ESTABLISHED 1800.
Volume LXXXVII.
My...
Local News and Interests.
NORWALK, CONN; WEDNESDAY, MARCH-23, 1887.
TWO DOLLARS A YEAR.
Number .12.
Written for the Noawarx Gazar'ra.
RECOLLECTIONS
or A vouunumn omonu. IN THE
' nan-an s-ra'rns NAVY.
Br CAPTAIN W. C. STAPLES.
onar’ran-i.
In the an of 1301, llreccivcdan inpoint-
mcnt as Acting Master in the U. S. Navlis
and was ordered to the receiving BIHP
“North Carolina," at the Navy Yard,
New York, for instruction in gunnery.
The next day after I had reported to "I"
North Carolina 1 was ordered to proceed
to Philadelphia without delay and report
for dut’yion the U. S. Steamer "Tuscarora."
I found on board the ship two other
Masters waiting to report, but as neither
commander or executive were on board,
there was no one to report- to. I also
found these other two Masteis had no
more :experiencevin handling ordnance
than myself. These volunteer officers
were appointed in the places of ofilcers
who had resigned and were needed to
ofilcer the purchased and other vessels
then being fitted out for the blockade
(which Mr. Welles,was:-trying .to render
effectual) and :for cruisers. The three
Mastersouthe ‘gTusearora" had, all been
Mast‘e’rs‘i’n’ ’the' merchant service, but were
unacquainted with the rules and regula-
tions of a man of war and the handling of
great guns and small arms. They were
to be instructed in those duties, and I
believe they learned more quickly :than
theyiwould have" done had there been
plenty of time, and hadwthey-not been
liable to have been forced-into action at
any moment, Necessity is a great incen-
tive to acquiring any particular informa-.
tion a person may need. The discipline
on board of a vessel in the merchant. ser-
vice is. of course, more strict than the
same in a mauufactory or any place on
shore. where the same number of men are .
employed, and the volunteer officers very
quickly fell into the discipline and regu-
lations of a man of war. In fact, the
watch and division of officers of almost
every vessel in the navy were, voluntary.
I found the “Tuscarora". a new ship
and things were in terrible confusion.
Her stores had'ubecn ordered on board,
and there was no one on board to receive
them. The chief engineer was the only
officer on board-when I went to report.
The paymaster’s, surgeon's, boatswa‘in’s,‘
master’s and other stores 'were piled up
anywhere theycould find a place, for
them. The broadside guns were landed
from the shore on deck without being
put in place, and the only place where‘
there was any order was in the engineer’s
department. The ship was. not in com:
mission. This was on the afternon of
December 4th,. 1801. I stopped around
the ship until late in the afternoon and
then went up town to dinner. In the early
part .of the evening I went back and
found the commander, T. A. M. Craven,
Lieut. M. P. Jones, exectivc ofiicer, 8nd
most of the. other officers on board.
I reported to Captain Craven and was in-
formed the ship would go into commission
that night, and in all probability go down
the river. About 12 o’clock midnight
Captain Turner, ex-officer of the navy
yard came on board. The captain and
officers were mustered on the quarter-
deck, and‘the ship, was declared. in com-
mission. The ercw were broughton board,
and we were shoved 0E into the stream.
At daylight all hands were called and
got the ship underway and went down to
Fort Miflin to take in our powder and
ammunition. In the ward-room were
ten officers, but our departure was so
sudden that only three of them had
anvbedding on board,'and' one of those
had taken somebody else's from the
“Powhattan’s” ward-room, which ship
was lying alongside of us in thelevcning.
chfou'ad the engines worked. well, and
that the ship was about an eleven knot
ship, with a possibility of crowding her
up to tWere. .
Perhaps a few ords here may not be
amiss describing the ship, as she did some
good work during the next four years.
The “Tuscarora" was a third-class sloop
of war of 997 tons, (new register), {carry-
ing ten guns and 200 officers and men.
She was built at the Philadelphia navy
yard. Her keel was laid on the 5th day
of July, 1861,{sn'd~'she‘Went into commis-
sion and steamed down the Delaware
river on the 5th day of December follow-
ing; exactly five months from the day her
keel was laid.‘ Her engines were built by
Merrick & Sons, of Philadelphia, ~ and
proved to be good. She was built of live
oak, white. oak and yellow pine, and was
well put together. She was bark rigged,
and carried top-gallant sails.’
Her battery consisted of one fifty-pound
rifle on top-gallautforecastle; two eleven-
inch smooth bore- pivots on main deck;
four long thirty-two's of sixty-three hun-
dred weight on main deck; two medium‘
thirty-two’s of fifty-sevcn‘hundred weight
on the main deck; and one twenty-four
poundor brass howitzer on poop. As we
could not get all our battery in Philadel-
phia we were ordered to the New York
navy yard for the balance of it, and as
soon as we finished taking in our powder
and ammunition at Fort Mifilin we started
for New York, where we arrived on the
7th day of December. The weather was
cold and stormy, and we had left in such
a hurry that we had no stove in the ward-
room and most of the officers no bedding,
so that we were heartily glad When we
got to New York. .
We went at once to the navy yard,
Brooklyn, where we took on board the
remainder of our arnamcnt and stores,
and left again on the 15th» of 1 December
under sealed orders. .
After we. had got outside the light-ship
off Sandy Hook-and discharged our pilot,
Cravenopened his orders and found we
were bound 10 Southampton, England, to
watch the confederate privatcer “Nash-
ville,". which ship had escaped from
Charleston, and burnt ,one of our large
packet ships, while the N. was on her
way to England. . ‘ _.
The weather was very stormy and
rough. Not a dry place on deck or hard-
» Iy anywhere else on the ship. , To add to
our discomfort, en the‘ third {day out,
three men were taken dowa with small-
pox. Imagine _ a crowded ’ship in the
North Atlantic bound to. Europe in the
dead of winter with the dread disease {on
board. The surgeon got the carpenter's
gang at work and, with what lumber and
canvas we had on board, made a good
sized hospital underzthe topgallant fore-
eastle, where the kick were entirely iso-
lated frcm ’th’e‘Lrest of the crew. For
nurses he took some of the men who had
already ”inn the disease, and compelled
them to stay in‘qirmiiune' in the hospital.
And let me say here that thanks to a kind
Providencc'and Surgeon Richard 0. Dean,
after some two months, and having had
fourteen cases all told, we got it out
of the ship without losing a man. ,
We had. a rough passage to Faye], one
of the_A_zores, (about ten days), and when
we got there were put in quarantine.v1.Not‘_‘
a person‘was allowed ‘ to go” on shore,
neither wss'a'ny One from on shore allowed
to come on board. All communication
with the shore was made in this way:
Letters or~ anything else were put inja‘
bucketand lowered over the stern, where
he health ofilcer fromon shore came in
is heat several times a day. He had a
‘the Nashville in peace.
small furnace with him and fumigated
everything, and then sent it ashore by
another boat to Mr. Dabncy, the U. S.
consul. Our coal was put into lighters
and towed out near the ship, when the
shore boats let go, and our own boats
took possession and towed them along.
side. We were necessarily slow in getting
our coal on board, but finally, after some
two or three days hard work, got our
complement, and, after receiving some
provisions and water, started once more
on our voyage. I forgot to' say that
our condensing apparatus for distilling
the salt water for the ship’s company [was
found imperfect as soon as we got out to
sea from New York, and every person on
board Was put on short allowance. For-
tunately the weather was cold, and we
did not want much water. ,.
We arrived at Southampton early in
January and found the “Nashville" there.
I think they seemed astonished to see us,
as almost evoryone in the United. {Statew
suppOsed us gone upon the blockade.’
There was great excitement in England
about the time of our arrival. Prince
.Albert has just- died, and Mason and
Sliddel had been taken out of an English
mail boat. Steamers were being coaled
and provisioned, and troops were being
shipped day and night for Canada, pend
ing the answer or our government that they
(Mason and Slidell) should be given up.
War with the United States was consid-
cred inevitable. Three large frigatcs of
fifty guns each were sent around to South-
ampton from Portsmouth, to lie near us
and watch ‘us, and ' see . that 'we did not
commit any breach of the neutrality laws.
The Nashville was in the dock at South-
ampton, while we 'Werc watching her
from about a mile below in Southampton
Water, as the stream or estuary is called:
We were lying abreast of the historical
ruin of thlcy Abbey. One of the English
frigates sent to watch us was the “Shan-
non," the frigate that captured the “Chem-P:
peake"lln Boston Bay during the last war"
with England. She had been converted
into a splendid steam frigate of fifty guns.
It-is not-very likely there was much of
the original “Shannon” in the new ship,
but the name was there all the same, and
that was not calculated to make our com-
mauder or his officers in an angelic temper.
Every morning at breakfast in the ward-
room Lieut. Jones would congratulate us,
that We were not confined in the Tower.
of London. After a while news came that
Mason and Slidell had been given up, and.
the danger of a war with England was for
the present averted. All the frigates ex-
cept the “Shannon" were ordered back to
Portsmouth, and we were left to watch
a week Captain Paty, Royal Navy, who
held the office of port captain in South.
ampton and Cowes, paid as a visit and
gave us the interpretation of International,
Law as interpreted by the British Ad- .-
miralty. It was tliis,\substantially: Hos-
tile ships in a neutral port could not leave
within twenty-four hours of, each ' other,
and Capt. Craven was notified that if the
"Nashvdle" got under way the “Tusca-
rora"must not start for twenty-four hours. 5
To prevent the escape of the “Nashville”;
Capt. Craven would get the “Tuscarora"
under way and run outside the Needles
into the English channel, then come back -
and- anchor, which would compel the
“Nashville" to stay twenty-four hours"
from the time of our start, or about
twenty four hours [from the time of our I.
return. The next day the same 'pro.
gramme, so that unless some change was
made the “Nashville” could never get to
sea. , . .
Upon our return one day we found the
same three frigates at Cowes, whose com- ,0
pany we had before .at Southampton
water, waiting our arrival. Capt. Paty
paid us another visit and said to Capt.
Craven that the “Nashville” was ready to
start upon his signal, that the “Tuscarora"
must lie still at anchor, for the next twenty-
four hours, and'that he was therewith
force enough to enforce his orders. Ono
of the frigates was {inducted on' each
beam of our ship, and one astcrn with ,
springs on her cables, men at quarters
and steam up. Of course there was no help
for ‘us, and we were compelled to witness
the “Nashville” come down from South-
ampton, dip her ensign ,to the ‘British
frigates, which they answered, and pro-
cccd to sea protected by the British ndvy.
' That night I had the mid-watch .from 12 .
to 4 a. m. Capt. Craven wrote in, his _
cabin .until 2a.;m.,when he came on deck . f
to smoke a cigar, as he almost always did
before retiring for the night. We were
walking fore and aft the quarter-deck,
and the first words he spoke were: “Mr.
me from standing. Capt. Paty upon ‘the
beach at twelve paces to-morrow morning.
He broke faith with me.”
______._._.,_______
CONTROL OF THE EYES.
Something That Is Particularly None.- >
‘nry in the City of New York.
The greatest secret of enjoying existence in
New York'is thatrone must be absolutely the
master of his own eyes. Hungry Joe, the
'n'reh confidence operator, used to say that he
could distinguish a stranger by his hat or
shoes. The idea that these betray men is so
deep rooted that m'any stranger's always buy
New York hats and shoes as soon as they ar-
rive, whiie otherswho expect to come often
to town order those wearables from city
shops. But you can get correct’hats and
shoes in any large city, and off styles in the
Bowery.
But whatever one looks like he must con-
trol his eyes or; life will be a perpetual tore,
mentto him. Our dudes and Anglomaniac
society carry the thing too far. They go
about forever looking over every'One’s head, ..
or else staring with a dead and live glassy
look, insulting alike to whomsoever ”they
glance at and to their own intelligence. This
they think “the grand air” and their admirers
dub it aristocratic. A ward politician the
other day said to me that the leader of a cer-
taiu political faction was “gittiug ’ristocratic.”
I asked him how he was showing this.
“Oh,” said the heeler, “he has n' tired look,
and-he don’t seem to see you 'less he wants.”
But by eye control I mean the seeing. of
everything without being‘ls'een to do so; This "
necessity is bred by the horde of street bandits
that prey upon every man out of doors.
Their number is legion and their ways are '
the ways of brigands. If a man lets his
eyes fall on a boy who utters a peculiar
street cry he is apt to have from two
to six newsboys leap for him like
so many human catapults. As he steps from
a hotel, theatre, depot or club, if he allows
his eyes to wanderan instant he will be at
once surrounded and hemmed in by i-aluncn,.’,
each- seeking hisicustbm, even by 'violence."
If he turns his head to look at the mondieaiit
who addresses him he may not be-nble to get
rid of the fellow for a. block. testing the
eye for an instant on a groupkof well '(iI-essed
men '(who may be interested=.in' a “quiet
uble crank, may prove to have very annoy-
ing results. I was talking, the other day to a.
lady whose receptions aref'very popular. and
I remarked that people commented very curi-
ously on the difierence between. her manner
in doors and {her car ,. ' on, the, street. .In
doors she was'; all. . ‘tyxand ,unconscieus
ease, and out of doors shewus a poker.
“It’s all put on out of doors." she said; “it
eudl
clina nto be natural and'ca‘reless., 'Some
can tell you. . But now I am on my;guard as
long as I am out of doors—Minneapolis Tri-
bune. .
m: was ”tor :n’ry Gooai. ._ ,
"' The fihead of one of the great New {York
d V oods fir-ins .. _
coryuld give, any idea of the yearlymggregates
of the billsof his heaviestcustomcrs. Twenty-
five thonsa‘nd‘dollars, he said”, ‘one'vVoman had
spent with him within a twelvemonth, and
several. others had grown poorer t9 the extent
of $20,000 or $15,000. Thii-fy ’ . cusand dol-
lara is 11°” unheard
354’s extravagant damask-Public Opinion.
After, perhaps, = ,
8., I wish there was nothing {to prevent ,
.1 it was a symphony or not.
game”), or on arboisterous' drunkard or a. veil . .
goes on many; bonnet and one s :I was ill--
' Nonbldm long as! yielded to my In. _
adventures that than were. one alarming, I”
was askedthe society; if}!!! I
sum" -. 'Qf'rfsn‘i‘lm'i‘m‘:
.;. THE SLAVE TRADE.
AN OLD ENGINEER TELLS WHAT HE
KNEW OF THE BUSINESS.
In the Days When Negroes Wes-o Brought
From Africa. and Sold in New 01--
loaus—Wlslto Girls Sold ‘to African
Chiefs. f i" '
' “Yes,” said William Jack Haynes, the cen-
tenarian, the other day, “I was in the slave
trade for three years—that is, I was engineer
on the steamship Grampus, which ran from
New Orleans to Africa for three years, buy-
ing negroes in Africa and selling them in
New Orleans.” ' ‘ '
“How did you get possession of the negroes
to bring themuover’!"
“I will teil you how we generally managed,
and we always‘h‘ud a good load on our return
trip. You know in those days, fifty or sixty
years ago, the servant girls in the‘south Were
of a. very ordinary and worthless kind, and
would do: almost anything. Many of them
had no home, and few. if any, friends, and
so no one noticed their departure. The cap-
tain of the ship Grampus would induce a num-
ber of these girls to go on board as servants,
and when we reached the coast of Africa
we wbuld cast anchor, and the captain and his
men would haye :the boats lowered and go
ashono. _ They would soon nscertnin where the
chief or head man of I 'the' tribe lived, and
then they would take one or two or the girls
ashore With them. and pay a visit to the head
of the savage tribe. The girls ‘were always
willing to, go ‘and see the country,’ and when
they reached the African chief they were
made an articleof merchandise, just as were
the trinkets that we carried over with them.
The captain would negotiate by signs when
no interpreter could be had, and the savage
chief most always was charmed with the
white girls, and: was. _ , with astrong
desire tO'have them remain.- He would give
them all kinds of presents and make much ado
over them, and it was by taking advantage
of this weakuem , thatthe captain was almost
always 'mccfiful; viii bartering them to him
for as many negrocs of” his tribe as he ‘could
carry away. , Sometimes he would have to
leave two girls‘if he brought back very many
Africans." - ‘
noun on. mass. sraa'rnov.
“These girls were then forced to stay i"
“There was always more .or less strategy
used, and they generally consented to remain
until the ship returned. Through the over-
tures of the chief and the assurance that
everything the country aflorded would be at
their command, and partly through .the
threats of the captain and his promises to re-
turn, they gonerallyiremained, seemingly con<
tent to wait for our return, but always waited
in vain. “'0 would make up our lead of
slaves, turning a certain number of them in
each evening and storing them securely in the
hold, and, by repeating this each day, we
would, with the chief’s help, soon get as many
as we cared to sail with. They were never
obstreperous, and seemed perfectly content as
long as they got plenty to eat, and were jov-
ous in their barbaric conversations in the
ship’s hold. Occasionally one would die, and
we would throw him into the sea, and then
the others would .make strange motions. I
think [they worshiped the sun and moon
when in their own country."
“And could you get a ship load of negroes
for two servant girls?" ’ .
“Yes, sir; that’s what we did. Of course,
there were more or less trinkets given, but we
never hoped to accomplish anything until wé
had made peace with the chief of the tribe,
. {and this could most always be done with two
girls. We never v left more than three with
the head of a tribe.” .
“What kind of slaves did you prefer to
bring?" ‘ .
“We always picked up the young bucks,
say from 17 to 20 years old. We also brought
a number of females about the same age. We
frequently brought them all up on deck, but
when a storm came they would drop back to
the hold in an instant at the wave of a white
hand. They were obedient, and I never
know one to show any inclination to be other-
wise." , -
“What 'report would you give on your re-
turn of those girls who went out with you?”
Tm LEARNED THE TRUTH. _
“Theywens, as h rule, never inquired after,
but on one occasion a girl whom we left hap-
pened to belong to a pretty good family, and
when we returned to New Orleans her friends
were on hand to meet her, and when she did
not appear they besought the captain eagerly
as to what had become of her. He informed
them that she had preferred to remain in the
sunny land until the good ship returned. This
did not at all satisfy them, and they pushed
their inquiries day and night until they
learned the truth, and Capt. Johnson (for
this was his name) was in danger of being
mobbed, when he quietly set sail one evening
and passed down the river and out through
the gulf, and I never heard of him :after-
ward.” ‘ '
“Then you did not return to Africa!”
"No; it was just at this time that I had an
offer to take charge of an engine on the first
steamboat ever run on the lower Mississippi,
and I accepted it.” ' . -
“When you were in the slave trade didyou
‘ ever return to the place from where you se- '
cured your previous cargol” ‘
“No, indeed; we would always goto some
other point, but we heard afterward that the
girls left there did much good for the natives,
teaching them to sew, cook and work. ” ,
, “Did the Africans have any idea at the time
that they were being sold, into slavery?” _
“Not the slightest. They thought from the
signs that had been made to them that they :
were coming to a place where all was lovely;
where the sun shone brighter :and' the mo'on
looked larger, and toeat tropical fruit would
be their chief employment. Sad, indeed, must
they have felt when theybegan to realize that
they had been sold into slavery, from which
it was as imposible for them to extricate
themselves as it would be to change the color
of their own skin.” ,
‘ “How many did you bring to America
in all?” . : '
“I kept no record of this myself, but on
one occasion I remember well we had one
thousand on board, and we landed them
safely in New Orleans. They were all sold in
less than a. week. We brought six ship loads.
ship, and I suppose the total number would,
.be atleast 7,000.” ‘ ' ‘ .
"Where were they kept in New Orleans
until they were sold?" '
“They were taken to what was known as
the negro pen, which was an inclosure where
a. large shed was built. In this inclosure
were cots of straw, and they slept there until
they were driven OR by their new masters to
the cotton and sugar plantations, from which
(many of them were never" released ,until
death—St. Louis Republican. _. l: : > . . ;
'Toapot and Punch Bowl.
, Afternoon teas are filling up the remaining
. days of the season at Washington and the
, teapot and punch bowl still “draw," as
‘ theatrical people put it, A lackadaisical
, youth Lwho was snaking; eyes and, saying
soulful thingsiu 'a languid way to a pretty
assistant at a reception was handed a. glass of
punch to change the conversation. Tasting
-.the compound, he rolled his eyes up, and
said, “This punch is a symphony.” He was
- only equaled by a Kansas man who was taken
to one of Mrs. Cockrell’s receptions, and being
given her famous punch did not know whether
In fact, he
did not know what the stuff was that he was
drinking, as he was a rigid total abstinence
Juan. He wasshy as well, and seeing that
every one else had a littleglass {cup of the.
harmlem'looking liquid he‘look‘biie too. The
,poor man thought it was some kind of tea,
" and the bowl seemed more innocent to him
than a bottle. He remarked to a friend
“afterward that it was very nice, but that he
believed that it made him feel very queerly,
.‘c
‘_fashionso common in Paris of having hot
punch. She is an original woman all around,
though, and caps the climax by giving her
hot pane is her Sunday evening receptions.
—-“Ruha h” in Globe-Democrat.
5 .' Cat and Canary.
'F‘rom avprivate letter I quote: “I have a
handsome blackout and my wife’s sister has
a canary:w {Noticing that Mr. Thomas ap-
todcsire a closer acquaintance with
the bird than could be induced by his love of
musicand fearing that he might get at the
bird, I placed an electrical machine on a
table under the cage, so arranged that one
touching its top would receive a shock. Then
I'put a chair near the table, and retired to
watch the result. Presently Torn slyly ad-
vanced to the chair, jumped into it, and
to spring into the an- with a terribly. pry and
rush from the room.‘~ After that he gate‘gno
attention to the canary. Indeed if ‘ .V _ eeks,
nothing would include him to on (fierbom
where he was so shocked. "—TheCosmopolitan.
Looking Out for Him.
' ' Countryman (In an uptown hatch-What
time is supper ready, mister?”
Clerk—Six o’clock, sir. ,
Countryman‘ (with an air of nation)-
Well, I’vegot some Mainessto w to afor‘e
, I eat, an' I'm ’fraid I wou’t'git hick till 'bout
”V03. . .. . .
Clerk-mt have the cook was: something
away for youous plate.-’-Now York Sun.
-4.
over during the three year'stns with the . -
thence to the top of themachine, immediately _
I IIIN‘I’I ’ HAND SEWING.
A GREAT DEMAND FOR GIRLS WHO
CAN DO GOOD WORK.
One of the Oldest and Most Honored
of Calllngs Suffering for Lack of
\l'orkers-pflooil Wages for First Class
Work.
“There is so much talk nowadays about;
woman’s work and the few avenues open to
her, and yet one of the oldest and most hon-
ored of ceilings is suffering forwant of work-
ers,” said a well known lady the other day,
whose connection with the Young Women’s
Christian association, the Women’s exchange
and other similar institutions has brought her
into contact with workers of all classes—
teachers, dressmakers. musicians, nurses,
snleswomcn, factory and shop women, and
all the great host who earn their living by
doing something which is considered “ not
menial." ‘ '
“I. mean hand sewing,” .said'the speaker.
“We have constant calls to supply first class
plain sewers, but very few are on our list.
By this term I do not mean those who can
hem sheets or table cloths, or anything of that
kind only, but girls who can hem stitch and
tuck, put on embroidery and lace, and do all
kinds ‘of sewing necessary in the making of
underwear, baby linen and this bed linen.
Such work requires a dainty band, and is an
art that the gentlewomen of a past generation
put among their accomplishments. We find
very few girls fitted for thisiwork, and, yet
there is a. large demand for in.” . ’ '
As is‘ well known, people of wealth in New
York do not care for machine sewing. Every,
article" of underwear and all the household
linen, and especially the children’s - garments,
are all hand sewn. Many families employ a
seamstress by the month for this purpose,but
there must be a thousand others who would
employ one by the day or week. -
FINE HAND SEWING.
A young lady who hasmade her living by
hand sewing for the past two years, was
sought out and interviewed on the subject.
She was found in a. neat little flat on the east
side living with her sister, who teaches in one
of the public schools, and 'with her mother.
At first she was not inclined to talk on the
subject, but afterward consented to tell of her
success. ’ ‘
“I always thought {I should like to be a
teacher, but my people were not able to keep -
me at school long enough, and I was kept at
home by illns- also. When I found out that
1 must earn my living some other way I ap-
plied for a position in a store and got it; but I
was home ill in two months, I could not
stand for so many hours. What to try next I
did not know; but a kind friend said, ‘ Why
not do sewing! you sow so beautifully.’ So I
advertised to do all kinds of fine hand sewing,
and also applied at the Women's gchange,
and soon I had work. Now I have more than
I can do.”
“How much do you make at it 3”
“Well, more than my sister, who 'has been
teaching for three years. ,I charge two dol~
lars a day when I work at people’s houses,
{and by the piece when I work at home. I
confine myself almost entirely to making fine
underwear and baby outfits, and my mother
earns considerable doing embroidery for the
same garments. Many peOple employ me
who once bought all sudi things in Paris.
They find that it can be done here for half
the expense. Frequently they bring me. an
imported garment and ask me to make a half
dozen like it.
“I do not think working on fine white cum-
bric and linen half so injurious to the eyes
and lungs as general dremmaking. I am try-
ing to induce my sister to give up teaching
and do ’work similar to mine. I expect to' go
to Newport this summer, and am engaged by
five difierent families. I shall go from one
house to the other and keep all the fine, white
‘dresses and lingerie in Order, and make new
ones when desired. I {am always treated
nicely, and I think going among refined peo-
ple is better than teaching in a public school
or working in a store.”
noon AT THE TOP.
This young lady is evidently‘nt the top of
the ladder at hand sewing, and it would seem
as though there was plenty of 760m for
others on the different rounds. From seven-
ty-five cents to 81.50 are the usual prices paid 4
to hand sewers, and this, of course, includes.-
meals. There are a number of women who
earn a living by doing the family darning
and mending. In all households of' any size
this is no light task; andthrec families would
give many a woman censtaut employment;
$1.50 a week would not be missed by thou- ' ’
sands of New York'housekeepers, who would
make double that amount in knowing thatall
the shirts were suppled with buttons and the
stockings nicely darned.
A higher branch is the making of bed and
table linen and keeping them in repair. This
is much neglected in most households, and as
there is generally, no one on hand competent
to mendfiue linen, it is used torn as it comes
from the laundry, and much costly damask
injured for want of a little care. .
. “ There is such a fashion at present for
everything hand made,” said the amiable
president of ' bus of the various employment
agencies connected with institutions in this
city, “that I think; 3,000 . or. 14,000 '.women
could earn a competency by doing hand sew-
ing. We have had several demands of late from
would be, employers, but were unable to find
enough heat and expert hand sewers. The
trouble is that very few girls are taught to
sew by hand as they were some twenty years
ago, and gathers, gussets, failings and such-
.terms are hardly known to them. The "work
has its drawbacks, .of course, but as other
fieldsseem overstocked it is strange .that'more
have notcome .into- this one.”—New York
Journal. '
_THE ORIGIN OF GEOMETRY.‘
The Discovery of Its Principles Aseribed
to the”Ancient' nmunni.
The origin of this science is ascribed to the ,
Egyptians, who, having thek'lanMarks au-
nually washed away by inundations, in efforts
to devise a plan for readily restoring them,
discovered the principles of geometry. From
them Thales, of Miletus, one of the “seven
wise men” of Greece, is said to have learned
the elements of the science.” He introduced it
into Greece about 600B. 0. Pythagoras, half
a century later, having also lgrned . tho sci-
ence of the Egyptians, enriched it by the
In-opositionzwhich still bears his name, to wit, -
that the square described ou-the hypotheneuse'
of a right angled triangle is equal to the sum "
of the squares on the other two sides. . .
Plato, about 390 B. 0., invented the study
of conic sections, an . through these and the
use of the analytic ethod of demonstration
he made great advances in the science. The
elements of geometry were compiled by
Euclid. 280 B. C.‘ This author introduced
:a device of "reasoning that has been found
; :very useful where neither direct proof (the
' ‘cynthetic method) or x the. analyticrmethod
could be readily used; it consists in proving
the truth of a proposition by assuming it con-
trary as truth and showing that ' this implies
a logical absurdity. Apollonius {was a
geometer who lived about 230 B. C., and
w'howwork in the science has not been sur-.
primed by the most brilliant achievements of
others-since. Archimedes, a contemporary
of Apollonius, I first inscribed polygons in
circles. Hipparchus, in the second century
before Christ, and Ptolemy, in the second
century after Christ, applied mathematics to
astronomy. . ~
From about 550 to 1000 A. D., during the
darkness of the Middle Ages, the science made
no advance and-was little studied. Vista,
who lived from .1540 to 1603, revived the .
ancient geometry. The demenstrations of
Kepler, Roberval and Pascal in the seven-
teenth century greatly stimulated geometrical
investigation. 'But to Descartes, who pub-
lished a volume ofgeonietrical problems in
1637, the world owes chiefly theinve‘ntion of
analytic of modern. geometry. Newton dis-'
:E'dvredth diff 't'l 'l I in1665. I
One hostess has laundered this winter-who: c e o ere“ m we“ “8 11
"I799 the first descriptive geometry‘was‘pube
lished inzParis by Professor Mongo.'-'—Chicago'
Inter Ocean. | . . " ‘ ' :
Where the, Other. Ono Was. {5.39 . .. .
Child at WashingtouwWhox small those;
men lounging around outside the Capitéltt "
Parent—Theyare United States senators,
my child. - -
"Are there any more '. senators besides .
them!” ' '
“Only one”,
“Where is be?”
“He is inside, making a‘ speech.”~0maha
World. . '
Idoau‘ belief half I hoary-onlsss itivlias
scandal. Don I belief it all and more too;—
Carl Dunder. ,7 .,
Ginger in the South. . ‘ w ‘ ,,
,iGhiseizzds masts megawatts mun.»
mega bordering on the Gulf of Mexico, but it
has not yet been demonstrated whether it will
: penis to be aprofitable crop or not. A Florida
paper makes suggestions about the method of
cultivating it. —Chicago Times.
Why 11. Was There.
“Don’t you dawnse, Fredi”
“No, dear boy; I'm invited out for my
facial “premium-New York Journal.
The New York court of, appeals hasro-
affirmed a former docifiouthsttho-oiov‘ate‘d
premises along the hues’Cblcago Times.
witness in New York ,cityauustpaypfor-a: ’
damages through 1059- of light and iair to ‘
. semi-transparent
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ties and
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mussel-stands) Sunburn. Prieklylleat. Chap-
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. M. 'SOHWAB.
OPTIGIAN. and OCULIST,
’—~
'vvnininn ATRNORWALK.
March 223(1- and 231], 1887,
A 1: Norwalk Hotel. ~
Having qualified myself by years of hard study
in the best institutions in Europe, and havin had a
practical experience of twang-rave years n thi
country, I am enabled at first gut to adapt lense
mostappropriate to restore the vision to its'orlgina
vigor and care all the various diseases of the eye
I’ ave therefore combined my practice of an
Oculist with that of an Optician, and am .now en-
abled to furnished all kinds of lenses and styles of
Spectacles and EycGlasses which-are made to
order under my own supervision, to suit my cus-
omers' visionary ailments. ’ ‘
Con-ultution Free.-
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ex-Deputy Sherifi' Charles. Adams. Mr. Clarence
Nash with J. F. BennetgGen. D. N. Coach, Mrs.
W. K. James. Dr. E. C. Clarke.
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- For rates of interests and full Information
SEND FOB PAMPIILET.
If. B. CBAUFUBD, Agent,
31 Main Street, Norwalk.
31112
cROCE RY,
_ u; uwuum
Opposite to .I. a. any Furniture rooms; 1
Everything newvand fresh. and ,will he sold -
cheap.“ can be bought in town.
album fail to give as a call.
; George ‘F._Q.uintard-
Story‘of a Postal Card.
I was affected with kidney and urinary Trouble—
“For twelve years i"
cilfgsulrdddld all ttieldoctlors and aient medl-
. care use twob
:32‘19'5‘1" f , ott es of Hop
. in am or ectl cured. I has t
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especi all B. 1". Boom Sa b .
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Bushman, PA., May 8. 1885.
it has cured me of several diseases, such as
nervousness, sickness at the stomach. monthly
troubles. etc. I have not seen a sick as in years,
sinceltook Hop Bitters. All my neig born use
them. Mas. Faro": Gas-mg
Asuauaaaan, Mass, Jau.15, 1885.
l have been very sick over two years. They all
ave me up as past cure. I tried the most skill-
ul physicians, but they did not reach the worse
part. The lungs and cart would fill up over
night and distress me and my throat was very ha .
I told my children I should never die in peace till
i had tried Hop Bitters. When I had taken two
bottles they helped me very much Indeed. When
I had taken two more bottles I ' was well. There
was a lot of _sick folks here who have seen how
they cared .me, and they used them and were
cured. and feel as thankful as I do that there lsso
valuable a medicine made.
Yours'truly, Miss JULIA G. Cusuiim.
$3.000 Lost.
“A tour to Europe that cost me 33 000 done less
good than one bottle of Hop Biits'rs ; 'the also
cured my wife of fifteen years’ nervous wea ess,
Eggplefisn‘ess and dyspepsia."—’Mr. R. M., An-
, . . v
B'aby Saved.
We are so thankful to say that our nursing baby
waspermaneutly cured of a dangerous and pro-
tracwd constipation and irregularity of the bowels
by the use of Hop Bitters by its nursing mother,
which at the same time restored her to perfect
health and strength—The Parents,Rochester,N.Y.
WUnhealtny orinsctlve kldne scause avei'
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other serious and fatal diseases, which can be pre-
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larisl climate. H. T. Azaxannka."
“Monroe, Mich., Sept. 25,- 1885. Siasz—I have
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neys and bladder. lt has done for me what four
physicians failed to (lo—cured me. - The effect of
the hitters seemed like magic to me. ' ' -
, W.‘ L. Cams.”
Gums :—-Yout Ho Bitters have been of great
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Is there any person living who ever saw a case
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any disease of the stomach, liver or kidneys that
Hop Bitters would not cure ? '
“My Mother says Hop Bitters is the only thing
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“My little sickly, puny baby was changed into
agreat bouncing boy, and I was raised from a
sick bed by using Hop Bittersa short time.
A. Youxo Morass."
HOUSATONIC RAILROAD.-
Danburz/ and Nm'walk Division.
Commencing Wednesday, November, 17, uses.
' aunt TRAINS
South.
Lv. Nomalk. Lv .30. Norwalk, Ar.Vllison Point
7 34 a.m. 147 a.m. 755 a.m.
s 56 n 9 oo “
12 51 p. In. 12 '55 p. m. .
439 u 455 ‘_' 505nm.
North. .
Lv. W'ison Point, Lv. So. Nomalk, Ar. Norwalk
8400.111. 920111“. 925mm.
12 13 p’. m. 12 17 p. m.
2 so " 2 42 u
5 15 “ 5 19 “
W. H. W1Lkmsox,Superintendent.
HENRY A. Bisnor, Gen. Supt.
Ii. D. Avnaihh, Gen. Ticket Agent.
N. Y., N. H. a 11. Railroad.
Trains leave South Norwalk as follows :7—
oomo mar. some wss'r.
1 22 a. m., Wash. ex .4 56 a. m., Boston ex
6 33 “ Accom’tion 5 24 “ Adams ex
1 25 “ Milk train 5 40 “ Boston ex
8 46 “ Accom’tion 5 50 “ S. N. s clai
9 20 “ Boston ex 6 17 “ Accom’ on
10 55 “ Accom’tion 7 05 “ B‘p‘t special
12 13 p. m. Boston ex 7 22 “ Local ex
1 45 “ Aceom’tion t 45 “ “ “
2 35 H lex s 25 u it at
4 as “ Accom’tion a 08 “ Sp'f'd Lo. ex
4 49 “ Local ex 9 38 “ Accom’tion
5 10 “ “ 1029 “ Sp’f’d Lo. ex
542 “ Stmfd.‘& N. 1145 “ Accom’tion
Especial 12 59 p. m., glp’f'd Lo. ex
514 “ Local ex 2 45 “ . H. and
656 “ Sp’f’ld Lo ea St'f’d special
1' 29 “ S. N. spec al 339 “ Boston ex
7 54 “ B’p’t special 4 47 “ “
8 29 “ Accom’tiou 5 OS “ Aecom’tlon
9 44 “ " 51 ‘- Boston ex
11 08 “ Adams ex. .1: 6 55 “ Accom'tion
-'. Accom’tion s 00 “ Milk train
' u 47 ~“ Boston ex. 8 15 “ S.N.' special
12 21 a. m., “ 10 07 “ Local exp
Sundays. 12 5a a. m., Wash caress
. s so a. m., Ac. s Milk 3‘1““!!-
;- 9 41 “ Accom’tion 9 15 a. m., Accom’tion
. 11 20 “ Boston ex :6 14p. m., Localexpress
651 p. m., Accom’iiou s 20 “ Milk
Freiuut Line Direct in New York,
Landing at Pier 23 B. it, Foot of Bushman St.
mwaa arms TIIAN at ANY omen LINE.
The Propeller, ” Gill 0f Nurwalli,”
0n and after Monday, Nov. 1, (till further notice.
ice permitting), leaving Norwalk Tuesdays, Thurs-
days and Saturdays.
eturaing, leaves New York, Mondays, Wed-
nesdays and Fridays, from Pier 23 E. IL, foot of
Beekman street), stopping at South Norw it both
we s to deliver and receive freight.
lght taken from and received for all points on
the Danbury and Norwalk and Shepaug Railroads
at very reduced rates.
Upon application to agents City of Norwalk will
be sent for special lots of freight anywhere in New
York or its vicinity.
WAll persons are forbid trusting any of the
employees of the boats on this line on account of
the owner thereof. tf45
F. H. PEOKWELL,
ARCHITECT
No. 7 WATER STREET,
:AoaNT' rou
Gill crt Lock Company.
Dibble Manufacturing Company's door
knobs.
New York Wood Turning Company.
Corner Blocks for window casings.
Round and Square Turned Balusters.
U H if H NeweIS.
Plain and Double Moulded Stair Rails.
Also Flat Moulded Door and Window
Casings furnished at short notice.
LESSONS IN FRENCH,
MISS BAIRD’S INSTITUTE.
Prof. LaLande,
Widelyknown as the director of the French Depart-
ment of the Summer School of Languages at
Chatauqua. wi'i. come twice a week to Miss Baird’s
ilnstituie to give Lessons in French. A limited
number of units outside of the school will be
admitted tot ese classes.
For circulars and other information a in to
MISS N. F. xll’AIRD.
Kuhn, Loch a 00.,
Bankers,
30 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK,
nave census-rm! on has»
A Selection of Choice Investment Securities.
‘ erorrespondence of Bankers, Brokers and
Investors Solicited. time
A Pretty Residents for Sale at
a Bargain.-
HE subscriber intendingto'lenve the country
. next sprlnfi offers for sale at a very great
bargain his real nee on Spring Hill. It is well
and but recently built, has 15 rooms, a double
basement, suitable for kitchen an) laundry or a
shop, attic finished, new barn and large lot, gar-
den, i'rults, etc. Situation very nightly and healthy,
and altgglether forming a most desirable:hom§ at a
l‘ erate cost. . ‘8
ve ym ‘ T. O. ESKELSEN.
Norwalk. Conn. November 21, 1886.
Money to Loan.
En nireof O. E. WILSON,No.a Gazette 13qu-
ng, orwalk, Conn. ms
J. G. Gregory Sr 00.
Desire to state that lll addition to a full line of
Drugs, Proprietary Medicines and Druggists’
undries they are prepared to receive
, orders for
Silk, cotton“ .5. Linen
ELASTIC HOSE
For varicose or enlarged veins. , Warranted to
fit, and at reduced rates.
They also desire to state that they have accepted
the agency of the New York Vaccine Co., and will
keep a supply of
PURE BOVINE VACCINE VIRUS
Constantly on haud.‘
'They have In stock Electric Batteries, which
will be sold at close figures. They ea also a full
assortment of Keystone Writing Paper ackets.
u u. Builu R00
LUMBER, TIMBER,
Shingles, Ldth,
Doors, Sash,
Blinds, .Mowlding‘,
Window annes,
Piclccls, é'c.
Veneered Hard Wood Wail.
Hard Wood Ceiling and flaming.
South Norwalk, Conn.
The Best and Most Desir-
able Assortment ever shown
.in Norwalk of
Hot Air Furnaces,
Steam Heaters,
Cooking Stoves.
Laundry Stones,
Cooking Ranges,
Double Heaters,
Parlor Stoves.
Hall Stoves,
Dining Room Stoves,
Store Stoves,
Ofl‘iee Stores,
Shop Stoves,
And everything appertain-
ing to cooking and heat-
ing at the
Lowest Possible Price furtaull
E. K. Lockwood & (lo. ‘
For Sale Cheap.
Large Sized Hot Air Furnace, used but little,
w ll be sold at less than half its cost if ap
plied for at once. Enquire at Gaza-nu Orrics.
For Sale.
A Chestnut sandinsnuk- 5"" If: omn-
F or Sale.
ADOUBLE BARRELLED RIFLE madeby John
Blissett, London. Will be sold cheap to
cash. Enquire at thisoifico.
For Sale.
NE Pair “Acme” Club Skates for ice skating.
Will be sold very cheap. But little used.
Will fit number seven shoe.
Also one pair Elegant Nickel-Plated Club Roller
Skates. Used but twice, will fit a seven shoe.
if“ Apply at Guam OFFICE.
For Sale Cheap.
Ten Horse Power Boiler and Six Horse Power
Engine for sale very cheap. Enquire at: h},
GAZETTE Orrin. :143
' For Sale Cheap.
1L1. be sold at a Bargaiu,lf applied for sea
a small, neat Cottage, of six: cams, in goo
neighborhood, and three minutes’ walk of the
mouse. Apply at GAZETTE OFFICE
Factory to Lat.
24 Donna Hat Factory, with 25 Horse Power
Boiler, will be let on reasonable terms. Can
be used and is suitable for other purposes.
Apply or address, ,
ESTATE or Jossru Suxruaau,
m5 Norwalk, Conn.
Notice to Builders.
FIRST-QUALITY BUILI ,4 ONE for sale
cheap. App" to W ,-
tf2 'AN ._ 7, .ELLECK.
P. 0. Box 23. Norwalk.
Eligible Business 1 srlor For
Bent. 3‘ _
VI‘IIE Largest and Most Eligibl rout Room on
first door of GAZE‘I'I‘B Buil- . suitablejorl
almost any trade or business 13.)” _
Building to
F‘OR SALE
On Wilton Avenue
Apply to
I). J. STURGES. or 0. ILWILSON.
GAZETTE BUILDING «f
.1 ‘I‘fli
P0 ' DEB“
Absolutely. Pure. :
This Powder never varies. A marvel of pure
strength and wholesomeuess. More economic
than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be soldln com-
petition with' the multitude of low test, short
weight, allum or phosphate powders. \ .
ROYAL BAKING Pownna Co.,ios Wall St., N. Y.
R. B. CRAUFURD,
INVESTMENT SECURITIES, REAL
ESTATE AND INSURANCE;
31 DIAIN STREET, -. - NORWARVK.
l
GEO.WARD slant-E ,
asansuaaoox's BLOCK. wan; srass‘,
FAMILY -GROCERIES.‘:
I. BELDEN HURL BUTT
Attorney auu Cuuuuulur at Lu,
Room No. 4, Up Stairs.
GAZETTE BUILDING, NORWALK, CONN.
JAMES r. Hosanna, \
Attorney and Counselor at Law“
a Gazette Building,
NORWALK, - _ . CONN.
ALEX. s. GIBSON,
Organist of 1st Congregational Church. Waterbury,
Teacher of
Pianoforte, Organ and Musical
Composition,
Lack Box 39 P. 0., NORWALK, CONN.
PENSIONS
—:LND:—-
Government Claims.
My sole business. Thousands have Rights
Neg.ected. Address, free of charge, or visit,
GEN. W. E. NOBLE,
91 Stratford Avenue, Bridgeport, Conn
EMA INSURANCE 00., of HARTFORD.
, Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual.
csrxm. AND assnrs, saunas-vast.
Insures against loss and damage by Fire. on
terms adopted to the hazard and consistent with
the laws of compensation. COWLES «k MERRILL,
Sole Agents for N orwalk and vicinity.
THE
Norwalk Fire Insurance Co.
Has now completed its
18th SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS YEAR
And has not outstandingadollar of unpaid losses
orclalms for losses. No sound company iiwures
for less.
W. C. Sula-r, Pres. S. E. Omisrnan, Tress,
GEO. R. Comets. Secretary.
L. E. QUIINTARD,
Successor to W. E. QUINTARD,
UNDERTAKER 8: RMBALMER,
OPPOSITE HORSE RAILROAD DEPOT.
Residence 143 Main Street. Telephone communi-
cation with ofilce and residence,
W. H. MEEKER,
Plumbin, Steam and Gas Fitting,
SOUTH N ORWALK. CONN.
Sanitary Plumbing, and Ventilation, and Low
Pressure Steam Healing, a Specialty.
PLUMBERS’ SUPPLIES.
Pipe and Fitting for Water, Steam and Gas.
Agent forjtbefls‘lorida Low Pressure Boiler.
{Facilities 10 Cutting and Threading all Sizes of
Pine. ~ 50“
PETER L. GUIGUE,
FLORIST RNIIISu IRAN,
UNION AVENUE,
North of Norwalk Cemetery,
NORWALE, . CONE.
Dealer in In Green House and-Hot House and
Bedding and Vegetable Plants, Fruit and Ornamen
tal Trees Shrnbbery, Vines. Cut Flowers alway
on hand and all sorts of designsin Flowers arranged
to order. 41y2
Grading and lie-filling Cemetery Plots
promptly attended to.
FOR SALE,
A STYLISH
VICTORIA,
Newly Trimmed and Painted.
A Fine Family Carriage.
Will be sold at a very low price.
HENRY TILLY,
CARRIAGE MAKER,
SOUTH NOR WALK.
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Meat; Fish, vegetables. &c.
LOCKWOOD & ANDREWS.
MAIN STREET.
All kinds of the best qualities of Meats, Fish,
Clams, Vegetables, etc., are kept constantly on
hand. and will be sold by us as low as can be pro-
cured at any market in Norwalk. We intend to
prove, to our customers that we deserve their
patronage by fair and generous dealing.
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OUTWARD OR HOMEWARD. '
still are the ships that in haven ride,
Waiting fair winds or a turn of the tide;
Nothing but fret, though they do not get
Out on the ocean wide. .
0 wild hearts that yearn to be free,
Look and learn from the ships of the seal '
Bravely the ships in the tempest tossed,
Buffet the waves till the sea be messed;
Not in despair of the haven fair,
Though winds blow backward and leagues be lost.
0 weary hearts that yearn for sleep,
Look and learn from the ships of the deep!
—F. W. Bourdillon.
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MARRIAGE OF UNEQUALS.
Women More Likely Than Men to Marry .
Beneath Their Intellectual Station.
The genius of Milton never found a sweeter
theme than the ideal marriage of our first
parents in Eden, yet he who wrote so beauti—
fully of the married state was himself the
victim of an ~ unhappy marriage. Indeed,
men of genius have, perhaps, been more un-
fortunate in this respect than ordinary mor-
tal-‘3. because, living on a higher plane of
thought, it was more difficult for them to find
a helpmate equal to themselves. The same is
true, although not to the same extent, of
women of genius who have married men in-
feriorfo themselves in mind, because a wo-'
man’s nature has not only more endurance,
but more adaptability in it than a. man’s.
The man soon grows impatientof the con-
versation of a frivolous wife, especially if she
disturbs his mental occupations, but the wo-
man often feels a pleasure in the homage of a
commonplace husband, if only he be an hon-
est and considerate fellow, and with her more
than with man “pity is akin to love. ” Hence ’
it is that there are probably more clever and
highly gifted women who throw themselves
away, as the phrase is, upon a good natured
simpleton, than of talented men who fall in
love with women who are not in intellectual
sympathy with them.
The world “marries and ilgiven in mar-
riage,” and the wedding bells ring on from
age to age unceasm‘ gly, and yet how few who
witness the life contract of brides and bride-
grooms stopto consider the tremendous im-
portance of so brief a ceremony. Upon the
mental, moral and physical qualities of the
man and of the woman may depend the ac-
tions and results of actions of a succemian of
human beings in generations yet to come.
The ungoverned will descends from sire to
son, and the secretiveness or aqm‘sitiveness
uncontrolled by other qualities in the father
or the mother may make the thief, the liar
or the miser, who, a few decades hence, will
be the black sheep of the family fold. An
ungovernable temper married to an nngov-
ernable temper may beget the murderer
whom society is forced to hang for its own.
protection, but who may be as irresponsible
before the tribunal of supreme justice as the
lunatic is now held to be before our earthly
courts. -
It has been said, coarsely, perhaps, in the
earsof modern refinement, but with perfect ,
truth, that while we take every precaution to
insure high qualities inthe higher types of dogs
and horses, we seem to think it a matter of
no consequence to insure a noble nature to
our own offspring—Brooklyn Magazine. '
She Fixed Bis Blouse.
We had gone into winter quarters at
Charleston, W. Va. Some new reanitshad
arrived for the Thirty‘ sixth Ohio, and one of
them was finding fault with the government
for not putting more'pocketsinhis blouse.
It happened that the wife of Gen. R. B.
Hayes was on a. visit to the general and was
stopping at headquarters. Some of the boys
told the grumbler that he could get a pocket
put in his blouse; that Gen. Hayes kept a
seamstress at headquarters on purpose to
patch their clothes and sew on buttons.
“Yes,” said one, “the general is always on
the lookout for the welfare of his men. Onlv
the other day be bad a man arrested for sew:-
ing on some buttons. The idea of a soldier
patching his clothes when the general has a
woman for that purpose! If you want an-
other pocket in your blbuse take it to the
general; you will find the lady there. Tell
them what you want and you will soon
get it.”
He was soon on his way to headquarters,
.while we watched to see the fun. The
recruit marched up and the general returned -
his salute and said:
“Well, my good man, whatcan I do for
you?”
“General, the boys told me there was a
woman here to sew for the soldiers, and'I
wanted to get a pocket put in this blouse.”
Before the general could answer Mrs.
Hayes spoke up and said:
“Certainly, certainly; leave your blouse for
ntnnhour or so and you shall have a pocket in
1 . '
When the soldier returned with the pocket
in his blouse, and the boys teld him who the
lady was, we realized that we had carried the
joke too far and had imposed on one of the
best and truest women in the world—'-
National Tribune.
Christian Converts from Buddhism.
I met a gentleman a few days ago who has
but recently returned from a residence, of
several years in India. He is well educated,
and during his long residence in the land of
Buddhism he turned his attention especially~
to the effects of Christianity upon the fol-
lowers of Gautama. At first he was deeply
impresed by the devotion shown by the na-
tivos who-professed to have embraced the
religion of the western world. He found
them faithful in their attendance atthe ser-
vices held by the missionaries and very care-
ful in following out the instructions given
them by their teachers. In fact, they were,
as a rule, far more devout than the members
of the European colonies.
Afterstudying them for some time, how-
ever, my friend became convinced that a
very large percentage of the apparently con«
verted natives were far from being sincere in
their protestations. While parading before
the Europeans as devoted Christians they
were secretly as faithful followers of Buddha
as even the most punctilious member of the
Exalted Order of the Star of India could.
wish them to be. My friend found that the
native of India, like the heathen Chinee, had
a great deal that was “artful and bland”
about his character, and simply pulled the .
wool over the missionaries’ eyes in order to
keepin the good graces of the Europeans.
He explained that a' native who was known-
to have embraced the religion of the west em . . -
joyed a great many more advantages. among
the Europeans residing in India thin the one _ "
who failed to renounce Buddhism.:—‘“ftan1'-"
bler” in Brooklyn Eagle. - ‘ - --
Colorado’s Red Headed Statesman.
“Is there anything in the constitution or
bylaws of Colorado,” said a statesman to-
day, “that requires the representatives of
that state in congress to have red hair! I
lmow that the word Colorado means red, and
have often wondered, when I have seen '
Symes, whether there wasn’t some such pro-
vision. At least, the precedent is respected,
ifit is not established in law. And there is
another curious thing about it. The heads of
Colorado congressmen keep getting redder
and redder. There was Chaifee. He was a
delegate. The hair on his head, beforeit
turned gray and fell out, was sandy, with
red lights in it like an opal. Then came the
Hon. Thomas Jefferson Patterson, whose
caput was auburn, and following in his foot:
steps was the lurid Belford, whose head was
the tint of a Philadelphia pressed brick: ‘
Then, if you will take a glance at Sjmes, you.
will notice that a scarlet geranium would
look dull beside his scalp. His hair is about
the color ofaprairie fire. Iwonder where' '
they will find a redder headed man to sue-
‘ceed him? The people of Colorado will have
to keep Symes in or break the record.”—
Chicago News. '
It Pays to Buy Papers.
“It really dom‘t require the expenditure of
a great deal of money for a man to keep him-
self posted on the news of the day,” remarked
a business man who is an omnivorous news-
paper reader. “I buy all the daily news—
papers-all those printed in English I mean—
published in this city, and I find that the total
amount of their cost is twenty cents per day.
The morning papers cost nine cents and the
afternoon papers eleven cents. Considering
the amount of reading furnished for the
money I think it a. cheap investment. I also
buy all the Sunday papers,” he continued,
“at an expense every Sabbath of thirty-eight
cents. I find that there is more good read-
ing in them, to say nothing of the news of the
day, than is contained in three magazines at '
twenty-five cents a number. ”—Phiiadelphia
Cull. _____.____.
Saved .the Hole.
When Gen. Wilder in 1862, from the north
bank of the river, shelled Chattanooga, his
principal target was the Baptist church,
which stood in the same spot now occupied
by the sanctuary of the First Baptist society.
Services were being heldin it at the time, and
the congregation dispersed without waiting for
the benediction. The house was directly in
range and the that shell struck it, making, a
hole in the clapboards. In all the years since
the apertm'e has not been filled or covered.
Lately repairs were made on the residence,
and the little hole was given to W. A. Wool-
son, according to an old promise. The re-
ceiver cut out three pieces of the siding and
put them in their respective places in a frame.
—-Chattanooga Paper.
Sturgeon skin isnow used in making
boots and shoes.
Norwalk Chronicler