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NORWALK, CONN, TUESDAY AUGUST 17,1886.
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Number 33.
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I 0113' IIODEIEYER, Jr. monocular.“
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The army night is settling dark and slow; 2
The moving shallows lit along “aground;
The air Is still. I hear the river now:
Save this alone. I hear-no cthersound.
Nowmau andnatursslnkintoma
The mother sleeps. the babe upon her breast.
And Inward turn the petals of the rose.
The happy world is by soft sleep caressed.
And swootlydreams. no more by daily cares op-
. pressed.
The evening bell far oil In city town.
Sounds hits a funeral knell way out on sea.
As lowly. slow‘ and deep. it tells the hour. '
And wakosthc stilluem stretched o'er vale and
ice.
How sweet to stand beneath the 'starry night,
And muse upon the beautiful and fair;
To upward look and viewths “Ions light.
With all its broad expanse of azure air.
And proudly any. “ I know full well that God Is
: there." 3 ‘ -' ' '
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A Guileless Veteran. '
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8198! OF A LONDON CLUB. , ’
No one precisely know how Mr. Simon
Buttorshaw come to be a member of the
Grcville c1ub.but. on the other. hand.
no one particularlycared. He was. as
a matter of fact. an original members?
but he had been abroad for some years.
and when he returned the character of
the Grovillo had undergone every con-
siderable transformation. It had once
been a sober and steady institution, fro-
quontod chiefly by barristers. journalists
and rich city men, who played mild
whist before dinner and slept comfort-
ably over the smoking-room fire 3112‘s: J
the evening"; .bu't.dor somef reason
another.:1nbn about tc'wn giftiid? with
rather than with brains took to joining
the Groville, and it sprang with com-
parative suddonnocs into fashion, and
even notoriety. Fast young gentlemen
agreed that itwas the coproct thing to
belong- tcit‘: fthe. old mcmbora dropped
off one by one. and the Grovillo acquired
a reputation as tho haunt of gay sparks,
who sat up till unhallowod hours of the
morning, cupped of dovillcd bones and
champagne. and played cards and bi]-
liards for stakos which would have griev-
ously horrified the old habituos, had any
of them been left to toll the tale. It
was at this period that Mr. Buttorshaw 2
returned from foreign parts. and he
found no difficulty whatever in scrap-
ing an acquaintance. and even an 1011(-
mucy with the new generation. ‘ Mr.
Buttershaw had. in fact. many qualities
which enabled him to shine in. the society
which frequonbd'tho Grévillo. The was
a middle-aged but well-preserved man,
with a considerable fiow of anecdote and
a large and varied experience 'of life.
Ho seemed to have plenty of. money.
gave capital dinners. drove. a smart phao- '
ton and always appeared to have sufiici-
out spare time-to join in .anyfostivity I
which happened to be proposed to him.-
But there was one peculiarity about Mr.
Buttershaw which endocrcd him tohi‘s :
new associates even more than all the
rest put together. and this was his por-
sistont ilioluek at cards: Notzthat1 he
gambled very high, or lost very heavily.
but he never won; and the punters at
tho Grovilio speedily recognised the
fact that for Buttorshaw to sit down at
the card-table meant the distribution of
at least £50 among the company. _ 2
Now, among thermombeis of the‘lire- ‘
ville there were nobles of "high degree,
besides barcnets of more or loss anciont
lineage and commoners of wealth and
distinction. and with alltheso personagos
Mr. Buttorshaw contrived to get not
merely friendly. but familiar. Thus.
when the duke of Omuium was making
up a shooting party at Gathcrum park.
sonic": intimate friend was tours: do say;
"Ask- Butlershaw; hb‘s :v'cry on;
and he always losca;" when Sir Hector
Flash wanted to enjoy the society of a
fow stars of hmlccquo a”
Richmond. MW wfl fieifll
invited. for ho’warilflll m9 “1"“
was invariably filing y 2 __
to the oldest and 1:111:14 mibuvg'of e .
company. that 1338 Q? 3
nor of unpleasalit jealouaies and heart-
burnings . when Mr. Croesus gave 2 din-
2'. 0.1.
atihe arid ofths'bvenln round I
had won, gentlemen. no loss than sixty
dollars! I did not like it at 111,110.: I
could not restore the money. for I did
not know even the names of mahydf
those with whom I- played."
“80 what did you do with it I"
"I gave it to an hosp:tal."sa1d the
general. solemnly; "and three weeks
afterward one of the gamblers of that
evening shot himself at Monte Carlo." *1"
. “Well. I'm sure that none of us are
likely to shoot ourselves." .Aanid Mr.
.Puutc'r; "soyou- he'd buttér join us for
once, general. You can stake rue 211s low
asyo‘uliko.” 1 V ' "
"No. my dear sir. I really cannot-
but don'ttroublo about 1110.3 I‘lldcok‘ori’. .
The result was much the same no
usual, Buttershaw being the principal
loser to the tune of about £150.’1‘i:c
general sympathized with his friend
after a somewhat curious fashion. ‘ ,
"It's just as well that you should lose.
my do 1r boy; yen have plenty to spare,
mull dou't like to see: :you win from
{your guestw” .3" . .3- 1' i ,.
' “You needn't be nervous, general. "
said Mr._ Buttery“. y); gl‘it'si
about nirio moist“ bluegill I'won a hill-{r
penny. If
“ Ilum old fish, that.’-- said Sir Hector.
as he and Mr. Punter walked home 1n
the early morning. 2“It would be rare
sport to get him to play. "
“0h we'll do it some of these nights.
never fear. Buttershaw gave a hint
1: him a? first. Bgt what
hi0; _nt it' 111
tfir‘s pro fly cams 31-110 not
very long afterward. The same com-
pany assembled in Mr. Buttorshaw's
grooms. :but were not quite so much
amused as they had expected. for- the
worthy old man
v.
more apologetic and deprecatory he
became.
- “Iwa'sright," 11o earnestly protested;
"I am fated to win. Gentlemen.
don’t you think I had better. stop: I
would much rather put this money—I
fear it is nearly fifty pounds—in the
pool, and leave ”nappy-'16: it." "
At the end of the evening he had won
1:.-ocr!y' £1, 000; and‘eot at the table with a
dmpair.’
:lf‘Cheor up. general. " :'said the duke;
“'wa'll got it all back another night.
nficr fear." - 2,-
(“Phi timid not." groanod the ancient
warrior "1 wish I 1:11.: never begun
wo'pld 6nd."
" .‘J Blessed if I ever saw- annan make as
snitch fuss over losing as old Barnabas
cos: over. winningl": 1:111:81: Hector to
his, friend' 1n private. "I wonder if he
wohld lend me a bit. if he's so precious
shy about keeping it i" , .
Weeks pmd by. and the general
ms'do scvorcl gallant odor-ts to lose the
money he had won. but without success.
801010 the bid marital”. (Buttersb'a'w
would lament. “it was hadonough. I
raced to lose a hundred or, so auight;
but now. I assure you, I've lost over
. £1,500 to him within the last fortnight
' Why; he must have won thousands i"
~A 0.0.1:...
day..Mr. 1:111:90: chanced to
lie walking schema: mossy down 8t.
Iamca‘s street; when he was acecctod by
a friend whom he had not seen for some
weeks. and who happened to be. a mem--'
ber of a club called the Porthlan. situated
within the immediate neighborhood. _ “
" Come into my pothouso and have a
drink." said Punter's2 friend, and My.
Punter assented :i.
. thing arcing mailers 1.1.1..
in the card: Ibis?” inquired tlic ’la‘ttér'
W" 0351
nor be always asked Buttershaw. for he
never made a mistake in praising the.
wrong wines. andwas sure to. discover,
some beantyinMr WPMGI"
china which li'ad lslthcrto‘ boil $10!- ‘
looked. Iehupruioulybeanfiddshat
Mr. Bqttor’ahaw gave capilp! lilo 5din-
ners, and or: one of these occasions he
invited the duke of Omnium. 8i:- Hector
Flash. Mr.- firming? and“ “2% more
congenial apirlt‘s. to meet hii old scans.
General. M1122, of “I :anldfiflfll
army. who had never been in England
before. and wished to see a little of-
London life.
“He's a capital old sportsman. Bar-
nabm"sa1d 1n. Butmvtd'sn'neo-
tor. “ has been everywhere. .har Englandl:1
and done most things. Infect. 1101th
only one fault that I know of." '
"And what is that? 111un the
baronot.
"Why. no will induce bin :09
play cards."
“0h. we'll soon get him over that!“
" Well. Iwisb you would. for. ofccufla
it's a nuisance when one man '
upon standing out; but I don't think
you willbo successful. Howovc. thcro'c
no In arrived (I Mr
The evening duly an
Buttorahaw'aagueats were presented to
the general. who received them with
stately and old-fashioned courtesy. He
was a white-haired old gentleman. of a
spare. erect 581120: and wore vcrydargc
spectacles. through which he
upon the company in a benevolent and
genial manner. During the flea! he
told many curious storicsof hkadvcpg
turel. his marked American
adding much to their point. while" 111i
refreshing innocence of certain subjects
amused his hearers“? vastly. He"! had
never made abet in amino. is“ only"
twice outcrodathcctrc. and seemed to
know as much about women as a hermit.
"This old sim'plston wmbsthe death
of me." whispered the barouet to the
Hon. Paul Punter. who made one of the
p “tlyiush!” said Mr. Punter; “ypu
mustn‘t chad hint: £002.30)» nanny
have 1: MM WWI MP“
though be Is such an innocent”
“The fact is.“ said the general. ”that
I have only gambled about three or ,four
times in my life. and upon each occasion
I have won very considerable sums cf
money.
have lost. and I cannot hear to think
thatImayhave been the cause of un-
ha faces. and even of pov
glint. my dear sir.” “Embed Sir
Hector. “some one must win and some
one must Ion If you always win. I
should advisoycu toatick toit Ionly
wish that I always did.” »
h'I‘he general mournfully shook his
“I luv whammy
he continued. some,” visiblhi
other men may play. that is not my
adult. but you must really excuse me.
The last time I remambsr—. " and It!“ .,_.
appeared to be lost in mummy- he's"?
fiections. ..
, “Well. what happened then!“ 0
' -"Ivna inducedto play agamecalled
poker. Ibelicvc there is such 2 game.
fathers not?" .. . g,
“I bcliom 2 2 _
Punter. I": 'A ‘-' '
"Ididnct understand it at all."cou-
finned the general. “We played with
W
ling muchd" more gloomy than before.
E
”'2?“ Natasha:
Nowd'bouraq some onsmuat .
., tilt '
"You don't say so I" said 11:. Punter,
feeling a very singular sensation.
ghst’ do you
' ' ' 1:31.11 up Puafiaipepmi
On
his way to Grcvillc he met another
. , i
I saldtlle now-bduform‘You
look”, pgccioaaly solemn, losing
With
a YOS. “ !'-' - 22 in?
-- How's 13:11:01 1"; 1&5”?
“Mighty bad. Nearly broko. Met a
chap in Buchanan's rocms whoploanod
thswhele. lot of usppt." ~_ ;. : if":
Mr. Punter amped at a lamp
airport. “Whatwai man name I" he
feebiy gasped.
"Barobbas. or something like it.
Ought to be Judas Iscariotl An old
sinner:- Sayshé’s been Peruvian consul
at Nessa; don't believe there Is any
Peruvian consul at Odessa. but I'm
going too ohapfn tho foreign oflce who
dhfind out. Ts-ta; you look mighty
bod; take care of yourself.”
11:; Punter. in fact. felt very had
indeed. Was it possible that, after all
hiavast and variedacxperieuco. he had.
been ‘sharpcd and swindlod like a guile-
less schoolbbyf" Ttie very idea" was
torture. and be rushed on toward the
1;. remote: they lButlerilmfl _
V611-
‘ Y
111:. and he. 1.0.0:... a “gag...
rash. He would consult the duke.
Blr‘Eectcr a’pd th2 rest. cudwarn'f But.
tershaw that he'
a viper. But perhaps Buttonhaw was
uyb‘sdn began’tn mm: perplexity.‘
There was no one particular“ in the club,
so he spent the afternoon in a fovcr of
impatience. appeared at 151:. :Buttoh
ahaw'a chambers punctual to the minute.
He the first to arrive. and lost no
thin: questioning his boat about their
mutual friend. the general. '
"Itaamodd thingthatoldwflpyaar
cadmium-ma: was: “ ' -'
"Yes. - isn't it?" said Buttershaw.
av 22 . :2 ll 22 .22
"I met two men to-day who have lost
money to him here” continued Mg.
«nadir replied tho other. with a
puzzled air. Mr. Punter began to feel
hr: '4
admiral and the other to a consul. and
boil: these seemed to
person as commend
“Fact is. my .131:- fellow. ”61.1 Barna-
bas is a bit touched in the apps;1 212:2tory.
1:“ aka bout-d
15:14:45.: 3W circadian. him
self all sortt of things. and I humor him.
He really was in the confederate army——
' 11:11, as m... mm.
‘- "Well. he'2s had a lot out of me, too. "
“i! at...
he hai‘Pgot to. Excuse me. and I'll
materaaudlmerslvdidaslwtolds
I089!"
,
:1?an
bugs pile of notes. gold andJLOU‘sin “
' use: of him, looking the very picture of
this. I ought to have known how .it E
.. ' ggnothi?! I‘Mfianotiusr -
is
Grcylllc; but heforo he arrived ,thgre
been cho'ri‘shi'ng ’
in the" plot‘himsi‘lf. nar- Mr. P'untor'li
Innocently...‘tl.can!t understand it at»:
cpmfcsiablp.
“"10er 1.111111: had' new 0::-
theme
2- fromga’hg
just go unless it hohas sent any mas-
The other guests camo in one by
one. and Punter relapsed into uneasy
silcncc,’:b1_‘1t as .1110 general did not ap-
pom. he began to glance impatiently at
the door. Presently Buttorshaw re-
1111-,ued and after apologizing to the now~,;
comers for-1111s ans-1:00. he said. turning
to Punter, “I wonder what the dance
can have become of Barnabas?"
All had now arrived except the general
and Sir Hector Flash: The clock ticked
onward, and“ Bdttorshaw swore audibly.
"This is absurd, " he said, “We won't
wait any longer. It's 6 :80.'.2’ and he rang
for dinner. . , . '
Soon after they had sat down. Sir
Moctor rushed panting upostairs.
i "Verysorry. old man; hadtosco some
people off by thgtidsl train for Paris.
Where's the general. by iuavayr' He
hasn't a double in London, has he 2"
Buttorshaw looked nervous.
“Not that I am awarozof. " he said. ,_.
g " Well. as I who on the platform I met
him, I'll swoon" bntwhen I went up
to speak to him he shook .his- head.
jabborcd at me in German or some lingo.
and jumped into the train. "' -
“ What!" screamed Mr. Buttorshaw.
turning perfectly livid; “do you mean
to say that he has bolted i"
=Sir Hector stared 1n amazement and a
mystcrous silence fell upon the: company.
"I didn't day so. but he's certainly
gone to Paris."
with Buttenhaw gave vent to 1: sort of
“Tho infernal. swindling old thief!"
lie raved. 'Hos robbed prof Ho's
rbbbed all‘thel'o‘t of 11:“: Ho owes me
£215. 000! I'm a ruined man 1"
And he raised c2 heavy:docantor from
the table and. smother! it tapioca" m his
impotent fury.
But ..Mr- Punter was equal to the
M on.
'- “Gentlemen," he said, “this is a
barefacod swindle. These two scoun-
(hols are confodoratos. Possibly the
one hm robbed the- other ‘of his share
of the plunder. but I believe, 11:1:- they
will divido'it abroad.- vMoon'whilo, we
.h'ad hotter leave our worthy host to his
own reflections. lP'e'rson‘ally. I shall
have much pleasure in. ,horscwhippiug
him on the first wcaaion that I find him
outside. his own rooms. "
Paoanmrs unanimous “SKILL
, One of the 'grcatcct violihisls tells that
iPagonini’s'studiaa were' at the time so
unusual and so difloult that they were
considered an enigma which very few
undertook to solve. and it would be inter-
. outing to know how many would be able
to solve it' in a satisfactory. manner. .30
played on two, even on three stn'ngs. at
the time. without doing what 010' 31:11
did. cut the bridge straight; he played
arpeggi in double steps. or made a- series
of stacoati marking the melody 1n pizzi-
cato. He passed for having achieved
such supernatural term do firm by a
supernatural pact. and tho superstition
of some people who credited this; 110114
sense went so far that a lady who heard
‘Ilim in Italy. and would not believe that
any human being could so for surpass
all his fellow creatures without extra- '
ordinary moans. followed him to the
stage door, where stood his cab with a'
black horse; she swore he never-touched
the ground. that there was La fi‘orycart
with two black horses. and he went away
through the air. One of Paganini s most
disastrous triumphs he had when play--
ifng at Lord Holland'a' Semo one asked
him to improvise on the violin the story
of a son who kills his father, runs away.
becomes a highwayman, falls in love
within girl who will not listen to him, so
"round: her an: conntryvmto sud-
deftly? jumpingfwith her from a rock'into
an abyss. where they disappear forever.
He listenodqmotly. and. when the story
‘ . ~ ‘eakedithatnllthe; 22;;
'. t cuvoraltof the iadm.
1" -. salon when relight'ed
’ : looked like a battlefield.
: w'rnoarls A'Knxm's ans-ranks. "
. Nameghozcandcel he poetry or the
'_ 0 of lien f to enjoy that
of oibut 1.210111%.I 111.! “Imitation
' isti" culled of ohms? Komplia,
acvcahblcas it ic-hn unhealthy iin‘d“
misleading book; in every page the
monkishhabit and prejudice are visible.
films we hubs 11':an saying: . .
not" much company with young; people
asp‘df. ‘ ”who, it's without,"1and mgoan.
“' Be not a 1:101:21 to any one woman, but
rwommond all good women in general
toGod; " on, the acquaintance of men,"
chltions of flue 110i: arc multi-
"~— Yet the associates of Jesus, who'
is called the Christ, were almost all
young men. as he himself was; and he
was notably and intimately the friofidpf
two or three women—his familiar visits
at the house of Mary and 1111:1111: in
Bethany forming the most attractive epi-
sode of his busy career as 21: reformer.
And although. like all serious and bur--
donod souls. he had his moments of”
desire for solitude, and sought retreat
even from his dearest friends, he never
shunned thoaoquaintanco of men; but it
was his one musicn. to cultivate it; to
identify himself mth'the life of hls fol;
lows. to arouse that emotion which
remains to the world the one uniting
Morgue? his career—tho enthusiasm
11y, as 'fi'tho author -'of “2251000
{$01110 welljoalla it. The treatise ofa
“Dompl; cultivates with exnggoration the
{primitive virtuea- .
7 v M>O
A nom'rons QUESTION.
.—
,.
'1 Recent'ovbrits .furnish grounds fora
new and very plausible theory in regard
to the burning of the world. a theory
that attributes the oc'nflagrution to well
known natural agencies—agencies which
. at present threaten togot beyond human
control. and by which the~wor1d. 'and
possibly the universe. may be destroyed.
1202'.lpcur time. but in the conga
3”” , gr; - M oaths. It-
beyéchngefid 1;th the past year
what is known as “natural gas" has
so ,5 fifiary general use iii-.partscf
P1611115. 11111: 'gci :1: obtained by
boring through the surface of the earth .
into civitics .whoro theigas has been
Astorodbytheproceu of naturaand
whence it escapes into the upper air as
soon as an: outlet is offered Gas wells.
:11an been discovered in Ohio. New Mex” .
ice and California. and will. no doubt,
like oil wells. be discovered in many
localities. lunaropoandm Ilj
vie'll‘ ufufiscouatry awash «have»
a circle of gas wells extending from
Pennsylvania thron the Ohio Valley
no ofnnmiur v .35 mi to $11.1
3r WaAleshadthehring aw
Siberia. and on through Russia in Eur-
poto Germany. and even England. who
hat may fifieuf Ivan will
“Ewells now igniting. whatwculd
the more hypofie chance should
who odtothebcmofthee'arthf
Might not the sea be dried up and the
mountain; hurled from their; founda-
full?
2% § fragments-con all; 6
3% 'in decillions of incendiary
rockets for extending the oonficgration
to the rest of the universal Who
knows?
§2~the
-. 4.4
511161: {cider-Hts pious directions any-i ..
thing but imitations of Chirst. In one -.
b '- 11:“
.1
cod. might not theaurthbs”
Nun's as A ulsrxrncraur.
‘:';Yeors ago somostudious German made
the observation, the correctness of which
he endeavored (and too great extent also
succeeded) to establish by statistical
data, that codes. if taken early in the
morning on the empty stomach, acted as
a preventive against infections and
mainly acute epidemic diseases. Ho
quoted a great number of cases where
individuals accustomed tovdrink a cup of
hot coffee for breakfast had either es-
caped an. epidemic of typhoid then rav-
aging the part of Germany in which the
observer lived. or if attacked by the dis-
ease contracted it fun much milder
form, while all those who died from the
disease had not been in the habit of
taking coffee in the meming. This was
a good number of years ago, atatimo
when in many par-is of Germany ccfi'oc
was still either an unknown or so costly
a beverage as to be looked upon one
luxury that only the rich could enjoy.
We have forgotten the name of the
physician, but remember that the modi-
cul profession did not take kindly to the
idea of coffee being a disinfectant. or. as
they then said, anti-moth; and those
who could not deny the correctness of
the observation itself ascribed tho'appar-
ent immunity to other causes, many to
the hot water with which the codes was
13:01: .trod.
That the physician. however, has not
been so wrong has been but recently
proved. -~,Duringtholast meeting of the
Prussian army surgeons in Berlin Medical
Director Oppler reported that after exten-
sive investigations. which he relamdfn do-
1011.110 had discovered that we possess in
collar: an antiseptic remedy of no mean
value, but one which could well servo
. for the purposes of a first dressing of a
wound received 112: a battle. If employed
at ouccrttotally prevents supphratiou,
but if used after puss has already acou-
mu. "atvd in the wou11d,it leads to the
“_f0!'lllilli0n of a scab, bcneath which the
wound heals with complete asepsis. The
cufi'ce‘ should be’ employed in the form of
xw11-1ler'.;and as it might entail the loss of
valuable time to have to grind first the
roasted coffee bean. which in Prussia
vAcror'y soldier is bound to carry-about
him. Oppler recommends the use of cof-
fee tablets, which have been recently
discovered by 1: Hamburg firm, and
which answers their purpose :1deny
“1.211119 it is only necessary 'to rub these
tablets a little, when they at once assume
‘a powdered form. .
Dr. Oppler presented two cases at the
meeting where an injury of the head.
accompanied by a great deal of laceration
of the soft tissues, had been treated with
powdered cofi‘oe alone. and when the
wounds had healedas well and asquiokly
as under strict aseptic treatment. He
n'pplies‘itho coffee in a similar manner as
gypsum is used in bandaging. viz.: He
takes a gauze bondage and partly spreads
the powdered coffee. over it. partly
presses it into the bandages with which
the wound is covered.
's'omsa'rson or cars comm
' .mbpmoan ’cxpr'ossed by an eminent
American scientist in a recent - lecture.
thatthc North American continent had
the beginning of‘its formation in islands
arising out of the humerus ocean, which
grow until they finally touched each
other. Many of these islands were vol-
canoes: that throw up matter that had
formed beneath the surface of the water.
and were larger below the water than
above it. like Hawaiian Islands have
had many volcanoes. and were much
formed by them. Their whole area
above the con la more than that of- the
our: of Massachusetts. but their com-
bined bases must be equal to the whole
of New England and New York united.
Thus the odgma! islands of this conti-
camps and fictive]: other, and the
granite mas: abundant was doubtless
once erupted frcm-z volunoca. like flow-
ing lava. Among the first volcanic
islands must have been Greenland. C'an-
ads cast of Winnipeg. the Atlantic dis-
brief. the Rocky mountains and the
Sierra Nevadas, but as the islands rose
and enlarged, great depressions would
naturally commence and' go on, and m
this worth depressions 0f Hudson's
gBay. the Mississippi valley. and the Salt
Lake and Nevada has been forniod, until
later the depressions would have a cancer
,or platter shape. '
2 2 ..
r1111 CUCKOO’S EGG.
{not of [tho .cuckoo's egg being
ifo'und in another bird's noel—indeed. of
" the cuckoo having no nest of its own—
was known in very early times. It laid
its eggs in other birds' nests. But then
come this dificulty; some of those nests
"worotoo small to admit the cuckoo, and
in many cases her egg was found in a
nest to which the only opening was at
the side. It was a puzzle to naturalists;
but the puzzle was solved. There are
‘---two or- three stories that one reads“ 1n all
the books. Maogillivary is the chronic-
ior of one. In June. 1838, two sons of a
farmer near: Coxmuir saw a cuckooin
. very suspicious circumstances. which
" led them to watch it. The bird deliber-
ately picked up an egg in its bill. looked
around cautiously to see whether it was
burden. It followed it's instinct in this
matter, and the boys followed theirs.
In fact, they followed the cuckoo til! at
last they saw it- rise and fly away. Going
:to the place. they found a titlnrk's nest
protected by a canopy of strong heather
twigs, and in that nest was a ouckoo’ 1:
egg. With the assistance of a telescope.
a forester of the name of Muller watched
. the precoodings of. an unsuspecting hen-
cuckoo. He saw her lay an egg on a
bank, take it up in her bill. carry it ofi‘ to
chest closeby, m 'which nest—a wagtail's
—ho found it a few minutes afterward.
‘GH' .
DIVING Iron 3100.000. 0
The Pall Mall Gazette says:
. The
Stevens. Lloyd's surveyor. have just
;--reth_rric‘d_' hour the island of Grand
’ “cmry'aner raising a sum of no less
than £00,000. This amount was lying
- submerged 153 feet deep. about a mile
Effom the southernmost limit of the
island of Grand Canary. The treasure
went down about two years ago. in a
brand. new '8panish steamer called the
Alphonsou XII. The steamer had on
board £100,000 worth of Spanish dollars
on. their waytc‘ Caba- The insurance
on the m'onoy'was ofi‘ooted at Lloyd's.
and was paid over to the insurers aftcr
thcwesse! founderod. After a lapse of
oyerl‘ia year Captain R F. Stevens and
three English divers were sent out to
Grand Canary to try and recover the
'mkcnsfieaiurp. They succeeded in
bringing up "nine boxes containing specie
'of the value of £10. 000 each, but the
tenth box could not be found. and the
divers had to come away withoutit. The
money was in the mailvroom, almost at
the bottom of tho ahip. The decks had
to be forced by explosion. and when the
mail-room was reached the plucky
divers had to haul the boxes from one
,édeck to another until the top. deck of
fife.vessol wur-reachcd Fortunately
deeper by the explosion was not realized.
but thousands of dead fish were sent to
the surface.
. a.
.you going home ?"
observed. and then hopped off with its '
English divers and Captain B. E2
hisfear 11:11:: hi véséol height be‘ such
The protective mechanisms of plants,
3‘? l:::- as they are directed against aggres-
sive animals, are tobolookod for mainly
in 11:1: neighborhood of the young grow-
1115.: parts or the reproductive organs.
N at exclusively, however, but generally
the older vegetative parts are defended
by their own inherent qualities. such as
their hardness or wireness, which keep
them from being suitable for the food of
their assailants. Such-young growing
parts in many plants, particularly those
gm .:ing in exposed regions, are plenti-
fully supplied with thorns. spines. or
p1 1ckles, rendering them in many cases
extremely formidable. The thorns or
prichles may be produced on almost all
the vegetative organs, and may beepi-
dcrmal structures. or much stronger' 1n
composition, containing considerable
developments of woody tissue. These
thorny plants are most noteworthy in
desert countries. some that are met with
there, notably the so—called “wait-a-bit "
thorn of Africa. having spines of im-
mense lengthrond being quite impene-
trable by man or bout. Cases are not of
infrequent oocurroncowhoro oven the lion
himself is a considerable sufi'orer .by
coming into collision with this plant.
80 great is the development of the thorny
character in this' _ that Griseth
connects it par-ti y' with desert oxn
poem-o and scarcity of vegetation. A
further peculiarity may be noted in con-
nection with 1.11st plants: often the
thorns do not above the point
which is assailab the mural in its
search for food, o. when the shoot
has outlived its ’ of. succulent con-
dition. and its ' ‘h’tvo become
and dry. the th do pct'persist. being
Chinese customs at Table.
The Chinese consider the stomach
fore. the fattest min goes for the wisest
one. They effect to believe that foreign-
ofs come to China to out because they
have not enough'toont at home. His
considered a mark of refined politeness
to treat a guest or- a visitor to a meal at
any time of the day.‘
Only thoso Chinamen who have
families take their meals at home; the
rest out at hotels. They usually have
two substantial meals a day—one an
hour after getting, up in the morning.
11:1: other between three and four o'clock
in the afternoon. The well-to-do class
1:11:12 three ‘or fcur mealsadny. Often
the father alone cats meat. while the
1ch of the family have to be satisfied
1:121: rice. Poor families usually get
their meals from street veriders. The
well-10.110 ones employ cooks, the latter
getting their degrees and diplomas like
men of science.
The, Colestials use no tablecloths,
napkins, knives forks. spoons. dishes,
plates or glassware. Instead of napkins
they use packages of thin, soft paper
which also serves them for handkerchiefs.
After using they throw them away.
Earl: guest has a saucer a pair of sticks.
11 package of paper and a minute cup
with a salt-saucer. Tthhincso women
never dine with the men. Everybody
smokes during the outing of aformal
dinner, and the dinner is crowned by a
story or legend narrated by some more
or less known orator. No topic of general
interest is discussed at such dinners,
but a gastronomist who knows all about
the preparing of food receives attention.
ao—‘z..~>o
He Finds the Team First Now.‘
There used to be, and possibly still is.
n canvassor on a leading paper who was
more widely known in South Georgia
than any other man connecwd with the
business. Ho had become so infatuated
with his paper that ho talked it inces-
santly; it was the News every half dozen
words.
One day the Colonel was caught out
at Mudville, 15 miles from tho-nearest
railroad station. He had come there
with a friend, but the latter had gone
oil and left him. - But he was full .of
resources. so he mdlod up to a lawyer
whom he know and said:
“001. Smith, have you any one with
"No; I mnby‘ myself. " ..
"Well, I would like very much to go;
I have only this little grip."
" All right, 8211'; I will be glad to have
your company."
“Thank you. Sir.
let's have a teddy."
Around they wont. had their teddy,
and then the newspaper. man called for
dinner for two, and the lawyer did full
justice to his share: They then had a
cigar at the News man's expense and
another teddy thrown in. After they
finished their smoke the lawyer said:
Come around and
1- or: run “tomorrow or prams. '
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“ Well, Colonel, it is just about as cool
as it is going so get :1 suppose we go."
'“I'm ready, Sir; where's your team ?"
" Team I I have no team. I am going
to'walk. It isn't far; just a nice little
stroll.”
To have seen the News-man's face at
that stmtling announcement would have
been worth a month's wages. But he
walked it all the same, and afterward he
1: ways found the team first and then
hunted up the man.
“GO-0°
What Became of McFaddon’s Treasures.
" A11 Irishman had taken his wife and
childer down to the theatre to see " Shane
11:: Lawn. " The family went in for whole«2_
hear- ted enjoyment and seemed to be as
keenly interested in the fortunes of the
dramatic persons as if their environ-
life. After the play was over they took
a third avenue elevated train for home
up in Duflyvillo. Bad luck to it all!
The shanty was no more. The fire fiend
had indeed entered the McFadden
domain and swept ifi'clear. Mrs. McFad~
den and the brood of homeless childor
shed tears, and oven McFadden, after
the first shock had subsided. trembled
with grief when reciting the details of
his calamity
“ Phin I got home. or. fwhoro me home
was whin we started for the thoayter,
everything was bwiatcd. and not ayven
a sthraw Atick loft. nor the feather bid
me 'n mo ould woman has chlopt on for
four and twisty years. There was the
ilogant chist of dhrawors that we first
wint to houaokapin’ wid gone up in
shtnoke; there was the windy-curtains
that me daughter Mary Ann worked and
saved for to make the shanty look aristoc
erotic; the new cook shtcvc, the bag of
pertaties. the pictuiv of the Blissed Vir-
gin (sob). mo workin’ clothes. are ould
dinner pail that I wouldn't have taken a
horse an' cart for, a beautiful represinta-
tion of our Saviour on the cram (sob) all
(violent sob) all gone to hell."
W
no Knew What to Say.
Tnct' rs the lubricant that makes sliding
down the balp‘ator oilifo 01185916 had
two adoro'rs. and, as is usual. halted
between two opinions. Henry loved
her well. but George's head was the
longer. as tho so shows.
I can remember when I used to play
with dolls and make mud pics in the
lane.” “What a wonderful memory 1"
E exclaimed the foolish Henry. admiflnsly.
“Pshawl Wonderful to recall that
which occurred sofew yeorsagct" spoke
George of the long hood. and the next
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they can do. and live at home.tbat will pay
them from $5 to Sfipc r day. Some have
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W. C.Sraxs'i', Pres, s. E. outs'run. Tress,
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Dealer 111 In Green House and Hot House and
Bedding and Vegetable Plants, Fruit and Ornamen
tal Trees Shrubbery, Vines. Cut Flowers aiway
on hand and all sorts of designs in Flowers arranged
to order. an
Grading and lie-filling Cemetery Plots
promptly attended to.
arms charts 10 Panoramas
.H A R N E S 5
Tu compete with large concerns, I have taken th
agency of one of the Oldest and largest estab-
' ushments in the state for the sale of
Earnecs. Saddles Halters, 8112-.
ciagl es, Colleague
Ishall alsoMakc
Fine Harness to Order
as usual, at the old stand,
22 "10.222: WATER STREET.
W ere W 88 3 1! I l
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‘ravehn hngBags..to.eed
2.1. F. Peckwell
FQR SALE.
A S'I'Y LISI!
VICTORIA,
Newly Trimmed and Painted.
4L
A [“1110 Family Carriage.
Will be sold at a very low price.
HENRY TILLY, ‘
CARRIAGE MAKE R.
SOUTH N01! WALK.
Notice to Builders.
1" IRST-QUALITY BUILDING STONE for sale
"cheap. Applty 0
JAMES K. SELLECK.-
Norwalk.
.P. 0. Box 03.
For Sale.
ADOUBLE BARRELLED RIFLE mndeby John
Blissett. London. Will be sold cheap for
ash. Enquire at this office.
For Sale.
A Chestnut Standing Desk. App 1y
111s Omen.
'axoaxmto' us comm
Some years agoa‘young ’gir'l‘pfarloist
was about togivo-hcr first concert in
one of the foreign caprtals.’ She had
never even seen the composer. Hers.
but she was tempted to insertinthc
programmes she sent out the slim ' '
notice "pupil of Hers." deeming her-
- self perfectly safe from detection. as the
musician was far away. Just beforethc
’day of the concert she took up a news-
paper. and, to her horror, among the
names of the arrivals at shots] in the
city she read that of HonriHorz. Wlut
was she to do? To confess her fraud
publicly at the outset ofrher'musical
career would be to crush herself at once.
3A straightforward plan suggested itself.
Acting upon it, she wont to the hotel.
asked to see Herz, and threw herself on
his mercy. Herzaskod her a few query
'_tions. and then requested her toplay
ions of the pieces she intended toper-
form at the concert. While she didso
he stood over her, suggesting a pause
hero or correcting a forte there. At the
conclusion of the piece Hora said: “Now.
madomoisollo. you can truthfully say
that you are a pupil of Herz. for you
have had your first lesson. You may
also put on your programmes that you
will be assisted by your master, who
will play two pieces at your concert."
Horz kept his promise. and by his
kindness saved the girl's reputation.
A GERMAN TOWN IN TEXAS.
5 New Braunfols is something unique—
dpioco of the old world put down into
the new; a German town, in fact. trans-
planted into American soil. and of- all
states in Texas—and western Texas at
fimt—a state settled by the Latin race.
where many Spanish laws still obtain.
and the very part of the state where the
Spanish had their strongest hold and
still exhibit their greatest strength. It
it indeed grunge. that just there this
thoroughly c'ntonic‘ town should be
located. and ' 2221216111.: people keep
their style of“
‘ changed and their
race unmixed,° great a contrast
is presented in an ecclesiastical view,
when we consider the fact that these
liberal-minded and free-thinking Ger-
mans aro thrownamong the supersti-
tiously religions ' Datins. who named
their towns and cities for their saints.
who called a town Corpus Christi and a
bay Esporitu Santa.
The population of those German sot-
Atlemonts is thrifty and hard working.
Their merchants are noted for integrity
and high business standing. At New
Braunfels are the only woolen cloth _
manufactoricsintho state. The products
of these mills rank with the very best.
The Come! and Guadeloupe rivers,
upon which the town islocatcd. iifi'ord .
magnificent water. This sectionaafi.
Texas is considered the ¥thiestv~£ ' '
mom's [an user.
Rachel was not only the most remark;
able actress tho worl 'has. over soon.
but she was—or reputed to bo-ono of
the greatest letter-wri When those
letters were made pirb‘ c the world
wondered at her knowledg 131......-
tion and her fine literary a far she
wroto'on all topics—love, literature, art
—and on all with equal facility. He:-
diction was elegant and almost faultless
But now athe truth comes out. She
never wrote one of them! Who did?
M. Crcmro' 111'. the famous lawyer. ‘He-
was her scribe. But‘he' was not her
lover. No. the relations between them
worcofapuroly business character. He
wrote her letters for her and she paid
- him for it. and paidhim well. Indeed, I
do not think she could have been in
love with him. for he was a dwarf, and
hadthougliest face inallFranoe. But
firou it willbo asked. who wrote allthc
letters which Rachel addressed to M.
Cromieux himself 2 They have also
been made public. There are many of
them. and they differ widely from those
written by M. Cremioux. They are
badly scrawled and blotted; the spelling
isstrocious; the grammar is a marvel
of bcdnoss. Could it be that Rachel
wrote these? No; even those are above
her reach. History blushes to record it;
nevertheless, the illustrious tngodienne
could not write at all.
i m
NEW YORK BRICKS.
Afew miles above New York'city,"at
Haverstraw. is situated the great brick-
making centre of America. Here every
year. nearly 340,000,000 of bricks are
made, to the value of about two millions
of dollars. No loss than 2,000 men are ‘
employed‘in their manufacture. and one
hundred ships are perpetually passed
to and fro between New York and Havor- .
straw. carrying the produce of the yards.
It would be interesting to compute how
many cities. the size of New York. could
bobuil't with the output of the yards
since their being commenced about
fifty years ago. or how many miles of
brick. side-walk would be laid down with
the some materials. A house, after all.
acts with considerable friendliness to
those who inhabit it. No friend can be
so stench. and true. and silent‘ as a
house, whose ears boar 'cvo'rthing and
yet has: nothing, and whose window-
eyes see so much of whichno mortal
listens to an audible repeat. Going
over an‘ old castle. and standing in the
deserted banqueting-hall, which Once
We! to the happy laugh ofthc beauty
and the martial jokes of the manly
warriors. it' us almost pathetic to ask the
rugged walls to give back some echo of
the past. But no! Silent as the grave.
they keep the secrets once committed
to them, and with fidelity too.
wfi‘n’tfie‘ffifir‘v‘fi’a
A rather modest young doctOr was.
calledin to sco'aladywhohad been
taken suddenly ill. The doctor found
the application of a pitch plaster neces-
sary and accordingly went to work and
made one and laid itcarofully by to pro-
paro tbc’lady for its application. Every-
thing was ready and the doctor sought
the plaster; but strange to say it had
disappeared The doctor and the negro
nurse searched high and low, in every
place. for the missing plaster. but it was
In vain; it was gone. no one could tell
where. The nurse had not soon it since
the" doctor laid it on the chair. There
was no alterna" ‘ ‘tivo but to go towork and'
make another. which was accordingly
done. But still the question would pre-
sent itself to all. what had become of the
plaster f The circumstmrco of its having
been spirited awayb to tell unfavor-
ably on the sick y’s nervous sensi-
bility; but the doctor could not help it;
he could not explain the mystery. The
doctor. In a deep brown study prepared
to leave and stood up before the fire to
' warm himself before encounter-mg the
sold without. Through the force of a
vulgar habit be ported his coat-tails
behind. when the nurse. displaying
about four inches of' ivory, said:
“ I found do plaster. mason doctor. "
"Where I" eagerly asked the doctor;
" where is it I"
“You have got it ahind,"
nurse. still grinning.
The doctor clapped hiswhaud behind
and there it was, sticking fast to the seat
of his brooches, where he sat down on it
when itzwas lying 'on the chair. This»
was too" much for the modest doctor.
Ho seized his hat and stood not upon
the order of his aging. but went at once.
said the
Norwalk Chronicler