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Volume LXXXVII.
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FATE.
When lira the circle of thy life touched mine,
And both together traced the self same curve.
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Thinking fate led our lives along on» line,
One. and all ours, no longer "mine“ nnnd “thine.“
And when it seemed one way for both should
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By fate‘s sweet will. haw love thrilled every
nerve!
How perfect then life‘s beautiful design:
Ah. blinded eyes! why saw we not beyond?
How could we fail to know the self same power
That joined ‘ our lives to tonich and kiss
should then
Drive us as soon apart, to meet again
Never in this swift circuit of life‘s hour. ,
But in that further region? Ah. tooifon'dl '
—Ernest Whitney in American Magazine.
. lVliECK-Elld-IEEA.
One of the mast hopeless situations in
which men, women niid children can be
placed is inn case of fire or wreck onthe ocean.
and Ilnave witnessed many cxznnnplcs of it
in nnny fifteen yepn's‘nt sea; A tan" lines in a
newspaper sheaths!- day: iii-calli lip inklinnE'the
incident-i connected with tine-Lilo of line Ensi-
press, a British snip, bound to unison-edit. with
nearly 200 people. ~ -
It was an hour afternoon of a finne.clcnnr
day inn shinniner,.n.nni the captain had just
figured onttlne positiouzjof tn.o;;,s|nip as nine
west of Melbourne 480’nnilcs, when there was
an explosion in the faren-usilc. followed at
once by smoke and flame, and half in dozen
sailors, all uioro or less badly burned. tunin-
bled up therladde‘r with shouts of tire. What
brought about the exploSI in we never knew,
as tlnero was no time to nnsk questions while
- the ship was inn danger, ,innd iii a couple of
hours we were separated forever. I was third
mate of the Empress, and I assisted the last
man up the ladder and closed the scuttle be
Iiillil him to smother the thinner milil we could
get ready to fight them. Inn spite of our be-
ing a sailing vessel, with only hand pumps to
fight the fire, and of our having a mixed pas-
senger list, it would have made you proud to
see how gullaintly we went to work after the
first shiver of confusion had come and gone.
Wo laid the hose, manned the _ pumps unnd
soon got two or three streams “of " motel" bite
the forecastIe.
There was a fair breeze and a nnnoderutc son,
and while In part of the crow, assisted by a
number of willing passengers, worked at the
fine. the others kept the ship on her course. I
was contain at first that we should conquer
the fire, but at the end of u quarter of an
hour I had to report to the captain that the
- flames were gaining air-us. " They Linid worked
into the fore peak, among the points, oils and
pitch stared there. and though we pumped inn
enough water to float on house off its founda-
tions, we made no impretssian on the flames.
\Vheu I had reported this fact the captain
quietly said: " ' ’ ‘
“Mr. Johnson, I’m afraid the ship must go.
Let the carpenter take yannr place forward
and do you at aince set about getting the lands
inn shape. We can hold the fire for half an
hour or more, anndjhuk Will give you time to
pint in water and provisions." _
I called the steward and one of the cooks
and a common.- sailor to my nnid. Our boats
were in good shape as to ours hind sails. The
sailor and the cook attended to the water
kegs, while the steward and innyself brought
‘ up the provisions and other linings. We bud
‘ boatraom for every soul on board, and the
only four was that the people might get in a
frenzy of the last. W’s bad passengers of all
sorts, and some of them would be made des~
pcrutc by fear. We did not seem to hurry
ourselves in getting the boats ready, but in
less than half an hour we Iitiil every and ready
for launching. Each boat had water and
provisions for ten days for its complement,
and we put in saline clothing, wine, fishing
tackle, spare sails, etc. In the boat which I
was to have charge of I placed iniy rov‘OIVer
and a box of cartridges, and, later on, in. runs-
ket and slot of blank cartridges for firing
sigua‘ls. I personally inspectedcach-keg of
water to see that it was fresh, and I looked
into every boat to see that the mast and sail
and ears were there. When I reported to the”
captain again he replied:
“Very well. Quietly call some of the men
aft and we will launch the boats.”
, I got eight or ten men together. some pas-
sfiigens aind some sailors, and while we were
getting the quarter boats over hind alongside
the first mum ’andn few sailors got the long
boat oi! her cheeks and over the rail. Now it
was that the passengers began to exhibit
signs of a panic. They were all on deck, you
understand, some praying and weeping, some
sullen and silent, but all ready to rush to
destruction, like a flock of sheep, as soon as a
leader could be found. The leader was found
when the flames finally burst through the
deck unnd a scream went up from a hundred
throats. He was in Liverpool rough—a burly,
big fellow. who was going out to Australia as
a champion wrestler and fighter. He had
worked like in hero at the pumps, and had
donno much to encourage others, but when he
saw the ship was doomed he turned our and
threw up his hands and shouted:
“Rush for the boats; we shall all be blown
sky high!" . ' ,
There Would have been a . rush and a great
lam of life but for the captain. He made
two or three jumps to reach the fellow,
knocked him fiat on his broad back by a.
powerful blow, and then calmly said to the
people:
“My friends, there is no hurry. We shall
new take in all sail and pufiholshlp‘oldtefore
thawind. ’1‘th will keep the fire forwird for
a long lion-.2 yet. We have no powder aboard,
and if you will obey orders not a poison will
bolost. We are only fifty miles from land
and every-bout will reach it before noon to-
morrow.” , ‘ 1' . _- '-
lIc ilth-il abouttiie‘distancc, but that was
justiliml under the circhnustances. Orders
were given to take in all sail and get the ship
éoifbjctonegthu wind, and when that had been
‘ occipinplishi-il the moment' of ‘perIIPwss at
band. "Exec-1i officer armed himself with n’be-
laying pin, mid stood at the rail, and the cap-
tain told all for the boats. We had six boats
for the crowd. The first one loaded was put
in charge of the carpenter; the next in charge
of the btmtswuiil; the next was mine. Once
or twnc‘c,m we were getting the first heat--
away. there was a rush by frightened men,
but We beat them back, and afterward there
was no trouble. The people came up to be
counted off, woman and children first, and it
would have made your heart ache to note
their looks. Grim despair had settled. down
on every countenance. Every face was ashy .
pale, lips blue, and not one in a dozenn could
utter a word. Some pf the women stared
straight before them, as if fascinated by a
horrible sight, and some of the men shook as
with a chill when they went over the rail.
When I finally got away from the side of
the burning craft I had nineteen people in a.
boat which could not comfortably carry over
thirteen. However, as there were eight
women iiiill live childrenjn the crowd it left
us buoyant enough. Of the six men of us I
had only mm sailor. Of the four others one
was the rough knocked down by the captain, in
second iraisin-smctacled-profemor of botany,
and the third mid fourth were young men
going out to john mercantile houses. I ran.
the boat off to windward of the ship, which
was drifting slole, and then arranged my
people according to my nation. The rough
nuns sent to the bow of the boat. Next
to him come the two young men. I
bud the water and provisions placed iii
the stern, and the sailor had his place
where he could y'eiievel me ”at the helm.
Then I stood up to say a few words.
I told them we were near land, had a safe
boat, and plentyrta eat and drink, and that
it was only a question of a' few hours when
we should sight the great island. Up to this
time not cine of my psmengsrs hind spoken a
word. Everybody was palefaced and dumb.
After I sat down, however, the r ugh started
a cheer, in which four or five at era falntl
joined, and some of the women be an to tal
in an encouraging way among mselva.
I gave each one a kind word. and by the
time we were all settled, downtiie captain’s
boat was pulling away from the ship, and
the fire had we so its way'bsck‘ almoshto
the stern. it was a sorrowful sight, air, to see
the noble ship going to her destruction in
that way, and-the change which an hour had
made was hardto be realised.“ To behurried
from the stout decks of a big ship into a
small boat is to give” up for the time being,
all year fesling'of security. You are so
close to the water that your feeling of peril
is increased, and the movement of the small
boat is so responsive to the slightest swell
that even a good sailor 'is' unmanned by the
change. ’ Indeed, air. an ofiicer though I was,
and trying very hard to be cool and hopeful,
when we were heaved up on a sea and I
thought of Australia being so far away, and
the perils of the ocean so numerous, I felt
like crying with the children.
The captain had given each one of us the
true course to steer as we left the ship, and
each host had been provided with a lantern
to hang out at night. "‘ His boat and that of
the first mate had compasses. I was pro-
vided withja pocket compass,-whiie,theother
inbreooboats hnid none: ‘Howeverg theryidea
was to keep in sight bf each other, and
had this been done perhaps all would
have gone well. But more was trouble
at the verypubeh Some of the boats sailed
as the captain
had arranged for no signals, not 'more
thantwa hourshad passed before the boats
of the two other mates were almost out of
right ahead. The carpenter could not lie as
close to the wind as thé rest of us. annd he was
making a bad drift to leeward. The boat-
swaiu either lacked the nerve to crack on or
else his boat was overloaded and sluggish. [Io
was fa mile in ,my wake, and I was an the
captain's beam, to windward and a quarter
of a mile away. This was about the position
three hours after the firs broke out, and two
hours after we had taken to the boats. The
ship had burned to the water’s edge. and was
ready to sink as she drifted of! before the
wind. We noticed the captain making sig-
nals, and when we had run down to him we
found his boat crowded, but all the occupants
hopeful. Ila asked me if I had the course,
how my people were feeling. and then ad-
vised that I shorten sail so as not to outrun
the carpenter and boatswainn. I acted uponn
the suggestion at once by taking a reef in the
'sail, and as ithei captain’s boat: gradnnilly
forged ahead of us his people gave us a cheer
and had it sent back to them.
The weather was now looking threatening,
with the sea getting up pretty fast, and as the
wind was fibitast due cast I let the boat fall
off a couple 'of'poiints' to essalner jumping and
keep the spray of! the people. The boatswaiu
was now gaining an rune slowly, snnd I was
creeping down on the carpenter. Half an
hour shogldhi'vo hi'hught the three of us to-
gether, butt , war" were: inev'er to hear each
otlner’s voices again. Our boat was making
tolerably good weather of it, and the people
getting uccustonn'edto. the wild movement,
when the rough suddenly threw up his hands
and cried: '
“Great God! but the carpenter’s boat has
capsizedl We ‘sre all donofor unless we run
off before the wind 1"
He nose up‘and started to come aft, as if he
wanild take chnrge, but I kept him back by
threats to brain him, and he finnally cowered
downn in the bottom of the boat annd moaned
and lsuieuiedlike a child. His conduct had
greatly upset the other people, and it was five
or ten minutes before I could silence them.
I am sorry ta‘have to tell you. sir, that I was
obliged tous'e very vigorous language, annd
to exhibit my revolver and threaten to use it.
While the rough was the worst one iii the lot
the professor was not far behind him, and one
of the young men held a naked knife in his
hand, as if he expected to have to fight. me
for his life. It was only after, I had quieted
' the people thatl could look for the carpein- '
ter's boat. Nothing was to be seen of it, but
when I had let my craft fall off a little more
and run a quarter: of 'n mile further we all
caught sight of the capsized craft. There had
been from fourteen tosixteen people in her,
and every soul had gone down. We saw one
but afloat. but not. another si in, although I
sailed clear around the bout. he boatswaini
should inherent close upon me by ‘ the time
we set our course again, but when I looked
around for him .I saw that he had put his
craft all before the wind and was now runn-
iniug off into the vast expanse of the Indian
ocean at n lirclyrate. It was an act 9f the
burst folly, but ‘it may have been that his
people'sdviscd it and that he hadn’t the nerve
to standout. ; lie had‘stleset nine men in his
boat. ' all land’smen; and they may have
threiitcued hi life 'or taken forciblépo§scsg
slain of theiiiler. . [alone knnew of _, this ina-
‘iieuver, nud In determined tony nothing to
any of the people. I whispered to the sailarto
creep forward and look for the captain’s
boat, for the weather was'now thickening up
and lunch spray flying. He took my pocket
glasses, and after a long time made her out
dead ahead, but onlrn speck among the
foam. Sine had outrun us rapidly, and could
know nothing of what had happened to the
other boats.
I will tell you here that the boatswain’s
emit. was never heard of more. The cap-
tain’s boat. containing a starved and ema-
ciated woman, was picked up by a coaster
ninety miles to the west of Tasmania, two
weeks afterE the wreck. She died without
speaking, and what became of the other
people can onnly be surmised. The first mate
broke his compass. and Ineld his course so
high that he was picked up 150 miles to the
west of Perth, With five of his people dead
from exposure. The second mate canted his
boat ashore 100 miles to the west of Adelaide,
losing four people. As to the fate of my boat
I shall give you more particulars. I was un-
der general orders to keep the captain's boat
in sight, and to hold to the northeast, nud'I
shook the reef out of the sail and held the
boot up on her true course, hoping to sight
thocoptaiu’s boat before dark. We never
saw it again, however. As the afternoon
were away the weather grew thicker, and at
about sunset Icouuseied with the sailor and
we decided that we must lie to. Most of the
people in the host but been dreadfully sick
for the last hour or two, and onno or two of
the children were in a sort of stupor. The
sailor was a veteran named Manning, and
his" ideas on tho‘ matter of lying to and ditt-
ing it out agreed with mine.
“You see, sir," he explained, “we are now
several points off our course, and making as
much drift us headway, and before we are
two hours older we ongoing to see more
wind. ' We nnust‘put her head to" it and ride
it out.” .
He lashed the ears together to make ndrsg,
and as a further precaution he made a second
one-of in piece of plank and a‘ blt= ef spar,
which stuff had accidentally been left in the
boat by the carpenter while making repairs.
When both were avorwe rode like a‘ duck,
without a sprinkle of water coming abbard.
Then I resigned my intent to mine up the
people and put them inn slinpo‘far the night.
poured same wine into a paniuikiu and in:
'sisted upon everybody taking a sip. The rough
was still groveling in the bottom of the boat.
and nothinglcould. say-or do would rouse
him up. One of the young men was all right,
his coura having returned, but the other
cowered own, the naked knife held luhls
hand. a‘udso threatened nine that. I did not
disturb hinn. Whein all haddrunk of the
wine—or all but the two—I shifted them
about till they were in more comfort-
able positions, and than scrged' out some
food. Life and hope‘came back, and when
. the angry and went to its ocean bed I had the
feeling that we might pull through without
losing a soul. That was a terribly long night,
and a thousand dilferent times during the
long hours I thought our time had come.
The wind blew it howling goals, the sea got up
mountain high, and as I look back an the
perils it seems tome that nothing :but the out-
stretched haud Of God preventedaur destrnic-
tion. There were many times when we went
into thegreut hollows that morning, and we
clutched each ~ other and believed that the
moment had come. It was a mercy that the
others were terrified into a stupor which pre-
vented them from realizing-the situation.
It was sunrise next day before the gala
broke, and nearly noon before we pulled in
our drags and hoisted sail. 'At sunriseeI-served
wine and crackers again. and was rejoiced to
find all alive, and mostof them ingood heart.
The prize fighter had‘ not moved from his
place, and the young man with the knife now
had the warn-led, desperate look of a hunted ‘
beast. Imade a great effort to arouse the big
fellow. giving him many a vigorous kick be- ,
fore he moved. He finally scrambled up in a
great fury, but instead of turning on me as
might have been expected, be rushed upon
“the inauwitli- the knife. .-' There was a itrug-
gle, several shouts and screams, and then the
big fellow, bleeding from two or three stabs,
lifted the other in his arms and went ever-
heard. The ,boat was being tamed about in
the‘wiidest manner, and niche "of "us Would
have dared to shift our positions to interfere.
There was a scream from the women and
' " children as the'two went over, and that} was
eulogy and requiem combined. I insisted“
, upon their taking food and water and shift- ‘
ing about, and the affair was soon seemingly
forgotten by all except the professor. He had
been dumb for hours, but after forcing hiin
to out he suddenly began to sing and ablation
and we all soon realised that his mind was
gone. ' The young man in the bow of the boat
volunteered to take charge of the poor gentle-
man. snd I cautioned him to tie the profes-
car's feet.
By noon the weather had grown pleasant
and the sea moderately cairn, and then for the.
first time the people moved about and felt at
themselves. I served out a hearty dinner to ‘
all, and by guesses fund prallction'ns put the
little crowd inn good hunnor. The women
washed their faces' and cambedtheir hair.
the fretting children were duly cared
for, and we dashed along toward Ans-
trslia at an exhilarating speed. I was:in
hopes the professor would mend, but
soon after dinner he went into spasms and
then lay for hoursinastupor. We had re-
moved the lashings in order to rub his limbs,
and about an» hour before siniset, without
‘ having given us the least Warning, he sprang
up and fiung himself overboard. . A monster
shark had been fallo‘w'iing us for a couple of
hours, unknown to all aboard except myself.
The poor man had not sunk two feet deep be-
fore the shark seized him by the middle. and
a number of us plainly saw him make all!
with his victim. We bad a pretty fair night
of it, and the weather held good for the fol-
lowing day, Then we had calms and squalls
and head winds, and I’ll give you a bit of my
diary to wind up the story:
“Fourth day—One of the children died, and
we had to hold the mother to prevent her
jumping overboard. -
“Fifth day—Dead cahn and no progress.
Many sharks about.
“Sixth day—One of the women—a Mrs.
Wiikiua—died, and another woman and a.
child are sick.
“Seventh day—Head winds. Sick are no
better. _
“Eighth day—Woman and child dead.
Cairn.
“Ninth-dsy—Youag man jumped overboard
last night withgut any of as knowing it. An-
‘sideratiou of this ,
s andtherssre the a, , .. as and here come the
-.boouu.audietk.m5hfiéheedisw whines-
fnl psi-son,» who- hates carnage anyhow.
“comesher property-sud chattel.
other Woman s'ick.
“Fourteenth day—Hauning, two women
and myself are alone left alive. We‘n‘nust be
near the coast.
“Seventeenth day—The four of us_ were
picked up by ii schooner thirty miles off the
coast. Plenty of food and water left."
That’s my story, sir; and I want to say
that every death that took place iii my ham;
was more the result of terror at the situation
then for any substantial reason. We had an
abundance of drink and food. plenty of room
after three or four had gone, and one died
after another simply because hope gave out
and there was a collapse—New York Sun.
» THE “WHITE WOMAN.”
THIS ILL OMENED SPECTER HOVER-
lNG AROMD THE GERMAN COURT.
Legendary records of fine Vales-land.
The Banshee of Ireland-Superstition
in Belgium—Unlucky Thirteen—Silence
liegorillng.nlisfartunes. g . -
I read lately in a German , newspaper that
muchnlarnu is felt at the Berliucourt over
the report that the “white woman" has been
seen havering mysteriously around the en-
virons of the royal palace. Several rafthe
noble courtiers absolume nliirnu having laid
eyes on this ill onuencd specter, the presence
of which ispopularly considered an intima-
tion that one or more Ineninbers of the Halien-
zolleru family are nearing the borderiaud of
life. , _' Present appearances: , give a; (retain
Peculiar flavor of interelt tothis suphiiuuoh. '
The aged emperor‘ is losing 'dnn'y by day the
little strength that is left him, and although
he has been for a long time successfully but-
tling against death, displaying a wonderful
energy and perseverance, it"i‘ no law a fact
that-his, inafier. will have very soon indeed
to succumb" to the inevitable. The crown
prince, his son, is also alleged to been the
' brinnk of the abyss; while Bismarck, who has
not in drop of innperinl bionnd inhis veins, will,
it is said, he shortly compelled to pay Charon
his ohnlus trip Mionéi nhc gloomy Styx. ,
Tina white waniiuu' plays in pronnninieiit part
in the legendary records of tho vatcrluud.
Goethe alluded to lner, if I nnnistuke nnot, as “a
moving, living, starlit statue of snow, whose
face bare the message of doom to those who
were doomed todie." Gornnnnn records tell
that she starts to life on the eve of .“ national
disaster. In the dark and semi-barbarous
epoch the burous,‘who saw the ghostly feat-
ures. and listened to her piteous wail, Would
don at once their coats of mail, and with
sword inn band would muster together to
avert impending dangers from their hearths
and homes.
Many of your readers are, doubtless, aware
that a somewhatisimilar superstition pre-
vailed 'in "Irelandc‘for. Peonturies. There "line
white woman was known as the banshee.
Ointho eve of King Brian’s death at Clon-
tart the sp‘paritlo‘n‘was seen‘glidlugenrouud
his palace at Kinkors. Whenever any mem-
ber of on old Milssiau family was stricken
with a fatal illness, the phantomeould, it is
recorded, be observed raising its gaunt anus
despairiugly to the skies in the weeds or
fields outside the house where the patient lay.
I should like to knew, by. the by, whether
the Germans owe this superstition to the—
Ii-ish, or whether the Irish owe it tothe Ger-
' "kills.
Here inn Belgium superstition is an article
of faith which is accepted not merely by the
ignorant classes, but also by many intelligent
and tolerably well educated per-sous; If, for
instance, at a breakfast or dinner party a
saltceller gets upset. some of the guests throw
~u few grains of the spilled suit over their left
shoulders, the object of this pantomime bsi
ing to save them from the ill luck that would
be sure to attend them if they had forgotten .
going through such a ceremony. Isaw-on
more occasions than one several ladies and
gentlemen very much-troubled and even inn-
dlgnnmnt on discovering that there wan no salt
left them with which to operate. ‘
The old French superstition relative
thirteen as an unlucky number—although
such in superstition is in flagrant contradic-
tion with a verse of an Irish song which has
it that there is luck in odd numbers, iaid
Rory O’Moore—finds a host of- believers or ad—
herents in this city. Thirteen persons never
sit down to table. , If there are only thirteen
present the host ironies .out into the street,
and, hailing the am Bohemian he meets, in-
vites him enthusiastically to join in the repose.
Nobody ever undertakes anything important
or proceeds on a long journey on the 18th of
the mouth. A family of thirteen is said to
he usually overwhelmed with ill luck.
Wherever thirteen persons :sit down to-
.gether death stands among them, and must
have one or another of them-as his’ prey be-
fore in twelveiinonth is up. Of the days of
the week Friday is by far the unlucklest. On'
that day buses. trnm- ears and railway car-
rings are comparatively-deserted, for rumor
saith that so sure as one travels on that dsyso
sure will he be brought'home on . in. stretcher.
Another superstition may-be negatively do
.finedns a perpetual silence 'auxtiio. subject of
catastrophes and other misfortunes. ' M. Paul
Genny refers to a distinguished ' French
writer who among his‘ friends turns aside the
conversation into another charms-l once it
. happens to border on fee-fuw-fuui ormake-
your-hairstsud-onun-end- stories and unec-
do:e's.' Others who hava not the finesseof the
author alluded to, will interru‘ptuthe converb
’s'ation without the least apology when it
touchcssuch dangerous . ground. And there
are people who will tell you -M theiste. eon-
fiagration of the Opera Comiq'ue of'i-Paris
would never have taken place if a'dehnt'e had. '
not been held fifteen days previously inn par- —
linmsnit on the possibility of such a disaster.
It is only the merest ad truisms to add that
n belie-fin these and other superstitions often
plays the grimunest tricks with the believers.
[in April. 1870, for instance, the ex’Emprcas
Eugenio sent in. telegram torhsr- dear spouse,
Napoleon III, inrwhic‘li she “that die had
actually found a four leaved shamrock—a.
. plant the discovery of which is, according to
-fpopular tradition, the 2 harbinger of; ; some
great and lucky event. ' Sedsn's fight and
the fall of the empire followed-shortly after-
ward, to the horror and amusement of the
empress, who lead pinned her faith entirely
and exclusively to the little four leaved sham-
rock. Annd still, even today. Eugenie believes
in signs and omeusI—James Stephens’ Brus-
sels Letter in Chicago Times.
UNDER ARTILLERY FIRE.
Annoyances to Which I Civilian Is Sub-
‘ Joetod by llisehlmus Cadets.
To the ordinary civilian who Is notes-
eustomed totine sudden and vehement, dis-
ehargeofartiilery almost under their very
nose, West Point at this interesting time of its
yearlsaverystsrtlinglocality. Fan-spear»
fnl and harmless individual, pursuing
calmly his way new. the broad ave-
nue which leads from the cadet build-
ings to the hotel, to he suddenly waked
from a pleasant savory lilting infernal din
aroused'by tine discharge 'ot‘a’h'savy gun.
and tovslmultnueoualy discovc that his, un-
lit-the? ’ t mirknfor
. person ‘
half a dozen vicious looking field pieces, which
follow thelrleadst-iflld 0.393060 , . ' Mill EN“
energy and volumes of cracks, is the reverse
of agreeable, and when those deadly weapons
seem aimed with malice sforethought and
intent to kill, the feeling 8 not in any way
diminished. '
Of course. he knows that the upright and
gentlemaniy cadets who man the guns have
no personal grudge against him. and that
they would feel rather sorry than otherwise
were he to suddenly join his fathers on the
of a particularly spirited shell. but
there isn’t much time given him for the can.
int. There are the guns
gathers himself mam lites him with
more forcible: vigor. than of cars
' rings to the first-halter which presents itself,
and then,= with a‘ feeling of bo‘nliiy'security.
'bnnsutuniy permeating'hh 5winoie‘beiog,-iriduo
lug him to contemplate ths'_cin'det"w:ifiicnlnup .
consider-nth; ‘ r. heLbecome-i swmthmhms . a
an opening in $130.11.”! growing hedge in front
of: the-hotel a bevyof, highly amused young
= ladies are intentlyeng‘nged; inindmirinig, his.
forethought iii-putting 'a tree between himself
and the awful guns.
His second‘discovery is more awful than
the first. The inferencewbich he draws , is
that these smiling young ladies are not wholly
unaware as to tho dignified manner inn which
he gained his retreat, and—well, he’d rather
face a thousand, belchingguns—which he has
_ diacavared "to bowlis’rnnlemi-thsn notch up
under those 'sparkliiig eyes, and be right about
faces and tries to hide his diminished head in
the smoke which envelope the plains—West
Point Car. New York Times. . ,
A Isrketslnle Husband.
In Siam a. man who has: sold himself at
gambling can compelhis' wife, if . she has the
money, to redeem him, but he thereupon be-
Tlnis is a
very equitable arrangement. The wife, if
she desires, can sell her husband off, along
with his summer pah'ben, fora plaster of -
par-ls image of Bismarck _or_ a spotted dog.
And we are not surprised a woman with such
a husband should so desire, as was proved the
other da y when Ms Ssmut exchanged he
betterhsifforsshau in a house nearWat. .
Chung. a cow and twenty ticsls in silver:-
Bsugkok Times.
some ironies THAT BITE.
THE wnsoso 'pesrs or aueancm
woous AND FARMS.
their Haunts and Seasons of Pernicious
Activity-rins'mnnon: Fly and the “No
See 'Bms"-Fakest Fly. Musqhito and
Stable riy. ‘
Every season has ihn peculiar winged posts,
the victims of which are ready to declare it
more uneudurnbb. if . pomiblc, than that
which preceded It; From early J ulna till late
September there ‘gh no month without its
blood sucking insect. While it will prove
small comfort to the fly bitten victim of the
forest to know the name and habits of such
little torment that did its best to who his
cuticnle resemble the lid of a pepper box,
perhapsadescription of the most annoying
of these posts may enable some health or
pleasure seeker to udopt means_ that . will in
part protect him from their empemting at-
tentions. . ‘
rust Victoria annex er.
The earliest of these winged toruneuts to
appear on the scene is the black fly or midge
of the woods of Canada, New England. New-
York and northern Pennsylvania It appears
in great clouds about the first of June, just
when the unending sap ins loosened-the bark
of the hemlock apdpak and invited the bark
peelers to . their work. In appearance his
black, with ‘_ , t wings, and about
one-tenth ‘of an, in' begun. If one is,
caught before lesion-gen , _ _ , '
the fingers in body, Iwinp, head, proboscis,-
isgsaud all will Mssfittle hell no larger
than the head of a pin- Unlike themusquito.
it does not make much noise. Lighting:
gently upon the cheek. forehead, or prefer-
ably upon the back of the neck of its victim,
it‘dextsrously inserts its sucking proboscis,
canning no inconvenience until it has ganged
itself. and. its wicked work isdone. Then.
the poisonous saliva which has entered the;
wound-praducesnimrp itching - or . stinging
gensstion, causing ithe‘ victim involuntarily
to slap at the bitten place. If the fly hasn't
gone it will be anemia a dot of its victim’s
gore, mhrgesssfivecsntpiece.
AND truncations use.
They think they have musquitoes along the
Jersey coast, and most sojouruers by the sea.
from Cape May to Long Branch, csnn testify
bathtotho numbers and biting capacity or
the Jersey gallinlper. 5 But Michigan is'the
. favorite haunt ofi the mosquito. Its multi-
tudinous mail hkes and cat tail marshes
breed then‘n in clouds, sud-the win'ds distrib-
ute them over tine genitiy roiling country as
impartially ssthe Hichigsn tanner used to
broadcasthiswhut beforotbe dsysofgraiu
drills. No hill is too high to be free from
their presence. and no valley so low that
they won’t find-it's; It was in Michigan where
theluckiess travel'eris said to have hadhis
neckgirdled‘byfie inunuifires while sleep-
ing, wakin' up togfind his hair turned white
intheinomins - .
run ml or I'll FLIIS.
'i‘he'lsst to‘appes'r andth widely amused
of the biting flies is the ordinary stable fiy.
It is about the size of and very nearly resem-
bles the house .fiyi-th’is most abundant in
_August nnd Wm and most annoying
and pertinacious after the nights begin to get
cool. On a bright day, after a. cool night, it »
attacks horses and cattle in great numbers
and seems ”neuritis “the! time a sticking
propensity never manifested by any other fiy.
,It conceal-eel)! bebrushedofi. .Its bite is so
savage as to render sendflVen highbred horses
nearly frantic; .ItdOes not hesitate to fasten
pnthe handor'n'eck :of the luckiess man or
woman’tha't canines in its way, and its bite is
forceful and emphatic enou h to be remem-
bered-5 arisen. of-thea'tob, fly, like that of
the forest fly, is apt taveauso' the blood to fol-
’ low. This liyis ‘ ydistributed through-
out the cattle _ .. g portions of the older
settled states,- _ ' .nn‘ilikethe forest fiy does
not care nuythiu . for the neighborhood of
forests or wooded ' —PhiladelphinTimes.
’ AN AMERICAN in LONDON.
A Californian Taken to Task by an Eng.
disk-sung Thunderstruck.
It Is a curious fact. and . one as pitiabie as
It is curious, thatb'ut few Englishmen, as you
meet them, havesvenbeenn inside the Tower
of London or the B‘i‘ilfii museum. I when.
her not long ago :npeakiug to a gentleman
from San Francbco on this verysubject, and
the apparent hick of interest which English
people display in regard‘to their own coun-
try. They wander all over the globe, from
the North Pole to the Antarctic continent, in
search of sights and wonders. and never once
dream of investigating anything at home,
either beforu they go or after they get back.
Hessid: ,
Do you know, the same idea has struck
me very forcibly. If you will pardon my
saying so, I never met a people of any coun-
try, sud I have traveled considerably, who
were so lgnarnnt of their native land and all
that makes it of interest to the foreigner.
While they go rambling‘sbout the ‘world for
recreation, and can tell you about things
worth seeing in other places, they know posi-
tively nothing about England. Ask ’ein, annd
ss'e. When sin'oed-tlieypsnetraie the jungles
of India, crosstlie. deserts of Egypt and south
Africa, climb the mountains of Switzerland,
and ranginitonthe plains of. the far west;
but when at bonnetbsy if“ the lives of stereo-
gsntleineu, content to pass their days
in their clubs or intbeir country houses, doing
the some thing every day from one year’s end:
to the other, and caring for nothing but their
own immedis'b WNWIIIIISS. They-
nh'y ensw- cricket insummer; so. to I
few. hornraccs became-1;“? the; faslgap;
shoot use. partfld,_ gee. p eassn n
autumnfznd hunt taxes in winter. Beyond
these things they care not a button for any-
thing. Curiously enough, they don’t realize
it in themselves} thoflghlsinnrp enough to de-
tecttbe sdnnedefectin others. One of the
men -I refer tanked-inc theotlnor daygsome-
thing about the-Yosemite valley.
“I have nevcrbeen fliers,” I told him.
He left his. glam drop out of his eye, so
great was theeievation of his eyebrows, as he
held up his himds in amazement: ‘
“W hat? By Jove’ l’ he exclaimed, “Fancy
never-nesting the Yosemitevnlley, and you’ve
lived‘in 'Frisco (all Englishmen call it ‘Frlsco)‘
how many years!" . ~ ~ ;
‘ “Over twenty. You see, I could go any
day. Wethlnk nothing of a hundred or two
miles in California.”
- “Why. than alive. I went six thousand
miles there. and six thousand miles back
again, don’t you know, to see the Yosemite
myself.” :He looked very proud of himself
a he said this. ' .
“Lookhcrefil said I, after in. minute, to let
him .ennjoy hisseif complacency. “have; y
ever ’seeantonehengei” -
“Whati‘ ., N-no."
“Or the Giant's Causeway!”
“No.”
“0r Shakespeare's house at Stratford on
Avoni” . . .
“Nona." . ~ . ;
“0r Hampton Court. or the Toweri"
“N416." , - . , . ‘
“Then you mustn'titaik to me about never
going to the Yosemite. The Tower is about
' three miles from here. I’ve been there half
a dozen tunes airssdy, but I don‘t mind going
again. Let's jump into a transom and drive
there now.”
He looked thunderstruck. “The Tower," he
said: “isn't tinnttbo place the 'Arries go to on
a bank holiday! Not today, please: I’ve an
Engagement to drive with a chap in the park.
Til-ta." . ', . .
That’s pretty much the way it is with all of
them.——“Cockaigno” in The Argonaut.
A .wn‘teh' Should Last .100 Years.
“A first class watch should last for a hundred
years, if properly taken care of,” said a well
known watchmnkcr to a .
“The reason that they wear out is the fault
of line owner and not of the watch. In the
first place. ‘ a watch sisouid be cleaned and
oiled ones inevery eightesnmouths. If this
is notdonstiie oil which lubrication-the works
‘ will dry and never“ vest. outlay. friction-
Auother. mistake is footwear sushi: in an
outside pocket where it Isliabls to bojsm'med.
.I have known morswstclnaruinedby billiard
-phyin8:thm: ”yum“ ‘ ;: blinking 0V0?
tomako a long. shot-lull at pocket isfre-
‘quenntly brought ‘in‘ violentcantsct' with the
table. and this, npestedjnmng cannotfoll to
injure fireworks; Thebestwatchss aromatic
today in England. . They are tmasterpieces
3 of workmanship ~. 1W nifty tint the
American watch-rash inexhsudthoss manu- .
factored-in Switzerland third in order. Some
watches are made to run eight days with one
winding, but they will never. became popular.
Their owners almost always. forget to wind
them up on the eighth day. I know of only
one or Iowa in this country. Theyaremadein
Switnsria'nd. ' The usual length of time inad-
- sru watchuarecalculatsd from with one
winding is from thirty to thirty-six hours. "—
NewYork lint! andlxpreai.
Bushes Ayres' Government Printing.
In Buenos’Ayi-esthe government printing
kdone byeonviots. f-lfost of the woyk con-
sists of ministers' repurts-sndofilcial receipts.
The manager.- not-sperms in duranncs vile, it
may be well. to Millet I, practiul, native
a... "'""°"‘“ ”WW gift“ it
' Mild thal'fl'! 11".. . “P-
insubstan- matter, hgwever. was far from
' _ ,little‘oruoattention havin been
.their brand and take no other.
LIFE IN VERA CRUZ.
DESCRIPTION OF MEXICO’S CHIEF
PORT ON THE GULF.
The Bench and the Streets—Tint: Favor-
ite Architectural Color—A Walk at
Night—children at Play—Tine Market.
Various Other Sights.
The state of Vera Cruz is popularly and
pleasingly known as the Greece of Mexico,
but the port of Vera Cruz should by no
means be regarded as the Athens of this re-
public, altlnoughits inhabitants might very
readily be termed Grecques in the cunt accep-
tatiou of the word. The beach is fairly
smooth, but dirty, and the shells which come
ashore are, as a rule, small and insignificant,
although after northern handsome ones are
often washed ashore. The streets are cobble.
- stained, with open sewers dawn the center,
crossed by kennel shaped little bridges,
always set a little above the corner. The
streets are fairly wide and straight, and
tolerably clean,’inot seldom grass grown. Au
admirable system of street cars exists hero,”
iii most Mexican cities of'suy size. The
' houses are mostly two story, with One occa-
sionally lifted to something of three docket
dignity by virtue of an entresol.
The favorite architectural color is a lively
1 yellow, picked out with green, which im-
' partne- whimsical air of ambition, taken in
coujunctiou=with- the tinneworu sudsenera-
, tremor reason. are whole Indeed,
the general appearance suggests a household
: where the worn 'snd faded carpet is patched
'to'a“degrce,'aud ~ the furniture furnished up
to preserve tine-semblance of g‘entility. .
_ A' feature which gives to the nocturnal
phases of Vera Cruz is gay and attractive air
is _the fashion of alfresco entertainment.
One passes the hotels and cafes in the even-
ing to find .themzdmerted within, whiletho
wide, stone paved arcades before them are
thickly lined with little tables and chairs, at
which sit houdreds of ' men sipping their
colon, or other after dinner beverages, chat-
ting, gossiping. laughing. These portsles
are really a sort of exchange whither one
turns to find a friend whom one may seek
after businem hours. ' It is said that the gen-
tlemaii of Vera Cruz do not take their coffee
at table immediately after dinner, as is the
custom, nnot even when dining at home, but
rather postpone it unntil they stroll out to the
portales. Ladies are not seen here, however,
in conformity with their social restrictions
in Mexico.
A charming walk, especially at night, is
to the promenade, which here corresponds to
the alumeda of other Mexican towns—inn the
district knownas Extra-Mums,or “Beyond
the Walls"—aitbaugh no city walls now. re.
main, slid the suburb is populous. Here is a
calzsdn, or paved walk, between two rows on
' either side of tall ulld‘thlck old oacoanut palms,
where one may walk while one hears the
waves breaking in surf against the seownll
close by; cr the traveler may rest on the
stuccoe‘dbeuches and dream of the history of
Vera Cruz inn bygone days, under the white
gloom of thalightlnouse.
At night one mnysee the children in the
streets playing with a iucieruaga—a great
firefly—tied to nstring. and men go about
with net-covered baskets full of cocuyos—a
snnsller variety—for sale. These insects are
also carried up to the City of Mexico, where,
on holiday occasions. one may see them on
the Zoculo, worn by both sexes. Ladies im-
prison them—sometimes a whale handful——iu
the laceat the throat or on the head, and
men wear them on the coat, boutoininier-
fashion, by means of in hairpin straddled
across the narrow joining between the thorax
and abdomen, so that the phosphorescent
little creatures are not hurt, further than by
restraint.
There are not very many strikingly char-
acteristic street scenes in Vera Cruz. The
negro population is pretty well assimilated,
and their attire is quite commonplace. Now
. and then onehasa touch of the metropolis,
; seeing an old woman sitting on the curb,
. with a mat before her, holding a choice col-
lection of cigar stumps. gathered into little
heaps, so many for n chico. as the coast
people call the cuartills or three cents of the
plateau. ,
It gives a squeamish sensation, too, to see a,
pailfui of devil fish; for the poulpe is largely
sown, and it
even in the capital. But a nastier, less apps-
tiziug matter it; would be hard to. find than
this disgusting animal. So shapelsss it is q
to be almost amorphous in its yielding—bone-
iem want of consistency. But onniy thiink
what tremendous, what fatal power goes
into those inert and fiaccid rays when they
close upon a victim. And the slimy, slipping
way it trails over the sides of the receptacle,
and the livid, deathly color, like corruption
itself! Fsughi
The market of Vera Cruz is uninteresting
as to sight and ensemble, and not particularly
goodnstawures, evenin the fishiine. It is
said, and with some probability, that the best
fish is shipped to the interior. as It used to be,
in the days when—Vida tradition—the choice
of the catch at Vera Cruz smokedonthe table
in Montezuma’s capital twenty-four hours
after it was taken from the sea. ‘
About the only leomfort, gustronomically,
about this place is the wine. A very good
dinner, claret may be had for fifty centsthe
battle. In some of the hotels the floors, of
.pamsges,.etc., are of granting, like that in
tramcars, and for further coolness and ven-
tilation the chambers are divided from the
corridors by a- sort of balustrade partition,
"de0 of which are foldiu panels. which can .
beturned back at will. one of the hotels
. .inave'parlors, but the wide. cool corridors are
widen! with sofas and rockers, where one
may or receive one's friends.
There iii-little tobe seen in Vera Cruz that
is of. interest to 'a stranger—the library, Situ-
ated ins aforesaid in aforu‘ier churCli, whose
tower is new a lighthouse; an orphan asylum; ’
the yellow fever hospital, it one‘s pluck be
good; the Black Christ, and that is about all.
The charitable institutionsare notable simply
for their systematic and effective manage-
ment. The Black Christ is an image in a
, chapel out by the Extra Mums. and, while it
is somewhat tawny in color, it is by no means
soinndicative of the native faith in a Saviour
of their own color as another effigy I saw at
Cuantls, which really was typical, not only
as to the much darker hue, but also in feature
and expression—'1‘. H. Addie in San Fran-
cisco Chronicle. .
Only a Formal Acquaintance.
Swell Young Lady (at Polo groundsl—With
Johnny on third, Rodger on second, Gill on
first, and Danny at the but, it's kid gloves to
bone collar buttons we make two runs.
Her Escort (with surprise)—Do you know
Hears. Ward, O’Connor, Gillespie and
Richardson personally, Miss Twiilinghami
' Swell Young Lady (with hauteur)—Ccr-
tainiy not—New York Sun.
To the Point.
'What are called “random shots” of oilseed.
often have. a. peculiar knack of hitting} the
mark. Not long since a negro customer eu-
ltersda barber shop in Liverpool, and said:
“I hope, gentlemen. you do not object to
smoking?" The barber, without turning
around from his occupation, replied: “Go
"on; smoke till you are black in the face."—
Chambers‘ Journal.
The microscope demonstrates that con-
sumption, asthma and bronchitis are pro-
duced by disease germs. ‘Fontaine’s Cure
is the on] remedy. IFor sale-by I. A.
Meeker, 1 Main Street, Norwaik.
They say that mosquito bites are good
for rheumatism Give us arhcuin without
baand.—New York Journal.
Ask your marketman for Spot 85
Barncs’ celebrated Sausage. Their pure-
ribs' are tender and juicy. Lookout for
Their
Hams, Shoulders, Breakfast Bacon, and
Lard are unrivaled.
The siren t-sprinklcr can tell you as much
about “wintering places" as his more aris-
treratic neighbor—Yonkers Gazette.
Ar Lss‘r—A. shore cure for D spepsia
and Indigestion. “Digaatyin'n." t is pal-
stable and has tonic action. Tar: bottle
ggists,
and be convinced. . Sold by all
,oNrYby Wm. F. Kidder 85 Co., 88 John St.,
“How does your wife have her dresses
cut?” “V-shapcd. I think, judging from
the number of five-dollar bills she requires
in making them.—Boston Gazette.
Do not discourage your child by
making them play on a r piano. Get
them a Mathushek at the ample of Music
and they will enjoy practicing.
Mary Anderson is to appear next Sep—
tember in “A Winter’s Ts .” Oh, no; not
as an icicle. Whatever put that idea in
your hend.-Boston Transcript.
Write toLvdis E. Pinkham Medical 0...,
Lynn,lisss. for names of ladies restored
to health by Vegetable Compound.
The parents ofa pair of Boston twins
named one Simul and the other Tancous,
because they were both born at the same
time. .
Fact—but, as the newspapers as : “no-
body wtll behave it," Fontaine’s ‘urc for
Consumption is guaranteed to cure dis-
eases of the inn s. For sale by I A.
Meeker, 11 Main treet, Norwalk.
as a" great delicacy...
. admitted to t cos classes
l o ‘DZEB
Absolutely Pure.
strength, and wholesomeness. More economic
than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in com-
petition with the multitude of law test, short
we ht allnm or phos hate wders.
x'an. nixis0,go,v{n§s§n.i..10s Wall 8L. N. Y;
The Best in the World.
Sperry & Barnes’.
Hams,
Shannlders,
Breakfast
Bacon,
——AN1)—
Sausage
ARE GUARANTEED
THE BESI
IN
THE MARKET
Our XET‘ILE LAB!) is Strictly Pure
and Free from all Adulteration.
Look Carefully for the Brand.
a bearing our brand at
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We manufacture all
ew Haven.
our packing house in
inerrn l Baron, New Haven, Conn.
I August Vacation,
And hot weather is now in
order, but whether at home
or away at the seashore or
in the country, don't for-
get that
Fould’s Wheat Germ Heal,
(the germ and gluten of
wheat) Is the best cereal
. food in the world for
, breakfast. Have it for the
children for
If they are fed on cake and
‘ . pie, .
, . They'll have Dyspepsia by
and by.
A quart of boiling water, s
cup full of wheat germ
meal and 10 minutes gives
you a dish lit for a queen.
Grocers sell it everywhere
in 16 cent packages.
Bums, Basso a 60., Agents. Boston, Mass.
Lessons IN FRENCH.
MISS BAIRD’S INSTITUTE.
Prof. LaLande,
Widelyknawn as the directorof the French Depart-
ment of the Summer School of Languages at
Chatauqua. win. come twice a week to Miss Baird's
.Inatltnte to give Lessonsln French. A limited
number of upils outside of the school will be
This Powder never varies. A marvel of pure _
For circulars and other information apply to
Miss N. F. BAIRD.
GENERAL MARKET.
Meat. Fish, Vegetables. ac.
i LOCKWOOD in ANDREWS.
‘ Clams, Vegetables, etc., are kept constantly on
IAIN STREET.
All kinds of the best qualities of Meats, Fish,
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.
' lyio LOCKWOOD a ANDREWS.
l wannr’ avenisonv
_.-To come in and look'over my stock of—-
MOn 11 me n 1: s,
H EADST ON ES
Before they buy anything of the kind. A selection
can be made from them much better than from 'a
photograph or pencil sketch. Respectfully.
P. ’W- Bates.
. J. G.Gregery&00.
Desire to state that in addition to a full line of-
Drngs, 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. .
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They also desire to state that they have accepted
the agency of the New York Vaccine 00., and will ,
keep a supply of
PURE 'BIIVINE VACCINE VIRUS
Constantly on hand.
They have in stock Electric Batteries, which
will be sold at close figures. The ca also a full
assortment of Keystone Writing aper rickets...
entomology BONDS .
6 Oi a Guaranteed Monotone
arnnie New England Lenin and Trust Co.
Thisls one of the oldest. most conservative and
scccessful institutions dealing in such securities,
Eleven years' experience without a dollar of loss
to investors. ‘ ‘ '
Each $100,000 of debentured is secured by $102 9
000 of mart s. aasi ed to and deposited wit
the Farmers' an Trust Co., New York. truss
fie]; l‘pterest payable at Bank of New Nork.
Mort es from best Com-Producing regions of
Iowa, ansas, Nebraska and Missouri.
For full information enquire of “9 .
o. E. wanau. '
6 not 7 nor oont. Porno Mortgages
'—OI-‘ THE-—
Equitable lortgage 60., 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, iy34
Six per cent. Debenture Bonds of the
Min‘ldlesex Banking Company, of
Middleton, Conn,
Organized under the banking laws of the State
of Connecticut. Coupons payable in New York.
R. B. CBAUFUBD.
Agent, 31 Iain Street, Norwalk.
Wanted.
Any person snfiering from
Piles. Fistula. or - Fissure
of the Rectum, to address the undersigned and
learn of a perfect cure. No CUBE, No Par. .
DR. YARNALL, .
lyoo 150 E. 86th Street, New York City.
LASCER’S
’i‘lIliE HONORED
“OLD BRIDGE STORE.”
these piping timesof severe
The one important question
sell me.
I do.
depended upon——
The times, the tinnes,
Such goods at once so
Nearly half a century ago my store was christened
as above, and has since been known and honored among
the old residents at N orwalk by that appropriate name.
But that is a matter of little consequence to the public in
BUSINESS COMPETITION.
to purchasers is where can
we get the .
Best Goods for the Least Money! I,
From time to time the report comes to me that some of
my near neighbors have boasted that they conild under-
N a one who has ever tested the truth of such a
claim by coming and examining my carefully selected and
UNEXUELLED STOCK OF GOODS
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 alier. greater inducements to cash customers than
I have the choicest exhibits of
AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN
03003133? 86' GLASSWARES.
,Also about every conceivable device for Table
Furnishing, Mantel Decoration, with House Cleaning
and Cooking Implements of every description.
examine and be convinced that my statements are strict-
lv true as to my carefully selected stock of the
[innocent Unnlnies non Varieties oi Goons
In my line are,
Call and
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
NO OTHER CONCERN SHALL UNDERSELL MEI
the age,‘the age—
The “Old Bridge Store” is all-the rage;
Tell of the town or city, where they keep
rich and yet so cheap!
For of all cheap stores beneath the sun,
B. S. BLASCER’S is the cheapest one!
B. s‘. BLASCER.
Norwalk, April 4th, 1887.
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A SEA GRAVE.
Yea. rock him gently in‘ thine arins,0 deepi .
Na nobler heart was ever hushed to rest t
Upon the chili. soft pillow of thy breast-
No truer eyes didst than e‘er kiss to sleep.
While o'er his couch the wruthful billows leap,
And mighty winds roar from the darkened
west.
Still may his head on tiny eoei weeds be
pressed . ; .
For down where thou dost endless silence keep.
Oh, when, slow moving through thy spaces dimI
Some scaly monster seeks its coral cave.
And pausing o‘er the sleeper, stores with grim,
Dull eyes a moment dawnward through the
wave .
Then let thy pale. green shadows curtain him,
And swaying sea flowers hide his lonely grave. -
—James B. Kenyan- in Cosmopolitan.
LUXURY RUN WILD.
\tht It Costs to be an "nasiinombie
Young Man. -
I was in an up town haberdnsher‘s shop the
other day, and in the course of, it half hour’s
conversation I learned considerable about the
personal decorations of the dude. A modest
request to look at some robes do iiuit was
what started the shopkeeper. He took .n
glance at my golden locks and produced in
box, remarking; “Here is something which
will suit your completion.”
II: suited my complexion better than it did
my pocketbook. It was made of a fawn col—
ored Chinese. silk, very soft and elaborately
embroidered in light blue. A delicate tracery
of blue vines and flowers run around the
collar, down the front and around the cuffs,
and it was made to button with gold studs.
“This is a very simple pattern,” remarked
the gentle haben‘dasher, “and costs only 36.
Here is a most elaborate style for $12,” and
he brought out a garment of rather finer mn-
terlai, simply covered with embroidery. l
mildly insinuated that I wanted something
for about 81.50. He looked unhappy for a.
moment, but recovered when he began to
show me some silk underwear for $15 a set,
and purple silk hose for 85 a. pair. From un-
derwear we got to shirts, pajamas and
“blazers.” The styles were unique and glac-
ing.
“Do men really wear these things?" I in-
quired Innocently. He gazed at nine pity-
ingly.
“Do you know what it costs to dress a
fashionable young man?” he asked. “I mean
simply for underclothing,” he added. “To
begin at the bottom, he needs. say, a dozen
pairs of socks, at from 84 to $6 a pair. His
half dozen sets of silk underwear will cost
him $15 a set. His shirts will cost him $25 a.
dozen, and his collars and cuffs, of which he
needs a good many, with his nneckties. will
cost as much more. Tennis shirts, long
stockings, blazers, etc, will run up,. in a.
summer season, to a couple of hundred dol-
lars. Yes," he added, meditatively, “a. young
man needs about $500 to get his summer outs
fit, not counting his tailor’s, and slnoemakeris,
and hutter’s bills, which will amount to as
much more. Of course his fall and winter
outfits are more expensive.”
“How much a year does it cost to dress
properly 3” I asked.
“I have customers who spend $5,000 a year
on their clothes, and they are by no means
extravagant,” was the prompt reply. ”--."cw
York Letter.
new- JERSEV SAND.
Its Trousnnutatlon into California Gold
at the “Long Branch."
After the war of 1861 was over these peace-
ful villagers, wlno, having contributed their
part toward it, were just settling down again
for another fifty years” imp, were awakened
again by certain capitalists, 'who bought up
all the cheap land they could find within
sight, smell or sound of the ocean, and pro-
ceeded to invest money innit. Our old school
speakers contained an affecting poem about
little Alfred, or Charley, or some similarly
named child, who found, on. shilling coming
home from school one day, and exclaimed,
“I’ll have a fortune, for I'll plant it right
away.” These capitalists imitated little Ai-
fred or Charley, with much better luck.
They planted not a shilling, but thousands of
dollars here in the sand; they seeded these
acres of the shore with more money than
Capt. Kidd has ever been proved to have
buried anywhere, and they finally have har-
vated a large area of golden financial wheat.
One of their first shrewd methods of tillage
was to make their new, straggling, one
streeted town the summer capital of the
United States. They built a miniature White
House near the edge of the sea and invited
President Grant to live there two months in
the year. He came, with that simplicity of
greatness which never enjoys pleasure any
aha loss because it happens tabs on source of
profit to others. The “long branch” of
Shrewsbury river, which gave name to the
whole locality because it had its aim half
way round the older town, leaped in one sea-
son into world wide fame.
The old war chief of a hemisphere settled
down here with as little ostentation as he now
rests in Riverside park; but there were plenty:
of commonplace people, with commonplace
wealth, willing to furnish all the style neces-
saryfor such a village, and to see that the
new town was well painted with gorgeous
colors. Many of the dollars that had been
planted in the pulverized gravel of the shore
grew into gold bearing roof trees. The cities
brought here their hotel luxuries for sale;
money drawers were opened wide for sum.
mer snow Storms of bank notes. and fortunes
were made hereibetween spring and autumn.
Hundreds of acres of New Jersey sand had
been trausmutcd into California gold l—Will
Carlton in New York Star.
The Boston Mending Bureau.
The Boston Mending Bureau and Laundry
company is In. new thing in our 'city, though
a similar establishment has been in successful
operation in New York for some time. Their
plain of work and object can be told in a few
words, and the whole tlningis so extremely
sensible and feasible that the only wonder is
that it was not thought of years ago. The
bureau comprises a laundry, a dye house and
a repair shop. in the last of which experi-
enced tailors and skillful needlewomen are
constantly employed in putting innto order
every sort of wearing apparel.
Work is done here for both men and
women, though it is especially useful, of
course, to bachelors and other lonely men
who have no one to keep their clothing in
order for them. Wearing apparel when
soiled or worn may be taken to the bureau or
called for on postal card Ol'dcl', and put into
thoroughly good condition again. The linen
is washed and done up, mimii‘ng buttons are
replaced, stretched out binttonholes reduced
to their proper proportions, worn tapes and
strings renewed. gaping holes in the stockings
filled up, while the outer clothing is cleansed,
dyed, pressed, darned, patched or Otherwise
attended to as it may need. These things are
all done at a very moderate priana pair of
socks darned for five cents, unless too far
gone—and other things It! proportion, the
the price being fixed in most instances by the
length of time which the task requires.
Frequentlyalso the bureau makes acou-
tract with gentlemen to press, repair and
keep in order their clothing by the year or
month, the principle being the some as that
by which the Chinese pay their physicians to
keep them well. The bureau has a dozen
branch offices in the suburbs and different
portions of the city, so that patrons living at
a distance may be easily accommodated.
There are numberless busy mein turd women
for whom the bureau will save many dollars
inthe course of a year. “A stitch in time
saves nine,” according to the proverb, and
mending the ravages of wear and tear upon
one’s clothing savesagood deal else at the
same time—Boston Globe.
Result: of in Little Flatten-y.
A bright, pretty young lady told a. society
dude, who has a leaning toward art, not
long ago, in pure fun, that be resembled
the Princess of Wales. She made him turn.
his face toward hers, and indicated the points
of likeness. The dude was charmed. The
young lady was much astonished shortly
afterward when he showed her apicture of
himself struck at! in a costume considered a
little odd for those who generally wear train-
sers on the street. The compliment the lady
paid him set the dude thinking—something
unusual with him. Inn order to appear as
nearly like the royal lady as possible he had
dressed himself up in a woman‘s outfit, inn-
clnding high collar, bangs and other femi—
nine helps to beauty, and commanded the
photographer to strike him off in an easy and
dignified position, which he did with some
success. The dude showed the picture to a.
number of ladies, all of whom said: “How
lovely! What a striking resemblance!” The
bright young lady laughed at the cruel joke
she played on the simple young man. She
says he still believes he is like the princess,
and she dare not say otherwise in his pres-
ence. It has been noticed that he has up-
more than once wearing small femi-
nine nrticles of dress. His friends fear he
may ere long discard trousers altogether.—
Baltimorc American. ‘-
Youug Izaak Walton.
Momma (to lVaIter, who has just returned
from his first experience with a. fishing rod)—
IVlnat, back so soon!
Walter—Yes, ’m; I thought I’d come home.
The worms were so nervous I couldn’t get ’em
on the hook. . ‘.
A farnn at nightfall is a varied village of
living things, all sinking into slumber in their
own way—T. W. Higginson.
Norwalk Chronicler