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~ ' NORWALK, GONN.,.WEDNESDA;Y,-MARCH 30, 1887.
VICKSBURG IN 1887.
If." a Visit to the Cyclonnia of the Land and
Naval Battles of Ylekehurg, en Ethhltlcn
at 55th street and 7th avenue, N. Y.
One step from the busy street and there.
With the summer hills around,
In the heart of a summer day it lies—-
A battle withoq a sound.
Whatever of battle the eyes may see-
The sweep of men to death,
The dash of horse, the rush of gun,
The musket’s fiery breath ;
The massing clouds of the cannon smoke,
The horror of bursting shell,
The wreck of wheel and caisson,
The surgeon’s mimic hell ;.
The uptossed arms and the ashen cheek.
Thedroop of the shattered limb,
The men by the blood-pools in the grass,
The bodies stiff and grim.
You see it all ; you hear no sound !
You listen for rear and boom,
For the crack and ring of the bullet’s thud :4
Tie the stillness of the tomb:!
No rattle to wheel, no clatter to beef,
No bugle-call or cry;
No fierce hurrah along that line,
Where the columns press to die.
Those sullen prisoners give no oath.—
That face in the grass no groan ;
Its “good-bye” eaches a thousand mil )5,
“And “you" catch never a tone.
Ah I If we “could” add sound to sight,
And then could paint the strain
And the splendor in the soldier’s heart,
Breastiug death’s hurricane ;
And the flashing signals of his thought
To homes that signal b ck,
And the woman’s face, and the climbing child
That lie in the bullet’s crack ;
And the breathless pause, each pulse-heat
hushed,
Of a watching continent,
And-the sense‘of-a nation’s late at stake
In the awful tournament!
If this we could rim in those summer hills,
And add to all eyes see ;
In the cloister quaint by the city street,
Then “Vicksburg" would be!
Yet, hark! The very soundlessness
Is the song of the war’s release.
The silence and beauty are prophets there
Of the battle’s after peace. G.
—0hicago Evening Journal.
———-——<
Written for the N onwarx Guerra.
RECOLLECTION S
01' A VOLUNTEER OFFICER IN THE
UNITED STATES NAVY.
Br CAPTAIN W. C. STAPLES.
CHAPTER II.
After the departure of the “Nashville,”
we had nothing to keep us in England;
There was not any telegraph cable to the
United States at that time, and our news
came by steamers, which made the pass-
age in about eleven or twelve days. Our
ship was on special service and did not
belong to any squadron, so that it was
discretioncry with the commander what
he did or where he went next. The opin-
on of any loyal American. before he had
been there forty eight hours, would have
been that nearly every Englishman sympa-
thized with the Confederate government;
and even the consul’s office at Southamp-
ton was full of spies. Not a word of im-
portance was spoken there, but was liable
to be reported to the representatives of
he Confederacy. The Hon. Tliurlow
Weed was in Southampton and visited the
ship about this time, and he did all be
c ould to turn public opinion in our favor,
but he might as well have tried to turn’
Niagara back. towards Lake Erie.
Captain Craven quietly filled his ship
full of coal, took what provisions and
stores we needed, and then waited upon
Captain Britton, the consul. He said to
Captain B. so that all in the office could
hear: “Have you any messages or pack-
ages to deliver in the other (Irish) chan-
nel, as perhaps I shall look into Queens-
town and Liverpool on my cruise?" He
then came back to the ship and got under-
way.
As so on as we got clear of the harbor
and into the channel Captain Craven called
the chief engineer and the navigating
officer into his cabin and told them he
Wanted the ship. to go to Gibralter as
quick as it was possible to make her go.
We made a remarkably quick run to
Gibraltar; one of the quickest, if not the
very quickest ever made up to that time.
We arrived there on the 12th of February,
1862, and anchored close to the “Sumpter,”
a Confederate man-of-war, of whose arriv-
al there we had just hound before we left
Southampton.i To say the ’ ofiicers and
crew of the “Sumpter” were astonished is
no name for it, as they thought we. in
the “Tuscarora,” were safe on the coast
of England, and they knew that the T.
was the only U. S. ship of war in Euro-
pean waters at that time. It is said that
Captain Semmes, of the “Sumpter,” when
he saw the “Tuscarora” coming up the
bay, and saw how she went through the
water and how easily she was handled,
turned to his executive officer and said:
“The days of the ‘Sumpter’ are ended.
That ship is too fast and carries too heavy
a battery for us."
Hardlv was our anchor on the bottom
before a boat came off with orders from
the governor that we could only lie in
English waters twenty-four hours. The
“Sumpter” claimed to need repairs so that
she could lie there as long as necessary.
Only a few days before our arrival she
had takcna large Boston barque a few
miles outside of Gibraltar, or just outside
or the maratime league or neutral ground.
I believe the barquc was named the
“Neopolitan,” and loaded with fruit.
Semmes burnt her. The captain, with
his wife, officers and crew were landed in
Gibraltar without a dollar, and were cared
for by Mr. Sprague, our consul.
Gibraltar Bay is divided by an imagin-
arylinc through the middle, one-half of
which is Spanish and one-half English
waters. When the twenty-four hours of
our stay had expired, we quietly got
under way and steamed over toward the
Spanish side of the bay, and anchored off
the Spanish town of Algeciras. There
we could watch the “Sumpter” as well as
if we were in English waters. There we
laid at anchor until we were relieved by
the “Chippewa," U. S. gunboat, five guns
and one hundred men. About the same
time the “Kearsarge” arrived at Cadiz.
We knew that preparations were being
made to abandon the “Sumpter.” Many
of her crew had deserted or been dis-
charged. If the “Tuscorora” had not
stopped her here as she did, she would
have swept the American commerce from
the Mcditcranean. In all probability our
opportune arrival saved some millions of
property for our citizens, for the Confed-
erate cruiser “Sumpter” never went to
sea again. '
In all our intercourse with the Spanish
authorities, they invariably showed us
every courtesy and kindness, and we can
also testify to the same treatment from
the Portugese government. A striking
contrast to the bitter feeling exhibited by
the English.
About this time rumors kept coming to
us that the Lairds, (celebrated ship build-
crs of Birkenhead), were building a war
steamer about the size of the “Tuscarora"
for the Confederates, and that she was to
have a superior battery to anything of her
size afloat. No expense was to be spared
on either ship or. armanent. She was to
be a perfect wonder, and English experts
were to see that she was provided with a
battery that could whip anything. of
twice her size, and yet see how easily it is
to be mistaken. The "Kcarsarge.” a
smaller ship, finally sunk the “Alabama”
in less than two hours, with the loss of
onlyfthrec (3) men wounded, and only
one of them mortally.
. Our successes in the navy from 1861 to
the close of the war, 1865, were mainly
due to the superiority of our great guns.
For a distance of: say, less than one thous-
and yards thc eleven inch smooth bore
was at that time the best. The battle be.
tween the “Kearsai'ge” and the ‘ ‘Alabama”
was: fought at, a distance of six hundred.
yards. The fuses of the shells used on
board the “Kearsarge” were shortened.
for that distance, and there was hardly a
shell which did not explode where it
was intended to have it. The Blukely
one hundred (100) pound iitle on board
the "Alabama," (their pet gun), did no
damage to the “Kcarsargc” to speak of,
and was by no means reliable. '
I believe today .we have got better
brains in this country to build ships or
make guns (if we had the plant) than any
notion in the world. But it is the fashion
to be “English, you know." Great stress
was laid on the English iron clads at that
time. They were magnificent ships. I
visited the “Warrior” and the, “Black
Prince," as handsome ships as you would
wish to see, of some six thousand tons,
and carryinga splendid battery, and yet ii
solid shot from a fifteen inch smooth borc
gun, such as our monitors carried at that
time, would have pierced their armor at
one thousand yards. I would be the last
one to under value the resources of any
other nation, but our ordnance from 1861
to 1865 was superior to that of any other
power, and I have faith in this country to
believe that if we should be so unfortunate
ns‘to have another war it would be the
same again.
We remained at Algcciras watching the
‘ Sumpter” until the “Kearsargc” had
refitted and come around from Cadiz, and
then started for Cadiz ourselves for some
necessary repairs, arriving there in J one,
1862. We now hauled all the fires from
under the boilers for the first time since
firing up in Philadelphia in November,
1861. After some temporary repairs
Captain Craven concluded to go ba'ck to
Southampton and make our repairs at
that place, and the new ship being built
for the Confederacy at Birkenlicad also
wanted looking after. On our arrival at
Southampton we called a survey by Eng-
lish engineers, and they were compelled
to grant us time and facilities to make the
necessary repairs, which they granted
very reluctantly and, with a bad grace.
We were in Southampton nearly a month,
and our representatives in England pro-
fcsscd to be kept posted about the new
Confederate cruiser, or “Two Hundred
and Ninety” (290) as she was then called,
it being the two hundred and ninetieth'
ship built; by the Laird's. At last our
repairs were made and we were ordered
to “get out.” We went around to the
other (Irish) channel, and called into
Queenstown, and were at once told to go.
At last came the expected news that the
“Two Hundred and Ninety" was about
ready to start, and also the time when
she was to leave Birkenhead, only our in-
formant made the mistake of telling us
twcnty-four'liours late. We steamed up
the channel, and, off the Mersey, took on
board 9. Liverpool pilot who informed us
the reb. came out the day before, and that
she brought out a large pleasure party of'
one hundred and fifty guests ; went to
Holyhead, where she met a small steamer
which took off her guests, and then pro-
ceeded on her way up through the: North
channel and around the north of Ireland.
We had been informed that she was to
go to a certain point on the Welsh coast,
and take on board her crew, ammunition,
guns and stores, and no doubt that was
the first intention, but it was afterwards
changed and the Azores was fixed upon,
which our agents did not find out. We
felt so sure of her that our paymastcr
offered me one hundred and fifty dollars,
($150) for my share of the prize money
we would take before midnight that night;
I very foolishly refused, as my share, if_
we could have taken her, would have
been over one thousand dollars. When
the paymaster had offered it we had just
sighted a large steamer at anchor en a
lonely part. of the Wclch coast, near Point
.Linas, where we expected» to find the
“Two Hundred and Ninety.” She proved-
to be an English steamer taking some -.
goods from a wreck. We Were all very
much disappointed, and knew the escape
of this rebel cruiser would result in an
immense amount of property being des-
troyed.
After cruising in the channel a _ day or
two we went into Kingstown, the pert of .
Dublin. There we met a very cordial"
reception. The ship had five thousand
visitors one day. The novel pneumatic
railroad to Dublin, about seven miles dis.
taut, was running extra trains, with visit-
ors to the ship. At every station was
large posters something like this: “The
U. S. frigate “Tuscarora,” lying at Kings-
town. Visitors received froni . 9 a. in. ,
until 4 p. in.” We received the visitors at
the starboard gangway, and after they had.
made do inspection of the ship they took
leave by the port gangway. One enthusi-
astic lrish lady declared that if the British
authorities would not allow us to coal the
ladies would bring us off our coal in their
pockets. We spent. one Sunday here and
Mrs. Parnell, mother of the Irish agitator
and a daughter of Commodore Stewart,
U. S. Navy, and an old acquaintance of
Captain Cravens, brought on board Rev.
Dr. Ketteridge, of Boston, 1 think, to
preach for us, and they spent most of the ‘
day on board. She was also accompanied
by her daughter. The Irish people were
very kind to us, and gave us a very Cordi- y
al reception. One old farmer in knee
breeches and corduroys brought on board
a quarter of beef, as he said, for the boys,
and said, he supposed they did not get'
anything fresh very often. The beef was
given to the crew (divided among the
messes) as he wished. The railroad and
steamboat companies connecting Kings-
town and Dublin, gave the officers and
men complimentry tickets. Some, of our
officers went to Liverpool on the Royal
Mail line. and no fare would be accepted.
The club houses were thrown open to the
officers, and a large yacht fleet, lying in
the harbor, was placed at the service of
the American officers, who had a standing
invitation to make their home on board of
any of them. Such a difference in our
treatment within so short a distance from
Southampton was amazing.
After we had been in Kingstown about a
week Her Majesty’s Ship “Ajax” came in
and the captain told us to go and we went.
We went over to Douglass in the Isle of
Man. We were there only a couple of
days. The Isle of Man in summer is one
immense boarding house for the cities of
Manchester, Liverpool and other large
manufacturing places near by, and at; that
time was almost crowded. Our reception
was almost equal to our treatment in
Kingstown; The greater number of the
boarders were the better class of factory
operatives and shop girls on their vaca-
tion. It was said by one of the perman-
ent residents that there were twelve
females to every one male on the island.
Of course we (I d not my t‘irre long.
[To be continued]
THE “NIGHT DOCTOR.”
A SINGULAR SUPERSTITION AMONG
WASHINGTON NEGROES.
A Myth Traceable to tho Traditions of
Barbnrlsm—Frcedom and Social Equal-
ity Among the Colored People of the
Capital.
“I heard the night doctor go by last; night
and I knew the boy would die before moni-
ing,” said an old lVashington darky once to
the writer. And when I asked him who the
night doctor was he rolled up his eyes in the
most painful manner to behold, shook his
head and muttered some gibberish which I
could not understand and made some queer
motions with his hands. Among a certain
grade of negroes in anshington, particularly
those who drifted there after the war from
the extreme south, there prevails a supersti-
tion that is as ominous for them as the death ‘
tick used to be for the ignorant peasants of
England. It is that; there rushes through the
street; at midnight; a supernatural being,
formed like a man, having long, hook like
fingers and a poisonous breath, and that
whenever he turns and breathes upon a house
where a child lies sick the child is doomed to
death before another night. It is not ominous
to one to hear the night; doctor, as this being
of superstition is called. and ii] ways after the
death of a child the iicgroes get; together and
ask who of them board the night doctdi' pass
by. Some one is sure to assert; that he or she
heard the low, moaning, rushing sound made
by the night; doctor’s quick flight. But; it; is
regarded as a surely fatal sign if any one sees
the night doctor.
THE NIGHT noo'ron COMING.
Sometimes at midnight: darkies who are on
‘thc street will suddenly turn their faces to a
wall and stand with their hands over their
eyes for some moments. They have fancied
that they havo heard the night; doctor coming,
and they believe that if their eyes rest upon
him he will turn and blow his malodorous
blast upon them and that death will surely
speedily follow. These people are singularly
reluctant, too, to speak to any one but those
of their own superstition about; the night:
doctor, and if they are tempted to say any-
thing they speak with undoubted manifesto.
tion of tcrror. I once heard an old colored
man who was head waiter at one of the hotels
say that he knew that; a. man of whom I in-
quired would not; recover from his sickness
because the night before he was taken he had
seen the night; doctor go flying through the
streets. The man did die in a day or two, and
had been dying: for a year with consumption,
but no reasoning could persuade these colored
people that ho was inevitably doomed before
he had the vision of the night doctor. But
the victims of this creature are children, ex-
cept; when on adult; sets his eyes on it, and
there occurs no death among the children,
according to their belief, which was not on
the night before indicated by the passage of
the night doctor. The myth seems to be
traceable to tradition brought by the anew
tors of these people from Africa.
The Washington negroes offer most; inter-
esting opportunities for study of the effects of
freedom and political equality, and it; is not;
altogether encouraging for those who looked
for a rapid and happy development when the
colored people had equal chances with the
whites. Most; of them have learned to be
thrifty, or at; least to rely upon daily work
for support. Laziness does not prevail among
them to the extent; that; it does further south.
There are more opportunities for making and
saving money in Washington for these people
than anywhere else in the country, although
the negro population is one-third that; of the
city, and no city in the United States has a
larger colored population. They are very
tenacious of their civil rights, especially in
public, on the horse cars, in the theatres and
at the Capitol. They are very anxious to
own homes. and they are divided into social
sets with as Tnuch rigor, if not; by stricter
lines, than the white people of the city. The
coal black negro despises rho mulatto, while
the mulntto is disposed to snub the pure
blooded African. But they are all clannish,
and are most abject; imitators of the white
people, even in the matter of social etiquette,
. and are slaves to superstitions as much as
they ever were upon the plantations, though
many of them strive to conceal this trait.
LITTLE ORIGINALITY.
They show but little evidence of originality
of thought, though many of them have re-
ceived fair rudimentary educations. The
majority of the younger generation can read
'and write. There are, of course, some ex-
ceptions to this rule, but these exceptions
prove it. They showas a rule no aptitude
for mechanical work, and though there are a
few good carpenters and other mechani-
among them the colored man’s hands seem to
be clumsy with any skilled tool except; the
razor and shaving brush. They have had
twenty—five years of freedom and especially
favorable opportunities to develop under this
new condition, with strenuously exacted and
willingly given civil rights of all kinds, and
yet the great mass of these people continue to
be laborers, barber's, waiters, servants, cooks
and washerwomen. Their slavery to super-
stitions such as that of the night doctor, no
amount of education or reading seems to free
them from, and if their churches do not
directly encourage, they at least do not frown
down such disposition. It seems impossible
to eradicate it.
There seems to be a feeling among the
negroes all over the country that Washington
is their true home, and you will find it; '
expressed here and there if you talk with
negroes of comparative intelligence. Only a
few days ago I met a colored man who had
been living in Bridgeport for nine years, and
he said he was going toWashington to live.
Said he: “I thought when I came to New
England that a colored man, if he behaved
himself and was a thrifty citizen, would
be treated like other men. But I find that
everywhere in New England the colored
people are compelled to livein settlements
by themselves. I wanted to buy and build a
house in a nice, respectable part of Bridge-
port, for I did not want to live in the dreary
and unpleasant quarter where colored people
hrs obliged to go. But when it was found
that I propOsed to live among these white
people, such a. breeze was raised that I had to
give it up. They told me that it would ruin
property on that street; if I went there: not;
because I was a bad or worthless man, but
because I was colored. It is so everywherein
the north. “To have been made free, but;
no power but. God can make us equal.” And
there was a note of despair in this man’s con-
versation which I fancied would not be very
hard to change into one of desperation—Cor.
New York Sun.
Pat Dorian on “Hamlet."
Col. “Pat” Dorian doesn’t like the play of
“Hamlet.” Hear the eloquent adjective
slinger: “I have no patience, much less sym-
pathy, with a wretched weakling who goes
around jabbering at; dilapidated old ghosts in
tin helmets and green gauze veils, under
bogus moonlight; everlastingly threatening
to do something and never doing it; driving
his sweetheart too lunacy and a catfish death,
'by his dime museum freaks; making stump
speeches to skulls and grave diggers; going in-
to all sorts of he—hysterics; and at; last: running
a section of barbed wire fence, in the most
approved Chicago pig sticking style, through
his dead girl’s brother, and dying himself, to
slow fiddle music, amid a general carnage of
lunatics and wreck of absurdities."——New
York Tribune.
A Dynamite Substitute.
A new explosive, to which the name of
“bellite” has been given, is regarded by cer-
tain scientific men of Europe as likely to
come into general nsein place of dynamite
and other nitroglycerine compounds, and is
recommended as a substitute for coarse gun-
powder in larger firearms. It is a. mixture of
nitrate of ammonium with a diiiitrobenzine.
Experiments during the past two years by M.
Carl Lamrn, of Stockholm, indicate that; the
substance is not only the safest but the most
powerful explosive known, with amean force
equalto thirty-five times that of ordinary
cannon gunpowder, and a blasting effect
greater than that of any material having
nitroglycerine as a base. It; has the great
advantage of being exploded only by heat.
no amount of shock or friction having any
efiect upon it, and it; may therefore be han-
dled without danger of accident, while} it; is
lam adapted for illegitimate use than dynam-
ite. Further results will be awaited with in-
terest—Arkansaw Traveler.
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Farmers in the Senate.
The remark is current; that “ Judge Reagan
of Texas will bet-he only farmer in the‘sen-
ate,” but; its propriety is most doubtful. There
are numerous other senators who have farms.
They do not work them personally, nor de-
pend upon them for a living, nor yet derive
any especial pecuniary profit from them. But;
then neither does Mr. Reagan. His wife runs
the farm and says they lose money on it; for
the soil is too sandy to raise any crops, and
the sand is too poor to make into glass—New
York Tribune.
The Sewers and Catacombs.
The prefect of the Seine allows 800 excur-
sionists a day to visit the sewers and cata-
combs in aid of the suflerers from the floods
in the south of France.
In Germany during a year are made 540,-
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'GBOCERY,
——AT—
No. 5 Wall Street,
' Opposite to J. B. Ells’Furnlture Rooms.
Everything new and fresh, and will be sold
cheap as can be bought In town.
won’t fail to give us a call.
O. E. WILSON,
General Insurance to Real Estate Agent.
Money to Loan.
Stocks, Bonds, «$50., Bought and Sold,
and Loans Negotiated at Lowest
Rates of Interest.
ROO‘II NO. 3 GAZETTE BUILDING,
NORWALK, CONN.
Story of 3 Postal Card. V.
I was affected with kidney and urinary Trouble—
“For twelve years i" .
After my in; all the dootors and patent medl-
chies 1 could hear of, I used two bottles of Hop
“Bitters 1"
And I am perfectly cured. I keep it
“All the time i" -
Respectfully, B. F. Boom, Saulsbury, 're
May 4, 1883.
Buaoroun, 1",, 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 day In years,
since I took Hop Bitters. All my neighbors use
them. Mas. FANNlI Gamma
Asuaunnuan, MAss., Jan. 15, 1836.
i have been very sick over two years. They all
gave me up as past cure. I tried the most skill-
ul physicians. but the did not reach the worse
part. The lungs and cart would fill up every
night and dtstressme, and my throatwas very bad.
I told my children I should never die in peace till
1 had tried Hop Bitters. When I had .taken two
homes 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 cured ,me, and they used them and were
cured. and feel as thankful as I do that there is so
valuable a medicine made. 2
Yours truly, Miss Juan G. .Cusmno.
$3,000 Lost.
“A tour to Europe that cost me 83,000, done less
good than one bottle of flop Bitters; they also
cured my wife of fifteen years’ nervous weakness.
sleeplessness and dyepepsla."-Mr. ll. 11.. Au-
burn, N. Y. ,
Baby Saved.
We are so thankful to say that our nursing baby
was permanently cured of a daugeron and pro-
tracted constipatiouand irregular ty 0 . he bowels
by the use of flop Bitters by its nurs ‘Inother,
which at the some time restored her .to perfect
health and strength—The Parents,Roc#Latei-,N.Y; ”l
_—
WUnhealthy or Inactive kidneys cause gravel,
“Bright’s disease, rheumatism and a horde of
other serious and fatal diseases, which can-be pre-
vented wltli Hop Bttters," if taken in time.
“Luddlugton, Mlch., Feb. 2 1885. I have sold
Hop Bitters for ten years, and there is no med!-
elne that equals them for billous attacks, kidney
complaints.aud all diseases incident to this ma-
larial cllmste. H. 'I‘. Annuals.”
“Monroe, Mich. Sept. 25, 1885. Sins :——I have
been taking Hop Bitters for inflammation of kid-
neys and bladder. It has done for me what four
physicians failed to do—cured me. The effect of
the hitters seemed like magic to me. , .
W. L. Clarita.”
GIN'I'S :—Your Ho Bitters have been of great
value to me. I was aid up with typhoid fever for
over two months, and could get no relief until. I
tried our Hop Bltters. To those suffering from
debll , or any one in feeble health, I cordially
recommend them. J. C. Sronrzaa.
538 Fulton street, Chicago, Ill. -
Can You Answer This?
Is there any person living who ever saw a case
of ague, biliousness, nervousness er neuralgia, or
any disease of the stomach, liver or kidneys that
Hop Bitters would not cure ‘I -
“My Mother says Hop Bitters is the only thing
that will keep her from severe attack of paralysis
and headacee.—-Ed. Oweao Sun.
“My little sickly, puny baby was changed into
agreat bouncing boy. and I was raised from a
sick bed by using Hop Bitters a short time.
A. YOUNG Morass.”
{HOUSATONIC RAILROAD.
Danburz/ and Norwalk Division.
Commencing Wednesday, November, 17, 1886.
D A I I. Y 'I‘ It A I it 8
South.
Lv. Norwalk. Lv .80. Norwalk, ' Ar.Wliton Point
I 34 a.m. 747 a.m. I55 a.m.
s 66 n 9 00 “
12 51 p. in. is 55 p. m.
439 “ ~455 “ ,505p.m.
North.
Lv. W'ason Polnt, Lv.So. Norwalk, AT. Norwalk
84oa.m. 920nm. 925a.m.
. is 13 p. m. 1217p.m.
2 35 “ 2 42 “
5 15 “ 5 19 “
W. H. Wraxmson,8uperlntendent.'
Hanuv A. Bisnor, Gen. Supt.
II. D. AVEBILL, Gen. Ticket Agent.
N. Y., N. If. do 11. Railroad.
Trains leave South Norwalk as follows:—
corno nasr. GOING wear.
1 22 a. m., Wash. ex 4 55 a. m., Boston ex
5 33 “ Accom’tlon 5 24 “ Adams ex
7 25 “ Milk train 5 4o “ Boston ex
846 “ Accom’tion 5 50 “ S. N. special
9 20 “ Boston ex 0 if “ Accom’t-lon
10 55 “ Accom'tion I 05 “ B‘p‘t special
12 13 p in. Boston ex 7 22 “ Local ex
1 46 Accom’tlon t 45 " . “ H
835 “ Local ex 525 “ “ “
4 32 “ Accom’tion 9 08 “ Sp’f’d Lo. ex
4 49 “ Local ex 9 38 “ Accom’tion
5 10 “ “ 10 29 “ Sp’f’d Lo. ex
542 “ Stmfd. '& N. 11 45 “ Accom’tlon
Especial 12 59 p. m., :p’f’d Lo. ex
s 14 “ Local ex 2 45 “ . H. and
5 56 “ Sp’f'ld Lo ex St'f’d special
I 29 “ S. N. spec a! 3 39 “ Boston ex
7 54 “ B’p't special 4 4T “ “
8 29 " Accom’tion 5 08 “ _ Accom’tlon
9 44 “ “ 51 " Boston ex
11 08 “ Adams ex. & 5 55 “ Accom'tiou
Accom’tlon s 00 “ Milk tram
11 41 “, Boston ex. 8 15 “ S.N. special
12 21 a. m., “ 10 07 " Local exp
Sundays. 12 56 a. m., Wash e grass
8 so a. m., Ac. a Milk 3‘1““!!!-
9 41 “ Accom’tlon 9 15 a. m., Accom’tlon
ll 20 “ Boston ex :6 141). m., Localexpress
0 51 p. m., Accom’tion s 20 “ Milk
Fooioht Lino Direct to Now Ylll‘l,
Landing at Pier 28 E. 11., Foot of Boekman St.
LOWER lurks THAN BY ANY 01mm ~LINE.
'l'lio Prooollor, “ Silo of Norwalk,”
0n and after Monday, Nov. 1, (till further notice,
ice permitting), leaving Norwalk Tuesdays, Thurs-
da s and Saturdays. '
eturnlug, leaves New York, Mondays, Wed-
nesdays and Fridays, from Pier 23 E. 1%., (foot of
Beekman street), stopping at South N orwalk 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 application to agents City of Norwalk will
be sent for special lots of freight anywhere in New
York or its vicinity.
WA)! persons are forbid trusting any of the
employees of the boats on this line on account of
the owner thereof. tf45
Poo! Moss 'Slollo Bouilou.
FARM WAGON S,
Fertilizers,
Air Slashed Lime,
Land Plaster
-—-AND-—--
Drain Pipe,
—AT—
on B! ’.
_.-. . ~...-~. memt*.‘m_‘
THE RULES or "STYLE.
THE PRINCIPLES WHICH GOVERN
WRITING AND PRINTING.
The'Flrst Point for Newspaper Contribu-
tors to Consider—Grammar and Rheto-
ric—Bo Fully Alive to the Events of the
Day. ' I
We publish herewith a letter which reached
our hands the other day from the other side
of the American continent. Though appar-
ently not intended for the public eye, ' weas-
snre the writer will allow us to answer his
questions in this public manner.
“EDITORIAL Dni-Airrnnior,
. “Tun PORTLAND DAILY ans, g
“Poa'rLanb, 0re., Feb. 16,1887.
“DEAIt'SIR—You will confer a. great favor
on the advancing civilization of the “wild and
woolly west" by forwarding to me, if conve-
nient, a copy of the rules of style in force in
The Sun's composing rooms. The News de-
sires to be abreast; of its eastern contempo-
raries in style, as it is otherwise, and you can
see my object. The Sun style is the bat in
the United States; in fact, The Sun is a per-
fect model of typographical excellence, and
it is the intention to make The News as near
as possible a full fledged, life sized photo-
graph of the luminous eastern champion of
Democracy. Yours respectfully,
“J. G. EGAN,
“City Editor Daily News.”
(mu: rms'r POINT.
We should take great pleasure in doing all
that Mr. Egan desires; but; unfortunately there
“if. 110 such code as he wishes he to send for-
’wai‘df‘f’l'he‘ principles which govern the style
of writing and printing in The Sun are, like
the common law, preserved by authentic tra-
dition, but nowhere inclosed in the iron
"forr'iiulas' of unvurying prescription.
In our view of the subject, the first point
in a good style of writing is to have in the
mind a clear and distinct idea and then to
put it into language which presents it soon
ratcly, vividly and picturesquely, so that the
reader may apprehend it; exactly as the writer
intends. The great rule of all is accuracy.
State the fact or the proposition precisely as
it is, or precisely as it. should be, and never
say twenty-three or seventeen and a half
when you mean twenty.
Shun snobbishness. “A man’s a man for a'
that” is the soundcst doctrine, but he is never
more than a man; and no thinker or writer
has any cell to beafraid of him, of hisclothes,
of his title, or of his money. Be an Ameri-
can always, a Democrat, a Republican. No
literary style is good for an American journal-
ist; without this moral foundation.
Never discuss more than one proposition at
ntime;’and never attempt to enforce more
than one idea at a time. Intellectual con-
fusion, helpless complication of thought, is
the bane of good writing.
GRAMMAR AND nnnronic.
Know the truths and the maxims of Eng—
lish grammar and of English rhetoric.
Know the language that you are dealing in.
There is one effective way to gain skill in
these things, and that; is to read the great
masters, and, if possible, to practice writing
under criticism that is intelligent and merci-
less, as well as sympathetic and vigilant.
Who are these great masters, do you ask?
There are many of them. John Bunyan
is one, Sir William Blackstone another,
J cnathan Edwards another. Lord Chesterfield
another, Dr. Charming another, Cardinal
Newman another, Arthur Helps another,
Matthew Arnold another, Nathaniel Haw-
thorne another, Thomas Jefferson another.
We might make a list of these masters of
style that would fill a column.
Finally, be alive to the events of the day if
you wishto posses agood style as a news-
paper writer. Understnnd the value of news.
What is news but the living record of provi-
dence, the daily tablet which God indites for
the instruction of man ’1 Even the trivial in-
cident of the hour has its place in the mighty
chapter of human destiny. Trent it as you
may, then, gravely, satirically, or jocosely,
let there be ever in your heart; a profound
reverence for the momentous power from
whom operation it; proceeds.
These are some principles of style which
occur to us as we read Mr. Egan’s letter. We
fancy they form a pretty good code of rules,
but we put; them forth without dogmatism.
Nothing would give us more pleasure than to
have the opportunity of studying a better
one and profiting by its inculcations.—New
York Sun.
The Worship of Belles.
The conversation in a luncheon party
turned on the sale of Jockey Fred Archer’s
effects, and after discussing the ridiculous
prices which his whips and cheap chromos
brought, we began talking about the worship
of relics in general. One told of an actor,
who religiously keeps in a scented box a gar-
ter thai; once belonged to Laura Keene, and a
journalist followed with the story of a cranky
friend who bribe] a hotel waiter to get him
aspoon with which Ellen Terry had drank
her tea. “That; man,” he went on, “has the
most absurd collection of stuff you ever saw.
But he prizes every article as if it were worth
its weight in gold, and for him each does have a
wonderful value, because it; once belonged
to somebody of fame. He has a button from
one of Patti’s dresses and one of Gen. J ack-
son’s pantaloons. In his collection there isthe
original manuscript of one of Ella Wheeler’s
poems, a piece of cake left unfinished on a
hotel plate by Count de Lesseps, a lock of
Dan Lamont’s hair, from a barber, a piece of
a coffee cup broken by Oscar Wilde, a leaf of
ivy from God’s Hill, a bunch of grass from
the yard of Longfellow’s home, an' old hat
that once belonged to Whittier, and flowers
from the graves of almost everybody who
was ever heard of ten miles from home.”
“A friend of mine,” said another member of
the party, “whom I always supposed to be a
particularly hard headed fellow, surprised me
immensely in his office by unlocking a hidden
drawer of his desk and taking out an old
shriveled biscuit. ‘That,’ said he, ‘is a part
of the last meal my only sweetheart and I
ever ate. There are the prints of her teeth
yet. It is fifteen years since she died, and
I’ve always kept this biscuit, for it was the
only memento connected with her last. hours
that I could get.’ And he put it away in the
drawer reserved especially for its use as
tenderly as if it; had been the girl’s heart it-
nlf.”—Clara Balls in Chicago Tribune.
Elaborate Evasion.
As a model of “how not to say it," Mr.
Gladswne’s reply to the question whether he
was going to support Scotch disestablishment
will probably never be surpassed. As a. mat;-
ter of record, here it is: “I will only say that
at the present time, and the people of Scot-
land are thinking, of other subjects, which
are regarded, I believe, as of much more
urgent and immediate duty than the deter-
mination of a very much controverted ques.
tion, which, as I have said before, I believe
the people of Scotland will find themselves
perfectly sufilcient to determine, and in a
manner which the rest of the empire will re-
apect, whether the answer be aye or nay. It
is not within my knowledge, certainly that
the consideration of that question has entered
definitely into the concerns of the present
election, and therefore I do not feel my own
information or means of judgment about it
at all augmented in the course of it by any-
I» thing that has reached me.”—New York Tri-
buns.
A Globule of Obesity.
M. de Blowitz, Paris correspondent of The
London Times, whose recent announcement
of a Russo-German alliance against France
and Austria has been attracting the notice of
all Europe, is a remarkable individual. In
personal appearance he is a mere globule of
obesity. From pole to pole, or rather from
poll to sole, he measures about five feet; three
inches, with an equatorial abdominal diame-
ter of something like four feet six inches.
His age is apparently in the neighborhood of
50. His oral English is very imperfect. He
constantly drops into French by way of
refuge from the intricacies of the Anglo-
Saxon tongue, and is apparently more famil—
for with German than with either. He is by
‘birth a Pole. Though he writes English more
fluently than he speaks it, most of his matter
is “corrected for style" by a competent subor-
dinate. All his manuscript, even to notes of
invitation and reply, is turned off upon an
American typewriter. He lives in a small
entresol, or first flight fiat, of which the only
other occupants besides the servants are his
wife and a very fat poodle, decrepit with age.
Consumed with inordinate vanity is M. de
Blowltz, no possible Cattery upon his secret
power as a mover of states and empires being
toogrossforhisears. Hisvalueisestimated
by The Times upon a pecuniary basis of $12,-
000 annually, with a coupe at his disposal and
a liberal allowance for expenses—The Argo-
naut.
Off the Stage.
When Mr. Joseph Jefferson was camping;
out last summer one of his mates asked him
to recite a certain scene from “Rip Van
Winkle”; but the actor declined, saying that
he could not; repeat any long from
hispartsaway from the theatre—The Ao-
gonaut.
A 0!!!“le Taste.
Young fiestas-I must show you my
baby, Mr. Brown; are you fond of them!
Brown (absent nunded)—Yes-oh, yell
Balls-"stances” lat-l" .
....¢...
so far as I am able to judge, we are thinking.
Express.
Patroutze the old reliable
ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY.
Low Barns AND Pnoxrr Dahivunv.
Branch omce, Norwalk. at S. K. Stanley’s;
Main Office at Depot, South Norwalk. tfis
. 1.. liver, Agent.
Gedney House,
Broadway and 40th Street,
NEW YORK.
ON THE EUROPEAN PLAN .
EVERYTHING FIRST-CLASS
Restaurant in Connection with the Hotel.
Rooms at $1.00 Per Day and Upwards.
Brag/I. 6" DeKlyn,
tfll PROPRIETORS.
St. Denis Hotel,
—AND-—-—
TAYLOR’S RESTAURANT
Cor. Broadvo'ray and 11th St.,
N-w YORK.
EUROPEAN PLAN.
ROOMS, $1.00 PER DAY AND UPWARDS.
CENTRALLY LOCATED.
Best Restaurant In tho Clty Prisei lodernte.‘
3m4
WILLIAM Tarpon, Propletor.
F . K O C O U If ,
Merchant Tailor.
Has received a full line of Spring :and Summer
Imported Suitings and Pautalooniugs.
Spring and Summer Overcoats.
A fine assortment of Spring and Summer Over-
coatings at reasonable rates. 1y36
All Work Done by First-Class Workman!
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED].
13 and 15 lfain Street, Norwalk, Conn.
w. 11.. llEEKEll,
Plumlioo, Steam and Gas Filllou,
SOUTH NORWALK. CONN.
Sanitary Plumbing, and Ventilation, and Low
Pressure Steam Healing, a Specialty.
PLUMBERS' SUPPLIES.
Pipe and Fitting for Water, Steam and Gas.
Agent for the Florida Low Pressure Boiler.
Facilities fo Cutting and Threading all Sizes of
Pipe. . 50“
J. G. Gregory 85 Go.
Desire to state that in addition to a full line‘ of
Drugs, Proprietary Medicines and Drugglsts’
Sundries they are prepared to receive
orders for
Silk, Cotton or Linen
ELASTIC HOSE
For varicose or enlarged veins. Warranted to
fit, and at reduced rates.
They also desire to state that they havehccepteu
the agency of the New York Vaccine 00., and will
keep a supply of .
PURE BUVINE noun onus
Constantly on hand.
They have in stock Electric Batteries, which
will be sold at close figures. They carry also a full
assortment of Keystone Writing Paper Packets.
AbSqutely Pure.-
Thls Powder never varies. , A marvel of pure
strength and wholesomeness. More economic
than the ordinary kinds, and cannot. be sold in com-
petition with the multitude of low test, short
weight, allum or phosphate powders. ' .
Borax. BAKING Pownsa 00.,106 Wall st., N. Y.
R. B. cnannunn,
INVESTMENT sncvni'rms, REAL
Els'ra'rn AND msnnlla’cn,
' 31 MAIN s'rnramr, - - 'Nonvvank."
GE 0 - WARD DELI-Eon,
nanosuasook’s stock. WALL sTnssT,
FAMILY GROCERIES.
J. BELDEN HURL BUTT, ’
Attorney out! Counselor at Law,
Room No. 4, Up Stairs.
GAZETTE BUILDING, NORWALK, CONN.
JAMES '1‘. RUSSELL,-
' Alonso out Counselor at Law
a Gazette Building,
NORWALK, - CONN.
ALEX. s. GIBSON,-
Organist of let Congregational Church. Waterbury,
Teacher of
Pianoforte, Organ and Musical
Composition,
Lock Box 39 P. 0.,NORWALK,CONN.
PENSIONS
—-:AND:-— .
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
ETNA INSURANCE Co., of HARTFORD.
Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual.
CAPITAL AND ASSETS, $8,902,272.64.
Insures against loss and damage by Fire, on
terms adopted to the hazard and consistent with
the laws of compensation. COWLES .h MERRILL,
bole Agents for N orwalk and vicinity.
THE
Norwalk 'Fire Insurance Co.
Has now completed its
18th SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS YEAR
And has not outstandingsdollar of unpaid losses
‘1;ng for losses. No mm! company insures
W. 0. Sum, Pres, s. E. OLusrnan, Tress,
Giro. R. (Iowans- Secretary.
o oh. Boilo ? IoCo
MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN
LUMBER, TIMBER,
Shingles, La til,
Doors, "Sash,
Blinds, .Mowlding‘,
Window Frames,
Picket-s, é'c.
leneered Hard Road Work.
Hard Wood Ceiling and Homing.-
South. Norwalk, Conn.
The Best and Most Desir-
able Assortment ever shown
in Norwalk of
Hot Air Fownaces,
‘Steam Healers,
Cooking Stoves,
Laundry Stones,
Cooking Ranges,
Double Heaters,
Parlor Stoves,
Hall Stoves,
Dining Room Stoves,
Store Stoves,
Ofl‘ice Stoves,
Shop Stoves,
And eVerything appertain-
ing to cooking and heat-
‘ ing at the
Lowest Possible Price for Cash.
E. K. Lockwood 8: (lo.
II IIIIII 7 1161‘ Billll. Pfll‘lll Mortgages
—or run——
Equitable liortgage Co., Kansas City.
Incorporated—Capital, $600,000.
Principal and Interest Guaranteed.
Security from three to six times the amount of
loan. Coupon Bonds. Interest payable in New
York. Also, 13'34
Six per cent. Debenture Bonds of tho
Mlddlesex Banking Company, of
Mlddletown, Conn.
Organized under the banking laws of the State
of Connecticut. Coupons payable in New York.
R. B. CRAUFURD,
Agent, 31 Main. Street, Norwalk.
L. E. QUIINTARD,
Successor to W. E. Qumrann,
UNDERTAKER & EMBALMER.
OPPOSITE HORSE RAILROAD DEPOT.
Residence 143 Main Street. Telephone communi-
cation with office and residence.
Kuhn, Loeb a 00.,
Bankers,
30 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK,
nave consumer 0N HAND
A Selection of Choice Investment Securities.
”Correspondence of Bankers, Brokers and
Investors Solicited. 3ms
PETER L. GUIG UE,
oioouo oouoo Ylllll,
UNION AVENUE,
North of Norwalk Cemetery,
KORWAEE, - CONN.
Dealer in In Green House and Hot House and
Bedding and Vegetable Plants, Fruit and Ornamen
tal Trees Slirubbery, Vines. Cut Flowers alway
on hand and all sorts of designsln Flowersarranged
to order. an
Grading and Re-filling Cemetery Plots
promptly attended to.
GENERAL MARKET.
Meat, Fish, Vegetables. doc.
LOCKWOOD to 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.
ly40 LOCKWOOD .lr ANDREWS.
R e m e m b e r t
The Best Meats in Norwalk
—'ARE SOLD AT—
WIXSON'S MARKET, ON THE BRIDGE,
--—AND FOR Ins——
Lowest Prices for Cash.
PLATES 0F BEEF, 5 cents per in; CORNED
BEEF, from 5 to 16 cents per lb. 1 will not be
undersold for the Best QuaJties of Meat. Poultry
Drawn to Order. 1y1
James E. Wimson.
27 Wall Street.
Lessors no FRENCH,
MISS BAIRD’S INSTITUTE.
Prof. LwLande,
Widely known as the directorof the French Depart-
ment of the Summer School of Languages at
Chatauqua. wh. come twice a week to Miss Baird’s
Institute to give Lessons in French. A‘ limited
number of pupils outside of the school will be
admitted to these classes.
For circulars and other information apply to
MISS AIR
‘ Money to Loan.
JEuqulrs of o. E. WIIaON ,No. 5 Gasette Build-
ng.Norwalk. Conn. me
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‘ We 5 Mt? inmat'diere an? ‘lelfllldseeb'off'lller‘l’
wide: galleries [0‘2 ;the liofal arlittldlistlle'llyaxf 2‘
~ A glass of lcmgnadganadppvith “391?! f htmlao,
addition of n sourpran’e‘, here'dnd H are . A
half opened? 86:61:39 11' '1?!ny 'Enioy‘lng‘fd'rf tic: ”3
centuatc tlioildlcellfarinfen’fléexlflenoK-I ”Tull”?-
younger, more :euergetieomhemavtym offli.
on a fox hunt, and ., ,begfi,.tl}P., , d,,of,-,,1'
horns in tho distarice‘.‘j‘ ,a'ns and not: , , a . '7
forgotten. We lean "direr thii“bhléiiny ICE,”
lugs, om- eyes riveted oulthéobromof'ffie-‘hfll'il
near by. Suddenly the Cavalcade .mesps
over it toward us. . ., ...«,... ,.:/
A pretty sight! Twenty-four riders,’ {1th:-
feen hounds moving in procession" 'fiiw'a‘i'd "as” "'
to the glad music of horns and memos; all
dozen voices take up the tale, in which such ..
thrilling expressions as “hard riding,” “(3139.qu
, country ditches,” “fences," “at last wesaw
the fox," are distinguishable—for we do not ’4
hunt anise seedein Florida, be it; understood,
but live, shrewd, sharp nosed foxes. Then
the party rides off ’ to take position under the
greatoaks foraphotograph, and we return
to our fans. ’A vision of you poor unfor-
tunates, rubbing your noses and ears, and
(towering over open registers, rises to our
,pitying minds as we lunguidly sip our lemon-
Iade. ‘
‘ Q "But the fox hunt descrves more thunthis ’
cursory mention—or the fox hunts-for sport
is one of the pleasures in life that bears repe-
tition. The other ’day one of the little red
victims was treed by the dogs, and it was a
, sight not to be forgotten. Burns in a grove
‘of live oak, and my knowledge of the country
and desire for artistic accessories induces me
‘to add a. few glossy leaved magnolia trees to
Ethe scene to give local color. flight and
shadow fell through the leaves on the bays
and roans and sorrels, and on the pretty faces
and brigandosque hats. You can feel itif .
' you cannot see it. At; the least, you can hear
it, can't you? Punting horses, haying hounds,
laughing voices, the horn, an undertone of
breeze in the tree tops, and overhead the
plucky, wide eyed red fox waiting for his
death.
Tolcome back to things absolutely practi-
cal, however, here is a recipe for the epicure;
the real lemonade of Florida and of the
future is made as follows: Cracked ice, syrup
of sugar, one pint; of apollinaris, two lemons,
one-half sweet orange, one-half sour orange.
To be drank always in the open air with the
thermometer an 80 deg. in the shade!
Here I am back where I started, with the
thermometer at 80 deg., and this letter only
just begun, for of course I must tell you about
the celebrated local colored preacher and his
but Sunday’s sermon; “ Bredren, I announce
my tex’, ‘ Who Is Iii1 I nex’ divide my tex’
inter two parts—the subjeck an’ the predicate.
‘Who’ is the subjeck, an’ ‘ is it’ is the predi-
cate. Now, if I jis’ kep' on a-sayin’my sub-
jeck all evenin‘, ‘ Who, who, who, who?"
there’d be no sense in my remarks; an’ ef I
should jis’ a-keep on a-sayin’ my predicate all
evenin’, ‘ Is it, is it, is it, is it?’ there’d be no
sense in that remark; but of I put the subjeck
an’ the predicate together, an’ say ‘ Who is
it?, my meanin‘ is perfeckly clare.” This
same person tells us gravely that Moses lived
in the year 54 Anno Domini, and “used to
dominize ober the children of Israel,” but
that we couldn’t “ dorninize ober de two Jews
in Tallahassee.” Also he announced that
there will be a meeting nex’ Tuesday even-
ing, “by the will of God and a meetin’ nex'
Monday evenin’ anyway.”
But there is better talk than this in Talla-
hassee. There are grave old judges and gov-
ernors, the coloncls, and their charming,
stately wives and daughters, and a manly set
of young men left touphold the family names
and honor. And there are glories j besides
thwe of the past. ‘Each morning fine old
silver trays are “handed in” by smiling ne-
groes laden with japonicas and violets and
roses from the family gardens, gifts to the
various guests of the hotel—most frequently
to the belles.
One of our northern friends confessed that
Tallahassee was so intimately connected in
her mind with the geography lessons of her
childhood and the list of state capitals that“
she figured if; as arustling little city, veryred
in brick, and smart with stone pavements and ‘
shops. Imagine her surprise when she saw‘
Tallahassee the real—in this case the ideal as»
well. Long straggling streets, running ups,
hill and down dale, red earth, great live oaks-
lining the way; here and there open commons, '.
everywhere views and high horizon lines;"
a glimps of Prince Murat’s roof to that
west, of the smoke to the east; alwaysj;
wherever you look, something of beauty ,.
and interest. The old houses have a decayéd' ‘
dignity, most; of them, though one or two‘ ‘1
still stand in all their glory. Near that;
hotel there is a colonial sort of. structuge,;-_
with massive white pillars and carefully
kept garden walks. It recalls the old Talla-
hnsee days, for it was here that one of the“;
scions of an ancient; race brought his bride, '
and the wedding feast is still a traditionuin-
this generation. I cannot tell you how many
four in hand coachcsthere were, nor how
many guests, but they were entertained,
horses, servants and all, and the host had? it
in hispower to give a mount to every one. .
This reminds one of the tournaments that
used to be held in a valley north of here, _
where the hillsides would be black with spec-
tators. There is a. great air of romance about =
the place. It bases much local feelingas
Sleepy Hollow, and is a sort of southern»
fourth cousin to that dear spot. One’does “
not; wonder theta writer feels it, and-can
easily believe the report that Maurice Thomp--.:
son wrote “A Tallahassee Girl” after only two .1
weeks of life here. . .
The most notable feature of Tallahassee ‘i's ’
the ruin of what once were great old places-- ‘
houses set in groves of live oak and.mag- .;
nolias, falling into decay, only bits left.. of the .
hedges and avenues. ’ "
You see the same thing in the facesio'f’ the "
people—a far away look on the old faces, and- '-
on the young, now and again, that restless
expression that always suggests Christopher
Columbus and the longing for new worlds to
my mind. But; they have eaten ' of ; the '
lotos. They do not often break away after -
all They put; spurs to their horses instead,,_..
and ride hard out into the pine land; they set
their teeth firmly, and, fortunately or unfor-
tunately, for the merciful hand of...Fabe is
not; always kind, they end by falling in love
with some southern girl, with voice like their .-.
own and ways like their own. Then’ comes 'a‘ ‘ "
moonlight night, another and another. Cori-4"“
eecutive moonlight nights are absolutely-~ .
fatal, on me dit, and the town is filled with ,_
talk of the new engagement, then the marriage . .
and Columbus stiflos his soul for the ‘sake of ‘f
another noble heart and hides at; homes—Tali" '-‘
lahassee Cor. Chicago Tribune. xi. .:' .
Bar-barons Ballet at Tangier.‘ .
One savage ballet; I noticed; about't‘wienty“ "
of these rufiians divided into two platoons ' ‘
face each other, and at the sound of-‘pipe and = .
drum, dance forward and back, passing. ,.
through each other’s lines, brandishing their
guns high in the air, until ,at a. point in the
dance, when one platoon gives a wild; shriek, =
reversing the muzzles of the guns to the ---
ground. and giving a simultaneouslespiathe A;
air, they fire off their guns all together} Their, .,
this platoon runs of to an attendant "who "
stands by with an open bag of powder to re
load, and its place is taken in the dance byla
fresh troop. I saw this thing kept' up rdr'ml
hour to the intense delight of pérfbrmérs! and» .~',
audience. . . ,. ;.
The feet: and legs of some of the, WISE: J
pants .were bleeding from woundsmade by
careless discharge of guns, but 1this Was quite "“
disregarded. Generally some eyes are ~-put' 9» -
out and some lives are lost; byexplosions at, ,
these celebrations. I saw one fellow carried, P,
of! bleeding, but I was told that he'was the
victim of a bloody fend, for this'is ‘the open '”
season for the vendetta. a popular institutiom »3
in this country. Indeed, it issaid that these - -.
feuds exist among the mountain tribes dur-
ing generations, and that a-man. feels it a.
point; of honor to kill a few of the tribe which-
a hundred years before may have putun end”
to his great-uncle‘s mother-iii—law.'—-Tangiér' ’ "
Cor. Boston Transcript. -‘ " -:~
"'—~.—_T~_“I.I. .... l...L
.. Saved by a Reduced-Salary. -. , . .. ;.
a‘My life was saved by haying~ mysalnry,
reduced,” said a. robust, middle‘aged man ycse
ferday. There was a. natural expression “off"
surprise and he explained as follows: “Ten-m.—
years ago I was under bookkeeper,- afor Riegel
8: Co. at $1,200 a year. Somethinghnppened,
—no matter what—and I Was thrown out. ‘ I ’
battered around for about two months and-"3‘
then went to work at $750. Atthat; time .I .. I..-
lived at; Sixtieth and Market._“j'tl§ thinmil
weak and couldn’t- walk amile to save a do -
lar.- At least I thought I‘ couldn’t; butlvliiin 1":
my wages were reduced so feii‘fullry‘ Iliad {0‘3 11 ‘
economize, and I did so by walking home on
fair days from Tenth and" Marketi'tb‘ Six-
teenth st recto—say five miles-1 It nearly killed '
me at first, and then I began togenjoy it. In” ;
three months I was walking , both ways, and _ _,_
I’ve kept it up ever since. 'Ten‘, mil'es'a' any ’ '
summer and winter, unless “during a_ hard
storm, and look at me! .One hundred and _
eighty pounds, appetite of ‘ an ostrich and not
adny’s sickness iiiten yeara?-éPhiladelphier - ~
to.
Call.
Norwalk Chronicler