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Tao Inn of the Beat. A I4;
When the golden sun—lE-Eetting in the crims‘on .
. tinted west,
And my brainis worn with thinking. in a levo'rol
unrest.
How I long to quell the sadness that concludes a
weary day,
From the hurly- burly's madness all unnoticed
steal away.
Onco' {Smite smell the clover and the flower- '
on
Tread the fragrant meadows over for a moment
fancy two,
loose the shallop from its moorings. idly float.
along the stream
Where the ripplingcf the water merges gently in
my dream.
Where the sephyrs woo the iiilios on the bosom
of the lake.
And the roads with sway and quiver into reson-
ances wake;
When the orlolo is swinging lightly poised upon
the blade,
And is jubilantly singing In his Summer serenade.
Where the radiant moon is glancing o'er the
humid, dotted stein.
Every drop a gem entrancing. every flower a dis-
Whon my spirit leaps within me. madly chafing
at con ntrol,
And the silvery 'gloain and glamor are expressions
of the soul.
For the moon in all its glory, and the astral" '
heralds bright.
Are the llwoof of many a story in a gossamer of
And w'c gllg'htly fold its texture round the mystical
ideal, .. ,, , . - .'
Till a voice, a touch. may fray it in the mine! the
Under the Lilacs. '
A charming old-fashioned 'garden,
in which daunting hollyhocks and pop-
pies, gay tulips and stately dahlias,
modest ladyulippors, fouro-o'clocks and
ragged-robin grow side by side in pic- _'
turosque disorder; where swe‘iat mlgnon- '
otto and brilliant portulacca cover the
ground with a fragrant carpet of rich-I I.
est coloring; where lilac bushes, with
their nodding plumes of white and
purple, meet one at every turn, and
wheio' morning-glories, honoysuckles
and climbing roses run riot over every
wall and lattice and bough that can;
yield a support for their wilderness of
blossoming vines.
And into this delicious, restful bit of
Eden comes Flora Coleman, as she
comes every day, and seats herself under 4
one of the great lilac bushes, with some
dainty art-work in her white hands, I
and tho nodding snowy tassols of the
lilacs above her dark head 111leng a
picture of her that is exquisite to see.
Here, too, comes Lloyd Chester, the
landlady’s' handsome son and a“ gentle-
man farmer,” dofiiiig' his yellow straw
hat and bringing the merry tune he“ is 1
whistling to a sudden termination as a
bend in the path brings him face to
face with the beautiful city boarder.
“Ah, Captain Vomonr' exclaims a_I ‘
pretty girl who is idly lounging at the}
parlor window, “just come and take a
glance at the interesting scone down
there at the bottom of the garden!
Really, my dear sir, you will have to -
lecture that lovely fiancee of- youis,
unless you want her to break that poor .
young fellow's heart or—your own,”
she adds, mioclélvously, with a mum;-
tish glance from under her long lashes. -
“Seo! it looks like areal lovers’tryst
out'thore‘unde‘r the ' lilacs; "for I'm sure
they have a talk there every day. He_
is so handsome, too, and—look, Captain! '
he has taken the seat beside her, and -
she' is smiling up into his free in her
most bemtchlng way
“Ah, yes," assents Captain Vernon,
with ahindiiferent smile, as he sauntcrs
langiiidly up to the window and glances
in the direction indicated, “they do
seem to have found some interesting
topic with which to while away the
dull hours—it would be a pity to spoil
it with the ‘looture’ you propose, Miss
Reynolds. Do let Flora amuse herself,
\
a
and surprising a blush on Flora’ s face
“and ‘a' strangely earnest, intimacy"! ight'
{i—tho light of love, so MisE ReynoldE‘L
instantly decides—in the young man's
line blue eyes.
But evening comes at last and with
it the girl Miss Reynolds had been so
, curious to sea.
Not pretty? Well, Miss Reynolds,
who is quite critical in such matters and
is really a good judge of beauty, quickly
decides that Mrs. Chester is mistaken.
A slender figure, slightly under medium
hc1 «rht with the lithe, swaying grace of
tho willow; a face too pale, perhaps,
'.ut mobile and expressive, with lus-
nous gray eyes that seemed to float
in liquid light; long shady lashes,
str night dark, delicate brows and‘ gleam-
ing chestnut hair.
“ And she has small, exquisitely pretty
hands" and feet, too," ' concluded” our
fair critic approvingly. “No, I don’t
know where Mrs. Chester’s eyes could
have been, for Miss Jeanne Pembroke
is ' pretty—«lecidédly Lao—though, of
course, not a beauty like Flora Colo-
'maii."
Captain Louis Vernon has long
drilled his handsoino feitnres to mask
the emotions of his heart, but, as the
slight willowly form und lustrous gray
eyes sn'ddonlyv' appear before him, his
dark face blanches in spite of him,
and his dusky eyes fill with a look of
nnutterable pain and passion.
“You!" be murmurs huskily,as he
bonds for a second over the little white
li'oud sh6 extendi'; Elan casts it from
him',‘ almost rudely, is though he fears
its light touch.
Late in the evening she plays her
‘ part in the tableaux vivants which
have proved so entertaining.
The stage is set for the balcony. scene
in Romeoishu Jhliét." 'neiovi look.
ing the very beau ideal of manly grace
and beauty in his picturesque dress,
"stands Lloyd Chester, while smiling
down upon him from her balcony,a
world of tenderest passion inhor deep
gray eyes-iii every line and curve of
nor expressive, mobile face, of her
willowy,bonding', lissomo figure—stands
the beautiful, impassioned Juliet —
J eann'e Pembroke.
Deadsilence reigns. Though .
'3 word isspoken, she thrills every 111:.
' with the wondrous, intense power 01'
. horacting. Is it acting—or is it that
1' passion with which the whole being
s'eems' instinct, a real passion?"
Many ask themselves that question
as they watch the scene in a silence
fiLI that is almost painfully intense.
Flora Coleman; as her eyes chance to
' fall upon her nuanced lover where he
'7 stands partially hidden in the shadow
of a curtaine‘d 'arcl'i,’ gives a sudden
' violent start.
He is tanning Mord, ap'paie..
3 forgetful of everything but the ”st.- -
5 picture before him,his th are tightly
‘sohhis'da'rkey'cs iteolnto burn'wltha
" gloomy fire, and if overjcalons pain and
" passion were written on a man’s face,
Igit is stamped in the countenancoof
' Captain Louis Vernon at this‘moment.
“What can it mean?" she thinks,
while a wondering, half-glad light
. breaks ovor her beautiful dusky face
“'0“ it he that he h” fallen in illl'c
with her—this fi6Edi'ous 'Juliet—ai
the first meeting ?" "
When the tableaux are all over the
guests disperse to partake of. looser to
wander about at their own sweet will
Down under the white lilac bushes a '
couple are speaking in low, half- broken
murmurs— —a dusk- haired, beautiful
woman, and a blue-eyed, handsome
man.
if she can. He' s a confoundedly hand-I _ .
some young ellow, as you say, and
not behiDE __tho rest 6‘! us in accom- -
plishmon f. education, IIL’J-
unders " Rhifiinitnrai the women
should imminvemmrth thotrouhla .. 0,».
of Lady Clara V6116 d0 ”Ve're’ s perform;
since—eh ?"
And he turns from the window to
pick up her novel which has fallen to
the floor, with alook so unconcerned
and nonchalant on his dusky, handsome
face, that Miss Reynolds stares at him
in open-eyed amazement.
“But suppose it isn’t a ‘ Clara Vere
do Vere’aifair?” she persists; deter-
mined to arouse his fears. “Suppose
it is ‘ Romeo and Juliet’ instead? Then
what, Captain Vernon?”
“Miss Coleman isn’t likely to choose
11 farmer for her Borneo," he returns,
'scarcol' 'Ly'abovo 1'16; breath; L-‘L
find, indifferent“ all'wvomon. He wag
“ You wear his ring—you are soon to
be his wife-you must care for him.
All, Heaven 1" with a choking sigh, “I
never envied any man until—_”
“Listen, Lloyd'r Mr. Chester,'{ she
breaks in 'swlftly,‘ and- her ILyor'y yoico'
seemsto have ablush in it,” I am bound
to Captain Vernon, and if I find that
he indeed loves me, I shall not break
my pledge. We met in society, and I
felt a great triumph in winning him, he
was so universally sought, and so cool
still with that cool, easy concern. “ But 16
if she mould—ah, will I believe in I; "
ted
,would you? Feel; is,I couldn't
think of doing it, even to oblige you,
Miss Reynolds — couldn’t, ’pon my
honor!"
“Captain Vernon, there isn’t one
spark of jealously in your composi-
tion,” explodes the young lady, half in
disgust,half in secret excitation; “ for to
tell the truth, there is not a woman in
the house who would not gladly win the
handsome captain if {she could. And
the poet—or somebody—declares that
where there is no jealously there can be
no love. Now there‘ls'your bethrothed
bride inviting disperiieii _’:“1h one or
the handsomo'fiz ofimekEma 153—11110
is only a farmer—111g you Eon‘PLt seem g
to care straw. "I" really wondermif
there is anything that could awaken
jealousy in your breast ?"
ilo gives'an amused little laugh as
she utters the spicy retort—the low,
languid, indiiforent laugh habitual with
Aim—but alook' comes for a moment
into his beautiful velvety dark eyes
that Miss Reynolds does not see—a
look of repressed pain and passion and
bitter hopelessness that has no kinship
whatever with that lauguldly careless
laugh.
He makes no reply in' words, and, .
£310 youngiady
us " BordanndJultet,
she sin’”"'in~'E' 10116501 considerable
interest, “reminds me of the tableaux,
we are to have to-night. You know we
are going to have tableaux, captain,
and I proposed that you and Flora
should appear in that particular one,
but our hostess has set her heart upon
having her handsome son (she isI'im-g.
mensely proud of him, you know) enact
the role of ‘Itomeo,’ while his‘ Juliet'
is to be a young lady whom we have
not yet seen—a country girl,I think,
who has just returned from school.
Not pretty, Mrs. Chester says, but
highly gifted. She thinks she' will
make a perfect ‘Juliet,’ and I am quite
curious to see her. Aren’t you, captain 7'
“I have the most burning 0111108337.
I assure you—the most intense desire—-
in fact, I‘m just dying—”
“There!" exclaimed thefé"; prettyf;
blonde,st11rting up impatiently. “ Don't
say another word, captain. Ymfi
just; making fun of me. You don't
care a bit more for that than you do
for—for—well, for Flora Coleman’s
flirtation with Lloyd Chester. And
now I'm going straight down into the
giirdeii -._to' break Iup. that interesting: tli'
tcte-G- Llf you won’t."
And 666 pretty little witch is as 'good‘
as her word; coming suddenly upon
mock me i For God’ 5 sake, don’t trifle
with me now 1 Better g0 and leave me
to my fate without a word. I am buta
plain farmer, and yet I have dared—
“ But a plain farmer 1” she echoes,
with a sweet, low laugh.“ Lloydgl'L,
Chester, you are aking amomg men—to
me. I will say this, though we should
never meet like this again i”
“ Flora l"
“ Yes, Lloyd, I mean it. But hush l
where are those voices? Some one has,
perhaps, been hatching, and she drove
:hii'n 130k aEeeEl' , , voices came
’vory osoin
“I fionnot endure itiaJoannE—I Iwfi
passionate accents, and Flora gives a
great start, for it is Captain Vernon
who speaks. “My God! I thought I
should go mad with jealousy to-night
when I saw you looking at another
with such passion inyDu'i‘ eyes.-:
it had been" "realm—him he”; caught his
breath with a stifled gasp—“I think I
should have killed him.”
“Hush, hush, Louis!" says a girl’s
voice, soft and pleading. “Iwill not
, " etrothal,” .,
with {kind of a savage dfipair
Iwill not give you upthis time, my
Jeanne—I Cannot. You may remind
me of my honor, but all the pledges in
the universe should not stand between
two hearts that love!"
' “You are right, Louis," cries Flora,
"in sweet, happy tongs, as she steps out
into the path before them. “And I
thank God that no heart will suffer
through our broken vows. Here,” lay-'
ing her white hand on Lloyd Chester's
arm,“ here is the king of my heart—it
passed'intohiii '" - '
here," turning to Jeanne with a lovely
smile, “is the queen of yours. What a
happy destiny that brought us all here
together under the lilacs, and saved us
’ from a terrible, life-long mistake? '
Louis, lifting Floraf's dainty _
gra‘tefiii'tendernesstolns '1:
“Henceforth, and forever, it shall be
my creed."
————-—-.-.o-o-»———
Not since the' reign of Henry VIII.
has there been a oonfiimation held in
Luudy Island until the other day when
fill with
1'
- their: 91on .hore
. 'tli'o suggestive none of “ Violet
Heaven” is a relative of the proprietor
the two tulking there under the 111903.
of the 111391;.
Ah‘l‘if.I' 1 "s .
”’ks‘ago Andi-'1‘?“
-*‘ "(local brassbénd disco Anthem
“I always believed in dosfiny says Dior
iofz‘Exetor continued four 3 ~
The Beggars of' Paris.
Next to the concierges, perhaps the
beggars; are the greatest nuisances in
Paris. They have been augmenting so
rapidly of late and becoming so ag-4
grossive that the prefect of policoL-Ln'ow'
that tho spirit is abroad —has resolved
to expel them, and has issued instruc-
tions to police sergeants to get at the
number amd conduct of the] fr'aternity
in their respective districts. Just
before they received the final coup ‘da
'balai the Temps has been entertaining
its readers with some sketches of thoiii
Iprivate history. These Parisian beg-
.' gars may be linked upon as the aristoc-
' racy of the mondicant world. Begging
i has become a'fine art with them. They
§tako to.- the streets from choice rather
‘ than necessity? Théy hiiv‘é' got a sort
L of a circular newspaper to keep them-
I‘selvos posted in coming events, and
’ syste'fnatically' take“ different hosts.
3 Rows of them may be seen at church
3 doors when 'a marriage or a funeral is
.' on, and they hang round the doors of
fashionable restaurants. The greatest
nuisances suiting tho gang aro" those
who don’t beg at all.- There is an insti-
tution for thc‘manufacturo and train-
ing of this spoofed. They play the role
of distortionlsts. Several joiners are
kept at work in" making small wooden
carts, stoves 'and variouscontnvanoes
for them, .- Their object: is to draw
money from the pawn; by their piItoqus
and excruciating positions, and not by
solicitation. "I And cousidc g that
many of them "alro s6 1551111 ly frfinds',
it says a good, deal for the gullibility
of the Parisians that they succeed.
The cqu-de-jatte—thoso who squeeze
themselves intoa; sort. or wooden b'c'vv'i
and prop'él thé'fntelves along the pa'v’e-
ment with their hands—frequently
combine the functions of thief with
those of beggar as they are justa con-
venient height to reach ladies’ pockets.
According to the Temps there were
2,765 begga‘is arrested in Paris in 188},
and 4, 138 1111885.” “711611 iii-rooted théy
are first taken to a central police sta-.
tion, where they s’oeiah‘ed to give an
acc01mt of themselves. Some are sent
to the hospital or to the Depot of
Mondicity, Butlers? to “their native
departmé'nts, and the worst o'ffé'nders 'to
the polico court. There is' in Parisa
privileged or licensed class of beggars.
The police have always had power to
deal with others who on Whatever pre-
tonce- received aims; but- the general
toleration allowed on fete days seems
to have been allowed on other days as
well, until it has become intolerable.
ow..—
Parliamentary Goremonial;
An English correspondent writes:
“Another absorbing study to me is the
election of the speaker. Rising mod-
estly from. a back- bench, Mr. Arthur
Peel thanks the baronet who has pro-
posed his health—I moan his re-election
-—and Mr. Gladstone, who has seconded
the nomination; expresses his desire
to malnt'ahi the tiadlt'l6n's' 0f tile house,
and his gratification at having been
elected three times within thirty
months. Any new member who has
never seen '.Mr‘ Peel before must say to
himself: “What a very insignificant
person this is! I’m afraidof him. By
George, I’ll kick ‘up the'dovil of a row
and snap my fingers at him.” But
presently there is a change in Mr. Peel’s
bearing. It is the duty of the baronct
and Mr. Gladstone to lead the newly-
elected speaker of the chair. The
baronet leads the way, Mr.Peol follows,
and Mr. Gladstone walks behind with
an encouraging finger on the speaker’s
eibow. Slipping right round the chair,~
in Erie old glifih '
fi€».
teach him how to put a wig on in full
view of the audience. But, whereas he
was retiring and unassuming almost to
insignificanco when he spoke as a
private mombor,_41_1_o sooner does he
Imaeh' the chap . If;tiie divinity that
"se'oinis to‘ liédge that symbol o'f consti-
tutional government is breathed, as it
were, into his whole being, and he
assumes at once the auto-inspiring
ton'e and the eye like Mars, to threaten
omos the_mar‘volou§"ehangc ,
"apnor ofiéitlfiypeam He
- ch is'va pity; ..
froni’itlr. Togg’ivomd't' "
, chyinid Their Own Marketing.
Daniel Webster is described by Maj.
Poorc in many places “ He was knewnfi"
says he, “as ‘ Black Dan,’ from his
swarthy complexion. He had a stal-
wart frame, a massive head, crowned
with a wealth of black hair, and his
heavy eyebrows overhung deep caver-
nous eye's. He was a marked man in
any crowdf Daniel Webster Was' a good
liver, but he' had no 01116 'ab0ut money.”
Mad. Pooro says that he was often in
pecuniary straits, though his profes-
slonal income could not have been less
than 820, 0001'; year. He received 870, 000
for In single fee as counsel for the Com-
missioners on Spanish claims, and his
friends in Boston at one time raised a
purse to enable in t6 purchase the
house in which the millionaire Cor-
coran now lives.” Daniel Webster did
his own marketing, says Major Poore.
He was a regular attendant 'Iat the
Marsh Market on market-L mornings
Ho almost invariably wore a large,
broad-Ibrim'ined, s0'ft' felt hat, with his
favérit'o blu6 coat and bright buttonsa
buff cassimore waistcoat and black
trousers. Going from stall 11.111.11.101.
lowed by a servant bearing a large bas-
ket, in which purchasestere carried
some, he would joko'with the'butchers,
fish-mougors and green-grocers with a
grave drollery of which his biographers,
in their anxiety todoify'him, havomado
no mention. He always liked to have
a friend or two at his dinner table,and
in inviting them, sans, coremonei, he
would say in his deep, cheery voice,
“ Come and dine with me t‘o-mdrrow. I
purchased a' noble sadd16 of Valléy of
Virginia mutton in market last week,
and I think you will enjoy it.” Or, “I
recéived some: fine codfish from Boston.
to-da'y,' sir; will you one with me at
five o’clock and taste them?” Or, “I
found a famous’ possum in market this
morning, air, and left orders with
Monica, "my cock, to have it baked in
the real old Virginia stylo,_with stuffing
of chestnuts and surrounded by baked:
sweet potatoes. It will be a dish fit for?
th'é gods. Conic and taste it " ' -
President Harrison also attended the.
Washington markets, and it was. getv
ting 11p early and going out in the wet?
that killed him. Hewas an obstinate
old fellow, and he'stood'on' the front
steps of tho CapitdlI without his over-4
00:11: on the day of his inauguration:
And a few days beforo hewas taken
sick he was overtaken by a shower on
one of those marketing excursions and
refused t6 change his clothes when he
came in. '
4 " '- ohe'or‘Ludvvias‘Whime. _ 4
Among the "follies 'L not‘ generally5
known committed by the demented:
. King of Bavaria, was the erection of a
circus on the first floor of the royal
palace of Munich. Th6 ceiling was
made to imitate the skies at night time,
with the moon and stars, lit up from
behind by electric lights. 0n the walls.
were; 5 polish of colored frescoes rc-
preionting fviirious Eonntry scenes, in-
cluding an Italian capanna, a French
auber‘g‘e,' and a Swiss chalet. The mon-
‘ arch and his guests, twenty in number,
first Wentjt6 the theatre. They theni
returned to the palace'and supped.:
About two in themorning the king 01-3
dercd his favorite charger, and, mount»
ing, invited his friends to follow him.
Their horses were brought up, and,'as
soon as theywere all in the saddle, hisf
majesty rode off into the circus. Thel
royal party gallopod round the ring:
several times. The king stopped, de-g
scendod, and tapped at the door of the?
capanna. Suddenly the door opened am
if by magic, and a crowd of persons
_fromit Mug were dressed' m-
brass band. His majesty again mounted
his charger, and, followed by his friends,
rode round the circus once more. He
now knocked at the auborge, and:
French peasants came out with more
wine and eatablos, which the poor
guests, already surfoited, were bound
to consume rather [than offend their
eccentric host. The magicians here
executed favorite French songs. The
same performance was gone through at
the chalet, and then the king, at half-
and command, and immediately the
survived many revolutions, and is per-
haps the most significant evidence of
the force that resists change in old
England.”
In' “ Hamlet’s Garden.”
ri'Thc traveler in Elsinore leaves the
sombre Krodborg with a cheerful step
to visit the sunny “Hamlet’s Garden,"
a narrow strip of cultivated forest
facing the sea from a gentle elevation
in the rear of the town. It is a pleasure
appropriately. made,
par
11.1%. m
ry
“beaming teré‘ ofEho so glimpses
{of gw -Imed ench' it-
legspi 11$ the arc hang '
beech and maple, while its deeper
recesses seem the abode of the very
geuli of quiet and meditation. 0n
summer evenings, however, the whole
place is turned into a wholly different
scene—one of tumult and vs ated
movie; 11‘ny the ltruptlon 32% its
limits of the population of theli ecity,
come here at twilight to enjoy» the
breezes from the Kattegat, to listen to
music and exchange gossip.
,_~.stf0ur_1n the morning, abruptly
L. fiafifilo du IIg
—I‘sI '0 0W3.
'gress may be an honor, but it cannot
“Hamlet’s Gardeu,” if not satisfac-
surmounted by a cross and a few rude
stones, is a raised mound, commonly
pointed out as “ Hamlet’s |T0mb;”
while .at the other extremity of the
garden is shown “Ophelia’s Lakofl.
i formerly _aj diminutive strea'm, running
"through a" narrow, shaddwe’d“ valloy;'
though one sees the clear evidence of
the maiden’s madness in her choice of
this muddy six-inch pool for. drowning
in preference to tho wholesome waters
$pi; the sound not man hundred yards
distan . mwvmezn» some
lake—evidently to reinforce the senti-
mental congrutios 0f the locality—has
been arranged a small hoarirshaped
island, from which the members of a
diele-
. 193:0
On a fiii'ii'iL‘Et S anosvill'é': Pa,w lie
the harvesting was being done, the men
were assisted in binding the wheat by
these three aged ladies: Elizabeth
Trout, ninety-two; Maria Updegrovo
eighty-two; Maria T pt,
"It, is a remarkable
7 tEem bound the hen
arseaion
had completed almost as much work as
any of the men. -.._. a
y 11.. .5 :.
place. In the vestibule of be wood,
0‘. door things can be secti'about
tliE iast days of the
.9
Coming t0" M°
be said to make men honorable. The
average of dead beats in congress is
quite as great as outside. 0n the last
days of the session you will find a
swarm of florists, livery-stable men,
hotel and boarding-house keepers, con-
stables and professional collectors
swarming the corridors, looking after
delinquent members and trying to
catch them in the halls. There are
members who systematically rob hotels
Iand haberdashers and all sorts of
fiades on right and left.';. Nothing
an b legally done with a _nLiembcr
' L' 1. 4I- money under
lso - retensesfitho gli‘it is' a jailablc
offence when committed by common
people. The only remedy is to make
the transaction known. If the records
of the congressional dead beats could
be printed 11 good many people would
be astonished. The most reckless
prodigality in luxuries, such as car-
riages, flowers, wines, cigars, etc, is the
usual life of the congressional best.
There are poor men and women there
who have catered to those members
with the idea that men holding such
» honorable positions must of necessity
‘ 'in" vafnto
is evil-11 " a ' dob'tors
are oping men 6f vvée‘ih 11 high living.
a disgraceful story of bogus checks,
duplicate drafts and violated obliga-
tions—a story t00 unpleasant to print.
{inquine Gambling Appliances. ‘
Trotting is the development of civ-
ilized ideas and tendencies. Tho trot-
ting horso can be utilized in almost
every phase of everyday existence, and
is an essential and most valuable ele-
ment in the practical life and period.
,It is of value to the physician, the
stagecoach, the traveller, the business
man in search of pleasure and health-
ful recreation. To not one of those
is the racohorse of the slightest value.
. The sipgle use to which it is put is that
of ga'mpltng in a'moral sense the ani-
cmal is Ettore. noidess a roulette
bwheel, ‘ ufai‘o-Eeck oi or any
Other or" the appliances employed in
gaming. The chief patrons of horse-
racing aro professional gamblers, as it
is to them simply a variation in the
seventy-six .
out the whole day, and in thé evening ‘
from, poker to, rougoet-noir
1Visii1ngdii..y »
Itation of the divine Auth6r of our
blessed religion, we can never hope to
be a happy nation.”
”~“ ._-
The sorgeant-at—arms’ s ofilce could tell
kind of gambling—a change, as it were,
~. ”The Youth of Hing Louis.
" An honest land enlightened king,
Maximlllian II. was in private life not
particularly genial, Land both his sons,
Louis and Otto, had been brought up
with great strictnoss and simplicity.
There father allowed them no pocket-
monoy but what they earned by good
marks at their" lessons-0n the modest
scale of one pfonning per mark—and
he would fine them a thaior without
compunction if they were reported
idle. Their table was more frugal than
that of the sons' of most country gon-
tlemeu. When Louis attained his
majority at eighteen he was provided
With an' establishment of his own,
and sat down on the first day of his
emancipation to his usual dinner-one
dish of meat and sonic choose. “Am
I' now my own master'i'” he asked with
a smile of hisservsnts. _ “ Yes, sir, ” was
the answer...“ Then you may bring me
some chicken and i1 mehlepiesen
(pudding. ” 1 ' '
The famous Dr. Dollinger was one of
the tutors who exc‘réiscd' the happiest
1110116111111 911 Prince Louis. Giving a
the learned and able churchmen acted
on the principle that the future king
oughtto know a little of everything,
and to choose- for himself the one or
two subjects which he would like to
study thoroughly. He has often said,
general direction to his populism
however, that he was disconcertcd by
the ardor' with which the Prince ap~
plied himself to every branch of study
except political economy and mathe«
matics. Quick at learning languages
ancient or modern; passionately fond
of history;dec'ply interestedintheclogy,
and intelligent in his comprehension of;
books relating to the science of war.E
Prince Louis was equally assiduous' in
his music. and drawing lessons, and in
all' corpora oxbrcises. He learned to
drill smartly; became a graceful
fencer, and a bold rider. But the son-
by the deep mortification he experi-
enced whenever he met with any mis-
hap in his athletics which exposed him
to ridicule—'and the- dread of this ridi-
cule caused him to go to the riding
school of the gymnastic room with a
much more serious face than he wore
when sitting down to his book? In
this}, as in uianymth'of things, he was
the opposite of ordinary young men.
Once, when he had rolled on his horse
into th'é sliwdust of; the riding school,
his military tutor, Colonel Heckel,
laughed. Prince Louis turned tohim
With a white face and said:. ,
“ Pray teach me, colonel, to fall in a
way that shall not be comical. There
ought- -to be nothing laughable in an
accident which might happen even to
' a good rider before a’ hundred thou-
sa'n'd men. ”
undo-‘_—
Whitew ushed Savages. -
A missionary stationed; 'at' one of the
South Sea Islands determined to give
«‘
obtain this, in the absence of lime,
- c0ral was redu6ed to podeer by blim-
the coral was being cooked for them to.
eat. Next morning" they behold the'
,missionaryfs' cottage glittering inthe
rising sun, white as snow. It was so
beautiful in their eyes that they danced,
they sang, they screamed with j0y.
' The whole island Was lira commotion.
Whitewash became the rage, and- happy
_was the coquette' who could enhance
her charn'm by ‘a daub of the whitewash
brush. Then contentions arose; one
party urged '7 their superior rank;
another "obtained possession of' the
brush and. valiantly held it against all
comers; a third tried to upset the tub
in his eagerness to get some of the
precious cosmetic. At last, to quiet
the hubbub, more whitewash was made,
and in a week not a hut, adomestic
utensil, a war-club or a garment but
was aswhitc as snow; not an inhabi-
tant but had a skin painted with gro-
'to'sque designs, not' a pig that was not
whitened; and mothers might be seen
in eveiy direction caperin‘g' joyously
and fairly yelling with delight at the
beauty of their whitewashed babies.
“—0-.”—
Education of the Human Eye.
The following story from the Peru
Monthly is related to' Agassiz, and it 11
's'ufilciently characteristic of this re
markably accurate observer to haw
the merit of probability; We are told
that once upon a time the profess01
had occasiim to select an assistant
from one of his classes. There were 2
number of candidates'fOr the post of
honor, and finding himself in a quan-
dary as to which one he should choose,
the happy thought occurred to him of
subjecting three of the more promising
students in turn to the simple test of
describing the view from his laboratory
window, which overlooked the side
yard of the college. one said that he
saw" merely a broad fence and a brick
pavement; another addod a stream of
soapy water; a third detected the
color 0f paint on the fence, noted a
green mould or fungus on the bricks,
and evidences of “blueing” in the
water, besides other details. It is need-
less to tell which candidate was awarded
the coveted position.
'Houdin, the celebrated prestigiator,
attributed his success in his protession
mainly to his quickness of perception,
which, hotolls us in his entertaining
antebiography', he acquired by educat-
'in'g his eyes to detect a large number
of objects at a single glance. His sim-
',ple plan was to select a shop window
zfolio! '11 miscellaneous assortment of
'articlcs, and walk rapidly past it a
number of times every day, writing
;d6_wn each object which impressed it-
:selfon his mind. In thiswayhewas
fable, after a time, to detect instanta-
to‘ncou’sly all of the articles in the win-
dow, even thoiigh they might be am
bored by scores.
M.—
a. . . He Tied Up the Gib. ,
“may almost always want to blow
'out the gas,” aaid a hotel clerk, “ but
that 'old follow,” pointing to an old
goutleinan 'slttih’g' 1'11 tho window," was
:smart enough to know that was not
{accessory When he w'oko upthisinorn-
ing ‘about five o'clock, he opened his
door and an calling for the porter.
One of thehe boys wont to him and was
toldté bring up a piece of rag. The boy
procut'od it, and, anxious to know what
the old man' wanted. he hung around
the door. The'i‘dw” a very faint odor
of "’ pervading the promises, and“
th l:b0y,. looked through the key-hole
_h nWtho‘bld man niount a chair and
' “11 whome- t woollen sock from
tEo' gas-burner did then wind the rag
.' _Itl'iI 11166111; 11;" in place of the sock.
56' tidublo you',” he said, when
9 ”down," but the pesky thing
was andIWantod to use my
sock. Tguess I’d been smothered if I
hadn‘t kinder traced the smell to that
thing and thou struck the idea of stop-
plug it by- winding semething around
it." Hewas taken up-stairs and showed
Jilin" how the 1‘ pesky thing’.’ w'orked, but
was not satisfied and insisted that it
'was “a du‘rned sight safer to tie the
thing up.'_'
sitivonoss' of' his charactor was shown .'
frivo'lficipsilottls ,"'
his resideiieo a coat '0': whitewash. To ,
. ing. The natives watched the process “'1'
of burning with interest. believing that
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part10ulars,‘dlrecticns etc.,‘ sont' lice. use pay
absolutely sure for all who start at once. Don’tdeI-
lay. Address. Srixsox .is' 00;, Portland; Maine.
in; presents given away. send us 5
' ’0 cents postage. and by mail you will
getfrce a pgckage of goods of large
value, that will start can work that will at once
on in money aster. than anything e.se in
Amer 1:11. All about the $200, 000 in presents with
each box. Agents wanted everywhere, of 'either
sex, of all ages, for all the time or spare time only,
to work for us at their ow'n homes. Fortunes for
all workers abSoluteiy assured. Don’t delay. 11
HALLmat 00.. Portland Maine.
free, full information about 01k which
they can do. and live at homs,fhst will pay
them from Elicia .25 per day Some have
earned ovsr'win aday.El sexyoungoro' id. Capital
t nircd. You are started“. 1’1-sag“ hostart at can
.11; agelntcly sure of snug little fortunoa" Allis new.
M. SCEWAB.
OPTICIAN" tutti OCULIST,
fields are scarca. but those who writs In
Stinson‘ a Cd..t’ortland, Mail will receive
4 . WILL BE AT NORWALK. .
November 1 7 and 1 8,1886,
At Norwatlc Hotel.
Having qualified myself by’ years of hard study
in the best institutions in Europe, and havin had a
practical experience of twenty-five years n thi
country, I am enabled at first s ght to adapt icnse
most appropriate to restore the vision to its origins
vigor and cure all the various diseases of the eye
ave therefore combined my practice of an
Ocnlist with that Of an Optician, and am now on-
abled to furnished all kinds of lenses and styles of
spectacles and Eye. Glasses which are made to
orderuuder my own supervision, to suit my cus-
omers’ visionary ailments. .
Cont-ulna; at»: Free.
References-Goo. G. Bishop, Charles Olmstead
ox-Dep‘nty Sheriff Charlcs Adams Mr. Clarence
Nash with J. F. Bonnet, Gen D. N. Couch, Mrs.
W. K. James. Dr. E. C. Clarke. .
E.Kocouu,
" vines-chant manor, .
Has received 11 full line of Fall and Winter
Imported Snitings and Pantaloonlngs.
Fall and Winter Overcoats.
A fine assortment. of hill amt Winter Overcoat-
ings at reasonable rates. lysd
All Work Don-1 by First-Class Workman!
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Knowing the formula from
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Drugs, Proprietary Medicines and Drnggists
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' orders for ~
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For vAricose or enlarged veins. tWari'i'inted to
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They also desire to state that they have accepted
the agency of the New York Vaccine Co. ., and will
keep a supply of
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They have in stock Electric: Batteriés. which
will be sold at close figures. The also a full
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Stables
No. 14"Kn1" "11.1: 81.
(All roar of noisiCEfI Dcpot)‘,
NORWAIn'Co- CONN.
Carriages furnished . all hours.
"when and gentlemanly drivers.
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ILIIARDENBROOIK’S BLOCK, WALL STREET,
FAMILY GROCERIES.
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GAZETTE ' BUILDING. NORWALK, CONN
- ruins Ir. Eurasian,
'-'Aiil_ll‘!lflj‘flllil counselor at Law
. a Gazette Building,
‘NORWALK, . CONN.
ALEX. S. GIBSON,
Organist of 1st Congregational Church, Waterbury,
Teacher of
Pianofcrto, Organ and Musical
Composition,
Lock Box 89 P. O.. NORWALK. CONN.
E. WHIIWOBTH,
Successor to B. Conn,
MERCHANT TAILOR;
WEEKS’ BUILDING, WALL STREET.
IA rm 1.11111 or
Imported and Domestic Cloths.
0f the Latest Styles. constantly on hand.
Novelties in 800th Suitings.‘ Satisfaction guarano
teedinevery particular. .
I -? PENSIONS
Government Claims.
My sole business Thousands have Rights
Neg. ected. Address, free of charge, or visit,
GEN. W. 3.1103113,
91 Stratford Avenue, Bridgeport, Conn
W. '11. MEEKER.
4 ' 54 Main Street,
SOUTH NORWALK. CONN.,
Prdctical Plumber,
Steam and Gas Fitters, Dealers in lebers' and
steam Fitters’ Supplies, and Gas Fixtures.
Jobbing promptly utter. dedto. l
O E. WILSON,
General Insurance 6 Real Estate Agent
Money to Loan. .
L Vlloom No. SGazette BuLding,N0rw1ilk. Conn.
a? “A INSURANCE Co., of HARTFORD.
Incorporated 1818. Charter Perpetual.
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ter'msadopted t0 the mtuazargoand 505361.11: Ril'ith
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Solo Agents for IElam-walk and vicinity. LL'
THE .
'Nortwalk 'Fire' lnsuranCe Co.
Has now completed its
181]; SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS YEAR
And hasnot outstandingadollar of unpaid losses
or claims for losses. No sound company insures
for less. ,
W. 0. Swan, Pres. 8.11:. Ours-nun. Tress,
6110. It. Cowrns. Secretary.
' A. CARD.
Having purchased the
PU ltNI'TURE " , BUslN ass,
Iliecently canted on by WILLIAM Locxwoon at
L No. 36 MAIN STREET.
I am prepared to meet the wants of all prospective
Ipurc rsof furniture, both STAPLE AND
ORNAMENTAL. I have on hand a large
stock which I will sell
:VEBY CHEAP FOR CASH
lshallbepleasedtomeet an old or new friends
and will guarantee satisfactionin
every case.
yGHEOPAEE H. RAYMOND.
PETER L. 11114101113,
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UNION AVENUE,
North of Norwalk Cemetery,
RORWALE. - CONN.
Dealerin 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 designs in Flowers arranged
to order. slys
Grading and Ito-filling Cemetery Plots
' promptly attended to.
P011 SALE.
A' STYLISH
VICTORIA
Newly Trimmed and Painted.
A Fine Family carriage.
Will be sold at a very low price.
, HENRY TILLY,
- CARRIAGE ' MAKE R,
SOUTH NOR WALK.
BEING UNABLE 1‘0 MAME
E A It N E S S
Tooompeie with large mower-11,1 have taken tli
agénc of one of the oldest and in st estab-
, lshments in the state forthe stiff: of
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0 in'gl'os‘, Coilars, he.
I’sha'il also Make
Fine-z Harness to Order
as usual. at the old stand,
No. 7 WATER STREET.
wherclwillkee are larllnoofWhl S s
Chamois, lankz'e't's, Robes, Feedps'ngslzom
Travelin gBags, ac.
J. F. Peokwell
' Notice to Builders.
FltRST-QU. Al [TY BUILDING STONE for sale
cheap Applyto
J AMES K. SELLECK,
P. 0. Box 23. Norwalk.
For Sale.
ADOUBLE BARRELLFD RIFLE madeby John
Blissctt Iondon. Will be sold cheap for
cash Enquire at this office. -
' For Sale.
A Chtstnnt Standing Desk. App 1y at
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Cofl'ce and’lts Effects.
New» York ' hasféd'z'd'tictoi' 'wli67 ' has
busied himself lately writing pithy
articles on some of tho baptized evils
of society. His latest manifesto is on
“ How coffee effects people;" and the
aim of the paper is to show that defies
, is one of the most powerful drugs'in
the list of medicines. The proof of its
power as a drug is shown by the 'fact
that it is used to a greater extent than
any other as an antidote for poisons,
both animal and. vegetable.
Ho urges that he, does not desire to
reach the ear of thepublic in general,
but of those who have pains in the
region of the heart, oppressed breath-
ing and an irregular pulse; th_ose who
are exceedingly nervous and unable to
sleep at night; those who have a full
feeling, dizziness and pains of a neural-
. gic character in the head; who have
' nausea of the'stomach without having
' transgressed the laws of life; Who have
5111111111 intho liver,a' yellow skin with
eyes of Erastus sort, and lastly, who
have hemorrhoids. If the doctor sup-
poses he has left out 016 or the two of
all creation from his list he may be
right, but he is certainly mowing a
swath, and may honestly say he is
after the earof the public. To 1hr
he offers one-suggestion. Omit co.
for a time, throw physio to the dogs,»
and find out if the trouble, after all,
is not in the drug used as a beverage.
In moderate doses coffee raises the
blood pressure and accelerates the
heart. Now, says the doctor, heart.
disease is in the main an easily pre-
vented disease, and it is very frequently
due-t0 the excessive use of coffee.
He enumerates several instances
where he had been called in to pre-
scribe, and had found his patients
given up to die, but there was really
nothing the matter but the breakfast
drug. He wisely suggests that in this
day of sudden deaths we are called
upon to review our methods of eating
and living in order to get at the cause
or causes. “The heart and brain re-
quire restas wellas other organs of
the body.” If the vessels in the head
are kept distended we have, as 11 won-
ing, dizziness and pain, and, if the
warnings are unneeded, apoploxy. S0
with the heart. So short are its in-
tervals of rest when beating at seventy—
two to eighty-four, that we can hardly
I conceive it. Add to this the stimulus
that sends it up to ninety, and we
must produce disease. He concludes
that for our regular meals and at
evening parties we should substitute
the simpler cocoa or bouillon, and
escape danger.
Ancient Albion.
The British Islands were formerly
covered with vast forests. Robber
bands at one time infested the woods,
of whom Robin Hood, of Sherwood
Forest, is most noted. A continually
increasing population and the advance-
ment of science have changed the
aspect; these places have now become
the abodes of peaceful, civilized and
friendly men; the desert and impene—
trable forests are changed into marts of
industry, cultivated fields, rich gardens
and magnificent cities. Towns and
cities of the Britons were generally
built in valleys upon the margin of
a stream or river for the convenience
of water and security from winds. ‘ Sur-
rounded by impervious woods and
secured by a rampart and fosse, they
were sufficiently strong to resist the
ordinary attacks of their enemies. The
Roman soldiers were as much accus-
tomed to the use of the plough as the
shield, and were as industrious in
peace as they were brave in war.
When they had fixed their camps, they
availed themselves of the advantages
the surrounding country presented, in
order to secure to themselves the neces-
sary supplies. Woods were cut down,
the ground cleared and ploughed up,
and roads were constructed from
station to station, to facilitate the con-
veyance of goods, and collect . their
forces together with more case and
expedition on any sudden emergency.
The Roman custom of grazing in Italy
was adopted in the remotest parts of
their widely extended empire. The
dry ground of the hills and the moist
meadows of the vale were successively
the pasture of their flocks and herds.
During the summer they confined them
to the marshes and low grounds, and on
the approach of winter they drove
them up to the hills. Our Anglo-saxon
forefathers in the forests of oak and
beech rared large numbers of sheep
and swine, and in the rich pastures and
open downs of the south and west.
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Plucking Ostrich Feathers.
Silly fear and ferocity are the charac.
terists of ostriches everywhere. Some
are more ill-tempered, but all are
dangerous if not approached with care.
N0 method has been discovered by
which they can be plucked except that
of drawing a stocking over their head,
leaving a hole for the bird to breathe.
To accomplish this the bird is lured
close to the fence of the corral by a
delicacy like corn, and is then seized by
the neck. Just as soon as it is hooded
in this way it is comparatively help-
less, for it will not kick unless it can
see what it is kicking at. One way to
pluck them is to have a small canal.
the back of which is movable. By
pushing this up they could i); pmioned.
The feathers are taken from the breast,
wings and tail, all above the dreaded
kicking apparatus. At present the
ostrich keepers press upon the bird
from behind, and as long as they keep
behind they are safe. The man who
plucks proceeds with despatch. An
adult bird is plucked every seven
' months and yields about twenty-five
long feathers and severe “tips." The
“tips” are taken from the wings. The
feathers on the back afo left for the
protection of the bird. During this
plucking operation men have been
kicked by the birds, but not hurt. Had
the birds had afair forward kick the
result could hardly have been other
than fatal to the person kicked. Un-
like the emu, which is exhibited often
as an African ostrich, they have but
one toe on each foot. This is a terrible
weapon. The bird kicks forward. The
force is shown by the exploit of one
bird, which kicked a stout board on
the side of its corral and broke it in two
at one blow. The too is pointed and it
will out like a knife.
Howfimake.
The great question that at present is
agitating the minds of Philadelphia
preachers is: “ How shall we keep the
congregation awake ?’I’ Peck's Sun sug-
gests that each deacon be supplied with
a large dinner gong, such as are used at
railroad eating-houses to call the guests
to meals, and when the congregation
begins to nod let the deacons arise as
one man and play a few scales upon
those instruments of torture. Aman
who can sleep while an artist is daily- I
ing with one of those gongs is surely .
entitled to his snooze, and nobody will
kick. Probably, though, if this method
was introduced into the Philadelphia
churches the next question would be:
“HOW can we keep our cocoons
hilt! "
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Norwalk Chronicler