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K-MBJEsst Volume LXXXVI. . NORWALK, CONN, TUESDAY JULY 27, l886. Number 30. ggggggmgrmv-eekfi
Ilse World We Used “Know. ,V
there was never a thorn on the roses .there, ‘2
And each day that floated was sunny and fair:
No dark clouds arose on the blue of that sky
And the winds as they ‘passed were as soft as a
sigh;
For the storms were held captive the bright lake
below;
And o'er them forever the clear waters now,
In the beautiful world that we used to know.
There the gold that we gathered was free from
3110!.
And no bitterness lurked in each sweet cup of joy.
From friendship's pure fount 'twas a pleasure to
drink.
And the heart‘s fervent flow never froze on its
brink.
There the hand that clasped ours never thrust us
aside
Nor wounded our heart with the cold shaft of
pride;
For love kept the portals where passions abide.
And the tall stately ships that were launched
with such pride.
Never paused in their flights o'er the smooth
silver tide ;
nut freighted with all the ambitions of yOuth
Sailed grandly and safe to the harbor of truth.
There the hopes of our lives to the sunshine were
born.
And no blight fell upon them. no withering scorn,
Till they perished like dew on the mantle of
more.
But this mythical world that we used to know
Is the ideal world that has passed long ago.
’Twas a creature of fancy most perfect and sweet;
But the clouds of reality. dark with deceit,
[lava obscured all its treasures and shut out its
beams; .
Yet anon through a rift in the shadows there
gleanls
The light frcnl that beautiful region'Of dreams.
"QW—
Lost on the Plains.
Only sixteen or seventeen miles a day.
A long, creeping. creaking line of white
Ox-wogons, stretching away to the west
across the vast and boundless brown
plains. Not a house for thousands of
miles, not a tree. not a shrub, not a
single thing in sight. except now and
then, dotted here and there a few great
black spots in the boundless sea of
brown.
Thisis the way it was when my parents
took me. then only a lad. across the
plains more than thirty years ago. How
different now with the engine tearing.
smoking and screeching across at the
rate of five hundred miles or more a day.
There are many, many houses on the
plains now. The pioneers have planted
great forests of trees. and there are also
vast cornfields. and the songs of happy
harvesters are found there. But the
great black spots that dotted the son of
brown are gone forever.
spots were herds of countless bison, or
bufi’alo as they were more generally
called.
One sultry morning in July, as the
sun rose up and blazed with uncornmou
ardor.I'"ll2 herd of bufl'alo was seen’ grazing
quietly close to our train, and some Of
the younger boys who had guns and
pistols, and who were dying to kill a
buffalo, begged their parents to let them
ride out-and take a shot.
As itwss only a natural desire and
seemed a simple thing to do. a small
party of boys was soon ready. The men
were obliged to stay with the train and
drive the oxen; for the tents had already
been struck and the long white line had
begun to creep slowly away over the
level brown sea toward the next water,
a little blind stream that stole through
the willows some fifteen miles away to
the west.
There were in our train two sons of a
rich and rather important man. And
they were new first in 'the saddle and
ready to- take the lead. But as they
were vain and selfish, and had always
had abig opinion oi themselves. their
father knew they had not learned much
about anything else. >
There was also inithe trolno sad-faced,
silent boy. barefooted. and oil in rags.
for his parents had died with cholera
the day after we had crossed the Mis-
souri river, and he was left helpless and"
alone. He hardly spoke to any one;
and as for the rich *m's'n's sons, they
would sooner have th‘Ought of speaking
to their negro cook’than' to'ilim. '
As the boys out on their horses ready
to go. and the train of wagons rolled
away. the rich man came up to the bare-
footed boy and said :
" See here, Tatters. go along with my
boys and bring back the game."
"But I have no horse. sin-"replied
the sod-faced boy.
“Well. take mine; I'will‘g'et in the
wagon and ride there until you come
back,” urged the anxious father.
"But 'I have no gun. no pistols or
knife";added the boy.
"Here. jump on my horse. and I will ‘
it you out." cried the rich man.
When the barefooted boy had mounted
the horse, the man buckled his own
belt around the led, and swung his ride
over the bow. ,
How the boy’s face lit up! His young
heart beat like a drum with ,delight as
the party bounded away after the
bufialo.
The wagons crooked and crawled
away to the west cf‘the great. grassy
plain; the herd of buffalo snifi'ed the
young hunters, and lifting their shaggy
heads, shook them angrily. and then
turned away like a- dork retreating
tide of the sea, with the boys bounding
after them in hot pursuit.
It was a long and exciting chase.
Totters soon passed the rest of the bye,
and pressing harden the herd, after
nearly an hour of wild and splendid
riding. threw himself from the saddle.
and. taking aim, fired.
The brothers came up soon, and dis-
mounting ca fost'os their loss practiced
limbs would let them. also fired at the”
retreating herd.
When the dust and smoke cleared
away, a fine fat bufislo lay rolling in '
the grass before them. Following the
example of Tattera. they lowed their
guns where they stood. as all cautious
hunters do. and then went up to the
me.
gaThe barefooted boy at once laid his
finger on a bullet hole near the sedan
of the heart and looked up at the others.
“I aimed about there!" shouted one.
. “And so did I i" cried the other
eagerly.
Without soylng'a"'-wo_rd. bat with a
very insignificantllmk. the bareme
boy took out his knife. and unobserved.
pricked two holes with the point of it
close by the bullet hole. Then he put
his finger there and again looked at the_
boys. They come down on their knees
wild with delight in an instant. They
had really helped kill a buffalo! In
fact they had killed it I
"For use not two bullcte'better-than '
one 7" they cried. .
“Totters, out of! the toil." said one.
“And cut me ofi‘ the mono; I want
it to make a coat collar for my father."
shouted the other. 4
Without a word the boy did as he was
bid, and then "securely "fastened the
trophies 6n behind’Hi'eir saddles. * ' '
“Now let’s overtake the train. and
tell father all about killing our first
buffalo," cried the elder of the two '
boys.
"And won't hebe delighted. though!"-
said the other. as he clambered upto
the saddle, and turned his face in every
direction, looking for some trace of the
wagons. I ’2 _ . J ..
“Butl-‘é showers "they?" encount-
brother. l' ' ‘
Both the brothers laughed a little at
first. and then grew vemgober.
Those dark ' '
. the hot saddles. The horses began to
, valley, or on the mountain. in the palace
ior cottage. when we, too. am only lift
’ their-faces. and the horses nibbled the
flocked anxiously at the setting sun.
“That is the way they wont,"snid
one. pointing ofi'.
“Ye-yes. I think that is the way.
But I wonder why we can't see the
wagons ?" ‘
" We have golloped along way; and
then they have been going in the other
direction. If you go that way you will
be lost.‘ When we started. I noticed
that the train was moving toward sun-
set, and that the sun was over our left
shoulder as we looked after the train.
We must go in this direction. or we
shall be lost," mildly and firmly said
the barefooted boy, as he drew his belt
lighter and prepared for wprk.
The other boys only looked disdain-
fully at the speaker as he sol: on his
horse and shading his eyes with his
hand, looked away in the direction he
wished to go.
Then they talked a moment between
themselves, and taking out their pocket
compasses looked at them very know-
ingly. _ '
Now. many people think that a coma
puss will lead them out of almost any
place where they are lost. This is a
mistake. A compass is only of use when
you cannot see the sun. And even then
you must have coolness and patience
and good Sense to get on with" it at all. It
can at best 'only guide you from one
object to' another, and so keep you in a
straight line, and prevent you from
going around and around. But when
the plain is one vast,"level‘ sea. without
a single object rising out of it as a guide,
what is aboytodo? It takes a cool
head, bey's or man's, to use a compass
On the plains.
"Come on! this is right," cried the
elder of the two hunters, and they
darted away, with Tatters far in the
rear.
They rode hard and hot for a fullhour,
getting more frightened and going faster I
at every jump. The sun was high in
the heavens. Their horses were all in a
foam.
“I see something at last," said one as
he stood up in his stirrups, and then
sitting back in his seat he laid on whip ‘
and spur, and rode fast and furious
straight for a dark object that lay there
in the long, brown grasses of the broad.
unbroken plain:
Soon they came to it. It was a dead
bufi'alo. They know now that they had
been riding in the fatal circle that means
death if you do not break it and escape. -
Very meek and very pcnitent felt the
boys. as Tatters come riding up slowly
after them. They were very tired and ‘
thirsty. They seemed to themselves
to have shrunken up to about half their
usual size. Meekly they lifted their
eyes to the despised boy, and pleaded
silently and pitifully for help. Tears
were in their eyes, their lips quivered,
but they could not say a word.
“ We must ride with the sun on our
left shoulder. as I said.'a‘nd with our
faces all the time to the west. If we do
not do that we shall die. Now, come
with me." said Tattora. firmly.
He turned his horse and took the
lead. And now me‘ekly and patiently
the others followed.
But the horses were broken in
strength and spirit. The sun in mid-
heaven poured its full force of heat upon
the heads of the thirsty hunters. and
they could hardly keep their seats in
stumble and stagger as they walked.
And yet there was no sight or sound of
anything at 'all. behind, before. on the
right or on th§left Nothing but the
weary, dreary. eternal and unbroken
sea of brown.
Away to the west; the bright blue sky
shut down sharp dad tight upon the
brown and blazing plain. ' The tops of
the long, untroddcss grass gleomed and
shimmered in theflheat. Yet not a sign
of ‘woter could anywhere’be‘ discerned.
sconce. vastnefi‘vo'ic'elees sis-when the
world come slowly from the “5"“
God. - ‘
No one spoke. * steadily and quietly
the leader cf thcporty rode on. Now
and then he would lift his 6368 “def
his hat go the blazing sun over his left '
shoulder and that was all.
There comes a time tons all. I believe.
sooner or later, on theplsins, in the
our eyes silent and helpless. locomo-
thing shining in heaven.
At last the silent little party heard a
faint sound behind them, a feeble,
screeching cry, that seemed to come out
from the brown grass beneath them as
they‘struggle‘d on. ' Then suddenly'they
come out of the toll brown grass into an
open plain that‘looked like a plowed"
field; only. allubout the outer edge of
the field were little hills or forts about
as high as a man's knee. On every one
of theselittlo forts stood a soldier senti-
nel, high on his hind legs and barking
with all his might. The lost hunters
had found a dog town, the first they
had ever seen. Some owls fiowiazily
over the strange little city, close to the
ground; and as they rode through the
town. a rattlesnake now and then glided
into the hole on the top of one of the ten
thousand little farts. The prairie dogs,
also, as the boys rode close upon them,
would twinkle their heels in the air. and
disappear head-first, only to jump up,
like a Jock-in-a-box. in another fort
almost instantly.
The party rode through the town and
looked beyond. Nothing! Behind.
nothing; nothing but the great blue _
sky shut down tight against the bound-
less sea of grass.
“Waterl 'I am dying for water,”
gasped one of the boys.
Tattors looked him in the face and
cow that what he said was true. He
reflected a moment and then said:
“Wait hero for me."
, Then leaving the others he rode
slowly round the dog-town, closely scan-
ning the ground. As he again neared
the boys he uttered a cry of delight, 9nd
beckoned them to come.
"Look there! Do you see that little
road winding along through the grass?
That means everything to us."
"Oh, what does it mean? I'm dying
of thirst!" cried one of the brothers.
“It means water. Do you think a
great city like that can get on without
water? Come, let us- follow their trail-
till we find it."
So saying Tottcrs led off at a lively
pace; for the horses were somewhat
rested. and it is safe to say that they
understood the meaning of the little
road under their feet. -.
"Hurrah! hurrah! hurrah!"
Tailors turned in his saddle and
shook his cop to cheer the poor boys
behind, as he saw along line of fresh
green willows starting up out of the
grass before him.
And didn't the horses dip their noses
in the water. And didn't the boys slide
down from their saddles and throw
themselves beside it. They all bathed
as the riders sat on the bank and
' "Stopliere and hold the horses'fill I
come back." said Totters. ,
He went down, to the edge of the
water and locked dang and anxiously at
the was little? seveemx At nettle; ,
sprang" ‘up.’ "felled“ his ragged “pants
above his knees and dashed into the
and hurried back to the boys.
“Scetlnlt! Achip! Till-yareenculupeil
on ihis stream somewhere. and they can't
be very faraway from here."
Eagerly the boys mounted their
horses, and rode close after Tutters.
“And how do you know they are
close by?" queried one.
“The chip was wet only on one side.
It had not been ten minutes in the
water."
As Tatters said this the boys exchanged
glances. They were so glad to be near-
ing their father once more. But it
somehow began to down upon them
very'olearly that they did not know
everything. even if’ their father was
' rich. '
Soon guns. were firing for the lost
'party. Turning it cerncr in the‘willowy
little river, they saw the tents. the '
wagons in corral. and the oxen feeding
peacefully beyond.
JOHNSTON 'A'r ravnrra.
Toveitu is on the border of the
African Chaga country. which is practi~
cally the inhabited belt of Kilimanjaro.
It is thus within ncgreat distance of the
little kingdom of Moshi. where Thomson
had resided, and where the Missionary
New was robbed. Mosh! is ruled over
bya chief called Mandel-a. who, in some
respects, is above the average of African
kings. but who has the greed peculiar
idol! of them. ‘ Mr. Johnston was well
received by Headers. and. after the
usual presents. he succeeded in obtain-
ing an allotment of - land on the banks
of a rivalet some distance up the mean-"v
tain. ’Eerexa miniature village "was "
builtfcr the accommodation of his follow-
ers. Gardens were planted with the
seeds of European vegetables. &c.,
brought with the expedition, and soon
there was an abundant crop of every-
thing. Milk, horses, sheep and bul-
locks were obtained from Mandara's
people in exchange for heads, and a
happy time followed, during which
collections of animals and plants were
diligently made.
'But Mandate, being at constant feud
with all the neigthring chiefs, Mr.
Johnston was unable to ascend the
mountainwhile living under his pro-
tection. for between Moshi and the sum-
mit are other warlike tribe's, all of whom
live in carefully intrenched kingdoms.
To prosecute his design, therefore. Mr. .-
Johuston had to leave" Mondora and
make friends with a'rival chief. who
provided him with guides. Then fora
second time the attempt was made to
reach the summit.
It was only partially successful. for
the Zanzibari followers were unable to
sustain the fatigue and cold of the
upper regions, so that our traveler was
left alone for the final effort. He '
attained an altitude of 16,315 feet—that
iv, within nearly two thousand feet of
the summit of Rico—but then being
caught in a mist and after being nearly
lost in a snowdrift he had to give up the
nitempt to reach the awful. isolated
uruiel‘. Ho resided. however. for some
time at an altitude of ten thousand
feet, in order to carry on his observa-
tions and collect specimens.
Then he descended, and proceeded
by a new route to Tuveito. passing
through a. delightful country. averaging
'bciwccu eight thousand and nine thou-
sand feet above the sea. with an almost
can! temperature, singularly English in
look, with open, grassy spaces. and
apparently made by Nature for a Euro-
pean settlement.
.o—O‘D-O
TAHMANY IN EARLY DAYS.
Wain this calmer. age can have no
conception of the intense hatred for
European . symbols and usages that
Amer-l and republioon. It was non-
partiaenf; it iwas liberal to all shades of
thoughtL-f',;Many federalista joined it.
The Tammany officers interchanged
.civilities with the Society of Cincin-
notns. then‘the terror of Jefferson and
Kitchen. Yet Tammany was com-
poscd chiefly of intelligent mechanics,
tradesmen. lawyers and merchants. who
had little" sympathy with feats of arms.
Governor George Clinton was among
its first member's. Philip Home. Schuy-
ler Hofi'msu and many others joined it.
A wigwsrn was built next the corner of
Nassau and Frankfort'streets. The
association grow. “I am old enough."
said Verplanok 1.11807. to remember
the original Tammany wigwam;the
pig.pen, as it was watemptnonaly
called by its political adversaries." It
was an humble wooden building."
Later it was transformed into a finer
one. and at last. in “(mamas omin-
ously on its present lil‘
\v unsrnmiifinxnmt.
Mr. Quincy narrated the following
characteristic anecdote of Mr. Webster :
The route betWeen Boston and New
York by the way of New Haven had just
been opened. and Mr. Quincy was occu-
pying a seal: with Mr. Webster when
the cars stopped at the latter city. I Mr.
Webster was not quite well, and, saying
he thought it would be prudent to take
some brandy. asked Mr. Quincy to
accompany him in search of it. They
accordingly entered a barroom near the
station, and the order wasgiven. The
attendant, without looking at his cus-
tomer, mechanically took a decanter
from a shelf 1» behind him and placed it
near some glasses on the counter. Just
asWebster was about to help himself
the bartender, happening to look up,
started asif ho had seonaspirit. and
cried “Stop !" with great-vehemence.'
Ho then:took tho decanter from ,Web-
star's hand, replaced it on the shelf from
whence it came. and disappeared be-
neath the counter. Rising from the
depths he bore to the surface on" old.
fashione'd'black bottle. whiohhe‘au ti;
tutcd for the decanter. Webster poured
a small quantity intoagloss. drank it
off with great relish. and threw down.
halfadolloraspoymant. The borkeeper‘x‘
bega'n to fumble in a drawer of silver.,
as if selecting'I'so'i'ne' smaller pieces ‘for '
change. whereupon Webster waived his
handwlth dignity, and with rich and
authoritative tones pronounced these
words: "My good friend. let me odor
you apiece of advice. Whenever you
give that good brandy from under the
counter never take the trouble to make
change.” As they turned to go out. the
dealer in liquors placed one hand upon ‘
the bar. threw himself over it. and
caught Mr. Quincy by the arm. "Tell
me who that man is!” he cried. with -
genuine emotion. "He is Daniel Web-
ster." Mr. Quincy answered. The man
P311193. as if to find words adequate to
wnvey the impression made uponihim,
and then exclaimed. in'o fervent. half
whisper: "By heaven. air. that man
diould be president of the United
States!" The adjuroticn was stronger
than Mr. Quincy had written, but it
was not uttered profanely ;. it was
simply the emphasis of on overpower-
ing conviction.
——.W
The world deals good-naturally with
good-natured people. ond‘I'never know
1 td'ruisonthropo who quorreled withit.
but it was he and not it that was in the
“bumblebee a. little. white .919th
wro ng.
ALONG PENN’S TRACK
ORIGIN 0F DELAWARE AND DEVELOP-
MENT OF PENNSYLVANIA.
._.__.I._
Pmcnt Condition or the 01d Towns—The
Quakers—Status of tho Negroes.
IIOW LABOR. IS RI-‘AHILATED AND STRIKES
ARE AVOIDED.
There were many mop-makers in the
“olden time," otherwise William Penn
would not have known before he left
England that his forest empire had no
assured pathway to the sea. In sailing
on. the lower Delaware he must pass
within range of frowning fortifications
of neighboring colonists, who might or
might not remain on friendly terms.
80, when he first lauded he brought
along a grant from the Duke of York.
securing the settlement at 'New Castle
on the Delaware and loud twelve miles
around it, and a strip along the west
bank of the river to the sea. This oc-
couuts for' little Delaware. a State
which disfigures the face of Maryland
and makes an ugly notch in the straight
and orderly State lines of Pennsylvania.
The land on the west bank "of the Dela-
ware south of Penn’s woods belonged
to York. but was claimed by Lord Balti-
more. It was scarcely worth defending
for York ‘on account of the 'wide river
between it and his domain in New
Netherlands, and Baltimore had the
advantage. Rather than field it to his
rival. however. York deeded it to Penn.
It was occupied, and had been for half
a century, by thrifty and peawful
Swedes, who would acknowledge any
lord who could guarantee liberty and
quiet. Penn landed at New Castle.
the Swedish capital. unloaded some
English brick. and cultivated the good-
will ofhis new subjects by buildings
house there. The walls of this house
are still standing. The streets of the
old town remain as they were laid out
to meet the demands of the seventeenth
century. then the steamboat op-
pmuches or leaves her deck the passen-
gei‘ may see "this old timer,”. in
picturesque state of decay; going a
“Lie faster than its old and crumbling
neighbors—faster, because it is older
and because the relic-hunters help on
the destruction. Two hundred years
ago! Generations before the Revolu-r
tion. This house was evidently a
mansion for those days. It is slow,
two-story. gable-end afi’air, with front
door in the centre opening into the
single room of the ground floor; not
as comfortable as day laborers occupy
in 'country towns. The location of the
house declares that ii: once had aristo-
cratic pretensions. It commands the
river view, like the noble mansions
erected later, it is near the town square
and ball, the old church and church-
yard. The your mark. 16-, is conspicu-
ous on building and tombstone round
about and everything carries the mind
back to the far-away days of the colo-
nies. Ono landmark ishere. however,
which is not so ennobling to reflect
upon. Itis but a step from the house
about which linger memories of the
peaceful, preaching Quaker to the old
prison yard, where the whipping-post
still stands on duty, and where the
brutal and useless ceremony of giving
the lush to pretty criminolsis witnessed
almost daily by gaping crowds of sensu-
tional seekers.
TOWNS 0N THII TRACK.
Penn evidently cared for the old town
of New Costle'with more than passing
interest. He bequeathed to it 1,000
acres of the choicest farming lands on
its borders for the support of public
schools. "and-{the “‘I’enn’s forms," ten
plots of 100m each, 'nowyield a
revenue to 'the' directional fund.
The populace of New Castle thrives
on manufacturing industries and the
fisheries. This is shad season. and the
“Battery." a common where "The
Castle." or ancient fort stood. is white
with nets stretched to dry or to be over-
hauled from day to day. The New
Castle fishermen are not capitalists and
work on the old plan. Two beats. with
a man to each. run out the net. dent
with it on the tide. and the "catch" is
hauledia by hand as they float. Two
men may gather two or three hundred
fish at a tide. The most improved
method is to have a not two or three
thousand feet long. large boots and
horses to haul in the not.
The flourishing city of Wilmington is
located on Penn's track to the sea, and
the site was included in the New,Costle
plot. .Willnington is not on the Dela-
ware, but has a waterway to it for large
vowels; it has also excellent railway
connections, and has left its old neigh-
bor far behind. The manufactories of
Wilmingtou make it a point of interest
in the present crisis, and I shall return
to it below. - '
Following Penn's track toward his
eylvau possessions brings the traveler
to the old city of Chester. midway
between Wilmington and Philadelphia.
This was anciently upland and is
decidedly a Quaker town, notwithstand-
ing the invasions of Eastern and foreign
elements. Penn's provincial councils
were held here for etime and he erected
another house here. This house is also
standing, and being built of stone from
the, now famous Delaware county
quarries, is: still habitable. ltis pat-
tel-nod site's the New onus heroine.
tenement-renames:
those days. and in enlarging I plan they
did not alter the format all. Penn’s
court residence is larger than his simple
homestead, having tw0 large roomasnd
two front doors. The large house is the
smaller one duplicated and connected.
enema sun seasons.
the Friends. The large landed estates
which comprise the farms and suburban
settlements around Philadelphia are
owned by this eleinent. The Quakers
have not devoted themselves to. menu-
'fscturing as" extensively as have the set-
ilers from the East and from England
Perhaps their methods were not adapted
to succeed in the line. There is one
particular. however. in which their
influence has benefited industry and
saved a people from vsgebondage. The
negrohs here will attract attention from
the because of their absorption
in work. and the hardest work at that.
One seed them laboring everywhere.
Theysrc bn‘ the new railroad beds. at
atone brides buildine. driving heavy
working teams, forming and doing gen-
erally the meat exacting labor to be
found. When you meetanegro on a
week day-he is in working clothes with
sleeves rolled up. On Baturdsynight’
he is in the market buying for cash and
carrying home a back-load of provisions.
On Sunday he is dressed in his own
new clothes. sits in his own pew in on
African church. and appears at all times
to be supremely happy. Barely. very
rarely. isseen o shabby-genteel negro
loafer sporting in the caet-ofi‘ cuts
of white doodles ands‘ponging his food
One day .‘I naked" as negtfi‘" 15m 99
thence about here. Irgmsrked that
Throughoutthla‘ region'we' still meet .
from his industrious female: relfiives. .
neglocs in the Nosth aim to live genteel
lives and subsist by precarious and
sometimes by disreputable occupations.
He had "ililyer' heard of such things.
Hod always worked and expected to."
These negroea have been boys on the
Quaker forms and 'Q’oaker .i'nfiuence is
at the bottom of their character. Kind-
ness. then, dues not ruin the negro.
As an instance of ' the feelings of
negro'cs toward mongoose benefactors,
some occurrsnces cbnnectcd with the
mysterious Sharpless murder may be
cited. The cadet .the old Quaker
family of ‘S ‘I lebeaw'as' foully'mur-
:Errcd lost outgmn. andsuspicion was
ected to the 110326.89 bellow the sup-
posed murdererwesdark colored. There
is messy~.ei.epu.ae.mm.
found here. bnbthe. slums of' Philadel- .
phia' are Wldble'fds'them. and th'ey ,'
are not treatedos felloWs by the virtuous '
whimswith theatinsistthathe'must be 1
innocent. The ne'grd’a logic in the case
is simple-but it iaveryépcnyincing in the '
face of the circumstantialcviglencc upon ‘
which the proscenflenresta. :No matter '
what new view is'fa‘dvauccd. the colored
man steadily shakes his head. ond'withg'
out ' attempting.‘ to, ”explain matters.
Shin-pleas, nohow.” ‘Shorplessha‘d. in. I
deed. acted like apparentto the colored
people in his neighborhood. providing
general distress. But he never encour-
aged or even tol'ert'lted "idleness, and
both races feel thatit wonldrbe a shame
cred man in absence or direct evidence:‘
mosmrrr OI;M:8egncam neon. ‘ _ ,
way, and appedrfioIIeppreclaI" " lefa All
face and cleanly person gotcghowI that
'in one spot. at, least scam: prob-
lem issolved. The negro phenolic; he
rides on every steamboatotid train~ with .
the whites, but ever slackinfi'o corner by.
himself from choice. 1* fieis not Saul--
sauce. be is servicea' ble- dud even value f
able to'thc community, ,' Therein awide
difference botwcen‘the'npirit manifested '
toward the ncgre'on'Penn'e'traclf'.I and ‘
that in some nblghbo'ring cornmeal?
ties. Over in New Jersey. just opposite
and within sight. Is au' incorporated city
where there is not a single negro home.
When a colored family skafi‘ilifiQ take
up a residence, a committee warns them
off. If the committ'e‘c'be not hooded ,
before sundown there is a second visit,
the negro's chattels'ore lofied for him
and" transported to' the cityjimitil', end
he is informed that if daylight finds
him in the corporation he 'may'look for
worse treatment. This is' in bne'oi the
old free State's in list.
0mm a‘rm moon.
The relations between "capital and
labor in this region west of the lower
Delaware are worthy of possih g thought
at this time. There are no ugly strikes
and no promises of any. notwithstand
ing the epidemic raging round about
Yet. according to the philosophy of the
agitators there is cousd‘for them right
here. Labor is paid market wages, but
these happen to below just now, be-
cause of, the stringency of 1884. The
voice of the demagcgue is small. though.
for his teeth have been drawn by the
civrham‘ ' ‘ g power of Christionized capital.
Beginning at Chester and extending
southward along the river. there is a
chain of industries, vast and varied. and
as a rule the men at the helm are
Christians. They are also church
workers. At Wilmln' ' gton. for instance.
the head of the largest con-loge factory
lea Sunday-school superintendent and
deacon. He leads himself. fosters
social societies in the churches and aids
employee to build up little stations and
balls as pioneers. He has been a prime
mover in three established churches
there. and when one is on a sound basis
he goes to a new field. leaving behind
cords of good will. A railway coach-
moker acts lathe some manner. A
third. who is a heavy capitalist. is in
the work aided by sons and daughters.
The church where they labor is “down
town." having been left behind in the
march of progress. These people cling
to it and have the large edifice crowded
at every service. two schools each Sab-
bath. and something for young people
one evening each week. Around about
Chester the leading article is cloth, and
the same rule is observed here. The
head of the cloth industry is also in iron
mills and railways. He counts his
millions. but superintends a Sunday-
school at his own home, where 2.500 of
his employee reside. His wife leads in
musical classes and church entertain-
ments. Near-by his scattered mills and
other works, he has churches or mission
halls half a score. the investment in
buildings alone running into the hun-
dreds of thousands. His example is
well followed, and the representative
employers are in centinuol contact with
their employee and their families. Not
every employe appreciates it or joins in.
but‘out of every family at least one
comes under this influence. and loves
and trusts the employer because of what
he does and what he says.
Now. when there is any trouble about
wages, any hard times or distress. the
thought uppemost in the mind of some
man or woman, boy or girl, in every
home, is that their employer extols the
golden rule and the second great com-
mandment. Quietly they go and talk
the matter, over in the ofiice. and the
strike is kept off. There is no fuss
abontthis and no boasting. The five
minutes' sermon of -that millionaire
superintendent every Sunday would .
disarm a regiment of men like Martin
Irena and there is no influences. A
knot of smaller employers and their em-
ployee. having no church-"meet in a
Bible class. 850 of them. A lady turns
the gilded, leaves of the Book with
' faultless kids, rapidly expounding some
familiar't'extmld they have a symposium
in which the laborer may prove superior
to the capitalist who paid him the day
previous. The cordial relations between
capital and labor springing from such
Christian fellowship must touch at a
scorcIof' points in practical: affairs and
bring about good results.
ler-vies: leunhhcera.
Mountaineers are said» he “always.
freemenz” one can with aqua truthfuli
hem odd that the costumes of mountain-
eera' wives and daughters go always
more picturesque then those “their.
sisters lathe valleys. In th , Balkan
mountainthhelr costumes .- ettuly
wonderful"blending plasterer-h soy
nothiu 0! lentil-tie patterns emu“!
emedley of ideas borrowed from Occi-
dent and (trial. One woman wp just
passed is wearing “I? tom D“
of the Orient. are bright yellow__ . o
tight-fitting jacket mushy bright him
around herwalatfafolded Wilma“
red and mire striped waist' band, “while
:bothhead and feet oreborc. Thief!
i no holiday attire: u is the ordinary.
account for the unempled industryof
every-day costume. .
repeats the universal creed. "Noculyi
lud man gwine to harm old Daddy .i.
for them in sickness. hard times and g .
to place we dastardly-desele-slegeoi: i
The negro is afiegnnssflérent one; i" .
along this finch. «azure trimming- I
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Address the Peabody Medical Institute. or Dr.
W. Ii. Parser, No. 4 Buldnch street, Boston, Mass.
who may be consulted on all diseases requiring skill
and experience. Chronic and obstinate diseases
that have named the skill of other HEALphy-
clans a specialty. Such treated suc cesa'
lil’diflii’é‘iii'd‘l‘ifié‘i“‘i§§3“THYSELF
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days than you ever thought possible at all business
Capital not required. You can live at ome and
work in spare time only, or all the time. All of both
sexes. of all agesgran iy successful, 50 cents to so
easily earned every evening. That all who want
work may test the business, we make this unparal-
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send $1 to pay for the trouble of writing us. Fur.
particulars, directions etc., sent free. Immense pay
absolutely sure for all who start at once. Dou’tde-
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cents postage. and by mail you will
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value, that will start on work that will at once
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to work for us at their own homes. Fortunes for
all workers absolute: assured. Don’t delay. if.
Hams-r .2 Co., Port and, Maine. ,
m presents given away, send us 5
fields are scores. but those who write to
_ Stinson A Co..Pertlnnd. Inine.will receive
_ free, full information about work which
they can do. and liveat homqthatwill pay
them from 86 to .8 per day. Some have
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not required. You arestarted free. These wheat-rt at ones
are absolutely sure of snag little fortunes. All is new.
M. SCHWAB. I
OPTICIAN and OCULIST,
WILL BE AT NORWALK.
"August 19 and 20, 1886,
At Nor-walls: Hotel.
Having qualified myself by years of hard study
in the best institutions in Europe, and havih had a
prac, ticai experience of twenty-live years n thl
country, I am enabled at first s ght to adapt lease
most appropriate to restore the vision to its origins
viglcr and care all the various diseases of the eye
I ave therefore combined my practice of an
Ocullst with that of an Optician, and am now en-
abled to furnished all kinds of'lensee and styles of
Spectacles and EycGlasses which are made to
order under my own supervision, to suit my cus-
omers’ visionary ailments.
Con-meatless Free.
’ References—Geo. 0. Bishop. Charles Olmstcad
ex-Deputy Sheriff Charles Adams MI. Clarence
Nash with J. r. Bonnet. Gen. D.N.Couch,llra.
W. K. James. Dr. E. C. Clarke. _
The Best“... World.
Sperry &.Ba.rnes’
Hams.
Shoulders.
Bacon,
AND '
_ Sausagg ,
ARE GUARANTEED '.
THE BEST ' "
IN
THE MARKET. 1
Our man. Lean “Strictly Pure
and Free from all adultcratlon. :
Leek version! for the Brand.
We manufacture all goods'bearing our brand at
our packing house, New Haven.
lulu l Barnes New ‘Hllu, 091m.
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Do not findtiulffififie‘pze‘nfluh lion" _
Real-ills lesnual
.Mr. Geo. B. Plaisted:
Dear Sir: I
Knowing the formula from
which Plaisfed’s' Cough
Renwdy is pruparcd we can
certify that the medicines
of which it is composed are
of recognized ulilily [or
throat and lung troubles,
and "that it ecu-twins no
opium or (my poisonous or
"injurious drugs.
, near '0. CLARKE,‘M. 1)., Norw’alr.‘
c. ‘A. MURRAY. 1.1).,
: . nriirrnn mucucoexm. 1).. u ,
" ' examination; 7 '
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' " n.’-fuuaoauroim. u. 1)., Stamford.
- *‘ we. soon, is. n , ltldgeiield.
' unsurscruuun nr
; Geog-Bl gfplaisted.
DRUGGIST,
Corlerilaill'anl Wall Streets, Hawaii.
62 Washington Street, South liorwall.
Building Lou-
On 'Wi‘lton'Avenue
Apply to
II. .I. S'I‘UIIGES. or 0. If. WILSON.
GAZETTE BUILDING
J. G. Gregory & Co.
Desire to state that in addition to a full line of
Drugs, Proprietary Medicines and Dru ts’
Sundries they are prepared to race ve
orders for
Silk, Cotton or Linen
ELASTIC HOSE
For varicose or enlarged veins. Warranted to
fit, and at reduced rates.
C! I
They also desire to state that they have accepted
the agency of the New York Vaccine Co., and will
keep a supply of
PURE BOVINE VACCINE VIRUS
Constantly on hand.
They have in stock Electric Batterlm‘,i which
will be sold at close figures. The early also a full
assortment of Keystone Writing aper Packets.
R B. CRAUFURD,
Insurance, Real Estate and
Investment Securities,
3| Main Street. Norwalk,
Agent. for the
American Ins. Co., of Newark, N. J.,
Am ................................ 3 1,121,424
Northern Assurance Co., of London.... 15325.4”
Germaine Fire Ins. Co., of New York. . 2,100,000
Montauk Fire lns. Co., of New York... . 339,666
Jersey City, of Jersey.... . .. .. 316,863
' 'I per cent. Bulls anililrlgagu
0f the Equitable Mortgage Co., of Kansas, and
6‘ per cent. Bonds
of the Middlesex Banking Co., of Middletdwn
Conn. Princi l and Interest of both guaranteed,
Securities 0 all descriptions bought and sold at .
New York Quotations.
A large number of desirable dwellings and farms
for sale. iyae
Hatch, Bailey i1. 00
MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN
LUMBER, Tllllillill,
Shingles, Lath,
Doors, Sash,
Blinds, Moulding,
Window Frames,
Pickets, 590.
Veneers-ll Harliilicnl! ‘lllnll.
«Halli Wool! Ceiiing'and Flowing.
' south NOrWalk, Conn.
Geo. 5. Gregory.
Livery, Boarding, Sale,
Feed and Exchange
.rNo. 14'Kn1‘ght at
(lnrearof Horse Car Depot).
NORWALKt CONN.
Carriages furnished at all:'_h'6urs. Gunman
tteniion and gentiemsniy drivers; _. 1y
c. o. nousmnlflmma-«J c b =
. ':?- ~-..' ‘.
"a- \' .
v ‘.,. '
,.
I ? Absolutely have. I
then the ordinary , ,
petition with the multitude of lbw test,"sh'ort
allam or phosphate bowlers.
' » ' rat. liaise Pownna 00.,106 WaliSt" N. Y.
' _' w. .s .cllliliili’no,
FURNISHING ii‘iiill‘ii'i‘lll‘li
Gm O.W.ARD BELLECK,
' Haansusnook’s sLocK. WALL smear.
FAMILY 'CROCERIES.
'J. BELDEN HURLIBUTT,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Room No. 4. Up Stairs,
GAZETTE BUILDING, NORWALK, CONN
Janus r. Hosanna,
Attorney all [launch at Law
a Gazette Building.
NORWALK, - CONN.
ALEX. S. GIBSON.
Organist of 1st Congregational Church. Waterbury,
Teacher of
Pianoforte, Organ and Musical
Composition,
Lock Box 39 P. 0.. NORWALK, CONN.
E. WHITWORTH,
Successor to B. CouN,‘
MERCHANT TAILOR,
WEEKS' BUILDING. WALL STREET.
A FULL LINE OF
Imported and Domestic Cloths.
0f the LatEst Styles. constantly on hand.
Novelties in Scotch Suitings. Satisfaction guaran-
teed ln every particular.
PENSIONS '
—:AND:I—
Government Claims.
My sole business. Thousands have Rights
Neglected. Address, free of charge, or visit,
GEN. W. E. NOBLE,
91 Stratford Avenue. Bridgeport, Conn
II". II. III!!! fi’KIy'H,
54 Main Street,
SOUTH NORWALK. CONN.,
Practical Plumber,
Steam and Gas Fitters."Dcalers in Plumbers’ and
Steam Fitters’ Supplies, and Gas Fixtures.
Jobbing promptly attended to. Iy‘ll
O. E. WILSON,
General Insurance l Real Estate Agent
Money to Loan.
Room No. 8 Gazette Building, Norwalk. Conn.
‘TNA INSURANCE Co., of HARTFORD.
Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual.
CAPITAL AND ASSETS, $8,902,272.64.
insures against loss and damage by Fire, on
termaadopted to the hazard and consistent with
the laws of compensation. COWLES a. MERRILL,
Sole Agents for N orwalk and vicinity.
TIIE
Norwalk Fire insurance Co.
Has now completed its
l8lll SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS YEAR
And has not outstanding a dollar of unpaid losses
gr ciplms for losses. No sound company insures
or ess.
W. 0. Sucks, Pres, S. E. Gunman. Trees,
are. R. Cowms. Secretary.
.A. CAB-JD.
Having purc.ased the
EU RN [TUBE BUSIN ESS,
Recently carried on by WILLIAlr Locxweon at
No. 36 MAIN STREET.
I am prepared to meet the wants of all prospective
purchasers of furniture, both STAPLE AND
ORNAMENT“. I have on hand a large
stock which I will sell
VERY CHEAP FOR CASH
lshallbepleased to meet all old or new friends
_ and will guarantee satisfaction in
every case.
gsoscs H. Ramona.
PETER L. ome us,
FLliBlS'l‘ ilNll'ii YMAN.
UNION AVENUE,
North of Norwalk Cemetery,
NORWAEE, - CONN.
Dealer in In 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 designsin Flowers arraund
to order. ' . 41in
Grading and lie-filling Cemetery Plots
promptly attended to.
.L
F. H. PEOK WELL,
ARCHITECT
No. 7 WATER STREET,
AGENT FOR
Gill crt Lock Company.
Dibble Manufacturing Company’s door
knobs.
New York Wood Turning Company.
Corner Blocks for window casings.
Round and .Square Turned Balustcrs.
N H H H Newcls.
Plain and Double Moulded Stair Rails.
Also Flat Moulded Door and Window
Casings furnished at short notice.
BEING UNABLE 'ro ifANllf‘Acmn
H A R N E S '5
To compete with large couccrss,l have taken th
agency of one of the oldest and largest estab-
lishments in the state for the sale of
assessascddles Halters. ser-
cingles, Collars. 869.
I shall also hiakc
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.
'l'ra Bags, .hc.
vellng
.1”. F. Peokwell.
Notice to Builders.
'chea . A l to
1! pp y JAMES K. SEL§ECK.
t
I’. 0. Box 23. OIWMK.
For ’ Sale.»
ADOUBLE BARRELLED RIFLE inadeby John
Blissett, London. Will be sold cheap for
ash. Enquire at this color.
I This I'o'wder u'evér'viirlés.' A IinIarv‘el bf pure
strength and -whoicsomeness.'1'elorc‘ economic‘JJ
kinds, andcannol be, sold in com- .
HIST-QUALITY BUILDING'STONE for sulf'
snore. prewar“: or exam ,
Cigarettes. 'erclsrgely-nsed by boys.
but cigarette smokers. both-young and
old. usual} y regard with skepticism, thd
statements made by physicians concern-
ing the evil consequences of the habit.
The. cigarettes are made of @3139.“ -
Virginia? but if they want to know
what this f‘pureet Virginia' ” is. they
should row what a large manufactures.
of tow recently said to a New Yerk
reporter: . .
"The quantity of drugs used in
cigarettes is; appalling,” ;he declared. v
“and the commonestof theseisvalerian
and tincture of opium. = -
“An experienced tobacconist can
detect the presence ofwolerian' by the
smell. The drug impartsasweet. soothe ~
‘ ing.cfi'ect. thatin a; little time obtains-
a fascinating , control char the smokek. ,
The more cigarettes he smokes the more
. ' he desires to smoke, just asiathe case .
with one who uses opium. The desire
grows into a passion. The smoker
becomes'amlave to the enemting habit.
, "‘Byltheuseof drugsitisposaible to
'make‘overyinferior quality of tobacco
"pleasant. They are put upon the mar-
ket at such ,a price that the poorest can
easily procure them. and boys go in
swarms for them." - ,
"What is this Havana flavoring that
is so much used?" , I ,
“It is made from the touca bean,
which contains a drug calledmellolotis. .
a deadly poison, seven- grains being suf“
'ficient to kill a dog. It has become
quite an article of commerce; ond is
extensively used in the, manufacture of
cigarettes." I '
“Does the paper wrapper of a cigar—
ette add a great deal to its injurious-
ness ?" .
“ Certainly. There are three sorts of
paper in common use, made respectively
from cotton, from linen rags and from
rice straw. Cotton paper is made
chiefly in Trieste, Austria. and the linen
and rice paper in Paris.
“The first. manufactured from the
filthy scrapings of ragpickers. is bought
. in large quantities by the manufac-
turers, who turnit into a pulp, and sub-
ject it to a bleaching process to make it
presentable. I
“The lime and other substances used
in bleaching have a very'harmful influ-
ence upon the membrane of the throat
‘ and nose. .
“Cotton paper is so cheap that a
thousand cigarettes can be wrapped at
cost of only two cents. Rice paper is
rather expensive. Tobacconized paper
is manufactured.
“It is common paper saturated with
tobacco in such a way as to imitate the
veins of the tobacco leaf very neatly.
It is used in making all-tobacco cigar-
ettes. Arsenical preparations are also
used in bleaching cigarette papers, and'
oil of creosote-is produced naturally as
a consequence of combustion. The lat-
ter is very injurious to the throat and
lungs, and is said to accelerate the de-
velopment of consumption in any one
predisposed to the disease. "
Moo—u-
A mvmons more.
At a distance of thirty miles south of .
the river Diamante our route passed
' through a natural object of considerable
interest—a stream. or rather rill. of
yellowish white fluid. like petroleum.
issum' 'g fromthemountainsideatn
considerable height, and trickling down
the slope till lost in-tlle porous soil of
the valley below. The source from
which it flowed was at thejunction
where a hard, metaphoric rook. interh
spersed with small crystals of agnitc. ‘
overlay o stratum of volcanic stum It
was formed like the crater of a volcano.
and full of bleak. bituminous matter,
hot and sticky. which could be stirred
up to the depth of about eighteen
inches.
Floundering in it was a poleeat or
skunk, having been enticed to its fate
by the desire of securing a bird caught
in the natural bird lime. till a bullet
from the revolver of one of the party
terminated the skunk's struggles to
extricate itself from the warm and adhe-
sive both in which it was hopelessly
held captive.
The overflow from this fountain was.
as described. like a stream of petroleum
two or three feet wide, trickling over a
bed of pitch or some such substance,
which extended to a much greater width
along the edge of the running stream at
its contactaith it. This material was _
of a very sticky nature, becoming gradu-
ally horder as it spread further out.
assuming the appearance of asphalt
when it became mingled with the loose
sand of the adjoining soil.
While engaged in examining this
natural curiosity. we came upon two
small birds caught in the sticky sub-
stance at the edge of the stream. They
were still, alive, but upon releasing
them both thb feathers and the skin
came ofi‘ where theth come in con-
tact with the bituminous matter. so that
we had tokill them to put anend to
their sufferings. No doubt they were
taken in by the appearance of water
which the stream presented. and had
olighted to drink. Their fate suggested
the idea that, in a district so devoid of
water, others of the feathered tribes
,must constantly become victims to the
same delusion in a similar manner, and
upon a close inspection of the margin of
the stream, the correctness of this infer-
once was established by the discovery of
amorous skeletons of the birds
embedded in it; nor were those of
small quadrupeds unrepresented, ameng
which we recognized the remains of a
fox.
WG——
A TRALIP’S HANDS.
1
"one of the essential points of suc-
cess in my profession." said u deiapi- '
'dhted "old tramp who was tolkmg' ‘toa
reporter from behind the bars of one of
the cells of the jail the other morning.
“is'to‘keop the hands in good order."
You don’t understand what I mean. ch 2
What I mean by keeping the hands in
good order is this: Of course in
.tromping frcmtown to town, a man is
liable to be "arrested for vagrancy at
any time. He must tell a story of how
he has just been thrown out of work,
and is looking for employment. which.
as yet. he has not been able to find. In
nine cases out of ten the judge will ask
him to show up his hands. and
he does produce them, they in
horny and toilworn. Catch on. do you?
So you see it is part of my business to
keep my hands looking as though they
belonged to a man who was accustomed
to work 365 days in the year. For that
purpose I carry" with me this small
piece of hickory wood. which is round
and very smooth. About twice ‘a day I
take it between my palms and rub them
so that the friction will make them hard
and callous. ' In that way,_'ycu*see,
I produce the 'real result“ with very ‘ 4
little trouble and annoyance. ? . There
is a bcttlc -of7br0wn liquldnwhfch I .‘
occasionally use for staining. the back
part of my hands a beautifulsun-brown
color. and there you are. ‘When I'show
up my hands and tell the judge that I
am a hard-working nian. thrown out of ‘
employment by theatrikos,‘ what can
he do but believe moi The trick“
saved me many a day iniail."
Norwalk Chronicler