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BILL VARP’S JOURNEY.
GOING HOME FROM THE WAR WITH
TIP AND THE WAGON._
A Pathetic Story of the Return of the
‘ Refugees-Crossing the Etowah—Niglit
In an Abandoned School House—Home
Again.
About the close of the year, twenty-two
years ago, we made preparations to go
home. We loaded a covered wagon with
our goods and chattels and some meat and
meal and a supply of corn and fodder, and
two or three cooking utensils, and a coffee
pot, and some coffee made of rye and goob-
em and sweet potatoes parched and mixed,
some sorghum syrup, a puppy dog and a
gun or two well loaded, and a few other
primitive tricks, and felt amazing rich that
we had so much to begin the world with—-
so much that others did not have.
Our oldest boy was then about 15, and
had sense and self reliance like a man, for he
had been with me in the army in Virginia,
and had been bumped around smartly, and
was used to trouble. So we started him
and our faithful friend Tip with the cov-
ered wagon and team, and we followed after
in a one horse rockaway. There were only
seven children then and none to spare. The
weather was cold and the roads in an awful
condition, for they had not been worked
in a year or two, and we hadto cut our
way around the fallen trees and patch up
the little bridges and make haste slowly, but
we were going home, and that inspired us to
encounter everything. We got along
pretty well the first day and night, but on
the second day, as we neared the Etowah
river, we struck that desolate and deserted
country known as Sherman’s belt—that
same Sherman “who was so careless about
fire. ” Steele’s bridge was ahead of us and
was said to be the only one left. The fer-
ries were all abandoned and the boats
gone, so we pressed forward to the bridge,
and as we mounted the hill that overlooked
it we were surprised to see our boy and Tip
and some other refugees carrying plank
from an outbouse tothe bridge. The floor
was gone and they were contriving a way
to get the wagons acrom. They picked up
enough plank of one sort or another to lay
two rows lengthways acrom the bridge, a
_ row for the wheels on each side of the
wagon. It was slow work and perilous work
to put the plank down on the open sleepers,
but they did it, and then carefully pulled
and pushed the wagons across. The surging
waters, away down among the rocks some
fortyfeet below, had no terrors to exiles
going home. After getting the vehicles
acres the bridge the horses and mules were
swum across the river a short distance be-
low, and all were safely landed on the home-
ward side.
The dark and dismal night caught us as
we neared an old shell of a school house by
the way, and so we halted and took posses-
sion and built up a rousing fire in the old
log-built fireplace. The house had been used
for anybody’s stable, but we cleaned up a
corner and scattered the myriads of fleas
around and put them in circulation, and then
spread down an old quilt and put a bedupon
it and fixed up the mother and her babies
pretty well considering that this was war.
An old log stable was near by and it had
a long, old fashioned feed trough that was
made of half of a hollow log. We put our
stock in the stable and fed them in one end of
the trough and our big boy slept in the
other end with his gun by his side. Tip kept
up the fire all night and it shone brightly
through the big cracks, and kept the stable
and the wagon in sight. Mules and horses
were precious then—more precious than
gold. By daylight Tip was cooking break-
fast and. making our coffee, and it did not
take long to make our morning toilet. We
had to get some water from a branch near
by and wash our faces, and that was all.
The sun didn’t rise that day and the mist
and the clouds were thick and heavy. We
were soon all aboard and expected to reach
Rome and home by night. The road was
hilly and rough and grew almost impassa-
ble as we got into the dark chocolate lands
of Bartow. All the day long we looked
and longed to see some living thing—a
man, a boy, a negro, a dog, a hog, a bird—
anything to break the spell of utter desola-
tion. There was nothing animate except
the buzzards that now and then took their
heavy flight from some carcass by the way.
There was hardly a house left—none that
were occupied. No cattle or sheep, no roos‘
for to crow, or dog to bark.
Night—dark—overtook us five miles from
Rome, and those five miles are a horror to
me now. I think I grew older that night
by a year at least, perhaps five. The road
could not be seen, and some of the gullies
were fearful. But Tip and our boy never
faltered nor wilted. Sometimes when the
team seemed reluctant they would stop and
one go ahead and explore and then try it
again. Fences are sometimes a glimmering
.guide in the darkness, but there were no
fences. We had not seen one all the day.
When we reached the suburbs of town
the mule team came square up against a
fallen tree, and on exploring there were sev-
eral in the way, for it was an abandoned
camp and the trees had been cut down for
fire wood. It took us an hour to turn
round and find another route. It seemed
to me then that’ we spent half a night right
there hunting for a way. But at last we
get into the town—the town where street
lamps used to burn and a thousand wel-
come lights were in the windows of happy
homes. Now all was dark and lonesome
and as silent as the grave. By 10 o’clock
we Were in front of a kinsman’s house, and
a glimmering light shone through the cur-
tained window lattice. Oh, happy mo-
ment—blessed relief. I actually felt weak
from the reaction that followed from the
long and intense anxiety.
N o wonder that the doors were locked and
barred, and the light kept dimly burning.
War is horrible enough, but the absence
of all law and all restraint is worse, for the
weak and defenseless are then at the mercy
of the strong. Of course, we found our
dwelling sacked and gutted of its furniture.
We left it full and found it a skeleton; in-
deed, the whole town was a skeleton. A
good portion had been destroyed by the very
able man who was so careless about fire,
and what was left was empty. Even the
churches were empty-not a pew nor a seat
left. My own house had been used as head-
quarteis, and the telegraph wire was still
hanging in the parlor. There was not a pal-
ing nor plank around the premises. There
was a new stable about sixty feet long for
the horses of the general and his staff, and
the troughs were made of the pews of the
churches.
We moved into our house and called it
home. We borrowed some beds and bed-
ding and a chair or two from kind neigh-
bors and settled down. I had some Con-
federate money, but it wouldn’t buy much.
I gave $3,000 fora chunk of acow, the only
one I could hear of that was for sale in the
country. I brought ten bushels of corn
down the river and kept it hid out from the
scouts and outlaws, but they got half of it,
anyhow. “lo lived through the winter—
a hard winter—and I reckon we could do it
' , but we don’t want to, and are now
thankful for the comforts of life and the
security that comes from peace and well
regulated laws—Atlanta Constitution.
Practical Joking by \Vill.
Scientific people have just had a serious
disappointment. When, 100 years ago, Sir
John Sloane was gathered to his fathers, he
left directions in his will that a certain
cupboard in his museum should not be
opened for the space of a century. Ever
since then the cupboard has attracted as
much attention as that against which the
late Mrs. Blue Beard was cautioned. Many
have been the speculations as to its contents.
The museum has already a chamber of hor-
rors, which very few of the professional
public and not a great many others have
had the opportunity of exploring; and it
was thought that the mysterious cupboard
must contain something wonderful. A few
days ago the centenary came round, and in
the presence of trustees and lawyers, the
long closed receptacle was opened. And
what was found? No horrible examples,
no curious mummies, no grinning skeletons,
but simply a parcel of old letters and papers
of no interest whatever to any one but him
who placed them there. The disgust of the
savants maybe imagined, and the conclusion
outsiders have arrived at is that the late Sir
John wasabit of apracticol joker.—-London
Cor. Philadelphia Telegraph.
The Art of Rising Early.
The proper time to rise is when sleep
ends. Dozing should not be allowed. True
sleep is the aggregate of sleeps, or is a state
consisting in the sleeping or rest of all the
SOVcl'al parts of the organism. Sometimes
one and at other times another part of the
body, as a whole, may be the least fatigued,
and so the first to awake, or the most ex-
hausted, and therefore the most difiicult to
arouse. The secret of good sleep is, the
physiological condition of rest being estab-
lished, so to work and weary the several
parts of the organism as to give them a pro.
portionately equal need of rest at the same
moment. And to wake early, and feel
ready to rise, a fair and equal start of the
sleepers should be secured; and the wise
self manager should not allow a drowsy
feeling of unconsciousness, or weary senses,
or an exhausted muscular system, to beguile
him into the folly of going to sleep again
when once he has been aroused. After a
few days of self discipline, the man who re-
solves not to doze, that is, not to allow some
sleepy part of his body to keep him in bed
after his brain has once awakened, will find
himself, without knowing why, an early
risen—Boston Budget
Quito Miraculous, Indeed. .
“That prescription you gave me last
week, doctor," said Crocus, “is a medical
miracle." “I know it, sir,” said the doc-
tor, proudly, “I’ve been using it for ten
years and never killed a patient yet.” And
afteryzard h? thinkshthia: somehow this
wasn exacty w e 9 ten 5! -
Burdette. . t . M to y .-
' a correspondent.
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OUR SEALS AND COINS.
A PROTEST AGAINST NATIONAL OUT.
RAGES UPON HERALDIO ART.
The Objections of a Venerable Designer.
Bis Reasons Why—Tho Bald-Headed
Eagle in His Absurd Poses—An Appro-
priate Device.
“J. Goldsborough Bruff,” as he signs
himself, has invited the attention of con-
gress to the “unprecedented irregularities”
and “absurdities” of the heraldic devices
adopted for seals and coins by this go vern-
ment.
Mr. BruiI explains that owing to a lack
of knowledge this government made a false
start. The art of heraldry was unknown
in this country’s infancy, he says, and stand-
ard works were unattainable: “In conse—
quence thereof the new republic was unable
to obtain a proper device for its national
signet until July 20, l782,_and the device
then adopted of admirable symbolism, isa
baseless fabric, not being blazoned upon an
escutcheon or shield,-and hence we have
never had a national escutcheou of heraldic
arms, unprecedented in the annals of. her-
aldry. Being thus deprived of that basis,
the requisite of all heraldic achievements,
the government utilized a subchargo of the
arms proper, and as popularly denominated
the national shield or cscutcheon, which it
is not nor ever can be."
Having no genuine escutcheon, no basis
or standard to start with, this government
has gradually collected an accumulation of
designs which Mr. Brufi characterizes as
“ranging from indifferent and peculiarto
absurd." He goes on to say:
“All nations of the civilized world save
our own have enstampcd upon their gold
and silver coinage the true heraldic arms of
their individual sovereignty, and with strict
numismatic propriety exclude irrelevant,
fanciful ideas. 9The American bald eagle'
is displayed in every conceivable attitude
and position, and degenerated to numerous
species of the United States mint genius.
ram: AND EASY ART. ,
“The peculiar style of distributing the
elements of the national arms over the faces
of the coin, including mottoes and legends
unregardful of significant propriety, is a re-
markable art exhibition of the genius of our
free institutions. Compare the dignified
propriety represented in the devices upon
some of the earlier coinage: Observe, a
classic .bust with legend ‘Liberty,’ and re—
verse, the national arms as adopted, which
compare with the handsome female head
filleted ‘Liberty,’ though crowned with
grain, etc., as if also to represent the gcd-
dess Ceres or Abundance, doubtless a multi-
fold genius-as the motto overhead would in-
timate, ‘E pluribus unum.’ Upon close ex-
amination a small cap is seem amid the
redundant ringlets, apparently falling off.
Reverse, a crucified eagle (severely) ‘dis-
played, ’ minus ‘the escutcheon on his breast, ’
or the eagle volant (without its appropriate
motto, ‘Excelsior’). As though disgusted
with his vicissitude and general bad treat-.
ment by the ruling powers he has discarded
his ‘shield of the Union,’ olive branch and
three arrows (typical we suppose of thirteen)
and ascends to the starry regions of purity
and truth. (The square, heavy perspective
is good, but why extend his legs, as storks
and herons do?)
run MAD EAGLE.
“In another issue an enraged eagle has
discovered the discarded ‘American shield’
prostrate in the weeds, and having picked
up the arrows and branch pounces upon the
dcbased escutcbcon, defiantly warning off
the despoilers. Mottoes become legends,
and legends mottoes. The Goddess of Lib-
erty, duly labeled, rests hemlf upon a rock,
with staff and cap and escutchcon, but
looks back apprehensive of some mishap.
This is another phase of the ever varying
obverse. Reverse of which may be one
variety (there are several of them) of the
lame eagle: dexter wing horizontally ex-
tended, and sinister, or left, nearly closed
and vertical, and the usual distribution of
stars, motto, etc. The latest absurdity, so
eminently puritanical, not in keeping with
the times, unauthorized by enactment, is the
Gothic legend between the wings of the era-
cified eagle of ‘In God we trust.’
“Our patriotic fathers put their trust in
God and kept their powder dry. Oliver
Cromwell had engraved upon some bronze
guns ‘Teach us to shower forth thy praise,
-O, Lord.’ Too lengthy for our coin, but so
applied more beneficent—in diffusion of
wealth. The most appropriately consistent
device for embellishment of the coin of our
country would lie—obverse: A bust of the
laureated head of the Father of His Coun-
try, with motto of Liberty. Reverse: The
precise heraldic aims Of the United States
of America, and no other stellar ornament
than the constellation crest, and no other
legend than the title, value and date, and
motto of arms. Such would be creditable to
our nationality, and place ,us among the
most favored nations of Christendom.”—
Globe-Democrat.
A Famous Lithographcr’s Beginning.
I quite often encounter in the street the
father of the American Christmas card. Mr.
Louis Prang divides his time pretty equally
between Boston and New York. He is a
hale and energtic elderly gentleman, whose
busy brain is constantly conceiving new
ideas full of credit and profit to their origi-
nator. In 1860 he was a small lithographei"
in Boston. He hadan establishment that
did not earn a living for him. He had no
capital but his intelligence, and that made
his fortune.
When the war broke out he publishcda
map of the opening of the campaign, and it
sold as fast as he could print it. He made a
great deal of money on war maps, and got
into chromo lithography as his means im-
proved. When dull timcs came instead of
discharging his artists and printers he set
them to work on novelties for which he made
a market. The first chromos of any value
published in America mine from his press.
They reproduced pictures by famous artists.
He risked thousands in these ventures, and
though he suffered heavy losses his gains were
proportionately great. He grew with the
time. He improved lithography in every
direction, and he is to-day the master in that
art of the whole world. ——Alfred Trumblo in
New York News.
Taking Dispatches by Typewriter.
“The system of taking dispatches by the
typewriting machine,” said an old teleg-
raphcr yesterday, “is proving a great suc-
cess. By the new process the capacity of a
wire is increased 25 per cent, thus enabling
the company to perform greater feats of tele-
graphing than ever before. It takes some
time for the operator to learn how to manip-
ulate the machine with sufficient speed to
keep pace with a good ‘sender,’ but when he
once masters the thing he can perform 25
per cent. more work than he can with pen or
stylus, and perform it, too, with far less
exertion and mental strain. So expert have
some of the operators become that a great
deal of press matter is sent in abbreviated
form for no other reason than that the
sender cannot ‘whoop’ the stuff through fast
enough by the old process tokeep the re-
ceiver at his knitting. There isn’t a sender
living who can ‘put it up the back’ of the
expert typewriter artist. ”—Chicago Herald.
A War Cox-respondent’s Style.
Pending the perfection of the plans for
“opening the river” at the Leland house,
Springfield, Ills, I left Cairo, and by way of
Columbus went over to inspect Grant’s
forces.
over there, among whom was one Randolph
B. de Keim. He first attracmd attention
one day when several of the bohemians
were gathered in a deserted houseand were
trying in various ways to kill tinie. All
classes of subjects were brought up and dis-
cussed, and among others Shakespeare was
placed on the tapis. Somebody quoted
something from the hard, and some other
correspondent denied the correctness of the
rendering. After a good deal of talk it was
noticed that Keim was silent.
“How is it, Keim?” was asked by some
one who observed his lack of participation in
the discussion.
“How is what?”
“Blank’s quotation from the immortal
William. He says that it is so-and—so; is
that correct?” ‘
“I can’t tell you. I never read Shake-
spearol”
“Never read Shakespearel” and there
was a universal laugh of incredulity.
“Never read Shakespearel Why not?”
“Because, gentlemen, I am afraid that it
would interfere with my style as a writer!"
Mr. Keim is still before the public as a
writer. Whether or not he has been bene-
fited by his refusal to read Shakespeare, or
his style has been improved or the reverse
by his abstinence, I am not prepared to say.
-—-War Cor. Chicago Times.
Charles Francis Adams.
The late Mr. Charles Francis Adams was
certainly one of the most successful and the
most respected of the representatives that
America has ever sent to St. James’, and he
won his success and the respect of the Eng-
lish people at atime of peculiar difliculty.
Perhaps the most famous episode in Mr.
Adams’ career was the occasion when he
wrote to Lord Russell to protest against the
departure from an English port of iron rams
built in the Confederate interest. He wrote
and wrote again warning Lord Russell of
the imminent departure of the rains. At
last when they were about to sail he wrote
once more, pointing out the fact, and add-
ing: “It would be superfluous in me to point
out to your lordship that this is war.” The
rams did not sail, and the friendship be
tween England and America was strength-
ened by the incident—Whitehall Review.
Test of a Diamond.
“What is a good test of a diamond?” asks
About us good a test as
any is to ask the jeweler you buy it of what.
he will take it back for. If he will offer
halfasmuchositcostsitisapttobe agen-
uiue stone. -—New York Graphic.
I found several new correspondents
NORWALK“GAZETTE,. WEDNESDAY.~JANUARY 26, 1887.
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PARLOR FUNNY MEN. 5
POPULAR HUMORISTS WHO MAKE
PEOPLE LAUGH AND CRY.
Marshall P. \Vilder, the Wonderful Face-
Maker, Com-ted and Fetea by the Eng-
lish Nobility—Frank Lincoln’s Vocal
Powers—Amateurs' Trials.
“Don’t think I am funny from choice. I
had to be either funny or pathetic, and so I
chose to be funny,” said Marshall P. Wilder
not long ago, making one of his terrible
grimaces that transformed his smiling face
in the most frightful manner and made every
one present start up in alarm. “Oh, I can
be dreadfully funny when I want to,” he
said, smiling in the most seraphic manner
until he looked like one of Raphael’s cherubs.
Mr. Wilder is said to be the funniest man in
America, and he has become as familiar to
most New Yorkers as the city hall building.
He goes everywhere. He is seen at the
opera, at the theatres on the opening nights,
at concerts and lectures, at amateur theat-
ricals, afternoon teas,‘!n Wall street, in the
cotton and produce exchanges, on the
Broadway cars, viewing the hippopotamus
at the park, at the races—indeed he seems
like some sprite that can be everywhere at
the same time. His funny genius is best seen
in the parlor and as an after dinner enter-
tainer he has no equal.
STANDING ON THE PIANO. . -
“Get up on the piano, Wilder, and give
us some fun,” is the usual way of asking the
popular humorist to display his talents.
Mr. Wilder has to be perched on a table or
piano to be seen by most people, for he is
not a giant in stature. So he mounts the
piano, and generally greets his audience with
a sarodni: grin that would frighten a giant.
Having subdued them, he begins to be
“funny.” He can twist his mobile features
into any shape. One minute he will person-
ate some beauty. His great brown eyes
become soft and bright, his mouth looks
like a rosebud, and the color comes and goes
in his cheeks. Then in a second he will look
like a villain of the very deepest dye. His
forte is in making faces.
This talented humorist isa professional.
He is funny very often for nothing, especial-
ly in the cause of charity, or when among
his friends, but he is generally funny for
money.
Last spring and summer Mr. Wilder spent
in England, and his humor so charmed the
English that he was courted and feted by
nobility and all its attendant coterie. He
made the Prince of Wales laugh until he
cried, and was dined and invited everywhere.
Lady Wilde, the mother of the lesthstic
Oscar, took a great fancy to the unique
humorist, and always called him “ a com:-
pleto poem of humor.” He describes her
dinner parties as very entertaining. He
says she always wore a brooch containing a
miniature of her late husband on the corsage
of her gown, and that the brooch was con-
tinually falling into the soup, but that other-
wise she was a charming old lady.
ANOTHER FUNNY MAN.
Another funny man who is seen every
winter is Frank Lincoln. At least that is
his professional name, but his real name is
F. W. Hopkinson Smith. Last summer he
became a happy Benedict by marrying a
very beautiful Virginia girl. He is the re—
verse of Mr. lVilder in appearance. He is
tall, well formed, and has an open, fair face,
lit by blue eyes and framed in blond hair.
His face is clean shaven and he has a re-
markably fine set of teeth as white as snow.
Mr. Lincoln came to New York a few years
ago and at once became a favorite.
He has wonderful powers of imitation and
can pop a bottle of champagne, send up a
sky rocket, fire OR a cannon or get off any
other pyrotechnic with his voice. In the
animal kingdom he is perfectly at home and
he has many little sketches of his own which
he delights to give. One of the best of these
is “The Funeral of a Fashionable Lady’s
Pug Dog.” It is all done in dumb show.
Mr. Lincoln comes in, his face expressing
deep sorrow, bows mournfully to one or two
friends near the door, tiptoes across the room
to where the chief mourner is weeping, takes
her hand tenderly, and wipes one or two
tears from his eyes. Then he tiptoes up to
where the imaginary remains of poor Puggy
are lying in state, bends over to look closely
at them, applies his handkerchief again to
his eyes and passes out of the room. There
is nothing on the stage but the actor, yet the
wholepicturc is brought vividly before the
imagination.
The other parlor funny men of New York
are not at all prominent, and most of them
are only amateurs and imitators of. the two
mentioned. Mr. Edward Fales Coward, the .
amateur actor, can recite many humorous
pieces and is excellent at grimacing and one
of tho lVarren boys is also cleverinthe same
way. A number of young men have on-
deavored to learn how to tell a joke and i1-
]ustrato it by grimaces, but most of them
have been called failures.
“It is one Of the hardest things in the
world to be funny, don’t you know,” one
of them says; “because while what you are
saying may be awfully comical, yet the fact
thata lot of critical girls and fellows are
looking at you makes you feel and look
frightened. I’d rather play sad.”—New
York Journal. v
DOM ESTICATING THE BUFFALO.
Success of a. Man in Manitoba—Hardy
Cattle-The Fleece—Hybrids.
A gentleman is now successfully domes-
ticating the American buffalo at Stony
Mountain, Manitoba. Starting his hcrd in
1878 with four heifer calves and one bull,
it now numbers sixty-one head; the greater
number are pure bufi‘alo, the rest half breeds.
thn we saw them in January all were sleek
and fat and yet they were then living on‘ the
open prairie and feeding on the prairie
grasses covered by snow. At this time the
snow was deep and the thermometer had for
long registered 20 dogs. or more below
zero. In January of the preceding year one
of the cows had calved on the plain and al-
though at the time the thermometer regis-
tered 38 dogs. bclow zero neither cow nor
calf appeared to suffer in the least When
a blizzard comes on the animals lie down
together with their backs to the wind and
allow the snow to drift over them so that
under the combined protection of their own
wool and the snow they are quite warm.
Not’ one of this herd has ever, exhibited the
slightest symptons of disease, although the
only care they receive is occasional watching
to prevent them from straying away. Thus
winter and summer they live and thrive on
the bare prairie with numbers undiminishcd
by any of the ordinary cattle scourges and
with expenses for care reduced to a minimum.
Once a year, the great fleece weighing from
ten to fourteen pounds, is shed, and its
manufacture into thick, warm cloth was at
one ,time a regular industy at Winnipeg,
until it was discontinued by the extirpation
of the animals in the adjoining region. In
its market value the buffalo is not bchind its
smoother relative; for even if the quality of
the meat is inferior the difference is more
than made up by the great weight of the
animal and by the value of the robe, which
usually brings from $10 to $15. As draught
animals they have provedasuccess; for not-
withstanding their great strength, endurance
and activity, they are as easily handled as
ordinary oxen. In one particular only is the
buffalo far inferior to other species of cattle,
and that isas a milker; buttothe ranchman
milk is really of no consequence.
Mr. Bedson, the owner of the herd, after
experimenting with crosses is well satisfied
with the hybrid, us it is in shape more like
the domcstcated cow, and is also a fair
milker. Yet we doubt that this is suffi-
cient to compensate for the deterioration of
the fur; while also it would be a matter of
endless regret if in the prosecution of these
experiments the original pure race were lost.
The rate for increase of the buffalo, though
theoretically the same as with other cattle,
is really much higher on account of the lower
rate of mortality—American Agriculturist.
Along the Coast of Norway.
Navigation along the coast of Norway is
very smooth, with no dangers for the timid
or the victims of scasickness. Even when
running along the coast north and south
there are almost all the way outlying
islands which break the force of the sea,
giving smooth water, while the fjords which
run deep into the land, some of them being
eighty to 100 miles long, are as completely
landlocked as an ordinary river. There is
at times difficulty in finding anchorage
along the coast, the water being so deep that
it is necessary to decide beforehand as to
where you will anchor.
The Norwegian government takes as much
care in providing proper anchorage as in
providing lighthouses. You see along the
shore at intervals, apparently white balls
upon the rocks, which on inquiry, you find
to be places where rings and staples have
been set into the rock for vessels to fasten
to, and small steamers are kept plying
along the coast to see that these are always
in proper order. Along the whole north
coast there is an extremely perfect system
of telegraphic communication, cables being
lgid to the islands. This system isused a
good deal to noti fishermen when the fish,
herring and others have “struck in’ in large
quantities at any given locality, so that not
only may fishermen go there to catch them,
but they may procure barrels and other
material for packing.—Col. George Bliss in
New York Times.
, A Waste of Time.
German—Why don’t you Americans
irink beer as we do?
Young America—How‘s that?
German—Sip it slowly, and take half or
three quarters of an hour to a glass.
Young America (with disgust)—-It would
take all night to get full.—Life.
Mr. Labouchere is the greatest smoker in
parliament, and wants everybody to smoke
everywhere.
THE ARAB’S HORSE.
._-—___..-
A YOUNG COLT TREATED AS A
MEMBER OF THE FAMILY.
Tender Care Which Renders the Animal
Remarkably Docilc—M‘ethods of Train-
ing—One Bit of Business—Fed with
Great Discrimination.
The majority of Arab horse owners prefer
to keep mares—in their opinion “a mare
that produces a more is a fountain of riches;”
in times of battle, mares can be easier kept
quiet than horses and that, to the dwellers
in the desert, is another recommendation.
Stallions indeed, are very rare; only the
mightier chiefs that can afford to keep one,
as the stallion must have many servants to
look after its welfare and see that it does
not wander and become lost. “Then an
Arab mare drops her foal mighty commo-
tion is made, in the belief that the animal
will never afterward be frightened at hear-
ing a noise of any kind. Then, after the. din
has ceased, there falls to be enacted a httle
ceremony; the fool is transferred from the
arm of the Arab who carried it in his arms
during the disturbance, to the master of the
tent, who placing the right dug on the mare
in the mouth of the infant one, exclmms in
a loud voice: “May Allah bless and preserve
it and send us good fortune in abundance,
with health to enjoy itl” All present join
in making a suitable response, usually ending
with: “Let us all bless Allah, who has sent
to the family another chil ."
Great attention continues to be bestowed
upon the foal during the first seven months
of its life. It is not only taught to suck its
mother, but is also taught how to drink the
milk of the camel and the ewe, so that it
may soon learn to do without its mother,
which has to resume work as Speedily as
may be. In the event of barley ever becom-
ing source or of the water supply running
short the horse is able—having been well
taught—to take “pot luck.” When the foal
has attained the age of about 225 days it IS
finally weaned and severed from the com-
panionship of its mother, on which occasion
some other little ceremonial of a simple kind
is indulged in—the women of the tent as-
semble and demand the animal. “Give it
unto us,” they say, “it has new no. other
mother; it has become an orphan which we
shall tend and feed and Allah will bless us.”
The foal is then given up and the women are
as good as their word; they feed it With
milk and dates, giving it also pieces of their
bread. It is doubtless their tender .treat-
ment which renders the animal so docile—so
docile that it can be easily handled by the
merest child. Its education proceeds space;
each foal is, so to say, married to a child
‘ who rides him in search of grass or water.
The child is fearless and the boy teaches the
horse to fear no evil; the boy in time be—
comes a clever horseman, while the horse
grows all that can he wished. The colt is
left in charge of the child till it is 18 or 20
months old, when its “breaking in” isbegun.
The training of the colt is begun by his
being shackled with clogs; and persons who
have seen this mode of breaking think it is a
really admirable system. The clog sprevent
the animal from entangling itself in the
halter, or from getting into the manger, or
from lying below it and from a multitude of
bad habits which are incidental to other
modes of training. Not till it is over 2 years
old is the colt ever saddled orbridled, and
then the utmost care is taken not to fatigue
the animal; as a preliminary to the mount—
ing of a full grown rider they are frequently
led up and down with a pack saddle on their
backs and a bit in their mouths which is cov-
ered with undressed wool. At length the
man mounts the colt in order to complete its
education. Before it has only been allowed
to carry a child on its back, now it is made
to feel the power of a master hand—the
great object in view being to accustom the
animal to ungrudging obedience. At first
the colt gets only light work and is ridden
without spurs and but httle force is used.
His owner centers him around among his
belongings, using (as seldom as be possibly
can) a. light cane, just to remind his horse
that he has a master; immense pains are
taken not to tout or harass the animal, but
to train him in the way he will have to go;
he is always addressed in a gentle voice and
no opposition is experienced.
Oiic bit of business; it is deemed of the
utmost importance he shouldbc taught from
tho bcgimu'ng of his training, and that is to
stand stone still while his rider is dismount-
ing and not to stir after he has dismounted.
The value of such training was seen when an
Arab rider was shot and fell from his horse
—it stood still till it was remountcd. The
training of these animals is so complete that
any person might ride one of them to market
—pass the bridle over the horse’s neck, let it
fall to ’the ground, then placing a brick or
stone upon it, go away on business, remain
absent for an hour or two and come back in
the certainty of finding his colt where he
left it.
From their earliest years Arab horses are
fed with much care and discrimination,
their food being in accordance with their
age, temperament and work. As has been
stated, the Arab horse is taught to drink the
milk of the camel and the ewe. A milk diet
is greatly approved of, because owners of
horses think that it is good for the health of
the animal and strengthens without fatten-
ing it. Camels’ milk is also said to be im-
bued with the power of imparting speed of
limb to those who drink it, whether man or
horse. Another point connected with the
feed of a horse in the desert ought to be
studied by trainers 'at home, that is, that the
animal should be made to eat barley. ”Had
I not seen the more produce the foal I
should have said it was the barley,” is an
. Arab saying. Another saying is: “When
you purchase a horse feed him with barley
till you know the measure of his stomach—a
good horseman ought to know the measure
of barley suited to his horse as exactly as the
measure of powder suited to his gun.”
I have now, perhaps, said enough to show
the love of the Arab for his stood and the
care that is taken to render the animal of
value, and his value being assured, care for
the horse is inculcatcd. “then you dis-
mount, think of‘ your horse before you think
of yourself; it is he who has carried you and
is to carry you again‘ ’—a most excellent
sentiment which should be printed and pasted
upon the back of every stable door. Another
Arab saying about the horse which merits
attention ‘m “Run not your stood in the
teeth of a strong wind if you desire to keep
him in good health.” One more sentiment
should be kept in mind: “The grave of a
horseman is always open; when, therefore,
a man mounts his steed he ought say, In the
name of Allah!”—Bailey’s Monthly.
Memorial to Highland Mary.
The memorial of Highland Mary has
taken definite shape. It appears the pro-
posal originated with the Glasgow Cowal
society, who ask the co-opcration of all
Burns clubs in the erection of a memorial to
Highland Mary other birthplace, Dunoon,
in Cowal. The site they have offered— the
' rocky ridge of the Castle Hill, between the
road and the sea—is very prominent, and
the mcmdrial', when erected, will be seen
from a great distance, and all the Clyde
steamers will pass within a stone’s throw of
it. The subject and the site alike demand a
handsome structure—Cleveland Leader.
John Ericsson is now 84, and knowsall he
ever learned.
Seven Years Experience u U. S. Patent Office.
Geo. R. Byington,
SOLICITOR OF '
PATENT3.
Flremen’s Insurance Building ,
WASHINGTON. D. 0.
Extension Canon before Congress a Specially
Geo. H. Osterbank,
Special attention given to all kinds of
P A I N T I N G,
Palerllallging and Decorating.
Contract Work a Specialty.
ALL WORK" WARRANTED.
21 Chapel Street.lNorwalk, Conn.
tml
The Mead Abdominal Belt
domeual wall,
equally throughout its en-
tire extent, tending great-
ly to
PREVENT AND CURE RUPTURE, &c.
Price of Bel t, - - - - - - $3. 50
“ “ witheyeletsin back. - - 4.00
N. E. Mead & Son,
TAILORS AND IMPORTERS,
148 FIFTH AVE" NEW YORK. 412
Rooms to Rent.
Suite of Rooms, suitable for housekeeping for
a small family, on second floor, and less
than three mlnutes’ walk from Catherine street
staiIon. WIllberented low to a desirable party.
Enquire at thls oflice. ms
Is a support to the ab- '
pressing ,
SKIN AND SGALP
Cleansud, Purified &' Beautified
by Me C’uticum Remedies.
For cleansing the Skin and Scalp of DIsfigurIn
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Hugiors, for alloying ltchIng, Burnlngand inflam-
Fa I‘m, for curing the first symptoms of Eczema.
III“ lish, Milk Crust, Scaly Head. Scrotula. and
2h er nbel'lled Skin and Blood Diseases, CUTICURA'
e great skin cure, and CU'l'icmu SOAP, an
exquisite skin beautlfier, externally, and CUTICUBA
Rssousm‘ In
Infallible. , 0 new blood purifier, Internally, are
I h A COMPLETE CUBE.
ave sufiercd all my llfe with skin (houses of
dillfeigent kinds and have never found permanent
re 1e until, by the advice of a lady friend. I used
your valuable Culicura llcmedles. I gave them a
thorough trial using six bottles of the CuIlcura
hesolvcut‘, two boxes of Cuilcura, and seven
cakes of Duncan. Soap, and the result was just
what I had been told It would be—a complete cure.
J BELLE. WADE, Richmond, Va.
.cfcrcnce,G. W. Latlmer, Drugglst, Richmond, Va.
SALT RHEUM CURE”.
I was troubled with salt rheum for a number of
years, so that the skin entirely came oil’ one of my
hands from the finger tIps to the wrist. I tried
remedies and doctors’ prescriptions Io no purpose
unll. I commenced taklng Cuticum Remedies.
and now I am eutIrcly cured.
E. l. PARKER. 379 Northampton Sf.,BosIon.
DRUGGISTS ENDORSE THEM.
Have sold a quantity of your Cutlcura Remedies.
One of my customers. Mrs. Henry Klnlz, who had
letter on her hands to such an extent as to cause
the skln to peel off, and for eight years she suf-
fered greatly, was completely cured by the use of
your medicines.
C. N. NYE, Drugglst, Canton, Ohio.
ITCHING, SCALY, l’llll’lil.
For tnelast year i have had a species of itching
scaly and plmply humors on my face to which I
have applleu a great many methods of treatment
without success, and which was speedily and
entirely cured by Cullcura.
MRS. ISAAC PHELPS, Ravcnna, 0.
N0 MEDICINE LIKE THEM.
We have sold your Cutlcura Remedies for the
last six years, and no medicines on our shelves
give better satisfaction.
0. F. ATIIERTON, Drugglst, Albany, N. Y.
CUTICURA Rsuaniss are sold everywhere.
PrIce: Curiouns, 50 cents; Iiasonvssr, $1.00;
SOAP, 25 cents. l’o'rrauDuco AND CHEMICAL (20..
Boston, Mass.
Semi for "an to Care Skin Diseases.”
G R U BS I’lmples, Skin Blemishes, and Baby
’ Humors, cured by Cutlcura Soap.
Calallh In Consumption.
Catarrli in its destructive force stands next to
and undoubtedly leads on to consumption. It Is
therefore singular that those afflicted with this
fearful disease should not make It the object of
their lives to rid themselves of II. Deceptive
remedies concocted by Ignorant retenders to
medlcal knowledge have weakened t e confidence
of the great majority of sufferers In all advertlzed
remedies. They become resigned to a lIie of
misery rather than torture themselves wllli
doubtful palllatives.
But this-wIll never do. Catarrh must be met at
every stage and combated with all our might.
In many cases the dIsease has assumed dangerous
symptoms. The bones and cartilage of the nose,
the organs of hearlng. of seeing and of lasting so
affected as to be useless, the uvula so elongated,
the throat so Inflamed and Imtated as to produce
a constant and dIstressIng cough.
SANFORD’S RADicAL cuss meets every phase of
catarrh, from a simple head cold to the most
loathsome and destructive stages. It Is local and
constitutional. Instant in relieving, permanent
In curing, safe, economical and never-falling.
Each package contains one bottle of the RADICAL
CURE, one box of CArAnnnAL SOLVENT, and an
IMPROVED INHALEB, prIce $1.00.
Porrsr. Dnoo AND Gunmen. 00.. BJston.
KIDNEY PAINS.
And that weary, IIIeless all-gone sensa-
tion ever, resent with those of lnfiamed
Kidneys, Veak Back and Lolns, AchIng
Hips and Sides, overworked or worn out
by disease. debility or dissipation, are relieved in
one minute and are speedily cured by the Cuti-
cura Anti-Pain Plaster, a new, original, ele-
gant and Infaillblc anilcote to pain and Inflamma-
tion. At all druggists, 25c. ; five for $1.00; or of
Potler Drug 00., Boston. .
PILES CAN BE CURED
Without Knife, Ligature or Costic.
A sImple, and comparatively painless process.
so HIRE! N0 PAY:
Address by letter Io DR. YARNALL, 150
E. 86th Street: New York City, 1y50
WDR. YARNALL visits Norwalk and Vicinity.
KASKINE.
N0 Ball EIIBBI.
N0 Headache.
N0 Nanseé.
Nolllngingllars
~, ., Cures Quickly.
Science emerging 5mm Darkness.
A POWERFUL TONIC
That the most delicate stomach will bear.
A SPECIFIC FOR. MALAII IA,
ltHEUMA’l‘IsM,
NERVOUS PROSTRATION,
And all Germ Diseases.
1 Be’llcvue Hospilal, N. Y., "Ulllvel'SdlIy success-
u .
“Every patient treated
with Kasklne has been
discharged cured."
Dr. L. R. White, U. S. Examining Surgeon,
writes :—“Kaskine Is the best medlclnc made."
Dr. L, M. Glessner, 360 East 121st St, New York
city, has has cuied over 390 patlenls with Kasklne
after quiuIne and all other remedies had fallen.
He says: “It. is undoubtedly the best medicine
ever discovered."
Prof. W. F. Ilolcombe,lli. D. 54 East 25th St.,
N. Y., (late Prof. N. Y. Med. ‘ollege), writes :—
"Kasklne ls superior to quinine In llS specific
power, and never produces the slightest injury to
the hearing ul’ constllution.”
Rev Jas. L. Hall, Chaplain Albany Penitentiary.
writes that Kaskine has cured his wife, after
twenty years suiferlng from malaria and nervous
dyspepsia. Write hlin for partlculars.
Thousands upon thousands write that .Kssklne
has cured them after all other medicines had
failed. the for book of testimonials.
Kasklne can be taken without any special medi-
cal advice. $1.00 per bottle. _ Sold by Geo. B.
Plaisted, Norwalk, 001111., or sent by mail on re-
ceipt of price. 1y32
TEE KASKINE Co.. 54 Warren St., New York.
St. Francis Hospital,
A . .
Importance to you. that wul start you In buslness,
which will bring you In more money right away
than anything else in this world. Any one can do
the work and live at home. Either sex: all ages.
Something new that just coins money for all
workers. We will start you ; capital not needed.
This is one of the genuine, iin ortant chances of a
lifetime. Those who are amb tious and enterprls-
Ing will not delay. Grand outfit free. Address
True & 00., Augusta, Mame. 1y52
WORKING CLASSE 023.33%:
prepared to furnish all classes with employment at
home, the whole of the time, or for their spare
moments. Business new, light and profitable.
Persons of either sex can earn from 50 cents to $5
per evening, and a proportional sum by devoting
all their time to the business. Boys and girls earn
nearly as much as men. That all who see this may
send their address, and test- the business, we make
this offer. To such who are not well satisfied we
will send one dollar to pay for the trouble of writ-
lug. Full particulars and outfit free. Address
George S'.lnson a 00., Portland, Maine. ly52
You at work for us than at anything else In
ths world. capital not needed; you
are started free. Both sexes; all ages. Any one
can do the work. Large earnings sure from first
start. Costly outfit and terms free. Better not
delay. Costs you nothing to send us your address
and find out ; If you are wise you will do so at once.
H. Hallett a 00., Portland, Maine. 1y52
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UUININE— 2. SPLASTER
-.i-.‘ 1'.)
can live at home and make more money
The great strengthening remedy for weak mus-
cles. ulckly cures pain Infthe back, chest, side
and llm s. '1‘" them. At drugglsts or by mail,
25 cents;6for 81. QUININE PLAs'rsn 00., Sara-
toga Springs, N. Y.
$2 BEWARE—The above reward Wlll be
pnld for Information that will lead to
the arrest and conviction of the party who Is
falsely, representln himself to be . .
SCI“ AB, the cptlc an and ocullst. Dr. Schwab
Is to be found only at the Norwalkand Mahackemo
Hotels. He employs no peddlers ro agents. tiles
not contain
A one particle of the adultera-
I tions used to reduce the cost of
PURE GOODS
‘A But DOES possess the FULL
' i VALUE. of' every" Legitimate
, Washing . Quality; which gives
it every advantage over Soaps
of doubtful character; practi-
cally recommended by other
manufacturers in imitating it.
None should be’ deceived, how- _
. ever, as the word WELCOME
and the Clasped Hands are-
stamped on every bar. :
Bibles at 1-9 and Old
Testaments at lemthan
l -J the prices of the Bug-
? -.- lish edition?
re rte an order at new
[or two weeks. Rare
chance gag-“agents to make
- money. 31.00 for out-
I fit. TERI VERY-Llama.
The cure all! Pub.
Cos
vii, Conn.
to be made.Cut this out and re-
0 turn to us. and we will send you
free something of great value and .
women will go to the polls, not to serve
doughnuts or peddle tickets, but to vote
upon these questions which
concern the home, and family, and the
moral decency aud'purily of the commu-
nity.——Szm’ngjteld Republican.
ODDS AND ENDS.
.
The men who marry most frequently
for money are the ministers.
_Anv lady can obtain Mrs. Lydia E.
Pinkham’s pamphlet “Guide to Health,”
by sending a stamp to Lynn, Muss., also a
photograph of Mrs. Pinkham.
_ A private tooter—Thc man who prac-
tices on the comet in his room.
.Dr. Seth Arnold's Sugar Coated Bilious
Pills._nncquallcd for. costivencss, jaundice,
and liver troubles. 25c.
A citizen, speaking of the Compound
Quimiie Plaster, said: “The best, the
most rapid in effect of any plaster I’ve
ever tried."
Judge—I will give you ten dollars or
three days—Prisoncr—chge I’ll [like the
ten dollars.
. Derangement of the liver with constipa-
tion, IDJUI‘O the complexion, induce
pimples, sallow skin, etc. Remove the
cause by using Carter’s Little Liver Pills.
One a dose.
An exchange says “the baby carriage
must .go." There wouldn't be much sale
for It If it didn’t.
_ No Cure—No Pay—A new departure
in medical science! Fontnine’s Cure for
Throat and Lung diseases has cured after
all other remedies failed. For sale by
I. A. Meeker. 11 Main street, Norwalk.
.Thc lap ofluxury—Tlic cat’s interview
Willi ‘ the milk. A SWclI affair—Next
morning's head.
Health of woman IS the hope of the
race. Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com-
pound is to he had at the ncul'cst drug
for a store dollar.
“Does that man know you , well ?"
“Indeed, he does, but he forgets all about
me when I am sick.
The Boston Star says Dr Kaufmann’s
great book on diseases, its causes and
home cure, with fine colored plates. Is the
best work ever published. Acopy will be
sent free to anybody who sends three 2
cent stamps, to pay postage, to A. P. Ord-
way & 00., Boston, Mass.
There is a man out in Illinois whose
name is Joseph Gntobed. He is said to
be a very retiring disposition.
A convention is to be held in New Haven
the 17th instant by the Knights of Labor
to propose plans for action before the leg-
islaturc.
.There is a room for everybody in this
big world. Friction comes from the fact
that too many want the front room.
Ask your marketmen for Sperry «is
Barnes’ celebrated Sausage. Their Spare-
ribs are tender and juicy. Look out for
their brand and take no other. Their
Hams, Shoulders, Breakfast Bacon and
Lard are unrivaled.
A scientist says that a man who has
been struck by lightning cannot swim.
{1e might have added that he never tries
0
Dr. Seth Arnold. My Dear Sin—The
CouinKiIIer you kindly sent me is almost
gone, and I want it always in the house.
I wish the world know its value —Rev.
Jefferson Flaskall, Medford. Mass. For
sale at all druggists. 25c.. 50c., and $1.00
per bottle
Henry Fairbanks of Lawrence, Mich.,
started a toboggan slide on the roof of his
father’s barn. Henry fears that the tohog-
gen season will be over by the time the
bones knit in his fractured leg—Boston
Traiiscrirt.
—A geranium which measures thirty—
two feet around is aFIorida production.
No Cure—No Pay.—A new de ai'ture
in medicine! Fontaine’s Grcat iscov—
cry removes the cause of disease. namely,
disease germs. This guarantee means
something—for “Knowledge is powder.”
For sale by I. A. Meeker, 11 Main street,
Norwalk.
Begin the new year by buying a new um-
brella and a diary; then just make a note
of the one you keep longest—Citizen.
How unpleasant it is to see 9. beautiful
child’s face disfigured with vile humors,
bursting through the skin in pimples,
blotcbes, and sores, and sadder still, when
the young and innocent are laughed at and
twiltcd in all such cases. Parents should
give them that good and pure remedy,
Sulpur Bitters, which will search and drive
out of the blood every particle of humor.
—HeaIth Gazette.
A‘professional palmist says a person can
never tell a' lie with his hand shut. He
can’t with his mouth shut. either.
After DIletIlel‘Ifi..—DIletIlEl‘Ifl. is a lGl‘l'I-
bledisessemcquiring the greatest medical
skill to effect a complete curc. Even
when its powder is broken, it clings to the
patient with great persistency. and often
leaves the system poisoned and prolrateil.
Just here Hood’s’Sarsaparilla does a vast
amount of good, cxpcllimg impurities
from the blood, giving it richness and vi-
tality, while it renovates and strengthens
the system.
A custom with P. T. Barnum is to ad-
vise everv man who has a wife to give her
a signed temperance pledge as a New
Year’s gift—Boston Traveller.
The use of cosmetics is becoming a
serious matter to many a woman. The
constant use of them will certainly destroy
the skin. Why use these poisons when
Pearl’s White Glycerinc (perfectly harm-
less) Will producc a most beautiful and
healthful complexion. If your skin is dry
and yellow from the use of the poisons,
Pearl’s White Glycerine will return it to a
clear, pure and soft condition; warranted.
A man rarely finds out what a donkey
.he is until he has had a few inches of his
ears frozen.-—Fall River advance.
The new combination of smart wood
and belladonna, as used in Carter’s Back-
ache Plasters has proved to be one of the
best that could be made. Try one of
these popular plasters in any case of weak
or lame back, backache, rheumatism, neu-
ralgia, soreness of the chest or lungs, etc.,
and you will be surprised and pleased by
the prompt relief. In bud cases of chronic
dyspepsia. a plaster over the pit of the
stomach stops the pain at once. Ask for
Carter’s Smart Weed and Belladonna
Backachc Plastcrs. Price 25 cents.
In Phil Armour‘s Chicago packing
house they are killing 4,000 hogs a day,
and yet the man who sits sideways in a
street car was in town yesterday. So was
the man who has his hair cut Saturday
night. Some men are born lucky.—
Burdette.
A “Scasonablc Hit" column says that
warm soapsuds is one of the best insect
washes. _
It is well to know this. Insects lose
half their unpleasantness when they are
If“ nice and clean. Save your suds.—
ife.
What almppy, prosperous people we
were one hundred years ago. At that
time not a pound or coal was burned in
this country, and the gas man was lying
in obscurity with his undiscovered meter.
They are at it still more than ever, only
they have removed the business from the
dim shadows of obscurity to the white
light of glaring publicity—Burdens.
Claims of $1,325,000, of which $517,000
are on indorscment, have been filed against
the insolvent estate of George M. Bartholo-
mew, of Hartford,
The recent anuualcollcction throughout
the state for completing St. Joseph’s
Roman Catholic cathedral at Hartford,
amounted to $16,012.04.
Charles S. Gillette, president of the First
National bank of Hartford, died on Mon-
day at the age of 43. He was prominent
in financial circles and held a number of
positions of trust.
Norwich has organizeda board of trade.
One of the reasons given why it was
needed was the fact that the birth rate did
not. keep up with New London’s, but it’s
a queer rcmcdy.——Bridgeport News.
Governor Lounsbury has moved into
the Barbour residence on Washington
street, Hartford, and receptions at the exe-
cutive mansion will be an agreeable feat-
ure of social life at the state capital this
winter.
Pension Agent (taking papers from clerk)
——-Did this man take part in the war?
Clerk—Yes, sir. Agent—What part?
Clerk—All he could get, sir. lie was a
sutlcr.—- Washington Critic
If a man wants to drown sorrow in a
bowl let him try a bowl of water. Bowls
of liquor are already loo full of sorrow.—
Ncw Orleans Picayune.
An East End grocer got anew pair of
scales and drew large crowds to his stow
by pulling out asxgnrcudlug: “Pretty
girls given a weigh."——-Piltsburgll Chron-
mic—Telegraph.
We have no question that in due time
intimately
Yours for Health
20 Years
Record. (1
PINKl-IANI’S
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Is a Positive Cure
1”,For ALL of those Painful
J Delicate Complaints and
,7 -Complicated troubles and
Weaknesses so common
. among our Wives, Mothers,
and Daughters.
amass-r 1'0 mu
IAs'ru. amCAchS,
mama Axn usr-
wj me n: ma armor.
I ' / - mnom,l’u.Loa
V. ' . Lamas: roux, (G
‘ ‘ son. 35.) Emma
/ , C? W or ran u'rim
" (/bfi/ , s/z .smarumsn—
/cuan moi: OBSERVATION, ox mom?! or men.
Mrs. Prxmn's “Gums 'ro IiaAL-rn” AND comm-
mr. autumn man) to ANY LADY ammo Animus
m sun? :0 nuts, mass. Mention this Paper.
ITS MERITS KEEP UP THE SALE.
arm is A BLrssmo ro ovrswomo worm. I'r na-
novzs rAxsrxsss, mmsxcr, Au. ornlec rou smu-
LAxrs, sxn nausvzs WEAKNESS or rm: sromcn. Coons
mucoaauum. ‘MENSTRUAL minions rAssnn without ram.
Physlclana Use It and Prescribe It.
Earn: nsvrvns run DROOI’BIG srmrrs, Moomrrs Axe
manomzs m onoAmo FUNCTIONS, arm mncrrr
Airs mnixass 10 ms sum, nuaronrs ran NATURAL Lusrnr. _
10m m, Axn runs on Tim PALE cm or wow: rm:
Farsi! Boers or Lisa’s srnixo .um nAnLv summit nun.
WEARY WOMEN PRAISE IT-
Its purpose is solely for the legitimate healing of dis<
case and the rclicfofpain, and it does mu claims to do.
It will cure entirely all ovarian. or vaginal troubles,
Inflammation and Ulccratz'on, Falling and Displacements;
and conscmlcnt Spinal Weakness, and is particularly
adapted to the Change of Life.
AN ANGEL OF MERCY-
an.‘ Woman‘s Sure Friend ronmbuucsra arm cou-
mcxm mourn-Ls. LAnn-zs ir was. nor rsaronn SURGICAL
OPERATIONS on com: CAxcsn, BUT IT WILL uxnua ALI. our
cmxsrsxcas, Acr n: manor: wrm rim LAws or xA'mnn.
mus-r ram so or nmmxo DOWN, CAUSixo PAIN, man-r
as!) nAchCIm,is ALY‘n’AYS raaxAxaerr cum-:1) ax rrs USE.
WA“ Sold by Druggists.‘a1
MRS. PINKIIAM'S LIVER PILLS cum: CoxsnrArioN,
Binocsxsss AND 5:08.?le on“ Tim LIVER, 25 cans.
P.‘
, Fl
“,1 ' ‘
vi mfiii‘e-‘é’i
z I rater-i, from $3.25
_ Ii up. n 3900. Send for Cat-
alogue 1';th full particulars, mailed free.
UPQEGHT HANDS,
Constructed on the new method of stringing, on
similar terms. Send for descriptive Catalogue.
MASON 6L HAMLIN ORGAN AND PIANO C1.
Boston, New York, Chicago.
'THE GREAT '
If ' 5'
lGerman Remedyfl
'X TBIITIIS FOR THE SIOK.
For those deathly Ladies in delicate
Bilious Spells, dc- health, who are all
end on 5131.? ndown,shouldusc
mums, it will our ULrnUn Birraas.
’ on.
y $1,000 will be aid.
The Giant Dyspcp- or acasewhere III.-
sin is cured by usm mm BII'I'ERS will
SULrnUn Dumas. ot assistorcure. It ,
over fails. :
Operativtm who are
closely confined in
'the mills andwork . _ X
shops; .Slcrks, who Is impurities burst- .
do not procure suf— ing through the skin 1
ficicnt exercise, and ' Pimplcs,Blotches, ‘
all whoare confined and Sores. Rely on
in doors, should use mum: ITTERS,
SULPHUR BITTERS. and health Will fol-
They will not then ow.
SULrnim Brrrsns
will cure Liver Com-
Clcansc the vitiated
lood when you see
.he weak and sickly. .
m
General chilil.
necdsagcntlc tonicy .aint. Don’t-bodie-
Use SULPHUR Brr- couragedpt w111cure
on.
m
runs. , and on w
not be troub ed.
SULPHUR mums
ill build you up and
Don't be without a
ottlc. Try it; yo akeyou strongami
healthy.
willnot regret it.
- Sulphdr Bitters. '
- ’5
Send two 3c. stamps to_A P. 0rdwayd7Co.
Lawrence, Mass, audrcceiVo anclcgunt set 0‘
Fancy Cards free. ’
C -1'A‘RE"Y’s
Cream Balm.
Gives Rcllcf at once
amlCui'es
All 00m IN HEAD,
GATARRII,
HAY FEVER
Not :1 Liquid,
Snuff, or Powder.
Free from Injuri-
()US Drugs and
HAY'EEVER Olfensivc oders.
A puillcle ls applied Into each nostril and is
agreeable. Price 50 cents :11 drnsglsts; by mail,
registered. accents. Circulars free. ELY 131105.,
Drugglsts, Owego, N. Y. 1y3
$l€l POHIHIIIIS I
~ w . . l: yuuhnve ailUIII.IJIIgllul'l‘f‘ue
. ' type, Curte de Visztc or'Tin
:_ IlI‘ZpI’ gifiocjzlaélave :l LIFE~
r i ' RAPE: mud
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TEN DOLLARS
by ROCKWUUI), 1? Union
Danburz/ and Norwalk Division.
HOUSATONIC RAILROAD.
Commencing Wednesday, November, 17, 1886.
D A I I. Y T R A I II 8
South.
Lv. Eorwalk. Lv .80. Norwalk, Ar.Wi|son Polni
7 .A mm. T47 . . "
S 56 “ 9 00 a“m l 55 a. In.
12 51 p. m_. 12 55 p. m. ‘
489 “ 455 “ 505p.m.
, North.
Lv. W eson Point, Lv.So. Norwalk, Ar. Norwalk.
34.; a.m. 920nm. 925a.m.
1213p. in. 1217p 111.
235 “ 242 “
5 15 “ 519 “
W. H. WILKINSON,Superintendent.
llsmiv A. BISHOP, Gen. Supt.
ll. 1). AVEIIIIIL. Gen. Ticket Agent.
s. Y., N. Ii. .0 II. Railroad.
'I'ralns leave South Norwalk as follows :-
some EAST. GOING wssr.
'. '22 a. m., Wash. ex 4 56 a. m., Boston ex
6 33 “ Accom’tion 5 ‘14 “ Adams ex
7 25 “ Milk train I5 40 “ Boston ex
846 " Accom-‘tloii 550 “ s. N. special
9 20 “ Boston ex 6 17 “ Accom’lion
10 55 “ Accom’tion 7 05 “ B‘p'l special
1213 p. in. Boston ex 7 22 “ Loca. cx
“ Accom’lion 'l 45 “ “ "
2 35 “ Local ex 5 25 “ “ H
4 32 “ Accom’tlon 9 08 “ Sp’f’d Lo. ex
4 49 “ Local ex 9 38 “ Accom’tion
(.10 “ “ lo 29 “ sp'm l.o. ex
5 42 “ Stmfd. J: N. I145 “ Aocom‘IIon
[Lspeclal 12 59 p. m., Sp’f’d Lo. ex
614 “ Local ex 2 45 “ N. II. and
o 56 “ Sp’f’ld Lo es St’f’d special
729 “ S. N. spec a] 339 “ Boston ex
7 54 “ B’p’t special 4 47 .. u
8 29 “ Accom’iion 5 08 “ Accom’tlon
9 44 “ “ 51 " Boston ex
1108 “ Adams cx. & 6 55 “ Accom‘non
Accom’lion s 00 “ Milk Iran
11 47 “ Boston ex. 8 l5 “ SN. special
12 21 ii. m., “ 10 07 “ Localexp
Sundays. 12 56 a. m., Wash e aress
s 00 a. m., Ac. .Iz Milk Swan"-
9 41 f‘ Acconi’tion 9 15 a. m., Accom’linn
11 20 -‘ Benton ex :6 14 p. m., Localexpress
651 p. m., Accom’tlon S 20 " Milk
height Line Direct II] New YII‘I,
Landing at Pier 23 E. R., Foot of Beekman SI
LOWER RATES THAN BY ANY OTHER LINE.
.rfi.
.-
Tne Prunellsr, “ Bill of Norvall,”
0n and after Monday, Nov. 1, (till further notice.
Ice permitting), leaving Norwalk Tuesdays, Thurs-
days and Saturdays.
Returning, leaves New York, Mondays, Wed-
nesdays and Fridays, from Pier 23 E. R., (foot of
Beekman street), stopping at South Norwalk both
ways to deliver and receive freight.
Freight taken from and received for all points on
the Danbury and Norwalk and Shepaug Railroads
at very reduced rates. ' .
Upon applicatlon to agents CIIy of Norwalk will
be sent for special lots of freight anywhere In New
York or its vicinity.
WAR persons are forbid trusting any of the
employees of the boats on this line on account of
the owner thereof.
your Ranges twice a year to once
a week and you have the finest-pdlislgd stovein the
Enamel
world. For sale by all Grocers and Steve
SAVE THE TREES! -
A Band of Canvass. soaked in
Printer’s Ink and Oil. will keep
off the destructive Worms that
strip off leaves and finally kill the
tree. This Ink, especially pre-
pared, Is sold in Ten Pound Cans
for only $1.00 at the GAZETTE
OFFIC IC. 1
~F . K 0 C 0 U R ,
Merchant Tailor,
Has received a full line of Fall and Winter
Imported Sailings and Pautaloonings.
Fall and Winter Overcoats.
A fine assortment of Fall and Winter Overcoat-
lngs at reasonable rates. 1y36
All Work Done by First-Class Workmen!
SA TISFA CTION G UARA A'TEED.’
13 and 15 Main Street, Norwalk, Conn.
BEING UNABLE TO MANUFACTURE
HARNESS
To compete with large concerns, I have taken tll
agency of one of the Oldest and largest estab-
lishments iii the state forthe sale of
Harness. Saddles, Halters, Sur-
eingles, Collars, 86c.
I shall also Make
Fine Harness to Order—
as usual, at the old stand,
No. 7 WATER STREET.
where I will keep a regular line of Whips, Sponges
Chamois, Blankets, Robes, Feed Bags,
Traveling Bags, ac.
Square, N.Y. (chIm-cntioz.).‘
I3nclo~e slump I'or (IK‘SCI'Il-tlvc
CII‘OUIIIl‘ilIIII leslllllolllllls.
"
wno is UHAGQU
AIN'I'ED WITH THE GIMP“ 0' TI!
SEE BY EXAMININO THIS HAP. THAT
.7. F. Pe'ckwell.
I. COUNTRY. WILL
THE
fl :' c'
,; summary.
I1 n. - a-i“
A ‘q Sti I Iwater
I" my ° to Bear
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. film". Nigeria.
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lull.
. LEAV ~
1!; KemAg‘gN B 0 I S .
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:1 c- I’ . l-aux- '.' 1 .
'2? P3“ .-—/ momma, COVE-lyre; H K
35>}? =- . - ~ (:4 2:73
" '.=£A.
and continuous hues at termin points
only true middle-link' in that transect!
The Rock Island main line and
llfoines, Indianola
Centre and
Houses City, in
Miimeapols and St. P9.
of intermediate cities, towns and. villa
is thoroughly b
structures of stone and iron.
11;. It, has all the s
1‘exoeijitesnoe proved v uable. Its
c —l.
and SLEEPING CABS ele ant DI
~between Chicago, St.
CHAIR CARS.
J’osep ,
Is the direct, favorite line between Chic
localities and hunting and fishm
A short
to travelers between Cin ati,
Joseph, Atchison, Leavenworth,
mediate pomts.
kindly attention.
United States and.
B. B. CABLE,
Pres’f & Gen’l M’g’r, Chicago.
E. ST.
itates travel and. traflic in either dibmfigg homes Chi J ll maniac.
ran as u e ea 0 e
Plane, Peoria, Geneseo, ‘llIoline and. Rock Island, in go 1:, ins, La
1.2.219, Washington. Fairfield. Ottumwa, Oskaloosa WestLi
Wmterset. Atlantic Knoxvill
Council Bluffs, in Iowa; Gallatin.
Missouri; Leavenworth and Atchison in Kansas
u1. in Minnesota; Watertown
ges. '
THE ones-r ROCK ISLAND ROUTE.
Guarantees Speed, Comfort and Safety to those who travel over it. Its roadbed
allasted. Its track_is of heavy steel. Its brid
, Its rolling stock is perfect make
any appliances that mechanical genius has invented and
_ ' rig-genes! o ation is consewativeandmethod-
u - “TEAMS at? ”3° 3' “new ‘ 1
03835 an n in 6 es unsurpass e wor
ALL BEE-{PRESS TRAINS between Chica
of comfortable DAY COACHES, infill
Atehison and Kansas City
THE FAMOUS ALBERT LEA ROUTE
this route solid Fast Express Trains run ally to the summer resorts.
. . g_grounds of Iowa and Minneset
wheat fields and grazmg' lands of mterlor Dakota are re
desirable route, via Seneca and]! as, 0
Indianapolis. Lafayette and Council 31
Kansas City, Minneapolis, St. Paul and inter-
All classes of patrons es oiall families, ladies and children.‘ reeeiv
officials and employee of'Rog‘: Islaizd trains protection, respectful courtesy and
Ass’i Gen’l l’g’r, Chicago.
CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND 8t. PACIFIC R’Y
By reason of its central position close relation to principal lines East of filling:
west—is
West Northwest and. South
en eye which invites and, facil-
the Atlantic and P
ois; avenport
berty Iowa Ci “Bi:
eta...
93.
e, Audubo . inu-
Trenton. St. Jogenh. plan,
iii Dakota,- and, _-,h
are solid
as human can
of its (passenger accommoda-
ent $01M PALA
CARS providing excellent
-restful
new 3
o and Minneapolis and St. Paul. Over
tureeaue
The. ch
ached via a _
fi‘ers superior inducements
um, St.
efmm
l
I
For Tickets. Ma 5, Folders—obtainable at all principal Tick .t Offices in th I
anada—or any desired information, address: e 3
JOHN, E. A. HOLBBOOK,
Gen’l Tlii. GI. Past. Ag!" Chlcaga
TIILIgIIRuIIIngflIm
JEWELRY STORE
esti’c Sewing Machine
F. J. CURTISII 00.
Ofier you for the Holidays
Ghlla 111mm all Tea Sets
Toilet Ware,
CUPS AND SAUCERS.
Water Sets, Fruit Sets,
Individual Salts'& Peppers,
' Handsome New Patterns In
Slaulall and Hauling tans.
Among whlcli Is the celebrated
ROCHESTER LAMP.
Pocket and Table Cutlery
I
Skates, Sleds. Ranges,
Stoves, and -~
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS
23 MAIN ST, NORWALK.
[loss Break final,
Hazelton Lehigh Goal,
Hall III III Wqu, I
Building Material,
Hay, Straw, Grain.
and Flour,
Peat Moss Stable Bedding,
IIIIll II IIWII I'Il'Il.
&c., &c., &c., at
George F. Ouintard
—Has opened a—
FIRST-CLASS
GROCERY,
—AT—
NI. 5 Wall Street,
Opposlte to J. B. Ells' Furniture Rboinu.
Everything new and fresh, and wIll be sold
cheap as can be bought In town.
Won’t fail to give as I. all.
(luiifible
MORTGAEE DDMPANY.
G PITAL, -‘- $600,000
oeseqyunes
Guaranteed Farm Mortgages
REFERENCES.
rim rm Bank, le you.
man. nos :0.
rmhrnn.ms.ahsc. m. 1m. 3h, mum.
us cmnucnouu. mamm,mwcm
For rates «Interests and full information
BIND FOB PAMPDLBT.
B. B. CRAIEFURD, Agent,
31 Main Street, Norwalk.
omens.
m voila m .
nos-res aha-«M,
3m2
Mrs. W. Fawcett
Respectfully Informs her customers that her
Fall Opening
of French Bonnets and English Round Hats w
occur on
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
October 6th. 7th and 8th.
We wIll offer during the week a large and 4:
ant assortment of novelties In Felt Bats an
onnets. Leading shapes and shades at 60, 70 an
so cents each.
Best French Felt, our own manufacture, a
$1.25 to $1.50 each , can't be bought elsewhere fo
less than $2.50.
We will also offer some special bargains In Falc
Feathers and Ostrich Tips. .
Also choice selection of Ribbons, Flushes an
Velvets.
Come and see our New Hats, the “ GsIaIea and
Mayflower." All the rage in London and Paris
You wIll be sure to take one home with you.
MRS. W. FAWOETT,
3 Water street, Norwalk.
73 Main Street, So. Norwalk,
.Joseph B. Ells.
r—DEALER IN—
FURNITURE,
ISPHOLSTERED AND FOLDING CHAIRS,
WIRE BEDS, MATTRESSES, &O., &c.,
OPPOSITE nons’s RAILWAY DEPOT,
NORWALK. CONN. if“
ISlTHE BEST!
———.._———
———FOR SALE AT— -
SPENCER’S.
Fair Street, and Riverside Avenue.
quire at GAzurrs Orrios, or of
SPECIAL BARGAINS
. ——IN-—-——-
Choice Building Lots
Situated on Spring Hill, Wilton Avenue,
En-
thS B.- J. STURGES.
A Chestnut Standing Desk. Alwyn-t
For Sale.
8 OFFICE.
‘ 3 MAIN STREET.
For Sale Cheap.
Alal’ge sized Hot Air Furnace. used but'little,
wIll be sold at less than half Its cost. If an
plied for at once. Enquire at Gums Orricr
Norwalk Chronicler