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GAMBLING CARRIED ON IN A VOLUI’TU-
OUS ATMOSPHERE OF CRIME.
Gorgeousncss of the Gaming Rooms in the
Castle—Rambling Women Whose
Beauty Attracts Many Men
to the Tables. 1
SUICIDES AVERAGING ONE EVERY DAY.
7 As many Americans will doubtless
visit Monte Carlo while abroad, ade-
scription of the most dazzlingly danger-
ous spot in all Europe may not be
untimely. People are inclined to won-
der why the place has not long since
been closed. The fact is that the site is
not on the territory of any of the Euro-
pean powers. The only authority is
a. municipal government, which is an
alias for the great gambling company.
Both Monaco and Monte Carlo are owned
by Prince Carlos III, of Spain, who
lives in royal style inamagnificent castle
in the former place. He'is 79 years of
age, and has been totally blind for thirty-
two years. The general manager and
chief executive of the gambling company
is a woman—Mme. Blane. She is an
elderly, heavily-built matron, much
feared by all her employes. Her husband
M. Blane, was formerly manager of the
gambling company controlling the estab-
lishment at Baden Baden, Wicsbaden
and Carlsruhc. He first rented the
Monte Carlo site in 1854, from the Italian
government for 50,000 francs a year.
When Prince Carlos came into posses~
sion, four years later, the present gam-
bling rooms were opened. M. Blane
managed the place for eighteen years,
and at his death was succeeded by his
wife. When the great German gambling
places were closed, Monte Carlo received
an enormous accession of prosperity,
which has continued to this day.
The above facts were obtained from
Mr.
known of European guides and compan-
ions. He was born within 200 miles of
Monte Carlo, and has visited there fif-
teen times with parties of tourists,
besides trips made in time of idleness.
He maintains that the average of sui-
cides throughout the year is one per
day, although not one out of ten is ever
heard of outside of Monte Carlo. He
thus describes the manner in which
Prince Carlos obtained his title to Mon-
aco and Monte Carlo:
”In 1858, I think it was," said he,
“the Italians were very hard put in
their war with the Germans. Napoleon
III, without any pledge of reward, sent
to the aid of Italy, an army of 100,000
men, who arrived at Solferiuo in time
to decide that memorial and critical
4 battle. Filled with gratitude, Victor
Emanuel was at a loss how to repay this
great. kindness. He had not the means
to indemnify France for the outlay
incurred. It finally occurred to him to
code to Napoleon a slice off the north- ‘
vest corner of Italy, reserving there-
from about six and a half square miles
of land, which he designed as an especial
grant to his favorite cousin, Prince
Carlos III., of Spain. The ccssion was
in these word-n: ‘Lc Department dos
Alpcs Maritimcs a etc donne a la France
in 1858. Monaco at Monte Carlo soul
a restc independant.’ It was thus that
the territory described became neutral."
“Why does he not close the place up, "
Mr. Bauer was asked.
“Well, in the first place he is not
partial .to any nation that has thus far
bid for it. In the second place he
receives an annual rental of 1,000,000
francs for Monte Carlo, in addition to
its being kept in thorough repair. He.
is old, blind, rich, prejudiced and obsti-
nate, so he doesn’t care a snap for pub-
' lic opinion. He cannot live much
longer, however, and at his death the
games will be closed, as it would be a
disgrace to any nation to license such a
gilded hell. Prince Carlos’ eldest son,
Albert, is 42 years of age, and will suc-
ceed to the inheritance of Monte Carlo
and Monaco. Both England and Spain
have offered fabulous sums for this little
patch of land on the Mediterranean, as
it is astrategic point of great impor-
tance. Albert-o, however, is fond of the
French, and it is believed that he has
already signed a centfzict to sell his
inheritance to that government. I
believe this agreement would have been
publicly announced before this, had it
not been for fear that the old Prince
would spoil the arrangement by dispos-
ing of it to Spain. The land is not
entailed. No matter which nation buys
the territory, gambling at Monte Carlo
is doomed. There is only one old man ’s
life between its suppression."
PEOPLE \VHO GO THERE.
“Who are the most numerous and
profitable patrons of Monte Carlo ?"
.“The noble, the idlefthc dishonest,
the immor. l—iu fact, all who are rich.
No mechanic or artisan is permitted to
live in the province. You will not be
admitted unless-you are independently
wealthy and gamble for amusement
only. The company does not want the
patrouage of anybody who cannot a’fi‘ord
to lose all he carries in his pockets. If
you get broke they will send you home
in first-class style; or, if you wish to
remain they will board you free, handle
your telegraphic messages without
charge, besides lending you spending
money.”
“Don’t you think that the estimate
of 365 suicides per vear is a little steep f"
“ Not a bit. During the winter season
they frequently average three or four a
day for long periods. Of course, all do
not take place at the gambling rooms
or on the gromids, but counting those
at Monaco, Nice, Cannes, Mentone and
other places, which are directly caused
by gambling at Monte Carlo, the esti-
mate is none too large. I have verified
the figures over and ov or by conversa-
tion with croupicrs.
“The castle at Monte Carlo devoted
to gambling purposes is an ancient
granite structure, two stories high, with
a broad flight of shallow, pure white
marble steps leading to it. To the east
may be seen the Alps, and to the
west the Mediterranean. The building
adjoining is an immense edifice, and
was built fora church. The architec-
ture of both buildings is antiquated, and
difficult to describe. The offices and
gambling rooms are on the left side of
the main hall as you enter. Above them
is a-largc expanse of exposed galleries,
from which promenaders can gaze down
into the gambling rooms, up at the
moon and stars, forward to the Alps, or
out upon the waters of the Mediter-
' rancan. On the right side of the main
hall are the cloak rooms, a large library
and reading-room and a lounging and
smoking-room. Not a drop of wine or
liquor is obtainable in the building.
At the end of this hall are the entrances
to the theatre, which building, although
an annex, is much larger than the main
structure. During the winter, which
is of course the fashionable season, this
theatre is crowded nightly, no admission
fee being enacted. The attractions are '
always firstclass, and Sarah Bernhardt,
who is a great gambler herself, has given
many a performance there at asalarv of
Joseph Bauer, one of the best I
this building are the six private or
reserved gambling rooms, the most
sumptuous in the world.
“ In this busy season the best of those
will rent for 50,000 francs a night, and
single bets in them of 1,000,000 francs
are of nightly occurrence. Of course,
their charge includes the strictest
privacy, with croupiers, a large police
guard, and every attendance and atten-
tion that the human mind has invented.
You may imagine this is royal pleasure,
and that the mere possession of millions
will not secure admission except in
('t on pan y with nobility.
”On entering the castle one passes
through a guarded ante-room to the
gaming rooms. There one is halted and
address. After a few further questions,
the visitor is directed to the office
proper, where a searching investigation
is made by the chief detective and his
assistants. If the replies and proofs
of identity are not satisfactory, the
visitor is firmly but respectfully denied
admission. If he passes muster, he is
given a personal card of admission, good
for one day, three months, or during
proper behavior, as he may elect.
A Dazznmc SCENE. ~
“The view on entering the rooms is
dazzling and bewildering. Brilliant
lights flashing through magnificent
crystals around, above and below;
handsome, courtly men in full dross,
walking and talking in low tones, or
sitting and playing with reckless indif-
ference or deadly earnestness; quecnly
women, in gorgeous attire, bushing
their chatter and playing with unsur-
passed skill and audacity, or inexperi-
enced bravado and eccentricity. The
swell of music and the breath of
flowers permeate the warm, voluptuous
atmosphere, and soften the scene to one
of delicate enchantment. Everything
that is said or done suggests subdued
emotion or elegant propriety. This is
the scene of the world’s greatest dissipa-
tion, and the picture has strong tone as
well as harmonious coloring. At first
the ringing of coin, as it is swept rapidly
over the green cloth in counting, rattles
unpleasantly on the cars of a stranger,
so quiet are the surroundings; but
once. accustomed to the jingle, the mel-
ody of pure gold becomes an additional
pleasure, and the sparkle of the pieces
a charming sight. The monotonous
voices of the croupiers are the only dis-
cordant sounds.
“ ‘Messieurs, faitcs votre jeux !" cries
the croupier at the roulette table.
"Rien no va plus!’ is his next ex-
pression. “A hasty glance around the
table and the marble is sent spinning on
its first circular but finally erratic
course. ‘Onze noir gugne et rouge
perd!’
“Instantly the eight assistant crou-
piers—four payers and four receivers—
begin paying out and raking in the gold
in their respective localities. The re-
ceivers are provided with gold crooks
resembling those of shepherds, attached
to long, slender silver handles. At the
roulette table the ball is whirled twice
aminute, or 120 times an hour. Two
consecutive hours is the time served
by the chief croupier. Then he is
relieved and another takes his place.
Such labor is very exhausting, but that
is not the only reason for short terms
at the wheels. Some of the heavier and
more continuous players gradually
learn a croupier’s style, and are able to
tell nearly every time within a number
or two of where the ball will stop.
When the bank has lost a million or
two francs to one player, the croupicr is
relieved, whether the two hours have
expired or not. A number of lucky
gamblers have made their living ofl
Monte Carlo for several years, having
no other lmown'resources. If: some:
times happens too, that a man who has
been thoroughly cleaned out will, on
receiving a remittance by mail or tele-
graph, win back his original loss ten
times over, but the reverse is usually
the case.
“Similar scenes are witnessed at the
trente ct qudrante tables, but this game
is a quieter one and the betting is
heavier. When a heavy loser shoots
himself in either of the rooms, there is
a momentary cessation of play, and in-
quiring glances are shot in the direction
whence the pistol report came. But
the croupiers have wonderful self-
possession and quickly recover from the
shock. They cry out louder than ever
and spin the ball with unexpected vigor,
just as an orchestra in a theatre plays
loudest when a cry of fire is heard.
“There are four tables in the roulette
room, each capable of seating forty
players. The limits are from 5 to 5,000
francs, although occasionally the maxi-
mum limit on one or more tables is
raised by request and unanimous con-
sent. In the trente et quarante room
there are three tables, only No of which
are ordinarily in use. The limits in
this game are from 20 to 12,000 francs,
When a third table is going, there is
always a big game on it, with the limits
from 50 to 50,000 francs. Women,
réspectably attired, with -or without
escort, are admitted without question to
all of these rooms, their presence being
Welcomed on account of the male patron-
age which they invariably bring in
their train. They are among the heavi-
est betters at the third trentc et quar-
ante table."
_-—o¢_‘....-‘.———
SEEKING A MARRIAGE LICENSE.
The Buffalo Courier tells of a gentle-
man of that city whose heart was won
by a belle in a neighboring Pennsyl-
vania town. An engagement followed,
and in due time the wedding-day was
set. The prospective groom, it appears,
regarded his abnegation of bachelor-
hood with a sort of rueful misgiving,
which increased as the days of his
liberty waned. His last revolt against
the shackles of matrimony occurred
when he was sent to procure the mar-
ceromony. He sought the city official
who presided over the license depart-
ment, and asked, gravely:
“Is this where licenses are kept ?"
”Yes, sir," answered the clerk,
politely; “what kind of a license do
you want ?"
“Well, what kind have you got ?"
rejoined our friend, with superhuman
gravity.
The clerk had begun to look upon his
visitant as a lunatic, but he obligingly
rattled off the list.
“ Give you a license to drive aback,
give you a license to pull teeth or prac-
tice medicine, ’give you a pawubroker's
or huckster’s license, give you a license
to keep gunpowder in the house—”
“Stop," said our friend, quietly,
“that's what I want."
. eve—OW
To make eau de cologne, put one
quart ninety-five per cent. alcohol into
a bottle; add to it nine drachms oil of
thyme. six drachms oil of cedrat, two
drachms oil of thyme,'six drachms each
oil of bergamot and oil of lemon; four
draelnns of Portugal, two drachms each
oil of neroli, oil of vervain and oil of
rosemary, two and oncohalf oil of mint,
four drops tincture of musk. Mix
thoroughly, and after standing twenty-
four hours filter till clear.
!
poldely requested to give name and ‘
riage license, a few days before the '
two pints eaujde‘mclissee and twenty- .
There was one amusement which,
from his earliest years, must have de-
lighted little Will Shakespeare above
all others—I mean a visit from the
players, writes Rose Kingsley. That
he inherited his love for the drama
from his father is more than probable;
for it was during the year of John
Shakespeare’s High Bailifl'ship that
plays are first mentioned in the records
at Stratford. - ‘
According to the custom of the day,
when the players belonging to some
great nobleman cani‘e to a town, they
reported themselves to the Mayor'to
‘geta license for playing. If the Mayor
liked them, or wished to show respect
to their master, he would appoint them
to play their first play before himself
and the Council. This was called the
Mayor's play, every one coming free,
and the Mayor giving the players a
reward in money. Between the
Autumns of 1568 and 1569,
“The Queen’s and the Earl of Wor-
ccstcr‘s players visited the town and
gave representations before the Coun.
oil, the former company receiving nine
shillings and the latter twelve pence
for their first performances."
And there is little reason to doubt
that our little Will, then between five
and six years old, was taken to see
them by his father, the Mayor, as a
little boy named Willis was taken at
Gloucester that same year, being exactly
William Shakespeare's age, and stand-
ing between his father's knees Master
Will probably there got his first experi-
ence of. the art in which he was to
become the master for all ages. We
wonder what that first play was—some
quaint, rude drama, probably, such as
the one little Mllis saw at Gloucester,
with plenty‘of princes and fair ladies,
and demons with painted masks, and
“ Herod " in red gloves, of the “Coven-
try Mystery " players.
Not only in Stratford, but in most of
the towns roundabout, there are various
records of players giving performances.
When little Will was eleven years old
Queen Elizabeth came on her celebrated
visit, in 1575, to Lord Leycsstcr at
Kcnilworth, and as all the country
flocked to see the great show it is prob-
able that the boy and his father were
among the crowds of spectators and
saw some of the plays given in the
Queen’s honor.
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MUSCULAR DEVELOPMENT.
Physical developmcutis an essential
part of the education of girls, and we
are glad that gymnasiums are well
patronized. In our large towns, where
there is no spacefor extensive play-
grounds in which children could freely
jump about, there is nothing which
could equal these institutions, where
the muscular powers are exercised and
tho‘joiuts kept lithe and supple. Girls
who are for so many hours of the day
confined to the schoolroom must have
plenty of bodily exercise to counteract
the eil'egfs of sedentary and mental
work. This the gymnasiums alone
supply and the public already begin to
see the beneficial results. In the
country gymnasiums can be dispensed
with. Joints need not grow stiff there,
nor chests narrow and spines curved,
but in large, crowded towns it is differ-
ent, and indeed it would be difficult to
find a substitute for the gymnasium.
There is no need for performing any
feats of force; let girls with robust
health attempt them if they like, but
delicate girls can attend a. gymnasium
and have plenty of exercise without
ever making great exertions. The
Swedish system, in which no apparatus
is used, and the modified German sys-
tem. as it is called, are among the best
that are practised in this country. They
are taught in a way that brings into
action all the muscles and joints which
are apt to grow powerless from want of
exercise. It'is surprising to see some
of the girls at first laboriously struggle
to move their hip joints, the movement
of whichis so sadly hampered by nar-
row or heavy skifts. After a while,
however, these difficulties are overcome,
and the healthy appearance of the girl
shows clearly the result of exercises
aiming at the expansion of the chest
and the strengthening of the spine,
which in too many cases with girls
shows a tendency to curvature. Some
difference should certainly be made in
the exercises a girl is put through ac-
cording to individual constitutions;
one girl may be able to practice gym-
nastics and “drilling" for twice the
time that another and more delicate
girl could go through.
-—..—o¢--..v.—O
VALUE OF DEEP BREATHING.
Deep breathing and holding the
breath is an item of importance. Per-
sons of weak vitality find an uninter-
rupted succession of deep and rapid
rcspirations so distressing that they are
discouraged from perscvcring in the
exercise. Let such persons take into
thc lungs as much air as they can at a
breath, and hold it as long as they can,
they will find a grateful sense of relief
in this whole abdominal region. Prac-
tice will increase the ability to hold the
breath, and the capacity of the lungs.
After a time the art may be learned of
packing the lungs. This is done by
taking and holding the long breath and
then forcing more air down the trachea
by swallows of air. The operation may
be described by that of a fish's mouth
in water. To those who have never
learned it it will be surprising to what
an extent the lungs may be packed.
Caution at first is needful, but later
practice will warrant large use of the
treatment. The whole thoracic and
abdominal cavities will receive immedi-
ate benefit, and continuance, with tem-
perance in eating and good air and
right exercise, will bring welcome
improvement.
om”.—
LUCBETIA B0 RGIA.
There is no fragment of evidence that
she ever committed, or abetted, or
desired the murder of a human being;
her sternest critic, writing during her
lifetime, makes no such charge; her
crimes began to be committed a couple
of centuries after her death, in the
minds of her commentators. In Fer-
raro, where Donizetti and Victor Hugo
laid the scene of her supposed atrocities,
she lived for seventeen years, esteemed,
honored, beloved, and died regretted
by a community which, at the time of
her arrival, was certainly not prepos-
sessed in her favor. She was blonde,
petite, sprightly, blue-eyed, auburn-
golden haired. Her beauty, her accom-.
plishments, her proficiency in the
classics, her grace in the dance. her
sweet and courtly manners, were ac-
knowledged everywhere.
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THE BIBLE BY HEART.
“ You attend Sunday-school, do you ?"
inquired Rev. Mr. Smith of Nellie;
“then you must know a great deal
about the Bible. Now tell us some-
thing nicc that’s in the Bible here, can
you ?" . “Yeth thir; Sis hath some dried
'leaves in it, a pieth of Aunt Jane‘s wed-
din' dreth, a pieth of my dreth when I
was a baby, theme hair and Sis's fellow’s
picture." .. ~ ‘
The first London coach builder we
read of was named Walter Rippon. He
was employed by Queen Mary Tudor to
build her a "turning coach " with pil-
lars and arches. Presumab y the fore-
whecls turned on a pivot, as our modern
carriages do. In 1854 he made a chariot
for Queen Elizabeth, with four pillars,
surmounted by an imperial crown, and
- with two lower pillars in front, sur-
mounted byalion and a dragon, her
armorial supporters. The same sover-
eign is represented in one of her pore
traits in an open litter, borne by the
great officers of the court. It is from
her reign that coaches (a name derived
from Hungary) and carriages resembling
those we now use came into fashion.
For many years carriages were possessed
only by the queen and the great officers
of the kingdom ; they were exceptional
luxuries. Her majesty's carriages were
open at the sides. She was fond 'of
progresses from one great nobleman’s
house to another, or to and from her own
palaces, and wished her liege subjects
to see her. The closed coach, asalrcady
remarked, was introduced from Hun-
gary. It had a wooden top, plentifully
garnished with gilt nails, and the sides
were closed by curtains. The emperor
of Germany went to Frankfort to his
coronation in cache coach in 1475. The
German princes in the sixteenth and
following centuries seem to have been
far,iu advance of other potentates in the
number of their carriages or coaches.
Henri IV. of France had but one, and
he was in it when he was murdered by
Ravaillac. '
Louis the Magnificent were numerous
and sumptuously decorated. According
to Macaulay, a procession of a hundred
carriages belonging to his majesty and
the court was sent out to receive James
II. when he took refuge in France.
Glass coaches, or coaches with glass
panels instead of curtains at the sides,
do not seem to have been introduced
iulo England till the middle of the sev-
cntcenth century. Plate glass for the
purpose was of Venetian origin. The
manufacture was established at Fulham
by the duke of Buckingham, and it was
used for carriage panels during the
reigns of the Stuart sovereigns. The
coach of the speaker is said to have been
made for or used by Oliver Cromwell.
It is of carved oak, similar in general
outline to the state coaches of, more
recent times, but more upright on the
angles and more compact in appearance.
The body is hung by stout leather straps
to iron standards, which rest on groups
of well-carved figurowork, representing
Jupiter, Neptune, the city of London
and Africa. Other mythological groups
are carved on the driving box and at the
back. It must be of enormous weight,
as it measures nineteen feet in total
length and fourteen feet from axle to
axle. It is drawn by two horses only—
etiquette does not allow the speaker a
larger number—so those two have to be
of elephantinc weight and strength.
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am. murmur AS AN INVENTOR.
Mr. Tapper, writing of himself, says:
I record sundry inventions of mine,
surely bits of authorship, which I found
- outlfor myself but did not patent, though
others did. As thus: 1. A simple and
cheap safety horseshoe-secured by
steel studs inserted into the ordinary
soft iron shoes. 2. Glass screw-tops to
bottles. 3. Steam vessels with the
wheels inside ; in fact a double boat or
catamaran,‘with the machinery, amid-
ships. 4. The introduction of cocoa-leaf
to allay hunger, and to be as useful
here as in Chili. 5. A pen to carry its
own ink. 6. The coloring of photo-
graphs on the back. 7. Combined vul-
canitc and steel sheathing. There were
also some other small matters wherein
authorial energy busied itself. But
although I‘had’modcls made of some,
and wrote about others, no good results
accrued to me. 1. As for the horse.
shoes, blacksmiths did not want to lose
custom by steel saving the iron. 2. For
the glass-stoppgrs, I had against me all
the cork trade, and the wine merchants
too, ’who rc-cork old wines. 3. The
steamers were never tried on a large
scale, and models are pronounced decep-
tive. 4. The cocoa loses most of its
virtues when in a dried state. 5. The
pen (I had it made in silver, a long,
hollow handle ending with a conical
point) either grew clogged if the ink
was too thick, or emitted blots when
too thin. 6. An establishment in
Leicester square has since worked on
the idea. 7. I also troubled the ord-
nance office, and had'au interview with
Sidney Herbert about two more futile
inventions; once ‘a composite cannon
missile of quoits tied together ; another
of a thick vulcanite sheeting for ships,
over either wood or iron. I have letters
on these to and from the office. Briefly,
I did not gain fortune as an inventor;
though I urged my horse-shoe at least
as a valuable thought, and one worth a
trial, to save our poor horses on asphalt
pavements and in hard frosts. It is a
losing game to attempt to force an inven-
lion ;- so many vested interests oppose,
and so many are the competitors ; more-
over, some one always rushes into the
pool of Bethesda before you.
flame——
NOT AFRAID 0F BURGLARS.
“It’s a joke on me, of course, but I’ll
give it to you follows," said a Cass farm
man to a little group in the city hall.
" I have a great fear of burglars. When
I go to bed I want to know that every
door and window is securely fastened.
About a month ago we changed hired
girls, and the new-comer was very care-
1053 about the doors 0’ nights. On two
or three occasions I came down stairs at
midnight to findawindow up or the
back door unlocked. I therefore deter-
mined to put upajob on her. I got
some false whiskers and an old rig, and
one night about eleven o’clock I crept
up the back stairs to her room. She
was snoring away like a trooper, but
the minute I struck a match she awoke.
I expected a great yelling and scream-
ing, but nothing of thesort took place.
She bounced out of bed with a ‘You
villainl’ on her lips, seized'a chair by
the back, and before I had made a move
she knocked me to my knees. Before I
could get out of the room she struck me
again, and it was only after I had
tumbled down the back stairs that she
gave the alarm. Then she want through
to my room, rapped on the door and
coolly announced:
” ‘Mr. Blank, please get up.
killed a burglar.’ "
I’ve
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COSTLY FLOWERS FOR EATING.
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The eating of flowers is a nineteenth
century reality. Crystalized violets at
$6 a pound are the very latest things in
confectionery. Candied rose-leaves are
also very popular. Girls like to eat
flowers and will payas high as $10a
pound for some of the more expensive
kinds. They are all brought from
France, but with the growth of favor
for things American, we shall doubtless
soon see a beginning of the flower-
candying industry in this country and
the girls will begin to munch crystal-
izcd pumpkin blossoms and Johnny-
jump-ups. Truly, this is an age we all '
should be proud to live in. _.
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The coaches or caresses of ,
The “ Ilose of Sharon ” has long been
a disputed point. The Hebrew word
Ichabatsrldh occurs only in Cantiolcs ii. 1,
and Isa. xxxv. 1. The revised version
reads ”rose" in the text, and “autumn
crocus" in the margin. We are , of
opinion that the narcissus (N. fazctl.a)'.is
intended. The scene of the Caniiclcs
is in the spring,‘ when the. narcissns
would be in blossOm; it is very sweet,
has long been and still is a plant of
which the orientals are passionately
fond. Hassclquist noticed it on the
plain of Sharon; Trisiram,‘in cultivated
land and lower hills from Gaza to Leba-
non; Mr. H. Chichestcr Birth: in the
districts between chdua and i'Jafl’a~
(plain of Sharon). “Some low-lying
patches," he says, “were quite white
with it.” The October. quarterly state-
ment (Palestine exploration fund).con-
tains a valuable paper by Mr. 0. Hart,
entitled: “A naturalist’s “journey to
Sinai, Petra and South Palestine, made
in the autumn of 1883." The autumn
crocus has no perfume, and would not
bein bloom till late in the year. The
narcissus is a bulbous plant, which is
apparently implied in part of Hebrew
name; 2'. e. bctzel (a “bulb," an " onion ").
But quite a different plant has recently
appeared as the claimant to the honor
of being the “Rose of Sharon;" an
Assyrian plant name is introduced to us
by Dr. F. Delitzsch. Among the names
of different kinds of [man (“reed ") and
of objects made of it, occurring on a
tablet in the British museum, and pub-
lished in “The cuneiform inscriptions
of western Asia," mention is made of
one called khabatsillatu, which in sound
is identical with the Hebrew name in
Canticles and Isaiah? so that Dr. F.
Delitzsch, without a moment’s hesita-
tion, upsets all other floral aspirants
with one decided blow, and reads “reed
of Sharon," the desert shall rejoice and
sprout like the reed.
MH—
CHINESE sanWDNEss. .
Chip, a Chinese house servant long
employed by one family in San Fran-
cisco, having accumulated a snug little
sum of money, recently determined to
paya visit to his relatives in China to
spend the New Year, and to return here
after the holidays were over. Desiring
to correspond with the family during
his absence, and not being able to write
inthe English language, he hit upon
the following novel expedient: He ap-
plied to a friendly neighbor, a young
lady, towrite from his dictation, enclose
and address a letter to his mistress, he
taking the same with him for the pur-
pose of mailing from China. A few
days before his departure the lady of
the house chanced to go into his room,
and there saw lying on the table a
sealed letter addressed to herself.
Thinking its presence an oversight on
the part of Chip, she opened the letter,
and on reading it discovered the true
inwardness of the same. Not wishing
Chip to know that she had surprised
his secret, ,she had a new envelope pre-
pared and addressed in close imitation
of the original, and left the letter where
she had found it. The letter graphi-
cally described the trip from San Fran-
cisco to Hong Kong; it dwelt particu-
larly upon a terrible storm at sea,
during which nearly every one was
seasick except the writer. Chip's arrival
home was touched upon; the joy of his
mother and father was feelingly de-
scribed; lastly the date_of his return
was given and a speedy answer re-
quested. Chip, having secured his
return certificate, departed as arranged,
and, sure enough, the last China mail
brought the wonderful letter from Chip,
and, no doubt, when he receives the
answer, which was sent promptly, his
heart will swell with pride and gratifica-
tion, and his importance among the
circles of his acquaintance in his native
home will be duly increased by his
native correspondence.
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scnlr'romuar OF THE MONASTEIIY.
In the days of King John people had
so little idea of the'possibilityof the
printing press they were almost equally
ignorant of such a material as paper for
literarypurposcs. Yet it is a huge mis-
take which has not yet been exploded,
as it ought to be, that reading and
writing were rare accomplishments in
the thirteenth century. Knowledge of
a certain kind was disseminated far more
effectively and far more universally
than is generally believed. The country
parson was expected to be the school-
master of his parish, and generally was
so, and there was hardlyavillage in
England during the reign of Henry III.
in which there were not one or more
persons who could write a clerkly hand,
draw up accounts in Latin, and keep
the records of the various petty courts
and gatherings that were continually
being held, sometimes to the annoyance
and grievous vexation of the rural pop-
ulation. The professional writers were
so numerous, and their training so
severe, that they had got for themselves
privileges of every exceptional kind;
the clerk took rank with the clergyman,
and the writer of a book was almost as
much esteemed as its author. The
scriptorium of a great monastery was at
once the printing press and the publish-
ing office. It was the place where books
were written, and whence they issued
to the world. With the traditional
exclusiveness of the older monasteries
there was less desire, no doubt, to dif-
fuse and disperse than to accumulate
books, but the composing and the mul-
tiplication of books was always going on.
The scriptorium was a great writing
school too, and the rules of the art of
writing which were laid down there
were so rigidly and severely adhered to
that to this day it is not difficult to
decide at a glance whethera book was
written in St. Alban’s or St~Edmund’s
Abbey. Sometimes as many as twenty
writers were employed at once, and
besides these there were super-numer-
aries. who were professional scribes, and
who were paid for their services; but
nothing short of perfect penmanship,
such trained skill. for instance, as would
now be required of an engraver, would
qualify a copyist to take part in the
finished work which the copying of
important books required.
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A good conscience is an excellent
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Itshould be carefully cultivated. When
frankness becomes mere rudeness, it
should be properly checked.
The early Celts worshipped the Dawn
and the Sunrise. It is more than prob-I
able that the Irish preference of the
color green, for their flags and their
sashes, arose from a mistake among
those who had lost a thorough knowl-
edge of the old Irish language. The
sun, in Irish, is called by a word pro-
nounced like our word “green,” and
it is likely that the Irish fondness for,
that color arose from the word’s exact
likeness in sound to their word for the
sun. Yet it is far more probable that
“ green," here, is the Irish word mean-
ing, not the color, but the can; because
greenhouses are built so as to catch the
sun's rays and store them up while it
is hidden by clouds, as happens more
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OPTICL‘LN and OCULIST,
WILL BE AT NOIHVALK.
June let and 22d, 1886,
At Nor/walls Hotel.
Having qualified myself by years of hard study
in the best institutions in Europe, and having had {1
practical experience of twenty-live years in tin
country, I am enabled at first sight to adapt lense
mostappropriatc to restore the vision to its origina
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 en-
abled to furnished all kinds of lenses and styles of
order under my own supervision, to suit my cus-
omcrs’ visionary ailments. ‘
Consultation Free.
References—Geo. G. Bishop, Charles Olmstoad
ex-Deputy Slicrilf Charles Adams, Mr. Clarence
Nash with J. F. lienuet, Gen. D. N. Couch, Mrs.
W. K. James. Dr. E. C. Clarke.
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Spectacles and Eye.(llasscs which are made to ‘
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Dear Sir:
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l’iru’s/cdx’s (Tong/z.
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MA N UFAC’I‘UH E l) I! Y
Geo. B. ,Plaisted,
DRUGGIST,
Conn Main and Wall Streets, Norwalk.
62 Washington Street, South Norwalk.
CHOICE
drilling Lets
E‘OR $131,413
(in Wilton Avenue
Apply to
II. J. N’I‘URGICS. or 0. E. “TLSON.
GAZET l‘lv) BUILDING 4H
‘ r4. ~ 8r 0'
J. Cr. \Jl. egory .. o.
llesircm stale lhatm addition to a full line of
Drugs, Proprietary Medicines and Drugglsts’
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 rules.
They also desire in state that they have accepted
the agency of the New York Vaccine Co., and will
keep 3. 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.
it. B. CRAUF Ullll,
Insurance, Real Estate and
Investment Securities,
3| Main Street, ,Norwalk.
Agent. for the
American ins. Co., of Newark, N. J.,
Assets ................................ $ 1,721,424
Northern Assurance Co., of London. 15,225,422
(lcrluaina lv‘irc Ins. Co., of New York.. 2,700,000
Montauk Fire Ins. Co., of N cw York. . . .
Jersey ~(zit y, of .ierscy ...................
7 in can. Bats and linings
of the Equitable Mortgage Co., of Kansas, and
.. 6' per cent. Bonds
Of the Middlescx Banking Co., of Middletown
Conn. Principal and Interest of both guaranteed,
Securities of all descriptions bought and sold at
New York Quotations.
A large number of desirable dwellings an i farms
for sale. lyBAi
Hatch, Baile' tto
MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN
LUMBER, TIMBER,
Shingles, Inf-12.,
339,666
316,863
Doors, Sou/2.,
[Mi/Hts, ydfflllxh‘ll'llg,
ll’imlmv Frames,
Picks/rs, .S'c. _
lettered Haul Wand Walk. a
Hammad Being and Flaming.
Fouih Norwalk, Conn.
Geo. S. Gregory.
Livery. Boarding, Sale,
Feed and Exchange
ll- Emu-anmlb‘ 1
No. 14: Knight 81
_ ' (lnrear of Horse Car Depot),
. NORVVALK, CONN.
Carriages furnished at all hours. Contour
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Alarm and. Counsellor at Lilli,
Room No. 4, Up Stairs.
GAZETTE BUILDING, NORWALK, CONN
JAMES T. HUBBELL,
than and tunnels at Law
2: Gazette Building,
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ALEX. S. GIBSON,
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Teacher of '
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Composition,
Lock Box 09 P. 0., NORWALK, CONN.
E. WHITWDETH,
Successor to L’. (foux,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
WEEKS’ BUILDING, WALL STREET.
A ten. LINE or
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()f the _ Latest Styles, constantly on hand.
Novelties 111500th Sailings. Satisfaction guaran-
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54 Main Street,
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‘TNA Irvsl'HANCE Co., of HARTFORD.
Incorporated lSl‘Z. Charter Perpetual.
CAPITAL AND ASSE’I‘S, $8,002,272.64.
lnsures against. loss and damage by Fire, on
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Sole Agents for N orwulk and vicinity.
THE
Norwalk Fire insurance Go.
Has now completed its
1801 SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS YEAR
And has not outstandingsdoilar of unpaid losses
or claims for losses. A'o scuml company insures
for less.
W. C. Srnnsr, Pres. S. E. OLMSTEAD, Tress,
GEO. R. (Iowans. Secretary.
£3. 0&RD.
Having pi‘.::..:1sed the
rnusrrnnn 3051s ass,
Recently carried on by \VILLlAll Lccxwoon at
No. 36 MAIN STREET.
I am prepared to meet the wants of all prospective
purchasers of furniture, both S'I‘A l’LE AND
ORNAMENTAL. I have on hand a. large
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VERY CHEAP FOR CASH
[shall be pleased to meet :11; old or new frienls
and will guarantee satisfaction in
every case.
QEORGE H. RAYMOND.
PETER L. GUIG Uifi,
FLURIST tillUlSEillllliN,
UNION AVENUE,
North of Norwolk Cemetery,
NORWALK, .. a CONN.
Dealer in In Green House and Hot House and
Bedding and Vegetable Plants, Fruit and Ornamcn
ial Trees Shrnbbery, Vines. Cut Flowers away
on hand and all sorts of designsin Flowers arranged
to order. 41 y2
Grading and lie-filling Cemetery Plots
promptly attended to.
F. 11. PECK WEL L,
ARCHITECT
No. 7. WATER STREET,
Gill crl Lock. Company.
Dibble Manufacturing Company’s door
knobs.
New York \Vood Turning Company.
Corner Blocks for window casings.
Round and Square Turned Bulustcrs.
“ “ “ “ Ncwcls.
Plain and Double Moulded Stair Rails.
Also Flat Moulded Door and Window
Casings furnished at short notice.
BEING UNABLE TO MANUFACTURE
HARNESS
'l‘u compete with large concerns, I have taken tn
agency of one of the eldest and largest estab-
lishments in the state fertile sale of
Earness.$addles, Halters, Sur-
cingles, Collars, 86c.
l shalilalso Make .
Fine Harness to Order —
as usual, at the old stand,
is c. 7 WATER STREET,
where i will keep a regular line of Whips, Sponges
Chamois. Blankets, Robes, Feed Bags,
'l‘rnvchng Bags, .tc,
xi". Pcckwell.
3'.
Notice to Builders.
HIST-QUALITY BUILDING STONE for sale
cheap. Apply to
H0 JAMES K. SELLECK,
Norwalk.
For Sal e.
DOUBLE DARRELLED RIFLE madeby John
lillssett, London. Will be sold cheap for
ash Enquire at thls emce.
P. (l. Box 213.
GE 0 . ‘VV'AI-{D SELLECIL,
.'illtl their honor to observe it.
It is an old story that genius and
madness are nearly allied. Madly
they do often occur side by side, or in
mitted suicide, or was otherwise dic-
ordered mentally, may be a genius. It
is no exaggeration to say that therein
form in his family. In order to go mad
original-that is to say, must have a
constitutional dissatisfaction with things
as they are, and an urgent impulse to
get 011‘ the beaten tracks of thought and
feeling in which ninety-nine persons
their lives. It is surprising,'when We
take notice of it, what 'pure automate
most persons are.
and do the same things in the same way
day after day, like so many parrots, or
just as if they were so- many organic
machines. Were any one to amuse
himself by taking train from London
in different-directions, and alighting at
so many towns or villages fifty or a hun-
dred miles from it, about the same hour
of the day, and what would he observe ?
He would observe the cocks and hens
going through the same sort.of cuck-
lings, and crowings, and scratchings;
the dogs performing the same kind of
sniffings, and prowlings, and bagkings,
.in exactly the same way; the children
crawling and equalling, running, play-
ing, and quarreling in the same way,
and making exactly the same sort of
cries and ejaculations; the men and
women lounging, saunter-lug and gossip-
ping, and doing or saying, inside or out-
side their houses, the same things in
the same way. He would observe the
acts of animal and human life, although
more varied, to be almost as mechani-
cally constant as those of so many
machines, and might, perhaps, conclude
that man does himself more than jus-
tice, or does such little creatures as ants
and bees less than justice, when he
exalts his reason so much above their
instincts.
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A MIIGIITY UNCERTAIN GAME
The Buffalo Courier tells an interest-
ing draw-poker story, and insists that it
is true. The game was played in a
Buffalo hotel by seven men. One of the
players had won $200 and was about to
jump the game when he picked upn
hand of four kings and an ace. It was
invincible, because they were not play-
ing straight flushes. All came in, one
of them raising the ante $10. Mr. Four
Kings just chipped along, not wishing
to keep anybody out. The others
stayed, and all drew cards, the kings
, throwing away his ace and drawing one
card rather than spoil his chances of
getting bets by standing pat. The man
who had made the $10 raise took two
cards. Then the betting began. All
were driven out except the man with the
four kings and the man;who had drawn
two cards. They whacked back and
forth at one another until at length,
having exhausted all his chips and gone
shy for many dollars, the man with the
kings felt that he had won all he wanted
to, and called. To his horrOr his oppo-
nent laid down four aces. The beaten
man howled and claimed fraud, for how
could the other man have four aces
when he himself had one before the
draw? The explanation was simple.
There being seven" players there were
not cards enough to go around after the
first deal, and so the discards were
shuffled up and dealt for the draw. In
the draw the man who took two cards
and was drawing to three acts got the
ace that the man with four kings had
discarded, and was thus able to beat
him out of his boots. This doesn’t hap-
pen often. It is a legend in a. club in
Buffalo that the same thing did happen
on a Mississippi steamboat in the good
old days, and that a Louisiana planter
who held the four kings lost his planta-
tion to a man who had secured the dis-
carded ace. .
W.—
A TREATY ON A HANDKERCHIEF.
A Swiss correspondent of the Repub-
lique Francoise in looking over the
papers of the eccentric Duke of Bruns-
wick, dcposited at the library of Gen-
eva, has found the draft of a. secret
mutual assistance treaty between him
and the late Emperor Napoleon. It is
dated Ham, 25th June, 1844, and is not
only signed Louis Napoleon Bonaparte,
but written by him on a white silk,
pocket handkerchief in marking ink.
The French is full of Germanis‘m. The
treaty is in five articles, and the con-
tracting parties are bound by an oath
In
return for the money which the Ger-
man Prince was to furnish the French
one with to escape from Ham and re-
storc the empire the latter was to aid
the other to enter again into the pos-
session of his Duchy and all his fiefs,
and, if possible, to make all Germany
one nation, giving it a Constitution
suited to its traditions, manners, and
the needs of a progressive age. A
Napoleonic conspiracy was carried on
by the assistance of the Duke of Bruns-
wick’s purse. ‘ On the 22d of July, 1870,
Napoleon III. was for the last time
reminded of the promises sworn to‘and
written on the silk pocket handkerchief.
He answered this reminder in a short
note thus worded, which was found
pinned to that curious document: “I
have received your letter and find it
impossible to comply with your de-
mands. I beg you to believe in my
sentiments of sincere amity.—Napo-
leon." Six weeks later the Emperdr
was a prisoner of the Germans, and the
Duke of Brunswick on his way to
Geneva, to which he determined to
leave his personal estate, all he had
after the Brunswick revolution of 1830.
M...
NOTHING MISSED.
Sometime ago a man was alarmed at
night by hearing noises which he
thought indicated the approach of bar-
glars to his house. He was every quiet
and nervous man. He had never fired
off a gun in his life, but he kept one
loaded for the protection of his house.
He went down-stairs and opened the
door, and, hearing a noise, he thought
he would give an alarm. He fired the
gun at random, did not hear any more
noise, thought all was right, and re-
turned to bed. In the morning it,
turned out that a person who had‘just
come into his grounds for a perfectly
innocent purpose had been shot. The
unfortunaté man who had fired the
gun was brought up for trial, and his
explanation was that he really did not
know there was anybody there; ‘he did
notlaim at anyone—he merely fired for
the sake of alarm, but had been unfor-
tunate enough to hit some one ; all of
which the counsel summed up .very
is this—this man shot at nothing, and
missed it. " \
It appears that there are now inhab-
ited cave dwellings in Saxony. They
are dug in a sandstone hill, have differ-
ent rooms, light and dark, as well as
chimneys, windows and doors, and are
' said to be very dry and hahitaple.
succession, in the some families. The-
son or brother of a’ person who cam!»
or to be a genius the person” must be‘
out of a hundred go contentedly all.
hardly ever a man of genius who has ,
not insanity or nervous disorder of sonic ‘
They say, think, feel ‘
pithily by saying, “My lord, the aura,
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