be a little astonished to learn that
the so-called Sicilian dialect is no more
9. language than is the “sine mains
mono. mike" jargon of the American
boy.

On reflection, Ibeliovo the prevalence

of washed underclothing in Palermo 15
a. religious rite. If we assume, for
example, that to wash clothes and to
hang them: out is regarded by the Sick
lions as an oxpiatory sacrifice. we can.
supposeithat all religious Palormitsns
daily ofi‘er up washed sacrifices of shirts
and collars—tho former for some large
sin, such as failing to over-charge a tour-
ist, and the latter for some peccsdillo,
such as stabbing a follow¢Sioilian. And
yet how can poor people afford such
costly sacrifices?

Ido not intend to writesnow and
original description of Palermo. I
could do it easily. for I have two guide
books lying on my desk, but I restrain
myself. There are people-notably the
readers of religious weeklunemarm

. —-who have a'n inexhaustible appetite

for cold guide book, dressed with moral

means general. I have, however. while
in Palermo, indulged in a little descrip.
tion, and this is the way it came about:
I took a cab one day to ride to the
cathedral. Suddenly a local guide saw
me, and marked me as his prey. He
came to the cab, and, running along by
its side, offered to show me the catho-
dral.. I told him that ,I had seen it con-
stantly from my earliest youth; ‘that I

cathedrals in any circumstances; that I
was stone blind, having lost both eyes
while fighting under Samucle Lincoln,

guide. Ho climbed upto the driver's

ever known.

that was drawing the cab and told him
it was a horse. I showed him a cab and

see a girl he could promptly identify
her. I simply filled that guide up with
valuable and accurate information by
the time we reached the cathedral.

And there be disappointed me. I
found that ho was mercenary. He

the cathedral and showing me the city
on the way. I felt hurt, but I told him
that while I could not conscientiously
pay him for doing what I had bogged
him not to do I would reduce my own
price for information furnished to fit.
I presume I shall not be believed when
I say that he went away without paying
me and in a towering rage.

After all, the prevalence offwsshod
underclothing in Palermo may not have
any connection with religion. It may
be a. way of displaying political enthu-
siasm. Whore other people hang out
flags, the Palermitans may hang out
washed clothing. A man's shirt is
nearer and more important to him than
any more banner, and when he spreads
it to the breeze he may mean to display
his -_ intense love for some political
object. As an emblem of lovefor froc-
dcm and political purity what could be
more striking than an unsullied. shirt
waving in the breeze f Why. we have
all seen what powerful political work
has been done in America by the more
waving of a bloody shirt.

There is a good deal of enthusiasm in
Paloma, for there are many new

. houses going up. In every city in Italy

patriotic men are building new houses.
Apparently no one wants to live in
them. but still they are built. The
meaning of this is that whcnan Italian
has talked over the magnificent soldere-
ments of the Italian people during the
last 25 years until his enthusiasm-inst
white best he rushes out and builds s
house to the glory of Italy. - Probably
he bankrupts himself, but he is happy,
for he has visibly demonstrated that
Italy is prosperous.

Everyone has heard of thsccmotcry
of preserved monks outside of Palermo.
No! I am not going to describe it.
though I could do so with perfect im-
partiality, since I do not visit it. Still.
I will remind the reader that in this
cemetery, or rather catacomb. there are
hundreds of deadmonks dressed as in
life and propped up in full sight of the
visitor. .

Now, in view of the fact that the
Italian Government has broken up
nine-tenths of the monasteries and has
forbidden any one to take monastic
vows. it will not be long-before live.
monks will become extinct in-Jtaly.
Hence. itjs evident. that the vulusof
the preserved monks of Palermo will
steadily incrmc. I venture to say
thstwithiu ten years they willrlsoin
value fullyao percent, sndthstin
fifty years they will be quoted at almost
fabulous rates. Some far-seeing specu-
iator ought to buy up the Cspuchin
cemetery of Palermo and. the smaller.
one at Rome, and than cornering the

' market, hold the prossrvodmonks for I

use.

You ride out to the cstacomb under s
cloud of washed undorclothing, and the
more I thinkof it the more it seems
possible that the real objects of this
method of ornamenting thcsirccte is
for thepurpose of shading them. Trees
are, of course. impossible in the narrow
streets and what would better take their
place than the branching lines of under-
clctbing f The sunlight filtered through
the riffs in shirts andthc‘spsccsbc-
tween stockings falls gently and harm-
lcssly on the pavements below. Yes,
this does seem to bee plausible inter-
pretation of the mystery of Palermo.

In one respect an American feels at
home in Palermo. The Palermitans
have an unlimited admiration for Gari-
baldi. m, indeed, they ought tohsvc,
but they have not yet erected a respect-
able monument to him. Doubtloss
they have had committees and called
for subscriptions, and raised money for
their monument to Garibaldi, but some-
how it is not built. Perhaps, knowing
that Garibaldi was an American citizen,
they fancied that to follow the American
custom as to monuments would be to
pay him a delicate compliment.

The climate of Palermo is delightful
—thatis, when the south,.-wind or the
math wind does not blow. The former
searches and the latter freezes Un-
fortunately thc city is so situated that
no other winds can rcachit. and with-
out s breeze of some kind it is, of
course, warm and stifling. But still!
know the climate is a delightful one.
for innumerable guide books say so.

I wish somebody—say, Prof. Hark-
nose—would grapple with themystcry
cf the innumerable and groaning clothes
lines of Palermo. I cannot form any

theory concerning it that is estisfwtory,
and it is a reproach to science that no
onecan explain why 500,000’28101'1111-
tans, rich and poor, should apparently
send to the wash seven days in a week,
200,000,000 shirts and other garments in
proportion. ‘

W.—
o. rmnn non snssronmm.

The Pellow Islanders have but a vague
idea of a future state, for they believe
that only those men who have chiefs
will be admitted toit. Every tribe has
its own god, to whom all questions of
moment are referred, the medium of
communication in 1 nearly every case
beings woman known as the "Kaleet "
or God’s wife. These women. by a rude
sort of ventriloquism, manage to deceive
the people. and have a great deal of
influence in their councils. The natives
have a currency among themselves of
which they are very jealous, and
foreigners can rarely procure specimens
of it. -.,It consists of heads of various
descriptions, and of which no acoduni
as to their manufacture, nor of the ori-
gin of the material of which they are
composed, cab be found. and the only
way in which the natives account for
them is that they come from the heavens.
The most probable conjecture is that
they were brought by the Arabs.- who
arc supposed to have traded with the

 

Islanders in days gone in §

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remarks, but the appetite is by no '

didn't want to see it; that my physician .
had strictly forbidden mo to indulge in . i

but nothing could discourage that.

seat, and began to point out to me -
every object of interest along the street. .
I thought he was the kindest man I had .

Ashamed to be outdone in kindness ,
by a guide, I tried to enlighten and in- _
terest him. I pointed out the animal .

explained that itwas a cab. Ipointcd :
out a girl and explained her at some .
length, so that the next time he might .

asked me to pay him for taking me to .

The Fact of the Matter.

. “That will never do, Miss Josie.

Your work does not improve much, I
. observe," said a chunky individual with
n. sleek, coppery head, a sombre visage,
and a marvelous cravat.

We had just entered the long work-
room, and he was critically examining
an elaborately braided jersey, completed
:at the moment.

, “Is there something wrong with the
- braiding ?" asked Josie, an uncommonly

delicate my face.

' “ The braid does not follow the lines
~ of the pattern, and you are using thread
5 much too course," the chunky young
man said, as he still inspected the work,
and still with the air of an experienced
authority.

"You instructed me yourself. Mr.
Hunt, to use none other than that par-
ticular throad,"Josio said with spirit,
but not uncivilly.

“ I think not, Miss J osic. Very likely
, you have forgotton'what my instructions

really were. The fact of the matter is.
our manufactory is not quite the place
for you. Iam not blaming you, Miss
Josie; you are willing, no doubt, but
you are not strong enough for such un-
remitting labor; and yen cannot help
being remiss when you are weary and
worried," Mr. Hunt returned in his
slow, sleek, insinuativo fashion.

Thegirl lifted her tired, pale face,
and for an instant she attentively rc-
gardod him.

Certainly he was not eminently pre-
posscssing, with his chunky frame, his
shambling gait, his dull and shifting
eyes. She had never felt the smallest
liking for him; she hated the sound of
his grandiloquont and unnaturally
smooth tones; she detected the sight of
his bloodless and Ishmaelitish visage.

She did not know precisely how much
authority he really had in the manufac-
tory; he was always shambling and pry-
ing about the building when the
superintendent chanced away, and she
had decided that he must be a moneyed
member of the new firm. He did not
come infrequently to that department,
and he always came with the air of a
master—with an air . of superior dis-
crimination and absolute authority
which was obviously meant to be very
impressive.

“I try not to be remiss at all," Josie
said somewhat impatiently and with a
prompt motion to change the spools of
her braiding machine.

He moved a little more nearer to her
side; he bent so closely over her that his
bloodless visage almost touched her
brown, pretty head.

“We are sure of that, Miss Josie, " he
saidinu smooth whisper close to her
dainty car. "You try to do everything
that is correct and agreeable l But the
fact of the matter is you are too delicate
and sensitive for our coarse and noisy
factory. But you know I am ready to
take you away—you know I am ready
to make you my wife."

With that extraordinary declaration
he stepped back, seemed profoundly
occupied with the animadvertod Jersey,
and awaited her rcspOnse.

But the girl looked neither flattered
nor conciliatory; her spirited face crim-
soned and whitened again; her large
eyes blazed like flames.

“ You would do me too much honor,"
she said with an unmistakable under-
tone of contempt somewhere in her civil
voice. .
“ The fact of the matter is you cannot
afi'ord to refine me," he pursued, with
the suggestion of a threat in his sombre,
shifting eyes. ' “You are so incompe-
tenhypuknow, that your work is not
valuable to us. We-"

She interrupted him by a gesture of
inefi'able;scorn.

"I run. maintain myself—and else-

where." seidshe, abruptly putting down
her'spools, and hastily arising from her
seat.
"0, just as you. please! We can
easily obtain somebody for your place.
you know. You can come to the office
for the trifle duo. you," the interesting
young gentleman Md with a change of
aspect and with his most insolently
autocratic air.

'As he shambled away, she became
conscious of another presence—the pres-
ence of a stalwart and plainly dressed

. young fellow, who occasionally came

there and who always had a genial
smile or a bit of courteous commenda-
tion for the pale little braider.

There he stood. beside a great square
column, his hands full of orders, his
pen thrust behind" his natty clothcsp,
his steady blue .eyesfixed somewhat
knowingly upon her agitswd coun-
tomes.

The knowing lock did not lessen he:
agitation; she felt he had witnessed the
whole little scene and that perhaps he
might not pleasantly» judge her. And.
after all, perhaps she need not have
been so precipitate—perhaps she need
not have felt so afi'rontcd just because a
detectably oaveling and domineering
individual had criticised her braiding
and then wanted to marry her!

“I need not have left the factory;
Alf Kamarcn will consider me silly for
that-I am certain he will," she sighed
as she glanced after the stalwart young
fellow. who just then moved from the
column and went toward a busier divi-
sion of the department. '

Josie did not go in quest of the trifle
duo her. She donned her neat but and
trim jacket and went straightway from
the big and noisy building, where she
had been employed only since the
beginning of the season.

The early dusk was already .darkon-.
ing in the snowy Winter street, and the .
tail lamps, like huge orange sparks,
glimmered along the pavements. Again
she sighed ruefully. She was going
home sorrowfully and alone, as she had
ncvordonc since she. had known Alf
Kamaron—tho always plainly dressed
and always genial Alf, whose gentle
courtesios had brightened and glad-
denod her monotonous life and irksome
labor. I

“ He will be sorry I have gone—I am
certain he will," she thought.

And at the instant the steady and
familiar footstep sounded behind her,
and the vigorous and plainly dressed
figure was beside her.

“ What was the trouble f'f he inquired
in his gentle and direct way. “Did
that Hunt make himself offensive ?"

“ He has never made himself anything
else," said J osic, ready to cry.

And then with girlish diflidencc. and in
a pa'thoticdly deprecatory way, she nar-
rated what hc .had already sufficiently
comprehended.

“You are a brave little working girl, "
Mr. Kamuron commented with a pecu-
liar smile. “You would never profess

x

be anndvantago to you." _ ' .

' "But I should always like to honor
an employer,” she ingenuously replied, ‘
as she paused before the entrance of
her own home.

t‘Your employer 1" Mr. Kamaron re-

» beheld her hand for a second and then
reluctantly let her go. “ Well, you may
learn to honor him, Josie. And you
are to come back to the shop in the

 

‘ pretty girl, with large brown eyes and a.

to honor a person you deem despicable
' —not even when a bit of deceit might f

posted, with a peculiar little laugh, 9,3.

morning—I am authorized to assure you
of that." '

Josie fancied he looked oddly amused
and provokingly mysterious, but she
ventured no questions. She was grati-
fied to feel that she was really going
back to the noisy old shop and to the
pleasant companionship of the consider-
ate young fellow who was always so
merry and gentle, and who wore his
unpretentious working garb with such
royal dignity and kingly grace.

And so she went back to the factory—
but not to resume the irksome braiding.

Half-way down the work-room she
was confronted by a chunky personage,
resplendent with a gorgeous cravat, a
wonderful pin and a conspicuously im-
mense watch-guard.

"We have filled your place," Mr.
Hunt grandiloquently announced, with
his shifting eyes wandering to every-
thing oxcopt the attentive face before
him. "The fact of the matteris, we
want only skilled labor. We cannot
afford to keep working-women who spoil
our goods and who are prone to a most
reprehensible insubcrdination."

“And the fact of the matter is," be-
gun the quiet voice of Mr. Ksmaron,
who had suddenly become visible, his
hands full of papers, the familiar pen
thrust beneath the natty cloth cap-
“the whole fact is, that you have no
authority whatever here. When our
superintendent wishes a holiday hence-
forth. he must employ a less presumptu-
ous substitute. We have had quite
enough of your offieious instructions
and unauthorized ordering. We do not
want you in the building, sir! Is that
sufficient l" .

The substitute superintendent sham-
blod backward, and so obsequiously that
the irreverent Josie actually and un-
blushingly laughed, despite her sore
bewilderment.

And Mr. Kamsron, noting the troubled
and bewildered look, smiled only ro-

y.

"Your mistake was not so singular,
though,” he explained. "The name of
the firm has not yet been altered,
although the firm itself was dissolved
some time ago. I happen myself to be
the proprietor and master here, Miss
Josie, and you can resume work when-
ever you like."

But Josie was not destined to resume
the tedious braiding. As she turned
toward her old place, be rather hesitat-
ingly detained her.

“ J osie. ” he began, with tenderest def-
erence, “can you not honor your em-
ployer sufficiently to give your sweet
self all to him, to become the mistress
of his home, the sovereign of his heart?
My dear love, how shall I be answered ?"

Her answer was not audible; but, all
the same, he knew her innocent, girlish
heart was entirely his own. Master or
workman, rich or poor, she loved and
honored him.

“ And that was the fact of the matter, ”
he used to mischievously remind her
when she had become his proud and
joyous wife.

01m IWXICO.

Although geographically near. and
having been in commercial relations
with the rest of the world for over 350
years, there is probably less known to-
day about Mexico than of almostany
other country claiming to be civilized;
cortamly not as much as concerning
Egypt, Palestine, or the loading states
of British India, and not any more than
concerning the outlying provinces of
Turkey, the states of Northern Africa,
or the seaport districts of China and
Japan. It is doubtful, furthermore, if
as large a. proportion as oncin a thou-
sand of the fairly educated men of the
United States or of- Europe could at
once, and without reference to an ency-
clopsodia, locate and name tho‘27 States
or political divisions into which- the
Bcpublic of Mexico is divided. or so
many of its towns and cities as have a
population in excess of 15,000 or 20,000.
The explanation of this is that, prior to
the construction and opening of the
Mexican “Central" and Mexican
“National" Railroads, or virtually
prior to the year 1883, the exploration
of Mexico-owing to the almost total
absence of roads and of comfortable
Wide for man and boast, the utter
insecurity for life and property, the
intervention of vast sterile and waterless
tracts, and the inhospitality and almost
savagery of no small proportion of its
people—was so difficult and dangerous
that exploration has rarely been
attempted, and those . who have
attempted it have generally imperiled
their lives, to say nothing of their
health and property. Mexico, further-
more, is not fully known even to the
Mexicans themselves. Thus, a large
part of the country on the Pacific coast
has scarcely been penetrated outside of
the roads or “trails ” which lead from
the seaports to the interior. There are
hundreds of square miles in Southern
Mexico, especially in the . States of
Michoaenn and Guerrero, and also in
Sonora, that have never been explored,
and whole tribes of Indians that have
never been broughtin contact with the
white man and repel all attempts at
visitation or Government supervision.

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. ‘IIS THOUGHT WAS ON THE PIPE.

Peter Van Dewhackin and Timothy
Gilligan, both inveterate smokers,
worked on the farm of old Haggit.

, Being out of pipes one night, they

started a search about the premises for
some. After looking around awhile,
Peter’s sharp eyes happened to light
upon one of the desired articles

“Dos was mine i” he exclaimed, sud-
denly snatching it'up.

" That’s a lie!” cried Tim. “ By the
powers, I've smoked in that same pipe
fur more’n a wake." ,

“ I tells you its mine," persisted Peter.

“ Are yo giving it to me?" yelled Tim,
in anger.

“Nix."

“Be jabers, I will have it thin,
whether or no. "

Upon this they both clinched and
engaged in a regular rough-and-tumble
fight. Tim, though having the best of.
it, could not get the coveted pipe.
Angcred at last with his unsuccess, he
raised the Dutchman with the intention
of hurling him on to a pile of stones,
when he was interrupted by Peter break-
ing out with:

‘ ‘ Timothy—Timothy l "

"What i"

“,Trow mo mit a soft place, so you
won't prakc the pipe. "

W

WOULDN'T TAKE mm ELEVATOR.
Smith, the actor, was rooming at tho
Sturtevnnt House, New York, last week.
He came home about 2 me, very full.
As he rolled into the ofiicc the porter
asked him if he would take the elevator.
“No (hie), no, I'll walk (hie) upstairs;
but I wansh you to beshurc an’ call me
at ten o'clock limorror mornin’; sure."
-' Smith commenced to go up] the
marble stairway. He arrived at the
tenth stop all right, when he slipped
and landed On the floor below all in a
heap. Not at all disconcertcd, ho
. picked himself up, zigzaggod deliber-
ately to the desk, and said with a pro-
found drunken solemnity:
“I just came down stairs (hie)
expressly to tell you (hic) to b’suro cn'

 

call me at ten o‘clock t'morron'f

The lies “2,,

o

Gunman"
OONOUBRBD!

When the Doctors could. do
nomcre.

__._+. -....

cuss. A. ' assesses, as Hawley Street,

Boston, Mass, writes :—

“Onc year ago I was apparently so far
gone with Consumption that. my life
seemed only a question of days rather
than months. With my faith in the ability
of physicians to help me all gone, I tried
almost every known remedy, With no
apparent benefit. Finally, as a last re—
sort, I was induced to try Du. R. C.
FLOWER‘S LUNG ConmAL. The very first
dose gave me relief, and with the first
bottle I took a new lease of life, and I can
honestly say today that" one spoonful of
this remedy is worth more to the sufferer
from Lung troubles than a gallon of any
other known remedy. A bottle of it IS
now one of my choicest possessmns, and
at the first sympton of a cough or. cold
I fly to it for the relief it never fails to
give."

DR. FLows'c’s LUNG Con-
DIAL is without question
the most wonderful Lung
remedy ever discovered.
It eradicates the germ
of Cbnsumptt'on as no remedy
has ever been. known to do.
It stands Without a rival for
Coughs, Colds, Branclnitt's,
Asthma and Consummation.

Price $1.00 per bottle.
A copy of Dr. Flower’s Rules
for the Treatment of Con-
sumption accompanies each
bottle.

Flower Medicine Co,
BOSTON. MASS.

A STANDARD NIEDICA]. “WORK
For Young and Middle-Aged Men,
ONLY $1.00 BY MAIL, POST-PAID.

 

 

, A GREAT MEDICAL WORK ON MANHOOD.

Exhaustive Vitality Nervous and Physical De-
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and the untold miseries resulting from indiscretlon
or excesses. A book for every man, youn , mul-
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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 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 liner 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-
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Illustrative sample 0 cents. Send now. Gold
medal awarded the author by theNatlonsl Medical
Association. to the President of which, the Hon.
P. A. Bissell, and associate officers of the Board
the reader is res ectfuliy referred.

The Science 0 Life should be read by the young
for instruction, and by the afflicted for relief. It
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There is no member of society to whom The
Science of Life would not be useful, whether youth,
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Address the Peabody Medical Institute, or Dr.
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who may b ' onsulted on all diseases requiring skill
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Bond 10 cents postage and we will
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,. way of making more money at once
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all the time. Capital not required. ewill start
you. Immense Bay sure for those who start at
once. STINSON 00.. Portland, Maine. 1y46

M. SSOHWAB.
OPTICIAN and OCULIST,

@WQ.

WILL BE AT NORWALK.

June 16b. and 17th, 1886,
At Norwallo Hotel.

Having qualified myself by years of hard study
in the best institutions in Europe, and having had a
practical experience of twenty-five years in thi
country, I am enabled at first sight to adapt lense
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
Ocullst with that of an Optician, and am now on-
abled to furnished all kinds of lenses and z styles of
Spectacles and Eye.Giasses which aref made to
order under my own supervision, to suit my cus-
omers’ visionary ailments.
Consultation Free.

References—Geo. G. Bishop, Charles Olmstead
ex—Depnty Sheriff Charles Adams Mr. Clarence
Nash with J. F. Bonnet, Gen. D. is. Couch, Mrs.
W. K. James. Dr. E. C. Clarke.

FOR SALE.

A STYLISH

VICTORIA,

Newly Trimmed and Painted.
A Fine Family Carriage.
Will be sold at a very low price.
HENRY TILLY, _
CARRIAGE MAKER,

SOUTH NOR WALK.

World.
Sperry & Barnes’

Hams.
Shoulders,
Breakfast
- Bacon,

AND
Sausage . _
ARE GUARANTEED ‘
THE BEST ”
m
THE MARKET.

 

 

 

Our KETTLE mu is Strictly Pure
and Free from all sdultcration.

Look carefully for the Brand.

We manufacture all goods bearing our brand at
our packing house, New Haven.
Conn.

item] _& Barnes New Halli};

""""’”"—"’_ mm... is
file at Ono. 2’
loom:a a. 00's

Bureau 10 Spruce

 

dyer-tisins
Omv‘ii‘ééms E" yon“
tlsingcontractsmc -
be made for it 3

J. G. Gregory it Go.

Deslro to state that in addition to a full line of
Drugs, Proprietary Medicines and Drugglsts’
nndrlcs they are prepared to receive
orders for

Silk, Cotton or Linen
qw- .' . . ,. .
EL ASTlC HOSE
For varicose or enlarged veins. Warranted to
fit, and at reduced rates.

They also desire to state that they have accepted
the agency of the New York Vaccine 00., and will
keep a supply of

PURE BOVINE VACCINE VIRUS

Constantly on hand.

They have in stock Electric Batteries, which
will be sold at close figures. They carry also a full
assortment of Keystone Writing Paper Packets.

R B. CRAUFURD,
Insurance, Real Estate and

Investment Securities,
3| Main Street, Norwalk,
‘ Agent for the

 

Amcrlcan Ins. Co.. of Newark, N. J.,

Assets ................................. 8 1,721,424
Northern Assurance Co., of London... 16,225,422
Germaine. Fire Ins. 00., of New York.. 2,700,000
Montauk Fire ms. 00., of New York... . 330,006
Jersey ”City, of Jersey.... . . . . . 216,303

7 DOT COM. BOOOS anilinrigagts

(it the Equitable Mortgage 00., of Kansas, and

6‘ per cent. Bonds

of the Mldxllesex Banking 00., of Middletown
Conn. Principal and Interest of both guaranteed,
Securities 0 all descriptions bought and sold at
New York Quotations.
A large number of desirable dwellings and forms
for sale. ‘ 1y34

 

1847. I886.

STILL AT THE FRONT

-——wrrn -—

The Largest Assortment

-— Ora--

STOVES,
RANGES,
HEATERS,

013 001i E If Y.

GLASS iW
WOODEN , A
WILLOW

AGATE: R
TIN E

And all kinks of Wares required in a house at

it Prices Lower than Ever!

_.Avp___.

No. 17 Wall Street,

E. K VLOOKWOOO 85 OO.

E. K. Locxwoon.

Hatch, Bailey O00

MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN

LUMBER, TIMBER,

Shingles, Lath,

FRANK I. Joxss.

 

Doors, Sash,
Blinds, .Mowlding‘,

W indoio Frames,
Piclccts, .j-c.

Veneemd Haul Wood Work.

Hard Wood ceiling and Homing.

South Nerwalk, Conn.

 

Geo. S. Gregory-

Livery, Boarding, Sale,
Feed and Exchange

Stables.

 

No.14. Knight 81

(In rear of Horse Car Depot),
NORWALK, CONN.

Carriages furnished at all hours.

Courteon
ttentlon and gentlemanly drivers. 1y

 

JOHN H. SMITH, -

FLORIST.

or RAILROAD,

Clty of South Norwalk. Comm,

Plants &Flowers at all seasons

Flowers for Funerals furnished and tastefully

 

EAST SIDE OF MAIN STREET, SOUTH _

Read in Testimonial. -

.Mr. G00. B. Plaisted :
Dear Sir-.-

K’nowing‘ the formula. from
which Plaistcd’s Cough
Remedy is prepared we cam
certify that the medicines
ofwhich it is composed are
of recognized) utility for
throat and lung“ troubles,
and that it contains no
opium. or any poisonous or
injurious drug‘s. °

ELERY C. CLARKE, M. D., Norwaik.

C. A. MURRAY, M. D., “

DEXTER HITCHCOCKJI. D., “

G. 11. MCGONEGAL, M. D., "

WM. C. BURKE, M. D., So. Norwalk.

0. G. BOIIANNAN, M. D., . “

E. S. MINER, M. D., “

(i. W. BENEDICT, M. D., “

n. nuncnuronn, M. D., Stamford.
w. s. TODD, M. D , ltldgeilehl.

 

MANUFACTURED BY

Geo. B. Plaisted,
. DRUGGIST,

UOI‘OOI‘ MOOI OOO WOO SO‘OOIS, NOl‘WOOl.

62 Washington OO‘BBI, Smith NUI‘WfOK.

 

Seven Years Experience n U. S. Patent Office.

iGeO. R. Byington,

SOLICITOR OF

PATENTS.

Fireman’s Insurance Building,

WASHINGTON. D. c.

xlcnslon Cunard before Congress In Specially

 

csioxora"

Building lots

F‘OR S.&.-LE‘3
On Wilton Avenue

Apply ‘0
B. J. STURGES. or 0. E. WILSON.

GAZETTE BUILDING “I

 

so so

F. J . Curtis & Go’s.

—FOR——-

Stoves ORanges,

Crockery, China,

AND FINE DECORATED

Tea and 1Toilet Sets,
TABLE GLASS WARE,

Standing and Halli]! Lawns

OF NEW PATTERNS,

. CUTLERY.

-———AND—-

HOUSE PORNO NO OOOOO

OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

For Sale at Bargains!

 

l Canopy Top Buggy.

1 Light Grocery Wagon.

.2 Heavy Grocery Wagons.
1 Lumber Box wagon.

1 Light Trotting Wagon. -,

1 Four Passenger Surrey.-

Apply to

W. H. Smith & 00.,

N orwalk, Conn.

m

REWARD.—The above reward willbe
paid for information that will lend to
the arrest and'convletlon of the arty who is
false! representing himself to c DR. M.
SCH AB,the optlclan and ocullst. Dr. Schwab
is to be found only at the Norwalkandjhfahackemo

$25

 

arranged to order at short notice.

Hotels. He employs no peddlers ro agents. tfse

 

P wors-

Absolutely Page5

This Powder never varies. A marvel of pure
strength and wholesomeness. More economic
than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be soldin com-
petition with the mnltltnde of low test, short
weight, allum or phosphate powders.

Born. BAKING Pownsu. uo.,106 Wall St., N. Y.

w. s. QUINTARD,
FORNISHING ONOERTAKER

OPPOSITE HORSE R. R. DEPOT,
Residence 143 Main Street. Telephone Connection.

 

 

GEO. WARD SELLECK,

HARDENBROOK'S BLOCK. WALL STREET,
FAMILY cnocEnlss, ,

J. BELDEN HURLBUTT.
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,

Room No. 4, Up Stairs,
GAZETTE BUILDING, NORWALK, CONN

JAEES T. RUSSELL, 0
Attorney and [launch at Law,

2 Gazette Blending,
NORWALK, - CONN.

ALEX. S. GIBSON,

Organist of 1st Congregational Church, Waterbury,
Teacher of

Pianoforte, Organ and Musical

Composition,
Lock Box 39 P. 0., NOBWALK, CONN.

E. WHITWOBTII,

Successor to B. Conn,

MERCHANT TAILOR.

WEEKS’ BUILDING, WALL STREET.
A rum. LINE or

Imported and Domestic Cloths.

Of the Latest Styles, constantly on hand.
Novelties in Scotch Suitings. Satisfaction guaran-
teed in every particular.

PENSIONS

--:AND:—

Government Claims.

My sole business. Thousands have Rights
Neglected. Address; free of charge, or visit,

GEN. W. E. NOBLE,

91 Stratf'ord 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. ly21

O. E. WILSON,

General Insurance Olleal Estate Agent
Money to Loan.

Room No. 3 Gazette Building, Norwalk. Conn.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ETNA INSURANCE Co., of HARTFORD.
Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual.

CAPITAL AND ASSETS, $8,902,272.64.

lnsures against loss and damage by Fire, on
terms adopted to the hazard and consistent with
the laws of compensation. COWLES A: MERRILL,
Sole Agents for N orwalk and vicinity.

 

THE
Norwalk Fire Insurance Co.

Has now completed its
18th SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS YEAR

And has not outstandingadollar of unpaid losses
or claims for losses. No sound company insures
for less.

W. C. Smear, Pres. s. E. Owsrssn, Tread,
GEO. R. Cowms. Secretary.

 

A CARD.

Having pufcmed the

FURNITURE BUSIN ESS,

Recently carried on by WILLIAM Locuwoon at

No. 36 MAIN STREET.
I am prepared to meet the wants of all prospective
purchasers of furniture, both STAPLE AND
ORNAIENTAL I have on hand a large
stock which I will sell

VERY CHEAP FOR CASH.

lshallbe pleased to meet all old or new friends
and will guarantee satisfactionln'
every case.

QFORGE H. RAYMOND.

 

PETER L. GUIGUE,

FLORIST ONO 8+ YOAN,

UNION AVENUE,
North of Norwalk Cemetery,

NORWAEE, - CONN.

Dealerlnln Green House and Hot House and
Bedding and Vegetable Plants, Fruit and Ornamen
tal Trees Shrubbery, Vines. Cut Flowers alway
on hand and all sorts of designs in Flowers arranged
to order. elys
Grading and Re—filling Cemetery Plots

promptly attended to.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F. H. PEC'KWELL,

ARC TECT,

N0. 7 WATER STREET,

AGENT. r0):

Gill crt Lock Company.

Dibble Manufacturing Company’s door
knobs. _
New York Wood Turning Company.
Corner Blocks for window casings.

Round and Square Turned Balugters.
f‘ “ “ “ Newels.

Plain and Double Moulded Stair Rails.

Also Flat Moulded Door and Window

Casings furnished at short notice.

 

 

 

 

 

 

rams crests ro semesters
H A. R N E S S '

To compete with large concerns, I have taken th
agency of one of the oldest and largest estab-
lishments in the state forthe sale of

Ea.rness.$a.ddles, Ealters, Bur.-

cingles, Collars, ice.
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 Whips, Sponges

Chamois, Blankets, Robes, Feed Bags,
Travelmg Bags, to.

J'. F. Peckwell.

Notice to Builders.

FIRST~QUALITY BUILDING STONE for sale
cheap. Apply to
tie J ANES K. SELLECK

P. O. Box 23. Norwslk.

For Sale.

ADOUBLE DARRELL”) RIFLE madeby John
Blissett, London. Will be sold cheap for
cash. Enquire at this office. ~

 

 

 

Tho Oak and the Vine.
The seasons come and the seasons go,
The flowers bloom and the breezes blow;
The raindrops fall and the snow drifts by.
But my love is dead—and why not I s

As fair as a flower in spring was she.

And dearer than life itself to me.)

But a cold north wind, with its cruel bresth,
Came stealing along, and it chilled to death
The tender plant that clung to my side;

0 that I, too, had chilled and died 1

For years I had stood on this lonely spot,
And friend or companion knew me not,
Till the warm south wind, in its sportlvo way
Came planting a seed at my feet one day.

And sprinkled it over with rain.
then up from the ground in the bright sunshine,
Came creeping and clinging; beautiful vine;
And the flowers bloomed and the breezes blew.
While I learned tolovc. and my ivy grew—__

But alas, alas, in vain l -

For the cold north wind, with its cruel breath,
Came stealing along. and it chilled in death
The joy of my life, my love and my pride,

And 0 that I, too, had chilled and died!

 

NEVADA'B Gum's sour BED.

In Lincoln county. on the Rio Viro-
gin. is one of tho most remarkable de-
posits of rock salt on the continent. It
is found in bills 500 feet above the level
of the valley. and chemically pure.
Blocks of it over a foot square are so
transparent that one may read a paper
through them. 80 solid is this sell: that
it must be blasted out the ssmcss'if it
were rock. This deposit of salt lies
about three quarters of a mile west of
the Rio Virgin and three miles south of
the Mormon village of St. Thomas. There
a body of this saltis exposed fora length
of nearly two miles, which is about half
a mile wide and of unknown depth.
The deposit runs north and south. and
is seen on the surface for a distance of
over nine miles. In places the mnyons
have cut through it to a depth of sixty
feet. At thesepoints the Hiko company
formerly blasted out the salt required
in working their ores. This great de-
posit of salt is situated atan altitude
of 1,100 feet above the level of the sea.
It is undoubtedly very ancient. as in
one place it has been covered by a flow
of basaltic rock. In other pm it is
covered to a depth of from one to five
feet with volcanic trifa. At Sand
Springs. in Churchill county, besides
the salt that may be shovcllcd up from
the surface, there is found a deposit of
rock salt fourteen feet in depth. . This
salt is as transparent as the clearest ice,
and does not contain a particle of any
foreign or deleterious substance. It
may be quarried the same as if it were
marble. It is said that one man can
quarry and wheel out fies tons a dayof
this salt. It is only necessary togrind
it to render it fit for dairy or table use.
Sixty or seventy miles north of this, at
the eastern base of the Dun Glen range
of mountains, is the great Humboldt
salt field. This is about fifteen miles
long and six wide. In the summer
when the surface water has evaporated.
salt to the depth of three or four inches
can be scraped up fromtho surface. Bo-
neath the surface is a stratum of pure
rock salt of unknown depth. This rock
salt is so hard that in order to get it out
rapidly it is necessary to blast it. Were
abranch railroad to rations of these
deposits, salt would soon be ofcheap
article in the United States. As there
are in the same localities great quanti-
ties of soda, borax and other valuable
minerals, it is probable that the day is
not for distant when some of them will
be tapped by branch railroads which
could be cheaply laid down through the

level districts.
W

WARNING -ro 3m DRINKEBS.
For some years a decided inclination
has been apparent over the country to
give up the usoof whiskey and other
strong alcohols, using as a substitute
beer and other compounds. This ts
evidently founded on the idea that her
is not harmful and contains a large
amount of nutrimont; also, that hitters
may have some medical quality which
will neutralize the alcohol which it con-
coals, etc. These theories are without
confirmation in the observation of
physicians. The use of beer isfound to
produce a species of degeneration of all
the organs; profound and deceptive
fatty deposits, diminished circulation,
condition of congestion and perversion
of (functional activities, local inflamma-
tions of both the liver and the kidneys,
are constantly present. Intellectuslly, a
stupor amounting almost to paralysis
arrests the reason, changing all the
higher faculties into a more animalism.
sensual, selfish, sluggish, varied only
with paroxysms of anger that are sense-
less and brutal. In appearance the beer
drinker may be the picture of health,
butinreality he is most incapable of
resisting disease. . A slight injury, a
severe cold, orashocktcthc body or
mind will commonly provoke acute dis-
ease, ending fatally.

Compared with inobriatcs who use
difi'erent kinds of alcohol, he is more
incurable, and more generally diseased.
The constant uscof beer every day gives
the system no recuperation, but steadily
lowers the vital forces. ' It is our obser-
vation that beer drinking inthis country
produces the very lowest kind of inobri-
ety, closely allied to criminal insanity.
The most dangerous class of radium in

our cities are beer drinkers.
——-...—oo——

JOHNNY’S LIST 01‘ BEST BOOKS.

Sir John Lubbock's list of “one hun-
dred best books " has created wide com-
ment and induced several other persons
to prepare a little list. Old Simeon
Sipples inked his fourteen year old son
Johnny the other day to write down
what he considered the best one hun-
dred books, and the youth immediately
began as follows:

1. “Yellow-haired Nance: The Pet of
the Slums.”

2. “‘Doubleojointed Jake: The Circus
Boy."

8. “Blue-devil Dick: The Indian
Exterminator." , '

4. “Squint-oyed Bob: The Roller
Rink Detective."

5. “The mysterious Demon; or, The
Ghost of Shantyto—"

At this point Johnny's father, who
was looking over his son’s shoulder,
brought his rattan cane down so vehe-
mently on a spot where it would do the
most good that the titles of the youth's
remaining ninety-five books were obli-
terated from the corridors of his mem-
ory and the list will never be finished.

W _
SWISS TREATMENT OF CONSUMPTION.

An interesting report is given of the
experiments made by Dr. Albrecht on
consumptive patients in a. hospital at
Borne, Switzerland. These expori- ~
ments were made with a view to ascer-
taining the effect of.oxygen inhalation
on the development of phthisis, and
whether, by increasing the rate of
organic combustion by this means, the
bacterium of phthisis, had been dis- .
charged with certainty on several occa-
sions. The patients were first sub-
mitted to an appropriate highly-nutriti-
ousdict, consisting ofmilk and peptone,
and twice a week they were weighed
with great care. It was observed that,
as soon as the oxygen inhalaticns began.
the daily loss of weight was checked.
and in some cases the weight increased,
dyspnoco disappeared, and the micro

 

scope showed fowerbactoria. i

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