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LOVE SONG.
80 saith my fair and beautiful Lycoris,
When now and then she tulketh
With me of love:
Love is a sprite that wulketh,
That soars and flies;
And none alive can hold him,
Nor touch him nor behold him.
Yet when her eye she turneth,
I spy where he sojourneth.
—-Iu her eyes there he flies.
But none can catch him,
Till from her lips he fetch him.
—Leisure lIour.
OVERBOARD.
We had touched at Port Natal to unload
some machines, and were headed up for the
Mozambique channel, when we got caught in
a cyclone. It came on about 10 oclock in the
morning, and we had everything snug to
meet it. _
I had been sailing for fifteen years, and yet
had never encountered anything like this
storm. It was about noon, and l was mak-
ing my way aft to tell the captain that we
could not Innke out some sort of a wreck on
our port how, when we were swept bya wave
from stem to stern. My grip on the lifeline
was broken as the waters rushed over me,
and next instant I knew I was being carried
over the rail. As I went I bumped against
two of the men, buried over their heads in
water, but hanging on for life. I clutched at
one of them, and tore a piece from his jacket,
and thirty seconds later I was overboard for
goodand trying to get my head above the
foam, which piled up on the surface like
yeast. W hen I did get a look around me the
ship was a quarter of a Inilo away, and just
sinking into a hollow. I know it has been the
case with most sailors who have been put in
such peril that no hope of salvation existed,
that a feeling of exultution was born. It
was so with Inc. I had 'a profound pity for
the poor fellows aboard the Stranger. Their
danger seemed far greater than mine. They
would drive on until the ship grounded or
struck a rock. and every soul of them would
perish on the cruel ledges or be drowned in
the clutch of the deadly undertow. My death
would be easy and without pain. ' All I had
to do was to cease struggling and sink down,
down, down, to a peaceful sleep below the
vexed surface. I was doubtlw drowning
when this feeling was upon me, but some-
thing occurred to arouse Inc. Some object
bumped against me, and instinctively I
I-cuchtd out towardit. It was a part of the
cook’s galley or house. The wave which had
swept; me overboard had smashed the house
and stout one whole side of it after me. I can
remember that I knew what the object was,
and that; I ngped it and felt that I had a.-
chance for life, but then comes a. blank. I
suppose _ l was buffeted about until I lost
c: niaciullslit‘ss, but I had a grip on the wreck-
age which even death would not release.
Tin- next thing I remember was a feeling
of thirst. I thought I was wandering in the
woods in search of a spring, and the longer I
hunt d the more thirsty I became. I was
about; to slide down a bank intoudark ravine
when I opened my eyes and found myself ex-
tended on the wreckage, either hand gripping
so ilrmly that it was only after several trials
that I could open my fingers. The wind had
gone down a good deal, and with it some of
the fury of the sea, but I was still being
tossed about in u. very uncomfortable manner.
The sun was about half an hour high, and as
the events of the day slowly came back to
my befogged brain, I figured that it was now
coming on to sunset. Half an hour later,
greatly to my surprise, the sun was much
higher, and by and by I was forced to the
conclusion that it was morning, and that I
had floated all the afternoon and all night.
Hunger and thirst soon proved the correct-
ness of this conclusion. As the sun came up
the wind and sea went down, and before
noon I was pretty comfortably fixed, though
stiff and bruised from being somuch knocked
about. Rape and ambition were slow in
coming, and it was fully midday before my
mind was clear. Did I hope! Yes. Hope is
the last thing to desert a sailor, no ,matter
how desperate the circumstances. It was
abnost hope against hope, however. I under-
stood something of navigation, and I knew
that it was a circular storm which struck the
ship. There was no telling how large the
circle, or whether the Stranger was on the
outer or the inner edge. I afterward teamed
that we were very near the center, and did
not feel the force as much as ships 100 miles
tothe south orwest. A great part of the
island of Madagascar was ravaged, and
terrible havoc was coated seventy-five miles
inland from Port Natal, East London,
Georgetown and the Cape. Two Whalers 120
milesto thawed; at us were dismastedm‘nd
two Other-s went down with all hands.
I think it was about 10 o'clock in the fore-
uoon when. as I heaved up on a sea I caught
sight of a craft dead ahead of me and not
more than a mile away. I didn't make her
out very well for a time, as there was a base
in the sky and the spray flying about me, but
wheuldriftednearcrlfoundhortobeadis-
wasted brig. It was a mercy that I was
driving straight down upon her, for I hadn't
the strength to turn my unwieldy float an
inch in either direction. There were no signs
of life about the wreck, and I made‘up my
mind foi- a tremendous struggle toget aboard
of her. She was a bulk, and being tossed
about like a cork, and there was no telling
how long she would float, but I felt that if I
missed her I should drift away to an awful
death from hunger and thirst. It seemed as
if providence .guided my float. The wreck
was stern on to me. This was proof that her
wheel had been lashed, and that her
gear was all right. You would have thought
she would drive faster than my float, and I
was surprised first she didn’t. It was found,
as I may tell you here, that one of her an-
chors was overboard, with ten fathoms of
chain attached to it. This gave her a heavy
drag, and Inpr was twice as fast as hers.
When I came up Idrove pestherstern oaths
port side, missing her by not more than four
feet. There was a lot of her top hamper on
the port side, held there by ropes which had
not been severed, and I drove into this mom
as we went into the trough of the sea.
Climbing up the height beyond, the wreckage
slowed in toward the bulk, and I seized the
opportunity to grasp a rope and draw myself
on‘board. 'I did not get there before receiv-
ing several hard bumps, and when I was safe
on deck 1 had to sit down for a while to re-
cover my breath.
Tho decks were in a terrible litter, and a.
good share of the bulwarks on the starboard
side had been washed away. Boats, booms,
and everything else movable had gone, and it
win plain enough that the brig had been
wave swept. As a sailor I could tell by the
feei of her that she had little or no water in
her hold, and that was the main question
with me just then. The first move I made
was to begin at the ropes holding the wreck-
age alongside. I had my sheath knife to work
with, and later on found an ax, and in about
half an hour I had the satisfaction of seeing
everything go clear. The hulk made in
work of it riding the waves after that, and
the danger of having a butt-started was dis-
of for good. It was only after I had
cleared the wreckage away that I felt hunger
and thirst come upon me, and I put away the
ax and looked around for water. The acut-
tie butt was lashed firmly in its place, with a
cork in the hung, and after a little hunting I
Raoul, either because of jealousy, born of a
feeling of envy of the beauty of Mim Gene-
vieve, whom they accused of being too free in
her ways, or through sympathy for the caid
of Bogharl. Ahmed-bel-Adj, one of the best
known officers of the colony.
s * a a a o o
Just before dawn the next morning a son-
try, posted in the lower Mustapha quarter,
saw several bodies of horsemen, civilians as
well as military men, riding in the direction
of thean Came. Daylight revealed an
unusual sscene going on in the plain near
Raoul’s house. Lists were being inclosed as
in tho pahny days of chivalry. The cold and
his antagonist, both mounted on superb charg-
ers, facing each other at adistance of about
200 meters apart, awaited the signal for the
onset, while those who attended through
curiosity, flanked the lists, a prey to varying
emotions. - '
The conditions of the duel made the fight
a serious matter, consonant to the offense
given. The two antagonists, bareheaded,
were to fight on horseback until disabled, the
privflcgebeingaccordedtobothtouseeither
saber or cavalry pistol at their option, thus
equalizing the combat to the Arab, whose in-
feriority to the European in sword play was
well known. '
The drama began. The two horsemen,
sword in hand, rushed together, and a furious
ht began. In a, moment Baoul’s blade
bed like lightning above the head of the
cold, who, by a dexteroususe of his spurs,
caund his horse torear up and receive the
intended blow, which would certainly have
been a mortal one. Placing his sword be-
tween his teeth, he drew his pistol and fired
at arm's length. Raoul fell forward on the
neck of his horse, with a hole in his forehead.
‘ The news spread through Algiers like wildfire
and created a widespread sensation. Miss
Genevieve was nearly crazed with grief.
Soon after this she entered a convent to be-
come a nun, and when, at the expiration of
her novitiate, she pronounced her final vows,
the heartfelt sympathy of all went out to her.
As for the cold, he fell into disgrace and w
exiled to the smalah of Laghouat.
a o e as e e
Five years go by. The booming cannon is
stitlbelchinz flame and thunder upon Rab"
topélfwm firb‘ic‘réistance is daily I ow-
ing feebler. A long train of ambulfr‘ices,
freighter! with wounded or sick soldiers, is
descending the heights which overlook the
halt on the inhospitable shores of the Bay of
Kamiesch. What a painful embarking in the
ofiing of the harbor. Standing up in the
hghters, herded together like cattle, burning
wrth fever and chilled by the mist, the poor
souls are assisted up the side of a steamer,
which awaits their arrival to convey them to
the hospital at Constantinople.
They are hoisted up the ladders as well as
posstble by the sailors, now and then bruised
against the netting or drenched by the surf.
For two days they steam across the Black
sea, beneath a wild sky, and, amid the roar
of the tempests, many a suffering soldier
breathes his last, and is consigned to a watery
grave in tho briny deep. The reverse side of
a medal gained in times of war is not always
pleasant to contemplate.
At last they glide into the calmer waters of
the Bosphorus, regaining their wonted spirits
as nature seems to present a more smiling
face. At dusk, in rough wagons drawri by
oxen, they are jolted up the abrupt slopes of
Porn. Military nurses await them at the
doors of the hospital, and the weak, fainting
_ soldiers are carried to beds where, too often,
nightmare and insomnia are rendered more
frightful by the groans and death rattle oi
the dying.
Quiet seems to prevail in this long, white-
washed hall, dimly lighted by the flickering
flames of the night lamps, only when, like
guardian angels, hovering over the sufierer's
coach, the Sisters of Charity with their great
white, winglike bonnets. move noisolossly
from one bed to another, on their mission of
mercy.
To the dying come tender memories of
their native land, an inexpressible consola-
tion in their last moments; to the living a
future prospect of a return totheir distant
homes Is opened as they gm upon the placid
features of these holy daughters of mercy.
How many owe their moral as well as their
physical resurrection to the tender care of
Sister Therm An indefatigable nurse, she
ghdes quietly from bed to bed, her calm,
sweet face resembling some hieratio figure.
Of a chaste and severe style of beauty,
purified by worldly sorrow, she seems one of
those Druidesss of ancient Gaul, so great is
the respect she inspires, as she moves about
the hospital with her rosary dangling from
her waist. No trOuble is toogreat for her,
and when the hot south wind makes the
wounded and sick pant like thirsty beasts,
she is seen in the shade of the gloomy cypress
trees, with a care as tender as that of a
mother, bathing the wounds of the prisoners
to feast.
* at: as n it: as
All day the sin-noon had blown continuously.
The house sun-goon of the hospital, calling on
Sister Therese, inquired: “What news, sister!”
“It has been a bad day, major,” replied she.
“W hen the body suffers the mind is apt to be
irritated.”
At the end of his visit he recommended to
her particular care an officer ‘of the African
corps, who had been brought to the hospital
that morning, and who was threatened with
tetanus, in consequence of an operation that
‘ had been performed on him to extract a
bullet. from his shoulder. '
At dusk Sister Theresa, lantern in hand,
directed her steps to the officers’ pavilion.
As she entered the light fell full on the
wounded man’s face, fur-rowed by lines of
suffering. Before her, half seated in bed,
already writhing in the spasms of the dreaded
disease, his pals face standing out in high
relief from the white pillow, his fingers
crisped. was Caid Ahmed-bel-Adj, staring at
her with frightened eyes, as if she appeared
to him a ghost. She stopped short, as if
thunder-struck, her heart throbbing ~ with
anguish. As a lightning flash returned to
bo h the bitter memories of the past: the
brutal insult in Algiers, the death of the be-
trothed, the regrets of the one and the re-
morse of the other. All the bitterness of days
gone by, not completely obliterated, came
back and aroused snow the resentment of the
woman, who had been so cruelly struck in all
that her heart held most dear. '
“Pardon, oh! pardon me," cried the
wounded officer in a voice hollowed by surfer-
ing. He had abruptly raised himself to a sit-
ting posture, as i‘ laboring under a halluci-
nation, but fell back inert after making this
supreme efi’ort.
Then Sister Theresa, mastering her feelings
and banishing the thoughts that were torture
to her soul, went to the bedside of the dying
man, and placing her hand upon his favored
brow, said in'a soft whisper: “Die in peace;
I shall pray for you."
The face of Ahmed-bel-Adj seemed trans-
figured-on hearing her gentle voice. Bravo
as are all Mahometans on the approach of
death, he endured his terrible sufferings with
the greeted fortitude. He seemed to grow
more quiet each time that Sister Theresa put
the cordial to his lips. At daybreak his head
fell back heavily in a lost spasm.
As soon as the cold had breathed his last
the tpro nun arose and tuned to the sheet
of e _ man, just over ' heart, the crew
of honor first was hanging at the head of his
bed—Comte do Kerstin—Translated, for
Times-Democrat.
DYSPEPTic NEWSPAPER MEN..
Ono’s Physical Condition Sure to Affect
His Writing—Several Cases.
I have great sympathy for a dyspeptic
newspaper man; the sufiering he endures is
beyond expression. And whether he wishes
it or not his own physical condition is sure to
be reflected in whatever he writes. The brain
and the stomach are so intimately connected
that if the latter is raw and irritated, or weak
and inefilcient, the fonnsr suffers in the same
degree through reflex action, and the thoughts
emanating thence receive a certain coloring.
l recollect once upon a time sitting at a bun-
quet at the Astor house, in New York city,
given in honor of some newspaper men, at
which Horace Greeley presided. I was at his
left hand and had aJine opportunity to study
his table manners and see with my own eyes
what the philosopher fed upon, for, us Rose
Elizabeth Cleveland said in her Lippincott's
' e poem, what one oats has a vest in-
fluence over what one thinks and does. Al-
though the table at the Astor house was
loaded with good things, of which the lesser
lights in journalism partook beautifully, Mr.
Greeley contented himself with a bowl of
plain bread and milk and fruit, the some food
he ate when a boy in New Hampshire. And
if he finally lost his mind and died in a pri-
vate asylum it was through no fault in his
habits of living; through no taint or disease
' e rheumatism, cancer, dyspepsia, Bright’s
disease, heart trouble, or any other of the
dreadful ills which attack and carry off so
many mortals. .
The man who is simple in his habits of liv-
ing, as President Cleveland is, for instance,
and as Mr. Greeley was, can accomplish a
vast amount of work every day, and not
break down. I am led to these remarks by
noticing that Z. L. White, the voracious
newspaper correspondent, is very ill in New
York city with a terrific attack of dyspepsia.
The last time I saw him in Washington he
looked thin and half used up. He had then
just come on from Providence, R. I., where
he had abandoned The Star to its fate. Since
then he has been pitching into newspaper
and magazine writing at a breakneck speed,
rushing back and forth between New York
and Washington, interviewing everybody,
goingtoclubs, writing hp sketches of sons-
tors, etc., until he broke down. A man with
a weak stomach cannot stand such a mental
strain—there is no nervous energy left to
digest food and supply nutrition. It has all
been coined into ideas for “pot boilers.”
Such acourse is suicidal; as suicidal as was
the life of Ben Perley Poore, who is said, in
Washington, to have “dug his grave with his
teeth.” He was a gourmand. fond of big din~
hers, and always eating them if he had It
chance, and he managed to get the oppor-
tunity pretty often. Like Dr. Howard
Crosby, he was fond of his glass of wine, and
took it. The result was he grew to be enor-
mously fat—a very elephant of a man; his
kidneys roko down under the enormous
amount of work imposed upon them, and he
died.
It seems, therefore, quite as bad to be a
glutton us it is to be adyspeptic, from a
literary point of view. But. you say, Car:
lyle was a dyspeptic. The reply is he would
have been much more of a man than he was
if he had had a sound stomach. In any
event, he was a genius. Much canbe for-
given on that score. —-Wnshington Cor. Kan-
sas City Journal.
At last the East room is to have a new car-
pet, uu_d President and Mrs. Cleveland will
have the pleasure of seeing the American
people enjoy it to their hearts’ content. The
old one having been worn to the floor in sov-
erul places, a new one has been purchased,
which is of a rich cream ground, relieved by
a bewildering profusion of woven flowers and
vines, rich in color. The East room, where
Mrs. John Quincy Adams used to dry her
clothes on Mondays, and where, in a later
day, gallons of rum punch were partially con-
sumed and partially spills-xi and partially
trampled into the carpeted floor, is eighty
feet long and forty feet wide. The carpet,
which yieids up the unequal contest of 1887,
weighs 1,980 pounds, or nearly a ton. It was
cleaned by machine process in 1886 for the
first time, the machine having a breadth of
forty-two feet. All previous cleanings have
been done by hand. The State dining room,
which is forty feet long by thirty feet wide,
uses 200 yards of carpeting—Washington
Hatchet. _ _ _
devastated plains of Inkerman. It comes to it
upon whose ilesh worms are already begining
MARRIAGE IN INDIA.
POLYGAMY AND OTHER CUSTOMS
AMONG THE HINDOOS.
Plurality of Wives Almost Entirely Ab-
Jurod by the English Educated Natives.
No Domestic Peace for tho I‘olygumist.
Statistics of Marriage.
Polygamy is an, old institution in India.
In the ancient times polygamy was the
general rule, and monogamy the exception.
Hindoo low givers advised polygamy and
sanctioned every man to take as many wives
as he could afford. During the Moslem domi-
nation tho custom received a fresh impetus,
owing to the Mohammednns following the
same practice. When the English conquered
the country polygamy was rampant in the
land, but when English education was in-
troduced and it began to exercise a civilizing
effect on the minds of the people, the custom
received a rude shock, though not a death
blow.
By the English educated men the custom
has been almost entirely abjured. One can
scarcely meet an Indian who has received an
education in some of the Indian universities
indulging in the barbarous and unnatural
habit of taking more than one wife. Almost
every educated Indian thinks polygamy a
foolishness. a barbarity, a sin. But the
number of educated men in India is even now
very limited. India has a vast population of
253,000,000, and of these about 2,000,000 at
the utmost can boast of universal education
of any value. Among the uneducated polyg-
amy is still prevalent, but not to a wide ex-
tent. The last census is defective, inasmuch
as it does not give the number of males who
ess more than one wife. But it can be
safely asserted that about one-eighth of the
male population of India are observers of the
'custom of polygamy.
EXTENT or POLYGAMY.
About fifteen years ago a private attempt
was made in a certain district in Bengal to
find out to what extent did polygamy prevail,
among the better chimes of the community.
The inquiry was almost thorough, and the re-
suit was interesting. - It was discovered that
about 1,000 men had two wives, about 700
three, about 400 four, about 100 from five to
Six, sixty men had from seven to ten, and
one man forty. But. this was fifteen years
ago, and fifteen years in these days of transi-
tion makes a great diifcrence. I may confi-
dently assert that at. the present moment
there is scarcely a single person, excepting
the petty rajahs, of course, who has got so
many as forty wives. The number of men
having three wives is now considerably leg
than ten years ago. The number of bus-
bands Of two wives, it must be remarked,
does not seem to have decreased greatly. The
cause of this is that the Hindoo, having a
belief that dying without issue is peculiarly
unfortunate, is obliged to take a. second wife
when he has no children by the first. Again,
one would marry a. second time owing to
differences with his first wife, or if she be not
according to his liking, or if suffering from
some incurable disease.
The effects of the custom are no doubt in-
jurious to the physiculand moral well being
of the persons concerned, and to that of the
community to which they belong. Besides,
there is no domestic peace for the man who
commits the folly of,tuking unto himself two
or more wives. No agreement of feelings is
euer seen among the women who claim one
man as their husband. Perpetual discord
reigns among them, making life to their un-
happy husbands simply intolerable. Love
potions, often containing substances deleteri-
ous to health, are not unknown in India, and
many Hindoo wives of polygamous husbands
are known to have administered them to
their lords to test their love. Numerous in-
stances havo happened in which the potion,
instead of proving the husband’s love, has
proved its potency in putting a speedy end to
his life. Conjugal felicity is completely un-
known to the husband of several wives. But
it must be mentioned that there are cases of
exception, in which the husband is fortunate
enough to see all his wives contented with
their lot, all loving him with equal warmth,
and all endeavoring to secure his happiness.
ABHORRENCE on THE CUSTOM.
The general attitude toward the custom,
though not decidedly, antagonistic, is one of
ubhorrence. About fifteen years ago an agi-
tation vvas raised by a distinguished IIindoo
savant in order to have a law passed by gov-
ernment making bigamy a crime. Many per-
sons joined the agitation and made great en-
deavors to have the good object accom-
plished. But as the opinions of Hindu law
givers were not all opposed to polygamy, and
as a party, though small, organized a counter
agitation, the government could take no
steps. The present general opinion is that
there is no use of legislative interference, as
the custom is gradually dying out, owing to
the spread of English education among the
people. To my mind, the general opinion on
the subject is quite reasonable.
There is not one, but many marriage cus-
toms in India. The Hindoos are divided
chiefly into three great sects, but there are
many sub-sects, and’the marriage customs of
these sects and sub-sects, although agreeing
in the main, differ in many particulars Be-
sides the Hindoos there are Buddhists, Janis,
Sikhs, Mohammedaus and aborigines in In-
dia, and the marriage customs of all that; re-
ligious denominations greatly differ. Among
the aborigines, again, there are several dis-
tinct rites, and their marriage rites do not re-
semble each other except in some insignifi-
cant particulars.
According to the latest census, which was
taken in 1881, there are 54,240,085 married
males and 54, 588,229 married females; 5,678,-
382 widower-s and 20,872,095 widows; while
there are 56,218,624 single males and 36,049,.
333 single females.—-Deoghur (India) Cor.
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Big Salaries In New York.
There are a score of men in New York who
are paid as much for their services each year
as the president of the United States. Forty
thousand dollars a year is a very tidy salary.
There are hundreds of men who get $25,000 a
your salary, and the number who get from
610,000 to $20,000 are legion. Very ordinary
men get from $5,000 to $8,000 a year, or as
much as a cabinet ofiicer. Dr. Norvin Green,
president of the Wastem Union Telegraph
company, is paid $50,000. 80 is Chauncey M.
Dcpew, preddent of the New York Central
railroad. Richard M. McCurdy, president of
the Mutual Life Insurance company, gets a
like amount. John Hoey, president of
Adams Express company, fares equally as
well. President Henry B. Hyde, of the
Equitable Life Insurance company, is also in
the list. George G. Williams, president of
the Chemical National bank, the richest
banking institution in America, with nearly
$5,000,000 of surplus, $20,000,000 average de-
posits, is paid a salary of $25,000 yearly.
President Potts. of the Park bank, and Presi-
dent Tappan, of the Gallatin National bank,
receive a like sum each twelve months.
The best paid minister in NewYork is Dr.
John Hall, a brainy man from the north of
Ireland, who preaches to $200,000,000 every
Sunday. His is the smallest church in town.
He owes his rise in life to Robert Bonner, of
The Ledger, who found him preaching to a.
small congregation in Dublin, and induced
himtocomc to America. He getsa salary
of 820,000 a year,and makes $5,000 by his
newspaper and magazine articles. He is
given a luxuriously furnished house as well.
Dr. Morgan Dix, the chief pastor of Trinity
church corporation, the wealthiest in Amer-
ica, receives 815,000 yearly. Dr. William L.
Taylor, of the Broadway Tabernacle, gets
the same amount. He does literary work
and lecturing that brings his income upto
$20,000. Dr. Charles Hall, of the Fifth
avenue Presbyterian church, is paid $15,000.
He is very eloquent, and his church is crowded
at all services. Dr. Parkhurst, of Madison
Square church, gets $12,000. He has a large
and distinguished congregatibn. Cyrus W.
Fieldisone of thspiliarsof thechurch. Dr.
Paxtou,,who preaches to Jay Gould and
others less wealthy, is paid $15,000. The
Rev. Dr. Robert Collyer, the blacksmith
preacher, is paid 810,000.—Washington Post.
an buslnm Io! RIO-IO]!-
Drygoods Dealer (to suleswomnn)—I was
very sorry, Miss Satinettc, to receive your
resignation. Aren’t you satisfied with your
place here?
Miss Satinette—Ye—es, sir; but I’ve had the
offer of a better one. '
Drygoods Dealer—Well, if it is a question
of salary,Miss Satinette, I would be will-
ing—
Mim Satinette—It is not a question of sal-
ary, sir. Young Mr. Highcollar, of the fur-
nishing department, made me an advantage-
ous offer last evening which I accepted. I’m
to be the junior member of the firm—New
York Sun. '
Terrence V. Powder-1y says that he never
retires beforefio’clock in the morning. To
tweet he attributes his present delicate
h .
It takes a long time for some people to
learn of things to their advantage, and
they have to be told again and again, till
at last they see the point. If it were dif-
ferent, one-half of the advertising of the
resent day would be discontinued. But
B. A. Atkinson & Co. are bound to keep
at it as long as is needful. They know
they are right, and they are bound to as
sort it. Learn something by reading their
advertisement.
‘ says one.
NO GREAT CIIIMINALS.
sons ROMANTIC IDEAS DISPELLED
BY AN EXPERIENCED “cnooxn
“Professionals" Only a Communplace
Crowd After All-Their Number. Their
Profits and Their Skill All Exagger-
ated—A Transparent Trick.
Ihavo been reading and I suppose every-
body hns been reading, too, about great
criminals I‘i the new’spapers. The boastful-
ness of the detective and the imagination of
the reporter have combined to make some
interesting reading, but if you recall what
you have read you will find that very few
great criminals have been told about, and,
apart from murders. very few great crimes
have been committed. One or two pro-
fessional forgers, a half score of burglars, a
cluster of twenty-five confidence men, and
the whole list is exhausted. The fact is there
isno such army of criminals fertile of ex-
pedient, ready of device, watchful of every
chance to break in and steal,,as the police
would have you behave.
I was looking over the criminal list the
other day of the convicted professionals con-
fined in'New York state. They were numer-
ous enough, but their crinics were contempti-
bly small. To make your Vidocq, you must
have first your grcat‘criminul and his great
crime. ' The American Vidocq~ makes himself,
with these two essentials left out; and having
opportunitytotalk pith one of the alleged
great criminals; he ccpflrmedmy belief in
the visionary character" of these shrewd and
clever rascals with no greater effert than rem
vealing his own stupidity. I hunted up
another, a professional who has repeated his
offenses sufliciently to entitle him to any
other distinction than that of an honest
man. I would mention that he wears stripes
now, except that it might draw from the
value of his statements in the minds of some
who are too easily prejudiced. Anyway he is
a better authority than the police, whose
vanity in their own capacity may be a
proper pride, but leads to some mighty tall
lying. ,
“The factis that professional thieves and
rogues are not numerous in any locality, and
if crime were the sole source of support for
the few hundreds who are so classed most of
them would be hu gry many times every
year. Men who whenever they get a
chance always have Ssome. other occupation,
and it is a fact that the legitimate one is more
profitable than the illegitimate one in nine
cases out of ten.” Thus began my infom-
ant, Wesley Allen, the pickpocket.
“But in this city there is a vast army of
professional criminals,” I said. “men who are
classified and whose industries have special
forms, implying cunning and originality.”
“My dear sir, you have been reading the
newspapers or talking to detectives. There
isn’t adozen. If really clever men—if men
with a modicum of brains that belong to
clever people—were'to devote their talents to
roguery society couldn’t exist. The methods
employed by thieves, for example, to attain
their ends look very cunning and well
planned to one to~ whom they are first re.
vealed. But take any one of them and ex-
amine it and you will see how flimsy it is. A
sneak thief wants toget into the till of a
corner grocery. His accomplice comes with
utapo line and begins tomeasure the side-
wulr in front of the door, or to measure the
wall, or comes in a wagon and begins to
throw‘outalot of boxes. The grocer steps
out to inquire; is held in conversation, asked
to hold the end of the measure or pass back
the boxes; the sneak is in and away, and the
trick is oil. A saloon keeper is known to
keep a pocketbook stuffed with money in the
inner pocket of his vest. The pickpocket
knows it is a difllcult plucetotouch. Two
accomplices come in when he is alone, both
of them laughing heartily—one with a. tape
measure. ‘Well, that was a dead loss for me,’
‘Set ’em up.’ They laugh, ask the
saloon keeper to drink and explain that they
were betting on thoigirth of a neighbor. The
saloon keeper becoipes, interested; the more
so as rounds are being called and then the
loser wants to get eyeu. A bottle of wine is
staked and the victim asked to measure, the
new hot being on his girth. Objection is
taken to the vest; oifit comes and the sneak
thief—a third party—fsoou has the leather.”
“Now. that’s artfulflcertainly,” said I.
“No such a thing;_it is most transparent
and simple. - It couldn’t succeed if it were
not that the victim is a fool. But these are
exceptional‘cases of such good planning as
crooks can do. But, after all, suppose a man
of brains—real brains, such as you know
plenty of—were to devote himself to the
planning of ways to get other people’s money
without an equivalent, and went at it with
the energy that men give to the practice of
their profession or to thopursuits of com-
merce, where would such schemes as this be?
Nowhere. You hear of a great burglary.
The newspapers which report it dwell upon
the fact that it had been carefully planned
and that the house had been plotted, for a
diagram Which the rascals had left in their
flight was found. What’s to hinder any man
from learning every room and every door in
New York city? There’s the builder’s plans,
the insurance companies’ plots and the build-
ing department’s open files. A little watch-
ing and agood deal of guessing makes up the
rest of the burglar’s knowledge. Of course,
his ‘tools are of the finest workmanship.’
Rats! The chances are ten to one that they
consist of a bar of iron, which being carried
by a burglar is called a ‘jimmy;’ a dark
lantern, a copper hammer, in chisel and a flask
of powder and a handkerchief with holes in it
to see through for a mask.”
“But there are cases where men have gone
further than make a few hasty preparations;
have hired adjoining stores and tunneled and
burrowed into banks and vaults with infinite
patience and labor."
“Bah! How many? You say ten and I
say one Whatever you say I will allow 10
per cent. 01!. But can you recall anyi”
“Well, the Covington, Ky., bank.”
“That’s one; You can’t go on.’ But there
have~ been probably twenty robberies com-
mitted in that way in the last thirty years
and none of them amounted to very much in
the way of returns, outside of two or three.
You make up your mind to this fact, that the
returns of robberies are vastly exaggerated.”
-—Philadelphia Time Interview.
A Happy Millionaire.
I tlunk‘ that the happiest millionatro' that I
evermetisamanthat builtalltherailrosds,
in Brazil, collected his boodie and retired
from active businea forthwith. Hedrinks
whisky because he loves it, smokes five cent
cigarsbecaue they suit histasto,s.nd arouses
himself sudhisfriendsbystaring steadfastly
at his nose with one eye, while he clmes the
other sagaciously, remarking unctuously at
intervals:
“Gawdi I amrlch, richer than my dearest
and fondant friends imagine.
’nother drink."—BlakolyHull in the Argo-
naut.
Their Admission Ticket. lint- -
Bridget-Mia, tion is two ladies wants to
seeyou. v , .
Min—Well, rhopo you invited them into
the parlor. - - < -
Bridget—No, Int-,1 tought I hob better
- brung you dammit—mums?“
Thousands of ladies have found relief
by the use Lydia E. Plukham’s Vegetable
Com ound, the only remedy for diseases
pecu iar to females.
Never holler mouse when you see a
lady climbing over a fence or getting into
a wagon. ‘
Thousands are poisOned and made ill
eve
Lar made by Sperry do Barnes contains
no cotton-seed oil, tallow, barytes or other
deleterious minerals. Their ham, shoul-
ders, bacon, etc., are unexcelled.
An old Gear in woman says women are
near enough ii 0 men now. That's our
mind to a dot.
No Cure—No Pay.—A new departure
in medical science! ' Foutaineis Cure for
Throat and Lung diseases has cured after
all other remedies failed. For sale by
l. A. Meeker, ‘ll Main Street, Norwalk.
“Do you rectify mistakes here i" asked
a gentleman as he stepped into a drug
store. “Yes, sir, we do, if the patient is
still alive," replied the urbane clerk. ,
A prominent business man, who had
used a Compound Quiniuc 'Plaater, re,-
marked : “In fifteen minutes after I put it
on I was relieved, and in an hour the pain
was all gone.” Sold by druggisis.
When you hunt around-to find a hand-
somer woman than your wife, do not blame
her for lodkiug for a handsomer man than
you are.
Eve nervous person should try Carter’s
Little erve Pills. They are made speci-
ally for nervouszaud dyspeptic men and
women, and are just the medicine needed
by all persons. who from any cause, ,do
not sleep well, or who fail to get proper
strength from their food. Cases of weak
stomach, indi estiou, dyspe sis, dorvous
and sick hear ache. &c., rca it mid to
the use of the Little Nerve Pi is, articu-
larly if combiucd with Carter‘s Litt 0 Liver
Pills. Iu vials at 25 cents.
Let’s have ,
year by eating adulteratcd food.“
Absolutely Pure.
A marvel of pure
This Powder nevcr varies.
More economic
strength and wholesomeness.
than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in com-
petition with the multitude of low test, short
weight. allum or phosphate powders.
ROYAL BAKING Powvsu Uo.,‘l06 Wall St..N. Y.
The reasoning W0rld.
Sperry & Barnes’
linens,
Shoulders
Breakfast
Bacon,
———AN1)—
Sortsnge
ARE GUARANTEED ‘
THE BESl
IN
THE MARKET
Our KETTLE LARD is Strictly Pure
and Free from all Adulteration.
Look Carefully fourths Brand.
We manufacture all goods bearing oar brand at
our packing house in N cw Haven. tics
Conroy ti Barnes, New Haven, Conn.
'A Child’s Letter.
little girl writes :—
MR. Foams, Dear Sir:
My brother and I like your
germ meal, and it make us
grow, cspccraily Johnny.‘
We cut it every morning
V with sugar and milk, and
mamma says she don’t
’ need much tire to cook it,
‘ .. and breakfast is ready
right away. Papa says it
beats oatmeal certain, and
Uncle Charlie works in an
Office. and he thinks every-
body should eat it. Our
store man says he sells
lots of it, and I guess he
does.
. Fould's Wheat Germ Meal.
,7! . \ , Sold by all grocers every-
’ ' i l Where, 21b packages 15c.
BUTLER, BREED it 00., Agents, Boston, Mass.
For New or Old Houses.
BURGLAR—ALARMS—BURGLAR.
HOTEL OR HOUSE ANNUNCIATORS.
ELECTRIC DOOR BELLS.
ELECTRIC GAS ATTACHMENTS.
ELECTRIC CALL BELLS.
THERMOSTATIC HEAT INDICATORS.
Burglar Alarms and every description of Elec-
trical Attachments put in order. Also, for sale,
new or second-hand Telegraph Wire for Grape
Arbors or Fencing, and the best English make
for Clothes Lines; For further particulars fa‘I em
In
01‘ address
J. H. HOYT,
Western Union Telegraph Oiilce, Norwnlk, Conn.
THE STAMFORD
SAFE DEPOSIT CO.
Incorporated under the laws of the State
of Connecticut, is prepared to
'ltEN’l‘. LOCK BOXES
At rates varying from FIVE DOLLARS IO FORTY
DOLLARS per annum, according to size;
and to receive
Silver and other Valuables on Storage.
Office and Vault in the new building of the
Stamford' Savings Bank.
DIRECTORS:
W. W. Skiddy, Chas. A. Hawley, Geo. II. Iont,
J ohu B. Reed, Jr., Samuel Fessenden. Walton
Ferguson, W. 11. Judd, Sattericc Swartwout.
orrrcses:
W. W. Ssrnnv, President.
JOHN 1!. Reno, J 3., Treasurer.
ms Surname Swasrwour. Secretary
Geo. S. Gregory.
Livery, Boarding, Sale,
A Feed and Exchange
S t a. b 1 e s .
No. 14 Knight 3 t
(In rear ofl'iorse Car Depot),
NORWAIM, CONN.
Carriages furnished
itcntion and gentiemanly drivers. 1y
Geo. H. Osterbank,
Special attention given to all kinds‘of
PAINTING,
Payer Hanging out Decorator.
Contract Work- a, Specialty.
ALL WORK WARNANTED.
21 Chapel Street, Norwalk, Conn.
Gml
Lessors IN runners,
MISS BAIRO’S' INSTITUTE.
Prof. LwLande,
Widely known as the director of the French Depart-
ment of the Summer School of Languages at
Chatauqua. wl'r. 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 t ese classes .
For circulars and other information apply to
’ Miss AIRD.
N. F.B
PETER L. culuun,
FLORIST to NOT *YNAN,
UNION AVENUE,
NOIIII OI NOIWSIK Cemetery,
RORWAEE, - - costs.
Dealerin In Green House. and Hot House and
Bedding and Vegetable Plants, Fruit and Ornamen
tal Trees Shrubbery, Vines. Cut Flowers alway
on hand and all sorts of desigusin Flowers arranged
to order. alyii
Grading and lie-filling Cemetery Plots
promptly attended to.
For Sale Cheap.
Ten Horse Power Boiler and Six Horse Power
Engine for sale very cheap. Enquire at the
Gazs'rrs OFFICE. tits
lll hours. OOIII'IOOII'
Coolidge & Lockwood,
Coronal neurone inert,
Representing the following
First-Class Companies:
LANCASHIRE, England. ‘
MERCHANTS, of Newark.
BOWERY, of New York.
MECHANICS, of Brooklyn.
MILWAUKEE MECHANICS.
STERLING, of New York.
UNITED FIREMANS, of Phiia.
FIRE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION,
of London, England.
LLOYDS’ PLATE GLASS.
METROPOLITAN PLATE GLASS.
Office, 4 Gazette unending,
lyll NORWALK, CONN, ,
i
Mitchell’s
Model Market,
maceration: BUILDING,
NORWALK, CONN.
The Best of Home Dresser] Beet.
All kinds of _
MEATS, Vscsranms, FRUITS, deo.
Prices’ Reasonable.
ti'26 II. W. MITCHELL, Proprietor.
I
To Inventors I
GEO. ll. BYINGTON,
OFFICE :
Cur. lcuisi no Ave. anti his 81.,
Washington, I). 0.,
Gives his Personal Attention to Procuring
Patents for inventions
In the U. 3. Patent once and all riot-em
Countries.
An eXpertcncc of nearly ten years in the Patent
Office has given him a perfect familiarity with
every classification of invention and the particular
EiiAltiINElts AN 1) BUREAUS, to which each
and every invention is referred. He has a com-
plete familiarity with the ltulfs of Practice,
the Records Models, .trc., . c., &c;, and
every detail of the miles, and curves ms rnu-
SONAL ATTENTION to the interests of his
Clients. Being on the ground, and Visiting the
Patent Office daily, he can serve Inventors in
securing their Letters Patent for more advantage-
ously than Solicitors who do not reside in
Washington.
Searches and Rejected
Applications
A Specialty. To all those whose applications
have been rejected. he will make an examination
and report on the same gratuitously. Prelimin-
ary examination of the Patent Otilcc Records.
prior to an application for a patent, will he made
fora very small charge, and advice or informa-
tion in regard to patents will be given in full
detail in acircular which will be mailed free of
charge to every applicant. lie has special
facilities also for
Prueuring Patents in Foreign
Countries.
He refers to any officer of the Patent Oillcc, and
to the many Connecticut Inventors for whom he
has done business and taken out Lsrrsus PATENT
GENERAL MARKET.
Meat, Fish, Vegetables. &c.
LOCKWOOI) & 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.
iy40 LOCKWOOD dc ANDREWS.
I WANT EVERYBODY
——To come in and look over my stock of———
Monuments.
-—--AND——
HEADSTONES
Before they buy anything of the kind. A selection
can he made from them much better than from a
photograph or pencil sketch. Respectfully,
P. W. Bates.
U5
J. G. Gregory in Co. ’
Desire to state that in addition to a full line of
Drugs, Proprietary Medicines and Druggists’
Sundries they are prepared to receive
orders for
Silk, Cotton or Linen
ELASTIC HOSE
For varicose or enlarged veins. Warranted to
lit, 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
runs nouns ynn’onnn wens
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.
DEBENTUBE ' BONDS
6 0! o CONTAIN Mortnanes
0f the New England Loan and Trust Co.
This is one of the oldest, most conservative and
successful institutions dealing in such securities.
Eleven years’ experience without a dollar of loss
to Investors.
Each $100,000 of debentured is secured by,$102,-
000 of mortga es, asst nod to and deposited with
the Farmers’ can one Trust 00., New York. trus-
teeB {interest payable at Bank of New Nor-k,
binning-ages from best Corn-Producing regions of
Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri,
For full information enquire of if»
0. E. WILSON.
ti out 7 your rent. Farm Mortgages
—OI-‘ THE——
Equitable Mortgage 00., 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, 1y31
Six per cent. Debonture Bonds of the
Middlesex Banking Company, of
Middletown, Conn.
Organized under the banking laws of the State
of Connecticut. Coupons payable in New York.
' R. B. CRAUFURD,
Agent, 31 Main Street, Norwalk.
W ant'ed.
Any person, suffering from
Piles, Fistula, or 'Fissure
of the Rectum,to address the undersigned and
learn of a perfect men's. N0 CURE, No PAY.
DR. YARNALL,
1y50 150 E. 86th Street, New York City,
BLASCER’S ,
, TIME nosorrnn ,
“OLD BRIDGE STORE.”
, Nearly half a century ago my store was christened
as above, and has since been known and honored among
the old residents oi N orwalk
by that appropriate name.
But that is a matter of little consequence to the public in
these piping times of severe
BUSINESS COMPETITION.
The one important question
to purchasers is Where can
we get the
Best Goods for the Least Money A
From time to time the report comes to me that some of
my near neighbors. have boasted that they could under-
sell me.
N 0 one who has ever tested the truth of such a
claim by coming and examining my carefully selected and
UNEXCELLED STO (7K 0F GO ODS
and the extremely low prices at which I offer the same
has ever left . , -
“ The Old Bridge Store,”
With any other feeling'than that no one in the trade can
or does offer greater inducements to cash customers than
I do.
I have the choicest exhibits of
AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN
0300233.? 8a cLasswanns.
Also about every conceivable device .for Table
Furnishing, Mantel Decoration, with House Cleaning
and Cooking Implements of every description. Call and
examine and'be convinced that my statements are strict-
lv true as tomy carefully selected stock of the ‘
Cininest Coalition and Varieties of Courts
In my line are
Sold at the Lowest Possible Prices.
We strive to strictly attend to our own business.
We never run down or misrepresent other dealers, and
we ask simply a chance to show our customers our stock
and let them satisfy themselves; but one thing may be
depended upon——
no OTHER consensus SHALL UNDERSELL ME!
The times, the times, the age, the age——
The “Old Bridge Store" is all the rage;
Tell of the town or city, where they keep
Such goods at once so rich and yet so cheap!
For of all cheap stores beneath the sun,
B. S. BLASCER’S is the
cheapest one i
"B. s. BLASCER.
Norwalk, April_4th, 1887.
THE LIGHT OF LOVE.
Fair is the flush of the summer down,
When the gate of pearl uncloses,
As it glimmers along the dewy lawn
And shimmers amid the roses:
As it wakes the little drops of dew
To quiverings of delight,
And threads the aisles of the forest through
0n the trail of the flying night. -
Soft is the gleam of the summer stars
When the feverish day is over,
When the rays are afloat in silvery cars,
And the dusky moth is o rover,
When over the couch of the dreaming flowers
The mists of the fountain creep.
And the languid ears of the drowsy horns ,
Are wooed by song of the deep. .
Butthedazzlm‘ ghuesofthemorningfall,
And dull are its golden knees,
And all the light of the stars grow pus
In my darling‘s tender glances;
For the stars may burn with a thousand dye,
, And a myriad sunbeam: fall,
But the light of love in a woman’s eyes
Is the purest light of all.
PHYSICAL TRAINING lN SCHOOLS.
Almost Universal Attention Given to the
Subject of Athletics-A Mistake.
At no time in the history of our country
has more attention been given to the subject
of physical training than is given to it at the
present day. '
Schools, colleges and Christian asceiations
are building costly gymnasia, while athletic
organizations, ball, clubs, boat clubs, tennis
clubs, etc, are forming in many of our towns
and cities.
Fifteen thousand dollars is expended unnu-
ally to bring the Yale and Harvard boat
crews together at New London, and it is esti-
mated that $50,000 does not meet the yearly
expenses of the athletic organimtions of
these two universities Add to this sum the
cost of athletic sports to the smaller colleges
and city clubs, and the total would foot up
in the millions. '
The object of this outlay is to vanquish
some rival club, to win a championship, to
beat the record or to furnish recreation and
amusement to those who are willing to pay
for it. With the representatives of our in-
stitutious of learning, and with a portion of
the intelligent public, the object of the eu-
couragement given to athletics is to counter-
act the enervating tendency of the times and
to improve the health, strength and vigor of
our youth.
This being the fact, the questions at once
arise, how large a proportion of young men
in the land systematically practice athletics?
Probably less than 1 per cent.
How large a proportion of those who are
members of athletic organizations take an
active part in the sports fostered and patron-
ized by their respective clubs?
Probably less than 10 per cent;
In the opinion of the writer the cause for
so little active interest in athletics is an in-
creasing tendency with us, as a people, to
pursue sport as an end in twelf rather than
as a means to an end.
In making excellence in the achievement
the primary object of athletic exercises, we
rob them of half their value—D. A. Sar-
gent, M. D., in Scribner-’5 Magazine.
The Afghan Ameer.
Abdurrahman in the first part of his
career was a soldier; when he was raked to
the amecrship he became a bureaucrat, a
new role for on Afghan ruler and one not
likely to be popular. Each day with him
has its appointed work. Two days a week
are devoted to his correspondence, Monday
for that with the upper country (Herat, Cau-
dahur, etc.), Thursday for that with the
lower country (Cabal, Peshawar and India).
On Tuesday he holds his military durbar and
receives the Officers of the garnso' n, all of
~ whom dine with him. It is also the day of
private reception, or Diwan-i-Hash. On
Wednesday and Saturday he admixus' tors
justice, and admits the public to hispres
ence, even to the last beggar. This is called
the Diwan—i-Am. Friday is treated as Sum
day is in London—all the bazaars, shops and
the palace itself are closed, the mosques alone
remaining open. Sunday is devoted to the
ameer’s private affairs.
The two most important days are those of
the Diwan-i—Am, for the smear is above all n
dispenser of_justice. Ho dispenses it with his
hand on the hilt of his sword. Highway rob-
bers are brought before him and he hears the
charge. Then he says one of two things—
“Bekoushld,” and they cut their throats, or
“Gagara kounid," and they lead them of! to
be hanged. If an article is lost on the road
no one is allowed to pick it up. If any one
does so his hand is cut off. The ameer has
only one wife, bibi mahkn' ' , or the queen, but
he has 101 concubines, called kaniz. By the
queen he has no children (they died), but he
has five by four of the kaniz. The eldest,
Hobibullah, is 16 years of age, and in default
of a legitimate succemor is the heir apparent.
He was recently married to the daughter of
Mohamed Ameen, brigadicr of Cabal, an ofii—
cer, despite his high title, pomem'ng no
authority. The ameer is writing his memoirs,
beginning with his 9th year, and he is now42.
They will be full of interestif the Ghilzms‘
will only allow him to finish them—Letter to
Paris J OLI'ual1 des Debuts.
A Natural Conclusion.
Looker-On heard this conversation at the
Parker house between a couple of “chappios”
today: .
Chappie No. l—Chawlie, have you—aw—
heard the latest?
Chappio No. Z—Naw, cawn’t say that I ’
have, don’t cher know. What is it, old fell
“Well, handsome Jack Trousers has mar-
ried Miss Eva. Footlighis. She’s an actress.”
“You don’t say, you know? He’s in awful
jolly luck. Quite the proper thing to—aw—
rnnny an actress nowadays Let’s send con-
gratulations. He's awfully wealthy.”
“Not very much money, old fel; chow)
$100,000.”
“Well, don’t cher know, he can live nicely
on that; cottage by the—aw—seu, and sea
shells and—aw—all that sort of thing.”
“No he cawn’t, my dear old man. He’s
only got one hundred ‘thou,’ and don’t cher
know she’s going starring under his manage-
ment next year. ”
“Is that a fact? My boy, our set must cut
him, or he will be borrowing—aw—money—
from us next summer, don’t chor know.
Goodby, chappie; cut him, of course.”—Bos-
ton Record. '
To Quench Thirst.
A north side physician states that ice water
does not quench thirst, but increases it. "I
remember a little story," said be, “which I
think might do much good if published dur-
ing this hot weather, that I heard from an
old sailor. He said that he and six ship
wrecked companions lived four days on three
pints of water, and were not a bit thirsty.
When I asked him to explain he said that in-
stead of gulpin g the water down they each
took ateaspoonful and gurgled it well in their
months. If any one will try the experiment,
no matter how thirsty he is, by thoroughly
rinsing his mouth with not over a tablespoon-
. ml of water, he will find it will quench his
thirst as effectually as a quart of water has-
tily swallowed, and will not hurt him any.
I believe that fully one-third of the deaths
during the heated season are, if the truth
were known, directly or indirectly due to
heavy drinking of ice water.”—-Pittsburg
Chronicle Telegraph.
What Became of Him.
Omaha Chinaman—You no tellee me light.
I telleo you light. When men had men, die,
men go in animals.
Sunday School Teacher—Nonsense. The
souls of men do not go into animals.
“Alice time go. Go in cats and dogs. "
“Why‘ do you think so?"
“By way animal set."
“How foolish! Now, see here, Walt Lee, I
have a cat which takes great delight in jump-
ing up on the piano and romping around the
keys, making the most awful noises. Does
that prove anything?”
“Yes, ovely time: One great music man be
bad; he take other music man’s wife, that
why be bad. You know he name.”
“Mercy me! Why, that’s what Wagner
did, and the music the cat makes does sound
like his, now I think of it.”—Omaha World.
Old Book Stores.
Old book stores are increasing in number,
and all seem to be thriving. Some of them
employ agents, who ransack towns within a
radius of 100 miles of the metropolis, and
very often with rich results. Manyuu an-
cient cockloft in a country house is searched
at their instance. and sometimes a paper or
book of great value is discovered and secured
at a ridiculously low figure. Old newspa-
pers, engravings, political cartoons, alma-
nacs, and bound volumes of records and
public documents are constantly turning up
and are eagerly bought by dealers—New
'York Times.
warn. Mon-13’ Sadille Horse.
Sho has a mare 27 years old, which was
purchased in England for about $1,100. To
this day it is one of the best travelers around
that country, with as many afi'ectations as a
trick pony. I was riding behind this horse
- lately'with Mr. Harriot, and Inoticed that at
a certain fork of the roads the animal
togo like the wind. “Ah," said the driver,
“see this miuxl She is afraid I am going to
turn into that road, and that means a drive
of several miles further than I should take by
this road. So she hopes to get [east it before
I can notice where the road forks. ”—“Gath‘
in Cincinnati Enquirer. \ t- 7 , .
Norwalk Chronicler